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Ranked School Leads In Lists Of Famous Eduoators, Congressmen, Writers, Editors, Doctors, Attain Prominence Over one-sixth of the three hundred and fifty prominent Americans who give South Carolina as their native ' state in Who's Who in America arc alumni of the University a survey reveals. This is an unusually good record when we take into consideration that there are eighteen other colleges in South Carolina. Although most of the famous live in the state at the present time, a number of the native South Carolinians reside in New York and Washington, and as far west as San Francisco. Two brigadier generals, two major generals, two admirals, a former secretary of the treasury, United States senators, a publicity manager and vicepresident of one of the largest film corporations, educators, congressmen, writers, editors, doctors and clergymen are among those Carolina alumni who have attained fame. The list which was compiled by the use of Who's Who in America for 1931-1932 and the University Alumni directory is not complete. Sixty Carolina alumnt are listed below. John L. McLaurin '18; W. W. Ball '89; Major Gen. Johnson Hagood '92; Hon. Thomas S. McMillan '12; Dr. Albert H. Walker '91; Surgeon Gen. Business Training is Essential to Everyone, Particularly College Men and Women. Day, Night, and Special Classes. Draughon's Business College | 1218 Sumter Street 7 IciwM ?o ... t cigarettes lated tobi was plenty bacco mac If you 1 that a gr< packages cigarettes, package i GRANGE Pip Grange] mail's Mel for pipesslower anc , YOU CAN DEPEHD ON A U A nniAre In Who's Who Band Practice Held Thursday i ' Dean Olson Optimistic Oyer This Year's Array Of Band , Material With the opening practice Thursday i night the University band began preparations for the coming year. Although all the old musicians have not 1 yet returned, Dean Olsen was op- | timistic concerning the possibilities of i a more successful season than last i year. I The majority of the former mem- ] bers arc expected to report within a < few days. Added to these is a large number of freshman candidates from ( which Dean Olsen hopes to fill the | placcs left vacant by those who fail , to return. I One of the band's most talented j musicians, Louis Moon, was killed in j an accident early in the summer. \ The band will make its first field ! appearence Saturday when Carolina < meets Sewance on the State Fair grounds. V. ?. o. 1 Jas. M. Kennedy '84; Dr. Samuel E. . Chandler '86; Hon. Thomas P. Stoney '11; Bishop A. S. Thomas '94. , Rear Admiral Samuel McGowart '89; David R. Coker '91; J. Rion McKissick '05; A. F. McKissick '90; Fitz Hugh McMaster '05; Hon. Cole L. i Blease '88; W. A. Clark, Sr. '86; Mrs. Oscar L. Keith '25; the late August Kolin '92. Hon. David F. Houston '87; Brig. Gen. Frank Parker '89; Judge Thomas '' S. Scase '90; Dr. John M. McBryde 1 '93; Robert Lathan '02; Dr. S. M. Reed * '05; Dr. George B. Adams '06; Hon. ' F. H. Dominick '86. [ Senator Ellison D. Smith '86; Isac H. Hunt '91; John H. Stabler '08; , Frank H. McLeod '13; George A. Norwood '12; Joseph A. Tolbert '16; Gro- J ver B. Altman '07; Surgeon General ^ Edward R. Stitt '85; V. M. Moses '00. ( ifdwin G. Seibels '85; John E. Swear- ( 1 i 1 1 >eu all SmokU^f * < obaccos made for 1 and pipes; granuiccos. But there < rof room for a to le solely for pipes. 1 ook, you will find j 3at many tobacco 1 say "for pipe and ] "But the Granger ; rnys: R ROUGH CIJT e Tobacco ' r is made by Wellthod and cut right -rough cut. Burns Lcooler. Just try it! I 'v. : . ' I GCKTT St MYERS PRODUCT 7 , < ' In Wardlaw To Be Education Lab. - ) A. Hafner Hudx fiw Toaohtn And 200 Pupil* In BxjwT mental Venture At the opening of the Columbia pyblic schools about 200 pupils were shifted to the University high school in the Education Building. Applications for the transfer were made at the close of the past session by interested parents. The University high school has a faculty of five teachers, headed by A. R. Hafner. Only the first half of the grades will be offered. The school will act as a laboratory for the University school af education. University high school is a division 3f the University school of education, t>ut will be operated by the city public 3chool system and "every effort will be made to adopt the school to the