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Lectures
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Baker Will Inaugurate
Comes At A Result Of A Resohition
Offered By J. Gordon
Hughes
For the first time freshmen will be
given this year a course of lectures on
the history and traditions of the University.
President Baker will open the course
with ah introductory talk. The first lecture
will be delivered , October 4 by
Dean Orin F. Crow of the School on
Education on "Beginnings of the South
Carolina College."
At the December, 1932 session the
board of trustees adopted a resolution
offered by J. Gordon Hughes of Union,
providing for establishment of the course.
The lectures will be given at 10 a-,
m. every other Wednesday in the chapel,
and not in Drayton Hall, as heretofore
announced. On.' such days they will
replace the usukl chapel services for.
freshmen. It is expected that the delivery
of lectures will not exceed 45
minutes.
All freshmen in the University are
required to attend at least six- lectures
of the course in each semester.
No absences in excess of three each
'semester will be excused for any cause.
A comprehensive one-hour examination
on all the lectures will be held, and
all freshmen will be required to take it
Only honor eredits will be given for
satisfactory attendance upon the course
and satisfactory attainment on the examination.
These credits will be awarded
as follows: for excellent attainment,
six honor credits; for good attainment,
four1 credit!*; for fair attainment, two
credits; for unsatisfactory attainment,
no credits whatever. Attendance will
be given due weight in the computation
of credits.
The regular chapel monitors will keep
records of attendance on these lectures
8 as in the case of chapel services.
The faculty committee to plan and
arrange for the lectures was designated
by the trustees and consists of President
L. T. Baker, Dean J. Rion McKissick,
Dr. E. L. <j?reen, Prof. H. C.
Davis, and Prof. R. L. Meriwether.
The schedule of lectures is:
1. Introductory Talk?President L. T.
Baker.
2. Beginnings of the South Carolina
College?Dean Orin F. Crow, October 4.
. 3. Lands and Buildings of the. University?Dr.
E. L. Green, October 18.
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Student Body
Reaches Total
1294 Students Register; To Make
Total Higher Than
Expected
Registration for this semester has
| passed aH expectations according to Uni'
versity authorities and an enrolment
short of that of last year by only two. or
'three hundred is anticipated. As The
Gamecock goes to press, 1294 students
have enroled in the University for this
, semester and the total is expected to
rise to well above 1300 students before^
registration closes.
In consideration of present conditions
and the recent abolition of free tuition
and the increase df all tuition fees the
authorities feel that this toiat compares
favorably with the first semester total
. of 1664 last yeaf.
Of the total enroled this year 878 are
men and 4i0 women, a ratio of approximately
two to one. Last year the ratio
was approximately the same.
University facilities will be taxed to
the utmost to take care of this number
as the budget as pasted by the board of
trustees was framed with an anticipation
of only 1000 students in the University,
but &srthorities are optomistic
and predict ? year of progress for the
! University.
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Cut System 1
Has Change I
Probations, Are Posted 1
Four Oats To Be Allowed; Senior 1
Honor Students Will Get
, . Privileges
With the beginning of this semester
will be instituted the new class atten- i
dance plan as passed by the faculty last s
i semester. Under the new plan courses c
I carrying one or two hours' work a week l<
I will entail a maximum of two cuts a
semester and other courses a maximum j
' of four cuts. 1
An innovation will be the doing away <
with the old system of individual noti- t
fication of probation and substituting in 11
its place a system of group notification. I!
When any student has taken all cuts I?
allowed in a course but one his name I s
with the name of the course will be <
posted in the chapel. If he then cuts I c
in excess of the number of cuts allowed I
he will be automatically dropped from u
the course with a grade of "E". Tar-11
dies will count on the basis of half a I
cut for each tardy. N
Any student who has been dropped 1
from three classes for violating the ab-1
sence regulations will be suspended from I
the University for the remainder of the
semester. All notifications of suspen-1
sion from a class for violating the ab-1
sence rule will be sent to the parents of I
the offending student _ . J
The rule of absences is suspended In ,
case of death or marriage in the fam-11
ily, sickness of the student of over three i
days' duration with a doctor's excuse, ,
or absences incurred while the student is 11
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Stoddard Gets
Master's Degree |
Former Carolina Baseball Captain I
Graduates From Maasachsetts 1
Tech < I
Robert J. Stoddard, '29, was graduated ,
from the Massachusetts Institute of 1
Technology, last June, with the degree L
of master of science in civil engineering. J i
He was able to get this degree in only
one year's residence.
