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Read: 4 E Phi Dance Friday Glamour Boy Contest SEE PAGE THREE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No. 27 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 25, 1947Fone 9) Campus] Vetoed B Estimates On I Included In G The possibility that the i printing plant for all campu this week with the disclos Smith that after "due con it appears to me that the pi too heavy a drain on the funds". President Smith, one of enterprise, arrived at this c port submitted to him by f the cost of such a project. The committee, which wa Veterans' Organization, has be making a survey for the last fo months of the availability, as w as the cost, of printing pre equipment. It is reported that t statements sent to the preside last week culminated "the m< exhaustive survey of this ty ever made at the university". Details of Report It was revealed yesterday tt the report contained an estime of the retail civilian market c< of the needed parts at $22,029. The equipment, the report we on to say, could be purchas from the War Assets Administi . tion at a 45 per cent discount their market price. Because of t excessive depreciation which mt necessarily be allowed for su heavily used machinery, t presses would be made availal to the university (with a Fedei Security Certification) at a pri ranging from $9,637.13 minimi to $12,116.17 maximum. W. A. A., the committee infor1 ed Smith, had stated that it wot make a nationwide search for tl .equipment, probing into the st plus stock piles which had not 3 been inventoried, if the universi officials would first give their i surance that they would purche this equipment. Finally, the i e port contained a statement of t cost of printing work which trat pired through the universit: business office during a rece eleven months period. This amoui ed to $25,779.24 and excluded t printing done by fraternities, rorities, county clubs and otl organizations not directly conne ed with the business office. Upon being contacted after t president's rejection of their 1 port, committee members declin to comment on the situation. T president, on the other hand, e pressed his disappointment at r being -able to carry the proj( to completion as originally ple ned. Reasona For Rtejection In justifying his actions, restated his chief reason, name that of insufficient funds, a went oni to supplement this wi the followin~g statement: "TI university wouldn't have any phe (Continued on page 4) Orientation Classes For Present Semeste Show Sharp Decline Due to a comparative decrez in admission of freshmen a transfer students this semest, the total enrollment in orioni tion courses has dropped to 5 students from the high of i fall, 1,576. A corresponding < crease has occurredl in the flu ber of teachers, cut to 21 as col pared with 62 for the precedi semester. The instructors selected for ti term are: Fred Brogdon, Charl Brown, Leila Child, Jeanne Ear Ralph Griffin, Judy Hair, 13 Hunley, Joe Lumpkin, Fred Lyt James Mann, Mack Means, Brya Meeks, Basil Norris, Bob O'Hai .Dottie Perkins, Sally Rickmi Bill Rogers, Mary Shoun, Norm Smith II, Bill Williams, and W~ liam Young. Frank L. Culbertson heads t instructors for the spring ter with Young as assistant. Hear I Press Plant y President Equipment Costs )mmittee Report inversity may establish its own s publications received a setback ure from President Norman M. ;ideration of all possible angles, -oject as it stands now, would be university's already insufficient the original advocators of the onclusion after considering a re L committee formed to ascertain s appointed last semester by the en Faculty Adds h Members To English Staff Two full time and five part at time instructors have been addei te to the faculty of the English de st partment at the university, Presi 10. dent Smith announced recently. nt Mrs. Elaine Davis, wife of a ed Fort Jackson naval officer, has -a- been named full-time instructor. of Also appointed as full-time in he structor is Miss Isla Ellerne of ist Jonesville. Miss Ellerne formerl3 ch was dean of women at Union Col he lege, Kentucky, and dean of Black. )le stone College at Blackstone, Vir -al ginia. ' te New part-time instructors ir im the English department are Wil. liam Belser of Columbia; Miss - Elizabeth George of Columbia; ild Mrs. Gladys Lafferty of Columbia; lis Mrs. Josepheone Everette of Co. ir- lumbia and George Whittaker of 'et Williston. ty The new insi.ructors provide is- temporary replacements for Dr se T. Walter Herbert and Dr. R. B -e- Davis, formerly of the university he faculty, according to Dr. Havilah is- Babcock, head of the English de l's partment. nt Currently more than 3,000 stu it- dents are enrolled in the depart he ment. 10 er * American Club Of he Civil Engineers To Show Films Tonight he - At tonight's meeting of the Lot American Society of Civil Engi ct neers a 10 minute color film on n- the George Washington bridge and a 20 minute film on the con struction of the Lincoln Tunnel will be shown. All members ol he the society and engineering pro *y fessors are urged to be present. nd At the meeting last week, the th society heard as guest speakei heTor-ald Mundal, resident engineet ce of the Clark's Hill Power & Nay igation Project, now under con struction on the Savannah River, In his address, Mundal outlined the technical, legal and financia] Ej aspects connected with the devel opment of the project. He alst sstressed ismprance as an aid nd to future industrial progress is ,South Carolina and Georgia. Mundal came to this country ir 07 1923 from Norway. He received ist his education from Volda College le- Norway, and his civil engineering m- degree from the Norway Institute of Technology at Trondheim. g Starting his work in this coun try with the Duke Power