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Published Publihed Cocks Squeak Tri-weeklyBy Clemson TV oe k L -N o 6(s e e p . 5 ) V ol. L X - N o. 64 U i e s t f S u h C r l n , C l m i , S . 2 2 8F I a ~ M w . 0 f Hoffman appearance Dustin Hoffman will not appear at the "FTA festival" to be held Sunday at the state fairgrounds. Hoffman cancelled because his agent does not want him par ticipating in local politics or because he is shy, according to Steve Essley of the UFO Offense Coalition. The festival is sponsored by St. Mark's Universal Life Church. AWARE- SDS and other groups will picket city hall this afternoon beginning at 3:30 p.m. A parade from Russell House to City Hall is scheduled to begin tommorrow at 1 p.m., coinciding with the partial solar eclipse. "FTA" has been explained as "freak the army" and "free the army". Soldiers will be admitted free to the Sunday festival. Ad mission for others is $1.50. The festival which will last from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., will be moved inside the Peppermint Building in case of rain. Scheduled to appear at the festival is Barbara Dane, New York jazz singer, folk singer and author of "Vietnam Songbook." Bands to perform include Wildfire, SpeedLimit 35, Freedom and Stop Look and Listen. The Universal Life Church hopes to donate a part of the money from the festival to people in Lamar, perhaps to help pay medical ex penses for children who may have been injured in Tuesday's in cidents. Lumpkin to speak on De Gaul Former U.S. European Com mand Historian H. Henry Lumpkin will speak on "De Gaulle - Savior of France" tonight in the first of two lectures he will deliver in this year's Guignard lectures at USC. The address will begin at 8 p.m. in the Campus Room of Capstone House. Lumpkin. a member of the history faculty. lived in Paris for nearly 12 years and has more than a casual acquaintance with the French government and its leaders. The lecture Friday will deal with the career of Charles de Gaulle from the end of World War II through his resumption of political power in 1958. His second lecture a week from Friday will be "De Gaulle and 'Fr'ee Hands for France'" and will cover the period fr'om 1958 to the present. Lumpkin served from 1955 to 19N67 in his post as Command Historian, stationed in Paris. The Guignard lecture series at USC was founded in 1953 as a gift to the Univer'sity by Misses Caroline and Susan Guignard. Following their' deaths, the continuation of the series was assured by Dr. George Curry' and Alex and Broadus Thompson. Lectures are to be given by USC faculty mnembers. On skates Coed c1 travel iy One may or may not believe that USC is expandling more rapidly area wise than ever' before. Well. at least one Columbia Hall coed feels the Campus is just too big for travel by foot --her remedy r'oller skates. It may be a milestone to the solution of iniracampus travel. It might have been a funny sight to see her coasting past Trinity Episcopal Chur'ch. On the other hand she must have laughed a lit tle as she zipped by all the walkers on her' way to class. President Thomas F. Jones, who returned recently from a con ference in Argentina, noted that Buenos Aires seemed like Boston Sduring the 1940's. However he also rsaid that there was something unique in that city that would even shock the most rigid law and order Coeds coni Towers r( favor ope KITTY MCCASKILL Staff Writer Men's Towers' residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of week end open house Wednesday in what Towers' President Ed McFadden called the largest turn-out he had ever known of in the Towers. A total of 871 residents voted which is 62 per cent of Tower's residents. The results were: Do you ap prove of open house every week end? 838 yes and 61 no. Do you want the hours of open house extended'? 808 yes, 61 no. Do you want the hours extended past 6 p.m.? 793 yes, 78 no. "This is a fantastic turn out," McFadden said. "In the Towers' election for president last year there were some 300 votes cast." During a trial period in February the Towers had open house every week end from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. McFadden said there will be no open house this week end but that he is taking the results of the referendum to Eugene Cooper, dean of men. "Going from the vote I will ask that the hours be extended at least until 6 p.m." McFadden said. McFadden said that at a meeting ol all residence hall presidents Wednesday a memorandum was read which said open house would not be extended past 6 p.m. until action is taken on the Senate Open .House Hill under consideration. He said that at the Senate meeting yesterday a message was r'ead from Vice President Charles Witten stating that this bill was being considered. "I intend to press for extended its down reaniness adversaries, and that is the open display of sub-machineguns--not only by police, but also by other individuals. Jones did say, however that the military junta, which overthrew the government several years ago has brought the country a long ways. Even administrators bow to the silliness of spring it seems. Dr. W. J. Eccles, director of the computor center, was calling Charles Wit ten, vice president for student affairs, but would not give his name to the secretary an swering the phone. Eccles said he was from the lonely hearts club and must talk to Witten, but the vice president refused to take the call. Instead, he referred Eccles to one of his secretaries. rratulated Will Peters bsidents n dorms hours for the rest of the semester and not to give up until they are extended to 12," he said. "I have had several com munications with other colleges which have open house from 3-11 Friday, Saturday and Sunday," McFadden said. "I am working for regular visitation where men and women will be free to visit in each others rooms." In other Towers' activity Mc Fadden appointed Joe O'Shields as