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Outsta 6 Letter Fi Corps Dear USC Students, This is a letter to those oi the Peace Corps. I won't me find out about in any Peace of the inside scoop about the up the Corps. First, training is not only field but it is also a de-sele training it would be to his that he is not yet in the P4 whether the Peace Corps wai Peace Corps. About one-third of my who were couldn't face up to The selection process applies and if one can't stand up un4 expected to stand up under t foreign country. The training in Puerto Ric consisted of jungle survival I language classes, physical fit teaching games. This progran things he has never done bef The training program as v the University of Washingtoi pressed with the staff. Langt a professor for every four tr professors come to speak to There were four fields in studies (you study the econon of the country you are to be and sanitation), and Americ American studies when the ra< points will be questioned a g It would be well worth your stand in this problem and to I feel that my fellow vol groups that I have ever wor idealism and in my mind are America's "New Frontier." If anyone would care to v to answer all questions. Don answer for a couple of weeki the air plane service, which I. klh4....ena nlar.... nding "Gently Tapping" 'om Peace [olunteer r you who are interested in joining ke a spiel about things you can't Corps handbook, but Just a little training and the people who make a program to prepare you for the ting process. If one is invited to advantage to let his friends know -ace Corps but rather finding out its him and whether he wants the group was de-selected and some going home. They felt like failures. many pressures to the individual ter these pressures he wouldn't be he pressures and frustrations of a !o was a tremendous experience. It reks, rock climbing and repelling, ness programs and instruction on i is a confidence builder. One does ore. whole is outstanding. I trained at 1 in Seattle and I was really im iages were stressed and there was 1inees. We also had many visiting us. which we studied. Language, area ty, geography, history, and politics sent to), technical studies (health an studies. I might add that in ial problem is discussed your view reat deal by your fellow trainees. while to know exactly where you be able to explain your views. unteers compose one of the best ked with. They all have a bit of well qualified to carry the title of rrite I would be more than happy 't despair if you don't receive an s as the mall service depends on not too regular. Jamie Anderson Peace Corps Volunteer American Embassy Ia Paz, Bolivia South America val ROTC battalion last 'Thursday a, ike University. Col Durant is shown R. E. Jeffery, head of the U.S.C. Dei Nd the phmyslcal fitness amophy to Mdni ..'.tas nt.... Vomen I A T ji fIf S 01 S, -Gamecock Stall Photo By Bridge E3 Professor's j 0 Book Wins i Acceptdance 1 A Carolina professor's book on P little-known aspects of the Con- sl A federate War is winning new S a plaudits and acceptance. P The book, "Who fired the First o Shot?" by Ashley Halsey, Jr. as- S4 sistant to the president and professor of journalism, received a favorable review in Civil War History, the quarterly of Iowa State University, and has been selected by a special panel of 12 T judges as one of the "important P new books" on the war. s i "This is a very unusual Civil t< War book," Dr. Otto Eisenchimil S of Chicago, noted war author, said in the Iowa State University re- e view. He continued that it con tains "much which will be new to b most readers and some which will n no doubt be new to all. T'hose n (chapters) on the Indians who S fought on both sides, on massacres n and on the influence of soldiers' b wives on their husbands' allegi- n ances are exceptionally well Sone. C "Students who prefer the truth h to biased traditions will thank Hal- h sey for pointing out that Northern n wrihaters) oftn he disredor t fupprsse onbohvides, ond tat,acrs mo,ahstyi on the infudne of les y iges ornthig presbans' Asanex- Ai ampce are eptonstalltell (lne hCtb "Sdetsil wasob prfe thean truh se fort poin oaut that er writer inten haveh disthted well t< suppressed teie,kndw that, as heerpasses it in batlever ba ci Tet 'hsory is ount side of e< ame spea emtonstraef hii War td Andesoillted wa byadno maga- p zine wors wario bufms, butichaunder somesi the orth,u th nd nominate knownband thelicatlensoin ns,el h surpitsseders. esliesbya the spelselectioan of vlu-r Tiet ltad,falleadsping emes- p tie fr war-6 bufuld regihe undhr thibst B licain inRo its fied for itsrears. 