The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 19, 1967, Image 10
E~ditorials 5E'~Cm etr
Friday, May 19, 1967 uA.U11Coub,Subaoln
Realization
Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow?
Only yesterday I >at with 2000 others in the Field House.
Fresh from success in high school and ready to take on the
world- but awed and scared by the educational monster
that would soon swailow us u--we sat and heard the story
of the University of South Carolina for the first time.
OnlI, yesterday I walked into that first class, a
French class. I had been oriented. I knew what to ex
pect. But it just didn-'t \ork out that way. I was scared.
Only ve-erday 1 went to that first football game as a
''rat,' leady t' yeii :y head off for a win for the Game
ctoc'ks. But m the fall of 196:s I learned that you don't yell
too much at football g:m1es.
It seeins ike ju,t yesterday that I walked across the
IHorseshoe, remarked about how nice and pretty it was--and
Only yesterday, in that second semester, I wrote that
fir:"t sry for The (;ameco'k. It was great, I thought
but Donna Russell ripped it up in the editor's meeting.
I,st e:terday I cast niv first ballot in a student election.
i in 'arid t. t v\'ting was like chtcring at football
: .':---iC wo.n't tee fashi'nahie.
Sterdr'. I was :,11-ne, with few friends in a University
. ud ts. I \a w s t t bi. too imn person'al for friends.
Today. I walked across the Horseshoe again-for the
1,i000h1 time, it seemed. It was beautiful: the grass
green and glimmering in the sunlight, the flag waving
with the breeze, the sun's rays shining brilliantly from
he top of Maxey Monument. With each step I watched
the bricks in the walk-each one part of a University, a
part of me.
T,day I stared at the faces as they passed-frien(dly
tt . w kn own faces. cherished faces. There are many
fritnId w. fraternity br.'t hers, classmates, members of
. an:ats. drinking builes.
itd' 1 t, 1 a look around. I)ivis Field is g one. New
r!;,k.t"' p,, m! it<, place. New Science Building going uip)
wh'rt':h. i rhin, i t u';d tI be. A huge dormitory with
a rcau:rant a p ;And the il 'Toekpit.'' Iv;111ing wav l( w
t ;P t-ai !-m i. t' ;r I ise nu i.
Today I walked into TIl; Gi ,rck ' office-for the
1.41(01th time it seemed. It's larger than it used to be. but
u as clut tc'red. There was the bulletin board, filled
w it h he news that everyone wants on Page One. The
editor' office is bigger now. but it' s just as cluttered.
too. 'There'= the A. S. Sullivan plaque on the wall-the
one I hat's been read every day.
! ltl.n e up' l as;i ''te k (r n . ,/l:' t(tday. F-ull (1f news of
i i p tr tr'ss, n.:istakht', fr"u ttraE ti'ns. Just like every
h';y '. l'rt page lo ks go. d, as usual, edi
r! :lt a t' grr. Thre's the maI.thead--the names
n r, ('r,we :'\t to m t It citlnder at the end,
h r' nundr a staff hat '- been the best The
- r; ha t'; en Fah - an im i trta it artery that gave
I 'ver - \I \'teek hij. yPar.
n l the st,rv fi tht y'ea'r. tco'eh )ietzel
hrn' - n ' - . thw \l.Ie (;r,sso case, Great
the draft tt S' nuthrn justice, the
.t rtnat fo :t: r .r ! l ' men liberal
:...'d, v 1 i r ! \'taiy ( 'Ivery week something
I' d; , I real .ed it been a year of frustration and
aird w"or n many' rezpects. But the goals were high
and not alt could have been reached. One, however, I
espe'ci:aI hop ywas reached. In t hat first edlit orial in
the >4ept. 21 issue, I stated: "'Our editorial policy, if such
thI ,' i-kt , will ex tend to on ly one princWile: D oes what
-aV,y h: e a positie I conWst ruc(t ive effect on the 'a ro
jin; ( cimmnunity? '' .\ll that was done was (lone to this
enid.
i>: ':-1h 'f 'e -rdlay ama today'. ThIe paist is rich, but
thi' a-s. .i'arat h . like al niew~ L'ener'alt ions, wvill not find( it
rib *-n.:h. A!.i- I hop that never c'hangs.
I am ('..nm''''l tI agree' with myV ciomrade14i-in-arms5 Bil
n yb.4Imi whleni he- di*a> 6 t he;; ; "Ye 'ar 1.'' The y'ear
'vPo b' -i-d 'it s the yearl o'f greate'st e'xpaio'n
t t h( I'!!j\'r'>t',', bo'! in -l'--.'nits an1 eilings. Tremien
do.u; maitIS'11 pro"gr' . has leon nud8(e.
