The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 28, 1945, Image 1
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Volume XXXIX, No. 33 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 28, 1945 Founded 1908
Ander
Unive:
$3,957,667
Is Asked
From State
The University of South Caro
lina last week field a hudget re
quest with the South Carolina
Budget Committee for f u n d s
aniointing to $7,290,000 to be used
for permianent imiprovemients. The
request would iequire an appI o
printion of $3.957.667 from the
general Assembly, the remainder
to be granted by the federal gov
ernment.
The request has hen subdivided
inlo three general categovies. The
sum of $938,)0 is is to be ap
piopriated for the purchase of ap
proximately 21 additional acres of
land to be used for the construc
tion of new buildings.
Repairs to the present plant and
et(utipilent ate calculaled "o absoitb
$700,000. of these linds $75.000 will
go toward the fiieprooling and re
miodling of LeConte College, uni
ver-sitv science buildiing. The te
modliing of the Gymnasium for
the use of Ilie Extension Division
Is assigned to cost $100,000. Stew
ard's Hall, now being used by the
NROTC unit as t mess mll, wiln
be reconsitrutcted to accomodate
maried veterans and their wives.
Ai allotment of $2,.000 has ben
made for this project. The reno
vation of old dormitores, the pres
ent chapel and classrooms is set at
$500,000.
The remniinder of the fund is to
be used in tle construction of new
buildings and the appropriation of
additional eqitpment.
Members of the budget comiis
sion visited the USC campus to
cay. They were taken on a tour
which included inspection of the
present infirmary facilities. The
comnmittee is composed of Gov.
Ransone J. Williams, S e n a t o r
Edgar Brown, chairman senate li
nance committee. Morrison Tuten,
chairman louse Ways and Means
committee. and ,1. M. Smith, secre
tary of the budget commniission.
The commission is expected to
submit its recoimenidations to the
Ways and Means Committee some
timie in Decenher. From there the
bill will go to the louse of Repre
senitatives. It will then be submit
ed to the Senate Finance Com
mit tee, and latter to the Seniate lot
'onisidieration. Aft er aipiroval tronm
hothi houses, the hilIt wil hi e sent
to thle governor.
In addition to thle requested a p
propriition the Unxivetrsit y has a p
plied fot $776,488.88 for Mainten
ance and Oprerat ion. Tlhe c'omnplet e
t ext of t his req uest niay be loutid
In the ed(itorial (oltui of this
issudie.
(;akinis Dies
In Auto (Crashi
Near' Pamplico
Lar'oss Gjaski ns, JUiversit y jun
lot from liannian. was killed Wed
nesdlay tnigh t Noveniberi 21 t hiee
mileis outs'i dx ofi Patimpli(o oni the
ingsbhiry hiighwiu'ay.
L atoss had just arived home fot
Itie holidays atnd was on his waus
to Florencei whten his cat tatn itito
th lar eftxxnd of a trtuck aniid trtater.
lie as trushed( to the Acel,eod's mi
firtnaty lbut was tead upion ar rivalI.
lewas ibor and reaired in t he
Ilitnnah commntity where lie tooki
ani iti ve part in athiilet ies. lit' was
lie son of I1. D). atid Mrs. Evelyn
Gaskins. IHe was recently discharg
ed frotm ine Navy and ret urtned to
lie Utniversity to complet e hiis pre
l'iedical trainitng.
l"uneral services were' held Sat
U rday mninlitg, Nov. 25. 11 o'ciock
at th li atnnah Met hodist church.
conducted by the Rev. S. C. F-elder
of Pamnplico. Itntetrmetnt was held
In Gaskins ('nnete.
'son or
S1t
rsit I
LEADER
Above is Prof. Lewis under
whose direction ithe University
Symphony Orchestra Ws to be re.
sumed.
University
urchestra
Rivived
Organization
Has Not Been
Tho University Symphony Or
chestra is heing reorganized un
der the (irection of Prof. Lewis
l'ink, associate Professor of Mu
sic.
