Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Why W4 "The newspaper," goes the credo of t: Chicago Tribune, "is an institution d veloped by modern civilization to prese the news of the day, to foster commerce al industry, to inform and lead the public opi ion, and to furnish that check upon gover ment which no constitution has ever bei able to provide." This particular newspaper, written at published by and for the Carolina Cor munity, adopts the Tribune's rendition of newspaper's function with no secoi thoughts as to its appropriateness to strictly partisan journal. We will continue to report the news . curately and objectively, not allowing pc sonal sentiment in our news' columns. F it is our responsibility to inform the Cai lina students, faculty and administration any and all news worthy of reaching pril 'this year we are fortunate to have t excitement of a Presidential election. 0 staff now includes a political analyst who sole responsibility lies in conducting po to determine the political feelings of UD students. In this election year The Gamecock fe< that it is vital that all issues be oper debated so that the electorate may intel gently determine the destiny of the nati for the next four years: a decision that cou well determine the very survival of civili2 tion. Each week there will appear on th page a running debate between William Medlin, a Johnson Democrat, and Janr Cockfield, a Goldwater Republican. T Priority To The Carolina student body is urged attend a pep rally Friday night at 9 p.m. the steps of Barnwell College. Perhaps t location chosen for this "mass" demonstr tion on behalf of the annual Carolina-Du game is quite apropos. After all, ho many students can congregate on tho steps? Not many. And certainly not mai will bother attending this first rally of o football season. The starting time designated by the a ministration was set after careful consider tion to the sorority Pan-HIellenic Drop slated for 6 p.m. the same evening. In col parison to the independents on this camp the fraternity and sorority members a few. WVhy should independents stay on cai pus Friday night until 9 p.m. for the ra to begin? The average commuting student leav the campus anywhere from four to e o'clock. Are we to believe that they w make an extra trip back to the Universi Unity For E "Critical times demand student dent Body o, unity for effective gains." Thisi agencies ask statement was made last year help and su and is now even more poignant Several acti when we view the prodigious have oither growth of our student body and have been s the conditioning and changes Ed Tucke that accompany such growing D)ance Comn pains, this summer This freshman class alone may dances and see the physical plant of USC coming year double or triple in size during gram includ< the next four years. At no time The Platter has the need for an effective .James Browi voice for student opinion and quality enter co-ordinated student a e t i v i t y tory. been needed more. The Stud Your student government will tee has het be active this year in impie- summer orj menting existing legislation, in the year. W malking constant improvements, and planning and in laying the groundwork into the vari for innovations which will have the scheduh a far-reaching consequences in a than ever. greater University. For the fii The Student Senate, the Stu- University a m Are Here le views expressed 'will not necessarily coii e- cide with those of the campus young Dem nt crats and Young Republicans, or of the sta id parties. n- It is responsible and ethical journalis n- that is imperative for a worth-while new mn paper and this responsibility will always I expressed in our editorial columns. We < ,d not intend that our editorials reflect sti n- dent or campus feeling determined by tf a majority. This is not our purpose, rath< id it is to become a forum of opinion, wheth a liberal or conservative. Our doors will r main open at all times for anyone to e: c- press his views. r- Every issue of The Gamecock this seme or ter will present an opl)ortunity and an o o- ligation to say something interesting ar of factual; to surmount the mediocre and co It. ventional; to say something that will appe he to the educated and intelligent members ur the student body, faculty and administrati< and finally, to rise above fear of reprisal. Ils Having made this obeisance, let us no C warn that we intend to take full advantai of those special opportunities which are !s newspaper's for