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Univerity ~fSouth Carolina_________ --7 -oum X *o *10,i. X76 Volue N 10 AY, JANUARY 13,1939 C O L U BfA ,S . . 1 D A Y J A N A R Y 18, 939F ounded 1908 Swimrn -I4. Air Corp College.C Examonation Will I Doctor F. W. Bra Openings for college-trained j air corps have been announced t< ley. "The Navy department, in an serve aviation force, is seeking college education, who desire. fli tions in the United 6tates," the Application blanks may be a Presenting an opportunity for quali fied young men interested in aviation, the offer includes a tour of duty ex tending over a perio4 of f9ur-years. Five qualifications are ' required. They are: The applicant must be an Ameri can citizen, between 20 and 28, un married, of sound physical condition, including'a minimum height of five feet six inches, a minimum weight of 132 pounds and must have, perfect vision in both eyes without the aid of glasses. The fifth requirement is a college education. Candidates who did not quite graduate may be con sidered. Board Meets Soon A board of naval officers from the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Flori da, composing aviators and a flight surgeon,, will meet in the. principal cities of the south during March and April for the purpose of examining candidates for naval cadet aviation training. The board travels by plane. The board does not give mental ex aminations, as candidates are judged by their educational record. A thorough physical examination is Holland Will Head Clarios With political rivalry of .former days conspicuously missing, Minton Holland of Simpsonville was elected president of the Clariosophic literary society by acclamation Tuesday night in the regular mid-term elections. Holland, senior in the school of arts and sciences, succeeds Jimmy Thomas of Beaufort. There was no competition -other than in the election of a sergeant-at arms. Other' officers chosen were: Quim by Hare, Columbia, vice-president; James Y. Bryson, Laurens, secretary; Ansel Elmore, Laurens, treasurer; and John Garner, Latt*, critic. P.aul' Brocleingtod pf. Kingstree de feated James Bennett for sergeant at,arms and D. B. Brittain of Rock Hill and Paul Holscher of Rocky Mount, N. C., were elected monitors unopposed. Foster Smith of Cdnway was chosen by acclama'ton to~ fill the vacancy on the board of publications.. Holland, in his acceptance speech, promised an aggressive administra ing Poc s Enlists raduates 3e Held In Spring, dley Announces men in the United States Navy > the office of Dean F. W. Brad effort to build up a strong re young unmarried men, with a gIt training at various ai~ksta announcement stated. Bcured from Dean Bradley. given by the flight surgeon. Before being examined, candidates must sub mit applications with certain docu mentary evidence which is reviewed by the board. During the training period, the av erage cadet will acquire from 1,200 to 1,500 hours of flying time and a well-rounded experience in aviation, according to the navy department. This flying time is sufficient eligibili ty for a department of commerce transport license without examination. Cadet Is Paid While undergoing training at Pen sacola, the cadet is paid $105 per month and is supplied with .uniforms, quarters and books. He is covered by a $10,000 government life insur ance policy, which is paid for by the government during his active duty tour. Upon graduation from Pensa cola the cadet is sent to flight duty with aviation units of the United States fleet for three years, during which time he is paid $155 per month. At the end of this period he receives a cash bonus of $1,500 and is com missioned as an ensign in the United States naval reserve. Bui-eau Gives Pupils Tests Approximately 6,000 seventh-grade pupils in more than 150 South Caro lina high schools will participate in the third annual every-pupil "basic skills" testing program, Jan. 18 to Feb.. 1. The program Is sponsored by the personnel bureau of the University and the office of state high school supervisor. W. C. McCall, director of -the personnel bureau, reminded school officials today that 'Jan. 9 Is the -final date for placing orders for tests to be ermployed in the pro gram. -Tests will be administered through out the state the last two weeks in January. The personnel bureau will prepare for each participating school a confidential report showing the school's rating on the several tests in relation both to South Carolina "norms,"~ or averages, and mid-western norms of pupil achievernent. ~ By means of the reports; Professor McCall pointed out, school officials and teachers can determine weAk nesses and strengths of individual pu (Co.ma~w On .Pans Eink) 'Tryouts Held F or Debaters Plan Trips To New Orleans And New York Tryouts for the debating team will be held the first week in February, it was announced by John Norris, chairman of the debating council. Four debaters and an alternate will be selected for both the affirmative and negative team. Tryouts for the affirmative team will be held in the Euphradian Lit erary society hall on Monday, Febru ary 6. The negative team will be se lected in the Clariosophic hall on Friday, February 10. The query for the debates will be: "Resolved That the Federal Govern ment should cpase to use private funds or credit to stimulate private busi ness." This is the standard query adopted by Pi Kappa Delta, national honorary forensic fraternity. Plans for two trips, one to New York and one to New Orleans are being made by William Hamlet, sec retary of the debating council. Four men will make each trip. The trip to New Orleans will take place about the last of February and the trip to New York will be