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Buy Your Invitations Senior C 44 4>c cToday University of South Carolina VOL._XVIII. COLUTM BIA, S. C., FR IDAY. APRIL 17, 1925 NO.23 UMMER SCHOOL WILL OPEN JUNE SIXTEENTH MANY NOTED INSTRUCTORS Preliminary Reports Show An nual School Will Be Creat Success The University of South Carolina announces the 1925 session of the Sum ner School, which was established in 1914 to meet the specific needs of high school teachers, and the teachers of high school subjects in graded schools. Numerous courses will be offered for teachers and students including a wide riety of studies and training for teachers. Among the many well known author ties, who will instruct at the Sum er School, in addition to most of the resent faculty of the institution, are: Richard Burton, Ph. D., head of De partment of English, University of innesota; Miss Katherine B. Hey ard, Graduate in art, College for omen, Columbia, Student of New ork School of Fine and Applied Art, eachers College, Now York School of pplied Design for Women, and of eacher's College; Mendel L. Smith, resent lecturer of Parliamentary Law ev. Henry D. Phillips, D. D., who will each Bible; Prof. R. L. Meriwether, ho has been at Columbia University or the past year, will teach History. s representatives of the teaching pro ssion there will be, in addition to rofs. Wardlaw, Stoddard, Parkinson, r. James D. Fulp, Mrs. A. R. Childs, rs. W. M. McCall, Mr. Ellison M. mith and Miss Kate Wofford. The aim of the school will continue o be that of the preceding session, hich was stated so well by its for r director, Superintendent Hand, s follows : "The aim is to give training in the bject matter which high school teach s have to teach, to add to the teach-. s stock of scholarship in these sub cts, and to make some study of the gh school pupil.....Some high school eachers fail because they are not mas ers of their subjects; others fail be use they do not understand the un erlying principles of teaching; still thers fail because they know little nothing of boys and girls of the igh school age. The University Sum er School undertakes to assist the rincipals and teachers in their tasks." The session of the Summer School gins on June 16th, and lasts until uly 25th. Information can be secured rom Professor Stoddard, director of e Summer School, or from the Bul tin of the Extension Department. - U.S.C. - OUNCIL PLANS FOR ANNUAL "Y" RETREAT The new "Y" council is m'saking lans for the annual spring retreat twhich time plans will be completed or the work of next year. It is un erstood that the "Y" has a number ifnew ideas for the program of the rganization for the next year and hese will be worked out at the re reat. The retreat will probably be around he last of the month at Adams pond. the council will go out Saturday af meroon and geturn Gunda!y after - U.s.c. - Buy Senior Invitations Now Saturday Last Day. 351 C( FOSTER OPENS PROGRAM AT CAROLINA SATURDAY MEETINGS NOT POSTPONED At Georgia This Week and Has Had Record Attendance Forum To Be Arranged Beginning tomorrow night at 7 o'clock at the University chapel, Dr. Allyn K. Foster will speak each night to the University students and faculty through Tuesday night. Dr. Foster's great message in all his talks will be "What does the University mean to my life?" Dr. Foster is speaking this week at the University of Georgia. The Uni versity is having such a great time with him that they telegraphed Mr. Bell asking him to postpone the meet ing for another day so they could keep Dr. Foster for another meeting. However, the schedules were printed and arranged and the request could not be granted without a great deal of confusion. Following is an extract from a letter received from the Uni versity of Georgia. "Dr. Foster's first meeting was at the First Presbyterian Church, Sun day morning. The meeting was well advertised. The Fraternities were in vited to attend in a body and six or eight availed themselves of the op portunity. There were more people present than we could get into the church. The same thing was true of the night service at the First Baptist Church. -verybody in Athens is talking about Dr. Foster and his great mes sage. He has reached a number of students and professors who claim to be liberal in their thinking." At Athens they have arranged for a Forum for students who would like to ask questions. This same thing will be arranged at Carolina if there is a demand for it. He is to take