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AND INHE Letters New Dear Mr. Stepp. The students of the South Carolina Law School recently requested that the requirements of that school be given priority over not only the new stadium but also the University library. With no desire to place the in terests of the athletic department over those of the law school, I do seriously question the wisdom of elevating the interests of the few law students over those of the entire University community. VNational attention has recently been focused by the Eisenhower commission on the urgent necessity of reforming the entire legal system of this country. If this University can inadvertantly contribute to that reform by allowing its law school to wither away perhaps we should en courage that process. After all, the most notable achievement of this law school in recent years has been to help perpetuate one of the most reactionary state political establishments and one of the most dangerously polarized societies in the entire nation. In any case, the library is the single most universally beneficial means of education at any university and, in the allocation of funds, it seems rather remarkable that anything should be given precedence over it. L.S. ROWLAND The Right a Demot Hiy ShIER RV SilEALY C'olumnist If someone could gaurantee you anything in the world, what could you he guaranteed that you would treasure most? Think a minute.. .What could they give you that you would treasure most?...Would it be money? Would it be success? Would it be tame? Or --- would it be freedom? You and I were born into a free society, but we have no guarantee that it will be kept that way. At this very moment, our way of life in America is threatened hy Commuinism, regardless of what a few violence-loving indivitduals might think. Something must he done about this Communist threat. Why? Why must something be done? Our forefathers fought for the freedoms we have today. Men in our own generation are fighting for freedoms today, to keep a guarantee of freedom. It is up to us. as young people, to see that our own generations and future generations will enjoy these same fredoms. As Matthew Ridgway - wVA.wVUw- If, 17y E -O"rat library Icey welcome Dear Mr. Stepp: Upon coming to this University, as to any other. I understood that my primary duties would be to give courses in a particular field, and that a certain number of hours would be at my disposal for this purpose. I am now beginning to wonder if. at the University of South Carolina. these hours really are at my disposal. I may he asked, during the pressures of the January period, just before final examinations, to give precious time to question naires, valuable in themselves, but remarkably ill-timed. I may be notified on a Wednesday that a Saturday class has been cancelled by the administration in favor of activities connected with the Clemson game. I may discover, If I am a careful reader of The Gamecock, that Santa Claus may visit my class and dismiss it. I write to you in the conviction that class hours belong to the professor concerned and, with the exception of some extreme cir cumstance such as hazardous weather conditions or national emergency, should be dismissed by him and him alone. There seems to be an unstated assumption on the part of both students and administration, that faculty lectures are a sort of homogeneous molasses taffy; the pproach tracy mu: said: "The struggle for freedom is never ending." That, friends, is why. Now, how'' I-'rst.. we need to know what Communism really is. If we are familiar with the methods that Communists have used In overrunning other countries, we canf help keep the same thing from happening here. Hookstands have rapidly become infiltrated by (Communist teachings. Youth of today must not be brought up learning from CommunIst text books. D)emocracy and its prin ciples must be taught by passing them on in the schools to the vouath. Second. it is important that we eliminate hunger both here in America and abroad. Communism usually gains a foothold where there is poverty and hunger, as is evident throughout the world. This is probably because Communism seems to offer so much that they don't have. Therefore, eradication of poverty is vitally important. Third, all Americana need to work together for peace and harmony within our contry. When 00 n I have Some of you' now 1 goirig to be f shoulc material is all the same, so why not cut off a piece here and stretch out a piece there? I submit that this is insulting to professors who give much time and thought not only to the plan ning of individual class hours but to that of the semester's work as a whole. Every course has a certain rhythm which must of course be idapted to the main features of the University calendar, as announced for the academic year. No teacher worth his salt em barks on a semester's work without a clear notion of exactly what work he intends to cover in terms of this announced calendar and by what time. lie should not be asked to hack the material about for trivial reasons nor with in sufficient notice. Students may think that they enjoy free cuts, but in the long run, they are. the ultimate losers. If