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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVIII, No. 12 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 11, 1953 Founded 1908 ODK Leac' Expected Here; Fou Area High School Delegates Expected At First Meeting More than 150 delegates are ex S'ected to take part in the ODK leadership conferince which will be held here tomorrow, Dan Donovan, conference chairman said today. Approximately 40 campus organ izations have announced plans to send delegates to the one day meeting, Donovan said. They will be joined by delegates from Colum Wa area high schools. Faculty members will also join in the con ference which is designed to stimulate and indoctrinate poten tial leaders in the qualities of leadership. Speakers named this week for the lectures are President Donald S. Russell, Head Coach Rex En right, Major Frank A. Sullivan of the Marine unit of the Naval ROTC unit here, and Charles A. Knowlton, Columbia attorney and civic leader. The program calls for lectures during the morning by the four speakers and group discussions in the afternoon in LeConte College. S ..The lectures will be held in the Law School auditorium. Donovan said the conference is the first of an annual series that will include co-eds next year and will be co-sponsored by other campus honor groups. The progran begins with ret istration at 8:30 a.m. in the Law School * lobby. President Russell and Coach Enright will both speak at the first meeting which will begin at 9 a.m. They will speak on "The Qualities of Leadership." Major Sullivan will address the 10 a.m. meeting on "Leadership in Other Fields." Mr. Knowlton will speak on "Parliamentary Law and Its Practical Use" at 11 a.m. The delegates will be served lunch from 12 to 1 p.m. Group discussions will make up the afternoon program. The dis cussions will be led by student leaders and faculty moderators. Faculty members who will serve as moderators include: Prof. James A. Brown, Prof. Christopher Fitz Simons III, Dr. Daniel W. Hollis, 'Y' Director Ted Ledeen, Alumni Secretary Ralph Lewis, Prof. Jules W. Lindau III, Dean Joseph E. Norwood, Dr. Millege B. Seigler, Prof. Hubert Spigener and Chap lain Lauren E. Brubaker. Nineteen student leaders wvere ~'named to lead the discussions. NOTICE TO SENIORS Seniors who will finish degree requirements in January for a baccalaureate degree are re minded to apply for the Senior Comprehensive Examina tion (the Graduate Record Examination) before Christmas. Visit the Personnel Bureau, Mc Cutchen House. The examina tion will be held immediately after the Christmas holidays. KSK Gets 3 New Members Kappa Sigma Kappa announced the addition of three members at its fall banquet last week. The newest members added are Billy Hughes of Orangeburg, James "Doodle" Munn of Florence and John Singleton of Myrtle Beach.' The addition of these three brought the total number elected into KSK this year to 13. All the new members were ini tiated into the chapter at a ban quet at the Green Derby last Fri day. Other new members are John Criss, Warren Clarke, Faris Giles, Louis Howell, Johnny Johnston, Spencer Liles, Dan McIntyre, Don Miller, .Jnhn Ray and Phil Waters. fership Co to Attrat r Speakei Pres. Russell Mr. Knowlton Two USC P Released T Both on th< Two books will be released of South Carolina Press on th4 DuBose, press director, has ar This is the first time in 1 this has happened. A City Without Cobwebs: A His tory of Itock Hill, South Carolina, by Douglas Summers Brown, and Itice Planter and Sportsman: The Itecollections of .1. Motte Alston, 1821-1909, edited by Arney R. Childs, will both be released to (lay. Story of Rtock Hill Mr's. Brown's work is the story of the growth of the city of Rock Hill in upper South Carolina, which typifies the New South, rather than the older South about which so much is known. The reasons fox' the late begin ning of the town, which celebrated its centennial in 1952, and for its spectacular recent development are the px'oblems brought out in Mrs. Brown's studIy.. She points out that some of the factox's that were to make the town wex'e always thex'e its posi tion along a natural tr'ading x'oute, known from Indian times, andI the Catawba River, which wvas to fur nish hydro-electric powex' fox' in dustx'y. Yet settlement was blocked by the region's being made a rpservation for the Catawba In dians. By the time settlement had well begun thex'e came the disaster of the Civil Wax'. Reconstruction DI)fficultles Howv the city conqueredl the dif ficulties of reconstruction and gx'ew with the twentieth-century is the main concerna of the book. The coming of factories, the acquisition (Continued on page 8) Phi Kappa Sig Will Present Vespers Sunday Vespex's services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening in Rut ledge Chapel. The program will be presented by Phi Kappa Sigma under the direction of Bernard Ranson. nferenco t 150 ms Nametf Coach Enright Maj. SulHivan ress Book his Week; 3 Same Da I this week by the Univer a same day, Mrs. Louise