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BOND RALLY I BON ALLY XMAS HOLIDAYS TIGHT IZETEDA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XXXIX,No. 33 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 28. 1945 Ander Univei $3,957,667 Is Asked From State The University of South Caro lina last week field a budget re quest with the South Carolina Budget Committee for iundsl amounting to $7,290,000 to he used for permanent improvements. The request would require an appio priation of $3,957,667 from the general Assembly, the remainder to be granted by the tederal gov ernment. The request has hen subdivided into three general categories. The sum of $938,000 is is to be ap propriated 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 equipment are calculated to absorb $700,000. of these funds $75,000 will go toward the fireprooling and re modeling of LeConte College, uni versity science building. The ie modeling of the Gymnasium for the use of the Extension Division Is assigned to cost $100,000. Stew aird's Hall, now being used by the NROTC unit as a mess hall, will be reconstructed to accomodate married veterans and their wives. An allotment of $25,000 has hen made for this project. The reno vation of old dormitores, the pres ent chapel and classrooms is set at $500,000. The remainder of the fund is to be used in the construction of new buildings and the appropriation of additional equipment. Members of the budget commis sion visited the USC campus to day. They were taken on a tour which included inspection of the present Infirmary facilities. The committee is composed of Gov. Ransome J. Williams, S e n a t o r Edgar Brown, chairman senate Ii nance committee, Morrison 'ruten, chairman House Ways and Means committee, and .1. M. Smith , secre tary of the budget commission. The commission is expected to submit its recommendations to the Ways and Means Committee some time in December. From there the bill will go to the louse of Repre sentatives. It will then be submit ted to the Senate Finance Conm mnittee, and later to the Senate tor consideration. After approval from both htouses, the bill will lbe sent to the governor. in addition- to ithe requested ap) propiriation thle University htas ap plied for $776,488.88 for Mainten ance and Operation. The complete text of this request may he found In the editorial column of thtis Issue. Gaskins Dies In Auto Crash Neatr Pamplico Laross Gaskins, Univ'ersity jun for fiom Hannah, was killed Wed nesday night Novembter 21 thirnee miles out side of Pamiplic'o on the Kingsbury hightway. Laross liad lnst arrivedl home for, thle htolidays anid was on htis way to Florence whten his car ra into the rear end of a Itruck and trailer. Ilie was rushied to t he McLeod's mn Sfirmtary but was dlead upon arrival. 'IIe wvas born and reared in the IIannah communtity where he took ant active part in athtletics. le was thte son of 1I. D. and Mirs. Evelyn Gaskins. He was recently dischiarg ed from tne Navy and returned to the University to complete his pre muedical traitiing. F'uneral services were held Sat urday morning, Nov 25, 11 o'clock at the Hannah Methodist church, conducted b)y the Rev. S. C. Felder of Pamplico. Interment was held In Gaskina emetery son or rsity LEADER Above is Prof. Lewis under whose direction tle University Symphony Orchestra Is to be re suned. University Orchestra Revived Organization Has Not Been Completed The University Symphony Or chestra is being reorganized un der the direction of Prof. Lewis Fink, associate Professor of Mu sic. Tryouts for prospective members will be held in the near future. There is a definite need for any one who can play either reed or brass instruments, but vacancies remain to be filled for both string and percussion players. When organization is complete rehearsals will be held every Thurs day night in the University Chapel from 7:30 to 9:30. The orchestra will atlempt only the best in symphonic literature. Participation in the Orchestra gives 1 semester point credit and;' it is not required that an orchestra member be a student of the Depart m1ent of Music of the University of South Carolina. Sinclair Lewi Wins Great A The stutdents and faculty of Car olina ('aught at glimpsg last week of one of America's most illustrious nov'elists, Sinclair Lewis, Nobel Prize winner and author of such famous Americana as Main Street, Arrowsmith, and Babbitt. They saw a tall, thin, strikingly homely man, dtressedl in a brown tweed