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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Vol. XLVII, No. 30 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 10, 1957 Founded 1908
PRICES ARE FAIR ...
Counci1 1
Book Stoi
A Student Council committee
investigating the prices of text
books in the Campus Shop re
vealed this week that unusually
high prices are not being charged
for books.
"I believe," Councilman Buddy
Smigmator concluded in his re
port, "after looking into this sit
uation, that the students . . . are
paying a fair price for their
books under the present conditions
. of high prices on everything."
Student Council's book store in
vestigating committee's report re
veals that profits cannot be low
ered by a reduction in book prices.
The report, given by Council
man Buddy Smigmator, chairman
of the committee, stated that book
prices at the University are ap
proximately the same as charged
by other colleges. All base their
prices on a book of list prices
sent out by their publishers.
Book Store Gross Profit
Gross sales for the last nine
months of operations were "in the
vicinity of $225,000" Smigmator
said in- his report "This figure
is sales and not profit." The book
store's inventory is "somewhere
in the neighborhood of $50,000 to
$100,000."
Gross profit on sales is 21.46
per cent, which is computed before
expenses are deducted, Smigma
tor said in his report. Net profit
(after expenses) is ten to 20 per
cent.
"Between two and three per
cent (of the net profit) is made
on books alone. Thereby, the re
maining nine to ten per cent is
derived from sources other than
the sale of books."
Smigmator's study revealed that
the amount to be paid for a used
book is computed "primarily on
the condition of the book. This
price may vary anywhere up to
50 per cent of the original selling
price."
Resold At Mark-Up
Books are resold at a mark-up
of "approximately between ten to
20 per cent" because they must be
stored and reprocessed for sale.
"Profits from the book store
OVER 100 PIECE'
High B
By Scott Caini
Campus Editor
Bids soared to unusual highs
Wednesday night as customers
~scrambled to buy the more than
100 paintings offered at auction~
by the University Fine Arts De
partment.
Paintings by art major Frank
Hart brought the highest prices.
A "Landscape" of his was sold at
fifty-five dollars, the auction's
highest bid. "Pigeons," a crowd
favorite, went at fifty-one dollars
with Foreign Language Head R.
M. Stephan serving as auctioneer
and Fine Arts Head Edmund
Yaghjian explaining the works.
Other Paintings
Among other paintings which
wvent for high prices were Hart's
"Abstraction," for thirty-five dol
lars; and "Portrait" for thirty
dollars. Rivers Varn's painting,
"Bottles," brought twenty dollars.
Mrs. Yaghjian sold several water
colors at fifteen dollars.
Almost all of the paintings
were eventually sold; the total of
the purchases not being available
by press time. One of the special
features of the program was the
attempted auction of a ceramic
top table which the department
was no,t willing to release for less
than its cost, thirty dollars. There
were no takers and the depart
ment kept the table to be offered
ipholds
re Fees
operations go into a general schol
arship fund," according to the re
port. The book store is set up by
the board of trustees to make a
profit, and the scholarship fund
in turn, because the state does not
give scholarships."
Student Council has agreed to
request administration officials to
provide for a three-day study pe
riod before final examinations in
planning future calendars. Coun
cil will also request that future
calendars be made available to
them before final action is taken.
Councilmen Fred LeClercq, Jim
my Leventis and Bob Rogers were
chosen as delegates to attend the
National Student Association con
gress at Ann Arbor, Michigan
Aug. 20 through 80. Student Body
President Bob McNair will also
attend.
N.S.A. Delegates
Council selected Councilmen
Peter Martin and Don Harrison
as senators to State Student Leg
islature to be held in Columbia
Dec. 5, 6 and 7. Alternates will be
Rogers and LeClercq. Members of
the House of Representatives will
be elected at next week's meeting
of council.
Unknown Persons
Start Small Paper
Fire In Preston
Unidentified persons reportedly
started a fire in the hall of third
floor Preston dormitory Monday
night.
A group of unidentified persons
put out the blaze with a fire ex
tinguisher according to a report
from a reliable source.
No one was reported injured by
the small paper fire in the men's
dorm.
University officials declined to
make any comment about the af
fair.
NOTICE
Tomorrow is the last day for
graduating seniors to sign up
for the $15 room refund. Any
one who does not turn in his key
at the end of the semester will
be charged for "rekeying" the
door plus the cost of new keys,
the Housing office has said.
SOLD
ids Fea1
AND WHAT DO I HfEAR? .. .
holds up one of the more than
auction by the Fine Arts Depart
House. Foreign Language Hlead I
for the eventful two and one-ha
two hundred University faculty
residents made the auction an
(Photo by fGaamcc aff memi
Cafeteria
To Expand
For Fall
Dining Area Will Seat
450 Additional People
The University cafeteria will
be expanded next fall to accom
modate approximately 450 addi
tional persons, according to Dr.
