The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 12, 1967, Image 12
Editorials Commentary
Friday, May 12, 1967 Columbia, South Carolina
The Past, Briefly
As we prepared this, the next-to-last, issue of The Game
cock for 1966-67, we reflected on exactly what we have been
doing for some thirty-odd issues.
Virtually each week we have found ourselves telling the
story of a new step in the progress of a growing University.
Most of the stories have been positive, some have been
negative-but even these were indicative of progress, for
we have learned from our mistakes.
Each week has seen the announcement of a new building,
ani outstanding addition to the faculty, a more liberal atti
tude toward regulations or more awareness among members
of the student body.
In many ways the past has been good, but we do not
desire to dwell on it. For the future holds out a promise
of far greater things, and we must be about the business
of achieving them.
Next week, on the last editorial page of 1966-67, we shall
attempt to place the future of the U niversity, of South ('aro
lina in perspective. as we see it.
To The Senate
We have be(n quite conscious of the changes quietly,
and not so quietly, taking place here at ('arolina-but full
realization of the scope of the changes (Ii( not cone until the
Seunate meeting \'edlnesday.
We had become accustomed to walking into the Senate
meeting every week, seeing the same old faces, and anticipat
ing the same old approaches to problems. This feeling had
diminished somewhat as Senate, in the end, proved it could
pass worthwhile legislation.
This past Wednesday, however, the Senate for 1967
6S took its seats, and the faces were unfamiliar to the
legislative hall. Most of the faces reflected anxiety,
others managed to fake a relaxed expression. A meager
handful of old-timers took their seats confidently, but a
little apprehensive about what the "Young Turks" were
going to do.
One characteristic was common to all, however. Fach
face reflected an eagerness to get about the business of the
Senate.
We challenge the new senators to keep their eagerness.
A new system of government, both executive and legislative,
has b een instituted, giving hope for a gttvernment more re
ceptive and responsible to the needs of the student body.
It this eagerness is maintaine(d, this new foundation can be
used to spring the ('arolina ('onnmmunity to greater heights.
This eagerness, however, must be channeled into the
proper directions. We challenge the new Senate, and its
leaders, to strive to he representative of the students, to
act always with their best interests in mind.
M re importantly, however, we challenge the Senate to
always be mindful of the fact that we are all part of a
University grasping for greatness-and the success of that
grasp depelnds in large measure on the stullent s and their
l eader s.
RUSSELL DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARD
My nom inat ion for the 1967 Russell IDist ingu ished
'Teacher Awar'd is
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lhe thied amie fintall segmen
I..ue program bwgn W' 'ledneav
to be airede wa. .uppo4el to be %tio
but the i.Ce Should have been ti
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lIbtr. .11r. Elliott :
Your issue of April 28, 1967,
carried .a tory in which it was
alleged that I toek part in the
r e c e n t 1amlpus demonstration
against the war in Viet Nam and
the conferring of an honorary dc
tor of laws eegree by the t'ni
versity of iSouth Carolina on (;en
er:al 1Willian Westmoreland. That
re"port is completely false. Your
repiorter attributed the remark to
\lis. Trina Sahli. 1is. Sahli
catelgeerically denies having made
1uch a stateme"nt to \our. re
porter.
The inaccurate reporting of
The Gamne roek has encouraged
the circulation of several rumors
abn 4t il' role in the protest
which are completely inaccurate,
if noet mlicio'Ous. Forei this rea
sioon, I woubl like an opportunity
to e"Xp lall my p ositionl.
