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Editorials Thursday. April 7, 1966 The Changing Roundhouse For the third time in less than six years a new man is at the helm of the USC athletic department. We welcome Paul Dietzel to Carolina as athletic director and head football coach. The University is indeed fortunate to obtain him and a major portion of his staff from the U. S. Military Academy. With Associate Athletic Director Frank McGuire leading the basketball program, Carolina now undoubtedly has two of the nation's most renowned coaches guiding its major sports. With Dietzel's employment has come still another altera tion-a slashing of the power held for years by the University Board of Trustees' athletic committee. The change has seem ingly put President Thomas F. Jones in total control of ath letics. We hope that this change, long advocated in a necessarily restrained manner by The Gamecock, will be beneficial to Carolina. We, along with the entire student body, yearn for the top notch athletic program USC has long paid for and deserves. We believe a new day is on the horizon. The Gamecock is glad the changing Roundhouse has changed. We hope the change is permanent. Why rew People? Last weekend, Student Union, as a part of their con tinuing effort to meet Carolina student demands for enter tainment, presented three days of top-name attractions-to FEW PEOPLE. Last weekend is not the first time that the Student Union and other organizations have been left holding the bag finan ciallv when not enough tickets are sold to break even. Besides last weekend, another example of a recent finan cial fiasco is Alpha Phi Omega's annual Beauty and the Beast dance two weeks ago. This lack of crowds is a situation that is deplorable and hard to understand. It is a shame for student efforts and activity money to be wasted on providing events that the student body scantily atten(ds. Perhaps the reason for poor attendance is because USC has been spoiled by ain abundance of top-rate entertainment this year--the Serendipity Singers, Mantovani, the Su premnes, the Shirelles, the Singing Bioys of Monterrey, the Righteous Brothers, D)ionne Warwick, the Antioch String Quartet, the New C'hristy Minstrels, etc. Mayb e the answer to the tiutestio)n, "Whyv few peo pIe?"'' is a long periodl of no e ntertai nment at all. Perhaps in another year Carolina will be readyv to support andl savor another weekend of the best. Educate To Eradicate South Carimi h as found itself in the unenvsIible positiom of being among the states leading the nat ion in venereal dlisease--a most dubious honor. In the Palmetto State, from July 1, 1963 to .Junre 1964, there were 10,737 trea ted cases of venereal dlisease'. In Rich land (Countv, home of the University, there were 1,291 treated Cases of VID. The South Carol ina incidlence rate is the third highest in the zntion-34.G; in fected cases for each 100,000 lpopula tion dur ig the last fiscal year. In the state, there are more rep)ortedl cases of venereal dlisease than the number of all other' reportedl comlmunlicab)le diseases. As the figu res indicate, South Carolina anzd R ichl an County, in p)articular, rank far too high in the nation's statistics on vene(real dIise'ase. Something must be done. The Col umnbia ,Junior (Chambier of ('omflmerce is sponsor ing an educational campaign to assist in eradicating the dlisease. We hope their efforts are well received anrd the statistics biegi n to show the influence of education. SIG HIlITT Editor-in-Chief BARRY HRIEIHART JANEAN MANN Husiness Manager Managing Editor Founded Janua r 50, 1905 with flohert Elliott Corales as the first editor, The Game<eck is pubbils hted by andt for the studients of the i'inversity oif South 0 Carohnia weekly thonog the cotllege ve.ir elicept dutnng hohda .ys andt exammaitn.ttO The opmiiums ex pres