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DERBY DAY P.M. TODAY EdI?iA0CIf ON THE HORSESHOE m,ss a .oae UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLUNA VOL LVI, NO. 25 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 29, 1966 FOUNDED 1908 Fall Reg Procedui Plans for computer registration for a sizeable portion of the Caro lina student body were issued this week. The basic schedule provides that students involved in machine en rollment will be completely regis tered, with fees paid, when they return to campus next fall. Advisers will work with students from May 2-14 to work out sched ules for the fall semester. Course requests will be submitted to the computer shortly after the begin ning of the second summer session. Fees will be evaluated as soon as the schedules are processed and bills sent to the applicants. The deadline for payment of fees is Saturday, September 10-one week before in-line registration begins for the remainder of the student body. According to Director of Ad missions and Registration Rollin E. Godfrey, fees must be paid be fore students may receive an out line of their course program for the semester. Scheiules may be changed if Phi Beta Kap High Ranking (See related story Page 3) Fifty-five students and two pro fessors will be initiated Saturday into the USC chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Sen. Donald Russell, a member of the USC Phi Beta Kappa chap ter, will be the speaker at the din ner meetint following the initia tion. The two professors who will be INQi This is n serious column devoted to the right of the students, fac ulty and administration to have their questions asked and an swered. If you have questions about the Carolina Community, call 4249 Mon.-Wed.-Fri. 7-9 p.m. or write INQUIRY, % GAME COCK. QUESTION: Why do graduating seniors with good grades have to take final exams? Many Universities do not require this! ANSWER: According to the Regis trar's Office: The Faculty makes dlecisions concerning the aca dlemic policy of the University 1 -- Awards Day, May Queen Begin Week Awards andl May D)ay ceremon ies Tue'sday will engulf the his toric llorseshoe in cro)wds of ac tivity. Sponsored by Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary fratern ity, Awards Day will begin at 3:30 p.m. liighlight of the program will be p)resentation of the Alger non Sidney Sullivan'Awards to a University male, coed andl alumnus for service to the campus. May Day activities beginning at 1 p.m. will feature the crowning of Pat Arnold as Queen of May. Patsey Auld will serve as maid of honor and L,inda Bloulware will be honor attendlant. May D)ay is s2onsored by Kappa Sigma K a p) p a national men's honor-service fraternity. All schedulled1 classes and labs have beeun cancelled for Tuesday afterno<n by the administration, as has been the custam. SLtra Uton res Told necessary by contacting the dean of the school in which the student is enrolled, advises Computer Pro gram Director William J. Eccles. Times for courses have not yet been selected. Therefore, the pos sibility of two classes' being set up for the same time might hap pen, Director Eccles said. If such a conflict should occur, both the student and the dean of his school would be notified in time to iron out the difficulty. Students involved in working, athletics, or extracurricular activi ties requiring free time will be given a form to request some hours without classes, upon ap proval of a qualified adviser. A choice of professors is also pro vided. However, in the event of a con flict with course scheduling, free time and professional requests will be disregarded. Course failures will also be re viewed and schedules changed if necessary. The computer registration pro gram initiated for the fall se mester is an experiment to de termine the feasibility of the ma chine enrollment method on a scale involving a major segment of the i student body. pa Honorary Scholars Into cone honorary members are Dean Robert McC. Figg Jr. of the School of Law and Dr. George C. Rogers Jr. of the history faculty. Undergraduate i n i t i a t e s are H. G. Brotherton, Steven Stan ley Juk, Harold Eugene Lindsey, Robert E. Turner, William E. Win ter, Linda Ray Spell, Elmira E. Stiefel, H e I e n Cary Dupree, Marion David Orr, Rona Shellen JIRY and has decided that this must be a requirement for gradua tion. QUESTION: Why has the Spring Exam Schedule been changed? ANSWER: The Exam schedule printed in the master class sched ule at registration time was for the old cleas time system. Under the new schedule there are few if any classes meeting at 2 TT, 1 TT'S, 4 TT', and 3 TT. Al though the new schedule has been in effect for over a year, it has not been completely acti vatedl. The Registrar's Office felt that the change would repre sent the majority of classes and should be printed. QUESTION: Why do girls have to be in by 11:00 p.m. on Monday nights? ANSWER: The 11 p.m. sign-in was enacted by the Women's Stand ard's Comm. in order to providle a time for residence hall meet inigs. (Continued on Page 6) Group Fines Three Men For Actions The Faculty Disciplinary Com mittee suspendled three students at its meeting this week, one of the suspensions to go into effect immediately, the other two to be held in abeyance. Five cases concerning stolen hooks are before the Committee at the p)resent time. "These are more than we've ever had before at one time," said1 L. Eugene Cooper, (lean of men. "I would like to remind the students of the serious penalty for selling stolen books. Students are prohibited from selling hooks other than their OSBORNE University 3 Honorar Gen. William C. Westmoreland, Rutledge Osborne, and Judge Jos eph I?. Moss will receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Uni versity this spring. General Westmoreland, com mander of U. S. forces in South Viet Nam, will receive his degree "during an app-.