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Changes G Fall Carolia Male's Physical Exam Schedule, Grading Fines roe (See Stories Below) See Page 7) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVII, No. 31 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 17, 1957 Founded 1908 INumbei System Letters Will Beginning Ju The present one through s will be dropped and grading Carolina, Dean of Administra nounced. Changes in the system w values will go into effect Jun The faculty has been requested to use the letter symbol grading wi rn correcting examinations and quizzes, Dean Patterson reported, and the letter symbol will be used on the student semester reports. More On Report The student grade report which will continue to be issued twice a semester will contain the stu dent's semester grade, the grade point average for the semester, the total credits earned at college and the total grade point average. Under the new grade point sys tem, classification of students will he determined as follows: sopho more, 30 credits and a ratio of not less than 1.0; junior, 60 cred its and a ratio of not less than 1.5; and senior, 93, and a ratio of not less than 2.0. In order to graduate, a student must have an average of "C" or "2," according to Dean Patterson. As an example of the new sys tem, the grade point "1" per semester hour for a grade of "A" defining "excellence" will be sub stituted by the grade "A" which represents scores from 95 to 100. The grade of "A" will carry six grade points per semester hour, Dean Patterson said. New System Given The new grade point system follows: "A" (95-100), excellent, ti grade points per semester hour; "B-+" (90-94), very good, 5 grade points per semester hour; "B" (85-89), good, 4 grade points per semester hour; and "C+" (80-84), average, 3 grade point-s per semes ter hour. Also, "C" (75-79), fair, 2 grade points per semester hour; and "D" (70-74), passing, 1 grade point per semester hour. None of the following grades carry grade points: "X," absent from examination; "I," incom plete; "W," withdrawn from course; "FA," dropped for excess absences; and "NC," no credit. Coordination Offered As -BookSolution Greater coordination between faculty and book store officials was offered as a solution .for re ducing University book store ex pens~es, at Student Council meet ng Monday. Last week's report of the book store investigating committee, was the subject of much discussion at the meeting. Vice-President John G. Altman, after some research, introduced the idea that the book store's expenses could be reduced if a way could be.set up whereby no excess books would be ordered. In the past, the book store has had to bear the expense of over ordlering on n umerous occasions. Parking Discussed Cou ncilman D)on Richardson, parking committee chairman, an nounce'd that he and another member had discussed the commit tee's reconmnendation on the park ing situation with University of ficials. Councilman Fred L4eClercq is arranging for the School of Busi ness Administration l,ibrar'y to remain op)en for study after 10 p.m., May 22, 23, 24, 27 and 28. Student lIody Prmesident Bob Mc'Nair pointed out to The Game cock that committee reports re flect the opinion oIf the author of r Grade To End Be Used me 1 even numeral grading system by letter will be installed at tion W. H. Patterson has an hich will amend grade point 1, 1957. Alumni Drive Report Not Yet Available No report on the progress of the Alumni Association member ship drive for graduation seniors is available yet, Dr. Daniel W. Hollis, acting secretary of the as sociation has announced. The current drive urging grad uating seniors to join the associa tion will continue through May 30. During the drive the member ship fee is three dollars, a reduc tion of two dollars from the nor mal five-dollar membership, Doc tor Hollis said. As a member of the association, individuals receive the Alumni News, a quarterly publication containing articles on Carolina, the Football Newsletter and other University publications. Twenty-four graduating mem bers of Alpha Kappa Gamma, Omicron Delta Kappa and Blue Key are handling the membership campaign, Doctor Hollis said. NOTICE Students attending summer school are reminded to go by the Housing Office in the Ad ministration Building and pick up their room assignments, Blackie Kincaid, director, has announced. CAROLINA Ml Costucin onne ontei er ssml te7e!tnfrm Eac o te to evn-sor bil vaor Te uidigs bin bil Sute, lssm ndMinste by anaryof195, nd il h 1. ne /... Fall Exam Period Is Extended Reading Day Prior To Tests Scheduled A reading day prior to the be ginning of examinations has been scheduled for fall semester, ac cording to Dean of Administra tion W. H. Paterson, and the pe riod for final examinations has been extended to nine days. Reading day which has been in stalled to provide additional study time for students before the final quizzings will be held after the last day of scheduled classes and prior to the first day of examina tions next year, Dean Paterson said. In addition to providing