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46TH YEAR ALL-AMERICAN OFFALL '53, SPRING '54 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROUNA Vol Fe XLVIII, No. 8 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 Founded 1908 Campus Briefs Blood Drive on Campus The Richland County Chapter of the American Red Cross will be on the campus Monday and Tuesday, November 22 and 23 to receive donatios of blood from Carolina students. The Red Cross center will be set up in the Naval Armory. Students under 21 desiring to a contribute blood must have re leases signed by their parents, Mrs. nn Bailey of the Rich land County Chapter has an nounced. Professor Hubert Spigner of the university History Depart ment will head the drive. Last year Carolina students contributed 205 pints of blood in November, 151 in May and 23 in July. * * * Dr. Wende To Speak Dr. C. W. J. Wende will address the students and faculty of the university on the subject of "Technical Writing," or "How to Write Good Scientific Reports Without Really Trying," at 7:30 p.m., November 18, in Room 210, LeConte College. All engineering and other -phys ical science students are invited to attend. * * * Canterbury Bazaar Canterbury Club is working with other groups of Trinity Episcopal Church in the annual bazaar Wednesday at the Parish Hou * * Wesley Foundation Dr. A. R. Eickhoff will address the Wesley Foundation this week end at a retreat at Heise's pond. He will speak on "A Faith By Which To Live." Transportation will be furnished from the Wesley House at nine Sunday morning. The group will return at five. USC Graduate Tells of Activities While In France Bobby Jones, recent graduate of the university and recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, has just begun graduate work at Dijon, France. A recent letter to the University Press staff, with whom he worked for awhile in college, expresses his opii)ion of the coun try. The letter follows: "Paris is quite lovely. The leaves are falling from the trees and the weather is getting to be quite brisk. My classes at the Sarbonne and my sightseeing have really kept me on the go. Have visi tVersailles, Fontainbleau, the ~thedral of Notre Dame, Beauvais, Amlens, St. Denis, Ste. (7ihapelle. Rouen, Chartres, and Aheims are on my itinerary for the rest of the week. Am planning to spend the afternoon in the Louvre. Theater-Goer "Have seen the Sadlers' Wells Co. do 'Sw'an Lake' at the Paris Opera with Margot Fonteyne terrific; also 'Carmen' at Opera Comique, 'Andromache' by Racine at the Comedie Francalse, and also Walter Gleskeking in an all Ravel ~cital--as well as Maurice ChevaM'. 'La Traviata,' 'Aida' (at the opera) and Arthur Ruben stein and 'Porgy and Bess' are on the agenda for the rest of the week." Goes to Dijon "I leave for Dijon Monday, November 1. School starts Nov. ember 4. I went down there a couple of weeks ago to find a room--which I was lucky enough to do. It does have central heat ing and hot water-both of which are so rare here (we haven't had any heat here yet and the tem perature has gotten into low 40's); but there is no place to take a bath. Ahi 'When in Rome .. . etc.' It won't really be so bad, I suppose. There are public showers. This experience In ,France is truly wonderful, 'thongh." ".0 Fine Arts Building Planned USC Arboretum To Be Site of New Structure A tentative plan for the con struction of a Fine Arts Buildinj in the university arboretum wa announced this week by Dr. W H. Patterson, dean of administra tion. Present plans call for th building to be completed early ii 1956. The Fine Arts Building, whic] was first scheduled to be bull at the corner of Main and Greei Streets, will house the Depart ments of Music, Art and Dramat ics. Music is now located il Leiber College and in a temporar, building. rt is on the' fourt] floor of B rnwell, and Dramatic is housed between Preston an< Legare. Other construction is now tak ing place on the campus. Amonj these are the Carolina Studen House, and the Business Admini stration Building on the corne of Bull and Devine Streets. Whei all the construction is finished there will be a great man, changes of departments from on building to another. Wade Hampton Canteen With the completion of th Carolina Student House, th places now occupied by the Wad Hampton and Steward's Hal Cafeterias will be vacated. It i hoped that a vending machine can teen, similar to those already oi the campus, will be installed I the