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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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Volume XLVIII, No. 5 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 20, 1954
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Convocation 0
At 12; USC T
ASir Roger Makins, Britist
States, will address a universit
on the horseshoe. No classes A
Sir Roger and Laay Makii
Force De.XIavilland Heron at 1
where they will be met by Pr(
sell and other university offi
will proceed to the campus to
the midshipmen and cadets c
and Naval ROTC units.
At noon an academic procession
of the university faculty will
escort Ambassador Makins 'to a
rostrum in front of the Maxey
Monument on the main campus
where the outdoor convocation
will be held.
Russell To Give Degree
Makins will receive the honor
ary degree of Doctor of Laws
from President Russell, and will
address the convocation. His
subject will' he "Co-existence or
Chaos."
The Rev. Fred W. Poag of
Shandon Presbyteriap Church will
gi4y the invocation, and the Rev.
Lauren R. Brubaker, university
chaplain, vill pronouice the bene
diction.
Sir Roger and Lady Makins, will
visit the State Fair with President
Russell and fair officials Wednes
day afternoon.
Thursday at 10 a.m. the ambas
sador and his party will tour Fort
Jackson, escorted by Maj. Gen.
R. E. Ennis. Makins will review
the 101st Airborne Division at
10:15 a.m. on Hilton Field, the
division parade ground.
To Attend Game
Sir Roger and I ady Makins will
have lunch with members of the
university board of trustees at the
president's home prior to the
Carolina-Clemson game. During
the game they will participate in
the traditional half-time cere
monies. They will return to Wash
ington by plane following the
game.
Serving as faculty marshals for
the convocation will be professors
James Morris, Donald Bushman,
Arthur Fourier, Lawrence Biles,
A. S. Hodge, Daniel Hollis, Robert
Ochs, Alfred Smith, and John
Welsh.
'' Faculty Committee
Members of the faculty convo
cation committee include Dr. Wy
mft L. Williams, chairman; Capt.
W. L. Anderson, Mrs. A. R. Childs,
Hfennig Cohen, George Curry, W.
H. Patterson, and M. B. Seigler.
Ushers, selected from the mem
bership of Blue Key and Omicron
Delta Kappa, honorary fraterni
ties, will be John Speer, Anderson;
Jack Cantey, Columbia; Bill Todd,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Johnny Johnston,
Greenville; Glenn Bell, Columbia;
Don Miller, Columbia; I. M. Gold
berg, Charleston; Al Perry, Rich
ford, Vt.; Marion Campbell, Varn
ville; and Jack Bass, North.
CAROLINA CHEERLEADERS
Library. A shirt-taIl parade and hi
ready for the rally are, left to right
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> Give Degree
i Ambassador to the United
convocation today at 12 noon
ill be held from 11 to one.
is will arrive in a Royal Air
1 a.m. at the Columbia airport
.sident and Mrs. Donald Rus
:ials. From the airport, they
receive military honors from
f the university's Air Force
Sir Roger Makins
Student Directory
To Be Distributed
Early Next Month
The Blue Key directory will be
distributed through the campus
mail the first part of November,
Editor Al Perry has announced.
The Blue Key is an annual publica
tion compiled, by members of the
Blue Key National Honor Service
fraternity. It contains campus and
home addresses and phone num
bers of students and faculty. The
cover of this year's issue is
designed by Jerry Tieman.
Babcock To Lead
New Yell Tonight
Professor Havilah Babcock,
head of the English depart
ment at the university and
noted prose writer and humor
ist, has turned in his first poet
ic effort, a contribution to the
cheer-writing contest held by
the Pep Club. Dr. Babcock has
agreed to lead the following
yell at tonight's Pep Rally.
Cockadoodle doe, Cockadoodle
do,
Watch the old rooster go!
Cockadoodle doe, Cockadoodle
do,
Hear the old rooster crow!
(Entire student body crows
in unison)
Gamecocks, Gamecocks, Game
cock.!
work out for the pep rally to be I
irning of the tiger will take place
Peggv O'Neill, Rankin Suber. JImb
B1,ati
cins To
Festivities
Begin With
Pep Rally
Torch-Light Parade and
Tiger Burning Tonight
By DEW JAMES
Feature Editor
"Big Thursday" festivities get
under way this afternoon- with a
pep rally in front of McKissick
Library at 5:30.
