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Campus Book Store Students Give Opinions Controversy Continues j..i On Renaming Stadium (See Page 2)-, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA cWIA_PO R'& A-GREATER CAROUNA VoL. Li, Nod 9 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 13, 1959 Founded 1908 Series Offei For Show C Thomas L. T h o m a a, distin. guished Welsh-American baritone, will appear In the Field Rouse oi Thursday, November 18 at 8:30 1onum L. Thomas p.m., accord ng to Buzz Hoagland chairman of the Artists Seriv committee. Miami Trip Pre-Game , Hundreds of University alumni students, and fans will meet fo: a pre-game social in the Algier i Hotel, Miami, Fla., at 4:80 toda: before the Carolina-Miami gam tonight at 8:15, William N. Bowen director of alumni activities, ha said. President Sumwalt will speal at this social. Sumwalt flew to Miami with th football team early yesterday on i special chartered plane. Last weel he flew to Virginia with the teani He says he enjoys going with th players and watching their game away from Carolina. Other university officials wh will attend the Miami game ar Roger ,White, executive secretar: of the Gamecock Club, and Williai Bowen. Beat the Jinx Since Friday Is a "thirteenth, the alumni association has desig nated the pre-game social as ,4 "heat the Friday-theA8th-jinx meeting of Carolina supporters. Some 600 -invitations to th "Dutch" affair have been mall. to USC alumni in Florida. Blme Key national honeeary fi initiate. are fires sow, lef to Dieteele, Mike Lacey, DlII Jon WIN Nelso. (Ne.. RS..een s Thomas On Thursday Although he is perhaps best known for his appearances on such programs as the "Voice of Fire stone," Thomas Is also a recording favorite and a frequent guest solo ist with the New York Philharmon le, and the NBC, Indianapolis, and Detroit symphonies. Born in Maesteg, South Wales, Thomas grew up in a musical at mosphere. His mother, sister, and brother are active in the entertain ment world. His father was a flutist with the London Philhar monic. At the age of eleven, Thomas moved with his family to Scranton, Pennsylvania. At sixteen, he made a return visit to Wales as a mem ber of an award-winning Welsh Ainerican singing society. Thomas' programs are varied. He often includes folk songs from his native Wales. He says that the main test of asong "is not whether it is 'classical' or 'popular,' but is it good?" Hoagland also announced that the Kingston Trio woild not be included in the Artists Series this year. They will be unavailable as i they will either be making a movie or touring abroad. Features )ocial Today Two special trains, which left last night, were used to carry Car i olina fans, including students and r the "'Marching Gamecock.," to ) Miami for the weekend. Seaboard is operating one train from Co t lumbia. The Atlantic Coast Line t originated another in Florence, which made its last stop in Char leston before heading, for Miami. Bond Appeare T h e "Marching Gamecocks," a Carolina's 75-piece band are ac a companied by the "Coquettes' corps of majorettes and Judy Pen land, head majorette and a solo baton twirler. Robin Gaylor, solo twirler, also made the trip, ac cording to James D. Pritchard, director of the band. University of Miami students began celebrating their Homecom ing Wednesday night, November - 1.1, with a Homecoming parade, i University of Miami publicity de * partment has said. They are ex pecting a crowd of close to 40,000) e to push into the Orange Bowl to I night of which 2,000 fans will be Carolina supporters. BLUE KEY MEMBER aie,niy has reesntly Inhitatd e et usides Hawy Gapaan, Wihen. F. es, Fly.. Bawl., an,d Eddie Robe.te. Committee Presents RE Topic "Where Is God, Anyhow?" will be the topic of the nineteenth an nual Religious FXmphasis W e e k which will be held February 7-11 on the Carolina campus. Plans for RE Week were begun recently with a meeting of the executive council in Russell House. Outstanding religious leaders of various faiths will discuss sub jects related to the selected theme. The clergymen invited to partici pate in the week will address stu dents in general convocations and discussions, which will be held in various dormitories a n d class rooms. Dr. Lauren E. Brubaker, chap lain of USC and head of the De partment of Bible and Religion, is chairman of the R-E Week Steering Committee. Other members of the committee are: Dr. R. A. Weber, School of Education; Theodore J. Ledeen, general secretary of the campus YMCA; and students Sara Smoak and Fred Williams. Student committee chairmen are: Cater Robinson, b o o k exhibits; Frances Baskin, women's dormi tories; Jo Kirven, sorority forums; Bobby Hunt, fraternity forums; Vickey Smith, coffee conversa tions; Barbara Seay, special convo cations; a n d Virginia Porcher, preparations. Others are: Ann Lazarino, Dickie MeCants, and Bernie Fried man, convocations; Ross Bayard, organized groups; Bill Norman, classroom forums; Zenith Hall man, hospitality and guides; Prof. T. D. Temple, School ot Business Administration, statistics ,and co ordinations; and Prof. l R.