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48th YEARA' 'PRTO'5 OF PUBLICATION 'NIGH'STUEDAY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA " CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 15 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 10, 1956 Cumpus L_Bri3fs Prof. to Speak in Clover Dr. B. L. Baker, professor of Chemical Engineering, will ad dress the students at Clover School District No. 2, in Clover, S. C. on February 23 at 8:30 a.m. The request was made by Pro fessor H. E. Cbrley, principal, in observance of that school's "Career Week," February 20-24. * * * Debate Openings Dr. M. G. Christophersen, de bate coach, invites all students in terested in debating to contact him at his office in Davis. * * * Track Try-Outs All persons interested in track are asked to meet Monday at 1:80 p.m., coach Weems Baskin has annbunced. * * * Rooms Are Available There are approximately 85 rooms available for male students on campus. Those interested are to report to the Housing Adminis tration. * * * Movie to Be Shown A free movie will be given next Thursday in Russell House. "A Star Is Born," starring Judy Gar land, will be shown from 3:80 5 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. The movie is being presented by the Student Union Committee. * * * Prof. Addresses Society Prof. Guilbert R. Graham of the University geology and geog raphy department spoke to the LeConte Scientific Society Thurs day on "Watershed Protection and Flood Control." The lecture was illustrated. * ' * Lost Kappa Delta Sorority p.,n with guard. Please contact Bosie West bury. * * * Prof. to Attend Meeting Dr. Arthur E. Fourier, assistant professor of physical education at the University, will Attend a meet ing of the Southern District of the Amerinan Association for Health, Pliy,acal Education and Recreation Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 15-17. Two Name Bands Play ;Here Soon "Downbeat," the magazine which polls the opinion of the top mu sicians in the eyes of the students * and young public of America, re cently published the up-to-date list, giving the highest honors to Les Brown and Les Elgart. Carolina will be host to each of these bands holding the top honors within the next three months. Les Brown will play at the Mili tary Ball and Les Elgart will play at the May Day Dance. The May Day Dance, which is open to all University students, -will be Monday, April 30. The Stu dent Council is planning the dance. Marshall Cain w a s appointed ?. chairman of the committee which is working on the plans. ~Brotherhood SPicks Spring Officers McBryde Brotherhood elected Ray May as president last week for the third successive semester. Ray is from McCormick. Other officers elected for the spring term were Paul Tinmmons of Man n i n g, secretary-treasurer; chairman; Tom Jones of Bishop ville, athletic director. The vice presidency is pending. The McBryde Brotherhood is an Independent men's social organiza tion made up of residents of Me Bryde College. The Brotherhood is an in its ninth year of existence. Savage Is New Educa Dr. William W. Savage, a ministration, has been appointe .ation at USC, President Donal Dr. William D. Nixon, prof be acting dean until I)r. Savagc A native of Oigey, Va., Dr. Savage ha's been on the staff of Midwest Administration Center at the University of Chicago since 1952 and is presently associate di rector there. Widely experienced in profes sional education, he was formerly in charge of the State Consultation Service of the Virginia Depart rnent of Education, Dean of Long wood College at Farmville, Va., and a contributor to numerous educa tional journals. t Dr. Savage received his Bachelor )f Arts degree with a major in economics from the College of Wil liam and Mary and his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy de grees in education from the Uni versity of Chicago where he was a fellow of the General Education Board. He served with the Virginia De partment of Education from 1939 to 1947 as a counselor with the State Consultation Service and later as assistant state supervisor of guidance a n d consultation services. Dr. Savage was chairman of a committee of educators which de veloped a uniform transcript of grades used by all Virginia colleges for the admission of Virginia high school graduates and served on the committee which designed the uni form