The Tiger Vol. LX No. 29
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SC UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CLE?-"SON ■cp'S' SOUTH CAROLINA ROOM Father Fisher Honors, Awards Father James Fisher speaks For a list of Tiger dubious on conflicting views of a uni- honors and awards, see page versity. Story on page 3. 2. An AlhAmerican College Newspaper APR 2 1 1967 Volume LX Clemson, S. C, Friday, April 21, 1967 Number 29 Student Senate Passes Speaker's Bureau Bill In Amended Form By BILL RHODES pation in what can be quite a members are to solicit suggest- head of the English Depart- the responsibility of recom- Tiger Staff Writer touchy subject today." ions and recommendations ment, the professor in charge of mending to the Fine Arts Com- The Speakers Bureau Bill from the students. debate and drama, the Presi- mittee outside drama groups to was passed in amended form "OBVIOUSLY, there have dent of the Clemson Players, be presented on campus. The for the third time by the Stu- been re-adjustments in the pro- A DRAMA BOARD is also to and three representatives ap- Board will also be responsible dent Senate this past Monday posals of the Senate since its be established as a sub-commit- pointed by the Vice-President for the promotion and coordi- night This bill provides for a original bill last year, but the tee of the Fine Arts Committee. for Student Affairs. nation of student drama "program of timely and pro- criterion established by this This Board will consist of the The Drama Board will have groups. vocative speakers as befits a final bill is one which is most university academic communi- satisfactory and demonstrates ty." that our administration has In its third form, the bill Is a thought through the many compromise between what the questions involved and will Webb Charges CIA Has bill formerly read and the rec- stand for a mature presentation ommendations and amend- of issues and personalities on ments requested by the Office campus." of Student Affairs. Dean Walter Matthew continued, "How the Abandoned American Ideal Cox has already agreed to sign proposal is carried through the bill in Its amended form. By JOHN DAVEY "In i952, the CIA decided CIA wants to make sure that Finals Frustration and the criterion applied now Tiger Staff Writer that America was not using its the United States will come out remains to be seen. Perhaps ESTABLISHED as a sub- "It seems that the United private voluntary organiza- on top no matter what hap- by the second semester of next tions to the greatest degree. It pens. " committee of the Fine Arts Com- year Clemson will be able to States of America has become mittee is the Speakers Bureau. a different country than the one decided to use these organiza- provide a symposium such as tions in its fight against Com- "THE MOST upsetting thing Students Dissatisfied This Bureau will be responsible those at U. N. C, Vanderbilt, which started in 1776," Lee Webb said in a speech last Tues- munism. Student leaders were about the whole affair is the for the "approval and coordi- Alabama, and Florida. We cer- fact that the students involved nation of requests by student day. "At its inception, America inducted into the CIA organi- tainly need such emphasis in stood as a banner of revolution. zation." were not at all apologetic about organizations to present speak- our educational program." their involvement with the With C-House Service ers to the public in University People in Europe were perse- "The National Student Asso- The Speakers Bureau will cuted for speaking of America ciation was founded by a group CIA," he said. "They could feel "Only until I accidentally pleased with the co-operation faculties." consist of six members: three' this way after 15 years of lies By HARRY TINSLEY Funds for the Bureau will or independence." of American students who Editor-in-Chief mentioned the names of im- on the administrative level, but students appointed by the Presi- "Today," Mr. Webb said, wanted an organization which* and secret meetings." portant people in the admin- from there on down, this was come from Student Activities dent of the Student Body and "There are two main criti- Clemson students Paul Mor- fees. "things are different. The des- would represent the students of ris and Ernie Stallworth ex- istration, community, and reg- not present." three faculty members elected potic rulers of some Latin the United States to the world." cisms of the CIA today. The pressed dissatisfaction with ser- ular customers of the Clemson Morris concluded, "If this by the Faculty Senate. American and Asian countries "International student poli- first one is of the tactics and House did the attitude of the hotel carries