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Gamecocks To MeetRi on * Georgia Tech,8. P, Me eodSmse Tomorrow Night He Be n a 1) (Story on Page 5) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 volume XXXV. No. 11COLUMBIA. SOUTH CIARANhA PPMfAVT TAWTTAIVW a 0A USC STUI Allowed Abs In Half By Cuts Equal Course 4 For Sickness And Bi Allowed absences' for student amendments to the present cut a tee on absences and approved nesday, January 7, and to take < The Gamecock learned Wedni cuts allowed a student had beel of credits a course carries. Th ber of cuts allowed under the c 27he Cfatpwl 2I4is 1w1eeL.0 N. R. 0. T. C. Workers in the new Naval ROTC armory have begun pouring cement, Capt. R. A. Hall, commander of the ROTC unit, announced today. He said that the armory which will cost $150,000 is expected to be com pleted in time for occupation by the opening of school next fall. Grand Consul of Sigma Chi William B. Ricks, Grand Consul of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, will visit the Gamma Nu chapter on the Uni versity of South Carolina campus Tuesday. Plans for his visit include a ban quet Tuesday night at the Metropol itan Cafe, whic41 all actives and pledges will attenti and to which all Sigma Chi Alumni of the University are invited. "Daddy" Ricks, as he is affection ately called by southern Sigs, was in strumental in the growth of his fra ternity in the South and was directly responsible for the establishment of the Gamma Nu chapter at the Uni versity. Faculty-Student Tea Dr. J. B. lipps, professor of the Old Testament at the University of Shanghai for 20 years, will be on the campus Thursday, January 15. Dr. Hipps is sponsored by the state U. S. U., and will not appear on a chapel program. He will speak to * several classes during his stay. lie is an authority on the far East ern situation. Sociology Dep't Lobbies The University sociology depart .menit is preparing propaganda for the coiming session of the state legisla ture, Miss Mary WVheeler, pr'ofessor of sociology, said yesterday. This year they will concentrate on influencing passage of legislation for the benefit of the hard of hearing, she says. Last session the department threw its support behind a new parole bill and was instrumental ini securing its adoption. Musical Program By Williams Eddie Williams, tenor soloist of the department of music and Sam Strib ling, accompanist, gave a short musi cal program before the Columbia Ki wanis club meeting recently. The songs, "Passing By" by Pur cell, and "Let Miss Lindy Pass", pop uilar negro spirituals wvere sung by Williams. Shanghai Prof. To Visit The first of the faculty-student teas sponsored by the YMCA was given December 18 in Flinn Hall by the commerce school (sculty and all stu dents and faculty members were in vitedl. An orchestra ftfrnished music for the occasion, and refreshments were -2 served. Chairman of the tea committee was Mrs. George Olson. PEF )EN1 ences Cut Revisions redits; Excuses isiness Accepted s were cut in half by a list of ystem presented by the commit by the faculty meeting Wed affect the second semester. sday night that the number of i dropped to equal the number is is as against twice the num ild system. 0 Excused absences for sickness will be allowed, however, but, it was em phasized, excuses will be accepted only upon condition that the sickness is certified by the University physician. "The faculty accepted these amend ments after the change in the rulings at the recent meeting of the board of trustees," Prof. Wyman L. Wil liams, chairman of the committee on absences, told the Gamecock. Other major changes in the sys tem was that the supervision opera tion and enforcement of the class at tendance regulations have been placed in the hands of the dean of the school of arts and sciences. Dean F. W. Bradley is head of the school of arts and sciences. "The system is really more rigid, although it may at first seem that the bars have been let down," Wil liams said. "It is to be emphasized that the certification of excuses by the University physician will make it im possible for a student to claim ex emption on account of sickness which he did not report to the infirmary." Students who participate in Uni vcrsity activities will be excused so long as they have excuses approved by the University officials in charge of the activities. Late registration, which could formerly charge a student with six cuts, may now count for only three cuts, the maximum number a student may receive before being dropped (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) It's A Trap Says Guiltless Rat In Sims Death Housc Cry Echoes Complaints Of Numerous Males Have Met Similar Fate By TINA CANNON Once there was a little mouse. That's not so unusual--there are plenty of little mice in the world today. But this was a very unusual little mouse. Else why would he be written up in a news paper? This little mouse had his h orn e in Sims dormitory (Whool Whool) of the Uni versity in the room of two co eds. He would run up and down the floor and enjoy im mensely the shrieks that his ap pearance caused. Into a cherished collection of copies of the Gamecock he delved one day, and recognizing them as the epitome of delica cies, he gleefully took bite after bite, carefully digesting the news, 'til the copies of the Gamecock were reduced to nothing more than shreds. That was the last straw for the co-ed. Infuriated by these actions they set a trap and little mousie fell Immediately into it. He died protestingly, squeaking out to the co-eds that he wanted to live longer to digest more "Gamecocks," but alas, he is no more. He's gone where good little mousies go. Morale: Even the rats like the "Gamecock." rs Gamecock Former USC Footb Jop Army's Aerial Bryant Adair Is Servi Squadron Which He Or4 Ward Head Of Committee To Boost Morale Group Will