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45TH YEARUSV.FLRD OF PUBLICATION IN CI TOMORROW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIII, No. 23 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 26, 1954 Legislatu Over $2 I Universit By BOB YOUNG Staff Reporter After many hours of political ballyhooing the University of South Carolina has been granted $2,108,638.00 for operational ex penses plus $200,000 for renova tiJK during the fiscal year of 1954-1955. This seven-digit figure is an increase of two hundred and eighty-eight thousand over last year's appropriation. The important phase of this year's appropriation, however, is the allotment of $200,000 from the State's General Fund Surplus. This sum has been granted for the specific purpose of "Renovation of Dormitories." The "renovation" is to start this summer by having the "Horseshoe Dorms" revived first of all. Be ginning with the classrooms of Elliot, Pinckney, Legare, and Harper the beautifiers plan to re fit DeSaussure, Rutledge, and then move on to Thornwell and Woodrow. If all goes well the floors of Maxcy and Preston are hoped to be redone also. Not all of the $200,000, however, will be spent at this time. The university is planning to spend $125,000 of it during 1954-1955 and save the remaining $75,000 for future use. It is hoped that the one hundred arnd seventy-five thousand there foie, will be spent with extreme prudence as there are many build ings which clamor for this clean up, fix-up paint-up allotment. The manner by which Carolina was allotted this year's unpara lelled total is interesting not only to politicos, but to any semi scholarly student who wishes to be well informed. This year, as in most past years, the general appropriations bill and the surplus spending bill were sticklers. The House of Represen tatives and the Senate couldn't agree on a compromising figure at first. So in order to avoid a hopeless stalemate, a free confer ence committee went to work on Gym to Be Studied As Possible Site For State Museum The university gymnasium, lo cated in the middle of Sumter Street at Green, is to be studied by a three-man House of Repre sentatives committee to determine if it is feasible to convert the building into a state museum for exposition purposes. Speaker of the House Sol Blatt will appoint the War Between the States, it wscnetdito invsitfo nasium for men and women stu gymnasium into a museum was authored by Rep. George H. Davis of Richland County. WIG AND ROBE, honorary schi South Carolina Law School, has ele, They are, seated left to right, Roge clerk, and Fred RI. Blackwell, West hers, standing, are Dan F. Lancy, Elveen, .ir., Moncks Corner; DavhE Crawford Clark ion. Jr.. Colnmisia. re Grants Iillion to Y for '54 the matter. The free conference committee is a state legislature in miniature, It is composed of six members of the legislature who have full power to set any limits on the appropriations. Usually, however, as they did this year, they simply take the Senate and House figures and knead them into an adequate figure. Senators Brown of Barn well, Mishoe of Williamsburg, and Legare of Charleston, Representa tives Verner of Greenville, Aycoclk of Sumter, and Cushman of Aiken were the conference committee's six members. Brown and Verner were automatic appointees because they are chairmen of the finance and ways and means committees, respectively. Leaving the appropriations bill alone they proceeded to cut the 12% million requested of the sur plus fund. The surplus was a nine million sum which had been left over from unappropriated revenues of previous years. When all the desires of the recipients had been totaled the figure came to a stag gering 1212 million, which meani a deficit of some 3% million dol lars. The free conference commit tee shaved this sum down to $8, 969,380.00 by cutting the amouni to be given to county schools. USC was granted the full amount of her request, $200,000. Thereforg, the total amount thai Carolina will receive to support itself next year