W. H. Patterson, dean of admin
istration.
The upstairs patio of Russell
House canteen will be covered and
the area above the cafeteria
kitchen, adjacent to the patio and
separated now by a wire fence,
also will be covered and finished
as part of the hall.
The expansion will cost an es
timated $400,000 Dr. Patterson
said.
Lyles, Bissett, Carlisle & Wolfe,
architects for Russell House, will
be architects for the expanding
program.
The cafeteria was included in
Russell House when the $1,100,000
student building was completed in
the fall of 1955.
Debater Ties
In Forensic
Tournament
University debater Mike Os
borne and Glenn Stassen of the
University of Virginia tied for
first place in after dinner speak
ing last week" end at a Forensic
Tournament at Wake Forest.
Carolina's Peggy Jo Sasser
placed second.
According to Debate Coach M.
G. Christophersen, the USC var
sity team was second in the Wake
Forest meet which was the last
tournament of debate for the
school year. Duke and Wake For
est tied for first in varsity debate.
Mike Osborne, Peggy Jo Sasser,
Stewart Clare and Robert Bell
made up the Carolina team.
The University novice team of
Kathy Madigan, Bill Goforth,
Petigru Clare and James Creamer
tied for second place in the tour
nament at Wake Forest.
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NEW DORM RISING ON DEVI1"
Street, shown here. The dorm, f
by the end of the fall semester.
mer United States government 6
pany to serve as their main hen
Sumter, Lower Main, and Bloss
gineer E. M. Henderson, and t
will consist of two similar sevei
pected to take care of the stud
dents next year, and also house t
photo by Bert Lunan)
159 PINTS GIVEN
Blood Drik
Short Of I
A total of 159 pints of blood
were given during the blood drive
held Monday and Tuesday in con
junction with the American Red
Cross, Lewis Cromer, president of
Blue Key, has announced. Goal
for the drive was 200 pints.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater
; Sale
at a later sale.
Most of the paintings were oils
and water colors. There were a
few in pencil, in crayon, and one
in lacquer. Subject matter of the
paintings ranged from genre sub
jects to abstractions.
With prices of the paintings as
low as one dollar, art admirers
were heard exclaiming, "It's a
shame these paintings are going
for so little."
Students represented by several
paintings in the auction were
Frank Hart, Rivers Varn, Graham
Kirby, Eva Bouzard, Howard Pol
lard, and Mona Fox.
Stephan's Role
Mr. Stephan handled his role
as auctioneer with beaucoup de
savoir-faire and sparkling good
humor. Mr. Yaghjian's brief but
comprehensive explanations of the
pictures helped cause ecstatic art
lovers to buy as many as three
and four paintings.
A large and appreciative crowd
of better than 200 University
faculty, students, and Columbia
residecnts made the auction a
smashing success. One delighted
artist, very much richer for the
evening, was heard exclaiming,
"Isn't It wonderful."
The auction which ran for a
quick two and one-half hours be
ginning at 8 o'clock has become
an annual event in the Fine Arts
Department, and after Wednesday
night Carolina's budding artists
will probably be bombarding the
art depnartment with submission.
100 Uu
1Will
E STREET ... Work is progressing
one and one-quarter million dollar
In the upper right hand corner m
uilding which is being remodelled b
]quarters. The rest of the entire bh
m Streets, is open for student par
ncre are accommodations for 150
-story towers which will accommoda
ents displaced from Freshman Ceni
he influx of new students which wil
e Drops
ts Quota
nity was highest donor with 30
pints. Second high donor was Phi
Epsilon Pi which gave 27 pints.
Pi Kappa Alpha's 12 pints was
good for third place, W. Reese
Hart, recruitment director of the
Richland County Blood Center,
announced.
The three top donors will re
ceive trophies from Blue Key.
Only 41 pints of blood was re
eeived Monday, Hart said. But 118
persons gave blood Tuesday.
Each individual donor received
a pass to a local movie, Hart
added.
Two hundred pints was set as the
qluota for the drive, Hart said, in
order to balance the cost involved
in mledical and personnel expenses
to set upl the mobile unit.
Discrepancies
In Elections
A.re Remedied
JTerry McGuire was elected
Wednesday to Student Council
from the School of Journalism.
With 17 votes, he defeated Ron
aid Bern, who received 18.
Julian Fincher and Phyliss Par
ker were Chosen Honor Board
representatives from the School of
Pharmacy in Wednesday's con
tests. Receiving 67 and 52 votes,
respectively, they won over Bev
erly Eison, 20; James Hite, 10;
Linda Jones, 22 and Royce Lash
Icy, 24.
Elections in both schools wore
called due to discrepancies in reg
ular elections last month.
NOTICE
Appointments for Student
Coneil Committees are now
being made. Persons interested
in becoming members of these
committees contact Bob McNair
at the Student Council room.
