Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Seniors who are graduating- in January and in May, 1947, and who have not applied for their di osas are requested to do so immediately, Mime - rwla sisat to the registrar, said yesterday. The deadline for applications for diplomas was November 15, and all applicants after yesterday will have to pay a fine of $1.00 to receive their diplomas.UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No. 12 COLUMBIA SOUTH CARONA NOVEMBER 16, 19461908 Carolindar atUrday. November 16 C~olavs. Duke, Homecoming Gaft% 2 p. iAV., Camln Si aCh Tea Dance, Hotel tlumbi, 7 to 9 m. student Center W a gton St. Methodist Ciurch, 7:30 p.m. ,Sunday, November 17 Wesley Foundation, 10 a. m., Washington St. Methodist Church. Vespers, 7 p. m., ChapeL Monday November 18 Freshman Y Council, 1 p. m., Flinn Hall. BSU Devotions, daily at 1:45 P. M., McCutchen Room 25. Boater's Club-4:10 P. m., Flin Hall. Tuesday, November 19 Student Assembly, 12 noon, Chapel. Newcomer's Group of Faculty Wives, 3 p. M., home of Mrs. Fink, 4033 Trenholm Road. Pan Hellenic, 6 p. m., Tri Delta Room. Euphradian Literary Society, 7 p. m., Euphradian Hal, Harper. Clariosophic Literary Society, 7 p. m., Clariosophic Hall, Legare. Kappa Sigma Kappa, 8 p. In McKisck Library, ThiR floor. Omicron Delta Sigma, 9 p. m., McKissick Library, Faculty room. Marion Wright To Speak Tues. At Assembly By PEGGY TREXLER Marion A. Wright, alumnus of the University of South Carolina, will be guest speaker at student assembly, Tuesday at 12 o'clock in the chapel. Wright, who Is now practicing law in Conway, received his LL.B. degree in law from the University in 1919. As a student, he was winner of the South Carolina State intercollegiate oratorical C contest, president of the junior law class and president of the Eu phradian Literary society. He was a member of the debating team and editor of the Garnet and Black. Wright has written several pamphlets on local and county government and the state police system. He is the author of the University Bulletin, "A Proposal of Activities for the Alumni As sociation, 1985-1986," and has written various magazine articles. President of South Carolina State Conference of Social Work v from 1939 to 1941, Wright is chairman of the South Carolina State Library Board, chairman of the committee on Inter Racial Cooperations, president of S. C. State Commission on Adult Edu eaio and secretary oi Conway Hospital. ATT'IENTION VETERANS All veterans enrolled at the university who have not re eived their subsistence checks to date are requested to come by the Veterans Guidance Cen ter and make si report If they have not already made a report this month. All veterans under Public Law 846 who have not submit * ted a VA form 7-1961 are re- 1 quested to do so immediately to avoid pay ~suspension. New Canteen G Of USC Cant e By BOB ISBELL1 With the addition of ten hand-1 some booths, costing over $200 each, 22 new fluorescent lamps, and a 59-foot soda fountain, the University Canteen opened Its doors November 4 after five days1 of remodeling. The enlarged can-1 teen, four times its old size, now< occupies the apace formerly taken I by the post office and bookstore. A wide entrance has been cut at i the south side of Maxey basement 4 to relieve the congestion promoted1 by the between class rushes. Mr. Carroll Johnson, designer and supervisor of the renovation, declares that more booths will be] added as soon as they can be ob- I tained. The art department is to 4 Ssponsor a contest, and the four artists producing the best likeness of a Gamecock will ornament the I four pillars In the canteen with replicas of the school's favorite old bIrd. New equipment Includes a new coffee urn, two Ice cream freezers, two carbonators, and three com pressors which are located in the1 room adjacent to the counter. The soda fountain was purchased for1 Carol Photography May Be Offered To USC Journalists By J. B. WOODSON Two new courses, basic and ad vanced photography, have been approved as University curricula, Dean F. W. Bradley, chairman of the committee on curricula and new courses, stated last week. Elowever, tke expenditures neces 3ary to equip a complete photo craphic laboratory are yet to be approved, as the formal request will not reach President Smith intil after the University Council neets Novembei- 20th. The new courses were requested by the School of Journalism, pri narily for students of that school, )ut it is understood that other students may take the course, with ;he consent of the dean concerned. rhe School of Journalism's re juest to Dean Bradley's curricula wommittee was paralleled with a tudent petition bearing 60 signa ;ures. The University School of Fournalism is one of the few in ;he country not offering a photo graphic course. Still in the formative stages, ;he courses, if approved by the 3resident, will include: proper pro :edure of taking pictures (use of ress type cameras), processing of iegatives, developing of contact ;rinta and enrargmnmQta, eellmen ary chemistry of photography, ortraiture, copying, speed