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i THE GAMECOCK tri up Jack Padgett XdftW4*4Ch Business Manager Faculty has nothing to fear Where there is secrecy in public affairs, there Is Inevitably deceit. When a public body conducts its business away from the eyes of its public, It is no longer public but private. With these points in mind, let us look at the faculty's decision to maintain closed meetings. The reason, as stated by the Faculty Advisory Com mittee, is the need for "candid, uninhibited discussion of academic matters." In other words, faculty members don't want the responsibilty of having their opinions and their actions known to the public. They lack the courage to express their ideas publicly. Instead of open meetings, the faculty offered a briefing by faculty officers on "faculty actions pertinent to the student body." But who decides what actions are "pertinent" to students? Obviously, the faculty officers. As a result, they will tell us what they want us to know---and nothing more. The faculty is a policymaking body at a public in stitution. This makes it a public body. And for public bodies to operate in secret is unethical, dangerous, and probably unconstitutional. It has been said for centuries that when the public knows the facts, all the facts, it can act wisely. This is the basis of democracy. But when certain facts are shielded from the public, it becomes merely a puppet, fed only what the power-holders prescribe. And operating on second-hand information, the public will reach second-rate decisions. Secretive, closed public meetings are anathema, be they the U.S. Senate or the USC faculty. Normally progressive and reasonable, the faculty slid backwards in its Wednesday action. They panicked at the thoughts of students "looking over their shoulders." They preserved the opportunity to meet, talk and act in secret. We urge them to reconsider this narrow policy. They have nothing to fear from open meetings---except that students will know firsthand about faculty proceedings. If the faculty fears this, it is tragic indeed. Let's care together In a world where too many people don't, Carolina fresh men care. They care enough to have a dance tonight to raise funds for helping underprivileged Columbians. They care enough to have a "Carolina Cares Day" next Wednesday, when buses will carry volunteers around the city gathering toys, clothes, and food for the poor. They care enough to want to help people, to give people a better life, to make people happy and clothed and fed. They care enough to do more than want to help; they're doing something about it. They care, and we commend them and urge your full, enthusiastic, commItted cooperation. Everyone is needed. There's a lot of caring to be done. Live up to your name YMCA. Young Men's Christian Association. One would assume that an organization which operates under such a sanctimonious and pious name would operate under the rules of civility, if not outright decency. The Columbia branch is now under fire for its presumed policy of not accepting blacks. There is some question as to what the membership requirements actually are, and these would be cleared up as soon as possible. Should it turn out that the organization does not wish to bar membership on any grounds, the trouble could be cleared up quite easily. There would be no more need of what the head of the Columbia ''Y'' has called ''trying to stir up trouble.'' If the Columbia ''Y'' decides to bar anyone solely on the grounds of race, be they USC basketball players or Columbia students, it should seriously consider changing its name to something more appropriate to a racist organization. As the Christmas season approaches one finds it hard to believe that such an ''all-American'' institution as the friendly ''Y" Is really so unthinking as to believe race can be a determining factor in a man's need for companionship or his social acceptance. Decorated Cakes Available From Your Campus Cafeteria 3 Lb. Decorated Cake 3.75 plus Tax Two Day Notice Required Place Your Orders With Your Local ARA Manager. What doing By EDDIE ClEN Columnist If nothing else in the past has, the events of recent days--namely the "Song My Massacre" and the draft lottery--have at last delivered the full impact of the Vietnam War into every home across the country. Reports in the news media have alleged the mass killing of over 100 Vietnamese human beings--by American soldiers. It's high time that all conscience minded Americans asked them selves not what America is doing to Opinion Vietnam but what the Asian conflict is doing to America. Stanley Resor. Secretary of the Army, journeyed to Capitol Hill last week in the wake of the national uproar created by the "massacre" and showed our lawmakers pictures of the dead Vietnamese that even made the war veterans sick. