Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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God grant Me the serenity to accep things I cannot change, courage te change things I can, and wisdom te know the difference. Humanity is often enslaved to ideas an< symbols; the ideas make man what he is, bui the symbols often make one forget the hu. manity of others. South Carolina demonstrated this weel+ that Harvey Gantt would be accepted as thf first Negro at Clemson College without the violence which occurred at Ole Miss, but the question remains, "Will Harvey Gantt's hu manity be lost as he becomes a symbol of s sociological change fought by many South. erners?" Tiger editorial columnist "Zip" Grant told The Gamecock that several students have talked to Gantt while he eats in the college dining room. The liberal stand taken by these few students may boomerang on the first to take a step in the direction of friend ship, but they are the leaders of a new age. We congratulate The Tiger on its respon sible coverage of a history-making news event. We want to say at this time to those who have criticized The Gamecock for a recent story and picture on Henri Monteith, Columbia Negro girl who has filed for ad mission to Carolina, that our object is not sensationalism; the subject matter of the story may have been sensational, but this is the product of a time of change, not of any college reporter's desire for an exclusive. The handling of the press by Clemson Col lege is to be commended and in compliance with a desire to help redeem the reputations of reporters who were blamed for "con triving" riots at Ole Miss, The Gamecock was not represented. The behavior of the Clemson students erases a little of the cultural stigma of Southern college students acquired wher We We It is rumored that a dinner for legis lators and news media was held on camp: Tuesday, however, we can't confirm thi. ANE (Editor's Note: The Gamecock office ha4 been deluged with letters both pro and cor on different aspects of the segregation con. troversy. Because the letters are so similai - in some cases, apparently typed on thi same typewriter - we could not print thenr all. However, the following letter is fairly typical of what we have been receiving Because it does raise questions that need t< be answered, The Gamecock is printing boti the letter and a reply - not because the let. ter especially merits a reply, but to set the record straight, once and for all.) Dear Editor: On the front page of the last issue of the Game, cock appeared one of the largest pictures of ai individual that has ever appeared there. Was it th< picture of the President of the University, of student being recognized for his service to Carolina of an outstanding guest on our Campus ? No! It wa the picture of a negro publicity seeker and agitator one who can do no possible good to the University. This was by far the most outrageous and ridiculou thing that has occurred in the history of the Game, cock, a history which until this year had been proud one. Now It seems that sensationalism has taken the place of sane and rational journalism. There was no possible news value in this story tha1 carried a tremendous banner headline, for the in. formnation printed had been known for some time Even if there had been news in the story, it cer. tainly did not warrant such an unwise and impropei action as that of splashing on to the front page om4 of the largest pictures even seen there. The Gamecock is guilty of playing right into th4 hands of those who would bring discord and strifi to our campus and state. How the NAACP must be applauding the free publicity that has been giver them and others like them and their latest tool. Hov the enemies of the University must be laughing Leave the banner headlines and oversized picturei to the daily papers of South Carolina. If there is to be journalism In bad taste, let us see it there, but nod In our school's paper. "I Have N An institution died Tuesday. That institution was Robert Frost - poet, Pulitser Prise Winner, and commentator on the human oondition. Prost was New Englander in every de gee,* but Ms nnoe:ry hadl nniversal appl.ica charges such as those of author Williar Buckley were leveled. Buckley said no 01 Miss student could identify Sartre, Kiex kegaard, and Camus. It may be very strang to Buckley but a knowledge of these philom ophers and playwrights has crept into th curriculum of quite a few Carolina studentF To those who have had the serenity b accept the integration situation which canno be changed, we ask, that these same peopl have the courage to change the things whic] they can - in this case, the aura of hostilit: surrounding this one Negro man who ma: no longer be a man but a symbol. Capable leadership in state governmen was provided by Governor Donald Russell a a time when failure might have mean federal intervention. Following Gantt' peaceful enrollment, Russell spoke before th< General Assembly Tuesday endorsing tuitioi grants for private schools. This move may enable that hard core o: resistance to continue living in a shelterec "Southern" world; but the world outside - the world of change and of progress - wil still be waiting. Russell has spoken of the "age of tomor. row" and of the workman's eventual replace ment of his mind for his muscles in a mech anized world. This future age seems al. most present as we witness the Clemson stu dents behaving as "country gentlemen" in stead of resorting to physical violence. The era of physical resistance is gone as surely as is the era of magnolia blossoms and segregation. Co-existence is the key on the international scene and may well be the key in South Carolina also. We ask more than co-existence, however we ask that it be acknowledged that Harvey Gantt and you and I and millions more ar( alike in one thing if no other - and that is the sharing of a human condition. 