Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Names DI In 1801, under the able leadership of Gov. ernor John Drayton, South Carolina College which is now the University of South Caro lina, was established. The school was opened in 1804 to serve a dual purpose: to avoid having to send nativE South Carolina men out of the state to schoo and secondly to educate men from eaci county in the State to obliterate the sec tional antagonism that prevailed betweer the up-country-low-country of South Caro lina. President Jonathan Maxcy and one pro fessor instructed the first session of th( school which consisted of 29 students. The establishment of USC was a joint ef fort on the part of every person in Soutf Carolina, a State that has long been knowt for its tradition and historical background The question at hand focuses around th( problem of cherishing these heritages tha have been the groundwork for laying foundation for this State as it exists today It was the patriotism and deep love for th( South evinced by several men and womei throughout the State's history that has en abled South Carolina today to feel a sense o pride when reviewing the past chapters o: South Carolina history. How can a State institution so involvec and so indebted to these great South Caro lina patriots disregard them when namink and dedicating buildings on campus? Glancing over the history pages of th State it becomes apparent that there ar many army officers, statesmen, women an politicians that have devoted their lives t the betterment of their home state. Francis Marion had the most continuou record of service of all the military leader during the Revolutionary War. Surely h deserves recognition for his efforts. During the War Between the States Sout Carolina was unsurpassed by any othe \fraig . Mississippi: Stai T HE most common reply to a Court decisio: question concerning the situa- but segregate tion in Mississippi is, "Oh, I don't two out of Ov even consider Mississippi a State the state live in the Union." There is no doubt F one would that these remarks are made. I flect on hi. There is no doubt that these feel- History 21, h< ings exist that c a u a e such the effect this ignorant and radical remarks. cal makeup o However, one can only pause wrong, it's n for a moment to realize that he mediocre; it's is making a mistake. Over the States! past two years, the news media Every statc has found "prime pickings" in differently in the state of Mississippi. tion and relip Unfortunately, the news from New York has this state is either reactionary, of I t a l i a n revolutionary, or diabolical. In Gr'eeks, andI S: content there is news; yet, one so to reflect can reflect on the quality of this the state. Just news by the way and method it pians believe i is delivered and expounded upon. the races is n stature of the T HE State of Mississippi, 20th it shouldn't 1 State admitted on the 10th of the case is no' December, 1817 (for those who Mississippi still do not believe it's so) has the worst publ suffered ir resparable di a m a g e media has ev<( has been heaped upon it in the one star*es cr: past few yearst'. Mississippi's (non-white) ir major prob)lemf is racial. Forty- day~s it makes two out of every 100 persons tin UPI, and the that state are Negro. In most ing Network. counties the proportion is lop- broatdcasts inci sidely Negro; therefore, white Russiai, China, Mississippians have taken men- Iigipr srsto p)revent control of thelviforent government on the local and state other Americ: level from falling into the hands same food, se of the uneducated ma1Rsses- drive the sam [n 1953, the state government THlE SAME laid out plans for equalizing OT H ER A MI Negro and white education and The only dif was in the actual carrying out of Mississippian these plans when the Supreme an area that (ROWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAR4 Member of Associated Collegiate I Fomaded January 30~ ZOOS, with Robert Elliott Gol Editor, "The Camecock' Is published by and for th, University of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, di year except on holidays and during examinations. The opinion. expressed by columnists and letter necessarily those of "Trhe Gamecock." "The ;amec Letters to the Editor, but all Letters must be signed et constitute an endorsement. The right to edit pusbliestion any letter is reserved. **he Camecock" is represented nationally by Nai Svice, Inc. The publication is a member of the Ass Press. The National College Pross Service, and the Int Subscription rates are $3.00 per year. MANAGING EDITOR . . .... H.. AR BUSINESS MANAGER .Lit Assistant Managing Editor News Editor ..... Copy Editor... Sports Editor .. ... Society Editor Feature Editor Art Editor Editorial Assistant Editorial Assistant Campus Editor Circulation Manager Exchange Editor.... Advertising Manager (local) lot Lotters . state in its loyal support to the Confederacy. There is no finer chapter in the history of this war than the heroism shown by South ern women. Mrs. J. C. Haskell and Mrs. H. W. Frost founded the first wayside hos pital in the world. The facilities they set up sheltered or fed approximately 72,000 sol diers during the war. No man ever embodied the ideal of a united South Carolina than John C. Calhoun. While in the