The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 01, 1957, Image 2
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
- CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Vl XLVIII, No. 6 _COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 1, 1957 Fon=awe 1908
*Presi
Sumwalt
Shocked
By News
Appointment
Effective
December 1
"I received the biggest shock
of my life last Friday when I
was told the news," .Dean Robert
u L. Sumwalt said in referring to
his unanimous selection as acting
president of the University effec
tive Dec. 1.
Although the Carolina student
body was away from the campus
for the State Fair Holidays Dean
Sumwalt was at his office in the
School of Engineering for a
normal working day when he was
notified.
The following three paragraphs
is a prepared statement which
Dean Sumwalt issued for The
Gamecock Wednesday:
"I concur, wholeheartedly, with
the statement which Mr. Rutledge
L. Osborne, Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity, mnade concerning the resigna
tion of Mr. Donald Russell as
President of the University.
"The University has suffered a
great loss in the resignation of
President Russell. Under his
leadership our University has
made great progress. It will be
impossible to replace President and
Mrs. Russell.
4 "I am very grateful for the con
-fidnce..whioh th4niw erail. trns"
tees have placed in me and I ap
preciate the honor they have con
ferred upon me. I pledge my very
best efforts during the interim
period with the cooperation of
the faculty, administration, stu
dents and all others at the Uni
versity in continuing, the progres
sive program which President
Russell has inaugurated."
In Faculty Since '26
Dean Sumwalt has been a mem
ber of the University faculty since
1926. Serving first as an associate
professor of Civil Engineering, he
was promoted to full professor
ship in 1981 and became Dean of
the School of Engineering in 1948.
Under Dr. Sumwalt's adminis
tration as dean, the School of
Engineering's four divisions have
been accredited and the school re
- cently secured a chapter of Tau
Beta Pi, leading national oigi
neering honor society.
Chairman of Examiners
Dean Sumwalt is past chairman
of the State Planning Board and
the State Board of Housing and
is currently chairman of the State
Board of Engineering Examiners.
He is also a member of Phi
Sappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa,
appa Sigma Kappa, Tau Beta P1
and Sigma Nu. Dean Sumwalt is
listed in Who's Who In America,
Who's Who In Engineering, and
American Men of Science. He has
written a number of papers on
engineering and allied subjects.
Honorary Degree
In 1946 the University of Dela
ware, from which he earned in
1918 a B.S. degree in Civil Engi
neering and in 1921 the profes
sional degree of Civil Engineer,
conferred on liim the honorary
Doctor of Science degree. He also
earned the S.B. in C.E. degree
from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1920.
In Columbia Dean Sumwalt is
a member of the First Presby
terian Church of which he is a
Deacon. He is also a memnber of
the Forum Club, Centurion Club,
Forest Lake Club, Cotillion Club
9'and the Evening Music Club.
He was married in 1924 to the
former Caroline Causey of Pino
polls and they have two children.
Robert L. Sumwalt, Jr. who is
Supervising Engineer for Colum
bia City Schools was president of
the Student Body while at Carolina
and Mrs. William M. Cox. (Mary
9ausey Sumwalt) of Darlington
attended Carolina before he. mar.
denti,
Deow
FOR LAST SEMESTER
'I e .ame
All-Amerk
For the seventh time in the lasi
eight semesters, The Gamecocl
has been rated All-American bg
the Associated Collegiate Presr
AsAciation.
The Gamecock which received
the rating for the 1957 epring
semester was one of six college
weeklies in 4,001-plus student clasu
from across the nation to receive
this honor.
Editor-in-chief for the spring
semester was Nancy Fox, a jour.
nalism major. Other editors were
Roy Williams, managing editor;
Edith Bulluck, business manager;
Melba Corley, assistant managing
editor; Jerry McGuire, news edi.
tor; Barbara Hawthorne, feature
editor; Scott Cain, campus editor;
Sylvia Hanna, society editor; and
Mac Hill, sports editor.
Superior Rating
The Gamecock was rated su.
perior on news sources, creative.
ness, sports display, and speecd
and interview stories. A rating of
excellent was received on editorial
page features, editorials, inside
news pages, style, sports cover.
age, headlines, front page and
balance.
On the sports column by Mac
Hill the judge wrote in the Score.
beak, "'Sports Digest' is a good
solid sports commentary column
Well written." The judge alst
was impressed with an interviesn
story by Sylvia Uanna and wrote,
"I thought Sylvia Hanna's piece
on Warren Giese, Jan. 18, page
one, was a swell yarn! Well
written!"
Special praise also was give:
The Gamecock for its creativeness
USC Property
Is Damaged
Over Holidays
Three windows wer, broken in
McBryde Dormitory ovr the holi
days, Housing Director Blackle
Kineaid has reported.
