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(Gamecock Staff P MIDSHIPMAN JAME USC student to fly a solo t flight indoctrination progr, accomplishment of his mis5 Midnight Pan By Carolina C Columbia City Police officers were called to South Tower women's dormitory last night about midnight to break up a noisy "panty raid" being staged by USC Campus Cops. The raid resulted in the arrest of the entire Campus Police Force. Students and housemothers were completely taken by s u r p r i s e Thursday night when a group of the officers gathered in front of South and began singing "Good night, Ladies" quietly. "We were all delighted at the tribute," s a i d an unidentified housemother, "but the group soon got carried away when one of my girls accidentally dropped an "un mentionable article from her open window." When the pol icemen began chanting boisterously, pink, white and blue unmentionables literally rained from the open windows to blanket bushes and sidewalks sur rounding the edifice. When the pandemonium ceased to subside and cries of "Yea, Cops!" and assorted cheers rang from the dorms in increased vol ume, one of the housemothers called the city police. The help soon arrived and the C am pusa police were persuaded to climb into the City Paddy Wagon with no This is your Student #70 Drink Sprit s omebody. Take heart. Take a dime. Then take a bottle of Spri from the nearest pop machine. Suddenly it's in your hand. Cold. Biting. Tart and tingling. You cackle fiendishly and rub your hands together . (You should; they're probably chilled to the bone by now. ) You tear of f to 'a corner, alone, but within earshot of your fellows. And then" , And then? A SPRITE! It fizzes! It good cheer!i Heads turn. Whispering fascinating student with in that curious green bot a racket?" And you've arrived! Th ebullient character of Sp You're mbd,uh. ..u ~jb.dT. TEE( 1A ' Willa hoto by Rockholz and Russ.) ,S W. WHITE is the first his semester in the NROTC am. This photo reveals the ;on. ty Raid Held ampus Cops use of force. Word has it, however, that the Campus Police F o r c e has been pardoned due to a lengthy petition from South Tower. An unidentified member of the Administration attributed the out break of the panty raid to that greatest excuse of all time: Spring Fever. What else? April Fool! Fire Destroys Garnet & Black There will be no 1966 Garnet and Black this spring. A fire in the publishing house has destroyed all copy and photo graphs for this year's annual. The small blaze occurred in the corner where the USC yearbook's page proofs had been placed less than 24 hours after they had been received at the printers. The staff was notified immedi ately. Editor in Chief Chris Ed wards had not been revived by press time. The other page editors, Kathy Gehman, Carl Pennington, Rusty Ellerbe, Sue Self and Jim Wallace, all wore similar expres sions to those shown in last week's Ga mecock. April Fool! 'chance, 26941. e and be nd then you unleash it. roarsi It bubbles with s. "Who's that strangely the arch smile.And what's tle that's waking such a distinctive taste and rite has set you apart. h, whoever-you-are. VETE, Q_[ART ANDQ SIT QUIET. Ut Frank H Eyebrows around the Atlantic Coast Conference were raised this morning with the announcement by the University that Frank Howard. head football coach and athletic director at Clemson for the past i few decades, has accepted the same post at Carolina. Howard, sometimes called the "Baron of Barlow Bend," will as sume his duties effective immedi ately. His predecessor, M a r v i n Bass, left USC early this week to take a head coaching job with Montreal of the new Continental League. Clemson officials have been in a state of near hysteria since the formal announcement today and decline comment on possible sue cessors to Howard, though the name of ex-Maryland mentor Tom Nugent has been mentioned as likely. Howard was contacted at his 350-acre farm near Clemson. "I'll tell yuh, I'm real pleased to get the job," he said. "All these yeahs I was tellin' everybody I wouldn't coach down theah if they give mie the State House. But I wanted the job so bad I could taste it." The jovial Alabama-born coach observed that he plans to make NEWS, It The USC Infirmary has gra ciouly accepted to comply with re quests from the Biology depart ment for cadavers to be used in connection with graduate student thesis preparation. The dean of the maintenance de partment said today the South eastern conference of green beetles will meet Friday under a rock on Davis Field. The chief engineer for USC's new men's dormitory announced today the structure will include a revo lutionary innovation, namely, a revolving rest room. The architect said it would revolve at 20 revolu tions per minute. Two co-eds were injured and one reportedI insane by the Dean of Women's office after a f 1 y i n g object, which the air force identi fied as a swamp gas, c r a s h e d through a South Tower dormitory Picta ol Perfe< DEANSGATE is~ the greaL America. And much more, fabric, every~ patter n, evec the taste of today. Av aih jackets at the better shops FAMOlUR-STFRNBRG, IMNC IVERSITY# CACKIANG FOR A GRE :ward T rery few changes in the USC ithletic set-up, but there will be ; e v e r a I changes in Carolina's ithletic facilities. Carolina Sta lium will be flooded to take care )f any exceptionally fast runners in opposing team might have. rhis tactic has worked quite well ror Howard at Clemson in the )ast. In addition, "Cousin Frank" plans .o convert the practice football Senators Lz Student Gc The Student Senate this week gave s u p p o r t to a state-wide alcohol prohibition law and then voted to d i s s o l v e itself out of L-xistence. They also heard charges from the State Board of Health about their sanitation practices. Addressing the Senate, the State Health Board Inspector said, "Your sanitation practices are not set ting a proper example for other students." Acting on a request from the Inter-fraternity