Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Universit, An unterminated silence hangs over the college. Occasionally a student returns to his dorm after clm. The campus is larger now and the newest buildings rival one other for architectural beauty. All 15,000 students live on campus now; each student received a personal invitation from the Housing De partment to occupy one of the modern new dorm rooms. One big happy family. It's Monday afternoon and some students are diligently studying in their respective rooms. Numerous others are in McKissick doing necessary research. Many students there are complaining about the scarcity of references while others at the undergraduate library grumble about the added complica tions in checking out books. Some students refuse to vault between four libraries, the newest one being praised for its beauty but panned for being extremely understocked. The football season is over and basketball is underway. The pigskin games weren't too successful as far as those involved are con cerned. The players did the best they could under the circumstances; the teamwork from the stands was almost totally absent. The morale of the student body was undermined in the fall by the circulation of various rumors concerning the Athletic Depart ment's obtained funds and awarded scholar ships. Perhaps the basketball season will be bet ter. The home games are being temporarily housed in the old field house as the campus coliseum is undergoing repairs. One night a few inebriated students did what is termed "extensive but repairable damage" there, according to the release. In fact, the mis deed occurred after the last football game of the season, when the liquor flowed freely. A Greenville paper quoted one of the police as saying, "The kids may as well have had Wake Forest qualities of both What can be Editor: situation? Next After I attended the game last try "getting be) Saturday night, I began to won- instead of oursel der if anyone there had happened Sinc to notice that there was a con- M I test between two football teams on the field. If they did, they may as well exchange their Blaz- Dear Joan, ers, Gants, and Weejuns for a At last Satt high school jacket because game- game, a big stir watching is taboo for a Univer- the missing hat sity of South Carolina student. Forest "Deacon. The new trend is a complex one ers (?), the as which is founded on the theory men, a policema that one must have a "sharp" way Patrolman i date, a fifth of liquor, and a duction over this sackful of witty things to do and Is this any say while huddled closely with games in the paE his fellow students. students, and o Spectator-watching is "the com- mascot have tak4 ing thing." Instead of watching the Clemson T: our very talented players on the Duke Blue De field, everyone seems to sit and "Deacon's" plunj wvait for someone to make a big etc., etc.? We play in the stands- The most in- "Gamecock's" fe; teresting showvs in the stands taken, but we di< last Saturday night were: the National Guardi Deacon-Hat episode, the micro- These incidents phone statues (those who were spirit of fun, anc intoxicated and persisted in value is taken,t standing, facing the crowd and placed. yelling constantly for all to It is great to scream obscenities at the refer- as was seen at ees and opposing players), and and I admit its the 1 i q u o r guzzling statues of hand, but I< (those who stood up and gulped such a big thing liquor as if it were air). Sini The majority of students seem Ton to come to a football game to date, to indulge, to socialize, to Dear Editor: yell if those who are watching I address th the game yell, and to get loaded marks to a sub where they think no one will of the USC stud care or should care. The majority The football have the idea that everyone is fine game Satur conforming, and therefore every- along with the one is drinking and making fools body, take grea of themselves, victory. Howeve Last Saturday night the stu- lesser degree of dent body as a whole was of duet of our stuc little encouragement to our foot- The team sto ball squad. The students yelled lina, but several a good bit, of course, but out of have enough context or only when they saw pride in our cc six points flash on the score- stand for the board, when they heard smeone National Anthei yell "boo" at a referee, or when vacant seats some noble and well-intending would have beer1 students attempted to recover the been necessary stolen Deacon Hat. It seems that were not wvith buying cokes, mixing drinks, lives defending1 spilling drinks, yelling at other which that sonj students, and telling each other worth the live what was wrong with our team young America occupied the majority of the freedom for sue time of our students. tive gro,up ? I I wish that our student body South Carolina could come sober (and stay this group for sober) to a football game and the