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FN o C lassesBi Pe R a l Saturday Tonigt Ap 6:30p.m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR GREATER CAROLJNA VOL LV, NO. 10 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 20, 1964 FOUNDED 1908 14 lloward langed In lEffigy Editor The Gamecock Dcar Miss Reardon: After taking the worst beating that a Clemson team has taken in fourteen years and turning in the first losing season since 1953. Frank Howard was hanged in ef figy twice Saturday. The enclosed picture is the first (if the two, which took place at an over-pass on U. S. 123 approxi mately one and one-half miles from the Clemson campus. Editor's Note: This i-as received by The Gamecock. The Clenison Universit y stmint paper, contactedi by phone, refused to e;'-r confirni or denyl the incidents. Senate Group Will Change Meeting Place in order to enable studonts tc attend sessions of the Student Senate, members at the meeting Wedliesday voted to change their meeting plhie from Room 205 tc the Assembly Room in the Russell 11oluse. Also passed was the bill author Izing tle Joinit Judicial Council tc try all persons guilty of using student government property for personal or campaign purposes. Studeit Body President Chipl Cothran will appoint the mem hers of the Joint Jutdicial Council this week. The Student-Faculty Cafeteria Committee reported that question naires will be sent to 1.200 stu ients regarding the school cafe teria. These students are asked to answer and retuin tlheS question naires which will enable the comn m ittee toi act nmore efficiently ini wor01king with these matters. HEAT (CLEMSO)N Satur'day Holi(dy Authorized By UJSC ~Op (]eiiis0ii Gamne A Saturday holiday from classes for the Carolina-Clem son game was authorized by Dr. Trhonmas F. Jones, President of t h e University, Wednesday afternoon on the strength of a straw poll of faculty members. The faculty survey was made through department heads amid growing sentiment in favor of a full day off rather than a pell-mell rush to drive to the game Saturday duriag the late morning and early afternoon. A "significant majority" of those polled agreed that it would be best to declare a holiday. D)r. Jones said. Hie added that most reported it was their experi ences that classes were sparsely attended if held under the cir cumistances. "tHereafter it is anticipated that any such events as this will be arranged well ahead of time in the University calendar." Dr. Jones saId. BEAT CLEMSON D8EAl Police BY SIG HUITT News Editor Investigation by University po lice is underway following sev eral complaints of missing articles from graduate students' carrells and the director's office in Mc Kissick Memorial Library. Acknowledging that he had re ceived some complaints, Alfred H. Rawlinson, director of libraries, admitted that "someone has been in here (the library) when they shouldn't." He also said that the thievery Jones Str( For Meeti: USC President Thomas F. JoneE said Wednesday there is "a great exploding nced for continuing ed ucation" and Carolina "must plan build and provide a suitable fa cility" to accommodate workshopE and other meetings. President Jones, presiding at a secretaries' workshop of the Statt Agency of Vocational Rehabilita tion being held in the Wad Hampton Hotel, said: "We simply do not have a fa cility at the University at thir time which could accommodat( this meeting." lie said the University putU "high value on our long-standing association with the State Agency of Vocational Rehabilitation" and has looked forward to the fre. quent workshops of the agency which have been held on the cam pus in the past. In virtually all fields of en. deavor, Dr. Jones said, "it is im portant . . . to gain new perspec tive, to have some days in eac year when we meet face-to-fact with new thinking and have .p portunities to acquire-in capsuk form - the knowledge we must have to do our jobs better." Dr. Jones said that although the growth of the student body and activity at the University has "ir effect squeezed out our mutual opportunity to have this meeting on the campus . . . I assure you we have no intention of leaving this challenge unmet." "We value our relationship with Rallies, Den Boost Pre-( As a climax to impromptu pep rallies held earlier this week, the traditional Clemson game march to the Round House rally was held Thursday afternoon at 41 p.m. Students gathered impulsively at various campus centers Toes day and Wednesday nights te chant and cheer for a Gamecock victory over arch-rival Clemson University. The growing spirit culnminated with yesterday's planned rally, After congregating on Davis Field, the throng of Gamecock Supporters paradled to the capitol building andI back. Tonight's "shirt-tail parade," as it is customarily called, dlerives its name from the dlangling shirts of the participants and the "All out to beat Clemson" slogan. The parade will be led by th( cheerleaders, band, and fain