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lebeDay Tomorrow 'Volume XXXI, No. 4 Morgan P.W.A. 2 Will House 250Students Preliminary excavation for the foundations of the new $300,000 wom an's building, located at the south end of the girls' athletic field, was begun Tuesday, Nov. 1, Only a few' laborers be work Tuesday. Some began dig ng In for the foundations of the building; others began clearing away the wire backstops of the tennis courts which are on the building site. -Announcement of the new project was made in The Gamecock on Fri. day, $ept. 30. The Public Works Ad ministration granted the major por tion of the funds; the remaining ex pense will be borne by the Universi ty. The new structure will be placed on the same block as the present wom an's building. It will lie along the south end of -the area, its back toward 15ivine street, its main entrance fac ing Green street. The Gamecock learned this week that applications for rooms in the new building have already been re ceived by the administration. The new building is expected to provide 4dequate space for all coeds, many of whom are now rooming off the cam pus because of lack of facilities on the campus. Meanwhile, plans are still going for ward for the new library building. The fate of the historic Extension build ing, home of many University presi dents and in recent years a classroom and administration building, has not yet been decided definitely, according to Dean John A. Chase. Dean Chase said that the building, which must be moved or destroyed to make way fori the new library, might be used temporarily for a storage house for the use of the builders of the new li brary. He reiterated, however, that nothing definite has yet been decided. . -U. a. C. Alumnus Dives In Pool First Professor William Thomas Mc Kinnon, alumnus of the University, fulfilled an ambition cherished since early childhood when he dived into the Carolina swimming pool last week. In a letter to The Gamecock, Mc Kinnon disclosed the fact that hie was the first man to take a swim in' the pool and that he thought this feat should place him along side of Lindbergh and Corrigan. Professor McKinnon was grad uated from the University with an A. B. in 1925 and received his mas ter's degree in 1926. His letter follows: Columbia, S. C., Oct. 6, 1938. To the Editor of The Gamecock University of Sotth Carolina Columbia, South Carolina Dear Fellow Carolinian: The people of America -are per fect fools about being FIRST. in this thing* and FIRST in that. Lindbergh decided to be the first man to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean, and *he did it. Corrigan decided to be the first man to start out for California via Ireland. and he made .it. So I de cided that' I simply had to be first in something. Ha, ha! This after noon, after working herd all dayn I dropped by the old practice field to see what Rex and the boys in the uniforms had to offer an All American spectator. While stand ing there watching the boys prac Ice, I glanced over at the site of he new swimming pool, and it curred to me that, from the gen ral appearance of the ,exterior, It ertainly must not be long before he "ole swimmin' hole" would be eady for christening. La and behold, as I walked up he runway of a scaffold on the est side of the building housing he swimming pool, I heard some hing. I asked myself: "Are my ars betraying me?" No, they ere not, for, in reality, the work en had opened the- water mains nd the pool was filling up rapidly. hat was about five o'clock in the fternoon, and the pool was just bout half full. Right there the Idea struck me that here was my hance really to be first at some hing. I would just be the first an to take a p lunge in the new Carolina swimming pool. I went home and told my wife bout my plans to take a sneak swim at the University pool, but romi her I got no encouragement. However, the will to do or die imply overwhelmed me, and I did oto the pool, at about 9 p.m. nd to the best of my knowledge, am the first man ever to take a lung. therein. It was certainty coot this night (C.un*.. ass Page Rihm University ol COLUgIBIA, o To Spe kpproves Alonored B Four University of South Carolina co for membership in Alpha Kappa Gamma in recognition of outstanding service. J Alpha Kappa Gamma convention at the Miss Lodema Gaines (in oval), assistant University of South Carolina, was elec sorority. The recently "tapped" A. K. Webb, Tuscumbia, Ala.; bottom, left- to