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Registra By MARY JANE BENSTON t Associate Editor t If there's a convenient way to E carry out the thousands of trans- t actions necessary to register ap- s proximately 12,000 students within 3 two days, time and experimenta tion have not brought it to USC. But last week's registration was orderly, relatively speaking. It was fair, relatively speaking. It was successful, relatively speaking. According to Dr. Rollin E. Godfrey, director of admissions and registration, the problem of c closed classes was the main i hitch in "one of the most orderly" registrations he has I seen. Godfrey and Glenn Overton, as- I sociate director of admissions and registration, said they were pleased with the way the in-line registration system worked. Godfrey said his office had been "plagued with the problem" of closed classes but that he had heard no complaints on priorities or controlled release of registra- i Ltion Is ion packets. He indicated some of he "closed courses" complained of I ctually may have been closed sec ions of courses in the prime cheduling times of 9, 10 and 11 f Ionday, Wednesday and Friday. t Godfrey and Overton both I said they thought the student I committee set up by Student i Senate had done a good job of handling the new priority sys tem and assisting in the re cruitment of registration work ers. Chip Galloway, chairman of the ommittee, said 365 priority cards mere turned in at the Science An ex. Three hundred ninety-two riorities had been approved. The five-member committee met efore and during fall semester xams, the day before registration ind the first day of registration. he committee considered approxi nately 300 applications for pri ority before registration and ap )rove(l 182. They approved 210 of 00 to 350 applications considered m the first (lay of registration, .alloway said. Success Up until registratiop (lay, ap- i Proximately two-thirds of the pri- I rities granted went to transfer I tudents, Galloway said. "Trans- I er students cannot register with heir class," he said, "and if they kappen to be seniors or juniors, heir classes close and this creates problem." Galloway said there had been reports of stolen priority cards but that only six questionable cards were turned in at the Science Annex. "One thing that made registra ion rough (for the committee) vas a lot of people were just try ng to get a priority and they ,vould make up stories," Galloway said. The committee checked the requests submitted before regis tration, he said, but "it was diffi --ult to tell the difference on regis tration (lay." The priority system was an in novation this semester. "We have always known there were some students with some very genuine needs to register early," Godfrey s.aid, but requests had been refused ful-Re' or lack of a way of deciding. "It < ooks for the moment like we have kit upon something worthy of con- I inuation," Godfrey said of the t ystem. Circle K president D e n n y Royal said traffic flow and iontrol were "better this time than I've ever seen it." Circle K members helped direct stu dents at the Science Annex. "The students were much more )rderly," Royal said. "There was iardly any of the line breaking ;hat occurred in the fall and nont )f the pushing and shoving of 1 ast spring." Royal said he thought registra :ion packets could be handed out more efficiently if early students i :ould be stopped at the door. "Cir :l K members admitting students Lo the Science Annex had no way >f identifying the students who were entering according to sched ule. "We had to take their word for it," Royal said. Royal said the early arrivals should have been stopped at the latively oor to prevent their getting the ards and to save time for the eople inside, who had to check he numbers. Despite the controlled release of cards, long lines developed at some points. One of the lines developed at the dean's check station of the College of Arts and Science. Additional check ers had been assigned there, Godfrey said. "We thought we had enough." He said he thought the process ould be improved by "providing ietter facilities for certain of the lepartments where the pressures ire greater in numbers." Godfrey also said registration ould be improved by use of the -omputer. "I (1o not want to for ,et that our computer has capa )ilities that we have not used," ie said. The computer may be used ii he Fall, for sectioning entering 'reshmen, transfer, law and grad jate students, according to God rrey. ndf - End of tho Staff Photo by Chuck Keefer Line Thursday Is Pick p The Last Day Fuma To Change Your Schedule Tickets Today UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Vol. LIX, No. 29 Columbia, South Carolina, Tuesday, February 4, 1969 Founded 1908 Mass M To Opej By MARK HOLMES Staff Writer Spring rush for USC's 15 na tional social fraternities officially opens tomorrow evening at 5:30 with a mass meeting of all pros pective rushees in the Business Administration b u i (I i n g audi torium. Rush activity will end Saturday morning, Feb. 15. All interested candidates must register with a representative of the Interfraternity Council at thel Russell House and pay a $2 regis tration fee by Wednesday. All male students who had a GPR of 2.0 or better for the fall semester and who are not associated with a social fraternity are eligible. Rushees will be instructed about procedure and schedules at to morrow's meeting by the IFC of ficers and Dean of Men L. Eu gene Cooper, who is in charge of rush activity. All fraternities will hold open house Thursday and Friday, and each rushee is required to visit all 15 houses (luring the two nights if he wishes to remain eligible for any further functions. 