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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Vol. XLIX, No. 18 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 13, 1959 Founded 1908
Gradate iA
* Offered In
The University is one of four
instikutions in the nation to ;e
-eive initial Fedeial Education
Act funds for.giadupte fellowships
in physics, Dr. W. H. Callcott,
dean of the graduate school, and
Dr. A. P. French, heas of the de
partment of physics, announced. .
Fellowships Attractive
The fellowships were described
as "highly attractive" by Dean
Callcott and Dr. French. Under
the program, jeach recipient will
receive $2,000 base stipend, plus
$400 for each dependent.
The fellowships are limited to
a persons who have just completed
undergraduate requirements or
who have coinpleted not more than
one-half year of graduate work.
In addition to the funds received
by students, the University will
obtain concurrently a federal al
lowance of $2,500 for each student,
to be applied toward the graduate
program.
Funds Total $14,700
Federal funds for the undertak
ing are expected to total $14,700
the first year - $7,200 allocated
to students, and $7,500 to the Uni
versity, Dr. Callcott said.
In the second year of the pro
gram, a second group of students
will be added at the first-year rate,
and each initial student entering
upon a second year of study will
receive a $200 increase in basic
allowance.
The University of Arizona, How
ard University and New Mexico
A & M have had similar programs
appj!oved under the federal aid-to
education program. .
Physics Fellowships Scarce
Dean Callcott said that because
of the extremely limited number
of physics graduate fellowships
across the nation, under the awards
so far granted, the University ex
pects to receive applications for its
SEATO
Seminar
Arranged
The International Relations
Club will sponsor a simulated
Southeast Asia Treaty . Organiza
tion Council meeting and seminar
at the University on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, March 5, 6
and 7, 1959, according to Carl M.
Reynolds, IRC president and gen
eral chairman for the SEATO
Conference.
Approximately 75 delegates from
other colleges and universities in
4.South Carolina, North Carolina,
and Georgia will attend the con
ference, Gerald Floyd, press chair
man, said.
A slate of outstanding speakers
has been secured through coopera
*ion of the U. S. Department of
State and will be announced later.
Dr. John B. MeConaughy, profes
sor of political science, is faculty
adlvisor and Dr. Richard L. Walker,
head of the International studies
department, Is conference advisor.
Administrative
Committees have been named
for the conference. Melvin H.
Stepp will serve as chief of the
administrative division with Wil
11am Van Hoy as assistant.
Mary Hodges is', delegations
chairman and W. C. Thompson is
chairman of sessions arrangements.
Couriers chairman is Bruce Marler
and director of exhibits and dis
plays is Harvey Yaschik. Ann
Burgdorf is secretariat.
Public Information
The radio and television division
of the public information ;eom
mittee will be headed by Russ
Burns. Gerald Floyd is chairman
the press comliIttee.
Jim Pendervis will be in charge
ousing for the conference.
enry KyNer is transport4tion
chairman and Gerry WillIan1s is
banquet chairinen.
Anna Keit$ Is in charge of re
centoisfinanlce ishandled by
division is Marty Price wtth fI1
K Thomas s assistant.
Moellowships
Physics
fellowships from students with
outstanding academic backgrounds
and highest potential.
The faculty for the graduate
program in physics is composed of
six professors. Dr. French, head
of the department received the
Ph.D. degree from Cambridge; his
field is nuclear physics and ex
perimental mechanics.
Other members of the graduate
faculty are:
Ernst Brietenberger, mathemati
cal physics and nuclear physics;
Dr. phil. (math) Vienna, and
Ph.D., Cambridge.
Other Faculty
Also, E. C. Lerner, field theory;
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and P. H. Pitkanen,
transport theory; Ph.D., Harvard.
Also, R. D. Edge, nuclear
physics; Ph.D., Cambridge and
F. H. Giles Jr., chemical physics
and biophysics; Ph.D., University
of Illinois.
Selection of Courses
In addition to the research fields
indicated in the faculty listings,
the program at the University will
offer a full selection of formal
courses, and further research pos
sibilities at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, with which the Uni
versity has close ties through the
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Studies.
Both the M.S. and Ph.D. de
grees are offered in physics.
