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Editorials Commentary Friday, February 24, 1967 oS h l Close Th University officials appeared Means Committee of the S. C. Wednesday in their latest defem quest for funds for 1967-68. As always, the University fin battle, with recommendations of t trol Board far below the amount: ties so far appear to be request raise salaries and to improve the In recommending appropriat sembly, the Budget and Contr the whole of state operations money can best be used. We a, for which they strive is achie standard of living possible for t to close the economic and soc Carolina and most other states. And, make no mistake about ever-widening. The situation is s are making considerable progress, on the front-runners. The gap w creeping progress. Bold, decisive we are to catch up. Without question the first line educational advance. The central must be the university-not a fal but a center of genuine scholarshi To be a true center of learn have within its family scholars c imparting their knowledge to th fact that these scholars, these t4 command salaries accordingly. South Carolina is faced today w neighboring states which are appa: fessors higher salaries. This situat lem for our university progress uni the price. Of no less importance to the ur pro grams, for they are the source < tional leaders of the future. With< ment of the state's educational syst successful, must begin with stror its universities. In the University's original b 000 was earmarked for improve grams. The Budget and ('ontro that graduate programs be alloti one-third of the request. The figure usually accepted a. graduate programs is $3,000 per fu USC is presently operating gradu $1,085 per graduate studlent. The; University this year wouldl provid< uate student, an improvement bu needed. South Carolina appears righti assuming its rightful place as le movement in the South. We feel th for a state desirous of altering its I sive activities in those areas that tomorrow. That world1 will be shap University, as a center for resear play the leading role. Fouanded Janus 3 0, 1'908 w ith Robiert Elbiot G;amecock as puabbs iret by and for the studaents weekly during the college year exor-pt durmag haol: 'The opmions expressied here'i n onot nle<e'.'ar istration, the facualty or the studenr't lbody', .1 wh< Offices oif The Gamemack .are mi ltaaaom 308 ofl camnps. P'hones are 7615-4249~ (Edltoar, 4 ma l.22 765-8178 (Newsroom). The Gamaeock is representedl natioanally by N"4ai p ublication as a mernber of the Anucaatevl Colleg legiate Press Association, thie Nationasl College Pa Press. Subscription rates are- $4.00) per year. EDITOR-IN-CIIIEF IJUSINESS MANAGR MANAGING EDITOR Assistant Managing Editor News Editor Sports Editor Assistant News Editor Beth Brown, G Social Affairs Editor Faculty Editor Chief Reporter Anst. Sports Editor Editorial Cartoonist Chief Photographer Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Staff Members: Hayward Addy. Kate Bailey, Lynn Jehnson, Jimmy Wannamaker, Merry A Kay Rankim, Eugene Willard, Mona Gault, L Deherty, Charlene Boarsen. John David Spade. Finn. Coates Crewe, Chip Galloway. Dianne W Helen Willias, Elizabeth Ciare, Den Hult, Max rest Hemphill, Bunny Langaten, Ann Bell. N. Leland and Becky Sauley. e Gap before the Ways and f House of Representatives e of the University's re is itself fighting a losing he State Budget and Con i requested. Chief casual s for additional funds to graduate programs. ions to the General As Al Board must consider -and determine where sume the ultimate goal vement of the highest ie people of our state ial gap between South it, the gap is large and ich that even though we we are still losing ground III ill not be closed by slow, efforts must be made if in the battle must be an unity in this first line se fraud of a university, p and learning. ing, a university must apable of learning and ir students. It is a sad achers, are scarce and ith competition from two ently willing to pay pro- _ ion poses a definite prob ess we are willing to pay L e Li liversity are its graduate Deur Mr. Elliott: f the scholars and educa- iwa p l e a s e ut question any develop- (,a :.cock article em, if it is to be lastingly contrary ofsha g graduate programs in to distribute "the the hands of any Service. (You udget request, $1,470,- couldn't swallow tl ment of