Phone 478 r 4a-A2681.
dergri
Be B
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on the new men's dorm on Devine
edifice, is expected to be finished
at be seen the skylight of the for
y the R. E. Mehlman Record Com
ck, which is hounded by Devine,
king, according to University En
!ars. When completed the dorm
te 500 men. This new dorm is ex
er, which will house women stu
I be enrolled next year. (Staff
720 Apply
For Degrees,
Certificates
Seven-hundred and twenty di
plomas and certificates tentatively
will be awarded at graduation ex
ercises May 31, Registrar 11. 0.
Strohecker has said.
One-hundred and forty Febru
ary candidates and 580 June can
didates will be graduated in June.
Each faculty member has re
ceived a list of candidates from
the Registrar and is to advise Mr.
Strohecker of any changes, dele
tions or omissions. Any candidate
whose name is not on the lists
furnished the faculty is urged to
contact the Registrar immediately.
Any person on the faculty mem
bers' lists who will not complete
all wyork towards a degree should
also notify Registrar Strohecker
to delete his name.
'Sandia pper' Due
Within Ten Days
The third edition of the "Sand
lapper," University Literary mag
azine, will be distributed among
studlents within the next ten days.
"The "Sandlapper" is in effect
still a trial publication, and there
fore the way in which it is re
ceived by the students wvill largely
determine its status in the fu
ture," according to Ronald L.
Bern, editor of the "Sandlapper."
In this edition the "Sandlapper"
is featuring an art display by
University students as a center
section feature of the magazine.
Original short stories, poetry and
cartoons by University students
will also be featured.
Among the contributors to the
magazine are Robert Talbert,
Robert Findley, Bill Handel, Otis
HIillyer, R. Bevridge, Pat Morton,
Ninette Potosky, Jackie Fleish
man, and Ronald L. Bern. The
cartoons were created by Richard
Alnert Gamenock cartoonist.
iduate
uilt
If New Site
Is Obtained
By Carolina
University Seeks 1300
Block of Devine Street
An "open-shelf" undergraduate
library costing approximately
700.000, will be constructed next
year if the University can obtair.
the 1300 block of Devine Street,
proposed site for the structure,
Dr. W. 11. Patterson, Dean of Ad
ministration has said.
The University at present i
seeking to obtain tie 1300 bloc:
of Devine from the City of Co
lumbia and the State of South
Carolina for the fifth campus li
brary.
Hearing Set Wednesda"
A. public hearing on the matter
will be held at the City Council
meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday,
Columbia City Manager Irving G.
McNayr said.
According to Dr. Patterson, the
new library would be situated on
l)ev ine Street and would extend
to Davis Field appr(xinately 20
feet. Davis Field would be main
tained as a drill field for Univer
sity ROTC units aid athlet,
grounds for intramural sports and
physical training classes.
The structure will be three stoi
ies high on Devine and two stories
on Davis Field. The library will
contain a full basement, Dr. Pat
ter,on added.
The type material to be used ii.
the ,tructure i- yet undetermined.
But the design of the library
?arobably will be in keeping with
new buildings on campus, he sai,.
To Ser%e 500 Rvade"rs
I)e5ignr.d to accoimriodate 5otui
readers and to contain 5u,000 vo.
umr.e,. the new library will be as
nucleus to which additiumal rooni
and library facilities will be added,
I)r. Patterson said.
Lyles Bissett Cair:isle & Wolff
of Columbia are architects for the
library. Consulting architect is
Edward E. Stone of New York.
also consulting architect for the
new men's dormitory now under
construct ion on Sumiiter Street.
D)r. Patterson saidl he assumes
"bids will go out in October or
Novenber, of this yea r." Septem
her, 1958. has been set as a tenta
tive completion date.
If the stree*t were blocked for
the library. "a single lane thor
ougn fatre would be imai ntained f(ir
entering and leaving the parkinig
areas" surrounding the building,
according to a letter from Univer
sity President Donald S. Russell
to Columbia City Manager M
Nayr.
Parking l.ot Proposed
A parking area would be
marked in the Devine Street lot
to accomimodate 68 cars, Dr. Pat
terson said.
The new library will be built to
reniedy the overcrowding of vol
uimes in McKissick library and
also toi make the book stacks avail
able to students for self-service,
D)r. Patterson said, in explaining
the new building's function.
It would suipplenient facilities
for undergraduate students and(
McKissiek Library would be pri
miarily for upperelassmen and
graduates. South Caroliniana li
braiy would continue to operate
as a source of South Carolina his
torical materials. The libraries in
War-dlaw College and the School
of Law also would be miaiuntained.
A lettei- by Carolina's President
Russell urging the Columbia City
Council to support legislative ac
tion in transferring the deed of
1300 block of Devine to the Uni
versity has been received by City
Manager McNayr. An action on
the requent will bein Wedne.day