Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Leoters To The Editor Questions Journalistil Dear Mr. Krochnalny: Under w h a t standards of journalistic integrity can the jus tification be found for publishing a story concerning a letter to the Administration of a few dis gruntled students on the front page--headline position? Surely, your large staff of "journalists" did not find the Carolina Com munity so devoid of news as to necessitate this type of report ing! I fully realize that many of your fellow journalists, particu larly those in the practicing fielns of publica*ion, resort to this type of reporting. And further, I can see the merits of USC journalists learning to ply this device before graduation. However, your imprudent de cision to give this report the im The 'Lo Dear Mr. Krochnalny: It's said when a large Univer sity - a division of a sovereign state - even contemplates buc kling under to radical elements. Even to consider banning "l)ixie" and trying to stop the display of the Confederate flag shows to what a low ebb the University has fallen. Remember it was the State of South Carolina that blasted the Yankees out of Fort Sumter and STUDEN 22 Days-June 4 to JA Roundtrip jet flights, deluxe England, Holland, Belgium, 22 Days-June 6 to Ji Roundtrip jet flights, modera ing: France, Switzerland, Ita 22 Days-June 7 to JA Roundtrip let flights, moderc ing: England, Holland, Brust 22 Days-June 8 to Ji Roundtrip let flights, moderc Ing: England, France, Hollani 35 Days-June 19 to Sail eastbound and fly westl hotels, personally escorted. Rock H TIHE1 CAIM WEGAE Gamecock 6 Integrity portance of front page headline news resulted in the wire serv ices, unfamiliar with the actual situation on campus, giving the story far more import than it deserved. Much can be said for your fellow journalists at The State newspaper for relegating a similar story resulting from this student demand to page 7-C of the Feb. 14 edition. Justice Walter Schaefer said once, "The interest of the press and other media of communica tion starts and stops with the sensational." Do you not think The Gamecock can better fulfill its purpose at the University by reporting the news giving it the perspective it deserves rather than trying to "make" the news by exploiting the trivial? GEORGE C. KOSKO w Ebb' Of helped to make "l)ixie" a house hold word. It was the students of Carolina that vounteered to the last man for Confederate service, and the school was closed because there were no stu dents. (Do you think you'll ever see support like that again?) Wouldn't it seem a little stupid to ban the Confederate flag at USC when it proudly waves over the State House just three blocks away? Why not ban the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" since it could be IT EUROPEAN TOUI CAROLINA SPECIAL ine 25 Departs New hotels, private air-conditioned motorcoach ;ermany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Franc ADVENTURER ine 27 Departs Coli to hotels, private air-conditioned motorco< y, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Holland, I CAROLINIAN ne 28 Departs Coli to hotels, private air-conditioned motorcoc els, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, SOUTHERNER one 29 Departs Coli to hotels, private air.conditioned motorcoc I, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, S5: CIRCLE OF EUROPE July 23 Departs New ,ound - Plays, Night Clubs, Special Dinne visiting: England, Holland, Germany, Austi 'or a descriptive brochure coni THOMAS TOURS, IN P. O. Box 2796 II, S. C. 29730 Tel IE &' EI KE MOMMERI * JACK PAI SSTARTS I THURSDAY! 'Big On Dear Mr. Krochnalny: I once had the good fortune of meeting a black girl who had lived both north and south of the Mason-Dixon line. She said the bigotry was different but just as real on either side. Of course this is not true of the younger gen eration. But as much as we may not like it, we aren't in power. As for the Confederate flag and the song "Dixie," I think the groups which protest are either deluded in thinking the South is separate from the nation and Stop An Dear Mr. Krochmralny: Both sides of the "Dixie"-Con federate flag-burning question are becoming more and more vehement in their arguments. Students on both sides of the question are those, I assume, who so seriously question fighting and killing in Vietnam and in wars in general. We should stop and think a Carolina offensive to the South or the "Star Spangled Banner" since it could offend the British? I