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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA To Conduct Jy Swimming Pool Straw Ballot ^/Jl& W Looms Cerlain UNIVERSITY OF jk SOUTH CAROLINA Volume XXVIII, No. 6 COLUMBIA, S. 0., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1934 Founded 1998 Swimr Studen t < To Express Opinion On Enforcement G-amecock Sponsors Vote Chapel Period Tuesday And Wednesday Set For Balloting Seeking to ascertain student opinion on the willingness of students to take the enforcement of the honor system into their own hands, the Gauiccock will conduct a poll .of students in the chapel periods next Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will be asked to answer the question, "Would you he willing to take to a duly constituted Ixxly in your class section a case of cheating if you knew that the offender would be definitely punished under a system of fixed penalties?" Voting will be by secret ballot. ? The poll will be in the nature of a straw vote. It is not limited to those attending chapel and other students may come to the polling place in the anteroom of the chapel to vote if they so desire. It was thought best to hold the election at chapel period in order to get a maximum number of students to express their opinion. Officials of- the Gauiccock feel that no sufficient index of the willingness of the students to take the honor system into their own hands has been yet obtained and hope that the poll will supply such an index. (Continued on Page 8; Column 1) Seventy-Three In Social School Second Cycle Begins Fifty-Five Jleenrole; . Eighteen New Students Keep Total Same As First Term Seventy-three students have enrolled in the School of Social Work for the second term at the University according to John A. Chase, registrar. Registration tor the second cycle of social work took place in the University chapel, Wednesday, November 6, at 9 a. m. According to registration certificates received through the office of the registrar, 69 women and 4 men are enrolled in the school. Registration for the hrst cycle of School of Social Work included 73 students, three men and seventy women. The current cycle shows that of the 73 enrolled again, fifty-live previously attended during the lirst cycle. The second cycle of the school will last from November (> until December 19. Essentially the sanif program that (Continuad on Page *; Column *) ROBBERIES DUE TO MAN 1NBR0WN An epidemic of robberies swept the campus during the last week and University authorities and local police arc hunting for a mysterious stranger dressed in brown who has been seen near the scenes of the robberies. The thief was caught in one occasion but was released after handing over a watch which he had just taken from the room of Leroy Stroud, varsity football center. Stroud was awakened Wednesday morning by the tinkle of his watch chain and saw the stranger just going out of the door. He attempted to follow but was barefooted and called to Dean Fowblc and Jack 1'ord for assistance. The two followed the thief and finally ran him down but released him after getting back the watch. William Bachman missed four dollars from his room Tuesday shortly after Basil Whitcner, who rooms in the same | fContlnu?d on P?0? *\ Column ?) ning Po< s To Vol V Honor System Gets Setback ?is QuestionnaireConducted All Students Questioned Refuse 111 lts To Report Cheating To hands Professors who j "Would you report a case of cheating to the professor with the knowledge story that the person seen cheating would be flUCSti expelled from the class and lose his the ki credit for the year?" c|. "No," was the immediate answer of 50 students approached at random with ^ this question. These students represented every phase of life on the campus, fra- If roup ternity members and non-fraternity mem- the (u hers, boarding students and day students, *Tuc the members and officers of all four classes, football players, law students. , ^ . Some students were in favor of pri- ' vately warning the individual seen cheat ing on the first occasion and later re- stlldei porting it to the professor if it con- 111 1 tinued. There was not one person interviewed that said they would report cheating on the first occasion or with- m \g out first warning the one discovered cheating knowing that if they did re(Continucd on Pojje 8; Column 1) u. h. c. No Appeal Is Allowed BiI1c Committee Action Final r. Char Dean Bradley Explains