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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROMNA
VoL XLVIM, No. 27 ._COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 1 958
oLeCiei
USC TC
About 800 -
Students Wili
Get Degrees.
Two prominent South Caroliri
ians and the president of the Uni
versity of Virginia will be recipi
ents of the honorary degree o
Doctor of Laws at commencemer
exercises of the University on Ma
30, according to Dr. Robert L
Sumwalt, acting president.
To receive honorary degrees ar,
Charles Westfield Coker of Harts
ville, executive vice-president o
Sonoco Products Company and i
1929 graduate of the University
Dr. Austin Talley Moore of Co
lumbia, nationally known ortho
pedic surgeon; and President Col
gate Whitehead Darden, Jr., of th
'University of Virginia, who wil
deliver the commencement address
President Sumwalt said tha
commencement exercises, at whic]
nearly 800 students are expecte
to receive degrees and certificates
will begin at 10:15 Friday morr
ing, May 30, on the Old Horsesho
in the center of the Universit;
campus. After the conferring o
honorary degrees by Presiden
Sumwalt, Mr. Darden will delive
the commencement address. Can
didates for degrees in course wil
then march in formal processions
to receive their diplomas and cer
tificates.
, Mr. Coker
Mr. Coker, who earned th
Bachelor of 'Arts degree from th
University in 1929, is a membe
of the University Board of True
tees. He has long been active ii
the USC Alumni Associatior
serving as president in 194849 an<
as a councilor-at-large from 194
to 1955.
After attending Harvard Busi
ness School in 1929-80, Mr. Coke
Honor Board
Posts Filled
On First Ballol
Run-offs are nof held in elec
tion for honor board. Those stu
dents who receive the highee
number of votes in the first balla
are elected.
Elected to the three vacancies i
Arts and Science were Pete Mai
tin, 227; Kitty Wells, 228; ani
Bill Berne, 202.
Elected to the vacancy in phar
macy was Tony Avgerinos wh
() ,teschool of business ad
ministration, forvacancies wer
filled. Those elected were Jim
Leventis, 370;, Ronnie Banks, 266
Jo Kirven, 182, and Darrell Meeki
179.
Four vacancies wore also fille<
in the business administratio1
school. Those elected were Charlil
Cash, 159; Dan Donovan, 165, Ma
Rlvkin, 141, and Charlie Cate,.18E
The two vacancies filled in th
journalism school were Scott Cair
21 and Bill Handel, 20.
Two vacancies were available il
the school of education. Heywar
Hornsby with ' 75 votes -wa
elected, Dicky MicOants and Su
Nettles both having 70 votes wer
tied. A second election will b
necessitated today.
*NOTICE
Preelnets In today's elections
wlllbe thesame asn Wednes
day's eleetions. The arts and sel
enees, journallinm, pharmacy,
votes will be taken In the Rus
sell House. Law School elections
will be in the law lounge. En
gineering students will vote In
the Engineering lounge. 3a81.
ness Administration students
will vote inm the B. A. building.
Education students will vote In
Wardlaw College.
Confer
t
C. W. Darden
joined Sonoco Products in 1980,
and was vice-president from 1934
to 1950, when he assumed his pres
ent position. He is also executive
vice-president of Sonoco Products
t Company of Canada.
Vice-president of the South Car
olina Chamber of Commerce, he
is also president of the So;th Car
olina Tuberculosis Association, a
director of the National Tubercu
losis Association, and a commis
f sioner of the Florence-Darlington
r Tuberculosis Commission. Long
r active in Boy Scout work, Mr.
Coker has served In many capaci
ties, including that of president
of the Pee Dee Area Council. He
received the Silver Beaver Award
for outstanding services to Scout
ing in 1958.
e Mr. Coker was chosen "Man of
the Year" for Hartsville in 1958,
r is a member and chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Coker Col
lege. He is a past president of the
Hartsville Rotary Club. In addi
tion to his positions with Sonoco,
he is a director of the Bank of
Hartlville, Hartsville Oil Mill, J.
- L. Coker and Company, Trust I
r Company of South Carolina, and
Room Rent
Hiked To $
Room fees for on-campus hous- I
ing has been-increased to $70 this i
,fall, according to James D. Kin
t caid, director of housing. This con- I
t stitutes a hike of $15 over the past I
year.
iThe Housing Office is beginning
to set room assignments for the:
summer and accepting room reser
vations for the fall semester. For
-those students who are discontin
3 uing residence on the campus, the
Housing Office says it is time to
- apply for refund of the $15 rodm<
B damage deposit.
.In order for a person to reservei
his or her room for next fall, he
" will have to pay a $25 room reser
vation fee this semester before the
end of the semester, paying the1
S'The Butler
PremieresAk
j The first performance of "The B
, written by Sis King and Cathy Dlu
a Club, will take place this Monday a
* mission for the play, which will co
is $1 per ticket.
