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VOL. XXIII. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929 No. 12
Carolina Opens
Dramatic Season
"He Who Gets Slapped" First
Production of Palmetto Players
Tuesday Night
"He Who Gets Slapped," first production
of the Palmetto Players, will
be presented in the chapel on Tuesday,
December 17, especially for the benefit
of the students. On the following
night the presentation will be open
to the public. Professor Dean assures
The Gamecock that he will reserve
all of the first performances of
the Palmetto Players for the students
at a special rate of twenty-five cents.
All other performances will be open
to the public and the admission will
be one dollar.
Since the inception of the players
three months ago a great deal has
been accomplished by this organization.
Over thirty schools have been
assisted through the bureau of drama
throughout this State, and also one in
North Carolina and one in New Jersey*
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H. Winfield Grimes will sing the (
prologue accompanied by M. Berry {
Seay at the piano. *
The following students are members
of the cast: Alice Owings, Julian
Roper, Therese Field, Wilmont Ja- ]
cobs, Chick Foster, Robert McLane,
Pierce Gulledge, Robert H. Atkinson,
Percy Petit, Sanders Guignard, Mona
Martin, Phyllis Yarborough, G. T.
Pugh, Jr., Marie Odom, Mildred '
Hines, Daisy Lee Powell, Henry A.
White, Emily Fowles, Bobbie Ellsworth,
Rose Patterson, and Mrs. William
Dean.
The stage crew is made up of:
Bannic Stewart, G. T. Pugh, P. K. Livingston,
Francis Salley, Buster Spann, *
T. G. Anderson, J. R. Anderson, and i
F. L. Harper. I
General costumes and production assistance
have been furnished by the
University's drama classes: English
33, 23, and 41.
The house managers will be: Bob
Sparks, Ashley Halsey, Julian Bcall,
Bob Gressette, and T. Peter Devlin.
The assistant house managers are:
William Zeigler, Walter Simn s, and
Alice Prioleau, treasurer.
The Thespian Club, which is now
an auxiliary to the Palmetto Players,
will provide the ushers. Eleven of
Carolina's most beautiful girls will act
in the capacity of ushers. These are:
Willie B. Taylor, Susan Guignard,
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IT. S. O.
DR. G. A. WAUCHOPE
ADDRESSES U. D. C.
Speaks At Trinity Parish House
Honoring The Memory Of
Henry Timrod
Speaking in honor of the memory
of Henry Timrod, Dr. George A.
Wauchope, head of the department of
English at the University of South
Carolina, addressed a small gathering
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
at the Trinity Episcopal
Church parish house Sunday atter- j
noon, December 8. {
Dr. Wauchope called Timrod a
"great American poet," an accomplished
lover who had at least a dozen *
sweethearts, and the "bugler of the ]
Confederacy."
Appreciation of his works came late, ^
Dr. Wauchope said. It was after 1870 J
when the memorial editions of his
poems appeared, but since that time
critical estimates and studies of the
poet have been published frequently
until the present.
"'I he shot at Fort Sumter was the '
electrjc spark that fired his genius," 1
he said, after sketching Timrod's un- *
successful attempt at law and teach- ,
ing, and the great struggle he had ,
surviving ill health. "He was too
absent minded and unsystematic to be- '
come a good teacher. He wrote many I
of his best poems to his girl pupils."
"Until the Confederate war Timrod
had been almost exclusively a poet of
nature and of love, but when con?
fronted with problems of war, he i
turned his pen and wrote splendid war I
poems." <
Mrs. J. Frost Walker of Union, s
State president of the United Daugh- 1
ters of the Confederacy, presided. <
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Elected editor-in-chief of The Gamecock
for the next semester. Mr. Hal>ey
is the second editor chosen under
:he new constitution of 1929.
NATION'S HEAD
MEETS GLEE CLUB
Herbert Hoover Has His Picture
Taken With University Of
South Carolina Boys
Returning Tuesday from their tour,
he Glee Club brought with them a
>icture of President Hoover, who
cindly consented to have his picture
:aken with them. Promptly at noon
Saturday the songbirds, together with
Senator K. D. Smith and his secretary,
Charlie Jackson, appeared at
he White House and immediately the
President appeared. He shook hands
,vith the Carolinians and said that he
vas glad to meet them.
Senator Smith introduced the boys
>ver a Washington broadcasting staion,
paying tribute to South Carolina,
o the University and to the musicians.
\fter that the Glee Club songsters
themselves got on the "mike" and
showed the world what they could do
n a musical line.
Friday morning they rendered a
urogram at the Y. W. C. A. in Washngton.
Their invitation to broadcast
vas a result of the impression they
nade by their Friday morning program.
A number of South Carolinians
md some Columbians were present at
he morning program.
