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Buy Defense Bonds & Stamps In Postoffice Lobby ;IFor Victory.. i~ F r V ctor ...Junior - Senior Dance Buy Tonight In Gym, 9 To 1 UNITEDSTAMPE Buster Spann To Play BONDS(Story on Page 5) UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXV. No. 19 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942 Elections End; Students Avoid Polling Place Class Officers And Men For Social And Athletic Advisory Boards Chosen Low voting characterized this week's election on the campus which brought into office three social cabinet members, two mem bers of the athletic advisory board, and officers of the various classes. Monday's ballot saw Harold Mid dlebrooks, Leonard Turnbull, and Reginald Wilson, elected to the social cabinet, eliminating Morris Mazursky, Vernon Sumwalt, and Bill Ward. Ed Boswell was elected to the athletic advisory board on the first ballot with 321 votes. Jack Ditler defeated Harry Hinson, 271 to 185, in the run-off Wednesday for the other office on the board. Ralph Axson was dropped out in the first ballot. Jay Hammet won over Charlie Sloan by 105 to 79 votes in the * junior class elections. Hugh Hanna defeated Mac Rudisill 122 to 61 votes for vice-president. In the sophomore class elections Dick Singleton was elected presi dent by 100 votes over Charlie Baber with 60 votes. Dominic Fusci defeated Sumner Quimby for vice-president by the narrow mar gin of 85 to 84 votes. Martha Jean Dobson was elected secretary treasurer without opposition, and Helen Lawson was named historian with 92 votes over Jo Hogan with 77 votes. All the electees will take office with the beginning of next semester for one year's term. Tuesday only 139 rising seniors from more than 390 registered, went 4 to 0 D K circle. They chose John Gowan and John D. Clark to enter the second race for the presidency. Tina Caanon was elected secre tary-treasurer for this class and Virginia Copeland went in unop posed as historian. Run-off between Tom Perrin and Fred Martin for the senior's vice-presidency was held Tuesday. 274e Camp3 2741. */ eek.. Alumni Page 3 Latest change in Gamecock makeup will be a shifting of alum ni news from the back page to page 3 where it will rest for the remainder of the semester. The Gamecock will devote the entire page to alumni news. Chapel Speaker Chapel speaker Tuesday will be Dr. S. E. Stanley Jones, widely known missionary and author. "Y" Luncheon The junior-senior council of the ,YMCA will nieet Monday at 1 p. m. instead of today. The shift was made to enable the council to hear Henry Ware, executive secretary of the Y in the South ern region. Clemson Track Meet The Gamecock tracksters will meet the Clemson team on Davis field tomorrow at 2:30. USC vs. Furman Carolina's baseball team will play its next home game against F 1urman, Wednesday at 4 p. m. on Davis field. .ROTC Parade *. The Naval ROTC will parade next Tuesday for high school stu dents who will arrive Wednesday for High School Week. How Do You Spi 1~ may Queen Can Mary King Is Miss G For Annual This Yeai New Three-Act To Be Presented By Players Tuesday s th "Through the Night", new mystery- Gi comedy production of the University K Players opens Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. ro in Drayton Hall. Prof. M. G. Christophersen of the 11 English department is directing the w play. Carl Atkins, Arthur Wilder, Ii Dot Sligh, Jane Loyal, Selma Gilland, ur J. B. Heatherlee, Oby Lyles, Joseph Ephron, Lester Pilcher and Laura tl' Lee Green will be on stage for the opening performance.A The play, a mystery co-authored by ty Florence Ryerson 'and Colin Clem- y ents, was tested in the 1llollywood Community Theatre before it was taken to London in 1940. The plot is rich in paradoxes. A I research scientist becomes a house servant, a memory expert forgets, a rich girl falls in love with a crook, a thief is accused of murder-a real insult in the world of cripne, and a G friend becomes the most dangerous G of enemies. New "Y" Prexy Alleg Sims Hall Scandel; P "Y" PREXY ABED IN GIRL'S DORM That pale green tabloid the "Y's" Bird made a daring ex pose this