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3Nor Att -EPI LE An Appreciation Editor Thc Gamccock Dcr .ISS Russell: I would like to express an ap Prciation of intent to the C(iL ria! entitled "Sit-Ins and Shop Ins." I know perhaps that the ve-y vocal mni n o r i t y on this campus who disliked it will at tempt to discredit the author, as it is a fan.ilar tactic of those who are so sensitive to criticism of the 'back man's e f f o r t. In short, it seems that there are those who feel that the Negro can lo no wrong regardless of tneir actions. Negro bthavior at the Wash ington football game, the nwv shop - in techniques, obstructing traffic. racially b a I a n e i n g school. etc., is inexcusable when viewed in the proper perspective and men who stand up and coun ce, the Negro when he is wrong s h o u I d be commended - not cursed. I am not against the Negro getting a better and fairer shake in education and economic op portunity, but I do feel that he will progress only by his own initiative and the w% i l I i n g co operation of white p e o p 1 e. A great dteal of harm can be done by irresponsiblc actions of people of both races, but t?specialiy by overly enthusiastic Negro lead 'rs who pander to the rawest enmot.ions of the minority. l)ospite D)ick Gregory, break ing the law is wrong, sabotaging people's businessas is wrong, and I am glad to hear a college stu dent say that even though he will be persceuted as an ignorant racist or a white *supremist. My only criticism of the article was that it was perhaps too satiricial. CARL HEND)RICKS * * * Poor Taste ier .1iss Ruossell: Y o a editorial "Sit - Ins and Shop-Ins" was ifm poor- taste. You insulted the students by p)resent ing a jingle-like editorial which would have been rejected for any second-rate high s e h o o 1 news pa~ per. W as your b n s i c philosophy b'hind the editorial so weak that you needed little i n s e r t s of comedy to cover it? WILLIAM F. ROBERTS + * * A Woman(?) Editor The G;amecock Dear Mliss Russell: The writer of the editorial on "S,it-Ins andl Shop-Ins" undloubt edly had to be a woman, because any man would have had guts enough to sign his name to the editorial. The majority of the CROWING F UNIVERSITY OF Member of Aasoc Funded January 30, 1908. wi Edtor. "The Gamecock" is publi Univerity of South Carolina wee year except on holidays and durn1 The opinions expressed hy c< necessarily those of "The (Game. Letters to the Editor, but all l.et not constitute an endorsement. 'l pusblc-ation any letter ls reserved. "The Gamecock" is represengte Service, Inc. The publicastioni is a Press, The National C:ollieue Press Subscription rates are $3.001 pr y EDITOR . MANAGING EDITOR BUJSINESS MANAGER iargr lEno Thm Nor I lEart iWI1as TAPH ON THE TOMB OF AL TTERS editorials this s e in e s t e r have been signed, so why all of a sudden t h i s change in policy? However, the fact remains that even if you didn't write the editorial, without your coopera tion it c o u 1 d not have been printed. I'm not for suppression of the press, but I'm sure editorials in such poor taste, involving many issues, have not ma:le the edi torial page in previous editions. E i t h e r the editorialist is too ignorant to use diacritical marks or seems to think that the U.S.C. students are too stupid to inter pret them. BRAD POSTON White Blight Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss Russell: This is an indignant criticism of the editorial "Sit-Ins" and "Shop-Ins" in the March 13th issue, the first sentence of which should have read: "The w hite blight is at it again, this time in Columbia where a student writer (pronounced BIGOTED) is in deed proving to be the black man's burden." At the outset I would like to declare my personal prejudices which will explain the temper of this letter. I am a Yankee "nigger lover" violently opposed to irrational, illogical, uinresponisible a ni d uneducated opinions one of which I consider this edito)ria1l to be. The ''shop-ins'' may not be p)roper, r'esponsible demnonstra tions, yet they are understand able. Is it any more logical or less abusive for the white Ameri can to gather several "basket fulls" of constitutional platitudes and promises on equal rights and opportunities without racial dIis crimninat.ion, take them to the Negro "check - out counter'' and then re!fuise to pay -- refuse to acknowledge act.ively the princi pIes which he professes to