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MeCom Excessi BY HAROID WARD Staff Writer The force used by police to put d o w n disturbances in Chicago's streets during the recent Demo cratic National Convention w a s "excessivc and t o t a I 1 y inexcus able," a USC political science pro fessor said this week. Dr. John McConaughy, a sup porter of Sen. Eugene McCarthy who attended the convention as an Reading Skills CourseOffered This Semester University Counseling Bureau is sponsoring a new course in study skills and developmental reading. Students are taught how to read more rapidly and with better comprehension. Individuals will at tend 20 to 30 laboratory sessions depending on their own needs. Cost will be five dollars for two hour-per-week course. Interested persons are asked to contact Mrs. Harmon in Counseling Bureau (luring the first two weeks of the semester. 3 Nursing Grants Awarded Three Columbia girls have been selected for the first scholarships of the Central Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association at the USC School of Nursing. Dean Amy Viglione of the nurs ing school said the association will provide $1,500 annually for the three $500 scholarships which will go to a senior, a junior and a sophomore. First w i n n e r s are Barbara Silvers of Columbia, senior; Cynthia Fallaw of Cayce, junior; and Eileen Corley of Lexington, sophomore. Each scholarship is continued until graduation, and one new reciPient will be named each year after this year. Students from Richland and Lex ington Counties enrolled in the School of Nursing are eligible for the scholarships as providedl by the two-county organization. These scholarships may be a p)art of what [)ean Viglione said is needed for the School of Nursing; expansion of physical facilities and resources which would make pos sible the use of new teaching methods, research and new pro grams to fill the n(eeds for graduate nurses in South Carolina. LONDON GRA presents a One-Day EXH IBIT IC grab More than 400) itemis RUSSELL HOUSE - Monday, Septem HOURS: 10 a.m ughy ve For c observer, came away from the cha otic week-long meeting with some definite ideas about what really happened. "On Wednesday night I was in the Conrad Hilton Hotel when the real trouble began on the streets," he recalled. "At first the police and the crowd faced each other. I saw no evidence of objects being thrown at the police by the demonstrators as has been alleged by the police. "I was too far away to h e a r w h e t h e r the demonstrators as saulted the police verbally in the form of curse words as the police claimed they (lid." McConaughy said the great ma jority of the hotel's guests who witnessed the violent confrontation felt "immediate sympathy" for the demonstrators. Many actively dem onstrated their disapproval of the methods u s e d by the police by throwing things from the windows. "This type of behavior by usual ly law-abiding citizens indicates the degree of emotion that was present in Chicago. Personally, I regret that many of the guests saw fit to participate in the turmoil. although there can he no doubt that the force used by the police was excessive and totally inexcusable." McConaughy added t h a t there was no professional medical help available to demonstrators w h o were injured by nightsticks or sick ened by tear gas. He said many of the youths who demonstrated in Chicago apparent ly came from "good, upper-middle class homes." Dr. McConaughy was an observ er at a large rally in Grant Park where he saw the American flag brought down and a red flag run up the pole. "It was evident that many of the more responsible kids had the mis fortune of falling under the lead ership of Communists and other Summer G, Has Most ( Five hundred and forty gradu ates comprised the largest summer graduating class in USC history August 24 in Township Audito rium. T h e commencement ceremony was addressed by Dr. H. Henry Lumpkin, professor of the history department. Degrees were awarded by President Thomas F. Jones. The forty-second summer session consistedl of 166 M.A. (degrees andl 28 Ph.D). degrees which included the following recipients: J a m e s William Clark, Homer Coker, El win Richardl Davidson, Odis Glenn Geiger, James Riley Holler. Also, JTacqueline Everington Ja cobs, J oh n Francis J oh nson, Charles Winston Joyner, Joong Ho Kim, William Frank Kinard, Soon LFICA ARTS )N and SALE ihiCS PICASSO RENOIR GOYA DULFY D)AUMIER GAUGUIN CASSAT ROUAUL.T TOU LOUSE LAUTREC and many others IIluminatedl Manuscripts & Maps Publishers of Contemporary Printnmakers Gs AND) WOODCUTS fromn $8 to $3000 GALLERY LOUNGE ber 23, 1968 -to 7 p.m. laims e Used revolutionaries, people who were Just sick of the system and were determined to bring it down. You could recognize their presence by uniforms that they wore and by commentts that they m a d e." McConaughy is among those who were displeased at the manner in w h i c h the convention was con ducted, but he asks several impor tant questions to p e r s o n s who would eliminate the convention sys tem as an American political func tion. "You have to ask whether the primary system would solve all of the problems," he