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Intramural Basketbali Israeli Delegation Visits Swings Into Action Campus At 2 P.M. Today (See Page 8) (See Page 7) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVII, No. 23 ' COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 15, 1957 Founded 1908 WALKING Il :r? These Carolina students seem ti they plod along a slippery walk n students is one of many such gre rainy weather to meet classes and Wednesday interrupted the warm s out summer shirts and bermuda right: Julie Petoskey, Jane Burn Kern Powell) Debaters P, In Forensic The Carolina debaters placed first in the men's division of the annual South Atlantic Forensic Tournament last weekend, accord ing to Debate Coach Dr. M. G. Sandlapper Staff For Spring Term Elected Recently Ronald L. Bern and Dick Smith have been elected co-editors of The Sandlapper for spring semes ter. Bern, a junior journalism ma jor, was poetry editor last semes ter. Smith, a sophomore in the school of journalism, served as feature editor. The co-editors were elected by The Sandlapper staff of fall se mester with faculty approval. The co-editorship is an innova tion to the magazine staff. Other staff members elected 'were Bill Handel, short story edi tor; Robert Talbert, feature edi tor; Harriet King, poetry editor; Iand Zeke Montgomery, business manager. An issue of The Sandlapper is tentatively scheduled for distribu tion May 1, according to co-editor Bern. .Offieers for next year of the i euntire "Y" held last Friday. In T THE RAIN o be laughing at the weather as ar Russell House. This group of ups on campus which brave the attend meetings. The cool rain pring like weather which brought Ihorts. The students are, left to s and Frank Mims. (Photo by lace First Tourney. Christophersen. Fred LeClercq and Mike Os born were on the affirmative team and Stewart, Clare and Robert Bell made up the negative group. Dr. Christophersen accompanied the teams to the 26th annual tour nament at Lenoir-Rhyne College. The USC debaters now have a year's record of six wins and three losses in tourney competition. The University men took men's division of the tournament with ten wins and four defeats. Other winning teams were Maryville, first place in women's debate, and Lenoir-Rhyne, first place in mixed teams. The Naval Academy was second and Duke University placed third. LeClercq won first place in im promptu and in extemporaneous speaking. Osborn and Bell tied for first in problem-solving and public speaking, respectively. LeClercq and Pete Martin will participate in the regional prelim inary debates for the National Tournament at West Point in late spring, Dr. Christophersen said. The tournament which will be held at Mercer Friday and Satur day is open~ to schools in nine Southern states. University teams have repre sented the southern region eight times in the last 11 years. MCA and YWCA were elected at the the photograph at the left are the n hian. ine reSinkier, .e--ct.r. ii Dormitory Contract Awarded A $1,149,700 contract for the onstruction of two new seven tory dormitories for men has een awarded to John C. Heslep ind Company of Columbia, ac ording to University Dean of Ad ninistration William H. Patter on. The contract was awarded Wed iesday. Construction is due to be in within the next ten days on he two dormitories and a connect ng one-story lounge. The buildings, which will pro ride living quarters for 484 male tudents, are expected to be com >leted by January of 1958. One-third of the block behind he Field House will be covered by he new dormitories. The struc ure will be built on the area bor lered by Devine, Sumter, Blossom md Main streets. The dormitories are to be of ontemporary design with built-in Purniture, sliding doors opening )nto balconies, and self-service !levators in each building. The levators will be placed in the first loor lobbies and will not stop on ;he next three floors, where stair Nays will be used. Architects of the building were 3. Thomas Harmon and William Keenan, associate. Design was by Edward D. Stone of New York city. Interior design is being done 3y William Pahlman Associates, lecorators of Russell House. Carolyn Willis May Enroll At Carolina Carolyn Willis, winner of the national majorette contests in 1955 and 1956 has announced she is interested in enrolling at the University even though the Caro lina band uses no majorettes. The University band has used no majorettes since Pat Garnett, former Dreher High School band director came to the campus in September. Last fall the marching band was led by a drum majorette, however. The Gamecock was unable to eontact Garnett for comment at press timc. Carolyn's announcement has even stirred action in the state General Assembly. James Leppard, senator from Chesterfield, Caro lyn's *hoYne county, has introduced s bill that would requrre the Car )lina band to use majorettes at sli football games. The majorette bill sprang from a bill introduced earlier in the as membly that would require Clem son and Carolina to add The Cita