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"Letter*" continued from page 2, SCC Pro 'Essen TO THE EDITOR: I Two weeks ago a letter appeared in the Gamecock in which an angry USC student vented his feelings against the South Carolina College honors program. Our honors class in German (SCC165) was greatly amused by this letter, but also disturbed. The class wondered if perhaps people knew more of what the honors program does, then they would not jump so quickly to criticize it. Our class happened to be studying a selection of Albert Einstein's that seemed to sum up the philosophy of SCC quite well. We ask that you print it as a public service: "It is not enough to v educate a person in one special field. That creates a IQpflll maphino hut nr?f a complete person. It is im?; portant that one develop a good sense of what is worth striving for. One must develop a feeling for beauty and morality. Otherwise, l with only specialized > knowledge, he would resemble a well-trained dog rather than a harmoniously developed person. He must ? i?i 1. ? | iccu u iu unuei autnu men s I motives, illusions, and ^t/) * * * * f*T * * r * I * IL * * * * If vou hav ti ' Student Loan * (NSL) or a H | (HPL) from I * SUMMER or 2 attend one | FERENCES sc\ * the conference * obligations un * have an oppoi * may have rega ^ October 11 * October 13 # * * * * 4f? * Failure to $ future loans. * ^sftjfesgc^sfuM'slesfejMcjfi grams MM 17901" sufferings, to acquire the correct attitude toward individual men and society. THESE VALUES are not conveyed to the younger generation through textbooks (at least not entirely), but rather through personal contact with their teachers. This is the essence of culture. This is what I have' in mind when I rwnmmpnH the humanities as being essential, not simply the tedious study of history and philosophy. Overemphasizing competition and early specialization for the purpose of direct application kills the spirit which determines all cultural life, and with it, the success of special disciplines as well. <1 1 l ~e a uc ucvciupiiiciu ui independent critical thinking is essential to a worthwhile education. This is endangered by the burden of too much material (point system). Overburdening causes superficiality and lack of culture. The teaching should be such that the presentation is a valuable gift instead of a tedious duty." SCC 165 INSTRUCTOR i^w ^vi ATTENTION 1IDFNT I HAi BORROWERS e received a Na fninsn m. ircinrv ^ 1MI VII 1^ ealth Professions JSC for the FIRS FALL, you are F of the BORRO\ leduled below. Tl : is to explain yo der the programs. tunity to ask any rding your loan. !, 14,15, 29 7:0i , 15,16,29 3:1 Gambrell Kali Room 153 attend a conference will Smart' TO THE EDITOR: Although I may have disagreed with many decisions that the administration has made during the time I have been a USC student, I have never bothered to voice my opinion before. But due to the fact that my own self-interest has been affected by the incompetent decisions made by the part of our administration known as Residential Life and those made in particular by one person named Jim Smart, I think it is high time I stood up for my rights and those of my fellow Bates House mfiiHontc Aftar roaHino tht? October 9th issue of the Gamecock in which Jim Smart expressed his ignorant viewpoint of the situation at Bates House, I felt that it was necessary to get the student viewpoint printed. The issue of concern is hall parties at Bates House. Hall parties at Bates House were made illegal by a formal or .i? i i A * niiui uicti iuic iasi spi iu^. fti. this point students were not very upset, because students in a group effort just got together and threw large private sponsored parties. Thus, Jim Smart, hall parties did not end at Bates House, they just changed form. No one ever lost interest in having large social gatherings here, it was just that we found a way around this informal rule. This year # * V I * * * * * ] * I tionai Direct * Student Loan * student Loan * , .. # l I 11Mb this * EQUIRED to | /ER'S CON- | e purpose of |j: jr rights and $ You will also & questions you * >-8:00 PM 2 04:30PM * result in denial of | s Policies Jim truly did get smart, and he made it illegal for anyone to have a private sponsored party with more than fifteen people. These new rules are currently responsible for the destruction of most of the social life within Bates House. IN THE beginning of the year, all Bates House residents were informed at their hall meetings by their hall advisors that there would be no hall parties at Bates House this year under any circumstances. Now Jim Smart has the audacity to come forth and say it was just an informal rule. I do not see where Jim Smart is coming from when he draws a distinction between formal and informal rules, especially since there have been police on at least three different occasions enforcing this informal rule of his. The next time the police are called in here to enforce his informal regulation, it's more likely there are going to be some informal arrests. A further point that needs to be cleared up is that Residential Life claims that as a result of a hall party that was held on 10th floor Bwing, the carpet was destroyed by beer spills and walls were damaged. They never would consider mentioning that destruction of that carpet might have been the result of their own negligence. There was a leak in the ceiling that would run STUDEI^ Your Student Gover tomorrow, Oct. 16. Gov I Oct. 24 I Tickets are $L50 a I Office. Tickets will not Ill, ....HI Called Un down the walls and after a strung ram wuuiu buuicuiuco flood half the corridor, yet this leak existed all last year and was finally fixed this semester. -The thing that bothers me the most is that I have heard that the petition has been declared null and void. I do not care about that paper that was added. The petition is not a legal document, it was just meant to show that the people of Bates House were for hall parties. (There were 450 names on that petition.) Jim Smart rejects this as being a "full scale project" and believes peer pressure was the only factor that made -?? a |jcu^ic aigu uic [wiiuuii. n little common sense would tell Jim Smart that students do not choose to live in Bates House and pay more money than any other dorm so they can study on weekends and become celibates. In my opinion Jim Smart's behavior here can be termed infantile at best. Instead of protesting the validity of the petition, Residential Life should sponsor a referendum on the issue. r- ? I \ /vji 7 o mmmmmmkwmammmmmmmmmmmmmm 4T GOVER _Voice Your Opinion _ Gold Tag Day nment Senators will be we; it ii yuu nave any ernment tell your representa Writers We need you to help write the New Students "Orientation Guide to Student Government" call or sign up in the Student Government Office 7-2654 ni'TAOCDCCCT vrv I VOLBM LJ B _ i the Wade Hampton Ballroo nd are on sale now in the t be sold at the door. Wine and Beer will be Sold njoy Delicious German Fo< -1 r wise JIM SMART, you have not stopped the social activity of residents at Bates House, but by your negligence in choosing not to deal with the situation, you have moved the focus of social life to Dundee's. Maybe when a freshman drives his car up a tree on the way home from ^ Dundee's, Mr. Smart will choose to try and work and make hall parties more acceptable instead of outlawing them all together. At this time I would like to propose, that since Jim is forcing students to look off campus for their social needs, he be assigned the job of informing parents of ? rei ? : -l 1 uttuit acviuciu victims involving Bates House & residents on weekends. If Jim Smart finds himself unable to deal with the situations of college life, perhaps he should seek employment elsewhere, like a private elementary school, where his rules and ideals seem best suited for. MICHAEL MOHAN Biology Sophomore y / I * x . NMENT Oi> irinc Gold Name Taos w ~ O" r. tions for the Student tive. | U ~~ 6:00 PM m Student Government