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Bugged Balls! See page 2. Maryland nt win Vol. LXI -NO. 44 Uuilversity of South Cae'olina, Columbla, S. C. 29208 The Tenemen alarm sys Preston, Maxcy, Thornwell and the Horseshoe Tenements do not have an internal fire alarm system. Over 960 male residents live in the antiquated buildings situated on the original campus. Sprinkler systems which are activated by heat are in evidence throughout many of the buildings, but there are no alarm boxes within the dormitories themselves. In case of fire or an emergency, fire mar shalls blow whistles. "They issue us regulation athletic whistles." John Hughes, Preston residence hall counselor, siad. Jncase of an inergency, I call each of myTaH counselors who call two fire marshalls and the proc dure is one based on a telephone chain." Hughes said that the system was Pilective earlier this semestei when the residence halls held their first fire alarm drill in several years. The Horseshoe tenements are constructed in such a manner that residents are segregated into in dividual suites which creates a fire hazard simply by the architecture of the buildings. Ashley Thrift, residence hall counselor for the Horseshoe, said that he has no quick way to alert residents in case of a fire. The individual rooms do not have telephones and there is no alarm system to warn students. I have the problem of trying to reach people through three doors. 'I'he exterior entrances, the door to the study room itself and then the f inal rooms. I can say that if we did have a tire it would be every man for himself" 'Thrift said that he had requested that the installation of telephones in the hall counselors' rooms. t'S(' STI')NT TO4 SING LKAD A USC graduate student, Julie Mitchell. will sing the female lead In Town Theater's third production of the season Three Penny Opera. The music major will play the part of Polly Peachum, who is the young bride of the criminal Mack the Knife. Although the musical ran nearly ~even years on Broadway, many :ople fail to realize that It Is the ~ource of the 1930's hit "Mack the Knife." The story Involves a crook who falls in love with young Polly and maries her under false pretenses. One of his old gIrl friends, who is a prostitute, turns him in. and he Is taken to prIson shortly after the wedding. dhremntte end comes when he Is repwwied while on the gallows, and Is released into Polly's arms. Other USC students Involved In the production are Anne Hlghtower, who plays Doily, a woman of the streets; Jack Kelly and Harry Rogers who are a part of the Bgars Chorus. Director of USC's c s ra Daraci, is in charge of the music for theshow. It ,wm onen Friday, .January 2, and Controversial Adc s lacking tem A fire drill was held on the Horseshoe the week before Christmas holidays which illustrated the problem of simple communication. Residents in the lounge of Legare College were never aware of the drill. Ap proximately 20 students watched television while sixteen fire marshalls went through the dorms blowing whistles. Thrift said that there was a fire alarm box on the side of the building that sets off an alarm outside, but he doubted if it could be heard inside the buildings. Hughes said that Preston does not have a sprinkler system, but that he has the advantage of the hall arrangement of rooms. "Having the rooms side by side on a long continuous hall makes it easier to warn people. The This week "The Sand Pebbles" is today's offering from the Films Com mittee of University Union. Steve McQueen and Candice Bergen appear, under the direction of Robert Wise. Showings are at 3:30, 6 and 9 p.m. in the Russell House Theatre. "Diabolique" with Vera Clouzot and Simone Signoret will show tomorrow. Thursday's feature is "Virdiana," a Spanish film with Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal and Fernando Rey. For weekend entertainment, "Bonnie and Clyde" will be shown. Tlhe film was directed by Arthur Penn and stars Warren Beatty, Fay Dunaway and Michael J. Pollard. Weekend shows are at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3:30 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission to "Bonnie and Clyde" student will run through Saturday, February 6s. FREEC(Alt Earl L.. Stuckey has been selected as one of 523 student representatives in a national Vega test drive program sponsored by the chevrolet Division of General Motors Corporation. Stuckey has been asked to display the car around campus and give test drives to fellow students in ex changed for the use of a new Vega for three months. .IHEAIlTH CENTER:l Trhe student Health Center has inaugurated an appointment system for non-emergency visits to the clinic. Appointments may be scheduled with the receptionist. Persons with emergency con ditions will be cared for Im mediately when necessary. This system Is being used, ac cording to Director Harvey L. liurnette, to alleviate over crowding and pr'olonged waiting time. The system will be used on a trail basis. N4Kl TRIP PILANNED The Uiniversity Uinion Tr,avel rition fire tenements are separate cells which are stacked on top of each other." Hughes added that he had been told that Preston was unburnable. "In case of a fire, I think that it would be confined to a single room. I do not think that this would be the case of the tenements. Smoke inhalation is a problem and would probably be more dangerous than the fire itself." Commenting on the priority for expenditure of University funds, Hughes said, "It took a rape for us to get better lighting. I would hate for it to take a fire to get an adequate fire alarm system." A resident of the Horseshoe said, "They can spend a fortune building a new stadium, but the University cannot provide adequate fire protection." S MOVl10010 will be fifty cents. Student killed - USC student Betty Francis Holbrook was killed in an automobile accident in Spar tanburg Friday night. Miss Holbrook, whose home is in Columbia, died in Spartanburg General Hospital, where she was taken after the collision. She resided with her father, Mr. James W. Holbrook, at 4511 Sandy Ridge Road. She was 18 at the time of her death. Miss Holbrook was buried yesterday afternoon