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Japanese This Japanese fan dancer formances at the Internatior night at Capstone. West: get i set educati "The community college system is the best system" of higher education, says Gov. John C. West. Speaking at a press conference in his office, West said he sup ported the community college concept. The Governor also said he was "against the overlapping facilities" between the established technical education schools (TEC) and USC branches. "I am not in favor, at this time, of eliminating any of the University branches that have local support and local need," West said. "We need to get away from the set pattern of education," he said. West said there is no justification for thinking a student must get all his education at one time. If a student earns credit in a TEC school, works a while and decides he wants to attend the University, he should be allowed to continue his education where he left it, West said. The governor said he thought limiting USC enrollment would not limit the educational opportunities H ome Thanks Take i frc The Cani ~X fan dancer was one of the many per al Week banquet Saturday tway from on pattern of many students. "I think it's a good thing," he said. "I think that the thrust of the University should be toward the graduate level. "The state has started a system to help smaller colleges," West said. "Of course the (state) Supreme Court has ruled that any grant to church related schools is un-Constitutional. "I have recommended to the Legislature that a Constitutional amendment be passed to allow the Tuition Grants Program" at church-supported schools, the governor said. Under the Tuition Grants Program the state guarantees the difference between the tuition of the private school and the state school. West said South Carolina private schools are important because "they have an unused capacity of about 7,000 students." This means the schools can accept 7,000 more students without making the capital expenditure on buildings or facilities the state would have to make if it tried to accept these students in its schooLs. for giving? i Gift pus Shop II House. .. t the c The Guess Who - Gypsy concert almost was cancelled Friday night, but by great good fortune, it was held anyway. It seems as though the truck Darrying the sound equipment had a wreck and at 7 p.m. there was no PA system for the concert. Tom DiFiglio, chairman of the University Union Concert Com mittee, said the decision to cancel the concert was imminently near. The concert was about an hour late starting, but the crowd didn't seem to mind. Frisbees were thrown and friends gossiped. The crowd was probably the most patient and best behaved audience I have seen at a Columbia concert, although there were a few times the audience resorted to hand clapping and shouts for music. After a lot of feedback and .echnical hassling, Gypsy came on at about 9 p.m. One thing you could say for Gypsy: you could hear 'em. The volume at which they played was absolutely homicidal. A couple Df cries from the audience requested the volume to be lowered. It was no use, you had to ;it there and take it. By the end of heir set, I had a very real ieadache. This wasn't the only problem with Gypsy's part of the program. "PEACE M AND LOVi tos SPARTA Tickets Orch Fir Mail Orders P. O Box oncert q~ovo00000O I Puess Wh( 00=1 aaby B Their singing parts had to be changed around because of "sore throat problems" and there were prqblems with their instruments. Midway through their set, lead guitar started sounding very familiar and I asked myself where had I heard rides like this. Then I looked on the stage and was answered. The lead guitarist had the head of his guitar turned upside down like Jimi Hendrix. And the guitarist wasn't left handed. I was disappointed in Gypsy. They began with a nice trippy ride in the first number that promised good things but never delivered. Their final number," , "In the Garden" was the highlight of their portion of the program. But then you can't really enjoy music if you're worrying about whether your eardrums have ruptured or not. The Guess Who finally got on stage a little after 10 p.m. and as promised, they were not your typical bubblegum band. The solid gold was there all right, but it came out differently with the lead guitar taking rides one would not think possible from the Guess Who. Also, their lyric content had a propensity to drop from Top-40 to unairable. "American Woman" was a LL GUIDE TE E WILLSTEER T THE AGE4 In1970 /ou have just one s se, make it"HAIR!" s NBURG MEMORIAL AL MJovember 19, 20, 22, now on sale Phone istra: $6.50; $5.50; st Balcony: $6.50; $ econd Balcony: $4.5 ALL SEATS RESERVE :Spartanburg Memor 1410 - Spartanburg, S to.npptepopoooooooopoppnp ib Crafto0ow"' prime example of this. Sexual innuedo pervaded this number as well as several others. Burt Cummings, the pianist and vocalist, used the Jim Morrison technique of microphone handling and stage moving. He also jumped on pianos and across stages. A very hyperactive performer. Outrageous might be a good term to describe the Guess Who. Outrageous and good. Many of the suburban, junior league housewives with their little Johnny and-or Mary in tow, might not have like the Guess Who. Many of the straighter members of the audience, who had come for the sole purpose of hearing straight renditions of the Guess Who's Top 40 sound, may have been upset, too. However, the Guess Who provided a little something for everybody. Whether or not you like the Guess Who's music and whether or not you liked the show, you must admit one thing, it was en tertaining. When one considers the fact of how long they have been touring and how it would have been so easy for the group to put in a listless performance, I think you will agree that they are master en tertainers, if not master musicians. HE STARS" how JVE BARNE /' TIMES IDITORbUM 23. : 582-810j $4.50 6.50 0 D ial Auditorium