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Necessary As the South Carolina legislature argues over the kindergarten bill, we at USC must consider the implications of the improved educational climate at the state universities if such a bill were passed. Can the state afford to have more people pass through high school and want to go to college? Can the state afford the number of people who now want to go to college? The obvious answer to both is NO! The recommendations of the State Budget and Control Board show that the state cannot support USC even at its level of operation. If the state cannot support USC now, what would it do if the enrollment were doubled? What would it do if the enrollment were 20,000? The increased college applications are but one part of the picture of the proposed state-operated kindergartens. The state would have to contend with more people finishing high school than currently do be cause of the high rate of dropouts. South Carolina has saved itself from a major school crowding crisis by keeping the high est level of dropouts in the country. With these major problems facing the state if a kindergarten bill is passed, will the legislature even consider it? The answer is YES. What would be the first effects of state operated kindergartens? The first effect is that a significant part of the population would enter school qualified to begin the serious job of learning. Children from lower class families, who do not have the back ground or facilities to prepare them for school, will be able to compete with children of middle and upper class families. Teachers will be able to spend more time with the other children and not have to spend a lot of time coaxing and coddling the under privileged children. These children who go into grammar school prepared will not repeat the first few grades as many now do. They will not be come discouraged and disenchanted with education. Children who are not afraid of education and understand it have little tendency to drop out and will continue through high school. We realize that South Carolina may not be ready for this overflow of graduates, but we think the businesses of the state can probably find some use for qualified and Founded ,Tan. 30, 1908 with Robert Elliott G'onzales as the firsi cock is published by and for the students of the University of Sc weekly during the college year ex-ep)t during holidays and examnina The opinions expressed he-rein do not necessarily reflect the v ic tration, the faculty or the studtent bcody as a w hole. Offices of The Gamecock are in Room 308 of the Russell Hious campus. Phones are 777-4249 (Editor-In-Chief), 777-4220 (Busines and 777-8178 (Newsaroom)j. The Gamecock Is represented natioinally by Natiocnai Education vice. Inc. The publication is a member of Associated Collegiate I' Collegiate Press Association. Subscription rates are $t per year. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mike Krochmalny ASSOCIATE EDITOR BUSINESS IV Mary Jane Benston Jack Pac MANAGING EDITOR ASST. MANAGING EDITORJi NEWS EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR ASST. NEWS EDITOR Donna Schi ASST. SPORTS EDITOR FACULTY EDITOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS EDITOR CHIEF OF REPORTERS CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER ADVERTISING MANAGER ch. ASST. ADVERTISING MANAGER CIRCULATION MANAGER Wh By CARL STEPPAfis('mtt Managinsg Editorboytviere The recent admntin istrat ion per- adtl ope secution of AW A RE points out t h -ags at least oneC uncomfortable fact: Th rcJo1t when its auithority is cha llenged , oti te,wo the adlministration will wink at AAEofcr judlicial fairness to gets its waly,. h h'i hr AWA1(1E, nlow in dlanger of r~kd losing its charter, has been the AW -sstp victim of an o)ld ploy-be inog sninl oti considlered guilty until it proves 1,jedigsb itself innocent.letroinn. The group is currently under I etrif suspension, lpendling submission o h -n ni( of a letter stating its intent to tnntdta abide by University regulations. in--.(lrJt All this action has come with poainwl e no judicial hearings for the oitesimda group. Seven original charges teAAE(h were brought by the office tof Teprs fi Student affairs. AWARE wasimlethtri the supened y te Sudet hvboytie pren Education educated men and women. These are the same men and women who must now be supported by the state on welfare and un employment pay; the same men and women who raise gigantic families to further bur den the state which has so little to give, but so much to offer, if it just has the courage. Need To Talk Ever since the first student met the first administrator in the first college there has been a problem of communication. This cry has since risen from every corner-faculty, students and college ad ministrations all over the world have