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UNIVERSITY OF CROWING FOR Gl The opinions expressed by coli necessarily those of "The Gamec Letters to the Editor, but all Lettei not constitute an endorsement. TI publication any letter is reserved. Come And O.K., everybody, it's time to play the ''numbers game." According to editorials in the Greenville News and the Charleston News and Courier, the major participant in the game is the University of South Carolina. An editorial in the Greenville News says that USC, "in an effort to obtain 'first priority,' on state funds for higher education, has been wav ing the flag of sheer numbers." These editorials, however, do not really give the correct rules. The University uses computers to count its students, a far cry indeed from the one-duh-two, three four method. These newspapers say that the figures are wrong, that we count too many people. Maybe their computers don't work, but we think ours (o. According to the real numbers, Carolina grew 13.2' on its main campus last year. Except for Winthrop, no comparable insti tutionl in South Carolina grew more than 5',c. Clemson, for example, grew 4.8%. On the basis of the "full time equivalent" that the editorials scream about, USC has 7.136 students. According to the other arti cles, this is "a considerable figure but not - You Don't Need What part (oes religion play on the Caro lina campus? No, don't stop reading; this isn't going to be one of those evangelistic, come-to-church-type pleas. No, think a min ute. You've seen them around campus; you know the type. They stick their little cards in the post office boxes and chase you ragged around the dorms, begging you to come to some kind of fellowship or other. And as you see them running around en thusiastically, you can't helk but wonder . . what's in it for them? Carolina has seven active religious cen ters and six full-time chaplains. Different groups have different meeting times and forms, ranging from worship services to luncheons, from fish fries to song fests. These separate religious centers send repre sentatives to Carolina Religious Council, a body which coordlinates an(d shares in the work (lone in the individual groups. There's also the YMCA and YWCA, not to mention Intervarsi ty. So wvhat ? So let the religious enthusiasts have their little cliques, sing their hymns, The Things Yi It's the little things that you remember ...putting on your raincoat to go down and get a coke at 3 in the morning . . . the nightly chore of putting out your trash cans after' midnight . . . the hours spent on a term paper . . . the sound of rain hitting the roof of Curirell as you try to take his tory notes . . . the elevator in "L" that stops on every floor before taking you to yours . . . the couch in the undlergradluate library that's perfect for study naps. Yes, the little things ...eing the leaves on the tree in front of y.our dorm become green again . . . feeling the hard, moist earth beneath your feet as you trot around Davis Field . . . meeting the same boy evei'y other (lay coming out of French 22 as you go in. ...pending a half hour or so just readling the notices on the College Union bulletin boardl that you've r'ead1 four times before . .. see ing the look of surprise andl ILetters To The Gamecock fzt(r(llnst Dear MiRa Ilollan<:"id .-nwai T he Gri~'eenvil Netus in recent serntmhr' editorials ("Measuring College "hhy osn Fund( Needs ",' March 4, and "'~ i)ItI5gi "Crowding the Main Issue,"a aop j March 8) has attacked the UJni- sItnouTni versity of South Carolina's re- Ih Ni~f ouest for more State funds. As ti'aun a any Carolina student would be, I "laigtedu was quite dismayed at the edi- si he ht torial's intimations that the thSaeapop courses in science andl technology prsuln t0 at Carolina are less vital than ta tCrln those of Clemson and therefore saeyrtik there is more of a basis for fi- uesoClsn nancal mproemet atCleson thanp aTh Coitn ZGCcr& SOUTH CAROLINA EATER CAROUNA imnists and letter writers are not ck." "The Gamecock" encourages s must be signed. Publishing does ie right to edit or withhold from I Count Us nearly as large as those being so glibly tossed about in the numbers game." To us, 185 students when speaking with numbers greater than 7,000 do not effect the figures that much. O.K., so when speaking about full-time equivalent, we increased 12.8%. We will not quibble about that. Clemson, for example, had 5,233 on the full-time equivalent basis, decreasing their percent age of increase from 4.8% to 4.4%. Have these editorials taken the other institutions in consideration also? No matter how one looks at these fig tires, our per capita appropriation is the lowest of any state