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UNITED STATES DEFENSE V Tourney at Raleigh
BONDS TAMPS (storyon Page 5)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Z676 Volume XXXV. No. 15 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1942
Discussion
Convene N4
Thirty-Four Professor
In Advisory Capacity
Groups of students will con
period at designated rooms, u
who have volunteered to act a
problems.
Discussions were planned to
extension division plan to orgi
the campus where students cou
rent topics and receive the eoi
others.
Programming for the move' ha<
scheduled the trial groups for las
Monday. The shifting of the chape
schedule to make room for a speak
er on Friday made that plan impos
sible. Extension officials believ(
that the arrangements will wort
smoothly this time.
W. H. Ward, University exten
sion division head, communicate
with all the members of the faculty
asking whether they would find i
convenient to meet with suct
groups in an advisory capacity
Thirty-four of those contacted sai
that they would.
Groups are to be divided into tw<
broad classifications. In one typt
the students will discuss genera
topicir of interest to all. The secon<
type will consist of specialized dis
cussions on different fields of en
deavor as they are affected by th
present crisis. In these groups pro
fessors will give specialized treat
ments of the subject matter and di
rect the discussion by the students
In general, however, the facult:
guides will not be expected to an
swer the students' questions bu
will mereiy direct the parley by th
group's members and guard agains
too much digression.
Test discussions will be hel(
Monday with the following profes
sors: C. M. Ferrell, 202 Legare; C
R. Sherrill, 204 Legare; W. M. Mc
Leod, 216 Davis; Dean F. W. Brad
ley, 213 Davis; W. T. Herbert, 11
Davis; J. T. Penney, 407 LeConte
Also; W. E. Hoy, 403 LcConte
Miss Mary O'Dell, 203 Harper
Leila G. Johnson, 23 -DeSaussure
Dean W. E. Rowe, 206 Sloan; J. B
Jackson, 303 Sloan; Dean J. Nelso
Frierson, at his office in the Lav
building and Captain R. A. Hall a
his office in the new library.
Activities Denied
Allotments Con
Appeal For Funds
Money Is to Be Granted
From Contingent Fund
To Needy Organizations
A letter was sent last wee
to organizations wvhich requestedl a
allottment from the Student Activ
ties Fee but which wvere not succesx
fuxl. The letter is signed by V
Frank Tavlor, Jr., chairman of th
faculty-student committee on sti
dent activities and is as follows:
"I am writing on behalf of tit
faculty-student committee on sli
dent activities. This committ<
wants you to know that you has
the right to appear before the con
mittee at any of its regular mieeting
to appeal for funds to carry on yot
various projects. Such funds,
granted, will come from the coi
tingent fund account of the studet
activities account.
"The committee realizes th;
there are a good many activities c
the campus more or less affectir
the entire student body, which a'
tivities, if carried out, need a ce
tain amount of money. There al
some activities which are not of
regular nature and the committ<
feels that the amount of money wv
fluctuate from year to year. Ther
fore, if you feel that your group hi
a proposed activity which is dlepen,
ent upon the securing of mone
please let us hear from you.
Turn
In On
Conclaves
axt Week
s Will Meet Students
; Trial Groups Test It
vene Monday during orienta.ion
nder the direction of professors
,s supervisors, to discuss current
determine student reaction to an
inize numbers of such groups on
id express their opinions on cur
istructive criticism and views of
Doctor Bradley
Is Unofficial
Agent For Navy
Will Serve As Advisor
For Students Desiring
Nautical Information
Dean F. W. Bradley, of the
school of arts and sciences has been
appointed an unofficial information
agent for the Naval Reserve re
cruiting service.
I In this unofficial capacity, Brad
I ley will act as as an advisor and
informant to students who are in
- terested in signing up for the re
serve training.
In a letter to Dean Bradley this
week, it was revealed that certain
- changes tiave been made in the re
quirements for enlistment in Naval
aviation.
- Effective immediately, the mini
t mum age requirement for enlist
ment in naval aviation will be 19
t years.
