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Medical rul A few weeks ago three physicians and the executive manager of the Greater Co lumbia Chamber of Commerce appeared be fore USC's Board of Trustees to advocate the establishment of medical and dental studies at the University. No decision of the Board was asked or reached. Rutledge L. Osborne, chairman of the board, commented near the end of the meeting that the undertaking of new aca demic programs at the University depends upon the wishes of the General Assembly from whence come the appropriations. The doctors talked principally of founding a two-year medical school at Carolina, but pointed out the need for a second four-year medical teaching facility. They also stressed the importance of acquiring a dental school. The cost of such a project would hover around the $6 million mark. This sum, ac cording to the doctors, would allot $3 mil lion to each proposed school, and would al low 50 students in each of the two classes in each of the schools. Two-thirds of this cost would be borne by the federal government if the state pro vided the remainder. During the course of the meeting the doc tors cited the statistics which confirm the deficiencies in medical care in the state. 1) National average for physicians is 141 per 100,000 population; Southeastern aver age is 111; South Carolina average is 73, and 24 counties have fewer physicians than the state average. Honorabl Editorial dissertations on several well-de serving "institutions" at Carolina have ap peared quite frequently on these pages - in fact, so consistently that the mere men tioning of these subjects has become a trite expression. However, there is one such institution to which references can not appear too often the honor principle. Co-operation not only among students but among students and faculty is sadly lacking. As a result the tra dition of an honor system at Carolina is be coming submerged under the negligent attitude of those over whom it should wield a big stick. Many students admit that their faith in the honor system is destroyed by the fact that some professors do not believe in the honor principle or its effectiveness. Either they watch over the students like hawks, or instruct them not to bother signing the pledge since some one dishonest enough to cheat would sign anyway. EXCHANG UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS an annual bed Josh White is scheduledto wrderad sing at the U niver sity o fteprd Arkansas' Gaebale on May 2. Ngtae. upon the bed, fi BOWLNG GEENOne of the rul STATE UNIVERSITY was "Each tei Phi Kappa Tau l a un ch ed a on the course new campus event on April 11 - Daniel Yochma f/w GA 4co (ROWING FOR A GREA'TER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Member of Associated Collegiate Pre Funded Januar 30: 1905, with Robert Elott Gonui Editor, "The Camecock' *. psublished by and for the University ofE South Carolina weekly, en Fridays, durd year except enholidays ad daring exa.InatIons. The opinions expressed by columnists and letter i inecesearily these ef "The Ga.mecock." --nhe camecoc Letters to the Editor, but all Letters must he si ed. I aot constitute an endorsement. The right to to publication any letter is reserved. "T~he Camecock" is represented nationally by Natio Srice IncNaThe publcationI a mebe and te Asc Subscription rates are $3.0 per year. 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Whe.l... nD... vi.M..e. alse WWnaae. llies At USC 2) A national average of 59 dentists per 100,000 persons was compared with South Carolina's 21 average-lowest in the United States. 3) In nursing the "national safe mini mum" is 300 per 100,000 and South Caro lina has 244. In the interests of a Greater Carolina and state the materialization of this program undoubtedly would be valuable medical facilities in the state, as the above statistics show, are far below the national average, and are fast approaching the "red line" mark. However, we submit to those studying this proposition, that with the present en rollment the University is not yet large enough to accommodate such facilities with any degree of success. Granted that the number of students is galloping ahead each year, but how many of these would be medical students? Is the M e d i c a I College of South Carolina in Charleston filled to capacity? For what purpose was a two-year medical program proposed at USC and not a four. year teaching facility, as advocated for an other part of the state? These questions, plus the extensive inter est which the federal government will have in the project, make this undertaking ap pear slightly unprofitable at this time. The possibility that South Carolina's lack of doc tors, nurses, and dentists is due to the lack of students of medicine is very real. a Tradition If these two professional