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Decline And Fail Of Is a decline and fall of Greek empire taking place? The fraternity system's power is being slowly decreased on many campuses, usually because of the "caste system" supposedly used to select membrs. An example of de creased power is Williams College in Massa chusetts, where the room, board, and social functions of 15 fraternities will be taken over by the college next year. Fraternities will be allowed to continue to operate, but will probably not do well if deprived of income from feeding and housing members. At other colleges, such as Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, fraternity houses are being torn down to make room for teaching facilities. And editors across the nation are questioning the value of fra terni ties. In South Carolina, the S. C. Baptist Con vention has tried in the past to prevent the formation of fraternities at Furman Univer sity, but failed. This past summer, Furman trustees ruled that the four fraternities now active on the campus could take no more new pledges, in effect causing the groups to die after the normal four-year tenure of the current members. Furman students have evidenced their support of the Greek system by voting 9-1 in an Interfraternity Council poll to continue the fraternities. These are merely cases in point: the Furman fraternity system has added a great deal to the social life of the campus; what else it can do in the three years left remains to be seen. Another South Carolina campus that is new to social fraternities is Clemson Col lege. They've given a needed shot-in-the arm to the Clmson social circuit of a ham Kenned Each generartion inherits a world it nevo generation makes its oien accounting to its chi The speaker was Attorney General R< before the USC chapter of the American University Professors. The Attorney General's liberal sentim plause from a standing-room only audienc those standing were Negro members of Ke Vertical integration?) Referring to civil rights and racial < he said, "I AM NOT REFERRING TO ALONE, FOR THESE CONDITIONS EX WHERE." And quoting from Thomas Paine, "In law is king." We think Kennedy's remarks speak for Orientaion: Si Caroina's orientation program for fresh man and tra nsfer students was expanded last summer into a summer-long program for smaller groups. Ten students-leaders of the Carolina Commniuty-were chosen to introduice the new students to the campus, curriculum, and .soci life. The. visitors met with the Deans of the schools in which they planned to en roll, had plan ned entertainment, and im p)romnptu talks with each other and the coun sellors. The program for each group covered four days - Tuesday through Friday - for a cost of about $15. it was conidered a success by all of the Highest Hon< Two hundred students, faculty, and staff pafid tr'iaute Tuesday night to Dean George I". Toniin The dinner~ was a "surprise" to D)ean Tomilin, who found his wife, family, an old classmate, and others in the Confederate Room when he arrived. D)ean Tomlini's recent resignation as Dean of Students was never more clearly against the will of the studlents; Student Senate has also Passed a resolution requesting that he decide to remain, but his decision to re turn to full-time teaching is final. Student leaders were present Tuesday Leaky K April showers bring May flowers; they also bring cancelled Derby Days, and all out side activities at USC are precluded by a day of sky-gazing, cloud-reading, and arth ritic predictions. Granted, spring at Carolina makes every one want to get outside for May Day, Derby Day, the Little 500, and-hmmm--gradu ation on the Horseshoe. But the urge for halcyon days often becomes dampened. The answer seems to be an adequate auditorium for Carolina. Earlier this year, The Gamecock supported the drive for a The Greek Empire? burger at Pete's, going bowling, and seeing the movie which plays for a week at the one theater. Carolina fraternities are neither new nor necessary. We think it is interesting that the Greek system seems to be dying in the North, while it is just blossoming in the South, and possibly twenty years from now, fraternities will join navy-blue uniforms in the college paraphernalia dust-closet. The need for fraternities-an extension of the