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Dep1ores Laziness, Lack of Culture In Southern States "There are not more than thret persons in this room who give t damnI So Harry Lee, 24-year-ok novelist of Atlanta, Ga. declared ir his address to a group of art anc jurnalism students in Legare Col. lege last Saturday morning. Mr. Lee spoke informally on thq lack of culture in the South, sayinE that most students are in colleg4 not because of their desire to "be, come big fish," but because mamm; and dad made them attend college Members of the audience voicet opposition to some of the youni author's ultra-realistic ideas abou the South's backwardness, and th remainder of the period was spen in a heated discussion. When thing. would get too quiet, Mr. Lee wouk say "Somebody start something. ] love a good argument." New lif< was given to the discussion by hi statement that southern artist spend too much time painting lilaci and that more beauty is to be foun in a factory smokestack. The frail author, a selfstyle< "rugged individualist", stated th< South was mentally lazy, and want ed to linger behind the mimos vines and let the world go by." H criticiced the South's lack of in tellectual curiosity; "as for me," h< said I am interested in going an< finding out, but the majority don' give a damn." The young novelist urged artisti not to paint pots of flowers, but t4 paint the South's pressing problen -the negro and the poor white. A this point in his talk, he was aske4 if he did not believe in painting fo beauty's sake, and in response, h declared there was no such thing a beauty." The argument was im mediately taken up by members o the class, and later, beauty was re defined by the speaker as "signifi cance." Mr. Lee is author of the curren best-seller, "Fox in the Cloak which has been acclaimed by critic as the best book written on th South in the last twenty years. Hi writing has been compared to th late Thomas Wolfe's "Look Home ward, Angel." "Fox in the Cloak," a 575-pag book, is largely auto-biographical telling the story of a strugglinj artist in Atlanta, a city which th author terms as historical, bu neither beautiful nor cultural. Mi Lee is now engaged in radio worl and commercial art in Atlanta. The speaker was introduced b, his agent and publishing compan, representative, Mr. Thornley. At the termination of the session Mr. Thorberger, also an agent, wa cintroduced. Mr. Thorberer ac cused the Southerners of beini traitors to their own people. Lubrication - Washing Oars Vacuum Cleaned Esso Motor Oil Essolube Caugunan & Bush ESS0 SERVICE Across From War Memorial 150 MAT. NITE 20c TODAY AND BAT. William Judith Gargan Barrett Andy DeVine, Ella Logan IN "FLYING HOSTESS" NAME-A-SONG CONTEST On our stage tonite 9 p. m. .and broadcast over WIS. Come down, name a song and WIN $2.00 or $15.00 MONIDAY-TUEDAY Power Young IN SEGOND HONEYMOON a WED.-THUR. Raymond Penner H arriet Helen SHilliard Broderick dUfLF OF THE PARTY' Think of COLUMBI Proi Ut Speaks n Students Sophomore Prints Card Project Originated To Aid Students In Catching Ride, Cards to aid Carolina studenti hitch hiking have been printed the sophomore council of the V C.A. and are now ready for dh - bution in Flinn Hall, according L an announcement by Charles Gib president this week. Cards have already been givet members of the council, and otl t may secure them at the Y offic, They are small white cards size of an ordinary calling card. scribed on them are the wc I "Thank You! I appreciate this 1 you have given me very much, have enjoyed this opportunity become acquainted with you. W yor are in Columbia inquire for at the University telephone I change and let me show you a gi school." Space is provided for I student to sign his name and dress. - On the other side of the caro i picture of the Gamecock and ! words: "A Carolina Y's i - thumbs because: 1. It saves time and money. 1 2. He doesn't have too muc1 t either. 3. It is part of his educatior a meet informed people. 4. It helps him boost Carolina i telling the truth about her. t To be a Carolina Man is to 1 I gentleman. r To be a Gentleman is to be a I e of Honor." s The Sophomore council this - is the largest in the history of f University. Receives Hon t s e s e t C Dr. E. T. Motley, dean of - school of pharmacy, who has cently been named on the com tee on educational and membert standards of the American Asso tion of colleges of pharmacy. Music Set Popular There were' 398 requests selections to be played on the( negie Music Set during the pe from October 10 to November Prof. Woods announced today. This period is a full month, the set was closed for eight necessitated by four holidays also four days that the set. was ing repaired for a minor tone - turbance. LookWhn Emblem So COLUMBIA Merchants Association urlmuuuumnmlnlNnmllnlninniiilnwnmil ROBERT TAYLO "tThe Crowd Roars