The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 09, 1942, Page Page Six, Image 6
USC Graduate In T
Relates Experiences
Ensign Sapp's Story
Told In Letter Home
Ensign Claud N. Sapp, Jr., '43L,
son of U. S. District Attorney and
former Association president Claud
N. Sapp, '11L, is fighting the Japs
in the South Pacific.
Claud, Jr., is an exceptional dove
and quail shot, according to alumni
friends, and on one occasion killed
a running buck with a .22 caliber
pistol, but some of his best shoot
ing occurred last month 'during
landing operations against a Jap
anese-held island.
In a letter received recently by
his father he told of some of his
experiences and also enclosed some
Japansese money for his brother
Joe.
His letter follows:
August 27, 1942
"Dear Dad and Joe:
"First I hope this letter reaches
you before the report or rumor, I
don't know which, got out that we
had been sunk, We were not. A
ship, which I cannot, of course,
name, with us got it and for un
named reasons we were three days
late in getting back to our base.
"The last eight days have been
something I'll- never forget. Of
course you know by now that I am
in the first major American offense
of the war.
"I will also tell you now that very
seldom do the news broadcasts or
the papers give you the straight
dope on our victories or our losses.
I can, however, tell you that in the
campaign which you have been
reading about and I have been in
we have ginned plenty of hide off
of Mr. Jap. I have at a certain
place seen them piled up three deep
on beaches and many a bloated one
in the water.
"We are laying too repairing ship
at present. It is pretty bunged up,
Students Are Warne
Have Photos Mode B
There Is Still Time To
Order Garnet And Black
"Deadline for student class photo
graphs will be October 15," said
Garnet and Black Editor Art Rob
erts today. "We urge all students
to get their pictures taken at Toal's
studio on Main street as soon as
possible to assure inclusion in the
yearbook. Lack of essential metals
for making photographic plates
may cut out those who wait until
too late to have their pictures
made," Roberts said.
Those who have not as yet paid
for the 1943 Annual may still order
one any afternoon, Monday through
Friday from 2 to 4, at the staff of
fice, at the rear of the Alumni build
ing.
For convenience, Toal's Studio
will also accept payment for the
annual at the samne time they take
your picture,
-Salvage
(CONTINUED PROM PAGE 1)
their various departments for metal
arid will turn over unnecessary items
to the drive.
Last spring the government madle
its first call on the University for
scrap metal. The response was 14,318
pounds. Every bit of scrap that was
found was turned over to the drive
then and this secondl campaign prob
ably will find only that which has
collected over the summer.
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DIXIE RADI(
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1712 Main Street
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C
iick Of Fighting
Battling Japs
is are my boats, one of them hav
ng 16 holes in the side of it. I wisi
I could give you more -detail bu
For obvious reasons I can't. All I
:an say is that I don't think th<
Japs are so damn smart as they
are cracked up to be. They ar<
cunning and treacherous, but no
;inart. They are as the papers say
suicidal as hell. If you hit a plant
he'll try to dive into the ship.
"Now I have quite a persona
story to tell you. I have had a Jap
in the worst fix of any individua
anc so far in the war. I caugh
ne tied up so his arms were frc
to handle his gun, in the top of a
palm tree trying to reload his rifle
[ was about 75 feet from the foo
Af said palm tree with a Thompson
45 cal. sub-machine gun with 5(
slugs in it. I cut down on him with
a good long drag and down came
Jap, cocoanuts, rifle and paIn
thatch. He had two holes in his
head and seven in his body. Wher
I got back to the ship and starte
to reload my chopper the drun
still had 39 shells in it. In other
words, I put nine out of 11 in said
Jap. That's real liquidating.
"On the other hand, I have als<
seen the more serious side of th<
picture. Boys you talk to one nigh
all shot to hell the next or theil
ship reported sunk.
"The Marines are really making
them pay off for Wake Island
Very few prisoners are turned in
"Well, call Mrs. Wyman up for
me and tell her I have a Jap uni
form, gun, knife, cigarettes, identi
fication tags, pipe and enough Jap
money to buy Tokyo when we ge
there.