uphold --leaving the Negro citizen to re-shelve the u s e I e s s "goods" without justification or comnpen sation ? If this isn't a "disruption of legitimate operating proce dure"' re ga r d i ng the lives of human b)eings, what is? As for the Negro urging his e hi 1(1 r en to stay away from school in New York and Chicago, the writer is to be reminded of many similar situations regardl ing the white popul.at,ion in Vir ginia and other Southern states. Not that this justifies the action, but it indlicates that Negroos are no hotter than whites and have weaknesses common to all hu iman s. The assertion about Gregory is ridiculous and uinworthy of fur ther e o mn m e n t. The st atement about the low mentality of the civil rights leaders is simply false. flR A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA lated Collegiate Press hb Robert Elliott Gnnzales as the first hed by and for the students of the kly, on Fridays, during the college examinations, lumnists and letter writers are not rock." "The G.amecock" encourages terg must be signed. Publishin g does he right to edit or withhold from 'I nationally by National Advertising member of the' Associated Coilegiate Service, and the Intercollegiate Press. ear. DONNA RUSSELLJ SHEILA REARDON L.ARnY nARnETT Not EXANDER THE GREAT TO THE The use of a u c I derogatory in phrases as "darkies," "anthro- pi poid malcontents," "C o 1 o r e d folk," and "B I a c k blight" is highly unbecoming to a news paper representing 7,000 Univer- U sity students. The entire article E is w r i t t e n in an ambiguous, T ultra - subjective m a n n e r and D filled with unnecessary in nuendoes. My guess is that this f one editorial will be reprinted in many Northern and Western col- te lege papers and the students will yc l.a ugh at its absurdity. And tri laugh at the University as a f" whole. -As a footnote - what is so th sacred, so holy, so pure, so won- ef derful about the white race? ed Would it not be better to en courage integration and inter- 1 marriage to eliminate the race th problem by having one big race? ha GINNY CARLSON in , , , le e Misuse of a Right at Editor The Gamcrock Dear 1iss Russell: m E One of the oldest and most E honored traditions of our country , is the right, the inalienable right, m to express opinion and assert those ideas which we genuinely J believe to be just and in ac- iI cordance with integrity and good .I - or what we staunchly believe th to he so. A This practice, so propitious to m individual pride and indlividual prnose, will only be distin- ai guished if America itself ceases to exist. That is the way it should The newspaper is a great pre senter of opinion in its editorials. These serve to take stands for or against those matters cur rently involved in controversy, and d a i I y illustate anew the p)riceless heritage of freedoni. However, I am moved to be lieve that on occasion some well meaning ediitorial writers f a 11i short of their p u r p o a e, and rather use their allotted space not as adroitly as perhaps could he. ( I feel the editorial of the March 13 issue of The Gamcock con ce'rning the "shop-in" demonstra tions in California was some what l.acking in journalistic poise and( purpose by the author's use of dyslogistic terminology and v' feeble sarcasmn. There were overtones of prej udice and bigotry which, I feel,C coul d ve ry well have been r~ omitted. Reference to a race oft people as a "black blight" and c the instructions given -as an aidt to pronunciation, not to mention 3 the very presumptuous liberties of the author in delimiting the aims and ultimate goals of the Negro race seemed to me a bit ( out of line, if not petty. No one of us knows the com pletely right and perfect course to take in such a matter as the 'i raci'al problem in America. We can only struggle along inform ing ourselves a fully and in- r telligently as we know how, and u afterwards take s t a n d s and t actions which will contribute - I in our most earnest, informed and unbiased opinions - to the I understanding or ultimate solu- j tion of any problem. It appears, however, that attacking a prob- t lem with such a display of vain verbosity and lack of insight can v only lead to further hate, mis- d undlerstanding, and confusion, e and generally doees. t I am naive enough to believe that civilization has advanced far enough that it can forego r certain duplications of errors t made in the