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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Vol. XLIX. No. 26 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROINA, APRIL 17, 1959 Founded 1908
Student Uni
4'File On Or<
Student Union is now coi
enable them to maintain an i
tras, combos, ad vocal group.
chairman of the committee.
The file will be kept at the
information desk in Russell House
and will be available to any group
on campus which desires to en
gage a band. The system is to be
self-service.
Local and National
Information on the file will be
on all local, national, and armed
services groups. The general in
formation in ihe file will include
the name of the musical group,
the person in charge with his ad
dress, rate of charge, size of the
band, evaluation, union or non
union status, and travel price for
out-of-town groups.
Specific information will also be
available, including tentative dates
when a band will be in this area.
Contact with the New York
Bopking Agencies has 'been estab
lished and will be maintained in
order that "named bands" can be
engaged at more economical rates.
Efforts in Process
Efforts are now in process to
allow the University to make
"-package" deals on big bands with
Fort Jackson, Shaw Field, and
neighboring colleges, Harrison
said.
Colleges And universities in
Georgia, N. C., and Alabama have
been written for information on
Telephone
Replacement
Announced
All disconnected telephones will
be replaced in the near future, the
housing office has announced.
Housing also expressed its
desire to student council Monday
to work through council in con
nection with housing regulations
in order to obtain more harmoni
ous relations with the students.
Joe Barnes, housing director, is
to speak to council next week.
'MAN WHO CAME TO I
Player!
By BILL LUMPKIN
Staff Writer
"The Man Who Came to Din
ner," a three-act comedy by Moss
Hart and ,George S. Kaufman
which was one of the greatest
stage successes in theatre history
when it premiered in 1939, will
be presented by the University
Players in Drayton Hall next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, April 21, 22, and 23.
Free to Students
SUSC students will be admitted
free on presentation of their L D.
cards, 'while faculty members and
community playgoers will be
charged $ .75 each or $1.25 per
couple.
Curtain time is at 8:15 p.m. and
the play lasts about two and one
half hours including Intermissions.
Prof. C. E. Crotty of the Univer
sity English department and for
merly director of the Town
Theatre will direct the play.
Bates Is The "Man"
Bill Bates plays the role of
Sheridan Whiteside, the man who
came to dinner, while Clarence
Felder and Cynthia Gilliam por
tray Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Stan
ley, his unwilling hosts.
A pair of cheerleaders, Julie
Petoskey and David Bradham, ap
pear as the Stanley's daughter
June and their son Richard, both
In their early 20's. Maggie Cut
ler, Whiteside's secretary, is
played by Jo Allen Bradham (no
relation to David) who has been
In all but two of the University
'players' productions of tihe past
V,ryears.
Zany Comedian
In other Important roles with
in the large cast required by the
play Anthony E. Brown plays
Banjo, a zany comedian whoni
Whiteside numbers among his
closest friends. Melvin Byars ap
pears as Beverly Carlton, famous
English actor and playwright.
Janet Case portray. WMltealde's
Lon Plans
1hestras *
npleting a project which wil
ormation file on bands, orches
i, according to Rick Harrison
recommended bands from thei:
areas.
The information file service wil
go into effect on Thursday, Apri
23, Harrison concluded.
Data Sheet
For Summer
Discussed
Only new students and return
ing old students need fill out ai
Information Data Sheet for sum
mer school registration, accordinj
to kegistrar Bernard Daetwyler.
If you are enrolled in the cur
rent spring term, it is not necem
sary to notify the registrar's ol
fice if you are planning to registe
in Summer School.
Please do not use the Informa
tion Data Sheet in the center o
the Summer School Bulletin, Daet
wyler added.
Jerry Spann
Is Gamecock
Next Year
Jerry Spann was unanimousl
elected by the Pep Club Wednee
day to serve as the Gamecock nex
year at all .Carolina footba;
games. The Pep Club will donat
the Gamecock uniform for Spann.
Jimmy Truesdale was electe
president of the Pep Club for tb
coming semester. Linda Driver I
the new vice-,president.
Other officers include Jan
Coffman, secretary; Sue Bowmai
treasurer; and Tommy Rose, sei
geant-at-arms. The officers WI
be initiated at the meeting ne
Wednesday at 5 p.m. in room 204
Russell House.
)INNER'
' Prodi
long-suffering nurse, and Bill M
Donald, making his first appear
ance in a Players' presentation, I
the ever optimistic Doctor Brad
ley.
In addition, Joy Jennings al
pears as the glamorous Lorrain
Sheldon, fortune-hunting Holly
wood aotress. Jerry Wilson play
bhe Tuetonic insect expert and ac
mirer of the American Oockroaol
Metz.
