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Naval Society. Has Last Pre-Christmas Afte Res On Dance Tonight, 9-1 A y, Janury 5 (Story on Page 3) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXV. No. 1lo__ COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAR~O_rAA FRTT)AV 1fivmniv n-(A PROI Carolina Re 25% Decrei Allotment ( A 25 per cent (ecrease in 1 Administration fundt to thi 1941, was announced yesterd treasurer and director of stud, ly said two weeks ago that a More than 140 men and womei students at the University will b affected by tl)e cut in NYA fund. None of this group will be unen ployed because of the decrease bu ti.e wages of all will be Iessenet Kelly declared. Monthly allotment of money t, the University prior to tile decreas was $1965.00. Following the reduc tion of $491.00 or 25% the allotmen is now $1474.00. This is an averag of $2.70 for each of the 145 student involved. Defense Causes Cut Large expenditures for nationa defense had already entailed a larg re(iction in monthly funds whe school started in September of thi year. Last year the monthly tota was $2645.00 as compared with th $1965.00 which was in effect unti Dec. 16. Students living in town, who re ceived ten dollars. per month, wer not decreased in actual total be canse of extra time available to b worked during short school periol of December. Men students livin on the campus received a genera reduction in pay checks from $13.0 to $11.10. Women students livini on the campus were reduced -froi $15.00 to $12.60. Further Decrease Probable Kelly indicated that the wag scale would probably nat be dc creased second semester a, som students are expected to drop fron NYA rolls. He also said that an further reduction from nationa headquarters would probably be in dicated in advance by the govern Ilent. The hundred and fifty student working in various offices andi de partments of the University are em pioyed chiily in clerical, librar: .ind office assistance work. A num ber works in University canteen and stores and the telephone ex change is run almost entirely b, NYA workers. Many Jobs Affected T[he wvork is dIistrib)utedl as fol lows: clerical work, 56 students; d partnmental service, 7; library work~ 241; laboratory assistants, 18; recrea tion (YVM CA and( studlent union) 10; and miscellaneous (canteen readlers for blind students, an(l tele phlone exchanige), 30o. 1Kelly a nnoulncedl that the ruling sent last monIth from headlquarter: at Washington allowing nio mfor, stud(ents to b)e adlded to N YA roll: is still in effect and wvill continu< to be. Caroliniana Club Publishes Booklet Contains Reports Of Society For Year '39 Th'le University Caroliniana Societa now has in pamphlet form tihe rep)ort: of the secretary andl treasurer for thei year 1939, Dr. R. L. Meriwether professor of history at the University has annlouncedl. Thiis l)amlphlet conitainis intuttes o1 tile thlird ainnual meeting, the report for 1939; a list of the miemibers 01 the society, and a copy of tihe annua add(ress b)y Francis Gaines, p)residIei of Washington and Lee Uni'.ersity Dr. Meriwether stated ini his re port that (direct gifts to the society of books, newspapers, nmnuscripts and( other South Caroliana wer< worth about $1,400, and totaled 650o SESI hceives Nev ise In NYA )f Funds :he allotment of National Yo University, effective' Dec. ay by Ottis F. Kelly, assist ant work at the University. I decrease was expected. Radio Station Is In Market For A Amateur Quart Barn Dancers Need Barber Shop Bassos For Saturday Frolic If you're an amateur tale e scout, and you're aching to g ahold of a good thing, here s your chance. All it involves listening around the corner guys singing in the shower, I any other place you can fit to listen. C The whole idea is that Wl I radio station is seeking a barb S shop quartet for its growir Saturday night Barn Dance or e gram. And they're particular anxious that this group shou come from the University. - Mr. G. Richard Shafto, at C tion manager, made this r - quest this week through tf C office of John A. Chase, J .1 dean of administration. 