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Candidates For dent fMay Queen o Be Talk Tonight Attendants Named UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA ..__ . _CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Z676 Volume XXXVIII, No. 19 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1945 Fu d 19,8 Bass For S.C. Contributions To Naval History Shown in- Library Caroliniana Holds Exhibit Honoring President Smith An exhibit of South Carolina's Contribution to the American Naval Ilistory is on display at the Carolin ian hibrtry. The exhibit is in honor of Admiral Norman M. Smith, pres ident of the University, the admin istiative staff of the University unit of the Navy college training program under Capt. Rt. C. Need ham, and the NROTC and V-12 students. The display. which fills seven cabinets in tle library, has photo graphs of Admiral Smith, Captain Needham, and Captain Hall, who '.was the training program director prior to Captain Needham. Paint ings of battles and battleships make up a large part of the exhibit. One of tile pictured battleships is the " n ot l rnrolnna" whit-h. wAc completed ein 1908. This was the first all-t-ig-gun ship with revolving superimposed turrets. Included in the display is the collection of letters and scrapbooks of the Blue family of Marion, which Is an outstanding South Carolina family serving in the Navy and the Army. Other pictures on exhibit are the "Battle of Sullivan's Island" and the "Bombardment of Port Royal in 1861." "'T'lie Battle of Fort Moul trie," picture owned by A. M. Trot ter of Camden are also on display. Tiiese pictures were inherited by Trotter from the late Yates Snow den of the University faculty. "The Battle of Fort Moultrie" was cop led for Snowden from the original watercolor sketches by Lt. lenry Gray who took part in the defense of Fort Moultrie. The exhibit shows plans for the future of the Charleston harbor where South Carolina's greatest contributions to the Navy in World Wars I and II have come from. I)uring this war, construction, re pairing, and refitting of naval and merchant marine vessels of many types have been done on a large scale. Caroliniana exhibit on the contrl hutions of South Carolina to the American Navy is one of the com pletest exhibits that the library has ? cver had. This exhibit covers South Carolina (luring all the wanrs in which the state has participated. USC Press to Print Companion to First Suc cessful Volume 'The Univci sity Press is pirepar lng a 'omipainioni volume to its ie cenit pubihlicat ion, "South Carolina 1Economic and Social," concerned with t he indu Lst riail possibl)iities of raw materials in the, state. Tlhe Press, undler thle sponsorship of thle gradunate school, will againi ask variotus miemibers of the faculty antd out sI and1ing slate citizens to con tibult e to thle volumen. 'Sotn Carolina: ieconomic anad Socsil" was published in January, 1940 and i w as Ite firist book to be Issued by then graduate school of then Umniveisi ty. Unider' thle editor ship of lir. W. It. C'allcot I. dean of thIe g raduate sch(ool, t he book cont ainos seven sect ioiis writ ten by nmembhers of Ithe faculty to be used as a gin de by bunsiniess men of t he st ate. EXAMINATION DATES M on day, .1inm' I. antd thle rogulla r exiiiamonton week ai~ t hekin Mon day. Anne it"I. n,elrding to an a an gd, regi1stra r of I the I 'miivdrsitv. T'hr' lat os annion wiii" itbte held * aturdar. .lunr' 1A Stu( THIS ONE ... MAY QUEEN BETTY McCi Jo Alice McMillan, will reign 4 May 12. They werec hosen in a j Betty McCreigh t R Queen, McMillan is Queen Choses Attenda Set as Date for Coron Betty McCreight, Delta Delta feated Jo Alice McMillan, Chi Om of 378 to 365 in a run-off clectioi Queen of the University. - Jo Alice will be her maid of hon In the first race Thursday, LeCic McMillan, and Betty McCreight Needham Announces Irvin Transferred Will Continue Duties Of Instruction in Texas Lt. WV. E. livin of the campus naval unit has been transferred and will leave the V-12 administrative staff immedliately for Texas where he will continue to instruct. naval students, Capt. Itaiph Needham an nouncedl Wednesday. llaving been attached to the local naval training unit for more than a year', Lieuten ant Irvin has beeni advisor to the Salvo, NROTC magazine, and sea nmanship instructor. Lt. C. R. Masterson, who has been here at the University