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Clemson C (Codtioned jovial but he did not know whethi they were kidding or not. Gan also stated that he was very pleas with the reception he had receivv and he hoped to be accepted as jul another student. In a joking moc one Clemson student commenti that he felt he had been dl criminated upon since he had ni received the same type of receptic when he had registered. A C lumbia newsman was heard to ha, said to Gantt, "Smile - you're c Candid Camera," to which Gan1 replied, "Is that right?" After his short statement to t press, Gantt walked down to hi dormitory room and spent sow time posing for news pictures. Hi room, B-502, is located on the fir: floor of a dormitory complex an faces the inside of a quadrangl4 Across the quadrangle a larg Confederate flag could be see hanging in another student's wir dow. As Gantt left his dormitory an made a three-block's walk to th School of Architecture the numbe of newsmen and students dwindle to less than three dozen. Early i] the evening Gantt went to th Clemson cafeteria where he at alone although several white stu dents spoke to him. Tranquil Campus In general the atmosphere whic prevailed over the campus Sunda and Monday was one of trar quility, and as Gantt had state everyone seemed to be in a joviE mood. The only reported act c hostility was the malicious pun< turing of the tires on three higl way patrol cars. This act of var dalism apparently had been dor with an ice pick. Clemson public relations officia had been planning the procedui that the news media would follo for weeks. Profiting by many < the unfortunate incidents whi< occurred at Ole Miss, the officia decided to use an open campi policy. Newsmen were issued pa: cards and permitted to go an place on campus they desired an to talk to anyone who wished to 1 interviewed. The only restrictic placed by the college was that r one enter any building on campt unless they were a member of news pool for one of three differei locations which had been pr designated. Radio and TV r porters were asked not to ma] Camspus Briefs Persons interested in singingi the University Chorus should cor tact Mr. Bauer at McMaster, Roor 201-A. * . C The staff of WUSC-AM an other interested persons will met today at 5 p.m. in Room 204 of th' Russell House. * * * Sophomore "Y'' meet today a 1 p.m. in the Russell House Aud torium. Freshmen will meet Mor day at 1 p.m. and Junior-Senic "Y" will meet Wednesday at 1 p.n in the auditorium. * * * "The Gamecock" staff will met today at 2 p.m. in Room 208 of th Russell House. Interested person are urged to attend this firs meeting. * * * Carolina Christian Fellowshi will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. i Room 102 of the Russell Hous4 Ralph Rozier, master of music a Washington S t r e e t Methodis Church, will lead the music pro gram. * * * The Circle K will meet Thurs day, February 7, at 6 p.m. The Clariosophic Society wil meet in Legare College Tuesday FPebruary 5, at 7 p.m. llege fror page 1) 3r any live broadcasts from the cam tt pus. Live broadcasts by roving d news ~ oars at Ole Miss had been d attributed as one of the causes for At the number of persons who roamed d the campus. During a lull these -d news men would say it appeared g. something was happening at a >t certain location and persons lis tening on radios rushed to see what was happening. The Tiger Tavern in Clemson ' House was closed to the public and n used as a press room. Teletype tt machines and telephones were in stalled for use by reporters. The photographic and tape recording e facilities of the college were made s available to the press and special e arrangements were made in Green s ville to process motion picture film t for television stations. d Students' Attitude e It had been announced that dur ing Gantt's scheduled route from the time he stepped from his car intil the time he entered the School of Architecture specified locations d would be set up for news coverage. e Newsmen were assured that Gantt would not appear until everyone r was ready for him. This procedur( I was to avoid the rushing and push a ing that is common to news cover e age of similar events. This is e another example of the thoughtful planning which was made by th college to eliminate all possibl sources of tension or excitement. The general attitude of Clemsor students was one of indifferenec h Many of the students expresse< their dislike of Harvey Gantt's ad mission and the court events lead ing up to registration; but they have d resigned themselves to the fact ther( l was nothing they could do but ac f 2ept the fact he was now a student and to have faith in state official. finding a solution to the problem. With the eyes of the wort focused upon Clemson College, th c 3tudents, faculty, and administra tion are to be praised for the man ner in which Harvey Gantt's ad mission has been met and accepte<' The State of South Carolina ha: 3et an example which may well b r allowed by others facing simila .l ntegration suits and admissions. "This Too Shall Pass" is No one can say there will be nr .rouble whatsoever at Clemson towever, it is hoped that the str lents will show restraint in thei ictions and prevent any outbreal r >f violence such as occurred at 01 ( Miss. The attitude of state an( ollege officials was best expresses y Joe Sherman, Director of Publi< 1elations at Clemson, when durinr press conference he quoted: e- -This too shall pass." ~ A pair of prescription sun " glasses were lost in dhe history building (Currell). The glasses have charcoal gray frames, if anyone finds these glasses would they please contact Kelly Jones, at AL 4-7353. n S Natural SIh many were 59, ~28 SLACK plain front trat Corduro) t were 6.5 $5 Worsteds and values to values t< 12.95 16.95 $8 $11 Use Your Harvey Gantt, first Negro to I tectural project in the background transferring. Gantt: A Third Ti Negro Stu For Receni CHARLESTON ... "I want ar education." An education was the reason giver )y Negro Harvey Gantt for enter. ng the previously