sed he'rem do not net essanlyI> refledl the views of the~ admnini istration, the facult ty or the stiudenut body as a whole. Offices of The Garnecock ate mn Roomr 208 of the liussell Ilioose ton the Uiversity campus. Phones are 765--220 and 765-42-l9. The Garnecock is represenited nationally ty Natnal AdvertL.Inog Service, Inc. The pubiblication is a umembiler of the Associastedu C ollegiate P'ress, the S outh Carolhna Col legiate Press A.ssociation, the Nastinaal College Press Serv -ce and the Intercollegiate Press. Subsenption rates are 83.00 per year. Staff Eit ors : News. (;inny Carroll , 'lmuus tn-y Eet Kil Sports. Ernie Trubtlano an o liihn Lti lh l. ulr J n bac'. lws lr Socle'ty, Pat 011 iligham; Veiature. Tom tni Ils-l.a lSua Knih Prewett; e'ampus, lithi Itrown. Exchaniige, l'oor.ty Sff J n us It Susan KnIght ;EdItorIal Assistan'ts :1t I tiuuiaun.4hlek al I aIoa Elliott andi Al lOozIer ;AilvertisIng Mant- auu nr otn ager: Carter c'rewe; CirculatIon Man- Ius,eaSaf Kty llnl lnn ager ; Obs oberley;: and Chief P'hotoz- Wlo,Bed on n asWlI Photograhy Jtaff John oIui. ato. UNI "Crowinj South C By DICK ELLIOTr Editorial Assistant A bill which would provide ab sentee ballots for college stu dents is now before the House Judiciary Committee, but appar ently it is going the way of other much-needed legislation which gathers (lust in the State 1ouse. South Carolina voters are faced in 1966 with a political year un piecedented in the state's history. Every office in the state is up for grabs and most of them are being contested by both major political parties. But unless some action is taken Weekend Thougi EXCHANGI College "A st u<h-nt who gets A 's and Its in (college will not necessarily bemore succes> fuil in later life' t hain a stud(ent whlo gets ('s and lis" reve'aled a recent stutdy by lhe Amet'rican College Testing I 'rogrami. A report in the Temple 'niversity News stated that the Univyerisityv's C'ounsel ing Service was Caut ious in evaluating the results of the study which em pha si Z.'d personality chartacteris1 ties rathle r t hanr gradles in fore - casting a gradluate's success. They furtheri stated that "'prev i (Ius research condtlucted b y busi - ness firms upheld the idea (of a c'rriel atioin he t ween suiccess in college andl suictess; in later life.' and "personality traits like per se've'ranOce and tdes ire shlt be con'id'eed ini evaluating a stua dent's wo)rthi.'' "'Grades are . . .a means of gettinrg inito graduate school; a Ne'xtlItThurtsdayt at X p.mi. t he tiandidlate's for student botdy of f cte will tdeli ver thteir plat form Speechetlits ini the A ssembl hIy liiotm tf the IRussell I louse. If the past may be used as an intlicattor thle speec'hes will be ci r cu mlocttotry inr nature and fillted with It iretd cl iches' suchi as "'wotrk - ing for a greater C'arolina."' Of cour.(e if the past is an indicator tof the p)resent even this will be wasted. With the e'xce*ptio)n of the candlidattes and their girl or boy friends Ihe only peopleI in at te nda nce will be the janitorial staff of the lCussell flouse. I think this is a situatiotn that shttld nttt lie allowedI tto exist on a campus stt obviouisly in need't of student leatdership. I shioultd like to urge e've ry in te restedl stuti tdent to nott onlIy at tenrd thIiis mnitt ing but to participate. ltow? lrttpefully a qutestiomn antI an swver pe(riod( will he p)rovided't mate eadi a ndiat apak. This. rm A VERSITY OF SOUTH CAI for a Greater Carolina Since arolina on the bill now lost on the agenda of the House Judiciaty Commit tee, a large number of college students in the state will find it extremely inconvenient, if not impossible, to cast their ballots in this important election year. Elections are traditionally held on Tuesdays, normally a day for classes for most students. Under present statutes the student is