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Graduates
Offered Fights
PositionsCitadel
(Story on Page Twov)
University of South Carolina (Sory on Page Five)
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Pro1e~ nf 1rng practice were
and Pinhead Henson as they were
down the steps of the gym. Showin
Coach Rex Enright is giving his c
and even optimistic about the whn
Southern Co
Boxers Here
South Carolina, C1
Favored In Leather
Next Friday night, the Gar
play host to the seven other figl
circuit in the 13th annual rene
boxing tournament.
When the curtain rises on Friday
night's preliminary bouts, boxing fans
in South Carolina are going to have
the opportunity of seeing, in action,
the finest assemblage of fighting tal
ent that the eight major schools in the
Southern Conference can pro(luce.
Duke, North Carolina, N. C. State,
Maryland, Clemson, Citadel, Virginia
Tech, an(l South Carolina will all be
represente(d by teams so evenly bal
anced as to make the outcome of this
year's slug carnival a doubtful issue
from the start.
H eld in the past at Charlottesville,
Virginia, or at College Park, Mary
land(, und1(er the sponsorship) of the
IUniversity of M aryland, the tourna
mnt has beeni brought to Columbia
in accord with other steps in the UJni
versity's expansion plan. Authorities
believed South Caroline~ has beeni for
too long a silent partner to Confer
enmce affairs. The tournament itself
is here on trial, and must be a sub
stantial success to ever he brought
hack to the Gamecock headquarters.
Three Palmetto Schools
'Three schools f rom South Carolina
will, in all probability dlominate the
C:onferenice for the second successive
year. With Clemson and Carolina
Inside
Thae Ganmecock
GAMECOCK GR1IDD)ERS
end( second wveek of spring
practice. . . . Story on page 6i.
PAULb BROCK INGTON wvill
re(ceive aw~ard as mtost valuable
play'er' of intra-miural. football
tourn'iament. . . .St-ory on page
TE~NEMENT1 16 & 18 deCfeatt
Sigmia Nut's for' camiputs grid
ir'on chiampionishiip. . . Story
(on page 2.
FRATERN jTY SIGNS mysV
ter'ioutsly disa ppearl fr'om c'ami
1)11. . . . Story on page 2.
PHllI 1KAPPlA SIG'S to 1hold
spring dance at I lote Ci(olumni
b)ia t.onighit. ... Story on1 page
CAMERA CNONTE1ST spon..
Sored lby the (Garnet and Black
closes today. . ..Story on
page 2.
iw w orry
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orgntten by co-captains Rock Stroud
caught in an informal pose coming
g little effects of the strenuous grind
harges, the captains looked cheerful
le situation.
nference
Next Friday
emson, And Citadel
pushing Tournament
ccocks of South Carolina will
iting members of the Conference
wal of the Southern Conference
still uindefeated, an( Citadel close be
hind, ite South Carolinians will he
the oles to heat-if the title is to
leave the state this year.
Three of the four previously un
(efeate( teams in the Southern Con
ference boxing circuit came through
the last week-end fistic wars with
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Chapel Change
Begins March 2
Old Plan Hurt
Friday Classes
Chapel meeting for the rest of this
semester will alternate between
Thursday and( Fridlay, according to
a motion passedl by the Faculty at a
meeting held February 8.
Professor Billy Woods,j5 head of the
Chapel commit tee, said that the change
had beeni made so t hat Friday classes
woauldl not suffer from loss of time
anay more than Tlhttrsday classes. lie
point1ed (alt that a loss of ten minutes
a week came toa a total of almost
three hours (during a semester, wvhich
is the equivalent of a week's wvork.
The new schedule will not go into
effect, however, for several weeks.
'This dlelay is due to the fact that
sp)eakers for ch1ap)el hiave been eni
gagedl for chapel rtarogh F"riday, Feb)
ruary 24.
On March 2, chapel will meet on
Thursday for thle first time. It will
also meet on Thursday for the three
(Continued on Page Si.r)
Prince Gains
Ball Award
I harold Prince, a senior wias
awvardled the Bleau fort Watts Wall
scholarship for this year, it was :an
iaounced this week lay Prof. S. C. 1 )e
ass, deain (af t he schaoo l of jouairnla
lismt.
I )uring this semester, Priince will
serve as stud(enit assistanit ~in the school
aoal joriialism andia will also work parit
time ini the UnTiiversity News Service.
