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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA I Enrollment Fi ares Top Loe Lie Record - University of South Carolina Largest Circulation of any Collegiate Newspaper in South Carolina History VOLUME XXXI, NO. 3FOUNED 1908. REGIS] Gameco PALMER WINS LIBEL SUIT JURORS GIVE VERDICT AFTER LENGTHY TRIAL Gamecock Instigates Motion For Appeal Wesley Walker And Jack White De. fend Newspaper In Moot Trial Damages of $1000 were awarded to D;ckie Palmer in a libel suit against The Gamecock Wednesday night in the law school's first moot trial of the year. Suit was brought following the publishing of an article in Muselin' In concerning Mr. Palmer. The de iensc immediately filed a motion for an al)peal to a higher court. The jury composed of six students, Charles Manning, Monroe Fulmer, Ben Geer, Rudy Barnes, T. S. Dukes, and T. E. Mathews brought in a ver diet in favor of the plaintiff within a few minutes. Presided over by Judge Whaley, the trial was held in the Abney Law Library before a packed house. The plaintiff's attorneys were Bob Hemphill and Tom Pope. Defense attorneys were Wesley Walker and Jack White. Students rerved as jurors. This moot trial was held for the (Continued on page seven) Davis Thanks Tarheel Men Writes Duke Editor In two letters to Dr. W. D. James of Hamlet hospital in Hamlet, N. C. and to the editor of the Rockingham, N. C. newspaper, Stokes Davis, pres ident of the student body at Carolina expressed the appreciation of the student body for the kindness which they showed to the Carolina students who were victims of the recent tragic automobile wreck near Hamlet. Says Mr, Davis "In my opinion the student body of our University sustains an irre parable loss in the passing of three of its most promising students. To the families of the victims of the recent catastrophe I extend the most heart-felt and sincere sympathy of the student body. M. Stokes Davis, Pres. Student body, U. of S. C. (Continued on page seven) RoUerts Be New L~ An unusual service for lawyers .. . that of briefing trial cases . . . has been established in Columbia by Carlisle Roberts, of the University of South Carolina lawv school faculty. Mr. Roberts, wvho has been a full time faculty member for the past five years, is now on a part-time basis in order that he may engage in private practice of law. The'briefing service will be offered not only on appeal cases before the Supreme Court, but on the original trial of the cases as wvell. Professor Roberts expects his work to make av'ailable the information of the ex tensive lawv libraries of the supreme court and the University law school to members of the profession throughout South Carolina. A graduate of Wofford College, the University of South Carolina, RATIOP ck Fined University Ph To Give Bill King and Louise Frye 4 In "Bill of Divorcement Nov. 4, 5, Bill King and Louise Frye will lar have the leading roles in "Bill of wa Divorcement," the first play to be as presented by the University Players tui this season, it was announced by R. Do Maurice Stephan, director of the vi Players yesterday. The play will 'be presented o"1 the evenings of the Di' fourth, fifth, and sixth of November. Fa In addition to their regular stage fie plays to be given at Drayton Hall on fie the University campus, the Players Re will give a series of fifteen minute qu radio dramas over station W. I. S. Ph this year. These plays to be given Ha over the air are being written or tor adapted by University students. Au- ca: ditions for them are being given by ed Mr. Stephan, and the assistant direc- tio tor of the Players, Professor William S. Woods. At the first meeting of the Play- - ers this semester, Leonard J. Kap DEADLINE S Deadline for pictures in the 1937 Garnet and Black is Oct. 16 and P no extension of the date will be made, Newt Harmon editor, an nounced this week. Pictures are being made at Toal's studio 1435 d Main Street and money for the y pictures may be paid either at v the studio or to editor Harmon. h no m Students Mourn " Wreck Victims th Memorial exercises for the three sh University of South Carolina students W killed in an automobile wreck on he the night of Sept. 24 will be held ofi in place of the regular chapel exer- to cises in Drayton Hall at 12 noon to- he day, Ted Ninestein, president of dr Kappa Sigma Kappa, announced this sic week. an Families of the boys have been st invited to attend the program and sit in seats reserved for them. This dr same invitation has also been ex- al tended to members of Kappa Alpha h~ (Continued on page eight) gins aw ServiceH School, Mr. Roberts is the author of articles in leading legal periodicals. in Among the periodicals to which Mr. ye Roberts has contributed are the W< American Bar Association Journal, sit The Illinois Lawv Reviewv, the North Carolina Lawv Reviewv, and Current 14' Legal Thought. ea Before the meeting of the Associa tion of American Lawv Schools held Mi in December, 1936, in Chicago, Mr. W< Roberts led a discussion of the bank ruptcy lawv with Professors Mc Laughlin of Harvard and Glenn of Wot Virginia. as Mr. Roberts is the son of W. D. Roberts, superintendent oif the Ep- meu worth Orphanage in Columbia. He tot was married to Miss Hamilton War ren of Sumter a year ago. A mem- mi ber of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, he is listed 10: in "Who's Who in Law". 