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For Victory.. a.y Christmas German To e.Nf C If Jeffrso FromMTo .ef ff3oms .Be Danced Tonight At B,ONDS * STAMPSJefroFom9T1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (St0ry*" Pae 3) CROWING FOR AGREATER CAROLINA ___________________ Z676 Volume XXXV11, No 10 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1942 Fudd10 EDIT( One Question Rem Establishment of the Naval Pr here doubtless means the salve increasingly difficult war years By and large, the spirit of t kiificent in meeting the situati handled with much less confusi the comparitively simple mattei to the whole hearted cooperatio tration. Class schedules have also be( misunderstanding. Only one q a will not be answered without ou Where shall the students eat Two places at least have bee since these places will not acc dents, they must use some of th( To find an eating establishi level of'cleanliness as the Univ( lem. It is only when such an stitution is denied them that stu have been in having it. The City of Columbia recent] Alaifed01 them with A, B, or C of their cleanliness. Many res jority were classified B. or C. Several places close to the 1 How many of these places ha that time is not known, but c have not. Now that the student is no to whether he should patronize in these commercial places, tl ask the City that something -be usual course of action is to all< ments to clean up or close up. Boarding houses do not fall which are open to public meal on. Some boarding house it much less the preparation of fo( We appeal to the City of Colu The University has long been a Christmas Program Men's And Women's Audience Joins Program With Singing Of Carols A Christmas program was held in the University of South Carolina chapel Tuesday, December 15, at 10:30 a. m. The program was under the department of music, Prof. Hugh Williamson, director. Prof. 1-. R. Murchison opened the musical program with prayer, after which the entire assembly joined In the singing of the carol, "Joy to the ' World." Mary Isla Crumpler played "Wind in the Pine Trees" by Clokey on the chapel organ. The men's chorus, under the direc tion of Prof. Williamson, sang "Praise God In His Holiness" by Shaw and "Angel's O'er the Fields were Flying", an old French carol arranged for a male quartct and men's chorus by Prof. Williamson. The men's quartet was composed of Owens Killingsworth, tenor, Billy Lawton, tenor, Dean Clary, baritone, and Armand B3odie, bass. Bach-Connod's "Ave Maria"~ was sung by Marie Hodges. Mrs. Hugh Williamson directed the women's glee club in the singing of the spiritual "Rock de Cradle. Mary", *arranged by Francis De Burgos. The University Chorus sang "Jesu, By Thee I Would Be Blessed" by Franck, and "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring" by Bach, Mrs. Williamson directed. The program closed with the sing -~' ing of "Hark, The Herald Angels Sing.", Accompanists for the program were Mary Isla Crumpler and Robert Mob ley. Library To Remain Open On December 21-24, 26. 28-31, and on January 2, the library will be open from 9:00 a. mn. suntil 1:00 p. m. On December 27 (Sunday) and January 3 (Sunday) It will remain open from 2:00 p. m. until 5:00 n. mn. Prepv )RIAL iins eparatory Flight training school tion of the University for the 1e student body has been mag on. The rooming change was on than generally attends even of registration. This was due a of both students and adminis mn shifted with little noticeable [uestion remains unsettled, and tside help. I n provided on the campus. But mmodate nearly all of the stu . facilities nearby or uptown. ient which maintains the same ,rsity Mess Hall will be a prob efficient and money saving in dents realize how fortunate they y inspected all restaurants and licenses, indicating the standard taurants, in fact the large ma Jniversity were classified as C. re raised these standards since bservation reveals that several longer at his own discretion as ;he mess hall or take his chances te University has the right to done. It is understood that the >w six months-"for the establish under this inspection. Those s should be rigidly checked up ehens are unfit for habitation, >d. mbia to help us in this problem. a asset to the City. Tuesday Features Glee Club Chorus Students To Move By Noon Tomorrow Three Dormitories Are Affected By Situation Two hundred thirteen students have been required to find new sleeping quarters by 12:00 tomorrow to make room for the Naval Pre-flight cadets who will arrive after Christmas. All men 'in Preston, Burney, (Ten ement 29), and Snowden (Tenement 25) Colleges must find new room mates before the deadline. Students who do not select their own room mates will have their names placed