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3*i GAAI u co UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR GREATER CAROUNA VOL LVI, NO. 6 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 29, 1965 - SECTION A FOUNDED 1908 Budgeters Hear USC Requests By SIG HUITT Managing Editor University spokesmen appeared before the State Budget and Con trol Board last week asking for a 1966-67 budget of $8,112,530. The appropriations figure, an increase of $1,748,917 over pres ent allocations, was augmented by an additional request of $680,000 for graduate programs, by Presi dent Thomas F. Jones. The Board's decision on ap propriations and budget approval will be announced at another date. The figures were presented to the Board based on a prediction of a 13 per cent increase of student enrollment for next Fall. In percentages the request breaks down as follows: a 13 per cent increase in maintenanc2; a 25 per cent increase in regional campus funds; an $827,687 in crease in salaries and wages for salary and wage adjustments just to acquire and retain faculty and staff; a $10,500 for the Bureau of Business and Economic Research for increased activity; and a $68, 000 increases in nursing-general studies for full implementation of new programs started at the re quest of the General Assembly last year. The figures presented represent the minimum to maintain present standards and are based on spe cific growth situations, the ad ministration said. State Treas Named Toj State Treasurer Jeff B. Bates, long-time leader in developmentl and alumni activities at USC will receive the Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award, its highest honor, during the annual meeting of the association Satur day in Russell House. The Distinguished A u m ni Award recognizes Bates' unique contributions to Carolina and his many years of public service. A founder of the USC Educa tional Foundation, Bates was elected its first president in 1958 and has served as president con tinuously since. In that time, the IFC Drive For Blood Announced The annual Inter - Fraternity Council-sponsored blood drive will take place Nov. 2-3 in the Russell House auditorium. To promote donations the IFC awards trophies to those organiza tions who have the highest per cent of membership cooperation. The three divisions for trophies In clude fraternities, sororities, and other campus organizations. Any blood donor will receive a guarantee from the Red Cross that requirements of blood by the donor or his family will be provided free of charge for the next year. The Red Cross will receive do nations Tuesday and Wednesday V (Gam Queen: 1o Carolina I To Induct Kappa Sigma Kappa, national honorary service fraternity, will honor 19 new members at a ban quet Tuesday, November 2. The semi-formal affair will be urer Bates i Alumnus university's program of private fi nancial support through the foun dation has grown into a strong re source which provides fellowships, scholarships, distinguished profes sorships and other academic ad vantages that are unavailable from other university sources. Distinguished professor ships provided by the Educational Foundation have enabled the Uni versity to attract and retain out standing professors who other wise would have been lost to it. Bates served in both the S. C. House of Representatives and Sen ate before becoming state treas urer 25 years ago, a position he has held continuously since. He is a former president of the USC Alumni Assn. (1951-53), Co lumbia Life Underwriters Assn., Columbia Kiwanis Club, Columbia Forum Club, Crippled Children So ciety of S. C. (now chairman of the Board of Trustees), the State Democratic Convention (1960 and 1964), and National Assn. of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treas urers. He is treasurer of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults and is former governor of Carolinas Kiwanis District. Bates served in the Naval Fly ing Corps In World War I and in World War II he was a squadron commander in the Civil Air Patrol. A 1917 graduate of the Univer sity, Bates holds honorary degrees from USC and Clemson Univer sity. He Is a native of Wateree, a deacon of Richland Presbyterian Church, Eastover, and a member of the Palmetto Cluh. iecock Staff Photo by Hendermon) in Bennett lonorary Pledges held at Rock Bridge Country Club. New members and their dates will begin the evening with a cock tail hour from 6:30-7:30 p.m., fol lowed by dinner and a program. Members elected this year are: Parker Barnes, Charles Branden burg, Larry Brandt, and Thorne Compton. Also Ed Johnson. Robbie John ston, Marty Langston, and Jim McClary. Sammy Drew, Craig Evans, Jim Graves, Arthur Hartzog, and Sig luitt. Jim Mulligan, Ron Parker, Pete Perrill, Drew Rogers, Frank Sanders, and Sam Solomon. Officers for the fall semester are: Don Phillips, president; Ed Bond. vice president; Stan Juk, corresponding secretary; and Gary Poliakoff, treasurer. Kappa Sigma Kappa, founded at Carolina in 1926, recognizes up perclassmen for their service to the University. 