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IF __ CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA The Alert Business , ^ Is The One That (^7^/ f ^ _^dL The Alert Individ" Advertises. m W Mr ^ ^*> mrual Is One That Reads Advertising. UNIVERSITY OF jis SOUTH CAROI INA Volume XXVII, No7l9 ^ OUU 1 " ^AKULIINA -======^^ COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRIDAY. APRIL 13. 1934 Pmmrln/1 1 QDQ Finance Bill Passed By Both Houses University Gets Increase Appropriations Far Below Figure: Requested By Authorities Carrying an item of $lf>x,?.*><) for tin University for the coming fiscal year the State appropriation hill was finally pushed through hoth branches of tin legislature the first of this wee! shortly after it had returned from ; free conference of representatives o the House and Senate. The Univcr sity figure compares with the 000, figured on a yearly basis, allottc< to the I'niversity for the current lisca year. It is an increase of $4,.140. Las year the I'niversity was allotted $24(1, 000 hut this sum was appropriated fo the eighteen months' period require* by the changing of the State finaucia system from the calendar year basi to the lical year basis. 'lhe appropriation is far below tin figure requested by I'niversity an thorities, and also below tin budget committee recommendation The budget committee and the Senati both recommended an appropriation o $200,00(1 but the figure was lowerei at the insistance ot the House. The bill as passed by the Genera Assembly continues previous provi sion concerning abolition of Ire tuition, retention of fees by the Uni versitv, increase in tuition made las year, and the banning of co-eds belo\ (Continued on Pago 4; Column 3) v. ?. o. Law Students Win Elections For Advisory Boarc Bowden And Mozingo Named Foi Student Athletic Advisors In an election marked only by tin sin; illness of the number of vote: polled. James l\ Mozingo and Join How den were elected as the two stu <luil members of the athletic advisor; board in an election held shortly be tore the holidays. They were oppose* by Scruggs Hope and Richard Foster Hi'tb Bowden and Mozingo an juniors in the law school. liowdei is a member of the social cabinet am the I'i Kappa IMii fraternity. Mozing< was elected president of the junioi law class last spring but did not re turn until this semester and did no take oil ice. I he advisory board is composed o two student and two alumni member! with one-half vote each and thret faculty members with one vote each Southern conference rules requiring that the hoard must have a majority of votes in the hands of the faculty U. H. o. University Glee Club Sings To Legislature "Roll, Jordan, Roll," "Sweet Lilly,' and the Alma Mater of the University were sung before the South Carotin; House of Representatives by the Glc< Club of the University of South Car olina last Wednesday under tlie di rection of Maurice Matteson. Afterwards, the Speaker of tin House introduced a motion of ap preciation, which was adopted by ; rising vote. "Sweet Lilly" is a mountain bat tat which Mr. Matteson has set tc music. V. H. O. Mrs. Mills Recovering At Columbia Hospital Friends of Mrs. J. E. Mills will he sorry to learn that she is in the Columbia Hospital, recovering from a major operation. Mrs. Mills was an instructor in I'rench at the University of South Carolina for several years. She is reported getting along nicely. Sophs Must Select Major Special Blanks Provided 1 ^ Next Week Allotted To Arrange All 'Necessary 5 Details l All students who will be Juniors 1 next fall are urged by the faculty to 1 ^ confer with their major and minor 1 professors next week and fill out their 1 ' major-minor program. Such a pro- ' , gram must be followed by all stu. dents in the College of Arts 'and 1 t Science before the beginning of their 1 - Junior year. * I he faculty has set aside the whole ' of next week to devote to the stu- ' j dents who need aid in filling out the 1 I blanks. The approval of the head of t the department in which the student 1 plans to major is his advisor in this ^ matter, and he must approve the pro- \ I gram. j Illanks, which are to be tilled out in s triplicate, will be supplied by the stu dent's advisor. They must he signed by his advisor, and one copy filed with the registrar, one with the head <>t" the student's major subject, and the other kept by the student. It the ] blanks are not signed by April :!