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Annua, For many Carolina studen line and paying fees ended wih paying fees. A student pause and Black at one of the many lobby. Students I Pass-Fail BY IRBY KOON Staff Writer For the first time, USC students can take courses on a pass-fail basis. Pass-fail is being conducted on an experimental basis and if successful, will become a perma nent part of the Carolina academic program, according to W i I a r d Davis, vice president for academic affairs. The pass-fail option is available to all undergraduate students ex cept those on academic probation. o n I y elective courses outside a student's major can be taken under the program. Only one course can be taken a semester and no studlent may take more than eight courses (luring his undergraduate c a r e e r. All courses at the undergraduate level Drinking Prohibited At Stadium BY JEAN NEAL Staff Writer South Carolina's law prohib iting brown-bagging will again be enforced this year at Caro lina Stadium. According to S. J. Pratt, state Alcoholic Reverage C o n t r o 1 s commissioner, enforcement of liquor and beer regulations will follow the same procedure as in 1967. ABC plain clothesmen will be stationed throughout the stadium to work with uniformed lawvmen. Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the sta dium is illegal and carries a fine of $25 to $100 or up to 30 (lays in jail. In add(ition, i qu or poured from a stamped bottle into a flask or vacuum bottle becomes illegal, unstamped liquor. Alco holic beverages in bottles with a broken seal can he legally car A4 riedl o n I y in the automobile trunk-not in a glove compart ment. No alcoholic beverages may be on University property. "The state ABC board hadA 100 percent cooperation from college officials throughout the state, especially from Dr. Jones at Carolina andI Dr. Edlwards at Clemson," Pratt saidl. "We also had fine cooperation from Caro lina studlents. "In fact, I think many people appreciate this enforcement be cause now they can see the en tire game, not just a little at the beginning." Pratt said most problems in enforcing liquor laws at ath letic events involved persons 44-. Staff Photo by Mike Tyler F Bills is, a long day of standing in h more standing in line and to sign up for the Carnet tables in the Russell House Aan Elect Courses ire covered by pass-fail. A student wishing to exercise the pass-fail option must have per mission of his (lean and academic idviser. The pass-fail option m u s t be alected or revoked by the student no later than Oct. 30, the last date for withdrawing from a course without penalty. The courses taken under this op tion will be excluded from the cal ulation of the GPR. A grade of 'P" or "F" will be given. Information on the p r o g r a m nay be obtained from the Office >f Admissions. "Students are reminded that this ..ill give them an opportunity to take courses they wish to take, but that are n o t required courses," Davis saidl. Sloan Hil BY JIM WANNAMAKER New. Editor Former USC professor Frank Sloan came back Wednesday seek ing student workers for his chal lenge of Republican Congressman Albert Watson. Sloan addressed a Russell House Assembly Room rally and attacked his opponent for "po-mouthing." He also spoke on "law and order," poverty, the draft, and student in volvement in politics. Sloan claimed to have recruited over 200 studlenst workers (luring the three (lays his workers manned a boo0th in the Russell House. Sloan criticized Watson for fail ing to support education. "Hie is against studlents and he is against education," Sloan added, 'but he hasn't been content to do nothing. Hie's been a positive force for negativism." CITES BlILS Sloan cited eight cultural or edlu cation bills that he saidl Watson votedl against. The challenger proposed tax re lief for parents of college students andl for the studlents themselves if Mustaches To Highli Dancing and mustaches will be big ait Carolina this weekehid as Student Union helps kick off the Gamecock football season. D)ancing will be tonight, wvhen The Coasters and The Fabulous Five entertain from 8 till 12 at the National Guard Armory. Tickets for students are free, but they must be reserved at the in rormation densk in Russell House. For Mf BY JIM WANNAMAKER AND MARK HOLMES Staff Writers "It's been a great summer." Thus Franchot Brown, director of the Metropolitan E d u c a t i o n Foundation, s u m m a r i z e d the group's contributions to Columbia this summer. Brown spoke (luring a recogni tion banquet for the MEF leaders and staff members given Wednes (lay night by Robert Davis, presi (lent of The R. L. Bryan Company. The Rev. R o b e r t Alexander, MEF president, outlined a fall and w I n t e r program including tutoring by 150 students from the University, other Columbia col leges and area