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Veteran Flew With Famous U University Acclains Pay Up 165 Points in Actioy By JOE DRENNAN The Army let him go, so we took him in for safkelweping! This is the story of one of our students here at Carolina, who, having done his job on the War Front, has come back to help us on the Home Front. Poynter IB a veteran, discharged pn a claim of dependency but, had he waited around a while longer he would have been "freed" when the new point-system came into ef feet-with 165 points chalked up to his credit. When that vast number of points Is considered it is difficult to imag. Ine their origin. * The dateline of this Interesting story about an ordinary guy-so ordinary in his own eyes that very few have heard of Paynter's trav els-should go as far back as 1939 In Richmond, Va. It was there that Morris enlisted In the Army Air Corps. Soon after saying "I do" to the Army Air Corps the trail of this *ordinary guy" carried him to Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico and from there he went with General (then Colonel) Caleb V. lnynes as Bombardier and armorer on the General's ship. The purpose of this nission wat to strike Tokyo from the Philippines, hut, the story that f we know so well interrupted this mission and grounded them in In dia. Among the notables of this mis sion were men like Robert l. Scott, author of "God Is My Co-Pilot," as well as General laynes. The Philippines having fallen be fore the mission was completed, the crew members were assigned to that famous group of fighting aven gers known as The Flying Tigers under the leadership of Claire L. Chennault. Paynter was connected with this small force of individual airmen until their disbandment. * Then he went over into iliws Chiim Air Task Force of the 10thl Air Force also un(ier t1w command and leadership of Chennault. Sometime later our story finds the formation of the 14th Air Force also under Chennault and being composed of many of the remaining Flying Tigers and some sprinklings of states-side replacements to fill in the gaps and Paynter was a part of this staging too. Among his many missions one would find many of those that rated headlines in yesterday's dall its. . . . Hongkong and Canton, China, Haldi, French Indo China, Lashio-Burma, Burma and area around Magdalay. Remember hear ing these names on your favorite broadcast or rerding them in your ,aily newspaper. Ppynter's missions totaled ninety-one-fifty-six homb Ing and thirty-five reconnaissance. If Paynter were the type to brag * and hot of past endeavors, there is much that he could well calI N E H I BEVERAGE COMPANY * ROYAL CROWN COLA 1211 Assembly Street CAROLINA ENGRAVING CQ COrUssIA . y: Expert Watch and Clock Repairs All Makes and Models University Siuents Work Giveni Special Attentioni "T ime For All" at GARNERS WATCH REPAIRS 1410 Main St. (Upstairs) ICARJLINA'S MOST Pt BIHARI'S R 1229 Hc.mpton Street PHONOGRAF CLASSICAL - POPULAR - FOREiGN - SEPIA WILSON RADI 1835 MAIN STREET LEARN 1 CODEL A 1409 Main Street Men's Fine HATS -SHOES Al 96 Missions Flying Tigers" ntoer Who Chalked a Over China forth. He wears the Silver Star, Dis tinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, a decoration of the Chinese Air Force, American Defense Ribbon, American, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbons donned with two major campaign stars. But the most welcomed part of "his story" is dated January 1. 1944. That Is the day that his orders for cashing in that return trip ticket came through. He was ordered back to the states, given leave, reassign ed, and then brought before the board to be discharged on April 4, 1945. The story must be left to poster ity there for Morris is destined to rhine while at the University and we have the privilege of watching him, along with many others, on "the road back." Directory Edited By Vanderveen; Replaces Noble Johnny lerrin, president of Blue Key honorary society, announces that Dick Vanderveen has replaced Bob Noble as editor of the Blue Key Directory. It has only recently been learned that 13ob will not be here this fall, and so this change was necessitated. Jack Bechtel is serving as business manager of the Directory. The R. L. Bryan Com pany will again be publishers. The Blue Key society plans to make banners for all home football games during the football season. These banners will he strung from the front of the girls dormitories and in other places that will adver tise the games and promote spirit for the games. The Society is working with the Booster Club in these projects. Blue Key is an honorary service fraternity. Its member are elected by the present membership who take into acount the degree of ser vice that a man can render the Uni versity. They elect members this way so as to get men who are bet ter able to give time and service to the good of the University. To be eligible for membership a stu dent does not have to hold an im portant office because the society realizes that such men with the potential qualities of leadership can give more time and effort to campus betterment. Officers for the present term are Johnny Herrin, president; Buddy Riggs, secretary-treasurer. Elections are held at the end of each semes ter. Intervarsity Elects Newell Presidenit A new de(nominational organiza tion has been organized and is functioning on the campus. It is the IntIervarsit y group, which meets every Fridau y evening at 