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Track Men Junior Damas Con eFinalMe et T Be DHampton (Story on Page 6) Story on Page 5) University of South Carolina Z676 Volume X X XII, No. 22 OLIJM BIA , S. C.FRID A Y . M A Y 17, 1940 _ _ _ _v a a l n First SOUthern Coed A.:. Caroline Etheredge Fledgling Caroline Etheredge Is Carolina's First Coed Pilot Budding Aviatrix Recived Final Flight Examination Last Monday Under Inspection of CAA Authority Maybe Amelia Earheart is deta , anld again Imaybie sIe isn't. n1evertheless. site has at Carolina a budilin aviatix who seents <hestilned to take her place as a World-fituous liVer, inl the person of Car-olile E'there<ge. julior ill the school of Arts and Science. -4~~~ i ilig f rm ll Saluida, Nfiss Ethe1r Faculty For Summer i t- t m-ed ill tile Smith. School Is Announced e a private 1il(it,iceii..etmider By Dr. J. A. Stoddard Croliii lll1llbvs (f te(AA c,tirp receiviiig Fifty-Four Carolina is ("le ()f tie two Wcl of the scl Professors Return To w l receivea lieise. Te wier TeachSummr Clsses27 are (it tile strtmger sex. Teach Summer ClassesTo Fly The twenty-tifth sitmmer schl(11of Noli.. ltheredge had ofr Iit-s ride the litiversity will opeii .une 10 for itt a irpiie f(mr years awo, bef,ire a 45 day sessioi, Dr. J. A. Stoddard, site started the cmurse, altd (eiltitelY director ainoiced tiday. Seventy ducided at tle tittle to tak( up avI instructors, 54 of whom are mn the t it. I er greate-t aili0i is tl ny regular University faculty, are ofTer- commercially mid toc (Mrage avia ing 200 courses in 24 schools ald de- tiotl atilolg w(ill throtghoit tie partiets. tiatioci. Ai added attraction to the schotol Her flight Ct1111 Wai 9lveit this ycar is that the two new dormi- Xfonday at Owetts feld. by ispector tories, known as the Inest itn the W C Capp (f tile Civil Aercmtttics Smuth, will be available as well as tite Miss Elitredge tir-t con regilar old onles. Because of atn ac- pleted acer groid test aio thti tte tivity fee of $1, the stilents will le rigid flight tcl. able to use tihe swilimming pool which Was cdosee t for t-e ed Ree C nta ou Stmeitts may take three cotirsc- (harbles t aitghi tise t tile atiic complete a semester's work ill I lawtiorite 1yitig Service. ner flight tlta ezterill he utimer essn Cain olie,ls rwhori 9 i n of Iia te 2e9 type reservationsceave. aItictnset Thetoteet aitd otiter fees~2 are ofa td coritg ' he s tidCctrnert sex.tul'tt to tilecoursesstudied 1w Niiss F teredigehd e (ctlirstcc rivil 'Tie oficrs f ainitlst at ii ino air rlane fours earsga agil, tef(re til Sttlllle sssin ae )r J.Rici shge stater the course, and deralnitely darc, diecto I). F.\V rad eideds ti te time toc left. upcavia Fraik . liurtiotea . T ei Crets ithietody urcrmmercially.andase.enegistrar;vind Atths esio, l dritiores ion Atog nnhouncitte tAs caionNme I USXlC hIotla t es ftlieitl. by inspetori ~ E~au,u o W. C.il app tit thiveil Aeroaticrs tithority.ig F.herl)hedgue f itladm JOIiq F.A111, oiwii~ici leted her j groti teisinde,th Sophomore, Wis KeittrMeda mliht te1i. waFor e raory-tory asseon Pg . Ieti edentteIcglst Ceeds Tm McCutheon ~gitt Refisil Colgratuatidnsgi Prsudentny of k KS-tr cu ses oc : te iesI tt;tici i age 2.plt caresamester'rssi('ttork inie saichifcourse. V Ciighitslheorasegrfdurates Wily enter inoth Junme sessi- in tiil Iti h eti eds Sory ton gdae in threet yeears.or il RACK and badma GOE Ottnesdctrs eegritei Sfhrn$3 onfe crin To te Wi,Wtlttesorsipf typen reeThis WekedTory tuton 18.Qetosa otl tctolo Pagte