Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ne Wide I How wide, tUticdle of Is it wide ei'ogb for all tlh to go in divergent direction not. Our traffih lights of 'tradil edent may be. run by those in to the safe middle of the r signs of preparedness and toi cutthe traffic fatalities. The middle of the road hi dangerous ground; the mi ground; the most congested This is time for unity; a tin Letter March 20, 1963 Dear Editor: Hayes Mizell's article "Bring Back Foreign Films" in The Gamecock (February 22, 1963), specifically the reference to the Columbia Fine Film Committee, demands an explanatory com ment. The Columbia Fine Film Committee was organized seven or eight years ago for the ex press purpose of recommending the showing of foreign films of outstanding merit to Columbia audiences. The Committee, as originally constituted, consisted of 11 members -- seven of the mem bers comprising an executive or working portion of the com mittee and four filling an advis ory capacity. Mrs. Marion Jor dan, no longer living in Colum bia, Mrs. William Keenan III, Mrs. R. Hunter Kennedy, Mrs. C. Anderson Riley, and J. Don ald Dial were town members of the executive portion. Dr. George Curry and Dean Wil liam H. Patterson, who is no longer a member of the Com mittee, were University mem bers of the executive. Mrs. Ed win Cooper, Dr. E. Garland Ross, and Dr. Donald 0. Bush man were selected to member ship on the Committee to re place those who had resigned. Mrs. Raymond Moore, R. L. Ackerman, Warren Irvin, and Charles Sanders comprised the advisory portion of the Com mittee. Dr. Curry conceived the idea of forming such a committee and it has been due largely to his perseverance and guiding hand that the Committee has weath ered some difficult times. The Committee has acted in the public interest, at no time has received any remuneration for its services, and continues to function in this manner. The Committee chose the Five Points Theater to experi ment with such a venture for a number of reasons: Five Points, believe it or not, is within easy walking distance of the University; this cinema house is of the smaller, more intimate size thought desirable for the experiment; and it was hoped that the Student Body at Carolina would be sufficiently interested in this kind of pro gram to prove the experiment successful. Looking back over the time of the experiment it must be judged at least par tially successful. The manage ment of the Five Points Thea ter co - operated wonderfully. The Committee was fully aware that many non-University resi dents of Columbia and sur rounding towns would be de lighted with this kind of pro gram also. One film per month or six weeks with a three-day run was decided upon. Alas! Unless advertising announces that a particular film is "adult entertainment" students don't CROWING F UNIWERSITY OF Hember of Asee Femnded Jauary, 80 190s, wit Editor. "The Cassecock hs pqbllu Uni'versit of South Carolina weekl emcept em holidays and durists exaal Teopinon expesdb,. lAtters to the Editor, et afl Latt moO eenettste an endorseineat. T puhlls-aliem aop ltne, h. ,ee.,ed. EDITOR ....... MANAGING EDITOR.. BUSINESS MANAGER. ADVERTISING MANAGER COPY EDITOR .... NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR. CAMPUS EDITOR .. .SOCIETY EDITOR . FEATURE EDITOR . CIRCULATION MANAGER CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER. BUSINESS SECRE TA RY.. REPORTERS2: Mim Russell, Ro Bledso., Sara Elliot*, Henry E JacqueEine Lee Davia, ULta Goh, 1EmITORIAL COLUMNISTS: m The Middle of the road? in togethernesl ose who want paredness. ;? We think This is a time differences; thi ;ion and prec- discussion for a hurry to get time when it ha oad, but stop tion has broken retherness can This a time concepts, preju is become the weighing of pr >st populated practicality and ground. This is a tir ie for strength time runs out. -s To Edii seem to be too interested in at tending. "Phaedra," recently shown at Atlantic I theater, is an excellent example. If foreign films are to be shown they must be attended. Theater owners and managers must earn a liv ing. Times change! The method of booking films is quite mysterious to anybody who is unacquainted with such procedures. Local theater managers often cannot acquire a specific film upon re quest. An imported film widely accepted by the U. S. public must be obtained through com petitive bidding. Obviously, a large-city movie house capable of guaranteeing a run of two, four, or even six months will be most successful in bidding for such films. The smaller theater that can promise only a three- or five day showing will not be as suc cessful in competitive bidding for films as the large theaters. The Committee is not informed con cerning the financial success of films shown upon the C.F.F.C. recommendations. However, it is very probable that only a half dozen films in the length of time the Committee has been organ ized have been really excellent showings financially. We live in a capitalistic world! The Caro lina student body is sufficiently