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Mrs. V. David Mittel 219 S. Waccanaw Coaalia, C.C. '4A President McKissick ChoosesUniversity Extension To Allot Gasoline LPDvso fesCus To lo Co iteeoi Wr WorkeCrse UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA -ZOTO Volume XXXVII, No. 15 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRII)AY, JANUARY 21, 1944 I''Itunte President Ration Coi Captain Needhar Dean Chase, For At the reqinest of Ihe War Pr cit;-, ttrouigh its clitirman, M r hisiek alts ia)ntned i special et tic nts for sl plltieinttal and occu lite. andc1 all ait)lit'entious for r ermployees of the U7niversitv. This connuittee is charged with the responsibility of receiving all original and renewal applications for gasolinc ration, iaking such in etuii ! and investigation of these applications as federal rules and regulations prescril,e, and, in turn, siaking an appropriate recoltnenda tion to the Local Ration Board. The l.ual ltation Board will not Ie re strictcel to the recomillieldations of this special comm11iittCe. The nemlibers of this special coin tllittee are Captain R. C. Needham, Deans R. L. Stimmalt and John A. Chase. Applicatioit forms are avai! albe at the gifCice of the D)ean of Adlinistratto ln. I his special coilittee will ieet each Monday at 12 noon in the of tice of the Dean of Adiniiistra tion to review and act on all applica tions received during the preced ing week. It is suggested that if there are any extraordinary condi tions surrounding an application that the applicant miect with this i-s committee for cxplanation at its scheduled wcckly mleeting. The first meeting of the special committee will be held on \Ionday, January 21 at 12 noonl inl the olice of the Dean of Administration. .May 6 Set As May Day Date Student Faculty Appoints Bulletin Board Committee - -Arttt'1i nr -Stdcti lfiuchicon, January 8, May Day Exercises were scheduled for the afternoon of Sat urday, May 6. Last year for the first time the exercises were pre ceded by a general Clean Up cam paign lasting all morning, and in spection in the afternoon. This N ear, because of the lack of time, only the afternoon will be devoted to it. Also discussed at the meeting was conduct in Maxcy Lobby and around the campus in general. A sub-comt llittee was appointed to look into the idea of placing bulletin hoards at various places around the campus. At present most of the class buildings, the canteen, and Flinn Ilall are the only places with bulletin boards. Dean Chase read a letter from the University of North Carolina telling how they obtain speakers for their school, Hie then exp)lainied the system in use at Carolina. A list oIf pros pective speakers was broughlt forth, ranging from General Douglas Mac Arthur to Betty Girable. Dean Childs, Deant Bradley, and Dean Chase were appointed perma necnt members of the committee, he cause (If their key p)ositionis oni the campus, and because they have beeni with the committce since its begin ning. Ordinarily the faculty rotates from year to year. It was also die cided that studlents will he eligible for re-election to the comimittee at the end of their year if their work is considered suf ficiently well dlone. Isabel McCants, social chairman of the committee, was in charge of the luncheon. "Carolina Co-ed" Replaces Bulletin This year the University of South Carolina will not send out a large pictorial bulletin tol high school sen iors, as it has in the p)ast. As there .is Ettle choice of colleges left for civilian boys, the university will is sue from tinme to time smaller bul Ictitns with information that will interest high school girls and certait specialized groups. Frank II,. Wardlaw, director of th< Univcrsity Ncws Service, is now~ working on a small bulletin, "Caro lina Coed," to pe sent to all girl: who are seniors in Souith Carolimn high schools. The bulletin will con tain pictures of campus life and in formation concerning the university Chooses mmittee n,DearSumwalt, m Special Board ice and Rationing Board of this C. Y. lteamer, President Mc mnittee to handle all applica pational tiileage ration of gaso enewals of such requests, from Allocations Board Prepares .List Of Activities Fund Garrett Announces Fees Will Be Same During Next Semester '[lhe coimnittee on Student Al locatiuns. consisting of Dr. Morrison, Mr,. Arney Childs, Bill Jones, Oth niel Vienge-, Clara