9 Advice to prospective scout I Don't tell the boys, but the j< 3 also involves a remuneratio g This means a salary to your The request for a quart states that rehearsals would 1 desired. The group would 1 expected to be of the "barb shop harmony" type. They would be used at ti Township auditorium on Satu day nights from 8 to 10 p.m. Shower singers, gargle gu glers, tooth paste tenors, an barber sho bassos, please tal note. Library Will Stay Open For Holiday Students May Work Fr( 9 Until 1 During Week The Unliversity Library will openi to studlents dlurinig the Chi mas holidays. D)r. R. HI. Wient - annlouncedl todlay. - T[he hours to be ob)servedl ari -follows: Trhe circulation dlesk - pecriodical rooma will be open ,spectively from 9:00 A.M. to ,P. NI.;. and 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P) - daily, exgpt Christmas and I Year's D)ay. The L.ibrary will be closed Sundays, D)ec. 2 I and1 but will beC open Suan., Jan. 4, dlay b)efore the reopening of scha operating (luring the usual Stun hours of from 2:00 to 5:00 P'.A Any boo0k may b)e taken out< the holidays. This includes reserve b)ooks if student has his instructor's pert sion. D)r. Wienefeldl, however, qunests that all books now out returned or renewedl on or he D)ec. 20 that (dates andl fmnes may kept straight. '.agrone Becomes Acting Marshal At University T. E:. Lagrone, who for soneic has been serving as assistant ni 'dhat at the University. has been 'iointedl acting marshal and supe tendlent of buildings and grounads succeed the late Marshal J. M. ( tey. L.agrone, who has b)een a( the I versity for several years. is a gradli >f Carolina in the class of 10:5 iformer muembier of the S. C. 1 t 'of Representatives froma Sal -ounty. lie has had extensive ,erience in the practice of lawv an< the cotton business. FI tith ant el n nt et is to id-'' er Ig Draft Question ly Id. Students To E) e- Carolina Alumni * Members Doubled : Association Sets New Mailing List Records n. S. The Alumni Association is looking et forward to a possible doubling of its >e membership during the cirrent year er If new members continue to join th association at the present rate, th< ie number will be more than doublel r- for the second consecutive year, Ralph r- T % 'eretarv said today. d, More than 150.000 pieces ot mail ce have beei sent from the offices during the past year to former members of the University. Last week, the larg est mailing in the Alumni Associa stioWis h istory went. out to miore thani 5,000 OMilmi who are not members according to Mr. Lewis, who said "THie response is very encouraging." Membership total today is 353 above be membership total as of the same ate aist- last year. The largest class repre feld senltedl in the files of the Alumni Association is the class of 1941. Sec as mnd largest is the class of 1940, wvithm andl 1929 third. re- The association has installed a newv filing system in which every alumnus whose add(ress is knowni has a special ''folder. This includes his picture, in formation concerning his class and tcoumrse. add(lress, and any cor respon di((ence between the association and the 'ol alumnus. day___________ se Music Deportment dhe Has Busiest Week r"- More Than 300 Hear be ore Christmas Performances be The music (departmient of thme UTni versity of S. C. climaxed one of the busiest weeks in its history last WVed nesdlay night at the chapel when it presentedl a program of piano, viol in andl voice solos by miusic studlents. ime Thie program was attend(edl by over ar- 300 students and Columnbians. Out ap- standing works of music masters rin- were perforumed. to 11:ring the past week the music an- dlepartmnent has given two concerts on the campus. Several student lii- musicians have app)eared before muimm ate sic clumbs and gatherings of other or imdi ganizations to give programs. use Stumdenmts appeared before -the uda WVeekly Press Convention, the After ex- 'oon AIlusic (lumb of Columbia, the I in Evening Miusic Club, and the Ladies A u xilary of Couia, . Seasons Greetings GRSCHIDT 1b 2 naire Filled Out etermine Service 27/e Campui 1 i /1ee . . Infirmary Announces Hours ai The Intirnary announced this D week that minor ailments of stu- e dents will be treated during regu- fc lar infirmary open hours 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. No office hours will be held on Sundays and holidays. The infirmary is opeii at all tines ior studets acutely ill or for medi- c cal or surgical emergencies. The physicians office hours are -10:30 a.m.-12 ::m m a nd ::00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturday the phy sician may be seen from 10:30 a.m. la to 12:30 p.m. tlu pt Hearing Society Meets " The Columbia Society, for -the Iq Iard, of Ilearing, held its regular meeting Friday night in the audi- at torium of the Coca-Cola comp..any. at at 10i5 Mlain St. Mliss L.eila John- I' sonl, presidlent of the organization and instructor in the l'nivet-sity of les S. C. sociology dlepartment, pre- o sidled. ill D)r. I larry Clark, head of the an liniv~e rsity' extension department, St was the first speaker. Th'le subject of D)r. Clark's address was "Prob - st lems of the 1 lard of H earinig."' ti~ Mercer Speaks For ASCE The l'niversity branch