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The Gamecock Examination Schedule ACC 'Dream Team' Announced (age 7)(Pg1) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROUNA Vol. XLVIII ,No. 12 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 6, 1957 Founde idents' onight Will Speak dtes Representative from the 11 be guest speaker at ODK's ht at 6 p.m. in the Russell nquet is sponsored by Omi rice fraternity. Dormitories Close Dec. 20 For Holidays All campus dormitories will close t noon on Friday, Dec. 20, for the hristmas holidays, Blackie Kin aid, 'housing director, said. Students who wish to stay on ampus any nights between Fri lay, Dec. 20, and Wednesday, Jan. , must notify the Housing Office n the Administration Building by aturday, Dec. 14, Kincaid said. Heating will be cut off and Loor will be locked in- all dormi ories except those the housing of 'ice will reserve for the number f students who notify the office. )nly the people who sign up will 'e allowed to stay, Kincaid said. The room fee for accommoda ions over the Christmas holidays vill be $1 per night. The dormitories which will be open for students who will stay iave not yet been determined, Kin aid said. elivers iesday ist command and general staff po iltions in the army. Doctor Henry Mayo, Chairman of the Department of Political Sci mnce at USC, will present the last ecture of the series, which is being ponsored by the Department of [nternational Studies. Doctor Mayo's address on Jan. f will deal with "Marxist Ap. roaches to Foreign Policy." WILDING WILL CC Plans I Plans for a $900,000 undergrad zate library for the University are low being completed by Lyles, Bis oett, Carlisle & Wolff, architects mngineers for the building, Univer ilty President Donald S. Russell innounced last week. Construction, expected to begin n February, has been estimated ~o be completed in a year. The library will be located partly mn Davis Field and partly in De. rine Street. The building which will be 2001 reet in length wi extend 90 feet nto Davis Field, which is now ised for an athletic and-drill field. The back or south side of the ibrary will extend into Devine street to the center line. Open Ssack Type When completed, the undergrad aate library will be the open stacki 'self-service" type which will seat 100 students. There will be 60,0001 olumes on open shelves. In ad lition there wilt be a double tier tack area undergrQund for storing 150,000 volumes. The library, of contemporary style, will be two levels on the !ront or north side and three levels in the south aide. The ground floor evel of pierced brick sides with a brick and stone terrace com plotely encircling the library, witl create a platform for the marble and glass superstructure of the uipper two levels. Deeerative Seven Small trees in stone boxes will be placed about 20 feet apart around three sides of the building. The east and west elevations witl be solid and wIll he faced witn First Pres o Ban quet i Congressman L. Mendel Rivers, United St First Congressional District, wi first Presidents' Banquet tonig House Assembly Room. The b cron Delta Kappa honorary ser Leaders of various campus or ganization, A c t i n g President 1 pean Robert L. Sumwalt and deans J of all schools, will be guests of ODK. ' The banquet is in keeping with the efforts of ODK to promote 1 better student-administration re lationships on the University cam pus, President Fred Wigfield said. By giving recognition to presi dents of campus groups ODK hopes to further a closer association and c understanding among the students and between student organizations, the faculty and the administration. Attended The University Representative Rivers attended the College of Charleston and the University. He was admitted to the Bar in 1932 and elected to the state legislature from 1938 through t 1936. He was special attorney for i the U. S. Department of Justice c from 1936 to 1940. 4 Elected to Congress in 1940, Rivers is now fourth ranking mem ber of the House Armed Services I Committee. He is a member of the Exchange Club, Grace Episcopal Church of Charleston and on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries 1 Committee. 