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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Zb76 Volume XXXVIII, No. 21 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1945 Founded 1908
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Dot Edmunds, left, brandishes
as rehearsals for the fortheomin
"Highland Fling" go into the last
university ru"ay
"Highland Flin<
Wielding his five-foot swor
Iienzie," the .150-year-old forne
tufake his appearance in white s
Fling" on May 15 in Drayton
Hall at 7:30 p. ni.
Ray Kelley portrays the part of
"Charlie" who is hunting for a sin
ner to reform from drinking, women,
and gambling. In his search he
finds Karl Jensen, a typical sinner,
as "Robbie" and tries to reform
him with the help of his wife, Mar
lon Rogers, who is now an angel.
During the play "Charlie" falls in
love with Betty Lewis as "Silly," a
daftie, who is also the love of his
great- great, great, great grandson,
Jim Martin, the Laird.
Lib Foster, a newcomer .to the
Players is playing the part of "Liz
zie," "Robbie's" wife, who is always
trying to mend his ways; Dot Ed
munds is "Bessie," "Robbie" and
"Lizzie's" daughter. Other members
of the cast are J. R. Jennings as
"Malcolm Graham," an American
with Mickey Edmunds as "Lila," his
daughter; Lucy Anne Tate is the
owner of the local l'ub and is often
affectionately addressed as "Han
nah," Betty Feller Is the barmaid,
and Burnelle Stacy takes the part
of Abrigall," the housekeeper.
"The Highland Fling," a three-act
comedy by Marjorie Curtis, has just
been off Broadway for six months
and is now doing a road show
throughout the nation.
This is the second production by
the University Players for the
Spring semester. Prof. Merrill G.
Christophenson, University English
instructor, ix' director of the play.
The University Players have cast
their third play for the semester,
"Penny Wise," a three-act modern
comedy of married life, by Jean Fer
guson Black, which will be present
ed in Drayton Hall before the end
of the semester,
The cast includes Bill Armstrong
as "Jeff"; Lucy Anne Tate as
"Tina"; Jane Hutson as "Martha";
Wayne Hubbard as "Gordon"; Mar
that Hodges as "Penny"; lMartha
Steadman as "Katherine"; and
Chuck Baker as "Commissioner
Dunn."
Rehearsals began yester day.
Stoddard, Dean
Of Summer School
Foresees Increase
Dr. J. A. Stoddard, head of the
summer school, says that Indica
tions now suggest. the probability
of a large inc'rease In the enroll
'ment of the summer school of the
University this year'. The lar'gest
Increase will be In the number of
teachers attending the summer
school--even larger than In 1942.
Dr. Stoddard says, "This increase
Is due neainly to the new certifica
tion requirements, better schedule
*ero salaries to be paid teachers, and
the improved professional attitude
at teacher.
tHEARSAL
her tword at Betty Lewis, right,
g University Players' production,
week.
ers to Stage
3 on May 15
I the giost of' "Charlie Mae.
SLair<d of Cairn Mle(ournm. will
iirt and kills in "T.Phe Ilig-blantl
Blue Key Swim
Meet Tonight at
University Pool
Proceeds Will Go to
McKissick Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Judges for the swimming meet
being held in the University nata
torium tonight under the sponsor
ship of Blue Key fraternity will be
Admiral Norman Smith, Henry Wal
ker, James H. Fowles, clerk of the
South Carolina Senate, Governor
Ransome Williams, and Dean Fran
cis Bradley.
"We hope to have ten contestants
from each sorority and fraternity,"
President Bill Ward said. No list
of contestants has yet been made
available.
Proceeds from the meet, which
will begin at 7i p.m., will go into the
McKissick Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
All judging, as in all other cam
pus athletic events, will be done
according to AAU Collegiate Asso
ciation.
There will be no limit to the num
ber of events which one individual
may enter, whether he be a team
member or a free lance student.
Dr. Stauffacher, professor of phy.
sics, wvill serve as tabulator, and five
Blue Key men will be the starters.
The event is under the direction
of a committee from Blue Key com
posed of Bennett Lott, Jimmy Rat
lIff, and Tut Lowns. Ann Darby TI
son will direct the novelty events,
which promises to be more fun than
was bargained for by most people.
Each University student will be
charged an admission price of twven
ty-flve cents, while all others will
be charged thirty-five cents.
Entries should be made by get
tIng In contact with some member
of Blue Key, but preferably with
some member of the comni ttee.
Benet Opens \
Carolina Chlall
ChrIstie, Benet, state chairman
of the Seventh War Loan Drive,
adldressedl the student boudy, the fac
ulty, and the administration assem
bled in the tiniversity field house
this morning on the forthcoming
drive.
