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Go-Karts Russells Give Go OverPotat (See Page 3) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA GROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. LI., No. I COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 16, 1960 yOi1I)EIy 190y Trusti $8M_S1 Overflow C Poses Big I The "No Vacancy" sign is up on student housing. With the increase in enrollment already evident, .loe A. Barnes, director of' housing, said no Co lumbia area students will he al lowed to room on campus this year. Some 3,000 students are living on campus. Housing facilities for women students have been increased by three additions-Kirkland Apart ments, which formerly housed fac ulty families; Tivoli Apartments, recently purchased; and the Guest House on caipus. 908 Women Students Nine hundred and eight women students are living on campus in comparison with only 784 last year. There is a waiting list now. Men's housing facilities can ac coninodate 1,765. The waiting list at present has 75 students seek ing quarters on campus. Approxi mately 20 vacancies are expected by next week beause of students who have reserved rooms not re turning. The increase in enrollment is estimated at from five to ten per cent. The exact figure cannot be determined until after late regis tration. l'ossible 6,000 The student body could number from1 a minimum of 5,500 to a mnaximum of nearly 6,000 this University Promotes Faculty There have been many changes within the administration and fac ulty since the beginning of last year. Some of these changes have been reported in "The Gamecock," however, in -order to give a clear picture, all the changes are being D)r. W. H.Clct,frel (lean of the faculty and dean of Graduate School is nowv dean of' -the University; Dr. R. H. Wiene feld, former (lean of the College ohf Arts and Sciences and head of Sthe history department, has been promoted to deani of the Graduate School. D)ean G. W. Tomlin, formerly deani of men, has been named dean of studlents; C. Wallace Martin has been namedl as dir'ector for de velopment. Dri. J. A. Morris is nowv direc'tor' of the bureau of Business andl Economic Research; and Professor Warren G;iese, in add(ition to being head coach, has been named director' of athletics and head of the department of physical education. Dri. 11. W. Davis, former head of the c'hemistr'y department has be c'ome (lean of the College of Arts and Sciences; D)r. 0. D. Ochs has been promoted to head of the his tory dlepartment. Dri. R. G. Fellers, formerly head of the department of electrical engineering, has been named denn oh' the School of Engineering. (Council Office Hours Student Council officers have announcedl that there will he a member of Student govern ment in Room 202 of Russell House from 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. These officers wvill be glad to discuss any problems with students. Stu (ents are invited to drop by anytime within these hours. Ees A1 ilio 11110 Of Students "roblem year. By 1970 there may be over 10,000 students seeking admission. Enrollment last year numbered 5,356, includinlg those enrolled in the Extension Centers at Florence, Lancaster and Beaufort, and also including student's enrolled in on campus evening and Saturday classes of the Extension Division. Married students are having a hard time finding housing. There, are 265 on the waiting list now. University Terrace is filled and Carovet Apartments has only 50 units tor occupancy. Additional Pacilities Plans have already been ap proved by the university's Board of Trustees to build additional hous ing facilities, including two men's residence halls and a women's dormitory. Dean of W6men Elizabeth Clot worthy said the increasing number of women students is "a gratify ing endorsement by parents of the university's policies concerning its women students." George Tomlin, Jr., dean of stu dents, said, "The university's stu dents are the most important peo ple on campus, of course. This y e a r , although unprecedented problems of growth face us, a particularly intensive effort will be made to provide for students' 1 welfare to the maximum extent possible." FOOTBALL TRIP The Atlantic Coast Line has a special non-stop train leaving Columbia Thursday night, Nov. 3, returning Monday morning, Nov. 7 to accommodate