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By JIMMY WANNAMAKER
Sports Edli
What may have been Carolina'#
largest pep rally .ever had a sur.
prise ending for a number of Caro.
lina students sprayed with teai
gas by police.
A crowd of more than 3,00(
gathered at the Columbia airporl
about midnight Wednesday to wel.
come the USC basketball team
Accompanied by a band, excitec
cheering, and seemingly endlesi
spirit, the group rushed out on thf
taxi strip when the awaited plan(
landed.
Dean of Women FAixabeth Oot,
worthy had authorixed late permis,
sions for al women so that they
could attend the landing, adding tc
the festive nature of the crowd wait,
ing to meet the team that beat UNC
Gamecock Coach Frank McGuire
g r e e t e d the crowd, but could
scarcely be heard above the cheeri
and shouts of congratulations. A
few minutes later a number of stu
dents could be seen stumbling away
'from the plane, tears streaming
down their faces.
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Medical
Question
By MARY JANE BENSTON
Aest. Managing Editor
The S. C. Commission on Highel
Education sent its annual repor1
to the General Assembly Monda3
but left unanswered the question o~
whether or not they will recoin
mend establishment of a mnedica
college at USC.
University President Thomas F
Jones will appear before an execu
tive s e s s i o n of the commissior
Thursday morning. He will explair
USC's views on the recommenda
tion by a team of medical con
sultants that a medical school be
established here no 1 a t e r thar
1975.
The t h r e e medical consultants
headed by Dr. Vernon Lippqrdt, dear
of the School of Medicine at Yale
SUniversity, visited South Carolina Iast
fall. Their survey of the state's nee<
for a second medical school includec
visits to Charleston, Greenille am~
Columbia.
Establishment of the facility hai
been a controversial i s s u e foi
months - with Greenville and Co
First
First In A Ser
By MARGARET ANN I
Editorial Assista
Negroes now attend claqad
in dignity and peace, but i
to do so has lasted nearly
in many ways is not yet ove
The first Negro to enter
lina's largest and oldest
tional institution was Hen1
who was then secretary of
enrolled in the USC medici
6, 1873. At that time one a
his own name from the rej
dents, defactng the book as1
three professors resigned.
The loss of the student a
was a blow to the school
opened the fall semester tt
only six students and a dej
. as welt. The major reason v
Lbh. nrvious summer to
rear Gas
s Spirit
A USC sophomore told The
Gamecock that he was being pushed
back and forth under the tail sec
tion of the plane when, without
warning, he was sprayed with an
intensive blast of tear gas.
Cayce Police Sgt. Ted Hammond,
head of police at the airport Wed
.nesday night, denied that any mem
ber of the Cayce, West Columbia
or Lexington departments used tear
gas during the incident.
He said that the officer from
Springdale and a member of the
airport police were the only ones
to use the gas.
Although in charge of police at the
airport, Hammond said he at no time
authorized use of tear gas. "It's
more p e r o n a I judgment at any
time," he saki.
He also said that students tore
antennae from police cars, let the
air out of their tires, tore the
roof of a concourse, took all the
Southern Airways fire extinguish
ers and littered the runways so
that they had to be swept before
the next plane could land.
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lumbia officials contending for lo
cation of the school in their cities
and Charlestonians arguing that
the present S. C. Medical College
located there should be upgraded
rather than a second school estab
lished.
The consultants' recommenda
tion to the commission-the "Lip
pard Report"-was madle public
Jan. 4. It urged the state to upgrade
and expand the Medical College at
Charleston b e f o r e undlertaking
establishment of the USC school.
The consultants proposed an, open
ing class of 64 students at the USC
medical school in 1975.
They saidl that a 400- 500-bed
hospital should be built and placed
under the control of the University.
The hospital would b~e usedl for
teaching' and research as well as
Ifor patient care.
At least two-thirds of the funds
I requiredl for the project could be
supplied by the federal government,
the consultants n o t e d. John K.
