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National Now, Next week, Oct. 18-19, will mark the celebration of National Newspaper Week. Its purpose is to emphasize the importance of the free press to the nation, to the schools, and to every individual. The Gamecock joins the thousands of American newspapers in observing this spe cial week, but with a somewhat noteworthy honor: YOUR campus newspaper has been awarded, this week, the All-American rating by the Associated Collegiate Press, a dis tinction again placing us among the top seven college weekly newspapers in the United States. Naturally, we're very proud to have this honor bestowed upon us, but, we feel we shouldn't take all the credit, for YOU, our readers, have played an important part in The Gamecock's high national rating. While we have tried to maintain fairness and impartiality on our news pages, and intelligent comment on our editorial page, we have constantly been affected by YOUR criticisms and your demands of a basic American right: THE RIGHT TO KNOW. This cherished right is not ours alone - it is your right; we only try to defend it. Wesley Fe Last week the name of our University was brought before a court of law after a white youth from Atlanta, Ga., was charged with entering buildings on the campus with out authorization. He came to USC to visit, presumably, Negro student Robert Ander son, who had neither extended him an in vitation nor expected a visit. The youth, Samuel Shirer, a field worker for the Student Non-Violent Co-ordinating Committee, is a suspended student from the University of Alabama. He has a record of criminal offenses, including two arrests in South Carolina for his part in racial demon strations. During Shirer's visit on the Carolina campus, he made his headquarters at and used the facilities of the Wesley Foundation, even after his activities were known to Foundation members. Such a person, who has brought adverse publicity to PETE At Let's Take A StE T HERE is a paid ad in the cur- HE story of rent i s s u e of A merican j gins with Opinion, the magazine published taxation. "And under the auspices of The John in those days, Birch Society, which contends: out a decree fron "The personal income tax which tus, that all the was devised by Karl arx and taxed." was prescribed by him in the And .Jesus, h Comm,unist Man ifesto for the who scourged tI self-destruction of America is # ers from the t. the source of great evil. It can condemn taxatio and must be repealed if America asked, "Is it lav is to remain a free nation." to Caesar, or Do you feel this way ? Do you plied, "Render feel that our system of taxation which is Caesa is the result of a Communist the things wihc plot? Or do you simply hate to The "Watchw. pay your tax ? Can Revolution" As Benjamin Franklin said, famous declar: "In this wvorld, nothing is certain wvit hout repres but death and taxes." Yet man, ranny.' And who has always hated to pay a might never h tax, has found no wvay out of his it not been for dilemma, for taxes are necessary tive tariff hen< to provide revenue, revenues are at the expenfse necessary to run governments, "L TERNAL~ and governments are necessary , ldprice of to run nations, must remain si CROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTil CAROl Memiber of Amoeiiated Colle.giate Prea Founded January 30, 1908, with Robert Elliott Gnn, Editor. '"The Ga.meock"' is publishied by and for the University of .South Carolinai weekly, on Fridays, duri. year except on holidays and during exauminations. The opinions expsressedi by colunmnits and better is neCcsarily thosei of 'The Gamecock..["Te Gamuecog l.etters tos the Editor, but aill I.etters must be signedt. I' not constitute an ensdorsement. The right to edit or psublications any letter is reserved. EDITOR ..............D MANAGING EDITOR ..DA ASSOCIATE EDITOR DON BUSINESS MANAGER .EM] News Editor .... Sports Editor .. .. .. ............ Society Editor .. .. .. ............ Feature Editor. .. .. ...... Campus Editor ........Mary Chief Photographer.. Advertising Manager. Circulation Manager. Exchange Editor ............ COLUMNISTS: Todd Wilson, Dave Henry, Carl Andrews, Ted Narrow. