Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scholarships J Criticism of Carolina's "scholarshipping" policies and program has been, over the years, merely one of those "things-they gripe-about-all-the time" type of complaint. However, due to the increase of enrolling students, the higher quality of such stu dents and the mounting costs of an educa tion at an institution of higher learning, these gripes have become more justified and, we hope, more noteworthy. Being deeply concerned over the economic barriers which may prohibit a student from obtaining a degree, the University has been generous, in comparison with other south ern schools, in the disbursement of funds for scholarships, fellowships, and loans. However, the need for a further increase in these scholarships as well as for a recon sideration of the kind of student to whom they are granted is becoming more and more urgent. In South Carolina as well as throughout the rest of the nation, a student whose family income is $12,000 per year, seems to have as good a chance of obtaining scholar ship aid as someone whose family earns less than $3,000 a year. This conclusion was reached as a result of a study of 65 colleges and their policies conducted by the officials of the American Council of Education, the nation's largest organization of colleges. It showed that 59 per cent of students whose family income was below $3,000 ap plied for and rcceived financial aid from their colleges. In the $11,000 to $12,999 group, 57 per cent applied for and received aid. More than twice the number of students in the $13,000 or over bracket were offered aid as were those from the $3,000 or below level. Approximately 40 per cent of those in the below-$3,000 group were refused aid. Surveys by the Southern Regional Educa tion Board shows that lack of funds pre vents 100,000 highly qualified high school graduates from attending college. As far as working their way through school is concerned, campus or part-time jobs in many cases just don't "pack the jar." On the average, it is estimated that $1,500 are required for a year's expenses at a public college. l llll i STEVE I Carolina -What It Leav With the passing of May Day the newly educa here at USC comes the startling wiety. real,ization that final exams and Every s t u d e the end of the spring term are aohina bupohap just a r o u n d the corner. For memories of hi many, it will be a time of happi- Suhinote ness and relief; for others, a Aloteryd time of sorrow and frustration. t ersm t Every year, many students grad- hsproa g uate from this University and head pans ocr out into the world in quiest of a Crln.Mn future. For most of the college rly r on graduates today, the world is ready grdssohw Membe of inodtoleat oe Patt FuededJauar 30 108,wihi poers lit onal g Univerity ofSouth Carolina wel,o rdy. dMany yea esep onhotda ad drig aatios.f o andmoe opnwilng etoee abolumnists andoutte USC nees/rl thos o TeGmckh. Gcock LettrsotebEr but Alocitemd Cobeged Pue untio any 30,e i 908 witesbetrllittCo. Eto"The aeock" is psed natinl for Ntios Sercep n Theoliatian duIng aexamerofthens.oia Trss he opinional le eress vcemnst and ter wnsri Subsciation aylte s res.0erer. EDITOR DONs MANAGING EDITOR SHEIL BUSINESS MANAGER LARR Assistant Managing Editor Hi Advertising Manager Bi Assistant Advertising Manager News Editor. Copy Editor Campus Editor. Feature Editor . .. C Assistant Feature Editor Society Editor. Sports Editor .. .. . M Circulation Manager. Exchange Editor.....1 Chief Photographer Business Secretary RutI Chief Reporter. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Henry Robertson, Leon] Underwood. COLUMNISTS: Todd Wilson, Dave Henry, Carl Ii Narrow, Bill Savage, Julia Drake, Zazel Wil< ITAFF MEMBERS: Kay Hughey, virgia Maxwell Harry Elliott, Heary Elchel. Eddie Hoffmeyer, Jan4e Smitd5, Mareis Caillion, Detty Caperton, Em fleis, UJnda Martla, Lisa Ia Edwards Susan Ldau. EKid Kelsier, Mike Camp, Kathlseen Talr~ arrit LaDorde, Linda Cordeli, Carol Pric Joyce ()qearec e at Babr Moore, Eva Shleer,C nad Tomorrow The problem of putting oneself through school, even at such a minimum price, is especially prevalent in the South where the average income is 25 per cent lower than in the nation, and college costs are equally as high elsewhere. Granted, the number of scholarships are increasing, but not in proportion to the increase in students. The south region has 25 per cent of the college enrollment but only 20 per cent of the nation's scholarship funds. Of the top 50 institutions in this region giving the largest amount of finan cial assistance, only ten are in the South. Although state governments are begin ning to play a more prominent role in grant ing aid, most of that money is provided to those entering the "critical" professions those of medicine, nursing, teaching, etc. Each year the National Merit Scholar ship Corporation awards over 500 scholar ships to those attending Southern institu tions. There are over one million students attending southern colleges. Specifically, at USC, approximately 500 men and women earned part or all of their expenses here by working in offices and businesses in the Columbia area. Another 300 earned as much as half their