couse tstudirted. eeilibeoe ie f SThoALcrso Tdmintrtio of il fde tvriy o eea de ofte colleg of ats an otl it 'ilit eoett' tii beor opn forate firs atifmeteinotcahee hised Flyer 'HonorDay' Program Is HeldToPresentMedals Outstanding Students Award Presentation Lessens Commencement Exercises Very Much The awarding if me<dals to) out standing stun(lcits5 will he itie fetature of the Chapel Program todlay, it was annloniicecd by Dean F. W. Bradlev. The awarding of the imedals is part of the annual "I [fonor Day" at the University. Dean Bradley will make tie presenltatimns of all (if them. "()ie reaon fo having these pre e1tCtion moiCs is to stiortcit C"i i%m 1e merla exercises," explained President J. R<itn 'McKissiek recentlv. "Por to last year the awards were ilade at comnliiceieit." said lie, "hitt we are now trying t make the coiieceinent exercises as short as possible. Also, we want to stress the a wa rdin Ig oif these mlledal., by de vo(tinlg a special day 1) them." The . Algernon Sydney Sullivan award is one 4f the outstanding ones to be presenited at this tiime. This award is made annually by the New Yirk Southern Society. In selection (if the recipient, "nothing shall be OIIsidered except the possession of ticli characteristics of heart, mind aindl cilnthlict as evince a spirit of lmve for and helpftln-ess ti) titier Iein ain1d wolmien." Appeal For Advanced Final Exams Rejected Faculty Says Exams To Be As Scheduled To c'lea r tup conitfausi amiong fac - uty iih anstdett at thle Il' tvt of South C'ariolina ini the mlatter iof filing a special advatncedl report (if senio r gradles, .li hni A. (Cha;tse, decani Elf admnitstratiioi, issuted the fiillow ing ltecr til lie faculty V nl NI ay 10: "Toi thte Facultv-: "By' act iont of the faculty iin May (, 1031, a pet itioni of the senuir class fior adlvatle(<l titail exainat itols was dleclinied. Io 'p tIlie recitililelidat ion~ iof thle I''iiversityv Couincil, the fi l iwiing resltut wats adoptlied lby thte facuilty ont A\pril 6, 19~32, ciontcerniig tintal ex amtinat ionis fo r imembiers of thle gradumat ing class: "'l ) AllI grades fior imemblers of the gra<lauatiing (lass. ini couirses iof seniior o f graduaate Ilevet, shall lie filed withI thle li'eg ist rar lby lhe first day of the tintal exainiat iin pieriods. "''(2) It shall lbe left to thte dlis cretjolt of thie priofessior to (let erinei lie Iintal grade. it is saiggested, how - ever, that qu1ii/es duirinig the semeicn ter he subst ituItedI for th liniial e \ "Thle above resolution has been in terpreted as meaning that aniy ex aiiatiion, quin,, test, or othier means of dleterminiing the final grade of a senior shoul bie restrictedl to the hour or hoturs in which sutch class Is regtularly sclhduledl, and that there (CONTINUED ON PAGE B) Bacca Open. 3eniors Warned To rake English Exam Approximately 18 University of South Carolina seniors have not yet aken the re<quired English examina ions, which are a pre-requisite to -raduation, Professor I lavilah Hab ,ock, head of the English department mn11ouliced this week. Those seniors imst attend to this matter immedi itely. if they intend to graduate, Bab :ock said. USC Art Department Will Close Successful Exhibit Sunday Night Miss Heyward's Class Produces Outstanding Work In Every Field The annual art exhibit of the art iepartinent of the University of Sith Carolina wIll Close Sundav night, Miss Katherine Ileyward, head if the department. announced today. Over 250 people attended the recep tion Mfonday which opened the ex