since Febru ary, will also leave for Kansas. Chief G;unners Mate I. Luppert will lease for sea duty. Ile is to be replaced by A lIen D)avy, chief gun nir's mai~te, who has been on sea dty for I8 years. CORRECTION Ina the April 13 issue of the G,amecock, incorrect in format ion w"as pubhli,hed concerning the Selden Society of the Law School. The Society was founded in 19:37 instead of 1907 as was One issue of the Selden S0 Crety Yearbook which cont ains biongraphieos of famous lawyers, comniritaries on recent decis ions, arid articles on ' arious Ie rat questions. hans just appeared anrd arnot her w ill probably come out mi Ithe fall. The ;sanrecock apologirs pro fauoe for sit mistts. elov lent -m - EIGHT and her maid of honor ver the festivities on May Day, itudent body election on April 13. eigns As May Maid of Honor nts for Court; May 12 ation; Dance 'Follows Delta senior from Columbia, de ega senior from Mullins, by a vote i Friday, April 13, to become May Dr. ire Anderson, Chi Omega; Jo Alice were the candidates. They were picked by the judges at the annual Beauty Pageant Wednesday night as Carolina's three most beautiful girls from 23 contestants. In Wednesday's election, the vote stood Anderson, 109; McCreight, 232, and McMillan, 308. LeClaire was eliminated, and the ru n-over was between the other two. Coronation of the May Queen will be held near the middle of May. Kappa Sigma Kappa fraternity, which sponsored the B3eauty Pa geant, is in charge of arrangements for this ceremony also. Plans for a Coronation Ball, which was not. giveni last year, are being advanced by the frtern city. Bill Plrgge, chairman of this com mittee, said that if a hotel ballr oomt and an orchestra couild b)e obtained,. the hail would be held on the n ighit of the coronation, with the May Queen as guest of honor. Thue Queen has already chiosen thle heauties to at tend her. They are as follows: Jlulia Bull, Barbara Bras ingiton, T'on i Si mpsoni, I,et'la iire Andersoni, Bert Wilson. Snookir' Kirklhand, Rut h Reynolds, l'h' lis Karesh, Eleanor Bonds, Doris ;r field. Mary l.ih Nancwe, Shi rleyv Shapiro, Patsy Patrick, Bthty Knowles, Fr-ances Colemiani and Lena Gilbert. Also Barbara Rrown, Betty -- ler, Edna 11111 1IInynes, Carolyna Roof. Tlonyie Johnson, Vivian An derson, Jlane G;oing, Alice Marachant, I,aura Dowe, Jannet Bloom, S'arah Bull, Mary Speed. Franes Miller, Betty McClurP, Petty Roseni, lot floyt, Vivian Owens, Frances Lati nmer, Ehise Ready. Jane Camiphell, Irving R ion, Bet ty Murphy and Malema Copeland. Trhe pagais are to be Ceroke '&an Benthuvaen andl inma stHlcmb Bot "WMC Possesses No Legal Authority," Hillel is Told Commission Dependent Upon Continued Funds Granted By Congress "It will amaze you to hear that the War Manpower Commission has no legal powers over employees and employers," stated Lt. Bernard Sless last Sunday afternoon when he addressed Jewish students of the University at their Hillel meet ing at the Tree of Life Temple. Lieutenant Sless, before volun teering for service in the United States army, was connected with the W.M.C. and the topic of his address was the manpower situa tion. The speaker said that the very fact that we call a condition a "situ ation" indicates that there is some thing wrong with it. Considering the controversy over the labor draft bill, recently rejected by Congress, there's doubt that a problem exists. Lieutenant Sless asserted that we live by the headlines. If the news from the front is bad, our conscience bothers us and we try to do our best for the war effort. But as soon as a great victory is reported, we think of our personal future and many leave defense work for some sort of work with a post-war future. This became evident during and after the Battle of the Bulge. Thous a:.s of workers streamed back into war work, as if they suddenly realized that the war was not over yet. Explaining the o igination of the War Manpower Commission, Lieu tenant Sless said that it was created upon an executive order by Presi dent Roosevelt and is dependant on appropriat ions from Congress. Thus, indirectly. the people, through their rep"esentatives in Washington, de terinine the length of life of the organization. Its legality has never been tested by the Supreme Court, and its strongest weapons are sanc tions against employers who ignore the ruling of the W.M.C. The speak er emphasized the fact that the