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46TH YEAR PEP RALLY OFTONIGHT AT 7 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA ime XLVIII, No. 6 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 29, 1954 Founded 1908 Campus Briefs Notice To Gra'iuate Students By arrangements with the De partment of Foreign Languages a special examination in German will he offered for graduate stu dents at 4:00 p.m. on November 15. Candidates are expected to contact Professor D. F. Bub prior to Monday, November 8. On regiftering for the examination each candidate may secure copies of e type of examination re Engineers Wanted All engineers with junior standing (60 credits) are urged to petition for membership in Epsilon Lambda Sigma, local honorary engineering society, Neuland Collier, president, has announced. Scholastic require ments are that the applicant have a "3" or better over-all average. Petitions should be sent to Box 1127. Thomas H. Wilson is faculty 'advisor. Psi Chi to Meet Psi Chi will meet Thursday, November 4 at 7:30 p.m. in 302 Barnwell. All interested in psychology are invited to attend. Hobgoblin Capers The Newman Club will have a Hallowe'en Party tomorrow night at the "Y" camp. All members who wish to attend are asked to meet at the Thomas Moore Center at 7:3Q. It will a costume affair. Librarianx Meet Eight representatives from the university will attend the South Carolina Library Association meeting in Charleston today and tomorrow, Alfred Rawlinson, di rector of the McKissick Library has announced. Attending the meeting will be Mr. Rawlinson, Miss Nancy Burge, president-elect of the association; Dr. Robert W. Paterson, Miss Jessie Ham, Mrs. Elenore Driscoll, Miss Marian Finlay, Mrs. Caro line Ryan, and Miss Frances Means. Babcock Speaks Professor Havilah Babcock, head of the English Department, will deliver the after-dinner speech to members of the Amer ican College of Surgeons, which is holding a two-day session in Columbia today and tomorrow. Swimming Schedule The university swimming pool will be open to all students on Monday andl Wednesday from 7:00 to 9:00 and on Friday from 4:00 to 6:00, Jimmy Ratliff, swimming instructor, has announced. Journalism Conference A two-day conference on "In ternal P'ublicatknas for Manage ment and Editors" is being held * at the university school of journalism today. The meeting started yes.,rday. University faculty members participating in the event are Dean R. P. Schlabach, John Mc Grail, Harry H. Jenkins, Dr. James A. Morris, and Dr. Rob ert Ochs. To Conduct Tour 4hbn B. McConaughy, associate professor of political science at the university, will conduct a special student-teacher European tour during the coming summer. The tour will leave from New York in late June or early July and will continue for 66 daya. Excused Cuts Available To Students Who Vote All students who miss classes Tuesday, to vote in the state general election will receive excused cuts, student council president Jack Feild announced today. Jesse T. Jackson, Dean of Men, will sign excuse cards provided proof is shown that it wasn neessary that the stu Sdbnt miss class in order to vote and that he atally. did vote. Tootic M** INTERFRATERNITY COUNC fraternitien having the be-,t honec place award in Bob Wimberly (left) (center), president of IFC, 4hoWS (right), viee-president of IFC, show, IFC, Pan H Announce I Formal rush seasons for b will begin next week. Girls rus 31-November 5; boys rushing Frosh Debaters Enter Competition At Wake Forest Four university freshmen will compete in a Freshman debate tournament today and tomorrow at Wake Forest College. Prof. M. G. Christophersen, de bate coach, said that Bob Smith 3f Baltimore and Ted Drucker of Denmark will make up the affirm ative team. Stewart Clare of Charleston and Harry Chapman Af Greenville, of the negative team, will represent the university at the tournament. Last week end four other de iaters participated in a practice Jebate tour. They journeyed to Vil lanova, Temple, Richmond and G;eorgetowvn universities. The negative team, consisting of Charles Goldberg of Charleston and Ernest Lathem of Greenville, won four debates and lost none. Kermit King and Ina Claire Guerry of the affirmative broke even with a 2-2 record. The team had a successful sea son last year. It was the top team f four from the southeastern dis trict wvho were selected to attend the