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SUTAST E"IRETRN oF LARGEST COLLEGE "BI THURSDAY"L WEELYPOSSIBLE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINASee ae CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROUNA VoL LI , N. 1' COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 8. 1%6 n Academi ) Affects I BY WARREN NYE Campus Editor New academic regulations put into effect in the fall of 1961, affecting upper clasamen for the first time in the Fall of 1962, has resulted in a surprising num ber of "scholastically ineligible" cards being placed in registra tion materials. Reliable sources told "The Gamecock" that over 850 students were suspended and approximately 1,800 students were placed on academic proba tion. These students included fresh men in their first semester whc had failed every course. According to Dean H. W Davis of the School of Arts and Sciences, failure on the part of students to adjust to an acedemic schedule contributed to many of the drop-outs. According to regulations, the longer a student remains ir school the higher the GPR musi be. Dean Davis stated, "Student should be making progress to. wards a degree, if not, well.... Petitions According to Dr. Olin Pugh head of the Committee on Schol. astic Standings and Petitions each Individual who applied foi reinstatement was taken int< consideration-his complete stu" dent record, from High School t< present. Progress towards his ob taining a degree and recent per. formance were two of the criterir in judging whether or not he should be allowed to stay. The board, consisting of sever members, six voting, was a crosi section of senior people from the University. According to Dr. Rol, lin E. Godfrey, 'egistrar, thi Committee met at least fou7 days last week and dealt witi each case very "carefully anc painstakingly." Dr. Godfrey cited the reasoi for upper-classmen being put or probation was that under the o Jones AnnOUn< Will Receive H The first honor to be announce for Governor Donald S. Russell fol lowing his inauguration Jan. 15 it an honorary doctor's degree to bi conferred by Carolina at commence ment May 31. He was president of the Univer sity In 1951-57, and holds bachelo: of arts and bachelor of laws degreel from USC where he graduated wit] highest honors - "summa euni laude." President Thomas F. Jones an nounced that the Board of Trusteel had voted In Its January meeti to confer four honorary doctor' degrees at commencement, the gov ernor's among them. The others: Mrs. Anna Hyatt Huntington, In ternationally famed sculptor whosi philanthropy Includes the gift t Change ( c Failure lundreds system students were able to drift on the border line for longer periods before being called to the attending of the board. Under the new system, students are caught at an earlier time. New System Dr. Godfrey pointed out that in registration materials issued in the fall of 1961, it was pointed out that continuing students would come under the effects of the new regulations in the fall of 1962. This gave continuing students a year to catch up. In coming students were under the new regulations when they en tered. Surprisingly, Dr. Godfrey - pointed out that a study of the grades in the fall of 1961 indi cated that fewer students would have been put on probation or suspened, even if the new regu lations were used then. All transfer students entering the University this past semester were required to have at least a "C" average. Carolina Community In the Carolina Community, reasons listed for placing a stu dent on academic probation are - a student's semester grade point ratio being below 2.00, or a cumulative grade point ratio be low 2.00 at the end of last period - for which it was calculated. Students who failed all of their work were suspended. Students on probation with below the fol i lowing minimum G.P.R. for the total semester hours carried were also suspended: 0-39 hours, i minimum G.P.R., 1.20; 40-79 hours, minimum G.P.R., 1.50; 80 119 hours, minimum G.P.R., 1.80; 120-139 hours, minimum G.P.L. a 1.90; and 140 and above hours, e minimum G.P.R., 2.00. i Dr. Olin Pugh of the Commit I tee on Scholastic Standings and Petitions said that students i should know the regulations and realize that the regulations do I affect them. -m-------uu ,es Gov. Russell' onorary Degree I the State of South Carolina of - Brookgreen Gardens. David W. Robinson, graduate of 3 the University's School of Law, - whose distinction as a practicing attorney has been recognized by - service as special Associate Justice r of the S. C. Supreme Court and special circuit judge; who has taught law at the University on a part-time Sbasis; and who Is a former general I counsel of the Federal Power Coin- I mission. Wilbur S. Smith, consulting engi neer and head of Wilbur Smith and Associates, who is particularly noted I ' in the field of highway engineering *among his diversified engineering activities, and whose current traffice - 1studies include projects in London,i a Bombay, Calcutta, C eyl1o n andj s lAthens, Greece. )f Command Ce Students To Elect Senators Two Proposals Mark Voting A special election will be held uesday in order to elect ten repre entatives to the Student Senate, and o vote on an amendment to the onstitution and a referendum. The ten vacant seats to be filled n the Senate include two fron' raduate School, one from Busines' tdministration, four from Arts and kiences, one from Engineering, and wo from Education. Amendment The proposed amendment to th( onstitution, which will give on' rote to each freshman senator, reads is follows: Article II, Section 1: Al! egislative powers herein grantec hall be composed of no more thai 4 voting Senators (54 is to be hanged to 57.) Article II, Section 3: Four of the 4 