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NEXT ISSUE, CANDIDATES APRILAIR VIEWS -~ (See page 8) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 22 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 29, 1956 Baseball Team Tops Duke 7-4 4In ACC Game Carolina's baseball team de feated Duke's Blue Devils 7-4 Tuesday at Veterans Hospital field to win their first Atlantic Coast Conference game and re main unbeaten against college competition in three games. Coach Ted Petoskey's ace righthander, s e n i o r Johnny Cooley, was touched for 13 hits, but walked just one and was tough in the clutches as he went the distance to pick up his third win. Clarke Added To Geology Staff Here James, W. Clarke of Vanderbil University has been appointed as sociate professor of geology at th University, Dr. L. L. Smith, heat of the department, has announced Widely experienced both as i teacher and field geologist, Dr Clarke has published a number A: scientific reports on rock struc tures of the type which compris< the South Carolina piedmont. Dr. Clarke is a graduate o: Emory University and received hi: Ph.D. degree from Yale. In addition to his teachinl duties, for the past four years h< has been employed as a fielk geologist during the summers b, the Tennessee and Connecticut Geo logical Surveys. le is the author of a researcl paper, "The Geology of the Turtle town Basin, Tenn.," which won tho Sigma Xi national science fra ternity award at. Vanderbilt Uni versity. A native of Tullahoma, Tenn. Dr. Clarke served in Europe as as infantry rifleman during Worl( War II. His monographs include "Geo logy and Mineral Resources of th< Thomaston, Ga., Quadrangle" an "Geology of the Danhury, Conn. Quadrangle." He has complete< field maps of quadrangles in Ten nessee and Connecticut and thi manuscript for a boolk, "Geologica Mineralogy.'' .No Heat Here Over Week End Director of University housing E. M. Henderson, has stated tha there will be no heat in the dormi tories from Saturday to Monday. Mr. Henderson also said that al students living in Tenement 21 must report to the Housing Offici on April 4 hetween nine and four. British Educ Here On Toi FHelena Lawrnance, acting educa tionf attache of the British Embass: in Washington, will speak in th< Russell House auditorium nex Thursday afternoon at t h r e o'clock, according to Dr. W. D Nixon, acting dean of the Schoo of Education. Miss Lawrance, who obtained he: M.A. degree in education from Ox ford University of England, is ap pearing here at the invitation o President Donald S. Russell. He appearance is under the sponsor Sship of the School of Education. Tours Carolinas and Virginia D)uring the second and thir< weeks of April, Miss Lawrance wil be sp)eak ing at some of the univer sities5 and colleges in Virginia anm the Carolinas. While here, she wil speak on one of t he followinj topics: "The New Look in Britial Education," "Is British Educatioi D emiocratie?" or "British Uiniver sity Today." She wvill also dliscuss the Mar shall Scholarship Scheme in th< hope of encopraging good student: ini various fields of study to apply for next year's awards by givinj them a piic'turie of the requirement: of British universities andl the me'thods oif stundy that they wouki find there. Miss L,awranice will be inmtroducet hy President Russell. Appearlnj Icon Keyserling S. C. Native Is Next Lecturer For Series Leon Keyserling, South Carolin; 3 native and prominent ce momisl 1 will speak April 9 at 8 p. m. in th - School of Business Administratioi e auditorium at the University o1 '"Consumer Spending and the Busi ness Trend." Born in Charleston, he spent hi 3 early years in Beaufort. At Co lumbia Universmty he earned ai undergraduate degree in 1928 an