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, who lost an arm during World War II. said after viewing the pictures that. "Having been involved in combat myself, I thought I would be hardened, but I must say I am a bit sickened." His words were echoed throughout the hughe corridors on both sides of the Capitol Even a foremost war hawk as Sen John Stennis, D-Miss., con ceded, "War is hell, and it's a rough go. Sherman said war is hell and that's about as good a description as you can find, but these women and children, too." Meanwhile, on the home front, a draft lottery--the first one in 27 years--was held. It is more fair than the system it replaced, but it is still far from being the ideal solution. The lottery cannot be the solution when, each year, nearly two million turn 19 and only 850,000 are even eligible to be drafted. And today, there are no uniform guidlines for deferments. Instead, nearly each of the 4,100 local draft boards usess its own interpretation of "community needs" to decide which men are drafted and which are deferred. Yet a voluntary army may not be the solution. As Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass., has pointed out: 'Somebody far away thinks he's nice To Somebody: I met a stuident from the' lTniversity of South ('arolina at the M1arch on Washington on Nov. 15. I'd like' to write to him. but I don't know his name. I only know he hadl an apple in Onei pOc'ket and a little biox of c'ornflakes in the other and he offered to share them with two of my friends and me14. lIe ment ioned he had friends w ho were freshmen at IIarvard. lIe~ w~as very nice. lI e had a button on that read. "'iii. I'm one4 of the e'ffet'. iml pud(ent. intellectumal snobs."' I gave imi an armbiand. I (an't remember any o,thier distinguishing featurmes exc(ept that he' was wearing hell-hottom ieans, .old-rimmed glasses, and he' was Cold. Is it possible' for you to memtion this inl yur newspaper or post it on a buletin hoard somewhere where he's likely to read it? You are my only hope. I'd like to contact him if onmly to let him know that someone faraway thinks he's very nice. Myv name is Nancy Myers. I live at 2) ('entre St., Natick. Mass. 1117tin. I'm a senior at Natick Ihigh School. I ge~.t attached to people. PROPRI .Ta E. MELUOU MARY E. U Come and browse unusua snueneir< ts war to us? Would it be an army o! professional mercenaries? Woulk it be all-black and all-poor? Woulk it widen the gulf between th, civilian and the military? Would we lose an importan constraint on foreign polic: decisions because civilians woul not then have to run the risk o involvment in limited militar: efforts? And ultimately, Sen. Kenned: challenged, "how would such ai army react in Song My? Ho% would it act AFTER Song My? Such questions as posed b: Kennedy, and others, need to b answered--if, indeed, there ar answers to tehem. The draft is important becaus one out of every three army death in Vietnam are draftees. It is also important because b: its very nature thae draft i compulsory, which is ai abridgement of the traditiona democratic freedoms. The most immediate solution t this country's growing disconten toward what has now becom "Nixon's War" is a quick end to th inscrutable conflict in a strang land. Because Mr. Nixon's politics polarization have clearly failed Letters Studer pregm Dear Mr. Stepp: We are a group of students at t University of South Carolina w are appealing to the University behalf of Dr. Egbert of the Biolo Department. We wish for her to permitted to teach during t spring session of 1970. There is a University ruli which does not allow a woman teach beyond the sixth month pregnancy, and this is with spec permission. We feel that Dr. Egbert is superior quality as an instruc and should be permitted to tea regardless of her pregnancy. 1 dismissal as an instructor would a great loss to the students that s would otherwise be teaching tl spring. Dr. Egbert is a medical doci herself. Also she has opinions fr< two other doctors stating tI physically there is no reason w she should not be allowed to teai After much research ir 'vrioums other state agenci< fe'deral agencies and priva places of business, it was fou that a majority of these busines! have much more flexible rul pert aining to pre'gnant women it the rule at the University. W(e wish for this rule to reviewed butt more important wish for special action to be tak to allow Drm. Egberi to contin ('ach)i nj. through the spri session Priows. liarold G. lendrick Aretta B. Gaodhey. William Mlitchell. Bonnie D)over. MartI .Jones. D)iane Byrnes, I,yi C'hristeuiser..Jackie .Jonas. Annet MlcDuffie. Gwen Barnett. Sam Black. I,inda Driggers. P Baumann. ('atherine C. Simmom G.inny Traylor. Becky Isenhowi Nancy .Jenkins. Kay flyatt. LI,y Ilowle. D)avid L.. ('ornish. .Jov lioffman, Diane M. Bonnett. ('hm A.. lenson. Kathy Elien,. Al F'lynn. Margaret Kramer. Marsi Heath. Patricia Gill. Pal MIcElmnurray. ('icily William E;mmie l,on Enrhardt, Gene' Bash. t)oris it. Camphell. ('ar Tyler. Becky l,indall. Harbal Fair. Milidred Williams. Hamo: Wise. Susan Spitz. .Jea nn .Jamleson. Martha C. (amphe Bobble Mackay. Mary Ann Brow L,aura Pautz. lielen Parrish. ('atl leRY . si slid 630 AEMI in Pair Of Mutts - revlon cosmetics Scandy - dds 'n n r t f V Y D t 15 minu tes after e Gov. McNair... ... scratches (not clutches) his of Business Administration lu -nesday. its want, tnt mnstn s. Hleriot, Sherry L. Brown, Vickie he Fenters. Wako Cotny, Liza Ritter, ho Candy Bateman, Mary Sue in Youmans, Nancy Peacock, Diane gy Chipman, Belinda Corbett, Mary be Anne Strange, Donna Murray, Dee he Manning, Sonia E. Shipes, William Gesser, Lottle Brown, Mamie Lou ng Stirrat, Regina