The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 10, 1967, Image 10
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We had planned a barbed editorial this
week on an incident in which we felt student
organizations were being wronged.
By the time we went to press, the prob
lem had been solved through cooperation.
It was not a mulgaciously large incident.
Student organizations were being charged
"out-of-pocket" fees to use University facili
ties to offset maintenance costs. We found
this abominable.
First, many organizations would not be
able to sponsor activities on their sadly
limited budgets.
Graduation
Graduation is a time to which a senior
looks forward with mixed emotion-pain,
pride, pleasure, relief, a sense of accomplish
ment.
To most students preparing to leave, that
final ceremony is an occasian deserving the
best efforts of the entire Un ersity com
munity.
And a vital element in that occasion is the
graduation speaker.
Speaker recomrn'' n'ltirns are the prov
ince of a commttec w under the direc
tion (f Senior 'lass, Pres;'ent Pat Naylor.
But. we feet, each student preparing to
"ahl ate -nou,ld also have a voice in the
choice if he so desires. The committee
sen:i)rs Barry Long :d Kf athy (ehnman,
gr"adUa1C students Art Grt ry and I)ic'k
We therefore urge any potential 1967
gra(luate 1o use his voice, contact the com
mittee with his suggestion and helpi make
graduation '67 the most memorable ever.
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ooperation
Secondly, funds received would be cohniln
from the Student Activities Fee or from
money which organizations had raised them.
selves-in either case limiting programs for
which the funds were allocated.
Thirdly, revenues would be channeled
back into a separate General Fund and
would drain the already inadequate activi
ties fund.
But some students who felt "we can't
afford this" went to Vice President for
Business Affairs Harold Brunton and com
plained.
And by Wednesday night we were noti
fied the policy has been changed. Approved
University organizations are not to be
charged to use USC facilities.
One thorn has been removed.
And while discrepancies remain, the spirit
to cooperate issues hope that a greater ef
fort will be made to align sources of revenue
with sources of disbursement.
This same cooperative vitality of stu
dents who did not blindly accuse and ad
ministrators who were willing to listen and
act-the attitude which also lent a joint
student-administrative push to safer light
ing and protection conditions on campus this
week-further gives rise to a broader hope.
Studeilts are probing and questioning
practices this year that have too long re
mained in iarkness-a commendable effort
to clear the murky air.
We have seen this week what can he done
if a problem is tackled from two sides.
And alt hough the no-charge accomplish
ment is a small one, it compels us to issue
a challenge to all elements at Carolina-to
set that eliminated difficulty as an example
of the way problems should be and must be
approached in I niversity '67.
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The Scenic, Scarred Campus
The huihling is new. Dedication ceremonies were less way with the sign identifying Physical Sciences Center.
than a month ago. Yet, already, the morons who cannot Whoever you are, congratulations. You've accomplished
resist playing at mischief and vandalism have had their nothing. (Staff Photo by Mike Tyler.)
EDITORIALS
COMMENTARy
.............
Uur Man Hoppe
War: Ha
By AltTHiURf HOPIE
It, is late in the winter of 1967.
A blue-gray haze lies outside
my window. Last week they
were talking about peace in
Vietnam. ''his week they are
talking about "escalation" and
"<h-terimination."
We are prepared, our leaders
-ay, to go on fighting for years
year"s more.
In the paper this morning
there is a photograph of an
American soldier hitting a
V'iet Cong prisoner with his
fist.
The caption begins by talking
of the strains and frustrations
of war. Then it tells how a com
pany of American GIs caught
three of the enemy hiding in a
stream.
In the photograph, the Ameri
can soldier, knee deep in the
water, has just thrown a round
house right. Ii is arm is still vx
tended, fist clenched. iIe looks
tall with close-cropped hair. He
ooks like any American.
The Viet Cong prisoner
seems very small. lie is naked
from the waist up. His head
has snapped hack. His eyes
are closed. IHis empty hands
are raised before his face,
palms inward, in a gesture
that seems almost beseeching.
It is not an unusual picture.