bia, Margaret Rollins, Florence, and Sar Webb and Miss Crow are juniors, while rison are seniors. Work Begins G On Dormitory Pr Funds for the construction of Foi another men's dormitory at the Uni- sity a versity have been made available by pha I the P. W. A., it was announced early leade, this week by J. Rion McKissick, presi- tion< dent of the University. the U The new building will be financed delega by a grant of $135,000 by the P. W. A. bor, and a loan of $165,000 by the same Smiti1 agency. The latter amount will be Miss paid back over a number of years by dean< the money received from rentals, it dent< was understood. Sor President McKissick said notice of of Al the approval of the request for the versit news dormitory had been received from Centr Senator James F. Byrnes and Capt. go in J. L. M. Kirby, assistant regional the e P. W. A. director at Atlanta, Ga. room The new building will contain ap- Colu:1 proximately 126 rooms, and house Mei about 250 boys. It will have, if pres- is res ent plans materialize, a lobby, and ed sti recreational space. seniol Although no definite plans have ganize been announced as to the location of Mei the new dormitory, it has been tenta- pa, n tively decided that the building will ternit be located adjacent to Burney col- and il lege, back of the McKissick and Wau- of thi chope residences. ly ele (Continued on Page ight) Gamn Share E SARA BALDWIN The three students above have been una South . C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBEI ak On New y AKG X* . ... -eds last week were "tapped" honorary leadership sorority, Uiso last week, at the annual University of North Carolina, to the dean of women at the ted national president of the G.'s are: top, right, Virginia right, Dorothy Crow, Colum h Harrison; Columbia. Miss Miss Rollins and Miss Har iines Chosen exy A. K. G. ar representatives of the Univer f South Carolina chapter of Al Cappa Gamma, national honorary1 ship sorority, attended a conven >f the sorority held recently at niversity of North Carolina. The ites were Ann James, Molly Ta Dorothy Benedict, and Frances 1They were accompanied by Lodema Gaines, assistant to the >f women, who was elected presi i the group for the coming year. ne of the recent accomplishments pha Kappa Gamma at the Uni y have been the founding of the al Scholarship loan which is to to effgct in February, 1939 andi stablishiment of a class in ball, dancing which is held in the ribia Y. W. C. A. building. nbership in Alpha Kappa Gammai tricted to one eighth of the co adent body and only juniors and -s are eligible to enter the or ition. rnbers of Omicron Delta Kap itional honorary leadership fra k',,helped to organize the society 1 i s customary for the membersa s organization to escort the new-: cted members of Alpha Kappa : Sa to her tapping or installation. ] arle Schola: CHARLES BLACK mad.e share in ak. Job. 3. Eu cc Carolina t, 4, 1938 Sex P Men's D Crane Will Speak Here Dr. Henry C. Crane, famous col imnist, minister and world traveler, ias been obtained to lecture at the University for the Y. M. C. A.'s re igious emphasis week. Dr. Crane t Aill be at Carolina Nov. 30, and Dec. I and 2. Dr. Crane, who is minister of the -entral Methodist chuch in Detroit, Wich., was here four years ago for i similar series of lectures.. He drew he largest crowds that have ever urned out to hear one man at the University. Plans for at least six meetings have >een made, it was announced this .veek by R. G. Bell, director of the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Crane will definite- I y speak at voluntary chapel services )n Dec. 2, Mr. Bell said. Dr. Crane will speak once at Co umbia college while he is in the city. Tentative plans call for private in :erviews with Dr. Crane by students >r organizations of the Univ.ersity. A Dutch luncheon for the faculty is also 3eing planned. All of Dr. Crane's meetings will be ield in Drayton hall. Mr. Bell said hat at the meetings four years ago, he hall was filled, and many of the tudience were forced to stand. The subjects of Dr. Crane's talks iave not yet been announced. Mr. Bell said that he had written and re luested the list of subjects, but had iot yet received an answer. The lecturer is a nephew of Dr. Frank Crane, the noted columnist. I He acted as his uncle's private secre- I ary on several trips around the world, r ind now writes a column of his own. He served during the World War as I a chaplain overseas. Most of his ser vice was in the front lines. He is i Dutstanding today as one of the most outstanding young liberal ministers in the United States. --o. 9. 