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Gamecock Becomes P ap Weekly! ~& c ~Z~ h im ap UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XXXX, No. 40 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 15, 1946 Founded1908 USCTht Compete Againi In South Atlanti The debating team of the Uni Versity of South Carolina. reacti vated only a month ago after five I y,ears of discontinuation during the war, journey to Hickory, N. C., last week, where they took second plate In the South Atlantic Forensic Tournament among a field of nine contesting schools. The tournament winner, this year the University of Florida. was de termined on a percentage basis with the team taking the most de bates out of the number of debates pat I icipated in being judged the winier. In competition, however the U.S.C. negative team defeated the. first place winners during the The South Carolina negative team is composed of Robert Hirsch andi Robert Bates, both NROTC stu dents at the University. The af fit I mative tean is made up of John Cochran and Robert llir-tsch as col * ler.gues. The debate lournament, held ditr Ing March 7-9. was the first compe tition this year for the Gamecock debaters. Other teams in the tour nament. in addition to Carolina. Included the University of Florida. North Carolina. Lenoir Rhyne. Roa noke, Randolph - Macon. Carson New man, and Leas McCrae. After their achievements at Iiek oi.. the Gamecock debateis may he e.xccted to4 make a worthy show. In- feor thei school in the National Dc bat ing rournament scheduled foi the end of this month. Anyone interested in debating may still come out for the tearn, and it is hoped that there will be muore students interested in dehat in in tih future U. S. C. Offers 5 Fellowships Says Callcott Tne Unive-1Aiay oI South C:t1(o Iin:k annoincei the following fel Iow.snips iind assisitantships in its vvJous Nchools and depm1tmen1)(.t s. IrT~ ia ae to enable students to unh' tiae 2 .adutiale woi k duaihig th . academic year, E46-47. The fci.w ilips plovide lot pay Inents to selected studenits of fron $" to $700 lr acmdemic yea. No I' ,ecial se'rv ices ar r eq ui red o1 st u tIls seheC tiel, buOt Ieciient s ael expr)(e(ed te devote thtili whole t*ei king I inm ee t the putasuit oef g duticte worek ini thle reglar 5' .oob,l atnd dlIe fadtmns of t he tchoo hop lod awardile? ."aon An\ e cft rt ,s madiee tee sel'et '.tui dentils who htave made(e ouatsttanding ir eoi ds, whoei cn ha ndeI research a elnd astert a subjiect. l!a . Calicot t lip ' that Soithe Cat olina studenits w'ill i (aeli/e and1( take aidvantage oft ti '' alloppotunaities. This will go ai logway in makinjg the University t;. (Cen e( of thte state educa t :mnal A\pic atIioens shlde he submniitt ede toe the g aaduae o effie inot later' IthanI Altit I. AwO.ards wcilt be made by~ Ali 1.e. Every Week Is G,amecock Week 'With Tihi Issue With this issue the G.AMECkOC'K heeieme. ia weekly. It it our alne I-, nmake the G.AMECOCK the most el fective chantnel of puisbleatlion on t'al ceapus; therefore, we asek that sii organizaiitionsi elect..or appoint a GAMEC:(OCK reporter whon wIll in form ata asa to the activtit of hIse e'igtalaatlon. With your co-opera tion, the (;AME:CoCK hopeit to 3arleat a calendar of all meetinlgs, pilac'es, and dates each week. We allo intle the faculty and admitnla traition to make its annouancementa a through thae naea. En)I'rs SIf ?bators 0 't Nine Schools c Tournament USC Granted Additional Home Units The University of South Carolina has been