The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 16, 1931, Image 1
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Volume XXlV. No. 13 COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 16. 1931 Founded 1903
Average Ap
Decreasi
DECLARES DR. DOUGLAS
Reports to General Assembly of
the State of South Carolina
"The average appropriation per student
of the University last year was $77.70
less than the average appropriation for
the last ten years," declares President
D. M. Douglas in his report to the General
Assembly of the State of South
Carolina.
Besides the above, the report shows
that the professors' salaries are on an extremely
low scale, the highest salaty for
a full professorship being only $3,000.00,
with most of the allowances for homes
being $300.00 in spite of the fact that
city rents of even small houses run much
higher.
The report points to the fact that the
local chapel building is by far the worst
of any of the state colleges. The comnicrce
and journalism schools are classed
as excellent, but their equipment as
wretched. The president's report adds
that many of the high schools of the
state have better equipment and quarters
for their commercial department than
has the University.
Dr. Douglas urges the necessity of a
fine arts' building, and one for the
schools of journalism and commerce. He
says that a student activities building
where the officers of various organizations
could be located is highly desirable
in the near future.
During the session of 1929-30 there
were 275 discharges, 12 suspensions and
1 expulsion, but Doctor Douglas believes
that this is not a great number considering
the size of the student body.
"I do not wish to bring up a controversial
subject, but I would not be doing
my duty to the University and the State
of South Carolina if I did not make the
statement that I feel the University and
South Carolina have suffered a tremendous
loss in the abolishment of our extension
service. Those states which make
large appropriations for this work attribute
a large part of their progress to
the fruits of the work done in the extension
departments of the state universities."
Needs for the summer school and the
graduate school arc stressed in the report.
In the case of the former, some
plan is needed by which the operating
fund can be greatly increased. The enrollment
last year fell off 38 from thai
of the previous year.
According to Dr. Reed Smith, th<
graduate school needs to have the library
facilities enlarged and more graduate
courses offered during the regular va
cation period. The establishment of more
graduate fellowships is also needed as is
a measure of relief from the full load of
teaching for those who are having the
brunt of graduation instruction.
' he addition of J. E. Mills to the faculty
as research professor of chemistry i?
regarded by Dr. Smith as a gain.
COKRCE GROUP
ENJOYSBANQUEI
Delta Sigma Pi Entertains in
Honor of Initiates; Frank
O. Black Speaks
Speaking on "The Value of Agricultural
Statistics," Frank O. Black, state
agricultural statistician, addressed the
members of Delta Sigma Pi, national
commerce fraternity, at the semi-annual
initiatory banquet held by the local chapter
Thursday night.
The value of agricultural statistics
can hardly be estimated in dollars and
cents. They are invaluable to farmers in
t ic preparation of their products for the
markets; they are invaluable to transportation
and insurance companies in their
hnes of business; practically all students
o econom.js and others who are dependent
on the principles of agricultural
economics find them an invaluable aid in
making their work more efficient," declared
the speaker.
Dean George E. Olscn, of the School
Commerce, pointed to the fact that
Sigma Pi had outranked all other
commerce fraternities in sire and that it
was proving a great benefit to its members.
In addition to these two speeches,
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propriation I
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PLANS ANNOUNCED
FOR REGISTRATIONv
HELD FEBRUARY 2 AND 3
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Second Semester Classes Will tj
Begin on Wednesday, , ts
February 4th d
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, Registration for the second semester
will be held Monday and Tuesday, Feb- o
ruary 2 and 3, according to an an- p
nounccment from the Registrar's office. u
? About the same procedure that was fol- ^
lowed the first semester will again be fol- n
lowed. it
Freshmen will register in Sloan Col-1 n
lege; sophomores, juniors and seniors in I s'
Davis. All graduate students win report
to Dean Smith, Extension Building, for j,
registration, and all law students to Dean
Fricrson, Petigru College. All the depart- h
ments of study for the undergraduates s
will be represented in both Davis and
Sloan Colleges. y
! The treasurer and his force of as- b
, sistants will be stationed in Flynn Hall
to collect the fees and not in the chapel c
as was the custom the first semester. *
Classes begin according to schedule at
8 a. m. on Wednesday, February 4. Late ^
registration charges also begin on this I a
day. The last date for registration for c
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the second semester will be Wednesday,
February 18. I
| Students entering upon junior work
. in the College of Arts and Sciences will j.
1 be required to consult their major and \
' minor professors in advance of the reg-1 c
istration days. All other students arc
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urged to consult their deans and profes?
sors during the examination period as to I j
" their proposed class program for the I c
second semester. I 0
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FUNNY BURLESQUE I
; PRESENTED SOON ;
J BY PALMETTO PLAYERS U
: New Actors and' Actresses Make
Debut in "Plots and Playwrights"
In "Plots and Playwrights," the very 4
! funny melodramatic burlesque which the
Palmetto Players arc rehearsing, a num"
ber of new actors and actresses will
' make their initial bow to the campus.