of the Americani Society of Civil Engi- th neers met at a b)anqluet held WXed- r Iesdlay. l'rof. C. F. NI ercer was tIheal principal sp)eaker. Rieciard Pool, pIresidlent of the so-I ciety, announced todlay that in the spring the Il'niversity branch of ASC l will be host at a con feren ceI( of all engineering schools in Northi andl Sou th Carolina. The schools which will send delegates am e' Duke, thm N. C. State, Citadel, and Clemmson. its shm Football Tickets Discussed 3 A two-hour sessionl on the alloca tion of football tickets to lHA NI club elh members aind other special groups na was held D ec. 1t0 by special com mittees of the lHAMA club andl thme ipr board of trustees, Il'res. J. Rioni Ac- ito K issick announcedl today. da Th'le board's cotilnnittee on stu (lent affairs talked t'he ticket dlistri- fy. but ion queistionl over with t1uhe lAl NI conmmittee from all angles ini a N< "very ami cable'' meeting D)octor na M eKissic k saidl. i; Ie Icsaidl that the dhecisions of the U: committees will be announced at an Ithe early (late. :. "AdAL% 1 tj~ ty-L K PR 'g1 F L By 175 USC Eligibility f tep Taken To Aid 4ationwide Survey Any Student Not There Must Sign Report Later Selective service questionnaires were C iswered by 175 students TuesdaY. ecember 16, at a meeting of all meii rolled who were over 21 years he- ' re July i. I This step was taken in accordance ith a nationwide survey by the Se- n :tive Service system of all Ameri n colleges and universities. It had en requested by the Senate com- I ittee on military affairs. L The meeting was held .in Drayton all at 10:30 a. m., during the regu- et r chapel hour. Previous to that atj ne, letters had beeti sent to all tl ofessors, requesting that students 10 were 21 on or before July i, 4, report to the meeting. All students who did not report i that titme were requested to appear the registrar's office on or before -iday', D)eceimber 109-today. Included in the studetnt report oni se ~tive service status were questions the age, type of studecnt, ntai or be Stakeii, listing by the draft b oardls, dI simnilar queries pertaining to thei idlent's eligibility for the dIraft. i Complete reports on the student md(ing are to be given to the Selec e Service Coimmiission's National adquarters on D eceimber 20. 0r "It is implerative that every student :0 has reached the age of 21 lbefore e time specified sign one of these borts," John A\. Chase, J1r., tlean of iis-tration asse rtedl today. t) hn SC To Be Member " if University Club Carolina has b~c ome a menber of ac t lniversity CIlb of New York and ( gradunates are eligible for membiIler- ri p. when otherwise acceptable. P'res. Tl Rion AlcKissick annonced today. Tl l'he club 1s s:id to be the tuIost en- Pr sive organizationi of its type in the re I octor AMcKissick released club en .sidlent W\hitney D)arrow's letter the Un i iversity for publication to - ta, C. It readls:t 'It gives mue great pleasure to noti- Li you that at the last meeting of the lit unicil of the University Cluh of w York your institution was It) 0u aniimou s vote placed on tihe eligible te of universities and colleges of the or iversity Club. . As president of wv Club T anm very happy that your ai titution has hocen reona~(l. " ICES ommittee :n Books V ampus, Re Investigation of allege<d excess iatnuels sol<d at the University e, ]eted last week an<d Chairman 1, ating Cormmittee subrumitte<d a r( for material) made are fair an h-Kissick. Letruiting Office Iooded With Many Vould-be Sailors Lieutenant Davis Shows Chances For University Students In U. S. Navy The U. S. Naval Reserve class -7 recruiting station at the Uni rsity has been flooded this week ith applications for services in the . S. Naval Reserve, according to icti. E. H-. )avis. officer in charge. Lientenant Davis said that more ien are needed in this program, owever, and lie urges all men under B years of age to review their quali ications, and if they have had four ears of college to contact the re ruiting office in hope of qualifying i one of the two groups. The first group inc!udes men who ave had four Years (if college. in lu1ding two years of cAldege mathe iatics. a course in physics, and a mrse in chienistrv. The second group is composed of ien who have had four years of col ge. with a degree anid have coim leted one yeal 0of c lleL:e mathe atics, and in preparation for mathe atics a course in trigonm.-.-ry. "juniors and seniors in the sc"Itoo I engineering may also qualify for a )ecial type :f train-n4" Letnn avis stated. Ile emphasized the necessity of lerity in applying. as at the rate )plications are ieing received now, 'e quota will s4on he filled up1i. asque Rnils At uphradian Boys Re-allocation Meeting Hears Literary Cause C. .