Jc inounced. the history of the press I Blue Key Will Come Out Toda3 The 1953 Blue Key studeni rectory will be distributed to Editor Ralph Gregory said ea this week. The directory, an annual pub Lion by Blue Key Honor Frat ity, lists the faculty and stu body as well as administri staff of the university. It contains a list of fraternities sororities andl the campus or Izations. TO PLAY AT TAPPING .. mnusical elections at the ODK photo b. Cu. Man..) Groups Asked To Cooperate, Help Needy "Operation Basket," a commun ity project aimed at helping the needy in Columbia, is now under way, according to a spokesman for Alpha Phi Omega, sponsor of the project. Each fraternity, sorority, and independent organization is being asked to pledge one basket of food for distribution to needy persons of Columbia. Two Ways to Help Information concerning the proj ect has been sent to all campus organizations. With this informa tion they will pledge a basket to be delivered to Alpha Phi Omega in one of two ways. One way is for the organization to fill a basket themselves, which they can get from APO, another way is for the organization to have APO to fill a basket for them and they in turr send a check to APO covering the cost of the food. All baskets will contain a card bearing the name of the organization that is sending the basket. The baskets will ther be sent to the Salvation Army tc be distributed to the needy. All pledges will have to be in by nexi Friday, and the baskets will bc taken up by December 16. Professional Groups Professional and other groupE have not been asked to pledge bas. kets because most of their meni bers are members of the abov group. However, if one of thes< groups would like to pledge i basket, their pledge would be wel comed. They can enter the projec by sending a card to Alpha Ph Omega, Box 5, Campus. -The chairman of "Operatioi - Basket" is Al Lane. Other mem bers of the committee are: Johi S Coleman, Jimmy Salley, Jim Rob inson, and Vernon Felder. In structor James Ratliff of thi Athlete Dept. is the advisor. Y Cash Registeir aity rn -e Found; Thiej hat Overloofks Oc Richland County Sheriff's offic recovered the cash register stole: from the university bookstore tw, r weeks ago, Dr. W. H. Pattersoi said yesterday. di- The cash register was founi day, Wednesday on South Carolin rlier' Highway 48 about 12 miles fron the university, Dr. Patterson said lica- The register had been damaged ii ern the attempt to force open the easi dlent drawer. ~tive According to the register tape also $368 was in the drawer wheni and was taken. A dlinme was found is an- the cash drawer, apparently over looked by the thieves. .Carolyn Powell, plaist, and Irene 1I AKC lapping eamne. Tnaaa nigi Midnight Will Be P At 11 P.] Mrs. Russell Is Now Havin Open-House An open-house invitation hai been extended to all universit3 students by Mrs. Donald Russel to enable the student body to se< the Christmas decorations execute( in the president's house by the Co lumbia Women's Garden Club. The president's house is one o a group of outstanding Columbi homes selected by the Garden Clu, for special decorations during th holiday season. The open house for the studer body will be held all day tomorrov Members of the Garden Club wi visit the house today, and Mr: Russell has said that any studeni who cannot come tomorrow ar welcomed to drop in any time tc day. All Candidates For Miss G & B Due Tomorrow Tomorrow is the deadline for a groups to submit portraits of cat t didates for the beauty section < i this year's Garnet and Blac Editor Mack Halford said th a week. Each fraternity and sorority ar i the two independent groups, M< - Bryde Brotherhood and Indepei - dent Girls will be allowed 'I nominate one candidate each f< the title of Miss Garnet and Blacl Portraits of each candidate wi be sent, off for judging by sor well known actor or model agenc: Miss Halford said tentative plar call for Tyrone Power and Any Baxter, stars of "John Brown Body," to judge the pictures. T1 top eight candidates will make t the beaity section. Joint Cere AKG-ODK Soloists 'P4 By ARES Irene Manos, violinist, ai be featured guest soloists at cerernony at the Chapel Tu< her 16. Both of these girls are w4 circles. Irene Manos has won 4anos, violinist, will be soloists I et at 7:00 in the Chanal, (Gam..e. Christmas resented W .