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I 27 WILL RECEIVE I6 Z DEG LIRCEDAO0-ED DANCE0TONITERAY IDEGREES THURSDAY iA~~~8I ROTO IRR UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XXXIX, No. 26 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 10, 1945 Founded 1908 .......... The World This Week By Virginia Raysor "The Soviet union has declaredl War on Japan." This was the an r.ouner'ment President Truman made Wednesday after eatlling in correspondents for a "simple but very important statement." Wash inglon and Moscow made lhe an r1ouncement111 simun ltane11ously at :3:00 Ir the rifternoon, and officials re ,%valed that the compleion of fih. um ai in .11pun was tie chi--f con c<rin of Ile President at Polsda)m. The most terrifying engine of de s iltuction ever devised by man in the hislory of wat -an atomit homb ('5rrying tle expllsive force of miore Ihan 20,00) tons of TNT was t urned loose against .Japan Sniday in a Sui-render or else" assault agalinst ile entmy. President Tumtinialn. re %ealing the higgcst and he. kopt nmilitary Secret of the war, said tie It rrible weapon was the answer to Japan's rejection of the Potsdam ultimatum. This method of destrue lion is the first use to he made of the long-dreamed-of release of atiomic energy. This new poweil hin , nesses the power of the sun. Jap premier Suzuki c-alled his Cabinet Into extinordinary session Tuesday. rhe Big Thrce---Clemeit Attlee, Josef Stalin, and Iarry TIuman revealed decisions of their meeting #it Polsdam. It disclosed in specific -Ictail ihe stern retribution to he exacted from defeated Germany and spoke of other European problems. Plans formulated include: Repara lions to be I'ceeied in terms of equipment and goods from the oc. ctipied sect-ors. abolishment of file Cernian military organi-vations, complete control of German vdiuca tion, recognition of the free city of Danzig. immediate trials for war criminals, and disposal of the Ger man fleet. The Big Three minced Ic words in barring Franco Spain ftom membership in the tiited Nations. Poland will get tile souti eastern two-thirds of Germany. The President asked that the next meet Ing he held in Washinglon. and Stalin answered. "God willing." Tiuman returned to his desk in 'ashington Thursday from the 17 day conference. On the wav home hc had luncheon with King George VI of England. As soon as the meceting was over. Trumani gave bitlint assu rance to t he world i hat t ie Big Thl re had maide no ".secret agreements of ally kind." The Senate has ratified tih I nited Nations Chart 9 9 to 2. Only Senators I.anger alnd Ship Stead voted against it. By a revolutionary vole Winstlon ( hurchill was replaced as prilill m:inister of England by C1viment Attlee, Laior party eader. e'Il- new prime111 minister has aippoinitedi Er (lest Bevtin, former Latbor party seec 3etary, as his foreign minister and11 right hand man, who rcepiaces An I hony Eden. Chur chill broke a 600 yea r tradition biy tuLirnling down an 1 offer of knight hood, showing that he intends to lead ti' heiositioni against the new Latbor go0vernlmet. Tlhe most speel1acuctlar' and1 izar/re disasteri to strike thle New~ York mict ropoli tan area sinlce Ithe hburn in g of thle Zepplinlini Iidenbuerg or currecd J1uly :?8 whlen a H-2 t Hitly MUitchell thomb er ram med in to Itie 78thI sI ory of thle E'mp ire State