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.676 Volume XXNo. 20 COLUMBIA, S. C., MAY 5, 1939 Founded 1908
George Zucl
Coit Hendle
COIT HENDLEY
Directors Say
Gamecock Show
Is Complete
Novel Dances
Are Featured
In Each Act
All dances for the "Gaiecock
Revels of 1939" are complete, it was
announced recently by Jane Crout
and Sylvia Stern, directors. Besides
the specialty numbers, there will be
five group dances ranging from a
burlesque to a waltz and requiring
approximately 40 dancers.
The burlesque is concerned with
a children's recital and all the danc
ers are husky students. Those tpk
ing part in the number include John
McMillan, Willy Wiles, Charlie
Owens, Ben Polayes, Archie Van
Ness, Doc Jones, Moon MdCul
lough, and Corky Criffith. The
number was originated by Francis
Fetner, but is being directed by
Jane Crout.
Tap Dances to be Feature
A girl's tap line, a mixed tap line,
and a mixed modern promise some
thing out of the ordinary in routine
dances. A waltz by approximately
nine couples will complete the
garden scene in which Martha Mon
teith will sing an original compo
sition by Max Husbands, Charlie
Murtiashaw, and Ellen Verner.
"Mary Isla Crumpler has played
for our -rehearsals so far," Miss
Crout said, "And I'd like to express
our gratitude for the work she has
(lone in helping us learn the rou
tinles."
John McMillan, Jane Crout,
Corky Griffith, Sylvia Stern, Bob
Collier, and Francis~ Fetner will give
a new version of the modern dance.
Norine Huey and David Gaston will
give a spot-light waltz created by
Roy McCullough of the Fetner-Mc
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Inside
The Gamecock
BIRD CINDERMEN END
season at P. C. when they en
ter state meet today and tomor
row--p age 5.
CAROLINA Y. M. C. A.
MAY BRING Christian Mis
Sion here next year-page 2.
NETMEN TO ENTER
STATE TOURNEY in Clin
ton next Thursd ay-page 5.
CODE SIGN ERS, ELECT
F~OUR new members of Caro
lina's Honor Council-page 2.
DELTA SIGMA PI
lIOLDS ANNUAL DANCE
tonight in University gymnasi
Um.-pae~.
oerman Elect<
Is Named l
Douglas Swea
Business Mar
George Zuckerman, rising senior
in the University's School of
Journalism, is the new editor of the
Gamecock appointed to succeed
Courtenay Carson, Jr., present edi
tor of the campus publication-ac
cording to recommendations made
by the Student Board of Public Pub
lications at their Wednesday night
meeting.
Other appointments made included
the naming of Coit Hendley as
Managing Editor; "Duck" Sweat
man as Business Manager; Ed Mc
Grath as Sports Editor; Ansel El
more, Circulation Manager; Irene
LaBorde, Co-ed Editor; and Kath
erine Hines, Society Editor. Reed
Boyd was nominated for the post
of Exchange Editor.
Zuckerman, who at present is
Managing Editor of The Gamccock,
has been sports editor and staff
writer for the campus publication
Representatii
USC $150,0
Athletic Debt Will
Will Be Repaid F
BULI
President J. Rion McKissick
lieved that the student activitj
and that the portion assigned
creased, if the University is
bond issue.
The bond issue would amo
debt in about fifteen years, M<
To pay the debt of the athlet
lina House of Representatives
University to borrow $150,000.
student activities fees.
Sponsored by the ways and
given second reading after Spe
student affairs committee of thi
stated that it was necessary "t<
Blatt told the H-ouse that pal
largely accounted for the debt.
Opposition was raised by Re
v'ille, who contended that the d
partment was "somewvhere aroui
McCuen said if half of the
were pledged "it wvould greati
activity at the University."
"I cannot agree," he continue<
activity at any school. Schooh
crazy over football, and that is
Harth Lea ves
To Join Mehi
W. H. Harth, recently relieved of
his duties as director of athletics at
the University, resigned from his
post as director of student activities
early this week.
Mr. Harth, connected with the
University as director of athletics
and director of student activities
since January 1, 1938, has left the
University to join the staff of Mel,
man's store in Columbia as sales
manager.
President J. Rion McKissick ac
cepted the resignation of the dlirec
tor "with regret", and appointed
Mrs. W. H. Harth to fill the va
cancy created by her husband's res
ignation until the end of the present
session.
Mr. Harth was shifted from the
post of director of athletics and ai
three-man committee placed in
charge of his duties in the recent
shake-up of the athletic situation at,
Carolina. He had continued in the
position of director of stuident activi
ties until his resignation.