4 AT RUSSELL HOUSE Johnson D Lecture Ti Major General Max S. Johnson, Commandant of the Army War College, will deliver the third of a four-lecture series on United States foreign policy problems. General Johnson's lecture, to which the public is invited, will be given Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7:45 p.m. in the Russell House Assembly Room. General Johnson is a graduate of Culver Military Academy and the United States Military Acad emy. In addition, the General has attended Thiel College and Cornell University from which he received a degree in Civil Engineering. Major General Johnson has served in assignments in the fields of strategy and policy, combat .4 plans and operations, and military education. Major General Johnson At the close of World War II, General Johnson was recalled to the Pentagon, where lie has helci several high positions, including the post of Chief of the Strategy Sgtion, Operations Division, War Department' General Staff, and tiue Artmy Director of the Joint War Plans Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Johnson was sent to Korea as the Assistant Division Commander of the 40th Infantry Divisioh and later became Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Com bat Operations, Headquarters, Eighth Army. At p)resent, Commandant of the 'Army's senior educational institu tion, the Ar my War College, Gen eral John)son has the responsibil ity of directing the training of. se lected A rmy officers.o th high-m. Ca roll Studei SCENE AT STATE STUDEN State Student Legislature is bein began yesterday and will contin dent, is chairman of the senate Student Cc Asked By k (Editor's Note: The follou Acting President Robert L. S "As your Acting Presiden body of the University for fu 'momqqtum of progress' begi your cooperation, and that c and all others at the Universi the development of Carolina among the institutions of hig "I appreciate greatly the Trustees in appointing me Aci aware of the great responsib "I pledge my best efforts ment. The University cannoi shall do my utmost to insure tenure. "The University has of Russell's resignation, but th< and spiritual-made under hi a halt. This will be possible )ST $900,000 or Lib white marble; the north and soutl elevations will be glass from flooi to ceiling, interrupted only by the white marble columns and alomi. num mullions. The glass area on the south ele. ,vation of the upper two levels will be faced with a decorative ser of anodized gold aluminum in a honey comb pattern which will keep out sun rays without inter. MODEL OF NEW UNDERC a view'of the new Undergradmal southeast from Russell House. na is iP Leg r LEGISLATURE . . . This scene fr g re-enacted this weekend ht the Stat ue through tomorrow. Bob McNair, snd interim chairman for the legislatu operation umwalt ing is a statement released by umwalt to the students.) t, I am counting on the student 11 cooperation in continuing the in by President Russell. With I faculty, administrative staff" ty, that momentum guarantees into a position of preeminence her learning in this country. confidence shown in me by the ;ing President, and I am equally 1 ility that I must assume. to continue the forward move t have a waiting period, and I that there is none during my ,ourse lost much through Mr. progress-academic, physical s leadership must not come to ' only with your cooperation." rary Ne rupting the view from the Inside.4 Beds planted with ground cover I will be adjacent to the glass area on the north or front side to cut down reflections and glare. Large trees will be planted 20 feet apart across the front. The one entrance and exit to the building will be located on the north. However, there will be sev- c eral emergency exits. Near this i RADUATE LUBRARY . .. This I. le Library as It wDil be seen looking The new library will be built partly [levine tramaet we thesk Unnive.sit Host islatur om last year's South Carolina House. The group's meeting University Student Body Presi re. (Photo by Ken Sturgeon.) Sandlapper' Will Appear Next Week The "Sandlapper," campus stu lent literary publication, will be ssued to the student body during he latter part of next week, ac !ording to Bob Talbert, editor. Talbert noted that this year's 3andlapper will be larger, more iumorous, and will contain more naterial designed to entertain the itudents than previous editions ave. Next week's issue is the first ublication of the semester. Other najor officers of the staff besides ralbert are Jim Fuller, associate Aitor; and George Levintis, bus ness manager. ar Con ntrance will be located the con rol desk and the 3,800 volume re erve. Monumental Stafr Also, a built-In apace for coats nd textbooks, a catalog file, and monumental stair leading to the pper and lower levels of reading ooms and stack areas will be lo ated on the level with the main ntrance. Smoking lounges will be has obtalmed from the city oft Cel. to be buitt at a cost of appexian inerv-a.numIr basis. (Phee. c... To St eMe Twenty-One University A The Second Annual South began yesterday at Carolina tives from each school in the dents are