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Largest Vt o College Weekly Snlpe AlIn The Southeast 'Gil-o-Moth UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER (,AROLINA Volume L, No. 9 COLUMBIA, SOUTII CAROLINA, NOVEMIWR 9, 1956 Founded 1908 HOMECOMING PLANS IN lhomecoming, set for the week-c mittec is composed of Universil to right, are committee membc kins, Carol Knight, Jim Wilkii Mrs. Joan Reynolds Faunt of I tion. Acting Secretary Dan Hol Service photo by Kern Powell) A ll-Campi Nov. 16 FE The first all-campus horm coming dance ever attempted t Carolina will he held next we( end, Virgil Duffie, Jr., chairman the homecoming program commi tee, has announced. The dance, featuring the mus of Hal McIntyre and his Orche tra, is scheduled for 9 p.m. Fr lay, Nov. 16, at the Memorii Youth Center. Tickets are on sa: at the Student Council office, sei ond floor of Russell House, < from any representative of t} Student Council. Ticket prices ai $3 per person or $3 per couple. Sororities and fraternities wi finish their homecoming displa3 for final judging at 5 p.m. Frida: Display awards will be made du: ing the dance. Awards for intri mural sports also will be pro sented at the dance. Parade Is Planned Homecoming activities includ a parade downtown which will l led by the three homecomin Queen finalists atop convertible The parade which will begin a Davis Field at 4 p.m. Friday wi include many decorated floats. Following the whirl aroun town, the parade will eventual] wind up back at Davis Field whei Magazine Edil Student, To k Ashley Halsey, Jr., assoca editor of The Saturday Evenit1 Post, and a gradluate of the Un versity, will return to the campi Monday for an all-day visit, a cording to Dr. Havilah Babcoc Shead of the English department. WMr. Halsey will address D Babcock's "I Want a Word" cla in Davis 113 at 10 a.m., Monda: about writing for the publicatio: He wvill also speak to a studei body audience at 8 p.m. The latt4 talk will be on the general sul ject, "Magazines and Their Ro in a Changing World," accordirl to Dr. Babcock. "This will be my first real vis to the campus in nearly 25 years Mr. Halsey said when he contact< Dr. Babcock about his vial "During that time, a great de; 'has happened to the world, ti University, and, incidentally, i me. In view of all the change, will be Interesting to return to tU University which gave me ni start. I am indebted to Presider Donald Russell and to my formi professor, Dr. Havilah Babcoc ...for this opportunity of ri freshing myself at the 'fountal of wisdom' and of passing alon a little of what life has tuaght ni since I left the University." Charleston Native Mr. Halsey, a native of Charlei ton, as been with The Saturda Evening Post since Sept. 20, 194 the clay after he was release from active duty in the Navy. Il edited house organs and prom< tion publications untIl 1949, whe he became associate editor. Durin THE MAKING . . The coordin nd of Nov. 16 and 17, has been ann1111 y students as well as members of the rs Virgil Duffie Jr., University Band ison, Joyce Ioughston, Harriet Dicker he University News Service and Mrs. N Us of the Association was absent whe is Homecom )atures Mcl a pep rally is scheduled. it The dance and announcement of k the homecoming queen at the )f Youth Center will climax activi - ties Friday. The Queen will be presented a bouquet by David c White, Student Body president, ;- on behalf of the entire Student i- Body. Richard Horne, president it of the inter-Fraternity Council, e will make awards for prize-win ning fraternity homecoming dis r plays, and also will present Intra e mural sports trophies. -e Miss Grace Zimmerman will present the awards for winning 11 sorority homecoming displays. s The dance will be informal. . Luncheon Will Honor Queen - Registration for members of the t- Alumni Association will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday in Russell House. A coffee hour will follow at 10 a.m. in the home of President and Mrs. Donald Russell. e A special luncheon will be given e in Russell House cafeteria at noon g to honor the Queen, her court, and i. their escorts. Bouquets will be pre it sented to the Queen and her court 11 on behalf of the Alumni Associa tion. d Following the luncheon a car y cavalcade will escort the Queen 'e and her court to the football sta tor, Former 5peak Here g i It g