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Legislator Saves Legisator avesComparative Scholastic Carolina fromA"GaeA rgeGin Permanent Extinction GraForAverage'59 (See Page 3) A ( g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. L., No. 10 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 20, 1959 Fouded190 Stadium Set-Up By The Rex Enright Stadium drive gained momentum as it entered its second full week. Letters of com mendation continue to come in from athletic officials, alumni, fans, and students.from the south ern area. , Student Council, faced with a project t,h a t mushroomed over night, appointed a Rex Enright Stadium Committee, -which will be thp official student agency to spon sor the drive, working in close harmony with- council. Jim Leventis, student body pres ident, appointed Ellis Boatmon as chairman of the committee, which includes Rick Harrison, Sam Freed, Skippy Canady, Ray Lathan, Jack Wilson, Beverly Jones, and Jim Truesdale. Sugar Bowl Backing Among the many letters re ceived. this past week by the Rex Enright Committee was a state ment by Claude Simons, president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association, official. spon 275 Students Lost! 275 Carolina students are nissing! That is, their names are missing. Student Council had posted a petition relative to the Rex Enright Stadium drive now under way at the information desk of Russell -House. 1%rough circumstances not now alto gether clear, the petition Is gone, and with it the names of 275 Carolina men and women who favored the drive. Student Council requests that ALL students who had signed the original petition please take a few moments out of their day and sign the new petition which has been placed at the inforam tion desk. The petition was de signed for non-dormitory stu dents only. sor of the Sugar Bowl classic: "I certainly heartily endorse the naming of your stadium for Coach Rex Enright. Never have I been associated with a more devoted advocate of Intercollegiate Ath letics on the plane we all desire." 34 Bands Per Half-Time Sp LO)OKING LIKE an animnated Robin Gayloe goes through a ro when the University's first Band with the Carolina-N. C. State gas ,ommittee Council The letter continued, "He is one of the most well-liked individuals in intercollegiate sports today and South Carolina is privileged to have him serve on their staff. I hope your sponsorship of Coach Enright meets with success." Jack Harding, director of ath letics at the University of Miami (-Fla.) wired the following: "You are to be commended for sponsor ing a drive to name your stadium after my very good friend Rex En right. He is one of the best-known and best-liked athletic officials in the United States and has contrib uted much to intercollegiate ath letics, not only to South Carolina, but to the whole nation." Notre Dame Tribute High in praise of the Enright Stadium drive was the director of athletics at Enright's Alma Mater, the University of Notre Dame. Mr. Edward Krause had the fol lowing to say, regarding USC's athletic director, who was a star fullback on the 1925 Fighting Irish team: "Rex Enright is one of the fin est persons I have ever met in the field of college athletics or any other field for that matter. I think it is an excellent idea and you ought to be congratulated if you are thinking of naming your sta dium after Rex Enright." Mr. Charles Callahan, director of Notre Dame's sports publicity, summed up the feelings of many supporters of the stadium drive when he commented, "Rex Enright is a really great guy." Able Devotion Stuart C. Hope of the Hope Insuranei Agency, Inc., of Colum bia, sent the following letter: "I recently read of a suggestion that the football stadium be named after Rex Enright. Anyone who knows Rex Enright will heartily agree that this is an excellent sug gestion and one worthy of consid eration. "Coach Enright has served and is still serving the University with able devotion and has certainly been a great credit to the school. (Continued on Page 8) rorm For USC ctacular Feal weesel, ebenmpion heon.. twieler' melne bee will paeaen Satasrley Day will be held in eonnecuion a-me' saBl,M-L-.no) Deacons' Teams Win Forensics Carolina Forensics Tournamen ended here last weekend with thi presentation of t h e first-plac4 trophy to Wake Forest. USC out pointed the other 24 teams corn peting in the debate tournamen but, as the host school, was ineli gible for the trophy. Both Carolina and,Wake Fores recorded ten victories and onlj two losses in the tournament. Carolina had two teams partici pating in the affirmative competi tion. Pete Martin and John Chap pell, who composed one team, am Eddie Roberts and Deke Atkins who composed the other, won i total of.five debates, losing one. Wake Forest followed in secon< place with a 4-2 record. Competi tion for third place resulted in a three-way tie among Duke, Uni versity of Florida, and Universit3 of Miami. ~ Wake Forest, with six wins anc no losses, took first place for thi negative. Tieing for second placo with a 5-1 record were USC, Ai Force Academy and Pittsburgh. Pete Martin of Carolina won the trophy as the outstanding individ. ual debater. Second a n d thir places went to Eric Raepple o Miami and Joe Grubbs of Wak Forest, respectively. Four Carolini debaters were among the top ter individual varsity debaters. In novice competition, W a k Forest won both the negative anc affirmative. Carolina finished ir second place. Listed among the toy ten