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1943 Gamecock Enigma Takes Field Against Newberry Tomorrow Night UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA 2676 Volame XXXV1I, No..(6 COLiMBiA, SOUTH CAROIANA. SEPTEMBER 24 194: Fuuud 1 . (J De Mi Coach Greets Officers With 'Hello Corporal' "Ht-lIo, corporal." is Coach's way of greeting any ranking officer of the naval Flight Prep unit or chief " specialist of the V-12 training unit upon entering the office .of Frank A. DeMars, Carolina's new acting head of the Athletic Department. "Coach" as he is known to every male civilian student of the Univer sity, and, every former male stu dent for tlhe past 12 years. Coach came to Carolina from the army in September of 1931 as boxing coach. lie wasn't to have this title alone for many days as lie was also made instructor his second day_ here in order that he might take over and instruct physical education classes in the absence of instructor Jack * Allison who was connected also with University High at the timc. Someone had to take over in his absence and Coach was elected. Coach's only regret now. is that he hasn't enoigh timne to condition the fellows like he would like to, and incidentally he isn't the onh one of that opinion, since from live to ten boys report to class every day instead of every other day, and a very' large percentage of all the classes will frankly admit that they would like to meet physical ednca tion every day as in the navy pro grain. Coach gives as a reason for this, increase"l interest, the fact that all of them realize that they are helping themselves to train for the service. - oach takes great pride in seeing his former proteges make a name for themselves in the war. One of his favorites is Captain Frank Jenkins of the Marine Corps, who has jnst returned from Gnadal canal. "Frank was one of the best fighters I ever trained," says Coach, "and I know that as long as lie was there he certainly stirred up a stink with the Japs." Blue LMembers Of Blue New Initiates in top picture are: Cecil 0ill Ostendorft, Capt. R. C. Needkom, L .Jimmy Parlor. rrs. "5" Coach DeMars Worship Groups Are Successful Tn nont tene nts over the caim >tts the Y spon ored worship groups are reported be c-chairman Bill \Iiinlis and ('harle \e er.awhorn to be cCvening g' tellh ight un11der the direction of a student of vari us lornitories. The chairmen said that ittendalice to the progratus has b)een >henominally suecesft. Students of the \'-1' unit meet at ten o'clock while civiliant student.- have no spe citie hour to meet. h'Ihe plans for the meeting in the sttdent's rooms was proposed at a Joint meeting of the Y\f and \WCA two weeks ago. Actual lanning of the program was done by the executive cotmtuittee of the Y. \Iaterial used by the students aver the campus is furnished hy ohn .\May. president of the Chris tian Service Club. The devotional lheet used is the same published by" he Christian Service Club and dis tributed at each meeting of the \I.CA. Key Key Dine, Dance Cempbell, Bill McMllon, Harvey Atwell, McCurroy, Chief Arther fourierg and Coordinator For Navy C Gamecock Ligh Sees USC Thro The end of World War I marked the end of an epoch for the Univer sity of South Carplina as we review its history through the eyes of The Gamecock. The death knell of senior canes. tremendous oratorical cottests. and the study of the classics was to he heard in the wild strain' of the new jazz nusic. Our forbears seemed to aim at what might still he called col legiate sophistication as they urrepti tiously sipped the frnits forbidden hy the eighteenth amendmnent, made risque remark. about the ever-short ehitig woiten siga,uon, and c~vere(t over the brave, rugged, naive sincer itv of earlier Guamecock- with a new coat of polish. Joe College Appears it wa, the beginnig of the "tlap per age." It was the beginning if "dates" and thnuv. of c'urse, the be ginning of "necking." Joe (I Cllege and Betty Coed made their au-picious appearances -,in this hallowed campus. ushering in the era that perhaps will end with this present war. (irls be I gan to find out that there were better thing, to do than sit at home reading the National Geographic, and The Gosheock moaned. 