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Over 50 Per Cent 0 Air Corps Exams M< General Declares Record Is Amazing More than 330 of the University men who acted as voluntary "guinea pigs" for a new type of Army Air Corps qualifying examination passed the -.ests with flying colors, University authorities learned recently. The ex amination was given to approximately 6oo male students of the university on October 9. The commanding general of the Fourth Service Command said: "Records indicate that, of students at the University of South Carolina who took the examinations, 55.79 per cent made qualifying grades. This is an aniazing record and one of which your staff and faculty should feel justly proud." Certificates were issued to those 330 boys who passed. They may at any time prior to November 30 ap pear before any Aviation Cadet Ex amining board and if otherwise quali fied, be listed for appointmen. as avia tion cadets without further evidence of their mental qualifications. This. however, is not compulsory to those who passed the tests. Not included in the testing program were approximately 300 U. S. C. men students. Many of these took the ex aminations during the summer ses sion of school. The nearest Aviation Cadet Ex amining board is located at Fort Jack son. Extension Service Offers New Movie Salvage Is Subject Of Audio-Visual Aid Film "Salvage," an eloquent appeal of Donald Nelson to the people of America in the form of a sound movie is now available from the University of South Carolina Au dio-Visual aids bureau. The picture is of particular in terest to people of this state at the present time because of the interest in the current scrap drive through out the state. The picture is highly praised. Of it, Donald Nelson says, "A home salvage joh is not a one-day affair. It must be done one day a week and every week, until we win the war." Variety Magazine says, "This is about the neatest short to come from the Office of War In formation on a specific national campaign. It covers the scrap sit uation in thorough going fashion pointing up the iced for the whoic ale collection of Scrap Material for the United States war effort." "Home on the Range." a tribute to the ranchers of the western plains and their role in winning the war is now on deposit in the film library also. Other newv films released during the month of October and soon to appear in the film library are: "Winning your Wings," "Men and Ships," and "WVestern Front." At a recent meeting of the OPA, 16 national organizations manifest ed interest in the OPA pictures, 20.000,000. wyith a membership of more than -L AUND R -But Laundry Even a Freshman soon les Problems - just send your EXPRESS-and have it rett You'll find it's really no prol I.ow rates include pick-.up am within-out regular vehicle lii towns. Your laundry can be choose. Psst! Send and re same convenient way. RAI LWj .AOENCY NATION-WIDE I 1SANCK EN'S e SOLD AT' MANUFAC RICHLANI f Students Taking ike Passing Grades 5 Sophomores Makf 100; 32 Rank Abovi 97 On English Test Babcock Announces That Girls Are Able To Spell "Lieutenant" Correctly In a uniform quiz on spelling an punctuation given in sophomor English, 32 University student made 97 or above. Five students made a perfe score on the test. They are: D. I Setzler, Johnny Boulware, Doroth Johnson, Betty Brooks Coit, an Evelyn Bamberg. Other student's making grade between 99 and 97 are as follows Suzanne Robinson, James B. Blact Robert E. Sanders, Jane Brook Marshall, Arthur Cole, Howar Lindsay, Selma Gilland, Ernes Miller, Edith Adams, June Rephat Also, Patty Lawrence, Warre Beaumont, Doris Jean Sims, Chat les Vannamaker, S. Darley, Georg J. Bryan, Bill Taylor, Sylvia Starl Frances Mann, Mary Hope Turnei Cele Roberts. Also, Mary Alice McMillat Mina Silverman, Betty Roof, Vet melle Haile, Minnie Hughes, an Weston Dixon. These students were commende by Dr. Havilah Babcock, head < the English department, %io wa gratified at the higl'marks made. An interesting sidelight, D: Babcock said, is that not a singl girl who took the quiz misspelle the word "lieutenant." Christian Science Club Carries Five Regular Programs The University of South Carolin Christiai Service club is sending ou ive programs at regular interval this year to various parts of the cit and county, according to Presider Bill Blake. These prograns, of - religious na ture, are designed primarily for th entertaiinient of the people at the ir stitutions where they are giveni. The. are financed by the YM and