required to return to his home precinct in order to vote, but how can he do so if he has classes to attend? Picture the Clemson student getting out of class at noon, driving to his home in Charleston to vote and then re it-John 3:16 E CORNER Grades metants of keeping ptarents htappy; a mneanis if avidiin g t he Armiy,"' s;uggests the Mercer ('luster. It sumts up the art of conning the pro fessort fr h'Itighert grades as "a sick art t hat grows more fev rish as more collegians compete for morme degrees at ever mtore crotwdled campuses.' The swveet young thing who sighs "'i'll do any thing for a grade"' is now likely to be told "'lTry studying.' Ana assistant professor of Eng l ish at St anford says the main job in foiol ing a grader ont exams ito "'keep him awake.'' Ilow ? "'Hy facts. A ny kid, lbut do get themi in. They are what we look for,"' he says,'"as wi' skim out lynx eye's oiver (very 'ither Itage' -a namne, i a(bi'e ani alluin an oblject, H e hold, hei perstinal. hie witty. 1he chuek full of fact s.'" Andl he's sure' it cant lhe done' oy Que w'~oubll lbe t he idea'~l time to findl s-tarois fior atnd what his qoulift (ra tios a re. it wouldil proi idet an opplor tutnity~ for~ t he' voter to colltnfi or dlispll any~ dioubts he may ha~ve and1( for te candIidate to answter openily chatrges wi ch rumior andl innuendotlt. Whtat are the quetstiions wiebt shtoubll bei askedi of the' candi Quets. .\lrt. ('andidaft', silnie Viou have t ime for thtis offict'? Quies. Mr. Ca ndlidte , it has beenCl saidi that .iti wiere g ii n a temanporary board card by Slate'r Syistem as a mtembier of a spii'tal c'ommilittee to study food qua lityv and( sersice Why) we'ren't t he'se cardis give'n to the cafete41r ia comm11it tee wich il tOUNA 1908" Needs A turning to Clemson for classes the next day. The bill now lodged in the Judiciary Committee-Bill S21 would provide an acceptable ih sentee balloting system. First, a student must be registered to vote in his home precinct-meet ing the requirements as to age, citizenship, and residency. See ondly, the student writes to the proper county official and re quests an absentee ballot. The day of the election the student would mark his ballot and send it back to his precinct. The simplicity of the,system is matched only by the difficulties apparently involved in getting the bill out of the hands of the Judiciary Committee. The bill was introduced in 1965 by Senators Earle Morris of Pickens County, William Green DesChamps of Lee County and Marshall Parker of Oconee County. At first greeted by little support, the bill was passed by the Senato after a letter-writing campaign by college students. The bill then went across the hall to the louse too late in the session for the Judiciary Com mittee to consider it. In 1966 the Senate again passed the bill and sent it across to the House. It was then di 'ected to the Judiciary Commit tee. it has been there ever since and probably will stay there. The first step in securing an acceptable bill is to make sure the committee stays on the right track in its consideration of the bill. There is the possibility the legislators may seek to amend the bill and try to make the ab sentee ballot procedure apply to other classes of persons. Natur ally, the more persons affected Iy the bill, the more chance there is House members will object to it. Iichland County Rep. Hleyward Belser has indicated Imlost legisla tlrs fav,or the hill. but le says his committee has so ntuch other legislation oin its agenda it may tnt get to the hill. The solution has alreadv been proven. The bill was helped through the Senate by the letters oif college st udents and the same strategy can work again. It is likely t hat if the committee menm bers are shown enough student initerest in the bill, especially fronm st udents of their own coun ties, they may expmedite