Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Stateneni As the school year draws to a close, the new staff of The Gamecock assumes its du ties and publishes the last issue of the news paper. The new editor, as tradition has it, courageously sticks his neck out for the first time by attempting to formulate the policy of The Gamecock for the ensuing year. The editorial policy of The Gamecock for next year will remain essentially the same as outlined by Miss Coker. Our policy will continue to be: to supply the news, not suppress it. We are cognizant of our re sponsibilities and duties to the student body; to present a precise, accurate account of cam pus events, to become a forum for the ex change of comment and criticism, and to become a means of projecting the opinions and attitudes of the groups on campus to one another. Fairness and impartiality will be at tempted at all times on the news pages. We will play the news as we think it should be played, whether we like what it says or not. At all times, we promise to be guided by the rules governing good journal ism: sound judgment and common sense. In recent months The Gamecock has been the object of severe criticism by groups and individuals who felt the paper has not been presenting all of the news, and by others who felt the paper was presenting news they didn't want to read. We feel readers should understand that our job is to determine what is news and how it should be stated. The Gamecock is under no com pulsion to present everything available for publication, nor are readers compelled to read what is presented to them. Both ex ercise their right to decide what is fit to print and what is fit to read. Our namesake is a fighting bird. This Gamecock will fight, too, if need be. We will not fight for the sake of fighting, nor will we criticize without purnose. We will, however, not be afraid to ruffle our feathers a little if we feel it is for the best interests Alabama I Birmingham, Alabama, is the story of two men-John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. As we see it, both of these men are attempting to exploit the state of Alabama: one for personal popularity and another for publicity. We'll be the first to admit that Gov. Wallace is not exactly an advocate of com plete racial equality in Alabama, however, as governor, he made apparent attempts to quell rioting conditions in Birmingham after Sunday's riots. The governor offered a $500 bond, leading to the apprehension of bombers, and promised to apprehend and convict all agitators, regardless of race. After Gov. Wallace sought to maintain peace and order, President Kennedy prompt ly sent troops to Alabama. It seems obvious to us that the Presi dent's action is little more than a political BAN TN A MERICA in the mid-twentieth the world's frar century presents an interest- is due, as a con ing phenomenon, a picture of a has said, to tt nation attempting to establish a physics, neo->bi culture based on a bomb. phychology. Let T HE atomic and hydrogen points and the bob,though products of society. science, are fast becoming in- First, neo-phy tegral parts of our national folk., with Galileo, t< lore. Even after the tragic doc- the earth was umentation of books like John the universe. 'I Hersey's Hiroshima, these grue- revolves around some menaces are still tolerated, at best, a seco1 and each day the devil is given on top of that his due in such masterpieces of versa is like a horror as Fail-Safe and Seven anism which isi Days in May. will one day gria Why, we might ask ourselves, .physics struck have we permitted such flagrant mism. intimidation of our lives? Of to- ECOND, neo day's students, most were born i)kind of the during one war, most have lived tion. You are, through major world conflicts, a little lower and the chances at present are You are, inj very good that most will die in lower, having or another war, bigger and better out of a tree. 'I than ever before. tating piece of W AR has always been a prime And last, b~ factor In the history of least, the ne man, but now the risk is too Freud told mar great. War is something we can thing people do no longer afford, so why must tionalization, the threat exist? Perhaps the that. Neo-psye answer lies in what we might call suIt to Injury I Of Policy of Carolina and the student body. The Game. cock will remain a product of student worl and the voice of the students; it will be i paper wholly for and by the students, no the administration, the trustees, nor th4 faculty. The Gamecock will not be a hous4 organ of the University, or any group We will have no censorship, whatsoever We have recognized the legality of the Boar< of Publications established by the literary societies this semester and will functior under it. We will recognize no other. Ii our right minds, we can not present th4 student body with a censored newspaper-ii the