individual novice debaters were three Carolina students. T h i s weekend, two Carolina teams will journey to Louisiana State University for the Southerr Regional Tau Kappa Alpha Tour. nament. John Chappell and Pete Martin will present the argumeni for the affirmation. Melvin Purvi and 13ill Able will debate for the negative. Band Day ures Gaylor The University band --r the Marching Gamecocks - and 34 South Carolina high school bands will participate in the first USC Band Day tomorrow in Carolina Stadium as an extra attraction of the Carolina-N. C. State game. Approximately 2,000 musicIans in these bands will present a spe cial massed performance at half. time, featuring Robin Gaylor, USC solo twirler. Another feature of Band Day will be a pre-game "spectacular' by 200 majorettes from the uni versity and the 34 high schools. The massed majorettes will do a twirling routine to "Baton Bal let," and a mambo dance routine to "'Mambo Magic," both composi tions of Paul Yoder. The number of bands and par. ticipants in this first Band Day is believed to be the largest all South Carolina program of its kind in the state's history, accord ing to James D. Pritchard, Uni versity band director. Some of the details of Band Day Include a luncheon for 2,000, re hearsal plans for the morning of Band Day, and drill schedule for 200 majorettes under the super vision of the Carolina "Coquette. Cities and towns to be repre sented In the program are: Aynor, Beaufort, Belton, Camden, Chester, Clemson, Columbia, Fort Mill, Gaff ney, Greenwood, Hartaville, Heath Springs, Inman and Irmo Chapfn. Also, Lake City, Lake View, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, North Augusta, Olanta, Orange burg, Rock Hill, St. George, St. Matthews, Sumter, Timmionsville, Union, Westminster, Williamston, Williston-'Elko, Woodruff, and VA~k. Who' Twe tI PICTURED ABOVE at the banq fraternity are left to right: len PIKA disetriet director; Sen. Thi S. C. 4ccretary of ntate; and Da Fraternity Honors Se PiKA 's Inii J. Strom Thurmond, U. S. Sena tor from South Carolina, was in itiated into the Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The proceedings began with a dinner given for the Senator by the fraternity at Morrison's cafeteria at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 18. The initia tion took place at the Shandon Methodist Church and was con cluded at the fraternity house on the University campus. Clemson Graduate Senator Thurmond w a s grad uated from Clemson College in 1923, and was admitted to 'the South Carolina Bar in 1930. He has served in numerous s t a t e Educational Gains More Within the last 18 months the Educational Foundation has col lected $140,000, according to Wil liam M. Bowen, Director of Alumni Activities. This and additional money will be used to achieve the following objectives of the foundation: The KSK Inducts Seven teen At Banquet Kappa Sigma Kappa, national honor service fraternity, will ini tiate 17 new members at its an nual fall banquet Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in the former faculty dining room of Russell House. Newly initiated members will in clude: Bill Bates, Charles Behling, Tommy Boroughs, John Ohappell, Sanm Freed, Bobby Hunt, Gene Jones, and Bunky Joye. - Also, Gene Odom, Bjll Queen, Bland Roper, John Saunders, Rus sell Shaw, Mike Sheheen, Ed Spears, Tuffy Taylor. and Larry Weber. Participating in caumpus activi ties, such as the sponsoring of May Day ceremonies, ushering at football games, and awarding a scholarship to a qualified fresh man stu'dent, Kappa Sigma Kappa requires a member to be of sopho more standing and to have given outstanding service to the. school. iMembership must not exeeed two per cent of the male student body, Speaker for the banquet will be Dr. Wright Spears, president of Columbia ollege sWh< ] t - =E1g -~-X2 uet held prior to Seit StromI Thurmi ry Chandler, Thurnotad'it adminitr, irmond; Bill Donelaii, program diret ve Leopard, presad -vt of Xi chapter nator fiate Strom posts, including state senator and circuit court judge. In 1947, he began the term as governor of South Carolina. He served in this position until 1951. From 1951 until 1955 he practiced law in Aiken, S. C. with the firm of Thurmond, Lybrand, and Sim mons. Senator Thurmond served with the U. S. Army during World War 11 in both the European and Pacific theatres. He was awarded five battle stars and fourteen decora tions awards, including the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Presidential Unit Citation, and the French Croix de Guerre. He is Foundation Finances endowing of chairs to attract and retain outstanding professors to the campus, the establishment of a master of business administration degree at the University. Other goals are: The establish ment of competitive scholarships for outstanding students, and the purchase of books for the library. Tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. the executive committee of the Educational Foundation will meet prior to the meeting of the Board of D)irectors at 10:30 a.m. After both meetings, the committee and directors will lunch together before attending the football game. The executive committee will elect officers and directors for the coming year to replace the follow ing officers and directors who have served for the past 18 months: Jeff B. Bates, president; T. Eston Marchant, vice president; D)r. William 8. Brockington, secre tar y-treasurer; and William N. Bowen, executive director. Directors are: Robert L. 