Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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New INDEX Fight Song -u-- B e--ral Nws .... FgtSnLl tEditorials ......8A Social Affair' .....45 (See Page 2-A) Facuky . 2 Spos...............5-7A Features ...... Staff Special ...... B UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVHq No. 2 Columbia, South Carolina, September 23, 1966 Founded 1908 Politics Invades Campus Politics will be coming to USC in the Southern tradition Oct. 13 when the University Young Democrats Club sponsors an old fashioned stump speaking. FREE BARBECUE Included in the evening will be a free barbecue for Carolina stu dents, door prize drawings, a pro gram of live entertainment and speeches by democratic candidates for state offices. STATE LEADERS Gov. Robert E. McNair will be among the five opposed candidates for state offices who will speak. Senatorial candidates Ernest F. Hollings and P. Bradley Morrah will also give addresses. Sen. John C. West, candidate for lieutenant governor will speak, as will Cyril B. Busbee, Democratic candidate for state superintendent of education. Platform guests will include several unopposed Democratic can didates, former Democratic gover nors, Democratic congressional can didates, state party officials and University officials. SOLICITATIONS SOUGHT YD President Patton Adams re vealed that the stump meeting idea came from Carolina YD mem hers. The event will be financed completely by individual solicita tions presently being sought by USC Young Democrats. Adams said the purpose of the project is to introduce the candi dates to USC students and pro % mote political awareness on cam pus. The stump speaking is tenta tively scheduled to be held on one of the University athletic fields and will begin at 6 p.m. YD presently hopes to secure a well-known figure as master of ceremonies of the stump speaking and possibly a band to provide entertainment (luring the barbe cue. University's Tops 10,00 University enrollment topped the 10,000 mark this fall for the first time according to unofficial administration estimates. Dr. Rollin E. Godfrey, director of admissions and registration, " said Wednesday, "Although fig ures for the 1966-67 year will not he complete until the end of late registration Sept. 27, it seems en rollment for the fall will exceed 10,000." Students on the main campus totaled 8,864 last fall - 7,194 (lay undergraduate, 347 law, 841 grad J It's A Girli Student Body President Bill Youngblood was all smiles Wed nesday afternoon as he passed out "It's a Girl" cigars. Daughter Lisa Grey Young blood was born at 1:04 p.m. Wed nesday in Providence Hospital, and weighed seven pounds, 13 ounces. Mrs. Youngblood is the former Tommie Dee Grey. First Pep 1R Carolina's first pep rally slated for Friday at 6:30 p.m. Dean of Men L. Eugene ( dlents to attend the pep rally ii State game Saturday and "j royal welcome." Coach Dietzel will introdu< as well as the Gamecock offer varsity cheerleaders. Also performing will be ti under the dlirection of James I Some 4,000 spirit cards ai tion to studlents attending. The Gamecocks meet Meml (day at Carolina St.adium. A ppearing The Four Tops will pwesent 8 p.m. in Township Auditoritim, Council. Four Top4 Scheduled By JIMMY WANNAMAKER Staff Writer Internationally known singing group The Four Tops will per form next Friday from 8 to 12 p.m. at the Township Auditorium, sponsored by the Interfraternity Council. Tickets for the campus-wide show and dance are $2.50. They will go on sale Monday at the Rus sell House. One I) card per couple is required. Backup band for the four-hour lance is the Cavaliers, noted for summer performances at South Carolina beach areas. Enrollment ) This Fall u:ite, .182 evening school and 286 associate degret and certificate program enrollees. Seven regional campuses enroll ment brought the overall Univer sity figures to 10,590. Computers were used for the third year in registration. Ef fectiveness of this year's program has not been evaluated. Godfrey said effectiveness of any system can be measured by the number of drop-add cards that are used to correct problems. These may he filed until Sept. 27. "From all I can see, it would appear registration went more smoothly than heretofore," the ad ministrator said. "One thing that must be born in mind is that registration is a vast, co-operative e n t e r p r i s e through the various administra tive offices. "I have a feeling that we are moving more closely together than ever before." As of Monday, only 310 on campus students and 94 transfers had not picked up registration ma terials. ally Slated of the school year has been at the Field House. ~ooper. urged University stu preparation for the Memphis ive Coach (Paul) D)ietzel a e other new Carolina coaches sive team, dlefensive unit and ec 1966 Marching Gamecocks ~ritchard. e also available for distribu )his State at 8:30 p.m. Satur Next Week a popumar coicert next Friday at spo)rel by the Inite-fratenlity s Concert By IFC IPC president Ed Tucker re minded USC students that the dance will be the night before the Georgia game at Carolina Stadium and expressed a hope that stu dents would support the IFC en deavor and "start the weekend right." The Tops, who sing pop, coun try and western, modern jazz, and rock and roll music, have played andl replayed many nightclubs throughout the country as