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Poxers And Cagers SMeet Traditional Foes RgltosFrVtr In Doubld Duals Tonite S CdeiC ncions (Story on Page 5) 4o (Sto y o Pag 5)(Story on Page 2) University of South Carolina Z676 Volume XXXIV, No. 12 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7.1941 , 1941Fonnaa lona Exams To E At Popular All Missing The faculty committee on pe tion schedule for all students w% because of illness or other excu inittee chairman, announced W In releasing the schedule the recommendations: (1) That the examinations be sch (2) That no deferred examination (3) That any student failing to schedule be permitted to stand suc by,written approval of the committc (4) That in any cse there be a examination within the schedule at sor and student. (5) That in case the deferred exa students, the professor is authorize< schedule date at the convenience of (6) That examinations may be ho sence from classes is involved. (7) That professors file in the r< grades for deferred examinations purpose. The examination schedule is as fo Feb. 12 M.W.F. 11:0( Feb. 14 M.W.F. 10:0( Feb. 17 M.W.F. 9:O( Feb. 19 M.W.F. 8:0( Feb. 21 T.T.s. 10:0( Feb. 24 T.T.S. 9:0( Feb. 26 T.T.S. 8:0( Feb. 28 M.W.F. 12:0( Two Carolina Co-ed Youth Congress in I Bird And Jackson Going I Is All About; Will Speak I Two University of South C and Therepa Jackson, left yes Youth Congress in Washingtoi The two say they are attending the convention mainly to see what goes on, but both admit they will speak to South Carolina representatives in the National Congress about continuing NYA aid to college students. The chief aims of the Youth Con gress are: keep America out of war, protect the welfare of conscripts in the army, win jobs and training for all American youth and defend civ il liberties of all, according to a pamphlet issued by the group. The Youth Congress charges that gains made by labor are being at tacked "in the name of sacrifice and national defense;" that the bill of rights is being violated by "an at mosphere of officially-encouraged war hysteria," and that~- American p)eace is endangered by "a long series of un-neutral acts that have already involved the United States is a non belligerant in tile European War." At tihe Youth Conigress last year President Franklin D. Roosevelt se verely criticized the delegates, telling thlem to "go home unItil they growv up." Mrs. Roosevelt, howvever, defendedl tihe Youth Congress. But the First Lady declined to accept an invita tion to speak to the Congress this year. ROTC Boot Will Teach Gobs To Row And Rig Capt. R. A. Hall, comnin ng of ficer of Carolina's naval ROTC unit, announced today that a whlale boat to be used in rowing and rigging in struction had been ordered from the west coast. It was not known when tile boat would arriv.e in Columbia. Forest Lake will be used to launch Ithe boat, Captain ?Iall said. The boat will be 28 feet long and will have ten or 12 oars. A two-hour weekly drill period will be observed this semester, instead of the usual one hour, it was announcedl. No new students will be admitted ~to the ROTC unit second semester, Hall said. le Returned Prices For First Run titions has devised an examina ho missed regular examinations sable reasons, J. J. Petty, com ednesday. committee made the following eduled from 7 p. m. until 10 p. in. s be held outside the schedule dates. take examinations according to the , examinations at a later date, only !e. conflict, the p:ofessor may hold the a time mutually agreeable to profes mination involves not more than two i to hold the examination before the professor and student. !ld in the afternoon provided no ab gistrar's office before March 1 final )n special blanks provided for this lows: -12:00 T.T.S. 2:00- 3:00 T.T.S. 3:00- :.00 1-11:00 M.W.F. 1:00- 2:00 -10:00 M.W.F. 4:00- 5:00 1- 9:00 M.W.F. 2:00- 3:00 M.W.F. 3:00- 4:00 1-11:00 T.T.S. 4:00- 5:00 1-10:00 T.T.S. 1:00- 2:00 1- 9:00 T.T.S. 11:00-12:00 -- 1:00 T.T.S. 12:00- 1:00 Is Attend National S1ation's Capitol 'o See What Convention Ior Continued NYA Help Lrolina students, Elizabeth Bird terday to attend the American Total Registration At University Is 1896 For Year Eighty-Two Students Enrolled At Start Of Second Semester Total registration for the year at the University of South Carolina is 1,986, John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration,- announced Wednes day. A total of 1,680 students are now enrolled at the University, as compared with 1,748 at the same date last year. Registration for the first semester was 1,886 students, Dean Chase said. Eighty-two newv students registered for second semester. Three main reasons for the de crease in enrollment as outlined by Dean Chase are as followvs: opportu nities for employment in South Caro lina ; student participation in the na tional defense program, and fewver February graduates in South Caro lina high schools. "The tendency in South Carolina among high schools is to do away with February graduating classes," the deani pointed out. Registration figures do not Include students in the Civil Aeronautics school, evening school or field classes of the University extension division. Second semester registration at the University will continue until Sat urday, February 15. Sigma Alpha Epsilon By Faculty After Ye: As though resurrected from the dead, the South Carolina Delta chap ter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fraternity, returned to the University campus last week. The fraternity was suspended by action of the faculty committee on fraternities andl sororities last March, because of a violation of the Social Regulations. Originally the snsnen Feb. 15 Named As Last Date For Registration Saturday, Feb. 15 is the last date for registration or