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Gamerock %taff ahotos by Flinn Amohg TIh ien I S. tini A)tt reaw % I,biflr4. a paiit i nog f1 I.arl IIa \\ -I inagto'sinugutral lter-ptio in in-r 121-thher apartivest inl tie ferentierI linteI i C tl isi. iw .t I 50 nSf-', I--i,in e haIl. Wido-N lBy INNY CAIROIJ, Maiagiep FAlitor i.iving in the midst of Imlore thanl -150 Imlenl couhd he a dethvaml come t lrue for a 1 il o - t any Fr I. A manda I I a r t e r Lott, age 89, it has proved at the. very east a pleasait vx perivintce. Mr . I,ott, Ine of two female inhabitants f (C'arolill'. newest mien'I e dorilitory ( the o t 1 e r bvi aw, idence couell.-wor's wI fe( remaied inl her five room"Ill .1partlent inl Hotel Co l11)b1ia at her IwI dvci -1ion0 when the faility was convertcd I o a men(111 ' Iv- idenesv hall. " I had -ve ral people to tel nie- I woulin't be happy here witht boys, but I couldn't Se- why. r2. Iw"ott tol(I 1h GI'll.rk thi- week. The U n i v e r s i t y gavv full -'anctilen to0 hor di-cision11 t4p stay. \ - '-I ! od b y \'i ( c reI d n f',r lI u-ii.- A f rai-., II a r o 1 IBrunkIIIton11, t h1 c adminmi. ration1 plsition wa.I:.. "Th 11 'n 1i vI-rs tyN will lm"! f p- l y t o IIIV) m v ,w( he ut anlytimelit that yo v Resid want to move, you can do so without giving notice." "When the University took over Hotel Columbia, we felt we should a'sk all poeple I i v i n g there to vacate," Brunton said. "1lowever, in the ease of Mrs. Lott, we felt we had a unique situation. She had put an ap preciable amount of her own money into the apartment. We would have been making a very groat inctinvenience to ask her to m o v e," the administrator ex plained. A fter two weeks, the experi ment seems to he working quite well. "There's no noise at all The only d if fe re ice I've noticed is that the elevators run1 more, but that'- only natural." "he boys all speak to me and -mile - two of them even went to chmreh .with me last Sunday," he enthused. Mrs. ,ott', 12th-floor suite is Illed with antiques whieh for nrly a1rne1d her home on f );-vin St ret. Some of the rare vaes and p attery ar family possessions palsed from generation to gen es Atol eratioi for as long as 2-50 year With s y e e i a I pride, sh, pointed out a print of Marth Washington's inaugural r1eI tion on which, with the aid o a special key, each p e r s o depicted can he identified. Born in Fairfax. Mrs. bot carne to Columbia in 1901 t take a business admini.-tratif) COUrifse at I)ri-a ughori's Buaine ('ol lege. She met .John ('alhoun Lott o her first night in the city an two years late r rn1arr 11ed th founder of .John (. I,ott Agenc. a real estate-insurance firm. M$rs. I ) Men's We earn1e back t< Columbia inl 19.II after the wedding, and rI)OVI(I into a 10-r(orn house just acro:- the street from here," ,he said. Th1 l,ott horIe was located on at adjarlnit tA) te old Colum ha p)oa-t 4ffice building an(d was p )urc .haS-ed by the faderal gov 41rinment In 1I1 for construe ton oft4 the pw-tal facility. COlunhia was a city of horses, hugi. and n1111paved streets in hoedays, .i\s. 1A>tt said. "The I la( q, whare this h ' t a I noIaw - ta w I a. a flower garden." A t'r vaaatinlg their down town homw, the L,otts moved to ;a adweilling on Devine Street wn<1(h ILoll Dorm near Ieathwood Court. "I lived there for 50 years," Mrs. LOtt reminisced. "in 1947 (e i g t t years after her husband's death), I drew my own pl-ans and had the house completely reminodeled."' In November, 1961, Mrs. Lott moved her possessions into the apartment which Hotel Colum hia officials had specially de -igied at her request. "They took the whole end of the build iIg aind turned it into this apartment," she said. M rs. Lott was president of the .John C. IAtt Agency after her husband's death, but sold the c(impany in 1956. She still handle- heri husband's estate as well ;s her own business affairs. An active member of the First l're-byterian Church since 1911, .lr,>. Lott is chairman of the Aiurch flower committee and each week creates numerous ar rangemients for the chapel and -pecial events. N o t e d for tier landscaping abilities, she contributed most (f the shrubbery around West riT-ter House, campus Pres byterian center. C(iimenting on her present connection with the University, Mr-. Lott had only praise: "I'm 0l:d I stayed - I have no re -r4t> whatsoever so far." i ni9; Tihe Ga mrecock. The Four Tops ZD The Four Top. will presenst tihe envier-vo tainenivt for t cauim-wide dlaice, pon-. %,red ,. the interfraternily Ounicil, Frida., at 8 p.m. in Townevhip Auditoritun. (Stor.7 tu,e1 F 8 pots .. 