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A4A'c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 volume XXXVI, No 16 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CARO Li NA, PRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943 Founded 1908 Navy ( Approves USC For Pre-Meds Campus Activities Opened To Cadets Further developments on the navy schools which are a pos sibility for the University were announced this week. The University has been ap proved for inspection and pos sible contract by the Navy De partment for pre-medical train ing, according to an announce ment Sunday by the Joint Com mittee for the Selection of Non-Federal Educational In stitutions. If the navy decides to put in its schools here, it has an nounced that stu(lents in these schools will be allowed to par ticipate in extra-curricula, which may mean a savior for athletics, fraternities, and other activities which now seemed doomed to a black-out, for the duration. University of South Carolina students who wish to take ad vantage of the Navy college training program (Class V-12), must take a qualifying test which will be administered on the campus April 2 from 9 to 11 ocok Men selected as potential of ficer material under this pro grain will be sent to college at Navy expense for varying lengths of time and will receive $50 per month I)ay. The University of South Carolina has been placed on the approved list of institutions for V-12 training, subject to later inspection of fa cilities. In the future, all members of the Naval ROTC unit will be selected from among V-12 students. Students enrolled under the Navy V-1, V-5, and V-7 officer-candidate programs will not stand the V-12 qualifying examinations. Called for Exams Those passing the April 2 qual ifying test later will be called to the Offices of Naval Officer Procure ment for physical examination and interviews. The results of the sev eral examinations will be reviewed by a Selection Committee, com posed of a naval officer, an edu cator, and a civilian, who will have final authority over these qualifi cations. Students and recent graduates of high schools and preparatory schools, enlisted men of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and college students will be eligible for the program which will be inaugu rated about July 2. The new plan will also absorb most of the college studlents now enlisted in the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve, and those who enlisted in the Army En listed Reserve Corps with Navy, Marind Corps, or Coast Guard pref erence, and those wvho hold student probationary commissions in the U. S. Naval Reserve will also be in cluded. Will Be Trained Students to be trained under the Navy's college training program for general duties will receive 1 1-3 years of study at colleges and uni versities, and students who are in training for specialized duties, in cluding chaplain, medical, dental, and engineering will vary from 6 to 12 terms of 16 weeks duration each. They then will be given specialized Navy training. All men accepted will be ordered (CONTINUED ON PAGE S) New Hours Named For Swimming The swimming hours for Univer sity students in the University natatorium were announced this week by Roger Kirk, life guard. They are from 5 to 6 p. im. only. The hours were longer before the naval pre-flight students were add ed to the student personnel, but because of the crowding it was necessary to shorten the hours used by regular students. The pre-flight boys will have the use of the pool from 3 to 5 n. in. mives I Black, Sallenge President,' Vice. James (Buddy) Black was elected >resident of the University of South Carolina Y.M.C.A. last Friday, at a general meeting of the associa tion in Flinn Hall. Other officers elected at this time were Kenneth Sallenger, vice-pres ident; Jimmy Guest, treasurer; Charles Knowlton, assistant treas .rer; Calvin McLaughlin, secretary; and Bill Hundley, membership see -etary. Those members elected to the Y.M.C.A. board for a one year term were Buddy Black and Jimmy :uest. Othneil Weinges and Jimmy' 3rockman were elected to the board for a two year term. Faculty representatives on the Y.M.C.A. board are Dr. J. Rion 4icKissick, F. W. Bradley, and from the Alumni * Association, Ralph Lewis. These representatives were all re-elected. Newly elected faculty board members are Dr. Guy F. Lipscomb, Prof. F. T. Meeks, Prof. J. B. Jack son, and H-arry M. Lightsey from the Alumni Association. These officers will serve this term, and during the newly-added summer term. T1he new officers will choose new cabinet members, to serve with them. The cabinet is composed of com mittee chairmen, who head groups through wvhich, most of the