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Y COFFEE HOUR NEXT ISSUE, FROM 9-10 ____ ILB NEXT WEEK FEBRUARY 6 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLV-I, No. 16 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 16, 1953 Founded 1908 Furman F iTo Be Mai: At Comm By BILL I News E John L. Plyler, president o the main speaker at the gradu January 26, at 10:30 a.m. in Di Dr. Plyler received his A.B., from Furman in 1913. He re ceived his LL.B. from Harvard in 1921, and his LL.D. from Erskine in 1939. From 1922-26, Dr. Pyler served as assistant professor of law at the Furman Law School. He was associate professor of law from 1926-28, and professor and dean of the law school from 1928-32. Dr. Plyler was a judge of the Greenville County Court from 1936-38, and was an instructor in business law at Furman from 1986 39. He has been president of Furman since 1939. President Donald Russell will present the degrees and Chaplain Lauren E. Brubaker will give the invocation. The benediction will he delivered by Rev. Theodore J. Ledeen, director of the universityl YMCA. Col. Herbert E. Sears will present Air Force ROTC students for commissions and Captain Wil iam L. Anderson will present Naval ROTC students for their commissions. The commissions will be delivered by President Russell. The graduation procession will form in front of the Carolina li brary at 10 a.m., and the students will march to Drayton Hall. The famiies and friends of the seniors are invited to the ceremonies. Campus Briefs Prof. David to Speak Professor Eugene David, head of the Presbyterian Missionary Board, will speak today at the Junior Senior "Y" Council. His subject will be "Opportunities for Chris tian Service." All juniors and! seniors are invited to come. Junior-Senior "Y" meets every Friday at one o'clock in Flinn Hall. Coffee For Exams Coffee Hour at the Y will be held from 9:00-10:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday during exam week. N.A.S.P.A. to Meet Jess,e B. Jackson, dean of men and Kryl L. F. DeGravelines, director of student activities at~ t. the university are attending the conference of the National Asso eiation of Student Personnel Ad nministrators at Gainesville, Fla. -.Jan. 15-17. Dean Jackson and Mr. De Gravelines will participate in a round table discussion during the conference. 'A.S.M.E. Ball The regular business mneeting of the American Society of Mechan ical Engineers student chapter at the University was taken up by a discussion of the annual engineer's rball to be held in the spring semester. The meeting was held on January 8, and a history of jet engine dievelopment was presented in the General Electric Corp. movie, "The Jet Story." Latimer Is Elected Clariosophic Prexy Austin Latinmer of Due West has been elected president of the C'lariosophie Literary Society, suc ceeding Roy Berry of Johnston. Other officers elected were: Jim Alford of Walterboro, vice-presi dent; John Dluffy of Charleston, critic; Mike Kinghorn of Aiken, secretary; Charles Bryan of Marion, treasurer; John Cooper of Summerville, sergeant at arms; L.uthur Parker of Charleston, rep resentative to Board of Publica tions; and Dew James of Loris, pubicity chairman. resident n Speaker encement ,EGGITT ditor :' Furman University, will be ation ceremonies on Monday, ayton Hall. Gregory Named ro Edit Gamecock For Spring Term Ralph Gregory of Aiken, a junior in the school of journalism, was named editor-in-chief of The Gamecock for the coming semester at a staff banquet last Friday night. Gregory, who has served as managing editor and sports editor, succeeds Bill Novit of Charleston. Former news editor Tommie Herbert of Piedmont was promoted to the managing editor's position, and John Parasho of Anderson is still business manager. Other staff selections at the banquet were: Bill Leggitt of Memphis, Ten nessee, news editor; Ares Artenes of Chester, campus editor; Johnny Ray of Whitmire, sports editor; Mary Murray of West Columbia, society editor; and Barbara Thompson of Graniteville. Also Jerry Rollins of Florence, copy editor; Alan Baker of Colum bia, exchange editor; Bob Pitts of Greenville, circulation manager; and Bobby Smith of Anderson, assistant business manager. Professor Harry Jenkins of the journulism school, a former editor of The Gamecock, spoke at the banquet. The new staff followed tradition by putting out the last issue of this semester. Jenkins, McGrego To Head 1953-54 REW Committee Professor Harry H. Jenkins and Molly McGregor were selected as faculty-student chairmen for the 1963-54 Religious Emphasis Week executive committee Tuesday after noon at Flinn Hall. Other faculty members on the executive committee selected were Prof. Dan Hollis, Prof. Elizabeth O'Dell, Prof. Evelyn Pope, Prof. B. L. Baker, and Rev. Fitzsiions