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"Honor Is Key For Capstone" states a
headline in the April 7, 1967 issue of The
Gamecock.
So began a very interesting experiment
in USC life-a first honor dorm for women
students, designed to allow coeds to as
sume a role as mature individuals with self
control over their actions.
To almost nobody's surprise, the experi
ment has worked.
But the success of the program poses a
very basic question of equal privileges and
responsibilities for the equally qualified.
Are women who choose to live in Cap
stone the only ones entitled to freedom from
curfew, more power to dictate their own
affairs?
Why shouldn't a coed who can meet the
GPR, class standing, disciplinary stand
ards, etc., be accorded the same rights as
Bill OF Rights
"Our faculty adopted the Bill of Rights
virtually unanimously.
"It is a document very close to the na
tional statement by the American Associa
tion of University Professors." (AAUI)
The speaker was I)r. Robert Moore, state
president of AAUP and chairman of the De
partment of History at Columbia College
where a Bill of Rights was adopted this fall.
Wednesday the USC faculty received
Carolina's version of a Student Bill of Rights
and Responsibilities within the Academic
Community. After debate, mostly negative
in tone, it was sent back to the Faculty
Committee for revision and-hopefully
re-presentation.
Of the faculty who will ponder the bill in
the coming weeks, we ask the most serious
consideration. This bill is a statement of
principle the University can be proud to
live by. And, we must turn to the student
body who would be prime beneficiaries of
the bill, should it pass. Do you want it, stu
dents? If you don't, it's nothing but paper
and ink.
We have heard the document hailed as a
most important step in closing the faculty
student gulf.
We have heard it hailed as many things.
and criticized as many things.
But we cannot be swayed from a firm be
lief that this statement of rights is true
in the principles it expresses.
And we cannot cease to hope and believe
that as soon as feasible the University Com
munity will adopt the principles.
Much hard work lies ahead. But for those
who wish to aid the maturation of Carolina.
the goal is well worth the effort.
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The 'Cocks have the heart, the brains, tF
to "OZ" grows
Art Hoppe D1
IDear Miss Carroll: rlojiin
I am writing in reply of "In fit.Ims
D)efense of I loppe"' which a p- I'lW(OSo
peared in a recent issue of The '(' itlbe a
(;amecock. I hate to shatter any-is'b~t nh
one's ideas ab,ou t Mr. lioppe's nlIoknI
ability to stimulate the intellect li irpy s
of the i ndiavidual; he only appeals tli'(t0ii y
to the (emotion.nii ilaI(tv
First, I must remind this per- lii (i 'u
son that it is impossible to be l a lsIae
award of a situation without first i ihal'ti
having the f a e t s, and without ifhiOiEil i
these facts it is also impossible ofosstih't
to ometo loica cocluion ai obinu in hli
nor Key
one who chooses to live in Carolina's new
est women's dorm?
There are a number of junior and senior
women in Sims, South Tower and South
Dormitories who could meet requirements
for Capstone residence but who don't want
to move from present living quarters for
personal reasons.
They may not want to leave roommates
or other friends with whom they have lived
for some time. They may simply prefer
facilities of one dorm to another.
Or, perhaps they must often be in the
central campus area at night and fear a
long walk home along dark streets or diffi
culty in finding transportation.
Another honor dorm could be established,
but we do not believe that necessary.
The principle has been proven. Now let's
adapt it to the University environment at
large.
The honor system could be adapted to
other dorms with ease.
A Pinkerton guard mans the door at Cap
stone. His $120 per week salary comes from
housing revenues.
It would be a simple matter to assign a
guard to Sims, South and South Tower lob
bies so residents who qualify can live with
out the curfew chopping block.
If expenses need to be cut, two guards
could be used rather than three-one in
South Tower and one in South lobby (who
could have full view of the Sims rear en
trance and admit residents by walking a few
steps).
A new color of sign in-out card could be
printed specifically for coeds on the honor
system.
Besides individual advantages, such a sys
tem would add strength within the dorm
system.
For housemothers, it would mean no more
staying up late to admit tardy coeds.
The guard could simply keep a record
of late arrivals who were not in the "honor"
category.
That same guard could also serve a pro
tective function badly needed in coed dorm
areas. Now, a single policeman patrols the
area. More safeguards are a necessity.
And for dorm governments it would elimi
nate what could become a potential drain in
leadership.
Many women who meet Capstone require
ments have potential as student leaders
potential which should not be encouraged in
any way to confinement in one living area.
For such extension of the honor program,
the cost is minimal, the benefits substan
tial. the principle sound.
Carolina has taken a real step forward
toward twentieth century coed life with
establishment of Capstone. Now it's time to
take another step in the same direction.
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EDITORIALS
~0C ( COlMiMMENTARY
Page Ten - THE GAMECOCK - December 8, 1967
Our Man Hoppe
Youth Ov
By ARTHU
Herewith is another unwri
unpublished reference work,
1950-1999." The title of this
Revolution."