6 The Gala Joan Bennt As Queen ( ly GINNY CARROLL Society Editor Homecoming engulfs the Caro lina Community this weekend as thousands gather for parties, re unions, Saturday morning's pa rade, and the climactic grid clash between the Gamecocks and the University of Maryland. Joan Bennett will reign over the weekend festivities as 1965 Home coming Queen. Joan, a senior from Tyndall AFB, Fla., jointly repre sented Phi Kappa Sigma fratern ity and Pi Beta Phi sorority in the competition for Queen. Chosen as maids of honor were Corky McCorkle and Patti Knight. The court will consist of Linda Boulware, Nancy Fletcher, Mandy Thomas, Pam Tovey, and Scottie Turner. Leading off the weekend round of events will be a concert-pep rally tonight at 8 p.m. at Town ship Auditorium with the Seren dipity singers as the featured performers. A special pep rally has been scheduled for concert in termission. The parade, sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity and Pan Hellenic Councils, will begin Saturday's activities. More than 30 units will be featured in the procession be ginning at 10:30 a.m. at McMaster College. The parade will wind its way north to Laurel Street, west to Main, south to Gervais, east to Sumter, south past the reviewing stand in front of the main campus "Horseshoe" on Sumter Street and to the Field House where the units will disband. Three floats will be chosen to appear on the field at half-time ceremonies with the Homecoming float. Judges of the float com petition are Asst. Prof. Ada B. Thomas, College of Business Ad ministration; Col. Cornelius M. Smith Jr., USAF, head of the de partment of aerospace studies; and James P. Cooper, director of the men's residence halls. Alpha Phi Omega honorary service fraternity will decorate the Queen's float. The Queen and Serendipity Si 4A-Ctivit jtt To Reign Of Weekend maids of honor will ride the APO float. Featured units of the parade will be the floats, each of them made by a sorority and two fra ternities working together; bands f r o m Columbia High School, Dentsville High School. and Air Force ROTC; a Naval ROTC Drum and Bugle Corps; two ROTC drill teams; the Homecoming Queen and her court; and USC student leaders-officers of the Student Council, Pan-Hellenic Council, In ter-Fraternity Council, and Angel Flight, AFROTC auxiliary. Kickoff time for the Homecom ing game is 2 p.m. Saturday. The highlight of the Homecom ing weekend will come when President of the Alumni Associa tion William Jones crowns the Queen, followed by the presenta tion of the scepter by Student Body Presient Jim Graves. The Homecoming Dance Satur day night at Township Audi torium features the Impressions, the Medallions, and the Dutones. Alumni and friends of the Uni versity will begin arriving today for a schedule of events starting on a sedate note but spiraling up ward to a tea dance with Buster Spann and his Original Gamecock Orchestra. The group has become a tradition of the alumni program since it was started four years ago. Other alumni events will include a Saturday morning coffee hour preceding the parade, in the Rus sell House Assembly Room. An alumni meeting will follow the coffee hour. Frosh Offi In Runoff Walter B. Brown, a business ad ministration major who hopes to attend law school, is president of the freshman class. Thus another hectic, anxious, and extensive campaign on the Carolina campus ends. There will 0 tes PL4 MAIDS OF HONOR in the 114 Knight (left), Ppomwred by Zeia sponmwwd by Sigma Nu. US Viet P Sent To C By RICHARD MORRELL Staff Writer Student Senate Wednesday de clined to go on record supporting a bill publically endorsing the pol icy of the United States in South Viet Nam. The bill, introduced by School of Journalism Sen. Max Ford, was sent to a committee for further study and hearings. Discussion of the measure pro duced both pro and con results. After some discussion, the bill was voted to go to a legislative study rommittee which will hold hear ings on the measure. The bill was as follows: Where as, it is the expressed policy of the government of the United States es Filled Elections be no more banners, signs, hand bills, or calling cards. No more eager faces will greet students entering Russell House with "Are you a freshman?" At least not until next Spring. Other victorious office seekers include Mary Ann Ellis, of York town, Va., vice president; Chandra Fechtelkotter of Virginia Beach, Va., secretary; and Tim Ruddy of Joliet, Ill., treasurer. Brown is a native of Winnsboro. Representing the freshman class in the Student Senate will be Wal ter B. Brown, Bill Burns, Rusty Ellerbe, Chandra Fechtelkotter, Bill McD)ougall, and Abby McMur ray. Primary elections were held Monday by paper ballot rather than by IBM cards or voting ma chines as in previous years. A record number of freshmen, 1,158, turned out for the runoff election. Marty Langston, election committee chairman, expressed ap proval at the number of students who voted, but said that more stu dents should participate in campus activities. Langston thanked the members of his committee for their assist ance in making the election a suc Etned niecek Staff Photo by Rockhotz) mieomiig Queini's court are Patti rau Alpha, and torky Mecorkle, olicy Bill ,ommittee to maintain in the Republic of South \'iet Nam in support of that country's defense against Communist aggression and, Whereas, this policy, our gov ernment, and our troops in the conflict there have come under re peated ridicule and condemnation from citizens of the United States as regards this position in South Viet Nam and, Whereas, the largest part of this ridicule and condemnation has come from college students from college campuses across the na tion, Whereas, it is the firm belief of this body that our troops are today risking and giving their lives in behalf of all segments of Ameri can society, in behalf of our way of life, in behalf of our nation's position as leader of the free world, and Whereas, it is the firm belief (of this body that our leaders and troops in the field should be of fered encouragement in their ef forts and support in their cause, therefore fe it resolved, by the Student Senate of the University of South Carolina that this body go on record as giving its full support to the policy of the government of the United States in pledging this nation to aid the Republic of South Viet Nam in its battle against Communist aggression. Power Hike Boosts Voice For WUSC WUSC is now expanding power facilities to reach listeners in more areas on campus. Power to Sims, South, J, K, L, Prest on, and Wade Hampton dormitories has been recently I. creased. According to Jack Korber, man ager, WUSC hopes to have 24. hour, seven days-a week service in the near future. Presently WUSC is operated on an auto ma ted system, including the use of tape. and MUZAK.