attitudes are present the fault quite possibly lies with some students' inability to accept the re sponsibility of being honorable. The end result of all this is quite paradoxical: If a student showed he could be trusted, he would be trusted. On the other hand, if professors would appear to believe in the integrity of their students, their belief would be upheld. Much to the majority's satisfaction, no proctor system exists at Carolina. The honor principle far surpasses it in effectiveness but it has to be a workable honor system. Subconsciously the duties and obligations fostered by this principle are placed in the laps of others. The success or failure of this institution can not be determined by a small board and court - it is applicable only through the ef forts of each student and faculty member. Its fate rests upon the attitude of the cam pus at large. E CORNER race. The beds the social fraternity's Bed Race, to suit the theme said, "I believe the race to be - "Dreams and held at Bowling Green is unique ve men pushed i. in the respect that fraternities es of this event and sororities are paired for the im must remain event." it al haimes." As P'URDUE UNIVERSITY A new school of technology was created by the Board of Trustees at Purdue. The purpose being "to provide necessary basic data and information on the growing and changing needs and NA d e m a n d s for technologically orientated ed uc at io n al pro. les as tim fir grams." n. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY ters re naOld dorms on campus full of a e nothing but drips so McGraw, *Uil di (irector of planning, corrected .1 Avetsu this by changing the window *liegiste r,ess. design. Now the system is leak. NA RUSSELL pof LA REARDON UNIVERSITY OF OREGON RY BARRETT Game of donkey basketball was larriet Holland played during the University WayneCochban Service Week. Among the chaos Pat Roessle were players being thrown from Susan Lindau their mounts, f o u 1 i n g, and Sara Elliott dunked. As was said once, "It Carol Robinson was fun, but it was only burroed Precious Zurlo time. Reba Hutto UNIVEitSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA !'ike McCarthy Two h u n d r e d and seventy. Carter Crew. seven students out of 772 fin. Winkie Young tishedl a 50-nvile hike. As the Leon Bridge "Daily Collegian" states-"Seven thie Henderson hundred and seventy-two stu Sig Huitt dents plus 50 miles equals 277l Bridge, Dave finishers plus 6,428 blisters." It's a rough life. Hendricks, Ted ilde. MICllGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Waldrp ickie On A pril the 16th, the univor ci )azeI. Jc*, nity was the location for a leec eni Iiigins. Z~wen ture on "Threat and Ethics in *Cam 1 de. A frican Field Research," given lee. Wflhen Ha.,y wrs. yeW_l__a__J _ H ann _(bal) " And 1 ELUE Stall-ins Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss RusseU: The fate and freedom of twenty million Negroes, and in deed, of all Americans, seemingly rest on the shoulders of a hand ful of radicals in New York. For one hundred years the civil rights movement has worked for equality of opportunity for all Americans; now, when the nation has finally been confronted with a bill which would substantially increase this opportunity, a small yet overly visible faction of the Movement is thwarting its very purpose through blind extrem ism. In these bold statements, I refer to the "stall-ins" which are threatened at the time this paper goes to press. To set the record straight, let me state that I do not oppose lalu demonstrations. The First Amend ment is quite clear in guaranteeing the right to petition the govern ment and the public for redress of grievances. Nor do I condemn the national civil rights organizations which, I believe, are making a constructive contribution to Amer ican democracy. My protest is against the few chapters of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) which, by tak ing the law into their own hands are turning millions of pro-civil rights Americans against the current civil rights bill. Already one Senator has an nounced a changed attitude be cause of pressure tactics such as the stall-ins. The most unfor tunate effect of this extremism is that the many years of work on the part of more moderate groups, such as the NAACP, will be in vain if public sentiment is turned against the Movement. One wonders if Mr. Isaiah Brun son, leader of the stall-ins, is on the payroll of arch-segregationist George Wallace. The Southern Negro simply asks to be treated like any other human being, to have the me opportun ity as the white man. He wants to be able to order a meal when he Is hungry, to relax at the movies when he is tense, to stop at a comfortable motel room when night falls, to get a job to feed his family, to guarantee a good edu cation for his children, and, most