Mr. Benet stressed the Import
ance of this Seventh Loan Drive's
succeeding now that, with the fall
of Europe, the war is half won. We
must not let down in our home
front support of the war fronts of
the Pacific.
After Mr. Benet had spoken, Pre.
Nayv
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Corona
Entire Student
To Picnic, Ma
Betty 'MeCreight, 'Fri Delta
was elected May Queen of Carolii
will be crowned in the traditionm
tomorrow at 5:30 p. in.
She will be attended by .Jo Ali<
a court composed of 39 of Caro
lina's most beautiful girls.
Student Body Picnic, Dance
The coronation, to be held in the
Horseshoe, will be immediately fol
lowed by a picnic supper for the
student body sponsored by the Co
ed Association. "Everybody oughta'
come to the picnic," said Patsy Pat
rick, president of the Association.
"We gonna' have lots of food and
fun."
The Coronation Ball in honor of
the May Queen and her court will
be held from 8:30 to 12 P.M in the
University Field House, Bill Prigge,
chairman of the dance arrangement
committee reported. A band from
Fort Jackson has been engaged to
furnish the music. During the inter
mission, May Queen McCreight will
lead the grand march of the court
and their escorts. No flowers are to
be given, Prigge emphasized.
Court Attendants Listed
Court attendants will he Julia
Bull, Barbara Brasington, Toni
Simpson, LeClaire Anderson. Bert
Wilson, Snookie Kirkland. Ruth
Reynolds, Phyllis Karesh. Eleanor
Bonds, Doris Garfield, Mary Lib
Nance, Shirlev Shapiro, Patsy Pat
rick, Betty Knowles, Frances Cole
man and Lena Gilbert.
Also Barbara Brown, Betty Cul
ler, Edna 11111 Haynes, Carolyn
continued on Page 2
Pi Gamma Mu Will
Honor Williams at
Banquet on May 22
The South Carolina Beta chapter
of Pi Gamma Mu, national socio
logy fraternity, will celebrate its
tenth anniversary May 22 with a
banquet in honor of Dr. G. Croft
Williams who is retiring as head of
the University of South Carolina
sociology department with the end
of this semester.
Mrs. Louise DuBlose of the Uni
versity faculty will pay tribute to
Dr. Williams. Plans are being made
to obtain Capt. Kershaw Walsh,
former University psyc'hology in
structor, as guest speaker.
The purpose of Pi Gamma Mu is
to recognize outstanding sociology,
history, economics, and psychology
majors and to he of service to the
state.
Newv members to be initiated at
the banquet are Elizabeth Ribelin,
Ann Laird, Evelyn Hletchkopf, B3illy
Lawvton, Carolyn Roof, Sue Greens
pan, Elizabeth Kent, and Martha
[lodges.
Faculty executive of the frater
nity is Miss Mary Phelps Wheeler.
Mary Ramsey is student chairman.
War Loan Drive
anges Clemson
dent Norman Smith appointedl Wil
lie P. IIorton, president of the stu
lient body, as chaIrman of the Stu
lient War L.onn Drive committee.
r'his committee, composed of the
presidents of all campus organiza
tions, will serve as a steering com
rnittee to plan the campaign at Car
alina. It will meet at the call of
the chairman, prlobably Monday af
ternoon, to map out a definite pro
gram.
Willie P. Ihorton has already sent
it letter to the president of Clem
ion ollege challenging that .chool
tion, I
Body Invited
Queen Ball
senior fron Colnutbia, who
ta by the student, body April 1:3,
I1 May Day Coronal ion services
e lMcMillan, maid of honor, and
Fellowships W ill
Be Awarded by
Graduate School
Appropriation by SC
Assembly Will Further
Graduate Work at USC
The deficiency bill passed by the
South Carolina General Assembly
last Saturday night will enable the
University graduate school to award
fellowships to eligible students
wishing to undertake graduate work
at the University during the aca
demic year beginning November 1.
1943.
Since the University's regular
terms will not open until Novem
ber 1, applications for the fellow
ships may be receired as late as
July 5. Awards will he announced
by July 10.
The stipends of these fellowships
vary from $400 to $700 each. They
may be awarded to students for
work in any of the regular schools
or departments at the University.
The number of fellowships to be
awarded has note definitely been
decided.
Application blanks and detailed
information may be secured from
Dr. W. 11. Callcott, dean of the
graduate school.
AKG Song Fest,
Tapping on May 25
Fraternities, Sororities
Compete for Singing Cup
The annual Alpha Kappa Gamma
songfest will be held Friday, May
25 in the chapel. All proceeds will
go toward the Alpha Kappa Gamma
scholarship fund, now a part of the
McKissick Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
honorary leadership sorority, will
tap its new members in conjunction
wvithi the songfest. Election of memi
bers is now taking place. GIrls are
tapped on the basis of scholarship,
leadership, and possible future serv
ice to the University.
