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For Victory.. Y Fiac0rga UNITED STATES DEFENSE in To Be BONDS * STAMPSCnvass UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA stoy on Page 2) CROWING FOR A GREATER (CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXVI, No 2 COLUMBIA. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBERM 2. 1942 I'Ir,n I President McKih University Has Rooming Faciliti Plant Is Now Placed On City Housing Congested And Dormitories Have Bo "To the best of my knowledge the cilities to the Navy Department for Reserve" was President McKissick's 4 story that such an offer had been m "The University would be especi ally pleased to offer its facilities to the Navy for this purpose if it were possible to do so, but it is not." The University's situation was set forth in a letter from its head to Dr. John W. Studebak,er, Commis sioner. U. S. Office of Education, Aug. 13, 1942 as follows: "In response to your letter of July 29, 1942, let me say that at present the University of South Carolina has no excess facilities. "Half of our newest dormitory for men for the last two years has been occupied and is now occupied by the Army as headquarters of the First Corps Area. About 75 per cent of the space in another dormi tory for men has for three years been occupied by the State head quarters of the Work Projects Ad ministration. It will be used for the same purpose for at least another year, probably longer. "For some years our University has not had adequate office and classroom space. "The prospect for the coming year is that we will have no excess facilities in our dormitories, in our food service, health service, ath letics and drilling space. "Because of the acute housing congestion in this city caused by location of Fort Jackson two miles from it, no substantial number of our students can be housed off the campus. "The Uni'ersity deeply regrets that it has no excess facilities avail able to offer." It was originally planned to house the Army and Navy aviation cadets under the Civilian Pilot Training Program in the University, but for lack of dormitory space this could not be done, President McKissick pointed out. Boosters Plan Big Sendoff For team All Students Are' Urged To Assemble At Chapel A gigantic pep meeting and pa rade to see the team off of Chapel Hill for the North Carolina game at 2:20 this afternoon in front of the chapel, according to J. B. Heatherly, head of the Booster's club. Heatherly urged all students to be at the chapel promptly so that the caravan will reach Seaboard station before the train leaves. The students will leave in a body at 2:30 and will march down Sumter and Gervais streets to the Seaboard station. They will arrive at the station at approximately 2:45, in time to give the team a send off. "It is hoped that there will be a crowd of at least five hundred stu dents present," Heatherly said. All students who live in town and cannot meet at the chapel are urged to be at the station at 2:45. A round-up of all campus students will begin at 2:15. The parade is in charge of Cheer leader Roger Kirk and Rut Os borne, who is co-chairman in charge of Booster Club activities. SRepairs To Boiler Are Now Complete "Heat," snarled the freshman, not so politely, "what heat?" (Suffer no longer, poor one; the heat' is on.) Aye, he had foundation for that not-so-polite statement, for there just warn't no heat, for a fact. The nights wvere cold, the covers few, 1# and cold students plopped into cold beds to shiver. One of the valves on the main pipe, now resplendent in a new gold paint coat, has now solved the situ ation. This aforementioned valve "was in the paint shop, and its re Sturn was delayed due to the number of army orders which took preced ence over it," quoth Mr. Ott,is F. Kelly, acting Mar-shal. ;sick States Not Offered as To Waves Full War Time Basis; Carolina Classrooms sen Filled To Capacity University has not offered its fa a training school for its Women's :omment on the recently published de. Religious Program For Emphasis Week Being Formulated Vice-President Wallace Heads Outstanding List Of Tentative Speakers The University Christian Mission executive committee met Tuesday ifternoon to discuss further the -lans for the religious programs to )e held the week of December 6. Speakers for the program will in :lude: T. B. (Scotty) Cowan of Norris Dam, Tenn.; Miss Catherine 3mith, graduate student of Yale University, who prior to the out break of war was teacher in a Japanese college; Wilson Weldon, :f Hickory Grove, N. C., former graduate of the University of South Carolina, who was commencement speaker here last June; and Dr. R. D. Kinsolving of Princeton Univer sity, former pastor of the largest Episcopal church in Boston. Tentative speakers include: Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who has been asked to give the opening address; Dr. Carl Hambro, presi dent of the Norwegian Parliament, who escaped to this country after the outbreak