"I remain, as ever
"Plug (Claud N. Sapp, Jr.
"P.S.-Next landing I'll try t<
bust a Jap officer and get a Jap
automatic pistol for you."
Ensign Sapp's wife is the former
Miss Irene Mars, A'41.
d By Roberts To
efore October 15
Students Asked To
Buy, Sell Tickets
To Music Festival
The Columbia Music Festival has
isked the co-operation of University
students to help maintain the high
quality of its concerts by buyine
student season tickets which wil
go on sale (luring the week begin.
ning October 12. Any student in.
terested in receiving a free seasor
ticket may (10 so by selling tin
season tickets of any price listed at
follows: stone steps, $5.00; balcon)
or dress circle, $10.00; andl arena
$12.00.
Included in the list of concerts
and artists on this year's menu are
the following: November 9, Gran<
Opera, La Boheme; December 8
Artur Rubinstein pianist: Januar3
29, Rise Stevens contralto,
-Campaign
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1)
Also, Alva Lumpkin, Bill Timmons
Mike Patrone, Wilton McKinney, Li
onel Boyleston, Julian IUng, Calvi,
McLaughlin, Luther McCutchmeon
Tom Perrin, Bill Jones, liugh Hfan
na, J. B. Hleatherly, Bill Blake, Jin
Harmon, Fred Snoddy, Bob McNair
Louis Sossamon, Bill Tennant, Bil
Ellis, Ewart Shuler, Gordan Hill1
Buddy Black, Jay Hammett, Illowar<
Lindsay, Rut Osborne, Red Balleni
tine, Ed Boswell, Mart Smith, an<
~s.
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Fights Japs
ENSIGN CLAUD N. SAPP, JR.
Former Athletes
Now In Service
Commando Squad Could
Be Made Of Graduates
Former University athletes now
in the armed services would make
up a good commando unit if they
could get together.
1;ven front last autumn's squad
you might line up this aggregation:
ENDS: Steve Nowak, '43Ed. who
is at the Army Air Force Replace
ment training center at St. Peters
burg, Fla., and Gus Hempley,
'42Ed, who is now across one of
the big ponds and poised for action.
TACKLES: Bobo Carter, '44A,
who is in a ground school of the
air corps in Texas, and Robert
George, '43E, who is in the army.
(Carter sustained a severe injury
not long ago while tuning up a
plane, but is all right and back on
the job now.)
GUARDS: Bil Applegate, '42C,
who is in the post finance offices
at Fort Jackson under a limited
service classification, and Joe Kriv
onak, '42Ed, who was inducted at
Fort Jackson in September.
CENTER: Bob White, '42A, a
bombardier lieutenant now in Eng
land.
BACKS: Stan Stasica, '4C, at
Camp Grant, Ill.; Harvey Blouin,
'42C, who is attending the Naval
pre-flight school in Athens, Ga.;
DeWitt Arrowsmith, '42A, some-.
wvhere in the army; Buford Clary,
'42C, who is at the U. S. Maritime
Station, Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.;
Tommy Attaway, '42A, an officer
in the Navy; and Truman Hoxit,
'43C, a Marine officer.
Charles Sloani.
The list of girls who helped in the
campaign were:
Sororities: Tri-Delt: Betty Crews
and Flossie Anderson; Clhi Omega :
Betty Berry and Nancy Von Kolnitz; c
ZTA : Gloria Newlin; KD1: Mildred i
Salmon and Isobel McCants ; Pi c
Beta Phi: Anne Boykin and Jo t
Thompson; ADPi: Shirley Brown
and I lazel H-owvell ; Delta Zeta : Anne
H-udson and Doris Murray; Sigma I
Delta: Marie Fox andl Melba Ger- I
gle.
Sims, first floor : L.ouise Anderson I
and Ann Dana ; second floor : Kate:
Bull, Jo Lane, Sybil Ingramn and Do
ris Sloan; third floor: Kate Smoot
andl Clara Mae Richardson.
Wade H amnpton: first floor: Kit
H arris; second floor : Kathryn Win
Iders and Mimi Wallace.
