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LET'S ALL ...FOR VOTE..UO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA(See Page 8) CROWING FOR A GREATR C-AROUNA Vol. LII, No. 21 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH16, 1962FND Dr. T Chosei Smith Is j Of Air The new professor of Air Sci ence at the University is Lt. Col onel Cornelius M. Smith, who re places Colonel James E. Johnston. He was selected by the Air Uni versity Command, USAF, after Colonel Johnston was reassigned as Director of Manpower to the 30th Air Division, Truax AFB, Wisconsin. Before coming to the University, Colonel Smith was the Assistant Deputy for Operations of the 19th Bombardment Wing, Strategic Air Command, at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. He was a double Ace in World War 11, where he flew P-38's in Lt. Colonel Cornelius M. Smith Collision Fatal To USC Seniorl Mliss Rosameyn Mae Westervelt, a 20-year-old student at the Uni versity, was fatally injured Tues day in a two-car collision while on her way home from school. Miss.,. Wet a ga t . . . .. I of Unvrst Hig Schol,resde at Coloel EdCaornlibray. Sihe C oplon, sho oraytahesno aorityear-eldstent a the AtUni verity wcoashi ftalyinjurear,uend day ien on the onoar oll whil oen' list w ey emeste schl Mothssi Weatet aisraduteveot Univeroity higaveol rrdaededgn stand4 in yahuen i verywa. TAlsen nth Schowo d Shwtiom,se wils com stdet aros anin thdcampstpioli0rwhen She -',sinr, honcera,ymusicians, and rty,shw riene of 75,us Clubschlrize, thi,second, and 5 toadoo pieenos. onrrln Ale pnersdolnoaeitrse inapeang Womn, Elheh Cotd signhy upaon that issWstefrvlRu sehl wouldae rauate d murtia Box(in st083. Dedinevfory woeay. ermr In Apili Perormae wil copn to the Caro lina caveu pril 10 WhenT wtle fStsiontl Uin tes aius talent vies as willges ealetcutarei first pized $25 send and $15, thirda,wc will be ed in dto ts-ot oraries romas a 23r4 Professor Science the Pacific Theater. His combat experience includes 169 combat missions and 500 combat hours. Among his decorations are the Silver Star; the Distinguished Flying Cross, with three oak leaf clusters; the Air Medal, with five oak leaf clusters; and the Dis tinguished Unit Citation, with two oak leaf clusters. Prior Air Force assignments in clude duties as a member of the War Department Special Staff; Staff Intelligence Officer in Head quarters, USAF; Intelligence Staff Officer with Headquarters, SAC; a special assignment with the Cen tral Intelligence Agency; and Di rector o f Intelligence, Head quarters 64th Air Division in New foundland. Colonel Smith is a 1940 graduate of Roanoke College, Salem, Vir ginia, where he received a B.S. in Business Administration. While at Roanoke College, he was a member of Blue Key Honorary Society, Alpha Psi Omega Dra matic Society, and Xi Theta Chi Honorary Language Society. He was also President of the German Club, President of Pi Kappa Phi Social Fraternity, Busi ness Manager of both the college annual and newspaper, and was listed in the 1940 Edition of Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities. His military education includes flying school, the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Colonel Smith is the son of Mrs. C. M. Smith, Sr., of St. Peters burg, Florida. He is married to the former Dorothy Harman of Floyd, Virginia, and they have two daughters, Sharon and Candy. They have made their home at 3720 Rockbridge Road, Columbia. Price Will Edit Sports Thomas H. (Tom) Price, man ager~ of the United Press Interna tional bureau in Columbia and president of the S. C. Assn. of Sports Writers, will become editor of the Sports News Service at USC, effective April 15. Price's new position with the Sports News Service, a function of the USC Department of Public Relations, took' place recently. He succeeds Claude (Red) Canup who resigned as director of athletic p)ublicity to become executive sports editor of the Anderson newspapers. Price's office will be in the Rex Enright Athletic Center. Since joining the United Press here 11 years ago - the same day he received his B.A. degree from the USC School of Journalism - he has been employed by the UP and its successor, United Press International. While a student here, Price op)eratedl the USC News Service for an entire academic year while the director served as acting dean of the School of Journalism. He was a member of Blue Key; re porter, sports editor, managing editor and editor-in-chief of the "Gamecock"; and held various of fices, including presidency, in an independent journalism fraternity then on the campus. Both Marvin Bass, athletic di rector and head football coach, and Bob Stevens, head basketball coach, said they concurred fully