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Editor I Absolute reason died last night at 10 o'clock. It may have been said in Peer Gynt, but it describes the last editorial merry-go round; time has come full circle. The end of the year is a little like Judg ment Day ... all of the ghosts of old stories and editorial issues are raised to be entered on the debit or credit side. And we have had issues this semester: graduation, the increased number of drop outs, integration, Student Senate, fratern ity debts, multiple Gamecock constitutions, and the underground newspaper. We've tried to present the news factually and to editorialize thoughtfully and ration ally, however, we understand we lost most of our readers to "Dear Jackie" (now de ceased, R.I.P.) We want to thank Dean of Students George Tomlin for his assistance in financial and morale matters. Assistant to the Dean Charles Behling has been patient and gen erous in attempting to balance the Chinese sliding scale of Gamecock income and out. put. To Sonny Evans, Bob Hill, Jack Wilson and all the others at the Information Desk a big thank you for relaying messages, sup plying us with pencil and paper at 6:3( Wednesday mornings, and for continue< interest in The Gamecock. Thanks to Mary Wilder for postal service Prof. Earl A. McIntyre and the Boar< of Publications have given us advice, an< have contributed time and patience to the tedious task of compromising the conflict ing constitutions of the literary societieE and Student Senate. We are grateful foi their interest, and know that they will con tinue to work for the best publications foi Carolina in the years to come. To Sammy McKnight and the other greer beetles, we know it's been an almost im possible task to sort the trash from the copy and valuable files, but you've kept th< office above condemnation standards. The literary societies-especially Jimm3 Mann and Tom Smith-have been our trou bleshooters all semester. Thank you, my friends. - Letters t< Theory On Edu Dear Editor: Dear Editor: A student here has devised a The new Cir theory to solve our principal prob- organized on t lems in education. His name is David A. Kuhlmann, and he calls pus has worth; his program the "Low Educational these are: " t Level and Segregation Correc- civic awarenes: The corrector consists of five points: *e eacton awof compulsory * Administration of a test ( which determines overall ed- I nio ucation gained by students. * All students of secondary schools having to take the test each year. This is th * Evaluations of results, and read inciden a "cutoff" line agreed upon. * Students above the line to be placed in white schools, be- 0 to be of sei low it in Negro schools. Community. 'I Mr. Kuhlmann theorizes that similar to the the integration will be gradual; objectives of as Negroes work hard to get into wvanis Club white schools, and whites work University Ci hard to stay there, thus effectively There are raising the literacy rate of the a service club state. He repeats that it's only a pus without theory; he doesn't want to make ever, some ia many enemies, money - cons4 Sincerely, ing projects b Carol Robinson some cases. Stoptl I Fl had a first sentence, I would indeed could do all right . . . some- her." I wasn' body just asked if I had a sub- Pines find his ject .. . well, not exactly . .. more the only lost< like a hodgepodge of facts, fic- There are al tion, faces. er college editt This is my last time behind this ier of New Yc barricade of scarred mahogany, is probably sti coke float .'ups, overdue library minal waiting books, pens without ink, and let- just don't ans ter's . . . ye gods, the letters. often . . . an3 I'VE gotten letters from the promoted to P IJohn Birch Society and the pondent. Communist Party (just forward AND from them to each other, it works won- D'Arcy. derfully). I've gotten letters pany in New from people like Newcomb B. New York Pines, N. Y. attorney, who said, "And you mos "Seeing your name and photo in sell all the par the Philadelphia Inquirer yester- After a se day has revived a 20-year old that I wasn't memory and aroused my curl- finally chang osity about a member of the Gloria Troubl Coker family . . . her name, in derwood Trout 1948, was Carolyn Coker . . . I for short. H< ows Out This semester's staff has been hard-work ing and independent. We're looking for great things from the Fall, 1968 staff. It promises to be a newsmaking semester with the possible impending integration at Caro lina. The Gamecock should take a lead in molding student opinion to meet this situ ation. We'll be turning over the editor's desk to Dennis Myers, who's done a fine job as managing editor. Dave Bledsoe will fill the managing edi tor's shoes capably and competently. The "triumvirate"-Bledsoe, Myers, and Coker-wil be split, "c'est la vie." Staff editors Donna Russell, Regina Gal gano, and Warren Nye have helped the newspaper become what we'd like for it to continue to be: a paper with diverse and original content and views; not one man's opinion. Sports Editor Mike McCarthy stepped in several weeks after second semester began to fill a sudden vacancy. We don't know what we would have done without him written sports, maybe-but he's done a ter rific job. We've had-and will have-many critics, and we've agreed to disagree. It is hoped you will continue to read The Gamecock, even though you may not agree with its news and views. USC News Service has been helpful in providing press passes to The Gamecock to events such as Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to Carolina. We thank them for the time and trouble they've expended in an effort to help us get the news to you. The advertising and business staffs have brought in revenue through ads-and hard work. The Gameock commends them - Emily Redding, Don Sease, Larry Barrett, and Harriet LaBorde-for their work. And last, we want to thank the readers faculty, students, administration, alumni, subscribers, advertisers, and others for con tinuing your readership and support of The Gamecock. Without you, it would all be rather pointless. It's time to lock it up and go to press for the last time. Thirty the Editor cational Problems The Circle K Club has in mind cle K Club recently some Campus projects, which will ieUiest a-be of value to the University. ie Uiverity am- Money is required. The members r objectives. Two of decided to use their brawn and o build a feeling of brain in a car wash project. This and responsibility was felt to be a source of funds rs themselves, and fo hc h otiuigcs :lental mation Stra.TeCu se h artment toaanoneetothsCm e last time you'll Nohnaperd nTh tal information. Gmcc atFia.Iwssr vice to the Carolina awrh rjc,teoealam hese objectives are ofwihaeln-rmCpu overall community srie the Columbia Ki- Teproeo hslte st vhich sponsors the rqetGmcc n tdn ele K Club. Bd akn o hsgopo ome services which yonmewhhaeseresl can provide on Cam- udrae h raiaino much money. 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(Ed. Note-see editorial 'Miscellany," Feb. 1.) I do not wish to be a sym~bol ...but rather, just an ordinary college girl. As you may know, I am pur suing a Pre-med course here at Notre Dame College. I have al ways been interested in knowing and helping other people. If I succeed in becoming a doctor I would like to spend a few years of my life with the Peace Corps or some organization like it so that I can: give myself the per sonal satisfaction of knowing that I am helping others; be a part of the people in organiza tions such as Peace Corps who are doing so much to build a truly fav o rabe opinion of America and of the American people. I have been asked what I like or don't like recently, so I thought that I might state my hobbies. They are playing the piano, singing, reading, and playing sports of almost any type. My studies here at Notre Dame keep me away from my pastimes a great deal of the time but I manage to hang on to them, at least. A few weeks ago, I was made very proud to be a South Caro linian. The occasion was the -JoAnn Coker. on her record . . . sounds so good when talking to freedom riders, i etc. Earl A. McIntyre . . . chairman of the Board of Publications... European legend says that if a mother kisses a part of a baby's anatomy, it will become profici ent in some field connected with it. Example: if she kisses the baby's foot, it will become a great ballet dancer. We don't know what part was kissed, but he cer tainly has made a good chairman. T HE phrases we've coined... Phynque: Charleston fink. Plural of phynque: Sphinx. "I'm glad I'm not a loser; boy, I'm glad I'm not a loser." S. 0. S. -- definition censored. "It's so hard to talk with my foot in my mouth." Overheard In the office: "You look iv-youa're 1kind of green." king Problem \ti \4c' Worse" .-he Day >eaks Out >eaceful admittance of Harvey zantt to Clemson College. I was rery proud of all who had any hing at all to do with bringing bout this peaceful entry. I -ealize that it took a great deal >f planning by some, and con ormity by others. The hard work was certainly worth it though and I'm sure that all eouth Carolinians can hold their eads just a bit higher because >f the integrity shown by the >fficials and students at Clem ;son College. I do not expect an >ther Mississippi in South Caro lina. The people of South Caro lina passed the first real crisis it Harvey Gantt's peaceful en trance to Clemson and made a ieautiful showing. I extend my heartiest congratulations to all who worked toward the attain rnent of this peaceful integra tion. It was certainly a worthy huse and the job was one that [ ould Crlinian totank hold thoe f the interitteon byeteo fcialramn stoue.Tse Clem ter ssisspperi Southappro-atd . hoe people ofllSoutabCero lina pasle the youirsth rea risis tran than youinemson ore youriu shwng. 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For the past sev s eral years, more than I really care to remember, this column has appeared on and off the pages of the sometimes illustrious Gamecock. - I remember the first column that ever found its way on the editorial page. After long, ardu ous weeks as a lowly record re viewer and writer of features, my name finally was in print on the EDITORIAL page. B EING the original Arkansas Traveler, I wrote disparag ingly about the only thing I really knew something about Arkansas politics. Wham, boy, did I ever blast Orval Faubus for what he did to Arkansas. Ken Holland - who's still around and will demand an apol ogy which I'm not going to give him till he buys me a beer for old time's sake - promptly at tacked me for condemning this great Southern leader. Well, what the hell, I worked for two years to try to beat Orval Faubus and didn't succeed, so I came back to finish my collitch work. It'll be a race to see who finishes what first. T HERE have been minor tri umphs and minor disasters, with the disasters usually out weighing the triumphs. One time, another columnist and I attacked the drinking at the stadium during football games. Not that we were so much for or