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Ralph Jarrells, Dave Und STAFF MEMBERS: Sara Elliott, Harriet lIolland, Sig Il virgmnia Maxwsell, flarry WValrop, Dickat' Ellio't hlenry tuIhe {Inme Smith, Marcia Daht?iel, Jackie Caslison. Betty (aperton fiartin, L.isa Lennox, Nanicy Jo Edwards, Susan Linmdam, Efridt Tom Hunter, Mike Canmp, Kathleen fliiggins, Pre'cious 7.url Gwen raylor. Harriet La Borde, Linda (ordell, Carter Crewe Holland, winkle Yosun g, Andy Orgon ik, Bee Jee Gaurrett, Jonan Moore, Eva Edlesburg, Sally Keyes, Rosemary Mood y, Caro I Cary DuPe, Dan Pruitt, Deb watkins, Isabell Secreat, LUnd spaper Week Here at the University your campus newspaper is truly YOUR newspaper; it is published by the students and for the stu dents. Unlike many college newspapers, we are NOT a censored publication; we are free to say what we want and free to handle the news as we see fit - we've accepted this responsibility, and have tried to live up to it. Thomas Jefferson once said, "When the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe." We concur. To be of any im portance, a newspaper must remain free. When the press is controlled, neither the paper is free nor are the people free. We will fight any move, as our battle with Stu dent Senate last year indicates, to control or suppress the news. THE RIGHT TO KNOW is YOUR basic right, and we will defend it as long as we exist. We salute National Newspaper Week and America's free press, of which we are proud to be a part. Most of all, we salute YOU, our readers, who have unceasingly aided us in delivering all the news, as well as accurate news, through YOUR constant guardianship. - Myers. und atlon our University, should not have been wel comed in the manner which the Foundation treated him. We have the highest respect for the Wesley Foundation's activities in religious fields; but, their efforts on campus in the realm of social work, seem at times, to be misguided. We know that many people in the Foundation have views that are more liberal than prevailing student opinions on campus. Their actions last week, however, cannot even be considered liberal or humane - just pure lack of reason and tact. We are not opposed to liberal social attitudes, except when they appear to be used as methods for following the Gus Hall line of thought. We hope this is not the case of the Wesley Foundation. --Myers 4DREWS mnd: Income Tax Jesus Christ be- remain free. Our tax structure a reference to is set up to provide revenue to t came to pass meet our obligations. .hat there went If we do away with our pres . Caesar Augus- ent tax structure, what will we world should be put in its place? low can we mself, the man e itottxngterc te money-chang- mr,adtepo es ne mple, could not thprvsnsotegadtd ri. Tlhe P'harisees inoetx 'ful to paty taxes tisinfcnththoevo riot ?" Jlesus re to Caesar that aeaantorlrsn a r's, and to God srcueofrn okbesb rd of the Ameri- ta ayavctso o was Jlames Otis' txsi eea loavct Ltion: "Taxation amltr ulu,amr e entation is ty- thns(pnIupnrvue ye o('urlhad ean e. arr taxdwatructurei the hgh potis saidu to provie rearked ta mftn heNrh eethinks obvigatonesholdb of the South.tax atruthesaerae, st ayl 10 viiac ste pr cnt its onae? o thos woe il)ety."Amerca more,iand thic poor taxs unery ronginoderthae mutualliononithenated income fealx om axi ncsaei.It is evilian ta bthoseh are(1 aint likur payseny tax. isctuessafry becoauee sub-t statue revenuir own. It saioni bats mand adotodes. We mower ae road genra sals adocate Wamilitar haveup goren be ie~ timeIi ~ litereoeignth pole,y fThe gtie Cilg pepeWarutntpeihfo fitingq te North teerh ibr.merica .ron LinSO Erderngo JNA IISEI ritersCarenno A KmusKra ngntdt"ei il frampU poorpe nbn f$5 Larr BrEttSOE. o Seila Rardono 11sor oe stealgtr reike McCrya hylk hm(e,o ore rw. . onnfieo. Walif .mtt . t R'hoContDoclaSoieyee Carlton,m O'Nedal Sp.2..Clf,t eert ele. Meryman~g, te 0t itda niesr Henricks'h , Pmee h egnayMs.AnRd u.itt, ,eray linghey,a ri. Iidi.An ronee, clf. Fr add en rtim t KeSia le. Dick o th rop achduoros,vis LWET 1T~ "" Raps Editor Vditor ('he Gamecock ar Mr. Myers: Your editorials on the two -ontroversial issues that have aced the University - integra ion and academic freedom, are i perfect study of the fine art )f fence-sitting. As a politician, l bow to you, but as a journalist, you "flunk." Furthermore, your treatment :>f the "news" on the syllabus that was prepared by the Inter national Studies Department was quite unfortunate since you quote the former president of the ABA, rather than the present official who is in a better posi tion to judge its mecrits. In your editorial, you claim to have read the syllabus, but you refuse to conunent. on it, know ing full well that its detractors had not read it, and that the issue at stake is academic free dom. There is no need to comment on your ability to take a strong stand on issues irrelevant to academic life. Last year The Gaucock was a paper with an opinion; it sems that thi ear it is to e comie unfelotu"t siet. o EDITOe t'OEThe frel)sienfe sto,ranthe thau thcoent versyciawh iast ink' aecosk in tontaingesiatemeritsmd nyour eitorial, osio reamd haenea the syllabus, but ouo rfscomment on ist,bu katv this ntimea it and sthati the prssisiat stae thatdes, free subjectr bty atoae arng beforeoa irsesrreitiont tore alemisedf.WEHAER D LsarThe Gamecock wa aWpape sihf oflithogh t seems thet other itay, to eve come a jolt.our sheet pgeo Se)t.13. AsafnOE The naews ltory Oufl hesauontrkyin vers iwo yeas week' Gasquit< inteest coti steetsyo mighe byv te lRsayon theresiengto qustistnd, .Btre,o