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01e Miss Ed ED. NOTE: The following article, "I'm Still Proud of Ole Miss," is offered to "Gamecock" readers as a closing comment on the Mississippi incident. First appearing in "The Maneater," University of Missouri newspaper, this story was originally pub lished "because 'The Maneater' feels that wire services have not told the full story of the Mississippi incident from the student point of view." "I'm still proud of our student body and only a very small percentage of the rioters were University students." The speaker was a weary co-ed named Sidna Brower. The thing that made this co-ed different from thousands of others was that she was speaking from the Kappa Kappa Gamma house on the University of Mississippi cam pus and as editor of her school paper, she has become spokesman for her fellow stu dents in a university that is a center of at traction in every corner of the world. "The Mississippian came out with an extra today," she told The Maneater in a long distance telephone interview late Monday night. "I ran a front page editorial urging students not to riot, asking outsiders to go home and stressing that we're still a part of the union." Sidna said that a few of the outsiders were left in downtown Oxford Monday morning, but most of them had already left. A recent article in The Mississippian quoted one woman as saying, "I came all the way from Texas to see this." She was not alone. College students throughout the South as well as adults and high school students converged on Oxford en masse. "The strain has been unbelievable," Sidna said, "and a great many of the regular stu dents have gone home till this thing is over." She said that in her sorority house only 11 out of the 24 girls living in the house were there Monday. "The whole student body of 5,000 is com pletely shocked and didn't realize it would come to what it did," Sidna added. "The campus looked like a deserted battlefield this morning." But classes went on as scheduled except for in a few rooms where lingering tear gas forced classes to be cancelled. "I've only been to four classes since school started a week ago Friday," the editor commented. "Many of the students stayed Guest Columnist . A Soldier University Miss., Oct. 3 - The With the pres question in the mind of everyone University poli, at "Ole Miss" today is the safety forced to confisci of having the Homecoming game ried by resideni with Houston on Saturday. More than 70 The Department of Justice and knives, clubs, bhi military officials foresee great as various cr' 2.blt.n in con trolling th e weapons have be crowds and preventing further their owners que destruction. Since cancellation fice of the feder may shift student sympathy from like an arsenal. the Department, a new location Caught trying for the game will he the only Dexter Hall w possible change. Meredith lives, Editor's Note: The following years in South letters were written as a result that the same ti of last week's editorial and are minds of many printed verbatim. Because of the "If we are to I printing process, only letters re- and uuder the ceived through Tuesday could must have integ~ appear this week; hence, the institutions, anc S. C. addresses. The Louisiana tegration is ccr Branch of the National States sirable, becaus< Rights Party sent some printed order at least w matter (no letter enclosed) and whether we like the "Gamecock" box also became think it right or the destination of a folded note ter how we feel from Lansing, Mich., containing Outspoken, b a matchbook with the word So- shocking attitud< cialism (in caps) printed across pressed openly the cover. needed to bare truth: the Sout1 Dear Miss: ing romantic an Enclosed is the Greenville ism, unpleasant PIEDMONT'S news story on may be. your piece about integration. Al- You are righi so, the first I heard of it was article has done in a news broadcast on TV. in awakening ti I congratulate you on this at- realistic facts. 'I titude regarding integration in is what is mal, the schools and in South Care- holler so loud. lina in particular. My own pri- Sincerely, vate sampling on this touchy Will T. T question has convinced me that Greenville just about 99.5% of the native _ whites (I am a native white, born and raised in the South) D)ear Joan: say you ought to he expelled I was pleasei from the School for such an at- your editorial o titude. I will say that I believe situation and the editorial thinking on the your sending mi Greenville papers agrees with week's "Gamece you, but the papers will never us on the maili admit it. glad to reciproc The fact that your article has I believe you' been gIven so much attention (I element in the: have never seen any mention of moderate eleme the GAMECOCK before In 26 want violencei itor Speaks home in dorms, fraternity and sorority houses instead of going to class." According to Sidna, instructors attempted to continue classes