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Stude Ten Cent W On Modern Woods Hopes To Tncre Libraries; Plan Simila A rental library containing will be installed at the Universi liam S. Woods, director of the 'The rental library will share of the old Women's Building w The library will open after theO Thanksgiving holidays, and will rent books at the rate of ten cents per week, with an additional charge of five cents per day for overtime. The books were purchased by the Student Union. New books will be bought with the revenue acquired from the rental of the books, Woods said. The rental library will work in cooperation with the university li brary. "The rental library. will also add books to the stude'nts' personal li braries. The books will be for sale at the list price-less the amount of the rentals already paid on the book. That is, if the book has a list price of three dollars, and two dollars already have been received in the form of rental, a student wishing to buy the book may then buy% it for one dollar", Woods ex plained. This plan has met with great suc cess at the University of North Carolina. The new library will have the following books on hand at its open ing after the Thanksgiving holidays: Fiction Ethel Vance: Escape. John Steinbeck: Grapes of Wrath. Pietro di Donato: Christ in Con crete. Kathleen Norris: Lost Sunrise. Hugh Walpole: The Sea Tower. Francis Brett Young: The City of Gold. Louis Bromfield: It Takes AU Kinds. Vardis Fisher: Children of God. Ellery Queen: The Dragon's Teeth. Rumer Godden: Black Narcissus. Francis Griswold: A Sea Island Lady. Eric Ambler: A Coffin For Di mitrios. J. D. Carr: The Problem of the Wire Cage. Adele Seifert: Shadows Tonight. Christopher Morley: Kitty Foyle. J. B. Priestley: Rain Upon Gods hill. Stella E. Morgan: Again the River. Clifford Knight: The Affair of the Painted Desert. Charles North: Beware of the Dog. Somerset Maughanm: Christmas Holiday. Dubose Hleyward: Star Spangled Virgin. Thlomias Wolfe: The Web and the Rock. Fredlerick Prokosch: Night of the Poor. AMilton Popper: Hide the Body. J. W. DeForest: Miss Ravenel's Confession. Faith Baldwin. White Magic. John Selby: Sam. WVarwick Deeping: Folly Island. Leslie Fordl: The Town Cried wE Shack's Made In Columbia FRESH DAILY CAPITAL I DRUtTGS PRESORIPTIONS STATIONERY FOUNTA -:- Prompt PHlOwNF 817 nt Ui eekly Rent Literature ase Students' Personal r To That of U. N. C. modern fiction and non-fiction ty, according to Professor Wil Student Union. the quarters in the music room ith the Carnegie Music Set. Former USC Student Cited For Art Works Critic Of N. Y. Times Praises R. Gambrell Reuben Ganibrell, former art stu dent at the University of South Caro lina, received honorable mention in Edward Alden Jewell's "Federal Mu ral Survey" which appeared in the Sunday. November 5, issue of the New York Times. Mr. Jewell, art critic for the New York Times, gave a list of the 48 prize winning desigis in nation-wide competition which are shown in the Corcoran art gallery, Among the names sent in for general excellence of panels was that of, Reuben Gai brell. Reuben was graduated from the University two years ago and since that time he has been teaching in the art department at the University of Georgia. A large figure painting of his was accepted at the World's Fair this year. "We can recall with much inter est his portrait of Alma Frances Cor zine which was exhibited here two years ago," said Miss May Marshall of the fine arts department at the University of South Carolina. Murder. Mary Schumann: Strife Before Dawn. S. S. Van Dine: The Winter Murder Case. Dapine du Maurier: Rebecca. My Son, My Son. Rachel Field: All This and Heaven Too. C. S. Forester: Captain Horatio Hornblow. John Gasner: 20 Best Plays of the Modern American Theatfe. Leslie Charteris: The First Saint Omnibus. Georgette H-eyer: No Wind of Blame. John Rhode: The Elm Tree Murder. Non-Fiction Hlermann Rauschning: The Rev olution of Nihilism. Antoine de St. F.xupery: Wind, Sand, and Stars. Dorothy Thompson: Let the Record Speak. Philip Guedalla: The Hundredth Year. Felix Frankfurter: Law and Pol itics. WVilliam L. Phelps: Autobi ography With Letters. * Latest Popular RECORDS INTELLIGENT