The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 18, 1955, Image 1
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.