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je GA Gcocui UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR_A GREATER_CAROINA__943 Z676 Vol1une XXXVI. No 19 COLUMBIA, SOUT11 CAROLINA, FRIIDAY, APRIL 9, 1943 ______ Founded 1908 Jones, [ McNair, Student Padget Is V-President Holder Will Fill Cheerleader Post As the ODK circle closed for business the first day of University student - b o d y elections, Monday, Bill Jones, junior from Ware Shoals had won the election for student body president-nosing out Bob McNair from James town in a hotly contested race. Tom Pitts, law student, who was unopposed became, officially, the first vice-pres ident; Frances Gadgett Pad gett, won out over Annie Hudson for the post of sec ond vice-president, and Jane Brooks Marshall beenme secretary-treasurer without opposition. Dwight Holder was elected head cheerleader over Mul ler Kreps. Social Cabinet Competitors Competitors for Social Cabinet positions who will be voted upon next Monday are: Ton Stevenson, Charlie Baber, Walter C. Brett, Olive Hudson, and Harold McCord. The person among this group who receives the highest number of votes will become chairman of the board. Also being voted upon next Mon (lay are members of the Student Union Board. As all these meni bers are unopposed, their election will be automatic. They are: Jack Nettles, Arthur Wilder, James Staf ford, and Julian Inabinet. Also an automatic election will be that of George Faile and Joe Shaw to the Athletic Advisory Board. Class Officer Elections Candidates for class officers will be voted on next Tuesday, and any runovers that are necessary will be next Thursday. Senior class officers are: presi (lent, Bobby Bleakley, Ed Boswell, Charlie Sloan; vice-president, Jo Robinson; secretary-treasurer, Bet ty Jane Everett, Tan Miller; his torian, Jerry lair, Edith Sheridan. Junor Class: piresident, Owens Killingsworth, Mac Lewis, Bill Ostendorf; vice-president, Eddie Leppardl, Mary Hope Turner; sec retary, Isobel McCants; historian, Carol H-umbert, Louise Leitzey, Carol Shapiro. Sophomore Class: p)residlent, Bill Tlidwell, Pat Tnrash, Bob Weath ers; vice-p)resident, D)oug Swear ingen, Jimmie McCallum, Betty McClure, Betty Roof, Raymond Schwartz, Lillie Westbrook, and Parker Worthy; secretary-treasurer, Julia Bull, Hamilton Simpson; his torian, D)orothy Fripp, Mary Alice McMillan, Hattie Mood. Gamecock Begir Calendar Of Thi A weekly schedule of meetings of being prep)aredl by3 a committee of When the compilation is complete, t11 letin boards, accordling to D)r. R. U ing postedl, each wveek, they will also The project was um(lertaken to meetings Wienefeld said. All orgai time of meeting, or to hold a call mn rett, business manager, so that the c; Th'e feature will begin in the nexti zation scheduling any called meeting meeting, should notify the business )efeats Leads -Body Infirmary Reverses Decision-Penalty Will Be Imposed Those Failing To Take Typhoid Shots Will Be Penalized, Says Routh All students positively will be re quired to take typhoid vaccination shots this semester unless they can present evidence that shots have been administered elsewhere with in two years and Dr. Kathleen Riley, and Dr. F. M. Routh, Univer sity physicians have announced. Students who fail to meet in firmary appointments in the future will be penalized, the physicians said. This policy will be rigidly enforced. Given On Tuesdays The next three Tuesdays will be set aside by the infirmary for the purpose of giving typhoid shots to students who have not yet received them, the physicians said. Such students are required to report sometime next Tuesday afternoon for the first of the three shots, which will be administered without additional scheduling. Students who have received two shots must report this afternoon (Friday) for their final shot. Decision to impose penalties for failure to keel) appointments was reached because of unfortunate stu dent reaction to a story appearing in last week's Gamecock stating that students who did not take 'ty phoid shots would not be penalized. Many Stopped Inoculations "The entire program was in dan ger of being wrecked and it was necessary to take imnmediate action to save it," the University physi cians said. They explained that many students who already have re ceived one or two typhoid shots stand in danger of losing the bene fit fromi them and having to begin all over again unless remaining shots are administered on schedule. "Students who present