Allison. Students elected to the executive committee were Glenn Bell of Co lumbia, Sam Goforth of Myrtle Beach, I. M. Goldberg of Charles ton, Dan Mcintyre of Marion, Bill Roche of Greenwood, Carolyn Sloan of Columbia, and Mary Wideman of Columbia. Students elected to the executive committee were selected by the representatives of all the organiza tions of the campus. The executive committee has to be appointed as soon as possible each new year in order to plan the forthcoming Re ligious Emphasis Week of the next school year. Carolina Chapter Of Pre-Med Frat Receives Write-uip The university chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, National Pre-Med honor fraternity received a four page write-up in the last issue of "The Scalpel," the fraternity's national magazine. - A picture of the South Caro liniana library was featured on the cover of the magazine. The article gave a report on the building program at the Medical School in Charleston. It also mentioned Dr. Shager, who was the advisor to the university chapter for over twenty years. The. Carolina chapter of the fra ternity is the second oldest chapter in the nation. The officers of the fraternity are Buddy Whitauker, president; Robert Bland, vice-president; and Bill Anderson, secretary. Dr. Teagne is the fraternity's advisor S1 . 0 A Pictured 'above is the new GAM Mary Murray, society editor; Tommil Standing, Jerry Rollins, copy editor; sports editor; Ralph Gregory, editor and Ares Artemes, campus editor. Faculty, Stal Russell at B The University faculty an( and Mrs. Donald S. Russell at a at the Hotel Columbia. Members of the board of trustees, Gov. and Mrs. James F. Byrnes, and President Emeritus Leonard T. Baker and Mrs. Baker will be guests of the faculty. Dr. Francis W. Bradley, dean of the faculty, will preside. The faculty committee in charge of arrangements includes Dr. Wy- J man L. Williams, chairman, Dr. r J. E. Whitesell, and Dr. Robert Ochs. The banquet, which is being ten dered by the faculty to honor the new university president, will be I the first occasion within memory e at which the faculty acted as host th to its president and board of trus tees, Dr. Williams said. The program will begin with an i invocation by Dr. Lauren E. Bru baker, University -chaplain. Music; will be provided by a trio consist- M ing of Anthony DiFillipo, violinist, ' Walter Kruger, cellist, and Hugh Williamson, pianist. Following the banquet Dr. Brad ley will introduce the members of the board of trustees and Rutledge IOsborne of Orangeburg, chairman, ~3 will respond. Governyor Byrnes t and President Russell will also be r. introduced. The program will conclude with the alma mater. Musical selections include "Piano Trio in B flat" (see ond( movement), by Schubert; h "Rigadoon" by Alec Rowley; "Amanecer" from the Circule suitew by Turina; and "Polo Gitano" by ir Thomas Breton. D] Film Society With Plans ] The University~ Film Society J< will present ten p)rograms of out- F etandling foreign and American o: motion p)ict ures dluring its spring fi season, D)r. Hennig Cohen, presi- s dent, announced today. Now beginning its 12th season, n the society was formed to show n films of cultur-al and historic in- S terest which are not avaIlable to a: the general public. t The season will begin on Tues- F day, February 3, and meetings will be held each Tuesday thereafter for nine weeks. In addition to f English language films, motion;" pictures made in Sweden, Russia, II Italy, France and Germany are el scheduled. F The progr-am includes "Moby F Dick," based upon Herman Mel- b: ville's story of Captain Ahab's TI quest for the white whae tarrin...p oring Staff Elected ECOCK staff for the spring semest Herbert, managing editor; and J( Bobby Smith, assistant business n -in-chief; Bill Leggitt, news editor (GAMECOCK Photo by LAwell W. f to Honor anquet I staff will honor President banquet at 7 o'clock tonight Registration Will Begin ranuary 29 Spring term classes will begin in a half-hour schedule Saturday, lanuary 31, H. 0. Strohecker,1 egistrar, announced this week.; 'lasses which will normally be met n Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-, ay will be met on the hour, and 'uesday, Thursday and Saturday lasses will be met on the half our. Registration for the spring term rill take place January 29 and 30. tudents who completed the re ent pre-registration procedure s ,ill receive tickets by mail with ti -hich they can obtain registration iaterials at the time specified n the tickets. Students whon- did not pre- p egister will register on January f 0, after those with p)riority ekets have completed their* egistration. K.DI. E.Tea Kappa D)elta Epsilon, national aonorary educational sorority, en 'rtained prospective members ith a tea Thursday, January 8 the Mlusic Room of Sims