The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 16, 1955, Image 1
CHMERRY HAPPY
. CHRISTMAS 64NEW YEAR
UNIVERSITY 2F SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Volume XLVIX, No. 12 COLUMBIA, SO1'I'II CAROLINA, IECEMBER 16, 1955
umpus.
Briefs
Holiday Housing
All students who want to re
main on campus during the Christ
mas holidays or any part of them
b- must get in touch with the Hous
ing Office on the first floor of
the administration building by 5
p.m. today, Housing Director E.
M. Henderson has announced.
* * *
"Y" Schedule
The junior-senior luncheon will
be held today at 1 p.m. in Russell
House faculty (lining room.
Carolling will be the main program
feature.
* * *
Christmas Mail
Joe Lawrence, postmaster, has
requested that box numbers be
put on any Christmas cards sent
through campus mail.
* * *
Pictures for Yearbook
Mary Wise Rixey, editor of
Garnet and Black, asks that all
students having pictures of campus
interest who would like to submit
them for the yearbook contact her.
* * *
Faculty Drop-in
The annual Christmas drop-in of
the Faculty Club will be held Sun
day afternoon, 4-5:30 p.m., at the
club on Sumter Street, according
to Prof. Julian Petty, social chair
man.
The drop-in is being held for
members and invited guests only,
he said. Mrs. James Haden is
chairman of the preparations
committee.
* * *
Christmas Program Cancelled
The annual University Christ
mas program, planned for Tues
(lay, December 20, has been can
celled because of the change in
the Christmas holiday schedule.
School Out
Tomorrow
Christmas recess for the Uni
versity students will begin at
1 p.m. tomorrow and continue
until 8 a.m. Tuesday, January 3,
President Donald Russell an
nounced Wednesday.
Four days have been added to
the recess period in order for
students to spend more time
with their families and to avoid
the traffic hazards and conges
tion which immediately precede
the holiday.
The revised vacation period is
in keeping with the length of
the Christmas holiday at most
other colleges and universities
in this area.
Administro
QGreen Stre
The Green Street traffic prob
lem picked up administration sup
port this week with University
President Donald Russell saying
he would urge the board of trustees
to recommend an investigation of
the problem by city officials, ac
cording to Marshall Cain, chair
man of student council's commit
tee on the Green Street problem.
Mr. Cain said a similar investi
gation was cc,nducted two years
go, but city officials and the
iJnlversity adiminlstration failed
to agree on- a solution.
Since that time, however, the
problem has' become more acute
with the shifting of the center of
student activities to Russell
House from the "Old Campus,"
the construction of a new Business
Administration Building, and the
new 14-unit Fraternity Row hous
ing area.
Traffic Signs Planned
Mr. Cain said that until an
agreement is reached for a more
permanent solution, traffic signs
warning motorists that they were
entering the University area and
speed limit signs will be posted.
The committee reported last
week that it met with favorable
response in discussing the problem
with city, state and bus company
officials.
GETTING TAPPED . .. Mark B
membership at the joint Alpha Kapi
in Russell House auditorium. (Phot
AKG- ODK
In Joint Cc
Tapping ceremonies for A
House Tuesday night in conj
sponsored by the honorary fral
were tapped, seven from OI)K
honorary member Mrs. Rut
fashion show which featured
was Mrs. Florence Kohn.
The newly choosen. members for
AKG are:
Ann Ried Humphries, a junior
from Bishopville, is a member of
Euphrosynean Literary Society
and acted as reporter for that
organization. She was in the '53
54 Homecoming Court, is a mem
her of the Honor Board, W.A.A.,
Westminster Fellowship and was
a reporter for Sigma Alpha Sigma.
She has made the Dean's List and
is a member of Kappa Delta
sorority of which she is vice
president.
Carol Ann Brandenburg, a
junior from Bamberg, is a mem
ber of Euphrosynean Literary So
ciety, W.A.A., Pep Club, is a
cheerleader, has made the Dean's
List two semesters and made the
Freshman honor roll. Carol has
been on the "Y" council and on
the cabinet for two years. She
was in the Hom.coming Court and
has been a member of the student
council for two years and is now
student body secretary. She is
assistant chapter correspondent
of Chi Omega sorority.