received his law degree from Ilar vard in 1931. Mr. Keyserling has held man: government positions includinj ! Chairman of the Council of Eec nomic Advisers to the Presiden from 1950 until 1953. He previously acted as legal con sultant and administrator of th United States Housing Authorit.y Currently he is president of th - Conference on Economic Progres - and a consulting economist with of fices in Washington, D. C. le is member of the New York an Washington Bar Associations an i is listed in Who's Who ii A merica." " ation Attache ~r Through So - on the program as platform guest will he the following: Mrs. Mai 'garet hett Taylor, presidet t. Q the local chapter of the Englis Speaking U nion in Columbia; He . J. ass, president of the I ntera Stional Relat ions Club at the Uni r of the facnlty and D)r. WV. W. Sav - age, dean itof t he School of Educa - tion. f D)r. Nixon stated that the Schot r of Education, which is officiall: - sponusoring Miss I awranice's ap~ pear n lce, has nmade (letatilled at rantgeentts eoncertnintg the pra I gramii. In regards1 to thle anit ici pa I t ion of her ariivalI, he said: "Coni .. siderabtle interest by the facult: I and1( the School of Education ha I been miani fest-ed by the approach Sing appIetatance of Miss I,alwrnte. Born in France i Miss L awrantce, wholt was borni i. - IFrani ce of ani Enagl ish fat her and; F retnch mot her, was ed ucat ed i - England, going to Ft attce for sum mer holidays. She attendled a larg secondaltry school for girls in I on p don for six yeats antd later SI A Anne's College at Ox ford on State scholarship. SSite t aught int a l.ondon higi I school a fter sotme foreign t ravel A fter t he wtar, shle jointed thle Br it I ish CoutncilI, which she did chiefl: inl orer tn see t h.. world a tid '.a.m S1X _( University By Melba Corley Staff Writer The versatile University chapter of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers won awards in every field of competition at the ASME Region IV Conference at Clemson College, March 23 and 24. The awards were won for in dividual and chapter achievements. I n a presentation of technical papers, Senior J o h n Tennant placed third with his composition "Report on Investigation of Fly Ash for Pozzolans in Concrete." Tennant, who competed with rep resentatives from ten other schools in the Southeast, won a cash prize of $15.00. First place went to Eliot Pyles, I Jr., of the University of Tennessee I for his paper "Porous Chromium in Cylinders." Mia Canariis, a girl from Vanderbilt, was second place winner with the paper "Correlation - of Audible Sound and Pressure Pulse of Detonation in an I. C. En gi ne." Group Awards The rotating Man Milage Award was earned by the local chapter - with 4,450 man miles. The plaque is a prize given to encourage and to recognize the attendance of dele r gates from schools that are distant - froin the conference site. This prize t originated in region IV, and it has been adopted by the other regions - of America. The USC delegates won a $25.00 - ensh prize for having the largest attendance at t h e conference. Thirty - three ASME members, Prof. John Begg, faculty advisor, and Prof. Frank A. Herty at tended. The local chapter also earned the Stunt Night Committee Is Proposed A hoys' Stunt Night censorship cnnittee, composed of two stu dents and a faculty advisor, will he atppointed, Dean of Women Ar ney It. Childs has announced. The c4onnnittee will view a dress re hearsal of all stunts to be pre sented by fraternities and will emnsor them. If a fraternity presents any stunt which is not approved, the stunt may he stopped in progress and the fraternity fined a $50 fine for non-pal ticip)ation. I FC will have full responsibility for the committee and will choose the faculty advisor for the group. Will Speak uthern States s fr om the sense of claustrop)hobia - that resulted from her confine f mient. 