The University will submit its
fellowship nominations to the U. S.
Office of Education by March 5.
For this reason, Dean Calcott
and Dr. French are urging appli
cants to notify the Graduate
Sehool aW1ni_ tfid iteigT
in the fellowship program.
Euphradian
In itiates
Honoraries
The Euphradian Literary Society
will initiate two honorary mem
bers at its regular meeting 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17, according
to Philip Morris, reporter.
Dr. R. D. Ochs, department of
history, and Dr. Henry B. Mayo,
department of political science,
have been elected to honorary
membership.
Initittory addresses will be given
after the ceremony. A smoker will
be held following the Initiation.
All male members of the Caro
lina campus are cordially irsvited to
attend, Morris added.
"Our 'I
"Our Town," a three act play
by Thornton Wilder, will be pre
sented Tuesday through Thursday,
February 17-19, at 8:15 p.m. in
Drayton Hall by the University
Players.
- The performances are free to
all students, faculty members and
their friends. Admission for town
folks will be $.75 for one or $1.25
for two..
Story of Play
The story centers around the
town of Grover's Corners, New
Hampshire. It gives the history
of the town and something of the
character of its citizens. In this
story of two families, the Gibbs
and the Webbs, Mr. Wilder tries to
show the trials and tribulations of
two. ordinary fatnilies In a small
town.
In the second act you' witness
the growth from adolescence to
adulthood of two kids that have
fallen in love and are about to get
married. The third act shows
Emily after death and reveals her
desire to return to life, to live
again with her memories.
Roberta Leading Re.
Eddie Robert. portray. the stage
manager, the leading role in the
play. The stage mnanageV part is
that of a narrator.
Virgna
Irofessor
Interviews
Professor Daniel L. Meador of
the University of Virginia will
visit the University campus Tues
day afternoon, February 17, to
interview students who might be
interested in attending the School
of Law at Charlottesville, Va., Dr.
R. H. Wienefeld has said.
He will meet interested students
as a group in Russell House, Room
102, at 2:80 p.m. Thereafter, he
will be available for individual
conferences.
The University of Virginia's
Southeastern Regional Scholar
ships in Law will be explained by
Professor Meador, as well as the
tuition and partial-tuition scholar
ship program. Students are cor
dially invited to attend, Wienefeld
added.
Scholarship
Assistant
Visits Here
Mr. Alden Bell, assistant to the
American secretary of the Rihodes
Scholarship Trust, will visit the
Univerrity campus on Tuesday,
February 17, according to Dr. R.
H. Wienefeld.
The purpose of his visit is to
discuss the Rhodes Scholarship
program with members of the
faculty and students who might
be interested in study at Oxford as
a Rhodes Scholar.
On the day of his visit Mr. Bell
will. b availaWe in .Room 216 of
the 'Administration Building.
Interested students desiring to
obtain preliminary information
about the Rhodes Scholarship pro
gram may do so by calling at the
office of the dean of the college
of arts and science, Wienefeld
added.
Youth Crime
Conference
Scheduled
A statewide conference and a
special series of lectures on Youth
Crime Prevention and Juvenile
Programs will be held at the Uni
versity this spring, probably in
May.
The S. C. Law Enforcement Of
ficers' Association and the Exten
sion Division have made tentative
plans to hold the conference in
Drayton Hall.
The remena- interests will be '
portrayed by Julie Petosky and,
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Vacan
Society Lists
Dr. Bonner
For Lecture
b
Dr. 0. D. Bonner, associate pro- V
fessor of chemistry, will present C
an illustrated lecture dealing with m
his experiences in Europe during C
the academic year 1957-58 when
the LConte Scientific Society s
meets at 8 p.m. next Thursday in
Room 210 in LeConte CoNege.
During the year the Bonner d
family was in Europe they traveled
in about 14 countries. Colored
slides made on these travels will d
be shown at the meeting.