Student incomc Honor System Now ,K' UI1C Being Used lim,t p 'lie, coi Action by student honor committees dian s< set up in the various class sections will radical: be final, according to an announcement constiti by Dean W. 1\ Bradley, chairman ot amench the faculty diciplinc committee. Dean used ii Bradley made the announcement in an tunes, effort to clear up any misunderstanding The on the part of students as to the right of a vigc appeal. and tin Under the old honor system, appeal "inde I was allowed from the honor committee, t'ie Sf)l as then constituted, to both the faculty floor t< discipline committee and to the Board t1 of Trustees. At that time one central _ ? committee composed of representative* * of the various classes was used. I'nder the new plan each section has been given ^ the privilege, upon the permission oi the JLJ instructor in charge, to set up its own committee. I'nder the old system much Wei (Continued on Pag* 8; Column 1) Eight Girls initiated Y" M' Into Hypatian Society Eight girls were initiated into the 11y- E. V patian Literary society at a meeting held ?? c:,n' Wednesday afternoon in the Clariosophic , . campaij hall. Those initiated arc the following: money Irma Roberts, Frances Morris, Catli- (>f t|lc ( erine Cannon, Sara Taylor, Gwendolyn year. Waddcll, Eva Coleman, Lucy llarrel- with a son, and Ida Morris. leaders i* *, . . . and A! 1 he proposal to divide the society year , . .. Conti into two parts, instead of three as it cepted has been since its foundation, was passed Douk unanimously at this time. Cleland After the constitution had been read to Slianno the new members a social was enjoyed. ?V. H. o.? Junior Class Lacks r~ ? Funds For Reception Say Unless the junior class takes immediate steps to raise sufficient funds, there All will be no Junior-Senior dance, recep- check tion or any other form of social enter- ^ tainmcnt for the June graduates, accord- vcrsit, ing to Werber Bryan, junior class prcs- The ident. their i Bryan further stated that lie and others fc,t 1 had made various attempts to raise Well* money, but they were not allowed to give |hc cli dances for profit in the gym because of mgton the monopoly of the Social Cabinet. L?? olN< le On (i satisfaction over tin; lionc number of years. We 1 I unless a sizeable numb enforcement to the extc and seeing to it that dc >ersist in cheating, nnother column of this v of an interview of fifty on, "Would you report towledge that the persoi iiss and lose his credit foi se students were picked represented on the cam imccovk would like to clu isday and Wednesday a ] Kvcry student is urgee have an honor system o 3 students themselves. '1 its are willing to enforei the poll we will ask the < C nt n id ibate Held By Sociei it Fortunes Attacl *o Limit Private Incomi defeated At Euphradian Meeting Res that the limiting of per s by the federal government \ (institutional and would scri crsonal initiative, were liurlc nservative party in the Eui nciety last Tuesday night, s claimed that the measure l'ional under the income nent and deplored the me i the accumulation of great feature of the evenings debate rous attack on great fort ? methods used in obtaining >y Luke Williamson, presidei ciety. Williamson came to i make the address after tin Cjntinu d on P.ioc 5; Co umn 1) u. s. c. asters Lea( i "Y" Dm born Comes Secc C. A. Campaign To K $1,030.00 Progresses Rapidly /. Masters is now leading tin passers with $23.50 in the Y campaign to raise $1000. !?n is being conducted to to meet the necessary e\pi irgani/ation fur the present s< Ilarper Wellx)rn is folio close second of $17.00. C in the drive are: Lamar II bert Fincher. -ibutions for the "Y" will hi through the following men jlas Garland, Boyd Dantzler, , George Carroll, Puford M; n Minis, C. E. Mayes, L< Jont nu'd on Pane 5: Column J) s FERA Students Must Check Tin FERA students arc requested tip on their time by the th ch month, according to Era elbourne, treasurer of the U / >se students who do not j time cards in on time will f< heir salaries for that moti >urne declared, explaining tl lart had to be sent in to Wai i on time. >w Virti i Honor Vote! Iditorial) ir system Ins boon chronic 011 the campus )olicvc that no honor system can bo on- _ or of students are willing to cooperate nt of taking the matter into their own ( 'finite penalties are enforced upon those icek's issue of the Gamecock is run the students each of whom was asked the ( a case of cheating