This ha;is been nccessitated( lay the
incerea sedl amounailt (af work (done by
lie journal isii schoowl and thle iiews
service.
Th'lis schoalarshiip, which is made up
of intecrest ona haooils dlonat ed by t he
famtily of le;au fort WVatt s Ball, haas
iiot beeni awarded( in the past three
years
Regist
All Fi
Twenty Four
Attain All
"A" Rating
Eight Seniors
Placed On
Honor List
Twenty-four students attained the
grade of "A" on all courses in thc
first semester of the current year.
The "All-A" list was released thiE
week by John A. Chase, Jr.. dean of
administration. Included are eight
seniors, three juniors, five sophomores,
seven freshmen and one law student
Ten South Carolina counties and
three states are represented on the list
which follows:
College of arts and science: Ralpli
Simpson Beckham, freshman, Winns
boro; Guss Belissary, sophomore, Dar
lington; Frank Burkhead Brown, Jr.
senior, Columbia ; Clinton Carlisk
Cannon, Jr., senior, Johnsonville; Vir
ginia Edmunds Cardwell. freshman
Columbia; Malcolm Ulrick Dantzler
sophomore, \Voodford; Leroy Beattit
Dennis, Jr., freshman, Florence; Jacli
Everett Dorflinger, senior, Orange
N. J.; Blana Theo Frick, freshman
Columbia; William Thomas Mc
Malian, Jr., sophomore, Greenville:
Olivia Therrell Walker, sophomore
Columbia.
School of Commerce: Thoma!
Luther Benson, senior, Hartsville
Furman Randolph Bradham, senior
Columbia; Harold Ray Thomasson
freshman, York; Irvine Twitty Well.
ing, Jr., senior, Darlington.
School of Engineering: Max Gus
tave Gergel, freshman, Columbia
Charles Henry Morefield, Jr., junior
Columbia; Finis King Shealy, junior
Columbia.
School of Education: Doroth3
M y Benedict, senior. Columbia
Frank Charles Martin, senior, Tole
(o. 0.
School of Journalism: Iren<
(Continued on Page Si.v)
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Caroliniana
Gets Gifts
Society Will
Hear Beard
A number of outstanding addition
to the collection of South Carolii
historical material in Columbia will
be announced at the annual dinier ol
the University South Caroliniana So
ciety Feb. 28.
During the past year the value oi
the society's collection has been great
ly enhanced by a number ot gifts al
purchases, all of which will be re
ported to the society by Prof. R. 1.
Meriwether, secretary.
Charles A. Beard, internationally
kniown historian, political scientist am1
aut hor will deliver the principal ad
dress at thle dlinner.
Mr. Mleriwet her saidl inidicat ions~
pointedl to much larger attendanct
than in the past :many miembers have
ind(icat ed that they will bring guests.
T[he dinner will be held in the Crvstal
room of IIlotel Columbia at 7 :30.
Officers will be elected. Associate
Just ice Mi. L. Bonhaman of thle Souitth
Carolina supreme court, president of
the Society, will presidle.
Th'le University South Caroliniana~
Society was organized to encouirage
the collection and preservation with-i
ini the state of interest ing South Caro
inma historical material, and has ac
compijlished( mutchi to stop thle t aking~
oif Caroliniiana otside the state.
University
By Deward Brittain
Duke might defeat our debating
teami and Clemson might eke outa
victory tin the gridiron, but Carolina~
has a faculty comnparale to that of
anyi ot her coldlege ini thle Stouthi.
One hitnd red and thliirty- four y'ears
ago, on January 10. 1805, South Ca ro
Ii na College opened withl a factulty
of tw~o. lIn the centuiiry that has fol
lowed, the honor and high stanidard,
of Carolina have been miaintainedl by
a Itotg line of illustrious t eachers, whi
have conitribunted munch to the wel farc
and( pirog ress of thlis great inst ittion.
The listory of the g rowthi anid ad
vancemnent of thle U.niversityv is col
oredl w'ithI mainy (list inct ive achieve
ment s that havye been mnade hv heri
proife"ssors. One of the earliest an<
most no' table of these significant ac
compili shmein ts was thle establ ishiment
in 1820, at the instanice of T[homa'
Cooper, then presidenit of the college.
of a department of mitneralogy al
geology with Lardner Vanuxemi a:
professor. At that time the onhl
other teacher of geology on this con
titnent was Silliman of 'tilc Thun
T10n
:?ration
gures
Variety Is I
Both In Staff
Four Students
Revive Mag
Variety in personnel as well as con
tent has been shown by the staff o
The Carolinian since its beginning it
February, 1938.
