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SPORTS CAR TOWN THEATRE RALLBEGINS SEASON (Se Pag. 7) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA VoL XLIX, No. 4 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 3, 1958 The debate' team which left We to participate In a tournament (left), Fred LeClereq, Sam Free Christopherson (second fromp left: companied them to New York. (I Debaters C< At N. Y. Un The University's prize winning debate team is competing this weekend in an area debating tour nament which is being held at New York University. This is an early season "con ditioning" tournament which will give the debaters an opportunity to sharpen their verbal weapons. The team which left Wednesday for New York consists of John Chappell, Fred LeClerq, S a m Freed, and Pete Martin. They were accompanied to New York by Dr. Merrill G. Christopherson, debate team coach. During the past years debate teams from the university have captured many honors in regional and nation-wide tournaments, these incIdding individual debating, speaking, and announcing, and both affirmative and negative team debating. As results of their victories, many trophies have re turned with the debaters to the campus. Teachers Set For 0 The second annual Carolina sented by the University in co partment of Education and the nel and Guidance of S. C. Edu *13aturday, October 18, in Dra: Savage of the School of Educali All persona attending the con ference are invited to attend a luncheon planned in connection with the conference, but reserva tions must be made not later than Wednesday, October 15. The price *)the luncheon will be $1.26. Program' The conference will begin with registration at 9 a.m., followed by a general session at 10 a.m. Presid ing will be Elizabeth Johnson of North Charleston High School, president of the Department of Pupil Personnel and Guidance, S. C. Education Association. A wel come will be extended by Robert L. Sumwalt, acting president of the University. The address will be by Dugald 8. Arbuckle, professor of educa tion at Boston University and President-Elect of the American Personnel and Guidance Associa tion. Frank Slevera, Chief of Pu pil Personnel and Guidance of the United States Office of Education, %$ll also speak. Following this at 12:15 the luncheon will be held. The after noon will cor4sist of meetings of different clinic groups from the School of Education. The conference is planned spe cifically for the counselors, tea cher-counselors and members of gnidane committes, in the high dnesday for New York University is composed of John Chappel i, and Pete Martin. Dr. M. G. 1, coach of the debate team, ac fews Service photo.) >mpeting iversity New Student Program Is Suggested This fall's Freshman Orienta. tion Committee recommended thal next year's committee should tr3 to get the faculty and administra. tion to grant one day instead ol two for the program, Bob Rogers chairman of the Student Govern, ment Committee on New Studeni Orientation, has announced. Rogers gave a statement on thii year's program and listed eighi recommendations of the committe4 which were approved by Studen1 Council. He recommended that worl should begin on the program befor4 the end of school and that counsel, Drs and representatives should b( chosen at this time. Other recommedations includ( that a mock session could be hek to illustrate how classes should b( conducted and that the chairmar plan to be in Columbia part of th( summer to do some necessar5 work. Meeting etober 18 Counselors' Conference, pre operation with the State De Department of Pupil Person cation Association, will meel rton Hall, Dean William W. ion has announced. schools of South Carolina. Princi pals and superintendents who arn nterested in strengthening their ruidance programs are also invitec ;o attend. On Monday, at its regular was a joint luncheon meeting to right, Hlope Cettys, president groups; Susan McLaurin andJ treasurer of YWCA, was absent Wig, Robe Selects Mem bers Wig and Robe, honorary scholas tic organization in the Law School, elected officers and riew members on Wednesday at its regular meet ing. Membership in Wig and Robe consists of the top 10 per cent of the law students in their second and third years of Law School. The member having the highest scholastic average is selected Chief Justice. The member with the sec ond highest average is selected as Clerk of Court. Lawrence M. Gres sette, Jr., was selected as this year's Chief Justice and F. Dean Rainey, Jr., Clerk of Court. Wig and Robe elected four new members at its meeting. Those se -lected were C. Marshall Cain, A. McConnell Faucette, Charles Mc Donald Gibson, and Julian H. To porek. According to Law School Dean Samuel L. Prince, "To be selected as a member of this or ganization is a high honor." Tau Beta Pi Holds Slide Rule Classes John Entzminger, committee chairman of Tau Beta Pi, honor ary engineering society, has an nounced that the society will spon sor a series of slide rule classes each Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day for the next two weeks. The classes will begin