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Black
By DON CAUGHMAN
Staff Writer
"Black Power is the healthie
thing that has hit this count
since before the Mayflower," t
chairman of the Department
Political Science at Roosevelt Ur
versity said here Monday night.
)r. Charles V. Hamilton, wt
terms himself a "black power a
vocate," told several hundred st
dents and faculty members
Drayton Hall that the black pow4
concept is "the way of moderni
. a call for restructuring
this society"
Iflack people in America ha%
begun to realize that many thinp
in society are "disfunctional
their needs," Hamilton said, at
the black power concept has d
Vol. LIX, No. 15
Re .
fly SUSAN ROSS
Staff Writer
Rlep. Albert Watson welcomet
hecklers to his speech in Currel
College Tuesday night and the;
"I hoped many of these folk
would come out tonight. It migh
help them to hear a )atrioti(
speech," said Watson, referring t(
the group which heckled him dur
ing the program.
Watson, incumbent in the 2n
District Congressional race, wac
invited to speak ly the Young
Americans for Freedom and th<
Young Republicans.
Prior to the speech by Watson
Frank Sloan, his opponent in th(
Senate I
Libera liz
Sought F
liy HIRUCI HONICK
Staff Writer
I,iberalizing rules for womenCT,
creating a student-faculty senate
andl adding students to the lioard
of Trustees were called for
Wednesday in bills subm ittedl to
Stude.nt Senate.
lBills calling for fre cuts the
day of the Clemson game and for
adding students to the campus
Police force were also introduced.
All the proposals except the
One on the Clemson game were
submitted by Senb Pete Mc
Causland.
The first proposal asked that
"all curfews be lifted on all
Women who have successfully
compllletedl 30 hours of work and
are in good standing with the
University on an acadlemic basis."
It would go into effect sp)ring
Semester.
TPhe bill said "one of the main
concerns of any university is to
teach the student a sense of re
sPonsibility in order that he or she
may better cope with the prob
mens of our highly complex so
ciety."
The second bill called for a
new senate of an equal number
of students and faculty. Pre
sided over by the vice president
of the student boy it would
havefull power over univer
Power
veloped from this realization. "No
more will we be ruled by someone
at else's Concepts. No more will we
ry be satisfied with what we are," he
le added.
Df Hamilton's talk was part of the
Li- Visiting Scholars Series. His visit
was sponsored by the Association
1o of Afro-American Students, Caro
I- lina Campus Chaplains, the Stu
L- dent Religious Association and the
in D)epartment of Political Science.
r The way for Negroes to obtain
y black power, he suggested, is to
f assume control of political and
'conomic activities ill their com
e munities.
ts "It's anachronistic for any white
O man to oversee any black or
d ganization," 11111ilton observed.
-l -Ilack people must elect their
UNIVERSITY OF SI
Columbia, S-ah Carolina,
Vatson
House race, stated the USC chap
ter of AWAlRE notified authori
I ties of their plans to picket him
I and Watson.
Jerry Wingate, chairman of
AWAlRE, denied that the authori
ties had been notified and that
t the heckling was planned.
According to Winga'e, "There
iwere a good number of AWARE
members at the speech, but there
were a lot of ou'siders."
The hecklers responded to Wat
son's st-atements with laughter
and interruptions, answered by
applause from Watson support
ers.
In answer, Wa!son sta'ed, "As
in every group we (o not see eye
t Phot, by Chief Photostapher Chip OaliowayI
n Action
t
ed Rules2
'or Coeds
It would lbe sub)ject to the veto s
of the president of the Univer-A
sity and the Board of Trustees.
The bill saidl the "present sen-y
ate . . . is virtually p)owerless"' h
ando "it is time the studlent body -
of Carolina have more say in the
affairs of the university."
McC'ausland's third p)rop)osal
advocated adding a full-time
graduate and an undergraduate'
studlent to the Board of Tlrus
tees.
A fourth bill sought a ''trial
p)eriod"' with students on the cam
pOus polie force.
The bill for cuts on the day~ of
the Clemson game, submitted by
Sen. Carlton Larnmon, saidl stu
dents must cut classes to attend
the game, cuts would boost school
sp)irit andl few students would at
tendl classes that (lay anyway.
