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Editorials Commentary Ftday, March 3, 1967 u Great Is Beginning today, with the arri% of Oregon, Student Government A ries of programs that deserves the dent on campus. The first major Great Issues year and implemented by Studeni will offer discussion and commen Morse, the Republican-Democrat outspoken critic of President Johns launch the program tonight in the ] address. A little more than a week lat Carolina's Sen. Ernest F. Holling: and is expected to express viev draft and continuation of the w The next night the position of t tem will be defended by Col. Danki the system. The speakers provided by Stud formed sources of information and 1 lating discussion of the draft. The however. It is assumed a subject < to most students will stimulate quE speakers are coming here with the be subjected to the queries of the Just as importantly, the draf1 subject for debate, but the relat in Vietnam, foreign policy, etc.-a the program. We have the proper subject. challenging speakers. Will you be A Team A The 3,000 fortunate students an Field House Wednesday night witi they are not likely to forget. Year were packed into 90 minutes of si ploded in the incomparable joy of vi The excitement of the Gamecoc tionally-ranked Tar Heels of North for thought Wednesday night. Da ever, indicates the events of March nificance for USC than at first see March 1 might be called a d USC-the team and their stud Gamecocks were a determined, gi night. They had to be, for the beaten them unmercifully only 10 Gamecocks had been determined night there was something new. The seven men who battled on maybe for the first time. Thompsc because he dribbled and passed be cause he played his heart out. Tho center. Harlicka hit the basket as but he also fought hardest under t thing extra. Burkholder and Salvad other, stood out because they ma shook them off and came back stron the game in the last minutes, compl four foul shots of his life. Standard a gazelle, showed that he is the fig Gregor. Obviously giving up his beating the giants of North Carolii was magnificent. Seven men, each p but each complementing the other And the team in the stands, as magnificent. This team, too pressure before. They came of though, and it showed. They chee every basket, and they cheered mistake. The officiating was th< were strangely subdued. Wednesday night marked what point. We're putting aside the petty our feelings off our shoulders andl g Wednesday night was a team (e seven. Founded Janua ry 30, 1908 with Rlobert Eilhott Gamecock is publishled by and for the students of weekly during the college year except dlurling holid sThe opinions expressed herein (1 n o t necessril Offices of The Gamnecock are in) Rioomi 308 ofI t1 earnpus. Phones are 76i5-12i9 (Edlitor), 765-1220 765-8178 (Newsroom). The Gamecock is represented nationally by Natk p ublication is a member of the Associated Collega,. legiate Press Association, the National College Pie Press. Subscription rates are $4.00 pur year. EDITOR-IN-CHIIEF. BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGING EDITOR. Assistant Managing Editor News Editor . Sporta E ditor. ...... Assistant News Editor Beth Brown, G;r Social Affairs Editor Faculty Editor . Chief Reporter .. ..... Aest. Sports Editor......... Editorial Cartoonist ........ Chief Photographer. Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Staff Members: H4eyward Addy, Kate Sallsy, KynRankl, Eugene Willard Mona Gauit, Lynn Searson, John David Spade. Coriume Sitton. Ed F way. Diasnn Wilson, Tins Derrick. Halen Wilii Max Childera. Dianne Cisyposie, Forrest Hemphi Nato Cantrail. Kathy Boyd, and Becky Bailey. sues al of Sen. Wayne Morse ssociation initiates a se attention of every stu program, conceived last Government this year, t on "The Draft." Sen. (now a Democrat) and on's Vietnam policy, will ield House with a major !r, on March 13, South s will come to Carolina rs sympathetic to the ir in Vietnam. he Selective Service Sys 4 Omer under deputy of ent Government are in- r )romise to provide stimu plan does not end there, f such vital significance stions. Accordingly, the understanding they will student body. provides an excellent , ed problems-the war dd unlimited scope for We have excellent and there? Lt Last I USC supporters in the lessed a sporting event s of emotion and drama ispense that finally ex ctory. ks victory over the na- you for service Carolina left little time y-after reflection, how 1 may have greater sig med apparent. Aiie n ay of awakening for ent supporters. The By MARY JANE I itty band Wednesday Asst. News Edi same Tar Heels had "It's essential in a days earlier. But the for a state to have a ci I before. Wednesday school attendance i mented Dean John Ot the floor were a team, S o Edcon i n was tremendous-not indicated a favorable hind his back, but be- toward the compulsory npson is now a 150 per tendance bill pending I always from outside- state House of Reprei he basket, giving some- The much talked-ab ri, alternating for each al was iroded de the usual mistakes, zer. Gorgrant came into etely cold, and sank the McGuire V , playing on one leg like hter of the bunch. And To M eet C ia uinder the boards, he I o ra laying adifferent game, as a team.