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W k-InStresa,merlInes D id R. <Cbker, former chairman of the Barof Trusteos, is his home in Harts vile after li]Pgerig illness. University gives special radio rogram in tribute to his life end service. - Edwin Grenville Seibels of Columbia elect ed chairman of Board of Trustees at meeting Tuesdlay. Dr. R.' O. McCutchen, Bishopville, and J. Gordon Hughes, Union, chosen vice chairmen. Dr. Henry Crane closes Religious Emphasis Week with final address in Drayton Hall to Day In Chapel At 3 P. M. Senator Ellison D. Smith to speak in chapel next week under apspices of 0. D. K. Dean of Administration John A. Chase ap pears before Budget Commission of South Car olina in absence of President J. Rion McKis sick and asks for appropriation of $431,080.00 for 1939-40 maintenance. Contests for Keitt and Gonzales oratorical medals to be held soon under supervision of the debating council. Large crowd attends Commerce fraternity cabaret party. Senator E. D. smnt. tlAL Ch]Lapel Speaker O.D.K. Will Tap. Here Next Week New Members Senator E. D. Smith has accepted an invitation to speak in chapel Fri day morning, December 9, when new members of Omicron Delta Kappa will be tapped, Frank Jordan, presi dent, announced yesterday. This will be the first appearance of the Veteran Senator before the entire University student body. For the first time, names of newly elected members will not be announced until the tapping exercises take place. All, persons eligible for member ship in ODK are requested to hand in their points by Monday, December 5, to any member of the organization. In addition to the point system pub lished in a recent issue of The Game cock, the following have been added ; chairman of the honor council, 40; member of the honor council, 25; edi tor of business manager of the Caro linian, 25; member of the student union board, 30; president or treasurer ' ' of the Cotillion club, 20; other of- $: v . fices In the Cotillion club, 10. For the first time, names of new ly-elected members of the fraternity SENATOR ELISON D. SMITH will not be announced until the ac F ra k o d an w ill p r s d . A ll stu - 1 y dents eligible to be tapped must be. int capl,December 9, for the ex- Begin Tomn t The University glee club will have The University players will present charge of chapel exercises Friday, their first radio play of the season December 16, according to Evans N. tonight at 8 p. m. over station WIS, Guyton, president. An attempt is be- it was announced by Marion Zula ing made to secure Drayton Hall for this week. the program, .due to superior acous- The title of the play is "Murder tics and lighting, by Radium," and taking roles in its If the glee club keys arrive from production are Mark Canavan, Lois the factory by the 16th, they will be Jeter, Thaddeus Talarski, and Charles awarded members then after a brief Lee. talk by Dr. Charlie Mercer- This is the first in a series of ra 'J "' "'~' dio plays given under the supervision Carolinianof Professors Stephan and Woods. Out Tuesday Oratorical C With features and articles of3e 1Held N1Ye, varied Interest, the Fall issue of the Caroliniana came out on Tuesday. It was put on sale at the Canteen and delivered to all subscribers.Pl sDe a s This issue is somewhat smaller than the last issue, being only twen ty pages Iong. The cover is a rose lavender, andbears a picture of the campus taken from Sumter street looking toward the Maxcy Monu nment and the old extension, building. The frontispiece is a sunset scene photographed by Courtenay Carson. Two short stores are featured, one by John Crews and another by George Zuckerman. Crews offers "Brother Act," a Carolinian vignette. "More In Sorrow" is a longer story by Zuckerman. "Campus Camera," by Courtenay Carson, presents a full page of can did shots taken on the wall and elsewhere on the campus, and sev eral of the Orangeburg games. Ar thur Williams' "Camerature" shows surf scenes taken at Pawley 's Island. There are also two full pages of ac tion snapshots of various football gamnes of the season. The humor section, "Lines and Rhymes," carries a full page of jokes and two cartoons. The style sec tion Includes a stor of ladles' hair styles through the last fifty years, by Georgette LaSire and a full pe Picture of Robert E?arl Penlan in John Norris, chairman of the de heslates on's er. A a ofaa bating council, who announces that Poetry done by' Leo Traynor appears. contests for the KCeitt and Gonhales ha Ue wil define bt * b :nedas for oratory will be held Christ aa holidays. De, * an~d 18, respeotively. University of South Carolina Z-676 Volume XXXI, No. 7 tOLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938 Founded 1908 Trustee Dies DAVID R. COKER David R. Coker Dies Monday Radio Program Honors Trustee David R. Coker, former chairman of the University Board of Trustees, died at his home in Hartsville Mon day morning, following a heart at tack which culminated several months of bad health. Dr. Coker, who resigned