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.4See Ad On Page Two Sl orOdSae For Important News Of WAAC Enlistment ___________UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 volume XXXVI, No 14 COLUMBIA, SOUJTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 Fudd10 Cons Student-Faculty Announces Ser Three New Plans i Personnel Of Sub-I New projects to be undertaken this semester by the student faculty relations committee were announced this week, by student chairman Charlie Knowlton. Personnel of the committees were also announced. Three new projects will be con sidered by the committee, and two plans inaugurated last semester will be continued. The four new sub committees created by action of the general committee last week are: extra-curricula activities, co-ordina tion of meetings, and spring clean ing. The two committees held over from last semester are the high school, and the social. The committee on extra-curricula plans to study sonic method by which the undergraduate extra-cur ricula activities may be kept on record for use both during school, and after graduation. The commit tee will be headed by Dean F. W. Bradley. Members are: Buddy Black, Louise \Vallace, Betty Ber ry, Othneil Wienges, Prof. J. W. Davis, Dr. Howard Carr, and Mr. Roy Garrett, assistant business manager. The committee to plan the co ordination of meetings will work on a calendar, to schedule all meetings so that none will conflict. Dr. R. H. Wienefeld, will serve as chairman, and the members in clude: Dr. T. W. Herbert, Dean A. R. Childs, Joyce Hetzel, Mildred Saimon, Sumner Quimby, Morris Mazursky. A general spring house-cleaning day for the campus, with students and faculty doing the clean-up job will be undertaken by a committee, headed by Sarah Flinn. Members are: Mildred Browne, Dean John A. Chase, Prof. Coleman Karesh, An nic Hudson, and Jane Brooks Mar shall. The social committee which is in charge of the monthly luncheon meetings of the committee, and also plans other social functions, will have Anne Royale as chairman, and serving with her will be: Dr. Hav ilah Babcock, Prof. Jesse Jackson, MacKiver Riley, Polly Fillingein, Harvey Atwill. The high school committee, which all last semester worked on publici ty of the University to the high students of the state, will continue this same program. Miss Eliza beth O'Dell, who served as chair man last semester will continue to do so. On her committee are: Bill TVidwell, David Freeman, Jimmy Guest, Marie H-odges, and Edna Long. Over Two Hundred Apply For_Degrees Will Be Awarded At May Graduation Says Chase Two hundred and two undergrad uate students have applied for de grees to be received at the May graduation, announced John A. Chase, University dean of adminis tration, this week. The degrees that will be distribu ted are: Bachelor of Arts-36 women, 29 men, making a total of 65; Bache ' or of Arts in Education-13 women, 2 men, making a total of 15; Bache lor of Arts in Journalism-1 wom an, 5 men, totaling 6; Bachelor of Science-12 women, 36 men, total ing 48; Bachelor of Science in Coin merce-7 women, 28 men, totaling 35; Bachelor of Science in Educa tion-1 woman, 2 men, totaling 3; Bachelor of Science in Civil Engi neering-6 men, no women; Bache lor of Science in Chemical Engi neering-5 men, no women; Bache for of Science in Electrical Engi neering-4 men, no women; Bache.. for of Science in Pharmacy-1 * woman, 9 men, totaling 10; Bache lor of Laws-i woman, 4 men, totaling 5. Graduate students are not included in this list, Dean Chase said. Eructlc Committee nester's Work dded To Program; .ommittees Named Chest Committee Cancels Planned Community Drive Venture May Be Made In Normal Conditions Following Present War The recently-planned community chest drive to be held on the cam pus next month was called off by a decision of the drive executive com mittee this week. The committee voted to defer action on the plan until after the war because they felt that the first venture such an innovation should be made under normal conditions, said Van Earl Fillingem, committee chairman: The number of boys being called into the service leaves a shortage of leaders to carry out such a drive said Fillingem. Also he explained the committee felt that such a plan as this should be continued without interruption once it is begun, and that even if conditions on the cam pus now were such that the drive would be successful, the commit tee felt it would be unlikely that this would be true next year. As called for under the plan drawn up under the faculty-student relations committee last fall, the executive committee had the fol lowing personnel: two members from Alpha Kappa Gamma, leader ship sorority, who were Theodosia Browne, and Sarah Flinn; two members from Kappa Sigma Kap pa, service fraternity; two faculty members, one elected by AKG, who