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Hommecom Homecoming this year should be one of the largest and most exciting in Carolina's history, if expected plans for the gala week end materialize. Instead of displays on Fra ternity Quadrangle, as in past years, this year's homecoming will be highlighted by a genuine parade, with fraternity and sorority f 1 o a t s, the ROTC drill teams, and the "Marching Gamecocks." While thousands of students are expected to celebrate the week-end at parties, the USC-UNC game, and other planned festivi ties, a record number of former Carolina students will return to the University; for many of them, this week-end is the only chance they have each year to visit the campus and to re-live their college days. Needless to say, it is important that the entire Student Body do everything possible to make the returning graduates feel at home. We hope that our alumni, especially those that haven't been on the campus for quite some time, will notice and be as proud as we are, of the progress the University has made in the past few years. Aside from our sprawling physical plant, the University has made distinguished advances academically, THE LE Wesley, Again to the outright religion in gener Editor communist countr The Gamecock Union, Cuba, and Dear Mr. Myers: is beyond me, bec. After reading the issues of Oct. 11 and Oct. is, I am convenienced C ar n a (sic) that the editor of The I hedlin f Gamecock is resorting to the urrl it amazes nu same cheap, underhanded tech- charge you with niques used by the Northern If he defines ra "yellow press" (luring the late active and interes 1890's. lina community, When your failure to support but, if he meanst our school editorially, and your support of unusu utter lack of stimulating news able causes or oi caused a drastic decline in in- not a lescription terest in The G a n e c o c k. you Air. Medlin. "created" news to "sell" your yellow sheet. tacked from all In 1898 the cheap yellow press stand against the started a war with their editorial Icy Foundation. nonsence (sic) and libel. Now you I have not wri have followed their example and or condemn your committed an equally absurd and matter, but to libelous story which attempts to who do attack yc destroy the reputation of one of the most influential forces among and more respo students in our city; the Carolina criticism. religious community. If the support Last year, under responsible wish to disagree editorship, The Gamecock had a vould be much national prominence; this year it if they used some has a national notoriety, than that of Mr. Nothing that Mr. Shirer did or could have done would have brought upon our school the dis-0 6 grace that you have brought us. Eio In my opinion, and, I believe, Ti ,ancc in the opinion of the vast ma- er r.Me: jority of informed students at Haigbe USC, you, Mr. Myers, have out- myetrli, lived your usefulness to The sadsm ot Gamecock and to the University. Mdi' eetl Do not misunderstand me. I tr,M.edi am not saying you should give up WelyFudt e d i t o r i a I dluties because your cotayothI views differ from mine; quite the MtoitCuc contrary, I would defend forever Ti mle h your right to print any fact that Cuc ece is true. However, the point I am tegain Mr raising is that you have used The ko htaMt Gamecock for criminal purposes, Oagbr a and that you appear to be neither dicnnu it$ emotionally matur'e nor journal- adpormt istically equiped (sic) for a (eh(it fi position of such responsibility. I trust that you will have the decency to resign rather than0 0 have the Student Body demand AA S your impeachment. WILLIAM F. MEDLIN Eio Thhe Gamecock Der r Myers:Ar.Myr In the Oct. 18 issue of The adsmtigt Gamecock you were assaulted AB sylb. with words by one William F. Sowa,ith Medlin, who, if I recall correctly, metoof-ou referred to you as "one of the tem - lv more radlical members of student traisan "c government." oae hs r He went on to condemn you for o omns,b supposedly condemning "God's inrgm.Ltu Church," to compare your criti- wehdsaeIl cismi of the Wesley Foundation to i5if toetz communistic suppression of reli- tete r o gion, and t,o condemn your criti- amn th det cism as UNAMICRICAN and as wol,adtt suppression of the church by the wsjs ml state. epoae Mr. Medlin pinnedl sonme nasty Frhioe labels on you and on your opin- cmuimde ions; hut, he failed to accomplish ml'fC,a r anything. He offered no reasons lee,bti t to show why your criticism of Iltohep Wesley's policies could be con- delodcoun strued to be a direct condemna-. clsiueamn tion of the church in general. wol.Tiisaf He failed to note that your Aein alt criticism was not of the church, Oecno i but of the actions of a few of- eeyb utn ficials. It is beyond me to under- sadndraii stand how Mr. Medlin could com.