building. Th'ie explosionl t urnedl lie world's tailes? st ruttur intol1( a pil Jar of hortor' and birciughit dealth to' 3.':t persons. It t rapped hunitd edts of persons wtithbin flame andc gas-filled onis mote Ihan I,000 feet above the streeti. One of thte most conitroversial is StIes being waged in Washington is over peaccetIime compulsory miliitary 1iaining. The President tias not (ex liressed ani oplinIioni, butt legislat ite friencds seeml toi iith ihe favois a noliich nlar lgedl lnationail guat di. lIigh tanking officeris of Adm. Ita isey's Thtirid Fleet said t hat all Japi planes ihacd been cdest royed'I, anct out fleet could st eiii direct ly into Tokyo hay, if niecessary. Teni of Ithe 19 Japanese cities forewaiiedt biy Itie 20thi airI foi ce t hat thtes hiad been marked for annihtiltion have bieti strunck anid ieduce(d lo ashes. Traveling almost as ftast as Sounlld the jet-propelled P-8~0 "Siiooting h Star" has been aninonced by the armly as the world's fastest plane. It L.rnvela 58n miie. ma hottw Kennedy Needhan Retired Captaij Fill Post Form Held by Dean Appointment of Capt. Ralph as registrar of the University Rear Admiral Norman M. Srr Captain Needham, command Naval ROTC and V-12 units turned to inactive status by th( The position of registrar at I sin(( Dr. .lohn A. Chase. dean ofj adminismirtion. telinquished it wihen he hecaie coordinantlor of the insli ittion's Naval training piogramns. Dr. W. 11. Callcotl and Miss Mliriam I iolland have served as acting reg i4tars since that time. "We are very fortunat to 10 btain the services of Captain Necdham." President Smith said. "lle has been with us for three years. He knows us an(] is tho,roughly familiar. with titl opelinlion of lit UIn'ivoi Fity. lie is it 1man111 of unutsial charl -r and A naivi-4 of Mion-suo. D%Ias.s.. Cap lain Nedhim ahlttended Sheffield Scienltifie School of Yale U'niversity foi two years. lie received an ap poilltment to the inited States Na vil Avademy' v, from which he was graduadled inl 1906. At Annapolis he excelled itn Sports, roveiving Ihe swotd which is annually peseiled to the otllIstanding atlilele. IIiVI of Ctp1aitn Needham's en '(7er in the Navy was speolt with the sibai'ine fleet. hut he had a number of tours of dIlty on otlher types of watships and w'as a mem bvr of the faculty of the United Stales Naval Academy for several yeanr4s. Captain Needham will h. sl. eveded as commandillg officer of the NROTc and V-12 unils t Capt. I larvin G. Kennedyv. L'.S.N., wvho n Icelily retrined after tihree and a haif yeas of action in the 11wific. Rare .Jellyfish Found in Tuib At Uni-versity A large number of frt-sa-%tcI .Jvllyfish,. described by.% sckonlists H., " Vl e ly rae. wee discovered r1 ently oil the caipui s in an Old slat hattubwhich forno fly was a fi.\Itlre of Ilh pltfsident's home. )r. I. r. Pentiey. professor of bio tegy. said Ihal the jellyfish were obsetve'd y1w ciarie cunningham. Uniersity gardclnel, in the halh tub whiich hs been usv for many yearis as a green house nuarUtiltm. Doilct or Penniey 51( aidnht thle jel ly fishI, whvichtI areI i tiout th 13'si/O oif a dime hi',llong to thle genuis (rias pedIa(ustat and1 t hat I he(y are~ "typi ('a31timodusa wvith IiIenacles of varyv in g lentgthI." IFre'sh-wa ter jelly fishI tiave been1 dtisc'i~oered fromi timei' to I timel in vaiitout ispats of thel w'.orld, buit sItill 33re a3 sc'itiiic 13a1i1.3. the Un'iiver SityV btioiloit said. ThoseSt dtiscov Itho firsI everO reptedil iln Soith I I ified in Ithis setion be'irng fountid '"ThIey itre) ('ertainly3 1) ltim st itnI usutal ('reatue 13o0 oculpy tat I tub ing in. It,' D'o(tor Penney' 'alit. Pani-Hll Sheet Will Be ISSuIed T lhe Pan-ltl(i 'le iti B letin1. 