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Claims Bingham Expl Of Work ] Director Of Research Federation < York Times To Reasons College Trained 1 The opinion of Co!. Walter V. Bingham, director of the Personnel Research Federation, as quoted in a recent issue of the New York Times as to the reason for unemployment among college trained men should be of interest to students of University of South Carolina. The article is as follows: Faulty distribution of employment rather than a surplus of collegetrained men and women is responsible for the discrepancy between opportunities and available trained workers, in the opinion of Colonel Walter V. Bingham, director of the Personnel Research Federation. Speaking yesterday at the final session of the twelfth annual autumn conference of the federation in the Hotel Astor, Colonel Bingham predicted an increasing demand by society for professional services as a result of higher social standards, increased leisure, additional wealth, and present inadequate services in rural areas. Sees Facts Misunderstood "It is getting fashionable to assert that there are now altogether too many high school graduates and college-traincd men; that the professions of medicine, nursing, teaching, engineering and law arc crowded; that there is a large ovcrsupply of skilled tradesmen, and that there are few careers open to musicians, artists, writers, and so on down the list." Colonel Bingham said. "Sweeping remarks of this sort reveal at once a growing concern, and an ignorance of facts about the changes that have been asking place in the distribution of occupational opportunities. There are shortages today in certain lines of specialization. Physicians, trained social workers, stylists, nurses, hair dressers, interior decora1 the r. l. bryan co "The House of Quality" Books, Stationery, Student Supplies 1440 Main St. Columbia, S. C. copeland co. 1409 Main Street KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES $35 jessamine clothes $22.50 leather jackets I $7.50 to $10 freeman shoes $5 and $6 Visit Our New Store 1409 Main Street fak th] buy: yo ? you have wha but, are you ' ^ what yo i adver1 I The Ga i every studen1 ! Colle ains Lack For Graduates Ot^lls Attention In Article In New For Unemployment Of MEen And Women tors, beauty specialists, coppersmiths, skilled laundry operatives, are in demand. "There need be no surplus of occupational talents if the changing trends of opportunity arc understood, proper training is provided, and young eople are helped to plan their preparation for callings that will most probably be in demand. "Our inventory of the nation's personnel resources seems to reveal on the whole an astonishing surplus of ability unused, in good times as well as bad. "At least some of the present discrepancy between job opportunities and available talents is traceable to past failures of educational and occupational adjustment, since thousands of bright persons, who invested their youth in preparing for the wrong occupations are now competing with their less-talented mates for the lowest paid unskilled jobs. Surely there is no real surplus of ability, but instead a dislocation in the machinery of occupational distribution. "As a people was have neglected to provide students and workers with information regarding occupational demand and supply, with educational and vocational guidance, training of the right sorts, placement facilities, opportunities for occupational retraining and adjustment where adults are trapped in economic and technological changes of the industrial mechanism." Study of Idle Urged Miss Gladys L- Palmer, of the industrial research department of the University of Pennsylvania, urged careful studies of age, sex and race in relation to the labor supply in the surplus occupations which she listed as laborers, clerks, carpenters, machinists, truck drivers and chauffeurs, cooks and chefs, stenographers, painters, waiters and waitresses and plumbers. O. Milton Hall, of the Personnel Research Federation, found that the unemployed have not only lost faith in themselves but have developed a bitterness and antagonism toward the employing class and a synicism and doubt of the social and political institutions under which they live. William H. Stead, associate director of the United States Employment Service, said "the pressure of the unemployment situation has aroused public interest in the problem of unemployment reserves and insurance" and has shown the necessity for a well-organized public employment service as "the machinery through which the insurance plan might operate." SENIORS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, who plan to teach next year, are cordially Invited to confer