Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS ^OOOOOOOBOOOOOBBOOOOOCI THE REPLY A iniihrr of readers hare said, **1 can't wait to see your reply to Gordon Leslie's letter.'* Prepare yourself for a disap pointment. My first thought, also, was a reply, until I had a chance during the weekend to sit down and really read Mr. Leslie’s letter. It was then that I rea lized there was nothing to winch I could reply, simply because Mr. Leslie said nothing that was worth replying to—or al most nothing. I will merely make the statement that in my coimmL I <fid NOT lower the coaching staff to unmeasured depths”, nor did I insult any one and I challenge Mr. Leslie to show me where he believes I (fid. Aside from that the letter was simply an emotional out burst. I’m quite sure that Gor don did not mean many of the things he said. 1 believe that if he had just held on to that letter for a few days he would never have brought it in with the obvious intent that it be publ&ied Since I published one letter "con", this week there is being published one "pro" and I hope we can let the matter drop at that PLIGHT OF POLICE The National Observer, the national weekly newspaper pu blished by Dow Jones k Co , is one of the few newspapers left which features individual— not wire service—reporting. It reports on a variety of, srf>- jects and its reviews, features and news stories are well writ ten It probes deep into major news stories, where the wire services only pick up and re port sensational headlines. It also tends to be slightly more conservative th_*n most maior daily newspapers of the coun try ... The lead editorial in the Ja nuary 25th issue (rf The Na tional Observer was based on the strike of New York police men: however, the message it carries is true thrcnghoit the country and I think worthy of the time it takes you to read fL Leaving out the preliminary remarks about the strike, the editorial cootimies "For many years now. the peace officer has been the tar ges o? massive high-toned and low-toned vilification. Militants of every stnpe have taken to the streets in the past decade and because it is the job of the pohce to preserv e civil or der. the pribBaty-gciic rating -confrontations inevitably found police functic&mg as guardians and even as symbols of the establishment "Policemen are called fuzz' by the fuzziest radicals. They are called pigs by some of the sloppiest ©inkers ever to preach rev olution. Some policemen are cooOy assassinated simply be cause they wear the imaform. Many others are assailed with bricks, broken bottles, and bags of fifth. And whenever they re taliate with their batons, they are immediately accused of •police brutality.’ "The prestige and confidence of polrrmrn have fallen to low hired to protect die public, faired to risk their hves as a matter of f OOtiDC. who find mm pam 2) VoL 34—No. 41 Newberry, S. C. 29108, January 28, 1971 $3 PER YEAR NEW^KRY COLLEGE STUDENTS on a Mexican Safari during the College’s January Interim found ample time for studying and sightseeing during their month-long Mexican study; the group un der the direction of Dr. Albert Mature, head of the department of modern lan guages, will leave Mexico City for New berry on Friday, January 29. The travel ers are. from left, Constance Lorenz, Erie, Pa.; Jane Pay'singer, Newberry", Ralph Hutto, West Columbia; Deborah Partain, Newberry; Dean Nelson, Columbia; Jack Culclasure, Columbia; Ellen Altman, New berry' ; Gail McGarrigan, Haddonfield, New Jersey; Dewey Freeman, Greenville; and their Mexican guide. COLLEGE CALENDAR Newberry College students win vacate the campus today, Thursday, after they finish their fianl examinations for the se cond January Interim period; they will return February 5 and 6 for registration for the spring semester and begin clas ses February 8 Because the students are on vacation, there will be little activity on the campus; how ever. the National Teachers Examination will be given on campus Saturday. January 30. attracting students and teachers from the area The only public event sche duled on campus during the va cation break is the ground breaking for the new musk building at 4 pm. Friday. Ja nuary' 29. at me site of the new buiidmg north of Dr. and Mrs A.G.D. Wiles' home Followers of the Newberry College Indians will need to tra vel to see the squad in action: the four scheduled games are all away The road trip begins at Lan der m Greenwood on Friday, January 29. moves to the Col lege of Charleston m Charles ton on Saturday, January 31, then to Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, X. C. on Monday, February 1; and finally to Ca tawba College in Salisbury, X. C. on Wetfciesday, Feb. 3. The next home game will be Sa turday, February 6, against Elon College. There will be no Sunday ser vices in the AGD. Wiles Cha pel until Sunday, February 14. Music building groundbreaking set for Friday The groundbreaking cere- mom for the new $800,000 Mu sic Building on the