First, I had no knowledge
what oever of (he plans of cer
tain students to protest the
conferrinig of i degree on Gen
eral Westmoreland until about
8:0n p.m. n the evening of
April 23. I 97. At that t ime I
r4eceived at call froiiim 1s. Sahi
requeL14st ing t hat I advise at
group1j)ci of Carin4 a st udents re4
g aid ing the colnst ittio cnal is
suies raiised by t heir planned 14(
I keenly feel myl proefe'ssioenai
re'spoensibeilityV tee give legal ('cuni
-el.-en graetituteus-ly, as in thli>
m1.-ance -tee any perseen or peri
-'1n> reqei't ig it whienf I aim
aile te die see. I bee'lev\e that the
moli r'espeonisibeility ofee'li thella
tee reslpede teo reqeuests fore 'colin
-el arl' i-e niere cempie-llinig
than11 w4hein iues are raiseed
wichci tuc upon Iiee the grIeat
dernoerticl, fri''eeor- eef tile Fir-t
crlei lFourite'enithl* .\mendenit eef
lihe 1 'n it edl St:te- ('eons~t it cit ioen.
Tier fre' tciee' 1erup d peferi
i e epo it in ill ill> nlat in' biec i
FI th I I eee lrae ei s,il i I gjp e -
it a eetm lit f e apprimailtely\ in
personsl- cel thce e\enling~ eel .\peril
ix. 1%7;, tee attempilt tee aniswer
legal e;lesticels ande lte counlisel
the groupI a- tee thir coneistit I
I adv 1ised thleim I hat their1
tlo carriy signls 4on lhe iver-1
scitIy ciof ci Soth (aria campusii(1411~i
wams pirot 4ect ed by the4 rig hts eof
frlee4 spee'ch( iand1( assemb lly eef
I he4 Fi r' H I and1( Fouriitteenth
Amen1'idmlenits ofi th U1'Inited
States ('cinstitutioicn. I fur'ter
officersi' have a4 IH5( peial irespen
xiblilit y toei c poe'ct them4 in th Ile
exerc''(ise o the 1ir4i ight s-- how-1
e'ver' (ihni ous heliri pl titil
iews ma% 11y he tc41 thersi.
I woublil ihave likewvise ieeni
wvilling tce give the samle counlsel
toe a greoup eef "'Win the War'' adl
voca'tes5 weho wished tee iciket ill
Vhat Is The ISSUE
I of th. Great tion--had there
ight. The i.ue Sticheduledl to .ta
nthern Jutice" no larger than e'
ucdent partic"ipa- programu wa% cal
cizes SLED, Si
q Denie:
noc(nt me(n, w4ome'n and chilbren
inl civilian population centers in)
Viet Nam, hcoweVe'r r("pugnant
that position is to fme personally.
Ib('cause" the s t u df (e nt t s who
planned t( protest we'Or e appIrehe'n
sivt' as to whet he'r" their constitu
tional rights W4u1I be repspcted,
they requested me14 to) be present
on the following lay. On Wed
nsa,A pril 19, 1!67, at about
11:30 a.m., I went to the Unive(r
sit\ of South ('arolina campus
upon thteir rq'cluest.
I did not go to the Un iver
sity of South Carolina with the
intension of participating in
any protest nor did I walk with
or join the picketers at any
tii me. My role was solely that
of legal counstel. I do not be
lieve that participation in the
I)rotest on my part would have
been compatible with my re
sponsibility to attempt to pro
tect my clients or to advise
themil objectively.
Although I rv:Verve my right as
a citizen and as a human being to)
suppor....t or. differ wvith the poicyi'.
of this coun1ltryV in) V iet Nam, no
in1ference'4 as to my1~ views on1 Viet
Nami c'an be' egitimuately driawni
from thel fact that I actedl as
the war andl the con ferr'ing of ain
hion)orarIy dlegree by the)' nive r
sity\ of South Carol in:t on G;Ieera4l
WVest more.l andl.
U))an 14 one ) fait adirei34 per3sons
whos4e5 senls ofii ind)ividuall re
spon3sili ty i> great enoiugh to
prompf) jt active moral':e and pol1itica:l
'conui)f)mf)enlt anid selIf -1' dfnition)
in the face uf aelmoc st ever w hehno
ig tipposit iin 7 The c'lfonfotat -
tion uif :a handoful oif p)eace'ful dtis
he'd and) in)spiired mioh, wh'len
vieed'444 from3) afar,1 is certllainly
3not wvithouat P4roethien over3
toneis.