Mattison, and \ir. Roy L. G1arrctt, chairman, met sometine in November and prepared a list of the division of the student activities fund, which is printed here. Women Men Athletic association $3.50 $3.50 Band .40 .40 Chapel Speaker Fund .10 .10 Clariosophie Lit. Soc. - .05 Co- Ed association .05 Contingent Fund .15 .5G Euphradian Lit. Soc. .... .05 Eiphrosyncan Lit. Soc. .05 Gameco,ck .1.U0 1.00 Garnet and Black 75. .75 Ilypatian l.it. Soc. .05 Student Unin .15 .15 University I'layer- .05 .05 YMMCA .... L.G YWCA .t .... $7.20 $7.2C Requests werc made by the band, 1-:uphrosyncan Literary Society and Seldon Society to be re-instated into the fee since by rcquest they were not included in lo,st semester's al location. The two nen's literary so cieties presented a joint request for an increase from 3c to 8c since the previous allocation did not permit them to carry out their needed ac tivities. The Ilypatian Literary So ciety also requested an increase to Sc. After careful consideratioit the ful lowing decisions were made: (1) Grant all four Literary Socie ties an increase of Sc per student in their categories. (2) Restore ban with its previous allocation of 40c from every 'tudent. Mr. Garrett announced that the same amount will probably be charged next senester. A letter has been sent to all organization: involved, with a request that they turn in any change needed in allocatic,ns, for con sideration by the committee. Audo-Visual Aids Gets Carnegie Set Of Famous Art Thei Audio-'Visual Aids Butreau Ex tension Division, University of South Carolina, now has the Car negie art set of famous picturem and books for use in secondlary schools. The set of pictures incltidet paiunitig, architecture, sculpture ir Ancient, Medieval, Rennaisance an( Miodern, Twentieth Century, and Oriental; also many others. Thle Carnegie Corporation bega: this service in the spring of 1932, when a committee was appointed tc collect and assemble a set of arl sttudy material for distribution tc secondary schools, to parrallel, or a simpler scale, the art set whiicl: the corporation had b)een distribut iiig for some years to colleges. Th<li first secondary school set was dis tributed in Miay 1 93:1, to a limiited number of schools for a period of critical and experimental use. Thle collection of the Audia-Vistia Aids Bureau contains over 84S ie producltions of works of art fron Ancient Civilization to the Twen tietlh cetury. The pictures fron: this collection are uised free by schools. The user must pay onlyj for transportation charges both ways. Miany of these pictures car be used in the orientation prograr for elementary schools in the state For fuall information as to thet pictures for the different grades ir school, call 2-5641, extension i1 or write to the Audio-Visual Aidt Bureau. Associanion Press Convention-Pictured above is I University journalism students. The pictur Most Of Reed S Will Be Given Tc Collection Consists of Two Thousand Books Dr. Reed Sinith, Dean of the Uni versity of South Carolina's Graduate School and emincnt author of many E:ng!i.h textbooks antl foIklore, has w%illed m~t of lhi, collectiont of about 2,000 book, to the 1"nicrsi of South Carolina L.ibrary. Some of his books go to the South Calroliniana Library and to the Columbia Bible Coll.-ge. I iis collection c' onisi of miany kind, of books some of w hich are ~I itrod's ode Vilmd tolder, which went to the South' C::zr,ariniana Library ; Dore illu,trated. edition of Colrid'ge' "Rhyme yf the Ancient Mariner". There is al~o represented book, of American and F.nglish literaturt. novels or folklore of which he has written many; Norse books; legend. of the Vikings; ail most of all some of the Engli,h text books that he wrote. This oillection is the work of several years of labor. Dr. Smith was born in Washing ton, N. C.. and attended Davidson College where ie graduated in 1901. Ile received his, Masters fron the University of S-uthi Carolina and I larvard University. lie received his Doctorate from I harvard and in 1935 Davidson asarded hii an IIonorary Doctorate. lie came to Carolina in 1910 after teaching at Alabama 'res byterian College 1903-07 and Uni versity of Cincinatti 1909-10. While at CTarolinta he hled found the Unti v-ersity Extension D)ivisiont for whiuch lhe wvrote mnany booklets and circulars. int 1929 hte was elected D)ean of the Untiversity Graduate School, a posi tion htIe held( until hiis death on J uly 24, 1043. 