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Nominations For Student Offices G rd W al ga t Are Today Tmro ih (See Story Below) (See Story Below) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVII, No. 21 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 1, 1957 m: 0:04 CHEMICAL ENGINEERS OP A research assistant, left phot4 computer while Dr. B. L. Baker, uion of the School of Engineerin Dr. T. I. Wilson, center, checks CHEMICAL DIVISIO: Engineer A new program of study in chemical engineering has been ac credited by the national engineer ing accrediting agency for all American engineering schools. The Engineers Council for Pro fessional Development accredited the new program which went into effect last September. The pro gram was set up after a study was made by a team of specialists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. More advanced courses have been installed in mathematics, physics, chemistry, chemical engi neering and similar studies. The program is designed to give the student a broad education and at the same time to provide him with the basic knowledge of his pro fession. A chemical engineer may enter the fields of atomic energy, plas tics, metals, ceramics, paint cement, petroleum, and synthetic fibers and rubber. Aim of Program The aim of the program is to provide a supply of chemical engi neers for South Carolina's fast growing industrial growth, accord ing to a report from the chemical engineering departrment. The recent accreditation supplies all engineering curricula at the University with E.C.P.D. credits. Dr. B. L. Baker is head of the chemical engineering department. )r. R. L. Sumwalt is dean of the ' School of Engineering. The three-story School of En gineering annex building was comn pleted in 1955 at a cost of $130, 000. The building wvas connected SHOW PATTERNED Pep Clud By Sylvia Hanna Staff Writer An original Carolina musicale, patterned after those on Broad way, will be presented April 25 by the Pep Club. The entire show is to be produced by University students, Pep Club President Par ker Evatt has announced. Persons talented or interested in theatrical productions are asked to meet in Drayton Hall at 4 p.m. Monday, Evatt said. Joe Ceros, who graduated from the School of Radio and Television Technique in TV programming and production in New York, will direct the musicale. Ceros, a junior history major from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, studied with Nationn!i Broadcasting Corporation techin cal director Sid Davidson n' "Wide, Wide World" was p10 Sduced. He also helped pr'duca "Robert Montgomery Prevenits" and other television programs in connection with his course. Evatt, who will act as producer, worked with the Pep Club'' va riety show last spring, lie is an engineering major. Sid Gissendanner, veterru c nearly a year in mummer stock' theatres, will also help - thei show. Gissendanner's m ior jlb fig ERATE NEW MACHINES... , operates an electronic analog head of the USC chemistry divi. g, looks on. In the right photo, the students' work in operating N OF SCHOOL ing Stud) with a renovated Steward's Hall which was converted into labora tory space. Classrooms, labora tories and research areas were also provided. Research Projects Sponsored A number of research projects are now being sponsored by agen cies outside the school. In addi tion to these projects, approxi mately $55,000 in grants will be used this year to aid in research by the University division of chemical engineering. One of the research projects consist of studies of the physical properties of heavy water which is Council Pr To Be 'Gra4 Student Council has proclaimed tomorrow night as "Grady Wal lace Night." The Carolina basket ball team will meet Clemson here in the last game of the season. Student Body President Dave White will read a resolution ex pressing the sentiments of Caro lina students of the abilities of the basketball great in pre-game ceremonies. Council's recommendation that Wallace's jersey number (42) be permanently retired was approved by athletic department officials. The jersey will be put on dis play with a suitable plaque at the expense of Student Council, it was agreed. Herb Bryant, chairman of the AFTER BROADWAY ] !5 Presena with the summer theatre was act ing, but he also worked with stage designs and choreography. He is a senior English major from West Columbia. It is not necessary for persons to be extremely talented or experi enced to participate in the show, Evatt said. The production is to be purely amateur, but original and exciting. Students are needed for every phase of production: scenery, make-up, choreography, choral, dancing and staging. Thue script is being prepared now by the co-ordinating commit tee' consisting of Evatt, Ceros, am Stillwell and Bob Lenn. It a flexible script, Gissendanner atid, and new ideas may he in jected at any time. The format is tentatively planned, and leading rolea will re