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Editorials Friday, March 11, 1966 Whose I Recent events raise the point-blank ques tion: WHOSE honor system is Carolina's honor system? Is it the students? Is it the faculty's? Is it the administration's? Traditionally, we believe it has been the students.' It started with them with a volun tary agreement to maintain honor on cam pus. Now it seems that the faculty has taken over and is going to change, alter and con duct the honor system as IT sees fit. The administration as usual seems to have noth ing to say. The faculty is calling the shots, ordaining the changes. All this is being done this month without any reference to the student body, its offi cers, or anyone, undergraduate or graduate, who studies at Carolina. The arbitrary-seem ing action of the faculty came last week after an administration tangle. Nearly two years ago the question of re organizing the honor system to meet the new demands of a growing university was raised. President Thomas F. Jones appointed a committee headed by Dean W. H. Patterson and consisting of 13 members: four from the student body, five from the faculty an., four from the administration including Dean of Students C. H. Witten. This committee held a lengthy public hear ing and concluded that the honor system was indeed in a bad way. Several proposals for amending or mending the system were out SLATER DECISION admiration for such an Dear Mr. Huitt: ing contribution to sat I submit that the decision of H N Slater to close down the Men's Towers Cafeteria and the South NAME 1At Dormitory Cafeteria on Sundays is hoth illegal and abusive to the As I understand it, students. There should be some multi-purpoee Field Ho act of legislation or committee of be named the U. S. C. power to limit the monopolistic Hall. May I commend character of Slater. This deci- which came up with sion to close on Sunday is but original and unique nan one of the innumerable abuses to glorious new edifice? the students who have paid for Is this the same grc the services that Slater is in- gave us the names of tendedl to provide.A ,C , ,F n As a constituent of the Caro- hadoertrnyR lina C'ommunity, I demand that ancotuewihB action be taken against Slater, ,I .L ,adNfro and that they be forced to fulfill velboknensdo the spirit of their position.DitfoSuhBidi CHARLES R. SMITH ongorpi lcai NAME WITHHELD(SuhTwrbsdo Dear' Mr. Initt: ilsmoepes e It is with great admiration and thgruisongt esteem that I write to applaud thsrnhouhth the incredibly well-put letter to ihSuh en le the edito.r in the last issue of teeaeol he The Gamecock. The letter repre- pon lcaislet sents the peak of subtlety and gopte ute cunning and is truly a master- matrwihBldn piece of satire.et.an Nohas Mr. "Name Withheld by Re- et. avnhlus quest," undler the guise of criti- Nothgruwul e:mm. ele'verly reveals the high ln ogtatra caliber program of 13. S. U. here wnnwFedHu a t U7. 8. (. By skillfully pretend- wihteuclgae ig to take issue' with a prayer in t he 13. S. U'. publication, "Mr........a. By Request'' successfully pokes fun at, poputlar mnisconceptions of .l i Chi istian ity.*. m . "Mr. By Request's" argument . ... . . implying that we should not seek to emulate Christ and that Christ Itsestrglyp did not put other people before ta h tdnsa him.self is trualy the mark of in- vriywihprot ge'nious subtlety. .(e otefrue Byv tensibly implying that sae aes itei Peace (orps memibers andl Red teafiso hi t (ross v'lunteetrs are se'lf-seek- Alc fitrs ig, rather than serving in elcdofiaswh ''lowly paths of service,'' '"Mr. urin ofteef By Re'ques;t" eleverly leads us to as paeta u believe the opposite,.ffclyo t(et Tlhe* skillful pretense of not afim having consulted a dictionary to Asltweek' see that a welf-seeker is "a person pitdotteeae6 who see(ks only to further his Caliatue, oti own inte'rests; one( who is self- siycmu.Ytol ish," reveals an eloquent mastery priiaei n ft of satire.oraiainoren Trhe tongue-in-cheek substitute oe Thsiprtc prayer suggested by "Mr. By Re- mnal nve ft quest" further underscores the anqutiyolesa subtle satire. TIhe prayer urges tre u yor( us to realize that C'hrist is only sml.Alo tt a "tool" for living (take heed a)rpitosbiI businessmen), Hlow subtle! How udrdbt yteG cunning! (myshldiltat The author of such superb sa- Foeaml,icnt tire should be recognized and re- viontrasthsar warded for his outstanding prose SpeeCutJsie and his sincere and enthusiastic ttioaofcrsb support of the II. S. U. Alas! It ya.I locnan is to be regretted that he wrote ~o orieteslr under the "nom de plume" jugst$2,0pe "Name Withheld By Request." rsnigarieo My sncer thnks nd eep udAs inerstandhit, "Crowing for a Greatei 1Eonor Fa lined. One called for proctoring all freshman and sophomore classes while still bringing young Carolinians to learn about the honor system. Another would have returned the honor sys tem to colleges and schools, individually, as a means of overcoming the problem of mass numbers in enforcing the system. This