'Modern Lnug' Prints Article By Dr. Gerald Grubb " The Editorial Plicies.0 ( li IfCle D ickens", written by Dr. G erald G,. Grnhh', appeared int thte Decembter, 1943 issue of "Pulications of thie Modern Langunage A ssociationt of m ierica." lie says that his argu mnent is summttied up int the last piara grapht of the article. D)ickens was controlled int is edi torial policies by- is desire to be strictly honest. IThis mot'ive gave htimt a scrtupulont. regard for facts, causintg htim to place a premimn oni originality, and to bar fromi Is pages anythting that savored of plagerism. Literary theft int any frm was hate ful to hint, andt he spared nto effort to its exposure. A secondti motivating princeiple int 1Dicken's editorial policies was htis coinsiderationt of thte opiniont of his staff antd his contributors, of the feelings of htis readers, and his generosity in intancial trantsactions. Rtunning thtroutgh all thte Dickens edi itorial efforts was thte contstantt policy of imparting the quiality of "elegance of fancy" int his coltumtns. Finally, he was dubiouts of thte salue of adver tisement beyontd thte display of a few sensible annoutncements and placards carefully n1ared. President Chats Wit 4r. Harris, newly-elected president of the Sc wos token at the Annual Press Conventic mith's Library SUniversity Warren Lee Tracy To Sing In Chapel Noted Singer To Give Gilbert And Sullivan "if %,)n don't w%ant to laughi, don't cone," but \\ arrcn 1.ec Terr . ior. most American exponent of Gilbert and Sulivan comuic opera. is c 'nm ing to the L niersity of South Car olina. Oin Sunday, January :J. at I :0) in the chapel, \ -12 and civilian stiudenit, iill be , ntertained w%ith laighter and sirgiing. Te"rry ha, leecr recei\ed w%itht en)tl 1iinby. s04yk xnrt n aN over the country. In 194:: h. gave ap proximatelV I0u perf ormtanecs at Army and Navy USO clul., lie will appear in numerous liveit Gilbert and Sullivan programs at Salvation Army USC) clubs from Norfot:, Va., to Atlanta, Ga., during the three weeks' period of January 1. to February 5. Ferry's streamlined Gilbert and Sullivan l'rogramt iS set against a background of rich experience in the theater. I1is repertoire of 52 roles has taken him to all parts of the United States and to ten F.uropean countries. For fourteen years he was the leading comedian of the Chautauqua Opera Association, Ch autauuta. N. Y., and during the past sununier wtas principal come diani of the Metropolitan Con'ic Opera Co., N. Y. C. WVith such a storehouse to draw upon, Terry haiis orig inuated a tinique e ni t e r 1 a i n mn e n t. it his hands the sparkling sat ires oi Gilbert and Sullivan are very nmuch alive, and( as this gifted comed(ianl sings his way through numerous character izations, acting the part as hie goes, he leads his audience a merry dance. One moment he is the flirtatious old judge in "Trial by Jury," next lie is................... .... .......the admiral whlo has never been to sea of "'IMS l'inafore,' blds ntrotighi a gay processioni whil th auiencee follows with toes tapp)ing to the rhiythmi of thle ttunes. ILast buit niot least, this master of fiun scatters anecdote-. jokes, andI asides like a good dash of salt throtighout the program to addi that extra touich of flavor to the feast. Post Office Beginning on January 22, the . University post office will close at 1 o'clock every day, accord ing to Miss Nannie T. Moon, postmistress. It will continue to close at 1 o'clock on Saturdays. This schedule will be con tinued indefinitely, due to the shortage of help and the un precidented amount of mail that h Students | iuth Carolina Press Association, with two in held here Friday, January 14. Chase's Scrapbook Invaded By Scribe Rolicking Days Of Old Live Again In Album la a n e " yu e r n oitlered w hat i crc setine of thet thilng - that hap 'ene"d at tihe' L~niserity during the olicking da. s of y our patents or -o ' on ihnk that the; are periet ,ngel;? Mlbe a pece into )";an ChIase scrapho,tu. .;t tl.c Carotuin ana library nw o hd curte vou or gic,: cot a laugh anyu,' :Iy. I:ack i:1 tile w cet <:I tttle fre-hnlt held a tmeeting on 1:e ath iltt': ti andl i.urnel all thicr ret :ap-. iturious tipperelas-nln i:r.d highter than the hontire which d - troycd the "einlient sf fresmtt:,tn inrictiority-." I'oor upl)erclas: r !c 1 The facnlty sounded a definite 