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Editorials
Friday, February 11, 1966
Ed Hen
The U. S. Army has drafted first-class
student union Director Ed Hendrickson to be
program coordinator-manager for cadet fa
cilities at the U. S. Military Academy in
West Point, N. Y.
The departure of Hendrickson before the
end of this month will leave a hard-to-fill
gap in the expanding diversified student
umion program.
While we bemoan the loss, we can under
stanid the lure of more available funds and
better defined powers encompassed in the
new position. As a man with student union
work as a profession we frankly can't blame
Ifendrickson for accepting the challenge to
develop student union facilities elsewhere.
We Disagree
Circulating around the campus since
Tuesday have been pamphlets urging Friday
to be observed as Frank McGuire day.
We disagree.
Instead, we urge, not support for one
mai, but for a number of men, our basket
ball team.
Recently, this team of young talents has
withstood disastrous defeats after beginning
the season with much brilliance.
Wednesday's victory over Erskine for the
secon(d time this year was a turn in the right
direction.
Tomorrow, as the team goes into battle
against Wake Forest, we will be there pull
ing for the Gamecocks - a fighting team,
not one man.
H. E. Week
Religious Emphasis Week came and went
this week before most took note of its start
img.
A st udenIt-cha plain committee spent many
months pbinni ng the prograrn of speeches
andt( discussio ns. Their efforts are to be ap
Fr those of us who let the week slip by
wA e at least owe it to ourselves to ponder over
'w quest1ion of the week, "Is there room for
Exchong
engP of the changing times. h(iflC0
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tat tudenit enjloyed Christmas vtdnal
w:thout the usual worry about tnlpg od
tnr paper>. re ports an el x ams a 1ispoli
flwed biy the "lame - (duck"' I hotth
io ha racterii stic of the old eitrsas
yvt im. The benefits it offers colueta
a re im m ia tely evid(ent. The t ei '
iinly dr aw back r e' p 0 r t e (d was (ltitests
'linaition of a break around intenn(s0
lbhanik>gi ving which, it was felt, tin,adht
conhIl be' arranged b)y altering (aoii uss
he co(llege ealemiar for next year petAdiis
by beginning towards the erzd of nfeenet
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We are glad to learn from the adminis
tration that every effort is being made to
obtain an experienced union head. Many
programs and many students stand to lose
by stop-gap, make-do management.
To Ed, as he leaves us after a job well
done, we, with selfish sadness, wish him
well in his new endeavors in the North.
Dose Of Confusion
A big dose of freedom coupled by a dose
of confusion was given University coeds this
week.
The Women's Standards Committee,
reeognizing that most Carolina coeds are in
deed young women in every sense of the
word, equalized privileges regardless of
grade average for upperclassmen.
It has come to our attention that in
addition to the more liberal rules formulated
by the Women's Standards Committee,
housemothers have added a few more choice
ones on their own.
Causing chief comment and concern is
an announced rule that women entitled to
only two 12 o'clock nights are "requested"
to take them on the weekend.
We believe that college women are old
enough to make the decision as to what
nights they sign out on.
Why don't the housemothers take a hint
from the Women's Standards Committee
make a step in the right direction.
Quotables
"The mind likes a strange idea as little
as the body likes a strange protein and re
sists it with similar energy. If we catch our
selves honestly, we shall often find that we
have begun to argue against a new idea
even oefore it has been completely stated."
Trotter.
"An y frontal attack on ignorance is bound
to fail because the masses are always ready
to defend their most precious possessionl -
their ignorance." - Van Loon.
"Letter writing is the only device for
combining solitude and good company." --
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A A-EC(A
VERSITY OF SOUTH CAI
g for a Greater Carolina Since
The Gamecock welcomes
letters on any subject per
tinent to and involving Uni
versity students. The Editor
in-Chief reserves the right
to edit letters to conform to
style, good taste, space limi
tations and libel laws.
Letters should be type
irritten and s h o it I d not
exceed 200 wvords.
No unsigned letters will
be printed, but names may
be withheld upon request.
0 0 0
DISIILUS1ONMENT
hear Mr. Hu11itt:
Throughout the last nine
months it has become increas
ingly clear that the high ideals
and purposes that we held at our
election are either impractical,
or a complete sham. We feel very
strongly on several issues whose
vital importance to the students
of Carolina have s h r u n k to
ridiculous obscurity.
It seemed basic to us that
students and faculty are fore
most in any educational institu
tion. From our love of knowledge
came our quest for fulfillment at
this university. The lesson that
we have learned best has been
our bitterest, that is that our
importance as students and the
dissemination of knowledge has
fallen from any meaningfulness.
"I dIon't know if I can c(
StandakrdsM says I can - my hto
The Gra
A nother semester has b)egun -
and begun with a bang. For some
- abo)ut 500 as a matter of fact
- it is their first semester at
Carol ina; for others - me in
eluidedi - it is their last before
graduation.
