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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVII, No. 19 Columbria, South Carolina, February 24, 1967 Founded 1908 computer i To Enroll Undergrads By CAROL MULLINAX Anst. Managing Editor All undergraduate students will be registered by computer this fall. The conversion to full - scale c o m p u t e r enrollment follows previous experimentation with the plan beginning in January, 1964, according to Director of Ad missions and Registration Rollin E. Godfrey. A tentative time schedule of steps necessary to computer regis ter was issued Monday by God frey after a planning session with data processing and computer programming personnel. Procedure for continuing under graduates will begin April 1 with student advisement. During ad visement, course request forms and advance registration forms will be completed and approved by (leans of schools. The advisement period will end May 15. After the student's adviser completes the registration forms and grades for spring semester are processed, the schedule re quests will be put through the computer. Statements of fees and regis tration packets will be mailed to students by Aug. 8. Payment deadline is Aug. 28. On Sept. 14, drop-add proced ures for students with scheduling n conflicts begins. Prebilled and prepaid students will complete r and submit registration packets to the Treasurer's Office and re ceive complete schedules and vali- a dated ID cards from Sept. 15-18. 8 Classes will begin at 8 a.m. Sept. 18. New students and readmitted students will follow a slightly dif- S ferent schedule. If accepted by i July 1, they will be mailed a statement of fees by Aug. 1 to b return by Aug. 16.1 All other new and readmitted students will be billed in Septem- r ber. Orientation and advisement of v new freshmen begins Sept. 11. Transfer and new graduate orien- r tation begins Sept. 13 with com pletion of advance registration: i forms by the following day. e ~ ci al d: si Oameoesk photo by Galloway al HENI' k: INSIDE .i Arthur Hloppe 12 a Editorials 12d Exchange 8 ya Faculty 6 ai Inquiry 3 W Letters 12 y News Beat 2 tI Social Affairs 4 Ia Sports 9-11 Terrible Tom .5 t< State Of The Budget Requested $12,062,857 Recommended (by Budget and Control Board) $10,418,228 Revised $11,346,888 1966-67 $8,484,852 Piedmon Plans Co The USC Board of Trust iinistration Wednesday to partanburg Higher Educati, egional campus in the upsta The board action came in ieeting Thursday night at greement establishing the igned. Because of an early publi, as unable to determine if However, Cleveland Hark ion, said Wednesday the Sl :ely in favor of establishing The commission meeting v :gether and decide how to [arley said. Another member of the oughs, said "We don't know University Trustee I)anif ras to represent USC at the The final decision on fot ests with the seven-man con The University now has se eaufort, Coastal Carolina aster, Salkahatchie (at Aller ietn1 By CARL STEPP Chief Reporter It is now practically impossible tizen to get a taxi in his OWnl Co And prices for many common ove his ability to pay. All because there are over 400,0' ers on Vietnamese soil - fight lending money. Nonetheless, the Vietnamese havy id in a sense welcome U. S. prese iow that "if we weren't there, ould win and they would all be s So said Frederick W. Flott, fo stant to U. S. Ambassador Henry meeting of the USC Young Amt >"n Tuesda.y night. The State D)epartmenat officer a et have any real sign that the N e about ready to open negotial ar" in Southeast Asia. Flott emphasized that Ameries ietnam are limited, did not predici on of the war in the near future ~ith that the political government nd was on the way to stability. American goals in the war are communist agession aimed al $1.6 Status 'Resen The status of the University's 1967-68 budget request "resembles the two-faced head of the Roman god Janus." A look forward at next year's funding recommendation from the State Budget and Control Board indicates the University is a long way from where it would like to be, Vice President for Business Affairs Harold Brunton said this week. The University's request for next year was $12,062,857. The B o a r d 's recommendation to the S. C. House Ways and Means Con mittee was $10,418,228 - a $1.6 million cut. However, if the two-faced pic ture is projected backward, it indi cates a "considerable increase" Campus ngea ling es gave authority to the ad sign an agreement with the )m Commission to establish a te city. anticipation of a Commission partanburg at which time an center would reportedly be :ation deadline, The Gamecock mn agreement was signed. y, a