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ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Don Caughman
Page Ten -THE GAME
A Win
Wednesday night was forever. It was
forever coming . . . and it was forever end
ing. But when the incredible night was
over, it belonged to Carolina forever.
Some things are bigger than basketball.
But Wednesday night in an emotionally
exhausting climax to more years than many
people may realize, the dreams and hopes
and trials and frustrations of a blossoming
university found themselves tightly bound
up with five guys fighting for their school
on a North Carolina basketball court.
Five guys who had the guts, the de
termination, the sheer courage and talent
to defy all the odds and pin America's num
ber three basketball team to its own home
court.
In the end, after the brilliant free throws
and the agonizing waiting and the final
endless seconds, it was more than basket
ball. It was the corny, grand, magnificent
story of a campus that could-a campus
that, when kicked, fought back; that took
and took and took, then turned around, head
high, to lay claim to its share of glory.
Those five guys on a basketball court
Wednesday night symbolized a frustrated
University. And as they battled to the vic
Spirits W
The Gamecocks brought home one of the
greatest basketball victories of all time
Wednesday night-victory over nationally
ranked North Carolina.
It was a victory for the Gamecocks-for
every fan-for a university.
The game was played at Chapel Hill. Most
of the Carolina fans were in Columbia.
Spirits were high. There was the kind of
excitement in the air that follows a great
win-a hard fought athletic contest. And
there was an air of pride.
When the Gamecocks came home, the fans
wanted to be there, mostly just to let the
team know how much they cared.
Some three thousand fans went to the
Columbia Metropolitan Airport to greet the
Gamecocks. It was raining. It was cold. It
was midnight. But they were there.
Some were carrying signs saying "God
bless Frank and the Boys" and "Cremins
for President."
The students so often labeled apathetic
had risen to the occasion.
There were a numiber of policemen in the
crowd. They were mainly trying to keep
the people off the runway and out of danger
of the planes.
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as routine goes in The Gamecock Iwet
office. The overtones of a news- A prah
paper office wer.e in full swing--ntcdapoeo
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phones, voices andl more voices. hn o yd
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COCK -March 1, 1968
Forever
tory they had earned so well, a whole cam
pus found a common cause, a long-awaited
pride, a symbol of a Carolina spirit that,
come hell or high water, will not be denied.
In one week-from Saturday to Wednes
day-the Gamecocks did more for Carolina
than has been done in a long time.
The story has so many heroes. The lanky
sophomore Cremins with his bouncy step,
ready grin . . . and clutch free throws. The
sharpshooter Harlicka, the courageous
Thompson, the steady and consistent Stan
dard, the indomitable Gregor.
And the Coach. Maybe more than any
body else, the Coach who had to prove it, to
show them. Deprived of his wife and big
man by brutal strokes of fate in one awful
year. Hurt, badly hurt, when his "kids"
took it on the chin. Scorned and praised, de
fended and damned. The Coach showed
them. le had to.
A campus came together Wednesday.
Reaching up for what fate had held so long.
Success came to a university that badly
wanted it--and fought to get it.
For Carolina, Wednesday night was for
ever.
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are High
Fans surrounded the Gamecocks' plane
shortly after landing. But most of the team
had deplaned and most of the crowd dis
persed when trouble broke out.
Officers from the Springdale Police Dept.
and Airport Police used tear gas to push the
students away from the plane. It was with
the tear gas that violent pushing and shov
ing began in an attempt to get away from
the fumes.
Sgt. Hammond of the Cayce Police Dept.,
officer in charge, said that the use of tear
gas was completely unauthorized and done
without his knowledge. He described it as
"more of a personal use" on the part of the
Springdale and Airport Police.
There were a crowd of fans at the airport.
A crowd does not have to be a mob. A crowd
does not have to spell out riots and mob
madness.
It is unfortunate that a few policemen
deemed it necessary to resort to riot control
measures Wednesday night. Was it neces
sary, even if it had been authorized ? Did it
not cause more trouble than it prevented ?
It points to weaknesses that could lead to
tragedy.
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After I kicked off the coni
versation with a quizzical hello,
Ithe hook It a nervous, quick voice ide-ntifie-d
nether hoo.sI himself. From in opening re
*sk, 18 inches marks, I knew this was a tip
I had been off.
vanted me to The nervous voice began.
ation dlesk to "Listen, you know those tickets,
the ones you talked to D)ean
deCsk handed Cooper about? The ones with
the redi lines on the back ? Well,
I think they're coming through.
You had better be on the look
out."
I racked my brain. Tickets
with redl lines on the back ?
Dean Cooper? When did I talk
views of the to him about that ? It was inter
esting. I decided to dliscretely
fo~ae onthe find out whaut he was talking
about.
McMillan I said, "TFickets, which ones
ne Wilson again?"
e Benston The voice, "The ones with the
arl Stepp red lines on the back. This is
nnamaker important. You'dl better notify
et Niceley the cash register people. I'm not
fona Gault sure what they're suppiosedl to
ay Bender dlo. Probably just remember the
rochmalny faces of the guys that pass the
ie Meddin tickets. They're coming soonl."