carrying the tiger built by Maxey Brotherhood. Upon returning, the tiger will be burned on a bonfire while cheers are led by the cheerleaders and the band follows with the vic tory song. The ringing of the Rutledge Chapel bell will begin Friday and continue until near game time Saturday. The bell will be rung by fraternity pledges. The Pep Club extends an invi tation to all alumni and loyal sup. H E Inves is "something we've unfortunately been plagued with all along" and called the incidents un-news worthy because "they're just one of those things we're bothered with." "We do everything we possibly can to stop it, and we report each incident to the University police," added the director. M. C. Tavenner, official spokes man for the University police de partment, said that Chief Huston E. Robinson and his force are checking the complaints out as a "normal part of their duties." sses Need ng Facility this group, and we will do our utmost to return your meeting and others like it-to where it be longs, on the campus of the Uni versity of South Carolina." BEAT CLEMSON New System Not To Cause Grade Changes Director of Admissions Rollin E. Godfrey said Wednesday he does not expect the four-point grading system to cause a radical change in grades at the end of the semester. Godfrey dismissed student con cern over the professor being given discretion of assigning nu merical grades to each letter. le cited that such concern was un founded since student grades have always been subject to the instruc tor's decision. A student will be graded according to his instrue tor's opinion of his work despite the system designated by the ad ministration department. The Director said that the Uni versity administration should not tell a qualified faculty how to as sign grades. le added that the four-point system is not unique in its ap plication here but widely used. Godfrey advised students "to work harder and worry less." BEAT CLEMSON ionstrations ame Spirit porters of the Gamecocks for this "shirt-tail parade" and pep rally. BEA~T CLEMSON PRESIDENT THOMAS F. J( shant 25 South Carolin,a citica at a host to the scholars who isitet tens, in pictured on the right. LIL I tigate Secretary to th elibrary direc tor, Mrs. Lucia M. Gary, calling the situation a "real bad prob lem," reported that supplies had been stolen "unmercifully" from her office after 11 p.m. several times since she joined McKissick's staff in June. She said that besides missing supplies, the office typewriters and adding machine had been used during the night. An electric copying machine was made in operable for several days by someone's inserting either carbon paper, or a duplicating stencil in to the machine. A library employee, declaring "someone's got real sticky fin gers," urged an investigation "to the nth degree." Most of the complaints to li brary officials and University police about pilfering of carrells has come from graduate students on the third floor of McKissick. The carrells, desks with book shelves, are provided to graduate students as a place to study and I to leave materials. Due to the fact that few departments provide their graduate assistants with of f ice space, the carrells must also serve as a place to correct papers and work on class records. The library's book stacks and third floor rooms where the car rells are located are areas off limits to anyone who does not have a stack permit. Gamecock staff members were, however, able to gain admittance to the carrells during library hours Tuesday night by walking through the doors off the main lobby without permission or pre senting identification. Preston Crews, a graduate as sistant in the history department, terming the situation "frustrat ing," reported that a jacket and a legal-size clipboard had been taken from his desk. Graduate student Judith Filkin had reported a winter coat and other personal items missing, but they have been returned. Among other graduate students missing items, Thomas Kennedy had his class ring and a book be longing to the history department taken from his desk. While studying in a closed room one night, Kennedy was locked in the building when he failed to hear the elevator bell that is rung at closing time. He urged a "tightening of security" and among other things suggested that someone check the stacks and upper floors of the library build ing at closing time. Kennedy also said that keys have been given recently to grad uate students to insure their ad mittance to the room where their carrell is located. BEAT CLEMSON (Gamecock )NES addreissat some sixty Merit Schi welcoming banquet last Thursday ever he campus to leamn about university I JU T McIKis A,, AF'ER SUIPPIN(; APPARE! dent "'helps himsielf" to the book Committe, Future Of BY JIM GRAVES Copy Editor As a result of statements issued in a faculty meeting last May by Dr. Daniel W. Hollis, faculty chairman of the Honor Board, the attention of the Carolina student body and faculty has been focused on the