The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 08, 1940, Page Page Two, Image 2
Carolin
Agree
Talks
Over 300 Students V
Are For Third Term,
Course; Against Co-e
Conftucius has said too muell
accordling to the recent poll talk
Student, Foruin. ainnounced Tv
Tle vote wis 1-18 to 11 on thi
"Let hiin talk. This is a free c
Of the 11 quesitons, the closA
toPie of whether haw stuidents
team. The vote was 171 to 16'
dents. Some answered to keel
to keep them off everything.
The students disapproved of co
eds smoking on the campus by the
count of 180 to 147. One answer
was "no, nor eds either." Another
answered he favored them smoking
pipes.
President Roosevelt got better
than a two to one vote in favor of
a third term. The count was 181
to 79. Garner led the other choices
with 28 votes. Cordell Hull re
ceived 22, and Paul V. McNutt 19.
One feminine admirer answered.
"I'm for McUutt. He's so hand
some." Thomas Dewey was the
leading Republican with 15 votes.
Jimmy Byrnes received one vote,
while one person answered "me" for
choice. Billy McGarity was the
only campus character to receive a
vote, but lie would not be eligible,
being too young.
The student chapel received a
to 1 majority, the count being 264
far and 79 against. Many of those
opposed were on the grounds that
the school needed other buildings,
such as a new science building,
much more.
The most decided vote was in
favor of a marriage course,. the vote
being 314 to 23. Several students
pointed out that the school already
had a marriage course, IIygiene 33
and Sociology 161, being named.
In response to , the question.
Should women wear stockings made
of cotton derivatives instead of silk,
as every pair of silk stockings af
fords two shells for Japan, one per
son pointed out, question disquali
fied, as it was using sentiment to
lifluence the answer. The vote was
292 to 131 in the affirmative.
But one person, answering NO,
said, "There is nothing prettier than
a curvy pair of silken encased
calves." Others answer-d it wa#for
the women to decide.
The vote was 121 to 117 against
making an additional loan to Fin
land, several saying we should make
it as a gift.
The students favored state con
trol of liquor stores by a vote of
192 to 140, several qualifying their
answers. Pooling of funds was
favored by 199 to 1 11. While the
count wvas over 2 to 1 in favor of
lurther reciprocal trade agreements.
The actual vote was 228 to 105.
Numerous students voted dIry.
The student forum is well pleased
wvith the results of this poll, the first
conducted on the campus in several
years and expects to hold another
in the near future containing sim
ilar questions.
Practical criminology is being
offered as a regular course at
Washington College by the biology
department.
Purdue University conducts a
special school for the chaperons
and housemothers of college fra
ternities.
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New Chapel, Marriage
d Smoking, Silk Hose
to too many Carolina students
nI in a day at the Canteen by the
ek Rawl, in charge of the poll.
S question. But ole ilisWer Wa!
Untrv."
"St vote wvas oil tle controversial
should be kept ott the debating
against excluding the law stu
theil ol the cailplus and somne
Holland Elected Pres.
Blackwell Vice-Pres.
Of Young Democrats
150 Students Attend
First Meeting Of New
Campus Organization
F. Mlenton Hiollan(l. Greenville,
was clvcted president of the Uni
versity of South Carolina chapter of
YoungI Democrats at a meeting of
the organization held in the Eu
phradian 1,all last Wednesday
night.
The meeting which was the first
of its kind onl the University camil
fll since J936 was opened by Jack
Page. State President of tile Yoig
Democrats, who welcomed the new
members and attempted to ot1line
the aimis and work of the organiza
Alore than one hundred and fifty
stidents attended the meeting. Sev
eral candidates for offices in the
coling campus elections and other
prolinent caipus politicians were
introduced.
Pete Blackwell, junlior law stu
dent of Columbia, was elected first
vice-president and Elinor Flinn of.(
Columbia was elected second vice
president.
Other officers elected were: Mar
garct 1akl!,; secretary; Lang
1logan, treasurer; Nlathew Polia
koff, sergeant-at-arns; Stokes
Davis, chairman of the constittution
al committee; ohlmes Dreer, chair
man of the social coilittee; Toin
McCutchen, chairman of the pro
gram committee and Jack Reese,
chlairman of tile memlbershlip comn
mittee. Jim Roper almul Bill Rhlodes
were appointedl to serve On the con
stitutional commtlittee with Stokes
D)av is.
Thle cll) is to mleet the~ first
Thutrsday in eachl monthl in thle
Etuphradian hail at eight o'clock.
"The Hitching Post" is thle name
of the new (late bureau Onl the Uni
v'ersity of Kentucky campus.
That wacky song, "The Little
Man W1ho WVasn't There", was
written by a New York University
education professor.
Thlere is a glacier in Greenland
namedl after Cornell University.
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BY BERNIE BASS
"AIy Son, 'My Son," by Howaro
Spring is among the numbet of re
cent best sellers to be found in thi
Student Union rental library in th
old Woman's building cafeteria
This book contains 6419 pages ol
175,000 Words.
This gripping modern novel, just
published last year, is written in the
first person. William Fissex, suc
cessful novelist and business man
tells the tragedy of his life. lHe
starts with his early childhood wh-]en
he is living in the slums of indus
trial M anchester, England, his
mother a washwoman anl his father
no account.
He did secure a good education
and while a young milan met his life
long friend Dermot 0' Riordan,
craftsman and Irish patriot. Bill
Essex married an ugly woman, Nel
lie loscrop, as she had some money
which would insure him against the
poverty he feared and hated.
Ile has one son, Oliver. Iis
friend Dermot has three children,
two girls, Maeve and Kathleen and
one boy, Rory. Bill Essex pam
pered Oliver all thru his childhood,
relieving his own boyhood in that
of his son's. Dermot raised his boy
Rory, imibued with the fervor of the
Irish and a hatred for England, to
be a real patriot.