0. Student Union To Give Dance The first of a new series of dances sponsored by the Student Union. Board will be held on Saturday night No vrember 13, according to Professor William S. Woods, Chairman of the group. These dances will be held in< the lobby of the Student Union build ng with recorded music being fur iished by the best bands of the nation. The first meeting of the board was 1eld on October 18th at which time plans for this year's Student Union Arere made. The committee author-C zed subscriptions to 10 popular maga lines. These are: Life, Time, Sat irday Evening Post, Reader's Digest, E.squire, New Yorker, American, Cos-: ' nopolitan, and Mercury. Copies of he State and the Record will beC laced in the lobby daily. One of the two basement rooms of he building will be used as a read ng and lounging room while the other. Aill contain ping-pong tables, bridge ables, a radio and some other popu-' ar games. The ping-pong table which s now in the student union basement. iwas furnished by the Co-ed Associa ion. The radio was bought with the >roceeds from last year's dances int he lobby, while the furniture came rom abandoned Melton Hall. c The money allotted the Student I Jnion from the student activities fund a vill be used to purchase new equip nent and furniture which can be ~ noved to the new Student Union 3uilding when it is completed. i rship s t c DOROTY MUDOCK C IeShlni.(tr nPg ) Founded 1908 roblems; ormitory t Y Sponsors ' iscussions, (Editor's Note: The opinion of stu- r lents concerning the advisability of a n :ourse on marriage at the University I s expressed in this week's "Ques- ( ion of the Week" on page four.) For the first time in the history r >f the University, a lecture series on a he subject of "Marriage, Dating, and c ;irl and Boy Relations" will be pre- I ented by the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Mil- s [red I. Morgan, one of the leading tuthorities on this subject in the C Jnited States. will lead the two day :onference, beginning Nov. 7. Mrs. Morgan is from Iowa State Jniversity. She is a Ph. D. in phy :hology from Columbia University. a ier husband is a teacher of philoso )hy at Iowa State University. t Mrs. Morgan lead a discussi6n s rroup at the annual "Y" conference i it Blue Ridge, N. C. last summer, a mnd was conceded by students at the a :onference to be one of the most in- F eresting personalities there. Mrs. i Uorgan comes here from the Uni rersity of North Carolina, where she c :onducted a similar series of lectures. t 3he has traveled extensively to many t chools and colleges in the nation, and a :arries on a large correspondence on a he subject of boy and girl relations. Mrs. Morgan will come to the cam >us Monday, and be available for per onal interviews until 4 p. m., when he will speak to freshmen girls and >oys in the chapel. Miss Molly Ta )er, chairman of the freshman com nittee of the Y. W. C. A., will preside. The remainder of the schedule of ectures follows: Meeting with the student body, 7:30 c >. m. Monday. June Webb, president >f the Y. W. C. A., will introduce, :he speaker. Lecture to K. S. K. and Coed As -ociation members together, Tuesday it 4 p. m. Martha Withers, president >f the Coed Association, will preside. Concluding lecture to the entire stu- 1 lent body. Tuesday at 7:30 . m., with Ferry Hughes, president of the stu lent body, presiding. At the recent Alpha Kappa Gamma :onference at the University of North ~ -arohina, it was found that the Uni- t rersity of South Carolina was thet >nly school in the conference that doess aot have a course on the subject of narriage. Dr. Ernest Groves, in his peech to Alpha Kappa Gamma at the 3 x>nvention, said that there wvas t treater need for such a course than ;ver before on account of present ec- c mnomic conditions. Some of the subjects lectured on by e dfrs. Morgan are "Patterns for Dat- t ng," "Engagement," "W o r k i n'g Vives," "Intimacies Before Marriage," Emotional and Phychological Aspect af Marriage," "How to Chose a dfate," "Marriage Failures," "Obliga ion, of the Family to Society," and imilar topics. ---. S. C. Prof.