Those who are making their first appearance
are Harriet Plowden, Isabel Witherspoon,
J. C. Dowling, Martha Klozingo,
O. H. Skewcs, Alberta Jenkins, C. F. I
I Price, John G. Azar and Carlile Courtenay,
Jr. "Sonny" Drake, who has been
promoted for efficient work in 4 The
Guardsman" etc., will act in the capacity
1 of stage manager. o
In this cast the "veterans" will be c
present in fair numbers. Sarah Heyward, g
who sang in the "Frolic," Sarah Quattle- j,
baum, who made such a hit in Mr. Deans
: production of "He nd She" which v
toured into North Carolina, William p
Broughton,' who is remembered for his (j
excellent performances in "He" and p;
"The Baby Cyclone," Henry White who
was the finished butler in the same play, Q
Joe Faulk and Jack Hall who did such e<
splendid work in "Cyclone" and Robert p
H. Atkinson who played the Baron so ^
very well in "He." p
In the staging of this comedy the stage
crew and staff will be kept busy. In the ^
second part of the play the acting and ^
staging will be done in the manner of j
the old melodramas of twenty-five years
ago. All the old melodramas "No Mother e3
To Guide Her," "A Girl's Cross-Roads,"
"The Coastguard's Daughter," "The tl
Road to Ruin" etc., will be reflected in J*
the burlesque which makes Part Two of n<
"Plots and Playwrights." There will be
the deep-dyed villain and the persecuted cl
heroine, the weeping mother and the opto- P'
mistic ttiftid, the scheming villainess and
the hero. He stands alone, "man knows Si
not his superior, nor do angels better hi? af
nobility." ^
IAYNE SPEAKS
TO FRESHMEN
TALKS ON MEDICINE
Varns Prospective Doctors That
Medical Life is Not Easy
Dr. James A. Hayne, Secretary of
ie State Board of Health, delivered
ie second of a series of vocational
ilks for freshmen at chapel Wednesay.
Dr. Hayne took as his subject
Medicine as a Profession."
Dr. Hayne declared medicine to be
ne of the highest and noblest of the
rofcssions, ranking next to the minitry
in service. A young man or
roman desiring to become a doctor
liould be willing to serve his fellowlan
and should not have money-makig
as his or her objective. The doctor
lust be willing to work hard, to make
acrifices and to be motivated by an
ltruistic spirit. There are more oportunities
for service in medicine than
i any other profession.
The doctor must be well trained in
is art. He must have at least a high
chool education, two or four years
f college, four years at a medical
ollege of accredited standing, and one
ear of interne work before he can
ecome a good physician.
There are two fields which he may
nter: curative medicine and prevenive
medicine. One of the important
bases of curative medicine is surgery,
^o be qualified for surgery one should
lave steady nerve, manual dexterity
nd the ability to make quick deisions.
The doctor should be able to
leduce from his knowledge what the
rouble is with a patient and should
hen be able to cure it.
In recent times preventive medicine
'as risen in esteem. The use of preventive
serums, antitoxins, and vacines
has increased in importance.
Dr. Hayne said that medicine was
jealous mistress and required the
loctor to give of his time without stint.
Ie must continually keep abreast
>f the times by study and a knowledge
>f the history of medicine is important,
Dr. Hayne declared that there will
lways be room for trained specialsts
and that he believes that there
vill be an increase in the demand for
>ublic health officers.
Dr. Hayne is one of the outstanding
loctors of the south and has served
his state well in his present capacity,
ie attended the University of South
Carolina in his junior year and claims
t as one of his alma maters.
:0L. McKISSICK
SPEAKS IN VA.
TO LEAD DISCUSSION
Dean of School of Journalism
Takes Part on Program at
Washington and Lee
J. Rion McKissick, dean of the school
f journalism, by invitation led the discission
of the editorial page at the first
iouthern Editorial Institute at WashingMi
and Lee University, January 16-17.
Among the headliners on the program
rerc: Fred Fuller Shcdd, editor of the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and presient
of the American Society of Newsaper
Editors; Karl Bickel, president of
ie United Press; Marlen Pew, editor
f Editor and Publisher; John E. Allen,
litor of the Linotype News; Mark
oote, Washington correspondent for
ic Booth Newspaper Syndicate; George
. Pierrot, editor of the American Boy.
The Virginia Press Association at:nded
the institute. According to an adance
announcement between 200 and
)0 newspapermen from the South were
<pected.
