Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Omicron I Fraternity By BILL ROUTH Following the completion of one of its most successful years ir benefiting the university campus Omicron Delta Kappa, nationa] honorary leadership fraternity has begun work on several projects that will highlight next year's activities. Among plans for next year are completing a survey on clean-up problems, which will include plac ing of waste baskets on the cam pus; the publication of a booklet containing informal sketches of the faculty; the completion of a second ODK Circle, adjoining the present one at the center of which will be a memorial plaque honor. ing the World War II dead; and the publication of a booklet con taining the full constitutions of all important student body organiza tions. In addition, the plan to have the band play for spring concerts or Delta Kap 's Projects the campus, which proved imprac tical this year, will be carried out next spring. During the past school year, Chi Circle has undertaken, through its project committee, to institute a program to build up the local Circle following the war years. Principal among these projects completed was the first annual University Awards Day, held May 11, which coordinated the presen tation of all university awards and prizes. At this first Awards Day was inaugurated the presentation of two prizes by ODK, the ODK Scholarship Key, to be presented each year to the student making the highest grade on the Graduate Records Exam, and the ODK Scholarship Cup, to be presented each year to the social fraternity attaining the highest scholastic average for the academic year from February 1 to February 1, ..... ..... ..... ~ NO ... ...... ( FROM ASER I1 thi and I like and they'i "Nobo tobacco the Looks like %%.. .. .. . wa Lists Spi For Fall So which fraternity will own perma nent possession of the cup by win ning it for four successive years. Plans were also completed for two semi-annual Leadership Days, sponsored jointly by the three leadership organizations of the campus, ODK, Blue Key, and AKG, at which time each or ganization will hold its tapping ceremonies. Designed to create student recognition of outstand ing qualities of leadership on the campus, these days will be held on the first Tuesday in December and first Tuesday in April of each school year. Following initial efforts by ODK, an Endowment Study Com mittee, composed of five students and 12 faculty members, was cre ated to make a survey of all uni versity income over and above the 1 appropriations and fees, and after I studying the comparative endow- , ment plans of other schools, pro- i . . ... . I LIKE N' -THE' ...BECAUS Y...I smoke Ches IES OF STATEMENTS By PROMINENT 1k Chesterfield is a good-amo them. They have a good, ripe e mild. dy pays a higher price to get ran Chester field. They buy swee a gold dollar in the barn." ing Work; !mester pose a general and comprehensive endowment plan for the univer sity. Omicron Delta Kappa also made a survey, covering a period of a year and a half and the outcome Df this report was the Circle's recommendation for a full-time Director of Student Activities, which is now under consideration by the administration. A survey was made of local professional fraternities, concern ng the possibility of their affilia ,ion with a national organization )f*the same type. Finally, ODK proposed a uni 'orm method of nominating the >utstanding students of the uni rersity, through a joint student .aculty committee, made. up of ight students and six faculty nembers. This plan is now in the iands of the Director of Student kctivities for consideration and tction. CHESTERFIELDS ('RE MY BRAND IE THEY'RE MILD.'' STARRING IN "SAIGON" A PARAMOUNT PICTURE terlldl. TOBACCO FARMERS) kcing cigarette -tobacco taste good-smoking i, ripe tobacco. Palmer McArthur, retiring presideri urned over the Student Council gav valt, during the University Awards veek. (USC News Photo by Stan Lo Gamecock Housed In New Quarters Behind McKissick THE GAMECOCK has moved its offices to the new publications building behind McKissick library )n the main campus. The newspaper occupies the torth end of the building, with affices for the edfirtr, un'a manager and news staff. The xarnet and Black, Carolina year book, and The Carolina Review, itudent literary magazine, are to e housed in the saie bulduing, but will not move in until the fall ;emester. THE GAMECOCK was for-1 merly located in the east base ment of Simi dormitory with thi rarnet and Black. Plans are being made to use this space for a launderette service for coeds. The newspaper telephone ex tension has been changed from 4 to 193. il JEFFERSON'S ROUGH DRAFT -. . Prker~5C. h S a d C p d *I t of the student body, formally 4 to his successor, Bobby Sum Day held on the horseshoe last wis). 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