'It isn't what a girl knows that bothers me, but how slie learned it." The "flappers" evi dently put their knowledge to good Use. for 'e columnist wrote, "What's the ditierence between a modern co ed and a pirate ? Ans\wer; the ;)rate's dead." And that was in 1925. At the Rivi,ili, Ann Pennington the girl with the million dollar legs) was appearing in "The Mad Dancer," while the Colonial ofteree "Is Your Daughter Safe?" Wednesday and Friday for woten, Thursday anid Saturday for men. Skirts rose with the stock market and occasioned one scribe to write: H odl McNair Explains Purpose, Origin Of Fraternity Capt. Needham, Lt. McCurry, And Fourier Talk Begun, by' branquet and finaled by a card dance, thle party presented byv membhers of IBlue Keyv lastedl from 8 :30 to 11:30 last Fri<lay night at the Jefferson, Hotel. Immtedliately* after the hanquet Itob AleNair. pres idlent of the fraternity, headed the progratm with ani explanation of the origini anid purpo,e of Hlue Key. After the introdluctory speech NIce Nair held an in itimation cereunony for the three new honorary memii biers and for the eight undergradut ate initiates, followed by talks by Capt. R. C. Needham. L.t. C. M. NieC(trry, and'1 Chief Specialist Arthur Fotirier. The card dance then end(edl the program. iluie Key is a national leadership fraternity whose members arc chosen because of their uiseftulness on the campus, their character and their potentialities as leaders, It promotes activities, publishes a stu dent directory annually. Aft hI Chase Goes )rientation 4 theartedly ugh Mad 20's "She wore a skirt ; 1 laughed at it, .or brevity's The sol of n% it." T he, Gameco'rck rep ted corn pro ditetion in Richland County at " 0 gallons per acre" antid notcd that Henry Furd had "half the world cranking and the other half d~tdging." Imagine all this again't a background playing. "I \\'ih I ,tctld Shinunm I.ikc M0y Si,ter Kate" and yiu ha\c a fairle good pict'tre of thle Mail T wemies at larlin. Literary Societies Criticized liut perhaps we have given things an tin fairly racy slant. 'he (;am-' io,"k in its edit rial ct,l1unns still wrote sc hool spirit e.iturials. but \t toni them in a ntlew. t,ilc.red garmlemt f smt , eaisv w riting and cletr tigurts ( 'Peech. .\il as the bird caine of age. he achieved a n(ew\ cynicis,n, ketping a !ternly critical eye ta studentt aclit iti-. antI taking up the ctlgel with which it i, still flailhng the I.iterar' So,cictie;. In '7. whe Is tihem.dt the Ciarit stphL had a menihership of sixty, the editor reviled .'he deceitfully so eial activities of ' the organizations demanding that their alltttnent of ftuds be cut in favor of lore iml po rtant b<lieis and calling theri, "neither literary. nor lea:ne,I, 1.nt merely asunming th"se characterietics as a clrtak f their essentially stcial activities. 'They are neither tish. n,r ft,w\"I. tn tr, shall we add, goo id red herring."' The ghost of the grand old Smith walked the pages of The (;,mec,ck during this era in a rather pr itractedI discussion of the problem of women smoking. 7he t;amtutco"ck admitted that nothing could he done to halt the (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Iiti Exam Dates Are Announced President J. Rion McKissick has just announced the dates for the summer semester ex ams. Exams will begin on Saturday. October 16 and end on the following Saturday, Oc tober 23. There will be no ex aminations on October 21. the date of the Carolina-Clemson game. Mid-semester exams for V-l2 students begin October 23 and will continue until 1000 Novem ber 2, according to the naval office. Outdoor Dance Held Tonight Originallye schieduledt for las.t Fridlay, the outdoor dance which was postpoined becatuse of the weather, will be held tonight fronm 7-9 either in front of the new li brary or in the armory, depending on the weather. Sponsored hy the VM and YWCA it will feature George 01 son and his Carolinians. All stu dents. V-12s. and V'-s are invited to attend. Refreshments and a brief pep meeting will be presented (lur ing intermission. Jaudon.Harley for the YWV and Bill Baker for the YM are in charge of the dance. etics To NewYork ourse Meeting Details Remain Secret I)ean john A. Cha"e, Un,ive-rsit' Registrar now acting a: coordinat.n betwNecrt tle V-12 unit and the 1.ni ver.ity returned this week frm tiiteen day cour,e of Nav- -rienta tin at the Naval ke.erve Mid-Ship man School in New York and th .arine Base in Quantico. Virginia )ean Chase. inl a group of 48 repre sentatives from thirty -six states stayed in New York fr~m Septembei I to 13 and in Quantico the remain ing twt dav. T ir fe ien,teliol COtrce was for tht Ipurls'e of actlainting civilian rep resentati'e of c.lleges participatini in the \-12 program and of givin t'ese repre<entatlye a wider under "tanding ,'f the Navy it>ci i. its op etration an.,m! in (cnicrences with officer, of th, htrreatr of Naval Pcr>,,nne l. officer frrom the fleet and authorities fron other hra,nchcs ef the naval depart mlent mnarked the thirteen day 'Se-iot in New Y ~rk wtith all college ofTieial being reqttired te take an oath o secrecy i>ei.re the .es,ion began. - vol that rea.rm." .aid Dean Chase "theri is much inforiation concerning thi meetinhg that I cannot relea.e." \\hcle in New York the college of ticial: \ere taken on b se-rvatlto