((ntnefrmP ,000 st rong, was just hafeedntte had cracked under Wetitteitrni ge Wednesday night, in,2-. red the Gamecocks on Ssordt ui them on after every i h pnn nnt usual, but the boos s'O affr~1 we hope is the turning wsnpadtc ni jealousies, we're taking stgsweNohCa ring out to (10 a job. fre o oli ep rfort--for all 8,000 and TeTrhescoe Gonzales a the firstedhatr t h the Universityef South(Careh. sysoand exan,ihe tions. refleet theavieeelf theradont - -North oroue Souteh,''ersit (Husinesshen a.sked angutahk Gnldersing te rvit e,tIc.i The te P ivres the Sou h(rIi, InteIue oth CarohaC - sSernice and the intercollegi.itte a Ira .' iu P1 I( :k El .1l.F heautIYurl Tu CARITERi (REWE gtittth rctv GINNY CARROl.l. i h C orae Ca-rol M ullinax Awnoe h Sally Zatlk in wo11pu( romai ta Medlin, Mary in enstonene it indla JIo Mangunm rcrd )k * Christie Corley plescud,ut o Carl Stepp awyfrtlaeiha Tony Smith Richard Shealy thTa iol.hes John Rockholz thrplctam at Mary Williamson stetunmn rc * ~Obz Oberly rgrsith log Hitchman. Harry Simmons, NrhCrln a Burnette, Mike Krochmalny. Bowles, Fred Monk. Charlene vcoyo ylf. inn, Coates Crewe. Chip Galio tis, Elizabeth Clare. Don Huit, avdr ouo ny r By un anso.An al e tmARY JANEs gret LOCAL BOARD KIUMBE1R rd, composed of your friends and dance Bill Er :NSTON of regular school attendance for for children between the ages of seven and 16 years." The lemocracy state has been without a com mpulsor pulsory attendance law since ts of the 1 is week. Otts indicated approval of the niew, Otts attendance legislation, but raised attitude objections to some of its provi school at- sions. efore the "On the basis of past court entatives. decisions, we are going to out pro- have to recognize the fact n Febru- that there are certain privil system eges that will apply whether we like it or not," he said. Should a law be passed con pelling school attendance until age 16, said Otts, arrangements should be made so that in cases 1uke where it seems advisable a child couIld be excepued from the law because of unwillingness or in 1ent ability to learn. ge 1) Otts said he thought the de cision should rest in the hands ~amecocks of a juvenile court because its ~ion lead- judge would "probably be the most understanding official." k baskets Another question arises in the s of the case of indlividluals who want to >inlt b)ulge know, "May I as a parent teach IIcels re- my child ?" the' garme The answer is yes, the (lean the final state'd, "provided the local super olina was intendent of schools or some ration. othe'r agency passes judlgment l th(e gap and follows up wvith an evalua-1 with 5:11 tion of the procedlures."1 as close "No law can legally prevent i Salvadori a parent from enrolling his -andl the child in a non-pub)lic school nor :>f it for -om teaching the child him self," he commented. ina coach All of this is subject to legal McGuire interpretation, Otts cautioned, favorite hut "I think Supreme Court (Ie inma game cisions have indicated that a1 tche'd the state' cannot take away the uti chamn- rights of the parent." ited, 32- 0 Otts indicated that the provi sion allowing local school dis rth Caro- 'iricts to say when tahey will come ra for us under the bill "definitely weak McGuire, ens" the plan. d like to "I think that the law shotild 'ith Duke apply equally all over the t." state'," he said. "The option Wolfpack should apply in the case of the iirdl place individual student." an 8-41 Otts suggestedl making the law s second( e'nforceable' in stages, requiring uld tauke certain "compulsory steps." win over "If you are going to make the cond andI law fully operative in 1974, why in the not make it partially operative et. in '70 or '72?" he asked. Otts un over proposed that the upp('r age the best specification be 141 for two years, Ln elated then 15 for two more, and fin eat time ally 16. Then, he continued, we could '~ Lette, Dear Mr. Ellio Recently, I lent Senate. The first, 7 public area, su, would give anb The second bill dents, whether pmtilegitimate org I campus. Both of the / academic and s ng tive and liberal rsThe first vuaranty of fr Ae auike a "Greek the right ando m-rung"positionnit his opinio expansion, ela rolitical proble rose of an ins In being r mhone would r the students t will differ fromr and express wl enlightened as Other highl, above rights an lina Community Carolina will re :,aSpeak to y MiIa desire both you educational uph Dear Mr. Elli< -J In the seem spooned out to Peanuts' parabl sent. Exactly u'lt or why a USC g in the dark") t uip. Who knows neighbors, has selected (Anid if an n here as being -- ing with religi vocabulary and In light of t as far as pali idorsed wose o a in, boeing re phementation of the law more smoothly. "Whatever you do, you're go ng to have a short.age of teach- Dear AMr. Elliot 3rs, because the increase in pay The billing o wll be relatively gradual," he 4 p.m. Tuesda aid. Present in Car Asked about the near "bat- rority rigctsan