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Board Clamps RestrictionsBoxing Tourney es pial ifeComes To USC on Social Life On Feb. 23-24 (Story on Page Two) University of South Carolina Z676 NO COLUMBIA, S.,C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 199December 15.1939 - - -- -. I__________________________, _1939_ "Applejack, is Given Again Upon Request Cast Gladly Complies With Special Request Of Campus Groups "Captain Applejack", a three act melodrama by Walter Hackett, was again presented by the University Players last night in Drayton Hall. Several sororities and other campus groups requested this return engage ment of the play, which officially closed a three night run Saturday. This is the first time in the history of the University Players club that one of its plays has attracted such at tention. "We are proud of the re sponse given to "Captain Applejack", said Prof. M. G. Christophersen, di rector, "and are more than glad of the chance to present it once again." Set Reasembled The entire set for the play had to be reassembled, as the stage of Dray ton Hall had been cleared immedi ately after the last performance Sat urday night. The Players also had to collect the properties and cos tumes again. Dick Anderson gave another mas terful interpretation of Ambrose Ap plejohn, the quiet country gentle man with a trace of pirate nature. Emily Wolfe made an excellent Pop py Faire, Applejohn's beautiful but shy ward. Betty Glover played to perfection the two faced part of An na Valeska, the counterfeit countess from the land of Stalin. Ernest Lent - turned in a good performance as Ivan Borolski, underworld big shot. Cast gxcefs These leading chpracters were sup ported by an able cast composed of Julian Hennig as the cheap crook, lengarde; Mildred Doe as Pengarde's wife; Arnold Muir as the dilapidated butler, Lush; Jane Loyal as the coy little maid; Bill Dworkin as the Chinese boatswain; Albert Egger ton as Dennet, an unscrupulous thug, and Bob Quinn as Jason, Applejohn's laconic friend. Helen Poliakoff and Lillian Brun son alternated in playing Aunt Aga tha, the highly respectable relative of Applejohn. The former went on in the first act, the latter in the final scene. SBnlor Class Stands First Qualifying Exam Students Must Know English To Graduate For an hour and a half Tuesday afternoon from 4 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. in the class rooms of Davis college the senior class of the University of South Carolina stood the qualifying English examination which will serve in years to come to qualify graduat ing Carolina seniors for diplomas. No results of the examinations are known yet since part of the examina tion is to be graded by machine and part by individuals. The examination was made up of three sections. First there was a test in spelling, then one in grammatical construction. Third and most im portant the seniors were required to compose a letter applying for a job., Members of the English depart ment and of the French department helped in administering th'e examina tion. "The board of trustees authorized the examination and I personally thought that it was a very fine idea," Prof. Harry C. Davis said later. Inside The Gamecock BOXERS PREPARE FOR mlatch with Duke January 6 see page 6.' 5. A. E. FRATERNITY gives dance Tuesday night see page83. TRUSTEES ANNOUNCE 11eW campus social rules-see Page 2.. GERMAN CLUB GIVES dance Monday night-see page 3. Hendley And League Made Gamecock Heads COIT HENDLEY PAUL LEAGUE McKinney Chosen Sports Editor; Cox Will Edit Society; Withers Named Coed Editor Coit Hendley of Columbia was elected editor-in-chief of The Gamecock for the second semester and Paul League of Clinton was elected managing editor by the Student Board of Publica tions, Wednesday night, announced Homer Roof, chairman of tfie Board. Jim McKinney was elected sports editor, with Jane Cox be coining society editor and Jean Withers co-ed editor. George Zuckerman Is Retired George Zuckerman is outgoing editor-in-chief. while League -occeeds Hendley as managing editor. Richard Frick is outgoing sports editor. Jane Cox succeeds Katherine Hines as society editor, and Jean Withers takes Irene LaBorde's co-ed editor job. Hendley has been managing editor and sports editor of The Gamecock. He is president of Sigma Nu fraternity and a member of 0. D. K. League, new managing editor, has already held down staff positions as sports editor and associate editor. He is also manager of the tennis team, and a member of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet and of the Euphradian literary society. Jim McKinney, new sports editor, is also an athlete, he having made his numeral on the freshman track team. He is a member of the Clariosophic literary society. Associate Editors Elected Associate editors elected are Philip Wilmeth, Richard Frick, Irene La Borde, Bernie Bass, Ed Patterson, and Leola Garety. Associate sports editors are Dan Henderson, Joe Kirby, Elliott McCants, Bob Chamblee, Deward Brittain, and John McGowan. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Third Floor Preston Faculty Members Get Wins Turkey Supper Promotion At Yearly In Y Point Contest Meeting Of Trustees Tenements 16-20 Take Board Also Grants Runner-Up Position; Dr. Derrick Sumter Attendance Increases Street Residence Members of the Third. Floor Pres- Five faculty members were pro ton College discussion group will be moted by the Board of Trustees at treated to a turkey supper by the their meeting Wednesday in the Uni Y. M. C. A., January 9. The Pres- versity library. ton group has won the discussion They are: S. C. DePass, from pro group point contest for the first se- fessor of journalism to dean of the mester.scolojoraimMr.AeyR Prof. Md. G. Christophersen is lead-Cidsdenowmn,fmasc er of the Preston college forum. Edatprfsoofhtryopoesr Patterson is president, Harry Quat- o itr;Rbr .Weeed tlebaum is secretary. fo soit rfso fhsoyt Tenements 16, 18, 19, 20 took sec- poesro itr;P .Pisn ond place in the contest. Dr. Jessefrmisucoinblgytadnt Jackson is the leader, H-awley Lynn poesro ilg;X.Yao is presidlent, and Bernie Bass is sec-Waer,fo intuoriE retary.gisitaducprfsoofElsh In addition to the members of the I diint hs,Asc rf Preston forum, all students who had X.C calwsfral ie h a perfect attendance during the con- tteo ietro h esne u test this semester will be invitedl to rai the dinner.ThBorofTutealogn Those discussion group secretariesedtDrSaulMDric,po who have not yet turned in all theirfsorfecnms,teaulye reports are asked by R. G. Bell toienea81Sutrsetwhcws do so at once in order that plans for vctdrcnl yD.Re mt the dinner can be made. we emvdit nte oe According to Mr. Bell over 300 Alprmtoswemaeun men were affiliated with a dliscussion tercmedto fti aut TearGasnvenord Getso MrtT The ob Bothr ADerc Sisters E. 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Nineteen USC Students Are In Who's Who Publication Serves As Index To Firms Seeking Employees Nineteen Carolina students have . been nominated by Dean E. W. Brad ley to appear in the 1940 edition of Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. This compendium of outstanding students throughout America is de signed primarily to serve as an index to the activities of students who have gained, honors on their respective campuses. Many large business cor porations use this publication as a reference in choosing college gradu ates for employment. University students listed in the forthcoming edition with several of their honors are: Heyward Belser, tennis team and member of 0. D. K. Harmon Chosen Solomon Blatt, president of fresh man class and secretary of Euphra dian Literary Society. Billy Bryan, cheerleader, 0. D. K., and S. E. A. president. Marvin Busbee, president of Delta Sigma Pi and staff of Commerce Di gest. George Colema!, president of stu dent body and -O.D. K. Robert Collier, president of senior class and critir of Clariosophic So ciety. Chris. Fitzsimmons, 0. D. K., so cial cabinet, and cheerleader. Charles Gibbes, debating council, president of sophomore class, and 0. D. K. Hubert Harmon, editor of Garnet and Black and 0. D. K. Coit Hendley, managing editor of The Gamecock and president of Sig ma Nu. Morse on List Beverly Herbert, U. Pres. Euphra dian Soicety. A. C. Lyles, secretary of Y. M. C. A. and Delta Sigma Pi officer. Vyvyan Morse, president Euphra dian Society and Blue Key. Robert Penland, president of 0. D). K. George Prince, secretary of student body and Blue Key. Paul Sansbury, managing editor of Garnet and Black and business man ager of the Carolinian. Mac Singletary, business manager (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Players To Present "Dark Tower" Next Tryouts Next Week At Drayton Hall "Dark Tower", a melodrama from Broadwvay, wvill be the next play to be put on by the Players Club at the University of South Carolina, ac cording to an announcement made byi Prof. M. G. Christophersen. This play offers numerous parts for acting ability, and should be a good test for the actors and actresses] at Carolina. Try-outs are being held next Monday and Tuesday at Dray ton Hall. There are six female characters to be chosen : Hattie, a plump, inquisi tive maid; Martha Temple, the so phisticated aunt ; Jessica WVells, a great actress who became under the spell of her rascal husband; Daphne (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) ears Than All Of The Stage takes nothing for his own use and at the end of the year refunds to eacht institution what Is not used from its t deposit. These institutions are for- t tunate in getting the services of this t man of national and international t reputation. 