family system-will become lost in the South as well as the North the growing avalanche of college applicants, the increas ing competition for better - than - average grades, and other levelling forces such as the pressures of civil rights we predict. The 19th century fraternity is battling with the 20th century student, and the stu dent will be the victor. It has been said that a "Yankee" revolution of mind as well as money is sweeping our colleges. The old social aristocracy of manners is falling to the new aristocrat of intellectual concern. Ergo, it's more important what you can do, than who you are. Those in support of the fraternity system say that adult life is a process of rejection and acceptance-on the job, at home, among friends-so why not begin adjusting in col lege? They also argue that the rate of drop-outs is more than twice as high among men at a non-fraternity campus as among members of national fraternities. And so the Greek empire-262 national collegiate Greek letter societies, with 16,006 chapters, and membership of grads and under-graduates of 6,773,253 - begins its decline. Will it fall? y Quotes r made; each idren. bert Kennedy Association of ents met ap ?. (Three of rinedy's party. liscrimination, THE SOUTH IST EVERY America, the themselves. :mmer Repeat? studlents to whom we've talked, and a slightly shortened program was recoin mnendled for 1963 by the Student-Faculty Orientation Committee earlier this year. Yet, nothing has been (lone. The program is now under consideration by the newv Student Government officers and members of the Administration, it is known. However, the time is growing short, and the program requires a great deal of plan ning. Student counsellors must be "hired," dlormitory rooms reserved, and summer job schedules juggled. We hope the orientation program gets a speedy go-ahead-soon. wr For Tomlin right, however, Dean Tomlin's appeal for the studlents has been his interest in the average studlent, not only the outstanding boy or girl. Hie has taken countless hours to counsel stu dents having (difficulties wvit~h their studlies, fraternity boys with myriad problems, and s t u (d e n t organization leadlers battling budgets. Dean of Women Elizabeth Clotworthy bestowedl on Dean Tomlin the title "Knight George Galahad" and prIesented him with a garter, but the students bestowed on him the highest honor: honorary Green Beetle. Imbrellas Columbia Coliseum, which was voted (down in a referendum. It is now time for the University to turn its exp)ansion plans, which have recently providedl nev: men's and wvomen's dormi tories andl a Life Sciences building, to a building to replace the Field House as basketball court, concert hall, and housing hodgepodge. We hope for a new effort on the part of the city to get a Coliseum, but in the mean time, let us have clear skies-or a building CampL QUESTIONS on integration, the Honor System, and cam pus recreational activities made up a substantial portion of the second poll in The Gamecock's continuing survey on campus opinion. The second poll reveals: 1) 97.3% to 98.7% of the stu dents at Carolina do not favor violence when U.S.C. is integrated. Tokyo F R EMEMBER the n a m e Ger- t trude. t Gertrude is a new star on Ha- t vana radio, CMQ, and takes her I place among other such notables d as "Axis Sally," "Tokyo Rose," t and the multi-named siren who wooed the troops from North s Korea. E VERY Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday n i g h t, Gertrude broadcasts from CMQ, Radio Ha- I vana, to the American public. Her I news commentary is delivered in s correct, somewhat pedantic Eng- f lish, sprinkled with slang. The language may be English, but the i line is straight from Moscow. On this particular evening that c I happened across "Dirty Gertie," s she was giving an account of life a in the workers' paradise that s Fidel has created. It took a few I seconds to realize that my trans- v istor was not playing tricks on c me, and unfortunately she was c about through with her news (?) I cast before I found the back of t an old envelope to take notes on. W HAT I heard was most amusing. There is now, my friends, a new sound to Radio IIavana. Gone are the rhumbas r and the fast-paced Spanish-speak- r ing announcers who extolled the r merits of "La cerveza