recording and dramatizir what are essentially dramatic, neverthele, i. factual, occurrences. >n It was T. S. Eliot who remarked that fe% ld as far as he was aware, "now claim the fr a- speech to call a knave a knave or a fool is fool." F. That, in short, is another dereliction v ie hope to redeem. ie -Reardon Th4e Minority to at this late hour to partake in the festiv >n ties? This, in itself, is most assuredly be naive assumption. a- This is not the first time that sororit <e and fraternity rush has been given prioril w over other student activities. In the pas , Religious Emphasis Week has even had 1 ly take a back seat to the "vital" rush perik ir that appears to be of utmost importance 1 a minute segment of the Carolina Corn d- munity. We have always undlerstoodl in tl a- past that the majority rules. [In We (10 not intendl to blame every US "- studlent who is a member of a Greek lett< "" organization ; b)ut rather to criticize the pe re son responsible for making the arrang U- ments andl setting the schedutle. We critici: lv because we feel that our football team d serves a t remendlous turn-out for their e es forts-not ju tst the attendance of Coat ix Bass, the TFri-Captains, the coaching staf ill the band, the cheerleadlers, and the .Jester ty --Reard1on ffective Gains ~ficers and the other n tdn pae' ue for and need your WlaeMri,Iietro ggestions this year. vIJmn,hsl)elms op pities arnd programs aiei rvdn swt been completed or fclte enelt J i Larted this umer. TeSeae' Bra r,(hairiman of the aeafl ti n en ittee, has been here tasotto rvddb to plan a series of sho.As,b h nlo concerts for the w~ hr ilb rf The p)roposedl pro- t eiw ae wees s entertainment like (et aebe ie o ,.Josh White, andt sn hc he elaeuj -- sonme of the best Lemeakth pouny tainment in our his- wecmalnwad('tni mnt UJnion Commit- mntytiyerWelof n active' this past wadtabomyrfo ranizing plans for fct fsho ciiyay th the work, effort inwiheryecatkep that has been put Oufaitesrelwy ous Union activities, patinndcsatlaty should be better (ipsl eaerayt at time this fall the felwlcotnetmaehi ill haWellacunMartn-n,rDireUniverfity ,e 1 ' rn 3 )e 00 10 I ir a )f "They said IBM i W WUSC-AA ANOTHE V, a George The office is quite, except for assorted strains of music from re the control room, where a Night Owl is being taped, and a violent argument in the news room where the teletype machine is in operation. This is a typical scene that one will find when he comes into Room 207 in the Russell House - home of WUSC-AM. The teletype is a source of contact with the outside world for the staff to transmit to the student body. On the day of President Kennedy's assassina tion the small room where the machine is kept was packed with people waiting to get first hand information concerning the de tails of his tragic death. As news y came over the wires we im mediately reported what we knew to the campus. We stayed o on the air through the night keeping our listeners alerted. Another busy time for the J) staff mesilher of WIUSGAM was the night of the stsdent lodi e.lections. As the results po4ured IC ini we accurately reporteld' the news. We did not go off the air until early in the morniig (' when the .final totals were ini andi reportedi to our audiencee. rThe staff is a congregation of r- students from all prospective - professions with one objective in mind - keep our audience bosth ~e entertained anti informed. Thei eensorship is determined by the staff; the music director, as f sisted by other staff members hdetermines what is to he ai red n the name of good taste. I, The staff members are dled i catedi broadcasters. A good per eentage of them hold jobs with rasdio and TV stations in Colum bia or their home towns. - Despite the fact the station was not estab)lishedi for the edi fication or amusement of the (ROWIMG F(i UNIVERSITY OF 5 Member of Associal Femaded January 30, 1908, with Editor, "'Ihe Gamecock" is publish< University of South Carolina weekl a ear escept on holidays and during ill The opinions expressed by colu aecessarily those of "The Ganteco of Letters to the Editor, but all l.ettei sot constitute an endorsement. The he publicatiom any letter is reserved. '"Ie Gamecock" is represented he service. Inc. The publication is a cm i. Press, The National College Pr,ess Se u- ED)ITOR a- MANAGING EDITOR t. BUSINESS MANAGER Assistant Managing Editor to News Editor ig Copy Editor ni- Sports Editor r,- Society Editor dl Feature Editor Art Ei-tor Ei'Itorial Assistant