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WE'RE BEHIND YOUI GAME00CK DOO GAMECOCK O D OON! UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XXXIX, No. 30 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 5, 1945 Founded 1908 (Ia On COmmISS101 Make Change, Exam Schedu Below is a revised summer schedule as announced this w( announcement supersedes the found on page 7 of the cur rent bulletin. Summei term. 1945 October 19-26 A.M. A.M. P.M. 8-10 11-1 3-5 Oct. 19 1st day .... 2M 3M 9M Oct. 20 2nd day ....IOM 4M 1MI Oct. 22 3rd day ....11M 2T 3T Oct. 23 4th day ....12M 12Tr ST Oct. 24 5th day ....11T 9T 1T Oct. 26 Hloliday for State Fair. Oct. 26 6th day ....10T 4T 8M Summer School. 1945 October 24 and 26 AM AM PM PM Oct. 24 1st day .... 8 9 10 or 10. Oct. 25 Holiday for State Fair. All All Oct. 26 Second day. .11 12 oth. olh. 1. No intermediate or final exam Ination may be held outside of the Continued nei na o .3 Johnson Named Acting Head of Sociology School Appointment of Miss Leila G. Johnson as acting director of the school of social work and acting head of the sociology department Is announced this week by Norman M. Smith. president. Miss Johnson. who has served as chief of public assistance in the state department of public welfare w%hilc on leave of absence from the University, will assume her new duties November 1. She succeeds Dr. G. Caoft Williams. whose re tirement became effective July 1. A native or Marion, Professor Johnson earned an A.B degree at Flora McDonald College. a B.S. at Columbia University and an M.A. at the University of Chicago in the Graduate School of Social service administration. Miss Johnson has been a member of the University of South Caro Iinaa faculty since 1927, prior to which she had active experience in many types of social service work. In 1933-1934, she served as assist-a ant to the state admninistr'ator of F. E. R. A., organIzing and super vising social work for the state. She Is a member of a number of pro fessional societies and social ser Vice organIzations. The depatment of sociology is a division of the University's college of arts and science. The school of social work offers a courtse leading to the grfadutate degree of Master of Social Service, It is a member of the National Association of Schools of Social Work and is recognizedl and accredited byi the Associaton of L and Grant Colleges and fi niver sitiles. Footb)alI Fetid Tickets On Sale' Five hundred student tickets ot the Carolina-Clemson football game will go on sale at the University athletic office Monday morning at nIne o'clock. These ticktes are for t he coni convenience of studtents now attendt ing the UJniversity who dlesire to secure seats for their dates. They will be sold for $2.60 each on a "first come, first serve" hasis. No reservatIons will be made. Students purchasing these tickets a will be asked to give the name of the person for' whom they ate he S ig houaght. Both Navy and civihano students may apnly. iece Hot g Exercises In Summer le Necessary term and school examination ek by President Smith. This published catalogue schedule The World This Week By Virginia Raysor QUESTION The world moves onward, and quickly it is settling back into peaceful pursuil. As much is hap pening in the world today as did during the days of the war, but we wondc; w., .; ;;mchaw isn't as in teresting. After Intruding that very cynical question on you readers, let's go on with the news: NAVY President Truman has ordered a broad reorganization of the navy, which would abolish the position of commander-in-chief of the navy and transfer the functions to the chief of naval operations. The pur pose is to enable the Navy to make use of improvements learned from the war. . . . Truman has named two Republicans for high govern ment posts: Robert Patterson as secretary of war succeeding Henry L. Stimson and Senator Harold Burton as justice of the Supreme Court. . . . Argentina is having her troubles: an armed revolt to oust Argentina's military govern ment has been suppressed. U. S. Ambassador Braden, who has just returned from Argentina says that the military government there has not lived up to hemisphere obliga tions, and it has suppressed Con stitutional guarantees. . . . The five power conference of foreign ministers are deadlocked over the Balkan peace pact, which deals largely with the drawing of peace treaties