past; and I am s honefnl ennoh to put my truat A "We just heard that every studei class!" EDIT the idea that we are still n ogressing. Don't let me down. b MICHAEL LIVINGSTON SC's Motto fitor ic Gamecock ,ar M1iss Russell: In the past it has been possible a r one to disagree with the con- o it of a Gamecock editorial, and b t credit it with a modicum of c ith -seeking thought and t iture effort of expression. Unfortunately, it appears that c inking has become too great an b fort, as is obvious from the n itorial "Sit-Ins and Shop-Ins." v -esented rationally, this argu- t ?nt could have provoked both t ought and debate, but the un- i ppy choice of words and the sane construction of the logic c ads one to debate only the y x Ii b e r and education of the v ithor. May we recommend that the itor learn and remember the b otto of our University . . - V WIOLLIT MORES NEC SINIT i 3SE FERROS. (Learning h ishes men and does not per- V it them to be rude.) Negroes and "poor w h i t e s" L e human beings who have a j Cht to a place under the sun. Ve Shall Overcome" is more s an the hymn of the Negro in 1 mecrica; it is the hymn of hu anity struggling to overcomet e prejudlices of the "old guard" 1(d over-privileged few, and to a adlicate injustice and bigotry. GABRIEL. BATARSEH f LAWRENCE E. MlNTZ i JACK STANSILL JINX REGNERY i PATRICIA SMITH i JEFF CHEWNING JACK McCRANEY MARTIN PRICE LYN GRANNESTRAS KENNETH D. MARTIN i W. J. HLAKELY PERCY A. GEORGE t * * * eorge Orwell dutor he Gamecock ~ear Mliss Russell: Y ou r ill -advised editorial of [arch 13, in which you trifle .ith the name and vilify the lembers of an entire race, in itos this sad comment of George Irwell's: "You cannot stop your' bind developing, and it is one of he tragedies of the half edu alted1 that they dlevelop late when iey are already committed to c>me wrong way of life. .. JOHN RUSSELL English D)epartment * * * alhoun's Law :ditor 'he Gamecock )ear Miss R?ussell: G r a n t e d that "sit--ins" and shop-ins" are' neither very ad ~irable nor defensible methods f protest, and that it does hurt he majority to find Calhoun's iw of the concurrent minority eing used by "the other side," still can't see how you possibly ustify the editoral of March 13. As far as I can see', the edi )rial dloesn't violate any statute iw and may not be' construed as ulgar or obscene in the strictest efinition of those' words. hlow ver, to me, anrd I feel certain 3 many othe'rs, it was an insult - an obscenity. The tone' was color me white and put me o'n a edlestal," and to print such was show immaturity and irre pons9ibil ity. w b N.N b in -tl it flanked In your 'History 11' bi ti t al ORI 01 ever intended to give license to ad taste. LOUISE PETTUS 'he Weapon of Words t 7ditor p 'he Gamecock il )car Miss Russell: There is much talk these days c bout the fact that man's +ools f f foreign policy, such the atomic n omb, have far outgrown his s apability of p r o p e r I y using ien. I am dismayed to see that c e have a similar problem at our c wn level: some people have ti een given the right to use that il iost dangerous weapon of all, v ,ords, without knowing what i hey mean or how to employ a hem. The result is most flagrant t rresponsibility. t The case I refer to is the lead e ditorial a p p e a r i n g in your h a p e r today. What does its riter know about the "phy iological and psychological con lex of the Negro"? What does n e know about what the Negro L ,ants? (Who is "the Negro"?) d I o r e basically, what does he 0 now about what the Negro has, a 'hat kind of life he lives, what I eprivations he has suffered ' oth as human being and as an a Lnerican? s Tfie words are all t h e r e, v pelled correctly, with supposed f umorous aids to pronunciation. f tut there is no evidence of any< bought, knowledge, self respect, t umility, or responsibility. Such h a mn e f u I, thoughtless (drivel ould be laughed at if it came romn a drunk and shrugged off f it came from an unedlucated erson, but from a supposedly nteliigent and schooled student< tcannot even heC disisse'd as. nerely pitiful or dtistressing. t There is one opportunity for nature responsibility left to the uthor of the editorial, lie shouldl mmediaitely r e s i g n from the >aper. It is certainly to he hoped hat he will (to so. I. WILLIAM ZARTMAN Associate Professor * * * Pudents' Rights 1'he Gamecock )ea r M1iss R?ussell: T'h an k G od for Jameos B. sicha rdson ("'Pistol Packers,'' t1arch f6 The (Gmeico,ck ). Hie has v ivye us a detailed, doscumen ted r xample' of the "high regard" he admi ini stration has for st u tents' rights. Every half-awake student on r uampuis knows that this was not .he first, andt probably will not s >e the last, such ineidlent. But < he thing that disgusts me is the s rFact that no one seemsii willing to t lo anything about it. And what about our great and dlorious Student Senate. They go nito) secret sessions and dilly lally while the Mafia hacks a rew more heads. Oh, but it's< niuch safer to i g n o r e these< 'minor infractions"' upon stu tents' Ilibert ies. Wi don't want to ~tir uip a hornets' nest, do we?t If the Student Senate has any ntest.inval fort.itudle what soe'ver, twill enact a D)ecla rat ion of studet(nts' Rights, includ inrg such< 'dange rous"' provis5i(ons as: 1. The freedonm un/ ind(epen.o 1enIer of the (canmpus news muedi a< rid of ('amp us religious cen teCr-s thall not be inmpmired. 2. Freedom (of speech'I, of as rembly, and of pet it ion for re' tr(ss (If grievanices, arid for law 'ul po~lit ical, academriie. andTo soc ial e activitie's shall not he derie.d.t :3. 'The privat' arid h:awful off- i 'ampuiIs actIivitie's 'of sturderits v hall not be sub;ect to the . --Carl He What's Wrong With USC? [Part liI] r HIS is the last part of a series on problems at the niversity of S o u t h Carolina hich was initiated three weeks ,o. Many of the problems which eset the University are not sily corrected and perhaps will with us for a time, but there ,e some which can and should corrected as early as possible. uch work has been done in the st month and to this writer kings are looking up as far as iprovements are concerned. Talks with Coach Bass indicate iat he is prepared to deal hon ,tly with students on the foot ill seating arrangement and tat he is sincerely interested in icing Carolina become as great , she can become. [ ALKS with some faculty members and adninistration rficials indicate that there are lose interested in alleviating the unk-out situation here and imi roving the intellectual atmos here as well; that some fruits r success are bound to come if ie p r o p e r persons study the roblem and present their views i the high echelon meetings. It ,ouldn't hurt, by the way, to in lude some ihterested and in ried students in these plan ing discussions if s t u d e n t aipport is desired and solicited. We would recommend to all ncerned that in the f u t u r e oser cooperation and consulta on with students on matters of nportance be maintained. This ould help so much in improv ig school spirit d u r i n g the cademic year and it would in it he a stloonger recommenda on for future generations of illege age s t u d e n t s to come )'re. S it stands now a great many U. S. C. students do Ot and will not recommend the 'niversity to prospective stu ents because of various gripes I "raw deals" which they have equired dunrmg their stay here. L is hard for a student to over )ok right away small grievances uch as poor meals in the Ruis elI House, I i d i C 1 1u s book rices, infuiatIing parking meter. ilnes, abysmal library hours and acilities, arid some teachers who o a great deal more flunking han teaching and to see the 'reater whole and value of their taying at Carolina. A student 00u(d well ask himnsel f if lhe could .ot oblta in as finer an education I sew here. While we are on the subject f teaching we might as well ask, W~hat has hi a p pec n e d to the eachinig teacher?"' There seems o he quite a vogue in many of he nation's colleges amI uni - ersit ies ( includinrg South Ca ro ina) to place greater value on acuIty m(emlbers who (10 resea rch nid publish than those who place r e a t e r emphasis on teaching nd (d0 niot or have not publ1ished. WE admit that faculty mem he(rs w hi o publish dlistin uish themselves and their Uni ersity if the.ir work is of par icular merit and they should be 0 mi m1 e nid e d1, but we seriously onder if excluding f a e u I t y irembers who do not pi u h I i s h romi pay raises is in itself a o.sit ive' goodl or a necessary evil. We take the position that a ian or woman who has the spe cruti ny of the ardminiist ration, xcept in those cast-s in which a tudent is official Ily repi rsentiig he University. 4. The right of students to ormn any law ful organuizat ion nd( to rise ca mpus fac iities shall ot he denied. 