't to haiing and stood hack to watch :he belligerent students. The freshmen denied the accusation that their ac tion wa, an atTront to the older ,tudents and they itmediately is .ued an order that any class mnem ber still posnessing a cap must dc trov it within .1s hour!,. Completely at lo, but determined to win, the upperclas>nen held a meeting of he -tudent bo(y. Here the rats sulb mnitted humbly to w%-ear green rih bons to distinguish them front ttilr non-green superiors. Thus the cap war ended. Beware freshmen and pIrolit by our predecessors' mistakes. Years ago the former chapel build intg had ani ascent of six feet eia wooden steps. Jutst before chapel meetings students would remove tite steps and place a ladder at the en trance for the proressors to climb. [he pr1is accepted it as a good ioke anid agreeably wentt up thle lad der. probably toe lie dhisg u t of the st udent. IIlowevter the mlad rusih camei when the meeting was over imd there were no steps to descenid. NOW youi see whty all the buildings Ire made with stone steps. iIn 1915 it wtas suiggestedl that the I niversity be movedl to Grceenwood (('cause otf the terrible liquor situa ion in Columtbia. Carolina staved nt Coilumbia though without being itTected by t his problem, not too intch anyway. One of thte old laws xas that a studeint h)ad to go to :h utch on Sunday unl1ess he was 'xcused by the presideint. Tihis was ni '2:: when the other colleges were ienoiiinationtal schools. Onle of the itost out-tandiuig tioblemns of the early 1000ts was the ootbiallI situnation. Carolina was ac -used of playing rouigh football (btt lefinitely): In '17 no fre' ' -nan was illowedl to. take part i., antercol egiate football. Only tpperclassmten vho had been here six weeks could lay. This was to keep the team 'romn importing players. H-owev'er, Ieant sports came alontg and all the >1(d rules wvere abolished., Deant Chase finishted the Univer ity in June of 1922 and took a po ition on the faculty in Jualy of thte ante year. It was then he began his ollection of items from which the tbove delectable morsels have been rimanert Carolina Training C Registration Will Jan. 24-25 In SI Twelve free evening courseS, to fill specific employment. needs ducted by tlh lniversity of .m 24, President J. Riicon AKissiek Officers Will Be I Nominated Monday In USC Chapel Student Body And Class Elections Will Be Held During Following Week At a imeeting of the Stuldent t.ann cii January 17 date w%ere at fir student body and (la- ofticers' elcc tio nia. ficers and ela s o i th r, v.il bi " 10l in the unia.er-ity thiap I .at :. p. m. J a n u a r y 2 . . ' o n P itt . t d n t 1 -l-l president and Franci, 1'a gtt, ' i'< - president. w\ill be in charw if the imecting. lurther noninatins mnay b nadc during Janluar. 24 nda 2. 'I o make sncl noninati,ns a petition signed by a miniunnI of fuie stnunts lust be precntcd to th': cuunci!. Studcnt body elca:tions w%il . c hell Motnda.t. Jan. 31, frum 4) a. Im. 'til p. n, :a. lal clccti.an w% ill be held the iulloiniiig day. Feb'ruary I, irom f 2. if rm . er are ncce"'ary they w ill I.e an Fel'rtar} 2 and Februarv Elections arc bein:g held carlier ti-.,n usual this year ,ucausm.t f the acel crated p,rn}ramll a-a the :nit crsity. Ufiicers of the stuielnt hody a::c i ~nm Pitt,s, pre-ident : F rance"- 'ad gett, c ice-p,re>ident: aml Jane iro-k. Marshal!. sccretarv-treaturer. .\euber, of the Coun:ci!, cxc:hdg the officer, arc: 'atty .au rencec, l.h,tan \erchant, G'eorg;e t,regor. Goon Whaer, Pa' Thra,h, Bn i - tendrii, Charlie Slana, lhnday 1lac:. Jo Roblinlson. and Camille 11 utso.n. I'lace of the (lectinlal- w ill I't ,et at a later date. Santee-Cooper Yields Fossils Dr. Tober Discovers Many Rare Remains Ea .cuation'. Imade I )ra. tephe n Taber. head of the geology dapart mte1nt of the U.niver'.ity of S. uth Carolina. foin the Santce-( Coopeci project in the South Carohna iiiw country have re,ultei in a ' aluable collection of iussils which are kept int LeConte Collage at the University. ".\i rarest find," saidS I) Doctor Taber, "i 22 feet of a whale a.t the P leistocene perio d washich i-. the most comIplete ever f ound. i te I. :nIed State,.. OnIy itarts if the w.' hale'a teth and vertebrae bare bee a ~f nd. beftore.' Nlanunoth anda mlatden tth,. w.ahichi canme fromain ien:t .annualSre semblIing the mode(lrn elepant . e also been tuearthed. . a.' wel .a th<. 