rt. Campus Editor ;n Circulation Manager ,, Exchange Editor Advertising Manager (local) r - Advertising Manager (national) tY Chief Photographer a COLUJMNISTS: Jamie C'ockfield ('lyb..., Cehip rotskr.n I)o... n s always right." A BEGINS :R YEAR Kosko students onl campus, thle statio.1 has been planning andI program ming to that end aince its inl corporation in 1946. It has the distinction of being the only station inl Columbia which ik geared exclusively to thle colleg!. students. It offers at diversity of music andI news items not avail able onl any other frequency. The station's broadcausting day begins at 7 a.m. with thle "Early BirdI Show" until 8:45 a.m. and then goes onl the air again at 5 p.m. with a jazz show andl conitinuies until 3 a1.m1. Wt'4:-ANM also of ferm exclu sive interview-s with 1promtinent local and enationial figure%. E%ery, hour niews i6 boroadcamt con-. cernig the caimpuis, 041lumbia, the state and the inations. Our sources of ne%-4 comeiv from CUS, UlPI and the U'SC Nev,. Mepartmenm. Accurate %viather reports are also included4. Night Owl, the final show (of thle evening, is planned ats at bakgondfr tdy and Kalwyls rigt."atswt studtsionager, he Jordia Hracighas been n c)amu wiemince tot9ted6 icei. Ifroatiotte ior money. fromstb sttion adinistatonmia ish hops that( wexclily tol tho oerate Otdnts betl ofs aClinEastvo, Wbe' onain te Manager,an en snvtationodati ayn Bired St'untl 8:4 am.i aur thenices n e theair ampusa raontine actiln .m hed Colit Press~wt lrniei loerl Eldlaiot onsl asthe~ firs hodrbyiand for thtude~t oth y,n Fidays diangps theAclegeia oraamas one. ls ois ru misuts n lettrwit.ccrae ~set l reorust be igndlsh ingude ightt Owl, orthhinl fre (i nabakgyuby f.orma stdertising sheo tnshe hatd aslwegiats rvcealis ths. trcleateFe 'rh stttiii Prats Roess3e Kiloycl a 80wats Hitt carrir ('i arol Robitr nsonsiii hetrasmiteriske onlyarthy statonmnage,onae Gran andtheengnesPrecos Zur. If alottedm lre one firom theadinstatonitisour hopes tht e il h alTo operat 2.1Bishop Cochran ~i c Satin MnLer, mid nnsi, illMediuia Druake, Jim tu l iii iiiaii o al ii FROM TH Republica For Ton Jamie C O NCE I heard a staunch Democrat bitterly remark that the Republican Party "al ways has been for the rich man." Perhaps to an extent this is true. However, there is one other group he left out of his shallow accusation. The Republican Party is also the party for the man who may not have anything today, but through hard work, ambition, and frugal living, hopes to have something tomorrow. The Republican Party is not the party of those on welfare who are perfectly able to work; it is not the party of the shift less; it is not the party of those for Big Government. It is the party of the progres sive, forward-looking individual who does not wish to see money for which he has sweated taken from him to do such things as transport grain to a nation who has openly said it will destroy our way of life; huild highways which lead to nowhere; suppor: women with eight or ten chil dren, no two of them by the same man, and carry on a war in which Imlany of his fellow countrymen die, and il which victory has no place. TIE staunch Republican 1 lieves in conservative, econ ony-minded government. lie be ]ieves that the best government is that which governs least. li believes that the government should only do those things fo people which they cannot do for themselves. IIe is totally for the free enterprise system, perinit ting businle's and indistry to operate unshackled by far-reach ing Federal regulations anl free of heavy, unjust taxes. On the other end of the politi cal axis we have the Demlocrlt. who usuial!y favors Fuch thing, Us stepping in and killing fait ers' pigs, forcing farmers to take d rastie cUts in tobjaCco, cottoni, and wheat acreage, and paying them not to plant coin and soy heans. Another one of their favor:tes is d(evising ways to wreck big business, the child of our fte DONKE Goldwal Without C Bills T H! E major distinction between Presidetnt L y n d 0 n Johnson and Senator Hartry Goldwater is not their relative plositioni ini the' political speect ruim (modlerate vs. ultra - conservative) but rather the dlepth ande sincerity of the convictions which underlie the principeles upon which they act. Lyndon Johnuson has (lemon stratedl time' and again that he will not sacrifice prinaci ple for expediency, although he re-mains open-minhded'( and ready to com - promise where' necessary. Gold water, time andl again, has shown