American set-up is radically differ ent from that in England and Rus sin, where the government has an almost absolute control over every citizen. Rappenecker Leaves For Washington, D. C. For Future Training Lt. Casper Rappenecker, t.S.N.R., who has been with the campus na val unit since Dec. 1942. is expect ing to leave hiere' the first par't of May. LieuLte(nant R appenecker will tbe tranxeferredl to Washington. D). C., t here to1 receive preparation to become~ super visor of the educa tionatl programn at an advxanced base. Lt1. (asper Rtappenecker' is a na tive of Phlatielphia and a gr'aduate of Cornell 1'nivers,it. in Iaea, N. Y. After ieceivinog his dlegree, he taught geology and geography at Cornell for six years. Later' he in struct ed in these same subjects at t he t 'niversi ty of T1ennessee. In 1942 t.ieut enan t Raippenieeker was given a leave of absence from his ama (1emi n work in order to enter the llis first stat ion was the Naval Rlesei\e Aillhase at G lenviewv, Ill. Tlen monthis laterx he joinccd the staff (if officers at the University. ,iexi utntnt Rappeniecker w as itn charge of the V-5 Naval F-light pre paratory school util i this tiiiit was withdraw,n m August 1944. Simee then he has tautght navigation In the N.R .O.T'.C. l,ieutlenant Rappenecker. said that be h:ked l'eing here. His n ife and four-year-old son have been with hn m oluimbi and they have made many friends. lyP TOSS HATS IN F 21 CANDIDATES FOR STUDENT Helow-, left, and Roy "Chick" Bas the student body meeting last Frit May 1. "University Should I Activities Now," WN Carolina Strategically I The Center of State Lii "A University must be able to me declared W. H. Ward, Director of versity of South Carolina must m post-war activities." According to Mr. Ward, Carolina ing as a university or a college. Un for the people of the state. wnile c, university should reach out beyonc state, as well as students, towarc world. A university must help in a changes. "We must not only conside post wiar plans, but post-boom plans,"' stated Mr. Ward. "It is natural that the end of the war be followed by a period of boom. Veterans will want to spend for the puic joy of spending, and civilians will rush to buy necessities and luxuries which they have- gone without during the war. It is the place of Carolina as an instrument of the state of South Carolina to plan for this; so that we will not be ov-erwhelmed by a postwar inflation," "The Univ-ersity of South Caro lina is strategically located for ca rying out such plans, It has its location in the capital and center of the state, and should be able to work out in al dir-ections from it. A univ-ersity should be the (-enter of state life." Other- univ-ersities thioughout the nation are already formulating pr-o gr-ams for post-war expansion and! participation in state life. The Uni - ver-sity of Alabama has appr-opr-iated funds for the erection of an exten sion center in the capital of the state to offer courses to adults. These courses will include every thing from nistruetions in filling out in'ome tax blanks to sessions in tr-ade and indlustrial educat.ion. The Univer-sity of South Car-olina. with its location in Columbia, is able to carray on such activities on the campus. And with the aid of extension centers throughout the state and in othei- colleges of South Carolina, the University could eas ily fulfill one of its niain pur-poses; that of ser-vice for the people of the stale. 'We speaki of preparing for the futuire,' said Mr.- War-d, "and this we must do, But in order to pre pare the e'hildrein of the fuaturec we muist reach the teachers and learl ers of the present, This -nin be done by extension, work of the Univer sity-; and must he done if Carolhna is planning to take its rightful place in the future of the state,' resi NG . . . BODY PRESIDENT are George s, right. They were nominated at lay. Elections will begin Tuesday, Ian Post-war . H. Ward Says .ocated to Become Fe in South Carolina ?et the need:; of a changing u orlid." the Extension Division. "The Uni. tke plans now for participation in is faced with the problem ol act. iversities have extension divisions, Dlleges do not. The influences of a I its walls and assist adults of the! Is this realization of a changing djustment to economic and social Chase Addresses Y At Monday Luncheon Frosh Informed Of Liberalism and Rating "Our U:niversity" was the topic