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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA n*v* C. Library HONOR SYSTEM TO ??jA JUNICR DWICE BE REINSTATED y7^ SATURDAY NIGHT UNIVERSITY OF ss&t SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. XXIII. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1930. ~~ No. 19 Honor Spirit Discussed DR. BRADLEY CHAIRMAN Representative Students Meet With Honor Committee Of Faculty Plans for a revival of the honor spirit at Carolina were discussed at the first of a series of meetings held in the University library Thursday afternoon. A number of representative students were invited by Dr. F. W. Bradley, chairman, to meet with the honor committee of the faculty, and confer as to the best methods of reinstating the honor system in full force. The group will meet again March 20 to decide upon a definite procedure. "The honor system has never been abolished at the University, and no such step has ever been considered," declared Doctor Bradley. "Only the honor committee has been done away, at the students' request, after appeal to the student body for trial had proved a failure in the eyes of the students." Students present were R. B. Hildebrand, president of O. D. K.; E. B. Norris, president of Blue Key; Mayre Wall, president of Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary sorority; Yates S. Williams, vice-president of the junior class; Frank Buie, president of the senior class; Ashley Halsey, vice-president of senior class; Bert Karick. president of the Y. M. C. A.; Foy Stevenson, vice-president of Alpha Kappa Gamma; Anne L. New, treasurer A. K. G., and Virginia Muller, secretary A. K. G. Meeting with the students were the following members of the faculty honor committee: Dr. F. W. Bradley, chairman; Prof. J. B. Coleman. Dr. Josiah Morse, Dr. T. F. Ball, and Dr. Ralph K. Foster. Round table discussion of the present situation of the honor system, its causes, and possible remedies took up the entire meeting. A special committee headed by Frank Buie will meet during the week to devise a system bringing back the general observation of the honor system. Members of this committee have not yet been named, but as suggested by Doctor Bradley, one will come from Alpha Kappa Gamma, one from Blue Key, one from O. D. K., and two from the student body at large. This sub-committee will report at the meeting March 20. The three leadership organizations have been promulgating an awakening of the honor sentiment at Carolina, and the joint meeting with the faculty is a result of their work. PHI BETA KAPPA HEARSMCBRYDE Desire For Learning Is Necessary For Oood Scholarship, Says Speaker "Although I occasionally question whether the initiates Phi Beta Kappa is now getting are equipped to carry on the work of the fraternity as laid out by its founders, I do not blame the youth of today entirely for their lack of interest in books," said Dr. John M. McBryde, dean of the Graduate School of Tulanc University in his address before the local chapter of the fraternity and its guests in chapel, Wednesday night. "Some of the blame must go to the many new distractions of life and some to the colleges themselves. All personal contact with students has disappeared in the larger colleges and degrees and credits arc placed in the foreground far too often for the accomplishment of real learning." Dr. McBrydc told of the original scholastic ideals of the fraternity and how the modern idea of scholarship was falling somewhat short of them, lie said that real scholarship could not be gotten by such artificial means as the awarding of medals and prizes, but would have to come in the form of a desire for learning for its own sake instilled into the students by a reformed faculty, a faculty that found it possible to come into contact with their students outside of the class room and a faculty that had the leisure for experimentation and investigation. The speaker stated that in order for a reform of our educational system to (Continued on Page 5) Revival By Students ? University Shares Rotary Program Professor Sumwalt And R. G. Bell On Vocational Guidance Committee The vocational guidance program which is being sponsored by the University of South Carolina in conjunction with the Rotary International of North and South Carolina, is meeting with much success and finds that a great amount of interest has been stimulated by their attempts to help ' students find themselves. In Colum- ' bia alone at least