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Pre-Christmas Dances Get Into Full Swing stat Next Before Holiday Period Wednes Night (Story on Page 5)Story n P University of South Carolina Z7V eA , S. ( ., FRI)AY, )E('EM ER 13, 1940 Board Of Publications Names Wilmeth, Frick Co-EditorsOf Gamecock '0Y Jim McKinney Elected Managing Editor For Second Semester; Editorial Council Is Approved By Board Richard Frick, Senior Journalism stident from Chapin, and Philip Wil meth, Senior Arts and Science student from ilartsville, were named co editors of The Giiecock for next semester at a meeting of the Board of Publications, Tues<day evening. Jim McKiinney, Junior JournaliNni stident from Ilelton,- was elected Nanaging Editor. These officers succeed Paul "Scoop" League, retiring editor, and Philip Wilhueth, outgoing Managing Editor. Leonard Turnbull, St)phomire in Journalism, was iade Sports liditor, and Doris Nash, also Sopnhiore in Journalism, was selected for the Co ed Editorship. It was also decided at the Board of Piblications imeeting that an editorial coiicil will be set ipi. This will be climptodsed (f the two editors, the man aging editor, the retiring editor. and a member (f the B oard if Publica tiolls. Peggy Mailev was the lliard member chosen. Associate Editors elected were: Deward 1. Brittain. Jirnalism Junior of Rock Iill: Iernie 1la'is, I.aw Seniir of Nirth: Blanche Gibbs. Jinitial isin Seniir (If ('lumbia; Jane Cox, Joumrnal ism Seiiori of St. Mattihews; and Joe Kirby, Journalism Senior of St. George. Associ.ate Society .(itors will le: Nancy Pladgett, Sarah Flinn, Sara IIlnghes, Jaildoli 1.arley, and Xatiryiin Martin. Assiciate Sports Editors are: Paul Callahan. IMn MerriAk, and (;oir (oll II ill. IEditmr Frick ha- been Asso(-ciate E(it)r aind Spirt Edit(ir (if The Can(YCek. lie is a niinbur (of the Eiphradian I.iterary S((city, and of the McKissick mi-urnalins Clutb and Sports Edit"r (if tie (;rIe di/aI/. Editor \'iliethi has bieen Asiate F.ditor anid AManaging E.ditor of til i per. !C is a ITember Of tle IEuiplrlllian I .iterarV SI-ciov. S. .\. F. scial fraternity, and is one (if the 1'niversity repreent ative- in "\\Vlm'*s \\I I Amnig Students inl Aierican CIlleges and L'niversitics." Staf writers flr The (,IM(YOC will be: F:rank SIom, I'h Quin AI S bert Eggerton, Jhin Nash, I'ail hi,cy, 'itkiii Bell, I),onal I.aw, I elen Fakmiry, lorris Nlazursky, and Theresa Tenwre. Carolina's New Library To Be Occupied About Middle Of February-McKissick Building Will Be Used Exclusively For Library; No Student Or Administrative Offices Included (!dtrsnote: Pi'resident .1. Rion .11(-Kissi,-k and l'oesrR. .11. Sumn walt carried Jim .11cKiney, (;amceoclk reporter, Ithrou i 1h ('ar1*lina's new /i b>rary Mlonday aifternoon. Follo-win.q is .MicKinnley's story3 of the lpuildint;j.) By Jim McKinney Catrolinia's niewv library, ani archive contta inuig eight floorn levels of space fIr iboo(ks, perilodicals, oIffices, study roomlns, read ig rIoomsn, vaults, cla-ssrooms11 anid exhlibit ioni 1 lobies, wvil bIe reall fI r o ccupiat ion aboult Felbrua.ry 15, Pr1esidlent J. lis~on Mc eNissiek annnn d11 viic' esterday . The bluildling will lie used1 exchit*~~_________ ___-_______ sively fo r library purpoilses, lie emphlla- a.1LatDt si/edl. Nol hea<bIiarters flIr htutnr organ/iattlins anid no admtinistrtivt efrPy etBak (iliies will ble loctd t here. Th'le bllad of truhsteces may u tte tlihe dkF Vllnin,~'nvri dCtIc o (f thle bitildi tig fI ir its mieet igs, (lsiti i1 illeI t dy ta tt llowever.