expenses by on-campus employment. Educational loans totaling $297,000 were made available to students of proven scholastic ability. Family incomes and need in these cases did not seem to be the prime considerations. The University gave 85 simi lar scholarships while individuals and busi nesses provided additional aid. On the alumni side of the University, six additional undergraduate scholarships, and six additional graduate fellowships were established. Twenty thousand dollars from this was used to create new supplements to professors. Both these financial aid meas ures were designed to increase the Univer sity's ability to attract and retain outstand ing scholars. As a footnote, only 2,279 of all the Uni versity's alumni could see fit to contribute financial support during the year. Where is this trend in scholarship policy going to leave the hope of the nation for its future? In some way, at some very near date, possibly through the creation of more scholarship funds from business organiza tions, and industries, a door will have to be opened to enable more young people to ob tain a college education. -Russell OST ER es With The Graduate I ed members of begins to believe that a great deal of truth and fact lies in n t should leave sonme of the complaints that are -aduation w i t h voiced, especially when he hears py and pleasant the same opinions voiced daily - Alma Mater. and, not necessarily from the case, however! same sources. y, it is possible The fact exists that many stu ident expressing dents graduate each year and leave pes" and "coin- Carolina with m a n y unpleasant ing his life at memories. The support that the students, natu- alumna and alumnae give to their to complain re- Alma Mater will attest to this. they truthfully G.raduates are leaving every year However, one and turning their backs on the in stitution that gave t h e m their greatest opportunity to gain a fine start in life - the institution that welcomed them with open arms and is given a cold shoulder in return. Most of the personnel of the NA UJni v erai t y - administra tion, faculty, and employees - . as the fit are more than helpful to a stu dents of the dent (luring his tenure at USC. ohe college H o w e v e r, students often en ters are not counter some r a t h e r dlif ficult ,ii,*sicourypeople and situations; this is all ithhaolJ froma that is necessary. The student I Advertisins has very little chance for a "re dClleggat dress of grievances" at Carolina lgteee.today. More than likely, he will A RUSSELL push the incident into the hack of SADN his mind and try to get along as Y BEARRETT hest he can. Yrie HoRRETT The trouble lies in the fact that shope Hochan the student has become embittered shope Cochran and is not likely to forget the inci Pat RWeible dent after he leaven school. A great Pan Roendau number of these "injured" parties Sara Liotu will choose to remember the inci Sara Eiott dlent when he is called upon to arec iosro make a contribution to the alumni 'rcosZro fund. keb McCathy More important, however, are ik caty those students who leave and Carter Crow. choose not to recommend their Vinkie Young Alma Mater to their friends and Leon Bridge children. Rather, they send their iie Henderson children off to another school in Sig Huitt hopes that they will not receive Bridge, Dave the same consideration as was given them at USC. endricks, Ted The Carolina Community loses Ie. many fine potential members for Waldrop Dicki, such reasons as the ones depicted )aln ,f *Jackie above. This need not be the case. Hipn.Gen It has been in the past, neverthe HoaFa rAnna le. We can only hope that It will LLET1 Anti-Communist Phobia Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss Russell: In commenting on J. Edgar Hoover's charges of Communist infiltration in the civil rights movement The Gamecock, as usual, missed the point. While Communist Party mem bers may participate in the rank and file of the civil rights struggle, they are in no sense its leaders. The leaders of this movement are almost to a man committed to the love ethic of Gandhi, and the Social Gospel advocate by men like Rauschen busch or Niebuhr. Whoever wrote that editorial should c o n s u 1 t facts before taking to the type writer. But even if Communists were running the civil rights move ment its basic justice would not be altered. Too many Americans neurotically see in Communism an unmitigated evil, with which they smear any cause Commu nists may favor. Actually Com munism is a quite complex phe nomenon, one impossible to label "good" or "evil." I am not aware of Communists prepetrating any evil greater than segregation. T h i s s a m e anti - communist phobia pervades the reflections of Mr. Carl Hendricks. His latest analysis of the world situation argues that (1) the war in Viet nam should be expanded; (2) 500 closed m i 1 i t a r y installations should be re-opened; and (3) the draft should be retained. All t h i a Mr. Hendricks implicitly promises will result in the "De feat of Communist Forces." Does Mr. Hendricks not realize that (1) the war in Vietnam is a civil war in which the United States is illegally and immorally engaged; (2) these military in stallations were closed for econ omy reasons, a