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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVI, No. 14 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 8, 1954 OFFICERS ... The Law Federat the law school, has elected officers foi Anderson, Jr. of Anderson, president. L. Dial III of Columbia, sergeant-at-i burg, vice-president; and David N. W (USC photo by Kern Powell) Campuj rie Euphradian Officers Faris Giles of Lancaster was elected president of the Euphra dian Society at its regular Tuesday meeting this week succeeding Troy Hyatt, junior law student from Lee County. Others elected were: *n:e-President, Sam Manning; Critic, I. M. Goldberg; Secretary, Flynn Harrell; Treasurer, Ken neth Flynn; Custos Forum, Troy Hyatt; Historian, Larry Bailey; Corresponding Secretary, Alan Davis; Financial Secretary, David White; Reporter, Alan Wilensky. In addition, Edward "Ned" Prettyman of Rockville, Maryland was formally initiated into the Euphradian Society. 'Y Roundup' A "Y Roundup," an entertain ment program for the entire stu dent body, will be held Thursday night at 7:30 in Flinn Hall. The program for the evening activity will include entertainment presented' by each of the three "Y" councils, light refreshments, and dancing. Chairman of arrangements for the party is Bently Rivers. Bentrup Goes To New York Walter C. Bentrup, director of i the School of Social Work, will go to New York next week to take i part in the meeting of the National i Nominating Committee of the American Association of Social Wnorkern. The committee will pre pumre a slate of nominees for second and third vice-presidents, secre tary, and three persons for various committees.-'This meeting will be q held on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Mr. Bentrup was elected to the committee for a three-year term. Adventure Story May Bring Cash What's the biggest, most ex citing adventure you have ever had ? Or have ever heard about ? Tegt to Saga. One of the lead ing men's magazines of true ad venture stories, Saga has $5,000t burning a hole in its pocket, readyt to be paid out for topnotch action-E adventure stories,.Saga Editor Ed Fitzgerald announced today. You don't have to be a profes- < sional writer, either, to win the first prize of $1,000 or any of the 21 other big cash awards. All yout have to do is sit down and writet an account of the one adventure you'll never forget. It may have happened to you or to someone you know.4 Saga is wide open for all kinds of adventures-on land, on sea, or In the air. Maybe you've had a .rugged war experience. < Rules and story suggestions for the contest, which closes March 81, 1954, are in the February issuei of Saga Magazine, now at newvs stands. ion, student body organization of r the spring term. Seated is G. Ross Standing, left to right, are George krms; Emory B. Brock of Spartan ilburn of Union, secretary-treasurer ACC Schools Are Planning Debate Set-Up The colleges of the Atlantic aoast Conference are organizing a 'orensic conference, Prof. M. G. Thristophersen, debate coach, has innounced. Six of the eight schools in the !onference have accepted the invi ation to join the forensic group. rhey are: Maryland, Duke, Vir ;inia, Wake Forest, and North and ;outh Carolina. The conference plans to meet innually in February. The first neeting will be in Charlottesville, ia., sometime next month. The late will be announced later. Ilypatians Elect New Officers for Spring Semester Members of the Hypatian So :iety, literary society for women, !lected new officers for the com ng semester. They will be in ,talled at the next monthly meet ng. The newly elected officers are: "loria Steverson, president; Sar !tte Flake, vice-president; Peggy )ouglas, secretary; Hazel Dukes, reasurer; Sylvia Jacobs, critic; fane Addy,' chaplain, and Betty lo Ridgway, historian. The officers were elected by an )pen show of hands during a regu ar meeting of the society, held it Clariosophic Hall on January 5 Retiring officers of the society ire: Edith Kirkland, president; lora Jefferies, vice-president; sara Jernigan, secretary; Sarette Plake, treasurer; Gloria Stever on, critic; Barbara Surrett, chap ain; Hazel Dukes, historian. University Featured L Sponsored The University Symphony Or hestra will be heard in its second oncert of the season when it ~ppears with the University Thorus, and soloists In concert at he Columbia Township Audi *oriumn, Wednesday, January 20 at ~:30 p.m. The special concert is being ponsored by the United Daughters ~f the Confederacy, the Co,lumbia duseum of Art, and the University d1usic Department. Proceeds from he program will go to complete he new Kress Wing at the Co umbia Museum of Art. The featured composition on the rogram will be "The Confed ~racy," a cantata for chorus, oloists, and orchestra, based on livil War tunes. The cantata was written by Richard Bales, musical lirector of the Smithsonian Insti ~ute in Washington. Mr. Bales vill come to Columbia to conduct ~he performance in person. The 'omposition had its world premiere it the National Gallery of Art in Janitorial On the ( Has Beeii The janitorial system foi buildings was changed over t 3aid this week. Under the new system clE to clean the buildings. Nine are assigned a certain numbe in the teams are two maids. Under the old system one ma was given a certain number o buildings for which he was respon 3ible. Under the present syster each building is cleaned mor rapidly. Some of the building will still have custodians on all-da; duty. In addition to the clean up crews a finishing crew of three men ha been named to provide for waxin; and minor repairs of the building at specified intervals. Work Holidays During the holidays the team cleaned all the university dormi tories and buildings and provide hall waste baskets in all of th dormitories. All unauthorized elec trical wiring was removed fror the men's dormitory rooms. David H. Hartzog, dormitor manager, said the new system i to provide a better university hom for the students and to make it "place we will be completely prou to show at any time to our parents friends, and visitors throughou Lhe campus, our buildings an dormitories." Mr. Hartzog added: "All the University requests i a reasonable activity on the par of each student and this consist mainly of the following: 1. Beds made up before you at tend the first morning class. 2. Clothes hung up and shoes i their regular place. 3. Refuse in the waste or ha] baskets and soft drink bottle placed next to wastebasket. 4. Reasonable care of Universit furniture and bedding and n writing or carving on walls o furniture. 5. No unauthorized electrics wiring or equipment." Clariosophic Meets A round table discussion o segregation was led by critic Joh Cooper at the regular Tuesda meeting of the Clariosophic Liter ary Society. After an active debate by th members, the society voted by seventy per cent majority to abol ish segregation. The election of new officers i scheduled for the next meeting Tuesday, January 12. Orchestra e. Concert by UDC Washington on June 7, 1953, an: this will be its second performance The work has been recorded o1 Columbia Records by the Nations G~allery Orchestra. Anthony DiFillipo, director o the University Orchestra, will con luct the group in the "Rienz Dverture" of Wagner, and Th Water Music Suite by Handel Carolyn Powell, university grad uiate and Fulbright scholar, wil appear as piano soloist with th' rchestra in the Piano Concert< No. 4 of Beethoven. The choru. is being trained by its director Mr. Robert Van Doren. Appearing on the program alsa will be Governor James F. Byrnes who will read General Lee's fare well address to his troops as par of the cantata. It has been an nounced that a drum used in th Civil War will be brought frors Washington for use in the con cert. Tickets for the concert may b obtained at the Music Departmen in Lelbar oll1ee System ampus i Changed - the university dormitory and ie holidays, Dr. W. H. Patterson anup crews will work as teams persons serve in each crew and r of buildings to -clean. Included Univ. Officials Get Much Loot; But Will Return It Universit, officials confiscated a variety of electrical appliances during the holidays, according to David H. Hartzog, dormitory man ager. Included in the loot were two refrigerators and two wash ing machines. All the equipment will be re turned to the owners at Mr. Hart 3 zog's office in Maxcy lobby - provided the owner can identify I it and will sign a pledge not to D use it in the dormitory room again. Also included in the confiscated equipment were 34 hot plates, 27 irons, 16 percolators, six toasters, B 31 unsafe extension cords, a floor fan, a waffle iron, a heater, six unsafe lamps, two soldering irons, and an electric motor and a pro t jector. I Korean Vets .Get Deferred - PaymentPlan I A new plan