will be $2,308, 638.00 or $288,000 more than re ceived last year. All of this extra $288,000 is earmarked. $200,000 of it must be spent for the "reno vation of dormitories" and the university has decided to use the remaining 88 thousand to increase the instruction facilities here. After the free conference com mittee had chopped the previous estimates down to figures they considered workable, the bill was read before the legislature for final approval. It was at this time that the local liquor option bill was being fought over so heavily. Hoping for an early adjournment, the state legislature passed the ap propriation and surplus bills with out much ado. The bill then went before the governor for the final approval and became official last Monday night. Park ingViolation On Horseshoe May Be Costly Campus Police Chief C. B. Bundrick has asked that stui deats take notice of the campus rule which permits no parking on the horseshoe between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Monday mornings. For the past two weeks, Bun dtrick said, the street cleaner has been unable to clean the road because of ears blocking the way. In the future any ears p)arked on the horseshoe be tween these hours will be towed away at the owner's expense. olastic society of the University of ted new officers and new member. r G. Pierson, Jr., Old Lymne, (Cnn., Columbia, chief justice. New mem Jr., Bishopville; Alvin Lucius Mc. I M. Wilburn, Jr., Union; and A. muS photo L- Kc.... Pw..n) A SCALE MODEL of the newa dimplay in the lobby of the Admi photo by Landis Perry) University Publicatioi Biography t The influence of DuBose and Dorothy Heyward on the develop ment of Negro theatrical history is one of the topics touched upon in "DuBosc Heyward: The Man Who Wrotc Porgy," by Frank Durham, which will be published April 21 by the University Press. Shortly after the book, "Porgy," appeared in 1924, the Heywards began to plan a play based on the novel. When time came to select a cast, they went to New York and began a search for Negro actors. In Mr. Durham's forthcoming volume, he tells of this 1927 ex perience: "Heyward and his wife had been adamant in their stand against doing Porgy in blackface; they were determined 'to stand or fall with a Negro cast' and 'would hold the play indefinitely rather than resort to the use of disguised white actors.' So the Theatre Guild sent out its call for Negro performers. "But there was no established Negro theater in America, no seasoned group of Negro profes sionals ready to line up and be chosen. . . . When Dorothy and DuBose faced the group of people Fashion Show Will Initiate UMOC Week Ugly Man Week, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega service fratern ity, will begin with a fashion show Monday night, April 5, at 8:15 in Drayton Hall and will close with the crowning of the Ugliest Man Thursday, April 8, at a dance in the armory. Voting will take place on the horseshoe during the week from 10:00-5:00 p).m. Each of the Ugly Man contest ants will model spring, evening, and beach outfits at the fashion show with votes towvard the con test being -awarded for the best interpretations. Admission for the event will be $ .50. Tickets may be purchased from the university ""or at the door the night of the event. Dolly Dennis, 1953 Hlomecomi!ng I Queen, wvill crown the winner of the contest at the (lance in the armory Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. Clarence Brazell and his or chestra will play for the event. Admission will be $1.00 stag or drag. The winning candlidate will be presented the Ugly Man Key. The organization sponsoring the winner will receive a cup to he kept for one year. Any organiza tion receiving the cup for three years will retain permanent pos session of the trophy. Proceeds from the Ugly Man Contest will go to the WVorld UJni.. versity Fund to help students and teachers in foreign countries. tuden Uition Building to be Con ntistration Buildin g. Constructioni i Press Sets t Date for )f Heyward from whom