<), \ the student will be lined one dollar. ' The section in the catalogue refercl . . , ring to major-minor departments is as follows: l' "At the beginning of the Junior year the candidate shall elect a de(Continued on Page 4; Column 4) I v Building Loan Bill Defeated Plans Failed To Pass ' House Strikes Names Of All Col- f leges Off Of Bill Providing I For State Aid P l Diversity hopes of securing a loan irom the Public Works Administration for erecting several new buildings and making additions to old buildings and repairs received a linal " blow last Monday night when the . 1 House of Representatives struck the " names of all State institutions of higher learning from the bill providing " for a Statewide referendum on the 1 question of securing the loan. Only the names of the State penitentiary, L" the State hospital, the State sanito1 riutn, and some minor' institutions re- ; ' inained on the bill as amended by the | 1 House. > 1 Action by the House ends a light i\ begun last January to obtain over t. $(>,000,000 in loans from the federal r (Continued on Pago ; Column 4) t u. h. o. ' S ? 1 , : Littlejohn Introduces j Bill In Euphradian 1 Resolved: That the federal gov- | eminent and the legislature of the j several states should enact legis- r lation permitting and advocating | } "birth control" is the query to be | debated next Tuesday by the | Kuphradian Literary Society. < >' The query in the form ol a bill 1 will be introduced into the senate ; of the society by Pruce Littlejohn of the Conservative Party. It is believed that a keen debate will ensue. Chi Delta Phi ! Sets Last Date ; April 25 has been recently an- ' nounccd as the closing date for the : Short Story contest conducted by Chi i Delta Phi, national honorary literary ; sorority, for which the prize is five dollars. 1 The stories may be of any length. . Anyone is eligible provided he is not I a member of Chi Delta Phi or of Sig- < ma Upsilon. Stories should be type- < written, double spaced, with the an- I tlior's name appearing only on a sepa- ' rate sheet of paper. They should be I given to Mary Ford, or left ati 'I lie < dame cock office Jor her. < Jackson, Shai Get J >remier Pageant And Beauty C May Queens. Event P] Attractions Prove Suet Corncha Jackson, Sumter, Alpl ? 'a ''V a,ul Mary Wright Shan ?d,a ,)clla ^'lla, and Margar sscry, l)c?tli of Columbia, were 11011 'ated lor May QllCen at the Heat, HKcant sponsored by K. S. K he " Drayton I fall Wednesday "niK| ihese three were selected fro \\ entv-six Kir Is nominated by tl ''Klit sororities on the campus, no orority women liviiiK in the Womai uddiiiK, and non-sorority worn. 1 V,,,K "i Columbia. They were, order of appearance, as follows Margaret Alderman, Courtney .<> Vinson. Katherine Hush, Klizabe Jasey, Irene Chitty, Harriet Conn. Catherine Craven, Christine Derric Musidora DuHosc, Louisa Fergust 'Mice Moyd, Mary Gilmore, A let Beaux Arts BalT Holds Spotligh Cn JeffersonBallrooi Members Will Wear Old Sty Costumes Of Louis IV Period Coming as one of the most uniq *?eial events ever to be luld on t I diversity campus, the Ueaux A all will be danced next Monday nifj " tin- ballroom of the Jefferson Ho irom nine-thirty o'clock until o. Iiirty. Music for the occasion will tiirnished by the C.amecoek orchest Invitations were sent out during t 1st week and responses are comi u rapidly. ] |K. subscription for oi ?ide Kuests, stag or couple, has be *t at $1.50 by the club. i lie ball will he a semi-costui '"air <?l the period of Louis XI \' I" ranee. Costume or tuxedo are i Mi'icd for all men. Costumes are ] lasted for all girls but are not coi u Isorv. J he ball will bcKin promptly linc-thi'ly with the presentation (Continued on Pago 4; Column 3) Black To Get Special Degree A bill has been introduced in t M>uth Carolina House of Represent ives to allow Briscoe Hlack, la Indent at the I Diversity, to recci i degree from the law school witho oinplying with the minimum entran e'luiremrnts for the law school. T >ill was introduced by Kepresentati I roy Stokes of Florence, a fellow I; Indent with Black. Hlack is a senior in the law schoi Entering as a special student lie h aken the reK'ular required work a: las received distinctive Krades. I s president of the senior law cla ind is a member of the SiKina Alp Ipsilon. 