All the bills were sent to Comf
m ittee.
Senate approvedl a bill to name
the Humanities Center after Ber
nard M. Baruch.
The ombudsman bill also was
p)assed( by the Senate.
The bill recommending on entry
of dormitories without consent of
the occup)ant was tabled by the
Rules Committee.
For the first time, the' Ameri
can and South Carolina flags were
dlisplayedl during the Senate meet
ing.
Forty enaitors attendled.
Called
own lea(lers" an(d "stop being tools
to any political group."
Hamilton, who has been active
in civil rights work and authore(d
with Stokely Carmichael a book
entitleil "illack Power: The Poli
ties of Liberation In America,"
almits having a "deep intellectual
feeling" behind black power bul
said he woul(l never try "to shove
black power down a n y o n e ' s
throat."
Hiamilton alvised critics of mili
tant leaders Stokeley Carmichael
and Hf. Rap Hrown to remember
that three years ago they were in
Alabama an(l Mississippi "helping
people learn how to rea(l and
writ, andI vote."
If Carmichael is preaching vio
lence and visiting Cuba and Hanoi
DUTH CAROLINA
Friday, November 1, 1968
Heckle(
to 4ye here tonight, b) it give us
a chance to say a few words and
we'll let you a.k a few quest ions."
Speaking of his experience in
the Iouse Un-American Activi
ties Committee, Watson referred
to the investigation of Students
for a I)eIocratic Society, stating
that the organizaiton "should
more properly be calle(d Stu(ents r
for a )estructive Society."
"Ile a demonstrator, young per
son, be (lifferent, dress anyway
you wish, but prove first that 1
you've got it insi(le you to im
prove democracy," Watson added.I
Turning to the Vietnam war,
Watson told the stu(ents, "There
ire half a million young Anmeri
ans over there who love life as
mnuch as you (o. We must (10
iothing to bring about (lemorali
:ation of those people over there." -
Watson was asked later by a
nember of the audience, "You
aid to support my country right
>r wrong? That's stupid, How can
rou justify it?"
"I made the statement that as
ong as half a million Americans
rre in Vietnam, there because
heir nation sent them there, it
s important for every American
;o support them and not de
noralize them."
"If you had been in Dachnu
inder the Third Reich would you
ave said my country right or
vrong?" Watson was asked.
"That's totally beside the issue,"
.e replied. He add(edI the "e.
erience of Nazism" is not com
arable.
"The trouble is that anyone who
iffers with your position is
atally wrong or stupid."
"No American loves wvar. I
ould app)reciate it more if some
C those who burn dIraft cards andI
hject would stand up) andl say
'ma cowardl' andl I wouldl re
poect them for it,'' Watson sa id.
Watson told the students, "If
wiy really belijeve everything is
) wr-ong, why don't they leave
ilierica ?
Answering his own quest ion.
/'atson replied, "'They dlon't leave
cause Am nerica is the great ed
Beer S
Hy ROLI,IE WATERS
Staff Writer
(Second in a serie's)
Ninety-three percent of al
most 400 students r~ e c e n t I y
polled by The Gam~ecock said
they wouldl favor beer sales on
campus.
Students were
asked to mark
a ballot yes or
no on the ques- ~
tion, "D)o y o u
favor the sale
of beer on cam
pus?"
Three h u n
dred ninety-twoj
b all o ts were -
c a s t. The re- TO EN
suIts were 364
persons, or 93 percent, in favor
andl 28 persons, or seven per
cent opposed.
'Way
now it's "because the syste
failed him many years ago," Han
ilton observed. If the Black Pai
'hers and Rap Brown are sayin
"Burn, baby, burn," it's "becau,
the institutions copped out c
them years ago."
Although asserting that he w.
opposed to violence and hi
"never thrown a Molotov cocl
tail," he warned white Ameri(
not "to court the instrument.
violent tendencies of people wh
are fed up" with the way thinp
are.
"Violence occurs when peop]
have to explode, when they can
hlold it any longer," he added.
