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USC HAS A MACEREGISTRATION See Page 5 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LVII, No. 25 Columbia, South Carolina, April 14, 1967 Founded 1908 - I sigma thi Suspension Ends Early Suspension of Sigma Chi social fraternity will be lifted April 22 However, Dean of Men L. Eu. gene Cooper said this week the fraternity will receive its full cam pus status on June 1 as originally announced. "The lifting of the suspension will allow the chapter to initiate its pledges who made their grades for the fall semester of 1966 and will allow the chapter the oppor tunity to hold a rush party prior to s p r i n g final examinations, Cooper said. The fraternity house lounge will be open on a limited basis after the suspension is lifted. "The lifting of the suspension is due to the close cooperation of the local chapter officer:;, the national fraternity and the province presi dent," the dean of men commented. "The chapter will benefit signif icantly by the lifting of Lhe sus pension." Sigma Chi was suspended Dec. 7 because of two unregistered parties held during Homecoming Weekend in November. Gamecock Receives Top Rating The Gamecock has received an All-American rating for i a a u e S published during f a I I semester 1966. All-American, awarded by As sociated Collegiate Press News paper Critical Service, ranks The Gamecock among the leading col lege publications in the United States. ACP's definition of the rank is "a superior rating, reserved for the top publications." Singled out for praise by the judges were the paper's coverage, sports coverage and editorial fea tures. "You seem to be covering the news and not just routine events," was one comment. Editor-in-chief of the award winning issues was Dick Elliott. The Gamecock also received an All-American rating for s p r i n g 1966 for the first time in three years. Leaders' Taps 20 Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leadership fraternity, conducted its annual tapping April 8, inducting 20 new members. Tapped during intermission of the Four Seasons c o n c e r t were Thomas M a r k Verdery, Michael Allen R o zbi ts ky, Larry Stelle Buhrman, John C o s t a Marcotsis Jr., James Herbert Ewing, Gerald James Shealy, Edward W e a 1 e y Baker, D o n a 1 d Lee Pressley, Robert Edward Salane, and Larry Mason Ernst. Also, Marion C. V a le ni no, Robert Allen Hatch, Van Everette Edwards Ill, Frank Francis Pape Jr., Gerald Gene Cox, William Lee Thomas, Richardi Eugene Morrell, Daniel M I e h a e I Hlyman, John Fredric Vogt, and 'Thomas Charles Salane. F aeult y and Administration members tapped were Dean John Otta of the School of Education andVice-President for Business Af fairs Harold Brunton. ODK selects m e mb ers on the basis of scholarship and leader ship, requiring a grade point ratio of 2.75. Thomas Salane, an English/his tory major, has a GPR of 3.733. He is a member of USC's Varsity De bate Team and Phi Eta Sigma scholarship fraternity. John Vogt, also a memnber of . Ma Sigma 1= . i majoring in ILI S1 "Destroyed finest government." Liquoi To Be~ By CARL STEPP Chief Reporter Good or bad, liked or disliked, South Carolina's liquor laws must be and will be en forced, Gov. Robert E. McNair emphasized here Wednesday. "The S u p r e m e Court unani mously said there cannot be open bars in South Carolina, and as governor of our state I said, 'There will not be,' " the chief executive said. His position was reinforced by Lt. Gov. John West, who claimed the governor has been subjected to "most unfair criticism for uphold ing his sworn oath to uphold the law." "When it is suggested that a governor should ignore a law or not enforce it or not enforce it impartially, it is striking at the bedrock of our national system," West stated. McNair and West joined Speaker of the House Solomon Blatt on campus to keynote the spring ses sion of the State Student Legis lature. Their topics ranged from educa tion to liquor to reapportionment. WEST: LOCAL OPTION West suggested that the "local option" amendment, under which each county would vote either dry or wet, might be the solution to the liquor law controversy. However, he added, counties vot ing dry should not share in the revenues derived from a l c o h o 1 taxes. "I'm not a local option man," lIon orary MIem bers electrical enginteering. le holds a Naval ROYT scholarship, with. a GPIR of 3.65. A biology pre-mied major with a GP'R of 3.85, Michael Hlyman was pr'ein of thme student body at Coastal Carolina Regional campus. lie is the winner of a Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship and the Wil liam A. Kimbell Scholarship. President of Men's Towers Stu dent Government and the Inter Dorm Council, Richard Morrell has a GPR of 2.8. He is an education 'major. Lee Thomas, a biology/pre-med major, serves as vice-president and worship chairman of Wesley Foun dation and as vice-p)residlent of the Men's Honor lHoardi. His GPR is 2.768. Gecrald Cox history major, has a GP'R of 3.215. HIe is a mtembner of the AFR(OTC Wing Staff of the Arnold Air Society and has been on the freshman anid sophoamore honor rolls. Music m a j o r Frank Pr.pe is presidient of the state chapter of the student division of the Music Educators National Conference. A finalist in the USC Concerto-Aria competition, he has a GPR of 3.514. Van Edwards served as vice president of the freshman class (Continn,d on P'ag 2.) 