member of the commis )artanburg group was "defin an extension." ras scheduled Thursday to "get move forward on this thing," commission, William J. Bur yet what will take place." l Henderson of Spartanburg meeting Thursday. nding a Spartanburg campus mission. ven regional campuses: Aiken, (at Conway), Florence, Lan dale) and Union. InAM )NFLKcT' rnese...1N and to give tU chance to decide *or a Vietnamese the battlefieldl a untry. continuedl. items are rising The twenty-ye lined three cond )O American sol- fore the war cou ing a war and --"North Vietr have no hope of come to accept --"They will h nce because they cal revolution wi the Communists that South Viet: tot in the neck." politically.... rmer special as- -"They will h Cabot Lodge, at national interest ricans for Free- Flott stated th Vietnamese to fi aid "We do not cal interesta of orth Vietnamese interests of Nort ions to end the He said that t a objectives in wri oiei a major escala- thiow us 3, and expressed Venm of the war-torn Doetcqu "to put an end terVenms Sout Vitna thirtnam. b Iillion Pro Of B ribles over the $8,484,852 allocated this year, Brunton said. University officials went before the Ways and Means Committee Tuesday on the second leg of their approach to n e x t year's budget. USC President Thomas F. Jones issued a modified request for $11, 346,888. After a recommendation by the Ways and Means Committee, the budget goes to the House, then to the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate. PROGRAMS MAY SUFFER Programs in diverse fields may suffer due to the cutback, Brunton told The Gamecock. A prime area where a shortage may exist is the graduate program for which $1, 471,400 was requested and $486,000 recommended. The alternate sug gestion submitted T u e s d a y was $850,500. An extra $245,800 was requested for faculty salaries to attraci, ad ditional faculty and keep those we now have," Brunton said. A third area of primary concern if budget requests are not met is the regional campus and associate degree program. The Board of Trustees author ized Wednesday that funds be McNair, Diplomat Honored Sir Patrick Dean, British ambas sador to the United States, and Gov. Robert E. McNair will re ceive honorary doctorates f r o m USC April 9. Both recipients were chosen by the faculty. The presentations will be made l during a special program to dedi cate the University's ceremonial mace. Dean, who will deliver the main address at the program, was born in Berlin. He served in the London F o r e i g n Office from 1939-45, headed the German department from 1946-50, and held several other positions before becoming a p er m an ent delegate from the United Kingdom to the United Na tions in 1964. Hie became ambassador to the United States in 1965. "Gov. McNair is a great friend of education and sees the broad picture of South Carolina's needs," USC President Thomas Jones said this week. Io Taxi' e South Vietnamese people the their futur-e - to get the war off nad onto the conference table," he ar veteran of foreign service out itions he said were necessary be ld end: am will have to realize that they military victory in the war. ave to realize that no likely politi Il save them. They've been hoping iam will fall apart at the seams [t isn't going to." ive to realize that it is not in their to go on with the war." at China is "egging on" the North tht a war that is "in the Ideologi Communist China" but not in the h Vietnam. he internal turmoil in China could North Vietnam's conduct of the g factions confiscate supplies for and reduce deliveries to Nortn bbles in China are also causing rardled as "political mentors'' of neighbors, to lose the respect of said. Gamecock phote by Galloway 'According To Peaiiuts' Robert Short. author of "The Go.IwtI According to Peanut.,' wa. principal speaker thi. week at Religiou" Enpha%i. Week progranu. on camtpu". Short. who u"ed .lide. of the (huarle. M. Shultz cart<um character. to illLtrate hi.. peece"he:.. at one point offered to autograph copi) of his lIt >k for atudent. on ground6 it would proebahh he the la.t chantce the'd e,er have to get a beM k autographed b. the autor of "the go.pel.' tee related tor picture, page 3. Activity Fees Hike Approved The University Board of Trustees gave final sanction 'Wednesday to raising the student activities fee $5. The increase will bring the activities fee per semester to $13.50 from $8.50 and will add about $100.000 per year to the student activities fund. Money is allocated from the fund to more than a dozen student organizations by the Student Affairs Committee, chaired by D)ean of Women Elizabeth M. (Clot worthvy. Among organizations receiving