SERVICE R. E. Mehiman, Inc. 1427 Main Street ~RUG CO. [N P'ENS SODAS Delivery -: 1213 GERVATS STREET nilonI Personnel Bureau Adds Vocational Interest Tests Volunteer Students Are To Be Invited To Participate In Tests The University of South Carolina Personnel bureau is cooperating in the development of a new voca tional intercst test, announced Prof. W. C. McCall, director of the Per soniiel bureau. The test in experimental frm vill be administered to students at the University to secure data for PROF. W. C. McCALL determining the relation of scores to the curricula choices, and for obtaining the relation to achieve ment in a number of different voca tional fields, Professor McCall said. The Preference Record in experi mental use is issued by Dr. G. Fied erick Kuder of the University of Chicago. The Personnel bureau will admin-. ister the test and volunteer students interested in discovering more about themselves in reference patterns are invited to take it. Scores are obtained for the fol lowing type of activities: (1) scien tific activities, (2) activities involv ing computation, (3) musical activi ties, (4) literary activities, (5) artistic activities, (6) social service activities, (7) persuasive activities. College students usually require 40 minutes to complete the test. H. G. Wells: The Fate of Man. Brockway and Weinstock: Men of Music. John Gunther: Inside Asia. Inside Europe. Vincent Sheean: Not Peace But a Sword. Pierre Van Paassen: Days of Our Years. Nora Waini: Reaching for the Stars. Liddell Hart: The Defense of Britain. " EXCLUSt 1631 .Main St. 6I EYES OVER THE CAMPUS Camera "eyes" are blinking on il every activity and event of int Each blink means another gres and the best of these thousan you in our Collegiate Digest p1< Accurately and graphically el tell the complete story behh~ Digest's photos give you a true Follow this college picture para The Gs Send your pictures of lif, and a' campus to: Coileg late Digest Sectic Bldg. Minneapois, Minn. All p paid for at regular editorial rates. nstal YMCA To Hear Coates Friday Afternoon All committees of the Y. M. C. A. will meet Friday afternoon in Flinn Hall for the general Y gathering to discuss make reports on progress thus far this year and to lay plans for the activities for the rest of the semester. Mr. J. P. Coates, president of the South Carolina Education Associ ition, will speak at this meeting. After the meeting the Y members will have a luncheon. Preston Takes Lead In Discussion Groups The Third Floor of Preston Col lege discussion group took over first place in the point Y. M. C. A. sys tem Tuesday night with a total of 588. Tenements 16, 18, 19, and 20 was second with,570 points, and Ten -ments 14 and 15 was third with 505. Professor Christopherson is leader >f the Preston group; Dr. J. 13. Jack son has charge of the Tenement 16, 18, 19, 20 forum, and Professor Ed Clippard is leader of Tenements 14 vnd 15. There are only about four more meetings left this semester. The win iing discussion group and all those students who have perfect attendance records for the entire semester will be treated to an ice-cream supper by the Y. The subject for discussion in Tues day's meetings was "Religion and War." During the forums the stu dents presented many interesting as pects of war and gave several good solutions to the present world crisis. Frosh Y Votes Bell President James Bell, McCormick, S. C., was elected president of the Fresh maq Y. M. C. A. Council Tuesday ifternoon, James McLeod, Florence, was chosen vice-president and C. C. Lyles, Columbia, was named secre :ary-treasurer. -Blouin (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6) io difference if Canada should draft him for service. Therefore Blouin may no; get to play his other two years of varsity football at Caro lina, but instead score his touch lowns in a game of life and death, Face to face andl musket to musket with Nazi opponents. ELITE CAFE "COLUMBIA'S MOST UNIQUE" Where Students Meet and E~at 1738 MAIN STREET -- ALWAYS OPEN eolumbia. S 4? te nation's campuses to record trest and Importance to you. hic picture of college life ds of photos are brought to :ture section. cplned with write-ups that td each