- h fcsinov pareyou resluton f reroo, fr erica inogee lug 1963 as well, under progressive and talented lead ership. We hope that these recent achieve ments will not go unnoticed in the sparkle of a festive week-end. Money, of course, is not a popular sub ject with anyone - especially when it in volves donating - but it is a reality that must be faced by our alma mater if we are to continue our present rate of growth. Since USC is a state-supported institution, money is not as plentiful as it is at exclusive, pri vate colleges and universities. This is where our graduates can be of great help. During homecoming this year we hope our visiting alumni will take a good look at the educational and physical progress made by the University, and decide, too, to become a part of this "great leap forward." Through contributions, no matter how small, the pres tige of Carolina can continue to increase. As the prestige of the University rises, so does the value of a USC diploma. We hope, then, that the Student Body, in the midst of this gala week-end, will do their part in impressing the visiting alumni with the progress and with the ambitious of USC. - Myers TTERS suppression of extremists of the left but from al, and of the extremists of the right, as well. es of the Soviet WERNER ENGELMAIER Red China. It " " " tuse there is no Carolina Campus quainted with Editor several years, The Gamecock that he could Da r y >eing a radlical. I)a r yra: dical as being We have often heard, and know ed in the Caro- for ourselves, that we have poor that you are; spirit both on and off campus. he irresponsible Let us face a few well-established al or question- facts: )inions, that is Where, but here at dear old of you, but of USC, can a student go to a foot ball game and sit next to the have been at- students of the opposing school? sides for your I venture to answer this question policies of Wes- - NO WHERE. This is the most ridiculous arrangement I have :ten to support ever seen. Where, but at this )pinions on this school, can a student sit on the ask that those opposite side of the field from the u on this issue home team bench? Again, we get >e more specific a big fat - NOWHERE. isible in their Let us now focus our attention to the basketball games. In the ers of Wesley past few seasons students have with you, they been turned away because people nore successful with paid tickets have first choice other approach of seats. Has it come to a state Medlin's. of affairs that students' ID cards DAVID ORR are just a uselesr piece of paper? It appears to be so. 0 Let us now ask this question - Is the Confederate Room for the use of the students or for outsiders? How many times has Methodist for this cafeteria been cleaned in cannot under- order to set it up for a dinner to ons of William be served to the public? tter. In the let- We can be proud that this tates that "The school does give us a good edu on (lid nothing cation, but as for the rest . . . In eachings of the this department, we have been . . ."a miserab)le flop. it the Methodist CONCERNED STUDENT nd supports in-* * * dedlin, did you iodist church in W/heat For Russia ilready voted to Ed itor ,000- per -year T he Ga mecock Vofford College De-M.Mes R. W. B.I feel certain that all of the R. W. B. Sunday school teachers through * ~ out the country would agree wvith Il bthe standl Mr. Hendricks took on 'Ilaus the SEND-RUSSIANS-.WHEAT ISSUE, but I feel equally sure that he would run into great dlifficulty trying to justify his the letter from viewvs to an American G.I., held in last week's in combat readliness somewhere in cannot help but Europe today. the issue of the It doesn't take any more than basic reasoning to see that (1) ;yllahus omittedl hungry people are discontented se Mrs. Nichols' people, (2) discontented people camps, broken try to change existing conditions, mnmunist" espi- especially if it affects their eat not attributes ing habits, (3) existing conditions t of a totalitar- in the UJ. S. S. R. involve vast not forget that amounts of money being spent for or in our own the improvement of defense incas 1e, that broken ures, arnd (4) channel some of so uncommon the money andl military man cracies of the power into improving agricul ie U3-2 incident tural conditions and you weaken sign of "our" the defense system. Meanwhile, a few Russians go he danger of hungry. Well, you can't bake a not lie in its cake without breaking a few eggs. Nichols be- I, for one, would derive great appeals, espe- satisfaction out of knowing that pIe of undler- our "bald-headed friend, with the t r i e a, which shoe in his hand" was having to ce to the free deplete the ranks of his elite et which many bianner andl burp-gun decked out recognize. Red Square Marching Society and ht against an give them training in the use of his head in the the plow and fertilizer spreader, ig ignorant of rather than the training they are I. The dJanger presently u-ceiving. not only from BOH A RMSTROMN PETE A Let's Tak< On Cor FORTY years ago a Ford auto mobile could not run 100 miles an hour. Today, Fords and Chevrolet contend for stock car champion ships at speeds of better than 140 miles an hour. If you were the owner of a Chevrolet at the Darlington 600, rightly concerned about the chal lenge of a Ford, what would you think of someone who said smugly that a Ford couldn't run 100 miles per hour? You would think he was crazy. What would you think of some one who referred you to a 1913 Ford instruction manual to prove the point? You would think he was stark, raving mad. Yet, this is the