granted 20 additional housing units, President Norman Smith has announced. This brings the total of temporary housing units for single and married veter ans to 120. The University appiien for 165 units from the Federal Housing Au thority. The Authority has been c4iiiatiii Im , 121 of those units asked fo. President Smith also announces that the city of Columbia is giving the University the old fire house between Pendleton a n d Main sl reel . This property formci ly be longed to the University and thien was s(ld to the city. Now the city is giving it back to lhe University. It will be used as a cissroomll building as soon as it can he it modfeled. Oth i sitvs %%hilih thI t'nier sity has obtained Jor housing is IhI area on either side of Bull street beyond th, State Hospital. The area has been contributed by the city and is located near the Confed erate Home. President Smith states ihait it will take about four months to build the housing units. The City of Columbia has begun work on extending water lines to these areas. Columbia's (ity council met March 1: and voted to vxtend waler and sew\er lilies to the site frantedt to he V'niversity of South Oarolinia. Five main Iectuests have been made to the citY for the housing of the vtesrans. The.se include: wate fines into the site, sewer lines into, the site, permit to undertake the work. elIeriv and plumbing inspec lion, and a mleiste water ieter and individual metes when available. Members of the administration have been in Atlanta district office of the Federal Hlousinrg Adlminis Israt ion, dus insg the past weeks to geit the cointracet fos these tunsits and to (exped(ite details. As yet thc General Assembily has appilroplriaited sno mo0ney to , emocdel Ithe old fire house oni Main street into a cla,sroomn huilding. Department Of Orient atione Adds Classes 'Tihe Stutdent iChair man of Ithe Os i' itton Ping, am Franc's Siimip. .on, a ndlt the cithe thbriee miiemblers citf tic' steerCinsg comiimittece, Frianik SIoa n, Etl l azascicr, a nd toe H arm miock, have adopted a more t hot ouighi psrogram fos the new st udenits at Carolina. Snialler classes, tmot e Icachiers, an tic eies selected fors thei r act V isory capaitIy havse been thle main idleas. Liz Noton arnd Ethel Lazas haive chartsge of theic two girls' classes ainc to take care of all Ite returned men'l thesire will he twentvy-eight boyti' ilagsses undicer Iihe direct ion of "raiik Sloan.i Rlobert McEtwee, Cconnie' Mort on, Thomias E. Me Cuthtican, Ilinsy H eriot, Tlonimys Barton. Riley Bradhiam, Fratik Ctul hertson, Joe L.umpkin, Mae Lewis, Bill Hennet. Marion Whaley, Framiptcon lcencdersoni, John Ford, Elmer Frick, John Holland, Sid Wise, llar'old Sullivan, Berry D. Love, Joe O'llan, R. E. Quinn, A. C. Moores, Claude Sapp, E. M. Single tory, Jlames R. Mann. Dewey G;en 1ry and Goroe Coleman. 'O q o8vic Place The Ur Here Is your Vespers Choir. Ge %Ings at every Vespers Service w linterested in singing in the choir reorganized under Auld's directi Lewis). Retirin t Prof Is Honored By Math Dept. 