the new Tower's vice president Tuesday night. The office was vacated when McFadden moved up to president after Jack Brawley resigned as Tower's president. Carolina F( opens up ft "Carolina Follies," including the "Miss Bunny" contest, will be held March 23 in Drayton Hall. The Special Events Committee of University Union is spon soring the event, which is designed to present Carolina life with its many humorous sides. Both faculty and students are invited to participate with original skits, sketches and talent of any kind. Cash prizes will be awarded for the best presentations. Student organizations will sponsor male students who will dress in their choice of female clothing. A trophy will be presented to the organization sponsoring the winner, and the The Lettermen will appear Sunday night at the Carolina Cc Senat mnoc By DON BABO Staff Writer The Student Senate over whelmingly defeated Wednesday a bill of recall directed against Secretary of General Welfare Joe Usry, thereby finding him innocent of official misconduct. The bill, which had been a subject of controversy for some time, was finally brought to the floor Wednesday through efforts initiated by Sen. Robert Elliot. In a speech before the Senate, Elliot said, "I believe that I speak for a number of Senators other than myself when I say that I resent the 'B' coeds double in number USC coeds holding "B" averages or better have doubled their numbers since 1969 if the number of invitations extended by Mortar Board for its annual tea was correct. Mortar Board, a national organization honoring senior women with outstanding leader ship and scholastic achievements, invited 2,041 coeds from the Columbia and regional campuses to a tea yesterday afternoon at the home of President Thomas F. Jones. The tea honors those coeds who attained at least a "B" average during the fall semester. Last year only 1,000 women students achieved the required semester average. Greeting the students were Mrs. Thomas F. Jones, Miss Kitty McCaskill, Mortar Board president; Dr. Judith Joyner, Mortar Board Senior advisor and Miss Elizabeth Clotworthy, dean of women and an honorary Mortar Board member. 111es >r all student winning the "Miss Bunny" title will be awarded a cash prize or a gift certificate. Deadline for all entries in the Follies is March 17. A meeting will be held for all interested persons on March 17 in room 302 of the Russell House at 6 p.m. Dress rehearsal is scheduled for March 22 in Drayton Hall. The performance will be on Monday, March 23. at 8 p.m. in Drayton Hall. Informatidn about the "Follies" can be obtained from Mary Mangum at 4627. Marty Jenkins at 4tNi4i or~ Monty Macmillan at 256 1:170. The Lettermen in concert available at1 iliseum at 8 desk and at i tickets are $1 ickets are - -OO e deci ent of whoe chain of events connected with tnis swr--y af*r. Elliot said that the "charges" against Usry of abusing his office could neither be debated nor refuted because "the mysterious bill of recall remains hidden while an official has been tried in the press and subjected to public abuse." Elliot then sharply criticized Senator Chip Galloway, Chairman of the Registration and Distribution Committee which drafted the bill of recall. "The Gamecock," Elliot said, "should be partially blamed for the absurd situation, but there is a larger share of this burden to be borne. Specifically, I charge that the whole discussion of this matter in the press could not have taken On president Executiv delays d4 By FRED MONK Managing Editor The Executive Board of the University Union has decided to accept amendments and proposals for revising the election of University Union president until Monday afternoon. At a meeting last week the Board voted 7-4 to change the election of the Union president from the previous method of general election of the Carolina Student Body. The board recommended at the last meeting that the election of the Union president be only by active Union members and members of the student senate. However, it was later discovered that necessary number of votes did not pass the recommendations and the passage of the proposal was declared invalid. At Wednesday nights meeting members of the Executive Board and Union members discussed the two proposals brought forth from the last meeting. The second proposal would have allowed the Union Board of Governors to elect the president. A compromise motion was in troduced which would have had each committee of the University Union nominate a candidate for president. Then those candidates would be r'eviewed by the Board of Governors and the Executive Board, which would eliminate all but three candidates. The election of the president out of these three candidates would be made by the active member's of the University Union and the Student Senate. After the introduction several amendments to motions and discussion about them the Executive Board members moved to close the meeting for discussion. the Russell House information te Coliseum box office. Student .50 and non student ticetae. ares I 0 misco place without the expressed and willing cooperation and en couragcar,it -f Uhe Chairman of the Registration and Dis'0-ution Committee." Elliot continued, "I further believe that Sen. Galloway has intentionally set a course for the purpose of slandering a cabinet officer. The 'Bill of Recall' which Sen. Galloway claims was in troduced in this body and referred to the Rules Committee has never been brought to light of in vestigation in this chamber, but the provisions of it have somehow managed, in some mysterious way, to be made known to newspaper reporters and thus to the entire Student Body." Elliot ended his speech by e Board 3cIsion The meeting was reopened and a suggestion by Dave Phillips, ad visor to the Union was made that each committee member be allowed to make amendinents until Monday and then those proposals would be presented to the Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday. He noted that a final proposal by the Union was not necessary for the Board of Governors to consider on Tuesday and that the board could consider different amendments which have been suggested. Phillips suggestion was put into a motion and passed. All amendments and suggestions on the election of Union president must be in by 5:30 Sunday. Treasurer to remain elected The Student Senate voted Wednesday to have the secretary and treasurer remain elected officials. The new Student Body Con stitution. as submitted to the Senate in its original form, in directly gave the president the right to appoint the officials. The Senate debated the provision last Wednesday for nearly tour' hours without arriving at a definite conclusion. However, in a roll call vole Wednesday. the Senate voted 17-165 in favor of having the offices ret ain theta' elective status. The Senate will amend the parts of the new Constitution pertaining to the responsibilities and qualifications of the secretary and treasurer as the need arises. The changes will be necessary because the new constitution pr'ovides regulations pertaining to an appointive secrtetary and treasurer. Vice President for Student Af fairs. Charles Wit ten, addressed the Senate Wednesday concerning ofther obstacles the new con stitution might face. Witten said that state law delegates certain powers and responsibilities to the lloar'd of Trustees, the ad ministration and the faculty. He said t hat t he new const itut ion could not violate the laws if it is to be approved by the University. Wit ten reiterated that the new constitution would by necessity have to be within the law before the facult y would act on it . Concer'ning the f aculty itself. Wit ten urged the Senate to lay "the necessary groundwor'k'' and submit a wor'kab)le draft of the new Con stitutton to the faculty tot' review. When asked by one Senator what would happen if Student Govern ment ignored the faculty com pletely and adopted a new (Con stitution on its own. Witten replied. "Well, you would go right pn operating under the old Con stitution as far as the Ad. ministration is concerned." However, Witten emphasized several times that the faculty's power was limit an Itselr Jsry nduct charging that Sen. Galloway had attempted to "manipulate the Senate and make pawns of its -nembers." After Elliot's speech, the Senate. which had met specifically for the purpose of studying the Student Body Con stitution, adjourned for a brief recess. When the Senate reassembled, a motion was made to suspend rules and consider the allegations made against Usry and the bill of recall. Vice President Mike Spears was openly friendly to the motion. Speaking as an SG Official, Spears said that he had received some twenty phone calls demanding that the issue be settled. "I think this is very important," Spears said. "The image and credibility of the Senate is going down as if we have a favorite son and are doing our best to protect him." When the bill of recall was finally brought before the floor, a number of Senators voiced their opinions concerning the measure. However, eventually the burden of proving the allegations against Usry was placed upon Sen. Galloway. Speaking before the Senate, Galloway insisted that the allegations were "items for discussion" and did not constitute a bill of recall. However. Vice President Spears interrupted Galloway and said that since the bill accused Usry of neglecting his office and abusing his powers that at least those parts of it would have to be considered a bill of recall Turning his attention to more recent events. Galloway said he knew that Usry had helped his friends with updating fee cards. Galloway also contended that Usrv had helped students obtain registration material earlier than they were supposed to receive the packets. The only concrete evidence Galloway was able to produce against Usry was a let ter from the Director of Admissions and Registrations. Dr. Godfrey. The letter said that Usry. while working during the Registration period, had only reported to work one day. The letter said l'srv stayed only thirty minutes and left after obtaining his own registration packet. Speaking in his own defense. Usry said the letter was the result of a misunder'standing which has now been rectified. Usry~ said that during the registr'at ion pei'iod a member' of his immediate tami ly was seiriously ill and that he w'as called home. I was so upset that I didn't bothei' to go b)ack and explamn the sit uat ion to )r'. G;odf rev.'' fsr said. "'I know that was a mistake but since then I've seen )r' Godti'ey antd e\plained. C'onc'erning the upvahidatmiig ot fee car'ds. U'sry said t hat he had uipdated ft' car'ds btit t hat he did so to prevent st udents ''I rm harmig to wait or' come hack Usry continued. ''Il(did it beca use they were students, not because t hey were my ftriends ''T'hat I've misused my offtice. wtil deny. If Stutdent Goverunmenit b)ecomes so snide and1( p)icky s0 as to hurt someone I or t rying to help students. I shi.th 'b a parit of it any longer. I amt .lust soi'i' alt this has happened Usryv sad that he could see how~ somfeone might dfisagr'ee w ithI his act ions. but he insisted that he had stayed wit hun the i'aimewoirk of his offiee. lie flatly d(eni('d having dest royed the grade hook which was used to chec.k proper' class standings when the fee cai'ds wer'e updated. It had eairlier been charged that Usry or some other SG official nad destiroyed the book to pr'event a check being made on the upvalidated cai'ds. When the final v'ote on the contr'overdal bill of recall was taken, five Senators abstained while the remaining body voted unanimously to defeat the measure. Sen. Galloway said after the Senate adjourned that the proceedings had beer: "railroaded." He argued that Usry had an unfair advantage. "We gave him several weeks," wa 'ntnned an~ ae l