U. S. Senate he chaired the Foreign Relations Committee and later served in the capacity of Secretary of State. It has been noted that the South under Cal houn's direction has implanted in American public life the reverence for the rights of the States. The economic basis of the South was cen tered upon the growing and exporting of cotton. It was Governor James Hammond who believed so strongly in the power of cotton that he declared, "Cotton is King." Must he, too, remain unrecognized on the Carolina campus? In recent years South Carolina has boasted of Jimmy Byrnes. This man has been in the political limelight and has given him self unselfishly for more than 25 years. He was twice elected to the U. S. Senate and, like John C. Calhoun, he was appointed Secretary of State under the Truman Ad ministration. Mr. Byrnes attempted to re tire from political life in 1947 but was re called by the South Carolina voters and overwhelmingly elected Governor in 1950. South Carolina must continue to broaden her educational and cultural horizons, yet must remember the richest heritage of her past, the ideals of personal honor and patri otic public service. Let us hope to never see the day when the tradition of the South gives way com pletely to letters of the alphabet to substi i tute for the revered names that have helped r mold South Carolina history. -Reardon JJam monaC e Of The Union i outlawed equal, len, a racial i)roblem; is that I facilities. Sixty- one might have a different solu ry 100 persons in tion to this problem. in rural areas. A person horn in Mi6sissippi only stop and re- has the same papers you've got, college course in SO don't berate another American can easily assess because his viewpoint conflicts has on the politi- with yours. If You were born in a state. It's not South Carolina you'd better stop ot right, it's not aid think before lying a broad ife, it's the United side to tie Deep South State. Why? Beca use if you'll consult is proportioned the "Book Of Stats" in the USC egislature, popula- Undergraduate Library youll ion. Just because quickly realize that there is very large populations little difference in our economy, Puerto Ricans, our heritage, our income, Or our >aniards is nio rea- epndte. on the stature of IN ~ fed issip a because M ississip- IecelsSuhCroiaai Sthe separation of hr wlesse ofdrt reflection on the' Sae.Advc es.I' o state. Or, at least on, i' rit ig , i's it e! Unifortunate'ly, mdor,i' ie tsteUie s suffering under noet h as ffrhrn city bl1itz the news o re(niadti ol' r conj uredl up. If fedmta a n te tt s-eyed at a Negro inteno. Mississippi nowa- Thmewhfohtadid NBC. CBS, ABC, i u onr' asfo h Mutual B roadcast- Saeo issip odmr The U SI A even (eo'tosfrvlr n )a~r dent~s to the Congo, ta 1 nyohrgopo e and Bacualanrd. i n t~rsae 'IANS are no dif- Spifcicdtsoreak rom 180 million wl o eltewoesoy h mns. They eat the trgd ofMsiipilent the sanie movies, i e rbe,bti h on cars, andl F'IGHIT tinohepr)emAnnvs WARS THAT gainitthnss.itonf ICANS FIGHT! JonF.eneyubiayd erence' in being a nmc( h ehd n x is that one lives in tee owihtepeswn has a unique prob)- i tepigt anfrecn (livdeasorgnizthoe eahihtso stuent oftefiuainthMissspi ringnstthe newlmedia wrItesaeNo2ter t eoe'rn h Pubnliustonhinigl.dowlon ae, sith frm stnu detising h 'f(cso h resa(te rcllgate Prlegenwsrsd. es issspii Suihg Huitt Carhol& Roinson,o NwM'iO.So n Mike McCarthy iet imeyo d )on a raint rciousat uree.I or uiso shre,g tWillsonrryandreardafe Sig HitIta!aoulmntmnlandete Carter rewe rpr~t el,bu o'las iona Gant Yull havia poem Missippha PrecousZur for. Andh ifv aydifrent holu-n Gregg1~owrs o tron oio to thiseproblem Will~ ~ Apeson Ibory kid f rrn in cMiinp CraigIlamand his thenm paer lou'vei any Jon Aanton don' partcuanor ilmin Carte Cewe Wh?because it'spoit ronl,t Toby Owens iths noturight It' ot edorein Bishp Cchra isie t' the Uied ot State. 0 Carolin [LETI Communist Threat Editor The Gaimecock Dear Miss Reardon: I want to challenge every stu dent and faculty member on this campus who claims to love Amer ica and what she stands for namely the free-enterprise sys tem and capitalism - to read John Stormer's book, "None Dare Call It Treason." This book is the tragic story of what the America of 1776 is becoming and how we are pas sively handing ourselves over to our admitted enemy, communism. I challenge anyone who doubts the sincereness and worse, the truth of Khrushchev's statement, "We will bury you," to read this book and still m a i n t a i n his doubts! "None Dare Call It Treason" is a must for every American, be he a liberal or a conservative; a segregationist or an integration ist; a Roman Catholic or an atheist. It is a must because it concerns a threat common to everyone who believes in the free enterprise system - the commu nist conspiracy. A conspiracy which we can meet and fight to gether - one which we muist fight now. How can you fight the com munist menace? The first step is education in the tactics the com munist agent uses to infiltrate every phase of your life from your church, to your classes, to your favorite TV po0 r g r a mn s. These agents are adept in sub version; and, without a knowl edge of their methods it is very easy for young people to fall into the communist trap just as they did in San Francisco (luring the