5. The adlminist ration shia II rante an acceptable codle of con. uct for officers of the campus odiee, and inrst ituiite proi cedluria a fegua rds~ t o prevenit abuiise of ho ipol ice power. 1. The Senate shall inst iturte a lore equiitale sch1eduile of cur 'w.S5 for wom~nen residenirt stur ents. 7. A' publlic acountig shall 1be rinde oIf the expendoiture of funds ollectedl tromi 'tudenoits in the 'lrm of t uition. I 'nivers.ity fees, *'hee fines, and11 prolfits oIf the Iou "campuiOii)1s linterprlises." 8, No Searc iorI se'izureI of stu xcet onI~)I ,irn warran frhe om1(1 lb l'111n (f MIIn, the lI'an of :hIo shall be legally arco,tabIlle ndricks cial ability to teach a subject(s) and be interesting and helpful at the same time should not be discriminated a g a i n a t finan. cially. The precious few in this category are an asset to a uni versity more so than those who use a university as a refuge for research and personal gain. All too often a man who preoccupies himself with research does not or can not give the quality of in struction to which students are entitled. S TUDENTS are sent to a col k lege for a good broad educa tion and it matters not in the least whether or not the profes sors had doctorates or niastei-' degrees and if they had pub lished or not if their education was of excellent quality. It is the students of a university which really count in the long I-un; every effort should be made to make their stay enjoyable andl profitable educationally. Not i newing faculty contracts because of personality conflicts over new ideas when teaching ability has been proved as seen r e c e n t 1 y here is not a positive step in the right direction. According to persistent rumor it is understood that an excep tional number of faculty mem hers have resigned their posi- 4 tions here. The student body can only suffer if this he true and we seriously ask those who have iesigned to reconsider, and that necessary action be taken to make faculty positions more at tractive and rewarding. A T the University of S o u t h Carolina for a number of years, social organizations have been pressured into doing the administration's bidding, h a v - not been supported but rather ignored in the past, and have become subjected to c o n t r o I s which at times seeim unreason able. Admittedly, social organi zations need to stress scholarship and responsibhility more than at present and even more &o in the future, but we insist that social organizations have been a whole some influence on this campus and that t h e s e organization produce many outstanding lead ers oil the campus and alunmm who care for the alma mater. Fraternities and1( sororities givt. meaning and purpose and a sense of belonging to many people without t hi e in this UJniversity real ly would( become a "suitcase-" college. As long as benefits f romh miemher-shipj in Greek social or ganizations are- derived then we feel that a Gr-eek system should he encou ragedl and supported on any college campus in AmiiicaL and especially the University of South Ca rol i aa where t radlit ion is so 'strcong. XTthan ngteemphais he given the Grieeks here in thb future- and that an off-campus a o y e m e n t he supported. Off campus fraternities andl sorori ties can only be strong-r than the present setup and can iin many ways enhance the Ui versity. Greeks are quite well known for- t heiri "ru shing"' ahi li ty and11 since I . S.- C. hais no "honor programi" of its own then the fra tern ities a nd soror-itie ~c(an (10 standing young people to pursue an ediucat ion here. ficien t gr-oundls. 9. No student shall suffer di tipl in ariy act ion,* probation, us JIension, or ex pulsion for- fa ilure to meect m i n i m u im academtic st (1adrds e txcep't a fterm a hea ring at which hie shall1 be represeted tc by- counsel and may pi-esent wit nesses. 10. Student Senate shall elect ai watchdog committee of '.11 dlent.s and faculty members to hiear a ppeails f ir ti im Univye rsit y decrisions anid comnplaint s of viO lotions of students' i-ights. I11. The guarnteeiltts oif the ( on t itt. in and laws of the I'itedl States and of (he Stite( of SouthI ('arodli n shal11 apply to studti,ii at all times. 1 .! The rights set forth forii -tuden-its iniidua(Iilly shall not he diedti tol tem to!llectivel>. I feel- cer-itaiin that there ar numy ~ othe riIiight s wh iebl should hi- wbdl to this list. I myi)! Sit, Studen-it 2(ight s. W iI.LLA M F. MFPsIl.I N