The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 14, 1962, Image 1
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Let us pray for those
Who WILL not drive as though th
life depended on it.
21 Charter Memb
Local Kiv
Forms Ci
University Circle K Club z
ceived its charter from Marion
Lewis, governor of the Carolin
District of Kiwanis Internationi
at its charter banquet held la
Wednesday at the Wade Hampt4
Hotel.
Accepting the charter on beha
of the USC club was president B<
Crain. Presentation of the Goi
and Gavel was made by Robert :
Hudson, Director of Columbia E~
wanis Club, to Bill Wood, vic
president of the newly formed clu
Circle K clubs are sponson~
throughout the country by Kiwan
International to build leadershi
character, and civic awareness <
campus and in the community. J
present there are 423 Circle
clubs throughout the United Stat
and Canada.
Among those representing tl
sponsoring Kiwanis Club of C
lumbia were Robert L. Sumwal
Jr., president, and Robert E. El:
son, president-elect. Dr. Willia
H. Patterson, Dean of the Unive
sity, welcomed the club to the Ur
versity on behalf of the admini
tration.
Heading the list of civic officia
was Mayor Lester Bates of C
lumbia.
U'Officers of the school organiz;
February 3-7
RE Progr
Announce
Speakers for Religious Emphas
Week - February 3-7 - were a1
nouncedl this week by the RE pr
gram chairman D e n n i s Smit
They are the Rabbi Dr. Julian Mo
ganstern, Rev. Dr. Theodore
Wedel, and Rev. Cassian Kirk.
Rabbi Dr. Julian Morganster
presidlent emeritus of Hebre
Union College, will be the ma
speaker for the Jewish convoc
tions. Dr. Morganstern graduati
f rem the University of Cincinna
and from Hebrew College. He d
post-graduate work at the Un
versitics of Berlin and Heidelbur
He received his Ph.D. from Heide
burg.
Father Kirk was ordained to tU
Catholic priesthood in 1932. E
then went to Innsbruck Universit;
receiving his master's degree I
languages, and is now one of fot
directors and administrators of ti
Francs C'an Province of the Mai
dents
BY JOANN COKER
Managing Editor
"SOS: Safety or Statistic? -
which will be your fate over the
Christmas holidays?
Statistics compiled by the South
Carolina H i g h w a y Department
point out the economic and per
sonal loss caused by traffic acci
dents and the danger for college
students on the highways.
Ten per cent of persons in
volved in accidents in the state
during 1961 were students, five
per cent of fatal accidents dur
the year in the state involved
students.
While not an alarming per cent
age, figures should be viewed in
relation to the number in that age
group driving, highway officials
said. The estimated economic loss
during 1961 from traffic accidents
in the University area of Richland
County was $2,651,650; and in the
state, the loss was roughly $35,
500,000. Charleston County led in
number of accidents with 4,830,
SOS: S
CanA
while Richland County totaled a
4,688. o
Richland County fatal accidents g
totaled 28 for the year, compared
with a total of 89 for the state.
Drivers involved in all accidents
in 1961 by age groups are as
follows:
Drivers Involved Years of Age
1% 14-15
11% 20-24
14% 25-29
23% 30-39
45% under 14
Traffic accidents during the
past month have claimed five
college students' lives as they
travelled to and from campus.
Although the accidents were not fi
the students' fault, officials say U
they point up the need for even si
greater precautions when on the p,
highways or as pedestrians. a
The State Highway Department s1
has started its accelerated safety
program which w i 1 continue tc
through New Year's Day. Patrol- pi
men will have staggered holidays pm
afety or St
vert
rid will have an increased fleel
i the highways during the dan.
arous days ahead.
Radar equipment has been in
italled in patrol cars for greater
efficiency in apprehending traf
Fic violators. One experience was
luoted recently in which 33 driv
ers were ticketed; 29 for speed
ing, in 50 minutes on a roadway
where there have been 28 acci
lents injuring 20 persons since
Fanuary. Officials termed this "a
truly terrifying set of statistics
. . which could be solved by
L cooperating p u b Ii e which
Irives in safety consciousness."
The state's past record as top
tal accident offender in the
nion has led to the General As
mbly's proposed consideration of
,riodic re-examination of drivers
id possibly compulsory auto
fety inspections.
Inspection laws that would have
be paid for by the state are
-eferred less by the Highway De
trtment than some arrangement
itistic?
Ho1ida
whereby state licensed private
garages would make the inspec
tions with the auto owner paying
the inspection fee.
The students' part In the
tragic traffic picture is a large
one since surveys have revealed
that drivers under the age of 25
were involved in nearly twice as
many accidents as cars driven by
adults in the 40 to 49 age brac
ket.
The "Gamecock's" safety cam
paign has been endorsed by the
Student Senate Traffic & Safety
Committee, Chairman Joe Wil
liams said. Campus radio station
WUSC-AM is also monitoring ad
monitions for safety in an effort
to cut down on accidents during
the holiday season.