associ ation work is done. Black takes the place of Ken Sal.. enger, who served as presidlent after former president Don Law joined the Army Air Corps. As Sallenger was vice-president last year, he will succeed himself. R. Davis Elected To Phi Beta Kappa Dr. Richard Beale Davis, associ ate professor of English at the Uni versity, was elected an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa, nation al honorary scholarship fraternity last week, by his Alma Mater, Ren dolph Macon College, in Ashland, Virginia. Doctor Davis was graduated from Randolph Macon, in 1927, and then took his M.A. and Ph. D). degrees at the University of Virginia. Be fore comning to the University, he taught at Mary Washington Col lege in Virginia. Doctor Davis is recognized by literary circles as an authority on colonial American literaute, and Virginiana. He has beeni active in student-faculties activities since coming to the University. .atest t The YMCA Hein r To Serve Foi -President Of I Pidnic Grounds Ready By April Fireplaces, Fence, And Shack Already Finished Fireplaces, a fence, and a shack, have been completed for the new picnic grounds being constructed by the Student Union Board in Maxcy Gregg park, F. H1. Wardlaw, board chairman announced this week. The grounds should be ready for use by the first of April, at the latest, Wardlaw said. KSK, honorary fraternity, is in charge of white-washing the fence, and it will be done the first part of next week, according to Charlie Knowlton, representative on the board from KSK. The shed, already completcd, will hold pots, pans, and other utensils, needed for parties held in the park. Rocky Branch which makes the north boundary of the grounds will be inclosed by the fence, and two bridlges will be constructed over it, WVardlaw stated. USC Will Get Sum Recommended By Senate Committee Tihe Senate of South Carolina Tuesday votedl an appropriation of $324,000 for maintenance of the Uni versity, the same amount votedl by tihe House of Representatives and recomnmendled by the Senate Finance Committee. The total is the same as that ap propriated for the University last year. The Senate \Vednesday killed ani amendment to the General Appro priation Bill which proposed estab lishment of a revolving loan fund of $25,000 for needy students in State institutions of higher educa tion. It was offered by Senator James E. Leppard of Chesterfield. Both branches of the General As sembly have voted substantially the some appropriations for mainten ance of State institutions of higher education as last year. No Gamecock Next Week. There will be no Gamecock next week. The week is being skipped to give staff members time to study for mId-semester exam. News ...... ... ... r One Year As Jniversity YM Arnie And Frank Enjoy Sims Park Even Without Moon It was early Tuesday morning, and no moon was shining, but the couple was not daunted. They ea gerly sat down upon the new bench es-for-twosomes erected by the stu dent union board on Sims lawn, for use by dating couples. For they were the first couple to use the benches, which were put up only a few minutes before they coyly took their seats. The girl was Mrs. Arnie Childs, (lean of women, and the boy was Frank H. Wardlaw, director of the University news service, and chair man of the Student Union board. Said Miss Arnie, smiling: "I hope all other couples using the benches will behave with the same decorum that we (lid." And said Mister Frank, grinning: "And I hope that all other boys using the benches will have as at tractive dates as I had." Female Baseball Teams Proposed By Professor Babcock Baseball teams, made up of Uni versity co-edls, and coached by fac ulty members were proposed this week, by Dr. H-avilah Babcock, head of the F,nglish department, who said: "I believe we need some thing to make up for the probable loss of intercollegiate athletics this spring and this would be fun., as well as a boost to school spirit." Doctor Babcock challenged pub licly any team recruited by other faculty members. He particularly requested Mrs. Arnie Childs, clean of women, and Mrs. J. Rion~ Mc Kissick, wife of the president, to organize teams to compete with his. Members of his crowded English classes quavered as he announced to each group this week that every one of his co-ed students was automat ically a member of his team, and that if any of them threatened to join a rival team, they'd better drop his course. No affirmation or denial was forthcoming from other faculty members as to whether they would join in the tourney. When questioned by boy students as to their place in the plan, Doctor Babcock said: "Only 4-F men will be allowed on any team, and they may only be water.hayve." All Students