over an average of three class periods a day while here. - U.s.c. - Buy Senior Invitations Now Saturday Last Day. Carolina Plans To be Heh Various Musical Organizations of 4 Day Celebration Being Planne Jerome Swinford, of New The University of South Carolina is planning a music (lay. May 4th is the (lay set when the Department of Music, under Maurice Matteson as director, will try to demonstrate some thing of the work accomplished dur ing its first year of existence. The (lay will start with a special pro gram dluring the chapel hour of the pupils in the Music Department. The afternoon will be given over to the Carolina band which will arrange for a special concert on the campus. The two glee clubs will bring the (lay to a close with a joint concert at the Town Theatre. TIhe soloist at this performance will be a distinguish edl New York artist, Jerome Swin ford, baritone. Mr. Swinford was chosen as the ar tist in the glee club meet in Newv York this week, taking the place of the well )-EDS A T UN) Following the annual custom which has been observed by the University for some years the Co Eds have put out this issue of the GAMECOCK. A vote of thanks is extended to the regular Staff and to the stu dents who gave assistance to this paper. H. W.BEARD ELECTED TO HONORARY SOCIETY IS SIGMA XI FRATNERTY Graduate of Carolina Given High Honor at Yale-Also to Receive His Ph.D. Howard W. Beard, of Yale, a gradu ate of the University of South Caro lina, who received his M. A. at Col unibia University and who will receive his degree of doctor of philosophy this June, has just received the highest honor that can be bestored at Yale except the doctor's degree. He has been elected to full membership in Sigma Xi. This is a scientific equab alent of Phi Beta Ka-,pa. . To be eligible for membership the instructors, professors, or other mem bers of the faculty of the university must accomplish noteworthy achieve ment in research in some kind of pure or applied science, and must have registered students who have demon strated their aptitude for scientific re search by the actual accomplishment of such work. There are two classes of invitations to the Sigma Xi. One may be invited to be an associate or to be a full mem ber. Mr. Beard has been made the latter-which is the highest honor. Mr. Beard, the only spn of Mrs. Alice Beard of the University, after re ceiving his M. A. was a member of the Chicora faculty for two years. He took two years of medical work in Philadelphia, and then became an in structor in the medical school at Yale. Since receiving the Porter fellowship recently lie resigned as an instructor and has devoted full time to his stu dies. Music Day I Here May 4th .ampus Will Take Part in the May d By Department of Music York to Appear as Soloist known baritone, Reinald Warrenrath, who had received the appointment for a number of years. It was Mr. Swin ford who last week accompanied the University of North Carolina glee club on their trip to Kansas City. After the evening concert there will be a reception given in honor of the visiting artist and in the afternoon the glee clubs will be entertained at tea. 'rhere are 20 patrons wvho are push ing the music festival and about 200 reservedl seats for sale. "It is hoped t'hat the day will be a feast of music for all," said Mr. Mat teson. "The University needs at least one (lay of this kind each . year and as there is usually some celebration for May Day nothing could be more enjoyab)le andl entertaining for the day that suggests life and spring than FVERSITY OF TWO CAROLINA STUDENTS OFFERED FELLOWS CO-EDS ENTERED UNIV. IN SESSION OF 1896 MRS. 0. L. KEITH FIRST University Was Confined to Four Walls-Davis and LeConte Not Built In 1895, when the legislature passed the bill admitting co-eds to the Uni versity, then the South Carolina Col lege, it was with hearty disapproval among the professors and boys. It was considered only an experiment. Frances Guignard Gibbes, now Mrs. Oscar L. Keith, was the first woman to be enrolled in the institution. When it was known that she wanted to enter the college, Dr. James Woodrow, presi dent of the institution, wrote a letter of disapproval to her father, saying that it was very unwise to send her there. However, she came in order to receive instruction needed to pur sue a literary career. More Co-eds came the next year, making seven or eight in all. They, feeling the responsibility of the expe rinent, and unwilling to let the boys get ahead of