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BUDDY MAYFIELD will carry the distance races in Florida this week BILLY LATHJAM, star Gamecock assault on indIoor andi olntdooIr r e Florida Rlelavs. Dr. Arthur E. Fourier of the Department of Physical Education will attend the Southeastern Re creation Executives Conference and Florida Recreation Association, meeting at St. Peters.burg, Florida, March 31-April 2. Dr. Fourier will speak to the Association on Thurs (lay, A.pril 2, on "Personal Growth and1 Professional Development on the Job." Delegates wvill be in at tendlance from the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissi.ppi, and Florida. * * * Officers for the Atlantic Coast Conference include: President, Dr. Mortimer Caplin, University of Virginia; vice-presidlent, Dr. Brooks James, North Carolina State College; secretary-treasurer, D)r. Oliver K. Cornwell, University otf North Carolina; and commis sioner, Mr. James H-. Weaver. eI .\. ~ K~'~s mii. Gainieocks'hopesin th s~dI cud. bs ss - Tir,is redy t cntring:hi homas Adams, Bob Dodson, and MAY EACI HAVE A J01 We c ith sma sprea are Latham Kno Of National Champion milers are made, nol born, and never has this been mon emphatically demonstrated than iT the case of blond-haired B1113 Latham, the University's perpetua motion machine. Once a frustrated quarter-milei for Columbia's Dreher high school Latham has already matched thA best indoor mile ever turned in al the Atlantic Coast Conference meet and is ready for an attacl on the outdoor records. As a junior in 1958 Billy ruled the AOC 'milers with a 4:12.7 ef. fort at 'Durham, N. C., and his 195f campaign was launched with a 4:12.5 victory in the indoor championships at Chapel Hill, N, C. Observers are confident thal Dixon,Hawkins,Keith, Varsity Co-Captains, NamedPlayerCoaches The three co-captains of the 1958 University football team halfbacks King Dixon and Alex Hawkins-and center Dwight Keith --will serve as player-coaches for the Alumni against the varsity in the annual spring ganie here on April 11, head coach Warren Giese announced. All three are graduating seniors and will be joined by an im,pres sive group of former Gamecock stars against the 1959 varsity. The Alumni-Varsity game will conclude spring football practices. Hawkins, now property of the Green Bay Packers professional team, was chosen "player-of-the year" for the Atlantic Coast Con ference last season, along with being named to the Paul H. Wil liamson All-America and the As sociated Press All-American third team. Dixon, one of the most popular players in Carolina football his tory, was recently named the squad's most valuable player for 1958. Hawkins was chosen as the most outstanding back for the Gamecocks. Both Hawkins and Dixon gained over 1,000 yards rushing during their three years as first,team halfbacks for the Gamecocks. Keith alternated at the center position with Lawton Rogers in 1957 and 1958. Last year the Gamecock varsity was pushed to the l-imit to turn back the Alumni, 20412, and many observers believe that the Alumni can: even the series this year. OF YOU OUS EASTER usly, nakes the grade don't mean just at exam time, er. The comfort-conscious can tell at a glance that these -t Arrow shirts make warm her a breeze. The medium id collar and fresh patterns just right, alone or with a al jacket. Arrow sports shirts e in a variety of fine patterns, d from $4.00 up. RROW+ st In fashinn oks On Door Recognition Latham will move into the class of ub-4:10 runners this spring. Behind Latham's bi to become a trackman of national prominence has been long hours and literally thousands of .miles of practice run ning. As a sophomore Latham was a run-of-the-mill performer, but he began a strenuous training cam -paign in the summer of %1957 and showed great improvement in the 1958 season. . Billy3 received help from former North Carolina great Jim Beatty, who was stationed at nearby Fort Jackson and frequently joined him in workouts. Last summer Latham decided to follow a training plan similar to one used by the great Hungarian coach, Michaley Iglol. It was a seven-days-a-week proposition that found Latham arising early in the morning to avoid the heat and running 10 miles. However, it was more than just running. His training followed a strict pattern that .never -included run ning the mile "for~,time." Latham would start each work out with a three,mile jog "to warm-up," and he ended with an other three-mile jaunt to taper off. He never went through the same routine two days in a row, alter nating short and long-distance drills. One day he would run 15 quarter-miles at 73 seconds each, resting two