from the chairmanship some time ago because of bad health, was only one day from his 68th birthday. Funeral services were held in the chapel of Coker col lege Tuesday afternoon. President J. Rion McKissick and several other representatives of the University at tended. Honoring the life and work of this man who has done much to advance South Carolina, a special radio pro gram was presented over WIS Wed nesday with Dr. L. T. Baker as the principal speaker. The text of Dr. Baker's talk fol lows: "Dr. David R. Coker's devotion of so much of his time and interest to the University of South Carolina dur ing the twenty-seven years of his ser vice as a member, and latterly chair man of its Board of Trustees, is an evidence of his faith in education as the promoter of human welfare and the attainment of happiness and useful living. "His .efforts were constantly and effectively directed toward enabling the University to fulfil its function of service to the State by the promo tion and diffusion of knowledge and inte!ligence and the development of leadership. To the realization of these ends, he advocated high stand ards of teaching and scholarship, a broad cultural curriculum, the cul tivation of reflective thinking and creative imagination, and devotion to honor and duty. "His success in achieving a life of well rounded and varied interests and in contributing so largely to the prosperity and happiness of his fel low citizens may be ascribed to twc major influences. There is first the example and training of his noble father, Major James Lide Coker, who after his service as a soldier of the Con federacy, starting from nothing, with indomitable courage, faith and intelligence, restored the fortune ol his family, founded the world-known industries of Hartsville, endowed a college, and raised- a family of (to table contributors to science and in dustry. "The second major influence on his (Continu~ed on Page Eight) antest Will ~t Week Two Trips Planned For Debating Team Contests for the Keitt and Gon zales medals for oratory will be held December 8 and 15, respectively, it was announced this week by John Norris, chairman of the debating council. The contest for the Keith medal will be held in the Euphradian hall, and the contest for the Gonzales medal will take place in the Clario sophic society hall, Norris stated. The Lawrence M. Keitt medal for oratory was established by Miss An na Keitt in memory of her father, Congressman Lawrence M. Keitt. The Gonzales medal was established by Robert Gonzales, an alumnus of the University, in 1910. Both medals are awarded annually. Debaters Plan Trips Plans for two extensive trips, one to New York, and another to New Orleans, were announced for the de bating team this year by Norris. The trip to New Orleans will be made during the height of the Mardi Grs festival, and the trip to New Yorl< will coincide with the opening of the W9rld's Fair. On the southern trip, tentative plans have been made to debate Georgia Tech. Atlanta iLaw School BirmTngam Southern, Louisiana ai State University, Loyola Univerhity (CenunmueLo a a Fipe) Hon.E Chairm: Dr. Crane Ends Lectures Today Meetings Draw Large Crowds Dr. Henry C. Crane, who bega his -series of lectures on "Religio and Youth" in chapel Wednesda morning, will close with a meetin in chapel at 3 p. m. today. Rev. T. F. Wallace, assistant pa tor of the First Presbyterian Churcl will preside at the meeting tonigh Currie MacArthur presided at th morning meeting today. Dr. Crane was obtained to spea during the Y. M. C. A.'s Religiot Emphasis Week and has draw large crowds to all of his six meel ings. The Detroit, Michigan, Methodi, minister began his series with a tal on "What is Christianity?" At tb evening meeting on Wednesday t followed up the train of thought bt gun at his opening meeting. At a of his services he was able to hol his audiences by his earnestness an spontaneity. In order that all students migl have the opportunity of attending D Crane's morning meetings, chap schedule was decreed by the admit istration for Wednesday an-d Thur (lay, arid continues today. This d4 parture from the regular schedu was made in recognition of the valh of the message which the lecturer h; to aeltver. At the Wednesday evening meetinj admission was given only to. bearei of tickets. Tickets were given oi free of charge at the YMCA. La: night a section was reserved f< members of fraternities and soror ties. No reservations will be ma tonight, and persons wishing to a tend have been urged to come ear in order that they might be seate without undue inconvenience. The number of students and vis tors who have attended the seric of meetings during this week con pares favorably with the number wh heard Dr. Crane on his previous vis to the University, and with the nurr ber who heard Rev. Ted Merce last year's speaker. Presiding at the meetings yestei day and Wednesday were Harol Prince, president of the YMCA, the opening meeting; June Webl President of the YWCA, presiding - the morning meeting on