college or university. The Greenville News suggests that "the same yardstick" apply to all state colleges and universities. That is fine with us. It would mean an additional . million dollars for Carolina over what is now proposed. We certainly will not argue with that! In any numbers game one plays, no mat ter what statistics he quotes, USC has by far the largest increase in honest-to-gosh, flesh and blood, fully matriculated students. Perhaps the doubters would like to come and count us themselves. -Holland It... Or Do You? and say their prayers. You don't need all that stuff. You're independent, self-assured, self confident. You've got no worries; nothing bothers you. You never think about God, sin, life's work, purpose. You never get de pressed or concerned with someone else's worries. No, you don't need a place where you can go and hear talks and discussions on life or happiness. You don't need the understanding ear of a man trained in pas toral counseling. You don't need the fellow ship. You don't need anything to hold on to, to pray to. Or do you? If you're even a little bit doubtful now, then don't look at that kid who begs you to go to fellowship like he's got some kind of disease. Don't avoid the chaplain when he comes by your table in the Gamecock Room. Try something new. Talk to the kid; listen to the chaplain; take a stroll down to St. Pat's or the Westminster IHouse. . . . There just might be something there for you. -Graves u He member anticipation on the face of the girl you ask for a date. You remember . . . the red marks on your English 11 themes . . . the long wvalk from Barnwell to Wardlaw . . . the fellowv or girl on your hall who listens to your troub)les . . . the afternoons in the fall spent watch ing the Coquettes practice . . . the hours wasted, perhaps, in the Gamecock Room or the Cockpit . . . the "bull-session" or re ligion or sex or politics that lasted on into the night. Yes, you remember the little things. And as you remember these moments, these feelings, these sights-you remember Caro lina. And as these little things come to your memory, as part of your Carolina ex perience, you will keep them close and be grateful to Carolina for making them real; and you'll be glad you came. --Graves The Editor L. T he editorial ('aroli na A & M"' - which the Lt our [President NVewn adivocates - wouldl be fair ig the flag of andl( welcome(. nad that we are With a prosp)ective enlrollment Lhout figures in of x,:00 in 196;5-66, we should re 1e." The New cE8 ('ve an increase of more than st short of in two million dollars instead of the rsity. $1,1-11,000 which the Ways and -thier refers to MTeans Committee approved. Now ked Legislature lot me say that we at Carolina nb)eating." Why are happy and grateful for wvhat m the average, the WVays and Means Committee intes $231 more has (done. The $1,141,000 repre her institutions sents a minimum, hut we can L? Indeed "the exist on it. or the finaneia All the University hopefully 1I1. and South (Continued on page 6) lif/I//I,/////''/ SENATE IG IN AL CUE ST rF/SM~ K O~ going to run?" Vadem Field House? 2. A special room to be used for folk, social, and other types of (lancing. 3. A wrestling room to be used for wrestling, boxing, judo, etc. .1. A weight training and body building room. 5. A modern pool with three teaching stations (one each for beginning, intermediate, and advanced swimmers). 6. A number of modern bowl ing lanes which could be used for physical education classes, intramurals, and stu dent and faculty recreation. 7. A correctives room to be used by a student with physical disabilities. T h e University physician would prescribe t h e s e adaptive 1) i y s i c a 1 education pro grams. We are of the opinion that the University of South Carolina needs a new physical education plant. That the Student Union Board's "all - purpose building" (does provide for such a plant is most evident. It is equally evident that this building is not really an all-purpose structure suitable for the use of the Carolina Com munity. The "Field House," if it is built, will be suitable for such highly specialized activities a basketball games and concerts. There are some vary capable individluals in Carolina's Student Government and on the Student Union Board. That they have failed to fully utilize these capa bilities, in recommending a less than all-purpose field house, is most evidlent. We hope that they will reconsider their recommienda Lions re'gaLrding the "All-Purpose Field House." WVe are of the opinion that they are capable of offering C a r o I i n a something b)etter than a resurrection of the stillborn Rtichland County Civic Center Coliseum. /IECOCK A GREATER COUTHI CAROLINA ed