on a natural level. "But, it was strained," she added. "At mealtime the incidents of the last few days are the main topics of conversation," she said. "In our house the girls haven't tried to avoid it and are interested in what people in other states think of us." Some student activities are continuing . . and Homecoming is scheduled for this week end. "It all started out as a curiosity," she pointed out. "A few University students did get riotous, but many left." One of Sidna's main worries is the dis tortion being carried on the wire services and other mass media. Some newspapers reported a student had been killed during the rioting. Sidna said he was a 23-year-old Oxford resident who may have been a former student. Monday morning the St. Louis Globe Democrat screamed, in banner headlines. that 2,500 students had rioted Sunday evening. "It's been the same few students who have been stirring up the trouble and most of the rioters have been from all over and not just university students," she said. President John F. Kennedy asked in a nation-wide speech Sunday that students ac cept the law even though they disagreed with it. Sidna said most of the students realized it had come down to a battle between state and federal government and wanted to do what's best. A scholarship fund was started Monday morning in memory of Paul Guihard, a French correspondent for The London Sketch, killed during the riots Sunday. The fund was begun by Jimmy Liddell, adver tising maanger of The Mississippian, who was Guihard's escort during his first few days on campus. "We received $100 in funds today with much more pledged now by fraternities and sororities and newspaper men in Oxford," she said. "We were told at a press conference Mon day by Justice Department officials they are not planning to remove James Meredith from the University now that he has regis tered," Sidna said in reply to a question on whether she felt he would complete the semester. "I think the worst is over," she sighed quietly late Monday. s Report mt disturbances prisoner from Boonsville, Miss. e have been insisted on his determination to Lte weapons car- kill the Negro. Under guard as s of the area. he is at present, it is doubtful rifles, pistols, that he'll get the chance. iekjacks as well "The University is running its ide, homemade own affairs," Mr. Edwin Guth en taken in and man, Department of Justice Press stioned. The of- Secretary states. "The present s) marshal looks federal occupation is only to pre vent interference with the federal to sneak into court order to integrate and to hiere James H. prevent the collapse of law and a determined order in Mississippi." aters . .. We Carolina) shows leadership that is willing to iought is in the speak out. You have done a serv Southerners, i.e., ice to the University and to the ive in the USA state that is in the best tradition Constitution we of The "Gamecock." ration in public The student leaders at Caro voluntary in- lina do have a definite responsi tainly more de- bility to exercise responsible the pecking leadership and I'm glad to see 11 prevail." This, the "Gamecock" doing this. it, whether we Our own editorial, which I am wrong, no mat- e.nclosing, was considered un or think, usual enough for a Charleston razen, heretical, newspaper to be picked up on s like yours, ex- local TV news. in print are With host wishes from all of the stark naked us, I am i must stop be- Sincerely, I face cold real- Jack Bass, Editor and unfair as it West Ashley "Journal" Charleston, S. C. .Your shocking worlds of good 1)ear Miss Wolcott: 1e South to the If the majority of our white he pain of truth race have pride and self respect ing your critics for our people, to retain the high morals of our nation. We will win!! unn, D).V. M. Those that are ready to submit S. C. b'efore the battle begins won't be any help in protecting God's creations. But let the govern ment push the most immoral race I to read about in the world into our schools and i the Mississippi homes. vould appreciate The ones that wvant it are half a copy of last whites and others that do not ck" and putting mnind the* morals. If you are a nig list. We'll he staunch Southerner, you as well ate. ags I wvill want to show the other ll find the noisy nat ions we have pride in keeping ~ninority, but the our race in a high standard of nt that doesn't resp)ect in morals. CROSS E Yale Frehman Policy Yale University finds that the traditional Freshman Year is be coming obsolete, according to a report by a special faculty com mittee of seven professors. The committee urges a revamping of the curriculum and the handling of first-year college students. The report recommends that the Freshman Class be split up and housed with upperclassmen, and not, as has been the case here for more than 30 years, treated as a separate unit on a separate campus. The report reaffirms Yale's policy requiring five courses in the Freshman Year, as