made late in April. On the southern trip the debaters are tentatively scheduled to 'meet Georgia Tech, Atlanta Law School, Birmingham Southiern,- Louisianna State University, Loyola, and Tulane. On the northern trip the debaters (Continued on Pag, Eight) -u. a. . Coeds Appear On Program The Young Womens' Christian As sociation will sponsor this week's chapel exercises according to an an nouncement by Dr. Hugh .. Murchi son, chairman of the faculty commit tee on chapel programs. Betty Miller will make the princi pal speech on the program. The sub ject of her speech will be "Finding Ourselves Through Service." Included on the program will be mu sic by a trio composed of Grace Kil gore, Lavinia Lyles, and June Webb. The devotional will be lead by Eva Gary Copeland. The program will be presided over by June Webb, president of the Y. W. Appearing on the first chapel pro gram after examinations will be the Columbia College glee club. This or ganization was a popular feature of several of last years' chapel programs and will be making its first ap pearance at the University this- year. Mrs. Mary Sims Oliphant will speak at the chapel exercises on Feb ruary 10. -Mrs. Oliphant is the daughter of William Gilmore Sims, noted South Carolina writer and his tor4an, and is now engaged .in writing a biography which will ~be entitled "Life and Letters of William Gilmore SDe dic Faculty ( All Readi Carolinian Progresses New Feature To Be Added Next Semester Three issues of the Carolinian will appear during the second semester of this year, according to Dan Millsips, managing editor. A campaign for subscriptions for the periodical will begin during regis tration, it was announced. Next semester the magazine will undergo several changes, and various features will be added. More photo graphs of direct interest to students will be published, it was announced. An enlarged section for light satiri cal humor will also be added. Art Editor Added In each issue, a writer or photog rapher of national reputation will present some contribution. Added to the staff will be an art editor and a humor editor. A photography edi tor will also be added to the enlarged staff. The subscription price for the sec ond semester has not yet been an nounced. Preceding semester prices have been fifty cents. The staff for the second semester of this year will probably be elected this week, according to reliable in formatijon. The executive board, consisting of editor, managing edi tor, associate editor, and business manager, elect the staff to succee,d them. Rouslin First Editor The magazine was revived in Feb ruary, 1938, after it had been abolished in 1933 by faculty action. Previous to its abolition, it had been almost whplly a literary publication. Albert Rouslin was the first editor to put out the magazine after its revival. Under Rouslin the magazine consisted (Continued on Page Bight ) ---. 3. 0. Press Association To Meet Here The annual Institute of the South Carolina- Press- Association will be held ait the University Jan. 27. It has met here for several years. The sessions of the Institute will probably be held in the lobby of the Woman's Building. Luncheon will be served visiting newspaper men by the University. The following committee on ar rangements, so far as the University is concerned, has been appointed by President MgKissick: -Prof. S. C. DePass, chairman, Fr-ank H. Wardlaw, and 1)r. Havi lah Babcock ited Tu Shown above are views of the swimming pool in various stages of construction. Top pictures show the interior and exterior after com pletion this week. Bottom views show beginning of the project last January. On the right is a repro duction of the official opening cere mony on the pool's construction. Seen in it are President McKissick, Prof. Sunwalt, Mr. Lawrence M. Pinckney, and Ted Ninestein. .AontroIs nissions Trustees Create "Committee On Scholastic Standing" Whether or not students who have failed to pass the required number of courses during a semester will be readmitted to the University will here after be determined by a special com mittee of the faculty. Another duty of this committee will be to give continuous and systematic attention to the cases of failing stu dents. This committee will have charge of all requests for readmission for the second semester of this academic year. The committee has been created in accordance with the following reso lution adopted by the Board of Trus tees at its latest session: "The Board of Trustees, having been informed of the low scholastic standing of a large number of stu dents of the University, and feeling that immediate and continuous atten tion should be given to this matter, hereby requests the president of the University to appoint a standing com mittee of five members of the facul ty to be known as 'The Committee on Scholastic Standing.' "This committee is to be charged with the following responsibilities: "( I) To make a systematic study of student grades at each report card period; "(2) To make an individual in vestigation of delinquent students; "(3) To determine the conditions under which scholastic probation shall exist; "(4) To place students on scholas tic probation; "(5) To approve or disapprove the readmission of all delinquent students; "(6) To approve or disapprove the registration of alt delinquent students in the succeeding semester; (Continued on Page Eight) -u. g. o. Morse Heads Euphradians In the first contested presidential election in four years, Vyvyan Morse, of Columbia, junior in the Univer sity Law School, was elected head of the Euphradian society over R. Beverly Herbert, Jr., Tuesday night. Morse, when he takes office on Jan uary 31, will succeed J. Bratton Da vis