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~~Read-Re Legislative Tea Read-Block C Awards See Page 3See Page 4 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No. 32 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 15. 1947 Pi Kappa P Phi Win Sti WSSF Campaig Mark In Third Pi Kappa Phi fraternity w presenting the best sketch ou at the Stunt Night held Thui on behalf of the World Stud( Evolving about an amusing drinking and jitterbug scene, the sketch, entitled "A Night in the Blue Room", was awarded first prize by the three judges, Mrs. R. B. Davis, associate professor M. B. Seigler and adjunct professor G. R. Monks. Sigma Alpha Epsilon won second place and an honorable mention for its contribution to the evening's proceedings. , Included also in the program were "Whistler's Mother," by Sig ma Nu; "Huggin' and A-Chalkin',' by Phi Kappa Sigma; "Turkish Harem," by Pi Epsilon Phi; "Ger. man Beer Garden," by Sigma Chi; "Carolina Professors," by Pi Kap pa Alpha; "Rush Week," by Kappa Sigma; "Gone With The Wind,' by Kappa Alpha and "Covet Girls," by Lambda Chi Alpha. Sororities Tuesday night the Pi Beta Ph sorority won first place and the silver loving cup for the best stuni with the theme entitled "Covei Girl" in which covers of populai magazines were affected in rea life poses. Runners-up for the cup wero the Chi Omega girls who presentec a hilarious "Burial of Hootch3 Jones." Other stunts included "Thi Green Derby in Technicolor," b3 the Delta Delta Delta; "Registra tion at a University," by Delta Tau; "A Fashion Show," by Alpha Epsilon Phi; "Hour of Harm," b Alpha Delta P1; "In a Recor< Shop," by Delta Zeta; "A Moun tain Scene," by Kappa Delta, an< "Allen's Alley," by Zeta Tau Al pha. Judges for the occasion weri Dean Arney R. Childs, dean o: women; Dean Francis Bradley dean of the faculty, and Dr. Havi lah Babcock, head of the Englisl department. WSSF Progress Amalie Stone, treasurer of th< WSSF drive, said yesterday tha proceeds from the sorority stun night netted the drive approxi mately $150. She also announce that the drive was approachin $2,000. The quota set by the "Y for the university was $3,100. The Alpha Kappa Gamma wil conduct a sale on March 25 i1 which campus personalities will b auctioned for the benefit of WSSI The University Players will fur ther augment funds by turnini over receipts of one night's pei formance of "The Drunkard," fiv act play, to the drive. The date ( the play is not yet definite. Horton Elected Pres. Of YMCA; Cabinet And Board Named Bob Horton, junior from Spa' -tanburg, was elected president < the YMCA for th( coming year a nreeting held Thurs<jay in Flin Hall. Other officers elected by ti1 Y are Don Smith, vice-presideni John Copeland, treasurer; and A Lovata, secretary. Four vacancies on the Cabine were filled with the election of Bi Hunley, Bobby Sumwalt, Jimn McCallum and Bill Goudeloc1 Watson Dorn was elected assis ant treasurer. Chosen to the YMCA Board< Directors are Professor Frank Meeks, reelected, Professors Hi bert Spigner and Douglas Carlisi and Ralph Lewis, representing ti alumni. The other members< the board are Dean Bradley, Pr fessor John Crawford and Profe sor John McConaughy, represer lag the faculty, and B. T. Davy alumni representative. Preside1 " Smith and Chaplain Massenga are members ex-officio. These men will go into offi, the first of April and will ser for a one year period. ii, Pi Beta mt Awards gn Nears $2000 Week Of Drive as awarded the silver cup for t of ten competing fraternities rsday evening at Drayton Hall ,nt Service Fund campaign. Mid - Semester Examinations Start Monday Mid-term examinations will be gin Monday, March 17, for a two week period, Capt. R. C. Need ham, registrar, said this week. Each school and department head has been requested to give mid-term tests during this time to avoid crowding examinations in the period immediately preceding mid-term reports. The second week of the quiz period begins March 24. The schedule committee has di vided the departments of the uni versity into two approximately i equal groups, according to Cap tain Needham. The following division schedule has been announced by the sched ule committee: week of March 17-22, inclusive--Bible, chemistry, mathematics 'and astronomy, for eign languages, geology and geo graphy, political science, psychol ogy and philosophy, sociology and r social work, hygiene and nursing. March 24-29 inclusive-biology, economics, English, fine arts, his , tory, homemaking, physics, naval 1 science, music and physical edu - cation. I Deans and department heads - need not follow