The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 13, 1939, Image 1
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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
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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
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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;
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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.
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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
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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
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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