members of the Gamecock Club wishing to attend the USC g a m e against LSU in Baton Rouge, La. There is no organized student trip for this game, but students will be allowed to take ad vantage of the offer. The stu dent rate is $65, which includes a roundtrip ticket, transporta tion to and from the game, two nights in the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, the ticket to the game, and a banquet Satur (lay before the game. T1hose interestedl are to con tact Bunky .Joye at Box 2214, p)hone 662, or room one of TIenement 20. Coeds must have written per mhission from home1 to go) on the USC Press Five New P The University of South Caro lina Press wvill publish five books this fall. "A Confederate City, Augusta, G;eorgiat, 1861-1865" will be the first fall publication. In this book Florence Fleming Corley tells the story of the City Sherman didn't burn. The Confederate Powder Works was located in Augusta as was a part of the vital Confederate Communications system. The city should have been of prime military implortance. Several reasons are given for Sherman's virtual ig.. noring of Augusta. Im port ant Freedoms D)r. Glenn Abernathy of the USC political science dlepartment has wvritten a book on the Con stitutional freedoms of assembly and association. The development of these rights are traced through courts and customs in "The Right of Assembly." "A Practical Guide for Ambi tious Politicians" is the new title of an 01(1 treatise edited by Dr. C,ordnn Tullock of the U niversity's >prove Expai Plans Includ4 Dorms, Food A two-year, $8,480,000 constr program for the university has b Af Trustees. Included in the program are ine new women's dormitory. - The new men's dormitories will calt adjoin 11 and J and will be of fir tw similar twin - tower, veil - blocked tin itructure. The buildings, with ac- str ommodations for 500 men students, will cost $1,400,000. Pr th< Women's )orm phl The new women's dori will be tic; built directly behind Sims and will Y have a cafeteria in addition to n accommodations for 60 women stu- 1i, lents. The food service facilities . will bring the cost of the building phi to $2,230,000. I M New housing for married stu- we (dents is also planned. A 60-family thl unit will be added to those now in six University Terrace. T h ese will tu partially replace the 98 units at (arovet Apartientsv h ere 50 units wvere demiolishied this sumi-I( mer and the remaining 48 are to he razed a year from now. Thisl new housing will cost $540,000. An addition to the School of Engineering is planned to continuel the present building west along Green street to Main at a cost of $500,000. New Building rei The School of Pharmacy and the department of biology will be housed in a new Life Sciences i huilding to be constructed at the corner of S u n t e r and Green I streets opposite Davis Field at a " cost of $800,000. !e Land acquisition, including the ti Urban Renewal Project, which e now includes about 22 acres, andf property already purchased, will lib come to $1,360,000. Another $330, 000 will be spent for renovation te of existing buildings. Ie Financing of the program will include making use of funds al-,' ready on hand, bond issues, and federal loans on a self-liquidating basis. ie Long-Range Program Nowv under considteration by the ha Board of Trustees is a longer range program of additional land" ad acquisition and building expectedl ba to cost $9,150,000. This progranm an provides5 for additions to thea School of Law and Russell House, a classroom building, a communi-a SchedulesI riblications dlepartment of international stu - (ties. Written in 1616 by a French' courtier, the wvork has a Machi avellian flavor. Dr. Tullock has changed only the spellings from the 1618 English translation. Special Edition "Red Hills and Cotton," by Clemson's lIen Robertson, is being republished in a special edition. Ini telling the story of the up-A country people of South Carolina, AI the book has become a Southern classic. Robertson was a newsp)aperman, working as a wvar correspondent tor the Newv York "Herald-Tri bune" and "PM'' when he was ' killed in plane crash in February i;i of 1943. Though most authorities have ab dismissed the number of white Se servants in colonial South Caro- op lina as negligible; Warren B. Di Smith proves that though the chi Negro