week of Y President Don Law's adventures in Sims College beds. Ace cameraman-Professor Frank Wardlaw, director of the University news servioe, snapped a candid flash-bulb shot of the religious leader on the third floor of the new girl's dor mitory, immediately released the print for publication. The story was juggled-too hot to handle-by local dailies. A Whistle?E r c - V 2 t t c c C -at a s XF t 0s C C Jyn Gayden c arnet And Black r -; Others Chosen t c Chicago Artist Selects Queens In USC Yearbook d Miss Mary King, of Columbia, was lected as Miss Garnet and Black for e Garnet and Black annual, Dan bbes, editor, announced today. Miss ing is a member of the AD Pi so rity. Beauties for the section were se- ji :ted by Bill Welch, nationally fa- I :us artist, of Chicago, Ill. Welch's )rk is seen in Mademoiselle, Ladies ome Journal, McCall's, and the Sat day Evening Post magazines. "Our section this year will be called e court of beauty," Gibbes said. Others selected by Welch were: ora Walsh, A D Pi, Sarah Davies, D Pi, Mildred Browne, K D, Bet-r Barthlow, A D Pi, and Helen ' >bs, nion-sorority.r "We have added two additional ges to the section to make the other S etures besides the large page ones5 rger," Gibbes explained. Co-eds who wvill also appear in the etion are: Sarah Belser, Kitty Bird, i Bollin, Lil Boulware, Tina Cannon, elen Cantey, Linda Coeland, Selmar iand, Elinor Flinn, Mary Louise , )udelock. (CONTINUEp OpN PAGE 5) edly Involved In a icture Token snapped up by the lack-princi- t pal "Y's" Bird. The lurid illus tration accompanying the ar- s ticle showed Law confortably encouched, a co-ed holding each hand. The revelation of indiscretion t gave rise to scandal seldom equalled In YMCA history. Uni versity authorities and "Y" Sec- 1 rotary R. Glenn Boil decided to 1 take no action... ...because Law was only pos ing for publicity picture for Carolina's Nurse's Aid work. 1 Said Law, "It was only a i nranli" rhirteen Members f Student Honor loard Are Chosen Members Will Serve As Apprentices For A Job In Council Membership Thirteen members of the studen lonor Board were elected thi veek it was announced today b )an Gibbes, Jr., chairman of th Jniversity student Honor Counci Under the recent faculty approve eorganization of the Honor Coun it, the board will elect six of it umber, four seniors and tw uniors, to serve on the council. Gibbes also announced that th ecisions of the Honor Council fo his year's cases would be publishe i brief summary for the informa ion of students. No names or spe ific details would be included, bu he nature and treatment of eac! ase defined in general. This revoluntionary step will b iken to give the ordinary studen better understanding of the work igs of the council. Gibbes declare, hat he hoped the move wouli trengthen the student support c he 137-year-old honor tradition a .arolina. The student constitution and th Jniversity board of trustees give irisdiction in all cases involvinj ifraction of Carolina's Honor Prin iple to the council. According to the recently intre uced plan, the members of th onor board will serve as appren ces for the responsible job as coun il member, Chairman Gibbes de lares. The fourteen students serving oi ie board, one member alread: erving on the council, will mee zmetime this month to elect th The board consists of six risinj eniors, six rising juniors, and tw, ising sophomores. Four men an, wo women students in the uppe lasses, and one each from th ophomore class make up the con iittee as provided in the new stu ent constitution. Newly appointed members are Lobert E. Quinn. A. C. Flora, Jr rthur H. Roberts, Millie Zimmer ian and Dorothy Derrick, seniors harles Knowlton, Earl Dunhan imny Guest, Theodosia Brown< ,eone Strickland, and Bill Jone iniors; and Howard Lindsay ani letty Urban, sophomores. kpril 27 To May 1 s Set Aside As A JSC Defense Week Pres. 3. Rion McKissick, at th equest of the student Defense Say igs Committee, has decided tha ext week, April 27 to May 1, wil e Defense \Veek at the Univer ity. During that time student agent till make an effort to personall: ontact every student to get him t, 