de qualidad, t San Miguel." Instead, complete with echo chambers and recorded jingle sta- t tion breaks, CMQ is out to cap- t 'Rain Or Dear Editor: I liked the spirit of your edi torial thanking President Jones for considering the Commence ment matter at length. It as sumed good will on both sides in thie controversy and was free of that "wve wuz robbed!" flavor wvhich seemed to me to character-< ize, and spoil, sonme of the early r dlebates. For anyone to maintain that on this campus the adminis tration or the faculty - for the i latter were brought into it too - are indifferent to student welfare is simply not correct. May I though, offer a small correction? You were in error in< staiting that the Commencement Committee had anything to (10 with fixing (or cnanging) the lo cale. We are appointed by the President to organize the func tion, a p)lan for which has been involved over the years; and wve will be delighted to put it on al most anywvhere. In fact, at one stage of the debates, Mr. "Frugie" Henderson, not the leaist self-ex- 1 pressed member of the Committee, suggested that the ceremonies he held on top of the Flagpole: and1 I can assure you that if the P'resi (lent had accepted this particular recommendation, we wvould have i tried! But the decision is for else where so we will see you on the Hlorse'shoe', - come shine or, er, conic rain! Sincerely, Ge(orge Curry Chairman, 1963 Commencement Committee D)ear Editor: Arnold Wengrow dleniedl the1 charges of brainwashing in the i Crucible which I made in a March 29 Gamecock letter. A character istic of successful brainwashing is the unawareness of the victims of the fact that they have been in dloctrinated. Now if the letter of1 denial had been written by a stu (lent who had not served on the 1 Crucible staff, it would indicate one of t.he following statements 1 were true: 1) Brainwashing of USC studlents was non-existent, or 2) Successful indoctrination had occurred. Mr. Wengrow, who was Con tributing Editor of the Crucihle, stated in his letter of refutation that I was "unable to offer any articles from the Crucible imaga zinc) which could be thought to" indoctrinate. This was a very weak point of argument, because 1 I h adi cle..ly writte "instea of -Robert is Survey R 2) 68.3% to 70.5% of stu dents would be willing to use the proposed YM YWCA camp if transpor tation to and from the camp were provided. 3) 57.4% to 69.6% feel that students are NOT provided with adequate on - campus recreational facilities. t 4) 48.9% to 51.1% of stu- A dents consider the library tv - Dave Bledsoe - ose's Sister, ure the American audience. Using t h e i r unlicensed overpowering e ransmitters, they beam into s 'lorida on alternate nights, evi- v ently seeking to capture part of he market, or something. p Well, amusing as this may I een, it has not-so-amusing rami ications. C f1HERE is a new look to Cuban S I propaganda, and the brains r1 ehind it were not educated in r lavana, or anywhere else, this it ide of the Atlantic. The whole ea behind this face-lifting of astro's megaphone has a "Made n-Russia" label. In a way, it's a backhanded a ompliment to Radio Free Europe r nd the Voice of America. It is h well-known fact that the Rus- r ians spend more money to jam i tFE and VOA broadcasts than C ve do in sending them. The broad- C asts, usually in the native tongue a f the country to which they are icing beamed, are eagerly listened b 0. Perhaps, as refugees from Hun :ary have testified, they are not o relied on as they once were everal said that the VOA im lied that the United States would naterially assist a Hungarian evolt-but they are a thorn in he Soviet's tender backside. [ T would seem that the Soviets are taking what seems to hem the opportunity of a lifetime o repay us in kind, and broadcast -Letters to Editor Shine' Gra isting numerous other instances i vhich I observed as a student at r Aaolina, and as a member of the 1 taffs of both Gamecock and Cru- 1 ible, I will suggest" steps of rec ification.( It would seem, according to Mr. I vengrow, that to confirm my ac- I usation, all that remains is for i ne to cite several "instances' v'hich I observed." GLADLY!!! 