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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,