was Prof. 11. W. Davis, and one elected by KSK, who was Dr. T. \V. Herbert. Dean John A. Chase, dean of administration, served as an ex-officio member. The plan called for one drive each semester, similar to the city com luity chubi, in which'all non-cam pus organizations desiring to ask contributions of students would par ticipate. USC Loses Many Men To Air Corps Bell Tears Scalp When President Law Leaves At first 'twas only a rumor. John said that Joe had heard from Bill that Jim might join the Air Corps. Thleni about a week ago, John walked gaily to the post office, and was delighted to find a letter from home, being very dlevoted to his parents, brothers, and blank checks. One and a half minutes later, lie crawled wveakly to a chair, reread' the letter three times, I)inched hinm self twice, and cut his physics lab. About fifty in-the-very-near future alumni followed the above pattern more or less, as the Army Air Corps recently issued invita tions to many of Carolina's out standing students, hitting hardest at the YMCA. R. G. Bell, secretary, tore his scalp wvith one hand, and wav'ed a sadl farewell with his other to Donald Lawv, Y president, and to various chairmen of many of his comnmittees, among them Hugh Hlanna, Sam Roach, Luther Mc Cutcheon, Theo Strickland, and Bill Tim mons. Law's induction not only caused repercussions in Flinn Hall, but his goodbye necessitated another shake uip of 'rho Gamecock's masthead. Another erstwhile reporter, Mart Smith, left with Law. From the sportman's viewpoint, the Air Corps called several of the varsity football players-namely, Bobby O'Hlarra, Bob Sideman, Joe Nixon, Jack Couch, and Doe Fun derbturk, and also changed the mem bership of many intramural basket ball teams. )nof MMo 3OTANICAJ. The above map shows the locatioi board, in their relationship to the c constructed in the depicted area. 'I sides by Devine and Blossom streeti Student Union E Four Other Prol Free Dances To Bi Benches Will Be Pi In addition to making provision fo for students, the Student Union Bo, olina last week acted to put into op4 projects recommended recently by I Construction of 15 benches built< for two, to be placed on the lawn in front of Sims College; Transfer of the Carnegie Music Set from its present location on the third floor of Rutledge to the main floor of the new library; Organization of free juke-box (lances in the gymnasium on a pro visional basis; Opening of a skating rink on the campus if skates can be ob tained. Benches For Sims Frank H. Vardlaw, chairman of the board, announced that $120 had been appropriated for the construc tion of benches for the Sims lawn. Designs submitted by Prof. R. L. Sumwalt, a member of the board, were accepted by the board and construction of the benches is now in progress. They should be in stalled next week. The board appropriated $200 to operate the Carnegie Music set for the remainder of the current year. Students will lbe enmployedl to b)e in charge of the set. Comfortable stu (lent union furniture will be installedl in the library room made available for the purpose. This room is situ atedl at the extreme North end of the library on the main floor. The set will be operated from 3 to 6 p. m. and from 7 to 10 p. m. Mon (lay through Saturday, andl from 2 to 5 p. m. on Sunday afternoon. Jukce Box In Gym A jiuke box has been placed at the dlisp)osal of the Student Union Board by Whitey Rawi, manager of the University Cooperative Stores. Thue board appropriated $20 to re pair this juke box and make it avail able for free gymnasium dances. The board voted to conduct one or two dances on an experimental basis. If student response is good, they will be continued. Details will be announced later. Student members of the board serving at present are Julian Mar chant and J. C. Williams. Charles Knowlton has represented K. S. K. at meetings of the board, and Roy Garrett, director of student activi ties, also is assisting in the program. President McKissick attended the first of the two meetings held by the board in an advisory capacity. All With 100 ODK Points Urged To See Nicholson All boys with the required num ber of ODK points or having ques tions concerning same, are asked to get in touch with Bill Nicholson, icni( )ark Location Show CEN srsmr? i of the picnic grounds, now being ampus. Not shown in the picture a 'hey will be situated on the narrow 1. loard Acts On >osed Projects 3 Held In Gym, it On Sims Lawn r the construction of picnic grounds Lrd of the University of South Car -ration a number of student activity Kappa Sigma Kappa. They include: Mrs. Dugan's Baby, Phone Exchange Has 14th Birthday Mrs. Dugan's baby, the busiest machine on the campus, celebrated its fourteenth birthday L.