(Continued on Page Six)
1 T1
d Gamecock
qew Managin
tman To Fill
tager Position
since his matriculation at the Uni
versity in September, 1936. He has
been closely associated with Caro
lina sports as a baseball player and
member of the state championship
nine, and as co-director of the Ath
letic Association's publicity board.
Coit Hendley, sports editor dur
ing the fall of 1938 and a rising
senior in the Journalism school, was
named Managing Editor to succeed
Zuckerman. He is now president of
the Sigma Nu fraternity.
Sweatman Business Manager
Duck Sweatman, newly-elected
Business Manager of The Gamecock,
is a rising senior in the College of
Arts and Sciences and is at present
studying a pre-law course prepara
tory to entering the University's
Law School. He has been connected
with The Gamecock's business staff
for the past three years and is a
(Continued on Page Six)
res Vote
00 Loan
Be Cleared; Loan
'rom Activities Fee
ETIN
told the Gamecock that he be
les fee would not be increased,
to athletics would not be in
allowed to float the $150,000
rtize the University's athletic
Kissick said.
ic department, the South Caro
voted Wednesday to allow the
The loan is to be repaid by
means committee, the bill was I
aker Sol Blatt, member of the
e University board of trustees,1
> save the athletic field."
nnents due the football stadium
presentative McCuen of Green
ebt incurred by the athletic de
nd $90,000."
$18.50 student activities fees
y curtail every extra-curricula
:1, "that athletics is the p)rimnary
of this county have gone hog
where the debt has evolved."
University
man's Staff
I
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Editor;
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GEORGE ZUCKERMAN
Phi Beta Kappa
Names Thirteen
For Membership
Wienefeld
Announces
Candidates
Thirteen new members from the
graduating class of the University
iave been elected to membership in
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholar
hip fraternity, it was announced
his week by R. H. Wienefeld, sec
-etary of the local chapter.
The following were elected:
Clinton Carlisle Cannon, Jr., of
[ohnsonville, and Andrew Burnet
kfarion, of York, candidates for
3achelor of Arts degree.
In the school of Education: Dor
)thy May Benedict, of Columbia,
nd Marion Isabel Zula, of Bar Har
>or, Maine.
School of Journalism: Ashmead
ourtenay Carson, Jr., of Colum
Pia.
B. S. Candidates
Candidates for Bachelor of Sci
nce: Frank Burkhead Brown, Jr.,
f Columbia, and Molly Geise
['aber, of Columbia.
In the School of commnerce: Fur
nan Randolph Bradham, of Colum
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Twelve Named
To Blue_Key
Banquet To Be
Held May 10
Twelve new members have been
lected to membership in the Blue
ey fraternity, according to an an
ouncement made Wednesday l)y
tyvyan Morse, Secretary of the or
anization.
Those chosen are as follows:
David Aiken, President of Kappa
Llpha and member of the Student
Jnion Board.
Evans Guyton, President of the
slee Club, member of Kappa Sig
na Kappa, Chancellor of Delta Sig
na Pi.
Noel Williams, member of the
;tud(enlt Board.
Billy McCarity, memiber Athletic
idvisory Board.
Holmes Eleazer, Co-Captain
lasketball Team, member Block 1
C" Club.
Heber Stroud, Co-captain Foot
>all Team, member Baseball Team.
Ed Clary, Chptain Baseball Team,
nember Football Team, member
llock "C" Club.
Stanley Morse, Holder of Kellogg
~oundation Scholarship member A.
i. C. E.
Harry Minms, President Sigma
lpha Epsilon fraternity, member
~f Glee Club.
(Continued on Page SiM
0
Wall Goes Down
UnderPickaxes;
Wail Goes Up
Wall Sitting
Is Curtailed
By. Workmen
The wailing cry of a co-ed at high
noon will never again be heard on
the campus of the University of
South Carolina.
The wall is gone.
Actually not all of it has been des
troyed by the workmen who are
clearing the ground for the new li
brary. The section paralleling the
law building still remains. But it
will be years before the students get
used to the curtailed program of
wall sitting.
For 104 years it had stood. But
it took only two days for the rhyth
mical, swinging picks of the W. P.
A. workers to impartially put it into
the pages of history.
Said Miss Jewel Martin speaking
of the present situation. "The wall
has no attraction for me during the
daytime."
Which is another viewpoint.
Historically speaking, the wall
was built in 1835 to replace a wood
en fence and help in maintaining
discipline. It encloses the old cam
pus bounded by Sumter and Bull
streets and by Pendleton and Green
streets. Bit by bit it has been re
moved. Sections in various spots
remain.
