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UNIVERSITY OF Jg' SOUTH CAROLINA ' ?
Volume XXIV, No. 12 COLUMBIA. S. C-FRIDAY. January a io?i
JUNIO
LEROY WANT
EDITS PAPER
^ \
GAMECOCK STAFF NAMED
W. I. Latham Elected to the Managing
Editorship; Board
Names Four Associate
Editors
For the first time in many years a
junior has been selected to edit The
Gamecock, weekly newspaper. LeRoy M
Want of Darlington was chosen by the
Board of Publications just before the
holidays to succeed Wilson O. Weldor
as Editor-in-Chief, for the second semester,
upon whose nomination he was elected.
Want is one of the most prominent
members of the Junior Class. He is president
of Sigma Delta Chi, journalistic
fraternity, secretary of the Euphradiati
Literary Society, Vice-chairman of the
Debating Council, member of Phi Epsilon
Pi fraternity, member of International
Relations Club, besides holding membership
in Omicron Delta Kappa, national
honorary leadership fraternity.
His career on The Gamecock stafi
began with his freshman year, during
the second semester of which he was
news editor. Showing rare ability and a
sincere will for hard work, he gradually
advanced to higher positions on the staff,
He served as managing editor last semester
of last year, and is an associate editor
during this semester.
William I. Latham of Greenville was
chosen managing editor to succeed J
Mitchell Morse, who was made an associate
editor. Latham is an assistant managing
editor this semester. He is enrolled
in the School of Journalism, is treasurer
of the Clariosophic Literary Society, a
member of Board of Directors of tin
Y. M. C. A., and is prominent in other
student activities.
The associate editors are Lewis H
Wallace of Kingstr6c, Darice Jackson oj
Campobello, Dorothy Penland of Columbia,
and J. Mitchell Morse of Columbia
Miss Jackson is an associate during th<
present term, as is Miss Penland. BotI
arc prominent members of Alpha Kappz
Gamma, girls' leadership sorority, ant
Miss Jackson is president of the girls
K. S. K. Wallace is the winner of th<
State contest for the writer of the besl
news article and is one of the most experienced
men on the staff. Morse is just
completing a successful term as managing
editor.
1 lie new assistant managing editor;
will be John A. Giles of Greenville anc
John A. Moroso of Columbia.
1 he remainder of the staff is as follows:
News editor, W. B. King; sports
editor, Ray Antley; fraternity editor
Sanders Guignard; Y. M. C. A. editor
J- H. Galloway; joke editor, Catherine
Reniley; exchange editor, E. C. Gilmore;
alumni editor, Leon Keaton.
! ranees Black as co-ed editor will heael
the co-ed staff. Lois Fischer will be coed
news editor, Ethel Galloway, feature
editor, and Millie Taylor, society editor,
Heelers who were promoted to assistant
ships are Marian Finlay, J. A. Bigham,
Frank Durham, Allan Shaefer, Jean
Wichman, Louise Edwards, Vernon
Spears, W. D. Coan, Faith Brewer, Carolyn
Burnet, and Mary Begg Ligon. *
New Legislatu)
Next We
''It won't be long nowl"
I his is the happy cry of the negro
Porters as they joyfully prepare for
the coming of the members of the
legislature who will arrive en masse in
Columbia next week to begin the
1931 session next Tuesday.
Carpenters are being employeel to
make repairs, and the noise maele by
their hammers and saws echoes
throughout the stately building.
Negroes are seen scrubbing the floors
?f the salon, the senate, and representative
chambers, and polishing the
esks in the two chambers, making
Everything spic and span for the
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RS CH'
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ISBBBBSBI
LeRoy M. Want, of Darlington, first ^
Junior chosen to edit "The Game- ^
cock" in many years. He succeeds
W. O. Weldon, and will officially take
charge with the first issue in the
second semester.
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: DEAN ATTENDS t
BOSTON MEET ?
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A PROFITABLE MEETING !<
r it
: Colonel McKissick Reports Dis- d
i cussion Taking Place at Coni
vention of American
Journalism Teachers p
Creation of a co-operative commit- ^
tee of teachers of journalism and
practicing newspapermen with the aim n
. of placing journalism on a more digni- 11
fied, professional basis was the most n
. important section of the recent con- *
. vention of the American Association
[ of Teachers of Journalism at Boston, ~
. according to J. Rion McKissick, dean (
t of the school of Journalism, who rep;
resented the University.
