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For Victory... , Buy \I oUNnUE STATES DEFENSE5 (A(((15Sek tMein BONDS * STAMPSJ ____________UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ______CROWING FOR A GREA TER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXV], No 18 COLUMBIA, SOUTHri CAROLINA, FRiIDAY, APRILJ 2, 1943 ___ __htzdd10 v __________ Lma: 0 p A Boy, A Girl ... Twosomes Gather .... ....., PoliticsAnd As Spring H' BY TINA CANNON There may be no gas for long rides in the country; there may be fewer trips to the beaches, and lake and mountains; there may be fewer bovs in loud clothes for co eds to smile at; there may be exams; there may be a war. But:. The azealeas are in bloom; the campus is green after a long dreary winter grey; classrooms are warm and humid; professors' voices sound like the drone of sleepy bees; stu dents wriggle, and turn pages nois ily; class over, there are dozens of loungers swapping stories, and speculating on the outcome of poli ties; the area around the ODK sun dial voting circle looks empty and waiting for the swarms of voters, left arms are sore from typhoid shots; clothes are lighter, gayer La, spring has coene to Carolina. No longer (10 eager industrious students cram the library to burst ing caplacity, to p)ore 'neath volum inous tomes. No longer (10 they situate themselves on top of the radliators to keel) warm, andl no longer do they threaten apoplectic rages when the hot water in the showvers really turns out to be frigid. Thoughts turn to visions of blue skies, blazing sunshine, velvety grass. Classes prove somewhat soporific. Plans begin for souse p)arties at beaches. Self-conscious co-eds p)aradle p)ast the pIre-flight cadlet barracks in their tennis shorts andl squeal with plleasure if one long drawn out whistle is evoked. Other studlents squeal with agony if p)er chance some careless persoin brushes Students Who Did I Shots Not To Be Pu "Students who have not taken be penalized" said F. M. Routh "Because of the inadequacy of th * students and also keep account of exams, no action will be taken, a be strictly'imposed next semester ments then." The students are urged to reali inforcement of these rules is prim a student meets his appointment clerical work of the infirmary, it ical program for each student an rin g... ... And A Ballot Around Maxcy Trees Bloom its Carolina too close to throbbing arms, caused by typhoid shots. alut-the average ;tudent's;spring fever alfects him in a debilitating sort of way. le can no more study thanl he can sprout wings and fly. His attention in class is distracted if even so much as one sutn-beam creeps into the darkened halls of learning. Budding flowers, and green trees send him into raptures of excitement, leaving him longing to write poetry or love letters. Mostly love letters. He wonders why professors don't adjourn the classes to outdoor sports. lie yawns on the slightest provLcation. He (or usually she) gets out last year's bathing suit and preens in front of a mirror remembering that swell tan of last summer. le wants to go out on the campus and roll in the soft, green grass. le is for getful anl ay-dreams. lie lates at Simus and 'Wade H ampton more frequently than usual. Co-eds get out their cotton dlress es, andl cut their mops of long hair. They change their fingernail p)olish to a mtore b)rilliant, bloodier redl. They go into orgies of shopping. Th'ley have farewell p)arties for deC parting draftee boyfriends. Almost every day is a "kiss the boy goodl bye'' day. TIhey sne'ak to the roof of Hiamipton dlorm for some private ( ?) sunbathing. Thley spend much mnore~ timie on the telephone than on their studies. They recline grace fully on the campus between classes to jabber with friends. lint ah ! WVe're only young once, and spring fever-ain't it wonder ful? Nlot Take Typhoid nished Says Routh their three typhoid shots will not ,University physician, yesterday. e infirmary personnel to serve the those who missed required physical s was said. A fine, however, will on those failing to meet appoint ze, Mr. Routh continued, that the arily for their own benefit,. "When promptly, besides decreasing the >rovides for a more complete med d for the University as a whole," Cannon Will Serve As Yearbook Editor; Roberts Enters Army Arthur Roberts, editor of the Garnet and Black, University yearbook, has recently been called to service into the army, and has appointed Tina Can non to be acting editor in his absence, it was announced this week. No other staff changes were designated. The Garnet and Black is go ing to press the later part of