quire persons who sing and dance. The two-hour show should be a highlight in Carolina's cultural anad d ranmatic scene, according to! the co-ordinating committee. Stu dents are urged to come to they tryouts Monday, and participate in the musicale. Evatt said that the musical. will be a more elaborate affair than the Pep Club variety showa t'old in the pnt. an evaporator. The University credited by the Engineers Coun< which is the national engineerini engineering schools. (Photos by Plan Ao used as one of the major compo nents in some nuclear reactors. These studies require the use of precision instruments to make accurate measurements. The -chemical division has been working on design, construction and testing of equipment for developing methods of rapidly sep arating two immiscible phases. Such equipment has wide use in the processing of nuclear fuels, refining of metals from their ores and purification of other materials in industry. Perform Cooperative Work In conjunction with the civil claims Tom ly Wallace May Day activities coordinating committee, gave a report on the tentative plans that are being made for the event. The committee is considering the possibility of adding some kind of entertainment to the fes tivities which would be similar to Phi Epsilon Pi's pie throwing con test. A cultural programming com mittee was established by council to formulate a report on the pos sibility of obtaining a concert se ries for the University. Members of the committee are to be named soon. Final action on the concert se ries will come through the student activities committee, WVhite pointed out. Council defeated a p)roposed mo XTRAVAGANZAS s Gala i PEP CLUB MUSICALE LEAl Cero. (center), junior history nu In a jam session Wednesday after will he held Monday in n....... tT. chemical program has been ac il for Professional Development, r accrediting agency of American News Service) credited engineering division and the de partments of Chemistry and geol ogy, the chemical engineers are beginning a study of waste dis posal problems which are asso ciated with nuclear operations. In addition to teaching, all chemical engineering faculty mem bers are also engaged in research work. The division will begin offering work on the Master of Science and Master of Engineering degrees this fall. Students may obtain assistant ships in the department while studying for graduate degrees. iorrow Night' tion to have the names of members who are absent from the meetings without an excuse published in The Gamecock. Discussion on the proposal brought out the fact that names of members resigning from council due to unexcused absences are published. Student Council constitution provides that "absence without excuse from two regular meet ings . . . shall constitute an auto matic resignation. . . ." Councilman "Flash" McBryde was appointed to request of ad ministration offices that the en gineering building remain open during the week day evenings and Saturday afternoons for study. The building has been closing early in recent weeks, McBryde noted. lfsicale n MRS . .* Parker Evatt (left), pi Jor, and Sid Gisendanner (right), moon. 'heey are talking over plans Flali. (Staff photo by W.ae Nomini Afterno To Be Candida Can Pei Nominations for student I representatives and disciplinai to Carroll Teague, elections c Sherrill Wi] At End Of Dr. George R. Sherrill, who or ganized the department of politi cal science at the University in 1937, will retire as its chairman at the end of the summer, Univer sity President Donald Russell an nounced today. During the 20 years of his lead ership the staff of the depprtment has expanded from one man to six. Included in the department is the Bureau of Public Administration, organized in 1945. Doctor Sherrill soon expects to complete a book, "The Govern ment and Administration of South Carolina," on which he has been working for several years. A 26 chapter study, it is scheduled for publication early next year in the definitive Commonwealth Series on State Government. It will be edited by W. Brooke Graves for the Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Graves has been recognized as an authority in the field of state gov ernment. Other books written by Doctor Sherrill include "Criminal Pro cedure in North Carolina," "Thomas Green Clemson; His Life and Work," and "South Carolina, Economic and Social." In 1932 Doctor Sherrill served as president of the Southern Po litical Science Association. Other organizations in which he has been active include the Amrican Political Science Association, the American Society of Public Ad ministration, and the American Association of University Profes Rooms Are For Fire Pi A systematic check-up against fire hazards is the main reason for the inspection of all men's dor mitories now being conducted by April 25 f.....n, m. u -.... Ltions S >on; Ele Held A tes Not Name rition Until M )oly officers, class officers, 'y committee members will be ommittee chairman. [1 Retire Summer V DR. SHERRILL sors. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Kosmos Club, and the South Caroliniana Society. He has been a state panel member for the War Labor Board, and a panel member for the American Arbitra tion Association. A native of North Carolina and a graduate of Wake Forest, Doc tor Sherrill holds his doctorate in political science from Columbia University. He was professor of economics and government at Clemson for nine years before coming to the University. Doctor and Mrs. Sherrill live at 1731 Maplewood Drive. Inspected evention University Housing Office, Blackie Kincaid, Housing Director, said this week. The inspections have been made, Kincaid said, in conjunction with fire precaution measures and to enforce the University's residence hall rules five, six, and nine. The rules, printed in the "Caro lina Community'' cite student re sponsibility for illegal electrical appliances, damages to property and neatness requirements for dormitory rooms. Illegal furniture will be stored at the owner's expense, Kincaid said. Housing office personnel started the inspections, which Kincaid termed "long overdue," after sev eral men students' rooms were found in "extremely bad order." A search for illicit appliances, the housing director said, was be gun after light fuses in the tene ments were blown out on five suc cessive days. A subsequent investigation reaped three hot plates and a cof fee pot, all of which are prohibited in students' rooms under residence halls regulation five. Room inspections may be made by University officials or their assistants at any time, according to a provision in rule nine of dor mitory regulations. Under rule nine, Housing Office personnel have been checking r.ooms and closets for illegal items. No suitcases, foot-lockers or per sonal property is inspected. Permitted items named by Kin caid include lamps, book cases, small rugs and radios. Television sets are allowed, but outside an tennae ar. not. et This etions pril 1 I Today zrch 28 :heerleaders, student council held this afternoon, according All nominations will be con ducted in Russell House and super vised by Student Council members. Elections are set for April 1. Run-offs will be April 3. Student body officers and cheer leaders will be nominated in the assembly room at 2:30 p.m. Stu dent body officers include presi dent, vice-president, secretary and treasurer. Student Council constitution provides that in order for a per son to be eligible for nomination to the office of student body president, "a candidate must be at least a senior in academic standing at the commencement of the fall semester of his term of office; . . . but must not be scheduled to graduate before the end of the spring term." Class Office Nominations Nominations for class officers will be held at 3 p.m. Candidates for officers of the rising senior class will be nominated in room 101 while nominations for rising junior class officers will be made in room 102. Rising sophomore class officers will be nominated in room 206. Student Council representatives will be nominated at 3:30 p.m. by schools as follows: Arts and Science, assembly room; Business Administration, room 204; Educa tion, room 206 and Engineering, room 102. In room 101 at 3:30 p.m., nomi nations will be held for represen tatives of the following schools: Pharmacy, Journalism, Graduate and Law. Nominations for disciplinary committee members will be held at 3:30 p.m. in room 101. Ac cording to the constitution, one man and one woman will be elected to the committee. Anyone May Nominate Any University student is eli gible to make nominations for any office, Teague said. Honor Board nominations are made by the hoard. Three nomina tions will be made for each vacancy. Once elected, members of the board serve for the duration of their stay at the University. Candidates for any office who ar-e not nominated todlay may be nominated by petition, Teague ex plained. All petitions must be submitted to the elections commit tee no later than 5 p.m., March 28. Petitions for all except student body officers must contain 25 names. Nominating petitions for student body officers are required to have 100 names. 'Sin glarly Pilural' Practice Begins The University Players have begun work on the production "Singularly Plural" written by Dr. Hugh Pendexter III of the English Department. The play will be the first prod uction to have its premiere on the Carolina campus. Members of the cast are Jo Allen Bradham, Newton Neely, Daphne Wilson, Jimmy Quick, Fritz Vannerson, John Austell, Dan Stanland and Eddie Roberts. NOTICE Monday Is the last day for candidates for degree. and cer tificates in June 1957 to have records checked, Registrar H. 0. Strohecker haa announced. The deadline applies to grad uate and undergraduate students. Records must be checked 1n room 107 of the Administration building under the supervIsion of Miss Julia Mama.