efforts t o report out t he bill. Sen. NIlorris has adequately deC serihed the situation. IIe said, * Ifaa moros and ill iterates can vi te, why shouldn't college stu dents he able to cast their ballots ('lemson l'niversity students ha& alread.s voiced their support for thle b)ill andl a campaign is uinderntay no0w tol wirite letters to legislators. A combined Clemson 1 '(' effort could easily get the hill passed. As the stud4 ents at Clemson ha:ve suiggested, the thing to (do is to wite two letters--one to J ud iciaryI Comm1 Iiittee (Cha irman stion Th (Ques. ir. C'and idate, sinice you have\ sat iln the Student Senate all year' withIout openting your mouth11 I. we ale surprisedl that you a41pire to Stutde nt Body office. WhyI do you? Quels. NIt. anad idate(, sinIce' you live o f,. (ampu)(s, what maiikes you hink you ale inl close enough touchi with the stuidents to knowv whadt t hey want ? (Ques. NI r. (Candidate, what is your~ primlary re'ason for seek ig the office to which you aspire? Ques. Nr. (Candidate, si ne( yIou are r1e'sident (If youlr fraternity Io sorority) , do0 you4 feel that you wiill have' thn' necessary tine Ques. NI r. ( andIidate', what woh Id you do if t he admoiistran tion1 threatleed to (cut your apj prl opriat1 ions~ if yEol passedl or suip portIed a certaIiu higil? Ques. Mlr. ( andidate, what are your feelings on the lack Elf an honor system at ('aro jina ? CO bsentee Belser and one to your home county legislators. Write that letter now. The biggest year in South Carolina political history is upon us and will soon he gone. Don't lose the opportunity to be able to make your vote count. South Carolina House of Repre sentatives Judiciary Committee: Heyward Belser, Chairman, 307 Barringer Building, Columbia, S. C. (Richland). W. S. Weatherford, Jr., 308 Union St., Gaffney, S. C. (Chero kee). C. Weston Iouck, Florence, S. C. (Florence). I. W. Abercrombie, 510 Acad emy St., Laurens, S. C. (Laur ens). Judson F. Ayers, Jr., Route 2, Greenwood, S. C. (Greenwood). H. F. Bell, CShestcrficld, S. C. (Chesterfield). J. Fred luzhardt, Augusta St., McCormick, S. C. (McCormick). Albert J. Dooley, Route -1, Lex ington, S. C. (Lexington). John P. Gardner, Darlington, S. C. (Darlington). Charles M. Gibson, Moreland, Charleston, S. C. (Charleston). Jerry M1. Hughes, Jr., Orange burg, S. C. (Orangeburg). The GrE "That time of year" has come again. Some 200 members of the Carolina student body filed to offer their services for student body offices, class offices, stu dent senate, disciplinary commit tee. and cheerleaders. Most of the advice being dolled out now is to the members of the Wtudent body, urging them to think over the issues at stake, campaign for their choices, and, of course, to get out and exercise their privilege to vote. And these things are very im portant. Iut, equally as i por tant as urging studlents to v~ote' s the need for Candidates to ruin thiir campaigns conscienit,iouisly and effectively. As an old camp)aigner myself, I have learned several things from experience that I want to pass on to those oif youI who are' now in the process of planning a campaign. First, don't go out on a limb in spending money. If you really hunt around for sec onda in paper and other material. it can be done cheaply. So cut the corners. Second, andl perhapis most im portant of all, (10 a lot of t-alk ing. Talk to everyone you canl, in as many different gro,ups as possible. Sororities, fiaterin it ies, se rvice groups, rel igiouis orga ni zations1, and ot heris arie usually nmore than happy for c'amlpaign erR to attend thbei r regular metet - in gs andii speak hr it'fly andl per ha ps answer quest ionis. So con tact club presidents and ask thbenm i f you can come. e Candli Ques. Mr. (Candidate. what sal ary dloes the' office which you seek pay ? What do you intend to do with tilt money ? These qluestions are re'levaint for all candidates fur all student bod1(y offices. Hlowevt'r, thert' are' thlerIs wVh ich imlighit he' asked of cand idate's for a part itua o ,1 ffice. 