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TiIsThe Last Issue ~Ol eiWel Of The GamecockGA?ColgNesar Fo This SemesterInSuhCrla UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No. 47 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY 24, 19471908 Dr. Havilah Babcock, head of the above (left) as he presents a check managing editor of the University c lishment of a series of J. Rion Mcl of the late president. This sum wa members and friends of Dr. McKi ment. (USC photo by Stan Lewis.) University Pre Series Of McK A volume of speeches and p Y Rion McKissick will be publish versity of South Carolina Pre aging editor, announced today This volume, tentatively el Carolina," will be the first in Memorial Volumes to be issue Lacy Butler Elected President Of WUSC For 1947 Fall Term In an election held Wednesday, WUSC, campus radio station, Lacy Butler was named president and station manager for the fall term. Richter Moore was chosen as vice-prsident and program di rectQ40ther officers are: George Stanley, tresurer and business manager; Marvin Carter, chief engineer; Robert Carpenter, chief announcer; and Cyrus Shealy, sec retary. The advertising manager will be chosen at the beginning of t e fall semester. The only other members of the staff who were named were Ver non Taylor as announcer, and Alex Long as control operator. All fu ture personnel of the station will be required by the constitution to serve a "probationary" period of one-half semester after which time they may be voted full mem bership. It was decided at the meeting that WUSC will not broadcast this summer, but will resume operation Sduring the fall. It was also an nounced that the permanent op erating frequency of 640 kilocycles will be used when the station re opens, instead of the present tem porary 1000 kilocycles. All students interested in an nouncing, script writing, or con trol operating are urged by the officers to contact them. EXAM SCHEDULE In response to many requests by members of the student body, . The Gamecock, reprints the ex amination schedule for the tests which begin Monday and continue through Saturday of next week. * Monday, 8 to 10 a. m.-10T; 11 to I p. m.-4T; 3 to 5 p. m.-3SM. Tuesday, 8 to 10 a. m.-ST; 11 to 1 p. m.-2 (2:30)T; 3 to 5 p. in. 11T. Wednesday, 8 to 10 a. m.-8M; 11 to 1 p. m.-ST; 3 to 5 p. m. 11M. \~rursday, 8 to 10 a. mn.-9T; 11 to 1 p. mn.-1MT; 3 to 6 p. mn. 12M. Friday, 8 to 10 a. mn.-9M; 11 to 1 p. m.-2M; 3 to 5 p. m.-10M. Saturday, 8 to 10 a. m.-4M; 11 to 1 p. m.-blank; 3 to 5 p. mn. blank. Examinations for times other than those listed above may be ar ranged with the professor con erned. IF IAJ F, pro: terr Caf bea 194' tion will July Opel be boai mer serv the fort eith lepartment of English, is pictured for $759.51 to Frank H. Wardlaw, if t f South Carolina Press, for estab- to j issick Memorial Volumes in honor tion H contributed by students, faculty asick through the English depart- non be i ss To Publish fJ issick's Works '"I ope: itpers of the late President J- thr< ed late this year by the Uni- mea ss, Frank H. Wardlaw, man- cas1 ser, ititled "Men and Women of ser% a series of J. Rion McKissick d by the press. Hat Publication of the McKissick the speeches and institution of the memorial series has been made sun possible by a gift of $759.51 con- stuc tributed shortly after Dr. Mc- 10. Kissick's death by students, fac ulty members and other friends. ill These contributions were made through the university's depart- boa ment of English under the direc- mea tion of Dr. Havilah Babcock for ( the purpose of establishing a "liv- clos ing memorial," the exact form be- bret ing determined only recently. The money raised through the ( English department, turned over erat to the press recently by Dr. Bab- and cock, will be supplemented by R other contributions. Proceeds from the sale of the ter initial volume will go into a re- urel volving fund for the publication in t of subsequent books at the dis- lar cretion of the Press Committee. Tue The subject matter of all books A i issued in this series will concern South Carolina in recognition of for Dr. McKissick's deep love for, and no 1 devotion to, the state. Hal Nearly 1800 Studes Are Now Expected cS For Summer Termi On the basis of early registra- Pt tion, Miss Miriam