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Presiden Prof. Talks Of Fiction On School Of Air 4 Dr. Wauchope Uses Text "Cross Currents In American c Fiction" "Cross-currents in American fiction" was the subject of a radio talk by Dr. tl G. A. Wauchope, of the University Eng lish department last Monday on the t< South Carolina School of the Air pro- ti gram. b The talk was the first in a series to be given by Doctor Wauchope on this p topic, explaining the different phases of n American fiction-romantic, realistic, and naturalistic. c Discussing the romantic, he said it j was between about 1765 to 1865 that the or about 100 years that this movement had its rise, triumph, and fall. Typical writers of the romantic period in Ameri- s can fiction were Hawthorne, Cooper, Poe, s and Simms. 0 Doctor Wauchope discussed Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which he said did not have a high literary rating but was the most important from the point of purpose of propaganda. This a book was blacklisted in the South. o S One Southern woman, said the pro fessor, upon finding the book in her home refused to touch it but picked it up with fire-place tongs and cast it to the roar- t ing flames. ti "I never read it until I was a middle c age man," said Dr. Wauchope, "and was not unduly shocked." Quoting Dr. J. WV. Flinn, former pro fessor of philosophy at the University, the speaker said that Doctor Flinn had lectured on the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" holding it up as a defense of slavery, he pointing out that the only vil lain in the book is a Yankee overseer. Millions of copies of the book were sold, and it was printed in seven lan- ti guages. As a play it ran about 3,000 per- u formances. a The author was opposed to the theatre f herself. Her son said she once entered I a theatre disguised, seeiig the stage pro duction of her book. -U. S. C. SATISFIED d (Reprinted from The Florence Morn- s ing News) If it ever starts to raining, C Then the people wonder why; s Everybody starts complaining I That they ought to have it dry. When the sun is out and shining v '1'hen someone will want it wet; V God must have a time defining What the people ought to get. l " Some will fuss about the weather It it's either cold or hot;a Folks, there's no one altogether Satisfied with what he's got. WVe're too blind to understand it; We can't see the other side; Everything's like God has planned it, So we should be satisfied. Charles E. David, Jr. ~ -U. U. 0. Just to remind you that there are I only 276 more shopping days 'til o Christmas. Going Home T This Weekend? Travel in comfort and don't forget your pocketbook. ONE WAY AND ROUND TRIP COACH TICKETS 1 'Ac Per Mile Sa: Southern Rail W. E. McGhee, A.G.P.A. Phone Dolumbia's Choice I I Prio Theatre t Wants Students Go To Quantico Jamp This Supmer Enlistments for the summer training amp of the Marine Reserve Corp to be eld at Quantico, Va., are being received y William Capehart, recent graduate of te University, from students this month. The camp will be held from July 6 August 14. All expenses including ransportation to and from the camp will e furnished by officials. A salary is aid the students which enables them to tect all expenses and make $45 profit. Quantico is one of two Platoon Leaders las'es which have been organized in the Jnited States, the other being in San )iego, California. Aspirants must be college students of )phomore rank and if they meet pre cribed standards during the six weeks f training, they are commissioned Second .ieutenants in the Volunteer Marine orps Reserve when they receive their allege degrees. Those desiring to take the physical ex mination must do so before the arrival f the recruiting officer, Captain Donald picer, on February 25. At this time, aptain Spicer will address the sopho tore class and interview those who may e interested and seek further informa on. He will return again in April for te purpose of enlisting accepted appli tnts. ,--u. ". 0. Lectures Aid Women Clubs "Three professors are making talks-to -omen's clubs, service clubs and educa on associations in the State each week nder the University Lecture Service," nnounced Dr. L. T. Baker, dean of the wculty at the University of South Caro na. The series of lectures began on No ember 1, and 15 addresses were given uring the remaining portion of the first emester. Dr. Baker, who is chairman of the 'omnmittee on Extension Lectures, is as isted by Dean F. W. Bradley and Miss sahel Watkins. Two lectures have been given this :eek; one by Professor C. H. Waterfall, 'ho talked on "i ighway Accident Pre ention" before the Parent-Teacher, A: uciation at Winnsboro, on Tuesday. 