-t week. It was on Feb. 19, 1929, that the University of South Carolina saw for the first time, its telephone ex change, then as now under the management of Mrs. Robert Dugan, head operator. Since then, the baby lhas seen the campus change and grow, right along with its own progress. 24 Hour Service They gave 24 hour service the first few months, and Mrs. Dugan described the folding bed that was kept by the exchange on which the night operators caught cat-naps be tween calls. One of the stuldents rig ged up an alarm clock contraption that wvould ring with each call. How ever, they soon found that most night calls wvere only to dlrugstores, and other refreshment centers, so this plan was abandoned, and since then the exchange has stopped at 11 or 12 o'clock. Before the exchange camne on the campus, the only telephones for stu (lent use wvere in Flinn H all, and the canteen. That first year the ex change took care of the 40 campus p)hones, many of wvhich were put in at the same time as the exchange. Nowv they have over 100 campus lines. The baby has acquired through the years 30 plugs instead of its original 15, wvhich means 60 people can now talk at one time, instead of the 30 which was the limit then. Then it had one pay phone, nowv it has three. Then it had 4 outside lines, now 14. Its first home was in the room that is now 101 Legare, and right across the hall from the canteen, the bookstore, and the post office. Baby Still Here One situation at the exchange that has changed only in personnel, is the presence of Mrs. Dugan's two-year-old baby at the exchange bureau. Sonny Dugan, now work ing at the University canteen, was, 14 years ago, only two, and he was the pet of all the boys who fre quented the canteen, Mrs. Dugan said. There is still a two-year old baby in the exchange office, now situated in Maxcy College. But this one is Butchie Dugan, a pint-size (CONTINUED ON PAGE ?) (Grot n J\ PICNIC GROUND constructed by the student union re the new tennis courts, also being triangle of land bounded on the long Students Urged To Sell Their Skates KS Plans Skating Rink Behind Legare College If you're a good skate, now's the time to prove it. The Student Union Board is call ing on all Carolina students who own skates in good repair to get them out of the attic and sell them to the board so that a campus skat ing rink can be opened. Kappa Sigma Kappa recently re quested the board to provide a skat ing rink on or near the campus and the board voted unanimously to do so. But investigation revealed the fact that no new skates can he bought; there simply aren't any on the market. The board has tentatively decided on a place for the skating parties the asphalt circle directly behind LeGare College. If skates can be obtained, they will be rented to stu dents probably two nights each week for a very small fee so that enough money can be raised to hire someone to take care of them. Call To Students So the Student Union Board through The Gamecock, is issuing a call to students to round up any idle pairs of skates in the posses sion of their families and friends and sell them to the board. A fair price will be paid for all. If as many as 50 pairs of skates can be obtained, the board feels that it can go ahead with plans for the semi-weekly skating parties. Students who can sell skates to the board are requested to fill out the blank printed at the bottom of this page and mail it to J ulian Mar chant, secretary, Student Union Board, Campus. Bowers Summoned To Marine Corps Time Of General Coil Not Officially Stated With the air corps summons to many University studlents this week, came a lonely, but dleterminedl Ma rine Reserve Corps summons to one student. Grover Bowers, student in the University law school, received an adlvance notice from the war de partment Wednesday advising him that he would be called to active duty by March 9. Other Marine Reserve Corps re servists wvere conitacted, hut nione had received similar notices. One boy said that they were all told wvhen they enlisted in the reserve corps, that they would definitely not be called for six months. Speculations this week as to the' proximity of the time wvhen a gen eral call to all reservists grew high er, but no official announcement from Washington has mentioned such a probability as immedate. mnds E Carolina Studer Recreation Parl Situated In Maxcy Within Walking Di Extensive picnic grounds for the e Carolina students will be constructe< Maxcy Gregg Park within easy wal Funds for the project were voted : and construction work already has b< law, chairman of the board. Tennis Courts Now Being Constructed In Maxcy G. Park Should Be Ready For Play By Early Spring McKissick Announces University tennis courts are now under construction on the site in Maxcy Gregg Park bounded hv Devine Street, Gregg Street, Blos som Street, and the property of the Women's Club of Columbia, Pres ident J. Rion NfrKissick announced this week. They will be