The organizations which will be rep- j
resented on the committee are: American
Society of Newspaper Editors;
[ National Editorial Association; Ameri.
can Association of Teachers of Journalism;
American Association of a
? Schools and Departments of Journal- ?
, ism. . t
i Recent criticisms of schools of jour1
nalism by Dr. Abraham Flexner, some n
' newspapermen, and others were em- ^
; phatically answered by leading teach- ^
t ers attending the convention. Journal.
ism courses, cultural as well as tcchnit
cal in content, take up not more than
r a third or fourth of the journalistic a
student's time, and aim to give greater ^
. significance to liberal arts studies, beI
cause they show student3 how to ap- |l
ply these studies to the events and "
. problems of today, it was pointed out.
; Southern University schools of
( journalism represented at the conven- s
, tion in addition to Carolina's were:
; Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana State,
; Washington and Lee and Baylor.
One of the pleasant events of the
| convention for Dean McKissick was ^
. his reunion with Prof. Leon R. k
! Whipple of the School of Journalism
, of New York University. They were
. once colleagues on the editorial staff y
( of tHe Richmond (Va.), "Times-Disi
patch" and had not met for 17 years,
t Mrs. McKissick accompanied the
dean. They spent New Year's in New
York City. ,
=: tl
re Meets J
ek in Columbia'
s<
senators and representatives.
' Many old familiar faces will be miss- g
ing when the rolls arc called, and these
will be succeeded by unfamiliar persons,
some of whom will be making s|
their first appearance in the legislature. ^
Among the new members of -the g
house will be four University of South
Carolina law students. J. C. Williams,
senior, and Allan Lambright, junior, *!,
will be members of the Spartanburg '
delegation; Robert H. Atkinson, freshman
law student, has been elected of c'
the Sumter county representatives.
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OS EN
Debating Tea
Picked By
lou'.icil Hopes to Enable Varsity J
Teams to Work Together
More Efficiently
Varsity debating teams of the Uni- ^
ersity will in future be chosen from
squad of eight men to be chosen U
om all those trying out. By this plan
le "Debating Council hopes to enable
le varsity teams to work together
rith more efficiency and teamwork
lan has previously been the case. er
Under the new rules of tue council bt
le following method of selection is te
rovided for: M
First: Each year eight men are to st
e chosen who will constitute the de- bi
ating squad of the University, four si
len on the affirmative and four on the to
egative.
Second: The squad will be picked (j,
t regular try-outs which will be open yu
0 the entire student body, a separate pj
ry-out being held for the affirmative V(
nd negative sides of a query selected st
y the council. They are to be held at
:ast ten days apart so that the losers T
1 the first try-out might, if they so
esire, compete in the second.'
Third: From the debating squad so .
hosen the varsity debaters will be ^
icked by further try-outs among
liemselves for each trip and home
ebate. y(
ac
The only main difference betwen the
ew and old system is that under the
ew only the eight men who are
amed as the debating squad, and who
re presumably the eight best in ^
(Continued on page three)
:lub records i
TWO NUMBERS
Joys' Glee Club Makes Phono- ?
graph Record in Chicago
The University Boys' Glee Club had
n experience Monday afternoon that no
thcr Glee Club in the history of the
Jniversity has ever enjoyed. While sit- M
ng calmly in their respective places the tli
icmbers of the organization heard them- h<
elves sing two numbers. They were g;
stening to the phonograph record which ui
icy had made in Chicago, during their cc
ecent visit to the Windy City. di
The singers recorded the Alma Mater C(
nd a song entitled, "Morning." Maurice le
latteson, director of the club, received
le test record late in the holidays and oi
as ordered some of the discs to be sold d<
i Columbia. Anyone interested in ob- D
lining one should get in touch with him. sf
When the records arrive, one of them w
rill be played in chapel to enable the C
tudents of the University to hecotnc ac- R
uaintcd with what the club is doing as a
>cal appearance has not been made this
imester.
u. s. c.
SOCIETY HOLDS t
WEEKLY MEETING
E
,ewis Wallace Elected to Student
Council; Debate Features
Literary Program
is
Lewis H. Wallace, a junior in the yl
chool of Journalism, was elected to ft
ic student council from the Euphrad- V
in Literary Society last Tuesday th
ight. This is probably the first time
lat a student other than a senior has fc
ecn elected to this office from this ar
:>ciety. Mr. Wallace is a pledge of
.lpha Beta, associate editor of The
amecock, and a member of the Kappa ?
igma Kappa.