Town girls: Jaudon Harley, Edith1
Sheridan, Louise Pendlergast, Ada
Lee Duckett, Ethel Mae Harwell, I
Nell Irhy, Mary Boykin, Mary Lou
ise Gioudelock, Virginia Bracey, Theo
dlosia Brown, Sarah Davies, Libby
Lifchez, Mildred Brown, Barbara
Ballentine, and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Odell, faculty advisor.
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Wittowsky Dies At F
Post Of Duty As
Air Raid Warden
Former Student Was
In Greenwich Village
When Death Occurred
George H. Wittkowsky, '24A,
15L, '26G, member of the faculty
>f City College in New York City,
lied while on duty as an air raid
varden in Greenwich Village Sep
ember 30.
While a student at the University
e was outstanding in forensic ac
ivities, and had a brilliant career
in the campus. After graduation he
aught at the University, received
leave of absence to take graduate
vork at Columbia university, and
ater returned to Carolina as an in
tructor.
Before going to New York Mr. A
Vittkowsky practised law with
,arolina Alumnus J. B. (Pat) Sc
durphy, '13L, in Columbia. For a
hort while after arriving at the
.,otham city he was associated with
nother University alumnus, John
tuart Dudley, '14A, '15G, well
:nown attorney in New York. I
He began teaching in the City stat
ollege of New York in 1937 and the
vhile there was awarded the degree She
of doctor of philosophy. Aik
After a visit to Columbia last Co:
rear he wrote to Alumni secretary A
Zalph Lewis, "I was delighted at met
he appearance of the University. Alp
am tremendously proul of our hon
>ld school."
pre:
Mr. Wittkowsky, born and reared L
n Camden, is survived by his frot
vadow, the former Miss Augusta Me
Zembert of Columbia; his mother, was
vfrs. L. A. Wittkowsky of Camden ab
nd a brother, Dr. Cecil Wittkow- visi
ky, '28A, who is a lieutenant in Va.
he Navy. Art
lic I
NEXT ISSUE-OCT. 23 Colh
"On The Alumni i-,-%nt" will "
not be mailed to Alumni next
week, for 'The Gamecock wil is
not be issued on October 16. The Ari
next issue will appear on Octo- Wi
ber 21, Wednesday before the pre,
Carolina-Clemson game, and wiU nty
be sent by the Alumni Associa- and
tion to regular alumni members
and to Carolina men known to D(
be in the armed forces whose
addresses are "proved" in the B)
Alumni Office. A4
roll Freshman Adds a b
-leight By Exercise Wh
the
Hoselden Defenestration ,"T
Planned By Roommate facd
upr
"Uhhhh l Uhhhhh I" groans Lloyd
laselden, lanky six feet three inch
ammerce senior as he goes through ui
is daily series of stretching exer- U
ises designed to add an extra inch
a that diminished statue of his. pi
And let it not be said that Hasel- Cla
ten pursues his course haphassard- pri<
y either for, on the contrary, he lon;
ists on his bookshelf that wonder- ity
vorking volume "Short Statues and jud
leight Increase" which guarantees qua
esults or the money back. dec
Each morning as the sun arises
ver Green street, occupants of ten- ma
ment 27 abandon dream land as ful
-laseldlen grunts over his dailies. aut
Haselden .knows, for the book pri
ell.s him, that early in the morning is
he body is longer than it is in the api
ifternoon. And as is his wont, he --
akes advantage of what exists, add- -
ng to it, for only then can one
ichieve ultimate success. thne
An angry 27, boys disgruntled siz
ver being disturbed at such an ex
early hour would like very much to thr
lefenestrate their amiable annoyer pa
but dare not approach him for bra
standing at the head of the stairs, bra
ready for action, are A. B. Cole
man, Monroe David, and Tom Per
rin. And that steady front line of woI
dlefense assumes its position each a f
morning during the whole of Hasel- edit
dlen's exercises. anc(
our
ali2
and
ace To Eat" hen
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On Foreign Soil
........ . .
