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Cast Straw BallotsSta VoeBlt In Gamecock BoxAA In Post Of ice Lobby . .nPaeThe UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume L, No. 8 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 2, 1956 Founded 1908 -- .. . .. 1 . - Yearbook * Beauties Selected ODK Taps Ten For Membership Seven finalists for the title of Miss Garnet and Black were selected Tuesday night in the Russell House Auditorium. The seven final co-eds choser and their sponsors are Wray Davis, Phi Kappa Sigma; Sally Heyward, Delta Delta Delta; Libby Bagnal, Kappa Delta; and Nancy Hiller, Sigma Nu. Also Carol Brandeitburg, Ch Omega; Sandra Kay Brooks, Delta Sigma Pi; and Harriett Dickert University Chorus. Pictures of the top seven con, testants from the group of 21 wil be featured in the yearbook, and the names of the winner an< runner-up will not be disclose< until the publication is released next spring according to Lawrenc< Curry, yearbook editor. Judges for the contest were Mrs. Warren Irvin, member of the Junior League of Columbia and a member of the Richland County Tuberculosis Board; Roy Pearce vice-president of Pearce-Young Angel, director of the First Na tional Bank, and past presiden' of the Columbia Rotary; an< Robert Telford, director of the Town Theater, actor, and play. wright. Ten Tapped Ten men were tapped as nev members of Chi Circle of Omicror Delta Kappa Wednesday nigh following the beauty contest. The new members are Donal< Russell, Jr., Hugh M. Lovejoy George Ballentine, James Fuller Ned Prettyman, Preston Whaley Fred Wigfield, Phillip Walker Donald Harrison, and Rober Freeman. ODK is a national honorary fraternity in which membership ih gained by honor and service t< Carolina. Following is a brief summar: of the campus activities of th< new members: DONALD RUSSELL, JR., ju nior in arts and science: B-plu: average for two semesters; reli (Continued on Page 10) POGOITES SAY VO' Ike, Adlai, Pogo Urge By Dick Smith Staff Writer This year in national political elections the Republicans, would like to re-elect Eisenhower, the Democrats would like to elect IGCOPOGO. . .Carolyn M the Pogo party In this locale, Is from a speaker's platform. Sh4 author of the Pogo comtle strip, given privIlege. deeignated for by en Stu.geon) Stude Home r' f WHICH ONE WILL BE H( right) Ab Pearce, Carol Brnndeu at the Homecoming Dance Nov. election to chose the winner. ( 'Gamecoc Is All-Anm An All-American rating has been awarded The Gamecock for spring semester of the 1955-56 school year. This is the highest rating a col lege newspaper can receive by the Associated Collegiate Press. The Gamecock was one of seven newspapers judged All-American in the 2001-4000 student enrol ment class. This is the sixth consecutive year The Gamecock has been given an All-American rating. Patsy Penney Was Editor Patsy Penney was editor of the newspaper spring semester. Her bert Bryant was managing editor, and Kat Anthony was business manager. Other editors were Roy Williams, assistant managing edi tor; Nancy Fox, news editor; Syl via Hanna, campus editor; Sid Badger, sports editor; Barbara rE Byrd Seek You To C Stevenson and the Independents want to get Harry Byrd in the top national office. But Carolyn McClung, chair man of the "I-go-Pogo" poli tical party on the Carolina eCug aua br himno shouing he soga, "IGo Pgot eChas bee natimed hoy chairmelly, as a "real, live one" and has beeni Pogo party ladrs. (Staff photo nts CI comm MECOMING QUEEN? . . . On burg or Julie Petoskey will be anno 16. Carolina stud -nts went to the staff photo by Ken Sturgeon) k'Rating erican Hawthorne, society editor, and Mary Alice Carhart, feature edi tor. Also, David Monteith, circula tion manager; Carol Shockey, as sistant business manager; Bob Finley and Wayne Patrick, pho tographers, and Richard Alpert, cartoonist. The Gamecock was rated super ior on news coverage, creativeness, editorial page features, sports cov erage and printing. A rating of excellent was given for editorials, makeup, typography and photo graphy. A very good rating was given for style, features, copy reading, editorial makeup and headlines. News Coverage Exceptionally Good The spring newspapers were (Continued on