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W. Jack Willis Mercer 219 Vaccamaw St. Columbla, 48, S. C. 141CE GIVE EM HELL j%ZAC ?IJ4IE'MHL YOU GAMECOCKS1 O GMCCS UNIVERSITY OF SO SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 24, 1945 Founded_1908 Bird Gamecock Re All American Reese Administr 194.5 Superior (A Results of the Associated Critical Service announced re as All-American, the highest rt pers judged by the Associatio In achieving this rating dur the first time since 1941, The 920 merit points out of a poss] Arrangements Completed for Cafeterias The Cafeteria Committee an nounced last week the facilities for civilian students eniolled for the fall semester will include the Wade liampton Cafeteria and the Upiver sity igh School Cafeteria. The Wade Ilamp(on accommo dates 150 students (women only) on a straight beard tickt at the rate of $28.00 per month. Board is by ticket only and is open to the first 150 students who apply e a clh month. The tickets for the No vember semester will be on sale at the Treasurer's booth on the two regular registration days. Thereaf ter, they must be purchased in the Treasurer's office on or befote the 4th day of each month. Meals will be served on a cash per item basis at the cafeteria be ginning with breakfast on October 31, and continuing through Novem ber 2. However, beginning Novem ber 3, regular meals will be served by ticket only during the following hours: Breakfast-- 7:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Dinner -12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Supper - 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. The University High School Cafe teria Is open to both men and women for three meals per day on a cash per item basis. Beginning with breakfast October 31 and thereafter, meals will be served during the following hours: Breakfast- 7:15 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Dinner -12:15 p.m.'12:55 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Supper - 6:00 p.m.- 6:45 p.m. Waddy Anderson, USC Trustee Dies of Injuries Grieenville, Oct. 17 - (Special) - Waddy McFall Anderson, secretary treasurer and general manager of the Greenville Coca-Cola bottling plant, Passed away at a Greenville hospital catty Wednesdgv morning as a result of Injuries sustained on October 8. when he encountered a eross wind as he attempted to land his plane at the local airport. lie Swas 51 years of age, and a trustee of the University of South Carolina, of which instituttion he was a gtadt uate, and was active In all Masonic hodies, being a 33rd degree ScottIsh rite Mason interested in the Order of DeMolay, Mr. Anderson was state organizer for that organiza *t ion and1( was seanior' grandl wardIen of thle SouthI Carolina Gria nd I .odge of Masons. The wife, Mrs. Marigaret E,llis Ana derson, stv ~ives withI one son, - sign Waddy M. Anderson, Jra., sI a I ionedl in California, a n d o a e daughter. Miss Kit Anderson. Standing Room' Tickets To Re Sold TIihursday St anding room only tickets wiall he soldl at Carolina Stadium Thur's day beginning 10 minutes hefore kickoff time. Furman Cannon, C'ar nllna tIcket manager, annoutncedl to day. In other words, If youi haven't at * ready' acquired a ticket to the big game, your only chance to see it will he to purchase a standing room enly ticket at the stadium at 2:20 m. m. tomorrow. L Bei ceives Rating ation Gets nultllendation1 Collegiate Press Newspaper cently placed The Gamecock ting awarded to college news n. 'ing the Spring Semester for Gamecock rang up a total of ible 1,105 Each paper entered in Ihe Criti (a1l Service is judged for its excel lence in news writing and editing, headlines, typography and makeup, departmental pages ai( specin features, and in the development of news values and sources. In estimating the newspapers, the association first classifies each paper acording to the type of school Qt which it is puOlished, the enrollment of the school, and the frequency of issue. After evaluation. vach paper's honor rating is deter mined after all the papets in the same classification are' judge1._Id h standards set by the papers 1hem selves. li analyzing the paper, the cri ties try to take into consideration each paper's special problems, par ticularly