The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 12, 1968, Image 10
We Hail ThE
Do you know how the Russell House looks
at 4 a.m.? How it sounds? How it feels?
Outside, darkened, otherwise unchanged.
Inside, an almost-tomb-emptied of the
hurrying masses that clog its halls in day
light and evening. Only an occasional echo
ing footfall, the clatter of a janitor's broom
to break the stillness.
A lonely place-but a loneliness that beck
ons companionship, comradeship for the few
remaining within.
This week we say goodbye to that world,
and relive a belief in "mixed emotions." Nos
talgia, relief, sadness of loss, confidence in
the future of a newspaper and the institu
tion it attempts to serve.
It's been a full world for three and one
half years. The discipline of a daily dead
line; the frustration of a page, a headline, a
story that just didn't come out right; the
satisfaction of a job finished to the best of
individual capabilities.
The agony of debate and decision between
fact and rumor; the growing knowledge that
a university is more than academics, politics
and the present; pride.
Now, the day has come to say farewell to
that life-time to look ahead with belief in
those who will carry forward the destiny of
The race problem is not dead. It is alive
and kicking in South Carolina.
We sat at Wednesday night's basketball
game with Wake Forest and noticed with
deep bitterness the insipid remarks that
customarily come from Carolina stands
when a Negro is on the opposing team.
While we recognize that this is not unique
on the USC campus, we find it none the
less abominable.
But the ugly head of prejudice reared
itself in a unique way at the Wake Forest
game. A cluster of Negro Carolina students
were cheering-but not for the Gamecocks.
They were cheering a Wake Forest player,
a Negro.
However, before condemning their actions
too harshly, Carolina, stop. Think. Why did
being, let us do it now.
Could it be because of a community which
has refused to give more than lip service to
a long-integrated campus-which has, in
truth, scorned its Negro students at almost
every turn?
'I ne Carolina D)ebate Team is eligible for
the national Tournament of Champions
one of two national championship tourna
ments rated highest in debate circles.
Winning the Tournament of Champions
would be sort of like winning the American
League title in football. But then, there's
the Super Bowl, the National D)ebate Tour
nament.
USC's debaters have no guarantee of
funds for that. Speaking in principle, we
doubt that an athletic team would lack
funds to attend a p)ost-season contest.
The Student Affairs Committee, when
asked to allocate funds for the secondl tour
nament, suggested that a University service
organization, or other group set out to raise
funds to send thie dlebaters to the national
meet.
The Debate Teanm's winning recordl has
traditionally brought recognition to the UJni
versity-recognition that has received little
thanks within the Carolina Community.
We hope that this time such will not be the
case. If donors or service workers cannot
be located, we would urge the Student Af
fairs Committee to make the money avail.
able out of its own funds. Why punish a
winning team.
Duke University banned demonstrations
this week and threatened violators of its
demonstraition policy with "separation from
the University."
Trustees of the California State Colleges
decided to crack down hard on students who
"engage in or threaten violence on the cam
puses."
This week USC's policy on dlemonstration
was also announced. It is a sound policy, we
believe, in intent and proposed implementa
tion.
If a group wants police protection or a
guarantee that the place they want to use
for the demonstration is not previously
taken, they must reserve the time and place.
"It is the duty of the University to see
that the rights of all students are respected
on its campus and to take all proper meas
ures to see that no one connected with the
University as a student or otherwise inter
feres with their free exercise," the report
states.
With ideas such as these, USC is on the
way to becoming a true center of learning
for all members of its community.
.e, Carolina
Carolina; time to recall memories, pleasant,
sad, satisfied, bitter:
Sitting in the Field House with a couple
of thousand scared, cocky fellow freshmen
.. . One group rising, cheering when the man
said "Men and Women of Carolina" . . .
Hearing "That's some kind of tradition.
They always do that" . . But too few re
membered later . . .
7-3 . . . that "first" game with Clemson
. . . into Death Valley on a sideline pass ...
lousy football . . . but we won ...
Sneaking out of the dorm at 2 a.m. to help
put the paper to bed . ..10-minute chase
with the campus cops . . . or was it 10 hours?
. . . back inside, mission unaccomplished,
three gray hairs and wiser . . .
Spring elections . . . night after night
campaigning ... the kernel of doubt ... did
the best man win? ...
Watching a Coliseum arise from a dream
. .. Student Senate ... Parliamentary wran
gling . . . "Beat Duke" . . . And the trip to
Durham when it became real . . Capstone,
a glimmer of light . . .
These things will always mean CARO
LINA. But more than events, Carolina is
people.
And so, with the time for goodbye,
comes gratitude and love-to those Men and
Women of Carolina who made the day
dreams memories.
The Gamecock staff were at their desks
when we walked into the office tonight.
