The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 19, 1946, Page Page Five, Image 5

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Players 0 Seated in front, Rebecca Haigle Betty Lewis, Marion Rodgers; stm R. McConnell. "Chicken Every Sund Veterans' hospital. (USC photo by e Alumni Office I Task Of PostinP (By Dors Moorhead) Undergraduate cultivation is to be one of the major points in the build ing of an even bigger and better Alumni Association at the Univer. sity of South Carolina. Aims at pres ent are to organize classes into alumni groups before ever leaving the campus. The association intenns to help the future alumni to learn more about Carolina's program and policies. Although the association now fre quently cooperates with student service organiz.ations in handling student projects, it intends to play an even larger part in assisting with student organizations and student Projects. To sponsor this undergrad %tate cultivation program will re quire one-half of the time of one person to carry it out effectively. Other postwar plans are to rework the present record system, to have an alumni magazine. and an alumni fund, and to extend the alumni placement service. The letter will be especially helpful in finding suitable I places for returned veterans as well as aiding all alumni to find and fill poitlions. The present record system is a temporary one. When Mr. Ralph a Lewis, executive secretary of the Alumni Association. camme here in 1940, there was no uniform recordi system. A system was devised on an 's accelerated basis by setting up card records by the use of steel plateen cards. By the ume of these, three cards could be made at one writing. an original and two carbon copies Because of the wvar-time effort. there has been no time available for further building of the record sys tern. The temporary system re'--\ mnained throughout the war and still exists. A permanent system Is one i of the postwar aims of the associa- . tion.t . The work of the past year has1 proved to he the biggest undertak ing in the history of the associa 'Compliments of C A L DW ELL'S CAFETERIA 1307 Hampton Street COLUMBIA, S. C. JOYE BR CLEANING A Expert Workmanship "ConvenientII Phone 8258 4 Beli<s ..s largest dej Columbia. S. C. Cast In New Prodi r and Irene Stern, seated, Beelot nding, Dick Murisa, Vernon Taylc ay" will give a repeat performance Stan Lewis.) aces Great USC Alums ion. It has kept up with 5000 men and women in service iand 6000 ci Aian alumni. Two-hundred fifty , housand copiles of the "Gamecock" nd more than 50.000 additional >ieces of mail were sent out during .944-45 to more than 11.000 located -arolinians in the armed forces and on the home front; hundreds >f thousands of items of Interest lbout the participation of Caro ina men and women in the Second Vorld War were processed and fit .d. Wit hi i the past five years, Ihe uiemhership of the association has neresed sevenfold and other mints in tihe program have devel-1 Oped lat fan evenl greater pace than lie memivilbership. 1e of t he most I i port int dases during the war was keeping p the morale of the alumni and I Lunae of the military forces. ;pecial service files were set up howing the name, class, and home ddress. It also included any known leclaration the serviceman or serv cewoman may have received. This ysteni involved quite a hit of ex ra work. For example. from Dec. 940 to July 1, 1940, there were ,5.000 changes of addresses in the rmed forces alone. In addition to this there were 20,000 changes in card and addrs-l ograph records, clIpping, process ng and filing of more than 15,000 ews stories gathering, wiling and diting and puhlishing of more han 100.000 notes and news stories. ,tore than .35.3.00 copies of cam us pubalicat ions were sent out and nore than 20,000 personal mies ages as well as more than 25.000 orm messages andi news letters L'ere (list ribut ed. In the Alumni office at the U.ni ersity, there is at service flag hang ng over the mantel. It shows that{ here were 5,459 in the service from he UniversIty. 