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Students Are Urged To Make !mmediate Ostedo Offes Use Of Tennis Courts "Busine Staff UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXVII, No. 2 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 13. 1943 TEN Navy 1450 Students To Be Selected ForMembership All apprentice seamen, class V-12, other than supply corps, medical and dental corps, chaplin corps, and those pointing toward engineering specialist commissions, are eligible for enrollment in the Naval ROTC, according to a recent naval bulletin. Students who enter the Naval ROTC commencing March 1, 1944 will have entered the Navy V-12 progeam approximately July 1. 1943, and will have completed two sixteen week terms in the Navy V-12 pro gram on February 1, 1943. Application is voluntary. From among the students that apply for Naval ROTC training, 1,450 stu dents will be selected from all the Navy V-12 units, in a proportionate quota. Factors to be considered in the ,a selection of students are: (1) Score on N.-S. Navy test C-1 (V-12 en trance test on general aptitude); (2) College grades for the first term and Naval ROTC comprehensive achievement test at end of first term; (4) the. recommendation of the commanding officer in terms of a rating on military aptitude and leadership. Applicalions of students who de sire Naval ROTC training must be secured at least two weeks in ad vance of the actual selection at each college. Students selected for attendance in the Naval ROTC will be required to take all Naval ROTC subjects, plus an additional elective academi'c curriculum in engineering, com anerce, finance, and liberal arts. Naval ROTC is at present the only training leading to a commis sion in the regular Navy, other than successful graduation from the United States Naval Academy. Suc cessful graduates of the Naval RO TC will be commissioned Ensigns D-V(G), or Ensigns DE-V(C.) for general deck or general deck and engineering service respectively. Captain Needhom Is Expected To Return This Week Capt. R. C. Needhamn, U.SN, Senior Naval officer at the Univer sity, is expected to return this wveek fronm the Navy Hospital at Charles ton where he has been ill for several weeks. His condlition is greatly imlprovedl, but undler his physician's orders lhe will rest for several weeks in the North Carolina mountains. When in Charleston this week on University busIiness [President Mc Kissick called on the Captain and says that the latter looks much bet ter and younger. Opportunity Knocks Ostendorf Gives Sti Do you cherish any secret ambitions of an air-conditioned office with a luxurious french windowed reception room con taining a bevy of beautiful (male or female-both can be supplied) secretaries? Have you any hidden yearnings to be sought after by the cities most > influential executive.? And furthermore- Hmm- wouldn't you like to make a commission equal to movie agents? You would! Well, call the of fice of William Ostendorf and arrange for a conference. Osten dorf, phenominally successful: business manager of the biggest; bi-monthly colleg, newspaper published in the Columbia area, has released a statement through NI S .. <.. .... The trim ranks of the Carolina Cors Also recently elected were Buck Young "Abo u to^t! w4h I oborne and Chi About ten new members have been i a couple of weeks. Members of the platoon are J. L. Gu Killingsworth, J. F. Williams, R. C. Light, Show, 1. McMillan W McKinney, J. Mo Tryouts ore P.' A. Thrash, G. A. Pitts, Arthur, end Chapman. Trustees' F Meets On KSK Grants Leave Of Absence To Men In Armed Forces Amendment Releases Men From Obligation Of Paying Absentee Dues Because many Carolina men, members of the service fraternity, Kappa Sigma Kappa. have or short ly will be inducted into the armed forces, provision has been made for their immediate return to the fra ternity when they have re-entered the University. Until now, any person, whether he has ever belonged to KSK or not, was required to have a special invi tation- to join. A short time ago, however. the fraternity changed its constitution- to this end, the amlend menti readling as follows: All members of KSK leaving .or already gone to the Armed Services of the United States shall he auto nmatically granted a leave of absence with the honorary privilege of re joining the fraternity npon return to school after~ being dlischargedl from the Armed Services without special inivitattioni from the fraternity which is requiredl of all new members, pro vidled: that the member leaving or already gone.to the Armed Services (CONTINUED ON PAGE a) As Manager ides Big Chance his public relations office stat ing that undergraduates will possibly be interviewed with an eye for additions to The Game cock business staff. "Furthermore", continued the communique from the young ex ecutive, "If the student passes the physical and mental exams and a personal intelrview, he will be given a position on the staff and started off on a ten per cehit commission basis. This means", ' he t added, "that for every 50 thousand dollars you, collect for ads you receive a 5 thousand dollar commission." You can reach Ostendorf at his private residence on the eaond floor of Maxcy. Carolina Corsairs