them, made the goal for their marks-"the double star" which was the highest that could be made. The campus at that time was con lined to the four walls. Davis and LeConte colleges were still undreamed of. The chemistry and physical labo ratories were in the "Old Science Hall" -now the remodeled gymnasium. There was only one room which the girls could call their own for study. It was in West De Saussaure. The library was their most frequently used study place. The Co-eds were required to attend chapel at nine o'clock every Monday morning and report "Yes" or "No" in regard to going to church the day be fore. A sorority was formed and the meet ings were held in West De Saussure. It is said that the initiations at that time were severe. - U. S.C. - JUNIORS WILL FETE SENIORS AT BANQUET AT JEFFERSON ON MAY 7th Plans Are Being Pushed For An nual Affair-Many Novelties Are Arranged The annual Junior-Senior banquet will be held at the Jefferson Hotel on the evening of May 7th. Last year's classes started this custom at the Uni versity. Tht "upper classmien" are anticipat ing even a larger one this year than was had last year. The various committees have been selected and plans for the affair are rapidly materializing. Clyde White is chairman of the finance group, Miss Celeste Riolette of the entertainment, and Emnmet Howe of the decoration. "We're going to give the Seniors a big send-off" says Marion Swink, Junior calss president. "The hall will be attractively decorated, andl the tables will be loaded with eats. There will b)e lots of souvenirs, noise and fun. SOuTH CAR( OF CHEMISTRY ARE IPS BY FIVE UNIVERSITIES ARE DOWLING AND M'KEE Now Doing Graduate Work Here And Instructing in Chemistry -Dowling to Princeton f. I. Dowling of Saluda, graduate student in science at Carolina, has ac cepted a teaching fellowship to Prince ton to work on his doctor's degree and will leave for the Tiger City the mid (ie of September, according to an an nouncement made exclusively to THE GAMECOCK last evening by Dr. G. F. Lipscomb of the Department of Che mistry of the University. Dowling, an instructor in Chemistry, received his B. S. at Carolina in 1924 and is a candidate for M. A. in Chem istry this June. He was also offered fellowships at Maryland and North western Universities. These awards were made last week by the Depart ment of Chemistry on a basis of grad uate and research work done under Dr. Lipscomb. A member of the South Carolina Academy of Science Dowling relivered a paper at the recent meeting in Col umbia on "A study of the effect of Hydrogen and Nitrogen upon the life of cotton." At present Dowling ex pects to be at Princeton next year to teach undergraduate classes but there is a possibility that he will remain at Carolina another year to finish some research work if he is unable to com plete it by mid-summer. in this event he will go to Princeton the following year. A. H. McKee, better known on the football field as Buddy, was offered fellowships to Lafeyette, Princeton and Yale at the same time as Dowling's offer was made known, but up to the present time has not accepted any of these. McKee is also a member of the Aca demy of Science and at the recent meeting delivered a paper on "Catalitic Organic exidation ,with salts of Vana dium." He is a graduate of Columbia High where lie specialized in Chemis try, received his B. S. at Carolina in 1923 and will receive a M. S. this June. It is understood that McKee may remain at Carolina another year to finish his research in the field upon which he delivered his paper to the Science group,. in such event he will go to one of the Universities offering him a fellowship the following year. The offer of tlies- fellowships to University of South Carolina grauates is proof of the high scholastic esteem held or the University throughout the country and speaks well for the Department of Chemistry, of which every full professor is a Ph. D. The faculty oi this department are G. F. Heidelberg and W. A. Whitesell, Johns Lipsconib, Princeton; W. B. Burney, Hopkins. Tlhe Departument of Chem istry also has the most complete lihra ry in the South adnd one of the b)est in the country. Graduates in Chemistry at Carolina have madle a name for themselves in the Chemical world and many have responsible positions wvith bilig com pamies. of course the Gamecock orchestra will furnish the music. Many out-of towvn guests will be present and we amll are looking forward o May 7th with much pleasure." |LINA |