Three students, who came to th4
University from three different state!
and registered in three differen
schools, have guided and directed it!
progress during their terms of editor
ship.
One student from another country
Canada, was one of the founders o
The Carolinian and aided in its earli
est (levelopment.
In the fall of 1937, four student!
got together an( decided to make at
attempt to revive The Caroliniai
which had been banned by facult]
action several years before.
With no money and little suppor
from the student body, they petitionet
the faculty for permission to publisl
a Carolina magazine if it could be fi
nanced without aid from the Univer
sity.
Permission was granted with th
understanding that it could be with
drawn at any time, and the staff wa
given complete charge of the publi
cation.
Under the editorship of Alber
Rouslin, from Kingston, Rhode Is
"Pestacular"
Poet David
Telephones
Wakes Up
Mrs. Maybank
For Initials
It was iniportant-so thought Char
lie David, junior in the school o
journalism. What Airs. Burnet May
bank, wife of South Carolina's nev
governor, thought when she wa
awakened and called to the telephonc
could not be discovered.
Anyway, this is how it happened
Charlie has to have the inforniatiot
for a news story he was writing foi
his journalkim class. IIe decide(l tha
the otily sure source was Governoi
Maybatik.
lie called on the telephone-time
9:30 in the moring.
"Let m1e speak to Governor May,
bank."
"Sorry." the answer came. "lie i!
not here."
This stopped Charlie for a second
tthen he asked for Mrs. Maybank. Slh<
was in hed, asleep. It took sev'era
minutes of arguing andl frequetnt u s<
of thle word "'imnport ant'' be fore t ht
butler consented to call her.
Several more tmitnutes passedl. Fi
nally Mrs. Maybatnk sleepily atnswere<
the photne.
"W\\ill yott please tell me,'" Chtarlit
pleadled. "W\\hat ate Mr. Maybank'%
initials?''
Petty Is Author
J ulian J. Petty. associate proifessot
of geographty, is authoiur of the sketecI
of South Carolina which will appeat
in thle 1938 edlitioni of the y'earb)ool,
of Nat iontal Encyclopedia, printed by
IP. F". Collier and Soni, Corp.
Flas Distingui
pirofessor Vatnuxenm was thle secon<~
itstrutctor of geology in America.
Taken collect ively, the inst ruct iona
andt( admtiist rativ'e stafif of the U n i
versit y tuttmbers well over a hundre<
toiday. Of thtese, eighiteetn are liste<
itn the late edition of "WhVlo's \\'hi~
Int Amterica.''
Of thte presetit teach ing force o:
('arol inai, t hrity-t wo are Phi Hett
Nappas, which tmeatns that they ar<
amottg thIe best itn their respective pro
fessions.
firsty.- seven professors hold theit
firtlegreec frotn the Untiversity o
South Carolina, atnd an equal nutm
ther htave their Phi. D). degre'e from th<
greater utitversities oif Atmerica atn<
F.:urope. Accordittg to D)eatn Baker
these' tmen who hold the Ph. D). de
gree 'have reached the height it
spe'cialized( t raitiing in their part icu
lar field."'
Taking for granttedl that the wonmet
proifessors are actually ''so old,'' thi
average age of the faculty is 48. Age
of proifessors range from 26 to 7
- . IH. WVardlaw, of the journalist1
schtoon is the yungest while Dt
Figu
Of Pr(
he Spice Of
Leaders And
V-4
DAN MILLSAPS
land, four issues were published the
sCC(n1( semester.
Rouslin, an eccentric senior major
ing in English, made the first issues
literary publication primarily and sup
plemented this with photographs and
snapshots.
Ieeting with only moderate suc
Edison Rouse
Life Guard F
Bureau Will
Aid Students
Teaching Jobs
To Be Secured
Students intereted in having the
Bureau of Appointments assikt them
inl obtaining teaching positions are re
quested to meet in Room 121 in the
Education building, on Thur,day, Feb.
23, at 4.30 p. m.
lik bureau is operated for the
Ct Ilvelienlce of superintendents who
wish to fill vacancies in their schools
anld for students wisling to obtain
teaching positiols.
A\nyne intending to regi:,ter in the
burcau is urged to attend hi meet
ing as it will be impossible to give in
dividtial instruction to students later
oil.