irs again decorate the campus, with Ru ti and Bill McMillan who will represent th ef A. E. Fourier, will direct the policy of added, and Chief Fourier stated that the est, 0. H. Wienges, W. S. Bradford, W. 3 , C. H. Cushman, Jr., W. T. Young; C. S. rris, E. Free, B. Young, N. Constan, W. Os J. D. Carson, C. Altman, H. Priestly, S. h ootball Com Sport Ques Blatt Chairman Of Committee The question as to whether or not the University of South Caro lina will play intercollegiate football this fall remained undecided follow ing a meeting of the special foot ball committee of the board of trus tee, yesterday. Solomon Blatt. Barnwell, chair man of the committee, expressed the hope that the matter will be set tied "within the next day or two." Mr. Blatt said that the commit tee madle "considerable progress" in discussing the question of partici paition in intercollegiate foothall and thc selection of a coach. "The committee is. favorable to having football at the University of Sonth Carolina this fall providled that certain problems can lbe satis factorilyV re solved within the next few days." Mr i. Blatt said. The committee chairman add(ed that there is some splendid material availabile among the V- 2 students on the Carolina camapus. Attending the'*meeting were three members of the hoard of trustees, .\ in. llatt, .1 udge George' Bell 'm- I miermian, Itates~burg, and F"ranak Simruill. Vork. A\lso attending were D)r. .1 ohn A. Chase. dheani of adnmin istration, andl several other members of the U'niversity staff. \Ir. Blatt said that several pros-j pects were disctussedl for the job of~ coaching the football team should it he organizedh. All memngers of Carolina's. coach-. inig staff now are on leave of ab sence with the armedl forces. President MtcKissick has an noumncedl that l,ieut. hex Enrighi, USN R. former hea'd coach, will rep re.sent the LUniversity at the meet ing of the Southern Conference in E!gi )sboine reelected as platocn commander. eir outfits on' the executive committee, the Corsairs. outfit should be in feairly good shale in Hunley, t. r Floyd, K. L. Kirven, Owen Miller, W. b. Crone, E. C. Caholey, J. endorff, T.. Patron@, A. Bodi. leeks, E. D. Goodwin. Olsen, Wolfe, Mc mittee tion Summer School Graduates Twenty Nine On July 29th George Dawson Halsey Only Recipient Of Magna Cum Laude Twen3-ty-nine students received diplomas at commencement exer rises of the V~niversity summer school in Drayton Hall last July, 29, announced summer school di rector Dr. J. A. Stoddard. Graduates included 17 men and 12 w%omen. Eighteen will receive baccalaureate degrees, while 11 will )e atwardled master's degrees. President McKissick presented di plomas anad madec a brief farewell alk. There was no farewell address. Total enrollmnt of summiner school this year was 220 students. >i whom i:11I were either teachers or prVospec'tive teachers. Eighty-six uammer school studlents were gradun ate sttudents, .55 being regutlar Uni v'ersity unader-graduates. The iull-lengthI snm ier semaester beCing conduictedl by the Uniiversity will noat end( until October 2-4. Stuadents who received diplomas vere as folkttt: Biachielor of Arts: Joe Ann Batuer, olumbhia: G;eraldine Marilyn Eaddy, I ohnusonville; i.,ie MIaebelle Faris, Lolumbia: Sarah Hu ttto Grygo, Co nobuia; Kat helceen 1 .emmnon. \\ inns >orob: .\ ary I .ilh,.anI McDavid, Co umbhia; Msorris D. MIazursky, sumatter: Edith Gunttter Perna. I.ees ~ille; Frank Palmter Rainwater, Xniton, Aila. IBachelo,r of Art s in E.ducation: 5nie Catherinae MIartin. Columbia; Eilenor G;lynn Stanton, Benntetts 'ille. Bachelor of Science: Juanuita \~ir rinia Allen, Ruby; Isaac James Ricks, North Augutsta; Robert Zane Vause, Jr.,. Kingstree; Oscar Mc Lenadon Mims, Florence. Bachelor of Science in Chemical FEngineering: Geo:rge Dawson Halsey, Jr., Columbia. Bachelor of S.ience in Pharmacy: Williamt Arnold Ramsey, Jr., Co umbia. Bachelor of Laws: James Addison r'omlinson, Columbia. 4CONTINUED ON PAE 2) ble Fc Seven C In Maxc Migratory Bird Returns To Old Perch In Flinn USC Journalists .Follow Lure Of Flinn Ventilation The G Tamecock office will be moved next week to the third floor oi i-Inin Hall. quarter- which it occupied several years ago. The Universitv duplicating office will be m1oved irom its present loca tioni behiid Legare College to the ol observatory building now occupied by The Gamecock. The new quarters oi The Gamecock will consist of one large room and two small rooms. A large ventilating ian will be installed in the large room in order to make it comfortable for the staff to work in. The Carnegie .lusic set ha, beenl C moved to new quarters in Room 203 Flinn Hall. The new room has been completcly renpvated and comfortably t furnished with Student Union furni ture. 11 The Carnegie music set itseli has I undergone extensive repairs and is 1 now in top condition. It will he op erated from 4 to 6 and from 7:30 to to 1). in. daily. f Primary reason for the shift in The 1 Gamecock and duplicating office S quarters was to pros ide more com1 iortable and commodious quarters for t the (uplicating office. which has been il housed in a small frame house with r a tin roof. Iil Dean Chase In Pa Coordinates V-1 To Continue In CaF Manager