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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR GREATER CAROUINA
%OL. LV9 NO. 22 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 26, 1965 FOUDE 1908
ll1 AlPIA DEI'A IAW Fil
X1l Ctinlave held in Durham, N. C.
The aniual award is given 4n
ter'. project, the Prince Intramural
gi of service and profesionalism.
Tom C. Clark, Justice of the 1'. S.
Other Phi Alpha Delta Chapte
included the Universities of N. C., I
olic U'niversity (1). C.), William and
award twice running, plus the Thin
lictured left to right are Willhi
liibbard, Justice; the lion. Tom C.
ture4l) Iobert Ehrhorn, Delegate.
Still No
Ineffici
IY IIAtRIET HOLLAND
Editor
Student Senate dispersed before
beginning its scheduled session
Wednesday, blaming the dismissal
on a misunderstanding as to
whether or not the meeting had
been cancelled.
Not included in the 18 senators
discussing the issue were ailing
Senate President Reggie Brown
IFC Selects
SC Native
For Address
ledford W. Black, past presi
(Itnt (if the Sigma Phi Epsilon
IlraternitY and for years a dele
gate to the National Intra Fra
telnity Council will be the fea
tured speaker at the IFC awards
b1an1uet to be held March 31.
fl-ck was elected to the North
Carolina I louse of Represenitatives
mi 1958 dlefeaiting the speaker of
the house.
Ini 1950 he became governor of
his dist rict which includes all
N'orthI and South Carolina chap
ters. Ile hecame the fourth grand
secreitamry of the fraternity in
1957. Later he became executive
director' andii Grand President. lHe
was the first president to be
elected hy the conclave for a two
year' Period.
lie has heen a member of the
College fraternity Secretary's As
sociationi, alternate delegate to the
NIC fo three years, and delegate
to the llouse. of Delegates for five
yearas.
lHe w'as horn in Gastonia, N. C.
the son of a minister, Hie attended
Wake Forest College where he
wats a member of Chi Taua fra
ternit y- lie became a charter
nnimber of Sigma Phi Epsilon in
1940, and has served his local
chapter sinice then as Alumni
tensurier and Secretary of the
Alumni Trustees.
.llack is presently representing
Sma Phi Epsilon as a member
oif the flouse of Delegates.
ISA Danice
The International Student
uh111 will sponsor an Interna
tional l)ance at the American
*Rgion building, located at 200
lickens Street, Saturday, April
10, at 8 p.m.
The semi-annu,al event will
feature music by the Huns. Ad
"'ssion will be $2 per couple
and $1.50 stag. The dance Is
T''ERIT''Y receiv id the NMost mth
March 13.
the basit- of clump er activifiet. of a I
Mot Court Con petitioni, %a% prai!
An award plaque was presented t
Supreme Court, and hinself a nmen
rs against whoi Pinclney ('Impter
a., Md., Del., W. Va., Ricmntonml, Di
Mary, and Washington and IA'. U'
I National Award. presentd hst su
m B. Regan, Vice-Justice; G. Thad
Clark, 1'. S. Supremne C<urt Justic<
Senate
mcy DiI
nd otherwise committed Secre
ary Diane Geer.
Under the new constitution.
;tudent Body President Chip
:othran is not a menber of the
egislative body but is allowed
o sit in on the sessions and ad
Iress the group.
Cothran, who Was among those
resent, commented, "an out
tanding fact is that Senate has
een ineffective recently andi has
)een unable to take care of its
)usiness."
Further discussing the absentee
sm which has recently plagued
he group, he pointed out that
To Speaik At IF( Banquet
'Near-S4
Racial
BY MAX FORD)
Staff Writer
"Therme have been no incidents
n my hometown as yet," John
reene says, "but all my letters
ronm nome say it is next on the
ist."
John W. Greene, Jlr., a freshman
t USC majoring in Journalism,
vent home to his native Denmo
)lis, Ala. (luring mid -termi.