Sophomores enrolled in college
may now be enlisted in the Naval
- (CONTINUE[bDN PAGE 6)
High School Week
Begins On Mar. 28
University To Be Host
To Hordes Of Students
Preliminary examinations for the
South Carolina high school week
t program are being mailed to the
high schools over the state this
week, prof. W. C. McCall, director
of the University personnel bureau
announced this week.
Professor McCall said that the
preliminary tests are drawn up by
various high school teachers and
University students and will be used
to determine which students will
attend the final high school week
program March 28 to April 1.
The annual wveek of testing is
sponsored by the S. C. Hiigh School
League andl the University will be
k host to the hundreds of students
Swho come to Columbia for the pro
grami.
SArgentina And
-Axis, But Are
Dr W . alct
Of
Physi
IT HAS HAPPE
(An Editor
Three months have passed since I
A campus defense committee ha!
the members?
We have heard the air-raid alari
city. We have read in the newspi
classes and wardens learning their ,
All of which is very fine, but wh
Every University official we c
there should be jobs for every stud
the man who is going to tell us wb
In brief, let's get going.
If the officials in charge for tb
... as is usually the case with tf(
around Carolina . . . then turn the
We can do it. Anybody who h
gathering of students, from AKG r
sessions, knows we are anxious to p
In other words . . .
Let's have more blackouts and 1<
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Turq Off the Lights
KSK is beginning a drive this
week to turn off the lights
where they are not needed. Re- e
member this and we save elec- ee
tricity for defense and won't ligi
lt- .uht with iigh-ts on when
air raid alarms are tried out. , istl
- Sig
Chapel Schedule ter
The chapel schedule will be
back at normal next week. The 11CE
special changes of this week, On
ending today, apply to this so
week and are observed only bui
for the special speaker today, bu
Scotty Cowan.
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Juniors Still Missing K!Q
Juniors who have not as yet ch<
paid their assessment for the inp
junior-senior should contact I
Jimmy Bell, junior class presi- sai
dent, at once. The assessment mla
must be paid if admittance to rer
the dance is desired. to
Position Still Open P
Positions on the business
staff of the Gamecock are still F
open. Any student who wishes
to start this semester in prep- ]
aration for a paying job next be
semester may still contact C. dei
C. Ariail, Jr., business manager, bo:
at his rooi in Preston College. M<
Yap Yaps ha.
Through a mistake in an- the
nouncement, Dr. Diadado M. ahi
Yap, Philippine economist, will pr<
speak in chapel next Tuesday thi
insteadl of last, as stated in the hu:
Gamecock of Friday, Feb. 27. me
Chile Not Antagc
Following The 0I
History Professor Says tai
Their Stand Is Logical
(JEdiWpr's note : This is the first sat
of a series of articles by University for
history professors.)
fro
"Argentina andl Chile are not rea
antagonistic, but different in their sh<
attitudle toward the war from the Ur
rest of the American nations," Dr. ag;
\V. H. Callcott of the University of,
South Carolina history department the
declared yesterday. cid
Outstanding authority on Latin O"i
American relations with the United sh<
States, Doctor Callcott explained fro
quickly the underlying economic Pol
reasons for Argentina and Chile's the
stand against breaking off relations a
with the Axis countries. This, he'
points out, is an essential basis for col
the greatly desired cultural and in- coi
he Ligi
cal i
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Pearl Harbor.
i been appointed. Who are
i signals being tested in the
tpers about civilian defense
jobs.
at are we supposed to do?
ontact has assured us that
ent. We agree but where is
at to doI
e campus are overburdened
se who are willing to work
job over to the students.
as stopped to listen to any
ieetings to Tenament 10 bull
et down to business.
)ss backouts.
appa Sig Kappa
arts Crusading
D Save Kilowatts
Officials Blame Profs
For A Tthird Of Waste
Of Campus Electricity
n intensive program to save
:tricity, by turning out unused
its on the campus is being started
i :k Ly the University admin
ation in cooperation with Kappa
ma Kappa, campus service fra
ruity.
