Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Journe The e d i t o r i a 1 merry-go-round has stopped; the brass ring has been caught and it is time to get off. Before facing reality again time must be taken to hand out some deserving awards and words of recognition to a loyal and tireless Gamecock staff and a sometimes devoted and oftentimes critical audience. A permanent press box pass to Mike Mc Carthy for all future athletic events. For the past three semesters Mike's sports pages have echoed not only the scores but the feeling of each player on the team. Remember, Mike, come March, the presses will roll again for us! A bottle of tranquilizers to Craig Ham .mond for enduring the anxieties of the edi tor; for helping maintain the sanity of the editor. There was never an occasion when Craig did not come through when called in the middle of the night to hurriedly write a column and meet a 7 a.m. deadline. To my successor, Harriet Holland, a new suitcase for conventions, a volume of advice and caution, a list of people to avoid, one slightly battered Royal typewriter, an of fiec that will be cleaned by tonight and one final bit of cynicism-you can never please everybody all of the time so don't even bother trying. For Sig Huitt and Jim Graves a Game cock Medal of Honor for continual efforts to report the news factually and objectively. This medal is given with love and gratitude to these two competent journalists. To mV roommate and future Business Manager of The Gamecock, Nellie Merry man, sleeping pills for the numerous nights she was kept awake by the editor and her Royal. Also, better luck than the editor had at organizing your staff. To Donna Grant and Precious Zurlo a cer tificate of thanks for the fine work done on the feature and society pages of The Game cock this semester. For Earl A. McIntyre a three-week vaca tion free of worry now that the swan song has been sung. Heartfelt thanks to Ted Ledeen for the patience he had with the financial end of the paper. Paper, pencils, office keys and an exten sion to The Gamecock phone to the Russell Bring Back TI LEWIS A few days before the Christ- Carolina campus. mas vacation began I received a who say that ti call from one of the operators of down is due to i zation; others si the University phone system. She suit of the g had called to complain about the revolution of th< language used by some students tury. I don't) when they wanted information, deterioration has She tried to impress upon me just regret that the fact that a majority of the I am sure thi campus operators are doing the readers will 10oo. best job they are able to do, but raving of a deme that a few abusive students are a misanthrope w not making their job any easier. modern world hi At one time the University re- A few pranks flected the placid, soft-spoken pected during t way of life of this state. The healthy amount student body was composed of is necessary for men who, if we are to believe the any a th le tice stories we have heard about the neither of these ante-bellum era, prided them- respect that has selves on being gentlemen above campus. all else. Today, however, it ap- I hive been1 pears that the last aura of that small percentage slower and more graceful age is involved in thes gradually disappearing from the this doesn't help H OW do I begin saying good- and political fan bye and thank-you to those behind him...I who have made my editorial was accused of st reign the most rewarding and cal career in ti enlightening few months of my folks, upon gra life? . . . today is the last day widen my horizo I will occupy the editor's chair exception of two in an office filled with Beatle rest of The Gai pictures, notes to myself remind- mained with m ing me of the things I should do political beliefs.. and shouldn't do, overflowing ashtrays, unopened mail, un- AND all the tI answered mail, registered letters, do but some] empty coffee cups, broken pen- the time . . . like cils, deadline schedules, class Gamecock staff,. notebooks, newspapers, people rulers from the and memories. . . . Cicero wrote partment, m e ei that memory is the treasury and changing the typ guardian of all things . . . and he cock pages, per Is right, the members o P ERHAPS the highlight of my science departme tenure was the political en- recognition goes dorsement of Sen. Goldwater . . . ment faculty ft it brought a deluge of letters and holes on the edil made me the South Carolina their vehement Democratic Party "sweetheart" member, professo of the year . . . I still maintain - the principle of that Goldwater was a misunder- agreeing on the stood aspirant because of racial and agree . . . f r"s End House information desk staff - special thanks to Jack Wilson, Ann Young, Rus Jernigan and Paul Bell for all the messages delivered. A night on the town to the well-known Ed Hendrickson in recognition for his friendship and unending interest in The Gamecock as well as every student at the University. Continued inspiration to Ernie Trubiano every Tuesday night while he edits the sports pages. To Dean Witten, a semester of Gamecocks that will be free of controversy and full of news. To WUCS another semester of competi tion. A promise to the Post Office employees that The Gamecock mail