suit and a blue shirt. They noted that he was extremely nervous, that he smoked continuously, that he talk ed incessantly, rapidly, and well. They conceded, although contrary to e'xpec'tations5, that he was a v'ery well-mannered, unaffected person. Mr. Lewis has oft en been con de(mned as a cold, heart less writ er who loathles people, and who de rives a .sadtist ic pleasure from the sufferings of his characters. This could hardly he true of a man whose first r'equest was to see sonme of the students, and who talked to the staff of The Carolina Review for several hours about both the practical and idlealist ics aspects of the magazine. Nor' could it be true of a man who tout ed the Negro section of Columbia, asking them about their hopes and wants and needs. Concerning his attitude to ward people, the author had this to say: "I love people, I enjoy people, and they make me furious when hey dto and say stupid things. And I satirize thenm for being stupid. A wvriter like Meacken does the same thing, but differently, beeause he doesn't. like people, His characters Hayn4 pprop SALMLA Holds 15th Meeting USC Is Scene Of Language Profs Gathering The 15th meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Asso ciation met at the University of South Carolina November 23 and 24. Colleges and Universities from the South Atlantic area of the United States will be represented in these meetings, which seek to better the educational standards of modern languages taught in American colleges. Dr. Havilah Babcock, head of the University ot Soutn Carohna hng lish department delivered 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 during the morning pe riods. The final business session took place Saturday at 11 a.m. Dr. Guy R. Vowles of Davidson presided at the meeting, the first in three years because of war re strictions. Dr. I. W. Brock of Em ory is the secretary-treasurer. Dr. Hlavilah Babcock was in charge of all arrangements for the meeting assisted by members of the Foreign Language department at the University. S. L. Prince Fills Board Vacancy Samuel L. Prince of Anderson. South Carolina was recently ap pointed to the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees. Mr. Prince is an attorney at law, member of the firm Watkins andl Prince. lie is a prominent Ander son citizen. The board vacancyw which he fills was left by the death of Senator Harry R. Hughes. s Guest at Ca celaim of Stud aren't even~ real - just creatuores with traits that he gives them hell for havi-ng. Look, I could go to a Rotary Club and like it. I could enjoy myself. Do you think Menck en c'ould do that? Of couirse he couldln't; he doesn't like people. Or take an insurance man. An Insur ance man is all right, and I have no objections to him provided be hasn't a dull oz coarse wit. B3ut to Mencken all insurance men are ri diculous. In fact, be thinks every body13 is ridiiculouls excepjt wr it ers and artists." It is to be expected that Mr. Lewis spent most of his time answering questions about himself and about the writing profession in gene'tal. Some of his answers were unexpected, howev'er. When asked what he thbought about American lit eraturo of the p)resent day. andl what trends he thought It would take, he replied, "What do I think? There are a lot of people writing, If that's what you mean. And ab)out these trends. There aren't any trends in American literature, Of course, you can find twenty trends in one place at one time, if you want to call every writer who has a different style or a different sub ject or a different philosophy a trend." No less unusual was his statement that the writing of the TwentIes was being vastly over rated. le said, "There's no such thing as the Twenties, the way most people mean. It's all a myth. 60s,toB 'riatior ONE TO B Fictured above are LeCiair A Omega, and Edna Hill Haynes, prt he crowned Carolina's Homeconih Enrollment E Any in US H Final Figure Total Over 200 Applicant Dr. John A. Chase, dean of ad ministration, announced Monday Ncv. 19 that a total of 2.2.