'lTey atre as follows: Ques. MIr. Trt'asu re'r ('and i daite, what criteria wouldI you use fo determilning which campl~us orgatnizat ions shall lbe allowed to raiste money ? Qtues. Mr. Trt'asuirer ('andidlate', halve' yout hadit any previous ex - lit'rie'ntce in (list rib'u ting organ iza tioni funds? Qutes. M~ladanme .Sec ret ary (Canii d idate, what arec the' dtieiis of thet o,ffict' to which you aspirt' ? I)o hey includle ru nning the' st uden' t governmentIIt office which is p res eniitlIy ill a state oif coniifus ion ? Qaues. NI a dI a mi e Secre'tary ('andidate, do you type and take shorthand? hlow fast? mmentary Columbia, South Carolina Ballots J. W. Jenrette, Jr., Ocean Drive Beach, S. C. (lorry). It. W. Kemp, Bamberg, S. C. (Itamberg). Jamie F. Lee, Bennettsville, S. C. (Marlboro). John A. May, Mayfields, Aiken, S C. (Aiken). Fred N. Mclonald, 203 Lavina Ave., Greenville, S. C. (Green ville). 11. E. McDonald, Columbia, S. C. (Richlaid). Robert L. McFadden. 949 Bev erly Dr., 1.ock lill, S. C. (York). Joseph It. McGee, Jr., 2-A Lad son St., Charleston, S. C. (Wharleston). J. M. NcLendon. Marion, S. C. (Marion). James E. O'Shields. fIeming way, S. C. (Williamshurg). John C. I'racht, Jr., Anderson, S. C. (Anders.n1). Bobby M. Pruitt, Spartanburg, S. C. (Spartanhurg). Richard WN. tiley, Greenville, S. C. (Greenville). Meyer It o s e n , Georgetown, S. C. (Georgetown). James it. Stephen, 220 Sara toga Ave., Spartanburg, S. C. (Spartanhrg). II. Norman West, MNeiiks Cor ner, S. C. ( Berkeley). ivesyard You've got to eat, so, by all means, eat on campus. And switch artitund; eat in the Russell Iflouse, NI and N cafeteria, and South as many times as possible. .\nd talk to the people around you; introduce yourself to them; try to remember their names so you can speak to them when you see them later. Of tourse, nothing can replave diirmitory campaigning. Visit as ny people ats possilble. Ile Iief; speak to them for a min ute. then leave liefore o 4f fend. A giood idea is tot get some one you know on each hall to carry' you aro(undl andIm itrodluce youl to the pe(ole on that hall. When you have spare timie n~ hich wvill p)roblably be seldom spend( it resting in a sotrorityi roomt or a fraternityi lounge ttr a dotrmniitry lou nge. There you cani casually discuss t hings with stui dents. Niiw to that which is probtably motst impot(rtant of all, ptart icu larly to thoitse running foir major ilffice's: your health and your academnic standling are much r.itre important t han yotur win tngll the elect iont. fort y'ou can serve your' studenit bodyl only if youil are a studtent w,ith oiod heailt h andI in goodl staning.. schoila-.tical ly. wvill be. night s t hat you'll want tio tay upl atll unight talking andit moakingj poistters. Make thoise ats fwas poissible. JIIM G;RAVFES iltes idate', will youl lie secre'tary of the StudniI'tt Itodiy or just the Studtiett Senate as is notw the case ? Qtues. Mr. Vict-ptreside'nt (Cant d idate, since ptarit tif your' dluty is to preside ovter the Stutdent Sen ate, are you familiar' with par liamientary ptroctedure ? hlave yotu (e erI preshiileid overt an orgaiza Ques. Mlr. P-resident ('andi date, do you feel your first oh ligatiotn is tot the stutdents or to the administration? Que's. NIr. [Pres ide nt ('and idate, hoiw doi yoiu phm11 tot miake your' self availalet tit the individual student ? tIppotulnity' to qiuestiiin Studlent lBody eanilidte~ts ont TlhursdIay, intght t hetse qulestiions apphly toi all aidaii,tes fori all tiffices. Stt, in the comiing weeks whent youti are stopped otn the street wuitha a smile, a hand shtake, antd a ptlca to "votte for meak .a, ..u,..t:o..wIvY?