four thousand pupils are being reached. The speakers who address Carolina's freshmen 011 Wednesday morning during chapel hour report that much interest is shown and that they feel a welcome from this group. One of the most interesting features ^ of the program is the analysis of men who' cannot find themselves. Various speakers address the groups in rotation, their subjects covering practically all fields of endeavor. If there are any who still have failed to decide what they should be, then the committee attempts to analyze them and help them make a decision. Professor Sumwalt and Mr. Bell are 011 this committee from the University. Ten thousand copies of a booklet containing the speeches delivered, the vocational guidance programs for 1929 and '30, suggestions to civic club presidents, suggestions to chairman of vocational guidance committees and high school superintendents, and a bibliography of valuable books will be published soon. These will be given free of charge to any person or student desiring them. It is the purpose of the vocational guidance committee to furnish copies of this booklet to all students throughout the state who have not attended the meetings and who have not as yet decided upon a 1 vocation. . Committees in charge of the pro- j gram are, publicity, R. L. Sumwalt, , chairman; R. G. Bell, University of , (Continued on Page 7) U.H.O. I Glee Club Returns From Last Trip The University Glee Club has just , returned from a very successful trip through both the upper and lower state. They plan to render an operatic voice recital in costume at the chapel Tuesday evening at 8:30. They will also give a recital at the Columbia theatre within the next three or four weeks. Leaving Columbia last Tuesday morning, the club journeyed by bus to Allendale where the first recital was j given. Wednesday night found them in Bamberg, Thursday in McCormick, Friday in Granitevillp, and Saturday in Greenville. Alumni in all of the towns visited entertained the party with either dances or receptions. If attendance or enthusiasm of receival , can be taken as evidence, the tour was a huge success. Twenty-eight boys made the trip, which was the last time this year that the club is to leave Columbia. WIFE OF PROFESS( LETTER DROP Air mail delivery became an actuality 011 the Carolina campus last Thursday 1 when Major General Frank Parker, an 1 alumnus of the University of 1889, 1 flew over the campus and dropped a letter addressed to Mrs. Yates Snow- 1 den. 1 General Parker was en route to Washington from Columbus, Ga., 1 when he dropped the letter 011 the I quadrange between the canteen and ! the library. General Parker sent a 1 letter to Mrs. Snowden the day before, ! telling her to watch out for the letter. When the time drew near for his ar- 1 rival Dr. and Mrs. Snowden took their stand near the library. As the time 1 dragged on and still the yellow and 1 black army plane had not appeared, I Dr. Snowden was forced to leave his ; YELLOW SHEET Drag out the scandal, rattle the skeleton in the closet, and resurrect every available hit of gossip. Then hring out pencil and paper and write them down, for the pub- 4 lication date of the Yellow Sheet is nearing, and April 1 marks an open season for all the news that's not fit to print. Students with humorous, mischievous, or malicious ideas for ar- ] ticles are urged by the editor to turn them in to The Gamecock office before March 20, last date for the "bad news." Anonymous contributions will be welcomed, and no questions asked. The editor reserves the right to consign to the \ trash basket such material as is not \ naughty enough, however. Submit articles to Box 158, cam- ( pus post office. I NEEDED CHANGES ' PROPOSED FOR , CONSTITUTION < < SOCIETIES TO DECIDE ] [ncorporate Gamecock And Carolinian Business Affairs Under ' Separate Finance Board Amendments to its constitution t whereby The Gamecock would have < its finances directed by a business 1 board are to be offered the Clariosoph- ' ic and Kuphradian literary societies 1 at a joint meeting Wednesday, March ( 19, at 4:30 o'clock in the Clariosophic I hall. , The business board, consisting of I the business managers of the Garnet and Black, Gamecock, and Carolinian, 1 would adjust advertising rates, subscription prices, contracts, and be trus- I tees of a sinking fund for the surplus 1 money of The Gamecock and Carolin- 1 ian. The Student Board of Publica- * tions would continue to supervise The ? Gamecock and Carolinian in all