slaves later outnumbered thenm, the white servants were a pe important economic factor in the tle early years of the colony. Smith's col book is titled "White Servitude in ur Colninln South Carolina. ti NeW IS10R 3 New Facilities uction and land acquisitioi een approved by the Boar4 two men's (6rmitories an ions building, a combined in mary and School of Nursinp 3 more residence halls, and con ued renovation of existin uctures. )f t h e expansion progran sident Sumwalt s a y s, "Al iugh the size of the physic nt of our university has prac Illy doubled in the past te irs, this is still not enough. I ny respects the university wa king up for time that had bee t in former decades. 'We must look forward an II for a doubling again in th ;O's. This means, in effect, th must add to the campus mor or space and dormitory capacit in have been added in the firs ty years of the twentieth cer ,aroimana indergoes temodeling The interior of South Caroliniar brary, located on the Horsesho s recently undergone a program < nodeling with emphasis on ligh r and attractiveness. The reading room on the secoi or was the center of the restor n. The walls have been paint< blue-green which sets off tI tite woodwork of pilasteis ai pitals. As a result, illuminatic -ough the three skylights in tI ling reflects from light-hued su :es to provide extra lighting f( rary users. The floor has been covered wil ced carpeting of aqua, white ar ge, called "Seascape." "This is the first extensive jc nie on the reading room sin< 27," said E. L. Inahinet, directt the library. "The woodwork ai ister is in marvelous condition; mded no repair." The library, completed in 184 seen earlier renovations and ri >delings - -a major one in 192 en the fireproof wings wei dled, and another in 1940 when ti ilding was cleaned and repaint< d given its prCeent nlame. It ha 'n called the College Lihrary ft :-entury. S I1 ppt.24ar Ath Duk ae whi Un h SC'bllsao rhcto Ufnivsit Jame Sout Cai lard announced today. The "Marching Gamecocks" wi rform during pro-game activ s preceding the Carolina-Duli lifest, and a Week later, on Sa' day, Oct. 1, will present a hal rt program durin the alnn Complete Renovation McMaster Three of the iimost outstanding acqu isit ions if the 1 Depa rtment of M usic of the university in their move to the recently renovatd McMaster School are a radio-recording studio which will allow live broadcasts, a concert hall which will seat 150-200. people, and a music rehearsal room. Dr. Hugh Williamson, head of the music department. says the rehearsal room is "equal to any in the South." The Department of Fine Arts also received a new facility in addition to the larger area of its new home -- anl art gallery for traveling exhibits, exhibits of professional artists. and for the permanent collection. ~ i ite ThrsdIa - The music department moved from , Lieber College last Thursday and - the art department Friday. The I hand will begin its move to Me Master in about two weeks, when I the band rooml) will be conIpleted. - The interior of MeMaster School has been greatly enhanced by the - renovation. Walls have been painted white or light shades of green or a pink. The oak and maple floors s have been sanded and waxed and i give a quiet glow to the well-lighted room1s and hallways. The mu-;ir (ieartment w%ill occupy e the first and third floors. adll the tart department the second floor. e Tie T band will uke up most of the first floor. t Co%t 8 11i8,000 - The rehalbilitation of the buildinlg cost $118,000. which inIltded new loors, an automatic fire sprinkler system, repainting the interior and exterior, rewiring the electrical sys teml, and converting the heating system to gas. Dr. Williamson said. "It's a very spacious, gracious building, with old fashioned ceilings. M r. Turbeville (supervisor of plant maintenance) has done a magnificent job in the a renovation of Mcllaster. We have D, onI of the finest rehearlsal rooms If in the South, adequate practice t- roomlis and listening rooms, a rood ern1 sound systeml), a concert hall. d and a reird storage room and li i- brary. We're very pr"oud of our iew d facilities." e Calling this an important moVe, d James D. Pritchar d, direct or of n bands, said, "Our facilities have e been ilnadeqtate for years. This move r- is part of the recent hand expansion ir pr-ogra'm, b)egui