7:00 to dis cuss certain portions of the New Testament in an informal way. Officers for the society are Dick Newell, p)residlent; Iok' Smith, vice-preside'nt, ancd Carolyn Choate, secre(taryI~-treasurer. Various st u d"ntIs lead the dliscussions, which are now studying the Book of'John. "All interestedl in this studly ace in vit ed to come," says Dick. SECONOMY DRUG STORE CUT RATE DRUGS SODAS AND LUNCHEONETTE Five Points * Phone 8119. Motorcycle Delivery )PLULAR RESTAURAN'J ESTAU RANT JEROME BIHARI. Corotina, '32 'H RECORDS HILL-BILLY - WESTERN -BOOGIE -WOOGIE 10 COMPANY PHONE 5945 HE WAY ND CO. Columbia, S. C. st Clothing MD FURNISHINGS BSU Makes Plans For Fall Banquet To Be Held Oct. 6 The Baptist Student Union of the University is busy preparing for the arrival of its new' student ,ecretary, Miss Thetis Ballanger of Greer, South Carolina. John Ryberg, president of the group announces that a reception in her honor will be held September 15 at., the First Baptist Church, and all Baptist stu dents and those interested In B. S. U. work on the campus are invited to attend. The annual fall B. S. U. banquet will be held October 6. The place is to be announced later. Xor the past week at noon devo tions Dot Donnelly has been speak ing on "Practical Christian Living." On Friday Miss Mary Isla Crump ier, former student and math pro fessor at the University, spoke be.. fore leaving .for Seminary work at Louisville, Kentucky. Will Frank 3teeley and Carolyn Reed are in charge of noon devotions. which meets every day, Monday through Friday, at 1:45 to 2:05 in room 220, Davis College. Five students have been attend ing the South Carolina Planning Conference at Ridgecrest, North Carolina during the past week. They were Barbara Walker, Caro lyn Reed, Gloria Ott, Helen Lep pard and Virginia Raysor. Council meetings for the group are every Monday at 7:05 in LeGare college. All Baptist students on the campus who join any of the unit organizations automatically become a member of the B. S. U. The World continued from page 1 lay a firm foundation for peace. The foreign ministers of the U. S., Britain, Russia. France. and China are meeting to write a peace for western Europe just as the Pots dam conference did for eastern Eu rope. Cnina (;ommunists Russia's pledge to give exclusive aid to Chiang Kai-shek's national government has resulted in Chinese Red leaders' agreeing to talk with Chiang in the hope of averting civ il war. Famine The Office of War Information has announced that nothing can ranvt a eaparp coal famina in Fis rope this winter, and it may be so bad as to destroy "all semblance of law and order." Miscellaneous A 135-mile tropical hurricane swept over Texas coastaJ towns last week, causing great property losses. . . . The navy has announced that about 8,500 V-12 students taking specialized courses will be returned to inactive duty Nov. 1. . . . The government is giving active sup port to the nation-wide back-to school drive. Boys and girls in in dlustry are urged to re-enter school, andl high school and( college st u dleits are askedi to finish their ed ue'ation. Rleconversioni President TIruman has replaced the model of a gun from his desk and substituted a model of a plow. Edwin R. Jeter continued from page 1 hundlreds of for mer studlents, some 15,000 index cards are necessary in the alphabetical, class andI geo grapicial arrangements, t o say noth ing of the misce'llaneouts file, the armed forces file and the addresso graph plate files. But the effort is more than re paid. Mr. Jeter pointed out, in the letters that come hack to the Alumni office from those who receive the news from their Alma Mater-. From all over the world letters have been received expressing to the University and the alumni mem bers the sincere appreciation of the boys and girls, men and wom en, of Carolina for the "attention the Alumni Association pays us who are so far away from home." For' nearly four years now, the association h as been furnishing "On the Alumni Front," a special page in The Gamecock with news of for mer students in this country and abrand, whether members of the association or not. Through these columns, scores of Carolina stu denats whose courses were interr upt Pd by their being called to the front have beeni enabled to keep in touch w'ith each other as they were ordered 1o hattIe stations on all c'ontinents andI on all the seven seas. In the tLuLrnell'3 2rug SOore Corner Main and College ONLY ONE BLOCK FROM THE CAMPUS The Oamecock ODK ODK tapped new members Ias Mortimer, Tommy Howell, BW Ba Partain. files of the Alumni office are stories of the meeting of many old friends in Africa, France, Germarv, and the atolls of the Pacific. "Alumni meetings" have been held In Algiers, London, and New Guinea. Room mates have discovered lost room inates through the brief notices and addresses in the special columns. Brothers and sisters have been ye united and, in one case, a wife dis covered her hushond after a long military silence. Many and varied are the requests that come to the Alumni Association office, as Mr. Jeter discovered, and they are answered to the best of the ability of -those in charge. The chief requests from the younger group concern their situation "af ter the war." Primarily, it is the desire of these "youngest alumni" to get the education that will en able them to make the best living for themselves in the shortest length of time. Many expect to complete work