Thursday Hawley Lynn, student pastor of th Washington Street Methodist churci presiding at the evening session o Wednesday; and Miss Mamie Lam ton, Baptist student worker, at th evening meeting yesterday. Dr. Crane was obtained, for tt series of meetings by the'Columbi Council of Church Workers in cot junction with the YMCA and YWC. of the University of South Carolin Religious Emphasis Week is si aside annually on the Carolina can pus, and 'some noted speaker is ol tained each year to conduct servici during the week. McCutcheor Is Honored Euphrandian Societ Initiates Three Three new men were initiated ii to the Euphradian Literary sociei at the regular meeting of the sociel last Tuesday night. Harold Jervey, Jack Davis an Christopher Green were elected ar initiated into the society, and Fletch4 Spigner, Philip Wilmeth, Paul San: bury, Hubert Harman, and Stanke Morse were reinstated. Tom McCutchen then took ti floor and spoke on the need for wor to be done on the portraits of bot the Clariosophic and Euphradian s< cieties. Mr. Chase, he said, had suj gested that the University migi share the expense of having the pain imgs re-oiled or restretched. Me Cutchen was appointed chairmanc a committee to confer with M Chase. Philip Wilmeth was elected rt porter for the society. The Euphradians were then joine by the Clariosophics in a joint meel ing of the two organizations. Jin my Thomas, president of the Clari< sophics, took c.harge. Tom M< Cutchen was elected apprentice deli gate to the convention of the Sout Carolina Intercollegiate Oratorica Association by the entire group. Sidney Duncan, of the Clari< sophic society, arose and made a in< tion that in the event that the del gate to the S. C. I. 0. A. should 1 chosen to represent the Universil as orator, then the society from whic the delegate came shall elect a ne delegate. The same would applyi case the apprentice or assistant del< gate should be chosen. A heated discussion at once aro: over this motion, lasting almosta hour. Stokes Davis, Frank Jorda and Sidney Duncan spoke in favi of the 'motion, while Currie Ma (Cewninwed en Peg Pipe dwin G. in Of Bo New Ch n n y g k is n it k e d it le ie EDWIN G. I ts Professors ] iti iGo On Air i-- The South Carolina Problems Clin- . ie ic, a weekly radio program devoted t- to discussion of social and economic t y problems by leaders of thought in t< d the state, will be inaugurated by the s University over Station WIS, Co- $ i- lumbia, Friday, Dec. 9. $ s The program will be conducted i- from 9.30 to 10 p. m. each Friday, 1 o except during holidays. Each week 0 it some problem of immediate interest P t- in South Carolina will be discussed b r, by a round-table composed of three men, usually one member of the Uni- b (Continued on Page Eight) d Dean Jo Goes Be] Speaks To Commission e a R tl d ns r cI k it Atten Meetngs0 y BomnoihiUiest x r- afNvme n eebr cod - JW.HA WA, HAEJR Atenon Mnceue eetings r d Mre hadng hsevn nthsan peple ulryseue forum meetings codcedbr e a tensio Dwiviuigte monthsya oubaHg r rBythoembeod, Decmber,St Mathews, Gafngey, and anonen byDrco WD.BWa isaga .teo o Sevean-oerst unhdd wasentiongs i dn weehewld r thstoth.Rg B lrl eldforungt meetinvesit ar -eldteontiehly ataughtbi High 4 yeaDr. Bonhe dea rdten of oia t scineaoubia University. naioa ' ireoe of the Praerso Departmoup t n WarkC Comunceity ervc Yor-it Group teWorlder. t e r Beoen condt th cUvrsiny tn susion serice heaugrhit evry 14j >inc Deatsur Coli iersiy..ie isoe Tofc dtsued aies the roupet Wor Conferne n PNew rk cit Seibels ard Of zirman b t tI v d h I r - t Viany Students Use Depository' Two hundred twenty-five students ( Lst year deposited money amounting! > $20,236.68 in the Student's Deposi >ry Fund operated by the Univer- ] ty 'treasurer. Deposits varied from 1.00 to $265.00, the average being ! 35.00.r The first year the system operated, r p36-37, 92 students availed themselves a f its facilities. Clients for this year i robably will total 350, Frank Wel urne, treasurer, said. r Money left with depository may a e withdrawn in part or in full at I (Continued on Page Five) < in A C :ore_Cor Asks Appropriation For Year 1939-404 Representing ' the University in ace of President J. Rion McKis ck who was awvay on an extended ication, Dean of Administration, >hn A. Chase, Jr., appeared before le South Carolina Budget commis on last week and asked for an ap-t -opriation of $431,080 for mainte nce and operation for the fiscal yearn )39-40. Also requested was a special ap -opriation of $137,500 for permanent riprovements to the physical plant fthe University. In making the request for these riprovements, Dean Chase empha zed the fact that they were only ~condary to the welfare of the fac lty and students of Carolina.t "The major concerns of this ad inistration are its faculty and stu ents. Requests for physical im- t rovement, as important and urgent s they may be, cannot approach the ecessity that exists for a very spe al consideration of the welfare of ur faculty and students," he