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IFC BLOOD DRIVE Tuesday and Wednesday Assembly Room N Russell House uyf, 1.7 p.m Fatures Sprts - 9, 10, 11 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVII, No. 7Columbia, South Carolina, October 28, 1966 Paving I DM-1olitionl be-ganl Wedne-Wiay a portion of what will one day be lP multi-millifon dolhar facility is now SOMn 111 demioli:ion, hid letting anl, pleted. (See editorial, page 12.) Revoting For Comir Carolina voter s return to thei p,olls Tuesday to elect members of Student Academic Responsi bility Committees and senators from the School of Education. Primary voting polls will be open fro)m 10 a.m. until 41 p.m. in Russell House Assembly Room. Although three polling places were open for last week's voting, only one will be in use Tuesday. Run-offs will be conducted Wed nesday at the same time and place. Election officials ordered a halt to voting for Academic Responsi bility Committees during fall elec tions and scheduled Tuesday's bal lot because of discrepancies in the election procedures. Ne oigws ceue o Scolo dctonsntr fe tioton ofat seat, butl ohe dantire eletimnoess,la aclig i nowa C01 o olege,bi lUtni<a For ThreeI Studeint vnones hstngt the of tuen Acadti Resolege bilito mmiteesd anudea tor rmThe SchooleofEsentatisfon. Norim aroin, South Carolina Vrssia, T[uennessembl andoosm. wereucyoper for thwee' connc arunoffes and1 b condutted edai nenda in thesm tme nd organi Elation offomea30 sordeedas. l To in tfrucdemint os i bil ivrity mite u f allme ee tionl n shdled dyngTueny' thel lotorecause the disrepaniein sthec aNfeigh otrin fwasa sedued for Shoo of Ed,ain satrs Ftber, votersfwereterroneoes, iN. J.,died itantey forn o candt ot rne nomnaion wereal ies eprted sotht the etroen tughts Union ilsh hsing e the .0A Gamecock photo by Fini "he Way on substandard houses occupying lemorial Hall. Construction of the slated to begin early in 1967 as I preliminary approvals are con Schedulec nittee, Sei tions, was rescheduled for th( Academic Responsibility Commit tees. In both the School of Engineer. ing and the College of Businei Administration, there is only ont candidate for the two availabl< committee seats. Since each committee is com posed of two students and thret faculty members, election chair, men FA Bond and Craig Evamu said this week that decisions or whether to operate the committeek with only one student or to fill tht second seat will be left to thi schools involved. Ten nominees for committe seats were disqualified when the3 or their representatives failed t< attend the mandatory meeting foi candidates Tuesday. Three other: were declared scholastically in eligible. Nominees for Academic Re sponsibility Committees are, b) schools: Engineering, Andre Brown. mfs Convene )ay Meeting Representatives tc the confer, ence were welcomed to Carolima by President Thomas F. Jones a'j a dinner meeting Thursday night Keynote speaker for the even' was Bob Talbert, featured column. ist for The State. Theme for the conference will be "The Union in a Changing Col lege Community." General empha sis in the round of dliscussior groups planned include the fol lowing subjects: campus corn munications, union communica tions, union programming and ap proaching problems. Business sessions for the. con ference will be in Russell Hlous, with the excep)tion of Frida3 afternoon when the group wil meet at R. G. Bell Camp, Univer sity-owned recreational facility lo cated on Highway 12. The Association of College Unions, of which the Universit3 of South Carolina is a member was formed in 1914 at Ohio Stat< Uiniversity. Proposal T Un TotaLi By GINNY CARROLL Managing Editor The University submitted this week a $12 million budget request to the State Bcdget and Control Board - a $3.6 million increase over funds allotted for the current academic year. Also presented was a $41 million long-term request for financing construction and other "permanent improvements." "VERY REASONABLE" A primary emphasis in the bud got proposal was placed on the "very reasonable quality" of the University's requests. President Thomas F. Jones and Vice President for Business Af fairs Harold Brunton to1d the Board that despite a $20 million building program now underway, the physical plant of the Univer sity will "be in worse shape when the projects are completed than when we started." "In addition," the presentation states, "the University will have committed all of its borowing ca pacity and new sources must be found for permanent improvements if the University is to continue to grow and meet the needs of the state." USC now receives the lowest yearly allotment per "full time I Tuesday iate Posts Business Administration, Eddie Baker. Arts and Sciences, John David Bernard, Susie Blanton, Carroll Chisholm, Tom Cothmn, Bill Eas ler, Ray Flynn and Raye Jones. Nursing, Anne Arnette, Gwen McCarter and Betty Jo Phillips. Education, Betty Barger, Ellen Boatwright, Cary DuPre, Susan Edenfield and Shirley Stewart. Journalism, Ginny Carroll, Don aid Caughman, Dick Elliott, and Mimi Wilkinson. Variety will be the hallmark of