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House Fa
Salar)
Profs. Get
10% More
Crews Champions Bill
University Appropriation Increase
Is $10,000 Over Recommenda
tion For Salary Raise
For the first time in years the House
of Representatives last week increased
the appropriation for the University
over the amount recommended by the
Ways and Means Committee.
Upon the motion of John W. Crews
of Columbia, University alumnus, the
House by a vote of 44 to 42 added
$10,000 to the sum recommended by
the committee and provided for a 10
per cent increase in the salaries of
the "professors, teachers, and instruc
tors" over the salaries paid in the fis
cal year 1930-1937.
In an elkquent speech Mr. Crews
appealed for more compensation for
the faculty members who have re
mained faithfully at their posts de
spite severe salary cuts. Doctors Pat
terson Wardlaw and George A. Wau
chope were among those he mentioned
as having grown gray in useful ser
vice to the University and to the State.
All the credit for the increase must
be given to" loyal alumni and other
friends of the University in the House,
President McKissick declares.
Before voting in favor of this in
crease, the House refused to adopt an
amendment by Frank A. Graham, Jr.,
alumnus of Columbia, to add $12,000
to the sum recommended by the Ways
and Means Committee.
A number of alumni and others who
would have voted for the increase
were absent when the vote was taken.
Representative John A. May, recent
alumnus from Aiken, sought to add
$10,000 for fellowships in the graduate
school, but the House refused to agree
to this.
Under the terms of the bill as
passed by the House, the University
must spend $20,000 for repairs during
the n.ext fiscal year, 1937-1938.
Those who voted for the increase
in the appropriation for the Univer
sity were:
Speaker Solomon Blatt (Barnwefl);
0. W. Abbott (Darlington); Ben E.
Adams (Richland); Paul M. Allen
(Spartanburg); J. Perrin Anderson
(Greenwood); Joe E. Berry (Rich
land); Pike Berry (Orangeburg);
Herbert D. Black (York); Quincie E.
Brltt (York); 0. Stanley Bryant
(Horry); John W. Crows (Richland);
W. B. Davis (Pickens); C. W. Der
rick (Marion); J. M. D11 (Greenville);
'A tiites
Onle thousand two hundred fifty-one
students registered at Carolina have
Paid $9,282.80 to~ the Student Activities
fund through February 18, according
to figures released by Frank Welborne,
treasurer.
Nine hundred twenty-nine boys have
Paid in $6,967.50, and the fees of three
Account
Athletic Association .............$4.
Band ...........................
Clariosophic Society .............. .
Debating Council ..................
Euphradian Society ................
Euphrosynean Society .............
Gamecock ....,........... .
Garnet & Black ....................
H1ypatian Society ...........
Sinking Fund ......................
Social Cabinet .....................
Telephone Exchange ...............
Yt. M. C. A. .....................
Y. W.C. A................ .
Totals ................
vors
'Increase
One Makes
High_Marks
Carolina Law School
One student of the 101 enrolled in
the University of South Carolina law
school averaged 95 or over on all sub
jects for the first semester of 'the
school year 1936-37, according to W.
Flinn Gilland, assistant registrar of the
University.
John Betts McCutcheon, Conway,
was the sole "all-A" student in the law
school. He is a first year law student.
Howard Lamar Burns, Greenwood, a
junior in the law school, and' Charles
E. Simons, Jr., Johnston, freshman,
were the second ranking men scholas
tically. They averaged 95 on all sub
jects except one, receiving B-plus
(85-94) on that.
Gus H. Pearlman, Charleston, was
third honor man with three A's and
two marks of B-plus.
-U. H. 0.
Euphradians
Stage Debates
President Roosevelt's proposed plan in
regard to the supreme courts was de
bated in the Euphradian Literary So
ciety Hall last Tuesday night. The lead
er for the affirmative side of the question
was Gedney Howe and the negative side
was championed by Walter Solomon.