'Il Wiado 1allmp;On hotJ w:: the sc(ne of 1. hataiqw Febru -ii 18 given by ftie Dmitmicnt of Mat hemat ics in honor of Prlofc sam E. C. C'>ker who ret i led at t,he end of the last term as Piofe.sor of Malvinatics and Asjonomi.. Prof, ssor Coker has h, ro m1-o (iatt'd with the fild of eduaiion in South ar-oliil dItlitng his en. the lifo. Efoe voming to the lni \et sity in 1924. he was head of t he Departmnt of Mathinnties at Winihtp01) Coll-ge. Pllofes.Nol W. L.. Williaml., uN%I toast masteri. After pv%ing a hirf Itibiute to Profi-.ssmn Cokei its at man fond teachei. Ie prest nted him a desk on beh'ilf of thefl Dpaiimcnt of Maltheialies. Profossor I.. Venlom of Ih lie t,trimnivi of Mathematics and A tronomy is., the ath,lir of a ieuvle arltick- in Popular Astronomy vin titled "Conceriing our Ne,rmt .i 0-1 lestiai Neighos." The articl is a schojartly piece of work and to (luired( a conltsidein ble am)ounit oIf computagioln. Pt ofess.mj Rlobino u1(3 t:' 1(1 lIet ele<(ted'l to mtemrt heaip ini thet Rtoy al Astrtonomnhia Soc ie'tt of 1.00ndon and to Who is Who in Am0e'Iicatn E:dwuent ionl. Two-Thirds of 1 Found Without HSId Wise l~and Mart Smilth This fodis Killing tme." is a famt1 iliat (1hant aroutndl1) th 'ivrit0S y of Sout h Catoulina ('ampus Ithes" dlays. Personally I'd like to say this lack of food is killing me. hut 'that's a little 1oo muchi on the plersonlal side. The al ready strined0'( eating far ilit ies for studentts both 03n andl neari the camp1)lus have more1 11han1 reacl(hed t heir limits t his semes0ter. The long walling lines at the Uni telsity eating places atnd at the0 neighborhood boarding houtses have groiwn longel. anid helpings have grownl smallet as they tally their1 reserves of food iln ant effort to feed the crowds. It's a noble effort butt look who is suffering. A sut vey of the University eating facilities and one nearby etafeteria andl two popular hoardintg houses revealed that together the five establishmenth were feeding 2,300 meals a day. That accommodates only 716 of the more than 2,200 ('ivilianl students regIstered at the U'niversito this .emete. Tat. lesi oecond 1 iversity Vesper orge Auld, last man to the left on ! -91sniday evening-i at 7:30 1. im. to come and practice with them. ' )n, former director having heem . Smithsonian' EN On Display In l "ilow Prits Are, 'Madb.- a gitih 'onliiln O."hibil;hm.l is n1(rx on tlp: at thI .\M Kissick Mcllmlr I 1.1ti:r Iivj. sity Souti Ch 1I) ( I I:1. Thill ib ti,n con-i.-iite: ,f 2.1 ,,a;Is - 'ollIamlint 82 illti l t ioni, which IIlev pwiloiaIly ani with do sc ipti i fatvte i .I i hito o( 1 II i illf-11a,1 InI - from I hoecal i, (' - n).- e-t hod i o I its, pIel fnt 1 .I);. i ! - tI l, of ii k.n , bIh w locally. D e.-iin of thi fiIpliintin mot h1od, u11 iO4' in ('hi ai beIut 17 A. D., Oriental mlth4dI of miakin. wood bim-KS, Ilhe Amlleicall Schil. which bog:tm aft,r ls7. hmvoe in e hinlu. llolot-printin'-'. (itua i , l itlholi alihY. andcllff pa, m. Illo. ste d. Proofs Read y Annual piwils % ill bt Ihi i M i:ilv 11, .ile Stddtmanll vdiIII)l of lhe (;,a int and HBio k, a noiunce.s. The sutpply of9 film hu s he ake,i ntil19 futl nlic1 e4 i. hChIt 91 was i also94 announ4 t 4 tha by. for thien p.a449f. htda4. Jmv~ersity Stuidei Pr'o>er' Eatino F 't9mpilis ii 1 n thi" riin ty 111 . If ('atlo the neiglhbothood dlu ig s'tioi 4 andt linliversity mehn par1k [ hielocal iuk' joints it's probiiably herauseil' the'y till htllngI. One Ilii'9iIts velteran tIl e9t4 utly4 ('tu tt (u t meat 9919 w t s a cros i-eti sa. and1( din k coffeei t hat som s wlli'5.m1 9t ~ pay ices lraniginlg fromi Sil t , Ito 75 tents a meiiai for foiiod tat mallkes thel' . S. Army9'4s 9(9 ten int'e and 'C' liatio s loo5 1 k iike'5414 so etast 4 dish iooked up9 byv Oscar ati the4 Waldor0 f." Most of its gave up long agot ly ing to get planneitd melais. Arte ali (Citainl stage of starvation 0914 cats anything that is pushed his way. That is the situation here. Caro lna Co-eds don't worry ahoutt diet ing these days. It isn't necessary. One boarding house in the vicinity of the liniversity said thai they 1r n Meet Choir the hack, leads the eloir, which mtorge Issues anl invitation tII all Phe Choir has only recently b)een Spurr. W.SC photo by Stan bibition Now ew Libraryv T I t 1i t f - 1.. I r. 1." n.. di : .