Carol Knight, a junior from
Sumter, has made Dean's List
every semester, is on the YWCA
council and cabinet, and was a
counselor at Freshman "Y" Camp.
tion Backs
e~t Solution
City Manager Thomas Maxwell
told the committee that the city
would have to work directly wvith
the University Administration
which would have to submit a
plan acceptable to the city council.
He promised the city's coopera
tion in the matter.
State Editor Approached
Mr. Cain reportedi Mhat his com
mittee had also talked with S. L.
Latimer, editor of The State and
that The State editor said his
paper~ would support the project
editorially once a feasible plan is
offered.
Committee Chairman Cain said
his committee would dIraw up a
p)lan for bettering the situation
and recommend it to the board of
trustees for consideration.
Several plans are under con
sidleration by the council commit
tee to help alleviate the traffic
hazard. The plans include the
installation of walk-lights, con
struction of an overpass, closing
Green. Street to through-traffic
(luring the hours when it is most
used by University students and
the closing of the street entirely
to through traffic.
Serving on the committee with
Chairman Cain are Virgil Duffy,
Al Perry, Caroline Robinson and
sude body preidt, Don Ctark.
uyck (left) and Lawremice Curry tap
a Gamma-Omicron Delta Kappa lapi
o by Bob Kelsey)
Tap 15
remony
KG-ODK were held in Russell
unction with a fashion show
ernities. Fifteen new members
tul eight from AKG, including
h Trotter. Coordinating the
Carolina students as models,
She also belongs to Euphrosynean
Literary Society, ('o-ed Associa
tion, in which she was chaplain,
Wesley Foundation Cabinet, was
sports editor of the Carolina
Handbook and is Junior Class
historian.
Carolyn McClung is a Junior
from Lexington, Virginia. She has
been a reporter, society editor,
campus editor, managing editor
of the Gamecock and is now edi
tor. Carolyn also was on the
Dean's List in her Sophomore year,
serves on the publications commit
tee, and is a ' member of Chi
Omega sorority.
Marie Timmons, a senior from
Columbia, was chosen for Who's
Who in American Colleges and
Universities, was student body
secretary, executive secl-etary of
R. E. Week, and is in the YWCA
where she serves on the council,
Cabinet and is Freshman advisor,
Freshman camp counselor and
head of the Freshman Program.
She is also in Euphrosynean Lit
erary Society, on the student
(Continued on page 8)
Russell House
Will Have
Fountains
A contract to have one water
fountain installed on each floor of
Russell House has been approved
l)y the University, according to
Russell House Manager Joe Barnes.
Mr. Barnes said the Kahn Con
struction Company of Columbia
has been given the Contract and
will begin work installing the three
fountains after the Christmas
holidays.
During the holidays a mainte
nance crew will be employed to do
all minor repairs to Russell House,
Mr. Barnes said.
To Catch
Our Errors
The next issue of the Game
cock will appear Jan. 13, 1956.
News for that issue must be
handed in the week starting
.Jan. 9.
Due to the change in Christ
mas holiday schedule, news on
the pages that wvent to pross
before the change was announcedl
contains events scheduled for
next week. Corrections have
been made in most cases.
The Gamecock staff wishes
students, faculty and adlministra
tion a Merry Christmaa and a
Happy New Year.
THTE EITInnR
Bill Douar for Omicron Delta Kappa
>ing ceremonies held Tuesday night
Men Admit
Vandalism
On Campus
One University student and two
former students were three of
four men involved in the recent
vandalism on campus. They were
sentenced last Saturday to $500
in fines or 150 days each by City
Recol der John I. Rice after ad
mitting damaging automobiles.
The case war to come before
the )iscipline (Committee yester
dlay.
Eight Cars Damaged
Campus Police Chief Colie B.
Bundrick said eight automobiles
were damaged early Tuesday
morning, December 6.