The query was stated as follows: Re
solved: That the proposal of President
Robsevelt in reference to the retirement
of the members of the Supreme Court
and additions thereto be discouraged.'
The debate will be continued at the regu
lar meeting of the society next Tuesday.
After the debate the society adjourned
to have a joint meeting with the Clario
sophic society. In the business meetin8
before the debate, three men, Arthur Hol
man, Charlie Manning, and John Brad
ley were initiated into the society. Ward
law Neeley was reinstated.
Below are some of the opinions ex.
pressed during the debate:
Hummel Harley, affirmative: The
one department of government evei
which the President has not executed con
trol is the Supreme Court. The Supreme
Court is to be the Constitution what the
head is to the body. Sever them, and
both of them will die.
Walter Solomon, negative: The new
proposal is constitutional. If the couri
is increased, the number of cases thai
the Court can handle will be increased
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Fund
portioned
hundred twenty-two girls amounted to
$2,415.00. These figures are expected
to show an increase because of stu
dents registering late.
The fund will be allocated to the
various organizations on the campus
in the following manner:
tate Men Women Total
10 $3,710.00 $1,288.00 $5,004.00
0 185.80 84.40 250.20
LO 92.90 92.90
t0 185.80 04.40 250.20
LO 92.00 92.90
0O 32.20 32.20
8 98.75 241.50 938.2t
8 98.75 241.50 938.21
L0 32.20 32.20
15 232.25 80.50 312.7e
) 46.45 18.10 62.52
10 484.50 181.00 625.5(
10 557.40 557.4(
10 193.20 193.2(
$6,987.50 2,.415.00 $9,382.5(
Honorary Frat
Meets Success
Library Opens Earlier
Library Will Open One-Half
Hour Earlier Than
Formerly
Efforts of O. D. K. t'o increase the
library hours have met with partial suc
cess, arrangements having been made to
have the upper room opened at 8:30 a. m.
during the remainder of this semester,
according to an announcement by Presi
dent J.' Rion McKissick yesterday.
Doctor McKissick's complete state
ment follows:
"Professor R. M. Kennedy, librarian,
Dean Chase, and I are carefully consider
ing the request of the local chapter of the
Omicron Delta Kappa fraternity that the
period during which the University li
brary is open be changed so that it will
be from 8 a. m. to 11 p. m.
"The librarian has informed me that
he will be glad to arrange to have the
upper room of the library open at 8:30
a. m. for the rest of this semester for
the convenience of those who wish to re
turn or to take out books.
"As to changing the closing time of
the library from 10 to Ii p. m., no an
nouncement can yet be made. I wish to
consult the local chapter of 0. D. K.
about this before reaching a conclusion,
since I think it possible that there are
some matters in connection with it which
have not been brought to their attention.
"Professor Kennedy is quite willing to
make the change as to the opening hour
and wishes to accommodate our students
to the greatest possible extent tonsistent
with the financial situation of the Uni
versity.
"It may be possible to arrange a quiet,
comfortable and well-lighted place on the
campus, not in the library, where students
may study until 11:00 p. m.
"I hope that within a short time we
may be able to arrive at a solution of this
problem which swill be satisfactory to all
involved."
Harth Requests Names
Of Group Presidents
A request' has been made for the
presidents of all the student organiza
tions at Carolina to present a list of
their officers with home addresses and
telephone numbers to the athletic of
fice immediately.
This material should have been in
the hands of William H. Harth, ath
letic director, or Miss Ursula Cant
well, his secretary, months ago, and a
drive is going forward to clear the
matter up as soon as possible.
Debaters Will
Take T Road
Eight debaters representing the Uni
versity of South Carolina leave Mon'
day, February 29, to compete with cot
leges from Florida to New York, ac
cording to Professor Havilah Bab
cock, faculty advisor of the University
debating council.
Men making the trips are:
Richard Foster, Greenville; Charles
Simons, Johnston; Ed Sims, Green
ville; Sid Duncan, Columbia; Frank
Jordan, Columbia; Billy Nich'olson,
Greenwood; Louis Searson, Columbia;
and Ray Stokes, Timmonsville.