Company in 1925, he later worked with the es TVA projects in eastern Tennes ,see. ill -________ le, nt ANNOUNCEMENT All students interested in 'a playing in the university band n, next fall are urged to come to an a meeting of the band to be il- held at Drayton Hall, Thursday at 5 p. m. Plans are now being made he for out-of-town trips during the m, next football season. )r. J. T. s9.JWN.7Y : ... ": . " Pictured above are the spring semest order, top row: William Collins, trei scribe; George Dieter, headmaster an WSSF Drive Wi] Thursday With The World Student Service Ft will officially get under way Thi a team composed of members of Girls' Independent all-star tea House, in what promises to be Bill Hunley, WSSF Executi charge of the benefit event, tickets will be on sale tomorrow the Post Office Lobby. They i F Old City Firehall o Being Reconverted t Into Chemical Lab h The old City of Columbia fire hall building located in the 900 block of Main street near Ward- h law college is being reconverted d: into a chemical engineering labo- ti ratory for the use of the univer- k sity engineering students accord ing to a report released by the offices of the university presi- cl dent. n The building was recently given tl to the school for classroom pur- a poses by the city officials of Co- G lumbia. It has previously belonged fi to the university and was sold n to the city by the school a num- u: ber' of years ago. f The new chemical laboratories - in the building wvill be available r for use by the student classes either in the summer semester, i beginning in .June, or the fall term, according to the information in the report from the university administration. s "Dinner For Marie" t Offered To Highest Bidder--Cost $5.95 ' By JEAN DAVIS Among the lost and found ar- g ticles wvhich catch the students' eyes as they walk into the cam pus post office, many interesting 9 things are to be discovered. There are rings which are no longer L gracedi with stones, earrings with unusual shapes, pens, letters PM whose contents are mysteriously tl hidden in envelopes. a But there is one in particular be which will keep us wondering for 2, a long time. This article is a partially-used checkbook with the 8t stubs open to view. Only the up- tr permost stub can be read, but it St providies food for thought. Writ- ni ten legibly across the top are the be words: "Dinner for Marie." A ti figure follows-"$5.95." di Now, wouldn't you like to meet n< Marie, or would you? Penn y er officers of Delta Sigma Pi, co isurer and Enoch Allen, senior w; id Tom Henry, junior warden. (P 1 Be Launched All-Star Game md campaign on the campus irsday night at 8 p. m. when the faculty tangles with the m in the University Field a thrilling basketball game. ve Committee member in announced yesterday that and Thursday in a booth in nay also be obtained at the 'ield House just before the start f the game. Esther Irick, direc >r of the ticket sales, stated yes lrday that the admission price as been set at 25 cents. Proceeds from the game will go )ward the $3,100 goal Carolina as set for itself in the current rive to help finance the educa on of students whose studies ave been interrupted by the war. The game, which will be the hief athletic event of the eve ing, will share the limelight with ie playoffs of the Boys' Intra iural Tournament. Coach Joe rugan has announced that the rst game will be played at 7 p. .with the second playoff sched led to follow the Coed-Faculty ~acas. r'emporary Buildings in University Campuw By ALLEN The dismantling of temporai ennessee, has begun and trai ity campus will start in the statement by the J. C. HesI lie job. The buildings, approved ir forks Agency, are of wood ai i sections. Excavations for in soon on sites already auth larch 2nd Initiates 'entative Changes In unday Library Hours W. P. Kellum, librarian at the ceKissick Library, has announced hat the library will remain open ch Sunday from 7 till 10 p. m. ginning next Sunday, March id. The new hours, it is stated, will ay in effect through April on a ial basis. If there is a sub antial increase in Sunday eve ng attendance, the change will ~come permanent. Conversely, if e evening schedule fails to in cate such an increase, the after >on hours will be resumed in ay. At Stue mmerce fraternity. In the usual irden. Bottom row: Ray Halford, hoto by Manning Harris). Sears, Roebuck Donates$5, 000 To University President Norman M. Smith has been presented with a $5,000 check as a second and final install ment on the Sears, Roebuck Foundation grant to the univer sity's Department of Retailing, the President's Office staff an nounced yesterday. I. N. Perrin, manager of the local Sears, Roebuck establish ment, in making the presentation to Smith on behalf of his firm, stated that this payment complet ed the $10,000 original grant made by his company to Carolina's School of Retailing. In a letter of thanks sent to the district office of the mail-order firm in Atlanta, Georgia, the president said: "The grant is proving a decided stimulus in the development of our Department of Retailing. We will continue to exert every effort to administer it to the best in terest of retailing throughout the state and elsewhere." Smith, the office reports, has submitted the $5,000 payment to F. F. Welbourne, university treas-' urer, to apply toward the retailing funds. Slated To Be Erected For Use Next Fall BECKE R y buildings at Camp Forrest, isferring them to the univer next two weeks, according to ep Company, contractors for December by the Federal d will be moved to Columbi3 building foundations will be >rized by President Smith. A science building will be erect ed between the McKissick library and Sloan College, and an office building for faculty and adminis trative personnel will go up north of