Page 10) Election; ast Ballots campus, and millions of other Pogoites throughout the United States are a determined lot. They are campaigning vigor ously for votes, just votes. Pogo Possum, an inhabitant of the Okefenokee swamplands, runs (in a dignified gait) on the platform of "Pogo for Presi (lent All Others for Vice." (Vice is a major theme in our times.) Pogo has assembled a committee charged with the responsibility of sp)reading the good word, and accordiing to Miss McClung, the camp)aign at the University has been a rollicking success. Primeval Possum Miss McClung was recently honored by Walt Kelly, the creator of Pogo, by being named a member of "The Primitive and Primeval Order of Possum Players," the fair-haired group who will carry the Pogo Ban ner. Pogo Possum, of course, is a comic strip carriedi in over 150 newspapers and periodicals all over the world. His creator, Walt Kelly, was voted Cartoon ist of the Year in 1952, and in the past eight years has man agedI to build up a large audi ence of readers. The devotion to Pogo is ex plained by the simple fact that Kelly, despite his seemingly shallow field, is a genius of the first order who has inevitably turned out a gently satirical strip that has yet to lapse into boredom or immaturity. Kelly Patriotic Kelly's concern for the pres l(dential timbre Is a patriotic (Continued on Page 10 iose F LgU e of these coeds (from left to unced as Queen of Homecoming polls Wednesday in a run-off University Enrollment Nears 5,000 Four thousand, nine hundred and six students, registered for the '56 fall semester, constitute the highest enrollment in Univer sity history, according to Regis trar H. O. Strohecker. This fall's enrollment had a 250 student in crease over last fall's registra tion. Of this number there are 1,318 new students, with 965 freshmen and 353 transfers enrolled. Six hundred and sixty-five men and 300 women are freshmen. Two hundred men and 119 women are transfers. Included in the veteran regis tration are 1,224 men and six women. Enrollment in the College of Arts and Sciences includes 997 men and 326 women, making 1,323 students. In the School of Busi ness Administration, there ar< 1,024 men and 251 women, making 1,275 students. The School of En gineering has 668 men and one woman, making 669 students. The School of Education in cludes 242 men and 296 womer making 538 students. In thi School of Journalism, 68 men an< 32 women comprise 100 students In the School of Pharmacy ther4 are 172 men and 17 women, total ing 189 students; the School o: Law has 47 men and two women totaling 149 students, and th< Graduate School consists of 23( men and 125 women, totaling 36( students. The College of Arts and Sci ences has the largest instructional staff with 156 faculty members The School of Journalism has the smallest with five faculty mem. bers. There are 3,733 men and 1,172 women enrolled at the University Four thousand, six hundred an fifteen attend classes in the day and 291 attend classes in the da3 ning. Eighth Carolih Meets Here N The Eighth Carolina Forensics biggest debate tournament evei held here, will be conducted or campus Friday and Saturday Nov. 9 and 10. 25 teams will rep. resent the major southeastern de bate teams at the gathering. Each team will participate ir six rounds of debate on the query "That the U. S. should dibcontinu4 direct . economic aid to foreigi countries," Dr. M. G. Christopher sen, University debate coach, an nounced. The Forensic contest will con tinue until noon, Saturday, wher the results will be announced and the trophies awarded. Carolina'i team will not compete for trm reshm .een I Disclosure Scheduled For Dance Carol Brandenburg, Ab Pearce and Julie Petoskey were elected finalists for Homecoming Queen during elections Monday. The name of the queen selected Wed nesday in the run-offs will not be revealed until the Homecoming dance Nov. 16. Richard Mims of the School of Education was elected to the Honor Board to fill the vacancy from that school. Receiving 78 votes in Monday's contest, he topped Warner Fairey and Pudgy Anderson, who had 61 and 27 votes, respectively. Business Administration stu dents chose Bob Rogers for their representative on Student Coun cil. Rogers, who