changes in registration at the University of South Carolina, John A Chase, Jr., dean of administra tion, announced this week. It is also the last date on which a student may withdraw from the university and apply for a re fund of tuition fees. Ties Record The Bird gazing so intently at the basket is Preston Westmore land, sharpshooting Junior forward of the pace setting Gamecocks, who racked up 34 points in the Citadel game Monday night to tie the all time Southern Conference record for points scored in one game. The Greenville lad has a total of 110 points in five Conference games for an average of 22 per try. Westmore land's total for the 14 games of the season is 231 points. CAA Opens Course Of Would-Be Pilots See Sumwalt For Info About Flight Course Spring training in Carolina's civil ian pilot training program began to day', accordling to an announcement by President J. Rion McKissick. Fly ing courses at the University are of fered tinder the auspices of the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Students dlesiring to register in either the primary or secondlary train ing -program should contact Prof. R. L. Sumwvalt at once. A fewv va cancies still remain in both courses, Presidlent McKissick statedl. Flight and groulnd wvork in courses b)eginlning today are scheduled to end June 30, 1941, or immediately after completion of the current scholastic semester. Qualification requirements and ap plication blanks can be secured at the office of Professor Sumwalt, 310 Sloan College. Resurrected ar's Sleep sion was to last through the present school year, but the committee comn mutedl the sentence to allow the SAE's to return to the campus at the end of the first semester. The fraternity has already fur nished its chapter room in Tenement 24%. Jimmie Shecut, president of the group, reports that the boys are1 "willing andl anxious to carry on with the tradlitins of S AE " Chap Stude Last Engineers Receive Call of War Lords; Also Commissions Naval Engineers Work Will Make Them Land Lubbers At $185 Per National defense caused one inno vation on the campus already this year in the form of the Naval ROTC unit that has been formed. Repercus sions of the move are now being felt in the USC's engineering department. According to reports from students of the department, a majority of the Electrical and Civil engineering seni ors have signed up for the naval en gineering corps, their commissions to become effective after graduation. The plan is simple, and sounds, as one engineer put it, "Almost too good to he true." Engineers who wish to do so, may sign lip now for the corps. If they pass the physical examination, a com mission will await them upon receipt of a diploma from the University. The commission will be that of an ensign, which corresponds to that of a first lieutenant in the army, at a salary of one hundred eighty-five (ot lars a month. If engineers sign for the position now and at the time of graduation feel that they have a better opportu nity elsewhere, the plan will not coi pet them to enter the service. The period for which they sign will be a year. After this, they are free to leave if they wish to do so. Work in the corps will make them land-locked sailors. Duties will be mostly concerned with construction of hatteships. One enthusiastic student described his expectations of the work. He iaid, "All we have to (1o is to walk iround some navy yard and tell the workers, 'That rivet over there is too big, put in a smaller one.' There must be a catch somewhere." Officers of Marine Reserve Visit USC Prospective Entrants Will Be Interviewed ecan F. WV. Blradley annotunced to lay that the board of officers of the Mlarine Corps reserve would visit the ampus some time in the spring to interviewv studenits interested in en tering the reserve. Only sophomores mdl( juniors will ble eligible, Dean Bradlley saidl. Students acceptedl will train at ma rine base at Quantico, Va. for twvo )eriodls of six weeks each. The tirst )eriodl will be in the summer of 1941 tnd the second inl thle summer of 1942. Upon graduation from college he trainee wvill receive thle commlis ion of second lieutenaint. Trrainiees wvill be supplied wvith ransportation to and( froml Quantico, iniforms, and $1.00 per day. Quail ico is easily accessible to Washing on, and cadets will have an oppor unity to visit the city. To be eligible for entrance a stu lent mtst be 18 to 25 years old1 and( iave sound health and good vision. Boys uinder 21 must have consent of heir parenlts. Interested sttudents may call at D~ean Bradley's office for blanks or rurther information. Aorse To Go To Johns lopkins For Treatment Dr. Josiah Morse, professor of psy hology, will leave February 16 for [ohns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, o undergo special treatment. Doc or Morse has been suffering from leart trouble and asthma. His con lition, however, is somewhat im Bell nts' T c Time Student Dies Auto Accident is Fatal to Norton; Others Are Hurt Funeral Arrangements For Popular Student Are Incomplete Today Bill Norton, senior in the school of engineering, (lied at the Columbia hospital at 4:30 p. in. yesterday fron injuries he received about midnight Wednesday when the automobile in which he was riding struck4 a parked car on River Drive. According to hospital attaches, Norton suffered a fractured skull and probably a broken back. lli-, home was in Buffalo, N. Y. Besides being active in his frater nity, Sigma Chi, Norton was a niem ber of the University glee club and lenry WVestbrook's orchestra. Neither of the three other occi pants of the Norton car was seriouly injured, although Miss larjorie Ki nard remained iii the hospital yester day. Miss Kinard was the only mem ber of the group who was not a University