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No ce N. C. St&te Cag MDe Mars' Men cagers Meet in Field House (St9ry on Page Five) - -- University of South Carolina .,7676 Volume XXXII, No. 11- COLUMBIA,S. C., PRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940 Librai F. P. Gaines Gives Talk At Ceremony The University of South Carolina Wednesday celebrated the 135th an niversary of its founding by laying, with impressive Masonic ceremony, the cornerstone to its magnificent new $657,000 library. Members of the' South Carolina grand lodge of Masons, w1po con ducted the ceremony, 6nd others in attendance heard the orator of the oc casion, Dr. Francis P. Gaines, pres ident of Washington and Lee Uni versity, picture the new library as a symbol of "new resolution to exalt the sure elenjent of a state's promise, the intelligence and character of its citizenship." Martin Places Stone Doctor Gaines also described the structure as "the permanent residencd of the wise and good of all the ages, bringing forever their learning and their stimulus to our youth." Maj. S. Maner Martin, Clemson College, grand master of the South Carolina grand lodge, fitted the mas sive,limestone cornerstone into place, using the same trowel that the Mar quis de Lafayette used when he laid the cornerstone of the DeKalb mon ument in Camden in 1825. Major Martin was assisted by other officers of the grand lodge. 0. Frank Hart, grand secretary, read the list of articles to be sealed in the corner . (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) Last Week In I Date Of New I Play Was Written By Has Been Presented In The last week in February has b duction for "The Dark Tower," w during this school year by the Univ cast will be Maxine Forbes, Mary Cutcheon, and Lora Lee Green in th ton, Tom Walker, Paul Posey, Hen man and Bill Dwarkin take the ma Gilland Advises Checking Attendance Students Must Meet 75 Percent Of Classes Students at the University of South Carolina, whose attendance on class for the semester is less than 7( per cent of the total number of cl'asses held, must make a "B" average or better in that course, it was pointed out this week by Flinn' Gilland, as sistant registrar. No credit will be given on any course where a student's attendance is lower than 66 and two-thirds of the whole per cent. Any student who feels that he is on the border in class attendance is advised to come by the registrar's of fice and check on it, Gilland rid. Inside The Gamecock U. B. 0. FIGHTERS MEET Florida in Gainesville - See Page 5. RAY OVERTON ELECTED to head Alpha Kappa Ga.ma 5ee page 3. PROFESS0R HUGH WII. .LIAMBON addresses National Music Teachers' Group-.ee Page 2. BASKETEAL.L T N A.M mets N. C. Satet Wolfpack to ilight on local court-ue page 5. SSCK REQUE ry Cornerstone Laid Wednesday By S.C. Masons S. Maner Martin (center), Grand Master of South Carolina Masons, watches as the cornerstone of the new library is lowered into place. At right is 0. Frank Hart, Grand Secretary. February Is Chaos Reigns Euphs Elect BE 3roduction As Campus Hogan Will Le Woolcott And Kaufman;* Constitution Of EU New York And Chicago Fire, Fright, And Clariosophic Trans een set as the tentative date of pro- Lee Baker of Columbia was elect hich will be the second play given ersity Players. Included in a stellar Also Noticed ed preiet o the econd Lit Crow, Jane Loyal, Jaquelin Mc i feminine roles, while Albert Egger- As black as blackout as ever ter over Rhea Haskell in a closely iig Cohen, Bob Quinn, David Alter- reigned over London or Paris was contested election. He succeeds ,culine parts. tossed upon Carolina Sunday night by Stokes Davis, outgoing president. 