against a minimum of four required in many other colleges. In their recommendation for a change in the administration of the Freshman Year, the commit tee points out that "we are more impressed by the likenesses of the Freshmen to the rest of the undergraduates than we are by their differences. There seems to be no good reason for delaying their assimilation into the stu dent body of the College; on the contrary, we think that from the outset they should begin to par ticipate as full-fledged members of the community in all respects. "Less care than in the past need be taken of their social and emotional life, and surely less spoon-feeding and more self determination would encourage the quicker attainment of matur ity." And from the "Wolves Howl," Coupeville, Washingt~on: A STUDENT'S PRAYER Now I set me down to study, I pray the Lord I won't go nutty, If I should ever learn this junk, Get LettE longer help us, we will become a most degraded immoral mon grel humanity in the world. Respectfully, Mrs. A. B. Conolly Greenwood, S. C. P. S. Legal, Structural Rights of Each State Remain Secure. We are to do or die for right! D)ear Pioneer: It is heartening to find wisdom and sanity openly expressed, in a dangerous crisis, and especially heartening to find it expressed by a woman's pen. May your courage prove con tagious and your kind increase. They are the hope of South Caro lina and of the world - even of Outer Space. God keep you and keep you at it. Loyally yours, Miss Rebecca Reid Sumter, S. C. Editor: Prior to the "Mississippi Sit uation" I expressed my opinion that the entire editorial policy of a newspaper editor is neces sarily his newspaper's official policy. You attempted to distinguish between a "Gamecock" policy and a "personal" policy by sign ing your "Little Rock Repeat: By Right Of Might" (October 5, 1062) as an individual instead of as the newspaper editor. You may feel that this makes you have a separate personal policy. However coancen. an edt.rs OVER THE Z ichunge Corni I pray the Lord, don't let me flunk, Now I lay me down to rest, Thinking of tomorrow's test! If I should die before I wake, Well, that's one test I just won't take. New Social Dorm Provisions have been made for Lafayette College students who are not affiliated with social liv ing groups and who desire to have meals and a social program in their dormitory, it was an nounced here recently. About 40 places in Watson Hall, a four-story dormitory built in 1949 that houses approximately 80 students, are available for upperclassmen who are not mem bers of one of the 19 fraternities or three social dormitories here, according to a statement issued jointly by Dean Charles C. Cole and Mr. David M. Lockett, direc tor of student residence. Independent s tu d en ts who choose to live in Watson will be required to eat their meals in the Watson dining room, according to Lockett. He reported that charges for meals would be similar to those in other social dormitories on the campus. Student Tutors In a survey of Pembroke Col lege undergraduates, taken last spring, the Academic Affairs Committee of the Student Govern ment Association found a need and a willingness to participate in a student tutoring service. The service is being administered through the Placement Office in order that it may be readily ac essible to all students. The service is in the form of an indexed file of students wil ling to tutor. Tutors are avail able in 20 subjects. Each student jorsl .y .ea .hre C. Col having a "personal" policy in ad dition to his paper's official policy, I still say "there ain't no sich animal." Sincerely, Charlie L. Moore, Jr. Editor's Note: Although Mr. Moore and I disagree on exactly what belongs in the "Gamecock" menagerie, I wish to publicly thank him for taking the time to express his feelings. With one ex ception, Mr. Moore is the only Carolina student who has writ ten a "Letter to the Editor" this semester. Are we really In such agreement? Dear Miss Wolcott -- It was like a breath of fresh air to read in the News and Courier, excerpts from your edi torial regarding the Mississippi mess. After all the verbiage on the editorial pages of the news papers, both from the editors and from the letters to the editor, apparently in all South Carolina it took your fresh young mind to point out the plain, simple, un varnished truth - integration is inevitable, much as we dis approve of it. If we and the other Southern states are to re main a part of the United States of America we are going to have to a b i d e by its laws, bo0th those we like and those we don't like. And events of one hundred years ago prove that we are to remain a part of the United States, whether we like it or not. Of course there is one alterna RIDGE 'E tutor has listed in addition to her name, her class, box number, place of residence, and the courses she has taken in the subject she is willing to tutor. Also, included are the grades she received in