Williamson, to Virginia L. Horton, Ronn Brazell, of Ethel M. Gibson, Joan W. ial Lawrence, Louis Eleazer, Susan Thomas, Beverly Bryd, Kathy of Keener and Carol Kereles. o?r ch er Girl alone be he is n't safe S h.5nteesinutsafe. Gt ovan Mctegil nampus. .esreatns nt partco hehi les Busoines Adminsrownthe iatsm woiayongrstoldb stnmlte byhestn ib he Fmnrs aru nyl.zRtlr ho Candy BatehanDe. M,ar norma ge Chipmeas Baina ormary AneStrarnge. campus. Muray el endaning aspton E. Spats. Wioua knowsr otie-yo Bron youre Lou .nd Sirrat Regmina Wusllamsone to Virnia No ron abig Braing. of Etheever. ibwson aJbig Whn. te boafrenc. Luis ilae Susan b yToa. Bhevgirly Bryt awawthy of Kner ad Carol Kereves. er Goidha rlee alne ilwakn rh lne S is't n' sae tosr 1aea' Mr 0. \tKp Itaebeii i nirr o ta hln aried withudenrts' Skowneod cl sor asqit :ie iterstcngra aeyo nyu walkno aonue treigtnt scaredckft n. eiperiencein igtproote snoWe epcutions on thme paragraph Les Crolna ces Ino th ta arneti -s. of grsoul hea smule bn thinsradb enMndyvniht Dtchanra di 'i iewshvnganra AAt ting Slater foo, throat while addressing the ncheon at Capstone Wed to keep ictor that married students could obtain tickets at 3:30 and, in the following paragraph. quote the magnanimous Mr. Faircloth as saying, "Come 3:20 all the tickets will be gone." An informed source, a person in the Student Senate, tells me that every time a measure is in troduced in that august body some fraternity representative stands up and moves that the Senate move to something of "more im portance." How well they protect their interest! I notice that the present ticket distribution system allows more or less. "block" ticket distribution, since a person with a lower I.D. number can carry at least two I.D.'s and or fee cards. Could this not be considered the exploitation of the majority by Carolina's somewhat less-than -silent minority? Evidently. a minority is reaping the benefit of my $35 activity fee. Why have students' wives and or married students become second (caiss c'itizens? Who is responsible for protecting the interests of a minority that can tell me to return at 3:30 for tic'kets if there are any left? TIhe' Gatmecock hats aggra ved his already very touchy situation withi a supplosedly objec'tive story, the tone of which was abusive and insulting. The writer of this par tiulat article seemed to say '"Married St udents take what they can get when they can get it, and if they ('an't s--- vou." Is a t icke't for' a person's wife too greal a de(mandl for a University whic'h p)rides itse'lf on its sup p)osedlyv supe'rior qualities of scholarship. leader-ship. andl yea, by G;od. SPORTSMANSIIIP. Somiet hing hais to be (lone. oh viouisly Soem basic rights are being viol ated'( by the pseudlo-e'lite minority on this (campus. to the delIriment of another more deserving and too often silent mninor-itv. ALLTvcE M.RVIELL c PEE'OUS E LIMit The name game By MIKE KROCHMALNY Associate Editor "Miss.. excuse me, miss..." "Huh? Oh, can I help you?" "I'm sorry to wake you up." "That's all right, it's'2:30 and my lunch break is over anyway." "Well, I gotta get this form filled out and signed." "What is it?" "A change of name form. You Satire see, they got my name wrong. I'm Frank Crane, and the computer made me Frank Drane." "Well, Mr. Drane..." "Crane, Crane." "Yes, well, you fill out the form and we'll see about the signature." "Well, it's not the easiest form I've ever filled out, but I'll try." "And be sure to make the seven copies." "Seven copies?" "Of course, Now you get to work, my coffee break begins in 10 minutes." (Fifteen minutes later.) "Miss ...miss, wake up, please." "Yeah, oh, it's you? It usually takes a lot longer than that to fill out that form." "Well, I'm in a hurry, I'm bet ween classes." "That's okay, it shouldn't be more than a few hours. Now all you have to do is take these to the Campus Police station and have them fingerprint you." "Why do I have to do that?" "Well, we do have to be sure you're you. If we didn't do that, everybody in the whole school would be named Frank Drane." "Crane, Crane." "All right. Now you trot on down, it'll only be a few minutes after you've been to the campus police and the dean of men. Oh I forgot the registrar." "The dean of men? The registrar?" "Of course. We have to be sure Frank Drane..." "Crane, for God's sake." "Please, don't be violent, we're trying to make it as easy as possihle." "Why the dean of men?" "Well, he doesn't have anything else to do--just sits there listening to his bugs all day, it gets monotonous, so we let him sign these unimportant forms." "But he doesn't ever sign them. There's always some cute girl there who stamps his name on them." "Well, I wouldn't want to em barrass him. :but the poor fellow can't spell too well." "But his own name?" "Well, actually, he doesn't write too well, not at all, as a matter of fact." (Two days later.) "Miss, wake up...wake up..." "Oh. it's you again. That sure didn't take too long, did it. Mr. Crane?" "Drane. Drane. It didn't take too long, at all, after I got smart. I went down to the Bureau of Vital Statistics and got my name ('hanged to Drane. THE COLLEGE7 CHRISTMAS CLU0 PRESENTS I1T"ANNUA SHow AeMb DEC. 23 '''' WALTERBORO ARMORY WALTERBORO, S.C. 500 COUjPL E