student. Carroll Belcher, driver of the catr, andl Aiss Olive Scott receiv'ed minor cuts and( bruises. Both were releasedl from the hospital soon after the ae c ident. Sgt. 0. L. G;antt of the Columbia police department, who investigatedI the accidlent, said that no0 charges had! bieen madle in connection with the ae cidlent. Funeral arrangements for Norton were not complete this morning. New Studen In Effect Se The new student body constitntion is nowv in effect, accordling to a statement madle public by Studlent Body President Sol Blatt, Jr., after a student council meeting held Tues dlay. The statement was made to clarify a misunderstanding by which the stu dlents in genieral thought that the Constitution was not yet in effect, and would have to be ratified by a mleeting of the sttudent body. Ac tually the Constitution has been in c'lect since passed by the Board of Trtustees in December. What the cotuncil did was to ap prove the Constitution as passed by the Board of Trustees. This action was taken after President J. Rion McKissick rendered an opinion that the Constitution was in effect. Dr. McKissiele statedt tat s'mee Will Clas: Tomc New Bell System Is C Located In DeSouss Gongs Are Distribut Tomorrow at 12 noon Carol students to classes for the last t electric system will regulate c: old bell will be retired minma special occasions. Carolina's old bell was amon the Ordinance of Secession in after the Ordinance was signe( students together by tolling it hanging in the cupola of DeSa Note On Booklet Begins Exchange Of Love Letters Winthrop Girl And USC Freshman Find Common Complaint Strictly private. Please do not read. For Box 761 Winthrop only. t Miss Gertrude Winthrop Box 761, Winthrop College Rock Hill, S. C. Dearest Gertie, I just finished these freshman tests too, and they are "terrible" and here is the card you wanted me to write-in fact this is bet ter than a card, it's a letter. And you came to me just in time. My best girl has just handed me my passport to points beneath, and I'm regis tered in the school of engineer ing. All of which makes my hori zon look like hel-iotrope. Write soon and I'll be as true as you. Joe Carolina This in answer to the letter below. It was found in a test booklet used by Carolina fresh men last week in the regular freshman testing program. The same booklets had been used the week before by Winthrop freshmen. The letter: "Hello there, I've just finished this test. We've had them all day. Aren't they terrible? Drop me a card will you? My address is Box 761, Winthrop College. Please write me. Freshman, I'll answer promptly, no foolin'." And no horning in by the rest of you Carolina guys, see. Joe C. t Conlstitutit ys Presider aol. Blatt. Tr. Ca For >rrow :ontrolled By Clock ure College; Eight ed All Over Campus ina's old college bell will call ime. Beginning Monday a new ass schedules and the historic cu?m laude to be used only on g the first to ring out news of December, 1860. Immediately I Miss Letcher called Carolina At that time the bell was Lissure college. > The old bell had a hectic history. In the old days frolicksome students would "kidnap" it and refuse to at tend classes until University author ities could find it and rehang it. Master Clock Controls The new electric system will be controlled by a master clock in Dc Saussure college. Eight bells, each of which can be heard 300 yards, are situited over the campus. The bell locations are as follows: Northeast corner of Pinckney (tenement one); southeast corner of DeSaussure (ten ement 11) ; the main entrance of Preston; southwest corner of Sloan; western side of Wade Hampton; Wardlaw (tenement 27) ; Flinn Hall, and tenement 23. The new bell schedule is as fol tows: W\akeup bell at 7 a. m.; a bell on each class hour and a bell five minutes after each hour. Students entering classes after the second bell will be counted tardy. The bells will ring for approximately 15 seconds. Takes Care of Chapel The master clock is regulated to take care of the 50-minute class sched ules on chapel days. Also, there will be no bells on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. The old bell will be used for vespers. The new electric bell system is being installed because the old bell can no longer be heard in all class room buildings, John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration. said yester day. The new library building makes it almost impossible to hear the bell in Sloan and LeConte. Fifteen New Members Join Service Group KSK, service fraternity, at the Uni versity elected 15 new members to its group this week. They were: Ralph Becckham, Winnsboro ;Ed die Williams, York; D)an H ollis, Rock IIlill ; Illubert TIhommtason, Andlerson ; Oscar Mims, Florence; Junie Hlymso)n, C2iolumibia; Joe Patrone, Niles, Ohio; Louis Sos samian. Ga tiney; Jimmy McLeod, Florence; Lionel Wells, I olly 1 lill; Van Earle Fillinginm, Columbia; Cakrl Baskin. Bishopville; Dick Young. D)alzell; Il(ugh Wells, H olly I lilt; and Tonm Perrin, of Union. n Is Now it Sol_Blatt everything in the Constitution had already been approved by the student body, another ratification was not in ordler. The only changes made in the Constitution by the Board or the Faculty Committee were dlelec tions; no newv material was added. The student council also passed a resolution to petition the Board of Trustees to replace the clauses strick en from the original document as passed by the student body. Among the provisions which the Board and the Faculty Committee re jected were one for a Student Au dlitor who would audit the accounts, of various student organizations. Also. the Social Aff'airs Committee, com bined student and faculty, was re stricted to activities governed by the Social Regulations of the Board of Trustees.