Bill Essex traces his life and his
love for Oliver, his son, as the boy
grows up, a handsome blond adonlis.
But lie early finds there is a crooked
streak in the boy's moral makeup.
Father and son break up when after
his wife Nellie dies, they both fall
in love wvith the same woman,
Livia Vaynol.
Meanwvhile Maeve, who all her life
is in love with Bill Essex, becomes
a famous actress and Rory is in Ire
land, fighting with the Irish Re
publicatn Army. Then the war
comes in 19141. Oliver wins out over
his father wvith the woman and joins
the army, becoming a hero. But his
b)eautiful features becomie dlistortedl
by scars and lie hardens into a cruel
calculating man.
TFhe story swiftly moves towvardl
its conclusion, which you will have
to read to finid out. The 1)ook is
written in simple language and(
every character is plainly delinecated.
Once started Mvy Soni, Mvy Son wvill
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otne finsbies it.
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Church that evening. Over Stati
be heard on a half-hour program
The personnel of' the club inc
Anderson; A. W. Busbee, of Spr
Fred Holler, of Columbia; Profe
Columbia; Jimmy Merchant, of C
Co-ed Debate
Northern Trip
Open Forum Held Afi
William And Mary Te
Geraldine Shapiro and Irene L.
South Carolina on the affirmative
Van Wyck and Frances Wagner
cuss the strict neutrality query. TI
hall on the campus Wednesday, F
After the main speeches of th
four debaters, rather than the nex
20 minutes being used for rebuttal
the question was open for discussio1
by the audience. Iore than 5
persons were present to take par
in this open forum.
Delightful refreshments wer
served by the Euphrosynean so
ciety, co-ed literary group. Th
Hypatian society and the co-ed as
sociation were present as guest
Mary Cecile Brabbam, presideni
presided.
Nisses Shapiro and Lalorde ar
both members of the debating coui
cil and together have planned ai
extensive trip for the two co-el
teams through North Carolina, Vir
ginia, Washington, ). C., and Afary
land, to be taken in the midd(le e
April.
This is not the first time the Wil
liam and M\ary team has visited th
University. Both met the loca
team here last year. William an.
Mary is on the itinery of the USt
teams this year, too.
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lee Club Plans I
Jniversity will appear in concert at
iext Tuesday Evening, March 12.
s of the South Carolina Legislature
day, March 13; at the Presbyterian
arch 17, and at the First Baptist
on WIS on the 18th, at 1:30, it will
udes, First Row: Ed Patterson, of
ingfield; Laurie Hicks, of Bamberg;
asor Hugh Williamson, Director, of
olumbia; Roy Brown, of Columbia;
Teams Plan
In April
;er Recent Debate With
3m On Neutrality Query
Borde represented the Universtiy of
debating teai when they met Trudie
of William andl Mary College, to dis
ic debate was held in the Euphradian
lh. 27, at 4:30 1'. M.
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Ticket Sellers Will
Compete For Prize
"There will be a prize of three
dollars given to the person who
sells the largest number of tick
ets to 'The Dark Tower,'"
stated Arnold Muir, business
manager of the University
Players, last night.
Students who sell twenty
tickets or more will be given
J a free pass to see the play and
will be eligible to win the prize.
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IWhere Students Meet
13MAN and Eat
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"HOTEL FOR WOMEN"
LATE SHOW
SAT. NIGHT
ALSO STARTS MONIDAY
Charles Laugton
IN
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WITH
MAUREEN O'HAil&
THOMAS MITCHELL
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:uII Program N
Bob Schwinn, of Birmingham Al
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Second Row: Joel Kelly, of Cad
Paul Harper, of Darlington; Geor,
son, of Allendale; Thomas Burcl
Columbia; Robert Barr, of Geoi
Beach; Preston Jumper, of Colum
Third Row: Philip Wilmeth, c
Columbia; Stanley Hayes, of Bul
of York; Howard Parker, of Gaffn
Roberts, of Columbia; Pat Finla3
of Winnsboro; Bill Ward, of Floi
Chemistry Students
Take Educational Trip
Haile Gold Mine And
Tobacco Co. Visited
About 20 members of Sigma Al
pha Beta chemical fraternity made
the annual trip of the society to va
rious industrial plants in North and
South Carolina this week. The
group returns tonight.
The plants being inspected arc:
Haile Gold Mine at Kershaw;
American Tobacco Co., at Durham,
N. C.; Ecusta Paper Co., at Ashe
ville, N. C.; and the Pacific Mills
plant and dye works at Lyman,
a I"
UO. % .
The students making the trip are:
Joe Berry, Mike Clarke, J. R. Keist
ler, J. C. CiarkcP Ciyde Stevens,
Harold Shecter, J. N. Shultz, Jimmy
Wheeler, Foster Smith, Lonnie
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ibama; Walter Rivers, of Chester
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es; Fred Schiffley, of Orangeburg;
ge Ropp, of Columbia; Jack John
i, of Bamberg; George Battle, of
getown; Bill Dorsey,, of Myrtle
bia.
f Hartsville; Edwin Sampson, of
Falo, New York; Eddie Williams,
!y; Bill Bray, of Columbia; Arthur
'son, of Cheraw; Ralph Beckharn,
ence.
Garrick, H. U. Buescher. Edward
Cantey, M. Gregel, R. Kahaly, Dick
McQuire, and Stokes Randall.
This annual trip of the society is
sponsored as an education feature.
It enables the chemistry student to
visit different chemical industries
and helps him decide which he likes
best.
Many of the students make con
tacts for jobs after graduation
through acquaintances made on
these trips.
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