this schedule un less mid-term examinations are in a excess of 30 minutes. Grades will be due in the registrar's office March 29, Needham said. Players Schedule Tryout For New t WIS Radio Plays Program department officials at radio station WIS and the Uni versity Players are looking for the best possible voices for the new 13-week series of radio plays featuring student talent. e Ray A. Furr, program director '. of WIS, said that the same cast, -after selection, will be kept g throughout the series rather than -using different voices from one e play to the next. *f The plays will be 15 minute pro grams and will be presented week ly at a time to be announced later. Interesting moments in history are to be dramatized and narrated on the program, including the history of America and other nations, Purr said. Kay Whittaker, program direc -tor, said yesterday that more try fouts, especially men, are needed. t However, it was explained that one n must be a member of the Players e to be on the program. Member ;ship is open to those who would Ilike to join. Applications for membership should be mailed to t Box 4269. 11 y -. Shoe Repair Service SOffered In Canteen With 24-Hour Service z- The Canteen has recently added e, a cash-and-carry shoe repair ser 10 vice for the students, according .to ,f F. B. Rawl, manager of the Uni o- versity Cooperative Stores. s- "Both men's and women's shoes t- will be repaired with 24 hour ser s, vice at regular prices," RawI said nt yesterday. This service is made le possible through the Shandon Shoe Rebuilders of 1315 Main ce St., Columbia. The university ve cash-and-carry branch is located on the west side of the canteen. THEY NEED Y Top row: Guido de Lulgi, student of 4 studies there in the mornings and earn working as a laborer in the afternoons. University are shown mlimeographing printed books. Placement Bure Openings For S< New Marine Corps Program Will Offer a Commissions Here cu Major 0. T. Peatross of the sc] United States Marine Corps will m interview students of the univer- P sity who are eligible for the Ma- w rine reserves, on March 24 and 25. This notice came with the an- cis nouncement that the platoon lead- as er's classes in the Marine Corps wi reserve are to be reactivated on irl the campus. m This officers candidate program to gives freshmen, spohomores and Gi juniors at the university an op portunity to become commissioned to officers of the corps. th Students selected for the pro- to gram are enlisted in the U.S.M.C. reserve on the inactive list. As Li reservists, they are subject to call re to active duty only during the ex istence of a state of national tio emergency, unless they request as- i signment. No military training during the academic year of enrollment in any specific course in college is required. All training is conduct-y ed during the summer months. Students enlisting while fresh men or sophomores will attend two summer training periods prior Bi to graduation from college; those di enlisting while juniors will attend a' only the advanced summer training period, in All students interested in en- re listing in this program are urged ei to contact Major Peatross on the T] above mentioned dates. ti4 at Freshman YM-YWCA a, To Sponsor Vespers h For Sunday Evening Kenneth Ieland, freshman, will T speak at Vespers tomorrow at 7:00 p. m. in the University Chapel. lii The program is being sponsored ** by the freshman class, under the direction of Jeanyne Allsbrook. The scripture reading will be given by Dotsy Lloyd. Special music will be rendered by Sara Jane Benson and Jeanyne AIls brook who will sing a duet, "I Come to the Garden Alone." Sara Jane Benson will also sing "The Garden of Gathsamano." Noted Educa Address Stud Euphradians To Inaugurate Radio Series t The tentative South Carolina A divorce law will be the topic of the first of a series of discus- t sions over WCOS, broadcast from ~ the University Chapel beginning Monday night. The programs, con- 1 ducted on the Town Meeting of the Air arrangement, will be heard li from 9 to 10 p. m. On the first program, the Eu- w phradian Literary Society will pre- A sent two speakers, Dick Breeland on the affirmative, and Carlton i Owen on the negative side of dis- C cussion. Also participating on the t( broadcast will be a Richland o county representative and a local clergyman. 