The declaimcr was John Azar who
poke on disarmament. W. L. Keaton,
ic extemporaneous speaker, chose as be
is subject, ''Game Preservation in the ni,
ta te." ft,
The debate was on the query: "That
le United States Should Grant Full
reedom to the Philippines." The afrmative
was upheld by W. R. Faulk- sh
iberry and F. F. Griffith. The nega- Pi
ve speakers were R. S. Rogers and E^
r. L. Sanders. The committee de- be
ded in favor of the affirmative. th
CAMP
msTo Be
' New Rules
SUTLER PASSES
AWAY MONDAY
VAS LOYAL CAROLINIAN
niversity Loses Member o
Board of Trustees in Death
of Lieutenant Govenor
Thomas B. Butler, lieutenant-gov
nor of South Carolina and a mem
:r of the University Board of Trus
cs, passed away in a Union hospita
.onday. Mr. Butler suffered a suddei
roke of paralysis at the home of hi:
other in Carlisle, and death cam*
lortly after he had been remove*
Union.
Mr. Butler's death came just tei
lys before his term of office a
iutenant-governor would have ex
red. His passing took from the Uni
jrsity one of its best friends ant
rongest supporters.
Attending the University School o
aw from 1883 to 1885, Mr. Butlr
jver forgot his loyalty to his Aim;
[ater. Through his years of servici
both houses of the state legislature
i was always a ready fighter in be
ilf of its interests. For the last fev
:ars he had been one of the mos
:tive members of the Board of Trus
es.
Dr. D. M. Douglas expressed th<
eling of all connected with the Uni
:rsity when lie said: "The Universit:
(Continued on page seven)
jOCAL student
GOES TO DETROn
am Taylor Represents Univer
sity at National "Y" Conference
in Detroit
Sam Taylor, vice-president of the \
[. C. A., represented the University a
le National Student-Faculty Conferenc
-Id in Detroit, December 27-31. Dele
ites from all of the larger colleges an
Diversities of the country attended th
inference, the purpose of which was t
iscuss the various problems which ar
>nfronted on the campuses of every col
ge in the United States.
The delegates were offered their choic
f five different topics of discussion. Oil
legates chose the topic, "Morals and th
'ay of Relativity." Chief among th
>eakers whom they heard on this topi
ere Professor George Albert Coe, o
olumbia University, and Professo
einhold Niebuhr, of Union Theologica
eminary.
Mr. Taylor gave a very interesting re
)rt of the conference to the senior \
[. C. A. Council ^t its regular mcetin]
st Monday night.
u. s. c.
>R. W. B. BURNEY
NOW CONVALESCINC
Dr. W. B. Burney, professor of chem
try at the University for thirty-on
:ars, is convalescing in Mrs. Edith M
astway's recuperative infirmary a
alley Park, where he has been ill fo
e past three weeks.
His work at LeConte has been assume*
?r the time being by Dr. Guy Lipscomfa
id Prof. J. E. Mills.
u. s. c.?
1G JUNIOR DANCE
ON SATURDAY NIGH7
The last junior dance this semester wil
: given in the gymnasium this Saturda;
ght. Music for the occasion will b
irnished by the celebrated Gamecock
irolinian Orchestra, under the directioi
Piute Wimberly.
The dance will begin in the gyn
ortly after the boxing match with th
resbyterian leather pushers is concluded
very one is urged to attend, as this wil
the last dance under the auspices o
e juniors before the examination period
US ED
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Bl m
j is;?;'r-'T >.'_ ' ~" " . " - - < .,.,
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; William I. Latham, recently chosen
j to edit "The Carolinian" for the second
semester. He is the first junior to hold
the editorship in a long time, and is
I also Managing Editor-elect of "The
Gamecock." He hails from Greenville.
i SOCIETIES PLAN
SPRING EVENT
t
V APRIL 17 SET AS DATE
1
e Literary Organizations will Celebrate
One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth Anniversary
v
t Plans for the celebration of the One
_ Hundred and Twenty-fifth anniversary
of the founding of the Eupliradian and
Clariosophic Literary Societies are in
formulation as a result of action taken
by the societies in a joint session
^ recently. This will perhaps be the
biggest thing ever undertaken by the
= Societies, and will come as a highlight
of the University's spring cal_
endar.
L April 17 has been set as the tentative
date for this celebration, at which
time many prominent alumni of both
societies will return to the University
to take part in the mammoth event
which will mean much to these societies.