That's the way war is. We have
seen such pictures for years now.
I thought for a moment of
how that American soldier must
have felt. The frustrations and
strains, I believed that. The fear
(luring the hunt. The triumph of
the capture. The anger at the
whole hloody mess. The deep
Jr Lurks
ar eas in which a potential acci
dent might li- in wait for his
victim, and to which he might
run for the refuge of darkness
after his attack.
'wenty-five lights could re
dtue greatly the potential of this
area.
In all, at least 135 addi
tional street lights in the im
mediate area of the Carolina
campus are indispensible for
adequate lighting protection
for the students of this ['ni
versity.
'The provision by the adminis
tratittn of such a necessity would
be an initial step toward student
safety.
The addition to the polic
force of c xtra men and adequate
equipment for student protec
tion w luhibe a second stAp the
a: huinist rat ion should gi ve prime
No noticeable steps have been
taken yet.
Anm assailant has at least
135 good p)laces on this canm
ptus where he may carry out
hiis attack withI little fear of
being seen.
sault s anti ftur nmuggings have
alIr'':ztIy taken place this year.
WVhat must happen before the
I nivtersit y Community ace t s?
Tlhte death otf a student pe'rhapts?
May this nott ih' the case.
ta t he'r, mna y the provocat itn
for ad minist rative' act ion come
f rom t host' dlirct ly involved: thte
studeItnts who fae the prolem
diaily, andl their ptartents who help
pay for l'nive'rsit y otperat ion
Ii.hroogh tanes.
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sense of satisfaction when fist
slammed into cheek.
Then, afterward, the ration
alizations to wash away the
guilt.
For I don't believe you can
strike a smaller, unarmed, help
less man without feeling guilt
not the first time.
To do so, I believe, you have
to close off a small corner of
your mind, you have to callous
over a small corner of your soul.
You have to do this in the
same way a fisherman does
the first time he impales a
living worm on a hook, the
way a slaughterer does the
first time he swings the
sledge, the way a Nazi must
have the first time he inciner
ated a Jew.
The first time is hard. But
each time the callous grows.
Each time is easier than the last.
Eventually the time comes that
you can do these things with
neither sensitivity nor compunc
tion.
Suddenly I felt sorry, not so
much for the little Viet Cong,
as for the big American soldier.
I felt that what he did was
understandable and human. Yet
how sad it is to have a callous
on your soul. How much less a
living man it makes you. And
how fast, in war, it grows.
And then I turned the page.
Por after all, we have seen
Hoppe
Vetoed
l)car Miss Carroll:
As a freshman, I have been
very impressed by The (;am e
cock since its first edition during
orientation.
Every Friday I pick up a few
extra copies and mail them to
my family and friends to let
them know the campus news.
The (aincrock is certainly ob
jective and a publication of
which we all can be proud.
I have, however, been some
what disappointed in the synli
eated column "Our Man Iloppe."
Mr. I lopl e's picture is really
not very attractive and is lefin
itely oversized. And----(;od help
ts his sick sarcasm! If he's not
writing about some government
commission to determine human
worth, it's that evil tonald 16ea
gan, or the old familiar "get out
of Viet Nam" theme.
The only thing funny about
"Our Man Hloppe" is that it's so
unfunny.
We've had enough of his left
wing t ripe. What about show.
ing the other side of the coin ?
Fourngle( Jan 30. 190R with Robert Elliott
cock inalI ubghee by an<d for the stIinentsil of
iuring the coliege year ex'epti tihiring tol lia
Thei oiions,,r ei prenel herein iiio not nece
tin, the faculity or the, stinienl l y a s a~ w 'I
ED)ITOIC-IN
Ginny C
ASSOCI ATE
D)on (Cau~
HUSINESS MANAGElR
Mary WV. McMillan
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such photographs for years
now.
But later, thinking hack on
that photolvraph in this winter
of 1967, 1 never felt more
strongly that we must end this
war in Vietnam.
We must end the frustrations
and strains and fears and tri
umphs and anger and satisfac
tions and guilt.
We must end it, not so much
for their sake, as for our own.
