Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Where's the ad? DEAR MS. MILLER: About two and a half months ago I gave a lost and found ad to the Gamecock office and I haven't seen the ad printed yet. You said your policy was to print any letter you received, so maybe you will print this one. I lost a Bic ink pen somewhere between Capstone and the Coliseum, but by now it could be anywhere. The person who found it probably does not even know it is mine. If you do not print this, I will know you are a bunch of com munist hippies who don't do anything but smoke marijuana and tear down the country. When me and Billy and Calvin and Marty and the rest of the boys get a hold of you, you're gonna be sorry. You better not hang around Doug Broome's. DARRYL "LOVE IT OR LEAVE! IT" MURPHY Some whites afraid of truth DEAR MS. MILLER: Now that the truth has come to light, it seems that some Whites have become scared because two Black students had the courage to speak the truth about the almighty Carolina Gamecocks. Referring to the letter by Master Skip Earle, and his orders for Marjorie Miller and Michael Powe to leave his beloved Carolina campus, only because they had the courage to bring to light the fact that in three seasons of basketball, Casey Manning has still managed to sit out most of the season on the bench. When Master Earle referred to Coach McGuire's specific reason for recruiting Casey Manning it surely could not have been because of this man's basketball talents because he doesn't play but ten minutes out of the whole season at the most. Could this specific reason be that the only reason that Coach McGuire recruited Casey Manning was to say that he has a Black player on his team? It is true that the Gamecocks have started to recruit Black athletes in the past two or three GAME The GAMECOCK is published tr semesters with the exception of Un Changes of address forms, subscri; should be sent to Drawer A, USC, Cc S3 per semester or $6 for both semes GAMECOCK this year received $50 entitling full-time students to a subs GAMECOCK are in Rooms 316 an University campus. Phones are 777 class postage paid at Columbia, S. publication of the students of the Uni official publication of the Universitt not necessarily represent those of th staff members of the GAMECOCK. Editor......... . .. .... Managing Editor.... .. .. .. Associate Editor.... .. .. .. Assistant Managing Editor. .... Business Manager.... .. .. Sports Editor..... .. .. .. Asst. Sports Editor.... .. .. Photo Editor. ...-.-.-.-.-. News Editors... .. .-.-.. Feature Editor..... .. ..-. Circulation.... .. .. .. .. Classified Advertising. .. .. Staff Writers .. .. .. .. .. ...La Gilbert, Bob Grondahi, Julie Lum Ellen Murray, Kris Schweickert, Vi Betty Woodruff r .id Charlie Feille Sports Writers. .. .. .. .. ..Bill 4 Photographers...........Courti StF Advertising Manager . ... years, but out of all the other outstanding Black athletes in South Carolina and the rest of the South, not counting the nation who have gone on to gain reputations for their respective schools, that Master Earle speaks so proudly of, and have helped their schools go on to national titles and be top con tenders in colliegate basketball, it is a shame that they have been discriminated against and have been unnoticed by the University of South Carolina for all these years. It is a shame that you, Master Earle, the self-appointed Crusader who decides who is fit enough to be a part of the Carolina campus, had to use the incident at the University of Minnesota to support your argument. But while you brought it up you failed to give the facts that started the incident at the University of Minnesota to to give the facts that started the incident. A White player decided to spit on a brother because the going got rough, so after the game two brothers just did him a job. Now instead of him playing for his team, he will be watching from a hospital bed. Now Master Earle since you brought it up, can you tell me how this incident is relevant to the situation here at Carolina? It is your kind Master Earle that will try to convince Black people that you as Whites are trying to fit Blacks in your backwards society, and if they are not satisfied with what the White man is doing they can either love it, shut-up, or leave. Well Master Earle those days are long gone, for as long as Black Students are forced into supporting the athletic program, we demand that we be properly represented or else it is time for a change. Surely you pointed out the fact that there are black athletes in the athletic program, for which all blacks are proud, and you even went so far as to refer to brother Bethea as Bubba Smith, but can this list of eleven black players in the whole athletic program compare with the number of white players? It is not Ms. Millers' and Mr. Powes' kind that start trouble at a University, but it is their so-called kind that will make a better place in this world for all black people. The truth is, that it is your kind like Thurmond, Wallace, and Nixon with your backwards thinking that don't fit in this society. And the COCK I-weekly during the fall and spring Iversity holidays and exam periods. ition requests and other mail items lumbia, S. C. Subscription rates are lers. Bulk copies are S6 per 100. The ,00-from the student activity fund, cription to the paper. Offices of the d 318 of the Russell House on the -8178, 777-4249 and 777-3888. Second C. Although the GAMECOCK is a versity of South Carolina, it is not an f. The opinions expressed herein do e University, the student body, or all . . . . . Glenda Miller ... .. .. ....Holly Gatling .. .. .. ....John T. Gash ............eSharon Givens .. .. .. .....Ut. Huckabee .. .. .. ....Doug Williams . . . . .. .Steve Parker .. .. .. .. .. ..Fran Zupal .. .. .. ...Karin Burchsteai Vicki Thomas ..... .. .. .. ..Bob Craf . . . . .. .Monty Prestoi .. .. .. .. ..Patty McQuillia rry Evans, K. Wayne Ford, Armid skin, Ruthie Lyon, Hugh McKinighi in Steiglit:, Lou Tenant, Ann Winters ibaum. 