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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
VoL XLVIIM No. 29 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 2, 1958 Found.wlOs
Third Anni
Scheduled
A number of paintings done by
art students at the University will
be put up for auction at 8 o'clock,
Wednesday night in the assembly
room of Russell House in the Third
Annual Art Auction. Some of the
pictures hae been on exhibit in
Council Holds
Inauguration
Of President
Student Council held its first
annual presidential inauguration
banquet Wednesday night at 7
p.m. in the Russell House Cafe
teria. Both the old and the new
Student Council attended. Others
prb'sent were acting President and
Mrs. R. L. Sumwalt, Dean and
Mrs. J. T. Penny and Dean Clot
worthy.
Outgoing president of Student
Council, Bob McNair, spoke briefly
on what council had accomplished.
He referred to seating for football
games and the new I.D. cards
which have been recommended by
council and are waiting approval
by the faculty. Bob said that his
aim has been to increase the re
sponsibility of the Carolina stu
dents.
After speaking briefly about the
accomplishments of council this
year, Bob swore in Fred LeClercq,
new student body President.
Fred then outlined his plans for
the coming year. Among these are
to help pave the way so as to be
able to put the new student body
constitution into effect by next
spring.
A cabinet system was proposed
to co-ordinate the functions of the
executive and legislative branches
of student government. One of the
cabinet posts is to deal with for
eign students and also to establish
a dance committee to co-ordinate
with other schools.
- Also proposed was that we either
make the honor system what it is
supposed to be or abolish It. An
other was that we should develop
an effective orientation program.
. Fred pointed out that council
has a two-fold obligation. Council
is supposed to represent the stu
dents and to advance the interests
of the University in the long run.
Administratio
Council Lette
Student Council at its regular
meeting Monday unanimously
- passed a resolution to send a letter
to the Administration expressing
council's regret that the University
Players were losing their theatre.
Student Body President Bob Mc
Nair was to draft a letter and send
( it to Administration Dean Patter
7son.
Council also passed a prepared
motion by Don Harrison express
ing a desire to have the Adminis
tration keep Rutledge Chapel open
as often as possible and to make
it available for campus organiza
tions which wish to conduct cere
monies in the chapel.
May Day Dance
Carroll Teague, May Day Dance
Chairman, announced that tickets
for the dance would be placed on
sale in the Russell House lobby at
two dollars. The dance as well as
the other May Day festivities have
been sch&Eduled for Tuesday.
Buddy Morrow and his orches
tra will be featured at the dance
which will be held at the Memorial
Youth Center from 9 p.m. until
1 a.m.
Loan Fund
Sinclair Lewis, chairman of the
Russell Loan Fund Committee, re
ported that the fund has loaned
$150 and that $284 remain. in the
fund. He made his recommenda
tions for the committee for next
year.
He recommended that the com
mittee should Increase the fund
every year, that the Russells be
sent a letter listing the akhieve
wal Art Au
For Wedne
the assembly room since April 28.
Among the paintings to be sold
at the auction will be those of
many of the art students as well
as some by Professor and Mrs.
Edmund Yaghjian.
The exhibit does not include the
MISS VENUS
4t
Chosen as Miss Venus at the an
nual Sigma Chi Derby Day wav
Miss Nancy Hiller of Kappa Delta
sorority. (Photo by Jimmy Wil
liams.)
n To Receive
r On Theatre
ments of the committee, and thai
a letter be sent to every organiza
tion which contributed to the funi
thanking them for their help. Hhi
proposals passed.
Parking Fees
Council passed the recommenda
tions of Preston Whaley's commit.
tee which recommended that park
ing permits next year be distrib
uted by classes with no distinctior
made for on-campus and off-cam.
pus students.
Council went on record as op.
posed to the proposed ten-dolla:
fee which the Administration ii
planning to charge for camput
parking permits next year.
Publicity Committee
Jerry McGuire, chairman of the
Public Relations Committee, sub.
mitted a report of his committee'i
.gecomplishments and recommenda,
tions to President McNair.
He noted that this was the firsi
year in which the committee hac
existed and noted that the commit.
tee had given publicity to Th<
Gamecock, to radio station WUSC
and to the University News Serv.
ice. The committee was also re
sponsible for printing posters anm
distributing them to publiciz<
dances and concerts under council'i
sponsorship.
McGuire recommended that the
committee be continued as a largei
one and that the chairman~ shoukc
have some knowledge of public re
lations and/or journalisni. Hi
further recommended that thi
committee continue with the newi
media he had worked with thiu
npat year.
etion
sday
complete list of paintings; some
will be added later since some of
the entries in the Belk's North
and South Carolina Art Contest
will later be added to the list.
Other works in the auction in
clude mosaic tables and wall pan
els (decorative), wooden tables,
and a burlap panel.
For the past two years the art
auction has drawn large audiences
of town and University people.
The proceeds provide a scholarship
for an outstanding high school art
student.
The exhibit in the assembly room
also includes design patterns and
record album cover designs.
Alumni Day
Group Plans
Reunions
Alumni Day at the University
will be held on campus Friday,
May 30, in conjunction with Com
mencement Day, with a full pro
gram for returning alumni, their
families, and guests, according to
Mrs. Irvine F. Belser, Alumni Day
Program chairman.