West Point national tourna ment in April of last year. Disciplhnary Campus Ek Nominations for student repre tentatives on the dlisciplinary com nittee will be held this afternoon it 3 o'clock at Rutledge Chapel, 3tudent Body President Jack Peild has announced. Elections will be held Monday for the dlisciplina ry representa tives, one vacancy on the honor board andl for officers of the freshman class. Voting will take place Monday from nine to five in the ODK circle between Mc Kissick Library andt Currell College with runoffs scheduled Wednesday. Voting will take place in Maxcy lobby in case of rain. One male and one female rep resentative will be elected to serve on the dlispiplinary commit tee. The male member wvill sit with the committee if a male student is brougrht before the hTollR 1, will award three prizes to the waminig dimplay.s. Holding lthe third treanturer of IFC. Tonny Rowland the firil place award. Bill Todd the secolld place prize. e11enie tush Week Ath fraternities and sororities h week vill take place October will be November 1 through November 22. Sorority rush week started yes terday with a coke party in Sims lobby for all rushees. The girls will he divided into seven groups and will attend four routine teas beginning at 3:30 Sunday after noon, and three teas starting at 4:30 Monday, according to Hazel Duke, president of Pan Hellenic Council. Preferentlai parties will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day nights by all sororities from 7-9. Girls will receive invitations to the parties in their mail boxes each morning. On Friday morning the rushees will go to Dean Arney R. Childs' office where they will register their first, second and third choices. Bids will be given out at 3 p.m. in the second floor lobby of Sims dormitory. Fraternity Rush Season Fraternity rushing will take p)lace from November 1-22. During this time each fraternity will giveu three smokers and one big party. s The smokers, wyhich must be over t by 8 p.m., may be given anytime e during the period. Each fraternity b has been assignedl a night on a which its big party must be given. Bids will be mailed the morning C of November 23, and pledging will I take place at 5 p.m. the same (lay. r No fraternity man may speak to y a rushee before :5 o'clock on this I (lay. Nomination ctions Set M group andl the female member in b cases involving a female.g "The student member wvill have full voting privIleges on the ni disciplinary committee and must e come from the .junior or senior classes," Feild said. "This is an C important position and( it is our I bore that serious considleration i will he given these nominations,". I< Feiud said in notices placed in each student's mail box.I No person already holding a r studlent class office will he eligible I for the position. Also, no member of the Student Council, Honor E Board, or editor of the Gamecock I or Garnet and Black will be eligi- c ble. Students enrolled in 'the school I of business administration will vote for the honor board vaancy.w I Lelgn Pep Rally Bands To Concert 'I Gwen Tootle of Florence Queen of 1954 in half-time Carolina football game tomor >f the Alumni Association w: Decorations Are Displayed n Campus Sororities, fraternities, and >ther tenement groups will decor Ite today for the Homecoming veekend. Campus displays, which nust be in place by noon today, vill be judged by a committee ippointed by Kappa Sigma Kappa It five o'clock this afternoon. The committee is composed of A. (jg) Cole Rowland, Naval cience Department; Dr. Havilah 3abcock, head of the English De artnient; and John McGrail, hotography instructor in the cehool of Journalism. Jack Feild, student body presi ent, will preside over the presen ation of the awards, which will e held tomorrow morning at 11. twards for first, second and third laces in the men's division will ie given by the Interfraternity 'ouncil. Pan Hellenic will award prize for the best display in the vomen's group. Weather Station Loses Cuspidor "Somebody stole the cuspidor" was the cry around the campus this week after the mysterious disappearance of the Depart ment of Geology and Geogra phy's rain gauge was taken Tuesday night prior to the USC Clemson game. Dr. Donald 0. Bushman of the Geology and Geography Depart ment stated that there was a possibility that the rain gauge had been taken by students as a Carolina-Clemson prank. He also