in the Greenlawn Memorial Park following a service at Dunbar's Devine Street Chapel. briefs - an to sing Committee is sponsoring a ski weekend at Seven Devils Ski Resort in N.C. February 5,6, and 7. The $28.00 fee includes tran sportation iby carl and room accomodations at Mountain Brook Motel ' 4 persons per room.) The equipment cost is $13.00 per day includes metal skis, buckle, boots, poles and insurance. TIhe complete cost is to be paid to Susie in room 404 of Russell House by .January 22. Skiing lessons will be available at additional cost. For further information contact l)ebbie Hurch at 5355. INSI 'ItANE ' :(l.ASNNOFF1:RE:D The University's College of Gseneral Studies, in cooperation with the Insurance Institute of America, is offering insurance classes during the spring semester, beginning Jan. 19 and running through May 4. Trhe course is designed to help the student understand the literature and other aspects of Insurance. Persons completing the course will recieve the Certificate in Qeneal Insane. Faculty to stadium alk Official opposition to the use of a $3.5 million grant is P' being planned by Professor Joseph Petrus of the political in science department. The money is part of the estate of Mrs. T. H. Brice. The SE executors of the will Philip L. Edwards and Thomas W. Edwards, nephews of Mrs. Brice, have directed that $2.75 se million be allotted for stadium expansion. The nephews ar have also designated $500,000 for the College of Nursing and in $250,000 to the USC Regional Campus at Conway. fa to Petrus objects specifically to the money allocated for the ca athletic department. At present he is directing his efforts fir through the faculty senate although he is not a member of that organization. al ''I'm acting essentially as a lobbyist," Petrus said. 'I'm at trying to work through the American Association of 12 University Professors and the Faculty Senate. I have the ce support of many faculty members. wi re "The fact that we have an inadequate library and that the th Coliseum has years of books in boxes because there is no place to put them is one reason for opposing the ap- sa eopll [Pol Jones to t] "A Funny Thing Happened On the Forum" Dep't. University president Dr. Thomas out-going Chief of Police W. T. Camp number of other dignitaries were on tt in the Sheraton Hotel on their way to when the elevator jammed. All the VIP's were trapped! Was there no rescue? Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Terrible Tom to the rescu Reaching into his utility belt, Dr. J< out a strange screw-driver-like device his engineering know-how, he jiggled I and a couple of other things, murmi magic words and drew cabalistic sic wall of the elevator. Behold, the elevaI again! Terrible Tom had saved the more! Remember Doris the Pigeon? She the porch of Doug Williams and his ro the seventh floor of 'M". Doug infor Doris' eggs have hatched. She not fledgling pigeons in her brood, wh teaching to fly. ''She puts them up c Dr. Jones ~u- , lead Classes will meet 7-9 p.m. on T'uesday nights. Tuition for the course is $52 which includes all Mary registration is recoin mended. Applications and further intormation are available from the USC College of General Studies, l'olumbia. S.C 29208. telephone Student Government will hold hearings for registration priorities at the Russell House. Room 207. on Monday. Feb. I .from I p.m.-4 p.m. and 6i p.m.-9 p.m. Only emergency cases will be heard Tuesday. The Student Senate Committees will issue priorities for the following reasons: health problems. job-class schedule conflicts, or unusual cir cumstances. Each student requesting a priority must present to the hearing committee his ap pointment card, a tentative class schedule, plus a written statement from his doctor, or employer, or otherwise present information explaining his par ticular situation. )ppose )cation -opriation. Another is the sad shape the social sciences are here,' he said. "What I'm working for now Is a resolution in the Faculty nate. Any further action is up to that body," Petrus said. "A number of professors are concerned that this might t a precedent on bequests. I feel that athletics are good id essential to a good program, but there are such. gross adequacies in the academic program and libraries. In ct, many professors are loaning out their personal books students because the libraries either don't have them or n't locate them. I've loaned out 50 of my own. A stadium is e, but let's put our academic house in order first. "The funds were already appropriated, the stadium was ready financed. An expansion of plans Is inappropriated this time when there are no salary increases (due to the per cent financial cutback) though there will be a 7 per nt increase in the cost of living. The faculty is going back 3rds. In fact, many faculty members are beginning to consider their jobs here. They are wondering whether ey can afford to stay," Petrus said. "The Board of Trustees has set the wrong priorities," he id. 1e rescule by Rob Bigalke Way to the cooler and pushes them off. I hope they learn to fly soon," Williams said. "They're getting to be,a pain." F. Jones, bell and a ie elevator a banquet In a survey of patronsof the Gamcock se hungry Sunday night, 33 perent of the students 1 veyed did not know who the Governor-elect of South Carolina is. Of the twenty students questioned, seven were unable to name the man who will take office on Jan. 19. For those of you who don't know, his'name is John West. A large gray cat which likes to roam the nes pulled campus stood on the steps of Davis College just . Using all after dark on a recent evening. From the eerie he framitz sound of his cries, he could have been foretelling hred some an event of no less significance than the end of ins on the time or a loss to Maryland. or worked day once Scene in front of Capstone--a coed trying to get resides on a relatively small car into a paraFel space on mmate on Barnwell Street. After almost ten minutes of mme ontbacking and going forward, she was successful.. ms us that in getting her back bumper lined with that of he ichash two Volkswagen parked in front of her space. One ic she ifS step down, four to go.