Required To Take Inoculations Against Typhoid Fever In order to round out the stu dent health program for the cur rent year, all students attending the University are required to take preventive inoculations against typhoid fever, president McKissick announced this week. Beginning Tuesday, March 16, 1943, and continuing for three weeks these inoculations will be given at the University infirmary daily except Saturdays and Sun days from 2 to 5 p. m. Those students who have been given this inoculation within the past two years may retain protection by taking only the first inocu lation. Others will be required to take three at weekly intervals. WSSF Drive Hoped To Top $500 Mark By This Afternoon Money To Be Employed In International Plan To Aid War Prisoners Directors of the World Student Service Fund drive, begun on the campus Tuesday, reported Wednes (lay, that over $244 had been col lected at that time. The campaign, then about half over, is expected to go over the $500 mark. R. G. Bell, YMCA secretary, an nounced that anyone who wished to make a contribution and has notl been contacted by the soliciting committee may leave their money at the office of the director of stu dent activities. The final report of the drive will be made today at a luncheon meet ing at 1 o'clock, in Flinn Hall. Re sults will be posted on the Flinn Hall bulletin board. The drive is an annual affair, given jointly by the YMCA and YWCA. Its chairmen this year are: Leone Strickland from the YWCA, and Alva Lumpkin from the YMCA. "The money collected during the drive will be employed in an inter national program to aid war prison ers, Chinese students, and other causes which, without the help of the American student group would go unaided," Bell said. Tentative Date Set For Beauty Pageant By KSK Committee April 4, has been set as a tenta tive date for the annual beauty pageant, put on each year by the KSK honorory service fraternity, Tom Perrin, pageant chairman an nounced this wek. The pageant is put on each year as the first step towvard the choice of selecting a May queen. Girls representing each sorority and the Inzdependents organization are selected by their respective groups to appear in the pageant. At the pageant, non-campus judlges three girls, and these three become the candidates for May queen. The election is usually held the (lay fol lowing the pageant. University Boa Flinn,_Lindsay, Flinn First Co-ed. To Become Editor Breaking all precedent for the first time in history a co-ed, Sarah Flinn was elected editor of the Gamecock by the board of publi cations last Tuesday night. She will fill the vacancy created by the de parture of Donald Law, former edi tor, now in the Army Air Corps. Howard Lindsay was promoted from news editor's to the managing editor's desk, filling Miss Flinn's vacated position. Jimmy Brockman succeeded Lindsay as news editor, The three editors were nominated for their positions by vote of the Gamecock staff, and were unani mously approved by the board to serve until the end of the semester. Other staff editors remained the same, New members of the .eita Plans I On Ele Nominations T< By March 27 I Committee Asks Info On Meetings Of Organizations 18 Left Out; Committee Locked Data; Members Of These Asked To Help Questionnaires w%ere sent this week to 60 campus organizations, asking information about their meetings, officers, and meml)er. ships. Sent by the co-ordination of meetings committee, which is A part of the student-faculty relatiot s group, the questionnaires will f-,rm the basis of an attempt, by the committee, to scilelle all meet ings, so as to avoid conflicts. Information asked for included time and place of meetings during ent, and any proposed changes in time and place of meeting during the summer semester. Names of officers, and size of membership was also asked. Left Out Eighteen organizations did not receive the questionnaires because the committee did not know to whom to send them, as no record could be found of their officers, said Dr. R. H. Wienefeld, commit tee chairman. He asked that any.. one who was a member of any of these 18, to contact him immedi ately. Also, anyone who knows definitely that any of the organi zation is out of existence; or who its officers are, should inform him. These 18 groups who were not sent questionnaires are: Beaux Arts Club, American Pharmaceutical Association, Meth odist Student group, American In ititute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Quintilian Club, PaL metto Radio Club, Chi Delta Phi, Eta Sigma Phi. Also, Kappa Phi Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Pi Gamma Nu, Delta Phi Alpha, Sigma Delta Pi, Beta Pi Theta, Sigma Upsilon, Verse Speaking Choir, and the Carolina Scientific Society. 