except financial matters. s AMENDMENTS j "The following proposed amend- j ments to The Gamecock Constitution > are another step in the plan to centralize the management and control of 1 campus publications," Harry DcPass, < chairman of the Student Board of 1 Publications, said yesterday. "The purpose of these amendments is to 1 incorporate into The Gamecock constitution, provisions to place the business control in the hands of the same business board which will handle such matters for The Carolinian in the fu- . ture. This is the last step necessary ( to centralize the control of the two literary society publications, The 1 Gamecock and The Carolinian. "The next step in this plan would < be for the student body, should they ( see fit in the future, to place the Gar- ] net and Black under this same plan < by the proper student body legisla- 1 tion. It should be borne in mind j that the Gamecock and the Carolinian j are the property of the literary so- ; cieties, while the Garnet and Black is the property of the entire student 1 body. Since this condition exists the ; business manager of the Garnet and 1 Black can merely serve on the busi- ( ness board in an advisory capacity 1 and the said board could in no manner consider measures pertinent to the Garnet and Black until it should be placed under this plan by the student body. (Continued on Page 5) 3R RECEIVES PED BY AIRPLANE wife in order to meet an 11 o'clock class. When it did appear the pilot circled around the campus several times, gradually coming lower and lower until it flew westward hardly more than 200 feet high. Mrs. Snowden frantically waved a handkerchief with the hope of attracting the army officer's attention. Whether he saw licr or not is not known, but we do know that as he soared higher and turned his course toward Washington lie left behind him "kindest regards to Dr. Douglas, Prof. Harry Davis, and especially to Dr. Snowden." Major General Parker has his headquarters at present with the sixth corps area of Port Sheridan, 111. He liad been 011 a visit to Fort Benning it Columbus, Ga. Board Names Editor 1 'Baby Cyclone" Is Next Play Phyllis Yarborough Heads Cast Dean Entertains Palmetto Players The Palmetto Players who so sue:essfully presented "He Who Get: slapped" will have another play, "Th< 3aby Cyclone," ready for presentation ?arly in April. This is one of George M. Cohan's lopnlar American comedies and moves ,vith speed and interest. The thirt day of the year has been announced as 'Twelfth Night." William Dean, director, has namec Phyllis Yarborough as leading lad) >f the new play. As yet no permancn :ast has been decided upon, but Jacl Hall, Margaret Mann, Eddie Pritch ird, Blood Hildebrand, Harry De Pass, J. R. Anderson, Alice Prioleau Julian Beall, W. B. Jacobs and others ire now taking parts in rehearsal Jacobs is the only actor who was als< n the first play. Beall is beiiif groomed for the role of a policeman An innovation in dramatic circles i: :he presentation of three one act plays iirected by students under the sur yeillance of the dramatic director Three students have been chosen foi this work. Miss Alice Prioleau, Mrs fluids, and Punk Atkinson. Plans ar< ior these plays to be presented in th< lear future, with casts chosen by th< three students. The cast of "He Who Gets Slapped' .ogether with Julian Beall and Mr Talbert, theatre manager of Colum jia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil iam Dean at their home on Terrace ,vay last Thursday evening. A buffe iupper was enjoyed, followed by danc n& During the evening the cast pre >cnted H. W. Grimes with a silvei spoon for his little daughter. ^ The gift came as a token of the club's ap ireciation of Mr. Grimes' faithful ser /ice to the organization. Director Dean announces that then ,vill be held rehearsals of "The Babj Cyclone," throughout this week a r:30 o'clock. U.B.C. Band To Perform In Open Air Thursday Band concert will begin Thursday ifternoon at 7 o'clock in front o ;hapel, weather permitting, announces Dean George Olsen. director of th< band. The Thursday concert will be firs :>f a series to be given on the sam< late each week. The open-air musica programs were given last spring, ant :rowds gathered on the campus greet :o hear them. Under Dean Olsen's guidance, they bid fair to become ; perennial harbinger of warm weathei uid summer sunsets. There are now twenty-five men n he band, which practices three times i week for the concerts. The band's ast public appearance was at tin Carolina-Clem son boxing match ii Pebruary. WEEKLY CALENDAR Tuesday 5:00 Alpha Kappa Gamma Meeting. 