scholastic aptitude testing t program used in all Virginia high t schools. After five years as dean of 1 Longwood College, Dr. Savage joined the staff of the Midwest 1 Administration Center as project coordinator. He was subsequently t named assistant director and as ssociate director. c Dr. Savage is the author of many articles in professional magazines on guidance programs and proce dures, and he has edited a number of educational reports issued by the Midwest Administration Cen ter. He is a member of the Com mittee for the Advancement of School Administration of American t Association of School Administra tors. He was formerly editor of "Work and Training," a monthly bulletin of the Virginia State Department of Education. At present he is editor of "The Administrator's Notebook" and on the advisory committee of "The School Review," periodical publications of the Uni versity of Chicago. Active in religious work and civic affairs, Dr. Savage has served as a church school teacher and superintendent and as an associate district lay leader of the Virginia conference of the Methodist Church. He was a member of the Dr. W., W. Savage board of managers of the Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers and secretary-treasurer of the As sociation of Virginia Colleges. Dr. Nixon Is a native of Charles ton and a graduate of Furman University. He received his A.M. degree from Wofford College and the M.A. and Ed.D. degrees from Teachers College, Columbia Un i versity. He was formerly superin tendent of schools at Ralnda and Ippoin ted tion Dean specialist in educational ad d dean of the School of Edu I Russell announced recently. essor of education here, will joins thti faculty April 1. rucapau, and Spartanburg county uperintendent of education. For even years he was state supervisor f high schools for the State De )artment of Education. He is presently chairman of the 3outh Carolina committee of sec ndary education commission and of the Southern Association of col eges and secondary schools. Dr. Nixon served in both World Wars, attaining the rank of olonel. He is a past presidlent of he South Carolina Education As ociation, a member of numerous ommittees of the Southern As ociation of colleges and has par icipated in many educational sur 'eys and studies. Dr. Savage succeeds Dr. Chester Travelstead who has accepted a >osition at the University of New iexico. lousing Head Wiakes Study [n Florida E. M. Henderson, University di -ec'tor of housing, made a four-day tudy of housing at the University >f Florida at Gainesville and "lorida State at TapIahassee Jan. L6-20. The purpose of the trip was o study and compare housing at hese colleges and to bring back uggestions for the Carolina cam )us. According to Mr. Henderson, the ousing situation at Carolina ex ells that of both Florida universi ies because the rooms are more !onveniently located and that the lornitory set-ups are architec ,urally superior to those at the Jniversity of Florida and at FSU. %lso he reported that the restric ion's imposed on students are more trict than at Carolina. Though the student body at the niversity of Florida is twice the ize of the Carolina enrollment, hey have one-third again as many mn the housing staff as Carolina, rccording to Mr. Henderson. A ounseling service for the students s included under the housing ad ninistration. It affords service to ill students of the University, giv ng advice on study habits, check ng grades against the students' tctivities in order to achieve a >alanced curriculum, and to insure tudent well being. New YWCA Director Is Appoin ted Mrs. Woodley McEachern has >een appointed the new director of he Board of Advisors of the ;he YWCA of the University by YWCA. She succeeds Miss Mary FIoward who was recently mnarried. Mrs. McEachern is a native of 3outh Carolina and a graduate of Dolumbia College. Her duties at he University will Include work ng wvith university students a. hey participate in 'Y' activities, The acts as an advisor to the rarious projects that the 'Y' spon ors. The University 'Y' Is a mem. er of the national and state 'Y >rganizations. M1urphy Will Dr. Eugene F. Murphy of the foreign language department will be the fourth speaker in the annual Guignard lecture series. Dr. Murphy, who is a special ist on the French novel, will speak on "The Message of Mau riac" and "The World of Bal sac." The