lhibit. Thie exhibit will be openl to the pub lie and to students all day today and t(miorrow and will open Sunday at 3 ). m11 and remain opeii until 10 1). mi1. that night. Painting Shown The exhibitin is mitstanding f,r lie excellent ma,s of material in all lields of painting and design. Particuilarly interesting is the group "i oils oi paper and canvas hv Syl via Stern, Cora, Graliai. Thelma Salvo. Dan "Millsaps and kiuby Rav lil. The work as a whole is modern inl feeling, technically satisfying and well planned. A still "ife by Daln Nlillsaps and a portra:t by Frank Barnes show al most professional abilitv. The advanced water colors include i still life with flowers by 'Marjorie Irown which has an interesting trans parent quality, three landscapes by Mfassie Trotter, executed with deli :acv and finesse. and an air brush m1oniochrome in green worked out in :areful planes by Perrin Kennedy. Millsaps Shows Work Five modern formalized paintings )y Dan Mfillsaps are highly pleasing for their unusual meidlunis and tech iique. The range from three ab ,tract portraits and a stylized land ;cape in water color on veneer to a till life of musical instruments in uil. There colo r is subdued and well >lended. This wvork in advanced oils and .vate r color is taught byv Miss Mlay larshIiall. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Sorority Rush Week Will Open Activities Orientation Camp For Boys Starts In Sept. Activistiei~sn surroundling thme (ipenling f thle l'nsiversity o f South C'arolinia or thle fall sessioni will get undlerway septembher I when sort rity rushi week ~tarst . it was annmonnseedl t his wveek by ilihn A. Chase, Jr., deant of adlumin st rat ioni at Carolina. Ireshmian (irienitat ion camp, coni luuted ansnual ly by the Y. M . C. A., v ill lbe bsehh fromii Sepit ieme 6-9. At05 noonio thle ni inthI thle first as embily of new studentits enirolledl in lhe 1 'niversityv will lie held in IDray - sn I hall, when freshimans week wimll ieg in. D ormsitories at the Unsiver ity will (ihent to new studenits at 8 a. im. on 1that dayt. The U!niversity~ 'a feteria will opeun at I p. mi. oni that hav ml so. Freshimani weck will he oncl udted on the eleventhi. Thle first faculty mieetisng will lhe ichl (on September 11. Registration f(or bioth new anud old Itidets w ill be hldl( Thnursdlay and( Hridlay, Septesmber 12. 13, anid classes silh begini on Saturdhay, 14. Enitrance examus for nuew stud(ent s *hio don't present a (diplomua, will be ield from September 12 to 13.' Iaureo ;Co Co rr Alex Raymond Picks Belles For Annual Creator Of "Flash Gordon" Deliberates Long Over Beauties The Garnet and Black savs that Flash (;(rdont is more gentlemanly than the King of England. No iitler Ias't completed his lfeitskrieg yet, and the annual staff isn't a<l (licted to evil beverages or opi ates. Away back in Octoher the Garnet and Black asked King George to pick the Garnet and Black heattice. The king re fused and the Garnet and Black almost was ejected frot the countrv. So tile editors talked Alex Raymllonl(. Creator of "Flash Gordon" of coinic atid d Mar tianl fame into picking the bealuties. The Garnet and Black pu'tentates evidently wvere struck by the fair Dale Arden atil her rivals for Gor don's favor. Rayniowl, from his perch in New York, deliberated h-ong and hard upon Carolitna's beau ties. lie had wvars to worry about. but he also wa- willing to take litile out ouit for beaity. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Garnet And Black Will Be Issued By May 30 New Color Schemes, New Type Are Used After heitig 1ai( (,ut thiree timies the (G;anet atid I ack will 1inIally be realv for diktributiton between 'Mar 24-30, Ilubert I larman. e(litor-iii-chief anilouiced today. Approximately 1.200 copies were released from the press May 15. This yearbitk wa;sti attempt to mlake it the niost incltsive bo,(k yet pu1bIlid. Danl Gibbe",a. itat re vealed. New co-hir schemes, iew pa per, and new firtms f type are fea tired this vear. The aitnual otnsistig f 300 pages surpasses last year's by 25 page-. Al so feat uri ng ftor thle tirst tinme are tile getneral and persotnal itndexe':. This year marks the int roducti tin of itnformal phto graphyv int all of icer groups. The theme designi for the cover i-s "New Schoo'l." lectauseC of the necessityv of layvin g lie book out thlree t imtes to inisurie blalanice lie ph'totgra phy cost s were trebmled. Twentieth Anniv Celebrated With Thle Smchl o f Commerc~te of the ntivetrity celebtratedl its 20:th anini versary W'edniesday evening with' a surprise party for the D)eani of the School, G eorge E. O l 'on, at the IIlo tel C'oIumiia. The occasiton was al'o tIhe 20thI antniversa rv of Deani (Olson's apptoiitmenit as head of the Schiool. l'ritncipIle addlress of lie evening was miadle by President J. Riton Mce. K issick. 1lIe recalled the twett years' history of the dhepartmtet po intig out that thle etirolmett f the school of cotmmlerce is now latrger han thle total enirolnmetit of the en tire Un'Iiversity when D)ean Olsoni he gatn his work. "'This tinie atnd st rikitig achieve tientt is miainily attribiutablme to his en ergy, pat ienlce, iniitiative, coutrage, per sistenice, itntelligence andl vi sioni,'' Presidenit ic Ki ssick said. Mi. A. Wilson, a graduate of the schooth of cotmmerce, servedl as toast master at the (dinner and itntroduced a number of gradhuates representitng most of the classes which hav'e been gradhuatedl sinCe the Sehl(nO'S fnnnel ite 4 imenc Graduation Exer On Davis Field W Dr. Edw. A. McDowell of E Will Deliver Sermon on Su The Univer.it %. of S<>uth Ci will bvegin u<Iay. Jnde -1 . w1i1 ing hel< nIt Melton fiehl at 7 p. 1 <lent of the I'niversity has v a Iowell will <leliver the sermon10. Discipline Committee Discusses Gamecock; Imposes Regulations Committee Contends Hypercritical Attitude Brings Embarrassment inig )a-t w%evk, rt-prilmn dl edI tile eIi t, rial stafft -f T/he (;aze,,Yck c - cerning the ciiluct of the ptper fri Ile cure11clt cimectr, ;n(d dlrew\ tup) -eveni regulathnl- whichl they directed Th' a w (an k t- fol in their p,1 icy f,,r all ti. remillaining " i-nes (i the pubI irca I i, n . In itsta clue a;?in,t thle sch! a er the( c111mmu1tcl. ai that The (amil'. /: h "has been imprperly c.,ni ducte(I thring the sec.nil eutme ter i tIle acallemic ar 1939-40; it i:a n t i''ns and se ib ite i th r :h capti't' al l hype itial atu tilde ha, ullwarr;ntlY reliected Ip-in the ni %ert 1y . . I a hbr.,ughz im1e em harra.nient t' membiers ti the stu <h'n b(d% and -,ther,." Warning Given The e.mmittee a! chIIred Ot e new edit-kr*' that "the ctinued free di p4 eratini The ;an./c tie condii)ne mp adherece t Ite f(reg ing po1cQie. Vi! ati.ll I an % ni t1e-le p icie ii . 1.,U t Ti. t m 'N' tre en r lhip bY all in14i vidual or commilittee and tI 'uspen n ti pil eatiti 1n. anid the iliiidl tal offiend r ti actiln by the 11i,cifp l1 i ln ntte Ill ca've of \-1-atnil i t t l . 1111iltt c decitIedI that the eittiir wiluhl Ibe hII Policies Laid Out F4.lk-wiig are the p-liics lai! It for the paper t. fr-l-w: Ti he elimitnatI : I. Voilt. abusive. vulgar, it ndecet. 