important, to gain that dignity which CGod has ordained for all human beings. He is willing to stand in line with 200 other Negroes to regis Wilso The Student Senate will year this coming Wednesda; Russell House Assembly Ro< newly elected Senators will then to fill their positions as invite each and every one of ; On the whole, I believe 'a a most successful year. Begi have had a most eventful yea year. Yet, all in all, I believi a great deal to make Carolin tion. We can at least say thi My personal thanks go oui assisted our work in any was each person who did his or h4 have accomplished so much. who does not finish to join i new Student Goverment Adni tainly need your help throuj One question that I would thin column worth while durn ..OUNT-rQ ow we will continue with this m4 T T E ter to vote, knowing that on half-a-dozen Negro applicatior are processed each month. IH says nothing when he is spi upon for seeking service at lunci counter which advertisi to serve the public. He preachi "love your enemies" after four < his children die in a c h u r e bombing. He walks the stre hunting a job after he is fire because he signed a petition f< desegregation of the local scho distric4. A m e r i c a can never functic as a democracy under ti premise, "All people are equa but some are more equal tha others." WILLIAM F. MEDLIN 0 0 0 Dangerous Satisfactior Editor The Gamecock Dea,r Mise Russell: Why does sex have to ph such a leading part in your lives today? It seems as if se is presently as necessary f< sustaining life as food itsel Why is this? Excessive sexual activity ce become detrimental to the miu as well as to the body. Son people become "obsessed" wil sex. Is this modern generation "playboys" a n d "prostitute creating a "Moral Revolution" Seemingly, pre-marital sex r lations is a "kick," just as win ing out a fast car, throwing good drunk, or raising hell at party or dance. Does the mode: generation have no sense pride? They feel that they a getting away with somethin That's why they continually e gage in sex relations. Intercour is something that should be ke sacred; at least until marrias There are alternatives in reles ing sexual tensions other thi this means. I don't look upon sex as son thing to be shunned or as son thing that is nasty. On the co trary, I feel that it is one of t most beautiful - things on Got earth, BUT everything hasi place, and I think that sonr thing as meaningful as a sexu intercourse should take p 1 a< only with legally lifetime-unit partners that love each other f what they are, not for what th have. If people can't comply wi these morals, why can't they to some other country in whi so-called "free-love" is an s cepted principle in the society "Free-love" is not love at a it is "dangerous satisfaction" I TODE n Urges F bold its last meeting of tl r afternoon at 5:00 in tl >m. At this time all of ti be present to observe ai the old Senators bow out. V rou to this final meeting. e can say that we have hi aning back in September 1 r' and, at times, a very tryhi that we have accomplish< a a somewhat better instit t we have tried. to all those of you who ha .Without the cooperation ~r part, we could not possibj Let me ask that each of' y~ n and offer your help to ti inistration, for they will ce rhout the year. like to ask Is, if you thoug w the yar- nd If yua thaoug rn setue. RS y people who have no self-respect is and no sense of common decency e what - so - ever. The present gen it eration is lazy and weak. It a seems not to be able to restrain a8 its emotions. ! JAMES R. CURLEE of h0 d Morals and Beings or Editor l The Gamecock Dear Mive Russell: n The Gamccock's discussion of ie morals has so far dealt only with 1, sexual morals. This is unfortu n nate, since as one philosophy professor has observed, one's sexual mores are simply copied from those of whatever tribe of Hottentots one happens to be born into. Other than to discuss con formity, which is a behavior pat tern explicable in terms of what Sartre calls practico - inertia, y there is simply no seed for fruit g ful comment in this topic. To x really discuss morality one must or go back to the structure of the f. present socio - economic totality and thence to the entological ,n whole in which it is. d To understand the present so le ciety one must contrast the h thingness of being and the pleni )f tude of nothingness. Human i" existence acts itself out in a sort of blob of being thrown into an e- indefinite, exploding nothingness. :1- Being is a point of not-being a nothing, which is a-a if nothing a were all around it. -n The limits of the human are )f the beginnings of nothingness. re Man is definedl in terms of the g. nothingness which his whole life ni- is a str-uggle not to be. In this se struggle he detotalizes being into pt things. Thus the thingness of e. being