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Friday, July 30, 1943.
EPITAPH FOR A HERO
Say that he nobly met the acid test,
For whpm the downing day was never
grim,
For loving life, he gave her of his best
And life loved him.
?Sydhey King Russell.
DUTY
In these trying times courageous men
must speak out. They must be outspoken.
They must express their honest views and
opinions without fear or favor.
Under our Bill of Rights any man can
express his convictions without fear of
political repraisals. This is as it should
be, however, such a philosophy is contrary
to many w*ho would establish a new order
in this land of free men.
Brave men, yes, righteous men, are
bringing messages of reason to our peoples
through the press each day to crush with
holy indignation all of the "isms" that are
prone to assert themselves on our government.
Cheap politicians and crafty opportunists
are profiting tfrom our patriotism
?and are being exposed to public view
by the men wielding inspired pens. Political
pressure groups are driving a wedge
of expression into the circles of government?but
are being cut off by men who
know the power of the printed word.
O! for the wisdom and mastery of
words that were Henry Grady's; for the
magnetism and brilliance that were Horace
Greeley's; for the greatness and simplicity
that were John Temple Graves';, for the
understanding and foresight that are William
Allen White's.
Lacking these we can but bring you,
in our homely fashion, that which we feel
we are due you. The truth; our honest
convictions. In this crisis we are facing
together may we reason together and may
we heed that Whic'h looks of reason rather
than that which smells of fancy.
OUR POSITION
Since The Chronicle reopened the
case of Winthrop College in last week's
issue many different reactions have come
from various quarters of the State. From
the communications that have reac'hed our
desk the reaction of ignorance to the true
situation seems to be predominant. Most
people have little or no knowledge of what
has gone on, the results of the various investigations,
nor an understanding of the
many factors that have led up to this point.
Thus, we believe that it is the duty
of the newspapers of South Carolina to
inform the taxpayers whose money supports
Winthrop College of the facts in the
case so that they may be in position to
guide their representatives to an adequate
solution of the existing troubles. Therefore,
The Chronicle assumes its responsibility
to its constituents and is presenting
to its readers the plain, unvarnished facts,
as they have come out, together with its
opinions as to what might be a reasonable
solution to the problems confronting the
College.
First, it should be brought to your attention
that various pressure groups have
been formed to influence whatever action
might be undertaken in solving these issues
that have arisen within the institution-.
This, coupled with the fact that these
troubles have existed for a long period of
time and that they have been publicly
known for over two years, and no intelligent
action has been taken to correct
them, has prompted us to take this public
action in the interest of the institution
Which seems to be the only expedient one
to bring about the harmony that should
exist.
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THE CHARGES
These facts are self evident and cannot
be denied :
1. During the administration of Dr.
D. B. Johnson, Winthrop was admitted to
the Southern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, to the Association of
American Colleges, to the American Council
of Education and was placed on the approved
list of the American Association of
Universities.
2. During the Administration of Dr.
J. P. Kinard, Winthrop alumnae were ad-,
mitted to membership in the American
Association of University Women, an
honor that 'had been sought for more than
fifteen years.
3. During the administration of Dr.
Johnson; Wintnrop was declared an A-l
College after thirty-five years otf continued
effprt to measure up to standards meriting
its being placed in this classification.
4. Wintfhrop's reputation was of
the highest type and its academic standards
universally recognized i^p to 1984 .
when a large part of the present difficulties
had their origin.
6. Since 1984 Winthrop ColUge was
inspected and REJECTED by Phi Beta
Kappa, the best known of the high scholarship
fraternities. -1 .t' 1
6. Within the last two years Winthrop
has been investigated (for bad practices
by:
The American Association of University
Professors.
American Association of University
Women.
Southern' Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools.
7. The reports of these various investigations
were very damaging to the
college and Winthrop has lost rating and
prestige as a result. She has either
been placed on probation by or dropped
Ifrom membership in these rating
bodies. The text of the investigation of
the American Association of University
Women has not beep made public but
The Chronicle is advised on good authority
that the committee conducting the investigation
recommended dismissal for Win- ,
throp College from thqt organization.