Cauthen, chairman of the Com
mission on Higher Education, has
Negro I
es studlents to the
When the t
noun.cedl, the
tsaidl in an edlit<
~s at Carolina that is as (lea'
heir struggle , . ,.nvest
century and dicted that ifi
r- main segregat
South Caro- home for owls
)ublic educa- solitude."
y E. Hayne, Enrollment <
state. Hayne p)eared inevital
LI school Oct. General Assen1
tudent struck that neither th'
rister of stu- trustees should
ie did so, and the admission c
ment of the 1
nd professors race, color or c
,which had named two N
at year with trustees and Ia
ileted faculty to four.
ras a decision About this
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol. LVIII, No. 20 Columbia, South Carolina, March 1, 1968 Founded 1908
Senat(
For 1
By GINNY CARROlL
Staff Writer
S t u d e n t Senate voted almost
unanimously Wednesday to com
mend Student Body President Sam
Drew for action in setting up a
memorial service for three students
killed in recent Orangeburg riots.
After almost three hours of
went Wild'
aset Tar
By JIMMY WANNAMAKER
Sports Editor
Carolina and Columbia went wild
Wednesday night.
The USC Fighting Gamecocks
beat nationally third-ranked North
Carolina 87 -86 for their second
victory of the week on the home
court of one of the nation's top
ten teams.
Saturday night the 'Cocks had
downed eighth-ranked Duke 56-50
in Durham.
Nervous, excited and then jubi
lant crowds clustered around radios
over the city and University. At
the end of the game, the USC cam
pus was a mass of cheering stu
dents triumphantly blowing horns
and blasting fireworks.
A tremendous crowd, estimated
at 3,500, awaited the team at mid
night at Columbia Metropolitan
Airport. Students, alumni and
other Columbians, after waiting
more than 45 minutes to greet the
r USC?
inswered
estimated that the minimum cost
of a new medical college would be
$60 million.
(Continued on Page 10.)
University L
Captures Al
USC debaters swept the Atlantic
C o a a t Conference championship
last weekend in College Park, Md.,
capturing first and second team
awards and the best speake r
trophy.
J u n i o r Bruce Thompson was
named best speaker at the three
clay meet. Thompson and freshman
Bob Schwartz won the best over
all team trophy and the best nega
tive team trophy.
A s e c ond USC team, hIIike
Thomas and Greg Byrnes, were
ranked second in overall record and
second among affirmative teams.
The debaters defeated e v e r y
Entered
University. Jii
-ustees' decision was an- an
Columbia D)aily Phoenix Di
rial, "If there is anything at
I as a doornail, it is the
." The Phoenix also pre- w
he University did not re- th
ed, it would become "a ph
and bats, desolation and fr
tei
f Negro students had ap- th
)Ie since 1869, when the n
bly passed a bill stating th
faculty nor the beard of kn
"make any distinction in th
t students or the manage- of
Jniversity on account of
reed." The legislature also pu
egroes to the beard of th
ter increased the number us
N<
time the Un ive r s ity de
rat Negtro adinjistrator. a
Comi
lemor
parliamentary w a r f a r e, Senate
waded through other business and
approved Drew's action.
Sanction followed a two-pronged
recommendation by a special Senate
commission that the resolution for
approval be passed and that a six
point "considered opinion" report
be referred to the Joint Judicial
Council.
- Heels
victorious Gamecocks, were dis
persed by police using tear gas.
The Tar Heels led during much
of the f irst
half, ahead by
11 at one point.
W i t h 13 min
utes left in the
g a m e, USC
poured it on and
went ahead
55-53. After los
ing the lead
again, the
Gamecocks g o t
t h e i r longest CREMINS
lead of the night on a pair of free
throws by Skip Harlicka with 1:16
left.
Despite the fouling out of Gary
Gregor with 2:11 remaining and
Frank Standard a minute later, the
'Cocks held off a frenzied drive by
the Tar Heels.
Much of McGuire's praise went
to Bobby Cremins whom he called
the "best 6'2" basketball player in
the country right now." Cremins
hit on 13 of 16 freethrow attempts,
scored five field goals and man
aged 15 rebounds. He hit five of
six foul shot chances in the final
45 seconds.