3rant, Jim Hersh, Gary West, Tedd Hefner, Charles Collin iey Dicely, Doug Holladay, Alan Hu eve Kish, Lewis Phillips, Murry Sil ... .. .. .. .. ..Art Fral nding staff organization. Letters sooner you and your kind wake up to this you are no better than the name you tried to pin on Brother Powe and Sister Miller. CARL MILLER Bias against pipsqueaks DEAR MS. MILLER: I am a student at USC who recently witnessed several of the basketball games and was highly disappointed because the team won the games. Why? Because I as a short student feel that I have not been fully represented on the team here at Carolina. Yes, it is nice of Frank McGuire to have Jimmy Powell, a short player, on the team, because he really adds depth to the team. He has even played in a few games this year... I wonder if McGuire is still using the excuse that Powell is still not e&ting his Wheaties, or is it that McGuire still believes. that "shorts" are pip-squeaks.. The "shorts" of USC were forced, just like everyone else, to pay the expenses for a team that we do not wish to support, to finance, or even comprehend the existence of... I do not want to see or support an all-tall team. Yet, still I am compelled to support a team which I cannot be proud of... Until the athletic department recruits more "shorts,' on the really make them working mechanisms, on the team, and gives them an equal chance to start, we short students will always be dissatisfied. I believe that any reasonably intelligent person can recognize the foolishness of the preceding argument. Yet, a very similar letter by Marjorie Miller and Michael Powe appeared in the February 7, 1972 issue of The Gamecock, not protesting the absence of "shorts" on athletic teams, but the absence of blacks. People cannot begin to work together to remedy the real racial problems of society until they learn to distinguish the vital from the trivial and the valid from the invalid. When will some people quit trying to turn every phase of life into a raging racial dispute? Claims of racial prejudice in many areas are justified, but basketball, or any sport, has nothing to do with skin color. Sports are contests of physical dexterity, not of pigmentation. I'm sure that Frank McGuire, who is one of the finest basketball coaches in the country, is smart enough to know which players are capable of giving the best per formance; I'm sure he knows his job well enough not to allow petty racial issues to intefere with a game as fine as basketball. Ms. Miller and Mr. Powe's feeble attempt to incite unfounded and unfair discontent with Coach McGuire and his staff only proves that claims of racial prejudice are just not valid on the courts of the Carolina Gamecocks. DIANE SEVERIN The irrelevancy of the obscure DEAR MS. MILLER: Within the last week the President of the Clariosphic Literary Society wrote the GAMECOCK to contradict my statement that the Clariosophic and Euphradian Societies share the distinction of being the two oldest campus organizations. It is his contention that the Clariosophic Society is "two weeks older" than the Euphradian Society. Therefore, he maintains, the Clariosophics alone should bear the distinction of having the longest existence. Were the claim valid, I would be happy to acknowledge it in behalf of the Euphradians. However, the best historical evidence which we can produce indicated that both groups have a common origin and were created at the same time. In 1806, as enrollment increased at this college, the Philomathic Society, the predecessor of today's literary societies, grew too large to be workable. Consequently, the Philomathic Society convened the "Synapian Convention," which drew the plan of separation. It was decided that two students should be selected as "Captains" to make an equal division of both the members and funds of the old society. The Constitution of the Philomathic Society provided the model for the constitutions of the new organizations. The outcome was the Clariosophic and Euphradian Societies. I cite page 231 of Vol. 1 of Dr. Hollis' HISTORY Of The UNIVERSITY SOUTH CAROLINA, University of South Carolina Press. 1951, as my source. One of Dr. Hollis' primary sources is the minutes of the "Synapian Convention," which is owned by the Clariosophic Society. The two students who made the division of the Philomathics were James and Joseph Lowry, brothers, who were admitted to the College in January, 1805. Before an assembly of the student body, the brothers "threw up heads and tails for the first choice." Thus the selection was made, the division finalized, and the Clariosophics and the Euphradians created. This information is found in the Ap pendix to Maximillian LaBorde's HISTORY Of The SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE, (Charleston: Walker, Evans, & Cogswell, 1874). Mercifully, no record is available which indicates who won the first toss of the coin. Nor is there a record of which group met first as a separate organization. Both held their first meetings on February 6, 1806. pp. 19, 33, J. Rion McKissick. The CLARIOSOPHIC EUPHRADIAN SOCIETIES 1801 1931(Columbia: Epworth Or phanage Press, n.d.) I know of nothing extant which tells the exact time of day of these first gatherings. My point is that arguing over which society is the older is like yelling "My dog is better than your dog." Nothing is gained, though much time is wasted -time better spent building the organizations' programs rather than destroying ourselves through fruitless in dulgence in antiquarianism. If any who participate in these societies today feel that the question of which organization met at the earliest hour on February 6. 1806 has the slightest relevance to the present day function of the literary society he should carefully examine his reasons for having joined. While we should have a reverence for the past, we should not bury ourselves arguing trivial points. There are issues enough to debate on the campus and in the State without resorting to the obscure. The Euphradian Society invites any interested students to join us in what, hopefully, is not a lost adventure in education, free inquiry and debate of current issues in the never-ending search for truth, to which all universities are dedicated. WESCOAT SANDLIN PRESIDENT EUPHRADIAN LITERARY SOCIETY ALL YOU CAN EAT SPAGHETTI.99 Meat Sauce Monday and Wednesda' 5 Syrup Flavors Tuesday and Friday FRENCH TOAST .85 5 Syrup Flavors Thursday INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES 1031 ASSEMBLEY Hrs. 7 am till 12:00 Mid night FERI-SAT 2 amn