0 "Dark Tower" has been one of the Old Man Winte. From 11:30 un- Felix Green was elected vice-pres most popular plays on Broadway in til 1:30 stygian darkness blanketed ident and Dan Hollis became secre many years, and the University is most fortunate in being able to secure U. S. C. and caused considerable up- tary, both elected by acclamation. the right to produce it. It was writ- ra l vrtecmu.CrsohrGenwseetdtes ten by Alexander Woollcott and Brtn iercesln a-ue vrMlsMCriki h George S. Kaufman, both of them lietuhtth scn ofdrns. nyohrcnetdra. among the most outstanding writersOv inPetnarglrsa ba- O erofcseetd,ll ya of the day. Kaufman was a collabo-tewa agdwihematso te rator in the writing of "The ManlaeCrsmssii. Jde wscaaon aeBllR ds,itay Who Came To D)inner," which is en- bs uhgteetr akaety rtc V .Bl~i,cno;Ce joying great popularity on Broadway igt ubteppi'ofntr ftsBazl,fnnilsceay n Direct From Broadway DasCaeBy ai,rtrn rsdn,atmtcl After running on Broadway in Dw tSnsadteWmn' 1935, "Dark Towver" moved to Clhi-Buligcasdmntdtebck ybco scsosfr . cago in 1936, and had many success-pitr astemtosare wth rng he atsmse,udr ful performances there. Last year itca le an flslgt,rnteby esDv,th soiy hd is returned to Broadway; so the Uni-ouan lokdpfrthnit,Icy tk versity students will have the privi-in qutafe gilouintecl.nst civ ardieetngm tns lege of seeing a play literally "direct Ar imrmt Ku Ku Kln in ectyas. T rew etn from Broadway." cmoe f1'etr olg ai Professor M. G. Chiristophiersen, di-ca,dondgotyaprladp-wih siusoisoftte rn rector of the University Players, ex-rde lefoetegrsdom. A-toainrstw edbtdaid i pressed the hope that the play would tog hybre i ir rqe,csel attract large audiences. "For 'Dark teYugK Ksgv sbl h oit a uhdsubdb Tower' is really the best play that (eiosrtoia n tgdb h h oso t osiuin hc a could be obtained," said lie, "for pro- Ivsbe Epr fRcntuto duction here or anywhere. It is one (as n h hita oias t of the very best things that have beenKinpig amatweabushsotsytben i on Broadway in ten years or more." Mr hnaltl elwsrielcvrd Sun Writes Comment i h tdn no."ici Typical of the write-ups the play Cmnls on-ae"oB"Cr etn ftenwsmse nFb receivedl in New York are these from tr oa huh is hths0( ur ,tefrtTedyatrsc the New York Suri-"one of the mostlayhdbekiapebytenbodsmsercsestr.Aths polished and wittiest plays that evertriu Sutrra gos,meng he ewy lced fies I Copy Of GmCocmunpOusea thebi tme rakesBad ahcktedmbhsido O th Atlstesorofurcm tha mst amus tret n he Ft, hssrist tre w emtre, SAndan Universit student who was cks lckutasovrcapsItolasofth speningthe hrtmashol- t upon Crlina meetngdanih olby u2lirr o ne Students Ask For New Chapel In Meeting KSK Fosters Move To Ask General Assembly For New Chapel Funds Carolina's historic, but small and outmoded chapel was filled to over flowing Tuesday morning by students who voted unanimously to request the legislature to appropriate funds for a new chapel. The move for this new chapel was originated by Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary leadership fraternity, Tom McCutcheon, president of KSK, pro posing the resolution. Students Turn Lobbyists All students living in South Caro lina were asked to write, wire, or talk to their representatives, requesting them to appropriate money for a chapel. Each county club is expected to me,et and send a request for the new building to its representatives. Until two years ago the opening meetings of each freshman class were held in the old chapel, but with Caro lina's increasing enrollment, these meetings have been moved to Drayton Hall. Now, even Drayton Hall is too small to seat all first year students and transfers. Reasons For Request The following reasons were offered by the student body for making the request: "Our present chapel can seat only 494 students which is only about one in every four. The University now has 1946 students and will have more (CONTINUED ON POGE 8) iker Prexy; ad Clarios phradians Missing; acts No Business Lang Hogan, Law School junior, was elected second semester presi dent of the Clariosophic Society in the society's mid-term elections last Tuesday. Hogan defeated T. E. Mat thews for the office. He succeeds Foster Smith. Named to the vice-presidency was Anthony Smoak, senior in the School of Commerce. Smoak is the retiring secretary of the literary organization. Other new officers elected were: Harry Breazzelle, secretary; Bob Griffith, treasurer; Pa'ul H-olscher, critic; Clarence Glover, sergeanlt-at arms; Ernest Broom and George Ay cock, monitors. James Mulford and D. A. West moreland were named junior and senior valedlictorian respectively. Sidney Duncan, Dick Jefferies, and Deward Brittain supervised the elec tionl. No business was transacted. Wyman To Address LeConte Society The LeConte Scientific society of the University