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Your W For many USC students this year's presi dential election will be the first time tha they will be able to take an active part i determining the election results. Man: months of arduous work and campaigninj will come to an end this Tuesday night anc history will again be made with the electioi of the 37th President of the United States Good government requires an informe( public and it is the duty of the voter to knov and understand the issues of the candidates It is the political arena where the great is sues of the age are settled, and the vote: must enter the arena to participate. Thirty two percent of the taxpayers' earnings wil go to support governments at all levels, an< how the moi.ey is spent will be decided poli tically. Again, the voter will have no voic< in what his money is used for unless hc Good Boy The 1964 Presidential aspirants have shown a great deal of interest in the gather. ing of the southern states' electoral votes The state of South Carolina has had both President and Mrs. Johnson and Barry Goldwater within the past six weeks. The University of South Carolina played a key part when these politicians appeared and their behavior during these rallies has not gone unrecognized. It has come to the attention of The Gamecock that Governor Donald Russell and President Thomas Jones commended Caro. lina students for their "good behavior' while attending President Johnson's speec this past week. It is pathetic to think that a college age student must be patted on the back or Sign Your L One of the policies of The Gamecock is tc print letters to the editor, as they indicate either acceptance or rejection of this news. paper's policies, or throw new lights on cam pus issues. However, another one of The Gamecock's policies is not to print letters unless they are signed. There are certain circumstances BEAT N. | Exchung TRINITY COLLEGE, TORONTO to whom they A new substitute for the problems for standard London Fog used as nlewest "Dear a cover-up for less stylish ap- Japanese Beat parel underneath -- academic somewhat lik4 gowns. Students of both sexes geisha girl and wear them to meals and classes Sagi Fani." to present an intellectual, digni- UIEST fied appearance, in addition to NVEST this more practical purpose. Recently a c RADCLIFFE paper reporter Coeds have a new counselor checks" to gai (2OWING FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROl Meaber of Ausoni-ted Collegiate Pre FaddJanar 30 1908,wt Robu UDiot Gonu Umiversity of South Carolina weekly, on Fridays, durli teear ezcept n hlidaye and during ezaatinatonas. -ee althe 1T. acao -k." heamecot - sattue nesdrset. The rih to eI'r r-Ui-U- any Better i re.erved. "IThe Gamecock" is represented nationally by Natioi Prssbe a-h ional coee"Pres Serce and the Inter subsoription rates are @3.00 per yea. EDITOR SHEI MANAGING EDITOR . HARRI BUSINESS MANAGER .LAI 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) Advertising Manager (national) Chief Photographer. .. .. COLUMNISTS: Jamie Cockfleld, Bill Medlin, J Clyburn, Chip Cothran, Donna Russell. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Bill Campbell, Mike Berl< Gay Guilford. STAFF: Larry Mint, SusE JefTruwan, Dona on,Mart Loti. Mike Eid., Henry Eichel, Judy Carvin, Lura I Ann Parinson, Carolyn Goodale, Pam vestal, Tomn Ma te Counts - participates in politics. t Elections have been lost or won with one I vote. In this last election a candidate for the State Legislature in Idaho won re-elec tion by one vote. In 1954 Senator Case of New Jersey won re-election by less than one half vote per election district. Foreign aid, taxes, civil rights, and farm price supports are but a few of the vital issues that will be decided in this presiden tial election and voting for a particular candidate or particular party enables the voter to select the man who best exemplifies the electorate's ideals and beliefs. Earn the privilege of using the rights granted by the Constitution of the United States and vote this election day. -Reardon s And Girls given a gold star to wear on his collar for behaving properly. The unfortunate in stance that occurred when Lady Bird John son appeared in Columbia has made the USC administration skeptical as to the ac tual maturity of the Carolina student. Can they be blamed? The reception President Johnson received was deserving of the man who holds the highest position in the United States; his title alone warrants great respect from every citizen of this country. Tomorrow night Senator Goldwater will pay his last visit to this state and it is hoped that once again Carolina students will play an active role and once again create the image of a well-adjusted, polite USC stu dent. -Reardon aiters, Please! under which a name is best withheld and this paper will be glad to do so in that case. But we cannot print a letter that is unsigned when it reaches this office. This is a student paper, and the state ments made are determined by the editorial staff. The Gamecock welcomes comment from readers, but sign your letters, please! C. STATE! 