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r INSIDF (See Page 8) dra r . s r .. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROINA VOL LVI, NO. 21 COLUMBIA, SOUT11 CAROLINA, APRIL 1, 1966 Annual Spring V ~To Feature Six4 BI'TTER END SINGERS RAMSAY LEWIS TRIO News I Brie The University Counseling Serv-, posers Beethoven, Chopin, Griffes' ice will offer a reading and study and Mozart. skills course to all interested stu- * * * dlents- "The Republican Hard-Line Or The course, which will meet Viet Nanm" is the topic of an ad twice a week for six weeks, will dress to be made before the Inter b Iegin on April 13. A $'5 fee will be national Relations Club by Dr. J taken at the first class meeing. [David Palmer. D)r. Palmer, of th< There will be two sections of Bureau of Governmental Research c'lasses, one meeting on Mondays wl pa otecu tisTe and Wednesdays at 4 p.m., and 'a etn t5pm nRo 0 the other on Tuesdays and Thurs-ofRselou. (lays at 4 p.m. * . . ic SI'M.I' nJyeAl Barbara Talbert will present a nnl''Ji)t h .irokga senior piano reital today at 5 p.m. Aiti. fWne ilnsa in McMaster Concert Hall. t'leitIlmeigArl36 She will play' selections of com- Thptio,ifccpelbyt daseting' at 5 p.m.ineu ioo 20f oflRusseBureaouse * * * Raisng wigma preta petitiofrnatiour AsmciatrnitfomSent elet Totls~t3Oh e( ighntl meetingArl36 The SC lumn Asociaion The newilony i alceted ofiyr are tions for its educational fudao ie-JrgaidniztiGorg wil rmdfor gaind ovr 60 newmembrs isereary auden governmt in Cree it nuliigFund Phosne--tesrr Thebr USC Atumn An sso-otion ~ etswllrl)ed'I Crceied overu 3,00 in eRhan is1contribu- ala tions tor colledctional,000nd enitld ec 3fol gane, ve000 adii nal members ine * annyou,ismratriyyo.e, lce Veekend 3roups A bright array of entertainmen1 personalities will be featured per formers in Carolina's a n n u a Spring Weekend tonight, Satur day night and Sunday in Town ship Auditorium. Leading off the slate of activi ties is tonight's concert by the Bitter End Singers from 8:30 10:30 p.m. Admission is $1 peI person plus one ID card per couple Dress is coat and tie. First organized in 1964, this group of five musical artists has twice been invited to the White House by President Lyndon John son to appear before Congressional members in the Rose Garden. The folk - Dixieland - rock quintet per. forms as a group but individual members presenting single comed) routines. Saturday night will bring a dance featuring Lou Christy, The T o y s, The Medallions and The Coasters. The 7-12 p.m. dance will cost $1.50 per person plus one IT card per couple. Dress is casual. A Sunday afternoon concert by the Ramsey Lewis Trio is sched. uled to wind up the weekend activi ties. Dress for the 3-5 p.m. per formance is coat and tie. Admissior is $1 per person plus one ID card per couple. Spring Weekend is sponsored by the Student Union D a n c e and Popular Concert Committee. Tickets for all performances are now on sale at the Russell House Information Desk. Candidates Must File By April 5 Nominations for student body officers, senators, and class offi cers will be held Tuesday, April 5 in the assembly room of Russell House. Deadline for filing time for all offices is 5 p.m. All candidates for major offices are required to have an overall 2.5 GPR while those for all other elective and appointive offices must have an overall 2.0 GPR. The Gamecock will run a special election edition on April 18 - the day of the elections. All camipaigni advertisements run in The Gamecock for this elec tion will be $1.32 per column inch There will be a meeting of all candidates at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Russell House assembly room. At this time the Elections Commit tee will exp)lain procedures andl regulations regarding campaign m ig. At this meeting representatives of The' Gam,,ecock will dlistribute in formation sheets and take pictures in preparation for the special edi tion. U QUESTION: Will three people he placed in some rooms next fall, if so, why ? ANSWER: According to Hous ing D)irector J. A. Barnes The rooms in Sims whichi have addi(1it i on al closet space will be used by threc women this fall, as in past l years. This is to accommo date the influx of freshman women. The study rooms in South and South Tower will also be occupied until space becomes available elsewhere. QETION: Why does the Uni versity D)epository charge l10 cents for cashing checks? What is the money used for? IANSWER: According to Uni versity Treasure Howard BASS FLOYD Student Ser Compton P The Student Senate