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Nr. Charles Franklin Mercer 219 S. Waccamaw St. Columbia, 48, S. C. Students Institute McKissick Memorial FJcumtynGrmnt Scholarsh.ip FundComne ntT ScholrshipFundFebruary Graduates UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume X1XVlIi, No. 11 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1944 Inu,aA1(1 'TR.L NE Students Urged To Return Copies Of '44 Catalog Prospective Students Are Demanding Catalogs, Supply Is Exhausted The University today issued an urgent call to all students and fac ulty members to turn in copies of the University catalog and thereby help but in what was termed "a crit ical situation." Dr. John A. Chase, dean of ad ministration, said that the current supply of catalogs i.s exhausted and that a new edition cannot be printed for.several months. Meanwhile there has been an un usually, heavy demand for catalogs from prospective students, scores of requests at present remaining un * filled. Alpha Kappa Gamma and Kappa Sigma Kappa have been asked to canvass all dormitories in an effort collect copies of the catalog from students. Meanwhile, individual students, particularly those living in town, are urged to hunt up copics of the catalog and turn thet into the Reg . istrar's office. "If :.t:dents cooperate by turning in catalogs, the situation will be greatly relieved," Dean Chase said. "It is not necessary for each stu dent to have a copy of the catalog as several should be able to use the saMe, one. We are afraid that unless we comply with the requests of prospective students soon we may lose some of them in consequence." 1 aculty members are asked to search their offices and to turn in all copies of the catalog hof abso .lutely needed. Hilarious Comedy Presented Last Week By Players "For Keeps", a three-act play by F. Hugh Herbert had its first night Dec. 6, at 5 p. in. in Drayton Hall, presented by the University Players, dramatic organization of the 'niver sity of South Carolina, and directed by Prof. Merrill G. Christopher son, dniversity English instructor. "For Keeps", a sophisticated comedly centered around the lives of Paul W'and(a, a Hunilgarian commercial ar 'tist, played by Wayne H ubbard, his fourth wife "Pamela', by3 Lucy Anne 'Tate, and his daughter, "Nancy", by Lib Cox. The trials of keeping the marriage fronm en.1ing in the court in Reno anid bringing a nmormnal life to Nancy provides the main theme. Supporting members ofi the cast are: Burnelle Stacy, "Miss Max well", the "knobby- kneed secretar y J3arbara H uggins,-"Anna, the maid; John (ollins, "Mr. IReamer", the temt pernmental interior decotra tor ; I etty Lewis, "hune"; a p)ert young miode'l for Paul; Mary Jean Po'ston and Marjorie Kartarphen, both models; Allen Watson, "Jimmy" Nancy's ob ject of affection: Ernest D av is, "Charlie", s' moving mnan with p)lenity of talk:; Thelma D)emp~sey, "F rankie," Charlie's helper. F'rankie G;ilsrap, "Norma", Paul's first wife and Nancy's mother ; andI D)on Singletary, Norma's latest acco ipl ishmnent. Council Will Sponsor Athletic Tournaments Interfratrniity C'oncil met Mon hy, Dec. 11, for the fourth timue this semester, Still under lire anid slatedl for introduction the tirst (f 19)45 is the revision of the Conustitut ion by Bill H-utchinson, Ernest D avis, and Billy Wakefield. 'Thle cotuncil hias also determined to resume the sponsoring of 'athletic tournamnent s betwveen thle fraternities. Heading this p,roject are Bill Bader, John Simpson, and Bill Thrasher, who plan to laumnchi the abasketball series before the Chis tmias holidays.. S TE (P February Commencement Graduation Granted By. Commencement exercises for the graduates of the fall term will prob ably be held on the afternoon of February 24, it was announced yesterday by Dr. L. T. Baker, act ing president. A previous statement by Doctor Baker declared that no ceremony would he held at this time but seniors who are completing their education at the mid-year petitioned the school for the granting of a sitmple exercise. The seniors stated in their pc tition to Doctor Biker that those who were eligible for February graduation had takjn part in the accelerated program. 