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Enter the Decorate a door contest See page 3 Vol. LXI-NO.~ 11 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Senate dorm By CHARLES BEEBE Staff Writer A bill allowing residence hall visitation on a trial basis will be considered by the Student Senate today. Jean Neal, chairman of the General Welfare Committee, said the bill provides for the par ticipation of one men's. dorm and one women's dorm for a two month trial period. The bill establishes a controlled visitation policy under committee composed of four senators, the respective dorm counselors and dorm presidents and the Deans of Men and Women. If passed by the Senate the bill will go to the student-trustee liaison committee. The Board of Trustees will take the bill under consideration after hearing the committee's recommendations. The hours established by the bill are 6 p.m. until midnight Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. to midnight on Sunday. Registration of all guests will be Dent The University Union Lectures Committee will present Special Advisor to President Richard Nixon, Harry S. Dent, Thursday at 8 p.m. The lecture, to be presented In the Campus Room of Capstone, will be on the topic "The National Political Scene". A reception will follow. S tudent no ser10' By BOB CRAFT Staff Writer "Things are tighter this fall, but we expect them to get better in the spring." said Robert Jeter, director or student aid. He saidi however.' "there will be no serious cutbacks" in the student alc program this fall. The work-study program is the plan whereby students take on a part-time job on campus to worl off any financial burden they ma3 have in coming to college. To be eligible for the work-study program, a student must bi financially "needy." His financia need is evaluated by the Colleg4 Entrance Examination Board' Parent's Confidential Statement This form is evaluated for Carolini students at Princeton, N.J. however. Jeter said that often. "wi analyze them ourselves." in orde to get students to work. The Work-Study program is se up so that a student may work up t his need as evaluated by the CEEI and no more. The program pay $1.45 an hour. The rate will go u~ on Feb. I to $1.60 an hour. Student in the program work on campus I nearly every department. Jeter' office also has contracts with nor profit outside firms such as th City of Columbia. Federal Interni Revenue Service, and Sout Carolina Internal Revenue Set vice. Other services handled b .Jnter'a office are the Education to con visitatio required at the lobby desk and the host or hostess will have to meet their guests in the lobby. No unescorted guest will be allowed to leave the lobby area. Miss Neal said that the bill resembles a proposal taken to the Board of Women Visitors last year. "Last year when we went to the Board of Women Visitors, we just asked to go into all the dorms. This bill is more realistic and is on a trial basis," she said. "The proposal was defeated last year for two reasons. Peggy Harley, president of Associated Women Students, and Sarah Official better p By ROB BIGALKE Staff Writer University, city and military officials considered means of bettering protection of residents of Columbia Hall at a meeting yesterday. A Student Senate resolution and a request by the University that the S. C. Electric and Gas Co. relocate its bus stop across from Columbia Hall led to the meeting between Harold Brunton, vice president for business affairs; Alan Mustard, executive vice president of SCE&G; Fred Lamb, director of planning for the City of Columbia; and Maj. Gen. Gines Perez (Ret.), chairman of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Military Liaison Committee. The group considered improving the lighting along Sumter Street between Columbia Hall and the main campus, pruning the trees in the area and relocation of the stop for buses bound to and from Fort Jackson. Union spor The Special Events Committee of the University Union is spon soring a Color "Door" contest Fri Oct. 9-Oct. 23 to decorate the door of the Golden Spur. A $100 first prize will be awarded the student or students with the best design. All entries must be on 8% x 11 typewriter paper sealed in an envelope and deposited in the box at the information desk by Oct. 23. Enclosed must be a separte sheet with the entrant's name, address and phone number. aid direct< umoney Opportunity Grants that are for "exceptionally needy" students. Other services include National Defense Loans, health scholar ships. Cuban Students Scholar ships. Law Enforcement Education Program and Guaranteed loan. In some exceptional cases the "Package Plan" is adopted for a student. The package plan consists of an Educational Opportunity Grant. a National Defense Loan. and the Work-Study Program. LSU pro schedule< history 1( The Louisiana State University history professor whose biography * of Huey Long won a Pulitzer Prize will give this year's Russell ' Lecture in History. ST. Harry