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wStreetear Named Desire aeok aeFra Opens Wednesdayn Bot To -(See page 6) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA VoL No. 9 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 7, 1958 Fmnnded 100R cOmicro Taps N, Membership Encourages Excellence Nine men were tapped into Chi circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, na tional honorary leadership fra ternity, at ceremonies held during the intermission of the "Miss Garnet- and Black" contest Tues day night, Fred LeClercq, presi dent of ODK, has announced. ODK recognizes and encourages achievements in scholarship, ath letics, student government, sociai and religious affairs, publications, speech, music, drama and othei arts. Excellence in these fields com bined with high scholarship ano good character are requirements for membership, LeClercq said. The nine tapped for membership are: CHARLES THOMAS CASH: a senior chemical engineering majoi from Chesnee, he has served at president and vice-president of thf University American Institute ol Chemical Engineers, is a membei of Kappa Sigma Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, the honor board, and is presi dent of the Southern Regional Con ference of the AIChE. His grade point ratio is 4.706. WILLIAM LAWRENCE CROL LEY: a junior chemical engineer V ing major from. Columbia, he is a membei of Sigma Nu social fra ternity, is a recipient of a JameE F. Byrnes scholarship, has been a student assistant in the math de partment and is vice-president of the AIChE. His grade point ratio is 3.894. ANDREW McCONNELL FAU CETTE, JR.: a senior In law school from Columbia, he is on the edi torial board of the Law Quarterly and is treasurer of the Law Fed eration. He is co-editor of the Placement Bulletin and a member of Wig and Robe. He received his bachelor of science degree from Clemson where he was an honor student, member of the Pershing Rifles, and vice-president of the student body. He was elected to "Who's Who" and named to the Outstanding Seniors. His grade point ratio is 4.285. ARTHUR LEE GASTON: a senior from Clester, he has been a minor officer of Kappa Alpha Order, s a member of the RE Week Committee, Is a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa, Westminster Fellowship, and has been a student member of the hoard of directors fofthe R. G. Bell "Y" Camp for ~9he YMCA. He has letter on the Carolina swimming team for three years and has set three school records. His grade point ratio is 4.108. JAMES CHRIS LEVENTIS: a junior from Columbia, he is treas urer of the student body, vice president of Sigma Nu social fra ternity, was president of the Freshman YMCA, president of the sophomore class, chairman of the elections committee. He is vice president of Kappa Sigma Kappa, member of the Student Activities Committee, a member of the honor board and was a delegate to the National Student Congress. His grade point ratio is 4.108. SAMUEL BROOKS MENDEN HALL: a freshman law student from Rock Hill, he has been a minor officer of Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity, was vice-presi dent of Westminster Fellowship, Is president of the Young Democrats and president of Euphradian So ciety. He has won the Euphradian medal for oratory. He is a transfer from Davidson College. His grade point ratio is 4.812. MICHAEL McDONALD OS BORN: a graduate vtudent in the English department from Birming ham, Ala., he received a depart (Continued em page 8) n Delta aw Men Student Le Nominatior .Nominations for student se: the State Student Legislature , Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4, 6 The University' will send tw tives to the Legislature. Studer week. Nominations I Nominations for senator wei Heyward Hornsby and Boopa I Council members nominate< McLean, Ronnie Banks, Bill Ba shaw, Vicki Rumph and Georg Also, Kent Anderson, Nick Clercq, Carmen Cherry, Larry: Fo Kirven, Bobby Hunt, Hapr Stone, Becky Finlay and Anna Also, Jim Herring, Vasilik Day, John Houser, Bob Wallac( -nan, Dickie Stanland, Bill Bern Howard Weeks and Julie Petos Students Six students were nominat large. They are Kent Anderso kllan Jenkins, and Joel Patricl iecretary, said. Law School To Sponsor An Institution The University law school will .iold an institution on "The Ad ninistration of Animal Justice in South Carolina," on Nov. 21 and ,2. The South Carolina Bar As iociation is also helping in this presentation. The -first session will be de woted to a panel discussion con .isting of eight or ten of South Jarolina's top lawyers in the field if criminal law. Charles A. Bellows of the Chi ..ago Bar Association will also at- 1 .,end the institution, and he will .aso take part in the discussions ,nat will be held, Dean Simuel erince, head of the University ,aw school and director of insti .utes for the South Carolina Bar .ssociation, has said. Robert M. Figg, ex-solicitor of ,he 9th district and Professor F. J. Remington of the University if Wisconsin law school will also Attend the meetings with the other attorneys, they will take part in .he discussions that will come from che institutions. More than one hundred other South Carolina lawyers will take part in this institution. Just as .nany law students are expected to attend also, said Dean Prince. Th urmond Addresses Law School Senator Strom Thurmond ad. dressed the law students of the University yesterday at 11 a.m. In the Law School Auditorium. Senator Thurmond was heard by a large group of students and faculty members. Senator Thur mond, an honorary member of the Pinckney Chapter, w,as Invited by Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. McCauley Gives Paper At Meeting The Geological Society of Amer ica Invited Prof. John F. Mc Cauley of the University to present his paper on the origin of uranium deposits in Pennsylvania as its an nual meeting In St. Louis. A