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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Curriculum Changed Journalists UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Volume XXIX, No. 11 COT.TTMRTA . r. FRTIAV TANTTARV in 1c1a State Requirei Degrees Will Need Less Math Requirement For Entrance . To University Also Liberalized By Faculty At Meeting Changes of far-reaching importanc< to high school students were made it the entrance requirements of the Uni versity at a faculty meeting held thi: week, according .to John A. Chase, Jr. registrar. The new plan marks a lib eralization of college entrance re quirements to meet the broadeninF curriculum of modern high schools giving the high school student an op portunity to begin to specialize in hi! chosen field before entering the Uni versity. The new system will permit a fresh man to enter Carolina with no units it mathematics, provided he works for th< bachelor of arts degree in education journalism, or the school of arts an< science, and has made up for his mati in high school by additional units it other courses. A total of fifteen unit! .s still required, with three units it English being essential for entrance. If the student plans his high schoo curriculum so as to avoid the study o mathematics, he may enter the Uni versity and get an A.B. degree withou math by increasing his minor credit to a minimum of eighteen. In othe1 words, the student not taking matl will have two majors. This plan can not be followed by candidates for de grees this June, but may be used nex year. The new ruling as drawn rip by th< faculty is as follows: Students who do not present for en trance the minimum of one and one half units in algebra and one unit it plane geometry required as prepara tion for mathematics 11 and 12, or wh< do not possess the equivalent in train ing acquired independently of the higl school, and also students who do no take mathematics 11 and 12 in the Uni versity, will be required to major it two fields of study for the Bachelor o Arts degree. In other words, student! who, either because of insufficien training or because of preference, d( not earn the minimum of six credits i mathematics, afforded by mathematic! 11 and 12 (algebra and trigonometry) are required to increase the credit! (Continued on Page 8; Column 4) --... 0. NYA Jo bs May Be_Open For Second Semester R. G. Bell Announces That Appli. cations Made In The Fall Will Have To Be Made Again Probably there will be a few vacan cies on the N. Y. A. in February, ac cordinug to R. G. Bell, chairman of the Committee of Appointments, due to a few students dlropping out of school or because some few may not have'passed sufficient work to retain the appointment. Students wvho are interested should make a formal application to thle Comu mittee on Appointments. Applications re ceivedl East fall will nwit be considered unless the applicant calls by the office and asks that his application be returned to the files for reconsidleration. The reg ulation under which the committee works is as follows: 1--The applicant must not be ab)le to attendl the University without this aid. 2--11 mcnust have shown by his prior work that he can (10 high grade college work., 3--lie must be of good moral char acter. The committee will meet at the close of the examination period to determine the number of vacancies and to pass on such applications as have been received so that the vacesmaybe-f,lld.., Journ ments For Changed Budget Group Offers $190.000 Request Sharply Cut Recommendation Goes Before Ways And Means Before Reaching Legislature The Budget Committee of the South Carolina General Assembly has recom mended an appropriation of $190.000 for the University to he considered when the legislature meets next Tuesday. The rec ommendation shows a sharp reduction in - the amount requested by President L. T. Baker in a recent report. lie had asked for $278,702, basing his request on min imum iigures compiied by the various de partments of the University. The recommendation of the Budget Committee is not in any manner binding utonx the legislature, and before the ap propriation becomes law it must undergo inspection of the Ways and Mieans com mittee and approval of the General As I gembly. The recommendation of the Ways and Means committee carries more - force than does that of the Budget Com m mittee. The Budget Committee doesn't attempt to divide the appropriation among the i University departments, merely approv - ing a lump sum. Ilowever, along with - Clemson, Winthrop, and