of deferred pay ment of fees for Korean veterans I (R. L. 550) will be inaugurated B beginning with the spring semes ter of 1954. This plan is different from any previous arrangement D with Korean veterans. r Veterans planning to use the I deferred payment plan will be Irequired to fill out an application which may be obtained at the treasurer's office. Students who plan to pay their fees in full will not be required to fill out this r application. Under the deferred .payment plan, the veteran will be required to make a down payment of 25 per cent at the time of registration of the total required registration fees for the spring semester. On March 1, he wvill make a secondl installment of 25 per cent. ,On April 1, the third install ment of 25 per cent will be due - and payable. On May 1, the final installment of 25 per cent will be paid. If for any reason the veteran fails to receive his check on the dlue (late, and payment cannot be made as p.rescribed above, he will so advise the treasurer of the uni versity in order that an inquiry may be made of the Veterans Ad i ministration andi a notation madle .on his recordls. Veterans should secure applica tions at the treasurer's office prior to the registration period in order that they wvill be filled out in advance of registration and avoid delay wvhen paying their registration fees. Pep Clubbers Are Dropped Fifteen mnembers have been dropped from the Pep Club for ,excessive absences, President Faris Giles announced Wednesday. t The action was taken at this week's meeting after failure of the members to hand in excuses. SUnder present Pep Club rules, - three unexcused or a total of four absences eliminates one from a membership. t Six cheerleaders and one officer were among those dropped Students Get Louder Voice In Affairs Student Council announced a plan this week to allow the stu dentr more voice in the actions of the student government. According to Student Body President Isadore Lourie, students will be allowed to attend Council me'ctings in the future to make suggostions on policies of council, Council also voted to install a sugjgestioni box in the post office or canteen which students may use to make written suggestions to Council. Lourie termed the new policy "an attempt to bring council closer to the student body and find out the students' opinions on pending matters." Lourie also appointed a com mittee to investigate the aboli tion of the orientation system and to propose an alternate system to replace it. Named to the com mittee were Bill Todd, chairman Duncan Bellinger and Joyce Willis. 'Career' Aids In Placement Of Students "Career," annual guide to. jo: opportunities, will be distributed to senior men without charge dur ing the coming week. Senior men will be mailed a posteard through the campus post office which may be exchanged at the Placement Bureau for the 1954 edition of the book. Cards must be presented at the Placement Bureau, Roiom 220 in the Admin ;stration Building before January 15. "Career" details iob opportun ities in 16 key industries and serv ices representing some 90 major American corporations. Much of (Continued on page 6) U] University On Exhibit University Press books were on exhibit at two conventions in Chicago last w'. ek. They were the annual imeetings of the American Historical Asso ciation and the .Modlern Languages Association. Such books as "The Forging of American Social isnm" by Prof. H1. H1. Qutinlt, "Chateu-Gerard" by Prof. Harry 11. Turney-High, and "Rice Planter andl Sportsman" 'dited by Arney R. Childs, dean of women at the university, were ex hited at the historical associa tion nmeeting. Representing the university at his meeting were D)r. R. H. Wiene feld, head of the history depart nent, Dr. R. D. Ohs, Dr. George OFFICERS . .. New student otii left to right, cadet. Lockhart*Me, group Il commander; and Walte son, Fayetteville, N. C., group I < tions officer; Robert E. Lee, Benn< officer; Perrin D. Thompson, Uni ton, group II adjutant; William I Colombia, group III training and Third row, Phil B. Water., Saluda, major and Charesa W Ra.n, 1W Israel UN Member M To Faculty Arthur Liveran, a member c United Nations, will speak to Steward's Hall luncheon at 1 announced Wednesday. Luncheon reservations must January 12, Dr. Howard Quint, has announced. Reservations r member of the Social Committf Religious Week Plans Are Laid For Next Year Plans for the election