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45TH YEAR45HYA OF PUBLICATION OF PULCATON UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING F6R A GREATER CAROLJNA Srolume XLVII, No. 31 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLNA, MAY 28, 1954 Founded 1908 *Chark GAMECOCK STAFF for next fs Carns, Society Editor; Betsy Ehrh left to right, Mike Lovejoy, Co-Spe Editor; Bill Leggit, Editor-in-Chiefl Landis Perry, Photographer. Absent staff photo) AFROT( For Comn The Department of Air Science at the university has announced its plans for the cohnmissioning ceremony of its advanced program seniors. Those to receive reserve commissions will report to Barn well College one hour before the university grp ation ceremonies Ithir-prescEr d Air Force sum mer uniform to be sworn into the military service. The presenta tion of certificates of commissions will take place at the graduation exercise. The following cadets-which are classified by the Department of Air Science in the categories of I (those intended for pilot training), I-a (those intended for observer training), and IV (veterans who have cdmpleted their selective service obligations of two years' active duty will receive their com missions June 7: John Quincy Adams, Richard Charles Balka, Robert Gardiner Bradbury, Eu gene Lonzo Brantley, Eldridge Hutton Brown, Jr., Joseph Allston Chandler, Warren Lee Clarke, Gerald Eugene Conner, James Cal houn Cordell, Billy Lee Creech, Ernest Lee Davis. . Also, Charles Buist Dowling III, James Elliott Findley, John Leon Gasque, Jr., Moffatt Todd Hlaynie, Jr., Paul Richard Hicks, Marion Edwin Hinds, Thomas Irwin Hutchison, Troy Lee Hyatt, Ar,ge Oral Knight, Jr., Dan Foster Laney, Jr., Brinson Nash Leap trot, Rudolph Harrison Lee, John ,- Thomas Mauldin, Jr., Thomas ,tJerome Mims, Jr., Walter Douglas Moody, Robert Vernon Peele, Nils Herndon Price, John William Ray, Irvin Sylvanus Sims, Ronnie Pat KSK Elects Initiates 1|i Bill Hawley of Pittsburgh, Pa. was 'glected president of Kappa -Sigma Kappa honor-service fra ternity last week and 18 new .4members were initiated at the group's last meeting of the semester. Hawley and the other new of ficers were installed by outgoing president Ares Artemes of Ches ter. The other officers are Bill Todd, Pittsburgh, Pa., vice-presi dent; Ted Mears, Cross Hill, re cording secretary; Jack Cantey, Columbia, treasurer; Dave Mar tin, Orangeburg, corresponding secretary; Jack Bass, North, scribe; John Altman, Charleston, sergeant-at-arms; and Johnny Johnston, Greenville,. and Flynn Harrell, Columbia, board of par dons. The 18 new initiates are Marion Campbell, Varnville; Tommy Row land. L.aurens; Mark Buyek. St. sE.V il are, seated, left to right: Carolyn ardt, Assistant Managing Editor; Pa rts Editor; Arthur Ness, Circulatiol Jimmy Salley, Business Manager; when picture 'was taken, Bobby At Annount issiomng terson Skenes, Johnny Alston Stokes, Jr., William Reed Todd, Jr., Myron Norris Watson, Charles Gwynne Wilson, James Eugene Wilson. Other cadets who will receive commissions on June 7 will be category II men (engineers and graduates in scientific fields) Gil liam Senn Teague, Jr. and Salva tore Joseph Orlando, and one category III cadet, John Lawrence Gramling, Jr. Cadets Leroy Archie Brazell, Shelton Brown, Harris Benjamin Caldwell, Jr., Frank Bernard Herty, Jr., Lewis Cleveland Jones, Jr., Joe Cecil McGill, Jr., Lou Allen Patton, James McLeod Pot ter, Robert Arnold Sineath, and Powell Bohler Whitmire are also in categories I, I-a, II, and IV, but will not receive commissions until completion of summer camp, July 18, 1954. New Category Worked Out However, not all graduating seniors will receive the usual com mission. Some will receive a "temporary reserve commission." A temporary reserve commis sion, which is to be issued for the first time this year, is a new category worked out between the USAF and the National Guard Bureau whereby some 4,840 cate gory III men in the United States (category III is composed of cadets of administrative capacity for whom the Air Force has no present need) may be eligible to receive their commission. In