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Bell of Revolutionary Ship ~j3j?A_FrsmnTa On Display at Caroliniana Meet Wake orest (See Page 3) (e ae6 UNIVERSITY OF. SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. L., No. 8 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 6, 1959 Founded 1908 14 Homecoming dimplay that captu Pi Kuppa Phi plucel second in 1 sented at the Hlmeconiig dan Three Sell USC Rings To Seniors Official USC rings are now available at three different stores. Only one standard ring may be bjought. To buy a Carolina ring the student must obtain permission from the Registrar. This permis sion slip states that the student has 90 credit hours to his record. The Campus Shop has boys' -rings in stock and can order 'girls' rings. The orders take from eight to ten weeks to arrive. No NROTC or AFROTC University rings are available at the Campus Shop. According to Marion Danzler, Campus Shop manager, ten-penny weight rings for men cost $28.93, includinig tax. Twelve and three fourths penny-weight rings f o r men cost $31.93, tax included. All girls' rings cost $23.17, tax in cluded. Rings, including NROTC and A PROTC, may also be purchased at Balfours, Fred Wilkins, repre 4 sentative, has said. Prices are the same as those at the Campus Shop. Sylvan's is the other official UJSC ring dealer, but this store a not order ROTC rings. Team Plans Tournament Next Week Last weekend, a Carolina De h)ate Squad appeared in the Dixie Tournament held at Mercer Uni versi ty againiist teams representing a n umtber of southern uiniversities. Sonny Herring and Sam Freed who1( presented the nrgument for the negative won four debates, losing two. They registered a win over the team from the University of Kentucky which wvas victorious in the tournament. The affirmative team, .Jimmy ,ann andl Kay G;lenn, wvon three andi~ lost three. F"inal preparations are now he ing made for the Carolina Foren sies Tournament which will be held in Russell Hiouse, November 12-14. A pproximately t w en ty schools are expec'ted to participate in thia event. 3AE DISPLAY WINS ed first place was the giant Sigma he judging and Kappa Sigma won ce Saturday night by Chuckie Grij Education I Supported I More than 80 members of the University faculty have contrib uted to the 1959-1960 Educational Foundation campaign, according to Dr. John R. Welsh, chairman of the faculty division. While the campaign will con tinue through November 15, Dr. Welsh reports that faculty par ticipation is encouraging and rep resents a large gain over last year's. The percentage of participants from those departments reporting are: Biology, 36 per cent; chemistry, 45 per cent; English, 80 per cent; fine arts, 50 per cent; foreign languages, 17 per cent; history, 18 per cent; international studies, 100 per cent; mathematics and Group Holds Leadership Conference Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, is holding a leadership conference- tomorrow through Sunday in order to ac quaint officers and officers-elect of their responsibilities. A pproximately 40 students and advisors from South Carolina and Georgia are expected to attend. T he conference is one of a series held throughout the south each fall and spring. Speaker at the banquet will be the Honorable Yancey A. McLeod, former state senator and promi nent Columbia barrister. The faculty for the conference is composed of various adult ad visors with Dr. Tom GaIt of Spar tanburg serving as dean of the con ference. Nine New Members ODK I Omicron D)elta Kappa, national leaderahi-p honor society for col lege men, had its annual fall tap ping ceremonies Tuesday night during intermission of "The Miss Garnet and Black" contest. The nine new members, their (ualifications for ODK, and cam pus activities are as follows: BILL, ABLE . . . Grade point io 4.333; president of Euphra din Society, president and treas urer of International Relations Club; vice president and regional chairman, southeastern region o~f Tau Kappa Aipha; varsity debate team; Wesley Foundation presi (dent, and Phi Alpha Delta. ELMER BEARDSHALL... Grade point ratio A.2AA. memka. #f x Alpha Epsilon Gamecock above. third place. Trophies were pre. g, Homecoming queen. oundation 3y Faculty astronomy, 36 per cent; naval science, 20 per cent; physical edu cation, 9 per cent; physics, 11 per cent; political science, 30 per cent; psychology and philosophy, 27 per cent; business administration and economics, 27 per cent; school of education, 30 per cent; chemical engineering, 30 per cent; civil engineering, 17 per cent; electrical engineering, 13 per cent; mechani cal engineering, 26 per cent; school of journalism, 14 per cent; school of law, 62 per cent; and school of pharmacy, 14 per cent. Dr. Welsh, in encouraging fel low faculty members to support the Educational Foundation, points out that alumni and friends otf the University are more incHned to contribute to such projects when they have substantial endorsement by those whom the project will ultimately benefit. Blood Drive Sets Carolina Record; 292 Pints Given With 292 pints of blood given, the blood drive which was held in Russell House assembly room Monday has set new records for the University, George Leventis, Inter-Fraternity Council president, has said. Chi Psi social fraternity, with 21 of 28 members contributing, won the trophy given to the fra ternity which gives the most blood percentage-wise. There were 370 volunteers but