del to their football schedules. The majorette champion has been offered a majorette scholar ship by the University of Missis sippi. But the Chesterfield High School senior has said she is in terested in attending Carolina. In the national contests she has entered, Carolyn has worn an ab breviated Con federate majorette costume. Carolyn wvas Charlotte's Miss Carousel of 1957. NEXT YEAR'S YM~ luincheon-election meeting of the ew YWCA officer., shown left to by 11mimon. ticc.nre.id.nt;i and Council Body E oTapping, M ay Queen Contest Monday Night Three May Queen finalists will he selected from 29 contestants in the KSK Beauty Pageant Monday at 8 p.m. in the Russell House Assembly Room, KSK President Don Harrison has said. Judges for the Pageant will be Capt. C. S. Barker of the Univer sity Naval Science Department, Col. William J. Davitt of the Air Science Department and Mrs. Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, a Richland County representative in the state legislature. Also, Mrs. Cleo Parkes, dean of women of Columbia College, and Mrs. Miriam Stevenson Upton, "Miss Universe of 1955," will .judge. Carolina's May Queen will be chosen from these three finalists. by the student body in the elec tions April 1. The runner-up will he maid of honor and the other finalist an attendant. Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary men's service fraternity, and Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary women's service fraternity, will tap during the Beauty Pageant, Harrison said. Independent candidates for May Queen are Barbara Hardwick, Frances Hudson, Jackie Foster and Diane Woodside. Those for Alpha Delta Pi sorority are Wray Davis, Jerri Aylwald and Farley Lawton, and for Chi Omega soror ity Carolyn Merritt, Janice Pal mer and Beverly Parler. Also, for Dclth Delta Delta sorority, Sybil Kendall, Molly Ariail and Sibet Sanders; for Delta Zeta, Barbara Hawthorne, Alma Harrison and Marcia Fischer; and for Kappa Delta sorority, Mary Nelson, Barbara Usher and Martha Orvin Shearer. Also, for Pi Beta Phi sorority, Patty Quinn, Jean Huffman and Betsy Ann Quinn; for Sigma Delta Tau, Yvonne Slesinger, Sybil Azarkowitz and Barbara Bogen; and for Zeta Tau Alpha, Dorcas Giles, Shelby Jean Godwin and Liz McKibben. The Beauty Pageant Committee includes Mac Davis, Phil Koetsch and Virgil Duffie, chairman. USC Seismograph Records Quakes A seismograph at Carolina recorded the shocks from earth qluakes which rocked the North Pacific area last week end. The earthquake recording device responded so much to the shocks that the indicator jumped off the recording paper. These recordings have been re ported to surpass any recordings in Columbia in the last 20 years. The quakes began Saturday and wereC recorded in Columbia on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. -YWCA OFFICERS Mary Duke, president. In the ph< treasurer; Rusty Revere, secres by W.tt) To Cc lections Six Constai Receive R Student body elections April 1 will be conducted by precincts. Authorization for the elections committee to make arrangements for four precincts was approved this week by David White, student body president. A precinct will be established l in each of the following schools: Business Administration, Engi: neering and Law. A fourth pre cinct will he set up in Russell House to accommodate the follow ing schools: Arts and Science, Journalism, Education, Pharmacy and Graduate. Voting by precinct was used at the University until 1954. Poll managers selected from council will be appointed by the elections committee. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the day of elections. Council recessed its Monday sea Candidat Names T( The names of additional candi dates for student offices were submitted to Student Council elec tions committee this week, an nounced Carroll Teague, chair man of the committee. Jack Flynn has been added to the list of students who will vie for vice-president of the student body. Dot Wooten was nominated as a candidate for council representa tive from the School of Education. Added to the list of senior class historian candidates was George Nettles. Recently nominated for men cheerleaders were the following: Tonm Fortaon, Staci Gaffos, Jim FALSE HOPES TUMBLE DOWN Carolina students attending the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament were of fered excused cuts by Univer sity Dean of Men J. T. Penney, provided they brought back the stubs from the tickets to the games last week. This announcement was pub lishied in a North Carolina pa per and within the next few days several USC students re ported to Dean Penney with their ticket stubs to get their cuts excused. The only catch was that no Carolina students used tickets for admission to the games. They were admitted on their stu dent identification cards. to at the right are the new YMCA of v ; Don Harrison. vic.e-.rs.... a.. nduct ByPr tutional Amni squired First . sion until Wednesday after meet ing for more than an hour. The' recess was due to the considerable amount of time