Holland, assist ant to the registrar, has announced 'T that an approximately number of this 1800 students are exp)ected for the summer term. preL New students who will enter the the university for the summer school on and summer term sessions will be- so gin their testing and guidance pro- ann gram in Drayton Hall June 6, Miss C Holland stated. r Registration for courses will ; take place June 9 and classes will Str<4 begin June 10. dow thiei REGISTRAR NOTICES Mel The following notice was re- T ceivedl from the office of the reg- pre:l lstrar for the purpose of clarifying aft< a previous article published in Ii The Gamecock: plat "All students who completed fall STEP No. 3 in Early Registra- a" tion will report to the CHECKING wee STATION, STEP No. 4, in Room 0 107 Sloan College on Monday, June by 9, hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. and 2 sna) p. m. to 4 p. m. Late registration aft< fee will be charged after that date. aftt "Classes begin on full-time wea schedule at 8 a. m, Tuesday, June on 10. firs "The schedule of payment of B fees published by the Treasurer in prei last Saturday's Gamecock effects "po no change in the date of registra- rect tion, which remains Monday, June ball 9. 1947." conr Legulatio nnounei 'or Eatei aced with the proble it operation it ha 'ined that Wade ?teria and Steward perated during the under the follov L) Wade Hampton be in operation fre 31 only. !) Steward's Hall -ation from June 6. I) Every possible niade to maintain d rates throughou . However, the Un es the right to ( board rate if condit e this action, and er one or both of th here is insufficient ustify a continuatio It is sincerely of these steps w aken. he following plan o both cafeterias ha red: L) Steward's Hall c from dinner o ugh supper on J Is for this period m basis. This caf e summer school a a students during t ?) Steward's Hall npton Cafeteria w regular board tick( mer school and su lents with breakfa ) Wade Hamptoi be operated on rd ticket basis onl 1) Both cafeterias ed after dinner ikfast July 6. ) Steward's Hall ed on the regular I cash meal basis. egular tickets for as will be sold at -'s Office on Mond he order of applica board tickets wil sday, June 10, at mit of 126 tickets Wade Hampton Ca imit has been set fo l. niors Vote irolina-Clen e-Game Pta he results, of the week by the s ident, Al Bahret, t opinions of the cIa plans for the Car pre-game program ounced, lass members state, erred to have the " he parade hung a et at the Jeffersori n at the end of the burned after the ton Field. he seniors also expi 'erence for havini r the burning of t answer to the que is for the first w term, the class vol 3et acquainted witl k. ther suggestions as class membersi ce dance back to I r the parade, a blue r the parade, no ring of rat caps, a the horseshoe cami -day of the fall te abret says that th ared to carry out Itical promises" nt campaign. All ots were not cor piling- the rennlta. insLargest ed sies In Comi ms of non 3 been de Hampton s Hall will summer of ring condi Cafeteria m June 10 will be in August 31. effort will he present t the sum iversity re i) increase ions should (b) close e cafeterias patronage n of opera hoped that ill have to f operation s been ap- ' nly will be n June 6 ane 9. All e. Pictured above is the recently ele nill be on a is on the left. Next are Jim Dalla eteria will manager; Margaret Eleazer, asso Lewis.) nd summer Lewis.) his period. and Wade Players To Give 11 ob*" on Last Radio Play ~t basis for mmer term Of Present Series t on June The University Players will pre Cafeteria sent the last in their series o he regular "Tales from Poe" this afternooi y. No cash I over station WIS with the pres entation of "The System of Docto will be Tarr and Professor Fether." The July 3 to program can be heard at 4:30 p. m This performance will mark thi will be op- last appearance with the group o >oard ticket Griffin Campbell and Phillip Ber nanke, who will leave soon to ac both cafe- cept scholarships with the Ply the Treas- mouth Dramatic Festival. ay, June 9, Campbell will play the part o tion. Regu- Poe as the narrator in today' begin on presentation, and Roy Lind wil breakfast. be director. Allan Brown of WI: will be sold is producer. feteria, but Appearing in the play, in ad r Steward's dition