large at this point that a film could run profitably for at least two weeks or longer if the stu dents were interested and at tended these films, which, for the most part, are far superior to the Hollywood product. The Columbia Film Commit tee has not at any time passed out of existence only to be revitalized. The Committee is indeed gratified to learn that its apparent lack of activity has been noticed. Many films recom mended by the Committee sim ply have not been obtained. It may be of interest to know that "Jules and Jim." recom mended by the Committee over a year ago, is booked for the Five Points Theater beginning March 27. "David and Lisa" is scheduled for the latter part of April. We hope these films will be financially successful for the theater owner. The Committee can do no more than make rec ommendations. Remember, for eign films would be obtained were the audience sufficiently large and interested. The Columbia Fine Film Committee is alive and working but the results are rather disappointing. See you at the C.F.F.C. sponsored films. Sincerely, Donald 0. Bushman NO NUS, GOOD NEWS Dear Editor: No Nus in the news is good news. Censorship of The Game cock by Student Senate amounts to censorship by Sigma Nu. Student Senate doesn't rep resent my feelings or those of cR A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA Iated Collegiate Press b Robert EllHett cessahesa the 0est bd b7 and for the students of the ow sdys, duries the oeilese year lumanists and ketter wuitsen are set weck." "The cosmeeec&" oeqsae es mus be eIgl . PrauII?Le,dss JOANN COKER * DENNIS MYERS EMILY REDDING * DON SEASE MARGARET BYRD DONNA RUSSELL MIKE- McCARTHY * WARREN NYE REGINA GALGANO .PAT ROESSLE JERRY ARP ROBERT GASKINS HARRIET LA BORDE b Weir, Mary Carlton O'NeIl, Dave ichel, Tom Hunter, Robert Want, The Road? ;, and for strength in pre to bury the hatchet of group s is a time for free and open greater communication at a s been said that "communica down." e for re-evaluation of ideas, c dices; this is a time for os and cons on the scales of I reality. ie for it to be time-before r or... a single other student to whom a I've talked. The Literary Socie ties' constitution seems both the only legal one and the one most representative of student opin ion. What is this farce, Senators? Sincerely, M. 0. Corley SCHOOL SPIRIT Dear Editor: The spring football game t played last Saturday (a week ago) at the stadium was wit- I nessed by some two or three < thousand loyal followers of USC. There were some who drove two i hundred miles for this occasion. Needless to say, Coach Bass and his associates were pleased in having them, even though there should have been more. t Maybe the rain kept some away. i This is the question I would like to ask the student body of USC: Why were there so very few of you at this game? t It would seem to me you would think well enough of your Block "C" brothers who worked so hard to make this game a success, for a very worthy cause, to at least back them by your presence whether you cared for the game or not. I sincerely believe you fellows have as much spirit and loyalty to the University as those of other colleges in the state; the trouble is, you just don't show it. You are attending the finest University in the land. Let's prove your loyalty by SHOWING it on every opportunity. Best wishes, Jess Jones SPRING GRADUATION Dear Editor: Enlosed is a copy of the letter which KSK sent to President Jones. We believe it is of inter est to the students too. Dear Dr. Jones: We object to moving the ceremonies f r o m our lovely Horseshoe to the non-Univer sity related Township Audi torium. We object to the ruling that ROTC students will not be allowed to wear their uniforms at the ceremonies. We object to the possibility that the number of spectators at the ceremony will be restricted by the size of the Auditorium. Most of all, however, we ob ject to the manner in which these decisions were made. We believe that students should have a voice in making the decisions which effect them. We protest the com plete lack of student consultation in forming these graduation plans. Moreover, we object that the students had to hear of the decision almost by accident (through the Campus Shop) and that no explanation for the de cision has been given us. We are afraid that these events are indicative of an atti tude which we have felt at the University for several years. This attitude is one of disre gard for student opinion, of lack of respect for student Ideas, of the giving of primary preference to administrative and faculty interest rather than to the interest of the students. We ask your assistance in our movement to restore our custom ary graduation ceremonies and in our struggle to make this a University honestly dedicated to the service of its students. Respectfully submitted, Robert H. Hill, President For the members of KSK BRAINWASHING: GAMECOCK STYLE Dear Editor: I thought it only fair that I send your staff a copy of an article I have sent to local news media. Students at Ole Miss are