this week received a report on the progress! of the investigation of Slater Sys tem and took action on a number of bills. Vice-Pres. Thorne Compton told the Senate that Dean Witten had received a report of the latest in -pection of Slater by the Colum bia City H e a l t h Board and of Campus Bowl Finals SchedL Kappa Delta sorority will meet, Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity while the independent men from "M" dorm face the women from South dorm in the Campus Bowl semi-finals next week. The semi-final winners wvill meet in a final round of competition IWednesday, April 6. In the independent men's finals an March 27 "M" defeated "N" with South dorm defeating Sims the following night in the indIe pendent women's category. By defeating Delta Delta De'lta last week Kappa Delta won the $15 prize awarded by IFC for the highest placing sorority, plus a carpet sweeper presented by the Rhodes--This helps defray the cost of handling checks and recovering money lost on had checks. Handling stu dents' checks and other de pository functions takes at least 12 man-hours a (lay. QUESTION: Why are the doors of the Russell House locked on Sunday morning during breakfast? ANSWER: According to Gene Bryson, Russell House D)irec tor--There is not enough de mand to warrant opening all of Russell House before 11 a.m. There will be a breeze way through the new section of Russell House this fall. QUESTION: Is it against the law to ride two npenple .n a Bass Re: Positions The resignation of athletic di rector and head football coach Marvin Bass set off a vast coach and athletic director hunt at USC this week. Assistant football coach Ralph Floyd was tapped to fill tempo rarily the vacancy left by Bass and Dean James A. Morris of the Col lege of Business Administration is assuming the duties of athletic di rector for the time being. Much interest was aroused on cain pus earlier this week when former Duke coach Bill Murray met with USC Pres. Thomas F. Jones. U s u a I y reliable sources indicated that Mur ray was offered one or both of the available positions, but that he turned dowi the offer. But other sources indicate that negotiations with Murray an- not yet complete. Upon President Jones' request The Gamecock stopped its presses to await an announcement sup posedly regarding the athletic sit uation. No announcement, however, was forthcoming at press time. Bass, who had been USC grid coach since 1961 and athletic di rector since 1962, announced Mon day that he would become the gen eral manager and head coach of the new Montreal football team in the Continental Professional League. iate Receiv raises Food Slater's intentions for solving the problems found by the Board. Ac cording to the City Board these problems were minor and did not warrant the changing of Slater's present "A" rating. Compton also reported that Slater has already flown in some of their higher executives to check out the problem, and an independent sani Competition d/ed April 6 Pan-Hellenic council. Phi Epsilon Pi received the $25 IFC award for first place among fraternities. The over-all campus champion will receive a trophy at the Wed nesday night finals to be held in the Russell House asse.mbly room at 7 p.m. Food Service For Action 0 A thorough review of Slater anitation practices is n e a r in g romtple'tion with inspections by the 'ity, county, and state boards of motorcycle. in Columbia? ANSWER: According to the de'sk sergeant at the Colum hia Police D)e,artment-S. C. Law states tha in order to carry two people the motor cycle must weigh 400 lbs., de v'elop 20 hp. and have a buddy seat, foot rests and hand holds on the rear. QUESTION: Why does The Gamecock Room use tasteless nuts in its Sundaes? ANSWER: According to Direc tor John D)riscoll--Walnuts and pecans spoil, and there has not been a large enough demand to warrant issuing them. The Gamecock Room averages about 20 sundaes a night. (Continued on Page 6) signs As Up For The (anadian agreement calls for a three-year contract for $25,000 per 'ear. The UniverKitv has not dis. clo-Aed lai%' annual salary, but it it. reportedly approximately $15,000 per year. Since 1964 the USC con tract has been on a year-to-year basis. Sol Blatt, Jr., chairman of the athletic committee of the Univer sity's board of trustees was con tacted by Bass last Sunday. Bass explained to Blatt that he intended to fly to Clearwater, Fla., to ac cept the Canadian position. The athletic committee met with President Jones Wednesday after noon, but both the President and several members of the