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47TH YEAR PARKING BAN OF PUBLICATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIII, No. 20 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 18, 1955 Parking Bo * On Pickem Parking on Pickens Stre ba'nned at certain times durinj of the Columbia City Council. to immediately" Mayor J. Clarei University officials were not available for comment at press time. "To eliminate long-term parking by university students" parking between Pendleton and Devine streets will be prohibited from 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 4:30-6:30 p.m. This will make way for heavy. moving traffic during these hours, A verbal agreement between a former City Council and the uni. versity board of trustees to widen Pickens Street when the city closed Bull Street between Pendleton and Green before McKissick Library and Melton Observatory were built, Was sworn to by Sidney Tomlinson, former city engineer. "The university can't expect to keep a street bottlenecked in the middle of a fast-growing city,' Councilman August Kohn said. Mr. Kohn also mentioned the fail. ure of Columbia Chamber of Com merce negotiations with university 4 officials to approve the Pickens Street widening. Mayor Dreher said that recent City Council conferences with uni. versity officials were also un successful." Austrian Will Give Lecture Series Here Karl Metz, professor of geology at the University of Graz in Austria, has arrived at the uni versity for a six-week lecture series, Dr. Lawrence L. Smith, head of the geology department, has announced. Professor Mets is a geologist specializing in moun tain structure. Lectures will be given by the visiting professor every Monday and Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the r department of geology on the sub ject of mountain building. The lectures will be designed for geology students. On March 24 and March 31, Professor Metz will speak before the combined Sigma Xi club and LeConte Scientific Society. His subject will be "The Taurus Moun tain Region in Turkey." The pub. lic will be invited to attend the two meetings. A series of five lectures entitled "Social Influence of the Alps Mountains" will be open to the public. The time has not been ~,announced. Professor Metz has served as guest lecturer in England, Swed en, France, and Belgium. He has just completed a lecture series at John Hopkins University in Balti more. He will journey to Leland Stanford University in Palo Alto, California at the completion of the university tour. Applications For 'c Pep Club Lost An article appeared in the Gamecock last Friday about applications for membership in the Gamecock Pep Club. Any one who wants to join was sup posed to'drop their application in a box in the post office lobby. The box was missing Monday morning, according to Winkle Kirven. Miss Kirven requesta anyone who put their application in the box between Friday and Mon day should mail their name, clas. and fraternity or sorority to her. She says the applica tions should be addressed to Box 1078 and should be mailed not later than T ues d ay, Mah 22. Lin Effective ; Street ets by the university will be , the day, according to an order The measure will be "applicable ice Dreher said Wednesday. Journalism School Lab Paper Gets 'Dignified' Name The Old Proof Press, laboratory newspaper, put out by the junior journalism students, is now of ficially known as the Legare Ledger, R. P. Schlabach, Jr., dean of the School of Journalism, has announced. The newspaper has been in existence for the last three years and for the first two years was known as the Old Proof Press be cause it was actually run off on a proof press. However, Dean Schlabach thought the paper should have a more dignified name. The students were given several suggestions and they de cided on the Legare Ledger. During the week, journalism students cover regular beats in Columbia and every Thursday they lay out the paper, edit copy, and write heads. On Friday after noon some 30 to 40 copies are printed in the printing laboratory. The type is set by a printing shop. The paper is printed during the spring semester every year and is a four-page, tabloid size paper. Several copies of each edition are kept on file. According to Dean Schlabach this is one of the most popular teaching devices and the students seem to enjoy it. He says they put an unusual amount of work on it and do a good job. Book Store Open For Cap, Gown Orders Until April Orders for caps, gowns, invita tions and personal calling cards will be accepted from March 1 April 2, university Book Store manager, B. F. Fowler, announced Wednesday. Mr. Fowler said students should know their full height, hat size, and chest measurements