satisfac tory evidence that they have been given typhoid shots within a safe period of time will not be required to take then again," Doctor Routh said. "However, they must meet their first appointment at the infir mary and explain the situation." Action Will Be Taken "Failure of students to keep ap pointments with the infirmary p)laces a further strain on our al readly overburdened staff andl facili ties," D)octor Routh said. "1 am sure that no students wish to impair the efficiency of our health program which is of vital importance to all of us. And yet this is exactly what happens when appointments are not kept. "Appropriate action will be takeni in the case of each student wvho does nuot showv up for an appoint ment in the future. Infirmary ap) pointments are absolute obligations for all students," Doctor Routh con c luded. is New Feature ngs To Come all University organizations is now the faculty-student relations group. ey will be postedl on the official bul . Wienefeld, chairman. Besides be appear in the Gamecock. ake it easier to avoidl conflicts of lizations who wish to change their 2eting are asked to notify Roy Gar lendar may be kept accurately. ssue of the Gamecock. Any organi ,or changing thme time and place of nanaer's office he the first of noe Runner-t Above are the three lovelies, chos Walsh, center, yesterday was electe who, coming second in the election, be in the court. Nora Walsh Beats Fishburne By Slim Margin In Close Finals Nora Walsh, junior from Beau fort, was elected as Carolina's Queen of the May in a run-off clec tion held yester(lay. Jane Fisliburne, junior from \Valterboro, receiving second highest unber of votes, will be maid of honor. Miss Walsh was chosen by the judges of the KSK beauty pageant M1onday night as a candidate for the title of 'May Queen. Miss Ru binelle McDuffie and 'Miss Fish burne were also selected to con pete for the honor. The annual beauty pageant, was held Monday, April 5, in Drayton Hall. Twenty-five girls, two chosen from each sorority by its members and nine from the non-sorority group, the Independents, entered the contest. They were judged by off-campus judges on five points: beauty, poise, grace, charm, and general app,earan ce. Girls Appearing Thle program was arrangedl in three p)arts. 'rThe girls appearing first were: Miisses Jeanne StatTord, Josephine Zula, Betty Mlarshall, Nora Walsh, Betty Hughes, Polly' Califf, Josephine Robinson, and Sybil hIgram. After this, Arnmand Bodie sang "Gypsy Sweetheart." TIhe second group was comnposedl of Miisses Judly Kleckly, Virginia Copeland, Rosa Mioore, Olive 1Hud son, I,ouise Anderson, Miartha Wright, Rubinelle hicDluffie, Ann Gregorie, and Joyce Hletzel. Dur ing the slight intermission before the last p)resentation, Mir. Owens Killingsworth sang "As 'rime Goes By." Others In Pageant Ini the third and last groupy were Mlisses Georgianne Reeves, Carmel Jenkins, Alvaree Newsome, Bernice Ginsberg, Mielba Gergel, Miargaret Tucker, Jane Fishiburni and Helen Cantey H edden. Miiss Betty Fish burn and Mr. lHodie then rendered a dluet, "Sweethearts.'' At the coni elusion of the program all the con testants appeared on the stage. Coronation ceremonies will b)e held early in NI ay. The queen~ will choose all mnemb)ers of her court from co-eds at the University. President 3. Rion hicKissick wvill crown her. Jps and The Queen . i Q o t . On .. . . . . ,%.... x...... . ....... en by the beauty pageant judges to I Carolina's Queen of the May. On will be maid-of-honor. On the left is Elected Car Everybody Asked To Picnic Friday In New Grounds Official christening of the re cently coml)leted Student Union Board )icnic grounds will be held with a student-body picnic set for next Friday at 6 p. m., it was an nounced this week by Frank H. Wardlaw, SUB chairman. Food for the picnic will be planned by Alpha Kappa Gamma, leadership sorority, and will be fi nanced from the SUB funds. Menu for the supper, was held this week as a deep military secret, said Ward law. The board urges all students and faculty to turn out for the picnic, not only for the fui, said the com mittee, but also to show them the location, and the equipment of the picnic grounds. The grounds which were con structedl for the general use of all Un~ivye rsityv studlents, were expected to be finished by the early part of next week. Commissions Given To NROTC May 27 Il(Th membe.rs of the U.nivers%ity 'tay gratduaiting class w ho ire in the Nav al ROTC wc~ill receiv e