Federal Sub-Committee on Un American Activities hearings. Please be careful about from where you obtain your informa tion though! D)on't ever be led into anything you haven't in vostigated for yourself first. If you should want any films con cerning the communist menace or literature giving illustrations of communist subversive actions in America contact me at 3508. I wvill be glad to suggest sources of reliable information. Iet's wake up to the things that are happening to the Ameri can free-enterpri.se system! Read "None Dare Call It Treason." It will scare you; it will shock you; you may not like it, but you won't be able to put it (down. For it isn't emotionalism; it isn't sensationalism. It's facts - sub stantiated facts you can't ignore -about where this country is headed and how we are helping it along the road to communism. I dlare you to read it! ANNE~ SIMMS F -Exchang UJNIVERSITY OF MIAMI Fording the Swanee River nine times in a Jaguar XKE did not (dampen the spirit of two ATO's in their attempts to steal the Floridla State University flag. Having completed their daring 5:30 A.M. theft, the culprits proudlly prosented the flag to fellow students at a pep rally andl defied anyone to top their "libeantion." t< w til d a. til b al SMen? ti a p ER f Johnson's Defense a Editor 131 The Gamecock Dear Miss Reardon: In last week's The Gamecock 0 Henry Roberts' column, suspi- a f) ciously close to the Reardon edi torials, asked President Johnson to answer a few questions. Since f our President has more important things to do than read The Game cock, and since Mr. Roberts pre sumod that his questions would , go unanswered, we presume to answer them. First, Roberts wants to know why Johnson as a Senatorial candidate criticized Federal con centration of power and as a vice presidential candidate called for "further centralization of power." In the first place no statesman since the Constitutional Conven tion has ever called for "further centralization of power." Sec ondly as Emerson reminds us, "Consistency is the hob-goblin of little minds." But more impor tantly Roberts fails to compre hend the basic difference between the representative of a single State and the spokesman for all f the American poeple. h The President and Vice-Presi- A dent of the United States are the v only two men in the country who P are elected by and responsible to h ALL the people. Thomas Jeffer- P son, the man who opposed Hamil- c ton on every issue, found it neces sary to implement some of the f Hamilton programs after asced- t ing (sic) to this nation's highest v office. t Next, Roberts attacks (in the c form of a question) the President P for attempting to conserve elec- "l tricity in the federal buildings in u' Washington while, according to Roberts, he has an all-time high ta budget "which he can't even stay within." Surely Roberts can c realize that over 50 per cent of a that budget is in the defense area t which the Republicans deem in adequate. It has been agreed at the highest levels that the "raceC question" would not be an issue in this campaign. However, we can only wonder whether Mr. Roberts and others who now fight so vigorously for Goldwater's candidacy are not really letting that single issue color all of their thoughts and opinions. Since when did South Carolinians op pose TVA, Social Security (ob taining 30-40 millions of dollars monthly to the Palmetto State) the Test-Ban treaty, federal aid to education, etc.? If it is true that Goldwater's appeal is to the fringe group, then Richland County seems to consider herself part of that group.... MARTIN PRICE 'e Corner UiNIVERISITY OF TEXAS Compared to this one, the Caro lina infirmary dismissal system is really quite simple. After many other unsuccessful efforts 1 one patient chose as an ultima tum a well - planned scheme to escape in a car. Unfortunately for the student, he lost control of his car, hit two traffic signs, and sides.wiped fourteen other cars. Explanations were in order to police and to infirmary off i cials, of course. Clephani Goldwater an --M JaMie CO )ERHAPS the most detrimen- a tal of all propaganda adverse v Senator Goldwater is the left I ing's attack on his views about ie atomic bomb. They try to ipict him as a megalomaniac ho plans to throw A-bombs on I pockets of thinking which lie t iywhere left of extreme right. J They advise that if Goldwater elected, one should sell his < kree shares of General Motors, < iy a can of concentrated horse- t eat, and head for the nearest < orm drain. As near as can be 3tected, their efforts here are I form a new (and quite siz ble) bloc vote - that of the old aids. The Senator is merely for a rmer policy regarding the bomb. :e is for -showing the Russians iat we mean business, and that test ban treaty is not for a Driod of laboratory research, to e broken later when the need >r atmospheric testing is at and. 