Jniversity officials estimate that
riy one third of the current used
the campus is wasted by profes
s and students who leave lights
ning in rooms, both in classroom
Idings and dormitories.
,ards reminding students and
tessors to turn off the lights will f<
placed over light switches anl Iz
K plans to organize squads to y
ck on unused lights left burn
CSK president Dan Gibbes, Jr., 11
I that the aim of the drive is to tl
ke light saving a habit through
inding students and professors
b)e sparing.
el
riorities Denied 1
:r Boiler System 0
"riorities for the new boilers to
installed at the University were C
iied this week by the priorities d
krd in Washington, Pres. J. Rion a
:Kissick announcedl today. e
'residlent McKissick said that he ba
I not given up hope of obtaining s
priorities in spite of the unfavor
e report. He said that he would S
bably go to WVashingin again -I
month to try for permiission to i'
the badly-needed heating equ p- ni
nt. A
mnistic Toward
Id Policy Of TI
ectual cooperation so often talked ni
They are following exactly the
ne policy the U. S. has pursued el
100 years," he declared. ic
Argentina is making good money ~
m the wvar and sees no logical &
son to become involved. In this ft
is following the example of the
ited States to April, 1917, and ,
in up to December, 1941-.u
It took the 130 million people of ri
United States two years to de- A
e to join the fight when wve were v
y 3,000 miles from it. Why C
mId Argentina, 8,000 miles away v
m the fight with one-tenth of the
>uhation and only a fraction of ce
tradle contract of the U. S., take ,
tand? t
Argentina has no large trade c
mnections with the U. S. To the lI
strarv. she produces many onm- o'
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ainin(
Sarolina Alumnus C
Governor Richar
tichard Manning Jel
ro Governorship On 1
Jefferies, Harley And
Wise Were Carolina Men
Senator Richard Manning Jef
.ries, of Walterboro, succeeded the
te Governor J. Emile 1laricy, of
arnwell, to the office of Governor
f South Carolina last Sunday.
oth of these men were.alumni of
ie University of South Carolina. t
Senator John M. Wise, another
lumnus of the University, surcced
I Jefferies as president pro tem
ore of the Senate. Senator Wise
aid served as president pro tempore
f the Senate from 19-10 to 19-11,
ien voluntarily retired.
Senator Jefferies, graduated from
arolina in 1910 earning his A.l.
egree. While at Carolina, he was
member of the Clariosophic Lit- c
rary Society, andl many other or- .
anizations. lHe held campus and
udent body offices.
The new president of the Senate,t
enator Wise, gradluated from the I
aw class of 1905. His graduation 1
'as summa cunm laude. WVise has
aintainedl his memb)ership in the
lumni Association for many years.
Pan-American:
de U.S., Explaji
odities that rival ours in the in
rnational market.
"Chile is also in a more independ
it position that other South Amer
an positions. Geographically she
more isolatedl than Argentina
000 miles from Japan andl in no f
~ar of conquest by any neighbor. s
"Synthetic nitrates have almost
recked the Chilean nitrate market
itil now her chief value to the wvar
ng nations is her copper export.
Ithough the U. S. produces the
orld's largest amount of copper,
hile is the leading exporter of this
ital war material.
"We now import much of this
pper and when the copper sources
'ere first opened in World War I 1
irce U. S. concerns quickly secured
ontrol of 80 per cent of the output.