segregated 'clemson College on Monday. Who is Harvey Gantt? What does antt want? Why does Gantt wani to go to Clemson? What does Ganti !xpect his life to be like? Harvey Gantt.: Born: January 14, 1943 ir Charleston, S. C. Education: Burke High School Charleston; Iowa State Uni versity, Iowa City, Iowa. Educational Standing: Junior Church Affiliation: Baptist. Freshman Nur Receives Schol Bonnie Marie Barker of Mt Pleasant, a University freshman ir the School of Nursing, has beer iwarded a $2,000 scholarship by National Foundation which is sup >orted by the New March oc Dimes. The scholarship, one of 10: twarded( annually by the founda tion t o students o f nursing throughout the United States, wil provide $500 a year for four year: f o r Miss Baker's studies ir nursing. Scholarships are awarded on th< basis of scholastic achievement personal qualifications and pro mual Clear. LJITS BLAZI oulder Classics SPORT with vests 75 to 79.50 were 29.95 to $48 $18 tu 5 litionals, 's wI 5 Clonnels values to 27.50 Cuff an4 $14Sa 'Gamecock" Charg e admitted to Clemson College, talks wit was built by Gantt while a student at I 7 dent States Clemson L Gantt wants to go to Clemson because: "I plan to practice archi tecture in either Charleston or the South and I feel that a Southern education would be better for prac ticing in the South." As to the question of being motivated by the NAACP, Gantt said that although the NAACP aided him in the legal action, the initial action was taken by him without any outside prodding. Since there were no disturbances on Gantt's entrance into Clemson, it could be that his desire to be known as "Harvey Gantt, that - colored fellow that entered Clem. son, remember him?" could come sing Student larship Grant fessional promise. Upon completion of studies in the four-year program of the USC School of Nursing, accredited by the National League for Nursing, students receive the bachelor of science degree in nursing and are eligible to take the state licensing examination leading to the regis tered nurse (R. N.) certificate. Miss Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Baker, is a grad uate of Rivers High School in Charleston where she served as secretary of the Honor Society. She has earned a "B" average for her first semester's work at the university. mice Sale COATS to 45.00 *28 DRESS SHIRTS 3-way b.d. and tab collars with back hang loop. site, blue, maize, linen & stripes were 5.00 to 5.95 3.65 2 for 7.00 I Waist Alterations Freei II charge for others. a Account! (Photo by Campbell) b "Gamecock" reporter. The archi >wa State College, from which he is Reasons nrollment true. Harvey Gantt will be living in B dormitory on the Clemson campus and says that though liv ing off-campus would be quieter and and therefore more conducive to studying, living in the dorms presents the opportunity for an occasional "bull-session" with the other students residing in th< lormitory. get Lot m( m 1 mor It's the rich-flavor leaf I longer-aged, extra-cured filter is the modern filte: toucesa your. lipn. L&,w. Senate Hold To Fill Vac Special elections will be held on a Tuesday, February 12, in order to ti elect six representatives to the S Student Senate, and to vote on an F amendment to the constitution. b The six vacant seats to be filled F in the senate include two from the ci graduate school, one from the b School of Business Administration, v( one from the School of Education, one from the engineering school ni and one from the School of Arts tL and Sciences. q The proposed amendment to the 2E constitution which will give one T, vote to each freshman senator, to reads as follows: Article II, See- D tion 1: All legislative powers here- T in granted shall be vested in a al Senate which shall be composed of w no more than 54 voting Senators. O (54 is to be changed to 57.) 1: Article II, Section 3: Four of the ft 54 Senators shall be the Presidents w of the Senior, Junior, Sophomore, S< Blue Key Or To Choose ( Blue Key, the National honor or service organization at USC, will in choose a Blue Key Darling during co the last week of February. or Each Blue Key member will ta nominate one girl for the honor at be the January 30th meeting. During Fc the week, each nominee will be in terviewed by a Blue Key member. ch At the February 6th meeting, re- tr ports will be given on the inter- tr views, and four finalists will be Sc selected. co The four finalists then will be re invited to the Blue Key Luncheon H ; More frc ore body the blend >re flavor he smoke e taste L the filter ...2: bat does It? Among L&M's choice leaf than even in some unfiltered r-all white, inside and outside dhe filter cigarette for people wh sElections ancies rd Freshman classes. Three addi onal non-voting Senators in the y enate shall be chosen by th - reshman class in the elections to a held on or before the second riday in November. (54 is to be ianged to 57 and non-voting is to ) stricken in order to give one )te to each Freshman senator.) Those people interested in run ng for the Student Senate from Leir respective schools will be re iired to turn in a petition with ie names of 5% of their school or names whichever is the lesser. hese petitions are to be turned in the Russell House Information esk on Wednesday, February 6th. here will be a ballot box avail )le for the petitions. No petition ill be accepted after 5 p.m. The election will be held in the Id Faculty Dining Room on the ,th of February. Campaigning r the Student Senate elections 11 be done only in respective hools. ganization )ueen February 13th and will appear that week's issue of the "Game ck." The winner will be selected February 26th. She will be pped along with the new mem rs of Blue Key on Wednesday, bruary 27th. The Blue Key Darling is to be osen on basis of personal at ictiveness, scholarship, and con butions to the University of uth Carolina. Any questions ricerning the contest may be di ted to the chairman, Lloyd mdricks, Box 4730. m jM tobaccos there's more cigarettes. And L&M's -so only pure white ..really like to amok.,