But "Year I " is m uich mnore significant t han t hat.
We ha,:e seen a chan tge iniIi the "ind" 1 of an intst it ution.
The I niversity \ has (lone what Iit mu tst (do if the school
and t he State of Southi ('arolina are to progress to the
top- it has discarded th e baggage of t he past and1( placed
itself in the m-tin-Itream of' a modlern worIld. South
(Ca rolina and I'S( mflust not mterely keep up wit h t he
p)rogres of a constant ly chainging world. We are far
behindi, andl we imutst run faster than t he rest in ordler
to ca~tc'h upJ.
Tjmrrow''\ '7 1 have noi doulbti that the Iniversity and( our
W n; h' th11 firmiV I fundlat ionl to uibi l ,rn, we have'4 a n1ew.
uituO', and we hay' the leadership. In miany confterendes
with D r. Tlhlomas I". .lines, I hav(e (come) to admire and1( r'
spect him as a man aa'l as a I'niver-ity p)resillnit. le is a
mran with a m)ission: not jus a greateor ( 'aroli na, but a
greater S>uth ('ar'diua thruigh a greater I 'C
I have be-en tol1d that I am "l'in lo ve"' with ( 'arolina. .l ust
a Vealr ago I woubi not ' hae 'it'hln ittedi it. I real ize that I love
the bl buIildling s, thei lirseshoe, thel cf1i'ours 1 too(k, atnd
most oft al, the people~ I have kinown. I ('anno)4t adequajite (ly
(expresS thle opt)Iitunity that has been mines as ('dlir of
TIhe Cann rockL- t-Ihe oppor1ituniiitym ' to met andii get to know so
many pol)e, the o'haneo' to lead., to wok to do( something f'or
so4meboJdy. The rare opporituit!y to be edoitoir for a whole
year was ine - praniy t hat I was woIrthy.
Realizatioin ('omes late, however, fcii now I must leave.
nI)('Kl E/I I,IOIVII' Editor 1966-.6i7
"And as our hero, 'Pecos'
Le
Vietnar
I,arr .llr. E:lliot t
(On A pril 26th, while Gevn.
"Atmd aon ws rceoimg an
honorary dlegree at the l niv\tr
it v of South tarolina, Prof.
h,tn:ts TiiwvII, a young chem
ist ry ptr fe>sor, ralhlt',I the ;en
tral a1 "dl,ctolr of war.."
Stattu "41na1t,r" 1Egar A. Blrown,
of South ('atrlina, is rpolrted to
t\ said: "I an g ing to t'll
1)>r. Tom Join.s-. (l*'residlnt of the
t"njiver-ttV) that if he doe.n't
turn him off. I am going to cut
his water off in the I-inanc"e
("ummnittee." Senl. Pirttwn is chair
martn of the Iinanet' t'nilnitteu.
I feel certain that (en.
Westmoreland is honored to he
known as an expert in the art
of conducting the war in Viet
nai.
I, th ter' ' any,in' better (tu:li
fil than (Gen. W'tmore"Itln ?
Sinc e Prof. T1idwevtll actually moit
h tult, Senator lrown seer '
puish:1 the enitire t udet ibodiy
andu (;oeulty by4' th r'aten ing to ('ut
if the' fund" of the t 'niver>ity?
all hi-: fighting fo,rces inlVet
UnIless Senl. lIrowni apololgizes
to1 both I'roHf. ThidwellI and11 Gen.
Weist more'land, I feel t hat the
I )e'fense IDepartment11 shouldi re
dur1(e its d efense col ntcs
place in4( thei St ate( of Sou11thI
('arolina.
It allh legi:laht r andhtt thetir c hil
w\4:inptl oft \'it:an, like' other'
phra t brn \a vti b1y4, >t :4n1ur
10b;la It- I\ti wilil be '.iirell.
.I0OSl1'll sl:HKl N
Astoriai, N. Y.
1>)ar Air. EUliott
\> at .4piel to t' I.sVI' prie
':11 ieni 141 juiu l f 4i t V Itnam, ai
41'14r1ltinards hav afurth
I r t job 1ur t r p.t ary 1 hun I
in14 Sotea A3 ar' hat 1')
We1%4' tl knowI' tE 1hat the .ill
Marin 11511 uiy i he ittai hel
"4%atching hell" jru ti aout oth
demItiltarizte d4'zone.
