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UNIVERSITY. OF ~SOUTH-:CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Volume XLI, No. 16 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 3, 1946 Founded 1908
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Fall Issu
Story llustratic
Articles Are N
The first 1946-47 issue <
distributed to students via
Dorothy Perkins, editor, ai
staff will be in charge of -
which will appear in Janua
consists of: Dorothy Perkir
Smith, associate editors; Ja
Church, poetry editor; J. WF
lace Coleman, managing editc
and Red Tyler, business manag
The fall issue of the Revie
will be approximately 54 pages
length, with the innovation
sketches and story illustratio1
A new feature of this issue is t
first in a series of four articl
by Chick Shiels, sports editor
the Gamecock. His first arti(
is on Glen Cunningham, famo
track star. New contributors
the Review this year include: (
borne Gomez, who has written
short story and poem for this
sue, Charlotte Baker, and 2
Drennan. Margaret Hanna, ls
year's editor, has also contribut
a short story in this issue.
There will be a meeting of i
editorial board on Monday at 3
to formulate plans for the n<
issue. General staff meetings s
held every Wednesday at 4:00
m. Art staff meetings are h
every Thursday at 8:00 p. m.
Members of the Review staff
clude: Book editor, Mary Sho
assistant, Joe Drennan; I
changes, Sue Rives, assistant,
becca Fuller; Assistant Edit
Gerry Galvane; Senior represen
tive, Toni Childs. Business St
includes: Assistant bAisiness m
ager, Joe Bishop; advertisi
Doris Schmucker; circulati
Tommie Corbett. Art staff
cludes: Jack Smyrl, art edi
Rose Know, Faye Dent, Na
Hutson and Jack Pulliam.
Mock Lawyer Plu
City Transportatio
Equals I Class Cu
Members of Dean S. C. DeP
journalism 45 class settled d(
to very serious business this w
The course is "Law of the Pre
and the business at hand-n
court.
Harriet Lee, J. B. Wood
and Allen Becker were appoii
lawyers for the defendant in
case of Thomas Dugan, plain
vs. Western Union Telegraph
* defendant, to be tried at the c
meeting last Friday. Marie
Reaves, Charles Wickenberg,
Bill Mason were selected law:
for the plaintiff.
Much effort on the part of 1
groups was spent in preparing
case. The moot court convi
with Dean DePass acting as ja
and the class serving as the j
The grand climax came v
"Judge" DePass called the c
to order and Mason rose
asked for a postponement of
case until the class meeting
Monday on the grounds that
senior lawyer, Wickenberg,
had all the facts of the case,
had too much Thanksgiving tu
and had not appeared In cou
The postponement was gra
and the court decision remain
mystery. The class was giv<
cut.
As a fitting conclusion to
little story, Wickenberg arrive
the scene two minutes after
Sclass had left and manage<
gasp to Dean DePass, "I m
mny bus"!
Last appointments for l
tures for the 1947 Garnet
Black will be taken today
tomorrow in the Postoffice
tween 2 and S p. m. Pro
for the pictures which have
ready been taken will be shc
at the same time.. This Is
solutely the last chance
havlne your pictur-e In the
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e Of "Ca
ns And Sports
ew Features
f The Carolina Review will be
campus mailboxes on Thursday,
mnounced yesterday. The same
;he winter issue of the Review,
'y. The present editorial board"
s, editor; Vic Barrett and Mart
Carl Carmer To
r.
Talk In Drayton
ofHaIO
asill On Friday
he
es Carl Carmer, folklorist and nov
of elist, will appear here December 6
:le under the sponsorship of the
us Woman's Club of Columbia.
to Mr. Carmer has collected tales
is- of the Spanish Conquistadores, of
a pirates, Creoles, lumberjacks, In
is- dians and Negroes; he has watched
oe conjure women make love potents,
st seen cockfights, weird religious
ed ceremonies and manhunts.
