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GAMECOCK "It Is a newspaper's duty to print the news, and raise hell." WILBUR F. STORKY BILL GRANT, Editor BI: 'OUTLAW ART FRANK Editorial Page Editor Advertising Manager The Gamecock--Eqpt. 23, 1974 The Dietzel years Carolina football fans gloating at the prospect of Coach Paul F. Dietzel's announced departure from the coaching ranks at the end of this season evidently don't remember the brand of- football played by South Carolina in the pre-Dietzel days. Dietzel's nine year record here (including the two games this year) is 38-48-1. While this is not a good record by any means, it is on the level with the record of previous football coaches at this school. Marvin Bass coached the Gamecocks from 1961 to 1965 and compiled a 17-29-4 record with the best season being a break-even year in 1965. Warren Giese enjoyed a reasonable. amount of success in the 1956 to 1960 era as he compiled a 28-21-1 record including three winning years and a break-even year. Giese must have seen the writing on the wall as he bowed out after his only losing season in 1960. Even much-fabled.. Coach Rex Enright had a losing record as the head of Gamecock football fortunes for 15 years. Enright's record was 64-69-7. Only one South Carolina football team in history has won. more than seven games in a single season. That was the 1903 team which went 8-2. The Gamecock is not attempting to defend Dietzel's record here. We are pointing out, however, regardless of the coach, football teams at South Carolina have not fared well. When it was first announced that Dietzel was coming to South Carolina in 1966, the USC football fan expected aninstantwinner. Victory hungry, gleamy-eyed football fans saw visions of a bowl-bound team every year. New excitement was generated and Dietzel himself implied that football glory would be coming to South Carolina at long last. The money came pouring in, facilities were expanded, astro-turf was added and the red-carpet was extended; all in anticipation of what was to happen. Nine years later, it still hasn't happenned. Disappointment anter disappointment, excuse after excuse, the football fan here became disillusioned. Each year, the pressure on Dietzel intensified as fans started demanding results instead of promises. That pressure has finally taken its toll. Citing reasons of health and the pressure on his family and his players, Paul F. Dietzel is stepping down as head coach of the Gamecocks. His announced decision to remain, as Athletiic Director is admirable and shows he intends to carry on with the fight from an administrative angle. Even Dietzel's strongest critics admit that he has done an outstanding job as Athletic Director. The disappointment of the Dietzel years as football coach will soon be lost in the excitement and ex pectations surrounding the hiring of a new coach. ,Hopefully the new coach will not make promises impossible to keep, and the Carolina football fan will not demand miracles that can't be produced. WNO The Gamecock welcomes letters from readers. Letters should be limited to a sinj4. subject and a maximum of 300 words. They must be signed with the writers true name. Pseudonyms or other aliases will not be used, but the writer's name will be withheld if circumstances warrant. To assist us in verifying the identity of writers, please include your mailing address and a telephone number where you can be reached. We reserve the right to edit all letters, not~ for content, but to meet our space limitations. Address: Campus Opinion. Drawer A, USC, Colinai 2me0a The admi BY EILEEN BERLIN The death of Contemporary University (CU) this summer probably went unnoticed by many students. Ostensibly , the enrollment of only 17 students for this semester played a major role in the programs' extinction. And while superficially, this may ap pear accurate, it presents im plications of dangerous attitudinal changes which cannot be overlooked. One of the criticisms expressed by the University administration was that no academic program should have to advertise to get students to enroll. One need only read a catolog, Carolina Com munity, to see the obvious fallacy of this argument. The propaganda voiced in these publications can be of more detriment to a student than a simple advertisement that at least lives up to what it professes. Few course descriptions can make that cla'm. Another frequent criticism heard was the lack of student par ticipation in the program. The figures speak for themselves. Enrollment in CU steadily declined from its first semester in existence But while in part this may be due to the lack of interest, it can also be explained in other ways. Stricter degree requirements in many colleges have forced students to take courses specifically . related to their degree, alleviating free time to LETTERS Reporting Unfortunate TO THE EDITOR: Your recent front page story "Assault suspect seized" was unfortunate. While under normal circumstances it would