Checkpoints compiled to help
evaluate your driving and to en
courage safer driving over the
holidays are as follows:
1. When starting, does driver accept res
ponsibility to operate the vehicle safely?
a. Checks traffic conditions before start
b. Looks in all directions and particu
larly to the rear before leaving curb.
c. Accelerates gradually, not suddenly
and rapidly.
2. When steering, does driver give un
divided attention to the job?
a. Keeps both hands in firm grip on
wheel.
b. Steers smoothly, not sharply or
abruptly.
c. Stays in proper lane.
3. When turning, is the driver courteous
and does he exercise good sportsmanship?
a. Signals in ample time before:
1) Turning left or right around
corner;
2) 'luning into another lane of traf
fic.
b. Signals accurately with direction
signals or hand and arm.
c. Allows pedestrians to clear crosswalk.
d. Approaches turn:
1) From correct lane;
2) At reasonable speed.
e. Turns:
1) From correct lane;
2) Into correct lane.
f. Does not usurp right-of-way.
4. When passing, does the driver use fore
thought?
a. Checks road ahead and behind.
b. Accurately estimates speed of on
coming traffic.
c. Sounds horn before passing.
d. Allows sufficient space after passing
before cutting back.
e. Avoids passing near crest of hill. on
blind curve. and near and in all in
tersections.
5. When approaching intersections, is the
driver cautious?
a. Uncontrolled intersections.
1) Approaches at safe speed. i.e.. al
ways able to stop to avoid collision;
(Continued on page 8)
Etgedy
.... ....
Let us pray for those who DID not
drive
ks though their life depended on it.
eature
harles
Tickets for the Christmas Dance
tre now on sale in the Russell
louse. The cost of these tickets
a $3.50 per couple, and students
nust present their I. D. cards in
>rder to purchase them. I. D. cards
nust also be presented at the
lance.
The dance will be held Saturday
it 8 p.m. at Township Auditorium.
)ress will be semi-formal for
girls; coat and tie for boys.
Faculty members will chaperone.
Campus
aking place, or have already, as
'raternities, sororities, and other
srganizations deck their halls with
oughs of holly--and mistletoe.
Beauty
sming. - this is what this week'.
bys mfost about Christmnas. How.
sinning of Qhristmnas, the spiritual
forget. Mary, a second semester
weing In Jour...n.... (Photo h
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROUNA
Vol. LIII, No. 14 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 14, 1962 FOUNDED 1908
ers
manis Group
ecle K Club
e- tion include Bob Crain, president;
S. Bill Wood, vice-president; George
3 Seals, treasurer; Karl Beason,
at secretary; and directors Capers
>n Brazzell, Jerry Johnson, Gene
Platt and Brad Poston.
If Additional charter members are
>b John Barry, Truman Henderson,
Paul Jacobs, Ed Lamb, Tom Law
son, Ray Lundy, Dick McPherson,
Charles Parrish, Scott Powell,
Richard Quattlebaum, R o n a I d
b. Rotz, Osce Self, and Thomas
Smith. (See picture, page 8.)
is
Language
K Registration
Dr. R. M. Stephan, Head of the
ie Department of Foreign Languages,
D- recently announced that students
t, who were unable to register in
i- certain elementary language
m courses during fall registration
r- should come to the office in De.
i- Saussure College between January
s- 7-11 and leave their names with
the secretary.
Is This will insure registration in
:- the class and section they desire
before Spring registration.
Lm Chairman
s Speakers
is Holy Name.
I- Protestant speaker will be the
D- Rev. Dr. Theodore 0. Wedel from
h. Union Theological Seminary in
r- New York. Dr. Wedel was educated
i. at Oberlin, Harvard, Yale and
Seabury-Western. He has been
n, Professor of English and later of
w Biography, at Carleton College,
in Northfield, Minn. Dr. Wedel is the
i- author of The Coming Great
d Church, The Christianity of Main
ti Street, and other books.
id Protestant team members will be
i- the Rev. Thaxton Springfield, Uni
Z. versity Methodist Church, Gaines
I- ville, Fla.; the Rev. Donald Herb,
Lutheran, Chapel Hill; the Rev.
e Richard B a k e r , Episcopalian,
[e Christ Church, Savannah; and Dr.
r, Harry B. Beverly, Presbyterian,
n Columbia Theological Seminary,
ir Decatur, Ga. The Baptist team
.e member has not yet been con
it. firmed.
U.i
Discount
'
Committee
Has Cards uT
pear
For the first time in several nigh
years the Student Discount Com- will
mittee of Student Senate is ac
tively at work, and, according to tra
chairman Todd Wilson is "begin- B<
ning to make progress." Geox
The purpose of the committee is sinc
to work with merchants of the
Columbia area in securing dis- gan
counts for USC students. after
The committee h a a already
secured discount cards for the Ritz
and Fox theaters, Star Lanes
Bowling Alley, and the Belt Line
Drive-In. These cards, to be avail
able shortly, will sell for $1 and
can be used for dates 10 times at
no additional charge.