After losing their music Sunday
light, December 8, when they were
eturning from a church concert, there
.vas some doubt as to whether the club
;ould make the trip. But Director
Ifatteson got hot under the collar,
lumped up and down, and finally
scraped up some more music. Everyhing
turned out fine and the songsters
left for their trip about noon
Monday, December 9.
U.8.O.
FRIERSON VISITS
IN NEW ORLEANS
Dean J. Nelson Frierson and possibly
Professor William H. Wicker,
vill attend the convention of the Association
of American Law Schools
vhich will be held in New Orleans on
December 28th, 29th and :iOth. The
Roosevelt Hotel will be the convention
headquarters.
Dean Frierson is a member of the
committee on Jurisprudence and Legal
History. Besides attending the meetings
of this committee, lie will also
take part in various round-table discussions
and business sessions. The
association discusses those problems
that concern the teaching of law in
colleges.
DITOR OF C
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STUDENT BOARD
ELECTS STAFF
Leroy M. Want Elected Managing
Editor And Seven Associates
Are Chosen
At a meeting of the Student Board
of Publication last Thursday night,
Ashley Halsey, Jr., of Charleston, was
elected to succeed Robert H. Atkinson,
of Hagood, as editor in chief, and
Leroy M. Want, of Darlington, was
chosen succcssor to Wilson O. Weldon,
of Columbia, as managing editor
of The Gamecock for the next
semester. At the same time the other
members of the staff were announced,
and these new editors will take office
in February.
Mr. Halsey is a member of the
Clariosophic Literary Society and has
served on The Gamecock for several
years, last holding the position of associate
editor. He is a senior in the
School of Journalism, and is president
of the Sigma Delta Chi journalistic
Upsilon. He is a member of Sigma
Chi and holds several other campus
honors, among the editorship of The
Carolinian, the excellence of which
has improved.
Mr. Want, the managing editor, is a
member of the Euphradian Literary
Society and has held several positions
on the stall, the last one being associate
managing editor. He is a sophomore
in the School of Journalism and
a pledge of Sigma Delta Chi. He also
holds membership in the Phi Epsilon
Pi Fraternity, the German Club, and
last year's debating team.
The board elected seven associate
editors, Wilson O. Weldon, W. Frank
Taylor, J. A. Cathcart, N. W. Brooker,
W. G. Jeffords, Foy Stevenson, and
Dorothy Penlatid. J. Mitchell Morse
and W. I. Latham were made associate
managing editors. All of these
have served several semesters on the
staff.
The completed editorial staff is as
j follows: Lewis H. Wallace, news editor;
Julian Krawchek, sports editor;
Mclvin Karesh, alumni editor; Jack
Foster, fraternity editor; John White,
Y. M. C. A. editor; William Geddings,
exchange editor; and J. Roy Prince,
joke editor. The new co-ed staff will
include: Darice Jackson, editor; Clelia
K. Black, news editor; Lois M.
Fischer, society editor; and Frances
Black, feature editor. These were
chosen on the basis of their success
in their former positions and are expected
to prove themselves easily
adaptable to their new editorships.
The Board elected the following assistants,
tentative to their becoming
members of one of the literary societies
before the end of the first semester:
W. B. King, Lester Hamilton,
John A. Giles, Ethel Galloway, Sarah
Agnes Jackson, Annie May Pickens,
Vera Jones, Frost Walker, R. O. McCutchen,
Jr., and I'Ans Jackson.
U.8.C.
BOARD DISCUSSES
FILLING STATION
1930 BUDGET ADOPTED
At a meeting of the University of
South Carolina board of trustees at
11 o'clock Wednesday morning in the
library building, T. T. Moore and
Robert Moorman, Sr., appeared before
the body in regard to the question
of building a filling station opposite
Flinn Hall, at the corner of Pendleton
and Sumter streets. No action
was taken by the board.
An objection to building such a
structure had been raised by some
people of the community and Mr.
Moore, representing the estate, a part
of which was under discussion, and
Mr. Moorman, attorney for the estate,
put the proposition before the board
to see if there could be any objection !
on the part of the University author-1
itics.
The board also adopted the 1930
budget for the University which was!
drawn up by a committee to be submitted
to the legislature at its next
meeting.
The meeting lasted for several
hours.
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Wilson Weldon as managing
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office for the coming term.
CAROLINA WINS
FIRST DEBATE
Season Opens With Victory Over
University of North Carolina
Debaters
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Carolina opened its 11)29-30 debating
season here Friday night with a close
win over the University of Nortli
Carolina on the query: "Resolved,
That the nations should adopt a plan
of complete disarmament, except such
forces as are needed for police purposes."
South Carolina upheld the
affirmative of the query, aud was represented
by J. Woodrow Lewis of
Darlington and Francis W. Wood of
Anderson. J. M. bailey and C. W.
Meares were the negative speaker?
from the University ot North Carolina.