'he second address w-c given by Pro essor J. McT. Daniel, who spoke on Trends in Education" before the PTA tBatesburg- Leesville on Mfonday. Fifty lectures from 12 dlepartments and chools w;th a repertoire of 130 specified peeches are being offered by the Uni ersity without charge, except for actual xpenses. A supplement issued by Pictorial Re 'iew for benefit of women's clubs re ently contained a story on the Univer ity's Lecture Service, pointing out that ..ecture programs, reference material, utlines and studies were available to WVo ien's Clubs from the University. a,ve1 By Train rcomfortable-Economical way System Columbia Hotel 5631 I "Si 'opular I ROBER.T YOy Raise COST OF LII WARRAN "If I did not believe that better salaries for our faculty would correspondingly better the education of our students, I would not ask for the full amount re quested for our teaching staff," Presi dent J. Rion McKissick told the Senate Finance Conmittee at its hearing on the University's requests for appropriations Monday. "If these salaries should be increased to the full amount we ask, they would still be 7% per cent below the scale which prevailed before the depression. The present salary scale represenrs a 14 per cent decrease under the pre depression scale. "We ask for the full amount because of the fast increasing cost of living and because of the loyalty to the institution and to the State displayed by our faculty who, in spite of hardships put on them by reduced salaries, and, in some cases, in spite of offers to teach elsewhere at high er salaries, have remained faithfully at their posts. "By profession I am not an educator. I have been at the University only 10 years. With long experience in other business. I am not able to understand how so many members of our faculty have managed to exist, especially in the 1 late lean years. "Out of their salaries, which are much below the scale paid at most universities and colleges of our size and rank, they are supporting themselves and their fam ilies and are educating their children. "They have been able to accumulate little, if anything, to take care of them selves and their families when they are I too old to carry on their work. t Martin Here To_Register Elmore Martin, graduate of the class of 1934, returned to the campus Monday to do graduate work in philosophy. Aiartin, who majored in journalism at the University, for the last two years has worked as a reporter on the New Orleans Item-Tribune. lie also took ad vanced courses at Tulane the first se mester of this year. lie reports that Dr. Marten ten lloor, Tulane professor and authority on the theory of knowledge, paid Carolina's Dr. Josiah Morse a high compliment in declaring that lie is "one of the very best men in the South." Mr. Martin particularly enjoyed the di versified social life of New Orleans dur ing his stay there, having lived with a family proiinent in social activities of the city. A grandfather of this Creole family was the attending physician to a king of Spain, which adds quite a bit to prestige in the Gulf city, he says. I le found th/Newv Orleans celebrations highly interesting. About one and one half months before the Miardi Gras, four or five balls are given each week. At the carnival balls, the attendants dress to carry out various themes, some of the robes worn costing as much as $4,000 each. These are preserved in museums after the festivities. Natives celebrate the Fourth of July, Christmas, New Year's Day, etc., by shooting firecrackers in pro fusion. Miar tin said that after such hilarious holi days the principal streets of the city are so littered with exploded firewvorks that the pavement cannot be seen. Commerce Frat Purchases Lodge Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity at the University of South Carolina, has purchased a lodge on Lake Miurray, which is fully equipped and furnished, accord ing to John Turnbull, headmaster of the fraternity. The active chapter~ andI its alumni have made the purchase of the cabin possible by contribtutions. A rtishee dance will be given at the Lake on Friday night. The organization seems to have mari time inclinations, as a yacht 12 feet long with a one-lung motor and equipped with sails in case of a necessity is anchored off the wharf. All the luxuries of home are in the the cabin as it has electric lights and a spring for water only one-half mile away. Delta Sigma Pi vait also be celebrating the accomplishments of its members in MONDAY-TUESDAY rrn Enemy" -With JOSEPH CALTLEIA In Prof 'ING !S REQUEST "The dean of our law school has given ne his opinion that they are not eligible o the benefits of the Social Security ?rogram, unless special provision is made for them. "One of the ablest of our professors, vho has national reputation, told me in he course of a recent conversation that t costs him $10 or $12 a year to have t bank account because he cannot main ain the required balance. No wonder le has a family to support and is ed icating his children at the University. "There are men on our faculty who iave devoted from 25 to 45 years to the ervice of education and of South Caro ina-and yet from their salaries they nust pay house rent to the State. "There is another side to this question. "The University