with SOUTHERN TEACHERS' AGENCY South Carolina National Bank Buildlno COLUMBIA, S. C. e sy iNG jh^ek }m iwmhk u t they need? teijjng them u have? a pise in mecock I \ 1 ? a subscriber b >ge Me 1 ; SchoolComedy Is Success Play Is Well Presented "Green Stockings" Oast Puts On Three Act Play In Sophisticated Style By MARY FORD "Green Stockings" should have been characterized by a great amount of amateur verdency, but it wasn't. The University High School Dramatic club unloosed more sophistication and general knowledge of the technical side of play production than has lately been given by any troupe of actors on or near the campus. This three-act comedy by A. E- W. Mason, directed by Mary Lewis, was presented November 24 in Drayton Hall before a small but sympathetic audience, whose size was increased by a number of non-paying guests. "Green Stockings," however, was so well done that it had A. R. Hafner, principal of the University High School, all but rolling in the aisle with glee. Wearing an expression similar to that of a fond mother hen surveying her brood, he seemed to enjoy thoroughly every line of the production. The plot of "Green Stockings" concerns an older sister's actions when called upon to attend the wedding of her third younger sister. Tired of wearing "green stockings," which seems to be another quaint little custom of the British Isles, she invents a made-to-ordcr hero, one Smith. Sensible even in this, however, she thoughtfully places the poor egg in far-off Somaliland. But, strangely enough, there is a Smith in Somaliland, and when he appears, in the third act, things become rather complicated. John Crews, as Colonel Smith, performed creditably, and displayed the best accent in the play. We suspect, however, that this enterprising young football player for dear old Columbia High School is a trifle better on a football line than the Stage Crews was on his stage lines. He seemed unsure of himself too often, but maybe that's what comes of being stranded in the depths of Somaliland. Where is it, by the way? Bessie Hcyward, sister of tti-Delt Coles, was excellent as Celia Faraday, an enterprising young thing who scorned the males she found around her (not too near, at that) and created a Romeo all her own. We suspect from her descriptions of this fellow that Celia had been going in vigorously for Gilbert and Sullivan, with perhaps a dash of Edgar Rice Burroughs. But Miss Heyward made Celia alive, and what's more, interest- i ing. Harrison Cockrell, as Admiral Grice, a nautical and not so nice old beczer with Admirable grey side-burns, was a floating power in the show, even though he couldn't follow Aunt Ida's example (see below) and get three sheets in the wind. It was charac- i teristic of the whimsical side of "Green Stockings" that one of his best lines, "Keep your heart up, my dear; rcmcm- , ber there arc other fish in the sea, big fish too," had a quaintly maratime flavor. Aunt Ida gave by far the best bit of character-acting in the play, particularly When she had one swig of brandy and got drunk. (Being from America, she couldn't take it). We suspect, however, that Elizabeth Hodges had been skulking about the campus for weeks, taking notes on how people get drunk. She couldn't have done it so perfectly without a little first hand observation. Stanley Morse and Guy Lipscomb (do those names sound familiar?) were 1 the long and short of Celia's having to invent a fictionary hero. Unfortunately neither of them fitted the shoes of her ideal man. Ah, well, it takes more than that to discourage us women, says Celia. Dorothy Piatt, Margaret Thompson, and Martha Withers, as the three younger sisters, were remarkably attractive. Brock Thcrrell, as Martin, the butler, was also good. Billy Spivey played the role of Robert Tarver, a would-be politician. We have an idea that Bobby, like Aunt Ida, had been haunting the campus in search of material on "How to Be a Politician," but anyway he furnished an adequate illustration of how a back-slapper acts at home. William Faraday, Cecila's doddering old father, was played by Wallace Rion. It was he who affected Mr.