t. Ashley Haslsey Jr. ahas witten more than 2,000 ar ~t ticles, editorials and short features for the magazine, Dr. Babcock ysaid. t In length, they have ranged r from eight-wvord epigrams to 6,000 k word factual pieces on a variety .of subjects. Three of his long ar n tieles have dealt with antique firearms, and he is regarded as gthe Post's expert ina that field, Dr. Babcock said. Hle is also, in his own words, "commanding officer of the northernmost Confederate unit still under arms." This is a group of expatriate Southerners who compete In national target Sshoots with other users of Civil eWar muskets and pistols. Ex-Navy Man n During World War II, Mr. Hal gsoy served in the Naval Reserve. 0n (Cofntinnedao age= 10) USC BANQUET HONORS Eight Tapped Installation Or Eight University men werc ship in Blue Key, national l Pat Grayson, president. A ba night, at which time new me: be initiated. The new lembers are Jer I )onald Katz, Roger E. Knapi Donald V. Richardson and Lu: .Jerry IBeasley, a member of j Kappa Alpha fraternity, the Pep Club and president of the Cotil lion Club, has been head Carolina t cheerleader for two years. He is also member of Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary service frater d nity. John Clark Floyd, Jr., is the vice-president of Sigma Nu. A 1 member of Kappa Sigma Kappa, Honor Board and Student Coun cil, he is senior class historian and was chief announcer at WUSC last year. He is company execu "ill tive officer in the Naval ROTC CC and was editor of "Lubber's Line." Donald Katz, recording secre ed tary, historian and treasurer of ur- Phi Epsilon Pi, is president of ck- Hillel Society and vice-president of of the Cotillion Club. He was also ter corresponding secretary, historian by and reporter of Euphradian So ent ciety and recording secretary and corresponding secretary of the ley American Society of Civil Engi Le- neers. Vill Roger E. Knapper, Sigma Chi art fraternity officer and vice-presi lies dent of the pledge class, he has ou been on the ROTC Drill Team for re- three years in addition to serving as the team commander. A mem Jhi her of the NROTC Rifle Team tea and captain of the team for two mi, years, he is vice-president of are Kappa Sigma Kappa and a mem ber of Compass and Chart So RESULTS GIVEN ts Get Ins, ity mn ion a Ton Y covering Tuiesday's~ nation,al ee Palmt and Pat P'lott. Stuzden,ts toa visionf stations, thet wire services to ithe hteadqnarters4 of each of 11 P ress News Service and Melba Corley reported Lexington County elect ion results for the Asso ciatedl Press. Earlier in the after no0on Larry Cribb covered one of the city v'oting precincts for the C:olnmbia Record. Students were urged to watch the news developments intently in - ordler that they might understand how the results tell the election story, Jenkins said. One object of _the reporting student was to find the time and the national tele vision hook-up wvhich first an w- nounced that the election returns 3nt were dlefinitely swinging in favor 1o- of one presidential candidate. red Compare Notes - an Another aim of the students was to note which major television ted hook-up would first give the South :ting committee for the annua ing for the festivities. The con Alumni Association. Seated, lef Director Pat Garnett, Drick Sim I and David White. Standing ar ell Hodge of the Alumni Associa n the picture wan made. (New ing Dance ityre Ban dium where the Gamecocks 1 clash with Maryland in an A tilt. Halftime Ceremonies Announ< The Queen will be crowned d ing halftime by Dr. W. S. Bro ington of Greenwood, president the Alumni Association. A scep will be presented to the Queen White, on behalf of the Stud Body. Crown-bearer is Debra Wha and scepter-bearer is George ventis. The University band i assemble in the shape of a he during the crowning ceremor and will play "Let Me Call ) Sweetheart" as part of the ce monies. * Following the game, Sigma I Fraternity will sponsor a dance to which students, alur and faculty of the University i invited. STRAW BALLOT ] Stu den By Itoy WVilliams Assistant 1mnag1ng Editor Students from the Univers School of Journalism made a cc plete coverage of election devel ments Tuesday night by monit ing local radio stations, televis stations, and news services foi minute-by-minute account of el tioni returns. L ocal p)arty headquarters wv also covered by students