plan called for student honor committees of not less than five in each college and school, with faculty advisors if wished. In March 1965, a year ago, a sub-commit tee merged the two plans mentioned above, provided for student honor committees of upperclassmen, and added some lesser fea tures. This scheme was adopted by the en tire committee or so it seems. Names of all 13 appeared on a report dated March 8, 1965. But, some members of the committee backed down later, for reasons not clear to this day. On March 25, 1965, a short memorandum was sent out to the other 11 members of the committee by Chairman Patterson and Secre tary Dr. Daniel W. Hollis. It contained a one-paragraph recommendation as "the sense of the motion" adopted during further com mittee deliberations in which some members abandoned the earlier plan. The memorandum ended on this note: "If we have not heard from you by 5 p.m. Tues day March 30, 1965, we will assume that this (substitute) is satisfactory with you and will report to President Jones. Thus, a one-page recommendation by two administrative-faculty members replaced a outstand- monplace name of Memorial Hall. re. Is this the result of all our ef SCOTT forts? Are the men and women of Carolina going to allow our administration to build this new Field House with funds which our new came directly and indirectly use is to from our parents' pockets and Memorial our own as well, and then name the group it anything THEY want? such an Nevertheless, if just cause can he for our e shown why Memorial Hall is a fitting name for the future up which home of our Fighting Gamecocks' Buildings basketball team, in whose mem 3 for our ory~ the building is dedicated, and iw houses why this name deserves to be Idings H, immortalized in the steel and r modern concrete of OUR new Field mitories? House, I will humbly withdraw g (based my criticism. n?!) and However, this is not the point height?). I wish to make, for a Field House I us what by any other name would serve do when the purpose. My point is that alphabet? once again the desires and even dy in use the needs of Carolina's students compass- have been overlooked and neg Will the lec-ted in the shuffle of admin omplicate istrative machinery, and concern AA, AB, for student opinion has been ARlA, of whicd Building, either totally lost or based on a pus is a part, I complicated system of adminis- new record hig: have our trative politics. It's about time earnings for t d finally something was (lone about this ended October 1, e dubbed executive indifference. According to and com- PATRICIA ANN PADGETT Service, sales an< Joy: South.Carolli tradoxical only a 131' raise--as pointed out Rcnl u state uni- by Senator Marshall Parker). tp2 rda to be "an And thirdly a provision to raise Suhwsdn Sof the the salary of legislators by $1,600 ms.Asto iterest in per year. (The House had passed suhaliry .a $600o annual increase but the suet vrg is in the Senate in an "anything-you-can- stina(Nt are the dIo-I-can-dlo-better" mood raised hoerinatd rtunes is it to $1,600.) ''ersls ,k survey Are these primary needs? Per- t h ot ill readlily haps they are. However, in a (Ik),ecn state which has 300,000 func- ( .Sae Gamecock tional illiterates above the age ouotenigl 500 South of 18, th(e nleed for major changes (mry,1h e Univer- in the field of education would 1th (ori a handful see'm to be indIicated. shos ot e political The fact that the state of S. C. Wl w a egister to ranks near the bottom of all 50 larly Ia- states in percentage of literacy U te quality and first in the number of men 'hseflti ion being rejected from the Armed Forces futo h neral As- because of literacy requirements til o!A e general should be a cause for grave con currently cern to all S. C. citizens. And hw hy neral As- lest we forget, kiddies, this is Rcnl h this, the same General Assembly that atclt pk ins a pro- repealed the Compulsory Educa- cueo dct ~of State tion L,aw. F JnS pe and con- Now, given the~ problem of im- ae Aglt 5,000 per jproving education, how (10 you a provi- go about it ? According to the I i eak of circuit experts in the field of education, gaut rg ear (rep- the place to start is at the grad- noe tati 30% for uate level. Well, bow do our suetprya receved grauat faili.ic rae? atopro0graduate Ifcco SOUTH CAROLINA Carolina Since 1908" Culty Or S plan drafted by a committee of 13, including four students. The Patterson-Hollis substitute is believed (no student reporters allowed) to be the plan laid before the faculty last spring and re portedly cut to ribbons by amendments from the floor. It was under the amended plan that the University began the 1965-66 school year. This plan provided that the honor system would be retained except that no freshman and sophomore courses would be under the system and that no other classroom sections would be under the honor system unless 90% of the students in each classroom section indicated their willingness to abide by its rules. This plan quickly proved unworkable. Dis honesty seemed