Tryouts for prospective members
will he held in the near future.
There is a definite need for any
one who can play either reed or
brass institnenl s, hut vacancies
remain to he filled for both string
and percussion players.
When organiztion ig complete
rehearsals will he held rvery Thurs
dlay night inl the Ulnivvrsity Chapel
from 7:30 to 9::30.
The orchestra will attempt only
the h-st in sympollfn. literatire.
Participation inl the Orchestra
gives I seellster lpoint credit and
it is not required Ihat an or-chestia
membler he a student of the Depart
mnilt of Music of lit University of
Soull Catrolina.
Sinclair Lew:
Wins Great A
'The sItudlentls and( fatuIty of Car
ohlinataaughtI a limnipsg~ last week of
one of Amer1ica's5 moest ilust rious
nlPlists, Sincla0il Le'wis, Nobel
Pize w inne and a1( ut hor of such
famous Amnericana o as Ma in Street,
Arrowsmnith, and1( Bahhilt. They
saw a tall, t hin,. strikingly homely
mani, drie ssedl iniI ahbownl tweed suit
and1 0 bilue shill. They noted that
lhe was el eme(ly nerv~ous5, that hte
smoiked (onlt inuiotusly, thot he tallk
Thuey (coeed, aIltho1ugh1 contrarly
to expttions11, that1 he was a very
wve-lI--manne(td, tunaf tfoiledi person.
Ml. ILew is has ofteno heenl (On
demnled as a1cll Inid, hettless wr'iter'
whoi loathIes Iteople. and( who1 de-~
riiVes 0 sadlisti Cjleaisuile fromu the
sulffe'iligs of his cha11Incter Th'liis
(could( hardly3' ) he tue of a1 man0
whose fit re<i('tu(st was1 toi see' som1e
iof thei sItudentsl , and1( who talked to
the staff of The Carlolina R~ev iew
for sevoral hour1s abou11it boh t he
ptaial andiI 11 idelist i's aIspects of
lhe ma11gaz/inei. Nor told it he Itrue
of a1 man11 who toted0( the Negro
sect ion of Coltimbia, asking them
abhout t heir' hopes and( wanits and1(
needts. Concerninug is aSlIttiude to
wa'irdl people1, thle autho10 had t his to
s1: "I love people11, I enljoy people.,
and1( they maklle me1 flu iouts when
tey (1( and( say sItu pid Ithings. An d
I sat ilizei them for beinig stupidl. A
writer like Meneken dloes t he samie
thiing, hut differently3, heclause he
doesi't like people. Hlis chnracters
Hayn
pproy
SALMLA
Holds 15th
Meeting
USC Is Scene
Of Language
Profs Gatherina
The 15th meeting of the Soutt
Atlantic Modern Language Asso
ciation met at the University ol
South Carolina November 23 anc
24. Colleges and Universities frorr
the South Atlantic area of th(
United States will be represente(
in these meetings, which seek t<
better the educational standardh
of modern languages taught ir
American colleges.
Dr. Ilavilah Babcock. head of th<
'ni'versity of South Carolinla Erig
lih dpartment delvered the ad.
dress. "I'm a Stranger Here. My.
self" at. the banquet held Friday
night at 7:30 in the Hotel Jeffer.
son ballroom.
The delegates divided into group
sessions of English, Spanish,
French, German, and Italian sec
tions and heard papers of various
members (luring the morning pe.
riods. The final business sessior
took place Saturday at. 11 n.m.
Dr. Guy It. Vowles of Davidsot
presided at the meeting, the firs
in three years because of war re
strictions. Dr. 1. W. Brock of Em
ory is the secretary-treasurer.
[)r. Ilavilah Babcock was ii
charge of all arrangements for th4
meeting assisted by members of tho
Foreign Language depart ment a
the University.
S. L. Prince Fills
Board Vacancy
Samuel L. Prince of Anderson
Soith Carolina twas recently ap
i'mnted to t he liniversit y of Sout I
Carolina Board of Truste-s.
