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Music Depari On Campus . Curriculum Includ University Orchest The third floor of historic Rut ledge College is humming with more than normal activity as the Department of Music inaugurates its seventh year on the University of South Carolina Campus. In spite of the generdl belief that in time of war music is among the first artistic casualties, the Depart ment of Music with Hugh William son as its Director has enjoyed a steady growth since its reorganiza tion in 1939. A curriculum leading to the B. A. Degree with a Major in Music and embracing Individual instruction in piano, voice, organ, and violin is now offered. In the intervening years new equipment has been added, the studios being furnished with grand pianos and reproducing machines, and the practice rooms with new studio type pianos. A two-manual Aeolian Skinner Pipe Organ, the gift of Lawrence Barringer, an alumnus of the University of S. C., has been installed in the Chapel which serves as a recital hall. An extensive rec ord library illustrative of all types of musical composition, a library of musical scores, and a representa tive collection of books on music, are available to students of mu sic. A large and valuable collection of music, the gift of Joseph Me Lean, is also available for reference. The newest acquisition is a Stein way Artist Grand Piano for use in recital by the music studen'ts. The faculty, composed of teach ers with extensive American and European training and experience, is headed by Hugh Williamson who teaches piano, organ, and advanced theoretical subjects. Evelyn Pot ter Williamson is instructor in voice and Choral Music. Madame Gertrude Tremblay-Baker is teach er of piano and pedagogy. Mr. Louis Fink, a recent addition to the fac ulty, will replace Mine. Felice de Ilorvath as instructor in violin, theory, and conductor of tile Uni versity Orchestra. All courses necessatry for the training of a well equipped musi cian are offered by the Music De partment. The course of study In cludes Harmony, Sight. Singing and Dictation, History of Music, Coun lerpoint and Form, Chornl and In strumental Conducting, Survey of the Opera, Pedagogy, and Apprecia tion of Music. The Apprecialtion of Music course is of special interest to the Univeisity student who dovs lnat plan to major in m1sic. This courlse, ma- ginrhi a vital wit h r-cord in gs, charts, and pe-rform aneies is designed to prese(nt mater ial and in format Ion to mxak-e of in tere-sited people inutliigent list en ea to the music that is heard to day in c-onc-ert halls, opera houses, and over- the- radio. Otrganized music activ-ities fot gener-al p)articipantioni ate the Glee Clubs, the Univer-sity Orchestra, and the Univer-sity Band. These or ganizations have b)een nctive in the musical life of the campus as wvell as the community and nt-e ptoud of their re(-ordl of partic-ipation in entet-tainment and progr-ams for the armed forces during the per-iod USC Alumnlfi, Sgt. Red Bennlett, On Happy Hour Sgt. Red Bennett, alumni of the University, was featured on the IHappy Hour given at the U!niver sity Chapel September- 6. After be ing decor-ated in action Red en ter-ed the Army Speelial Service. Hie plays an accorglioni 'like no body's business" FTe accordlion that Red first had isn't playabl any mote bitcause of a little "mnis hap" overseas but the otne you heard plays just as we-ll. Billy Routh, sophomno-e -ivilian, gave a re-itat ion of "Casie at the Bat" with Buddy Johnson as sounds-effteels man. Johnson then gave a few electric guitar special ties after which Dot Phasey ren dered a piano selection. Happy Hlour this week was given in conjunction with Freshman Week here on the campus. COMMERCIAL AND KODAl SARGEANl PHOTOGRAPH' 1 726%/ Main Straet tment Active seven Years es Glee Club, ra and Band of the war. The Men's and Women's Glee Clubs, and the University Or chestra will begin rehearsals in the November Term, and all students who are interested are invited to arrange with Professor Williamson for auditions. In a recent talk at the College Clinic at the Laurel Street USO, Professor Williamson said, "The concert platform and the field of the composer are no longer the only objectives for the successful mu sician of today. The scope of em ployment for the artist, and for those musicians not endowed with the highest creative and perform ing talent has broadened remark ably in the last few years. The op portunities for earning a living in the musical world are many." Some of the more interesting and remun erative are music education, which stands high In popularity, coaching accompanying, church organist and choir director, music calligraphy, arrangers and rewriters of orches tral scores, music copyists, music critic, music editor, radio music script writer and arranger, music librarian, both in radio stations and in music reference libraries, com pilers