7 ;oO?Tenement discussion groups. 7:45?Euphradian and Clariosophic meetings. Wednesday 4:15?Co-ed literary societies meet. 7 :30?Tryouts for debating team in Clariosophic hall. Thursday 7:00?Y. W. C. A. meeting in Sloan college. 7:15?K. S. K. meeting. 8:00?Keitt orators contest in Euphradian hall. Friday 4:30 Chi Delta Phi meeting at the home of Elizabeth Marshall. Saturday 7:30?Debating team tryouts in Euphradian hall. 9-12?Junior dance in gymnasium. Sunday 7:00?"Y" meeting in chapel. Monday 7:00?"Y" promotion force meeting. Stevenson Of Carolinian - Wauchope, Morse, Clement, New, Latham, And Jackson Are Associate Editors J Peurifoy Stevenscni, journalism student, was elected editor of The Carolinian at a meeting of the Student Board of Publications Monday night. Miss Stevenson is the first editor . chosen since the passage of The Caro. linian constitution last month, and the , first woman editor since 1928, when , Virginia Greever held office. Under the new constitution, which 5 provides for the appointment of six ; associates upon recommendation of 1 the editor completing his term of of; fice, Robert Wauchope and Mitchell Morse were chosen from the EuphI radian society; A. C. Clement and Wilr ham Latham from the Clariosophic t society; Anne L. New from the Hypc atian, and Darice Jackson from the . Euphrosynean societies. The Board spent more than two hours in serious deliberation before 5 naming the new editor-in-chief and her associates, who take office immedi5 ately. Some difficulty was at first exf pericnccd in selecting associates who met all qualifications of literary ability 3 and membership in literary societies, 5 but those placed on the staff fulfill all . the principal requirements. Miss Stevenson, editor-elect, is a r member of the Hyptian literary society. She is an officer of Alpha Kap? pa Gamma, honorary leadership so? rority, of Chi Delta Phi literary I sorority, and of Delta Zeta. Before her election, she was first assistant ' and last term was associate editor of > The Carolinian. Her experience in. eludes several years work on The . Gamecock, in the course of which she . rose from reporter to associate editor, t Of the associate editors, Robert . Wauchope served last semester as associate, and is the only one renamed . for that post. Mitchell Morse, forr mer assistant, now takes office as as > sociate editor. A. C. Clement and William I. Lath. am have been contributors but not staff members. Anne L,. New has ? been an associate for several terms r previously, and Darice Jackson has t also done work in publications. Another election will be held in May, when a member of one of the two boy's societies is to be elevated to the editorship for the first term of f 1030-31. The business and circulation staff continue in office until that time. I CAROLINA TEAM ; WINS DEBATE l League And Want Defeat Wake J Forest Debaters At Franklin, s North Carolina I r After losing a close decision the , night before to North Carolina College 5 the Carolina debating team, composed 5 of Nigel League and LeRoy M. Want, ? defeated the representatives of Wake 1 Forest at Franklin, N. C. The query was, Resolved: "That the nations should adopt a plan of complete disarmament except for police forces." South Carolina defended the negative while \\ ake Forest, represented by Earl Bradley and Wade Bostick, argued for the affirmative. Wake Forest won the South Atlantic debating championship of 1020 and one of their representatives, Bostick, was a member of that team. The Wake Forest team attempted to prove their case by showing that there was a great demand for world peace and what ever distrust between nations that still exists is caused mainly because of the large competitive armaments. They declared that whatever disputes should arise could be settled peaceably by the League of Nations and a small international police force could be kept for cases of emergency. The South Carolinians, on the other hand showed that the hatred towards certain nations would make it very unsafe for them to totally disarm. Thev attacked the League of Nations as being inadequate and the international police force as being outside of the proper interpretation of the query. 1 he rebuttal of League was particularly to the point and effective. The debate was attended by a large and interested audience. The judges were prominent men of Franklin and vicinity.