only 292 pints taken. This is the highest number ever to volunteer to give blood in the history o.f the University. The blood drive is sponsored annually by the Inter-'Fraternity Council as service to the com munity. folds F' Tau Beta Pi; commander in the NROTPC; member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Compass and Chart; Sigma Pi Sigma; Westminster Fellowship; N ROTC Outstanding Freshman Award; and NROTC Reserve Of ficers' A ward. SID DODD . . . Grade point ratio 4.252; member of Pi Kappa Alpha; Li e u ten an t Colonel A FROTPC; Squadron Comman4er in Arnold Air Society; football scholarship; 1959-'60 football man ager; Chicago Tribune Alward for outstanding military merit; and delegate to the National Arnold Air Society Convention. BOBBY RUNT . .. Grade point ratio 5.365; member of Sigma hN.; Studei Name: Winner Kept Secret 'G&B' Pi Preliminary judging for the annual "Miss Garnet and Black" contest, held Tuesday in Russell House Assembly Room, resulted in the selection of seven finalists for this title from a group of 24 girls. The 24 candidates were pre sented before the audience and con test judges by Mike Quinn, master of ceremonies. The winner, whose name will be kept secret until the publication of the "Garnet and Black," will be selected from among the seven finalists. Luncheon Held Preceding the evening festivities, was a luncheon for candidates judges, and guest of honor, Eliza beth Clotworthy, dean of women, in the Palmetto Room at Russell House. Following the luncheon, a USC Hears Dr. Speiser On Nov. 12 Di- E. A. Speiser, one of the nation's best-known authorities on the Near East, will visit the Uni versity under a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar program and will give a public lecture at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the audi torium of the School of Business Administration. Dr. Speiser served during World War 11 as chief of the Near East section of the Research and Analy sis Branch Office of Strategic Services. In connection with his lecture, a $100 award will be presented to the freshman student making the highest scholastic record last year. Awards will also be presented to the freshmen who placed second and third scholastic achievement. Dr. Spelser Is professor of He brew and Semitic languages and literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, and chairman of the depas-tment of oriental studies. Among his publications are "Introduction to Hurrian," and important work on a language which until then was practically unanalyzed; many monographs on archeological, philological, and his torical subjects; and several books including "Mesopotamian Origins," "Akkadian Myths and Epics," and "The United States and Near East." He is now completing a volume on Genesis. 111 Taps president, Freshman Class; stu dent council; honor board; elec tions committee chairman; counse lot at freshman "Y" camp; mem her of YMCA ; and president of Sophomore Class. BUNKY JOY E . . . Grade point ratio 3.604; member Pi Kappa Alpha; president of Freshman Class; student council; National Student Association Regional Con vention delegate; delegate NSA annual Congress; American So. ciety Mechanical Engineers; del. gate IPC Regional Convention; and vice president of junior class, BILL QUEEN . . . Grade polni ratio 5.016; chairman Americarl Institute of Electrical Engineers. Institute of Radio Engineer. Tas it Cou Enri 0 eks Queen I coffee hour was held, at which time the judges met each girl. Judges, editors of their respec tive yearbooks, were Alice Deen of Furman, Henrietta O'Dell of Converse, Joe Pugh of Wofford, Mary Carolyn Kirby of Columbia College, and Billy Fort of Clem son. Contest candidates were spon sored by Carolina fraternities and Clariosophic Schedules Addresses The Clariosophic Literary So ciety has announced its program for the first semester of the 1959 60 school year. The program in cludes an address by Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-SC). President Dee Craver said Sen ator -Johnston, a member of Clari osophic while attending the Uni versity, would speak during the early part of Deceiber. The first intra-society debate was held this week on the "Reten tion or Rejection of the Honor System at USC." James Cox spoke for retention, and Ken Wood con tra. Scheduled next Tuesday at 7 p.m., are initiatory addresses by Gene Wilson and C. B. Hoefer, of Columbia, and Ira Bloom of Char leston. Other speakers during the sea son will come from the society's matriculate members and from the membership of graduates re siding in Columbia and other parts of the state. Council To To Duke C< Student council voted Moni National Student Association r Duke University today, tomorr 'Four Freshmen' Present Concert The Four Freshmen will present a concert December 8 in the Town ship Auditorium sponsored by In ter-Fraternity Council, George Leventis, IFC president, has said. The concert will be open to the student body and the general pub lic at prices ranging from $2.00 to $2.16 with seats on the stone steps selling for $1.00. Township Auditorium was se leoted as the location for the con cert because of its 3,000 seating capacity. )ing Cei Beta Pi Honor Junior; Tau Beta Pi Cataloguer; Sigma Pi Sigma; student council; National Science Foundation Grant for Summer Research; N ROTC Battalion Ex ecutive Officer; NROT~C Aca demic and Aptitude Sophomore Award; and NROTPC Academic and Aptitude Junior