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Distinguished Flyinc To Biser for Outstan Former Carolina Studer In Aerial Combat Over Standing in the bomb bays of a B-24 Liberator without a parachute or oxygen, repairing broken hy draulic lines, has recently brought T-Sgt. Hubert H. Biser, former stu dent at the University of South Carolina from Columbia, the Dis tinguished Flying Cross for extra ordinary achievement in flight. IIe Is aerial engineer of his bomber. "Trouble started over the target, which happened to be Vienna," said Sergeant Biser. "The flak seemed to single out our plane." One of the members of the crew noticed a liquid spray in the bomb bays, and it was thought that the gasoline cells had been punctured. Although the bomber was still in the flak area, and the bomb-bay doors open, Sergeant Biser hur riedly removed his parachute, flak suit, and oxygen mask, and climbed out into the bays to investigate the damage. "As I was standing on the cat walk," he continued, "I noticed that it was the hydraulic system that had been hit, and we were losing fluid rapidly." Still without oyxten, and despite the bitter cold of high altitude, Ser geant Biser immediately went back to the waist of the plane and re moved a piece of hose which was attached to the camera. lie re turned to the bomb-bays, and work ing on a slippery catwalk, using a small walk-around bottle of oxygen, he used the hose and some clamps which he carried with him for such emergencies to patchi up the hy draulic system. There was not enough fluid in the reservoir, so Sergeant Biser re moved some reserve fluid from the ball turret, after friendly territory had been reached. lie thinned the fluid by holding it before the heat McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 MAIN STREET Prescriptions * Sodas Cigarettes * Toilet Articles Call 2-3308 C For Prompt Delivery Service Capital Drug Store 1213 Gervois Phone 8177 * Excellent Fountain Service Expert Watch and Clock Repairs All Makes and Models University Stiudents Work Given Special Attention "Time For AllI" at . GARNERS WATCH REPAIRS 1410 MaIn St. (Upstairs) PALMET TO "HOTEL BERLIN" -with FAYE EMERSON HELMUT DANTINE CA ROLI NA "A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN" -with DOROTHY McGUIRIE JOAN BLONDELL RITZ "GREAT STAGE COACH ROBBERY" -with BILL ELLIOTT STRAND "DEATH RIDES THE RANGE" --with KEN MAYNARD FIVE POINTS "LOST IN A HAREM" -with ABBOTT & COSTELLO DRIVE-IN "GUNG HO" - RANDOLPH SCOTT Cross Presented ding Achievement it Honored for Bravery European Capital ers, and then poured it into the re serve tank. This gave enough fluid to allow the wheels to be cranked down, the flaps to be used, and for an applica tion of the brakes. As a result the aircraft was safely landed at the home base. The official citation read in part: "By his courage, Ingenuity, and devotion to duty, together with his great professional skill, Sergeant Biser has reflected great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States of America." Sergeant Biser arrived overseas last October. He is a member of a veteran Liberator group command ed by Col. Leroy L. Stefonowicz, Wildrose, N. D. The group has par ticipated in more than 215 combat missions against enemy installa tions in the Mediterranean theater of operations. The Columbian holds the Air Medal with one bronze cluster for meritorious achievement in aerial flight. Mademoiselle Magazine Sponsors Story Contest The English department has re ceived a letter from Mademoiselle magazine announcing that it is holding its annual short story con test for women under-graduates. Entries should be sent to: College Fiction Contest Mademoiselle 132 East 42 Street New York, N. Y. "Since Mademoiselle is a maga cine for young women we are anxi )us not only to reflect their point >f view but to publish stories of moung authors of real merit," the innouncement said. If any of the young women writ ers are interested in this short tory contest, they should get in ouch with Dr. Babcock or see the ul!etin board in Coker College vhich gives details as to manuscript pecifications. ALL, "THE STORE THAi 1619 MAlt Hundreds of New Formals fc Complete Fall Outfits - COLLEGE SH4 1008 SUN Now Open Under Your Patronage Will BE 1945 GRi Prepare for a Si Write for a NE DRAUGHON'S BU! Columbli Approv The State Depart1 The U. S. Veteran The National Association of A We < STANDARD BUSI LIFE MEMB DRAUGHON'S EMPI Mail 'I Name..........., Address........... DRAUGHON'S BUW COLUMBI Q~*_ V.e FITCH I > I.X Pictured above are Mrs. Geral Roberts, National President of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Essay On Lines' And believe me I know whereof I speak! Regardless of the assumed philosophy of many that the "line" has become in the past few years an extinct method of attracting the opposite sex, this reporter begs to differ and on very good grounds. But now-alas.'