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ad--d Farewell Editorial 51 i T iSePgFo See Page Two UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FOUR PAGE EDITION TODAY CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA lume XLI, No. 4_ COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 17, 1947 o Edgerton SC Queen I arade Followec estivities Concl Jo Edgerton, senior from Coli or A Day" during the day-long he sponsorship of the Booster Miss Edgerton was selected 1 rom a box containing the namc the president-elect of the stud Coronation ceremonies were he Kissick library and were broadcv The "Queen" received gifts do- - nated by the merchants of Colum- ( bia, and was interviewed at the a informal dance at the Field House by the campus radio station, WUSC. Her escort was Gov. J. r Strom Thurmond. Festivities for the day began with a parade down Main Street r to the university campus. Floats s in the parade featured many phases of Carolina life, and were prepared by the fraternities and t sororities of the campus. Included 0 in the march was the University n Band, the NROTC unit, and the n KD Corsettes. C Immediately after the cere monies crowning the "Queen", a r baby contest for children of uni- a versity students, was held on the f horseshoe campus under the aus pices of Dr. Havilah Babcock and e the Co-ed Association. o Governor Thurmond presented , silver dollars to the 77 babies who i were entered into the contest, as r they were introduced by Doctor s Babcock, the master of ceremonies. 1 The money was made up of $52 from the Co-ed Association and ' the remainder from Doctor Bab- c cock's English 129 classes. The Grand Prize was awarded to the baby judged the prettiest, Katherine Wannamaker. Other awards were made for the fattest t to John Player, the prettiest eyes to Mickey Rogers, the youngest t to Linda Evans, the baldest to Lamar Davis, and the curliest hair to Ronald Breazale. Judges for the event were Dean Arney Childs, President Norman M. Smith, Miss Miriam Holland, assistant registrar, Colonel Dan iels, the governor's executive sec retary, and the "Queen" Jo Ed gerton. The program was transcribed by station WIS and broadcast Thursday at 10:30 p. m. Festivities for the day closed with the informal student body dance in the Field House. ANNOUNCEMENT Joe Lawrence, universityi postmaster, requests that stu-I dents leaving at the end of this1 term leave their forwarding addresses at the post office. Lorenzi Addresses Engineering Students On Stoker Boilers Otto de Lorenzi, director of edui cation of the Combustion Engi neering Company, New York City, addressed university engineering students taking courses in Heat Power, last Tuesday. Do Lorenzi presented a kodo chrome movie showing actual com bustion in stoker fuel boilers. He described the method for using moving pictures for combusion. Lorenzl said that a new tool In the form of "speed up" motion pictures in color had been effective in studies of this type. "The new approach has been valuable in re cording fuel burning character eistics and indicating possible de sign changes for improved op orating economics." Approximately 70 students at Is Named For A Day I By Crowning; uded By Dance imbia, was crowned "Queen estival held Thursday under "lub. y the drawing of her name s of all university co-eds by nt body, Palmer McArthur. Id on the steps of the Mc st over local station WNOK. summer, Fall 1otices Given ro Veterans The Veteran's Administration acently issued the following tatements of interest to veterans: Veterans attending the univer ity under Provisions of Public aw 346 who have not submitted eir V. A. form 7-1908 (notice f training status) for the sum icr, are requested to do so im iediately, else it will become nec ssary to discontinue their train ig at the end of the present term. ion-compliance of this request equires an extra procedure tc ecomplish re-enrollment in the all. Veterans who have reportet ither interruption or continuatior f training for the summer and ave changed their plans, should otify the V. A. Guidance Center IcKissick Library Building, im. iediately. In those cases where ummer term was indicated and iter it was determined that sum ner school or a combination of ummer term and summer schoo rill be attended, NO report of th< hange to the V. A. is necessary Veterans who are changing their ddresses for the summer and de. ire their pay checks sent to a ew address should register a no ice of change of address with he center. Attention is again directed t< he importance of submitting re tuests for both change of courses t the university or transfer of raining institutions. These re uests should be made as early in dvance of the effective date of hange as possible. Prior approva y the V. A. must be obtained brough this office before eithei f the above changes may be ac omplished. The V. A. training officers al he university Guidance Centei vill be glad to assist any veterar n solving any training problems hey may encounter. Forensic Society Will Be Issued [ts Charter Today The South Carolina Zeta Chap er of Phi Kappa Delta, nationa ionorary forensic fraternity, wil eccive its charter today. Prof. M 3. Christophersen, debate coach innouncedi that six charter menm ers and two honorary menmbern vili be installed. Prof. Douglas Carlisle, instrue or in the history department, wil ect as installing officer. He wa: riven permission to act in thi: apacity by the