Star Spanj display the spirit and enthusiasm not wave over that our football team displays. long. Look at the spirit the students Not only is show at basketball games when pride in the ni everyone is sober. Why can't it seems also to 1 be the same way at football spect for the rij games? the college "mai The team Is not on the field a drink, then 1 merely for the students to have has the right te something to gaze at while they if one Is going get drunk. It is there to build quart per game, character in themselves and the ligated to keep students in the phases of corn- entire performar petiion pride .a nh inuiv preciate the pr< y: 1974 bottles as tickets to get through the gate." The Pep Club, unable to generate spirit rather than spirits, has disbanded. A drive is underway -to purchase a large wall glass frame for the world's largest Palmetto flag. A reduced Student Senate now meets once a month; the attendance has been dwindling ever since one senator made a lengthy speech about the "futility of a puppet student organization" and walked out. The campus political organizations are still fairly active; coverage of their meetings and lengthy dissertations about the happen ings in various departments fill each "Game cock" issue. Since the pattern of weekly cen sorship was established two years ago, very few editors or newsmen have stuck their necks out. A third Campus Shop and Slater cafeteria are included in the ground plans of the third 10-story women's dorm. A beauty shop for coeds may also be included in the group, but a debate is underway about which operators will be allowed to work there. The students discuss the lack of social activity since the Greek system vanished at Carolina, but no one has come up with a feasible solution. The gap between students and faculty widens daily and the pacifiers are in a cold sweat. There is disagreement about which professor has published the most books to his credit - an impartial judge is supposed to study the situation in the near future. Immediate plans of the University include an additional building program (perhaps an art center) and an increased student body. Predictions have even been made that the total campus enrollment may reach 20,000 by 1977. Here's Health to thee, a physically greater USC. Letters... Fra nuers" at the gates who, in their done about this zeal to detect those transporting game we could alcohol, engage in what seems iind" the team to be an unlawful search of one's Ves. person. However, in view of the erely, conduct of some of our fellow 7. Clayton students, perhaps there is a moral obligation on the part of the University to take care of irday's football those who are incapable of tak was made over ing care of themselves. of the Wake It seems that the good reputa Student lead- tion of the school is being penal ;istant Dean of ized because a few are off-sides. n, and a High- The impression which the public nade a big pro- received at the Stadium Satur incident. day night was at best disgusting, different from and this is grossly inequitable to t where we, the those who take pride in being ur "Gamecock" Carolina Men. The majority u should cease to bear the burden ger's tail, the laced upon it by the minority vil's tail, the of which I speak. er, "rat" hats, Sincerely, have had our Jim Dunn Lther duster tail School of Law ln't call out the P. S. Also, I fail to understand o get it back. howv the four-letter word DAMN are done in the has been elevated to such a posi nothing of real tion of iimportance that it is no. hat can't be re- the central theme of practically every yell we have. I'm sure that ee student spirit our capable cheerleaders (and aturday's game, they certainly do a wonderful houidn't get out Jo.b) will be able to come upr at's don't make with some yells evidencing mor over NOTHING. originality, or, at least, less pro. erely, fanity. Lawson, Jr. D____[ear Miss Wolcott, What Carolina really needs t( improve its school spirit are e following re- rnr groups of spirited students stantial minority such as the one which wvas th< ent body. center of attention at the Wakt team played a Forest game. I would like tc entir sgtudntI urge other students to follow t pide intdeir their example. t prie in heirYours very truly, r, I take a far Louis H. Baker pride in the con ent body. od up for Caro- Student Senate students did not espect for and Dear Miss Editor: untry to quietly The Student Senate has struel playing of the again! This time it struck dowr m. Many of the the student body's right to ex Saturday night press itself on whether or noti filled hadl it not wvanted to reapportion the Stu for those who (lent Senate seats on a "dorm us to give their basis rather than by the presen Lhe principles for "school" basis. e stands. Was it An ill-fated resolution whic1 s of so many would have allowed the .studen ns to preserve b)ody to vote in Friday's electiot