Stoddard is the son of Dr. James A.
Stoddard of the University faculty and
Mrs. Stoddard. He married Miss Harriett
Baker, daughter of President Baker. I
While attending the University, Stod- (
dard was very active in campus affairs. I (
He was a member of Kappa Sigma, Om- j.
ricon Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Kappa.
He was also on the football and base- I ^
ball teams, being captain of the latter in
his senior year. L
Silent Period
Begins Saturday
Silent period * for men begins at 12
o'clock Saturday night, and pledging will
take place Monday at 7 p. m. in the
chapel, ruled the Pan-Hellenic council
I in its meeting in the Law Building, Tuesday
afternoon. All bids must be in by I
12 o'clock Friday evening.
Last year's rushing; and pledging fules |
were re-enacted in full. During the si- <
lent perfod, fraternity men and rushccs
are not to converse at all until the bidding
is announced Monday night, at which i
time the fraternities will gather in their
pledget.
The new officers elected at the meetj
ing are president, Adtrian Spears; vicepresident,
Archie Beatty; secretary-treasurer,
Rand Johnson. Speari is a Pi
| Kappa Phi. Beatty is a Sigma Nu, and
| Johnson a Pi Kappa Alpha.
The newly-elected dance committee is
Composed of Frank CHbbe>, Dave Ellison,
and Baynard Whaley.
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Seeks
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r History,
Players To 1
Start Soon
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Dean Gets Manuscripts *
iVill Announce Season's Program *
In Future; Mrs. Dean To c
Direct Danoers 1
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The Palmetto Players, student dra- t
natic organization of the University will {
ioon launch their fifth successive season
>f play producing, Mr. William Dean, ]
lirector, recently announced. j
Mr. Dean, who recently arrived from (
i trip to New York, brought several |
manuscripts with him from the John ,
Golden, and another by Owen Davis, au- \
hor of Jezebel, in which Tallulah Bank- .
lead is now appearing in New York. |
Several other manuscripts are expected 5
uid the season's plays will be selected
is soon as they have been perused. Most
>f the plays are new ones from the pens (
>f American authors.
* In addition to the major productions ,
i number of student productions will be
presented. !
Chapel Seats To
, Be Listed Soon
Students Will Be Allowed Five J
Outs, And Will Not Be
Notified Of Probation
Chapel assignments for the first semester
will be posted Saturday jn the (
obby of the chapel and all students will i
i>e responsible for chapel attendance be- ?
ginning Monday. It must be remem- :
bered that if a student does not find t
his name on one list he should be sure ?
to consult the list for the other chapel i
period.
Five chapel cuts will be allowed each 1
semester this year and no individual <
notification of probation will be issued.
Instead each Wednesday will be posted 1
the list of all students having four cuts.
Corrections of this list must be made at <
the registrar's office before the after- ]
noon of the Saturday following the date ]
upon which the list of absences was ]
posted. Otherwise the absences reported <
will be presumed to be correct.
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Magazine To
Appear Soon
"The Expurgated Nuthber" of The
Carolmiati, campus monthly magazine, is ,
coming out about the 15th of October,
according to James M. Black, editor. |
It will be mostly humorous, and will <
launch its appeal directly to the students, <
striving to maintain and 'add to the
E>opularity it held all last year. (
Anyone wanting to work on the mag- i
izine will report to The Carolinian of- ]
fice at four o'clock -Friday evening. *
Historic Textt
BePlac
A valuable book has come into the t
possession of the University recently in I
a copy of "Political Economy" by ex- j
President Thomas Cooper of th<J Uni- I
versity. The book was the property of (
one Ilig Coleman and is dated Decern- t
ber 18, 1837 and was donated by Mrs. i
Charlotte Wiengs DeHag of Moncks I
Corner, a descendant of the original pos- j
sessor. I
The book was originally written in <
full form by the president and when the <
need for a text book in his political <
economy class became felt he abridged
it and used it as a text bock. ,
It may be remembered that under I
President Cooper the University, then I
s Nev
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Al. D. Pi Loses I
Bid Privileges
3y Pan-Hellenic Ban I
Charge With Illegal Rushing I (
During Silence Period;
Appeal Reported
Loss of bidding privileges for one
emester was the punishment meted out 1
o the Alpha Delta Pi sorority as a re- ;
ult of charges of illegal rushing which i
>rought up against the group in a re- h
:ent meeting of the Women's Pan-Hel- <
enic council. It is understood that the 1
wrority has appealed the decision to s
he faculty committee on< fraternities i
rnd sororities. . I j
The code of rules/ passed by the PanHellenic
council, under which the soror- 11
ty rushing at the University is carried <
>n this year provides for a silence pe- 11
riod from the opening of the University 1
until Friday, October 6, during which )
:ime sorority girls were forbidden to <
?peak to new girl students. It is this <
regulation that the A. D. Pi group is 1
accused of having broken.
