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Bi-d NiheN NewHigh Opens With Syrause ~~e Q4~Reached By Syracuse, (Siory on Page Six) University of South Carolina (story o- P--> Z-676 Volume XXXI No. 15 COLUMBiA, S. C., MARCH 17, 1939 E N rWi Enri~ Hughes Ann For Student Campus Elects Early; Mar. 27 Voted New Date Elections for Carolina stu dent offices will begin one week from Monday, it was an nounced this week by Jerry Hughes, president of the stu dent body. The elections are being held earlier than usual because spring holidays would interfere if they were held at the regularly scheduled date. Members of the student council voted to start the elections on March 27 so as to make it possible to com plete them before holidays. Dates on which the various eleqtions will be held are as follows: Monday, March 27: Student Body officers and head cheer leader. Tuesday, March 28: May Queen and Garnet and Black. Monday, April 3: Athletic Advisory board and social cabinet. Tuesday, April 4: All class elec tions. Second races will be held on the following Wednesdays and Thurs days in the same order as elections. Student Body Meeting A student body meeting will be held Tuesday to nominate officers for the student body, head cheer leader, social cabinet, and athletic advisory board. Nominations may also be made by petition signed by five members of the Student body. All nominations except May Queen must be in the hands of Jerry Hughes by 12 o'clock noon of the Thursday preceding the first day of elections. May Queen Candidates Candidates for May Queen will be selected by a special committee of judges in the annual Beauty Pageant held by KSK on March 27. Names of candidates chosen will not be an nounced until the polls open Tuesday morning. Nominations for class officers will be made at special meetings called by the president of each class. Voting will be done as usual in the ODK circle. --U. S.C. Davis, King Take Camera Club Prizes Prizes in the photo contest spon sored jointly by the Garnet and Black and the Carolina Camera Club have been awarded to Bill King and Ray moid Davis, Currie MacArthur, editor of the yearbook, announced yesterday. p avis was awarded $10 for the best gfoup of pictures submitted. King received $5 for the best individual shot. Second place in rating of individual shots went to King and third place in this classification went to Davis. In second place in the group classi fication was Courtenay Carson. Prizes were awarded only for first place in each classification.. The winning pictures will appear in this year's Garnet and Black. Con testants were limited to campus sub jects. A meeting of the Carolina Camera Club, for the purpose of electing of ficers, will be held this afternoon at 5 :15 in Sloan building, room 201. Inside The Gamecock 0. D. K. ADOPTS NEW point system for membership ... .story on page 3. PROFESSOR DERRICK'S ,tax commission makes report to state legislature... -story on paOlM HUTTO ELECTED all-state guard for the third consecutive season .. . story on pa7 PRING F OO TBAL L practice will close with scrim mage on Melton field tomorrow ... .story on page' 6. S. A. E.'S CELEBRATE Founder's Day with banquet tonight at Hotel Columnbia... storyXon page 5 speak in the University chapel Monday ... story on page 2. CAROLINA WILL HAVE its largest graduating class this June.. .story on page 2. THE TI FI RMARY RE ceives branch library for its l)atients... story on page 2. h B ounces Dates Elections JERRY HUGHES Societies Plan Forensic Meet Winner Gets Loving Cup Inter-society debates between the Euphradian and Clariosophic literary societies will be held sometime in the near future, according to John Nor ris, chairman of the debating council. This will be the first time in several years that the organizations have de hated each other. The revival came at a joint meeting of the two societies held last week. A committee composed of one mem ber of each society will be appointed to buy a silver loving cup which will be given each year to the winning society. The name of the winning literary society and the names of the members of the team will be engraved on the cup. The winner will keep the cup from the time of the debate until the time of the- awarding the follow ing year. Clint Graydon, Columbia lawyer, was present at the joint meeting and spoke on the problem facing college graduates in tie political situation today. Refreshments were served by the Euphradian society after Mr. Gray don had i::hed speaking. --a. . Tryout Won By Lee Baker Lee Baker, junior in the school of arts and science, won the right last Monday night to represent the Uni versity at the South Carolina