professor of geology at the University, McCauley worked for three years on the project while an employee of the Pennsylvania Geologic Survey. McCauley attended one of five field trips scheduled during the meeting in addition to the presen tation of papers and business fune tions. - Kappa ibers wistature is Taken nators and representatives to vhich will convene Thursday, and fi, in the Russell House. o senators and 22 representa it Council will elect them next 'rom Council -e Dick Stanland, Pete Martin, 'ritchard. I for representative are Tom ,tes, Mike Quinn, Eddie Cren e Leventis. Abrams, Bob Ryan, Fred Le Barringer, Heyward Hornsby, ,y Cotton, Jack Taylor, Jack Boswell. i Moskos, Bunky Joye, Fred , Ranny Randall, Jean Spear , Boopa Pritchard, Ed Harter, key. kt Large .d from the student body at n, John Hagins, Patsy Irick, :, Vicki Rumph, student body AKG Announces Song Fest Date As December 8 Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honorary women's leadership fra ternity, is making plans for its major project, Song Fest, which Is to be held December 8, Kitty Wells, president, has said. Annual tapping of new members will take place that night, directed by Wells. Outstanding women, isually juniors and seniors, are ielected on qualities of scholarship, leadership, and athletic and reli rious activities. Benefits of the Song Fest go to 'he sorority's scholarship fund, which is one of their projects. A revolving fund, enabling juniors or ieniors to borrow up to $200, with rio interest charged, payable two years after graduation, is under 'he direction of Dot Cobb, treasur er and scholarship chairman. Nine Attend Economics Conference Nine faculty members of the University department of eco niomies will attend the 28th an riual conference of the Southern Economics' Association in Atlarnta F'riday and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 22, Samuel M. Derrick, dean of school of business administration, said. MISS GAl Be..... n.. annmns. . Blue Key To Host Students Over 1,000o high school students are expected to attend the Univer sity's annual -High School Day which will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, Carroll Teague, chairman, has announced. Eight hundred students from over the state have indicated they will attend, Teague said. Three seniors from Georgia will attend. Registration will be held at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in Drayton Hall. At 9:30 a.m. the visitors will be greeted by acting president Robert L. Sumwalt, Student Body Presi dent Fred LeClercq and Teague, as High School Day chairman. The deans of various schools will be allotted approximately three 'minutes each to discuss their field. Guided tours of the campus and facilities will be directed at 10 a.m. Volunteer Guides A great number of University students and service organizations have said they will help as guides, Teague said. Fred Day will act as head guide. Lunch will be in the Russell House cafeteria for the group at 12:30 p.m. Students will go through the speed line. The athletic department is hav ing the seniors as guests at the University homecoming game with the University of Virginia which will begin at 2 p.m. They will go to the stadium at 1:15 p.m. Predicted Successful Teague said, "From all indica tions I think this will be the most successful high school day, both numerically and program wise, that the University has ever of fered." Dean of Women Eliabeth Clot worthy, Dean of Administration William H. Patterson, Acting Pres ident Sumwalt and Teague sent letters to all white S. C. high schools. Dean Clotworthy is chair man of the faculty planning com mittee. Melvin Stepp is registrar of the committee. Registration For Clinic Over Fifty Fifty-five students have regis tered for the voluntary reading program being offered by the Reading Clinic of the school of education during the current semester. The students will begin inten sive work on developmental read ing on November 10. Skills in rapid reading, critical analysis, vocabulary building, and relatedi study techniques will be discussed and practiced. tNET AND BLACK F] I photo mr the finalIst. in the MEiss C whenm the aamaal eomnee out in May. ~appe Alpha; Patsy triek, sponsored .yuu Eddy, spoesored by Ci Omega mssed by Delga Zeta. (Pines. by Fr. Debate Honors Literary Sc Unite For J The first annual Neophyte and Clariosophic Societies will Hall, third floor, Legare Colle it has been announced. Each society and its guest, halls at 7 p.m. The joint meeti: according to traditional proce men are invited to attend. Judges for the debate will 1 Christian Clarke, and Kenneth occasion will be Sam Menden: This will be the first meet before World War II, the societ for debate will be "Resolved: t dominion status within the fra1 Newly initiated members o debaters and a trophy has beei in the hall of the winning tean Euphradian has also annoi in its history a general invital co-eds of Carolina.to attend a Tuesday, Nov. 18, meeting. This meeting will be held at third floor, Legare College, president, has announced. Pi Kappa Alpha Receives Plaque For Blood Drive Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity will be the recipient of a plaque given by Todd and Moore Sporting Goods Store to the organization do nating the largest amount of blood in the annual blood drive which is sponsored by Inter - Fraternity Council, Ed Martin, IFC president, has announced. Pi Kappa Alpha donated a total of 60 pints of blood to the drive this semester. Sigma Nu frater nity was second with a total of 18 pints donated, and Kappa Alpha was third with 11 pints. A total of 131 students regis tered to give blood during the drive, but only 99 pints were re -eived. Others were rejected be iause of early diseases and ill nesses. New Office For Housing In Dorm H The Housing Office is being moved from the Administration Building