pointed out that the equipment was federal property. (oung Democrats Elect; upjport Edgar Brown The Carolina Young Democrats nanimously went on record in upport of Edgar A. Brown for he United States Senate, and lected Paul Moore of Spartan urg p)residlent of the organization t a recent meeting. Other officers were: D)on Miller, olunmbia, vice-president; Betty lose Westbury, St. George, sec etary; Beaufort Law, Fayette ille, N. C., treasurer; and Hans 'aul, North Charleston, state xecutive committeeman. s Today; [onday tominees are Bill Doar, Bill Hig ins, andi Don Laudermilk. Twenty-seven students were ominatedI Tuesday for freshman lass officers. They are: President -- Bob rosse, Carlton Simons, Butler herrick, Fred Rowland, Jimmie Vatson, Preston Whaley, Phil Coetsch, Jimmy Harrison. Vice-president--Roger Knapper, lene Zalmon, Betty Jean Mur ay, Newton Neely, Larry Ladue, lob Freeman, and Bobby Bunch. Secretary - treasurer - Greg tone', Johanna Gibbs, Warner 'airey. Jo Gibb, Mary Jo Up hurch and Pat Longmire. Historian -- Diane Woodside, leverly Parler, Dot Varn, Sandra Imuith, Alec Garner and Jackie inllener. Over I Tonight; Present omorrow will be crowned Homecoming ceremonies at the Maryland row. Lewis N. Clark, president 11 make the presentation. The many activities of home coming weekend will start Friday afternoon with registration of visiting alumni at Alumni Head quarters in front of Lieber Col lege. Free garnet and black colors will be given by the Alumni Association to alumni, faculty, students, and friends who call at the headquarters. Students are urged to take advantage of this offer and to wear their colors. Displays on Campus The campus w%ill be decorated with homecoming displays. Ex hibits in front of the dormitories will be judged under the direction of KSK beginning at 5 this after noon. A giant pep rally will be held at 7 o'clock tonight in front of McKissick Library. The cheer leaders are planning special cheers. A statewide radio hookup will carry a broadcast of the rally, featuring interviews with Maryland Coach Jim Tatum and Carolina's Rex Enright. Morning Activities Maryland's 120-piece band will join Carolina's 50-piece group in a special homecoming program beginning at 10:30 Saturday morn ing on the horseshoe. The pro gram will include the presentation of awards for campus displays,' and the introduction of home coming queen candidates. The musical program will begin at 11. While the group is assembled, the president of the Alumni Asso ciation will present the queen and members of her court with arm bouquets of red roses. A parade of the queen candidates around the horseshoe will climax the program. An informal Dutch luncheon will be served to students, faculty, alumni and guests in Steward's Hall . beginning at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. Half Time Activities The half-time interval in the football game has been extended from 15 to 20 minutes by a special agreement between officials of the two universities to provide for an outstanding coronation cere mony. The bands of both schools will participate in the program. After the game, open house will be held by the sororities and fraternities, from 5:30-6:30. Sigma Alpha Epsilon will entertain at a tea (lance in the Hotel Jefferson Ballroom from 6:30-8:30. Members' of the homecnming court who will be escorted on the football field by representa tives of the Naval and Air Force ROTC units are: Pat Arant of Pageland, Carol Brandenburg of Bamberg, Frances Lumpkin of Columbia, Verna Norton of Marion, Peggy O'Neall of Green ville, and Rankin Suber of Whit- i mire. Queen Is Active The homecoming queen was sponsored by Kappa Delta social sorority and Kappa Alpha social fraternity. The Florence co-ed is majoring in secondary education and secretarial science at Caro lina. She is a cheerleader, sec retary of the student body, "Y" Council member, and a member of Euphrosynean Literary Society. "The Alumni Association wishes to thank the students for the ex ceptionally fine spirit and interest that has been demonstrated gen erally in this Homecoming effort. The association reminds the stu dents that it is easy to get the alumni to come to the football game, but hard to get them to the campus. Whether they turn out in large or small numbers, the effort of the students is appreiated," stated Ralph Lewis, executive sec retary of the Alumni Asaociation. ulomeC 