is the condlition on which s- man exists. in But man is also a str-uggle to over-come this thingness of being e- which permits him to be. If being e- is, man cannot be free - because n- he cannot be nothing. Death is se the drive in man to be nothing. Vs "Morality" is simply a body ts of desiderata compiled to enable e- man to repress this drive. As al Jung teaches, every psychic force to is countervailed by an equwl op ed posite force. or Life ag a insat death, love ey against hate, freedom against th slavery, openness against closed go ness; value can't be attached to ch anything, simp)ly because these c- things are pr-ojected from within. ? And within, coiled like a snake, l1; is their negation. or EMMETT DURANT ' WILSON uture Coope ie it helped to better inform oul le Government is attempting t< eAnother is, if you would I id President to continue the pol Te week. If you believe that it is or if you think it not worth w id It was intended for this pu re when it was first begun. gThere is much left to be d ~d of which has already been si u- not begun. I challenge each r do his part. eThere are a lot of seniors fcan look back with pride th ly to make Carolina a better >u came. I hope that this can le who graduates from here car r- Many foundations have 1 is still ahead. You must be ait shall die. Find your place< ht pnrt You will not be sorry. Peace Corps "Profits' Bv BILL SAVAGE Colunmist On page two of a little booklet entitled Facts About Peace Corps S e r v i c e, the objectives of the Peace Corps are defined as pro. moting "world peace and friend. ship by making available to in terested countries Americans who will: 1. Help the people of these countries meet their needs for trained manpower. 2. Help pro mote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served (emphasis ours); and 3. Help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people." For one solid week, we have been urged to volunteer to do these things, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. The neatly dressed volunteer. fresh from Nigeria and who in his speech, which we have heard on three separate occasions, said he was one of the Twelve Origi nal Volunteers, seenis to be not so much interested in service to other countries "on the part of the American people" as he is in making a pot of money. Bear ink mind that this man was sent to the University to enlist student support of, and to supply in formation about, the Peace Corps in hopes that some of us would join. And yet, he spoke of no high ideals, no patriotism, no brotherhood of man, no service, and he made no mention of God or mother. To motivate us, to give us incentive to join, he said: 1) that in Nigeria he occupied a large house on a bluff over looking a valley, 2) he had three servants (on one occasion he said four), a jeep, another vehicle, and his dog, 3) he made enough money to live comfortably, 4) money was being set aside for him in this country, 5) Peace Corps service (emphasis ours, not his) was good because it gave one the opportunity to travel in a foreign country free, and 6) he implied that the tales about Peace Corps workers living in mud huts were pure myth. Not only does this man have the wrong idea, and this is a judgment made solely on the basis of an examination of the Corps' objectives, but he ap parently has no information. This last statement is, we admit, a sweeping generalization, for one cannot truly say a man has no information after h a v i n g heard him d e li v e r the same speech only three times. We ob servedl, however, that wvhen ques tions were asked concerning such things as the basic language re quirement (to wvhich he replied the only requirement he knew of was a passing knowledge of ECnglish), he respectfully sug gested that any interested stu dent could get that information from the table in front of Rus sel. House. Fortunately, the table was better prepared than the man. If p e oplie like this do not destroy the status of the Peace Corps in America, it won't be because they aren't trying. The Corps is doing a commendable job, one that needs to be done, and since our friend won't, we will suggest that students con sidering Peace Corps work do so wvith the idea of service, not financial profit, in mind. Before this week, we would never have thought it necessary to make such a statement. ration e students as to what Student > accomplish. ike for the new Student Body icy of writing a column each beneficial, please let us know, hile, please tell us that as well. r'pose and this purpose alone one in the coming year, much arted and some of which has eturning student to dig in and who, as they leave this May, ait they have done something ilace than it was when they be something that everyone also do in the years to come. een laid, but the main work the ones to carry it out or it