when .they make cap and gown orders. All orders will be accepted at the Book Store in the Post Office lobby. Registrar Henry 0. Strohecker said no student would be allowed to take part in the professional or commencement program without a cap and gown. Mr. Strohecker also said if the candidate could not be present at graduation exer cises and wished to have his de gree mailed to him, the registrar's office should be notified. British Economist At Drayton Hall, Walter Taplin, well-known Brit ish economist and past editor of the London Spectator, will speak to a city-wide audience in Drayton Hall Friday, March 25 at 8:15 p.m. on the subject "Industrial Production and Political Power." Mr. Taplin will be in Columbia~ from March 25-28 under the joint sponsorship of the Economics and History departments of the uni versity. Prior to his stop in Columbia, Mr. Taplin will make radio and TV appearances in New York and speak at the New York British Commonwealth Chamber of Corn mierce, at Rutgers University and at the International Monetary Fund and Library of Congress in Washington. The Britisher is making a six-weeks tour of the United States. Currently, arrangements are being made for Mr. Taplin to ap p ear on local TV and to addre.a High School State Contest On April 23 Vocational Guidance Day, the time when high school students visit the campus, will be held on Saturday, April 23. The event will be in conjunction with the State Mental Contests, sponsored by the High School League. Student co-chairmen for the (lay are Mary Wise Rixey, president of Co-ed association, and Jack Cantey, president of ODK service fraternity. "Vocational Guidance Day is the only organized activity the university has to reach high school students," Dean Arney R. Childs, faculty chairman of the event, said. The day has been observed on the Carolina campus for the past four years. The program planned for the junior. and senior high school students includes confer ences with faculty members of the various schools, exhibits and dis plays in the departments, labo ratories, and libraries, and some recreational features. Tours of the campus are also held. Members of the planning com mittee for the day are Dean Childs, Mary Wise Rixey, Jack Cantey, Miss Donna S. Young of the student personnel bureau; Fur man E. McEachern, Jr. of the! extension divisions, Major J. H. Harrett, Jr. of the air science de partment, Lt. E. J. Hedbawny of the naval science department. Bob Gabriel, president of Blue Key; Bob Wimberly, president of KSK; Beaufort Law, president of AKG; and Patsy Penney, assistant man aging editor of the Gamecock. Visiting Prof. To Address Clariosophics Dr. Francis W. Coker, visiting professor in the Political Science Department, will speak in Clario sophie Literary Society Hall to a campus-wide audience on "Why Communism Appeals to the Intel ligency," at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Clariosophic critic Calhoun Thomas, Jr. said Wednesday. Dr. Coker is a member of the faculty at Yale University. Prior to his position at Yale, he held teaching post at Princeton Uni versity, Ohiu State University, and the University of Missouri. The Society Hill, S. C. native is a noted author gnd has been active in the American Political Science Association. He served as vice president of the organization in 1923 and 1928, and wvas elected its president in 1935. Dr. Coker is the author of two books, "Organismic Theories of the State" published in 1919, and "Recent Political Thought" pub lished in 1934. lie has edited aev eral political science papers andl contributed to a number of politi cal science annals. Will Speak Warch 25 Walter Taplin students in the university dlepart ments of English, Journalism and PolItical Sceane. NEWLY ELECTED... Four , inlo Blue Key fraternity. They are, Goldberg, Bernard Ransom, and Pai Four New I Initiated BN Four new members were ini tiated into the Blue Key Honorary Fraternity at a banquet held at Laurel Hill Supper Club Tuesday night, Blue Key President Bob (Gabriel said Weanesday. The new members are Bernard Ran iom, Charles Goldberg, Pat Gray son, and 1). J. Salley. At the banquet, members of the fraternity paid particular recogni tion to Albert J. Perry for his work as editor of the 1954-55 Blue Key directory and to Don Miller for his work and the success of the recent blood donation drive. Special guests attending the event were Professor and Mrs. Hubert Spigner, Capt. and Mrs. WN. L. Anderson, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry 0. Strohecker. Air Force ROTC I Students Will Par Air Force ROTC Day at the university will be April 21, Cadet Colonel William F. Marshall, wing commander of the Air Force ROTC Cadet Corps, announced this