'IOLDWATER is for stopping J this cowardly retreat, this ppeasing, t h i s back - walking olicy. We should have learned at [unich that appeasement is not 1 ie answer. This "let's - take - 1 ne - more - step - backward - nd - maybe - they'll - be - satis ed" attitude does nothing but icrease the number of steps I ,hich must someday be made >rward. Had the administration not eon so hesitant in dealing with Mr. Truman's War," and had ruman followed MacArthur's The Civil Ri Bill M EPUBLICANS are trying to . make Goldwater out to be a riond of South Carolina because e voted against the Civil Rights .ct of 1964. The truth is that he oted against the 1964 bill when assage was inevitable, after he ad already won Northern GOP rimaries, and only after he be imne a candidate for President. We could respect the Senator r his vote either for or against ie bill if he voted his own con ictions, but we cannot respect iis political scheme, in direct >ntradiction to his long-standing ro-civil rights record, which was ivented to capture the votes of nsuspecting Southerners. Republicans, having attempted > make Goldwater into a friend" of South Carolina on vil rights, have been equally etive in trying to picture Sena r Humphrey as being an enemy. HE truth is that Goldwater has voted against the South n civil rights more times than [umphrey. In 1'7 official Senate otos on, civil rights legislation, senator Humphrey voted with he South eight timuee 'gainst it hroe times, and did not vote six imes. On the other hand, Goldwater 'oted against us 11 times, for the ;outh only two times, and did not 'ate four t,imes. Whom do you >refer? This should come as no sur arise to those who are familiar vith the Arizona Senator's long ivil rights record: ~EMBER of NAACP. Founding member of integra ionist Urban League. Contributed $400 to finance JAACP~ integration school suit in ~rizona. Co - sponsored with Senators avits andl Keating (Adam Clay on Powell was the sponsor in he House) of a bill to apply <EPC restrictions to all federal ontracts (S-942). Co - sponsored with 37 other 0P Sonators 1957 civil rights >ill. On May 22, 1961, Senator lush offered an amendment to Aithhold aid-to-edlucation grants o states which are "not in goodl aith . . . proceeding toward full ~ompliance with the constitu ~ional requirement that racial liscrimination be ended in public JaZ d the Bomb ckfield dvice and used the bomb when ve had a monopoly, there would ie no Communist China, no Vorth-Viet Nam, no North Korea. Because of the Democrats' ungling, the tropical jungles of - ;outh East Asia have been% ) urned into another Korea, where kmericans, given outdated equip ient and deprived of the feeling >f support at home, are sent to lie a death unmourned to pay he piper for a tune they did not all. Peaceful Coexistence, trumped ip by the Democrats, is abso utely impossible. The Russians tave openly said they will de troy us. Yet the present Demo rat Administration continues to ourt their e v e r y whim and .ancy, even to the extent of 'illing their empty stomachs. T has often been written that great empires must be de troyed from within before they an be destroyed from without. kll that is left of the once mighty toman Empire is a few laws, iome armless statures, and a dead anguage. The Empire turned to bribery o prevent the attacks of the bar )arians and used indemnities to iold the provincial governors in ine. We are faced with a similar ,ituation in the United States oday. If this anemic foreign policy )f ours is not strengthened, we an look for our names in the his ory books of our descendants, iames written in the dust of )zymandian ruin. ights Issue adlin - O N July 31, 1961, Goldwater supported Javits' amendment Lo withhold funds from airport terminals with segregated facili ties. In 1964, he tells us he's for states' rights. On May 27, 1963, G>ldwater upported Javits' amend~ment to withhold funds from state or conimmunity mental health centers that segregate mental patients. (Cong. Record, page 8,980.) lie has consistantly criticized Bobby Kennedy for not pushing hard enough on prosecuting civil rights voting cases in the South. lHe supported the Civil Rights Bill of 1960. He has promised to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which he voted against, to the fullest extent. Hie promised to use federal troops to enforce court - ordered integration.b President Johnson, while re maining uncompromising in his personal conviction t h a t the guarantee of equal opportunity is basic to American democracy, is himself a Southerner and under-i stands the particular racial prob-1 lems of the South. lie realizes the social structure of this region can not be changed overnight, and thus urges local initiative such as we have ex perienced in South Carolina. G;oldwater, in contrast, has a long record of anti-South stands, ignoring our particu-lar problems and demanding immediate change, as in the case of the Javits' bills. L YNDON JO HN S ON recog nizes the tremendous reser vior of good will which exists be tween the white and Negro people of his beloved Southland and re fuses to sacrifice this good will on the altar of racial hatred, as the fanatics of the far-right have (lone, or on the altar of political expediency, as Goldwater has (lone. In a recent speech on our campus, the U. S. District At torney pointed out that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is designed for voluntary compliance and not as a ram-rod for federal power grabbing. lie indicated the many linmita tions andI safeguards Incorpor ated into the bill against such J incroachments. This was the first civil rights legislation In our his tory that affected the entire nation rather than being anti