3 pubt lication11 of nlotices coninin ilig 1the til' and3( place oif violu s mtin gs lin the ('am3pus, I..ill 1be pitbished and3( placed( itt (each1 1post offi('e box by' 30 nex tek . accorrt inig to .1ill litan', wh'lo is it charIge of t he hiul le tinl. 'T'he informiat otn for I his Pan Illloenic' Hulletlit will be' obtlained Ithr oughi tIll biox wicht has been Iplat'ed in 113'he3 linteen'. All organ atnd place of theit' meetings oni a card anid drop thenm inthsbx Tlhis informatIon will appeal' in the hulletin. Succee W'i I Will erly Chase C. N'eedham, U. S. N. (Ret.), was announced this vet-k by ith, president. ing officer of the University's since April, 1942, will be re Navy Department next week. he University has been vacant Stanley Lewis Becomes USC Photographer Addition of Stanley V. Lewis. for nerly of tile Clemson College Ex lension Service. to 1he staff of lt L'niveritY of Souith Calolinla news service as photograperlI., was 'in norunc;'d loday h. 1 iank 11. \'aid law, dirt-lj. Alr. Lij. with more than 12 years of pioograpiic exiiience to his viedil. will organize and operate a commercial stu(lio on ih caipis exclsively for work coinel-cted wilh the 'niversity. Mr. \\ardlaw said. The new ' niversity phologtapiher will take pictures for The Garnet and Black. inchielin;g. poriails fot tie class sectionts. If'm ah i e, cock, and for ot ther vailpus publi Cations and Ogani.ations. The studio\ will be adjacent to lie News Service Office in t Alumni building, and the New Service's dark toom being tenodelerl to takv vuie of lie greally expanded \ olumie of woi k. Alir. Lewis. win was a newsiupa and a free-lance photogaeil le fote he went to the Clemson Extxen sion Servie. has made man )y pie lttute's for The Garnet and Black duriving ile past several yeats and is well-known on tle capius. Lieutenant Gr'IeeneC Leaves ROTC Unit Altinnm; Assuites Dutes As Dental Officer Auig. 3 L.ivid. A. A. Groetnv. D)C. US.NR. din tal oflicer of lie NROTC iit. has leen detached from his station at the 'niversit\. Ile was t'elieved of dItilies here h I.ieut. F. \' t ad Ievy on Attgust 3. )r. Greene w its giveit a 14-day leave which he plans to sendI i. Atlanta with his wife anud family. At thle ende tof this leave he is to reportt teo San am ranciscet for praoh aablt'eduty ini the Hawaiian Islands ot aflotat. ltr. Greene~ taame to ('catina ftomi Pa tr is I sliad ini 'lathu ary. 1W44, tand has been't deta~l officet herae sice thatI imae. I le niew detal ofIufier.t.x a fmi studen'tt of th liniversi~iity. but enm jilitted his tb'tital schlin'lit at tIhe At lancta Sttutenit lietal ('ilb.ge. I ). nradtley stiatedt th:t bte was pileased wlit hi his tnew dltt ats his htomiet is ini ( 'alumbalia. llis tiat tier, ar. V . WA. Bradelev oft Coalumbalia. is itac-aembe of I tie South ('at olinia iNa vy I IIeeImes Kl-2 Quota 1to 683 Six hundrteled aned tighty-three Navy V- 12 ria i tn's at e e'ptited at thle 'n iv'rsiiy Novembler 1. Ad nmital SnftIi ith pesidet of t he' 'nii vets it. annotituntedt