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^ -r '1 Test Grades Of Frosh Are High Average Is Up Slightly Normalcy Rather Than Outstanding Brilliancy Seems To Be Dominant. Although sophomores contend that this year's freshman are the greenest bunch that- have been in the University statistics prove quite the contrary. According to the grades of the various psychological tests, Mr. Bell, chairman of the personnel bureau states that the average mark this year is several points higher than ever before since the University started requiring these tests of freshmen and new students a few years ago. However no new records were set for high marks. The class seems to be a more normal one rather than one with a small set of outstanding students. Already 394 freshmen and 77 transfered students have taken the tests. They were tested with a Phychology, English Training, Math Training, Math Aptitude and French test. Those new students, other than graduate and law students, who have not yet taken the exams are to be notified about October 1, when they will be assigned dates and places for them. From the data received from these tests the various departments of the University divide the students into sections according to the high school training they show in the respective exams. The professors are using the tests to diagnose the difficulties of certain students and are preparing their courses to meet these difficulties as well as the regular work of the course. The personnel bureau, which had I charge of these exams, welcomes all students to its office, in the basement of the Extension building, either for discussion of the tests or of their courses of study. The office is open from 3 to 5 p. m. every day except Saturday and Sunday. v. s. o. Negroes Sing At "Y" Meet A concert of spirituals rendered by a negro quartet from two xolored churches of Columbia featured the Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday night on the campus. The singers, under the direction of James Rutherford, janitor of Harper college, gave two groups of popular negro spirituals. The meeting was presided over by Sam Taylor, who also gave a brief talk on suggestions to deepen one's kpirituality. I Dictionary of Chemical Equation*?contain* wetve thousand completed and balanced chemical foliations, classified and arranged for ready reBronco. It It no more difficult to find a desired Kuation In this book than It It to find a word the Standard Dictionary. CAMPUS BOOK STORE WE WELCOME CAI CAPITOL DRl 1213 Gervais Street MARSHAL Knic Plus 8 I NEWEST STYLES IN BROWN TAN ] GRAY J BLUE H ar s Sferr V . f?. , \? ? ( . it a*. . Freshman Arc i Warmly By John Bigham It is eleven o'clock at night. The "Independent Kingdom" of Thornwell is ablaze with lights. The stern and immobile buttresses of the old building re outlined against the pale September sky. A quarter moon, attempting to keep cool by hiding behind a cloud, sheds eerie light over surrounding objects. All is quiet. The worse is yet to come. Suddenly, a thunderous shout splits the silence of the night. It is the cry of "Freshman!" and it echoes and re-echoes across the barren wastes of Pendleton Street. Again it is repeated, and the freshman thinking himself secure upon his own home and fireside, suddenly finds stern reality staring him in the face. Dreams of home are lost, and fond fancies are swept aside, as he is steered ever nearer and nearer Tenement 23. Ten minutes have passed. From J)eSaussure, from Harper, from Thornwell, from Woodrow, the poor new boys are huddled into the narrow confines jof a dimly lighted room. The dirty work is begun. The grim faces of the upperclassmen are set in determined lines. A whimper goes around the room. A freshman drops and is carried from the room. The blows fall thicker and faster. Those freshmen who know too much are brought low, and the rod of correction is at its work. Well past midnight finds the meeting nearing an end. One by one the freshmen are allowed to return to their beds and dreams. If they feel like it they sleep, otherwise they stand up the rest of the night and ruminate on the cruel fate that has led them to such an unholy plight. And thus life goes on, the underdog always on the bottom until nine months will have passed and he will be triumphant, having overcome the perils of Freshmen life. Infirmary Has Busy Week With physical examinations and emergency cases the infirmary has had quite a busy first week. Mrs. Madden said Tuesday that about four hundred medical examinations had been made and that the students were cooperating in this work very well. Those reporting at the infirmary during the week were: G. C. Wolfe, Cooley B. King, Donald Causey, Miller Simpson, T. W. Duval, Stanley Bryant, Yancey McLcod, and R. A. Hancock. u. s. c. What's that I've been hearing about your wife leaving you and going home to her mother?" " I hat's right. She said she couldn't stand my cooking." tOLINA STUDENTS JG COMPANY 'Phone 22101 vL-TATUM kers j j ^ id $5 5 Greeted At Thornwell Library. Busy With Workers Personnel Changes R. M. Kennedy Announces Changes In