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Tomorrow the first annual Blue
Key.sponsored High School Da)
on the University of South Caro
lina campus will be held. The Blue
Key, National Honor Fraternity
in cooperation with the facult)
and administration, has spent ap
proximately two months in pre
paring for this new event.
About 700 high school students
are expected to attend, according
to Bob Andersen, chairman of the
High School Day Committee.
9:30 A.M.
Festivities will begin with reg.
istration at 9:30 Saturday morn
ing on the main floor of Russell
House. The card system will be
used for registering the students
and at this time the students will
also receive University publications
concerning various departments,
pamphlets concerning the differeni
organizations, and pamphlets ol
general interest to the prospective
college student. Carroll Teague
will be in charge of registration.
10:00 A.M.
At ten o'clock, Bob McNair and
President Robert L. Sumwalt will
welcome the visitors to the campus.
Immediately following the welcom.
ing talks those participating will
be divided into groups of about 20
persons each and will be assigned
guides for a directed tour of thE
campus.
Andersen particularly pointed
out that there would be different
tours for the boys and the girls,
The boys will visit the School of
Engineering, the School of Busi.
ness Administration, the Foreign
-Language Department, the Psy.
chology Department, and the Sci
ence Departments in LeConte Col
lege, while the girls will spend
most of their time in the Schools
of Education, Nursing, and Psy
chology. Places common to both
tours will be the Russell House,
Rutledge College, the dormitories,
and the campus in general.
The department heads in most
schools such as Business Adminis.
tration, Journalism, Foreign Lan
guage, Nursing, Psychology, and
the schools in LeConte College will
have prepared for the touring stu
dents.
Alpha Kappa Gamma and a
group of freshman girls headed by
Skippy Canady will carry the girls
on special tours of the coed dorms.
Canvasi
Con tributiomn
May Still
Be Made
Student Council's campus-wide
canvass Monday night netted ap
Proximately $150 for the Russell
Loan Fund, Sinclair Lewis, council
chairman has announced.
Further contributions may be
made to the fund from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m. today in the ground
floor lobby of Russell House, Lewis
said.
Several organisations have not
Yet made their pledges, according
to Lewis. He announced that any
groups wishing to make their
Pledges may contact him at the
Sigmna Nu House, campus phone
600.
Council members canvassed the
dorms last Monday night at '7:80
to raise funds for the Loan Fund.
They also colete donations and
Pledges at fraternity and sorority
ineetings,
Lewis said the administratica
eooperated with council to the
fullest extent in making the room..
to-room canvass a sucessa.
The Loan Fund is being estab
lished by council as a perpetual
memorial to the Donald 8. Russell
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ol Day
Model rooms have been prepared
in each of the dormitories.
100 P.M.
Tours will end at one o'clock at
which time, the weather permit.
ting, the visitors will be treated
to a box lunch on the grounds in
the rear of McKissick Library. The
university band has consented to
give an outdoor concert. The
weather not permitting, the lunch
will be held in the old gymnasium.
The lunches will be furnished by
the University.
2:00 P.M.
Several choices of events will be
open to the students for the after
noon beginning at two o'clock. As
they choose they may go to a Stu
dent Union Movie shown especially
for them, attend the Duke-USC
tennis match, or return to any
place that interests them on cam
pus.
Andersen said that the faculty
and the administration have been
most cooperative and that he would
like to request like cooperation of
the students.
The guides obtained by the Blue
Key and the A P 0 Service Fra
ternity are Nick Abrams, Roland
Crawford, Ranny Randall, Light
ning Morris, Jim Pendarvis, Fred
Wigfield, Carl Reynolds, Buddy
Smigmator, Frank Beatty, Jim
Hicks, Jim Foster, Phil Donlin,
Dave Stanford, Walt Copeland, Ed
Dieterle, Eddie Roberts, Larry
Broyles, Al Jenkins, Tom Moore,
and Dan Donovan.
May Queen
Preliminaries
To Be Held
Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary
fraternity, will hold Its annual
May- Queen Beauty Pageant on
Wednesday, March 26, in the Rus
sell House auditorium. Three
candidates from each sorority, six
independents selected by a com
mittee of independent women, and
one girl from the Extension School
in Florence will take part in the
contest.
A panel of judges will select
three finalists from which the stu
dent body will elect a May Queen.
There is no admission charge and
KSK invites everyone to attend.