Present plans provide for a
full-day program, with addresses, a ret
ception, band concert, etc.
e The plans are in charge of a committee
appointed by the presidents of
d both societies. Carlisle Roberts of the
c Euphradian is general chairman, and
0 with him are associated other meme
bers who have charge of sub-commit_
tees. These are: J. W. Brown, Clariosophic,
program; J. W. Lewis, Clarioc
sophic, publicity; Troy Stokes, Clariosophic,
Invitation; James McDuffie,
Euphradian, entertainment.
Other members of the above committees
are: Program, R. M. Newton,
f Clariosophic, and Lyles McNary, Euphradian;
publicity, Wilson O. Weldon,
, Euphradian, and John A. Giles, Clariosophic;
invitation, Riley Gettys,
Clariosophic, and L. A. Williamson,
" Euphradian; entertainment, Roger
; Pinckney, Clariosophic, and J. J.
Brown, Euphradian.
Prof. Harry Davis will work with
the Euphradian committee and Professor
J A. Stoddard with the Clarioj
sophic.
A booklet will be printed which will
contain details of the celebration and
c (Continued on page Seven)
' Famous Aui
' Class of j
John Bennett, the well-known author,
was the speaker at the Saturday after^
noon English class of Professor Robert
Bass. Mr. Bennett was asked to discuss
his career as a writer, and he gave an
interesting account of his early struggles.
Mr. Bennett said that it was never his
c intention to become an author; he desired
to enter the field of cartooning. He
II first became interested in drawing in 1870
and took the famous cartoons of Rawlin1
son as his model. His desire to study
e cartooning was thwarted by business reI.
verses of his father at this time.
1 He had to withdraw from school after
f only a year and two months of his high
. J school course had been completed. From
iV.-V/A .-'.it...-.A
rounded iifUti
[TORS
LATHAM EDITOR
OF CAROLINIAN
NEW ASSOCIATES NAMED
Finlay and Herbert Appointed
Associate Editors for Second
Semester by Board
William I. Latham, of Greenville, a
junior in the School of Journalism, has
been elected Editor-in-Chief of the
Carolinian for the second semester, according
to a statement given out last
night by M. H. Shepherd, Sr., secretary
of the Board of Publications. Mr. Latham
succeeds Robert Wauchope of Columbia
in this position.
The new Editor-in-Chief has been associated
with the Carolinian staff as associate
editor from the Clariosophic
Literary Society for the past two semesters.
He is treasurer of the Clariosophic
Society, a member of the Board
of Directors of the Y. M. C. A. and was
recently elected managing editor of The'
Gamecock for the second semester. He
has been a steady contributor to the
Carolinian for the past two years.
At the. same time, Eddie Finlay, of
Columbia, and William C. Herbert, of
Pelzer, were appointed by the present
editor to fill out the rest of the semester
as associate editors from both men's
literary societies. Mr. Finlay is a senior
in the School of Journalism, a member
of the Euphradian Society, a member
of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and is
noted for his short stories, which have
appeared in several issues of the Carolinian.
William Herbert is also a student in
the School of Journalism, secretary of
Kappa Sigma Kappa, member of the
Clariosophic Literary Society, and business
manager of The Gamecock. He ?
has contributed several short and spicy
stories in past issues of the magazine.
The associate editors for the next
semester will be named by the new Editor-in-Chief
in the near future.
The members of the Board of Publications
at present are: Dean J. Rion McKissick,
of the School of Journalism;
Dr. G. A. Wauchope, head of the department
of English; Elizabeth Withers,
Euphrosynean Literary Society; Annie
Laurie Mitchell, Hypatian Literary Society;
J. Riley Gettys and J. J. Mack,
Clariosophic Literary Society and M. H.
Shepherd, Jr., and R. H. Atkinson, Euphradian
Literary Society. Mr. Mack
served as president of the board for the
past semester and M. H. Shepherd as
secretary.
The next issue of the Carolinian is
expected to be out in the next ten days,
according to Robert Wauchope, present
editor. The first edition of the magazine
under the newly elected editor will be
published after the beginning of the second
semester.
ihor Tells
Hard Career
this time reading was his only means of
study. The public libraries were one of
his most frequent haunts and for this
reason he is a staunch advocate of those
institutions.
He secured a three-dollar a week job
on a small town newspaper and gradually
rose to the position of book reviewer and
correspondent. He wrote for such papers
as the Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch, the
New York World, Cincinnati papers and
others.
In the course of his book reviewing
he referred to William Mortis, thea an
author of thirty years' Standing, as "a
!
(Contiued on pagt Seven) ^y