oidat. Whtet her tese' boys w ill come hiete from at her' schooals tat whet het I hey will ('etr ie ft ishmanitt ilass is tact y et 'Te quaot a of niavy bon swas previouasly levied baetweei :160 atid 4201, butt Wasinagon, at thle I'ni versity''- request, has inceased t hat tnumbi er,. almnos t doubalintg thle ptes d'nt size of Ithe uitl. Where these boys will he houtsed has not yet been deter'mined bay U nivertyt ant hotities. bitt plans are uanderway for arranging facili ties to neenmmnetare hem. ds Neec Be Net KENNEDY Cap". 3131vin G. hennedy. U.S On hlie, 4ai8)pu% to iassune c1n401tn1 and V*-12 tunt. AWo ii the pictnr Needhnnm whonm Capini Kennedly University PreS "The Fields Be The collected ver ofS Sui- Diaw son] Johnisonl of Columbia will be publishod early this autumhYn by the under the title "Th, Fieids Be yond." Dr. \\. 11. Callcoll, chailmian of tihe press 'ommiii:tte'. said that Sep tember l7) has beenl set ltntatively as tihe puthlication date. The manu Script is now inl the hals of the printer. Lrs. .ohnqon. a nati%e if Vir Minia. ha-Z livtd for man v y ImS in South Cm olina and has wi len all of her poriy here. Fo a num her of years he: poems have' bei'n appearing in lvadin' ma-a/in- anld anthologies. hit.he Fiolds Ple .\ nnd i ll he he first volum11 ' of Dctot (alleciit said that .\li. .oinison's poc'm: had been rea;tfo: the 1' niver:sitiy Pt e' b:y sever al reC: og nizedc' e.pc'ris who hadh a ried that t hey w'etcit of: nusual exel lc'nce. "\'n~' a::' ri ple:iasedc to: i pe'scta staid. "Onetof ithei piurposes iof the Pres's is t:o puiish umtl : of reat Stu,dents Wildl S Music of Ciamnp Roy Neal andi Jerry hoppinig. hothI N ROTi' metn. have ftulf iled t he sItucdent s' hoe's fim a C.atoli na canice hand Io play fot all intmputs activit ies. Thei cse Iwo ho:ss. with Iihei invaluable as.si'ttnc anid advwit of Ii':utenant F,l ison, the phyl : e'dutention officer. have organtiized a no less than te: rific. IRoy Nceai is the le'ade't atnd plays the' smoothlest c sa that Ia lier S ' ec hoed t brough Rtut ledge. 'ThIe i0 cnlist. Winter GriffithI. nteeds nto initrodctionit to ould ('arolitna stu dents atnd his f)iceC will afford an int roduct lotn t o I he new g roup. 'The thytIhm sect ion consists cof F"recd Vettnet at the drums atnd "Rud" .Johnson on bass atic triangle, also featuted on guitar' solns. Rill WVeppier' on the gutitar' and Tut Lown at the piano round ham as v Unive . A RRIVNES * .......... . N.. right. Is pictured ias he arrived mid il' he Naval 1OTC riiu-ment I- are Admiral Smviith and Caplalinl St teees. S to Publish yondl" Sept. 1. 4tiume of Ihe iqualit% of 'Tl Fields In priv..t- hif- I)6 aw-;on Jl l it stil i. S IIl I JIohn'on j ist ''if. 'if Iib nry S. .IlIIhnsonit. d i I#(.Io. r f i nf o,rmaIton Io I t'he fat I i edit admIliiItis t rat ionl and Iect ive manager of I he Soutl h (at lina \a r Vi naIce tommil tee. SIt is also Ihe motie of Pf. llenvy S. . Johnson. .lr.. llii ed Stalt.s .la inel Corips iesrtlave. Born i 1.t *\ nelih m . te t . Na I .4hn onl it Iktded I I I l I p..N t, 4 - \\o I an1'4s cll : I . h"I,.l lv Ih \ was oe-lected- t, o I( Phi I 1t : Ka ppa. la I , doing adual ti nt i k at . Silmi ih W4,Da c 11(1111 II jiti'sit . h e.u hil En.:ls at t*enltiai l alol-.e fi ' omit' . tid i. atid late eachn. : p, hlow aI AIvev illf, toini's Cole h and at Randfolph .