105 of whom are ow deceased. The filing system of the Associa Chino & Gifts Columbia's Largest Hardware Store Lorick & Lowronce OTHERS END DYERS ind Prompt Service SLocated" 1209 Pendleton St. :>uth Carolina's sartment store jction Scarborough, Keith Edwards, r, Burnelle Stacey, Va Woodruff, Wednesday and Thursday at the tion is raher complicated and ex tensive. In the office of General Files alone the alphabetical, class, ind geographical filese approxi mate 66,000 cards. In addition to this, there are membership files, ormer member files, lists of alumni youncil members, board of trustees, flumni members of the General As sembly, and miscellaneous files. The alphabetical files of the gen nral files have records of the alumni ;ince 1880. No work has been started )n the work of gathering and in. Oalling cards for alumni before 1880. This is truly a histomical mat er. Tle class files contain the name, iddress, class. and code for the d riee, if any was received. The geo ,raphical files are arranged by oun1ties in South Carolina and lY tales and fortig1 vo titlies out ide of Sout h CaroliIa. Tie ede used to indihat dogrees )n the files is as follows: A, Bache or of Ai ts: A, Bachelor of Science; :. Bachelo elf Pharmacy: Ed, 3achelor Arts in Education: C, 3achelor of Science in Commerce; 'E, Bachelor of Science in Civil "ngineering : EE, Bachelor of cience in Electriial Engineering; E. Bachelor of Science in Chem cal Engineering: G. Master of %rts: G, Master of Science; S. Sum ner school or special: 11, any hon wairy degree: J, lournalism. and L. Jmw. The apiostrophie is used before he class years regardless of wheth ror not the student graduates. An interesting phase of the elumini work is the subject file. rhis contains any newspaper clip-. in rg ccl., t hat concerns a un iversit y Itumni or alumnae, It is pasted on egular si/.e typing paoper and filed mmider his or her name. Prior to the ilimig thle material is placed in a Chiina Sterling Silver Watches SYLVAN BROS. JEWELRS & DIAMOND MERCHANTS entuine Merchandise Only, No Plate. No imItatIons. Cor. MaIn and Hampton Columbia. S. C. Capitol Bowling Palace GERVAIS AND MARION * 20 Sporkling New Alleys For Your Recreation And Pleasure * OUR LUNCHEoNETTE * Delicious Sandwiches * Solads * lea Cream Sunaes * Sodas The Gamecock Building Plans The Gamecock prints the list of items which the Univerhity asked ror in its building program bill. Stu. lents need these facilities desperate ly NOW! Look it over, you students who are constantly criticising the Lniversity because of its lack of fa Allities! Iteconmended Priority: I. Additional Land (approx. 21 acres) ... . 938,000.00 . Athletic and Drill Fields. including grad. Ing, retaining walls, demolition, etc. ........ 100,000.00 I. Science (Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Pharmacy .......... 650,000.00 I. Fireproofing and Re. modling Leconte Col. lege ................ 75,000.00 5. Dormitory for Women 400,000.00 5. Naval Engineering Laboratory .......... 250,000.00 r. New Ordinance and Gunnery ............ 100,000.00 1. Administration ...... 150,000.00 3. Power Plant and En largement of Heating System ............. 330,000.00 10. Dormitories for Men at 400,000 .......... 400,000.00 11. Gymnasium for Women ............. 200,000.00 12. Infirmary ..........175,000.00 13. Student Union Dining Hall ........ 800,000.00 14. Gym for Men ...... 230,000.00 15. Remodling of Impro vised Gym for Ext. Divt. .............. 100,000.00 16. Remodling of old Dormitories, Cha pel, classroom build ings ............... 500,000.00 17. Remodeling of Stew ard's Hall for Mar ried Vets ........... 25,000.00 18. Chapel, Auditorium, and Music .......... 660,000.00 19. Shops- -Warehouse 76,000.00 20. Addition to Law School ............ 30,000.00 21. Enlargement of Stadium .......... 150,000.00 22. I"in, Arts .......... 