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Editorials Friday, February 18, 1966 Point 0 Student Senate in its weekly bantering at the University administration about action on bills passed by the group, may be missing a strategic point. The point is that when the administration turns a bill down-the administration is not letting a matter get "lost on someone's desk" -but it is taking action on the bill. It can also be said that some bills passed by the Senate never even get to the appropri ate administration official or faculty com mittee. How can the group expect action by the administration on bills the administra tion never has been privileged to see? The Senate, which prides itself on its in fluence, but is actually nothing but a Wed Claps And Smiles USC students Tuesday night were treated to a superb two hours of entertainment at a blanket concert in the Field House. Though at times the New Christy Min strels were nearly inaudible because of the archaic, inadequate sound system employed by the University, the group won the claps and smiles of the crowd of nearly 1,500. The event, which began after a freshman basketball game, was secured by the Univer sity only 10 days ago through student ef forts at an entertainment booking conven tion. The sponsor of the event, the Student Union Artist Series Committee headed by Ray Flynn, is to be offered sincere thanks for the occasion. Carolina enjoyed the eve ning. Claps and smiles proved it. The Palmetto Press Meeting on campus this weekend are the molders of the Palmetto opinion-members of the South Carolina Press Association. The Association is particularly close to the University in that state headquarters for the organization are maintained here in the School of Journalism. Also, the Association annually awards scholarships to a number of Palmetto state students who hold promisq of journalistic excellence in the future. Because of this closeness to Carolina, to (lay, the President of the University will give a luncheon in the Association's honor. We, too, welcome these men andl women examples of journalistic excellence in the state today. I|News Exchange: F'romn the Barnard College Bul- tractive southeri letin not starry -eyed Four helles from the Univer- visit to New' sity of South Garolina arrived they marv'elled a at Penni Station last Sunday; ers, the stores they were welcomed by Barnard district, they we Student Exchange representa- by the crowds, i tives and ushered into a cah and the breakne< which whisked them along the "The crowds a busy city streets. said delegate Jo3 A German program was play- home we have ing on the cab radio and the street." dIriver himself hailedl from the However, dele Ukraine and had a proficiency Loache did not f in five languiages--much to the bad as I thought awe of southern delegate Pam "1 thought it Vestal, a French and German weeks to get en< major. Only in New York! ride the subway. H[owever, the well-groomed, at- As to their o -6m 4 / I ee2~fuic We, the University of South a lot of troubl< Carolina, own a $900 white ele- hurt. It was i phant that even 20 boys have They ought to quite a job handling-a 30 by 50- school in South foot state flag. it." What are we going to do with The flag was it? field during th, After a six-hour telephone run- season. Freshm around, involving no less than ably never even 32 calls, Coach Marvin Bass fi- Surely there n1 nally found the former pride of for such a rarit pre-game e e r e m o n i e a stored (other suggestion under Carolina Stadium. and make 300 The 1962 Pep Club, led by plmetto tre yo E. V. Kimbrell, raised money to bacmetro?re buy the flag, according to Joel Withkdrop? l Gottlieb, a former head cheer- itnth a ltude leader.do us all a big I "They went for size instead of a more appropris quality," he said. "It weighed for our novel invi too much to send to off games storage room < with the team. and it was alwaysaiman. UN "Crowin I Order nesday afternoon jam session-should take steps to put its own house in order. Merely passing bills, hoping they get in the mail, and waiting for an explicit reply is truly government by chance, by guess, by aimless representatives. Toss The Ball To God Tuesday night Bill Curry kicked an extra point. Bill Curry is a linebacker for the cham pion Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. But this week, Curry was not playing foot ball but speaking to University and Colum bia area athletes about something that con cerns all Christians. Bill Curry talked about God. Speaking for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the pro star stressed the impor tance of awakening to an active Christian life. To see this huge, hulking individual ap peal to his fellow "workers" is in itself re markable. To see in return his audience's earnest re sponse to the formation of a worthy organi zation is most satisfying. We applaud the move to begin a chapter of the FCA at Carolina. In this ever-increasing world where peo ple reZuse to give even an hour a week to thought and meditation, FCA, through model athletes like Bill Curry, urges all Christians to stop and take a long, slow look at oneself in order to grasp a new concept of man's relationship to the worldly world around him. We hope that these athletes will sell this product as well as they have sold greasy kid stuff in the past. --Trubiano Visiting Yankees Last week The Ganecock reported that four Carolina coeds were visiting Barnard College in New York City. This week we report that four Barnard College students are visiting Carolina. The students are living in South Tower among Carolina students; meeting a cross section of University representatives, stu dents, faculty and administration; and visit