At tle meeting .registrati,in blanks
will he distributed. Forms for ap
p11icatin for teaching ils will be
dliscse. A small registration fee
will be charged, but this may be paid
later.
The fiureatu of Appointments will
be open for reg i trat ion from Thu iire
dlay, Feb. 23 tot Thu rsday, Mlarchi 2.
A'\fter Mlarch 2. the registration fee
will be higher.
-vi. S. v.
Dummy Drugs
A\ moldel druig store ha:s been set
up in thle northI wing of the inifirma ry.
Thel "d rug sttore"' containis dunmmies
of variu d4~t5(rugs and cosmiet ics, hav
ing the aspect of a real drtug store.
Phlarmiacy students will act as drug
gista there, filling prescript ions in
surroundinwgs dlesigned to faniliiiarize
them with their profession.
~hed Faculty
Patterson W\ardlawv, of the school of
edutcatio4n, is the oldest. The younger
is lhe elder's niephew.
A great majority of the itnstruc
tional staff are members of one or
more o.utstandinig learned societies of
the IU nited States, to whose publ ica
tionis they are frequent contributors.
A recent sturvey dlisclCosed that mem
hers of the faculty had written "50
books. 140 panmpllet, bu 1tllet ins, and
monographs, atnd 375 articles in
learned journals."
At the present time a tiumber of
dist inguishied men are amntitg Caro
linia's professors. Dr. Stephen Taber,
head of the dlepart metnt of Geology,
Iis one of the ten miost out standling
meni ini his field. L.ikewise, Dr. Guy
F". L ipscomb,. of the ('hemist ry De
part menit, ranks high among his coni
t emporaries. Bo th of these men are
listed ini "America Men of Science."
Otur altma niatet', wrappedl iln the
glory of her own tradlit ions, is headed
by cosmiopolitani, liberally trained men
.andl women wvho are dlevotinig their
ilives to make our Carolina a "Greater
('arolina."
7es Si
vious
Carol nian
In Content
Rouslin Was
First Editor
ce;s tle first setm;ester, the staff con
tiilied publication in the fall of 1938
with Eleanor Cannon, a student in
journalism, as editor.
Seeing the need of providing more
variety for tudents. this new editor
from Hlamlet. North Carolina, en
larged the magazine and added sec
tion., on fasione cs, sports. humor, and
increa,e( the size of the snapshot sec
tion.
A South Carolinian became editor
for the first time when the staff chose
Dan Millsaps, of Darlington, to head
the magazine this semester. Millsaps
is a m ltir in art.
Appealing to students with sample
copies (if last year's editions, this edi
tor conducted a vigorous subscrip
tion campaign and increased the cir
culation among both faculty and stu
rdents.
What The Carolinian will he this
semester. and when it will come out.
are <iestions for conjecture only as
the present editor imitates his prede
cessors and has "nothing to say" this
week.
But if the magazine shows as much
variety as its editors, tile list of dis
appointed students should be small.
Appointed
>r New Pool
Statistics Given
By Committee
W. Edison Rouse, senior in the
Schil of Commerce has been ap
pointed attendant and guard for the
University natatorium it was revealed
this week by President J. Rion Mc
Kissick.
Roe. ~Wil serve for the rest of this
semester.
The app,lintment was made by Pres
idcnt lcKissick.
Rouse hasli had experience in connec
ti(in \\ ith the operatiol of the swim
Imiing p0o1l at Clemson College
Statitics onl tie swiminig ability of
Carolina tIdienits. taken at registra
lion. and released this week by the
pconlcomitte, follow :
1,oy junilor and senior life avers
In se niors. 44 jtioirs, 54 fre.shiein
;And sophomores.
Boy instructors: (.
Girl iutini4r and seni,r life savers:
0 cniors. 15 iunio rs. () ire:hmen and
-phi in, res.
( iir instructs r-: 2.
BoysV weho cannot swiml and( wish
toc learn: 47.
Girlis who. caCnnoc t swim and( wish
tc lkarn: 73.
Native Of India
At Drayton Hall
Speaks_Sunday
\lis. 1lla Sirkatr, a native of Ala
hahiad. Iniai w ill speak at D ravton
il all Sutnday, F'ebruiary 19th at 7 p. mn.
undicer thle autspices of thle CouincilI of
St udent Workers. AMiss Sirkar is a
member of the Mladras team who will
he hcol ding a con ference ini Co lumtibia
Sunday and Mc'cnday.