As an alumnis 4f4th l' Ij.i
ver3sity. of South ('arolina I w..as
sic'kened'( to see sever' aIlhundred''(
Caro1 lna st udet'is tur oni 42 the'ir
fellow.' s1tudents w.4ithi a ''kill the
bea.st" in stinct remIf)in's'ent of4
Go1( ling's "'I.ord( ofi the Ill ies."'
A :4 fetinebeif the ha:r (Cf
Sioth Carin 1 wa41 .:s aeppalled' toli
>44 nio4fmber's of the) Siouth ('aroi
Im fil I w~ l-Iforcemen ))')t l iiisio
reclIesly i r egard.1 the'ir re
sponifsibuily to pro4tec(t cit izfns if)
t0134 3fnalrigh s. I bel1ieve4 114hat
S l.I-:' I) fficer)s shoui haUve
promptl)411y are isteid perIsons' coml
m)1itliingJ alssaults and)4 hatt11eries 4on
the4 war if) Viet Namfi and)) the
conf)err'in)g if a3 degre.' 144n43 G
SI :lin g 4ifnly fieur f five fiet
awau.y frethe c44ircle if) whI i the
pr4test ing I tmb-ni wver3e watlk
tunIity' toi obser4've the d1'eean)or
44f (ithef MIimle'ta who1) glt hiermi'
Gamecock photo by Galloway
beetn 1an tdent. to diacu&'. it.
ri at 7 p.m., the c"rowd had gronn
ight per%on. b. 7 :20 p.n . and the
led off.
-rom
s Action
to intterferte, j.'t'r or obse'rVe, I
an (onHVincIed that the tim("lv ar
rest of several bullit's wouli
have restor(l reason and prr
ventel the group from bcoming
a noh.
Instead of* preserviting law
and order, officers of the South
Carolina L,aw Enforcemett IDi
vision participated in and etn
couragtd a noh spirit of law
lIesslness among the students.
I shall nveir forget the fteling
of nausea at seeing mimbers of
the South Carolina I,aw Enforce
me'nt I division rip placarstl from
the hands of Carolina students
and form a wedgt to rout them
off of the camtpus in reckless and
wanton disregard of their rights
of free 4speech ani assembhly
under the F'irst and Fourteicnth
.\neinlnltents of the ' n i t e d
States o('onst i tut ion.
I am pIroud to havt" hail the
opportunity to step betwien Pt.
Stromn and a young man whom
hi hat falsely arrestel and ask,
"What aIi/uhoril do Vu have for
mnaking thIiis arrnest'? WVhat r ight
doi you have to preve~tnt this mtn
from exi-ecisinrg his con0st itut ion -
ally prtcted-t freed-iom if speeich
andl asse-mly ' "
"Whlat biusiness is it of yoiurs,
biuddy'!-" I wvas t(ihl by .\lr.
Stromli.
A ft er I identified myself as
a member oIf thle bar, andi sex.
eral mom111ents before he pushed
mie aside, Mr. St romi anlswieed,
"eare diniig this for their
tunfortunatie thing is that si.-:i>
made- no4 effort to preserv~e law
The qtuest ion wichel must nowx~ hi
aniswe-r-d by the students, fai
ulty an :11 bnaliin ist rat ion iif t hi
yivesity amd the citizens of
SouthI (: Caoinai1: is whet hi-r thi
aspiire ti a sy'stemi wh Iich is bua>ud
iln law ams wellI a> ti ione which
Kilito's iii.\'t:THE(M n
51tannts b4hin<J)' its re poiny 1)0 t
acent4( arr iloiInt 0,t what .-li
Alumna Expre
.\s anm atlumna: iif thei 'niv-I
dlegrleti t (;eeal WestlIuIImoel.