with MAUREEN O'SULLIVA1 EDWARD ARNOLD FRANK MORGAN also POPEYE d1ARTOON & NE MONDA1 TUESDA A DAIRIES lucts Lie Canteen THE WAS: YOUNG DEMOI OF SOUTH REQUESTS THE PLEASURE DANCE GIVEN THE UNIVE8ITY 0 FOOTBALL TEAM AND ON SATURDAY, TWENTV-SIXTH in by .M. - MAYFLOW tri to WASHING' )es, mI tu n im rnUNimiNIn er News Service Gives the Pictures To A. P. In 'rds Pictures of more than 40 mem -ide bers of the University faculty have I been supplied to the Associated to Press in North and South Caro hen lina according, to an announcement me by Frank , Wardlaw, -head of the ex- University News Service. *eat These pictures have been sent al the the request of Associated Press and ad- will be made into cuts which will be supplied to all member newspapers . from time to time, Wardlaw said. I The news service also supplies the mats of University student activi 3an ties to newspapers all over the state of South Carolina. This year more than twice as many cuts as it has of in former years. The man in charge of Asiociated to Press cuts in the Carolinas is John A. Giles, former Carolina student by and editor of The Gamecock. a Addresses B ofan rear the >r the re hip cia for lar riod 10, but ays and be dis Dr. 0. A. Wauchope, above, rei Bain Humanist Society last week. for the non-scientist members of ti ulty as a parallel to the LeConte ' as its first president. Oratorical Contest To Be Held Soon Contests for the Gonzales oratory medal and the Keitt oratory medal are to be held on December 8 and 15, respectively. All students are urged to enter. All speaches must ___I be original and must be submitted -- to the debating council. The Gonzales oratory medal was founded by Robert Gonzales, an alumnus of 1910, and is open to the student body. The Lawrence M. Keitt medal was founded by Miss Anna Keitt 4 BIG DAYS STARTS SATURDAY EDMMMUERAY-RAT MIIIANB T LOUISE CAMPIELL ate Show Saturday 10:45 The MARX BROS. EIINGTON RATIO CLUB CAROLINA OF YOUR PRESENCE AT A IN HONOR OF F' SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STUDENT BODY NOVEMBER THE AT TEN O'CLOCK ER HOTEL [ON, D. 0. si |AUUt0111uIHUhmflII|||||uI10InIIr0DhllillllilllngpuijjMpHHH aC C Biology Lab Gets * New Microscopes c Five new microsco'es have been y added to the laboratory equipment 1: in the University biology department, h DF. W. E. Hoy said early this week. The University gives the biology 8 department five new*microscopes each tl year and aids the departmeint in keep- s ing its present equipment up-to-date. b The old microscopes are traded in s and scraped. These scopes have a magnifying power of 430 times from eyepiece to ft stage and 520 times from eyepiece a to base when projecting the image. i They are equipped with a raising and s lowering device for the condenser P and diaphram, and a very fine ad- a justment which enables great accuracy tl in focusing. M ai ain Society " t tt ti d 0 u h F el n F d et u S.......C n tc U al N~ ni SI Sp Sd -I] Ld the paper of the evening to the rhe Society, an organization founded e University of South Carolina fac- t cientific Society, had Dr.. Wauchope jy C Methodists Gather On Carolina Campus Approximately 100 Methodist stu- 2 dents are expected to attend the an- , nual retreat for Methodists of Go- i lumbia College and the University , tomorrow at three p. m. This event i which takes place each Fall at the Y.M.C.A. camp is in nature both recreational and devotional. The main event on the program tomorrow is an address by Rev. J. Oweni Smith, recently appointed pastor at Washington Street Meth-. odist Church here. Mr. Smith has for a number of years been an ac-t tive leader of young people's organ- e izations in South Carolina, being! called upon frequently to direct dis cussions at retreats of the college Y.M. and Y.W.C.A. t and named for her father, former Congressman Lawrance M. Keitt. 2 This is awarded annually, and is e open to the student body. EXERCISE LET'I A'E BICYC Bicycles built for tw4 --new-streamlined. THEBE UIOYC ' RATE GOMPAERA3L "rane T Re1igiou! 3tate Has .qany Snakes Crawford Tells Of Six Species Found In South Carolina Only six poisonous varieties of takes are found in South Carolina :cording to the statement of J. A. rawford, director of physical edu ition and well known authority on takes. These are the cotton mouth moc tsin, copperhead, coral snake, dia iond back rattler, timber rattler, and igmy rattler; there are approximate , 52 varieties of snakes in this state, e said. He further stated that "a day old iake is just as poisonous as its iother in proportion to its size and tat all South Carolina poisonous iakes except the coral found give irth to living young. The coral take lay eggs. Snakes are night :eders, most of them being unable > stand the heat of the day. Mr. Crawford warned that "the lost dangerous time of the year for tramp through the woods is the ill, because snakes are instinctively tarting back to their hibernating lace and in certain localities they re found in abundance. It is here iey go into a dormant stage for the Pinter months." He pointed out that ie king snake is really "the king" mong Sotith Carolina snakes, be iuse the poison from the fangs of ther snakes do not affect it. "Mr. Crawford said in conclusion tat some snakes should be pro icted, because they eat more rats rid mice than barn cats. Some of ie poisonous snakes may even some ay be of benefit to man. The venon f the cotton-mouth moccasin is now sed to treat people who suffer from emophilia." --. 