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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.
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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