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A Pause To: Carolina's week-to-emphasize-religion is of departing from the campus today leaving me, behind only an inkling (if anything) in the eac minds of very few students (if anyone) of I how to wrestle with "The God - Shaped bin Blank." bec Why? Because only a small minority of asii the Carolina Citizens recognized the fact lati that their conversations over coffee and sir< cigarettes between 10:30 and 11:20 a.m. insi might be a little less important than those '] of the convocatio i speakers. atti Not very long ago, a man named Kermit me, Eby, while speaking to a class at the Univer- one sity of Chicago, said "We have accepted the dis< Coca-Cola concept of religion. We produce or an effervescent, scintillating, sparkling ser- F mon, attractively bottled in pseudo-psycho- ism logical terminology, pleasing to the con- int( sumer, even if it causes a few spiritual hic- the cups, and available for all customers at the pos fairly standard rate of the weekly contribu- mai tion. Every Sunday on the pulpit: the pause T that refreshes." not As the University finishes its annual Wei pause to refresh maybe some will ask why kno there was not more student participation whi during the week's activities. Perhaps what T Professor Eby has said concerning the fail- to tire of religious institutions as an effective to i voice in world society is relevant, in part at pos: least, to the attitude here at the University. of 1 Students take advantage of the clipped the will schedules to sleep. study, or gossip - any- one thing but go to hear the speakers. It seems thei to be an undoubtedly enviable characteristic mu( among students to refrain from supporting relii wor anything - except the Carolina - Clemson D game once a year. Developing this same type witl Policies Of Pe Once again as the fall semester came to wer an end there were the usual number of aca- regi demic suspensions. The Among this group were those who had a hi no interest in their studies, but were in col- T lege because of nothing better to do and and college means fraternity parties and ball out games; and then there were those who had can, just missed the necessary g.p.r. The only wor way for a student to be re-admitted to the ben( University is to petition. not who This anxious group of petitioners huddled wai outsidle the registrar's office last week me awaiting the verdict from the faculty Coin-sa mittee of Scholastic Standards and Petitions stai as to whether or not they would be allowvedwe to continue their edlucation at Carolina. aca4 Throughout the week rumors spread on cam- geon pus as to the number of petitioners. At one Fi point the number reached seventeen hun dred. The number oi failures increased hoa while the number of those reinstated diwin-- hr dIed. Nobody really knew the facts. scha Although no official count has been re- acat leased by D)r. Godfrey of the Registrar's of- tica fice, he estimated that close to three hun- con dIred students sought re-adimission and be- stut tween forty and fifty percent were rein- forr stated. Those whose petitions were denied f/le (iA A# co CI CROWINC FOR A CREATEFR UNWVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Member of Ananciated Coflegiate Pre.s Founded January S'o, 1908, with Robert Elliott Conzales as the Editor. ."The Camecock * is published by and for the students of Uniwersity of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, during the col year es(ept on holidays and during examinations. The opinions expressed by columnists and letter writers are necessarily those of "The Camecock." "The Gamecock" encouri Letters to the Editor, buit all Letters insst be signed. Publishing< not constitute an endorsement. The right to edit or withhold f Publicatiun any letter is reserved. EDITOR DNAR MANAGING; EDITORMIEMC BUSINESS MANAGER LRYB Assistant Managing Editor Rgn Advertising Manager Bl Editorial Assistant Sel News EditorPa Copy EditorHare Campus Editor Sr Feature Editor CrlI Assistant Feature EditorPrio Society Editor Rb Sports EditorTo Assistant Sports EditorDi Circulation Manager Cre Exchange Editor Wni Chief Photographer Lo Business SecretaryRuhcle Chief Reporter j PHIOTOGRAPHlERS: Ralph Jarrls Inr osrs Reginas( COLUNIST: Tod Wlson Dav Heny, arenrit Narrw, Bll avag, Jlia rake Zael Sard a STAF M MBES: Kay llat~hy.Varitiis L,w,*l, lsiyC aro Ellott hery Eleel, Edde lofancar.issis Smih, l r ci ou li Callson Bety Cperon,Em iei~. imds Mrth,Reba Edwrd, usn Lndu,Efid eile. ikeCap,Ka T os,nligm Tayor. HarietLaBrde Lida ordll.Carl Pice Joce Diclgs Orgnik Be le arrtt Babar More Ea Elehsag, Carte r Imito, anPnlt, ebwakis,Isbel eces. ina hapls.Wikie Refresh enthusiasm - displayed in more passive ans - is the duty and responsibility of h student if this week is to be beneficial. participation in RE Week activities is not ding upon any student, nor can it ever ome so. These few days have been set le for self evaluation and spiritual stimu on. They cost nothing but personal de , and yield much in the way of personal ght. 