8. Student demonstrations have
taken place several times within the past
two years, revealing the discontentment
prevalent on the campus.
9. The Board olf Trustees has had
ample time to adopt corrective measures
but no such steps have been taken.
10. The trustees have known for several
months that due to the resignation of
Dr. Shelton Phelps, a new president for
Winthrop would have to be chosen. Apparently
the attitude of some of the board
members is to play a delaying game so
that they will be able to place a man of
their personal choice in that office instead
of one that has force enough to rectify the
disgraceful results of their mistakesWHERE
IS THE GUILT?
Documentary evidence that Winthrop
knew of her impending trouble well in
advance is reproduced below in the last
two paragraphs of a statement written and
circulated by a group of faculty members
who, for obvious reasons, remained anonymous.
This statement was issued on or
about May 12, 1942, and copies of it were
placed in the hands of the various trustees.
The full statement consisted of eighteen
typewritten pages.
The conclusions reached in the faculty
statement speak .for themselves:
"Today we are witnessing the failure
of autocratic administration in Winthrop
College, the evidence of such failure being
the three investigations to which the College
has been subjected this year, or more
fundamentally the conditions that called
forth those investigations. We have assurances
amounting to a practical certainty
that unless the unsatisfactory conditions
specified in this statement (in addition to
others not here considered) and speedily
rectified, Winthrop will lose all its ratings
and be dropped from the Southern Asso- ;
ciation.
"It is needless to aver that every
member of the (faculty is solicitous to redeem
our beloved college from the Unfortunate
plight into which it has been
plunged, to restore its good name in the
public esteem, and to enhance its prestige
in the future. But, deeply regretting as
we do the necessity that compels us to
make the assertion, we feel obliged to
state plainly what a large number?we believe
an overwhelming majority?of the
faculty have concluded, that there is no
hope of abolishing these evils and establishing
satisfactory conditions in the College
while the present administration is
in power. It has lost the confidence of
the (faculty, of the citizens of Rock Hill,
and, if we can believe wide-spread reports
from every quarter, of the majority of the
alumnae and the citizens of the state. The
concensus of faculty opinion is that the
present administration has proven to be
a weak and incompetent one, dominated
by two or three members of the faculty
that have wielded an undue amount of
power to their own aggrandizement, while
the faculty as a body has been ignored.
And we have strong reasons for believing
that that was also the opinion arrived at j
by the investigating committee of the
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools."
PRELUDE
In its next issue The Chronicle expects
to publish the full text of an investigation
of Winthrop College by the American
Association of University Professors.
This is authoritative documentary evidence
substantiating the charges that have been
made and directing the full light of day
on the circumstances that brought long
standing troubles to a head.
Since many people Connected with
Winthrop, as well as interested alumnae
and citizens from every quarter of South
Carolina, are requesting extra copies of the
various issues of The Chronicle containing
articles pertaining to Winthrop, we plan to
print extra copies of the next issue for such
distribution. Those residing outside our
trading area, and desiring copies, should
place their orders well in advance so that
they will be assured of getting copies Qf
this paper.
TIME TO INVESTIGATE
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The Fourth Estate
Conducted By
JNO. M. CANNON ]
I.udvlg Saxo, editor Verdens Gang,
Oslo, Norway? 1
"The press la a gigantic force that,
to a higher degree, governs the world,
its opinions and its activities. To
be a servant of this great force is a
privilege which we are happy to
possess. Thd'fVpress shall work for <
the uplifting and the enlightenment
of humanity. But with the greatness
of the task follows the greatness of
the responsibility. A splendid oppor- ^
tunity to serve our fellow-men is
given us; it is our duty to serve them t
well. Because we love our work and
venerate it we must see if anything t
is wrong, and ask how to improve
upon it. We cannot, in a short while,
change the conditions of the press,
the system, the capitalistic power, the '
dependence upon the advertisers, the
taste of the public. But what we can
do is to strengthen the claims to our
own respect for the truth." x '
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North Africa, June 16, 1943
Jno. M. Cannon, Editor.