for a talk h. Dean J. A. Chnsc. dean of administration, to the fteshman Y at their weekly luncheon held in Flinn Hall. Apil -1. "Carolina Is a school that is ree ognized all over the U7nited States and its dliploma is iegardedl as suf ficient evidenec that the requited work was done by~ its recei\ cr. Dean Chase said. Hie supported everiy statement he madIe by readinug statistics n t he number of faiths representted dt the 'n iversity, the vanety of stu-. dents that are regist cied as fat as where theiy com' from, t heir par cnts' occupations and what they intend to do aftr r they are gradu ated. "Car olina is not a scelo im thte( rich as many have stud." ('hiase de elared. "A great nmbe[ of thet stui denits regtstetr.d here are doing work on) the c'amiptt and In Coltimn bia to help t hemn throYughi (ollege. The l'nivert'tIy is more th t n sl ight ly anterested in studentis who have enough ambitioni to work for their educat ion to hlp~ thenm as miuch as possible in givtng then) scholar ships. "Th)e UTniversit y does tnol st less c'lasswor'k to suich a degree that out side aetivlties are nteglec'ted. It is very liberal wsithi its e.tra lime and t hIs Is shown by the execttlent. work done by the YWCA andl YMCA. These two organizations have my utmost admiration as they have he come the most influential groups on the campus. This proves that the ltniversity does not ever intend to neglect Christiani t elat onships on t he camma'e Lace lent Chapman, Isom Candidates For Senior President Political Rally Tonight On Steps Of New Library Roy Bass and Gerge ielo ing senior.;, nerc non.:n.ted this week for the preiden: af 11.r it dent body. Candidates foi uther uf fices a c Jerry Sindie:. r: ~.g J:v school juniot, for flrst :e-hre:i dent; Lena Gilbert ami Lda 111l Haynes, rismng seniors, fo second vice-president; and Eli., R'ady. ris ing junior, for secretar.-tretcer!. Class officers nrominated v. er: Senior class, president. u h Chap man and Buck Iso::r; vice-pi es,mient, Bob Noble: secretar y-treartr. .o Martin; historian. Barbara Btas ington. Junior cla', pres;e:.! \\ am7 'Buddy' R1iggs 'tw-p.re.c,., Juln Her in anci Johrn Natwick; seerietary treasurer, Janet ioo ,.. ma .}i Lar bara Brown: historin, Toni ChL:d. Sophomorer cl, pre ident. 1:1? Beckham. Shirley "led" ite. and Bob Peters; vicr-pre- ;d ti,:;. Chal !es "Toty" Black and John Colbuns. se - retar'-treasurer. Ina Rose llolu:' h-.: and historia: :, :in..mi and "Cookie'" Van 3enthurs : Fr eshman class ff li rs v ll no.,t be eleetcd entil real t".' n1.1iddle (i he sumn.er s:... .im'e ' Orrn.ee l ece ta.' thei ;'.T . not w a rar.: i:. I-evt . .; large t;nun.e: orI f:es.;l c . . \ pe( ted it Jtt.> Tnese candidate c%: b. .n:,) (ui'(d o the student rud. at a i' lit;cal ra!ly on Fir:da.%. A:, ! '.. IL wvill be sponsored by,.e Ciart"i sophie Literary So7iety :r front if the new lirrary he nn: at se\ en o'clock. The election r : tuent hody officers w b1 I hi '1a 'iay, .lay 1. froml 1 ti 1: in th e eirele. Clas .ff s w. I h elect,d \Vednesday. If an r 1.:: a:e neces'ar.z 't. wil t a : , n a I (ay. Roy Bass Chosen Vice-President Of YM-YW Conference Ro. Bass. NROlC ,d :; ( Senior. was electCii t ( t:S; t of the fall r'et iar t ut liiillee the spring Y\VC.\..YNI..\ cinteg ece held at C lemsonr CutlI. ' srt ueh endi. Baiss wsas apeivi at tie s is pets propramt hld' Saturday night for t he conveti orn. iileS seeds Jtane Br ooks NIlar:-nal,. ab r' :omi the Univ-ersit.' TVhe de lite f.ot .h .N y,2 of Soruth itCarolina; hl; JI irrl ainist. F-riday. lu t lirhe Iae: of t he (ilemision tollege artit;. ga: series. enot held Ap;u- '3- . werr J. Itoy Coopler. .\lanitai. uhia led a docui sinn on tie "Chn-siirrr ni(hrch and thre line" arnd lier.v Wi \ae, southt -in i eglorn l st ertary of tihe Y, w~ hr dhs-znssed ''Pla'rning: Pirograms with Y \VCA' anrd 'i.3c *\ LeaderY' anid *Yor Jtob .A a Yn \VCA orYMC After draner spea!?-.r :at I.:e trai hurt Friday ighti was li.Jr. 1W\\. ultty. Saturdtay m,ht ii twilight serv ICC was hidld downvi atlongi tire Se-nerac RIiv(r. A p ieni supiper folltowed, after whitcth sk-its were present 'd by the delegaitiorns from each college in the state. U niversity representatives were Bill liutchinson, Mac Hammond, Ethel Lazar, Virginia \Yilliams, Eleanor McCall, Margaret Ready, Patty Malcolm, Roy Bass, Bob Pe ters, %coa Wade. WValter MyTers, Brooksre Marshall, antd Joyce H-et ze.