'i Miss Lawrance was transferred i1to Santiago, Chile in 1948. There -she learne d Spanish sufficiently to - car on a fluenit conversation. As i a result, she did free-lance trans - lat ing from* Spanish into English - for' the United Nations Taught in Pittsburgh I She obtained the position of as sistant professor of English at Mt. - Mercy College in Pittsburgh where - she. also taught comparative litera - toure and French. In June, 1964, - Miss Lawrance assumed her pres - cnt position. Concerning her position as act Sing education attache with the -British Embassy, Miss Lawrance 'states: "I deal with all cultural and educational questions that iarise. I am the Washington secre itary for tihe Marshall Scholarship I scheme and represent the Embassy - at educational con ferences, meet ings, etc. One of my chief duties - is adlvising Americans who wish to .study in Britain and giving infor mat ion, talks, etc., on the British i She also states that since the . posit ion of cultural attache was ek Si ASME M STUDENTS WIN HONOR sity mechanical engineering (standing): Ihomas R. Delwi holds the third place certific and Prof. John Begg, faculty (Staff photo by Bob Finley) award for the largest percenta of potential members with 79 : cent. Seventy-six of the total nu ber of eligible juniors and seni< in the School of Mechanical En neering at the University E ASME members. While at Clemson the gro toured the engineering departm( Students Nominations Mat For Cheerleaders Discipline Group Nominations for discipline co mittee members and for cheerlei ers were made Tuesday from I student body at large. Nominations for the discipli committee included, for senior bo Ted Ellis, Virgil Duffy, Fra Callcott, Gene Griffith and M Stephenson. Senior girls not nated were Sybil Anderson, Ca Brandenburg, Mary Sloani a Carolyn Woodard. One boy and < girl wvill be elected for the cc mittee. Cheerleader Candidates The students wvho are runni for cheerleader are Ab Aving Pat Arant, Jerri Aylward, Jet Bensley, Carol Brandenburg, T. Becker, Sandra Chipley, Bob Cc ard, Wray Davis, Pauline wards, Tommy Edmunds, Alice I right, .Jo Anne Farmer, Mar Fischer, Carolyn Fortson, Howi Gunter, Buddy Gulledge, Hai Gregory and Shelby J. Godwin. Also, Mary Hlarbeson, El: Hemphill, Myra Hlouser, Lois A Hiough, Joyce Houghston, VTo Kempson, Hunk Miller, Ed Mas Maury Miller, Lou Mallette, Ca line Mclnerny, Ray Newman, Pearce, Julie Petoskey, Lou Taylor, Tommy Taylor, Dave Re bert, Beverly Parler, Warren S ville, Carolyn Woodard, Lar Lowe, Jim Wilkinson and El Simpson. There wvill be four boy and fc girl cheerleaders elected int coming elections to be held on Ap 11 and 13. Fifteen voting ni chines will be operating during I voting which will be from 9 a. to 5 p. m. On April 9 Carol Brandenbu1 a junior from Bamberg; Harr D)ickert, a senior from Newberr and Pat Arant, a junior fra Pageland wvill vie for the title 1956 Queen of May. At the time that the G;amec( went to press Bob McNair, vi< president of the sophomore ela was still checking on the eligibili of election cndiates. Ludent rins Region S ... At the ASME conference at (:lem: nrganization won several awards. Office ach, chairnan of ASME; Ed (ox, ,ee ite he won in a technical speaking coi adviser. In front, Lee Knight, treasur ge of the college and visited a local ier power plant. A dance was held and m- the awards were presented at a rs banquet. gi- ASME Organization ire The University ASME is an or ganization for the promotion of me up chanical engineering students. It 'nt was organized in 1947. Its projects