~Cul len, Jr., School of Journalism, publicity. ODK Hosts Presidents At Banquet Attorney General Daniel R. Mc Leod will speak at Omicron Delta Kappa's third annual president's banquet,-November 19. Presidents of all University or ganizations are Invited to the ban quet, sponsored by ODK, national honor fraternity for men. The ban. quet will be held at 7:30 p.m. i1 Russell House upstairs cafeteria. MoLeod is a native of South Carolina, a graduate of Wofford College and the University La School, and Is now South Carolina Attorney General. In 1950, McLeod was elected Assistant Attorney General and served In that position until 196h when he was elected Attorney Gen eral. He took ofifice January, 1959 S udents int. maieestp. 'The new wier, Ed Speers; namd- rew, Ed Nne nlemeda sneMnk 8QinItma amm Natior Here AMONG THE USC debaters parth Chappell, Warren Atkins, Pete M debate coach. Ie trophies they Martin.) Hollings, B Approve Er The resolution of student council requesting the University Board of Trustees to give full considera tion to the naming of USC's ath letic stadium in honor of Rex En right has brought forth a wave of response from all corners of the state. At a press conference called by South Carolina Governor Ernest F. Hollings on November 9, the Palmetto chief executive was asked by WIS-Radio News Direc tor Ken Kurtz to state his opinion on the student council resolution urging the Enright Stadium. The Governor commented he was not, at the time, familiar with the full situation, but thought "it would be an excellent idea." Appropriate Name The Governor was then asked if he was aware of any feeling among University Trustees that the name "Enright Stadium" might be inappropriate. Governor Hollings replied tihat, until mention had been made of this at the press con ference, he was aware of no such feeling. Among the early letters re ceived was the following from Clemson's Director of Athletics and Head Coach, Frank Howard: "I would like to add my endorse ment to naming the Carolina Sta dium the Rex Enright Stadium. "I also think this should be done now and not wait until Rex's Postmaster Gives New Office Hours New post office lobby hours have been announced by Joe Law rence, postmaster. The lobby will open at 7:80 a.m. every morning of the week and close at 7:30 p.m. every evening. Students are reminded of the window hours. Monday through Saturday the window opens at 9.80 a.m. Monday through Friday the window closes at 5:00 p.m. On Saturday it closes at 12:80 p.m. The window is not opened on Sunday. Mr. Lawrence also requests that all students who have a post offlos box please n o ti fy any peopile, clubs, oy orgatnisations ad give them the correet box n .This will help to speed service in the post office and will make certain that all mail will be placed in the ial D( Durin ipating in ids weekend's Carolins umn, Jmmy Mann, Eddie Robert bold ae &ase to be presented oward, An right Stad death.- In my opinion people are not honored at the proper time." lAng Friendship Coach Howard's letter continued, "I have known Rex for quite a while and when I think of foot ball at South Carolina, his name always pops into my -mind. "We have competed against each other for a long time and person ally I would like to see him hon ored by naming the Carolina Sta dium the Rex Enright Stadium." One of the Fane*t A telegram from Coach Wallace Butts, Director of Athletics at the University of Georgia, stated, "Hope you will name stadium after Rex Enright. One of the finest men I have known in football and one of the best-liked men." Executive Sports Editor Whitey Kelley of "The Charlotte Ob server" recently headlined an ar ticle "Enright's Name Belongs or Stadium." In the column Kel ley also mentioned that Mayor Reggis Wilson of Chester was very interested in the Enright cam paign. Mayor Wilson said, "If Bab4 Ruth built Yankee Stadium, ther1 Rex Enright most certainly bulli Carolina Stadium what it Is to. day." Worthy Projeet "The State" newspaper of Co. lumbia reported recently from its sports columns a statement b3 Bill Price of Orangeburg: "To me a Clemson booster, this is the fin est thought ever produced by the students of USC. "In my opinion, Rexj Enright i one of the finest gentlemen serving our state today. Rex Enright has tihe respect of every person In oui state, regardless of their schoo connections. The studenta are to b< commended for their tight for thit worthy project." Another statement from "'Ph State" carried this excerpt from St. George reader: "I know o only two things that all Carolina supporters agree on. They ar (I), their desire to beat Clemuot and (2), their respect and admire tion for Rex Enrighit. ilane We Can Do "I would like nothing bettor tha! to see our stadium named in hi honor and think it the least weoest do for one who has done a. am for Carolina. .. . "The