next month and will come out sometime in May, Miss Cannon said. Campus Drive Nets $350.00 For WSSF Did Not Reach Goal Set At Beginning Of Drive The campus drive for the World Student Service Fund, which ended yesterday, netted $350 in pledges and cash, R. G. Bell, YMCA secretary announced. Of this sum, $243.10 has been collected, the other pledged. According to a statement from Bell at the beginning of the drive, the goal hoped for was $500 or more. The drive is an annual affair, put on jointly by the YMCA and YW CA. Its chairmen this year were: L.eone 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 prisoners, Chinese students, and other causes which, without the help of the Ameri can student group would go unaided," Mr. Bell said. The fund was conducted by stu dent volunteer pledges. Boundaries Named For Campus Dating Library Grounds Open KSK Installs Benches Campus dating privileges were ex tended this week to the area stur' rounding the University library, it was announced this week by Rut Os borne, chairman of the KSK com mittee, which has been working for this privilege. Beiches similar to those on Sims lawn will be erected in this area immediately, Osborne said. The included area is: the front lawn of the library to the shallow steps; froi the north side of the li brary to the walk bounding the ten nis courts; from the south side of the library to the observatory;and from the observatory to Rutledge College. In order to get this privilege, Os borne said, he got the p)ermlission of University ofTicials. Only faculty comment was that by President J. Rion McKissick who said: "That wvill b)e fine, andl my only reservation is that the benches not be placed too ntear together." Also following a suggestion made by President McKissick when the benches for Sims lawvn were built. these new benches too, will be built for twosomes, only. KSK will hear all expenses of the benches, Osborne saidl. Tfhe new privilege is beginning to dlay. Perrin Is Elected To Honor Council Tlom Perrin was recently elected a member of the University Hlonor Council to till the position v'acatedl by Alva Coggeshall wvho was called to the army se'veral weeks ago. Per rina, a senior from Union, was chosen fronm the fourteen members of the I honor BIoardl by the vote of that g roup. The honor board is compo)sed of a group of students whlo till any v'a cancies on the honor council and (de Cidle (questions of policy concerning Carol,ina's honor princip)al. T1he lhon or council, made up of seven memn hers from the honor board, tries cases of violations of the lIhonor P rincipal. Charles Knowlton is chairman of the concnel. Stude Calet State-Wide Y Meet' To Be Held On USC Campus Next Week Tenement 10 Win YM Discussion Contest; Tenement 2 Is Second Chairman for three committees to handle various functions of the annual Yi-YW retreat, to be held here April 9, 10, and 11 were ap pointed by Ken Salleiger, president of the retreat, at the Y. M. C. A. cabinet luncheon last Friday. Spencer Meeks was appointed chairman of the housing committee for boys; Vernon Sloan, chairman of the recreation committee, and Bill Hunley will plan a picnic for the delegates. Theme of the retreat will be "A Faith for Today". Most of the meetings will be held in Flinn Hall, however, the sunrise service, Satur day and Sunday mornings, will be held in the Arboretum behind Sinis Hall, and the church service Sun day, will be held in the University Chapel. Although the retreat is usually held at Camp Long, and was sched uled to meet there this year, it was decided to have it at Carolina be cause it was thought, said Salien ger, that this would make the food and transportation problems more easily handled. Delegates are ex pected from about 10 South Caro lina colleges. Discussion Winners It was also announced this week by R. G. Bell, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A., that the series of six discussion group meetings end ed last Tuesday night, with tene ment 10, led by Thurman )uncan, holding the best record in the inter forum competition. Duncan's group led close run ning tenement 2 by only seven points, as the winning forum held a score of 776 points, while tene ment 2 directed by Gene Wagnon scored 770. Under the auspices of the Y. ten discussion groups were organized, although throughout the last six weeks, four of the forums dis banded. This was accredited by Bell to several leaders being in ducted into the armed forces. Tickets for the ice cream party promised the winning group will be issued to all tenement discus sion groups from Flinn Hall. 40 CAA Cadets To Arrive April 16 