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UNIVERSITY OF CROWING FOR G The opinions expressed by co necessarily those of "The Gamec Letters to the Editor, but all Lettt not constitute an endorsement. 'I publication any letter is reserved. A Very Speci The Gamccock is off of its soap box this week to say "thank you" to a group of peo ple who understand and want to help our university. That group is the South Carolina House of Representatives, and a particular expres sion of thanks goes to the Ways and Means Committee. The House has approved the USC section of the appropriations bill. Our section passed unchanged as recommended by the Ways and Means Committee, grant ing us in excess of one million dollars over last year. With the House approval, Caro lina is past the half-way mark. A special vote of thanks goes to J. Clator Arrants, House member from Kershaw County. who spoke in our behalf. Represen The Carolij Once upon a time there was a small coun try, Car(oillialna. anti q uite an ullusual coill try it was. Caroliniana w as uniqueiI in that it had no police force of an\ kind. Early in it's history, the citizens, had met anid agr,eeid to follow an hoior systei. All husiness had been transacted on this h noIr s;ystem throughout the history of this ad ctountr. Any occasional dishonest actin %itas speed ily )1unlished by the Citizenl's CMncil. usually by banishing the offending individual from the country. Honor was thc basic tInet of Carolinian society. and the upholding of this principle was the responsibility of the in dividual citizen. With honesty. With hon est\ in business transactions assumed, a minimum amount of work was necessary: and the citizenry generallk followed a life of intellectual ursuits. Carolinians were secure in the knowledge that any breach of the hoinor principle would be reported either by other citizens or merchants. Nevertheless, it camIe to pass that an age of moral turpitude and apathy descended upon this happy land. Infractions of the honor p)rincip)le became common; andm in di ridual~i cit i:ens |aIlr to uI) phold1 th< ir re spontsibility~ to r(epohrt <wy dish onitst act in.. The Water Was C The Ja pa nese si lent ftim, Tb. rlton (t tI 1/Islan.(11, d eits the labor, poverity, c-s atI anrd sorrows of one farm inrg famn- i tIIa ily(in a small, mountainous, and :ltii~'' un-I uxuoriant piece of i sland. D)- * 1cS spite- the lack of (dialoigue. andl j~erci.n the isolat ion of the c-ha racter s ges it cc-i and aetion, the film is an inter- ci.s n es ting emti onaI ex perien ce. The a t e inemla togra ph y is excel lent. t he aim'nen acting solid, r.nd the script both ig: h e bielievahle and well -on struct-led.ye'lt e The Columbia Fine Filmts Commit- 4nnm~cst tee, which spoinsored Tb. Islanel. teiihl.~i has several ot her w h rt h whilie ui f:lIms this month. The highlights W Iriii ol this m nth's progtrami are iiittlSI M Narch 17, 18 4, and AU/ Tb.*' tti ,O~ 111,no n ( Miarch 21-25, but aill \U ai the films I every Wed-.. and Thumrs. i aiilpi nmigh t are well wort h -e*i ng. ~~.~ We are go ig to see .1/ at the altteIgrI. (Columbhia Jewish C<enter toniight a!c-t-4.W . and we hope that our past b-tiia references to the film wiHl en- e:sato coiu rage many sttudIenits to c-omii.en. ' see, andi join. D)iscussions have thtO rA been taking place coneerniing c-or- puc,as. The Gamecock is intended ti-t.stbtk primarily as a voice for stu dent opinion and news. We Ati fiiii welcome letters from any letthlN student or member of the t~iiWL s faculty under the following ~h~ i h provisions. -ilat'Imtp Letters must be signed id.i oiit with the writer's mailing ad- iiOliictg dress. We will withhold the tg-!(sgid writer's name if the letter ciw(fjigs requests it. However, we i ii ako orlainpuof thi uiwgneadancuage of a 0C4oC SOUTH CAROLINA REATER CAROUJNA umnists and letter writers are not ock." "The Gamecock" encourages rs must be signed. Publishing does he right to edit or withhold from ml Thank You tative A. W. "Red" Bethea wanted to tack on a provision to the appropriations which would limit the number of students attend ing USC from out-of-state. He pointed out that at present USC has 18-19 out-of-state students. Representative Arrants in his extraordi nary speech told the group that the per centage of students attending institutions as Carolina and Clemson should be left to the presidents of the universities involved and not to the legislature. Bethea's proposal was rejected. To you1., gentlemen of the House and espe cially the Ways and Means Committee. "thank you," a very special thank you. -Holland ,iana Fable Because