they were to select those entrusted with the interpre tation of the comedy and drama and pathos of their story, they were taken aback. From revues, night clubs, choirs. amateur dram atic groups, and just plain every day jobs the Theatre Guild had summoned the few who might pos sibly be acceptable. Nobody looked like Porgy or Bess, and few of them resembled the other denizens of the Row. . . . The poor authors had little choice. As in a stock company, the roles were merely divided among those present while the management hoped for the best. "B3ut as rehearsals got under way and the actors began to get the 'feel' of their parts, even the leywards became convinced that with these hardworking and sin cere performers, 'most of whom had never seen the South Atlantic Seaboard,' their play would 'slowly bring to life . . . a living repre sentation of a Charleston Negro tenement, with its laughter and its tragedy." Ten ,years later, the Heywards aid "M4amba's Daughtera" ready frproduction and they found Ethel Waters to play the starring role. On January 3, 1939, the play op)ened and Mr. Durham writes: "The pr'oduction wvas a milestone in American theatrical history. Miss Waters herself offers touch ing evidence of this fact: 'I was the first colored woman, the first actress of my race, ever to be starred on B3roadwvay in a dramatic play.' Of a total of twecnty curtain calls on opening night, seventeen were for her alone." UGLY MAN contestantts will comj he held the week of April 5. Candik l.np.... Sumner. waite.Bd n..a..n Ic tructed ol Meltonl Field is now on expected to begin soon. ((amecock Childs States Activities Fee Appropriations The Student Activities Commit tee has decided on the allotment of the activities fee for the spring term, 'Mrs. Arney R. Childs, chair man of the Student Activities Committee has announced. Seven organizations' plus a coun tingent fund will together receive the equivalent of $6.50 from each student. Garnet and Black will receive the lion's share, getting $2.50 per studient. The Gamecock gets $1.60, the YMCA, YWCA and Y Camp 81.5o, \V\SC 30 cents, Contingent Fund 25 cents. Debate team 20 cents, and the Hand 5 cents. Appropriations for the Carolina leievw, litel ary naazine, have heen cut off. Pope Announces Infirmary Annex Has Been Finished The construction of an annex to the left wing of the university in firmary has just been completed, accrding to Dr. D. S. Pope. Doubling the rooming capacity for men patients, the new ward will accommodate eleven students. All the work was lone by the uni versity maintenance department, and1( expenses came to about $1 0,000. The new wing is 20 by 410 feet in area and is constructed of fire proof block. The wardl features Mliami awning type windows with concrete floor covered by asphalt tile. Anit inter commun 11ications sy'steml connects it with the main part of the infiirmary. Included in the new wing is ntew~ bathroom space and a drug room. >ce for the title of "tgliest Man on Iate, for the. title are Albert Taylor, N1 11. Rilly llU=he an mJ c-k mon. ( Nominatio Monday, For Spring Nominations for student 1) are set for five p.m. Monday student body president Izzy L Class officers and student bers wvill be nomiinated at 5 p. Awards Group Presents Plans For May Day Mlay Day, the day on which aWar, ds atre pres,ented and the May Qu1ei is cr-rwied, has been set for May 5 11 the h,rseshre annonces Ii. (. Stro I(hkvi IN-gis,trar, and Frank 1. IIerty, Chairman of Faculty Committee (.n A ward.,. Mlcdals, and Pr)izes. InI accordance wvith! tradition) the -ervvice fratinities 1mivnn )elta Kapui and Kappa Sigma Ka))a will slervi:e ceremnies for the I (lay. OI1K wvill pnsrthle presenita tiO of medals, prizes, and otheri aiward that Imornin'g. aCeCi ding to Nuhuold Cilliei and Stai.lcy K - man. O)K Awards )av C-chai nien. Some of the awards will he those presented by the social S0r0rities and fraternities; liter ary s ciet,.es leadership and schilapsh i p fraterniies; service fraternities an11d1 pro fessional i KYIll P)S. Also presented will be depart mental awards; oratory medals; a t hi le t i e a'wva rd ; intramural awards ; the Ilnterfraternitv Coun cil Cup; "Who's Who" in American Colleges; and Otitstanding Seniors of 195-1. KS K will ;pn-or a lunch on the horselht .dI tolhe ar ,natIion of 11aY Queen that aftcrn! ' ln the Steps oMcKi> ia I.ihr0ry, accorlding t I -n Mil- 'd Jim Abert, c,.