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All-American -Fall 1955 ," ..'aieyho FaIl 155 'Iomght--Irayton Hall UNIVERSITY DF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVIX, No. 27 (A11111A. SO UT11II;AIMI\A. AI 1. 1956 Campus B.riefs Room Deposits Returned Students graduating in June must come by the Housing Office for their $15.00 room deposits be tween May 14 and May 19. Law students are also to make their fall reservations at this time. All other students must make reservations for the fall semester between May 21 and May 26. Fra ternities, however, must have their room lists in the Housing Office no later than May 19. All room changes and reservations are to be made by Mrs. Woodell. * * * Photographers and Typists Student photographers and typ ists are needed to work on the business staff of the 1957 Garnet and Black. If you are interested, please contact Mary Wise Rixey, Box 3534, Campus. Engineering Group Elects Epsilon Lambda Sigma, honor ary engineering society recently elected officers for next year. Lee Knight, a mechanictl engineering major, was chosen president, and Hal Lefferts, civil engineering, was named vice-president. Wilson Pitt, a chemical engi neering major, was elected secre tary, and Ned Prettyman, elec trical engineering, treasurer. ** * Karesh to Represent Law School Professor Coleman Karesh will represent .the University Law School at the American Law In stitute in Washington during the week of May 21. The Institute's fut.ction is to "restate the body of the law." * * * Cadets Fly to Mexico Several University Air Force ROTC cadets participated in a field trip to Juarez, Mexico, over the past weekend. They flew in a G-47, "Gooney Bird" type aircraft from Shaw Air Base. Capts. Welsh and Norton accompanied the cadets. Pharmacists Elect O'Neal Roberts of Clinton was recently elected president of the University student chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Associa tion. James M. Gentry of Easley was elected vice-president, and Billy Clifton of Holly Hill and Herbert Hames of Jonesville were re elected secretary and treasurer, respectively. Examinatio Published below is the schedule fi nations. All students are required day of the recitation period, Wedne: Exams for all seniors who are be held in time for their grades an< Friday, May 25. Regular Class Schedule EXAMINATION 8-MWF ...Thursday, May 2 9-MWF -Friday, May 25' 10--MWF .Tuesday, May 20 ll-MWF Saturday, May 2 12-MWF Monday, May 28 ~I-MWF -Monday, May 21 2-MWF Wednesday, May 3--MWF.. ..Wednesday, May 4-MWF.. ..Friday, May 25 8-TTS.... ..Friday, May 25 9-TTS.... .Thursday, May 2 i0-.TTS .~.Monday, Miay 2l8 11-TTS ... Tuesday, May 2 12-TTS . . Saturday, May 2 1~'TS . Saturday, May~2 2--TTS. . . . Wednesday, May 3- T . . . Wednesday, May 4-T TS . . .. Thursday, May 2 SPECIAL G;ROUP GROUP EXMINATidN Mathiematics 77Thursday,_May 2 Foreign Langs. Friday, May 25 English Monday, May 28 Biology Tuesday,_May~29 Geog. l'i&15 Tuesday, May2I9 Psychology . .Wednesday, May GRADUATE AND UNDERC ELIGIBLE FOR GRADUATION, I should have their examinations on this group who are in the graduatinj tions on Saturday, May 19, in order in prmntly. USC Debi Six Firsts With six first place wins and a tie for the best debate team in the meet, the University was top scorer in the Atlantic Coast Conference Forensic Tournament here last week. Carolina's varsity negative de bate team tied the negative team from Duke University for first place as the tournament's best two-man team. The two teams also tied for best negative team in the tournament. Both teams were undefeated in three rounds of debate. Caro lina's negative debaters were Bill Doar and Stewart Clare. Second Place Second place in the tourna ment went to Duke University's affirmative team with two wins and one loss. In the novice contests, Uni versity debaters won first place for both negative and affirma White Appoin To Curtail C A new committee to investigate absences of student council mem ers was appointed by Student Body President David White at Vionday's session of Student Coun