in a container and, as they are drawn by Louis Sossamon, president of the student body, each will be assigned a room. At the first of the week students in Coker (Tenement 21) were required to move and those in Woodrow (Ten ements 26, 27, 28) and MacBride (Tenement 24%2) were warned that they might have to vacate their build ings. However, roomers in all three Colleges have been declared safe un til further notice. Players Present Original Playlet "The Bishop Waits In His Garden", a one-act tragedy written by Prof. Merrill Christopherson, professor of English at the University of South Carolina, was presented at the meet ing of the University Players, Wed nesday, December 16 in Drayton Hall. The play, under the direction of "Frog" Green has as its cast, John Clements as "Anton", Irving Rion as "Marcie", Bob Disbro as "Phillip". Keitt Harris as "Sister Helen", Bev erly Nininger as "Lady Gondar", Jake Land as the "German", and Jimmy Hill as "Father Tohn". ires F Farrow Rece E. PREDENT OF TRE SIDE PU*IbSQ\NT TO ACT Or CNG IAS:AWi Lieut. William (Billy) Glover Fa ticipated in the heroic raid on Toky the Distinguished Flying Cross cert ceived by his mother, Mrs. Jessie Economic Warfare in Washington. companying the photographs, Mrs. so much. It was like another home t Two Hundred Hymin Chapel Out Of Con Activities Group Hears And Discusses Projects Several student activities received aid from the student contingent fund this week. An obligation of The Gamecock to the fund for several years was written off the books and two hundred hymn books were bought for the chapel at the request of the chapel committee. Other projects received by the ac tivities group were introduced and discussed. Chairman W. Frank Tay lor, Jr. presided and introduced the request of the chapel committee in behalf of its chairman Dr. R. B. Davis. The hymnal which it was decided to approve purchase for, is a very popular collegiate hymnal used by sev eral colleges throughout the country and was recommended as suitable for the chapel program use by Prof. Hugh Williamson of the music de partment. Several years ago the student sink ing fund, which has been renamed and enlarged as the contingent fund, advanced eleven hundred dollars in payment of back printing costs of The Gamecock for a period extending over a number of years. This money was accepted by The Gamecock business managers as a debt obligation of The Gamecock to the sinking fund. But since the con tingent fund is set up primarily to pay for legitimate extra debts and needs of student activities, the com mittee approved a motion to remove the obligation from the bonors. 9 or Na ives Medal &RDE i TO )C Y ACEEVEMENT~ ..Ie IN; J T1:].'i MUdim t,'! G ElJL) TrATES:: 01 CA.'-i LRDE11 F AC]! n.V"'~ l I it. jS~. %tu s~r~Ii ....L ............... W'l ,il / ' -//1" k4 '.1Y6/-, rrow, '42A, of Darlington, who par o last April 18 is shown above with ificate of award which has been re 3. Farrow, now with the Board of In i letter to the Alumni office, ac Farrow writes, "Bill loved Carolina : him." als Bought For tingent Fund January Plans For KSK Are Told Elections Included In Post-Holiday Business Elections of new members and the election of a new president for Kappa Sigma Kappa, honorary service fra ternity, will be held in addition to reg ular business in the January meetings of KSK it was announced today by President Frank . Sloan. A special meeting will be held Tuesday, January 5, the second day after Christmas holidays, to begin the election of new members, so that the new men may be initiated before the examination schedule begins. President Sloan told that members of the group last week that he would be inducted into the army late in January and that KSK would be re quired also to elect a new president in time for inauguration ceremonies. KSK officers are normally elected in May to serve for a full year. The war has made special elections neces sary in several cases in the past two years. Members of the group held their banquet Tuesday night in the crystal room of the Columbia hotel and were advised that the special elections meet ing would be held. The banquet was closed with the recognition of guests who attended the oecasion. ivy FI Drastic Revisions In Class Rooms For Second Term Made Callcott Praises High Degree Of Cooperation Displayed By Faculty Abandonment of Davis College as a University classroom by the end of Christmas holidays and further dras tic changes in classroom assignments at the beginning of second semester were announced today by Dr. W. H. Callcott, in charge of relocation of classes. The changes will be neces sary as a result of the Naval Flight Preparatory School's demand for 25 University classrooms, Doctor Call cott said. "Members