on in the estab- When selecting a speaker, the means the Central Intelligence vice rendered by the Clemson Speakers Bureau must follow a love America. They know that tics is a fraud," Mr. Webb said. House on Junior-Senior week- staff change." lished tradition of the fine The Speakers Bureau Bill "There is no positive program. Agency uses to advance Amer- criterion which reads: "Thestu- was originally passed by last it will help them crush any rev- end in a recent Tiger interview. hotels, then the whole staff must olution that threatens them." International student politics is ican policy. Many ideals and MORRIS said that the Chron- change their attitudes toward dents of Clemson University year's Senate. This year, the "I got the impression there and the speakers invited by just another arm of cold war values honored by Americans was a different method of handl- icle staff had a party at the students entirely." Senate again passed the bill policy." have been left by the wayside." * * * recognized organizations of the and passed it for a third time MR. WEBB, a summa cum ing students by their attitude Holiday Inn in Anderson re- laude graduate of Boston Uni- Mr. Webb then said, "From "The second criticism is cently and received the utmost IN A SEPARATE interview same shall be free to say on the with amendments. Administra- and treatment of us," said Mor- University campus such things versity, was on a speaking tour the beginning, the NSA was more important. Why should ris, editor of the Chronicle. in service. with former Tiger Editor Ernie tive approval by the Office of active in international student America consider itself the po- as may be said by any citizen Student Affairs has been de- sponsored by the Southern Stu- Morris stated that Mr. A. L. "But at Clemson," said Mor- Stallowrth a dissatisfaction dent Organizing Committee. politics." liceman of the world? What ris, "we received second-rate with service and co-operation of the United States in any pub- layed for over a year. Silver, who is in charge of the lic place." His speech on the Clemson "Working for the NSA is not a moral or legal right does the 'kitchen, acted in a condescend- treatment from the Clemson by the Clemson House staff was The bill also provides for stu- campus was jointly sponsored short term voluntary duty. It is CIA have to shape American ing manner toward him. House solely because we were expressed. dent representation on the Fine by the Wesley Foundation and only the start of a career. The policy?" students." "There was co-operation The appearance of any speaker on campus must not be Arts Committee and the promo- the Newman Student Associa- students involved in the NSA "Although the party was a "Our requests were extremely from everyone on all levels un- tion. usually move on to careers in reasonable and in order—no til our reception began. After allowed to interfere with aea- tion and coordination of drama private party, Mr. Silver insist- demic functions. productions on campus. politics." ed that since I was a student the more than anyone would expect that, prompt and courteous ser- Father James Fisher, while vice was not evident," Stall- Senate President John Matt- According to the bill, three party wasastudentparty,"said at any other fine hotel," said student members are to be an- introducing Mr. Webb, stated, "Usually there are only a few Morris, "but for students who worth said. hew said, "Agreement on estab- Morris. lishing a Speakers Bureau nually appointed to the Fine "We welcome Mr. Webb to people on each campus that are transient and use the Clem- " The basic problem was in the Clemson, but we must stress that even know about the NSA. This hired services such as the cater- speaks well for the maturity of Arts Committee. Appointments "I clearly stated to the man- son House very little, they were will be made by the President the Wesley Foundation and the was one of the reasons that the very hesitant in serving us. It ers, which we were told we had Clemson and the workability of agement that my party was not our system of student partici- of the Student Body. These Newman Student Association relationship between the CIA a Chronicle function and that seemed that serving us was a to use. There seemed to be no do not necessarily support what and the NSA could be kept two other students were giving bother." problems on the upper levels." Mr. Webb might say." secret so long." the party with me. "I might restate that I was Speights Suggests "You would think that a ser- Mr. Webb said that the CIA "The CIA has the policy to vice paid for in a large hotel was started in 1945 at the out- encourage both right and left would be a service courteously set of the Cold War.