Everything was as it has been more than
1,000 times-but different.
There were others at those desks too
people who have gone on after adding their
building block to the growth of their insti
tution.
First and foremost thanks must go to
those who were there today-)on Caugh
man, Carol Mullinax, Mary McMillan, Sally
Zalkin, Mary Jane Benston, Carl Stepp,
Mona Gault, Lyn Johnson, Greta Medlin,
Heyward Addy, Jay Bender, Jimmy Wanna
maker, Mike Krochmalny, Sherry Brown,
Mike Attaway, Chip Galloway, Dianne Wil
son, John Rockholz, Peggy Simms. The
Gamecock editors who made the difficult
easier, the easy more enjoyable.
We are sure Carol and her staff will more
than justify the confidence we feel in turn
ing over the reins.
And the others, who taught those remain
ing behind more than techniques of journal
ism, taught us the pride that says "I'm from
The Gaiecock." forged the footsteps that
were so hard to follow: Harriet Holland.
Pat Roessle, Sig Iluitt, Dick Elliott.
Board of Publications Chairman George
Buchanan-Dean Buck-who is, in our opin
ion, the best thing that ever happened to
journalism; George C'rutchfield, our adviser
with the willing ear.
Business Affairs and Student Body Vice
Presidents Harold Brunton and Denny
Royal-t wo never-ending sources for copy
and commentary. Student Affairs Vice
President C. HI. Witten-a man we never
did quite figure out but liked nevertheless.
President Thomas F. Jones for his trust
andl for being the kind of man who can carry
Carolina where we hope it will go.
D ick Goldije, Bob Salane, Tom Salane-an
unofficial advisory board who had the de
bater's ability always to dissect an idlea one
step further and wvho weren't afraid to
criticize.
Student Hody President Sammy D)rew for
challenging the Board of Trustees and Ad.
ministration to keep the mace in its place.
Susan Hlardwick, Kathy Easler, Mary
C'ulp, Charlene Searson-my long-suffering
roommates, etc.
There were others-too many to name
three and one-half years of people.
In those years we have seen an institu
tio,n begin to overcome its growing pains,
begin to become what a real university
should be.
H ampered by a severly inadequate budget,
limited by small people with smaller minds.
slowed! down by those who believe the only
time to start something new is tomorrow
the University is nevertheless moving "into
the mainstream."
It is moving because its leadership will
not bo0w to the restrictions, because the men
who see what should be done have the cour
age to say "'It must he done, it trill be (lone."
To those Men and Women of Carolina
stutdents, faculty, administration-we issue
one last challenge:
"We must build upon yesterday, live for
todlay, plan for tomorrow, prepare for
eternity, always remembering that we pass
through this world but once.'
"'We have but one chance to write our
H(ook of Life. Any goodl we may therefore
(1o, any kindness we may show to any humian
being, let us (do it now.'
"Let us not neglect it. For we will never
pass this way again."
-GINNY (ARROILL
January 10, 1968
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"Hurr
Our Man
Hoppe
By ARTHUR HOPPE
The President flew around the
world and then announced he was
going to appeal to our patriotism
to stay home this summer-per
haps, say the experts, by impos
ing a $5-a-day tax on Americans
traveling abroad.
The tourist industry is wring
ing its leis. But the announce
ment has proved a boon to the
guide book business. Already in
preparation, for example, is a
new work entitled: "Europe on
$5 Less a Day." Excerpts fol
1ow:
Planning a trip to Europe
this summer? Remember, get
ting there is half the fun.
Particularly, if you don't get
caught.
Several interesting routes will
he offered to the tourist this
year. The one that will undoubt
edly prove the most popular is
the C.E.C., or Canadian Escape
Corridor.
This tour, which departs regu
larly on moonless nights, includes
an exciting crossing on the Ca
nad1ian borDer on snow shoes
andl thence, by Underground
Railways, Ltd., to Free Quebec
with overnight stops along the
way in quaint old1 barns and hay
stacks.
There we hoard a luxurious
Mongolian Airways Fokker bi
plane, which lan~ds regularly on
coded flashlight signal, for the
thrilling hop across the Atlan
tic.
For the crossing, travel-wise
tourists will want to go light. A
wash-and-wear wet suit andl a
stay- Pressed p)arachute should
p)rove adequate.
D)o try to
- make your
- trip more
pleasant by
memorizing a
few p)hrases
in a foreign~
tongue. F o r
instance, you
are bound to
en joy your
IIOPPE trip more if,
w h e n being
qluestioned by a T-Man, you
(an respond, "What makes you
think I'mi an American, Mac?"
in 11indi or Urdu.
D o take photographs of the
sights you see as evidence for
you r sc rapboo0(k of whe re you've
been. D on't for heaven's sake,
though, get in the picture. Re
m embher, that's evidlenc(e, too.