in the selection of Price as editor of the Sports News Service. The latter is also a member of the At lantic Conast Sports Writers Asan. es Of C Pre .. . . . . . . . e been awarded Woodrow WNIion vear are, from left, Betty J. Brandon, nd Dan T. Carter, Columbia. (USC ph !eniors ial Fell e been Human Relations. He is a m< rational of t h e Young Democrat tudy in America, Wesley Foundation the graduate history club. H -er and use his fellowship at eithe majors University of Wisconsin or jy the Bob Gerring attends Caroli Fellow- a golf scholarship and receiv( n Der- Atlantic Coast Conference Acl if the ment Award in 1961. A past omance (lent of Chi Psi fraternity, h, mas, a pursue his studies in econom honor- the University of Chicago, Hopkins, or Columbia Univei Val Jean Derrick receive< s done First Hampton in Romance Jniver- guages Award. She has he] >11 and ktty re Smith Spring Electioi rmdtin .There has been one chan nbr in this year's requirements for iie ftion to Student Body office oltclPresident at the time of his an . nation must be a rising sonio e n-must have completed not less 75 credit hours. uch of The remaining qualificatiot mcil of office have not been revise< e That Metal ards Banquw s 'Gamecock dthe Jerry Stafford, ('lemison, r, Press ing secretary; Brenda Sal three- Anderson Jlr. College, trea: "Pala- and1( Bill P'atterson, W~offordl ' was resp)onding secretary. news- Also, reprtesenitatives -at - were niamed in each of iswr S C C P A divisions: newsi d four magazine, and yearbook. t,rip. North Greenville "Sky iied the won the SCCPA award fo tegory, best newvspaper with utndei ith en- enrollment. Fdrman "Bonhomie" edge, "Garnet and Black" for best iv'en to book with enrollment over . ea while the Clemson "Chro 'st e'di- ltrr was tabbed the bestltrr .elu. zime in their enrollment cat' i(iv- The weekend convention ' a Friday with a drop-in and rce-Discussioni groups were le Spartanburg professionals t Caro- day morning, and there wi ie vice afternoon tour' of the Spartal Bobby newspapers. The awards ba officers Saturday night featured ai ternoon dress by Merrill Pollack, ass t Zim- editor of The Saturday Es asidant. Poet. Purdu4 0 sident ational Fellowships for advanced study -olunibia; Robert E. Gerring, Union: Val to - MecGrail.) .Xwarded )Wships nmber fices in Pi Beta Phi sorority and a of Delta Omicron music fraternity. and She belongs to Euphrosynean e will Literary Society and the "Y," and r the is a past member of the Pep Club UNC. and USC Chorus. She was also na on named to Who's Who in American d the College and Universities. She plans ieve- to do her graduate work in presi- Spanish at either the University' will of North Carolina or Tulane. ics at Johns Lou Ellyn Thomas has been a student assistant in the sociology; . the department for two years. A mem-: Lan- hber of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, d of- she is graduating in three years -, and has made the dean's list every JS semester. and Bantam. than is for t. iurer;~ large three >aper, - liner" r theI 750' 1i the year- MN6iEEMi 750, M nicle" M naga Igory. began lance. d byj\ atur is an Gb ayle Willard, an avid fan of D nqbuet hudeed of Confederate loyalty TI ad-' sense of the word) is 5' 6%A" tall, .cat green eyes. Her hobbles are huni -ening With such a charming ambassador, made by an nneally galant Rob 0 Unni By Tr Engineerin Begins Offi "I intend to do all in my I South Carolina into one of the m Jonles, Jr., newly chosen presideni Dr. Jones, now dean of the S Purdue University. will replace 1. July 1. Also on July 1, Dr. Sumwalt the University, according to the L fn recognition of Dr. Sumwal USC School of Engineering will I College of Engineering." A plaque unveiled during a future ceremon. SCSSL Has Meet Here Tlhe politicd p4t hoiled as Sela tors anld r-epreseltative-s haggled over constitutional ratification at the StatI. Stuldent Legislature constitutional conference oommit tee. The Legislature convened on the Carolina campus for a two day meet. March 14, with the commiittee imeeting and a banquet. an( adjourned March 15, following observance of the General Assem bly and a second business session. Wednesday night's banquet at the Elk's Club featured the three gubiernatorial candidates as speak er-. "Red" Bethea, Donald Russell, and Lt. Gov. Burnett R. .1aybank spoke to the delegates. A pproximately 77 d e I e g a t e s from member schools were present for the spring session. Future plans of the Legislature include governmental appointment of a By-Laws Committee tl re vamp the present by-laws, and an executive council. Student d e I e g a t e s witnessed General A - s e m h y legislators Thursday morning as the Assem bly considered bills in rapid-fire