The Citadel, it t is recommended that the salary of the president be fixed at $6,000 per year. The total operating expenses of the University, including salaries, for the fiscal year July 1, 1936 to June 30, 1937, - has been estimated by college authorities i at $485,002. Estimated revenue other than state appropriation totals $206,300. The University's request is the difference between the two sums. i Revenue other than state appropriation t for the next tiscal year has been esti - mated as $155,900 from registration fees; $11,000 from laboratory fees; and col F lections from summer school, woman's cafeteria and steward's hall, and miscel t laneous as $39,400. >fThe average enrollment for next year i is estimated at 1,500, divided as follows: Freshman 700, Sophomore 300, Junior 150, Senior 150, Special 50, Graduate 50, and Law 100. The cost per student has been esti mated for the current year at $270.40, the state appropriation providing $128.40 of that amount. (Continued on Page 8: Column 2) USC Students Oppose Drink At Football Games Studesnt Body Passes Resolution As'king Authorities To Help Guard Against Drunks The student body of the University of South Carolina in a recent meeting went on recordl unanimously as opposedl to pubh lic drinking at football games held uin decr the auspices of the University. Au thorities wvere requestedl to take steps necessary to abolishi this practice. Tromt Mauldin, p)residlent of the stu (dint bodly, pointedl out that the U'niver sity stud(ent bodly is subject to undue andl unjust criticism from outside sources b)ecause of this practice. "Anyone be tween the ages of 15 and 30 who walks dlown the streets or around the football lieldl a little too dIrunk is considered a University student,'' he declared, "whether or not that person has ever beeni near the campus. It is up to us, to attempt to give the public a fair and just pic ture of what goes on on the University campus." Mauldin's talk -was followved by short addresses by Bob Hlemphill, andl Willie Carnenter, student concnil. members. ilists ( Faculty Heads' Seek Funds From House Committee . President Baker and President- E Elect McKissick Given Sympathetic Hearing Asking an appropriation sufficient to meet the acute needs of the Univer sity, President L. T. Baker and Presi dent-Elect J. Rion McKissick were given a hearing Wednesday by the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. They were t received most courteously by the Con mittee and its Chairman, Neville Ben nett. President Baker spoke on certain needs and President-Elect McKissick on others, so that there was no du plication in presentation. Presi- < dent Baker pointed out that the Uni versity budget request recently pre- s sented was framed with a view to I partially restoring professors' salaries I to the figure of 1930. The salaries a requestedl wvould still represent an av- I erage reduction of ten per cent in the v old prevailing scale, Doctor Baker commented. Emphasizing the extreme difficulty I of suitable filling vacancies in the facul- J ty with salaries standing as at present, ( he asserted that the salary scale here i is probably lowcr than at any other State University. The attitude of members of the coin mittee seemed very sympathetic to ward the problems of the University, President Baker remarked. J. Rion McKissick, dean of the School of Journalism and President elect, after presenting the acute need (Continued on Page 8; Column 2) -U. A. C. Derrick Writes . For Periodical On Economic Conditions Will Report On Economic Condi tion Of South Carolina )r. S. Mf. Derrick, professor of eco nomics at the University oT South Caro Iina, has been appointed the South Caro lina representative for the Southern Eco- t nomic Journal. This journal is being published by the University of North Carolina and the Southern Economic Association. It is f the first appearance of this periodical and is being contined to the economic condi tions of the South. As the South Carolina member, I)r. Derrick will keep the Journal in formed on the eontomic situation in this state. I le will also get contributions froml otherI sources for the magazine. D octor D)errick is the author of a book, "Thle Centennial II istory of South Caro-4 linma Railroads" and has written a paim phlet on "Sales Tax.' .Tlhis widely known. authority has also written numerous other papers, among them being an article on "Commuodity Sales Tax." DEAN SPEAKS ON CAMPUS_FREEDOM "Freedlom is sometimes ( dangerous," (e clared D)ean F'. W. Bradley in a talk on the