widespread even before mid term exams. President Jones then referred the whole amended mess to the faculty advisory com mittee. This committee was described as wishing advice from "a broad segment of the University." To judge by what happened next, students are not included in ary "broad segment" of our University. A special committee con sisting only of faculty and administration (Profs. M. G. Abernathy and G. C. Brauer and Deans R. McC. Figg, W. H. Patterson, and C. H. Witten-not a single, solitary student was requested to consider the situa tion and report back to the faculty advisory committee. P.HYSICAL SCIENCE S BUILD U. S. C. TION FACILITIES PRI RANT (llT 1) $300,000 INSTTUTK PRFS 'PENT LYNDON B.JOHNSON RNRRBR . N * NA FHICEN OF TEUCTION hunge Corner: ABA Slater on cam- rs o$5;13oof., 2I, W~ as announced a *1,()iI (1.ninraeo rs ad in sales and 1 e noeatrtxsfeto he fiscal year as$,500.oor 1965.I)ve ..1)adon, hais an p pl the ARA Newsoft( orl,oitd(ittts.rie roterrveus sesn toa$2ni.13,0s aromi $n3ing t oe veyraningte( in of - atin inc arealsti of l.cnl said schools inlth a . Nerit if ncome aftr. Jaxes leion~ *xpndiurease $6,-57000- eegle $20 f Sour, anc wer usd. Itar .l. we)avidsonly cham lanipedpl [sisother taee salesand earinsio giars lestin in utrm ha h ia' st hP e rpe to u oal II'i vey) raningthebde.Wy?trr scools ind te1theiay sblee ti ako >yeorgUSC acndo- os wv ,Ifelta h .* Dur alite astatehnk i jiik sfrsi, tur. had theh fisk tIPth rsiitss hs gnrl ssst ilsr, atoe llIh itt tinun I 'arotatinaate on,y one r.hoas ie mto prsn qlustfrationds twitlal5lt5 051 ( I h loiiversity'asea motstt on, lr. Thonem as Icut(aso osts $3,000 per VasssI I hss.dao l to run a grad- ~t, h ii 11) 'sl 0 (, appropriat ur n t~tztsIion were tn il . .onet; This m. aske fo on -haf t e n ede ?iral a, Commentary Columbia, South Carolina udents? The report of the special committee, as un officially reported, must have had something of the sound of a shocker. It said the amend ments from the floor and other actions by faculty last May left "unsolved problems" and "contradictory sections." The faculty advisory committee therefore made a recommendation to the faculty based, reportedly, on what the "broad segment" of faculty and administration advocated. Substantially the new plan is one of the plans that the original special committee representing a truly "broad segment" recom mended. In short, the plan proposed's decentraliz ing the honor system and letting each college or school deal with it BUT with this DIF FERENCE-for the time being, the honor committee would consist of three faculty and two students in each instance. If any students were consulted in formu lating this plan, neither The Gamecock nor the student body at large heard about it. The faculty is reported to have approved the plan at its March 2 meeting by a voice vote, with only a scattering of "no's." The new plan upon faculty approval is supposed to take effect "immediately." We wish the faculty luck in administrating TH EIR new honor system. It will he interesting to see how Carolina students react to an administrative pre packaged honor plan supplanting a system of student concurrence. The kG6ravesyard April 5, 1900. is a date to be circled on the calendars of all in. )GRAM terested, concerned Carolina Rtu. (tents. This is the date set by the )N FUNDS Rtudent government Elections Committee for nominations of student officers for the 196-67 school year. On this date, nominations will be in order for some 100 offices, including student body an class ofie tudeurtmanyatorentsann oth."s &nlateracy' gnealelc body officeinha!only ohe nemi letdwtout opmostrtionorhio Ieve faithetllymenninell.ret tis beuldnhinereansdnfferent an. Itoeand, ThGreean-Icuos n idoulhaotleesalnwedntrreasa Threnumberion tfdents tn th Sf aiinter7 (atoin cmps0-t Ilrvalsforacrvirdingtuden the ofrte for tIua eforth t houue fsuen ~ oflni tha the00 Legi e ontiscmpsiso-ya to oury nman y clibtsan t stdnswopriiaei atpactriiesrifthteitudnt tics andadinsatie rido noAofril596 the selves to eirf eycilowdtudnt then aeyare chati ieresteir corneCrln stu (('11,1be ~OI)lUCe,l de(ntJse This theate in thel Iti tha i It31 te en ~ student government. Eletiony to ~ agin tinU'Comamitte foromineatis 'of Th eastudent habfo th 1in6 tton tis onate woia;ons ill be in ornriforremes100offices Senae vn uner te Oinlud~ bing isteneoyad toclass plan.Hichlnd, oeen crs,g su adeisenatersn resenati,n fnni ~to ther smr.Bti s' l ~ ltis ak reppo Ani there st' gealwy belea If aainin It'7 (at tine, to ouf dntfo stuen "rva5 acordng 0th nege trheachT ear. two, whuens SlI. IA sliIl n urther yore faithfuiy brohe werl st a i f'rtlulate(1011 t mti corl mherbe diffest.ha of iulilir o te i h~is consid a runidicufous and 0 ~ y 'nda yol in a tha, (Io ft ugh occurrenceThinh nhe nuhbnr oh,sthenntsim thae paor ity hifosevninsuetg '~ '110~ ,, Ioter netit o sition i s e t remely 311. I' aI1, CIThemefuture of* student govern-I~ of h.(arecck &f IOl ment01 o thetuis capus~ is onlh a ties andadminiarative5aility d