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Blue Key Fraternity Will,initiate Eight I/ f N 4BsblAnTrc At Annual Banquet s bk d r (Story on Page 2)(SoynPae5 University of South Carolina Z676 Volume XXXIV, No. 20 COLUMBIA, SOUJ'l C.AIIOIjNA, FRIDAY,Founded 1908 Hundreds I '41 High S4 Winners From 10 Contestants To ( More than fourteen hundred hig] state will converge on the Carolina nual High School week sponsored b olina High School league. From more than 10,000 prelimina schools, 1,176 have been selected as tests. Over three hundred student, forensic contests. Sponsored by the University persi nations in eighteen mental contests A general scholarship contest co Phi Beta Kappa will also be held. awarded a scholarship worth $100 college work. The listing of district general sch suIts of three contests for each p rule requires that each take senioi third selected test to qualify for the after high school week to one of th( wins a place on the final honors lisi Heading the athletic and forensic i meet and the debating and declai scheduled in the three day period ali A large number of visiting stud< the contest period. The number of sttidents gaining j are listed below: Senior Spelling I French 91, Senior Algebra 73, Junioi 109, Shorthand 76, Bookkeeping 7 Story 13, General Science 91, Junic Senior English 157. In addition to this group, approxi lumbia for the senior Latin finals a in the general scholarship contest. to be administered during High Sch Prof. J. B. Jackson of the depar rector of the program. The mental University Personnel Bureau. Men's And Women'. Joint Concert Tues< Both Groups Recently Returned From Tours Tuesday evening April 29th, the men's and women's glee clubs of the University will give their annual joint concert in the University chapel at 8:30 o'clock. Both organi zations have been heard in separate concerts in Columbia and through out the State during the 1940-41 season, but this concert combines the clubs for their only joint ap pearance on the campus. Both organizations have recently returned from their tours which met with marked success in the state. The WVomen's G;lee Club undler the direction of Evelyn Potter William son madle appearances during March at Whitmire, Presbyterian College, Clinton, Anderson, Clemson Col lege, Clemson, Easley, Greenville, Greer, Camp Croft in Spartanburg, andl Fort Jackson. The men's glee club under the di rection of Hugh Williamson, di rector of music, gave p)erfo)rmances at Smoaks, Kingstree, Manning, Bishopville, Coker College, Harts ville, D)arlington, and Fort Jackson. Audiences and the press. have been enthusiastic concerning the artistry disp)layedl in the perfor miances of the glee clubs. Both or * ganizations p)resent an unhackneyed program, using only the better works in choral literature. The programu Tuesday evening is open to the public without admiis New Night Watchman Is Added To Force A. E. Lagrone, acting marshal, announced todlay the addition of a new night wvatchman for the Uni versit y. R. HI. Still, the additional officer, has been added in answer to a long felt need, Mr. Lagrone said. L agrone is acting as marsh~al in Sthe absence of J. M. Cantey, who has been ill. VIi Attend :hool Week ,000 Preliminary .ome To Columbia i school students from all over the campus April 30-May 2 for the an y the University and the South Car ry contestants representing 133 high winners in the yarious mental con will take part in the athletic and )nnel bureau, the preliminary exami were held early in April. nducted by the Carolina chapter of The winner of this contest will be per year for a four year period of olarship winners is based on the re articipant. The High School league English, American history, and a finals. The award will be made soon general scholarship contestants who :ontcsts will be the annual state track nation contests. These acivities are )ng with the mental examinations. nts will stay on the campus during laces in the eighteen mental contests 19, Junior Spelling 67, History 129, - Algebra 109, Geometry 117, Biology 3, Typing 76, Arithmetic 76, Short r Latin 74, Junior English 124, and mately 25 students will come to Co id 94 have qualified for participation This sets the total of separate tests ool Week at well over 1,600. mient of mathematics is campus di contests will be administered by the Glee Clubs To Give lay Night In Chapel Gonzales and Keith Contests To Be Held Taylor Urges Entry By All Campus Orators The annual contests for the Gon zales and Keith oratory medals will be held early in May, it was an nounced today by Walter Taylor, chairman of the debating council. Both medals are donated in honor oi Carolina alumni. The contest for the Gonzales medal will be held May 7 in Clario sophic hall at 8 p. in. The Keith