Elden Dye, president of the Pep
Club, will announce the winners
of the cheer-writing contest and
the new cheers will get a work
out along with sonic of the old
stand-bys.
Follo~wing tradition, after the
pep rally Carolina students will
join ranks for the annual torch
light parade. The route of the
march will be up Assembly Street
and back (own Main to the steps
of the Capitol where a giant
replica of the Clemson Tiger will
be burned in effigy.
At 8:00 o'clock tonight, the Bid
dies and Kittens, Freshman teams
meet at Carolina stadium for their
annual bout preliminary to the big
event tomorrow.
Tiger Burning
The burning of the tiger is al
most as old as the rivalry itself
and in the past has been a cause
for sharpening the rivalry into
actual violence.
In 1902, Carolina pulled a 12-6
upset over the competent Tigers.
Following the game, Carolina fans
paraded a transparency of a
gamecock clawipg a bleeding tiger
down Columbia's Main Street. The
incident fired tempers of the sub
dued Clemsonites and the cadets
armed with rifles and bayonets
marched on Carolina's Sumter
Street entrance.
In the meantime, rumors of the
march spread over the campus
and Carolina men had rounded
up shotguns, pistols and any other
weapons at hand.
Clemson Closes In
The angered Clemson ranks
closed in and only the brick Wall
of the Gamecock campus seemed
to bar battle. Christie Benet, 22
year-old assistant Carolina coach,
probably prevented bloodshed by
climbing on the wall and trying to
reason with the cadets. At first,
reason didn't work. Benet offered
to settle 'the issue by personally
fighting any man selected from
the Clemson ranks. This plan
brought no favorable response and
Benet p)roposed that a committee
be selected from each side to
meet and arbitrate the issue.
This plan was successful and the
complete transparency was burned
amidI shouts from both sides.
Since the 1902 "treaty," com
petition has been keen, but not
to the extreme of that memorable
year.
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Runoff Has
Cheerleaders
As Finalists
Homecom'ing queen finalists
Gwen Tootle, Rankin Suber .and
Peggy O'Neall were entered in
yesterday's runoff as finalists
after emerging from 18 nominees
as leaders in Monday's first
round elections. All three final
ists are cheerleaders.
A total of 1,010 students voted
Monday and this was believed to
be a record turnout for any stu
dent elections ever held at the
university, Student Body President
Jack Feild said.
Yesterday's final results were
not available as the Gamecock
went to press.
The queen's court will consist
of Pat Arant, Frances Lumpkin,
Carol Brandenburg and Verna
Norton, along with the two run
nersup from yesterday's election.
Other plans for the Home
coming weekend include .decora
tions and displays by sororities,
fraternities and various tenement
groups. The Interfraternity Coun
cil will present awards to the
fraternities with the top three dis
plays.
The displays will be judged at
5 p.m. Friday. Kappa Sigma
Kappa has named Professors E. F.
Nolan and Havilah Babcock of the
English department and Lt. (jg)
Cole Rowland of the department
of naval science as judges and
John H. McGrail of the school of
journalism as alternate.
The Maryland and Carolina
bands will take part in a musical
program beginning at 11 Satur
day morning on the horseshoe.
The program will Include a parade
of all Homecoming Queen candi
dates.
While the group Is assembled,
Lewis N. Clark of Conway, presi
dent of the Alumni Association,
wrill present the queen and her
court with arm bouquets of red
roses to be worn with their black
sport suits.
The coronation ceremony will
be held between the halves of the
football game. The queen and her
court will be escorted onto the
field by representatives of the
Naval and Air Force ROTC units
of the university.
Sororities and fraternities will
hold open house after the' game
and a tea dance will be that night
from 6:80 to 8:80.
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Tomorrow
Teams Evenly Rated;
Game Time 2 P. M.
By BOBBY ALFORD
Co-Sports Editor
Tomorrow more than 34,000 football fans will am their
way into Carolina Stadium to watch the adding of another
chapter of football history in the 52nd renewal of the Big
1 Thursday battle between Carolina's Gamecocks and Clem
son's Tigers at 2 p.m.