Brings
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Ceaneil Committee for Russe [.
Maxey Brotherhood, the first .1
said any other organisation wisk
N. house. (Photo by Jack Eme4
dent John 0. Altman made a mo
tion at a council meeting several
weeks ago that as soon as $200 is
collected for the fund that It be
Danc(
PLAY FOR STREET DANCE..
the music for Student Union Cow
istration Building on Bull Street,
committee has planned for today'
Spring at tonight's Russell House
by Phil Wilkinson.)
Cheerleader
Candidates
Announced
On Wednesday afternoon at 8
P. M. 45 aspirants met in the Field
House to try out for cheerleader.
Among the 40 were 32 girls and
13 boys. .
The six judges took over two
hours to narrow the field down to
13 boys and 13 girls.
Those selected to vie for the po
sition of Cheerleader are as fol
lows: The coeds--Pat Anderson,
Libby Bagnal, Linda Driver, Mary
Pearl Harbeson, Priscilla Harring
ton, Jo Kirven, Pat Moss, Julie 1
Petoskey, Carolyn Smith, Jean
Spearman, Pat Turner, Toots Ten
ison, Sandy Ussery.
Also, the men-Bill Bates, David
Bradham, Charlie Cox, Shand ]
Gause, Jeff Goodwyn, Jim Her- I
ring, Nathan Jolley, Jack Potter,
Boopa Pritchard, Whit Scoggin,
Jack Taylor, Jerry Spann and
Glen Whitlock.
Fund I
IR LOAN FUND . .. Simelalr Lewis,
osa Pand, is show. aeeeting from
eeeb reselved jrene any esudent ergas
lag to pledge smoee for this fund-si
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put into operation.
The money which has already a
been received has been depositei I
in the University treasures's of- I
Climaxes
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OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
'Y' Names Timmons,
hite As Presidents
Officers for the "Y" for the dns riigSho atsm
coming year were elected at last mri aiona
week's luncheon. The officers for HritSnlr h e ie
YWCA are Libby Timmons, presi- oridents,former secretar
minc's tret dncethi afernonfr of te anBuies "dY.h
lent; Harriet Sinkler, vice-presi- o n a vmr of ee wi the
Sent; Dicky McCants, secretary; e by thebcrowing of Ms
dnd Susan Nettles, treasurer.nSeiby Wod Woard (poto
The officers for YMCA are on s
Wimmy White, president; Ed Die
;erle, vice-president; Gerald Floyd,erai S cholos m
jomin yerwrseetdatls e i Caifo rni ivrst
wecretary; and John Taylor, tres- or yHrrietrSin tenewoiCe
irer. -i,adGmeoksaf
The new YWCA president, Libbye A
C Lmmons, is a rising senior major-e Sp re a Junior oS
ng in Education. Former chaplain ispa vea memor of Ca
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[JnIon, Euphrosynean Literary psychologysma
ociety, and Alpha fappa Gamma.
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Student Union Committee
observed today. Festivities 1
dance, followed by student g
maxed by a Spring Day dance
Cafeteria when the UniverE
Constitutional
Election Is
Next Friday
Student Council has announced
a special election to be held next
Friday for a vote by the Student
Body on the proposed new consti
tution. According to Article 7 of
the proposals, a two-thirds major
ity vote by the Student Body will
be sufficient to put the new con
stitution into effect.
Polling place will be in the
ground floor lobby of Russell
House from 9 until 5. A copy of
the entire proposals is listed on
page eight of this week's Game
cock. The special election is neces
sitated by the fact that if the
constitution is passed, the offices
which will be filled at the student
body elections on April 16 and 18
will be different from the offices
which have been filled in the past.
Students are urged to carefully
read the proposals for the consti
tution and any persons having
questions are invited to submit
them to Student Body President
Bob McNair, care of The Game
cock, post office box 49 by Tues
day and they will be answered in
next week's paper.
Jim Leventis, Student Chair
man of Elections, has announced
that the Russell House Assembly
Room will be the site of the regu
lar student elections on April 16
and 18.
Suggestions
For Faculty
Award Asked
Student and faculty suggestions
are now being received for the
Russell Distinguished Teaching
Award for 1957-58, Dean of the
Fa,culty W. H. Callcott has said.
The award is to be made to recog
nize "exceptional talents and out
standing qualities for teaching
cornpetance."