"ovteri.i thire"s, 1that the will
r14 ight as~ stds.h'1C'at 1'
. y'
Elliott, rides slowly into the
ters To The Ed
n - OncE
St ruggle Si) that wk. can have the
right to complain ahout these
things op(nly.
In explanation of my idea:
If the coeds of Carolina
would get t o g e I It e r with
friends living off campus or at
home in Columhia, and hake
cookies to send to the men of
the 3rd Marites, the magni
tude of the men's appreciation
woul(d he inconceivable. Possi
%Ae 6A M
FoI" t edrt Janu1tarv .1 1908 ttith Riob,
(anecock is pilisihel by and ror thet s
w'eekly tinoing the colh-ge year itcept di
The opimons expressed hele this iot
iSltan )I in , t .is e,r the slul-W l b.olis
The Csamct't k r irlpesa lnteo1 1.it+u.i1
pu ht.ttumt is .t ttnnhrt If the \%, t.lte
legi.t l1ress Associat:oi, tle N.itional (
tues. 1u,t i ptiii rates .ie >t .it pier
Li' hNINES M ANAEII
.\AN AGING; EI)ITOlI
As>ist ant Managing Editor
News Editor
-Sports Edit.or
Assb.:t ant News Editor Beth HIt
Social A ffairs Editor
F"aculIty Ed it or
Chief Reporter.
Chief Photographer
Advert,ising Manager
Circulation Manager
Staff Members: Hteyward Addy. Ka
Jimmy Wannamaker. Merry An. Burne
Wottard. Mona Gautt. Chariene Searso
FInn. Coiates Crewe, Chip Gialtoway. Di
F labheth Clare. Don Hull. Max Chil
Bunny Langston. Ann tilt. Nate Cant
Nlden. Tweette Smitth. Harvey Burgess
and Jay Bender.
JOnE
Wa.44hington Wedro-t:ty thal1
t g\1ernmen%t houl W. ivI tt
.1n14 (tohl4 I SateStii gter
aion :h-comitte Ce reitwin
tt 14lit retrfulds t'.
deI41 t he t"fave region "4 o
\14 tilwt arto -lW ez St O (' s tr
rit dnltt tof S ate lSupprte444
nd 414 :t ,pident t ofte Souti
tOr
gai
T i d o s n t h a e t be d on
f' ~ ,t~
no wih 7inl statn son but
tn b doe at:3 an time
Cartoon by Shealy
west, we say farewell
itor
SAgain
lr vie aid f a few male stu
(len t Gul.de be enlisted eor this
I)roject.
dThis ot's not hiave to nhe (oln'
nt,\vw with finals -;tartluag soon, hut
ano ht' dIys' at anv tim.
.\n\"V stt11h'nts int'r('st'(l in do
ng tht'ir part 1) eitht'r volun
tne'tI n.ye their kithsn otr the ir
.;t''Vict"s )1n\' eall tlile Murphy
brt ai o a (: ert... s 4 s ie firt e"dinot. the
udC ts C ith e ( IIvte outh Crohna Carol
tnnlig ht.hdic.tvs and44 v%'. t. (ttns.tif
ut''" es.uily rellett th 1144' s's" of the' adnuin
.4'. .t hl.444.
Iv b t o~n t l Atl%v1 ii iiiJ Si -st t-4'l1 ' Inic. Thie
)lig-- I'tess Sets ice aid the Intercollegiate
lA11'{'EI. ( EWE
GINNY (:AIIOIL
Carol Mullinax
Sally Zalkin
D)on Ciaughmian
oni, Gr eta Medllinl, Mariy Beniston
. Linda Jo Mangum
Christ,ie Corley
Carl Stepp
Lyn ,Johnson
Ric'hard She-aly
John Rockholz
Mary Williamson
Obz Oberly
e salley. Joe Hitchman, Harry Simmons.
'Ii, Mike Krochmainy, Kay Rankin. Eugene
44. John D)avid Spade. Corinne Sitton. Ed
nne Wilson. Tina Derrick. Helen Williams,
ers. Dlianne Claypoole, Forrest Hemphili,
rell. Kathy Doyd. Gary Messenger, Debbie
Karen Aidridge, Tony Smith. Steve Lips,
the if'derhal : rg'hih'ir
El le': I'ning.~
thn Nor4t heast,
-4 not gt ut n
he('lunci of
41I 11 :1 4))i i>n
Illiti i'i' I i41re4
th14'r (4' )I 4':1V '4lni h
fntibat l' hitS n4Es-hv 4414
4':! 44i1nal pro) .h 4 14 'is 4 h
figur i441 l4hr4' g)41);t' J1wg'i)
Our Man Hoppe
By Arthur Hoppe .