Staff; Students Once More At Work On Parallel. The University library is again busily occupied by students doing parallel reading, research work, and magazine and paper reading, and otherwise preparing for class work, according to R. M. Kennedy, librarian. There are also a few changes in the library's personnel. Mrs. Crown Torrence, the department librarian has resigned and accepted a position with the Charleston public library. Mrs. Cora Johnston, who for the past two years has been in charge of the South Carolina room, succeeds her. Mrs. Johnston's place is to be filled by semi-trained help. Mrs. Clarence Johnston will have charge of the South Carolina room in the mornings, ' and Miss Sally Blanding Anderson in the afternoons. The library staff will remain unchanged except for student help, Mr. Kennedy said. Several student assistants last year were taken by graduation and will be replaced this year. Before long the library will have to undergo further expansion, Mr. Kennedy states, as the study halls of the library are crowded every day. About 500 freshmen are being taught how to seek information and books in the' library by Mr. Kennedy. Each freshman, has been given a printed circular explaining the outline of the library and familiarizing them with how to find any information they may need through the catalogues and indexes. A new consignment of books received during the summer are now. being shelved and put in readiness for use. U. 8. O. Frosh Attend Unique Smoker Approximately thirty freshmen attended the informal smoker given by the Euphradian literary society Tuesday night. The program was unique in its brevity, which President LeRoy Want explained as due to the heat, v There were speeches by Luke Williamson, Mitchell Morse, and Chaffe Croft, after which several prominent members of the society were introduced and gave short extemporaneous speeches. TJ. 8. O. OPEN FORUM September 25, 1031. Dear Mr. Editor: I have recently been accosted by many students desiring to know the results of the agitation last year to institute the practice of hair-clipping of freshmen entering ihc University. With your consent, I shall publish herewith the result of this, thereby enabling those who are interested to know the outcome of the whole matter. Lewis H. Wallace and the writer appeared before the faculty council and presented our plan. We were then informed that Dean Baker would write to us, telling us of the action taken by this body. After a reasonable lapse of time I approached Dr. Baker and was told that the whole thing had been vetoed. The principle of the plan and the sincer.ty with which it was advocated appealed to the council, Dr. Baker stated, but it could not be sanctioned by the University as it would be classified as hazing. This, of course, is prohibited by law. How Clemson college is privileged to shear the heads of freshmen was not explained by my informant, and I deemed it unwise to interrogate him further. Very truly yours, William C. Herbert. B. B. (J.?? Yes," said the self-made man, "I was left without a father and mother at six months, and ever since I've had to battle along for myself." "How did you manage to support yourself at six months?" I crawled to a baby show and won the first prize. That wao the way I started." ' ' I Student Revised, 1930 ARTICLE I Members Section 1?All regular matriculates of and candidates for degrees in the University shall be members of the Student Body. ARTICLE II Officers and Elections Section 1?The officers of this body shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; the President to be elected from the Senior Academic Class, the Vice-President from the Senior Law Class, the Secretary and Treasurer from the Junior Law or Junior Academic Class. Section 2?The Student Body shall have as a governing board a Student Council to be composed of fifteen (15) members to be constituted as follows: The President of the Student Body, the Vice-President of the Student Body, the presidents of the four Academic classes, the presidents of the three Law classes, the president of the Inter-Club Association, and one (1) from the Co-ed Association, and one (1) member from each of the four literary societies, such members to be definitely elected for that purpose. Section 3?Each class shall elect its officers in the spring for the following year on the day four (4) weeks next preceding Commencement Day, elections to be effective with the opening of the succeeding session; provided, however, that all classes save the rising Senior class may hold their elections within two (2) weeks after the day fixed by this section. Section 4?Each class shall have the following officers : President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and Historian. Section 5?The freshman class shall at this election elect two (2) of its members, one to be a co-ed, to be members of the Honor Committee. The Freshman class shall elect its officers on the sixth Saturday following their matriculation. This election shall be conducted by the Student Council, and shall be by secret ballot. Section 6?The Freshman Law