medal will be tried for Friday, May 9, also in the Clario hall at eight. Each contestant is reqjuiredl to make a ten minute oration of his owvn comp)osit ion. Taylor urges that all aspiring orators enter the con tests. Those dlesiring additional infor mation may obtain it from Walter Taylor at the Kappa Sig house. FRESHMAN CAMP All juniors andl seniors who wish to serve as counsellors at the UJni versity of South Carolina's fresh man orientation camp next fall have been asked to see Preston WVest moreland, chairman of the commit tee in charge of the camp. Activity Fee4 For Student ( Allocation of the Student Ac tivity fee and a proposed point system for student officers were the two topics discussed in an open forum in Chapel this morning, conducted by the joint Student-Faculty Comm i t t e e which has been investigating student activities. Student Body President Sol Blatt, Jr., pre sided. Paul Sansbury opened the discussion of the activity fee with an explanation of the pres ent allocation. Followingr this, Withdrawal Date And Major-Minor Date Set The registrar's office this week called attention to two im portant dates in the University's spring calendar: May 7 is the last day to with draw from a course without get ting a grade of "E". April 30 is the deadline for the filing of major-minor cards by rising juniors in the school of arts and science. Tuition Bill Goes To Free Conference For Final Actions House Of Representatives Votes Down All Increases In State College Tuition Whether or not tuition fees at the University will be increased for 1941-42 is now up to the Free Con ference Committee of the General Assembly. The South Carolina House of Representatives last week voted against all of the increases in tuition in State colleges adopted previously by the State Senate. The House adopted the following amendment to the General Appro priation Bill as passed by the Sen ate: "That in the various institutions of higher learning no student shall be granted free tuition: Provided, that tuition for the scholastic year beginning July 1, 1940, and there after, shall be fixed by the respec tive Governing Boards of said in stitutions at $60.00 each for the res idents of the State of South Caro lina, and at $200.00 for non-residents of the State of South Carolina: I?rovided, further, That no student activity fees shall be charged in ex cess of $18.50 per year: Provided, further, that the tution fees to be charged by said Governing Boards at the Medical College, and in the Law School of the University of South Carolina, and by the State Colored College shall not be sub pect to the above limitations." Social Functions To Be Chaperoned Taylor Says Official Listing Must Be Used Beginning this week, all social functions at the University must have chaperons chosen from an of ficial list of chaperons on file in the office of the director of student ac tivities, W. Frank Taylor, Jr., an nounced today. The new ruling originated in a recent meeting of the Faculty Committee on Fraternities andl Student Organizations. The action resulted from a circui lar sent to faculty members by the committee, through the p)residlent, in ordler to afford the official chap crons called for by the social rules. Another reason for this action was that a few members of the faculty were being called upon too often to serve as chaperons. Thel p)residlent of each organiza tion giving a social function' will maintain the official connections he tween the chaperon and the organi zation. Another dlesignatedl officer miay assume this dutty if lhe is ap Allocation And )fficers Discus the floor was opened for sug gestions from all the students. Jacqueline McCutcheon made a talk on a "point system" which the committee has been considering. By this system the number of offices which, ny student could hold would be limited. The floor was also opened for discussion of this question. Bill Jones, chairman of the committee, announced that questionnaires would be sent to all the students next week, in an attempt to determine stu Famoi visits To PE Singers Swipe Cop's Auto To Enjoy Recital In Spite Of Perils Students Evade Law Until Safe At Home By Donald Law Preston Westmoreland, Carolina's singing goal-tosser, was determined to get to a recital at Columbia Col lege Tuesday night. In fact, he'd get there by hook or crook. Borrowing the key to George Prince's A-model, Pres and five other music appreciators of Tene ment 25 set out five minutes late in the first "model A" they found in the parking lot by Maxcy college. The boys sped along at 35 miles per hour blithely ignoring Bull street's numerous stop intersections. There being no brakes-no horn, streets were cleared by the booming voice of freshman Frank Nevils, who yelled, "We ain't got any brakes." . After enjoying