hut in thirties one faction in Chile
,ished to follow the example of1
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feries Succeeds
Denth Of Harley
)orsey Announces a
:or Presidency; on
3thers Are Quiet i
sor
Bill Dorsey of Myrtle Beach an- I
ounced this week that lie would be I"e
D)r
candidate for the presidency of D
hle stl(lclt body in the annual eleC- rae
ions this spring. Ilig
In a statenient, Dorsey said: "\e Mi
re at war, and unforseen events S
Cre
nay necessitate real leadership in fes
lie near future. If elected as your Ver
ire-ident of your studeilt body, I ani
vill ever he mindful of inmy respon
ibilitics and \ will carry out my Il
luties to the be.t interest of ily I
cll,\w stidents.' gat
The fact that Dtirsev is the only mue
andidate for any offive to announce stil
'et as arch catupaign-time draws for
lar, lbrings to the forefront that seh
if niews ab out politics. Cointr-a,ted I
o last year's hieatedl contests, this hiet
uLl is as mystifying as it is unex- offi
ect ed. set'
Various class officers were beinlg thir
oughit biy ain ahinost itndetermiinale thec
mmtihier of canidiates. asi
prc
Stand Against
Is Callcott T
lexico ini squteezinig otut the foreign
onitrol of her resoturces, and now
he Allied nations must go to her (et
or the bad(ly needed copper. eni
"Tihus Chile, like Argentina, is "m
ollowinig the o1(d U. S. policy of
taying out whlile it pays, and( when th
hey feel they are in no0 danger rc
ardiess of the outcome of the war. S
cot
"That the American nations
htouild reach a firm understanding ai
nd( co-operatiotn followving the warta
s to b)e hoped for, certainly-Ar
~entina andl Chile included,.o
"WVe huave reachedi the poitnt rat
whiere co-operation is necessary. dlr
[he basis of understanding is tradle. tri
'here are only one or two Amnericanu co
tatious wvith inherent trade rivalries tet
mld the trade needs of Europe fol- sa
owing the war shoulid take care of ant
hese." 9.
I Jp
Ian Had Been
uggested To
ondition Men
Aany Colleges Have Put
n Compulsory Courses;
;tudents IlIl-Prepared
he faculty deferred action Wed
lay 9n the proposal to institute
re-service physical training pro
mi at the University for all men
lents, Dean John A. Chase, Jr.
ounced yesterday.
pecial training to prepare men
lents for the rigors of military
,ice had been suggested by the
sical education department, fol
ing requests by several campus
ups for the training.
ampus polls of fifty important
erican schools, including USC,
wed last week that the average
ege student is ill-prepared for
job of fighting in so far as his
sical condition is concerned.
Vhen the national emergency first
ie about, the War department
asked by the Unversity if it
possible to institute a special
TC type training for pre-service
I here. The department said that
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)
C. High Schools
md All Leaders
)r Campus Meet
"Youth And Democracy"
Is Topic For Student
Thought At Conference
Uigh school student leaders from
)arts of South Carolina will meet
the University campus Saturday,
rch 14, for a two day Leadership
Democracy conference spon
ed by the Extension division.
'he program proposed for the
ting will include an address by
llarry Henderson Clark on
ie Place of Youth in a Democ
a panel discussion by four
h school leaders conducted by
s l.odenma Gaines; an exposition
the student's role in the present
is by Dr. Adolph Vermont, pro
,or of modern languages at Con
;e College, and a talk on vouth
the post-war world by Prof. W.
Weber, Bibic instructor at Co
ibia College.
n addition to the-sc talks, dele
es will have group discussion
t uings presidled over by Carolina
dent leaders and ()thers. Subjects
the dliscussions have not been
'lans for this conference have
n considered by the extension
ce since January. L,etters were
t to edlucation superintendents
oughout the state, set ting forth
p)urpose of the confer ence and
:ing for suggestions about the
igram and opinions concerning
value of such a confer ence.
raining Courses
re Passed By 166
)ne hutndr ed andl sixty-six stu
its have satisfactorily completed
tineering, science and( manage
nit defense training courses at the
iversity andl will soon receive
ir certificates.
'ollowing are the numbers of per..
is who wvill graduate in the
arses:
\dvanced aircraft inspection, 9;
craft inspection, 23; camp sani
ion and wvater supply, 12; con
te design and constrtuction, 10;
~t accounting, 24; elementary
lio engineering, 13; engineering
twing, 9; fundamentals of elec
:al engineering, 6; industrial ac
mting and1 management, 13; ma
ials inspection and testing, 7;
ety engineering, 26; surveying
d mapping, 5; traffic engineering,
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