well as touring Europe. They have been featured on national television. The four men are all native Detroiters and have claimed an interest in good music since their childhood. They record on the Motown label. Outstanding singles of the Four Tops include "Baby I Need Your Loving," "Without the One You Love," "Ask the Lonely," "I Can't Help Myself," and "The Same Old Song." Their current album is "The Four Tops." The group organized in 1954. Their staying together since then appears to be paying off now as many critics in the field rate them as one of the major current groups. Members of the close knit group are Abdul Fakir, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo Benson, and Lawrence Payton. The Cavaliers, backup band for the (lance, has played for three fraternity parties this week. Seating By BETH BROWN Asst. News Editor Something new is happening at Carolina this year-reserved seats at football games-and there have been student rumblings and com plaints about the confusion andl the' system in general. Seniors, graduate students and law students began picking up their coupons and tickets Monday in what Jeanie Thompson de scribed as "mass confusion." lIoweyer, there has been some ap)proval of the system. Co~ach Jack Thompso()n, dIirector of the project, expressedi opti mism about the set-up. lHe agreed there was much con fusion at first, but that perhaps this was caused( because the stu dents did not undlerstand the pro (c('(ure. Pinkerton men are handling the ticket sales just as they do at the games. These security officials sign for the tickets and are then responsible for their dlistribution. (Coach Thompson said there's a real problem if coupon books are lost. Fred Ridge, senior, said the sys tem wasn't bad except for stu dlents dating someone from off cnmpus or for students who want FBI L On TI fy GINNY CARROLL Managing Editor Federal authorities are leading an investigation of threatening phone calls to USC Head Football Coach Paul Dietzel which climaxed last Friday in a bomb scare for Louisiana-bound Gamecocks. C. II. DeFord, Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge of the Columbia regional office, said Wednesday, "The mat ter is under investigation." "However, in keeping with our policy, I cannot comment on any phase of a pending investigation." Threatening phone calls to the Dietzel home began several days before the coach's widely publi cized return to Louisiana State University and continued after the football team's departure for Baton Rouge. The Gamecock mentor said Wednesday he has no idea on the source of the calls. "I haven't answered any of the calls, but my wife and my mother in-law have talked to the caller or callers," Dietzel said. "It's always a male voice, and he has told them that somebody is out to get me and that I would not get off the ground alive." The c o a c h commented, "I thought someon# was playing a very, very cruel joke. This is a new twist for me-I've never got ten into this sort of thing before." "I don't think any respectable Gamecoci The Gamecock has been judged All-American - one of the highest honors a college newspaper may receive - for the first time in three years. Notification came early this week that Associated Collegiate Press Newspaper Critical Serv ice had ranked Spring Semester 196( issues of The Gamecock among the leading college pub lications in the country. Spring semester Editor-in Chief Sig Huitt, senior journal ism major from Charlotte. N. C., said upon receiving the All-American rating, "I'm proud that The Gamecock has again joined the list of top rated collegiate newspapers in the country." "Credit for the award-win ning issues should go to the Plan S to get seats together. Debbie Hutchinson, sophomore, said she doesn't like the arrange ment because someone may not already have a date by the day tickets are to be picked up. Senior Curtis Leopard says, "There has to be a better way." Ann Lynn Caughman, also a senior, says it's a good system and she hopes it works and keeps peo ple from exchanging ID cards. Fran Felton, senior, expresses Coupons Cl12 i eads Ii 1reats people would engage in anything like that," he said. University President Thomas F. Jones told The Gaimccock, "This behavior, which could be expected only from a vicious or irrational person, is deplorable." Jones had high praise for ef forts to track down the source of the calls. "The coaching staff and the administration were greatly reassured by the excellent co operation and efficiency of the law enforcement and investiga tion units which responded im mediately." J. P. Strom, head of the South ODK Con Instructic By MERRY ANNE BURNETTE Staff Writer Campus leadership instructior, will be on an organized scale for the first time when the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership confer ence convenes Friday and Satur day, Oct. 7 and 8 at University Residence Hall, formerly Hotel Columbia. PURPOSE Purpose of the program is not only to learn parliamentary pro cedures and to establish the role of all campus organizations in the L Rated All Carolina Community-which as a whole, joins willingly each week in helping us student journalists present an interest ing and accurate summary of campus news." ACP's definition of All-Am erican honor rank is "a su perior rating, reserved for the top publications." Singled out for praise by the judging service was