4 e Corner 1 may carry their alml mkr h a hl discussion. Their lne yasg ttn:"e' abby" is a stuffed soe-boueyn ae! e doll who looks Thspnooftemkrha a 102-year-old alopoie,"gurnethe is billed as "Miss wilbnowmnathsokr OF CALIFORNIA Thspoerceiserucs Ded campus news- fuenrtoappite tie passed two "chest adafgr rdsrbtdb aven'tl smoer he this some weged before sin stating "Mens The opionso of hetats, oea frshma promised it upane there worde chet wacheesll tak carew n entrance tooan anicebdage. INA JNIVERSIY OF CAONSA Hnadeate ted to goet heuth.lh~ twheae beorie, ne givihng i ~. ..I.S oediniook thegistreation on hrshmas scumead upand thure wod,-I ashl -petywl k" th ned t lasson tme, oneuilishman does her class. According to the room numbers in this particular build. cAdvetii ing she would attend Family Life oegaere.class in. of all places, a broom closet. LA REARDON ET HOLLAND Colorado State University RY BARRETT Agatha the Cow will be add. .Pat Roessle ing her blissful bovine face to Sig Huitt the ranks of Homecoming Queen Jim Graves finalists at this university. She Mike McCarthy has been nominated by a group Donna Grant of Independents in protest to the Precious Zurlo practice of having only Greeks Gregg Powers as candlidates for this title. Vital Willson Hardy statistics are not considered and 3raig Hammand neither will those votes which John Arant she receives be honored, though Lee Wilson they will be tallied. Toby Owen. Louisiana State University Crth r renero Students at LSU will soon be .t endBridge able to literally "get up on a Leon ra e soapbox" to express their own liDrk,Jm opinions on any subject of their choosing. A "Free Speech Area" y, Ronnie Erter, will be provided where only three ground rules must be followed: Price, Bill wsh- (1) No vulgarity. (2) No obscen .1m Sus Bl"o, iy. (3 oprofanity. Strange as ye. erh reen. it may seem, heckling from the PC03 T E IRS the state of Mississippi. Twenty five houses of God destroyed be cause some frightened, ignorant people judge the color of a man's soul by the color of his skin. Is this a problem for Missis sippi alone? I think not. Which law-enforcement agencies in Mis sissippi, besides the Federal Gov ernment, have made any arrests for these outrages? Local law offices have give abundant proof of their belief that all men are equal under the law unless, ef course, their skin is black. Craig Hammond is advertising that Americans do what millions of Germans did from 1933 to 1945 - turn their heads and pre tend they don't see, to shut their ears and pretend they don't hear, and to act as if a crime against one man is not a crime against all men? I would remind him of the words of the great German phi losopher, Karl Jaspers, when speaking of his country's guilt: There e x i s t s a solidarity among men as human beings that makes each co-responsi ble for every wrong and every injustice in the world, espe cially for crimes committed in his presence or with his knowl edge. If I fail to do whatever I can to prevent them, I too am guilty. . . . Mississippi needs help. Her own good citizens seem too indifferent or too cowed to act. Outside aid is needed to heal the deep abiding scars left by Mississippi's fright ful turn-away from the main currents of American democracy. We are all involved because, Mr. Hammond, it is wrong, it is not right, it is loathsome and it is not the kind of life I want my children to see in the United States or anywhere else in the world. THOMAS KENNEDY 0 0 0 PRICE FOR POISON Editor The Gamiecock Dear Mtisa Rea rdon: The proverb)ial straw has again broken the camel's back. The other day I received a hill from the infirmary, remittance for an over-night stay last week while recuperating from the effects of Mr. Slater's squalid food. I was wretchedly sick; surely the most agonizing andI violent purging my system has yet undergone. It is not my intention to squab ble over this payment, but I do feel an injustice has been (done when one is made to pay extra for ptomaine poisoning. HIOWARD) BISSELL. Craig H .oak Into L even cash a certified fifty cent check in the Campus Shop with out first showing the number. The students entering a class room on our campus, or any other campus for that matter do so from an animal and com munity