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Report on Cul System Given By Needham The system of class cuts an< absences for students will remai the same this semester as last, ac cording to Capt. R. C. Needham registrar. For the benefit of new students and those unfamiliar with the system, The Gamecock reprints the fdllowing important sections of the attendance regulation guide: "The number of unexcused ab sences allowed in a course is es. tablished at twice the number of class meetings per week. These allowed unexcused absences are considered ample to take care of any emergency or illness of short duration. They are not designed to be used for the convenience or pleasure of the student. ".No excuse for absences of two consecutive class days or less will be approved except for absences incurred while representing the university in an authorized ac tivity. "For absences of longer dura tion than two consecutive class days, approved excuse cards will be issued only for (1) illness, ap proved by the university physi cian whether or not attended by him, or (2) marriage, birth, death, or serious illness in the immedi ate family, approved by the ap propriate official, or (3) absence while representing the university in an authorized activity. Ex cuses for absences for other rea sons will not be considered. "No credit will be allowed for a course in which a student fails to make an attendance of 75 per cent." tneen-ca pM-fe'"*MOV' K tres Mas- -Pl$s er tite shrt stwks. MY VAUU- My del SWIN-JACK LONDON iseats wsp sstagsew msterIl. 32 pMNe ue sA-ts T aWA-16 ohr 0 I4"E and ba. Ne i Now. D0pt- Cr RITERS TALENT SCOUT,.INC. Nsi sh Firfu, PAyd 46, Cellf.iu No finer fee OTHER FREE $8.95 to $17. Co' 1409 MAIN S New Officers f Announced by By JACK MATTHEWS Bob Horton, president of the YMCA, and Lacy Butler, president of the YWCA, have an nounced the completion of the election of officers by the three councils and by the Y Cabinet. YMCA officers are Bob Horton, president; Bobby Sumwalt, vice president; Al Lovata, secretary; John Copeland, treasurer; and Ray Halford, assistant treasurer. The YWCA is headed by Lacy Butler as president; with Amalie Stone, vice-president; Jessie Pha sey, secretary; and Claire Parler, treasurer. The Y Cabinet, composed of committee chairmen for both YM and YWCA includes M a r y McQueen, Christian Service Club; Mary Parker and Gene Spears, deputations; Vilma Huggins and Jim Dallas, vespers; Helene Stein and Bob Zalkin, inter-faith; Olive Long and Cyrus Shealy, news-let ter; Dot McLeod, social; Joyce Hayes and Carlton Owens, public affairs; Kathleen Brown, social services; Lynn Hook, girl re serves; Betty Ruth Steven, cam pus service and librarian; Marga ret Eleazer, publicity; Sara Friedman Snyder and John Ma son, worship; John Bunch, fresh man adviser; Ralph Brown, mem bership; Palmer McArthur, sopho more adviser; Bill Hutchinson, Y Education; Larry Pollard and Chuck Evans, town discussion; and David Pierce, program chairman. The YMCA social chairman and the YWCA freshman and sopho more advisers and membership chairman are to be elected. Council Officers The Freshman Council elected Ed Mikell president at its or ganizational meeting Monday. Other officers named were Jean Welch, vice-president; M a r y Louise Gaillard, secretary; and Quitman Marshall, treasurer. Pat King was chosen Sopho- I more Council president with Mary Wimberly as vice-president, Lucy Whitescarver as secretary and Ann Craig as treasurer. "We are just beginning to get ( the cabinet integrated and organ- .] ized in working toward the full 1 purpose and program of the YMCA," Horton said. "We are l IRE EMAN "Style" at any price. That's hoa I about this handsome Master ] Moccasin. Lush leathers quality shoemianship makes 5 Outsta"ding for'vale, *The Allegheny in plum M1ANS with Cobbles4 s0 and str PELAND C' TREET mO.UMI3 )r YM-YWCA Horton, Butler endeavoring to offer an interest ing and effective program to the student body as a whole." Of kin hii Carolina Engineering of Group Organizes For 