( Hafner so badly, see paragraph 3. The most amusing technical error in "Green Stockings" occurred in Act II, when the London Times is supposed to be brought in. But Martin, n Seek McCutcheon ( On Gun Head Of Economics Department I By Change In Money V Has Ample Gold T< "I am not frightened by the bugaboo of uncontrolled inflation," Prof. George McCutcheon, head of the University department of economics, said recently, in commenting on the present policy of the administration. "Inflation in Germany, France, England, and Japan resulted in panic, simply because of inadequate supplies of gold. But the United States today has ample gold with which to back its currency at almost any valuation. Such precedents, therefore, are not valid arguments against inflation. Professor McCutcheon's attitude toward inflation is not in entire accord with the presidential policy. "I have been at a loss to understand how the president has been led to expect that the gold buying will accomplish the end he has in view, that is, raising commodity prices. A decision by a group of officials certainly cannot determine what the dollar is really worth. As an indication, however, of the intention of the administration to devalue the dollar by reducing its gold content from 23.22 grains to, say, 11.61 grains as authorized by congress, the day-to-day decisions of this group takes on a tremendous significance. "If....the gold content of the dollar were changed to correspond with the present buying price, the gold dollar would contain about 14 grains of fine gold instead of 23.22 grains. An announcement of intention to cut the gold content of the dollar would accomplish the same result and at less cost to the government. "The government by its action is in effect saying to the business world, 'we will try out a dollar of 14 grains. If prices respond properly... .we shall fix this as the future dollar. If they fail to respond we shall try the 13grain dollar, the 12-grain dollar, and so on until we reach the 11.61 grain dollar. When we reach this point we shall have reached the limit fixed by Congress, and unless Congress decides to go further the devaluation must stop at this point. "I am not one of those who believe N. C. Students Break Precedent North Carolina, as a state, has gone giddy and 'foolish at last. Guilford College; its last Puritan stronghold has weakened and frivolousness reigns after ninety-seven years. (Can you take it?) The students engaged in the ancient pagan act of dancing. The occasion for the grand debauch was during a pep meeting before a pigskin conflict with their ancient foes of Elon, and lasted for the unheard of period of twenty minutes. An orchestra was the welcome accomplice. The faculty filed out of the dining room with indignant backs before the gaiety commenced. They couldn't take it, evidently. p. s. o. Alice Burkette Returns After Prolonged Illness Miss Alice Burkette, secretary to Dean F. W. Bradley, returned to her office last week after an absence of three weeks due to illness. Miss Burkette is well known to the students as Dean Bradley's secretary and in Columbia she is in demand on all occasions for her singing and her readings, particularly her negro characterizations. She is a member of the choir of the First Presbyterian church. Last year she played a leading part in one of the Town Theatre productions, taking the role of a negro mammy in Mrs. E. S. Cardwell's play. tj. n. o. thinking to add a little local color, pompously dragged in The Gamecock. And looking at Musclin' In, one character observed, "There's absolutely nothing in this paper." Gratitude 1 In the second act, too, there was too much light on the subject, when the electrician left on one set of the audience lights. One by one, it seemed, each member of the technical stafi would dash behind the scenes to experiment with the lights. Altho they succeeded in turning on all the rest of the lights, they failed to turn them off until the act was practically finished. After the play, the cast had one ol those "wild parties" for which the younger generation is so justly famed at the Sigma Kappa house> V II Wronk Comments rency Inflation )eclares That He Is Not Frightened alue And That The U. S. > Maintain Its Paper that price changes will occur in nice adjustment with changes in tlje gold content of the dollar... .Prices in this country should double, but the chances that they will under present conditions are remote. "The $3,890,000,000 in the federal reserve banks would immediately become $7,180,000,000. The amount of | money the member banks have on de- , posit with the federal reserve banks, ' which limits their lending power, would not be increased one penny; the 45 billion dollars in deposits of the people in all the banks of the country, j commercial savings banks, would like- wise not be increased one penny by , the act of devaluation. Thr lending , power of the federal reserve banks j would be enormously increased, but < the reserves of the federal reserve and of the member banks' are already ex- . cessive, and there is no reason to be- j lieve that bank expansion would occur on a scale to take up the slack. , "Some of the remarks that have < been published in the papers seem to 1 indicate a complete misunderstanding ! of the way inflation affects the ability I of the