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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