Camden Chronicle,
Camjlen, S. C.
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I certainly enjoy your timely and i
educational editorials, especially the
ones on strikes. The fighting men
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that strike in such an international
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liar with some of the remedies suggested
here, I am Bure that they would
reconsider.
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Daring! Delicious! It's A Scandal
and a Pleasure! i
"THE PALM BEACH
STORY"
?With?
CLAUDETTE COLBERT and
JOEL McCREA
f, SATURDAY, JULY 31
Dynamite With a 8lx-Qun! i
"BORDERTOWN GUN.
FIGHTERS"
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ALSO
"G-Men Vs. Black Dragon"
8ERIAL and COMEDIE8
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All Kershaw County's Coming To
Townl
"YANKEE DOODLE
DANDY"
?With?
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COHAN
WEDNESDAY, AUG 4
"POLICE BULLETS"
With JOAN MARSH and JOHN
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THURS.-FRI., AUG. 5-6
First 8howlng Here i
' "FLYING TIGERS"
With JOHN WAYNE and JOHN
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Poets' Corner
T., ^
DO NOT JUDGE TOO HARD
Pray don't find fault with the man
who limps
Or stumbles along the road,
Unless you have worn the shoes he
wears
Or struggled beneath his load,
rhero may be tacks in his shoes that
hurt,
Though hidden away from view,
Dr the burden he bears placed on
your back
Might cause you to stumble too.
Don't sneer at the man who's down
today,
Unless you have felt the blow
rhat caused his fall, or felt the same
That only the fallen know.
Vou may bo strong, but still the
blows
That were his, If dealt to you
In the self-same way at the selfsame
time,
Might cause you to stagger too. ?
Don't be too harsh with the man
who sins.
Or pelt him with words or stones,
Unless you are sure, yea, double
sure,
That you have not sins of your own. ,
For you know, perhaps, if the tempter's
voice
Should whisper as soft to you
\s it did to him when he went
astray,
'Twould cause you to falter too.
?Author Unknown.
Red Cross Notes
Sadie K. vonTreeckow
As the weary months go by and
from the far flung battle fronts more
and more of our Kershaw county boys
are reported "misBing in action,"
"killed in line of duty" or "died in a
Japanese prison camp," and Gold
Star Mothers also increase in numbers,
as a solace and tribute we wish
to send this message to Gold Star
Mothers, written by an American Red
Cross director somewhere in North
Africa, and transcribed by Mary T.
Munford in the Red Cross Courier of
July-August, 1943:
"Today I visited the cemetery where
our boys, who died when we first
came into this country, are buried.
"I have been proud of our men and
their ability to live happily and well
on foreign soil. But yesterday my
pride and gratitude deepened when
I saw the dignity and tenderness with
which we bury them. It must surely
comfort mothers and fathers to know
that there, in a country we do not
know well, and which seems so far
away?even in death our sons are
cared for with a large measure of the
devotion and understanding they
would receive at home.
"The American burial plot is near
a well-kept French cemetery. The
beautiful blue of the sky, blue of
the sea, meet not too far away. Our
graves are in a row, marching along
together. Just as the boys did in the
long marches on the training field.
'"At the time of burial, a service
conforming to the traditions and rites
of the boy's religious faith is held.
The Chaplain sees to that. Then,
when the grave is cove/etL over, a
large well-made cross is placed af
the head. On the cross is a metal
plate bearing the name, rank, date
Thanking you for your kindness and
consideration, I am
Sincerely yours,
C. C. Jackson.
WISDOM OF
If there had ever beeu a douk* .
he rnluda of eiUaeee ef SoutVrsJ?
Ina as to the wisdom of the Ah??
mce Law, tlje repots of the
>oards of this state should for*?
