Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I MI. fi' i' wu4i *iI' ~1ITirst P f6cuction ~ ~~rq' t ~arIy Date Z8816~ No - F'ounded 1908 Soldiler-Scho ......... METAMORPHOSIS FROM S typical daytime resident of Forl change from-fahy student to r oral courses at USO while he is ture Holscher is shown in his re ing to the army garb and in the Many Jackson Courses At US Scholarly Brainstorms As Soldiers Register P The rattle of machine guns, he crashing of bombs is alternal ells for Paul Holscher and otl ional Guard. Iolscher and his oldiers by day, scholars by nigI SherrlI To Address Rat Tradition Class Democracy To Be Title Of First Few Lectures Fundamentals of American democ racy wvill be the subjects of several lectures by Dr. George R. Sherrill, professor of political science, to be deClivered in the first semester course on the history and traditions of the University which all freshmen are requiired to take. . Doctor Sherrill was r'to de liver these lectures by i xecutive committee of the board of trustees upon the recommendation of Presi dent McKissick. Th le course will be given at five every Monday afternoon~ in Drayton liall. The class held its first meet ing this week. Instructor A. S. Hodge of the De partment of Modern 'Languages will ha e- charge of the course, assisted by KSK fraternity. Attendance on the course will be '. efully checked and the same rules to absences will apply as in the se of other courses. freshmen successfully completing Course and passIng the final exam Son will receive one credit. ERS IL ft lOr Pulls Quick OXOLAR TO SOLDIER IN T' Jackson and night-time inhabit eady soldier in Minuteman time stationed with the Eighth Divial ular civilian costume while the final shot Paul is a regular Forl Students Take C In Off-time Replace Warfare Fury 'or Day, Night Classes the thunder of Howitzers and ing with the pounding of brain ier college students in the Na cohorts will lead double lives it-for the next nine months. Many, college students in South Carolina have been mobilized with National Guard units for a year's training at Fort Jackson. Quite a few of these lads are planning to continue their college careers-mostly night work--despite mobilization and threat of war. Holscher, a typical soldier-scholar, has enrolled in regular academic school at Carolina, getting off from camp routine each morning .at eleven o'clock to meet classes. The ambiti ous Guardsman also is planning to register in the Extension Division's evening school when he gets his camp schedule arranged. Fort life not hard Everyday life at Fort Jackson is not especially hard, according to the Guardsman. The hours are long seven until 11 a. m. and three p. m. until dark. But there is plenty of time in the four hours off for dinner to commute to Carolina for classes. Some students at the fort are planning to use part' of their dinner hours to digest knowledge instead of food. Others are devoting the cool of the evening for night school. A few like HIolscher are entering bo0th day and night classes. As yet it is callous conjecture as to how this scheme will work out. No dloub)t the schedule wilt be hard, b)ut most of the soldier-students say they can carry on some how. But one thing is certain. With the naval R. 0. T. C. unit assured for Carolina, it will be army mule versus nav gat on the same campus. ,Cange Act RME ACTS-Paul Holscher, or of Carolina, demonstrates a Holscher plans to take sev on at the fort. In the first pic second photo shows him chng. Jackson soldier. Registration Totals Pass 1800 Tuesday; Shows Small Decrease Naval ROTC Expected To. Attract Increase By Final Registration At noon Tuesday Carolina's regis. t-ation total had reached 1,810,.? tider last year's figure at the samin time, John A. Chase, Jr., dean of ad ministration, announced. Comnpleth registration for the first semester last year was 1,946. In spite of the drop, University of fcials are optimistic about prospects for this year. Dean Chase empha sized that registration for the first semester will continue until Sept. 2f; ad, expressed the opinion that late registration figures will approach' those of last year. Chase declared that since the naval R. 0. T. C. unit-a natural drawing card-was not confirmed until a few days before Carolina opened, it wouk be some time before indicative regis tration figures can be obtained. "Then too," Chase said, "many Carolina students and some high s.chool graduates are in National Guard units being called for national (lefense measures. And many others have joined naval air and land military forces since June." Many soldiers now at Fort Jacksor undoubtedlly will enroll in the Uni versity evening school. However, they cannot be counted in regular Caro lina enrollment figures. Undoubted ly the evening school will he the largest in the history of the Univer sity, both in courses offered and ir students. "We are proud to see that in spite of unsettled economic conditions and war conditions, there is little drop ir our enrollment," Dean Chase. said. (/ Sept.28 Last Day to Change Courses Saturday, Sept. 28 will be the last date for first semester registra tion and the last date on which a student may change his curricu lum, John A. Chase, Jr., announced this week. Tuesday, Oct. 1 is. the last date on which a student may withdraw from the University and apply for refund of tuition fees. CPTP Training To Be Continued For Second Year Flying Service Pledge 'In Case of Emergency' Included First Time For.the second straight year Car ,Liia~ w", t-z-;ca Training program. Dr. J. Rion Mc Kissick, president of the University, announced this week. However, all students who take the course must sign a pledge to enter the military service of the United States in case of national emergency. Application blanks may be ob tained rom Professor Robert L. Suinwalt, Director of the program in Sloan college, Room 310. Appli cations should be filled out and sub mitted at once. Flight and ground course are scheduled for completion by. Janu ary 31, 1941, the end of the first semester. Ground school instruction will be given by members of the regular University staff and flight instruction will be continued by the Hawthorne Flying Service, Inc. at the Municipal Airport. Applicants must meet the follow ing requirements: They must be citizens of the United States and be between the ages of 19 and 26 on Oct. 1, 1940. They must have suc cessfully completed at least one year of satisfactory college work, if still in