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48th YEAR-57e6 iALAECA OF PUBLICATION ANMEICA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 20 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 16, 1956 Fan,I lo Cumpus * [riefs Lost!I A Phi Kappa Sigma fraternit3 pin has been lost. If this is found please contact Tom Lydon a campus, phone 452. * * * "Glass Menagerie" Tennessee Williams' play, "Glas Menagerie," will be the firs spring production of the Univer sity players. Professor Gem Crotty, director of the group, an nounced that the play will bi presented March- 26-28. Curtair time, cast and production detail: will be released next week. * * * Can You Write Poetry? Euphrosynean Literary Societ) is holding its annual poetry con test this month. All University students are eligible to participate and entries may be submitted t< Patsy Crosland, P. 0. Box 998. Entries must be in by March 31 f * * A Naval Officer Candidates Men who were recently rejecte< for Naval Officer Candidate Schoo due to visual defects might bo given another chance, acco/dinj to a directive received by the Nav3 Recruiting Station here. Due t< the increased need for Naval of ficer candidates, the Navy De partment has indicated that the. would grant waivers for deserv ing cases. Freshmen Study Hall Delta Sigma Pi, professiona business fraternity, will agait hold open study hall for freshmer in the business administratioi building this semester. Thesi study halls will be held on Tues day and Thursday nights from to 9 p.m. in room 217. All fresh men are invited by Delta Sigmi Pi to use this study hall to thei1 advantage. * * * Skin Divers to Meet The meeting for organization o] the University Skin Divers wil be tonight at 8:30 at tl4 Hollart Ave., Cayce. Interest, not equip ment, is the sole requirement foi attendance at this meeting, Jac1 Mangold announced. * * * WUSC-FM to Operate Nights Radio WUSC-FM will go on th< air this week on Tuesday, Wed nesdlay and Thursday nights fron 7 until 10. A crew of volunteer wvhich includes studlents andl pro fessors will operate the station. Classical music andi genera ediucational programs wvill b)e Sfeatured. Intruder, Maybe Male, Visits Girls' Dorms A shabbily dressed intruder wandered around the halls of the Freshman Girls' D)ormitory at 7 a.m. and later around Sims D)ormitory Friday morning on March 9, according to Dean of Women Arney Child. S It is possible that the intruder was a man dressed as a girl and there may have been two per sons. Such a person was also seen on Thursday, the day he fore, in the vicinity. The University police were notified after seven Friday morning and they were at the dorms Immediately. The doors of the dormitories are being left locked until eight in the morn ing except the front door, which is being opened earlier for girls who have eight o'clock classes. D)ean Childs advised that, "For our own protection, chiefly against sneak-thieve., we-aids, students and hostesses-should speak to any person in the build ing and ask them whom they are -looking for if they are In any w.. suanicloun." Poll Will B Through CI An Honor Board poll, to be con ducted next Thursday and Friday, c will be handled through the class rooms, Honor Board Chairman d Bill Weston has announced. The g poll is to receive student opinions e of the Honor System. "We hope that all students will t give serious thoughts and an- c swers to the questionnaire," Wes- b ton said. "We will use the c answers as a basis for possible j revision of the Honor Principle." o Questions to be on the poll are: h 1. Do you want an Honor i System? n 2. Do you prefer a proctor sys tem (faculty supervision) ? 3. Do you approve of the present b Honor System? 4. Would you make changes in s the present system? If so, list them. c 5. Are you willing to accept the I responsibility that is called for v in any honor system ? s 1May Queen I Contestants Are Selected I Three finalists for May Queen I were selected from nominations i made by the sororities and the s Independent girls at a beauty c pageant held last night in Russell c Iiouse auditorium. S I)ue to the fact that the beauty a pageant was held since The Game cock went to press, the names of -p the finalists will be given in the , tfi?xt issue. F The following is a list of the a girls who participated in the con- n I test: Joy Ann Bull, Bosie West- 11 bury and Bo Nelson of Kappa Delta; Betty Wall, B. J. Mc- t Queen, Harriett Dickert and Carol c Knight of the independents. c Also, Mary Sloan, Barbara Dent 1 and Mickey Caughman of Zeta t Tau Alpha; Marjorie Russ, Alpha Kappa; Carolyn Woodard, Patsy Talbert and Jane Reid of Alpha Delta Pi; Pat Arant, Pat Quinn t and Joyce Young of Pi Beta Phi. t Also, Kay Baker, Grace Zim- t merman and Louise Poston of Delta Delta Delta; Agnes Moorer, . Joyce Moore and Amy Quarles of Delta Zeta; Carol Brandenburg, _ Saundra Hlarvin and Mitzi Lewis of Chi Omega. I Judges for the contest were as follows: Gren Seihels, station tion WMSC; Bill Mimms, radio a station WCOS; Kim DeFilipo, h station WNOK-TV and Mickey If Honor P~rinciple Is To Student Coopei By Bill Chairman of the The following opinions and pressedl are thought to be those made after careful considleratil v'estigation andl work with this The purpose of the Honor Board - is to protect and to see that the prIincip)les of honor are properly t nmaintainedl at Carolina. This f group is elected by the