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47TH YEAR VOTE TODAY IN OFRUN-OFF ELECTION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIII, No. 19 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCHI 11, 1955 John Fostei To Be Com Speaker At Secretary of State John F commencement address at the President Donald Russell has a Dean William H. Patterson has announced that graduation exercises have been moved from June 3 to June 6. This was done in order that Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, would be able to speak at graduation. This change in schedule will not affect the dates of exams. Approximately 600 students will receive baccalaureate and John Foster Dulles Campus Briefs TV in Sims . Dean Arney R. Childs has an nounced that the new television set in Sims dormitory was bought with the profits from the Sims canteen. As there are 240 girls in Sims and 60 in Wade Hampton dormnitory, Dean Childs determined that the set would serve a greater purpose in the lavger dormitory. * * * Ili-lingual School Set The accredited bi-lingual school sponsored by the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara and members of the faculty of Stan ford University will offer its third summer program from July , to August 13. Courses will be given in art, creative writing, folklore, geography, history, lan - guage, and literature. Tuition, board, and room will be $226. lurther information may be ob tatined by writing Professor Juan 13. Hael, Box K, Stanford Univer -sity, California. * * * D)elta Omicron Initiates F'our newv members were re cently initiated into Delta Omi cron, national professional music S) fraternity. They are Vermelle -Gatch, Canadys; Joan Harter, Fairfax; Peggy Herlong, Saluda, andl( Martha Orvin, Manning. * * * Ciarlosophic D)iscusses Communism was the topic of discussion at the last meeting of SClariosophic Literary Society. Member Rex Walker started the discussion with a 10-minute speech. As a result of the (discussion, a later scheduled meeting on Soviet strength was postponed indefi niitely so that the topic could be pursued fuf'ther. + * * Euphradians Vote At a re'gular Tuesday meeting on March 8, the Euphradian So ciety votedl 7 to 6 against the question, Resolved: The U. S. should recognize the Red-domin atedl government of the Chinese Mainland. The principle argu ment of the victorious Conserva tive Party was based on the fact that the puppet government of the Chinese Mainland does not rep resent the sentiments of the in habitants of the country as well as the Nationalist government of Chiang kal Chek. The society also initiatedl three new members. They are Mike D)esky of Columbia, Don Estes of Gaffney, and Robert Bell of n,-anitvi. - Dulles mencement Carolina 'oster Dulles will deliver the, Liniversity on Monday, June 6, nnounced. graduate degrees, and commis sions will be presented to cadets and midshipmen who have com pleted their training in units of the Air Force and Naval ROTC at the University. "The University of South Caro lina is extremely gratified that Secretary Dulles will make the commencement address to our June graduating class," President Russell said. "Truly, one of the real leaders in the world today, a man of vast intellect and noble character, his words will make an effective contribution to our un derstanding of the international problems which face this nation. "The members of the graduat ing class, as representatives of the body from which the leadership of tomorrow will come, are par ticularly fortunate in being able to receive guidance on problems of such paramount importance from so eminent and so devoted a public servant, and the student body, faculty, and citizens of this state will benefit greatly from his counsel." . Mr. Dulles began his diplomatic career at 19 when he served as a member of the Secretariat of The Hague Peace Conference of 1907, a year before he was graduated from Princeton University. Des cended from a family of diplomats and public servants, his grand father and namesake, John Foster, was -Secretary of State in the cabinet of Benjamin Harrison. His appointment as Secretary of State by President-elect Eisen hower in 1952 followed his service as a Republican advisor on foreign affairs to the Democratic admin istration, and he has since con ducted a program which has been generally acceptable to both Dem ocrats and Republicans. Secretary Dulles was selected as "Man of the Year" for 1954 by Time which wrote: "John Foster Dulles goes about his job as a missionary at large rather than as an administrator. At