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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROUNA
Vol. LIX, No. 54 Columbia, South Carolina, Friday, May 9, 1969 Founded 1908
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Faculty 'Ro
Seriousnest
By CARL STEPP
Managing Editor
The faculty has "recognized the
seriousness" of problems referred
it by an ad hoc committee espe
cially concerned with problems of
black students.
In a resolution passed Wednes
day, the iaculty urged its mem
bers to re-examine policies which
might lead to such problems and
expressed determination to crea
tively face the problems of the
University's "changing urban en
vironment."
The committee report, presented
by Dr. Torn Terrill, pointed to
n u m e r o u s problems involving
black students. It:
Ending
Injustices
Advocated
By FRED MONK
News Editor
The newly elected Student Sen
ate, in what was termed the "last
chance" for student government,
acted on all pending legislation
(luring a two-and-a-half-hour ses
sion Wednesday.
Senate passed a resolution en
dorsing attempts by Afro-Ameri
can students "to eliminate racial
injustices in all aspects of Uni
versity life."
The resolution was changed from
an original resolution introduced
in the outgoing Senate.
The adopted resolution does not
include the 13-point program given
to President Thomas F. Jones last
spring by the Afro-American stu
dents.
The Senate also passed the
recommended ticket distribution
method to go in effect for this
fall's football season. Distribution
will remain basically the same as
last fall.
The Senate, however, excluded
the portion of the bill concerning
distribution of basketball tickets.
It will be further studied during
the summer and the fall.
Also passed was a resolution
supporting a bill in the S. C.
House of Representatives to lower,
the voting age to 18.
Cabinet Appo
Knobel:
By MARY JANE BIENSTON
.Associate Editor
Bairry Knobel became president
of the student body Tuesday.
In an inaugural speech during
Awards Day ceremonies, Knobel
challenged himself and his con
stituents "to maturely and ration
ally accept the strengthening stu
(lent position on our campus."
Also this week, Knobel an
nounced his cabinet appointments:
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-suggested curriculum revision
to better reflect the role of blacks
in society and to study the place
of Afro-American studies in the
curriculum;
-urged orientation programs to
provide information on the prob
lems of race relations on campus;
-advised that speakers on prob
lems of the black community be
given special consideration in or
ganizing University lecture pro
grams;
-suggested that a statement be
issued of University policy on ra
cial relations;
Several suggestions were for
athletics, including the following:
-improving relations between
athletic officials and Negro school
administrators to aid recruiting
black athletes;
-"sensitizing scholarship ath
letes and others to the problems
of the black students" and avoid
ing provocation between athletes
and black students;
-discouraging "offensive dis
plays of racial hostility" detract
ing from healthy school spirit.
Furthermore, the report noted
concern over relations between the
University and the surrounding
community, particularly the black
community, affected by the
school's land acquisition program.
Other areas of concern noted in
eluded:
-"the handling of student dis
sent," especially the relationship
between students and campus
police and between University
authorities and municipal police.
-meeting educational needs of
"marginal students"; -
-a s s u r i n g nondiscriminatory
employment in all school positions,
guaranteeing "equal wages for
equal work, and equal opportunity
for promotion irrespective of ra
cial differences."
Following the report, the faculty
resolved "that it recognizes the
seriousness of the problems set
forth therein"; called upon its
members "to re-examine . . . exist
ing programs and courses which
roay contribute to the persistence
of such problems, and to seek ap
propriate changes in order to fa
cilitate their solution"; and ex
pressed "its determination to con
front in a creative spirit the ten
sions andl conflicts growing out of
the role of the University in its
changing urban environment.",
in ted
alsDallara, first secretary;
Joe Usry, secretary for general
welfare; Carlton Larmon, secre
tary for academic affairs; Polly
Spann, secretary for cultural af
fairs; Scottie B3arnes, secretary for
public affairs; Harry Wright, at
torney general; andl Fred Allyn,
press secretary.
Vice President for Student Af
rairs Charles H. Witten adminis
tered the oath of office to Knobel
Barnes
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Sullivan Awa
Pat Traylor, outgoing stud
Salane, past president of ti
Algernon Sidney Sullivan Av
ODK Awards Day presentatio
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Given To
The student body president and
secretary, along with a U. S. dis
trict judge, received one of the
University's highest honors here
Tuesday.
