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For Victory... ATO Formal Will Be BuyDJed Tonig At ~.'UNITED STATES DEFENSE Jfesn 0T BONDS(Story on Page 3) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXV. No. 17 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 20 1942 Founded 1908 SossE Air Raid Boys And Girls To Get Training Babcock to Have Charge Of Meetings; All Groups To Train Together First More than 150 students will meet tonight in Legare collegt at 7:30 to begin training for the Carolina Civilian Defense program, it was announced this morning by Dean F. W. Brad ley, chtirinan of the committee on civilian defense. Dr. Havilah Babcock will be il' charge of the meeting and will be gin the instruction that is to bc given to students in preparation for service as air raid wardens, fire watchers, fire fighters, first aid helpers, and demolition squads. Basic training for all these groups will be the same. Doctor Babcock has been teaching the samc type of work to Columbia city civilian defenders. The committe on civilian defense chose the 150 prospective defense workers from a list of picked stu dents who will be at Carolina again next year and can perform their jobs ably, Dean Bradley said. Under present plans the two larg est groups will be air raid wardens and fire watchers. The first aid, fire fighting, and demolition squads will perform a specialized job in case of raids. There will be fire watchers on every University building to spot incendiary and other fires and to stop these blazes before they as sume proportions which will de mand the service of the fire fight ing force. The largest group will be the air raid wardens, one to each tene ment, and on every floor of Preston, 'Sims and Wade Hampton. They will serve as auxiliary police and be responsible for the occupants of the students within their several tene ments. First aid classes are now meeting every Monday, Wednesday and Fri (lay from 7 to 9 p. im. The demo lition squad, for 'rescue of persons from demolished buildings, will be chosen from engineering students. Work will go ahead rapidly on all phases of the training Dean Brad ley announced and all students called to do the defense work are urged by him to take this duty that the dangerous days ahead reqIuire. Candidates Attention Student body president James ey calls to the attention of all ca didates for student body andl c ss offices that the in tenti ,'to run must be filed witly' the student council on or re Monday, April 6. Tfhis date is set to allow ballots -printedl to include all names, andl time to check the eligibility of candidates. ~%Wont Naval Aviation? Lt. W. C. Grover of the naval aviation cadet selection board will be on the campus all clay Tuesday to interview students interested in Navy flight traini ing. He will be available for the interviews in the Naval ROTC offices in the ground floor of the new library. Student Body Meeting The eligibility of Btill D)orsey to~ run for president of the stu dent body will be decided by 4the students at a special student body meeting Monday at 10:30 a. m. in the chapel. President Jim Howey of the student body called the meeting at Dorsey's remuest. imon A It Looks Li a Carolina coed is the prettiest 1 at that, but anyway her name is Virgi lumbia. Her title is now Viss Colum1 for the nation's biggest beauty pagear KSK Beauty Pageant In Drayton; Free Dan Carolina To Have Varsity Show; Is First Since '38 Outdoor Force to Tell Of the Woes of Typical f( Carolina Ed and Co-ed For the first time since 1938, Caro e: lina will have a campljus varsity show C. this year. Thew shiow will be pre senited Friday evening, May I, in con j unct ion withi annual May day exer -m cisces. T1he production is of the variety-- rt musical type that has b)een used ini b past years, and the stage will he set up in the open on the cam IpIs. No 0 adis'sionl will bi!elcharged and the ti public ivitedi to atte.'iw Script for the show was writtenT by Bill Tennant, Gordon Il ill, Jr., Tina Cannon, Frank Sloan, andl Bobl. Quinnt. Quinn will be ini charge of je producwtioni and Tennant will dIirect al the shiow. Pl Thie cast will be made up ent irely 01 of studenits andl as mnany as can pos is sibly be uisedl will take part in the e show, D)irector Teninant annotuncedl to- 0 dlay. Tineec dance routines will he dlirect edl by MAry Mann Gregg andl the parts wvill he takent by thirty eds and co-1 edls who know their congas, waltzes, and j ittet hugginhg. General castinag for the more thant d eighty Parts in the stage skits will P begin MIonday at 2 p. im. in the i chapel. ( l'rodultcer Qu intn anntounced that all chia aci er'; sat i r ied in the play will I be played by the stud(ents or profes sors conceer.;ed if they are able to b< pa.