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Read 'Navy Ball Friday See Page Three See Page Six UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SIX PAGE EDITION TODAY CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA PUBLISHED TWICE WEEKLY Volume XLI, No. 44 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 13, 1947F WUSC Gets Pe ICB To Broad< WUSC, Carolina's campus r mission from the Inter-Colle make regular daily broadcasti yesterday by Bill Bennett, pr casting Company. Programs may now be hea "Red" Tyler Will Direct Humor Staff M. X-2:. Redmond Tyler, rising senior from Georgia, has been named once again to head the editorial staff of "Humor", the proposed magazine of college wit, which will resume operations early in the fall semester. . The magazine first got under way early this term. Plans for the release of the first edition some time this month had to be aban doned, the staff reports, when a publisher could not be obtained at "a reasonable price." "The magazine will start anew early in September," Tyler stated at an interview yesterday. "Now that we've jumped over the first few hurdles, I feel confident that the magazine will be able to func tion as a major publication next fall," he said. Tyler, originator of the idea and first director of the periodi cal, will be in charge of the mag azine's contents. Sue Rives, who held this position this term, has turned over to Tyler the material originally scheduled for release this month. It is planned that the magazine will contain short stories, jokes, cartoons, and pictures of campus personalities and scenes. Tenta tive plans call for the release of the publication once every six weeks. Funds for the project are being raised from contributions of cam pus organizations, alumni, stu dents, and the sale of local and national advertising. All students interested in the magazine are urged to contact Tyler. Artists, cartoonists, ad vertising men, copy writers anc make-up men are still needed Veterans who have had experience with this type of publication are cordially invited to join the stafi next fall. Spartanburg Club To Give Swimming Party And Roast Students from Spartanburg Cherokee, and Union counties are invited to attend a special meet Ing of the Spartanburg County Club Thursday evening at 6:3( in Legare 101. The meeting has been called by Ben Rainville, pub. licity chairman, to discuss final plans for the combined swimming party and weiner roast to be given by the club Friday from4 Club members who can furnish carr for transportation are urged te contact Hackey Walker or Bet Rainville. Ray Matthews, treas urer, will accept an assessment of $1 from each member of the clul who plans to attend the affair. It was announced at the lasi club meeting that Warren Aber nathy, president, had been elected head cheerleader of the studeni body for the 1947-48 athletic sea son. rmission From ;ast Regularly adio station, has received per riate Broadcasting System to , according to a report issued esident of the Carolina Broad 'd daily, Monday through Fri day, from 5 to 7 p. m. A special broadcast for the gala "Queen For A Day" festivities has been planned for Thursday by program director Lacy Butler. The broadcast will run from 5 to 11 p. m., and will include music by Woody Woodward and his or chestra as played at the informal student dance at the Field House that evening. This has been made possible by the recent wiring of the Field House by station engi neer Marvin Carter. During an intermissibn in the dancing, the girl who will have been selected earlier that day as queen for the day, will be interviewed over the air. The station is currently operat ing temporarily on 1000 kilocycles until the arrival of the necessary Ti crystal which will place it on a lo! permanent frequency basis of 640 D kilocycles. Transmission line wirer ar Vernon Taylor reports that as - soon as the switch is made to the new kilocycle basis, the FCC will e come to check the transmission lines. In addition to Bennett, Butler and Carter, officers and personnel for this semester include Richter Moore, business manager; Gene in Spears, treasurer; Mike Mungo, gi chief announcer and instructor of li announcing classes, and Mackie Quave, faculty adviser. Baptist Student fi House To Open I Each Afternoon te By VIRGINIA RAYSOR The Baptist Student House, 1618 Pendleton Street, is open each or afternoon this week from 2 till 5. a It is hoped that every Baptist Ci student at Carolina will drop by, fii look the house over and consider to it his own. th This home, bought for $45,000 ca last month, has been given to university students to use and re enjoy for B.S.U. activities by the Sc South Carolina Baptist Board. The sa house will contain prayer rooms, ar a library, a room where the B.S.U. paper will be printed, a guest nc room for use of parents visiting fo sons or daughters attending Caro- nc lina, the offices of the city-wide al secretary, and the apartment of "I Bob Ayers, state B.S.U. secretary and his family. Ei In addition, the house will be fe the scene of weiner roasts, re- at ceptions, council meetings, parties, or banquets and other group events. City -and state churches are S helping to raise the $4,000 which m< is needed to furnish the house. m University students also have the at opportunity of contributing to the lir current campaign. Kirk Smith and gi Will Frank Steely are co-chairmen isi of the campus drive to raise money. During this week, 100 stu- he dents will each contact 12 Baptist ju students for donations. If