cannot expect to re ain able younger members of the faculty vho have stood by the institution during he depression but who are offered much nore elsewhere. "A young professor, described by th< icad of an important department in onc )f the greatest American universities a: mne of the ablest and most promising mer e has ever trained, probably will soor >e offered a position in a college it knother state at a salary almost twicc vhat the University can pay him. If he eaves us, no one can blame him. "Our University ought to be able tc :ompete in salaries with other institu ions. If not, it is going to be difficult f not impossible, to attract to the servic< )f the institution and of the Stat< cachers of first-rate ability and charac er." Carolina Flashes "The aged conflict between the owner >f capital and the workers has today :hanged into a fight between the cm >eror, the maniager and labor," says Dr 3. M. Derrick, professor of economic! it the University. "The present General Mfotors strike i! in illustration of this," he concluded. The final date for registration at Caro. ina will be February 16. This is alsc he final date for revisions in your cours< >f study. An exhibition by the Ethyl Gasolin< Corporation will be held in Sloan col ege at 5 p. i. today inn Room 102. Th< public is invited. The semi-annual meeting of the Alphr :hapted of Phi Beta Kappa will be hlt in Room 7 of Davis College at 5 :15 to. :lay. Carolina has had three observatories riccording to Dr. Edwin L. Green, pro fessor of ancient languages. In 181 Zachariah Phillips erected an obscrva tory with a revolving dome in the real of the house now occupied by Pro fesso hicCutcheon. This can be seen in th old pictture of the campus around 1820. The enrollment of the University o South Carolina Law School is one les than the enrollment of the last semester One student has transferred from lai chool to academic school. The official en rollment for the present semester is 10( Last semester it was 101. No new stu dents obviously entered the second tern Hie is a freshman. That wvas the reason given for th special invitation extended to Presider J. Rion MicKissick to dance in the fresh man figure at the first freshman-sophe more ball held at the University recently With his wife, President MicKissic led the dance "with the greatest of ease. To the inquiries by the spectators as ! why he wvas dancing in that special danc< came the whisper, "He is a freshman president." -U. U. 0. three of them making all A's. Thisi quite a record as no other fraternit, sorority, or tenement can boast of this. A discussion by Dr. George McCutch eon on Thursday night concerning "Indi vidual Thinking" was given, followed b a general discussion of the phases of cut rent interest to commerce students. STONE essors' New Paper Appears Soon John Turnbull Editor Commerce students at the University are entering a new field next week when they publish their first issue of the Com merce News under the auspices of the School of Commerce, according to John Turnbull, editor-elect. Every student in the School of Com merce, which includes the Department of Economics and Commerce, are invited to submit articles which will be published with their name. The purpose of the news organ will be to compile and edit information of in terest to University students pursuing commerce and economics, and the busi ness men and high school students of the State. The paper will be composed of five mimeographed sheets, issued semi-month ly on the first and fifteenth. "It will be necessary 'for all the stu dents of the Commerce School to give their time and services to the newspaper in order for it to thrive," stated Editor Turnbull. The staff is as follows: John Turnbull, Graniteville, editor; Julius Ness, Denmark, junior associate editor; Randolph Bradham, Columbia, sophomore associate editor; Henry Cleri ci, Columbia, circulation manager; Ar thur Holman, junior assistant circulatio1 manager; and Jesse Martin, sophomore assistant circulation manager. The paper will include articles, editori als, information, news and a question and answer column through which the per sonnel of the state can write and receivc specific information. _U. 0. o. Seniors Learn Teaching Art Spending a total of 644 class hours observing and teaching high school classes was one duty of a group of 14 seniors of the University school of education it the course, "observation and directed teaching," conducted by Dr. J. McT Daniel last semester. Carried on in connection with Univer sity high school, where Dr. Daniel's stu dents observed and taught under the su pervision of the regular teachers, th< course enabled the students to test edu cational theories by actual practice. Together, the seniors taught an aggre gate of 324 class hours durnig the se mester. One had 39 hours to his credit and the minimum was 20 hours. Th< total hours spent in observation, during which they looked for particular points in teaching