ton-rung" position the state's Mr. Short, educational system rates, Otts people had attei said South Carolina is "on the Col discussion,l right track" and can probably billed as5 such o rise in position. I woual ha% "It's going to take a lot of pendent, felt I v ime and intelligent planning committees ins md a lot of money," he said. Greeks, then t Pehe pace of improvement rests cuts 'lso. )n "whether South Carolina has Mr. Short -hat 'lot of money' or is able to shold have had -Ond Mfann ~OP resdenial omiati,n heren tat weigy ewaup.Agan.ln withareli Foron tin, a N~vwek afarasvai wagzn a )one u,M. s:hele obe ha alf he atio's sts i tns, thirnmes )C i liing olo by 968F vrSon Thot' on fu ote, M.Nons aD la Mr.gh thallio Of oure, he nsiersals So:es e na raoiyo h lcoaewl oit yosusio peop hy e a nl - le What atte: ison h( crcil efec tisbow lledan? uc Iecgnwiouacorwilhav o committeeomin Greeksro,, iddhegnlvin *~0t Iad Mo anl hei s n tsalo vho has jut rhached oting aae etevisin. et The ay isn'ts a that 1( r.ic ixon?hspatcal o h 4own up. couldn'tb. er i asazink hes.itdot r in:xon's ark Nixd oentso )adon lor ut'eleisottn a noe makteup ma. Nixonderdi h('yldvrefounttwhe boy then the ourse one iniesas >om:nI ues youcaat by198ay vany naore,t o th ectrate wilu oln't now ar usixona froma tat ofma.Wecnole 'son t)she rucil efecaths?lo rs To The Editor tt: introduced two important bills in the Stu which would establish a microphone in a ch as in front of the Russell House pond, student the right to speak on any topic. would enable any student or group of stu -recognized by the administration as a Lnization or not, to invite speakers to the e bills are, in my opinion, giant steps in the ocial advancement of Carolina as a progres institution. ill especially emphasizes the constitutional edom of speech. The microphone would be Podium" in that it would give any student pportunity to effectively and overtly trans is. Also, it would create an atmosphere of )oration and understanding of social and ms and viewpoints, thus fulfilling the pur itution of higher learning. stricted to Carolina students, this micro ?flect actual student thought as voiced b, hemselves. Although the beliefs of som others, each student will be able to defend iatever he feels to be correct and will be to the dissenting view. y venerable colleges in America have the d are respected for them. Let us, the Caro , join them so that we can be assured that main among the best. >ur student senators on these bills if you r basic freedom of speech and a new era in eaval in South Carolina. DON KOPLEN t: ingly tasty dose of "folk theology" recently us by Robert Short in projector-pictured es, an essential ingredient was notably ab / Kafka's ape should aspire to humanness, tudent should enter (via a nonrational "leap he "Christian community" was not brought which is better . . . ape, community, etc. objects to the intrusion of the term "why" mbarrassing--especially since we are deal ion-he should drop that word from his see how much he learns.) ,his missing ingredient (reasons for faith), authority is concerned, the bridges were ween the speaker's words and their mean nings and the audience. y, what Mr. Short had to say was very, )oth meaning and relevance. DAVID FLEECE t: f the Religious Emphasis Week program at entitled "Jules Feiffer-Prophet for the oonist's Clothing" as a fraternity and so n left much to be desired. the speaker, commented to me that few aded it at that hour, adding that there was mid not seeming to know that it had been r that it was just for Greeks. ,e enjoyed attending, but, being an inde vould not be welcome. If future R. E. Week st upon having a program just for the ey should have one just for the independ s an excellent speaker and more people a chance to hear him while he was here. SAMUIEL II. BELK Hoppe tichard Who? r(did like him, Son: Who's Hughes? What's ow why. It's wrong w i t h loaning him ever~ since the money ? Douglas cam- Mom: I think he waged a very clean, high - level comeback ben .nar campaign against Pat Brown. s bm lem'Son: Pat Brown? Oh, sure. That's s ooth. ene the fellow Ronnie Reagan beat nyth epeso. by a million votes. ecker~s speec~h! J)ad: What about his farewell 'mach. address ? "Don't forget, you authority onl won't have Dick Nixon to kick aroundl any more." Hlah! have to adlmit Son: Who won't? Why would 15 n1ever been anyone want to? Will some-t one please explain ? I want to the Hughes be well informed on the candi dlates. I)ad (apologetically): I'm sorry son. I guess I got carried S away. But when I think of <what a shallow, untrustworthy, posturing, insincere, falsely humble... Son: Please, Dad, don't get off on President Johnson again. I want to hear about this new fellow, Rick Nixon. So you can see how Mr. Nix on's chances are going to be S radlically affected by the fact that almost an entire new gen 'eration of the electorate has grown up with no preconceptions whatsoever about his personal ity, his Pat, his pets and his past. But let's not go out on a limb. lHe's got liabilities, too. (Our Man IIoppeC is syndicated niationally by Chronicle Featu*ren