2,194 oF of sil (si -o tis (n ha mckSaf Pht y oefsn n utFrda was Co. .W.Dra mbove, Setar, whoh Mid Rohipman nA. '. artment of Naval Science. During 'm . fles. W..aif a ..o --.ra the -al apped BY HARRIET HOLLAND Assistant Managing Editor The spring tapping ceremony of lpha Kappa Gamma was held u(sday night in Drayton Hall at iv annual May Queen Contest. Outstanding scholarship, leader lii), and service acquirements are ie requirements for this honorary >rority. The following Carolina )eds were acknowledged by AKG: BETTY KENNEDY, Camden, inior, activities include: delegate Pan-IHellenic Council; member Student Senate; delegate to tate Student Legislature; mem 3r of Young Republicans, officer; ember of Sigma Delta Pi, secre Lry; Delta Delta Delta sorority. ROBERTA MEARES, Columbia, inior, activities include: freshman rientation counselor; im e m b e r ngel Flight; member of Eupho inean Literary Society; Garnet rid Black staff, University Life ditor; member of YWCA, fresh an Y secretary, cabinet member; eshman dorm counselor; Student enate; member of Alpha Lambda elta; Delta Delta Delta Sorority, )cial chairman. She has a cumula ve grade point ratio of 5.9. GLENN MILLSAP, Manning, inior, activities include: President f Junior Class in School of Nurs ig; freshman orientation counse ir; member of Meditrina Nurs- mi ig Society, treasurer, member of thl Kecutive council; member of Al- of ha Lambda Delta, vice president, to mnior advisor; member of Student ME enate; freshman dorm counselor; thE i Beta Phi Sorority, pledge class Mi rficer, rush chairman, recording I !cretary; delegate to Pan - Hel- ma nic council. She has a cumulative thf rade point ratio of 4.98. the DONNA RUSSELL, Darlington, thE [d., junior, activities include: tiv [ember of press club; member of a heta Sigma Phi, vice president, Pr resident; Honor Board; Gamecock ua .aff, feature editor, associate edi- gr. )r, current editor; Pi Beta Phi ma orority, Pi Phi Times Reporter, ket urrier. She has a cumulative mE rade point ratio of 3.8. 4 MARTHA SCOVILLE, Colum- re, ia, junior, activities include: lur kember of Canterbury, vestry; th( tember of Euphosynean Literary Mi ociety; member of YWCA; fresh- on ian orientation counselor; mei- lot er of Faith and Learning Coi tunity; delegate to Pan-Hellenic th ouncil; delegate to national Pan- w el Convention; president of Pan- G el; member of Kappa Delta So- h >rity, "best pledge," assistant va -easurer, treasurer. me BARBARA SEIGLER, Colum- s ia, junior, activities include: sl~ lomen St a nd ar ds Committee; a ngel Flight, comptroller; Menm-a er of Euphrosynean Literary So-w ety; Garnet and Black business p :aff; delegate to Panhel, dlelegate bu Regional Panhel Conference, US >-editor of Panhel rush booklet, n irrent president of Panhel; Chi mega Sorority, pledge class offi- Un r, social chairman, vice presi-ro mnt. She has a cumulative grade th int ratio of 4.7. CONNIE WALL, Beaufort, jun- sc'o r, activities include: president of has er freshman d o r m ; Women the t a n d a r d a Committee; Angel int light; Member of Kappa Delta eac psilon; Religious Emphasis Coin- in ittee; YWCA, secretary, vice at esident; Gamecock, society edi- I r; Panhel, rush chairman; treas- of 'er of sophomore class; member ma Euphrosynean Literary Society; tea Ipha Delta Pi Sorority. cor Tri-Eps To USC Campu BY BELLE HOWE plat Taking its cue from a recent the ticle on the "Blue Men of 'rica" in Time Magazine, Tri-Ep- S on has inventedl a new method and further enthusiastic language mas idy among college students. stut It seemis that the "Blue Men" ine >-calledl because' they wear blue. P ndl-dyedl robes, which rub blue stiti on them) have an unusual mor sure activity which could he put kno goodl use at USC. I Wandering Nomads a 1'hese nomads roam the desert Stu< camels with their blue robes t hi wing in the breeze. They spend met air~ leisure' in writing erotic poe- has andl scrawling obscenities on -;; tely desert rocks. Imagine the 'ect of humping over the desert your camel and coming across :iirty rhyme on every rock! rhis may seem like a digres n, but you'd have to know the p guage to be able to read the 'me. Therefore, taking a serious erest in Carolina's cultural de opment, which should include a re enthusiastic interest in for n languages, Tr'i-Epsilon advo es posters of suitably lewd say as in foreig-n lanmua.e. bein MARKETING CLUB REPRES 7hswen to represent U.S.C. at th< R1omrt I King, FAI Gx1lhall, Joe Marketi To Atten BY STEVE FOSTER News Staff Writer [he USC School of Business Ad nistration announced on Monday it five students and a member the faculty have been chosen represent USC at the American .rketing Association Convention It is to be held in East Lansing, ahigan, on April 19-21. )r. Robert L. King, professor of rketing, is the faculty member t has been selected to attend i convention. The five students t are to serve as representa es are as follows: Ed Godshall, graduate student on the MBA >gram; Fran Lloyd, also a grad Le student on the MBA Pro im; Steve Foster, a senior in rketing; Jay Doolittle, a mar -ing senior and Joe Hamilton, a rketing senior. )n Thursday, April 18, the rep entatives will drive from Co nbia to Charlotte, N. C., where y will board a jet to Detroit, chigan. The group will return Sunday, April 21, to the Char te Airport. rhe group is now preparing for . convention by participating in iat is known as a "Management me." This is a game in which a pothetical firm is set up and rious factors and bits of infor tion are provided for the per is who are to make the deci ns for the company. The game 'olves all of the decisions that i company operating today uld be faced with. ['he game does not assume a re monopoly or any similar ~iness condition. Rather, the C delegates are currently play their "game" in competition h eight other schools across the ited States. F i v e practice *nds are to be completed before convention convenes in April. The practice rounds are being red by an IBM Computer that been programmed to compare various decisions that are fed > it. Thus, it is possible for h team to know where it stands comparison to the other firms the end of each round. 