merchants were forced to spend lmire tie11( (letecting unprincipled citizens, less til1e was spent on mental exercises and the er(dition of the country took a down ward plunge. The cry of the merchants alarmed the Citizens ('uncil authorized the merchants to establish the Merchants Emergency Ptlice Force in order to control the irre spinsible actions 01f the citizenry. The police forCe thus institIuted had final .j urisdiction. The ppulace protested the inconsistancv of a lice ftorce in cinjunction with the long accte)ted honor system. The Public outcry was Viluble. but acti<m-s to remedy the sit uatitn were infintesimal. Honest citizens were cbuerned, but few were willing to act. F)r the present, the apathy of the citi zells f ( 'arIiniana has caused the country to lose its uni(Iue place inl the world. Caro liniana. without its honor system, is now (ly ,ne among man v. It is hoped that soon artiliniana will be able to proudly raise its head as a leader, (1e a1v many. -T-hllm t h r'an anrd Richarid Morrell, to-cha i rm'n. sop homiore( Council's 'I mit ttee st udvinrg the honor sy's Iern 31m, But The Island? ams ofi~t i's u thn. t the vari-t''' i((it n tn. . .-c tis thei'gli U1: tat hl f "in d"' eluh., u tt (,v' irnc . DK anel sh'aings4~, ii:uk In'at.~1.IaiiI~i itn elul. XWe wifll '''na i'utiun 'i 'f :aamzartnal mtt - ftI. Ri ttefii n - uture, s' keep ihri(i!i n l n X'i-y .'re is hiope t, and. - ____ tin Mr ls. Eh-I.shel . ..t weret'IVIrF i eastei It) -s ah e bro soi ripjat>in, ani mt- 1uinllJnay3.10,wt and an active',t .tut(i 'ispttl% oif act i> and Ct xeto hltasaddrn id' the Ptlatytr'- ISNS AAE ton. Thi lhass i- AAIG iIO e i of a handifnl AsatMngn dtr lanmiy (Qu i-k. I ia te. ~ad a- pij esEio ni'ecomer'is. We op dio all ating rnt III: r- a ps E io the t iurse z oif new aitmntu ' Varsity D I)bat SceyEio to vair.us higyh FaueRi reiin thns we'k- Exhnedio t he debtatm r. aind ,was a (iiranat :i deriigeaae .We were privi- Ciclto Mage i oscrapei tup a Catoit atnd tAt take piart r'silf. If some of CifPoorpe detnt that gra(-edl Clmit 4 eram cii Iw Cif rEatony Mnaxced. 'raceoit a: a prtiPhotogexpher \V\ TUDENT Incor For too long. southerners have afforded themselves the luxury Of in:-ompetent leadership. The r,cont events in Selma, Alabama are indicativ- of the kind of re suilts that can he expected from this caliber of leadership. Selnma w at an aceilent. It was the dire.t. r-sult of the failure of the peopvle of Alabama to demand purp,seful and forward looking lead ership) their officials. This fal!'re :s n t limited to Ala hama. Ve have not. utifortu nately, LL,)nl the last of the Sout-he r Ile drshi p has IweI all te, w.illing to r p iSte it peoph- t. impoessibh-e It has not had the ,invstinal foertitude to explalin t , the people that the clock wila ntm .ve backward for thema. As a m at.t er of fact, it will not even stand still for themi. The land of moagntoias. mntt ju leps, happy slaves working foCr "massa." and white columnedl miansions for all, never was and never will be. If there is any hope tot th. South, it lies in the future and not in tihe past. It s the task of leadlershi p to guide us to(wa rd the futu ire. That our leadership has spent more time lok inog over its shber e, rathe r than over ths horizon, ran not h~e deniedI. Shifting the hhlaune for its fail urces to the North has long been a favorite p)ast ime o)f so uthlertn leaders. It i: no wonder that many slou therne rs feel that all would bie rig ht with the weorId VIECOCK ri A GREATER SOUTIII CAROIJNA led Collegiate Presa 1 lifRoert Elbiott Gonc,zales as the first wdl by and for the students of the Ily, on Fod.lsys, dunncig thce college exammnations. naxticonally by National Advertising maener of the Assoiated Collegiate ervic e, and the lntercollegiate Press. .ar. HARRIET HOLLAND NELLIE MERRYMAN PAT ROESSLE Sig Hluitt and Jim Graves John Arant Al Dozier Lee Wilson Ernie Trubiano Kit Sossamon Margaret Shalculy Beth Brown Carter Crewe Kathy Leland Rick Amme and John McCravy Bill Campbell d, Paul Masem, and Marty Price jenn Bridg-e and Eddie Mcllwain \000 s Got The World On A Stri Paul fl emz npetent LeadE i f t.he " utid r, "Y n e . t he " fedent I g(OV4e1. Ien. )t" u.I i. just leave the South ahln .t (if IIIur Jo.i iI w :v that lit Negr, wou!'l be happy with Is ".phce" if it were not. for side agitat rs." Stuth-rr i;iert! have done ht' to d scour. t hi mrtie s l el.is p jn T y h v, bet co te t to ditb t large ': aier of ht-adcrsh:w itat-es en t,l 'le R e , m l'ihUtlpht leas 't fa r p'h' its 1 I ht :n th'l }' jot . ea l n'i te th:itl fv . O t I Te asiut\'e. e eclmy Ilt I . I -t-li t' i hiftit ba fr I ca i . r \ i la ck. 1 t i it In i I tmy "alistar ll'. i llg Bow yt e-m It el:. 