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. I CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA CAROLINIAN TO WJFSX /WLJEl' 4T^$TZ.PALMETTO PLAYERS GET CONSTITUTION j/^ A \J PLAN PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OP SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. XXIII. ' COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1930 No. 15 TRUST! SPARKS RESIGNS ANNUAL OFFICE HILDEBRAND MANAGES Appointment Will Be Confirmed Or Protested By Student Body Within Five Days Hard upon the heels of a fight over the handling of publication funds, in which he took an active part, comes the resignation of Robert Sparks as business manager of the Garnet and Black. R. B. Hildcbrand, manager of the 1928 book, will act as business manager to replace Sparks. Hildebrand was appointed acting manager by Robert Wauchopc, editor, when Sparks resigned. He is the choice of the annual staff for the position. If the appointment of Hildebrand does not meet with protest from the student body within five days, he will be confirmed in office by the student activities committee, Dr. R. K. Foster says. ^ There is no machinery for the selection of a business manager in mid-year, so that Hildebrand's succession is without precedent. "Should any students disagree with this procedure, I will be glad to have my name placed before the student body in an open race for the managership," Hildebrand states. "An election will take_ some time, however, and the situation demands someone to step in immediately." Due to his experience as manager in 1928, Hildebrand is one of the few men fitted to take up affairs of the annual while in course of publication. He has already assumed duties of his office. Sparks left the University for New York Saturday. Before leaving, he had his registration fees refunded by the treasurer. There is no official rccord of his withdrawal, but an honorable discharge is his for the asking, says Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the University. "Sparks first applied for an honora m e dtecharge Saturday, February Dr. Douglas stated. "I was out of the city then, and on my return told him that he would have to stay and appear before the board of trustees' committee. He has done so, the matter is closed, and an honorable discharge will be given him on application." TJ.H.O. MAGAZINE STAFF CHOSEN SOON? COMMITTEE DRAFTS PLAN New Documents To Be Presented Societies At Early Date Articles in The Carolinian constitution providing for the election of editorial staff members have been drawn up, and the committee appointed by the four literary societies to frame a constitution has only to complete sections on the creation of a business supervisory board before the constitution is placed in the hands of the societies for approval. A meeting of the committee was held 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and the business clauses discussed. The girls' societies plan a joint session Wednesday afternoon in the Clariosophic hall. I he committee is composed of R. H. Atkinson, acting chairman; Harry DeJ ass, Nigel League, Darice Jackson, Dorothy Whaley, and Bruce Davis. At its first meeting Harry DePass was appointed to draft the proposed document. Two meetings have since been peld, at which most of the provisions in the constitution have been considered nad approved by the committee. "The proposed Carolinian constitution appears to me to be an excellent one, declares Dr. R. K. Foster, dilator of student activities with whom 'Jel ass conferred. Other members of the committee also inspected the constitution. Provisions on staff members salaries have been passed upon avorably by the student activities committee. A similar provision founding a business board for The Gamecock will be ottered as an amendment to its constitution along with The Carolinian constitution. AR ST I rs CAROLI CITADEL ALSO SUFFERS SLICE $40,600 Taken From University By Amendment Passed By House With 17 academic graduates of the University voting against and only 6 for it, the amendment to cut the University of South Carolina's items in the general appropriation bill passed the house of representatives Thursday 69 to^ 41, with 13 legislators not voting. ^ The University's appropriation will not he considered by the senate until the entire general appropriation bill has been placed in its hands by the house. Graduates of the law school, many of whom owed previous allegiance to other colleges before attending Carolina, split their votes pro and con, but the men who took undergraduate work here fought a strenuous battle until the final roll call spelled defeat. As amended, the appropriation bill reduces the University's funds ten per cent, from $465,036 to $418,532. The Citadel's also suffered reduction, and paring of the Clemson and Winthrop budgets is in prospect. Among those supporting the CaroUna side in debate on the floor were Representative R. B. Herbert of Richland and Representative Henry Buist, Jr., Charleston, class of '26. Those voting "yea" and consequently approving the cut, arc: John K. Hatnblin (Speaker), Union; W. T. Beasley, Georgetown; E. H. Blacknion, Orangeburg; R. T. Blease, Saluda; W. B. Boinest, Newberry; J. H. Brown, Spartanburg; F. A. Carwile, Abbeville; James