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For Victory,,', o a.Gamecocks eet Tde Buy 4c , ~ PhTmro; eunT NITED STATES S Play Furman Nov. 14 BONDS *FATANPNSor nPoe5 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ZCR I Vlm X NROU A S T CAROLINA irst New Student Body C Receive Council Con Sossamon Announces App To Investigate Book 5 Consideration of the proposed new Itext week, it was announced yesterday student body. Ile said that the constitution had) been presented by a member of a com inittee appointed last year by Student Council and was placed on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting. Sossamon also announced the ap pointinent of a committee for the in vestigation of ways and means to lower prices at the University Coop erative book store. Plans were dis o cussed to arrange ways of standard izing texts or instituting new texts soon enough before the beginning of the school year to keep prices at%a reasonable level. Chairman of the committee was Sossamon himself who said that he had promised students that he would do all that he could to improve book store conditions and that he intended to do so. No discussion of the constitutional changes proposed was carried on, but it was announced that the matter would be quickly disposed of since it was to be presented to students, fac uity and Doard of trustees in time to allow the new document to be effec tive by the beginning of next year. A suggested plan for a freshman class organization and Court of Fresh man Control, addressed to the council for Kappa Sigma Kappa service fra ternity by Alva Lumpkin and Van Earl Fillingim. was deferred for later action by the council. A motion a m~ade R'.d passed that the dis cussion and passing of the new con stitution and the investigation of the book store situation should come first. - The meetings of the Council are now being held in a large conference room directly under the dome on the third floor of the new library. This was the first meeting of the council to be held in its new meeting place. Change In Pre-Med Course Announced Three Year Requirement May Be Reduced To Two The possibility that students will be admitted to the next class of med ical .chools on the basis of two years at an accredited college seems more than likely, according to a letter to John A. Chase, Jr., dean of admin istration at the University of South Carolina, from Dr. Robert Wilson, dean at the Medical College of South Carolina. This change in tile regullar pre-med e ical course, from three college years to two, wan recommended last week by the Association of American Med ical Colleges with the provision that students complete thie necessary basic sciencs. Dean Chase is expected to announce shortly tile science courses that will be required. The full text of tIhe letter from Doctor Wilson follows: "At a meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges held in Louisville, Ky., this week, it was recommended that colleges for the present admit medical students upon the basis of twvo years in college, pro vided the student has had the neces sary basic sciences. -Army, Navy, Marine .Officers Visit USC A joint board consisting of officers 'from the Army, Navy, Army Air Corps, Navy Air Corps, and Marine Corps visited the University today ex plaining the various branches to stu dents. gThis board is not making any en listments, butt will concern itself only in making clear to the students wish ing to enter some branch of tile ser Vice, tile advantages offered by the several corps. A fter introductory talks by officers S represent ing the various branches, dis cuission groups were held in different rooms conducted by officers from thle various branches of the service rep resented at the meetinr. Aurr onstitution Will sideration Soon ointment Of Committee store Price Conditions student body constitution will be by Louis Sossamon, president of "Heart Of A City Will Be Given By Players Wednesdc Drama Of Lives In Wa Over London Is First Three-Act Of '42 Seaso The University Players will pre: the first of the year's three act p >n Wednesday night, November 1 Drayton I1all, when "The Heart A City", by Lesley Storm will een for the first time by the stu< )ody. The play tells the story of a gr >f English show 'girls whose the, lecides to keep open during the w )f the aerial blitz after the fall F-rance. Based on the actual experiences he girls of the Windmill Thea a London west end play house I ran alone during the blitz, the ells an interesting story of the md tragedies of such a group. )oy-and-girl story with the war ts background and end, creates an eresting plot throughout. The action develops around R< ind, played by Jane Loyal, whc 'the best star to rise in the West ] iuring the war." Judy (Becky ey) adds to the romantic plot by i ng in love with Tommy (Jim Rill) who loves Rosalind. Rosal iowever, is swept off her feet b nemher of the Eagle Squadron, 1 Lundy (David Freeman), wl -nakes for a love triangle of sev :xtra sides, which keeps the dire< >f the theater, Larry Saddle (Ru areen) worrying. The tragedy he lives of London's people is I :rayed by Toni, played by Dora Sligh, who has a brother in R.A.F. 11cr tale of her family w ng for his return from a flight is >f the most moving parts of the p rihe criticism of the government, faith of the people in eventful ory, and the transformation of English from sophistication to eqt ty with each helping the other :ommon danger, are all portrayed lie dialogue