YWC) of the iiversity. All students at eligible att(l invited to take part i them. Jo Lane has charge of a prograt which is carried out to the Richlan County Alms house every Tuesda at 4 p. m. Usually seven or eigh studeuts go out to take part in th program. The programe consiCt of devotion, prayer, and -ong service. Satn Beacham has charge of program which is taken out to Stat Park on the first Monday night i each month. Buddy Black takes a program ot to Camp Autbrey. state N.Y.A. canm every Sunday morning. Studen1 conduct Sunday school classes ant song services. The camp furnisho transportation out and back. The Palmetto Churcht has aske University students to help suppl teachers for thteir Sunday scho< classes Sttnday morning. Billy Lau~ ton has charge of thtis program. Y?-Y ES! Problems? NO! rns how to handle Laundry laundry home by RAII,WAY rned to you the same way. tiem at all. id delivery at no extra charge, flits, in all cities and principal sent prepaid or collect, as you ceive baggage, gifts, etc. the cXPRESS t AIL.-AIR SERVICE s Eat ICE CREAM THE CANTEEN TUftD BY D DAIRIES ZIIiiWatc gog d e S t Y S t r. S C Army and Navy aviation cadets receivii cently engaged a special drill platoon fron Pictured above are three officials who wo the NROTC corps; President J. Rion McKi civilian pilot training, civil aeronautics adi t USC Represented B) And Student At Serv Audio-Visual Aids Will Publish Book Mrs. L(ise BaileY Wykes, exen sion secretary inl ebarge ot the ULni vers ity Auio-Visual aids Jmreau. has announced that a llewv bulletin, which she has Just compiled. will he tubl n lished within the next few days. d1 The bulletin has a list of the newer v and better films that the extension di t vision has recently added to the film e library. with brief summary descrip a tionc of them. Avice about thC handling and use of films is given, a along with hints about the projector e and its Ise. n Some of the films which will be listed in the new bulletin arc those .t recently placed in the film library by p the office of the Co-ordinator of In s ter-American Affairs. This organ dI ization has -recently re leased a numc s ber of timely pictures which may be of interest to people throughout the d state. y "Our Neighbors Downc the Roadc" I will be among the new films listed. -It is a new movie of South America as seen from an automcobile tour through it. It is filned in techin color. and( thtus shows in more real - ity the beauties of our southern neighibo rs. Others listed in the new bulletin are: "Argent ine Soil", "A Line from Vucatan"', "'Sundays in the Valley of Mexico", "Americanis All". "Mexico Builds a D)emocracy", "The D)ay is New", "Birazil Ge(ts the News", "Guatemala Sketch Boonk", and "South American Medley". Most of these filims are designed.to better ac quaint the listener with the countries to the sooth of the United States. Louis K. Manley, formerly dean of the University of Pittsbuirgh school of busitness adinistration, has been namled (lean of the graduate school at the Univ ersi ty of Miami. CAUGHMAN'S ESSO STATION * Complete ESSO Service 1001 Sumter Street (Across From War Memorial) * PHONE 7193 CUT RATE C 1530 Moi p Drill Competition 4 ig preliminary training through the Univer the University's Naval ROTC unit in com tched the drilling: Left to right, Capt. R. isick of the University; %and Preston C. Mc ninistration, Atlanta.( USC News Service). Dr. W. T. Herbert ice Conference University Plans Drive To Help Raise Funds Dr. Waher T. Herbert. of the Engili departient and Bill Blake, iunior froim Darlington. represented the Uiniversity at a conference of the o Studet 'Srvice Fund at Chap el I liill, N. C., on October 25. The purpose of the meeting was to co-ordinate the work of the YMCA ani tile Y W CA, the Baptist Student Grrmns nd o ther ca-p-srg tions in order to raise funds to help carry out the program of the organ ization, nade more difticult and hard er now by the war. The World Student Service Fund is attempting to aidi students all over thc world whose educations and studly were interrupted by the war. Its rep resentatives are at present going inl andl out of Germany' furnishing books and( organizing classes from Oxford tad other large English universities. l.ikewise tihe French prisoners of war in Giermany are aided. Supplying hooks is tile chief conlcern of the or ganlizationl because enemy cotuntries are sujpiying othler materials. Ini China thle organization faces a di tierenit problem for tile sttudents havse bo'ks, but they