To make a GreaLt Circle tour
of you r tipi you should consider
aking am (zechoslovak ian Air
Iinewr to Ila vana a nd thence by
-mall fis-hing boat to Key West.
Shoul you he stopped b)y the
('oast G uard en route be pre
pared to say in Spanish: "Madre
dle D ios ! hlow glorious it is to
e'scae at last from Fidel's slave
staite to make a new home in the
land of the free."
So have an exciting, adven
ture-filled trip abroad this
summer. And don't, above all,
miss the great monuments of
Europe that have so influenced
our own cultumre. lie sure to
see, for exasm ple, the lierlin
Wall.
Y'our heart will go out to thoMe
poor victt ims imp;risede beehinmd
it w'ho>e inalie:nble right to
Ira\el hai- been abridged by their
totalitarOianl government.
(Our Mian IIo,pe is syndicated
natfionally by ('Chronicle F'eatures
Sgnii-nte SVan ,, ina ncitrn ('nif.)1
4vr o . h's enasde h
The sverieso on. the' Been atr sde sco
Guesy aedtiwaln o h i xoe
Yo a top Manaing Eor jbt e
poThe fact-sh ookr mssoe iaccom
plised.
Manyere illwatngroh big expose. mtel,w
havn't goi aokngyforin, that we haen'tw
left n sto witunin Our search fr
the truth. We found no juicy dirt. Even
to please our readers, we could firid no ad
ministrative officials who are pocketing
Campus Shop profits, no double set of
books, no hidden income.
The front page of a newspaper is not
the place to take a stand. Judge Donald
Russell said at our Gamecock banquet that
it is easy to be in the newspaper business
where we can point out what's wrong with
out assuming any responsibility. We dis
agree-we feel we do have a responsibility.
...A responsibility to-first-report the
facts-all the facts.
Four months have been spent in research
-asking questions of everyone from Presi
dent Jones and Vice President Brunton to
the part-time help in the Book Store and
the students. We have spent days in the
S. C. Book Store asking questions, compar
ing prices. Letters and phone calls to other
schools and to the manager of the National
Association of College Stores in Ohio have
aided our search for answers.
9/ GA*iiOC
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EDITOR-IN-CilEF
Ginny Carroll
ASSOCIATE ED)ITOlt
D)on Caughman
BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGIN(
Mary W. McMillan Carol M1
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Editorials
Commentary
CK -January 12, 1968
o Big Expose
On the whole, cooperation has been even
greater than we hoped for. There were a
few who refused to cooperate, there was a
lot of dolible-talk, but we gradually got our
answers. And when we didn't, we reported
that. We made some people angry when
we double-checked their answers-but that
was part of our job.
We don't think the Book Store operation
is perfect, by any means. But we do think
the overall set-up is the best for USC. We
don't think our campus is the place for a
non-profit book store. But we do think a
tighter rein must be kept on where the
profit goes, and we think the students
every year have a right to ask the ques
tion.
Students talk about a non-profit book
store every year, especially at election
time. But there has been no action and
very little research. Our research has
shown us all the work that goes on behind
the scenes. Running a book store Is a costly
and time-consuming operation, one that In
experienced students could hardly handle
alone.
The idea of a book exchange for used
books has its possibilities. But what per
centage of Book Store business is used
books? Would it be worth the time and
effort for the one per cent estimated by
Book Store officials?
There is room for improvement in the
present system. We would like to see Cam
pus Shop figures and a breakdown on
where the profit goes published in The
Gamecock every Fall. And one of the first
areas for improvement in the Campus Shop
is attitude towards students. Store em
ployes tendI to forget that students are peo
ple, not dollar signs.
The Book Store has no inP,
fluence with the faculty on
selecting books to be used
each semester. But perhaps
if the faculty were informed
of the companies that have
SdtoI,he Game. a no-return policy, they
ofth amnitr.would steer away from
ih o s e whenever possible.
i'i.uaaeasi And if they would plan a
'.i s.ssn, S,,. minimal two-year adoption
Ir',~mian the . C. of new texts Instead of the
present haphazard switch
ing from semester to semes
ter, the Book Store would be
able to buy back more used
EDITOR books at at least 50 per cent
ullinax of the cost
... Sally Zalkin The figures are available
ry Jane ilensto" andl credible. The profits
.... Carl Stepp
fargaret Niceley are used to benefit the Umi
>nd, Grea Mendierrty
~yWnaner President Jones and his
like Krochmalny ad(m inistration have j usti
.Sherry Brown fied our faith in their in
.Mike Attaway tegrity. Their purpose dIoeS
.Chip Galloway not dliffer from ours-a bet
Di)anne Wilson
.ohn Rtockholz ter Carolina.
.Peggy Simma There Is no big ername.