Radio audiences have heard him
he as the roving reporter on Ameri
30 cana for the pursuit of happiness I
xt series, and as narrator on his own (
Lre program of American folklore. He
P- acted as historical consultant for
ald the Cavalcade of America and
wrote the American Scriptires
in- program and the World and
in, America, a 52-week American his
'x- tory sequence. He is the author
te- of two recent volumes, "America
or, Sings" and "Songs of the Rivers I
ta- of America."
a The lecture will be held at Dray
in- ton Hall at 8:00 P. M. Friday,
ng' December 6. Tickets may be ob
on' tained from the Extension Di
in- vision,
;or,
icy
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ted
the
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and
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Rev. J. L O'Brien
ned Cnut e iasO
dge Region And Science
uiry' The Right Reverend Joseph L.
rhen O'Brien, pastor of St. Patrick's
aurt Church for 17 years and rector of
and the Bishop England High School
the in Charleston for 32 years, is one
on of the guest speakers on the cam
the pus for the annual Religious Em
who phasis Week program. Reverend
had O'Brien received his B.A. and M.A.
rkey degrees at St. Mary's and attend
it ed the University of Frebourg in
nted Switzerland for four years. He
id a received his LL.D. degree at the
in a College of Charleston.
ths. During the wvar he played an
thsimportant part in the camp pro
d on grams of the National Confer
the ence of Christians and Jews. He
l to has been active in all cultural and
ssed civic activities.
Reverend O'Brien has written
the "Life of John England,"
ice- "Chronicle History of St. Pat
nd rick's Church," monographs,
be- pamphlets, reviews, and articles.
of. He spoke at Sunday Vespers and
al- will conduct a daily seminRr, "Re
wbn ligion and the Scientific View
for point," at 5 o'clock in Davis, Room
'47 215. He will also speak at the
Interfaith Symposium at the
eek,E
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rolina R<
'ictured above is the Editorial B<
'erkins, editor; Jane Church, poe
oleman, managing editor; Mart
rwo Foreign FE
n Cooperation '
ort Jackson V.A.
Worked Overtime To
lear Vet Records
By THOMAS EVANS
Night shifts were employed
hree nights a week at the Fort
fackson Veterans Administratior
Regional Office to process vet
!ran-students' delinquent pay ac
ounts, according to a recenl
;tatement by Colonel Basil M
Parks, assistant Registrar for vet
rans. Colonel Parks said that the
Regional Office reported that al
ecessary records had been seni
o the Richmond office by Oc
tober 28.
In commenting further on Vet.
xrans' affairs, the assistant Reg
strar pointed to the academic lea<
bhat veterans hold over non-vet.
eran students. By mid-semestei
of the fall ternm, only 7.3 per ceni
of the ex-servicemen's grades werd
unsatisfactory, as compared to 8.1
per cent average 'of non-veteral
failures. At the end of the 1944
spring term, the percentage rai
7.3 per cent to 14 per cent ii
favor of the veterans.
Colonel Parks added that goo<
progress is -marking the erectio'
of the United Kingdom individua
housing-units at Carovet Apart
ments. He explained that th
building tempo may slow down be
cause of material shortages.
Jo Seideman, editor of 1946
Garnet and Black, announces
that 350 copies of the yearbook
will be distributed Friday af
ternoon at 3:30 p. m. in the
G & B office. Students must
bring receipts to get their
copies.
Silent Films On Half
Time Periods Of Two
Games Made Available
The Extension Division of tl
University of South Carolina hi
some silent movies made durir
the half of the Carolina-Clemst
game and the Carolina-Duke gamn
These movies show the Carolir
band and dignitaries at the Car
lina-Clemson game and the crowl
ing of the homecoming queen du
ing the half at the Duke game,
They are now available to ai
club or group on the Universi
Campus.
Twelv
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: Be Dis
Seated, left to right, are: Dottie
I manager. Standing are J. Wallace
ditors.
ed By University
iSpeaking Union
SC Association Of
Women Deans To
Meet Here Dec. 7
The South Carolina Association
of Deans of Women, a branch of
the National Association of Deans
of Women, will meet here in Co
lumbia in the Crystal Room of the
Hotel Columbia December 7 in its
first post-war session, Mrs. A. R.
Childs, Dean of Women at the
University, announced yesterday.
The principal speaker at this
meeting will be Miss Hilda Trel
keld, national president and Dean
of Women at the University of
Louisville, in Louisville, Ky. Her
topic will be "Minimum Essentials
of a Guidance Program." Follow
. ing her address here, Miss Trel
keld will speak to a meeting of
the American Association of Uni
- versity Women in Rock Hill on
-Saturday.
Invited to the Columbia meeting
- are college Deans of Worhlen and
high school advisors and Deans of
Girls in South Carolina. Mrs.