the Library on Pendleton street. Between Davis and Petigru Col leges will be a classroom building. The science building, which will contain classrooms and fully equipped laboratories, is expected to relieve congestion and be ready for use by the fall term of 1947. President Smith stated that the cost of dismantling, transporting and erecting the buildings here will be paid by the federal govern ment. The university will finance all heat, gas, water, light and sewerage connections. lentA Smith Fav Plan For 5 Public Hearin Tomorrow In I By CARRO The university is in favor'o for South Carolina state-sup recent statement made by P The president and the Boi sity have submitted this re Assembly and will restate th ing on this matter in the Hou at the State House at 3 p. m President Smith has received ar invitation from Rep. Hugo S. Sims, Jr., to appear at this hear ing and the president's office has notified the trustees accordingly. However, Smith stated that as the Board members lived in distant parts of the state, it may not be possible for all of them to attend. The University Bureau of Public Administration has sent to the Legislature a detailed study of the regent systems now operating in other states, compiled after com paring the various advantages and disadvantages of each. As all of these systems have singular pro visions which are peculiar to the requirements in their respective states, they are not particularly adaptable to the existing educa tional institutions in South Caro lina. "I am in favor of such a board in this state so that better co ordination of the state schools can be attained and a better mehod of distributing budget funds may be reached," Smith said. The president added that in the last three years the university has not been able to obtain adequate financing from the -Assembly. For this reason, the building program of the school, planned beiore the end of the late war, has been held up. Under a regency system, the funds would have been distributed where they were most needed. The stand taken by the admin istration on the securing of larger appropriations for the building fund is "predicated on securing an equal amount from the Federal Government." Smith declared that only by securing such grants could the schools in the less pros perous states keep pace with -de mands. President Smith said that he did not know whether other mem bers of the faculty and the ad ministrative personnel would ap pear at the hearing tomorrow, but as it was to be a public affair, anydne who wished might do so. Booster President Extends Invitation To Every Student Bill Keith, president of the Booster Club, announced yesterday that membership in the organiza tion is extended to every person on the campus. All persons in terested in joining should attend the meeting to be held tomorrow at 4:30 p. m. in Flinn Hall. The club, reorganized last year after four years of inactivity, has as its primary aim the boosting of student morale. Its latest service to the stu dents has been the opening of Wade Hampton Cafeteria every Monday evening between 9 and 11. A large crowd was on- hand last night after the Carolina-College of Charleston basketball game. Hamburgers, doughnuts and coffee were served to the tune of the latest recordings emanating forth from the juke box. Profits realized from these gatherings will be used by the club for purposes which will fur ther student morale. Dr. H. G. Waddell of the Uni versity Infirmary has an nounced that the last chance for re-takes on X-rays made last week Is from 9 a. m. to 12 noon TODAY. All students who had X-rays taken last week are urged to check their mail boxes for notices of re-takes. sembly ors Regent 'C Colleges - Scheduled For Elouse Chamber LL GILLIAM f an impartial board of regents ported colleges, according to a resident Norman M. Smith. Lrd of Trustees of the univer commendation to the General Leir attitude at the open hear se of Representatives' chamber tomorrow. KSK To Award Annual Plaque To Dean Olson Dean George E. Olson, deceased, former dean of the university's School of Commerce, has been elected recipient of the Kappa Sigma Kappa Service Award Plaque for 1947, Bill Rogers, presi dent of KSK announced recently. This award is given annually by the service fraternity to the member of the faculty, alumnus or alumna, or friend of the uni versity whom the fraternity con siders as having rendered out standing service to the institution. The posthumous presentation will be made to Mrs. Olson at a formal banquet to be held at the Wade Hampton ballroom on Feb ruary 28. Lieutenant Governor George Bell Timmerman will be featured as the after-dinner speaker. Beloved by his students, Dean Olson was a Certified Public Ac countant. Of him the 1946 Gar net and Black said: "He was en ergetic and a jack of many trades. He was at all times interested in the future of all his pupils." Carolinda r I TUESDA Y, FEB. 25 Student Assembly, 12 noon, Chapel-Dr. J. T. Penny, speaker. Student Center, 2-5:30 p. mn., Washington Street Methodist Church. Luithe'ran Students, 6:30 p. mn., St. Paul's Lutheran Church: Speakers: The Reverends H. A. McCullough and George Meetze. Clariosophic Literary Society, 7 p. mn., Clariosophic Hall, Euphradian Literary Society, 7 p. in., Euphradian Hall, Har per. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26 Sophomore Council, 1 p. mn., Flinn Hall. Booster Club, 4:30 p. mn., Flinn Hall. Co-ed Association, 5 p. mn., En phradian Hall, Harper. Veterans' Organization Meet ing, 7 p. mn., Chapel. THURSDAY, FEB. 27 "Y" Cabinet, 1 p. mn., Flin Hall. Greenville-Carolina Club, 6:30 p. mn., Legare 102. WSSF Benefit Basketball Game, 8 p. in., Field House. FRIDAY, FEB. 28 Senior Council, 1 p. mn., Flnn Hall. Carolina Christian Service Club, 7 p. mn., Flin Hall. Today