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Associated Collegiate Press Associated Collegiate Press
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Vol. LVIII, No. 13 Columbia, South Carolina, December 1, 1967 Founded 1908
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To Prei
Federal district judge Donald
S. Russell, former governor of
South Carolina, United States Sen
ator and president of USC, will
speak M o n d a y at the Omicron
- elta Kappa Presidents' Banquet.
The banquet, whose purpose is
to honor presidents of campus or
ganizations, will be at 8 p.m. in
the C a m p u s Room of Capstone
House.
Judge Russell, a native of Mis
sissippi, received the Bachelor of
Arts degree from USC in 1925
and the Bachelor of Laws degree
in 1928.
He was a charter member of Chi
Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa in
1927. He also is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa.
In 1930 he became a law partner
of James F. Byrnes. Judge Russell
practiced law until 1942 when he
went to Washington to serve with
the War Department.
He served as a major in the
Army in Europe until 1945, when
he became assistant secretary of
state for administration. lie went
back to law practice in 1947.
He served as president of the
University from 1951 to 1957. He
became governor of South Carolina
in 1962 and in April, 1965, was
appointed to fill the unexpired
term of the late Sen. 0 1 i n D.
Johnston.
In 1966 he was appoi,ted a fed
eral district judge and now reside5
in Spartanburg.
He is a member of the Boards of
Trustees of Converse College it
Spartanhurg and Emory Univer
sity in Atlanta.
Gamecoci
All-Ameni
The Gamnecock has been awardei
the Associated Collegiate Press All
American honor rating for the thir
coneseutive semester.
Tle ranking, based on sprin
1967 issues, places the newspape
anmong top collegiate publications i
the United States.
By definition of ACP judges, Al
American, is "a superior rating, rC
servedl for the topl publicationis."
IAlitor-in-chief of the award-wii
ning issues was Dick Elliott, no0
administrative assistant to Universii
P'resident Trhomias F. Jones and
Wformer aide to South Carolina Co
gressnuml W'illiam Jenmings Hrya
D)orn.
How
Th ird in a Series
By SAILY ZALKIN
A.sst. Managing Faitor
"I'm sorry, but we're not 1
ing that book back this
mlester."'
"But it's brandi new. I l
$10 for it just four months a;
Sound familiar? In less iI
two nmonths, it will be bo
54ellg time again. Will y
hear this story on your hool
Why do0 you get back
half-price for your books? I
much profit is there for
Campus Book Store in the u
book business?
And why did your new
chology boo0k cost $10 in
first place? How much I
did the Campus Shop mak<
that one?
New books in the Camij
BokSonar oda
Speaks
idents
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Politicians
Governor of the State Student Legisla
ture, John Ellenberg (center) confers with
his Lt.-Governor Bill McDougall (left) and
Speaker of the house Ray Chandler.
Ellenherg, a student at Clemson University
Winter Week(
Concert, Forn
The S t u (I e n t Union Winter The Studen
Weekend beginning Dec. 8 will fea- its W i n t e r
ture a concert, Christmat decora- with a free
tions and the formal Winter Ball. Auditorium F:
________ _- - Tickets to t
Allthe Buckingh.
w~arued at the Russel
Desk and will
of the concei
R USC persons
The Glenn
under the <ir
Franco, will 1
the Winter Bh
to the formal
to everyone, T
the Russell H
tie formal wil
tional Guard
Road, which
r Display )esig
Activities o.
a Christmas
Reflecting Po
' "will be decora
and will float
pool. The sh'
pool will also
Student Unio
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p)rovidle refre
te nding the
SClaus waill dis
u n mas caroling
tion by D)r.
Elliott University chi
~re Book I
liaher's suggested list price, ace- p)roduction
cording to Mainger William per cent he'
Rorie. This price represents a 'lhe stol
miarkup of 20 per cenit, which, centis of tI
iy- IHorie says, barely covers and1( Reynki(l
se- frequently doe)5s niot cover the goes for
cost of operationis. for salaries
id Tlhe average hardback text- light; and1(
o." hook sells for $8 to $10, with one laneous ex
p'lricedl as high as $23I. If the The Can
. markup is only '20 per cent, why freight on
ou are the prices so high? lem, Rorie
? Russell Reynolds, National turns. Mosi
nly Association of College Stores per~ cent ret
ow (NACS) general manager, says that if th
the that the production costs must he ordlers, a
ed- considleredl. According to Reyn- up). For thi
olds1, 25 cents of the publisher's book infort
sy- dlollar is for printing andl bind- portant.