two hours of en tertainment, the boys returned somewhat more cautiously and turned in at Madam de Horvath's studio with rowdy cheers at having arrived safely. As the Ford shuddered to a stop a flashlight blazed in their faces and a man with a badge said, "Just what do you mean by using my car?" Westmoreland explained that he had borrowed it from a friend and asked what was up. Seeing the er ror, night watchman Williams of the W. P. A. building had a good laugh and dismissed them, as Wes moreland wiped the sweat from his brow. They had taken the wrong car! "Next time", says Westmoreland, "I won't swipe a cop's car. Library Opening Planned June 2 Byrnes, Howard Asked Here For Dedication The University plans to open its new lib)rary building anid to dledicate it formally on the afternoon of commiencemnent dlay, June 2, Pres ident McKissick announces. T1he plan is tentative because the furniture for thc newv lib)rary has not yet arrivedl, although it is ex pectedl this week. As soon as the furniture is placed, removal of b)ooks from the 01(d li b)rary will begin. Uinitedl States Senator James F. Hyrnes and! H owardl O. 1nnter, Acting Chief Commissioner of the WVork Projects Administration, have b)een inlvitedl to specak at the dledica tory exercises. The former has ac ceptedI and the latter tentatively. Point System sed In Chapel dent reaction to the discussions of allocation and the point sys tem. The committee was formed last fall after speakers in the religious week program report ed a need for improved student faculty relations, and pointed out several problems facing the student body. Members are Bill Jones, Hugh Wells, Dan Gibbes, Jim my Bell, Maude Byrnes Chis olmn, Patty Breeden, Sol Blatt, Jr., Dean Chase, Professor Nor wood, and Dink Gaines. is Prc Camr krf orm Debating Tourney To Be Held May 9th On USC Campus Dave Baker Selected Chairman, Assisted By Tucker And Going South Carolina's first SCIOA sponsored intercollegiate debating tournament will be held at the Uni versity May 9. The South Carolina Intercollegiate Oratorical Society voted unanimously at Newberry April 18 to hold the all-state debat ing meet. Tucker Irwin. the society's newly elected president, appointed Dave Baker chairman for the debating tourname.nt. Baker will be assisted by Tucker and Walter Going of The Citadel. The Clariosophic and Euphradian Literary societies will donate their debating trophy, to be known as the Clariosophic-Euphradian Debating .Trophy, to the winning team. Each has also contributed thirty dollars to finance the tournament. Nine teams from colleges all over the state are expected to take part. Two debaters from each school will participate. The 'Winning team will be chosen by elimination in actual debate. A banquet will be held after the debates. At this dinner the trophy and medals will be awarded. De baters will be treated to the Damas dance after the banquet. Entries are expected from all of ficial members of the S. C. I. 0. A. They include: University of S. C., Clemson, The Citadel, Furman, Presbyterian, Newberry, Erskine. Wofford, and the College ,f Charleston. Plans are to select a query that will be of current interest and im portance to the state of South Car olina itself. The association expect! to make the tournament an annual affair. Student Body Meet Fizzles Because So Few Attend It Student Council Has Plan For Modifying Present Cut System No action was~ taken at the Clu dlent body meeting \\'ednesday afternoon, since only 30 or 40 stu (dints attend(edl. Sol tla t t, president annum n ced that thle st uiiet council had t akeni lhe piroblemn of the cut systemn uin der considerat ion, andl that a plan was to have been presented at the meeting WNed nesdlay. Th'le studenit Couil iIplan em - bodied that of the 01(1 system, with thme revisioin that forim letters~ he senit to stud(ent's padrent - to verify excuses. Several suggestions wecre made from thle floor. Onie prolos-ed that a inoii-restrictedl cut system he adloptedl with a charge of five dol lars for each subject failed. Aiiothier plani was suggested whereby a petitin would lie drawni up aiid presented to the studlent body, suggesting that the present cut system be kept but that it lie less strictly administered. Obijec tions were raisedl to this plan, on the basis of apparent student op position to the whole systemi. The meeting was adljournied after another was schmeduledh for Thurs (lay afternon.n >fessoi >us- Mc At CI Chapel Schedule To Give Students Regular Broadca Professor Quiz, the graiid-dad< Drayton hall Monday morning to Wits" to tile student body of th( Frank H. Wardlaw, director of th ranged Prof. Quiz's appearance at would be observed Monday to enabl tile program. The battle of wits wi dents matching their IQ'S while the swer fame