1I" Peaker Of The You "Not worth the paper it's written on." - Laws Upheld Blatt told the group. "I'm straight out for legalized sale of liquor." Blatt argued vehemently against the one-man, one-vote ruling of the Supreme Court. "Let me tell you after an abun dance of experience," he declared, "that they destroyed by this de cision the finest government since man has been known. "Large counties controlled the House and small counties con trolled the Senate. When you had a piece of legislation meet the ap proval of the House and Senate, you had a piece of legislation good for South Carolina." West noted that the state's re apportionment duty would not pose as great a problem as it did last year since the number of senators has been set for 46 by the courts. The Supreme C o u r t has ruled that a reapportionment plan for 46 senators must be decided upon by 1968 elections. COMPULSORY EDUCATION All three speakers had comments on the compulsory education bill recently passed. McNair advised counties to begin applying the measure although its value can be determined only by time. "Although it is not as strong, many people, including m y s e I f, would have liked it," said West, "it is a step in the right direction." Blatt, on the other hand, firmly opposed the measure. "There is no reason to put a mother in jail because her child refuses to get an education," he said. "NOT WORTH TIIE PAPER . . ." Hie said the bill "is not worth the paper it is written on." Asked about lowering the voting age to 18, BIatt replied: "I have no objection to a 20-year old voting. If you want to assume full responsibility for all acts - every contract -- then that's all right. But you must assume re sponsibilities the courts have said it is not well for a person under 21 to handle." BIatt condemned the appearance of controversial Georgia state legis lator, Julian Bond, on the Univer sity campus in January. "No, I wouldn't let hinm conme on! campus," he declared. "No man will ever meet with my approval to speak on public property if he wants to destroy my country." Blatt also said he favored the establishment of a new state medi cal college at the University. Vn 'h-a Gamecock Photos by Carroll. Wannamaker se "No objection to a 20 - year - old voting." i damecock photo by Rockholz And Governor "The Supreme C o u r t unani mousy said there cannot be open hars i South Carolina, and as governor of our state I said, "niere will not he'." Three Schools Plan Later Advisement The College of Engineering, the School of Pharmacy and the School of Journalism have announced the dates for pre-registration advise ment for the fall semester. Students in the College of En gineering will pre-register April 17-22. Registration will be conducted April 15-May 15 for students in the School of Journalism. Pharmacy students may register April 24-May 1. Registration for other schools began on April 1 and will continue through May 15. It Takes Comi Pool is a mattee which require If you've just won a free hour of Roomt. Against A Tough Since there is no age limuit for usRell Ifouse, Wednesday afternoon tnneiloln beteen. two .....ber.. of. Senat( For lE By CARL STEPP Chief Reporter Work toward reorganizing Car olina's Student Government sped along Wednesday with the intro duction of two bills in Student Senate. The measures called for sweep ing revisions of both the Senate and the executive branch of Stu dent Government. The bill on the executive b r a n c h, introduced by Student Body President Bill Youngblood, would establish a cabinet system for the execution of legislative action. Six cabinet secretaries would be created for Academic Affairs. Pub lic Affairs, Cultural Affairs, Gen eral Welfare, and Athletic Affairs. Department heads would be ap pointed in the spring by the stu dent body president-elect. Each department would estab lish a committee structure for its administration. Holding office in the executive branch would not constitute mem bership in the Senate. In addition, the executive branch will include an advisory council to the student body president. The council, which would in clude the four class presidents (with the remaining class officers working under them), would co ordinate plans for Homecoming. The legislation would go into effect with spring elections and replace any similar bills on record. The Senate reorganization plan would set up seven legislative com mittees: General Welfare, Codifica tion, Senate Rules, Academic Af fairs, Athletic