R. Coggeshall, Darlington; W. P. Conyers, Greenville; J. G. Cooner, Lexington; J. H. Drummond, Greenville; J. W. Duncan, Aiken; G. L. Ford, Horry; H. A. Foster, Pickens; E. B. Friday, Orangeburg; J. Bates Gerald, Clarendon; H. C. Godfrey, Spartanburg; A. P. Grant, Oconee; J. W. Hamer, Dillon; J. E. Harley, Barnwell; W. D Harris, Greenville; Phil Huff, Laurens; J. F. Hutto, Orangeburg; J. B. Jackson, Spartanburg; Julian L. Johnson, Georgetown; Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg; W. C. Johnston, Anderson; J. E. Kaiser, Lexington; Faber W. Kearse, Bamberg; B. K. Keenan, Aiken; Newton Kelly, Kershaw; Arthur Kibler, Newberrv; W. B. Kirby, Cherokee; J. Boyd Lancaster, Union,' Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster, Spartanburg; N. J. Laney, Lee; Dr. David Lyles, York; J. W. Mack, Calhoun; J. J. Mayson, Greenwood; Howard McCravey, Spartanburg; J. O. McDatiiel, McCormick; J. K. McElveen, Sumter; W. H. McElveen, Florence; N. J. Moore, Greenwood; Robert Muldrow Sumter; Wade H. Nicholson, Oconee; George D. Oxner, Greenville; B. J. Pearman, Anderson; M. M. Player, Sumter; W. H. Price, Lexington; J. C. Redmon, Orangeburg; G. M. Reid, Anderson; J. P. Richardson, Clarendon; Dr. Olin Sawyer, Georgetown; G. W. Scott, Edgefield; H. J. Senscney, Charleston; R. S. Sloan, Marion; (Continued on Page 6) U.H.O. WEEKLY CALENDAR Wednesday 4:15?Co-ed Literary Societies meet. 5:00?Gamecock Staff meeting. 8:00?Citadel-Carolina Basketball game. Thursday 7:15?K. S. K. Meeting. Friday 8:00?Chanticleer Club meets. ?Florida-Carolina Basketball game. Saturday 8:00?Students Social at Washington Street Church. 8:00?Florida-Carolina Basketball game, Citadel-Carolina Boxing in Charleston. Sunday 7:00?"Y" meeting in chapel. Monday 7:00 Y. M. C. A. Promotion Force meeting. JD ENTS NA FUNDS1 ??? B] 1 1 ( 1 ] < I 1 ( < < I i C. Lawson Scott succeeds E. B. 1 Norris as president of the Clariosophic ' literary society. Scott is last presi- 5 dent to come from the class of 1930. 1 C. L. SCOTT GIVES ; OPENING ADDRESS ' ] Installation Of Clariosophic Offi- J cers Takes Place; Board Of \ Pardons Announced , < i The inauguration of C. L. Scott of Johnson as president of the Clario- < sophic Literary society and the in- 1 stallation of other officers took place i at the last meeting of the society, I February 4th. ( In accepting the presidency, Mr. ' Scott is giving to the organization the ' services of one of its best members. 1 His abilities have been generally ( recognized, as shown by the many honors that have been conferred on ' him. Among other things, he holds 1 the position of business manager of 5 The Gamecock and membership in O. D. K. leadership fraternity. 5 E. Lawson Farmer took the oath of \ the vice-presidency. Mr. Farmer has . held other offices during his four 1 years of membership and is prominent in literary activities. Bill Herbert, retiring treasurer, took ' the office of secretary, while J. Woodrow Lewis of Darlington, member of the University debating team, accepted 1 the duties of society treasurer. W. R. Taylor of Kershaw and ( Thomas Hankins of Lakevicw were * inducted into the offices of critic and 1 sergeant-at-arms, respectively. Fresh- \ men Hanna and Benton took over their duties as monitors for the coin- ' ing term. ' The new board of pardons includes ' John A. Moroso, chairman, Lester H. Hamilton, and Joe Brown. u.s.o. ' ESSAY CONTEST IS ANNOUNCED I DISARMAMENT IS SUBJECT "The subject of the essay for the ' John Schreiner Reynolds' medal for I this year is 'Disarmament,' " announces : Prof. F. W. Bradley, who founded the ' medal to honor a comrade lost in France. It is requested that this sub- 1 ject be treated from the date of the treaty of Paris down to the present. "The minimum length of the paper j is eight typewritten pages and there is no limit to the number of pages a ' student may write," Professor Bradley says: "The paper is due any time 1 between now and May 15, and any except graduate students may compete. References may be given as footnotes or in parenthesis in the body of the essay. A full documentation of each essay is required." Several years ago Professor Bradley founded the medal in honor of his classmate, John Schreiner Reynolds. He invested two hundred dollars with the treasurer of the University. This money was lent out and the interest derived from it is used to purchase the medal, which is awarded each year. ?ES HE HOUSE CU' 4 SA SL? -;>'' jHSt Jm s . *i^3 S. E. Brown of Jacksonville, first out-of-state president elected by the Euphradian literary society in many years. BROWN CHOSEN TO HEAD EUPHRADIAN Florida Boy Elected To Highest Honor Within Gift Of Society S. K. Brown of Jacksonville, Fla., was elected president of the Euphradian literary society at its last meeting, held on January 21. Mr. Brown is the first out-of-state man to be given the highest office in the society for several years. The office of president comes to him after four years of active membership, during which he held several minor offices and was prominent in oratorical circles. He is a member of the local religious fraternity and has numerous other campus honors, among them being an associate editorship of the Y. M. C. A. Handbook. Pat Nelson of Columbia was chosen for the office of vice-president by acclamation. He is also a member of long standing and is prominent on the Pan-Hellenic Council, having represented it at a convention