Inter collegiate Oratorical Association con test to be held at Erskine College, April 4. The local eliminations were held in Euphradian Hall, and those who com peted against Baker were John Norris and Tom McCutcheon. Baker was awarded last month the Gonzales Medal, the highest award of the University for oratory. Daughter Re From Librai After 72 years, a set of books taken from the University library by a Yankee soldier during the War Between the States has been returned by the soldier's daughter, it was revealed last week by R. M. Kennedy, librarian. A letter of explanation, from Mrs. J. A. Fenner, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, follows: Librarian, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. Dear Sir: Immediately after the close of the Civil War, my father, Samuel A. Wildmian, of Norwalk, Ohio, a sergeant in the 25th Ohio Infantry and at that time a young man of twenty, was stationedl in Co lumbia with the troops garrisoning the city. During that period he was attached as clerk to the Command ing Officer's staff, which was quar tered in one of the buildings on the college campus. The college was not in session and the buildings, ex cept for the garrison staff, were oe cupied by civilians whose homes had been burned. On his return to Ohio after his discharge in June, 1866, my father brought with him some scattered volumes from the then abandoned college library. These volumes remained onl the shelves of his own library until his death in 1934, after a long and dis tinguished career as a lawyer and ijidge in his native state. ecom, Services For Margaret Ashe Held Tuesday Interment At Southern Pines On Wednesday Funeral services for Margaret Ashe, 22, member of the senior class of the University, who died at Co lumbia hospital Tuesday morning after a 10-day illness, were con ducted Wednesday morning from Trinity Episcopal church in Colum bia, by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan of St. John's Episcopal church. Interment was Wednesday after noon in Southern Pines, N. C., by the grave of Miss Ashe's mother, who died in 1930. An outstanding member of the senior class, Miss Ashe was the re cipient of many honors on the cam pus, including presidency of her sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and the J. Marion Sims honorary scholar ship in biology. Active Pallbearers Active pallbearers were Hoke Robinsoh, Wallace Conner, Marion Glenn, Julian Salley, W. S. Hend ley, Jr. and Cullen Capehart. Honorary pallbearers were mem bers of the University faculty; Dr. J. T. Penney, Dr. J. Rion McKis sick, Dr. P. J. Philson, Dean J. A. Chase, Jr,, Dr. G. F. Lipscomb, Dr. W. E. Hoy, and Dr. J. E. Copen haver. Surviving are her father, Edward C. Ashe of Columbia, and her step mother, Mrs. Josephine Ashe; three aunts, Mrs. J. M. Taylor of Wil mington, N. C., Mrs. Koelling of Fayetteville, N. C. and Mrs. S. A. Stockard of Wilmington. --u. 8. 0. Poolhall Palkr Threatens; Gals Learn "8"Ball Free Tutoring Promised For Budding Sharks The pool hall pallor may soon be a common women's disease at this University because of the schemes of William Woods, Student Union house mother. A new pool table has been installed in the basement of the Student Union especially for the use of co-eds. In order to turn the girls into sharks, free instruction will be given every evening from 7 to 9 except Saturdays. Following'is the official statement from Mr. Woods: "This does not mean that the girls may not play at any time, and on all of the tables. But the ncw table will be reserved for them, and for their instruct ion. "A number of the girls have ex pressedl a desire to play, but, not knowing how, they feel hesitant about slowing up the games on the other tables. We hope the girls will make use of all of the tables." turns USC B -y By Yank~ In 1930 my husband, Jesse A. Fenner, visited Columbia and called at the library of the University. You may perhaps remember his call because of his mention of these books and his promise that sonme future time they would be returned to the University. In compliance with the promise made at that time the volumes are being sent to Co lumbia today, by American Express, prepaid. After their long absence, it seenms very fitting to my husband and myself, as it would to my father, that they should again find their p)lace on the selves from wvhich they came. Although my father never re turned to Columbia, lie all his life held in friendly and sympathetic re nmembrance the beautiful city that had suffered so cruelly from the evils of war; and from the friendly relations wvhich *in spite of strong andl divergent loyalties, he formed wvith several Columbia families, one friendship survived to the end of his long life and has been handed on to a second and third generation. We shalt appreciate <your courte sy in letting us knowv of the safe arrival of the books. We shall be glad, too, if, in each volume some such memorandum as the one that follows be inscribed. Sincerely yours, Marian Wildman Fenner. Memorandum for books: es At 4WN * **.