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JULIAN BOND Speech INDEX Editorials 12 Social Affairs --- 4 See pages 3, 12. Exchange - 6 Sports . -Il Faculty 8 Terrible Tomn 5 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVII, No. 18 Columbia, South Carolina, February 17, 1967 Founded 1908 Senators :Flay Rule On Slacks By CARL STEPP Chief Reporter Student Senate officially went on r e c o r d Wednesday opposing any ban on the wearing of slacks and shorts on the University cam pus. Carolina senators also passed a measure which recommended anging the University calendar s that fall semester would end before the Christmas v a c a t i o n period. Referring to a ruling made re cently by Associated Women Stu dents that Carolina coeds refrain from waring slacks and shorts on campus, the Senate bill called a ban on wearing such apparel an "infringement on the rights and liberties of individual members of the student body," as well as a "dangerous precedent." The legislation, introduced by Sens. Rusty Ellerbe, Richard Mor rell, and Jim Mulligan, stated the Senate's opposition to any such ban, asked AWS to rescind its re quest, and suggested that the ad ministration nu i m p o s e such measures on the student body. "The p r i m e issue is an issue of freedom," declared S e n. R i c h a r d Morrel. "No one has the right to t e ll a member of t h e student b o d y what he should or should not wear." MORRELL Sen. Joyce Woodward, AWS president, asked that Senate delay consideration of the bill, pending action by the women students in their Thursday session. "You have to have some rules," she said, "but let's let the girls themselves do it." Other senators responded that the bill should be passed as a mat ter of p r i n c ip l e, regardless of AWS action. "Once they start saying, 'No shorts' or 'No slacks,' " asserted Sen. Cecil Ford, "I don't know where it will end." A motion to recomm it the measure failed shortly before the bill was overwhelmingly approved by voice vote. The bill to change the University e a I e n d a r was authored by Sen. Rusty Ellerbe and passed by voice vote after no discussion. E -Week Schedule I "Frankly, I'm Scared" will be the theme of Religious Emphasis Week next week, to be keynoted Monday by Robert Short, author of "The Gospel According to Pea nuts." The following schedule has been announced for the series: .\ON hAY: - .\ain, coniv, Io atio f a I u r I na g short, I rayton,a liall. il a. in. 4'Iasses susp,end(ed. - .\ass. ('athlIlc ('enter on Grveen Street, 4 onvocnation featuarlig shiot 7 p.in. .\aa(. Cathoict (eter, 12 lnn and 5 p. In. F"rateirnity a ii d suortrity discussions,u, I raytonI liialI. I i in 4',onoatain featurhing short, lrayton Hall. 7 p.m. IDurg-in dIicusins. 9 J i wEON .:SAY: .\taax. 4 athomll 4 enter. nloon. Faulty luotn,a I'alm,etto IRoomn 12 :30 pin. 4 lusing ,uanv',unt,in featurling 5 h a, r 4. Sen. Gri A county option p)rovision is only road to ''meaningful'' I i q begislation for South Carolina, C. Claymon G r i m e s Jr., D-Ge< town, said Tuesday. "I don't think you'r'e going t able to get any sort of meanir law unless it is on a county o1 basis," G;rimles told the USC Y. I )emoc'rats. A plan for liquor sale revenu< be u'nnally (listribuimd to all cou 1 Jones At su of Bid Opening t~ AWS Dre Fallacies I 11y MERRY ANNE RURNETI'E ,e"l Staff Writer fe, Two discrepancies in the presen- to tation and passage of an Associ- Nii ated Women S t u d e n t s rule on wearing slacks were brought to m< light this week. as Sonic m e m b e r s of the AWS House of Representatives said rep- on resentatives did not introduce the he legislation to women dorm resi- VO dents for approval before an AWS of m e e t i n g where the rules were m<i passed. qu Neither opinions nor votes for or against wearing slacks were obtained re, by the majority of the representa- th tives, louse m e m b e r N told The Mi Gamecock. The bill was also p r e s e n t e d m<( erroneously, representatives indi- su cated. fo Some members of the House said they thought the request not to de(" wear slacks was an established ti( rule. On that assumption, the new 16 bill allowing c a s u a I apparel in m( limited circumstances was passed, they said. se< The bill AWS passed during a th, meeting Feb. 9 stated that slacks gi couki onl.' be worn in certain specific 1)t instances. wt "Bermudas or s I a c k s may be th worn anywhere in the women's residence halls except in the main lobby of each residence hall and the residence hall cafeteria. "1 e r m u d a s, slacks, or other i similar apparel may not be worn on the camipus, in the University or other public buildings or in town. "W~1earing of