consumed in the constitutional revision commit tee's report, which contained recommendations for amendments. Proceedings were interrupted twice Wednesday when two of the members objected to continuing the meeting without the necessary quorum. At one time during the discussion on this matter, the necessary number of additional members arrived to meet the re quirements for conducting busi ness. Six amendments received firstj reading at this week's session. The necessary second and third read ings for adoptions will be made at subsequent meetings. The amendments are subject to being amended during the following esSubmit Council Pendarvis and Richard Thornton. The names of Bill Handel and Ranny Randall were inadvertently li-ted in last weck's Gamecock as candidates for vice-president of the rising junior class. Handel and Randall were nominated for pres ident of the junior class. The name of Pat Grayson has been withdrawn as candidate for council representative from the School of La'. The Law Federa tion will appoint the school's rep resentative to council, Teague said. Petitions for nominations are being received by Teague until March 28. Candidates whose names have been omitted or listed incorrectly shouki send changes' to him, in care of Box 4094, cam pus. Names will be listed on the ballots as they appear in The Gamecock unless he is notified of any change. AKG Names Next Years President .Aickey Caughman, a rising senior in the School of Education, has been named p)resident of Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary service fraternity. Other officers will not be electedl until after spring tapping. Some of the positions that President Caughman has held are president of Zeta Tau Alpha social sorority, "Y" cabinet member, and spe.cial programs chairman of Carolina Religious Council. fleer., left to right: Jimmy White, d Marty Strk p..esdent. (Phot tudent ecimcts endments Reading readings. A mendments must be approved hefore being submitted to students at election time. Section five of Article 10, which pertains to the nomination of heerleaders, is proposed to be lnended as follows: "All candidates will try out be fore the committee on cheerlead :rs three weeks before the time ror" spring elections. This commit :ee will rominate 12 men and 12 vomen who, in their judgement, re the most qualified. The final lection will be held by the stu ient body in spring elections. "The committee shall include president of the student body, president of Pep Club, head "heerleader, director of athletics. president of Block "C," president of Women's Athletic Association and a senior girl cheerleader se lected by the head cheerleader. "The head cheerleader will be the male cheerleader who receives the highest number of votes in the election. Elected cheerleaders will serve for one academic year." An addition to Section three of A rt ile five, which concerns ab <'nce trom council. This section presently reads as follows: "Absence without excuse from two regular meetings of the atdent council shall constitute a1 automatic re,igl(ation of the mem her so absent from that body." The following anendment s proposed for addition: Validity of excuses sn-.ll he determined by a membership committee. The vice president of the student body will serve as chairman of this com mittee. Any member shall not be eligible for re-election." Sections :3(a), a b) and 3(e) are proposed as new sect ion- of Article five as follows: "An officer or member of stu dent council who shall miss more than six of the regular meetings, excused or unexcused. shall be deemed to have resigned automati tily. Any such member will not he eligible for re-election. "Only elected officers and mem hers of student council may rep resent their constituents. No proxys, substitutes or alternates will be allowed to sit on student co unxcilI. "No person shall be eligible for nomination to any office of stu dent body, class or member of stu dent council, unless he has main tainedi an ov'erall grade point ratio of at least 5,000 at the UTniver'sity, excepting freshman class electionsi in the fall." Section four of Article five now provides that any vacancy that occurs during the spring semester need not lie filled until the time designated fox' annual spring elec tions. The following is proposed to be added to this section: "A replacement until that time may be appointed by the presi dent with the advice and consent of the representative from the school in which the vacancy oc curs ox by advice and consent of the xremaining class officers, should the vacancy occur in a class office. In the case of class offi cer's, pireference shall be given to the next ranking officer." If adopted, these amendments will become effective next year. NOTICE Orders from Seniors are now being receIved for invitations, cards, and caps and gowns at the Campus Shop, Ben Fowler, manager, has said. The deadline for orders Is April 5. Rental price for caps and gowns (bachelor's) is $8.00. Invitations range from $ .15 to $ .85 each. Calling cards start at $8.25.