Senators shall be the President f the Senior, Junior, Sophomore nd Freshman classes. Three addi ional non-voting Senators in t, senate shall be chosen by the Fresh nan class in the elections to b ield on or before the second Friday n November. (54 is to be changed o 57 and non-voting is to b stricken in order to give one vote o each Freshman senator. Referendum Due to the controversy which trose from the change of student eating during home games, Student senate has endorsed a proposal by 3enator Gene Platt, to hold a refer mdum by the studets Qu. the ques; Ion. The referendum shall read: "I an pleased with the present football seating arrangement at Carolina Stadium: yes (or) no." Students toting in the negative are asked :o state reasons for their vote. Seating at the football games was hanged last year by the Athletic )epartment and was accepted by a rote of Student Senate. Senate later -eversed its approval of the change, ut the plan remained since tickets iad already been printed for the tames. When the plan was initiated, he Athletic Department said it vould be done on a trial basis. Self Comments Student Senate President Osce ;elf, in a statement this week to 'The Gamecock," listed points in avor of the 1962 arrangement of eats at the football games. Self stated the most obvious bene it derived from the move to the resent side of the stadium was the ncrease of favorable located seats :1,300). "The move has left more and etter seats available to alumni and riends of the University than those hat were offered to them pre riously, which has resulted in their nore active support of the football >rogram through ticket sales and he Gamecock Club," Self said. remIon1e8 USC I Spring FRATERNITY RUSH COMMEP lobby of Russell House by paying tinue through Feb. 20. Baltimore Orchestra To Appear A former USC student and her :usband will appear on campus Wednesday when the nationally famed Baltimore Symphony Orches :ra presents a concert in the Field House as part oif the Artists Series. Mrs. Dorothy Gennusa, the former Dorothy Byrd, attended Carolina during 1933, receiving a violin cer tificate in music. She was enrolled in the School of Journalism. For many years she served as concert mistress of the University Symphony Orchestra, under the di rection of her teacher, MadAmC' Felice de Horvath. Mrs. Gennusa, a member of the Baltimore Symphony for the past 12 years with her husband, was largely responsible in organizing the South ern Symphony Orchestra after she left USC. She recruited members from the Baltimore and the National Symphonies for the Southern Sym phony Orchestra. Mrs. Gennusa continued her stud ies, later, in Norfolk, Virginia, with I. E. Feldman and in Philadelphia with Emanuel Zetlin and Josha Brodsky of the Curtis String Quar tet. As a member of the Philadelphia Opera Company Orchestra, Mrs. Gennusa toured the United States. She was also a member of the Na tional Symphony for several years, where she met Ignatius Gennusa. The former Carolina student's husband, Ignatius Gennusa, will be a featured part of the program to be presented on campus. Peter Her man Adler, conductor of the Balti more Symphony, selected Gennusa to be clarinet soloist In the Wober Concertino. Also included in the Baltimore Symphony's program will be Web er's Oberon Overture, Tschalkow sky's Violin Concerto In D Major (featuring Jullam Olevsky, violin ist), and Brahmes' Symphony No. 2.( Midshipman S Of Naval RO's Midshipman J oh n W. (Bill) Shirley became the new student commander of the USC Naval RO TC battalion in change of command ceremonies held on Davis Field, January 81. Shirley succeeds Steven S. Abrams, who commanded during the past fall semester. While arriving at the top student NROTC post, Shirley has partici pated in various other extra-curricu lar activitie and has compined an Srateri Rush ICES: Rushees sign up for Fraternity a $2 rush registration fee. Fraternity USC History Pi Will I On Tuesday, Dr. George Curry, JSC history professor, will speak ,n the subject of "United States 'olicy Viewed From Down Under" n Drayton Hall at 8 p.m. "Down Jnder," in this context, means Aus ralia, where Dr. Curry has recently pent a year as Exchange Professor n Modern History at the University >f Adelaide. The general public as well as nembers of the University Com nunity are invited to attend the L962-63 lecture series, "Crisis Areas in United States Foreign Policy," ;ponsored by the Department of International Studies. ....he'general theme of the 1962-63 series focuses attention on important geographical and functional areas of :risis in foreign policy where the United States f a c e s continuing dilemmas in discharging its responsi bilities of leadership in world af fairs. A native of Gravesend, England, Dr. Curry received the B.A. degree in French and English at the Uni versity of London in 1937 and did graduate work at the Sorbonne in 1938-39, serving with the British Council in Yugoslavia and Rumania at the outbreak of World War II. During the war he served as a major in the British Army in Intelligence, and was on the staff of General Mark Clark. After the war Dr. Curry came to the University of South Carolina as a graduate student in history, and earned the M.A. degree in 1947, when he was appointed Instructor in the Department of History. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1952, returning to the University of South Carolina the following year as Adjunct Professor. His doctoral dissertation, "A Study of the Abdication of Edward VIII," was based on confidential state papers. Dr. Curry has returned to England on several occasions for further historical research, focusing his attention on the Office f the Royal Secretary, the private h irley Become P'C Battalion I overall 5.5 GPR In chemical engi neering. In addition, he is a mem ber of ODK, and was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities while a junior. In the battalion, Shirley previously commanded the newly formed Persh ing Rifles, consisting of both the freshman and varsity drill teams. This year the PR's, now under the command of Herbert Heilig, have been invited to perform at the Mardi Gras, held the last week of this mnonth In New, Orlann. ities This /s rl d r tl f] -(Gamecock Stajj Photo by Nye.) Rush for the spring semester in the p rush began this week and will con rofessor )eliver Lecture advisor to the British Crown. In this connection for a work in prog ress he has collected over 1,500 let ters and private papers of Sir Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's private secretary. In 1957 and 1958 Dr. Curry as sisted Governor James F. Byrnes in the preparation of his memoirs. This work led to his selection as author of the chapters dealing with Mr. Byrnes for the forthcoming volumes on the American Secretaries of State and Their Diplomacy, 1925- 1 1961, edited by Bemis and Ferrell. Dr. Curry has contributed to numer ous scholar journals, including the American Historical Review and the Journal of Modern History. Sororities Start Rush For Spring Sorority rush for the spring se mester has been changed from pre vious semesters. There will be no rush registration, or any rush parties. The new typo of rush Is to be handled in a completely informal way-sororities will rush girls only by taking them out to eat ("Dutch Treat") or having them over to the sorority rooms. On Monday night, February 18, the sororities will hand in the names of the girls they wish to bid. Those I girls receiving bids will be contacted and asked to sign a preferential 1 card by the morning of February 20. 1 On the same day, Wednesday, at 5 p.m., the new pledges of each so rority will be received at the re spective sorority rooms. Sororities participating in rushi are Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, 1 Delta Delta Delta, Delta Zeta,i Kappa Delta, P1 Beta Phi, and< Zeta Tau Alpha. s Commander n Ceremonies Other battalion staff officers for the spring semester are: Executive Officer--John D. Williams; Opera tions - T. M. Hondly; Adjutant - R. S. McPherson; Public Informa tion Officer - Robert N. Burris; Supply - James E. Sanders; Per sonnel - Richard M. Lock.; Co. Petty Officer - F. D. Hare; and David R. Roth. Consisting of over 200 midship men, the NROTC battalion goes through drill exercises on Davis Fildk ach week fom 8-a .. Begin Week IFC Gives Complete Schedule BY DENNIS MYERS Managing Editor Fraternity rush for the spring emester began Monday in Russell [ouse with rushees paying a $2 ish registration fee. Drop-ins were held on Tuesday ight at all 14 fraternity houses, uring which time all rushees were equired to visit each fraternity on ne Row and secure a signature rom each house. On-campus parties were held last ight by Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, ,ambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Sig 1a, Phi Delta Beta, Pi Kappa Al ha, and Kappa Sigma. Fraternities staging on - campus arties tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. re Chi Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, igma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Tau )mega, Phi Epsilon Pi, Sigma Chi, nd Pi Kappa Phi. Off Campus Schedule for the off - campus )arties is as follows: Feb. 11-Chi si, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa sigma, and Sigma Chi; Feb. 12 - Kappa Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, md Pi Kappa Phi; Feb. 14-Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Epsilon Pi, and Phi Delta Beta; and Feb. 15 - sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Kappa Sigma. The last phase of rush will be tag invitational parties to be held it each fraternity house February .8 from 7 to 9 p.m. On the same tight all bids are to be handed in o John Dalisa at the Sigma Phi psilon House before 1 a.m. Pledging Pledging will take place on Feb. 0 on Fraternity Row from 5 to 6 .m. John Dalisa, IFC Vice President, Lnnounced that rushees can still ign up for rush, if they do so be ore the stag invitational parties on ebruary 18. Registration fee is $2. Rush Rules The Interfraternity Council in ormed rushees of the following ules governing rush: (1) All alumni, affiliates, pledges, ctive and inactive members of a raternity must abide by the rules *f rush. These rules are effective or the entire semester unless other wise stated. (2) All infractions of the spring ush rules must be reported to an fficer of IFC by an IFC represen ative within 48 hours after pledg ng. (3) All men must register for -ush with IFC and pay $2 registra ion fee. Only those students eligi >le for rush should register. Eligi >le rushees alone will be permitted o attend rush functions. (4) IFC will hand out all bids. (5) Only students who received score of "5" or better on their mndergraduate entrance exams will e declared eligible. Old students n1ust have a "C" average in all ourses the previous semester and nust have passed at least 12 hours. Formal Rush The following rules hold for the 'ormal rush period only: (1) Four or more rushees and a fraternity man will constitute a imoker. (2) Any rushee sponsoring or ~onnected with a gathering of rush ees during the silent period will be iisqualified from spring rush. (3) There will be no professional entertainment at the on-campus parties. (4) All fraternity men, dates, and 'wotesses must remain inside their respective houses from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the day of pledging. (5) Other pledging date. for the spring semester will be announced later by the IFi.