basement of Wade Hamptoi Dormitory. Booths from th present canteen will be used. Th School of Engineering will tak over Steward's Hall in order t extend its laboratory. New Faculty Club The Alumni Office- will mov out of Leiber into the Carolin Student House. With this and th Music Department moved, th entire building will be empty Some consideration has been givei to its becoming the Faculty Clut Physics and math will expani into the space left vacant li Hamilton by the removal of En gineering and Secretarial Science By next fall, it is hoped tha Harper and DeSaussure College will be renovated. In this event Harper will be occupied by Poli tical Science, Anthropology, an Sociology. Foreign Language will be housed in DeSaussure Building C will be torn down, an the English Department will oc cupy all of Davis College. Nelson To Pa Religious We( Dr. Dotson M. Nelson, Jr., pas tor of the First Baptist Church o: Greenville, S. C., will be one o the speakers at the university' annual Religious Emphasis Weel this year. The event will be hel December 5-9. During the week, Dr. Nelsoi will be 'available to speak to 41. cussion and classroom groups o1 such subjects as Religion and Life, Commonsense of Christian ity, and Problems of Belief. A graduate of Mississippi Col lege, Clinton, Mississippi; and th< Southern Baptist Theologica Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky Dr. Nelson holds the B.A. degre (summa cunm laude), the Master o Theology, and Doctor of Theolog degrees. While In college he wa editor of the annual, captain o the debating team, president of th Literary Society, member of th Glee Club and Band, and partici pated In athletic. Dr. Nelson has been a membei of the Foreign MIssIon Board o the Southern Baptist Conventoi as Missouri's representative; mem ber of the Board of Trustees o: William Jewell College and o: Missouri Baptist Hospital. He hai been pastor of Vinton Baptis Church, Roanoke, Virginia; Secon< Baptist, Richmond, Virginia; an< Calvary Baptist Church, Kansai City. Missouri. Durifig the war he served al chaplain in the Navy, overseasn wvith Submk -ine Snuadron 1 Where Universit 13 23 10 37 33iN A.COaNCK -- 12 GEORGIA 47 1 .OOICUIT se.ssates t r ENROLLMENT AT THE UNI a total of 4,317 registered for ca Richland, Lexington, Greenville, S Constructio Of Fraterni Construction on the first six units of the proposed new fra ternity quarters has begun, Dr. W. H. Patterson, dean of admini stration, has announced. The dormitories are being built B by George A. Creed Construction a Co. of Columbia at a cost of $425,000, exclusive of architec tural fees, Dr. Patterson said. B The building plans were de i signed by the architeetural firm e of Lafaye, Fair and Lafaye. Hern e don Fair, a graduate of the uni versity, was the principal archi a tect, said Dr. Patterson. The second structure, which will I contain either six or seven units, i will be started probably in the next - 90 days, Dr. Patterson said, and will probably be ready for occu t pancy for spring semester of a 1956. The first structure is scheduled for completion by next - fall and six fraternities will move I in then. 3 Dr. Patterson stated that no . plans for naming which fraterni I ties will move in first have yet - been formulated, but indicated it would probably be the six fratern rticipate In &k Activities Sr. .M esn r oprtnfu fAsrla e Dr. Neso Ms Narroed torth former Grace Philpot and has f four children. t Other leaders for the week will be: the Rev. Wallace Friday of t Bethel Methodist Church; Spar I tanburg; the Rev. Henry Mobley, I Presbyterian Church, Rock Hill; Rabbi Allan Tarshish of Charles ton; Father McKevlin of St. a Joseph's Catholic Church, Colum ,bia; and Canon Bryan Green of 2 Rirmir.ham. 1Eng1and. y of South Carolina Stud CNIo.XI 36 73 UT" so c~a 47 43I,, LACII wItI,L 46 NAINNIRD SIRA lIaSHA 36 OA*AI 39 5 I 1 2i N 1022 * CALOUN 7- 29 CtAINDON AKIN 87 04ANGIOUNG 01 w 30 a27 23 --HE 40 ,. 