begged and pleaded for some type of communica tion within the university structure. As education has grown into the multi-billion dollar business it is today and administra tors have been remolded into politicians and big businessmen, the communication gap has widened until it has reached the point where students must riot and take over the administration buildings to be heard. We certainly hope that such drastic measures as riots and takeovers will not be necessary here, and we feel the administra tion is making progress in the area of com munications with the students. One communication link just opened is the "gripe day" in the school of education. This is a procedure that should be followed in every school and college at USC so the faculty and administration can find out what the students think of the curricula, the presentation and the requirements. Another means of dialogue recently opened was in a conference President Jones held with campus ieaders. He and vice presidents Witten and Brunton met with the leaders of various campus organizations to discuss such topics as the food service, fees and housing. For the first time a cross section of stu dents met in an open meeting with the ad ministration to discuss changes which will affect every student. These are two examples we feel should be followed and enlarged-responsible stu dent power through proper representation will not only make the campus a better place to live, it may insure the life of the campus. Help us do a better job. Send The Gamecock a news tip. editor, The Game ui na Carolina semi- Whtsu ws of thle admnts on the University ~ asoad Advertising) ml Advertising Ser- We ___________ readteS. C. [ANAGER lgett_________ ___ __ Carl Stcpp n Wannamaker Wosivle __ F'red alonik _______ Jim Haney Wy ol, Eddie C hen liane Claypoole ~- -__ Susan Ross Hw _________ Sherry Shealy Rollie Waters Chuck Keefer Yu ae- __ irles Alexander Bobby Hitt ------- Shiap Abernathy ~ vt l y No Fair -aadisory,hsnl vn a ra.Te iden'ft Witen--- 'mit(It (1W hag', tre a respobnse i ( sne epn elt l 'as sent to th 11iaA(Iia the mjr~jl then cahlledi in olA lU ishagd ih .o '"show cause"'i Io sguatoie htihantesj not eve ha atralsTe Asdiistos recetinsl haove nslInwastll- ainstedt th th g major W ilas ~Itit i Mrch wekiotedAl is "gharged ithr 0 5l0(fte i rs o n sil I it nd disthred shouldnot b speaersit fo,r Uriest regulations."' rmsing A WA iml At best, this is vague. Admin tuspension, Wit - ist ratolrs- who aire reluctant to "fu rther viola - tal k to reporters "'(n the record'' the pleriod o (f ---have ind(1icatedI several times ult in the coIm- their dIisagreemsent and disgust I' revocatioIn of with A W A RE'. rter." Applja rent ly, prssre has been ther v ilat ions'' broutghit on the0 administration to ~inal violations get rid (If the group. Tfhe admin Raut AWARE1 iMtratore thraoon - nuthough Friday, March 7, 1969 Quest Dear Mr. Krochmalny: For two years I have pur chased the insurance plan of fered at fall registration through the University. In addition to coverage for myself, I have in cluded my wife and child. The sole reason for my deci sion to purchase such a policy was that I was under the obvious misconception that any insurance plan offered through the Univer sity must be a reputable one. S5MSEE. SEE ThE 1 SEE ThE SW NY PHTe WHooPEE. isappointir Dear Mr. Krochmalny: It is indeed unfortunate that the conduct of a small number of USC partisans at last Satur (lay's game with UNC fell far short of the standard expected from fans of the nation's eighth best basketball team. As a recent graduate of Caro lina, I was thoroughly dlisgustedl at the "reception" given Charlie Scott by a certain few who ap p)arently think that the color of a man's skin is adlequate groundls for treating him as something less than a human being. Imagmne the humiliation he must have felt at being the target for pennies tossedl from the standls andl for such all-too familiar epithets as "get the nigger." If Charlie Scott -- an All American, a man who repre sented America in the Olympics --can't b)e accorded the respect due any visiting a'.hlete, then things are really in a sad state. Such a magnificent structure as the Carolina Coliseum should be representative of a growing progressive University, one free from petty acts such as condemn ing a man because of the color of his skin. What will happen when Caro lina gets Negro athletes? Will they he bombarded with pennies Trial? seemingly with good intentions seem to have dlecided that AWARE has causedl too much trouble and must be intimidated into submission. Admittedly, AWARE has been inlvolved( in questionable affairs. It admits having unauthorized speakers on camp)us. It owes bills to the University. One of its mn e m b e r a printedl -- and AWA RE dlistrib)utedl-a newslet ter containing