a read ing day, the President's Advisory Board has extended the length of examination period to nine days in order to prevent any student from having more than two exams in any one day, Dean Paterson explained. Exams Lengthened The board also has approved lengthening the time of examina tions to three hours. This addi tional hour of testing is optional and the length of exams will be determined by the individual fac ulty members, he said. In order to maintain previously named dates for beginning the fall term and holding graduation in the spring, between-semester holi days for next year have been abol ished. The University calendar for 1957-58 fall term has been changed to include reading day, Wednes day, Jan. 15, and final examina tions, Jan. 16 through 25. Regis tration for the 1958 spring term will be held Jan. 27 and spring term officially begins Tuesday, Jan. 28, according to Dean Pater son. ETS THE SKY mew dormiltorles for men as work rork of one of the elevator shaft. lings will have a self-service ele on the area bordered by Devine, Is, are expected to be completed .saa .484.dn.. (taffe ph.oto More To Be NEW .E1:OY(:K STAFF left, Roy William., managing ed feature editor; standing from le copy editor. Absent when new. City Counc Russell 's P A request by University Presi dent Donald S. Russell that the city of Columbia support the clos ing of 1300 block of Devine Street and transferring of this land to the University as the proposed site for an undergraduate library has been endorsed by Columbia City Council. At a public hearing Wednesday morning in Columbia City Hall, citizens, representatives of the University and city officials en tered the discussion which lead to talk of a trade--1300 block of Devine be given the University in exchange for several feet of Caro lina property to widen Pickens Street. (The Pickens Street traf fic problem has been a topic for discussion for several years. Russell Speaks University President Donald S. Russell, first. speaker, pointed out that the city of ('olumbia had nothing to give the University be cause the streets do not belong to the city. The state oCf South Carolina holds titles to the streets in the original part of the city, he saidl. F'urthermore, he said, thle D)evine Street andl the Pickens Street matters should not be linked to gether. But he added that while he was before the council, he wouild like to "talk about P'ickens Street a little bit."' lHe ex plained to council1 t hat in some cases at Carol ina, professors now t eaching in hbi iings facing Pickens are nearer the st reet than they are to some of their students. "If you bring Pickens St reet closer to those buiildings, you will impair thle usefulness of t hemi as classroom buildings." lie con - tinued. Hie told council that the UTni versity hoped the city will "im brace this opportunity to assist in the growth and progress of thbe U n iv ersi ty." Act of Courtesy Rut ledge L Osborne, chairmian of thle University board of trus tees, pointed out that the Utniver sity showed courtesy to the council just by bringing the Devine Street matter before it. The request could hav'e been taken dlirectly t.o the South Carolina lawmakers. Chairman Osborne also pointed out that the D)evine Street and Piekens Street matters have no c'onnection. A Mason Gibbes of the Streets and Highways Committee of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce agr(eed with previous speakers that no onnectinn betwreen the twon Than4 Awar4 .fy %n (amec(c -taff memibner," ftr i itor: 1lelt (:nrlet. ed(itir: \ntn(e \al .taff ita- taken , .a" J rrt tian'. .r-. ii Endorses roposal mtatt('r' texi tedt, but rinel every t11ne' wa' t a-rImb1t'ti ft-r the" ) De'ine St it't't tlistu -ill I, wItuld ht a g'td t1imn' to bin1g p the I'i ktei S:teet -it uatitn. (;ibbest' Vx'I):inedt :bat l'ickens i dlangrt'1"u llus for traffic hecaluse of it- lilitowI.- Eath dr'iving !ane is only eight and one-half feet widt and the width If a car is six and onet-half feet, he said, illu ttratin the situation. In clos ing lit' (x r e tre:(tl ht" htope that tamlithing W1ulh h"e donf" a t11))1t the mnattetr. Citizen G:ives .\pproval \ t"itiz.en uf ('1lumb1ia ;aid he t'uht i t e " nI)t harm"l Iin c'losing tevin' St tt t' 1 en llf' Carolina tt) buibtl ; !ihr:lry. i' 1tid1 ("xpre'ss 'it l.t :1tn S 't et ta !1 is 1 - 1b em, .