Debating the query: "Resolved:
That Congress shall be empowered
to legislate minimum wages and maxi
mum hours for industry," Foster and
Simons will take 'the negative on their
tour through Florida. Duncan and
Jordan will be the affirmative team.
They stop at Gainesville, Winter
Park, Miami and DeL.and.
Nicholson and Searson make up the
affirmative team going to New York.
En route they stop for debates at
Durham, Richmond, Baltimore and
Rutgers.
Negative debaters Sims and Stokes
travel to New Orleans, stopping at
Atlanta and Birmingham en route.
University debating teams are spon
sored and directed by the University
Debating council.
WomenApprove
Point_System
For University Co-Eds
System Adopted By Alpha Kappa
Gamma Will Limit Number Of
Offices Held By Women
A plan to limit the number of offices
which a University of South Carolina
woman student may hold during her
college career has been approved
unanimously by the committee on stu
dent activities, according to Mrs. Arney
R. Childs, dean of women.
A point system submitted by Alpha
Kappa Gamma, co-ed leadership
sorority, has been tentatively adopted,
Mrs. Childs said. Under the present
plan, each girl may earn a maximum
of only 14 points.
The plan will insure better distri
bution of offices, and prevent over
burdening of any one girl, Mrs. Childs
feels.
The system tentatively agreed upon
is . as follows:
14 points; Y. M. C. A. President
Women's Athletic Association Alpha
Kappa Gamma President.
to points; University Players Presi
dent -Literary Society President K. S.
K. President Pan-Hellenic President.
8 points; Damas Club President
Y. W. C. A. Vice-President Co-Ed
Editor Gamecock Society Editor
Gamecock.
6 points; Social Sorority President
Honorary Greek Fraternity President.
4 points; Vice-President, Treasurer
or Secretary in any organization (can
not be Secretary or Treasurer or more
than one organization at the same
time).
2 points; Beaux Arts Club Officer
Non-de-Script Chairman Christian
Service Club Officer House President
-Women's Building.
Literary
Digress
BY THREE PLAGIARISTS
(Editor's Note: We asked Mr.
Tribble to write a few lines as a con
tribution to our anti-war crusade and
the following poem is the result, both
timely and true. How about it?)
(Not So Hot As A Pod of Pepper!)
If I shout "Peace!" 'tis only that I
dream
Of fairer things than alime, and rotting
dead,
And blood that oozes in a steady
stream
From someone's head.
If I cry "Stop!", 'tis not that I'm
afraid,
Nor would I cringe If some precocious
foe
Preferred my guts unravelled by his
blade
(It wouldn't show!)
If I say "Wait!" 'tUs but a plea that I
May listen to the final gasping breath
Of poison-laden lungs that signify
A hero's death.
If I yell "God!", somewhere a Pres
ence harks
And gives the hero, for the life he
gave,
The solitary cross that ever marks
A hero's grave.
Let, then, the valiant always lead the
fight
While I shout "Peace!" and stay
(which fate Is worse?)
A rather simple soul, and simply write
My simple verse.
The beat of martial drum could never
stir
This heart of mine to death and glory
on;
I think that I would very much prefer
An Ice-cream cone!'
-HAL TRIBBLE.
HUSSEY-THOMPSON
Which is the more handsome, Johni
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Students.
From
Girls' Teams
Make Tours
Six Debates Scheduled
The negative co-ed debating team
of the University of South Carolina,
composed of Mary Sutton and Alice
Huiet of Columbia will leave February
28 for a debating tour in Tennessee
and Georgia.
In Tennessee they will debate Ten
nessee Polytechnical Institute, Cooke
ville; Mid-State Teachers College,
Mufreesboro; University of Chatta
nooga, Chattanooga; and the Univer
sity of the South, Sewanee. In Geor
gia, they will meet Brenau at Gaines
ville and the University of Georgia
in Athens.