and actions. The cast to be seen Wednes iight is: "Judy", Becky Wi 'Rosalind", Jane Loyal, "Vale B1everly Nininger, "Toni", Dot SI 'Frenchie", Gloria Rast, "Pat ifartha itodges, "Saddle", Ru 3reen, "Gert", Lucy Anne T 'Mirs. Good," Kat Garner, "Dai klarian Gaines, "Tommy", Jim Elill, "Lundy", David Freeman. Plans For Christic Eight Outstanding Plans for the University Chisl Miission, to be held December 6 are almost completed with the curing of eight outstanding spe ers and the possibility that more will be added to the list < ing this week. The program start with some of the speakert the Columbia churches on Sun morning, and with a convocatiot chapel on Sunday night. Each morning at chapel at 10 fronm Monday' through Fri< there will be a convocation. Spc ers will be in classrooms and se niars in the afternoons, and infor forums in fraternities, sororities dormitories at night. Speakers also be scheduled for each one the denominational clubs on nesdlay and there will be one two radio programs. Dr. Julian J. Petty is the genm chairman of the program. Ch man of the various committees as follows: Speakers Committee, Dr. R Smith. Finance Committee, Prof. WV. Program Committee, Prof. F. ni WE Leaders Of gin 14 the . VI ,' . r ent ays in Of CLAUDE R. McMILLAN be ent Painful Body-Build , Become Harder As iter )rst To Pass Course A Total of Of 70 Points Is Needed of "The work is hard now, but ter, order to get the men students in tc hat condiiiun. the body-building pr oy gram will become more strenuol A as time goes oi," Frank DeMhs as physical education instructor at il in- University, declared today. More than 650 men are enroll >sa is in the physical training course. End started this semester with basic ca 6Vi- isthenic drills but since has develo all- ed into several intensive phases. Mie For several weeks, Chief Pet nd, Officer Arthur Fourier has been h Y a au! structing half of each cla%q. nn ; ich ternate days, in swimming improv .ral ment. :tor ssel In the regular gym classes und of DeMars, basic exercises have give or- way to ones more strenuous. La thy week, touch football was started. the Men will be graded according ait- their achievement in the variot one& lay. phases of the training. Points at the given for each part of the prograi fic- and the maximum total is 10 the Seventy points must be carne tal for a passing grade. by Following are the points give for each phase: swimming 2 lay touch football 25, tumbling 25, al ley, paratus 6, boxing 12, rough ar re", tumble 12, effort and improvemel 20. ky", Grades .will be based on the tot asel numher of points received. Tl ate, number of points required for ea< ky", grade follows: at least 94 for an nie 85 for a' B, 77 for a C, 70 for a 1 and below 70, an E. n Mission Now Neari Speakers Are Defini ian Seminar Committee, Prof.' -11, Walter Herbert. se- Classroom Committee, Dr. T. 2 ak- FitzCerald. wo Faculty Seminar Committe ur- Prof. WV. D. Strother. Nill Halls and Meeting Places Con in mittee-Prof. R. M. Stephan. lay Book E.xhibit Committee, Mi! in Mary WVheeler. Music Committee, Prof. Hug :30, Williamson. ay, Conservation and Continuatio ak- Frank Sloan, mi- Church Groups Committee, Evi iial lyn Schafer. and 'Publicity Committee, Kate Smo4 vill and Jimmie Hill. of Hospitality Committee, Beti ed- Crews and Rudy Gudmnundson. OFConvocations Committe,e, WV. 'l rtJones. air- Included among the speakers at eDr. Arthur Lee Kinsolving < ePrinceton, New Jersey, outstandin Episcopal minister, former past< eed of the largest Episcopal Church Hoston; D)r. James A. Stewart L- flaptist minister at West Poin Mississippi, a native-born Irishma T. who has been in the United Stat< only since 1927; Mrs. Pauline Par iek Be Alumni Week Wi fo ce ml dc da R. MILO SMITH Wi $1 ing Program Will di Time Marches On th 0 ~sh Chose Reiterates TI Credit Regulation ti( p Seniors May Graduate I - After Mid-Semestevs da s John A. Chase, Jr., dean of ad- se s, ministration at the University. to- ch ie day reiterated the regulations that " pi: upper-classmen are required to meet vi< d in order to obtain full credit if they [t volunteer or are called into the ap armed forces during a semester. No ce provision is made for freshmen. Seniors may receive diplnmas it' S( they have completed all other re- th quirements for graduation except fic the studies being pursued and are aui passing at mid-semester. Also, a Cl senior, in his last semester, may, af ter four weeks attendance, stand mid-semester examinations and re- wl st ceive his diploma if he passes. tw Sophomores and juniors may re 0an s ceive full semester credit if they are rii e passing after completing two-thirds de of the required class attendance. stt n Also, they may obtain full credit if ni U1 d they make satisfactory grades on a mid-semester examination. sh These privileges will be given to D, students only if they regularly at- w )_ tend classes up to within 15 days of cel d their induction into a service. ri it Graduate and law students will receive individual treatment. C tI If a student, who is going into a F e service, is unable to meet his re hs spective requirements, he will re i, ceive a proportional refund of his ), registration expenses, Dean Chase said. tel tic ng Completion; t~elyScheduled po ['. Wilson, head of the Department of ga Family WVelfare at the University s~ i. of Alabama, and former consultant Ci on family life at Philadelphia, Penn- -TI e, sylvania; Father Joseph L.