9. 0, 1 picture 4n page 3.) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. INII. No. 3 Columbia. South Carolina. September 30. 1966 Founded 1908 Democra By GOP Speaking before the USC Young Republicans last Tuesday, Irs. L.onnie Belt, Republican candidate for the House of Representatives from Richland County, revealed charges made by State Diemocratie officials they were offered money to run on the GOP ticket. Adding the comment, "I don't know who in the world would want to pay them to run," Mrs. Belt stated that Democratic candidate for senator, Fritz Hollings, charged he was offered $500,000 by the South Carolina Republican Party to run as a GOP candidate. She further declared that Demo) crat Waltri- 1 -.ri..t . Thini Di,.trict Ilou%ve canididate4, announ401111Ced1 that1 he1, had beentt ffered an uidiml,al amouit iaf nessic to rmt mn the Repuablicanl ticket, and Npecuilated wiether Fred IA-Clercq. Secmid IN trict Democratic Hse caididate. iuld he4. the Ilext to claiml) fferiigm. from the Republicani coffers. Beginning her speech with the statement, "The American public does not vote intelligently," Mrs. itelIt referred to a recent article in "'aturday Evening Post" concern - ing a public relations firm which would guarantee the election of a candidate. III the body of her speech. Mr. lelt sharply rapped the State re tireient system. "Our %tate employeve. are. mIditi cIII captives," .11 declared, "animd the State of Sith aromlina's retireieit . .tm tone of the poomrest in the rountr. She blamed this situation on one party politics She also pointed out that, al Directories S41me4 I 1,000 copies of the 1966-67 StIdetnt Telephotne Diree ttI, will he i aiitlable ftir di.-Stri hition Monllda. , lthe O Iffice of Iutsitse% Affair% amnoinced Iti% wetek. President Jone Season's Secon Ilniver.,ity President I h 0 m a s F. Jotnes will addr'ess the second 'SC pep rally of the year Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Field House. Dean of Mun L. Eugene Cooper described the turnout of over 12,000 students at the fitst rally of the season last week ias "the largest in s Belted Hopeful though the state retirement system was compulsory, it paid less in benefits than those which could he obtained from h anks or insuranc( companies. Concluidinig her comment., Mrs, Blelk exprvr.e1 concern for tie lael of .tmate-au4nip iii Sith Carolimae "South Carolina has a fine tra dition of statesmanship which haf almost been forgotten," she tol( the Young RepubliCans. "It is a tradition symbolized by tle State S v a 1 -- honor, dignit3 and hope. . . . It demands th< ecene of staitesmianship." Prior to Nlr,.. 11t'*. arri al the niw 11 formed i ung Republicaiv held their fir,-t aeting of the %ear Attendedi bo% appr4iximatel.% 50 Aun dent11u, thet nuitinmg %1.% presidedl moe Ir Jack Waterford. interim pr%4i dent. .Ne% official-, will be elected a i future mieeting. Waterford pointted out to th new nineher that the Universit, wa, the only college in the stat, that did n"t have an elected repre sentativt to the State Federation an organi/ation colposved of al college young Rtpuhlicans. Democrati Extends C Fred [eClereq. llemoclrati e can didate for the 2nd Coigressiona )istrict, has an1nouncedl plans fo a sidewalk stump speaking inl fron of Russell House at noonl Frida. "Money spent on education i the wisest possible investment society enn make." IA-CVTIe req ha advised. The etum11 lalde gradliate of Carc lina hits anoinced that if he i clected to tihe 4C21o gtessional seal he would he, ". . . the congressma oif Cai na11 .1tuldents anid flat"lt Imeiers its well ias lt people ( s 1o Address d Pep Rally the hi st or f t he Field Iloust eveI larger than the shirt tail pi rade before theit Clemson gaime hla year. At thit rally Coalch lietzel wi itntroducte tht c a p t at i n s for th Ger:gil gain t arolina Stadiu Mr.. I,nlie BiIt, 1ipublicar weitati%es, demonstrate. a point dul Iepublicans. During her addresm hopefial for chargitig Iliepublici c Candidato ampaign T - the 2nd Congressional I)istrict." i During his Friday appearance I.eClereq w i I I answer question and explain several of his pro. i posals which, if effected, . woukl concern members of the Carolint S Community. t One such proposal according t( the candidate, is the extension o1 the principle of free education or the college level: another, the sup I port of low - cost student houlsinl$ and special consideration cf ade . 