Members of the Award Com
mittee include, in addition to
Dean Calcott; Dr. Havilah Bab
cock, Head English Department;
Dr. W. H. Davis, Head, Chem
istry Department; Dean Samuel
L. Prince, School of Law; Dr. W.
L. Williams, Head, Mathematics
Department.
Also, Bob McNair, President of
Student Body; Don Harrison,
President of Honor Board; and
Roy Williams, Editor of the
G,amecock.
Students are requested to use
the ballot below for the name of
the faculty member they propose
for consideration. After signing
the ballot mail it to the Office
of the Dean of the Faculty so
that it will be received before
March 28. Faculty members will
receive ballots through their de
partments.
BALLOT
I suggest consideration
of ---- ____for
the Russell Distinguished
Teaching Award for 1957
58.
Signed,
GIrls P.ll SwItek
South Carolina girls have pulled
a switch on "giving the boy the
bird," according to the April Issue
of Good Housekeeping. The Idea
Is to buy, a parakeet, train It to
say your name and a few sweet
phrases, then give It to him as
a living reco,n.. of ..... .oiae
Arwun=utm A1YM
I Day
9f Queen
e Tonight
's First Spring Day will be
egin at 2 p.m. with a street
ames on Davis Field and cli
tonight in the Russell House
ity's Spring Queen will be
crowned.
Contestants for Miss Spring are
Saunda Carney sponsored by Zeta
Tau Alpha, Anna Taylor for
Sigma Nu, Becky Finley for
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pat Moss for
Pi Beta Phi and Maxey Brother
hood, Gerry Williams for Kappa
Delta.
Also Skippy Canady for Alpha
Delta Pi, Julie Petoskey for Chi
Omega, Sue Park for the Inter
national Relations Club, and Lee
Barnett for Sigma Delta Tau.
Voting for Miss Spring has
been taking place all week long
in the Russell House lobby at a
penny per vote. Voting will end
today at noon and the winner will
be crowned at the 10:45 intermis
sion at the dance tonight. All
contestants are requested by Stu
dent Union to be present tonight.
Proceeds from the voting will
go to the Russell Loan Fund.
Beginning at 1 p.m. today Bull
Street in front of the Business
Administration School will be
blocked by city j5olice for the
street dance.
Street Dance
At 2 p.m. the street dance will
begin with music furnished by the
Hi-Lites. Permission has been
granted by the Dean of Women
for co-eds to wear bermudas dur
ing all the afternoon activities.
The Pepsi-Cola Company will fur
nish free Pepsis.
At 4:15 the street dance will be
concluded and all activities moved
to Davis Field. Contests and
games under the direction of Uni
versity students will begin. In
cluded among the games will be
partner softball, sack races, tug
of-war, horseshoe throwing.
The games on Davis Field will
be concluded at 5:30.
Spring Dance
At 9 p.m. the First Campus
wide Spring Day Dance will be
held in the Russell House Cafe
teria with music furnished by
Woody Woodward and his 13-piece
orchestra. Refreshments will be
served' throughout the dance by
the Slater Food Service.
Late permission has been ob
tained for Carolina co-eds by the
Dean of Women. The dance will
be semi-formal. The cafeteria Is
being decorated in a spring motif
by a committee headed by Kathy
O'Hagen with the assistance of
the Maxcy Brotherhood Pledge
Class.
During the intermission the
winner of the Miss Spring contest
will be announced. She will be
presented with a sterling silver
goblet inscribed for the Spring
Queen. In addition a group of
South American students will
demonstrate Latin dances. The
dance will end at one o'clock.
Pendarvis noted that Spring
Day has been planned by the Stu
dent Union Committee for the pur
pose of providing every member
of the Carolina Community with
a special day for the promotion
of better student body spirit.
He said that if this first Spring
Day is successful that it will be
continued and expanded by Stu
dent Union in future years.
Belk's Annual.
Art Contest
Opens Soon
The third annual art exhibit
sponsored by the Belk Stores will
be held this year at the Mint
Museum in Charlotte, acoording to
Mr. F. Burt Fitch, chairraan of
the exhibit.
The competition is open to all
reistered fun1e ollege and uni
versity students in North and
South Carolina. Thnee entrie
may be submitted by Oeh ariJt
in any of the toloin~Ig M tl~
oil, watercolor, and auptu,v,