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RATED I COMMITNIST ALL AMERICAN INFILTATIO SPRING, 1963 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWMC FOR A GREATER CAROUNA VOL. LIV, NO. 29 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 1., 1964 FON.1I) I Two og Dems Officers t establishments advertising to rve the public. He declared hini Alf "100% pro-labor" and casti iated forces in the state "which ave constantly opposed the work ig man." I Following the meeting, Craine ;sued the following statement: I am grateful to the largest olitical organization on campus >r electing me president. Along ith the other competent officers, will work in close cooperation rith the South Carolina Demo ratic Party, and no doubt we will lay a large role in the Richland ounty elections." President To Crown Hay Queen! It was announced today that. lay Queen Elaine Outzs will be rowned in the May Day cere ionies Tuesday. Sandra Williams, aid of honor, and Gail Brough :n, honor attendant, will also play key part in the ceremonies. In making the announcement, ohn Cutts, chairman of the Lwards Day Committee, also said. hat the theme of May Day is 'lizabethen. The queen, who will e crowned by President Jones, ,ill be entertained by the NROTC rill team, the USC chorus, and be traditional winding of the lay Day pole. The May Day fes ivities will take place after the wards, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Ceremonies honoring those stu-! ents who have excelled on the TSC campus will be held on the forseshoe from 2:30 to 4:30. Fol-: )wing the Awards at 4:30 will be he traditional coronation of the lay Day Queen. Pan-Hellenic will also hold a rop-in on the same day in the :hi Omega and Delta Delta Delta orority rooms. The drop-in, which; to be held from 5:30 to 6:30, rill be followed by a May Day treet dance. The dance capping, be May Day festivities will be. n Bull Street from 7:30 until: 1:30 with music furnished by the Iynamiics and the Catalinas. Doug :lmore', chairman of the Student lance Committee, made the an ouncement that there will be no dmission charge to the dance. n3ecock Sta|| Phaoo by Robertson ) ,gets pet to) lowe r thei staorthmigt ,InS .C iTs. ... ..... tjit' .. La Fort y USC You Elect New BY BILL MEDLIN a News Staff Writer Tuesday night, in a busy meet- g ing in Russell House, the USC h Young Democrats elected officers " for the coming semester and heard a candidate for the House h of Representatives endorse civil rights and organized labor. f, William J. (Bill) Craine, sopho- % more history major, was elected I president by an overwhelming majority of the more than eighty persons present. Other officers C selected are as follows: Danny Breazeale, vice president; John R. .1tictice, executive committeeman; 4 Charlie Montgomery, correspond ing secretary; Kathi Staples, re cording secretary; and Charlie Howard, treasurer. The group passed a resolution to eliminate waste in the military and apply savings to President .Johnson's war on poverty, and an other commending Senator Wil-, liam Fulbright on his courage and foresight for his recent speech' in calling for a revamped foreign n policy, while specifying that the, t YD's did not necessarily agree' with him. Outgoing president, R o b e r t Frank, announced that the first t annual "pre-victory" party would I he held May 8 at Lake Murray. b Dr. John M. McConaughy, advisor I to the group, county Democratic vice chairman, and president of Ward 18, invited members to a t barbecue sponsored by his ward a1 club on May 25. All candidates for county office d have been invited to speak briefly. Tickets are available to the public for $1.25. The YD's gave Dr. Mc- t Conaughy a standing ovation for a full two minutes as an ex pression of gratitude for his guid-' ance. Ken Love, former president of' s the USC YD's and a new candi- i. date for th) Democratic nomina- v tion to the House of Representa- , tives, congratulated the group on t its openness of expression and 0 variance of views. When asked to I state his position on civil rights r andl labor, Love strongly upheld I 9 the constitutional rights of all I eitiztens to make use of all publicn facilities and to gain s erv iceL ea "Mtissi lide 500," Lauric hlowell flag in last Friday'. 