Mliss Sirkar is oine of the first, if
inot thle first, women from Inia to
speak in this city. In her own coun
try she is one of the otitstainding
Christ ian headevrs in wor;kinig for wo
mieni, having been selected to represent
lhe weomen of her cotinltry att the great
Sinterdlenicomiiaticoal and( worild-wide
Chiist ian coniiference.
iiler staniniig inl her own cotuntry
is shown bcy the fact that only two
people from each churichi group arc
sent its dlele'gates to this conference,
which represents all the Christ iain de
nomlinat io ns in thle weorld. The coin
ference imeets only once every' tenl
years. thle last meet ing having been
in Jertisaleml.
Plans are being mladle for a large
crowd at D raytoni llall. Miost of the
churches which hiave special group
mneetinigs for college sttudenits at the
same houMr will not have their regti
tar mieet intgs at t hat biotir so t hat t heir
miemibers may attende the mleet ing ill
IDraytoni Ilall. All members of the
factilty~ aiid sttudent body are invited to
atttenid the meeting.
Art Exhibition
Drawings and( etchings bly James
F. Cooper are inow oil exhlil>itioin in
the art dlepartmlenlt of the Univer
sity' of Soth Carolina in the second
of a series of exhibitions of work b~
prominent artists oftihe state.
irpass
Years
Enrollment
Shows Total
Gain Of 134
1,834 Students
Register For
38-39 Session
The vearly total for regis
tration at the Iliversity of
South Carolina topped all for
mer figures as registration
elose<l for the second semester
on February 14.
A total for the session of
19:8-1939 was recorded as 1,
8:14. Thie highest number for a
year previous is 1.811, which
was recorded in 1930-1931.
Total enrollment for the first se
mester of this year was 1.720. En
rollment of new students this semes
ter was added to this figure to ob
fain the year's iotal.
Gain Is 134
Registration for last year was 1,700.
The gain for this year, therefore, is
134 students.
a few more graduate students who in
tended to write theses might still
register. Official registration, how
ever, closed last Tuesday.
Eighty-seven new students enrolled
during the first two days of regis
tration this semester. A substantial
number enrolled after those days, it
was understood.
Enrollment in night classes under
the auspices of the extension division
is not iicluded in the above figures.
Nin.- Evening Classes
Nine evening courses, meeting twice
a week, are being sponsored by the
University of South Carolina exten
sion division, director W. 11. Ward
announced this week.
The courses and their teachers are:
Elementary and Advanced account
ing, Professor George F. Olson; Ele
mentary and advanced interior dec
orating, Frank 1'. Meeks; Elementary
and advanced secreterial science, Ruth
1. M(rse; Advanced personal leader
ship aod public speaking. Roy A.
Janmes: Vocabulary building. (George
lIailsey: Adj list ment and naladjust
ient in childhood t pyclology), \Wil
hur %eig!er ;Business psychology,
M. K. Walsh: The X-Ray, T. F.
Ball; atnd Sociology, G. Croft Wil
l iams.
Members for the evening classes
reg atered during the sectond and t hirid
wveek.. of the secondu semester.
Thie coutrses will conittinue until
Junte I.
Honor Code
Wins Favor
The 1lionor System at the Univer
sity is (on the upgrade, according to
a statement made by the Ilionor Coun
cil Wednesday.
A meeting of the Council was held
Wednesday, and the conidittin of thte
1 lonor Syst em was dliscussed. A fter
the mteet ing, Andy Marion, chairman,
saidl that the Council was much en
couragedl by reports from students
and faculty. Voluntary statements
have been received1 expressing the
op)inlion that conditions this year are
superior to those of the past several
years.
Marion also saidl that he believed
our Ilionor System was better than
that used in the majority of schools
in this section.
"We (do not pretendl," he wvent on
to say, "that our system is absolutely
perfect ;we realize that out of
the 1.700 students attending the Uni
versity there will be some who will
be unwilling to cooperate with us.
But we believe the system to be prac
tical andt effective, andl we bielieve that
it is favored by the majority of the
stud(enIts rather than any type of proc
tor system.
"The Cotncil will always accept
any advice or constructive criticism
fronm any student. It wishes only to
have julrisdliction over those matters
wh Iich the students want it to assume."
The Council is indebtedl to Miss
-Petty Comstock for her cooperation
in mimeographing examinations. Miss
1 lenrietta Bailey, who graduated from
the University last year, also assisted
with this work as representative of
the Coumeil.