Organize Leadership Training Centers, Forums Here V. 1i. Ward, director of the ex tension division, has beeni made co ordinator of the University Cente: For Civilian Morale on thc campus. Inspi)ration for this and similar cen ters in colleges and universities throughout the nation came froma message by President Roosevelt, urg ing the services of educational cen-. ters- in producing trained minds for the present emergency, leaders in the task of keeping civilian morale ata high pitch. The centers have a manifold pur pose-to collect a library of infor mation on all phases of the national wvar and defense program and on the social and economic problems aris ing from the present crisis and te hold leadership training courses and forums. Mr. Ward has organized commit tees on the v'arious phases of the morale program with members taker from faculty and student body. Pres ident McKissick has approved the list of committee members and meetings will be called soon. Coordinator Ward has announced the following names as members of the committees organized: Prof. R. HI. Wienefeld andl Mrs. D. R. Riser, Library Of Information; Prof. Coleman Karesh, Prof. M. S. Whaley, Dr. Harry HI. Clark and Prof. J. 0. Overby, Leadership Training Courses, Prof. George R. Sherrill, Prof. S. M. Derrick and Prof. A. R. Lewis, Fo rums and Round Tables. Also, Prof. Frank HI. Wardlaw, Ralph Lewis, Prof. C. IH. Waterfall, Prof. R. L. Sumwalt and Prof. Mary P. Wheeler, Public Relations; Dean S H OIV Air Fighter Aer Now Intercepts 'Posses" In Burma ig In The International ionized In U. S. Last Year A former University football star, Bryant Adair of Greenville, now is holding down a key position in the defense of free China's lifeline, the Burma road. Adair, who was an all-state Game cock tackle in the early thirties, has been in China for several years, train ing pilots for Chiang-Kai-Shek. He lived on the Burma road for two and a half years, building the only house for many miles with "real glass win dows," a source of wonder to his neighbors. -lHe is now "somewhere in China" with the international air force, comn posed of United States army and navy pilots who were permitted to resign in order to undertake the vital mis sion of patrolling the Burma road. From February to August of 1941, Adair was in the United 'States or ganizing this group of some 300 pi lots. News dispatches recently her aldedl the success of the international air force in repelling Japanese at tacks. Nichol Smith, author of the best seller "Buirma Road", was the guest of Adair at his home on the roadl. The chapter "Bird Mien and Ban dits", is dledicated to Adair, who is call "Bill" in the book. Football opponents who played against Adair while he wore the G;ar net and Black togs of Carolina agree that the Burma road is in good hands. Budget Commission Recommends Cut President Requested $595,170 More Money The South Carolina Budget Com mission on Mionday recommnendled to the Gieneral Assembly of the state that $374,000 e appropriated for the ,University of South Carolina (luring the present legislative session. Last month, J. Rion McKissick, president of the University, asked that the Budget Commission recoin mend $%69,170 for Carolina this IGH I ATR Students May Enlist In Navy, Finish School Juniors And Seniors Can Be Enrolled As Class V-7 Midshipmen College juniors and seniors may enlist in a special class of the naval reserve, looking toward training for appointment as reserve midshipmen, and be deferred from call to active duty until their graduation, the navy department has informed the Uni versity. Juniors and seniors regularly en rolled may be enlisted prior to grad uation in class V-7 provided they submit certificates from the regis trar that they will have attained the necessary educational qualifications upon graduation. If, however, they fail graduation. If, however, they fail to qualify educationally for training as reserve midshipmen within the al lotted time they may be transferred to some other class of the naval re serve. Seniors, juniors and sophomores also may sign up for naval aviation training now and be deferred from call to active duty until the comple tion of the current scholastic year. Juniors and seniors may enlist for Class V-5, flight training, without re striction as to quota. Immediately upon the completion of the college year, they will be assigned to active training duty in the earliest class in which they can be accommodated. Sophomores may also be enlisted for Class V-5 provided they can nre sent letters from registrars stating that they have reasonable expectation of completing the prescribed two years of college work hy the end of the current school year. They will be assigned to active training duty when they present statements from the registrars showing that this work actually has been completed. Old Students Will Register Again Jan. 29 Incoming Freshmen Will Sign Up Earlier: Class Schedules Available Registration of old students for the second semester of the 1941-'42 school year will take place Thursday and Fridlay, January 29 and 30. 