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LARGEST COLLEGE SPECIL BIG THURSDAY WEEKLY IN EDTO~CMN THE SONEXT WEDNESDAY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume L, No..6 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 19, 1956 p' O 4' S1 WIPE THAT CLEMSON 1 men are diligently working to paint left on Maxey monument campus. The letters C-1-E.M-S. various spots over the campus by Walt) FROM NORTHEI Desecrat( Tiger-Orc By Sy Nei Carolina-Clemson rivalry this year. The trails of Tiger-color dust which desecrated Caroli ing, point toward the "adoles It was believed earlier t for a "painting-up" of the statt of Thomas Clemson on the Cler son campus, but Clemson Colles officials have rejected this theor The blame is now laid on son of Clemson's own students. Car, lina and Clemson meet Thursde in Columbia in the annual "B: Thursday" football classic. $200 Spent Approximately $200 was spel by the University to clean up ar paint over the bold letters four at various points on the campi last Friday morning, according I Dean of Administration Willial H. Patterson. Several workmen wvere kej busy for three or four days remo' ing the sacrileges emblazoned< University landmarks and bul ings. The steps of the old gym, Ru sell House ramp, Maxcy monm ,ment, the front of Wade Hamptc dormitory and the sidewalk i front of McKissick library wei spattered with the Clemson-colo orange paint. There also was an attempt I spell out "Clemson" with lime dui in front of Caroliniana library. Clemson Involved? It is believed Clemson studeni were involved in the misbehavlo according to reliable source. A Columbia city poliedf'nr found a car parked one block o: the University campus around a.m., Friday. The car containi five or six boys and several cai of burnt orange paint. When questioned by the polic man, the youths replied they wei going to paint a service statio The policeman let the boys go, bi radioed ahead for another office to atop their car on Highway 7 FF. ... Unvriymaneae n c a a n . ? \ lat Fry monn.(Tf ht T 34 I )FF Univereity antenance remove the smears of hurnt-orange 1in a recent attack an the University 0-N greeted Carolina students from last Friday morning. (Staff photo VN PARTS? k.rs Leave tnge Trail [via Hanna s Editor got under way a mite early ad burnt orange paint and lim( na landmarks last Friday morn" cents from the Northern parts.' 1at this was done in retaliatioi Rather thgn leaving town, the ~e apparently circled back to th - Carolina campus and commence e displaying artistic talents. License Number Known The license number of the ea was, obtained, and the car is re portedly registered in the name o ia Clemson student. d Whether or not the owner o d the car or any of the occupant will be questioned b)y Universit: officials, andl whether or not an: 0formal charges will be pressed i undetermined yet, Patterson re ported. Some 200 Clemson students con nverged Monday night on the Fur man University campus at Green ville, 30 miles from Clemson, ani were met by'150 Furman defend era. Police broke up the demon stration after half a dlozen fis fights had flared. eGreenville Raid r, While the Clemson "raiders were in Greenville, someone burne a a giant "C," in grass on th' it Clemson campus. The student body was quick t, accuse the University of Souti :s Carolina but officials of the col r, lege express the opinion the jol was done by some of Clemson' n own students. f An. official says action agains 4 students involved in the Furmal d "raid," will not be dletermnined fo is "a day or so." Clemson officials say they hay t- received reports letters spellinj e out "Clemson" had also beei m. burned on the women's colleg it campus at Furman, and severs ir of the Clemson raiders reportedl: B, had their heads shaved by Furmal captors. Election Nominees Named Students Vote October 29, 31 Nominations were held this week for officers of the freshman class and for vacancies on Student Council and Honor Board. Elec tions are set for Oct. 29 and 31 in Russell House auditorium. Nominated for the office of freshman class president were the following: William D. Baxter, John Brown, Charlie Cate, Jerry Chasteen, Bunky Joye, Thomas Legare, Jimmy Leventis, Melvin Stepp and Dicky Filler. Vice-Presidential Candidates Candidates for vice-president of the class include Tommy Caskey, Bobby Dobson, Beverly Driver, E. Ronald Finger, Jeff Goodwin, Johnny Hagin, Bill Jones, Tom Moore, Susan Nettles and Fred Sojourner. Vieing for secretary-treasurer of the freshman class are Murray Davis, Pat Elrod, Becky Finley, Jerry