Ilspel such an Illusion. Think onH
housands ^able-bodied men J?
?us to serve their country
irmy, the navy, the marine*, 0r w*
ioaet guards, who are not beta.?
owed to do so on account of tllttT
icy. Think of the millions of dol?
ve have appropriated each year ft.
he education of the masses (you
ne and everybody) and yet we u
he game of chance enter into fl
>icture and deprive the state of 2
renefits of these millions.
It Isn't the dream of a child tint
ve strive to educate every one h
s the mature Judgment of the tuti
nen through the years that W
nade us gradually appropriate mor.
ind more for educational purpose
realizing that education creates abllh
o care for one's wauts and nesA
vhile ignorance deprives a person o
tuch rightB and tends to make for m
ncreaslng number of dependents (o
>ne type or another) for the state t
:are for, It's a defensive meteeS
or the learned and the independesf
igainat a load of publicly support*
ndlgents or criminals or delinquent?
vhile at the same timo it is tto
ipark of independence for the und?
iriviloged.
But the law is not being equity
mforced In the several counties,
t left the enforcement to the count?
mperlntendents of education -instead'
>f in the hands of the Department 4
Education in Columbia. Everything
leeds a head, k staballzer, a standi*,
ilzer or an executive that will mak?
he law work the same and he *,
'orced to the same measure in every
county. This law needs a supervlw
n the Department of Education (?
inite the attendance officers into a,'
crusading band toc wipe out illiteracy
In South Carolina!. We should ia|j
;nn have the Bame literacy rating
Iowa, which is the highest In tli
nation.
Looking at what Is constantly i*:
ferred to as "post war probleai/J
education will be called upon to dal
termlne the future, not ignoranco. All
educated citizenry will meet the tyl
ture with much more surlty than 6n? J
condemned to the confusion and rail
tlcence of Ignorance. We can Uk?jl
our place along with the progrenh(l
states of this nation, If we lend rl
helping hand to the lowliest by gtaj
Ing him the foundation of an edueaj
tlon. ... .jfl
and place of death. In addition fl
the plate, one of the little "dog tagfl
he wore so long and with BO nock
grumbling is securely twl&ed Itt the
top of the cross. You Will remember p
that the tag carries with hit name,^
the name of the 'next of kin,' and
his home address.
"I had the feeling that yon v?f
there when he needed yon.
"I would like you to know that hi
Is not alone here. He is by the <M
of a friend who appreciates fullyj|
he has experienced. He is wattkffl
over by living comrades who will ?
to it that he is never lost."
A new and Caster mall rostf^J
prisoners of war in the Far East la. 1
been opened. It is emphasised AH
the use of the lightest weight
and envelopes will permit a
volume of letters to go through. fH
lng will permit more words tolfl
page and will also speed ap <w*fl
ship. Official addressing di"t*fl
should be carefully followed. ;
The Red Cross Is sending to oM
tured American prisoners a new frUj
of parcel. It Is called "Capture r?
cel." and will provide the pen**
necessities for a prisoner
taken with nothing but the clotfc??f
wears. *
Following is a list of Kershaw C*?
ty soldlevw held in enemy war**M
July 7, 1943: Barnice L. Shirley.w
of Mr. and'Mrs. Howard Shirley, roll
3, Camden; Clarence F. RiggisMJ
of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Rigging "
eree Mills, Camden; Mandal I
Threatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. **
Threatt, Wateree Mills, Camden;
James Oardner, son of Mr. and
J. O. Gardner, route 1, Lugon.
Since November 1942, 415 w
boys serving in the armed forcei
their families here in Camden n?
been assisted by the Kershaw
Chapter of the American Red.Mr
according to a statement made t
by Mrs. Mayfleld, home service a?
n*an- jn' > 1
* BE8T IN THE COUNTAV ^
The Army auxiliary patrol for"
the Plttsfield plant of Qensrai^
trie received an efficiency rM?i
88 per cent by the War DcPM^J
thQ highest of any similar police
in the country. -3
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