The game gave the Gamecocks a
chance for a tie for second place
for the season in the ACC-if they
beat N. C. State Saturday and
UNC beats Duke the same after
noon. Duke beat State 71-61 Wed
nesday night.
lebate Team
CC Awards
team at the tournament in compil
ing two 5-1 won-lost records.
And while the four-man varsity
team won the ACC championship,
dle ba te ras Bob and Tom Salane
placed third in the national Houston
Invitational Tournament in Texas.
The Salane broth"rs c'ompiled an
8-1 record1 and lost only to Wichita
State University in the. semi-final
roundl of eliminations. W i c h i t a
State later won the Houston tour
namnent.
Coach of the USC Debate Team
is Dr. M. G. Christophersen, pro
fessor in the Department of
English.
~USC Al
n Davis. He replaced the white burs
d marshal who had been dismiss<
via was politically inclined but illit4
The first Negro professor at Caroli
s Richard T. Greener, who was giv
chair of mental andl moral philos
y. Greener, the first Negro to gradui
m Harvard, not only handled 1
iching dluties capably but also repiac
University librarian who left wvithe
Lice. Greener found, when he took os
job, that the previous librarian h
own so little Latin, Greek and Fren
at nearly every book pertaining to a
these was misclassified.
rhe number of Negro students on ca
s gradually increased until 1876, wh~
hre were more than 150, and the gri
ting class that year numbered 12,
groes. The next year all Negro si
nts at USC were transferred to
scial collee at Orangeburg. But tI
inends
ial Se
The commission was established
last week to investigate powers of
the executive branch and of the
Senate itself. Their report will be
forwarded to the Judicial Council
who must interpret the Student
Body Constitution for precedent on
"who has the power."
The commission recommended
for Judicial Council interpretation:
-That the student body president
has implied power to act in the
name of Student Government (by
a 6-0 vote).
-Ihat the president has the duty
to come before Senate before acting
(by a 5-1 vote).
-That if circumstances consti
tuting an emergency should arise,
the president has the power to by
pass Senate consideration (by a
6-0 vote).
-That the Senate, In such emer
gency circumstances, has the power
to review the president's action (by
a 6-0 vote).
-T'hat President Drew was justi
fied in considering circumstances
surrounding the memorial service an
emergency situation (by a 5-1 vote).
-That it was infeasible to con
sult the Senate on the memorial
service (a 3-3 vote).
After Sen. Johnnie Hare pre
,sented the commission findings,
Student Government First Secre
tary Tom Salane presented the
opinions of the executive depart
ment for Senate information.
Salane told the senators the execu
tive department considers it was im
practical for Drew to consult the
Senate before establishing a me
morial service.
Eminent
Will Spea
Harry S. Ashmore, contro
Prize winner, will speak here
of the Visiting Scholars Series
Ashmore, a native South
tive vice president of the Cent
Institutions in California, ir
President Ho Chi Minh severa
During the 1954 Little
Rock integration controversy
Ashmore was executive edi
tor of the Arkansas Gazette.
In 1957 he and the Gazette
were awarded the first double
Pulitzer Prizes in history for
distinguished service.
Ashmore will address an
open convocation Monday at
7 p.m. in Currell College
Auditorium on "News Man
agement in Government." Hie
will be the featured speaker at a
luncheon Monday andl will speak
to journalism classes at 9 and 11
a.m. The clIa ss es are open to
visitors.
At 2 p.m. he will lead a seminar
for School of Journalism graduate
studlents and faculty.
Imost II
ar school offered no bachelt
~d. provided only a three-ye
r-least one governor vetoe(t
to the college on groundt
na curse to Orangeburg an<
en South Carolina."
to- From that time until
ite versity was maintained il
tis tution undler a law stai
ed State College at Orange
ut closed if Negroes were e
er the University.
ad But the University ha
ch to ignore the Negroes wi
ny it--several became prot
ernent and academic
-least one embarrassed
en tion. Several years ago
Ld- searched its records for
all oldest alumnus. Plans we
u-during commencement. A
a accordingly sent to Alon
at of Sumter but was mim
Drew
rvice
"It is the duty of the president
to consult the Senate whenever
possible," Salane said, "and we
welcome disagreement.