reitria oti treNgrde thind not cause any eioriflpysi comments Non Nther sylausnet this tme amid isn strid te lvisal tge sitati. Astiar ently, "no adiion" cang"n loe ae."WE AV RA) TUES'YLLABvolntreS.s N o r,therns Norte nr isea sandrd oeratinlpoe Wie, thuhout thr ouh whe si th' epe wee la,IrecmiVe Yourt eloqoet. Yourofian page (a; w ell ast yOr esont phoe ofy twill yeafr agt. Nos onut iinterested to eading yhing hav te subject that disgenoto (aryi.hvocofmdrtoi Ihardt supeda e ha h Yolurss.n No North healin; coesoall,Ie." ntdiar nnnfleon - iolnte etpmnt 4~t 0C1.13-19 t E RS represent the type of attitude] which may, someday, help to un snarl a tangled and tragic social conflict. Congratulations on your exercise of responsible and en lightening scholastic journalism. PAUL TURK, EDITOR Oakland Observer Oakland, Mich. Praises I. S. Dept. Editor The Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: The International Studies De partment, during its short ten ure at USC, has established it self as one of the front-runners in this nation's fight against communism. By making known and clarifying the Red doctrine, it has enabled the students of this school to establish the nec essary grounds for fighting this menace. At this time the International Studies Department is under at tack by many individuals and groups - including a University trustee and Sen. J. Strom Thur mond (D-S.C.). The attacks have ranged f r o m "teaching our young people the wrong things," to accusations of "Red lean ings." if this department is commun ist, then action should be taken. But, is it? Is the American De partment of State employing communists on diplomatic mis sions? If the learned professors of the International Studies De p)artment are expressing com munist ideas, then the State De partment is, too. In the last twvo years, two members of this small department have been asked to perform services for the federal government. I would think that the State Department would be extremely careful of who they send on special missions. GORDON STEARNS Honor Pledge Editor The Gamecock Dear Mr. Myers: Th'Ie question of signing the honor pledge has arisen in one of my (-lasses, and I would like to miake the following comments. We'bster's J)ictionary defines honor in the following manner: "esteemi dute or paid to worth; manifestation of respect; hence, fame ; cred(it ; goodl name." Ilonor to me couldl be ex p)ressed as a codle of ethics and morals. Of course, honor to one person may not have the same meaning as it dloes to another. Because of my faith it would be dishonorable for me to be seen int(oxicatedl, whereas others of different religions would not find it dlishonorable to be seen in the same position. Many hold the idea that plac ing one's signature to an honor p)(~lge at the endl of an cx amnination is the easiest way to avoidl susp)icion. The thoughts be hind this idea are obvious. One would not cheat and then lie abhout it in the form of a signed pledlge. I feel that a person is either ,honorable or dishonorable. A personi will either cheat or not _cheat, regardlless of whether or not a pledge has been signed. Until people really become honest, what is the value of an honor pledge? s CIIAIE WIM DnKAINST TODD V L AST week I stated that this 1 week we would begin to nention some of the various spects of Student Government hat needed study and some that ossibly need revision. The first, ne of chief concern to me, is that f some form of student judicial ystem. At present, there is no system s such, although there is a work ng body for the women students n the campus -- the Women's tandards Committee. This com. nittee is completely under the ,uspices of the dean of women ,nd is not under the Constitution .s it rightfully should be. We do hank Dean Clotworthy for her rood judgment and wlllingness to nstitute such a body, even though t is not incorporated within the ,onstitution. Under Dean Tom in there was also such a body or the male students -- the den's Judicial Council. At pres nt, it no longer functions, as )ean Witten is waiting to see xactly what action, we, as stu lents, are attempting. MOST colleges and universi ties of comparable, and even maller size already have a judi :ial system, and it would be most ielpful and beneficial should we ucceed in our attempt to estab ish one. We have contacted ap )roximately 25 colleges through >ut the Southeast and have -eceived information concerning ;he functions of the Judicial Jouncil from a number. We will ittempt to take the best of each ind comprise one which will be suitable for our own use. From all that we have received [ believe that some form of court system would be best for our situation. Everyone realizes that Carl Hei Apathy In Americl What Should We To Eliminate It? I N the closing scene of the movie, "The Ugly Ameri can," a man, the average man in the gray fhainnel suit, flicked off his television