1 The most subtle example of I ~his race - mixing indoctrination Lppeared in the first issue of the 62-'63 Crucible. On page 12, here was a cartoon of the Three I Nise Men - one a Negro. The ' aption: "Step to the back of the unager, Please!" The message in- i ('nded for the subconscious was: ( 'Segregation is noj Christian!" The example that wvill win the 'ase for me, if I am allowed an mpartial jury, appears in Cruci ile, Vol. 2, No. 2. In the "Editor's 'omment" Mr. Savage comments: 'We have been informed that we ~hould print . . . political reIa ivities. We feel, howecver, that - olttical views of this sort have on place in a literary magazine." But on the "Flip-side" of the ie.ry same page: "The State is not ~nown for being a bastion of clear ~hinking . . . its editorials point >ut the (decadence of 1. the North, ~. the Liberals, 3. the Kennedy .\dministriation -- all three cf shich arc lumped together and aquated wvith "eggheads" wvhose wvowed purpose is to destroy some'thing called e i t h e r The Southern Way of Live (Sic) or rhe American Way of Life, both >f which are loosely interp)retedl >y The State as being the same thing." No p)olitical relativities, iuh? This quotation was in the irticle "Wake Up, College Trus ~ees, Parents, and Just Plain litizens!" by Greg Davis.4 An interesting fact that should be noted at this point is that Arnold Wengrow wrote editorials mtder the pen-name of Greg D)avis for the Crucible. In all fair iess though, I must admit that Mr. Wengrow (or Greg Davis) ;trivedl to prevent an unfair hal ance in favor of the Liberal side n the magazine, lie even sub nitted a book review of The Con cience of a Conservative - Sen. 'oldwater's boo(k - wvhich he had ~olicited from a graduate studont. lie was re'primandIed by Editor savage. Although book reviews from the r>nlitical Right wvere not allowed, tha Leaft wna well rerenntaa. I Want eveals Attil more suitable for study ac than their rooms. sa 5) 52.5% to 54.7% feel that the USC Honor System is of at present ineffective. in, or [ HIS poll was taken, as was pc the first, by scientific ran- wi m sample, with the invaluable isistance of Dr. James G. Hil- w: n, of the School of Business cn dninistration. The poll, as pc ken, is considered to be 90% in Gertie the United States. Well, their rforts can meet with but little access, and at present, nobody 'ants to jam out Dirty Gertie. There is, however, a disturbing ossibility - and that is, that irty Gertie may have her Span h - speaking counterpart broad a<sting to Mexico, Central and outh America. Such a possibility may be a reality in the light of ,ports of Cuban efforts at train ig subversives in other countries. NE encouraging aspect: Sena tor Kenneth Keating has romised to look into the matter, nd he seems to have access to Pliable information. S e n a t o r eating is the one, as it may be ecalled, who read into the Con ressional Record a factual ac ount of the Soviet build-up in uba some weeks before it was dmitted on October 22, 1962. In the meantime . . . remem er the name Gertrude. Incidental Information Department When your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep is your downfall. duation ivite you readers to once again ead "Crises and Chrome" review y M. Hayes Mizell in the Dec. 961 issue of the Crucible. Mr. lizeli is now a member of the amecock staff. Among his many chievements for the Left are the 2tters he sent to the President nd Sec. of Defense' in which he twisted" statements of Lt. Cmdr. 0 . Smith. (I read copies of oth letters and attended the E.A.F. meeting at which Smith iade statemsents in question. I Iso made sworn statement in be |alf of Smith for the pending in estigation which M izell's letters Iromp)tedl. Smith dlied unexpect dIly before invest.igat ion.) It. Imdr. Smith, incidenta,lly, re ( eil a FreedIom's Foundalt ion hedal from U.S.C. Pres'dent Rob rt- Sumwalt, atn indication of his antriotism. The type of brainwashing used ,y Crucible e'ditors has been the ethod of selecting editorial writ rs -- who hid behindl penf-names -- andi book reviewvers who hold ,Iheral Philosophies. Indoctrination by the Gamecock a 5somfewvhat, different , but I not ice' Tr. Wengrow d id not chal Ilenge ny accusations of it. Yours truly, Eddie Hlightower Adve'rt ising Manager Crucible, 1961..1062 'Editor's Note: We can't help mut wonder how Mr. Hlightower an define Mr. Wengrow as prej diced toward the liberal side, "hen