Hart, Beverly Jones, George King, John Mann, Ginny McRabe, Cathy O'Haggan and Wayne Wetzel. Graduate students will meet at 2 p.m., today, in room 101, Russell House, to nominate a representative to Student Coun cil. No representative from the. graduate school was elected in last spring's elections due to the fact that no one was nominated. The student government consti tution provides for such a rep resentative on Student Council, but this representative must be nominated and elected in the i prescribed manner. All graduate students are urged to take advantage of their opportunity for representation by Carroll Teague, chairman of student council committee on j nominations. The following were nominated for freshman class historian: Pat Anderson, Bill Benne, David Cald well, Thomas Dudley, Staci Gaffos, Marmi Mays, Gordon Parrott, Jean Race and Alex Sanders. Student Council Six persons were nominated tc fill a vacancy on Student Council from the School of Arts and Science. They are Larry Ladue - Sinclair Lewis, Mike Lovejoy, Augusta Mason, John P. Murphy and Ranny Randall. Nominated to fill the vacancy representing the School of Bus e iness Administration on Student Council were the following: Lee Anderson, Jimmy Baxter, Bob Cunningham, Jim Hicks, Lamar Johnson, Patsy Mellette, Frank SMims, Bob Rogers, Frank Wanna - maker and Jim Wilkinson. (Continued on page 10) Ii esotdb-ebeso im Ian i n nmba wih hrent mi iHome Incluc WHICH ONE WILL IT BE? smiling coeds Carolina's Homec the Gamecock-Maryland game. Meritt and Wray Davis. On the row, Pat Arant, Agnes Ann Moor was absent when the picture was Parked Cars Are Damaged In USC Lot By Carol Watson Staff Writer Cars parked in Russell House lot were reportedly damaged last month. The owners of the cars believe the damages occurred dur ing daytime. Mrs. Rounette Kuykendall, a cafeteria employee, found $75 damage done to her '54 Buick Special. She said, "The chrome was torn from the front door to the bumper and the left fender was bent in. I couldn't say who did it." She suggested that the damage was accidental. "Since the students do have an honor system, it would have been so simple to have reported it," she said. "There's nothing I could do about it. It seems to me that anybody who has a car would have insurance." Joe Lawrence, University post master, said concerning the dam age done to the rear bumper of his '65 Chevrolet, "It's the second time it's happened to mine. I don't know who it is." Although the damage was minor, Lawrence felt wvhoever had done the damage should have reported it. "I don't think that it was a student because a majority of them would have reported it. You can't (Continued on page 10) .Movie actres Terry Moor., whoa wvie, seems to have a few male foil< 'hi Epsilon fraternity. Miss Moore, er half-hour stay on the campus. MI 0 [omI le Dai The student body will go to the iming Queen. She will he honore< eated, from left to right, firht row, second row are Carol Brandenburg er, Luba Freedman, Mary Sloan an made. (Staff photo by Walt) Football Seal Aired In Fori Football seating plans were a David White and Hillyer Rudisill at the Senatorial session of the I White debated in opposition tc while Rudisill and the conservati Following the heated debate, i Senators and guests participated defense for the seating plans as 1 This 12-minute talk followed tion" vote, debating the issue tha was undesirable. White is leader of the libera conservatives. It is Euphradian p positions on subjects, regardless ODK Will Co Ceremonies O Fall tapping for Omicron Delta Kappa, national leadership honoi society for men, will be held with the Garnet and Black beauty con test, according to Gerald Bauk. night. The contest, with tapping following, will take place at 8 p.m Oct 31 in Russell House Audi. torium. Candidates wvill he tapped dur ing intermission of the pagean1 while the title wvinner is being selected. Persons for the society are chosen from students who have excelled in scholarship, studen1 government, and social and reli, ippeared last week-end In person swers from Carolina. She Is here was presented with a bouquet of ore pictures and a .st..y may. b Actil Rice, P polls Oct. 29 tb select one of these I during half-time cerentonies at are Ab Pearce, Ho Nelson, Carolyin and Julie Petoskey. On the third d Becky Finley. Jo Anne Farmer ing Problem wal Debate ired once more during the week as III debated over the present plan |uphradian Society Tuesday night. the present football seating plan, ve faction argued for it. n which nearly a dozen Euphradian , White assumed