over to Building H. This move will take place probably on Wonday. The Administration feels that hbe Housing Office can better serve ~he students by being located in hat area. NALISTS amrnet and Blacki Contest, one of. The finalist. are (left to right) by Sigmaa Alpha Epsllem; Pat ;Claire Hutto, sponSored by P1 Teams In For cieties )ebate 's Debate of the Euphradian be held in the Clariosophic ge, Tuesday night at 7 p.m., will meet in their respective rig will then be called together dure. All interested campus >e Lester L. Bates, Brig. Gen. R. Kurtz. Chairman for the iall, Euphradian president. ing of the two societies since ies have announced. The topic iat South Carolina should seek nework of the United States." r the two societies will be the i purchased which will remain until the next year. mnced that for the first time ion has been extended to the meeting of the society at its 7 p.m. in the Euphradian Hall, )am Mendenhall, Euphradian Organizational Presidents Hear Russell Donald Russell will be the main speaker at the annual Presidents' Banquet sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary leadership fraternity, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, Fred LeClereq, president of ODK, has announced. The banquet, which will be held at 7 p.m. 'n Russell House. The banquet will be formal and steak dinners will be served. In vitations have been extended to the presidents of all organizations on campus, LeClercq said. The Presidents' Banquet is held in keeping with the three-fold pur pose of ODK: (1) to recognize men who have attained a high standard of efficiency in collegiate activities and to inspire others to strive for conspicuous attainments along similar lines; (2) to bring together the most representative men in all phases of collegiate life and thus to create an organization which will help to mould the sentiment of the institution on questions of local and intercollegiate interest; (3) to bring together members of the faculty and student body of the institution on a basis of mutual interest and understanding, LeClercq said. Dorm Fees Now Payable To Housing Beginning on Monday, all hous ing fees will be paid directly to the Housing Office, Building H. This pertains to deposits, room fees, penalties, rent, or any type of fees pertaining to housing. This also includes rental for married housing at the Carovet Apart ments and at University Terrace. Paintings By Yaghjian In Exhibit Prof. Edmund Yaghjian, head of thle University department of fine arts, has two paintings now bh shown in the 8th Annual Guild of S. C. Artists at Gibbes Art Gallery in Charleston. His stylized painting, "Master Cleaners," has won the Purchase Award and will go to Clemson Col lege as the first painting in a new collection of the School of Archi tecture. "A Lasy Afternoon" Is his other painting In the exhibit Earn sics USC Hosts Tournament Next Week Four teams, each consisting of four debaters, represented the University at two different foren sics tournaments over the past weekend. Wake Forest College was the scene of one tournament, and the other, the Dixie Debate Tourna ment, took place at Mercer College in Georgia, M. G. Christophersen, debate team coach, has announced. At the Wake Forest Novice Forensics Tournament both a nega tive and an affirmative team from the University received certificates of superiority. First Place Tie The freshman team, consisting of John Chappell, Bob McNeil, Sonny Herring, and Warren Ad kins, tied with a team from Georgetown University for first place honors. Adkins was also selected one of the top 10 debaters at the tournament. The second team of debaters from the University which partic ipated in the tournament at Wake Forest was composed of Marion Jeter, George Gregory, Dabney Tucker, and Pettigru Clare. Mercer Honors The two teams which journeyed to Mercer captured one first and one second place honor. The nega tive freshman debate team of Ann# Keitt and Eddie Roberts won first place in its division, and the af firmative team of Kit Quattle baum and Kay Glenn won second place honors for affirmative debat ing. - The team of varsity debaters at the Dixie Tournament consisted of Fred LeClercq, Pete Martin, Sam Freed, and- Marga Wilhoit. Le Clercq and Martin both were given superior ratings. 21 Teams Vie Approximately 21 debate teams from throughout the nation will participate in the annual Carolina Forensics Tournament which will take place next weekend on the University campus. The varsity debaters from the University will be Fred LeClercq and Pete Martin, negative, and Sam Freed and John Chappell, af firmative. The University's novice team in the Carolina Forensics will be Kit Quattlebaum and Kay Glenn for the affirmative and Sonny Herring and Warren Adkina for the nega tive. Teams f r o m the following schools are scheduled to participate in next week's tournament: Miami University, University of Florida, Duke University, Gardner-Webb, University of Georgia, Kent Uni versity, Wofford College, Pitta burg, Mercer College, Appalachian State College, Maryville College, and the University of North Caro lina. TK A Tournament One week later, on Nov. 21-22, the University will be the scene of another debate, this being the Tau Kappa Alpha Regional Tourna nent. About 18 colleges and u iversitles are expected to send rep resentatives. Still another occasion which the debate society Is planning for is the Oxford University Debate Tournament. On Nov. 24, Thomas Stuart Griffiths and Brian Alastair Walden, two British debaters, will arrive on the campus to compete with a team from the University. The Institute of American Educa tion Is sponsoring the debate tour which the two young men are tak ing. The topic of debate which Is being used this season Ist Re solved: That Purther development of International weapons should be prohibited by international agewe ment.