vulgar language. Its former cochairman has been chargedl with burning a Confed e rate flag. In at least two of the above instances, however, individuals not necessarily the entire group -are responsible. There are Intangibles which must be conside--ed: an imipl iedl Page Two .etters To The Editoi i)ns Ins My confidence was further bol stered by the letter printed on the front of a descriptive bro chure - bearing vice president Witten's signature - describing the policy as "a comprehensive accident, sickness and surgical insurance plan." The letter fur ther stated, "we urge every stu dent to protect himself by pur chasing this insurance." After two years, I finally had cause to file a claim. Emergency EW I-QD CARD. SRAPH. CA ig Conduct and epithets when they come onto the court, or will they be accepted as Fighting Gamecocks? The answer lies with us, the Carolina fans. It's really not a very hard choice to make. DON CAUGHMAN CLASS 01F '67 Accusation Dear Mr. Krochmalny: There wvas a letter written by Steve Wilson in the March 4 edli tion of your newspap)er. In this letter Mr. Wilson seemed to make the accusation that Brett Bursey was dlirectly responsile for burning the flag, and that AWARE as a group was also di rectly resp)onsible. I would suggest that Mr. Wil son studly the constitution of the United States and he may find that p)eop)le are innocent until proven guilty. Even the consti tution of South Carolina w'ill grant its citizens that small free Apparently Steve Wilson doe's not believe in either the national constitution or the constitution of his own state. Maybe Mr. Wison should investigate the laws which are concerned with libel and slander before he starts making accusations about some thing he can't p)rove. BILL McCABHE COCHIAIRiMAN, AWARE versity regulations; AW A RE's contribution to turmoil and dis. unity on campus. But the fact that such charge. are intangible compejls the adI ministration to hanide them wi hI utmost care and fairness. The o p i n i o nt s oif admiinist rators without prooif or coniclIus ive cir cumrstantial ev idence. - -- will not do. Tlhe hearing before the com-t mittee was not a judicial trial. A WARUE coul not caill witnesses~' or quest ion the persons who made charges against it. The1i comm itt ee, in fact, is mtere'ly an advisory body to Wit' en. '[his is an affront, not just to AWARE, but to all students. If it can prove its cha rges, let it dlo so) in proper j udIicial pro cuudings. EdIorlals Comemntary Columbia, South Carolina urance treatment for tonsillitis was needed for my child, and several visits to the doctor were re quired. After filling out all necessary forms and providing all the required affidavits, I was amazed to be informed by Mr. Pearce, administrator of the pol icy for the Home Insurance Com pany, that "under the provisions of the above policy, sickness benefits are payable only in con junction with a hospital con finement or in the event surgery is performed out of the hospital." I would like to point out that nowhere in the brochure bearing Witten's let'.er of hearty endorse ment is this information given. Indeed, every effort is made to indicate otherwise. His letter says the policy is "comprehen sive"-and a "sickness" insur ance plan. "Sickness" is later defined in the brochure as "sick ness or disease causing loss com mencing while this policy is in force with respect to such in sured person." Under claims instructions in the brochure it is stated notice of a claim must be given within 30 days "after date of accident or first date of medical treatment in event of sickness." Under the heading of limita tions, no mention is made of any such provision; indeed, even this is worded to create the false im pression, "No reimbursement will be made for accident or sickness resulting from the following. . . ." It would appear that the writer of this brochure intended to mislead students, and Witten's letter of endorsement is a tre mendous hell) to this devious plan. I would like to ask several things of you, Mr. Witten; (1) You refund the students' money to those who so desire. (2) You remove all "compre hensive" and "sickness" from the brochure and the official Uni versity bulletins. (3) You either make a worth while policy available to stuh4ints or, at the very least, indicate the serious shortcomings of the pre'sent potlicy to prospective pur chasers. Of the several dozen people I have askedc, not orne knew the truce nature of this policy. JAMES M. ELLIOTT Ticket D)ea r Mr-. Krochmafln(/y: Once a g a i n the students of Carolina have been raped! T h e almighty administration has again succeeded in exploiting the students, this time to a de gree which dlefies the imagina tion. Monday morning's f i a s c o be'hindi Russell IHouse is just one morie examp)le to the outrages perpetrated u p o n the