1947-48 School Year bh Prof. Samuel Litman of the da electrical engineering department an and faculty adviser of the Ameri- trE can Institute of Electrical Engi- th neers has expressed hopes that lat students from this school would enter papers in the Southeastern lat convention held in Knoxville, Tenn., col this spring and to compete for ya "I prizes at the winter convention fec held in New York City each year. The AIEE opened its fall term riv activities with a general meeting on September 25 in Hamilton. The it importance of the meeting was ba shown in several resolutions by wli members of the Institute concern- i ing future activities and also of various conventions of the AIEE held all over the country. The proposals included a joint ouncil for the student engineer ng societies which at present is A :he AIEE and the American So iety of Civil Engineers. The AIEE chapter concluded its Ga wit pring session with the election for f new officers for the fall term Jin f this year. Francis Trenholm the 3radley was elected Chairman of PrE he Institute, with C. F. Summer tcting as Vice-Chairman. Other qua officers include Laurens R. Gra- she iam, Secretary; Mikell G. cha -ughes, Treasurer; and Gordon C. awi ,ahey, Jr., Chairman of the Pro- the ram Committee. During the summer term, the OP ollowing men were accepted and nitiated into the U.S.C. Branch bee f the AIEE; James W. Chandler, A r., James A. Gray, Joe A. Hill, pag r., Dennis N. Johanson, John ;eorge Kipper, Earl F. Larson, acob W. McAlhaney, B. T. Rack- " ry, Elmer B. Reaves, Wilson W. all hull, Ralph 0. Wells and James ish, ). Wilson. is r - fool bea teal H Dig V We :'itter and this too! ? calfskin wn seams,. ridy soles. IA, S. C. P] Great Migration Strikes Carolina By JANE DOWE "The Great Migration"--tha you who are studying histo: ow that this event was mode: story 300 years ago, but the re us know that it occurred la ek-end. Where to? Well, to Charlest< d Spartanburg and all poin tween. rhis migration began early Fr y afternoon, with the appea ce of a few suit cases and mar iveling bags. By Saturday no< 3 retreat was on, and the popi ion of the Carolina campus ws reasing by the earful. Whoever would have known, b e Saturday, that this was lege campus? Even a grav rd would have been more livel; he Great Migration" was in e ~t. Somehow Monday morning a ed; the beehive had reappears he finale to the migration. Bu will happen again-when foo [1 again moves away, silenc I reign once more on the Carc a campus. Once Again U 'ast Editions; pologetically welve years ago in Th necock, headlines announce h pride the approval of fund our present football stadiur imy Byrnes telegraphed to tel $24,996 worth of good news t sident Leonard T. Baker. rom a front page story, w te: Some villain, perhaps a wolf it ep's clothing, crept into th pel Monday night and stol ty with all the white keys or piano... Dean Bradley expressed th nion that they were not taker iciously, but as a joke." All we can say is he must hav n a relative of 88 Keys.) boxed plea, also on the fron e, read: "PLEASE STOP Cheering is all right. We're for it. But a senseless, child destructive- stomping of fee ot the way to make noise at s .ball game. Six hundred fee ting in unison will eventually up a block of solid concrete.' K. C.) ere's one the boys will enjoy that fifth line: "The Co-ed Blessings to thee, Maiden Fair Painted cheeks and shingled hair! With thy cherry-tinted lips, and thy cutexed finger-tips; With thy short skirt, shorter still, )r with knickers, tweed or twill; Nith thy turned up powdered nose, and thy bright silk roll-down hose; 'rom my heart I give thee joy lut, thank Heaven, I was born a boy!" -00 ui LORICK OFFICE EQUIPMENT OFFICE SUPPLIES ARCHITECTS' and EN hone 6176 COLUMBI 1 Audio-Visual Aids Bureau Purchases Classroom Movies The Audio-Visual Aids Bureat has recvently brought thirty-fiv n new classroom teaching films st primarily for use in the higl It schools throughout the state But there are quite a few tha n are suitable for college use, es pecially