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47TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION NV H - TOMORROW UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 2 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 30. 1955 gCuiingUs [fliefs Thespians Summoned University Players will hold their first meeting of the year, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. in Carolina Play house, Jack Rast, president, has announced. Ev@ryone interested in theater work is invited. * * * All About Washing The Washette in the basement of Sims dormitory is open for bus iness. Jimmy Hardwick, keeper of the washers, announces that it will be open from 1:80 to 5:80, Monday through Friday. * * ." Sporting Life The game room of the Russell House will be open from nine until nine, six days a week, announces manager, Ben E. Fowler. Stu dents may try their hand at pin ball, pool, and ping-pong. Chess and checker facilities will be added later. * * ' Euphradians Play Host Tuesday night at 7 the Euphra dian Society is having an open meeting with refreshments and entertainment. President David White invites all young men who are interested in public speaking to attend. * * * New Officers of AKG Louise Poston of Kingstree has been elected the new president -of Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honorary women's fraternity. Judy Clarke of Columbia is the new vice-president. Other officers are: Patsy Pen ney, secretary; Mary Elizabeth Ariail, treasurer; Catherine Mc Clain, historian; and Mary Wise Rixey, scholarship chairman. * * * Homburgs and Stripped Pants A representative of the Depart ment of State will visit the campus Oct 6. His visit is to stimulate interest in the Foreign '* Service. There will be a meeting of the representative and all interested students in the second floor meet ing room at Russell House at 12 p.m., Oct. 6. 23 Additions To Faculty Announced SThe university added 28 new Sprofessors to the faculty, an nounced Registrar H. 0. Stro hecker this week. Student enroll ment increased 490 over last year, giving one new professor for ap proximately every 21 new students. .New members of the faculty are as follows: Assistant Prof. Donald L. Banschbach, Music Dept.; Prof. M. Tummins, Accounting Dept.; Prof. W. D. Robbins, Economics Dept.; Capt. C. S. Barker, Jr., Naval Science Dept.; Lt. R. M. Gregory, Jr., Naval Science Dept.; SLt. (Jg.) C. J. Profilet, Naval Science Dept.; Capt. J. S. Dunham, Air Science Dept.; Capt. E , K. Terry, Air Science Dept.; Asso ciate Prof. Gene Crotty, English Dept. Also Instr. W. J. Castine, School of Education; Instr. Sarah Dray ton, School of Education; Instr. Walter Hambrick, Physical Educa tion Dept.; Prof. R. G. Fellers, School of Engineering; Prof. S. M. Hunter, School of Engineering; Instr. John Marsh, English Dept.; Instr. Hugh Pendexter, Engish Dept.; Inst. Hoyt Bowen, English Dept.; Prof. T. C. Van Cleve, His tory Dept.; Prof. A. D. French, Physics Dept.; Assistant Prof. R. A. Lytle, Mathematics Dept.; As sistant Prof. S. H. Ackerman, Foreign Language Dept.; Instr. P. D. Ouzts, Foreign Language Dept.; Instr. J. C. Farley, School of En ginaaring. Five Thefts Reported To Campus Cops A series of thefts took place this week at the university according to Campus Police Chief Colie B. Bundrick. Five thefts were re ported to police with five com plaints being lodged with the di rector of student activities. One of the thefts reported to police took place last week with four occurring Monday. A billfold containing $20 and immigration papers was taken from the book store office Monday. The billfold belonged to Mrs. Anita Todd, worker in the Book Store. A foun tain pen was also taken from a pocketbook under one of the store's counters. A pocketbook belonging to Meteva Bennett was taken from the top of her books in a Davis College classroom. Books belonging to Virginia Farmer were taken, from the bookshelf outside of the cafeteria in Russell House. A brown leather pocketbook belong ing to Janette Harrelson was also taken. Mrs. Myrtis L. Vinson, secretary to Dean of Men Jesse B. Jackson, reported her billfold was taken last week. Among things reported to the director of student activities in Russell House as missing were several books and a set of keys. A record player belonging to Direc tor Joe A. Barnes was also taken at the end of the Freshman "Y" dance at the beginning of school. A deck of pinocle cards was taken last week from Russell House. "This is the first time in 17 years that this many thefts have