high schools. A 1 s o planned are art classes, music classes, continued athletic league p I a y sponsored by civic --A roups, cultural activities, physical ?ducation classes, further develop rment of the teen-age council, and rormation of an adult council. .Brown outlined MEF's "projec Lions, hopes and dreams" for next 3ummer. Receiving emphasis was n c r e a s e d family involvement -hrough movies, street d a n c e s sponsored by WOIC, bridge games ind bingo to involve whole fam ilies. Educational programs include idult education programs, courses in Negro history and courses to give students practice in taking standardized tests. Other hopes include an ex panded drama program and an eventual "theater of our own," a full recreational program in all the areas served, mobile swim. ming pools and an extended music program. Among the guests were Cleve 'Wond and, Ohio, city councilman John W. Kellog and Columbia Mayor Lester Bates. Mayor Bates promised, "I'm go ing to stand with you when you're right. I'm going to stand with you as long as you're right. When you are wrong, I'm going to leave you. "I'm sure that you're not going wrong with such leadership as Bob Alexander, Franchot Brown and Bob Davis." Alexander praixed the program for "building bridges between the student community and the busi. ness community, the black com munity and the white community." Davis, a member of the MEF b o a r d of directors, praised the USC students who began the pro. gram for "the very idea that these students would come up with such an idea." "I told the board at the first meeting that I didn't think there was any chance of failing . . . even if we just went into one commun. erful Si ity. We went into five communi ties. I was proud." Local volunteers worked through the foundation on summer recrea tional activities for underprivi leged Columbia children. Programs for children ages 7.19 were sponsored at the request of parents and young people from five local neighborhoods where constructive s u m m e r activities were needed to "keep the kids off the streets." Children ages 7-12 attended three professionally staffed MEF day camps. The 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ses sions included arts and c r a f t s, physical education, and supervised play activities at Booker T. Wash ington High School, W. A. Perry Junior High, and Camp Fornance. Older groups joined competitive baseball, basketball, and softball leagues and classes in drama, arch ery, modern dance, swimming and gymnastics. Also open to a d ul t s was a immer' "smart shopping" course dealing with interest rates, home manage ment, and bargains in consumer goods. Alexander, associate chaplain of the USC Wesley Foundation, noted that many youngsters in the pro grams had never before played organized sports or been able to afford baseballs, bats, or other equipment of their own. MEF was conceived in April by a USC student-faculty committee in cooperation with local business men. Operating entirely without government funds, its goal w a s to foster understanding between Columbians and underprivileged young people. "T he Metropolitan Education Foundation is a real 'first' for Columbia," according to Tom Sa lane, USC student body president and an MEF board member. "It is supported totally by pri vate donations and operated by local people with local initiative," Salane said. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LIX, No. 3 Columbia, South Carolina, September 20, 1968 Founded 1908 Sloan (Poster) Is Watson they work. He also called for more federal capital investments in uni versities, increased student loans and increased direct grants to stu dents. He called for reduced depend ency on the draft by making en listment more attractive. TH1E WAR "America can do what it wants," Sloan maintained. "We can end the war in Vietnam if we want to." In an interview after the speech, he added that the war should be settled in an "honorable way." "It's their wvar, but you just don't pull out on your friends and jump in a boat. It (the peace) is not coming in a military settle ment, but in a negotiated settle ment." Asked about proposals by presi dential candidate George Wallace that federal research or s t u d y grants and loans to students and professors be cut off if they par ticipate in demonstrations against government policies, Sloan said, "I certainly believe in the absolute right of freedom of speech, not just for students, but for every body." nd Dance it Weekend One ticket will be issued per ID cari, and d a t e tickets for off campus persons are $1.50. Mustaches will be literally "in" Saturday afternoon--all students wearing them will be admitted free to the Your Father's Mustache concert from 3-5 at the Peppermint Building on the state fairgrounds. Tickets for the pre-Duke game event are $1 and