Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Beware Of A USC student who set a spin-dryer ride record Sunday night defended his caper to an administrator using the example of Har vard elephant races. The administration replied: "Beware of elephants." Richard Dioguardi of Port Washington, N. Y., spent 37 minutes and 23 seconds in a spinning clothes dryer in a local commer cial establishment and chalked up a total 1,553 revolutions. It was a short-lived moment of glory for the freshman football player, however, for Monday brought a burst of disapproval from University officials. The results of Dioguardi's three-mile ride: " University Physician R. B. McNulty called the practice a "dangerous fad" which could result in a brain hemorrhage. " The University made any future "spin dryer" subject to disciplinary action. " Dioguardi, who was on the football team, was temporarily suspended, but may be reinstated shortly. A-Hikin' W Carolina was represented in the 50-mile hike craze by freshman Tommy Buckland as practically the whole nation mobilized - not for war - but for physical fitness. Variations and refinements of the 50-mile hike have been created (i.e., rolling a hoop The Need By JAMES C. HAGERTY, ABC Vice President in Charge of News, Special Events and Public Affairs James C. Hagerty was press secretary to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He is now Vice-President in charge of News, Special Events and Public Affairs for the American Broadcasting Network. A partial vacuum exists today in Ameri ca - in public knowledge and understand ing. It is aided in part whenever our news sources, printed and electronic, fail to present the whole world image of the United States - credits as well as debits. And it thrives on the citizen who doesn't seem to be interested. This vacuum must be of deep concern to all of us. A vacuum - even a small one - can result in confusion and misunderstanding here at home, for there are always irrespon s.ble demagogues of both the Right and the Left who seek to take advantage of any kind of vacuum. They delight in being drawn into it with claims that they - the minute, but vocal splinter groups - represent and speak for the vast majority who remain silent, sometimes unconcerned, but more often un informed. And the words of these minority fragments are often quoted overseas, by our friends and our enemies, as indications of the thinking and beliefs of all of us. I am not saying that we have reached this p)oint yet. But the danger exists unless we are constantly vigilant, especially with Left and Right radicalism showing signs of growth. Neither am I criticizing the news and pub lic information presentations in my own in. dlustry. Far from it. Day in and day out, radio and television news departments arc doing a tremendous job. And it is a fact thai we have daily contact with far more of our citizens than any other news media. But what I ask myself and my colleagues is: are we getting through to the Americar people as we should, as we are capable 01 doing, as we are trying to do? Frankly, I fee that a great wealth of information on all net works and most local at:'tions goes begging each day for more listeners and viewers. Everyone will admit that today we are living in perilous times. But throughout history free men have al ways lived in perilous times - for "freedorr is a hard-won thing." I am sure that the ancient Greeks, facing the Persian hordes at Thermopylae and Salamis, believed that they were living through the most perilous times in history. And so did the Romans when the Barbarians sacked the Eternal City. Every brutal dlic tator who has sought to inflict his will on the people has created his own perilous times, from Attila and Genghis Khan right dlown through Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin to Krushchev and Mao Tse-tung. But also throughout history, free men have rallied their spirit, have gained strength to resist from the knowledge that Divine power resides in the individual, not in the dictator and have withstood, in the long run, all ef forts to subjugate the dignity of the indlivi dual to the whim of the despot. And today, the whim of the despot is still the vital problem confronting the world. But this is not the time for the Free World to sit on its collective hands, to cry into its beer, to view itself with self-pity -- and, more dan gerously, with self-fear. This is a time for standing firm, for a rededication to the basic beliefs free pennlea hold dner Elephants The University's reasons for such a ban are not unreasonable, but the retroactive punishment of a student for an act committed before this act became subject to disciplinary action does not seem just. Although the action was taken by the Athletic Department and is, we hope, cor rected by this time, we think it is time for a little sound thought and questioning on stu dents' security. Where does security begin and where does it end - or does it exist? The policy seems to be a little akin to old religious doctrines of fear of the "wrath of God." Punishment based on fear only makes one frightened when one gets caught. Thus: an unknown crime is no crime. Simply because an administration cannot conceive that a student would decide to take a little 1,553 revolution ride in a spin-dryer and does not have a rule to cover an incident, there is no reason to punish someone after the deed becomes -- shall we say, unpopular? There's a word for it - ex post facto. e (Won't) Go while hiking, etc.) J ist as the hula-hoop lost its simplicity when fur trim, bells, ad infinitum, were added to the plastic hoop. We offer our own 50-mile variation: staff members combined to cover 50 miles on type writer keys in five hours and 20 minutes. I To Know We have many credits on our side - many pluses on freedom's side of the battle. We believe in Almighty God and in the dignity, the spiritual worth of the individual. We have a decent respect for the opinions of mankind. We do not seek to degrade or to enslave any peoples. Militarily, we are the strongest nation in the world, but our power is maintained solely to protect freedom. We are a prosperous and productive nation, second to none, and we honestly want to help other