il. This committee was created "to ee matters of absences rigidly en 'orced. If Council is to function )roperly, members must have mnough regard for their status to attend the meetings," President White said. On this committee are Phil Abrams, Allan Davis, Jo Ann Franklin and Bob McNair. Band Investigation A committee was also appointed :o investigate the current Univer sity band situation. According to President White, several com plaints have been voiced against :he band. Appointed on the com nittee were Sid Badger, Mrs. Pat Plott, Carl McMat.h, John Mitchum md Carol Brandenburg. Other standing committees ap pointed to serve the 1956-57 school year were the Cafeteria commit [ee: Pat Arant, Bill Brannon, Beth Jones, Mike Lovejoy and Fred Wigfield; A l u in n i committee: Mackie Prickett and Parker Evatt as president and vice-president of the senior class. Publications: one representative from each of the four literary so cieties and Jim Brandon, Carolyn McClung and Carol Watson; and n Schedule >r the sprmng semester final exami to attend classes through the last day, May 23. ligible for graduation Junae 1 will I cards to be handed in by 9i a.m., DAY EXAMINATION HOURS 4 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. . a.m. tol1 p.m. 6 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 30 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 30 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. * 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 4 11I a.m. to 1 p.m. * 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. 6 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 6 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 30 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 30 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 4 .. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. EXAMINATIONS DAY EXAMITKiION ifdURS 4 3 p.m. to 5 p.m). 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (2-6) 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (2-6) 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. 30 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. RADUATE STUDENTS NOT iaving classes on Saturdays only, Saturday, May 26. Members of class, should have their examnina that their grade may be handed iters Win In ACC tive teams. On the Carolina negative team were Ina Claire Wiles and Charles Porter. Ty Baldwin and Robert Bell were on the winning affirmative tean. Carolina won all three places in individual public speaking contests. Lewis Cromer was first in after-dinner speaking with Beverly Webb of the Uni versity of North Carolina, sec ond. Le Clercq Wins Fred Le Clereq won the ex tempore contest. Alex Lacy of Duke was second and Luke Cor hett of the University of Vir ginia was third. In impromptu speaking Ker mit King placed first and John Altman was second. Jim Harbi son of Duke was third. Ina Claire Wiles was awarded a certificate as best individual novice debater. ts Committee 5uncil Cuts S t u d e n t Activities: President David White, IFC president to be elected, Sylvia Jacobs and Mary Wise Rixey. Student Union Group Also, the Student Union com mittee: Gerald Bauknight, chair man; Legare Coker, Jo Anni Farmer, Bob Freeman, Archie Hardy, Raymond Huckabee, Jim Lavery, Janice Palmer, Mary Jc Upchurch and Preston Whaley. The committee to work on the parking situation included Ton Huggins, Lee Knight, Charlotte Plyler, Don Richardson, O'Neal Roberts, Phil Walker and Nancy Wallace. Appointed to complete plans foi the student football trip to Miami were Lawrence Curry, chairman; Ab Avinger, Jerry Beasley and Julie Petoskey. Appointed to the Committee or Student Discount Program were Terry Davis, Bill Doar, Jim Dusen. bury, George Hartzell, Carolyr McClain a n d Walter Horton Planning the election of cheerlead. ers will he Virgil Duffie, Bob Mc. Nair and Io Nelson. Plan Football Seating On the committee to plan th< football seating arrangement were Flash McBride, chairman; Al Avinger, Jerry Beasley, C a r , Doyle, George Thomas and Joe Welsh. Appointed to the Green Streel