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Volume XXIV, No. 24 " COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1931 Founded 1908 ~
CONFU
Bills To /
No Change 1
As Decide
Free Conference Report
Rejected by House;
Passed by Senate
By a large majority the Senate killed
the bills to abolish free tuition, to increase
the tuition fees, and to do away
with the school of Pharmacy at the University.
The. action was taken in short
order by the Senate on Tuesday night,
April 21. Two other bills to compel the
state supported institutions to turn over
their tuition fees to the state treasurer,
were not voted on due to a motion of
adjournment.
A lengthy debate took place in regard
to the abolition of the Pharmacy school,
which had been characterized as a
seriate finance committee economy measure.
Opposition to the measure seemed
to grow during the debate and the vote
by which it was killed was larger than
most members had anticipated, according
to the Associated Press. The vote was
255 against and only 11 for the bill.
Pharmacy Measure
The.fight to consolidate the pharmacy
schools at the Medical College in Charleston
was led by Senator Jefferies, an
alumnus of the University. When the
tuition and scholarship bills were killed,
he gave notice that he intended to call
for a reconsideration of the vote.
At this writing nothing further has yet
been done in regard to this or the other
bill pertaining to the University.
The report of the free conference
committee on the general appropriation
bill was rejected in the House of Representatives
Thursday, April 23, after
being passed by the Senate Wednesday
night without changes. At this writing
the House had not applied the "parliamentary
clindher" to the bill, and therefore,
it had not become absolutely final.
This is the first time in South Carolina
history that the report of the free conference
committee has been rejected. If
the House sticks to its decision, it will
probably necessitate the prolonging of the
session for several weeks. Already the
session is approaching a new record for
a long stay in the capitol.
The report was killed by a large majority.
Thirty-seven voted for the bill
and seventy-nine against it.
It seems clear that the measures of the
bill objectionable to the House are
Power Ta>^ and other tax items. Before
voting on the bill the House had killed
thy section placing a tax on insurance
companies when it was explained that the
bill, probably through error, did not exempt
domestic insurance companies as
provided in a bill passed by the House.
It is thought at present that it will be
necessary to appoint a new free conference
committee to bring in a new
report. Definite action will probably be
taken very soon.
It seems that the portions of the general
appropriations bill affecting the University
and the other state supported
schools arc no longer under discussion
and will probably undergo 110 changes
during the reconsideration of the free
conference committee's report.
University Appropriation
Regarding the University anpropriation
the free conference report followed
rather closely the bill offered by the
finance committee and passed by the
House.
1 he University was voted an appropriation
of $375,000, the exact amount suggested
by the finance committee, but
much lower than the amount that I^r.
D. M. Douglas asked for. At the time
Doctor Douglas stated that it would be
impossible' to run the University efficiently
unless he were given the amount
requested.
\ I The other state supported schools received
approximately the sums suggested
by the finance committee. Winthrop Col1
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SION 1
Abolish Fr>
In Tuition
id By Senate
WANT ELECTED
BY EUPHRADIAN
As Junior President; Other Junior
Leaders Picked by Literary
Society
LeRoy M. Want of Darlington, a
junior in the School of Journalism, was
elected junior president of the Euphradian
Literary society by a unanimous
vote at its meeting last Tuesday night.
Lewis Wallace of Kingstreq, also a
junior in the School of Journalism, was
elected vice-president by acclamation, and
Carlisle Roberts of Columbia, literary
critic.
Mr. Want is president of Sigma Delta
Chi, national honorary journalistic 'fraternity,
a former vice-president of Phi
Epsilon Pi, and a member of the German
Club, the Hillel Club, the International
Relations Club, and Omicron
Delta Kappa, leadership fraternity. He
is the first junior ever to be editor-inchief
of The Gamecock, and has been
prominent in debating and oratory, having
served on the Debating Council. He
was re-elected to the Council Tuesday
night.
Other officers elected are: secretary,
Leonard Williamson of Aiken; treasurer,
James McDuffie of Bishopville; financial
secretary, Sanders Guignard of Columbia;
literary critic, Carlisle Roberts of
Columbia; censor, Nathaniel C. Croft
of Aiken; reporter, Bill Coan of Spartanburg;
recorder, Thomas Inabinett of
Charleston; orderly critic, David Gressette
of St. Matthews; custos forum,
Bland Hammond of Columbia, retiring
president of the society.