Collegiate Pres Robert Elliott Cor,zales as the first ed by and for the stu,dents of the elxamn trid.iyg, during the collegre nationally by National Advertising rvc,adthe Intercollegiate Press. HARRIET HOLLAND NELLIE MERRYMAN PAT ROESSLE Sig Hluitt and Jim Graves John Arant Al Dozier Lee Wilson Ernie Trubiano Kit Soasamon Margaret Shaleuly Beth Brown Carter Crewe Kathy Leland Rick Amine and John McCravy Bill Campbell I, Paul Masem, and Marty Price eon Bride and Eddie uMen STUDENT STARRIT INEFFrl 8 WITH ZPECI "How long is thi! Al|-PurposeI I pI We are most pleased to see that our column, "Coliseum No Necessity, has generated some thought in the Carolina Commun ity. We find that we must agree with 'Mr. Willis who feels, that we do need an all-purpose building . . ." In addition, we find ourselves agreeing with Mr. Steele who is ". . . convinced that through research and planning, a coliseum could include a well designed student bodly auditor ium as well as the physical ed ucation plant . . ." However, this does not mean that we agree with the "Recommendations for the Proposed Al I- P ur po se Field House." We question that the Student Union Board has occupied itself with ". . . research and plana ning . . ."9 The "Recommendations for the All-Purpose Field House" aire remarkably like those for the "Coliseum" which was to be a part of the "Richland County Civic Center." Can it be that, by ch angig the name from "Coliseum" to "All-Purpose Field House," we will be able to con rvt "rmiugh flooraing" whchwa egnesocetions, theStdeos, Uninad toccexhibitiintela wiat?....eerha( ln ning . "The StudecotmUnaionsBar for the All-Purpoe Fiel Goseen re rralybelye thasare forh arta ostites "hysica ed-ts uicto plnt?" Caer itnb that, pyla n o the providnae fom h Hosr," spe wi is sll o ns sat rough alooring"ysical eduao haenegleorcoedtonsrodefor, adequthe phopsled "Alcl-Purpose iedoe s t teUio trl"arl aurpthe, Sit sud ue oenet rfllywievt: age"lo ucaio )Antmb ere inll-purs plann(s0iuhe proide used for cass kem aspa, volleybals, nece sary ton, goo mnahsticl ection proram IsitMessbler thf theyi othernecessr fauayl3,ties,wit UIrst f thouth "AlProsee earpoexcpt sholdayncld durin 1.hA numecofk all-prpesee gymnice toc The ucto sd for Presk.Tball Natollall,g baesd Subsitony atis ec.pry MANAGINGINDITOR AssitantMagin Eiofrssea C opy dor niry3, 08,wl CapEdtor h ;re "a ~hi Soiluety Eitor ot aoiawe Fear ecetn Edio iaxaddr Exchane Editork i rpes,,e Adertii-n. Manager~i&ijo i CirculaTn ManiaICler eirs Chif rPotograpere$.0pry Coluistsaain dtr New E iffEao,oarFr Phodtnorhr -l.awrence FTheatrica R In our first column of the semester we used the term, "theatrical renaissance," to de scribe a sudden flowering of theatrical and cultural events here in Columbia . . . not, we confess, without a definite ele ment of sarcasm intended. A lit tle more than a month later, we look back on the season, and find that there is some truth to our little jest. Of course to use the term "renaissance" to describe the big boom, one must assume that there is an historical precedent from which the recent accom plishments are reborn . . . this, we are assured by long-time resi dents, is, to some extent, the case. Be that as it may ... it has been a very rewarding year, with the last few months serving to highlight the improvement. Without mentioning the nu merous cinema sproutings, we can recount some of the accom plishments by listing C2's THE GLASS MENAGERIE, our new UNIVERSITY PLAYERS' first production, T. T.'s A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, and last but not least by any means, LYRIC THEATRE'S THE FANTAS TICKS. There have been several other excellent productions and innovations this year, but we shall save a lengthy summary for a later column. We are here con tent with cheerfully chirping about some of the latest develop ment.s. This task of constructing a weekly drama column is grow ing more pleasant with every one. This past Thursday night a strange occurrence took place. We were forced to choose between not tieo, but THREE, tempting dramatic morsels. We had an option between the Student Union movie, the excellent Polish film, KNIFE IN THE WATER, the CFFC offering, BILLY LIAR, and Lyric Theatre's live produc tion of THE FANTASTICKS. We couldn't resist the Lyric Theatre performance . . . if only to see if Mel Glass can really sing (he can). Despite enjoying THE FANTASTICKS im mensely, we suffer from that un comfortable (and rare for these parts) feeling of having missed something well worth seeing. Ah, well . . . if things keep on grow ing as they have, we may hire an assistant and compare notes. As for the choice that we made on Thursday, Lyric Theatre's l)ear' Ma and