first, some people at home and abroad r thought he was only going to preach. They soon discovered that this missionary did a lot of prac ticing. He not only carried the word into the jungle, quieted the local tribes and performed mar riages, but also helped to clear I the ground, dam the streams and stop epidemics of fear. At the year's end there was evidence that Missionary Dulles was making some convertsq where conversion was difficult." New Award To Be Given On May Day A gold medal for dleclamation has been added to the :list of awardis to be presented on May Day, according to an annopnce ment made by Dean of Faculty Orin F. Crow. . The contest will be open only to members of the sophomore and junior classes of the university< andi the Euphradian and Clario- I sophie Literary Societies will acti as intermediaries. The award has been set up in honor of the late George Legare, a university alumnus from Char leston,- by friends who wish to re-I main anonymous, Dean Crow said. The entry deadline has been set for Monday, March 28, and all eligible students interested in en tering should send their names to ' Charles Goldberg, iBox 1483, 1 Campus, by that time.f Four winners will be chosen in preliminaries and they will com- I pete in the finals, to be h'eld in Drayton Hall April 19. Declamation is judged primar- a ily on delivery with the speaker 1 reciting any well-known speech, poem, or address. Time limit xor the recitation will probably be six minutea, Mr. olAherg aid. LECT;ON COMING UP . . . CA rients to the student body constiti Altman And .Uajor Deba The university debate team cap ured number one honors at the ;outh Atlantic Forensic Tourna nent at Lenoir-Rhyne College in fickory, N. C. last Friday. According to debate coach M. ;. Christophersen the team, com )osed of John Altman and Kermit King on the negative team and 'harles Goldberg and Bill 'Rhoad m the affirmative, won 12 out of 4 rounds of debate. Their nearest ompetition came from Appala hian State Teachers College from loone, N. C., who ended with a inal score of 10 victories and our defeats. Lenoir-Rhyne was iext with nine wins and five osses. The subject of debate was "Re olved that the United States hould extend diplomatic recog ition to the Communist govern ient of China." Altman and King, debating the egative issue for the third time his year, came out with victories n all seven rounds of debating to nd uip with first place in nega ive debating. Goldberg and Rhoad nded up with five victories and wo defeats in seven rounds of ffirmative dlebating. They took !irst place on that side of the ssue. The two dlefeats were by A ppalachian State and George ~own University from Washing on, D. C. A girls' (debate team from USC !omposed of Barbara Wright and Jane Ball, aiffirmative, and Al lowee Bailey and Ina Claire Art Exhibit At Barnwell An art exhibit composed of 20 ketches by Warren Brandts is urrently on exhibit on the fourth loor of Barnwell College, accord ng to Prof. Edmund Yaghjian, aead of the Department of Fine irts. PlIans for Fraternity Rush Season Are Told Plans for fraternity rush sea on which will he March 17-81 ~ere announced this week by larshall Cain, president of Inter raternity Council. A silent period will be observed ronm 12 p.m., March 31, until ledging at 5 o'clock, April 1. Tach fraternity will have three mokers; however, no parties will e allowed. The 8 o'clock rule (a fraternity niember may not be with a rushee fter 8 p.m.) will be in effect , Inrinog rush an. irolina students went to the polls tion. Today run-offs for student b I King Win te Event Guerry, negative, also participated in debating. According to Prof. Christophersen they won only four out of 10 rounds of debate but gained valuable experience that should help them in the future. Aside from the regular seven rounds of debate Kermit King and John Altman entered im promptu and extemporaneous speaking respectively. King,-talk ing on "Peaceful coexistence in the world today," took first place honors. Altman, speaking on "SEATO," came in second place behind Clifford Smith of Washing ton and Lee University in Lexing ton, Virginia. USC Enters Southeastern Debate Meet John Altman and Kermit King began debating this morning in Atlanta, Georgia, at Emory Uni versity, against top teams from the nine states in the southeastern portion of the United States according to Prof. M. G. Christoph ersen, debate coach. They are participating in the National Prelims. Four teams from those participating in this tournament will go to the Na tional Final tournament that will be