of war; and President :>f the University of North Carolina, Dr. Frank Graham. Committee chairmen are as fol lows: General chairman, Dr. Julian Petty; Speakers, Dr. Reed Smith; Conservation, Frank Sloan; Church groups, Evelyn Shafer; and Pub licity, Jimmy Hill and Kate Smoot. Also, Hospitality, Betty Crews; Convocations, Bill Jones; Faculty Seminars, Dr. W. D. Strother; Halls and Meetings Places, Prof. R. M. Stephan; Class Rooms, Dr. T. A. Fitzgerald; Book Exhibit, 'Mary Wheeler; Music, Prof. Hugh Wil liamson; Program, Prof. F. T. Meeks; and Student Seminars, Prof. T. W. Herbert. Night School Open For War Training To Men And Women The University school of engineer ing has inaugurated a night school in the engineering, science, and mani agement War Training Program, ac cording to Dean W. .E. Rowe. The school is being sponsored by the United States Office of Education. Trhe objective of the program is to provide short courses of college-grade which are designed to meet the short age of engineers, chenmists, physicists, and production supervisors in fields essential to the national defense. Any person who is employable in a war activity and is immediately available for employment upon com pletion of his training meets the general requirements of admnission. Youth LeadersI~ October 1.1-12 DR. AMBROSE L SUBRif They Go Prof. M. Kershaw Walsh, left, at pictured above just before they left of the nation. Prof. Walsh is a r department. Prof. Stephan is head Mad Dog Rooming Attacks Betty Coit Students Bitten By Dog Urged To Take Treatment A dog, suffering from rabies caused a mild sensation on tho campus of the University of Soutt Carolina Monday by biting a smal but unknown number of students Two students, who fell victim t< the mad dog, are receiving treat nient. No one was aware of the dog' condition until it had bitten Pau Sansbury, a law student, and Betti Coit, an undergraduate. Universit officials are having difficulty in lo cating any o*her students who wer bitten but it is believed that severa mure had been attacked. Word swept the campus Monda: afternoon that a dog, apparentd mad, was roaming the Universit: grounds. Officials began a hur ried but intensified search for thi animal which was soon found an< killed. An examination of its brain bI the South Carolina State Board o Health convinced authorities tha the dog was suffering from ad vanced stages of rabies. Sansbury is being treated by thi University physician and Miss Coi is receiving treatment from a pri vate doctor. Announcements have been mad on the campus that any studen who was bitten by a dog Monda should report to the University in firmary for examination and propei treatment. Infirmary's Staff Asks Cooperation The University Infirmary personne has asked all students to cooperat< in keeping with the infirmary hours The infirmary is open to student from 8 a. in. to x p. mi. and fron 3 p. nm. to 7 p. in. The doctors' morning hours ar from 9 a. in. to p. in. and thei afternoon hours are from 3 p. in. t 5 p. in. Emergencies will be treated at an time of the day or night. iip And Our D Meeting Will High School Students To Attend Conference Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie, first pres idlent and founder of the Eastern States Association of Professiona Schools, wvill be one of the out standing speakers at the second an tnual conference concerning "Youtl Leadership andl Our Democracy" t< be held on the University campu Oct. 10-11. Doctor Suhrie was the first edito of the Teacher-Education Journal lie was professor at New Yorl Univer'sity for a number of year: and is recognized as one of the nations outstanding educators. In adldition to Dr. Suhrie, a num ber of other outstanding speaker: and leaders will be present. Dr To Serve A F id Prof. M. Renee Stephan, right, are to take positions in the armed forces e ,iember of the University psychology t i of the foreign language department. on USC Campus a And Paul Sansbury s Lieutenant McFall *T Seeks Enlistment c S4 Of College Coeds S4 Classifications Stated a And Plans Outlined For t Recruiting Extra Waves p Want to join the "Waves"? Lt. y s Iildred Laurence McFall, of the \Women's Reserve of the United t States Naval Reserve, was at the r Naval offices in the University of South Carolina library Tuesday for c the purpose of recruiting enlisted c personnel and officer candidates for P r the "Waves." r Here are the three general clas r sifications into which the Vomen's - Reserve is divided: s e V-10: This classification includes b those who vish to serve in an en- si listed capacity, with ratings up to o chief petty officer. To be eligible f( f for enlistment, the candidate must a t be not less than 20 and under 36 u - years of age. She must be a high d school graduate. Those who have been graduated from business school or who have business or pro fessional experience adequate to be g considered equivalent to a high b school education may be accepted. i Candidate must be of good repute e in the