Student Council representative, Bland
Hammond of Columbia; Board of Publications
representatives, Leonard Williamson
of Aiken and Carlisle Roberts
of Columbia; Debating Council representatives,
M. II. Shepherd of Columbia
and LeRoy Want of Darlington.
PHENOMENAL MAN
EVADESSCRUTINY
Kershaw Walsh Finds Thompson
Gone After Agreeing to Test
Haywood Thompson, the man who
claims to be able to respond to light with
his skin, failed to keep an appointment
with Kershaw Walsh, University professor
of psychology, and the latter's students.
Although feeling certain that Thompson's
drive down Main Street while blindfolded
could be explained in a more natural
way than was offered, Professor
Walsh determined to give him the opportunity
to prove his claims before the
local psychology classes. The appointment
was for three o'clock Friday afternoon,
but it wasn't long before the professor
found that he had left Thursday
evening. And it didn't take much longer
to discover that his hotel reservations had
been made in advance until Thursday
night.
"I knew the man could not do what he
claimed as he claimed," declared Professor
Walsh. "He plainly showed this every
time he 'sees' with his skin, for he always
has to look carefully at the person
or thing Icing identified. It is very likely
that the secret lies in the constructio'n of
the blindfold. If one will notice, it is always
one that could have been made under
his own direction. The blind has fourteen
folds, but don't think for a minute
that all fourteen are really placed over his
eyes."
Professor Walsh accompanied Mr.
Thompson on his automobile drive and
was present at most of his demonstrations.
ROCKS
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At the next meeting of "The
Gamecock" staff, to be held
Monday at 5:00 as <usual, the
various editors for next year
will be nominated. All editors,
assistants, and heelers are urged
to be present.
High School Week
Begins Wednesday
CONTESTS TO BE HELD
Babcock in Need of Rooms for
Contestants; Arranges
Contests
High School Week, held annually at
the University for the high schools of the
State, will open next Wednesday, April
29, and will continue through Friday,
May 1. It is conducted under the auspices
of Dr. Havilah Babcock, director of the
Extension Department. Contests in
English, Latin, debating, declamation,
elocution, typewriting, shorthand, and
track will be held.
Between 300 and 400 contestants,
teachers, principals, and superintendents
are expected to be present. Last year Dr.
Babcock made arrangements to house
many of them in University quarters,
but this year, he regrets to say:
"I find it impossible to provide accommodations
for visiting students,
teachers, principals, and superintendents,
since the withdrawal of all appropriations
from the Extension department. However,
I am arranging to get special rates
for them from hotels, rooming houses,
and restaurants.
"I would appreciate it greatly if those
who have available rooms within convenient
walking distance of the University
would call 41>. Extension, at the
University. Higli school students would
not be interested in expensive rooms,
from fifty cents to a dollar being usual
rates."
It is imperative that all contestants
register in Dr. Babcock's office in the
Extension Building immediately upon arrival,
so that he will be able to communicate
with them without difficulty if
necessary.
Last year Doctor Babcock obtained
as judges several lawyers from town.
However this year he will find it necessary
to ask some of the members of the
faculty to judge in the events. Class
routine will naturally be affected somewhat
during these three days of next
week.
Much Conflictit
Precipita
Lewis H.
Who is a member of the rising senior
class? What is the rising senior class?
Just what part do crcdits play in determining
who is a member of the rising senior
class? What's a constitution between
friends ?
These questions descended and settled
over the campus like a cloud bringing
forth wide-tspread discussion among the
students. Turmoil was precipitated when
the student council declared two candidates
for president of the student body I
ineligible to run. '
The argument centered about a clause '
in the student body constitution which was
interpreted by the student council to mean
that a candidate for the supreme office <
must be a probable senior to have rising i
senior rating. In other words, the council ;
ruled Troy T. Stokes and Bryant t
Adair not suitable because technicalities <
prevented them from obtaining the re- ?
quired 96 credits in June. 1
Meeting Thursday, the student council <
rejected its decision of Wednesday night <
by unanimous vote, subsequent to the an- <
nouncement of the registrar that both ?
disputed candidates would be in posses- <
sion of 96 crcdits at the beginning of the <
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and Phari
THREE RECEIVE
BIDS TO ALPHA
KAPPA GAMMA
Millie Taylor, Sara Cassels
and Dorothy
Marsh, Bid To
Sorority
Bids have been extended to Millie Taylor,
Sara Cassels, and Dorothy Marsh to
become members of Alpha Kappa Gamma,
leadership sorority. Initiation of these
and three other pledges, Rowcna Jones,
Alice Prioleau, and Maude Brazelle, will
take place some time next week.