-14 stu dents have registered in the t'ni versity of South Carolina lui tilt' fall termn, which began Nov. 1. It is the largest enrollment in Ile history of the University. "Our enrollment would have .x ceeded 2,500 easily if we nad had any place to put them," Dvan Chase said. rolina; ents It's just a criical cliche that the critics have be'en using foi fifteenci years, and none of us writers have ever been interested enough to cor'0 reet them. 1'd like to see somebody do it. No, the only way you enn truthfully classify thosee writers is to say that hetween 1919 and 193t0, there lived a numb)ei of authors who wrote about America; there's not hing remarkable aboutI that. now is there? Or you c'ould lump together all the authors who lived between 1920 and 1921. Of c'ourse, tiat's reducing it to an absuridit y. but you see ,'hat I mean." When Mi. Lewis was asked to comment on h1is coat roversy w"it h Bernard De Voto, he said. "Oh, that. It wasn't athi ng that he sa id aibout mae. I just got damne.d tired of De Voto picking on Van Wyck Brooks. It was obviously a per sonal disllke', and Brooks is a nice fellow, and DIe Voto tried to dis guise It as literary criticism. The whole thing is that De Voto's stuff hasn't sold and Brooks' has had great success. I just got damnted tii'ed of it. and stuck up for B rooks." Mr. Lewis stated that he thought that America had matured remark ably since Main Street appeared, and that Amiericans as a whole wer'e more realistic, less pcejudiced, iess childish than they were twen ty vars ago. oe Que4 is Req E QUEEN nuerson, petite ibrowihasir-d (hi Ity blond Pi Phi. One of them will kg Queen. xceeds istory s 2,244 s Ref used Included inl the Cnrollmcin of the fall lerm are 6172 civilian men. 874 women. and 698 Naval tranes (NROTC aind( V-12). Of ti- ci%i lian mune. 2G2 m e% tera ns. TO accomlmodate ilhe lal.-- en lollileit. all facilitics it the .ni versit. are ta.xed to tihe utmoist-.i There are l,-i :d its iving in duimilolles whose nooilal calacilt is 1,217. "We cannot clro\\d Our (orili Itoiies fuirther w ithout Ie-ndarngerinog the- wtellai e of our students, whichr we i efusi Sco rio.' Deta n Chase sodii. Cokri andr M .\lxey coille'gs, riot - mal ly menr's dlormiiitor-ies, werec as signedr to women situdrents oct ohe V-J l>a.\. and befotre thIe I'niver. sity could arnliciparte the lar ge in crecasr ini en rotlmnentI of rivilIian meno, ineluling V e t e t a n s, Dean Charse statled. Sinnie Aug. 15. no aissigiiniet-rs of d mi iitories. .\ll outI-of-st at p up prlilentions we re i turned dlowni con. sidfeilr, bi.beore Ithat daiit'. No dori rmitory assig inmntIs hav~e ber-n nmadte to me-n since Se-pt. 15. Ace om miodatiions ior many mr-r, moirstl. veterains hiave bieen louind in tire c-it y. W'momein st udet-s are rnot per miite tl r1o room oil ciamiipus except withi t-ir amilie-s or c'lose rcla livjes. 'T' eni ollmneni in thle spi 'rg leinm wich cended in ,lul., 12p student s. 'Te erohllmuent in thle sumlmr term diroppedl to 811. Tire pr-esenrt enrollmventl rep)reIsent S an increase of 6:1 Pe cent Ove thle spr ing ieiiii. lIn aii on to doijtortes, class rooms, lahioratories anid oilher tac lties arec filled to absolute capa city. "WithI tic rate o1 rtturn ing seti er-ans constantly being accelerated, we expect Io reach our peak in the session of 1946-47." Dean Chase Only r'egutlar'ly-enronlledl students arec includedl in the~ 2,244 students reported. T.here ar-e htundreds of extension studaents. 2n ati ue st 0 Maryland H Game Create Activity This The queen for the fiftieth aj olina homecoming, the first s tween halves of the Caroli afternoon, December 1. Not alumni, and friends of the Uni Anderson or Edna lill Hax Homecoming queen. Players To a/ Present 2 New Shows "The 1#Visitor" Slated For December 11 Two new and future piesenta tions have been cast by the Univer sity Players groui) and will be giv en on the Drayton Hlall stage in December. The first of these new ly cast plays that will appear on t1e lill of things to come will be Kenneth V im e's "The Visitor." The date that "The Visitor" is slated for is De"emhel 11. "The Visitor's" cast is made tip of entirel.v new-Comers to the Player's stage with the exception of one part taken by thrice-appear ing-for-the-season Joe )ren nan. The play's being a iy%stery com pels the plot to remain thusly but, the cast consists of Elizabeth, the maid. play \ed blY Marjorie Sackett; Wally Dawson. played by IHelen ll'ndley who comies to the Univer ,it\ Players froi H. C. iigh school alld th11wir s po; i esentat ols; Ju dith CI1unm111101anh is portIa. ed bv beretofore promliplel.t Dois 13ataes; Ellun Wood is taken by Jane Saw vr: Miack Burrell is played Ib lloit Crieder; Bud Owen is played by Ricbtei Maoore; Jone Willaid is played by Keith Edwards: and David C11111u1.hamli h. veteran,n te'-la.r!ers Joe Drenntani. lThe ealst for "Thliree NIlen on a I lorse'' itnclud es Iris