with Romania, lungary, and Bulgaria. . . . Nearly com plete returns from France's first local election since 1937 showed a strong swing to the left and sup port of General D)e Gaulle. STRIlmS Strikes are paralyzing many gr eat industries, and about 700,000 work ers are idle. The automobile indus try, oil industry, mine workers are among those most affected. It is a three cornered problem, involving labor, capital, and government. Capital says, "We'll raise lab)or's wages if the government will allow continued on page 2 CouM cil Seek inga Fee Reductioni The Studett (Coutncil is seeking a reduction to $5.00 of the stud(ent activit ies fee p)aid by3 each studeCnt at thle Unjiversity with his regular registration fees, announces G;eotrge l lelow, student body presidlent. The present fee of $8.75 per setuester is nmerely a maximum fix u re set by the state legislature.. Trhe allocation to the athletic associa tion of $4.90 was originally Intend edt to liqluidate the honds issued for the University Stadium. These bonds have been taken over by a surplus futnd provided for by the state legislature thuis making the $4.90 paid by the students no long er needled. In a letter addressed to Roy L. Gart et t, director of st udetnt actilvi ties, the council asks that the fee be reduced to $5.00 with $1.00 per student from the fee going to the athletic Asociation. The coutncil hopes to have their suggestion af feet the fee paid in the November registration. Cks tie F D. Pictured Is a scene from the ne will he presentedl at Drayton Hal Joe Drennan, Amy Swartout, Wa Payers Presenm eIts An Odd W Crow Rejoins Carolina Staff Recently relurned to the Univer sity after a four and a half years leave of absence is Dean Orin F. Crow, head of the School of Edu cation. Since .lanuary. 19.11. Dean Crow has been serving with the United States arn. retaining the rank of colonel in the Field Artillery. His first station was at Fort Bragg, N. C., where he served with the 178th Artillery of the 13th Field Artillery brigade. Later he was affilliated with the First Corps here at Fort Jackson. from which he was trans ferred to the Second Army in Mem phis, Tenn., where he was assist ant Artillery officer. IHis last 'om-~ miandi wsas at Jackson again, serving as commanding officer of the 415th Field Art illery Grnoup. Deani Crow came to the Univen sity in 1930. Ie has been living in Columbia since 1925. and is an alumni of USC. When askedl if he had any particular plans in mind for his coming administration, he remarked, "1 am now simply taking my basic training hack into civilian life. For a whilc 1 think I'll .just spend my time finding out what has and hasn't been done in my absence." Battle Royal B Over Destiny o Ha. Georgce C'eluasta Rece nt ly a frin d ly feud hais de velopedt withliin the latngunages dte Patme(nts w Vhere one liene' Maur ice Stephan, professor' of modern lan guages, htas in his hatnd1s the scipt1 for a one-aet nmelodlrama which he is willing to make available to MI. G. Christopheison, pr'o6essor of English, andl director of thIe linJiver sit y Players, for Ipresent at ion by t he group for', in Stephan's ternminology, the absutrdly lowy fee of fifty-dol laris. Attempting to get hothI sides of he argument wsit hout act ually bringing the Martins and the Me Coys togethleg, yourn set ihe int'r terviewed each of the gentlemnen ptivately, wvith the trend of slander flowing somewhat as follows. Professor Christopharsen main MNe ield RESS REHEARSAl w University Players' production I next Wednesday night at 8 P1. yne Hubbard and Felice Wright. Comedy Entit Orld" Friday. By Hierb Beitel South Carolina is to have a real first night with all of thle trim. mings except lihe flashing search light and interviews of attending celebrities. Our own Professor Merill G. Christopherson has wr-tit tenl another play and it will appear, for fihe first limle, at Drayton Hiall. October 12. at 8:00 p). mi. under the aspices of fihe Ilniversity Players. This new play. "11's An Odd Wor,ld," is not as bizarre as his last, "Five Were Ilanged" hut is as novel in theme and effect. "Prof" ters it a comedy-drama and it serves both purposes well. The play is te stoly of at family touch ed oni all sides bY the effects of the present at. The family cirche is a large one and encompasses all isrts of tesonitiesi MP.yars.y Thisyed b y. Drnn,is An hed paorilb. bisgo hsies mhk inst