Carolina stude(nt by an idiotic, unenlight enedi bu reaucracy~ which persists in feedcing upon the unexpecting, eternally apathetic student. T~he adlministrat ion has once again denmonstrated its ability to stand in the way of a progressive unvriyby forcing a rceh aice detbody. T[his type oif adlminis tr-at ion is the fundamental road bloc-k to our becoming a first -rate university. This is the same ad ministrcat ion whi(ch locks students in their docrms at night. It is the same administr-ation which ex pels stude(nts for so vague an offense as "c-onduct unbecoming a student.'' They continually ask "'why do~ stude'nts riot ?" Why do students riot indeed! If t h e y want to find out, I suggest they cond)t jinue to exploit us. Alonday' morning I stood in line, fo'r my basketb,all tickets and wais told, "'Sorrys, sold out.'' Forc thei Virginia game I was told, "'Sorry, sold o'ut." I paid miy activity fees to attendc the'se Letters Policy Tlm:r GA m:CoCK u'elcomne, let ters on any1 subject pertinent to adin doleingf Unfiversity stu dents. The Editor-in-Chiefre scroes the righJt to edit letters to ""I"''m,, to style, go)od taste, space limcitations tand libel laws. I etters shgould be sent to Tiim: ;AM:coCK, llox U-S I31, USC. Rude Cashiers Dear Mr. Krochmalny: The size and complexity of a large University such as ours naturally results in many sources of irritation and inconvenience to the students. Most of these are unavoidable. However, some of them can be corrected and one should be at once. Specifically, I am concerned with the rude and impudent be. havior of the women who operate the University check cashing ser vice in the administration build ing. I have never attempted to cash a check there without re ceiving more than my fair share of snide remarks and innuendoes regarding my honesty and in tegrity. I have given them no reason to question the validity of my checks and yet I am al ways regarded as a person at tempting to perpetrate some great fraud on the University. I realize that many worthless checks are passed to the Univer sity but I am sure that they are only a minority or the service would have been terminated long before now. Even if bad checks are passed to these women, they have no right to carry such a large chip on their shoulders. After all, it's not their money that is being lost. What has happened to me is not an isolated occurrence. It has happened to many others whom I have talked with and they agree with me that the best solution is for these women to be replaced by persons with a more pleasant disposition at once. I realize that this letter will probably mean that my check cashing (lays are over at the University unless they want to receive my future tuition payments in pen nies. LAWRENCE B. LEE Accusation Dear Mr. Krochmalny: The prosecution of Brett Bur sey for violating an anachronistic law points out one of the more irritating traditions of this state. Fluttering over the State House today we have the national and atate flags to remind us of our allegiances. Must we also fly the Confed erate flag to remind us of the colossal stupidity of our ances tors? What pride could possibly be attached to a flag whose only relevance to modern society is as a symbol of provincialism, ignor ance andl bigotry ? In 31 years, the twentieth century will have endled, andl if the situation doesn't change in a hurry, South Carolina will have ignored it al together. L. S. ROWLAND Fiasco' functions, andl now I have final ly realized that I've been fleeced! The administration is forcing studlents into the arms of stu (dent organizations which may or may not he in the best interests of the University. But then who (-ares? Possibly the administra tion dloes, for then they will no longer be able to dlefraudl us. The bureaucracy has ceased to exist as a servant of the institu tion, andl instead has begun to feed on us. If we (do not throw it off I fear we will be sapped into oblivion. 0013 PRICE 'Quad Ball' Unwelcome I)ear M-.r. Kr-ochm,alny: While strolling t ow ar ds my haven of rest in Moore, I dliscov ered that they were in the proc ess of b u i I d i n g a basketball court, as well as a shuffleboard c-ourt. Great. We (10 needl more athletic facilities. But not two feet from the (dorms. It will soon be spring and will be light well into the evening. Th'e whoops and hollers of bas ketball phr~yers should be heard by students trying to work in their rooms. At most schools in the country, "quad ball" is illegal. At USC we find the "country club" atmos phere pervades the area. Soon we will have a rifle range being built in the Moore andl Snowden lounge. I am (quite aware of the effect this letter will have on the Caro lina Community, but, if we are ever to be truly known as a uni versity, studlies will have to be placed before athletics. BOB SEIDEL