1He not only gives his time freely, but in many instances rare chemicals which could not be purchased at any price on the open market. Last year and the year be fore the chemistry department at thet University of South Carolina wast given chemicals, which if they could I have been bought on the market (CONTINUEDn ON PAGE U) USC Apprc Socia Flight Instructi( Today At Owei Thirty Students To R< From Hawthorne Flyi Flight instruction for the Un Pilot Training Program, under iutics Authority, is scheduled 'he flight course will be taught >f the Hawthorne Flying Serv Studes Bate Breath-Blue Key Missing Editor Is Unreachable; Staff Says Nothing Still No USC Directory For two months now, the stu dents of the University of South Carolina have been awaiting, with bated breath, the appear ance of the Blue Key Directory. This directory, published an nually by the Blue Key frater nity, contains the name, ad dress and phone number of every student at the University. Students may have to bate their breath for some time yet to come, for no sign of the di rectory has been seen. Indications are that this de lay may turn into a campus mystery or an awful pain in the neck. Bruce Hunt, in charge of publication, is unreachable. Sev eral of Mr. Hunt's colleagues gave out a terse, cagy state ment to the press today. "He ain't here. We don't know where he is." However, a surmise that is based on a rumor obtained from usually reliable sources is that the staff has run up against some difficulties in obtaining exact names and addresses. A communique states that for (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) $25 Prize Offered In Art Department Selection To Be 'Made By Department Heads A $25 prize is offeredI by Miss Susan Dixon to the student in the University of South Carolina art de artment wvhose work for the year s most outstanditng and gives promise >f further development and whose ttitudle towvardI his or her work shows ~incerity and genuine interest, Miss Katherine Hieywvard of the Univer ity art department has announced. Staff Selects The selection will be made by the caching staff of the art department. rhe only requirement stipulated by Wfiss Dixon is that the winner must >e a native of South Carolina. The >rize will be awarded at the last hapel assembly when other awards tre given by the Univeristy, said Miss -leyward. Miss Dixon, an alumna of the Uni 'ersity, has in the past few months riven a number of casts to the art lepartment--the nucleus of a collec ion to be called the Anthony Hamp on collection. It is in memory of his same ancestor of Miss Dixon's hat this prize, the Anthony Hamp on award, is being donated. Praises University In her letter offering the prize diss Dixon said, "Tell my young ompatriots that I hope and pray hey will make the utmost good use af their opportunities to study art, and hat when they leave their Alma Ma er they will carry with them their ove for art and their knowledge of t, and they will take it into their tomes and comimunities Trust >ve N I Rul )n Starts is Field Oceive Initial Tutoring ng Service Instructors iversity division of the Civilian the auspices of the Civil Aero to begin today at Owens Field. by properly qualified instructors ice. The ground courses of the aviation school began at U. S. C., November 17 and will continue until April 5, 1940. Classes are given from Mon day through Friday in room 102, Sloan College, from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m. No University credits are given for these classes. The air school program calls for 72 hours of ground training and a minimum of 35 to a maximum of 50 hours of flight instruction. Thirty Qualify There are 30 regularly matriculat ed Carolina students who have quali fied by physical examination and other requirements for both the ground school and the flight course. There are also eight students who are taking only the ground school work. The flight instruction will be given to groups of 10 students. The C. A. A. requires that there shall be a plane and an instructor for each group. The ground school work, taught by Profs. R. D. Bass, T. F. Ball, C. F. Mercer and R. C. Johnson, consists of courses in the history of aviation, Civil Aeronautics regulations, para