ineffectiveness of the Honor System and the necessity for a thorough study of the pro gram. At this month's faculty meet ing, President Thomas F. Jones was requested to appoint a com mittee to study the Honor System Regional M Of Southen Five USC students attended the third regional meeting of the Southern S t u d e n t Organizing Committee in Atlanta last week end. SSOC developed last April as a means of support, unity, and com munication between local groups, most of them on predominately white campuses, who are inter ested in the problems of civil rights, academic freedom, poverty, capital punishment, and racial equality in the South. It is a growing network of mod olarship semi-finalists from more sing. The Univ'ersity was week-end ife. Dea.n of Students, C. HI. Wit. O F 5sick 1 (Ganieco "TLY LNNOTICED into the carrells o K and supplies available. e Appointe USC Hon and recomnend a course of action regarding its future on the cam pus. The special committee was named today, with representa tives from the student body, fac ulty, and administration of the University. Committee Members Student members of the com mittee are Johnny Hite, Sis Mul lis. Ann Gray, and Mac Johnston. Professors are Daniel W. Hollis, Frank B. Herty, Peyton Teague, Eric Thompson, and Edwin White sell. Administration representa Bet Called 1 Students erate to liberal local groups on campuses from Texas to Virginia to Florida. These include Tennes see's Students for Equal Treat ment, Georgia's Students for Hu man Rights, New Orleans' Lib eral's Club and many others. In Columbia, the student branch of the S. C. Council on Human Relations is Intercollegiate Coun cil which meets bi-weekly with students from Allan, Benedict, Columbia College, the Lutheran Seminary, and USC. This four year-old organization has been ac tive in tutorial projects, voter ed ucation, and sponsoring panel dis cussions in high schools and churches. Intercollegiate works with SS OC in its goal of creating a more democratic South. An initial proj ect of SSOC is helping this Christ mas on the reconstruction of churches bombed in Mississippi. They also sponsor a ''campus traveler" who visits southern colI leges to explain and interest them in the- new program. BEAT CLEMSON Anniual Program Scheduled Tuesday The annual Thanksgiving pro gram will be held Tuesday night in Rutledge chapel at 7:30 p.m., sponsored by YM-YWCA. Preceding this, Carolina Reli gious Council will sponsor a spa ghetti supper from 5-7 p.m. at' Wesley Foundation. Tickets are being sold today in downstairs Russell House, and may also be purchased Tuesday night at the dinner. The 76 cents price includes salad and French bread. BEAT CLEMSON C LEFlV [hefts rk StafI Photo by Bill Campbell) r McKissick Library, this USC stu dTo Study ir System tives are Dean of the University W. 11. Patterson, named chairman of the committee; Professor Ash ley Halsey, Jr., Assistant to the President; Dean of Students C. H. Witten, and Dean Robert Figg of the Law School. In commenting on today's ac tion, President Jones said: "Be cause of the fundamental nature of the question involved, I regard the work of this committee as most important to the welfare and the future of the University." Earlier this week, at a joint meeting of ODK and Alpha Order. Dr. Hollis discussed the history of the Honor System at Carolina and pointed to the chief obstacles to the success of the system. System's History The USC Professor of History noted that the Honor System has been in serious trouble since the 1920's and pointed to the mere six to ten cases a year brought to the Honor Board. Commented Dr. Hollis, "You mean to tell me that's all the cheating that goes on?" In continuing a discussion of the history of the system, Dr. H1ol lis pointed to the fact that when South Carolina College had only 200 students, the Honor System was successful. In 1906, when the college be came a university, there was, in force, a formal Honor Code. From this time up until World War I the system saw its best years. However, with the trebling of enrollment in the years after the war', the system again found it self plagued with problems which eventually led to revocation of the Honor Code in 1930. Present System Professor Hollis then talked to the students concerning the pres ent system at USC. The main idea coming out of the discussion was the profound need for codifica tion of an Honor Principle and support and dedication for the Honor Board. The discussion leader expressed the idea that faculty members are the cause for much of the prob lem. He noted that many faculty members come from schools where there is no Honor System, while others believe in it explicitly. This division among faculty members tends to confuse the students. The group also discussed the problem of conflicting codes in volved in the Honor System: the Honor principle and the personal codes of students, which do -'not allow turning in other students for offenses. BEAT CLEMSON ISON