This play, the. first musical to b4
- lina students in 20 years, will be d
Neely. It is the story of an English
the complications which arise from
mother.
The cast consists of 25 studentti
part of Gladys, the debutante. Evelyi
play the roles of the mother and fat
Others in the cast are: Frank Bri
Walker as Cynthia, the upstairs i
valet; Kay Mathews as Mrs. Wrighi
Pete Williams as Tom, a student at
TIom's companion.
The chorus and dancing girl parta
Gene Ducker, Roni Bray, Marigene
Mattison, Julie Petosky, Frank Desti
Beverley Kennedy and Bobby Holl
pianos.
Sague
3 Hono
Dr. A. T. Moore
refferson Standard Life Insurance
,ompany.
Doctor Moore
Doctor Moore was graduated
Irom Wofford (riege with the
k. B. degree in 1920, where he was
flected to Phi Beta Kappa, and
rrom the Medical College of South
,arolina with the M. D. in 1924.
Fle took post-graduate work in or
"hopedic surgery at the University
)f Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1927.
After serving as intern and resi
lent at hospitals in Charleston,
Columbia, and Philadelphia, he en
ered private practice as an ortho
pedic surgeon in Columbia in July,
1927. He established the Moore
Clinic in 1989. ,e is the prigna
tor of methods of treatment of hip
rracture and of spinal discogenetic
syndrome.
He is orthopedic surgeon to the
lood Samaritan, Baptist, Waverly,
Providence, Columbia, Timmons,
3. C. State, and Veterans Hospi
;als in Columbia, and to McLeod
[nfirmary and Crippled Children's
Olinic in Florence. He is also con.
iultant to hospitals in Sumter,
)rangeburg and Camden, and to
Nliver General Hospital in Au
For Fall Se
70; Deposit
emaining $45 in the fall at reg
stration, according to Kincaid.
If after paying the $25 deposit,
;he student should change his mind
tbout returning to the University
n the fall, the student must no
;ify Housing no later than August
b, as the deposit Is not refundable
ifter that date.
Here is the schedule tHe Housing
)ffice will follow:
April 18-80-All students yho
ire discontinuing residence on
amnpus, must come by the Housing
)ffice and sign for the refund of
heir $15 room damage deposit.
rhis will help us determine where
he vacancies will be for next Fall.
April 18-May 17-All students
vho are planning on attending
Did It'
onday At8
utler Did It,"' a three-act musical
~ker for presentation by the Pep
t 8:15 p.m. in Drayton Hall. Ad
stinue through Wednesday night,
written- and performed by Caro
irected by Sis King and Newton
girl who makes her debut despite
difficult father and an alcoliolic
with Kathy Dueker playing the
LaBruce and Fernando Melendesj
her.
idley as James, the butler; Joanna
aid; Dave Bledsoe as John, the
smith; John Grunert as Michael;
Yale; and Gerald Floyd as Frank,
are done by Addie Louise Wise,
Player, Jerrie Householder, Ed
no, and Nita Primos.
and will furnish the musat twoa
In Pri
raries
Charles W. Coker
gusta.
A member in 1950 of the Ad
visory Council of the South Caro
link Vocational Rehabilitation
Service, he has served as instruc
tor at the Medical College of South
Carolina, in Roper Hospital, and
in the local hospitals' schools of
nursing. In 1950 Doctor Moore de
livered orthopedic lectures at the
New Orleans Post-Graduate Semi
nar and he was a member of the
teaching faculty for instructional
courses on the program of the an
nual meeting of the American
Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
in 1958.
Mr. Darden
Mr. Darden* a -Xrmer governor
of Virginia, is the third president
of the University of Virginia, the
institution having been adminis
tered Internally by chancellors un
til 1905, when Edwin Anderson
Alderman was inaugurated as first
president on Thomas Jefferson's
birthday, April 13. After Doctor
Alderman's death in 1931, Dr.
John Lloyd Newcomb served as
president until his retirement in
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mester
Reqired
Summer School must come by the
Housing Office between these
dates in order to reserve a room
for the Summer. You will not have
to nay a reservation fee, but if you
change your mind about coming to
Summer School, you must notify
the Housing Office before June 1
or $5 will be deducted for the room
reservation from your $16 dam
age deposit. Sims College will be
kept open for female students and
Maxcy and the Horseshoe for male
students. It is requested that all
students living in these Dormitor
ies who are planning to attend
Summer School, please come by
the Housing Office before April
28, in order to keep your same
room for the Summer Term.