you are Bi a Baptist student, come by your B.S.U. house on Pendleton street; thi then give as generously as you eri cani e The Kappa Delta "Cornettes" will be scheduled to begin at 12:30 p. m. ~(U5 vo campus co-eds, Norma Man gingly at the many gifts contril 11 be awarded to the lucky girl iy" festivities on Thursday. Th e now on display in the canteen. enate Request nvite Eddy Th The General Assembly cons g the cancellation of a rep tgement by Dr. Sherwood rious Emphasis Week next R. G. Bell, YMCA executi te Religious Emphasis W< eakers for the week had ve letters had been sent ou Eddy spoke at student assembly 3t semester and his talk was rmed "not objectionable" by -esident Norman M. Smith. According to Bell, Eddy was iginally scheduled to speak at religious week program at The tadel for five days. After the -st two days, he was requested discontinue his talks because ey were considered "'eo radi 1." Immediate consi"'ration of the solution was abjected to by nator Mays of Greenwood, who id it "involves freedom of speech d freedom of the press." Bell stated that since Eddy was t being considered as a speaker r the annual program he could t see what "all the fuss is out." ted Probe" Bill On Saturday, the day after the Idy resolution, the Senate de ated a bill calling for the cre ion of a legislative Committee Un-American Activities. Speaking in favor of the bill nator White of Union said that embers 'of the "Youth for Christ ovement had contacted students the University of South Caro ia," ostensibly to join with "their mng to participate in a Commun uprising in Brazil." White said that two students 4d been apprehended by the FBI st as they were embarking for -azil. By unanimous recommendation, e bill went on the Senate cal dar and will be up for consid ation at next year's session. stepping high at th e "Queen F< IC photo by Stan Lewis. ni (left) and Anne Boylston look )uted by Columbia merchants which chosen queen at the "Queen For A L gifts, whose value exceeds $300, (Photo by Manning Harris). s USC Not To Speak Here idered Friday a resolution ask rtedly scheduled speaking en Eddy for the University Re December 7. ve secretary and chairman of ,ek program, stated that no een selected as yet although Carolina Review To Distribute Spring Edition On Friday By JANE DOWE The spring edition of the Caro lina Review will be distributed in the post office boxes on Friday, according to a report from the Review staff received by The Gamecock yesterday. The issue, which promises to be the largest yet released by the campus literary magazine, will feature the three prize-winning stories of the recent Clariosophic short story contest. These stories, "The Reformation" by Osborne Gomez, "Blind Date" by Elizabeth Ketchen and "Station Break" by Betty Locke, will appear along with stories by Toni Child and J. B. Woodson. James Prince, Al Bahret and Elaine Davis have contributed ar ticles -to this issue while Jane Church, Margaret Hanna, J. Chap man Milling and Elizabeth Teachey have made poetry con tributions. Chick Shiels has writ ten a sports article and Toni Child has compiled the exchange articles. Three book reviewers, Joe Drennan, Dotty Perkins and Jane Church, will also be represented in this issue. A highlight of the forthcoming publication will be the numerous sketches scattered throughout the magazine and the four-color pro cess cover by Jack Smyrl. rt A Day" narada on Thurayn. The "Queen Fo To Begin Four Events Will Highlight Program "Queen For A Day" festival, sponsored by the Booster Club, will be held Thursday with a :olorful program including a pa rade down Main Street, a radio show, a baby contest, and an in Formal dance. Festivities will begin at 12:30 . m., with the parade down the Main Street of Columbia from Main and Hampton to the univer sity campus. The Booster Club announces that various activities md traditions of Carolina will be featured, and that the parade will include the University Band, ,he NROTC unit, the KD Cor settes, several large floats and nany other projects. At 1:30 p. m., the radio show will start. It will be broadcast >ver Station WNOK and will be Fashioned after the daily program heard over a nation-wide hook-up. A large box containing the names of every co-ed will be used with Palmer McArthur, president elect of the student body, drawing the name. If the girl is not pres ent, another will be drawn until mne is selected and the show will begin. Gifts will be presented to the girl through the courtesy of mer thants of Columbia, exceeding $300 in value. Following the radio show at 2:30, the baby contest will begin. The deadlne for entrants in the event is set for tomorrow at 5 p. m. Babies must be the children Df students and names must be sent to Ben McGuinn, campus mail. Judges for the contest include Governor Thurmond, Mayor Owens Df Columbia, President Norman' M. Smith, Dean Arney Childs and Dr. Havilah Babcock. Each baby will be presented a silver dollar, with special prizes for "the fat test, the chubbiest, etc." From 9 to 1 p. m., the night of the fifteenth, there will be a student body dance in the Field House with Woody Woodward and his orchestra. President Smith has announced that all classes will be excused from 12 p. m. to 3 p. m., on Thurs day. Gifts for the "Queen" which have been on display in the Can teen, include albums of records, shoes, hat, cosmetic set, coffee maker, annual pass to the State, passes from the Palmetto and Carolina theatres, perfume, $25 dollar certificate, lamp, and steak suppers. QUEEN FOR A DAY ANNOUNCEMENTS