lack food and clothing and other necessities. One of the chief problems of the federation are tile Jlapanlese studetnts Iin theC United States who were taken out of school by the Fil somei time hack and placed in camps. Thle W\orld Student Service Fundl, witht ttderai aidI is tryinlg to re-locate thlese studentts back in other schools scat rered throughout (lie nlationi. Thlese students no longer call thlemselves Jjaanese but have adopted the term A nmuhter of noted speakers were4 present , at tIhe conference among them, Alan Blooth, general secretary of the Bit ish Student Movemnett \l ie Billie Rowland, general secre tary of the WSSF; David Jontes, presideunt of Benniett College, \Valter K ilpatrtick. presidenit of Cedarville College. Ohio, anid Mr. Ed Ota, Ni se'i student from Guil ford College. N'. C. ife is one of the Japanese stu lents who have been r'emloved from lthe camps andl placed back in school. Th'le University of South Carolina wvill condtuct a drive to raise futids for (lie world stuident service fund withini the nlext few weeks. RUG STORE n Street Ait- USC lity's Civilian pilot training program re petitive drill, the naval platoon winning. C. Needham, U. S. Navy, commandant of bry, assistant regional superintendent of Russell E. Green Appointed Naval Air Corps Cadet Russell Earl Green, 18, son of Mr. ind L Mrs. E. G. Green. 207 New Bun :ombe Road, Greenville, South Caro ina. has been selected for training is a Naval aviation cadet and will be irdered to active duty shortly. Green, a native of Greenville, gradu ited from Parker High School and is .iow a student at the University of 3outh Carolina, where he is a mem I)er of its track team and a staff vriter.of the college publication "The 3amecock." When o dered to active duty Green Nill report to the U. S. Navy Pre Flight School, either at the Univer ity of North Carolina, or University >f Georgia, Athens, Georgia, for three nonthis of physical conditioning, in truction in Naval essentials, military Irill and ground school subjects. \fter conmpleting this course he wvill >e sent to one of the Navy's numerous eserve bases for primary flight in truction. Greeni is scheduled to become a nembher of the Carolinia squadron nowv ieing organized in the Charlotte area mnder the dlirection of Nav'al Avia ion Cadet Selection Board H eadl juarters in Atlanta. Georgia. The poal in this campaign is four squad ons of thirty men each. Other young nien in this community have been re iuested by members of the Cadet Se ection Boardl to visit the nearest re ruiting .its'ions for infornmation about he Naval Aviation Cadet Program, or vrite the temporary Naval Aviation ieadquarters at x x8, Johnston Build nig, Charlotte, N. C, lark Speaker At 3rangeb'rg Church Dr. Harry H. Clark, extension >rofessor and( lecturer for the Uni /ersity Extension Division, was cuest speaker in the Orangeburg 3aptist Church oni Sunday, October G. He mnade several additional peches in Orangeburg Monday, Jctober 2ti, in the Orangeburg c hool s. On his return from Orangeburg o Columbia lhe made several pecches at a number of schools. )n Tuesday, October 27, Doctor lark spoke to the peop)le of the 'wansea commtmnuity at a meeting f the Parent-Teachiers association n the Swansea high school. Doctor Clark also spoke to a mmhier of groups in Union, S. C., in October 29. He will make other preches in that section of the tate. Seventeen-year-old Shirley H-aines s NOT' attending the University of dlaine. She had intenden to enroll, 'lt whlen her brother enlisted in the ery ice she volunteered to drive a ractor on her father's farm. Dean Bradley Annou On Voluntary Attend Is Required By Feder X-rays Of Chests Of Students To Be Made On Nov. 9-12 Exams Will Be held In Gymnasium; Will Extend Over Four Day Period All students attending the Uni versity will have X-ray photo graphs of their chests made on Nov. 9-12, according to a recent an nouncement by President J. Rion McKissick. The purpose of this. ex amination is to detect minimal tu- s berculosis, or other irregular chest I conditions. The examinations will be held in the University gymnasium and dur ing the four days necessary to take I the X-rays, all classes except those in the gymnasium will continue on 1 schedule. Men will undergo X-ray shots on Nov. 9 and 10; women on Nov. 11. The last day, Nov. 12, will be for men and women who were missed during the first three days. On that day, hours for the tardy women will be 9 a. i. to 12 noon; the late men will be 