1ake a pledge to buy so many de ense stamps or bonds regularly. At a meeting Wednesday after oon the committee decided to di ide the student body into difTeren roups for purposes of the solici tion. A girl' solicitation group ha Ireadly been organized and a simila oys' group is planned. At a previous gathering tentativ lans were made. As a result Ann eath, committee member, set u booth in the post office lobby fc he sale of defense stamps to ste lents. So far $62.50 worthc tamps have been sold. Members of the student defens avings committee are Alice Glc ninski, Donald Law, Tommy Al away, Lil Boulware, Margar< imith, Frank Sloan, Franci v{arion, Venable Vermont, Ann -leath, Marianne Marscher, Nanc 3adgett and Dan Gibbes. These members, with the c< vorkers they choose, will have upper meeting at Stewards Ha donday at 8 p. m. At this gathei ig final plans for the pledging driv vill be workedr out War Del To Recrt Y For Air I. d Students Register - To Record Working DOf Civil Defense e Census Is Being Taken co To Discover Number Of of USC Students Involved All University students now en- all t gaged in civilian defense or other re; volunteer activities are urged to av register at the ODK circle on Tues- fa day, April 28, Dot Derrick, in e charge of registration, announced t today. C "The purpose of the registration," Miss Derrick said, "is to get a I record of the contribution being f made to civilian defense by Uni- A t versity students and faculty mem bers, and to register additional per sons for volunteer work." s "We want everyone who has done anything whatsoever in civilian de fense to register," she said, "Also we would like to have those register 't2rhn are interleteri in vnintefwr du work for this summer or who will 4 be back next year." the Among the types of service for a which people may register are: Red an Cross knitting and sewing and other Jol services, defense recreation, civilian istf protection jobs, such as air raid wardens, and iany kinds of coin- lis e munity service. the This registration is in line with av< the registration which has been a urged for all Columbia citizens, and onc is under the supervision of the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office. sor Officials from this office will be on all hand to furnish information regard- the ing civilian defense. ave Maxcy Room Is te Rented To WPA gra One of the basement rooms in Max- Un cy College has been rented to state pil VPA headquarters by the Univer- I sity until June 30, 1942. der The action was taken to provide (1 space for 44 additional workers and De 150 files brought here from all parts Alf of South Carolina, as a result of re- (6 organization and centralization in era state headquarters of the division of pha employment. era Originally a men's dormitory, Max- Sig e cy's upper floors have been occupied (al - as state WVPA headquarters since the (1: t beginning of the emergency housing era I and office space problem caused by roi - the growth of Fort Jackson. Ph The space rented wvas formerly oc- av< s cupied by pool tables belonging to the ter SSttudent Union. The room has been (I. u nusedl this year for lack of funds to ma -employ student assistants to operate Si~ it. (2i r e s y e Nurse's Aids Peggy Newton and Y president-elect Don Law. He isn'I t Plans 0ge Men Service Be placed In Reserve To Be Subject To Call >f the Army Air Forces for air mid supporting ground crews, the need a plan to recruit men in the e nation for future requirements e Shaw Field Air base, will meet nterested in the newly organized ill show motion pictures on army at 7 p. m., Prof. Charles Mercer, yesterday. -8 The plan calls for the procurement of aviation cadets through prelimi nary enlistment as privates in the Air Force Enlisted Reserve. The pro gram will provide opportunities for b enlistment on a deferred service basis so that the aviation cadet candidates may continue their education until ac tually required for Army training. Lt. J. T. Biggs, recent graduate of the aviation cadet course, and alum nus of Carolina, will be here with Colonel Cooper, and those attending will have tha on9ortunity to aile