May 1-8 - Graduate students,
Law students, Seniors and rising
Seniors are to come by the Hous
ing Office on these dates to re
serve a room for the Fall Term.
You may pay your $26 room reser
vation fee on these dates or you
nay pick the room of your choice
and pay any time up through May
11. After this date, no rooms are
reserved that have not had the
126 paid to reserve it. One of the
privileges accorded the Seniors is
that they may pick their room
nate regardless o~f class except in
a few special cases.
May 6-7 -- Rising Juniors will
appl9 on -these dates. They may
pay the $25 reservation fee on
hese dates or any time up through
hay Si. -
May 8-10 - Rising Sophomores
and any others who may not be in
!luded in the other datee.wfl pick
heir rooms.
The Housing Office will have
a roster of the classes so it is re
gnested that the students come
anly on tgme designated ds for
their room re...atio..
esiden
Coveted 'l
Sought B)
Fred LeClercq and Carroll
today following a close battle
Teague received 539. Bill Ha
ing 532 votes.
Coles Cathcart with 911 v4
Mass Run-(
For Studen1
Results from the student council
elections last Wednesday show
only four candidates receiving suf
ficient votes to go In Council on
the first ballot.
Arts and Science
Elected on the first ballot were
Fred LeClercq with 255 votes and
Julie Petoskey with 287 votes.
Cheerleader
Battle Looms
In Run-Over
In the battle for the eight
cheerleader positions, only Julie
Petoskey was elected on the first
ballot. Petoskey also won one of
the cheerleader posts last year on
the first ballot.
Six other girls will appear on
the run-off ballot. These are
Libby Bagnal with 880 votes; Jean
Spearman, 827; Sandy Ussery,
771; - Mary Pearl Harbeson. ON;
Pat Turner, 564; and Jo Kirven,
484. Petoskey went in with 971
votes.
No boy was elected on the first
ballot. The eight vieing in the
run-off are Jim Herring with 78S
votes; Glen Whitlock, 768; Jack
Taylor, 682; Jerry Spann, 641;
Boopa Pritchard, 581; Jeff Good
wyn, 616; Nathan Jolly, 507; and
Bill Bates, 484.
Blue Key
Sets Spring
Blood Drive
Blue Key will hold its annual
spring blood drive next Monday
and Tuesday, the 21-22 of April,
it has been announced.
Blood drive headquarters will be
in the Russell House "Y" lounge.
The Red Cross blood-drive will be
open from 2:30-8:30 p.m., accord
ing to Reese Hart, chairman of the
Richland County unit.
Release blanks (authorization
for student donors under 21 which
must be signed by a parent or
guardian) are available at the
Russell House Information desk
for those who have not obtained
them.
Trophies will be awarded to the
three organizations having the
largest percentage of their mem
bers contributing to the drive.
The first place trophy will be
given by Sonny Hillman of Hill
man's Sport Shop, a Carolina
slumnus, In memory of his father.
Second and third place awards will
be donated by Blue Key fraternity.
THE WORK HAS STARTED .
has begun on the lower part of
67 lmelement weather, costree
the emmpus Is progressing at a u
et the foundation has bee, laid.
eeroed by the modern yell-bhd
faN. (Phaae eeamesy. USmews
tial Ii
lay Queen
r Cathcart,
Teague are entered in the stu4
for the post last' Wednesday. ]
ridel, the third candidate in the
)tes and Patsy Irick with 612 ta
Off Slated
t Council
Nine others will be selected from
this list. Bill Bates, 123; Bill
Berne, 139; Carolyn Carter, 169;
Tom Caskey, 152; Fred Day, 166;
Becky Finley, 120; Rick Harrison,
128; John Houser, 133; Alex Haw
kins, 167; Sonny Hite, 121; Jim
Herring, 175; Pete Martin, 187;
Jean Race, 105; Ranny Randall,
138; Schraeder Ruff, .113; Jack
Taylor, 172; Toots Tennison, 114;
and Jim White, 106. Also Wayne
Corley who was left off the first
ballot.
Engineering School
The following students will be
in the run-off for the Engineering
School's seven council seats: Nick
Abrams, 129; John Castanes, 94;
Charlie Cate, 119; Bill Crolley, 86;
Eddie Crenshaw, 120; Dan Dono
van, 137; Jim Foster, 83, Bill
Herring, 75; Bunky Joye, 123;
Frank Kottcamp, 90; Bill Latham,
148; Oliver Porter, 103; Harold
Sturm, 101; Tommy Taylor, 92.
Dave Stanford, Dick Standland,
and Mac Rivkin will be included on
the ballot today since their names
were left off the first ballots.