)emopolis is a small town (8,000
oulation) located near Selma in
Ulabama'a "black belt."
"I think it is a question of out
ide influence miore' than anything
~lse. Police brutality? Tlher'e has
een some, but the police do more
o protect the Negro in Alabama
han they (10 to harmi him."
Ifilig Chapter auard at the District
fe'osimial matture. Pinickniev chap
d as exemIplif%ing the fraternal
> the representatives by the I(Ion.
lr of Phi Alpha Delta.
of S. C. competed for the award
ike, American Vinversity and Cath.
C\ Pinckme Chapter has won this
mner in New York.
Williams, past Marshal: Paul R.
Ray William, (Jerk; (not pic.
Meet;
scussed
"when Senate breaks down, to a
large extent your whole student
government brea'ks down."
Stating that Senate should pro
vide a channel of communication
between the student body and the
student government, the presi
dent said that "there is a com
munication breakdown because
senators don't have a well-defined
constituency that they feel re
sponsible to."
Sen. Bill Deaver of the College
of Engineering said that "with
tle exception of a handful of
senators, the rest of the senators
might as well not be there."
Another engineering senator,
Gerald Vaughn, followed this idea
up by saying, "Issues brought be
fore Student Senate this semester
have not been very imaginative
or constructive. The majority of
the senators are not putting out
an effort to try to bring up long
range ideas which will hell) the
University.
"People run for Senate and are
elected just because they are
pop)ular andl their friends are
there." he continued.
"The person who wvins is
usually in so many activities he's
:ilways involved in a time conflict.
it' knows his name is still on the
Vaughn further emp)hasizedl that
roll until he has four absences."
peolelt represented by the senator
have no way of knowing whether
or rnot he attends the meetings.
ersonal Expe
Ama Ne
Situatio
.Johna has l i'ved in D)emopol is all
of his 18 years, and has an aunt
and uncle living in Selma today.
As he pts it, Selma, with its 30,
000 peole was the social ce'nter
of the area.
"I think Alabama today is suf
fer ing from a hadl press,"' John
says. Letters from home last wveek
said com plete chaos re'igned( when
te demonstrators entered the
road. The police protected( the
marchers."'
Jlohn says whites and Negroes
in D)emopolis have close bonds.
'A rotund D emopolis, there are 60
to 70 per cent Negroes in the
general population,'' he says.
There have been no incidents as
yet.
Jrohn says, in his opinion, there
art just two reasons for what Is
White
In USI
Elections,
Campaign
Times Set
The elections committee an
nounces definite dates for spring
elections as follows:
Meeting for making nomi
nations: 2-5 p.m., March 2(.
Candidates' s p e e h e s 6
p.m., April 1.
Primary elections: 9-5 p.m.,
April 5.
Run-off elections: 9-5 p.m..
April 7.
Cheerleader tryouts will be held
March 25 and 26 from 5-6:30 p.m.
on Davis Field and the finals will
be on Monday, March 29 at 5 p.m.
All nominees for major offices
must have a 2.5 g.p.r. Candidates
other than class presidents and
student body officers must have
at least a 2.0 g.p.r. No student on
academic probation may be a can
didate for office.
The offices requiring class
standing can be filled by candi
dates having the following num
ber of hours; senior, 75 hours;
junior, 45 hours; sophomore, 15
hours.
Copies of campaign rules will
be given to candidates at the
March 29 meeting of all nominees
in the Russell House at 5 p.m. No
posters may he put up or leaflets
may be distributed prior to this
meeting and every candidate must
be present.
Blue Key Ct
Finals Endt
BY VIRGINIA CARROLL
Staff Writer
The final matches of the Blue
Key College Bowl will be held
tonight in Russell House Audi
torium with Sigma Nu and Chi
Omega competing for the campus
championship.
Preliminary contests in the fra
ternity groupings were held Mon
day night and the quarter-finals
and semi-finals took place on
Tuesday night. Sorority matches
were conducted Wednesday eve
ning.