the ing. Fifteen cents goes to the The C a
ofit author. Other costs include 10 policy (on u
on cents for office and general ex- buying hoi
pense; eight cents, selling ex- dents for
a p)enses and sample copies; (eight price they
i .-cets emitiorial and g e n e' r a I hooks for
StudeI
Over
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Staff Photo by Chief Photographer Chip Qallowa)
Of The Hour
was elected at last year's session to lead the
students of the state in their mock take-over
of the South Carolina state government.
McI)ougall is a USC student and Chandler
is from The Citadel.
id To Feature
ial Winter Bali
t Union will begin tation by the Oratorio Chorus.
Weekend celebration The Student U n i o n will als
oncert at Township decorate the Russell House and wi
riday, Dec. 8. p 1 a c e a Christmas tree in th
he concert, featuring lobby.
ns, may be reserved The Special Events committe
House Information w i11 sponsor the second annut
be picked up the day dorm decoration competition wit
,t. Tickets for non- the winner being chosen Dec. 1
cost $1.50 each. The winner will receive the "r(
M i 1 1 e r orchestra, volving" trophy currently held b
ection of Buddy De- South Tower. Any dorm winnin
rovide the music for the trophy three consecutive yea
ill Saturday. Tickets will retain possession permanentl
ball, which is free
ay be picked up at
use D)esk. The black
I be held in the Na-Chorus
Armory on Bluff
dcaill be tecorated bRyuTo Be Ind
ris of Charlotte, N. C.
Sunday will include A mixture of modlern andl trad
tree lighting at the tional Christmas music will be pr
) at 6 p.m. The tree sented by seven choirs and USC
tew by Student Union band and orchestra at the Chris
in te cnte ofthe winnersi Feivg chse)ec. 1
ality Committeene will wtthUnvre ce ho r
shinets toth ~ voat- ng thUnrsty curatorio hl
lightigand Sbouth diree Ay rpdraznni
tribte an(y. hrit he Uniophy t Syoncv yea
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State
By MIKE ATTAWAY
Chief Reporter
Students took over the reins of
state government Wednesday night
as the opening joint session of the
S o u t h Carolina State Student
Legislature was called to order.
SCSSL Gov. John Ellenherg wel
comed delegates from the 13 par
ticipating schools; Beaufort Ex
tension, Clemson University, The
Citadel, College of Charleston, Co
lumbia College, Converse College,
F u r m a n University, Limestone
College, Newberry College, Presby
terian College, USC, Winthrop Col
lege and Wofford College to the
tenth annual session.
The student legislature was or
ganized in 1957 to "present stu
dent views on county, state and
national issues through a mature,
realistic, knowledgeable and or
derly process," according to the
SCSSL constitution.
Following the opening joint ses
sion the delegates convened for
committee meetings in order to de
velop and present legislative bills
and resolutions on current affairs
to the respective houses of the stu
-ent government. Bills approved by
the SCSSL will he distributed to
the o f f i c e r s and legislators of
South Carolina and to other par
ticipating student legislatures in
15 states.
Officers of the 1967 session in
elude Gov. John Ellenberg of
Clemson, Lt. Gov. Bill McDougall
of USC, Speaker of house Ray
Chandler of The Citadel, Speaker
e Pro-Ten of the Senate Matt Moye
of Newberry, Speaker Pro-Ten of
the House David Berry of Presby
e terian, Chief Justice Wayne White
l of Wofford, Secretary of State
h Gene Morehead of The Citadel,
Attorney General June Blackwell
of Winthrop and State Treasurer
y Mary Tuck of Columbia College.
g
s The mock student government is
composed of three branches on the
And Choirs
ule Festival
i- fieff-Walters.
Carols and a narration by Dr.
's Richard Uray will he followed by
t- Bach-Cailliet's "Sheep May Safely
Graze," p)resented by the Univer
a, sity' Orchestra under the direction
d( of Arthur M. Fraser. Hlandel't
te "hallelujah Chorus," p)erformled by
ir all the choirs and the orchestra
r, will conclude the program.