'Ibscene atul phrn fante langluage: .2. Refterence to drinuking. g ambiilng. and oither vice> n thle part si fm StudtitIt; 3. Re.ferenice.. which are stuetitve. iindecen t n r bscene; 4. Statemten: which fai! to ,hi. w proper coutrtesy tir atnd coinsiderati In (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) ersary Of Scho< Surprise Party ing. R. (i. I l necretary of thet Uni inivocatin. Johnt A. Chiase. Jr.. dean, oif admtintist rati' n. Iinltucid Presi George E. Olson rmon ement cises To Be Held ednesday, May 5 Iouthern Baptist Seminary aday Night at Melton Field r*ohll foineilnileeiilent <-e--vises h the hat-cdinur1ea1tv .41nnon01 be I.. Dr..J. lZion McKIS,ick, presi nolnTeed. Dr. Ed wa I'd A. Mc The -radtiatitn exerci-e,, aw.ard ing if <lomas andI iedal. w%ill le held \\'ed"IIef'.:iv evenii-. Jutine 5, at 6 p. Im. oni IDavi, ldf Since the tra diti'nal gradiatiiio speaker ias beei a)(,lisliel by tile Uiiver.ity dificial . )r. McKi-iRk \%il give a bricf fare Well add11 res tile eniors. McDowell A Theologian hile baccalaureate speaker, Dr. Mc D)well. ine 1f the (Itutstandiniig the "1l(gianis if tile Souith. At present lie is prie fr N\ifNe Testament litierpretatiii at Soiuherin Bapti st Tllc, .giCal Seminary in Louisville. Ife is a native if South Carolina, g radvluiating fr-im Ftirman, fron where li biranchwei I(ut iit, n%ewspaper wirk m ( 1reVAle. I le was as at one time Secretalry to GoIv. TI'mas ( . Ic.cl.c d, lie re,ignedI this p''sitinl to take tip hi- present Jb. Served In Kentucky Ir. Nlel)mnell ha. served a-; pas;ti r -i -everal churcies in lKentukv and \irginia a- nk-l as in Sutlh Care lina. " uinct inn n it h the regulaI (.ing exercises the IMard of Trut will Ibi ieiir rei.tilar meeting ITe JnI iine 4. at 10 p. m. and tile \1nmi g!eIeral meeting will be M0 tile ae d1av. tarting at 1 :15 at 'iteward, Ill. Six Men Join Honorary Fraternity In Chapel Charleston Boy Leads ODK For 1940-41 S i. vere taipe(d by Omicrion )elIta 1\appa. ntil hiI, lionorar-y lea(i ership fraternity. ;t the wveeklV chap el Neerc:s,es at the niv. iiersity of S iuth Cart-lina last week. Te nIt'l eet ed fir tle lionir sIec, Vnre: krawfkird Clarkson, Ch inia : R.i i,it ( ilier. 1eaufort er Smith.t C i way : A. C. I. lec, lihunhia : Jamies (;a11b.way. Spar (inier. on l)e.a 1Nappa was fiounmdedl at \\~ashiington andl Lee University in 1414. On a pint1 sy stem it selects the iii:staninig male leaders of the p re'i dent : Andy \ladrion, sec reta rv >1 Of Commerce For Dean Olson F. F". WVelbiurne, Un miversity treas tirer. spi,ke ini appreciat iin if the wo rk thlat lean Olson ha' dlone and( presented hiimi with a w.tatch ini behal f if thle facuihty.~ Ciident bodyul, gradu ir Wetlbhournet said tlhat he was onie iof D ean O lsonii's firdt students aitd at membher if his origiinal baind, anmd coimmended li wiork in bunild ing uil the schli of cimerce andl in the orgaiiation'i and direction of the handi. Addressing D ean 01lson, he said: "Professor Olson, we have enjoyed the yea rs of close association with y'ou. We have respected your abil ity and hoinoredl yotur integrity. We want you to accept our heartiest conlgrat ulations on this, your 20th anniiversary, as dean of the school of comnmerce. May the future b)rinlg vou addeltd honors andi( the opportu nity to display the genius and abiility that are yours in so large a measure." Dancing followed the dinner, with music by fluster Spann and his or chestra.