picture, Collegiate record of campus life today. de regularly In rmecock :tivities on our an, 393 Fewkeg letas used are s Rei Derrick Thinks Small Part Of DR. S. M. DERRICK Officers Of Spanish Club Are Announced Officers of the newly-formed Ter tulia Club, composed of Spanish stu dents, have been elected to serve for this year. President Miles McCor mick is assisted by Bill Blackwell, vice-president : Carol Cole, secretary treasurer; and Julian lennig, public relations representative. The club was formed to promote the Spanish language at the Univer sity and was organized because of the great increase in the number of Spanish students. It is sponsored by Professor Wilbur Zeigler. Weekly meetings are held, the first two being featured by the addresses of Cuban residents of Columbia. All business of the group is carried on in Spanish. Plans have been formulated to pre sent the Department of Romance Languages with some appropriate Spanish gift and the nucleus of a library has been started. 1%307 MAIN ST. NEW LOCATION Marshall-Tatum R IVKINS PHONE 2-1963 Sandwiches - Drinks Plate Lunches - Delicatessen WE CATER TO PARTIES - We Deliver - FIVE POINTS Whenever Look You t For This Shop Emblem MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION MI-SHOP HOME COOKED MEALS .A-La-Carte Service Sodas and Sandwiches SANCKEN'S ICE CREAM A L W AY S Manufaotured By Richland Dairies Columbia,. C . ital L Teaching Is Prof's Work Economics Professor Is On Many Committees Dr. S. M. Derrick, head of the de partment of economics, has been kept so busy on various committees on economic problems this fall that he has reached the conclusion that teach ing is only a minor part of a pro fessor's work. Dr. Derrick is a consultant of the state planning board advising the study of the industrial resources of South Carolina and an adviser con cerning the development of the tax system of the state. During the last two weeks of September he was chairman of the mediation board ap pointed by the S. C. commission of labor to attempt to settle the strike at the Pacific Mills. At the meeting of the general as sembly in 1939, Dr. Derrick was a member of the committee of nine appointed by the governor to study the financial conditions of the state g o v e r ni m e ii t for recommending changes in the tax system. lie is now, and has been for the past two years, adviser to the unemployment compensation commission for research statistics. Outside of this, says Dr. Derrick, there's nothing much to do. THANKS 4 GREYli Sample Round-Trip Fares 0 Your AUGUSTA. GA. - - $2.00 matter A AIKEN. S. C. - - - - 1.65 ner iS Wz ANDERSON. S. C. - 3.00 ATLANTA. GA. - - - 5.35 more CO CHAR LOTTE. N. C. - 2.65 ical and CHARLESTON. S. C. 2.0 O y FLORENCE, S. C. C: 2.10gob GEORGETOWN. S. C.3.25 Super-Cc GREENWOOD. S. C. 2.10fot a GREENVILLE. S. C. 2.70. KNOXVILLE. TENN..- 6.50 mgt ORANGEBURG. S. C. 1.30 etar SAVANNAH. GA - - 3.45 SUMTER. S. C. - - -1.20 G..reyhou UNION BUS 1800 Main Street F A "AF~TER THE GAlV VAR GRI STEAKS - FRI Home Made Martha Washii Phone 2-2321 Page Seven ibrary. Tickets For Captain Applejack To Go On Sale--Janet Winder Members of the University of South Carolina Players Club, dra matic group. were requested to sell ten tickets each to "Captain Apple jack", Janet Winder, chairman of the ticket committee, announced today. The tickets will be sold on the ex change plan. That is, they will have to be exchanged for reserve seats at a central place of exchange, which has not been decided yet. Tickets will be sold at MacGreg or's Drug Store, Community Drug Store, and the Canteen. Student tick ets are .25 "Captain Applejack", now in the third week of rehearsal. will be given by the club December 7, 8, 9. McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 Main Street PRESCRIPTIONS SODA - CIGARETTES TOILET ARTICLES Call 2-3308 For Prompt Delivery Service -0 . * GIVING OUND trip to "Turkey"- no rhere your holiday din titing for you - will be ivenient, more econom much more fun if you Greyhound. Cruise in >ach warmth and corn a saving that you'll be iankful for. There's an duction on round-trip -id tickets! TERMINAL Phone 8131 S T [E MEET ME AT" SITY EL L ED CHICKEN Ice Cream igton Candies 2706 Main St.