Groups from the various social
fraternities and sororities on the
campus will participate. Tro the sor
ority and fraternity having the best
tone quality, stage appearance, and
origInality a trophy will be award.
edl.
The winning sorority last year
was D)elta Delta D)elta. The Kappa
Alpha's won the tboys' awardl.
Chairman of the song fest is
Brooksie Marshall. Officers of Al
pha Kappa Gamma are Martha Wal
ker, p)residlent ; Jeanette Hlolley. vice
president; JLib Sansbury, secretary;
and( Louise Wallace, treasurer.
on Campus,
to Bond Bout
to a per capita War Bonds and
Stamps purchasing contest. The let
ter', also prInted on the editorial
page of The Gamecock, has brought
no rep)ly as yet, but Ilorton ex
pressed the opinion that hie couldn't
see how the challenge could be re
fused.
' No goal has been set as yet for
the campaign.. It is hoped that the
competition with Clemson will make
the sky the limit,
"We have to beat them In the
sales," IIorton said. "It would be
rather embarrassing to challenge
them and then have them bat u."
estivit
Bureau Is
Opened to Aid
Veterans Here!
Bundrick Heads
Center on Ground
Floor of Library
S. C. Groeschel, manager of the
Veterans Administration in Colum
bia, announces the opening of a
guidance center on the ground floor
of the new library at the University.
Acting chief of the center will be
O. W. Bundrick, a veteran of World
War I. IHe received his A.B. degree
from Newhcrry College, earning his
master of arts degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
James U. Smith, a \etei an of
World War II, and a graduate of
Wofford College, will he the cen
ter's training officer.
Dr. W. C. McCall of the Univer
sity Personnel Bureau is to be in
charge of testing, advisement, and
guidance.
UNC Center Is Model
Five University faculty members
went to Chapel Hill April 29 to ob
serve the veteran's vocational cen
ter which is in operation there in
view of establishing one at Caro
lina.
Those who went were Dr. E. P.
Horne of the psychology and phil
osophy department; Prof. W. C. Mc
Call of the education department
and director of Student Personnel
Service; R. G. Bell, executive secre
tary of the Y.M.C.A.; and Capt. Ker
shaw Walsh, on leave of absence
from the psychology and philoso
phy department.
The primary purpose of the cen
ter is to find a vocational objective
that is in keeping with the veteran's
disability and aptitude. The center
at Chapel Hill has been operating
since January and has been inter
viewing and placing returned vet
erans in training schools under the
G. I. Bill.
Located in Library Basement
The center at Carolina has al
ready been set up in the basement
of the New Library and will begin
operations soon.
Only veterans with I) per cent
or above dlisability are interviewedl
at these centers. By a series of in
terviews and tests the veterans are
sortedl into the proper vocational
fields, information on the individ
ual's work history, his vocational
outlook, medical record, war record.
in-service experienc'e hav'ing occu
p)ational significance, bac'kgr.ound
and education is obtained and kept
on record.
Special Tests Giiven
In addition to the regular tests,
additional intelligence tests and
special aptitude tests are giv'en to
ascertain interest and personality.
One of the special aptitude tests
most frequently given to ascertain
manual skill Is the finger dexterity
test. Physical factors and environ
mental factors are also taken into
[account.
By this system a full knowledge
of the individual is obtained. The
vocational adlviser then knows what1
the veteran is suited for andl the1
kind of training he should receive.
They are sent to training schools,
anywhere that theIr skill Is taught
under the G. I. Bill.
Training in professional w~ork and)
practical skills are offered. The fol
lowing is the list of training that1
Ia available for each veteran accord
ing to his needs:
Professional, semi - professional
technIcal, managerial and official,
clerical, sales, domestIc service, per-1
sonal service, protective service,
building servIce, agriculture, horti-1
culture, fishery, forestry, skilled
trade and Industry, semi-skilled-i
trade and Industrv. and manun.
's Ton
USC Will Con
Naval Officers
'The t_niv"ersity of Srrttth Car
nated by the Navy )epartnents
for the post war Navy, Rear At
dent, of the University, has aunn
Fift.v-two institutions have he
men to serve w"it i gralutates of tl
as regular officers in all brane
122 Apply For
Diplomas to Be
Awarded June 16
22 Applications For
Certificates Received
By Holland, Registrar
Applications for diplomas to be
awarded at the June 16 commence
ment exercises have now reached
a total of 122 as announced by Miss
Miriam T. Hlolland, registrar.
Applying for the bachelor of arts
degree are 38 women and 6 men
making a total of 44. Only 1 girl
will qualify for the bachelor of arts
in journalism. Requesting the bach
elor of science degree in commerce
will he 20 students. ]3 girls and 7
boys. Nineteen students, 2 of whom
are boys, will receive the bachelor
of arts in education with only 1
girl applying for the bachelor of
science in education.