Bert Jefferson, the local news
paper's editor and publisher wh
falls in love with Whiteside's se<
SCNEFRM HEPLY
inon o te eeasa sens
lama. (hne **nw AHana~
Housing
Announces
New Rules
The Housing Office is now set
ting room assignments for th(
summer and accepting room re
1 servation fees for the fall sem
ester, according to Joe Barnes
director. It is time to apply foi
a refund of the $15.00 damag.
deposit for those students who ar(
discontinuing residence on campus
Reservation Fee
A person reserving his or hei
room space for next fall will hav(
to pay a $25.00 room reservatior
fee before the end of .this sprinE
semester, paying the remaininE
$45.00 in the fall at registration
If, after paying the $25.0(
i reservation fee, the student shoul
change his mind about living or
r campus .in the fall, he ahoul
notify -the Housing Office no late
. than Saturday, August 1, as th(
. reservation fee is not refundabl(
after that date.
r The Housing Office will use th(
following schedule concerning thi
. above:
f All students who are discon
tinuing residence on campus musO
come by the Housing Office an(
sign for their $15.00 room damago
deposit from Saturday, April 18
through Thursday, April 30.
Summer School
All students who are planninj
to attend summer school mus
come by the Housing Office be
tween Saturday, April 18, an<
May 16, in order to reserve roon
space for the summer.
It is not necessary to pay thi
t $25.00 reservation fee, but if j
j student changes his mind abou
e coming to summer school, th
Housing Office must be notifie
on or before Monday, June 1, o
e $5.00 will be deducted from th
$15.00 damage deposit. Sims Col
lege will be kept open for womei
e students, and Preston, Snowden
and Burney will be open for mal,
students.
It is requested that all student
t living in these dormitories wh<
are planning to attend summe:
(Continued on page 8)
Lction (
- retary, is portrayed by Dan Stan.
- land. Frank Highsmith acts tht
a part of Sandy, the labor organ.
- izer who falls in love with "Juni
Stanley" while organizing hei
- fathers' factory.
e Other Parts
- Somewhat smaller speaking
s parets are played by Henriett.
Gourdin as Mr. Stanley's eccentri<
, sister Harriet, R. C. Wilkie an<
Nancy Hayes play John and
-Sdrah, 'the two Stanley servants.
o Bill Lumploin's part is the Ex
- pressman. Chris Brooks and Jerr;
Sewesel of hegstdent. in "'T1e Ma
They e (Iata eo right) Joy Jennh
Derby
Thurs
CAN YOU IDENTIFY THEM?
these next Thursday at Derby
paper bags over their heads.
Delta Delta; Saunda Caney, Z
Zeta; Lynn Eddy, Chi Omega
(Photo by Allan.)
Bloodmobile
LNext Monda
ty
3 The Bloodmobile from th
Center will be on the Univers
e day, April 20-21.
- The Bloodmobile will be i
2 until 8 p.m. on Monday a
a Tuesday.
The visit is sponsored by
ership fraternity. Three tr
top three campus organizatic
age of all donations to the B
)pens
Wilson are a pair of radio teel
nicians, and Nora DeWitt and Ka
Adams, a pair of Mr. Whitesidc
adoring fans, Mrs. Dexter ar
Mrs. McCutcheon.
There are several walk-on par
involving singers, deputies, a plai
Sclothesnman, a prison guard ar
three convicts which will 1
played by members of the Ca:
I who will portray double secon
I ary roles.
Friend of The Great
- The plot of the play revolvi
y around what happens when Sher
mn Who Camne To Dinnee" ar seen
gn, Bil Bate. and Jn Allnad...
DaY
day 0
. . . The contestants for "Miss Ve
Day exercises on the HIorseshoe at
They are (left to right) Ann Seck
ta Tau Alpha; Tootie Griffin, Alphi
and Frances Hambright, Kappa D
Visits Campus
And Tuesday
South Carolina Regional Bloo
ity campus on Monday and Tues
ai room 204, Russell House, fror
id from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. o
Blue Key national honorary lead
ophies will be presented to th
ns donating the largest perceni
loodmobile.
Vuesday
- dan Whiteside - world-famou
y radio personality, lecturer, critii
s and friend of the great and nee
d great-Glips on the doorstep of tli
Stanley residence breaking hi
s hip upon his arrival there for
i- dinner appointment.
d Under doctors' orders to remai
e in bed and later in a wheelchai
it for several weeks, Whiteside arb
I- trarily makes their home the er
ter of his far-flung enterprist
with disastrous and startling r<
s suits for the Stanley family.
Insults and Berates
Whiteside commandeers the er
tire first floor of their resident
for his personal use. He insuli
and berates everyone within eal
shot, invites a trio of murderer
for dinner, and blithely charge
phone calls to Calcutta, Londo
and Honolulu to the Stanleys.
He generally keeps the hous<
hold in constant turmoil. Hi
hosts' difficulties are complicate
by the arrival of a galaxy <
Whitesides unconventional frien<c
and acquaintances to visit himi
the illness with others sending hii
unique gifts as cockroaches, p4
guins, an octopus and a mummi
case.
Newspapermen Love
Whiteside at once regrets hi
interference when he discovet
that his secretary is sincerely I
love with the newspaperman. SI
becomes so furious at him for pei
suading an actress friend to lur
him away from her, that she ha
decided to leave him after 10 year:
He frantically tries to undo hi
mistake, but is handicapped whe
his host secures a warrant agaimt
h'im and threatens to have hii
forcibly evicted if he doesn't leas
within a 16-minute time limit.