h an unapprecia. on the above question wa: f America andI brought up in Monday's Studen have to look to Senate session. There was onl: their leadership, one dissenting voice as th< gled Banner will authoritarians dlefeatedl t hi a free land for democratic legislation. But cheer up, Men and Womei there a lack of of Carolina! According to Arti ation, but there ele V of The Student Body Con >e a lack of re- stitution, 10% of us can, by peti ghts of others. If tioning the Student Senate, fore 1" wishes to take a referendum on the questioi y all means he I invite those in the Studen do so; however, Body who believe in governmen to put down a by the people to initiate petition he should be oh- such as this: it down for the PETITION ice. I do not ap- We the undersigned students es.nc of "re.. request a referendum on an Dear Joan, Thank you for a common-seri approach to a very real proble: It is, I believe, the first "Gan cock" editorial in two years consider an issue which was i1 mediate and of vital concern all of the students at this Ui versity. It is, furthermore much-needed digression from t general attitude of hell-f4 leather southern rights and d: Just A (Editor's Note: The followi Week and is dedicated to all Newspapers are strange 10,000 reams of copy paper of 1890 vintage . . . meetii campus and the world. Newspapers are phrases press card. They are Miltor there is a Santa Claus." cause, a way of life. They a for yourself" tempered witi Newspapers are black m printed word through a say son, these words may build Journalists are the wo spanning a sea of printer' gaiety, pathos and countless Newspapers strive to c E improve the reading public crime, and tongue-in-cheek They can be 24-hour heroes of the day ... and t moments of today's news w Newspapers are the ed scribers, reporters . . . the Newspapers are black a in a garden of print border the press. And finally, newspapers and that's the best definitic im The P4 amendment to the US Student Body Constitution reapportion the Student Se ate seats on a "dorm" baG rather than continue the pre ent system of representatig by schools. The signed petitions may sent to the undersigned. Tht you for helping to make Ca lina a better place. Sincerely yours, GENE PLATT, B.ox 3276 Campus Ole Miss Dear Miss Wolcott, As a Southerner-and-therefo prejudliced, I would assure of a fact that you are perh. already awvare of: you are nearly so alone in your rec editorial opinions as "statisti wvould indicate. Mr. Will T. Dunn of Greenvi though himself "on your sii wvrote that his owvn survey vealed that 99.5 per cent wvhite native-born South Ca linians would have you expel for expressing such opinions. Governor stated that the pec of South Carolina are 100 cent behind the people of Mis sippi in the "Ole Miss crisis. When our own citizens government officials deal in s apocryphal figures, small wori that the national press rept edlly speaks knowingly of benighted South made up tot ol' anti-Negro, unconstitutio unChristian people. I would hope you will conti to be that wee, small voice; be0 assured, Miss Editor,i there are many "rice-eaters" sides you and me who, tho we wveep for Mississippi, v more for a nation so divi against itself. Very sincerely, Irene L. Neuffe: Editor's Note: The term " eaters" was on an unsigned y card sent to me last week. unknown writer suggested I join Time since I "seemet be leaning toward the C munist NAACP." t~ To be printed, all lettersr b)e signed. t D)ear Editor: I have just read a reprin ayour edlitorial in the stu s newspaper on October 5, 1 I wish to congratulate you ri only for the clarity and cou ..of your thinking but also - tho beautiful expression w you have used. You are a credit to the Uni sity and the student newspa t and I hope the student body t the faculty appreciate thatj sSince courage, common si vision, insight, and a nat talent for the English langi aro prerequisites for a caree More LE lect jokes as a sufficient cover se age of the situation. m. You expressed a humane, mod o- erate view; you urged a sane, to mature course of action. My re rn- action is one of wholehearted to congratulation and pride in the ii- fact that the article appeared. a I have a desperate hope that he those who hold radical views on >r- the integration issue will accept, ia- if not support, the wishes of Paper... ng article honors National Newspaper aspiring journalists.) things ... they are copy pencils ... waiting for the typewriters, usually ng the doers and thinkers of your . . . All I want for Christmas is a i's Argeopatica and "Dear Virginia, They are a culture, a heritage, a re a conviction in truth and "seeing i responsibility. arks on a white background ... the age's eyes, but for an educated per i bridge across time and space. rkmen who build a paper bridge ink, across which death, passion, emotions pass. reate beauty, to inform, persuade, . . . it is a potpourri