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219>'$. mass - WE WANT ACTION! WE WANT A BIGGER UNIVERSITY! UNIVERSITY OF SO SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GRE ITER CAROLINA Volume XXXIX, No. 38 ~~ COLMI,SUHCRL% ERAY2,14 Stud Dem Commissions, D In Joint Ceremt Snith Will Honor 121 S At 2:15 p. im. This Aftet A total of 48 candidates will 73 student will receive their C tion and commissioning exere in the University of South C ciple address will be made Toombs 1)uBose, U. S. N., Co District, Charleston Navy Ya Norman M. Smith; presider side, and music will be furnit Invocations will be asked hy the Reverend Henry A. McCullough, pastor emeritus of St. Paul's Luth eran Church in Columbia. Dr. Hugh R. Murchison, University Chaplain, will pronounce the benediction. Candidates for baccalaureate de grees will be presented by Dr. F. , W. Bradley, dean of the college of arts and sciences. Dr. V. V. Cal cott, dean of the graduate school, - will present students for graduate degrees and Captain M. G. Kennedy, U.S.N., commanding officer of the R.O.T.C. unit of the University, will present the candidates for commis sions. There will be special seats re served for members of the facuily and their families, and parents of the graduating students and those to be commissioned. The academic procession, com posed of the board of titistros, the faculty, and the graduating class. will form in front of Ihe Carn liniana Library at 1:45 p. m. Honor students who are gradual Ing cum laud e are: Rosalind SponA Becker, Georgia Roberta Williams, Golda Vermelle Ilaile, Lalan Gray Miller, Albert Junior Smith. Her bert Manson Beitel, and George * Avar Helow. The following students will YP ceived degrees this afternoon: Bachelor of Arts: Rosalind Spong Becker, Harold Delois Bre;zf-lle. Betty Lou Brockinton. Cornelia Jane Campbell. Willard Duckworth Cotter, Jenniv Elizabeth Johnston. ThoM Lawson Lindley. Lucile El ton Morris lIph Ryherg. Bachelor of Arts in Education: Rebecca Ann l3ushee. 14orthY Vi ginia Hicks. Katherine Watson Mc Cants. Anne Royall Newman. Geor gia Roberta Williams. Bachelor of Science: Ernest Lynn Brady. Jri., Golda Vermelle laile. Jane G;aston Ketchen. Alice Ezelle McLuire, Andrewdello Jlacqueline continued on pag'- two, ('ol. 6 KSK TIhanks Students For Contribution s lielowv isP pint ed a tlltei xsp ess lng the gratitude of the Kappa Sigma Kappa Service Fiat.'i nity to all those who havie conIttihuted to t he J1. Rion McKissick Scholaisii Fund which it has fostered. "Dear Friends: "This letter is to expre'iss the very sincere apjpreciat Iion to t he students of the Un iversi ty oh South (Carolina for t heiri contrlibuition to the McK<issick Me'morial Schohst shiip Funrd. You will be pleased to know that of our original goat of $t0,000O we have.a i the tresen t time nearly $6.000i. "Following thle original plans15 thi., slim is beIng p)lac('d ini the thandis of the l"inance Conmmit tee of the Board of Trrustees for saf' invest V gment . The proceedls are to be used In sumns of 5:~r10(eac to al't wthyitl st udents who show defInIte plans of futunre usefulness to the state of South Carolina in comnplet inig their education. "With this in mind, if you know of any others who would care to contrIbute to the fund or If you would care to supplement you! original contribution, as has been * the expressed Intention of some of out- filends, these contributions will en ts andil egreesAwarded ony Today tuidents in Field House ,noon; Debose Will Speak receive their commissions and legrees in a combined gradua se February 20, at 2:15 p. m. Irolina field house. The prin by Rear Admiral Lawrance rnmandant of the Sixth Naval rd. it of the University, will pre fhed by the University band. Retiring Profs Asked to Leave Faculty Homes The housing situation for the University of South Carolina has caused t he faculty as well as tihe students to feel the blow of the hand of want. Ret,iring piofessors have been asked to vacate their homes on July 1, the date of their retirement. Aniong those profesNsors %cating Iheir homes on the campus Ihis coming July 1 will be: Dr. Leonard T. Baker, inivi-r spy vice presiceint and deal of tlt thrice alcing president of the uni versity. who will retire as piesident emeritus; Dr. George McCutcheon. head of the department of econom ics; Prof. Ilenry C. Davis, of the English Department; ind Dean Walter Elliswot th llowe. dean em (ritts of the school of engineering President