box will be emptied daily. A big Thank-You to the International Studies and Political Science Departments for providing us with such interesting copy. Sincere gratitude and affection to Henry Wylie of Vogue Press for the continued pa tience he has had with the late arrival of the editorial page copy each Wednesday morning and for the help he has given each page editor. My appreciation to former editors, Donna Russell, who came to my aid several times with columns, and Dennis Myers, who taught me the fundamentals of journalism. Thank you for your support at all times. A complete but used Goldwater campaign kit to Bill Medlin and all the Young Demo crats. This includes buttons, posters, stick ers and a framed copy of The Gamecock Goldwater editorial endorsement. This editor has reached the end of a long and sometimes difficult journey. The mem ories that my staff and readers have given me will be cherished forever. For without all of you my efforts would have been point less. Words at this time may seem banal and trite, nevertheless, I thank all of you for making this the most rewarding experi ence of my life. And so my last effort to meet a 7 a.m. deadline is here and for the final time The Gamecock will go to press under my editor ship. The editorial party is over and good bye and thank-you, my friends. -Reardon ie Old Days LEVY There are thoseall-too-vocal minority is ruining is social break- the reputation and self-respect of apid industriali- the majority of students, and is Ly that is a re- preventing many qualified stu rent democratic (ensfoerlighr. twentieth cen- - -. . -- now why this taken place, I t has. at some of myli G A on this as the nted reactionary. ho hates all the COIGFI is done for him. NERFYO are to he ex-MebroAstla he year, and alo,uce Jarsr30 19 . 'tl of school spirit Uiest tSuhCrln ek the success of 'erecp I i~ily iil(lrn program. But ncsaiytoeo TeCsic is the gross d is- Ietr oteEio.htu1Lte been seen on this nuletoayleerireevd ;old that only aPrs.TeatoaClegPesS of students are Sbcito ae r 30 e e e activities, but EIO toolmch.ooisvoaGlN Diorsrung the rtto anCel-epeto thestatrlle ajOrT of tuenks, and my iso artingmy porti- ntm ioganizedalifiedsu us sate sory, uttns classe nln handige. 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The staff this semester has been of a high calibre but next semes ter's promises to be even better. While thinking of my editorship, the people I have worked with, the stories we have published and the issues we have brought up, many familiar quotations coCIf A GREATER OUTHI CAROLINA ed Collegiate Press Robert Elliott Gonzales as the first -d by and for the students of the y,o Fridays, during the college xammnations. mnists andl letter writers are not yk. "The Gamiecock" encourages s nmst he' signed. Publishing does e right to edit or withhold from nationally by National Advertising wemher of thet Associated Collegiate *rvice, and the Intercollegiate Press. ir. SHEILA REARDON HARRIET HOLLAND sheila Reardon rtsey; think, Bill, you can rejoin the staff when this Republican editor bows out . . . Marty Price, too. Bradl Poston who spent many hours in my office listening to my problems . . . he was always between meetings or else off on a trip to Atlanta . . . and I have Brad to thank for Frogmore. . . should mention Karl Beason, fel low editor in the publishing busi ness and certainly the funniest andl easiest guy in the world.... Shades of a trip to Chicago andl the great times exploring Wabash Avenue . . .five hours to travel four blocks.... T H E stories I've run . . . and the stories I haven't . ..Dean Witten can attest to this . . . as can every president of every or ganization on campus . .but I have no regrets . . . I can only say better luck next semester. The places I've been . . .Chi cago, Tennessee, political ral lies, Democratic headquarters... they didn't even recognize me... Vogue Press every. Wednesday 1' Around, R( )LD\/ATER ;UPPORT A (C C C 3ILENCE DOGOOD Ink In You rome to mind. GAMECOCK NEWS STAFF ;et your facts first, and then you ran distort 'em as much as you please. Mark T%ain EDITORIAL CRITICISM T'he thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair. TIhackerny MIKE McCARTHY, Retiring Sports Editor Well, God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools, let them use their talents. ERNIE TRUBIANO, Newly Appointed Sports Editor All mankind loves a lover. SIG H UITT, News Editor If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming you, If you can trust yourself when all men dloubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; Yours is the Earth and every. thing that's in it, And--which is more-you'll he a man, my son! MyTi afternoon - the Knights every Wednesday night . . .The Ha waiian Stage Door and the Ca bana Club . . . each an experience in itself.... My appreciation to the letter writers . . . readers Felsberg andl Booth were especially prolific.... T H E experiences I've bi e e n through . . . dliscovering my political endorsement violated a federal law . . . being asked to sign a petition against myself... he, too, didn't recognize me... hostessing a party at the Purple Onion the night it was raided . . . meeting President .Johnson... and the biggest and perhaps most