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48TH YEARENEB SAD OF PUBLICATION CHORUS O ON TOUR (See page 8) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 23 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 13, 1956 *Whit Crnnpus BrieIs Officer Candidates to Be Interviewed Representatives from the office of Naval officer procurement of Raleigh will revisit here April 25 and 26 to interview applicants for direct commissions, according to Capt. C. S. Barker, Jr. of the Naval Science Department. The group will include a WAVE officer, Lt. (j.g.) Jane Meadow and possibly some recent grad uates from Officer Candidate School and a newly designated Naval aviator. Their desks will again be set up in Russell House near the bookstore entrance. * * * Faculty Entertain Foreign Students The faculty will entertain all foreign students attending the University during the week of April 14. Hostesses will be Mrs. Irving Belser, Sr., Mrs. O. D. Bonner, Mrs. Lauren Brubaker, Mrs. Stuart Clare, Mrs. Willard Davis, Mrs. Delos DeTar, Mrs. Clyde Ferrell and Mrs. Tomblin son Fort. Also, Mrs. John Kice, Mrs. Theodore Ledeen, Mrs. James Morris, Mrs. Julian. Petty, Mrs. J. H. Pitkanen, Mrs. Herbert Rud man, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Mrs. H. F. Trotter, Mrs. Raymond Uhl, and Mrs. Edwin Whitesell. Any foreign student who is not contacted by one of these hostesses is asked to please call Mrs. Uhl, president of the auxiliary. * * * Informal Dance Tuesday An informal campus dance will be held Tuesday at 8-11 p.m. in Russell House. The dance is free to all students, stag or drag. Music will be furnished by Dave Merline and his combo. The dance is sponsored by the Student Union Committee. * * * Co-eds Asked to Criticize Silver Two designers from Reed and Harton Silversmiths will be in Russell House cafeteria lobby Wednesday, 9-12 a.m. Co-eds are asked to stop by and give their criticisms of the silver designs displayed. The project is spon sored by AKG. The money given by Reed and Barton will go to the AKG Scholarship Fund. * * * Apply Now for Awards Persons interested in competing for either the Gonzales or Keitt Awards in oratory and extempor aneous speaking are asked by Dr. M. G. Christophersen to make ap pointments by April 21 with him for tryouts. The awards are open to both gradluates and undergraduates and any University studient may enter the competition by making ar rangements w1.h Dr. Christopher sen for a convenient tryout date. A memorized five-minute speech, origin-al or unoriginal, is required for the Gonzales Award. The appllicant for the Keitt Award must prepare a five-minute speech on a topic assigned by Dr. Chris tophersen. Winners of the awards will be announced on Awards Day. D)ean Prince Will Attend. D)edication D)ean of Law Samuel L,. Prince will represent the University at a convocation to dedicate a new law building at the University of Illi nois at Urbana, Ill. this week endl. Dean Prince will represent the University at a special dinner andl in the convocation procession. * * * Chemistry Prof. to Attend Meeting Three UniversIty chemistry pro fessors will attend a meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science at Clemson College to morrow. They are Drs. D. F. D)e Tar, W. R. Gilkerson and John I. Kice eEL% Prickett, Elected I Student Council Is Elected Phil Abrams, Terry Davis, Bob Freeman, Jack Floyd, George Hart zell, Darrell Meeks, Bo Nelson and Don Richardson were elected from the School of Business Administra tion to serve on student council. The votes were: Abrams, 198; Davis, 174; Freeman, 210; Floyd, 184; Hartzell, 173; Meeks, 176; Nelson, 177; and Richardson, 212. Those elected defeated the fol lowing in the run-off Wednesday: Sam Appel, 169; Lee Anderson, 151; Fletcher Carter, 170; John Cathy, 119; Betty Ann Nelson, 155; Janice Palmer, 167; Zet Smith, 155; and Frank Wanna maker, 161. School of Education Carol Brandenburg, Sid Badger, Lawrence Curry, Bosey Westbury and Nancy Wallace were elected to the student council from the School of Education. They received votes as follows: Brandenburg, 112; Badger, 126; Curry, 127; Westbury, 119; and Wallace, 112. These candidates defeated the following in the run-off: Pat Arant, 80; Barbara Farr, 105; and Dorcas Giles, 77. School of Engineering