set in the epitome of the American attitude today --APATHY. Americans today do not seem to care enough to act in a concerted manner on any problem-domes tic or foreign-before it is too late. How many Americans turn off news programs in search of more primitive sounds, and how many of your friends are con tented watching games on tele vision all day, and then playing bridge into the late hours of the morning. Just what has happened that has caused this apathetic atti tude? Everywhere people look to America for leadership and inspiration; yet, America is fal tering badly. It appears to us that the present administration, and the two previous ones, have followed a pusillanimous policy in regard to our avowed ene mies, while the American people have stood idly by and pondered and cursed, but have done nothing. SINCE 1932 each presidential I)administration has stead fastly increased its power at the expense of local andl state auton onmy. Since 1932 each administra tion has also increasedl expendli tures to an extent where there is little point in keeping up with the national diebt. Since 1945 more and more tax money has gone abroad to little avail. Since 1932 more and more so. cialistic schemes have been at tempted on the American public, and for years South Carolinians have returned a man to the United States Senate whose camp)aign issues have largely been rural electrification and the building of p)ost offices. More recently, this senator has ad vocatedl medicare. With these facts In mind it is easy to picture Americans and South Carolinians as apathetic. /IL.SON ludicial System ow Under Study For University . 'here are some problems which should be handled by girls alone, mnd others by boys alone. For this reason I should suggest that here be established a Women's Lourt and a Male Court. There night also be established a Su preme Court with appellate juris :iction which would be composed of both male and female students. the Honor Board would continue to exist and would be incorpo rated within the new court sys tem. Whether or not it would be the appellate Supreme Court is something yet to determine. I AM offering merely sugges tions and nothing final. We do have a committee working on this problem, and we hope to report something concrete in the near future. As an example of the effective ness and responsible of two such systems, I should like to call your attention to the University of Mississippi and the University of Alabama. Ole Miss has had a judicial system for 12 years and has had its decisions reversed only twice; the University of Alabama system has been in effect for four years and has had no reversals. A S with any system of this type a student must have the right of appeal to the dean of men or dean of women, as the case may be. If we prove that we are responsible enough to handle the situations and gain the con fidence of the student body, there will be little use made of the right to appeal, for the dean will also have power to make the sen tence even worse. Next week we will consider other proposals which we feel would be beneficial to the Stu dent Body. idricks 10 this country if men of convic tion andl strength do not get into the political parties and defeat the entrenched machines. It is here that we see the crux of the matter. The honest men are not p)articip)ating in government the way they should. It is time the public had a choice in the elec tion of a president--not just the mere selection of the lesser of two evils. I N 1960, what were the issues, and why was mediocrityr again presented to the American p)ublic for the highest office in the land ? Look at the campaign exp)enses! It is getting harder for the machines to "sell" their selections on the American peo0 1)1e. In 1964 the Kennedy ma chine wvill probably spend a rec ord amount on re-election and on a p)latform of peace, pros perity, and the status quo -- a compllete contradiction of the 1960 p)romises. P ERIlAPS it is wrong to blame certaia politicians for blund eras and ap)athy, because these pioliticians are men with too much leisure, though not quite enough, just like average citi zens of communities such as Spartanburg, Columbia, or Frog more, IExpediency is the watch word1. No one, it seemis, wants to exercise, to read a difficult book, or to even stay in high school or help someone else (do so. P'er haps this p)robleml is too far rootedl in the past. America to day is the product of three wars, increasing inflation, white collar status, a great depression, auto mation, beer, movies, and tele vision. This is perhaps more than enoiugh to explain the apathy in America todlay. N o longer does the Statue of Liberty stand forth as the beacon of hope to all who come to her shores. Our freedoms are y gradlually being restricted and the welfare state is in tho of fing, and1 1984 approaches. Grass roots America: wake up, you have slept toon..