bermiudas, shorts, or other sportis attire is permititted while students are engaged in physical e'd. neationi, womtent's initramturals, tenntlis, and other sports evenits, or while going to and1 fronn cars whent it is ncsayto leave the women 's area, ptrovidled a knmee -lenugth, buttoned raineoat is worn to and1( from these activIties. According to Susan Wells, see ond( vice president of AWS, "The bill was passed in haste since the request was believed .to be the rule." She also commented that the bill 'onicerniing the casual attire was introducedl last semester. T h e r e had been sonie discussion andl the Rules (Com mittee h ad delved in to the problem to dliscover possible solutions. Randomn inte.-views with hall coun Lines Adv the wotuld be a necessary inclu u 0 r such a p)rop)osal were to) be pa Sen. the legislature, he said. >rge- The chairman of the liqu< Study Committee attacked Sou o be olina's current alcoholic bevera gful on the basis they "belong ir tion when the law was enacted. oung Grimes cited *a constitution vision stating alcoholic bevera as to not be sold in a room whose oc< nties use an adlaenti raes-on Sonst A ppe~ Major 01 Now Re, By GINNY CARROlL Managing Editor see Four major obstacles to con- e"a uction of C a r o l i n a Coliseum coil re cleared Wednesday, allowing I oundbreaking possibly within a wit mnth- tim A low base bid of $6,887,500 was B r bmitted by McI)ivitt & Street Co. Mi Charlotte, N. C., to build the pat ilti-purpose facility. fur ss Rule got ndicated rs and hall officers indicated that pre v dorms received an opportunity for e"xpres themselves on the slacks coi uation prior to the meeting Feb. 9. 1 Also, in some of the dorms house the >thers had enforced the request an if it were the rule. B < Carole Bennett, a hall delegate w i Sims second floor, said coeds on pr< r hall had no specific chance to ice opinions before the passage sel the bill. She added, "The house- aft )ther has been enforcing the re est in Sims." i 'IIe girls disliked the idea that the co, ruest was enforced are a rule more be III the actual passage of the bill, ss Bennett commented, no Hall counselor Cora Beth El- da we stated that the request is- A ed several weeks ago "was en- Di reed by the housemothers." t h Mis, ElImore stated that the hall tor legates did not present the situa- of1 a to the women on the 15th and R th floors prior to the "passage Co 'etin g." of Bonnie Hutto, a South Tower tot ond floor resident, stated that 00i e girls on this floor were also not set en any voice in the situation. iring the hall meeting this past no, ek the unfavorable attitude of Er e girls was established, she said. fui Pr Co / Bri 10< pa wel V sit - Jot1 *aill gi 86. (:h 94 Johnny 4Iathais Singing star Johnimy Mathis, the in a r e t a r ni engagement to r Carolina, will be ini concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Township th Anditorium,.t Admilsion to the S t ua de ni t I 'nin - sponsored concert will rei be 81.50 per person and an in1 ID) card. t ocatesC ionf if exale)( of '"outdated'' li ssed by tion. >r Law "Whenever you start t th Cari- changing liquor laws, the ge laws to sweep it undler the rug 1895" he saidl. Grimes satid legally adl)pro- can drink at Carolina ~e may course, if you try it, you 'upants in school any longer, bl as one anoesn't nreeont it." ructio irs N )stacles moved Wednesday's o p e n i n g was the and required to obtain a bid low ugh to meet funds available for struction. 3ids were first opened Dec. 20 h the low base figure at that e $7,633,000 submitted by Mike a d f o r d Construction Co. of mi, Fla. The Bradford Com iy did not bid Wednesday. sked if the University now has ds available to begin building, C President Thomas F. Jones d "With the h e l p we have ten from the city and county, we ieve it's going to be possible to ceed with building." 'These are extremely close to our -bid estimates," Vice President Business Affairs Harold Brunton nimented. 3ids must now be approved by University Board of Trustees 1 the State Budget and Control a r d. Construction will begin t h i n 10 days after such ap >vals are granted. 