25-mile bIeycl< Ze.a Tau Alpha. .nd o,mes. frm S... Elect "i" SOPHOMORE 'Y' OFFICERS: dnit; Susan Willis, firgt vice p Reth Brown, secretary-treasurer. YMCA officers who are Dick Sch Elliott, secretary-treasurer. Abus in charge of projects. Carolin Full Creo Full University c r e d i t foi ourses completed is at least as mportant as reduced cost of ed. cation in the success of the five ff-campus centers of USC. This is the conviction of Dr. 4icholas P. Mitchell, director of he University Division of Gen. ral Studies and Extension, which ,perates the centers. The centers ire Florence, Beaufort, Lancas. er, Coastal Carolina in Horry lounty, and Aiken County. The Carolina Debate Team Ends Season The USC Debating Team of prank Cantrell and Toby Var1 luren brought to a close their lebate careers last weekend by 'eaching the finals at the West 'oint National Tournament. They lost to Boston College by three to two decision, a tearr which they had twice defeated mece at Miami and again in the ceding rounds at West Point. On the way to the finals, Souti larolina defeated St. Anselms Col. ege, Western Michigan Univer ity, G;eorge Washington Univer ity, St. John's University, ant ~oston College, losing to George. own University and Vermoni Jniversity. The team ended up in the Na. ional Television Championshir lebates as sixth in the country rhey won firsts in tournament de stting at Lexington, Kentucky ifiami, and made themselves the op team in the South Atlants then they won first place againsi Unabama, Wake Forest, Duke Centucky and Emory. Frank Cantrell has accepted ar ~itistantship in English and wil' v~ork toward his Ph.D. in litera utre. Tohy Van Bluren will stari uis seminary studies towards be. oming a minister in the Uni. arian Church. Rleplacing the loss of these twc lehaters next year will be up t< ohn WVertz, R i e h a r d Goldie Thorne Compton, Gloria Smith o~h Anderson. Scholarships haye Iready been given to two higi chool debaters, Mary Giles and farc C'ohle of A. C. Flora. Fronm his group and from the others vho will try out in the fall will edTo a (Ga -7 (Go, New officere for the -Asphomore YWC. resident (programs); Abby latch, seIOI Pictured on the second row are Ted nlz president; Ed Tucker, fir-,t vice prt nt when tie picture was made waK Chuc t Extension lit For All "When the University opened wh its first center in Florence in ing 1957, many students there were tho primarily concerned with the re- sav duced cost of attaining a higher wh education while living at home," ma Dr. Mitchell said. er When the USC' system of off campus centers was established, 1 an Dr. Mitchell said, it was antici- lip) pated that many young people of for limited financial means would at- yvet tend for the two years of study offered and then forego the re mainder needed for a University degree. The University finds now, how ever, that virtually every student enrolled in the centers plans to earn a degree by completing the third and fourth years on the main USC campus in Columbia or ( at another university or college- filr Dr. Mitchell said "unfounded wvil rumors get around about this time thr every year" that the centers offer something less than full standing dur in the University of South Caro- cor lina and academic credits to in match. f "I suspect," he laughed, "the Cu rumors start with young people the ma Chilooses O ff icers tl For Com,inar Year ' to Sigma Delta Chi, honorary *' journalism fraternity for men, held election of officers Tuesday gS* night. Lal Roger F. Gruetzmacher was " chosen to succeed H. Kelly Jones E as president of the fraternity. Also elected to key positionsa were: William W. Savage, Jr., h vice presidlent; Ladson F. Hlowell, secretary; and William M. Lide, te? Jr., treasurer. Earl A. Mclntyre,. professor of journalism, is the ad-.n visor for the group. As a part of the plans for next of semester, Sigma Delta Chi plans Stn '0 organize a program of work- sta shops for high schools throughout gri the state. Teama will be set up m. to address the schools at assem-hi blies on various aspects of work or ni the field of journalism. fuli Thney will also offer advice con cerning school publications and Us >ffer adlvice on any technical her problems that may come up. The o,f teams will be available to visit Re: the highn schools upon their re- St. quesat. . _. Phil t necock Stall Photo Bly Bridges) Ii include: Cecil llardy-. prei id vice president (pro.iect.); Ireei, advisor, amid the nsew, sident ( program ) and4 Bill k Iannat. secofd %ice presidem S Offer Courses i are more interested in leav home for University study n they are in the substantial ings accruing to their parents ?m these young people can re in at home and earn full uni sity credit." Ls of April 15. USC has had increase of 16.4 per cent in )lications from new students next fall, compared with a r ago. ndian Actor, ilm Producer ro Visit USC )ne of the three most popular 3 stars in India from 1955-63 I visit the U'SC campus M1ay 10 itugh Mtay 13. iev Anand, actor and film pro er from Bombay. India, will ie to Carolina as a participant the Foreign I eaders Program the Bureau of Fducational and tul A ffairs. The putrpose of v'isit, according to one spokes nl, is "to afford the University I th3e commnutnity an oppor ity, to meet one of the v'ery entertainment and cultural ures in a countryv of 400 mfillioni ple, and to enable him to