Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sports editor should sign his ownname MR. FARRELL: In reference to the article, "Lambda Chi Wins Behind Pinion" by Matt Covington, appearing on page seven of the Oct. 6 issue of The Gamecock. I was with Mr. Covington as he covered the in tramural football games, and in his article he had planned to cite all twelve teams who had played in the six games he had covered. He had also planned on citing the three teams who impressed him most, those being the Married Students, Preston, and the Lamb da Chi Alpha teams. However, as he was departing from the final game between Lambda Chi and ZBT, he was approached by Doug Williams, Sports Editor of the Gamecock and member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Williams confronted Covington with the proposition that he, Williams, would write Covington's article for him and give the byline and credit for the article to Covington. The fact that the headline read "Lambda Chi Alpha...." is not my concern. At that point they were undefeated and deserved mention. Williams should either have let Covington condense his own notes and write the article he had planned or been man enough to sign his name to an article which he obviously wrote. H FRIDA' OCT. 1 l1. COC KF E 7:00 2. FIREWOR 8:30 3. McKENDI SPRING 9:30 Letters I am a freshman, and have so far been impressed by the complete, honest coverage which The Gamecock has given all University functions. However, for someone in as prominent a position as Williams to have to resort to such childish means in order to get his fraternity in the school newspaper, is ridiculous. Give the intramural program and its many teams honest coverage, or at least have the sports editor sign his name to those articles which he has writ ten. KENNETH E. YOUNG Destruction by students is stopped MR. FARRELL: Could you tell me what the devil is wrong when two 20-year-old college students of Carolina go out of their way to wantonly destroy what they and others have to pay so much for? I'm referring to an incident two Saturdays ago in the vicinity of the new overpass construction...two students who had apparently been playing tennis (dressed for the occasion and returning from that direction) went out of their way to turn on a faucet of industrial cleaning supplies (55 gal. drum costing about $65) and casually walk away to let it run on the ground and down into the street. If you don't have an answer, Mr. Editor, that's un derstandable, however, to those OMEC 5 ST - 1. KS - 2 EE 3 to the two students, I have a message: "I turned it off and you two had better get turned on to the facts of life. I got your license tag number and the color, make, even your general appearances!" Also, "when it comes to an increase in fees for anything on the Carolina campus, you two better walk on egg shells when my pockets have to shell out more... .I'd just as soon see your rotten kind spill blood on the street like the cleaning detergent as to have to support your kind." NAME WITHELD BY REQUEST U.T. parking lot isobserved as almost full MR. FARRELL: Regarding the letter of Oct. 6 concerning the parking area for University Terrace, I do not wish to appear surly. However, I find that the ""careful" observations of Mr. Bonham do not seem to be "too" careful from my point of view. According to my own ob servations, I find that the U. T. parking area is nearly always three quarters full. Possibly, Mr. Bonham does not make his ob servations at the right time of the day. During the day, wives could be using the cars to drive to work. In the early evening hours, University Terrace students may be out buying groceries. To tell the truth, it is not too convenient to carry a bag of groceries from this 'OMI]\ - U.S.C SATURDAY AFTERNOOI OPEN HOUS F RAT QU AL ST ANDING DISPLA YS -IEME "Try To Remember" . PUBLIC INVI editor area to the UT apartments. However, nobody down here is griped about that. We are grateful to the traffic division for their thoughtful planning so that we can have a place to park. RICHARD HARRISON 'Fur' protest members left with 'bag' MR. FARRELL: In particular to all of those who let it be understood that they would participate in a picket line in front of the Fouke Fur Company on October 7, but who none the less left the four of us who did intend to go holding the bag: The effect of your causerie did not come about. My congratu lations and heartfelt thanks for a fiasco. DENNIS J. ADAMS USC handling of vet aid ridiculous" MR. FARRELL: I believe that the handling of the Veterans Educational assistance on this campus is in a ridiculous state of affairs. According to the Veterans Ad ministration the checks for Sep FG 197j SA , 1. U. )M CROl H OA QI HiJ TED GlAM tember for most of us will not be here till sometime after the 20th of this month due to the veterans office on campus not certifying our enrollments until the 27th of Sept. I believe that this time lapse from the 4th of Sept. when the greater part of the registration was done, when every veteran was required to stop and fill out certain forms, and the 27th to certify enrollment is unexcusable. I am sure that many other veterans are depending on the regular arrival of these educational benefits to continue their education as much as I am, and I am sure that the delay of these checks due to inefficiency on the part of the USC veterans office is not appreciated. I hope that something can be done to prevent the recurring of this situation which is placing severe hardships on a good part of the sudents of USC. I hope that any others having this difficulty will write to the Gamecock and voice their opinions on this affair. RALPH A. YOHO Mums Friday is the last day to order a Mum for Homecoming. Phi Delta Theta fraternity is selling the Mums for $2.50 daily from 9-4. The Mums can be picked up Saturday from 11-2. TURDAY 'EN'N. S.C. vs ARYLAND NNING OF 4ECOMING JEEN AT ALF-TIME GO, GO ECOCKS!! - - - - - - - - - - - - -