in New York. Carl F. Brown of Rock Hill was elected literary critic to succeed Frank Taylor of Florence. Mr. Brown has taken an active part in literary activities, having served one term as vicepresident of the Euphradian and is now circulation manager of The Gamecock. Other officers elected were: secretary, Marion T. Yates of Darlington; treasurer, Carl D. Wilson of Matthews, N. C.; orderly critic, J. Mitchell Morse of Columbia; censor, Carlisle Roberts of Columbia; recorder, Melton Goodstein of Florence; reporter, Julius Gordin of Summerton; and custus forum, Lawrence Case of Inman, retiring president. The new group of officers will be installed at the next meeting Feb. 11. REGISTRATION IS BEST IN HISTORY NEARLY 1700 REGISTER Soaring to heights never before attained in the history of the school, registration at the University has reached a total of almost 1,700 students, according to reliable reports. The exact figures have not yet been released by the registrar. Regular registration began Monday, February 3 and continued through Tuesday, February 4. Students are being allowed to register until Wednesday, February 19, which is the last possible day to register for the second semester. A fee of two dollars for the first day after February 4 and one dollar for each succeeding day is charged students who register late. Three students have the honor of being the first to register for the second semester. They are Miss Subcna W. Reynolds, a special student, C. H. Frick, senior in engineering, and Richard T. Hallem, law student. ' CASE SPECIAL GROUP TO MAKE REPORT ON STUDENT ACTIVITIES Elildebrand Reads Resolutions Passed At Student Body Session; Discussion Follows Hearing of the student body's resoutions and statements pertaining to he student activities fund was conlucted by a special committee of the poard of trustees Thursday afternoon. Mo definite conclusion was reached, ind the committee will report an undisclosed opinion to the board at its iext session. Only the probability hat no reapportionment of the fund jvill take place was held forth by the nembers of the committee. Consisting of Senator R. S. Rogers 3f Dillon, chairman, Cyrus L. Shealy pf Lexington, and James H. Sullivan pf Laurens, the committee was appointed with full authority to investigate all contentions after a regular meeting of the board of trustees failed :o hear the student committee at its scheduled meeting before examination A-eek. Resolutions drawn up at a student pody meeting which packed the chapel ,vcre passed after a stormy session. A :ommittee consisting of R. B. Hildeprand, later chosen chairman, Julian Beall, Robert Sparks, Ashley Halsey, Lawson Scott, and Joseph C. Hiott, lVas appointed to present the articles ;o the trustees and set forth complaints of the student body against a series of resolutions compiled by the student activities committee headed py Dr. R. K. l-'oster. These resolutions were read to the ;ommittee of trustees Thursday by kildebrand. The trustees questioned nembers of the student committee, the president of the student body, presidents of both men's literary societies, ind the editors and business managers pf publications, all of whom were present. Those not on the student rommittee came by request. Only three trustees and representaives of the student body attended the rieeting in the University library. The student activities committee, Dr. R. K. Foster, George Olsen, R. G. Bell ind Charles M. Mercer appeared before the trustees in the office of Dr. D. M. Douglas the afternoon preceding the student hearing. Come to Hear Students "We arc here to listen sympatheti;ally to the students' viewpoint, then to make a presentation to the full tjoard of trustees," Senator Rogers as presiding ofiicer told the students. He designated the two principal questions, to whom the student acivities fund belonged, and as to the manner of its distribution, and stated hat the trustees had been informed by Dr. Douglas of the differences arising ipon these points between the students and the faculty committee on activities. When asked what he thought about the literary societies' position in the matter, Lawson Scott, president of the Clariosophic society and business manager of '1 he Gamecock, replied that the societies' only objection was to the possible reduction of their funds. He explained the method by which finances of the literary societies were handled. ... "I have no criticism of the division :>f funds, unless it is to wish that the [publications were given more. It seems to me that the affair in question was raised by the withholding of publications' money," Scott told the trustees. He would have the treasurer vested with full authority to disburse funds, giving the societies theirs biannually, but pointed out that the publication money could not be handled quite the same way. Lawrence Case, president of the Euphradian literary society, expressed general agreement with the resolutions proposed by the student activities committee when questioned as to his opinion. "Makes Messengers of Managers "What is your objection to oversight of the activities fund by the faculty, keeping in mind that this is not the students or the trustees, but the State's University?" Mr. Shealy asked Joseph Hiott, business manager of The Carolinian. "The proposed system would make (Continued on Page 6)