Sentimentally speaking, the wall
is a tradition. When you go by the
shattered ruins, do you riot feel your
heart thump?
If you don't, investigate! You are
(lead!
TomMcCutchen
To Head KSK
Woods Receives
Faculty Award
Tonm McCutcheon of Bishopville
was elected president of Kappa Sig
ma Kappa, honor-service fraternity
at the University, last week. Fif
teen men were initiated into mem
bership at the same meeting.
W. S. Woods, in charge of the
Student Union, was chosen for the
K. S. K. award, given annually to
an outstanding faculty member of
the organization.
Other officers elected were: Tom
Folly of Union, vice-president; D). A.
Westmoreland of Clover, recording
secretary; Ralph Lee of Asheville,
N. C., corresponding secretary; Jim
Galloway of Spartanburg, treasurer;
Clarke Perrin of Union, Sergeant
it-arms; Marion Davis of Colum
bia, scribe; and John Boyd and
Reed Boyd of Columbia, board of
>ardons.
Initiated into membership were:
rames Tomlinson, Etmhurst, Long
[sland, New York; Heyward Belser,
Columbia; Walter Taylor, Gaffney;
limmy Shecut, Orangeburg; Eugene
Flood, Rock Hill; Leroy Dennis,
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-U. U. C.
Coeds Asked
To Reserve
Dorm Rooms
Reservations for rooms in the two
woman's buildings are now being
'eceived, it was announced by Mrs.
Arney R. Childs, dean of women at
he University of South Carolina.
Until May 15, students now en
oIled at the University will be given
reference of rooms. After May 15
'eservations wvill be placed in order
f application.
Mrs. Childs announced the follow
ng procedure for reserving rooms:
?,o first to the treasurer's office, pay
he $5 reservation fee and then bring
he receipt to the office of the dean
f women for the specific room res
ervation.
Fees may be refunded on request
before September 1.
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"Serious Situation"
Says Pres. McKissick;
Urges United Action
Large Number Sign Petition Saying
Raise In Fees Would Prevent Return
To The University In September
By Harold Prince
Uniting their protests against passage of the Senate finance
,-omilittee hill which would raise tuition fees and lower the
University appropriation, Carolina students appenled in per
son and ii writing to members of the legislature this week ask
ing them to defeat the bill.
A hurlried survey of campus students revealed Wednesday
night that a large percentage of them will be unable to return
to school if fees are raised.
Out of a total of six hundred, two hundred and three vol
untarily signed a statement that the proposed increase would'
make it impossible for them to enroll again in September.
Signers of the statement represent less than one-half of the
total enrollment and do not contain any co-eds or residents of
Columbia, but they are representative of circumstancef of all
Students.
Speaking about what he teri'ned a "serious situation," President J.
Rion McKissick of the University urged students to do their utmost to
fight the proposals brought before the Senate of the State of South Caro
ma Assembly to cut the appropriation for the University and raise tuition
fees at the University and other state-supported institutions as well.
The two proposals, incorporated in the state money bill, an annual
legislative snag, were to reduce the University's appropriation $90,000 be
ow last year's sum, and to increase tuition fees of students attending
state institutions. It was proposed to increase fees for South Carolina
tudents attending the University from $60 to $100 per year, and for out
>f-state students from $i5o to $:250 per year, as stated in The Gamecock
ast week.
The provisions concerning tuition fees were understood not to apply
:o law students at the University, nor to students of the South Carolina
medical school in Charleston, nor to the state negro college.
President McKissick said that even if the Senate did not pass the meas
ire to increase tuition, and did pass the measure to reduce appropriations,
:he University itself would be forced to raise tutition fees to make up for
:he deficit.
President McKissick brought out the fact that the University receives
ess support from the state than almost any\ similar institution in the
South, and that the largest portion of the Carolina student body conies
tromi families of moderate income.
The Senate finance com1mitee report on the General Appropriation Bill
>f the State of South Carolina contains the following clauses:
Section 84. That in the various institutions of higher learning no stu
dlent shall he granted free tuition: Provided, That tuition for the scho
astic year beginning July 1, 1939, and thereafter, shall be fixed by the
(Con tinsued on Page Sixt)
"Now, In My High School.."
Nearly 1,100 South Carolina high school students participated in the
various contests of annual High School Week at the University of South
Carolina April 96-18. In the top picture, some of the girls who competed
are shown after registration, swapping stories about their schools. Be-,
Low, a group of boys are shown in their quarters in the University field
mouse, where they organized an Impromptu "bull session" to discuss the
events of the day. Fourteen mental contests, forensics, tannis and track
rnade up the high school week proaem.