Will Lurleen Support George? .
Good morning, friends in televisionland. It's time for
Lnother chapter of "I Love Lurleen," that rollicking situa
ion comedy which asks the question: Can an improbable
narried couple achieve a happy state? If the wifc gov
rns it?
As we join Governor Lurleen this morning she's at
)reakfast. That's her husband, George, going through the
nail. George is unemployed.
.* *
George (triumphantly holding up a letter): Look at -
that! It says I can count on their generous, secret
financial support if only I'll carry out my threat to run
against that no-good LBJ for President.
f,urlecn: Why, that's right fine, dear. Who's it from, the
Republican National Committee?
George: Nope, the Democratic National Committee. Seems
the polls show I'd drain off the Republican vote and make
that no-good LBJ a shoo-in.
Lurleen (squeezing h i s
hand): I)on't you fret,
dear. I'll support you,
win or lose.
George (angrily): What do
you mean you'll support me
if I lose? Is that a crack?
Lurleen : Heavens, no, dear.
I just meant that as Gov
ernor, I'll always need a
man who's handy around
the State. You know, some
body to pass out bouquets
to the poor folks and make
awards to school teachers
and maybe beautify the
highways.
Handyman! N o w don't
you go forgetting who
brought this State into
our marriage. And just
because I let you run it
for a spell . . What's HOPIPE
this? A bill for two new
freeways and a molasses cracking plant? I don't recol
lect you asking me if you could buy any new freeways.
Lurleen (nervously) : Well, dear, you were off making
speeches up North. And I thought it would be nice if I
fixed up the State a little, kind of as a surprise . . .
George: Surprise? If you think a woman spending money
is a surprise ...
Lurleen (near tears): Oh, I don't know what to do. I
work night and day trying to make this a nice little
State for you to come home to, a warm, secure power
base ... And I was going to let you cut the ribbons.
George (mollified) : Cut the ribbons? Well, I do like cutting
ribbons. 'I'here, there, I reckon I should stay home more and
help you around the State. Now, let's see, why don't you
run off to the school house and stand in the door and after
that . . .
Lurletn (nodding glumly as George rattles off several dozen
instructions) : Yes, dear. No, dear. Yes, dear. Is that all,
dear? Well, now, don't you worry any more about me. You
just ru along for President and I'll be praying night and
dlay that you win.
George (pleased as he goes out the door) : I can tell
somehow, honey, that you really mean it. When I'm in
the White llouse, i'll write you every day. With de
tailed instructions.
Lurleen (pouring herself a second1 cup of coffee with a sigh
of relief) : There's no nicer time of day than when you get
your husband off andl you got the whole State to yourself.
We(ll, tune in again, friends. Meantime, mein, remember
that nothing wvill make your marriage a happy one like you
running for President. Or any p)lace else that's far away.
(Our Man? 1 Ilppe' is Sylidcated nationally l>y Ch ronicle
Feaztures S,Iidicate, Sani F'ranc(isco, ('alif.)
ederal Funds
Swhile the nat iinal es'rh rcga s na'ho stcg'
Noting t hat in the ';esig i s tatin'i eeritiiggrel te
last year the state tucel ofte iiiieteaailty if ny
acve'rage has jump)led' ewc'gvn hle aaecctf,'ee~'e
to abot '.0 per year neteCorongaut'pocacs o e
f r o mi the G;eneral Iieu ntta os u nt'( )''ae
\ssembiily, .1 ec n e .- tr'c f''l's'
said t hi a t S u t hi .eres~ cit' oa ht ieutil d'
cr Jass thie nat io nal fcnesw'e'po'ice' e th' e'l'lgv'Il
a v e a' a g e b y 195 acn 'i c friat aarti nl wthi
w i t hi simiilacr hack- elly ee' s )exlei ou unsa o
ig froem the fedeer~l leralli esI,ueeasanlae l'eli ie
I with moy c'olle'ague's in ceclulrg Jee'sal htfe'aci
s ofC the favoerede re'- ta~ 'caa e ea tt' n ege ae
he' group, "'they~ genc- Ie''cl in asinf at e'''itg' cfc '
licere a re'n't enaoucghc iaet c o d' yeicse s t '' el5 wti
as to go aeroimd lihise icr'aiaae'l e cn ic'5
11witrchf ealndsisfne'lclrgrashitp
re'ted teo the'se schoocis cailccg ;icu ees'fo c an
nat'cc Iales tc le' relsctel rchil prg ' ra ion a grhea str i.' ca
:ecel ii' e'dc(cnciac 'pr~cestie itstitutioen'ine ruit in ra u t