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i1nWcock objt to In "Dixie?"
has outlived Its time. We like It because
9fdoe"Od times there ... not forgo6t
drkM of the old days, the magnificent homes
tho'green fields,. the blu*e, hazy hills --- the rich
A*ntry It-1 4s1 great In-grOUP feeling. The long, grey
4MIly lin* rise again.
but that In-group Is no longer. The South is black and
t mand to I this University. Who can blame the black
d6tcandentof slaves- -- and black princes ---for not looking
-1:4ck with pride on on the land that enslaved their
forefatheirs and held their fathers in segregation and
serfdom. Surely, you don'expect them to have a warm In
group feeling looking back Into that hazy past. You can't
expect them to picture themselves subconsciously as white
Southern gent emen of that era.
There are people who feel '"Dixie" must be retained on
the campus. They say they consider the Issue from an
obective point of view and can see both sides.'They, and
others who claim less objectivity, see no reason the song or
the Confederate battle standard ---the Stars and Bars
should not be used here.
No,t them t p rnhemselves song---it was written
by a Northerner for a minstrel show.
There Ia nothing wo ith the fact that It became a
song associated with the Southern movement for political
liberation from reality.
No one can hold the fact that ''Dixie" is sung by most
ambitious of Southern bigots to gain favor with the
masses.
Why should the fact that 'Dixie' Is used as a fIght song
by such austere institutions as the Ku Klux Klan make the
song - Ignominious?
The problem with ''Dixie" Is the nice, happy Souther
ners who have let it become not merely a happily
reminiscent lyric but a trademark for racism.
For too long good, upstanding people have let the issue
ride while the bigots used the song to stir up hatred and
prejudice. If the song were left to Its own devices and not
offered as a blatant image of cruelty, then racism might
be called dead.
What Is needed Is a little understanding. "Dixie' is not
the song for athletics or politics, Just an old Southern
ballad. It's an old Southern ballad that we old Southerners
should let lie. It's time that we all realize that our warm
feelings for ''Dixie'' are not---can not---be decided by all of
the South that is now. The best of the old South would be to
show some Southern hospitality, not Southern temper. It's
time to lose the war gracefully. The plantations and the old
South are gone.
Name withheld
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By ARTHUR HOPPE
Columpist
Now that Mr. Nixon has
produced his first budget, the
experts are analyzing his
economic policies. And it's
becoming increasingly clear that
he's embarked on a bold and
courageous course to cure the
Nation's ills.
In one fell swoop, MW. Nixon
hopes to lick the worries that most
plague the average American -
high prices, high taxes, pollution,
overpopulation, the draft, urban
sprawl and the weird conduct of
our young.
It should be ovious to all by now
that the President has brilliantly
conceived and is daringly pushing
forward the only possible solution
to all these problems: another
depression.
No one is happier with this turn
of events than that little band of
militant do-gooders called "The
League to Bring Back the'
Depression."
For years, the League, whose
motto is "Two Chickens in Every
Garage," has been hopelessly
bucking a rising tide of prosperity.
But at a League rally the other
night, victory was in the air.
"The Depression," Chairman
Grufney Grommet told a wildly
cheig. ,dng bt nil4dl"Aged
1itpnf M asnipse s t'
abund' the corner!"'
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names, but I believe I saw
members of The Gamecock staff
cheating on their final exams. I
hope that you will write an
editorial admitting their assumed
guilt, since in the past students
have tended to consider The
Gamecock staff members above
reproach.
RON LESLIE
No poetry
Dear Mr. Wannamaker:
Unlike the New York Times, you
don't print poetry in your sheet.
You might, however, care to
consider the quatrain on the flip
side, written by a freshman here.
JAC'K P. D)OLAND)
English D)epartment
WIHY I DON'T
WRITE POETRY
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"Yes, sir, look at the stock
market," cried a balding banker
elatedly. "Why it's '29 all over
again."
"And unemployment's up
again," said a portly manufac
turer. "Pretty soon I'll be able to
hang out a help wanted sign and a
hundred men will line up, hats in
hand."
"Just think," said a housewife, a
nostalgic lump in her throat,
"bread for ten cents a loaf, a first
run movie for a quarter."
"And don't forget taxes," said an
elderly accountant. "Why in 1931
the whole national budget was only
$3.5 billion. A man got to keep what
he earned."
"We're overlooking the broad
picture," said a sociologist.
"Among the other benefits that
will accrue are the elimination of
the two-car family and a drastic
decline in the birth rate - thus
reducing smog and overpopulation
by at least an X factor."
'And no draft," said a mother
excidedly. "Imagine having an
Army of only 134,000 men again -
all volunteers."
"As soon as we can no longer
afford disposable bottles and
throw-away plastic containers,"
said an engineer, "the garbage
prj$ z~ will be eliminated."
*1, arded psychologist spoke
up st of all, a depression will
yen
And trill the lyric song,
But to steal the public's love
away
F'rom Longfellow would be
wrong.
MARGARET ANNE NEWMAN
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University has held for the past 30
or 40 years," he continued. "The
book store will handle the sale of
rings.'
Tlhe first company under con
siderat ion is the John Roberts
C'ompany of Norman, Okla.
Knobel also explained that a
thlree' dollar profit on the safe of
each ring would be slated to go into
a sc'holarship fund.