Affairs, Judiciary, and Monetary Affairs. The committees would research and in a k e recommendations on bills referred to them by the Sen ate. They would have power to call hearings. They would be required to meet at least once a week if they had legislation to be considered. No student body officer or execu tive cabinet head could be a mem ber of Senate, and only the student body president may submit legisla tion to Senate. The student body vice president is excepted from the above rule Gamecock phetes by ReekhoIr ~entrat ion . .. s extreme concentration--especially hooting in the Russell hlouse (ane Opponent pool on thhi floor found some heated be younger set. Gets teorga because his constitutional function is to preside over the Senate. Senate also passed an amend ment to the reapportionment bill approved last week. It added a clause that all stu dents who have paid activity fees be allowed to vote for a senator in their respective areas and to vote for senators elected at large. 'lhe amendment was intended to alleviate what Joint Judicial Council ruled an unconstitutional feature of the reapportionment plan. ---Spring I Nomin Duel Nominations for spring elec tions will continue until 4 p.m. Friday in Russell House, Room 205. Candidates may be nominated by anyone eligible to vote for the person he nominates. A nomination slip must be sub mitted containing the name of the person making the nomination and the candidate's name, ID number, class standing and home town. In addition, each candidate run ning for a major office (student body officers, c I a s s presidents, Party Gi Tentative The Gamecock Party, c a m p u s political interest group, tentatively endorsed Sammy Drew for student body president Wednesday night. Mark Archer, temporary chair man of the party, said, "We can't officially e n d o r s e a candidate until Friday, but Drew received a majority of the votes necessary for endorsement at our meeting Wed nesday night." Archer said an unequivocable endorsement was withheld because the group must review its dlecision at a meeting Friday. At the 3 p.nm. session the party may also hear other candidates for student body president and other posts. The meeting will be continued until after a 4 p.m. compulsory s e s s i o n for all spring election candidates. Other candidates seeking backing Wednesday night were L o r a i ni e Wolfe (Senate and student body secretary), Kitty Hiller (sopho more class secretary) and senator ial hopefuls Rusty Ellerbe, Don Koplen, Ron Moody, Mark Sloan, Mike Thomas, Leigh Tanner and Jimmy Wannamaker. In asking the party's support, D)rew became the first candidate to formally announce intention to seek the student body presidency. lHe pledged full support of the party's four-point platform includ ing a referendum on representation in the Senate, reform in election procedures, library reform and a non-profit student book store. When asked if he would support a student demonstration, Drew re plied he would firs-t seek to iron out difficulties by negotiation. However, he said, if the prob lem seemed Insurmountable, he might support the demonstration although not necessarily take part. "We would have to try to main tain contact with the administra tion in such a c-ase, and that would be one of the duties of the student boypsdenn,"mn sad. Bills izing Stan Juk, chairman of the board, said the plan violated Carolina's constitution because men in dorms H and J, which house only fresh men and which will elect two freshmen senators next fall, have no one to vote for in spring elec tions. The amendment, however, will eliminate this problem, said Senate President Jim Mulligan. Recommitted to Rules Committee was a measure setting semester hour qualifications for candidates for major offices. ;lections ationS riday Academic Responsibility Commit tee) must submit a picture and biography if he wishes it included in the special elections edition of The Gamecock. A mandatory meeting of all can didate, will be held at the conclu ion of nominations in the Con federate Room, s e c o n d floor Russell lou.se. A candidate may not run for more than one nuijor and one minor office, and no candidate ma' run for more than one clas" office. ves Drew Baeking '4 ' Gamcck shot b Cex SAMMY D)REW 'Association' Will Present Blanket Sing Two blanket concerts, sponsored by the Dance and Concert Commit tee, will be held the last weekend in April. 'The Association will be on Fraten ity Quadrangle Friday, April 28, at 8 p.m. Also on the Horseshoe, April 29, at 8 p.m., will be Josh White, Jr., in concert. Bloth concerts will be held in the Field House in case of rain. No ad mission will be charged. Open House Set At Columbia Hall An "Open House" will be held Wednesday, at 7 p.m. in Columbia Residence Hall. This is the first formal opening of the hotel-converted men's dormi tory to the public. Door prizes amounting to over $300 will be given away. A local band will provide enim+rtame.se