Norman M. Smith an notnced that he wrote to the pro fessors concerning (his matter, he cause he felt that tI his resource would conserve esseniial space On the cailpus. According to President Smith, the faculty homes will not be Ieoccu pied, oncte vacald i, hut might he used as dolnitoly space, for class rooms. or lor offices. One of the houses is being considered as a girls' dormitoty. and it is possible that others will be used to house lhe famnilies of martried veterans. Ex-Servie n Lay Plans~ To Aid Oilher Veteranis Tttesdaty. lehuatry 12 in t he t.t ni v'.lsity chatpel made(1 del imite plarns to hellp ex- selvier men ieturinting to t ho univetsity for the first t imei this semlest er with tegist ration. A comnmitte repr'liesenttinag the vet crans on gan t.nt ion on thle (cam1pus will mainitain a booth duriing the legistrtion eriod td for aidm11g new~t vet etrns withI registrtationt. M1i meographedt formls will lbe g iv en to all vteterans ant registraition. Thlese formts wvhent conmpleted wilt fittnishi an nct'1urate tegister of vot erantts tiln te (ampus aitSnd mt)formia I ifin 'onceiring t llh it fo lie vt t'rants Orgamitatittn. ed to try to secure rI toms in Ithe city for abtllltXt1 vet erans who hiave beeni unabl Ie to hi nd places to live cIt her at t he university or In tolwn. Steps were taketn to mold the presenit temlporary veterans group into a permanent organization. At the next meeting on March 5. a committee- will begin wvork on a constitution for the group. Steps are being taken for a membership drive to enlarge the organization. VMa ga 638 Navy Men Here Next Term "We expect to have a total of 638 students enrolled in our program at the beginning of the spring term", Captain M. G. Kennedy, commanding officer of the Univer sity of South Carolina naval unit has announced. About 178 of the boys will come mostly from civilian life, and will enter in the freshman level of the V-5 Unit. Navy re cruiters, who were recently on the campus, recruited many boys right from the campus. When asked about the future plans of the R.O.T.C., Kennedy de clared: "The R.O.T.C. will stay on forever at Carolina. In what form it will do so is still indefinite, but it will probably he one very similar to the pre-war set-up. As for the immediate future, I can tell you that there will be no navy students here duiing the summer." The navy has turned ovet 92 spaces in Thornwell and McBryde colleges to civilian students for ihe new semester. These rooms havle already been assigned to incoming freshmen and veterans. Players Presen t Last Production Of Semester The University Players of the University of South Carolina pre sented "Three Men On A Horse." a three-act comedy, February 6 at 8 P. N. in Diayton Hall. It was the Players' last production of the win ter seNIester. rhe plot develops the antics of three horse racing racketeers. play ed by Ira Hudson. Van Richardson. and .aimes Simmons, who discover a lucky winner. Erwin Trowbridge, played by Jim Martin. Biilly llershherg played the part of the harman and Richtei Moore enacted the role of Trowbridge's brot her. Other characters weret por trayed by Sam McConnell, Helen lIendhe. Frontis Lown, and Lucy Owings. Stage manage'r was Richter IMoore; lighting, Fred Beck; pro gr am.,, Manning Iliarris; intermis sion music, Iria I ludson; and1 scen ely, Frances Wvirqus. Pr ofessoa MIerrill G. ChIirist opherson directed theii produtt'tion. Ra(Iysor Succeeds S Malrt Sm ith Pro mo Virginia Ray sor. U nivrsity ot Sonuth Carolina stutdent from Tampa, F"loridla, has been electedc edlitor 01 The G;amecoc'k, the stu dent newspaper, to serve t hrough out the spring term. Virginia. a rising senior', is complelting a term as managing editor of the student pub)lication. She formerly served as columnist andl news editor', and suc c'eeds Anne Searson as the paper's editor-in-chief. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Gjamma ann D)elta Zeta sororitiell ls.. Mart Smith, ree'nt ly let urned veteran of the United States Army Air ('orps. will serve as managing edit or duiring the spring term. Smith was appointed to fill a va 'ancey in thle office of news editor' on the staff shortly after mid-sem ester. Hie 'Is also managing editor of the Carolina Review, recently orgnized campus lit erairy maga zine. Max Is a member of SIgma Chi. Associate editors are Eleanor Mc Call. Sidney Wise, and George Ce lusta. Other staff editorships In clude Bill Routh, news editor; Har Lriet Lee, feature editor: Martha Steadman, society editor; Chick \continued on page two, Col, 7 Gr( An Aluni Edwin R. Jeter, president of I speaks to University students In cluded a student demonstration 12. (Photo by Stan Lewis.) M. Hanna Foll As Editor of C< Margurel Ilanni,pi Gifford, Sotih Carolina, was elected editot-in-chicf of the newly-organized "Caiolina Review," Literary magazine, at an election held hy the ediloi ial botrd Friday, Fehiuary 15th. The election was held in the "Review" office in McKissick L,ibriy. Margaret was among the original founders of th magazine, and she sucepeds Mal. Hammond, Naval ROTC student from Atlanta. Ga., who headed the "Review" since the spting of 1945. Other editorial appointiments made inclu(led: two associlde edi tors: Dick VanderVen. articles edi tor, and Dottie Perkins, short story cditor; managing edito, MalI Smith; husiness manager. 7idny Wise: vitcilation an( e.xchange vdi tor, Mary Shotn: poet ry edito:.lanl, Chuitich. and hook review Edimto. George Atild. The ietiring m mInhel s of t h " edi. torial board, who. itn gieat 10a,t were respon;ible for publishing the fi: st issue atnd arousintg studen.' t in 1t-rest a re: Ma:c I lamnmond, edi to: in-chief: i-rh HI-et et, hutsi n'-- man aiger; Car-l Stone. hook : criew .-d(i tor, and1( Erni- D)avis, poet ry eit i. When int erviewedi aft er the cler. tion Editot Mtargaru I Ilanna stated: feed to Manai(gin*g Ik on .ater ius Speaks he University Alumni Association, a student iody meeting wvhich pre. im the Capitol yesterday hebruary (PwS Ham.m.ond trolina Review i am :inverply honored hy my ap pointmnifIl to bo the( edlifol of "The Calolina levifw'. and I hope I will be able to keep up the fine pie(e dent set by al, and 'uilr iginal staff. 'm sur. that out new staff will be captable and .oprative. "Th ne catrolina Hiie9w" w%ill stand as a Ival pirtille of liltil t a nd edclationllll achicvment o'l t he cau111 s." 3a . garit ailio stated that th1"rl woull I t' I a mal --mnizatlonl of the lileiary statf zYstom. There w%ill bie a replesentia live of eich of the four classes ott thi staff. Opal Ien.. hower was elected soniot .class ip. jesenattive. The other repires(nta lives will he announred It . O1her mn minh' of 11hv staff mI eude: "!I tat'll. Cm n10a 111m - (110n: 111 'taff. l1elty Ilillifr; 1.% p ist: Site tive. Ev ln Pi tn it(I T otmi#' ( * o htt t it rar y staff. .\lay Not Ion, Mart ha Stiadman. Charlie Sander4s. Red T. !hi, Co! it MceCorlmx i iki, lilt 1 11. Lev. and EIf a nor IcCal. Th new' iti litr announed tt(t itlIhat will he larger t han t hei f it st. wit h mtittt, iessi ified mater ial inclded. rThe Panoramiati wilt he leingthene'd, withI diffet ent sect ietn wi it ten hv. the staff antd editot s. (Photo by Stan Lis)=.. Car Car' Legislature Ask For Building ai The University of South Car health and learning for an h all-out effort to demonstrate t Assembly by a march to thE improvements in the physical In rain that varied from a downpour, the University stud house several times. They car placards demonstrating the ne ments in the present Univers Survey Report Hits Need For USC Buildings That South Carolina has no single board responsible for the general adiilniiist atl iv cont ol of all the institutions of higher. education is forcefully pointed out in the ie cently published survey report made by tihe Peabody College for Teachers. This sur-%ey was made at tie re quest of the South Carolina Re search. Planning. and Development Roaid in order for the hoard to plan an educational program to meet the needs of tihe state. The report embraces all 3ou t h Carolina supported institutions and discusses iheir ieficits and ieme die for thnir paticuilar problems. It p,inlts out that the financial affaiis of the L'niveisity of South Carolina are handled by two offi cials, but no regulations outlining their duties are available. The re port also states that the Univer sity needs $50.,(KO moie a year for a vampius training school. e'li suiv has made a detailed study of the physical plant of the t'niv'rlity; and only the swimming pool. Sims and Preston dormitories. and the. new lirary r'eceived favoi able comment. The study points out Cariolina's drastic need for modern, fi rpi oof buildings and modern equipment. 