-O'Brien, otl Rector of the Bishop England High to u- School at Charleston, S. C.: Rev erend Wilson 0. WVeldon, recently in s transferred from the China Grove Cs Methodist Church at China Grove, Ju hi N. C., to the Methodist Church at El High Point, N. C., and former stu- to dent pastor at the Washington Cc Street Methodist Church in Colum- ) bia, S. C.:. Mrs. Catherine Smith cal Ferrell of Richmond, Virginia, wi former Traveling Secretary for the cre t Student Volunteer Movement and a teacher in the Kwassui College, tea y Nagasaki; Japan; Dr. Henry W. A. chi: Hanson, President of Gettysburg Thi '.College, Cettysburg, Pennsylvania; tea and Reverend T. B. ("Scotty") cre e Cowan, from the Religious Fellow- tifi f ship at Norris Dam, Tennessee. a< g The Committee has a tentative uca *r acceptance from Dr. Howard WV. iiis t Odum, head of the Department of a Sociology at the University of pr< t, North Carlina, and is in corres- vei n pondence with one or two other 30 s speakers to complete the total ing k list. eac gins leadline For di Degrees 3 December 1 Students Must Present Approved Applications Before Purchasing Ring Candidates for all degrees awarded the University of South Carolina I be required to file applications r degrees and diplomas before De nber 1, according to an announce !nt today by John A. Chase, Jr., an of administration. Before filing applications, candi tes are to pay the diploma fee to University treasurer and submit e receipt to the registrar's office iere applications are made. All applicants, except law students, 11 have the choice of purchasing a .00 or $2.50 diploma. The former ploma will be printed on parchment per with imitation leather case; - latter will be engraved on genuine eepskin with genuine leather case. ie diploma for law 'students will st $3.75. The first person to file an applica n was Miss Florence Marcis Lee :>ok, of Lexington, who is a candi te for a Bachelor of Art- degree. A fee of *1.00 will be charged for :retarial science certificates. No arge will be made for certificates fine arts, library science, music, ysical education, social welfare or )lin. A $1.00 late fee will be charged for plications received later than De mber 1. Students at the T7niver:;ty n; uth Carolina must have their di yna applications accepted before !y will be allowed to purchase of ial University rings, according to announcement today by John A. iase, Jr., dean of administration. After students have had their ap cations accepted, they will be given certificate, signed by Dean Chase, iich may be presented to one of o selected jewelers. In the past, it has been possible for y student to purchase an official ig. During the summer, Presi :it J. Rion McKissick appoinied idents John McGowan, Jay Ham :tt, Tina Cannon, Tom Perrin, and iiversity business manager Frank ylor as a committee to decide who >uld buy rings. It recommended that only students lose diploma applications were ac )ted should have the right to buy gs. ver 400 Register or USC Extension eacher's Groups Aiore than 400 students have regis ed for extension classes in educa ni, organized by Dr. Fred D. Alex dler, extension professor of educa I) for the University of South Caro a Extension division, at various ints throughout the state. I'his year classes have been or nized at Union, Seneca, Pickens, artanburg, Greenville (Furman iversity) Conway, and Florence. ere are denmands for courses in ier centers and efforts will be made organize other class'es. )r. C. N. Sisson of Coker college Ifartsville is in charge of the class in Conway and Florence. Miss ia P. Gaillard, Superintendent of mentary schools in Columbia is assist him in teaching the class in nway. ifiss Mattie Thomas is to visit the may schools in H-orry County, ere she has organized a 2 or 3 (lit course in education. r'he classes are designed to give chers and others interested a nc to further their education. ey give training to teachers while ching, and allowv them to establish dits for extension of state cer eates. They secure credits toward ollege degree and improve the ed tional equipment of teachers serv the state. ach course of study will be as scribed by the faculty of the Uni sity. The course wvill consist of hours of class work, 24 class meet s of one hour and fifteen minutes h. or the equivalent. Dn Si Event Is To Be Obse In All Parts Of Glob Special Mailings Will To Renew And Create Next week, November 8-11, the Ui its first Alumni Week and it will be the world, according to an announcer lumbia and Mullins, president of the A Inter-Fraternity Council Considers Rushing Problems Group Will Investigate Possibility Of Changes In Present Set-Up Here The Tnter-fraternity council has set up a committee to investigate the rushing systems of different univer sities throughout the country. Alva Lumpkin, president of the council, announced that Georgia, Duke and North Carofina universities had been contacted thus far, and more would be written shortly. The aim of the committee is to get the rushing systems of several uni versities, study them carefully, pick out the strong and weak points, and to reorganize the University rushing system. The council is also sponsoring a bowling tournament among the fra ternities. This tournament is being held at the Capitol Bowling Center, and all fraternities are invited to par ticipate. McKissick Kills Mo Peacetime Procedur KSK Presents Plan To Student Union Knowlton Outlines Idea For Student Recreation Student recreation plans for the rest oi this year were