1 h t-y d in't wat "if ut J.t"FROM 'n NO-REFUN BOOKS ng!"l rship a nt ofg thlt m1ore pressinig Pr'1b!I('n.> th11" the S(outh will face in tl, CoIlli fitnadt's. The South w ! have to nikv a place for the Nogri. A vroatly expanding pop ultin l 'till .ke additional de IMlindk n ththe Sfuth. A section that in faced with such challenges vIJ htvv httl tim to devt tro tho past "it te':th - cell t u r y de nnd thal.'it 'he Swth produce a !:"w kmnd Ifth dership. ThIis new\ If.l ip w:i l lt have to fac prthi r, thcr than a-odi t htilt-i . It .N i! h:tvc to plan ahtead, rather t~i l.a : It ftr the is toi arise. a!in t 'l t hplementat ill of p''an:t.inl wtie t ecpti ed, by ti tihe %ll Istl W Itt .d b\ .rOi e i '. ! : b-r h . a, the formula t. iv a n wi a l~ view the past h .:iab l ie frle. siTey il .t -w l the'. pr l lt wuit rt er% her..h :"'ni th iifu t 'ur i' w itlitan DERtot9lcd IS t bttl fr mein's inds$$ Exchange Corner The quote of the week comes from "The Dickinsonian" at Car lisle, Pa. "Overheard in Snack Bar: 'Bread is the staff of life. Bread comes from barley and yeast. Beer is made from barley and yeast. Beer is the staff of life!" First from "The Mississippian" and then from the "Purple and White" comes the story of the removal of the student news paper editor at Delta State. It seems a headline over a movie column read "Pussy Galore Typi. cal of James Bond's Girls" causel him to lose his position. This question is asked: "If Fleming had named the character 'Kitty Plenty' instead of 'Pussy Galore,' would the elitor still have his job?" From the Daily Texan comles the list of schools leading the Gourman academic honor roll. In order, they are Princeton, liar vard, Yale, Cornell, University of California at Berkeley, Notre Dame, Columbia, Stanford, Chi cago, Michigan, Overlin, Massa thusetts Inst.itute of Technology, Swarthmore, Reed of Oregon, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, )uke. Brown, and University of Cali. fornia at I/)s Angeles anl Uni versity of Washington itied). LETTERS Eflor Thc Gamecrock IM-ar Miss lo0amnd: I am writing this letter simply ti inform those who are inter tstted why there are only sor'rity ari frauternity representative's in the first Ilu' Key College Howl. First, ther,. was a lack of time in which to contact and have the varimuls e a In p u s orranizations s"'ltct a team for this event. especially dormils which are not organized an ready to sv!ovt a team. Svcon,(l IFC and Pan Ifellenic (l'un01cil meet each Tuesday after oli, and it is very easy to dis Sss rt suIts artd procedun,re with 41u1t having to "chase down" these ple,l titus saving a gr-at deal of tim'. Third. e a i p u s organlizatiols ',ther than G rucks were mlvIded in our rigiial plans. but were re wv because- of the above rna soos. F'outih't, sinlce this is our first a ttem'tipt at this typ' of evenut , we explect tt make mtistakes. ai we plam to ask for p)articipJation of all camtpus torgaitizationls in the vtears to follow. In summirtary, . Ilue Key woulmd Uke for the studenit bolly tokeep ill miil that this year's t~ollege? Hiowl is a first try. (Inly one week was availabile for comupeti tin, itmak inrg for the. ntec ssit y of k e e p i nt g re'pretsenttatl is to a mtinimumrt. Next year phoitl will inivolve' iniclusioni 'f all mte'restted campu oljlStrganitizatlions. I hope thait Mr. iPrice, in his eri tic'isit of HlIlue Key's hand:lIing of the' (ollege BiwI, will notice hat of ten mien s('etedl ftr Iue K ey meber'ship this senmester', six wetre Inidepeitndenits. IIENitY P. SANIiElRS ('o-('hairmtan of Blu te K ey (Cotllegt'eI iBowl Mr'. Ashtley and Mr. Mlillar stated that ''it's tht' ont f-state studentiits wh biilirig miany iter esting anid stmulatinig idetas.. It's thei ouit-af-state studnt who also bing many radical. Iteft wvinig, crackpJot, do~-gtode'r. arid P'erhaitps it is too imucth to hope niot agree with or enni not abideI by our way oif life' tot stay~ where t hey' cometit fr<,mn (or' go wheI'rev'er their "I1 ii be r a I" v'iews art' ae e pted)l andI stopi tirym t re for'im us withi their illbe'llnceive~td ideas. l.t is truet t hat wie have Klts men,rt bit fir rnatAly w' dlon't have, ant aundannluce lit Ilactk Mutslhits oi'rttmembe~rs tif I ke or ganiziiatitons found wihi our borderl' ns. Funr'the'rrmore, tnilwo' noit ktonwi t hat t heret is tolkeni op jio sition to floidtated watel' iin le'ss lie hradl his little t'ar glued to tt' proigrami lil whicht this po5l* ion was stated. BAXTEit KEl-Il (1001. South Cuar'olliniait