The defendants, who each ad
mitted being equally guilty, did
not offer the court any reason
for their acts. Robert Shirley and
Donald Shirley, brothers; Joe
Putnam; and Stewart L. Brooker
said they had attended a party at
a night spot on the 1100 block of
(;ervais St.' until about 2:15 a.m.
Tuesday.
They said that the damage oc
curred when they went to the
campus after that time.
One Was Day Student
The Shirley brothers were iden
tified as students who had dropped
olt of the University recently,
and Brooker was identified to the
court as a day student. Putnam's
occupation was not specified in
court. ,
City Detective Harry Snipes
worked with Chief Bundrick in
solving the case.
Sandlapper Names
Staff, Arranges
Office Hours
Staff applointmlents aind office
hours of the Sandlapper were an
nouncedl Wednesday by the maga
zine's editor, D)ew .James.
Bob Martin, a junior from
Marion, has been named managing
editor replacing Jack Bass wvho
had bieen temporarily appointed to
the post.
Other members of the editorial
staff are Billy Mellette, short
story edlitor; Farley Lawton,
poetry editor; Jack Floyd, feature
editor iad Patty Quinn, secretary
to the editorial staff.
Serving wvith Business Manager
Tom Walker wvill be Elizabeth
Ann Singletary, assistant business
manager; Paula D)ivine, circula
tion manager, andl Jackie Ridle
huber, exchange manager.
Other staff memhers are June
Sarratt, Jim Turner and Joyce
Hughston.
Mr. JTames said the Sandlapper
office would be open every Wed
nesday and Friday afternoons
from 3 to 5 after the Christmas
holidays. The office is on the
secondl floor (of Russell House in
Room 209.
The Sandlapper editor said
there were still openings on both
the editorial and business staffs.
He noted that there was a par
ticular needl for business and ad
vertising ersonnel.
Will E]
Cafeteria Will
Open Mornings
For Coffee Break
A coffee break in the Russell
House Cafeteria from 9:30 to
10:30 each morning has been de
cided upon to alleviate the crowded
condition of the canteen during
these hours, Clarence Coster, new
cafeteria manager, has announced.
Hot coffee and pastries will be
served. This is effective upon re
turn from Christmas holidays.
Other problems discussed by the
cafeteria committee at a meeting
Tuesday evening included requests
for a 9:00 breakfast. Heretofore,
breakfast has been served until
8:30. One serving line was opened
Wednesday morning for the 9:00
serving, and will continue as the
daily schedule.
Music Suggested
Dr. Patterson, dean of adminis
tration, promised to look into the
possibility of a music system for
the cafeteria.
Mr. Coster explained that the
cafeteria has been serving a 40
cent special lunch nightly, except
Monday, for some time, but that
the students have not been taking
advantage of it. He said that small
special menus have been purchased
to call attention to this. The special
dinner consists of a meat, potatoes,
one vegetable, rolls and butter.
In answer to a complaint about
the salads, Mr. Coster said that
the cafeteria is serving a seven
cent salad, two ten-cent salads, a
12-cent salad and two 16-cent
salads with lunch and dinner meals.
The produce for the salads is pur
chased fresh daily.
Cash Register Tapes
Mr. Coster also said that cash
register tapes will be issued to the
students itemizing the foods that
they buy, in order to avoid future
complaints about overcharging.
A suggestion that the second
cups of coffee were not fresh
brought forth the comment that
perhaps the coffee had been put
out too early for the serving lines.
A constant check was decided upon
as a remedy, Mr. Coster said.
Members of the Cafeteria Com
mittee are Mrs. Catherine Rem
bert, James A. Morris, and stu
dents Bob Steece, Flossye Terrill,
Sister Heath, Dew James and Jim
Hankins.
A TRAFFIC STOPPER . .. Ci
one)4 of three new stop light. on th
las.t Wednesiday afternoon. Mr. Los
mounted on the rear of a city rep.
is the ne1w one facing south down 1
Re-yanti
niright
Officiab
About S
Will Rex Enright retire as
and Warren Giese, assistant fc
of Maryland replace him? Lni
of both coaching staffs have
Convocation
For Honor
Emphasis Set
Convocation on Thursday, Janu
ary 12, will climax Honor Empha
sis Week, Bill Doar, chairman of
the Honor Emphasis committee,
has announced. It will be held at
10:30 in the Field House.
