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BLACKS counseling service turned them down. The director was quoted by The State as saying, "According to the orders under which we operate, I cannot examine you and there is no purpose in supplying you with applications." An attempt by Benelict College students about a week later met with the same results. When the blacks came on campus, there was no violence, though one evening a cross was burned on one of USC's athletic fields, and a black was hung in effigy. Allen University was threatened with bombings if its students did not halt their efforts. But Civil Rights had come onto the scene, much to the dismay- of many South Carolinians . The University somewhat stood by the side on the issue until Chester C. Travelstead forced it to take a stand. The results gained nationwide publicity. Travelstead had been appointed dean of the School of Education at USC.in 1953. An ardent opponent of segregation, he reacted violently to an address by Timmerman that endorsed segregation. It was 1955. USC President Donald Russell did not ask Travelstead to stop his attacks as such, but alluded to the fact that a university dean entering into such controversial issues does not make the politicians of the state too overly happy. On July 28, Travelstead was notified that he Zip. KLEEN 1320 Main Street 1-hour cleaning 4-hour Laundry Service Monday - Saturday Unique GIFT IDEA a. Gamecock Bulb.....$3. b. Tiger Bulb............ $3. c.Brass Fixture........$6. d.Plastic Fixutre ....... $2.50 a. e. c. illustrated all include 1 year guarantee include (4%) Sales tax and 50 cents for handling Eai Orders To: 3ETTR-UTE CO., had been reappointed education dean. Five days later, on Aug. 2, Traveistead again lashed out at segregation. This time, Russell said he received some complaints on the speech. On Aug. 19, Travelstead was released. Reaction to the dismissal was varied, though it appeared that most students writing letters to the Gamecock editor :condemned it. Gamecock editor Carolyn McClung said the action was "a hard and definite blow to the University." Columnist Herbert Bryant called the move a "ban on freedom of academic thought and ex pression..." However, another colum nist, Billy Mellette supported the removal, writing, . "People who work for any university or college know they must be careful, or they should know it. You say the policy is not written, and how then are you expected to know what to say? -You use your damned head, that's how you know...If he (Travelstead) did not know to be quiet...then he had now learned." In any event, Travelstead went on to become the Dean of Education at the University of Mexico. The Board of Trustees' Travelstead decision did not halt the move to integrate USC. It was Knobby Walsh Paying attention Billisue Hayes a trainers for the them.If anythi happens for youi it first. Or they ir Once they get ii other Vogue Styl (From Page 1) a setback, to say the least, and with the events that were to follow in 1962 at the University of Mississippi no one could have honestly expected USC to have a black coed in fall of 1963. While James Meredith's lawyers were escorting him onto the Mississippi campus in 1962, guards lined the sidewalks to keep students from possibly committing any violent acts. There were the usual catcalls, but nothing of any real proportion. Then a bottle was thrown at one of the guards and the tear gas came. The campus was a virtual battleground for two days. "Because so many terrible things were going on at other places, we were concerned," said USC President Thomas F. Jones in regard to Henri Montieth's enrolling at Carolina. "We made elaborate plans if any violence did occur. There had been threats. It was an up-tight time." It was not the first time Jones and USC had been faced with a racial problem. The year before, 1962, USC was scheduled to play Maryland in football at Carolina Stadium. Maryland had one black footballplayer whose mother and two friends planned to attend the game. It would represent the first time a black individual observed a football game at. Carolina as a fan, rather than a vendor. Jones got the people tickets. He also made sure .Wo .atKno bby.i a Jaooa ca po a l...... s e ar tyour ogule o hair Joee Plookaes nowainer veted wht.Kob si a dow patihey Gosset ae the ists how. That's why the \/onue they were surrounded by SLED agents. The situation with Robert G. Anderson was somewhat different than that of Henri Monteith. "There was the ever-present possibility that a Ku Klux Klan type person might attempt physical violence against An derson," Jones said. Obviously, proper precautions had to be taken. Jones said An derson was placed in a corner room in one of USC's dorms, some of whose residents were deputized as SLED agents, and was given his own phone. "But we never told him the number," Jones said. "He could call out, but couldn't be called. In effect, we were trying to protect him." Jones believes that by and large, the students were geared to accept GAME The Gamecock is published twice aday during the fal and spring sen summer, with the exception of unii Change of address forms, sube should be sent to The Gamecock, 29208. Subscription rate is $3 per The Gamecock received $36,00o f 1973-74. Offices of the Gamecock Russell House on the university ca are 777-4178 pnd 777-4249, ews, ai class dostage paid at Columbia, S. VogueStlsonFrt Shopping Center...or Five F service Vogue Stylon at Be town. Service is not their busit Stylons. Unexcelled service Stylons (with the exceptic location) are open 7:30 Al day through Friday. black students on campus in 1963. "Student leadership responded quite well," he said. "We had some students like the Ku Klux Klan and some that were more liberal. But everyone believed we weren't going to destroy our in stitution. "The state government, its leadership and everyone inolved said we're going to maintain law," Jones continued, "and a sense of human dignity for all people." So by 1963, Columbia was becoming integrated. - An organization of community leaders under the direction of the mayor led a drive to break the color barriers at bars, restaurants and theaters. Henri Monteith had already broken the line at USC. The question, in what direction have racial matters gone since 1963? COCK weekly on Mondoy and on Thur esters and once a week during the ersity holidays and exam periods. cription requests and other mail Drawer A, USC, Columbia, S.C., semester and $2 for the summer. rom the student activity fund for are rooms 317, 318 and 319 in the mpus, 1400 Green St. Telephones d .777-3888, advertising. Second C. . lI - utso s t Drie..o P mons.o h uc rr' nMi don les t h Vou i s l f h ou nsa gofdthe dwtwn Vit7:30 the quick