'o those who know some sort of religion, mndance at the meetings could have mnt a deeper knowledge of the value of 's belief. Possibly it could have been a tovery of whether religion was a reality % habit. or those who embrace theories of athe , RE Week should have held even greater trest. Curiosity should have prompted rn to hear the philosophy which is so op ite from their own, and yet to which so y others adhere. 'he agnostic needs no urging - he does know. However, it is possible that RE ak could have helped him in his quest for wledge, supposedly the purpose for ch he attends the University. he refusal of the average college student issume any religious responsibilities, or ,ttempt to improve his apathetic attitude ,ibly may be expressed again by another ?rofessor Eby's statements. "If there is divine spark in man his quest for God not end with our poor failure. And if doubts the existence of the divine spark i why not manufacture Coca-Cola? It is h more lucrative than manufacturing !ion and there is more justification for rying about success." o we dare "to meet the absolute weapon i an absolute ethic?" -Russell Eit ioning a generally guilty of violating University ilations, that is, failing all their courses. re-admitted students were basically of gher caliber then those of past years. he Committee of Scholastic Standards Petitions has the tedious job of weeding the individuals who either will not or iot assume and carry out University k. The decisions they make are for the fit of the student, although this may appear to be the case to the student se petition has been denied. It is their ri purpose to waive University require ts in instances of extenuating circum cees ONLY. Their final verdlict is thed very carefully. The applicant's past lemic recordl is considIered as well as his aral interest in attaining a college educa or the sake of those students who just be here for something other than a ie away from home and for the sake of >larship at the University of South Caro a rigid Committee is necessary. The lemic standlardls have b)een raised dras lly in the p)ast five years and they will tinue to do so until eventually only lents showing better-than-average per nance will obtain a Carolina dlegree. -Reardon IExchonge | Corner l irew University: the Drew University had a "taffy C.party" on January 28th... *** right after all the students had r.ulled through exams. Seijo University: SSELL Plans are being made to add a LRTHY new building to the university 1RETT for* gradluate studlents . . . Any ;algano) one for Grad work in Tokyo? Savage Pembroke College: Roesle .Women's judicial hoard abol Roelel ished . . . the Honor Code was Elliott f'ound to be a lost c(l)ause. obtinson Lrniversity of Florida: s Zurlo Lady Ex (p)ert coaches a judo I Hiutto club at Florida. Hunter Millsaps College: Biggs D)r. Finger pointed out a Crewe change in the first chapel pro Young gram of '(i'l. Bridge Montana State University: adlerson Professor Carl 1.. Larson has e Hluitt found a vaccine that may pre n, Bob vent TB'l! Rollins College: ks, Tedl Faculty member, Fleet Peep Dickicles, raises pet snakes, wild l, Jckie cuts, andl alligators.... Should 1ne'J one break loose, let's hope that tI, Andy their owner is fleet-footed, or we P*.,"" will be minus another peeple. Fortune o ".. . And Where She F LETI E.T.V or Not E.T.V. Editor The Gamccock Dear Miss Russell: E.T.V., or not E.T.V. - that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to ignore The facts and figures of out rageous overcrowding, Or to take steps against this sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? Nobody can say that our great South Carolina Legislature isn't smart. They are capable of un canny deeds of thrift and con cern for the pocketbook of the South Carolina taxpayer, when it suits them. It doesn't concern them that thousands of tax dol lars are wasted annually on un necessary legislative t r a v e l expenses; but it mortifies them that the student body of the Uni versity of South Carolina should desire a decent place to watch their basketball team play and to hold en todo meetings which are necessary in order to have a unified, effective student body. Instead they put their heads together and come up with the golden answer that would solve all problems and, as a side effect, mollify an aroused student body. E.T.V. is their brilliant plan, and we are supposed to accept this compromise like good little children and not complain. However this is one student among many who says "baloney" to that sick excuse for a com promise. I paid my s t u d e n t activities fee in order to see the games played in person, not for s e e i n g thenm over paid T.V. Watching a game on television is no substitute for seeing it in person, for being right on the spot andl feeling the electric thrill of the crowd, or for letting off a little steam by cheering the team on to victory. If the honorable legislators of this state are so interestedl in being pr1actical and thrifty, they should use all means possible to build an adequate field house as soon as possible. If they truly face facts, they must realize that the