of crusade, cynicism. wood-pulp tablets for the fleeting hey can be lasting eulogies to great hich become tomorrow's history. titors, publishers, advertisers, sub ournalistic shady ladies of the past. nd white flowers of prose growing ed by the hedgethorn of freedom of are newspapers are newspapers. . n. Ln Of Carc C should go far if you are inter to ested in pursuing a career ir a- this profession. is I am forwarding under sep s- arate cover an issue of last on week's Chronicle so you may see what position we took on the be Mississippi debacle and how we nk relate this to the South Carolina ro- situation. I refer to my column, "Strictly Pers onal" and the double-editorial page. While I am sure there ar( many points on which we mighi differ, the important thing is foi people in positions of influence to speak out, to discuss the problem, to prepare for thE future, and, as you have sug gested, rout the fear that ha re hung like a miasma over part of this state for several years niot Disagreement and debate ir ent the seedbed of democracy out 0: Swhich progress grows. With best wishes, lie, A. M. (Mac) Secrest, Publisher ,n The Cheraw Chronicle re- Cheraw, S. C. of ro led D)ear Editor: Jur I decided this week to commoni pie on your article on Ole Miss be >er. cause there was such a dearth ir sis- last week's paper of (1) studeni "opinion and (2) non-mnoderate and opinion. I am both a student anc utch a non-moderate. 4cer Your article represents mod 3at- eration, the point of view tha1 the we should accept integratioi ally peaceably because (1) there wil nal, not be much of it and (2) it i inevitabie. nue In answer to the first. I poin and to Washington, D. C. and point ;hat north and the total integratio1 be- enforced there earlier. I poin ugh further to the fact that in th ,eep Upper South, where integratioa ded first took place, it is now pre ceeding geometrically, exactl: like water through a hole in; dike. More force will, of cours4 be put against, say, Nort 1ce- Carolina, when South Carolin ost- and Alabama have had at leaf The some integration or have close that their schools. If we have "token I to integration, none of the force om- pushing integration will disaj pear or lose their force. Minorit oust groups in the electoral colleg< in the NAACP, CORE, etc., ar not going to retire, for everyori of them openly aims at total ir L of tegration, tient As for the second point, lool. 962. ing at the states which have ir not tegrated, it is plain to see the rage integration is attempted fir: for where there is least resistanc4 hich border states, the Upper Souti the big cities, and last, the rurn ier- areas. Alabama was tried yeal per, ago and failed because of violer and resistance. Thus opposition ol ract. viously slows integration. Hoy mse, ever, this does not mcan verbr ural opposition, this means demor tage strations andl riots, or the fei r in of them. I know that Little Roc you and Oxford have ced a .r.... Itters... those who must be a majority that group which values educa- t tion for its implicit benefits as i well as its explicit ones. 1 The most important of those t implicit benefits is maturity, which sometimes requires a re- 1 jection of an established or false t set of values, and a realistic ex- I amination of the issue in the con text of its ultimate ramifications 1 to the individual and his society. 1 Your plea for maturity in I crisis should not pass unnoticed. t Sincerely yours, Rosemary D. Hankins Dear Joan, I am a senior at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. My home is near Greenwood, South Carolina, and my parents have the Greenwood Index-Jour nal sent to me here at school. May I congratulate you on CROWING FOl UNIVERSITY OF S( Member of Aasociat( Founded January 30, 1908, with I Editor, "The Gamecock" is published University of South Carolina weekly c except on holidays and during examina The opinions expressed by colum necessarily those of "The Cameeock 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 ina praisal of integration on the part of many northerners I have spoken to. Moderation is the childishly simple and vastly overrated dis covery by some that it is easier to palm the problem off on later generations than it is to stand firm now. The NAACP in 1925, with f I v e million Klansmen North and South, and everything federal and state thoroughly segregated, stood up for the idea that all would someday be inte grated. We could take an ex ample from our enemies. If any one makes integration inevitable, it is he who brainwashes our peo ple into believing that it is. Sincerely, Robert W. Whitaker Editor's Note: Sincere thanks to Robert Whitaker for his thought - provoking letter. Be cause my purpose in writing the Mississippi editorial was to pro voke st ud e nt comment, this week's letters were gratifying. I would like to comment on one statement in the above letter. Thte