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DR. ROBERT J Tribute To O As of June 30, the presidential career of Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt will end, and it will be the beginning of a new career for Dr. Thomas F. Jones, Jr. - Carolina's 23rd president. When Dr. Jones, who is well respected as the current dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University, takes over as the University's chief administra tor, he will find that Carolina is a going concern, and at present is at full forward motion. Dr. Sumwalt entered the Carolina Com munity im-y years ago as a member of the School of Engineering, and through hard, dedicated work he became its Dean. In late December of 1957, the USC Board of Trustees, upon the resignation of Dr. 1)onald Russell, unanimously chose Dr. Sum walt as Carolina's "acting" president. In May of 1959, the Trustees again unanimously voted to remove "acting" from his title, and he officially became our 22nd president. After being called from the faculty under emergency condlitions, Dr. Sumwalt fully realized the tremendous educational and physical growth that was demanding of the times at Carolina, and he met these problems with a great amount of vigor and vitality. One of the first moves he made was to revise the existing Administration, and in so dloing, he created a new department - Di rector for Development. Let's look at this department's success for a mome'nt. Carolina celebrated its 1G0th birthdlay last December, and over these years there had never been a public endowment program. Through the Development depart ment, the Greater University Fund was horn, and now has collected over a million dlollars from p)ublic and p)rivate sources. Looking at our physical growth, it is al most unbelievable to think of t.he construc tion that has been dlone, and what will he (lone. During D)r. Sumwalt's administration, our beautiful and spacious Undergraduate Li brary was constructed, as well as the present adldition to the Russell H-ouse. There are two Lette The Edito h m~hnIhi The Gamecock wrtCltn' Dear Sir: ilel N. ll There has been some contro-(*fUPIct S r)1Ie versy during the last two weeks ;i~ a pae between Mr. HIightowver andl Mr. teol ru p Clayton about an issue of the o (ieteHr Gamecock last semester in which ''honyran the Young A mericans for Free- Hlasfrhsh dloin, a recognized camipus organ-nimrsfo'lh ization, was excluded from an- hsproa ilk swering dlirect criticism of Y.A.F.leismslfn The only answer in the next issue C ei.wxam to Mr. Clayton's article was from ta n hre a person who obviously hadl very oniityfci strong connections with the .John uevpa.' evn Birch Society.(en oladsu I called Mr. Hiellamns, last se- etr tuetB mester's editor, several (lays be-duearcgit fore the deadline for the issue and aiainfo t asked if Y.A.F. could answer Mr. (ntebsso i Clayton with a column, since Mr. addsie.Yt Clayton had attacked us in a col- csl va ap umn insteadl of a letter. Mr. l- Ecue sw lams informed me that he wouldGaeokits accept neither a letter nor a col- sad h hr umn rom .A.. I hen 8ke proemt "Thn fat,ere . SUMWALT - r~ St f ar President niew mien's dorms niowv being built to add to tWo0 More constructed at the beginning of his reigni. A Life Scienice Building, which will house the departments of Pharmacy andt Biology, is in the process of being completed,9 aswell ats the teni-story women's Residence Hall. Other buildings constructed were the NeuItron Generator Building, and the addi tion to the College of Engineering. Even though Dr. Sumwvalt is retiring in July, conistructioni w%ill conitinue in the nature of aniother additioni to the Russell House, and ani addition to the infirmary. There is also an Urban Renewal Project now underway. BuIt Dr. SumwnNalt did not dwell upon physical gr-ow,%th ailonie. New educational de partmienits have beenl opened, and he has con tinlly -StriVedl for higher pay for his faculty mnemibersz. Many, new courses are now offered to Cairolina students, and he has always kepti before the people of South Carolina the nIecessity of academic excellence. A niew,, spri ha be r a T is4 - -I -I---- I evid nt n ou atletc prgra , an in man othe Caolin acivites.Becase f ti spirt, w stnd uequaledin tis sate and our nsttuton i raidl riing n te ntio.t Dr. umw lt - th ma - h s rpre sentd u wel ousideof ur cmpu. H was hose asthe ngieer-f-te-Yer i Sout Caolin in1959 an waschoen s the PruetsfidenHsdothsawy been mopen to1anow. bittoadt twife havie beninced aots the begnn iing i dignitAife Senhae Buiding,rolich proud hounumerousocastmentso hrmc n Weol~ rigrit that prcsso beiwag comleted, down lin a tew tenthsor woenhs Reiencan outs theidingse onsrcewr theCaoiaom Nuity, GnehatorBibudig imnsely addi to trowth. olg fEgneig Wen thlomeh Dr. JSmwt wih oerng inm wu osi cin~ill continue une i d inthetinatur ofl benoe addton oe the RussellHs, andfne rticlditir-ourne to thiry.n The issuesso anparnci b ten Rewl iboectl noandcera ut Dsu wsutives dideer ntdellr High-n 1lrmentd the boeeroend and hCayo hav con tynesablish stumed fotiher peate, this fatterty msinger.i Cla- newh oures carfed notfee tors.oin Itdntcncdn, anud hlwasket givoe the Mr.thake of sut Cditror thej GAmeoc wsii has emte bon asdo This is among ite.