-our own campus has become a cross section of "wolves" and "wolverines." Since the Navy set sail in the good ship USC two short years ago, many co-ed has had her dreamboat un ceremoniously sunk. Still we've put up a good fight, and there is the satisfaction of knowing that a few bluejackets have departed from our port without a few scars on the hull of their hearts. The purpose of this article is to discuss objectively the varied scale of lines from "pro" to "con." Let us begin by& first dividing the lines into three flexible categories: (1) ANS S BEING QUOTED" STREET r the Discriminating Co-ed -oats - Suits - Dresses BARBER ITER ST. New Management Greatly Appreciated ADUATES iccessful Future w Catalog to ~iNESS COLLEGE 2. S. C. ed by nient of Education s Administration ecredited Commercial Schools ffer NESS COURSES ERSHIP IN .OYMENT BUREAU oday ilNESS COLLEGE A, S. C. COTTONS M From H WITH A DROP OF WOOD HUE IONORED A line Townsend Fitch, noted authoi TA, Mrs. Arney Childs, I)ean of * * * * Positive, (2) Negative, (3) For no good reason. The Positive line may be char acterized as the most obvious. It is usually used as a preliminary to bigger and better things. It. is gen erally prefaced by "Are you sure we haven't met before?" And If that draws a blank, it is reloaded with "You remind me so much of somebody I used to know." The nucleus of this is based on the "stars in your eyes," "curls in your hair," and "your etc., etc.". It fiz zles out in either "Where have you been all my life?" or "Mend my broken heart." Now the Negative line Is a pur ple donkey of a different color. It may conic as an aftermath to the Positive line when the individual has become more deeply involved than he or she anticipated. You mark its initial stage by the first hint of "There's that girl back home" ("The girl back home" has two angles, "We're sorta engaged" )r "She lives next door and we've rown up together"). There's the 3ossibity of a rather new twist such Is "no entanglements during the var." But the 'limax is invari ibly "We really have so little in ommon." The third category which I had ientioned is by far the most uni ersal in use. The "For No Good teason" type of line involves both magination and dramatic talent. It CI twos the nt le before history, past & present Week-end sport: the 100-yd. dash ... Cosmel T TEA Ity on the Far East, Mrs. W. C. women, and the members of * BY ANNE SEARSON starts on a completely new note with "Can't we be just friends?" The reader can readily see what this broad query may easily lead to. In record time it spreads to tangents such as "You inspire my confi dence" (With this you get tears and sound effects!) "You dance divinely" (It may be old, but color it up with "Say, you're a hep-chick," and it's still good for two dates!), and last but not least, "Nobody un derstands me." The last customari ly accompanies "You inspire my confidence," apd it should stand as a red flag of danger. Brethren, if he or she thinks nobody under stands, the case is probably that they're understood entirely too well. And there we have it. This is the stuff love's made of, thick with sweet molasses and served with generous slices of baloney. So let us conclude our meditations with the profound piece of verse which follows: Let me tell you what love is, my dear, Unveiling the mystery Of all the loathsome pitfalls That hearts' eyes may not see, For stars go out and moons descend And men and women lie But if you play your cards right, It's a lovely way to die! ILLUMS Accounting proj (a lesson in rig inas IN THE LIFE and a high rating t early that Cu all the righ in fas| .Ies-A ccessories-..Shoes-Lingerie McClellan Spends 1 Mediterranean Co University Alumnus VetE To Targets That Attracl Capt. Palmer S. McClellan, former .student at the University of South Carolina, of 1728 Green street, Co lumbia, just