Santa Claus comes to my class on Thursday he will get an icy welcome. ROSAMIOND KENT SPRAGUE Professor of Philosophy and Greek Leaders cared Dear Mr. Stepp. The Freshman Class Project "Carolina Cares" was a fabulous success and many worked hard to make it so successful, but credit should go where it is deserved. While many volunteers were being thanked for helping, the four most st be pro foreigners read in their newspapers accounts of riots. outbreaks and all sorts of interani trouble here, it must be hard for them to think of a democracy as the ideal way of life. A merica must remain as the ideal for other countries if we expect them to like our way of life. Fourth. it is the duty and ohligat ion of ever y person of voting age not only to vote but to study plat forms and records of those who lean toward Communism. WE make the difference--WE elect our own officials. What's more, at electing them, we must suppwst their efforts. There is a way to disagree but to still appreciate and respect efforts. Fifth, we should not only be DOWN on Communism. but we must be UP on Americanism! As Theodore Roosevelt said: "There can he no fifty-fifty Americanism...only 100) per cent." In this country we are apt to be complacent. For example, when our flag passes, we ought to be proud to stand erect ; and when our National Anthem is being played. we nought tn o enrout sing inoundly fng or eac.6 ef's see,who's I have important people were seemingly left out---they are our Freshman Class Officers K. Kathy Jennings, Skip Davidson, Ralph Arrington, and most of all, President Steve Cannon were too busy thanking everyone else, and no one took the time to thank them. Many thought it was expecte4 ef bqtt -hey put out more than that. Nothing can be so successful as "Carolina Cares" was without fine leader ship, and we certainly had it. They instilled in all the volun teers the enthusiasm needed to make it what it was, because they had such great enthusiasm. The entire Freshman Class owes these four leaders a big thanks because without them, it couldn't have possibly been so successful. LYN CHALMERS No harassment Dear Mr. Stepp: Mr. Ben Wynn in the Dec. 15 issue of The Gamecock attacked the Universal Life Religious Association and the Ridgeville project. both of which I am af filiated with since I have the privilege of being head minister of St. Timothy's. the largest Universal Life Church of Southl Carolina. Wynn's accusation of ULRA's harassing the YR and YAF tables is, to the best of my knowledge, totally unfounded since I, myself, am a member of YR's and YAF, tected enough that our neighbor will know we are true patriots. I ast. but not least, we must mainta in our belief in (God. Most of you probably remember the story which appeared in the newspapers several years ago about one of the lIussian cosmonauts (Yuri Gamrgarin, I believe,. lie was asked if he sa w a god in space. le replied that certainl.y there is no god. for lhe did nlot see a god. The following is part of a creed ol one of our major political parties: "It is my heritage to stand erect proud, and unafraid; to think anc act for myself; enjoy the benefit o1 my creations; to face the workc boldly and say, 'I am a fres American!' Yes, right now we can proclaim our freedom. But how long will this claim be true? We must cont inue tc fight this Communist threat at home and abroad. Then we will have the guarantee of freedom. thr guarantee that for generations tC come. Americans will be able t< face the world boldly and say. "1 am a free American!" How t< and in: by MIKE KROCHMALNY Associate Editor Just about everyone is aware that Rome wasn't built in a day, but few people know how it was built and how It fell from grace. Rome was not always the cosmopolitan center that it was during the golden age. At one time in Italian history you could ask the average Italian on the street where Rome was and he would say, "It'sa in Gawja." Rome. you see, was just a small college town, like Athens or Clemson. The university there was a small provincial one, but It was growing and becoming something of an educational center in its environs. About this time the gladiatorial games became very popular in the region of Rome. While the con ference in which Rome was located was not exceptionally strong in the games, its citizens took them seriously. Now the president of the university at Rome was a jolly man suspended more or less atop the fires of Mount Aetna with the Sword of Damocles over him. He was continuously fighting the regional government for more money and trying to stave off the alumni, who were very interested priority and I make policy decisions for St. Timothy's and have made no decision covering harassment of these two organizations, nor has such a decision been asked of me. The only conclusion that I can make is that Wynn is attempting to manufacture controversy to at tract now membership to-YR's and YAF or to get some actlon'out of the old membership. But while, I believe, that is a good purpose, he should be (as a matter of principle) not attacking organizations that his present membership is in. If, personally. he has any rational objections to ULRA or Ridgeville, he should register them in a