Six men have applied for a bach
elor of science in civil engineering,
and 7 have requested the bachelor
of science in electrical engineering.
The bachelor of science in pharmacy
will be awarded to 4 men. Four
master of arts degrees will be con
ferred and 1 master of science. One
girl and 4 boys have applied for the
bachelor of science in law. Receiv
ing certificates of secretarial sci
ence will be 22 girls.
New Rules For
Cash Depository
Are Announced
New rules for the University
rash depository are as follows:
1. No deposit will be aIccepted in
in amiWunt less than ten dollars
I$10.00t.
2. An irtterim of seven tb (lays
must elapse before any wit hdr'awal
will be honored from a new ac
Tount where a check is deposited.
3. No withdrawal for less than
five dollars (55) w'ill be honored.
A depositor is limited to seven
withdr'awals per calendar monthi.
F'or e'ach withdrawal in excess of
seven in a calendar month there
will be a service charge of ten
:ents (.101 per wit hdr'awal.
4. Withdrawal checks are payable
it the Cash Depository' only and
'annot be given at other places of
ausiness in the same mannet as a
'egular check.
5. No post-dated withbdr'awals will
>e honored.
6. Checks will not he cashed over
he counter except for members of
he student body, faculty and ad
ninistrativ'e staff andI ther, only
Nlth proper identification.
7. Cheeks will not he cashed over
he counter in excess of fifty dol
ar's ($50.00),
8. An exchange on banks other
hani in the City of Columbia Banks.
9. Depository hotrs are as fol
ows:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday-10:00 a.m. to 1 :00 p.m.; 2:30
p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday--10:00 a.m. to 1:00
p.mi. Closed Wednesday afternoon.
Saturday-10:00 a.m, to 12:30
p.m.
Sunda,' -.le.
notay
tOrrow
tinue to Train
for Uncle Sam
"lina ha. beent off'ieially dTesi.
s ninst itnt iot 1t train officers
lmiral Norman M. Smith, presi
,it seleetel bi the Navy 10l train
te U'nited States Naval Academy
lies of the expan<led two ocean
Navy. Almiral SmitIt said.
First definite notice of the Uni
versity of South Carolina's inclus
ion in the select list was received
in a telegram from L. Mendel Riv
ers of Charleston, member of the
house naval affairs committee. This
was followed by an official com
munication from the Navy Depart
mcr.
3,000 Officers Neewed
Approximately :.000 officer s poer
year will be required for the post
wat navy. Admiral Smith pointed
out. This fat above the normal out
put of the United States Naval
Acadcmy, making it necessary for
the Navy to formulate a permanent
plan for supplementing the Anna
polis graduates. Under this plan
the majority of regular Naval offi
cers will be trained by the official
ly-designated universities.
"In this training, our South Car
olina boys should have an oppor
tunity equal to that of boys of any
other state and second to none,"
Admiral Smith said. He pointed out
that graduates of the United States
Naval Academy and of the Naval
ROTC units of the universities will
take their position, for future pro
motion, in a seniority list of Naval
office,s according to their class
standing and relative ability.
Special Studies for Navy
An intensified program of study,
in line with that pursued at Anna
polis, will be conducted for Naval
ROTC students, with emphasis on
engineering and the sciences.
Trainees will have the opportuni
ty to apply for the branch of the
Navy in which they wish to serve,
and graduates will receive commis
sions as ensigns in the Navy or as
second lieutenants in the Marine
Corps.
Grice Conducts
Interfaith Picnic
YM-YW Brings Minister,
N.C. Interfaith Chairman
''Now is the time for all people
to have a better understanding e's
tablished between the various re
ligions." said Luther B. Grice. chair
man of the National Conference of
Christ ins and JTews, Greensboro, N.
C. district, at the interfaith picnic
held in Maxcy Gregg Park, Sunday,
May 6, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Interfaith com
mittee of the YWCA and YMCA un
dIer the chairmanship of Evelytn
Hletchkoph and George HeIlow, this
meeting was given to promote a bet
ter relationship between the relig
toils.
Reverend Grice spoke on the work
that was bleing done by the National
Con ference and also expressed pleas
ure at the progress that Is being
made here on the University cam
puts towardl this greater friendship,
After the talk a discussion was
held In which Mr. Grice answered
many of the students' questions.
The picnic lunch was prepared
b)y thle sociail committee of the
YWCA, Zoa Wade, chairman.
All graduation robes and In
vitations to commencement ex
ercises must be ordered from
Mrs. Moon at the post office
before May 19. Also students
are asked to claim lost articles
that are turned in at the pest
office.