tc'turs to varion. Natal e<tahlishntt inchiding the lr~,,klt n Navy Vard the \\ \ \T u nit at IInnter- (',lleg, at:d the "i'rairie State." an old hattie Ship now tied up on the Huds n a, training ship. C i erene-. limt antd dem'nstr-ati,'n- of the Nat Ip.hnsored cs'urse "er"ve, acc.rding t' ('hca"e, to "give ne. as c'"-'rdinat~r. broader perspective of cur Nav al< the w%uays and teans by wthich thi I'niversity maye make a more etiective and efticicnt contrihiion to the .ar effort thrugh the training pro grain.' lion A.I.E.E. Initiates 11 Mew Men Membership Now Totals Twenty-two The American icnstittt of E.lec tric'ai Engineer' studlent biranch oh the national professionial society met Augccst 7 and initialted eleven new mnembler<. Th eciety- now has a total of twety-two miembers. New mtembthers are: M. J. King, A. E. P'iitzer, Bob Schcaefer, B. T. McNah. J. R. C'lary. Encoch Smith, Carl E:. Dow-dey. Edcwardl L. Price, way. Jr., anti H. R. Sivey.V Otficers fotr tihe presetnt semester are: W G. Mikell, president; W. H. Egger-ton, v'ice-president: H. M. WVilliams, secretary-treasurer: J. L. Guest, pubhlicity agent. Facuilty sponsor is Dr. W. M. Batter, head of the Electrical Engineering De partmient. In a recent meeting at the home of W. G. Mikell, Dr. W. E. Carr of the Physics Department, gave a talk on the subject of iighttning. Present year plans of the society call for two meetings a month, one business and one social. Unknown USC Quantity Faces Strong Tribe Boosters To Fan Fervor Flames Tonight; Athletic Department Tells Ticket Plans BY EDWIN L. NEWDICK The biggest question in the mind of every Carolina student will be answered tomorrow night at 8:30 as the 1943 Gamecocks make their debut against the Newberry Indians on Melton Field. The Birds, like the Swedish Army, are on unknown quantity. The fact that a wealth of material abounds in their roster is common property, but what a volunteer coaching staff, crippled by lack of time and a fickle weather man, has done with it, remains to be seen. Seven USC lettermen, re-enforced by varsity transfers from other universities and a number of talented high school performers, will be on hand tomorrow night guaranteeing splendid individual performance; but the strength of the outfit as a team and a win ning club will only be proven in heir baptism of fire tomorrow night. The opponent, however, has demonstrated very effectively that he doesn't go to football games to eat peanuts. In amassing fifty-two points against the 59th Signal Battalion while maintaining a virgin goal line, Coach Laval's Newberry Navy flashed a hard-charging line, a dazzling passing attack, and some swivel-hipped runners who don't stop of their own accord. Although the quality of the opposi tion may be questioned, the polish and quality of the Newberry team I may not. Carolina Coaches Plan Attack '4. Therefore, The Gamecock sports staff is not making book on the outcome. The Garnet and Black tentative lineup has a weight ad vantage over the team Newberry started against the 59th, 188 to 180 in the line, and 177 to 172 in the backfield, but then look what David did to Golioth. The coaches, with typical coachlike reticence, gave the nod to the Indians saying, "Newberry is a well-balanced, smooth-operating football team, well coached and amply prepared. Lack of practice and the usual pre-first game problems still cause the Carolina team to lock the necessary efficiency to be the game favorite." Reports of the surprisingly smooth and powerful performance the Gamecocks showed in their secret scrimmage against the 59th may be true or may be lust wishful thinking. Rumors that the 59th goal line got crossed more often than Hitler crossed Neville Chamberlain are probably an exaggeration, but even the modest coaches ex pressed their satisfaction with the ''drive and spirit'' shown by the team. Students who have paid their activity fees will be admitted on their treasury receipts, all others, including V-12, 5 and WTS's must pay 75 cents. An effort is being made to put up ticket booths at con venient spots on the campus and students are advised to purchase early. Backfield In Motion Lathering up of student football frenzy will begin tonight under the able direction of the Boosters Club. The Happy Hour Dance will be interspersed with yells, songs, cheers, and whistle.es the student body gets its chance to show their enthusiasm for their teem. The probable Gamecock starting line-up is: Pat Thrash, le; Phil Warren, It; Neil Allen, Ig; Al Cox, c; Ernie Bauer, rg; Tom Stevenson, rt; Skimp Harrison, re; Bill McMillan, qb; J. E. Linsay, rk; Jim Kunni cut, fb; and Jack Jones, lh. Other men who will defint.fr iseac' tion are: Brun, Ary, Thompson, Gregory, Bradford, Zsee* t.e Tuasci end Ptek. -1