lectures will be given in the Russell House auditorium at 8 p. m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and Tuesday, Feb. 28. The lectures are open to the public. The Guignard lectures were established by the family of the Societi if DISCUSS SESQUICENTENNIA discussion of their joint -150th Ann Euphradian, treasurer; Robert Be] president of Clariosophic; Ben J. Robert W. Ragin, Columbia, Clarik retary. Standing from left to righ Katz, Columbia, Euphradian, hist< Columbia, Euphradian Anniversary at the time of the picture were: C dent; Clyde Johnson, Clariosophic, Clariosophic, vicepresident. (Phot< McNair Electe Bob McNair, vice-president of the sophomore class and a mem ber of the student council, was elected regional vice-chairman of education and students' affairs at a meeting of the National Stu dents' Association at Lynchburg, Virginia last December. Mr. McNair will study the educa tional affairs of the schools in the Southeast and participate in the investigation of teachers' salaries. His activities in student affairs include the ascertainment of the political climates of v a r i o u s schools. At Spring Meeting He will report on educational and student affairs at the spring regional convention which will tabulate a report for the National Students' Association. As a vice-chairman, Mr. McNair is automatically a member of the regional executive committee. He attended an executive committee meeting at Greensboro, N. C., on Dr. Eugene F. Murphy Lecture On I late G. A. Guignard (1860-1926), industrialist and Columbia civic leader, through an endowment. A graduate of the University of Toronto, Canada, Dr. Murphy received his Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University. He also studied in France under a Fulbright grant. He has taught at Johns Hopkins and at Grin nell College. His articles on con temporary literature have been published In professional jour nals. The subject of Dr. Murphy's s Celeb L PLANS .. . Members of the t iversary on Feb. 14. Seated from le 1, Graniteville, Euphradlan, secretai Bass, Latta, Euphradian; John T. sophic; Carl M. Reynolds, Timmons : Patrick E. Treacy, Columbia, Cla rian; Robert Freeman, Columbia, Co-Chairman; and Kenneth Sturg ilhoun Thomas, Clarlosophie, preldi secretary; Matt Stephenson, Clarlo by Kern Powel) I To Office Feb. 5, for the purpose of planning the spring convention for the region. Alumni Group Moves Office To Center The Carolina Alumni Association has moved from Lieber College to permanent headquarters on second floor of the Russell House, student center. The Association, which has a staff of four members, keeps a record of every person who has matriculated for at least one term at the University. Records of 18,000 alumni are kept in the office. The records in clude an alphabetical card index file of all former students and a biographical file with newspaper or magazine clippings, notes, let ters, and various other types of in formation concerning the life and career of the alumni. The Alumni Association also publishes and mails the "Alumni News" and the "Newsletter." Alumni secretary Ralph Lewis said that his office will welcome students who wish to tour the of f ice or look through the files. Band Will Go To Savannah The University Band has been invited to play at the Centennial Anniversary of the St. Patrick's Day Festival in March at Savan nah, Georgia. The invitation has been ac cepted, band director Donald L. Banschbach announced. The band will make the tour March 16-17. 'rench Novel was a Nobel prize winner in lit erature. He was author of many volumes of criticism and more than 20 novels. Honore de Balzace author of the "Human Comedy" novels, is regarded as the father of modern French fiction. Other speakers In the Guig nard lecture series from the Uni versity faculty have been Dr. George Curry of the history de partment, Dr. J. E. Whitesell of the English department, and Dr. Alfred 0. Smith of the eco nomics department. rate 15 I. wo literary societier+ are present for ft to right: Ted Drucker, Denmark, y; Leo W. Allstun, Columbia, past WeCracken, Columbia, Clariosophic; ville, Euphradian, corresponding see riosophic, publicity director; Donald Euphradian, critic; Flynn Harrell, son, Columbia, Euphradian. Absent nt; David White, Euphradian, presi. sophie, critic; and Heyward Davis, Two Students Found Guilty Of Infractions The