It takes all the resourcefulnet
that Whiteside can muster to gi
rid of the actress and bring t<
gether again his secretary and he
fiance before the curtain falls a
the last act.
chedu
n.Hor,1
nus" will wear outfits similar to
4 pan. The co-eds will model with
-1, Pi Ieta Phi; Elsie Hay, Delta
a Delta Pi: Connie Getsinger, Delta
Ita.
University
Debate Team
Wins Honors
University debaters won most
honors at a college debate Con
gress held at Louisville, Ky., ac
rl cording to Dr. M. G. Christopher
a sen, debate coach.
The Carolina delegation, com
posed of John Chappell, Catherine
- Glenn, Marga Wilhoit, Warren
e Adkins, and Sonny Herring, took
more awards than any of the other
13 schools attending.
Having gained the upper hand
as a group, the Carolina delegates
went on to capture the most in
dividual awards. Wilhoit and Ad
kins were given the "superior"
r award in debate.
Herring was named "excellent"
in debate from the floor, and
guided the Carolina bill through
the Rules Committee. Glenn was
s appointed clerk of the Foreign
' Policy Committee.
r
r Chappell, winner of the degree
of "excellence" in floor debate,
a was named chairman of the Con
servative Party, which carried
through the Carolina bill. Chappell
ralso managed to dictate the atti
rtudes on foreign policy in that
committee.
Adkins, who was also voted "ex
cellent" as a speaker from the
floor, was chairman both of the
Government Policies Committee
and of the Joint Resolutions Coin
mittee.
e
S
SFinal Exar
' Date 8:00 A.
Mon. 18 May 8 MWF
S Tues. 19 May 9 MWI
d Wed. 20 May 10 MWF
f Thurs. 21 May 11 MWF
a Fri. 22 May 12 MWF
~' Sat. 23 Ma~y Math G.
Mon. 25 May English (
. Tues. 26 May MWF Af
Classes
Wed. 27 May Open
Final grades for Gradui
in to Machine Records Offic
e 25.
Group examinations has
e end of the exam period sin
any, graduating seniors in
sFriday, May 23.
Examinations for classe
/or night classes will be schr
e or deans concerned, durir
period.
sIf the above schedule re
Sbe resolved as most conveni
r involved. Wednesday, Ma:
a facilitate resolving conlic
led
eshoe
Beauty
Contest
Is Climax
Fourteenth annual Sigma Chi
sponsored Derby Day will take
place Thursday, April 23, at 4
p.m. on the Horseshoe, according
to Bert Pooser, chairman.
The campus-wide activity con
sists of competitive events for
campus sororities, including the
annual "Miss Venus" beauty con
test.
Sorority Conitests
Other than the "Miss Venus"
contest, the events include a Key
Race, Obstacle Race, Battle of the
Belles, Pie Throwing Contest,
Birds of a Feather Contest, Cos
tume Contest, and Secret Race.
The sorority which amasses the
most victories in the competition
will receive the Bronze Derby
sweepstakes trophy.
Tie Breaker
In the event of a tie, a tug of
war will determine the derby win
net.
Trophies will also be awarded
to the winner of each event, and
the Miss Venus winner will re
ceive, in addition, gifts donated by
local firms.
Nancy Hiller of Kappa Delta
sorority was last year's "Miss
Venus" and will crown the new
wiinner. Chi Omega won the
sweepstakes trophy last year.
Master of Ceremonies
Master of ceremonies will be
Frank Epps, member of the State
House of Representatives from
Greenville County. He is the first
off-campus personality to serve
as m.c., Pooser added.
A member of the legislature
since 1949, Epps is a 1950 grad
uate of the University and was
a member of the Blue Key na
tional leadership fraternity, Kappa
Sigma Kappa honorary leadership
fraternity, Euphradian Society.
and was president of Sigma Chi
fraternity. He is now an attor
ney.
Judges
Judges will be Acting President
and Mrs. Robert L. Sumwalt, Dean
Elizabeth Clotworthy, Dean J. T.
Penney, and Coach Warren Giese.
Rex Enright, as in past years,
will be the official starter for
the contests.
Free Ret reshmnents
Free refreshments will be
served, and music will be furnished
by Sigma Chi's "Pooser's Losers,"
directed by Milton Smith.
In the event of rain, the events
will be held Friday afternoon,
Pooser said.
n Schedule
M. 2:00 P.M.
8 TTS
9 TTS
10 TTS
12 TTS
oup Foreign Lang.
~roup Psychology
ternoon TTS Afternoon
Classes
Open
ting seniors must be turned
e by 9:00 a.m., Monday, May
e been scheduled toward the
ce there will be very few, if
volved in final exams after
s that meet once a week and
eduled by department heads,
Lg the regular examination
~sults in any conflict, it may
ent to professor and studett
i? 27, has been left open to