'hey declared that since they had been eager to grainate early, an early graduation should be given them. This group asked that "normality be returned when the majority of students who accelerated Will no longer be af fected by such action." Another point mude by the pe titioners was the fact that by June the members of their class wouhi he Students Adop1 Against Dormitc Sixty male civilians living on the Tuesday night to protest the inspee posed by the Student Faculty Relat called by Willie P. Horton, preside struCtion of the Student Council to press their opinion of the proposal. After very little pro and very1 much con discussion of the plan as proposed, thi'e fol lding' resolution was introduced and passed with only two dissenting votes: "We, the male civilian students of the University of South Carolina, duly assembled, do hereby adopt and ratify the following resolution: "WIH'IERIEAS, the Student-Fac ulty committee has proposed a pro graim whercby the dormitories of the male civilian students would be regularly inspected, said program to be executed as follows: An ex ecutive committee to be made up of five representatives from various organizations to act in ex officio capacity, and one elected member to act as chairman of said commit tee. This committee to act with the campus marshal in prescribinig rules and selecting student marshals to report infractions of the rules, and "\VIIER EAS, it is the opinion of tis body that any sugges.tioin com.~ intg from) the Stud(enit-Faculty conm mtittee can in nowise be considered as representative of the Student Body or any part thereof, and "W HI ER EA S, it is further the opinion of this body that the St u dlent-Facuilty commnit tee is not the Student-Faculty Committee pro vided for by the Sttudent Body Cotn stitution, and "W TI ERl EAS, the mars.hal oIf the U niversity is the diuly authorized official to carry out such inspection, and "W HIERI:AS. the University has throughotut its existence progressed withiout such a program, and 'WHT ER EAS, the studrentts recog nize their respotnsibility without stuch at plan, and feel that such a platn would be imupractical, "13El IT' RESOL4VED, that for the reasotns above, this body go on record as being opposed to any stuch program; and be it further re solved, that a copy of this resolution be given to the president of the Stu dent Body, niow presiding, and that he be instructed to deliver said colny to the proper University officials, and that two copies be delivered to the secretary of the Student Body wvith instructions that she deliver one to the Student-Faculty Com-. umittee and one to the Gamecock wvith a request for publication.'' ES ~ESI Petition Faculty scattered for numerous reasons and would probably be unable to return for the exercises then. The petition went on to say that the parents, friends and families of 'he gradu ates, having looked forward with them to the day they get their diplomas would be as dissappointed as the graduates themselves. The committee asserted "we hate to deny them the great pride they would re ceive upon witnessing our com mencement ceremony, which would compensate, above everything else, for the sacrifice they have made in affording its a college education." In conclhsion the petition pointed out the school spirit of the students and the graduates felt that they would carry that spirit with them if they at the closing of their collegiate career had the whole four years symbolized by a simple exercise. Doctor Baker, in his letter of re ply to the petitioners, stated "we are impressed with the position you take in the matter and take pleasure in granting it." t Resolution . ory Inspection campus met in Abney Law Library tion of civilian dormitories as pro ions Committee. '('he meeting was nt of the student body, at the in give the students a chance to ex Hetzel Gets Egg; YBus Gets Bump Joyce lIetzel, better known to her Y children as Pretzel, boasts that her favorite dish these days is "eggs in the raw". Last Tuesday morning Pretzel, who is the YWCA secretatry at the University of South Carolina, ac companied by Ann Florshimer, was calmy (?) driving down Sumter street in the Y bus with a bag full of eggs in her lap. Suddenly there was a sickening screech, and Pretzel got the "eggs on the pan." After calmly (be it known that Pretzel is a very calm