Parker Evatt, "Flash" McBride, George Thomas, Philip Moody, Jerry Bauknight and Lee Knight were elected from the School of En gineering to serve on the student council. They received the following votes: Evatt, 143; McBride, 128; Thomas, 129; Moody, 205; Bauk night, 145; and Knight, 140. Those elected defeated the fol lowing candidates in the run-off: Neil E. Abrams, 108; Ed Bowen, 88; Bruce Willey, 106; Charlie Davis, 120; Joe Felton, 92; Benny Gause, 92; and Julian Dority, 75. School of Arts and Sciences Fred LeClercq, Lewis Cromer, Wray Davis, Virgil Duffy, Julie Petoskey, Mary Wise Rixey and Preston Whaley were elected from the School of Arts and Sciences to student council. Their votes wyere as follows: Le Clercq, 164 ; Cromer, 171 ; Davis, 197; D)uffie, 197; Petoskey, 194; IRixey, 166; and Whaley, 194. Other candidates in the run-off were: Legare Coker, 137; Butler Derrick, 145; Archie Hardy, 160; 'and Nelson Weston, 143. Herb Bryant wvith 34 votes deC feated Carolyn McClung with 15 votes in the run-off to represent the School of ,Journalism on student cou nc il. John Brantley was elected on the first ballot to represent the School of Pharmacy. Other candiidates for student council who were in the run-off, but not listed above because they had already been elected to other offices which ex-officio made them members of student council, were: Joanne Franklin, school of business administration, 214; Bobby Bunch, school of arts and sciences, 236; Bob McNair, school of arts and sciences, 266; and D)avid White, school of arts and( sc ien(ces, 249. 'Y' To Install New Officers The annual candlelight installa tion service for the new officers and cab)inet 1;embers of the "Y" wvill be held at the weekly vesper program Sunday afternoon at 5 p. mn. in Rutledge Chapel. YWCA President Judy Clarke and YMCA President Flynn lHar rell will have charge of the cere mony. The new presidents, Carol Knight, YWCA, and Jimmy Mar tin, YMCA, will install their new cnanets fno- the 19K6-K'7 yne. acted Bunch An ' Head C The new president of the senior class is Mackie Prickett, who re ceived 243 votes in the run-off 'with Virgil Duffie who received 182 votes. Parker Evatt, with 211 votes against Frank Callcott's 206 votes, was elected senior class vice president. George Thomas, who received 226 votes in the runoff against Carolyn McClung's 193 is secretary-treasurer of the senior class. The new historian is Jack Floyd, who received 212 votes to Carolyn Woodward's 206 votes. Junior Class Bobby Bunch was elected junior class president, having received 235 votes to Robert Finley's 172 in the run-off. Vice-president of the Junior class is Preston Whaley with 233 votes against Stacy Clardys 174 votes. Beverly Parler, who received 200 votes in the run-off to Theo dore E. Davis 192, is the junior class secretary-treasurer. Junior class historian is Liz Singletary who received 224 votes in the run off to Sandra Chipley who re eeived 172. Sophomore Class Carroll Teague, who received 274 votes in the run-off to King Dixon's 180, is sophomore class president. Vice-president of the sophomore class is Robert E. Rogers who received 312 votes to Rodney Melvin who received 167 votes in the run-off. Sophomore class secretary treasurer is Jo Anne Farmer who received :308 votes in the run-off with Kitty Wells who received 173 votes. Darrell Meeks, who re ceived 317 votes in the run-off to Leila Barr Sullivan's 157, is historian of the sophomore class. Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Is May 11 The initiation dinner and meet ing of the Phi Beta Kappa will take place at Russell House on the evening of Friday, May 11. At that time the meeting will be addressed by Dr. Goodrich Cook White who is now president of Emory University. Dr. White is a native of Georgia, a graduate of Emory, and earned his M.A. from Columbia Univer sity and his Ph.D). from the Uni versity of Chicago. He has had many honorary degrees conferred upon01 him. HAVE A D)RINK . . . Camp. drink from one of the stands se .le-.io a. ls. Mond--. (St.af. Stuc .d Teague lasses Schools Elect Honor Board Membership Fourteen new members were elected to the Honor Board in this week's elections. David Adcock, Bob McNair, Julie Petosky and Nelson Westn were elected from the School of Arts and Science. They