to Campbell and Lind, wil be Burnelle Stacey, Allen Watson - and Kay Whittaker. The weekly series of radio playa LI will continue through the summer SOjrogram departnlent officals o SON WIS have announced. Earlier il is had been decided to end the serie~ at the close of this semester. How ever, when it found that the ma 1)011 taken jority of the Players group wouki amor class be here this summer, the series determine' was extended. ismembers' hlfae ee Jane Covington thtte Appointed Member l'iger" used Of Board Of Visitors eross Mamn Hotel, cut Mrs. Jane Crunm Covington, na parade and tionally-known woman golfer fronm return to Orangeburg, has been appointed to the Board of Women Visitors, essed their the President's Office a nnounced a dance yesterday. be "Tiger." Mrs. Covington was appointed stion about from the first judicial circuit by sek of the the trustee from that district, Rut ed1 to have Osborne Sr., of Orangeburg. Carolina" A member of the Class or '42, Mr's. Covington was a membler of turned in the Tri-D)elta sorority, anda neluded: a physics major at the university. he campus In October, 1944. she married Heri jean dance ibert S. Covington of Orangeburg. hazing but Among the honors won by Mrs. ad a dance Covington in the golfing world >us on the was the Biltmore Golf Club, wom rm- en's championship in 1944, the e poll was Linville (N. C.) Invitational and two of his the Palm Beach Women's Open. luring the Before her marriage she was an non-senior instructor in pro-flight aero sidered In nautics and physics at the Orange. burg High School. Post-War ( nencement w.rr. :ted staff of the 19 48 Garnet and Black. Ben 1 ,, co-editor; John C opeland, co-editor; Beth Fi ciate editor; and Bob Horton, Organizations G And B To BetO Copeland, Dallas F "The 1947 Garnet and Black will - printers some time between June 15 r Barrett, editor, announced yesterday. is due to the size of the yearbook and - of work which the R. L. Bryan Com book, h Annual Awards Are Actual nual will Presented At Final Bryan Assembly For Term In,S Dorothy Phasey of Columbia wil b and Gordon Shomaker of Pueblo, printing Colorado were presented with the uP delive Algernon Sydney Sullivan award (ets. At for service and leadership by Dr. cording Francis W. Bradley, dean of fac- Blue Ke3 ulty at the last student assembly Barrett on Tuesday. Honorary presenta- appointm tion of the Sullivan award was coming o made to Dr. Leonard T. Baker, term. Col president emeritus of the univer- of the pr sity. and the 1 Honorary scholarships were to the aaddto 11 seniors for out standing scholastic work in their trem major fields of study. WVilliam will not .Janmes Whitesell of Columbia re- tional pic ceived the Harper award in chem- A Day" istry; Bettie Brook Parker of Co- vities wi lumbia received the Marion Simms, awvard in biology; Raymond H. year s iss Tayler of Columbia received the Studeni Hutchinson award in English. hooks an Other honorary scholarships themi she plresented were the Manning award r-ett, Ten< in geology to Norman H. Rucks of Queen's Village, N. Y., the price for Second Hampton award in history I'ditors I to Kathryn Ann Bradbury of John( Seneca, the Rion award in mathe- Dallas ha matics to Arthur Mason Turner for the of Columbia and the Legare award, in philosophy to Nancy Caroline \ ictor I Tupper of Rembert. wveek. M: Also, the Thornwell award in sorority physics to John A. Chase, Jr., of assistant Columbia; the First Hampton Other 4 award in romance languages to ton, orga1 Marion Leroy Ellis of Kingstree, Guinn, I and the Preston award in educa- Beth Fill tion to Jane Hammond of Black- manager. ville. Copelar ager for Presbyterian Names Back W Dusenberry To Staff business, Clinton, May 23-Richard G. Fillingim, Dusenbury of Florence, at present engaged in graduate study and serving as instructor in the Eng - lish dlepartment at the University TF of South Carolina, has been named Iregri to the Presbyterian college fac- Ifour at ulty as instructor in English, Dr. from Marshall W. Brown, president, an- fe nonnced today. ---. lass G Finals 17~ IcGuinn, business manager Ilingim, assistant business Editor. (Photo by Stan it In June; 'all Editors be released from the and June 30," Victor The delay in release the excessive amount pany, printers of the as to