accord to HI. Harrison Jenkins, journali professor. Norman Spell and(l WVilk ie covered Demoeratic He; quarters in the Wade Hlamp Hotel. In a strawv ballot vote Car. olina studlents ovetwhelmingl; picked Eisenhower winner the Nov. 61 presfdential elec tion. But the results of thi: vote wvere in reversal to the decision South Carolina citi zens polled 'l'uesday. On campus, Eisenhowver le< the voting wvith 88 of the 14: votes cast. Byrd polled th< second highest count with 24 Stevenson ran a close thir< wvith 22 votes. In comparison to the cam pus figures, Stevenson ha< polled 135,878 votes wit] 1,536 of South Carolina's 1,57' precinets reporting. Also i the state Byrd had collecte< 87,697 votes, and Eisenhowei had received 75,585 votes foi third place. Other candidates receiving straw votes wvere John Caspel Hleyer, 6, Pogo, 2, and Thur good Marshall (on NAACF ticket), 1. From Party lleadquarters Jim WVaggoner and Carl Lc man reported from Independ< Headquarters in the JeffersonI tel and Laverne Prosser covei the happenings at Republic Headquarters on Main Street. Danle Haw,lnson covered TUni lost 1 By Blue Key; i Wednesday recently tapped for member onor fraternity, according tc nquet will be held Wednesday ,nbers of the organization wil ry Beasley, John C Floyd, Jr. er, Bob McNair, Frank Mims <e Wilburn. ciety. Knapper was president o: Freshman Wesley Foundation and membership chairman of YMCA. Bob McNair, treasurer of the student body and former vice 1 president of the sophomore class has been a student council repre sentative for four semesters an( a member of the Honor Board fo: two semesters. A member of Kappa Sigma Kappa and Carolina Re ligious Council, %cNair is vice president and pledge trainer of Sigma Chi fraternity. Frank Minis, Sigma Alpha Ep silon officer and member of th Pep Club, is business manager o: the Garnet and Black. He is als< Interfraternity Council Rules chairman and a member of the University Chorus. Donald V. Richardson, membei of Sigma Nu fraternity and a representative on both Studen Council and the Honor Board, i a member of the Interfraternit. Council and the Cotillion Club. He is also sentinel of his fraternity Luke Wilburn, American Insti tute of Chemical Engineers mem her, is an officer of Sigma Alpha ,psilon fraternity. Also, he is a member of Epsilon Lambda Sigma Yt1CA, NROTC and was on the dean's list for two years. Blue Key was organized as a national fraternity in 1924 and i: composed of 78 active chapters with a total membership of more (Continued on page 10) ght IntoJ 1)7 k sh,ifts fromi 8 til I I p. m. Ted andi radio stations. in addil ion, sev e three parties. (Phkoto by Larry ( Carolina returns and the interpre. tation that would be made(I of them At the conclusion of the broad casts students were to compar< notes fromi radio, television and news services to see how these dif. ferent media handled the presi. dential election. They were als< to determine which medium was quickest to note newv developments or trends in election proceedings The purpose of student cover age of the election was to give thc journalism reporting students in sight into election coverage, Jen kinis said. Class Preparation As preparation for the assign ments the classes studied the cov erage of elections. They also stud ied the amount of space and time devoted by news media to election L .For. Southeaster Send 24 Deb Seventeen schools will partici sies here today and tomorrow. meeting of the event. Twenty-four debate teams fr pating in six rounds of debatt Frat Placed C On Probation For Violation Another social fraternity has h been put on probation by the Stu- s1 dent Activities Committee for Y failure to comply with published rules concerning the registration N or iriitiation ceremonies, according v to Chairman Arney R. Childs. A Dean Childs said Phi Sigma t Kappa checked with the Regis- 1 trar's office to see if initiates were eligible, but failed to notify her office about the ceremony. She said that rules concerning this can be found on page 20 of si Carolina Community. . The fraternity is being put on d probation until Jan. 1, 1958. "Pro hation means that any further breaking of University regulations will be considered as a second offense and result in severe pen alty," Dean Childs said. Six ' other social organizations were put on probation until Jan. 1, 1958. c"c Audition Now for