graduate pro- How d ou I Hoard recommended who would r e c e ed $186,000, less than would not? How the "seriousness ship?" Or, would t i necessary for funding pensed to any girl 'it? Or, might the pi l-time graduate student. on the basis of ate programs based on grade-point averap Migcht it not .,1s" imount reqjuestedl by the pivlgwhhco about $1,500 per gradl- vdaslnih t stll fr lss tan i Dear trnsgeslion pus l e as Gamerockhe hreshold o tder ofnthecprogresssvu it the only,povenycourse ositiotoisittriughei"thn will shapeathe worldyof ch an(coucholarship,owil G,,,iialei ittdidlidtspinse, "th thee 1f"seriousnessth(ariIii, ly ret lct tpensed% to aenydgirl it? Or,dertimightnice,het ip Sen ice ,ud tneIthetbasisg.of grarolpontlavera Might itauthals latedatransaressio thrsti lesta isle Carl rutes? ow othetonyeSihdf Rcard f h progeasive os ton tpoen Rcours wy ill iampste ono edb cto, anOhe che iman sharySip,mwil. Gn Bnte. Mikte firochmtr,y /h das andes ednaton. Jon iyreet M the. Cvieo then din rnt ie on Carl larnke ins th D ierrity uE b ci Cinldertinng Clele. For-Th ate CaPrss, theaoth od arhy Coyl-os i nCturalMullinaxe 3 tora1h rae cest h il ol .I am hw higl eaal.(n,prn n g t / is i . 9 ust be another controversial speake ers To Th Dr. Hedgpoth's opinion t h a t I to read Th greater access to the pills would ;bout the oral lead to greater promiscuity is I am, how- highly debatable. (And, paren ing the power thetically, is it not the prom pill" placed in iscuous who are in greatest need ;tudent Health of contraceptives?) might say I DAVID WAI.DMAN lis!) (Editor's Note: WVe would like infirmary, if to point out that the story re e pill," decide ferred to appeared on THE GAME i e, and who cocK'S new "N e w s Exchange" vould it judge page, where we feature news of >f a relation- interest fron other colleges. This he pill be dis- particular s t o r i/ developed at who requested North Carolina State University 11 be dispensed in Raleigh, N. C., and the issue age, (lass, or is not necessarily r e I e v a n t to - ? ('SC.) >e used as a Id then be re- I)ear 3Mr. Elliott : ent for unre- As a member of the Carolina Sagainst cam- community, I would like to corn p)lain about the lack of athletic nothe Tre Goe Runn ll f ous wil be barr n w en t is ying tre I. lhuhtenad'rb r wn lcdi amu o euiiain oto h rs n -mt w.in1,.. a.. a. AOur Once upon a tir Damon and Pythias learning. The only Damon loved to acqu it away. Loving learning faculty of the Univ greatest treasure tro Damon decided Etruscan funeral < guages and things come a teacher of I like that. In hardly any tin scholar of ancient E wide world. le wrotc recognized as a leadii authorities in his fie The only cross he tion requiring him t 1:40 p.m. on alternat With a great E from his beloved I the lecture hall am looking up from hi exact same lecture years. But as he di can, which nobod. plaints. So grants poured feller and Maidenfor professor at 27, head ways described at fa on campus!" of this great universi Meanwhile, his bj r iror teacher of Life in th His students lo, facilities, and the fact that many his feet as he taugl times these facilities are closed courses, why a cow to students. He poured out eve Now that the intramural bas- he knew about eve ketball season is upon us, stu- and a generation dents are using these inadequate dents grew up wit facilities more. This past week- kinder, instilled end, all of our six goals on cam- love of learning pus were locked tight. love of life. Students in the Carolina con- Of course, this I munity do not come to school just teaching took a lot for learning, they must have time and Pythias never ( to relax and have physical activ- his paper entitled ity. The only time this can be Life Is All About." done is usually on the weekend! he said to himsel I have spoken to people in scholarly journal wou positions to do something for the lish i paper like the students. Those people told me way. that they will try to make better At the age of 62, use of the facilities. W1 I am hoping these people in the Iensofc."A0 positions of power will take ste smeh,"si te to imp)rove the situation."Intcdyu im ROBERT D. C:ZWAIRTACKY (0aon eeay D)ear Mr. Elliott: sr"si yha I am proud to see that USC gtcly studlents pondIer -the more basic"(odhaes questions of life rather than con- ighscotatn cerning themselves with triviali- h raettes ties. i o epgvn