those enumerated on the information sheet accompanying the en try. However, each paper must le scored on its face value by the same standards applied to all in its group. Honor ratings .9anridr) are All American--superior, First Class excellent, Second Class-good, Third Class-fair, and Fourth Class-no honors. The Gamecock received 250 points '>Ut of a possible 290 for News Values and Sources, 240 out of 280 for News Writing and Editing, 220out of 265 for Headlines, Typography and Makeup, and 210 out of 270 for Department Pages and Special Features. Highest scores were given The Gamecock for its news balance, treatment of the news, war effort ,-overage, news story content and style, typography and printing, front page makeup.and sport news dfis)lay. Editor of The Gamecock during the Spring Semester was Johnny Reese, Rock Hill, while Bobby Wil liams, Sumter. was managing edi tor. Anne Searson, Columbia, served as News editor. Other members of the editorial staiff were Co-ed Editor Margaret McElveen, Spor'ts Editor Dennis Powers, Society Editor Betty Hiend ley, Cairtoonist JTulia Bull, and Col umnists Knobby Walsh and Anne Continued on page 5 64NR OT( Class Includes Marine Officer In an impressiv e mialitairy (cere nmony Inst Sat urday, 63 graduating NROTlC mg~n received their com missions as Ensigns In the United States Naival Reserve, wvhile one m11 ian eceive h't iis c'ommtiisson ats Secondt Lieuatetnantt init hie U. S*. Ma rine Corps. Captain Marvin G. Ken nedy, U'.S. N., Commainding Officex , Naivail lROTlC Untit, presided, and thle ex e'rcise's were openedl witha Invoca tioni by Lieutenant C. W. Ellison, UJSNR, Naival Chaplain Corps. The eti re audlienice stood at at tent ion while the ROTC haind played the National Ant hem. rThe parents oft the graduates then rose and were recogn izedl. Rear Admiral Norman M. Smith, UJ.S.N. (Ret.), President of the UJni versity, was then int roduced by Captain Kennedy, and the Admiiral, in t uirn, introducred Captain A. S. Adamns, of the Blureau of Personnel, Washington, D. C., who wans the prIncipal speaker. Captain Adams has distinguished himself in the Butreau, and mote tihan any onei man Is responsible for the officer igal 43rd Annual Will Be Stag Kick-Off Is S On this, the eve of the 43ri iron classic which brings to tional rival, the Clemson Tiger of festivities has been planni dent body and faculty. At 5:30, the band will assei its rounds of the campus, gat dents at each dormitory, an Davis Field, where a huge ral around a bonf ire 20 feet high. Short talks will be given by the' coaches and some of the outstanding play ers. Station WCOS will broadcast this ral ly from 6 till 6:15. A parade will then originate at Davis Field and proceed on (lown Main street, led bY a freshnian-drawn carriage carrying Ad miral Smith, Captain Kennedy, Dean Brad ley and Mrs. McKis sick. Following the carriage will be the Corsairs, crack Nav, dirill platoon, and be hind them the entire student rade will terminate at the J( where an effigy of the Clem be burned to a sooty black cri: leaders lead the crowd in USC The entire congregation wi back to Melton Field where tl Varsity engages the Georgia section of the stands will b students only. Lt. Comndr. ] Guggenheim LU. Conndr. Richard Beale D1 vis, associate professor of English, has been awar(ld a post-ervice fel lowship by the John Simon Guggen heim Memorial Foundation for a biography of George Sandys. The fellowships, which grant ap proximately $2,500 each, were awarded exclusively to scholars and artists, who served in the armed forces or war-related government services. Armfly recipietnts range from private first class to lieuten ant colonel, navy award-winners from speeialist thbird class to lieu tenant commander. 