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Eleci "New Ballot Scheduled" reads our headIne. Only three words stating a simple fact. But behind these words lie disgrace, lack of leadership - and a wise decision. Wednesday, in the midst of the run-off elections, voting was stopped in the races for Aca demic Responsibility Committees and School of Education Senate seats. The student body officers and election c ha i r m e n acted wisely - but we submit they are too late, with too little. We quote from the April 22 issue of The Gamecock: ". . . we ask that a committee be appointed NOW to work with the new elec tions chairman to assure students that next year's elections will be well planned and well executed. The election mistakes of this year should never be repeated." The Gamecock sounded the cry; it went unheeded. Now, six m o n t h s later, we have had to sound the cry again. But this time we chose to make our voice heard during the elec tion, not afterward. And it is to the credit of the etudent body president, v i c e president and Lions: NW election chairmen that they listened. The election fiasco of last spring, bad though it was, gen erated no serious protest from any candidate or student. Criti cism of the process was left to The Gamecock and a small group of concerned people. Much the same problem occurred this fall, w i t h no candidate or student lodging a formal protest with the election committee despite obvious irregularities. The lack of real concern in a matter of the magnitude of student elec tions is appalling. Just as appalling were the dis crepancie- and irregularities which o c c u r r ed during the election. Briefly, the important ones were: - Flollowing nominations Oct. 12, a "mandatory" meeting of candidates was held for the pur pose of explaining the campaign and election rules. All nominees, or their representatives, were to appear at the meeting or face disqualification. In numerous in stances, especially in the case of "fraternity slates of candidates," one person "represented" a num ber of nominees. Just as bad ill Chai were the easily obtained excuses given to some oandidates who could not appear. - The election committee an nounced a deadline of 5 p.m. Oct. 12 for nominations. An ex tcn.ion was granted in the case of the School of General Studies, which was granted a seat in the Senate only recently. Following the "mandatory" nominees' meet ing, a list of the nominees was given to The Gamecock. By the time of the election M on d a y morning, several "phan.tom" can didates had been placed on the ballot, specifically in the case of nominees for the Academic Re sponsibility Committees. -Voters were erroneously told to vote for one nominee for Sen. ator for the School of Education, instead of the proper two nomi nees. We realize that this was probably no more than an over sight, but, and we emphasize again, there is no room at all for errors in the election of student body leaders. It must be pointed out, however, that the election committee had caught the mistake and the election was being run over Wednesday before It was ice For stopped again. - It was quite evident that .a voter, upon getting his ballot from the election worker, was free to vote for any office he wished. There was nothing to prevent a student majoring in Arts and Sciences, for example, from voting for nominees for Business Administration Sen ator. -Last, and probably must serious, is the fact that the e n t i r e election was conducted after the deadline as provided in EDITORIAL the Student Body Constitution. The constitution states that the fall election will be held "the first Tuesday in October." As a matter of fact, the election chairmen were not appointed until Oct. 5, the day after the election was supposed to have been held. As a result the election chairmen lacked sufficient time to adequately plan the election and procure poll worker. It must be said that the chairmen, Ed Bond and Craig Evans, did commendable Jobs con. Praise sidiring the amount of time in whith they had to work. The elec tion was noteworthy for the lack of campaign problemm. Ie chair men supervised well the placing of posten armd the campup and the di-dribution of campaign material. The lack of time can be cited as a contributing factor to many of the problems which occurred during the elections. The result ing lack of p u bl i c i t y can be blamed for the hasty nominations and the poor voter turnout, stu (ent a p a t h y notwithstanding. IAes than 1,500 students, fresh men and upperclassmen, voted in the primary last Wednvsday. It is difficult to understand the type of student that would allow a Homecoming Q u e e n to be named without his v o t e being cast. But apparently there are some 8,500 of "that type" at USC. Why was the election late? That is a question for student body vice president Jim Mulli gan, who is responsible for ap pointing election officers. Why, we ask, was action not taken last spring, as The Gawucock suggested? Admittedly the not Ever C difficult problem on campus is finding someone willing to take a job and do it well. But surely a c h a i r m a n could have been found in six months. And finally, by whom were the election chair Men really appointed? We umierstarnd a disagreemient a, to who make" the appointments, presidenit or vice pret4kient, caused the delay last spring. '1ie same t-quabble delayed action thit fall, on the matter of elections and othfers. There is no romurvi for such delay, or mquabbling, among lead er% of our tudernt xxy. This entire shameful episode serves to point up the existing problems in Student Government at USC. Student Government, or any other organization or insti tution, can take but one direc tion. That one direction is for ward, and we rnust have a unity of spirit and purpose in order to move forward at the best posai ble pace. We believe President Bill Youngblood, with the approval and cooperation of Bond, Evans and Mulligan, has taken a step in the right direction: a committee was ramed Wednesday to study Dme? the election laws, formulate a new set, and destroy the numer ous other sets of laws now float ing around. This committee, com posed of four officers n a m e d a b o v e and the editor of The Gamecock, will meet Nov. 9 to begin its work. We trust this committee will seek to devise a plan which wiU eliminate the disgraceful conduct of clections in the past. There can t no putting off, for an election chairnman should he named soon to bwgin preparation for an honest election next spring. Nothing more will be asked, and nothing less should be done. President Youngblood has at tcmpted to lay the blame for the election problems on his own shoulders. He is partially right, but the rest of Student Govern m-nt must share the bl a m e. Equally at fault are the candi datcs and students that observed the irregulari.ties but chose not to report them. To us, the placing of b I a n e has proven a most painful task. We trust that soon we will have the opportunity to p r a i s e the moulders of an honest election. Bt Blanket ConcertINE 8:00 p.m. on the Horseshoe David, della Rosa & Brooks modrrn.folk enrartwiners. modern folk entertainers-"M- o ^ar presented by the Student Union eatures 6 sIorts . 1(. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVH, No. 6 Columbia, South Carolina, October 21, 1966 Founded 1908 Earlier Made F Student Senate Wednesda3 referendum on the recently p sity fee by $5 in order to all student activities fund. Senate approved a bill co Richard Morrell, Jim Mulligar words "To be held concurrent] Blue Key Welcomes Scholars Some 75 National Merit Scholar ship semi-finalists from South Car olina have been invited to partici pate in Blue Key Merit Scholarship Day here Friday. "Merit Scholarship Day is a pro gram in which Blue Key tries to interest students of the highest caliber in attendinT their state uni versities," e x p l a i n e d Blue Key chairman Ray Flynn. The program will begin at 9 a.m. with registration and refresh ments in the Russell House. Dr. H. W. Davis, USC vice president for academic affairs, will wel come the students. The semi-finalists will attend classes of their choice from 10 a.m. until noon. An address by Dr. Stephen H. Ackerman, director of the Univer sity Honors Program and associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, will be part of a luncheon meeting. In the afternoon, the students will visit s c i e n c e and language laboratories and meet USC student leaders. Discussions c o n c e r n i ng USC plans for expansion, admissions procedures, scholarships and loans, and opportunities for extracurricu lar activities on campus will begin at 4 p.m. Also included in the afternoon activities will be conferences with departmental representatives. Dr. Raymond A. Moore of the Department of International Studies will be guest speaker at an evening dinner meeting. "We are working closely with the Office of A d m i s i on s and Registration in conducting t h i q program," Flynn said. "We will try to show the students the excel lent opportunities which exist for them at Carolina," he added. The tours will be guided by Bill Crosswell, D)ennie Howard, J o h r Weigle, Jim Mulligan, Sig Hluitt, Larry Brandt, Walter Edgar, Aud reyv Meyer. and K(it Sosamon. Voting ossible r paved the way for an earlier assed bill to raise the Univer ocate additional money to the signed by Sens. Rusty Ellerbe, and Peter Perill to delete the ly with the regularly scheduled spring student body elec tions" from the legislation passed on October 5. USC President T h o m a s Jones has stated the referen dum is necessary before the fee increase can be considered. Also passed was a bill to give Senate seats to the presidents of women's dorms: Sims, Wade H a m p t o n, McClintock, South Tower, Richland Hall and South Dormitory. Student Body President Bill Youngblood announced that a mixer will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Columbia Residence Hall (Columbia Hotel) to explain the concept of dorm government, which is being considered for its residents. A student bill of rights is in the making, Youngblood also ex plained, to state the responsibility of the University to the student, and of the student to the Univer sity. Introduced and sent to commit tee were a number of bills, in cluding a proposal by Senators Morrell and Ellerbe to recommend that University financial informa tion be published in The Gamecock, especially concerning book store and food service finances. IFC United Fund usobby Kurz ( teond fI Fratenity, accep)ts an IF(: award a puccessfully reaches' its 1'niied Fun, ia I. L. laymhan, chairman of the 41 are IFC P'resident AI Tucker and I Phi E~ps wer meognized at 1 'nhu.wav ni=ht. Candidat 'Mis and similar seenes remini week that elecion time has returk Taken in front of the Rumell Hlou veals a few of the new ideas and gi Gamecoc Peaks Ho The Carolina Gamecock-Florida State Seminole clash next week will be accompanied by a full weekend of homecoming festivi ties, including a concert, a Satur day (lance, and the annual parade. Rally And Concert A Friday pep rally at 6:30 p.m. in the Field House will kick off Gamecock Staff Photo by Gallaway Drive Concluded et), president kf hi Epsilon Pl fferrnd to the fratenity which most ii Ilrive goal. Presenting the award rive in Sonth Carolina. looking on bean of Men l. Eugene Cooper. es Vie For Voter 2 led students this USC candidates ied to Carolina voters. Observan w, the scene re%- have gained a fei mmicks used by k-Semino mecomin the weekend activities. Highlighting the pep rally will be the announcement of this year's homecoming queen. Entertainment will be provided by Jay and the Americans, nationally known re cording artists. Tentative plans are for Gov ernor Robert E. McNair to intro duce head football Coach Paul Dietzel at the pep rally. A concert at the Township Auditorium featuring Jay and the Americans will begin at 9 p.m., following the pep rally. Admis sion