Homecoming 1966 next weekend as USC plays host to a full sched ule of colorful activity, a flock of Gamecock alumni and the Florida State Seminoles. Inaugurating the annual week end festivities will be a special pep rally at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Field House. Jay and The Americans will en tertain during the rally and at a concert following in Township Auditorium at 9 p.m. The name of the 1966 Home coming Queen will be revealed to the pep rally audience and will appear on page one of a special Homecoming edition of The Ga me cock which will be available to students following the pep rally. Special 1 a.m. permission will be extended to all women students for Friday night (Saturday morn Iing). On Saturday, the 10 a.m. Home coming Parade will feature seven floats created by (Carolina Greeks as well as a number of attractions by independent groups. Three bands are now scheduled to take part in the parade. They are the University's Air F'orce l ROTC( Band, and the Eau Claire -andl Den~tsville HIigh School bands. Fl>ats will be judlged by Mrs. Marjorie Welch, secretary to Dean of Men L,. Eugene Cooper, Miss Patricia Paschal, assistant dean of ,women, and Vice President for Student Affairs C. H. Witten. lat. in three categories will ermed 'Ver rsity Rec equivalent" student of any st.ate supported institution. ("Full time equivalent" is de rived by dividing the total number of semester hours being taken by 15 for undergraduate students and nine for graduates, a n o r m a l course load in each category. Deans of South Carolina state-supported schools agreed on the plan two years ago.) The University receives $80.1 for Preside 'Social By CAR Staff Student Senate received Wedn( from Student Body President Bill argy, inactivity, and its tendency 1 hours." "I can't understand how electi campus life and the actual holdin impromptu speech delivered on th "You have been elected for a v Senators, criticizing both the atti of business thus far this semester He urged Senators to devote serious task of serving the stude With the concept of organized Carolina, he continued, unless th( dents, the body is not needed. After considerable debate, Sen by Sens. Richard Morrell, Rusty I mend respectfully" to the adminis of University funds be published previously, with more details furr and food service finances. Sent to committee was legislat rell at the request of Dr. David ( the Rally Support for Vietnam Pei the bill would have boxes placed tions to the program. The bill emphasized that it sht of the political or military actions effort to alleviate the sufferings Senate also approved a bill givi Senators, and a bill scheduling I Wednesday before convening of t Student Body Vice President study apportionment of the Seri passed bill calling for a student r fee to permit additional allocatior rTo H4 be awarded trophies during half time of the ('arolina-Florida Statc grid clash, highlighting the week end's slate of events. Trophies will go to the best Greek float, the best dlorm-spon sored float and the best indlepen (lent float. Winning floats will be displayed on Athletic Field F on Saturday afternoon andl Sunday. Working together on the sever Ja Popular singers Jay amnd i spotlight the first Hlomecoming next F.4day at 9 p.m. in Tmwn.hl, y Reasonab Budg< or d $ each full time equivalent student. ;1 Other allotments are WVinthrop, ' $833; Clemson, $965; The Citadel, f $984; and South Carolina State, t $ 1,261. GRADUATE FUNDS UPPED This year's request stipulates that the funding for undergrad uates would remain at the $804 level, but the graduate program would be substantially increased. Graduate appropriations would nt Flays 'Senate [L STEPP Writer .sday a stiff verbal dressing down Youngblood over its alleged leth o turn Senate meetings into "social Lns car. be such a big part of our of office, nothing,"' he said in an floor of the Senate. Ory important purpose," he told the Lude of the Senate and its conduct themselves conscientiously to the nt body. dormitory government growing at I Senate effectively serves the stu Ate passei by voice vote a proposal lerhe and Jim Mulligan to "rectom tration that sources and allocations in The Gair cock, as has been done ished concerning bo(okstore, athletic on introduced by Sen. Richard Mor L Palmer to give Senate support to -sonnel (RSVP) program. If passed, in Russell House for student dona u!d be construed as no endorsement in Vietnam but is "proposed as an >f the people." ng fuil voting privileges to freshman egislative committee meetings each he Senate. Mulligan appointed a committee tv ate and to publicize the recently 'erendum on raising the University to the activities fund. dilm ark G;reek floats are eight sororities and 11 fraternities. Alpha Tau Omega andl Phi D)elta Theta fraternities will work with Zeta Tau Alpha sorority; Kappa Alpha and P'i Kappa Phi with Alpha D)elta Pi; Kappa Sig ma and Phi Epsilon P'i with Chi Omega; Pi Kappa Sigma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon with Delta Zeta; Pi Kappa Alpha and Lambda Chi Alpha with Pi Beta Phi; y And The Amerien e