\ft t - alt -h *t ;IIl., lw eN n' ae'ber. , imadl voed m. alt if Sr n frintt. til NEW STFAFF NAMII 'Garnet Ai Due Next Thei staff of lthe 195i' Garnet and Black, thlit 5th volumie oft the on W%edne'sday anti Tlhursday in tiit Ruiissell I I ouise Recreat tion Room. Studenits mus-t present, ID) cartds. aind th ose' who hav~e been registeredi att the liisersity for oly ont' 'temesteri must pay $2.75 lHegining at three o' i'clotk on of the books tot thet graduat.tintg steior- w.ililibegin. issuancte tot all i''clock titon it Thusday.t It wa,s thet pur'paot of the tedi tors and the staff tof the 19~57 G;arnet and iBlack to ptortray an acetnl I at e pitcture of 'ar'olinia --its petiple, its builings, and1( its spirit. If we hitve been sulecess ful then tourI purpose51 hats been wi~orthwh ile,"' stat ed I,.awrenc'e Curry, editor of the bootk, in explaining the pur' pbose of the staff and the book. The dedication of the baak a 00 Sti bed D( I Fll ,eiimeter are seated front le. -ociet% editor; Ronald Bern, -t I.unan. news editor: Nac lill. port- editor. (Staff photo) Corley Named New Editor Of 'Gamecock' Me!ta ('orley. senior journalism n has been named editor of Ihe (Gamecock for the fall ,enes ter. according to Dr. Havilah Batb Crck, faculty chairman of the stu len,t board of publications. The new editor who has served as reporter, feature editor and assi-tant managing editor, suc eeeds Nancy Fox, senior in the School of Journalism. LditI Bulluck, a junior, has Ieen renamed as business mana gc-r. Roy Williams, a senior, also iia been renamed a- managing ed(itobr. Other staff positions include: l:i 1ill, copy editor: Bert Lunan. news editor; Jerry Sanders, spi ts editOr: Carol Watson, campus edi t,r: Rurnald Bern, feature editor: and .\nn Valley, society edit.o. .\l - . I .eila Barr Stuckey. as I-taithumes manager; Jimi Heri'r:ntg. adviert ising manager; Ri ?n ttledgi. a'iculation man a ae r: IRichiard AlIpert, cartoonuist and Ren' it Stutarge'on, photographer. The next issue of The Gamnecck will bie ot September 20, the F'ri dlay of t he first full week of sc-hool in the fall te'rm'. iid Black' Week the final result of the Miss Gar neit and Black contest will remain se'cre'ts until the hooks are issued t te st udenats. The seven finalists int the Mliss Garnet and Black He'auty Contest, whose pictures appear in the beauty section of the. book, are l.ibby B3agnal, Carol B rndenbuiirg, Santdria Kay B rooks, Wrlay Davis, Hla'riett Dickert, Sally llayward, and Nancy H-iller. Niliss G;arnet and Black conmes from theise' finalists. The( havyout of this volume is -uilar to the 1 956 volume, but a revivedI feature is the inclusion of 'olor p)ictutres in the introductory saect ion of the book. This volume, the largest since 1951, contains 39I2 pages. Fuller Is Editor Jim F"uller has been named edi tor of the' Garnet and Black for ne'xt yea-, Lawrence Curry, retir ing editor, has said. Other staff members are Coles L'athcar't, managing editor; Jim (Continnud omn pa idents hgrees Kennedy Will Make Address USC Will Confer 5 Honorary Degrees Graduation exercises will be held F"riday. May 31 at 10:15 a.na. >ri the Horseshoe. with degrees 1nd certificates being awarded to owre thar 00 candidates. Henry ). St r ohecker. registrar, has an J, hr I Kennedy, Democratic nat frm1i las-achusetts will e >":r"-t -peaker at commence Kennedy, along with Carter L. B3urge., president of Trans Wo'rld A i ine. and former assist lrt ti President Russell, David L w rene. editor of "U. S. News ,,nd W\rl(I.d Report," Roger C. P'ea,'e, publi,her of (;reenv ill e New-'iedmont. .Asheville Citizen TI'ii es. arnd )r. Williai Weston, Sr., c'olumbia physician and alum rIus f the University, will be %%tawded honoer'ar'y degrees of Doc ti f Laws by University Presi den I)'nald Russell. Degrees inl courses and certifi cateS will le conferred by Presi dent Russell assisted by the deans o i the College of A rts and Sci ,"'w and of the \ariou, schools. Seniors Assemble At .:5 l a.m. graduating seniors will assemble behind Maxey Mon Irment on the Sumter Street end of the Horseshoe to receive last minute instructions from Prof. C. F. 11ercer. At 10 a.m. cameras from WIS-TV will begin televis.ng the cereonies; the event will also he c,vered by local radio stations. The exercises will end with the ingmrg of the Alma Mater, ac conipa,nied by the University Band under the direction if Pat Gar !Iett. Ior.e thair 18.000 invitations have been mailed to alumni, Dr. Damiel \. Hollis, actiog secretar., ia> -aid. Reunions Set Special reun ionfs have beeni schedluled by all classes ending in 7 and 2 and by the Class of 1956, which will return for its first an mrversary. Alumni Day, which will be held the day of graduation, will begin with a breakfast at the home of Universty President and Mrs. Donald S. Russell from 8:30 to Ain alumni luncheon, to which ael graduating seniors are invited, will hee held at 1 p.m. in Russell Hlouse* followed by a business ses sion. A t 41 pr.m. the South Caroliniana library. D)uring the evening, class Society wil give a tea in the (raroliniana library. During the -veniing, (lass reunions, suppers aind parit is will be held. Committee Listed Dr) . George Curry is chairman 1f t he commhittee in charge of at ranifgemeints. Prof. C. F. Mercer is in chatrge of seat inrg; D)r. Nicholas IP. MIitchell, pubbesity ; H. 0. Stro hecker. Registrar, D iplomas; and Dr. R. W. Paterson, faculty. C'arolina is one of the few schools of its size which still has i'omme1(ncement exercises in which its graduates are personally awvarded their diplomas, Doctor Curry said. Marshalls for the exercises will be Bob Andersen, chief marshall; Mark Buyck, Charlie Goldberg, Pat Grayson, Larry Ladue, Bob L.uft, Don Richardson, Gary Rhinesmith, Mac Rivkin, Preston Whaley and Roy Willam..