received 89, 146, 123, and 118 votes respec tively in defeating Julian Adams, 73 votes; Sinclair Lewis, 88; Anne Luce, 87; May Luce, 60; Stewart Miller, 58; Beverly Parler, 74; and Elise Verner, 74. Business Administration Members From the School of Business Ad ministration Alice Enright, Jack Floyd, Jo Anne Franklin, Patsy Mellette, Don Richardson and Phil Walker were elected to Honor 4 Hoard positions. They received 125, 114, 100, 119, 108 and 98 votes I respectively in defeating Billy Akers, with 78 votes; Gary Banks, 90; Jimmy Baxter, 72; Fletcher Carter, 95; "Happy" Cotton, 86; Tommy Edmonds, 68; Phil Ed wards, 70; Ted Ellis, 75; Robert Freeman, 86; Shannon Harper, 57; Betty Anne Nelson, 89; and Louise Taylor, 54 votes. In the School of Education Carol Brandenburg, with 72 votes, and Bosie Westbury, with 90, filled the two vacancies for Honor Board. They defeated Warner Fairey, who r received 46 votes and Grace Zim merman who received 59. School of Engineering Frank Calcott, with 82 votes, was elected to fill the vancy from the School of Engineering. He defeated Dan Donovan, with 1 70 votes, and Julian Shan, with 415. In the School of Journalism .Jerry McGuire, wvith 17 votes, dlefeated Kitty Wells and Marsha Wiseheart with 10 and 14 votes resp)ectively. There were no vacancies on the honor board for the school of p)ha rmacy. linri hw rciigafe t pt ers er oeso ahe eWvnaPK4k lent Harriei To 1 David White defeated Mars lent body elections held this w hoice over Carol Brandenburg Alan Davis was unopposed Joanne Franklin, who receih David White Governor I To Review ] The University Air Force overnor George B. Timmerm, lay on Davis Field, Cadet Col oday. The review will be a featl tOTC Day ceremonies which will nclude a Main Street parade at 2 . m., Tuesday and a military ball Vednesday night. The entire student body and fac Ity are invited to the reviewing xercises, Les Brown and his Band of Re own, called by Downbeat "the umber one dance band in the coun ry," will play for the ball. The all will be at the Township Audi orium from 8 p. m. to midnight. Governor Timmerman was ex ended an invitation by Cadet Col. 3lark and Cadet Maj. William Ser rent. Ranking military personnel rave also been invited. The Main Street parade will be ed by Mayor J. Clarence Dreher, ollowed by a group of 14 sponsors ~nd the marching units of the cadet orps. Campaigners Violate City Noise Law Seven University students were brought before City Re corder John I. Rice Tuesday morning for violation of the city of Columbia's noise ordi nance. All cases were dismissed. Campus Police Chief Colie B. Bundrick appeared at court with the students. While campaigning for stu dent body elections on the University campus Monday, these students drove around Russell House appealing for student votes. 9DK To Tap 4t Song Fest Chi Circle of Omicron Delta appa, national honorary leader hip fraternity, announces that its pring tapping will be held on 'uesday, April 25, at the annual raternity Song Fest. Candidates for membership in IDK must meet the following re uirements: (1) show outstanding haracter, (2) have at least junior tanding, (3) have a 3.5 over all verage, (4) state all of the ac ivities in which they have partici ated and all of the honors that Presi tt Dickert ( ?eign May hall Cain for the office of stui eek at the University. Harrie ror May Queen. in his offer for vice-president ed 827 votes in the run-off el Harriett Dickert to immerman EIOTC Unit ROTC will be reviewed by in, Jr., at 11:15 a. m., Tues . Donald O. Clark announced are of the annual Air Force Poll Reveals Students Want Honor Change The outcome of a recent Honor Board opinion poll shows that stu dents wish a revision of the honor system, Chairman Bill Weston has announced. The poll shows that the students do want an honor principle, he said. "Approximately 1,600 students were contacted in the poll," Mr. Weston said. "We feel that this is a good basis to work from. The re sults, especially suggestions for re vision, have been taken under care ful consideration." The percentage of students fa voring the present system was 56. Forty percent were not in favor with 3'% e giving other answers. "Although 88 percent want an honor principle, only 82 percent said they were willing to accept the responsibility that