Honor Council has found two students guilfy of honor in fractions on a chemistry exam ination and have imposed pun ishments, according to Honor Board Chairman Bill Weston. The first student received a seven on the course. The second student received a seven on the course and an eight-day suspen sion from the University to begin at the first of this semes ter. Both students confessed their guilt. Engineering Students See Plane Factory A group of University engineer ing students and professors toured the Glenn L. Martin aircraft manu facturing lant near Baltimore yesterday. They were invited by the com pany for a one-day visit to study aeronautical engineernig a n d manufacturing procediures. They made the trip) in a company operkted plane. Professors C. H. Lesesne and John Begg were in charge. Stu dents that participated were Don ald P. WVard, Edwin F. Coxe, James H. Lacoste, Colie M. Hun ter, Jr., George E. Boland, Billy C. Catoe, Carroll B. Dority, Jr., Ben jamin F. Frazer, Harvey W. Gar ner, Harold C. Smith, Henry C. Smith, Henry F. Murphy, Jr., Phil lip A. Wackym, Elbert L. Spears, Ronald R. Grove, James D. Par rish, John W. McLain, Jeremiah J. Miles, Charles L. Chapman, Jr., Harry 0. Stoddard, Albert J. Perry, Thomas L. Lucas, Jr., Wes ley N. Mollard and Nathaniel A. Humphries. Contains the Most The South Caroliniana Library contains more historical informa tion on South Carolina than any other library in the world. We Goofed In a page three caption under iincorrectly called the Me Kisaick Momument. Years Richards Will Speak Around 300 persons are expected to attend the festivities comnmemo rating the 150th annuiver-ary of the founding of the Clariosophic and the Euphradian Societies 'n Tues day evening. according to co-chair men Flynn Harrell and Matthew Stephenson. Meetings for the alui ni mernbers will be held in their respective hialls at t p. n. These will be presided over by President Calhoun T 'ho1mas, Jr., in the Clariosopnic" Hall, and President David White in the r:u phradian Hall. )uring this time the ladies will be entertained in the lounge of the Russell House by Mrs. )o:ald Ru. sell, Sylvia Jacobs, president of the Hypatian Society. Beth Folline. president of the Euphruosynean S o ciety, and other membl,er- of the t wo girls' literary societies. Banquet at 7 P.M. A banquet is scheduled to begiri at 7 p. in. with the invocation by the Rev. Leslie Edwards. president of the Columbia Ministerial As sociation. Following a turkey din ner President Donald Russell will give a welcome address. The re iponse is to be made by State Treasurer Jeff Bates. David White will pay a tribute to the Euphra dian Society, while Calhoun Thomas,, Jr., will do the same for the Clariosuphic Society. A short musical program is to be given by the University Chorus, under the direction of Prof. Dode Phillips. The principal banquet speaker is Congressman James P. Richards. of Heath Springs, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Congressman Richards has just re turned to Washington this week from Brazil where he represented the United States at the Brazilian inauaguration. Matthew Stephen son and Flynn Harrell will preside over the banquet. Special Exhibit At 9 p. m. a special exhibit of historic society records and prop erty will be opened at the South Caroliniana Library. Coffee -will be served by members of the Hypatian and Euphrosynean girls' societies. Dr. R. L. Meriwether, director, in vites the student body and facult% to view the exhibit on Wednesday. February 15. The Horseshoe and the parking James P. Richanrd% lot adjacent to the Ruhssell Ilouse are to be reserved on1 Tuesday evening for out-of-town guests. Reservations have comec from as far away as Florida andl( Okla homa. Planning Committee Members of the sttudent planning committee in addition to Hlarrell and Stephenson are D)avid White and Clyde Johnson, banquet ar rangements; Ted Drucker and Harold Guerry. al'imni contacts; Bill Schooler and Calhoun Thomas, exhibit; and Douaie Katz and Pat Treacy, publicity. Members of the honorary alumni advisory committee who will be recognized at the banquet include Donald Russell, Francis Bradley, T. C. Callison, E. Smyth Gamnbrell, Jeff Griffith, R. M. Jefferies, and Calhoun Thomas, Clariomsophicsn. Also Jeff Bates, Irvine Belser, Solomon Blatt, G. A. Buchanan, Jr., James H. Hammond, S. L. (Coaad en npe 8, eL 2)