001CHfIIlk s 27 (OW10"N 14 CHAUIITO. I **~* Is 11AU06tt IERSITY has increased approxima< sses. Counties with more than 100 1 partanburg, Charleston, and Florence, ri Of First 5 ty Quarters ities now located on the horseshoe. I The rest of the fraternities would move to the new quarters I in February. The new construction is going up on land purchased and cleared i last year by the university behind 1 Davis Field and bordered by < Devine, Sumter and Blossom i Ktreets. Movable partitions on the upper floors would enable expansion or contracton of room space in each fraternity's section, according to Schlabach Addresses Two Groups Dean R. P. Schlabach of the School of Journalism has recently made two speeches on "The School of Journalism." He spoke to the Sertoma Club last week and addressed the Correspondents Association of the Walterboro Press and Standard at a banquet earlier this week. About 150 correspondents, the major source of information for the Press and Standard, attended the banquet. Journalism Prof. H. H. Jenkins and Betsy Ehrhardt, journalism senior from Charleston, led a dis cussion group at a meeting of District Three, South Carolina Scholastic Press Association meet ing held at Ridge Spring High School yesterday. Prof. Jenkins conducted a form on editorials inj high school newspapers. Miss Ehrhardt led a discussion on fea ture writing. She is assistant managing editor of the Gamecock. Euphradians Vote Down Dry States The Euphradian Society voted by a 7-5 count that the dry state system be abolished in Sotfth Carolina. Critic Charles Goldberg an nounced next week's topic as Resolved: That the UJnited States adopt a policy of universal mili tary training. Seigler Addresses Literary Society "Writers are individuals--they are young and they grow old like everybody else; and they aren't always the graying sages that the picture in the literature book implies," Dr. M. B. Seigler of the university English department told the. Clarlosophic Literary Society Tuesday night ents come from WoN CAROLINA 123 323 30 '32 "*" 468j e/ 122 (k""'*" 4y ten per cent over last year with itudents at the university include (USC map by Tom Salane) ix Units Begins he needs of the individual .raternities. The minimum num >er of rooms for each unit will be !0 and the maximum will be 32. Rooms will be completely fur uished with built-in furniture, Dr. ?atterson said, with the exception >f two chairs, mattresses and bed prings. Each room will have two >ccupants. The downstairs floor will have 48x17 lounge, 31-14 chapter *oom and a 9'3"x14 utility room, [r. Patterson said the university night allow the third room to be ised as a bedroom for a house nother. A small refrigerator and 3ossibly other kitchen facilitieE ilso might be allowed, he said Another suggestion was to use the tility room as a luggage room. The front of the structure, whic1 will face away from the street, Arill have a terrace extending SE leet from the building. Players to Give Dramatic Reading The University Players will )resent a dramatic reading, 'Darkness At Noon," to highlight ,he annual Thanksgiving progranm ponsored by the Carolina Reli rious Council. The program will be at 7 p.m. ~ov. 21 in Rutledge Chapel. It sill replace the regular Sunday iight Vespers program sponsored >y the YM-YWCA. The Thanksgiving program com nittee is made up of Catherine WecClain from the Carolina Reli rious Council, Sara Bull, from the vespers committee, and Jack Rast, resident of the players. The drama is taken from thE intl-Communist novel by Arthui Koestler. Mackie And. Luck; To If Gamecock quarterbac campus tomorrow morning derson a big hug, it won't Mackie, who goes stead; merely going all-out in an efi and he wanta Old Lady Luc It seems that Mackie fil Mountain, N. Y. before the the season opener. The hug to Judy. There were no morE everybody knows who woni Unfortunately, there we Maryland and North Caroll both times. Jackie has already told Mackie tomorrow. Cavaliers watch out!! College [ Meet Her Carolina About 100 debaters repr universities will meet here to< annual Carolina Forensics df USC Asks Increase Of $425,000 At a meeting of the Stat* Budget and Control Board thiE week, university President Donald S. Russell requested an increase ol $425,000 over the current appro. priation of $2,108,638. Most of the proposed increase would go foz instruction. Most of the additional mone) would be used for research, and an expanded faculty to meet ar anticipated increased student en rollment next year of 10 per cent "There is nothing more needed in South Carolina than the im provement and enrichment of tht graduate program at the univer sity," President Russell said Presenting his request, he alac said that the university should be an institution which will re flect credit upon South Carolina. "If we're to build it up, we ruusi have a faculty that commands thi respect of teachers and scholars,' he declared. Enrollment has increased ap, proximately 10 per cent each yeai