Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Foreign F Increase I According to - notices received by the graduate school, opportuni ties for foreign study will be more numerous during the 1948-49 school year. Several South Ameri can countries have advanced in formation in which they state their willingness to receive stu dents from the United States. England and France have also entered the field. England offers two different programs, a series of six weeks courses during the GI's Receive Training Tests For Vocations The vocational guidance service of the personnel bureau of the university is now giving an av erage of 15 tests weekly to vet erans now training or seeking to enter training under the GI Bill of Rights. The service is under the direc tion of Prof. W. C. McCall, as sisted by vocational appraisers Ju nius - M. Rowe, James W. Davis and psychometrist Betty Teague. The function of the service is to give required tests to any vet eran who wishes vocational train ing under Public Law 16 and to give tests to any trainee who is unsuccessful while in training and who wishes to change to an institution for training. Any vet eran training under Public Law 346 may secure vocational guid ance for his own information without charge. Burnett's Drug Store Corner Main and College Only One Block From The Campus FOR DELIVERY PHONE 3191 IF Just REMEM The Blue Rooi Your "Listening Posi 1206% Main St. (Upstairs Acre Columbii 1530 M THE CA IS YOU so ni SCHOOL JEWELRX SPORTSW SODA FOl Rllo wships rt 1948 summer at seven different schooli open to 650 students and teach ers. Applications for this stud, close on March 15, and further in formation may be obtained fron the Institute of Internationa Education., 2 West 45th St., Nev York. In addition, five Henry fellow ships of 600 pounds sterling each are available to American meT and women for study at eithei Oxford or Cambridge. Applicanti must receive their degree as bach, elor of arts by July, 1 and appli. cations must be submitted befori Feb. 16. Information concerning this program is available by ad dressing the secretary of Yal university at New Haven, Conn. The American - Scandinaviar foundation, 116 East 64th St. New York, is offering courses ir Swedish universities for th( 1948-49 year. The courses ar( open to graduate students anc outstanding undergraduates wh( have completed the sophomorN level of study by Juhe. Tuitior is set at $250 for each of th( two semesters. No mention ol other expenses is included, bul such information is available al the New York offices of the foun dation. The University of Maryland iE opening two foreign study centers at Paris and Zurich, for the com ing school year. Major and minor fields of study in linguistics, lit erature and history are offered with minors being tendered ir many other fields. The course ol study leads to the degree ol Master of Foreign Study after one year at these schools. Advising that GI. benefits apply to these studies, queries to th( foreign study office, College Park, Md., are invited. A total of 30 fellowships fol graduate study or research is be ing offered by the American As sociation of University Women. These fellowships, for the most part. carry a $1,500 subsidy, but a few are for $2,200 and one is for $2,500. Further information may be received from the association, 1634 L St., NW., W ahington, D.C BER, It's the n Music Shop " for Latest Records a from Wade Hampton Hotel) L. S. C. NTEEN RS .. . se it SUPPLIES EAR LINTAITN Christi Newly elected officers of the Carol mester are, front row, left to right: J sergeant-at-arms; second row: vice p shown is Kathleen Brown, another vi< Carolina YM4 For Developi Wright Speaks h. Before Local -;e Voters League ;e Prof. Baskin Wright of the po- sit litical science department led a ta discussion on the problems in- ta volved in the Marshall plan at the Columbia League of Women Vot er's seminar held Tuesday at Sims Pe college. es Rounding out the January F schedule of meetings will be dis cussions on the league's cur'rent b survey of Columbia and its Civic th life. lai On January 22 Doctor Wright fa, will address the league at the home of Mrs. J. Richard Allison, o 1121 Barnwell street, at 8 p. m. The regular monthly meeting will be held January 28 at 11 a. m. in lal Sims college. bo ac: 75 Contest Now Open ce To Future Talent o In Writing Fields sa A nation-wide contest to dis cover students who write short O4 stories or create ideas for motion t pictures or radio shows is now y open to students at the university. c Writers Talent Scout, Inc., an-- ch' nounces that the contest will c award prizes totalling several an thousand dollars and a ten-week wi Hollywood writer's