students e themselves to see that these ideals r, are carriedl out effectively. We, as a a group, are aware of the fact that a the Honor Principle is not func- si tioning as it should! It is one thing o to have a code of wvhich we can all si he p)roud, but an entirely different n situation to possess one which means little or nothing to a nuim her of the students. We are con- h fronting the problem in what we considler the best and only wvay -- through the oinionis of the stu dents -to learn if they really wvant an honor system or wvhether n~ they would rather institute some ot her method.f The Alternatives a We feel that one of the three ti alter natives can he accomplished t by a poll that will he condlucted on March 23 and 24 : (1) Keep the " present system and1( make it strong, h (2) revIew the p)resenlt system and thereby make it more effective and better suited for the students, or (3) abolish the system and bring in "' snie kimd of prnctoe system. e Handled !assrooms Space will be given for further omments. Honor Board members have held iscussion groups with campus roups this week. The talks will ontinue next week. The honor system is vested in he Honor Board, 24 students hosen from the schools on the asis of enrollment. Honor Council, onsisting of two senior boys, two anior boys, one senior girl and ne junior girl, tries all cases of onor violation. The Honor Council chosen by the Honor Board tembers. The two violations of the honor rinciple are cheating on exams nd copying laboratory or work ook materials. Studying from old xams is not a violation, Weston aid. Violations of the honor prin iple are reported to the Honor oatd chairman. Punishment for iolations are seven in the course, uspension from school, or both. 1orton Loses senate Job b or Criticism University student Raymond L. lorton was fired Tuesday as tate Senate Page for published riticisms he made in the Game Dck last Friday concerning the tate Legislature's actions on egregation. Morton, a 23-year-old senior nglish major, had served as a age in the Senate since 1951, 'hen he was still in high school. [e was employed by then Lieuten nt Governor George Bell Tim terman and recommended by his igh school principal. Morton's article, which said that ne State Senate is "intent on ircumventing" i n t e g r a t i o n, harged that Southern state legis itures are "embarrassing sound racks for the- South." Besides the loss of his $44 a reek page job, Morton, who lives ith his family in Columbia, said at he had received "dozens of ireatening,_phone calls." Some of re calls challenged the student defend his published theories i some secluded spot with a isticuffs bout. ourie, Lourie's Clothing Store. Mrs. Florence Kohn of Kohn's lothing store was coordinator nd Kenny Morris furnished the ackground music. Virgil Duffie, (Conthiued on page 8) Work, -ation A Must Veston Honor Board observations that are ex of the Honor Board and are >n and several years of in group. Thle responsibility of developing ie Honor Principle into a success ii and workable code is that of ich student at Carolina. It is a ?sponsibility which we should not nid cannot afford to neglect if we r~e to work toward having a -hool whlose standards are above ~hers and whose graduates are to and out in their respective comn unities. Student Responsibility The most essential part of any anor system is that the students iust accept full responsibility for aking it work, not only for them 'Ives but also on some occasions >r other students. In short, this eans that It is tihe duty of each ~udent to call attention to any in 'action of the principle and if the ation persists to report the viola on to the Honor Council. No sys mn of honor can work without this eling of cooperation and the man woman who possesses true honor as no fear or doubts that it Is the E'st way for all to follow. You hear a lot about, "Oh, I just ouldn't turn anyone in." This Is a 'Ifish attitude and one which LeClerc Best D PRODIGIOUS PAIR AND 3 his prodigious freshman debater' invitation to the April West Pot South's best debate team. (Staff Band Leaves The University band will leave for tour this afternoon at 2 o'clock, band director Donald L. Banschbach has announced. The band will perform at Allendale, S. C. and Savannah, Ga. Under the sponsorship of Allen iale and Fairfax, a concert will be presented at Allendale tonight. Some of the numbers on the pro gram include "Barnum and Bailey's Favorite," a march by K. L. King, "Rumbolero" by Mor ton Gould, "Amparito Roca, Spanish March" by Jaime Texidor, Cohen Tc To Teach Dr. Hennig Cohen, director of public relations at the University, has been appoin-ted executive sec retary of the American Studies Association and assistant profes sor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, Dean Lloyd W. Daly has announced. A native of Darlington, he is a graduate of the University where he majored in jouirnalisnm and received his Ph.D). dlegree from Tulane University with a major in English. At the University of Pennsyl vania Dr. Cohen will teach courses in American literature and serve as an executive officer of the American Studies Association, an 3rganization devoted to studiies in American civilization. Dr. Cohen is the author of "The south Carolina Gazette" and ap roximately 35 articles in scholarly nagazines in the fields of English iterature and southern culture. lie is managing editor of the journal, "Renaissance Papers." He is past regional chairman of :he American Dialect Society, re rional secretary of the Southern P'olklore Society, a member of the tdvisory council of the Renaissance society of America, and is active n a number of other professional societies. 