Amiericatns will mi.siona will be * weekend concert per couple. t Re 12 M e raised from $202 per student to 700, bringing the total funding rr an estimated 2,102 graduates $1.5 million. Allocation requests for under raduates total $8.5 million. Funding asked for regional cam U- subsidies, associate d e g r e e rograms, nursing associate de ree programs, and hospital nurs g programs raises the request to pproximately $11 million. SPECIAL ITEMS Special items, a Bureau of Urban nd Regional Affairs and salary nd wage adjustments, account for he remainder of the $12 million. The Bureau of Urban and Re ional A f f a i r s will investigate irban problems s u c h as traffic .ilysis, human resources develop etit and other sociological and Isychological factors the state is xpected to encounter in the change rom an agricultural to an urban "ciety. Salary and w age adjustments ire necessary because of the re ently passed minimum wage in rease and because of a classifica ion plan for administrative per onnel whi,h provides bonuses and >ay raises under automatic specifi ations. Faculty salary increases make ip the rest of the special items and otal approximately $R50,000. IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES The physical improvenents re iuerted in the separate presenta on WeIre assigned four priority -ankings according to immediate leed. Included in priority one are the 'critic:Illy overloaded" electrical ;ystem, a new school of Law and -enovation of both LeConte and D)avis.- Colleges. Brunton told The Gamecock Wed iesday, "At the present time we tre loaded completely up to capac ty - we can't add any air con litioning anywhere. In addition, the conditions now 'xisting are illu!-trated by the five najor breakdowns we have had in ,he past year." The administrator continued, "In mother area, our law school de igned for 250 students now must iccommodate 340." Home< sigma (Chi and Chi Psi with D)elta Delta Delta; Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon with Kappa Delta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. Also dluring half-time, William l'. Jlones, president of the U'niver ~ity Alumni Association will crown he new Hlomecoming Queen. Carolina's marching Gamecocks nd the visiting Florida State Eand will present half-time shows. The Ronettes, The Drifters, and' U S quest 11110 A $2.4 million allocation was re juested to build a new school of aw. Final item in the first priority troup is a $450,000 renovation pro tram for LeConte and Davis Col e'ge s. The priority two group involves )rojects for which the University 'Vould be able to produce adequate ionding capacity by utilizing all uition revenues. "However, if i t a t e monies ire available, it is better to pay for these proj c e t s outright, rather than is ue new bonds," the presentation to the Budget And Con t rol Board states. JONES Priority t w o projects include t h e $3.6 mil lion Humanities Center and a $1.2 million energy s t r u c - ture to central ize heating , water, and elec trical facilities for the entire campus. Under priority three falls a men's residence hall with an esti mated cost of $3 million and a $1 million grant-in-aid residence hall for students on athletic scholar ships. Priority four consis,ts of building projects far enough along in de sign that work can be started as soon as funds are available, a total of $29 million. Included in group four are a Business Ad.Ainistration addition, a new School of Nursing, a Re search L i h r a r y, a Fine Arts Theater, land acquisition programs, an Administration Building, a Bi ology - Geology structure, a gym na!ium. parking lot. and garages, 1 heating-cooling plant, an Under graduate Library addition, a new Infirmary, a $4 million residence complex, and an additional $4 mil lion housing area for rarried stu dents. ~om ing Roy Hlamiltom will all be featured at a (lance on Saturday night at Township Auditorium. A combined ticket for botah con eerts will sell for $2, while sep. ar'ate tickets will cost $1.50 for the Friday event and $1 for Satur (day. One ID card per couple will be necessary for either entertain men t. Tickets will go on sale early next week at Russell House In formation Desk. Alumni activities will begin with a 9 a.m. coffee hour in the Presi dent's Home on Homecoming day. Beginning at 10 a.m. will be the annual business meeting of the Alumni Associat:ion, during which this year's Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented. The Annual Alumni Luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m, in the Na tional Guard Armory on Bluff Road. W or ki ng with Homecoming Chairman Joe Hobson is a commit tee of eight students and three University officials. Ed Menzie, head cheerleader, is in charge of the pep rally and The Gamccock Editor Dick Elliott Is chairman of publicity. Ron Parker and Ketty Murchl son are steering parade plans. Emily Wheeler Is chairman of halftime activities, and Director James Pritchard is In charge of band performances. Jim Cantey Is chairman of Alumni activities for the week end, and is working with W. R. Rarent Jr. of t.he Alhumni Offic.