will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday night at eight o'clock in room 202 LeConte College. Doctor Marion H. Wyman, di rector of the Wyman Urologicat Clinic of this city will be the speaker. He will talk on the sub ject: "Degeneration versus Regen eration -- Physical, Mental, and Moral." All science students of the Uni versity whether members of the so ciety or not are invited to be present at this meeting. construction, and of the many other improvements * on the campus. The featur, story also told New Yorkers that thel Uni versity of South Carolina had the largest enrollment for the year of 1989-40 In all the history of the Institution. $74J Speaks Claude Pepper, U. S..senator from Florida, will speak in Drayton hall, February 1, Dave Baker, secretary of the Caro lina Student's Forum, an nounced today. Babcock Releases Results Of Senior English Exams No Students Busted Quiz; 65 Letters Mailed To Students Students trained at Carolina did better on the whole than those trained elsewhere on the English test recently given to applicants for degrees, an nounced Dr. Havilah Babcock, execu tive heind nf tho Fnglicl department. Thq sole purpose of the test was to discover a student's weakness in English if any and help him to cor rect it. There will be no list of grades posted but any member of the senior class may confer with Dr. Babcock at his pffice in 109 Davis college at any time concerning his grade. Individual notifications will be sent within the next week to students who fell below the minimum standard. Dr. Babcock is arranging to give these deficient students an opportunity to overcome their deficiencies and be re examined during the second semester. This week approximately 65 copies of the following letter were mailed to students wvhose spelling was sub ject to criticism, but not so bad as to necessitate any action on the U'ni versity' part. About 300 dlegree seekers took the test. (CONTINUED ON POGE 6) AnnuH Hoors Th 190eiin fTeG mTrhe 194 dtha n or Te naa ,81 Budget Much Larger Than Present One New Chapel Is Listed In Increased Demand For Coming Fiscal Year The University of South Carolina made a total request to the Budget Commission for the fiscal year 1940 41 for a total appropriation of $745, 916, it was revealed this week by President J. Rion McKissick. This request represents an increase of $160,948.56 over the present year's expenditure of $584,967.44. For maintenance, including build ing materials and repairs for the Uni versity, a total of $457,166 is asked; for permanent improvements, includ ing construction of a new chapel, re moving the extension building, and construction of a new class room building, a total of $288,750 will be requested. Five Year Program The University desires to start a five-year program for repairs and it asks for $50,000 a year for this pur pose. This is $10,000 more than was asked last year. It is estimated in the report made to the commission that it would take $250,000 to make all needed repairs at the University, including modern izing plumbing and repairing ancient dormitories, etc. One big reason for asking an in crease is the increase in the enrollment at the University, which this year will exceed the 2.000 mark. To Build Chapel For construction of the new chapel the request is for $137.500 from the state to be added to a sum to be ob tained from the federal government to make the entire cost of the pro ject total $300,000. The following is taken from the re port: The University asks for $13,750 for a similar project for removing and reconstructing the Extension building into an administration building. Be cause of abandonment of the Exten sion building the University has been forced to transfer temporarily most of its administrative offices to quarters provided for and intended for stu dents in one of the dormitories. Re moval and reconstruction of the Ex tension building for an administra tion building would cast only a small fraction of what construction of a new building would cost. Money For Classroom Our other request under this head is for $137,500 as the State's contri bution to a Fedleral project for con (CONTINUED ON POGE 6) rnet and B1ack, Utiiyeruity ot. be dedicated- to Mrs. Addie S. 1938 after 35 years serwie as ary.