against it-it was just that either the regulation should be enforced or abandoned. It was the first time that I ever knew that alumni could ex ert any pressure on the old alma mater. I learned fast, but we got our licks in before prudently exploring other fields. Ah, yes, dear students-did you know that at one time the fence around the women's dorms was the subject of an almost un rivalled editorial attack. (That little series gave Dean Patterson gray hairs, but he seems to have come out all right-he looks bet ter now than I (lid two years ago.) A S managing editor for the coming fall semester, I won't be writing columns anymore for the editorial page. "That's no great loss," I heard someone say. Maybe, maybe. Actually, I have qualifications of a sort. I've been around longer than anyone except Jim Leventis. (And Charles Behling, for that matter, but he doesn't count.) BE that as it may, next year shoud bea decisive one according to JFK, Max Shulmian, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Gold water, and Martin Luther King. CROWINC I UNIVERSITY OF Mesnhe, of Aisse Founded January 80 1908, wil Editor, **The Gamnecock' Is pubi University of South Corolla, weeki except on holiday, and dnring sm The opinoins expressed by a necessarily those of --T1. canse. Letter, to the Editor, bet aD Let uot constitute an edorsameut. 1 puhleatiou amy letter is reserved. EDITOR ...... MA NAGING EDITOR... BUSINESS MANAGER. ADVERTISING MANAGER. COPY EDITOR.. NEWS EDITOR... SPORTS EDITOR. ones I haven't . . . such as Clif ford Prout's planned visit to Carolina. It was (discovered that his Society for Indecency to Naked Animals was a hoax be fore he could come. OUi iend . . . such as Jack Wlon's wife who's been on a paper dirive all semester... so rewarding not to see extra copies of The Gamecock lying around. And our foes . . . too long to be listed here. Student Senate and The Game cock decided to bury the hatchet in each other's heads. . . . We're fiends -- oops, friends now though. A ND If you're wishing wouldn't write with these little (dots, just remember I re cently finished a term paper on .Tames Joyce. 3ledsoe n Fun' Nelson Rockefeller would have said it, but he's on his second honeymoon-he's even got a sec ond wife to go on it with--ao-s I don't know what he thinks about next year. We've also had some fun this year. For instance, Ben Boyd is still griping about the treatment he got from The Gamecock (does he really have a Chip on his shoul der?) But if he h$dn't had the publicity he'd never be vice-presi dent of the student body - and we don't really have anything against him, anyway. T HIS year was also the year of the constitutional fight be tween the student senate, sorry, Student Senate, and the venerable literary societies. No one is sure who won yet, but it got the cam pus talking again. Wow. This is also the year that Dr. Jones got his fingers burned on the graduation issue - and every body learned something out of that little fracas. It turns out everybody was wrong-except Dr. Curry who talks funny 'cause he's from England - and next year should, in all seriousness, be an excellent one from the standpoint of student - administration rela tions. They'll even have a com mittee on it. I N one respect, I can truthfully say that I have never ground an axe in a column. I'm going to break this rule now, and unabash edly and extravagantly praise all my professors in the hopes that they'll give me good grades. I've even read Dr. Carlisle's book, which is going pretty far. And then there's Dr. Christoph ersen. He teaches English in between debate trips, and, damm ittallanyway, does a pretty good 4 job of it, even if he does shudder at my punctuation. I also have a class under Dean Buchanan in Journalism, but he gets praised by better journal ists than I am, so I'll leave him out. And I would praise Dr. Rogers in my history class, except he might not think it's funny - be sides I have to go study for my history final, and don't have time to write things about him except that he makes you think. Thir probably means he's destined for higher places. T HERE, I've covered every thing, said everything I've al ways wanted to say, and let my hair down. What will I do as managing editor of the paper? The manag ing editor is responsible for the news content of the paper, and the appearance of the front page. We'll have the best next year. We've got a good staff, and lots of things will be happening. Next year wvill be something to look forward to. OR A CREATER SOUTH CAROLINA lsted Collegiate Pue.m b Roeuet Elilett Consahes as the fiwut had by and t the studewt. of the eFrPdays, dining the ollege yer luinists and lefte write are met inck." "The C.mecea." enerae trm must be ied PUblisinde he right to or wthh4 fro.m JOANN COKER .DENNIS MYERS EMILY REDDING DON CEASE MARGARET BYRD DONNA RUSSELL MIKE McCARTHY It Of The theories I've learned... Dr. Christophersen's idea that neither Shakespeare, Marlowe, nor Fry wrote Macbeth, etc., "Queen Elizabeth wrote them; ahe had more time." T HE things I've seen . . . Death in the football stands... and1 two (lays later in a cafeteria line. White ironwork furniture in a postage stamp yard strug gling wvith a gas meter for space. A USC sticker with all the letters cut out except for SOT pasted on a wind(shield. Things I have to do . . . find a publisher for the Mississippi Travelogue I've written. And on and on, ad infinitum. G UESS that's all there is to say, except goodbye. My 'copy - paper gets soggy. See you in T he Charlotte Ob