ormitory. Marks Twe For Spring ahn Barrymore; "Road to o eaven," a Swedish allegorical tale p a peasant boy who suffers harm *om witchcraft andl sets out in ~archi of God to seek justice; rhe Maltese Falcon," a classic o order mystery by Dashiell Ham ett with Humphrey Bogart, ni ydney G;reenstreet, Peter Lorre a nid Mary Astor; "Chekhov Fes- t.a val," two satirical plays by the 1I ussian author produced by the h loscow Art Theatre. Also, "Life Boat," prizewinning j. lnm starring Talullah Bankhead; c rhe Passion of Joan of Arc," and f ~aian version with Maria Falcon tti in the title role filmed In 'I rance in 1930; "The Prize," a E rench comedy based on the novel f V Guy de Maupassant; "The s reasure of Sierra Madre," a a Bveholonical study ofe effcssa. -7 r er. They are, left to rig6tt, sitting, ohnny Parasho, business manager. anager; Johnny (Weepy) Ray, Bob Pitts, circulation manager; Ross) Vew KSK Members 4re Initiated At Regular Meeting Seven new members were ini ,iated into KSK, honorary service raternity, at its regular meeting, Ast night, Paul Field, president, ias announced. Selection of candi- I lutes for membership is based on ;cholarship, leadership, and serv ee. The new members are Dan [onovan, Hershey, Penn.; I. M. .oldberg, Charleston; Bob Holnes, iolunibia; Ares Artemes, Chester; toy Moody, Jodie, W. Va.; Glenn 3ell, Columbia; and Billy Watson, "hesterfield. iteward's Hall -hanges Hours Serving hours at Steward's Hall ave been changed again, Dr. W. [. Patterson, assistant to the resident, announced today. The urpose of the new schedule is to horten the lines and thus, give b uicker and better service. The new plan for weekdays is s follows: Breakfast will be a erved from 7:15 a.m.-8:45 a.m. linner will be served from 12:15 .m.-2 p.m. Supper will be served rom 5:30 p.mi.-6:45 p.m.c On Sunday breakfast will be't erved from 8:15 a.m.-9:15 a.m. )inner will be served from 12:15 .m.-2 p.m. Supper will not be F .'rved on Sunday night. All books are due at the Mc Kissick library by Tuesday, w January 20, for the ending of the semester, according to Mrs. ' Caroline Rtyan. circulation lib rarian. lfth Season Pictures r greed upon a group of gold rospectors; and "The Captain om Kopenich," a German comedy Atirizing Prussian militarism, 'hich won the Film Critics' Award. i1932 as the best foreign film f the year. In addition to feature films, a otable selection of shorts will be bown. They include experimen ils, painting and sculpture, ballet,' terature, Chaplin comedies and Istory. Interested persons are invited to; >in the Film Society. Membership ards may be obtained at the in-. armation dIesk in the University Ldminstration Building, the Town heatre and the Book and Record hop at Five Points. Membership ee is $2.00 for students and ervice personnel and their wives, nd $3.00 for regular member hip. a Russell As Budget Co: For $8I ] Eight and one-half million (ol nents and an -increase of $481 seneral Appropriation was requ lussell in his budget report to th B< Ulumni Council 'of re< Lonference ad ro Be Held Here -o a The American Alumni Council, aci )istrict III Conference will be held YV n the Hotel Columbia January 18, 9, and 20, Ralph Lewis, alumni nii xecutive secretary, announced to- $ lay. Carolina is playing host to of he conference for the third time an ince 1940. The district is made. als ip of Virginia, North Carolina,' re< 3outh Carolina, Georgia, Florida, rennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, ind Mississippi. The conference will begin Sun lay at 5 p.m. with registration in I .he mezzanine of the Hotel Co umbia. At 8 o'clock there will be I t reception honoring Leonard Dill, ."niversity of Pennsylvania, presi lent of the American Alumni 'ouncil; and Ernest Stewart, exec itive secretary of A.A.C. The opening session will be >resided over by Cy Young, Washington and Lee University, hairman of District III. From 9:30 to 10:45 there will ie a session entitled "Magazines, knalysis, and Appraisal" in thell 3all Room with Erwin McDonald Bu >f Furman University as speaker. Ph rhe subject of "Clubs" will be dis- fo: .ussed from 11 o'clock to 19-.15. n the Ballroom by Roane Beard, foi ;eorgia Tech, for men's colleges, an Lnd in the English Room by Anne Zibble, Randolph Maeon. for int vomen's colleges. tio The topic "Funds, Funds, Funds" in vill be discussed in the Ballroom by t 2:30 by William Crane, Uni-.str 'ersity of Georgia, and John Payne pr< f Davidson College who will fo peak in the English Room. ua Ralph Lewis, conference host, rei 'ill preside over dinner at 7 '"t 'clock. Jeff B. Bates, USC cos Jumni President will make the ac< d<ress of welcome. Mr. Van ge loren is in charge of the music. sit Tuesday from 9 to 10 there will, t- two speakers on the subject of bu Student Recruitment" - Les of