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Editorials
Commentary
Page Eight - THE GAMECOCK - November 21, 1967
Give 'Em Hell
The year-1902.
The place-the USC Horseshoe.
A small band of armed Carolina w :n pre
pare to defend their school against "up
country invaders." Invaders from then
Clemson College.
"MeKissick, are you armed?" an upper
classman asks of a youth who would one day
become president of the institution he is
ready to defend against a bayonetted foe.
Champions
When the USC football team returns
home after a victory, it is to the frantic
cheers of a grateful student body.
The basketball team can likewise expect
a volley of ardent backers eager to bolster
that sport and its participants.
Athletic competition can, without doubt,
generate enthusiasm in the University com
munity like nothing else-and we are thank
ful for that ardent spirit. We share it
wholeheartedly.
But there is another kind of competition
which is no less deserving of salute-a bat
tle which, by its nature, cannot generate a
screaming frenzy from spectators.
It is a contest based on brain-power-not
muscle-power.
The competition to which we refer is the
only field in which Carolina has ever had a
national champion-debate.
Before a debate team goes into a tourna
ment, untold hours of concentrated research
and rehearsal must be directed to the chosen
topic.
If the team returns from a tournament
victorious, rewards and recognition are
small.
This weekend USC's debaters, led by top
team Bob and Tom Salane, won the Delta
Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha (national de
bate honorary) Southern Regional Cham
pionship in Tallahassee, Fla. for the second
year in a row.
The Salane brothers, who won the re
gional first-place last year as sophomores,
were undefeated in six rounds-the only un
beaten team out of 25 entries.
Individually, Tom Salane won best
speaker honors of all debaters at the Florida
meet, edging out his brother by a single
point.
Carolina's freshman team, Bob Schwartz
and Mike Bates, the only novice team de
bating against varsity competitors, compiled
a four wins-two losses recordl. The 4-2 rat
ing was third place among all teams at the
tournament.
And so this week we .ulute a capable
group of champions, and ask that the Caro
li na Community join in assigning praise to
a group for whom recognition is too long
overdue.
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Gamecocks
McKissick was armed.
"McKissick, make every shot count."
Actual armed combat was narrowly
averted, but the moment was a peak in a
rivalry filled with frenzy and tradition, fire
and passion.
It is a rivalry which passage of time has
never dimmed.
The year-1961.
The place-Carolina Stadium.
A group of orange-shirted football play
ers races onto the field.
The Clemson cannon booms. The student
body cheers frantically. The band strikes
up "IIold That Tiger."
But instead of pre-game calisthenics, the
"Tigers" hop around, fall over backwards,
punt straight up.
Soon, the Clemson fans realize this is not
their team but Gamecock imposters-Sigma
Nu brothers who have borrowed jerseys
from a high school with the same colors as
their number one opponent.
As Clemson backers pour from the stands,
law enforcement officers are strained to
quell a near-riot.
Each year for a few hours the eyes of an
entire state turn from daily pursuits to
focus all attention and energy on a football
field.
The result of those few hours means
long-lasting exhiliration for half of South
Carolina, a long cold winter for another
half.
The year-1967. Saturday, Nov. 25. Caro
lina Stadium.
A shared conference championship, indi
vidual rewards and-as always-the honoi
of a tradition ride on two hours of bone
crushing competition.
Give 'em Hell. Gamecocks
A New Dimension
For many months the Carolina Com
munity has been told that it would have a
(lining facility unique in the state, almost
unique in America.
Great anticipation usually breeds some
measure of disappointment, but we are
pleased to say that in the case of Top of
Carolina this is not true-not at all true.
We dined in the revolving restaurant atop
Capstone Ilouse one recent night and found
that it indeed lives up to its billing.
lFoodl, service and atmosphere are superb.
And it is a thrilling experience to view while
(lining the entire burgeoning University
community.
W~e highly recommend (Carolina's newest
tradlit ion to everyone associatedl with US(.
To'p of (Carol ina is truly a new dimrension
in (lining and in University life.
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By ARTHUR IIOPPE
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darkness dl u r i n g a lull in the
fighting. "I got something I want
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enemy the other day to come
ta attack him again. There he
Was, esieged in , o e N i n h,
wherever that is. And he tell,
them ptersonally that he and hi
men are downright eager to take
an another humnu wave assanlt.