aiden) b)rushing the film of yellow-white gue and shell from her eyes, slhe saw~ one of the fenders of the bus lying limply on the pavement. Continuing her line of vision, she gazed in amazement to find t hat the rumpled fender had anaoth er automobile hanging on one end of it. IBeing socially inclined, P'retzel and Flo hopped out of the bus, in trodaced themselves to the occupant of the other vehicle (a man inci dentally), andl hadl quite a pleasant gal) sessioni at the scene of the eventful collision. The great climax of the whole af fair caine when Pretzel, after chtauf feuring the Y wvagon b)ack to home grounds, found one whole, uin cracked, shining white egg lying under the edge of the front scat. One egg was nice aniyway!I GRADUATES All applications for degrees to be awarded in February and June, 1945, must be in the regis trar's office by 5 P. M., Friday, Dec. 15, according p Milss Miriam T. Holland, acting reg istrar. Student. are requested to pay their diploma fee to the treasurer before obtaining ap plication blanks at the regis tr-ar's office. Miss Holland is requesting those who expect to graduate In June to apply for diplomas now, so that any courses neces sary for graduation may be taken in the spring semester, thereby eliminating confusion and frantic petitions. ELE DEN To Speak DR. SHERWOOD EDDY Eddy To Speak In Seminar Various Subjects Will Be Covered Seminars on various .uhjects will be one of the most attractivc features of the Religious- Empha,is eek pro gram to be held on the canpu: from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1. The sennuars, or open disctssion: will I. held everv atterno n - it htc c 'cl;ocl.. Each ctnudent will he gis en the opportunity of choosing the subject which they want from a 11-t of some right groups which will he heIc' simulaneously. Outstanding spec'a,i-ts n%ill he 'ectred for each group. Subjects are a% fol lows: Relationships betwcen men and womtnen with special enphais (,fn war marriages; what are we fighting for; how can we secure and maintain peace; how can wN make our religion effective on th- catpus: practical suggestion, frt" Ibetter race relation ships; how t, develop ;t -atisfying personal religion: interfaith seminar for Catholicism, l'rotr,tatts and Jews. The last tamned emiir will be a symposium with reprtsentative. of the three great faith,. ready to answr any questions in regardl tt their faith andi to make suggest i 's for t*.opera tiont betweenci themt ini great world auith,r, adt lectuar, r will le-ad thei' semina ar n "What are we u.ghtintg for." D r. Eddy ha. lead a simtila r dir cuassion tin army anu. navy groaups all over the utntry, aund was a'sketd by the milit;ary auithtoritics to puat hi tatlk5 into puamplhlet form, dlista ihtettd t)lo thousandsT ofnwn in thle .\rmedr Fo'rcet '1 he cominttet ni atrranigemaient for thle se-mina;r> i. headetd tip by P'ahner .\le.\rthuir and Will Sossamtoan, co chuairmeun. Faux Pas Professor's Noted - Collection Of Hi "A person wh'lo is farsighti d can see too far and too muich, thus straining his eyes." This--au excerpt tromn a tet-~ pap)er received by) D)r. C. P. Mercer of the physics department of the University of Sotuth Carolina-is only one of the many boners that D)octor Mfercer has. collected over a .period of twto or three years. Doctor Mercer has a notebook full of test papers of his students ti-at contain such misstatements as the above. Another student dleclared that "for long years doctors and nurses had to tell whtether their patiences had fever or not merely by touch", an other wrote "Franklin iniated light nling in 175g." w IT C Student Scholarship Founded; Tribute To Former Prexy Student Body Desires Renaming Of Library in McKissick's Honor The student Lody of the Uni versity approved a catnpaign to raise funds for a McKissick me morial sc"htolarship att a meeting Wednesday, Dec. t:i and endorsed a letter fronm the Stndent-Facultv Relations Conntittee to the Board of Trastecs recomtetdiag that the new library be named in hoitr of the late president. A commnittee of studgent- repIre sentittg the leading organi7atiott - on the campus working in cooprratioa with Dr. W. H. Callcott, dean of the graduate school, sutggtc eri the memorial scholarship a, the best way to pay tribute to Doctor .l - Kissick. .