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GEOLOGY HEAD I 8t1 m< be tic in be WC an Dr. Taber Awarded Z Grant For Research In Coastal Regions Sw the Dr. Stephen Taber, head of the der geology department, has been Enj awarded a grant from the Pen- dei rose bequest by the Geological on Society of America to complete a pro study of the coastal plains re- I gion, Pres. Norman M. Smith be announced yesterday. whi Doctor Taber will investigate col the physiographic history of the can coastal plain streams during the yea Pleistocene and Recent times and ing will study the climate and other lan environmental conditions existing con when early man and his contem- lan poraries lived in this region. rec< The Geological Society of Amer- tioi ica, with an endowment of $4, of 000,000 as the result of the be- diti quest of Dr. R. A. F. Penrose, see provides many grants in aid for wh research in various branches of Sw geology. A year ago, after ex- nef tensive investigation, a commit- Un tee of the society placed the uni- UP versity on its list of 521 deposi- sit: tories throughout the world to which all its publications are sent wh free. This was made possible by stu funds from the Penrose bequest. ma Doctor Taber has received Mi grants for scientific research pre- cu viously from several different or ganizations. In 1920, he had a grant from the American Associa- AL tion for the Advancement of Science to investigate earthquakes gr< in Southern California, and in me 1931 he received a grant from the Ga National Research Council for pr< geological work in Cuba. pr4 Near the close of World War I, be Doctor Taber was sent by the War Department to Peurto Rico gr< to investigate the disastrous wC earthquake of 1918. He has also, av made studies of the freezing and pu thawing of soils as factors in the destruction of hard surface pave- to ment for the U. S. Bureau of Pub- un lic Roads. sel Doctor Taber's study of the _ perenially frozen ground in Alas ka was used during the recent war in the preparation of reports for the army engineers and in con nection with the construction of airfields in cold climates. Burnett's Drug Store Corner Main and College Only One Block From The Campus FOR DELIVERY PHONE 3191 ALL SEASONABLE ART FLOW CORSAGES A E PHONE 2 1227 Hampton Street few Jobs Opein ou Have To 1 Maybe you'd like a work can idents who do hard, physic >re a day, for some commoi to relieve tension in econor ns or to get more underst real community living. Thi carried, among other place 3tonington, Me.-Recreatio rk in a fishing village. Phoebus, Va.-Remodeling d living on the campus of nd Student 'rom Sweden 'o Come Here nother exchange student from eden is soon to be added to growing list of foreign atu ts already attending Carolina. -land, China, Greece, and Swe already have representatives the campus under this reci cal system of education. n return, a scholarship is to offered to a Carolina student, cch will enable him to attend ege in Sweden. The appli ts should have completed two is of college and have a work knowledge of the Swedish guage. The latter may be ac iplished by means of Swedish guage books, the linguaphone )rd system or private instruc i from someone who is capable teaching the language. In ad on to these methods, there are vral universities and colleges ich are offering courses in the edish language. Among those rest in location are Harvard iversity, Columbia University, sala College, and the Univer i of Pennsylvania. tudents interested in learning at subjects will be the best to dy as an exchange student, y get this information from ss Karen Riesenfeld, who is -rently attending Carolina as an hange student from Sweden. UMNA DONATES CHECKS frs. Ann Heath Dobson, a tduate of the university, a for r chairman of the Alpha Kappa mma scholarship fund, and sident of the YWCA, has set a .cedent for graduating mem -s of AKG leadership sorority. Vlrs. Dobson recently sent both >ups a check to be used in "Y" rk and for the scholarship fund, ailable to students on the cam s who need the money. 