cir culating a petition of impeachment of the editor of their campus newspaper. The student editor is a girl and during the riots, Survey P ^IHECK your underwear, men, ti uI if you don't have 10.5 pairs bi f undershorts, you aren't a typi- 0 al "Joe College." At least, that's g that a recent survey shows. A research firm, aided by the , farket Research Department of 'layboy magazine, sampled over ,000 male students to determine vhat made the typical college nan tick-or more importantly, uy things. f HEIR findings? Well, the average college man is 20.6 'ears old, probably unmarried, nd it's even odds that he owns r has full-time use of an auto nobile, and prefers beer. Among the other findings, an nteresting item was turned up: 2.8% college men work during he summer only, while a whack ng 30.3% work both during the ummer and the school year. Only 4.6% do not work at all. W HILE comparable figures for earlier years do not ex st, it is a safe assumption that he first two figures listed above ire higher now than they used o be. Since this survey, con lucted by Benn Management Cor oration, is probably the first of ts type to be compiled, it re reals some hitherto unsuspected bspects of "Joe College" and his uddies. Check your personal concep ions against the survey find ngs: )F THOSE surveyed 50.4% said they smoked. 66.8% of hose replying responded affirma ... Fans vould be better than bloodshed. a t seems that one with capabil- c ties of editor could envision a nore than the two previously 2 tated alternatives. However, the t mportant fact in the impeach- I nent news is that the majority e of the students-segregationists -are represented on campus < ournalistically by a student ex- t 3ressing unpopular, even unac- I cepted views-integration. Why is she in a position to i indoctrinate the minds of youths I who either oppose her views or are undecided on the racial is sue? Why are editors of student publications at most Southern colleges shouting the integra tionists line? More important to readers of this newspaper is this question: Why does the University of South Carolina's young female editor use the same tactics? In the November 2 issue of The Game eock, the lead story concerned the efforts of the 17-year-old Columbia Negro girl, Henri Mon teith, to enter USC. The writer stated "it was expected and it's going to be accepted." If you have a son or daughter at Carolina, or maybe a nephew, cousin, or friend, you should be concerned about the indoctrina tion. There is considerable indoctri nation in all our colleges and universities. Religious indoctri nation has long been evident and was thoroughly exposed in Man and God at Yale by William F. Buckley, Jr. Indoctrination of a political nature was reviewed by M. Stanton Evans in his book, Revolt on Campus. Carolina's two student publi cations - "Gamecock" news paper and Crucible magazine are the main outlets of the race mixing philosophy. There has been only one semester since January 1961 during which the editor of either journal has al lowed the free exchange of ideas: Doug Gray of Olar and e d I t o r of the "Gamecock" (Spring 1962) printed columns and letters of proponents of all sides of any issues discussed. In the Spring of 1961, the in tegration of U.S.C. was advocated in columns by Tommy Marchant and Blake Fishburne, the latter being dismissed by school officials as a result of his part in integra tion demonstrations. Instead of listing numerous other instances which I observed as a student at Carolina, and as a member of the staffs of both Gamecock and Crucible, I will suggest a few steps for you readers to take to rectify this undesirable situation. 1.) If you are one of the many hundreds of people in South Carolina who has pledged to the Greater Uni versity Fund, you could threaten withdrawal unless thero is an in -Dave I inpoints vely when asked about alcoholic wvorage consumption. (The an iymity of the survey probably iaranteed a truer response to rHAT'S THE WA THE CCJ & Foe( t Carolina in positions which ould influence your children in manner objectionable to you, .) You could protest in letters o the present editors or to the 'resident of U.S.C. 3.) You could xpress your feelings to State ien. Marion Gressette, chairmar f the special committee set up o guide South Carolina's racial olicy. Integration doesn't have to be nevitable, neither does our com. )Iacency. Eddie Hightower SAME SONG .. . )ear Editor: It seems to me as a studeni haresihStdent ofenate 3. Yoacul longe South semesterais toagral >nertioy don't deseve. Thb H Eddi Hig'owe "A semllton me Fr a'64"-n hatie allhed tde Senate ai lon thest is o conrab osteboy do' eserve waTi GA Mllo cenore or '64"-ll by any group, particularly 13 such a sick and ineffective on as the Student Senate. Though many wellntentioned people have claimed that Sen. ate will never exercise the power of censorship, I know from my own conversatonu with many student senaton that they intend to exercise thh power. It is all rather ridiculous an3 way, since both the legal cor utitution nde the bat