9 a. m. to 1 p. mn., and 3 p. mn. to 5 p. m. "Procedure at registration will be idlentical," John A. Chase, Jr., dean of adlministration, announced todlay, 'with the~ procedure followed in the past." Freshmen will register in Sloan College, upper-classnmen in Davis, law students in Petigru, and graduates in Maxey college. Class schedules for the second semester are now available at the reg istrar's office. Students can now get hese by calling there. Students are requested,. insofar as possible, Mr. Chase said, to continue he same schedlule of classes as the lirst semester. Registration of new students, that is, all who are entering the Univer tity for the Iirst time excepting law mtd gradluate students, will begin on Tuesdlay, January 27 at 9 a. m. New students are asked to report o 406 LeConte college at that time For the usual testing program. Registration will close on Satur lay, February 14. Late registration >egins Saturday, january 31. Classes will meet, Mr. Chase point id out, on a half-hour schedule on january 11, Saturday. Monday class is will meet on the hour, and Tues lay classes will meet on the half SCH LICUL Measure Is Interests 0 Entrance Woud Dep Ability Testing Pros The University of South C admission of a special new gr( semester of the current scholas speed up the process of higher trained men and women for the Shorter Terms To Be Studied Faculty Committee May Speed Courses A faculty committee to study the telescoping of courses in order to al low men to finish degree require ments before being drafted has been appointed by President J. Rion Mc Kissick. Many schools in the U. S. have al ready taken steps in the direction of shortening the time needed to grad uate. The chief reason for the ac tion has been to assure high school graduates a chance of finishing col lege in the period between graduation and their twentieth birthdays, in ad dition to allowing men students now in school to finish. The method used in the telescop ing of the courses has been the cut ting out of extraneous subjects from degree requirements rather than ac tual shortening of the period of study in each subject. Five eastern schools have declared a straight schedule eliminating all ho,. idays from now until May. This will enable some saving of time un til new plans for curriculum have been completed. President McKissick said that as yet the committee has made no re port and that the consideration of the question will probably take some time. John A. Chase, Jr., dean of admin istration, said yesterday that it is not likely that an) action will be taken to cut out the single Univer sity holiday of next semester as the value of saving the few days involved is dubiotus. Chase Advises USC Students Who Quit To Get Discharge This Would Facilitate Admission When Return To Study Is Planned "Students withdrawing from school should give immediate attention to he honorary dlischlarge they will need if they ever re-enter school," John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration announced todlay. Those students who are being called and must withdraw from school be fore the close of the first semester are urgently advised by the registrar to call at his office before doing so. Preparation of withdrawal papers andl application for honorable dis charge is necessary if the student in tends to re-enter school at any time. IIonorary discharge clears up the dlifficulties of establishing the stu dent's standing tupon decision to conm p)lete college. University catalogue ruling on with drawal is: "Applications for withdrawal from the University must be made to the registrar. No honorable discharge will be issued to a student unless such ap)plication has been approved by the treasurer, librarian, marshal and dean. V'ounded 1908 IOOL mATE Taken I n f Defense end On Results Of pram, Says Chase arolina faculty has authorized >up of freshmen in the second Lic year in a move designed to education in order to provide nation as quickly as possible. In so doing, the University fol lowed the lead of the University of North Carolina which last week became the first state university in the nation to institute such a speed Under the plan adopted by the up system. South Carolina faculty, ambitious and capable high school students who have earned, or will have earned by January 20, not fewer than 12 units of high school work, may apply to the University for special tests of scholastic aptitude. On the basis of these tests, in com bination with high school units al ready earned, outstanding students may be admitted to the freshman class in the second semester which begins January 29. Requests for application forms and for the special examinations must be made to John A. Chase, Jr., dean of administration, prior to January 15. Students must fill out application blanks and return them, together with transcripts of their high school records, immediately. The examinations will be adminis tered sometime during the week of jaiiuary 19-24 by a school official, teacher or minister in the appli cant's home town. Examinations will consist of modern objective tests of silent reading ability, siudy skills and English usage, and will not exceed four hours of working time. The persons who administer the ex aminations will return them to the University's personnel bureau for scoring immediately, and applicants will receive final notification on or before January 28. University officials said that the new plan will aid in speeding up the educational process with no sac rifice of academic standards. It simply means that the basis of ad mission is being shifted from one of high school units alone to a combined basis of credits and ability demonstrated through scien tifically designed tests. Officials said it wvould be unneces sary to revise the University's cur riculum to take care of students who enter this month under the new plan, since the institution has made provision for a mid-year freshman class for many years. Be ginning sections are provided in all essential courses. Waring Features Fight Song At 7 Orchestra leader Fred War ing telegraphed the Gamecock last night that Carolina Game cocks will be honored tonight at seven o'clock on his Chester field program by the playing of "The Gamecocks of South Carolina U." The tune, a fight song, was written last year by Waring's arrangers for presentation on the program's "College Smoker Night." The playing tonight will be the second nation-wide presentation of the USC so'ng. The program will be carried by radio station WIS at seven o'clock E.S.T. tonight. War ing's telegram expressed the wish that all students will listen to this second nresentation.