Wengrow gor's out of his vay to mnake available to "'The 'rucible" a review of "Conscience f the Conservative." We wonder ow one can be lib)erasl and con ervat ive, but puth-lease, Mr. lightower, we'd rather figure it mut ourselves. (iUWjNG~ FOl UJNWERSITV OF Si M.ebe of Asanclat Pns,ndadq Jannary 50. lsoM, ..ith Faitor. "The Lamrnek''b is pi,i,.,, Ume-rr,Ity o.f 'outh Carolina weeki,. except on holidays andl during eiamineg ihe , pinionn e'pss.ed he ilu nec'e,sariy shnoe of "Tie (:am,eend, lmes, to the Fdito,, h..s aNlel ters not en"'stente an endorsment. The P"heFuionI any Ietit is reserved. EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR RBUSINESS MANAGER hudes curate, and was a random mple poll. The Gamecock's poll was an fort to ascertain the true feel gs of a majority of students i significant issues, and the fling techniques were in line th the latest methods. The one drawback to the poll is that it questioned only on mpus students; however, the { ill was adjusted to take this to account. Editor's Inkspots Talk about equal rights! All you boys out there, have you ever been a girl? No, thought not. Then you've never looked for em ployment under a cloud (even bigger than Joe Bsyplytx's) of prejudice, with a sentence of 99 years in the kitchen wearing gingham aprons and cooking flap jacks hanging over you. If men consider employment and marriage - although I've heard that some don't think of the two in connection - this is con s:dered wonderful, but if you're a girl, the questions are loaded: for instance, have you ever been kissed? And if you don't give the right answer, you're condemned to the Black Hole of Calcutta - to cook for the prisoners, natur ally. After all, let's face it - some girls aren't oriented for homes. Have you ever sprinkled a madras. blouse andl ironed it on a pink (Ed's. Note: beds are handy makeshift and illegal ironing boards) spread? Pretty - ugly. Ever salted a boiled egg by sprinkling the salt in the boiling water? Ever cooked corn in a coffee pot? Men make the hest hairdressers, cooks. and society editors (i.e. Basil Hall of the Charleston Post Courier. So why not let women out. of the kitchen and into the world ? We're not torn between skirts an( trousers; in fact it's kind of nice being a girl - after 5. But this middle-of-the road attitude is confusing. We cai't remember if we're supposed to be the "mod ern" or the "feminine" woman this week. Sociologists say the two roles are conflicting. They're probably men anyway. Ev en the Southeastern Confer enee voted last winter to allow girls to compete on varsity teams -and girls have been wvinning in competition with boys. It was suggestedl that "girls let their boy friendls wear their little swveaters." We don't advocate such an ex treme view, just a little impar tiality. Equal rights for all? Too bad Martin Luther KCing isn't a girl. * * * "Who (do you see wvhen you look at mie, wvho do you see?" Lisa asks David in the movie "David and Lisa," which played last week at the Five Points Theater. Anad D)avid answers, "I see a girl, Lisa, a pearl of a girl." Trhe phot ography is realistically beautiful, the acting convincing and moving, and the dlialogue rhy-. thymic--epspecially in the seqluen-A ces wvhere schizophirenic Lisa speaks in rhymie so that she won't slip into her other personality, Muriel. David has a fivation about clean!iness: be carefully wipes his spoon before eating, he is in maculate - and he fears that if~ alnyo'ne touches him, they are try ing~ to kill him. lt.'s the ps;ychological love story at its best. Hope you get to see it. * * * For the first time in Columbia, "'ANT1c;ONE." a foreign movie hase ( IOn Sophocles' Gree(k classi cal platy, is becing brought to the Fox Theater on Maiy 4, Saturday, at 11 n.m. Thr wvill he only one perfor'niance, and English substi ttes will be used. This movie was filmed in G;reece with Greek actre(ses and actors. Tickts arc $1 fo radlults and $.50 for chil dlren. Please ('all Janet Blanks at P'O 5-22M1 foi tic keta. CoCg I A CRJEATER WHTI CAROLINA r'd CAlicipgnte ress inh,ert Filinti Cons~aIes a the flyst hw and for the 'ltudents of the m rday's, during the cvilege year mnist and t,ne, writ,,, ar, ,,4 i The Camer.,+" eynn,raes uight to edit or withhnld froes JTOANN COKER DENNIS MYERS EMILY REnmaIN