national chapte >f Phi Kappa Delta, since he is niember of the forensic fraternity Norman M. Smith, president o he university, and Havilah Bab ock, head of the English depart nent, will be given honorary mem >ership) in the university chapter Tharter members include Profes ior Christophersen; Robert Hlirsel and Robert Bates, members of las rear's team; Phillip Bernanke Wilton Kligman, James Simmon and Ramon Schwvartz, of thi rear's squad. Hirsch, champion debater whi ielped the team win the grani lational honors last year, will b iresent at the installation cere niony. Application for a charter by th [Jniversity Debate Squad was ac ~epted by the national presiden ast semester because of the honor hat the team gained in the pas wo debating e ansn. Gamecock editors and officers f( (front row), Harry Hiott, Busine tor. Back Row: Don Barton and I linda (ollum. Society Editor; Jean Manning Harris.) ANNOUNCEMENT Ottis Kelly, university mar shal, wishes to make the fol lowing announcements: (1) There is still a sufficient number of rooms on the cam pus to accommodate all stu dents who wish to return for the summer sessions. Room reservations may be made upon the payment of the necessary fee of $10 at the Treasurer's Office. (2) Students who turn in their room keys at the mar shal's office at the end of the current term will be refunded their 50 cent deposit fee. Joe Ruthven Elected Euphradian Society Fall Term President At their weekly meeting Tues (lay night, the Euphradian Liter ary Society elected officers for th fall semester. Joe P. Ruthven o: Chesterfield was elected president Other officers named weri Dwight Honeycutt, vice-president George Stanley of Kingstree, see retary; Jack Nettles of Beaufort literary critic; Tom Williamsoi of Aiken, censor; Bill O'Bryai of Kingstree, treasurer; Bol Cordes of Cordesville, custos fo rum; Edwin Bingenheimer of Co lumbia, secretary; Clyde Dean o: Orangeburg, reporter; and Stu dent Council representative, Dic1 Breeland. Euphradian representative: named to the Board of Publica tions are Bob Cordes, andl Ramoi Schwartz of Sum ter. The new officers will be install ed at the first meeting of the fal term. They wvill serve for the ful semester. Pictured above is the group of I t month. The trip was the second neers. (Photo by Russell Maxev. ir next fall, as announced at T s Manager; Bill Routh, Editor-It en Baldwin, Co-Sp orts Editors; Davis, Feature Editor and Carr McArthur To Awards Give, At the last student assen at 12 noon in the Chapel, P inaugurated as president of president, Fred Brogdon. Various campus organiza awards at this time, Chai Among these will be the Ch to Osborne Gomez for the recent contest held by the Music for the program will under the direction of Hugh V liamson, director of the univers department of music. Chaplain Massengale reque all campus groups who wish make awards at this time to c tact him before Tuesday. This Week's Assembly At this week's assembly, Se Don Rafael de la Colina, Mexi< minister to the United Stal called for greater cooperation tween the two countries in - fields of economics, education, x morals. Praising the good neighbor r icy of the two countries, de Colina declared that the keyst( of inter-American solidarity res on freedom from want and fi lie indicated that his country v comed American capital on a ba of mutual benefit to both co tries. The minister called for a ordination of the history cour taught in the two countries in the teaching of each oth< language as a means of promot greater friendship between th two American neighbors. An int change of students and teach I on a large scale was given as important factor in better und standing. 'ngineering Students as they vii in a series of tours sponsored b :anhamhin P'honorranher-) uesday's banquet, are: Left to right i-Chief and Bob Isbell, Managing Edi Norine Corley, Exchange Editor; He oil Gilliam, News Editor. (Photo by Be Installed, t At Assembly ibly for the semester on Tuesday almer McArthur will be officially the student body by the retiring Lions will make their end-of-term lain Massengale has announced. triosophic Literary Society award best short story entered in the ociety. be i'; Poe's "Assignation" W Will Be Broadcast to By Players Today "The Assignation" by Edgar Al lan Poe will be presented today at for 4:45 p. in., as one of the series ,an of one-act plays being given for es, a 13 week period over station WIS be- by the University Players. the The drama, produced and di mid rected by Griffin Campbell of Mc Bee, will be the fifth in the series ol- of dramas. Burnelle Stacey of In Florence and Roy Lind of Colum >ne bia will be heard in the major ted roles. ar. "The Assignation," is set in a el- rather weird Italian background sis and is the story of two lovers who m- poison themselves so that they can be together when they find it is co- impossible for them to do so in life. md Last week the group presented r's "The Oblong Box." n, Those who have taken parts in ese the radio plays are Allen Watson, er- John Mahafee, Griffin Campbell, e'rs Winnie Lee, Phillip Bernanke, Roy an Lind, Burnelle Stacey and Ira er- Hudson. All are members of the University Players. ed the (Clark's 1H11 Project earlier thia the American Socetyofa Civin Engi Campus Pi Elect Fall Routh Is Gam Isbell Made Ma At a banquet held Tuesda senior from Columbia, was n Gamecock for the 1947 fall editor in the spring of 1946 present term. Robert Isbell, rising