Marble tables in Preston Dormi..
tory wer. also damaged, he said.
The marble tops were ehipped and
broken.
These ineidents may force the
Housing Offlee to eloss the dormS.i
tories over holidays in the ftre
Eineald said.
EL Pr(
a Robert L. Sumwalt
cock' Earns
an- Rating
"The usual outstanding feature
coverage!" the judge wrote. And
he also gave praise to the feature
"Seen, Heard, Spoken on Campus."
Likes Coverage
"Your overall coverage is ex
cellent! It is nice to see a paper
that covers the news and all. its
'angles' so effectively!" he wrote
on news sources and coverage.
Although photography received
a rating of very good, the judge
urged that more life be put into
pictures. However, the display
of pictures on sports pages re
ceived this comment, "One thing
that is impressive-your use of
pictures."
On editorials the judge wrote,
"Your readers should be happy to
know that The Gamecock's edi
torials stay so alert to what is
transpiring on campus worthy of
editorial comment!" The judge
also liked the use of the ears on,
front page; the crisp, thorough
leads; the specific, detail heads;
and the use of color words.
A TASTE 0
Roy Willims smanaging edit.
a copy of the Big 'Thursday editla
the Caolna-emason football gan
out the eersne of a ehafleuge I.
C.necesek to Tiger stattf aseunhere.
tag up.. the outeem.e of the BeI
esasussed at the Wade Hainptou 4
were defeated by the 'Nears of Cl.
Tigee Editor Charles Speue.r held
from. a ------mdla p.dein.
advertising depm'tament ad sovea
likewis, partook of the paper whi
ti.islg" eolkee. aewspapet in t
11miu
Silent Type?
No Bones
About It!
When a professor of the Uni
versity Biology Department
made a recent trip to the Uni
versity's Extension Branch in
Florence he had with him the
perfect traveling companion.
His passenger did not batter
his ears with loud and monoto
nous small talk, or try to do any
back seat driving, or cost him
excessive amounts of money
when they stopped for lunch.
Neither was the companion de
void of positive virtue, for the
passenger attracted immediate
and continued comment from all
who saw them together.
Who was this paragon of ex
cellence who made such ideal
company and attracted such
wide interest? Why, it was one
of the biology department's '
shiny, white, neatly mounted,
expertly articulated human
skeletons, of course!
The skeleton was the chief .
piece of equipment that was
being transported to the Flor
ence Branch of Carolina.
F DEFEAT
r of The Gamecock, 4Ite. into
a of the colleg, paper following t
ie. The meal was served to carry
med by staff msember, of The i
for a dinner of paper, depend
Thursday tilt. The paper wasm
offee Shop after the Gamseeka
use College by a seer, of 13.0.
i the salt and eheerves the eating
luam Herring ef The Cemeseek
ul ether members of the staff
sk Is reportedly the meet "appe.
s Seuth. (Wt. en w ..a. es'.
iary
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President Donald
DANCE IS TONIGHT
Begins H,
By Wilton Hall
Staff Writer
Festivities for the Universi
lomecoming game against
Jniversity of Maryland will b<
his afternoon with the judi
f Homecoming displays prepi
Py the fraternities and sorori,
Judges for the display con
vill be Willis Cantey, out<
dvertising executive; Step
ieCrae, commercial artist and
erior decorator; and Mrs. Ja
. Dreher, wife of a Columbia
orney.
Beg wichgesne Ha
.m tdy Wton D avi ild.
Jniversity ofMyand will tib
ny the fratenii and lasorori
rounde fohe p sply o
Farr b Priis Maty ut
Fvrtom execu.tive; S..toni
hIe, cmrc ialro riy Fand
engo danc tor anhed ins thJRa
Dreh aerife The am olubi
:nownkfr ten frsie at
lance i chawrsgven of the
lnentoy banill prtedi
ihe rally and herl asotead
rotnd the anus.met
Awars fothes Mwinn
hercetya soforimy dipars
riie music for the HcTe
onth dance ca be ldinhased
nose cfeteria. The Ruse o
Nowet for tahe firt tie ato
lenturoday mrgwill rsne
heuen aeitn her attnd
hter coffe anouncerment .m
Aards fo the win f nie
r e ade ad thrdc. Donac
outhel dane cnfee hurhase
ollowedta or dag befres ton
n the Alobby ousell.
ntetain sae atomeoor g
oat $1.cur7t6.o wt
Surdayo morning wissll H
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her coffthe hourt from 10 ares
areidentandt Mrs onald.
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)f Displays
Dmecom'g
carried during the halftime cere
monies.