held at the U. S. Military Academy at WVest Point, N. Y., A pril 20-23. To qualify for the tournament at Emory a team has to have won 50 per cent of their competition for the p)ast three .sears. The four teams that take the first four places will be eligible to partici pate in the Nationals at West Point. Altman and King as one team are alternating between negative and affirmative on the issue "Should the United States Extend Diplomatic Recognition to the Communist Government of China ?" in nine rounds of debate. Formerly this year they have debated either strictly negative or affirmative 'in each tournament but have had tournament experi ence in both this year. IActivities Fund Is About $20,000 Approximately $20,000 will be allotted to student activities for the spring semester, Mrs. Arney R. Childs, chairman of the Student Activities Commit tee, has announced. This amount will be obtained from the $6.50 fee paid by each of approxi mately 3,000 university stu dents. The Gamecock was mis taken in an article in its last paper which placed the amount at $3a000 rue8day and approved 12 amend )dy secretary will be held. USC Beauties Chosen By John Powers John Robert Powers of the Powers Modeling Agency in New York, has chosen seven university beauties to appear in the beauty section of the 1955 Garnet and Black, Billy Watson, editor, has announced. The seven young ladies, one of whom is "Miss Garnet and Black" are: Miss Pat Arant, Miss Carol Brandenburg, Miss Carol Cameron, Miss Mitzi Lewis, Mrs. Rankin S. Morrison, Miss Peggy O'Neal and Miss Lucy Ann Robinson. They were chosen from some 22 candidates which represented uni versity fraternities, sororities and independent organizations. In a letter to the Garnet and Black staff, Mr. Powers said that he based his decisions on features and contours of the face, expres sion and apparent personality and feminine charm. lie also stated that he believed naturalness, not glamour, to be the criterion of a young lady's attractiveness. The Garnet and Black is' sched uled to make its appearance about the middle of May. Mr. Watson says that even though the staff has worked hardi andi met all dead lines so far, the annual can not be out any sooner because of G;reek Week and the spring spor1ts. The staff, following the recom mendations of the Natjonal Schol astic Press Association, says that this year's Garnet and Black will have a "new look." They are following a simp)le modern design wvith more pictures and fewer wordls. There will be twice as many pictures with about the same nuniber of pages as last year's book. By reducing the size of the class section, many informal shots which Gus Manos, the photog rapher, has taken will be included. These informal pictures include many aspects of campus life and most of them were taken unan nounced. The 1955 Garnet and Black staff incluides: Billy Watson, editor-in chief; Louise Owens, managing editor; Mark Buyck, associate edi tor; Tommy Roland, business manager; Rex Bull, associate bus iness manager; Sophia Athans, class editor; J. R. Roseberry, copy editor; Rose Weldon, feature edi tor; Bob Holmes, law editor; Shirley Person and Jack M. Can tey, organizational editors; Mary Wise Rixey and David Merline, religious editors; Frances Lump kin, society editor; Billy Smith and Sumner Waite, sports editors; Jerry Cunningham, chief typist, and Gus Manos, photographer and Secretary To Be He Amendme A runoff election for studei today, student body president . Candidates for the office are April 4 Set For Elections Student body elections will be held April 4, Virgil Duffie, chair man of the student body commit tee on elections, announced Mon day. The following plans have been made for nominating student of ficers: Nomination for student body president, vice-president, sec retary and treasurer will be March 28 at 5:00 p.m. in front of McKissick Library. At the same time nominations for cheerleaders (four boys and four girls) and two student members of the disci pline committee will be held. Class officer nominations will be held March 29 at 4:30 p.m. in Davis College. Rising sophomores will meet in Davis 103; rising junior in Davis 105; and rising seniors in Davis 107. Nominations of representatives to student. council will be held in Davis at 5:00 p.m. March 29. The following meeting rooms have been designated for the schools for nomination of representatives: Arts and Sciences, 103; Business Administration, 104; Education, 110; Engineering, 105; Pharmacy, 216; and Journalism, 218. The Law School representatives will be nominated at a