minutes in between. Another workout would include 30 220-yard sprints at 31 seconds and a one-minute rest, while a third scheduled seven half-miles at 2:45 and a two-minute rest. A -fourth .plan included five three-fourth mile jaunts at 3:10 and a rest of two minutes be tween. In the fall Latham followed the same routine, except that he stepped-up the times slightly. For instance, he would run the quarter -miles in 01.5, instead of the summertime 73 seconds. "The quarter-mile base is the most important of all the work outs," Latham pointed out. After the season starts in the spring Latham's work is reduced to speed drills mostly, and the only time he runs a mile is when he competes in a meet. ....... . . ... Cindermen To Invade Gainsville Atlantic Coast Conference mile champion Billy Latham will lead a group of University entries into the Florida 'Relays at Gainesville, Fla. Saturday. Latham recently won the confer ence -ndoor chanpionship with a record-tying 4:12.5 performance and is in good shape to bid for the Florida title. Other leading contenders for the a Gamecocks - include shot-putter Dave Coates, who added his second straight AOC indoor title in .the annual meet at Chapel Hill, N. C. Coates, still nursing his throwing arm along .because of the operation b he underwent last summer to re- S place a missing biceps, has been hitting around 52 feet in indoor 0 efforts. e Gamecock hurdle ace Don Good roe will miss the Florida Relays 9 and may be lost for the entire season because of a pulled muscle 1 suffered in the conference indoor championships. a Coach Weems Baskin will enter M some of the relay events with P teams chosen (from sprinters Buddy Mayfield, Jim Cathcart, Walt Hud- n son and Legrand Guerry, and dis- b stance runners David Frye, Grier Westbrook and Latham. a: Jim Macedon, high jump and pole g, vault specialist, and Theo Manos tl in the discus and javelin, will be on the Gamecock entry list, too. h Bury Hudson will be the top c4 Carolina hurdles entry in Good roe's absence. P The University baseball team will again (feature home-grown P talent this spring. Of 2,3 players di liated on the early roster, 17 are from South Carolina and four are ti from North Carolina. One West p Virginian and a Texan round out el the list. i... L&Mi taste ".UM Is kndes to essntials of modern smoki LWTAR: UM's patented.f statically, crosswise to the MOR E TASTE: UM's rich ni: exciting taste than any othe LIVE MODERN.. Tie PRE SSB.X By CHARLIF BRADLEY Sports Editor ) It ig getting so at Carolina when a person mentions school spirit" he is either running for office or just a plain rusader for a means to justify an end. Contrary to what some people think, the term "school pirit" applies to fields other than those in the realm of thletics. It applies to "rat week," pride in one's debate ams, societies, fraternal organizations, and pride in the -hool as an institution of higher learning. "School Spirit" goes much deeper than merely jumping n the band wagon of a winning team. It is a feeling, an motion expressed by its students and faculty. It is the cherishing of the ideals and traditions which o into the forming of a modern complex university. At the present the morale of the Carolina student body at its lowest ebb. We seem to have divorced ourselves entirely from any nd everything held sacred by such schools as those in the 'ell defined "Ivy league." We have the unusual ability to ass off such ideals as marks of the emotionally unstable. We have become hardened to the point that we accept Dthing from the past and only those present items which ring brief moments of glory. The men who represent our school on the athletic field re no longer supposed to compete for the sheer love of the ame. Our coaches should no longer take into consideration ie individual but rather, only the individual's performance. Under our present attitude an athlete may possess the eart of a lion and give 100 per cent of himself in every )ntest. But should that person make a mistake, either on - off the field, he then becomes fair game for those small ople with narrow minds, who in their desperate search r pride in their team, look no deeper than the surface. Our coaches are forced to live under the pressures of iblic opinion, win, win, win. Win at any cost and -to the vil with the outgrowth. "The Die is cast." Until such time as the opinions of ie supporters of the University (both financially and .iysically) change, all the pep clubs, torch burners and ieerleaders in the world can do nothing to affect our ;chool spirit." ;tea of smok . maks . . . 4)99LUttue f lw urigMobyosbrn s o a Cmoe ir cigarette. . CHANGE TO MODERN PM,