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RatedRte ALL-AMERICAN ALL-AMERICAN By B Associated Collegiate Press Associated Collegiate Press UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVIII, No. 13 Columbia, South Carolina, December 1, 1967 Founded 1908 ODK Banquei Russe11 To Prei Federal district judge Donald S. Russell, former governor of South Carolina, United States Sen ator and president of USC, will speak M o n d a y at the Omicron - elta Kappa Presidents' Banquet. The banquet, whose purpose is to honor presidents of campus or ganizations, will be at 8 p.m. in the C a m p u s Room of Capstone House. Judge Russell, a native of Mis sissippi, received the Bachelor of Arts degree from USC in 1925 and the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1928. He was a charter member of Chi Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa in 1927. He also is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1930 he became a law partner of James F. Byrnes. Judge Russell practiced law until 1942 when he went to Washington to serve with the War Department. He served as a major in the Army in Europe until 1945, when he became assistant secretary of state for administration. lie went back to law practice in 1947. He served as president of the University from 1951 to 1957. He became governor of South Carolina in 1962 and in April, 1965, was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen. 0 1 i n D. Johnston. In 1966 he was appoi,ted a fed eral district judge and now reside5 in Spartanburg. He is a member of the Boards of Trustees of Converse College it Spartanhurg and Emory Univer sity in Atlanta. Gamecoci All-Ameni The Gamnecock has been awardei the Associated Collegiate Press All American honor rating for the thir coneseutive semester. Tle ranking, based on sprin 1967 issues, places the newspape anmong top collegiate publications i the United States. By definition of ACP judges, Al American, is "a superior rating, rC servedl for the topl publicationis." IAlitor-in-chief of the award-wii ning issues was Dick Elliott, no0 administrative assistant to Universii P'resident Trhomias F. Jones and Wformer aide to South Carolina Co gressnuml W'illiam Jenmings Hrya D)orn. How Th ird in a Series By SAILY ZALKIN A.sst. Managing Faitor "I'm sorry, but we're not 1 ing that book back this mlester."' "But it's brandi new. I l $10 for it just four months a; Sound familiar? In less iI two nmonths, it will be bo 54ellg time again. Will y hear this story on your hool Why do0 you get back half-price for your books? I much profit is there for Campus Book Store in the u book business? And why did your new chology boo0k cost $10 in first place? How much I did the Campus Shop mak< that one? New books in the Camij BokSonar oda Speaks idents .~.1 Politicians Governor of the State Student Legisla ture, John Ellenberg (center) confers with his Lt.-Governor Bill McDougall (left) and Speaker of the house Ray Chandler. Ellenherg, a student at Clemson University Winter Week( Concert, Forn The S t u (I e n t Union Winter The Studen Weekend beginning Dec. 8 will fea- its W i n t e r ture a concert, Christmat decora- with a free tions and the formal Winter Ball. Auditorium F: ________ _- - Tickets to t Allthe Buckingh. w~arued at the Russel Desk and will of the concei R USC persons The Glenn under the <ir Franco, will 1 the Winter Bh to the formal to everyone, T the Russell H tie formal wil tional Guard Road, which r Display )esig Activities o. a Christmas Reflecting Po ' "will be decora and will float pool. The sh' pool will also Student Unio T he Hlospit p)rovidle refre te nding the SClaus waill dis u n mas caroling tion by D)r. Elliott University chi ~re Book I liaher's suggested list price, ace- p)roduction cording to Mainger William per cent he' Rorie. This price represents a 'lhe stol miarkup of 20 per cenit, which, centis of tI iy- IHorie says, barely covers and1( Reynki(l se- frequently doe)5s niot cover the goes for cost of operationis. for salaries id Tlhe average hardback text- light; and1( o." hook sells for $8 to $10, with one laneous ex p'lricedl as high as $23I. If the The Can . markup is only '20 per cent, why freight on ou are the prices so high? lem, Rorie ? Russell Reynolds, National turns. Mosi nly Association of College Stores per~ cent ret ow (NACS) general manager, says that if th the that the production costs must he ordlers, a ed- considleredl. According to Reyn- up). For thi olds1, 25 cents of the publisher's book infort sy- dlollar is for printing andl bind- portant. the ing. Fifteen cents goes to the The C a ofit author. Other costs include 10 policy (on u on cents for office and general ex- buying hoi pense; eight cents, selling ex- dents for a p)enses and sample copies; (eight price they i .