Will Make Total Of 80; All To Live In Moxcy The quota of 40 Naval aviation ca (lets under the CA A WVar Training Service Program now ont the cam pus will probably be increasedl to 80 by April 16 and all will be housed in Maxey' College. accordling to Presi (lent MicKissick. The mi ninmum number is understood to be 80 and the maximum 100. Th~ev will come from the Naval Flight Pre paratory School at the UTniversity. Each group will remain here two months, will receive 240 hours o,f ground school instruction and from 35 to 45 hours of flight instruction given at time Mfunipical Airport by the H awthorne Flying Service, Inc., flight operator for the U'niver-ity. Those who success fully comiplete' this course will be sent to the N aval Pre-Flight School at thme University of Georgia or at the Un~miveristy of North Carolina. The curriculum here wvill include physical training, aircraft recognition, dleadl reckoning problems in naviga tion, aerology, civil air regulations, communications, aircraft enginmes. Instruction will be given by menm hers of the Uiniversity faculty. All these cadets are under the Na val Aviation Cadet Selection Board, Atlanta, of which Comdr. M. Nnrdhnuse, U. S N ai ,d,reto. nt -Bo I For Commencement Robes, Invitations Sold In Post Office Commencement robes and in vitations are now being sold in the University post office by the postmistress, Mrs. Nannie Moon. Last date for purchas ing them will be April 15. All seniors who intend to par ticipate in commencement ex ercises should attend to this matter at once, announced John McGowan, president of the senior class. Plans For Campus Spring Cleaning Being Completed Leaders Of Dormitories, Tenements, Classrooms, Chosen By Committee Plans went forward this week for the camnus clean-up day being planned for the early part of May, by a com mittee of the student-faculty relations group. Clean-up leaders for each tenement, dormitory, and classroom building were selected by the commit tee. The names of the leaders will not be announced until they iave agreed to take over their jobs, Sarah Flinn, chairman of the plaiing commiuee, said. There will be one man in charge of each teneineitt, a general chairman for each of the two women's dormitories, and a sub-chairman for cach floor of the dormitorics, she an lonllced. The classroom buildings will be under the leadership of one faculty meniber and two students in each de partment which holds classes in that building. These also will be an iioutced as soon as they have ac cepted their posts, Miss Flinn said. The committee is planning for the campus students to concentrate on the dormitories, while the town stu dents take over the clean-up for the classroom buildings. There will also be a group working on the grounds, she stated. It is not expected that the clean-up will extend to cleaning the walls, but will include floors and windows, as well as atty shelves that p)rofessors will permit to be tidied, the commit tee said. Platns also wvent forward this wveek for the afternoon entertainment part 'f the program, as chairmen Jane ltrooks Marshall andl Dr. I lavilah Isabcock began mapp)ing out a fac tultyv vs. student baseball game, and a sontg fest. Other plans will be made so aIs to include somlethiung that everyone will enjoy, they anmounced. Beauty Pageani Campus co-eds are speculat ing and many Carolina students are eagerly awaiting the annual KSK-sponsored beauty pageant. This event, to select candidates to run for the title of Queen of the May, will be held Monday night at 8 p. m. in Drayton Hall, it was announced this week by Tom Perrin, chairman. A small admission fee will be charged, to cover costs, Perrin said. Twenty-five girls will be en tered in the contest, two from each sorority, and nine from the non-sorority group, the Inde pendent club, They will be judged on five points: beauty, poise, grace, charm, and gen eral appearance, by off-campus judges. As is customary, the contest ants will wear evening dresses. The background for the .t.ge dy M( Toni Active Duty For Reserves Ordered By US Army Corps 35 Former Carolina Students Must Leave For Duty, April 7 Selected from general academic tudents and not iicludhng engineer ng or other specialized students, 35 University reserves in the United States Armed Forces have been or Jered to active duty April 7. the F-ourth Service Command announced his week. They include: 1Howard If. Lindsay, Panama City, Fla.: Ralph E. Dun iam, Afacon. Ga.; Arthur T. CIe, Jr., Augusta, Ga. From South Carolina: James A. Beardson. Manning : Frank D. Bell, Third, Columbia ; James R. Cook. olumbia; James M. Cox, Jr., Troy: Lester E. Crowlev, Greenville: I)avid S. Cartledge, COunibia; Percy T. Bennett, Hampton; Edwin H. Bet i, Clemson ; Edward Dean, Orange )urg; Jackson 13. Dorn, Greenwoo,d. Also, William 1I. Ellis. 