'art of the convention consists a discussion of the decisions le by each of the participating mns. Several members of large porations such as General Mot Influence s Culture ed in conspicuous spots around campus. Lewd Grapevine tudlent interest would grow, foreign languages would be tered in no time, because what ents read, they repeat. Imag the new lewd grape-vine. ous Platitudes could be sub ited after a time to foster a e complete and acceptable .sledge of the languages. possible, Tri-Ep will sponsor tenuine Blue Man Exchange lent who could help instigate a ingenious and foolproof bod of study. Indeed, Tri-Ep done it again. A. A. glaI~rrell 3jefueers n Selection of East.r Gifts Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing 2024 Devin. Street At Five Points AL 24161 Ga ENTATIVES: These are the students American Marketing Association Con Hanilton, Fran Lloyd, Steve Foster, ug Club D d April Cc ors and Ford will be on hand to listen to the group discussions at this time. Money for the trip was raised by members of the USC Market ing Club, of which Dr. Robert L. King is the faculty advisor. The :lub raised funds by doing some marketing research in the Colum bia area for several different firms. The club has worked for WIS-TV on several occasions, for a large insurance company, and for some national concerns. The remaining project will be com pleted sometime in April. This research project involves determining the trading area for the city of Aiken, S. C., and will involve some 500 personal inter views in the Aiken area. The Aiken Chamber of Commerce is sponsor ing the research survey. The club has also participated in both telephone and personal interviews. They have helped to develop the questionnaires that must be prepared for each mar keting research survey. Not only have the students earned, but they have also learned to apply some DuoAwarded Liberal Arts Fellowships Two Carolina students learned Wednesday of their appointments as Woodrow Wilson Fellows for first - year graduate study next fall. William Jackson and Ned Self, both history majors, are among 1507 college seniors in the United States and Canada to receive this ho nor. "The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Fo.indation, which is dedicated to developing 'college teachers for tomorrow,' is the largest private source of support for advanced studies in the liberal arts in North America," Sir Hugh Taylor, president of the founda tion, said in making the appoint ment. "A Woodrow Wilson Fellow is granted full tuition and fees for the first year at the graduate school of his choice, as well as a stipend of $1,800 and dependency allowances," Dr. Hans Rosenhaupt, Lhe foundation's national director. said. For the first time in the founda tion's history, and as an experi ment, the same stipends go to un married Fellows and married Fel lows without children. However, $1,000 is added to the stipend when there is one child, and $250 is added for each additional child." James B3eamguard and James Roseberry, history majors, and Mary Wynn, an English major, were among 1216 students to re ecive Honorable Mention Awards n this year's competition. SPRING LAKE CLUB Par 3 Specia Student Rate W/I.D. Curd. 9 Holes $1.00 18 Hole $1.40 All Day $1.75 Sat. . Sun. * Hol. $2.00 Located off Norsh Trenholm Rd. one mil, north of Foet Lake 7l7 = 9t1 mecock Stall Photo By Robertson nd the professor that have been vention. From left to right: Dr. and Jay Doolittle. elegates onvention of the knowledge that they have gained in class. The club has had almost 100 per cent participation in all of the projects so far and anticipates some further develop ments next year. Although the club was formed only last spring, it has managed to become a very active group under the leadership of Prof. C. M. Gittinger and Dr. Robert L. King. The USC Marketing Club has been, cited by Rowe M Meader, National Chairman of the American Mar keting Association, as one of the outstanding marketing clubs in the United States. Mr. Meader has suggested in the "American Col legiate Newsletter" that some of the other marketing clubs in the country should follow some of the fine examples that have been set by the USC Marketing Club. Officers for the current year are as follows: Joe Hamilton, Presi dent; Bobby Walker, Vice-Presi dent; Fran Lloyd, Secretary; Ed Godshall, Treasurer; and Steve Foster, Publicity Chairman. Pro fessor C. M. Gittinger served as faculty advisor for the fall semes ter and Dr. Robert L. King is the advisor for the spring semester. LINDSEY'S, LTD. 1224 Washington Street Announcing Our PACKAGE DEAL* For The CAROU1NA CUP March 16 to March 25 Only Sport Coat $35.00 Pants --..--- 10.95 Tie --------..2.50 Socks--.----1.50 Shirt ------5.95 TOTAL $55.90 *ALL FOR ONLY $50-00 LINDSEY'S, LTD. 1224 Washington Street