the floor to take >resented by Student Council. White's victory over a "no-opposi t the present football seating plan 1 party; Rudisill is leader of the olicy for parties to debate assigned of their personal convictions. nduct Tapping n October 31 gious affairs, Bauknight said. They are also selected on the basis of contributions to athletics, pul lications, speech, music, and dramatic arts. The candidate must also show outstanding character, have at least a junior standing, and have an overall average of 3.500. OIDK will not receive applica tions this year and the selection of candlidates will be made within the organization according to Bauknight. Officers of ODK are Gerald Bauknight, president; William Doar, vice-p)resident; Wilson Pitt, secretary; and D)r. D)aniel WV. Hollis, faculty advisor. Other members include Law rence Curry, Virgil Duffie, Lee Knight, Jim Martin, Ed Mullins, Billy Watson, Mark Buyck, and Robert Holmes. Pep Club Begins New Membership Drive On Monday A membership drive for Uni versity Pep Clubsters will begin Monday and continue through Nov. 6. Club president Sid Badger re ported that a new method of membership selection will be put into effect for this drive. Persons desiring membership now are advised to forward a card or letter stating why they feel themselves able and qualified to be members. The application should include full name, class and campus address, and be mailed to the chairman of the membership committee, Parker Evatt, post of fice box 1344. Pep Club enrollment is limited to two per cent of the student body, and membership probably will not be extended for al11os +applyig. dtieS arade Committee Plans Are Tentative fly Bill Black Staff Writer A campus-wide Homecoming dance featuring the music of Hal McIntyre and his orchestra is being tentatively planned as part of this year's celebration of Home coming Day, according to the homecoming program committee. A semi-formal affair, the dance is planned for November 16 from f p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Memorial Youth Center on Blossom Street. During the dance, Carolina's selec 'ion for Homecoming Queen will )e announced. Over 1,000 students are expected to attend the dance, i spokesman for the committee said. This is the first time an all :ampus dance will be given in con nection with Homecoming. Other plans released by the pro yram committee include a pep riily at Davis Field, a shirt-tail parade downtown, crowning of the Queen, and the Gamecock football clash with Maryland. All sorority Ln(i fraternity dis plays will receive finishing touches for the 5 p.m. judging on Friday, November 16. Shirt-tail Parade 'ollowing the pep rally which is scheduled on Davis Field at 6 p.m.. a shirt-tail parade led by the Homecoming Queen nominees atop convertibles will assemble and march downtown. The all-campus dance will begin after the parade. Dogshow Displaces Carolina Dance The campus-wide dance being sponsored by student govern ment was originally planned for the Township Auditorium. It will be held elsewhere, however, because of a local dog show scheduled earlier. Saturday morning, November 17, Alumni Association registra tion is scheduled for 9 a.m., but the place has not yet been deter mined; coffee hour is scheduled at 10 a.m., also at a place as yet un determined. A. Ituncheon at noon in Russell House will honor the Homecoming Queen and her court and escorts. D)uring luncheon, presentation of bouquets to the Queen and court will be madle by members of the Alumni Association. A police escort to the football stadlium will follow the luncheon. HIalf-tinme Ceremonies Carolina's Homecoming Queen will be honored during half-time ceremonies of the Gamecock Maryland game, at which time she will be crowned Queen by Dr. W. S. Brockington of Greenwood, president of the Alumni Associa tion. The homecoming queen will be selected from 12 nominees made this week by various fraternities and sororities at an election scheduled for Oct. 29. Run-offs are scheduled Oct. 31. Nominees for Homecoming Queen, andl their sponsors are: Misses Bo Nels ni, by Kappa Delta; Lubah Freedman, by Phi Epsilon Pi; Carolyn Meritt, by Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Julie Petoskey, by Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Chi Omega; Becky Finley, by Kappa Sigma; Carol Brandenburg, by Sigma Nu; Wray Davis, Phi Kappa Sigma; Mary Sloan, by Zeta Tau Alpha; Ab Pearce, by Kappa Alpha and TFri Delta; Jo Anne Farmer, by Alpha Delta Pi and Lambda Chi Alpha; Agnes Ann Moorer, by Delta Zeta and Pat Arant by Pt Beta Phi.