photo. rraphy, flashlight photography, md composition. The basic course will be re juired as a prerequisite to the ad ranced unless the student has had iufficient previous photographic ixperience. Being three-credit courses, each will consist of one lecture hour md two two-hour labs per week ind will be one semester courses. ! laboratory fee will be required, overing cost of materials used. Dean Bradley Leaves roday For Southern University Conference Dean Francis W. Bradley, dean of the faculty, is leaving today 'or Nashville, Tennessee, to meet vith a committee of the South irn University Conference. This meeting is being held to liscuss recent studies in this re rion concerning higher education md to formulate ideas and plans which have grown out of these tudies. With the return of Col. eges and Universities to a peace ine basis, it is necessary for ducators to set new standards nd formulate new plans to meet hese changing conditions. laddens Hearts mnoIogy AMajors he canteen by "Whitey" RawI, nanager of the Cooperative Stores vho is a veteran. He bought the ixtures through his eligibility to )urchase surplus G. I. equipment. The management announces hat soon the canteen can supply he men students with a full line f men's furnishings (not includ ng heavy merchandise, such as uits, shoes, etc.). For the co-eds he canteen will soon stock such issentials as nylons, cosmetics and arious toiletries. The University Cooperative itores now have a regular pay oll of 32 workers, according to Ir. Rawl. Mrs. Anne Williams s in charge of the canteen which mploys two shifts In the hours if business which Is from 7:30 s.m. to 9p. m. A fuilltime book eeper is employed to keep the ac ounts of the school's 2,800 vet trans who trade at the canteen nd bookstore under the G. I. 3111 of Rights. Mn. Rawl hopes to hold an of icial opening night to everyone vithin the next two weeks. An irchestra will be on hand and munch is to be served. ina w '~G Carnegie Music H-ome In Mc6 Former Student Is Awarded Star For Bravery In Combat Lt. Cdr. Harold Edward Jervey, a University graduate from Co lumbia, was awarded last week the Bronze Star Medal by Sec retary of Navy, James Forrestal. Lt. Jervey received the award as Engineering Officer of the USS Ingersoll during operations against enemy forces, July 20 to Dec. 2, 1944. By efficiently maintaining and operating the engineering plant under fire and at high speeds, he contributed materially to the success of the operations of his ship against enemy aircraft, surface vessels and shore estab lishments. Lt. Jervey was graduated from Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree In 1941. While here, he was active in student af fairs, being a member of Kappa Sigma, KSK, Sigma Alpha Zeta, the YMCA, the Gamiecock staff, and the Garnet and Black staff. The Intramural Council and representatives of all fraterni ties or tenements who are in terested In intramural football are requested to meet at 3 p. mn., Monday, in Jo Grugan's offie in the gymnasiun. elcom GAlMECOCK Left, Rex Enright, head coach sin under Knute Rockne. He uses thf modified Notre Dame systems. acted as assistant coach at the U was seven years at the same post Back with the Gamecocks after a cently given a new five year coni expired. Also pictured are (top right to I coach; Sterling DuPre, backfield coach; Dumas Turner, assistant I fish" Smith, end coach, and Al G Set H-las New isSICK LiDbrary The Carnegie Music Set, one of the most valuable gifts the uni versity has ever received, has been moved to a permanent home in McKissick Library. The use of this set is mainly for the general college students, and not for the music students alone. The original gift which was se cured by the Student Union (no longer in existence on this cam pus) amounted to around $10,000, and thousands of dollars have been spent since to supplement the set. For ten years this set has been moved from one place to another on the campus. However, this year Prof. Frank Wardlaw, for mer head of the Student Union, and Mr. Williamson, head of the music department, decided to find a permanent home for it. Mr. Kellam, the new librarian, volun teered the faculty room in Me. Kissick Library to serve this pur pose. At the present, members of the library staff are re-cataloguing the records and trying to fill in the gaps left by -misplaced records. The library has announced a definite schedule for the use of the records. The room will be open on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from '7 p. m.-10 p. mn.; Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 2 p. mi.-5 p. mn.; and Sunday from 2 p. m.