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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
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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.
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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.
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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.