referees. Hart Is To Speak At S. C. Christian Student Conference Twelve State Colleges Will Be Represented At Camp York Meeting Dr. Hornell Hart, professor of sociology at Duke university, will be the principal speaker at the an nual South Carolina student Chris tian conference to be held April 25 27 at Camp York in the Kings Mountain national park. The spring conference will be at tended by officers and members of tile YMCA and YWCA of nu mierous South Carolina colleges. In stitutions expected to be represented at the meeting are the University of South Carolina, Clemson. The Citadel. Winthrop, Coker, Lime stone, Lander, Wofford, Converse, Furian, Newberry, and lresby terian. The conference theme will be cen tered around the religious dilemma that college students face today. Other speakers invited to attend the cainip are Mrs. Arney R. Childs, dean of women at the Uniiver .itv of South Carolina; I lenry Ware. Sotihern Y\CA secretarv o. At la ta, Na.; .I rs. ReectIe Massey. Nlvetiii't ,tudent leader of Rock IliI: id Mrs. llorntell lart. t riccr, of the state group are: Connie >imith, secretaLrv. \ill serv e as Vaniversityv delegates to ate coniaferenlce. University Players F Play To South Caroli -l'heQ Q~ueen's Enemaiies'', a grip pine' tragedy' by I .ordl Dunsaniy, was lhe I 'nivers.ity I 'layer's conitraibutioan tlite programn of the South Caro linaa Spee'ch associat ion mieetig. The conctlave, held ill Aikeni Saturday, featuried1 several other plays. C.arol inaa stuadents ini thle playv were: Jot'ein ae ZulIa, Jane Loyal, Aan ala I.e Rochie, Theresa TIenore, NIlarjorie N .\c ride, Mlary Crow, Hob inn, Faa ranaik Sioan,i Al bert Eg g.ertaon and IBill1Hawkinsoni. \A a result of thle warm receptioni ac'ordled the play ini Aikeni, Prof. .\I. G. ChIristophaerseni decided to give it again Wednesday night be fore th li'dlraaatics c lub. The li'n.aiver sity P layer's last pro duct tin, ani a mbitious munsical camai edy called "T'he l'e'rpetual Emio tion", was detfiniitely' shiainag up as it wenit inito its thiirdl week of re hearsal Mlonday'. All parts have beeni cast andt tryouts held for the v'ari outs choruses. Oriainai music for the pay has r Quiz )nday iapel To Be Observed Battle Of Wits; t To Be At Fort ly of all quizmasters, -will be in presenit his famous "Battle of University. University news service, who ar 2arolina, said that chapel schedule the entire student body to attend 11 begin at 10:30 with several stu portly pundit of question and an No admission will be charged, Wardlaw said. According to present plans, the professor will throw several discs into the audience. The students who are lucky enough to grab a disc will comprise the contestants of the pro gram. The Drayton hall performance will not be carried by any radio stations, but Professor Quiz's regu lar "Battle of Wits" will be broad cast on a nationwide hookup from Fort Jackson Monday night. Following his question and an swer (if you can) show Monday morning the versatile prof. will demonstrate many of the Yogi tricks he has mastered. The portly quizmaster often entertains back ;tage before his broadcasts by grow ing four inches, lengthening his arms six inches, or running lighted matches up and down his tongue. Several prizes will be awarded to the best contenders. McKinney Reported Improving Rapidly Managing Editor Hurt During Spring Holiday Gamecock managing editor Jim \cKiney is recuperating rapidly rom serious injuries lie received in Im automobile accident near Green c ille during Easter holidays. Mc Kinnevy is from Belton and a jiunior 11 the school of j('1urnalisi. Imm111edliately after the accident. \cK inniey was taken to thle General hospital in Greenville. Hoespital at taiches said a pun c tulred lung and fractured ribs andI shoulder. II is cond ition reminiied serious for several dlays, but according to news from Greems illec he is now -tradily imiproviang. resent One-Act no Speech Meet bee n provided by Je'an Brunson, wIho wrote songs for Gamecock Revek in fo rmier years. Orchestra tns for thlese numbers have yet to be wor ked out. Car'lina's recently re-vampedl Block tC Club hias been cooperating with the P'layers in this produtctioni. so ar its cont ribtition has consisted ai 1.co K rote as thet henpecked huts b)and(, a male c horus for thle second act, and a novelty skit between IIar eve lBlouin and Gus Hlempley. Thie scenery is elaborate in tIe sign anal already stagehands have been at wvork constructing steps A number of (lance routines .for the choruses have been wvorked ot mdt rehearsed undler the direction of WVahlee Hiinson antI Mary Sinms. Duei to the uncertainty in knowing juist whlen the dance routines wvill be readly, no definite dlate'has been set but opening night has been ten tatively scheduled for the first week