Williams. a faculty B member at LSU since 1941, will speak on the subject of "Huey e Long and His Politics " Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Campus Room of IJSC's Capstone House. The annual lecture at USC, sponsored by the Department of Y History, was made possible by a Sider nbill Bryant, president of Capstone, both argued against hall visitation and opinion was divided before the Board," Miss Neal said. "Secondly, the proposal was not realistic." The senate will also set the date, time and polling places of the fall elections. Jim Bradford, vice president of the student body, said,that the senate will enact certain modifications in the election statutes. Today's calendar includes the confirmation of the cabinet and other presidential appointments. s discuss otecton "The city, SCE&G and the military were all very cooperative and responsive," Brunton said, "and have gone a long way toward implementing" the requests made by the University. The city is implementing an engineering study of the lighting on Sumter Street, and is planning to prune the trees irf this area. Alternatives to the site of the bus stop were suggested and will be studied by the City of Columbia Traffic Committee. "The city and the power com pany are responsible," Brunton continued, "but the students are equally responsible, and the main thing they can do is not to walk by themselves after dark. In spot checks the University has made, we've found a number of girls walking alone after midnight." "University police are now concentrated on campus sur veillance. The duties have been redistributed." tsors contest The design of the door must allow space for a bulletin board to announce coming attractions. The door and three feet surrounding the door may be utilized and "The Golden Spur" must appear on the door. Contestants will not be responsible for the actual work to be done on the door. Any material may be used in the design. Decoration can not impede traffice in the hall. Entries will be judged by 9 p.m., Oct. 23 yr expects cutbacks Another facet of the Student Aid office is the Short Term Emergency Loan, which consists of a loan of a maximum of $50 for .30 days. Jeter stressed the fact that this was emergency loan that was to be applied for in cases of ex treme family crises. Jeter said that there are part time jobs that are available through his office if any student is interested. The office of Student Aid is located in the Pendleton Building. >fessor I to give hcture Mrs. Donald S. Russell. Judge Russell is a former president of the University of South Carolina. This year's lecturer was born In Illinois and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1937. He taught at the Universities of West Virginia and Ornabq before going to Louisiana. A noted expert on the Civil War, i)r. Williams Is the author of .'Lincoln and the Radicals." "P.t;.T. Beauregard." anid "Lincoln and His Generals." all npopum. book. Rap session Miss Fay Knoppe, of the Friends Freedom-Peace Committee, discusses peace and non-violence in an im promptu "rap session" In the Commons Room yesterday. Miss Knoppe was the quest of the University Union Lectures Committee. Quaker suggests nonviolent channels HyliARRIETTPROVEAUX important the fact that they Staff Writer happen is sad. A representative from the 'People who can present and Freedom Peace Committee, a discuss all sides to a problem are Quaker movement, met with the most important part to students Tuesday in the Commons dissent." On the generation gap Room. she said, "There are extremes in Fay "Honey" Knoppe, a Quaker this, but not as extreme as the and peace missionary, responded media would have us to believe." to the students questions and of- When asked to analyze the youth fered alternatives to violence movement, she replied that the during campus unrest. Miss youth movement was probably the results of the black civil rights Knoppe said that she has involved movement, and the old game of herself in every aspect of freedom status quo versus change. and peace movements throughout Before leaving Miss Knoppe the world. Her travels have taken restated her beliefs-that all people her from civil rights in Mississippi have the right to help in the to student protest in decision making of their com Czechoslovokia. munities but through peaceful channels. Although her work surrounds the Insmainghrplopy actions of politics, she says her Oflieshsad'1ieevrdya movement is apolitical and deals nwdy-stesyn os'oa only with human relations. Asked i h is a fters fm about how she became involved in lie" this movement, she answered that she has always held these beliefs because of her religion. Her work brings her into contact with such controversial and varied groups as drug addicts, prisoners, student activists, the police force, the Pentagon and the Black Panthers. She said she approaches all the groups with humanistic compassiontandeunderstanding." Invited b thapLectre'ssaom mitteePoopthewSoudentpUniontasna