presented to the University student union board by Charles Knowlton of KSK at a meeting of the board last Thursday night. The plans contained an out line of five points that the service fraternity had worked out during the semester. Knowlton announced that the board requested that more specific details on the costs of the various projects be presented and the board would thent act on the proposals. Since the loss of the student union lounge last year the activities of the student tunion fund have been very small. There is now accumulated a sum of $1.894.00 in the student union accoumnt of the student activities fee, and it was hopcd that the money might be used in small amounts to temporarily alleviate recreation dif ticulties cauised by wartime restric tions on driving automobiles. Knowlton said that five points were presentedl to the board and aid asked of it in completing all of them. First, it was suggested that a free informal (lance be held every' Friday and Saturday night in the University gym, provided that no other dance was slated on the University social calendar for that night. Plans to make a large comfortable room in the new library available for the Carnegie music set were presented. The sttudents wotuld check the records out, jttst as ini the library, from the Carnegie set's room in the music de partment. These records could then be played on a phonograph in the stu dent union furnished room in the li brary. Since the dating of the stud(ents on the area in front of the wvomen's buildings has been approved for cam pus dating. KSK asked the board to buy benches to be placedl on the area. Plans to rent skates for sttatlent use in a paved area bordering the University and marked off from city traffic were also presented with the purchase or rental of the skates by the board being reqnested. unday 'rved By Students e, McMillan Says Aid In Effort Striving Interests In University iiversity of South Carolina will hold observed by former students all over nent by Claude R. McMillan, of Co lumni Association. It will be a concerted effort to create and renew interest in the University and the Alumni Associa tion, with special interest being placed on increased membership. Alumni and alumnae will be contacted in each judicial circuit in South Carolina and in North Carolina and Georgia. Spe cial mailings will go to alumni all over the world. The special mailings to men in the armed forces, whose addresses are known, will include a personal let ter from a member of the Co-ed As sociation, a message from President J. Rion McKissick and a copy of this issue of The Gamecock. "Alumni meetings, large and small, organized and unorganized, are be ing encouraged throughout the world, wherever former students can get to gether. Ve hope that Carolinians will be able to hold reunions on every continent and sea," said President Mc Millan. Chairman of the week will be R. 1ilo Smith,. of Lexington. Chairman Smith, who is directing much of the effort, will have a desk in the cam pus alumni office next week and com munications to him should be ad dressed to the office. "Our University has taught and practiced democracy on the campus throughout its history, but today it is making its greatest contribution to (CONTINUED ON PAGE () nth Holiday Rumor; e To Be Followed Reason For Refusal Of Administration Listed "The University will not grant a holiday of a month at Christmas, but will give the two weeks' vacation from December 21 to January 4 as scheduled in our catalogue," Presi dent J. Rion McKissick said Wednes day. "The reasons for this decision are: "(1) Approximately 30 seniors are scheduled to graduate in February, half oi whom are men. To delay the time for completion of their courses might mean that some would not be able to graduate because they would have to enlist or be enducted into the armed forces for national de iense before finishing their work. "(2) Only 137 of our 1,610 stu dents live outside this State. Sixty five of these are from the neighbor ing states of North Carolina and G;eorgia. The groups from other states are small. In short, most of our stud(ents can return to their homes on Saturday before Christ mas (which comes on Friday) and can return to the University two or three days after Newv Year's Day. Although our Christmas holidays do not officially begin until Mionday, December 21. classes will be sus pended after Saturday. December 19. The great maiority of our students live within half a day's ride from the University. "(3) The University's policy, based on its experience, is to distribute hol idays through the academic year rather tihan to concentrate them into a single long period. To follow the latter plan would mean that our stu dents would carry on their work with out a holiday from January to June. Our few dlays' vacation in the spring is a mental and physical essential for our students and faculty. "(4) To give our students a month's holiday for Christmas would mean that three days after their re *"rn to the University they would have to begin final examinations on .t,w irst semester. In all probability, this procedure would multiply the number of students fail ing in their courses, might mean that some seniors would not graduate either in February or June and would have no opportunity to complete their courses before entering the armed ser vice of the nation. "(5) Prolongation of the Univer sity year by two additional weeks (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)