1Men Dona t raining programs inItiated by the Navy. In his add ress, Captain Ad amis stressed the importance of ed utcation in equ1ipp)ing one with the power and( ability to take each in dlividual problem on its own fac tors, and arriving at a decision andI solution to the problem, lie con Itrasted this good derived from t he c'orrect type of study with heing able to solve only a type of prob lemi which you have solved previ ously. The entire graduating class then rose and raiaed their right hands Gridiron Cla d at Carolina cheduled For i annual grid- From the t USC its tradi- until tomorro -s, a gala night fires kindled d by the stu- and the chapel ly over the sat ''he climax nble and make tussle at the hering up stu- at 2:30. A nu I marching to United States ly will be held ston; Secretai hody. The pa--. The campu fferson Hotel, advertising tl son Tiger will competing foi ;p while cheer- Booster's Clul yells. Spirit in t i then proceed seems to hav -le USC Junior the ancient U "B" Squad. A iron rivals aj reserved for and stamina Carolina gridi R.B. Davis Rec Post-Service. The foundation also said it had doutbled nll oligiial S200.00 appio riatiaon for the fellowship bii1cause of the high ability of applicants. The post-servive fellowship ap propriations. granted in addition to the foundation's usual fellowship u(lget, are awarded to persons demonstrating unusual capacity for research and artisticeteal ion. Ad ditional win ner-s will he aninouncedt later. Commander Davis. who came to the Uiniversity of SoulthI Carolina abhout five yetars ago, is widely ree ognized among educators for his extra Brai while they repeated the oath of of fice, admInistered by Captain ien nedy, t hen filed past the speaki ' standl wh,ile the commflissions~ were delivered. R. E. Jenkins was awar ded an engraved wirist watch for' being ad judged the outstanding man of the graduatinog class, upon his excellent recog d, both scholastic .anid miih tary. Everyonie stood to sing the Alma Mlater, then the Rev. Ilugh R. Mur chison, D.D., Chaplain of the U'nl varsitv. nronnunced t he benedictin, SSIC Stadium; 2:30 P. M. ime of the rally this evening w noon, freshmen will keep t both gates at Sumter Street, bell will be rung intermittent ie period. of all the activities will be the Stadium tomorrow afternoon, mber of dignitaries, including Senators Maybank and John -y of State Byrnes; Governor Williams, high rank ing military officials. Uniiversity Board of Trustee members; Mr. ' E. R. Jeter, President of the Alumni Asso ciation; Mayor Mar shall; and memb)ers of I I e Athn iNst rat ion will be among those special guests seated in President Smit.'s box. Senior lettermen on the USC squad will have their beautiful sponsors seated on the sidelines. Uni versity 14Freshmen will sit in a body with noisemak ers, banners, a n d school colors. is now ablaze with banners e game, the artists of each the $10 prize given by the , and sponsored by KSK. ble rough and in the smooth cut loose in every corner of SC cam)us as the arch grid rain meet to match strength in this greatest of all South ron classics. eives Award Scholalship and capacitics for t - search as an l'iglish student. ie received his Ph.D. degree, flom the University of Virginia and formerly was professor of English at _NIali son college in his natlive Virgiia. He is the autlhor of numerous arti cles in scholarly magazines. "We regard him as a very valua ble aiddit ion to outr faculty." hi. Hlavilah flahwock. head of the de part men t of I-ng lishi at the Um ver sit y, said(. "'lie will resume his t eaeh. in t t Ihe' 'niversi ty' itn Match. and wvill take advantage of the fil ('ontinued on page .5 d at Comm and the newlIy enmmissionedI En-i signa matched out to the tune of "Anchnrs Aweigh." n uo 79 Receive I In Exercises , Six Secretarial 4 J.o Be Addition Seventv-nine students will 6 p. m. in Dravton Hall. Geor Columbia Record, will deliver President Norman 1-. Smit when 67 women and 18 men - retarial science certificates wi Tli. ifveieid J. 0. Smith. pastor of WashiI inl g tonl St I 4-4t Mlethodist Chuich, will give t lie I nvocat ion. l. 11ugh f. NLtIChisOn, 1). D., l'ni \vlsity Chaplain, will delive the 1envdic ition. The ai enl e Ill o i n w5)01 Will for Im in ft oll of te L' South Caro liniana Library at 5:45 and proceed from there to Drayton lall. The procession will include the gradua tion class and members of tie fac uly ali Idiinstlration. Thei reat.<:t total numbher of de rees awatrl d will he 1-achelors of Sciene in Naval S Vine. Fifty i wo api iat i s have b1.1n -ll ptovel. all fori male - studets. Six hauielot s of Ai Is will b awarded. one nutt and five w%omen students atpply ing. Bachel( - of Sin.