Miss Kircnc Mayers, Carolina alumna,
who?was recently reelected national president
of Alpha Kappa Gamma, will be
present at the initiation services.
Millie Taylor, junior coed, is news editor
of the Gamecock, vice-president of the
Hypatian Literary society, vice-president
of Chi Omega, and a member of the
Woman's Athletic Association Council.
She has been society editor of The
Gamecock, monitor of the literary society,
treasurer of the W. A. A., and
manager of four different sports. She is a
member of Chi Delta Phi, literary soroity,
and was recently elected to the Student
Council.
Sarah Cassels, junior, is president of
the Y. W. C. A., critic of the Euphrosynean
Literary society, secretary of Gamma
Sigma, and a member of K. S. K.
Dorothy Marsh, who will graduate
next February, has been president of
Gamma Sigma twice, president of the
Euphrosynean Literary society, treasurer
of Damas, and junior leader, member of
the Pan-Hellenic Council, assistant senior
editor of the Garnet and Black, vicepresident
of the Thespian club, chaplain
and vice-president of the literary society,
member of K. S. K., Eta Sigma Phi,
and the Quintilian club.
Four delegates from the University
chapter attended the third national convention
held at Queens-Chicora in Char lotte
April 17, 18. The Carolina representatives
were Annie Laurie Mitchell, Mary
B. Taylor, Saluda Reese, and Dorothy
Penland.
Speeches given at the convention by the
delegates were "Report on the Year's
Work" by Mary B. Taylor; "Conditions
Met by Alpha Kappa Gamma on the University
Campus" by Saluda Reese, and a
toast at the banquet by Dorothy Penland.
ig Opinion
ted By Council
Wallace
next semester, provided that they succeeded
in their scheduled work.
Within what limits does the status of ,
"risinga senior" lie? The answer to this <
question'can come only from the authori- 1
ties of the University, as the constitution
i
does not answer, and without the consti- (
tution, the students, individually, arc de- ,
void of the power to answer. It is possi- ]
ble to assume that the students might ,
by constitutional amendment determine \
this issue. However, determination of ,
scholarship should seem to rest with the
University authorities alone. 1
Any junior is rising into the senior (
class, although he may not have senior j
credits during the next semester. The i
above statement may not he conceded by <
[he students as a whole, but the concensus
seems for it. When a student has ]
)6 credits, he is a senior; when a student 1
^as 63, he is classified as a junior. Un- 1
ter the old curriculum the credits are 1
slightly higher. It cannot be conclusively c
letermined whether a junior will attain I
senior rank by the beginning of the next 1
semester or not, because no one can pre- J
lict the future. a
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Stokes and JRun,
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HOT POLITICS
MARK MEETING
Eligibility of Stokes and Adair
Questioned, Constitution to
be Revised
Appointment of a committee of five
to rewrite the constitution of the student
body of the University of South
Carolina was the first step taken at
a meeting of the student council yesterday
afternoon to prevent a recurrence
of the eligibility question concerning
candidates for the student
body offices. This action took place
after the council had decided unanimously
that Troy T. Stokes and
Bryant Adair would be eligible to
compete in the race for the presidency
of the student body this year.
The,committee as appointed by President
Williams is as follows: Wilson
Weldon, chairman; C. K. Grimsley, W.
C. Broughton, Dorothy Penland, and :
Lewis H. Wallace.
The revised constitution as drawn up
by this committee will be presented to
the student council in two weeks. The
council will make further recommendations
if they deem necessary. Then it
will be presented to the student body.
The constitution will have to be read at
three meetings of the student body, at
meetings held at three day intervals.
It is not voted on at the first two readings,
but will take a two-thirds vote to
pass it on the third reading.
Two meetings of the student council
were called, one Wednesday night and
the other Thursday afternoon, for the
purpose of discussing the eligibility of
the presidential candidates.
In the meeting held Wednesday night,
strife and closely drawn lines were prevalent.
One vote would have changed
the whole situation at this time. After
much wrangling, the council decided by
the closest possible vote to declare
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MEMBERS CHOSEN
FOR SERVICE FRAT
Kappa Sigma Kappa Elects
Faculty Members and
Twenty Leading
Students
About twenty students and several faculty
members were elected to membership
in Kappa Sigma Kappa, local service fraternity,
at the regular meeting held
Thursday night. The initiation will be
held at the meeting two weeks from now
and officers for the coming year will be
chosen immediately after the initiation
ceremony.