been reported in one week," Chief Bundrick said. "My best advice to everybody is to be most particular." Enrollment Up 14 Per Cent This Semester Enrollment at the university is 14 per cent over last fall. This is the largest normal enrollment in the history of the university, according to H. O. Stroheeker, registrar. Immediately after World War II the actual enrollment figure was higher, but this situation was caused by the influx of veterans, and could not be considered a normal enrollment, Mr. Strohecker says. This fall the total number of full time day students is 4,840. Last fall there were 3,750 regular students, making an increase of 490 or 14 per cent. Night school and extension classes combine to add another 417 students to the list, making a sum total of 4,657. The all time high for enrollment at the university was in the 1946 47 school year, when the figure reached 5,400. Veteran enroll ments accounted for 2,600, how ever. Remodeling Of Stadium Nears End A "slicking-up" job on Carolina Stadium which began early last mummer is scheduled for 8ompletion in the near future according to Dr. William H. Patterson, dean of the administration. The "slicking-up" job included complete painting throughout. A shipment of red-wood is on the way to replace the seats in east and west stands which Is the older inections of the stadium. The project will cost about $50,000, acoording to Dr. Patter son Russel y SLATE TERRACE .. . Workmen Russell House. The terrace will serve Kelsey) Russell Hou Are Being I Work was begun last week on the beautification of the grounds around Russell House. Workmen have been seen in front of and on both sides of the student ceRter. A patio is being constructed on the west side of Russell House. A. M. B. Kahn Construction Com pany steam shovel has been on the scene digging a hole for a lily pond. Also workmen have been preparing a free-formed terrace. Dr. W. H. Patterson, dean of ad ministration, said the rest of the patio will be paved with grey slate. The area will have tables and chairs on it when it is finished. On the northwest ground by Russell House workmen have been constructing two parallel two feet high brick walls around this area. Dr. Patterson said the area in be tween the brick walls will be used as planting boxes. This will prob- ! ably be completed by October 16. Parking Area The area to the east of the stu dent center has been leveled and will be paved with asphalt by Oc tober 16. Dr. Patterson said this area will be used for parking and should, accommodate 40 cars. He said the parking spaces will be assigned to members of the faculty. In addition, Dr. latterson says that thought has been given to the problem that students have in Debate Team Tryouts Are Under Way The university debate team has begun practice, Dr. Merrill 0. Christopheruen, debate coach, has announced. He says try-outs are being conducted and he would like to see anyone interested in debat ing whether they have debated be fore or not. The freshman turnout has been impressive according to Dr. Christophersen. But he said he would like to see all students in terested in debating regardless of which class they are in. He said he will be conducting try-outs during the afternoons of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. In addition to a fine varsity schedule, the freshmen will start off the season by visiting the U. 8. Naval Academy, Princeton, NYU, Fordham and the Univer sity of Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday after the Carolina Olemaon game on octoher 30. .1 Hon lay the foundation for a free-form the same genera I purposes as the se Grounds andscaped getting to Russell House from Devine Street and from the girl's dormitories and school of business administration building on Bull Street. He says that a sidewalk will be laid leading from Green Street. 4wn to Devine on.the we't side of the Russell with stairs lead ing down the bank to Devine Street. Also there will be a side walk laid leading from Russell House to Bull Street accommodat ing traffic between the business administration building and the girls' dormitories. Chapel Renovation Besides the work going on around the student center Dr. Patterson said that work is still being done on the Chapel. He said the renovation should be completed within six- weeks. Also a fence is being put around the newly leveled football prac tice field on Rosewood Drive and grass has already been planted. The contract for the construction of the athletic building on the new practice field will be let on