es sance, the plan is that if a cate gory III cadet, upon completion of the AFROTC program and upon graduation from college accepts ; Hawley; 'New Men Matthews; Dave Martin, Orange burg; Tom Collins, Mullins; Jack Bass, North; Bill Edens, Colum bia; John Altman, Charleston; Bob Wimberly, St. Matthews: Dick Plummer, Elizabethtown, Pa., Sumner Waite, Camden; Elden Dye, Augusta, Ga.; and Kim Pen land, Jacksonville. Earlier in the semester, KSK had initiated Flynn Harrell, Co lumbia; Al Lane, Charleston, David Merline, Anderson; Ted Mears, Cross Hill; and Jack Field, Georgetown, to active member ship. President Donald Russell was elected to honorary member ship at that time. Kappa Sigma K'appa this year sponsored May Day, Homecoming, rat week, a scholarship fund, and its mnembers nerved as ushers at football games. There are 86 re turning memhars. Vilson McClung, Campus Editor; Joanne toy Penney, News Editor. Standing, i Manager; Jack Bass, Managing Dew James, Feature Editor; and rord, Co-Sports Editor. (Gamecock .es Plans Ceremony and is accepted by a state Air National Guard unit, he must. complete a three-year active duty training period as an ANG of ficer in the Air Force. In addi tion he must complete such num ber of inactive years with the ANG as to total six years of training. 9 Eligible For ANG Cadets expected to be eligible for ANG commissions after June 7, 1954, will be Rush Perry Blan ton, William Harold Bragdon, Robert E. Cole, Bobby Gene (Conlinued on page 6) ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS For your convenience, copes of the SUMMER SESSION DATA SHEETS, and RE QUESTS FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE 109 FORMS, have been placed In your campus mail boxes. 1. Students who are plan ning to attend the summer ses sion should fill out the Ma chine Records Service Data Sheets before leaving the cam pus and leave these sheets with the Registrar, receiving a receipt card which will entitle you to pick up your registra tion materials on June 15 without delay. Registration ma terials will be given out only to those who have the receipt cards. Do this now and save time on registration day. 2. Male students who desire to have Selective Service Forms 109 sent to their Boards at the end of the Spring Semester should fill out the request forms and file these requests with the Registrar at once. Selective Service Boards require the 109 forms at the end of each semester giving your class rank. Forms are only sent for the students mak ing the request,. THIRTEEN NEW MEMBERS r left to right, Sumner Waite, Tomu Standing, left to right, Dave Martin land, and Diek Plumaeua. (Gam... to SpI Renovation Plans Start In Summer By CAROLYN McCLUNG Campus Editor Plans for an extensive building and renovation program to be started this summer were an nounced to the Gamecock by Dr. W. H. Patterson, Dean of Ad ministration. Plans include reno vation of the Journalism Depart ment and all tenements on the horseshoe. Work on the Student Union Building, an addition to the School of Education, a new Bus iness Administration Building, and a new men's dormitory will also be started. The tenements in Legare, Rut ledge, DeSaussure, Harper, and Elliot Colleges, all on the horse shoe, will be remodeled similar to those in Pinckney and Legare that were done last summer. The improvements will include pine paneled interiors, new ceilings, and built-in furniture. The present stairways will be replaced with metal steps. Approximately 275 men will occupy the renovated dormitories. Estimated cost of this work is $140,000. Bids will be taken May 29. Men's Dormitory A new men's dormitory on Blossom Street, scheduled for completion by September, 1956, at a cost of approximately $400,000, will house six of the seven fra ternities on the horseshoe now. The seventh will move to 1724 Pendleton Street. After next fall no fraternities will be assigned to the horseshoe, giving prefer ence in 'the renovated dorms to seniors and graduate students. The proposed Student Union Building, the men's dormitory, and a new Business Administration Building at the corner of Devine and Bull Streets, are