event we should become censored, w< will cease to exist. The new staff has accepted the responsi bility of continuing to publish a newspapei which will be of the most service to Carolina While we will continue to maintain a higl quality, we will always strive to improve Next year's Gamecock staff will be enlarge< by the addition of several new editorships exchange editor, literary editor, art editor and religious editor. The Gamecock hope: to increase the size of the paper by tw< additional pages-one sports, and one news the increase to ten pages will enable thi paper to boast the title of "Largest Colleg4 Weekly in America." We plan to devote extensive coverag to sports-all sports-and plans are nov being made for the establishment of a specia news bureau to cover all incidenti evolving from the inevitable integration in the fall And, too, we pledge to keep a clean office so the administration will not condemn our headquarters as a "firetrap," as the cas( has been. We believe in Carolina and believe tha1 this coming year will be one of the greates1 years of progress for the University, anc The Gamecock will not be left behind. W( will, as our masthead so ably puts it, con tinue "crowing for a greater Carolina." Mightmare move to enhance his re-election chance. among minority groups in 1964. Also, hi. endorsement of Dr. King, who seems t< fancy himself as the "Colored Moses," ib another shrewd political move. Certainly, Dr. King's actions of organ. izing mass demonstrations can not possibl3 aid the cause of racial equality. If Dr King really wants equality, he should in. struct his followers to seek harmony be. tween the races by individual acceptance not by mass crowvds of Negroes chanting "We Shall Overcome It." We are not trying to dissuade advocate of racial equality, and we are not endorsing the policies of Gov. Wallace. Rather, we'c like to see a more resp)onsible approach t< the problem-a quiet and individual ap proach. Federal troops and chanting mobs will never solve the racial problem, nor wil Kennedy andl King further the cause, foi one seems mnfivated by popularity and an other by publicity. ~avagye * BOMB 1ie of mind, which HE effect of any one of thes temporary writer h Iits of scientific lore wvoul ree things: fleo- be enough to send any given par ology, and nleo- of humanity reeling to its knee' us examine these We have hadl the benefit of al ir effect on our three. But even after all this, iti 'sics, which began not too late for the world t ild mankind that pull itself out of the nosediv riot the center of that may very well end in ir 'he earth, it said, reparable ruin. We do not sa the sun, which is that science is detrimental. W id-rate star, and can say only that man as a: 'the whole uni- intelligent being has the choie giant clock mech- of finding in science a way o unning down and betterment or a way of self-de rnd to a halt. Neo- struction. At any rate, somietim no note of opti- soon, someone better get the ide of trading in bullets for brother biology told man- hood and change the syster wonders of evolu- whereby if you can't put togethe it said, no longer a more effective death-ray tha than the angels, they can, we don't want you. ~act, very much ly recently fallen E HAVE to take the bom 'his was a devas- VTout of our culture andl pu news, it in the trash can with the othe t by no means garbage, and then perhaps w 0-psychology of can make a go of it. If w Lkindl that every- dnt iewl oewe is merely a ra- dnt iewl oewe ex-motivated at will be too late, and one dIa hology added in- the sun may conic up and kee CA D 0 Now REMErr LETI Garnet & Black Editor The Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: After students finished look ing at the pretty color pictures in the 1963 Garnet & Black, after they found their own pictures and after they sat down to seri ously look at the yearbook, an interesting fact emerged. The 1963 Garnet & Black is a carelessly done, unimaginative, short-sighted hodge podge of pic tures. Missing from this year's yearbook was a student directory and a complete sports section. The religious section was a farce. The editors of the fraternity section didn't miss a trick either. Not only did they manage to pack into their few short pages misplaced pictures, three-year-old headlines, and incorrect sponsor pictures, but they did it at the grand total of $45 a page. The only part of the fraternity section that seemed well planned was the Sigma Nu section; some coincidence, uh? One can only wonder how a Board of Publications that bears so heavily on The Gamecock can let something as expensive and prestige-ladened as the Garnet & Black fall into hands which ob viously have no responsibility to ward the school. The 1963 Garnet & Black was unique. Even "David Obeil" (Abeel) didn't know he had re ceived the faculty man of the year award. NAME WITHHELD. Editor The Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: I was very happy to see the current ed i ti on of the 1963 Garnet & Black. I am quite sure that Mr. Bob Plunkett was also very happy with this publication in which he played a large and colorful part. My question is this -- is there going to be a special edition of the Garnet & Black for Carolina students, or did I accidentally re ceive a copy made especially for Mr. Plunkett? MARTIN SCHWARTZMAN Editor T he Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: The m em bersa of the USC swimming team wish to express their thanks for the fine cover age whlich they received in the 19631 Garnet & Black. The sports editor of this fine year-book must have spent long hours preparing the write-up and pictures which t akppearedl in the athletic section. It is a dedicated person who makes sure that all groups re (ceive their due and we the mem s hers of the swimming team feel r> that our efforts and sacrifices D have been (July rewarded. -Everybody should look at our yr section ! TH[E SWIMMING TEAM. e(Edito,r's Note-The 1963 f Gane & Black did not con lain a sction on the swimming e teani.) r. Film Banned Editor T he Gamecock [b Dear Mr. Myers: tAs you are well aware by now, r the documentary film "Katanga, e The Untold Story" was banned from showing Monday night in tRussell Hlouse Assembly Room. The film was sponsored and pro 'moted b)y the USC Conservative P Club. It was open to the public (most. of thn navertiin had bee ,8m, DoNT ASK LAVS THE GvLTAR. PE RS torn down by someone.) At approximately 4 p.m. the president of the Conservative Club was notified by Dean Pat terson that the film could not be shown on campus as he did not want to "rock the boat," whatever that means. No real reason was stated and the Dean did not indicate who had put the pressure on him to censor the film. The Dean had never seen the film, though. The audience that gathered for the showing at 7 p.m. was told by the Conservative Club presi dent, Lake E. High, that the film had been banned and under what circumstances. Two USC police men had appeared on the scene shortly before. Surprisingly, there is more aca demic freedom off campus for that is where the film had to be shown. Why was this film banned by a University official who had not even seen' it, and who brought the pressure to bear on him? Was it the same element that had torn down 95% of the posters advertising the film within twelve hours of their being placed up? One hundred five had been placed up the evening before. Where is the intellectual to hide from such an inquisition? First, freedom of assembly and speech; will your press be next, Mr. Myers? DONALD A. FOSTER, JR. 0 0 " Housing Refunds Editor T he Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: I'd like to know why it is that when a student moves from a higher priced dorm on campus to a lowver priced dorm he isn't r efiu nd ed the difference in money. This semester I moved from one of the new men's dormitories to a room on fraternity row. I paid $100 for my room at the beginning of the semester, lived there two weeks, then s.5oved to an $85 room in a iraternity house. However, I never receivedl a refund of any sort. What is it with the Housing Office? HARRY WALDROP. Science Labs Ed itor T he Gamecock Dear Mr. Mlyers: Has any progress been made in many of the physical science courses, in making the labora tories more coherent with the lec tu res? We have heard several profes sors comment that improvements could be made concerning this problem. But, to our knowledge, nothing has been clone to improve this condition during our years at Carolina. We think it's time for some action to be taken. SCIENCE STUDENTS. Coker Rapped Edlitor T he Gamecock D)ear AMr. Mlyera: Former editor JoAnn Coker sounds like the nigger baiter from Oxford, Miss. She seems to be backing that damn nigger before she's even admitted. I am sure Miss Coker must be a member of the NAACP or the Communist Party. NA ME wITrInIELn TODD \ I| ] I N THE coming year this is to I be a weekly column containing I articles on student government d and those things which I, as stu dent body president, feel that the l student body needs to know. It i is one of many new means of I communication to be instituted in the coming year. The most important step re-t cently is the formation of the ad hoc committee on campus af- t fairs appointed by Dr. Jones to advise him on all important stu dent problems. This is a student faculty committee and does have student majority. This commit tee has tremendous possibilities to communicate student opinion and that of the administration. W E ARE most fortunate in having Dr. Jones and our new Dean of Students, Capt. C. II. Witten. Both of these men are keenly aware of student prob lems and will exert every effort to insure the rights and privi- t leges of the student body. Under