'It is certainly a gregd feeling inow that an alumna of the iversity feels as close to the iool as Mrs. Dobson does," Mrs. niey Childs, dean of women, said. At Carolina MARILYN McCORMICK smokes CHESTERFIELDS hle says, "They've always been my avorite brand." I nation-wide survey shows that hesterfields are TOPS with Col ege Students from coast-to-coast. CUT FLOWERS ER SHOP iPECIALTY $781 Columbia, S. C. For Summer; A ay To Work! A ip. It's made up of a gang of I al labor, for eight hours or of purpose. The purpose could the nic, racial and political situa- las anding of problems involved me !se summer work camps will be s at: tra nal and community center Poi vel a Negro community center ape Eiampton Institute- in Dates for this work will be bul from June 27 to August 22. The ber size of the groups at each place lur will' be twelve men and women and the cost is $100. Applications Du may be made to American Friends He; Service Committee, 20 S. Twelfth Mc St., Philadelphia 7, Pa. G. Public Institution Work P' Tol For quite a change, there is T work in a public institution of ing some kind-for example, attendant Alt or aid work under professional Bai supervision in a hospital or re- Gre rormatory. Ha: In New Jersey, workers will be Ma used in the state reformatories. R. [n New York and Pennsylvania T. work as attendants, orderlies, of cottage supervisors or office Bla work in mental institutions are finE available. Dates for this work are from H. June 20 to August 15, with twenty Jon men and women at each site. Ap- of plications may be made at the of same address above. The cost is Car approximately $125. enc Church, School Workers Cy1 Political leadership, revitaliza- W tion of churches and schools, ef fective recreation are a few of the activities which go on in small i communities under the name of N community service. This work is offered in New 0 York as laboratory experience in interracial work, worship and rec reation activities in churches. Ap- stu plications for this work may be nay made to the National Conference cie of Methodist Youth Fellowship, vie 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennes- uni see. noi Foreign Travel In Austria, Germany and all France, work is available with shi European students and adults La caring for children victimized by lin the war. Al Dates for this will be June 15 Ric to September 15 and the approxi- W mate cost, plus transatlantic pas- 1 sage, will be $150-$200. Speaking ar< knowledge of a language other Wi than English is required. Applica- Ce tions must be sent to John Find- WE ley, Unitarian Service Committee, of 9 Park St., Boston, Mass. of Students from this country may lir join Canadian students in projects les of agriculture in Winnipeg, Mani- of toba, with the rugged outdoor life -. taking in all phases of agricul ture and farming. Applications for the positions in Canada may be made to the., Christian Work Camp Fellowship of Canada, 113 Maitland St., To ronto, Ontario. National Government Students may find out "what makes Washington tick" and "how do we turn out good citizens" this summer. Students may hold full time jobs in government agencies at regular wages and spend eight to twelve hours a week in student citizenship seminars. Dates for this work will be June-September. Other than the salary, there will be a registra tion fee of $35. Apply to Miss Fern Babcock, 600 Lexington Ave., New York 22, N. Y. Other positions may be found in the magazine "Motive," pub lished by the Methodist Student Movement eight times a year. CAROLINA ENGRAVING Co. C OLUMBIA .S. C. 11158% Taylor Street for Shoes that look like new ViSit ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. lumni Of Class Of 107 To Celebrate nniversary June 2 )r. Francis W. Bradley, deal the faculty and a member o class of 1907, announced lat t week that plans are being de for a special meeting of th mbers of the class of 1907 tc held on June 2, the day of th ditional alumni reunion. H< nted out that the 40th anni sary of the class provides r cial occasion for celebration. Lccording to the records kep the Alumni Office in the Leibe: Iding, there are 56 living'mem s of the class. Residing in Co ibia are Mrs. P. A. Bonham W. Coleman, Dr. Vernon Cook s Marie M. Cooper, Dr. T. M Bose, J. C. Etheridge, Dr. N. B rward, Harry Laval, Clarke W Cants, S. L. Miller, Mrs. Ottc Donny, Mrs. S. P. Schnieder B. Spigner, W. L. Stork, A. C ias, Jr., and S. J. Zimmerman ther members of the class liv in South Carolina are G. B man of Galivants Ferry, D. H im of Camden, E. H. Black 01 enwood, M. T. Carlisle of tsville, D. A. Carmichael of rion, E. G. Carmichael of Fork P. Clinkscales of Anderson, W Earle of Central, A. L. Hamer Charleston, Marvin Hardin of eksburg, and D. C. Hill of Ef. rham. .lso Jerry M. Hughes and D Eiydrick of Orangeburg, Chafee es of Darlington, C. W. Jones