these courses. Tutors will receive a standard fee of $1.50 per hour. The amount of the fee was arrived from the original survey. It was em phasized that those who need tutoring in any subject must per sonally refer to the file in the Placement Office and contact their respective tutors. CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF S1 Member of Associat Founded January 30, 1908, with I Editor, "The Camecock" is publishes University of South Carolina weekly, o except on holidays and during examins The opinions expressed by colum necessarily those of "The Ganeeoc Letters to the Editor, but all Letters not constitute an endorsement. The publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR . BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHERS BUSINESS SECRETARY EALLY b)een completely overlooked. Those parents who feel strongly enough on the subject may still send their children to private segre gated schools. This may be more expensive and some could not af ford it, but those who can't are hardly in a position to be choosers. Another approach would be for the white, Protestant Southern. ers, native born for many genera tions, to declare ourselves a minority group, and throw our selves on the tender mercy of the American public. It could moan climnbing down off our self-made peCdestal, but all other minority groups have done very well for themselves -- why shouldn't we. Thanks again for your fine expression of common sense. Sincerely yours, Creed C. Burlingame Rear Admiral, U.S.N. Retired Mt. Pleasant, S. C. Dear Miss Wolcott: I want to congratulate you on the sane, forthright, intelligent statement which the newspapers are quoting from an article which you wrote on the matter of inte gration. You wisely point out that we have passed the place where we argue as to what we prefer, and stand where we should be con sidering how best to work into the inevitable. One voice such as yours ex pressed in your school paper will Editor'/ Inkspots ... Ed. Note: The following article by George Matthew Adams - "Never Mind" - was included 3n a clipping sent to us by the 1,ouisiana branch of te Na lional States Rights Organiza tion. Because of prevailing condi lions both on campus and in the k orld in general, we found it particularly apropos. I know many people who see loo much. I am convinced that ne of the fine arts is to ignore -to never mind. If we are able to see into our >wn hearts and recognize great 3undles of faults and whole Acres of mistakes that we have nade, time and time again, then just consider the fact that there re others to whom these faults And mistakes must look very ,reat indeed. But just the minute I begin to iee the beautiful traits in my friend, I notice that all his vir Lues begin to take on new lustre. All the time I am still trying to learn this very great art of seeing the good in my friend and ignoring the bad. How quickly a particular pain Lr ailment seems to leave just the minute you start to ignore it. Learn to ignore the hurts of the world. This is a big order -but if you want to be strong, able, and convincing as a man or woman, it must be done. It is a common thing to meet a person who believes that there is little good in this world - that if he only had the chance he could make a much better world than this one God has made and given us as a playground for a while. But I notice that the busy thinking person has no such idea. It's a great world for him - for there is much to do, and so little time in which to do it. A GREATER )UTH CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press lobert Elliott Gouzales as the first i by and for the students of the in Fridays, during the college year tions. mists and letter writers are not c." "The Gamecock" encourages must be signed. Publishing does right to edit or withhold from JOAN WOLCOTT MURRAY COKER EMILY REDDING KAY HUGHEY FRED SCHUMPERT MARGARET BYRD REGINA GALGANO DONNA RUSSELL MARION BURNS ROBERT GASKINS, WARREN NYE MAURICE GILCHRIST dtreds in the direction of dignity, seif-control, and responsible ac tion. It is the prayer of many South Carolinians that our state will follow your advice, and thus avoid violence, and shame. All good wishes,( Sincerely, William Frederick Harris, Minister The Methodist Church Cowpens, S. C. Dear Joan: GOOD LUCK, LITTLE GIRL! Congratulations on your state ment in the "Gamecock," and your sound and logical reasoning. We should all be Americans first, and conform to our Federal laws. You will "go places" in life with your such good judgment. Best wishes for your success and happiness always. Fair-minded people are on "your side," including. Gordon Lewis Charleston, S. C. P.S. My daughter Suzanne Marie Lewis was a graduate of University of S. C., Class of 1952, and President of ADPI Sorority. A telegram received Tuesday contained the following mes sage: Freedom of the press Is an American Ideal. We are 100% behind you. The Johnsonlan Winthrop Collegte