ing a variety of Columbia spots-from the State Penitentiary to a Negro high school. While here, we hope the girls enjoy them selves, learn a lot, and go home--a southern week to the better. Bhrnerd College| delegates are Hlarlem school, delegate Ada Lbout their first line Armstrong commented, "We pork. Although were prepared for the worst, but t the skyscrap- it didn't seem that bad. Maybe mud the theater the school isn't up to par with re taken aback New York standards, but I've le impersonality seen worse in South Carolina." k pace. The girls characterized Barn re frightening," ardN as much more "serious" and -ce Able. "Back "intellectual" than the Univer only ofle main sity of South Carolina. Their university is a close-knit comn rate Mary De- munity where "you know most ind the city "as everyone on campus." it would be . . . One delegate observed that &ould take me "people don't seem to talk in ugh courage to the halls of Barnard dorms: they see'm to prefer to room b)y them servation of a selves. At South Carolina we --- ---have only dlouble rooms and we - keep the doors open. We don't studly as much as y'all." Although the girls agreed that the University of South Carolina was "very clothes conscious" they were not accustomed to the . Carier got "stereotyped nonconformity" of 1st a bad idea. og hair, heavy stockings and rind some other high boots, which they found so Carolina to buy prevalent at Barnard. They did not realize until they not run on the arrived in New York that the 1965 football Student Exchange program was en have prob. primarily concerned with civil seen it. rights. "We thought it was to ust be some use he a general exchange of ideas," y besides Joel's said one delegate. s: to cut it up As such, the girls were se regular sized lected by the Assistant Dean of u ever seen a Studies to represent different ri a blue stage facets of university activity, such as the student union, the YWCA ingenuity, some and the Panhellenic Association. it senator could However, the girls said that in avor by finding the long run they profited from te display place the misunderstanding because atment than the they were able to contriburte f the football "frank ideas" instead of re IVERSITY OF SOUTH CA g for a Greater Carolina Since 1Rp pw Co0lf. OBJECTION Dear Mr. Huitt: As this letter is an objection to your form of editing, I doubt if it will reach The Gamecock; however, you will read it and after all, that's why I am writing it. I in the company of others, feel that your criticisms of Coach Frank McGuire are most unjust and sickening. Your recent editorial, "We D)is agree," was entirely uncalled for. Any athletic team is always identified with their coach. When the ternm "Frank McGuire Day" was used, it didn't neces sarily mean Frank McGuire as one man, but instead Frank Mic Guire as a "team" identified through their coach. I can, however, see why you are dli.aturhed about the lack of space. We are all (disturbed and are looking forward to the (lay when the USC multi-purpose auditorium reaches completion, but until that day arrives, there is nothing we students can (do. The words of antagonism you have been using so freely here of late are doing none of us any good, and1 especially they are harming you, in that the more you write, the more we see what you are really like. LEWIS A. IIIUGHES (Editor's Note: The words of antagonism you hale used so freely ahove are dloing none of us any good, and especially they are harming you. in that the more you write, the more we' see what you are really like.) * 0 0 ATTACK ING, VOIC'E I)ear Mlr. Hluitt: Once again another voice raises itself to attack one of the (establishedl ways of life at Car'o lina. Why are Carolina stude(nts so apathetic to the world situa tion; why can't they face the environment in which they must become the leaders ? There are many groups on campus for expressing conce(rn andl acting in this world. But why (1o such groups have' such a difficult time get,ting any re spectable number of active par ticipants ? On Thursday, Feb. 17, Mrs. 1) o n a I d Helt addressed the ('harles ('. l'inckney Society on the "Political Aspects of Educa tion in South Carolina." The small turnout heard a superb) pronouncement for a strength (ned movement to improve ed uscation in this state. TIhis is a vital issue and one of wide con cern. Other groups, too, have ROLINA 1908" - )ICIA YOU MA IMC LE 7RAVEL o f14 to diminutive audiences. caro lina just doesn't care. On Feb. 22. George Washing ton's birthday, the South Caro lina Jaycees are sponsoring si Iultaneous cerenllies o-er the state to issue a dedicatior toward ideals w h i c i made America strong. Gov. McNair will have a ceremony Tuesday at noon; the meeting will he brief. Are there any Carolina students suf ficiently interestedl to attend( and participate ? WVILL BALK, .IIL 0 0 0 SUPIPORT' ASKEI) fl)ear .3r. flu itt: As has b)een statedl t ime and again, the University of South Ca rolina is v'ery fortunat-e to have Frank McGuire as its head biasketball cooch. Alrheady satis fying results are apparent in our athletic program hecause of his leadership. We have lost some games re cently, a coup)le by large mar gins, but there are people on our campus and in our community wiho need to b)e reminded that we were not p)romised a champion ship team this year. In fact, we were warned not to expect a chainpionship team this season. Coach McGuire told us it would take three to four years before iie would reach the top. Can anyone honestly expect even Frank McG;uire to (1o in two years what many others have been unable to do with a USC athletic team in four, five, ten, eien seventy-five years? Most important, howvever, and the reason I am writing--I urge all of the pol1iticatlly subjugated University administrators, com munity leaders, aind campus leaders who are attempting to force Frank McGuire to make certain changes in his policies. to PLEASE reconsider. USC waited a long time for a coach of Frank McGuire's caliber-do0n't chase him away in hopes of fur the'ring selfish causes! I heg you, please reconsider before continuing your e'fforts to spoil our first hopes of athlet.ie success. fle patient! Support Me Guire and our Gamecocks! What good will it do you to have c'losed ci rcu it television if youh have no team worth watching ? - * E B. McARAN.,l l}ear 3fr. flu ilt: Where. has Souhthern honor gone ? Tlhis ch1)ie'f photogra pherp of The~ Gameincock and his assis tant jou rneyed( downtown SatuOr dlay afternoon to a local camera shIiop. I had Pnmvinnel, pu....2x. ma ca EXCITING .