James Elleswort h will accompany
d, on the piano and Judly H-amm or
d, the harp.
al The festival will be at the USC
o- Field house from 8-9 p.m.
mined?'
selected at random and com
pared retail prices with invoice
prices, then recorded the sug
gested retail price for used
books from one of the large
wholesale dealers and the price
this company offers for books
no longer in use here. The fol
lowing represents their findings
for two of the 25 books:
Socei olog y -New: invoice
price, $6.40; retail, $8; markup,
20 per cent. U s e d: purchase
p)rice for books to be reused, $4;
resale, $6; purchase price for
books no longer in use, $2.
English, Short Story-New:
Invoice price, $3.60; retail,
$3.95; miarkup, 20 per cent.
Used: pusrchase price for books
to be reused, $2; resale, $2.95;
purchase pr-lee for books no
longer in use, 50 cents.
(Next week: Upstairs in the
Campus Shop.)
lators
Goveri
)rder of the actual state govern
nent with executive, legislative and
udicial branches. Executive offi
:ers are elected by popular vote of
>articipating delegates.
The legislature is composed of
Lwo senators from each school and
>ne representative in the house for
,ach 250 students enrolled in the
respective college or university.
The schedule for the last two
Author 1
Urban Pr
Charles Abrams, recognized
thority on urban renewal, spoke
on "The Implications of the Ne
last night.
Earlier in the day Abrams s
World" and "The Impact of U
States," and concluded his visi
Negro ghettoes in America.
Abrams, the author of pio
urban land problems, was nor
for his articles in the New Y<
and federal housing abuses
member of the UN's Urban De
velopment Advisory Committee and
a former president of the National
Committee against Discrimination
in Housing.
He is currently chairman of the
Division of Urban Planning of Co
lumbia University and director of
Columbia's new Institute of Urban
Enviornment.
Abrams has been identified with
housing and urban renewal since
1937 when, as a member of the
New York City administration of
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, he laid
the groundwork for the laws and
procedures for public housing in
America.
He was the author of the urbani
zation chapter of the UN and was
America's representative at the
first annual conference of experts
called by the United Nations in
1962 to examine the UN's role in
urbanization.
Abrams' visit to the University
was sponsored by the C a m p u s
Chaplains' Association in associa
tion with the Department of Geog
raphy and the Bureau of Urban
and Regional Affairs.
Basketball Season Begins
Coach Frank McGuire's
Fighting Ganmecock basketball
team gets the 1967-68 season
under way Sa t ur d ay night
against Erskine in the Field
House.
The game with the Flying
Fleet, which will begin at 8:30,
will be televised by WIS-TV.
For a closer look at this
year's team, turn to page seven.
Student Peruses Bo4
Take
iment
lus of the 1967 session is:
Friday, Dec. 1:
8:30 a.m. Legislative Sessions
in respective houses.
Saturday, Dec. 2:
8:30 a.m. Legislative Sessions
in the respective houses end
ing in a joint session and
the election of officers for
the coming year.
Noon - Final adjournment.
isc usses
oblems
as America's foremost au
to a group of USC students
gro Ghetto for the Nation,"
poke on "Urbanization in the
rbanization Upon the United
t with the discussion of the
zeer studies on housing and
iinated for a Pulitzer Prize
>rk Post exposing city, state
ind shortcomings. He is a
Sol Blatt
Presents
Mementoes
"To be part of this University I
love so much, from this day on,
makes me very p r o u d," said
Speaker Solomon Blatt of the S. C.
House of Representatives as he
presented the USC with mementoes
of his more than 34 years of public
service.
The presentation of his chair,
gavel, papers and other memora
bilia was Nov. 21 in South Caro
liniana Library at the University
with numerous friends and asso
ciates of Speaker Blatt present.
USC President Thomas F. Jones
accepted what he referred to as
"these very cherished gifts" on be
half of the University during the
brief ceremony.
"The University feels g r e a t
honor at accepting these symbols
of a great career and we are proud
to be credited with the education
of this great leader," added Presi
dent Jones.
Speaker Blatt is a graduate of
the University and for 12 years
was a member of its Board of
Trustees. The University awarded
him an honorary doctor of laws
dlegree in 1962.
Except for the period 1945-51,
he has been Speaker of the House
more than 25 years. Hie has been a
member of the General Assembly
since 1933.
Staff Photo by Elliott Beremstola
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