be a nor mal follow-up to an unfortunate incident, it turns out to be a general report on the rising crime rate at USC. The reporter also gives the impression the only crimes committed since Aug. 26 have been by black males. That is not true, not only for assaults, but for many other types. The repeated reference to black youths is uncalled for and distasteful. The author uses the phrase at least six times in a short news article. His repeated use of the phrase, as well as the tone of the article is reminiscent of the times when newspapers, and other forms of the media, would carry regular features of black violence, rapes and assaults. The Gamecock would do best to join the modern age and give up the journalistic style of the 1930s. ZT C. IIENDERSON Pathetic Bumblers TO THE EDITOR: "Jackets wear out S.C.'s "finest" team. This was the hegdline of the Atlanta Journal Constitution on SundayA -Sept. 15 The article goes on to tell aboul Georgia Tech setting a scoa nistration a Guest co pursue independenly those topics of concern to students. It cannot be overlooked that some departments abused the independent study concept by allowing students to become a little more than research lackies, rather than allowing theni to pursue their original projects. And so along with a decline in student par ticipation, there are several other variables which the administration chose to play down but which had a very real effect on the overall program. In the meantime, what has happened to those 17 students who chose to do independent study under CU this semester? It's in teresting to note that all of the office space formerly alloted to CU in Lieber college has been redelegated, leaving only one desk in the reception area. A subtle hint, perhaps, but more than that a breach of promise made by the administration. The promise made was since this -vas the last semester CU would be in effect, the 17 remaining students would have the same opportunities as past CU participants. However, the present students Smoking Campus Opinion rushing record, (487 yards) against Carolina, and their quarterback and running backs bragging about how big the holes were and how easy it was to run against our so called defense, they could read us like a book, they say. (Shades of N.C. State?) It was pathetic to watch the miserable, stumbling efforts of an inept bunch trying to "arm tackle" those bigTech runners. No one on our team with any trace of pride In himself or his school could have allowed himself to be manhandled the way the Gamecocks were. It was shameful the way one linebacker made complete asses of our whole offense. Concerning "Jeff who?" perhaps he should spend more time prac ticing and less time reading last year's press clippings. If he thinks he was mistreated by the Jackets, just wait till he gets to Athens, and those Georgia Bulldogs get a hold of "Mr. Heisman." As far as the "coaching " goes, it was dull, dumb and totally unimaginative. What ever hap pened to the halfback option pass?, the tricky stunts. on kick offs? Georgia Tech laughed out loud when they saw that "40" defensive line, we didn't learn a thing from rid CU. Imnist have no opportunity to receive funding for projects, no centrally located rooms to hold seminars, and in actuality are not being accorded the same benefits given to past students. Amidst continuous statements' by administrators that the death of CU in no way implies the death of independent study they do not seem to have generated the concept either. While everyone is giving lip-service to the idea, few have progressed past that point. I doubt there would be any dissensiont among former CU students that that semester was their best for true learning and education. I doubt that there would be any dissension that it made their diploma a little bit more. I doubt that.there would be any dissension that the experience forced them to learn for themselves, rather than memorize a textbook. And I doubt there would be any dissension that the administration would do little more smile, nod, and say, "Yes, it was nice, but it was on an experimental basis." And so, the bureaucracy lives on... I...football e 0 giving up a 27 point average last year, did we? But, Coach Dietzel will beg-personnel, personnel,??! Well, as they say, It's a short trip from the Penthouse to the outhouse. Would you believe 4 and 7? HENRY ROHLING Smoking Ban TO THE EDITOR: I support USC for Implementing a responsible, Intelligent "no* smoking in the classroom,"policy. Aside from the obvious and well documented bodily harm done by smoking, smokers put cigarette burns on furniture, require ashtrays (which Increases the cleaning bill) rarely use ashtrays when they are provided (look around the Russell House), and generally annoy everyone else with their smoke and smell. Having a smokers' section in classrooms is irrelevant for unlike a commercial airplane, the air in a classroom is not continuously circulated and the roomwnuld soon be smoke filled. ROLLIIN REEDERu