1954 HOMECOMING QUEEN waP4 selected frcoms eightfeen Ca1dill festivitles this week end. She ill monies at the football game tomr Scholarships Available To Seniors Four scholarship programs are available to members of the senior class and graduate students, R. H. Wienefeld, Dean of Arts and Sciences, has announced. Applications for the Rotary Foundation Fellowships for ad vanced study can be made through the Rotary Club of the city, in which the applicant has permanent residence. Age limit of applicants is 20 to 29 years. Details of the fellowship program may be ob tained either from the dean of the graduate school or the dean of arts and sciences. The Henry Ford hospital and Wayne University of Detroit offer a Master of Science degree in med ical technology. Successful ap pointments receive full mainte nance and waiver of tuition fees. Details of the program are avail able at the office of Dr. Harry W. Freeman. department of bi ology. National Science Foundation Fellowships are offered to seniors and graduate students. The Danforth I oundation invites applications for graduate fellowv ships from college senior men and recent graduates who are pre paring themselves for a career of college teaching, and are planning to enter graduate school in Sep tember, 1955, for their first year of graduate study. A Danforth Fellow is allowed to carry other scholarship appointment, concur rently with his Danforth Fellow ship. All D)anforth Fellows will participate in the annual Danforth Foundation conference on teaching, to be held at Camp Miniwanea in Michigan next September. Any student wishing further in formation should get in touch with D)ean Wienefeld. Gamecock Get In Nation- Wid< The Gamecock has been t ated All-American for the 1953-1954 Spring semester by the Associated Collegiate Press scoring system. It was one of five college weeklies in the 2001-4000 student class to receive the honor. This is the second consecutive semester that the Gamecock has received the top rating. Prior to that semester, the Gamecock had not received this rating since the Fall semester of 1947-48. News coverage, news writing, feature stories, editorials, make up, headline writings and typo graphy were some of the things consideredl in the judging. Most of the points were awarded on the basis of news S oming (Gwen1 Tootle, junior from Florence. ittes 14P rule over the homvecoming he c-ropwnved luring half-time cere ro% afternooa. Fall Term Allocations Announced 'he Student Activities Commit tee has announced the 1954 fall term allocations to campus organ izations. Two groups, the Univer sity Band, and the University Players, which were included in the 1954 spring allocations, will obtain their finances from other sources this semester. The Caro lina lteview, also included in last semester's list, is not being pub lished this year. Allocation for the Contingent Fund is 25 cents approximating a total of $750 for the semester. The debate team will receive 20 cents or, $600. Both groups are getting the same allotment as last semester. Four oirganizations are receiv ing ineases over last spring. The Gamecock will acquire $1.75, or $5,270, representing a 15-cent in cr'ease over last year's $1.60. The Garnet and Black has $2.55, or $7,6;50. a 5-cent inlcrease. YMCA, YWCA and "'Y" Camp) will receive $1.55 or $4,650. also a 5-cent in WUSC, who receivedl 30 cents last se'mester* in order to replace some equipment, will get 20 cents or $600. This is, however, an merlease oif 5 (ents over previous semlesters. The money for allocations comes from $15 set aside from each stu dent's university fee, paid at the time of registration. The Athletic Association receives $8.50 of this, andl the retnaining $6.50 is allo eated to student activities. sTop Rating Competition sources, creativeness of feature material, news stories, newspaper style, leads of stories, editorials and sports coverage. Special praise was given to the edlitorial policy of the Gamecock and to its "consistent use of vaned and readable features." The group also commented that they liked "the wide use of photos and the quality of the pictures." "All-American papers are de cidedly superior and should be regarded as among the finest school publications in the nation. Papers which receive this rating should be justly proud of their fine achievement," Arthur M. Sanderson, assistant director and supervising jnde,.said.