Dr. Bonner was a Fulbright ti
professor at the University of
Munich where he lectured in the c
Physical Chemistry Institute. He S
received the BS. degree from a
Milleaps College in 1939, the MS. t
from Mississippi in 1948 and the
Ph.D. from the University of Kan
sas in 1951. t
The LeConte Scientific Society I
provides opportunities for students, e
faculty and residents of the area to I'
learn of scientific investigations
in the various science fields. Prof. A
Guilbert R. Graham is president of t
the society. - a
.be public is invited to attendIt
the meeting, Graham said. t
History Grad :
Addresses
Clariosophic
The n axt meeting of the Olario
sophic Literary Society will fea
ture an address by John Duffy, 4
a graduate student in history. Mr.
Duffy's topic will be: "National- 4
ism-A New Religion."
All male students who are in
terested in widening the scope of rr
their Intellect are invited to at- C
tend the meeting, 7:30 p.m., Feb. d
17, at the Clariosophic Hall, third v
floor, Legare College, on the o
Horseshoe. b
William M. Dunne IHI will ad
dress the society at the following ir
meeting on February 24. tI
)pens'I
Da ve Bradham as Emily Webb and Ib1
G3eorge Gibbs. Acting as their b4
astly, yeung gir of a New Enslend s
mrnd ae attendlag ta.ily'. funeral,
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'Cl S(l
cies
Freshman
4ttend Toi
Four University freshman de
aters attended the Marshall
fythe Debate Tournament at th
ollege of William and Mary las
'eek end, according to Dr. Merril
hristophersen.
They were James L. Mann, Johi
r. Chappell, Warren Adkins, an
onny Herring.
Chappell and Mann
Chappell and Mann, affirmativ
Dbaters, defeated William an(
[ary, Pennsylvania, and Woostei
hey lost to three other colleges.
Adkins and Herring, negativ
ebaters, defeated Princeton, Bos
)n, Xavier, and Navy. They los
two other colleges.
All four freshmen will be sen
?rtificates for their excellence it
idividual debating, Christopher
!n said. Dr. Richard A. Frencl
Iso attended the tournament wit)
ie debaters.
Capital Hill
The second of the national debat
)urnaments, the Capital Hil
burnament, will be held next weel
nd with the University of Mary
Lnd.
Fred LeOlercq, Pete Martir
dkins, and Herring will represen
ie University, Christophersei
dded. Debaters from 60 teams i
ie United States will attend th
yurnament.
A debate clinic will be held a
ie University next Wednesday
'ebruary 18, for the high school
i South Carolina. The clinic i
ionsored by the High Schoo
eague.
Open to Students
Tau Kappa Alpha, honorary de
Pete Martin
,omthittee
Chairman
Pete Martin was appointed chair
an of the Bookstore Investigatinj
ommittee by Fred LeClercq, stu
ent body president. LeClercq ad
ised council to send a letter t
ther colleges asking how thei
3okstores are operated.
Lill Mood, Mike Quinn and Paul
te Cannarella were appointed ta
se Student Union Committee.
'uesda'
other and sister in the play wil
William Lowder as Wally Webi
en, jins the deed in the grave.
-'The players will wear costumnes
haff pakean by Florama)
e tionS
On Co
Debaters
urnament
- bate fraternity, will sponsor a con
- test later during this semester and
a will award a trophy for speaking
t ability. Anyone who desires may t
I compete in this contest, Christo
phersen said.
I The rules for the contest will be t
I announced later. Members of Tau
Kappa Alpha will not be eligible.
Pete Martin was elected presi
dent of TKA for the current sem
I ester. Other officers are Bill Able,
vice-preside.at; Pettigrew Clare,
secretary; and Sam Freed, treasur
e er.
Dormitory
Vacancies
Elminated
Any student living in a room
by himself will have to move into
a room where there is a single
vacancy by Wednesday, February
18, according to Blackie Kincaid,
director of housing.
Otherwise the Housing Office
t will have to move all those who i
have not done so by then. The J
Housing Office is attempting to
fill up the existing vacancies on
campus. t
A list of these vacancies will be i
available at the Housing office to
anyone who plans to move for the
reason stated above, Kincaid said.
There will be no charge for these
moves, he added. Housing office
is in Building H.
Jazz Group
May Play
At Carolina
A jazz group may play at Caro
lina, Fred LeClercq, president of
the student body, has announced.
Al Beledin, stationed at Fort
Jackson, has organized a jazz
group at the Fort and would like
the opportunity of playing at Car- b
olina, LeClercq announced.