don't know how any possible adverse ruling might affect other students, but since I'm proud to be a South Carolinian and a Southerner I will continue to sing "Dixie" and display the Con federate f I a g whenever and wherever I so desire. I'll do this despite the African clubs, minor ity groups or any other factions - present or future. RAXTER KELLY IS 1969 York $1039 ss, personally escorted. Visiting: a. imbla $939 iches, personally escorted. Visit ngland. imbia $894 iches, personally escorted. Visit Austria, Italy, France. imbla $935 iches, personally escorted. Visit ain, Portugal. York $1399 s with entertainment. First class ia, Italy, France, Switzerland. act: C. 327.7186 .ANCE * IF I J onB otry Is F Both S' wants slavery or else they just want to prod the Southern ele ment on campus into a physical confrontation. I suspect the lat ter. There are many things about the South that deserve and need criticism and change. The school system is poor, some of the laws are ante-bellum and self-destruc Live. The University could use more liberalization. But to gen eralize and go on the rampage, to destroy what now exists is not the answer. d Think minute. Many are now on the verge of starting our own litt,e war right here on campus. If we really want to stop fight ing wars and contributing to a society that fights wars, why don't we stop and ask ourselves why we're going to fight this one? Are we so different from those far distant officials who decide when and why our coun try goes to war ? I don't think we are. Carolina students are about to get in volved in a war for which they can give no more satisfactory excuses than governments give their citizens for their wars. Our excuses sound good to us and seem to us to be reasons enough to fight our war. But don't they always seem good enough to those who declare wars? If people really want to avoid a fight they don't burn, in the South, a flag that means "home land" to Southerners, who so deeply cherish homeland. Neither do they join groups which nur ture hopes for retaliation. But that's what we're doing. This is the tragic situation. We're the people who condemn the wars, who w a n t them stopped. Yet we're starting this one. Why do we fight wars? GREG SMITH "YES, BEL SENSATIONAL, honest about thi 'Luis 'BunuelbC 64 ALL SEATS $2.00_ COKE CAMPUS Al TUESDAY, Union Movie, "Good Ne 3, 6, International Students Meeting WEDNESDAi Student Senate, Room Student Union Lectures Cor B.A. Audi THURSDAY, USC vs. VIRGINIA BASKI BEHIND RI FRIDAY, THINGS GO Bl For Example, "I SATURDAY, USC vs. VIRGINIA CAROLINA C MONDAY, USC vs. UNC BASKETE BEHIND R Union Movie, "El Cid," R DR'L TRDEc Leal Jes' What these dumb-dumb ideal ists need is a long look at the "way it is." If they really want to improve the South, if they really want to advance the rela tionship between blacks and whites and other races the an swer doesn't lie in attacking a harmless and cherished tradi ion. It lies in moving, in one way or another, against the antiquated laws of South Carolina and the rules of the University. This is not a yankee state, and when these yanks leave they should be sure their high ideals have (lone something construc tive rather than destructive, that theit criticism isn't hypocritical and self-righteous and their ac tions aren't simply to outrage andi irritate. The young South despise the silly backward laws and self destructive attitudes of some of kur elders and poli'ical repre seintatives. For example: their refusal to legalize over-the-bar liqtor sales where to (1o so would provide a great deal of revenue to improve education. This state with its pros and cons will be ours in a few years. In a few years the sale of liquor will be legalized and many other laws will be revised. In a few years the Yanks will have a family, a haircut and a Northern home. As for the Negro on campus, many of my friends feel the same way as I (o-the more the mer rier. Just please relate to me as an individual, as a person, not a white blob. The Negro individual must learn to be an individual as well as a black. If he can only chant inciting words someone else gave him, he's nothing. And as for the Civil War, my great grandfather was a dirt farmer like 90 per cent of the South in that time. Not a slave-holding plantation man. It's great for blacks to be black and be proud of it -learn their heritage and walk tall but they don't need to be paranoid while they're at it. IRENE MILES LE DE JOUR' IS it does -let's be ;- turn you on !" -Life Magazine isterpiece of 'Erotica! ALLIED ARTISTS presents BELE dE JOUR with CATHERINE DENEUVE WINNER BEST PICTURE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2:00-405 6:10 - 8:15 TIVITIES CALENDAR FEBRUARY 18 ighbor Sam," Russell House, 8:30 P.M. 3, Room 302, Russell House, 7 P.M. E, FEBRUARY 19 302, Russell House, 5 P.M. imittee presents ROGER MUDD, torium, 8 P.M. FEBRUARY 20 ETBALL TICKETS DISTRIBUTED UJSSELL HOUSE FEBRUARY 21 ETTER WITH COKEI )IXIE" & REBEL YELL FEBRUARY 22 BASKETBALL GAME, OLISEUM, 8 P.M. FEBRUARY 24 ALL TICKETS DISTRIBUTED USSELL HOUSE ussell House, 3, 6, 8:30 P.M. MAK 'Love I Dear Mr. Krochmalny: As every student knows by now, there was a rally last Thursday night on the Horse shoe. Although I am not sure of the rally's actual purpose, I gath ered it was to bring together two opposing forces, one whose tenet was "let's save the Con federate flag and Dixie," the other whose belief was "what's so important about Dixie and that Rebel flag?" The anti-Dixie side was repre sented by the radical group on campus; the pro-Southern fac tion by several grits. Each side had its turn at the microphone. Neither side was heeded and the meeting was formally terminated by the referee (student govern ment), but many stayed to speak. There were hundreds of South erners present and I was one of them. Many of these grits screamed and h o I I e r e d and seemed to want the "South to rise again." Such profound love could cause a tremor that would bring their Southern ancestors right out of their graves. I think it's great to love the South. I do and I was born in New York. But love doesn't cause the trouble that these stu (ent emotions have. Love unifies and glorifies. These rednecks (a redneck is an exceedingly ig 'Dixie' Not Dear Mr. Krochmalny: It is my opinion that the Asso ciation of Afro-American Stu dents is distorting the facts con cerning the playing of "Dixie." The playing of "Dixie" need not be "a tribute to a movement that sought to destroy the United States . . ." in fact, I do not think it need be considered a "tribute" to anything. It is simply a song sung by Southerners or by people who love the South. I know of no one who envisions "the good old (lays of slavery" as being a desirable society to day. I know of no one who sings "Dixie" with wishes of overthrow ing the United States govern ment. Perhaps, there are some Wedn( Is College S at theP 1 STEAK $1 Just present your st Our regular $1.49 12 oz. with a gopher-sized bakec green salad and a hunk a' NO TIPPING POND! J nifies' norant and narrow-minded grit, not to be confused with the good grit) separate and cast shame. These same r e d n e c k a go around waving flags and singing "Dixie," knowing good and well that Carolina's black community is angered and offended by the.ie actions. Although flag wavers and "Dixie" singers may have earnest love for the South, have the Negroes been shown and con vinced that Dixie and the Con federate flag (o not represent slavery or anything pertaining to the all-too-common discrim ination against the black man? Obviously not. My roommate was attacked last Thursday by two angry black youths and he has scars to attest to the growing unrest. I love the South and so (1o many other students here, but why don't we keep it in our hearts until we can show the Negro that love for our South doesn't i m p 1 y discrimination against him? Now, we couldn't do without "Dixie" at baske'.ball games, but don't need it on the Horseshoe or hanging out our windows. I'm a grit and proud of it, but I wouldn't be so proud if my love led to riots and bloodshed; so why don't we show the Negro that he can be equal, that he is a part of the South, that he can sing Dixie, too . . . if he wants to. PAUL ROWLAND A 'Tribute' such persons, but it is my belief and contention that the persons who sing "Dixie" at athletic event and elsewhere are simply singing a song about a place that they love. Westerners have a song called "Home on the Range"-perhaps, we ought to ban this song, too, because it pays tribute to a so ciety or group of people who advocated wholesale slaughter of the American Indian. Such is the absurdi'y of the Association of Afro-American Students' claim that the singing of "Dixie" pays tribute to a society advocating the enslavement of human be ings. TIMOTHY D. BRYSON hsday tudent Day uDEROSA DINNER .09 After 5:00 P.M. udent identification 1hier ~izzlin' sirloin steak served 'tater, dipperful o' crisp, toast. COME-AS-YOU-ARE IROSA