their leadership we hope to make great progress as a student body and as a university. Another thing of deep concern to me and to each of you is the possibility of integration in the fall of this year. In the event that integration does come, the future of Carolina is at stake. At such a time we must act with dignity and in accord ance with the regulations of the University and the state. Our reaction to integration will not mean that we individually accept it or reject it. It will not mean that we approve or disapprove. A LREADY we have seen two incidents - Mississippi and Clemson: The University of Dennis EDITOR'S INKSPOTc A s WE look out the window of our Russell House office, sitting for the first time at a strange desk reserved for the editor, we recall the episodes and incidents that occurred during our months of work on The Gamecock. An inspiring Mississippi yen ture-promptedl by JoAnn Coker when she stated in exhaustion one October night: "I'd go to Ole Miss and cover the race riots if I had car keys." Unexpected. Jy, Miss Coker's request was ful filled and in 12 hours four Game cock staff writers were on the Mississippi scene, escorted to the campus in four Army jeeps.... T HERE were fights with the Student Senate each Mon day afternoon. We refused to print Student Senate minutes, substituting instead, vehement at tacks on the editorial pages. It was during these battles that editor JoAnn Coker coined the phrase "phynque" while denounc ing a student body officer. One of the main highlights of the year, naturally, was The CROWING FOR UNIVERSITY OF S( Member of Associated Founded January 3o 1908, with I Editor, "The Gamiecock' is publkhe, University of South Carolina weekly, e except on holidays and during examhl The opinions expressed by colon necessarily those of "The Camecoclk Letters to the Editor, but all Letter, not constitute an endorsement. The publication any letter is reserved. ED)ITOR MANAGING EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER Copy FAitor News Editor Sports Editor Society Editor Feature Editor Campus Editor Chief Photographer Advertising Mana..r /ILSON itegration May rove Challenge m Student Body dississippi, with her bloody hand, ore down the very fabric of lignity and the ability to live n an atmosphere of academic pursuit. But, Clemson has risen o greater heights with the com ined intelligence and rationality >f the students and administra ion. From these two we see hat the path is clear. We see vhich path we must take, for here is little question. It is most important that we ealize that we are not follow ng a policy of defeatism. We lo not want integration. Neither lo we want to be blamed for he loss of dignity and integrity hroughout our area. We must -ise above the bonds of prejudice ind indifference. [N THE final analysis, the state government, our admin stration, and our student gov 'rnment will do all in their power o insure peace and rationality. still, the most important decision s in your hands. You must per ionally and individually decide your action. I place my great -st confidence in you and the )eople of South Carolina in pre- 4 aring USC for this event. All rampus organizations and dorm :ounselors will be fully instructed is to the proper actions, but vithout individual concern and ntegrity, little can be accom alished. The future of our University s in OUR hands. This is our greatest challenge, and we must rise to the occasion with sincer ty, purpose, dignity, and integ rity. Men and Women of Carolina, the decision is ours! Myers Gamczcock issue containing a~ story and a large picture of Caro I i n a 's impending integration woes. It was about this time Ben Boyd made the mistake of criticizing the newspaper's news coverage--andl found himself on the always-unpopular side of a censorship controversy: that's when the chip on his shoulder sprouted into a tree. L EAST to be forgotten among this year's memories was the fight over control of The Game cock. The Study~nt Senate passed ~ a bill establishing a board of publications to govern the paper, and we all went along with it until we were cleaning the office one night and found, of all things, a constitution written by the literary societies, giving them control of the paper. Since we were running short of news copy, we played up the constitutional controversy and found ourselves in another censorship fight. ...a year gone by . . . a year to come-per'haps next year we can graduate from censorship rights andl move into libel. I GREATER BUTHI CAROLINA Collegiate Press obert Elliott Conzales as the first I by and for the students of the t Fidays, during the college year mists and letter writers are not "uThbe Gamecock" encouras ri o etorwithhold from DENNIS MYERS DAVE BLEDSOE EMILY REDDING Donna Russell Regina Galgano Mike McCarthy Connie Wall* Pat Roessle Mary Carlton O'Neal Bill Campbell Larry Barrett