( Thnkeyu.l i hssae n out it ut nocioie ra)(l rngey ithnao. Drith m alt r - temn hsrpe snte acmus wl usd forcmu.H >pote by(o4(i the Eg inero-t,Yari Southmpus or-n in 1959, week' "Gasecosen de perona lks ek W fF eem wast alley Fore,n thati was pre aete fon thimt benfto tuly lied.unt fratendit doobr. Thas falways ,vr ifeo he bentie chosts the anyrtisiintgy (lialy t under. houar mvote, Carolia rou o vais utn earie "(std n netin etofiil. (lowad intended Th mothal fornce has bey anc Eddie Hightower Let's AM directing my comments, in presenting this column, to those tudents who as yet have not hosen a political "way of life." I hall not state that my conserva ive beliefs are those you should ave, but request that after having ead my column, you read once tore the column "Words of a .iberal" from last week's "Game ock." I would then appreciate our comparison of my argument or Conservatism with the argu ient presented for Liberalism. 'hen decide for yourself, after roper comparison, which philoso hy you most appreciate. As a young Conservative, it is iy responsibility to justify my binking and its application to the roblems that face the free people f the world. In so doing, I will ]so attempt to indicate to you why great portion of America's youth esires a return to conservative 'rinciples and a departure from he liberal philosophy that has cen tried for thirty years with otable lack of success. I will first compare a few pecific issues on which the Right nd Left differ and then I will Exchange Corner You know, the current re mphasis on education in our col eges is typified by an Atlanta rade school which has a rule that ko athlete can be awarded a letter inless he can tell at a glance vhich letter it is. From the Lenoir Rhynean comes his poem by an anonymous vriter . . . ODE TO A PROFESSOR 5ixty-six eyes all looked to the front of the room. ['hirty-three voices all answered "here," knd thirty-three minds turned over with gloom ks thirty-three prayers went up from the room: .ord, let this fifty minutes pass with haste lecause I know this time is only spent in waste. 'he professor is boring, the subject is too. t could be a lot better if she planned something to do. This actually happened a few -ears back: A Ph.D. attempting o leave the faculty parking lot 'ound himself hopelessly stuck. a~uckily he had chains in the trunk, >ut only after a careful and mnalytical survey of his predica nent dlid he painstakingly proceed o put them on. This cold, wet, irty, tedious, and trying task was, n time, completed. Ah, now to eave this (censored) place and get ome to a wvarmn house! Tragedy: Still the car refused o b)udge from its glacial perch. 'he only solution now wvas to call tow truck. When the truck arrived, the perator found one slightly blue nd very frustrated prof attempt og to free a very stuck car wear ng chains on the front wheels. In answering the obvious ques ion, the prof explained that the back wheels were turning 'ok' ut the front . . . essful in that, as far as I could me, the only people "out of uni rrrn" (Lux, etc.), were the mem ers of the Princeton Tigertones. Mr. Collier mentioned that Clyde tcPhatter was not proper en 2rtainment for a formal. I didn't ear anyone complain. If the ma rity had wanted a big band, we rould have had one. Big bands, uich as Lester Lanin, have been 'ied at Carolina with little suc 'ass. This year Charlie Bradshaw nd his committee have given the arolina students the type of ances they enjoy. If rock and 11 is what a majority of the ~udents want, why not let them ave it? The IFC isn't trying to impress nyone with a big name band. To y mind, the success of a (lance LapendIs on the enjoyment of the (ividluals. Thus I say that Greek /eek 1962 wans a success! Sincerely, John D. Orr reasurer~ wrC Look At Th conduct an unusual trip. On this excursion, you have a choice of destinations - the New Frontier or Reality. L IBERAL forces are split con cerning the question of whether the increase in federal "hand-outs" should be large or small; Con servatives are united in the fight to decrease the existing amount of welfarism because of their belief in individual self reliance. To ap ply this example to yourself, try to remember the satisfaction you received when you earned your first dollar. I'm sure you ap preciated this reward and were discriminating in spending it. Now compare the effect well-earned money had on you to the effect a "five-spot" in that weekly letter from home has. If you spent the money from home as wisely as the other, you would not require very many letters this semester. Please do not miss my point; I am against corruption of t h e individual's initiative and self-reliance by "wel fare" spending. Chronic depend ence on welfare payments has been reported in such places as New burgh, N. Y. The welfare code Howard Hellams . Carolina Iten T HE Conservatives say "Yes," the Liberals say "No," or at least that's what everybody else says. In the middle of the road they say "Why not?" And in the minds of many this "Why not?" echoes, concerning the proposed Cold War Seminar sponsored by Student Senate. Communism is a dangerous thing. We, as