-McCall's Miother Passes Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Scar 'orough McCall, mother of Dr. WV. C. fcCall, professor of education and lirector of the University personnel ureau, were held yesterday morning t 11 o'clock at Hopewell Presbyterian hurch in Florence county. Mrs. McCall, suffering from a long Iness, died at 8 o'clock T.gesday night t the Columbia hospital. For a num er of years she had made her home with Professor McCall at 1210 Bull treet. Surviving are: one son, Prof. W. .McCall, Columbia; two sisters, - frs. S. M. McCall, Florence, and o 4rs. Thornwell H. Parker, Sumter; s aree brothers, Edward P. Scar- a orough, DaIzell, T. A. Scarborough, c olumbia, and R. G. Scarborough, ti umter. s Elolidays To Begin : )n November 28 Thanksgiving holidays will begin t 8. A. M. Thursday, Nov. 24, and lasses will be resumed at 8 A. M. a fonday Nov. 28, it was announced tl his week by Dean 3. A. Chase. a Dean Chase called attention to the act that double cuts would be in ef- ' ect two days before and.two days t ifter the holidays. This is in ac ordance with University regulations. I i full schedule of holidays for the enainder of this semester appeared n the last Issue of The Gam.whc, DUQUESNE FEATURES I The often. forgotten man and nother and father-will be hono: )ration of their own tomorrow. Although no formal program iave been mailed to all parents hem to come to Carolina tomorri hat their children are doing, it v iey, chairman of the committee i Four Chosen To Compete Four candidates to appear before i he state Rhodes Scholarship commit ee were chosen this week by a facul y committee of the University, it was < nnounced by Dean F. W. Bradley. Monroe Spears, Beverly Herbert, :harles Lee, and Courtenay Carson I vere the four named. The members of the faculty com riittee are Prof. Vernon Cook, chair ian; Dean John A. Chase; Dr. W. E. -oy; Dean F. W. Bradley; and Prof. ;eorge McCutchen. Dr. E. L Green is the institutional epresentative of the Rhodes Schol rships. The secretary of the state I ommittee of selection is Prof. Joseph Norwood. Prof. Norwood him elf was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Selections will be made by the state ommittee on Dec. 13 and 15, and by istrict committees on Dec. 17 of this l ear. Scholars selected in this com etition will enter the University of t )xford in October, 1939. Qualifications specified by the ounder of the scholarships are "liter ry and scholastic attainments, quali ies of manhood, truth, courage, devo ion to duty, sympathy, kindliness, un- I elfishness, and fellowship. Also, ex- I bition of moral force of character I nd the instincts to lead and to take n interest in his schoolmates; also, i hysical vigor as shown by interest I ri outdoor sports or in other ways." Each state committee nominates two andidates to appear before the dis rict committee; the district commit ee chooses four of the 12 men who ppear before it to receive the schol rships. --a. C. J. R.M.Talks In Chicago J. Rion McKissick, president of the Jniversity, has been chosen to dis uss "Standardizing Agencies and Pheir Interference with Normal Uni ,ersity Development" at the annual neeting of the National Association f State Universities in the United ;tates of America in Chicago, Nov. 9. President George Norlin of the Jniversity of Colorado will lead the liscussion. Because of widespread dissatisfac ion with the requirements of some of lie standardizing agencies, the Na ional Association of State Universi ies and the Land Grant College As ociation, which will meet in Chicago t the same time, have established a oint committee which will report on he question to both bodies. "I favor reasonable standards for olleges and universities," President ifcKissick says, "but I am opposed to xcessive and oppressive standardiza ion which invades the sovereignty 3. Rion McKissick f colleges and universities and as times dictatorial powers over their :Iministration. "Some of these standardizing agen ies do not properly take into account 1e vast differences in financial re surces of colleges and universities. ome of the -standardizing agencies ampel financially poor colleges and niversities to spend the same mini mum for certain purposes as are re uired of tremendously wealthy in titutions like Harvard, Yale and Co imbia. "Some colleges and universities have Iready refused to submit further to be dictatorship of such standardizing gencies. "Some time ago I presented certain spects of this roblm to our Board f Trustees. Upn my recommenda-. ion, that body adopted a resolution lef erring any new or additional comn tliance with the