AMr. Prince is an attorney at law
member of the firm Watkins anw
Prince. Ite is a promitient Ainder
sonl citizen. The hoard vacanc.
which hie fills was left by 1th4
death of Senator Ilarry R. I,ughes
is Guest at C
cclaim of Stu
aren1I 'etie reajl jutst creatlures
with trtitts 1tat he giv'es the helbt
for havi-ng. Look. I couldt go to
Rot.t Cl('ub and like it. I coutk
enjoy myself. D)o you think .\lenct(k
(0ouldn 't ; he0 doesn't li ke people. 0:
take an insut'tn'e mlan. An insut.
ance' mantf is alt tight, atnd I havei
no0 obt)tions to him prtovidted he
hasn't at dultl Ox (oarse5 wit. But te
Mleneken alt insutanice men are'. ri
divulous. In fact, he t h inks e'yet y.
It is to be expncteid t hat.\Mt
answet ing <Ilestions abtoutt hlimtsel
sand(1t about th wr V it ing pi ofession i
gental t. Some1( of his antts.' weIt
u tt(nxpect ed, howev'er. Whlen asket
what hie Ithoutght abtottt Americar
liteitur tt' of the pr'esen t day,~ an<i
wha 1Itend.s he IthoughtI it woutlt
take, the replied, "What do I think
TPherie aret at lot of p)eople wraitigi
hat's what you mean. And aboul
those trendlts. There aren't ant3
tends in Ametican literature. 0
coutt sC, youI ean find twenty trendi:
in one pllace at one timle, If yot
want to ('all every~ writer' who ha:
a different style or a different subl
ject or' a diffetent phitosophly
trend." No less tunusutat was hit
staiteent thaI l the I wr. I it ing oh th<
Tiwetiets was becing vastly ovetr
rated. Ite saidl, "'Therce's no suel
hing as Ithe Twentijes, 1the wa'
most neonle menn. It's alt a moytl
es to B
)riatioin
ONE TO B
Pictured above are LeClair A
Omega, and Edna Hill Ha.ynes, prel
he crowned Carolina's Homecomnw
Enrollment E
Any in US HI
Final Figure Totals
Over 200 Applicain
Dr. John A. Chase, deini at ad
minlistialionl, anniounlced .\onday
Nc,v-. 19 that a total of 2.211 stu
dents have registered in the 'ni
versity of South Carolina hI 1i1
fall terl, which beganl Nov. 1. I1
is OW largest enoillmen1II inI the
I istory of the I niversity.
-'Our elrollimletit vould lm e e
- ceeded 2,500 easily if we nai had
an. place to put them," Dean
Chase said.
irolina;
dents
it's just ia eiical clichIe that the
(lcities hme en uiasing tot filteien
yealts. tinad Hatte of uis wiitteis h;a\
everi been iniIteest ed etnoughI to co -
redt tem. uI'd ie to see somilebody
(10 ii. No, the only w'ay you can
truthfully classify thosee wa iteras isI
to say that bit ween 1919 and 193ii.
I here lived ii numbei of atthots
whuo wrotle abolit Amaaerica; theta's
nothIinIg remiarkaleli abouit tht.
now~ is there'.' Or yioui coul d lumpij
tiogethier all lthe'aut hots w~ ho lived
be'tween 19201 aind 1921. Of ("intt
t hat's e'duingtL it toa ant ablituiity,
haitt .\S OSee .hat 1 tmean."
W\hena N: aI .ew is u a aiskede to
B Iei naid De \'otO. he staid. 'Oh. that.