Special reunion suppers and
breakfasts are being scheduled for
Thursday and Friday, May 29 and
30. Arrangements will be.made for
reunion classes to sit together for
the General Reunion Luncheon, to
be held in Russell House at 12:30
Friday, May 30.
Classes scheduled to hold special
reunions this year are: "Old
Boys," ..clagsqs befqr 0
reunion, Class of 1903; 50th re
union, 1908; 45th reunion, 1913;
40th reunion, 1918; 35th reVnion,
1923; 30th reunion, 1928; 25th re
union, 1933; 20th reunion, 1938;
15th reunion, 1943; 10th reunion,
1948; 5th reunion, 1953; and 1st
reunion, 1957.
The Alumni Day program will
begin with registration from 8:80
to 10 o'clock on the Horseshoe,
with a -coffee hour being held in
the President's House with Dr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Sumwalt as host
and hostess.
Commencement exercises will be
held on the Horseshoe- at 10:15,
with Colgate Whitehead Darden,
Jr., president of the University of
Virginia, as speaker.
The General Reunion Luncheon
will be held in the Russell House
cafeteria at 12:30, with the
Alumni Association business meet
ing following.
-Guided tours of the campus will
be conducted at 3 o'clock, with
special exhibits on display in Mc
Kissick Library,,Ru..ell House As
sembly Room, the biology depart
ment, and the South Caroliniana
Library. A garden party will be
held at 4 o'clock at the Caroliniana
Library. The University Band will
present a concert from 4:30 to
5:30 on the -patio in front of Me
Kissick Library. .
Members of the Class of 1958,
who will be inducted into the Asso
ciation in a brief ceremony at the
luncheon, are invited, along with
their families an~d friends.
KSK To Initiate
Fifteen Menmbers
At May Banquet
Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary
leadership fraternity, recently
elected new members who will be
initiated in their spring banquet
which has been scheduled for May
'15. The banquet will be In the Rum
sell House Assembly Room at 7
p.m.
Speaker for the banquet has not
yet been named, KSK has an
nounced. New members are Char
lie Cate, Frank Beattie, Charlie
Cash, Dan Donovan, Tommy Ed
munds, Jim Foster, Jeff Goodwyn,
Jim Pendarvis, Mike Quinn, Dave
Stanford, Melvin Stepp, Jack Tay
lor, John Taylor, George Leventis,
and Heyward Hornab.
Awards Day
Festivities_U
Gamecock Awarded
Best Newspaper
The South Carolina Collegiate Press Association named
The Gamecock the best all-around college newspaper in the
state and the best colle.ge newspaper in the state with an
enrollment over 500 students at the SCCPA's annual conven
tion held at Converse College last weekend.
Roy Williams won the SCCPA award for the best editorial
and Jerry Sanders won first place in the sports story cate
gory. Harriet Clare Sinkler was given honorable mention
in the fashion commentary category.
The awards were presented at a Saturday night banquet
held at the Spartanburg Country Club with awards presented
by Keith Shelton of Furman, president of the SCCPA. Wayne
Freeman, editor of the Greenville News, was the guest
speaker.
Jerry Sanders, managing editor, and Scott Cain, feature
editor, attended the conference as representatives of The
Gamecock staff. Staff members and contributors to publica
tions in 15 South Carolina colleges and universities attended
the two-day conference.
The Erskine Mirror won the award for the best college
newspaper in the state of less than 500 enrollment. A total
of 41 awards was presented at the banquet, which was
under the direction of Glenn Robertson of Wofford, vice
president of the association and chairman of the awards
committee.
Judging of the contest was done through the University
of Minnesota. The Gamecock received 94 of a possible 110
points in the newspaper judging. Comments by the judges
said the paper was "lively and well-written throughout. Ex
cellent makeup. A top-notch paper in virtually all respects."
Sumwalt Congratulates
-..-. Newspaper Staff
Dear Roy:
I wish to congratulate The Gamecock on being officially
recognized as the outstanding campus newspaper in the
state. This is a distinction of which the University is proud.
It is also proud of the fine students whose zeal and ability
made auch an achievement possible. We have come to expect
our students to lead in this and other fields.
The Gamecock deserves the thanks of a grateful Univer
sity. May your good work continue. With kindest personal
regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Robert L. Sumwalt,
Acting President
Law Day Observation Held
Yesterday On USC Campus
"Law Day-U.S.A." was ob- ciation Committee to arrange the
served yesterday, with an address Law Day program in the state.
delivered at the University Law Mr. Figg's address was broadcast
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Charleston on "Liberty Under WO-Madpce pb
Law," according to Dean Samuelnubrohihsolsnte
L. Prince of the Law School. ae.Tp eodnso i
The -Law Day observance was sec eebodata ifrn
planned- by the American Bar As- tmsdrn h a ynal
sociation as an effort to arouse 5 ai ttos
awareness of the value of living LwDywsdsge sa
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receive awards will be recogn
In order that all studen
classes will be dismissed afte
shortened by 10 minutes and N
period will be from 8 to 8:40
to 9:30, and third period fror
Congressman
To Speak
Next Friday
L. Mendel Rivers, Congressman
of First District of South Caro
lina, will address the Young Dem
ocrats Club next Friday evening,
May 9, at 7:15 o'clock in the Law
School Auditorium. His address
topic is "State and National Dem
ocratic Affairs."