"The management of these busi
nesses have been most cordial and
bhey have attempted to co-operate S
with the committee in every way
possible," Wilson said. "Their help
and co-operation is deeply ap
preciated by the members of the
ommittee."l
Wilson added, "For such an en- Ch
ieavor as this, to be effective, the come
3o-operation of the USC student lowir
body is imperative. If the commit- resui
bee is to branch out into other but I
rields, students must patronize the thc
establishments instrumental in the
3ndeavor. The committee urges parti
sach student to avail himself of are
his opportunity." [
If the efforts of the committee for
prove successful, other areas will
e covered by the discount cards:
-lothing stores, service stations, rem
iarber shops, cleaners, etc. the
Wilson told the "Gamecock" min
.hat the committee has a wide
>pen field and far-reaching pos
Dibilities, but it needs the help and wo
*-operation of each student. Sug- Th
gestions will be given full con- annu
;ideration, Wilson said, and they Sund
ihould be sent to Box 4299, Chur
:ampus. Depa
the <
Pep Dance D M
So
comingNanc
The Pep Club's "Cannon Blast" erly
will take place January 9 from Colur
7:30 to 11:30 In the Russell the
House cafeteria.
The "Blast" will feature the tion
Confederate., a new band from Benji
Greenville. It Includes seven In- invite
struments and five singers. Ti
The Sons of Bacchus will sing with
during lntermission.
The danee is being held to raise thet
money for a cannon. Cost of ad
mission is fifty cents a persn.e
aelets Also To Appe
Christmas I
singer - Pit
ie final weekend of 1962 at years old, and wher
will be highlighted by the ap- ized his first trio.
ance of Ray Charles Saturday Charles says h
t at the Christmas Dance; he o Nat "n Cc
be accompanied by his orches- enced him greatly.
md the Raelets. this: "I knew I ha(
>rn 28 years ago in Albany, I was to get anyw
'gia, Charles has been blind had to develop a sty
he was six years old. He be- According to Cht
bit of music he writ4
traveling with different bands "I tr to bring out
being orphaned when 15 Aside from his h
edhrihstmas Co
fudents Pack Suitca
Cubs Hold Holiday L
ristmas holidays will officially a 30-minute telecas
to the Carolina campus fol- day on WIS-TV
ig classes Tuesday and will The singing and
Sprogram, "Carols
S aeges," was prod
;he holiday spirit is already in S. C. Educationi
hir as Christmas trees go up, Center with a cast
es are planned, and suitcases students and facul
packed. The TV programi
bormitories are emptying now the original carol-si
some who are taking extend- the State House w
vacations, but those who are three years by st(
aining in the dormitories over Other Carolina Ci
Chritmasseasn ar re-ties Phave included tI
hristmaSons Greetings car
dd that McBride will be service fraternity
a for men and Tivoli for Omega for $1 each
ien. Sales have been goi
e USC Chorus will present the bers say, but are ex
al Christmas program 3 p.m.
ay at T r i n i t y Episcopal And last night C
ch. Prof. John Bauer of the to the waves as P
rtes t are spresented a water
.rmn fMscwl ietChristmas Carnval."
horus in Vivaldi's "Gloria in ance included inti
vior." routines, clown acts
oists for the presentation are original performanc
y Hayes, June Turner, Bev- a Christmas theme.
RisasJSpecial Christma
Red n JculneMoe be held 11 p.m. Sui
nbia College Choir is also on Itutledge Chapel. E,
rogram with their presenta- vited to attend
of "Ceremony of Carols" by program.
ayin at -T The p ubliis m
c. Prof.wJohn puerfofmth
CounttoyMusClwllmdrec
horuUSCnChorusdhs"Gloiae histaane
Columia JClleie Mooru- eopeeepce
ani Thologleg eiry flor iton o 2pm
rr
Dance To I
0(
nist Ray
17, he organ- thm-and-blues, Charles is also de
voted to spirituals. He listens to I
is first trio and collects them everywhere he I
is like the trio goes.
le, who influ- Charles is famous to any fan of i
'harles said of popular music today. His album <
I to change if of several months ago, in which i
iere. I knew I he sings country and western
le of my own." music in his own style, was a tre
-les, with every mendous seller. His present single i
s or performs, recording, "You Are My Sunshine," I
my soul." is high on the charts all over the j
iterest in rhy- country.
tes To Carolinc
the Chester National Guard Arm- t
ory. Cost for the informal affair I
is $3.50 a couple.
,ven , Other Christmas celebrations are 1
t 1 p.m. Sun
:Channel 10). Batam
instrumental
rom the Col- i
iced by the
i Television
of nearly 100
ty members.
leveloped after
ig outdoors at
s plagued for
>rmy weather.
ristmas activi
ie sale of Sea
s by honorary
Alpha Phi
12-card pack.
ng well, mem
>ected to reach
sale continues.
,hrlstmas took
i Epsilon Mu
how titled "A
The perform
-Icate aquatic
, and several
s centered on
i services will
iday night at
veryone is in
the religious
and the Zodi
the Chester A Christnmas tree and all the trini
Club annual Bantam Beauty Mary Creuhaw en)
igthnrd ever, she also remembers. the real in
for thuedstv aspect, which many people tend to
frteesv-sophomore from Clmi,i a
scembor 22 at Geak.s.)