437 Degrees Granted In Exercises Four hundred and thirty seven graduating students were told by Atlanta lawyer E. Smythe Ganbrell here Jan. 28 that freedom of ed ucation and free enterprise are inseparable. The 437 degrees included 12 doctor of philosophy de grees, 100 masters and 43 law degrees. Mildred Reynolds Orne, who received a B.S. in eco nomics, was named the top honor graduate and was designated magna cum laude. Second honors went to William Lamar, who re ceived a juris doctor degree as a law graduate and a magna cum laude designa tion. Karun Diane Paden was named third honor grad uate. The first master of public administration degree was awardIed to Herbert L. Pat-~ rick Ill. G rad ua tion ceremon lea, which were conducted in the Carolina Coliseum, were the first mid-year exercises held since the 1950's. 0 eeting q Rush Saturday and Sunday, rushees will attend stag smokers at the fraternity houses by invitation only. They may respond to as many invitations as they wish, and attendance is not mandatory. Those who receive further invi tations will attend off-campus parties at locations to be deter mined by the fraternities Feb. 10 13. Final stag smokers will be held Friday evening, Feb. 1.1, after which no rushee will be allowed to communicate with fraternity men. Any violation of this "silent period" disqualifies the rushee and makes the fraternity liable for disciplinary action. Bids will be distributed the fol lowing afternoon and pledging is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Open rush, for those who did not choose to pledge a fraternity dur ing the regular period, will bf-gin Feb. 17 and end March :1. W hite I By PAT 11'THIG and ED CIEN Staff Writers White Awareness Week, spon sored by A W A t E, began here Monday. The aim of the program, which includes tilms, folk singers, work shops, and black student speakers from S. C. State College, is "to in f o r m the average middle class whites of what Black Power really is and hope they will understand that Black Power is a democratic, political, social and economical ne cessity," according to Brett Bursey, chairman of AWARE. NT o n d a y night's program in cluded a film titled "No Vietnam ese Ever Called Me a Niger." The film, from the same producers of a movie on the Columbia Univer sity uprising last spring, featured a white peace march through a black ghetto. TUESDAY DISCUSSION Tuesday evening's agenda fea tures an open discussion "designed not to solve problems but to make them more apparent." The discus sion is set for 7 p.m. in the Russell House. Due to complications in the as signments of con ference rooms, Bursey said before the week began that he dtoes not know yet in what r o o mi s the events will be held. Hlow~ever, anyone interested in at tendling may get the room number at the Information D)esk in the Russell House lobby on the (lay of the event. ef 44 7. Mazing Cc "Follow the blue wall - you're bound C to end up somewhere" has become the ( stock direction for students lost in the maze r wareness ' Tuesday night's speakers will in- vice Saturday, when clude representatives f ro n the new $1.2 million phy. 1 I a c k Awareness Coordinating center is dedicated, Committee of Orangeburg and the Hammond-Middleton South Carolina Human Relations Center, named for t] Council. \llembers of Youth-for Wallace, the Young Democrats and he thre ouph, the Young Republicans were also whe tate t , invited to participate. flict that began witl DR. DABBS tests against a segre Wednesday's lecture forum will alley, include Dr. James McBride Dabbs, The week-long pre past president of the Soutlei.i said, is open to the p% Region-al Council, and represei:.- it is aimed primarily tives of S. C.'s NAACP. age USC student w1 'lhe Rev. Isaiah Harvey, a black a middle class fami Raptiet minister from Union, and He said AWARE Harry Boyte of Durham, N. C., a it like it is" during representative of ACT, will speak cause "the mass medi Tlhursday. ThursdIay. Bursey voicedl his' Friday's workshop will highlight Black Awareness black students of S. C. State Col- educate the whites a lege in Orangeburg, who will dis cuss the shooting incident last Feb ruary. PROBLE COMMEMORATIVE A prohlem devel, SERVICE change in the roon A commemorative service for the for the events dun three students killed last Feb. 8 Bursey applied for the Russell House at S. C. State College will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Russell House auditorium. The room was rea Speakers scheduled for the ser- University Union nil vice are r. Charles Joyner of I North Carolina, who receivedl his om etaieya M.A. and( Ph.D). from USC and isfia sgn nto a member of the S. C. Council of o esn novd H u m a n Relations, and D)ouglas Uno spkme Thiele, a white professor at Bene- ddntseiyt diet College.tnaneoth n Preparations are also being mademetnsBueya at . C Satefora emoialso-niice ftheay chan AA Staff Photo by Chief Photographer Warren Hudson liseum I corridors in the classroom section of the oliseun. Classes began meeting in the ew facilities last week. eek Starts the college's Asked if the change was a move ical education against