cntiti 3ledsoe Mr.Joe this than would have otherwise been the case.) College men are addicted to the sweet smell of success, too. OKIES CRUMBLE (Photo props: U. S. Post O fjce) (Photo by Campbell) Increas< tion has already been passed by the literary societies in their joint constitutional convention. Sincerely, Clif Jones SECOND VERSE Dear Editor: I would like to thank the Stu dent Senate for at last abandon ing its policies of do-nothingness and for finally passing legisla tion that really affects the Stu dent Body of USC. However, I cannot see why the Senate is legislating on the re vision of the Board of Publica tions when there are so many more areas in which they could act with far more benefit to the Students. I question the neces sity for the Board bill as it is imnmuNmmmrnhimwuumma ) More r THE TOP 10,000 100,000 10,000 3,000 Camecock fund drive for 1,000,000 after three days of canvassing. Help uion to The Gamecock, Box A-49, umbia, S. C. s obvious that our paper has been d operated with complete freedom y in the past. We have, in our e paper, a good thing going, so why change It? My suggestion to the Senate is to try legislation in some of the following areas which are of greater concern to the Student Body. First, there is the problem of football stadium seating. I will not debate the merits and de merits of the stadium seating -plans, but the Senate should - take action to make the East .ol ege 83.6% use after-shave lotions, f, 41-4% cologne, 38.1% some form of powder or talc, and 91.3% use a deodorant. MOST male college students spent about $68.07 for back to-school clothes. (The survey did not include incoming fresh men.) 32% spent over $100 ... and if you spent over $200, you're included in the top 8.7%. Though most professors would tend to disbelieve this, the sur vey showed that 59.3% owned typewriters, and 88.9% have no excuse for being late to class, since they own wrist watches. T HE survey was conducted for Playboy, and they deserve a plug for at least making the survey available since it turned out that 43.4% of the students indicated that they read Life oc casionally, while 20.7% said they read Playboy occasionally. I imagine that Playboy will take consolation in the fact that more students said that they "tried" to read every issue of Playboy more than any other magazine. An interesting sidelight: back before the FTC got nasty about such hanky-panky, commercial mentions by newspaper column ists were worth a sample of the product mentioned. A famous cigarette lighter manufacturer was particularly good about this. Unfortunately, plugola is about dead. I WAS thinking that this sur vey column ought to be worth at least one bunny. Mail else move us back to the West stands. The Senate has voted on this question three times al ready and still we have had no action. This is only typical of the confusion that is prevalent among the Senators. Once upon a time, not long ago, the Senate appointed a committee to investigate the food services. They found out what Carolina students have known for a long time; the food is terrible. And, it still is. In the interest of good nutrition, why hasn't the Senate acted? And, to which Senate commit tee has the parking problem been of the Senate, it is obvious that shuttled? From the action (none) they have failed to realize that there is a parking problem neces sitating dynamic action. I can remember, too, when students complained of the cost (exorb itant in comparison to city charges) of parking tickets. Still, we complain, unheard. All in all, I feel that the Stu dent Government this year has shown its inherent weaknesses to be those of irresponsibility, alienation of the Student Body, and political nihilism. Granted, there are some areas In which Student Government is forced to cooperate with the Adminis tration. But, what action can we expect when the Student # Government has failed to take the initiative to get any action whatsoever? Defend the Senate and Student Administration as being repre sentative If you wish. Just an swer one question though: Whom are they representing when the Students still have a long list of grievances? Certainly, they are not representative of our Student Body. The individuals of the Senate have the honors they have sought. They are "Senators." Many of them will go on to bigger things such as "Who's Who." But they will have to make It on merits other than those they have exhibited as our "student leaders." What are we to (10 now? I for one, do not think we should take any more of this farce. Speak out and show the Senators that in the coming April elec tions we will not write the pre lude to another farce such as our present Student Senate. Tell them that through our votes this spring we are going to cast out the "dead wood" and elect a Senate which is responsible to the Students, dedicated to a greater voice for Students In our University, and determined to take positive action on real Is sues. If a general house clean Ing is what the Senate needs, then let's give it to them. Sincerely, E.V Kme,- J.