requirements ,of tandardizin agencies until after the esslon of teNational Association of tate Universities and the Land Ga GAME ROGRAM woman of the college world red by the University at a cele has been planned, invitations of University students urging )w and see first hand the work as announced by Dr. J. T. Pen n charge of the day. Parents will be allowed to attend lasses witfi their children, eat in the afeteria with them, and otherwise >e given an opportunity to observe tudent life. An information desk will be placed icar the Maxcey monument in the :enter of the campus for the con renience of parents who wish to lo ate their sons and daughters. In the afternoon, parents have been nvited to attend the Duquesne-Caro ina football game at a reduced price >f $1.50. Provision has been made to eat parents in the student section of he stadium. The low-priced tickets, owever, must be obtained by Sat rday morning, it was announced. )therwise, regular prices will prevail. Parents of the Carolina football quad will be the special guests of he University, and will be given free ox seats for the game. High school football teams, a spon or for each team, and high school Qtnds have also been invited to at end the grid game, and will be ad nitted free. The teams and bands vill also participate in the parade to le staged just before the game. The parade will leave the Jefferson otel corner at 1 p. m. and move down dain street toward the State House, nd thence directly to the stadium. iigh school buses, decked in their chool colors, will participate in the arade, as will high school bands. ampus organizations of Carolina iave been requested to enter cars in he pai%de also. Between half s of the game, a punt ng contest for high school football olayers will be staged. One uni ormed player from each school will >e allowed to enter the contest. The >unts will be judged both on spiral ind distance. The faculty committee in charge of he day is headed by Dr. J. T. Pen tey. Also serving on the committee ire Prof. R. H. Weinefeld, Prof. R. 4. Stephan, Prof. Frank Meeks, and Prof. George Olsen. At commencement exercises last rune, President McKissick pointed )ut that most students would be un ible to attend the University were it lot for the self-sacrificing devotion f their parents. It is to pay a further ribute to parents of University men Lnd women that Parent's Day is be ng held. While at the University, parents vill have an opportunity to visit the iew buildings which are un-ler con ;truction on the Carolina campus, and >ecome acquainted with the program >f extension now under way at the nstitution. I -U. a. C. Thirty Frosh Excell On French Test Thirty University of South Ca.ro ina freshmen were cited today by he University's student personnel >ureau for exceptionally good prep ration in French. Five members of the present reshman class were found by place nent tests administered by the bu eau during freshman week to have ichieved the equivalent of three rears of college-taught French. Twenty-five other students ichieved scores on the placement ests which showed that their pro iciency in the language was equal o that of the average college stu lent who has completed two years >( French. The placement tests are adminis ered to determine which students hould be admitted to advanced tanding, enabling their placement rlevels in accordance with their reparation and obviating the neces ity of their going over subject-mat er already mastered. This enables hem to take more elective courses so make up the requirements for rraduation. The following students have nastered the equivalent of three reat's of college French: Catherine B. Belser, Columbia; R~obert E. Browne, Columbia; Dor >thy Duke Dove, Columbia; Ella DeSaussure Hunter, Columbia; john Henry Johnson, Allendale. The following students have nastered the equivalent of two rears of college French: James 'Byrd Anderson, Jr., Co umbia; Robert Barr, Georgetown; eanne A. Brockman, Columbia; Aubrey E. Brooks, Columbia; Vir rinia E. Cardwell, Columbia; Mary [sla Crumpler, Columbia; Elinor Walker Flinn, Columbia; Mary Joy Saddy, Spartanburg; Anne Heath, Columbia; Theresa Sanders Jack ion, Columbia; Francenia Con tance Johnston, St. George; Grover Cleveland Kirby, Columbia; La. ,inia Skinner Lye, Winnsboro; Arthur Marron, Nw York Cltm rhomas McLeod, Columbia; Elen ~AcNeal, Columbia' Frances U Anderson; 1wa Pat mark; Irene d.laF f John Ralnafo Me ence Robbies, DoohYALee