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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Registration Honor System Fiures Increase On Trial UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Volume , No. 4 OOLUMBA, S. 0., FRIDAY, OTOBER9 6Founded 1908 Harrill Heads Flying Club Met Last Wednesday First Organization Of Type To Be Organized In South; Parish Cooperates The University Flying Club, the first college flying fraternity to be organized in the South, met Wednesday to elect officers 'and draw up -a constitution. With a generous contract with Man ager Parish, of the Columbia Municipal Field, members will be given instructions for $3.00 per hour. A small initiation fee will be charged. Mr. Parish has agreed to purchase a new plane which will be used exclusively by club members. However, members are permitted to any of the present planes owned by that company. This reduced rate, whith is the lowest ever to be 'of fered here, will be granted to all charter members. Students who already have their pilot's license are invited to join the organization as honorary members and take advantage of this low rate to train towards their commercial license. After drawing up the charter, the club elected the following temporary officers: Gilmore Harrill, president; Don Causey, vice-president; Charlie Aiken, treasurer. The following members attended the meeting: C. F. Cuthbet, Kitt McM,ster, S. \V. Boozerj B. B. McEntre, John llempbill, Howard King, C. W. Jones, and Atherton Whaley. All University students interested in becoming a member and learning to fly are invited to attend the regular meeting iiet Friday at 6 :00, at which time per manent officers will be elected. -U. B. 0. CalCott Writes AnotherVolume Biography Of General History Professor At University Writes Story Of Life Of Santa Anna Dr. W. H. Callcott, professor of his tory recently completed a biography of Santa Anna, Mexican general who was one-time president of Mexico. The book will be released from the publishers abont November 1, according to Doctor Call cott. Several years Were spent in the prepa ration of this biography. Professor Call (Turn to Page 4; Column 5) ACTIVITY FUNDS ALREADY ALLOTTED Campus Organizations Largest Amount Goes To Athletic Association; Second Largest To Garnet And Black The student activity fund of the first semester, 1936-37 has beeni allotted to univ"ersity organizations, Mr. Frank WVeI hoturne, treasurer, announced this week. Trhe largest allotment goes to the athletic asociat ion, with Garnet and Black and G;anterock, student ptublications, coming (Turn to Page 4; Column I) Final Plans For Annual Big Fraternity Section Gardner and Wright Will Depict Student Life Through Use Of Camera The staff of the Garniel and Black met Wednesday afternoon to make final plans for the organization of the staff. Alvin Gardner and Edith Wright will havei charge of the snapshot dlepartment and they plan to make this section more rep resentative of student life and events than it has been. Frank Jordon is editor-in-chief and Newton Harmon is assistant editor. Per sons itt charge of other sections are: Senior editor, Harriet Boyd; Junior edi (turn to Page 4; Column U) Rally Plans To Be Made At Democratic Meeting Young Democrat's Club To Coi vene Tonight In Law Build ing To Raise Funds Plans for a rally to solicit funds fo the Democratic presidential campaign wil be formulated at a meeting of the Uni versity Young Democrats Club at th, first meeting of the year in the law build ing Friday night. Officers of the loca organization will also be elected, Joht Hussey, president, has announced. Speeches at the rally will be made by Dr. J. Rion McKissick, president of thi University ; Tom Pope, house membe from Newberry county; Richard Foster representative from Greenville county and J. Hugh McFadden, a member of th Clarendon county delegation. Governoi Olin D. Johnston has not yet accepted at invitation to speak. The Young Democrat Clubs of Soutl Carolina, which are composed of Demo. crats between the ages of 18 and 40, ar supposed to raise $5,000. -vJ. e. o. ChapelLocked Says Chase Except During ServicE Action Taken To Prevent Thefi Of Light Globes And Other Fixtures To prevent further damage to prop erty, the University chapel will bi locked except during chapel hours, ves per services, and other University func tions, John - A. Chase, Jr., registrai and dean of Administration, announce( yesterday. This action was taken only after re peated acts of vandalism and theft ha< been committed, he said. Light bulbs shades, chairs, and a table were amonj the furnishings removed last year. 