The Euphradian Hall was well
nigh filled to capacity with a large
number of students and residents of
Columbia. Three prominent Columbians,
Andrew J. Bethea, W. W. Holland,
and W. F. Reese served as
judges. Wilson O. Weldon, secretary
of the debating* council, presided, and
J. Reuben Long, vice-chairman of the
council, served as chief marshal.
| The home team proved conclusively
that war was undesirable and
that eternal peace was the only thing
that could work to the best advantage
of the world. They showed that complete
disarmament, with all disputes
settled by courts of arbitration, was
the only thing that could bring about
this desired world-wide peace. The
negative debaters based their argument
on the fact that the world is not
ready for disarmament, that distrust,
suspicion, and jealousy are far too
rampant to permit one nation to trust
the good intentions of another.
The next debate will be held on
February 8, mo, with the team from
Ohio Wesley a n. The rest of the
schedule will be announced after the
holidays.
COLEMAN TALKS
TO SCIENTISTS
Dr. Bruce Coleman, of the department
of mathematics, addressed the
Carolina Scientific Society at its regular
monthly meeting on Thursday
evening, December 12. Dr. Coleman's
discourse was largely historical in
nature, discussing the works and
opinions of various mathematicians on
the theory of numbers. Some interesting
points of the theory were portrayed,
and in conclusion the speaker
discussed briefly his own work on the !
subject, which he has recently done
at the University of California.
It was announced that the January
Program will be in charge of the department
of geology, and at that time
the election of officers for the sprint?
term will be held.
Seniors' Theses
Discuss Needs
Plans Made For Stadium, Pool,
Coal Pen And Many Other
Improvements
Walter E. Rowe, dean of the School
of Engineering, has just informed The
Gamecock that the Engineering Department
has decided to act on the
suggestion of 'I he Gamecock for improvements
at Carolina, and has assigned
a number of interesting theses
to he written by the seniors in his
"v", engineering course this year.
1 he casual observer," says Dean
Rowe, "will easily discern the need of
most of these suggested improvements,
and we hope that their achievment
may be a possibility in the near
future."
Milton Joye has chosen for his
thesis an "Underpass on Green Street."
He proposes to draw up plans, specifications
and estimates for the underpass,
which will furnish a means of
transportation for pedestrians to obviate
the danger from surface traffic.
A football stadium for the University,
which will seat 30,000 spectators,
to be constructed of steel and reinforced
concrete, will furnish the theme
for the theses of Julian Shand and
T. H. Briggs.
J. W. Thompson has chosen for his
subject a concrete bin to be built for
the University to take the place of the
unsightly coal pen now on the campus.
An electric hoist will be part of
its equipment.
Plans and specifications for a radial
brick or reinforced concrete smoke
stack will be compiled by H. F. Garns.
The design is to replace the four
metal stacks now in use on the University
campus, and will furnish capacity
for future extensions.
Martin Hiza will write a thesis on
the need of a swimming pool for the
University, and will submit in it plans
and specifications for the construction
of a tile lined swimming pool together
with the proper housine.
A. McCarrell and W. M. Dinkins
will write a paper on cement sidewalks
and curbs for the University campus
and the surrounding streets.
E. E. Edwards and Daniel Brown
will write a thesis giving surveys,
plans, specifications, profiles and estimates
for a vehicular viaduct ftom
Green Street to Wales Garden, making
provision for building supported
the viaduct, the viaduct serving as a
roof for the buildings.
WILLIAMSON WINS
SOCIETY CONTEST
Six Members In Annual Race For
Euphradian Oratorical
Medal
At the regular meeting of the
Euphradian Literary Society last
I uesday night, the society oratorical
contest was held. There
were six contestants for the
medal to be awarded to the winner.
I he speakers and their subjectsi
were as. follows: Joe Stone,
Ani i-I rohibition ; S. E. Brown,
South Carohna s Spirit of Unity";
LeRoy M. Want, 'America's Heroes":
ri ?. _rown> Jr-> "Message of the
*** ' ,/a?k Hail, "America in It's
Making ; Leonard Williamson, "Prohibition.
vv-nrSt p,aCC W,as awardc'd to Leonard
lack Hall" "'i rcu";' l>,ace wcnt ?o
Jack Hall. Judges for the contest
were: Dr Patterson Wardlaw, Prof.
Yo",nyRi?"aV,S an<1 J?h" Madis??
The contest was open to all members
who had not previously won a
medal m the Euphradian Society. AU
of the speeches were well rendered
and, according to the statement of the
judges, the decision of first and second
place was unusually close and a second
vote was necessary to break the tie
Leonard Williamson, winner of first
place made an inspiring and clear
peech in which he presented his
points vividly. All of the speakers
;ZCrmp ,mC,,teL(1 by President Law/'
aL * conc,usion of the
meeting, for their efforts.