1In Ntuid\iing student Ilations the stirvev reports that the Universitv has an adequate program for coun seling, orientation. and placement of students. T'he irvevy also made diIle(j repa t is on Under' g taduat e inst itt tn gradu ate- study and reseatrch. eachei ceducat ion. enginee'r in g ed(u cation, medical education. and Ii birary ser vices. T hree NewUMen Added T o USC Eniglisha Sta ff fleginning in Match there will he thr ee new pirofessors added to thle English faculty force. the largest in the entire history of U.S.C. They are Dir. Richard Heale Davis, Dr Waltier Thomas llerbe'rt, and Dr. Milledlge Biroadtts Seigler. These me'n wIll begin ('lasses on March 1. D)r. Davis. honorably discharged naval officer, is from the Untiversity of Virginia. He will assume the duties of agsociate professor. Hie was trece'ntly awarded the Guggen heim Fellowship, however lie will not take advantage of it at present. This fellowshIp is awarded by the Gutggenheimn FoundatIon to promis ing r'eseareh students in American Uiniversities, who have some defi.. nite research pro.ject that has been appr'oved by the P'oundat ion. Dr. Herbert, also a discharged naval offii'er, from the University of Vi'ginla, wIll assume the duties of adjunct professot'. Dr. Seigler, formei' naval corn. nmander, from Duke University and Winthrop College, will begin the dutties of adjunct professor. In the sprIng ternm there wIll be from 85 to 90 sections of English classes to accommodate the pros pective incease in enrmnt. itol, 1101 olina ed For Funds id Expansion lina student body disregarded :ur yesterday morning in an o the South Carolina General State Capitol the need for plant of the University. wintry drizzle to a drenching ents mar,hed around the state ried hundreds of posters and ed for additions and improve ity plant. Students kept on the walks in an orderly manner as they marched around the grounds. They did not enter the Capitol building. On the last march around the Capitol the student body assembled at the foot of the steps in front of the State House and sang their Alma Mater. Dick Vanderveen made a short speech after which the group marched off the Capitol grounds in single file. With multi-colored paint running from the fresily painted placards and dripping from their elbows and still carrying their pla cards which were then only an illegible dripping mass of color they hurried back to the camous for af tornoon examinations. Veterans Are Voters Plarards carried hv stidents made slams on the living conditions at the University, and displayed the fact that students either are or soon will be voters. Among some of the signs were those which read: "George Washington slept here"; "Loverly traditions, Lousy condi tions": "Have you shared your shower with 4n people lately?" "Please. we just left the fox holes"; "We are not only veterans. We are voters"; and "No help for vets, no votes please." Dick Vanderveen. student body president. called a special meeting of the student body at 11 a. m. in the University field house. Van derveen called the student body to order and introduced the following resolution which was passed: "Wh-reas there is an insufficient number of dormitories to house the present eniollmen t of the student body: "Whereas thfe doriitories now on the campus are outmoled. outdated, and lack the ficilities for healthful living -onditions: "Whereas marny of rtie classirooms are overrrowded rand inadequate; "Whereas present eating facilities aerommnoda;te hut a small percent age of the studtent body., many stir dents are forced to go elsewhere for food which is rinwholesomo and exorititant in price; "WVhereas thte uinmsersity is not, eqtuippedt to satisfy the needs of ou r retuiirn inrg veterans--marcried arnd single; No Auditorium 'Whercas we are the only state suppiorted inst itut ion in the state of SouthI Carolina with no audi torium: "Whereas there is a real need for a student union building to provide for recreation: "Re it hereby resolved that we the students of the University of South Carolina request that the state legislature take the neces sarv steps to alleviate the present deplorable conditions." President Varnderveen informed the gathering of the proposed march which was merely to demon state the feeling of the University students to the General Assembly, arid impress members of the assem bly' with the need for a better Uni v'ersi ty. He asked students to co-operate by not destroying property on the State House grounds and Staying off the grass and shrubbery. Previous Meeting Vanderveen called a simIlar meet ing of the student body' on Feb. 12 to request favorahle action on a bill continued on page two, Col. 4