\acmn. At eri - t aRe a I . r- lis ad 141111 Ved witht he out her n h rhed. ohe nial of(these, tlanot;si' gs fiel inrleild and il he se vihe an x 'l11' alicee oy oft 'theA h n.. 'ihapnd as stito formNationth Aoni tegli it0Ly. Ais fj]d geil e. Ietlate fon plathn Catol I and las oa disste tilisvef wore in Ande lmbeading1!. lloeer. ble hoye hate been \t'Red Cii tland l and ihf hll ~out Ihi pot. Tea braysfs heo includes Plo net Wne wo il h Navy rsity R Needtan Is 0 Relieved by K In Exercises Ti Capt. Marvil C. Kei<ledY, of the University's Naval IR but impressive exercises On G As members of the units , Needham, the retiring comm which returned him to inactiv read the orders which inst Season Tickets May Be Bought By Trainees 1114' St udfn 11 C i1. in oopet a lionl wilh the business managel of tle Atiletic Associatimn. Ni. Can non, li's dev ise-d a m-asorn-t ick p plan for thi naval students. Ii an effort to increase sItudent allendance and as a onveI i0nce for tilt Nav% sludents who o14, not -ay the sludent acliv it v f'e. llt Athletic Association is issuinlg a season-licket which is good for ill fooiltall games (including Clemsoni and all spolis contests fron th rresent dale through the month of onhll ry. This includes all basket hall games. a few of whiuh. for ex .Ampllf'. alf. biving Scheiduled with l"ntuck.. Duk1e. .laban and ;(.eor The t4tal co:.1 of 1hi-s tieck'-t i. so;..3- w hib is quite a saxinwg. con, idering that Ihe low%est cost of ad l.ssion to the foottball ganies alonle totals $7.4t). Thus, hesides a saving er football galies. 11hv Nat\y stu -iii gets in five to all baskeihall gailles. t he admissioln l i(- of \ hich % ill lie 7-6 cents per gamt.. 111p throu1 011 h lle MOnthII of Ferluary. Consider atiOn is given insofar as the student may pay hal f (If tl price of the ticket on August 1.iit. for wh h he gets a recepti. and Upon payment Iof the halanie on St'tjie ll 1 th ,i he I eei % es his icket. 27 Will Receive Degrees Aug. 16 Admiral Smliith W'ill Addre.4SS Candidawes Tw%#-nII,.5 pe isonls ha\e a - Isilvd foi (1-Vev s to he awaldfd at Ilhe ninlet -11th sui meit school com 11 c4m111IVI l 1,\ercises at 7 11. Auw-lslt I16. inl IIa.\to I o ll . 11r . A\ Stodldard. summeriI' school diiv*,. Pt ''inien1t Normlan Smit h illI ad, dri ess thel ,anididlates forl d,-gr els. Seven st udents5 hai (- a 1ph1ed 1or the deg ice of hachelot of arts. oni foi a bachieloi of arit itn edliuation1 (1n1e fo'i a bla(che(lor of ar ts in jout2 r'alism1. (1n14 foi a bachelor of sci ('nce. (4314 foii a hiacheloi of science( l(hool(. live t'eisons3 hlave appilied fil \14t1h4-i of ii. h '-Ia, 1(11i facoiItr liniana- libuiai.' at 6:.10l P.M. 1t i ('5e'IinIg to form1 2the acadennec pro O)ffiier io 4f the siumm)ei school (lassi ar24 1.4-na1 *;lbtert . DI'siden4t: I-ohui 2 Fass, \ic-pi 4'sidenit ; and1 Ii vig Ri(n. s('creta r. 1easur'4 Hlelmly Is New Frosh Presi<len1t "l 11k"I lh'l'iml. . of Florence.