* . ... ~ .* .. ..... .M.. ~ .. . .... .. . REXE Dean's List Sixty-one Honorei Men Students Lead Sixty-one juniors and senior the first semester, a report froi revealed. Men students on th dents by 41 to 20. Union Group Leads Contest As the discussion groups sponsored by the YMCA go into the fourth week of competition, the Student Union group holds the lead with 533 points. In second place is tenements 1, 2, and 3 with 490 points and in third place, tenement 25 with 487. Leader of the winning group is Palmer Pierce, assistant to Dr. H. . . Mc Cullough of the St. Paul's Lutheran church. The topic for the next meetings of the discussion groups concerns "Stu dent Body Government", according to R. G. Bell, secretary of the YMCA. -U. S. C. Coleman To Be Installed George Coleman of Montgomery, Alabama, will be installed as presi dent of the University YMCA on Friday night, March 31. Coleman was elected at a general meeting last week. ooks Taken e Soldier This volume from the library of the Uu-iversity of South Carolina was taken from Columbia, South Carolina, to Norwalk, Ohio, in 1866, y a soldier of the northern army who had for many months been quartered in one of the buildings of the then abandoned campus. Af ter more than seventy-two years, his family takes pleasure in restor ing it to the library from wvhich it came. Mrs. J. A. Fenner, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Dear Mrs. Fenner: Your interesting letter . . . was of great interest to me and to the library committee, and we wish to thank you cordially for the kindly spirit which prompted your return of these old relics of the war-time college. These books have in them the plate of the Euphradian Society, a prominent student literary organi zation. We shall keep these vol uimes in a special place because of the interesting history attached to them and we shall put the memi orandum you provide in the front of. each. I recall the v'isit of your husband and wve shall be glad to see you both again in the library. Yours truly, R. M. Kennedy. hleti< .......... .x.. XI NIGHT Announced I For Scholarship; Women Two To One made the Dean's Honor List for ,n the registrar's office this week e list outnumbered women stu 'S Sixty-one juniors and seniors made the Dean's Honor List for the first semester, a report from the registrar's office this week revealed. Men students on the list outnum bered women students by 41 to 20. The total for the past semester is exactly the same as the total for the first semester of 1937-1938, 61 students. The school of Arts and Sciences garnered the largest group on the list, with 33 names listed. The School of Commerce, with 12, was next. Other schools were Engineer ing, 7; Education, 7; Journalism, 1; and Pharmacy, 1. To be eligible for the Dean's Honor List, a student must have either junior or senior rating, and must have obtained a minimum aca demic grade during the semester concerned of at least "B-plus," or 90 per cent. First Semester List The list for the first semester of this year followvs: Anderson, Julius Aldrich, Tim monsville; Belser, Clinch Hey wvard, Columbia; Benedict, Dor othy May, Columbia; Benson, Thomas Luther, Hartsville; Black, Charles Dunbar, Millettville; Boyle, Pringle, Sumter; Bradham, Furman Randolph, Columbia; Brown, Frank Burkhead, Jr., Columbia; Cannon, Clinton Carlisle, Jr., Johnsonville; Carson, Ashmead Courtenay, .Jr., Columbia; Cooper, Theodore David, (Conatimued on Page Eight) ---. S. C. U. S. C. Grads Plan Meetings Over State Former studlents of Carolina wvill gather in every judlicial circuit in the state in their annual spring meetings this year, at was announcedl this week b)y Barney Early, executive secretary. .Representatives of the University will attend these mectings which are held to enable alumni to keep in closer touch with their alma mater. President J. Rion McKissick will be the principal speaker, andl aiding him wvill be Drs. 1'. W. Bradley, L. T. Baker, Dean John A. Chase, Jr., head coach Rex Enright, and assistants, Ted Twomey, Catfish Smith, Sterling Dupree, and Ted Petoskey. Moving pictures of athletic events and student life at the University will he shown at all these meetings by Rex Enright. Vice-presidents for the circuits wvill be elected at each