As in the past, this will be the "big game" for both clubs.
It will be a game that people will remember years from
tomorrow. The players will retell the game to their sons,
the coaches will look back and remember the boys that played
for them, and the fans can brag that they were there when
it happened. This is the game that means something to the
coaches, players, fans and officials.
The game itself may be little different from the many
that have gone down in the record books. There will be cheer
ing, drinking, fighting, as well as some wonderful football.
This event is the "Iviardi Gras" of South Carolina.
This is the "must" win for both teams. It has been the
big game in South Carolina since 1896. Carolina won the
first contest by a 12-6 score. The game was played in a
wooden bowl located in the corner of the state fairgrounds.
The game has come a long way since that first meeting, and
the will to win has progressed right along with it.
South Carolina started the season with a 34-20 vyin over
Army, then, as often happens after a big win, couldn't get"
"up" for the next game and lost to West Virginia, 26-6. In
their last outing, the Gamecocks beat Furman unimpres
sively, 27-7.
Clemson opened the season by easing past Presbyterian,
then proceeded to lose two in a row to Georgia and Virginia
Tech. But in their last encounter they dumped highly rated
Florida, 14-7.
Judging from the records neither team could be estab
lished as favorites.
Clemson will be at top strength for the game. Don King
will be ready to play his first full game of the season. Clem
son has no major injuries that might hurt their chances.
Only, substitute guard Nolton Hildebrand is injured. The
Tigers are ready and waiting.
The Gamecocks are not as fortunate as the Tigers. The
West Virginia and Furman games took more than their toll
of injuries. The Gamecocks will play the game with a patched
lineup.
Mike Caskey was injured in the West Virginia game and
missed the Furman encounter. He hasn't been able to work
for the Clemson game. He probably will see limited action.
Harold Lewis missed the Furman game and has had very
little preparation for the game.
Ed Adams will probably miss the game entirely because
of an injury to his knee-in the Furman game.
Tackle Bob Schwartz will be out for the remainder of the
season after an injury against Furman.
Hugh Bell also missed the Furman game and has had
only limited practice this week.
Add the above injuries to those Carolina suffered before
the season got under way and it looks as if the Gamecocks
will do good to have 11 men to start the game.
Clemson has backfield talent to spare. They are at least
three deep at every backfield position. Such players as King,
Charlie Bussey, Joe Pagliei, Joel Wells, Jim Coleman, Neuf
Ankuta, and Billy O'Dell will give Carolina's defense some
thing to do all afternoon. Clemson's line is not quite par with
the backfield, but such stalwarts as Clyde White, Mark Kane,
Wingo Avery, and Tommy Mattos make the first unit a hard,
tough unit for any backfield to crack.
Clemson has a terrific passing attack with Don King
and Charlie Bussey throwing to such capable targets as Walt
Laraway, Scott Jackson, Harry Hicks, and others.
But the Gamecocks have some things in their favor. They
have one of the top lines in the Conference as well as a fast,
breakaway backfield.
Frank Mincevich, Leon Cunningham, Dick C6vington,
Harry Lovell, and Bill Wohrman will hold the center line
fort against Clemson. These boys are tough against any team.
Bill Tarrer, who will probably start in Mike Caskey's
left halfback spot, has played good football for the Game
cocks this year. Mackie Prickett has blossomed into a number
one quarterback. Carl Brazell will be giving Clemson's
secondary some trouble from his right halfback spot. Bill
Wohrman, "old reliable," will make his presence known to
the Tigers before the afternoon is too far along.
Clemison holds the edge in the long series. They have
won 29 compared to 19 for South Carolina. Three -contests
have ended in ties. Carolina, however, has lost but one game
in the series in the last eleven years. Clemson Coach Frank
Howard will do everything possible to improve his record
against South Carolina, and Gamecock coach Rex Enright
will try to keep his record against Clemson intact. He has
lost to Clemson only once, in 1948.
Both clubs will be up as much as possible for this game,
but the tough part in any athletic event there is only one
winner. Only time will tell the winner, but it will be an
afternoon of hard, tough, clean football at Carolina Stadium
tomorrow regardless of who wins and who loses