community. She must have g no children under 18; she must not c be the wife of any member of the p armed forces. If unmarried, she e must agree not to marry during the training period. V-9: Enlistments for officer train ing comes under this classinication. The requirements are as follows: The officer candidate must not be under 20 and under 30. She must r have a haccalaureate dlegree fromt -an accredited college or university, s sor two years of college leading to a t~ degree, plus two years business ort professional experience. All candi e dlates must have completed success- I r fully at least two years of mathe ) mnatics in high school or college. r She must agree not to marry prior ii ~to completion of midshipman train ing. c emocracy Concla I Mark Second Harry H. Clark, extension profes- f sor and lecturer, andl D. Leon Mc- f Cormac, principal of Dreher High School, Columbia, will take part in . the conference. The Rev. Edgar D. I Zeigler will address the conference C - Sunday morning. - The theme of Doctor Suhrie' s talks will be "Making and Keeping > our High Schools and Colleges s Democratic in organization and C Spirit." r The first conference of this type .was held on the University campus last March, with more than 300 s people attending from various high schools throughout tihe state. This C year, at the request of the high - schools, the conference is being held 2 s in October so that high school stu .dents who natnd may u.e te in-, -acuity I ks More 1o Ente appa Sig Kappa ctivates Campus or Defense Work Members Discuss Plans Regarding Open-Campus During Evening Dating Eight student air raid wardens ill be chosen immediately to serve ic campus it was announced this eek by Dean Francis V. Bradley, kmpus director of civilian defense, representatives of Kappa Sigma appa, honorary service fraternity. The new set-up will replace the nement by tenement plan used t Carolina last year. Instead the :udents will serve more as area or lock wardens with every student Kpected to participate in the con -ol of his tenement, much as the ivilian family at home, the dean tid. KSK had been active since the eginning in the choosing of men to erve in civilian defense capacities nd the new plan was sumbitted to ic fraternity when Dean Bradley ras requested to outline air raid recaution needs for the coming ear. Meanwhile, KSK continued on ie work of providing wartime -creation facilities on the student nion type for gasless and tireless tudents, who are now in large part onfined to walking distance of the ampus for evening recreation laces. Members of Alpha Kappa Gam ia, women's honorary sorority, ere asked by the men's group to >in in the setting up of the new tudent union facilities. Plans to e suggested to KSK were con dered at the meeting of the co-eds il Thursday. In addition to a place >r a small weekly informal dance, search is being made for student nion space that can be used every ay. Charles Knowlton, chairman of te KSK committee, said that a lan to install an automatic phono -aph in the gymnasium so that this uilding might be used for a free iformal dance on Saturday nights as under consideration by the roup, in addition to the much-dis ussed plan to open the campus roper for a dating place up to even o'clock in the evenings. students Asked To assist Operator In viewv of the greatly increased umber of telephone calls through ie University telephone exchange, tudlents are urged by Miss Dugan > cooperate more than ever with le operator. 1. Don't ask for the Bus station. ,ook up the number. 2. Conme over and look up infor iation about students on your own istead of asking the operator. 3. When asking for a professor's ffice please state his department. ve To Be He Year For Le armation they get at the con erence during this school year. High school students attending till be housed on the University ampus, andl may receive meals at lie University cafeteria, at a small ost. The conference will be under th'e irection of WV. H. Ward, dlirector fthe University extension division, ssisted by Mrs. Louise Bailey Vykes, assistant to the extension iviston. Plans for the conference were ormulated at a meeting of leaders fcampus organizations at the of ce of the dean of women October 4., Opening Saturday morning with egistratinn in Drnyton Hall, the -it Hard Membe r Armet Foreign Language All Schools Suffer America's determination to raise a and trained to stampede Hitler, this sity faculty as four outstanding prof or take defense production jobs. The modern language department \V. M1. McLeod and R. M. Stephan Air Corps and reported for duty Th 1652 Register For First Semester Of 1942-1943 Session More Coeds Than Before But Fewer Men Students Are Observed On Campus Registration at the University has reached a total of t652 for the first su-iester of the 1942-43 session, John A. Chase. Jr., dean of administration. announced today. This is a decrease of 122 students from last year's enrollment of 1774. A drop of i69 was noted in