will be $1.50 per person and one 1.D. card per couple. The annual homecoming parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, and according to an administrative rul ing no classes will be held after that time. The parade will feature floats built by sorority and fraternity groups, as well as entries by in dependent organizations. Gridiron Clash The main event of Homecoming will take place at 2 p.m. at Caro lina Stadium Saturday when the Gamecocks meet the Florida State Seminoles. "Happiness Is" will be the theme of the half-time activities, which will include a seven-minute rendi tion of Henry Mancini numbers by the Florida State band and a short musical program by the Carolina band. The winning homecoming floats will be an noumed Aduring half-time. GAmocC* photo by Reekboli ItIenion to attract the attention of their South Carolina politicians might v pointers for their own campaignp. le Clash g Activity Climaxing the half-time activi ties will be the crowning of the *ew homecoming queen by William T. Jones of Spartanburg, presi (ent of the University Alumni Association. Dance At Township Homecoming festivities will be concluded Saturday night with a dance at Township Auditorium featuring The Ronettes, The Drift ers, and Roy Hamilton. Admis sion is $1.00 per person and one 1. D. card per couple. Combined tickets for the Fri (lay concert and the Saturday dance may be purchased for $2.00 Because of structural changes in the football stadium, the win ning homecoming float will not be presented at the game. The floats will be displayed on one of the intramural fields sout.h of the campus at 11:30 a.m. Saturday following the parade. Women living in USC residence halls who will be working on floats will be given late permis sion.s up to I a.m. Saturday morn ing before the parade. StudentU working on floats will be given excused cuts from Saturday morn ing classes. Quintet To Perform The New York Brass Quintet will appear in concert Friday at 8 p.m. in the Field House to initiate a series presented this season by the Student Union Artist Serien Committee. Sched By CARL STEPP Staff Writer A light turnout of Carolina vot ers elected a homecoming queen. freshman class officers and a number of senators Wednesday, but election officials ordered new balloting for Student Academic Responsibility Committees and for senators from the School of Ed ucation. Student body president E ill Youngblood and election commit tee chairmen Ed Bond and Craig Evans ordered voting for the newly created Academic Responsi bility Committees halted in mid afternoon Wednesday because of alleged voting discrepancies. Election of senators from the School of Education was also re scheduled after voters were erron eously instructed to vote for only one candidate when two should have been marked. New elections were set for No vember 1, with run-offs the next day. Officials emphasized that there will be no new nominations for Education Senate seats, as the ballot will contain only names of the four candidates appearing on Wednesday's ballot. New nominations will be held, however, for membership on the Academic Responsibility Commit-. tees. Each candidate or his rep resentative must at.tend a meet ing at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the As sembly Room of Russell House. A student may represent only one nominee. Election officials pointed out that a person making a nomina tion must submit the name, ad dress and telephone number of the nominee, as well as the office for which he is nominated. In addi tion, the names of both the nomi nator and election officer taking the nomination must appear on it. Primary voting polls will be open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in Room 103 of Russell House. Freshman officers elected Wed nesday included Barry Knobel, president; Tom Moore, vice presi Saroyan Dr4 USC Theati "The Time of Your L i f e," a three-act play by William Saroyan, will be presented by the University Theatre as its ason opener, Oct. 27-29 at )rayton Hall. Set in a San Francisco bar, the play dramatizes the fact that life without warmth, compassion and love becomes a sordid affair. Opening on Broadway in 1939, "The Time of Your Life" originally starred Gene Kellv. celeste Holm 3allot uled ient; Sandy Turner, secretary; a.nd Lutu Johnson, treasurer. Named to the Senate from the freshman class ere Judi Bihari, Tony Gray, and Hunn. Watters. Hobby McFadden wa. eiected senator from the College of Busi ness Administration. Elected to represent the College r>f General Studies in the senate were Karen ('handler, Jean Jack son, Robert Kendall, and Barbara Roberts. Graduate School senators in elude Don lult, Cecil Ford. and Louis Paros. Law School will be represented by Al Hoppe. Gene Platt, and Earle Prevost. The name of the new Homecom .ng Queen will be announced at ,he homecoming pep rally on No iember 4. (Sve rei id stories on this pagi anl pgo, 12.) Demolition Contractor Announced The University of South Caro ina recently awarded a contract :o the Richland Wrecking Co. of 7-olumbia for demolition and re noval of all remaining structures )n the site of the forthcoming Memorial Hall. Bids, which ranged from $8,345 L) $38,150. were presented on the basis of the amotnt of work each -ontractor had in progress and each ildder's estimate of the sal vage value of the materials pres [nt at the site. Richland Wrecking Co. was the low bidder. The University has required that no buildings he removed intact from the site and that work he completed in 60 days. USC's demolition specifications comply with applicable city coles, officials report. ima Opens re Season and William Bendix. Fifteen men Prnd eight women students from the University will enact the play here under the di rvetion of Assoc. Prof. R u s a e I I Green of the USC Department of English. Tickets for the play are 50 cents for USC #tudents, 76 cents for non USC students, $1 for University faculty and staff (and spousea), and 1.50 for the npuhlic.