of the 1954 Religious Emphasis Vleek Executive Committee were laid by the present commitee at its evaluation meeting Tuesday. The election will take place February 9. Canon Bryan Green of Birming ham, England, world famous An zlican evangelist, will lead Reli gious Emphasis Week next year. The evaluation of this year's activities revealed that a total daily average for attendance at the convocations was 800. The number for previous years has been 600. The committee also decided that a variety of seminars and convoca tions was a good move. Five seminars and three convocations each (lay were featured this year in place of the customary one a day. The Religious Emphasis Week Committee is composed of one rep resentative from each student I organization and one faculty mem ber from each department plus the executive committee, which in (lu(de-s the Student and Faculty Chairmen. P"ress Books In Chicago Curry and Dr. Richard Chowen. At the modern languages con vention "The South Carolina Gaz ette" by Hennig Cohen, director of public relations at the univer sity, "The Letters of William Gil more Simins," edited by Mary C. Simms Oliphant, "Troilus and Criseyde" by R. M. Lumiansky, and others were shown. )r. J. Woodward Hassell, pro fessor of romance languages, and Dr. Cohen attended the meeting of the modern languages association. The books were displayed along with others published by members of the Association of American' University Presses. This group consists of presses from 42 Amer cean universities. c'ers of the group staff of the Air RO ndlon, Columbia, group I commander eIH Poore, Ravenel, group iI comm xecutive officer; Fox B. Gahaly, GCree taville, group I adjutant, Ernest L. Il on, group II training and operations I. Bristow, Jr., Darlington; group Ill operations officer; and Sumner Wi group I sergeant haajor; Leroy Jacks ilmngn,n N. C. gou EII sergeant ... Delegate Till Speak - Members f the Israel Delegation to the faculty club members at a p.m. on January 13, it was be made by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Social Committee chairman, nay be made by calling any e. They are (phone extension in parenthesis): H. H. Quint (833), Willard H. Davis (371), W. D. .fixon (361), Lauren Brubaker (326), Harrison Jenkins (872), md Alfred Smith (844). Mr. Liveran is the Deputy )irector, Division of Internation )rganizations, Ministry of Foreign kffairs, and member of the Israel )elegation to the United States. Born in Germany He was born in Germany in 1919 mnd matriculated to England after graduating from high school. rhere he studied law, specializing n International Law at the Uni versities of London and Cambridge. After settling in Palestine in 1935, Mr. Liveran studied Jewish Law at the Talmudical College in Hebron, and also graduated from the Teachers Training College in Jerusalem. In 1946 Mr. Liveran represented 7arious Jewish organizations at he Peace Conference with satel ite countries in Paris. With the establishment of the state of Israel in May, 1948, he vas appointed First Secretary of he Embassy of Israel in Washing on, where he remained until 1951. le returned to Israel to take up is appointment as Deputy Direc or of the International Organiza ions Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Liveran was a member of ;he Israel Delegation to the United ations at the Sixth Session of he General Assembly in Paris, and 7epresented Israel at many other nternational conferences, including .he National Wheat Conference ind the Conference of the Food ind Agricultural Organization in Washington in 1949, the Confer mce of the International Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal n 1950, and the Mediterranean Fisheries Conference in Rhodes in 952. Mr. Liveran came to New York in 1952 as a member of the [srael Delegation to the Seventh 3ession of the United Nations reneral Assembly. Zarolina Religious iCouncil to Meet The Carolina Religious Council gill hold its monthly meeting P'uesday night, Jan. 12, at 5:45 n Steward's Hall. The Baptist Student Union will be hosts for the neeting. IC at the university are, first row, ;Warren L. Clark, Orangeburg, ander. Second row, James E. Wii. nville, group I training and opera 'avis, Columbia, group II executive officer; Robert A. Sineath, Island. meecutive officer; Walter D. Moody, mte, Camden, group III adjutant. on, Columbia, group II sergeant ajor. (USC photo b.. Krn..-m