Committee were Marshall Cain chairman; Jack Floyd, Roberl Freeman and Lee Knight ; to th< Committee of Elections were Car roll Teague, chairman, as pres5i (lent of the sophomore class ; Bol McNair and Virgil D)uffie. To the Committee on the Fac ulty-Student Course Evaluatioi Program. White appointed HerI Bryant, Frank Calcott, Wra) Davis, Jim Fuller, Marjorie Rus: andl Bosie Westbur'y. Dean Arney (Continmued ont page 8) $15 Cash Offered Dancers (Cash praizes totaling $15 will b< given (during the intermission of a daknc'e Thursday on the uppei' patit of' Russell House, according to Jot BarnesW, Stuadenit Uin omma'iitttet advisor. Ten dollars will go to the best shagging couple and a five-dollar (door prize will be given. Music will b)e furnished by Kenny Morris' band and vocalists. Free punch, cookies and sandwiches will he serived. Funds for the (lances are ob tainedl from the snack bar, the jnike box in the cafeteria and the University c'ontingent fund. The (dance will last from 8 te 11 p.m. A similar' dance was held Tues (lay night in Russell House audi torium. The music was provided by a Juke box donated by the Par rish Music Company of West Co lumhbia Library Interview Postponed A student-requested interview to present a petition for extending library hours to the library com mittee has been postponed. The interview asked for in a letter by three students last week has been post poned due to the temporary absence from the Uni versity of Alfred Rawlinson, head librarian. In a letter to Jack Bass who started the petition last month and who was one of the students re questing the interview, H. W. Davis of the library committee said that the committee would have the meeting as soon after May 19, when Rawlinson returns, as pos sible. With BasS the student request was made by Student Body Presi dent David White and Editor of The Gamecock Patsy Penney. They asked for an audience with the committee to present a peti tion signed by over 900 students. The petition requested that clos ing hours of McKissick Library be extended to 11 p.m. every week day night and that the library he opened oil Sundays at 3 p.m. Persons still circulating library petitions are asked by Jack Bass to submit their petitions to him. Canterbury Club Wins WUS Drive For Second Year Contributions for World Uni versity Service totaled $224.39 as of Wednesday, according to Bob Adams, funq drive chairman. The drive officially closed last Friday. Canterbury Club, for the second year in a row, received the silver cup and 5') theater tickets for giv ing the largest donation of any campus group. George Waterfall, Canterbury Club officer, received the cup from Bob Adams, WUS committee chairman at the Awards Day program Tuesday morning. The second prize, 25 theater tickets, and the third prize, also 25 theater tickets (to be given to the group with the largest per capita contribution) w i I I he awarded later. W)en The Gamecock went to press final results were not avail able. However, t h e following groups had contributed: Canter hury Club, $60; Faculty Club, $36; Kappa D)elta, $28; "Y," $28; Alpha Phi Omega. $27; Westninster Fel lowship, $24.09; Euphradian, $11; D)elta D)elta D)elta, $8.35; Zeta Tau Alpha. $4.45; Hypatian, $3.50; First Christian Church, $3; Hillel F loundiationi, $1 ; Phi Kappa Sigma, $1; and Sigma Nu, $1. Lawtont, 'Miss Venm A lpha Dell By Melba (Corley Staff Writer Faces covered with chocolate pie, "dissension" among the judges. aind gayly colored cos tumes were typical scenes at D)erby Day on the Horseshoe. C ont ingents of the seven so) orit ies ate, crawled and rain in sev.en farcical contests to earn) the valuable scoring pointds to win t he bronze dlerby. F"orging ahead in the final half of the debacle by winning two first pilaces, the Alpha Delta P1i members in blue "modern" Confederate uniforms won the rotating dlerby andl a permanent trophy. The Chi 0's and ZTA tied for second place, and the Tri Delts and P1 Phi's tied for third. The "Miss Venus" contestants were judged for "features" and poise. The beauties, with paper bags over their