4GOE $1,000 iyers First Show Zhosen for Lead Roles ", to Be Presented and 6. , the vice president of the club, s elected to succeed Lucy Lewis, 1 president. \iiss Lewi:; did not re -n to Carolina this semester. uglas McKay, Jr., was named newi C president. The complete cast for "Bill of orcement" is as follows: Hilary irfield, Bill King; Sydney Fair Id, Louise Frye; Margaret Fair Id, Lois Jeter; Kit Pumphrey, Tom gers Drake; Hester Fairfield, Jac line McCutchen; Grey Merideth, illip Wilmeth; Dr. Elliott, Bill mlet; Bassett, Wray Graves; Rec Edwin Patterson. None of the ;t except Tom Drake have appear in a University Players produc n. 'Bill of Divorcement" written by emence Dane, will be remembered (Continued on page eight) iCHOOL HAS DEPOSITORY ut On Workable Basis For the first time, the students' pository, maintained every year the treasurer's office of the Uni rsity, has been put on workable sis, and Carolina students may w deposit and withdraw money in ich the same manner as it is done a bank. When a deposit is made, the per r is given a receipt specifying the zount of the deposit. His name is en entered on an indi idual ledger eet with the amount of his credit. hen he wishes to withdraw money, takes his receipt to the treasurer's rice, fills out a blank form.similar a check, and receives the amount has asked for. The amount with awn is then marked on the debit le of his ledger sheet, and thus accurate account of the boy's mding is kept. Each person must make his with awals himself, and no money is owed to go out unless the person s his receipt with him. --U.S. C. Iniversity Collects Activities Fees toney Is Divided Among Organizations Exactly $12,320 has been collected students activities fees at the Uni rsity -of South Carolina, Frank 3lbourne, treasurer of the Univer y announced this week. rhis amount is represented by )8 students paying the fee of $8.75 :h. It is div'ided as follows: Student Activity Fund m . 1021 $8,933.75 >men ..387 . 3,386.25 1408 $12,320.00 A\llocation of the the fund to var is organizations on the campus is follows:1 Athletic association- rate $4.90; m,' $5,002.90; wvomen $1,896.30; al. $6,899.20. Band--rate .30: men, 306.30; wo( 'i. 116.10; total 422.40. Clarisophic society-rate .10: men, 2.l0; women, .00; total, 102.10. (Continuedl on page se.nn) S OVE] Plans Drawn For Mapping iUMWALT SUBMITS OUTLINE TO STATE PLANNING BOARD Program Is For Ten-Year Period )nly One-Third of State Accurately Mapped, Says Engineering Professor A program for completing the sur -eying and mapping of South Caro ina in 10 years at a total cost of ;l,430,70Q has been submitted to the itate Planning Board by Robert L. iumwalt, Professor of Civil En ;ineering. "Only 32.7 per cent of the total )f 30,989 square miles in South Ca 'olina is covered by adequate topo ;raphic maps," Professor Sumwalt ;aid. "The 10-year plan recom nends: compilation of planimetric >ase maps from aerial photographs maken on a scale of 1:20,000 of a total irea of 9,991 square miles; publica ion of preliminary sheets without :ontours on a scale of 1:24,n00; pre >aration of contour maps as soon as >racticable af*er planimetric maps ire available; the publication of the ?esults in advance sheet form and in inal form on suitable scales." "The program recommends the fi rnancing of the project with Federal funds and that South Carolina en gineers and other South Carolina employees be given preference in em ployment" said Professor Sumwalt, who added that it is recommended the work should be carried out by existing federal agencies. The report is complete with ap pendices, seven large maps, and many photographs showing types of instruments and monuments to be .ised. --U. S. C. COURSES GO TO CITIZENS Graduate Credit Given College courses carrying graduate credit are now available to citizens of the state through the University of South Carolina extension service, ac cording to W. H. Ward, director. Courses carrying graduate and cer tificate renewal credit are being of ered through the School of Education, the classes being held on the campus. Later, according to Mr. Ward, courses will be offered in other parts of the state that will carry college credit and may be used for renewal or improve muent of teaching certificates. The following courses are now be' Ing taught at the University: Advanced Principles of Secondlary Education, Saturday from 10 to 12; atnd The High School Curriculum, Tuesdays from 4 to 6. Other cojurses wvill be offered when there is sufficient demand. Any group wishing additional exten sion courses may get in touc-h witi W. H1. Wurd, director of extension at the University. Fees for thuece clea;se have beeni set at. $5.00 a hemnester' hour. Most of thei c'ourses t.o be o: redi will carruy a credit of t hrc ;eietter hours. wIhih w ,ll cost $15 001. trdulate P red'it, will mtOt ( :'r oneo ses ioni of two~' hours one,1 week. Class1 m:ern bem s will prepare out sid :a ssign ments (luring the rest of t he week Ie uIO(t schlohist i(' requirements. Ot her plans for ext ension work, ae' :'iid intg to .