since 1952, jumping from 3,048 t< the present enrollment of 3,654 this year. Estimated enrollmeni for the year 19565-56 will be 3,850 the board was told. Walk On Grass, Not On Same Spot During the past two weeks several workmen have been seen at work spreading a brown material, Sylvania Peat, over the lower campus grounds-be tween McKissick Library, Pic kens Street, Brownwell College and Green Street. According to Dr. J. T. Pen ney, professor of biology, the peat is mined in Georgia. The peat is for the purpose of hold ing moisture for winter grass that is being sown on top of the peat. Dr. Penney, who is a faculty adviser for the project, said the work they are doing will also aid the Bermuda grass. It will be all right for the stu dents to walk on the grass after it comes up, Dr. Penney said, but quickly added, not to walk on the same spot all the time. This is only part of the over all program for getting the campus grounds in shape. Prog ress has already been seen aroun< the horseshoe. Dr. Penney said the students are "cooperating and seem to be taking an interest" in seeing to it that the grass Is kept in shape. Judy Hug For sea Virgina k Mackle Prickett is seen on giving cheerleader Judy An be all romance. v with co-ed Jackie Jones, is fort to beat Virginia tomorrow k on his side. rat gave Judy a hug at Bear Gamecocks' upset of Army in was "just for luck" according hugs until Big Thursday and that one. re no hugs before either the na games and the Bird. lost .Judy to put the squeeze on lebaters e For Forensics esenting thirteen colleges and Jay and tomorrow for the sixth bate tournament. Twenty teams, participating in 120 rounds of debate, will d6bate the subject: That the United States Government Should Extend Diplomatic Recognition to the Communist Government of China," Prof. M. G. Christophersen, debate coach, said today. Law School Auditorium The law school auditorium in Petigru College will be the scene of the tournament. The university team has taken first place in the tournament for the past four years. It has declared itself ineligible for any of the four trophies to be awarded but will be eligible for certificates which will also be given. The four trophies will be given to the top affirmative arml nega tive teams and the best extem pore and impromptu speakers. University Team Representing the university on the affirmative first team will be veteran debater John Altman, and Kermit King, a newcomer to the team. The negative first team will be made up of Ernest Lathem and George Williams. Both were members of last year's team. The second teams will consist of Bob Smith and Charles Goldberg, affirmative, and Ted Drucker and Bill Rhoad, negative. A women's team will be made up of Ina Claire Guerry and Claire White debating the affirm ative, and Virginia Farmer and Allowee Bailey of the negative side. Registration Debaters registered at the law school auditorium this morning. A preliminary contest in impromptu speaking was scheduled to begin at nine, followed by preliminaries in extempore speaking at 10. Five rounds of debate are scheduled from 11 to 9:30 tonight. Finals in extempore speaking will be held at nine tomorrow morning. The final round of debate is scheduled for 10. Finals in impromptu speaking will take place at 11:15. Winners will be announced and trophies awarded at 12:80. Judges for the debate will be coaches of the 20 teams and uni versity faculty members who have -had experience in debating. All state high school debate teams and their coaches have been invited to attend the tournament. Police Catch Thief Posing As 'Friend' A thief, who stole two electric razors and clothing worth $38 from two rooms in Preston the weekend of Oct. 23, was arrested by campus police the following weekend, Chief Colie B. Bundrick has announced. The culprit, who is not and never has been a student at the university, was visiting "friend." in Preston at the time of the rob bery and had spent several nights in Preston, Chief Bundrick said. Besides the Preston theft, the boy had two warrants araiting for him in York, S. C. at the time of his arrest. Chief Bundrick's advice to stu dents In regard to this incident Is "to be skeptical of any such visi tors that they might bring to the campus or allow to spend the night in their room, which Is a violation of school regulations?" Through the efforts of Chief Bundrick and his staff, practieally all of the stolen property has been returned to the ones.