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Action To C Board Syste Majority An( Although action on the proposals concerning a change in the Honor system was deferred by Student Council last week, two reports from the investigating committee were presented. The majority report, submitted by Mary Stewart, Bill Hutchinson, and Ramon Schwartz, was as fol lows: "The majority of the committee to investigate the honor system which is composed of Mary Stew art, Bill Hutchinson, Ramon Sch wartz and Bill Goudelock, has reached the following: "1. That the present honor sys tem is inoperative. "2. That the primary reason for its failure is the lack of coopera tion given the present Honor Board and Council by the students. "3. That the attitude of the fac ulty in the past, and at the present, leaves much to be desired. "For this reason, the majority of the members of the committee concur on the following recommen dations: "1. That the structure of the Honor Board and Council be chang ed and a new system be inaugu rated. "2. That the new system be: "a) A judiciary committee com posed of six students chosen by the elected representatives on Student Council, whose function will be to investig4e and enforce infractions of the honor principle, under the authority delegated to the students by the university administration. The committee should choose one or more faculty or administration members to serve in an advisory capacity. "b) That the (first) vice-presi dent of the student body should serve as chairman, ex-officio. "c) That three students should be elected each term for a period of one year. Vacancies should be filled immediately for unexpired terms. No meuiber of Student Council shall be eligible for elec tion. No member of the judiciary committee shall be eligible to serve on Student Council with the excep tion of the chairman. "d) Members of this committee should be chosen only after thorough investigation by the council of character, scholastic rec ord and temperament. The investi gation should be conducted with the aid of qualified members of the faculty or administration. "e) The committee shall estab lish its own rules of procedure. "Further, the committee recom mends: "That this judiciary committee shall be charged with initiating AT THE T * NEXT Three ,-..tle Sun-~ Sat. Mela%fayride LOlABBOII s~un- ieatbeia ...n 5otOtE 95..d M@fl To eas efore the Mas~t Bria u"an' From~ TeColordo Entertainment s Health andI hange Univ m Deferred I Minority R such reforms in the honor system as it deems necessary and advis able. They should be entitled to the full support of Student Council in this and in the overall administra tion of the honor principle. "In order to facilitate the opera tion of the honor system, the com mittee suggests that the' following changes in procedure be inaugu rated: "1. A method should be provided by which a student could inform the committee of infractions with out individually bringing charges. "2. The committee should, at its discretion, warn the student of charged minor infractions. "3. That The Gamecock should be asked to publish more specific reports of the convictions by the committee, ,even to the extent of publishing names of second of fenders. "4. That The Gamecock should be asked to give publicity as to the membership of the committee and how infractions can be re ported. "5. That the judiciary committee should report to the president of the university any case involving lack of cooperation by a faculty members." The minority report, prepared by Bill Goudelock, chairman of the Honor Ioard, states: "The president of the student body asked me, as chairman of the Honor Board to serve on the stu dent council committee that is en deavoring to find a more 'workable arrangement' for our honor system and urges abolishment of our pres ent plan, in the hope that perhaps we could agree to some plan. "The committee met on January 9, and we agreed that all too few students at Carolina realize their personal responsibility in keeping the honor principle alive on our campus; that far too many stu dents have a lackadaisical attitude toward violators of the honor prin ciple and that student interest in their honor system must be greatly intensified before it can attain the perfection that the honor principle should have on ,the Carolina cam pus. "However, we disagreed on the plan for a more 'workable arrange ment.' They suggest that the mem bers of Student Council elect from the student body a committee of six persons to serve for one year as the committee to try violators of the honor principle. They propose that the first vice-president of the student hody (who must be a senior in law school) serve as chairman of this group. "I object to these proposals for the following reasons: H EA T RE S WEEK . Crisers Su-thru Sat. M4exican flayride 4ABBOI' Fr,, and 5at. The angers Fri, an Sat. Bilack 111113 Fri. and Sat. H anndnSat. !rsity Honor By Council; eports Heard "The chairman of a group com posed of academic students trying persons who violate the honor prin ciple while in academic school should not be from the law school, which is entirely separate frot the academic school. "A senior -in law school would logically conduct trials along lines of legal procedure and could turn cases into mock trials which would inevitably bring about disrepute. "The Honor Council and the Stu dent Council could both function more efficiently as entirely sep arate bodies, therefore, it would be a mistake to put the Honor Council under the Student Council's super vision. "I believe the committee of