1 Mii Delta Phi, and Omicn )elta Kappa fraternities. Last vc ie was president of the Scldon l.i iociety. Robert Wau< Study Of That Mayan houses have n hanged much in 1900 years is t opinion of Robert Wauchope, form I'niversity student, who is now in t ivilds of Guatemala, studying the co struction of Mayan houses in co lection with his work as student mheology at Harvard University. Hob, is the son of Dr. and M Cf. A. Wauchope. He received 1 A. H. dcRrcc here in HWl, makii liighest honors both in academic a ixtra-currictila activities, lie was >ne time editor of the Garnet a Hlack, and the Carolinian, while vas still in its literary form. I lcld many other important positio an the campus, and was regarded ine of the most attractive persona id, Ussury udges' Decision ntest Reveals Bevy Of 26 Potential eases Spectators As Varied ;essful; Decision Approved ia Morton. Agnes Hughes, Cornelia (1, Jackson, Lois Kirkley, F.ulce Lide, et Fliza MeN'ulty, Margaret Nigel, Sara li- I Varlstinc, Mary Wright Sliand, ly Josephine Timherlake, l\lizabeth Id Thomas, Mary Sue Thome, Margaret it. I'sserv, and Ilina Wald. in They appeared in both sport coslie tunics and evening dresses, n- A short speech setting forth the 1 s purpose of the contest, to discourage en politics in the May Queen elections, in was made hy D. M. Hani, president : of K. S. K. Dutch Willard pri sided, it- Musical selections hy Buster th Spann's Gamecocks, songs hy Clar *r. ence Taylor, dances hy the Dean k, School of Dancing, and a gymnasium >n, exhibition by the Amatos were also .'ii included on the program. Bradsher Elected t ClariosophicHead m Succeeds Jerry Glenn rle Other Officers Are H. P. Kleckley W. K. Wolf, K. L. Adams, J. S. Cleland ne Julian 11. Bradsher of Florence was he elected president of the Clariosophic its Literary Society Tuesday night over [lit Stanley Bryant by a vote of to 1*>. tel Other ollicers elected were: 11. 1). ie- Kleckley of Lexington, vice-president; be \\ . K. \\ oli of Rowesville, critic; K. a. 1.. Adains of Camden, secretary; J. S. I'e Cleland of Mountville, treasurer; "K Billy Coleman of Saluda, recorder; it- ( . M. Shiver, Jr., of Renibert, seren geant-at-arms; Harper Welbourn of Ande rson. reporter; Howard Cooper of Laurens, chairman; Marshall Williains of Orangeburg, and 1*. M. Lore mas of C.ray Court, board of pardons. L. L. Cireen of I'acolet, and J. W. 111 Fllison of Fasley, monitors; Roy 1.. Stokes of Timnionsville, and C. K. al Simmons of Johnston, debating counot cil; Kent 11 ungerpiller of llartsville, (Continued on Pajjo 4; Column 5) To Hold Art 2 Exhibit In May |lt. A collection of r~.*> original etchings a. woodcuts, and lithographs will be w shown at the Fducatiou building, beve ginning May S, under the auspices of ut the Carl Schtirz Memorial Foundacc t ion. lie The exhibit is arranged to show the ve various trends in modern art, and is iw the work of well known German artists. Beginning with Impressionism [>l. and Naturalism, the principal expoas nents of this school are Max LieberihI niann, for :so years president of the lc I'russion Academy of Fine Arts, I .oris ss Corinth, Max Sfrvogt, Hans Meid, ha Ludwig Von HotTman, and Robert on Sterl. ai Kaethe Kollwitz, foremost woman IW etcher, is represented by a set of illus(Continued on Paoo 4; Column 5) ^hope Makes Mayan Houses ot ties at the University. Bob was tinhe assuming, interesting, and talented, er He has been studying lately at Harhc var(' ^ Diversity and is now on his second excavating expedition. An account of his finding while on an exn" pedition in 1932 has been published as of "Contributions to American Arcliealogy, No. 7," by the Carnegie Instirs. tute of Washington. lis There were many interesting, and ug dangerous experiences on his last cknd pedition, including a six-day mule trip at through the jungle, during which time nd the party was completely out of touch it with civilization. Ic Robert Wauchopc, it is expected, ns will soon be the second "Dr. Wauas chopc" that the University may claim li- proudly. Davis Recalls 1 By-Gone Days ? Defends Modern Athlete k! Professor Tells Of Sports Played -r When Carolina Was In Its Infancy "I sci' great good for youth in ^ athletics. I may he blind to sonic evils, hut one i> blind indeed who would return to old conditions, who would give up our clean, well-developed and courageous young men and ^ women for the mere scholar, hookworm or household drudge who is uu- . able to maintain his life at a high 'j level of fitness amid the shocks of modern civilization." I his is Professor Harry C. Davis' j opinion of College athletics as re- "J vealed in his lecture on "Athletics in , the Old College" before members of * " the freshman class Wedncsdav inornm mg. The speaker defined his subject "a> ^ all physical training, organized or in- ^ dividual, lor the promotion oi hodilv ., health" in the old college. Rioting was the favorite passtimc of the earlier students and their athletic inclinations were restrained to a limited amount of military training. 