Childs will be in charge of local
arrangements for the state meet
'ing.
Officials of the South Carolina
e organization are Miss Elizabeth
.Nickles, Dean of Women at Ers
t kine College, president; and Miss
Elizabeth Jones, Dean of Women
-at Furman University, secretary
treasurer.
History Class Falls
2Below H-igh School
e'Time' Quiz Average
Dr. Robert L. Ochs of the His
e tory Department of the Universit3
of South Carolina deviated fron
the regular routine of his class ii
Contemporary American Histor;
to present the Current Affair
Test issued by Time Magazine.
According to Dr. dechs, the av
erage college score Is 45 which I
below the high school average o
65. The average of his class wa
60.
This test consisted of 105 quei
tions on current events and topic
divided in seven groups; Here i
Home, America and the Worl<
News Around the World, Scient
and Medicine, Literature and Art
and Personalitie.
rings
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ard of the CAROLINA REVIEW.
try editor; and Red Tyler, businesi
;mith, and Vic Barrett, associate e
'lowships Award
With The Englisi
Two foreign fellowships have
been awarded by the University
in cooperation with the English
Speaking Union, Dean J. E. Nor
wood announced yesterday. One
has been awarded to an English.
man, Major George Curry, and a
second has been awarded to s
young lieutenant in the Greel
navy. The young Greek is ex.
pected to report February 1.
Eight assistantships and six fel.
lowships have been awarded t<
graduate students of South Caro.
lina institutions for the academi4
year of 1946-47, Dean Norwooc
also said. Those to whom th4
awards were made and the institu
tions from which they came ari
Ann Shealy, Winthrop College
James H. Cole, USC; Carol Beck
ham, USC; Daniel L. Gibbes, USC
James Parthemos, Erskine Col
loge; Charles H. Carlisle, New
berry College; Lawrence B
Graves, Newberry College; Har
vey I. Rice, Jr., College of Char
leston; Maude Elizabeth GeorgE
USC; Robert HI. Stoudemire, New
berry College; George W. Whit
aker, Wofford College; and Jeal
K. Todd, Erskine College.
The announcement that thes
-university fellowships and assist
s antships would be made was seri
- out last January from the gradt:
ate office.
The fellowships provide for pa)
ments to selected students on
per academic year basis. No spe
cial services are required of sti
dents selected, but recipients ai
expected to devote their whol
working time to the pursuit <
graduate work in the reguli
schools and departments of tI
university.
ATTENTION!
Today, tomorrow, and Thurs.
day, the daily class schedule
ie will be as follows:
d8:00 o'clock class,
last bell at ..... 8:00
g 9:00 o'clock class,
ni last bell at .....8:5(
e. 10:00 o'clock class,
last bell- at...... ... 9:44
aConvocation at
chapel...... ..10:3(
i- 11:00 o'clock class,
. last bell at 11:24
12:00 o'clock class,
last bell at 12:14
iy Afternoon classes meet or
e Spe
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tributed
Carruther, Naber
To Speak At Da
The Religious Emphasis W,
sity campus began Saturday
all members of the sponsorin
Pond to make final arrang
ligious feature. The theme
is "Rediscovering of the C
Failure To Tell
Earnings Will
Cut Vets' Pay
Veteran Administration officials
at the University of South Caro
linea said today that many of the
half-million veterans in school or
job training will find their month
ly government .checks reduced,
eliminated, or temporarily held up
because of failure to comply with
the order to declare the outside
income earned and their total in
come.
All veterans who are attending
college under Public Law No. 346
and have incomes exceeding the
maximum set for them will have
their subsistence allowance re
duced to coincide with that figure.
The tie-up in South Carolina,
formerly at the Veterans Admin
istration Regional Office located
at Fort Jackson, was reported
cleared up by Oct. 28. According
to Mr. Parks, director of the Vet
erans Affairs at Carolina, the
necessary lists and information re
quired and asked for by the Re
gional Office were supplied and
the checks should be here.
Two Seminars On Home
And Marriage Given By
Rev. J. Claude Evans
The Rev. J. Claude Evans, as
sociate pastor of the Methodist
Church at Clemson College, is one
of the Religious Emphasis Week
speakers visiting on the campus.
He has previously served as pas
tor of the McCormick Methodist
Church, associate pastor and di
rector of the Wesley Foundation
at the Washington Street Meth
odist Church and assistant pastor
of the First Methodist Church in
Charlotte.