Thei' Fniversity has lately'
been at tem mting to re-ga in
soe4 of its Iiost statu as511 a
kniow ni and1 respIectetd inteliler
ual institutuin, hut it give-s its
highest aard to t he ati
thesis of rationial judgmienit.
IlTananaul orfu i rsa..
Our Mar
Howdy there, folks. How
vee visit with the rootin'-tooti
Elbie Jay, a peace-loving man
for peace. And fightin' and I
As we join up with ol' Elbi,
evening at home with his prett
his favorite program on tee-vc
old speeches.
* *
El/ie (applauding): My, ti
ring. I think I liked the part be
sincerity, "And I will go anyv
anybody in the interests of pe;
Iirdie Bird: It's a shame,
peace-loving as you.
Ell>ie: That's true, Bird. I
in the world, but I got to admit
body and . . . (the phone rink
/Birdie Bird: Hello? Oh,
Robby. iIe wonders if you'd
house to maybe patch up your
l>ie: You tell him I'm rea
cussions at any time.
Birdie Bird (after repeatin
fine, what about tonight?
El>ie: But so far my sensiti
up any key signal from his sidc
these unconditional discussiol
lirdi(' Bird: He says cond
sions are a new one on him. 13
feel, how about stopping bomb
news leaks and snide remarks
lbi(' (shocked) : Why, I u
taliation for his infiltrating hi.
committees and supplying thei
prints of old Walter Lippman
am magnanimously willing to
almost any stel to show good
/>irdie 1 ird: lie wants to I
step" you have in mind.
/,/i(e (thoughtfully) : Wel
Like withdrawing all his libe
their friends.
I;irdi(' Bird: He says if he
have much to talk about.
Elbi' (smiling) : Or else I
attacks and 1oint out where h
comfort to the GOP.
Birdie Bird (happily) : Oh,
any nre and he tluits. He'll
Ell>ie (rubbing his hands)
if he'll kindly crawl over her(
door. Like I say, I'll go anyu
anybody in the interests of p
they see things my 'ay.
* *
Well, tuie in again, folks.
down the trail of life, remembe
used to say: "Ilessed are the.
they've shown they can lick an
it."
(Our .11(111 1lopc is situdic
I"eaaiire'. Synudicate, Sun /'raum
Letters To
/lir,. Me. fslliottI:
In all t h ar'l i' cu sion, andl
d e a I e con,'erting ('a'olina'
"hae lready"' and "pldan to''
dle'inonstra:tor's, I feel that there
are' sine pcints wh1ich' htave~ noet
he' emphlatsiz/ede toi elernonst rators
ande less volat ile stuenets alike.
l.'irst of all let uAs admlit the'
freedomt of stuents to diemon(l
strate if they fee) it is nlecessaryi.
Seconde, Iet us~ admlit ( although
this is ant as.tlmpt ion ali issu''
COuld bIe taeken t hat there ae
somte probIlemsl aIt ( 'arol ia in1 the
reahnci of wha)It is so gra~ndly
ca'lled "free speechl."'
I )emnstIrato ers andie m a n y
studientsi ah lke s hae, feor w hail
everl Ithe reason,i c'hoenl to ig
nole Ithe g reat proegressH maide'
th is y.ear inl the ar ea of HItudenct
rights Hr fr' ieedo.msH. lThe ap.
Pearancie of .l)a llitnd and
Waynie .\Iorse, StuedentI Speak
eeut , lnew regulat ionsi teor 'ap.
stonle, relaII\ati oll of dr'ess
rl'iesH for woeneiH stents , andic
thle I techeri ev ~aeluat j imo pro ram l
hae beeni greati anid pro.greH
Hive stepsi which I coCuld hatrdly
imnag Iin' happigenintg lhe're e'veni
lasHt ye'ar.
\nd the 'itudenlt bCil (Cf rights
wh 'ic I many 1 cr so tidntly"CI forl
esses Concern
repaier Ileta damag e du e by
SechI a jilngecistici art.