An unusual feature was the initiaon
of Karl Bickel, Mark Foote and
Lindsay Nunn, head of a chain of
:wspapers in Texas, Arizona and OWajma,
into the Washington ami Lee
lapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national
-ofessional journalistic fraternity.
Dr. Havilah Babcock and Miss Alice
tnoak, assistant in journalism, looked
ter- journalism classes during Mr. Mo
issick'i absence.
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John Bolt Culbertson, of Laurens, c
prominent Senior who was chosen last p
Tuesday night to succeed J. J. Mack f<
as President of the Clariosophic s<
Literary Society for the third term. C
CULBERTSON IS~;
PRESIDENT OF ;
CLARIOSOPHICS
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TO SUCCEED J. J. MACK
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Laurens Senior Has Been Out- u
standing Leader in Campus tl
Activities t<
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John Bolt Culbertson, prominent senior
1 in the academic school, was elected presi- I
dent of the Clariosophic Literary So- v
ciety last Tuesday night for the second c
term. He succeeds J. J. Mack of North
: in this position. a
Culbertson is from Laurens, and is sec- \
retary-treasurer of Blue Key, honorary a
fraternity. He has been an outstanding s
1 leader of his class since his freshman C
; year and was president of the junior
class in 1929-1930. He has been a mem- v
ber of the society for the past four n
; years, winning his letter in intercollegiate c
debating and taking a prominent part in u
' the oratorical contests. t
James Muldrow Windham of Man- r
: ning, a senior in the school of arts and 1:
sciences was unamimously elected vicepresident.
Windham has been one of
j members of the society and one of its I
most faithful workers since his fresh- J
' man year.
1 W. C. Herbert of Pelzer, was elected
' literary critic; Ralph Derrick of Columbia,
secretary, and J. W. Green of Cowards,
treasurer. J. J. Mack of North, ,
was elected senior Valedictorian, and J.
W. Lewis of Darlington, junior orator.
Thomas C. Hankins of Lake View, was
elected recorder; Colonel F. Price of
Mulilins, sergeant-at-arms, and James
' Galloway of Lynchburg, reporter. ^
Members of the board of pardons chos- ^
en are: B. C. Bedenbaugh, Prosperity, 11
chairman; J. A. Bigham, Anderson, and r
I Willie C. Poston, Hyman. Jerry Glenn, ^
of Travelers Rest, and John T. Rough- 11
ton, Columbia, were elected monitors. r
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PRESS CONVENTION
TO HEAR BABCOCK 1
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English Professor To Be Prin- 1
cipal Speaker At West Virginia
Convention g
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Dr. Havilah Babcock, professor of ^
English, has accepted the invitation to
make the principal address at the an
nual convention of the West Virginia **
College Press Association which meets
in Montgomery, West Virginia, early S
in March. 1
Professor Babcock has addressed *
the college press associations of Virginia,
North Carolina, and Illinois
within the last two years. He is re- ^
nowned for his interesting and de- ?
lightful talks, and is one of the fore- ^
most speakers of the day.
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DELAY UNAVOIDABLE *
Due to Unavoidable delays on the
part of the staff and the ptfirttef this
issue was delayed. The staff rfegrets tl
that the paper is appearing late, but t!
bttififc the tMtteeitth issue p?fh*p6 hftd
oftfcetMAg: to db wfth it pi
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Lower Pay i
By Budget
SOCIETIES HOLD
JOINT MEETING
COMMITTEE REPORTS
literary Societies Formulate Advance
Plans for Big Anniversary
Celebration
Reporting the action taken by the
ommittee on the celebration of the
undred and twenty-fifth anniversity
f the literary societies, Carlyle Robrts,
the chairman of the committee,
laced several recommendations beare
the joint-meeting of the two boys'
Dcieties, the Euphiradian and the
Ilariosophic.
April 17 was recommended by the
ommittee as a date for the cclcbraion.
The matter was voted on and
asscd by the meeting.
The meeting went on record as
ivoring the appropriation of money
y the separate societies for the pubcation
of a souvenir booklet of the
elcbration and for the issuing of
ivitations to a number of alumni of
oth societies.
The booklet as planned by the comlittee
is to be about the sizeVof the
niversity catalogue and is to contain
tiirty-two pages. It will contain a hisary
of the literary societies and other
iteresting material.
Approximately 2,500 alumni of the
Cuphradian and Clariosophic societies
rill be sent invitations to attend the
elcbration.
Those speaking in favor of the plans
s presented by the committee were
Vilson Weldon, Kenneth Grimsley,
nd Robert Atkinson of the Euphradian
ociety; Troy Stokes and John Bolt
'ulbertson of .the Clariosophic spoke.