-opriate ceremony" the next time the general is in Columbia. Osborne, chairman of the USC Board of Trustees, and Moss, chief justice of the S. C. Supreme Court,: will receive their degrees at grad Society Taps Membership berger, E. A. Aldridge, C. E. BO well Ill, Christine C. Eckard, Bar hara A. Sharpe and James R. Sin gleton I. Also, Martha Delaine Byrd, Rich ard C. Goldie, Jackie R. Jowers, James It. Kelly, Patricia A. Sims, Lyn T. Smith, Michael Grant Smith, Jurmie J. Watkins, William 11. Weinberg, Margaret Grace Eaddy, Jane E. Faile, Daun Roell Vanee, Shirley L. Clowney, Donald It. Hayes, Clara J. Jeter, Martha A. Johnson and Anne D. Lumpkin. Others are James T. Moore, Anne L. Taylor, Melodie E. Abel,' Norman E. Barnett, Kenneth E. Bowen, If. K. Eisenstein, Dorothy Virginia Flo.3d, Charles F. Gam ble, James E. Kibler II, Jennie E. Lennon, Louise C. Mangum, Carl '. Poteat, Elaine L. Preston and Charles E. Ragland. Also, Margaret C. Smith, Linda M. Smoak, Sally Lea Snyder, Sal lie Kay Turner and Jane A. WNoodle. Graduate studIents are Tai Tsung Ming, Ruby Pagett Herlong, and' Nancy Anne Martin. - A AASNITE "A 'n h aoea Kt"a lna,a.., WESTMOREIAND ro Award ( Degrees uation exercises on June 4. In accepting the honorary de gree, G e n e r a 1 Westmoreland wrote to University President Thomas F. Jones, saying, "I am deeply honored by this thoughtful action and accept with pleasure the honorary degree Irom your great institution." "Your consideration in voting the award of the degree without regard to my availability during the commencement period is espe cially gratifying," Westmoreland continued. Osborne, an alumnus of USC, was voted the honorary degree without his knowledge during a Board of Trustees meeting during which he was absent. While an undergraduate at Caro lina, Osborne captained the base ball and football teams, and grad uated with a bachelor of arts de gree. Both General Westmoreland and Judge Moss are native South Caro linians. Four Finalists Set To Debate In Law March Four finalists will debate today in the Freshman Oral Argument Competition, scheduled for .1 p.m. at the law school. Fayrell Furr, Jim Joseph, Don McClellan and Bob Sheheen are competing in the final round of the contest, an expansion of the school's Appellate Argument Pro gram. Phi Alpha Delta social serv ice law fraternity began the fresh man tournament to supplement the upperclassmen's Samuel L. Prince Competition, from which the fac ulty chooses the National Moot Court team. j. V .qSPeseme b0e enp nmmms i e-U a saaa* wlbeaiaefofrtriyhn Greeks For We Carolina's first Greek Week in three years swings into actioni Tuesday with fraternities and so rorities participating in a round of convocations, discussions, and so cial activities. Sponsored by the Intra-Fratern ity Council and Panhellenic Coun cil, the week's theme is "Greek System: Stumbling Block or Step ping Stone ?" Open to the public Wednesday Saturday in Russell House Assem bly Room will be a National Intra Fraternity Council exhibit form erly displayed at the New York World's Fair. Meetings and enter tainment will be open only to so rority and fraternity members and invited guests. Opening convocation Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Russell House Assem bly Room will feature Mrs. Wil liam E. I[elms, national vice-presi dent of Zeta Tau Alpha and Dr. McLeod Frampton, national officer of Kappa Alpha. Group discussions beginning at 8:45 p.m. will include: "Alumni Re lations," "Russell House 101, Mrs. ). W. Irwin, Alpha Gamma Delta, Senate Lauds Of Required Iy RICHARD MORRELL Staff Writer The first session of the new Student Senate greeted with ap plause an announcement that be ginning next year the board plan will be optional for all students. The announcement was made by Vice-President Jim Mulligan who read a letter from Dean of Stu dents C. H. Witten. The letter stated. "After very long and seri ous consideration of the board plan, on April 26, 1966, the Uni versity administration recom mended to the Board of Trustees that the board plan be made com pletely optional. This action was approved by the Board of Trustees and will go into effect with the fall semester." In other action the Senate ap proved a bill introduced by Sen. Pat Naylor changing the number of male cheerleaders from five to six. Sen. Naylor said the bill was not introduced because of the elections, but it was done so that the head cheerleader would be able to lead the student body while there would be five couples of cheerleaders on the field. It had been reported to the Sen ate that there was some confusion . ~w======.w= e*I esamananamanamen ngw0 ntreyaswieae ScheduIE wok Of Al and Thomas L. Tune. Jr., assistant executive secretary of Kappa