particular needs of the University as x teacher training school," Superintendent A. C. Flora says. The pupils selected to attend the school were Jrawn from the city at large. xj. a. o. Be broad-minded, girls, unless you want to spend the rest of your life ooking under a bed. University Rep During. Dr. Goker, Oliver Brodie, Ralph Were Members Of Party Cck Astronomical Among the many scientific groups assembled in the New England belt recently to view the solar eclipse was \ party representing the University of South Carolina directed by Dr. E. C. Coker and including Oliver Brodie, Ralph Derrick, and Sanders Guignard. The party covered a distance of J.700 miles and spent six of their ten lights away in camp. On their return they gave enthusiastic accounts of the :rip, giving in detail their observations af the scientific experiments carried nit. Inasmuch as 31 years will elapse jefore the eclipse is again visible the nformation gained by the various >arties will add much to astronomical cnowledge. Practically all the leadng universities of the world were epresented and much new scientific :quipment was used for the fifst time. Preparations for the eclipse were so ntense that guards furnished by the Department of War had to be staioned about the encampments. The university made a contribution :>f $25 to the expense account, Dr. Coker $21 and the other members of ihe party $18 each. When the party eturned $11.40 was returned to each sf the four contributors. The highights of the expedition as seen and iescribed by Dr. Coker follow: The university party consisting of ;he writer and three university stulents, Oliver Brodie of Lcesville, Ralph Derrick and Sanders Guignard :>f Columbia, the two latter, graduates :>f this year's class, and Brodie a senor next session, set out to observe the eclipse at Conway, N. H. Conway, i town in the White mountains, about the size of Ridgeway, quite close to the central line of the p^th of totality, ivas the location chosen for the most jlaborate set-up of astronomical instruments and for the chief press bureau and for the NBC radio reports. Through the courtesy of W. P. Warner, graduate of the university of thfc :lass of '29 and for three years graduate fellow in astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, we obtained a letter of introduction to Doctor Stokley of the Franklin institute of Philadelphia. Doctor Stokley was director of the station there and kindly gave us tickets of admission to the ichool grounds where the great 85 foot camera telescope had been erected. More than a year's preparation had been made. The grounds were policed ingen '99; Admiral John B. Patton '85; Dr. A. A. Moore, 95; Major Gen. h. C. Crawford '01; Hon. J. J. McSwain '99; L. B. Wannamaker '10; R. L. Edmunds 86; Dr. N. H. Powell '15; John S. Dudley '14; George M. Prichard '08. James H. Rice '86; Dr. James M. Hayne '91; Henry E. Davis '04; John P. Thomas '19; Hon. Allard H. Gas que '02; Rev. James W. Jcrvcy '92; Bcnj. M. Sawyer '15; Dr. Jno. S. McLucas '93; Dr. Robert Wilsort '87. A number of former graduate stu dents who worked for their Master of Arts and Doctors degrees here have attained fame. Among them are Mrs. Julia M. Peterkin '25; Dr. John McSween '13; the late Dr. D. M. Douglas '99; R. G. Rhett '29; Bishop Kirkman G. Finlay '17; and others. ' Legislators Are Fined Imposed For Absence Records Of Session Of 1778 R* eently Acquired By Library Fines were formerly imposed on members of the South Carolina legislature who were absent without leave or who over-stayed their leave of absence, according to manuscript notes on the session of 1788 which have recently been acquired by the University library. The cashier of the legislature reported February 28, 1788, a list of members "who have absented themselves from the House without leave and others who have not returned agreeable to leave of absence." Those reported and the amount due from them were: Thomas Palmer, 14 dayfc, one pound, fifteen shillings; Andrew Hunter, 16 days, two pounds; Judge Aedanus Burke, 10 days, one pound, five shillings; James Grey Weare, 10 days, twelve shillings, sixpence. The report was ordered entered on the journal of the House. % Fifty-nine pounds were collected from this source between January 28 and March 27, according to Daniel Stevens, cashier. resented Recent Eclipse