111 I'rofessor Davis stated. In the services of 1*ranees I.icbcr, a great u (icrinan athlete, were secured in the xv role of gymnastics director. Later the art of fencing was introduced. The various games of racing, tip(Continued on Pajjc 4; Column 4) el u. 8. c m Library Gets ? Prized Books Donated By Mrs. Sams * Valuable Greek Books Include Copies Of Homer And New Testament I; Several valuable (ircck books, be- p. longing to the late Dr. Stanhope Sams, editorial writer for Tl:^ State, and one ot South Carolina's most distinguished scholars, have been pre- pi sented to the I diversity library by C Mrs. Stanhope Sams. " Copies of the Xew Testament, old ' i -ii l'1 editions ot Homer and other Creek poets, and several dictionaries were in- j,, eluded in the gift. lilt was Doctor Sams' custom, for v< many years, to go home from the l' editorial offices at midnite, and read deeply of Greek literature, lie gave h< much time in the later years to a i0 study of the new Testament in Creek, at IT. R. O. (| ? J, Seniors Wanting Jobs Should See Mr. Bell " Seniors who are interested in getting permanent jobs after grad- ~ nation are asked to get in touch ^ with Mr. Hell at Flinn Hall. O < Is 1 he new \ . M. C. A. cabinet will meet tonight, April l.s, at 7:1.*> in Flinn Hall, announces K. CI. li< Hell. The cabinet is studying the j| technique of carrying out the pur- | poses of the University V. M. C. A. All members are urged to he on 1' time. tl ____ ___J I Jl Wardlaw Picture Put On Display ?' l? A portrait of Dr. Patterson Wardlaw, Dean Emeritus of the School of ? Education, has been placed in the educational library. It was painted by Frederick T. Weber of New York. Mrs. K. Reed Whaley, a Columbia artist said of it: "Accessories have been handled almost with severity that they might not detract from but emphasize the tender kindliness of the benign and thoughtful countenance of this gifted scholar and educator. Details have been subordinated to the face and figure and help to build up the characterization." L * VUAiVtVU JLC/\JKJ Vfew Honor >ystem Is Suggested y Students; Faculty eeting Called To Discuss Plan ''or Student Honesty In Classes On Exams. A new honor system was suggested a joint meeting <,f ;i committee of udents and members of the faculty onday. March :>??. The meeting was called to discuss ans for improving the status of stunt honesty in classes and on cxninations. The students on the comittee were: P. ] .. Sims, I.audou lies, Jr., \\ erher P?ryan. \\". Keith olfe. J. R. Moll, 1"?. D. Sal longer, nyes II. (?ressett, Katlierine Hush, id Jae<|iielin Kmerson. The faculty embers were: Professor T. 1'. Pall, r. J. I!. Coleman. Professor II. C". avis. Dr. R. K. Foster, Dr. Josiah cts*.-. Dr. Reed Smith, and Dr. F. \V. radley. 1 lie suggestions approved were: 1. I.it eacli section in the several .'part men ts of the t niversitv. acting conjunction with the instructor in targe, decide within the first two eeks of the opening of the semester bet her the class shall operate under ie honor code. Should the class adopt the code, ien a committee of or .*? should be ected or appointed, which comittee shall assume responsibility for ie observance ot the coile. and shall commend to the instructor the discontinued on Page 4; Column 4) June Dance Plans Made sham Jones May Play Ein Hellenic, German And Cotillion Combine Efforts To Get Good Band Isham Jones and his orchestra will rohably play for the June ball, the otillioii. and the June Pan-] lellenic, was announced Wednesday by Dave llison, chairman of the orchestra nnmittee for the last named organiition. Tin three clubs are working conjunction in getting the orchcsa. Xo contract has been made as it, hut it is virtually certain that ie above named orchestra will play. An innovation is being made this . ar in getting the same orchestra for ?th the June ball ami the l'an-Helnic. In the past it has been enstom y for the two organizations to gel ifferent orchestras. As usual tin.' ine ball will come on the night of uiiinencenieiit and the Pan-llellenic ill come on the night before. Another innovation will be the openg of the Pan-Hellenic to non-Greeks. (Continued on Pago 4; Column 3) Spanish Fraternity Has Special Chapel Program l lags of all South American repubi\s were borne across the stage of ie I niversitv Chapel at ten o'clock lis morning as the local chapter of ie national Spanish fraternity led in ie observance of Pan-American Day. he ceremonies were in charge ot Dr. K. Timmons, faculty advisor of ie chapter. Saturday is the official day, but Kriny is the nearest day on which hapel meets. This is a national coloration. p. ?. c..?? April 16 Deadline For Diploma Refund Fee To cancel an application for a degree, a student should apply to the registrar not later than Monday, April lft, John A. Chase, Jr., registrar, stated recently. After this date he will not be entitled to a refund of his diploma :ee.