In the fraternity semi-finals,
Alpha Tau Omega was defeated
by Sigma Nu, and Chi Psi wvon
their match with Pi Kappa Alpha.
Sigma Nu then became champion
of the men's division by (downing
their Chi Psi opponents by a
score of 140-115.
The winning Sigma Nu team
was composed of Thorne Comp
ience Interviez
lve Di
nIn Al
happningin Selma and other
parts of Alabama. The racial un
rest there is a result, he says, of
"'outsidIers and the white extrem
ist reaction" to their coming in.
As for last week's incidents in
nearby Selma, John says:
"I think Sheriff Jim Clark did
his job. I don't think he had any
choice. Again, it was a matter of
outsidec interference. The people
of Alabama dleplore what hap
penedI in Selma, but they deplore,
even more, the fact that the
whole movement seems to be run
from outsidle the state. You saw
no( such outsidle interference dur
ing recent riots in Hlarlem,' he
saidl, "nor did you hear of police
brutality. Yet the rIot occurred,
andl many demonstrators were
BroM
Spri
JOSHI WITE
South Carolina Native
1965 Summer Sessi
Early Reg
Urged By
BY VIRGINIA CARROLL
Staff Writer
A 15 per cent enrollment in
crease is predicted for the 1965
summer school sessions at Caro
lina by Director of Admissions
and Registration Rollin E. God
frey.
The projected f;-ure for the
first session is 3,800, compared to
3,289 for the same period last
year. More than 2,200 students
dlege Bowl
ng Tonight
ton, John Claser, Chip Cothran,
Craig Wrigley, and Don McLaur
in. Runners-up were Henry Hem
bel, Jim Mulligan, Mike Joy, Jim
Boyleston, and Jeff Christie.
The women's semi-finals saw
Chi Omega defeat Pi Beta Phi and
Kappa Delta win over Alpha
Delta Pi. In the final contest,
Kappa Delta defeated Chi Omega
by a score of 110-80.
Kappa Delta was represented
by Pat Butters, Mary Giles, Cathy
Odom and Sue Roach.
Chii Omega's ini the contest were
Adaline A r'm st r ong, Becky
Squires, Floride Williams and
Jane WVoodle.
T1he victor in the fraternity
livision wins a $50 prize, and the
runner-upl is awarded $25. The
sorority champion receives a card
table. Silver howls similar to
those given on telev'ision's College
Bowl will also be awarded to the
victors.
Scusses
atbama
John supports Governor George
Wallace and( says he feels most of
the people of Alabama share his
views on the problems.
"The state legislature is trying
right now to pass a bill that
would make it possible for Wal-,
lace to remain in office, if re
elected, for another four-year
term, Hie's the most popular man
in Alabama. We regard him as
a champion of his people, much
the same as the Negro regards
Martini Luther King as their
champion. Just last year, Wallace
was instrumental in bringing in
$300 million in industry into Ala
bama.
"Wallace tells the world that we
want to, and can, solve our own
problems. We want a chance to
Wil
g We
JAMES 111OWN
IFeaturcd At Dance
ristration
Director
are expected to attend the second
session, comparable to the 1901
cnrollment for the 191,4 second
term.
Enroll Soon
When interviewed, G o d f r e y
recommended students considering
attending the sessions this sum
mer to make up work not passed
during the current school year
should consult their faculty ad
visors as soon as pi-ssible.
Summer school will consist of
:wo terms totaling 11 weeks.
7lasses meet Monday through
Friday during the first term (six
wveeks) and Monday through Sat
irday during the five weeks of
.he second term.
Rooms and Registration
All summer students desiring
i room in the dormitories fto
ither term should make arrange
'nents at the housing office early.
learly indicating which term
.hey plan to attend.
Registration for the first term
vill be held Monday, June 7, and
:lasses will begin the following
lay. Registration materials will
)e obtained frcm the Russell
House Auditorium from 7 :30 a.m.