heads, paraded around the playing area tripping over strings set up for the re lays. A fter several minutes of ,delibeation anmng the judes, Germaj Is Grad Dr. Ieinz L. Kerkeler. ( G mivncemnent ad<dress nt t h, 1 nincedl today. Approximately ,v60 Studen.1 missions will be plre"sented to Southeast IRC Delegates Meet Here l)elegatioiin f r o mn III South Carolina colleges will neet at the University tomorrow to beginl pre liminary planning for the South eastern'1 ReglInal c(nvent imn f~1 International lelationls I'lub . to be held here next wilite). Since USC will play ho~t to clus fl om seVel al Stiout hlIrn states, various participlting collegev ill the state have been invited to at tend the convention execttive com littee meeting, according to a spokesman f the University IRC chapter. Charles 11ushlong, fifth regional representative of the Foreign Policy Association, and advismr f, r the IRC, will attend the committoe meeting to help organize the con ventioll. 'To 1niversity students are officers on the Colvent ion execu tive comilittee. Sylvia Hanna is chairman, and (1 Carl 1. Reynolds is executive secretary. Students Must Pass Nine Hours A reminder to all University students concerI ling scholastic standing has been made by Prfe. sor George S. King, chairman of the Scholastic Standing and Peti tionls Committee. The reminder- ntate> that tun dents Iuntll 1aliss Ilin" seillIe tl 0hourS of regular I acAdmieli woI rk ats a1 "Inimum111 rekluiretleflt 1'4,1 re maining enrIled at the University. Physical training, choru-. land, freshman and sophomore Air Force drill do not count as regular aca demic work. Prof. King warns that past practices, policy mr cust'uls tilo not hind the comillittve to readmit any one failing t~ pa I thi requireld mlihflUimum. Students failing to colyl with rles ton requ (ireen it> are furth er warnIed thalt the niecessity of iln vest igat ilns and1( hearIigs of pet i tionls fori eadmhissioni ly the com-l dlelay and3( inl l ConveenCe. a PiEKats, 1h parit icu11larl among the males, ADPi1's Farley Lawtonl was aln nounIlced winnerCi. The victory was the third ADPli "*liss V'enus"' wviiinm the last fouri years. Racing Events T h e hunman I wheelharr ows "rolled" with dlifficulty, but the girals handled the tru-tck tires inl the "suirpris ace"4C' with the skill of garage workers. The greatest prohlemi was liftinog the tires to vertical posit ions. lDZ took the wheelbarrow relay, and the Chi 0's captured the tire rolling event. Participants in the needlle-inl he-haystack race came out of the contest with hair of un nlaturial gray. Considering the inme re&qtuired to complete the event, the contestants appeared to have neetd of the knit tinlg needles p)lus rocking chairs. ZTA's representative grabbed a needle and rain immediately after reaching the box of flour, hut three act ion- packed minutes passed before another needle 1 Amba uation . rmanl Anba:ssWadt, t, the I'nit( 'iversity t r Frtiday, .Iun- 1. t, will rfeceivet b t auillrea te a .,lud-nts who h;,,t c t, le t e t I .v Di. Iltii L.. Kerkeler Blood Drive Participants Recognized Itilue K ey will a\% ard prizes to h ~li! w,oN N o trtibutted the m --t 'b. u dra . lrg the bloud drive h- -,:n campus la-t wee"k. The a\a ds will bet. ann"unced during lunh in the cafeteria eiarly next w hundrtd ar'd thirty pints f hI td e Ar d~t1aed hv I'1iver ,ity rtudt"Iits la,t '\loiday and Tu'le.day. Ti was 30 pints over the 1 U ,i\ ersty ,Iulta. 13l1e KvY an;d the" Amer ican Red t"r'~-; w4luld likt" t,, express their alppll,i lat n tr, a l l of th~Se people who ht"lped na.t the Ilood drive the ucce' tiat it was, according t~ \! 'tr y. , haiI nI I) t,f the May Dance Nets $1088 -id l fr 'he May Day Danlce, ac cOrding tto Student 1ody 'resident David Whitt. Of the $1oSS taken in ' icket sahea. $51'.1 w ais received imtha hb.