of musical dictionaries, bib liographies, and encyclopedias, or chestral conductors, music mana gers for festivals or concert courses, retailers in music, record and in strument shops, piano and organ tuners, manufacturer of instru ments and records, directors for film music, program directors for radio, music for recreational work, directors in camp work, music ad vertising. One of the newest and most helpful fields is that of ra tional music therapy. There is an increasing demand for workers in this field. Even the most special ized of these occupations demands a general musical education which is available in the University De paritment of Music. Students of the Department of Music gain their concert experience in the series of Student Recitals held in the University Chapel throuighout the year. The Depart ment operates a Concert Bureau throtigh which tile advanced per forming students are booked for engagements in various communi ties in the State, thereby gaining concert experience and at the same time supplying the denmand for bet tlei musical programs in the smaller communities where the musical life is limited. The City of Colum hia offers wide and unusual oppor lunities of a musical nature to tihe Imlusic studeit. Schiolarshiup Applications 'Sent to Smith Scholarshiip recommendations foi the present Summer School were presented to President Norman M. Smith this week by the University Scholarship Committee. The University offers a variety of acad(emic scholarships which are privately endowead. Among these are the following. "The K<eiti Schol arship' wais donated by Miss Anna Keitt. This fund is for the uise of stutdent s from Orangehurg, Ham herg, Barnwell. Lexington, and Cal houn counties who have attended college for at lear' a yeaar. The "Tracy Harden Schoiarship" ai lows unlimited application, as does the "J. J. Eari Scholarship." The Pharmacy Foundation Fund" is for the convenience of pharmacy stu dlents alone. SImilarly the "Ameri can Blanker's Association Endiow dentis, whIle a loan fund cont rihut i'd byv the Methodist onaird of Edu cat ion endtows only Methodist Stuc deint s. All scholarships are aiwarded on lthe basis of the applicant's person al need and scholastic average. The ma.iority of win)ners have been high school Beta Club Members and v'aiedict orians and salutatorians. R. C'. Bell, chairman of the Schol arship Committee reported that the 'tUniversity still vitolly needs schol arship funds for brilliant and un fortunate students." ( FINISHING DEPARTMENT ~ STUDIOS ( AT ITS BEST Phone 2-1183 Scenes of the music studio in Rutledge College, oldest on the campus. Upper left, I Williamson, head of the ment. Upper right, Mrs. Potter Williamson giving lesson. Lower right, Dr. W and a pupil. Barstow Will Be Location For Y Retreat YM and YW will hold a retreat at Camp Barstow, Boy Scout Camp, on Saturday and Sunday September 9, 10. Reverend John Schmidt, pro fessor at the Ipitheran Theological Seminary, will lead the retreat. Rev. Schmidt's topic will be based on "Our Personal Faith." "The retreat is being held for the purpose of giving Junior and Senior Y-council members nn in spirational week-end away from school,'" stated Miss Joyce leIzel, YWCA secretay. The fir1st fifty members of t hese two 'otineilis placing their names with Miss lletzel will be able to go on the retreat. Thel cost1 of the week-endl has been set at seventy fiv e cets per pers%on. Director Wardl Is Speaker At Meetings Mr. W. Ii. WVard, Director of the South Carolina Extension D)ivision, addressed the members of the Schoolmaster Club of Andlerson County last Thursday on the Ex tension Services of the Universit3 of Sout h Carolina. lie also met wit h t he Pr'esidlents of Anderson College, Furman, WVof. ford, and Converse in an attempt to bring about a cooperative effort among these schools in extending graduate extension credit. On Friday, Mr. WVard wIll ad. dress the teachers of Colletor County at Walterboro. lIe wvill ex. plain the Extension Division and the methodls of securing Extensior Set'vi('es. CENTRAL DRUG Co. * 51 97-PHONES-5198 1204 Main Street 920 Main Street COMPLEl INKS - PENCILS DRAWII YOUR MOST CON' OV mp %r' U Tre V V V V IF located building )r. Hugh ' depart Evelyn a voice illiamson Captain Kenedy Speaks on Navy And Carolina Captain Kennedy was guest speaker at the last meeting of the Euphradian Literary Society. Cap tain Kennedy spoke on the navy mid Carolina. Captain Kennedy outlined the history of the R. 0. T. C. from the initial unit in 1940 which consisted of 100 members selected from civ iiian student body to the present unit. The various other training groups were added because of the neces sity of mass production of skilled officers. Tie R. 0. '1. T.C. has aken the place of t hese trinin g uniits wich~ have since been abolisihed. Those ailay inl thlese t raining groups) will he allowed to finish their educntion. The R. 