'I'h piano keys were removed on thre occasions. Six keys to the chapel will be issued One will be placed with each of th< following: the president's office, mar shal's office, the executive secretar of the Y. M. C. A., president of th< student body, Mine. Felice de Horvath director of the University symphon) orchestra, and Dean George E. Olson director of the University band. As formerly, all University organiza. tions will have the facilities of thi chapel at their disposal at all times Miss Ruth English, secretary to th< (Turn to Page 5; Column 4) -u. s. o. Smith Takes Summer Trip Through Western U. S. Visits Many Large Schools And Universities And Places Of Scenic Interest Doctor L. L. Smith of the Gecology de-. patrtment mnade an extensive six weeks trip through thte wvestern part of the United States dlurintg the past summer. D)octor Smith visited many of the larger schtools and universities and also many places of scenic interest in the westerni states. His itinerary extendled from the state of Washitgton to belowv the Mexi cani border. lie visitedl thte Carlsbad Caverns ini Newv Mexico, the Grand Canyotn, Mount Ratnier, Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone National Park, and other places of ge ological interest. Doctor Smith spent a large part of his time stutdying the customs atnd habits of thte Pueblo IndIiants of Arizona. Besides thtis, he visited thte. University of Wash ington, Lelandl Staniford University, the University of California, the Colorado School of Mines, and other of the larger institutions. At thtese schtools hte made a study of geological collections, antd of methods of teaching geology in the \Vest as comparedl witht methods int the East. Doctor Smith broughtt back a large col lection of rocks and minerals from va rious places in the West. These are on display in LeConte College. STUDENTS M IN PRESIDE Ballot Printed In This Issue To I Office; Results Of Voting Will As Soon A A straw vote on the forthcoming presidential election to determine the strength of the presidential candidates r among University students is being taken today under the sponsorship of the Gamecock. PRESIDENTIAL POLL In order to gain a cross-section view of the political complexities on the campus, The Gamecock is submitting the following poll. Every student is asked to tear out the bal lot, check his choice, and place it in the University post office. Check one of the following candi dates: Landon, Republican ...........( ) Roosevelt, Democrat ........( ) Thomas, Socialist .. . . . . ( ) Lemke, Union ...............( ) Browder, Communist .........( ) Colvin, Prohibition ...........( ) Following the precedent.set by the leading newspapers, magazines, and campus publications throughout the nation, The Gamecock is holding this unprejudiced and unpartial straw vote merely to determine the preferences of the college student who is typified as the more intel!igent type of voter. Printed upon the ballot found in this paper are the names of the can didates for the major parties in the I Girls Honored By Hypatian Has Brilliant Reception: Freshmen And Transfers Enjoy Evening Of Dancing At Woman's Building At the reception given by the H-iypatian literary society in honor of the freshman and transfer girls, Tuesday evening, about two hundred people were present. In the receiving line were: Doctor and Mrs. J. Riou McKissick, Dr. F. W. Bradley, Mrs. t Graham, and the following officers of the Society: Ida Morris, Catherine Nary, i Alice Huiet, Gladys Gaskin, Morea i Cheek, and Johnny Steppe. t The lobby of the girls' dormitory was attractively decorated with flowers of dif- i ferent kinds. Two punch bowls, placed t near the ends of the room, were presided I over by Misses Carolyn Cooper and Cath- I erine Nary, respectively. Sandwiches ] were served with the punch. During the first part of the evening t music was furnished by a quartet: Miss Rachel Little, piano; Alan Taylor, cello; (Turn to Page 4; Column 4) Group In Ten e, Gets Off Discussion Lead By President McKi liams Has Twenty-Five Membem Tenements Two And Fourte The dliscuission grotip in tenement nine got oft to an early lead over its op-. ponents in the fall discussion group con test being conducted under the auspices Ii of the University Y. M. C. A. President J. Rion McKissick is the leader of this k group with Dinky WVilliams, president, e and Shannon Mims, secretary. p The groups in tenements 2 andl 14 are staging a close runner-up wvith 22 hi members each. Morgan Arant and Curry i McArthutr are the presidents of these groups, respectively. "'What can the University Students Do to Change the Attittude of the People of c the State Toward the University ?" wvas; the subject of the first discussion. tI 'rhe following reasons were given by it the discussion group members for a stu- hi (lent attending college: tI Because of certain specialized courses of study which prepares them for certain g vocationis or professions. g Because of the qualification of certain factulty members for learning and teach- e, ing ability. Because of the advertising value of a winning football team.-. 