surrounded with fencing formerly used on abandoned courts on the campus. It 'as necessary to do away with the courts when new buildings were constructed. It is certain that enough piping and wire mesh is available to con struct six courts and, possibly, eight. The courts will be ready to play on this spring unless something un foreseen happens. The plans call for the constroc tion of a grandstand to hold 300 people, drinking fountain, storage and toilet facilities, but all of these facilities will have to I.c eliminated until after the war is over because under Federal government restric tions the necessary materials are unobtainable. Prof. Robert L. Sumwalt, Uni versity engineer, is supervising thei work. Debating Team Plans Early Trip Contestants Will Speak At Try-Outs, March 10 The debating team has planned several trips for the near fu.ture which according to Bill Langian will provide experience and forensic entertainment for its members. Try-outs for the debating team will be held at EuphraLdian H all at 8 :00 p. mn., Wednesday. Mfarch 10. Each contestant must be preparedl to deliver a main speech of 10 minutes and a rebuttal of 5 minutes on both sidles of the querrv, Re solved: That the United Nations should establish a permanent fed eral union with power to tax and regulate international disputes, to enforce all settlements, and to pro vidle for the adlmission of other na tions which accept the principles of the union. The Keith and Gonzales orator ical medals wvill be awarded to the student delivering the best oration on any subject, March 4 andl March 11 respectively, at the Euphradian H-all at 8:00 p. mn. Th'le maximum time allotted to each speaker wvill be 10 minutes. Got Any Old Skote Student Union Boai BE AGOOD SKATE! F Julian Marchant, Secretary Student Union Board Campus I feel reasonably certain that I skates in good condition to sell to th4 able price for the purpose of organi: derstand that if I am not atis.ied ..l eg un its Will Use < Exclusively Gregg Park Area stance Of Campus xclusive Use of University of South I immediately in a wooded area of king distance of the campus. riday by the Student Union Board gun, according to Frank H. Ward The picnic grounds are situated in an area measuring roughly an acre on the South bank of Rocky branch in the Eastern end of the park. This property belongs to the city of Columbia but has been made available to the University for its use. Kappa Sigma Kappa recently pro posed to the Student Union Board that picnic grounds be provided in the arboretum, and Alpha Kappa Gamma also was investigating the prospect of leasing some property for picnic grounds. Both organiza tions will be consulted in develop ment of the project, Professor Wardlaw said. Coker Suggests Site The site selected for construc tion of the picnic grounds was sug gested by Prof. E. C Coker, who in charge of the University grounds and gardens. Professor Coker also made available to the Student Union Board a large amount of old lumber, previously allocated for use in de veloping the park area, which will be used to construct a fence around the picnic area and to build bridges across Rocky branch. In accordance with plans drawn tip by the Student Union Board at its last meeting, three separate out door fireplaces will be constructed in different parts of the picnic area so that at least three picnic parties may go on at the same time. Tables To Be Built Three large, substantial tables with benches attached, seating 12 persons each, already a,? tinder process of construction under the direction of Prof. R. L. Sumwnlt, a member of the board. Six con fortable benches, also being built thi.z week, will be placed in the pienic area on the bank of the branch. .At the top of the hill, a large shed will be built. One endN will be enclosed and locked for the storage of firewood, while the other will be open so that picnickers may take refige from showers. Groups wishing to have picnics will be required to register with the director of student activities and to obtain from him a key to the wood shed. The Student Union Board will keep the shed supplied with wood. Detailed regtulations governing use of the grotunds will be deter miined at a later meeting of the board. Student Body Meeting Called For Tuesday The first called student-body meeting of second semester will be held during chapel hour next Tues lay at chapel, it was announced by Dan Ellis, student-body president this week. There will be no chapel program. The meeting is for the purpose of reading the proposed student-body :onstitution amendments for the second time. However, other busi ness may be considered, Ellis said. s? Sell 'Em To -d For Rink! [LL IN THIS BLANK! an obtain..........pair(s) of roller Student Union Board at a reason ring a campus skating rink. I uta h the price, It's no sale. (Name) (Address)