week. Westminster Picks Johnson As President Officers for Westinster Fellow ship were elected after a supper meeting Wednesday night. On slate for next term are:. Alien Johnson, president ; Roy Willijams, vice-presidlent; Sandra Smith, see retary; J1udy Clarke, Synod rep resentat ive; andl Bob Steece. trteas u re r. Frank Ga rner, whose grand parents were among the earliest missionaries for the Presbyterian Ch urch in Japan and who himself was stationed there while in the a rmy, sp)oke of his experiences in Japan and( the life of the Japanese peopl. Mr*. G;arner showed the group a let ter several feet long written >y his grand mother in 1889 from Japan. She was poisoned by a Fapanese (doctor and forced to re urn to this country. Although Christianity was in roduced as early as 1549, Mr. ;arner' said only one out of every l 0,000) people in thie rural areas ire C:hristian. In the cities the i >roportion of Christians is much arger with the ratio being one out if 200 persons. Mr. Garner said in Japan the nen are served first at meals; the vomen remaining silent and eat-F ng a fter the men have finished. A favorite dish is rice and sea v'eed. Next week a student-faculty >anquet wvill be held to enable tudents to meet Presbyterian aeahers on campus. Reverend Ted rones will direct the program and grotup from Columbia College vill provide snecia1 music. 1W memb1111er-, were recenttly iitiatec left to right, D. J. Salley, Charli Grayson. Viembers Blue Key Miembership in Blue Key is basec on scholastic standing and leader ship. To be accepted a candidat must have maintained an averagt above the average male gradt point ratio for the previous semester, or have accumulated ar average acceptable to Blue Key during his entire college career. Most notable of the Blue Key services is the annual publicatior of the student directory. Th( organization also offers a scholar ship each semester to a needy mar student. In 1939, Blue Key place( markers on all the older building. on the campus and in 1948 the3 were instrumental in establishinj the "Tea Cup" trophy to victor o "Big Thursday." )ay, April 21; ide On Main St. The Cadet Wing, which is con posed of over 600 students, wil parade down Main Street in Co lumbia on this day. Also parading with the cadel corp will be the honorary cadet colonel and her staff, who will bc riding in convertibles. As the climaxing event of th( day the Military Hall will he held at the Township Auditorium dur ing the evening. The Military Hall will featur( the music of Ralph Flatnagan and his otchest ra. One of the mait events of the occasion will be th< l)resentat iotn of honorary commis. sions to the honorary cadet colone and her sta ff. Each of the (Cotp's nine squnad rons will have a sponsor alonj wit h the thbree g roups. the biant atnd Wing. I'he sliont-ors w il! be escorter by the unit comnniandjers and th< honortar Cv(ad et (Colonel by th< 'ad et Wintg C'onmmandter. Another Phone Ripped Out Telephones on the first and secotnd floors of Tenement 21 were pot out of working order last Tuesday night, according to Campus Police Chief Colie 11. Bundrick. The receivetr to tbe pay sta tion phone on the first floor was rip)ped off the wall andi removed from the building. It could not he located. On the second floor the black box covering the campus phone was hanging by one wire when Chief Bundrick got to the scene of the destrue tion. l)r. W. H. Patterson, dean of administration, saidl the campus phone will he removed from Tenement 21 and will not be reinstalled at present time, lie said it may be reacedatr.im Frat How Released' By Admir By CAROLI Managir Fraternity men who will rr next year will have all the co Plans for the seven frater Marion and Sumter Streets v W. H. Patterson, dean of adn Timmons Elected Secretary Timmy Timmons of Columbia was elected secretary of the stu dent body in last Friday's run-off. She will serve until May 1. Approximately 350 students voted in the run-off between Miss Timmons and Margaret Hunter, student body president Jack W. Feild said. The run-off came after Tuesday's special election when liss Hunter and Miss Timmons led a field of four, but neither re (e'ived a majority. The special election was neces sitated by the resignation of former student body secretary, G;wen Tootle who left school to be married. Miss Timmons is a junior major iing in education. She transferred to the university from St. Mary's College in Raleigh, N. C. last Sep tember. At St. Mary's, Timmy was student body president, "Y" president, and freshman class president. Miss Timmons is also active in student activities at Carolina. She is a member of the Gamecock and Garnet and Black staffs, a member of the "Y," Euphrosynean Society, and Co-ed Association. 