funds are Student Gov.. ernment, The Gamecock, Garnet and Black, WV ['SC. Student LUnion, D)ebate Team, U.niversity Theater and int ramurals. The board approval followed a student referendum Dec. 9 in which the largest number of students ever to vote in ai U S(' election cast their ballots in favor of the increase. A total of 4,653 students voted in the referendum--'s,65 yes and 958 no. The problem of consistent complaints of insufficient Ch, funds from student organi ezations prompted1 a mnove dlur .. /jjjj ing the Spring 1966 semes ter to raise the fee $5. * Student Senate passed a XpaRIORpj it"wasvefated"naeen A dum. However, a fee hike bill was again introduced in Sen ate this fall and the special referendum scheduled Dee. 9. Auithor-Lectuirer Speaks On Faith Paul E. Little, author and lec turer, will conduct two discussions here March 3, on "Is Faith for the Ignorant." Little will be in South Dorm at 7:30 p.m. and at 10 p.m. in the I Lounge, Men's Towers. He will also be the speaker at the S. C. Inter - Varsity Spring conference MIKIJERJEE March 4 and 5. Class Attendance Rule Appears Near Revis ion ('hances are good that Carolina frsuetue iwill have a modified voluntary Itoue y Sn )nl attendance plan by next semester, peadadsnttCo ite Student Senate was told Wednes- wsamauet aeapu day. an mirpoeaalbeia Hiill Youngblood, sttudent body phi lc ncmu osu president. reported such a regula-detwihn tosak nan tion was "on the verge of being tPC taken care of" and would go be- Snt a odta h tdn fore the facjlty soon.goermnhaanferro a Senate passed a resolution in-naialecuehpogiztn troduced by Sen. Fred Ortmantofnnewoporm smla requesting the appropriation of t hsya' ra sussre funds to open all available recrea- nx eri wrhhl"tpc tioalfailtis drig eeen s a meeasedt ak pdu blem udget Janus' made available for a USC re gional campus in Spartanburg. SKY RO('K ETI\ Enrollment at the regional cam puses is skyrocketing, B r u n t o n said, much faster than undergrad uate enrollment at the Columbia c a m p u s. The regional programs enrollment is expected to increase 30 per cent next year compared to 9.9 per cent for main campus on dergraduates. Graduate enrollment is expected to grow by :30.1 per cent while nursing programs anticipate a 33 per cent increase. TWO CONCEPTS Brunton attributed a portion of the growth to two concepts: -Because of r i s i n g entrance standards at the Columbia campus. the number of peopie accepted for the first two years education in Columbia is being limited. The re gional campu.s, with lo% %j en trance standards, provide a place for students who do not qualify for the main campus. -The two-year ass iate degree program has xn in some ways penalizing counties in the Colum bia area. The associate degree pro gram is designed to help offset the absence of a low-entrance-require ment branch in the capital vicinity. The two-year program has never been funded by the state, but funds were requested this year. An in crease from 410 to 533 studnts is anticipated for fall semester. Brunton said the associate de gree program could be termed "an eighth regional campus." Much of the program is sched uled to move from Flinn Hall to the C o 1 i s e u m when completed. Brunton said associate degree cur ricula might eventually move off the downtown area campus to be come a "Columbia regional cam pus." Vietianat Indicates Mukherj e( Desires E "T'he war in Vietnam is (defi nitely an indication of C h i n a 's desire for wvars of expansion," a visiting p r o fesaor from India warned this week. Dr. T. B3. Mukherjee, specialist on China's relations with Asia, said contrary to the opinions of many experts, the Chinese are seeking much mere than trading rights in Asia. "Mao's policy is to lull and bluff his neighbors," he said, and added the Chinese leader should be halted before he can "become another liIitler." D)r. Mukherjee described t h e current turmoil in Red China as p)artly a result of the communists' losing in Vietnam. lHe predicted Communist China will not s t r i k e other countries while experiencing internal con fusion. The worst result of the present conflict, he said, would be a Chinese government subservient to the Soviet Union. "It's too badl that the United States has to do it (fight the Coem munist Vietnamese) alone," D)r. Mukherjee stated. "Europe should help." lie said the best way to fight communism is with democracy specifically American democracy with its ingredient of "the value of human dignity." In spite of American aid, Dr. Mukherjee said America's real image is not being projectedl. Hie quoted the late P'resident Jlohn Kennedy: "Ideas and philosophies (Continued on Pnge 2)