When inquiries are raised on passing problems such as Viet Nam, integration and N c g r o rights, or .the death of G;od, the Mrl Ih oe "Letters to the Editor" section a dcto,I o is notab)ly silent; yet when a p)oblem elemental to the philoso- ~ '" Ip . phical concepts of students is in- ES Snict,Sa .r volved - whether girls should wear slacks on campus or not -- we find a p)lethora of passionate C a e ra arguments. This is as it should be. What fc, lr uot could( be. more relevant to our Asaridn.o oI very being than the wearing of 11l,Iam'Optiina slacks by USC ced'ts? This prob- lte aetra o I.i lem deals with the basic idlentity ~Snas h: el of man (in the b)road sense) . n lng04r(u''n) If a woman is to assert her in- s&rc ) oto h dlepende'nce and equality, how can alridn. she pibSIly doe so when forced Ovosy to paraide in apparel that defi- ntigfru.I at nitely classifies her acc'ordling to trm hsnw ee l sex?Strdynht swl If women are to be. equal to poj 1'i,ims N men they must be~ given the same l'oetestainwr t 0 o I s to work with and the I reyuw'ae1 s a m e psychological adlvantages. huita('tinEhral As long as we force them to feel ta ems akfv like women, they are dlefin itely on-a inrdrt e psychologically disadvantaged and on uaay.unayi underprivileged. clln potnt o I suggest that women be al-detelwhronca lowed to wear trouse'rs, vests, ahup(Ithi'sud and sport coats, anal that they be w,tersdnso realui red in each class to smoke IIalarfrcltows cigars, cuirse, and tell off-color lal iei i 1 o jokes. Vive Ia F'reedlom! Viva Ilarv' lCquaality! lt fuagreet JOHNMilS hOEll Sltachr f Lfer in th an Hoppe By ArAh oppe ie there were twin brothers named Smeecher, who shared a deep love of difference between them was that ire learning and Pythias loved to give Ls they did, they naturally joined the ersity of Megapolis, which was the e of learning in the whole wide world. to become a scholar of ancient orations because he loved dead lan like that. Pythias decided to be life, because he loved life and things , * * * ie at all, Damon became the greatest truscan funeral orations in the whole papers and books and was universally ig authority in his field by both other id. had to bear was the university regula lecture to students from 1 p.m. to e Wednesdays. ffort, he would tear himself away :truscan funeral orations, scurry to I rattle off his lecture without once s notes. Actually, he delivered the every alternate Wednesday for 32 ?livered it entirely in ancient Etrus understood, there were few com in to Damon from the Ford, Rocke rn Foundations. le was made a full of his department at 31 and was al culty teas as "a jewel in the diadem ty." * * * rother Pythias became the greatest e whole wide world. ,ed him. They would flock to sit at it them how the stars wheel in their slip blooms and what goodness was. ;r rything rything of stu ier and vith a - and a and of >f time I finish "What But, as "No id pub it any 'ythias o the here, D)ean, on the ray ?" teach, apolo- HOPPE Smeecher," cried the D)ean, cancel the spot, "how can we go on being ire trove of learning in the world, he stuff away?" * * * n university is a p)erfect place to get re a member of the faculty. ayndica ted noa tionalily by thec Chiron icle Fea nlcisco, ('a/if.) Closing Criticized qjuito convenient. However, sinlce . nm h i a we are paying more than others )out the for the "privilege" of living in ig open the hotel, 1 believe we are entitled ustifiedl to better cooperation from Slater. laint is 10 is my opinion, aLs well as olumia those of my fellow residlents, that the cafeteria should not (only re as dtone open oni Saturday nights, butt also he cafe- for lunch andl supper on Sundays. >sedl on1 We are fully aware that the hotel I feel cafeteria .serves 50', less stu t a k e n dents than other cafeterias on1 'ns. campus, but this, a 1 o n g' with o lazier ot her factors taken inate conid rms, mn erationi, hardly s e e m pertinent locks enough to close up the cafete'ria. a meal A re-opening of the cafeterial an (x- on Satu rday nights as well as onf (1st stu- Siundlays will serve also as aIn ijpus to ac't of g<x will on Slater's part ng, but toward I TS( s t ui d e n t s. 1By no0 olumbia means are we askIng for much. inval- We only ask Slater to reconsider want to this recenit anid most unpOpular dlecision. hat the FDDIE (lIF.N hotel is Columbia lIalH