2 USC Students On Horace Heidt Show Tomorrow Two university freshmen have boen named as Horace Heidt talent I show winners and will compete tomorrow night for places on the nationwide t e 1 e v i s i on show, "wift's Band Wagon." The show will be held at the Township Audi Itorium following the nationwide broadcast. IMike Osborn and Ray Doughty, hilled as the singing "Two Tones," aind Miss Patsy Ward and Miss Marleni Hutson of Columbia Co] lege were winners from 107 con test.ants in tryouts on March 9. "The Two Tones" tryout was their version of "Since.rely." The winners chosen from the Igroup tomorrow night will appear on a nationwidie television hookup the following Saturday and will compete with winners from other areas for a regular place on the show. Mike and Ray have been singing together as the "Two Tones" for 10 mont-hs. Ray plays the piano, while Mike acts as master of ceremonies for their act. Ray has been playing the piano for 12 years; Mike has been taking voice for a few months. Hypatian Society Initiates Seventeen Seventeen girls were recently initiated into Hypatian Literary Society at the university, Joanne Herry, reporter for the society, has announced. Those initiated were Julia Shaf fer, Margaret Ratliff, Barbara Chalk, Sandra Flake, Annette Collum, Loretta MacIntosh, Bar bara Dent, Marty Lynch, Carol Davis, Caroline Williams, Marilyn Sheely, Barbara Hawthorne, Joan Freeman, MargIe Mather, Dorcas Giles, Naydean Baker, and Sybil A zarkowita. iing Plans This Week ustration N McCLUNG ig Editor iove into the new housing units nveniences! nity housing units on Blossom, iere released this week by Dr. linistration. lBrick aid Concrete The first floors of the modern istic buildings will be concrete, while the second and third floors will be brick, Dr. Patterson said. All units will face the inside of a quadrangle formed by the build ings. A concrete terrace will be built in front of each building, which is constructed so that two fraternities can occupy each unit. Moveable partitions divide the units according to the space each fraternity needs. The first floor of each unit will contain a lounge 14 feet by 56 feet, and a chapter room 31 feet by 12% feet for each fraternity. Quarters for housemothers will also be pro vided on the first floor, Dr. Pat terson said. Flagstone Floors The lounges will have flagstone floors, painted exposed masonry walls, and sound-absorbing ceil ings. The chapter rooms will have colored concrete floors, exposed masonry walls, and acoustical plaster ceilings. The second and third floors will each contain thirteen bedrooms and two bathrooms. Two men will oc cupy each room, which will have built-in beds with box springs and foam rubber mattresses, and a built-in desk, chest of drawers, and closet for each man. Chairs will also be provided. Bedrooms are 13% by 14%, including closets. Quarry Tile Floors The corridors will have quarry tile floors with a 4 by 8 glazed tile wainscot. Plaster tile will be used for the ceilings. Each of the connecting units will be connected with a glass stair tower. Stair towers will also be at the end of each building. Each unit will house 52 men. A total of 364 will be housed in all of the units. Glass Front Columns on the front of the buildings support the second floor which protrudes about 3 feet over the first floor. The first floor front will be all glass, enclosing the lounges. The terraces will extend the length of the buildings and will extend 37 feet from the windows. Sidewalks will be built in front of and behind the buildings, con niecting all the units. Construction of the three units on Blossomn Street was begun last fall and is expected to be finished by September 1, 1955. George A. Creed Construction Company of Columbia is contractor for these units. Architects are Lafaye, Fair and L.afaye. Approximate cost of the three units is $500,000, Dr. P'atterson said. February Construction Four more units were started in February, two on Marion and two on Sumter. Congaree Construction Company of Columbia is contractor for these units, which should be completed by February 1, 1956. Lafaye, Fair and Lafaye are archi tects. Cost of the four units is approximately $600,000, Dr. Pat terson said. Six of the university's thirteen fraternities will move into the three units on Blossom Street next fall. Alpha Tau Omega, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Epsilon P1, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Phi Kappa Sigma were selected at a meeting of the Interfraternity Council this month. A drawing was held to de termine which fraternities would move into the units. The remaining 7 will move in February, 1958. Definite plans have not been made yet for the occupancy of the 14th unit.