"Thle profit would then be going
bac'k to the' students in the form of
a scholarship." he explained.
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Letter
Right w
Dar Mr. Wannamaher:
The local Right Wing has again,
through its columnist Ben Winn,
continued its traditional pattern of
illogic. In the column "Rhetoric
Exposed," so feculently written by
the golden tongued scribe of the
Piedmont, the archaic Right has
triumphed in showing its lack of
knowledge of a single issue and its
complete ignorance of the history
of the nation which they struggle to
defend from the satanic curse of
thought.
Mr. Wynn, speaking "Ex
Cathedra" of course, had stated
that "America is a great nation
because of the essence of a free
market economy is its emphasis on
local decision. Government in
tervention should be the exception
rather than the rule."
Bure our
close the generation gap," he said.
"Instead of making revolutions,
the young will be concerned solely,
as we were, with making good."
"There's one problem a
depression won't lick," said a
crotchety gentlemen in the rear.
"And that's poverty."
"Perhaps not," said Chairman
Grommet with a smile. "But at
least the poor will no longer feel
alone."
A motion to commend Mr. Nixon
as "the greatest President since
Herbert Hoover" caused spirited
debate.
While all agreed with the sen
The Gamecock to
SG is fa
Dear Mr. Wannamaker:
There seems to have been a very
serious misunderstanding between
Student Government and The
Gamecock somewhere along the
line because it appears to me that
as long as I have been at Carolina
there has been nothing but conflict
between the newspaper and the
government. In case after case,
The Gamecock has repeteadly
used negative articles to describe
the 6ffoe'ts of Student Goverrment;
I cite this year as a perfect
example, and in particular the
editorial which appeared in
Monday's paper concerning rings.
As a member of Student'
Government, I shall not attempt to
sy that we have done everything
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1211 College
tng show
These contentions, aside from
having no bearing at all on the rest
of the article, are'over 150 years
out of date. While he is essentially
correct on his belief for the "ante
bellum" period, since the period of
industrialization vital decisions in
government and big business have
been made by the power elite often
with profit as the single motive.
The customer be damned.
Also, business has been the
recipient of government aid since
the American Revolution in forms
ranging from land to cash sub
sidies to tax advantages. Govern
ment may aid business but not the
people. Hell yes, that is free en
terprise. Free aid to business men
with the people's tax money.
Mr. Wynn charges forward with
the claim that the closing of coffee
ills
timent, some felt an endorsement
by the League wouldn't be
favorably received by the White
House. In fact, a few argued that it
could scuttle Mr. Nixon's entire
economic program.
"Nonsense," said Chairman
Grommet. "Nothing can stop an
idea whose time has come."
So the motion was adopted. The
meeting adjourned with a rousing
rendition of "Happy Days Are
Almost Here Again." There wasn't
a dry eye in the house.
Copyright Chronicle Publishing
Co.. 1970)
o negatwve
cing the r
possible to bring the students a
better life here on campus. The
reason is not because we as a
student government have not
desired to, but rather because we
do not have the constitutional
authority to represent the students
as they should be and because our
own paper belittles our efforts on
every turn.
Concerning the ring situatfon,
Student Government has not lost
sight of the problems you referred
to concerning: parking, Slater,
racism, curriculum reform,
teacher evaluation, consolidation
of Student Government and the
lack of student decision making at
this University. As a matter of
fact, this year's Student Govern
ment has probably done more to
try to resolve these issues than any
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houses should be looked upon as
the result of individual com
munities decadent (my, aren't you
pompus) influences. I doubt if
there is a conscious conspiracy to
shut these centers. The closing of
the UFO is simply a continuation of
the American tradition of tyranny
f the majority. This phenomena
may be traced from the expulsion
f Roger Williams, the treatment
f the Mormons up to today.
The recent marches,in Colum
bia, were lawful assomblies to
petition the government for the
redress of grievances. They Were
iot motivated by childish reasons
;et forth by Mr. Wynn. But if that is
,he depth of your thought ... ? The
matter was freedom of thought and
speech. It is hoped that we
lemonstrated the fact that State
-epression cannot crush an idea. If
,reedom is mutinous, then so be
t!!
Mr. Wynn continues to state that
iltimate power rests in the
Legislature - No! The ultimate
sower rests with the people. We the
)eople retain the right to alter the
;tructure of government when that
;tructure becomes 'repressive.
WILLIAM F. SMITH
Can you report?
All persons who are now, or
who wish to be, staff writers on
the Gamecock, are asked to
stop by the Gamecock offices,
room 308 Russell House, and
give their names to Harry
Hope, Chief of Reporters, or one
of the receptionists.
Also, present Gamecock staff
writers are asked to give any
changes of address, or change
of telephone number.
hal issues
other previous one but their efforts
go unnoticed because preference is
given to articles and editorials that
tend to downgrade the efforts of
Student Government.
This year Student Government
has accomplished much because
we have worked together to ac
complish our goals. There is no
limit to what can be accomplished
by the organizations on this
campus when people stop worrying
about who will get credit for it. The.
sooner we realize this and stp
Fighting among ourselves t1 1
sooner we will truly obtain Si"o
Student Government that
epresents all the students.
JOE USRY
Secretary for
General Welfare.
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