& p )\wAf Y NEVER g TK 0 SAM'S AGENCY PREVOT terials there with cheeks without any problem. We picked out several items and talked about photographic details with an eniployee there for about forty-five minutes. I then made out a check from a local bank for the exact amount of the purchase. The salesman approved the check, but the clerk rejected it immediately. We <iuestioned the clerk's de c ision) anda she replied w it, "It is our prIesenit p)olIicy nlot to apprtove any checks fronm USC' st udents."' With1 furt her comiment, she ad(dedl, "I n the last two weeks, fou rteen US( studtilits have b ounced checks herie." WVhat. haptpented to thte days whIent southiernt honor was all t hat waLs needed to seal a butsineQss dleal ? We students of this Uni veirsity a re surpptosed to be re 1'pectable ci tizenis of South Caro linta. Ilow about prov'ing it. .JOlHN ROC('lol;/ The Gra At the prtesentt, the mtorale of our I studen('ts .ems to bet at hit low. The closed-ceiruit television deal, cou pled with the recent mutttterings against t he U!n iver sit y admntiist rationt for their lack of inte(rest, serns to he the chief irea soni for the low mloralec. And behtindtt t he mtottte rinrgs, the acculsati~onts, anitd the concern fm-i the a thlet ic deparitmtent aitd Slatet are two thintgs: first, the people -- especially young people when soiteone attempts to dec humtantize antd take away intdivid unali ty anitd freedlom- antd seort the imtplatece oif youth. Students don't criticize just for the sake of criticizing. No, we have reached that age when we have got to be told things, when we have got to be listened to, when we have got to be allowed our individuality. I reatct viotlently when someotne plIaces me only with1tin a grou p SIG ii ld it or-i liutsiness Manager mmentary Columbia, South Carolina The Draft Scare By DICK ELLIOTT Editorial Assistant What worried parents and a few well-meaning teachers have tried to do for years may have been accomplished in one bold stroke by the Selective Service System (SSS) last week. Unmoved by the outcry from the nation's 2,000,000 male stu dents, the SSS ruled college stu dents would no longer be auto matically deferred; they will be called when necessary to fill draft quotas in their particular areas. In addition, Lt. Gen. Lewis H. lershey, who has headed the draft for the last 25 years, has reinstituted the qualification test used during the Korean War. Either a good score on the 100 question College Qualification test or a reasonably high rank in his class will be needed to ensure a student deferment. Many administrators have said they expect a crisis to come this summer, when many end-of-the. term deferments will run out and be closely reviewed by draft boards. Though this has a note of fi nality to it, don't despair. Con sider the efforts of many draft dodgers to win cherished 1-F status: staying awake for 48 hours before the physical exam, eating tons of sugar the night before to produce symptoms of diabetes, and smoking cigarettes dipped in blue ink to cause blotches on the lungs. Reportedly few have the nerve to try and fewer still succeed. The demand for draftees may be reduced by the acceptance of persons previously classified I-Y or t.hose who would be called in a national emergency. In this group fall the slightly handi capped and the highly suspect "deferred because of minor c-imes." In this latter category fall a great number of eligib&le men who commit mninor cr ies ex pressly to escape the draft. Ge~n. liershey says this group~ may be called up, but that seems to us too logical to be likely. Also logical but unlikely is the possibility college men will hit the books in an effort to raise their grades and secure their passport to deferment. llut par ties and loafing come much more easily. Perhaps Viet Nam will come easily too. 5 vesyard and( forgets that I am a person with hopes and fears, needs, in terests, andl questions. I would hate being a number on a card only, wit,hout atnyonie who seems to caret about me or my situation. A nd 1 am in a hurry. 1 have only been given a short Itime here at (arol in a, and I n at u rally want to see things hiappent while I anm still here. .. ..Ar.e these un natural feelings? We as studlents have a right to be listened to; we have a right to say what we believe; we have a right to maintain our individl uality regardless of the size of our? campus. Hiut . . . we also have a duty to listen; we have a duty to speak only after thinking and considering; we have a duty to those who will come to Carolina after us-to be patient and understanding with delays, but persistent with our attemp 1ts4. .-Jim Graves I ITT n-(Chief JANEAN MANN Managing F,ditor et1 es,arah ref let thie va-wI of the 5ihin 20 of~ thei 11ussell i o-sew on te , entilY S:4tClhex la- I're-s, the- Soutah CaoroIhna (. Aiee Prn Serv~in and the interollgiate