contract. de In the short story division, the thi estate of the .late Jack London of will award a $1,000 cash prize for Ju the best story submitted, $300 for De the second best and. $200 for the F. third. Cosmopolitan magazine will. also pay $1,600 for serial rights i to the winning story, and will pr also have first choice on all other bu promising material submitted. col For the best plot for a motion Pu picture, Roy del Ruth and Allied ab Artists Productions will pay co $1 000 cash and sign the winning te, contestant to a ten-week contractP. at $187.60 per week. wi Awards of $1,000, $300, and $200 will be made by the Rudy sti Vallee Radio division for the best cai suggestions, for weekly radio an shows. Judges in this division are fat Don Wilson, Harry Von Zell and noi Vick Knight. -dei Judges in the short story di- vei vision are Adela Rogers St. Johns, mE Paul Gallico, Walter Duranty, cit Frances Marion and Irving Shep- ac ard, nephew of London. vel lar Soi Enjoy C Wilson Owens' Delicious Ice N Cream at your Canteen. nol Eno lat Enjoy ha, Wilson Owens' fa Delicious Punch At Your Parties do* ava CA LL 8170 - 8179st 1005 MAIN ST. s pla ian Service 01 ina Christian Service Club who resse Phasey, president; Joanne residents, Mary Ellen Coker, Ca ie president. (Photo by Mannir AA Purchas< aent As Rec The YMCA of the university ,s contracted to purchase 275 res of land for construction and velopment of an all-year round ,reation center for students and ulty members of the univer y, R. G. Bell, executive secre ry of the YMCA, announced this ek. The new camp site is located on rcival road which runs off For L drive near north boundary of rt Jackson. Negotiations have en made for the purchasing of a land and plans have been d to develop extensive camp :ilities that will make the spot e of the finest of any college dCA development in the South. Pians caii for the building of a ce for swimming, fishing, and ating which will cover eight res. A dam of approximately yards will be constructed at a itrally located point in the lay t. Arouind Lhis lake will be built lodge, a mess hall, 10 living acks which will sleep eight peo. in each, a picnic ground with en fireplaces and a pavilion it will be heated for use all sr round. Dean Francis Bradley is the airman of a board of trustees nposed of former Y members El friends of the university that i have complete charge of the relopment and business ends of transaction. Other members this important board include Ige Harry Lightsey, Harold Lorme, J. Bratton Davis and T. Meeks. ['he land contract will be signed ~hin a few days and the first ject will be the purchasing of Idings from the camp wrecking npany. These buildings may be echased through this source for mut one-fifth of what it would t to build them on the site. Al acquiring the buildings, full ns for the building of the dam i go forward. Bell said that the university dents should begin using the np this summer when the dam :1 lake will be completed. The ilities of the camp will be open only to the YMCA, but stu t religious clubs of the uni ~sity. All students and faculty mbers, whether they live in the y' or on the campus will have ess to the facilities. The de opment will be one of the gest recreational projects in ath Carolina. Irculation Desk oved In cKissick Library Ulfred Rawlinson, librarian, an meced this week that the circu ion desk in McKlssick library , been moved f?rom the first to second floor during the holl is. lawlinson said that this was to to take advantage of more milable space near the desk for >ks requested most often by dents. Art displays which have been ceed on the second floor will be Iicers will serve during the Spring se Weaver, secretary; Marbeth Melette, Ivin Derrick and Jane Dowe. Not ig Harris). es Camp Site reation Area IRE Founded By Engineers At University Electrical engineering students at Carolina have formed a stu dent branch of the Institute of Radio Engineers. The branch is made up of electrical engineering students interested in radio, com muications and electronics. It will function as a joint branch with the American Institute of Engineers. Inspection trips will be made to the local radio sta tions. Prof. John C. Cosby, of the electrical engineering department has been appointed faculty repre sentative by the IRE Board of Di rectors in New York. Charter members of the branch are W. A. Allen, G. E. Belsel, Francis T. Bradley, C. W. Cona way, W. T. Giles, L. R. Graham, M. G. Hughes, J. E. Land, D. H. Mooney, Jr., J. M. Nelson, Jr., R. J. Plumer, C. F. Ramsey;, A. L. Pickens, Jr., C. F. Summer, Jr., S. W. Taylor, Jr., and F. I. Thrift, Jr. Tom Sawyer Act Renewed At USC By Leaf Raker By JEAN HILL A