Galloway I couldn't help forcibly enunci
ton Cappe ating, "Cash registers?" The
Rockholz voice, "Yes, the cash registers in
ye Crick, the Gamecock Room."
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till Jones, (lawn. Stolen meal tickets were
n, Cates about to l)e p ass e d in the
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By DON CAUGHMAN
Associate Editor
The proposed boycott by Negro
athletes of the upcoming Olym
pic Games in Mexico City un
fortunately will have only one
result-depriving some of Am
erica's top athletes of the once
in-a-lifetime opportunity to show
that they may be the best~ in
the world.
Winning a gold medal in the
Olympics in competition with the
lest other countries have to of
fer is the ultimate triumph for
an athlete and his nation-or at
least it should he. Why throw
away that opportunity?
It would be foolish to pretend
that racial equality has been
achieved in the United States
that ultimate goal is nowhere
near being reached. But is a
boycott of the Olympics going
to hell) the situation? I doubt it.
If anything, it may serve only to
antagonize. It may even be a
hindrance to the achievement of
the ultimate goal.
On the other hand, sacrificing
personal gain for a matter of
principle is, indeed, a commend
able thing.
Tommy Smith of San Jose
State would almost be a sure
het for gold medals in the 200
meter dash and mile-relay. But
he (does not p)lan to participate
in the Olympics.
"I'm not only willing to give
up participating in Mexico City,"
Smith has asserted, "but I'd give
up my life if necessary to open
a door or channel to reduce bigo
try."
More than 60 athletes report
edlly have joinedl Smith in sign
ing pledges saying they will not
compete in the Olympics.
The boycott is no spur-of-the
moment thing which will go
away if ignoredl b)y its oppon
round
edlitor of The (Gamecock was get
ting the tip)-off.
I had to dlecidle what to do.
I asked a few more q1uest ions
about whIo was passing the tic
kets, how he knew about it, etc.
lHe clammed up. He hadI given
('ut all the information he felt
necessa ry. I told him who I was
and why I was in the Russell
Hlouse at that particular time of
the night.
There was silence on the
p)hone. The voice, "You're not
the head of ARA Slater, you're
not the guy from the Gamecock
Room ?"
I informed him I wasn't. I
couldn't help but laugh a little
at his changed tone of voice, He
w as quite serious though, lie
told me this was important, not
funny, and to give the phone
back to the boy at the Informa
tion D)esk so he could talk to
the right person. I did.
It crossedl my mindl to hang
around the cash registers andl
look for tickets with redl lines
on the back, but I decided not to.
All the way back upstairs, I
lept thinking about this tip-off,
wondering if this was a link in
an undlergroundl network of stu
dent agents.
What kind of student would
know that these stolen meal tic
kets had red lines on them? Why
didn't he rep)ort the culprits di
rectly to the Dean of Men?
Could similar phone calls lead
to marijuana or pep pills on
camnus. Have theyai rea.dy
A4L P-EN TrP "- c
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'Now P
O ymp
ents. It is a well-thought-out
action directed by seemingly
competent persons. Harry Ed
wards, an assistant professor of
sociology and former track and
football star at San Jose State,
i,; directing the boycott.
Edwards, who grew up in a
ghetto in East St. Louis, feels
that the boycott will be worth
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Dear Miss Mullinax:
As students and as officers of
the Town Men's Association who
are concerned with the many andi
encompassing problems of the
University, we had the oppor
tunity to work on proposed park
ing facilities.
We noticed that students are
very concened about parking,
or so it seemed. They had the
opportunity Tuesday night to
voice their opinions and to hear
what their student government
had to propose at the TMA meet
New
I)ear AMiss MuLliniax:
A movie called The Graduate
is playing at a downtown
theatre at the present time. It
has won many awards from the
moJvie indlustry itself, as well as
receiving many favorable re
views in the press. However, to
me the film was merely a p)er
fect example of both physical
iand spiritual immorality that the
worldl seems to have enough of
today.
I would like to inquire just
what has happened to the old
fashionedl principles of love of
God, Country, and the 01(d
morality ? Of course I realize
that many people carry their
op)inions to extreme in such
groups as the John Birch So
ciety, Ku Klux Klan, AWARE,
and SNCC, but there must be a
few people of my generation
left who want to keep the bal
aince betw~een such extremes and
express distaste in a movie
which makes a mockery of re
spect for God and Country!
I'd like to also comment on
Lonely 6.1.
Dear AMiss Mfullinax:
My name is Clyde and I'm
from Charleston. I'mn ztat ioned
ini Vietnam with the U. S. Army.
I'm assignedl to the United States
A rmy Support Command Viet
nam. The place is called BJien
Hoa and it's about 25 miles from
Saigon.
I have been in Vietnam now
for 19 months and have received
but a few letters, and that makes
me feel had. I don't get two or
three letters a week and I feel
forgotten.