the men students but an increase of 47 women helped off-set the male decrease. Registration for the first semester ended last Saturday and tabulations announced by Dean Chase place the number of men students at 972 as compared with 1,141 for the first semester last year, the number of women at 68o as compared with 633 last year. The decrease in enrollment is at tributed to the absence of junior and senior men who, as records show. have been blocking to Uncle Sam's various armed forces. Registrar's Office Open Only Between 9 A.M. And 1 P.M. Measure Made Necessary By Increased Work Done For Aiding War Service The offices of the registrar and the dean of adminitraition will he open to students and vi.itors on!y between the hours of 9 a. m. to i p. in., ac cording to an announcement today by John A. Chase. Jr., dean of adminis tration. The closing of the offices in the afternoon has been made imperative by the great amount of work that these offices have been doing in the interest of the armed forces. The complete announcement made by Dean Chase follows: "Due to the ulnprecedenlted dem.nds made on this office by stu:lents and former students of the Unive:sty who are endeavoring to enter the Armed Forces of the UnitedJ States. and numierc us requ ests made hr' va rious Defense Agencies, it h1as been found inuev ital te and imiperat ive to close this office in the afternoons. Id On Campus; adership Rally meeting will get undler way with addresses by Doctor Suhrie. Doctor Clark. and Mr. McCormac. The night session will feature a banquet in the University cafeteria. Sunday's program will he under the dlirection of the YMCA and the YWCA. The program will open with a dev'otional and an address by the Rev. Edgar Zeigler, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church in Columbia. The assembly will then divide into four groups each led by a rep resentative of the YMCA and the YWCA. Subject for the discus sion, in which the students will par ticipate, will be, "The Church in the Post-War World." I By War rs eave I Forces Department Hurt; From Vacancies ten million man army, fully equipped week took heavy toll of the Univer essors departed to enter the services took the heaviest cut as Professors received commissions in the Army ursday. Professor J. B. Coleman, head of the mathematics department, has accepted a wartime position at the Curtis-Wright aircraft plant in Cleveland, and Professor M. K. Walsh, member of the psychology department, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Army's .pecialist corps. Prof. James Bruce Coleman graduated from the University in 1906 and has served with the fac ulty since that time, being made head of the mathematics department n 1915. He is on leave of absence to fill his important war post with the aircraft concern. Prof. Rene Maurice Stephan, who has been a member of the modern language department for more than twenty years, has received leave to be commissioned a first lieutenant in the intelligence branch of the Army Air Corps and reported today for indoctrination training at Miami. Prof. Merrick Kershaw Walsh has served in the psychology de partment since 1926. He will be trained in army customs and meth ods at Atlanta and will then be as signed to induction station work at some post, he told Gamecock re porters this week. Prof. William Milton McLeod, who will receive indoctrination also at Miami, has served in the modern language' department since 1936, coming here from the University of North Carolina faculty. He has also been commissioned as a first lieu tenant in the Army Air Corps in telligence. Infirmary To Have New Surgical Aide, Trustees Announce The Student Health Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University has announced a change in the personnel of the In firmary. Dr. R. B. Durham of Columbia has beeni elected by the Student Health Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University to serve as sturgical consultant of the Uni versitv infirmary (luring the absence of Dr. George Benet who is now in fe Un;ited States Army Medical Corps. Doctor Durham was graduated from the University of Geo ~a Me.dical College in 1913, took a course in surgery at the University of Bordeatux, France, in 1919, and lhas had numerous other p)osi grad uate courses. lHe is a member of the American College of Sturgeons, the American Medical Association, and the South Carolina Medical Society, and is president of the Columbia medical society. Faculty Advisory Committee Change President J. Rion McKissick an nounced recently changes in the membership of the Faculty Advis ory Committee to the President. -IDr. G. F. Lipscomb, head of the Department of Chemistry, has been reappointed a member of the Fac ulty Advisory Committee to the President to serve until 1947. He was originally appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Prof. A. C. Carson. This committee consists of five members, three appointed by the president and two elected by the faenlty.