Education School
Those running for the five edu
cation school seats are Carmen
Cherry, 57; Alice Enright, 52;
Archie Hardy, 52; Lucy Holman,
53; Ann Hollowell, 50; Heyward
Hornsby, 50; Patsy Irick, 67; Jim
Pendarvis, 65, Carol Piccoli, 55;
and Howard Weeks, 68.
Business Administration
Jimmy Leventis and Vicki
Rumph were elected on the first
ballot with 335 and 261 votes, res
pectively. The run-off candidates
are Larry Barringer with 134
votes, Ronnie Banks with 234,
Anna Boswell with 159, Bill Cain
with 137, Happy Cotton with 127,
Jimmy Dunbar with 109, Tommy
Edmunds with 123, Peg Finlay
with 140, Dick James .with 192,
Jimmy Johnson with 110, Beverly
Jones with 187, Bill Jones with
106, George Leventis with 146,
Darrell Meeks with 163, Boopa
Pritchard with 199, Mike Quinn
with 163, Bob Rogers with 147,
Jean Spearman with 226, Jack
Stone with 180, Charlie Way with
124, Julia Willcox with 114, and
Claire Hutto with 123. Two other
candidates are John Hagins and
Gene Odom.
Journalism
The run-off for one seat in Stu
dent Council from the School of
Journalism will be between Bill
Handel, who polled nine votes, and
Tom McLean, who polled 13.
Pharmacy
The four run-off candidates for
Student Council in the School of
Pharmacy are Loy Daniels with
30 votes, Marina Gregoris with
17, Shirley Snyder with 33, and
Bobby Vaughan with -23.
. . Werk em the new 150,00 voie
Davs ieAl. Abthoug werk progree
a Is expeeged to be eempleted by em
spid rase. The addition to the lus
'f e eeed semte .t he twim4o1
k ad she u=6m..:..... b..ui -ii
I nOff
Throne
Irick
lent body presidential run-off
.eClercq had 735 votes, while
race, was a close third, receiv
[lies are in the run-off for May
Queen.
In the race for student body
vice-president, Bob Wallace was
elected on the first ballot, receiv
ing 933 votes. Virgil Duffie was
second with 519 votes, while Clar
ence Easterling received 839 votes.
Libby Bagnal with 792 votes and
Vicki Rumph with 594 votes are
in a run-off for student body sec
retary. Defeated were Schraeder
Ruff with 354 and Liz Hazelhurst
with 172.
Jim Leventis was elected stu
dent body treasurer on the first
ballot with 1,274 votes. Walt Cope
land with 321 votes and Bobby
Dobson with 249 votes were the
other candidates.
Senior Elections
Those in the run-off for senior
president are Bob Rogers, 135; and
Dick Stanland, 137. Others were
Stan Spears, 133; Gene Odom, 66.
Those in the run-off for senior
vice-president are Cookie Pericola,
158; and Mac Rivkin, 95. Others
were Happy Cotton, 69; Ann Hol
lowell, 58; Bill Smith, 56; Barbara
Hughes, 39.
Those in the run-off for senior
secretary-treasurer are Darrell
Meeks, 118; and John Houser, 107.
Becky Finley, 106; Libby Tim
mons, 76; Grace Adams, 56, were
other candidates.
Those in the run-off for histor
ian are Lawton Rogers, 128; and
Patsy Irick, 89. Others were Alice
Enright, 77; Juanita Edwards,
53; Katy Copp, 44; Linda Ropp,
34; Ann Vickery, 34; and Rusty
Revere, 17.
Junior Officers
Those in the run-off for presi
dent are Charlie Cate, 163; Bill
Jones, 132. Others were Sonny
Hite, 106; Archie Hardy, 59.
Those in the run-off for vice
president are Bunky Joye, 140;
and Carolyn Wingate, 138. Others
were Toni McLean, 91; John Ha
gins, 90; and Carolyn Carter, 43.
Those in the run-off for secre
tary-treasurer are Peg Finlay,
107; and Dave Leopard, 95. Others
were Saundra Carney, 82; Dee
Chandler, 79; Dicky McCants, 55;
and Molly Sasnett, 44.
Those in the run-off for histor
ian are Vicky Rumph, 108; Wayne
Corley, 88. Others were Beverly
Jones, 67; Jean Race, 56; Claire
Hutto, 51; John Taylor, 48;
Tommy Miles, 42; and Pearce Mc
Call, 15.
Sophomore Officers
Those in the run-off for sopho
more president are Mike Quinn,
217; and Jack Stone, 168. Defeated
was Frank Easterling, 74.
Those in the run-off for vice
president are Buzz Hoagland, 129;
Jack Taylor, 129. Others in the
race were Gain Glenn, 74; Randy
Rankin, 64; Mary Winton Hughes,
62.
Those in the run-off for sopho
more secretary-treasurer are Car
men Cherry, 179; and Skippy Can
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