-h:re Sf I\K May )ay progran: tine c nte5t, -p..: "red l' Epi hor-e-hoe. \'ietims It:h ? r ((edine w-'ill be variius inImers of the faculty. Tie pr evd wk 7l * :hellue. Key Sei v\ce Fund. A h hl h t lt. day W I l ie a concrt pirsteited by the ln:iv(I :ity Band under the directi'n of Prof. Riclard zimnmlca n Ulniversity lay will Ie climaxed tlat tvelnling bv the 0-ionation Hall, spinsored by the Student Council, in the htallroem of the JTefferson~ Hotel. Jlohn ny Long's orchestria will play. P'ract ice For ( heerleaders The liep ('lub will Spotnsor a ptract ice tr!yout '-es-it o fo any one who wants to learn the veils lefoie heing nomninatedl for cheerleader. The session wl lbe held in LeUtntec College t oday at 5 p.m.. Camuptus" dluring annuamnl contest to iliam K<rshiaw Waltsh, Jr., Brinsoni Ia..iti 1, ht .,m. .ani Pry ins to Be Fuesday. r Elections ody officers and cheerleaders in front w 1etissiek library, ure said today. ouncil and honor board mem 11. in avis College. Tha !u<h-vt b(ody preident must COme1k fiam the riinlg senior class, whrea- the vice-preFident must be a 'io -ingenirt i. the law school. ITh -t'retar a i( tweasurel must iwe lnOma- 4 .14c thei.-Ing junior P fac io. , - - t or the posi tin of kcet eader will be held in ftrin of AlrjK is>icl. library this ft terntn: at ! Ive. Present cheer adc.b-r- ad m b (of the Game cowi PCI) :Lub %\iL be ther-le tO help) ja i. iv Comine'l learni the L,u CA J, l ie.d -, hat pro41:pective in f Ch jeerlemier will have .. t(,1 " qualify f(.tr I dtia'. TI - wt: will ie (onl d ua i b- r, t he t:tominations l biy att rno2n. h- in.- f-r tudeit bOdy ffi 1id b 100 stu ! a t 1 b turned in by \ea Cda. to I elections as~~~ T oIdo o Izzy Tw - must sign a e::t14n for 1' is of 1ficers or tutId! n mineS. Thev (-Ie Ie \. I.( iny. .\pril 5. We.'d1day. P .: : open at 9 a.m. 111d e Ci,c frilm 12 to 1. They will retopen at 1 and i remain open t ! 1:20. FOUr V,titng ma11Cins wi11 be -et up in '\axey lobby for stu dents itt the schol- -f education, jurnalismnd Ilusitness adminis trati.: St udet fIO the schools f at atnd Scintce, egineCing, ;'litrracy and 1:w wil vote ill \l( 1i ick librarv. ODK Announces New Point System For Candidates rclk ) of ( )Micron IDel.ta I 'a. iat ' lal foitnoiary leader ii) o4i.tv, has anIouI nced its Candhhatt. for membelhr hip inl I llK ilst Ietl the foliowing re u:k;rI 1mt!uts. Si Sh t u itistnding Character. 21 HIave at least jutnior stand mtg. Si H are a 4.0 over-all average, a 3.t' avetage for t he previous setmest er, or a 8.5 average for the I \i ~Pevloni setmesters, 1 A juiinior (0-92 credit hourt Is must have acumiulated at least 75 pointts as set forth in the It m it sIstm: a setnir (more thanm 't2 hour 0') mutist hatve atccumtiulated at least I100 points as set forth itn t hi pointt system;) a graduate sIttudent muItst have aicuulated at least 20 points per year above senr r OIequiirtteents for each year of gradutite stutdy. A pplicat ions for membership should he sent to BOX 2316. The ueadlIinte for a p plica tions is April 10. Th le point systema can h.e fouind ont page (ight. Professor Elected IIcad( of Southern Mtath Group lIt. Wymaiin Williatms of the teat henais depatm tent was teected chtirmaniit of the Sotuth ('astern t Sect itn, Mathematical As sociat ion of A merica at the or ganiati tott's tmeet ing at the un ii versitly this week. H. HI. Mloormnan of Tetnnessee Poltchniehtf Institte, Cooke~ville, Tietnn.. wats namettd vice-chairman andi( Henory A. Rohinson, Agnes Scott College, D)ecat ur, Ga., was re-eletedl secret a ry-treasurer. The society's next meeting will be held Mlarch 11 -12, 1955, at Ten niessee Plletlihnic In,ttu..