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. Since the afternoon hours prob ably will be the most crowded, stu dents are requested to report dur ing their first vacant class period in the morning hours. Students re porting for the second time because of a first time wait, will hold pri ority, in order that long waits can be minimized. Failure to meet this requirement will subject the student to discipli nary action. Pharmacists Hold First Meeting To Hear Dean Motley The University of South Carolina Student Branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association held its first regular monthly meeting Oct. 7, in LeConte College on the campus. Short addresses were given by Dean Motley, and Profes sors Strother and Morrison of the Pharmacy faculty. Following the business session, a receptiun was given in honor of the freshmen and transfer students in the school. Many interesting contests wcre en joyed by faculty and students. Freshman Hopper winning the con test for freshmen and Mrs. -Motley, if i s. the Deass and Itu. Mor rison were winners in the contests for the faculty. Refreshments were served in the study room. The social was closed by singing the Carolina Alma Mater. The School of Pharmacy par ticipated in National Pharmacy Week by setting up appropriate professional displays in the wvin dows of the hallway.1 The Student Health Dispensary, located in Wallace Thompson In firnary on the campus is now in its sixteenth year of operation. It is under the supervision of the School of Pharmacy and Prof. R. WV. Mor rison of the Pharmacy staff is reg istered pharmacist in charge of pro fessional duties. Advanced stu dents are here given practical work in compounding and dispensing prescriptions written by University{ physicians. Students are also given experience in the manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations on a large scale. FOR 35 YEARS CA R WOMEN HAVE B[E BIHARl'S RlE (Air Cond Special Luncheons an< .1229 Hampton Street-A Few JEROME F. BIHAR For SPE COLUMBIA "A GOOD L 123 Taylor Street nces Restriction lance; Phys. Ed. al Government Unlimited Absence Rule Suspended For Gym Work; Extra Cuts Not Allowed Voluntary attendance for juniors tnd seniors maintaining a B aver tge does not apply to courses in )hysical education, explained Dean F. W. Bradley, this week in answer o what he said was a general mis; inderstanding among students tbout this matter. Since physical education is now equired of students by the national Kovernment, the University feqls hat absences must be for unavoid-. ible reasons to be excused, so all tudents, regardless of their scholas ic average, are allowed only three inexcused absences, Dean Bradley aid. In regard to unlimited absences, Bradley also explained that the. -uling stated "at the discretion of :he professor" and that all students Aho were qualified to take more :han the normal amount of cuts, nus obtain permission from their professors. or they could be Jropped from their courses if an !xcess amount of unexcused ab ;ences were taken. Students who have taken ab ;ences in classes with ligitimate -easons, but failed to hand in ex .uses because they had voluntary ittendance and thought it unneces ar; to be excused may turn in such !xcuses now, if they pay the late ee of one dollar, Dean Bradley iaid. War Relief Thanks Students For Aid Gratitude Is Expressed In Letter To Frierson "We acknowledge gratefully your :ontribution to Russian War Re tief, Inc. While we would like to reply personally to each contribu tor, we know you will understand that this receipt expresses our sin :ere appreciation and helps con ;erve all possible funds to aid the Russian people," declared Russian War Relief. Inc.. in a letter ad dressed to the students of the Uni Vers;tv in care of J. Nelsoll ri on, dean of the law school. Dean Frierson devoted time to the cause of this relief organization luring the summer session of the University in circulating contribu LuiU scrotis among students, teach ers, and faculty members. Some of the internationally prominent personalities supporting the work of the Russian War Re lief, Inic.. are: Secretary and Mrs, Frank Knox, Secretary and Mrs. Henry Morgentheau. Lord and Iady Halifax, Secretary and Mrs. Henry L. Stimnson, and Vice-Presi lent and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace. Approximately one out of every .hree students at H-amiilton college is taking special college work intended to prepare him for military service. 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