32 Will Ma A group of 32 pharmacy stu Jents from the University will make a week's ediucational tour f two large pharmaceutical manu racturers this month. The students will travel by ,hartered bus in this yar'a annual q,Crom ebaters IENTOR . . . Debate Coach Dr. M. Fred Le Clercq (left) and Lew i. (.r it National Debatf Tournameni t tin' photo by Wayne Patrick) This Afternoo and Leroy Anderson's "Bugler's i Holiday" which will feature a trumpet trio. Members of the trio are Lavonne Bazemore, Thomas Isbell and Carl MeMath. The band will stay overnight in 1 Allendale in the homes of high i school band members there. I Tomorrow the 50-piece hand will march in the St. Patrick's day parade in Savannah, Ga., and I will participate in the festivities i in observance of the Centennial i Anniversary of the celebrated day. I The band will be led by drum i Leave Ui At Penns HEiAD OF NEWS SERICE . of thle I iters'ity News~ Nersice. i,. Well known i in most circles, Dr. P(ohein was for merly' news edit or of radio station W COS in Colum hia. lHe joined the staff of the University as news service direc- I t(or in 194t;. lie was convention ( dlirector for the Southeastern< College Public Relations Associa tion, held in Columbia last I .ke Tour In tour' by juniors and seniors. They1 will visit the laboratories of E. R. Squibb and Sonis of New York City and the Lederle D)ivision of American C2ynamid Co. of Pearl River, N. Y., according to Robert W. Morrison, acting. dan of ar er Tean Of Th( G. Chri.topheren (center) and )nner .mile over the first place recei-e 1d on being named the n For Tour najor Jim Shealy. Majorettes vill be Patricia Plott and Rosalit \ewman. The University Naval ROTC olor guard will precede the band n the parade. Members of the mit are George Waterfall, Mat hew Stephenson, J. H. Dusen >ary, Roger Knapper, and Robert unningham, Jr. After the parade the hand mem lers will have several hours dur ng which they may participate in he festival activities before re urning to the campus Saturday light. tversi ty, yvan Ia -I-)D. lHenniag Cohen, Director iaawnS reainitg alt his desak. ov embher. D)r. Cohen served as an aerial runner in Europe during World Var II. He is married to the ormer Merrie Lou Conaway of 'olumbia. They have three chil Iren. Dr. Cohen and1 family will mov< o Philadelphia in June. New York nacy. D)r. James A. Campbell, asso iate p)rofessor, will serve as guid< md chaperon. The group will leave Columbii it 11 a.m., Saturday, March 21 mdt are scheduled to return thi nilloing Frida.. i Named i South Team First In National Preliminaries By NANCY FOX News Editor Carolina's prodigious freshman debaters, Lewis Cromer and Fred Le Clercq, combined last week to take first place in the West Point Preliminary tournament and there by became the top debating team in the South. Le Clercq and Cromer, winners of numerous awards in both in dividual and team debating this season, placed first in the Pre liminary tournament 25 points ahead of their nearest competitor, Duke University. Both men are in their first year of college de bating. Debating both negative and af firmative sides, the two-man team argued the proposition that non agricultural industries of the United States should adopt a policy of a guaranteed annual wage. In six rounds of debating at Emory University, the Carolina team defeated David Lipscomb, Emory University, Wake Forest, the University of Kentucky, the University of Georgia, and the University of Miami. First Place Team By winning the tournament, the University debaters receive an in vitation as the first place team representing the South in the West Point National Invitational Tour nament at West Point, New York, April 25-28. Florida placed third in the tour nament. Wake Forest was fourth, Miami, fifth (alternate), and Carson-Newman. sixth (alternate. Fight States Competed Eight states competed in the tournament to choose the four best teams to represent the South at the national debating champion ship at West Point in April. They were Mississippi, Alabama, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Flor ida, South Carolina, and North C'arolina. IThe University's debating teams have been among the top four teams from the South to be in vited to the West Point tourna ment six times in the last 10 years. They have been winners of first place in the preliminary tournament three times in the last Dr. M. ,G. Christophersen, de bate coach, accompanied the team to the tournament. USC Pep Club Asks Support In '56 Spirit The Gamecock Pep Club has an niounced plans for student support of the Carolina baseball team carrying out the "Spirit of '56i" theme. Plans include transportation ar rangements for students desiring to see the games to the Veterans Hospital ball field where the games will be played. A public address system and programs listing the team lineups are also being planned. Cars will be in front of the Rus sell House at 2 p. m. on game days - for students desiring transporta a tion. A spokesman for the Pep Club iexpressed the wish that students Scontinue the "Spirit of '56" with a "tremendous amount of backing for the baseball team."