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Fifty-Four. ToBe Read Fifty-four additional apari students attending the univ at the Caro-vet center on B for occupancy in February, nounced. These apartments were part o 228 scheduled to be constructed i: early 1946. A shortage of fund at that time permitted only 174 t be completed, but with additiona financial aid from the Federa government, the work on the re maining 54 units is progressini rapidly. They will be single units wit: two bedrooms, living room, kitch enette, bath and hall. Each uni will be furnished with an oil stov and an ice box. A central heatini system will supply heat. The rent for the apartments wil be based on the combined incom of the student and his wife. Th minimum rent is $17.49 per montl and the maximum is $44.75. Wate and electricity are furnished free The Caro-vet center is th veterans' housing project locate4 across from the Confederate home It was begun in 1945, and many o the married veterans attendini the university and their familie are housed there. Student In Jam; Clothing Changed One of the university's better known professors told of a amusing incident that happene in one of his classrooms the othe day. One particular student wa having a difficult time with th course, yet somehow he manage to,ppss all the quizzes. He hardl answered a question in class. One morning, the class appeare to take an announced quiz, an everyone was cramming at th, last minute. Suddenly the hard pressed student exclaimed: "I can't take this quiz. I wor a.,pals)b shirt today." mos ..... I Vallie Masterpieces of sewvmanship-thei smartness. You'll like the low-se figure-fit. Sanforized fabrics, lali Get your money's worth-alwayi $4.50. P.ULIt.PS.JONES, CORP., N El LORICI OFFICE EQUIPMEN OFFICE SUPPLIES ARCHITECTS' and F Phone 6176 COLUM Apartments Ly In Sprin.g ments for the married veteran 'ersity are under construction ill street. They will be ready the president's office has an Applicants For Rhodes Group 'Have To Nov. 1 C Dean J. E. Norwood, head of the university College of Arts and Sciences, stated yesterday that applications and credentials for t Rhodes scholarships must be in his a office by November 1. Dean Norwood outlined the nec essary. qualifications for scholar 1 ships and said the selection of three South Carolina men would .ake place December 10 before the 1 state committee on Rhodes schol r arships. The committee interviews each candidate and bases its a choices on literary and scholastic i Ability, plus the credentials of fered. Since all of South Carolina's col E leges and universities will present c andidates to the committee, Dean Norwood wants the university to be represented by the best stu dents possible. The applicants must be of ex cellent character, be unselfish and loyal, physically vigorous, have . qualities of leadership and some definite quality of distinction. They must also be male citizens of the United States for five years, r unmarried, between the ages of s 19 and 25; or married veterans e between the ages of 19 and 33 who may qualify for special war serv ice scholarships. Applicants must have a junior standing or the equivalent of two years of college I work. 1 Those who are elected by the o Rhodes Scholarship district com - mittee at its meeting in Decem ber, will receive a two-year schol e arship to Oxford University, to begin in October of 1948. \ t / nan likely to succeed ! y make you the picture of mausculinet tcollar models, the aiction-tailoring, pratory-testedl 1500 himes a month. say Van IHeusen Shirts. 83.25, 83.95 , r Yonc 1, N. Y. [-COUCHl NGINEERS' SUTPPLIES 924 Gervals St. BIA. S. C. MR. I "Who's he?" says Bishopville's ant Meeks. as Doc was interviewec Harry W. Hiott, Jr., business n)an Doc Blanchard To Give 1 By BILL ROUTH "Say, Doc," I asked, "What do you think of Bryant Meeks?" "Who's he?" the little fellow wanted -to know. I told him about last year's Gamecock standout. "No kidding. You never heard of him?" I fin ished. "No. You see, I don't keep up with football very much." The "little fellow" may not keep up with the game very much, but there are few who can keep up with him on the playing field. For he has been called by many the "Greatest fullback who ever lived." Felix Anthony (Doc) Blanchard, second lieutenant, Army Air Corps, came to Columbia last week to appear at the Carolina Theater in conjunction with the Carolinas' premiere of his newly-released picture, "Spirit of West Point," co-starring his running mate for The Three Suns - reading dou-n: Morty Dunn Artic Dunn Al Nev ins em c ac ArsT1'" s ae Iamecc NSIDE INTERVII ,s A m'*M 4 L v.. 4 y: J Doc Blanchard, ex-three time A last week at the Wade HamL iger of THE GAMECOCK. (PI