that his convictions (we still wonder what they really are(') are subcorinattte to his cra vinug for polit.ical power1. The i nconsistency (Cf his stat e men ts and the necessity teo "ex - plain away" his spee'ch (Cf the p revioeus (lay have left the A mer ia pC'eple not oenly con fused, hut alIso frust rated tee think that couli d caIptuei oto l oe!cf a moajoer A mericani peelit ical learty. A COSlVTVERpbi cnftr it- n dI re'cently re marked, "'It loocks like I'll le forced tee vo)te feer Johnson. A choi ce b etwee'n a I )emrtocrat ICand an idioet is noe cheoice at ael!." We enntI appreci ate the ageon y ini whieb atne Repubollicans fined t he'mselv es theis yeart. ID)in lg the cminlg weecks, we will dlisceuss the impoertantt isse an ual tt temptlt toe clari fy w ha tever misconceptioncs ('arelittians may havCe abou'ct t he twoe peresientialI hoep'euIs. I"er a sctaerter, le't us e'xain ee brie'fly se'veraI ex amp jles eef Gobilwater's leeng recoerd eof in edon si stentcy. Geoldl vater-i makes speeches allI er' the country deenouncinrg geov ernent spe-nding and r u r a I E TRUNK n Hopes iorrow nckfield enterprise society. They believe in such things as standing be hind labor for pay raises, but forcing management to keep prices down by threatening t, withdraw government contracti Sound familiar? T HEY seem to get a great kick out of selling wheat to our enemies (on credit, at thati, allowing our allies who ar- at tacking our enemies to be slaughtered on foreign beaches because of promised help which did not come, increasing the na tional debt to such an extent that it takes the income tax froim eleven states to pay the intere. annually, and increase taxes to heights beyond reason, thus de stroying the individual's incen tive to try to save. They also maintain a crew of experts in the background whose duty it is to see that the dollar we made yesterday will buy less tomorrow. They usually noni nate such turncoats as Lyndon Johnson, who would sell his soul to carry a state, and such egotists as Hubert Iunphrey, who holds out his false teeth to the photographer of Life mnaga zine. The symbol of the lDeno ecrats is the donkey, and for Lyn don I. Johnson and Hlunph rey, I cannot think of a better ynbols - for they are both p e r f e e t jackasses! U PON hearing t h a t Seinator Goldwater had been noni nated by the Republicans, f,r mer president Harry S. Truman remarked to a friend, "I told you that damn fool would get the nomination ! " Shortly b e f o i e, certain groups in the GOP nad attempted a "Stop Goldwa:,vr" mifvement. However, to the true Repul can this would be like trying to stop the rise of Christiamity. Goldwater himself has i.dnutted that it is an uphill fight, but with the realization of the cor ruption of this Democrat mn:u istration by the American peopile, the fight will be easier, and "th' damn fool" will be the nwxt president of these Unite Stat Y TALK -er: Man onvictions r e ~ e n t lj ysp(foTord a bill to' create a mullti-mihllionl dollar polJ - tic poseer project in A rizona. T H! E Cowboy - in - the - Sky > standl on civil rights is lpe haps most confusing of all.T win the California p)rimar-y, h1 p)romised to uiste trcoop)s to enifort e court - ordleredl integration. T1o gain ''back-lash'' votes in the" South and elsewhere, he voted against the civil rights bill (evenc though he lhad supported t previous rights bills).- To wi back modlerate Republicans, he madle an about-face' and pledged to enforce the law "with all the power at my commccand." Our kncigh t in shining 13th centurey a rmor v'ote-d against the tax cut when the IDemoicratic ad miiinist rationi sponsoretd it latst winte'r. A fter- the Dem*nocratic ta1x tcut brought the A mer-ican econ - omny to uinparalleledl prosperity. Goldly proposed a tax cut of his ow n. Convictio,ns? ia! AA' heHeshey, Pa., "O UiyM e e t in g" of party bosses, G;oldwate'r came out in favor of almost all of the "lib eral"' perograms of the E iseni hoewter administration. Many of these' p r ogrc'amns he had pret v iously de'noeunct'd as trteasoni. I-i he' now guilty of this crine? If his p re v iu 00. words aure the crciterioen, ht'en must le'. T'he issues in this campaigni arce many and cle-arc. P'resident Jo h nseen has at'tomephl ie ore feor Amricita in ten mont hs than Eisenehower did in teight years. Ther e is little doubt thati thi p)eopJle of tht' Unitedl States will e'xpress the'ir gratitude by giving Lyndon .Johnson a landslide vie tory unparalleled in the history