meeting of the Law Federation. Chairman Duffie said voting machines would be used again this Year. The run-off election will be held April 6. Membership In Pep Club Opens Today The Gamecock Pep Club will be open for membership starting to (lay, president Virgil Duffie has said. Any student who has been at Carolina for one semester is eligible. Applications will be placed in all student post office boxes today and anyone who wishes to apply may drop their application in a box in the post office lobby. The Pep Club decorates the goal p)osts at football games, directs! the card trick section at games,. stages a variety show each year, andl sponsors any other interest ing activity to help build spirit andl cooperation at Carolina, Pres idlent Duffie said. IFC Report On Dance Is Given The financial report for the 1955 Interfraternity Council Greek Week Dance was presented to IFC this week by Al Perry, co chairman of the Greek Week com mittee. The proposed budget for the (lance was $2,700. A breakdown shows the expected expenditures of $2,000 for the band, $200 for the Township Auditorium, $300 for refreshments, $50 for decora tions, $50 for tickets and publicity, and $100 for miscellaneous. Actual expenditures w e r e: $2,000 for the band, $199 for the Township Auditorium, $241.94 for refreshments, $34.39 for decora tions, $9.27 for tickets and pub licity, and $79.26 for miscellane ous. The total receipts for the dance were $2,902.50. Total expendi tures were $2,536.86. The balance of $338.64 will be set aside to be used for next year's dance. A record is being kept of all proee dlures for reference in planning r oun4aeai vyun Runoff Id Today; nts Pass it body secretary will be held lack W. Feild has announced. Timmy Timmons and Mar garet Hunter. Polls will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Voting will take place at ODK circle between Cur rell College and McKissick Li brary. Approximately 450 students voted in Tuesday's election ap proving 12 amendments to the student body constitution. President Feild said he was pleased with the interest shown in the election. Approximately talf of the voters voted "yes and ro on the individual amend rnents to the constitution. (Voters were permitted to approve or dis approve the ballot as a whole by writing "yes or no" at the bottom if he wished.) Speaking for himself and the student council, President Feild said, "We felt that revision of the constitution was necessary since parts of it had become out-moded and served no useful purpose." He pointed out particularly the revised sections dealing with the elimination of non-functioning committees and defining eligibility of candidates for student offices. The president praised the work of the committee who drew up the constitutional changes. PIRllip M. Moody of the School of Engineer ing was committee chairman. Serving with him were Donald 0. Clark and Sumner Waite. Beauty Pageant For May Queen To Be Held Soon The annual beauty pageant for selection of May Queen candi dates will be held March 24 at 8:00 p.m. in Drayton Hall, Philip Moody, committee chairman, has said. Each sorority and the inde pendent girls select three candi dates for the pageant. Finalists are then presented to the student body for election of the queen. Judges for this year's pageant will be Mrs. Donald S. Russell, Dean Arney R. Childs, and Profes sor Edmund Yaghjian of the art department. Representatives for the soror ities are: Alpha Delta Pi, Peggy O'Neall, Marian Hill, Jeanie Hood; Chi Omega, Esther LaBruce, Mary Alice Breland, Peggy Skel ton; Delta Zeta, Jean Sires, Joan Harter, Ros Levy; Kappa Delta, Caroline Robinson, Shirley Harde man, Joanna Wright; Pi Beta Phi, Catherine Fickling, Mary *Kirk patrick, Winkie Kirven; Zeta Tau Alpha, Carol Davis, Catherine Mc Clain, June Seawright, and Delta Delta Delta, Frances Lumipkin, Lucy Ann Robinson, Pat Adams. The Independent Girls have not chosen their candidates. University Players Set Readings For 'The Crucible' Readings for the University Players' next production, "The Crucible," drama by Arthur Mil ler, will take place Monday after noon from 1-5 in Carolina Play house, President Jack Rast has announced. Parts for 11 men and 10 women are open. Parts will be small and no experience is necessary, Presi dent Rast said. The play, which will be pre sented on April 27, concerns Salem witchcraft trials, philosophy, per secution, and bigotry. Director of the production is Norman Twain of Fort Jackson. He has played in "Death of a Salesman" and "My Three An gels," presented by the Town Theatre.