conme an American university and a thern community." tnandl was awarded a R.A. de e from Punjab University in 3ere wuhere he received honors English. With a knowledge of glish described as "excellent,' is visiting the United States as part icipaant in the Foreign ader Progtam. Invitations tc ticip3ate in th3e program are ex dled each year to about 900 in. iduatls of recognized leadership i importance in such fields as -enment, I a b o r , communica as, and the arts. The mnajority leaders come to the United tes as individual visitors and y from .15 to 60 days. The pro mt for the typical leader ntee is usually dleveloped after arrival in this country, In er that he may participate ly in its planning. committee is being formed at C to sponsor Anand's visit e. The committee is composed members of the International ations Club, the International udents Club, the YM - YWCA the Student Union Committe. leta I Scholastic J Honors US( IY HARIlIET Assistant Mana FoIrt yv-t wt Carolina stu<den t: Beta KappIa, national honorary tio(t this swciety i:- r(cogni)z Five Get Graduate Allocations Five graduate students have il!in -1ected tq. study space-re lated :(nces next year at USC undi.r a .97 ,nn grant of Natinal A--initis anl Space Adminis . ' s T. alMuden and Raymond I B. Y-,un!v are already students at tw University. Madden- wIll con tinuTIe his studies Im electrica engi neering. and Young in mathe miatics. .1jil Gallant, now a senior at Alassachusetts Institute of Tech nologyv will begin graduate stud ies in electrical engineering at the University under the NASA grant. I E. Hi. Fletcher, now attending The Citadel, will also study elec trieal engineering under the pro grain in space-related sciences. )avid 1). Stone. who will grad uiate from Georgia Institute of Tvchnology in June, will begin graduate study in mathematics. The NASA progran began in and nearly 1000 graduate stu dents are now in training under grants to SP universities and col legzes. The I7.000 NASA allocation to I USC will provide the students with stipends and allowances, and !.# V'niversity's portion will be uMed flr such purposes as obtain - ing visiting professors and cur ricu!um development. When N A S A Administrator James E. Webb announced the grant to Carolina some weeks ago, he said the program "is mak ing excelilent progress toward its major object ive---helping to meet J the nat iin's future needs for h ihlv trained scientists and en gineers." lHe said it is "heartening" that the particpat ing inst itut ions are show intg interest "in strengthen ing their irraduate programs in s pac'- re lat ed arteas.'' 1'~i. i the wheel oif the. pnier car ini race in De4an of Studenits (. 11. .ui........e ...... ....ar i n..-.:. Field appa Vraternity 7 Students HOL LAND ging Editor have beeni electied to P1hi chohist ic frateriltY. Elec as: the hi- het acadenlic ()nor InII atin 'I h Ph i Beta K ppa Society, ". first Gr ie+k letter fraternity in w United States. was founded by sinvll rup( of s.uderts at the !h-e i11f Willia f aid Mary o0 ' tn.her 5, 1771;. IuI ii the succeedfirg four a,s. th nmber of menbers in eased t1 a tl of 50, including apta:n .o MaiO,hall who sub "OtY becam111e ('1f44 .ustice of - I:ni State and Elisha ar! r dauat of Harvard tPa mol. u as ler en. u 1 wit. c c !har er and t ab 2' the ( th!ishnprt at Yale it 1780 and ar''ar in 17?81. The aw % Stating that no G-reek Ietter I raternity could be estahli-hed on the campus of a ,tate-upported institution waR repealed in 1925 and the fol lt)n%ing .ear a Phi Be*a Kappa rhapter w a founded at USC. A prhser. hre are approxi ' 111 chapters of Phi Beta ;p a !'catei at the leading ed 1a i1na inst it tn .n of t h e ted States witi a living mem ers.:p in e C(s e ,f 120.J)(1. The ar-na hapter elects its men irs fr-m seniors wh- for seven Sut:e Selnes'ers have at a:m'i shlb-t ie av\erage of B-plus i 4 1n< rned total of (. Credit urnt it. lera! art enss. Thesel elected who graduated in Aigust. 1903. are: Ana Eta C'o\ Dike. Thoma, Knox Lee. Jr.. Fra n Celesta .loyd. and Caro Ilope Rush. New Pi. BeTa K'a a t'Obers ho graduat ed in Januarv 1V64. 1cei: Mary 1111usin Arnstrong. n t Fr#d!v. Mary Loui eG ray. uinNcl Cranna.relIa flachell. r''0Wayne K;:n. Mary Leslie - ; ;:n .ar r I Eari Stanton. noluatin seni -reted t.o S, wevy a?. tlh f.li.wing: Ann A . A1t,V enE Edward mCur. Nn ( J !nley Boy. m~ ion Eucene Burins. Martha ?la r vr t Bv rd. Sira Carolyn uthle i. and I e s I i e Edward Als. Wer Panl Engelmater. Wk Burnie Evett, William Stew rt Jackson. Gcerda Maria Jor an. Terty Wayne I.uransky. Sara is Mattgum, Nellie Laurie hIseleyv. Emily ,Stewart Redding, untes Royavtl Rloseber-ry III, Linda nn Sandlers, Edwvin Andlerson elf, and Ann Elaine Siebert. (Continued on page 6) last Fridan "lt ',tle 30'isl Wite. Wine f he2-ml waseg,-L Phj Dlenee' 'han.brie,,