5. 0. N rench Club ro See Pix Madame Caro Del-Vaille, noted rench lecturer, will be guest speak r at the next monthly meeting of ,a Societe Amicale, honorary rench fraternity, December 6. Un er the auspices of the French gov rnment, Madame Del-Vaille will cture on "The Chateau de la De >yre." Her talk will be illustrated ,ith motion picture slides. While Madame Del-Vaille is in clumbia, La Societe Amicale will atertain in her honor. Leo Tray >r is in charge of arrangements for !! affairs to he given for her. [adame Del-Vaille, who is now >uring the United States, is a grad ate of the University of Sorbonne Ad Chevaliei de la Legion D'1101n cur. Early in December the French aternity will present a French aovie at one of the Columbia thea -es, entitled (in English) "Life >ances On." This movie, like those resented by La Societe Amicale very year, is given for the benefit f the French scholarship fund at ie University. Last year the rench film was presented at the arolina theatre, and all students esiring to attend it were excused om their classes. P~lay Slow In Ping Pong Tilt Only two men had advanced to rie third round of the Y.M.C.A.'s ing-pong tournament Wednesday f this week, but most of the first ound matches had been completed. Oliver Wolfe and Ralph Fried tan were the players in the third ound. In the second round, the allowing matches were scheduled: f. Knox vs. Comstock; A. Green s. Makovic; Friedman vs. Bass; E. farchant vs. D. Blitch; J. Murphy s. J. King. R. Bradham and S. irose were also in the second round. R. 0. Bell, secretary of~ the Y.M. .A., announced that all second ound matches must be completed y Saturday night, or they would e forfeited. The tournament now in progress the first held by the Y.M.C.A. his year, and was open to all boys t the University. The "Y" usually ponsors several tournaments dlur rig the year. No prize is being of ered to the winner,.of the present ournament, as has sometimes been tone in the past. Oliver Wolfe and Dan Bilitch are mong the favorites in the tourney, s is Ralph Friedman. These were ~ading players at the "Y" last year. THE PLEAS4 NOW THE CANTEI LES FOP >. Both boys' and g Equipped with head] LUS MuY REENE IN 1 3 IHTOaO TE o Speak 3 EphaE Dr.William Is Honored Dr. W. L. Williams was elected president of the LeConte Scientific society in the election at the meet ing iday night in LeConte col lege. Williams is .a professor of mathematics at the University. Other officers elected were: C. F. Mercer, professor of physics, vice president; and biology professor P. Philson, secretary. The evening's lecture was deliv ered by Dr. W. F. Prouty, head of the department of geology at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Prouty was here to attend the an nual convention of the Carolina Geological society. His lecture, il lustrated with lantern slides, was on the subject, "Carolina Bays." Carolina bays, shallow pits rang ing from a few yards in diameter to five miles or more, are geological phenomena that have aroused. a great deal of controversy in scien tific circles. The question is one of origin.- One theory is that they are the result of wind and water cur rents, another that they are formed over beds \of soluble material, Dr. Prouty explained. He spoke to de fend the theory of meteoric origin. The, geology group attended the meeting and showed much interest in Dr. Prouty's lecture. A few minutes before the meeting, 'a ses sion of the executive committee of the geological society was held. Julian J. Petty retiring president of the LeConte Society opened the meeting. New members elected at the meeting were: Marion Zula, Archi bald Petty, Cinthia Kolberg, Kath erine Rector, Frank Brown, Jean Hughes, Jo. Berry, Jr., J. C. Clark, G. I. Clarkson, J. M. Dreher, R. Grimshaw, L. E. Garrick, Helen Ramsay, R. S. Randall, E. F. Smith, C. F. Smith, C. V. Watson, Leroy Webb, A. D. Harbin, and.Fred D. Townsend. Sound To Aid In Teaching Education by phonograph will soon be given a trial in South Carolina under the auspices of the University division of extension. W. H. Ward, director of the exten sion division, said today that the Committee -n Sct-fic Aids to Learning, headed by President James B. Conant of Harvard, had agreed to make available