Itegardless of who you are and
what you're doing, it's going to
bet quOi te a busy semester. Rte
l igious IEmphasis Week has come
antd gone, with a bang for some
andt only a whimper from others.
. . Fraternity rush has beguni,
giving male st udents with a 2.(0
a chian ce to find that intangible
yet vitally import ant thing called
brot herhood....
The U Iniversity P'layers have
undertaken a new venture, in the
form of "D)ark of the Moon.'" The
Student Sen ate has started a
ne*w dliscussion on studenCIt-fac
ul Ity- adin is t rat ion rel at ionish i ps.
. Something catlledl W a mi e n
St udents Associattioni is on thie
way to formation. Sorority girls
a re bieg inning rehea rsals for Song
fest....
Studen(It governmn?t and pub
Iietions leaders are getting to
gether on plans for a student
handbooitk for next year. . . . T[he
South Carolina Student Counrcil
on Hu man Rtelatio,ns is improv
ing antd strengthening a tutorial
program in which many (Carolina
students arfe invo'l ved....
A few things are gone this
semieste r. Among them are a
coulpl e of hutn dred seniiiors who
grsaduti t' - the (:reeks ,v I..a
OLINA
1908"
Letteri 2o
We do not condemn individuals
in the administration as many
of t h e s e are dedicated, hard
working people concerned with
student welfare. But we often
feel that student interests are
sometimes shoved aside in favor
of impersonal, pragmatic ad
ministrative policy.
The student at Carolina often
wonders where his place is in
t h i s computerized institution.
One solution to this problem was
supposed to be the formation of
Student Government to represent
student opinion to those who ad
minister the University. At least
this was our impression when we
assumed this tremendous respon
sibility. We learned rapidly, how
ever, that concern for student
opinion was either totally absent,
or based on an intricate system
of administrative p o I i t i c s. It
seems like a card game with a
fast shuffle, and the student gets
lost in the shuffle. It once seemed
almost inconceivable to us that
reasonable r e q u e s t s would be
turned down or that students
would be too apathetic to express
their concern. Much is left to be
accomplished by a few in posi
tions of leadership. It is true
that over a period of time many
problems are solved only after
being repeatedly vocalized. How
ever, in our day-by-day activities
0
me or not, Harry. Women's
use mot01her says I can't !"
ivesyard
tioni Commtittee, which (lied out
somehow; and a few more stu
dlents who flunked too nmany
courses or maitde too many D's.
But most of us are still here,
with the same positions, the same
cond(it-ions, the same professors
and( courses. Anid yet, for' me, the
beginning of a new semester has
dlwas been exciting, a chance
for a new start , even though a
few weeks after the semester's
start, we've usually fallen back
into the samte old rut.
Anyway, the(re are some 12
weeks left in this sc'hool year.
.Just lately I have been deeply im
p)ressed with the importance of
us inrg one's time' wisely. An 111so
I 'm going to do my best to use
these 12 weeks effectivecly; in
at? las t getting started some im
piortanit st uden t government proj -
ects, in doing a little st udying,
bu t most of all, in getting to
know better the students of (Caro
lina.
Somtim res stuoden0ts h ave per
ha ps felt t hat I h ave let t hem
down. And this has oftein been
true, for it is ext remely difficult
toplease e've'ryone. TIhe re is no
escapinrg this.
So, as the ne'w semester begins,
let us each one' take advantage'
of the oppo(rtuitiies avihable' to
uo at (Carolina. For there are
miany - academically, spiritull
socially, and emotdioually. And
let ius, as we pari tici pate andl
stutdy t'g't her, learn lessons in
t'dr,nci. 'orceilfor others, and
Co
Ze dito
we find that we are left with
more problems than solutions.
The heart of the problem
seems to be that while the Uni
versity spends great sums of
money, and staffs itself well,
solely for the benefit of students
and the solutio nof their prob
lems, the individual student and
his problems are neglected in the
machinery of administration.
We have repeatedly f o u n d
frustration, closed doors, and in
terested but helpless people in
our pursuit of student concerns.
There have been questions for
which we have found no answers,
or w o r s e, contradictory ones.
Your representatives in Senate
have considered your problems
and tried to carry them out.
They have faced the ping-pong
processes of administrative red
tape.
We have gone to the bottom
and worked up, and to the top
and worked down, with the same
result. Other offices to try, other
busy people to see, other prob
lems left unsolved.
We do not condemn the in
dividuals. We condemn the sys
ten which makes the individuals
powerless to cope with the unique
concerns of students.
We realize that in any insti
tutional facility of this kind
there will be a certain degree of
i r h e r e n t disfunction, but we
wonder if this is not the most
bureaucratic of bureaucracies.
This system, intricately built
for the welfare of the students,
seems to have lost its capacity to
deal with individual problems.
