The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 02, 1938, Image 1
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
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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
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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
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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
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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