all scheduled for completion by September, 1955. School of Journalism The work to be done on the school of journalism this summer will include a new south wall, new furniture, and paneled classrooms A wing will be added to the School of Education in Wardlaw College and the whole Education Department will be renovated. This work will be finished by October, 1964. New Field House A combination field house and auditorium is tentatively planned to be erected on the block bordered by Blossom, Devine, Main and Sumter Streets. The Athletic De partment has bought over 20 acres of land about a mile from campus, which will be used for athletic events. Davis field will be used for intramurals. Next summer's plans call for the renovation of the classrooms in Harper and DeSaussure Col leges, where parts of the School of Business Administration are now housed. At the completion of the remodeling, they will house the Political Science and 'Foreign Language Departments, now in Building C and Davis College. Building C will be torn down. senty Initiated into Kappa Sigma my Rowland, Elden Dye, Mark Bny Bili Edena, Marion Campbell, Joh uk p'hoto hv Lmadi Parrv) eak at Over 500 Four LL. Charles E. Wilson Students Enroll In Alphabetical Order In Fall Registration for the fall semes ter, 1954, will take place on Tues day, September 14, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, Sep tember 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as announced by H. 0. Strohecker, registrar. Students will enroll In alpha betical order. The reverse order will be followed for the spring semester in February. Enrollment cards will be pre punched, and may be picked up as follows: Tuesday, September 14 Time Sur-names 1:30 p.m. A and B 2:00 p.m. C and D 3:00 p.m. E and F 3:30 p.m. G and H 4:00 p.m. I, J, K, and L 4:30 p.m. Mc, M, N, 0 Wednesday, September 15 8:30 a.m. P, Q, and R 9:00 a.m. S and T 9:30 a.m. U, V, W, X, Y, Z 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. new students and late registration. The above program will enable approximately 200 students to re ceive registration materials every thirty minutes and avoid unneces sary lines. Five NROTC Students Get Merit Awards Awards for meritorous achieve ment were presented to five grad uating seniors in the Naval ROTC unit at the university May 20 during ceremonial review. Midshipman Melvin L. Burton, Jr. of Columbia and Midshipman Daniel E. Donovan of Hershey, Pa., received the award for the United States Naval Institute presented by Dean Samuel M. Derrick of the School of Business Administration. Midshipman Frank N. Boensch of Mt. Pleasant was awarded the Kappa Signaa Kappa are, seated, ek, Jack Baae, and Rob Wimberly. ns Ahtman. Toni Caota... 'Krm Pat Gradi Will Get ).'s to Be The University of South C 500 degrees and certificates at June 7, at 10 a.m. on the Ho: Secretary of Defense Charles E honorary degree from the uni the corimencement address. The Rev. J. W. Jackson, D.] terian Church, Columbia, will the academic procession which Alumni Day Set June 5; Clark Heads Committee The university's 1954 Alumni Day will be held Saturday, June 5, according to Lewis N. Clark of Conway, president of the alumni association. Mr. Clark also announced that the alumni association's general committee for Alumni Day will consist of T. Eston Marchant, Jr., chairman, and Mrs. Irvine F. Belser and Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr., all of Columbia. "A full day's program is being arranged, and the association ex pects to sponsor this year the largest Alumni Day reunion in the long history of the university," said Mr. Clark. Mr. Marchant and his committee have been working with Alumni Secretary Ralph Lewis for some time In making plans. Special reunions for the classes of 1904 and 1909 will be held. Chairman Marchant, who is vice-president of the Alumni As sociation from the Fifth Judicial Circuit, received his baccalaureate degree from Carolina in 1942 and his law degree in 1947. As a stu dent, he was a member of ODK national leadership fraternity, the infraternity council, The Game cock staff, varsity track and ten nis