tonight at 7 p.m., and the last class will be held on October 17. Each ses sion will last one hour. These class meetings, for which there is no charge, will be held in Room ID, seminar room of the en gineering building. They will fea ture K and E films and wiU have student instructors. Washing Facilities For Student Use Recently Installed Washers and dryers have re cently been installed in the base ment of Freshman Center, the first building directly behind Russell House, and are being rented to all married students living on campus and to all men and women living in dormitories on campus. Rates for the machines are 15 cents per load for washers and 10 cents for 15 minutes drying. FRESHMAN YM-' weekly nmeeting, the freshmnan YMC after which the elections took plac of YWCA; D illy Woods, president o limmy Troesdale, secretaries;t and R' when the pictare was taken. Plans ai eata phb. rench.) Buslof Fans i Homecoming ( Class Nominati Nominations will be held Tues day at 8 p.m. in the Russell House Assembly Room for freshman class officers, three non-voting freshman members to Student Council and Homecoming Queen, according to Bill Berne, Elections dommittee chairman. All campus organizations may nominate one girl to represent their organization in the Homecoming Queen contest. There will be no campaigning in the Russell House or on the ramp and all posters placed in the Rus sell House must be on the down stairs bulletin board. This year campaign expendi tures will be limited to $30. An account of each candidates ex penses must be handed in by Fri day, October 17th, to the Elections Committee chairman. Students may petition to have their names on the bal!ot if they are unable to attend the nominat ing convention. Those wishing to have their names included on the Freshman ballot must secure 25 CRC First Meeting Set For Tuesday Campus religious activities for the year will be the major topic of discussion at the first monthly meeting of the Carolina Religious Council on Tuesday at the home of Dr. L. E. Brubaker, University chaplain. The council, composed of the president and one member of each religious organization on campus, seeks to co-ordinate activities among the various groups. Mem bers from these groups contribute to the campus-wide Christmas and Easter programs sponsored by the council. In cooperation with other colleges in the state the council plans retreats to help strengthen cargpus religious life. Officers of the Carolina Relig iouxs Council are Dot Cobb, presi dent; Melvin Merchant, vice-presi dent; Virginia Porcher, secretary, and Harvey Yaschik, treasurer. hWCA OFFICERS 6 and YWCA held election of offie 9. Those students elected to office by YMCA; LilI Mood and Teddy Ke .e Ann Rigby, treaurer of Y'WCA. e now being .ade foe..h sme..... id Of kre Al Jueen, Frosh ons Tuesday names on a petition. Any organisa tion wishing to nominate a girl for Homecoming Queen must submit a petition with 100 names if not nominated at the convention. Elections will take place on Mon day, October 20. If a candidate fails to obtain a majority there will be a runoff on Wednesday, October 22. Cast Named For Players Production A tentative cast for "A Street car Named Desire," the season's first production by the University Players, has been announced by Professor Gene Crotty, who will direct the play. Presentation is scheduled for November 11, 12, and 13, and rehearsals are now in progress. The cast for the play is as fol lows: Dan Stanland, Stanley; Cynthia Gilliam, Stella; Joy Jennings, Blanche; Jo Allen Bradham. Eu nice; Bob Hearn, Steve; Clarence Felder, Mitch; Louise Farris, the native woman; Pixie Foster, the Mexican woman; Marion Durden, Pablo; William S. Lowder, the young collector; Harriet Clare Sinkler, the nurse; and Anthony Brown, the doctor. Walk-on parts include June Mc Cauley, Shirley Parsons, R. C. Wilkie, and Gerald Floyd. Dr. L. E. Giles Named Substitute For Dean Penney Dr. Lawrence E. Giles, assistant professor of education, is presently filling the position of Dean of Men while Dean James T. Penney is recovering from a recent illness. Dean William W. Savage has an nounced that Dr. Giles' teaching schedule has been reduced by half so that he can devote his full time to the position. sri feor the year. The meetn the two organisations ae left hn, vice-presidents of the two Brandy Hleape, who was elected and or=ned. eoumate.e ..all Game :hens -] Student Co More USC A student Greyhound bus tomorrow for the Carolina-Ge Pritchard, student trips chairn Deadline for signing up for dents were notified of the trip b the bus trip is $4.25. The 37-sei at 12:45 after Saturday midnij Women students are allow dormtories, according to Dean worthy. University students may bi row for $4.00. A motion was to set up a committee to look situation for the remaining oul, Electronic Demonstration Next Friday The latest advances in electron ics will be demonstrated Friday night, Oct. 10, in the Russell House Assembly Room by Cyril N. Hoy ler, manager of technical relations for RCA Laboratories. The demonstration-lecture will be sponsored by the University