University is growing and will dlouble or triple its enroll ment in the next ten years, and that the use of T.V. in that case would be completely inadequate. Right now, only about half of the students of the University can attendl games; wvith the present facilities, in ten years only a fourth will be able to attend. If they act nowv and b u i 1 d an activities center with a seating cap)acity of seventeen thousand or more, they will save money in the long run by avoidling the in flation of future years when the building has to be (lone. The time has come for the legislature to act; and let us not be satisfied until they do. DAVID ORR Pepless Pep Club IEditoir Th Gme cock I)ear. Miss Russell: Hlas the Pep Club been dis banded for the year, or has it just become dlefunct? D)oes it just exist as a suppilementary organ of the football team? Isn't it also supposed to be~ an organization to create~ support and interest for the other University ath letics? The object of all of these ques tions is the obvious lack of sup port that has been shown to our basketball team in the last few weeks. Also allow us to inter ject this tid-bit: the support and spirit that was shown to the team at the first of the year was r Failure? Lands, Nobody Knows" ERs Pep Club-instead, it was largel generated by the enthusiasm o one Chuck Noe. . . Why hasn't the P e p C l u shown an interest in organizin support for the other athieti events? Why doesn't the swim ming team ever receive any larg scale support from this club What is wrong? Has the Pe Club become a football fan club Why didn't the Pep Club hay some sort of activity planne prior to the Duke game? 01 viously this was one of the bi games of the year for the Gam cocks - why was it necessar for another group to organiz the impromptu pep rally tha was held in the field house th evening before this game? And one final question. It is known fact that our student bod; has potential team spirit, bu does the "Pen" Club? JIM FRIAR AND FAYRELL FURR * * " Handouts and Communism Editor 'he, Gamecock Iar M1i ss Russell: With r e s p e c t to "Sundr; H a n d o u t s By The U. S.," wonder if Mr. Savage would con sider it absurd to complain if th Soviet Union controlled the Mis sissippi River by virtue of a one time imperialistic conquest, ani paid less "rent" than is extracted in taxes from a private corpora tion of a similar size operation Also, is any faction of human ity ever unimportant, or doCs Mr Savage fail to realize the em p)hasis which must be p)lacedl o: the value of the individual in an: tenable concep)t of society? Carl Hendricks in "The Neces sity Of U. S. Action To Sto] Communism" blames Fidel Cas tro for the recent revolution i: Zanzibar. It seems that if thi U. S. had lived up) to its im perialistic t r a dIi t i o n andI hai q u i c k I y conquered Cuba a Castro's rise to p)ower everythinj would be fine. I fail to see tha this wvould have prevented th, revolution in Z a n z i b a r, and] though certain U. S. cap)italist might have been overjoyedI a such a delicious prospect fo pIrof it, 1 dloubt that the Cuban wvouldl be the better for it. I Castro is the had tyrant hei made out to be, is he worse thai the industrialist tyrants wh< wouild reign instead? Further, since when did Yugo slavia (cease to be an adv'ocate of peaceful co-existence? As to all these con quest: which. according to Mr. lien diricks, we should condluct in the reactionary, imperialistic spi ri of Teddy Roosevelt, who will h< around to enjoy the results aftei he ensuing nmuclear war betweer E'ast and West has endled? HA RRY IHOOTHI "The Gamecock" encouragei "Letters To The Editor," an< they will be printed wheneve, possible. They should not exceed 301 words. letters must be signed and ac companied by the contributor', return address for the purpos< of certification. An unsignet letter will receive no considera tion. If the writer desires, his name may be withheld, but the anonymity will not be grante4 automatically. No partisanship will be showi in the printing of letters. How. ever, "The Gamecock" reservem the rights to reject any lette, TODD' ON this coming Monday there is to be an election to fill those vacancies with the Student Senate for the remainder of the semester. There are nine vacan cies to fill so that the election will he fairly important in giving the added representation to the Student Body. I should like to urge each of you to vote if there is to be one elected from your school. With the primary .issue of facing the introduction of a new Constitution for our Student f Body, the Senate will face a tre mendous responsibility this se b mester which makes this election more important than in the past. c Consider carefully your choices. PEAKING of elections, our general Spring elections, at which time our officers for next p year are elected, will be some time around the first of April. It is certainly not too early to be carefully considering the poten tial candidates and I o o k i n g around for those whom you feel to be the best possibilities. e Our election system is being t thoroughly studied this year, and ait