government to borrow. No one < should doubt the ultimate ability of the government to meet its obligations, and the more inflation we have the greater the case with which it will be ! able to meet payments of interest and i principal... .Banks and insurance com- ' panics whose obligations are in dol- ! lars, if they do not have to sell government bonds during the period of transi- I tion, should not lose on them. All high grade bonds will be affected tem- ! porarily in the same way as govern- ! ment bonds. "When the number of gold dollars 1 in the federal reserve is doubled social psychology is the factor to be reck- j oned with. In money matters you are dealing with 125,000,000 human beings, and their attitudes in periods of rising 1 and falling prices may carry prices <' far in either direction, though no ! changes occur in the amount of gold . in the country or in the gold content of the money unit." Art Exhibit At Drayton Hall' Those students at the University interested in art, should not miss the exhibit on the first floor of Drayton Hall at the University High. The Columbia Art Association ig sponsoring the displays, the purpose of which is 1 to create a greater interest in art in ' Columbia. ] 1 his is the second exhibit this year. * The first, which ended last week, was ( a group of paintings by Charleston J artists. Miss Kathcrine Heyward, head of i the University art department, is > chairman of the Columbia Art Asso- t ciation. She has much to do with the a selection of these exhibits. There will be about six more dis- j plays this session, giving University r students a fine chance to study pres- f ent day paintings. The art students of Carolina will t have an art show in June. ^ THE HAT SHOPPE dance hats arriving daily 1423 Main Street 11 Merit Shoe Co. 1 1031 Main Street if Jobs Glee Cltlb To . Leave Soon Boys. Will Go On Tour Concerts In Charlotte, Richmond, Philadelphia, And New York On Program The boys' glee club of the Univsity of South Carolina wiil leave Columbia, December 12, for the week's tour of northern cities. They will give a concert at Queens-Chicora College in Charlotte Tuesday evening, December 12. Wednesday evening they will appear at Pullcn Hall at N. C. State, Raleigh, N. C. Thursday they will give a concert at the Richmond Woman's Club in'Richmond, Va. Friday they will give two concerts in Washington. In the afternoon they will appear at the Congressional Woman's Club and in the evening at the new Shoreham Hotel. They will have pictures made with President Roosevelt while in Washington. Saturday they will give a concert it the Philadelphia Musical Acadcmy in Philadelphia. Sunday they will be entertained at the Barbrizer-Plaza Hotel and Monday they will broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System from 2:30 to 3:00 p. m. Eastern Standard time. Monday night they will give a :oncert at the Solon dc Musique. Members of the club arc: Howard Able, M. L. Albert, William C. Baker, Julian Bass, W. E. Bennett, Stanley Bernard, Julian Bolick, Edward Bowcn, Wihnot Brown, J. H. Burch, Roy Callison, Woodrow Callison, Henry Clcrici, William F. Cox, James Dickcrt, Sam Dillard, Hugh Distlehurst, Clarence Ellison, J. W. Ellison, Jr., Allen DuBose, Capers Gambrell, Stokes Goolsby, Leonard Greene, Harry Gulledge, Wilbur Harling, Robert W. Hayes, Richard Hearon, Herman Higgins, Harry Hilton, Frank T. Hubbard, Bobby Humphlett, Bernard James, Kent Hungcrpillar, Ers<ine Long, J. Y. McGill, John McMastcr, Shannon Minims, Jack Nathans, Bowers Parker, A. M. Plume, Gust Raney, John A. Reaves, Edward Sallcnger, J. B. Salley, Herbert Schrie>cr, Graham Seegars, Herbert Sholar, Francis W. Simpson, Earl Skidmore, F. C. Smith, S. Sorentrue, Harry Spann, C. E. Strange, J. P. Sullivan, William Valentine, Paul Wateroflf, J. L. Wiggins, Jr., Mclver Williamson md Claude Starr Wright. Y Will Soon Have First Tea i The Y will have Open House, the irst of two teas to be given by ! :* :his organization this year, at Flinn Hall Thursday aftertoon December 7, rom 5 to 6 o'clock which will be in :harge of Jim Mayes, chairman of the iocial committee. The University Glee club will be the fuest of honor at this function and vill sing some of the songs which hey will use on their Northern tour, iccording to Mr. Mayes. A committee from the Women's \ssociation will have charge of the efreshments and a committee of girls rom the various societies will serve. On account of its financial situation, he Y announces that only two teas vill be given this year. THE GRILL Appreciates Your Patronage American Owned and Operated Everything Nice to Eat 1224 Sumter St. Near Hotel Columbia 3T ARRIVAL JK KID SUEDE TRIM OR tOWN KID SUEDE TRIM As Pictured ? (wk 1 1 > , ' , li