4Y VOTE VTIAL POLL le Deposited At University Post Be Tabulated And Published Possible :oming election. They are Presiden1 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrati< nominee; Governor Alf M. Landon Republican nominee; Norman Thomas nominee for the Socialist party; Ear Browder, the Communist party nomi ace; William Lemke, nominee for th< Union party; and Leigh Colvin, nom nee of the Prohibition party. The ballot found in this issue o rhe Gamecock may be used as strictl3 personal and the voter's name neet not be placed upon it. Votes will bc :ast at the University post office. Stu :lents are asked to fill out only on< ballot each as this straw vote bear ao poljtical significance and will b< ised only to determine the strengtf f the various parties in the Universit3 >f South Carolina, which may wel )e considered a cross section of a larg( trea of the nation. Students are asked to vote today f possible to facilitate and hasten the abulation of results, which will b< )ublished in The Gamecock at th< !arliest possible time. Every student s asked to vote as a large percentagc )f the student vote is necessary for Iecurate results. Although the votes will be composed tilmost entirely of student ballots, the i11g i5 aU IsCi'ied to Students dlone. Anyone receiving this edition )f The Gamecock may be permitted o vote. Society Votes Against Bill By Small Majority Euphradian Literary Society De feats Motion To Abolish The Monroe Doctrine After a heated discussion in which over dozen members took part, the En >hradian.Literary Society voted Tuesday y a close margin to defeat a resolution alling for abolition of the Monroe Doc rine by the United States government. ;ociety members rated the night's meet ng as the most interesting and stimulat rig in recent years of Euphradian de ating. Walter Soloman, outgoing society pres lent, introduced the bill, "Resolved; that lie United States discontinue the Monroe )octrine." Ile also spoke first for the af irmative side of the question. Stokes )avis introduced the negative and pre ented the other members of his side to lie society. Below are given quotations from the arious speakers, or summaries of their (Turn to Page 5; Column 5) nent Nine ro Early Lead Isick And Headed By Dinky WiI s; Shannon Mims, Secretary en Tie For Second Place Because of the beauty of the buildings and physical surrouningtis. Becatuse of the attractiveness of social fe. Becatuse of the reputation of the col ge for turning out graduates whose lion sty, sobriety' and character is above re roach. Because of the reputation of the c(ol ge in securiaig worth while positions for s graduates. By a vote of the members of the groups was found that the University wvas ceakest in turning out gradluates whose 1aracter is above reproach and( strongest social life. To remedy the attitude of me general public towards the University was dlecidled that the sttudents must up ald the good name of the institution in meir homie-towvns. A complete list of the officers of each roup with the number of members is as >dlows: Tenement 2: Prof. W. S. Woods, lead ,Morgan D. Arant, president, Dixon ewis, secretary. Twelve members. Tenement 7: Prof. J. W. Jackson, lead ( Turn to P.a 5; Column 4) 1421 Students I Now Enrolled Dean Chase Announces F Total For This Semester Almost Bc Equals Registration For Both Terms Last Year Registration at the University for the I first semester of this year almost equals tha that for both semesters of last year, ac- " cording to John A. Chase, Jr., registrar. tar All To date, 1039 men and 382 women have urF enrolled in the University for the first th semester, making a total of 1421 student;. an I For the same (late last year, there were for 1339 enrolled, of which 984 were men and 355 women. The total enrollment for m last year was 1463; 1066 men and 397 ' women. thi "There is always a heavy February th registration, and prospects are that the als enrollment will approximate 1600 stu dents for the year," Mr. Chase said. are The men's dormitories are taxed to ad capacity, and Melton Hall is being used for the overflow from the Woman's Building for the first time. I quo of me Odds And Ends mu agc ser Holidays IHolidays for the first semester as an- dut nounced by John A. Chase, Jr., registrar, des will be as follows , tat Thursday, Oct. 22, holiday for the Clemson game and State Fair ; Friday, Oct. 30 for the Citadel game at Orange burg; Nov. 26, 27, 28 for Thanksgiving, classes resuming on Nov. 30 at 8 a. in. Christmas holidays will begin on Monday, Dec. 21 at 8 a. m. and continue until Monday, Jan. 4, 1937, at 8 a. m. Social Cabinet em "The social cabinet is to be corn- sta plimented for the highly successful chi dances it has put on this year," de clared W. H. Harth, director of stu- by dent activities. There were 196 paid admissions at ~18 the Erskine dance, and 230 paid ad missions at the Duke dance last Sat- . urday night, Mr. Harth said. The social cabinet stages dances at ". low prices so that all students can par- eit) ticipate. M , Tickets Students who have not yet secured their athletic tickets may get them from the athletic office, according to In W. H. larth, director of student ac tivities. There are now some 30 un- Ou claimed tickets on hand. Any student who has not yet had his picture taken for the ticket is requested to call by the athletic office to make arrangements to he photographed. 