observed. "Who would finance it? Would it bring about the end of political bosses in their own territories? "Would the vote of a minority party in a state reflect the con sensus of -the voters? Would a man like McCarthy do as well in a pri mary as his war position did on the convention floor?" Dr. McConaughy feels that the persisting clamor among many citi zens will inevitably lead to some changes in the business of politics. "Those who took to the streets certainly had a greater effect upon the feelings of the American people t h a n their counterparts working within the system because of their dramatic presentations and the ex tensive coverage given those pre sentations," he pointed out. Dr. McConaughy criticized t h e convention officials and the Chi cago police for "attempting to hide the truth about the events in Chi cago from the people." ie said he spoke to many news men who were advising each other to remove their press passes from their persons to avoid rumbles with the authorities. "There can be no excuse for the suppression of the truth. Neither can many other as pects of the proceedings in Chicago be justified," he concluded. raduation rrads Yet Uoong Koock, Philip S. Massey, Peter Michael Miller, David Mar tin Pond, Miriam Freeman Rawl, C a r e y Rushing, Charles William Sink. Also. James W a t s o n Smiley, James Reaves Smith, Richard Stal ter, Kenneth Alva Stead, Jr., David R. Stone, Mary Fetter Stough, Ar nold Louis Torres, Jaren G. Van r)en Heuvel, Richard Lee Veazey, Richard Franklin W i g g i n s and Michael Vance Woodall. Giant Poster fromn any photo 2 ft. x3 ft. only p95 * *Send any black as white or color photo (no negatives) and the name "Swingline"cut out fromanySwingline package (or reasonable facsimile) to: POSTER-MA RT, P.O. Box 165, Woodside, N.Y. 11377. Enclose $1.95 cash, check, or money order (no C.O.D.'s). Add sales tax where appli cable. Poster rolled and mailed (post paid) in sturdy tube. Original mate rial returned undamaged. Satisfaction guaranteed. Get a Swingline Tot Stapler (icudn8 10 staple,) - Lar ger size CUB Desk Stapler only $1.4q Unconditionally guaranteed. At any stationery, variety, or book store. INC. LON SAMN CAM ITV NY V 1101i Not Quite A Sopw Carolim BY JOHN PEPPI Staff Writer Rumor has it that the University has purchased an ancient Sopwith Camel. This rumor has no validity. The University has acquired an air plane, but not an archaic Sopwith Camel. The plane is a twin-engine Cess na. It seats six people, including the pilot. and has a cruising speed of approximately 200 miles per hour. It is currently being kept at the Columbia Airport. The plane was partially financed by the Carolina Research and Development Foun lation, and the rest through a pri vate donor, who wishes to remain d Lou ne's( interest ii Our way with tradi of small detail that The Inimitable Gari The Gant Town Co Lourie's open FrIday nights 'til 9 P.M. Use your conveniei APT ith Camel i Acquires anonymous. c The plane will be used primarily E by the administration and the ath- t letic department. The plane benefits the Univer- ' sity in its ability to reduce the overall time required for a trip. The plane will allow business offi cials to attend to matters out of town and return in time to com plete their remaining work. The athletic department plans to use the p 1 a n e in scouting Another f a c e t of the plane's value, is that it is not exceedingly 3 large. The plane's size enables it to land where there are no facili ties for the large commercial air liners. The recent trend is for manyi aOp theimainaiv ioa/alrn ndhnsm e mak utetcnaua hole t/otnOfodBto Dw nw lar s sownon igur inhansom > Gmecok"i hge Accop.pf mas atenAtc.. natura shoulde Staff Photo by Chuck Keefer Cessna olleges to own planes. There are ome colleges which have two or hree planes at their disposal. Your Fol) Loneliness may set in E away at Carolina. Brighter of The Gamecock. A lot e two letters from you. Fill out the coupon and Gamecock. N am e ...................... Street ....................Cit Enclosed find $6 ( ) Bill tl .aids . . . t r f c St es reuar vefs,t0 uo'te blueaz,ky aven, lin anan Carolina Directory Promised Student directories will be avail. able around the last week in October. Directories will be sent to the hall counselors for distribution in dormitories. Communications-centrex is now snowed under with calls. Everyone wants information and their calls are keeping two operators busy 24 hours a day. Once directories are distributed, no operator will give information which is correctly listed in the directories. Directories each will contain student's name, home town, course major, mailing address, local ad dress and phone number. They will also contain office and home phones of faculty and staff. Mrs. Ethel McCreary, communi cations-centrex supervisor, said the biggest hold-up in production of directories is shifting of faculty and departments. es Lonely? mong parents with children i their week with two issues isier, it's almost as good as drop in campus mail to The ................State...... te above ( 6c ed Iwith the wealth em. 5 to 10000 n or grey, 8.00 two hours FREE (with hose) in the MuicipaI ing Building.