3ompletion of the f a c i l i t y is eduled approximately two years er groundbreaking. Jones also asnounced at the open- T c that "two additional hurdles to Stud struction have "n cleared. OPf r o 'I received Tue tification to- sear( y from S. C. , . week tty. Gen. ,,o niel McLeod - Th at the at- ther ney general's inclu ice ruled the inter i c h l a n d to b unty B o a r d pus. Administra- BRUNTON -s has the right to make a $500,- Dr ) landscape grant for the Coli- of tl am." ence Jones said he has also received ternt tification from the office of Sen. sity nest F. Hollings, D-S.C., that cente ids have been approved for the inter st Glencoe Urban Rene wal It oject which will clear land for can liseum parking. ternt A final announcement came from the v unton, who told the audience of "Ir [I that anticipated condemnation "comi weedings to acquire two remaining over tionis of land within the construe- ers ni site will not be necessary. This 3ne parcel was acquired this into ek out of court, andl the Univer- quick y expects to gain title to the "~' ier next week, he said. taril) Oher b)ids submitted to build thehih lietic-academnic facility were Yhear- heih ('A<mstruction (C. of G;reenville,lei 909,000; F. N. 'Thompson Co. of V arlotte, $6,930,000; Dargan C.on- train taction Co. of Myrtle Beach, $6,. trai 7,000; and M. B. Kohn Construe- I n Co. of (Columabia, $7,094,000. The first opening of bids found Th linitersity short of funds neces- can c to bwgin builing. Cutbacks In he a< eificationss were then issued, and "'It - l'niversity re-advertised for bid"- tinuec 'The difference in dollars here Ithe resents the difference in build- base specifications," Jones said, but and essed the e h at n g e s were not condi jor nor obvious. semii ounty 0 quior legisla- lie said the constiti does not prohibit di alking about beverages in outdoor people want the stadium. ~, ignore it," The senator also which makes the se ootball fans beverages to a minor ~tadium. "Of cution, but has no pre may not be cuting the person bt it state law age. n Of ( armg Model Of C( iternational ds $86,00 1e Institute of International of national ies received an $86,000 grant peace," he sa mi the Carthage Foundation "The Univ day, bringing the total of re- lina is iner h grants in the past few major center s to nearly a third of a mil- dustrialists. dollars- opinion lead( e award will be used to fur- consultation the work of the Institute, in the field ding a major conference on fairs. national political organization Dr. Walke held on the University cam FOCUS ATENTION Richard L. Walker, director ie Institute, said the confer would focus national and in tional attention on the Univer as one of the nation's leading rs of research in the field of national relations. I will bring to the University us outstanding experts on in tional affairs from all over orld, he said. Vietnam," s t a t e d Walker, munists h a v e assassinated 40,000 village leaders, teach and public opinion leaders. has created a political vacuum which the Viet Cong have ly moved." 'e are winning the war mnili but the vacuum still exists," ontinuedI. "Research of the st academic standards can al e this p)roblem." diker said that the latest grant 1 he used to aid the political ing program on which the ute is concentrating. (:OMIIAT VACITMS e training of capable leaders oraibat the "political vacuums," is imperative that we con to consolidate the position of nstitute as a major resource in the Southeast, in the nation on the international scene to I(ct research on and to dis iate information on problems ption For itional p)rovision in committee, to make inking alcoholic responsible for purchas areas such as sion of liquor. lHe said many "wets' attacked a law passage of liquor legis Ler of alcoholic it would cause a tighten liable for prose- of regulating the sale vision for prose- "The only thing ma ying the bever- volv'ed in the sale of I cerned with is some for of a bill, now uale," he said Aoliseum Reality {id. A 0 Gamecock photo by Rckhiz t rolicl( Colisein Studies Grant ) For Research securit and w o r d South Carolina has provided three d. !'. S. Secretaries of State and that ersity of South Caro- numerous leaders in international c'asingly be'oming a affairs come from the South. to which scholars. in- The funds will he put into use tatesnmen and o t h e r almost immediate'y, he noted. rs are turning to for The Institute received a $310,000 ind overall leadership grant in December from the Scaife of internatio4nal af- f a m i l y of Pittsburgh, Pa. That grant was the largest private grant said that the state of ever received by the University. - *' Gameesok phot, by R.okkelh Grimes Speaks To YDs Liquor Laws minors legally The state is also losing a good *e and posses- source of revenue to suppor-t finan cially dleficient programs, G r i m e a do not favor said. "We keep crying about more lation because money for education, mental institu mng and means tions, etc., but don't do much about of liquor, it." fly people in- "Once we can legalize sale of liquor, quor are con- we can p)ut controls on it," he said. m of legalized "Right now, there is not a single legral bar in South aroln. "