Stu dent Council would sincerely like to help our honor system receive more support than it has at the present time, but I believe they would also like to see Student Council given more power. I would also, but supervision of the Honor Council is not the answer. "Under our present system, there are from 14 to 24 members of the Honor Board, chosen by this ap proximate ratio: "6 senior men; 3 senior women "6 junior men; 8 junior women "4 sophomore men; 2 sophomore women "This group sets the policy of the Honor Board, talks t6 orienta tion classes on the honor principle, etc., and elects from its body an Honor Council in this ratio: "3 senior men; 1 senior woman "1 junior man; 1 junior woman "The Honor Council tries all vio lators of the honor principle. "When new members are elected by the Honor Board, not only is the character, leadership, integrity and judgment of the prospective members studied, but other factors as well. For example, non-fratern ity men outnumber fraternity men more than two to one on the board and three to one on the Council. "If a change is to be made in our present system, this is what we suggest: When vacancies occur on the Honor Board, have the Honor Board nominate and in vetstigate prospective members; but, submit twice the number as there are vacancies on the Board to Student Council or student body for their choice. "While there may be imperfec tions in our present system, I be lieve it to be far superior to the plan proposed at present by the majority of the Student Council committee. I do not believe that the Honor Council should be under the control of Student Council, as is advocated by the committee ma jority. "It is the earnest desire of the Honor Board to see more student participation and interest in the honor principle on our campus. Any suggestions toward this end will be welcomed by the Honor Board. "It is only through the interest and support of each and every stu dent at Carolina that the honor principle can achieve its highest purpose." MARCH OF DIME JANUARY 14-31 Enjoy Wilson Owens' Delicious Ice Cream at Your Canteen. Enjoy Wilson Owens' Delicious Punch At Your Parties CALL 3170 - 3179 1005 MAINMST. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Allen and s( vet apartment, one of many in thi Carovet play school. Mr. Allen is YMCA Officers To Be Nominated Bell Announces Nominations for YM-YWCA of ficers for 1949 were announced this week by R. G. Bell, director. Questionnaires will be mailed to all students of the YM-YWCA this week to be filled out and returned to Flinn Hall. Bell said only students above sophomore level will be considered for the offices. Officers will be elected for president, vice-presi dent, secretary, treasurer, two stu dent members of the board of di rectors, three faculty members and one alumni member. A five-man nominations com mittee is expected to bring in a complete list of nominations for the offices in the laRt week of Feb ruary. Charles Gasque is chair man of the committee. Bell announced the YM-YWCA cleared $500 from the All-Ameri.. can Red Heads-All Stars basketball game played here last week. The proceeds will be used for the pur chase of kitchen and dining room utilities at the Y camp. Tentative plans were announced for a baseball game in the Colum bia league around May 1, spon sored by the YM-YWCA. A simi lar game was sponsored last year, netting approximately $'700 for the Y camp. Journalism Club Elects Of ficers. For Spring Term Phi Epsilon Nu, journalism fra ternity, unanimously elected Ned Threatt, senior from Kershaw, president for the Spring semester at a business meeting Friday, re tiring president Ken Baldwin an nounced this week. Other officers elected were Reese Daniel, senior from Charlotte, N. C., vice-president; Ruth Patrick, senior from Lancaster, re-elected secretary; and Ed Vereen, senior from Columbia, re-elected treas uryer. Filling the office of social chair man, an appointive position, was deferred until the next meeting. Frank H. Wardlaw, professor of journalism, was re-elected faculty advisor, a position he has held since the fraternity was -organized. The members passed- an amend ment .to the constitution to allow sophomores in the schpol of jour nalismn, who have had one course in journalismn, to join the fratern ity. Formerly, membership was limited to members of the junior and senior classes. COGBURN .The Business Men Choice at Quality an Original Try One of Our And You'll Be 1317 SUlv Next Door. to tl ffome, Sweet Home ~n, Ryan, are pictured eating a mea veterans' housing project on Bull originally from Galintin, Tenn. (U Itt FHA Construct Housing Projet To Accommodt By ED I Shortly after the war univei ditional housing facilities wou of veteran students and their enroll at Carolina. The facilit become known.to students as Tecimical Students At Carolina Invited To Try For Award Advanced technical students at the university have been invited by the California Institute of Tech nology to apply for the new How ard Hughes Fellowships in Crea tive Aeronautics. Details of the Fellowship were recently announced b, Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, president of Caltech, who termed it "an important step taken by the aircraft industry in coopeiution with an educational in stitution." The Fellowship awards, Doctor DuBridge revealed, are open to men who are US citizens and who have the technical background and the proper qualifications to meet the requirements of the Institute for admission to graduate work. Each award will consist of (1) a gift of $1500 to California