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What Is A Formal?Playff Bein (Sce Pao 2) (e ae6 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROUNA Vol. Lff, No. 20 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 9. 1%2 HE'S A' -U' Bob S Stevens Nt 'Coach ( BY BLANDINI Sports Carolina basketball coach highest honor available in his ence's sports writers voted hiri week. The personable Gamecock 27 Obtain Perfect Fall Ratio Twenty-seven Carolina students each earned a perfect grade point ratio - equivalent to "A" in all subjects - during the fall semes ter, the freshman and sophomore honor rolls and the dean's list of juniors and seniors reveal. Upperclassmen with perfect - 6.000 - fall records are James K. Allen, Sterling Ed Beale, Betty Jane Brandon, Jeffrey Z. Brooker, Leslie Edwards, Jr., Pixie Foster, Elaine Bury Gaston, Mary Evelyn George, A n n Willis Haskell, Pauline C. Hatchell, Suzanne Kron heimer, William M. Leach, Elke Maria M a r o n, Thomas Leon Parker, Elizabeth Rogerson, Ed ward D. Skinner, Jr., Lou Ellyn Thomas, and Helen Timberlake. Sophomores scoring 6.000 in the fall semester are Leslie E. Court ney, Kenneth D. Martin, Nancy May Mellard, and Arnold K. Wengrow. Freshmen who earned perfect records in their first semester at the University are Herbert L. Nowling, Ronald L. Collins, M. H. Huffstetler, Channing S. Joye, and Catherine T. Ulmer. For the complete honor lists, see page 8. 'Bantam An attractive reminder that Spi Mlss Martha Kay Montgomery, a ir Martha Kay hasn't had much of a cently-too mnany quizzes and a lit Ides of March will probably find doing a niede chone in the KD WINNER! tevenn imed ACC )f Year' 3 CLARKSON Editor Bob Stevens was paid the profession when the Confer i ACC Coach-of-the-Year this mentor received the award after leading his team to a 15-12 record for the season, and into the ACC Tournament semi-finals for the second straight year before they were eliminated by eventual champion Wake Forest. This is the first year in the eight-year history of the Atlantic Coast Conference that the honor has been voted to a coach outside of the North Carolina "Big Four" -Duke, North Carolina, N. C. State, and Wake Forest. Stevens, a native of Warsaw, Indiana, has coached for three years at USC, but this team's record was his best and the Game cocks' best season showing since 1957. He has become noted for the (Continued on Page 8) Graduation Committee Is AnnouncedF Commencement exercises will be under the direction of an eight man committee, headed by chair man Dr. C. W. Coolidge. The president's office named to the committee: David E Abeel, Dr. B. L. Baker, Dr. W. T. Bat son, M. W. Dantzler, and Dr. R. E. Godfrey. Also, E. M. Henderson, Dr. W. H. Patterson, J. D. Pritchard, and Dr. J. R. Welsh. fleau ties' t ring Is just around the corner is eshman In the School of Nursing. chance to relax on the lawn re Ile too much "bree..e." Thus, the a her either napping in Maxey or e ow.n. (Photo by Gashi.g)v Beauti F1 Decision: To Orient [n Summer Plans for a lengthened orienta ,ion program at Carolina are get :ing into full swing, following a lecision by the Administration .his week to have Orientation this summer. The orientation announcement ollowed a report in last week's 'Gamecock" that the committee ,iad tentatively voted to abandon 'he program due to inadequate unds. Many letters in support of .he program were submitted by tudents and campus organiza -ions. Dean Tomlin, a member of the Drientation Committee, said that ;his group, in cooperation with he administration, is .working on in extensive orientation program :omposed of 10 or 12 summer ses- th ,ions. Although attendance is M :ompulsory, arrangements will be N: nade for new students who have iummer jobs or who live far %way. Such a program, although of'" onger duration, would be pat ;erned after last fall's orientation. A suggested schedule for the lengthened Orientation is to be gin each weekly session early ruesday afternoon, ending it Fri Jay at noon. Plans are still under !onsideration, but a definite pro gram will be announced in two veeks. C the Senate Co1 Election TI clud Results seer Four new senators were chosen cock o represent their schools in Stu- Cok4 lent Council in the special election Hill, keld March 5. Cok4 In the school of Business Ad- Hoy ninistration, Perry Moses defeated M roe Haltiwanger 66-57. of t d l, Belle Howe won out over de ['heresa Swink 