(iitwiltito efrpiitt(I Assigmeints of olfic'es are temipl - scn eetrfe,adwo(i rary, l 'iesidhent AMc lisick Iplinited out. Thecy mauy lIe chaniged afiteri the ht(cfrI s tietrfe.ms library openis. At piresent Navaltietleicesr iak tletre R()OTC (,Tficers are uisiing part (If thet i~5Iltl( lcfle* nat Th'le best material and thStarbest int the conistrtictioin ofI the buildinig, FirtO e r nA theipesideint said. taini stacks fI Io ioks, reecords andl ''leX ~ n clnl tcwtI per'ioialils. The 1libiaryv ju probabIly i eetyaipo plcto willI house betwein 400.000J( aiidlitle 'ivstvfo$tI,:5,wl 500,000) 1 books,I 'reti<ent AMc Kissickliii((lt eiooftn said. , , - iis c trts arn il tli tir t (f tle "In fact", lie detclared. ite lirary is sli vast, theit averae' ('aril iina situ- oiinya',IredeitJ.Ron c deint.mnay ne iver seec all par ts oIf it.''" siks ItI i ekiiarpyt A t ypOing tIolom with Iiivte laige' typ- al' t ii eih i ttet1'h) inig roomii desks. will lbe aIt the luldisosaii .ait,mngrtftet'i Thel ftu-niture of the librr will ii NI-lice-,Sa Auii be the most comiforutale avaiil- iIro tl'X A hsgv hn aIde, P resilent NIAlKissic k (Iec-lamred.-tiiS~f uttin lt tttI a ir Chair's wililit belothi duriale'tnh a ii-miv bal th rsh o restful. D)esks will lie pirovided'l for itlid l'ti'- )ljtt o ('very purpose. L ouniges~ will bet placed throughlonut th li'uiiild intg. llI% i I)rNIc1isitkIt (CONTINn.D1ONaPAGEate Fti HOLIDAYS Christmas holidays will begin Friday morning, Dec. 20, at 8 a. m. Students were warned about cutting classes two days before and two days after holidays by Dean John A. Chase, Jr., this week. Holidays will end at 8 a. m. Friday, Jan. 3. Students are asked to remem ber that the new cut system will not go into effect until next se mester. New Cut System Is More Liberal Than Last Chase States Extension Of Voluntary Attendance And Dropping Of Double-Cut Is Cited "The new systei of class attend aiice is more liberal in many re spects thati the old one," John A. Chase, Jr., dean of adninistration, said this week inl reply to student luestions concerning the new at teidance regulations which go into effect next semester. )ean Chase pointed to the exten sion of voluntary class attendance to juniors with "B" averages, the abolition of the double absence rule and the abolition of scholastic pen alty when a student is dropped from a course for excessive absences. He declared the registrar's of fice woulld have no record of ab) sences until after a student has missed a class Imlore than twice the number of credits the course gives. The student is tlien drtipped from the class roll with a grade of "\\'" unless his excuse for the excess ab sence is approved by the conitit tee oi absences. Sttudents %who participate inl stu denlt activities d 111 w1ho would re ceive a grade of "\\'" for excess a 1bsences ma petition U)ean Clh'ase for excuses froim not imore than tiree absences inl anyiv one class. Any otIer absences due to st u deiit activities mu1ist Ie excused by the cimlittee by a petitiol pre seinted one week in advance of the ab)selces. The present system of turning in Cxcuilses is ablished entirely. Al) seices can be eCused iinly by )eant Ch'iase and the coimimittee, as pro viddedl above. 280 Seniors Have Applied For Dips Chase Says March 1 Lost Application Date A total oif I2st senliors havi~e api Plited for iudergraduiat e degrees in Ju ne. J1olin A. Cha se, J!r., dean of adminmist ration, announced yester day. Th'lis is five mlore aplication'. haii the saine date last year. Iidications point to aiiothier rec ord-bireakinig gradiuatinig elass next spring," l)can Chbase said. l.ast year's graduiatinig class cointaiined T he first per'soin ini the history uof lie tiniversityv to get a degree in mnusic 1)1oh.lhy will finiishi ini Ju ne. I )eaii Ch'ase said. O ne hiudredl sixty-fIour mhen aiid (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) struction On New T cordance With Appi Xl r.I aul I.eague,. NI anager 1' niversit y Tleninis TIeaim, I )ear NI r. I .eaguie: Thlank votn for your letter of Ihi'. .t, 191. in, concerinig the possiilhity of hiiiliiig adduitioiial tenniis courts at this time. As youi knmow, t he .'iiversity~ has aln approved \\'l'A application in lie aimiont of $1 l,:aa' I for the pur1 po4se' Of bunibliing the coutis. I have just discussed t his situ ationi with Ii .awreince NI. I 'inckney, State Admiinistrator of the \\ 'PA, aiil lie iinforimed ime that he hopes that it will be possible to start eon stritet ion of the new court.. around lie first o(f the cominmg year. AIlore over, lie told inc that it has been imponssible to start thliis project be - cause dlefense n)rojects receive nri StudE Given Of Ft Board Of Trustees Coaching Contract' Board Pleased With Coo Decision Insures His St Coach Rex Enright can enjoy a happy Christmas holiday after the Board of Trustees extended his con tract until December, 1945. The Board praised Enright for his fine work with Carolina athletic teams and his influence on the student body and the youth of South Caro lina. Poor Men Are Victimized By Wily Wimmin Students And Profs Fall Along Wayside Of Female Scheming "Too many girls call me up and ask me to come down to Sims hall, so I don't have time enough to study," pleaded the freshman who busted too many subjects at mid-semester. You could have blasted the professor over with a cream puff at that excuse. He was al most inclined to excuse the boy on the face value of that lulu; buta cose lok t te yun auhrcue/ imt7eiae thr a ohngbttuhi thefae o te yun Gerg Washigton coanc te Enhon-t canen happy Christmastholda fetheu Yor f cuses teted,"s on Board raie Erightssor hisshine deepry--fohe oina atetig tear rid his inlenont.tuen boendi thCout of outao lina. p liato Ptyooer Men Ather l W'inckey in xedn alnr. longai thaysieltr Ofe premjale aSchemnga h "Toeany gihtr ls v.lllmblu. Sims halilg soIot havie timrae eough tola studyg,"h prloedh fr ensanewouted toaxny rg ,ioy h culesd haer lae the t fC professfor thsrove.ihacem m-'ost inlied oxusethe been otearyi faevalu of hatblnguad atoaren causd o hoe tha thaoet wi prvbe fea "SirhIin tendor tim prvnx seete-nr inct 'leveny, canJb lead atay."ssck ned thisemonth mt C Fi na 1culty Extends Enright's To December, 1945 ch's Work At University; ,rvices Until Dec., 1945 Rex E-'nright's cotract ts hea C(oaCh anei athletic <iirtctor at tit UnI versity of South Carolina wast ex tende<l uitil )ecember, 1945 by the board (f trustees at its regular Inee t ing in the Lniversity library Wed ie-<ay 11trililg. Coach Etright's pre-ent cloitract will no0t expre until Iecetiicr, 1941. The aCtioln of the tru-tees \e-terdav simply extends it for iur ad<Hional yea rs. President J. Ri,n NlkKi,-sick said that the actiil if the t iard w\a tinllimoilt. It was hamed 4,11 a nIiami ilottis rectmen ati. i 4 the trie. e(IIIllmittves <oll situiellt affallr, al !I nance i .ol>mt secsInl. 1'resident .\McKissick <ioclarei thit Coach Enriglits reectiin fior i.ur years after expiratill (if i pe-unt contract "evidences the c1i<lenc, inl, approval ML1 ctmmlatin of imi imiver"ally felt by nit -Ily the tut, tees,, but alko thle faculty. '11tni-,. aluminii and friend, of tile Liri "llis service to, the Liv it ly ha beein highly sICCe!- .Iful," itr,id McKissick conti ., "e.-!-pci ally I'l View (of tl e.tra r il li:iie :l pr-blmlls % with wIich lie h - I n . irl-nted ll d which he hla, been1 -t,. "The trut r Arehp! Il:o with I r. E nrllihtii IIe it.m I i ity anl achiievet,cit as e1e In, (irector IIf athi t-ie-.. b lu t tt r , u1-ual tribute is u.,11allY 1, t 15 k:" apprl ciat o t the lxt i a, I I I if the C.ach. liy i h t. .1 teis ty, -t Ie rt anlup . Ic I u tI i tat lint ;m imr I i EnII*IghIIt wa;Is elete h I: cach at the l-re 4f the l1it3 i 7 it. '1ucctedi I) .