class shall elect its officers on the fourth Saturday following date of matriculation. It shall at this time also elect one (1) of its members to be a member of the Honor Committee. Section 7?The Inter-Club Association and the Co-ed Association shall hold their elections in the spring within two (2) weeks after the day five (5) .weeks next preceding Commencement Day, such elections to be effective upon the opening of the succeeding session. Section 8?The term of office shall be from the opening of the session through the final Commencement Day. Section 9?On the day six weeks next preceding commencement the president of the rising Academic class, the president of the rising Senior Law class, the president of the rising Junior Academic class and the president of the rising unior Law class each shall call a meeting of their respective classes. The purpose of the) rising Senior class (Academic) meeting shall be to make nominations for the presidency of the student body; the purpose of the rising Senior Law class meeting shall be to make nominations for vice-president of the student Body; the purpose of the rising Junior Law and Acadcmic class meetings shall be for each to make nominations for Secretary and Treasurer of the student body. All nominations shall be handed, on the day made, to the chairman of the Student Council, who shall announce them to the student body the following day. For three days following this announcement, nominations may be made in writing from the student body, provided five men econd the nominations. Within three days after nominations come to a close the Student Council shall conduct an election for the above officers by secret ballot. Every one of the student body shall have the right to vote in said election. In the event no candidate shall receive a majority at the said election, such additional elections as may be necessary shall be conducted by the Student Council at three-day intervals following the first election. This election shall become effective in the election of officers in 1928 for the scholastic year of 1929-30. ARTICLE III Duties of Officers Section 1?It shall be the duty of the president to preside over all meetings of the student body, to announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is to be acted upon, to inform the assembly when necessary, on points of order or practice pertinent to pending business. The president shall call meetings of the student body at such times as he deem necessary without authorization from anyone. Also any ten members of the student body, upon signing a petition to the president to call a student body meeting, shall have the right to call such meeting if the president refuses to do so. ; ; . v v ' .J,. Body Co Section 2?It shall be the duty of the vice-president to preside in the absence of the president; in the absence of both the president and the vice-president, the duty of presiding shall devolve upon the secretary and treasurer. Section 3?It shall be the duty of the secretary and treasurer to take and preserve legible minutes of all student body assemblies, to preserve and dispense such funds as may come into his hand. Section 4?It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct all necessary correspondence relating to the Student Council or to the interests of any member thereof. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to transact all business which does not by its nature necessitate the action of the student body in assembly. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct, by secret ballot, all elections^ in which every member of the student body is qualified to cast his or her ballot; and it shall be the duty of the Student Council to announce the result of the said election. Section 5?The president of the student body shall be cx officio chairman of the Student Council. It shall require a two-thirds majority of the Student Council to constitute a quorum; a majority of the quorum present shall be sufficient to conduct all business. Section 6?The chairman shall call meetings of the Student Council on the first Wednesday of each school month, and at all other times it may be deemed advisable. ARTICLE IV Honor Principle and Organisation Section 1?The Honor Comrpittce has jurisdiction over the Academic school; the term academic includes all divisions of the University except the school of Law. Section 2?The Honor Committee consists of two representatives, one man and one woman, from each of the four Academic classes. Section 3?The representatives are to be selected by their respective classes at meetings called for that sole purpose. The meetings of the three rising upper classes shall be held the first week of May. The Freshman class shall elect its representatives in the first week of November. Section 4?