school, and at least two years if no longer enrolled in college, yet desiring to take the course. They must meet physical requirements as determined by the Civil Aeronau tics medical examiner, and have (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) Board Leases Maxcy To Local WPA Office Students Will Probably Regain Use Next Year "The executive committee of the Board of Trustees leased Maxcy Col lege to the Works Progress Ad.min istration to meet with an expected emergency for the University con cerning the national defense program, and to secure possible future benefits for Carolina," John A. Chase, Jr., clean of administration, said this week. The WPA has rented part of the building until June 30, 1941, and has the privilege to renew the lease until July 1, 1942. The WPA also is em powered to cancel the contract at any time after 30 days' written notice. Dean Chase emphasized that in all probability students will occupy Max cy College next fall. "In making this decision," Chase declared, "the committee worked for the best interests of the University and the student body, We realize this is a considerable inconvenience to the students, but we feel that in the end, Carolina.will benefit." Several weeks ago, immediately after the contract was signed, Chase wrote letters to all students who had reserved rooms in Maxcy, asking (CONTINUED ON PAGE 0) Will Be Time Aft All students interested In securi President McKissick in the Unive Thb new nava R. 0. T. C. uni according to informqtion from t Kissick, yesterday. While no d enroll in the unit has yet been i Gets ROTC ci. *9/ON dW"c'isgICk University Stadium Undergoes Improvement Improvements on the University stadium are now in progress, ac cording to a recent announcement by President J. Rion McKissick of the University. All wooden seats are being re paired and the steel top tier of seats will be given two coats of pro tective metal paint. The press box and other booths will be painted also. Palmetto State Life Gives Free Carolina Stickers Those cutout Carolina stickers sent to all students this summer were given with the compliments of the Palmetto Life Insurance Com pany, John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration, said this wveek. New USC Pep Will Be Played Famous Pat Ballard Will Arrange Score Pep when Carolina needs pep just before the Clemson football game--is coming from Fred War ing's Pennsylvanians. The Chester field Pleasure T,'me artists will in troduce a Gamecock fight song in tin pan alley swing time over the NBC Red Network, Friday night, Oct. 18. A telegram of confirmation from the famous maestro to Sol Blatt, Jr., student body president, Sept. 14, culminated a long campaign for the needed pep song. Early last spring Frank Ward law, news service director, and Hugh Williamson, head of the music department, started agitation for a new Gamecock do-or-die dit tie. UGURATE EN_DAYS rk Thinks Unit FiIled in Short er Opening Date g Information about the new Naval ROTC unit are asked to meet rsity chapel at 4 p. m., Friday (tochy). t will be established at the University within the next ten days, he Department of the Navy received by President J. Rion Mc efinite official statement about the number of students who may eceived, it is believed that at the outset it will be about 110. Scores of inquiries concerning the unit have been made by tudents, according to President McKissick, who adds that the :utlook is that the unit will be filled quickly. Nothing will be done toward enrollment until the naval of Blcers assigned by the Department of the Navy arrive at the University. Navy Head Writes McKissick James Forrestal of the Department of the Navy, acting for Rpertary of the Navy Knox. has written' President McKis sick: "I take great pleasure in informing you that the Univer sity of South Carolina has been selected as the location of one of the new units of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps to be established this month. "The Navy Department has made these selections with the utmost care and feels confident that the University of South Carolina is destined to produce an outstanding unit, highly creditable to the University and to the United States Navy." Notification that textbooks for the students to be enrolled in the unit have already been ordered has also been received from the Department of the Navy. "Emphasis is placed upon the scholastic aspect rather than drill," according to an official statement from the Depatment of the Navy. USC Gives Full Oredit The University will give full credit for all courses given in the unit. Dean Francis V. Bradley has prepared the following pro posed curriculum for Naval R. 0. T. C. students which is ten tative and subject to change: Freshman Year Sophomore Year English 11-12 ...................................6 English 21-22 .................6 Language (11-12 or 21-22). 6 Language 21-22 ...............6 History 11-12 .............................6 Math. 17.............. 3 Math. (11-12 or 13-14) ................6 Laboratory Science ............8 Naval Science ....................3. Naa3cec......... Navigation ........................... Naiain2......... Summer Cruise....................... Elc niern12..... - ESummer 2122..........................1 "Caet o te avl es ~wilavarl wiech iltk ................... plc "Stdetswhoar amitedtoi av ga(n eretion of................... lagug wil hvecopltedth rqureensumer t C.S rete .................. of "Cd fthe Frsm Nar,ad es will avled forilx hurch aitiake tdesac mn the Sophomore year in lieu of anguage 21-22 as listed above. "Students who on the basis of e trance tests are entitled to take six sub jects may add an elective in the Fr hman year to the above curriculum." Song Writte By Fred Waring; On NBC Re Net October 18 1850 Students Sign Petition For Bong Waring offered USC little encour agement at that time, saying that as so many colleges wanted new fight songs it might be impossible to write one for Carolina. A fewv days later President-elect Blatt sent the Pleasure Timer a pe tition signed by 1850 students.' Even then the maestro wasn't satisfied, but a series of letters from students and a barrage of mail from Blatt had the desired effect. On August 15 Waring wrote the presi ent, saying he would write a Caro lina fight song. Blatt immediately sent school colors and Gamecock information, as well as a copy of the Alma Mater Sol Blatt. Jr., responsible for new to Pat Balla'rd, Wa,ring's well peD song,. known arrangrer.