last year. The hand will have individual instrument lock ,h ers, storage rooms for equiipment, d cedar-lined closets for uniforms. aInd anl instrument repair roomli. Of .b special interest and importance is e the new radio-recording studio which i' will enable us to give live broad d casts from the band room. All this it is indeed at step forward for our hand." , Pleased With Facilitie, Prof. Ednmund Ykaghj ian, head of 7 the D)eparttment of F"ine Artts, said., 'e "We at'e verny plleased with our tew ie facilities. We have p)lety of room0 d now~ and will he able to expatnd with d very few inmitations. It is expected ri that the d(tpar11tment will intcrtease ove 5i 0 per cent. land M1 . Geor'gia giamte iat Athenls. o Pritchard said band metmbers attived at the utniversity for the' f 'all term Sunday. A full schedule of(i rehearsals has been observed 1, this week. ('oquet tes 1I "The Coquettes" -haton-twvirl i- ing majorette corps which dazzled :e Carolina football fans last year b- also reported for practice sessions t- Sept. 11, Pritchard said. The group :- will na-nin he comnnoed of 1 are Houses M "Our nost important gain is the t krallery we have for our exhibits," k Prof. Yaghjian continued. "Hairn well College just didn't have a place i for this, and the paintings could not a be protected. It should give us bet- ( ter exhibitions, such as traveling - exhibits. In a year or so we hope c to have special exhibits every month. u We have a permanent collection d now, but w- hope to increase it nowv Reynolds, Assume N< Carl M. Reynolds, acting direc tor of alumni activities since Jan- . uary, has been appointed to a i new position, administrative as- I sistant to President Sumwalt. Carl i L. Brazell, former star halfback at the University, succeeds Reyn olds. Reynolds served in the Navy from 1951-55 as a public relations specialist, then came to the Uni versity as a student. lie served on "The Gamecock" for several years. lIe was n a mI e d editor of the alumni magazine, "Alumni News, in May of 1959, and became acting director of alumni activities and acting executive director of the Fthicational Foundation in Januarv of 1960. PEISIDENT'S WEIL'OME Fall has many attractions among w h i c h are pleasant weather and the C o I o r f u 1 atIumn foliage, but as I see it the best part about this timue of year is the reassembly of our Universit' Family for another year of learning together. It is good to have our re turning students back with us. and it is also a pleasurable ex perience to have another group of fine students on the campus. A most sinc'ere wvelcomie to allI the Men and W~omen of Carolina! Rtobert L. Sumwvalt President akes D fully chosen University students,, andl final tryouts for the organiza tion have been held. Resuilts will he announced later. Pritchard said the "Marchin g t Gamecocks" will appear at the I Carolina-Clemson game, Nov. 12,< to he played this year at Clemson. Nov. 19, the university will again observe Band Day, wheni hundreds of high school musicians and their band directors will fill the Carolina Stadium playing field usic, Art )it : vi i -4.p the p m l'rofti. Yaye \-:. a o-aid. wt' i ou t m i I ur :a .: e-. . ,' Idi:4a PoAst m A .\pprei iik nfl! ele f(rcod tfl u. awa_t% '!It- fro ll hi ("111u -4 !La v W- ,. Brazell wPosts ('uti Brazellaydouyar A the AUgSt I mettinig af the lumIInIi Coutil. a hllih! compli wntary reolution c(imending vynloids I'>. hi I Sol-vices w;a nmIIim ,1.t. Y ad ptievd. Brazell Carl Brazell played four years f baI iin his cireer at the ai le as ,an .- o the cholastic tea l:l;oin 1 .: payed I la It Nort h-South Cdi evo A I talr liame theq saMet yearI: aind wa'S IcIntioned f(r a -A wi'n Ife also ph.tyk-d *hree years of seball. \ s priShb.-n! of th Club. a w t f il'a t Kappa and Sig a (hi. mA dean' lists ue lrior to hs acceptanc ()f tilw l i p(Isition. Brazel was manl Vter 1f sth rIl tin 1 1 cpa' t t ' I (if I h ct th meto ir f ('om In, i ulc. iu ni % um al It ay " rt all very ppr 1 !' ia tve o t he inle services jir v t-, ei y ( I ti (('ynoldII in the A lmn \N.i dwl amdF& niB-n Ia u r1bute great'iy t d hle I, 1firt a "he universitya dre widepread avrte thmmetnt for itn mui ildanp prviablioneand mayhe peta but eenions and arwinau-N.jor nfom havbn orerdav n Lasth yea'd Hansiony ft a pectaclte10pee,inldn t najnrette orpn.