Butiihage, whoi takes the role of Atudriey 'Trow br1id'. a hotuse-wife withl more thtan ther share~ of tups and downs as thle resulIt of "'thriee men't on a horse"; Erwin Tr'owbridge, huisband to Autdre.s is taken by . lihnny I ler' m;: ('larence IDohbins. brother-in law~ to E'rin. is platyed by Jack B3rett ; li'rie. a bar-tmid of a cut and dIriedI variety, is played by Anne Mloore: Charlie, a fellow wilapped tip ini plac'ing bets onit hiorse's noses. is taken over by 'Tom oy Gilbert ; Friankie, one of those girls that boo0kmakers cater 1(o, is por'tra3ed b)y IHurne'lle Slacev; Pat sv. thew leader anid rutler of the roost of t he thr leesomie. is played by Iria II udson ; Ma hel, alnotheri one of t hose g iirls. is (ariedt by Dotis Horis: Moses. a horse-be ti ing eleca t or operatIor-bell-hop comblinat ion, is done14 by Tut Lounds: Gloria, the giril reporter,' is played by Lillian Williams ; Al. thle photographer is Vernon Taylor at thle height of his career; Ilotel maid is played by Laura Rotberts; Mirs. Carver is p)layedl by3 Carolyn Becan and The Tailor is done by Joe Dirennan. Smiith Anniounces Holiday Dates For Christmas Pr'es. Norman M. Smith an nouinced this week that Christmas holidays would he extendled. Holl day's will begin Deemrber' 22 at six p.m. Classes will be resumed at eight a.m Januar.. 1. urday; n File mecoming ' Great Week inual University of South Car nce 1941, will be crowned be na-Maryland game Saturday until that time will students, versity know whether LeClaire 'nes has been elected second Festivities for the annual CelI bration will begin Friday night with a Pep Rally in the Field House and Davis Field. Roy Bass is going to act as master of cere monies, and Roy Neal's orchestra w%ill play between 7:43 and 8:00. The ially begins at 7:45 instead of the formei ly announced 7:00. Roy will introduce Ralph Lewis, exe cutive secretary of the Alumni Association. who will introduce Thomas F. MvCutchen, Jr., who will give a short pep talk. Mc Cutchen has just returned from 41.. .ears in the Army Air Corps and has only recently enrolled in the Law School to complete his work for a law degree. le was a captain during the army service and hails from Bishopville. The Block "C" club will then couiflct its raffie and award i1 iYes. FOIu hoXing matches follow as well as several tumbling acts. This will end the program in the Field llouse after which everyone \ill go to Davis Field for the bon fire. The boxini matches consist of two rounds, two minutes eacn. Saturday morning alumni and alumnae will register in the Alumni office. There will be guides to take them to points of interest on the campus. Sororities and fraternities have made hanners foi the occas sion. and awards will he given for tihe best ones. The h1allots tor tOhe homecomig (Iticen ha not bvcn coulinted to date, the hallots being kept under doible lock and iey in Mr. Lewis's oflfice. Edwin R. Jeter, president of the Alumni Association. will ap point a tncomittee to count the hal lots by long distanec telephone Friidla morning. Thte st udent coun c a conducted'( the ielcion in whlich atll studtiii s part icipated. The Alummt C'ountcil will con. Venie Sat urday ntorn in g to hattdlIe iou tie husiness ateri wItich tey will have luncheont to gether at the Uiversi tv cafet etla. There wilt not be a parade dur ing the afternoon, hut the gamte wilL begin itt 2:30 instead of 3:00. President Smiith of the University will dtelive r an address of welcome to all alumnI hetore the queen is crowned. President Smith iwill then introduce President Jteter of the Alumni A.ssociat ion who wil crw the Illomecoming queen. lmmtediately after the game or about 5:00 the Student Council will sponsor and informal drop-tn for atll altimni antd alumnae. The lIndepetndents of which Eleanor Bonds is pt'esidlent. is in charge of all arira ngementis. TIhe committee appointed by the stutdlent Council to work with the Alumtni Association tar Home Coming consisted of Doan Sommers, chtairmtan; alohn Il a rt, Walter Myers. James Everett. and Jo Seidemtan, secretaryv. The only other homecomIng quieen was crowned in November, 1941 when Miss Mary King, now Mrs. Edward Kendall Butler, Jr. of Coluimbia, was crowned. Mr. Lewis says that although this homecomnig cannot be as great as the one the University will have when all the men and women come oack f or the reunmon probably iin the spring, it will he a very colots 'ul program. "FIghtIng Gamecocks" oettogether and renew friend.