(Our Man Iloppe is syndicated
nationally by Chronicle Features
Syndicate, San Francisco, Calif.)
Letters To
DIcar Miss Carroll:
On a recent Friday (luring the
Campus Speak Out, I listened to
a bearded, shabbily d r e s s e d
youth give a talk on his part
in the "peace" demonstration
held in Washington, I). C.
After listening to his little
lecture on the immoral crisis of ti
Vietnam and of the cruelty of
humanity, I was sick to my 11
stomach.
It is a surprise to me how this tc
young AWAlRE representative c.
and his followers are allowed to y,
roam this campus. s;
The topic of Vietnam can be d<
included in a familiar subject ti
a 1 1 e d Patriotism. Patriotism
means the support of your coun- w
Lry and every American citizen vi
is a part of his country. al
The soldiers in Vietnam are a hi
I)art of this nation and we, as
-\merican citizens, must support r
,hem as we uphold our country. mii
Patriotism is something that
mly an individual can get alone.
tht
Some people call themselves dr
atriotic but are at a loss for tr
,vords when asked to repeat the
ledge of Allegiance or have to th
hink twice before standing as so
he American Flag passes.
Patriotic spirit is the feeling w
>f pride that overpowers a per- w
on when he sings "My Country
Tis of Thee," or when he looks cu
it the Iwo Jima Monument. de
We at Carolina are commit- th
ing a grave injustice when we in
illow young instigators such as i
he one mentioned in my open
ng paragraph go unchallenged. m
I do not believe an entire cam
us (ati he Anti-Vietnam, but,
onsidering the response to th
\WARE that Friday, a person
vonders if such things are pos- ni
:ihle.
fo
Is there any Pro-Vietnam ac
ent iment at the U niversity of th
south Carolina ? Wake up, fel- 'v;
pr
aon7ales as the first editor, The Game- S
the Ii nversity ofi South ('arolina weekly fe
arind exa'ninastions.
arily refleet t he vliews of the administra
irroll dli
sit
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MIANAG;ING ED)ITOII
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............Mary Jane iHenstoni dbi
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HOPPE
[he Editor
>w Carolinians, speak out and
e heard in the name of Am
rica!!!
WAYNE A. COX
Dissention
ear Miss Carroll:
A recent Friday evening on
te Russell House patio there
as a heated discussion on Am
-ican intervention in Vietnam.
A British student was opposed
our involvement. An Ameri
in, not opposed to the U. S.
)sture in Vietnam, had no de
re to fight, but was willing to
what was required for na
mal defense.
Unfortunately, the Englishman
as jeered for his dissenting
ews. The surrounding crowd
so harrassed him by telling
m to get out of the country,
calling him a queer and by
aking other less discreet re
arks about him.
'' h e Englishman suggested
asion of the draft. I believe
is is wrong. Some form of
aft is necessary in this coun
V.
Regardless of how equitable
e draft is (the present is not
equitable), some young men
to do not want to fight in the
ir for reasons of conscience
11 be required to do so.
The draft is necessary to pro
re the manpower required to
fend this nation (implicit in
is is the protection of U. S.
lerests as seen by the nation's
'eted representatives).
Improvements of the draft
ist he made by modification
the law, and not by evasion.
Lawmakers are sensitive to
expressed interests (letters,
blications, v e r b a l disagree
nt) of those they represent.
I e c t e d representatives never
rget that if their views and
tions differ too much from
>se of their constituents, they
11 not lie returned to office.
Vigorous dlissent is often ex
'ssive of deep concern, but it
1st not he allowedl in such a
-m as to dlisrupt the 'nechan
ii of our society.
Any unit, such as the United
rates, consisting of many dif
rent and shifting parts, re
ires ordler.
Our economy is b)ased on spe
.1lizat ion of interdependent in
'idluals. We must cooperate
ice we cannot (do without each
ier.
Our society and its policies
ist he altered only within the
im of the laws bindling it to
ther. T respect the right of
sent, not an exercise in civil
'obed(1ience.
WENDELL SMIT -