State's" sporta editor, Jak Penland, added in his column a the conclusion of these rean "And from what we can gate1 .bate] g e Foreneses are left to ffghts John a, and Dr. M. G. Chrisopheren, in the tournament. (Photo by d Students ium Drive1C. overwhelmingly in favor of it." Student council petitions will cdhtinue to circulate in all dormi tories next week so that students may sign the appeal that is to be made to the Board of Trustees. Day students, or non-boarders, may sign a petition provided at the Russell House information desk. Student leaders, representing a wide group of campus organima tions, have been enthusiastic in their praise of the Student Coun cil resolution to honor Director of Athletics Rex Enright by nam ing the athletic stadium as a tribute to him. A few of the letters received are: Jim Leventis, president of stu dent body: "I feel the drive to honof Coach Enright one of the truly high momenta of this aca demic year. I sincerely urge all the MEN AND WOMEN OF OAR OLINA to band together and ex hibit that same degree of school spirit they have shown all se mester. No Finer Way "Certainly no finer way is open to honor all the coaches and all the players of past years. I have utmost confidence in the student body that they will go overwhel mingly in favor of the efort to dedicate our stadium to a great gentleman, whose services to our school refleet the best of all who have ever served our Alma Mater." Mike Qurinn, treasurer of stu dent body: "We have had many men Ii the history of Carolina whose services have contributed to making USC one of the finest rschools in the nation. Certainly Rex En right is such a man. r Through his high ideals, strength of character, and inspiring leader ship, he has not only gained the abiding admiration of players and coaching aides, but also from all those who follow the fortunes of the Gameeocks. Nation-Wide Figure "To honor Enright is not to honor merely a local figure, but one who is'known and reqpected In athletic circles throughout the country. The naming caf the Rei Enright Stadium would refleet tiu fairness and sense of loyalty o1 Carolina studmnta." Rick Harrison, president ei h Blue Key: "The years epeat ai coach and athle@es directr am just a small facet in Oeda En Sright's contrbuton. His magneth tpersonaHity has won the re and admiration of many, both Ii H1atch ekend Eighteen Colleges Compete At 10:00 this morning Carolina Forensics, one of this year's most important national debate tourna ments, will begin in Russell House. Over 100 debaters are here to participate in the two-day tourna ment. '7wenty4our teams represent ing 18 colleges will compete in six rounds of competition. Rooms in over 16 University buildings are to be used for the 150 debates sched uled. Those schools sending varsity squads to the tournament are as follows: Air Force Academy, Duke University, University of Florida, Georgia Tech, Howard, Mercer, University of Miami, Pittsburgh, Reinhardt, University of Tennes see, Wake Forest, William and Mary, and Wofford. A Carolina team will also compete in thee debates but, as the host team, will be ineligible for team trophies. Novice Debee Ten squads will participate in Novice debate: Appalachian State, Duke, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Nor folk, University of North Caro lina, Reinhardt, Stetson, Wake Forest, and Carolina. Today at noon, the University Administration will host t h e coaches of the teams at a lunch eon. Tonight, both the competitors and their coaches will attend a banquet in Russell House Assembly Room. Resul Announcemenst Announcement of the results of the tournament will be made to morrow afternoon at 12:30, after the final round of competition. Eleven trophies are to be awarded. Principal among these are those being given to the winning affirm ative team, winning negative team, and the most outstanding individ nial dd>ater. Rounding out the debate week end at Carolina will be the con test scheduled for Monday night between USC debaters and repre sentatives of Cambridge Univer sity. This event will take place in Russell House Auditorium at 8:00 and is open to the public. Group Gives Scholarships To Freshmen Freshman scholarship awards were presented last night, through the Phi Beta K a p p a Visiting Scholarship Program, to freshmen who made the three highest scho lastic records lest year. Preceding a p ubl1ice lecture "Archeology and the Bible" by Dr. E. A. 3peiser of the University of Pennsylvania, M a r y Agnes Snipes received a $100 scholarship for making the highest freshman academic grade during the 1968-'59 term. With a grade point average -of 6,000, Mary Is a secondary edu cation major with tesohing sub ject. in English and Fronds. William E. Headley made the .eeond highest freshman be)glesttc reeord with a grade point srj of 6.94. Se is msajor'ing tn l4 - cal engineering. Thip third highest grade was made by Walter Sigmon, Jr., ans aceounting major who had a grade point avera=e of 5M.8.