October I, Dr. Patterson said. Construc tion of the building will cost ap proximately $200,000 and will take eight months to complete. Dr. Patterson said that tem porary building "C" and the old Laundry building will be torn down before the spring semester to add to the new look around the Caro lina Community. Plans Completed For Student Trip To Maryland Plans were completed for the itudent trip to the Maryland foot >all game at Monday's session of ;he student council, student presi lent Don Clark announced Mon lay. Students making the trip will cave Coluiphia aboard the "Silver hieter" at 8?45 p.m., October 28, md will arrive in Washington at :10 a.m., October 29. Returning, ~he students will leave Washing on at 1:60 p.m. on October 80 and irrive in Columbia at 10:55 p.m. >f the same day. Transportation and hotel ex ense for the trip will be approx mately $24.00. The coat of a icket to the game is $4.40, and ood and incidentals ar, extra. More than 100 Gameeoek fans followed the team to the Maryland game two year. ago and Mr. Clark said he expected the number goingI this year to be considerably above that of two yearsago=. .se De terrace adjoining the cafeteria at patio above. (Staff photo by Bob Good Return Of Tickets Announced Less than 100 student tickets were not returned for reissuance after student council voted that each ticket must be stamped "valid" by the ticket office, Dr. James T. Penney, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Athletics, said Wednesday. Dr. Penney termed the coopera tion of the students as "very good." The action was taken after many under-classmen failed to follow the schedule set up by the ticket office which provides for the issu ing of tickets according to seniority. At a special meeting of the stu dent council, the body voted to re call all student tickets and require that they be stamped in order to be valid. Student council presi dent, Don Clark said that each ticket would be checked at the gate and if the "valid" stamp did not appear, the holder would be refused admission. The University Board of Trus tees directed the ticket office to issue date-tickets only to senior, graduate and law students. The board also affirmed the action of the student council requiring the stamping of student tickets to make them valid. The reissuing process is sched uled to be concluded by 11 a.m. tomorrow, according to Dick Anderson, executive secretary of the athletic ticket office. Mr. Anderson said that steps have been taken to avoid a re-occurrence of such a situation again. "In the future," Mr. Anderson said, the student ID cards will bear class identification which will be checked at the ticket office when tickets are issued." Directory Release Set By Blue Key The new Blue Key Directory is expected to be out before the first of November, editor Jack Bass has announced ,this week. Work has already begun on the publication. The Carolina Review office in Russell House is being used as temporary quarters. Pat Grayson has been named as business manager. Vogue Press will do the printing. The Blue Key Directory is published annually by the uni veruity chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Praternite. d 0 ic ti1 Informal I Of Campw Russell House will be officih 16, Dr. Havilah Babcock, hea< and chairman of the event, has p.m. the dedication and an info Pep Rally And Parade Is Tonight The festivities for the Carolina Navy football game will get under way tonight at 7 p.m. with a bon fire and pep rally in front of the athletic office located behind the university swimming pool, head cheerleader, Jerry Beasley said to day. After a short pep rally, the cheerleaders will lead a traditional "shirt-tail" parade up Sumter St. and down Main. The parade will not hold the usual pep rally on the steps of the Capitol as is done prior to the "Big Thursday" game. Sections 12 and 13 of the stadium will be utilized for a newly organized card-section at Saturday's game. Card-sections are used by many of the larger schools throughout the nation to add to the color and pageantry of football. Students in sections 12 and 18 will be given colored cards and under their seats in the stadium will be a e*rd directing the student as to which color to hold up when the head cheerleader calls out the trick number. The university had a card sec tion in 1953, but it was abandoned last year. "A lot of work and money has been put into the card section and student cooperation will be fully necessary to carry it out. We urge each student in the card section who is not