Americans, need to know as much about it as possible if we are to combat it. And don't shrug your shoulders, because sooner or later that's exactly what we're going to have to do. It's just like cancer - once it's got you, there's not a whole lot you can do. But on the other hand it differs from cancer - people who don't smoke don't have too much trouble with lung cancer; but people who don't know too much about com munism can have a lot of trouble with this Marxian atrocity. Some say that Cold War Semi nars create defeatism, panic, ex tremism, etc. Others say that they create Americanism. I say that they can be tremendous tools to ward developing our minds, de pending on who's doing the lectur ing. I also say "Why not?" And I also say that I trust the judg ment of Student Body President John Chappell, Ken Holland, Berry St. John, Susan MacLaurin, and the others who are in charge of our seminar. They've displayed pretty good taste before, and I feel sure they'll let it carry over into their selection of speakers for the coming event. S* * H EAVEN only knows how long ago the cry went up at Caro lina, "Where's our school spirit?" And Heaven only knows what brought it here - Marvin Bass, Bob Stevens, red corduroy cheer leader uniforms, or a combina tion of these and many more factors. At any rate, it seems that finally we've got a little bit of something that "Gamecock" editors and Student Body Presidents have been crying for all these many years. That something is known as school spirit, esprit de corps, or whatever you want to call it. There's something about the campus now that wasn't here be fore - friendliness, happiness, a whole lot of things. People are proudl to call Carolina "home." It's not a "Suitcase College" now. But we've gotta' keep it that way. CROWING FOW UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Assoelag Founded Jauary30, 908, WI' first edit"Te 'Cmeo s u the University of South Carolina we, year except on holidays and during The opinion. expressed by coin necessarily those of "The Camecoo< Letters to the Editor, but alD Lette, not constitute an endorsement. 'lb. publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR . BUSINESS MANAGER. ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWS EDITORS SPORTS EDITORS Bla FEATURE EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER. EYCHANGE ETr ie Conserva imposed on the city by Albany and d Washington has allowed "living on a relief" to become a recognized e career and made the breeding of d illegitimates a very profitable r business. And the system was so r abused that (in addition to federal g and state subsidies) welfare be- p came a third of Newburgh's f budget. The reason for this is the a very simple fact that a person who p has never experienced the satis- e faction of self-reliance and has the o easy alternative of "relief" has no a reason to work. Why should he? t The friendly hand from Washing- v ton helps him. This, by the way, d is the same hand that lightens the t, load in your pocketbook through the income tax. I favor your letter from home, because it represents money that has been earned by a t responsible parent who has freely 0 chosen to share his rewards by il personal sacrifice with someone S for whom he is responsible. This t is very different from compulsory d taxation and redistribution. The Newburgh case also illus trated another point: federal con- r trol cannot be separated from federal aid. When Gov. Rockefeller d r fl d is Of Interest] And one of the best ways to keep up the good work is by delegating n some of the responsibility to our t school's built-in public relations e and morale department-the Pep t Club. Already, plans are being r made for pep rallies, etc., for next fall; already, the members are C making posters, etc., for every thing conceivable; already, the Pep P Club is making ready to sponsor a dance in the Russell House in the C near future; already, the ground e work is being laid for a spring r carnival on Davis Field sometime next year. But, as is the case with all 8 organizations hereabouts, the basic Y need of the Pep Club is student s support. Money, time, effort, de- c sire . . . they all add up to a greater University. And after all, a we harvest only what we sow (ac cording to Ezra Taft Benson). * * * HEN times get rough, every- d W body's gotta' take his belt up another notch, and wait on pros- r perity. And that's exactly what r many of the campus organizations will have to do this semester. Due to an uplift in academic standards, we only have 4,700 0 people enrolled at the University this spring who are required to pay a University fee. This leaves the Student Affairs Committee, r which allocates money to various student groups, with a big chore l when it comes to pleasing every- ti body. The reduction in available n funds for campus organizations is tl great, to say the least. i But before anyone starts squawk ing because his or her outfit can't o spend all they'd like, take note of ir the fact that when the bank bal- a ance is low, you can't eat as many c< gum drops as you might have be- li fore. N OTHING much has been said t' recently about RSVP, but it's w still going strong. The University's