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For Art' Daily newspapers keep us reasonably in formed about Russia's progress in the sci entific fields. For several years, reports of Red missile achievements have merited front page coverage while speculation of American outer space status has filled inner sheets. However, little is ever said about the arts. Because Russia is our standard of evalua tion in the space program, it's interesting to note her esthetic progress as well. Accord ing to a government publication circulated in this country, the Soviet Union has 14 art schools, institutes and art academies on the college level attended by 5,068 students. Last year 560 of them graduated and took jobs in various parts of Russia. "But these dry figures do not describe the 560 earnest young people any better than the word 'work' describes the zeal and ex citement which the young artists, illustra tors and decorators plunge into it. . . claims the Russian author, enthusiastically. During the American struggle to speed our missile pace, we have retained little time or energy for the fine arts. Stress is placed on faster and more consequential space developments; growth in other areas is stumped. Although art has proved to be of major importance throughout civilization, today's math and science emphasis has backstaged it in our country. But a revival of interest in the creative and performing arts is taking place in the U. S. Several outstanding institutions are evaluating and improving their under nourished art programs. In 1956, Harvard University issued a book which disclosed the findings of its Committee on the Visual Arts, a group which spent more than a full academic year studying and evaluating Harvard's art program. Among the discov eries included in their report was the fol lowing: "It is a curious paradox that, highly as the University esteems the work of art, it tends to take a dim view of the artist as an intellectual. . . . " Upon publication of the committee's evaluation, Harvard an nounced their intention of henceforth "giv ing the experience of art its rightful place in liberal education." A second notable innovation took place this fall with the opening of the seven and a half million dollar Hopkins Center at Dart mouth. Included in this group of buildings are facilities for art, drama, music and so cial gatherings. Twenty-two courses will be offered in art, 21 in music and 13 in drama. Dartmouth officials feel that the Hopkins Center is not just for the arts, but rather a center for all learning. CAROLINA 0 WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSI' The faculty and students join me in e hearty welcome to Alumni, Friends, and vih School Seniors. To alumni and friends I wish to expres. ur n having you on our campus for wli cerely hope will be the biggest and gayest Sing ever. Yiour program has been arranged an opportunity for renewing old friendshi enjoying with us some of the most pleasa citing moments of University life. To our visiting High School Seniors, we you will let us help you enjoy yourselves answer your many questions about life ani our University. We hope you will make to become one of us next September. If you need more information, come bac and bring your friends. To all of you, you are indeed welcomi always be warmly received here. Sincerely, Thomas F. SEater Stewpi Recent Slater menus have not stimulate< appetites, particularly the fare served at wee The daily offerings of meat and starches la and variety; often a meal consists of the lest desirables. Our intention is not to rehash time-woi Contrary to popular rumor, we've been info cafeteria has been more or less breaking even< few years. Slater System is paid a set fee I it provides, all profits from food sales goili versity. Money acquired in this manner is spent pairs and new cafeteria equipment, according official. The patio furniture and interior f the South Building dining hall were purchased Candlelight suppers and holiday displa evidences of Slater's "personal touch," but< to silence Inner rumblings of discontent. Con third round of rather soupy fare at a weeki; checked with members of similar organizal culinary reactions. Apparently we die . .. t n We do appreciate the efforts of all Slate> our behalf. Particular thanks are due to Ru] the rest of the Gamecock Room crew, who with an almost overflow crowd. We also com of the nine-member Student Food Committe( seeks a meeting ground for student wishes am We came to bury (the proverbial hatche1 Slater. Yet we honestly feel that the existing can be improved, and that the resulting profi University inter-relations. We can suggest way to lower costs: abolish parsley. However, If recent meals have been unapp to provide more succulent fare during Hon we have not grown lean in vain. s ake Of what cultural achievements are we boastful here at USC? Plans for a fine arts :enter were on the drawing board several years ago, but they never materialized. Our music and art departments are currently housed in McMaster and there is a great need in the latter for more instructors and idditional courses. Carolina has three full time art professors as compared to eight at UNC and 20 at the University of Florida. rhis year's freshman class jumped the art :lass enrollment to a new high and the present instructors are hard-pressed to meet the demands. The University Players, a drama group ,oached by Dr. Crotty, then Dr. Christopher 3en, failed to pull through a revival attempt last year. A few University students partici pate in Town Theater productions; they are >ur only link with local drama. We haven't ,,eard much about the Macready Society :his fall. We would share Mr. Pritchard's jubilation f the practice of awarding band scholar ;hips could be instigated. Band membership is numerically low; those involved in this 4roup work faithfully, but little praise is ,hrown their way. Occasionally it would be aice to listen to music in one of the Russell [louse record rooms, but because of the food eing taken there, the two rooms have been -emporarily closed. We don't mean to paint the University :ultural scene completely