The Young Democrats Club is
now in an organizational period,
having recently been formed. As
stated in the recently passed con
stitution, Young Democrats Club
aims to familiarize one with the
beliefs of the Democratic Party,
both State and National.
The newly elected officers for
the coming year are as follows:
Sam Mendenhall, president; Henry
Summerall, vice-president; Fred
Day, secretary; Eddie Blanton,
treasurer; LaVaun Fox, publicity
chairman; and Wadell Robey,
membership chairman.
A native of North Charleston.
he attended the College of Charles
ton and graduated from the Uni
versity School of Law. Mr. Rivers,
a staunch fighter against the in
justices of the Supreme Court, is
a member of the Armed Services
Committee and Merchant Marine
and Fisheries Committee.
He was a 1956 delegate to the
National Democratic Convention.
Students, faculty and all inter
ested persons are cordially invited
to hear his address next week.
HONORED BY
SECRETARIES
Miss Elizabeth O'Dell, who has
taught secretarial science at the
University for the past 18 years,
was honored by the .Palmetto
Chapter, National Secretaries' As
sociation, when the chapter bes
towed on her honorary member
ship in the association, Dr. F. De
Vere Smith, head of the secre
tarial science department, 'has
announced. Dean S. M. Derrick
of the School of Business Admin
isrtation, spoke at the meeting of
the Secretaries.
ICERS
>ld Air Society are: (left to right)
m, secretary; Thomas Yon, opera
ander. 'The Arnold Air Society is
on the basis of academic achieve.
Begin
sday
rt To Reign
The Day
ard's Day will begin the May
10:30 a.m. Thdse who are to
ized at this time.
ts may attend the exercises,
r third period. Classes will be
vill be over at 10:20 a.m. First
a.m., second period from 8:50
r 9:40 to 10:20 a.m.
The outgoing president, Bob
McNair, and the incoming student
body president, Fred LeClercq,
will exchange gavels at this time.
Music will be furnished by the
University band under the direc
tion of Pat Garnett, announced
Jim White, chairman of Award's
Day.
Immediately following Award's
Day at 12:30, there will be a
luncheon behind McKissick Li.
brary. The box lunches will be
furnished by the Slater System.
The luncheon is sponsored by
Kappa Sigma Kappa with Tom
Caskey as chairman of the event.
Phi Ep Dance
Phi Epsilon Pi has added some
thing new to its annual Pie
Throwing Contest. This year they
are planning a dance on the Fra
ternity quadrangle from 2 to 4
p.m.
The dance will be somewhat like
a dime-a-dance concession. Boys
will have to pay $ .25 to be able
to twirl one of Carolina's lovely
young ladies. Fifty of Carolina's
prettiest girls will be taking part
in this event.
Proceeds from the events will
go toward buying a new television
set for the men's contagious
ward of the Infirmary. This was
announced by Murray Danz and
Ralph Zlotnic, co-chairmen for
the events.
The main event of the day will
be the coronation of May Queen.
Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt will crown
Coles Cathcart as the new May
Queen. The coronation will take
place at 4 p.m. on the Horseshoe.
May Court
Coles with her court of 27 girls
will reign over the events of the
day. Those in the court are Patsy
Irick, maid of honor; Anne Fer
guson, Mary Jan Plair, Mary Jo
Upchurch, Nell Jan Corley, Patty
Wilson, Jane Lawrence, Carolyn
Tucker, as attendants.
Other attendants are: Janie
Lee Robinson, Chris Gregory,
Juanita Edwards, Charlotte Polk,
Carol Frame, Betty Jean Allen,
Mary Pearl Harberson, Judy
Rhodes, Grace Adams, Jean Huff
man, Sally Marcus, Beverley
Kennedy, Vivien Smith, Laura
Zales, Miff Fisher, Alberta Pic
kens, Anna Boswell, Libby Bagnial,
Margaret Rainey and Shannon
Harper.
Entertainment for the Queen
and her court will be furnished by
the students. A square dance
under the direction of Archie
Hardy will be part of the enter
tainment. Mary Ellen Hendrix will
do a dance solo and the Foster
School of Dance will do the Caro
lina Ballet. Twelve girls will do
the May Pole Dance to climax
the entertainment.
A drop-in sponsored by Pan
Hellenic Council will be held from
5:30 to 7 p.m. It will take place
in the Alpha Delta Pi and Chi
Omega sorority rooms. Everyone
is invited to attend and there will
be plenty of food for all.
May Day Dance
The day will be climaxed with a
dance from 9 to 1 at the Memorial
Youth Center on Blossom Street.
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by Buddy Morrow and his
nationally known orchestra. The
cost for the dance will be $2.00
per couple. Late permission will
be given to the girls who live on
campus.
In case of rain all events of
the day excluding the dance, will
be held in the MROTrC Armoap