0 These programs, presented to air t topics of interest relating to South 'T Carolina, are held under the aus- E pices of the two men's literary s societies. Beginning Monday, C March 31, each of the two groups t will have one speaker. E The topic for the March 24 t broadcast will be: "Does a One P Party Government System Bene- t fit South Carolina?" The Eu- C phradian Society will again have ii two speakers. C "Y" To Give Luncheon 1 For Future Workers In Field Of Religion * There will be a luncheon meeting of all students on the campus r who are expecting to enter some 0 field of religious work as a pro- h fession on Tuesday, March 18th at t Flinn Hall, at 1 p. m. At the present time there are h thirty or more students who r expect to do full-time religious work as ministers, directors of re- d ligious education, student workers, g missionaries, or YMCA secretaries. c It is believed that a great deal of benefit may be obtained through an organization of these students for acquaintance with one another, discussion of common problems, preparation for graduate study,r and the rendering of assistance to institutions within the city. Students who fall within any one' of the categories mentioned above, or who expect to do re- c ligious work but have not yet nar rowed their interest to a particu lar field, are invited to attend the p luncheon as guests of the Univer- c sity Chaplain. Reservations may be made by contacting Chaplain Massengale in his office, McCutchen 31; by telephone, extension 265; or by campus mail, box 320. r ANNOUNCEMENT t Captain Pruitt, chief of the S traffic division of the city police C department, requests that students I do not park their cars in the drive ways of residential homes located i around the university. The captain also requests that ' students refrain from parking on other than the right hand side of t the street. Parking on the left Is i a violation of traffic regulations and that cars found in this position I will be tagged. B-A-B And Gre Active; Others By JEAN DAVIS1 Officers of the Bamberg-Allen dale-Barnwell Carolina Club for the spring semester are: Presi dent, Jane Hammond; vice-presi dent, Conrad Ehrhardt; secretary, Billie Spann Parsons; treasurer, Anne Martin; and social chairman, Quincy Kennedy. Greenville Lewis Ridgeway has been elect ed president of the Greenville Carolina club, with Amalie Stone, Jo Anne Dellinger, Frank Epps, and Sally Rickman serving respec tively as vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and dance chairman. This club Is looking forward to a membership drive and has urged that all Greenville students at the tor And Aut lent Assemb Will Speak On south In Ante-] By ALVA C Dr. Edgar W. Knight, noted he featured speaker at conv: G. Massengale announced tr Doctor Knight, who now se itor for the magazine "Scho Advanced Educational View: 860." He is a native of North Caro na, and was educated at Trinity ollege (now Duke University) 'here he received the degree of .B. in 1909 and A.M. in 1911. 1 1913, he received the Ph.D. from olumbia University. From 1913 1917 he served as a professor f education in Trinity College. He is author of "The Influence r Reconstruction on Education in e South," "Some Principles of eaching," "Reconstruction and ducation in Virginia," "Recon ruction and Education in South arolina," "Public School Educa on in North Carolina," "Public ducation in the South," "Among e Danes," "Reports on Euro ean Education," "Education in e United States,' "Education in hina" (with others), "Education i Iraq" (with others), "What ollege Presidents Say," and Twenty Centuries of Education." At convocations Tuesday, March 1, Mayor Frank C. Owens spoke n the relationship between the tudent body and the community. Mayor Owens first outlined the inctions of the city's depart tents and explained the sources f revenue. Later, giving the ap roximate expenditures of the city, e pointed out that the city and ie university have cooperated and ave each benefited from the good slations existing between the two. In closing, he urged the stu ents to stay in this state after raduation and thereby benefit the )mmunity and state. ifty Students In 'harmacy At USC ro Attend Meeting The Student Branch of the ,merican Pharmaceutical Asso iation has announced that fifty iembers of the organization would e guests of the Eli Lilly Com any, pharmaceutical and biologi al manufacturers, in Indianapolis, nd., during the first week of Lpril. At a recent meeting of the as ociation, President J. B. Rivers Itroduced Stanley Bernard from he State Health Biological Labo atory who gave an address on he use of biologicals and pre ented a film on "Nutrition" pro uced by E. R. Squibb and Comn any. The campus A.P.H.A. has grown rom an original membership of pproximately 25 to over 90 mnem ers this semester. The organiza ion's chief function