impromptullspideer.oshppdebeloped theheCmostnsmportanttoartrao dissent."aOnuthethenerationthe chis.tryt notonstrationsasanh peacewuldmovvesmentlive. Theendaskessionanenteredhonythe viewythat nonviolentachannelslarehe thesultstofethedslacksoivilgrights movement,eandChepold gameso dominatedttheqconversation.nMis restatedheratelifs-thatalthpeoph researchingotheacauseoandheifectmo camunitiesstutbahroughreeaceful l)aten sormpicking uprticketsofhy onoliffootballid.amesliavevereenayx 'hewngay--asrtthesreiaindersofTthe isethenfirst dayofethehrestmofom 'icassoy n nesadn. invitd for the Lecture' State mittee o he picden Uni Oct 19atdntnxmn adu i othe Tommnse Roome intov an rap trb ihladCut heac)e movme no. Pwl.redslycna thefbestgsethodingffromviarlany Jones: 'Develoi By JODY STONESTREET Staff Writer University President Thomas Jones spoke last night before Student Leader Leadersi Conference sponsored by Mor Board and Omicron Delta Kap on the relevance of stude organizations to our times. Attending the workshop wt campus leaders in the areas honor-service. honorarif professional fraternities, militai publications and communicatic and Greek letter sororities a fraternities. Anne Lipscomb, Mortar Boa president, said the goals of t workshop were to help mal organizations aware of the responsibilities, to make the leaders aware of what oth4 campus groups are doing and ho to meet arising problems i leaders. "We must find out if what we'r doing has meaning. It's time to g4 together and find out about eac other. If we're doing the sam things as other organizationm we're overlapping, and this is waste," noted Mortar Boar member Anne Clamp. Jones said that organizatiol can have a tendancy to seek statl rather than to achieve it. "Is the organization doir something? Does it have status is it just a status symbol? What Marcha as cont HV CHCK KEEFER Staff Writer Fifth Circuit Solicitor J< Foard asked last month that committee of the board of trusti of the University be formed to as liaison between his office, I enforcement offcials and I University. In a regulai scheduled meeting of the BoE Saturday. its chairman T. Esl Marchant was designated to be I contact between Foard and US Foard asked for the liais committee so that channels communication would exist b ween his office and the Univers: for dealing with matters that deemed unusual or sensative a that could not be handled throu normal law enforcement channe Narchant said that the Board designating him the contact m specified that he inform Foard the decision personally and reluse comment to the press. said that Foard prepared Drug dipyj play during a in the ta sheriff Frank Americans I $3,500 worth treatment mna to heroin, addicts 9 leaders' the revevance of the organization tto our times?" Jones questioned F. the students. the He added that campus situations IiP could improve by working together tar and getting everyone involved. Pa "We must find out where things nt are going so we can lead people there." re During a question and answer of period, Jones said he hopes to s, make USC the best University in y, the nation: "make it so strong, so ns flexible, that no matter why you nd came here, it wasn't a mistake." Concerning the problem of rd fulfilling organizational goals with le the constant change-over in ke leaders. Jones called on student ir leaders to help develop their ir successors to accomplish set goals. r Mike Grier, assistant dean for w campus relations, summarized s that each group felt their problems lie in cutting thru "red tape" to e reach goals. !t "We're using true facts that our h individual groups are too small or e too large to accomplish anything, , as an excuse. Everything is a cop a out. We say there is a com d muni:,ations gap where there is really an energy gap. A credibility Is gap when there is actually an is unwillingness to put our trust in another. I hope we have come out 1g with one purpose, stop accepting Dr mediocracy!" Grier stated. is Another leadership conference is planned within the next month. nt to act Bct man statement about the decision and relayed it to the press Monday. ihn Foard said in his statement. "I a feel that the Board's action wil ees result in better communication act with the University. the Board of aw Trustees and law enforcement." he Marchant said that Foard ap ly peared to be happy with the rd decision to have him act as liaison on man. He said that he thought he relations between the University 0C. and Foard's office were im on proving. of Marchant said that Foard has et- yet to use the new channel of ity communication to the Board and he that he has given no indication as nd to when. if ever, he will. He said gh that he didn't know what type of Is. information Foard planned to in communicate through him to the an Board and said that he might or of might not . depending on the nature to of the information, agree that Ie direct liaison with the board was a the best way to go about it. 1k, sponsored by t Y.n for Fredom, Powh for, not prosecution 0