\lthough at prt-cnt. inly $'500 has b eet contributed tow;ard the fund, the committee is confident that effort, the student boidy can raise $o,0Ant. A three lrer cent in tere:t from this tum will keep .nc student in the campus every year. 'rior to Wedne,day's meeting, the suggestion had been approved by the many organizations to which lit had been sutbnitted. Many students were opposed to the schoiarship as a tribute becau.:" it would be so oibcure. , nd it was for a physical trib:te that it was auggetted that tht libret I.e re anc. It w'as aiso f''r a phy- cal memorial that the Englisb dp tar' mtent -tarted a drib e in Sept.etmber. and the committee has no intention of disrupting the plan; of that de partnent. The McKi-sick Memorial Sclol arship will be awarded each year by a committee coiposcd of both mt-bers of the faculty and -tu i dents. Carolina History Is Being Written Dr. E. L. Green of the tacient language department i- now work ing on the second volumte f his History of the University n hieh he had published i I 9t -. 'I he second volhnte " ill begitL in 191 w~ ithI the p'res idene' of Dr. \\. S. (nrre!I and willI trace the changes and! k deah>mtnmt N ti.e enirricutm. btuildinig. andl camputs since inat tinte. It will also i- co ti t biographic < a the itmpor'tanmt ;-ople in thte htistory of t he- Univ'er sit'. CHRISTMAS VESPERS A special Christmas vespers service will be held in the chapel Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 7 p. mn. The program will con sist of a meditation by Roy Bass, and music by the vespers choir and V-12 quartet. ;ook Reveals emforous Boners One of Doctor Mercer's htoners has appeared int newspapers all ov-er the U nited States. Here it is:" "he height of the earth ha5 been e - mated b'y-mnetepors talling". Perhapts the student whlo wsrote "some of the errors by the stuidents might have been caused by setting up the apparatus ini correct order" really' felt whtat he wrote. Other boners are: "Qtuality is whethtet or not the sound pleases the air."1 "Dew is formed wthen thte numid ity becomes saturated with water." And perhaps the most conftusing1 one of all: "The ancients made so little progress in science because they sotught to find out why things did certain things." SM )F I Approve Plan 1 To Rebuild At University Press Es Publish State Resei Norman M. Smith of Wilist, old retired rear admiral recalle Forces, yesterday was elected South Carolina by the institt n sessioni hasting nore tlhin ft Who's Who Lists New President .\dmiral Normnan Murray Smith w :t born N" ember 16, 1t';, at \\'iiliattn. ,tn of Dr. W inche"ter C. and Eutginia Janapau ( Murray) Smitit. lie i> a graduate of the U. S. Na%al academv, 190t6; Rens5laer, Poly technic tm,titute in engineering in 11+09 and the Naval War college in 19 1'2. lIe holls the honorary de gree -.f Dr. Eng., from Rens'iacr, Ite married M1i- Genevi-ve Thonp:on, uine I1, 1:9:1. From his, Who' 'ho b)i-,graphy: "Around the world as midshipman on 'I . S. S. t'olorado, transferred as jttttior lieutenant to Civil Engineer ing cerps a'ril 4'~e+ 1907; promoted throus,"h grader to rear admiral, De e mbrr ::. 19aa: chief of hureau of 'ard- amn! lock- and chief civil engineer tf I'. S. navy, I ti;: -:8. JE - g:cged on c'n-truction and main t. mance: of :he" treat L,ake, (111.) traiting tation. navy yard .of Plttget S,,:nd and Mare I -land; built naval ha"e, Pearl Harbor, 1914-17: built plantr, hoepital., dredged harbor? and developed water fronts in Sixtl: and Ninth naval diNtricts. World war: dut> in naa l districts and bu-areut of vart:. and do(ks at San Diego, Norfolk. \ashingtvn and lh ston, 191:-3; built air Station and all naval e-tablishments within San itego ba,., It l t-'.,; adninistrator, \\~urk, i'rogres; adtt:inimstration. ret ired Decemb er, 1937." Leaders' Handbook To Be Released In January 1 ). W\. II. Cal: .nt. dlean of the gni ate s-choo,l of the University of >inoth Catrolin. hae annonneed that a .oeime com .crning 'oeia, po licai-d, and tecoo:, al problems o: der b- nijitorthip, uill be available to the puli' int *.iiur\ The std , the :srst of1 a sre to. be ptubbsh-ed b-- the University's Cr~adutet schtto!. to be dlivided it? eighlt section-. \l ember , of the farnhy1t are writing the various~ see 1 he plani origina ed alppro \unatel'. 