an honor system imp)lies," Mr. WVeston said. Ten percent did not want an honor system, two percent gave )ther answers. Fourteen percent laid they would not accept the re sponsibility with 4%~ other. Over 76 percent were against a proctor system. Favoring it were 2.4 percent, with 1.2 percent giv ng another system. Among suggestions for revision )f the honor system were methods ror more effective reporting, plac ng of boxes for reporting in build ngs andl an orientation system at ~he beginning of the year. For Spring April 25th ~hey have received in the following rields: (a) scholarship, (b) ath etics, (c) religious, (d) publica tions, (e) social, (f) student body and class offices, (g) student or ranizations (honorary, service, professional, representative) and (h) miscellaneous. Offices and positions held in the above should be noted. A pplications f o r membership should be sent to Box 4887. The deadline for applications is April 18. dent hosen Day lent council president in stu t Dickert was the students' of the student body. ection, won out over Warner Fairey with 775 for student body secretary. Eight hundred and ninety-six votes were cast for Mr. White in the run-offs Wednesday, while Mr. Cain received 791. Robert McNair, who received 996 votes Wednesday, was elected treasurer of the student body, de feating Harry Chapman with 636. White's Statement Mr. White made the following statement late Wednesday after noon after the results were an nounced: "I am very tired; if you don't mind, I shall say only that we are looking forward to a year f continued progress in the work )f Student Council. Carolina is a rapidly ascending star; we shall attempt to rise to the tremendous challenge of the office. We are quite impressed with the respon sibilities placed upon us, and I am very grateful for this great expression of confidence." Cain's Statement Mr. Cain said: "I wish to take this means to express my apprecia tion to all those who supported me in the election. I feel confident that I was defeated by a young nan who will prove to be one of the most capable administrators in the history of the school, and the student government, under his uidance, will accomplish goals that will add materially to the con inual progress of the University." Referendum Votes Two referendums were voted on y the students. One asked if the Gamecock should receive the num )er of votes each candidate receives n student body elections. The >ther proposed a ticket system ion of identification cards, with ame as last year, with the addi individual students' pictures. Both bf the referendums were approved 'overwhelmingly," according to Student Body President Don Clark. Cheerleaders Elected Carol Brandenburg, Jo Anne Farmer, Joyce Houghston and Julie Petoskey will be the girl cheerleaders for next year. Miss Brandenburg was elected in Mon day's primary when she received 621 votes. Misses Farmer, Hough c~eiv'e a majority Monday, received ston and Petoskey, who did not re 859, 1133 and 670 votes, respec tively, in the run-offs Wednesday. Boy cheerleaders for the coming year will be: Ab Avinger, Jerry Beasley, Hunk Miller and Maury Miller. Messrs. Avinger, Beasley and Hunk Miller, who received 840, (174 and 566 votes, respectively, were elected in the primary Mon day, while Maury Miller was elected Wednesday in the run-offs, receiving 386 votes. In addition to those elected, the following is a list of the candidates for cheerleaders in Wednesday's run-offs, along with the number of votes that each one received: Pat Arant, 625; WVray Davis, 648; Pauline Edwards, 417; Joyce RIoughston, 1,133 and A b Pearce, 590. Also, Tommy Edmunds, 130; Buddy Gulledge, 218; Voigt Kemp ton, 117; Ray Newan, 211; Jim Wilkinson, 294 and Bill Cork, 301. Discipline Committee Elected Elected to the discipline commit tee were Frank Calcott, with 810 votes, and Carol Brandenburg with 587. In the run-offs, Mr. Calcott lefeated Virgil Duffie, who re :-eived 770 votes. Miss Branden burg was elected in the primary on Monday, defeating Sybil Anderson, Mary Sloan and Carolyn Woodard with 225, 157 and 167 votes, re spectively. Mr. Clark stated that more votes were cast in the election this year than last year. As compared with 1,386 votes last year, 1,723 students voted Wednesday and only 1,130 voted Monday.