mFiedii supies forned t isov nen thm n fet Po Mrlvs.o Farey playoes byll .heyn playe is the sothyer cea fiyr toufh thepee~a he family. hci gy ioabe i fitl. Th oe adrleys ave alle daugt oers nites. an aleyen fuen-a-ldplayed by Amy)rnait s i s.arthu:lei played by .c i thlamcily. Rahei a Mary, labed big famly. Wrih. whoar bo havee continuettotn page 2 f Disputed Dra taited t hat if the play is. any goodt iat itIt. It atlotne as exctelltent as St ephan elh ims. th lte meIt nit Itiln ed should lhe w illing toi hiatd it dlown to humanity--gratis if hu-t mianity cani stand it. Professor St ephtan, on thIe ot hei hand, does not claim his play to po0ssess any exceptional mierit, but did( expoundt t hat it is ot a much supertioi 'taulit. to the plays the dtirector hits beent producing, which have been a little on the "smelly" side. lIe further explined that this man Could re dleem himself for the mere pittance of fifty-dollars. and that this op port unity has been knocking for many past weeks. Mr. Stephan went so far as to prophesy that this coutld he the vehicle upon which suif.. ficient revenup couild he raised to fulfill the nlan. current for ... et L1 "It's A Strange World," which M. The players are, left to right: (Gramecck photo by Stan Lewis.) led )ctober 12 Study of State Colleges Begun A suivey of all stale suppoi ted schools in South Catolina is now heing conducted. President Norman Smith announted this week. The state legislaturf, last %oat when petitions from Ilih schonIs for ip propriations weiv made secured the services of ItIe Division of Sutveys and Field Studies of Geoige Pen hody College of Tenn.ssee to in vestigate the nieeds of the r atious schools. Presidnti Smith held his first in terview with membet s of the sur vey committee Septemhet 12 when me'mbets of the grou p reported at the t'nivet sity. Investigations will continue for several weeks at t he U niversi ty. The Citadel. Win thriop, and Clemson. [The commit tee will render its t eport t he fi rst week in J1an u ary. The members of t hi commit tee det ermine the pur pose of the school antd to what extent it fulfils its pur pose. It decides whether there is any ovi erlpinrg of ''our ses of study at the valinuis instiltut ions c'Oncernted. an td whet her it is ad visablie that thlese' cotnses he di scon tintued. ages 'inf t h'ecamptus. MI 'it Chstophlet stin ads ised, t he' reprter ii that lhe had1( madiie an offer to Ma. Stepihani of the former's esteem, 'or'dialit y and frienidship - a denti price to pa.s for this piece of art; while the con noisseur of French adject ives replied, thItis sup tiosed valuahle ofei isn't ws oil h a 'pluggedl nickel.' Nit. Christy p)oint ed out that his adv'ersary's daughter is not involv ed in the misutnderstanding; tnot onily is the man givIng the Stephatns theit sturname the only one in the family against whom any grutdges ate held, hut the datughter' is seemingly exttremely enlighten #'d and a member of the Univ'ersity Continued on pa=e 2 olan( Lnor Game Schedu Gap After Ca By Charlesto Carolina's football team wil ida, tomorrow in the Carolin; 64RO'sReceive Commissions inl Navy Oct. 20 Sixty-four naval students will re ceive Iheir commisesions in the United States Naval Reserve when commissioning exercises are held Tuesday. Octobet 20 at 12 noon in the Universitv Field lloise with Captain Mar%in G. Kennedy . tom manding office-r for the Cat olina Naval training unit e-idint Captain A. S. Adams of the Bu ituu uf Navai Peisonnel of Wash ington, 1). C.. \ ill addi ess the graduating class. lIe will be intro dued by Rear Admirui Norman Smith, president of the Universit%. rhe invocal ion will be pt oi0nouoe ed by Rev. Jamvies W. Jackson pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Colitnihia. Thc Naval R.- 0. T. C. hand will p;a.