history of the University of South Carolina which w~as dleliveredl in Fresh man chapel Wednesday morning. "Ont the campus, freedom prevails much freedom. Thle weekly paper that you receive is not even censoredl," (IC clared D)ean Bradley, "the papers of ntost schools undergo a thorough censoring." D)ean Bradley said that freedomt helps to .. btuild individluals. "If you find that you have time on your hands with nothing to (do, you shotild have yourself examined," declared D)ean Bradley. There are many things I to be done such as browsing around in tl the library or persuing sonme hobby. (I D)ean Bradley showved that the dif- 3 ference between a democratic government ~ and other governments is that democracy develops the individual and others de- a velop the people of a nation as a unit. - )n Ca Team Wins In Debate kgainst Iowa Teachern kudience Votes For Carolinm Team; Led By Jordan And Dun can At Columbia College The University debating team Tuesda; ight defeated a team representing low; ;tate Teacher's college. The contes was held at Columbia College with th udience serving as judges. The query of the debate was: Rcsolvei hat Congress be given the power by wo-thirds majority vote to override th lecisions of the supreme court declarinj .cts of Congress unconstitutional. Frank Jordan and Sidney Duncan, botl f Columbia, debated the affirmative an< toy Sorensen and Paul Boysen, repre enting Iowa college, the negative. Th, owa team was accompanied by Coacl -ambcrtson. The vote of the colleg udience was 40 to 35 for Carolina lobby Dunaway, a member of the Uni 'ersity debating council, presided. The next debate will be at the Uni ersity, February 5, with New YorI niversity. Composing the squad beside ordan and Duncan are Richard Foster harles Simons, Walter Solomon, Dot lamm, Vivian Morse and Joseph Cohen -U, s. 0. A41 Funds in For New Pool K.S.K. Completes Drivi knonymous Friend of Universit: Contributes $325 Pushing Funds Over $1500 Mark The drive for $1500 for the U.niversit wimming pool was completed when th tudent body voted to donate $101 fror is treasury to the fund. Contributioi f $325 was made by a friend of th 'niversity who desires to remain anony nons, Charles Stuckey, treasurer of th, rive, announced. The University was required to rais, 3000 to supplement the \VPA loan rof. Robert V. Sumwalt is contribu ing $1500 in engineering work, leavint n equal amount for the students to do ate. The following itemized account ha ecn issued by Stuckev : Cash receipts aculty and employers, $250.35; alumni 305.25; stulents, $425.75; students unds, $101.85: campus organizations 193.63 ; miscellaneous, $10.21; a friend 325.00. Expenses amounted to $93.2 or letters sent to alumni, and receip lanks. The e'xact to tal . ex penses de Iletedl, is $1 5l0.78. Cannon Ball Found Her( A\n iro~i nminie ball,~ which is apparently stray shot from Shlerman's bombard. lent of 0Columbiia, andl an ancienit Mcxi. anl Coiln, jud(gedh to bie aboult 118 year: Id, were dug up recently by the Uni ersityv force in transplanting shruhbery The coin was dliscovered buried under I o1(d t ree stump. No platusible theory f how it canme to he there has been ad meed't. Thle millie ball, foundl( about vo feet in the earth, evident ly rica myved in thle dlirect ion of lhe campus ani nhedded itself in the grounld back oi larper's college. Hot h ball and coin are in the U.niver ty library. -U. .. 0. Briefs There will be a meeting of the Sttudent |oardh of Publications on the top floor o1 te Extension Buh ilig tomorrow imme iately after 12 o'clock noon, Vivian forse, secretary of tIle board, annoulncec esterdlay. The Boardl will consider the election of new staff for The Gamecock. mpus_ Newspape Hold Sessi C Z3iesToday2F so: t er S< I). te tr Wm. E. Gonzales, President South d Carolina Press Association. al Baker Presents Annual Report I To General Assembly i) i Asks For Increased Appropris- th tions For Library And Re pairs; Efficiency Praised G J: In order to acquaint the legislature a, with the University's needls, Dr. L. T. it, Baker, president of the L'uivcrsity, has i prepared the annual report Of the insti 1 ttion for the session f 1134-193; and 0f 1 also a financial statement he the treasurer of receipts and expenditures fr-rm July 1, 1 - 1034, to June .30, 10.35, whicll will be thl presented next Tuesday. o According to )r. Baker there is a 5 per cent enrollment increase 1ver that of the previt is year, and an increase of 88 new stude11ts. The lilmher emering from <Ither ci lleges shl\ws an increac of o.4 