move approved by the rightist Nat ional Review; and (3) a peacetime draft is entirely unconstitutional and ob solete. How can a standing army win against nuclear weapons? EMMETT J. DURANT S e * Court Lights Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss Russell: Earlier this week my room mate and I went down to Maxcy Gregg tennis courts to play a few sets. It seems that the ten nis team has exclusive right to the courts from 2 to 5 P.M. Mon dlay through Friday, so we were unable to get a court. Since most students are un fortunate enough to have classes in the morning, they find it very hard to find a time to play. Even if they don't have classes in the morning, they can't play because of the tennis classes that meet there every (lay. What are these people sup posedI to do when they want to play tennis? There's not too much they can do under the existing circumstances. As far as I can see there are two possible alternatives to the situation. The first one is to construct some new courts. I doubt very seri ously if this will be (lone due to the lack of space. The second possibility is to put lights on the University courts. This would allow the students a chance to play at night, andl greatly re'lieve the situation. If I remember correctly, one of our student body presidents tried to obtain lights hbut Mai nlan. fa 'IRS zied. I can't understand why. Surely the expense would not be too great, and the Lights would not interfere with the playing areas. The only courts in the city with lights at the present time are those at Valley -Park, and those are grossly inadequate. The courts are too small, and the playing surfaces are terrible. I am sure I speak for all tennis players when I say that something needs to be done to remedy the situation, and the sooner the better. HENRY LEE 0 0 0 Peace Corps Clarifies Editor The Gamecock Dear Miss Russell: Many of Bill Savage's quotes (concerning the Peace Corps in the April 24 issue of The Game cock) are true but in this edi torial taking them out of context of course shows them up ad versely to the Peace Corps and me. 1) As to making a lot of money, we receive $150 per month with $75 per month put aside in this country for us as serverence pay - stated in any PC book. 2) As a forestry officer I was 40 miles from a town over dirt roads and on a poled ferry, had no electrioity, no running water, wood stove, and closest neighbors (British) eight miles away and others 40 miles. Thus my house, four servants (one steward, one water carrier, one night watch man, and one caretaker for all the forestry buildings), one jeep provided by the U. S. Peace Corps and one land rover for my staff, and of course my bush dog, $150 per month for servant, food, travel, etc., and $75 per month taxable income in the U.S.A. Travel of course is good and is advocated by the Peace Corps, but at the volunteer's ex pense, not the U. S. Govern ment's. Mud huts are pure myth. Specific knowledge was ob tainable through the Peace Corps staff member in Russell House with the booth. I stated at the beginning of each talk that I was volunteering for this week, not paid, and only to give my own experiences as a returning Ni gerian volunteer, not a s t a f f member with facts and figures and stated written ideals. ...I do want to thank every onie for receiving us as they (lid and making our work and stay so enjoyable - even Bill Savage andl his editorial. It shows me where I have fallen (down in communicating with the students and what is received b)y some of them. lf I wanted a lot of money, I would have stayed in Puerto Rico as a staff member where I was earning over $9,000 per year with the Peace Corps, but I left it to become a volunteer in Nigeria. H. P. BRESEEI. OeIIer. Po ic, Trhe Gamecock Is intended primarily as a voice for stu dent opinion and news, We welcome letters from any student, or member of the faculty under the following provisions. L-etters must be signed with the writer's mailing ad dress. We will withhold the writer's name If the letter requests it. hlowever, we will print no letter that is unsiniedA TODD W Outi Exj To IN this one final column, let me de attempt to express my appre- co, ciation to each of you who has thi helped in advancing the cause of no the University during this year as this has been our main con- ha cern. th We can truthfully say that a er great deal has been accomplished, W but are quick to recognize that mi1 there is much still to be done. co Student Government is on the rise ; s t u d e n t participation is reaching an all-time high; the E administration is cooper- of ating more than ever before with th student interests. This can only fo mean one thing. We are moving, er moving rapidly, and what is more ou important, we are moving for the ne good of the student body and the rq University as a whole. ml I cannot possibly express per- m sonal appreciation to e a c h person who has assumed a place of responsibility and done his tu part in helping us to move so Bi rapidly, but there are some who w bear special mention. gi Our Dean of Students, Dean Witt'en, is the finest to be found. He has the gift of insight into student ideas, and if he believes that they are best for students tr as a whole, he works