Pa: You p roba bly read in last week's Ga(me'cock that Blue Key is sp)onsoring an intramural "Col lege Bowl" to Lake place the last of this month. This should really be interesting since the partici p)ants will be dIrawn exclusively from the ranks of the Greek letter groups on campus. The GE version of the game (NBC 5:30 P.M., EST1) stresses scholarship; the' fraternity men at Carolina have an average GP~R of 1.873 -- somewhat of an indijcation that at the current rate less than half of the fraternity men now at tendling classes will not graduate. If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on ATO, Phi Ep or Clhi P'si since of the 14 fraterni ties5 at Carolina these three are the only ones with average GPR's over "2." I wouldn't openly accuse Blue Key of being prejudlicedl against md(ependents, but it seems that some attempt shouldl have been madle to have the non-fraternity people representedi in this forth coming battle of wits. The over all G;PR for non-fraternity men is~ only onie-thousndth of a grade Ipoint below the fraternity aver age. Too bad that a real battle of wits requires that the partici pants be well-armed. Maybe there will be an an nounemnent in this week's paper that Blue Key will sponsor a championship "College Bowl" be tween the victorious Fraternity team and1 a representative team composed of indelpendlents. The problem is, of course, one of finding andl qualifying four non-G;reek intellectuials who wouldl be willing o ma thi bra.n. enaissance? show suffered in comparison a professional rendition that we saw in Asheville this summer in only one area - - . the sta, itself. The show is more adapt ble to a theatre-in-the-round, and needs room for wandering, turn. ing, and separation of characters We are certain that Cottinham1 upstairs circle would have been a better place to stage the play . . . but several days' more per. formances would have been necessary for financial solvency. These things happen . . . and are understandable . . . but for the show itself . . . wonderful. The music played by Martha Nesbit, Tau Carlisle, Tom Crowe, and Judy Hamm was perfect, the vocal labors of Mel Glass, June Turner, Pierce Arant, James O'Nan, and Payne Williams were delightful, and the comedy of Williams, O'Nan, Frank Harris, and Ray Dutrow was great fun. Kenny Friedman (who is in. cidentally one of our own, a USC student) handled the diffi. cult role of the Mute with com petence. The direction and pro. duction of Sidney Palmer was truly professional and superb. It is hard to review an amateur production after you have seen a professional version of the same play . . . but we enjoyed both renditions of this "fantastic" musical equally. Film club volunteers are grow. ing . . . but more are needed. Please send in your names. We can hardly ask the administra. tion to sponsor a club with a lackadasical membership . .. The spring issue of THE CRUCIBLE is due soon . . . and although it is not really in our chosen cate. gory, we have accented editor Williams' offer to have us re view the effort. Make sure you read a copy . . . so you can in dignantly disagree with our opinions. No complaints from persons failing to read the maga zinc will be accepted. Seriously, THE CRUCIBLE is an impor tant part of USC cultural life... and it should be an even more important one . . . if you would give it your support . . . and ma terial. The magazine has always been fortunate in administrative talent . . . but weak in student support and contribution. We have the opportunity to really have our campus shine . . . sup port the film club, The, Crucile. an<l University Players. DEAR FOLKE against the winning fraternity. I don't think that this will prove to be an impossible task. I have four men in mind right now (who shall, for the time being, remain nameless). Those men have an average GPR to qualify thenm - to say the least - to graduate when the time comes. The winning Greeks on March 26 will be remiss in their in tellectual dutay if they fail to challenge the best that the in. dlependlents can muster for the greater glory of fair play and a proper spirit of competitionl in our supposedly academic atmos phere. atoD, 9laAh4 P.S. Don't forget to send ~$$$$$ Exchange Corner "A wave of snickers reppled back through the rows of guests at a wedding of two University of Texas studlents as the couple knelt at the altar. Writen in large letters across the bridegroom's shoes were the lotters 'H-E' and 'LP'." * . . RLancolph - Macon College in Ashland, Virginia also has SIater. Here's their latest comment about it -- "The Slater System is look ing into the possibility of using the partially flooded athletic fields as rice paddies during the off san.n"