technique, numbered 320 One senior observed 35 hours. None hat less~ than 14. "After completing the required watch ing period, the studlents had by this tirm become familiar with the pupils' names the instructing methods, and the subject matter," Dr. Daniel explained. "Thet they wvere ready to teach." Before teaching the class, the student had their prepared lesson plans approve< -by the regular instructor. The instruc tar afterwards gave pointers on improv ing their work. "Besides this, many of my student helped the regular teachers by giving a:n making tip tests and examinations, car recting papers, and conducting coachint classes," said Dr. Daniel. --u. g. O. CAROLINA - By Spruce White Eyes toward the west, where the sun had just set, he dreamily t -trd The depth of his gaze told of thought rooted in the soul. For - a full half-hour, not a sound came from this mound of earth so deeply engaged in meditation. Then with a sob, drenched in emotion, "I miss my Mama." Don't worry little Freshman, you can go home over the week end. - Things We Could Do Without: 8 'clock classes. . Beans at the Mess Hall. Phone calls for the third floor, - Hangovers. - Teachers who march. v Changing books every semester. - People who think they know what we can do without. WEDNESDAY-THURgDA3 A FULL LENGTH FEBJ "General Spa --With SPANKY McFAR Llinn OM.En___a.ph =M =RGA Salaries Burns Gfves First Talk As Society President G. Werber Bryan Delivers Ex. augural Address; Solomon Termed "Invaluable Aid" Urging members to uphold the tradi tion set for them by famous past mem bers of the Euphradian Literary Society, Howard Burns, newly elected president, said in his inaugural address, last Tuesday night that it depended uterrt the society as a whole to add to the advancement of the group. Before making his speech Burns was inaugurated into office by G. Werber Bryan, past president of the society. Others who entered office at the same time are: Bill Harrelson, vice-president; Stanley Morse, secretary; Matthew Poliakoff, critic; Currie MacArthur, treasurer; Hasell Ross, financial secre tary; P,!verly Herbert, censor; and Tom E. McCutchen, reporter. Bryan, in his exaugural address, said that "the large crowds of the first se mester were due to the interest and leadership of the men of the society." Ile praised the organization for the co operation given him in the past semester, and singled out for special praise, "Bubba" Ness, retiring secretary, and Stanley Morse, retiring treasurer. He called Walter Solomon, head of the pro gram committee, an "invaluable aid" to the group. He also praised the new presi dent, Howard Burns, for his work as critic. Two new men were elected to society membership. Both of them, John B. McCutchen, and W. Hummel J larley, nude siurt speeches to the group. The society also heard Hilly Nicholson, representative of the society on the de bating team. One man, G. G. Dowling was reinstated. The society had planned to hear the lion. John A. May of Aiken as a speaker of the night, but unexpected business at the Ilouse of Representatives made 11r. Afay's attendance impossible. In the business meeting of the society the committee on the redecoration of the society hall announced that final plans will be reported at the next meeting, and that the society portraits were at the present time being repaired. After the session a short social meet ing was held and ice cream was served to the members attending. -u. e. 0. Mississippi Man Talks In Chapel Mr. Chester Swor, professor of English in Mfississippi College, spoke at the ves per service in the chapel last Sunday night on th e theme, "WVe WVould See Je suts." "The traditional view of Jesus picture.s him as a slightly effeminiate, gloomy, mystical fanatic," Mr. Swor said. "People have been repelled from him because of this idea." That this idea of Jesus is false Mr. Swvor showed by' recalling descriptions of Jesus in the Bible and happenings of his life. That he was not a physical weak l ing is shown by the fact that lhe was by pro fession a carpenter and that all of his life lhe lived an out-door life, through which lie displayed a great nmeasure of stamina. Instead of being gloomy, Hei was an attractive man, Mr. Swor showved. He enjoyed beinig with p)eop)le anid wvent to parties and feasts. Mr. Swor showed that one of the out standling features of Jesus was his sense of fairness in dealing wvith people at all times and that lie was characterized by his ability to answer the iieeds of the indlividual who came to Himi. Ini concluding his talk Mr. Swor said, 'Only through Jesus can we find'a philos ophy and religion that will answer the needls andl solve the problems facing uts in the 20th century." -U. .. 0. Notice: During rainy weather, do not try to use the paths. The last time we tried it we had to get the bathing suit out of the trunk. When your eyes get weary And your thoughts get deep Then it's time to get some sleep. Good night. p-FRIDAY TURE inky"I -Ronan T.AWRWENm