modern version of a well known Tom Sawyer story was en acted on the campus this week. A grounds-keeper was sweeping the main campus with a machine which works on the principle of a lawn-mower. Four rotating brushes throw the leaves back into a bag on the back as the machine is pushed along. A curious student walked up and watched it operate for a few minutes. Then he could stand it no longer. "Here, Unc, let me see that for a second," he said. Te man grinned and handed it over. The- student threw his weight into it and started off. By the time he had struggled through several crooked rows, a small crowd had gathered. Several other students, includ ing a coed In stockings and two inch heels, tried their hands at the contraption. When their fas WATCHES DIAMONDS B. B. HARMON JEWELER 2024 Dlevine St. Columbia, S. C. Phone 4-1522 LOCATED CONVENIENTLY AT Bam Club Increase I Membership * In the universit3 Buck-A-Month club increased bl more than 400 members during 1947, Dick. Anderson, executiv4 secretary of the club, announeet today. On Dec. 31, 1,198 mem bers were on the club's roll com pared with 784 for the same datA of 1946. The club is organized in count3 units, with each county having iti local membership. Forty-four ol the 46 South Carolina counties ar represented with one or mor( members. Kershaw and Jaspel are the two counties withoul membership. Richland count3 with 711 members accounts foi more than half the'total member. shiN,. Anderson said. There are 22 out-of-state mem. bers on the roll, Including 15 fron North Carolina, three from Geor. gia, and one each from Florida Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Vir. ginia. The purpose of the club as out lined in its cnstitution Is "to pro. mote. the welfare of the Univer. sity of South Carolina through itA physical education program; t< encourage worthy students, wh( are Interested in this field, to at tend the University; to give suci aid as is necessary in helping stu. dents obtain their education; to give time and effort In informing the people of South Carolina, and the legislature, of the needs of the university in order that the uni versity may serve the state; to develop more loyalty to and love for the university." Membership in the BAM club in Thompson Will Go To Inauguration Of College Head Dr. R. C. Thompson, alumnus, will represent the university at the inauguration of Dr. Earl T. Hawkins as president of the Maryland State Teaclers college at Towson, Md., tomorrow, Presi dent Norman M. Smith announced this week. Doctor Thompson is a member of the class of 1920. After gradua tion, he joined the Timmonsville high school faculty for one year, and since that time has taught at Clemson college, Furman and the University of Maryland. He is now director of vocational re habilitation of the Maryland state department of education. cination was no longer strong enough to overcome their fatigue, and they gave the machine back to the university employee, he had considerably less work to do that day. LEARN 'l COPELA 1409 Main Street Men's' Fine HATS -SHOES A Phone 2-9250 Collegi Special STEAKS - CHICK DINE AND Da "GAMWEC4 JOE PA Prop LORICK OFFICE EQUIPMENT OFFICE SUPPLIES ARCHITETS' and EIb Phone 6176 COUMBa .Members ,nrollment not restricted to alumni of tu university. The constitution j the club states thaq "any alumn of, or individual in a I with, the university's athle*, program is eligible for memb":er ship in the organization." Membership dues are $12 per year for the fiscal year. The clnb is managed by regular employee of the university, Anderson said Health Service. To Establish' Science Funds The United States Public Health service has notified the university of the establishment of felig,. ships to promote the training aW development of investigators ja the field of medicine and relatl sciences. Students holding bachelo 0, master's or doctor's degrees go eligible for consideration. Th stipend ranges from $1,200 pr year to $8,600 and fellowshMp are awarded for one year period but may be renewed. Allowed fields of study include all types of public health, frog chemistry, biology, pharmacy and malarial control to sanitation cow. trol. Applications are acted upon and fellowships awards are to be made at three-month interval. Application blanks and furthr information may be obtained a the office of Dean Calcott of the graduate school. CENTRAL DRUG CO. OPEN 24 HRS. 5197-PHONES--5198 1204 MAIN STREET College Barber Shop ~V% Block from Campus Side Entrance University Grill HE WAY N D C O. Columbia, S. C, :st Clothing N4D FURNISHINGS 918 Main Street si:e Inn sing in EN - SPAGHETTI kNCE IN THE 3K" I(OOM TRONE -COUCH [GINEERS' SUPPLIES '924 GervaiS$ IA, S.C.