the week, Kiki Stillwell, is the Smith- assistant director of the Russell M e m o r i a I House, said, "I don't think any le three. hodv would pull a thing like that." were killed POSTERS DOWN openeld fire f racial con- Paul P. Fidler, assistant to the I student pro- vice president for student affairs, gated bowling deni,d 13ursey's claim that circu lars were confiscated because of "the unauthorized space." gram, Bursey grm, Two posters were taken I own, ib although Fidier said. One because it was at the "aver- not on a bulletin board and an o comes fron ther because the sponsoring group was not mentioned on the poster. plans to "tell the week be a today isn't. lopes that the 'ek will "hill aid change the exists today." Inducts I MS By MARTIN MOBLEY )ped after a Staff Writer nassignments Blue Key National Honor Fra ng the week. ternity inducted 14 new members Room 207 of and receive<d at its first meeting following the Christmas holidays. ssigned to the The members are chosen on the srht club under basis of academic excellence, ser oIf as vice to the University community, ofhe basging andl leadership in campus activi d he bsigties andl scholarship codn to rn the number Don Hult, peint. r(in Huht explained that the usual s a i d flursey public tapping ceremony was not expected at- held this year because of the late t u r e of the date and because the organization id he was not could not find a suitable school M-. fannction. Jsc ( New Bi By KEN HARE News Editor Two alternative budgets for Carolina have been submitted to the House Ways and Means Com mittee by the University "because Students Charged After Raid No action has been taken against 11 persons charged with possession of marijuana and con spiracy following a pre-dawn raid Jan. 20 by the city police at a Pickens Street apartment. Municipal Judge T. P. Taylor explained that no action could be taken until a date is set by dv fense attorneys for the hearing of the case. Three of the 11 arrested were University students at the time. They were Debarah Ann Fink, 18. of Cayce and Michael Douso and Frederick 1). Weinschenk, 20-year old students from New York. Dean of Men I.. Eugene Cooper said no University action would be taken concerning the student "until the city is finished." Cooper said that since the raid two of the other eight persons have become USC students. The others arrested were I.inda M.e Goldstein, 17, a Charlotte hi-h school student; Callun Mulli (an, 19, of Duncan Street; Theo dore J. Loyd, 21, Robert E. oim bardi, 20, and George A. 11ischoff, all ,tationed at Ft. Jackson; F aV M. Field, 19; and Stephen I. Irown, 21, and .anes V. Pharr. 19, both of Charlotte. Honor I '4 New M 'lue Key projects (luring the year include assistance with the University's Merit Scholar re cruitment program through spon sorship of Merit Scholars Day, the campus bowl, assistance with the Russell Distinguished T e a c h e r award and ushering at various University functions. The new members are: Bob Albergotti, a junior from Orangeburg, dloing honors work in international studlies. He is a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity, and pr es i d e nt of Sigma Chi, with a GPR of 3.6. Ra Broaddus, a senior from Chatham, Va., president of the University Union and a member of )ffers idgets of the state's financial situation." President Thomas F. Jones said the alternate budgets were sug gested after "recognizing the fi nancial situation the state would have to live with in the coming year." The alterna1ve proposals re quest much less than the $W.5- mil lion increase in the Univer.itv ulg(.t submitted to the State Iudget and Control 1lnard in early November, although both still ask for an increase over the 1968-69 allotment. Both the new hudgets will still provide for new g ra(Iuatv pro grains, key academ ic priograms and salary increases for faculty and staff. This will give the Ways and Means CIomilittee tlhree prposed hudgets to choose flro., if the board deci<it.-; t" r"comillend aII increase at all. T li thrte choicet ar e e orig inal 88.. l m ilon in CreaC, reque1 LVSt , a "mW(odified" re( (1e ,t 'f ..S i n1 1 iIICr,V: and an "a1s:'4rity " i i s f $.8 millimn (over lais: ycar's $ 2.- m - lion budget. "The mod)(ifil-d buldge,t w')ubI al low the4 Unli\trs,ity tO COnltinueI its )resent moe nIIItIuM of growth VIVic Peidenlt f0lr BLuSines, A f fairs l 1arl l1runtn saio. "The austirity budget incI#ease' ar( oIly sufficient to c.re1vent uti l i nt of Somw present prorams." Bruntin quoted D)r. .1:1m1ls Mor ris, head o)f S. C. Coni0siin on Higher l'ducatimn, as saying that the state ne-ded at least 'oe Uni vIrsity amiong the tilp 1WO in the United State-. " We plan toI be that uni\versity," 1.r-unton id. T he .I)r igvinal .I r"(quetst is wh I need(.d if the Unliversity i, to b. (ome "'what thl (it iz ns of this state want I s t o he", .J'1n)es said. ra tern ty embers ('hIi P'si. Hle has been elected to Who's Who, and is a mmbler of the GIiswui adlvisory commlliittee. llis GPIZ i. 2.. Randy Capri, a junior from Portland, Ore., majoring inl psy chology. He is a number of Phi Kappa Sigma, and has belonged to Phi Eta Sigma and Kappa Sigma Kappa. LIe has a .95 GPR. Gordon Gibson, a junior from G;reenville, majoring in finance. lie is a brother of Sigma Alpha IEpsilon andt hats been a member o4f Kappa Sigma Kappa andI Phi Eta Sigma. G;ordon, who has played football, has a G;PR of 3.43. (Continued on ragre 2)