Mt. Gallagher, John D. Lanfor< Greenville, Dr. W. P. Mills o: nden, W. V. Parrott of Flor e, C. T. Rainey of Campobello us L. Shealy of Lexington, D Sturgis of Rock Hill, and S. J 11 of Marion. imes R. Mann Is amed New Editor f Law Yearbook aines R. Mann, sophomore lav dent from Greenville, has beei ned editor of the Seldon So y yearbook, a law school re w published twice yearly at the versity, the Seldon Society an inced this week. !embers of the editorial board seniors elected on a scholar p basis, are G. Gordon Mc irin of Dillon, Ernest F. Hol s of Charleston, Julius B cen of Greenville, Henry E hardson of Sumter, and Georg Dew of Charleston. dembers of the editorial staf William Sandifer of Columbia lliam D. Hayes of Rock Hil !il E. White of Clinton, John C -st of Camden, Jessie W. Evan Pageland, Augusta T. Graydo Columbia, Ney B. Steele of Co nbia, John P. Jellico of Char ton, and John Milton William Greenville. Pictured above is one of the bettei "Model For a Fountain." The desigi legend which says that a heavy ra held in captvity. This rain will co certain point and sets her free becau Rutledge Dorm First Completed Campus Building Rutledge, now a men's dormi tory on the university campus, has had a history which is parallel - to the history of South Carolina. The first completed building at the university, it was erected four years after the school obtained its charter in 1801. The wings from four units which serve as dormi tories, while the center division serves as a chapel and houses the department of music. It is thought that the building was named in honor of John Rut f ledge, a Revolutionary South Carolina patriot, who was the au thor of a plan for higher education in the state which was only par 3 tially carried out. 1 After the War Between the - States, during which the State - House was burned, the South s Carolina House of Representatives sat there. t r t * C known works of William Hirsch, 8 i is based on a low country Netro n will occur when a mermaid is ntinue until the water rises to a I se she has a child in the sea. 3culpture Course Is Dffered To Students t A course in sculpture, to be t t r aught by William Hirsch of r Jharleston, will be offered during t he coming session of summer t chool. The subjects will include j j nstructions in clay modeling, Nood carving, and ceramics in iddition to that in sculpture. Hirsch has been teaching sculp ;ure at the Gibbes Art Gallery in l Jharleston since 1945 and has sev aral one man shows of his work put on by that institution.1 a antiss (o r marC lot es Summer Rea AND OR SPO . IS EADY THE COTHE FutR CoUNs I NCOLferen T Stent Looking Backwards In May, 1941, thle spring so iester was rapidly coming to a lose in the heat of an early sum Rer, according to The Gamecock f that day. Among the many South Carolin %ns who have now made names or themselves in the state, there rere several who were then in he spotlight on the campus. Jim McKinney, now an out tanding reporter on legislative natters for the local newspaper, he State, was named as editor f the student newspaper for the ollowing semester. Solomon Blatt, the younger, rho was recently elected a mem er of the Board of Trustees by he General Assembly, was spend rig his last days as president of he student body. In a column on the editorial age, the question of the year ras: "Will Matthew Poliakoff raduate this year?" Poliakoff id graduate, and is now a rep esentative from Spartanburg ounty in the aforementioned leg ;lature. According to some po itical observers, he is rated as ne of the best friends of this chool in that assemblage of leg 3lators. Dean Arney Childs was sched led to go on a jaunt to Pawley's sland with the members of Alpha Cappa Gamma. Does this little information raise ny fond memories? %udio-Visual Bureau Elas 13 New Films The audio-visuai aids bureau of he university has received thir een new films, S. C. Hawkins of he Extension Division has an ounced. Three of these films include the eaching of accounting with par icular stress on the posting of ournal entries. The other ten films are entitled Paper," "One World or None," Story of Alfred Nobel," "Spell rg Is Easy," "Your Children's ars," "Arranging the Tea Ta Ile," "Earthworm," "Maps Are 'un," "Power," and "Writing the ilm." Webb's Art Store Artist Materials, Photo' Frames, Mirrors LET US FRAME YOUR DIPLOMAS " New Address: 1209%/ Gervais St. Post Office Block hisi (TS WEAR SHOP . .WITH YOU NEED THE SUN! ellk