The charges were brought against the '
lorority at a regular meeting of the I!
council by Miss Eleanor McCall, coun- I'
rfl representative from the Pi Beta Phi I>
sorority. The charge alleged that a new '
student, Miss Miriam Lander, visited the [
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All "B" Senlors
Given Reward]
Fifty-Six Seniors Allowed Voluntary
Attendance By Faculty
Ruling
Fifty-six University seniors have been I'
riven voluntary attendance to classes '
iccording to a recent announcement. The '
iward came to all those seniors having I'
m average of "B" for all work done in
he University and was made in compli- I >
mce to regulations passed by the facjlty
last year. I
Attendance is voluntary to those on ]
he list except that in no case shall the
:lass attendance fall below 75 per cent.
The following are those listed as enitled
to voluntary attendance: i
M. Hester Adams, R. C. Arlington,
julie Belser, W. W. Bradley, Robert
Meredith Brown, J. H. Burckhalter, J.
F. Burgess, Gertrude Burrows, Daisy
Bello Butler, Ruth W. Carter, Katherine !
Cathcart, Dena Citron, Fannie R. Coop- |'
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B. I. O. I i
Berths Open
On Gamecocki
An opportunity for all students inter- ,
csted in assisting with the publication of ,
The Gamecock, University weekly, has I \
aeen extended members of the freshman
:lass and new students by W. B. King, I (
;ditor. (
Those who wish to take advantage of I i
his opportunity are requested to report j"
0 The Gamecock office in the Extensio
Building, next Monday, October 1, at
1:30 for further information.
Kx>kTo
ed In Library 1
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the South Carolina College, was the .
first college in the country /to institute ;
1 chair of political economy. It was ,
largely through the influence of Presilent
Cooper, who was considered an au- ;
hority on this subject and one of the
nost brilliant minds in the nation, tliat
;his chair was instituted. He considered ,
it a necessary move in order to educate .
the young men of the state in the the- ,
>ry of sound government and so important
did he deem it that he took the
:hair himself.
This book will be placed in the South 1
Carolinian section of the University It- <
brary and wilt be open to inspection by <
the public. t
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Begin Drive
For Stadium
Seek Aid From Alumni
Construction To Begin Immediately
Upon Purchase Of Lot;
To Seat 18,000
With a municipal stadium suitable for
:he staging of University football games
ilmost within sight, an intensive drive
for funds with which to buy the lot on
which the proposed stadium will be looted
is now being conducted among
the alumni of the University arid hopes
ire entertained that the money will be
raised within the next ten days, according
to B. A. Early, alumni secretary.
The proposed stadium will be built
from funds borrowed by the City of
Columbia from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and will be located on
the Taylor property at the State Fair
grounds. The stadium will be of concrete
and steel construction and will ac:ommodate
18,000 spectators with room
for unlimited increase in its sire.
All arrangements have now been made
except for the purchase of the lot. As
soon as the money for the lot is procured
construction will be commenced but
it is believed that the stadium will not
be completed until some time in December,
too late to play any game there tltis
year.
Negotiations concerning the construction
of the stadium have been carried on
all summer but it is believed now that
the commencement of the work is only
a matter of time. The question of the
validity of such a loan from the R. F. C.
was carried to the Supreme Court where J
it was upheld and .immediately plans
were drawn up and the plans approved
!>y the R. F. C. engineers. Tentative
jids for the construction have been let
>ased upon the University alumni's purrhasing
the lot.