black. The Artists series performances and the various speak rs who visit our campus each year are al vays enjoyable. It's our hope that the pro posed Richland County Civic Center gets the go-ahead sign on November 6th, if for no Ather than purely cultural reasons. The Field House and Township acoustics defi nitely leave much to be desired, not to men tion the seating arrangements. As a side :omment, it would certainly help University teams to play in a coliseum with adequate seating. Until we repave the cracks in our cul tural foundation, we could make an earnest a f f o r t to support University-sponsored events we now have. A regeneration of stu dent interest in faculty-student activities might be the first link in a chain beneficial to both groups. We'll never know until it's tried.' One needn't be "arty" to appreciate the finer things. A little knowledge along these lines can do wonders. Gertrude Stein's clas sic line, "A rose is a rose is a rose" might be paraphrased to read art is art is art. It's written that beauty is its own excuse for being. And that's why we lean thataway. We like art . . . for art's sake. 7OMMUNITY 'y I xtending a siting High our pleas at we sin: - Homecom- I to give you 9 ps and for nt and ex ~hope that I while we d study at your plans k to see us i. You will Jones I our waning kly luncheons. Lck eye-appeal ter of two un 'n complaints. rmed that the luring the past 'or the service g to the Uni for needed re to a University urnishings for by this means. rys are outer >ur voices rise fronted with a luncheon, we ions for their ot alone. employees on )y, Harold and contend daily mend the work , a group that I Slater means. ;) not to blast meal situation L. will be better only a minute ealing in order mecnming- then Whai By James H. Wolfe, Department of International Studies University of South Carolina Officially Russia is now known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Speaking as the leader of the Soviet government, Pre mier Khrushchev makes no secret of his disdain and deep animosity for West Berlin's Mayor, Willy Brandt, who is a socialist. A socialist party ha s governed Sweden for a generation. The Polish government sometimes quietly speaks of a separate road to socialism. The British have had Labor Socialist governments. And the Chinese Communists are continually condemning all "de viationists (among w h o m are Khrushchev and Tito) for be traying socialism. To the percep tive reader familiar with Com munist jargon it is all very clear. But to some of us a word of explanation might be in order. The problem is really one of the definition of the word "social ism." Any word is only of value as long as its meaning as a symbol is clear to all who use it. In this instance, the word in question carries two diametrically opposed meanings, depending upon whether one is in the free world or in Communist territory. In Britain, Sweden, West Ger many, a n d Australia public ownership of some (but by no means all or even most) of the means of producing goods and an extensive social welfare program is considered socialism. The mean ing given here is fundamentally economic, not political. Each of these countries has had or does have a socialist government, and each is undeniably a political democracy. In Sweden, the coun try with the longest record of socialist rule, only 5% of all property is nationalized. How ever, the government has insti tuted the most comprehensive welfare measures in the world. In the Soviet Union, Poland, and Communist China the word "socialism" carries both an eco nomic and political meaning. Economically it means that the government owns and operates virtually all the means of pro GREETS : Is Soc'a duction. Politically it means the establishment of a totalitarian dictatorship under the aegis of a monolithic Communist Party. Therein lies the difference. In 1951, it was possible for the British electorate to dislodge a socialist government overnight through the means of a general election. Regrettably, in the Soviet Union the candidates of only one party appear on the bal lot, doubtlessly because of an ad ministrative oversight. Yet one does not hear a great deal these days of the opposition party in Soviet politics. That the socialist parties of the West are firmly committed to the conduct of government on the basis of political democracy can not be questioned. Historically these parties have been among the staunchest enemies of Soviet Communism and consequently have achieved the distinction of being targets for its most vitu perative attacks. Willy Brandt considers himself to be politically within the socialist tradition in that he supports increased wel fare programs and governmental direction of the West German economy. Yet c o u 1 d anyone seriously suggest that the tough Mayor of West Berlin, whom the Soviets so frequently call a "fascist beast," favors the kind of dictatorship which now exists behind the wall in East Ger many? The distinction between demo cratic and totalitarian socialism must be emphasized if we are to interpret correctly contemporary events, just as we must dis tinguish between the democratic and dictatorial forms in which capitalism may appear. There are some who endeavor to dis tort the meaning of the word "socialism" by suggesting that it is a form of government which automatically attempts to reduce those under its control to the status of robots. To be sure, this is an adequate description of a Soviet bloc state, but not of Sweden. And Sweden is just as much a part of the world as the Soviet Union. Even within the Soviet bloc it self there is nothing resembling YOU.. . lism? agreement on precisely what so cialism is. In Poland 89% of the country's agriculture is in pri vate hands, and the government is making no move to alter the situation. Countering criticism, the Poles insist that there are many "roads to socialism," and that each nation must find its own. Meanwhile Khrushchev and Mao bitterly compete for the position of chief ideologist of their brand of "socialism." The other states of the Sino-Soviet bloc enter the fray as allies of one contestant or the