Play University Players will conduct p auditions Friday, Nov. 16, for their next producuon, "The t< Brothers." The play will be pre- 1. senteid the first part of January. It All interested persons are asked' a to come to the Warehouse Theatre, located behind Preston College, between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock. tl lection PT.. - h. d clanes mtonitoredl news facilities~ I r televi.ion are Jerry MceGuire, Pat ti .', auditing the services of two ite.e 1 -ril of the journalistsi were assignied ribb) ii s1 candidates as well as the reports a on these candidates. s In their study, ,Jenkins added, i the students discovered that a na-v tional survey made by the news services in recent months of the 0 two major party candidates ai showedl Eisenhower had received 51 per cent of the newspaper head- es lines and Adlai Stevenson, 36 per si cent of the headlines. Eisenhower si received many of his headlines, h: however, in his capacity as Pres ident. J, The Journalism Department has a covered presidential and local 81 elections in the past. During the n Thurmond-Brown senatorial race, t< reporters from the School of 11 JTournalism took the first pictures si of the Thu rmond victory celebra- he tion, .Jnnkins aid.a SR1C ensics In Schools ate Teams pate in the Carolina Foren This is 1 he eighth annual om the schools are partici There will be 144 rounds 1 all. The Univer sit y won last year's arolinta Foreinsics. Schools from five states are be ig represented at this largest trly season debate tournament in i' Southeast, according to Dr. M. . Christophersen, Carolina de ite coach. Dr. Christophersen .arted the tournament seven :ars ago. Mercer, University of Florida, otre Dame, Duke, Wofford, Uni _rsity of Tennessee, Miami, ppalachian State, University of eorgia, University of North Car inn, Lenni r-Rhyne, Sewanee, 'ake Forest, Agnes Scott and t he niversity are participating. Six Rounds Each team will participate in x rounds of debate on the query, rhat the U. S. should discontinue rect economic aid to foreign >untries." Representing the University in is tournament are Fred LeClcrcq id Rolert Bell, on the aifirma ve team, and Stewart Clare and ete Martin on the negative team. t the recent New York Area uiirnameint, the University team >mposed of Rolert Bell and Char y DeLoache, affirmative, and red LeClercq and Stewart Clare, Pgativ"e, the University won first lace. They competed against Prince mi. Navy. Fordham, New York niver"sity. IRutgers, Iroklyn Col ge. (ity College of New York ld St. Joseph's. Tiies For Debate The six r(ountds of debate will held at 10:30 a.m.. and 2:30, :45 and 7:30 p.m. today; and 9 md 11 a.m. tomorrow. Debates ill be held inl Russell ii use and Ie 13usiness Administration build ig. I)r. Chi istophersen1 said de Aters will i.eet in Russe'I House uditoriuim be fore each debate. Results of thc touirnta menlt will t hI announced until after noon: morrow. Trophies will be warded to winning teanms. The miversity will not be eligible to "c"eive any of t he trophies except t individual cups. it5des the six ritgular itundts debate ilpr'omepti and extem 1a'llneous Speech (mpetition will held. IDr. Christ opheren, said the ublhiic is invtited to sit ini on de it s. .Aniyone wa nt ig to list en > a debtIet shotuld go to Russell tuse' Autditoiutm to bie directed Ia pla ce whbere a deb ate is beinrg Id. 1r. Chrni"tophei(r'-en said. ampjus P~O ~ow Official 'Te Un iversity post office was 'signaled by the federal govern ent last we~ek its a contract stan on, accord inig to J oe Lawrence, mvi~ersi ty post master. "This new set -up will mean an cerease in the ptostial services to uden'its," I amwrence said. These idlitional services inlclude' the is uiance otf and eashinrg money or' 'us, inisuring parcel post and pro dintg I or rt gistered mail. Lawrence added that the staff the post office would not be Ffected by thle recen'it cha nge. The campus post office will not neel mail, however. L ette'rs will ill be deposited in the box out de the post office for pick-up i local postal officials. In addition to these services, >e Barnes, Russell House man ~er, has arranged so that the amp machines have been re oved from the post office lobby the ground lobby of Russell ouse. This change will permit udents to ptirchase stamps at all >turs, more specifically, after the st of fice has cloand.