0. T. C. ia here upon the camp)us to stay, Captain Kennedy said. Hie expressed the hope) thtt the entire naval training unit would be released to inactive dutly by nlext year.J Also the belief that the R. 0. T. C. unit here on the campus wouid be reverted to -thle pre--wvar slat us of 1940 by the summer of next yeari. The society hais added0( two neOw initiates to itls nunmber whlo will make their initrodtktory talks at its regular metet ing Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. Thle initiates are James Smithl and K(eith Edwards. The Society cordially invites tihe public to attend its meetings. EtSHACK'S [ Made In Columbia I*EFRESH DAILY Chin, Sterling Silver Watches SYLVAN BROS. JEWELERS & DIAMOND MERCHANTS, Glenulne Merchandige Only. No Plate. No Imitations. Cor. Main & Hampton, Columbia, S. C. SUPPLY Co. Columbia, S. C. 'E LINE OF NOTE BOOKS and 4G PAPER /'EN lENT LOCATIN 4ih 'ijA' %~ Miss Mardones Addresses Pilot Club on 'Chile' Senorita Lenore Mardones, Pro fessor at the University of Chile, and Director of Social Welfare work for the Government of Chile, ad dressed members of Pilot Interna tional, District five, Tuesday night in the Palmetto Room of the Wade Hampton Hotel. Senorita Mardones topic was "Chile," and the program was arranged under the auspices of the University of South Caro lina Extension Division. Senorita Mariniies spit rues day visiting tihe Extension Division at which time she r. ieed several Unaiversityv films on SouthI Anmer i"n. She e'xpressed great interest in t he work of the Sout h Carotina ExNtension Division. At pre'senit Seniorita MiNardones is dloing post gradt te wa'trk in Social Welfare at the Utniversity of North Catolina. She is enrolled on a schol arship giv'en by the Inter-Ameriean Pilot's Clubs as par' of their Good will policy with the South Ameri can States. Ruth Buundrick Reviews "Rooster" Crows for D)ay" Rut h B3undr ick, former student at the U'niversiiy, spolje to the Hly pat ian Liitrary Society at t heirt regulIar mneeti,ng WVednesay, Au gust 29. She reviewe'd "Rooster Crows l"or Day", a new hook by Ben ILcien Biurman. It has only recent ly gone on sale hut already shows promise of heing a hest seller. Hlypatians also miado' plans for the tea they are to give Friday, Septemher 14. for t he new fresh men. WEBB'S ART STORE PICTURE FRAMES ARTIST MATERIAL * I* 1431 MaIn St. -Phone 2.494( Always Open TOD~DLE IHOUSE 1419 Gervois Caroliniana L Adds Historical University Press Publicati In Volumes Recently Add Several new historical novels and reference books have been received by the South Carollana Library in the past few weeks and are ready for checking out. Among these new books are "South Catolina: Econo mic and ScOial," which is a Univer sity of South Carolina Press publi cation, "Pride's Way" by Richard Malloy, "Lust Wind for Carolina" by Inglis Fletcher and "John C. Calhoun Nationalist, 1782.1828" by Charles M. Wiltse. "South Carolina: Economic and Social" is a book discussing nine important questions concerning the social and economic conditions that prevail in South Carolina. These questions and their answers are dealing witt, the state's population, natural resources, agriculture, man ufacturIng, finances, government education and public welfare. Each of these subjects is discussed sep arately by individual professors of the University. "Pride's Way" is a picture painted of a 1910 Charleston by a Charles tonian by birth snd early childhood. Take imposing mansions, Victorian gingerbread houses, geraniums in rust clad tin cans, "raw swamp" men bawling their wares, two sis ters-old maids, at that-patching up a recent quarrel (their latest one) over a family relic that was left to Miss Julie and claimed by Navy Officer Saw Action On "St. Louis" By Margaret deMerrell One of- the naval unit's best liked young officers is Lt. Com mander H. Grymes, Jr., who has heen on duty here seven weeks. Commander Grymes is a native of Fulton, Kentucky, and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. lie started college at Southwestern University in Memphis and got his B. S. In commerce from the Uni vprsity of Tennessee, in 193.5. le then worked for Sears-Roebuck for one year and in the freaght-traffic department of the Illinois Central Railroad for four years. In 1940 Grymes joined the navy V-7 unit for three months training at Northwestern University. In January, 1941. he reported on board the "U.S.S. St. Louis," where he was a gunnery officer and assistdnt navigator. The "St. Louis" was the first heavy ship out of Pearl Harhor on Dec'emher seventh; on that day she shot down three planes and sank a hahy submarine with gunfire. She was ln t he first and second hattles at Kula G;uif, where a torpedo knioclked her how off. On t he night of F"ebruary 14. she was hit by a bombi, off Bougainville Island. She par11tici'paled in t he landings at Sal pan iad Gunm. In Leyte Gulf. No v'embler, 