rmy Nurse Aiken
rves In Ireland
Jniversity Grad Given
lost On Foreign Soil
,ieut. Martha Aiken, '33A, i!
ioned in Northern Ireland witf
United States nurses' corps.
is the daughter of Mrs. Wyatl
en of Columbia and the lat<
igressman Aiken of Abbeville.
t the University she was a
nber of Pi Beta Phi sorority, o1
ha Kappa Gamma national
orary leadership sorority and
;ident of the YWCA.
ieutenant Aiken was graduated
n the Presbyterian Hospital
lical center in New York, and
Richland county nurse for
ut two years. Later she was
ting city nurse in Richmond,
When she volunteered for the
iy Nurses' corps she was a pub
icalth nurse with the District ol
imbia Public Health departmenti
Vashington, D. C.
er brother, David Aiken, '40A,
n traisiing at the Santa Ana
iy air base, Santa Ana, Calif,
en lie was at Carolina he was
ident of Kappa Alpha frater
vice president of Blue Key
an officer in the German Club,
,Wn Whaley Lauds
rnesAppointment
Economic Chief
Roosevelt couldn't have picked
tter mani than Justice James F.
nies," declared Prof. M. S
aley, law school, University of
th Carolina, in connection witl
price stabilizationi program
is statement is borne out by th<
that there has been no fuss os
oar in Washington over this ap.
itmnen t.
[For the first time, we have
ied command on the home front
to this time, there has been
flict between Leon Henderson
:e administrator, and Secretar3
ude Wickard in fixing farrr
es. This controversy exists n<
ger. Justice Byrnes has author
to settle such disputes. Hi:
icial background makes him wel
lified to render these importan
isions.
justice Byrnes' new appointmen
kes him one of the most power
men in the nation, exercisinl
hiority over wages, profits, an<
:es of everything. His authorit:
liniited only by the president'
royal."
Letters
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4)
student activity fund provides
tble amount to help defray you
enses. You work your wa
>ugh school by one method, news
er and reporting, supposedl;
ins, they by another, football an
wn.
sImost every, student on the campu
aid feel lost without these boys ani
sotball team and we feel that you
orial toward thenm is uncalled fo
l untimely and we wish to registe
sincerest protest although we rec
e this is a call into the wildernes
this letter will probably never b
rd of again.
Yours,
The boys of Tenement 1:
T. E. Barton
Lionel Boylston
Bernard P. Ihillman
Robert L. Jenkinis, Jr,
Roger Kirk
Jim Ratcliff'
Palmer McArthtur
Sam Allen
Pont.
Not
Lt. William Scruggs Hope, '86A,
'38L, of Charleston, is attending ha
judge advocate general school at bo
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Mid. Richard Orion Young, '49A,
of Sumter, will graduate ,from U.S.
N.R. midshipmen's school in New
York on October 21.
Charles Kenneth Grimeley, '29A,
'31L, and Mrs. Grimsley of Flor
ence, announce the arrival of
Charles Kenneth, Jr. on September
21, 1942.
William Marks Bray, '42EE, of
Columbia, attended the California
Institute of Technology for training
in aeronautical engineering last W
summer. He is now employed in (A
the engineering department of the UP
Douglas Aircraft Company's Santa W
Monica plant. Ai
Pvt. Wade Houston Atkinson,
'41, of Columbia, is in the photo th
school at Lowry field, Denver, Col- ha
orado. His address is Bar. 666, tr3
T.S.S. 365, Lowry field. N
an
Charles Earl Simons, Jr., '37A, ta
'39L, is practicing law in Aiken. He ev
has a son, Charles Lee Simons, fr
who was born August 20, 1942.