is to pro note a better understanding of harmnacy and a closer relationship etween students and professors. enville Clubs Diio Nothing? mniversity be present at the next icheduled meeting. Ffemingway An innovation in Carolina Clubs vas witnessed In the formation of he Hemingway Student Club. ['he nineteen students from Hem ngway have joined forces with >ther Hemingway students from columbia College and the Column sia Business 'College to form a somne town club, Officers elected it the March 5 meeting were: President, Bennett Roy Baxley; vice-president, Keith Crlbb; see retary-treasurer, Kathleen Brown, md social chairmen, Isla Mae Dantzler and Berkerly Ginn. The next meeting of the Hem ingway Student Club is scheduled for March 31. hor Will ly Tuesday Education Of Bellum Days SINGLEY educator and author, will be cations, March 18, Chaplain is week. ives as educational commen l Management," will discuss in South Carolina Before SPEAKER TUESDAY -R, Cv4e94 W. !(N/cI/r Negro Student's Case To Be Heard By Federal Judge The suit against the University Df South Carolina for alleged re fusal to admit a negro to the uni versity is scheduled to come to trial sometime during the spring term of the federal district court in Columbia, which begins next Monday, Federal Judge George Bell Timmerman said Monday. The student, John H. Wrighten, filed suit against the university on January 8, 1947, after he said his application for admittance had been turned down. Judge Timmerman stated that he would not try the case him self because he was a member of the board of trustees of the uni versity at the time of the negro's application. The suit will be heard before Federal Judge J. Waties Waring at a later date. Judge Waring will fix the date for the Wrighten trial when he returns from federal court in Richmond, Va., in April. Carolindar SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Student Center, 7:30-10:45 p. mn., Washington Street Meth. odist Church. SUNDAY, MARCH 16 Wesley FoundatIon, 10 a. in., Washington Street Methodist Church. Canterbury Club, 6 p. in., Trin ity Episcopal Church. Vespers, 7 p. in., University Chapel. MONDAY, MARCH 17 Freshman CouncIl, 1 p. mn., FlInn Hall. Booster Club Canteen, 9-11 p. in., Wade Hampton Cafeteria. TUESDAY, MARCH 18 Student Assembly, 12 noon, University Chapel. Darlington Carolina County Club, 6:30 p. mn., Legare, 101. Clariosophie Literary Society, 7 p. mn., Clarlosophi Hanl, Legare. Euphradlan Literary Society, 7 p.m., Euphradian Hall, Har per._____________________________ OUR HELP! A{ ngineering at Rome University, enough to study and live on by Bottom row: Students at Bruno texts because of the lack of iu Announces ience Seniors Representatives from the Naval boratory Board of Examiners 11 confer with science seniors d science department heads the ter part of this month to dis is the opportunities and personal vancement offered in the Navy entific research and develop mnt program, Flinn Gilland, icement Bureau head, said this ek. Men or women, selected through il service examinations, will be 3igned as civilian scientists and Il be engaged in interesting and portant research and develop .nt work in the Navy's labora ries of the Washington area, Mr. land said. Personal interview appointments e seniors must be made through e Placement Bureau office by Jay. Applications for Naval Research bboratory appointments must ach the board of examiners by aril 4, and competitive examina mns will be held for candidates to submit applications April 23. USC Radio Class or Announcers SNow Under Way The WUSC Radio Announcer's tsses are well under way, Lacy ztler, vice-president and program rector of the campus station, nounced yesterday. At the last class, Thursday night Legare, potential announcers ad newscasts and were criti sed by the ,members of the class. tese classes, under the instruc m of Michael Mungo, are to in ruct students not only in an uncing but also in script writing id program planning. Radio Announcer's classes are Id in Legare 202 on Tuesday id Wednesday afternoons at 4 elock and in Legare 201 on hiursday nights at '7 o'clock. Students interested in attend g these classes are reminded to me to the next class sessions. ANNOUNCEMENT Expert typists, with a work In g knowledge of adding ma rhhmn and computing simple discounts, are urged to send In by letter their education and experience qualifications to the Postmaster, Box No. XYZ, Uni versity campus. The work, which'will be on a full-time basis, wilt last ap prox)mately one month, Vet eran a wives are especially re juested to apply for theme Job.