- t hik hiugh: Iby IFC"(. S4.ln was boutight by the stu donat bhd pr Vliiot to the diace and S' wa I taken i I at th(e door of .Acrrding tio I'res.jient White the stuadenat bodyl tuarna ti for the puns To Dere P'i Phi took t he sack race a fter a last -mrintae l'atng.' by their cited for thre finish line. The hiathox r'elay was won by the Tri D)elt's. \Atn ADPi conttestant hurriedly gohhled dawna sonme chocolate pie toi take the pie eating honors, bunt nrot w~atitot gettinag a pot tion of i t smaared ota hier face. (Cost umes 'Te costutmes were' colorfCul adingeaaanu. '[he' outfit-win ning TFri Delts wore ted and blue checked kilts with white blouses. Thew ZT A 's waere dressed in blute and grey Hermaudas and hats with blue blouses. The Chi 0's wore y'ellow~ and ted 1 d fashioned hathintg snits with yel low stockings and bandannas. Ahbre'viatedl railroad engi ae's' aiut fits was the dress of the Pi Phii's in their hid for the prize. The KD's and DZ's wore white short s and blouses with sashes of the sorority' colors. The Confederate theme was ear ried out by A DPi. Hermuda shorts wer'e the dress or t he day rCot he - Sim h ssador speaker .i States. wili deliver the com Pre4ide"nt D>onald Russell an nd a<lvanced <egrees, alnd com heir militar:v training in units .4 'he Al F,rce and Naval ROTC. "The I 'iversity is very grati !Jwd t hat A nlassador Kerkele, will deli-. the commencment ad d riesm to our June graduating e I resident Russell said. "He has played a major role in the restorttion of friendly relations betw\een the people of Germany and the United States, and his ad dres is certain to he an effective cltribution to our understanding -4 international problems. Ke% To Stabilit "I cleasingly, Germany is being t ognized as the key to European stability and peace. Its identifica ti with the Western World in ft e(doum'. struggle is of primary implortance to America. We look fIo rward with interest to Ambassa Ilor Krekeler's visit and to his ex lIposition of German-American in tetests an-l aspirations." In 1950 Ambassador Krekeler w%a, appointed the first Consul Genera! to the United States fol :wing \World War 11, with offices in New York City. A year later ne was transferred to Washington as Charge d'Affaires of his gov ernment. He was appointed to the rank of Ambassador in 1953 and his presentation of credentials to the Secretary of State marked the tesumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany. 600-Year-Old Farm Ambassador Krekeler was born in 1901 in Bottrop, Westphalia. The son of a lawyer, he now owns a farm in Westphalia which is over '00u years old. It has been in his mother's family since 1360. He studied physical chemistry at t h e Universities of Freiburg, MuiMich, Goettingen. and Berlin and received his Ph.D. degree from the latter institution in 1930. Ambassador Krekeler f i r a t visited the" United States in 1925, as a student. working his way across the Atlantic as a crew mem her of a merchant vessel. During the next to n years his position as an industrial chemist with a Berlin oil refinery brought him again to the United States as well as to England and France. From 1934 until the end of the war he was associated with a chemical manu facturing company at Ludwig sha fen-Opnau, engaged in research, production, and administration. Helps iteconstruct Democracy Amhassador Krekeler entered politics for the first time follow ing the ,war. He did so, he says, ((:ontinue.d otn page 8) b~y Victory bruthers as well as for a host of the spectators. The derby hat was also in fashion. A combo played before and after the program and between events. Four stands set up by a local soft drink company gave away almost 2.500 drinks to refresh the contestants and spectators diiring the gruelling fray. Officials and Judges Student body President David White was Master of Ceremonies of the tenth annual derby that attracted about 600 persons May 3. Thirteen smartly dressed sorority sponsors were seated on the platform. Bob Williams, Sigma Chi president, awarded the first place race winners with small trophies. The women admitted the awards served as stimuli for the succeeding events. Judges for Derby Day were President and Mrs. Donald Rus sell, Dean of Women Arney R. Childs, and Dr. Daniel W. Hol lis. D)ean of Men J. B. Jackson w~'as the if ficial starter.