interested to exchange tickets with someone who will do their best to make the card section a success," Ron Oberle, chairman of the card section committee, said. Speakers Are Feature Of Film Society "Pennywhistle Blues" will begin the 1955-56 schedule of the Uni versity Film Society at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, In the Russell House assembly hall. Dr. Harry Turney-High of the department of anthropology and sociology will lead a brief dis eussion of the film. Made in the Union of South Africa, the comedy has an English-speaking native east. A feature of the programs this year will be a series of 10-minute talks prior to the showing of the films. Speakers and the films they will discuss Include: Mrs. Hugh P. WIlliamson, instructor In music, "The MedIum," Nov. 1; Dr. George Curry, assistant professor of his tory, "The Imposter," Dec. 6; Dr. Robert Ochs, associate professor f history, "The Young and the Damned," Jan. 10; Prof. R. M. Stephan, head of the foreign lan ruage department, "Children of Paradise," Feb. 14; Mrs. Augusta Rembert Wlttkowsky, Instructor In fine arts, "From Renoir to Plc asso" and "From Doric to Gothic," Mar. 6. Each of the eight monthly pro crams comprising this year's chedule will Include an English or foreign language motion picture of historic or cultural Interest, a brief comment on the film, ap propriate short subjects, and re freshmenta. Membership cards, which may be obtained at the Russell House prior to meetings of the seciety, arg $2.00 for students and service men and $3.00 for regular mom bers. Individual tictsare ...o. . vPUTAU w ?7UJ0 in Set rispection Planned ly dedicated Sunday, October i of the English department announced. Between 2 and 5 rmal inspection of the campus will take place. A program which will portray the expansion of the university from both the physical and aca demic standpoints is being planned by a joint faculty-student commit tee appointed at the request of the board of trustees. Dr. Bab cock is chairman of the commit tee. The dedication of Russell House will take place at 4 p.m. on Davis Field. Rutledge Osborne, chair man of the board of trustees, will officially present the student cen ter to President and Mrs. Donald Russell. A plaque to be placed on the building will be unveiled by the Russell's youngest son, Johnny. The ceremony will be broadcast over radio station WIS. Seated on the rostrum at the dedication will be President and Mrs. Russell, former state gov ernor James F. Byrnes, Governor George Bell Timmerman, Jr., members of the board of trustees and their wives. Dr. Babcock will preside. Open House A general open house and in formal inspection of all new and renovated buildings will take place. These include Russell House, the School of Business Administration, new men's dormitories, the Engi neering Laboratory, addition to the School of Education, renovated classrooms in Davis and on the horseshoe and Preston dormitory and other dormitories on the horse shoe. Lounges and typical rooms in both men and women's dormi tories will be opened for display. Informal tours of the campus will be conducted by student guides with faculty members as hosts. A number of guide centers will be established on different parts of the campus at which the University Auxiliary will provide refreshments and a special 12-page edition of the Gamecock will be distributed. Scientific and literary exhibits will be displayed. Bands to Play The university band and Co lumbia, Dreher and Brookland Cayce High School bands will play during the afternoon. All streets in the immediate vicinity of the university will be closed and special provisions for parking will be made Letters will be a,ent to the parents of all students inviting them to attend. "We encourage students to urge their parents, friends, former teachers, every body to attend," Dr. Babcock said. This is the first event ever held here to show the people of the state what the university Is doing, Dr. Babcock said. New USC Band To Perform At Furman Game Marching down the field for the first time at the U8C-Furman game will be Carolina's new 68 member band. This exhibit will culminate two weeks of drill with major emphasis on military style, Donald L. Bansehbach, band master, has announced. Following the Furman game, the band will make three other official appear anee--Clemson and Duke gaimes, and the Oyster BowL. Drum major is Ralph Poulsom; majorettes, Pat Robarts, eRoale Newman, and Linda Gunter. The Parris Island band wBi per form at the 030-Navy games tomerrow.