of the faculty has dis played a high degree of co-operation in providing rooms for the classes which formerly met in Davis," Doc tor Callcott said. He pointed out that numeroti professnrt havp enn verted their offices into classrooms and also their laboratories, at the risk of having valuable laboratory equip ment damaged. While only 200 cadets will arrive on the campus in the first contingent, they will be followed by 200 more four weeks later and an additional 200 eight weeks later, he said. Only Davis college will have to be vacated by University classes before the be ginning of the second semester. To make room for the 400 cadets arriving during the second semester, the second and third f f De,sc - sure and the third floor of Sloan college will be converted to pre-flight classrooms. No offices or drafting rooms will be taken in Sloan college, Doctor Callcott said. Doctor Callcott stated that five classrooms in the new library have been made available to the classes which formerly met in Davis for full-time use, as well as three rooms of Petigru and four in the \Vardlaw college. This was accomplished through the co-operation of the fac ulty by crowding the other rooms. He mentioned the fact that several classes will be held in the homes of professors. In the emergency schedule to be in effect between January 4 and the be ginning of the second semester prac tically no afternoon classes will be necessary, Doctor Callcot said, but the additional changes next semester will make it necessary to have ap proximately 75 classes in the after noon. Students' Reserve Status Remains In Doubt, Mercer Says Prof. Charles S. Mercer, head of the faculty committee on army reserve enlistment, said Wednesday he had received no information from the War department to the effect that student reservist will be called to duty with in the near future. The announcement by Professor Mercer followed a statement Tuesday bya War department spokesman in Washington which disclosed that "the army's reserve corps will probably be :alled to active duty within a few weeks." The official said orders tak ing student reserve corps men into service probably will be issued shortly after the first of the year. According to the Associated Press lispatch from Washington which re orted the War department statement, fficials of the Navy and Marine :orps said they had received no in formation of any similar action to be taken by those services. Professor Mercer said that, where as he had received no information on the matter, it is possible that the reservist will be called into service after Christmas. He estimated that 92 University students will be af fected if such a plan is carried out. Included in this figure will be 37 seniors, 20 juniors, 25 sophomores and ten freshmen. 0S ight S McKissick Announc Meeting With Studc Class Rooms, Dormitori In Part To Training Ur The establishment of a 600 man Is University was announced by Preside: ing at a special meeting of the entire s sity field house. President McKissic school will greatly relieve "the extra< the University caused by the steady The Navy is not taking over the I of its facilities and staff, the Presider Drives Instituted To Collect Plants For Fort Hospital Greenery Contributions To Be Placed In Chapel For WPA Sponsored Move Students were urged today by mem bers of KSK to contribute to the city-wide drive to collect potted plants for the decoration of the Fort lackson station hosnital for the Christ mas holidays. Plants may be placed in the foyer of the old University chapel through tomorrow. Sponsorcd by the war se vice di vision of the Recreation division of the WPA, the drive in Columbia is expected to net enough potted green ery to provide for the entire 3,800 bed hospital. This large structure will demand thousands of the plants. In announcement to the student body at a meeting in the Field House Tuesday, at which President McKis sick spoke about the navy, KSK told students that those who had plants at home that might be given to the drive should bring thcm to the Univeisity chapel. Students Advised To Lock Up Goods University Won't Take Blame For Student Loss While every precaution will be tak en to keep thieves from breaking in the dormitories during the holidays. students are requested to lock all of their clothes, books, radios, etc. in their closet or trunk, as the Univer sity, aecording to an announcement sent to all occupants of the dormito ries December 11, cannot assume re sponsibility for their property. All dormitories will be locked at three p. m. on Sunday, December 20. Tenements one, two, and three will be usedi for students who are working and desire to stay on the campus dlur ing the holidays. A storage room will be provided in