passed his 34th month in the Mediterranean theater of war. Captain McClellan was In Eng land before he went down to Africa as a bombardier with some Flying Fortresses. Today he Is group blombardier in the 47th flight bom bardment group, but before he moved into ,the light-A-20's, he managed to take part In the first Flying Fortress attack on the con tinent of Europe. This mission was over St. Nazaire, France, and the captain says this is where the Americans got their first real taste of flak. "They were shooting at us as far out over the sea as they could," he related. "Our right was just a wall of black flak puffs. The formation just ahead of us decided to break left after dropping the bombs. It took them over the peninsula and all the guns that, hadn't opened up before certainly opened up then. We broke right and that put us over water, and we didn't lose a ship that day. The other formation was hit pretty hard." In his -book, "Here Is Your War," Ernie Pyle tells how a lone Flying Fort, with two engines out, flew a mountain pass in Tunisia to get home finally to its desert base 45 minutes after everyone had given It up for lost. The Fort had to fly through what was marked on the topography map, as 1500 foot pass, but its instruments read 1398 feet. Captain McClellan was on that Fort and he has a sequel to this story. His next mission was to Palermo, Sicily, and on the way one engine conked out. The pilot decided to turn around and head back for the home base. When they got there the ship was immediately sur rounded by the pale faces of the ground crews who hadn't gone out that day. "The. thing was," recalled Mc Clellan, "was that we had gotten back to the field at exactly the time they were expecting the whoje squadron. The commanding officer came out on the field. Ie was aw fully excited. 'What was it? Flak or did you run into fighters?' After a second we saw what he was driv ing at. lie and everyone else thought that our ship was the only one left out of all the ones that had gone on the mission." "Those days in Africa were great old days," he continued. "We were lem: ht-ing . . . S 'S ALL OF A CO-ED o those who learn? hums carries t answers lion! --oward the TII -'Startswear--'nadt,.Wur... miI1 'hirty-Four Months rnbat Bombardier ran of Many Missions World Wide Attention * bombing Jerrles all day and he was bombing us all night. We learned to dig those deluxe foxholes . .. two feet by two feet by ten feet deep." After a great deal of combat Mc Clellan went to a training center to train French crews in medium bombers. Last summer he joined the 47th bomb group, which has quite a colorful history. It was the most forward bomber unit through out the Tunisian campaign and very often the crews used to take off, bomb, and return, and be in their foxholes within 30 minutes. The crews were always working under a great handicap wlhen trying to serv ice the ships, because Messer- e schmidt and Heinkel attacks on their airfields at Thelepte and Youks-Les-Bains. Later the group supported General Montgomery and marched with the Eighth Army through the Mareth line, Sicily, and up the toe of Italy. "Well, it's a funny thing," said McClellan when asked if it didn't make you feel a little naked sitting up there in that glassed-in bomb ardier's nose. It's al right when you've got soonething to shoot at, but if you haven't, or your gun jams . . . well, you know. how thin that aluminum is on the side of the glass house. It isn't going to stop anything. Det as soon as your guns jam, you want to duck behind that aluminum. It isn't going to help you, but you can't see it coming. That's the idea, I guess." Clariosophic Society Short Story Rules 1. Any undergraduate stu dent may submit as many en tries as he wishes. 2. Each entry must be orig. inal, and may not exceed 4,000 words in length. 3. All entries must be typed in double-line spacing on one side of the page only. 4. Entries must be submitted to an officer of the Clarioso. phic Literary Society or mailed to Box 534 before May 15. 5. Awards will be first prize, second prize and honorable mention. 6. The judges will be Dr. Babcock's short story class and their decision will be final. 7. All awards will he pre sented at a joint banquet of the Clariosophic and Hypatian Lit erary Societies in late May. pplied Wath. (one & one) _ 4 hold that lnel (the honor-roll.) .)1 Ddegree ney1