for degrees. "Refresher courses" Is the cry of others. Many letters to the association ask If courses will he offered that wIll enable the writ ers to review certain parts of their former training and thereby be able to continue without further loss of time in their chosen fields. hese young men and women are very conscious of the fact that the years they have given in service would otherwise have been spent In attending ciasses ai wvlege; and they are, therefore, the much more anxious that they have an oppor tunity to make up for lost semesters as quickly as possible. Mr. Jeter was very enthusiastic in his discovery of the evidence of loyalty and appreciation as dis closed in the letters from the ser vice men and women who once at tended classes on the Carolina campus. The Gamecock and the newsletters have been reteived "next to the letters from my fam ily," and "as news of the carefie happy life to which I hope' to ie turn,'' and as ''thle tops ber e on the Normatndy beachhead''- to quote a fewv extracts from replies. Fraom all over the wvoaId these letters have come, at the rate of sc'ore's a day, that hinad the miem bers of the University of South Carolina Alumni Asociat ion to onet another. On the islands of the Pa (ific the "Fighting Gamerocks' have' been brouagh t t oget her and maniy a hull1 se'ssiont has been held in a fox hole, or in stranage meeti ig places where two or three have dis t'overedi each othbet's whereahbots through the special Alumni columns of The Gamecock. From those who intend to r eturn to Catrolina t here is the major cry for some system whereby they may; he permit ted to tesutme their edu ration without any undue loss of time. As the years have passed, many of these 'youngest alumni' have married and they ar'e most anxious to get out in the world and make a living for' themselves, hut they realize they need further' in stt'uction and training. Courses in the sciences are want ed, In engineer ing of various kinds. in languages, in law, in journalism, and so on throughout the catalog, but so often thet'e is added the statement that the write'rs know they have lost outt by a year a'rt two years or moreat, It is this situation that is giving the Alumni Association great con rein at the present time. While thle forces were stationed at many points throughout the fighting area, at great nuimber of students have taken extension courses from Caro lina, sponsored by the war dlepart ment. loweve, there still remains Columbia Office Supply Co. PRINTING Commercial Stationery - Offiee Equipment 1112 LADY STREET PHONEt 5163 ]raps t week. They are Jim Sputr, Jim der, Bl Schoneberger and Jerry the problem of the hundreds of oth era, it was pointed out, who want to return to college and have not had opportunity or time to do any sort of work other than that re quired by their duties while -in ser vice. The association encourages vet erans to retUrn to college to com plete their education under the GI Bill wherever practicable. During his stay on the campus, Mr. Jeter visited various offices and paid a special call on Admiral Nor numn M. Smith, president, to dis cuss University and Alumni pro grams,. lie conferred with Dr. Pat terson Wardlaw, chairman of the election tallying committee, as to plans and prospects of the Alumni Association. Mr. Jeter said he was more than pleased with the progiessive de velopment the University had made in the past few years and the many signs of advance for thf. years to cone-. lie was sire, with the interest of the returning alumni, that th University would continue to takv its place as an institution of train. ing for men and women who ex pect to be atikely engaged in the welfare and expansion of theih state. New Outtook on Religion Predicted We found this article in the De troit Collegian; and thinking that it would be of interest to you, we have clipped it and reprinted It here. Claiming that the current strearm of stories about "foxhole conver sions" is largely a myth, Chaplain Lt. John I. Patton of Romulus Army Air base, discussed the prob. lem of the serviceman and religion. Although Lieutenant Patton hai served only in Air Transport Com mand bases in this country, reports from chaplains returning fron over seas itndicate three~ easily compte hended reasons for the seemingly skyrocketed chiurcht attIeinanrc atmonig men overseas, the speaiker told1 his audience. "WVhen witi ng to see act ion. matny i.o to church for lack of an.vthing else to dlo." Patt on suggested. "AlIso. they miay begini to Itink religious ly abhout the ultimatte values of life hecatuse t hey finally have t ime t o do it. or bectause t hey are about to face possile deat h." in discuin ig thle after effect s of a "fo\ hole colnversioni." P'a tton re mariked that. alt hought manty muen will telttn to their- original beeliefs, or lack of them. otheres wsill dtiscuss thleit niew convict ionis withI thii c-ha plaini. comnmanini g officer. or othetr men in Ithe-it out fits. All of them, howevet , will have a new out look upon religion, as we-ll as upon all other aspects of normal life. "After thiey'e gone through hell. their prejudiecs molt away." Patton declared. The men who gain relIgi.. ous convictions while in action are likely to he sympathetic and tol erant of others. he continued. The returning serviceman will have ani infinitely more mature out look on life than a civilian of his age, accorcditng to Patton. lie will look cont inucously for- thle