22-20 in the School nih >f Education.ng Roy Lucas, a write-in candidate, pres was victorious in the School of bs E~ngineering. He defeated Joe bs NVillianms, who had 43 votes, and rover 3ill Lide, who had four. rl In the graduate school, Frank and staley was chosen in an unusual i lection. No one was nominated pres ~romi the school, and Mr. Staley cove vas elected by four write-in votes, poc* he only votes cast. Because of ,he circumstances of the election, student Senate wished to remind i he graduate students that a re ~all election could be held If a >etition signed by 25 persons were >resented. TI Professor larc D le Mar To Deliver r Addresses h Dr. Charles H. Bechre, Jr., pro-' essor of economic geology at Co- an umbia University, will deliver a of It cries of lectures March 19-21 in will lie university Department of T eology and Geography. Lectures will be held at noon in ti 4ondlay and Tuesday, March 19- on t 0, andl at 10 a.m. Wednesday, vited 4arch 21, in LeConte College on char he campus. Topic of the Tuesday morning Tc ecture, "Mineralogenic Provinces," "The vill be of general scientific in- Wesi crest, and a lecture to the Le-. serie ionte Scientific Society at 8 p.m. Sc 'uesday on the geology of Mexico A vill be dramatically illustrated Woli ad of interest to a non-profes- sann lonal audience. The public is in- hold: 'ited to all meetings. fo eS V orM Althiigughl the girls above appes e May Queen Contest, behedul ation is Jinuny Truesdale, conite re) ollegiate Py Colleg4 leet -A >Alege journalists from acrose state will convene at Wofford ege in Spartanburg March 9 or the annual South Carolina agiate Press Association con ion. 1e Carolina delegation in !s Charles Behling, association ident; Levona Page, SCCPA tary; Joan Wolcott, Game managing editor; Murray !r, advertising manager; Bob business manager; JoAnn !r, news editor; and Carolyn le, news staff reporter. arrill Pollack, associate editor ie Saturday Evening Post, will er the principal address at awards banquet Saturday t. His address will precede the entation of awards. ophies will be awarded to the newspaper with enrollment 700, best newspaper with en Sent under 700, best yearbook, best magazine. dividual awards will also be ented for typography, news rage, features, short stories, is, and other divisions of iternatioun Lecti ec fifth lecture of the 1961-62 national Studies Series at lina will be held Tuesday, h 13, a week ahead of the nally scheduled date. .Arnold Wolfers, director of Washington Center of Foreign y Research of Johns Hopkins Stering Professor Emeritus ternational Relations at Yale, be. the sp)eaker. e lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. e audIitorium of Russell House ire camipus. The public is in ,and there is no admission pic of Dr. Wol'fers' lecture is Handicaps and Assets of the ."Theme of the current s is "The Quest for World rity: the 1960's." native of Switzerland, Dr. ers studied at Zurich, Lau e, Munich and Berlin. He the doctor of law degree Zurich, the Ph D from Ber 0 ay CC kr to be at a club meeting of sort% Iiii d for Thursday, March 15. Gi%-iig the it chairman, who juAt stepoped out of e ess Associatior a Journ Lt Spartl i newspapers, yearbooks, and lit i erary magazines. Registration will begin the two- 1 day meet, with the register open . from 2-4 p.m Friday. Wofford of ficials will be host at a reception : that night with a dance or other ) entertainment tentatively planned. Professionals from the Spartan burg area will address discussion groups Saturday morning. The groups will be divided in five categories: large newspaper, small newspaper, newspaper business staff, annuals, and magazines Further constitutional amend ments are expected at the business session Saturday afternoon. Last year's session saw an increase in the slate of officers with the ad dition of three representatives at large. Candidates will offer for elec tion as 1962-63 officers during the afternoon session also. Voting is one ballot per member publication. Current officers are Charles Behling, USC, president; DowI Colet, Furman, vice president; Le vona Page, USC, secretary; Mayo 11 Series ire Tuesday lini, the LL.D. from Rochester, and an honorary Litt.D. from Mt. Hlolyoke College. Nine Awarded Engineering Scholarships Engineering scholarships of $250 each have been awarded to nine Carolina students, Dr. Rufus G. Fellers has announced. Dr. Fellers, dean of the College of