studenlts, indicating a recognition o the advantages otTered at the I.niversit%. During the pa.t 10 years .25O degrees di have been eratnted to m n and women, pl stated )r. Baker. Of this nnmer more s( of them have chosen teaching as their vt pri,fession than ai Other. "It is fortunate that the University, is >iiunder sueh adverse ciondit i r. as have ini prevaiiled fo r thew past wiveral yeares, has is -beeni able ti 111iti a stalY li inistinic- i; tion that c<,mpab.res fa.i\ bl.!y wvitli that ut: D octotr lBaker. As miany as 17 members It (Continued on Sage w; Column I) Ct Carolina it To -day Il By Hunt Grahamr ft Southern Accent Floyd Rodgers, U.niversity gradutateh in 19~35, was on the camlptus dutring the holidays telling admirers of his ex periences ill the wvorld's largest city. lie related the time lie went into a dirug store in search of a (oca-Cola. "T'wo dopes," lie saidl as he pitched a (limte on the counter. ii "Yea. I know you are a couple of f, dhopes, butt what (10 you wvant ?" I dIi Broken Record a Scruggs Hope was returning de from Greenville in a car at the end of the holidays. He was listening w to a radio when the selection ar "Broken Record" was played. at "What are we listening to WIS te for?" Scruggs wanted to know. "They're the only ones who would 0 play a broken record." E (continued on Pa. 4w.. Cum) ar r ounuea. ivo Men ons Here ronzales Will Preside irst Meeting Begins At 10:30 In Woman's Building; Dr. Baker And Dean McKissick Speak Approximately 75 newspaper editors A publishers of this state are on the npus today for the meeting of the mid inter press institute of the South Caro a Press Association. William E. Gonzales, editor and pub her of The State, will preside over the iferences. lie is president of the uth Carolina Press Association. All journalism students and others in rested in newspaper work are invited attend the round table conferences. can McKissick will not meet any of classc today. The meeting . t'^eit at 1P:30 fhis >mning in the lobby of the Woman's .tilding with Dr. Leonard T. Baker, esident of the University, making the Icotning address. lie will in turn in >duce Dean J. Rion McKissick, presi nt-elect of the University, who will o address the assembly. The first of the round table confer ces will begin at 11 o'clock. A. B. rdan of The Dillon herald leading the cussion on the subject of "Knowing ur Costs." The next discussion will led by R. M. Ilitt, editor of The Bamu eq Herald, who will speak on "Chang Condiiois and Their Demand Upon e County Newspaper." "Free Publicity and Propaganda in -neral," will be the subject of Editor mes Izler Sims, Orangeburg Times / )enwcrat. while W. W. Smoak, ed-" r of The II'talt,rboro 1'ress and Stan ed. will lead in the discussiun of .)rrespondents : Good Ones and Plenty Them, Without Prohibitive Expense." At 1 p. in. the conference will adjourn r lunch. Those in attendance upon e Institute will be guests at a luncheon IDr. and Mrs. j. RZion McKissick at (Continued on Page 8; Column 5) Vhitesell Shows Rayon Process A simple method of transforming or nary wood into rayon was recently ex ained by Dr. W. A. Whitesell, profes r of Industrial Chenistry in the Uni rsity. The wood, Dr. Whitesell pointed out, tirst coiled into pulp, just as is (lone mianuttfactuinig paper. This wSood1 pulp then s lakedI in caustic soida, which has r nmore buirningi capiacity thain the soda ein haking. Th e pl~t~P emerges from is t reatmenit in lie form of a spongy okinig subsitnce resemibl ing bread tiumbs. Thiis material is then treatedl ith carboni bisulph ide, which trans forms into a Iliquid,. a reddish , thick viscose. Thien comles thle most initerest ing stage the process. The viscose is putt tun rpowerfuld pressure and( forced through m icero scopic openings oif sp)innterettes ade of precious metal. Thle strands mli thle spinnerettes are dlippedl in sul uric acid, which regenerates them into liulose yarn, needing only bleaching to made u into i mktatble fabrics. REE SUPPER WON BY_TENEMENT 19 A butiTet suipper will lie given in Flitnn all next Tuesday night at 7 :00 o'clock rthe students who live in tenement Th'lis tenement is the winner of the ctussioni group cotntest which came to close just before the Christmas holi 3s. All other discussion group members io have a perfect attendance recorded e also invited. Tickets will be issued Flinn I lall and no one will be admit wI~ithout a ticket. The winning group was led by Dr, in F. Crow, Dean of the School of lucat ion. James Willis was president i David A. Lide was secretary.