~ tw Itttie for the work. nt Thie trials, of Joe and Bletty, two pl typical I. arol ina student s, fotim the be h,eadl np i w ict skits and side Annoi ke -- t p c C t girI in town. Nobody is surprised nia Pulliam, a freshman from Co bia and she goes to Atlantic City Lt this summer. -Courtesy the Columbia Record. Will Be On April 13 ce To Come After Three Candidates Will C Be Chosen for Election Carolina's annual KSK sponsoredl iaty pIageant will lIe held Afon C ay. April 13, at 8 p. mn. in Drayton a all. A free (lance in the gym wvillr >llow tihe pageant. Three candidates selected by the olges fromi the coeds in the pag tnt will beC voted upon for Mfay teein on the following nmornling, pril I14. Coeds participating ini the beauty lection will be chosen in the same anner as in the past. Each sorority 'ill enter con testants and non-so >rity representatives will bie chosen y the Coed Association and the l(delendecnts clubi. KSK's lobb Browne, chairman I fthe beauty pageant, announced at the theme of this year's show ill be the famous Carolina mloonl. he stage setting and program will Beow this idea throughout. Admission to the pageant will be r acents but the informal lance elld < Stile gymnasiu immediately r Iterwards wrmil have no almlission rice. t Chairman lBrownie said that anly ie wishing inlformlation concern ig the pageant or part in it couldl mntact him at the Sigma Nua houset his home on Sims avenue. Ulumni Give Boots Eo Naval ROTC Th Naval~ i ROTCI unit has been 'inated t wo miore boats for training Lirp)oses on I.alce M urray, near Co-i mii, by two former Carolina stu iims. eni Wymiiani, aind D ouglas Nic ay. Jlr., acco rdling to1 Capt. R. A. all, head oif the ROTC unit. Ile~ saiad t hat thle boats. onie a c:tt 'at. a di the other a knlockahout are w bet g overhianled anid whiein comif leted will brinig to a total (If thiee t >ats- mes by lie R OTC for t rainling uirp 'es. a whale boat haovinig been< -tii cii lat fall. nces Charlie Spivak And His Orchestra Will Play For Block "C" April 23 Date Set for Annual Spring Dance to Be Held in Field House Charlie Spivak, "the nian who olays the sweetest trumpet in the vorld", 16 musicians, co-ed stimu ant, Gary Stevens, and super quar et of "Stardusters" will play for he spring dance of the University lock "C" club to be held at the 'ield House Thursday, April 23.1 Spivaks' rise to fame in the music vorld to a position synonymous vith good music was climaxed last veekend when he was selected to eplace Glenn Millers' "sunset sere ade", coming over radio station VCOS of Columbia every Satur ay evening from 5 to 6 p. im. This will be a repeat and demand ppearance for the popular band 2ader in Columbia. Several weeks go Spivak played to the largest rowds ever to witness )and per armances at the Carolina theater. i 'he return trip April 23 will find lie trumpeter appearing in four rograms at the theater, before trav ling to the Field House for the ance from 10:30 p. im. to 2:00 a. m. Tommy Attaway and Harold fiddlebrooks are on the Block C" lance committee. "We are very icky to get Spivak," Attaway de lared, "but what has Clemson got ve ain't?" Attaway, secretary of he club, Iso made the following announce- I aent: "The faculty committee on raternities and student organiza ions pointed out to the Block "C" lub that as a general policy the omniittee does not look with favor n the employment of big name rchestras at exhorbitant figures. he Block "C" club has perfected a rrangements locally so that the irice of the orchestra will be ap roximately fifty per cent of the a isual rates charged for such or- I hestras. "In order to perfect ar- ' angements for this dance it was i ecessary to give the dance on T I'hursday night and it was also r iecessary that the (lance start at f he late hour and, therefore, close at I late hour. The Block "C" club s striving to make this (lance a I ampus wide event available to all I tudents at the University at special r ates." ;ocial Clubs W ill )resent Proposals F~o Faculty Group Representatives to Meet Monday Night to Select A Committee to Faculty A fter two meetings of all frater ities andl sororities on the campus, plan has beeni formulated to make ertain requests of the faculty coan- 1 erning legislat ion of those groups. - Bill Bray, ATO, was elected chair lian of the group making the re[ t'ests at a mietting Tuesday after on. The group also met lFriday light, but took no action, since fur her dliseussion ini chapter mieet ings ceed necessary. "We will have aniothier meeting, bunt his time of a slightly di Iferent na ure," lDray said today. ''All frater uity and sorority presidents are asked o attend this meeting.'' lray amiitounced t hat this meeting voutld he held on Mionday night, Miar. 3 at 9 p. '-m. in the Al) 1P i sirority oomt. I le turged that all fraternaity aid sorority presidents hie present. 1Plani of action is to nmake ((ime dI nite settlemnent oin Mionday night ani hean fronm the group present to e'lect committee to take the proposals to grotup of faculty membe'rs anid t ry o reach a mutual agreement wyitl. his group. Petitioning the faculty has beent IroppledI as a plani of action, sine he grotup felt that a mtore adlequate ol',tion could be reached through an >peni discuission,. ande comipromnises1 naIl be more easily Cffecte(A SFor Weldon To Give Baccalaureate Sermon May 31 Recent Alumnus of USC Now Pastor of Church; Was Leader on Campus Rev. Wilson 0. Weldon, min ster of the First 'Methodist 'hurch of China Grove, N. C., nd a recent altumnus of tihe Jniversity, will deliver the >accalaureate sermon to the enior class May 31, President [. Rion McKissick announced oday. "After considering n u i e r o u s thers I chose Wilson Weldon be ause he is an able youing minister iot far removed from his own col ege (lays who will deliver a message hat will help and inspire our seniors ri these extraordinarily dark and dif icult (lays," the president added. After receiving his A. B. degree rom the University in 1931, Dr. Wel on graduated from the DuAke Utni ersity School of Divinity. and re Urned to Columbia as assistant to lie minister of the alinegin Street Jethodist Church and wo-kl with Iarolina and Columbia Cllege Stu ents. Later he became as.sociate ninister of a large church in \W*n ton-Salem. Nearly four years ago le began his work in his present Po ition. )orsey Calls For itudent Body Meet About Eligibility President Jim Howvey has called .meeting of the student .ody to ie held on Monday, at 10::30, the egular assembly period. 'Tie meet ng was called at the request of lill Dorsey who was last week uled ineligible to run for the of ice of president of the student lody. In a statement, Dorsey said, 'Fel ,w students; our student council ias ruled that I am not eligible to tin for the presideniw of the stu lent body. I feel that I am eligible nd so do many of my friends. This tudent body meeting has been alled to take a direct vote on the natter. I would appreciate it if ach of youi would make it a point o be there, hear the facts, and vote ccordIing to yotir judlgmient."' Article VIl l, section 1 of the stu lent body coinstittutioin provides for he p)ossibility of the sttudent body o reverse the decis.ion of the stu lent council. It reads, "The student ssembly, by a two-third vote, may escindo any) actkon of the stuti(i ouincil, provided at least one bun redl (t00) members of thle sttudett dyare present." . . Spring Yep, the fancy has already turn he campus (by professor, newsmta ngr one of the past springy ays. Presi Dorsey Wil Council's F Few Announce For 4 Juniors Jay Hamme Louis Cody Sossamion, risin last night that he would seek dent body in elections to be I Following close upon the I word from Bill Dorsey that declaring him ineligible as i c be contested in a student body ing. Instructions Given Newly Appointed Campus Wardens Students Should Gather In Downstairs Hall and Not Leave the Building Dean F. XV. Bradley, of the scho. of arts and sciences, sent out letter this week to person-z selected as cu todians for University buildings ad vising them of their appointment. Letter followed action by the cai pus comnimittee onl civilian defense. I also outlined the plan i he fio11lwe in case of an air raid. Bradley was appointed last week a chairman of the campus l 'defels group. IIe pointed outt in his lettc that a very simple plan was to be fol lowed in case of a raid. "See that students gathered in clas es move as quietly and quickly a plssilde," the letter requested. "t the downstairs hall and remain in th hall." "If there is not room enouch i the hall for all of thei, of cours an adjoiniing room would be used i the overfltiw. A ro,mi sh-tild t chose that has as few opeings t the outside as p ible. Bradley also pointed out that practice raid ma; be desirable. 