extremely hard to see that such ideas be come reality. I truly consider it th an honor to have been able to work with him during this year. m M Y thanks also go to a num- d ber of students, both stu- T1 -Carl Hen The United States And Its Position In The Cold War FROM the reports eminating se from Washington these days th it appears that, through the long run, the United States' position ta in the cold war is strategically ci< strong and getting stronger. i With this reasoning it would nil appear that the United States in he the future will be able to exploit ce< Communist weaknesses, to take W a stronger stand in Latin Amer- su ica, and to initiate a more posi- lit tive program in Southeast Asia. ni On paper the strategic power of the United States is superior to that of its avowedl enemies, andl the United States should be able nj to command the respect through- pr out the world that its military, be p)olitical, andl economic p o w e r. merits. i an H OWEVER, it is hard to deal an always in pure power as fic there are many contingencies to ini counter in a given situation, and rei it is through these that at times gu the United States has appeared eit weak andl perhaps foolish. U H lE Soviet Union and Red lin IChina control a vast heart land and in years past it wasU taught that whoever controlld L the heartland one day m i g h t ar eventually dlominate the world. hu The force which controls the wc heartland today has been and is lea militantly aggressive with diefi- soi nite aims to dlominate the worldl. to In land forces the C'omnmunist bloc possesse's ai distinct numeri- it, cal advantage and when acting oti in concerit the strength of the en< ('ommunist nations is i n d e e d str formidable, sit However, the Soviets and the an Chiiinese are- both experiencing h)e. ag riculIturial shortcomings, a n dI bhi politically they were at odds over the leadership and1 tactics of the world C'ommunist mn o v e m e n t. Tlhese fact ors alone indica te that the Communist leaders in the r neatr future w ill have to deal he, with the WAest with fewer trumps than in the past. art for T H! E U nite~d States is cognizant cor of the troubles w i t h i ni th CmunIist (camp, andl has for to some timne been inc-reasinog the fea strength of its military arsenal. (d0 lI appears that in s tr a t e gic to ILSON roing President 4 resses Thanks Student Body rit sen ators, and executive nmittee chairmen. W I t h o u t !m Student Government could t possibly function. We h a v e been fortunate in ving dedicated chairmen for most part and have had sev d most conscientious senators. ithout their diligent efforts, ich less would have been ac rnplished. jUT my deepest thanks go to I you, the individual students our University. Without you ere would not even be a reason r the existence of Student Gov nment of any kind. And with t your cooperation we could ver accomplish anything. Your s p o n s e has been one quite ?aningful to me personally, but )re important, to the good of r institution. I deeply appreciate the oppor nity of serving as your Student )dy President. It has been a )nderful honor as well as a cat responsibility. r has been an office which has taught me more than any other ase of my education. It is an fice that is, at times, rather ying, but usually most reward g. It is you who gave me the portunity of having served in is capacity, and for this I give u my sincerest thanks. It is y sole desire that your confi nce in me has been fulfilled. iank you very much. dricks X ses the capability to defeat e Communist menace with case. In terms of naval strength, air wer, and miissiles the advan se of the United States is de led. However, in a total shoot I war, though we might an iilate everything w i th in the artland, it is generally con led that the United States and estern Europe w o u I d suffer eh losses that there would be tle reason to rejoice over win ig. THAT a total war would Tevolve into would be noth more than mass murder and ivation on a scale unknown fore. [n terms of land forces it is licated that the United States d its allies are in somewhat of inferior position. Defense of ials indicate that is not an olerable situation. However, if ,ent history can serve as a ide it would appear that espe Ily against Red China the. ited States will be called in 're and more to deal with local, ited, and guerilla warfare. UE to the fact that Red China possesses no nuclear n to speak of and with her ~e po pula tion reserves it uld appear i k el1y that her detrs will continue the same t of effort as practiced now extend her influence. Nith this in mind, as we see the United States has no oer choice but to bu i ld up ugh military and t aet ice a I ength to deal with the type uations we now see in Asia 'I in Latin America. We cannot piecemealed, or subverted, or ckmailed anymore. 'HE United States can outlast the Communist threat largely ile relying on her strategic (erves, but she cannot relax guard, she cannot bail out ssian leaders everytime they in a janm, and she cannot af d to unilaterally disarm or tinlue to pay everybody's bills. W'ith the pendulum swinging the West it would appear nile for the United States to something about Castro and rio something positive in South