other. Denunciations of "revisionist," "deviationist," and "opportunist" fly back and forth. Khrushchev manages to stand his ground, and Moscow remains the fount of socialist wisdom for most bloc countries. Perhaps the trouble is with the word itself, and we should search for a new symbol which would more perfectly express the demo cratic philosophy so characteristic of socialist parties in the free world. Yet in so doing we would be deserting the field to the Communists. For many sincere men in the West genuinely be lieve in the cause of democratic socialism. To rob them of their standard and to identify social ism only with the totalitarian state system would be an admis sion of defeat at the hands of the Communists, who perverted the original utopian concept of socialism by applying it in a dic tatorial fashion. Nevertheless, in the end we may be forced to sympathize with the sentiment of an aging Karl Marx when he cried in exasperation, "I am not a Marx ist!" Greetings to all campus vis itors from Room 208, The Gamecock roost. The staff and I hope that you enjoy this "special" Homecoming issue. If you're passing by the office, please feel free to drop in. JOAN WOLCOTT. Eddie Roberts . . . UN Securi The Cuban situation of the past two weeks has thrown a hard and cold light on the pur poses and workings of the United Nations Security Council. On June 28, 1914, the assassination day of Archduke Francis Ferdi nand, heir to the Austrian throne, there was no way to call together the nations of the world to air the Serbian feelings and seek a peaceful solution to the Austrian grievances. In 1939, when Hitler sent his armies into Poland, there were no means available to meet the challenge of the rising tide of Nazism without resorting to armed conflict. Thus, it is ap parent that the lack of an organ of mediation was one of the prominent causes of the two world wars. World War II and the ensuing years showed mankind that he must spare no cost to prevent another world conflict. Toward this end, as stated in Article I, Chapter I, of its charter "To maintain international peace and security," the United Nations was conceived. On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy issued a declaration of the United States' position re garding Cuba. This declaration, CROWING F( UNIVERSITY OF Member of Associ Founded January 30t 1908, with Editor, "The Gamecock' is puablisl University of South Carolina weekly, except on holidzays and dturing exami The opinions expressed by col necessarily those of "The Gamiec Letters to the Editor, but all Letti not constitute an endorsement. TI publication any letter is reserved. EDITOR...... BUSINESS MANAGER ADVERTISING MANAGER NEWVS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR CAMPUS EDITOR SOCIETY EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR CIRCULATION MANAGER CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHERS RUINSIg SECnETARY W. Lemming . . Inner View Reporter: Good morning, Mr. Administrator. Administrator: Yeah. Be brief. Rep.: I would like to ask you a few questions. Admin.: Well, I don't know . Rep.: To begin with, sir, there has been some comment concern ing drinking in the stadium and . . . Admin.: Yeah, somebody sounds off about that every now and then. Nothing to it. Nobody minds a little nip once in a white. Rep.: And loaning I. D. cards ... Admin.: Now you've hit the nail on the head. Crucial situa tion. Can't have it. Won't have it. Students think they run the place. By God, it's a sad com ment on our times. Rep.: Now, about the football * team . . . Admin.: Great bunch of boys, just great. Yeah, well, their record's not so hot, but it would be if we spent more money. Rep.: Just how much are we spending for athletics, sir? Admin.: I'm not at liberty to say, son. But I can tell you it's not enough. No sir, not enough. We got to kick up the activities fee, raise the book prices, and hit the old alums a little harder in the pocketbook. Got to have a good team or nobody will know who we are. Rep.: I have some figures from the treasurer's office ... Admin.: What are you, kid, some kind of trouble maker? Damn students ask too many questions. Need to mind their own business. Rep.: Do you have any com ment on the dances at the audi torium? Admin.:Glad you brought that up. A blast aren't they? Rep.: But what about . . . Admin.: Oh, you mean that business last year? Most of that was harmless fun. I'll tell you what really got me, though. What really got me was those I.D. cards. That's what really got me. Rep.: Thank you for your time, sir. Admin.: Goodbye. And don't -ome back. ty Council with its underlying guarantee that the U. S. would go to war if necessary to eliminate the military threat to its national security, has the same potential as the Serbian nationalism of 1914. Today, however, there is an organization for the media tion andl alleviation of world crises, and within 24 hours the Security Council, one of the five main organs of the United Na tions, was called in an effort to avert an ever possible World War III. If the action of the Security Council is blocked by a "veto," the "Uniting for Peace" resolu tion provides for the General As senmbly to undertake the responsi bility. To illustrate the workings of the Security Council, the USC affiliate of the Collegiate Coun cil for the United Nations, under joint sponsorship of the Interna tional Relations Club and the YM-YWCA, held a model Secur ity Council meeting on the USC campus in May of this year. At its next conference, a seminar on the UN, November 29-30 and December 1, delegates will meet on the USC campus to discuss "The History, Structure, and Goals of the United Nations." )R A GREATER SOUTII CAlROLINA ated Coilegiate Press Rtobert Elliott Conzales as the first ed by andl for the students of the n Fridays, during the college year umnists and letter writers are not ick. ""The Gamecock" encourages ra must be signed. Puiblishing does ie right to edit or withhold fern JOAN WOLCOTT MURRAY COKER EMILY REDDING KAY HJUGHEY FRED SCHUMPERT MARGARET BYRD REGINA GALGANO DONNA RUSSELL MARION BURNS ROBERT GASKINS, WARREN NYE MAUTRICE G2ILITRIST