The plausibility of giving the Uniersity
some suitable gift for the commemoration
of this event was disussed,
but nothing definite was settled
pon. The committee was empowered
o investigate the matter atid make a
eport and recommendation at some
iter date.
EXAMS BEGIN
NEXT FRIDAY
flid-year Examinations Will
Take Eight Days; Schedule
Given by Chase
The mid-year exams will begin Frilay,
January 23, and run through
laturday the 31st, according to an anlouncement
by John A. Chase, Jr.,
egistrar. Exams in .the morning last
rom 9 to 12, while those in the afteriooii
last from 3 to 6. As a general
ulc, the exams are given in the same
oom where the class meets. The
chcdule is as follows:
A. M. 9-12
'irst Day?M., W., 1\, 8:00-9:00.
iccond Day?M., W., F., 9:00-10:00.
^hird Day?M., W? F., 10:00-11:00.
>ourth Day?M., W., F., 11:00-12:00.
fifth Day?M., W., F., 12:00-1:00.
ixth Day?T., T., S., 8:00-9:00.
eventh Day?T., T., S., 9:00-10:00.
,ight Day?T., T., S., 10:00-11:00.
P. M. 3-6
'irst Day?M., W., P., 2:00-3:00 and
3:00-4:00.
ccond Day?M., W., F., 4:00-5:00.
hird Day? M., W., F., 1:00-2:00.
ourth Day?T., T., S., 2:00-3:00 and
3:00-4:00.
ifth Day?T., T., S., 12:00-1:00.
ixth Day?T., T., S., 11:00-12:00.
eventh Day?T., T., S., 1:00-2:00.
Eighth Day?T., T., S., 4:00-5:00.
No intermediate or final examination
lay be held outside of the stated times
without the special permission of the
resident.
By consent of the instructor, stuents
may be transferred for examinaon
from one section to another of
le same grade.
Examinations Will begin' and end
romptly at the stated hours.
Suggested
Commission
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RECOMMEND 10% CUT
University Requests Not Indorsed
by Budget Group;
Richards Criticizes Building
Programs
The salaries of practically all state
employees, including- the teachers of
the state colleges, will be cut 10 per
cent, if the recommendations of the
Budget Commission are accepted by
the legislature.
The total amount requested by the
University was $499,475. The commission
proposes to cut this amount
to $372,162.50, making a difference of
$51,712.50.
Although $11,000 was asked for re- v
pairs the commission refused to recommend
any amount for this item, but
suggested that inasmuch as the last
legislature had given the University
the use of its tuition fees for permanent
improvements, the act be amended
to include the making of repairs also.
In his annual address to the legislature
delivered Wednesday morning,
Governor Richards recommended that
this act should be repealed altogether.
He also criticized the University, Citadel
and Winthrop for undertaking
building programs during the present
financial depression.
The request for a professor of
government was not indorsed by the
commission. The desired salary of
$2,400 for the alumni secretary was
lowered to $1,200.
No allowance was made for cither
of the two directors of physical education.
Four assistant librarians also
were not made allowance for.
No appropriations were recommended
for either the extension division
or the summer school.
GLEE CLUB TO
GO SOUTH SOON
Florida Trip Definitely Decided
Upon; Other Performances
Tentative
Fresh from her Chicago success the
University Glee Club has already
made plans for a southern trip to be
made in March. The club will go to
Florida at that time.
Maurice Matteson, director of the
group, announces that the Florida trip
has been definitely decided upon and
that a tentative schedule of performances
is now being made.
It is now the plan for the singers to
leave about March the fourteenth and
visit cities among which will probably
be, Charleston, S. C., Savannah,
Ga., Jacksonville, Daytona, Tampa,
and Tallahassee, Fla., Atlanta, and
Gainesville, Ga. These plans are tentative
and in the future several changes
may be made.
The club will be gone over a week
and will make the trip in their own
bus, the one which carried them to
Chicago.
Several nearby appearances are
being planned and bookings are now
being sought. These performances
will be one night trips and the club
will return on the night of the performance.
I* or the second time the aggregation
broadcasted over WIS. This program
was given Wednesday night as a
feature of the regular University
hour.
ANNUALTPICTURES
DUE FEBRUARY
All law students, fraternities and
sororities must have their pictures for
the Gamct and Black in by February
15, according to Mason Brunson, the
editor. Although the date has twice been
set and changed, February 15 is last and
final.
Also the editor urges the boys to hand
in their girls' pictures for the beauty
section as soon as possible. Although no
one has definitely been selected to judge,
it is certain that some prominent artist
will be chosen. One who lives in Charlotte,
and is now painting the trustees of
the Duke foundation, is no* under con-,
sideration. "": '' V' V !M
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