hively, University of Louisville, scl nd Mae Kilgo, Converse College. thi Bill Griffing of the University bu r Mississippi will speak on the of ibject of "Reunions, Home- ap >mings, and Special Events" in thn le Crystal Room at 10 o'clock. foi leanor Hutchins of Agnes Scott, 'ill speak on the same topic in the ad4 nglish Room. cos The last address will be by' oseph E. Nettles, University of* the ichmond, who will speak on th4 Public Relations" with students, coi iculty and alumni. This will be ing in the Crystal Room. Ca Margaret Schmidt of Sweet' cel riar is Program Chairman for the' sci mnference and Maia Bethes, and an lara Randall, both of the USC So' lumni office, will do the register-~ ex] g- der Final Examuinati Regular Exan (lass Schedule Examination Di 8-MWF Monday, 19 Janus 9-MWF Tuesday, 20 Janus 11-MWF Wednesday, 21 Jau 1 2-MWF Thursday, 22 Janun 1-MWF Thursday, 22 Janui 2-MWF Saturday, 24 Janus 3-MWF Saturday, 24 Januu 4-MWF Wednesday, 21 Jam 8-'I''S Tuesday, 20 Janus 9-I'rS Monday, 19 Janna 10-'I'TS Thursday, 22 Janna 1 1-TTS Friday, 23 Januar) 1 2-'S Wednesday, 21 Jar 1-TTS Wednesday, 21 Jam 2-'I''S Saturday, 24 Janus 3-'l'lS Saturday, 24 Januu 4-TTvlS Thursday, 22 Jan. SPFE'IAL EXAMINA' Group Examination Di Foreign Lang. Monday, 19 Janusa English Tuesday 20 Jannai Mathematies Wednesday, 21 Jam Psychology Thursday, 2,2 Jans Geog. 17 & 18 Friday, 23 Janumary Econ. 21 & 22 Friday, 23 January Should this schedule result in conflic may be most convenient to Profees.a. ks State Mmission V%illion ars for l>ernanent improve 631.89 in the University's 'ested by President Donald e State Budget and Control )ard. Heading President Russell's list permanent improvements Is a juest of two million dollars for litional land and $1,100,000 for Student Union building, which uld house the student cafeteria I provide space for all student ivities including the YMCA and VCA. \ new School of Business Ad iistration building, costing 60,000, completion of the School Education, costing $100,000; d a $1,250,000 auditorium were o requested. Other buildings juested include a Music and Art The State Budget and Con rol Board recommended $2, 94,265.89 of Pres. Donald lussell's request for operation xpenses as the Gamecock went o press Wednesday. That sum was $294,884.50 less than the imount requested. Most of the lecrease was made in the Edu ational division of the ap Propriations. Governor Byrnes recom nended that $800,000 of the tate's surplus be used to pur hase additional land for the niversity. That was $1,200,000 ess than was requested. ilding, Social Science Building, ysics Building and a Gymnasium ' men and one for women. rhe list also included $800,000 renovating and remodeling the :ient dormitories on the campus. diore than three-fourths of the rease in the General Appropria n was requested for "Increases instructional services required increases in student body, for engthening the undergraduate >grams, and in essential plan development of sound grad :e work at the University." The naining $150,000 was asked meet increase in maintenance ts due to additions to plant and elerated obsolescence of the ierally old plant of the U1niver "resident Russell said that this iget envisages a student body 3,500 at the University in the ool year 1953-54. "Based upon s assumption, the present Iget request, expressed in terms costs per student from state ropriations, is actually lower .n that requested and authorized fiscal year 1952-53. ['his budget contemplates no lition in strictly administrative ts5. 'It is confidently believed that proposed program will enable University to make a real and centrated start towards creat of the University of South rolina an institution of ex lence in the liberal arts and enees, the professional schools I in the graduate field, which ith Carolina has a right to eet of its University," Presi t Russell said. 011 Schedule ination Schedule y Examination Hours ry 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ry 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. uary 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. iry 11 a.m, to 1 p.m. ry 11 a.m, to 1 p.mt. ry 8 a.m, to 10 a.m. ry 8 a.m, to 10 a.m. mary 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ry 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. ry 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ry 8 a.m, to 10 a.m. 8 a.m, to 10 a.m. nary 11 a.m, to 1 p.m. nary 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ry 11 a.m, to 1 p.m. ry 11 a.m, to 1 p.m. ary 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ['ION GROUPS yExamInation Hour. y 3 p.mt. to 5 p.m. y p.m. to 5 p.m. nary S p.m. to 5 p.m. ary 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 11 a.m, to 1 p,m, 3 p.m. to B p.m. 1a, arrangements shouMd be made and stuent.