There will be an important meeting of the Booster Club tomorrow at 4 p. mn., in Flinn Hall. All band members are re quested to report to the band room at 12 noon Thursday with instruments, uniforms and mu dce to participate in "Queen for a Day" parade at 12:30 p. m. girl. promise toarvd noneM of the. r A Day" Thursday Minister From Speak At AsseA The Mexican minister to the United States, Senor Don Rafael de la Colina, will address student and faculty members of the uni versity at assembly today at 12 noon in the University Chapel. De la Colina, one of the feat ured speakers at the current Southern Council on International Affairs which concludes a three day meet today, spoke to the group last night on the topic "Mexico and the United States." A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, de la Colina is a Doctor of Economics. He served as consul in Los Angeles, Calif., for several years. Later, he was named Chief of the Consular De partment of the Mexican Foreign Office. Before assuming his pres ent duties of minister to this coun try, De la Colina served as a general consul in New York City. The minister is considered by Seniors Graduating E File Applications witi All candidates for degrees y at the end of the summer sc term, August 30, must file th istrar on or before Thursday, registrar, has announced. Before filing the applicatior ment for the diploma fee at tt mit the receipt when the app] Three Day Session On International Affairs Ends Today The annual conference of the Southern Council on International Affairs, which began Sunday eve ning with an address by the Hon orable Gaspar G. Bacon, former governor of Massachusetts, will conclude its three day meet at Trinity Episcopal Church today. Still remaining on the sched ule of events for today are: a meeting of the conference com mittees at 9:45 a. m.; an address by Lady Worsley Taylor of Eng land on "Great Britain Today"; an address by Vaughn Bryant of the New Orkans International House at the 1 p. m., Columbia Hotel luncheon meeting, and at 3 p. n., reports of committees and the election of new officers. The theme of the conference this year has been "World Peace Through International Coopera tion." In addition to the opening| address made by Mr. Bacon, the conference has featured such prominent and nationally knownI speakers as George McGhee, Lloyd Free, Malcolm Davis, Ellis Briggs, Silvado Bueno and Rafael de la Colina. This year's conference has been presented under the sponsorship of the university's International Re lations Club. highlght8 o ate pa..de ...ich . Festival At 12:30 Mexico To rnbly Today many to be one of the most cap able men in the employ of the Mexican foreign service. During his stay in the United States, he has been called upon many times to address groups interested in bettering relations between the United States and its neighbor to the south. One of the high lights of his oratorical career was his New York speech commemor ating the 133rd anniversary of Mexico's independence. On this occasion he said that freedom from want and fear might be termed the keystones to inter American solidarity. The assembly program today will be the next to the last of a weekly series of student programs which began a year ago. The last assembly will be given next Tues day after which the programs will be discontinued during the summer months. luring Summer Must i Registrar Thursday iho are expecting to graduate bool, July 31, or the summer air applications with the Reg May 15, Capt. R. C. Needham, i, candidates must make pay ie Treasurer's Office and sub ication is made. Schedules for the diploma fees are: Parchment paper, without case, $1.00; Parchment paper with imitation leather case, $1.25; Sheepskin with genuine leather case, $2.75; law diploma, $3.75. Samples may be seen at the Treas urer's office. Needham announces that a fee of $1.00 will be charged for the certificate in secretarial science without the case, and an additional twenty-five cents for the case. No charges will be made for certifi cates in fine arts, library science, music, physical education, social welfare, and violin. A late fee of $1.00 will be charged after 5 p. m., Thursday. Re-admission Rules Under the present regulations governing re-admission to the uni versity, a student who has failed to pass nine hours during the last fall term or the present spring term, must apply to the Commit tee on Scholastic Standing for re admission in the summer school or term, Capt. Needham has an nounced. Needhanm wishes to call atten tion to the fact that this regula tion applies for the first time to the summer school of 1947. This is a correction of the notice con. tained in the instructions for reg istration for the 1947 summer ses sions issued b)y the Registrar's Of fice at early registration. Ca rolinda r TUESDAY, MAY 13 Student Assembly, 12 noon, chapel. Clariosophic Literary Society, 7 p. in., Clariosophic Hall, Le gare. Euphradian Literary Society, 7 p. in., Euphradian H all, Harper. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 Sophomore Y Council, 1 p. in., Flinn Hall. Booster Club, 4 p. mn., Flinn Hall. Kappa Pi Art Fraternity, 5 p. in., 3rd Floor, McKisslck Li brary. ITHURSDAY, MAY 15 "QUEEN FOR A DAY" EVENTS: (Classes excused 12 to 3.) (a) 12:30 p. in., Main Street Parade. (b) 1:30 p. in., Radio Broad cast, WNOK. (c) 2:30 P. m., Baby Contest, Horseshoe Campus. (d) 9 p. m. Informal Dance, Field 'Ho.. FRIDAY, MAY 16 Senior Y Council, 1 p. m., Filinn Hall. Carolina Christian Serviga Cub, -7 p. m., linn Hall.