%I. in Dral A special midnight Christm at Drayton Hall Wednesday nil 12 p.m., the Carolina Religio program, has announced. Special permission to atten granted by Dean Childs to all j More Storage Space Added By University A reorganization of the univer sity storage and materials ware houses was announced this week by Dr. W. H. Patterson, dean of administration. t Now under construction is a ,. garage type building between Le 1 gare and Pinckney colleges and the I- carpenter's shop behind Preston. s The garage will be used to store e the university's fleet of trucks and also for the ROTC trucks. Dr. Patterson announced a re organization of the storage ware houses so that all university prop erty will be stored together. Beds and bedding material will be stored in the warehouse directly behind Preston. The building now housing the buildings and ground department if will be renovated in the section ' that is now serving as storage s space. The purchasing agent and d his staff will be moved into offices there and the rear portion of the . building will serve as a central o store for the entire campus. r The new garage building will also include a workshop in the e front section and lubrication and r. wash racks in the rear, to be used s for maintenance of the university e vehicles. Part of the section be s hind the carpenter's shop will be e used for storage of scrap building p material such as scrap lumber and brick. monies for to Feature rformances ARTEME:4 id Carolyn Powell, pianist, will joint AKG-ODK public tapping ~sday night, 7:00 p.m., Decem ~11 known in the Columbia music several music scholarships and - is now studying under Anthony DiFilippo, string instructor in the music department of the univer sity. She received a music scholarship during her freshman year here and attended Transyl vania Music Camp on a full scholarship. She has done exten sive solo work in Columbia, and plays with several local orchestras including the University Orchestra. She is also a member of the Uni versity String Quartet. Carolyn Powell has recently re turned from Italy where she had been for advance work in music on a Fullbright Scholarship. She is now a student of Dr. Hugh Williamson, director of the music departmer.*. Miss Powell has ap peared as a soloist with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra, and will appear with the University Orchestra next January. In addition ah, has ap peared regularly on Charleston and Columbia radio stations. While a student at Carolina she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Kappa Gamma. Alpha Kappa Gamma will tap Sseveral outstanding women sto Pageant ednesday 4on Hall as Pageant will be presented rht, December 16, from 11 to us Council, sponsors of the d the late program has been rils living in the dormitories. The campus will be put in the festive mood prior to the pageant when the University Chorus tours the campus singing Christmas carols beginning from the Chapel at 8:00. Members of the student body have been invited to make the rounds with the chorus. The pageant, written especially for the midnight program by Mrs. F. M. Roddey, Jr., of Columbia, will be presented by the University Players, the University Chorus, and other memberw of the student body. The stage direction is being handled by Prof. Gene Crotty, head of the dramatics department. Prof. Robert Van Doren of the music department is musical di rector. William Triplett, university music major, will provide organ music for the presentation. In addition it has been announced that the denominational organiza tions on the campus will entertain at Christmas programs and parties prior to the presentation of the pageant. Mrs.. Roddey, author of the pa geant, has been active in dramatic circles in Columbia. She wrote the pageant used in connection with the Sesqui-centennial celebration at the Washington Street Metho dist Church in Columbia. Her pageant which will be presented Wednesday is receiving its first performance at that time. Hopes are that it will be made an annual affair on the campus. Mr. Van Doren, musical 'director for the program, has said that the mem bers of the chorus who have been rehearsing for the program think "Mrs. Roddey's pageant is wonder ful." The pageant. taken from the Bible, begins with the creation of the earth. It continues as the peoples of the earth begin to doubt God. Then comes the prophets' forecasts of the coming of the Messiah, whose birth is repre sented at the end of the pageant. For the program the chorus will sing from the pit in Drayton Hall, while the acting will take place on the stage. Chaplain Lauren Bru baker will deliver the invocation and benediction. Atomic Energy Authority Will Address Frat Dr. W. K. Stromquist, one of the nation's authorities of atomic energy, will address members and guests of Epsilon Lambda Sigma, honorary engineering fraternity at the university, tomorrow at 7 p.m. He will speak to the group on "Atomic Energy's Challenge to Engineers" at the fraternity's fall banquet at the Green Derby Restaurant. Following Dr. Stromquist's ad dress the fraternity will initiate eight new members and one honor ary member, Prof. F. B. Herty, head of the division of mechanical engineering, Into the fraternity. Head of the Atomic Energy Commission's reactor division at the Savannah River Project, Dr. Stromquist worked on the develop ment of radio-chemical processes and nuclear reactors at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory after World War II. During the war he served in the Engineer Corps as both a staff officer and company commander. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he is a member of Tau Beta P1 and Sigma Chi fraternities and the American Institute of Chemical Eangineers