to the professor with 1 1 seen cheating would be expelled from ( r tlie year?" They unanimously replied 1 r c at random and from practically every ] pus. The result was so interesting that 1 ?ck by a campus wide poll. poll will be conducted at each chapel pe- ' I to vote. The question of whether we r not must be settled in the last analysis 1 Mie fundamental question is whether the 1 s the honor system themselves. (uestion, "Would you be willing to take j on P. oe 4; Column 1) A. K. G, Taps ty Four Girls . teed Co-ed Leaders Selected 2S Is Townsend, Rector, McMaster, Belser, Elected To Honorary Sorority sonal Kathryn Townsend, Sarah Rector, vould Eleanor ("Sis") McMaster, and May . ously Reiser were elected to membership in :d by Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary lead phra- ership sorority, at a meeting held WedThe nesday afternoon. was To be eligible for membership, co-eds N tax must be cither juniors or seniors and a lliods must have 125 points in campus activi- | for- ties, which must include three fields of ; x endeavor. The point list was published j was in the last issue of the Gamctock. lines Miss Townsend, Columbia, is a junior c them in the college of arts and science. She , it of is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority, the Damas Club, and the Euphrosyncan I.it- L rning erary society. (Continued on Pag 4; Column 5) . IT. S. C. Is New Portico e Being Added i I: >nd Repairs Begun Monday : <aise Extension Building Project Was ] Planned By Lafaye And Lafaye l* list A new portico, in keeping with the ar. M. chitectural harmony of other buildings r The on the University campus, will soon u raise adorn the Extension building, former i . uses home i?f the early presidents of the t :hool University. Repairs were begun on the wing building Monday morning under the c )ther supervision of P. A. Rridges. j, olley 'fhe work is being done through the aid of the federal government, which ji : ac- is furnishing the labor. The Univer- r : sitv is furnishing the materials for the ji Sam new additiofi. Plans for the new portico v abry, were drawn by Lafaye and Lafaye, Co:Roy lumbia architects. I (Ccntinued on Page 5; Column 3) a ; Gamecock Office le Is In Tenement 16 to. The offices of the Gamccock were j ird motfed last Friday from the basement v ink of the Extension building to Room 1, f ni- ' Tenement 16. In the future all busi- j I ness connci ted with the Gamecock ^ ?ct will be transacted from the new ofar fices. I ith, Distribution of the Gamecock will | liat continue from the regular place under r sh- ?he basement porch of the Extension , building. ? 11 t \ lal Cei System Bowden Calls Class Meeting For Frosh Election 31ass Meets In Chapel This Morn ing To Decide Method Used In Run-off The freshman class will meet in the Miapel this morning immediately folowing the regular chapel period tc lecide whether it will use the secret >n 11 ot to hold the second and fina un-ofT election for officers of the class >r whether it will resort to open bal oting as has been the custom in the >ast. In yesterday's rnn-off no candidate eceivcd a majority of the votes polled ind John Bowden, vice-president of tin Undent body, in charge of the elec;ion in the absence of A. T. (Pott) Brown, stated yesterday that lie would suggest that an open ballot be used tc prevent the necessity of another election by secret ballot. In yesterday's election Wilis Can ley and John McCrea polled the larg L'st number of votes for president o! the class. Both received .*?? votes while O. K. Brown trailed with 41 votes. (Continued on Pag" 5: Column 1) it. s. c. New Budget Soon Ready Provides For Increase IVill Be Presented To Board Of Trustees For Approval; To Go Before Commission The I Diversity budget for the fiscal ear 1935-3(>, including the request for ippropriation from the Genera! Assein>lv, has been practically coinpleteel and vill he presented to the Hoard of Trusees at the* regular December meeting I he buelgt pr<?\-i<los f?>r a subst.'mtial inrease in reipjested appropriation but the 'cepiest is substantially bele?w the amount ippropriateel for the I'niversity before he drastic cuts en" the past four years. Last year the University's direct apiropriation was $168,450. 