their commissions and naval insignia at a special ceremony on May 27, ac cordling to information released by Calpt. Ri. C. Needh am, unit comti mand(er, this week. Captain Needham added( that the plains are subject to approval by the bureau of naval personnel. The presentation will be madle by a visiting naval officer to 13 stu dents who have completed the re (luiredl work in three years. The occasion of the awarding will be a special dress parade according to Plants. Members of the graduiating class who receive their commissions on this date wvill receive their regular University acadlemic degrees until May 29, at the regular University gradutation activitie Of May run for May Queen. Miss Nora her right is Miss Jane Fishburne, Miss Rubinele McDuffie, who will olina Queen Queen Coronation Set For Arbor Day 'Open House' Planned After Cleanup Program Plans pushed forward this week for the student-body holiday being planned for May 6, as May Queen, announced her decision to hold her coronation, and dance the night of the holiday, which will culminate the cleanup campaign planned for the morning. At a meeting of the general corn nittee for the arbor May day pro gram, Monday, it was also decided to add to the program, an open house hour-half which will conic at noon just after the clcanup cam paign is finished. For one-half hour, the dormitories, tenements, and classroom buildings will be thrown opei for inspection, so that each group may see wiat the other groups have accomplishlied, the con mittee said. This part of tlie pro gram is only tentative, pending the ap)proval of University otTlicials. -Judging At Noon Also at this noon hour, judging will be conducted to (decide the cleanest tenemtent, dormiitory floor, and classroiom b)uildlings. It has not been decided( wvho shall jud(ge or what the p)rizes will be, the comn miiit tee announ;ced. Eaech tenement, dormitory fh>or, and classroom building will be iundler the leader 5h ip of a captain, and these cap tainis are now being chosen by the ('omm11itteeC. liesides heading the cleanup sq uadls, lhe captainiis will be in charge of issuing tickets for the free lunch to lie giveni on the main qunadrangle at 12 :30. The captains wvill l)e inlstructedl by the commit tee to issue the tickets only to those students wvho take part in the'clean mng. Afternoon Recreation Tenitative pilans for the afternoon recreation program were also an noun Iced by thle conmmiittee this week. Main feature of the after noon wvill be the baseball game to be played between a student and a faculty team. P'rior to the studlent faculty game it is possible that there may be several games between co edl andl all meni teams to decide who shall play the faculy eam. 642 Nsavy V-12 Students Come_Here Negotia Almost Plans A Six hundred and forty-two Training Program (V-12) w beginning July 1, if tentativ Navy and the institution a Kissick announces. This group is entirely sepa which will be training here, School and the CAA War T Addition of the new grou dividuals would be trained ye armed service than at an Carolina. 8 Colleges Send Delegates Here To YM-YW Retreat Collins, Ware, Speak, Meeting Will Be Open To All USC Students Registration of delegat( for tle statewide YI-Y\\' retreat beine held at the Univer,ity thi, veekentd. begins at 4 p. im. toatliy, in Flinn Hall. Delegates from eight South Carolina colleges are expectel. All Univer,itv tudent, are invited to the lleetines of the retrc,t. but only those elected as official dele gates from the 1'SC Y.\ ald Y\\ CA will be excuied from cla,s, for those meetinigs that confliCt. Opening with a supper at Wade Hampton cafeteria tonigh-, the first assembly of the delegates will fol low, as they gather at Flinn II all at 7:15 to hear Rev. Nfaxie Collins, pastor of the Batesburg lapti,lt Church speak on "The Meaning of the fessage of Jestus for Davs Like These". After a short rece'r the group will gather for an intro duction of the various delegati,ons and for recreational singing at s:30. Today's program will end as Rev. Claude Evans, pastor of the Mc Cormick Methodist church. and former assistant pastor of the Washington Street ! etIodist church here will lead a discus-i(n on "Developing a Sense of tle Presence of God". Toiorrow's. progranm will begin at 7 a. m. with a sunri,e service to be conducted hv the Winthrop dele gation, in the arborctum. After breakfast, a song ,' rvice and as sembly will be behl in- Flinn 1 1all, at which time I;iry \\'are, south ern student Y.M\ A secretary will talk on "Objt:ive; ti Sltu . I i Christian Work During \Var Time." At 10, the group will divide p into two groups, one of which will discuss tunder the leadershipj of Atir. 