attitude of the United States towards communism. YOU have been told that Com munism is the form of govern ment devised by Karl Marx, and that to understand communism you must read Communist Mani festo and other basic Marxist dogma. You have been told that the credo of communism is embodied in the phrase: "From each ac cording to his ability, to each according to his need." You have been told that com munism is all right in theory, but it just won't work in practice. A high school teacher told you, or a college professor, a minister, your father, a friend or fellow student. You may have believed it yourself. F ORTY years ago the Soviet Union was a nation weaker than Japan. Today, the Soviet Union challenges the U n i t e d States for the leadership of the world. Communism has become a menace to us. It is time we faced it squarely. If you owned a Chevrolet and wanted to find out about a Ford you would not read a 1913 in The 8 0C No, Me I'm Bett4 / GA M CROWING FOI UNIVERSITY OF Meneber of Aaaoeiai Founded January 30, 1908, wi' Editor. "The Camn.ec ' Is pusblis University of South Carojina wee year except on holiduy, nad duriri The opinions expressed by co nece.sarily those of "Thew Canmec Letters tot the Editor. bu.t all Lett not constitute an endorsement.1 pulication any Iler is reserved. EDITOR ................. MANAGING EDITOR. ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER News Editor.... Sports Editor....... Society Editor ....... Feature Editor.. Campus Editor . . Chief Photographer .. .. Advertising Manager. Circulation Manager. Exchange Editor Art Editor. . COLUMNISTS: Todd Wilson, I] Andrews, Ted Narrow. PHTOG RA PHE~RS: Ralph Jal STAFF MEF.MEFRS: Sara Elliott, thar v,,ir ana Mn en.ssr. iar.y walulroj,. D)ckie Jatme Smith,N M aia Dal, Iiel. Jac kie Cal u rtin, I. I 1.enos ,x, Nancy Ji. Edwards, Tomn II unter, ake~ Cams,p. KathlIeen, II Gwen Taymlor. lIharriet haBhorde, I .inda C JIh.ll.md. winkieLj Youngg, Andy Oraronik,. Mooare', Fva Elsbumrg, Sally Keye.s, Ros, Cary DuPalre, D)an Pruitt, Deb Watn, NDREWS w A Stand nmunism struction manual, you would read a new one. Similarly, Karl Marx is not important to a study of communism. Premier Khrushchev is the man to study. He is the man who said: "We will bury you." C OMMUNISM, as practiced by the Soviet Union today, bears little resemblance to the ideas preached by Karl Marx. The sys tem is highly efficient and has been copied by many other coun tries. There are things that com munism can do, and there are things that communism cannot do. It is important that we fa miliarize ourselves with some of them. The Soviet Union is a military power, a leader in space tech nology, public medicine, science, education and industrial produc tion. These are some of the things that can be accomplished under communism. T HE Soviet Union is not a leader in art, religion, philos ophy, literature or music. These are some of the things that can not be accomplished under com munism. Communism can make man a cog in a highly efficient machine but it cannot dignify him as an individual. To most of the world the things that can be accomplished under communism are more important than the things that cannot be accomplished. Few nations value the dignity of the individual as we do. The great appeal of com munism is that it can provide food, clothing, housing and medi cine to the poor and homeless and starving and sick. S O we can't listen to the people who tell us that communism doesn't work, or that a Ford can't run 100 miles an hour. We've got to work, too. iG ArouMerT AT GraYe-SiDe : vrh.o'nl wr;y1 us FirST Fi s-__ r n,o F iobr s lit ...zle sth is rc. "T na Yok noue AONNARRUSSEL EMILY REDOLINA s.d CReginiatelgano edby nd or hMitet McCthy kly, n Frdays durin onnhe olleg gary CarltontO'Nea .BillheCaco~ eCagel ersmiat b sine. .ubLarry daett he igt t it r.ithld Reron DNNlIS MERSa *JoanI K. RED tN ave..Henry.Car.MiedrcC,aPty rrel...,.Dave.UnderConned. l rPalolad SgIu t,y Resshe lio, Met aryon Emarlon, LindaI iggins,Preciou BuilCrl Cambeln .rde..,.Carer.Crewe,Larry arettyc *c .e Garet oan K. Robertsbr netnhland.i St luttt Fra, nn arhen, TODD ' tii I N the past, our homecoming week has been nothing out of the ordinary except for the dis plays on Fraternity Row. This year, we have high hopes of mak ing homecoming day one of the biggest on campus. For the first time in a number of years we are to have a parade. The parade will consist of the homecoming q u e e n candidates, the band, the Student Body of ficers, and the Navy and Air Force drill teams. We hope that this can become an annual affair. If we can continue to gather in terest, homecoming can become one of the regularly scheduled holidays during the school year. I N addition to the other activi tives, this Saturday is also High School Day. Annually spon sored by Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, the event will draw approximately 2,000 of the top high school students in the State. During the morning they will be addressed by the president of the University, the dean of students, and the president of the Student Body. After that, they will tour the campus and learn the functions of the University. They