life. The University has pleaded for, obtained, and spent a great (deal of government money on pretentious buildings with plus lounges, restrooms and cafeterias. The buildings are not soundlproofedl, the lounges are under-equipped in many cases, and the "green beetles" spend more time walking to and from the restrooms for a smoke than they (do cleaning them. D)ormitory life, when you stop and think, is really a world tailored for pin-ups and junk, not fony living. &/ep a Goldwater Jamnie C T HIS being the last article that we will print before November 3, we will try to sum up what has been said, tie up loose ends, and compare and con trast the two candidates in an over all prospectus. Let us ex amine their stand on the key issues: TAX CUT: Goldwater is for a tax cut and for a spending cut. Johnson is for cutting taxes, but he is not interested in cutting spending. The extra money spent must therefore be borrowed on interest. VIET NAM: Goldwater is for a more aggressive stand in Viet Nam. He is against sending troops to fight a war with out dated, poor equipment. Johnson, by his very actions, is merely letting the Viet Namese war cruise along, allowing our semi defenseless men to be slowly picked off by snipers' bullets. C OMMUNISM: While we must say that both candidates bitterly hate communism, we must also point out the differ ence in the approaches of the two candidates to the subject. Johnson is for peaceful co-exis istence which is impossible with the ideology of our enemy dia metrically opposite that of the United States. Goldwater is for onLtei Who Is Cc Dick I TRADITIONALLY, the Con1 servative position in politics has been one of overall satisfac tion with the present. The con servative has been generally optimistic about his surroundings and has not been ldis)ose(l to recommending sweeping changes. Now that campaigning is nearly over, we should be able to examine the attitudes of each candidate. One thing this cam paign has revealed is that Barry Goldwater is NOT a conservative. Examine his positions and see: lie voted against and still op poses the tax cut, even though it was designed to stimulate the economy in the conservative tra dition - through private enter prise. H E opposes the social security system in its present form and proposes an alternative which would admittedly destroy its ef fecti veness. lie opposes the nuclear test ban treaty, a historic first step in what may lead to the termina tion of the arms race and the realization of peace. lie op)poses all of our overtures to other countries in an attempt to b)ring about desirable, world-wide peace. These examples bear out the conclusion that Harry Goldwater cannot be called upon to bear the banner of traditional conserva tism. His outlook is pessimjistic andl negative; it is not one of hope. He wishes to negate our way of life and our syste'm of government by using his brand ammond fe At Carol IThe administration is strongly against fraternity houses andI one can add( that they've most likely got good arguments. Gauling to the UJSC studeont is the reaction when he stops tot think abhout his representative body- The Student Senate. The "frat" factions, the indle ptendent factions, the pompous and the circus-like elections are part of Senate. The student senate decides what company to buy class rings from and might even initiate a move once every second semester to alleviate a traffic problem. A session of the senate is comparable to the South Carolina Legislature or the Roman Senate during the "fall." The parental attitude dis played by variou. oran. ais iiJaZ vs. Johnson lockfield fighting communism "with great vigor," both at home and abroad. He has certainly proved this. INTEGRATION: While both candidates are for integration, there is a vast difference in each candidate's approach. Johnson fa vors forced integration whereas Goldwater feels it should be left to the individual. He realizes that legislation should not be used to initiate social change. These laws merely increase prob lems rather than solve them. S OCIAL SECURITY: Contrary to what the Democrats have said, Goldwater is not for the abolition of social security. Gold water is merely for setting up the system so that one gets a larger percentage of what he pays in. lie is against medicare because it is a step toward so cialized medicine. He points out that the French social security system has gone bankrupt be cause medicare was added. John son is for medicare, the social security tax increase, and the complications which go with it. Johnson has made the state ment that he will pick up where .John Kennedy left off, Kennedy said that he would pick up where F.D.II. left off; in closing