Mrs. Marshall G. Ligon (Jean
Campbell), '38Ed, is at home in o
Florence for the duration, since her in
husband is on active military duty W(
in England. ol
Cadet Edwin (Clem) Nowak, ofg
'44A, can be reached at Langley H4
Barracks, R 221, Navy Pre-Flight w(
School, Athens, Georgia. tio
Lt. Sidney Duane Duncan, '38A, gl
'40L, of Columbia, is statiuaned at P%
Fort George G. Meade, Md., with in
the 47th QM Co. He and Mrs. "p
Duncan plan to be in Columbia for drf
the Carolina-Clemson game. of
Lt. Col. George Benet, '08A,
formerly surgical consultant for the W
University infirmary, has graduated wI
from Carlisle Barracks, Penn. ne
Capt. William Cuttino McNulty, Po
'38A, of Columbia, is with the Ma- th
rie corps at Guadalcanal Island. M
Lt. David Lee Hamilton, '33A, "V
'35L, of Chester, who was connect- rai
ed with the judge etc
advocate g e n- D
eral's department
at Fort Jackson C(
for many months, hi
has completed his Te
course at the of
necers' ordnance g
school at Aber- ca
deen, Md., and in
has received his Un
commission as shi
second lieutenant. He is located cai
iow in the Lfentagon building, Ar- H<
lington, Va' Bi
Ens. Landon Caldwell Jones, Jr.,
'34A, of Columbia, is assistant resi- '89
dent officer in charge of construc- ch
tiona at New York Navy Yard, nii
Brooklyn, N. Y. He says he hopes -
to be in the "Sea-Bees" before long. M
Lt. William 0. Farnam, Jr., '33A, .e
is instructor of military law at of- riv
nleer candidate school, Fort Bel- Mi
voir, Va.M
Major Harvey Daniel Lewis,
'83G, who now operates from a
famous old English Castle, the
headquarters of an American gen
eral, somewhere in England, ap
pears in a group photograph in Life
magazine of September 28.L
Tb
P
PP7
es
Lt. William H. C. White, '87A,
s completed training as . a
mbardier cadet and received his
wings and second
lieutenant's com
mission in reserve
at the Air Corps
graduation cere
monies on Sep
tember 26 at the
Air Force Ad
vanced Flying
school at Wil
liams field, Chand
ler, Ariz. k
Ens. Fredgrick Francis (Dinky)
illiams, '38, and Mrs. Williams
largaret Rollins, '8) have turned
in Alameda, Calif., where Ens.
illiams is on duty at the Naval
r Station. Ens. Williams writes:
our missive of good will from
! world back on the east coast
s been shuttled around the coun
r-to Cambridge, then to the 6th
tval district, then to Washington,
d finally back here. It was cer
nly good to hear from you; I
en enjoy getting bills out here
)m the east coast."
Pvt. Clarence Wifson Henry, '41,
Freeport, L. I., who is on duty
the Pacific theatrec, writes that he
iuld like to correspond with other
imni, and requests a list of Car
na men in the service. (Alumni
ice note: Publication of Pvt.
!nry's complete mailing address
iuld violate censorship regula
ns, but the Alumni office will -be
td to forward mail addressed to
t. Henry or other Carolina men
uniform whose addresses are
roved" in the records. Just ad
-ss letters to be forwarded in care
the Alumni Office.)
Wade Edwin Eargle, '29, of 300
ashington Rd., Wilkinsburg, Pa.,
io heads up the- Industrial Engi
ering department of the Trans
rtation and Generator division of
Westinghouse Electric and
inufacturing company, writes:
Ve build the large equipment for
Iways, steel mills, mines, utilities,
., such as the P.R.R. and Boulder
tm apparatus."
Lt. William B. Farmer, '41, of
olumbia, a new military pilot, won
silver wings at Moore field,
xas on September 6.
rhe Rev. James Nelson Mont
mery, 'lOG, who has been held
stive by the Japanese somewhere
occupied China, returned to the
iited States recently on the Grip
alim, and is expected to visit the
rnpus within the next few weeks.
is now at 4240 Clairmont Ave.,
rmingham, Ala.
Lt. William King Richardson,
A, of Columbia, is with a para
ute training regiment, Fort Ben
ig, Georgia.
Mrs. Carl Anderson, Jr., (Florrie
rie Burgess, '41A), was mar
d on August 2, 1042 and is now
ing at 1607 Poincianna Ave.,
iyfair, Huntsville, Ala.
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