complete. distribution of the an be made by the R. L. ompany. Address labels made by the University Office, and the books rapped and mailed by the company. This will speed ry of the books to stu inuals will be mailed ac to the addresses in the Directory. has expressed his dis ent at the book's not ut before the end of the y has been in the hands nters for several months, ast of the pictures went ngrave'rs approximately' nths ago. Since the book come out on time, addi tures of the "Queen For *nd of the May, D)ay festi-1 11 be included in this ue. Swishing to purchase d1 have them mailed to uld contact Victor Bar mnent 6, or Box 211. The each book will lbe $2.50. 'or 1948 obpeland and .James T. ve been named co-editors 1948 Garnet and Black, Carrett announced this irgaret Eleazer. present ediitor, has lbeen named editor. ifficers include Bob Hor' iizations editor; Ben Mc >usiness manager; and ingim, assistant business dwas distribution man this year's Garnet and ile Dallas was freshman 4eGuinn was assistant manager, and Horton and staff workers. TRAGEDV! he Honor Council 'ts to announce that udents were auspended school this semester or CHEATING?! -raduates June 2 John Martin, USC Graduate, To Be Speaker Hy CARROLL L. GILLIAM The largest post-war class and one of the largest classes in the history of the university will be graduated by the school on June 2 with John H. Martin of Harts ville as principal speaker, Admiral Norman 1. Smith, president, an nounces. The graduation exercises for a total of 319 students will be held at 8 p. n., on Melton Field after the academic procession from the main campus at 7:30. A lawn party for members of the class, their families and the faculty will precede the procession. Invocation will be pronounced by Chaplain Massengale with the benediction by Dr. Hugh Murchi son, retired chaplain. Honorary de grees will be bestowed upon Mrs. Elizabeth O'Neill Verner and Dr. R.. C. Coker, distinguished univer sity graduates. A total of 290 students have ap plied for academic degrees and 29 have applied for secretarial science and departmental certificates. The class is composed of 192 men and 127 women. Candidates for the bachelor of arts degree head the list with 76 applicants, with bachelor of science second with 68 and bachelor of science in business administration third with 41. Twenty-one stu dents, including two women, have applied for law degrees with seventeen students being candi dates for graduate degrees. Other applications are for de grees as bachelor of arts in edu cation, bachelor of arts in journal ism, bachelor of science in com merce, bachelor of science in edu cation, bachelor of science in phar macy, and bachelor of science in naval science. Commencement Speaker John H. Martin, the principal speaker, is a graduate of the uni versity and is now president of the Sonoco Products Company of Rartsville. A member of the Class of 1918, lhe was originally from Fountain [nn and has served as vice-presi -ent of the University Alumni As tociation. He has been active in all alumni affairs since leav:ng the achool. Martin is president of the Pee Dee Area of the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Rotary Club, the Hartsville Planning Board and the Hartsville Chamber >f Commerce. [Class L,awn Party For the lawn party to be held efore the exercises, the univer sity has provided two commence nent invitations for each student ,vho is graduating. One of the in ritations is intended for the gradu ite's family. These invitations may be ob ained from Joe Lawrence at the University Post Office by mem ers of the class. Each invitation carries with It a ard to the lawn party honoring niembers of thle class and recipi mnts of honorary dlegrees. The arty will be held from 6 to 7 p. n., on the main campus. Invited ~re members of the graduating lass, their parents and guests. ~aculty and staff members and )ther guests of the university. [lonor Council Will B~e Active During Summer Semester The Honor Council announces hat it will be in operation during he summer school and summer erm. The new members of the group iave already been named and will e announced at t.he beginning of ~he fall term. During the summer honor board nembers will serve in a temporary ~apacity as the Honor Council in he absence of the regular mem