senioi managing editor. Isbell was t term of this year. Other members of the staff for the fall are: Carroll Gilliam, ris ing junior from Union, news edi tor; Jean Davis, rising senior from Florence, feature editor; Belinda Collum, rising senior from Bates burg, society editor; Don Barton, rising junior from Anderson, and Kenneth Baldwin, rising junior from Columbia, co-sports editors; Norine Corley, rising senior from Edgefield, exchange editor; and Harry Hiott, rising senior from Columbia, business manager. The semester award for the best news story was given to Ken neth Baldwin with Peggy Trexler and Ranny Reaves receiving hon orable mention. The best feature award went to Bob Carpenter, with honorable mention to Norma Ma nini, Norine Corley and Jane Dowe. Gamecock keys were presented to the present editors of the pa per who are graduating in June. They are Mary Shoun, present editor; Mike Karvelas, present managing editor; Peggy Trexler, present exchange editor; and Libby McDaniel, present society editor. Today's issue marks the last for the present staff. Two editions will be turned out next week by the fall semester staff. Garnet And Black Th& 1947 editors for the Gar net and Black were announced this week by Victor Barrett, re tiring editor. Co-editors for next semester are John Copeland and James T. Dal las. The assistant editor is Mar garet Eleazer. Other officers named include Bob Horton, organizations editor; Ben McGuinn, business manager; and Beth Fillingim, assistant busi ness manager. Civil Engineers Select Officers For Coming Fall Term William T. Young of Mayesville was elected president of the Wal ter E. Rowe student chapter of the American Society of Civil En gineers at its meeting last Tues day night. Other newly elected officers for the fall ternm are: John F. Mc Grath of Brooklyn, N. Y., vice president; and Gary McCalley of Columbia, secretary-treasurer. The chief address of the last meeting of the semester was given by Dean Walter E. Rowe, former (dean of the engineering school. Clark's Hill Visit Earlier this month, the society took an extended all-day tour of the Clark's Hill hydro-electric project. The dam, now under con struction by the U. S. Engineer Department, is located 20 miles up the Savannah River from Augusta, Ga., and will cost an estimated $45,000,000 when completed five years hence. The students were able to ob serve the dredging and hydraulic fill operations, the railroad con struction, the grouting of the bed rock, and the placement of the core and emibankments. The chapter plans to make trips every six months to obtain an in tegrated picture of the construc tion of a large dam. This is the second major field trip sponsored this year by the ASCE chapter, the first being an all-day tour of the Santee-Cooper Dam. Some 45 students attended and were accompanied by Prof. B. F. Buie of the geology department and Prof. R. B. Maxey of the En r ounaua y YuU iblications Officers ecock Editor; tnaging Editor y evening, Bill Routh, rising imed as editor-in-chief of The term. Routh served as sports and as columnist during the from Anderson, was named he news editor for the spring Summer Fees To Be Payable From June9-11 The following information, ap plicable to both veterans and non veterans, was released from the office of the treasurer this week concerning instructions for the payment of fees in the 1947 sum mer school and summer term. Summer school fees are payable in the Education building on June 9. All registration must be com pleted between the hours of 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. Registration aft er June 9 will be termed late reg istration. The collection of fees for the summer term will extend over three days beginning June 9 and ending June 11. On June 9 fees will be collected in the main floor of McKissick library from all new students, transfers and all other regular summer term students whose last names begin with "A", and including "G". Beginning June 10 fees will be collected in alpha betical order at the treasurer's office in DeSaussure college. Hours: 9 a. m. to 1 p. in.; 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. On June 10, those whose last names begin with the letters E through N, inclusive, will pay their fees. On June 11, those from O to Z will be required to make payment. After June 11, the payment of fees will be designated as late registration and subject to addi tional payment. Literature Hour To Be Held Next Week The Literature Reading Hour will he held twice next week at Flinn Hall. On Tuesday at 8 p. m., an hour in English literature reading will be held, with an hour in American Literature hour at 7:30 p. mn., on Thursday. These hours are under the di rection of Mrs. Elaine Davis, in structor in the English dep.art ment. Selections from poetry, prose and plays will be read. -All students, faculty members and friends are invited to attend both sessions. Carolindar SATURDAY, MAY 17 Student Center, 7:30-10:45, Washington Street Methodist Church SUNDAY, MAY 18 Wesley Foundation, 10 a. mn., Washington Street Methodist Church Canterbury Club, 6 p. mn., Trin ity Church Vespers, 7 p. mn., University chapel MONDAY, MAY 19 Freshman Y Council. 1 p. in.. Flinn Hall B. S. U. devotions daily at 1:45, McCutchen TUESDAY, MAY 20 Student Assembly, 12 noon, chapel Clarlosophic Literary Society 7 p. mn., Clariosophiec al Legare Euphradian iJterary MSoeiety, 7 p. mn., Euphradian Hall, Harper.