1uate housing for married stu ' dents. A .e('Clerc for tongress groul is presently organlizng at ('arolina A campaign activity for this groul is sit for Friday at 1:45 p.m. In atdition to helping Letlerc, with I hs campaign, the groulp w%-l he gaining an inside knowledge o politics. the candidate maintains. Tranportation for t lit- cai - paigiliig will he providlei. ailud in t terested sttident- iall contact .lit 'aip. gradi te st uideit in tI, I S(' llistory D)epartment. or cal the I.e(' Llerct headquarter at 251 I'ctIccr;ci'.cliit Cif(arolii' (Gamecock staff photo by Finn) icks Democrats a candidate f[ir tihe 1i1uei of Repre ring a speecih tftore the I SC Young She severebw attackield Deumocratic anonie offer%. 9 LeClercq o Campus 'tudtnt body. LeClereq was also a four-year member of the USC de hate team. pposing lrtehlt-q in tihe race for the 2nd Congressional District ea is Republican incunwnt Al hert T. Wat on. also an alunInu of the U'niversity. Fred IeClercq Senato For All It, CARL. !TEA'P' Staff \ riter Student Senate sent to commit tee Wednesday a bill ea!!ing frk studlent rferfenlul n raiig al location of money to the stutident activities fund from $S.~0 to $13. Student Body VIce President Im.1 Mulligan joined Sen. Rusty Ellerbe in introducing the bill calling f.r a student vote on raising the activity fund allotient. E 1 I e r b e reported Univvisit y President Thonmas F. Jones has st.ated the student body must Vo'e on the proposal before an in C(reasetd allotimnit could be i madc. If Senate approves the bill, voting will Ie conducted during freshman Al ii ent to) conmtte- was a bl" - abuitted by Stn. Richard Morrel which calls for the appomitment of a com i :ttCe to sel ct t ht' p i mary speakt r fir I Iu graduat ion t,c X Iv Se The commit.tee wouhd be chaired by the presilent of the -vnior clan who Would appoint two additional senior, from the Senatv if poss le, and two representativvs of the graduate school. Completing tihe comnittee would be the stUdent body prident and two appoiltee of University Presi dent Thoma, F. Jones. Committee men 1nmed by the administration would colle from the f a c u I t y, alu1ni or 1oarid of Trustee. DIETZEL. COlMENDEl)I S e1 n a t e voted unanimously to commend the work (if Athletic Di rector Paul lhetztl and hl- athletic pr-ogramin. "So much of the final success or failure of any athletic program depends on the support of the stu dent body, and as the representa tives of the student body, we ur,ge continued support of Coach Dietzel and his program," the bill mtro duced by Student Body President Bill Youngblood and N u i i g a n states. Also receiving ulanilou ai proval were a proposal to allow\ proportional Senate representation to the College of General Studics and a bill to urge the Office of Public Relations to produce a fil, oil killiversity lift.. rs Heai .ocat101 4mpt1ni m it-ing1 the bill to r meni eniterulk- to K!%ve repre naanto Gvnwral Studies while mo Yponsored the meauIre to The, f'i1l Wo1li b u.--d by ti tudent 1 peaker1 Hureau in public la-n with schoo! and organi atio!:s a t'U il t , - i*'e, RF.%T IS*-; ES l'reniet Yonghoodpre:,ented L tht Sle t. h:- appointm sents for il:1y 1t ct)i e imittec:- one O'n r'd n it t he C GreaCt IsSLI regram, 11 an1d t,hte .e nd Involving studeilt-f r'ult% v rroup 1or tiaihe v iiu o . lie repo rcewd lund< have been is u1cd ft-r the G;reat leuprogram Imd noted that tent-ative spcaker i1ive - c i n heduled. including \ kansSen. William Fulbright; en i w:- lI.rsheyv, director of he Selective Service Comimission President Or Stiudet IBMw %'residetnt Bill I (.ret 1-mw- 'rogram to mevvsmlwr% the fir,t fall s-me,te-r "- i , u . i 4 r Bill 1 Hike nd Rep. I. Mendel Rivers, chair an of the House Armed Forces u bcomm flittee. The Great Issues program will OC u s this year on the draft, oungblood said, but. presentations vill ako deal with the pros and on- of drugs use and with "south In justice." A 12-man Student Government onimittee wvas appointed and ap >rved for the program, a joint peration of Student Government ind Student 'nion A I s o approved were appoint neit. by Senate President Mulli .f lot Hobson as Homecoming -hairman and Tommy Player as -haiirman of the Intramurals Com rnuittee. Iulligan read to the S e n a t e ruie- governing attendance at Sen ite meetings and committee meet Lng- and emphasized the r u l e s would be enforced "to the letter of the law." (Gamecock Otaff photo by Reekheit) Wtines Plans 1unghkwd descriew, the upComing f Sti ulen S4 . ...... C. lvelljIs fr.