'aertebarae oft a whak. 'lhark's teetha. giant oyster%, iOsil sheclls anal horse's teeth I. Interesting iteh:in-h ta.a C e;lectiaon atre fossil wood. Seas a, .and ntt innd in this coastal regioan hut a.wInch growaa naow' only int muchl caler[ te gians farther north. Thi ja roo of the fact,' exp~jlainta IDoacta T;het, that duinmg the age 'awhen thiese fos sils flourished. South I.aroliuna' w a. at least ten degrees caahder than it isat ptresent. Students Order Caps,. Gowns From Mrs. Moon Mrs. Moon wishes to annhotice that she plans to take orders for caps and gowns. The time for order ing, February 1. is close at hand. Students whvlo order robes ntow and find out by February 14 that they arc unable to graduate will be given a refund. If they do niot let Mrs. Moon know by that date, however, no money will be returned. Cash is required with all orders. Students are asked not to wait until the order has been sent to annly fo- a r. Offers ou rses I Take Place oan College lesi)gne t(lo lit min1 and 1 'en '111CD iu the Vii effort, will be von t h tar'ulil a be'ginnitlg danuary atllt 11till'e"ld. '1 he coursc are being oiiere' as a part of the national engineering, scie"nce". and managcencnt war train irg progral. Al 'tu:tion expenses u\i', lie blrnte i the. tederai gv\ crn mnent. Rcgictration for all courmc: in the 'rioram will ' bri'l in Room 102, >l-an tollege. cn the l'ni ersity ;u'n'tt. fr'nm ; to to p. m. Monday and I uela' . Ianuary 24 and 25. IE"th cvur.'" -will in\volt"c from t) to t ; per ;,ee 0 (( in1 class-rooii w'rk attnI preparati'oni. torrse lengths ary from r i3 t'.' .: werk. ,erertalky 'ecaking. high school .edu:ttr'n lulfilb educational re n w i it Ill- r einr "ollmntt. V omen an'1 oidcr r'en particularly are urged t', talke thtesc cour-. Men whose '1rrait larsificatin- are t-A are not a<h ised t-, regi ter. l, rtiticat - a-.,arded tv per -'p er ho co r ple te the w ar training com 'e, but Io college credit will be gi\n. In.truction w%ill be by mem her - of the regular Uni crsit\ faculty ano. ther technically qualified ex perts. Job %N ill nt ie guaranteed to per -01!s who complete these courses, but efforts will be made to place those who =o desire through state and fed eral cnploynent agencies. All c'urse.: are offered with the pro 'isi'.n that if enro'llment is not suf ficielit to justfiy them they will not ice give. o..vursc oi ereI are: Air trat drafting, aircrait engine ils}pection, I,m i alt ti onp'ctit, co-t accounting, '. r-t: Ita!n iiy, engineering strue tire-. celmlcnt o electricity. cngi nt tring fun'amental-, fundamental- (.f radio, part one: industrial accounfing an' managemclt, industrial statistics, i,er <onnel mantagemecnt, safety enlgi nieeri:ig. The safety engineering course a.: il he given at \Warrenville. De tail c' ncern:g c,urse, may be oh ::nned from \. If. Ward. University - t iia Extension Di Biology Professor Prefers Objective To Essay Question )r. \\. E. I lcv, head of the B iol oWgI depa:,rtmnirnt of the I'niversity (I >eouthI ' C'inaO. i- giving h'is he mtitnplec hojCice tpt. The test% hjbiolc\ Dr. 11loy p'reer., tii type or te>ts to the es-ay tepe because in the latet, hle .ays, there cantir i- e ( ii r : mny c uner-ions and( the prett eor in va.rialy wviill ask juttt tire rhing .-ou ildirnt rceember. "!t ih mre-tine to see the et teet , itii gesing." says Dr. 1ley. "Several years ago a boy ried( anlswecring t he t ests by' guess ing1 on11y. 11 e had te score of -12~ ouit Ci; a po sibl score of 130)." ThIe b ioloOgy depatrtmnent ot the Un riversity of Soth Carolina pos sese a collection of crayoni draw inrgs of wi'ld tiowers that grow ar-outn .d o!umbia. These drawings wecre done in 198: andl '34 by Caro lyni H-odge and Francis Letton, two UnOiversity students who comn heinedl biology andl art. In the spring, as each flower is in bloomi, the draw ing is fraed anrd huntg in the hatlq of 1.econte. The University is at tempting to growi! as many of these tlowers as possible in the Botanical gardens. Tihey begin blooming in March. Among Miss H1odges' best draw ings is the yellow jessamine, tihe state flower of South Carolina, and one of Mr. L.etton's best is thre thistle. 'Two other prized possessions of the department are a water color drawing of the blood vessels of a turtle and the skull of a turtle. These were done by a former Caro lina student, Corre McCauftum, now Mrs. William Halsav.