Army's 'Mr. Jp Football, I three years at Army, Glenn Da' At a reception held in his hor we met the Doc, Bishopville, S. most famous product. And one our first questions was, "W about you and football?" "I'm not sure, yet," Doc swered slowly. "Army and footl don't mix too well. But right n I guess it'll be the Army foi while." I can retire in 20 ye this way." I then asked Doc a little ab him at Chapel Hill. "While I s at North Carolina, I played a li ball on the '42 freshman team. ] I don't remember whether or we played the Gamecocks t: year." Shortly after that, Uncle S called, and Army men have be very, very thankful ever sir He took the West Point quali ing examination while in the se ice, passed, and the rest has Nlnmoy emg WED L ~Tl -, -. dui wa not lat I den 3'"( use ties the wa ber - dus he rov en qu du ke bo ere wo pe 1l-American fullback at Army, of Bry ton Hotel by Bill Routh, editor, and oto by Stan Lewis.) Inside', Plans rterview Reveals ris. come, more or less, history. or, After receiving his commission .'s following graduation, Doc went of hat on active duty. In August he was allowed to play in the annual All an- Star game in Chicago, then he >all went to Hollywood. After his ap ow, pearance here, he returned to Ran a dolph Field, Texas, where he will ars join his pilot training class, and out then it'll be Army, or at least for vas the next five years. tle Later Monday evening, we were Ko, listening to the radio, and in a lull not of conversation, the sports an tnouncer's voice boomed out, "... am and while talking with Doc this een afternoon, he said, 'Army will Lee. come up with another whale of a fy- team this fall.'" rv- Doc glanced up with a grin and be- said, "You bet I did!" latest dl. ~3ACK Time record. And he flavorful smoking 4 Why?' for Throa Try Ca have tried EX ~ S5 ibrary Circulation es Sharp Decline rough Past Month he total of all book circulation ing the last week of September s 1,456 according to an an incement by John Lewis, circu on librarian. .ewls said that as yet the stu t1 have not begun to make full of the library's many facili i to the usual extent to which y are usually put. Our circulation in September s less than one third the num of books loaned to students -ing a regular school month," said. the usual increase in the bor ving of books comes nearer the I of semesters when the re red reading parallel reports are Lewis stated that the library At no record of the types of >ks checked out by its borrow , but, in his estimation, fiction uld account for at least fifty r cent of the books loaned. 'he library general circulation 3k is on the main floor. REC BALLERINA, Vaughn Monroe; STORMY WEATHER, Tex Ben I'LL BE THERE, Freddy Stew Fiske. The Blue Roc Your "Listening Pos 1206% Main St. (Upstairs Aci Columi: We h LARGEST S SWE) Sleeveless, slipov All color 495 Picture yoi SPORT SHI a SPORT California coi BROOME MF1 "Where the Rest Dress< 1431: COLUM k by The Three Suns in '25 everybody was hummi Gal." Now "Gal" is back in re's another favorite with a gr Camel cigarettes. More men samels than ever before. rhe answer is in your "T-Zone t). mels. Discover for yourself w and compared, Camels are the ass 0... WIasen-.aism. N. Cl. LEARNED BY PERIENCE THAT CAMELS JIT ME BEST! Page Three USC Division Registers 253 For Semester A total number of 253 students are now enrolled for this fall se mester in the Extension Division of the university, it was announced by division officials yesterday. In conjunction with the informa tional and educational service sponsored by the United States Army, a large number of enlisted men and officers and other per sonnel from Fort Jackson are now enrolling for various courses of fered by the Division. The courses now being given are accounting, art, Bible study, civil engineering, economics, Eng lish, English literature, and for eign languages. Also, history, hygiene, mechani cal drawing, photography, politi cal science, psychology, retailing, retail advertising, and secretarial science. The most popular course, accord ing to the officials, is abnormal psychology. This course is given each Monday night for three hours in the lecture room of the nurse's home at the Columbia Hospital. ORDS BODY AND SOUL, Tex Beneke; eke; UNCLE FUD, Dorothy Shay; art: MRS. PETTIBONES, Dwight m Music Shop t" for Latest Records oss from Wade Hampton Hotel) ia, S. C. ave the ELECTION IN TERS 'ers and coat style s and sizes to 1295 urself in our RTS, SLACKS nd ' COATS nfort and style l'S SHOP, INC. ad Men in Columbia Buy" Wlain St. BIA, S. C. for RCA Victor ng 'bout that "Sleepy a new and wonderful eat record: cool, mild, and more women are " (T for Taste and T iy, with smokers who "choice of experience"!