committee - later contacted by The Game cock - refused to release any in formation by press time. The unexpected departure of Bass threw the [SA's spring football prac tice and overall a t h I e t i c situation into a frenzy. Dr. Jones called the rearch for a coach the "nost press ing immediate problen" currently facing the Iniversity. Bass, along with a group of Co lumbia citizens, recommend that associate athletic director Frank McGuire be named the new athletic director. However, McGuire told The Gamicock Wednesday that he had not been consulted in the matter. Floyd, on the USC coaching staff since 1956, was described as an "interim coach," in a Uni es Sanitatic Service C tation firm is being called in. "We are pleased with the sin cere cooperation of the Slater Sys tem. The Senate does, however, reaffirm its right and duty to make constructive c r i t i c i s m," Compton stated. In other action the Senate gave approval to a bill, introduced by Sen. David Bright, asking that the tennis courts between Snowden and the observatory he resurfaced. The Senate also passed a bill by Sen. Stan Applebaum asking that the present 3.5 GPR requirement for Honor Roll and Cum Laude graduation be s t u d i e d by the Faculty Advisory Committee with the intent of lowering these re quirements. Also passed was a bill by Senl. Stephanie Adair proidiig for train ing -,essionts mi parliamentary pro cedure' for new,li elected Senator. Sent to committee for further Has Plans n Complaints health indicating an "A' rating for the campus food service. In a recent meeting with student represent atives Ray D)avis, area manager, andI John D)riscoll, Slater campus manager, enume rated steps being taken by the University Food Service to upgrade the cafeterias. According to D)avis, a dietitian and teachers have been brought to the University to assist the Slater employees in better preparation and servicing of the food, Hie also statedl that an all-out effort will be made to insure clean silverware in the cafeterias. The University is also making plans for redlecorating the "out-of (date" cafeteria in Russell House. In response to a question con cerning the Food Service's use of government surplus foods, D)avis said, "The University cannot buy U. S. Department of Agriculture food surpluses as it is prohibited by law." D)riscoll urged all students with complaints of the food service to contact him at his office in Rus sel House, or to relate their com plaints to members of the cafeteria coemmittee. a' n- %-) . j A ;V""~ Coach; Grabs versity press release of Wednesday morning. Dr. Jo.e decrilbd Bash' resigna tion as "a great loss to the I niversity of South Carolina and to me, per "I fully understand why Coach MORRIS Bass accepted this unusually fine opportunity for his professional advancement," Dr. Jones continued, "but I want him and everyone else to know that he will be greatly missed by the University and his many friends on the campus and elsewhere." n Report; )operation study was a bill asking that stu (lent groups be given preference over outside groups in the use of the Assembly Room of the Russell House. Suspensions Issued For Four Students; Two In Abeyance Four suspensions. two of which were held in abeyance were meted out by the Disclphflne Committee this week. Two student- were sspended, one for larceny and forgery, and the other for pvzty lareeny. The charge of larceny and forgery re suIted when a student stole a check and an ID) card from his roommate. The student convicted of petty larceny stole a case oif beer from a beer truck. Two other suspensions- were he ld in abevance. A student who broke a w indowi was convicte*d of ma licious destruction of Universi: y property. The other case con cerned a student who failed to( at tend an assigned study hall. The (Comnit tee will meet again in three weeks. At the present time there are two eabes pe(ndmrg this net Imeemg Mechanics Hold Research Talks At USC Today Reseachers t h r o u g h o u t the world are at USC for the third Southeastern C o n f e r e n c e oin Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Thursday and Friday. IPrincipal speaker for the two day conference is Dr. Eric Reiss ner, German-born scholar who is one of the foremost authorities in the U. S. on mechanics and ap plied mathematics. Technical s e s s i o n s will take p)lace throughout the day in Rus sell House and the Business Ad ministration Building, after which the representatives of leading uni versities and corporations attend ing the conference will have a din ner meeting.