-cets emitiorial and g e n e' r a I hooks for StudeI Over .1' Staff Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Qallowa) Of The Hour was elected at last year's session to lead the students of the state in their mock take-over of the South Carolina state government. McI)ougall is a USC student and Chandler is from The Citadel. id To Feature ial Winter Bali t Union will begin tation by the Oratorio Chorus. Weekend celebration The Student U n i o n will als oncert at Township decorate the Russell House and wi riday, Dec. 8. p 1 a c e a Christmas tree in th he concert, featuring lobby. ns, may be reserved The Special Events committe House Information w i11 sponsor the second annut be picked up the day dorm decoration competition wit ,t. Tickets for non- the winner being chosen Dec. 1 cost $1.50 each. The winner will receive the "r( M i 1 1 e r orchestra, volving" trophy currently held b ection of Buddy De- South Tower. Any dorm winnin rovide the music for the trophy three consecutive yea ill Saturday. Tickets will retain possession permanentl ball, which is free ay be picked up at use D)esk. The black I be held in the Na-Chorus Armory on Bluff dcaill be tecorated bRyuTo Be Ind ris of Charlotte, N. C. Sunday will include A mixture of modlern andl trad tree lighting at the tional Christmas music will be pr ) at 6 p.m. The tree sented by seven choirs and USC tew by Student Union band and orchestra at the Chris in te cnte ofthe winnersi Feivg chse)ec. 1 ality Committeene will wtthUnvre ce ho r shinets toth ~ voat- ng thUnrsty curatorio hl lightigand Sbouth diree Ay rpdraznni tribte an(y. hrit he Uniophy t Syoncv yea wil folo aninoca willretain byossesion pritane ben hel in uthae r,wlNa-fr h irtocet alli,ad rsn Ubr S leihB ands y ro riedcaes Dete Sund axes anlinl d sligue bosi o .eteoregt 20 cuthe didlrces iny the center of the cnlto o h ok' 2.4besrtarond the no poi,th to beildecoaedb th e d ok hmnnwbos hmentSho thyse allt- te hul hyrfs lhoks. Ondi rb Sa to u akta rn e pbisherslo allo 20nvoca ,urns. r bon e)akned "Bcuethr,ftagni ~ Bok Soreove- A mixture ofe moernand trad fici mus be tion ae Christmasems. wil e rt s raso, te fculybfnd out wrheaat toe uCd hei natin frms re i Get semestrs from our fCltyor Spu Bok tor' ECoubia,Ea Cmireio, reser,tar )ksl)ak romst- ahrizedHigh c o un il atigipa 50 pr cet o the itr tohecknivet Concert Sho pai a(l esllig h t adiscted boo Apadrice s.e 75 per ceilnperfor the fieuparprt o rchesotr it Legi State By MIKE ATTAWAY Chief Reporter Students took over the reins of state government Wednesday night as the opening joint session of the S o u t h Carolina State Student Legislature was called to order. SCSSL Gov. John Ellenherg wel comed delegates from the 13 par ticipating schools; Beaufort Ex tension, Clemson University, The Citadel, College of Charleston, Co lumbia College, Converse College, F u r m a n University, Limestone College, Newberry College, Presby terian College, USC, Winthrop Col lege and Wofford College to the tenth annual session. The student legislature was or ganized in 1957 to "present stu dent views on county, state and national issues through a mature, realistic, knowledgeable and or derly process," according to the SCSSL constitution. Following the opening joint ses sion the delegates convened for committee meetings in order to de velop and present legislative bills and resolutions on current affairs to the respective houses of the stu -ent government. Bills approved by the SCSSL will he distributed to the o f f i c e r s and legislators of South Carolina and to other par ticipating student legislatures in 15 states. Officers of the 1967 session in elude Gov. John Ellenberg of Clemson, Lt. Gov. Bill McDougall of USC, Speaker of house Ray Chandler of The Citadel, Speaker e Pro-Ten of the Senate Matt Moye of Newberry, Speaker Pro-Ten of the House David Berry of Presby e terian, Chief Justice Wayne White l of Wofford, Secretary of State h Gene Morehead of The Citadel, Attorney General June Blackwell of Winthrop and State Treasurer y Mary Tuck of Columbia College. g s The mock student government is composed of three branches on the And Choirs ule Festival i- fieff-Walters. Carols and a narration by Dr. 