meeting to serve for the followving fiscal year. At present. Mr. Early is planning meetini'e i circuits one, two, three, tive, six, seven, and eleven. Dates for these5 meetings will be announced lnfor. SDir Board Retadj Harth As D> Of Student McKissick, Chase, Committee To Har Enright To Arrai Head Coach Rex Enright v Trustees Tuesday to take over the University from William student activities, in a major at the Uiiversity. Enright was given power to and was placed in charge of athletic teams at the University Finances of the athletic org committee composed of Preside Administration John A. Chase be relieved of all duties connec tinue as director of student actii arrangements for student pul cial events, and other non-athle Rapidly increasing indebted was one of the main reasons gi indebtedness of the association McKissick said that unless dra debt would probably have amc year. -. .... .. ..% J. RION McKISSICK Pictured above is the trium verate which will control the athletic situation at the Uni versity. _________ Yankee Jitterbu; Is Not Sunny Bi By Jean Brunson "We love it!" exclaimed Made line Kronmuller and Lorraine Campbell when they were asked wvhat they thought of the south. They have come to Carolina from Hollis, Long Island, N. Y. "The people are so iriendly here. At home they think you're a hussy if you say 'hello' to everybody. Here, everybody speaks to us and we speak to everybody. And we like that." "But I'm afraid that I'm getting a southern drawl, Madeline con fided. We'll get an awful ribbing when we go home. At first we had trouble understaniding you people. And vice versa too, it seems. I like the way you talk." When asked i the atitudes. of ector as Bill irector kctivities and Enright Form idle Athletic Funds; ige All Schedules 'as appointed by the Board of the directorship of athletics at H. Harth, nominal directqr of shake-up of the athletic setup arrange schedules for all teams, all property and equipment of inization will be handled by a nt J. Rion McKissick, Dean of , and Enright. Mr. Harth will ted with athletics, but will con 7ities, having charge of financial lications, literary societies, so tic student activities. aess of the athletic association ven for the change. Estimated at present is over $70,000. Dr. stic action had been taken,the unted to over $100,000 by next Publicity Abolished Although no definite action has yet been taken by the new three-man com mittee in charge of expenditures, President McKissick indicated that sentiment prevailed for the discon tinuance, or at least the curtailment, of the athletic publicity service, which has been under direction of Ed Mc Grath and George Zuckerman. Should the cemmittee see fit to do away with the publicity service, part of the work will probably be assigned to F. H. Wardlaw, head of the University News service. Dean J. A.- Chase, a member of the three-man committee in charge of finances, had no comment to make on the situation. As to the matter of athletic scholar ships, President McKissick said that the committee had not had time to act on this or any other phase of the new setup. Offices Are Moved The athletic office will be moved from beside tenement 24 1-2 to the natatorium building. All changes in arrangements made by the Board will go into effect im mediately. F. B. Rawi, manager of the canteen and book store, was directed by the Board to perform any duties in con nection with athletics which might be assigned to him by the President. No specinec duties have yet been given him. The Board passed a resolution corn mending the coaching staff for its good work since it took over last year. Seibels Presides Edwin G. Seibels of Columbia pre sided at the Board of Trustees meet ing. Other members of the Board present were James H. Hope, Rufus W. Newton, J. D. Parler, Soloman Blatt, J. Arthur Kitight, Frank M. Sinmrill, J. Gordon Hughes, D. E. Huger, H-arry R. Hughes, Simons R. Lucas, Ray R. Williams, and Ran dolph Murdaugh. gs Find South it "Awful Nice" northern youth differed from those of the south they replied "Oh no, we're the same jitterbugs I" Glancing out of the wvindow Lor raine remarked: "We definitely don't believe in this 'sunny south' business." They attended school together for eight years before coming here. They are very versatile, having started a paper at their high school, Andrew Jackson High, The Hick ory Log. ' They like New York City, es pecially at night; they like Green wich Village, are fond of riding'on horses and ferry boats; reading, and are crazy about Gone With The .~ Wind. And although they are not disappointed in the south the,y do find that it is different frouth *hat they had owexpete