The names of the faculty members
clected cannot be given at this time because
it is not known definitely if they
:an be initiated at the coming ceremony,
[f they accept and arc unable to join
this time, they will be taken in at the next
nidation, according to Bill Herbert, secretary.
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Membership in Kappa Sigma Kappa is '
>ased on the service a student has ren
lercd to Carolina. lie must have taken 1
>art in some form of athletics, or made a ?
lame for himself in some other field of <
:ol!egiate endeavor. 1
The men elected Thursday night were:
5. C. Gilmorc, T. C. Hank ins, Harry '
M-eeman, R. L. Keaton, Mike Brown, i
Molan Raby, Cliff Brown, Francis Gra- ?
iam, Marvin Miller, Allen Rollins, Gor- ?
Ion Quattlebaum, D. B. Hudson, Kent ?
^wing, Herbert Bishop, Jr., Wallace
Phomas, Bill Callahan, Frank Bostick, <
>am Galloway, Ira Willard, Bob Wham, <
md Bill Gillespie. >
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LITICS
>0/ Killed \
\dair Can
ares Council
Forty-Eight Hour Turmoil
Subsides When
Eligibility Ascertained
Troy T. Stokes and Bryant
Adair were declared eligible to
run for the presidency of the student
body this year by a unanimous
vote of the student council
at a meeting held Thursday afternoon
in the Law building. ^
The motion, made by Wilson
Weldon to declare them eligible, B
is as follows: That the student
council declare Troy T. Stokes 9 B
and Bryant Adair and any man
who has the possibility of gradu- I: H
ating next year eligible to enter I H
the race for presidency of the I H
student body. . . ,
With hisses and booes reverberating I
throughout the historic walls of the Uni- I ;/
versity chapel, the student body declared I '
by a vote of 87 to 90 that Troy T. Stokes I y
and Bryant Adair would be allowed to . ;
run for the presidency of the student H H
body and also sustained the action of the I H
student council in declaring the nomina- I H
tions for the presidency would be reopened
until 12 o'clock Saturday. Presi-1
dent Williams declared that two-thirds I
vote of those present was needed to carry :
the motion.
Although a majority of the voters de- - clared
that the two candidates be declared I H
eligible, the necessary two-thirds required I H
to pass an amendment was not secured.
Serious question arose over the fact of I I
whether or not the question was an
amendment; President \\ illiams ruled I
that it was an amendment.
Approximately 200 or more students I
packed the chapel to attend the meeting. ,
Scenes of the wildest disorder were pre- |
valent throughout the entire meeting,
which rivaled the meetings when politicians
of old like Donald Russell. Tom
Craig, and others were present.
The student body also decided to let
the candidates for the various student
body offices speak in chapel Saturday
night at 8 o'clock and to hold the voting
for the offices Monday, April 27.
The question concerning the eligibility
of Stokes and Adair arose when Yates
Williams, president of the student body,
investigated the scholastic records of the
candidates for the presidency, and Mr.
Chase, registrar, declared that the two
candidates would be officially enrolled at
the University next year as juniors.
Standings Doubtful
Stokes will have 84 undisputed credits
at the en.I of the semester, provided he
passes all of the work he is now taking,
lie has six credits which he will not be
allowed until he takes two semesters of
work that he lacks. He lias stated that
he will come to summer school and will
get off six credits, which counted altogether,
will give him a total of % creditsMr.
Chase declared that unofficially hewill
he a senior provided he passes thiswork,
but that he could not be rated officially
because of the two semesters'
work lacking.
Adair is in the same predicament as
Stokes. He will have 85 undisputed credits
at the end of this semester, provided
lie passes all work he is now taking.
Adair, too, has stated that he is coming
to summer school and will fjpt off six
credits. Like Stokes again, he lias six
:redits which will not be given until he
masses two semesters' work he lacks.
The entire question was threshed out
in the student council and by an exceeditigly
close vote, it decided to rule the met!
ineligible. This meeting was held from 7^
mtil 8 o'clock, just before the regular
neeting of the student body in the chapel.
Yates Williams presided over the student
body meeting. He introduced C. K*
^rimsley, member of the student council^
vho presented the action of the student