1 he budget has been prepared under lie direction of President I.. T. Maker inel 1 reasurer I-rank Welliourne. It vill he presented to a committee e>f the ioard of 1 rustees for preliminary stuelv lefore it is presented to the full l>oard \fter approval by the Iktard it will be (Continued on Page 8; Column-f) Richard Foster Elected Blue Key Treasurer Richard boster, Jr., (ireenville, was ecently elected treasurer e>f Blue Key. lational honorary fraternity, to succeed Albert Sidney Johnson, who did not re urn to school this year. During this meeting plans were elisusseel for sending delegates te> Chicago ii December. As yet the fraternity has neit com ileted plans feir the new Blue Key Di ecte?ry which it edits each year as a lart of its service program to the Uniersity. John Bowden is president eif Blue \ey, Freeman lluskcy, vice-president, me! Julian Von Braelsher, secretary. Srown Shows University Leads In Legislators J. W. Brown, member of the General Vssembly anel law student at the Uniersity of South Carolina, reveals that or the last twenty years the University las led all the colleges in the state in traducing state legislatures. For the last nine years the University las had at least four alumni in the legisature each year. All of these men have nadc excellent records for themselves. The University has also had the disinction of turning out the youngest mem>er to serve in the legislature. ftainty Loan To Be Approved By State FERA Will Be Behind Gym Official Declares Washington L Almost Certain To Confirm State FERA Request A swimming pool for the University for whose construction University authorities have been negotiating with the ] ICR A for many months, will be definitely approved, it was learned from au> thoritativc sources yesterday. Construc1 tion oT the pool will begin as soon as 1 confirmation has been received from Washington, the report continued. The pool, which will cost $11,000, will be housed in a building behind the Gymnasium, according to an earlier report ' issued by Dr. L. T. Baker, president of the University. Dr. Maker in an interview Wednesday said: "Negotiations for a swimI ming pool, which have l>cen in the hands of the I'ERA oflicials for some time, are still being considered by that body, and we are very hopeful of success." Coniirmation of this report came from one in an official position, who stated p that it is almost a certainty that the t University s petition will be granted. lie added that the state division of the - I* ERA is awaiting formal approval in Washington, but that such approval is, in his opinion, practically assured. I he pool will be of the most modern construction and design and will be one of the largest in the state. Ample diving boards will be provided and the pool will be deep enough to eliminate > any danger. Heated dressing rooms , (Continued on Pajje ; Column 5) Dances In Gym May Be Banned I Committee Will Decide j Complaints Have Been Filed By Authorities Against Dances In Gym 1 he committee on Public Functions and Social 1 Entertainments will meet next week to decide on the probable discontinuance of dances in the University gymnasium Delmite action on the place in which future dances of the University are to be held was deferred at the last meeting of the committee, luld Monday, October 15, according to Dr. R. K. Foster, chairman of the committee. Due to many inconveniences that the I Diversity gymnasium suffers on the occasion of dances held there, action was taken in a meeting of various social and , dance committees, called by Dean Bradley, in the earlier part of the semester, to determine where dances would be held in the future. Formal complaints had been filed with I niversity authorities against dances being held there after definite physical (Continued on P?o? 4; Column 6) THREE NAMED AT SURPRISE ELECTION In an election, called by president G. Stanley Bryant "the most unique in the annals of the C'lariosophic Society," the newly-reorganized group elected three new officers at its regular meeting Tuesday night in Clariosophic Hall, after initiating seven new members. I be election was not previously an( nounccd and even after the meeting convened none of the members knew what officers were to be elected. Consequently in the opinion of Bryant, the political factions would not have time to organize behind their candidates. Woodrow Davis was elected sargcantat-arms, and Steven Iliott and J. G. 1 liomas, monitors. Newly initiated members are as follows: T. E. Matthews, Jr., Florence; James A. Richardson, Garnett; Bernard W. Thomas, Jr., Charleston; Francis Williams, Easley; J. M. Smith, Waterloo; (Continued on P?o# 4; Column ) *