11 requ-eted th-t instructors in eac building he acquaintetl with the plat Students are not to leave the build ing during the raid alarm. New Switchboard l Added To Exchang< Added this weck to the Univer Sity telephone (\Chanve was a ne\ switchboard. -john A. Chase, Jr dleatn of admtinist rat ion an notunce, Tis mtove is mai.de in answert a requies t and( recomm Iitendat ion h the studen - fictult v comminittee 0 lhe realIloca tion of sttudenlt act iv it fees. I This commititte vc otedl to hay itnore facilities addedl at the (ex change. "Aniothier operator wvill be oin (lit 'in thlis s wit chhtoard,'' Mr. C'has saidl, "but11 only dutrinig the hbus hours of thle dav.'' ; Is Here ed. Witness the evidence caught c na, cameraman Frank Wardlaw\ du dency I Contest tegulation lass Elections To Date t, Charlie Sloan Clash x senior from Gaffney, annotinced the office of president of the stu ield April 13. ieels of this announcement caine [he ruling of the student council indidate for the same office would meeting called for Moinlay inorn -O In a statement, Sossamon said, "I have cone to this conclusion after carciul deliberation of the signifi cance of this office and its require micnts. I amn definitel) sure I will be here next year, and if my fellow stu dents choose me as their president, I will do for them and for Carolina evrerything within my power." There has beeI no public an nouncement of any candidate for the vice-presidents of the student body. Jimmie Iill, rising junior from Dar lingtmn has announced his intention - of offering for the office of secretary - treasurer. Class Officers One announcement has been made t for tke presidency of the senior class. :1 Frank Sloan, journalistic junior of Columbia has declared his candidacy for this office. No other announcements have been r t:de concerning either the vice-pres ident, secretary-treasurer, or iisto rian of this class. From the junior class came word of the candidacy for president of Jay Ilammnett. rising junior from Gaffney, e and Charlie Sloan of Coumbia. I lugh I lanna, pharmacist major from I lanipton entered the race for vice e president of this class with the secre r tary-treasurer and historian yet to be anounced. Mack RutdiiIll of Charlotte an nouLced late yesterday that lie would a be a candidate for vice-president e also. Many Unannounced With election day only fourteen cla- daYs away, these are all the outinciements that have been made public. Yet to be publicly souglit are the vice-presidents of the student body. meibers of the social cabinet, I ttdm(lC uni,)n board, and athletic ad Itn thc senior class, three otTices, naiely, Vice-l)residLenIt, secretary reasurer, and historian are without anoncedi cand(idates, while for the uirs. the latter two are as yet All c.iaiates announmtcedl here are uhjecot t egulationi as ito eligibility l)by tihe stutdent conil ail ccording to - the '-tudent body(l constitut i,on itn ei. nat ins has not been set. hmt. accordl (' itng to iowey, will probaly lhe short ly bef. re spring hioliday s begin on Aplrl 3. I Law Follows Betts As YMCA President For Next Session Donmaldl I aw of Elliott, a ittnior ini h "(Ihool of turnaiil. was elected preidnt of I the Un 1iversity vY N!CA frthe' clming yealr at a mieetinIg of the Y cabinect Friday. Hie will sne.. 'e'd ts Nevinm lhetts of Ctmolia. Other otiicers elected we(re: Ken Sallenger.. I' F o'ence, v'ice- presid-mt; (Calvin leL.aughlin. N. Wilk'esbo'o, N. ., ecretary: Cooper-N iachecrn. (Columbia, treasuarer; amnd Preston Ca lli on. .xi ng tonl, a ssistant t reas F irst eaditng was givenm to ani amlendlment ti miake the office of miembeiirshiip chairman ani elective oine. liill IlUake, of D)arlington. was elect ed as tetmporary nm'nembeship chair tman, and( lie will auimtmatically become permanent chai rmaun when the amend ment has heetn rati..ed. n Thie newly elected officers will be -installed at vesper serviccs. Sunday, March 29.