(4 SE.. i4feafltedI Bob StimwialtI. of 'olum hinu. in)314 the run-over for fileshman112 class pr2esidlentI. Tomm M1%NcCtch-len was 5 1(1t3 ious ovei Bai hai a Bost it lot t he title otfi feshman historian. Defeated (cand(idates for fresh. man class offices are listed as fol lows: pre(sident, Bob Sumiwalt: Mart ha llalliwanigei, Tom Shtarkey, and William Mc-Daniel; vice-pr-esi dent, Chick MeDuffie, and Ir-a Schmnidt: see eaury-t reasuier, B~ar hara Marish, .lack Griayhill, and -lessie Phasey-; historian, Jean~ Smith. Ric hard Br-asington and BrbahneBon nme. Init C( egistrar fficially ennedy u.esday U. S. N.. assumied command OTC and V-12 units in brief ibbes Green Tuesday. tood at attention, Capt. R. C. ander. read the formal orders e status. and Captain Kennedy ructed him to report to the qLpresident of the V'niversily and as sune oinand of Ihe Naval train ing units. Following the reading of ordeis, tile cadets passed in review before ihe new and the imcir ing command ing officers. Rea Admiral Norman M. Smith. president of the Univer sity, and other officers and enlist (d personnel of the Naval tiaining unit. Captain Needham made & hrief farewvll talk to tle Naval ROTC iegiment and V-12 unit, praising thei for their fine spirit and de \otiOn to duty. Captain ennedy also spoke brieflY to the men of his new command. Only three months ago, Captain K(ennedv left Okinaawa, which he had helped to wrest from Japanese control as commanding officer of tie destroyer Guest. His assign n'ent to the 'niversity of South Carohina comes at the end of thie and a half years of action in the Pacific. duiiring which he twice r. rukt-d Ile SIlver Sta and was waided ihe submia ince combat pin wkith 1wo gold Slars. A nativo of Misso Cai. ('aptain Ke1ted\ \%as graduated foni tlhe niited Slalvs Naval Aaldeny in 939. lis first assignment was to the balwtiship Idaho. on which ie remained fm iwo \eas. Next ie \%as sent t the suhnarine school at New .oon. Conn., to prepare for suivice wi Ih tie underseas taft. lie temained in the subma inie - sic until 1936, when he re tned to Annapolis fot a two-years post gl adtuate course in entgineer Thetn Captain Nennedy went to continued on page 2 iree-Act Plav Presented Au . 3 By USC Players -The Willow and L" a three-act ' I i t.ihn Pat rick was prescrit en by tli I niversit Playecs Fridayv, Au;ust , i, DtAylon Ilall. This p. chioloical :tudY of tIhe lifellmob c,nflic helween two s %iuen, was dlirect ed by Professor MNi l G. ('h rist otphe i son. Thie iecadcn tc olie si w er purt I ayedt ha L.illian llan as Marca Suitto. the ('dc eti 1|ing siaiec. atnd Amy Lou Sw actwiout as Hessie. the younger vncd morce aggressive. The remiaind cci of thei iast iniltuded Wayne ltc hardt( as TIedo eiiii. t lie gIs' (hartm ing fiat her: MIickic Edimonds as MIii lii Suttro, t heir aun t: .Iimi Mart in as' Bailei. Robiert .l enntings as IT n n. . an ciel let t Flel lets ais Machel, t:eceIl. set ant . ndie (;ray Hiuakhart cis l>r. 'iTiuhee. Hilt Armsitrotng .cour'd sitrongel. in thIe duail r ole of liethlei andc sonl. Rinta and Ki kuanid ODIK TapigJo lBe WednelsdIay Tapping of new members Int8 OliK. national leadership ftat'r. nit. . will he held Wednesday,. Au gust 1.5. The new members will he elced into the fraternity by lihe po int syst em. Any boy who has enough p)oints to he eligible for miembietship miust turan them in by 6 p.m. Monday. The election of new members will Ice held by ODK Tuesday for the tapping ot Wednesday. The method of tapping has been changed this semcestet fhom the usual one of tapping the new members in the chapel. A key wiill he placed in the ODK Circle Wednesday withI the namces of the members of the fraternity placed tupon It. The ODK Circle IS near the t'niversIty Library and Is the scene of all Carolina student I bndyealectin.,