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-N[VERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING'FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
I.coL IA, SolT CAROLINA, DECEMBER 19, 1947
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Oxford Teaw
.Debates Here
On January 5
British Meet Carolina
In University Chapel
By BERNARD MANNING
Oxf6rd University's debating
team will mest the university de
baters Monday, January 5, in the
University Chapel, Prof. Merrill
G. Christopher'sen announced this
week. Subject for the debate will
be "Resolved: The essential indus
tries in the United States should
be nationalized."
The contest will be according to
English debating rules allowing
16 minutes for each constructive
speech and 'seven for each rebut
. tal. A period for audience ques
tions will be held after the formal
debating.
The Oxford team, now touring
the United States, is led by the
Honorable Anthony Neil Wedge
wood-Benn, a member and select
ed Parliamentary candidate of the
British Labor Party. He is .also
president of the Oxford Union So
ciety, world-wide debating organi
zation.
Other members of the English
team are Sir Edward Charles
Gurney-Boyle and David Henry
Har-is. Sir Edward is the spn of
the chairman of the Balkans Com
mission and is now history scholar
at Christ Church, Oxford. Harris
is editor of "Isis," Oxford literary
magasine. Both are members of
the Oxford Union Society.
- Members of the Carolina squad
who will take the negative are
James R.- Simmons and Allen L.
Watson.'.8hmnonr 'was' a member
- of the teat. which defeated the
national champions last year and
is president of - the university
chapter of Pt Kappa Delta, de
baters froternity. Watson was a
member of the group which won
four out of five debates at the
Southeastern Tournament last
month, and is g pre-law student.
Both are natives of Columbia.
The nine university sororities
will serve an informal luncheon
for the Oxford and Carolina de
baters and the " university ex
change students on the day of the
debate.
Four Boards
To Be Added
To Exchange
. Four new modern switchboards
will be installed In the university
telephone exchange by January
24,- Mrs. R. M, Dugan,- chief op
-erator, announced this week.
These modern, . up-to-the min
ute boards will replace the pres
ent two now in service. A survey
made by the Southern Boll Tele
*phone Company representatives
revealed the. need for additional
switchboards for the university
exchange recently.
.The new boards will be placed
in the room opposite Maxcy par
lor, Immediately behind the pres
ent switchboard offices. Few cam
pus numbers will be changed un
der the new system, Mrs. Dugan
said.
"We will be able to give much
better seryice then," she said. She
declared that students and fac
ulty as a whole had been very
cooperative during the period of
working under handicaps.
Residence Changes
All students who change their
place of residence during the
school year are requested to re
port the change to the university
*Information Desk in Maxcy lobby,
Mrs. Dugan said..
Male students hav, been mov
ing into campus dor-mitories and
have neglected to report this to
the desk. Mrs. Dugan said that
the only addresses available at
the switchboard were those in the
- iformation files.
An soctate address Is neces
sary, she said, because all tele
A a0n and speial delivery letters
Wt e direred through the
talephone exhange.
Exunsion 4
Rejected B
A request by several uni
Christmas holidays from TI
5, has been turned down b
the president's office annou
Christmas Seal Sale
Fails To Reach Go
In Drive On Campu
Total sales of the Anti-tuberc
losis Christmas-seals on the Car
lina campus has fallen short
the $250 goal, Sara Snyder, chai
man. of sales, announced yestF
day.
The drive closed December
with a total of 15,468 stamps isc
for $154.68. Alpha Kappa Gamn
women's leadership fraternii
sponsored sales.
Seals were, sold directly to c
ganizations on the campus. Kapl
Delta sorority sold $10 worth
lead all the groups, with t
American Society of Civil Eni
neers second with $7.15. Kapi
Sigma Kappa gave $6.15 ai
Delta Sigma Pi, $5.89.
Organizations selling the x
quested $5 quota were, Hypatit
Literary Society, Pi Beta PI
Westminster Fellowship, Gir
Independents, Tri Delta, Bapt
Student Union, Coed associatic
Zeta Tau Alpha, Hillel Socle
and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Also, Booster Club, Beaux Ar1
Euphradian Literary Society, C
Omega, Alpha Delta P1, Alpl
Kappa Gamma, Phi Epsilon 1
Alpha Epsilon Phi, Delta Ti
Sigma Nu, Lutheran Students A
sociation, P1 Lambda Phi, E
phrosynean Literary Society, P
Hellenic and German Club.
Lewis Announces
Printing Of Next
Alumni Magazine
The fifth post war issue of t1
Alumni News, official Universi1
Alumni association magazine, w
go . to press this week, Ral
Lewis, executive secretary of tl
association, said today. .