4 ear ago altmng the U.niver,ity fat interetd ins state problems. l nder the promottionr of P'rof. S. MI. Derrick 'f the depar tment ofI eco nlomtic,, p'ermitssion: w.as obtained rom the hoard of trustees and an appropriation made for thme book's 'tblhIicat ion. Doctor Callcott states that the voluame ia to be a handhook for "nuen, litical, and educational leaders, with emtpha.is ont present ondlitionts and how they can be de cloped to the be5.t advantage in the uture. A. (,. Smith, professor ed econtom es, i,. writing the section on agr. :ttlture; J. TI. Penney of the biology lepartment, natural resources; J. J. Petty, professor of geology, popula: ion; S. M. Derrick. manufactur'ing; z;corge MIcCut cheon, professor of conomnics, finantce; G. HI. Sherrill of he political science department, (overnmlent; J. McT. Daniel of the tducationt department, education: mnd G. C. WVilliams, professor- of ~ociologv. public welfar,. TL H USC "o Move USC; New Site tablished To arch Problems on. Barnwvell County. nt 61-vear d for netive duty in the Armed president of the University of ition's board of t.rustee. after ir hours. SThe \'illi,ton rear admiral and Dr. James C. Kinard, pre-idlnt of Newberry college, were the t w o men mosct prominently mnctttioned as posihle choices a" the board nember- gathered. The naval officer from Willi-to:, who after retirement in 1t'35 was recalled to active duty in December, 1942, i- now in charge f the Hous ton. Texas, office of superintending civil engineer of the Navy's Area IV, will succeed the late Dr. J. Rion McKissick, who died Septem ber 3. A plan to di'pose of the Iresent plant of the University of South Carolina and to rebuild thr institu tion at a site to be selected, provided i state and federal funds to finance the proiect can he obtained, wtas ap proved by the I'nivet4itv's board of trustees at it' meeting in the t'ni. versity library vrGterda'. Dr. Leoiard T. Taker, ~.-'tine pre-ilent, anmounce-d. Detail of the ;ru_foc" ' .r not announr cd!. I ec tor }aker also. anontioum ed that the trutve's took tih folh- ing .lect ed Dr. W. HI. Calicott, pro iessor of hi6tozy and chairman of the graduate 'onmmittee to the post of dean of the gra'luate i:hic., !. er ceeding the late Dr Reed Smith .Alpproved estahl.lhnl,tt of a 'niversity of South Carotnna P'r-. to publish research on ;tate prob len of immediate uignitican;e ami other material., of general interet, and to coordinate the various pith lication, r,f the I'niver itc : Approved tilt participatin' of the tnivcrsity in e cooperative re search project inl coor)eration wi' six other Souithern state uni-ersittes and the Tennes,ee Valley Authot it'; Passed a resoluition thanking Gov ernor Olin ). Johnston, who will re tire as chairmian of the board wh len he enters the United States Senate in Jantiuary, fo.r his en thuasias tic in terest in promoting the w elfare of the Un iiversit'. Thme board also appoived~ piw. motions for sercr at iacculte in mmber ao follow: Furman (Catnnin, iroms adjunct to associate proiessor of bu.inmess adnministration;i Frank TI. Meeks., from associate profeno"r to professor of biuminess administra tion; M. (. Christophersens, from int s,truc.tor to) adjunct professoir of Eng1shm; WV. Yeatoni Wa'gener fromt adijuncet to as...ociate p.rofiessor oif linglish; Samuel Litnman fromi ad juinct to assoiciate professor of e'ngi neering; WVedey S. K rogdahl from adjiunct to a.-cociate professor of mathmematic. ; Jiohn A. Crawf ord from associate proifessor to profes scor of phystical education. Piresident Baker was authorized to appoint a commlittee of three to manage the University of South Carolina Press5. Hie announced the selection of this committee as fol lows: Dr. W. HI. Callcott, chairman; Dr. S. M. Derrick, atnd Frank H. WVardlaw. Physical Exams Near Comple,tion Dr. Rouith, University physician, announced today that the freshmen and -transfer students had altnost fin ished -taking their physical examina tionsi. Freshmett anid transfer girls, who began taking their physicals on the sixth'of November, have finished. The -boys who began -taking theirs on the first -of December, ihope to finish--before. the Christmnas :holiday.