peoples to de velop. We are willing to settle international problems through fair negotiations. We have no colonial or imperialistic ambitions. There are some of our credits. It's com paratively easy to put them down on paper. It's more difficult to get them told and re told throughout our nation, throughout the world, as counteraction to the propaganda of the Communists. Our news media are the best in the world. Trained newsmen do a monumental job day after day, hour after hour, to inform the American people. Admittedly, some exag gerate, some sensationalize - but they are exceptions. The American people are offered a tre mendous amount of news and interpretation, but the (discouraging thing is the lack of at tention they give to even the most p)ressing p)roblems at home andl abroad. This is true in all news medlia fields -- it is not peculiar to radIio and television alone. It is no secret that newspaper comic, sports and society pages outdraw the front page in reader interest. It is no secret that an ABC Smith -- News & Comment," a CBS "Eye witness," or an NBC "White Paper" runs a badl second or even third to action-adlventur*e, situation comedlies or musicals. Television and radio have the advantages, over p)rint, of immense circulation. Also, through sound and sight, they afford our' listeners and viewers a sort of p)ersonal p)articipation in the news as it develops. Our customers, if they so desire, can see and hear it happen as it happens. I say "if they dlesire" quite deliberately. For this is the rub, this is the problem thai should concern every thinking American -- especially college students of today who will be our future leaders. For virtually every time our industry p)resents - on network or locally - new specials or documentaries on important is, sues, there is a dlecided dlrop-off of interest by the public. I'll admit that I can't understand this (dis interest. In times of crisis, of course, mnost Americans can't get enough news pro gramming. But even (luring the first tens( week of the Cuban missile crisis, some view. ers complained that a news spot, (direct fron the White IHouse, had cut a couple of minuites from their favorite situation comedly. This attitudle is a challenge to our nation, and a challenge that will have to be met by the b)roadlcasting indlustry. We will strive all the harder to make our news, special events andl public affairs presentations mlor( interesting. We must hold a'idience interesi during the months betwveen crises by p)resent ing hard-hitting studies andl documentaries of the problems that face America and th( Free World. Ard all of us who care must dedlicate our selves to spreading the message of Americai - of our great strengths and our great ideals - so that both will surive. -Second i College Ty Editor's Note: From the All Star College Primer, Illustrated published by the Grooves of Academie Press. S EE the All-Star undergrad uates waiting in the regis tration line. They are trying to sign up for classes. Extend the registration line as far as you can see. T HE undergraduates will be standing here a long time. This teaches them the importance of physical stamina in college work. W HEN they reach the regis tration desk half of their Brin( CAROLINA students have been criticized in the past for not taking advantage of the various cultural attractions in Columbia and on the University campus it self. While such criticism is cer tainlyr welnl deered it1.should be. 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I F you are an undergraduate, you can save time by finding yourself here. If you are no longer in college, color all the students less green than they were in the good old days when you were an under graduate. ON -Hayes ;j Back F foreign companies and feature actors and actresses who are usually unfamiliar to us. Such movies are usually made on a very small budget and in black and white. In many cases the scenario is more sophisticated than that of our domestic films. The photography and the acting is often superior to what our major studios produce with more money and technical know-how. There is no question that the motion picture is a legitimate art form. This is not limited to foreign films, however, si nce there have been many movies pro duced by our studios which have decmonstratedl that the United States motion picture is cultur ally advanced. "Citizen Kane," 'Treasure of the Sierra Madre," and "Long Day's Journey Into Night" are but a few of the truly fine pictures made in this coun try. ITIS regretable that so few peop)le realize that the motion picture can be a great art medium, and worse still that so -Letters to Editor leers 'n JeE D)ear Sir: It was dlefinitely with disap pointment that I left our Field House after the basketball game PR A CREATER SOUTHI CAROLINA mted Collegiate Pres Robert Elliott Conzales as the firms ed by and for the studenta of the on Pridays, during the college year amnista and letter writere are met eck." "FThe Camecock encourvags .JOANN COKER DENNIS MYERS EMILY REDDING DON SEASE MARGARET BYRD 'A RUSSELL, ROBERT WANT MIKE McCARTHY WARREN NYE REGIJNA G;ALGANqO PAT ROESSLE .JERRY ARP R?OBRT GIASUINS -Dave E Academic C1 L AST week the University's pronouncement on grades, sus pensions, and student probation was reviewed as an indicator of a changing academic world. Certainly it is true that a subtle change in attitude has taken place, and it seems that the State-supported institutions are making it harder to stay in school as a partial answer to problems caused by greatly increased num bers of students. S UCH an academic "b e 1 t - tightening" was long over due, but at best, is only a half measure. Still unanswered is the question: Why are so many more students coming to college? From the standpoint of sheer number of high school graduates, a rise in enrollment could have been expected. Educational jour nals for the past decade have been warning colleges and universities to brace themselves for the deluge of "war babies." HOWEVER, there has been no accounting for the significant per centage increase of high school graduates that now attend college. We face two strange situations . . . the percentage of high school drop-outs is increas ing, while