(a) There shall be a nominating committee composed of the presidents of the three rising upper classes and two delegates, one man and one woman, from each of the above-mentioned classes. Also the two Senior members of the then existing Honor Committee. The two class delegates shall be elected along with the regular class officers. (b) The nominating committee shall hold its meeting three weeks prior to the date set for the election of members to the Honor Committee. (c) Each class shall have selected from its membership at least four nominees, two boys and two girls being tTie minimum. (d) The nomination made by the nominating committee shall be handed to the presidents of the respective classes. (e) The members on the Honor Committee representing the Freshmen class shall be elected at a special meeting and not at the regular class election. Section 5?The term of office shall end the second week in May, at which time the members of the committee shall be succeeded by the newly elected representatives of the rising upper classes, except in the case of the Senior representatives. These latter members will serve with the new committee until the end of the school year. Section 6?(a) During the second week in May, the male member of the Senior class incumbent shall call and-preside at a meeting of the new committee, at which time the chairman and secretary shall be selected by the committee from its own membership. (b) It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside over all meetings of the Honor Committee. It shall be the duty of the. secretary to keep complete minutes of all proceedings, to record all verdicts and all constructions of the Honor code. Section 7?(a) The decisions of the Honor Committee shall be final and absolute on all questions coming before it for consideration. (b) To'be convicted, a defendant shall be adjudged guilty by all members of the committee save one. WE WE Both Old and METR0P01 "The Old 1544 Main Street *' 1 i 'I ' 4. . . < nstitutionA I Section 8?The Honor Committee shalll have jurisdiction over all questions it9 volving a breach of honor. Breach honor to apply only to dishonesty ad9 stealing. '1 Section 9?Upoji conviction, by Honor Committee, the defendant shall be indefinitely suspended from the University, except in the case of a Freshman, The Committee may exercise" its discretion in such cases. ^ Section 10?(a) All hearings shall be conducted privately. Only members of; the Honor Committee and the defendant shall be regularly present. There shall be no attorneys or representatives fo* either the committee or the defendant, Such witnesses as are necessary may be introduced. (b) The proceedings and actions of all meetings shall be in secret and not di&j Icloscd outside of the meetings. (c) The accuser must appear befon^ the accused at trial. Section 11?Every student is rcquestti expected to uphold the honor of thti University by teaming and reporting all I violators of the honor principle. ARTICLE V By-Laws Section 1?The rules contained flf Roberts' Rules of Order shall, gov^fa the student body in all cases where they'iare dot inconsistent with the Constiti*! tion and By-Laws of the student bodjj Section 2?Business may be transacted I by a majority of those present. Section 3?Proposed amendments and I additions to the Constitution and By-| I Laws shall be submitted in writing to the student body assembly and shall re^ quire these to be read three times, nl reading within an interval of three dayi from the preceding reading. The pro-i! posed amendment may be discussed only* after the second and third readings. I shall require a two-thirds student body vote to carry the third reading. J Section 4?The May Queen shall beelected the second Friday in April, thej coronation to be held during the firstj week of May. Only Junior and Senior^ I co-eds shall be eligible for the office on May Queen. Section 5?The cheerleader shall be-' elected from the student body the second Tuesday in May, his election to be eflfecItive during the succeeding session. Section 6?This Constitution shaU^J^i I published not less than once each year* I in The Gamecock, and at a time during^ the early part of the first term. I Section 7?During the second week it^ October of each year the student body, shall elect three (3) of its members to'' serve with two (2) members of the"' Faculty, to be elected at the same time, on the Social Cabinet. 'J u. h. o. Association Of _ Teachers Meet r* ., " ?? , J Carolina Will Be Host To Teachcrs; Of Languages: Dr. Ervin, | Davidson College Presides. M The annual convention of the Soutf^i Atlantic Language Teachers' Associa-1 t'?n will be held in Columbia on Nov ember 27 and 28 with the Univer#ftfi1 of South Carolina as host, according to Dr. Francis W. Bradley. Prof. Edwin J. Erwin, of the Ro-. nance Language department of David-' son college, is president. Last ycar'l! convention was held at Davidson college. Preparation for the entertainment of the association will soon be made? by the English and modern language.! departments of the University, 1)(1 Bradley stated. / ? U. 8. O. With television about to make its] advent into our homes, all the doctorj will have to do is pick up the receiver^, and tell us to stick out ,our tongues.* M ? "1 JUS JONES j "Biggest Little Place in Toum" | Central Union Building 'Phone 7000 - 1 =3 :lgome j New Students : JTAN CAFE Reliable" Phone 7849 \ ^ ~ i M j