3nder ... since we weren't notified. That's right, - ignore us, and we'll go away. loply Enough has been said about the possible force integration of Carolina, and more than enough ha been said in the Gamecock. Perhaps irreparable harn has been done to Carolina by absurd and almost un believable actions of those who should be more con cerned about the welfare of Carolina than abou personal notoriety gained through irresponsible, cheaj sensationalism. The Gamecock has made itself the laughingstock o the state, and while it is deplorable that the pape has sunk to such a low level, it is much more de plorable that the Gamecock has dragged the nami of the University down with it. Let's have the Gamecock once again Crowing for Greater Carolina. Signed, Ben Boyd. H ere is T he Gamecock's answer : The writer of this letter has taken the agej old stand of "what our side does is news what their side does is propaganda." Un fortunately for the loud proponents or various "causes," The Gamecock does not at tempt to "take sides." We take no head-in-the-sand approach t< a problem that will be very much with us ...and now, let this distinction be drawn that which arises as a consequence from ar action is news. That which we feel about the action is opinion. Any citizen of the Caro lina Community is free to disagree with an opinion expressed in this paper, but don'1 think that The Gamecock intends to be a soi to anyone's distorted viewpoint of a situa tion. The University has as its goal education learning, and perhaps above all - maturity The mature person seeks to know what ii going on - not what someone thinks is going on. Our responsibility is to those wh< seek to know ..,. not to those who, blindet by emotional distortions, seek relief in ex. tremism on either side of any question. Eles To Go" tion in its message. We join with his friends around the world in mourning the passing of a great A merician literary figure. He has fulfilled his final "promises te keep" and has travelled that last mile - and now he sleeps. n Si. t e RE wh Church Education Or Coffee Break? "High Are the Walls" might be the title of a best selling novel or an off-Broadway play. Instead, it is the strangely challenging theme of Religious Emphasis Week on the Carolina campus. RELIGIOUS Emphasis Week - or RE Week-has been de scribed in varying degrees of seriousness in terms ranging from ". . . steps which will lead you to the way of spiritual growth and maturity" (quoted from the RE Week brochure), to "a week long coffee-break and goof-off session" (quoted from an anonymous coffee drinker in the Russell House). The truth probably lies some where in between these admittedly divergent views. TUDENTS as a rule do not concern themselves with the "why" of religion. In the process of changing environments from home to campus, or coping with the myriad adjustments of college life, the usually accepted pattern of Sunday School and Church is shelved. This in itself might not be too bad if it brought with it a concurrent attempt to obtain higher education in Religion as well as English, History, Physics, -and Canteenology. RE Week brings to the campus men whose educa tional background and ability is as impressive as their eminence In their respective faiths. Many students and faculty mem r bers have contributed their time and effort to the preliminaries of RE Week, and this year's effort promises to be one of the best. (NE thing is fairly certain: If ~.Jthe selection of a challenging theme will insure success, then this year's RE Week promises to be among the best. How high are the wvalls ? The Financial Post College Campus Or Carport? Here is a piece of intelligence that will confirm the dark sus picions of many parents. According to Dean T. H. B. Symons, writing in The Varsity, the University of Toronto's news paper, student, who own cars tend to get the lowest marks and to run into the biggest money troubles. Dean Symons finds the stu dents' rising obsession for cars so alarming that he urges universi ties to follow the example of all British and many American uni versities by excluding vehicles from the campus and regulating student ownership. The young sirens of the campus are still inclined to look upon the make and year of a car as evidence of Its owner's economic and social status and, In conse quence, his eligibdluly for their hand in marriage. But the Symons sermon may well induce the women students to revise their philosophy of courtship, bringing home to them the fact that ear-owning suitors are lees likely to get a degree, less likely to have a nest egg and therefore less likely to make good providers than those whose woo ing Is managed with buses and Enough Said Bill endal ee Atiiis Chl n Bill endal - d Ih ti ~ di Dma AongW.h .. 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Jimmy-., Glen, Duc ---hs- o i Hunter Ba-n ti a Morde t ar he Eligtt Jane W lter RciDetoiO pltbaeGlsn an olet is, S ae dy hhd Pa Ro rse Bobe t RohEDITO L. u pr,MjdEil.c (Photo by McGrail) jing )ne Man's View - 962 RE Week (Editor's Note: Because of the uestions brought up by last g ear's Religious Emphasis Week 1d the similarity to many which ill be raised during the coming eek, one student's reaction to e 1962 convocations is given !re.) A vapid colored curtain - a hite hand cupping a question ark - and a little man with a ice faintly like sandpaper, anding before a sea of faces. This was the setting as Intel rent Faith Week convocations et each day. In some places the 'owds were smaller, the speakers ere different, and possibly there as an ounce of individuality in e student crowds too. The heavens poured Monday, e iving many students to seek helter in the convocations -- to sten, to doze, to sneer - but vertheless present. Trhey~ came, some prepared to Ilieve, some to disbelieve, and ey went away, often with posi ons reversed. IF Week was suc sful not only in reaching new bights of doughnut and coffee stribution, but in making stu mnts think. They came - neat little mole lies wrapped up in the madras wiform. They left - with faint irrings within, little seedlings faith, or doubt. rhe speakers' messages said ps at this "is no longer a static liverse, it is changing." The old cioms of don't .rock the boat, tell 'erybody .if they're good, they'll to Heaven, were thrown out e window, and doubt waa even rised that there was a Heaven. No Heaven! No Hell! But what the Devil, and angels with ings and halos? "God's in his Heaven, all's ght with the world. .. . Letters Policy "The Gamecock" encourages setters To The Editor," and ey will be printed whenever 'eible. They should not exceed 300 >rds. Letters must be signed and ac mpanied by the contributor's turn address for the purpose of rtification. An unsigned letter ill receive no consideration, If e writer desires, his name may withheld, but the anonymity til not be granted automatically. No partisanship will be shown the printing of letters. How er, "The Gamecock" reserves e rights to reject any letter be use of content or chatr