# in Coiiterte.f total five, oie mals. and four womitei aipp)lyin . ioui r difegrees w%ill he- awat idil nen gitatduatiniz in civil :n-wineering, and four' B1a4114lors (if ;elnvv, inlchllIng onle male and three woinen. , Onily oiwv Bahelor t)f Al is in Educilo will he rewviveul this s imer..-, and one Bacheio of Sci James ). Poag Of Gvreenrille Named Jane s I)a\ is P'oag. 48. Gireonville It t (tney, has been inied to t lie boal(d of tt ilst cus of t liI 'lliversity of S uth Caolilina. N(14um'e diog tie late WaddY .\. Adeison of Green vJll.. \It. iov. a nali%v of Rock lill and inweembi of the State llouse of Riepiesentativs in 1135-:m(, and 19: 4n. w\as apptellil d to the 13ith 'iruill vacane i ). \ b ;ovei nor Ran somlif. J. W illiains. fli it let Ill VNpit ing it 1946;. Thie tew iu ste is it mll li Of the law fI ill of Pt ive and oag. and %ias educated at Fi man 'ni vi sity and the lt 'nivetsitv of North Calolitna. lie studied law at Har lIe i vet etan of thle Fir! WVorld4 Wa.i hih hl le se'rved as a Sec ond Lieutenatnt. lie waIs a prtesidten t ill I lect or in 19:~12. lie was matiried( in 1924 to Emmua l'on\ielse. of \'aldost o. G a. issioning Donlald Earl Esteq wras the sole R r a d tt a t e enmmissionned Second Lieutenant In the Marine Crpn. Ow! liplomas aturday ertificates lv Awarded receive degrees October 26 at ge A. Buchanan, editor of the the commencement address. i will preside at the exercises, ire awarded diplomas. Six sec 11 also be presented. Registration Scheduled For November 1-2 Registration for the Fall Term will take place on Thursday and Fiiday, November 1 and 2. Repre Isentatives of the various depart ments and schools will be station ed in lamilton, Sloan and Davis Colleges. Because of repairs' now in process, the armory will not he usd as for merly. The stations of thie Rejistrar and Treasurer will l in :he lobby and periodical room of the MlcKissick Library, respec I i% IY. R4gistiation blanks and sched els %ill tw distiibuted in Maxey College Lobby, beginning at 9 A. I., O lober 31. Navy students will report to the Pundleton Stieet entrance of llam ulton College and engineering stu dents to the Pickens Strect en trante or this building. New stsudents (except law and Liraduate) must report for the test ing and guidance program at 8 A. M.. October 31. in Drayton Hall. A late fee of ).0) is charged for those who fail to meet this ap pointment at the time designated. This lpitogram continues through Thutrsday. no new students being scheduled to registev before Fri da., November 2. It is therefore igt-d that old students complete their registration on November 1 tThursdayl, thereby avoiding con sideiable congestion and crowding. All veterans, including old and new1 stUdIIents and those taking law or gi aduitte couses, enrolling for the Fall Term, must consult Capt. it. C. Nvedhiam, Registrar, in the Lobby of Maxcy College, before be ginning registiration. Veterans enrolling in the Univer sity for the first time under Public Law No. 346 (G. I. Bill of Rights) must present a certificate of eligi bhility from the Veterans Adminis tration and a completed application for admission to the University if hey have not already (tone so. If they have not yet received a ceriifi (ate of eligibility, they must pre sent their service papers showing the date of discharge and-or expi tation of terminal leave. Likewise, C'ontintied on page 5 Phiarmnacy School At Carolina Gets $500 Donation The University of Sotuth Cat - litna's school of pharmacy has re ciivedl a gift of $500 from-Walgreen Drug Stores. madle through the Anwricatn Fouindat ion for Pharma eti cal Edlucat ion, Dean E. T. Mot 1l.1 announced yesterday. In a letter to Dean Motley, A. L. Starshak, vice president of Wal green D)rug Stores. Chicago, ex pressed the desire of his firm to be of assistance to the school of uhar macy "at this time w~hen the transi tion from a war to a peacetime edu cational program Is apt to mean ad ditional problems." "The school of pharmacy genu inely appreciates this generous con tributIon," Dean Motley said. ".It will be of teal assistance dutring these difficult times to pharmiaceu tic'al education." Prospective students Interested In pharmacy, incltiding those desirIng financial assistance, are asked to write to Dr. E. T. Motley, dean, School of Pharmacy, UnIversIty of South Carolina, Columbia.