-. n. es Ali COACHES ce 1938, learned to play football "T" formation supplemented by Before coming to Carolina, he niversity of North Carolina and with the University of Georgia. erving in the Navy, he was re ract though the old one had not iottom right) Hank Bartos, line coach; Frank Johnson, assistant msiness manager; Vernon "Cat rygo, assistant coach. Registration for Spring Term To Be In January Plans for early registration for the spring term beginning in Feb ruary are being made by the reg istrar's office, according to Capt. Ralph C. Needham, registrar. Pre-registration will begin im mediately after the Christmas holidays and continue over a period of about a week or 10 days if present plans are followed, Cap tain Needham said. Early regis tration will be conducted in a manner similar to that used dur ing a corresponding period prior to the fall term. All students currently enrolled will be expected to make a com plete and final registration on the tiates assigned. No prospective students or former students not at present enrolled will be per mitted to take part in the early registration. As a preliminary to setting up the schedule of classes for the next term, courses questionnaire formis will be distributed by the professors to all students (except those In law school) beginning with 8 o'clock classes November 18. Cards will be available in svery department and in every professor's office in addition to ano reistrar's office Carolina-Duke G Today's Celebrai Co-Ed Is Home By MIKE ] The University of South ( teenth Homecoming Day to game as the athletic featur planned for the hundreds of pected to attend. Miss Mar; IRC Has invited Henry Wallace To Talk Here In Jan. The newly-organized Interna tional Relations Club met Wed nesday evening, Nov. 6, at 7:30 in the McKissick Library. Among the items discussed was the invi tation extended to Henry Wallace, erstwhile secretary of commerce, to come to U.S.C. early in Janu ary to speak on the Public Affairs Forum at the request of the I.R.C. On Wednesday night, Nov. 20, the I.R.C. will neet to elect per manent officers and prepare a permanent rol of members. All interested students are cordially invited to attend this meeting to be held at 7:30 p. m. in the faculty room of McKissick Library. The . International Relations Club, dormant at the University for the past four years, has now been revived under the leadership of Dr. McConaughy. It is subsi dized by the Carnegie endowment for international peace, and was organized at the university in the late 1920's, making it one of the oldest in the country. Dr. Penny To Appear On WIS Puplic Forum At 1:30 P. M. Sunday Dr. J. T. Penny, professor of biology at the University, will ap pear as one of the participants on the WIS Public Forum broadcast tomorrow, Sunday, at 1:30 p. m. The topic under discussion will be "Does the South Carolina Gen eral Assembly Make Proper Use of Research?" Dr. S. M. Derrick, professor of economics, spoke at last Sunday's forum on the subject: "What's Wrong With County Government in South Carolina?" Dr. Derrick has participated in many surveys of county and city governments in South Carolina and is consid eredl well-informed on their merits and shortcomings, station officials said. Roy Albert Furr, English pro fessor at Carolina and program director of WIS, acts as modera tor on these weekly forum groups. Shown here in the usual order a Mary Shoun, queen, and Jan f'u coronation ceremonies . a th.g-n roday ame To Climax tion; Senior coming Queen KARVELAS ,arolina is celebrating its six day, with the Carolina-Duke e. Many events have been former students who are ex y Shoun, senior, was selected Homecoming Queen by the Caro lina student body, after the votes had been tabulated Tuesday, Ralph Lewis, secretary of the alumni as sociation, has announced. She will be crowned by David A. Gas ton, president of the Alumni As sociation, at the colorful Home coming day ceremonies which will take place at half-time of the game. Miss Shoun is the daughter of Mrs. Fred M. Shoun of Jefferson City, Tenn. She is president of Pi Beta Phi sorority, managing edi tor of the Gamecock, a member of the student assembly commit tee, and active in other extra-cur ricular organizations. She will be attended by Miss Jeanne Early, of Charleston, Miss Sarah Rodgers of Georgetown, and Miss Jan Fulmer of Columbia. Attendants will be dressed in gar net and black, the school colors. The first Homecoming queen, Mrs. E. K. Butler, of Columbia, formerly Miss Mary King, was crowned on November 15, 1941, by John W. Crews of Columbia, president of the Alumni Associa tion at that time. The second Homecoming queen, Miss LeClair Anderson, of Co lumbia, was crowned December 1, 1945, by Edwin R. Jeter of Co-. lumbia, immediate past president of the Alumni Association. Scheduled Events Immediately following the foot ball game, an informal gathering of all classes will take place on the athletic field at the stadium. Points on the field for class re unions will be designated by placards. A Homecoming tea dance from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. at the Columbia Hotel given by Sigma Chi frater nity will close the festivities. The Homecoming queen will reign at the dance. Several colorful campus displays have been arranged by the sorori ties and fraternities. Miss Sue Rives, president of the Booster Club, and Sam Boylston head the various committees which are assisting with the homecoming festivities. re: Sarah Rodgers, Jeanne Early, limer, who will participate in the today.