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Runaway Car Apparently Caroliia's I)arking Mauroiiat, whose Chevrolet. is pictur coicrete enlraice porch of South Tt was to rock the car and pushi it to r frotis South Tower. The foriner Ui lost control of the vehicle, however, front porch of the women's dormiitor end. No one was injured in the incid head of the University police force. Orientatio 'Confusing ' r e s h m e n orientation was "great, a nuisance, effective, bor- I ing, confusing and well-organ ized." These were among the wide range of comments freshmen were t making Wednesday at the conclu- i sion of their three-day introduc tion to the Carolina Community. I The Gamecock conducted a ran- a dom survey in an attempt to find out what the most recent arrivals I to the University campus think of I orientation. USC F( When ( A new era in USC football begins Saturday night when llead Coach Paul D)ietzel takes his young andI inexperienced G;amecocks to Baton Rouge for a season-opening clash with pierennial Southeastern Confer enee power Louisiana State The game will be a home coming of sorts for the new G;ameLoctk hieadl mentor who helped lay the foundation for the present LSU football pro ' rama during his seven-year (enur'e as head coach of the Tigers. Bunt he does not exp)ect to re (eive exactly a royal welcome. LSUJ fans are still angry at I )ietzel for leaving to become headh coach at West Point and have worked1 themselves into an emtOtional frenzy in anticipation of Saturno'e game. (Gameccock photo bY Crewe) Parks Itself problemiv got the better of Nick ed4 above after it droppedl off thle mer. Mattromlat -.aid hlis, intentionl i start on thle liull Street hill that iver--i1y studfenit and( hlis assistanits. and it left thle road, crossed lthe v, andf nlose-dived off thle souithernl eit,. accordinig to If. E. Robinison, n Activiti ,Boring, "I think it was great," said fred Osborne, pre-pharmacy stu lent from Columbia. "T'hey made is feel right at hiomec." Lairry Sims of Columbus, N. C., hought, "It was too much of a muisance, took uip too much time." Many of the comments fell in hie middle ground of both praise nd adverse criticism. Scott Girard, biology major rom Charlotte, N. C., said, "Wre arn11ed a lot about the school, and ow to get around. I think it was >otball Wi 4 '11 Parkscocks roietze is ot abt alf crai "as toe wht itorexpect ffo this tWea.MmroSatrday( nig.' "Hteton stly," othe said, "wre hlleth o siiitdef tho we rad re ong tohe i,ad oterie"of h ouhr "I'i thikcworrging to II .B b etsn aittl ea tivuith is of thie itso wease get,e said iezel, wh thobmehea coarry Siat Columbuon Apri C, wasit.h thet tas torc of ai practie teoo i tomuh tpim." They fGthecokns fel had ly two i wdeeksun of pre-seasone rills ad Dritzefesm. ha "w red smlyhvnot ad thescolad time. to dot arlun Ih things was wuldlk to to. exc frhisw have t bestdby nit.lelin eaclhesaiti, butwe have sev ea spotiwhc we egongt do no think we are going toebe UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVII, No. 1 Colutimbia, South Carolina, September 16, 1966 Founded 1908 Newcon Carolir By GINNY CARROLL Managing Editor Widespread confusion w h i c h blankets the Carolina campus each fall was increased this year by the arrival of some 4,000 new members of the Carolina Com munity. Most of the 4,000 came Sunday, creating traffic jams in most areas of the campus and crowds of people in any area where informa tion was available. "Iow can I get to . ." was on the lips of most additions to the Carolina Community. That question and a number of others were at least partially an swered in the three-day orienta tion program presented to fresh men in an attempt to acquaint them with the campus which will Called Effective' too long, though. We didn't use all the time we were allotted. It could probably be (lone in two (lays." Stephen Fox, freshman from Rock Hill, intends to major in music. llowever, he found himself in a engineering orientation grot1p. "I like the University fine," he said, "but as far as orientation, it was like a bunch of ants running around - especially on Sunday (See Orientation, Page 6) 11 Begin N Clash WI Making things tough for the Gamecocks will be the fact that at least eight tentative starters have never played in a college game. Sophomores Toy M c C o r d , who is replacing the injured Butch Reeves, and Tim Bice will start in the defensive back field. Gene Schwarting will hold down one of the end posi tions and Charlie Thompson, who was red shirted last year, is slated to start at middle guard. On offense, sophomore red . shirt .Johnny Gregory has b)een tappedl as a rep)lacemnent at sp)lit ('nd for ,J. R. Wilburr., considl.. ('red by malny the finest pass catching end ever to p)lay for - Carolina. "'Johnny is not very hig: (5-10, 11i8),"' said l)ietzel, "bhut he has goodl sn(e(d can catch iers Bai ta Comi be home to a large portion of "the 4,000" for the next four years. Freshmen were divided into orientation groups by schools for the first time this year. Previ ously, grouping was alphabetical according to last names. THE AGENDA Tours of the campus, tests, and general information about the Car0lina way of life and social events made up the agenda Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday. The more than :3,000 freshmen were divided into two sections for mass meetings Monday, but even with the class split the earlier session filled the Field louse. Vice President for Student Af fairs C. 11. Witten addressed both general meetings. iHe told the freshmen, "Even though at college you will be pretty much on your own, I want to assure you that there are many people here to whom you can turn for help, advice and counseling." W i t t e n introduced President Thomas F. Jones, Dean of Women Elizabeth Clotworthy, and Dean of Ifen L. Eugene Cooper who added thiIr welcomes. THREE PHASES President Jones described the total introductory program in his message to students. "As a iember of the Carolina ,lommunit y. you will have an op 10tortunitV to participate in three ifferent but related areas of Uni versity life: academic, cultural and1 extra-curricular. . . . A blend of these thriCe phases can help ew Era th LSU ,he ball very well and is in ex ellent condition." Other offensive starters who Kill get their college football a ) t i s ml Saturiday include trorg-side guard Donnie Rose, en1ter Toi Wingard and weak aide guard ILyrumin Pierce. Rose Id P1ierce are juniors and Ningard is a sophomore. The position which pleases >ivtze most is quarterback. WIe have an excellent quarter );ek in Mike Fair and a good )aek-up man in Ted Wingard. like is a real smart footbhall >layer; he has the knack for nov ing the teami down the field mid into the endl zone.'' Othler b-ack fiel st arteris are uniors J1im MIulvihill at full ark. Ihen G arnto at w in gback nd J immy 1Killeni at taiilhuack. Tlbilack lH e ni i y ( ;allow*ay, (See' (;amei Sol Out i,n l ng -nstorm nun ity you to prepare yourself for par ticipation as a useful citizen in our democratic society." A speech by Student Body Presi dent Bill Youngblood concluded the opening session. "NEW GENERATION" "Tomorrow belongs to me and tomorrow belongs to you, the new generation," he said. Among special facilities used for orientation were the Univer sity's educational television sta tion on which a video tape about oimputer registration and a tape on the University's history were shown. Meetings with academic advis IrS helped the new students select courses for their first semester of study at USC. Some 700 transfer students underwent a less intensive orienta ton We(lnesday in a three-hour session illn Drayton Hall. leetings with Icadenlic advisers wer e scheduled for the afternoon. FOREIGN STUDENrS Foreign students received an orientation designed to acquaint them not only with the University but also wit.h many aspects of life in America. The program began Sunday with a panel discussion by older foreign students to explain life at U'SC. While new arrivals participated ill th.. orienation progranm, re turnin, stu lerns beg-an che-king nto rsidence halls in prepara tiin for ret"ristration which began Thursday and wl C on t i n U e throliugh Satur(lday. The Coach