The co-ed affirmative team made up
of Betty Comstock of Lake Murray,
and Emily McEachern of Great Falls,
left February 23 for a tour of North
Carolina and Virginia. They will re
turn February 28 and will debate the
University .of Georgia, March 2, and
Harrisonburg Normal March 3, in the
Clariosophic hall.
-v. S. o.
Jordan Gets
New Honor
Frank Jordan, a member of the
Euphradian Literary Society, was
elected Junior Apprentice to the South
Carolina Intercollegiate Oratorical
Association in a joint meeting of the
Euphradian and Clariosophic Societies
in the latter's hall Tuesday night.
Jordan, who is editor-in-chief of the
Garnet and Black as well as an out
standing speaker in the Euphradian
Society; was nominated from the floor
and elected by acclamation without
any opposition.
The joint session was also expected
to discuss a new debating council con
stitution which was to be brought up
by Sid Duncan, but the meeting ad
journed when it became apparent that
the power of the Literary Societies to
pass any valid constitution was doubt
ful. A committee composed of rep-'
resentatives from both societies was
appointed to ascertain their exact
position in the matter before making
further debate on the proposed consti
tution.
After the joint session, Ed Sims
was elected to the Board of Publica
tions ove- Maxy Hook by a substan
tial majority. Sims, a former president
of the Clariosophics and members of
the Board two years ago, will take
the place of Monroe Fulmer, who Is
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Student 6
Will
A straw vote' to determine student
opinion as to President Roosevelt's
Supreme Court re-organization pro
gram is being sponsored today by The
SUPREME C
President Roosevelt has asked Cc
when a federal judge who has held o
age of 70 and does not retire withir
shall appoint an additional judge to
the pr dent would add six justices
under this law.
Check your preference:
I favor the plan ................
I oppose the plan ...............
My reason is...................
In a similar straw vote being con
ducted by a number of' leading news
papers throughout the nation, 95,487
votes have been cast for the plan and
Hail
22_States
46 Counties
Represented
Richland County Leads
New York Leads In Out-of-State
Representation In Carolina
Student Body
Forty-six counties, twenty-two states,
and three foreign countries are repre
sented in the 1551 students enrolled at
Carolina this year, according to John A.
Chase, Jr., registrar.
Richland was far in the lead with 634
students at Carolina while Florence came
second with 66 representatives in the
counties of the State. McCormick county
had the least number of representatives
as only one student is enrolled from that
division.
New York led in the out-of-state fig
ures with 25 representatives; North Caro
lina came second with 18 and Ohio with
16 and New Jersey with 14 trailed close
behind.
South Carolinians were numbered at
1,428 for this year's enrollment at Caro
lina. The States and foreign countries
together only furnished 123 students.
All 46 counties of this State are rep
resented in the figures.
The statistical summary of counties in
South Carolina for the 1936-37 school
year is as follows:
Semesters
1st 2nd Total
Abbeville .....................8 1 9
Aiken .........19 3 22
Allendale ........................ 5 1 6
Anderson .............. 18 0 18
Bamberg .....................16 1 17
Barnwell .....................13 0 13
Beaufort .....................10 0 10
Berkeley ........................4 0 4
Calhoun ..........................11 2 13
Charleston ...................22 2 24
Cherokee .....................8 0 8
Chester ...............?....... 18 0 18
Chesterfield ........... 9 0 9
Clarendon ....... 12 1 13
Colleton .....................10 0 10
Darlington ................24 2 26
Dillon ...........................9 1 10
Dorchester ....................15 1 16
Edgefield .....................16 1 16
Fairfield ........................ 21 3 24
Florence ........................ 4 2 66
Georgetown ..................8 0 8
Greenville ....... 24 5 29
Greenwood .................14 2 16
Hampton .................... 1 16
Horry ................... 16 2 18
Jasper ...........................2 0 2
Kershaw .....................18 0 18
Lancaster ......................8 0 8
Laurens ..........................12 1 13
L e ...............................16 1 17
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