Lewis said that efforts wou
be made to have the issue in t1
mail before -Christmas, but
would be impossible for all sul
scribers to receive their copies I
that time.
The front cover carries a ne
design with new makeup. On tU
back is a message to alumni fro1
Dr. Edwin L. Green, profess<
emeritus of ancient languages.
The issue will feature artil
on the extension division, the no
budget to be proposed to the leg!i
lature, one on sports,- and a selg
tion containing corresponden<
from alumni.
Honor Board Suspends
Student For Two Terms
Osborne Gomes, chairman of ti
honor board. announed today thei
one student had been sfspend4
for two semesters for an infrao
itan of honor.
)f Holidays.
r President
versity students to extend tl
Lursday, Jan. 1, to Monday, Js
y President Norman M. Smil
need yesterday.
- In a statement prepared :
The Gamecodk, the president
1 plained that many of the cour
offered by the university requ
I so many class hours for each
mester. To keep the number abt
U- the minimum, no change may
made in the -present schedule.
of President Smith liso announi
. that arrangements were now 1
ing made to levise^the bulletin
10 the holidays for next fall. Uni
Id the new arrangement, full wel
a, nds would be given for the Sta
'Y Fair game, the Orangeburg F
r- game and Thanksgiving.
a The president's message !
to lows:
he "The president regrets that (i
- extended holiday) is impractica
a and that the schedule as sho
in the Catalog will be contint
for this scholastic year.
in "Two more days between i
di, fall and spring terms are urgen
Is' needed for getting rooms rea<
st completing grades and regist
n tion, but after careful study
was found impracticable to 14
A, the two days from the term, a
hi our schedule will be adhered
ha this year, particularly as an i
*ditional holiday was granted di
u' ing Fair Week.
"The same findings apply
the request for a longer Chri
mas holiday.
"In our next bulletin, now i
der preparation, we are revisi
our schedule' and propose to gi
a holiday from .Thursday or F
day until Monday for Thanksg
ing, State Fair and Orangebu
Fair weeks. While doing this,
ewill be necessary to provide i
the required number of cla
yhours, which means in - futu
years the fall term .will op
eearlier in September."
S'Bouknighte Chose
iOffiber Of State
Chemical Society
w Prof. J. W. Bouknight of tl
ke university chemistry departmei
n was re-elected secretary-treasuri
r of the South Caroline section<
the American Chemical society
is its December meeting in L
w Conte college last week.
1 Other officers named were)
& M. Whaley, chairman; .Ralph I
e Byrd, vice-chairman, and ..
Copenhaver, councilor.
..Dr. Frederick D. Rossini of ti
National Bureau of Standari
spoke on petroleum at the me.
ing. Doctor Rossini Is chief of ti
to chemistry division of the buses
it and the author of many soli
4 tific papers. He is associate ed
a- tor of the Journal ot th Ater
can Chemical Society. '
Deck the halls with boughs of holl
'Tis the season to be jolly.
Don we now our gay apparel,
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol.
Fast away the old year passes,
Hall the new, ye lads and lasses.
Sing we Joyous all together,
Heedless of the wind and weather.
UN .Secretary
Sends Letter
he ToEuphradian
n. The Euphradian Literary So
;h, clety has' received acknowledg
ment of two resolutions recently
sent to the United Nations as
sembly.
- One resolution announced the
gse society's support of the Mar
Ire shall Plan to furnish aid to
se- Western European countries in
ye need of such assistance as a
means of bringing about world
peace.
The second resolution was the
ed expression of the society's sup
- port of two United States Senate
tor concurrent resolutions ealling for
ler a general conference of the United
k- Nations capable of enacting, in
terpreting and enforcing world
t law to prevent war.
air The acknowledgment stated:
"The secretary general of the
ol- United Nations wishes to ac
knowledge the receipt of letters
;he from you December, 1947, con
taining resolutions adopted by the
Euphradian Society of the Uni
wn versity of South Carolina."
Ied
;he Seniors Will Hold
ly, Scholarship Dance
r; In Armory Jan. 9
>e The senior class will hold an
nd informal scholarship dance in the
Naval Armory, January 9, class
president Al Bahret announced
id- yesterday. Henry Westbrook and
ar- his orchestra will play for the
dance, which will be from 9 to 1.
to The dance is being presented by
st- the seniors to raise money for the
establishment of a scholarship
in- loan fund to be known as the
ng "Class of 1948 Scholarship Fund."
ye This fund will be self-perpetuat
ri- ing, supporting itself eompletely,
v- and is one of the contributions the
rg class of '48 will leave behind.
it. Promotion activities are already
or underway for the dance.. Tickets
as can now be secq1red from meet or
re ganizations on 'the campus and a
an sales booth will be set up in the
post office immediately after the
Christmas holiday.