of Hartsville. Other officers elected were: Doug las McKay, Jr., who succeeds Mat thew Poliakoff as vice-president; George Hartness, succeeding C. Hey ward -Belser -as secretary upon the resignation of Charles Gibbes, secre tary-elect; Kit Fitzsimmons, succeed ing Douglas McKay as treasurer; Crawford Clarkson, financial secre tary; Stokes Davis, critic; B leverly Herbert, censor ; Bobby Brown, ye porter; Bratton Davis, cutstos forum. (CenSimse n Pag. mihs esday l Hopkins, I McKissick Opening C D4dication of the new swimx a. m. Tuesday in the Field Hoi by President J. Rion McKissi< The dedicatory address will 1 L. Hopkins, Secretary of Comi former Federal Administrator < tration. Hon. Solomon Blatt, chairma committee of the Board of Tru of Representatives, will preside, CameraClub ToHearTalk Rules Announced For Annual Snapshot Contest E. H. Salmon, one of South Caro lina's foremost authorities on photog raphy and photo-engraving, will speak to the Carolina Camera Club this afternoon at five o'clock in Sloan College on "Making Winning Snap shots," according to Courtenay Car son, president. The Camera Club, which is co sponsoring Carolina's first annual snapshot contest with the Garnet and Black, invites all students interested in good photography and the contest to be present. Rules of the contest announced this week are as follows: 1. First prize for the best group exhibit shall be $10.00. 2. First prize for the best single shot shall be $5.00. 3. Any amateur student photog rapher who has become a member of the club by attending one meet ing shall be eligible to submit their work for either or both prizes. , 4, Pictures entered in the contest for individual picture honors shall not be entered as a part of the group for the larger prize. 5. The size of each snapshot en tered shall not be less than fifteen square inches nor more than eighty square inches. 6. All pictures entered must use the campus or Carolina students or professors as their subject. 7. All pictures entered in the con test shall become the property of the Garnet and Black upon comple tion of. the contest. (Continued on Page Eight) Elected Tu4 Shown above are Vyvyan Morse ai heads of the Euphradian and Clarios last Tuesday night. Radio Plays Are Planned A series of radio plays on the his tory of South Carolina will be pre sented over station W. I. S. by the University Extension division in the near, future according to an an nourf'cement by Director W. H. Ward. The programs will be fifteen minutes long. These plays will be produced in co operation with the United States Of f ice of Education and are intended to benefit the state high schools in the study of South Carolina history. Questionnaires concerning the use of radios and the types of ridio pro grams desired have been sent to 1,600 schools in South Carolina. University students will participate in the plays and auditions for ,parts on the broadcast are being held daily in )Lelton Hall. The plays will be (Continued eun Page. Algt) lorning flatt, And Speak At eremomes ning pool will take place at 10 ise, it was announced this week :k. )e delivered by the Hon. Harry nerce of the United States and if the Works Progress Adminis n of the Grounds and Buildings stees and speaker of the House President McKissick will open ex ercises with a brief historical state ment and will then present Mr. Blatt. It is planned that the exercises will last not longer than an hour, and it will be followed by a swimming ex hibition in the pool for 20 minutes. Music will be furnished by the Uni versity band and the men's GlCe'club. Members of KSK will act as ushers. KSK sponsored the first movement for the swimming pool. Distinguished Guests Present Distinguished platform guests will be Governors Johnston and Maybank; Col. J. Monroe Johnson,. assistant Secretary of Commerce; Lawrence M. Pinckney, state administrator of WPA; Malcolm Miller and Marvin Porter of WPA; Senator Taylor H. Stukes, president Pro Tem. of the Senate of South Carolina; and mem bers of the Carolina Board of Trus tees. Seats have also been reserved for members of the South Carolina legis lature. Students, faculty, and the general public is invited to attend. Committee Arranges Affair Committee on arrangements ap pointed by President McKissick this week -Oere: Faculty, Prof. Robert L. Sumwalt, chairman; Miss Nancy Pope; J. A. Crawford. Student Body: Jerry M. Hughes, president; James G. Thomas, presi dent of Kappa Sigma Kappa; Martha Withers, president Co-ed Association. Athletic Association: W. H. Harth, Rex Enright. Alumni: the Hon. John W. Crews; Essie Davis; Ted Ninestein, presi dent of KSK when it started move ment for the 'swimming pool. The new swimming pool will be under the direct management of a committee of six, three members from the faculty and three from the student body who will be annually appointed by the president of the University, according to a resolution adopted by (Contined on Page Eight) hsday Night d Minton Holland, who were elected phic Literary Societies, respectively, Gamecock Has Birthday Soon The Gamecock celebrates its thirty first birthday January 30. More than three decades ago Robert E. Gonzales, who later became na tionally recognized as paragrapher for The State, visualized the need of a student news organ. On January 30, 1908, Gonzales' five-column, four page publication appeared for the first time. The publication has been progres save from 'the first. In an editorigl in the initial number the editor de clared that the .ata# believed their paper was the only weekly new inteUnited Statespuise college the size of Carolina. At time the student bdy ihqa 4 Besides acting as~ ~ajtw news mediun and.oeere bitions 'of MhIes.tr