attending, including plus one representative per 2 Songfest Will Be Next Week The annual Sorority and Fra ternity Songfests will be held next week under the sponsorship of Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honorary leadership women's fra ternity. Sorority Songfest will be Monday at 7 p.m. and Fraternity Songfest will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. Both will be held in Drayton Hall and admission for each is fifty cents, Wray Davis of AKG has announced. At the Sorority Songfest AKG will conduct its fall tapping. Titles of songs which will be sung at Sorority Songfest were listed ii last week's issue of The Gamecock Fraternity song titles include "Whiffenpoof Song," "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," and "Around the World" by Alpha Tau Omega Phi Kappa Sigma will render "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,' "0 Come, 0 Come, Emmanuel," and "Angels From The Realms of Glory." Sigma Chi's selections are "Stouthearted Men," and "This Is My Country." Sigma Nu's numbers are "Ole Man River," and "The Riff Song.' Sigma Phi Epsilon will perfor "Some Enchanted Evening" and "It's A Grand Night For Singing.' Because Fraternity Songfesi conflicts with the Carolina-Norti Carolina State basketball game the songfest will be made as brief as possible, AKG reports. en ipletion located on the lower level. An elevator will be provided foi servicing the library at all levels The main entrance level wil contain the reference room to thE south and offices of the librariar and staff. The reading area to the north will be used primarily b3 students to study between classes The reading room will have car. (Continued on page 10) ubla for ha own nee. The librety, mtely 8900,000, will be run en a ate ting Represent t Convention Carolina Student Legislature with senators and representa state. Approximately 125 stu two senators from each school 50 students in each school. Registration took place yester day between 2 and 5 p.m. and was followed by a banquet in the fac ulty dining room of Russell House. Lieutenant Governor Fritz Hol lings made the keynote address at the banquet. Others attending in cluded Acting President Robert L. Sumwalt, Dean of Administration William H. Patterson, Dean of Men J. T. Penney, and Dean of Women Elizabeth Clotworthy. The formal opening session of the legislature will be held at 9 a.m. this morning at the State House and will be followed by committee meetings. Each house will hold its opening session this afternoon. Later tonight there will be joint committee meetings in the Law School, after which each house will hold a session in which final action will he taken on any proposed bills. If necessary this session will be continued Sat urday morning. Elections At 9 p.m. tomorrow morning elections will he held in the State House. Later all delegates will at tend a luncheon in Russell House auditorium at which time a critique of proceedings will be rendered by senate-and house advisors. At two o'clock, Robert McNair, president of the senate, will preside over the closing session, a joint meet ing of the two houses, at which time any resolutions which might he introduced by any delegate will be considered and any business which might arise will be dis charged. Bills to be considered during the three-day legislature this year in clude 1) concerning trading stamps; 2) to increase salaries for teachers and to provide for the increase; 3) to raise the minimum age for state driver licenses to 16; and 4) to define grounds for divorce. The two senators representing Carolina are Bob Rogers and Don Harrison. The representatives are Jim Leventis, Julie Petoskey, Rob ert Bell, Tom Caskey, Dbon Rich ardson, John Altman, Fred Wig field, Carl M. Reynolds, Sinclair Lewis, Carroll Teague, Bob An dersen, Buddy Smigmator, Joanne Franklin, Dick Stanland, Nick Abrams, Ranny Randall, Robert Wall, and Preston Whaley. Adm. Smith, Former USC Head, Visits Admiral Norman M. Smith, for mer President of the University and father of the Navy's Seabees, is in Columbia for a week's stay at the Jefferson Hotel. He came to Columbia from Wil liston, his old hometown, where he spent Thanksgiving with relatives after motoring across the conti nent from San Diego, his present home. During Admiral Smith's seven and one-half years at the Univer sity, the Administration Building, Engineering Building, Petigru Col lege (Law School), Science NHl (LeConte College) were built and the south end of the stadium was filled in. After his visit here, Admiral smith will return to California where his brother is in busines and a number of his old Navy friends reside.