'Ware, "P rogrami l' la nnin g for Al en Studi(ent s', and tIhe othe:r w.ill di cuss, "Cabinet TIrainingc For WVo men"', led by M i,.s Eliza;bethl Stin son, Y\\'CA secretary at \\'inthrop College. A\t 12 no'n. Reve:-em(i Col lins will again add: ess the group. After lunch the; delega:t s will be adlmittedl to the Unliin:..ty swim mIing pool1 andl to the USC-PC track meet, free of cha:,.:e. S upper will be a picnic in .\ axie Gregg park at 5 p. mi. At 7, they will again gather tot assembly in Flmin Ilall, to hear Reverend Collins. anmd then to have a sumnmary of what was ithe coin CellSils of th1;e mrnin iig d iscuns ion grotipIs. Cohni a C Illege ''lega tiont will have chlarge of thme -iinginig service that will follow, and the evening will be elosed in a wor-sip service ledI by Reverend Ev-ans. Other colleges repre(sented(' will be: Converse, Winlthrop, Co'luumhia College, Clemson, PC, Citadiel, and College oft Chairles'ton. Soldiers Can KE Through USC E> "University boys who leave school to enter the armed ser vice need not necessarily stop their education-even if they're graduates," said W. H.I Ward, head of the University exten sion division, this week. He went on to explain that it was for just such purposes as this that the extension was begun. There are now 41 courses being offered through the mail to high school gradu ates whether they have attended the University or any ce tions Final; re Set students in the Navy College ill be sent to the University, e arrangements between the re completed, President Mc rate from the two other units the Naval Flight Preparatory raining Service Program. p might mean that more in arly at the University for the other institution in South The University's training program would be: Navy Col lege Training Program, 642; CAA War Training Service (Naval Aviation), 100; Na val F I i g h t Preparatory School, 648. These total 1,390, but, since 200 new cadets are sent to the Naval Flight Preparatory School every month, the grand max imum total for the year would be 3,142, a for larger group than has ever before been enrolled at the Univer sity at one time. However, to these should be added the undetermined number of regular Univer sity students not in any train ing unit who are preparing to go into the service. McKissick Comments "This program will be the most extensive undertaking of the Uni versity for national defen e in the : v ears of her historv, but the I"niversity will continue to operate as at pre ent," Pre.ideut McKissick declared. "Sims and 1lampton Colleges wil! lhe reserved for wvomlen students. A iany regular ien students as pos ihjil mview if the reqluiremients of the Navy x'Il be housed on the Campu. Illow many will be as signeI to a rooml cannot now be deterinined. but will depend on the nlumer i men It udents desiring to live on the campus." The Poard of Trustees at its meetig M-arh 17 atwhorized the pred1ent (t the 'niver!ity to nle goiate the nece-Sary contract to provide- faiie fO;th Navy Col lege Tranig ProgratI. Negotiations Not Final T-Ie Nav y Pt* ar-iment hla- not Yet entered int the usual ntract Th Ia tudents in the new. I reram w.ill he h used, mnessed andt supplied wtnoial service at the I 'niver tii nerstod~ that onte-half or ii, o t hm wou \e! comie he: cJIuly I and the othter h:f NOv. 1. The. I'niversity. Naval RO'TC unit t- included in tis gronyp. Attend Regular Classes Studlents . the Navy Cotiege Tr. ain in.: I:op:ami to a con.mdtrable extet w i'ue lt-h Aang with have the -.um m-t:ru!,rs andi tex:t Julst ub: ha .rti!ti:les th wxxvill occupy;x las. nt heen : lvx de termnmned, butt i: now seemtikel that :hen. wil not hie heosed int liarle r. F-.!hItt. Li,Iega re and Pi~nek Muc needei. inormatain con c eriing the grioup hias not yet been received by the liversity atuthori ep Up Studies (tension Service and other courses offered for those who have not finished high school. These courses are listed in the University cata logue, and cover numerous fields of interest. For any non-commissioned soldier, sailor or marine, the U. S. government has offered to pay half of all expenses in these correspondence courses. Each course in the University extension division costs the stu dent $15, which, with the gov ernment help, would make the cost for a solier, $7.50.