It wasn't athling tha he11 li'mdi
ol De \'ol ilck inlg ont \'an Wyc'k
II rooks. It was obvious ly a lper
sonali di like, an Hi 1rooks is a ice'
fellow, and 1)e \'oto ti i'd toe di s
guiise it as literarty e lit iim. Theii
woetng is t hat D)e \'(to's ~ stiff
hiasn't sould *iand Brooks' has had
g real tiuccess. I juist got daemnied
atitredl of it. and( stutck up foi
Alr. i.'wis 'ttd that he thought
that Amerien hadl mlatuiid Ilmat k
taly sintce Nla in St reel appena aed,
anad I that Amaetian als a1 Elwhole
awere moreli realist iC. less prejudi'ed.
less chlildishl than they were twen
ty 3onts ago.
e Que<
Ls Req
E QUEEN
Ilerson, petife lrown-haired Chi
ty bloil Pi I'li. One if Ihei will
li Queen.
xceeds
story
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i1n4itd4 in I I I I(, I I r oet I te 10
fall to-rm ;ir-( 6172 civilin iinen. !,74
lol ',111 1d 69 N\-%i A t!4;i;H '-z
N W T(' 1and '.>. f 1 h 'i 1
11,11 11111 . i262 ar % vict ;in.1
TO) accommodalt t,w fi.: rin
I o11114,n1 . ;1ll laist lites ol t *'I I I.
\-I sit.\ ;Il ' I;a \1d 10tho I utmIl 11,1.
ahll lIl l.U lHim . 1: I\ ing ill
11 l 11o l io % \ r<s 11 n.;al c;ap,;cllt\
. 121.
' . 1ia 11i1 01 k 4 . i 0111 doll- 11;
14o1'4es 1ul'1 hel' \vi1lhotit 4 Ii(44,4inglli
11h4 \51 4a114 o 4 our(44 student14 s, 1 bwh1
I 4i444 3f 4 to1do. I)ean1 (1hi4' '1;44d.
Cokel. 4n<( .\la.4\2 college12. nor4
m:4il1 men'Is dorm1414it s, \\5i a1
nien1. 1141i(ieludin \ ' 1 4' I a4 n s. 1)>44n
Since .\41 y .lb 44 assignmentus (o!
do4) mitorie4s. .\l 4out-f-4tate 0p
1lient i4414s \4 1-4 11 4il1n 1 d4 14 41 1-o
14nitor.V 14s54l211: 14mt 1 14s hi4 I0'br4
14P44d4 144 11(n "4ince4 Sept,. 1.4 .\i(-e 1m.
i.. Wo e stud nt144s 44 4 10 1 ot e
Illiited 10i 1414m 4 441 (1mptly 441e-t
'111h til'44141l 14l la I s 441 leo s'4 r I'la
344 1m \x hi441 ('nded( m1 .14411 1 .344
studentI1s. Thle enrollment'11 4in the4
summerl 11142 m41 d1r opped( to 811. Th Ie
pre(sent ('n1 o(1llen represen41ts an3
41nc2 ea1se~ of 6344 'l4n l t 1h4e
Ini add1 tion to)1 d44(14 mito41(444S. (1lass
I1ooms1. 144hota4t44le4 and4(11 ) th44 11ari
tities aIlt' 3i1led t o ;41bsolute4 capa-1.
"With the1 11t2 of 141 ett (' Irnin1g vet
we4 explctl to Ireach4(114 lr eaIk 431 the
ion5414 of 1946-47." D'ean1 Chlase
Onl.v re2gularl.\ -em11 olled( "I uden ls1
are2112 inlded inl the 2.244 student311s
report ed. T.her'e are hulndreds 01
4'x't421n 0sin entw .
LlS O
m31i Sati
iest 0
Maryland Ho
Game Creates
Activity This
The queen for the fiftieth an
>lina homecoming, the first si
tween halves of the Carolii
ifternoon, December 1. Not t
iluini, and frie<l(s of, the Unil
Anderson or E<lna H ill I laY
Homecoming (lueeln.
Players To
61
Present 2
New Shows
W11 e1t Visitor"
skated For01
December 1.
Two nlow anld futule p;-1-'nt;I
tions iae b#on east by\ the I'mnvei
sily Pla.\f-s arou,p aril l l be b v.
en on the Drayi,tot lall stace in
Docebnihor. Tho first of l ese no
ly cast pla s that ,! a ppr on
thI. hill of thinigs to comie w\ill be
Kenneth \Whitf's "T'e Visitor." The
datIp that "The Vi sit or is slat d
for is D.ombet 1!.