each of these ten ements so thlat theC present occupants can store their trunks, All whlo wvished to remain at the University were required to till out an application at the Miarshal's office by 12 o'clock last Monday and to pay a fee of $5.00. Student Responses Please McKissick In connection withl thte stdent body meeting Monday morning. President J. Rion McKissick, University of South Carolina, issued the following statement today to tile students: "The most inspiring and glorious display of loyalty to the University and of love to our country by our stu dents that I have -observed in 41 years of association with thle Univer sity was given at thle meeting in tile Field House Monday after I had announced establishment of a Naval Flight Preparatory School here andl after I had made it plain that many of our students are to undergo in convenience, less comfort, and some changes from their accustomed way of life and work here so that they and the rest of the University may mnake a greater contribution to our nation's defense. "Let me avait myself of this op portunity to express to you the heart felt gratitude of the University and of its president for your great aid and for your splendid soirit chool es Plan Monday At nt Body, Faculty 3s Will Be Turned Over it; Also Use Mess Hall laval flight preparatory school at the it J. Rion McKissick, Monday morn tudent body and faculty in the Univer k said the addition of the pre-flight )rdinarily serious problem confronting decrease in men students." Jniversity, but is simply utilizing part t emphasized. Two hundred of the cadets will ar rive January 7, 200 more a month later, and another 200 two months later. Each group will be given 12 weeks' training on the Carolina cam pus. The school will be continuous, running throughout the entire year. President McKissick made the first announcement of the approval by the Navy department of the flight pre paratory school to the students and told them that many will be incon venienced temporarily. Men living on the campus will have to double up in their rooms for the time being, he said. President McKissick said he was positive that all students and faculty members will be glad to cooperate to the fullest extent. "What are the discomfort, the in convenience, the change from our ac customed way of life which will be caused by this program compared with the privations, the hardships, the sufferings undergone by the sons of Carolina on land and sea and in the air, in camps, in prison camps, on. ships and battlefields far from home? Proud of Opportunity "You and I are grateful and proud that the opportunity is now given us to increase our part in the nation's defense . . ." the University president declared. Ile received a prolonged ovation from the student body when he had completed the announcement. President McKissick declared that the demands made by the Navy for the pre-flight school were "stagger ing" but that the University will meet them fully. Among facilities which the Univer sity will provide for the exclusive use of the cadets will be: Steward's Hall, the University cafeteria, 25 class rooms, probably including an en tire class room building and five dor mitory "colleges including rooms in Preston college not now occupied by XII Army headquarters, Snowden college and Burney college. All students now rooming in dor miitories which will be occupied by the Naval cadets will be reqnired to move to other dormitories by Satur (lay of this week, President McKis sick explained. I Steward's Hall Closed The 01(1 coed cafeteria in Wade Hampton college will he reopened and a number of other students will eat in the University high school cafeteria after Steward's hall is closed to Uni versity students, Doctor M'Kissick said. The Navy will require the Univer sity to provide 28 full-time teachers to instruct the cadlets, Doctor McKis sick said. In some cases, members of the regular University faculty will he used, some additional instructors being engaged. Salaries will be paid by the Navy department. Subjects which wvill be taught in chude: mathematics, physics, naviga tion, principles of flight, aerology, air craft engines and communications and reception. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) NROTC Frosh Uniformed The 90-odd freshmen in the Naval ROTC unit have been issued their uniforms, which were worn for the first time last week in the regular drill period, and were inspected by the of ficers of the unit, according to Capt. R. C. Needham, commandant of the unit. He said the only difference between the new uniforms and the old ones was that the caps of the new uniforms have a leather chin strap instead of a gold one. "This will be replaced later by a gold strap." he stated.