Invited guests for the luncheon
ty's include President and Mrs. Rus
the sell, Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Sum
1gin walt, Dr.. and Mrs. William H.
ring Patterson, and the Alumni Coun
cil, the Board of Trustees as well
as the queen's party.
.ies.
test Halftime Ceremonies
loor During the halftime ceremonies
han at the game, Alumni President
in- Cyril Busbee will crown the queen
and Student Body President Bob
mes McNair will present her the
at- sceptre. Crown bearer for the
occasion will be little Jennie Clark
ew- son and sceptre bearer will be little
Johnny Goddard.
pp Neal Atrams is student com
t 6 miittee chairma~n for Homecoming,
The Mrs. Nell M. Hodge of the
iate Alumni Associatio~n, and Gary
d a Rhinesmith serves ais chairman of
isthe dance committee.
Members of the Hlomecoming
queen's court and their escorts are
Libby Baguaal, Lawrence Curry;
htAnna Boswell, Jimmy Mitchell;
gtWrr.y Davis, Butch Willi'mson;
will Nancy Estridge, Ronnie Melvin;
om- Joyce Kline, Teddy Cohen; Au
sell gusta Mason, Flynn Bowie; and
the Julie Petoskey, Edgeworth Price.
The queen will be chosen from a
ado the three finalists, Julie Petoskcey, P'
the Wray Davis, and Libby Bagnal. *
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itu- The other two finalists will seuve
to as maids of honor.
mnts
Ample Flu
fo Supp ly Is A
ight
use. Although flu cases are still con- t
will tinuing, few students have re- s
ported by the University Infir
see mary to receive free flu vaceine, a
lhng Dr. R. B. McNulty, University u
to physician, has said.t
sity "At the beginning of the year r
8. there were more demands for the I
i be vaccine than the Infirmary had," a
ig Dr. McNulty added, "but now, al
though the Infirmary has an am- I
will pie supply of flu vaccine, few sta- 1
aee dents have come by for the shots." t
la a Students are asked to drop by i
muse the Infirmary during regular of- a
jem flee hours to receive shots. The
sted shots will be given anytime from I
be.9 a.m. till noes ad f.r. 2 .. I
Start
Russell
To. Leave
Carolina
Students
May Submit
Suggestions
Several names have been sub
itted to the University Board of
rustees to fill the position left by
niversity President Donald S.
ussell who resigned the presi
mncy last Friday.
According to Rutledge L. Os
zrne, chairman of the Board, no
ames have been acted on. He
eclined to mention any of the
ames submitted.
"The Board of Trustees has
amed me chairman of a commit
.e and authorized me to name
>ur others to find a president,"
hairman Osborne said. The com
ittee will recommend the name
an individual to the Board for
tion. Chairman Osborne who
as board chairman when Presi
ent Russell was named in 1951
as not yet named the four com
ittee members.
Students May Recommend
Students, too, may make recom
iendations on the matter of nam
ig a new president, he said, but
ey must submit these through
te proper channels. All recom
iendations must go through the
dministration via Student Council
r a similar leadership group be
>re the Board will review them.
(Editor's note: The following
suggested list of qualifications
termed "essential and/or desir
able" for a president of the
University was given by Chair
man of the University Board of
Trustees Rutledge L. Osborne.
The chairman pointed out that
the University has lost the man
described below and then he
asked, "Where do we look for
another like him?")
Unquestionable Character
Scholarly Interest-Education
Background
Active Church Affiliation
Southerner (South Carolinian
if possible)
Age: 40 to 55
Married-Attractive Wife -
Children-Good Health-Ambi
tious
Imagination - Energetic -
Backbone-Reasonably Dry
Proven Executive Ability
Administrator
Public Speaker - Diplomat -
Public Relations Expert
Democratic - Cooperative -
Sympathetic - Calm - Sound
Judgment
Able to Make Decisions
Financial Genius w 'e can do
things that require money with
ut the money
Thorough understanding of
Traditions, History and Customs
of South Carolina.
Since the University is for the
Ludents, Ch a ir ma n Osborne
ointed out that the students
hIould have a definite part in
koosing a new president. How
(Continued on page 8)
Vaccine
vailable
a 5 p.m. daily, Dr. McNulty
tated.
Housing for flu cases is still
problem with part of the Grad
ate House at the corner of 8urm
ar and Green Streets being pre
ared to house overflow patients
ri case the possibility for its need
rises, Dr. MeNulty said.
"'We hops we won't have to Use
L but we want to be prepared,"
br. MeNulty added. The section
f the Graduate House being
leered will provide spee for'
bout 20 beds.
In addition to the 2nmeliw,
In eass ea ee being hesb i
he Russell Noes. h &gw