"T114. Vih to 's I ns .,)Ia up
f( tif ist I ni w-I.m : W q to It hp
P li e 's st ige w ithi h t h ,.k4pt ionl
of one I.art takun b.\ t ice-appear
ing-for-l hr.-..rat'on JToe lDt enntan
Th'te )l1. i l ic t-ing a \ I t -i y cS1- ol
pels the plot 1o remnlt I tusly but.
11h, 1ait c4onls:I !-I o I V :hzab t 1 4 1lte
mi,a d. lhi.x d b.4 f) NII-.\ l -o I v Sackvt t.
\Vall I asNon. I-lt ed b l I IlIen
I Iti-dile y wil comleis to the lix\ r
l ; P la%ers trom ln i -. C I -Ih sImhoot
anId t hoir st a e pre'lf .s ntatI n ; 1 .)1 : Ill
( lIt ( ('tinlnII n 1 l h i I Is I it I f ! g . d II
h1"rillollWe pi 4)m11-1-1 1mi ),11. at-s;
I-lln-it \Wood is taken1 by Jan.e Siw
-r: .\Ia-k Butrrell ;S 111ay\ed It .
1, )l Crit-<h-c; : ud ( -in is pla.\ o(I
b. I Ich11t r .\- N I- . Joe \ ; IIit ;
Ia.\ed bY K"it It 'dwarIId(s aId
thei-ph-x rrs Joe lnrtana.
I lot si" inc(ilds Iris hmtu lag.. u~ ho
taikiu the role ot A'uiir's hi tn
hii idi t at houti -wife wt \ it h morie
Ituan beii sharic Of ui'ts anod dltou tiN
as thli result of. "hrte tmen ont a
to. Audre> is takenli by .lohnn fler
m;t 'larenc t>obbtins. brtther-mi
tttaw tot l-:rwin. 5s phia. ed by Ju-k
Ilrett; lrie. it hai-matid oft a cuit
and driedl variety. is ptlayed by.
A\nnte M oote: Charbet in. a fellow
wSlrappled tip itt plainiig hots in
tirses notis. :1 tken avr b.x Tomt
my: Glhet-;I lranrkie. onetof tI hose
gnils thlat bookaknirlrs tatli to, is
trl taed byx Viuirelle Stai'r-; Pat
sy. t her leadelt artdi ier of t he toast
of t hett h trsttm. is plax r-d biy tira
I hudson: Alabl, antothl--er ne o[
thrise gil is, is ta-unr led i is
lintis: AlIose's, a hoirse-hIet Imri eler
tt riuperat tnt -htell-hopr1 tiombtiinat ion,
is donei hx Trut ,otundis; G liuia,t i
.:Iirltrrer. is playred hua Lillin
\'ulihamis; Al. lthe phrotrher' is
urnn Tay-lotr it the hetighit of his
ic-eet . Iotel nuidt is played t)
I,aurar HRobrtts; M1rs. ('irvuer is
Playedi by C'arotl. n lean anitrd Thec
Tiai lii is dnre li h>oe Driinnan.
Holiday D)ates
For Christmias
Pies. Normaon ii . Smi th an
nonne thvt liis wsetk thait Christ mas
hotliass would he e.xterrnde'd. IlioI
dayss wItl begin Decembe- 22 at six
pni. Classes will be resumed at
r'rght am. 1........ 1 I
jrday;
n F1e
mecomimg
, Great
Week
nual Universit.v of South Car
Ice 1941, will be crowned be
la-Mar.vand game Saturday
111il That time will students,
*ersit.v know whether LeClaire
11-S has been elected second
FerSitle for Iho annual celc
hi at ion \ ill bwgin Friday night
wit h a Pe1 Rally in the Field
Slouse and Davis Field. Roy Bass
s going to act as njaster of cere
ionivs, and Rey Neal's orchestia
u%ill play beI%%n,en 7:45 and 8:00.