\mr. Wad(, are in the fields >f v'it al aids, education Iiibrarmy exten sion,. women's ilubh program dtaat;ei mat erialIs. speaker's bureau, and i rai in 5(ervi'e. W~ork on those pr'ojetts is ItIlmder way a01 ndicoplete plaina will be llnnnous('-ol later. 1,500 SUBSTANTIAL OVEI Alumni Secretary Barney A. Early, executive secre tary of the Alumni Associatinn, is shown above. Homecoming festivi ties were held under the auspices of the Alumni Association last week and are an annual feature of this organization. PASSES All students who have not yet procured their athletic passes may get them at the University Press ing club behind the Canteen. A number of students did not get theirs during the regular time when they were being distributed. "Y" Workers Raise Mqney Approximately $450 has been rais ed towards the goal of $1,300 in the annual Y. M. C. A. finance campaign, R. G. Bell, secretary of the Y, an nounced this week. This campaign, which is put on to raise money to carry on the program of the Y, began Monday and will be concluded today. All expenses con nected with the Y, except the salar ies of the general secretary and his secretary, are pair by the voluntary contributions of students and faculty members. The work of raising this money is being done by teams captained by committee chairmen of officers of the Y. M. C. A. Captain Harold Prince's team led in the pledges Wednesday, bringing in a total of $56.50; Bill (Continued on page seven) Secretarial Filled E The new Secretarial Science course of study has 120 students enrolled this semester, George E. Olson, Dean of the school of Commerce, stated Wednesday. This is the first semes ter that courses in the subject have been offered at the University. In order to take care of the new elasses the first two floors of IIarper College hav'e been remodeled. This building, used as a dormitory last year, now contains four class-rooms, the most modernly-equipped on the campus. To utilize the space it was necessary to knock dowvn several walls and to change the location of the stair leading to the second floor. New fu rn iturie throughout has been placed in the class-rooms. Instead of using chairs with desk-airms as in other classes, the commerce school has separate tables and chairs for each student. WValls hav'e been re decorated, nnd new bl,.c-ard _MARK INCREASE R LAST_YEAR MANY CO-EDS REGISTER HERE Chase Gives Figures A total of 1518 students. 1.066 men and 452 women, have registered at the University for this semester it was announced by the Registrar's office at noon Wednesday. This represents a net increase of 101 over last year's registration at this date. At this time last October. 1.038 students had enrolled. Of these 1038 were men and 379 were women. It will be noted that three-fourths of the increase in enrollment is due to the entrance of new women students to the University. Of the 101 students who make up the increase over last year, 75 are co-eds. Dean John A. Chase, Jr., in com menting upon the - gistration this year, said, "The ad,ninistration re gards this as a normal, substantial. steady growth, and is of the opinion that with the second semester's registration the figures will show an increase of 200 hundred students over last year's enrollment. In my opinion the increase is representa tive of a healthy condition at the University." Last year the total registration for the entire year was 1554 students, 1136 men and 418 women. --U. S. C. Alumni Hear Dr. McKissick Says Prospects Bright "The Carolina student body is as well behaved and as fine as that in any college or other university in America," President J. Rion McKis sick declared in his address to the alumni at their Homecoming Day luncheon Saturday. Prospects for the University this year are excellent. During the last year noteworthy improvements to the physical plant as well as valu able additions to the faculty have been made, he pointed out. High praise was given in the address to Governor Johnston and to Lawrence M. Pinckney of the W. P. A. for their exceedingly helpful cooperation in work for the upbuilding of the in stitution. The latter, although he is not an alumnus, has been a surpass ingly helpful friend to the Universi (Continued on page eight) Schiool y Students have been put in place. Office rooms for the commerce professors hav'e been provided. For use in 'the typing classes the University had to purchase 30 new typewriters. Professor R. A. James, formerly of Winthrop. has been 'plaiced in charge of the secretarial group in the commerce school. Assisting him, and teaching the typ)ing classes is Miss Aileen Funderburk. IAs many as possible have been taken into the new course of study. quests ofmpossible to meet the r'e quess ofstudents outside of the commerce school that they be allow ed to take secretarial courses as electiv'es. There is no more room for students in the new classes. The requirement for entrance to the secretarial courses is the same as that for entrance to (he school of I(Continued on page eight)