will, also, of course, attend the game during the afternoon. I would encourage all of you to look for students from your own high school, and help to make these students as welcome as they can be. These will be our future students. Carl HE United States Centralizatior Of Governmeni F ROM reliable sources, we are informed of some interesting set-backs facing Mr. Khrushchev and the Soviet Union. It appears that these set-backs are chronic and certainly quite ser-ious. These developments, it is said by some top State Department officials, are influencing Soviet policy to (lay, andl for some time in the future they will continue to do sc) -- perhaps in a greater degree. It appears from all indications that the Soviet Union is faced wvith idle factories or factories operating at sub-capacity levels, increased housing shortages, sub s t a n d a r d consumer products, huge construction delays, an(l, of course, blunders and absenteeism from government jobs. R USSIA can no longer afford the maass ivye emphasis on heavy goods, heavy outlays of foreign aid, defense, and space costs. These are perhaps reasons for the peace offers being con ducted at present and the offer to trade and increase other areas of co-operation. With the crisis already affect ing the Soviet Union (a crisis which is sure to have repercus sions around the world), it is necessary that we understand why this is happening in the Soviet Union and let this be a lesson to us andI a guide in our dealings with the Soviets. From s e v e r a 1 publications (American and foreign) we learn that the troubles are being traced to a breakdown in the highly centralized system of planning and controls. This system tells how something is to be produced, what is to be produced, and when it is to be produced; also, this system allocates the money for the over-all economy. B LUNDERS have been made here and elsewhere, and the general failure of the economy is interdependent on all its com posing factors. A crop failure, thus, has far - reaching effects elsewhere. A government, regardless of its type, must keep the p eo pl1o bemng governedl at least, reason ably well-satisfied. To (10 this, the Soviet and Redl Chinese lead ers must resort to new methods. Possibly these methods may be the increasedl use of capitalistic techniqueannd even th prfi in WILSON Homecoming, High School Day Mark Weekend T HE Carolina Capers will be staged tonight in Drayton Hall and I should like to en courage attendance. All of the proceeds will go for band scholar ships, and Mr. Pritchard says that the Capers are a means to having one of the best bands in our area. The band is beginning to grow, and they need our help. It will certainly be a night of entertainment with some of the best talent on the C a r o l i n a campus. All of this is, of course, in connection with homecoming and we do have a game with North C a r o 1 i n a that afternoon. Our team has taken some hard breaks this year, and we are not having the season that we had hoped for. Coach Bass and his staff are doing all that they can to correct the problem, and the team itself will do all that they can. W E can still have a good sea son, but the team will need all our support if they are to play up to their full potential. Let's all go out to the game and really support the team and show them that we are still behind them. No doubt homecoming is to be a busy (lay, but we believe it is to be one of the best that we have ever had. Be sure to let us know what you think of all the activities and make suggestions as to what improvements can be made for future years. ndricks centive, itself, in a greater de gree. The great majority of citizens under communism will accept failures for only so long and thea a reaction will set in against those in power. And the men who hav'e this authority are fearful of a rebellion-be it ac Live or passive. I T is thought that the communal failures and the food shortages in China will make Communist China more militant. Thus, we must meet each Chinese advance with the proper strength and in the proper manner, while Russia becomes more wvedded to peace and co-operation. We must deal with them in a manner advanta geous to us. We feel that with the reported communist failures in domestic affairs, that a highly centralized government is not a positive good, and that a vast police force to enforce all decisions of those in power is also not a positive good. Too, that increasing the govern ment patronage to insure elec tions is also not a positive good -- in short -- with our economy becoming increasingly socialized we may find ourselves in a mess similar to that facing Russia to dlay. We must, as citizens and vot (era, realize that a welfare state can only undo what our capital istic system has done so bril liantly. Exchnnge Corner Univ. of MIss.: Males speak out against shifts. Univ. of Uiah: Boys to test co-ed living fa cilities. UJniv. of No. Car.: Chemistry professor studying kryptonite . . . plans to put end to Supe.rman. Univ. of Miami, Co-eds with the mostest se lected to work as official hos tesses. Univ. of Kamnsa: Combinationi alarm system In stalled in art museum -- fire and burglar alarms as well as the