as erted. Increases of $5,894.60 for admin ~tration and $37,470.60 for instruc on were asked to enable the Univer ty to restore salaries to the pre epression level. Giving these members of the staff rages commensurate with their value nd service to the school was desig ated by Dean Chase as the biggest eed of the University. This restoration, he said, is the est form of reward to loyalty to oth the University and the state by iose who, despite the hardships of educed salaries and in some cases espite calls elsewhere at. higher sal ries, have remained at their posts i duty. A decrease of $437,500 from last ear was shown in the request for ermanent improvements because of be recent grants and loans from the Vorks Progress Administration and public Works Administration. Additions to the staff of instruc rs were pt-ovided for in a request or another increase of $20,700, and hese additions were pointed out as othing more than the normal ex ansion because of the increase in he number of students. If these increases were granted, ull professors would receive annual alarses of $3,500, associate profes ors between $2,510 and $2,800, ad unct professors between $2,000 and 2,500, and instriactors between $1,500 und $2,000.. Only oe specda tqet was ad. (Cei.imu* es age ~gA V Elected ['rustees Dr. McCutchen, J. Gordon Hughes Are Vice-Chairmen Edwin Grenville Seibels of Colum ia was elected chairman of the Uni ersity Board of Trustees to succeed hie late David R. Coker of Harts ille at a meeting of the board Tues ay morning i the library. Dr. Coker had recently resigned is position as chairman because of ad health. He was found dead on 4ov. 28, just a few weeks after his esignation. J. Gordon Hughes of Union and )r. R. 0. McCutchen of Bishopville vere named vice-chairmen at the ame meeting. All three of the chairmen are grad ates of the University. Mr. Seibels ias a member of the class of 1885; lughes, the class of 1900; and Mc -utchen, class of 1903. Born in Columbia, Mr. Seibels re -ived his degree with distinction from he University, and after his gradu tion entered the field of insurance. .oday he is president of Seibels, truce and Co., and Seibels, Collins nd Co. In 1909-10, he served in the South .arolina leigslature and maintained n active interest in his alma mater. n 1931 he was elected a member of he Board of Trustees, and he has erved in that capacity since. He is a member of Blue Key fra ernity at the University, and was ecently honored by that group 16y aving the 1938-39 edition of the 9ue Key directory co-dedicated to Im. P. W. A. Grant Accepted The PWA grant and loan of $300, 00 for a new men's dormitory was ccepted by the board at this meet ,ig. Architects chosen for its con truction are Hopkins and Baker of 'lorence. According to present tentative lans, the building will have approxi iately 126 rooms, and will house round 250 men. A lobby and recre tional space are also expected to be rovided. Construction of this building is iade possible by a PWA grant of 135,000 and loan of $165,000, the itter to be paid back over a period f years. hase, Jr. nmission 'extile Institute .etsNew Rating University Modifies Present Agreement A new rating has been extended to 1e Textile Institute of Spartanburg, .C. by the University, it was an riunced this week by Dean of Admin ~tration, John A. Chase. Although the Textile Institute is ot on the accredited list of the outhern Association of Secondary chools and Colleges, the University ntered into a working agreement in 933, Dean Chase stated, as to the cceptance of credits from students -ansferring from Textile to Carolina. The terms of the original agree rient, made five years ago, admitted <> junior rank for baccalaureate de rees those graduates of the junior ollege department of Textile Insti ute, who presented adequate proof ~f satisfactory completion of curric ilum of said junior college, pro 'ided such candidates were recomn nended by the president of Textile nstitute, and further provided that uch candidates completed satisfac orily an advanced course at the Uni rersity in each branch of study in which credit had been granted. Several transfers from Textile have nade excellent records at Carolina, )ean Chase stated, and now "in view >f their excellent work it is the -ecommendation of a special commit ee appointed to investigate the mat er that the agreement be modified." The modified agreement omits the >rovision of the first agreement re luiring "satisfactory completion of mn advanced course at the University n cachi branch of study in which :redit has been granted." Society Acquires' Old Records Through the efforts of Jimmie Wil ion, Carolina student, and nephew >f the state penitentiary warden, the south Carolina Manuscript Collec ion of the University has recently icquired many of the old records of he penitentiary. Wilson, learning that these records were to be destroyed, ekd,~. ion to notify Prof. R. Lutl,esr, secretary-treasurer of the linia Society. Professor 1WerAwtw .~ cured the ri loin to the U