The cost of construction will be fixed
it $80,000. This money will be bor(Continued
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Burglars Enter
McKissick Home
rhree White Boys Steal Quantity
Of Clothing And Destroy
Preserved Food
Entering the home of Dean McKissick
of the school of journalism sometime
during the month of August three
small white boys carried off a quantity
of clothing and other valuables as yet
undetermined and destroyed large quantities
of canned and preserved foods.
The full extent of the valuables has
not yet been fully checked but it i&
known that they carried off several pairs
of shoes and other clothes and several
medals and other momentos belonging
to Mr. and l^rs. McKissick
The boys entered the kitchen and
opened and destroyed a large quantity
sf canned and preserved foods, strewing
much of it upon the floor and leav(CorTtTnued
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Infirmary Has
Many Visitors
The Infirmary has been quite busy so
far this semester. Many have been
treated for their aliments. Earl Clarey,
who suffered from an acute attack of
appendicitis was treated. Dana Henderson
was confined to the Infirmary after
a tonsil operation. Allie McDougall received
treatment for a broken nose. Dan
Pendarvis has just recovered from an
attack of malaria. Tom Craig was cared
for after a tooth extraction. Grayson
Wolfe was in the Infirmary with a
sprained ankfe. Among others confined
were Harry Hamilton and Milton Kitching.
All freshmen 'and new students are
required to have, a medical examination.
No credit for work will be given until
these examinations have been made. A
fee of $2 will be charged all students
who haven't been examined by Sep*****
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ldings
Public Works
Is Medium
Negotiations Underway
President Baker Describes Present
Condition Critical In
Attiring- AM
Hoping to profit by the public works
program approved by Congress at its
last session, the University authorities
have sent a request to the governor's advisory
board to approve an application
for money to construct two new buildings
on the campus and do other extensive
construction and repair wprk.
If the negotiations are successful two
new buildings will be constructed on the
"old" campus, one just east of Rutledge
and immediately in front of the
law building and one just east of DeSaussure
and in front of the student
activities building. One of the proposed
buildings would be used to house the administration
and also various student activity
offices. It is also planned to locate
there a chapel capable of seating the
entire student body.
The other would be used to house the
schools of commerce and journalism and
the department's of sociology, Bible and
economics.
Money was also requested to renovate
the central heating plant and the infirmary,
to re-roof several of the buildings,
to build an addition to the library
and to make other, repairs.
President Baker describes the condition
faced as critical and said the construction
asked was necessary for the
safety of the students of the University.
The need for a central building to
house the administration he described as
especially urgent and pointed out the
hazard of continuing operations in the
old extension building, which has been
judged unsafe by consulting engineers.
If the proposed buildings are constructed
the extension building will be removed,
he stated.
He described conditions in the library
and infirmary as crowded and pointed out
the extensive damage done to the foundations
of the latter building by decay
and termites.
The need for a new building to house
classrooms, he pointed out is shown by
the fact that at present the departments
of economics, sociology, and Bible and
the schools of journalism and commerce
are housed in buildings judged not safe
from a fire standpoint, to house such a
large number of students.
The administration's request was sent
to a board appointed by governor Blackwood
to consider requests by state institutions
for public works money. If it
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Greeks Locate
For This Year
N$w Rules By Faculty Requires
Responsible Person In
Each House
In accord with a recent faculty ruling
thirteen of the fifteen social fraternities
on the campus have secured the
services of matrons or house masters.
The other two fraternities have moved
to the campus.
Three of the chapters have matrons.
They are Alpha Tau Omega (Mrs. Abrams),
Kappa Alpha (Mrs. Abbergotti),
and Pi Kappa Alpha (Mrs. Washington
Clark). The other groups have responsible
men in residence.
Bru Boineau, former football star, is
house master for the Sigma Alpha Ep?
silon chapter. Alpha Beta has secured
the services of Dr. E. T. Bonn of the
history department. James Hicks, teacher
of French at Columbia High School,
is staying at the Sigma Chi house. Bland
Hammond has been retained by the
Sigma Nu chapter..
Only three of the diapters have
retained the houses they occupied '
last year. They are: Alpha Beta, Sigma
Chi, and Sigma Nu.
Maxcy Gregg Park has claimed four
of tli^d|M^i?ei^Sigma,