fills a vacancy from the school on the council, de feated Jimmy Baxter in the run off Wednesday by a vote of 241 to 129. The School of Arts and Sci- 4 ence's new representative on Stu dent Council is Sinclair Lewis, who received 260 votes in the run off. He won out over Larry La due, who got 156 votes Wednes day. Following are the names of the t Homecoming queen candidates j with the number of votes each re- . ceived, respectively, in Monday's contest: Carol Brandenburg, 263; Julie Petoskey, 218; Ab Pearce, 117; Wray Davis, 98; Jo Anne Farmer, 98 and Carolyn Merritt, 83. Also, Pat Arant, 72; Becky Fin ley, 55; Lubah Freedman, 46; Bo Nelson, 43; Mary Sloan, 39 and Agnes Ann Moorer, 23. Honor Code Trespasser Is Penalized A University student has been convicted and punished for viola tion of the honor principle, Phil Moody, chairman of the Honor Council, announced recently. The individual, whose name is not made public, "admitted his guilt openly'' of charges of cheat ing on a daily class quiz, Moody said. The chairman of the council pointed out that the violation was reported by another member of the class, who is not connected with either the Honor Council or Honor Board. As a penalty, the violator was compelled to miss three consecu tive class meetings and was not allowed to make up any work missed during that time, Moody explained. "Record of the case is kept on file by Honor Council. Any infrac Ition of the honor principle by this individual in the future will be grounds for expulsion from the University," Moody added. a Forensics ovember 9, 10 phies, except for IndivIdual cups. The intra-sectional meet in eludes teams from these colleges and universities: Mercer, Florida, Gardner-Webb, Notre Dame, Duke, Wofford, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Miami, Agnes Scott, Appalachian State, Mars Hill, Georgia, North Carolina, Lenoir-Rhyne, Kentucky, and South Carolina. Carolina's team, which won last year's Carolina Forensics, was recognized as the top debating group in the South, according to Christophersen. The other three teams of national ranking in 1955, Duke, Wake Forest, and Miami, are again in competition for first place. an Officers, Run=Offs CONGRATULATIONS, FRIEND . . . Jimmy iventis, left. congratulates newly elected freshman class president Bunky Joye after the final elections Wednesday. The race was close as Jove won over Leventis by a margin of 21 votes. (Staff photo by Ken Sturgeon) !oye Triumphant; Leventis Close 2nd "Bunky" Joye defeated Jimmy Leventis in run-off elec ions Wednesday to become president of the freshman class. oye received 277 votes while his opponent was close behind - - - -him with 256. (1 The newly elected head of the SociaI op !)oeial roups freshman class learned of his In P o tivictory when his uncle, a stu 3 fl rron tion dent at the University, came to his room and toldl him the news Dean Reports after the results had been posted outside the auditorium Three social fraternities and in Rusell House. ororities have been put on proba- whelmed at being elected," ion because they failed to comply Freshman Class President "Bun vith University regulations re- ky" Joye said Wednesday night arding the registration of initia- after the results were an ion ceremonies, according to Dean nounced. Gene Odom told his politically f Women A. R. Childs. inspired nephew the happy news They were put on probation as the latter was busy cleaning intil Jan. 1, 1958. his dormitory room. Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta A pledge of Pi Kappa Alpha )elta, Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Sigma, social fraternity, Joye is a mem ,eta Tau Alpha and Phi Kappa ber of the Pep Club and staff ;igma were found guilty yester- photographer of the Naval ROTC lay by the Student Activities publication, "Lubbers Line." A .ommittee of not registering the graduate of Bennettsville High niation ceremonies. School, he was class lawyer in his In addition Phi Kappa Sigma senior year, an Eale Scout and v'as fined $25 for failing to getamebroth BeaCufr ermission from the registrar's sxsmses iffice to consider persons for inia- Tefeha ls iepei ion into their fraternity. 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