pract ic-al. especially in education, he said. A mani who has acquired a new faith while se-rving in the armed forces may seek out other former servicemen when returining to re Iligious activities in civilian life, Patton indicated. If his own church c-an success fully drtaws him hack into Its religi ous program, however, it will have aided in giv-ing him a real religiotus under-standing. COMMUNITY DRUG STORE 5214 -PHONES .9498 - 625 Harden Street Summer Semesi Scheduled for ( Final examinations will begin October 19 and will continue on th? 19, 20, 22, 2.3, 24 and 26 of October for all summer semester students. No exams will be scheduled for the 21 which Is Sunday or Thursday, October 25, which will be a holiday for the Carolina-Clemson football game. The exam schedule is as follows: 8-10 11-1 3-5 First day .... 2M 3M 9M Second day .. 4M 10M 1M Third day ...11M 2T 3T Fourth day ..12M 12T sT Postoffice Is Clearing House The University post office has sug gested that all lost and found articles be reported to and called for at the post office. It is hoped that in this way the post office may become a general clearing-house for lost and found articles. Joe M. Law. rence, former University student has assumed duties of postmaster and is in charge of postal mattets for the campus. Mr. Lawrence asks that all town students who do not have campus boxes come by the P. 0. to see if they have any mail. Many summer semester students do not reAlize that they have paid for a box in their activities fee, and as a result mail has been accumulating for them. There have been approximate ly 254) hoxes assigned to summer school students. Boxes will have to be rearranged for the fall teim to take care of all new students. Bradley Speaks At "Y" Luncheon "What am I going to do when I get out of college." is a question foiemost in the minds of every cot lego student. Last Fiday at the J-uniot-Senior "Y" Luncheon this question was discussed by Dean Bradley. Dean of the Department of Arts and Science. Following the war there will be many fields open to industrious stu dents: the most important and most Indespensable to America will he fields of education. We must learn to teacn the chiidren of Anieuivi and of the world to live In peace and harmony together. Education is the only way the peoples of the world can learn to cooperate with each other. Audio Visual Aids Catalog Release Here The July. I94.5. Audio-Visual Aids catalog appearedl this wecek and has been sent by thle Extension Di vision to high school principals and superinatendlents t hroughout SouthI Cari ollina and( neigh boin g state.s. The H3uliet in contains classified lists of films and materials avil abile Itough the Audio-Visual Aids 1Bur eaua. A special feature of the Catalog s thle growth of the Auadio-Vi sual Aids5 Bureaua. S ice the beg inning of the Bureau in 1938 it has oh ltied a library of 79(0 films withi 280) film users in South Catrolina andic 1.51 users out of the State. Moite than 242 projectors are in use th roughbout South Catolina. METROPOL Dining Room for Reservotion 1222 H-AMP Open 'Til Midnight WHERE STUDE| * WHY TAKE WE PAY FOJ Life Healt and Ac< Caplial Life & Hei LESTER L. BA I 1117 Hampton Street * BOOKS :-: OFFICE A THE R. L. 1440 MAIN STREEl ANY THING: NEEDED Powe 1mv ter Exams )ctober 19-26 Fifth (ay ...11 9T IT Sixth day ....10T 4'r SM No intermediate or final examina tions may be held outside of the stated times without the special permission of the President and then only in cases of extreme emergency. By consent of the instructor, stu dents may he transferred for ex aninations from one section to an. other of the same course. A special schedule for summer school examinations will be drawn up at a later date. Dr. H. A. Clark Speaks to CSC On Organization Dr. Harry A. Clark spoke on "Programs for Young People's Or ganizations" at the weekly meeting of the Carolina Christian Service Club August 29. The two main topics Dr. Clark discussed were: Vocational Guid ance Interest and the Lives of Great Men. In de%eloping programs he said that youth should have these two interests correlated to their in tecrest. lie gave examples of developing programs such as discussions on the lives of great writers, lives of great reformers and lives of leaders in various fields. Dr. Clark stressed the importance of the development of religious work. Ile said that religious work does not have to be devoted entire ly to religion. There is a great need for agriculturist, doctors, archi tects, engiteers. social workers, re ligious advisors and psychiatria consulting work. Ludie Martin presided over the meeting. Reports were given by the two vice-presidents on the weekly visits to the Alms House. The next meeting will be held September 12. 7 p.m. in Flinn HaIl Battle It is Wednesday, D-day-a figure cautiously reaches for supplies fromn the hidden cache and moves into position - an ominous chatter is heard intermittently, followed by heart-rending groans, and a clatter .f equipmai-. Iwo Jima? Tarawa? Bougainville? The "Canal"? Aimed with the light pencil, sups ported by a squad with the nen automatic typewriter, each courage* ous staff writer, with all the darw ing of which American youth to cipale, strikes out after the ob. jective-enough journaistic gems for an eight-page isue. BETTER LIGHT BETTER SIGHT * South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. 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