are on sale at the information desk. Reer will be snld. Watches As Sloan For 'Po-M Sloan and the campaign work- w% ers who introduced him called for p greater student participation in p politics. Bill Spann, Sloan's special assistant, said, "Democracy is only as great as the people who support it. I hate to throw it all to you, a but more than any other group you t( deserve it." a si VOTING AGE 03 Sloan said he favors lowering the voting age to 18, adding, "Yu not only should be eligible to vote t but should feel obligated to vote." He claimed that Sen. Eugene e McCarthy and former governor u George Wallace draw the response f they have because they propose H "action not negativism, they offer a proposed solutions, not just more w patriotic speeches." He said, "America is tired of d Staff Photo by Chuck Kotfer Real) Speaks outhing' hat we called in the Old South -mouth politics, of do-nothing Aiticians like my opponent." STOP WORRYING "We've got to s t o p worrying bout our faces always. We've got > go into the rat-infested cities rid the w o r m-infested country de." "Yes, we must have law and -der," he said, "but why cannot e also . . . improve the trnininc law enforcement officers and icir incomes." He said after the speech that if ected, he would not take office ntil after the House had voted >r president if that is necessary. e predicted, however, that this ould not happen because Wallace ould release his electors after aking a deal with another can (late. The Coasters Coeds A By New The one o'clock permission, for- n merly a privilege granted to Caro- o lina coeds, became their right this fall. f A tardy arrival on a one o'clock 0 night no longer results in loss of the permission, according to the h 1968-1969 Carolina Coed Code dis- P tributed to women students last tl week. One o'clock permissions on Sat urday night have also been ex tended to second semester fresh men, regardless of GPR. The changes in one o'clock rules and other changes in regulations for women students were passed by the Associated Women Students r H o u s e of Representatives last spring, according to AWS Presi (lent Linda Burton. Miss Burton said the new rules were among those requested by the s residents of women's dorms. R o o m inspection regulations e were modified. The new code calls for inspection of rooms at least once a week by a hostess and an AWS official. White slips issued for untidy rooms must list specific s reasons. A girl receiving f o u r t white slips is subject to restric tion. A woman student found bring- a ing cafeteria dishes, glasses, trays P or silverware to her r o o m may f 4- 1a autoiatic restriction of three days. c A standard sign-out time of 8 1 p.m. was set. In previous years, s sign-out time ranged from 6 to 8 p.m., depending on the time of t year. Friday study hours for fresh- t men w%ere eliminated in the new q rules. Freshman coeds are also al- a lowed to remain out of the dorm until 10 p.m. without using a date L r t r ] s ( - t ffected Rules ight. Grace minutes may be used n a 10 o'clock. The grace period was extended rom 10 to 15 minutes for every ne. Capstone residents are affected y a n e w r u l e providing that asses be issued to guests so that iey can be admitted to the build ig after midnight. senators Called On To Resign The S t u d e n t Senate called Vednesday for the resignation of erators no longer living in the istriots from which they were lected. Resulting vacancies will be filled uring the upcoming fall elections, ccording to student b o (I y vice resident David Eckstrom. Eck trom called yesterday's meeting o order with 16 of 37 members resent. Sen. Michael Spears introduced bill to reduce the GPR require lent for elected offices on campus rom 2.5 to 2.0. fEckstrom read a letter of wel ome from Vice President C. H. Vitten during the eight-minute ession. Witten reminded the Senate that he solution of a n y university roblem involves the administra ion, f a c u I t y, trustees, students nd the state legislature, as well s the general public. "Students have much to contrib te to higher education and we ,ust listen to them intently," the etter said. "I hope, however, that ou understand that the right to e heard does not carry with it he right to expect that all of the ecommendations will be accepted vithout question." The appointment of Sen. Fred 4agner as chairman of the Gen ral Welfare Committee was also nnounced. Workshop Set For Leaders The annual leadership workshop ponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa onor - service fraternity will be )ct. 2-3. The w or ksah op will include peakers, discussion groups,'~ ques ion- and-answer sessions, and gen ral meetings. Among the speakers will be Jed )ietz, last year's vice president I the University of North Caro ina student body, and USC Presl Lent Thomas F. Janes.