fashion preparing for an early ad .iournment. Business session Thursday after noon featured more discussion of the newly ratified constitution. ixieland jazz, Is a splendid example uis Southern belle (In the truest asa a radiant smile, blond hair and kng, water skiing, and that great mff your Confederate maoney, men. the South will surely win! (Photo mt Ga.al. Jon 'Uus 4 .. . . ... ... USC seniors who hai in the 1962-63 academic Jean Derrick, Columbin; a Four Nat101 Four USC seniors hav awarded Woodrow Wilson lb Fellowships for advanced a the 1962-63 academic year. Betty Brandon, Dan Car Bob Gerring are history who have been named Woodrow Wilson National ship Foundation. Val Jea rick, fourth recipient < award, is majoring in r languages. Lou Ellyn Thc sociology major, received able mention. Each of the wrnners ht outstanding work at the sity, making the honor r dean's list, successively. Bo ceived the Norman Murray Award and the Second H honorary scholarship awi history. She has been a mei Pi Sigma Alpha, the I science fraternity, and p1 continue her studies at tl1 versity of North Carolina. Dan Carter has spent n his time with the S. C. Cot Lov Press Au Garnishe: The "Gamecock" scoop South Carolina Collegiate Association awvards, after way tie wvithi the Furman din"' and Clemson "Tigel broken in falvor of the US( p)aper. Tlhe S. ('. dlelegation's haj heavier by two trophies al certificates on the return The "Gamecock" was nan best newspaper in any et andl the best newspaper n rollment over 750. Individual awards we're jy staff miembers, certifyinj front-page makeup andl b< torial page. hloward placedl first in the editori; sion and JloAnn Coke1 awarded the best news stc tificate. Levona Page, a junior a hina, was victorious in ti presidential race against Dye of Clemson. Other elected at the Saturday af business session wore Pa marman, Wnfinora nr ersity ustees ; Dean ce July 1 wer to develop the University of ktion's finest." said 1. Thumaa F. of USC. chool of Electrical Engineering at SC President Robert L. Sunwalt, will become President Emeritus of SC Board of Trustees. t's service to the University, the )e named the "Robert L. Sumwalt designating the new name will be Chairmai. Rutledge L. Osborne of the USC Board of Trustees reported the following on the Board's action concerning the presidencl y ' o the Uliversity: "*In 1957. when lih,ald Russell resigned as president of the Uni rsy. the Board of Trustees asked r. Sunmwah to serve as acting president. "A commlliittve of the board swa appointed to bt1ain a permanent president. and after a period of some montihs. the committee recommended that the word 'act ing' should be removed from Dr. Smwalt's title and that he should be p)esident of thei institution. W hen lir. SumWalt accepted tle pr esidencv, he made it very clear to the trustees that he in tended to retire on June :0, 1961, in accordance with the Univer sity's retirement program. "However, var]y :1 1961 the boardl unanimouslY Requestedi Dr. Sumlwal' 14) enin as president for the additional year ending June 30, 1962. A new committee was namied to select his successor. The comi Ittee's task was not in easy Ie. fo' its Iembers Were ('ont ill lIed 11 Page 81 Students Salute Sumwalt "There are no finer people thant the Sumwalts. Their splent did corntrib)utio)n to Carolina will he recorded in history as one of lzreat achievement and success." Such praise ot Robert L. Sumwalt and ('arolina's First L.ady came this week from the I'S( lioard of Tlrustees. Similar 'onmmlents were made by many Carolina students, when polled of their reaction to the new president announcement. Ned Tuceker, Jr., senior: "I was the first person to talk with D)r. Suamwalt after he received the call four years ago notify ing him that he would lbe USC's next President. I think that he was very pleased and accepted It as a challenge. He has lived up to this~ challenge. D)urin~g his admiinist ration. two dormitories and the undergraduate library were built, and three dorms and a biology building started. I feel that he has done an excel lent job for an expanding Caro lina Community." Howard Hiellanms, junior: "I am pleased with what Dr. Sunm walt has done for Carolina. He has done a good public reations job and much physical expan sion has taken place under his adlministration. I hate to see him go and hope D)r. Jones will be as good a president. His, back. Igroumnd indicates he is a capa ble, young, and dynamic man." J e a ni Wallace, sophomore: "President Sumwalt is a won derful person and Carolina will be losing a great man when he leaves. The new president is certainly qualified and I hope he wIll keep the close persontal contact with the students that President Sumwalt did."