Nominate F Student Council Candidates Named By Each School m- Nominations for student conncil d- representatives from the various he schools were made last Tuesday afternoon. There will be seven representa ne tives finally elected from the Ys, School of Arts and Sciences in nk which there are 879 students. The att School of Business Administration iwill have eight representatives from its 1187 enrollment. The rol School of Education will elect four ad from its 531 students. me The School of Engineering in m- which there are 858 students will have six representatives. The Schools of Journalism, Law and Pharmacy will each have one rep ,resenitative. These schools have an 'ry enrollment of 103, 127 and 185, re an spectively. w- 36 Council Members Cd- The student council will be made t1- up also of the student body officers sia and the four class presidents to ird maike a totail of 36 student council *ry members. Students nominated f o r the len School of Arts and Sciences were . Sybil Anderson, Jerry Aylward, igt Buddy Bowers, B i I I Brannon, ,Frank Heatty, Alec Brown, Jo ro- Costner, Legare Coker, Fred Le bClercq, Harry Chatnman, Lewis as Cromer and Wray Davis. - Also: Virgil D)uffy, Butler Der orick, Josie Geiger, Howell Gilmore, ry Beverly Hughes, Sylvia Hull, CArchie g1ardy, Farley Lawton, Robert Luft, Sinclair Lewis, Larry ur LaDue, Frankie Madden and Bob he McNair. rIl Also: Priscilla Norris, George ta- Nettles, Julie Petoskey, Mary Wise heRixey, Carl Reynolds, Richard Sas nm. nett, Warren Scoville, Flossye Ter rill, William Thomas, Carol Wat g' son, Nelson Weston, P r e s t o n ect Whaley and D)avid White. >ml Business Nominations of Nominations received fronm the School of Business Administration kwere Phil Abrams, Billy Akers, re- Sam Appel, Lee Anderson, Henry es, Allen, Bobby Bradley, Becky Craw ty ford, Fletcher Cartes, John Cathy, Thomas Crab, Terry Davis, Patsy Pr esi al Awards -0 to Y.... ........ 9i0 +on College last week, the Univer rs and a winier, left to right, are retary", John Tennant, who won, test; Bill Huggins vice,ehairman, er. holds the Man Milage Plaque. include exhibits at the State Fair and the sponsorship of student loan funds. At present the group is working on a scholarship fund named for Professor Herty. Officers of ASME are Thomas R. I)eLoach, chairman; Bill Hug gins, vice 2hairman; Ed Cox, sec retary, and Lee Knight, treasurer. or Offices Davis, Meyer Drucker, ,Jimmy I usenburv and Jenny Elliott. Also: Ted Ellis, Betty Edwards, Bob Freeman, Joanne Franklin, Jack Floyd, Mary Jo Griffith, Wil liam Gunnells, John Graham, Myra Houser, Roy Hart, George Hart zell, Knox Hanesworth, Charlie Jacocks, Voight Kempson, Toni Lydon, Ida Lyn and John Merrill. Also: Betty Jean Murray, Dar rell Meeks, Dave Monteith, Frank Mims, Carolyn Mclnerny, Betty Ann Nelson, Bo Nelson, Norvelle Plowden, Bill Parker, Janice Palmer and Wayne Rush. Also : Don Richardson, Robert E. Stephens, Zet S im i t h, Robert ISterns, Zeke Tolly. Harold Tolbert, Kileren Tribey, Patsy Willard, Frank Wannatmaker and Jim Wilkinson. Education Nominations Nominations for the School of Education were Pat A rant, Carol Brandenburg, Jlane Burns, Pat Barfield, Sid Badger, Lawrence Curry, Anlne Est ridge, Wartier Fairey, Ba rba ra F urr, Doreas~ Giles, Buddy Gulledge, Willis Han nah, Bob Jenkins, Barbara Living ston, Preston M usgrove, Richard Mims, Jeaii Oliphant, Betsy Ann Quinn, ,Je rry Redmian, Elizabeth Singletary, B o s e y Westhury, Louise Woods, Nancy Wallace and Caroline Woodard. Nominations from the School of Engineering wvere as follows: Neil E. Abrams, Frank Kotteamp, John Thomas Taylor, Ed Bowen, Parker Evatt, T h o m a s B. Huggins, "Flash" Gordon McBride, Bruce Willey, Julian