questions and talk personally with Lieutenant Biggs and Colonel Coop er. Pres. J. Rion McKissick appointed Professor Mercer last week after re ceiving a letter from Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold, commander of all the air forces, requesting that a faculty mem ber be appointed to act as consultant between student and the air corps. Students in the enlisted reserve, of course, are subject to call to active duty at any time. The plan, however, is to defer them, permitting further scholastic training provided they maintain a satisfactory scholastic standard. Professor Mercer has requested all students who are at all interested to attend the meeting Tuesday night. At tendance involves no obligation, he said. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) New Projects For Student-Faculty Relations Planned Five projects for the improving of student faculty relations at the University were adopted as pro posed plans for the coming year at ,a first meeting of the newly ap .pointed faculty student relations . committee recently, according to Alva Coggeshall, chairman. ,-The projects adopted call for the - appointment of special committees ,to dleal with the following Problems: - closer social relations, adoption of ia point system and reform in cam pas politics, nceed for ne,v courses, contacting high school students, and centralization of finance drives on 1| the campus. Th're new committee members se kectedl by the ourgoing committee are: students, Leone Strickland, secretary; Millie Zimmerman, Sarah Flinn, TIina Cannon, Enuily WVolfe, Kat Edgerton, Cooper M cEachern, Frank Sloan. Morris Mazursky, Donald Law, Bill Blake, Bill Jones, Charles Knowlton, and Frampton Toole. Faculty representatives, D)r. F. WV. Bradley, D)ean Arney R. Childs, Dean John A. Chase, Jr., Dr. Joseph E. Norwood, Prof. Hugh William son, Dr. Williard Davis, Miss Mary E. Odell, Miss Leila Johnston, and Dr. Howvard Carr. The committee was initiated as a committee of the YMCA -last year, but due to its campus wide scope, has been made a general campus committee. Outstanding among its projects last year was the reallocation of student activities fee, which affected numerous campus organizations. partmer dt ColI Corps Those Recruited Will For More Study, But To meet increasing needs nws to man fighting planes t ar Department today annou [leges and universities of thi the Army flying services. Lt. Col. D. A. Cooper, of th University male students i serve under this plan, and w iation in the chapel Tuesday -ulty air force advisor, said oeds' Grades Top ten's As Semester verages Announc Phi Kappa Sigma Leads Greeks; Tri-Delts And Chi-O Second And Third kl women's average for grade -ing the first semester of the 1941 school year at %,arolina xoppe< all men's average, according t< isting of averages of fraternitie I sororities released recently b: in A. Chase, Jr., dean of admin -ation. 'hi Kappa Sigma fraternity led th< of fraternities and sororities oi campus with the highest gradi 'rage scored. Delta Delta Delt. I Chi Omcga sororitics see I and third, respectively. Uthough the all-fraternity and al ority average was higher than th< non-fraternity and non-sorority all-men's and all-non-fraternit, rage stood above the all-fraternity [he all-sorority scoring was bet than either the all women's or th non-sorority. ;tudent body average stood at 2.6 de points, which gives the entir iversity a standing of about C "raternities and sororities in or of their average ratings were Phi Kappa Sigma, (2) Delt, Ita Delta, (3) Chi Omega, (4, ha Delta Pi, (5) Pi Beta Phi Kappa Delta, (all sorority av, ge, all women's average), (7) Al Tau Omega, (all non-sorority av ge), (8) Zeta Tau Alpha, (9 ma Delta. (10) Pi Kappa Alpha I fraternity and sorority average) ) D)elta Zeta, (student body av ge, all non- fraternity and non-so ity), (12) Kappa Sigma. (13: iEpsilon Pi, (all non-fraternit: rage, all men's average, all fra nity average), (14) Sigma Nu il Sigma Alpha Epsilon, (16) Sig~ Chi, (17) Kappa Alpha, (18) Ph' :ma Kappa, (19) Pi Kappa Phi )) Pi Lambda Phi. 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