Where is the power, where is
the ability to recognize and
carry out concerns. It lies not
with us, as has been shown re
peatedly in our disillusioning
year. It lies not with the ad
ministration, with its multiplicity
of o f f i c e s, departments and
agencies, none of which seem to
have the power of direct concern.
The faculty can act only in
faculty matters, a vague and
elusive phrase at best. Heyond
this lies the Board of Trustees,
which is almost completely re
moved from contact with stu
(dents.
This entire complex lies, as we
imaginedl it would, on the dollar
sign dlynasty, and the political
pedlagogues of the legislature
and some alumni.
From the system comes the
disproportionate bialance of power
amiong Athletics, Administration,
Faculty, and last, and certainly
not least, the students,
We are not, as some supposedly
knowledgeable students have sug
gested, trying to tear down the
rep)utation or greatness of our
Unliveri'ty'. If we did not care
deeply about its welfare, we
wouldl not criticize or even take
the time to write.
P'e r ha ps we are not being
realistic. If mediocrity and un
answered questions are reality,
the future of this institution is
frighteningly realistic.
All we desire is that these
problems be brought to light and
that students begin to think
twice about the University situa
tion.
Carolina, when, oh when?
THIORNIC COMPTON
Vice-president of the
Studlent Body
JIM MUL,LIGAN
Treasurer of the
Student Body
0 0 0
F'A( ;I:'IT SI :PPORT
D>ea r Mr. halut:
May I commend you for your
interesting andI courageous edi
torial, "C ar oli na, When Oh
When," in your January 14th
issue. With the exception of your
seabrous comic strips, The Game
cock has been so dull this year
that I almost (but not quite)
pine for the (lays of Sheila Rear
don'si neo-McC'arthyism.
P'erhaps now that you have
snmoke d some of the issues out
inuto the open surrounding the
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closed circuit televising of bas
ketball games you will get some
results. It can be argued, after
all, that Mr. McGuire may be
killing off as much interest as he
is creating by denying a large
number of students the oppor.
tunity of seeing the Gamecocks in
action. Moreover, the need for
closed circuit showing of the
games will in all likelihood dis.
appear when the new coliseum is
completed. If, however, this type
of manipulation of verbal sym
bols should fail, perhaps some
other way could be found to
make your point. One occurs to
me. Since Mr. McGuire likes long
lines at his games, and all good
students worth their allowance *
should demonstrate about some
thing these days, -maybe the
peaceful picket line could be em
ployed to swell the crowds around
the Field House and protest the
policy of the Associate Athletic
Director.
Incidentally, although there is
no denying that the University
is here to serve the students,
there are some of us who have
more than a sneaking suwpicion
that what we are supposed to be
serving is education and not ath
letic entertainment. If this hereti
cal though has just a wee bit of
truth in it, then the faculty and
staff might also have a small
claim on USC as a place which
protests and stores man'.s past
knowledge and provides the en
vironment to uncover yet more.
RAYMOND MOORE
Acting Head,
Dept. of Int. Studies
(Editor's Note: Thank you, Dr.
Moore. It is always good to hear
from our faculty.)
0 0 0
IRATE FFD31AIE
Dear Mr. Huitt:
This is a letter from one of the
:150 female sports fans mentioned
in Ernie Trubiano's last article
of "From the Sidelines." I feel
that I represent more than just
one out of 25 of the female fans
attending the basketball games.
Though that article may have
been intended to be humorous,
its implications were unjust.
From the "hard-earned" statistica
it seems that only I.1 out of 3-50
girls possess anyk now ledge of the
game of basketball. I feel that
this presumption is very unfair
and that the reverse of such a
statement is true. Only a small
percentage of female attendants
are friends of mine, but of that
percentage there are definitely
more than 141 who know what a
"double-screen" is.
As for being excluded from the
games, I think that the devisers
of the reapportionment p)lan fail
to realize that many girls, as
well as boys, have to gulp down
the'r food at 5 and trudge
through the rain and cold to
squeeze into a hard seat in a
stuffy corner of our 'iny field
house. Somehow it seenms to me
that anyone, regardless of sex,
who is willing to sit and( wait
two and a half hours for a bas
icetball game deserves to be there,
even if there are malt' students f
clamoring to get in at a quarter
til ('ight. We girls dIo cheer at
the games, though maybe not as
loudly as the boys. but just as
enthusiastically. Surprisinlgly, we
can tell a football from a bas
ketball and we even know why
we're cheering.
It also seems that at the be
ginning of this :.emester I paid
a student activity fee, mainly
because I wanted to participate
in student activities. Would ti
so-called "dreapportionmvent plan"
give a deduction to female stU
dlents?
C'ATily DEAf
(Editor's Note: T~elevising
home basketball games would al
low for all students to get th
benefit of the student activity
fees - which cover admittance
to basketball games among other
things.)
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