Mr. Doar said that the speaker
to deliver the convocation has not
yet been selected, but should be in
the very near future.
A clipped schedule like the one
recently used for Religious Em
phasis Week will be observed for
convocation day with classes start
ing at 8:60 and lasting for 40
minutes.
All freshmen will be addressed
by a member of the Honor Board
during the week in freshman Eng
lish and Pharmacy courses.
An Honor Board committee ap
peared at a faculty meeting Wedi
nesday, December 7, to urge their
cooperation in the week.
The Honor Emphasis Week com
mittee is composed of Bill Doar,
chairman; Phil Moody, Timmie
Timmons, Sarah Askins and Law
rence Curry.
Changes Planned
For Engineers
Big changes are being made in
the curriculum of the School of
Engineering. These changes are
effective in September, 1956, and
will not affect students currently
enrolled in that school. Students
now enrolled will follow the cata
log under which they entered
school.
Complete information has not
been released by University offi
cials at this edition of the Game
cock, but this information is ex
pected to be available for publica
tion in the January 13 edition.
ty Electriclan Robert Loner installe
e~ corner of Green and Bull Streets
er Ia perched on a ladder which Is
ir truck. The light In front of him
lull Street. (Ssear photo by n...be...
Retire?
; Silent
itua tion
head coach at the University
otball coach at the University
versity officials and members
declined to comment on the
sit uation.
Unofficial reports are that En
right will retire as head coach but
remain as athletic director. Giese
would then become head coach with
his contract calling for other mem
bers of the present coaching staff
to be retained for at least one year.
Enright has been head coach and
athletic director at the University
since 1938. He left the University
during World War II to serve for
three years in the Navy.
State Paper
In the Sunday, December 4, issue
of the Columbia State nowspaper,
the following appeared: "On the
way out? Rex Enright, who is both
football coach and athletic director
at the University of South Caro
lina, reportedly may give up his
football coaching job. Warren
Giese. assistant at Maryland, may
replace him, according to reports."
Appearing in the Dec. 6 issue of
the Columbia Record was, "The
name of Warren Giese, assistant
football coach at the University of
Maryland, is the one that has been
battered about most as the number
one possibility for the South Caro
lina head coaching job If Rex de
cides to retire before another
season begins."
Washington Papers
in the December 2 issue of the
State it was reported that "the
Washington, D. C., papers are giv
ing the Maryland assistant coach
a fit. Giese is mentioned most fre
quently in the speculation."
It is believed that a report on
the resignation of Enright as head
coach and the hiring of Giese
might be announced after the
January 2 bowl games.
Speculation also centers around
the report that Earl Dunham,
backfield coach, might leave the
University for another job.
Signal Light
Is Installed
On Green St.
A fixed-time control traffic sig
nal was installed in front of the
University observatory Wedne.eday
afternoon. The signal was installed
at the request of University off i
eials, Columbia City Engineer
Harry O'B. Bellinger said.
"The light is not going to do any
good if the students continue to
cross in the middle of the street,"
Mr. Bellinger said.
The traffic light serves the in
tersection of Green and Bull
streets and was installed at a cost
of 600. The fixed-time signal con
trol was taken from the intersec
tion of Henderson and Gervais
streets where a semi-actuated sys
tem will be installed.
A previous request for a traffic
light in front of the observatory
was made several years ago but
was turned down by the city as the
traffic did not warrant It, Mr.
Bellinger said. Since Russell House
has beeni opened the pedestrian
traffic has risen to the extent that
the light is needed although the
vehicular traffic does not warrant
it.
A fixed-time control is one which
allows the same amount of time
for traffic on both streets. An ac
tuated control allows traffic of the
busiest street to flow uninterrupted
until cars on the side street r-un
over a street control which causes
the light to change for a short
time.
The light installation was super
vised by L. G. Garren, city elec
trician, and C. M. Carter, foreman
of the electrical divi.ion