Award. H ENRY RAMSUR. .. Grade point ratio 6.101; member of Kappa Alpha; Kappa Sigma Kap pa, honorary fraternity; Tribunal Council of IFC; Cotillion Club; and Wesphalian Society. LARRY WERER . . . Grade point ratio 3.667; member of Sigma Nu; Associate Editor and member of the business staff of the Garnet and Black;- teasurer. neil F rht Stc candidates sororities. There were also inde pendent candidates from each of the women's dormitories. FinaliRtsM Contest finalists selected and some of the campus organizations in which they are active or have been active are: SANDRA USSERY, an art ma jor from Columbia: Kappa Delta. Pan-Hellenic Council, Alpha Kap pa Gamma, student council, and cheerleadei; sponsored by Sigma Nu. VICKI RUMPH, secretarial science major from Anderson: president of Pan-Hellenic Council, honor board, senior class historian, former finalist in "Miss Garnet and Black" contest; sponsored by Chi Omega. Otheri Named GLENDA GUNTER, business administration major from Lang ley; Pi Beta Phi; sponsored by Pi Kappa Alpha. (;ERRY WILLIAMS, education major from Charleston: Kappa Delta, cheerleader, secretary of the student union committee, Sweet heart of Sigma Chi; sponsored by Sigma Chi. .JUDY PENLAND, education major from Rock Hill: head maj orette of the "Coquettes"; spon sored by Maxey Brotherhood. "Mi16 Columbia'" FRANCES HAMBRIGHT, see retarial science major from Clover: majorette, Miss Columbia of 1959; sponsored by Kappa Delta. SANDY HEISE, art and sci ence major from Sumter: spon sored by Pi Kappa Phi. Send Four :)nvention lay to send four delegates to egional assembly to be held at ow, and Sunday. The four are Jimmy Mann, Jim my Truesdale, Buzz Hoagland, and Tommy Borroughs. Doc Howard is the alternate. Carolina delegates will not have voting privileges at the assembly since the school is not presently a paying member of NSA. Al L.owenstein, past president of the student body of the Univer sity of North Carolina and of the national assembly of NSA, will deliver the keynote address of the assembly. Lowenstein is now em ployed by the United Nations. National officers of NSA will also attend t>he assembly and the regional secretary of the World University Service will be there. -emony of YMCA ; co-chairman "Y" camp; Alpha Phi Omega; Orientation Counselor; treasurer of Sigma Nu; and IPC. D)R. B. L. BAKER . . .. Head of D)epartment of Chemical Engi neering; B. S. from the University of South Carolina; Ph.D. from North Carolina State College; listed in American Men of Steence, Who's Who in Engineering, Who's Who in South and Southwest; member of Sigma Xl; Tau Beta P1; American Institute of Chemi cal Engineers; American Ohemi cal Society; American Society of Engineering Education; and South Carolina Academy of cie. avors dium Petitions Circulate On Monday A resolution urging that Caro ina's football stadium be named lex Enright Stadium and calling ,oach Enright the most beloved knd respected athletic personality n the history of the University vas passed by a large majority of tudent council Monday. Introduced by Ellis Boatmon, Praduate school representative, .he resolution will now be for varded to the administration and ,o Rutledge OWborne, chairman of Ie board of trustees. Officially Not Named The stadium, built in 1934 has ,ever officially been named and s now known simply as Carolina stadium. A movement to name the itadium for Coach Enright was egun several weeks ago and has iow gained the support of various ;tate and out-of-state newspapers, )ublic officials, and campus lead The resolution states: Whereas, Rex Enright, being the nost beloved and respected athletic personality in the history of the University of South Carolina, and rurther, being known and admired .hruughout the world of football for his love of the great game, his ibiding sense of fair play, his do -otion to the University of South arolina, and his unfailing ex imple to his players, his associates, ind to fans everywhere; And whereas, Rex Enright has served this institution as head foot >all coach from 1938 to 1943 and rrom 1946 to 1956; and as direc or of athletics since 1956; Great Following And whereas, he has the re spectful following of all loyal Gamecock fans for his excellent rfootball record while head coach, ncluding his record of eight vic tories against six defeats and a tie in the heated "Big Thursday" series with archrival Clemson Col lege; Therefore, the student council, duly elected representatives of the itudent body of the University of South Carolina, wishes to offi cially express its deep gratitude and sincere appreciation to Coach Rex Enright-Christian gentle man, patrician sportsman, loyal Gamecock, and lasting friend; A nd this said council unreserv edly recommended and heartily en dorsed to the board of trustees and to the administration of the Uni versity of South Carolina, that in view of the high debt of honor we owe Coach Enright, and with every <desire to honor this deserving citizen of the Carolina Community at this time, tihe student council urges that the Carolina Stadium be now and forevermore known as The Rex Enright Stadium. Petitions to Circulate A petition requesting that the stadium be named for Coach En right will be circulated among the student body beginning Monday, Jim Leventis, student body presi dent, has announced. Students interested in helping to circulate the petition, may contact "The Gamecok," room 208, Rus sell Honse, Leventi added.