Shand, Fred Wis field, Charlie Davis, Joe Wood berry, Bert Menees, Joe Felton, George Thomas, Bob Lelley, Benny Gause, Philip Moody, Julian Dor ity, Jimmy Lippard, Mac JTames, Jerry Bauknight, Roger Knapper, Tomn Mattox and Harold Pryor. Nominations from the School of Journalism were Bob Anderson, Betsy Brown, Herb Bryant, Linda Cauthen, Larry Cribb, Wayne Kil gore, Carolyn McClung, Ina Nel son, Jud Rhodes, Kitty Wells and Marsha Wiseheart. Nominations from the School of Pharmacy are John Brantley, Bob Bunch, Henry Clinkscale, Mary A n n e Snowdeni atnd Kenneth Stakes. dency Election Dates Set April 11, 13 Six rising seniors are seeking the presidency of the student body for the school year of '56 and '57 Candidates for the office of president of the student body are Sid Badger, John McCrackin, Phil Moody, Lewis Cromer, Lawrence Curry and David White. Nominations for student body vice-president are Allan Davis and Paul Hemphill. Student body secretary nomina tions are Jo Anne Franklin, War ner Fairey, Patsy Mellette and Liz Singletary. Nominations for student body treasurer are Harry Chapman, Wray Davis, Butler Derrick, Bob Freeman, Bob McNair, Donald Russell, Tunky Yarborough, Pat Treacy and Nelson Weston. Nominations for class officers were received Tuesday also. For the senior class of next year, nomi nations for president (in alpha betical order) were Herb Bryant, Mike Cory, Virgil Duffie, Ed Mul lins and Macky Prickett. Those nominated for vice-presi dent of the rising senior class are Frank Callcott, Hill Doar, Ted El lis, Parker Evatt, Wayne Kilgore and Beth Tyler. Nominations for secretary-treas urer are Bobby Gunnels, George lartzell, Carol lobst, Carolyn Mc Clung, Ab Pierce, Neil Reid, Mary Sloan, George Thomas and Bosie ' estbury. Nominations for historian of next year's senior class are Gary Banks, Marvin Dukes, Jack Floyd, .Jean Oliphant. Pat Quinn, Bill Stathius and Carolyn Woodard. .Junior ('lass Nominations For officers of next year's junior class, nominations for president were Boibb y Bunch, Charles E. l)avis, Bob Finley and Tom Lydon. Nominations for vice-president are Stacy Clardy, Jimmy Fuller, Clyde Johnson, Virginia Ross, Sam Vickers and Preston Whaley. Nominations for secretary-treas urer are Mickey Caughman, Teddy D a v i s, Beverly Hughes, Don Richardson, Elsie Simpson and L.ouise Wood. H i s t o r i a n nominations are Sandra Chipley, Terry Davis, Charlie Jacocks, Sinclair Lewis, Bob Luft, Ned Nicholson and Elise \erner. Sophomore (lass Nominations Next year's sophomore class president nominations are Fred Le C leren, Happy Cotton, King Dixon, Shannon Harper, Drick Simkins aid Carroll Teague. Vice-president nominations are Hill Caine, Franklyn Madden, Ron nie Melvin, Bishop Parrish, Julie P'etoskey. Bob Rogers and Carol W~atson. Nominations for secretary-treas urer are Julian Adams, Jane Burns, .Jo Anne Farmer, Mary Pearl Harbeson, Charlie Jackson, Barbara Liv'i ngston, Ann Luce, Schrader Ruff and Kitty Wells. H1istorianl nominations for the sophomore (class are Edith Bulluck, Ju tannita Edwards, May Luce, Dar reil Meeks, Carlisle Oxner, Ranny Randolph, Harriet Sinkler, Dave Stanford, Barr Sullivan and Bill Thomas. A referendum on choosing cheer leaders, and one onl releasing the total numbe rof votes a candidate receives in an election to the Gamecock will be voted on in spring elections also. Frat's Privileges Are Suspended D Iean Arney R. Child., chair man of the Student Activities Committee, has announced that the committee has suspended the Rocial privilege, of a cam pus fraternity for the remainder of this school year. The action was brought about by the fra ternity's disorderly conduct outside its fraternity house fol lowing a social affair.