Derrick And Sanders Qui guard irering 2,700 Miles To Study Phenomenum by a company of the United States army camped on one side of the school grounds. At 11:30 the day before the eclipse there was a sort of rehearsal of the next day's activities and the company of soldiers were marched up and stood at attention while Doctor Rombel made a talk to the assembled group about eclipses in general and about the special type of investigations for which their equipment was designed. His talk was broadcast by NBC and may have been heard in Columbia, August 30. A 125-foot mast had been set up on which were attached at height intervals of 25 feet thermometers which were to be read by telescopes at intervals during the progress of the eclipse. Above this mast at elevations of 700 feet, 3,000 feet, 10,000 feet and 15,000 feet, airplanes furnished by the United States air service were to circle with temperature recording devices. The object of these thermometric devices was to discover what sudden changes in temperature take place in the earth's atmosphere at the time of a solar eclipse anad hence what corrections in the "Einstein shift may be due to sudden changes in atmospheric refraction caused by the cooling of the atmosphere when the sun's light is cut off by the moon. The "Einstein shift" many readers will recall is the apparent displacement of a star whicb happens' to be quite nearly behind the sun at a time of a total eclipse. The light of the star as it passes the sun seems to be bent out of its course by the light pressure of the sun. Hence the star seems to shift its position temporarily. Now the sun, like the earth, is surrounded by an atmosphere composed of many gases. Its atmosphere differs from the earth's atmosphere in its complexity and in its excessively high temperature. More than two-thirds of all the chemical elements known to the chemist, hydrogen, helium, calcium, iron and scores of other elements are present in the highly heated gaseous solar atmosphere. Fortunately for astronomers the disc of the moon is not large enough to cover and obscure this envelope of gases surrounding the sun. This ring of light observed around the black disc of the moon at the time of a total eclipse is known as the "chromosphere" or color sphere. The conspicuous color is scarlet and orange, characteristic of hydrogen, helium and calcium, though the spectroscope reveals the colors characteristic of more than 50 other elementary gases known to chemistry. The chief interest of the astronomer in a total eclipse lies in this opportunity, he has to study the gases in the solar atmosphere when the powerful light of the sun is screened off by the moon. Technically he says the moon hides the sun's photosphere (light sphere) and gives an opportunity to examine with all the devices of science in the way of spectrometer^, ladiamctcrs and what riot, the wonderfully interesting chromosphere (color sphere) surrounding the sun. If any one of my readers thinks 00 seconds long enough to observe a total eclipse, ask Brodie, Derrick and Guignard. The blank look of baffled V. ......J ,. ) V, ^ ^ " V-J, D. R. Coker W Agric w j ManyStuden ts Seek For Jobs Large Number Of Students. Depending On Jobs To Enable Them To Return S , Half of the freshman class aod about 125 old students at the University are depending upon jobs to enable them to return, according to information given out at the employment bureau at Flinn Hall. The calls on the bureau this year have been much larger than ever before ,and officials are planning an extensive campaign to find jobs. Cards filled out by the students show that they are capable of filling a large variety of jobs. A.meeting of a steering committee of representatives from the alumni and the Columbia Service Clubs was held Tuesday morning in the Chamber of Commerce building to perfect plans. The committee is making plans, not only to find jobs in the uptown district but also to find homes for students who are unable to pay their room and board. v. a. o. !Rushing Rules ' Put In Effect Changes in sorority rushing rules and plans for 1932-33 rush weeks were ratified at the meetings of Pan-Hellenic last Monday and Wednesday in the Chapel. The most radical change was that concerning the amount to be spent on rushees. This was changed from fifty cents for a date to eleven cents. This