)n Monday.
Financial Indebtedness
Any student with financial in
lebtedness to Carolina must cleari
hese obligations before M1ay 2t
at 1 p.m. before they will he al
Owed to register. Students clear
ng accounts after that (late can
riot register on June 7 and wil'
e charged the $5 late regist ration
ee.
Summer School Elsewhere
University regulations require
advance permission from a dean
er department head for credit to
be received from other institu
tions. The appropriate forms may
be obtained at the office of ad
missions and registration studlent
record1 window. Students must
~omp)lete these blanks in dluplicate
before leaving campus in May.
Examinations for the first ses
sion will be given on July 15-16,
with second session registration
taking p)lace on Jluly 19. Classes
w-ill resume Jluly 20. Finals are
scheduledl for August 20-21.
Crucible
To Be Pulilshed
The Crucible, expecting its
largest issue yet, will be print
ed early in A pril.
Students may- submit fic
tion, essays, poetry, art, drama,
music, and book reviews, art
work and cartoons. for forth
coming Issues.
Interested persons should go
to the Crucible's office in Room
202 of the Russell Ilouse anv
time, or attend the regular
meetings at 8 p.m. on Monday
night.
SStar
ekend
BY GEORGE ALEXANDER
Staff Writer
Spring Weekend for 1965 will
feature Josh White in concert
April 2, and a James Brown dance
April 3, both at the Township
Auditorium.
Tickets for the Student Union
sponsored weekend will go on sale
at noon Monday at the Russell
House information desk. These
are the (late tickets selling for
.32.50 per couple and are good for
both Friday and Saturday nights.
500 stag tickets will be avail
able for the April 2 Josh White
concert, at $1 each. The 500 tic
kets for the James Brown dance
may be purchased for April 3 at
S"1.50 each. Stag tickets for both
events will be $2.
Josh White, predominantly a
folk and bues singer, is a native
iouth Carolinian from Greenville.
Josh, who has played on Broad
way, began his career 35 years
ago at the age of 14 when he was
offered $100 to record his songs
in New York. In recent years
osh has been actively engaged
in tours, not only in Europe, but
also around the United States,
.veraging four concerts per week
at colleges and schools around the
country.
.James Brown, who sold his first
record in 11956. attributes his start
:o a talent show in Augusta, Ga.
From writing and arranging for
an Augusta radio station to a re
-nt contract with Warner Bro
:hers for a movie, James has be
one known as the "King of
l;hythm an(d Blues."
Accompanying J a m e s Brown
will be an 18-piece band. including
i9ngers Bobby Byrd. James Craw
:"ord. Elsie Mae, and the Famous
Flames.
Student identification cards will
be checked. There are no reserved
seats and the Student Union will
give no refunds or exchange tic
..
..0q Ol'sTh I ElliA WOL-FF,
of Sum:ter, wi ll Ie guae,t artist
cela'trla pre-ent- its seconmd concert
of tIhe ea-on n Mondas , March
29, at 8.30 p.m. in the l'SC Field
HousEae.
The orchsestra will be under the
directioni of Arth)ur M. F'raser,
head of the I 'SC Mus~ic Depart
mient. Admuissiona charge for U'SC
-tudenut is $l plusN l.D. card.
Honor Forum
To Be Given
On Tuesday
Members of the Sophomore
Council, who have been engaged
in a studly of the honor system,
will sponsor a Student Forum at
4 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, in the
Russell House Assembly Room.
Tom Cothran and Richard Mor
rell, co-chairmen of the Sopho
more Council, have urged that
students take advantage of this
opportunity to express their opin
ions and suggestions, in hopes
that definite action may come
about because of this forum.
Moderating the Tuesday after
noon forum wvill be student body
president Chip Cothran. Speakers
will include Bo Mullis, Bob Plunk
ett. and Keith Ellinot