chute training, radio, navigation, in struments, meteorology, engines, and the theory of flight. Eighty Have Applied Tihere have been approximately 80 applicants for the University air school according to Prof. R. L. Sunwalt, of the School of Engineering. Those students who have been accepted for the school are: William Farrow, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Lieut. Adams Speaks On Marine School Applicants Meet At Flinn Hall Lieutenant-Colonel John P. Adams, United States Marine Corp, will be at Flinni Hall today 3 to 5 p. ni., to interview sop)homores, applicants for the 1940 Platoon Leaders Class. Each year several University soph omores are selected to attend the Pla toon school at Quantico, Va. After a studlent has spent two six weeks' periods at the camp lie is eligible for a commission in the United States Corp. "In the past the University has been wtll represented at the Plotoon Leaders School and it is hopedl that students will avail themselves of this opportunity again this year," said Dean Bradley, who is in charge of University applicants. Campus Cutups Ballot For Call Although they were voting to determine the moat beautiful girls at the University of South Carolina for the beauty section of the Garnet and Black, Caro lina yearbook, a number of voters in chapel last Thursday disregarded editor Hubert Har mon's admonition not to be "facetious" and proceeded to cast their ballot for the title of "Mr. Garnet and Black". However the facetious minds didn't run together and the re sult was that two campus fa vorites, Pi K.A.'s Peden Gard ner and S.A.E.& Crawford Clarkson tied for most beauti ful. Running second high, but a very close second, were Jack Brown, an A.TAO model, and ees lew es Board Also Votes New Promotions The University board of trus tees approved a new set of campus social rules, promoted five members of the faculty, and transacted other official business at their meeting Wed nesday in the library. Fif teen trustees attended the meet ing at which time the board discussed briefly the action to unseat several of its members, but took no definite stand on the matter. The board empowered President McKissick to appoint a special com mittee of five members of the board to confer with the Alumni Council relative to 'filling the post of alumni secretary left vacant by the recent resignation of Barney A. Early. The committee, also required to discuss other matters of mutual interest to the Alumni Association and to the University, will report its recommen dations to the board at its next meet ing. Social Rules Approved The code of social regulations adopted by the board was recom mended to the president by a joint committee of faculty and students headed by W. S. Woods. The regu lations were adopted with the pro viso that the president shall have power to modify or suspend any of these regulations in the period from now to the end of the current aca demic year, if a joint committee on student social affairs composed of faculty and students appointed by the president so recommends. The social code provides, among other things: That all dances and other social functions shall end at 1 a. m. dur ing the week and at 12 midnight on Saturday night. That all formal dances, except in the cases of special exceptions, shall be held on Friday night or Saturday night or the night before a holiday. Frat Dances Restricted That each social fraternity and sorority be allowed to give not more than one formal dance every other year. That dances given for or by any group be considered a dance of that group and will be counted in the quota of that group. That all student or social functions must have a chaperon approved by the dlirector of student activities and list ed in advance with him. That a committee of faculty and students be appointed to have super vision over the general social life of the campus. Other regulations dealt with public ity, financial statements and faculty (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Facetiously ous Cuties luscious Lang Long, who parks his carcass in the S.A.E. chap ter. John Crews, varsity football end and also a gallant fraternity man of Sigma Nu held down the third position all alone after the balloting was over. Other c a mp us favorites turned out to be the popular Sol Blatt, Jr., and Tom MdcCutchen, Kappa Sigma. According to editor Harmon, he of the famous letters to the king of England, these ballots were thrown out in the serious and final tabulation for the queen but due to the fact that they were so numerous a count was kept on them. He failed to mention if a single vot, was cast in his favor.