Institute of Technology from Howard Hughes to cover tuition and research ex penses at the Institute; (2) an additional gift from Hughes to each Fellow of $1500, or more, de pending upon the qualifications of the recipient; and (8) a salary of not less than $2000 to each fel low for actual advanced work at Hughes' aircraft plant in Culver City, Cal. Applications received before Feb. 15, 1949 wvill be judged by a com mittee including representatives of the Institute and of Howard Hughes. It is planned to select two or three of the outstanding candidates, whose qualifications will admit them to graduate study leading to the doctor of philosophy in aeronautics or in physics at the California Institute of Technology. The physics degree should include a minor in aeronautics. Address applications to Dean of Graduate Studies, Caltech. Awards will be announced by April 1, 1949. RecipIents will be notified as to amounts of cash gifts and salaries; those selected will be gin the program July 1, 1949. \'S GRIL L and College Boys' All Times d Variety be Here F)elicious Lunches Back for More. ITER ST. 6e Fire Stntion I in the dining room of their Caro street. Mrs. Allen teaches in the C photo by Teal and Harris.) ed Carovet t In 1946 tte Veterans rEtEEN 'sity officials realized that ad Id be necessary for the influx families who were expected to ies which were provided have "Carovets." The carovet community is located at the North end of Bull street on land leased from the state. There are 228 units built of surplus army materials by the Federal Public Housing' Authority. Fifty-four of these are individ ual four-room apartments with bath. Each apartment is furnished with an ice box, oil stovet hot water heater, and oil heating unit. The remaining 174 units are grouped together with eight to twelve units to the building. Thces consist of one or two bedrooms with living room, kitchen and bath. Ice boxes, oil stoves, and hot water heaters are furnished. Oil heating units are furnished all except 60 which are centrally heated. The rent paid by the students is prorated on the total income of the family. The minimum rent is $12.60 plus one dollar for water and a prorated charge for elec tricity. The maximum rent is $41.50 plus the additional charge for electricity and water. This is based on the recent 10 per cent de crease in basic' rent. The average electricity charge is seven dollars. On October 1, 1948 the Federal Public Housing Authority turned the center over to the university, and now the rent goes into a gen eral fund for the upkeep. Apartments will continue to be allotted according to the time they are applied for. When an apart ment becomes available the first name on the list is notified of the vacancy. I(~ no answer is received within a reasonable time the next person on the list is notified. Since the first units were comi pleted in the spring of 1946 more than 700 veteran students and their families have lived at the Carovet apartments. GRAY Your Headquarte Sport Card Sla Jaysor Crosby Sqi GRA Y Distinctive 1347 M. Fellowships Are Offered In USC. Graduate School The university has issued its reg ular spring announcement of tel. lowships to enable selected grad' uate students to pursue work in the regular schools and departments of the institution. These carry sti pends of from $400 to $800 each for a period of two academic se mesters, Pres. Norman M. Smith Pnd Dr. W. H. Callcott, dean of the Gradaute School of the university, announced. Also announced were graduate assistantships which carry stipends of from $400 to $900 per academic year. The awards will include, for the first time, the J. Rion McKissick Memorial Fellowship. This con sists of interest on an endowment created in memory of the late president of the university. Approximately three-fourths of the present fund came from con tributions by students and monies raised by student activities under the sponsorship of Alpha Kappa Gamma and Kappa Sigma Kappa, leadership fraternities at the uni versity. A substantial gift by Doc tor McKissick's widow-now Mrs. Irvine F. Belger of Columbia--also swelled the fund to the point where awards could be made more promptly. The students are con tinuing their efforts to increase the endowment so that more than one award can be made annually. The first of these fellows is to be selected for 1949-50. The list also includes the A. Fos ter McKissick Memorial Fellow ship. This consists of the interest on a gift of $5,000 by Mrs. A. Fos. ter McKissick. Preference in this award will he given to a student in the School of Engineering who is a graduate of the university. The graduate fellowships carry no student obligation of services to any school or department but expect the student to devote the whole of his working time to his academic duties. Part of the working time of each recipient of a graduate assistant ship, however, is to be devoted to scrviccs in the department or school of his choice. The graduate program of these students will be reduced by about one-fourth, and 144d1i-UInal summer school will be required to complete courses normanlly taken in an academic year. This program is peculiarly attractive to prospective college teachers because of the valuable experience gained. The Chemistry Department has a special set of laboratory assist antships which pay $900 per aca demic year; The announcement said appli cants should b)e submitted to the Graduate Office not later than March 15. Awards wvill normally be mnade by April 1. Watches Diamonds B. B. 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