And Dean Dean Joihn A. Chbase is serving as coordlinator for the N avy V- 12 training program on the campus. aided by a faculty steering commit tee. Dr. WV. H. Callcott. professor of history. has taken over Dean C'hase's dutties as registrar, while Chiase contiues in his capacity of dean of admninistrat ion and1 business mnager. P'resiudent said that D)ean Chase's job consists of directing, expedit ing, and1( carryinug the 1' niversity's prepiarationt. i(or and participation in the new training program, which brought 642 additional students to the campus in July. "The University's activities in connection with the Naval Flight Preparatory School, the CA A WVar Training program andl the newv Navy college training program are being coordinated through Dean Chase's newv office". President Ale Kissick said. D)ean C'hase has beeni on the ad ministrative staff of the University since 1924 when he wsas registrar. He conttintued in that position until 1936 when he wvas elevated to the post of dean oif administration and btusiness manager of the University. Dr. Callcott first came to the Unii versity as an assistant professor in 1923t. Since 1928 he has served as professor of history. He has beeni an instructor at Columbia Univer sity, a professor in sumimer school at the University of TIexas. and Duke University. He is a inember of the American Historical Associ ation, South Carolina Historical As sociation. ODK, Southwesternji Scholarship Society. A * * r NR )urts Cc v Gregg Project Repres f Planned USC Six new tennis eolrts[ now air tudeuts. Situated in Vniver,sity-contr< )ark, the six new couts tire th i more extensive layout which r he war. The courts. bevu several yei >eenl conpleted 1Y the livers aused by war-timle diffivulities I Info Bureau kids Faculty, Public,Students The Student Inforiation Office. >cated in the lolby of Maxcy. nder Retty \arian Crews is now. perating a a general clearing ouse of infbrmatimn ior all stu ents. faculty members, and visitors a the campui. The office will perform the fol >wing functioni: it will keep sched les of au students: it w ill post a ulletin board oi all student meet igs, giving time and place: and ,ill handle special delivery letters. t will serve the faculty and public y locating students and directing trangers. The office w%ilie' it empihsized nat it will intruct those wishing iiorniation w.here to g, to get it. ather than answer a!l questions lew Capacity 2 Program iocity Of Business Of Administration Dean John A. Chase rvujut:u JVV1m ADY *OTO** ompleted Park ents First Development available for use by University illed property in Maxey Gregg e first coicrete developments of iay not be completed until after rs ago as a WPA pro.ieet. have ity after a succession of delays I] ihbtaininig Imaterils. c un ipleted. the tennis court project ill include four additional Iourts and a small building including st(irage space. toilet facilities. etc. The War Prodiction Board has not given its approval to construction of the building, causing the indefinite post potinieit of this part oi the project. The tennis coirts are surrounded by a high wire fence. with a gate on the 8.lowmn Street side near the site of the proposed building. Schedules and regulations for op eration oi the courts -I; I be an nounced s,4if6y. Physical e4ication clase4:y 5~ifn4gi smee thae g week. Suriace (of the cou1rt is composed largely -f clay takeni from the ex cavation for the fititidations of the Naval ROTC armory. Officiais pointed out that the courts will im prove with use and urged students to make as tmuCh immediate use of them as ssile. New% tennii net- have been pur chased fir all court' and will be inl stalled immnnediattch%. "Y" Hears Bon Clarken Reports At Friday Meeting At the Y luncheon, August 6, the members of the Y who attended the conference at Hon Clarken made reports on the activities pursued there. The members also selected a subject for Madame Franc'oise D)ony to speak upoi(n. Madame Dony. who is a PBelgian. spoke last night in thne chapel on the chosent sub)ject. "The P light of Europe's Youith." The F'1reshnman V council meeting, regunlarlyV sc heduled for each 'Thursday night, was postponed until next Thursdav. The Sophiomnore counc il met last week for thle purpose of electmng their officer5. A\l'o, [ather Walsh, local Cat holic c lergy man. spoke to tIhe group on "The lIi'toric-al Back ground of the (Cathlolic Chturch."' McMillan Arranges Happy Hour With 100th Division The m'ersity V sponsored another in its series of "Happy H otur" last Friday iight at the chapel. iBill McMillan. local pro gram chairman arrangedI the pro gram through the court esv of the Special Service Office of the 100th Division. The program consisted of a coin cert,pianist, a tenor soiloist, an imi tator. and selections by a mouth organist and an accordian player. The next "Happy Hour" will be on Fridlay night. Atigust 20, at the chapel with local talent furnishing the entertainment. Mr. Bell and Bill McMillan are looking for tal entedT people to help otit on this pro gram. If you can give them a hand please see either Mr. Bell or Bill. All the girls anid boys, whether is uniform or not, are cordially invited to attend the next "Happy Hour."