The scope and success of this
Ii fund will depend entirely upon the
support of the,. dance by the
seniors and other students. Tic
kets are $1.50 stags and $2.00 for
couples.
* New Director . Named
f For University Group
* Of Methodist Students
Mrs. Martha Rumble Pirkle has
-. been named director of the Wes
I. ley Foundation, organisation for
E. Methodist students attending the
university and Columbia college,
me it was announced yesterday.
Is While -in school, Mrs. Pirkie, a
1- 1946 gradugte of Wesleyan col
es lege, Mac4n, Ga.; was a member
u of Beta Phi Sorority, chosen as
a- Qfrl of the Year two years in
I- speoessiona, sad listed in "Who's
1- Who in American Colleges and
Universities."
'xUta
/'y
Gamecocl
Southern
Questionnaires were
papers throughout the
on the formation of a c
this section by The Gan
South Carolina, Georgi
Louisiana and Tennessec
The purpose for the aspo<
would be to further relatioi
tween school newspapers i
section and to hold a conv
in some Southern city each
Leading authorities in daily
papers, weekly newspapers
tional magazines, radio and
related fields would be asl
speak at the convention.
Suggestions include a co
tee to be chosen from this
to judge member papers fro
section. Prizes and certifica
excellence would be offere
the papers selected.
Press clinics and forums ]
newspaper authorities would
feature of any convention hi
the gronp. The Gamecock
gested in its letter to the s
that a fee of $10 be charge<
member paper and a $5 1
charged to each registrar
tending the convention.
would be a measni e for sel
petuation of the organizati
treasurer would be chosen
the member schools to admi
the project.
The letter states that the
ern convention will be "of
significance and value to
attending a regional 'me
Problems and discussions ec
localized to the region and
tions can be better directe<
answered."
Each school was asked for
gestions for a meeting
speakers and criticisms of
plan.
USC Biology Teac
Seeks Classificati<
Of Fish Specimen
Specimens of fish from all
of South Carolina were ser
Cornell university Saturdas
H. Wayne Freeman, biology
partment Instructor. Labor,
technicians in ichtyology (i
of fish) there will identify
verify Freeman's research.
"I have 13 familIes and 35
eles of fish represented In
South Carolina fish," said
man. "They were taken froni
streams In Richiand County
ing Spring and Bummer of 11
"I am still looking for are
that any one catches and
they don't want," he added.
breed, color, or kind wili do.
Freeman said he still did
have a gar specimen whiel
round in Lake Murray. Also
ls trying to get a bowfin, te.
eally named amls. for atnudy
!rounded 1908
Veterans Top
Student Body
In Averages
Fraternities Lowest
In Classified Groups
Veteran students at the univer
sity maintained a higher scholas
tic average for the spring term
than the student body as a whole,
J I according to figures released this
week by the IBM office. Fraterni
ties had the lowest average of
any individual group on the cam
< .::pus.
Pi Lambda Phi led all groups
and classifications with a 3.29
average while Kappa Alpha was
lowest with 4.47. Coeds averaged
3.64 to 3.87 for all male students.
Averages for the term in classi
Ofications are Pi Lambda Phi, 3.29;
1Chi Omega, 3.4; Zeta Tau Alpha,
1.O g n i n 3.53; Tri Delta, 3.56; Delta Zeta,
Organizing
13.61; Kappa Delta, 3.63; all non
ru sorority women, 3.64; all women,
III~ ess G rou I~64,all sorority women, 3.65; Al
mailed yesterday to college news- pha Delta Pi, 3.66; all non-fra
Southeast requesting information ternity and non-sorority, 3.78; all
ollegiate newspaper association for veterans, 3.81; all non-fraternity
secock. Colleges in North Carolina, men, 3.81; Phi Epsilon Pi, 3.81;
a, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, student body average, 3.82; Sigma
are being asked to participate. Chi, 3.83.
iation Also, non-veteran men and
i men, 3.85; Alpha Tau Omega,
sick L y 3.85; all men, 3.87 SAE, 3.91;
ention Displays Freedom Alpha Epsilon Phi, 3.93; all fra
yr ternity and sorority, 3.75; Pi Beta
news- Heritage Exhibition Phi, 3.96; Sigma Nu, 4.01; Kappa
na- Books and pamphlets contain- fraternity, 4.09; Lambda Chi,
other ing documents similar to those 4.12; Phi Kappa Sigma, 4.23; Pi
Sto shown' o e Freedom TKappa Phi, 4.26;- Pi Kappa Alpha,
now on display on the main floor andKap _lpa_44.
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mrthe beth English, assistant librarian, Cihilds' Volumne
tes of arranged the exhibit and has en
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