He has appointed George Leven
tis to look into this matter.
y Night
and Pixie Foster as Rebecca Gibbs.
Parents
Playing the parts of the parents j
in this production are Jo Allen a
Bradhanm and Clarence Felder as n
Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs. Cynthia Gil- o
lianm and Bill Bates portray Eidtor
and Mrs. Webb.
Others of Cast
Others in the play and the parts '
they portray are Joy Jennings as 1
Mrs. Soames, Anthony Brown as
Professor Willard, Frank High
smith as Sam Craig, Bill Lumpkin
as Simon Stimson, R. C. Wilkie as
Howie Newsome, and Jerry Wilson
as Constable Warren.
People in Audience
Ths orryn the people in
teadence are Nora Dewitt,
Louise Farris and Melvin Byre
Baseball players are Carlee Mc-'
Clendon, Bobby Holland and Glenn1
Wilson.j
The remainder of the cast are
Jimmy Quick as Joe Stoddard and
Jimmy Todd as Si Crowell. Others
that ar, in the wedding and fu
neral scenes are June McCauley, ,
Seunda Carney, Henrietta Oour
dine and Dan Stanland.
Bon&yne Organist
Organist for this production will t
be Bill Bonyne according to Profee- '
ser Gene Crotty, direetor of Uni- a
Tuesday
Voting
Scheduled
A special student body election
o fill vacancies on student council
vill be held from 9 a.m. until
i p.m. Tuesday, February 17, in
he Russell House Assembly Room,
dike Quinn, elections committee
hairman, has announced.
The vacancies on student coun
il are due to graduation and other
,arious reasons.
Eight Vacancies
There are three vacancies in the
chool of arts and science, one in
ousiness administration, two in
ngineering, and two in graduate
chool.
Those nominated for student
ouncil from the school of arts and
ciences are Gerald Floyd, Staci
iaffos, Anne Hall, Rick Harrison,
iill Herring, Lill Mood, Jean Race,
tose Ann Rigby, Lucy Thach, and
andy Ussery.
Nominated for student council
rom the school of business ad
riinistration are Judy Andrews,
ohn Hagins, and Susan Palmer.
School of Engineering
Nominations for student council
rojn the school of engineering are
ames Dickert, David L. Hopkins,
nd Harold Sturn.
The student council representa
ives that are elected will hold of
ice until the spring elections in
kpril, Quinn added.
SPRING ELECTIONS
The date for spring elections is
donday, April 6, with run-offs on
Vednesday, April 8.
Candidates lor student body of
icers, including president, vice
resident, secretary, and treasurer,
iust have an overall "C-plus"
verage to be eligible to run, ac
ording to Mike Quinn, elections
ommittee chairman.
Student body president candi
ates must be rising seniors. Any
ne running for student body vice
resident must be a rising senior in
iw school. Candidates for student
ody secretary or treasurer must
e rising juniors or seniors.
Nominations Held
The nominating convention will
e held in Russell House Assembly
toom at 3 p.m. Monday, March 23.
Jomination for all student body
nd student council officers will
e held at this time, Quinn said.
Candidates for student council
iust have an overall "C"~ average.
heerleader candidates must also
ave at least an overall "C"' aver
ge.
Campaigns
Campaign posters can be placed
nly on the brick wall in front of
uss~ell H!ouse, between Pickens
nd Sumter Streets. Posters will
ot be placed on trees or buildings
n the campus, Quinn added.
Nominations for May Queen
mst be made by 12 p.m., MWonday,
larch 2. Each sorority will nomi
ate three girls; the independents
'ill nominate three girls.
Primary elections for all the
bove-mentioned positions will be
eld Monday, April 6, and the
nals will be Wednesday, April 8,
~uinn concluded.
[71 Students
omplete
lequirements
Requirements for degrees and
ertificates were cotopleted by a
otal of 171 University students In
anuary, Registrar Bernard A.
)aetwyler announced.
The University graduated 122
rith the bachelor's degree (in add1
Ion to 81 bachelor of laws gend,
ate.), five with graduate 4es,.
ad three with two-year eerI
btes in secretarial antamaa.