TI. ially hegiois at 7:4. instead of
lif he foi mei i annouinced 7:00. Roy
\ ill inlt iodu<e h alph Lewis. ex#
:v' se'at of tie Alumni
A ho wk:11 i!llroduce
Thoma" E. .l'.othon. Jr.. who
' 11 :' it Sho.t pop talk. Mc
Curthen has .ist eturned from
'III. e.e itn the Arm\. Air Corps
ani har only recentl. enrolled in
1he' Law 5toil to nttnplete his
\\rk fir a law d lge'. He was a
iap1 :oan dui:g the army service
and hails from lirhps;lle.
Tie flock C" 'lub will then
miPuet its Ialfle ild award
; . w:. Fou hoxin mal, hvs follow
\"'.il as sq'\('ral tumb11, ling acts.
Th1is w : nd the ;zanogam in tihe
F id lious,- afti wlhih cvetyone
\kill go to Dakls Field for the bon
'4\ e i 1"m: nu ihes consist
of w i IoUIn s, ti a Inue1Z (iCh.
Sit ii a . m It IInL ailn ni aI"d
alinna. will ;ist ;n 4he Alumni
iflice. Ther-e will I ;:':dcs to take
them to pwints til inleqst on the
c'1rinlus. Sm l ' it I a I d Iraternitils
have mlade b;aIIII'i, fol t he occas
and a \k:< i h5 Ii nl g.\ en Inr
Th.. a lt t: 1. n m c m n
{lt li ha\ I o i n> - s ilt d (
h." ("se')i~ eu cIINIit e to
daek. the itlots n. ' i, i tunder
double' hewk anid ciii in Nti. Lewi!s
el t . Ed\i ll 1. Jlet(. pre(ubj nt of
the Alumni A IsswIaIt 1, %'d 1 1 ap
pi1n it i onie ;'Ile< o (ItIlot Ithc I-.11
lets hk lo- m:stazince teleThon1e
: ii' itne tstt I pa nrp ed .~e i ot
5 oul lSet httsiness li:titr ti b; tn t}eg
will hav e luniicit. t get he tie the
ltt'eit~ e taletei Ia.
Thleiew ll ntie he a praade dir..
m tihe at l ei iloon. but t lie gamie
will hee- in at -.'20i instecad of A:00i.
lPiesulentt Stmith ol the U.niversity
will deli ver* tin aiddretss of welcome
to aill alunrile beote the quteen ts
cr ow tied. Pt esi dentit Sm i t h will
t henr inItroduice Pre'sidn .11 eteri of
the A\lumni A,ssotciation who will
t'rowsn the I lonmecomintg quoeecn,
I mmtediat ely after lire gamne or
abhout I :00) tire SturdentI Council
will sponisor and in fotrmale d rop-lin
feet aill tilumni atne alumntae. l'The
ltrdcenents ol ti hiuh Eleanor
liietndi. ts preside'nt. is in iChrcgc o
aell ret I antgemtecnts
The commit tee applot tcd hy t he
sttudlet Coitnll I o work with t he
Aliumnni AssrinItcrtn tot Home
coiniig consi st ed ol l130n Sowmers,
chtait nin: Jlohnu II a r t. Walter
N1.\e'is. tlamces Ev.ertt, and Jo
Seidemtanc, secrteltary.
'I Ire citly o1ther htomtcomring
ee(rn waIs crowened In Nov'ember',
1941 whren Miiss Alar'y King, now
lts. Edward Kendall Buitler, Jr.
of Columbia, was crowned.
Alr'. L.ewis says that although this
hiomeicomtn ig cannot be ats great as
t he one the U'niversity will hav'e
whten all the men and wsonmen come
tan'k tor' the re(umlOn prtotably lat
he 'spring. it wsill he a very color
ul ptogtam. "Fighting Gamecrocks''
0 get Itot her and r'enew~ fr'iend
h octe