1Hamilton contrasted this spor
taneous violence to revolutionari
>riented "instrumental violence.
Fouided 190;
I Here
-ountry in the world."
"No other country in the worl
vould tolerate much of wh
ve've tolerated in America," h
L' sertel.
Following his speech Watso
'ielded questions.
He was asked "What have yo
lone for the black man here i
lolunbia ?"
Watson replied "collectively,
ot," by supporting certain welfar
irograms and a sales tax "t
wing up the educational level fo
ill citizens." He said he woul
ive in private his personal con
ributions.
"However, the passage of law
o give economic opportunitie
vill never do the job. They mus
iave proper education," he an
wered.
Three youngsters, guests e
ing residIents at a Hlalloweer
a pose for The Gamaecock
in the lobby of the dorm.
ales Fa
The poll was conducteud last
week in the Russell House. The
voting booth was set up for
short periodls on several after.
noo'is to acquire a sampling of
opinion.
A man-on-the-street interview
sah o we d 88 percent of those
qluestionedl in favor of the pro
posal.
Last F r i d a y eighteen stu
dlents were asked to comment
on the beer bill passed by Stu
dlent Senate.
Sixteen of those questioned
had positive attitudes towardl
the bill.
"I hope it's approved in a
hurry," Paul Townsend said.
Helen Banov said, "There are
places around that are close
enough to get beer now. I fear
that people will s p e n d thei..
Of Mot
rn "This country is lucky," he c
I- tended. "It has yet to experie:
1- maF.sive instrumental violence. I
g the present system is laying
;e foundation for it."
n The Chicago educator had ha
words for persons who use
. term "law and order" as a pol
d cal slogan. "When politicii
say law and order, they dc
a mean law, they mean order,"
0 said.
o Concerning Tuesday's natioi
s elections, Hamilton said he ,
pected a Negro turnout of ab
e :15 per cent, compared to 58.4 I
't cent in 1964. "A lot of people
going to call it apathy,"
i pointed out, "hut disgust (amc
Negroes) is what it really is."
lie has not endorsed any can
$8.5
Aske
By KEN HARE
Asst. News Editor
- An 88.5 milli4n increase in i
USC bu dget was requeste(d of
- S. C. Budget and Control Bo:
Wednesday.
The increase, reresenting a
Debate Site
Is Changed
t;
A fter page three of Th
Gamecock went to press, tw
changes were announced in th
"Great Debate" scheduled fc
tonight.
According to Brian Rinej
cha-rman of the student group
coordinating the debate, th
i lace has been changed fror
r the Russell House patio t
Room 107 of Currell College.
Speaking in behalf of Georg
Wallace's candidacy will b
Maurice Bessinger, not Arcl
Wilder as previously an
nounced.
t The debate will begin a
7:30.
S
Hallow een Faces
f South Build, dents playe4
I party, strike orphanages
phiotograrphers with refrei
Camnpus resi- trick or tree
voredI
money for beer instead of nu
tritious food."
"I think they
should pass it,"
GlIe n McLean
s a id. '' Th e
school needls in
novations-eith
der this bill or
allow t he stu
dents to h avye
beer or liquor
in the dlornms."
McIEAN0 n e student
MCLEANwho voiced dis
approval of the bill said the
adlministration has a dlifficult
dcCision to make. USC "being
part of the Bible Belt, this bill
could hurt the school finan
cially," she said.
In a separate interview, Stu
dent Senator Fred M a g n e r,
sponsor of the beer bill, said
he thougrht action on the ro
lernity'
')n- (late for president, and he s
ice Negro leaders should "leave
lut iudgment in local elections up
the he local communities."
Hamilton, h o w e v e r, war
rsh against what might happen
the George C. Wallace is elec
president. "The United Sta
mns will be like Germany of
n't 1930':;," he said. "It will be a p
he lde to another Johannesbu
South Africa. A lot of black p
ial ple won't take it."
x- On the war in Vietnam, Han
)ut ton said he supports persons "v
wr refuse to serve. I consider the v
iri immoral and unjust. The re
he tion from the United Sta
ng wouldn't be the same if the rar
composition of Vietnam were d
di- ferent."