student branch of American Insti tute of Electrical Engineers-Insti tute of Radio Engineer,s the Co lumbia sub-section of AIEE, and the S. C. Chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Elec tronics Assn. Featured in the program will be a four-pound portable transistor ized television camera, an electronic cooling system with n- moving parts, and devices which amplify light. One of the most striking inno vations to be shown-and heard during the program is a "music synthesizer," an electronic system which can produce any tone of the human voice or musical instrument. The synthesizer makes use of a pre-set code which is fed into the electronic system in any variation the mind can conceive. Illustrative selections, synthesized in the style of various instruments, will be played. Government Examinations Scheduled The United States Civil Service announces a new Federal Service Entrance Examination, this Is the examination through which the Federal government provides for its annual Intake of college grad uates into most occupational fields in the competitive civil service other than the engineering and scientific professions. The last Congress increased the Federal pay scale making it pos sible to pay higher starting salaries now than in the past. The starting salary for a student with a bachelor's degree and no experi ence will range from $4,040 to $4,980 per annum. Under this year's recruiting plan, students with a B average or who are in the upper 25 per cent of their class and who make higher scores on the written examination, will be qualified for consideration by employing agencies at the higher salary. All persons who attain final eligibility in the Management In tern portion of the examination will be qualified for consideration at $4,980 per annum. Manage ment Intern eligibles who, in add! tion to a bachelor's 4$ree have one year of graduate satudy or qualifying experience, will be qual ified for consideration at $8,986 per annum. Students who want more in formattenm about the employment opportunities offered should see their Pisoement Offlecer .twrite to the Re=lo=a1 nirector. cock Bound ncilPlans Activities will leave Columbia at 9 a.m. Drgia game in Athens, Boopa ian, has announced. the trip was yesterday. Stu y mail. The round-trip cost for it bus will return from Atheus ght. ed a 1 o'clock curfew in the of Women Elizabeth M. Clot ly tickets to the game tomor approved by Student Council into the football ticket price b-Of-town games including the Georgia game tomorrow. Their purpose will be to find the cheapest prices possible at away games and to arrange that the University offer visitors the cheap est prices possible. Dave Bradham will be at the University's football game as per manent cheerleader for the first time tomorrow. He had been ap proved by council as temporary cheerleader upon the resignation of Glenn Whitlock, who was elpeted cheerleader in last spring's elec tions. Also a committee on parking to be appointed was approved to look into the matter of student parking on the Horseshoe and on area C by the Engineering Building. At present there is no student parking at any time in these areas. It was noted in council that last year students were allowed par* ing on the Horseshoe from 7 am. to 2:30 p.m. Committee Replacements Robert Higgins was named vice. chairman of the Artist Series Com mittee and Dick Riley was ap pointed to the Elections Commit tee, replacing Clarence Easterling, Fred LeClercq announced in coun cil Monday. Discussion of the Russell House Barber Shop Prices Committee was dropped at the Student Council meeting Monday. At a previous meeting the prices had been ques tioned by council. The student $1 prices were compared with the fa !ulty member $1.25 prices. Also the $1.25 prices for crew cuts were noted. A committee had been appointed with Phil Garfinkle, chairman; Pete Martin; and Bunky Joye. Garfinkle had interviewed the bar bers and reported to council advis ing the discontinuance of the dis cussion. He stated that a reduction in any of the prices would be unprac tical since the shop is forced to :-lose during much of the year for school vacations. The council voted to dissolve the committee. Student Council Absentees Sixteen student council members were. absent at council's Monday meeting. A warning that members are allowed six absences, only two af which may be unexcused, is -nade by Bob Wallace, chairman of the absentee committee. Absentees wqre Bill Bates, Bill Berne, Fred Day, Alex Hawkins, Julie Petoskey, Jack Taylor, Ron nie Banks, Larry Barringer, Happy Cotton, Peg Finlay and Jean Spearman. Also, Nick Abrams, Patsy Irick, Shirley Snyder, Tom McLean and Dick Riley. Prof. Hatch Delivers Talk To YM-YWCA At the regular luncheon mnest ing of the upperclassman YE YWOA Wednesday, Professor D. L. Ratch of the sociology depart mtent 'of the university delivered the second lecture concerning the changing roles In the home today. The first of the two lectures -was delivered at last week's meetbg#. There was also sese deimea of the National Confeteee 4Ikb is to be held in Ohiam.n tis.