'sum walt (Ex-officio), William H. Nicholson, Jr., Mrs. Irvine F. Bel-. ser, George A. .Buchanan, A. Crawford Clarkson, Charles W. 'Coker, Samuel M. Derrick, E. Smythe Gambrell, David A. Gas ton, James M. Hagood. Also, Luther W. Hill, Daniel W. Hollis, William W. Johnson, Charles W. Knowlton, Sam Lati mer, William H. Patterson, James T. Pearce, Paul A. Sansbury, J. Stanyarne Stevens, J o h n R. Welsh, Richard L,. Walker, Oth neil H. Wineas, and Jack, Wsrt. )ho ht Stu mnli'l iniliailon into PIKA social stive assistant; L A. MeCal, ,ar of PiKA; 0. Frank Thornton, of PIKA. Thurmond presently a brigadier general in the U. S. Army Reserve. 127 Chapters Pi Kappa Alpha, college social fraternity, was founded in 1868 at t h e University of Virginia. There are 127 chapters located throughout the county with some 55,000 members. Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha was established at the University of South Carolina in 1868. Brothers from Mu Chapter of Presbyterian College and Nu chapter of Wofford College assisted the members of Xi chapter in the initiation. Government Jobs Offer Many Fields Information concerning the Fed eral Service Entrance Examina tion can now be obtained at the Placement Bureau. Designed as an avenue through which young people may enter the federal service, the exam is a ba sis upon which qualified persona are considered for trainee position. at the entrance level. Sixty career fields which are in cluded in a variety of federal agencies and geographical loca tions are offered through the exam. Career positions range from gen eral administration, personnel man agement, and communications, to electronic data processing, Investi gation, and agricultural econom ies. College students who are irl graduate school or In their senloi or junior years of college and whc p a a s the examination can be offered an appointment to a posi. tion in the federal career service which will become effective upor graduation. According to the placement bu. reau, federal establishment. make approxImately 5,000 appointmenta each year from the examinator to eca re er positions located Ir Washington, D. C., and throughou the U. S. Examinations are scheduled it November, J an ua ry , February April, and May. Interested persona can obtalt instructions and application formi at the USC placement office Io cated in the Administration Build ing. oses dents Committee Nominates Members Twenty-eight Carolina seniors have been elected to "Who's Who Among Students in American Uni versities and Colleges," Dr. George W. Tomlin, dean of men, has an nounced. Chosen on the basis of leader ship on campus, the students are annually selected by a committee composed of tiwo faculty members, the deans of men and women, and four students, the president of the student body, chairman of the honor board, and presidents of YWCA and YMCA. The seniors will be featured in the annual collegiate "Who's Who" publication. The 18 men and 10 coeds se lected by the committee, their qual ifications for "Who's Who," and some of their major activities are as follows: WILLIAM D. BATES, political science major: Chairman, 59ers committee; student council; news editor, "Gamecock;" Kappa Sigma Kappa; Religious Emphasis Week committee, and YMCA. GLENNA T. BRYANT, jour nalism major: Editor, "Game cock;" Hypatian Literary Society; publicity chairman, Delta Zeta sorority; Press Club; and 59ers committee. CHARLES H. CATE, mechani cal engineering major: Student council; president, junior class; Blue Key; Kappa Sigma Kappa; vice chairman, honor board; and secretary, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. JAMES A. CATHCART, eco nomics major: Track team; man ager, varsity football team; YMCA; Canterbury Club, and Kappa Alpha fraternity. WILLIAM M. CHERTOK, Eng lish major: Editor, "Garnet and Black;" vice president, Blue Key; Kappa Sigma Kappa; Baptist Stu dent Union council; band; YMCA; and Sigma Nu fraternity. DAVID KELLY COATES, busi ness administration major: Presi dent, Block C; treasurer, Kappa Sigma Kappa; honor board; track; 59ers committee; and vice presi dent, Sigma Nu fraternity. WILLIAM L. CROLLEY, chemi cal. engineering major: Student council; honor board; president, Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Sigma Kappa; and Sigma Nu fra ternity. ATACI N. GAFFIOS, biology major: Student council; cheer leader; president, Pep Club; presi dent, YMCA; Kappa Sigma Kap pa; Carolina Religious Council; and Sigma Nu fraternity. JOH,N A. H AGINS, economics major: Student council; president, senior class; B 1 u e Key; Kappa Sigma Kappa; Senate reading clerk, State Student Legislature; and president, Sigma Chi. ARCHIBALD HARDY, educa tion major: Student council; stu dent union, honor board; presi dent, Canterbury 'Club; Kappa Sigma Kappa; and Kappa Alpha fraternity. PREDERICK HARRIOON, bi ology major: Student council; stu dent union; sports editor, "Garnet and Black;" vice president, senior class; president, Blue Key; Kappa Sigma Kappa, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. MARION OLAIRE HUTTQ, education major: Woman's stand ards committee; Euphroeynean Literary Society; Pep Club; YWCA; Pan-Mellenic council; and president, P1 Beta Phi sorority. BEVElRLY ANN JONE, buasi ness administration major: Student e o un e i. , cheerleader; Euphro synean Literary Society; president, Sigma Alpha Sigma; and vice president, Alpha Delta Pt. W1IAAAM 3UR'lON JONUS, pie-law major: Student ewuil; (Cons*sgwd an pan 5)