N1i11ioi
In E
percent hike over this year, wo
boost the budget from $18.5 i
he lion to over $27.5 million if
h''repted by the board.
r' According to USC Presidet
Thomas 1. Jones. Carolina is
6 7 a "near crisis" in financial a
- fairs and the increase is nece
sary to meet present operatir
costs and costs of expansion.
)ean larold lrunton, %
president for business affai
pointed to three al*ernatives
meet the budget problem. " I
can raise stident fees, have a
e iquate appropriat ions or curt
0 present programs," Ilrun'on sa
e "In order to avoid curtailing exi
r ing programs, we have decided
raise fees next year and ask :
'the substantial increase in allo<
tions.
D In the past, we have c
budgets in areas such as edu(
tional equipment and maintenar
to meet needed increases in f;
ulty pay. These cuts were or
buying time and now we have
pay for it."
Brunton gave figures showin
t that South Carolina rated behin
every other southern state i
per capita appropriations f<
taff Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Callow
I host to children from local
this week at parties complete
'hments, entertainment andi
ting.
[n Poll
posal is being held up because
the administration is unaware
of the amount of student sup
Port behind the bill.
"The problem
r es ts in th e
failure of t h e
student govern
ment to dlemon
strate to the ad
ministration the
extent and
\ depth of stu
dent support,"
S Magner said.
David E ck -
MACEa st rom, yviee
president of the student body,
commented, "I rebel against the
principle of a group of dual
standardi men who decide, while
(drinking a cocktail, to pontifi
ca4te against beer on the cam
pus.
aid
the
to
ied
if
ted
tes
the
re
rg,
P~O_
iio
lill
,ho
'ar
Les
if -
Hamilton
1 Hike
Oudget
Ild higher education. "Carolina has
kil- both grown and improved, and
ac- the financial problems created
by these changes are enorm
it ous."
it He cited a change in student
f- body composition, an upgraded
I and enlarge(d faculty and an in
g crease in facilities as reasons for
the increased budget request.
ice Several new research bureaus
rs, and academic programs also
to need funding. Included in these
Ve are a Psychological Corrections
Ie- Bureau, a Traffic Safety Bu
ail reau, an in-service teacher train
id. ing i rogram, and a new concept
s'- in graduate education using Ed
to ucational Television.
or The department asking the
,a- largest increase over this year's
budget is educational maintenance.
'Ut This money, amounting to $13.5
-a- million, goes to cover expenses of
ice maintaining the general under
ic- graduate and graduate educa
ily tional program.
to Salary and wages comprise
the second largest increase.
g This money will go for faculty
d and staff salary increases and
n to meet the new federal mini
r mum wage and hour require
ments.
The USC regional campuses will
receive $1.2 million of the new
budget if approved.
The Budget and Control Board
will present its findings and
recommendations to the House
Ways and Means Committee,
probably when the state legisla
ture meets in January, Brunton
adaed.
* * *
Student Fees
To Go Up
Tuition will be increased next
year for both in-state and out-of
state students, according to Harold
Brunton, vice president for busi
ness affairs.
S The increase per semester will
be $20 for S. C. residents and
$25 for non-residents. The deci
sion w'as announced in conjunc
tion with the announcement of
the budget for next year.
Bill Moyers
Will Speak
Here Saturday
A former press secretary to
P'residen t lyndon H. Johnson will
discuss "The Role of the President
in a Time of Crisis" at 5:15 here
Saturday.
Hill Moyers,wh sevda
.Johnson's pres secey fo
November, 1963uni Feray
1967, will speak i om27o
Russell House.
*Moyers will speak briefly, then
open the floor to questions. A
short reception will follow the
Sprogram.
Currently publisher of Newsday
newspaper, Moyers received a
~bachelor of journalism degree
from the University of Texas and
Sa bachelor of divinity degree from
SSouthwestern Theological Semi
Snary.
He was executive assistant to
Johnson during the 1900 presiden
Stial campaign and later was
d (eputy director of the Peace
SCorps.
&His speeh will be sponsored by
the Student Union lectures corn