\ and Rev. Ifugh It. Murchison will make the bene dit.tion. During the rourse of the exer vises, an award will he made to the member of the graduating class who has shown the most possibili lies of becoming a good naval of ficer. Recciving theit conmissions will be Rohert Davis Adams, Willian Stuart Armstrong, William Maxwell Bader. Charles Edward Bakrr. Wii liam Frank Baker. Phillip Roy Ball. William Kilhourne Boardman. Ed ward Josiph Bouc0et. Et nest Rudolph Bt itt. Billy Finney Br mt. Aubnti ta% Burkha , and james RHicks Carson. Also, larvey Richard Carter. Roh irt Foster Chapman. John Phillip 'hazal. Leslie Johnathan Coker. William Edgar Collins, Thomas luston Crowi. Richard ILloyd Davis. L'lyde Briton Dennis. Robert Cald siell Dressel. William Edward Eakl. IDonalt d Ea rI Est is, Chatrles A. Fi field, R ober t I>etsvy Grattham. Gecotg. I4endal IIlamilIt on, Charles Adams~ 1fat dlen. G eot ge I Iuston 11(e1(tin, Waynte A lmio 110ubbard. Phillip Joseph ltustosk.s andt Glen Edwsar d Jenkins. Also, Kenneth Vur icoekins. Ralph Edward Jecnkins, Robert Bur ton Jennings. Jlack Jones, llarold Cheste. Kidd. Charles William Kiel. James Peter King. William E'dwvatd Latturre, Almon Everett cornrimed on page 2 R yh~er% Elected CCiSC Presidenti John Rybherg ws 'elected presi.. dent of the C'hrist ian Service C'lub at its mictinog held Wednesday. Settmbet 26;. in Flinn liall. Ot her oflficet s who will lead the groupi du ittng t he fall semoest et aret Caro Iyn (Chiat e, Dlae. Williams. Evans hIat t. Vice-presidentIs; Dave I.on g, Lorttespondling secret at y The of fiees of setgeant-at-at ms and re cording secretary will he announc ed. The president will also appoint a program chairman in the near futuore. T'.udy Miarit n litesidled at thle meiet ing at wichid the new officers were elected. They take office itm mediately and (0ntinue through Februarty. The 'ice-pt esident s take each week a devotional program to the Alms Ilouse, Girl's Reform School, and the Confederate liome. The next meeting of ih will he Wed nesday, October 10 at 7:00 in Flinn Hatt. ing row led to Fill incellation n Marines 1 tackle Camp Blanding, Flor a Stadium at 3 p.m., Furman Cannon, acting director of athletics, has announced. The game with the Florida serv ice team was scheduled to fill the gap in Carolina's schedule caused by the cancellation of the Charles ton Marine game. Tickets originally distributed for the Charleston Marine game, marked October 6. will be used for the Camp Blanding contest, Can non said. Little is known about the poten tialities of the Gamecocks' new op pononts except that they put up a good gan,e against Florida's pow%er ful 'Gators, although losing. Composed of former college and high school players, the Camp Blanding aggregation is understood to play wideopen football, running plays both from the single wing and fitom the "T" formation. The coiwh is Capt. R. A. Tucker. ('arolina's coaches expressed pleasure that a game had been scheduled with a strong outfit since the Gamecocks need to get another tough one under the helts befote going up against Alabama in Bir mingham. Oct. 13. Coach John McMillan reported that his charges came through their 44-0 triumph over P. C. with no new injuries and that he is encour aged by the progress they have made since their opening-ganme rout by Duke. "\We need to improve out blocking and tackling still more, McMilla said. "Our attack functioned better against P.C. than we had hoped, hut it still leaves lots to he desired. W'll gvt plenty of w%ork on funda mentals t his w eek), Blue Kev Survev Reveals Opinion Of USC Librarv The rvent sur\ey conducted by Blue Key to detiemine the reasons for the co mpar'atively small usage of the litbrary has been completed andI thle resut ts tabuitlat ed. Th is sttrey ente about ats a result of nmembet s of t lhe facult y observing hat few stutdenits were uisitng the libr atrv. Twentyv-four per tent of the stu dents that were surveyed fot par rallel reading use the mater ial ex tensivelv, fifty-two per cent use the material occassionally and twenty-four tier cent not at all. In the field of reading for pleastire, foult (een Ier icentit utse thle hooks ex ensivel. . f oty fietem otcas ionalIly and the remaining forty-six per cent, not at all. The qtuest ion that evoked the greatest response was that of phy' steal comfort of thle libiat y. Fifty eightt pet cetnt. of the students ques inned tmadne somte suiggest ion for imlrov(emiett tat ing dhisapprtoval of HIours for UJIHS Cafeteria Listed llours fot the meals to be served at t he l'ivttersity~ high school cafe teria have (defiit ely been set, Vir' ginia Davis, diet ician, announced this week. Breakfast will be served Mon day through Satur'day from 7:30. 8:30. DInners will he served Mon (lay t hrough Friday from 12:15 12:55 andl from 1:15-1 :45. Satur-day dinners ate served from 12-1. Mon day throtugh Friday, suipper Is serv ed from 6-6:45. No meals are pre rated after Saturday dinner until Monday breaat.