"According to the Constitution,
the president has the power to call'
meetings of the student body and
preside over them," he said. "This
was the principle in use when
President Drew set up the me
morial service."
Knauss I
New PR
USC President Thomas F. Jones
announced today Zane Knauss has
accepted the position of director of
the Department of Public Rela
tions.
Knauss, presently general man
ager of the Southern Methodist
University School of the Arts at
Dallas, Texas, is expected to join'
the University staff by July 1,
1968. He will replace David E.
Abeel as head of the University's
news service.
In a c a r e e r that began withi
radio announcing in 1947, Knauss'
has held positions dealing with such
diverse activities as auto racing,
drama, basketball, symphony or
chestras and advertising.
Knauss has served as publicity
director or promotion consultant
for the Pittsburgh Racing Associa
tion, the Pittsburgh Symphony So
ciety, the Pittsburgh Playhouse As
sociation, the Theatre Guild Society
of New York, the Pittsburgh Pi
Journalist
k Monday
iersial journalist and Pulitzer
Monday in the third program
Carolinian who is now execu
3r for the Study of Democratic
terviewed North Vietnamese
.1 months ago.
Ashmore
10 Year
r's dlegrees andl plans cancel
ir program. At he was Negi
appropriations There wer
that it was "a Negroes evei
I the people of sity until 19!
studlents sou
1963, the Uni- wvere denied.
s a white insti- from other s
ing that S. C. to personally
burg would be them. All th<
ver admitted to the basis of
The name
s not been able when two oil
o once attended College attei
ninent in gov- versity.
affairs and at The first
the administra- it was Henri
the Univ'ersity her applical
the name of its gained adm
re to honor him other qualifi
ri invitation was in the futur
r.o G. Townsend incident in f
drawn and the (Nex. T
Knauss
3 Named
Director
pers of the American Basketball
Association, and others.
He has been a public relations
representative for Ruder and Finn,
Inc., Bauer, Tripp, Hening and
Bressler, and Edward Gottlieb and
Associates, Ltd., all of New York;
and for the Public Relations Board
of Chicago.
Grievances
Presented
To Mayor
By MONA GAULT
Asxt. News Editor
M e m b e'r s of Carolina's Afro
American Student Association pre
sented a list of grievances to
Colunibia Mayor Lester L. Bates
and the bi-racial Columbia Com
munity Relations C o u n c i l last
Thursday.
The campus organization was in.
vited to appear before the council
after a discussion of community
problems at the Wesley Foundation
last week.
The Relations Council and the
students discussed discrimination
and Negro needs in the community.
Students charged that promotion
policies and assignment of duties
were discriminatory against Negro
policemen. Only one Negro police
man had received a significant
promotion since the force was in
tegrated, they said. They charged
also that Negro citizens were not
receiving the full protection of the
law.
The g r o u p criticized the City
School System for hiring the best
NJegro instructors away from pre
rlominantly Negro school, to teach in
predominantly white schools. 'Ihey
also claimed that compulsoryv educa
tion for the Negro was not enforced.
Ken Price, Afro-American Stu
:lent Association president, told The
Gamecock that there was much talk
at the meeting, but no concrete
suggestions were made. "The coun
e~il responded in no way to our
grievances except to set up a
committee."
City officials declined to com
ment on the meeting.
s Ago
ed when it was discovered
o0.
e no a tte mp ts by other
to register at the Univer
8, when 11 Allen University
ght application blanks and
At least five obtained blanks
ources but were not allowed
turn them in. Three mailed
applications were denied on
race.
thing happened in 1960,
ier Negroes fror.i S. C. State
npted to enroll at the Uni
Negro to do anything about
Dobbins Monteith, who took
ion to Federal Court and
ission for herself and all
ed Negroes who might apply
e. She wasn enrolled without
all, 1963,