we wish to remind you that F.D.It. left off at Yalta. >nservat ive?. Goldie of conservatism as a roadblock to progress. His simplistic answer to complex problems seems to he the ever prevalent, "No!" He wants, in effect, to destroy the America we know and to re place it with something of which he is unsure. The IW*al Street Jominal of Oct. 23, 1964 sums up thi- image which Goldwater himself de veloped in this campaign. It re ports a former Goldwater Re publican as complaining, "Why on earth doesn't Goldwater quit trying to slit everybody else's throat andI start trying to save his own by explaining what he's for?" L Y NDON JO HNSON, on the other hand, is the converse of Goldwater. Johnson s up p or ts those programs mentionedI above. His attitudIe is one of optimism about present conditions and it is re'solved into confidence in preparation for facing the future. In the last few weeks, the Re publicans had found themselves unab)le to argue issues and in stead turned their emplhasis to p smear campaigning. Yet, in spite of relentless attacks and through investigations by competent or ganizations such as the F.B.I., not one shred of evidence has been found indicting the moral character of the President. We' have many re'asons not to support Goldwater, but we have many reasons to give our sup port to Johnson. On Election Day, vote for the true conservative, Ina andt indlividluals on this campus sometimes reeks of public rela tins. Itegulations and regimen taitilon sometimes reach the ridiculous point. Here we are, students, the hope of the future; but we are not c'onsideCred re sponsibile. Sometimes we ask only for a chance to breathe whereas it appears that we were asking for the keys to the bul lion vault at Fort Knox. In passing the "glass Lincoln Me(morial" (the undergraduate library) on a starry night one feels a minute sensation over whelm him. Trhe worry, the bothe'r, the humor, the dIrudgery and the college depression all seem meaningless. Laugh at it, joke about it, de(spise it; but for the world you Cxei sour LETI EDITORIAL ATTACKED Editor The Gamecock Dear Misas Reardon: It is not my purpose to contest your right to attempt to lead USC students down roads that common sense suggests they not follow, but please allow me to make some suggestions. Study an essay called "Idols of the Mind" by Francis Bacon, grasp it, and then consider both presidential candidates in light of what you've learned. Do these things and you will probably conic up with sonic vastly different an swers. You would do well to note a very perceptive observation made by H. L. Mencken: "It is the American tendency, marked by every foreign student in our his tory, to turn all political com bats into moral crusades." Mencken could have been a little more specific by stating that most of the Americans who were guilty of this type of thinking were in the Republican Party. This is obviously the case in 1964! You will receive, Miss Rear don, a formal reply to your highly illogical rantings when the American people give President Johnson upwards of 70 per cent of their vote. I am Logically and Democratically yours, ALEC McKAY P. S. In regard to Mr. Cockfield's article entitled "Elephant Talk" - the elephant is one of the most bovine and slovenly of animals and therefore the title "Elephant Talk" evokes images of intellec tual sluggishness! The title is a good one! 0 0 0 MISSISSIPPI PROBLEMS Editor T he Ga mecock Dear Aliss Reardon: I can accept The Gamecock's endorsement of B a r r y Gold water's candidacy and I can even understand how patriotic persons like Miss Anne Simms can be duped by Birchite John Stormer's dangerous, polemic "None Dare Call It Treason." I can accept all this but when Mr. Craig Hammond attempts to submit to the student body of this University the amoral thesis that there are no common criteria by which responsible citizens of one state can judge the irrespon sib)le actions of the citizens of another state, I see the need to speak out. At last count twenty five Negro and Indian churches have been b)urned or bombedl in A l At some point during the col lege career of each student (usually once a week) a deep, melancholy depression arises to smote out the complacent smiles of the men and women of Caro lina. From this let-down evolves the students' true and unbiased view of himself, his school, and his part in the whole wild scheme. With the advent of the IBM system, the USC "Joe College" became a number on card and file, lie can not eat the magnifi cent varieties of left-overs in the Slater System, stuff his face with a cheese omelet in The Gamecock Room, attend an Art ist Series presentation, obtain a graded blue book In class, or