Ilcncern ICwC more than its'- repuCIta
tonl, ihCIwV'\ r. If thi is- what it
honI CII., wha mus lit Iit Cteh' And
w hat If thel wC 1ho dIo noIt aittendC
th IC'ieri> ty b. ut loo1k tCC it for'
mteet unC It guiidIane..- (''If gICIC
ruI-t -, w1hat mutist ironlCC d ')l The
I~n Ii er' >it V ha" htre d m C It rC I C
t hane it 'l f.
NANrele.t.(Y i Aif.:
Hoppe
y Arhur Hoppe
ya'll? Time for another tee
n' Jay Family - starring ol'
who's dedicated to fightin'
ightin' and fightin'.
e today he's spendin' a quiet
y wife, Birdie Bird, watchin'
e-video-tape re-runs of his
*
hat certainly was heart-stir
st where I said, with moving
chere at any time to talk to
ace."
dear, that everyone isn't as
may be the most humble man
. I love peace more than any
s)
Just a minute, please. It's
mind dropping over to his
lifferences.
ly to begin unconditional dis
g this into phone) : He says
ve antennae have not picked
And I'm not about to start
until this condition is met.
itional unconditional discus
ut seeing that's the way you
ing him with press releases,
about his loyalty?
as only bombing him in re
liberals into my local party
friends with money and re
n columns. But, even so. I
talk to him if he'll take just
faith.
(now what "just almost any
1, just something symbolic.
rals and quitting supplying
loes that you and he wouldn't
'Il be forced to escalate my
is disunity is giving aid and
Elbie, he says he can't take
do everything you say.
Now he's talking. Tell himl)
I'll meet him at the front
'here at any time to talk to
ce. As long, of course. as
And meantime, as youi mosey
Ir what Elbie's ol' granulaldy
called peacemakers. 'Cause
y man in the house to prove
ute<cf nationally liy Chronicle
"i.Co, Calif.)
The Editor
weeks anel shoulb le edtc
early next year at the latet. III
ether a r e a s pregress th oglh
(cont inule, unle'ss...
lThis "'unle.ss" berings us to the
seconde fact or. P'roigress in the
frceedomft and rights of Stah ents
are*C c.re'ated whih mak nie furthe'r
peroegress difficult ort impotsibh
TIhe intel lectual at mosp he ii' of
this state, reflected in the p. liti
cali at titutdes, is such thai the
revotlultion desired by the dieon
strtatoris is impossible, an their
acltions onliy antagonize t h e pr
pile andt make even a lit th- prog
re'ss more', dlifficult.
l'The problems cannotet he'
solved by de'monst rations aniy
we here, antd t he problem e is ntee
re*ally ont this campuets. The
problemn is the attitude of the
whole state'; the onlly way it
ean he solved is to unidertatke a
re-.educat ion of the populace.
Hlere is where the taeik lie's,
ande it is a difficult task i lhich
c'anntot hb eee ccm plishee q;uickIly.
It cannot lee ac'omutpl ishedl by
demoeenstrt'in or1 l diatribes; it
ican only le accompitl ishted byV
caeref'ul , re'spontsile, gradlual acC
tioen. .\uch of the proegress maiel
this ye'ar has brought P'res. .lesu
ande the lInive'rsity under ucoh
p ressu re'; furuthe r intemplerate c
tion will oenl y proevide the inev'it
able and nat urad r e a e t i oi n.
I)e'monst rat ions will noet achileve
proegress, but will oenly mcake
proegre'ss mocre dtifficult.
Se'eke'rs o,f P'rogre'ss, if you
areH reaillIy sincere in wanttoiIg
mee freedomei, if yeou are nt
just outt tee stir up t roule,' thent
doen't taeke up yoeu r signs ande
emo'enstrcate. Insteadl take up the
task oef r*e- eeducainig the peopjle
eof t he state ( and voet e pro'gres
sively ) and the p)rogress youl ande
I se'ek wvill come.
HlIHARI) MORRlICI,