writer used the early "vio lent resistance" to integration in Alabama as an illustration of non-verbal opposition deferring integration. In the following paragraph, he defines moderation as a ". .. discovery by some that it is easier to palm the problem off on later generations than it is to stand firm now." I wonder, Mr. Whitaker, if iAlabama isn't guilty of passing ithe buck. Has the intervening time enabled this state to solve the integration problems for its future citizens? t We disagree on my basic con tention: that integration is In t evitable. Looking at the Consti e tution and 48 states, I stand aguilty of being "brainwashed." In my opinion, integration Is y headed directly this way and re z gardless of any resistance we ,may use, I hardly believe that bi Alabama and South Carolina can a bring the U. S. to Its knees. t Many northerners may reap praise, Mr. Whitaker, but do you really believe that the Supreme s~ Court will repeal for the Pal metto State? Editor: e INTEGRATION IS NOT COM . PLETELYN INEVITABLE,! As our government is con trolled by the will of the minority ..now, it is logical to assume that t we, supposedly the majority, will t eventually be forced to bow :(downV to this red-laced iron claw. ,This minority says it will have Sits way "come Hell or high awater." Having faith enough In t my country to believe that it -will sooner or later wake up, I -disagree. The destruction by co Sercion (gun point) of the right -to live in our own civilization ~r wvith its deeply rooted concepts k and customs is not inevitable. rour recent editorial with regard o the race issue which confronts is today. The Index carried a esume of your "Gamecock" edi orial; and, it seemed to me that rou show mature and intelligent tnderstanding of the situation hat the University will probably kave to face. Although many of us feel that he Federal courts have erred in heir interpretation of the "equal )rotection" clause of the consti ution, we must nevertheless -ealize that malicious and irre iponsible action such as demon itrated at the University of dississippi is not the way for lecent and informed individuals ,o reveal their feelings. Again, I congratulate you. Stand firm and surely many will !ollow you. Yours truly, James L. Landis A GREATER OUTH CAROLINA .d Collegiate Press ,obert Elliott Gonzales as the first by and for the students of the n Fridays, during the college year Ion. nists and letter writers are not ." "The Gamecock" encourages must be signed. Publishing does right to edit or withhold from lOAN WOLCOTT MURRAY COKER EMILY REDDING KAY HUGHEY FRED SCHUMPERT MARGARET BYRD REGINA GALGANO together what little hope there is left and resist. May I make myself very clear at this point that I think violence is not the answer. It is, in fact, our worst enemy. Where would the Negro be today if he had re sorted to brickbats and clubs? Just where the Mississippians are today - disgraced, de nounced, and deterred. Ever4 riot, every brick thrown, every little incident blown up in great black print for the eyes of the North means an extra 10,000 sup porters for the NAACP and an extra $100,000 in contributions into its bank account (which is used primarily to pay profes sional agitators). The actor who plays the underdog always gets the sympathy, especially if he is shown weeping in prayer be neath clubs and curses. Why can't we learn from them? Why can't we PEACEFULLY demon strate, hold "cause marches," picket en masse around federal buildings, and consequently get sympathy, understanding, and support from the rest of the country as the Negroes have so successfully done ? Why don't we band together, stand up for our rights and beliefs, and at least showv the world that wve exist, too? There is a vast difference be tween a fewv intelligent Negroes in our school and the entire stu dent population of Benedict and Allen within our walls. Unfor tunately, if we allow one to en ter, the rolling stone wvill smash this difference and take our school along with it to the bot tom of the hill. We must not* let this happen! If we are to act,~ we must act in haste -- next semester may bring with it the point of no return. Sincerely, Richard F. Williams* Editor's Note: If we must demonstrate, amen to peaceful means. However, if we're look ing for the sympathy bit, are we underdogs . . . or old dogs? Dear Miss Wolcott: One of the students at the Uni versity of South Carolina, whom I know well, sent me the October 5 issue of the "Gamecock" and I had an opportunity to read your editorial. I thought that the context was fine and would like to congratu late you upon it. I'm sure that it has aroused controversy, however, I presume that this is part of the responsi bility of a free press. Interestingly enough it was a girl who wrote another fine edi torial for the student paper at the University of Mississibtpi. Very truly yours, Jerry Carver Miami, F1a.