Serving as a chaplain during
the war, he was stationed at th(
U. S. Naval Hospital in Memphis
Tenn., and aboard the U.S.S. De
nebola in the Pacific area.
The Rev. Evans received hi:
A.B. degree at Wofford College
his B.D. degree from Duke Divin
ity School, and attended the Uni
- versity of Chicago Theologica
s Seminary and the Union Theologi
f cal Seminary in New York. I
s college he was a member of Sigm
Alpha Epsilon, Blue Key, Sigm
-Epsilon, and Theta Phi.
s He is corylucting the two see
t tions of the seminar on "Prepari
I, tion for Marriage and Home"; or
e at 4 o'clock in Legare, Room 10
m, and the other at 11:20 in M<
Cntchen. Room 28
akers
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Thursday
s, Willingham I
ily Convocations
ek program on the univer
afternoon when leaders and
g committee met at Heise's
ements for the annual re
chosen for the 1946 event
hristian Faith" and twelve
outstanding speakers have been
secured for the programs.
Beginning the series of convo
cations, the Reverend Joseph L.
O'Brien spoke on "God Speaks"
Sunday night. "Dare To Be Dif
ferent" was the theme of Dr. G.
Ray Jordan's address at the Mon
day convocation program. The
Reverend Thomas N. Carruther
will speak this morning on "What
Use Is Religion." Tomorrow Dr.
Charles H. Nabers will speak on
the subject, "Praying With Faith"
and on Thursday morning Dr. E.
B. Willingham will close the con
vocations series with an address
on "An Appraisal of Jesus."
Forums and Seminars
Forums and seminars will con
tinue through Thursday afternoon.
The seminar and forum subjects
have been selected from the re
sults of a questionnaire submitted
to the student body. If the answer
to any religious subject is not
found in these parts of the pro
gram, students are urged to ar
range for personal talks with the
leaders either directly or through
the office at Flinn Hall. Subjects
include "Preparation for Marriage
and Home," "Techniques of Effec
tive Prayer and Worship," "How
to Make Personal Adjustments,"
"Religious Living and Campus
Life," "The Choice of Life Work,"
"Building One World," "What May
We Actually Believe," "Religion
and the Scientific Viewpoint," and
"A Practical Approach to Race
Tension in South Carolina."
Book Exhibit
A book exhibit has been ar
ranged and will he placed in the
McKissick Library just inside the
front doors. Book shelves, tables,
comfortable chairs, and question
boxes for the guest speakers' bene
fit will be in charge of a student
faculty committee. Publications
by the visiting leaders will be
featured.
Other speakers include Dr.
Alice Gregg, Lieutenant Robert
N. DuBose, Dr. William R. Barn
hart, Lieutenant J. C. Evans,
Rabbi Louis Youngerman, and Dr.
John W. Fischbach.
Carolindar
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3,
Student Assembly, 12 noon,
chapel.
Pan-Hellenic, 5 p. in., Tri Delt
Room.
Euphradian Literary Society,
7 p. in., Euphradian Hall,
Harper.
Clarios~ophic Literary Society,
7 p. mn., Clariosophic Hall,
Legare.
Kappa Sigma Kappa, 8 p. mn.,
McKissick Library, Third
Floor.
Omicron Delta Kappa, 9 p. mn.,
McKissick Library, Faculty
Room.
WEDNESDAY, D)ECEMBER 4
Sophomore Y Council, 1 p. mn.,
Flinn Hall, Dr. Fischbach,
Speaker.
Boosters' Club, 4:30 p. mn., Flinn
Hall.
Carolina Review, 4 p. in., Gen
eral Staff Meeting, McKisslck
Library, 3rd floor.
Westminster Fellowship, 6 p.
mn., First Presbyterian Church.
International Relations Club.
7:30 p. in., McKissick Library.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
Y Cabinet, 1 p. in., Flinn Hall.
I Carolina Review Art Staff, 3
- p.m., McKissick Library, 3rd
Sumter County Club, 6:30 p.
in,, Legare 101.
a Spartanburg County Club, 7 p.
mn., Legare 101.
Anderson County Club, 7 p. in.,
Legare 102.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6
e Senior Y Council, 1 p. mn., Flin
I,Hall.
.Christian Service Club, 7 p. in.,
Flinn Nall.