prohibits meals at homes. Another new rule is that a statement of approximate costs of membership surprise on the faces of these fellows when the sunlight shot out on the western side of the sun at end of totality was a sight worth seeing. My own former experience at the New Haven eclipse of 1929 did not wholly prepare me for the sudden return of the sunlight.. The merest edge of light shooting out after the moon passed was sufficient to transform the landscape again into its accustomed bright colors, though a half hour passed before the sunlight was fairly normal again. Guignard made timed exposures through his improvised telescope camera. He used the finder from the 15-inch telescope of the university and an excellent camera of the university biology department mounted on a support which he had So arranged as to follow the motion of the sun during the'eclipse. I warned him not to let the manipulation of this instrument blind him to the more impressive phenomena of the eclipse. My own observations were with dark glass at the early stages and my field glasses for the total phase. The university three-inch telescope helped us in early stages but an awkjvard jarring of the instrument in removing solar eyepiece at time of totality prevented a view of the total phase. eumiiuuuuitimiiiiuiuiiumniuiiuuuiiiiuiuuiiuiiuiuiiiMiiinHiiminiiiuiiiHiH 1WE W! BOTH OLD AND DRUGS?DM! BURNETT'S 1 I i One Block From Campus i SlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHillllllllllllllllllllllllllll r be! "WE SELL 11 Complete Gents Furnishing Stock Aiwa IDE SHIRTS?PHOENIX I WEYNBE1 i ; ? I ROSE-TALBER' Paints, Varnishes, Wall Pa 1223 Taylor Str? Columb Buy Your Art I , ' ?, ,.w J? 7rites ultural Article Urges Scientific Plant Breeding Farmers At Present In Better Condition Than Any Otke? David R. Cokcr, distinguished alumnus of the University of South Carolina, and one of the nation'* most prominent agricultural Readers, contributed to the June issue, of the aro^ linas magazine an illuminating article on the condition of agriculture in the South. Dr. Coker is a senior member of the University Board of Trustees. The Carolinas magazine, a quarterly, is devoted to the promotion of the resources of the two Carolinas and is one of the very few ^magazines printed within their boundaries. It is published in Charlotte and includes articles by many of the leading writers of the South, and of the Nation. Mr. Coker's article deals with agriculture in the South. He says: "There is nothing much the matter with agriculture in the Carolinas except debt and ignorance." He goes on to say that these farmers are now in a better position than any other class. Mr. Coker strongly advises the farmers to use scientific plan, breeding methods and cites the many obvious advantages arising from the use of such methods. David R. Cokcr was graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1891 and, last June received an honorary degree from the University .of North Caolina. p. a. o GAMECOCK TRYOUTS All students who wish to tryout for positions on the editorial staff of The Gamecock are requested to come to The Gamecock office, basement of the Extension Building, at 5 o'clock Monday afterAoon for assignments. Positions will be awarded only atytt; competitive tryouts lasting several weeks. in each sorority is available upon application to Mrs. Elliott. This will include the pledge fee, initiation fee, and approximate cost for first two years. The Pan-Hellenic tea will be from 5 until 0:30 on Friday, September 28. The receiving line will consist of the presidents of the sororities. Those serving will be the Pan-Hellenic representatives. ' The hours for sorority teas were selected by lot, as follows: Pi Delta Phi, 4-5, Monday; Delta Delta Delta, 4:30-5:30, Monday; Chi Omega> 6-6, Monday; A. D. Pi, 5:30-6:30, Monday; Delta Zeta, 4-5, Tuesday; Zeta Tau Alpha, 4:30-5:30, Tuesday; Pi'Beta Phi, 5-6, Tuesday; Delta Eta Sigma (Sigma Delta Tau), 5:30-6:30, Tuesday. Statistics prove that 50 per cent of the married people in the United States are women. ILCOME ' I NEW STUDENTS IKS?CIGARS I DRUG- STORE 1 Phone 3191 I I iiDiuiiiiiniiiiiiiiinnwiiiiinwiBi :k's II r FOR LESS" s and Clothing Department ,ys Includes lOSEr?CHENEY ORAVAT& lO SHOES T PAINT CO. 1 per and Artists' Materials >et?Phone 6269 ia, S. 0. 11 Materials Here |