125,000.00 24. Completion of School of Education ...... 46.000.00 $7.290.000.00o pending file, one eontaining ina terial to he filed in the subject file. There is an odd looking machine in the office. After probing around it was discovere-d that this is an addressograph machine. Addreqso graph plate files are placed in thiq machine. These contain the name.1 address and class, code to the in dividual school and whether or not a degree was received. This ma rhine greatly expediates the ad dressing of mail to alumni and alumunae. ALL SEASONABLI ART FLOV 1227 Hampton Street PHONE CORSAGES A FOR REAl Shop T HE Cl * Bracelets With Univ. * Desk Ligil With UNiV. Men's Wris $27.50 t4 U-U Here are scenes from the Alui ments of one USC alumni, "Cavolil Ralph Lewis, hard-working eci ing to mail the 12,000 Gamecocks Mayer Elected AKG Vice-prexy At Va. Meeting Nell Mayer. University of South Carolina senior from Strother. was elected vice-president of Alpha Kap pa Gamma, honorary leadership so ciety. at the AKG regional confer ence held in Virginia last week. Eleanor MJcCall, university senior, accompanied her to the confertnce. Beginning in the fall, Alpha Gam mit will renew its annual series of fall meetings. which were halted when the war began. The next meet ing to I- held is scheduled for the second week in October, to meet here at the University. Alpha Kappa Gamma i% a regional honorary sorority that stands for leadership and character in woman ly service. !CUT FLOWERS /ER SHOP Columbia, S. C. 2-678 1 SPECIALTY .VALUES At INT EEN $5.50 rity Seal ters $3.00 rsity Seal I Watches a $39.50 Alumni Association nni offiee. Top, staff meibers ho ia Is the IFine%t Example of What ,etary of the Alumni Associatio to alumnni and alunae h0-weekly. Coeds Organize A thletic Assn. First Since W ar The Woman's Athletic association which hAs been inactive for some years has recently been reorganized. The pui pose of this organization is to promote competitive athletics among the girls. Every gir! on1hec 4m.u i% miemiber of this association and from this, unlimited memibership 18 girls have been elected to serve on the council. This council is to arrange tournaments in tennis, softball, vol ley hall, hasket hall. archery. su%imn mning, and howling. These Inurna mients will begin .91 an ently date and progress throughout the se miester. A point systemn wherehy awards may hP wnn in these fields has ber, Worked out. Thus it will be made possible for Carolina girls to earn bincks. Also five, betal-o n irls wilh7,ctdb h oucla h end o eac semster nltic. Tsopto, ntaf contains ho an 1s thineedt Exhe ofni ishat etty ofee li SoLeltli Ao.Thuyletid.c k A elsn. FirT SncOWR amon3 th M irlSt. -Po 244 C E.N. RA L tounam 4t Min treesotl ol m almetto. may h M ' rnen ths ist. be WerPFgtagFo. eBto Fie SK Id a banner expressing the senti We're Fighting For." Bottom left n. Botto rilht, tdent help. Convocations Has ThuriondA s Main Speaker April 23 J. Strom Thurmond, former state senator and judge of the 11th judi rini circuit will speak at Convoca tions of the University of South Ca olina April 23. The entire program is in charge of the veterans organi uat ion. judj;c T,u,ujijvijd i% one' of the youngest mrnil)ers of t he Bench. He has served as a colonel in the Ar-my ii World W%ar- II and has shown considerable interest in the state ed ucational insittut inns. Siegel. and Esther Gregoriv. Betty Amaker represents the Indepen dents. The Non-sororiety girls are Sara Jean Baldwin, Sara Cline, Skemt. liencirix. Virginia Puttman, Frances Smith, Katheryn Wallace. Mary Wnnwdes. G Smih, and Jean Silt. Officers of the council are as fol lows: Carohina Dicta, president; Kat hers n Wallace. vice president; Skeets llendtrix. secretary: Ester Gregorie, t reasurer; Trudl. Leonard, recor deti and Frances Smith ,assist ant recorder. A meeting of t he asso ciat ion is to be held sometime in the near future. BURNETTE RADIO & TEL CO. P. A. 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