1leath Springs; David D. Fowler, Bennetts ville; James C. Gaddy, Dillon; Thad ,addy. Dillon; Claude B. Gentry. Jr., Florence: Edwin MN. Griffin, C1 umbia; Pearce 0. Ilolliday., Brunson: Horace J. Shealey, Columbia; Abner N. Smith. Early Branch. Also, Keating L. Smith, Columbia; Bruce W. Pate, Jr.. Columbia; Ilenry S. Toney, Jr., Johnston; Joseph R. West, Nfoncks Corner ;Walter N. Xingard, Lexingt n: Sidney .. \Wise. Swansea ; Sinipzon J. Zimmerman. Jr., Columbia; Lewi, 11. Kirk. Jr.. St. Matthews. Also, Frederick S. I.ong. elauf rt Alva Mi. L umpki::. jr.,Cluba lHerbert B. Alo)re. R-ck IIii: . h T. Ozburn. Jr., A rew . a(l R. W. Player. Sardin-.,. Low School To Use Speed-Up Program Dean States Program Calls For Third Term The law sch.2 th U'nie wvill be operated (n a thre m e- te basis fo'r the dura:i .a e. wial other branches of the Ut)er.ity. Dean J. Nelson Frier~:: this week. The entire Univer,itv : been placed on a year-a:: :>f operation to nect wart "in-true tional needs, thre l y'ear being plannedl inte:a f ( Dean Frierson ad. tht..1i he law school se ,t. on :ide with thume i! De- ': University. TIhe uae -- will begin June 23 ,t ! I t. 17. the fall semte.tr: '. : e \ i'ember 2 and rum:i:. 1t: : 1 rua ry. U~nder the nlcec;ele p':''i w'ill be' possile ftr la.' '1-2'. :omplete requi rema:s i. r U grees wvithin two eX:ir 1 -i steadl of the tradit na! thre. t To Be Held upon which the pa~geamnt will take place will be arranged by a committee of KSK, service fraternity, and AKG, honorary sorority member. From the 25 contestants, three will be chosen by the judges to run for May queen in the election Tuesday. The three chosen will be unknown to the student body until the morning of elections. The girl receiving the highest number of votes will be queen; the girl receiving second highest number will be maid of honor. Coronation ceremonies for the May Queen selected will be held early in May. She will choose all the members of her court from co-eds at the Uni versity. President J. Rion Mc Kisaick wim crown he. .eting ght 50 Students Now Running "Every Candidate Will Speak"--Ellis With the beginnings of the elec tion fortnight only three (days away, and fifty students announced as candidates for the various student hodv and class officers, Dan Ellis, stludent-body president, said this week. that he felt the "interest was high, and the list of candidates large enough to make the elections Qxcit ing." To help stimulate interest, and to give the students an opportunity to miect the candidates, he 'aid, student council is calling a special student body ileeting, at which all candi t would be required to speak. The meet will start at h p. iml. in the chapel. Bell Will Ring A, thi' will set a precedent in the political rally history, the chapel bell will 'ring out to announce the beugo ing of the Imeetig, E-tllis said. The Political rally in past years was S,101IOled uy the Clariosophic liter arY socicty, w.-ho also sponsored a dance afterwards. They called it i year, howtve.-r, and student council took over. N, fee will he charged this year, for candidate, to speak, as was the custom of the Clariosophics. McNair and Jones for President As nominations closed Saturday at non 1ill Jones, a junior from Wart , oal. and floh \lNair, a .i-ni lI r a,nietowin, remain the only two candidates f,r :tudent \0 ! - pe lent. T ii,':tt, relain- Inoppocd for h : o ;r-t vice-presidcnt. It non;iI e-, for studlen!.hod, ''nece a:, Annie Ilud-on and Fran I 'adget' fIr s-econd vice-precidunt n Jan l' 'oks Mar-hall as the ret :!d ;,-t* 01t o-'c Ia a e . 'The can:!i ni;. the i lare-t xnmber VW hecIme Vhah:l:an of b' et. T fiu unopposed ca:nd.da!es ol the Stuldent Union r :jack Nettivz. :oh - e ann e thei can IMa for the two amne e on thO Atht:.\d !: la I o . u "' l Cl-ass Officer Candidat-. T 'b e:ligtl:ibe fr lMSaq a co-ed must be in either the junior or senior class, accord ing to the student body con stitution. May queen last year wae Carolyn Gayden from Colum bia. There is a possibility that May queen coronation this year will be the culmination of events scheduled for school holidays, being planned for May 6 by a committee of the faculty stu dent relations group. This group has planned a general campus cleanup day, and according to Chairman Sarah Flinn, the committee hopes that the May queen will agree to have her coronation and dance- the nirht of that day