Tom Salane, Pat Traylor and
Judge Robert W. Hemphill re
ceived Algernon Sidney Sullivan
awards for service to the Univer..
sity.
Hemphill, a 1936 USC graduate
and a 1938 law school graduate, has
served as chairman of the school's
Olin D. Johnston Memorial Fund.
Salane, a history major from
Columbia, is in Phi Beta Kappa,
Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta
Sigma and is a member of the
debate team.
Miss Traylor, a political science
major from Fayetteville, N. C., is
president of Mortar Board andl was
rush chairman for Zeta Tau Al
pha sorority. She has served as
p)resident and secretary of the As-<
It Stren
Tuesday, wvith past president Tom
Salane looking on.
"I call for positive solutions in
the coming year to many already
existing problems," the newv presi
lent said.
Knobel said University studlents
ire prisoners of a "transitional
rorce" in acadlemic history. "We
ire often troubled with the dleci
lion wvhether to take a stand on
various issues or remain neutral.
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Staff Photo by Mike Tyler
rd Recipients
ant body seeretary, and Tom
ie student body, hold their
vards, presented during the
ns.
Awards
Three
sociated Women Students.
In addition, 11 seniors were
named as outstanding: Sara
Bryant, Greenville; Linda Burton,
Rock Hill; Harold Kirtz, Columbia;
Clyde Livingston, North; and
Linda Jo Mangum, Columbia;
Also, David Meadow, Aiken;
Stuart Reynolds, Anniston, Ala.;
Karen Russell, Georgetown;
Salane; Miss Traylor; and Sally
Zalkin, Charleston.
It was also announced that the
1969 Garnet and Black will be
dedicated to Ada B. Thomas, as
sistant professor of business ad
ministration.
Cited for Garnet-and Black fac
ulty awards were Dr. Paul Fidler,
assistant vice president for student
affairs; Dr. John Scott Wilson,
assistant professor of history; Del
mar B. Pockat, assistant dean of
edlucat ion; andl Rutledge Osborne,
hairman of the boardl of trustees.
In the past, remaining neutral may
have been the safest argument,
but no longer. In a sense, neu
trality means complacency, andl
c'omplacency in todlay's world is
unwise andl potentially dlangerous.
"I am a staunch believer that
studlent powver' can be extremely
zonstructive but only if p)ropelled
powerfully and with the force of
the support of the entire student
bodly through a highly polished,
Larmon
0
iremer
blems
13 Hours
10 To Be
By JIM WANNAMAKER
Asst. Managing Editor
Carolina students will have to
finish fewer hours of foreign lan
guages for both the bachelor of
arts and bachelor of science de
grees beginning next fall.
The taculty voted Wednesday to
reduce the maximum foreign lan
guage requirement to 13 hours
for the B.A. degree and to 10 for
the B.S. degree. The changes are
effective Sept. 1.
The Curriculum and New
Courses Committee was directed
to consider possible changes in the
structure of foreign language in
struction w i t h i n these limits.
Changes are to be submitted by
the foreign language department
or others.
The committee is to make spe
cific recommendations to the July
faculty meeting.
The faculty also adopted a
teacher evaluation program recom
mended by Chip Galloway and
former student body president Tom
Salane;
-received a report from the ad
hoc committee and resolved to
study the problems mentioned (see
related story);
-unanimously endorsed a pol
icy statement by USC President
Thomas F. Jones (see related
story on page 8);
-corrected an error in the Uni
versity catalogue to conform it to
the GPR formula for scholastic
eligibility;
-adopted a memorial to the
Formal, Fol
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May Day formal, a folk festival
and a student films festival will
highlight entertainment on campus
(luring the coming week.
Skitch Henderson and his orches
tra will perform Saturday night
for the annual May Day formal
(lance.
The dance will be from 8-12 at
the National Guard Armory, and
free invitations can be picked up
at the Russell House information
dlesk.
FOLK FESTJVA L
Today's day-long folk festival is
cosponsored by the University
g Stude
efficient channel of student con
trol," Knobel said.
A reception for student body of
ficers at the home of President
Thomas F. Jones followved the
awards program.