in the Engineering de partment. j- Among those of interest to en. r gineering students are the fol y lowing: "Electrostatics," "Fuels & n Heat," "Thermodynamics," "Pre . paring Old Buildings for Wiring,' a "Roughing in Nonmetallic Sheath, ed Cable," and "Wire Sizes & ,y Voltage Drop.". a In addition to the showing of - films to individual groups 'upor r. request, the Audio-Visual Aids Bu. F- reau has a regular weekly sched ule of films that is shown to the hygiene classes. Usually a movie d is shown one class period out of a it week. They correspond to the sub j- ject matter studied in class and :e help students, to learn by giving - them actual pictures of related hy gienic material. 7e Delve Into Results Are Printed Below e The university library was an I nouncing new books such as John s Kennedy's Winkler's "The Du Pont Dynasty" and Josephine 1 Johnson's Pulitzer Prize winning "Now in November." Carolina's Gamecocks were pre paring for a snarling battle with Davidson Wildcats. Stars of the team were Bill Simpson, Bill Draffin, and Bob Shaw, all of Columbia. Movie theaters announced "The Unknown Woman" and "Gay De ception." Titles haven't changed much, have they? (That's all from the hall, y'all.) Tuberculosis X-Ravs Offered Students By County Association Carolina students will be given free chest X-rays for tuberculosis, according to Frank H. Wardaw, president of the Richland Anti tuberculosis association. "We are urging every student, especially freshmen and new stu dents to take advantage of this ex amination," Dr. H. G. Waddell, university physician, said. All records will be confidential and recorded as a part of the stu dent physical examination re quired of all incomiing new stu dents. Students who do not have sched ules for the X-ray are requested to come to the Infirmary and re port for the examination at the appointed time at 1317 Lady street. This program is being sponsored by state and county health depart mients and the Richland asso ciation. GINEERS' SUPPLIES 924 Gervals St. A,.C . Baptist Student This residence at 1618 Pendleto1 for the students of the University dedicated recently at ceremonies Nashville, Tenn., director of the B: Admiral Norman M. Smith, preside Extension Division Starts Classes For Evening Students The Extension Division is of fering evening classes this fall that are designed for those stu dents who desire the training of fered and for others working to ward a college degree or attempt ing to raise or renew teachers' certificates. The courses carry three under graduate credits and the fee is $18. Each class requires an en rollment of 12 persons and will. have 45 hours of instruction unless otherwise specified in the descrip tion of the courses. Registration for courses in busi ness administration, English, for eign languages and art was com pleted last Mondayl. In addition to these credit-carrying courses, one non-credit course, photo graphy, is being offered. STYLE "FOR MEN N CORDUROY In All Sizes A MERICj MEN'S 6 1219 MAIN Adjoining Car< Phone 2-9250 Collegia SpecialUs STEAKS - .CHICKI DINE AND DAl "GAMECOC. JOE PA'I Propri, SSTUDENTS !! Patronize Your UNiVE LAUNDRY & DI SERVICE S LOCATED IN BUILDING 4 THE * 48-or October 10, 1947 Center for USC f RR F4.} m street is the new Baptist Center of South Carolina. The center was in which Dr. Frank R. Leavell of 3U throughout the South, and Rear nt of the university, spoke. Marshal Requests Students To Take Crossing Precautions Ottis Kelly, marshal of the university has requested that stu dents take more precaution in crossing the drive between Le gare and Wauchope House. This drive is used by university trucks going to the laboratories and warehouses behind the build ings, and is used by them par ticularly during the class changes each day. CENTRAL DRUG CO. OPEN 24 HRS. 5197-PHONES-5198 1204 MAIN STREET MART VHO KNOW" JACKETS and Shades tN SHOP STREET lina Theatre 918 Main Street es 'te inn ing in N- SPAGHETTI J( IN THE ' ROOM 'RONE etor .a1 RSITY tY CLEANING TATION THE NEW )PPOSITE Servie -