1944, a suicilde plane' hit her and sltted a fire. Five more attacked andl we're shot dlown. Af ltr that she participated in the raid on Kyushu. In Match she went to Okinawa and is believed to have set a new navy gunfire recor<d ini bombing thle Japs. Gl yme(s, then a ieut enani, left the St. Louis at Okinawa and re turned to the United States. Aftet t hirty days leave, wvent to damage c'ontrtol school at Phiiadelphia for wo weeks, and c'ante here on tihe fifte'enth of July. Commrandetr G1rmes Is an inst rute tor of navigation here. A dark haired, intelligent man withI a gen tie voice and a sense of humot', he enoys his work and is described by the boy s as "a swell guy. USC Exchange Adds Mrs. Abbott 1o Switchh)oard( Mrs. MairguetritIe AhbhottI has rc cently heen added to the staff of thle Uiniversity teliephone exchange. She wvili replace Mtrs. Connie Ezehl who has been at the Uhnlver'sity switchboard fot' the past two years. Mtrs. Ezell is leaving to fill a po sItion at the Veter'an's llospital. ilet successor', Mtrs. Abbott, comes to Catolina from the Columbia hlospital. She has been on duty here sinre September 1. SAVE YOUR OLD SHOES IROBERTS SHC "WE CAN HELP YOU 1319 SUMTER STREET .4p1emoer i, m8a rary Novels mn Included ed to Collection Miss Tessle, paste them all togeth er and then you have Mr. Malloy's "Pride's Way" and a perfect pio ture of the Charleston of 1910. "John. C. Calhoun Nationalist, 1782-1828" is the most recent and most thorough of all the Calhoun biographies and touches on more than his political-struggle filIle4 life. Upon these pages Calhoun is seen to liv< and breath in a man ner in which no other biographer has ever attempted. Inglis Fletcher's latest novel, "Lu*t Wind for Carolina," takes its reader into Colonial Carolina with three streams of action interwoven de through colorful scene after col orful scene the full river of the narrative rolls. There are love scenes and combats between trad. era and pirate crews that are pre sented in the true Fletcher style. In addition to these newly re ceived books, the library has reb celved from the binders a newly compiled one volume index to South Carolina Wills. This was once done by counties, but it is now possible to use this new one volume edition as a key to references. Starnes Says ASCE to Add New Members Mr. Harold Starnes, president-of the American SocIety of Chemical Engineers, has announced that six new members will he elected to the ASCE next semester. At the present time the ASCIC has only five members. Meetings are held every two weeks, and problems of enginecring are dis cussed. To he eligible for election to the society, juniors and seniors are 're quired to have a "C" average. and sophomores an average of "B". Strickhart Gives Talk on Japanese War of Aggression This week ihe Clariosophic Litero ary Society heard Richard Strick hart read his paper on "Why Japan Began 1Her War Of Aggression." Mr. Strickhart gave a summary of the economic, political, and religious aspects of the situation and then eiborated his points. He gave the background of Japanese national ism and ancestor worship. He brought out several very interesting points along this line. lie pointed out that the Japan ese thought of world domination extended hack to the original em perors of Jlapa iwho were very~~ pugilistic in their act ions and thoughts. hJle pointed out that in this centuiry the German nat Ion had agi tatd thl iiis fundamltitental be lief by their introduct ion of Geo liiis Into Jatpan. Mr*. St rickhart followed up this point by another as revealing. Hie stated that when Japan wee opened to free trade by Petty in 1867 that the emperors and the watrlordls he tan following the iudeals of the de moc'ratic nations. esp. the United Stateis. They3 had, lhe said,. the au ilacity3 to est abilish a const itut ion r'sembhlinog the constitution of this count i y, hut t he.v neglect ed to give the people any power in their chIoice of r'epresentat ion. lie showed that the piesent eml. peror had no teal power'; thai he acted as a figure head only, agnd ptresided only thrtu the geneiroslity of the wat' leaders Since they con. rolled the cout's expendlitures. Mr. St rickhart ftirt her pointed out sonme of the mistakes he thbought had heeni madec by the allied gov-, er nent s in secuinifg the surrend-. er' of Jlapan. Mr. St rickharits talk was followed by ani open forum discussion. Next week the Clariosophie So. ciety will hav~e at debtat e. The ques lion to lbe queried will be, Re solved: Thai the Congress of the Utedlt' States enael legislation to provide for post war' compulsor'y military conlscriptin. The debating members will he: for the affirma tive, lIharold Hlornslein, atnd lIJoyt Crider': for the negative, Carl Stone and Mttc S. hlammond. The ('ampus is 'orilally Invited, said the p)residein t, RIichard Vander'Veen, PHONE 2-5462 >E REPAIRING WALX IN COMFORT" COLUMSIA, S, C. I