The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 11, 1930, Image 1
. 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)