Engineering, said scholarships for the spring semester were awarded to USC seniors William E. Headley, Marion A. Wilder, and Marvin Eargle. Juniors receiving the scholar ships were Marshall 0. Pace, Don ald S. Church, and Leland Shealy. Sophomore scholarships went to Leslie Courtney, Jack B. Evett, and Hug-h Gillam. ursda ourt are actually at a "brieffitg" for eaididates both advice and infor unern range. (Photo by Warren ILists tnburg 1lliott, Erskine, recording secre ary; Becky Epting, Clemson reasurer; and Ira Baker, Furman idvisor. Also, representatives - at - large Cay Quattlebaum, Columbia Col ege; Charlotte Roche, Limestone and Pat Zimmerman, Wofford. Debaters In Kansas A three-man USC debate team v.ill compete against top debaters romi 24 colleges and universities darch 7-10 in the "Heart of utoerican Debate Tournament" at he University of Kansas, Law *ence, Kan. Eddie Roberts, Jimmy Mann, *nd Furman McEachern will rep esent the university, and will be 'UMOC' Is Coming "UMOC Is Coming"-and you an vote for him March 19, when enny voting begins for the se ection of the "Ugliest Man ora Nampus." Each fraternity will select a andidate to be their representa ive in the contest sponsored by ilpha Phi Omega. The candidate vinning the title by collecting he largest number of penny otes, will be presented a plaque or his fraternity. All proceeds from the contesi ~re pledged to the Greater Uni ersity Fund. Fraternity men will begin cam aigning for funds March 19, anc oting wvill continue all week. Fraternities participating are Upha Tau Omega, Chi Psi, Delta igma Pi, Kappa Alpha, Kappa sigma, Lambda Chi, Phi Epsilor )i, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Cappa, Phi Kappa Alpha, P Cappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu, and Sigma 'hi Epsilon. (For npitre, .ee ag 8.) ODK Will Also Tap The three finalists for May Queen will be selected at the an nual May Day Beauty Contest on Thursday, March 15, in Drayton Hall at 8:00 p.m. The contest, which is sponsored by Kappa Sigma Kappa, is under the super vision of Jimmy Truesdale. Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary women's sorority, and Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary men's fra ternity, will also hold their spring tapping ceremonies The contestants are: Alpha Delta Pi, Pat Lynn, Jean Willis, and Jane Bowen; Chi Omega, liarriette Morehead, Eleanor Hall, and Lill Mood; Delta Delta Delta, Shields King, Lucretia DeLoach, and Patricia Bultman. Also, Delta Zeta, Anne Reigle, Toni Metcalf, and Ileen Ander son; Kappa Delta, Frances Ham bright, Barbara Ann Thomas, and Harvey Beattie; Pi Beta Phi, Glenda Gunter, Lynn Fishburne, and Lana Bell. Also, Zeta Tau Alpha, Tilly Harper, Jane Mattingly, and Gayle Richardson; Sims, Diana B r a n n o n ; McClintock, Martha Moise; and Wade Hampton, Britt Rogeberg. An eleventh-hour postpone ment of the S. C. State Student Legislature resulted this week when the annual Observance Day session was postponed be cause of a death in the SCSSL governor's family. The session, which was to have been Feb. 28-March 1, will soon be re-scheduled, ac cording to SCSSL officers. Compete Tourney accompanied by debate team coach Dri. M. G;. Christophersen. Eight rounds of preliminary de bate~ on the topic "Resolved: that lab,or organizations should he placedl undler anti-trust legislation" will precede three rounds of finals. Colleges and universities partici pating include Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Kansas City U niversity, Northwestern Univer sity, Los Angeles State College, Ohio State University, University of Alabama, University of Florida, U. S. Air Force Academy, Univer sity of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma, U. S. Military Academy (W e a t Point), University of Southern California, and Univer sity of Southern Illinois. Dates For Spring Elections Candidates for student body of fices are to be nominated March 26, according to tentative dates released by the Student Senate Elections Committee. Campaign speeches by the can didates will be staged during the period between March 26 and the election, which has been set for April 2. Run-off elections will be held Aprl4. Student body offices to be filled are president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. Other vacancies are for cheerleaders, May Queen, class officers, and Student Senate representatives from the various schools.