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'Volume XXXI, No. 4
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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
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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
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SARA BALDWIN
The three students above have been una
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-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. ]
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CHARLES BLACK
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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
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DOROTY MUDOCK
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Founded 1908
roblems;
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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