The initial indication tha
among middle-aged American.
zine in the autumn of 1967 t)
sen's first record, "Gallant i
fifth-rank position among 'Be
outpacing, among others, Elvi
At the time, the item aroi
later, however, Senator Dirksc
ing a speaking engagement at
lost, to souvenir-hunting mii
from his double-breasted suit
hair and the last three
inches of his sedately pat
terned necktie.
The following week, after
13 ladies swooned during
the Senator's rendition of
The Bill of Rights at a
League of Women Voters
gathering, the nation awoke
to the new phenomenon on
its hands:
A middlle-age(l sex symbol.
"Senator I) i r k s e n , " Mrs.
hIomer T'. ("Cissie") Pettibone,
National President of the
blossoming Ev Dirksen Fan
Clubs, said with a discreet
sigh, "voices the secret aspira
tions of our confused genera
t ion."
The immediate result of the
budding revolution was a revival
of old Marlene Dietrich movies,
the replacement of rock music
with Glenn Miller records on
most radio stations, and a new
attitude toward the nation's
youth, summed up by the slogan,
"Never Listen to Anybody Under
30"--or, in the phrase that be
caie ponular in many house
ho!ls, "Shut up and eat your
spinach."
Hardly a magazine hit the
streets without a cover story en
titled, "The Sexual Revolution in
Our Suburbs"-the gist of each
article being that virtually no
one over 30 talked about sex in
public any more.
The biggest change was in
men's fashions. In pursuit of
the new image of dignity, age
and wisdom, men gave up per
fumes, girdles and hair dyes,
with the single exception of
"Silver Threads" - a product
designed to provide "that dis
tinguished touch of grey at
the temples for those imma
turely ungreying."
As for youth, it said what it
had said for generations: "Our
parents don't understand us."
Although one young man did add
perceptively: "I think it's just
a phase they're passing through."
This proved all too true.
The crisis came at the 1971
Chicago Convention of the
New Middle, when Homer T.
Pettibone, portly, greying and
cigar-smoking, sugge'sted in a
speech that it was high time
midldle-agedl ladies gave up
p)erfume's, girdles and cosmet
ics and lengthened t h e i r
skirts to cover their ugly mid
dIe-aged knmees.
H1is wife, Cissie, led th(e resul
tant riot by hitting him over the
head with a p)lacardl while cry
ing, "You're nothing but a fat,
cigar-chewing, over-aged slob!'"
The revolution collapised. Tlhe
cult of yoeut h was restored. AXn y
thing anyone with acne said was
wide(ly venerated. Anrd the 'ouin -
ry returned to normal.
(Our Man Ilo ppe is syndicated
nlatioinallyj by Chronmicle Features
S'yndicate, San Francisco, Calif.)
-One M(
'cst asy of b, e i n g hygien icallIy
unique what b,ette'r vehicle of at -
ta(king ( albe'it subet lly ) the en
renchedl Est abilsish mnt thman theo
Sdir i aIlepagi's of The (,ame,icock ?
If the majoirit y of (Caroli na
studmients find MIr. IIloppe siloe
thing Iin as than pirostratinigly
funny, that is a matter oif lhttle
iimpo'rt. Suchl perceptiv e students
as ari" perchedl en the cutting
edge ojf tIhe Zeityrist know that
sat ire is a piitent weapoi(n in thme
e u r r e ni t A mierican revoluatioin
(whuichi fuollows by fifty ye'ars a
slightly stickier Re'volution els'
HOPPE
War, Etc.
who can look at only one side of
an issue.
His description of the young
American soldier hitting the Viet
Cong soldier was supposed to
bring a tear to everyone's eye, I
suppose.
I wonder what Mr. Hoppe
would have done had he been
the American soldier and seen
some of the atrocities commit
ted by the communists on
Americans a i d Vietnamese
alike.
The war in Vietnam is a dirty
one, and nobody wants us to have
to be there-hut we do have to be
there.
Before closing, I should like to
take issue with remarks made by
"peace" demonstrators S n e a d,
Miller, Johnson, Rledfern and
Frisch, also in your Nov. 10
issue.
I live just outside Washing
ton and my stepfather's office
is in the Pentagon.
While I was not present at the
actual demonstration, I did have
the opportunity to view the dis
graceful condition in which these
marchers left a government build
ing and its grounds.
Various slgans, many of them
not suitable for repeating, much
less printing, were scrawled on
the walls with black plastic paint
which can be removed only by
sandblasting.
And when the demonstrators
had left, clean-up crews found
a great number of feminine
undergarments on the grounds.
The violence which occurred
was the fault of the demonstra
tors, not "the military police and
U. S. marshals."
They were there to prevent the
demonstrators from getting in
side the Pentagon, where God
only knows what they would have
dlone.
The violence started when a
group of the demonstrators at
tempted to breach the security
lines around the Pentagon, and
the officers were forced to de
fend themselves.
The peop)le were uot beaut iful,
as was clearly evident from newvs
reel film, newspaper pictures andI
p)ersonlal accounts of people with1
whomt I spocke.
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cock is eublished by anid for the studIents
during the cellege y ear e tcept teuring holi
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tion. the faculIty orl the student body) as a
olffiers of The Gamnecock are in iloom 3
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tten chapter in that standard
"A History of the World,
chapter is "The Middle-Aged
t a revolution was brewing
3 was a report in Look maga
at Senator Everett M. Dirk
den," had "propelled him to
st Selling Male Vocalists' "
s Presley and Bob Dylan.