Newberry Ccflege campus has been set for 4 p.m. Friday, January 29, according to Dr. A G.D. Wiles, president of the College. The new unit, which will be built north of the President's home, received the green light at the May. 1970, meeting of the College's Board of Trustees when it directed the Columbia architectural firm of Drafts and Jumper to proceed with the detailed drawings of the music unit. At the December meeting of the Board, bask plans for the building were revised to keep the costs in line with the con tractor's bid The major change involved the moving of the lo cation to the present site ra ther than opposite Wiles Cha pel. The new location will al low' the basement of the struc ture to be eliminated. "Although the location has been moved/’ Dr. Wiles said, "the bask construction pattern still calls for the same de sign of four hexagon-shaped sections which will contain a recital hall, a band room, stu dios. practice rooms, and fa culty offices. The present home of the Music Department was built in 1987 although the musicians have used it only since 1980. It was origmaily used as the home for the College’s presi dent, but it has also been used for faculty homing and a board ing haft. The new unit is a re sult of a drive by the College’s Alumni Association and the 1969 Second Century Campaigfi to All-State Bands to include five Newberrians The South Carolina All-State Band Clink will be held at Fur man University, Greenville, Fri day, Saturday and Sunday, Ja nuary 29. 30 and 31. The best instrumentalists in the state, as chosen by audi tion. will form three bands: the Senior All-State, the Alter nate All-State or Clinic Band, and the Junior All-State Band. Students for the Senior Bands were chosen from grades 10-12 and participants in the Junior Band are from the 9th grade and below. Three prominent out-of State University band directors will be on hand to work with the groups and will direct the con cert to be given Sunday after noon at 2 p m in McAlister Auditorium on the Furman Campus Chosen for the bands from Newberry High School are Don na Shealy. clarinet; Steve Brad ley. alto clarinet; Claire Ave- disian. contra-bass clarinet; Danny Hazel, cornet; and Co nn Sanders French Horn. GETS DEGREE FROM LSU William Edward Coleman, sor. of Mr. and .Mrs. C. D. 1 Pete i Coleman of this city, was among the 950 students awarded diplomas at I^imsiana State University’s winter com mencement exercises in Baton Route January 23. raise funds. Die Triangle Construction Company of Greenville, is the general contractor for the build ing Superintendent re-elected by County Board Ralph Watkins was re-elected by the County Board of Edu cation to serve another year as superintendent of Schools in Newberry County. The action took place at the January meet ing of the Board, held Tues day night. Among other decisions of in terest by the Board was that to allow female teachers to wear pants suits to work, so long as the suits were coordi nated and in professional good taste. The action was taken on a recommendation made by principals to the superintendent. Dates for commencement ser vices at the county high schools were set as follows: Newberry High. May 24; Mid-Carolina High, May 25 and Whitmire High. May 26 A recommenda tion by high school principals to discontinue baccalaureate services was taken under ad visement by the Board. * A committee from the Ame rican Legion appeared before the Board to request the use of the Newberry High School athletic bus during American Legion summer baseball sea son. The board said that it would study the request and make a report at its next meet ing Gerald Mount, school finan cial director, reported that plans are proceeding for mov ing cars on what is now termed the "freshman parking lot” at Newberry High The property belongs to the city, which plans to install a "putt-putt” golf course in the location. Mount said that other parking will be made available for the cars. Supt Watkins reminded the Board of a meeting of the S.C. Association of School Boards in Columbia on F ebruary 9, and urged members to attend. He also reported on a conference which he and Hubert Beden- baugh. director of instruction, had held with Dr. Cecil John son, head of the department of Vocational Education in the State Department of Education. The conference was held in an effort to secure funds to up grade vocational education in the county. Dr Johnson and one of his staff members will visit schools in the county on February 2. Supt. Watkins reported that workshops were set for Wednes day and Thursday of this week for school principals and ja nitors. The workshops are be ing conducted by Fred A Moeh- lenbroch, vocational consultant with the State Department of Education with a view to better housekeeping and upkeep of the schools. The superintendent also re ported that Dtle I funds have been received to employ 12 ad ditional aides. This brings to 52 the number authorized in the county schools. 2)