to this state with out charge several sets of recordings for use in eleintiary schouls. These transcription groups, one consisting of 40 elementary science records and the other of six art ap preciation records, have been used with marked success in Rochester, N. Y., schools. Three sets of both groups will be placed by Mr. Ward in elementary schools, three sets will be placed by Miss Mattie Thomas, elementary school supervisor of the state depart ment of education, and one set will be turned over to A. C. Flora, su perintendent of Columbia city schools. -U. S. C. First Moot. Court In Session Today The first moot court of the year will be held this afternoon at 2:30 in the Abney Memorial library in Petigru College. The court will be presided over by Judge M. S. Whaley of the law school faculty. The case to be tried in the moot court is a damage suit against the Southern Railroad in which the plaintiff asks for $36,000 damages. Attorneys for the plaintiff will be J. H. McFadden and W. L. Black well. Representing the Southern Railroad will hbe Hayne Crum, and Thomas Babb. All of the attorneys are members of the senior law class. The jury will be drawn for the following members of the freshman law class: W. L. Blackwell, Jr., Cliff Brown, J. C. Hare, Joab M. DowI ing, Mathew Poliakoff, R. Beverly McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1306 Main Street PESCRIPTIONS SODA - CIGARETTES TOILET ARTICLES Call 2-3308 For Prompt Delivery Service ANT WAY SRENT iris' styles. Modem ights. II CANTEEN RENTAL. AGENCIES Dung is Week -Religion And Youth Will Be General Theme Of Meetiig "Rellgiot and Youth" will be the general theme of the sik meetings to be c6nducted by Dr. Henry C. Crane beginning,Novembtr,80, dur ing the Y .CA.'s religious empha sis week it antnounced: this week by R. G. Bell secrdtary of the University Y.M.C.. Mr. Bell said that the adminis tration would be petitioned to the effect that chapel day schedule be established on all three of thi days that Dr. Crane will be at the Uni versity, in order that more students will have an opportunity to hear him speak at his morning meetings. Reservations will be made on Wednesday for various church groups, Mr. Bell said, and on Thdrs day night seats will be reserved for fraternities and sororities, and for any other groups that might' make their wishes\ known. No reserva tions will be made on Friday, Mr. Bell stated. The evening meetings of Dr. Crane will be held at 7 p. m. in Drayton hall. lie will hold all of his meetings a the University in Drayton hall. The morning meet ings of the series will be held at 11 a. m. Each year the University Y.M. C.A. obtains some well known speaker to address students of Caro lina during Religious Emphasis week. Last year the Rev. Ted Mercer was the speaker. Dr. Crane was at the University four years ago. A large crowd is expected to hear Dr. Crane's talks. When he was at the University before, the crowd was too big to be held in Drayton hall comfortably, and many had to take "standing room only." This year, Mr. Bell estimates, the crowds will be even large?. Dr. Crane is pastor of the Central Methodist church of Detroit, Mich. He is a noted traveller and lecturer, and a well known writer. Green Speaks Next Week Dr. E. L. Green, University profes sur of atient languages, will speak at the convention of the Southern Sec tion of the Classical Association at the Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 24 26. "Pliny, the Landlord" will be the topic of his discussion. Owing to the fact that the con vention for the whole association is held at a point too distant for many c-"tbern members to attend, one meet ing is held in the middle west and another south in Atlanta. "In these days when the curricu lum is being hotly debated, friends of the classics cannot get together too often or in too many places to present the best they have in stimulating papers and stimulating fellowship, an editorial of the Classical Journal read. Dr. Green will base his speech on information obtained from the letters of Pliny, the Roman statesman and author, who lived in the first century. 'Dhiere is a striking resemblance between Roman problems and pres ent day problems. Pliny began share cropping because the land was being* used up without profits. Herbert, Jr., Robert Doster, I. D. Karesh, Jerry Hughes, I. D. Dur ham, Myrtle Holcomb, E. L. Perry, Jr., H. G. Davis, W. D. Durham, Lawrance Gall, J. Z. McCown, and Earnest Richardson. RYTEX Christmas Cards Printed With Your Name 50 for $1 Christmas just isn't Christmas without Rytex Christmas Cards ...smart . .. IndividuaN . . dIf ferent! ; . . cards that are remem bered long after Christmas is for. gotten I And yet . . . priced so amazingly lowI 50 Cards, with' your Name on each Card . . . 50 Matching Envelopes . .. only $1. THE STATE CO. BOOK STORE 122A MAIN STRUk3T