11i 1)ei Hodge lect Professor Illdge of the Department of '"" Romance Langtuages has been chosen adI visor of the sophomore Y. M. C. A. coun- " cil, R. G. Bell exectutive secretary of the me1( organizat ion annotmeed( Wednesday. t hr< WVhile a stud(ent at the University, Pro- the fess~or Hodge was a prominent member thu of the senior Y. M1. C. A.. council, a dis- cIll culssion grotup leader, and was activ i the mainy other phases of work in the organii- A zat ion. thle had Geology Nat Dr. L.awrence L. Smiith, professor of S0' geology, narrowly escaped seriotis injury a I wvhen a topographic plaster cast hanging stat high on the wall of room 308, L~e Conte building, came crashing dhown at his feet. S The professor was not shakeni and(, after relating a similar iincident in a htumorous veiin, cointinued his lectture. Journalism the The first journalistic courses ever of- brie fered at the University were given by Dr. adj< G. A. WVauchope in 1898. fro, In that year seniors here were required atte to write a number of essays to gradutate, Blui so Doctor Wauchope inistituitedl a coturse T in interviewing, news and featture writing. W. From that cotirse (developed the present Alv school of journalism. Clal Pru Notice Ow Any student desiriing to get a copy of H1am last year's GarNet and Rlaf-k, please get S. ( ini t9tuch with G. Werber Bryan or G. G. tar.3 Dowling immediately, a ?onorCou ncil Offers Code or Students To Sign >ok Will Be Placed In Office Of Secretary To Dean All Day Saturday rhe student honor council announces it the pledge incorporating the code y be signed in the office of the Secre y to the dean, in DeSassure college. who signed the code last year are ,ed to sign again, in order to insure ir continued support. New students, I old ones who have never done so be e, also have the privilege of signing. the committee also announces that a eting for an election of a new council I probably be called within two or cc weeks. Any changes in the code t the signers feel are necessary will be made at this meeting. 'or the benefit of those students who not familiar with the honor code as >ped last year, it is again reprinted: the pledge was as follows : I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that vill not engage in any dishonest or ,stionable practices at the University South Carolina; that I will not be the ins of another doing so, and, further re, that I will report to the proper ncy any unethical conduct that I ob ve in the classroom. We, the undersigned, recognizing our es and responsibilities as students, and iring to maintain an honorable repu on for the University, do willingly (Turn to Page 4; Column i) -U. 3. . 20 Students Employed Here fore than 220 University students are ployed by the N.Y.A., according to a tement made by Morgan D. Arant, rf clerk of the Administration, here. 'his is the largest number employed the N.Y.A. since its inauguration three rs ago. Last year's total numbered hese University students are engaged ractically all of the various activities the campus and some are employed by and state institutions. -u. s.. ISS McCONNELL SPEAKS TO CLASS Johnson's Sociology tines Work Being Done By 'ederal Government To Better Child Labor Conditions liss Beatrice McConnell. Chief of the Wdren's Division of the United States >artment of Labor, gave an impromptu tire to I.. G. Johnson's sociology class Octoher 5th. I iss MlcConnell outlined the extensive *k heing done by the federal govern it to better the child labor conditions mughotit the iiation. Her message to sitidents emphasized two imfportanlt gs: The outlawing of war by the eges:. their aid in helping to improve plight of child workers ini America. [iss MicConnell came to the college at invitation of Mirs. Johnson after she concltuded her con ference wit h Mr. es, head of the Labor Department of th Carolina. This was the windtip of rmtr which took her through eight' es. ociety Enlists New Members wenty'-fotur men w ere init iate.d into Clariosophic Literary Society at a f meeting Tuesday night. The society urnedl at 8 :30, a,:cepting an invitation ni the Hypatian Literary Society to ad their reception in the Woman's dling. hose initiated were : Mfarvin Busbec, W. Neely, \V. C. Taylor, Roy Rhodes, in Edwards, Clarence WValker, J. C. k, Lee Roy Smith, 0. H. Pate, J. H. it, Rtiftus Crockett, J. C. Bell, Charlie mus, David Htitto, Jack Pillas, S. W. nlet, Foster Smith, W. D. Sheridan, .Moore, John Turner, Myers Single ,George Ztukerman, Frank Pollattie, R. 0. Smith.