\le('ali t . Thk la1winl. 1 ear ite wa, mad'e I! 1:ntI. nlt.%* -created dt partent I ath it ( . antd ,d led t, Lt i et. r,,,. : iv the anq ffut pr.it-r. i .1er e 11:l 1i:i 1 t n ar..: . i ( tertveI a -tnt at.Ich at tilh L vesti es u of N,.th 'al- in a til ;eI gu-vi.t~i Y.\ asi......t atNtr j1.,1 tie wt,~ .1 s la llt ilcZ ti i t 'V ,t I greaitt aKnltute 10.ekne.ru Hot~tf.nrary Faterihty \\iiToll Il;o .le,n tu ait :i:g tdpl .t i /l onstil IApr Comi Code Provi Liberty To Through Ne C:a-olina took anotherl-tvp thi, wtevk a s the fauultfyv conlill nvw stulent bw<,v c,1nstitultionl Th a h il I ilet u reo the ne, -. An wutline of the <iuties t) fication,s for its, regular 11n4etinl Professors Cavort Thru Melodrama Starting Saturday Roskie, Rose, Lofdahl Warble Between Acts Of Old Time Thriller T- mn, rrow nighI t in I )ray\t(,n IlIalIl at eght-thity the eurtaini will ris wi the fir-t drani atic ad-nture of the (~*arolina facn'ty. I 'n.t r thc watchinl cey c o -f dIi recct or Ch!-,r1:,t, ) plier-eil. such faculty liminaries a, Mlr. C 1lip art, 1r. Pennev, Nir. Rani e. l i - F.,rrcll. Ali\t Pop(., I)t-anl Cr,w an-! .\ i-s \ave Ill co ur trn hte\ee f" us It c h i il o tic NI n tu n y t e < !. (A I : r 1' -'i'l Vd I . II ' I I I lit* - V Setting Designed by Pr,ie--r ahriti e k* m: ted [by < *\I . -In, l h Pth' Po .ill th I - 'i t: ! n: id Outcom Ofr War Navy. Controin S waIeed on the L Brth Navy Controlling 5e routes," said Professor R. B. Mowat, visiting British Hlistory professor, in an interview yes ter day. Professor Mowat has until re cently been in the thick of the bonmhed areas of England. His home is at Bristol, and he has visited in London while raids were in progress. "People are very quiet in London, and too busy to think about fear and hate," said he. "The British people have great confidence as to the present war. American help has strengthened them, not only in the military sense, but also Cut on )rovaI mittee des More Students .w Features towar<d .tuident , vlf- 11e fie t Ittife on ttuln it affl'ais pal a w ith a clt1-1 ,n4 11 t.-,. er \, dloc'liliv'ilt arle : (11tics ()f :qt1.lent b(O officer ,S. tie S0tit-1t cominil, 'll1d st>ec 4. 1'r vi-i n f,r a jio t student vnut C. .mm111ttee In p i al ' atai r l F itme] -nly facty I member-a were ,.n thr I.mmtec.I 4. I'. i , f r a j-int student re.latin . . ' i- n f r a student- iacu!tv C..mn ta i t .n c.o11 .perat:ves. ( Spr I pro-vi!i-n ft,r the h-nor 7. l'r v in i,.r the right (i stu P I'r.vi-i-m i-r electi,n and im pea1hment prece Wars 1r, i n i.. a Iz Itd audnt r tI au h t t, t tile: I' :nminn a . r fac :U.I:n1hpori.tnt C mmItit .!n b ein .t'imp !- I : n 2.and eb-111 1-.: t nv :::: r thel r ega i L: n . Th nI am of I r hc theltu- n Gv ',I! th l' i e , t i 11ut t n 2. .\!t rgular mttatriculates te -r deg2rves at the .\RFli.l'. II. \RT. IY. I S n Thei r de t I l c epeds n Bit ihc aos, Says Mowat spiritualy-and the English people deeply appreciate Amer ican aid." he continued. Trade with Great Britain's do minions and colonies and the United States has been ade quate to keep supplies up he said, in spite of the fact that commerce with continental Europe has been stopped. He stated that he believed that India will be content with her new dominion status and that there is no fear at this cru cial moment of India fighting for independence. The splendid cooperation of all the domin ions is always to be counted on he said further. "Although there has been (CON"TINUED'r ONM PAGEs )