traumatic experience of them all, being editor. A ND Sig Huitt, by far the most capable and least ree ognized newsman on the staff... keep in mind, dear Sig, all things come roundl to him who will hut wait.... And early morning breakfasts after a.m. phone calls ...:h bels Ne O ino 4 rEyeI HARRIET HOLLAND, Newly Appointed Editor Safety lies in the middle course. Ovid POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT He who thinks himself wise, 0 heavens! is a great fool. Voltaire YOUNG DEMOCRATS The first advice I have to give the party is that it should clean its slate. Lord Ros,e be ri OUR CRITICS Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. Its name is Public Opinion. Its held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God. Mark Twain PAT ROESSLE, Newly Appointed Managing Editor Experience teaches slowly, andl at the cost of mistakes. Frotude EDITOR'S SWAN SONG The endI crowns all; and that old common arbitrator, Time WVill onle (lay end it. uirn t( Stanley . . . thank-you for con tinually teaching me and at all times remaining behind me.... Ne!lie Merryman . . .my room mate and stabilizer for two years . . . and at times my only link with reality . . . a thousand thank-you's, Nel.... E ARL A. McINTYRE . . . ad visor to The Gae,icock andl chairman of the Board of Puh) lications . . . from now on you can leave town without a worry in the world . . . Ashley Hlasley who supplied our news staff with many interesting stories.... Hlappiness and best wishes to two former staff members andl their impending marriage... Ruth Henderson and Larry Bar rett . . . his attempts to balance The Gamecock budget will help in married life.... T H E friends I have made... the friends I have lost and the things I have learned... how to sell ads . . .how to ap pease the editorial staff and the photog-raphers ~. ..wt accep LETTERS to the EDITOR CHALLENGE TO DURANT Editor The Gamecock Dear Misa Reardon: It will be most interesting to see the responses to Mr. DuRant's letter to the editor of The Game cock printed on December 11. We too often take for granted the superiority of our economic and social system. Many of us are shocked out of our habitual smugness by a challenge such as the one which Mr. DuRant's let ter represents. I hope that Mr. DuRant's critics will not meet his intellectual challenge to de bate the merits of socialism with cries of "socialist" and "com munist." It would be far more fitting for his critics to answer ;ir.. as dissertators. Mr. DuRant is as guilty as the professors whom he accuses of refusing to address themselves "to the issue of socialism itself." Does Mr. DuRant expect his readers to believe that "two thirds of the human race" owes allegiance to something called "socialism?" Do Red China and Great Britain fit equally well into Mr. DuRant's definition of s o c i a I i s m as "comprehensive planning, involving m a x i m u m popular participation, based on public ownership of all major in dustries?" Have two-thirds of the human race voluntarily em braced socialism? Mr. DuRant says that "under socialism all men have the free dom to cooperate, to work in solidarity for the common good." I am inclined to ask Mr. Du Rant what he means by freedom. Do all of the socialist societies, which Mr. DuRant extolls, allow democratic opposition to that which is considered to be in the f "common good?" Who, in these societies, decides what the "com mon good" is? Mr. DuRant says that "bour geois democratic societies," the United States seems to fit into this category according to him. "fail to give human beings free dom to participate responsibly in a quest for true brotherhood and community." One is inclined to wonder if Mr. DuRant has not spent too much time reading about socialism to take cognizance of what has been going on beyond the confines of his reading room. John Kennedy's "New Frontier" and Lyndon Johnson's "Great So ciety" are examples of the very thing which Mr. DuRant says that our "bourgeois society" fails to provide. Mr. DuRant accuses the critics of socialism of saying that it is a good idea, but it "won't work." I would say to Mr. DuRant that socialism has worked, but not as well as our system. I would like to make clear to Mr. DuRant that I am not evaluating the relative merits of socialist and capitalist societies on a purely materialistic basis. All societies impose restrictions (Continued on Page 6) )Bow criticism . . . miy critics were numerous and vocal at all times ...how to put out a page, study for an hour quiz and date on the sanme night. . . . My role as Mother Confessor for Mike Mc Carthy and Craig Hammond... yes, Craig and I agree that nothing can beat a Yankee girl. T HIS editor has reached the end of the road, the close of an exciting, enjoyable and some times frustrating editorship. My experiences have made me a little older and a little wiser yet 1 still have much to learn . .. it a has been said that old editors never die they just fade awvay . . . and I'll be no exception... my final semester at Carolina will be spent in oblivion with just the memories that my staff and our readers gave me . . .and I thank-you . . . many, many thanks for giving all that you have . . . "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rest