Ased little interest. A month
n was genteeley mobbed dur
the Oswego Garden Club and
Idle-aged ladies, one button
a lock of his flowing grey
Vietnam
1)ear liss Carroll:
As a recent USC graduate, I
have kept in close touch with the
school and with The Gamecock.
I am delighted with Carolina's
physical, academic and athletic
growth, and The Gamcc-k ap
pears just about as good as usual.
However, I must express
agreement with the letter from
Richard T. hlines (in the Nov.
10 issue) when he complains
of being somewhat disap
pointed in the syndicated col
umn "Our Man loppe."
I'll admit that I do read the
column almost every week in
some newspaper or other, and I
have found him to be a writer
Where
IsA
Mixer?
>ear. Miss Carroll:
Having been at the University
for almost three months now, I
would like to say that attending
school here has proven to be a
great deal b e t t e r than I hat
hoped, except for one possible
objection.
It concerns the almost complete
lack of social functions at which
young men and women might
meet and get to know one an
other. In view of the restricted
s o c i a 1 activities of unescorted
girls, I was extremely surprised
to discover that the University
does not sponsor any social func
tions of the kind I have men
tioned. Granted, there does exist
an abundance of social activities
on c a m p u s, but these are all
limited to "couples only."
This is all good and well, but
how in the world does one findl
persons to (late if there is little
or no opplortunity to meet eligible
members of the opp)osite sex in
the first place?
The more I think about this
situation the harder it is for me
to comprehend the lack of ''mix
ers" on campus. The "mixers" I
anm referring to are the sort at
whtich, as their name implies, una
u,tached members of the two
sexes can come together for the
express purpose of meeting one
another.
Mly purpose for writing this
letter is either to find some ex
planat ionf for this situation or,
hopefully and mo're importantly,
to find some soilut ion to this prob'h
lenm. In short, I would simply like'
to know if there is any possib)ilit y
hat a regular- schedule of "moi \
er"can he set up.
JEIlIRY ABit SO:ATO
>re Time
[Hut is Mr-. lloppie not be'ing
st retchted a little thin in mtakiung
htim performt yeoman dhuty pro
dIuri ng a col umnt wItichi is at onIce
Ith utt o r o ui s and ideolo'gically
oriented ? P e r It a ItS the lburden
he'rha, udoulId, as it were'. Itap
lBrown, .Jerry tublin, or someo~ne'
fr ott theii .\v ional Guao rdian cir -
adeiquia t el y, if wvitho'ut Mr.
hht'ppe's subttle'ty, while mtembter'ts
of A Wi, A R IE have' p rove'n t lhei r
proclivity for humor mtany timttes
since its inctsiht on.
JAwES ( AnK
AWARE
Termed
'Farce'
/)car Miss Carroll:
It is certainly refreshing to see
that the pages of The Gamecock
are carrying such fierce polemics.
Perhaps, the organization known
by the adjective AWARE has
something to offer. This offer
ing of mead (truly, a draught
fit for the gods!) is simply En
lightenment.
These seekers-after-truth have
provided us with all Knowledge,.
and have provided us with a Plan
for the Future that defies com
parison. As a matter of fact,
these children of the New Left
have encompassed the i s s u e s,
which they claim to have eluci
dated, in an obfuscating verbal
haze.
These denizens of the depths of
Knowledge have stated that they
"are the only ones standing up
and stepping forth in defense of
student freedom and liberty."
In my opinon, it is time to
stop this nonsensical farce. There
have been, for any number of
years, groups dedicated to the
preservation of student rights on
the 't'SC campus.
It is therefore my contention
that the members of AWARE
should not he called to answer
for their fallacious statement,
but instead, it is time that the
men and women of C a r ol i n a
started finding out just who the
(.-fenders of their freedom are.
JOHN D. C'LERTSON
I)eur Miss Carroll:
I noted with i n t e r e s t the
several replies to my letter sug
gesting that The Gamecock pre
sent a column with views con
trasting to "Our Nlan loppe.''
For this suggestion, the writers
indignantly branded me as ignor
ant and narrow-minlded.
I have, h o w e v e r, only the
greatest a pp reciat ion for
"Hoppe's brilliant sarcasm and
sagacity." Nir. Hoppe utilizes to
the fullest the power of sugges
tion w i t I emotion - trigg--ring
words as he so cleverly proclaims
the callous regard of our nation
for human life, the sadistic plea
sure of our troops in burning
human flesh with napalm and
the great moral guilt of our
"technologically advanced, ('au
casian, Christian nation."
I do not favor the discontinua
tion of "Our Man Hoppe." He
stands as an excellent representa
tive of those who lack the reali
zation of the very freedom that
allows thenm tii spreadl their per
verteid propaganda. I suggest
only that The Gam ,aeoek might
ncludle a columnist of the oppios
ng vi''w to provide a standard
for obhj ectivye j udgment. Or is
thiere siomething to fear from
looking at the ot her side of the
coin?
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