it the same time, the percentage of high school stu dents that are graduated and their numbers are legion - and subsequently enter college has also increased. To explain this upsurge in col lege attendance is not easy. First, more people are able to send their children to college. Dr. Ernst Dichter, Director of the Institute for Motivational Research, re ports that one of the prime moti vations for saving money is to provide a future education for children. This motivation is strongest, he reports, in those groups which rate in the lower half of the Mizell - F oreign F few know what constitutes a good and a bad film. Motion picture criticism is difficult and relative, but it is not so difficult that we should not be alarmed to hear a coed squeal, "Ohwheeeee, wasn't 'That Touch of Mink' GREAT!" This is where the trouble lies. As with most other cultural acti vities, students do not take time to read or understand movie re views. Such reviews serve not only as a guide to the best mo tion pictures, but they also help the student to understand and a ppreci ate the subtleties, symbol - ismi, and theme of the movie which would not be otherwise ap parent. About the closest the average student gets to a movie review is what he reads in Time, and s u c h reviewmanship is largely meaningless. B UT how many students have ever hoard of our outstanding critics or the periodicals which contain their reviews? Have they ever read the reviews of Stanley Kauffman (The New Republic), Dwight Macdonald (Esqu ire), p)layedl with Maryland this past Monday (wveek) night, but the dis ap)pointment was more a product of our cheerleaders' showving than of our team's showing. Cheerleaders should be at the game more than five or ten min utes prior. to its beginning, and wvhen they arrive, something in the way of a crescendo of spirit shouldl precede the game through "organized" cheers! That night there was a spirit in the air, but the cheerleaders seemed totally unaware of it. Last week at the "school in the hills" the cheerleaders did much to win the game by sending their team onto the floor after time-outs wvith a standing ovation -- the cheerleaders led the cheers at Clemson!! At Carolina the audi e'ne leadls the cheerleadiers andl the conglomeration~ wvhichi comjes forth is not t.he most effective. l)o the Carolina Cheerleaders go to, the games because they have a job t hey want to do, or' because t hey have a job they have to do? Yours truly, ledsoe ange: Part II "zone of financial sophistication." This - freely translated - is the group that saves money only what they consider necessities. Clearly, the consideration of a de gree as a necessity is a profound shift of public opinion . . and it comes from the segment of popu lation that 20 years ago would have considered four years of ex perience as better than "any old sheepskin." W HILE statistics would tend to point out that a college graduate earns more than a non college graduate, not enough con sideration was given to the fact that in years past the majority of college students' parents were easily classed as those of above average means. To say so invites the protests of those cases which were exceptional, but the point is, they were exceptional cases. Be sides, if economic advancement were the sole reason for educa tion, we would all become journey. men printers or steelworkers. Coupled with the trend toward a growing part of the population to consider a degree a necessity, is the cult degree worship in busi ness. This cult, deplored by Messrs. Packard, White, Mayer. and others, is still growing, and will not stop until the supply ex ceeds the demand . . . the supply in this case being the quite aver age person who has a degree and will perform admirably in an organization requiring large num bers of over-titled clerks and service assistants. This same per son would perform just as ad mirably without a degree. W HILE this point is not as valid in those fields requir ing technical training . . . engi neering, etc. . . . it leads one to wonder of what value is a de gree, anyway? And that shall be the topic of next week's inquir ings. urns Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (Show), Arthur Knight (The Saturday Review), or Bowsley Crowther (The New York Times)? Regardless of the individual's ignorance concerning movies, how ever, it is important that he first have access to the best films. To (lay it is an acceptedl fact that most of these pictures are being produced by foreign comlpanie's. When Dwight Macdonaldi picked the ten best pictures of the past year only three were dlomestic prodiuctions. Yet the individual has no opportunity to see the best of the foreign films at any Co lumbia theater. W E NOW have six first class thaers in Columbia, and they continue to show only those foreign films which have proven box-office appeal in this area. Thus the films of Peter Sellers (and not all of his) and Ingnmar Bergman are the theater favor ites in Columbia. Conditions were somewhat het~ ter when the Columbia Fine Films Committee was functioning pr'op erly (at least they brought us "Hiroshima Mon Amour") but all of its films were shown by one theater and there wvas never ann opportunity for the casual up town theater-goer to see these films. The Committee than ex pired and has only recently been revived; it does not now appear to be making a very vigorous at tempt to bring the best of the foreign films to the city of Co lumbia. I F the theatres of Columbia would begin to experiment by showing more of the latest foreign films I think they would find such a venture profitable and at the same time they would be providing a service to the comn muity. While many students at tend foreign film showings out of curiosity, there are other adiults alnd studIents who are great adlvoc'ates of this art medium andl are quite e'nthu siastic ab,out such pictures. Trheaiter managers of Columbia, will we ever get to see "A Taste of Honey,"' ''Divorce --Italian Style," "Last Year at Marien had," "La Notte'," ".Jules and .Jimn," "DI avid & Lisa," "'L'Avven tulra,'" "i: lectra ,"' "Eel ipJse," ''The Loneliness of a Long D)istance Runner,'" ''Seven Capital Sins,'' or "The Reluctant Saint"? T HERE are many many more.