'come and get us,' he says, 'amul
we'll show you at thing or two'."
"You were impressed, soldier'?"
"Yes, sir! I said to m y s e I f
ight then that I was going to
eep the General's words in mind
ext time I got in a tight spot.
,nd here I am."
"I suppose even .41u couldn't
help hut he stirred by an ex
ampl e that" said Captain
Ace, his iciness thahing. "Te
General's chuallenge at Iwoe Ninh
will go down in military annals
aleng with 'Damn the torpedoes'
and attnd us more Japs'."
"I suppose so, sir," said 'ri
ate rrab thoughtfully. "1ley're
lI of a pattern."
"A glorious pattern," agreed
bie Captain, his voice rising in
nthlusiasmn. "'Glory is the spur,
oldier. What makes a good of
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Editors Lay.
Stomachs
On Line
There's a lot riding on Satur
day's Carolina-Clemson game.
Stomachs churn at the thought
of N ictory and defeat.
And few stomachs are churn
ing as hard as those of The
(aimiecock staff. Our editors
have a more-than-slight case
of indigestion depending on
that contest.
You see, some years ago the
staffs of the Clemson Tiger anet
The Gamecock had a thing go{
ing. The staff of the losing
school had to devour-grudg
ingly, no doubt-the most re
cent issue of the winners' news
paper.
Spurred on by a picture of The
Tiger staff heartlessly eating a
copy of Thc (ame cock, we called
the Clemson newspaper office
and issued a challenge to renew
the bout.
The Tiger staff accepted
without hesitation.
The South Carolina Collegiate.
Press Association's next meetii:z
has been set as the dIate for the
"m11eal."
Go, Gamecocks! Please?!
)hallenge
"And though he may die in
the attetpt, he sels an example
for the cottont .oldier like
"You're sure right about that,
sir.
The Captain paus'd and put
his ar-'m around Priviita- lirh'.
shioulder in fatherly fashion. "y
G'I, )rah, i'm proud of you,'' he
sail. "Go ahead, issue your ihal
h-nge in the name of all the men
in Haker Company. Tell 'em how
wo feel."
"'Tank %ou. .ir," said Pri
%111e 1)rab. And4, cupping hi.
haud, lie ,hontedl into the dark
ie... "lley, there. I c"hallenge
yout gt. to go fiNd IAc in
anud attack General llit i.stelad
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"I don't see w0hat the Capl tain'"
so Se1(' ibIout," Private I )rah said
later to his friend, Co ' p ora l
'artz. "If the General's looking
for glory, he can have it. I don't
want any part of it."
"You're wrong there, (lliver,"
said Corporal Partz. "'(Glory's a
gr.'at thing to have. ,Ou get a
little and the broads fall all over
yu,"
''ous mle'an Ieeu don'tt tittt
fighting feor it?"
''What I mind,'' said Coerpora:l
1Pa rtz, du tck inrg as a mo rtar' shtellI
buritst cleose, ''is fighting feet se'
bodeey e'lse''s.''
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na'itionaolly by (Chtronicle Fea tures
A bse nce
Nov'. 15, Riichar d P. McKeon,
r'eek antd Philosophy fr'om the
a lecitre on c'ampus, entitled
tre' byV a gtreat c'holbi', humuat
On Hoppe
ee ieiharde Hine's wroete yoeu:
I e e denirain'Ou'Aa
What Rtichard pirob aly really
eobjetcts to is that, in thle art icles
c'itee, Mir. II oppe''s targe't wa
consert'tvati ve Re'pullic'an ism's poli
('ites and/Ior spoekesmen.
hi ae lRichard been around last
spring and read M 1r. Ho ppe's
sat iries een "'Elbije Jay,'' lie would
have enjeoyed t hem.
Thle diffte're'nce bet ween Hop pe
and Hine's is that I hoppe is obijec
tie aned ope'n-in ed' eeoughi tie
lie able to poke(4 fun at either side
eef thle poelitical spe'ctru'm.
'Thit only thiung I really dlishike'
abeeut Mir. lleeppe is his str'iking
re'sembelance tee iicha:red 1. IIlint's.
L.etters Policy
T1'it : GA'.aM:c t;teiE/clce's let -
ters cii eany sub/j.'e't pe'rtinet'i
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preiinte'i. lut a a mi e s iitay bet