So if you will p)ublish this
letter so people can readl it, some
of them might want to write to
a few lonely American G. I.'s in
Vietnam. IHere are a few G. I.'s
who would like to receive a few
letters from someone at USC.
If you would like, you can
write to any soldier C/C) Sp. 4
Clyde 11. Cattles; H HC, USA
SU'PCOM, Vietnam; APO San
Francisco, Calif. 96491.
CLYDE
AC
MI MqN 7TNN,y C NC
V TS (L- -PRJANK 14
laying!'
ic Boy(
while. "If we can show that our
sense of personal worth and ob.
ligation is more important than
any rewards we might be of
fered," he concludes, "and that
we few represent the many,
something might finally be ac
complished."
Such devotion to principle is
truly admirable, but the ultimate
.etters To The Edito
es About
ing. The meeting was widely
publicized by posters all over
campus and by 5,000 handbills
which were passed out in front
of the Russell House. Twenty
ene students attended.
Senators Bob Salane, Clyde
Livingston, David Murry and
Dick Goldie, and Student Body
Vice President Denny Royal
were among the 21 present.
Allan Thames, chairman of
the Executive Parking Research
Committee, who has worked on
this problem and has come up
orai ty
another intangible philosophy
that is also considered "square":
patriotism. As I was coming out
of the theatre from seeing The
Gr,aduae, I was handed a leaflet
by a girl who ostensibly was a
t'niversity student. It read the
same tired line about the "atroc
ities" of the V iet n am war.
Sometimes I think that the
peaceniks are not only against
the Vie'tnam war but against
America herself!
Everything we (10 is wrong.
The President is a killer, Con
gress is madle up of a hunch of
fools, and laws are meant to be
ignoredl. Tell me, peaceniks, how
would you like to leave America
for someplace else ? How about
Cuba ? You knowv, it's only 90
miles from my hometown, and
I've seen Communism in the
form of pitiful Cuban refugees
who have e'xperienced Commun
ism first hand.
Why don't you let them tell
you about the advantages of
Communism ? But remember, if
you (do happen to leave America
for Cuba, you would undoubt
edly want to protest something
once you got there. Try it. See
what happens.
D)on't dlevelop) the philosophy
that films like The Graduate
seem to conv(ey: that p)atriotism
is oldl-fatshio,nedl, love of God is
corny, and belief in true morality
is just for senior citizens.
MELVIN HIANKS
Medical
(Continued from Page 1)
It is up to the commission to
dlecide on the basis of informa
tio'n gatthered from the~ Lippard
Rep)ort and( its ow n studies
whether or not to reco)mmendl
to~ the leg islat ure establishment
of the USC facility.
State Sen. J. P. Mozingo,
chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on Education, has said that
he dloes not think the state can
afford a second medical college
at this time. His position has
been challenged by Sen. Frank
C. Owens of Richiand.
WA~P
mott
question must be: "Is it worth
it?"
Regardless of the obvious in
equalities which exist in the
country, Negroes still are citi
zens of the United States. At
stake is the pride of the entire
country as well as that of in
dividual performers.
Is it worth it ?
Parking?
with a well thought out proposal
after a year's careful study,
spoke to those who came. Some
very thought provoking points
were raised by those in attend
ance.
But what of the thousands of
students who were not there and
thus were not heard ? Don't they
care about getting a parking
space somewhere near their class
at a reasonable time?
If town students don't care,
then let them catch a bus from
the stadium next year. If the
campus students don't care, they
will wake up one morning and
find themselves surrounded by
city parking meters at 10 cents
an hour on Sumter, Green, and
D)evine.
All because they could not
spare the time Tuesday night,
they will pay many times over
in the time they spend looking
for a space within walking dis
tance of their classrooms.
If this apathy continues they
deserve what they get
A ISOLUTEL.Y NOTH!I NG I!!!
JAMES CORLEY
President, TMA
1101 CHAPMAN
Treasurer, TMA
MICHAEL MICHAELSKI.
Vice President, TMA
MIKE KROCHMALNY
Secretary, TMA
Apology
Dear Miss Mullina.i:
The University owes a note of
apology to both Dr. Hauptzmanr
and Senator Thurmondl for the
crass blunder of pla n n in g
sp)eeches by an eminent scholar
andl our senior senator for the
same night and the same hour.
For the final insult, neither was
publicized!
How can the student govern
ment comp)lain of student apathy
when the student is given little
knowledge of plans?
I p)aid my University fees not
only to have spea'ikers brought
to cainpus but to be announced
so that I can plan to attend the
meetings.
PHALIJE HENRtIKSEN
College
The Richiand County legisla
tive delegation has sponsored
two bills that would authorize
establishment of a Health Sci
ences Center at USC and ap
propriate $100,000 for an archi
tect to design the n< w school.
Gov. Robert E. McNair has
inldicatedl he believes that within
the next five to 10 years it will
be necessary to start a second
medical school at USC, begin
ning with a two-year program.
The governor, however, has
asked that action on the medila
collee be p,t osf u..il 19&o.