The Game cock's story on a Student Sen ate request for sanitation in vestigations of ARA Slater Food System. A judge's comment on the spring semester editorial page was, "I like your alertness to problems and subjects that con cern student welfare! Keep a steady course!" parks D it this way, "Instead of having to go to the game two hours in, advance, now people have to get dlates a week in advance." Gretchen Brandt, also a senior, wants to know wvhat happens when the dlate' is madle a week in ad vance and the couple has a fight during the week. D)anny Johnson, freshman, s.ays. "It's going to work out better than it has in the past, and it will keep people from using student ID ave sti To D arolina Law Enforcement Divi ion, and Harry T. Snipes, captain )f the Columbia Police Depart nent Detective Division, super ised a search of the Gamecocks' 'hartered plane. Only after officers had com )leted a thorough search were )ietzel and the players allowed to ro aboard for the early afternoon 'light to Louisiana. FBI agents entered the investi ration, DeFord explained, because i threat to bomb an airplane or iny interstate commercial carrier >rings a case under federal juris fiction. ference n For Le 'arolina Community, but also to learn the job of the faculty ad visors. All members of ODK, Alpha Order, and Blue Key are invited to attend. Each other campus organization may send two representatives and me faculty advisor, but additional representatives may be requested. Registration fee is $5 per par ticipating organization. T h i s amount covers the two represen tatives. Charge per faculty mem her and any extra representative is $2.00. American Sig Huitt rissent :ards ether than their own." Ken Nunnery, also a freshman, thinks it might be better to have stadium seats "first come, first serve" like last year. Jane Anderson likes the idea of reserved seats and class segrega :io'n, "and not just because I'm m mighty senior," she says. Arthur Morissy, graduate stu lent, described his feelings this way, "It's fun; I like confusion." Robert Hart, sophomore, said that if an underclassman dates an upperclassman, the upperclass man should get to sit with his own group and not with the lower class. "It's a pretty good idea, if I undlerstand it right," is what jun ior Robert Belding thinks. Andy Smith is against the way things are being run. He thinks it would be better if pictures were on ID) cards. He likes the reserved seats, but does not like the idea of segregating classes. "It makes seniors like myself who want to sit in the senior section buy a date book for $10.', Many students believe that the arrangement and confusion will get better as the season progres ses and as people become more used to the idea of coupons and ration ietzel "If this were simply a threat to a person's life, we would not have entered the case," the agent said. FBI men were observed about the Carolina campus throughout this week. Last Friday night, the agents questioned fraternity men about phone hook-ups in fraternity houses, possible access to the phones by other students and ri valry along Fraternity Row, an in formed source told The Gamecock. DeFord confirmed the investiga tion "has included inquiries on the campus, but in many other areas as well." rovides adership WELCOME An introductory program is scheduled for the afternoon of Friday, Oct. 7 from 4 to 6 p.m. During this period University President Dr. Thomas F. Jones will issue the welcome. Chctrles Witten, vice president for student affairs, will follow with an address on the "Role of Campus Organizations." DISCUSSION GROUPS Sixty-minute discussion groups pertaining to academic and profes sional organizations, social groups, honor-service organizations, reli gious organizations and interests will also be conducted. Leaders for these discussions include Patricia Paschel, assistant dean of women; the Rev. Jerry Hammett, chairman of Carolina ichaplains; and Dave Phillips, di rector of Student Union. BUFFET DINNER A buffet dinner is slated for 6 p.m. Friday after which Dr. John Otts, dean of the School of Ed 1ucation, will speak on "What Leadership Demands." Another session of discussion groups will be conducted after the address. Leaders for these are Dr. Reid Montgomery, professor in tjhe School of Journalism; Ted Ledeen, director of YMCA-YWCA; Mrs. Ada B. Thomas, assistant profes sor of business administration and Witten. 'PARLIAMENTARY Parliamentary procedupes will be discussed with Dr. M. G. Chris tophersen, Professor of English and Debate team coach, during the Saturday afternoon session. The leadership project program will conclude with a conference concerning the topics of leader ship in discussion and in a com mittee. Arrest Ends South Dorm Elevator Ride A Fort Jackson soldier was ar rested and charged with dis orderly conduct late Monday after he entered an elevator in South Building at 11 p.m. and rode to the third floor. Dean of Men L. Eugene Cooper said the man, described by a housemother as slender and of medium build, had been drinking but was not intoxicated according to police judging standards. The GI had been unintentionally locked in the first floor west wing, the housemother said. When he was told to go out the front door, he entered the ele vator instead, she said. The soldier was turned over to military police Tuesday morning and will appear for trial in city court noe week