a first attempt at a public endow- si ment fund has been a great success ec to dat(e. The professional men who w came in and helped us set up the n1 program are gone for the most wi part, and we're more or less on si our own. Those "outsiders" took a al great interest in making our Uni- c< versity even greater, and it's up p, to us to keep the ball rolling. t No time is better than the present to run your mouth all you L can about RSVP, and the Uni- I versity in general.n h y A GREATER t OUTH CAROLINA c ed Collegiate Press a b Robert Elliott Conzales an the f linhed band for the students. of i koy rays, during the collegoe f anists and letter writers ar eQ ot *&." "The Cainecock" eneoarages e a msust be si ed. Pubihing does right to eit er withhold fresma at DOUG GRAY ,pi Joan Wolcott ai Bob Hl Murray Coker bi Pat Peden, Jo Ann Coker fr nding Clarkson, Fred Schumpert ui p Rosemary Hankins * .Cloudy Hardy o Gall Broughton ef th Jimmy Presuley th tives enounced the Newburgh reforms imed a t eliminating welfare hiseling, his stated reason for oing so was that Newburgh's ex eriment in self-restraint and self eliance might cause the federal overnment to cut off all welfare ayments to New York State. 'ederal grants-in-aid inevitably g Ilow the federal government to ut the states in the position of ither doing as Washington wishes r losing their subsidies. For ex mple, if a federal aid to educa ion bill passes, Kennedy could cry well issue an executive order enying payment to states main aining segregated schools. Conservatives are also unani ious in believing that federal pending should be reduced dras ically, and that those duties which nce were the responsibility of the idividual, township, county, and g tate be returned to their respec ve places. Liberals? They are ivided again. Not on the subject f raising or lowering the federal udget, but on wether it should be mised five billion dollars, or many illions of dollars. You certainly iscovered the Liberals' position on aising the federal budget while Dllowing the progress of the Presi ent's Urban Affairs proposal. OW FOR that trip I promised earlier. Had the Urban Affairs proposal ot been defeated by our represen mtives twice in Washington, its ffects would amount to an Execu ive Turnpike - a limited express oute from the mayor's office to ie White House; no county-seat xits, no state legislature exits, but nly an ultimate exit at which ayment for big city votes, the etermining factor in Kennedy's lection would be made. The Ex cutive Turnpike would be a toll nad to be sure. Who would pay be toll? The individual, of course. n essence, the mayor, who repre ents m a n y local individuals, rould speed to the leader of our trong, centralized government, onsuming in the process a unique ucl - the freedom, initiative, and itegrity of individuals - those l-important qualities which the berals tend to minimize. These specific issues indicate t: ifference between conservatism nd liberalism on the domestic cene. Conservatism promises a epublic of free, strong and self eliant citizens. Liberalism, in re urn for a third of our income and n ominous and increasing degree f federal control, offers us the alse security of the welfare state - a combination of protection, ontrol, and weakness. H E dlifferences between liberals and conservatives on foreign olicy is spotlighted by the revela ons of the Senatorial hearings ow in progress on the muzzling of me military. The significant thing not censorship itself, but rather rhat is censored. The deletion f such p)hrases as "communism's itention of conquering the world" rnd "the steady advance of world ammnunism" indicate that the berals are not yet willing to face p to the reality of Communism. 'he Liberals still seem to feel that ec Communists don't really mean hat they say, that maybe if we voidl being nasty to them we can >mnehowv negotiate an end to the >1d war. They fail to realize thaty e are in a battle for our lives - ot of our making, but of theirs - hich can only end in victory or irrender. They still refuse to dlmit that we have been losing the p >ld war; unless we change our4 olicies, a day of reckoning is not >o far in the future. Such are the differences between ib)eralisml and Conservatism, as see them. You have a choice to ake; you are at the cross-roads ading to our nation's future. You ve the freedom to make a wise oice or one that is unwise, but u are also burdened with the ~sponsibility of making a decision at will insure generations to >ime the individual freedom to ake personal decisions that you >w possess, thanks to your fore ithers who believed in Constitu onal Government. This responsi lity requires that you sacrifice iough of your free time to devote ifficient hours to the reading and udying of various political illosophies. The ability to reason d( make responsible decisions and channel your efforts into mat rs concerning your security will your reward. America and the ee world will benefit also. An unformed, uninterested, and com acent citizenry has allowed in rnational Communism to come ninously close to success in its fort to dominate the peoples of e Earth. You can help curtail is advance; it is up to you to cde how. NmOr