Council the Senate window. An exhibit of pornography from all over the world is on display through April 9 in the Russell House lobby. The pictures in both color and black and white, cover a wide range of subject matter. Purchasing has a u t h o r i z e d WUSC funds for a new powerful transmitter which will tune in listeners all over the state. Un fortunately, the transmissions will be ineffective within an immediate two-mile radius. High power telescopes installed on the roofs of the Men's Tower D)ormitories are available to stu dents in te res ted in viewing heavenly bodies. Parking meters are being in stalled at the rapids. ---APRIL FOOL ure etion Lest nafturlal shoulder in too. In every' line, everyv ry colorI- it expre'sses Lble iln suits andl( sport QFEW ORLEFANSC LOSAN lA SOUTH CAROLI FTERi CARlOLIN.A o Repla f i e I d s at Rex Enright Athletic Center into grazing land for cattle and to plant crops in the baseball outfield. The cinder track will be converted to dirt and the USC swimming pool polluted to make swimmers from Clemson feel more at home. Asked about I SC's proposed new multimillion-dollar Mciorial Hlall, scheduled for construction in the next two years, Carolina's new ibeled Unsi vernment / supported a state-wide prohibition law. An IFC spokesman said. "Throughout their long history at Carolina, the fraternities have un animously opposed the use of such liquids, and continually asserted their detrimental characteristics which are opposed to the religious principles the fraternities so vigor ously support." In a surprise move the Senate approved a special committee re port recommending the abolish ment of the existing student gov ernment, including the s t u d e n t senate. Missing Student Sought In South Pond Slime Bog Coast Gua-d officials are still dragging South Pond in search of a USC Psi Cho who apparently disappeared Friday night a f t e r being thrown in by :30 of his fra ternity brothers. Philip Spencer had been thrown into the pond about 3 a.m. after his jubilant announcement t h a t he and Bertha Slurp were pinned. T h e fraternity is distraught. several brothers have lost them selves in alcohol since the tragedy. The pin-mate, Miss S I u r p, a sophomore majoring in pre-Home Ec., said she and Spencer had been dating a little more than a week. "I knew he'd try to get out of it," she said. April Fool! ELECTION CANDIDATES Contact The "GAMECOCK"1 Room 208 (Russell House) THIS AD WILL COST YOU $3.96 CAMPUS CANDIDATES THIS AD WILL COST YOU $6.04 At $1.32 Per Column Inch DEADLINE FOR ADS APRIL 6th NA ce Bass athletic director had this to say: "It's a gonna he a right fine placc to play ball, but we're gonna have ta change the name. Howard Hall or Frank's Glass Garden sounds much better." For football, Howard plans tc retain his old staff from Clemson. Other minor char,ges spoken of include teaching the Gamecock Net work radio announcer to saY "Whoooooo, Mercy"' April Foml! anitary; bolished Tho report read "The energetic actions of the Senate this year with the vigorous cooperation of the administration have made it possihle to solve all campus prob lems. We can Point with pride te the complete elimination of muddy spots on campus by covering thu cam;)us with concrete. With thc gen-rous aid of the administraticn we have set up a workable honor code. redc-d all complaints about food service, and abolished the compulsory board plan. We alc take pridc in the voluntary at tendance regulations now in effect the availabity of parking spaces and the elimination of parking fines. With three chee> for the ad ministration and a pound of tht gavel the Senate dissolved itself April Fool (Gamnecock Staff I COAST GUARD) RE mnissing USC student Philli emergence of "eCxotic' wildli: l)ond, accord1infg to a Naval Music for the C Liste For Requests LOOKING FOR INTERESTING SUMMER EMPLOYN nThe os,an nt dOn. a (amps a andm an "' th*er3 ate .,c to . who c<a h,t an t G oul he yo andl'a. the ea -.r y u e g n o Locnl DRereentati4 Taylor, Burton To Make Debut In USC Play Screen stars Elizabeth Taylor arid Richard Burton will make guest appearances in the Univer sity Players' next production, a imusical version of "Hansel and Gretel." IThe portrayal of the famous fairy tale will be presented April 31 at Drayton Hall. Due to the stars' heavily booked tour the pro duction will be one night only. Mr. and Mrs. Burton's South .Carolina debut is not unlike their participation in "Dr. Faustus" several months ago at Oxford. It is part of their newly initiated public relations and college Good Will program. .Mrs. Phyllis Fleishell and Rus sell Green, co-directors of "Hansel and Gretel," are quite enthusias tie about the undertaking. "We will use much of the scenery and props from 'Dark of the Moon' " they commented, "and Mr. and Mrs. Burton provide much of their own wardrobe. We welcome the money savings. Members of the University Play ers will make up the supporting cast. although there is a rumor that the part of the Wicked Witch will be played by Tuesday Weld. Certain Administrative officials and Department heads have also requested they be g r a n t e d the privilege of a walk-on role, but balked when told they must first try out. "I a n s e I and Cretel" had a h:ghly successful run Off-lBroad way after it opened in the Spring )f the late 1'.30's. It immortalized such hits as "He's a Real Nowhere Man," "I Can't Get No Satisfac tion" and "Hey Baby," some of which are still popuLar today. Ticket- will be on sale at a table in dowistairs Russell Hous( and at the Information desk today and Saturday. for $1.50 per couple plus 1.1). card. Proceeds will go towards building a new Field House. April Fool' 'hoto by Rockholz and Russ.) SCUE OPERATIONS for p Spencer were hampered by '"' firm the depthsw of South sp)okesmran. arolina Campus n To - 730 KC (4165) (3305) lENT?. (rl IHi COL [I COMPAN, 3HiiF PAF a CITR 8" GR1IMNRii ROAD PTis re: Mr.T.W. CroLley 2419 Blossom St. Columbia, S. C. Phone: 253-1355