number of changes will be in stitulte(l. There is eveln the possi hility of voting by I101. We are also hoping to publish a general t elections handbook containing the procedure to each of the candi dates. In the past, elect.ins have Carl He Castro Violate 'No Invasion' Guarantee N November 20, 1962, Presi dent Kenne(dy made his "no i. iva sIn" of ( ubha plledge. This - llledge was condit ionally, guarman teedl if the offenlsive - weapons syste'm1s werme r(eoe f rom Cunba wvith Iadnequa~t e salfeguar ds to( prec v lIt remlcrrecii of uh a thrleat. - Thisl pledge~( was also conidit ion sially tied to Cunba in that the island no(t lhe used as a base for the export of aggressive (Com tl munist subvI~ersioni andi revolu tioni. President K e ni n eod y ailso sough t to applly a v.i rt ual qua ran tine (of (ubai by the tC. S. Navy and( with thle cooperation of other naitions~ friendoly to the Uited States. Our contention is that such a guiaranitec oIf sa1fety for Fidel Castro wasil indleed noIt in the best long-t er liniterlest (If the Uniuted States in view of the natur,e of -the menace to the South. Holw.. ever, since* lhe pilldge wVi 5uma bolth sides shouIh ll have Ilived up to it, and( adle<Iiate measu res taken toI inisure this. dent K ei nedy' nllile in I pmt; is no(w in vi rtual11 shambilles. The re'asonuls for this are nmany and( the following are only a few. First (If all, we haven't gotten the coopIeration from oulr allies that was explectedl. Second, we have vac ia'd ouri ow (1 p Iitio im regard tA) (oir eneis to such ana extent thIiat our allies arie rightlty col nused. Thirid, we halve noi(t don(ie imy thing to dlimiiin ish the threat (If Castro even when he hais flagrantly violated the minimal conidit ions se't down by our late President. Our late P'residlent was assas sinate*d bIy a youmng Communist and an adirer (If Fg indieting the hldneliiss (If our ad ver.saies; yet, we still haven't done anything about11 Cast ro, and thmis loinlt par1 ticular1 ly sems to have been pllayed do(wni by the Amuerican prm. inlgvruiu~ MILSON Student Body To Adopt New Constitution quite often been unorganized and confusing. This year there will be specific rules and procedures to follow, and if such are not fol lowed, the candidate will be dis qualified. R ECENTLY we have published the Handbook for the Senate members which is in effect this year. The handbook contains the Senate Rules, the functioning of the various S e n a t e committees with the members of each com mittee, and other information useful to the Senators and any other interested party. Anyone interested may drop by the Stu dent Government Office and se cure a copy. In addition to these o t h e r projects, we are attempting to codify the existing by-laws, stat utes, etc., which are available to us from action by previous Senates and by action of other such groups. Generally we have the different rules to cover the problem areas. Our trouble is being able to find them. We hope to change this situation. O UR first draft of a new con stitution should be ready in 4 about two weeks. Most of the changes mentioned in this column will be incorporated within its framework, and I shall attempt to keep the Student Body in formed as the Senate acts on the various sections. ndricks s To this writer the audacity of the Communist subversives alone in this matter of assassinating a U. S. Presidenit is enough to justify concerted action. VIERY recently it has become panully o b vi ous to the entire world that Cuba wvas, is, and will be a training base for Communist revolutionaries as evidencved in Latin A mi e r i c a, A frica, and Southeast Asia. On January 27, 1964, Defense Sec retary Robert McNamara said that there is nowv "solid evidence" that Cuba is a base for the exporPt of wvorld - wide commlu nism0. With th.is statement we cannot resist adding that McNa mara with all the intelligence in formation at his disposal appears to be running about two months behind our own Senator Strom Thurniond in noting the activi ties of our beardedl friend to the1) South. Why is McNamara so re-# luctant to speak out in these situations? Thus we have seen that the miajor part of the "nio invasion" hiledge has been violated by Cas tro and( there is no reason to give fur-ther- comfort to the threat just off our shores. Nikita K hrushchev has recently given assurances to Cuba that Russia would come to the aid of Cuba if attacked by the United States, andl in s0oldoing has stilrredl many local pacifists to urlge again their "better r-ed than dead" views. Analyzing the latest ovei-tures from Khirushchev does not fully strategically speaking he cannot atid Cuba in force without risk ing his own destruction - Khrushchev is basically in the same1 position we were in on the Hungarian Revolt. I N reality we have little choice in the Cuban matter except to act unilaterally to protect our initer-ests because all other meas ur-es taken have failed miserably. Our military potential is un-g matched in the woi-ld andl we muist act Very, very soon if we are to achieve unity and p)urpose in the struggle with the Conm