First Secretary Dallara, a jun
ior, is an economics major from
Spartanb)urg. le was president of
M4en's Towers Government this
year. lHe is a member of Omicron
Delta Kappa and Kappa Sigma
its Lo1
Presi
Required F
Necessary
late Prof. James R. Simmons;
-and heard reports from the
Faculty Athletic and Discipline
committees.
Dr. David G. Speer, head of the
Department of Foreign Languages,
described one possible program of
instruction-a people-to-people ap
proach utilizing "the new concept
of what a language is," developed
around the country over the last
15 years.
"I think it is feasible," he said.
"It can be done."
Recommendation of the program
changes by the committee depends
on monetary considerations affect
ing personnel and facilities as well
as the effect a change to a five
hour course would have on such
other curriculums as engineering,
according to Dr. Glenn Abernathy,
author of the proposal.
Speer said that the new pro
gram, utilizing five-hour introduc
tory courses and later three-hour
courses, would intensively use
audio-visual materials and tech
niques to give an appreciafion of
the foreign people and their insti
tutions, interests and feelings, as
well as the student's own language.
The teacher evaluation forms
will be completed by students dur
ing regular classes next week.
The confidential forms contain
55 questions ranging from the
student's evaluation of the course,
the professor's teaching, and the
course materials to the student's
academic achievement.
Profiles and correlations will be
k Festival,
>ark Week
Union and the Southern Folk Cul
tural Revival Project. Admission
is free.
A concert from 12:30-2 p.m. on
the Russell House patio features
Phil Deidrich and Stewart Harris.
A workshop will he held 2-5 p.m. in
Room 207 of the Russell House.
FILM FESTIVAL
USC student-made films will he
shown Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the
Russell House Assembly Room by
the Celluloid Society.
Admission is free, but donations
for the Metropolitan Education
FoundIationl will b)e accepted.
ntPosi
Kappa andl incoming presidlent ofi
Alpha Phi Omega.
Usry was president of the fresh
man class, freshman senator at
large and a delegate to the South
Carolina Student Legislature, lie
is a member of Cir&Ie K and
AFROTC drill team. lHe is from
Aiken.
Larmon, a political science ma
jor, has been a studlent senator,
chairman of the USC dlelegation to
Wright
wered;
ented
or B.A.;
For B.S.
drawn by computer on "anything
that the professor feels might aid
his teaching," according to Gallo
way.
The profiles and correlations are
to be drawn between a professor
and the faculty average and the
departmental average as well as
between one professor's classes.
All these are confidential except
the University averages.
Stepp
Named
Editor
Carl Stepp, who b e g a n as a
Gamecock reporter in his first se
mester at Carolina, was named this
week as editor of The Gamecock
for next fall.
Stepp, a rising senior from Ben
nettsville, will head a staff that
will publish The Gamecock three
times a week for the first time in
USC history.
Also named to editorial positions
were Jim Wannamaker, managing
editor; Mike Krochmalny, associate
editor; and Ed Chen and Fred
Monk, assistant managing editors.
Heading the business staff will
be Jack Padgett, business manager,
and Glen G o d f r e y, advertising
manager.
0 t h e r positions announced in
flude Susan Ross, news editor; Jim
Haney, sports editor; Alyce You
mans, c h i e f of reporters; and
Sherry Shealy, faculty editor.
Currently managing editor of
the paper, Stepp is in Sigma Delta
Chi (SDX), Omicron Delta Kappa
(ODK), Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA)
and will be initiated next week into
Phi Beta Kappa. He is a journal
sm major.
Wannamaker, a rising s e n i o r
from C h e r a w, is now assistant
managing editor. A six - semester
veteran on the paper, he is in ODK
ind is an officer of KTA and
SX.
Padgett will be beginning his
secondi semester as business man.
ager. lie is a business administra.
tion major from WVest Columbia.
Godfrey is a journalism major.
SCSSL, secretary and president of
the International Relations Club
andl Student Union administrative
assistant.
Miss Spann is a political science
major from Charleston. She has
servedl as a page intern in Wash
ington for Sen. Ernest F. Hollings,
D)-S. C.
The new secretary for public
affairs is a Columbian. Barnes is
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Knobel