\unhrey Gatque. fre~n,hman fom ulliins. S. C., and also speaker for e Fuiphiradian L iterarv Soiciety b.e re the re-allocation ctmunnittee. iledl otit at the last Tiiesday meet g of the society againist the in ficient cioinut of the society whlich ' aidI has exi 'tcd in the past year twoi. Trhe out hur%t catne as a direct re It of the inivestigationi of the re lotion commilllittee on the expenili ie of the fruinds allotted the society the studen t act ivitics fee. Gahisque alita iied that the funds had noi t en used foolishly lint that they' had1 'en usedi for act iv ities tither than rensic ando literarv. Metembers of the sociiety iniimediatcly ted tin the recomimendlations of isque. Sol Hlatt, Jr. prohpose-d a .ig voite of thanks fur the speechi. 1' mo ton fiw~as passed and executed. ie tiietm ng Was voted to deal '. it h iiblemiis whiichi have been t ifling the vital ization of the society. Gasquie 1s appinutedl chiairman of a special mm111ittee onl revital ized prog rains. Al si piassedh was a miotioin to conl t l'reyident J. Rioni lKissick for i Spttrpose of gettinig a proifessionlal tic ftir the forenisic activities oif the erary societies. h'roposedl by the speaker were vari 5 delhes and simiilar forensic con ~ts with otutstanudinig colleges all er the Southeast. Also mientioned 1 is a problable forensic tournley lonig the four Carolinia literary Founded 1908 FAIR kcts Only fritten On port Shows prices of texts an<d laboratory )ol>erative book store was com Alison 'M. Smit.hi of the investi )It sta-ting that the "Iharges I reasonable" to Pres. J. Rion The committee, consisting of Dean Smith, Profs. L. L. Smith md S. M. Derrick authorized by lhe board of trustees, was em )owered to investigate all prices at he book store by the broad lan guage of the authorization but the mvestigation was confined to work vritten and printed for campus use )nly. Dean Smith, school of education, tated in the report that seven of he University's twenty-one depart nents sell some campus written mnd printed material to students, )ut that no profits accrued. In one -ase a profit was made from two pieces of material, but it was over )alance- by a larger loss in other work by the same faculty member. Two Methods of Payment There are two methods of paying ior the material used by the stu rlents. Smith said. Some depart ments take care of costs through regular laboratory fees, others sell work directly to students. I nvestigating procedure of the committee consisted of requests of each department for statements of the type material used and methods of provisioi, prices and profits ac crued. Then, all students who had price complaints were asked, through the Gamecock, to make t hemi. 3tudents Make No Complaints The commjitte-e declared curtly in its report that no charges were made by studients and the work was 1, the f(,rm of a gen vzeral ivin lion, as indicated in the boardI's ,isioii did not make reference to the )rices charged for texts published !!tside the I'ivervity nor to ex -hange any second-hand prices at he Co-operative book store. The text of the Commili1ittee's de isioi as submitted to President McKissick reads as follows "The con'.un1ittee therefore (on the .sis of statemetits, from depart nents showving no profit on ma cerial sales) will make 'the general ~tat ement that no profit has heeni iiadle by professors on materials. 'l'he commanitt ee h1as care ful ly ,tdied the charges imade for all iiateri sup~ ijpliedl to the 'tudents."' Prices Are Fair C'onu'idering the cost of typing, nim ieographiling, anad paper, anid the mall numbers of copies used an lually. the committee is of the opin on that the charges miade are casoniahle aind fair. According to ts information, it the same ma-. erials w\ere sulppliedl commerciahlly he cost to thle st iuden t wold be onid~ieraly greater."' IThe re solution of the hoard an hiorizing thie investigation asked 're..idenut MecKis ick to appoinlt a 'ommliittee "to investigate allegedl -xcess prices of some syl labui. some -xercise hooks, sonie laboratory ex 1erimlent hooks. sonme reference >ooks andl some other instuctional noaterials." Al ectings of the group have been wl this fall beginning Nov. 12. Art Roberts Drew page One Cartoon Th le froiit page Gamecock cartoon his week w'as drawn by Arthur Rob rts, major in the University art lepartmient fromi Columbia. Roberts has displayed many car oons at art department exhibits ini ddition to his more serious wvork. ITis chief project this semester has >eeni technical direction of the mu als dIrawvn by art studlents in the tudent union lobby at Maxcy Cot