reasonable form, such as a list or a letter to the responsible party, hut I don't think that he has such rational ob jections. RIT. REV. NEAL E. ROLFE Tree removed Dear Jtr. St.pp. The audacity of the un predictable Carolina student never fails to amaze me. After spending four hours of my time (not to mention the same amount of time on the part of another Special Events Committee OpeA OBJECTIVE: HI WOMEN DISCC On December 29, panies in this are young men and v opportunities in ci If you're a gradL uate, or servicemar invited to attend. CHARLESTON 77 CALHOUN S Areas of op Consulting Retailing Banking Marketing Journalism Governmen Finance Insurance Education Sponsored by the C P. 0. Box 975. )W1fl fluence in the games, since they didn't have to go to school there anymore. At any rate, it happened that a well-known mentor, once a tiger trainer at a Phoeneclan institution and later a mentor at one of the tougher Spartan schools, became available. The president quickly grabbed the mentor and set about building his school into a popularly endowable one through the games. As luck would have it, the Romei team beat out its fierce com petitors from the strong SATIRE agricultural village of Milan and captured the regional crown. Woe beset the poor university, though. The Coliseum barely seated the university students and faculty, along with the kind Roman citizens who participated in the games monetarily. There was a great public appeal for new facilities, but the poor university had other problems. The problems were so many it was hard to keep track of them papyrus manuscripts were falling out of the windows of the catacombs and more space was needed for storage: the little university was trying to expand, but had run into zoning trouble with the Christian-dominated member and the Maintenance Department) cutting down a beautiful Christmas tree for the Carolina Carol-lighting ceremony, several "funny" students removed the tree and damaged it. Jokes of this sort are real "funny" and the students who participate in this kind of behavior show me only one thing-a lack of maturity. Certainly these students are not typical Carolina students. I give our mature men and women a bit more credit than that. It is just unfortunate that these "funny" few try their best to ruin things for the rest of us. JOE CORDINA Chairman. Special Events Be accurate Dear Mr. Stepp. I wish that Benny Wynn would get his facts straight before he makes acusations about The Gamecock's reporting staff. In his column last Monday he claimed that "...a group of The Gamecock reporters...pretended to man the YAF table, banging their fists and shouting 'Kill for peace.' " As one of the two members of tthe Gamecock staff that consisted of titon Nath ELPING LOCAL YOUNG ME VER REWARDING CAREEI Personnel Representatives fron a will be in Charleston to inter' iomen, and to provide informal osen fields. ating college senior or graduate with a degree and are about to bi MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM TREET, MONDAY, DEC. 29, portunity: Medicine Engineering Business Admin Civil Service Construction t Personnel Consi Industrial Manas Accounting HARLESTON TRIDENT IIICHAN Charleston, S. C. 29402, Phne rames people board and they desperately needed a new school for councilors. The president of the poor university had 4 hard de'ision to make, but he finally decided the money must be spent on making the school a better educational institution, for that was why it had been built. So up went a school for coun cillors and another for midwives. The coliseum grew not, and the alumni were sorely disappointed. They forgot about the poor university and didn't bother to participate monetarily. Rome dropped down in the lists of contenders in the games and people began to stay home and watch the Pepingon Packers of television. In all of Italy there was not one drachma for the poor university. Finally it came time to pay the mentor his annual salary and the poor university had no money. The regional council saw this and to keep them from going bankrupt, tore down the academic buildings expanded the Coliseum and built parking lots. The regional council made so much money from the project that others began doing the same , and soon there was not one university left in all of Italy and every town had a coliseum. But nobody could read the game programs. the "...group of The Gamecock reporters..." that decended on the YAF table I would like to make a couple of 'statements of fact. First: I am not a reporter but a photographer and Benny Wynn knows that I am a photographer, one reporter and a photographer. do.oot make reporterA. Second: The supposed take over of the YAF table was made in jest. There was nobody pushed aside by the group of "Liberators." and there were no other students present at the time other than the VAFers. Third: I wish that Mr. Wynn would follow the same high indards of accurate objective reporting in writing his column as he demands of The Gamecock. ROBERT G. BENSON Got a Question? Ask Inquiry Drawer A Ye SON N AND 4S. many major corn niew career-minded ion on challenging student, TEC grad 3 discharged, you're 9 AM to 4 PM stration altant pement 8E R OF COMME RCE