30 Pictures Shown In Library_Lobby Brought By Gamecock Through College Digest A group of :30 prints of the Col legiate Digest, national college R~o togravure newspaper, has been shown during this past week on the second floor of the library, in the lobby opposite the circulation dlesk. Brought to Carolina by The Gamecock, the groep was shown through the cooperation of Prof. Lewis Broniscomnke of the U'niver sity library. Only sixteen pictures were displayed at first because of lack of room, but the remainder were soon uncoveredl. The prints are a group of se lected pictures, taken by college students over the 1Uited States. Tlhey were shoun i la-t week at the WVoman's College of the University of North Carolina in~ Greensboro, andl will be sent next wee: to \\in throp. rd Of Publicatic To Take Over staff as of this week are: David Freeman, Bernard Moses, luth Brown and Mildred Carroll. Former members of the staff now in the 3egun ctions ) Be Received or All Officers I The draft hoards have taken Carolina's ien but not her tra ditions as proved by the already warm interest brewing on the campus this week as dates and details were made publie, con cerring the sprin)g elections. Thev will be hell the first week of April. come draft, or defer ment. said Dan Ellis, student body president, in announcing particulars. Nominations of cndidates for student bo<dy officers and class officers for the coming year wIll be miale on March 22, student council stuleit govern ing bodY announced this week. Last date for making nomina tions will be March 27 at 12 o'clock noon, but nominations may be made any time between the two dates. Student-body Meeting President Ellis stated that on March 22 there will be a student body meeting held, as is usual, at which time nominations will be made for all elective officers on the campus. If, additional nominations are made after this meeting, they must be signed in a petition by five students and handed to Ellis before the deadline at noon March 27. The officers of the student body which will be filled are: president, firft vice-president, second vice president, and secretary-treasurer. The president must be elected from the rising senior academic class, the first vice-president from the rising senior law class, the second vice president from the co-ed students in the rising senior academic class, and the secretary-treasurer from the rising junior academic class. Other Officers Class officers to be elected are: president, vice-president, secretary treasurer, and historian. Head cheer leader, Social Cabinet members, Athletic Advisory Board members, Student Union Board members, and May queen will be elected at the same time as class officers and student body officers. These elections will be held some ime early in April, Ellis said. Council to Control All elections will be conducted under the sup)ervision and control of the Student Council and will be by secret ballot. The Studcnt Coun cil has final jurisdiction in all con testedl elections andl has the power to call special elections, subject to the provisions contained in the con stitution of the student body. To be elected, a candidate must receive a majority cf the votes cast. In case no candlidate receives a ma jority of the votes cast, a special election will he held at a (late set by the Student Council and the two candlidates who received the highest number of vo:es in the general elec tion will be candidates for the of fice or offices in the special election. No student, accordling to the con st itution, wVill be allowed to hold more th an one of the fol lowving of fices: vre-sident, first ;ice-president, Sec.31 vice- presiden t, and sectary treasurer of the studlent body, and p)residen1t of the junior and senior classe : nor can any student hold an-f h above offices while serv ing in anyv of the iollowing capaci ties: edlit or or business manager of the Gamzecock, andl edlitor or busi ness mianager of the Garnet and Black. >nls Elects Ed itorships Lindsay Formerly Was News Editor army air corps are Donald Law, Mart Snmith, andI Sam Roach, while former members Morris Mazursky, Marya Reich and Charles Wicken burg resignedl because of other ac tivities. The board of publications, as specified by the Gamecock consti tution, serves as medium of control over the Gamecock by the literary societies and is composed of mem bers from each of the four societies, the head of the English department, and the dean of the school of jour nalism. Tuesday was the first time the newly elected board members have met and as yet no chairman has been chosen. This is also the first tIme In the history of the paper that a freshman has been elected news editor,