's Richard Uray will he followed by t- Bach-Cailliet's "Sheep May Safely Graze," p)resented by the Univer a, sity' Orchestra under the direction d( of Arthur M. Fraser. Hlandel't te "hallelujah Chorus," p)erformled by ir all the choirs and the orchestra r, will conclude the program. James Elleswort h will accompany d, on the piano and Judly H-amm or d, the harp. al The festival will be at the USC o- Field house from 8-9 p.m. mined?' selected at random and com pared retail prices with invoice prices, then recorded the sug gested retail price for used books from one of the large wholesale dealers and the price this company offers for books no longer in use here. The fol lowing represents their findings for two of the 25 books: Socei olog y -New: invoice price, $6.40; retail, $8; markup, 20 per cent. U s e d: purchase p)rice for books to be reused, $4; resale, $6; purchase price for books no longer in use, $2. English, Short Story-New: Invoice price, $3.60; retail, $3.95; miarkup, 20 per cent. Used: pusrchase price for books to be reused, $2; resale, $2.95; purchase pr-lee for books no longer in use, 50 cents. (Next week: Upstairs in the Campus Shop.) lators Goveri )rder of the actual state govern nent with executive, legislative and udicial branches. Executive offi :ers are elected by popular vote of >articipating delegates. The legislature is composed of Lwo senators from each school and >ne representative in the house for ,ach 250 students enrolled in the respective college or university. The schedule for the last two Author 1 Urban Pr Charles Abrams, recognized thority on urban renewal, spoke on "The Implications of the Ne last night. Earlier in the day Abrams s World" and "The Impact of U States," and concluded his visi Negro ghettoes in America. Abrams, the author of pio urban land problems, was nor for his articles in the New Y< and federal housing abuses member of the UN's Urban De velopment Advisory Committee and a former president of the National Committee against Discrimination in Housing. He is currently chairman of the Division of Urban Planning of Co lumbia University and director of Columbia's new Institute of Urban Enviornment. Abrams has been identified with housing and urban renewal since 1937 when, as a member of the New York City administration of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, he laid the groundwork for the laws and procedures for public housing in America. He was the author of the urbani zation chapter of the UN and was America's representative at the first annual conference of experts called by the United Nations in 1962 to examine the UN's role in urbanization. Abrams' visit to the University was sponsored by the C a m p u s Chaplains' Association in associa tion with the Department of Geog raphy and the Bureau of Urban and Regional Affairs. Basketball Season Begins Coach Frank McGuire's Fighting Ganmecock basketball team gets the 1967-68 season under way Sa t ur d ay night against Erskine in the Field House. The game with the Flying Fleet, which will begin at 8:30, will be televised by WIS-TV. For a closer look at this year's team, turn to page seven. Student Peruses Bo4 Take iment lus of the 1967 session is: Friday, Dec. 1: 8:30 a.m. Legislative Sessions in respective houses. Saturday, Dec. 2: 8:30 a.m. Legislative Sessions in the respective houses end ing in a joint session and the election of officers for the coming year. Noon - Final adjournment. isc usses oblems as America's foremost au to a group of USC students gro Ghetto for the Nation," poke on "Urbanization in the rbanization Upon the United t with the discussion of the zeer studies on housing and iinated for a Pulitzer Prize >rk Post exposing city, state ind shortcomings. He is a Sol Blatt Presents Mementoes "To be part of this University I love so much, from this day on, makes me very p r o u d," said Speaker Solomon Blatt of the S. C. House of Representatives as he presented the USC with mementoes of his more than 34 years of public service. The presentation of his chair, gavel, papers and other memora bilia was Nov. 21 in South Caro liniana Library at the University with numerous friends and asso ciates of Speaker Blatt present. USC President Thomas F. Jones accepted what he referred to as "these very cherished gifts" on be half of the University during the brief ceremony. "The University feels g r e a t honor at accepting these symbols of a great career and we are proud to be credited with the education of this great leader," added Presi dent Jones. Speaker Blatt is a graduate of the University and for 12 years was a member of its Board of Trustees. The University awarded him an honorary doctor of laws dlegree in 1962. Except for the period 1945-51, he has been Speaker of the House more than 25 years. Hie has been a member of the General Assembly since 1933. Staff Photo by Elliott Beremstola >ks . .. And Pricesj