teams, and manager of varsity football. Council Plans Student Trip To New York The Student Council will spon sor a student trip to New York next fall for the first football game of the season, with West Point, September 25, if the ad ministration approves. Tenative plans have been made for the students making the trip to leave Columbia on Thursday night, September 23, arriving in New York at 1:15 Friday. Fri day and Saturday nights will be spent in New York City. A bus will take the students to West Point Saturday morning for the game. They will leave New York Sunday morning at 9:45. Tickets for the trip will be sold during registration next fall. Cost of the trip will be approximately $41.00, including hotel, bus fare to and from West Point, and round trip train fare to New York. Esther LaBruce is chairm'an of a committee working on excused cuts for the students who go to the game. (See editorial, page 2.) Reserve Officers Association medal by Alderman Duncan of Co.. lumbia, vice-president of the South Carolina department, Navy Reserve Officers Association. Midshipman Howard 0. Casada of Norfolk, Va., received the Armed Forces Communications award from Dean Robert L. Sum walt of the School of Engineer ing. Midshipman Robert T. Mac Pherson of Spartanburg received the' Marine Corps Gazette award from Major Frank Sullivan of the university Naval ROTC staff. 0 Liation Degrees; Given. irolina will award more than outdoor graduation exercises rseshoe of the main campus. Wilson will receive an LL.D. versity and will then deliver )., pastor of the First Presby give the invocation following will begin at 9:50. Three other men besides Mr. Wilson will receive honorary de grees. They are G'eneral Mark W. Clark, president of The Citadel and former U. S. commander in the Far East, Mr. Robert M. Cooper of Wisacky, USC alumnus who is chairman of the board of trustees at Clemson College and former director of the South Caro lina Research planning and Development Board and head of Santee-Couper; and Mr. .J. M. Smith, state auditor of South Carolina and long-time state sec retary-treasurer of the Democratic Party. Mr. Wilson was president of General Motors Corporation from 1941 until his appointment as Secretary of Defense by Presi dent Eisenhower in 1953. All four will receIve the doctor of laws degree. The Rev. Lauren E. Brubaker, Jr., chaplain of the university, will pronounce the benediction. -.. In case of rain or bad weather, the exercises will be held in the field house. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Bishop Costen J. Harrell, A.B., A.M., B.D., D.D., Litt.D., presiding bishop of the Charlotte area of the Methodist Church at the First Baptist Church of Columbia, June 6 at 7:50 p.m. The presentation of Navy ROTC students will be made by Captain William L. Anderson, professor of naval science and Colonel Raymond F. Wiseheart, professor of air science, will pre sent Air Force ROTC student for commissions. Russells Give Final Senior Dinner Sun. President and Mrs. D)onald Rus sell will hold their final dinner for June graduates Sunday eve ning at 6:30, Mrs. Russell has an nounced. Mrs. Russell has requested that any graduating senior who has not receivedl an invitation this semester or for anyone, who knows of a gradluating studen :hat has not receivedl an invi Lion this semester, to please con - bact the president's secretary i n' the administration building as soon as possible. Several names which had been p)reviously over *ooked because of clerical errors have been discovered, she said, and the aid of the student body s requested to make sure no other names may remain overlooked. Mrs. Russell also announced ~hat open house would be held at ~he president's home on the morn ng of graduation, Monday, June 7, for all seniors and their guests, beginning at 8 o'clock. NOTICE Any graduating senior wish ing to subscribe to the GAME COCK should mend his name and mailing address to Arthur Ness, Circulation Manager, Box 2811, Campus, or during the summer to Box 167, Denmark. South Carolina. Subscripties rates are $2 per year. 8~ scribers will be bied duariat the fall semester.