-d i , lib ) n oil: .1m i ; a E:0,1111ll2884 1A m1f72 Jill'ane .\n ani enI It . l ini - I a ( i Ih., piil it)n (-Il .l: and 1 hul I,Io t . Iiin of a .\ l k Tui in \,7 i ' i it. by i Tilot. (' I l, . ;N.1 ls:tml ;ind 1:n 1jll owm i l 1. 1 !P 11 1 1 .1 in it iB nt eo hb'kn Uniiversity Now Enrolls 2,884; L ,172 VetL iera sii s I t f Iti i 1 it's t a. - o f N eit h lt I l i . i it (i i 1 1, t t0 '\si it ft iti * e5 i \a - lii nit'l uilhe 5154 lt t ele sttt'll (% nd ITi nn r Toptitli 's, ' i : etf Ile u its l\t lfin i5Thteit l'iv1 i Izi \-ti s t het lo-. ist eat in w lilel n o se l elst t whi'thu a--ip It 11; ta selln m rea 1 i ink e ' t Itt ite It whiSl had1 t pe'itt uslyk hStl t 11tihem. IThk e r shd wI: trn isff s ft s iu t down the15( numbrt fral s ude int It) trilk toeat inhire aul'apat ndschfi old is oht he al'om om al Cmole studen. l51m hthess pre 'font faltes cotogh lowe d migth enaged s eme-ll10!h au e o f the bestods i th i lusetetn s.lte ndteln Session Would I Last Of June T< B. Stoddard Voted Head Of Veterans Hob Sloddald. fleshnllanr in the I nivv- sit y of Soul h CarolIna Law school was ieeiod piesident (of the Cainlina veterans at a metinw in the Chalel Tuesday night. Ie sicU ceds .James T. i[o0 Funlderhulk of Lanvastoi. who w,as t-nemraiy president of the witou,. Funnei hut k wa *lIe-t-d \ ie p>resident and lit oj.! n am 0-hall mnanl of t1he zoul p at Tiesda. 'S inel tI g iallon \\'hait-x wv'io Ilet d strc %i1.-11 411 11 I l slit-re-..i "l ick }'. 1.0-\IS. 1ll il,01a \ sf-c I vlal \-t11 tI 'a - "iloel. aid limd Tu tihull \;as eler icd .11 II lilt- ) '. ) ~ I'4a T* i ll C: 1 111 1-: a V -16.1"d \'111 1 \A..if laNt .1 li- g 111 - ivi i i h - t ou n of I he- 1.' i \ k . A I t at 0 ti' *'i1 0 f u t- in I \ ' iti \ . ;nt.at tin- ao-t TiU, fti' . One u, smI. i ra a,p e I I 'I till 1 \' o n If f l P F < ZI bu . A% i Il - f a i I i o, f I ' i Library vHou r BroadeaS ti tt , A4 New Sertes .:; In t\\ i ) \if e ie g i s . i 'i. 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Wills E:he t h .ebrh staletant 1 tiden.pAlofefici o Can,o fet In - il fual ('t t h it'ni her abt l e I histl. f theS c i r C. y la r mer I)perate From > September Pre4sidlent Smith Relifuests AXppropriation To Riunt Colleges During Summer Thc I'n: I % iIY of South Caio I a B)atI of T I I Iiu )-(,, u?InIn kis l .\ i11ovi-d a Su1Ilmmn r mssIion of 'ho ' n; irily whi, h would ;un fliml ?lt 4,n16 rd the Spling svimls t.1 it1111 . 1I46. Unil abo u Soptcm h,#'t T. Thlweae dates; ha\ Ilo)t w( IIn fo lm 11 ed. Ti's ses1(4 wu Id Ia in.mI edi a,--.% afiti the sii:ig s'm estil I had frd : iiv f v.l) ot;fl. Eli 1 1,1m holifla.\3 beweI tvvil Ihv 'VI mf tIn an'l tihe sunim i- sssion. JI wl-uld uni ap lroximal ]Y- I \- l . n a i efo I f he all tim) , 1946-47 1S du< in h min. 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I I li 11)l i I h-i k, \ ( 11n I\b M :ar T ;n. at .-\i m N I hae (nlepi folri th t- .'3% of Mae Qu.h u t he - Ii' 'rslt\ wrill 1)4twoe ii '%f')) Uc 4 the mu% m ee rd10opralte th n forn the tyl n t \ tuiei:. od KSKlotacenic Sp orsorst AyI h a Qu en wllb are beaut.l toaele t ofI rerant I tse io weeuth orrolat ther nansic e fraerit, il he h i eld wMarch '(,at E:30 . m.d or a theS,ce campna frfrmllr.a