Al pha; "Changing Values on the Col lege CampusR" 1tussell House 102, Mrs. Helms and Dr. Franipton; "Fraternity and Sorority lte-ponsi bility to the University, Commun ity and its Members," Russell House 205, Dean of Women Eliza beth Clotworthy ain( Prof. Charles 0-oolidge. Also, "Fraternity Pledge Train ing" Alpha Tau Omega lounge, Dean of Men L. Eugene Cooper, member of Lambda Chi Alpha; "FraternitYi Rush Procedures," Pi Kappa Alpha lounge, James E. Trustee V Compulso No students will be Yequired to s ubsc ribe to the conpulsory ba aid plan next fall. Following an administration recomrnmendation, t he Boa rd f Abolishment Board Card over the election results for male cheerleaders. T h r e e different countings of the ballots have gi ven three different resu:ts. The hill remedys aly j)rIoblem ari-zing frnm tile elections by allowirng the two candidates vying for the fifth spot to becoie cheerleaders. The Senate also passed a hill in troduced by Sen. Rusty Ellerbe to set up a committee to study the usefulness of minor class officers such as the vice-president, secre tary. and treasurer. The commit tee is to make recommendations bv May 11. News. Miary Delache has been elected p1esident ,f Alpha Ordir., senior women's honor socijety\. for 1 ;47 Also chosen were Patti Knight. vice president; .Joyce Kolb, secre tary; Sara Stilwell. treasurer; Fran Daniels, song fest chairman; Mary iaon, projects chairman; and Ann Bell, historian. The new officers will be in st.alled at ceremonies Monday at Fraternities Told Of Site For Houses 1'SC fraternities will bie able to begin construction on their ''w n houise# within three years if they wih according to D ean of Administration Hlarold Brun ton. Site 'A"' on the adjacent map is cuirrentlIy being pu rchased by the University and will be available for fraternity usage in from onel to three years. The area marked "B" will be pu rchased by US(C in the near future and will be ready for usage in five or six years. Each fraternity will be per mitted to move to the newv area as soon as it obtains sufficient funds and constructs its house. There is no reqluirement that all fraternitie's move' at one time. According to D)ean Brunton, the administration is studying other u n i vye r s i t y fraternity housing systems to arrive at guidelines in setting maximum andi minimum costs for the houses and for establishing rules , Events ctvities Bray, assistant national secretary of Chi Psi; and "Sorority Pledge Training and Rushing Procedures," 7,eta Tau Alpha lounge, Mrs. Wil liam J. McCord, former ZTA prov ince president. Addressing the Panhellenic-IFC banquet Thursday night will be Duke University Dean of Men Rob t-rt Cox, province chief of Alpha Tau Onega. lounding out the week will be the Sigma Nu-sponsored "Little 500" Friday afternoon, Platters' Concert Friday night at Township Auditorium, and a dance featuring the Majors Saturday night. ote Ends D. . ry Dining Trust,ees passed a motion at its Tuesday morning meeting to make the food plan completely optional. The move came after more than a mont.h of study and evaluation by the dean of students' office and the Faculty - Student Cafeteria Committee to determine student reaction to the compulsory system. Sytems u.sed in other schools were als, investirated ini making the final decision. According to Dean of Adminis tration Harold F. Brunton, many universities across the country are adoptinv the compulsory food plan. IHowever. because oI contrary new s of Carolina students, the idImmistration made its recom .nendat ion of aboiishment. We still expect an appreciable !1nier tf students to sign up for 'he boaid plan particularly be C:iuse of economic values."' the ad om)istrator commented. He also r-se'd t 'at continual efforts will be made to make the plan more attractive, similar to changes An stituted this %eaI. n.Brief. S p.m. in the music parlor of South l)orim. Installation will be followed I a reception for active, alumnae an1d hon orary members. * * * The Fighting Gamecocks are conducting a search for a new mascot. Candidates must have a 2.0 GPRor better and must be able to exhibit some gymnastic ability. Tryouts will be held the second week of M1ay. Anyone interested should apply to D)ean of Men L. l;ugene' Cooper. 1'niversity President Thomas F. Jone s and Athletic Director-Head Footb)all C'oach Paul Dietzel will appear on WIlS-TV at 2 p.m. Sat urday to discuss some of the ac tir itiei leading to the hiring of the new coach. Seven history studlents who will studly in England under an ex change program next fall will be special guests today at a luncheon ini their honor. TIhe students -all sophomores majoring in history--will attend the University of Warwick in Cov entry, England, in the fall. In re win, seven Warwick students will study at USC. Students selected by four memn hers of the history faculty be. cause of high scholarship achieve ment are V'an E. Edwards, Lewis E. Eidson, Joseph T. Foster, A ma ri nthija Lowndes Henderson, Carl E. Howe Jr., Sandra F. Hug gins, and James F. Wenthe. * * . The Student Union is looking for male students who would be interested in summer work at the RI. G. Bell (Camp as lifeguards and recreational assistants. Any interested students should contact Student Union Director G;ene Bryson at the Russeli House Information Desk,