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This is Last Issue of The Gamecock Nece ry Because This SemesterExam ations UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLII, No. 16 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 23, 1948 Work To Start On Temporary Buildings Soot Work on three additional tem porary buildings for the universit5 "ought to be started very short ly," said Pres. Norman M. Smitl yesterday. According to present plans onc building is to be located near th< heating plant and will be used a an engineering laboratory. An. other will be erected between th< Field House and Steward's Hal and is to be used as a class roon and practice room for the band The third building will house Tli Gamecock, The Carolin1 Review and the Garnet and Black. It wil: be located in front of Flinn Hall between the Caroliniana Librar and the War Memorial. . President Smith said that h< has heard nothing official for sev eral weeks, but he "Would judg< that work should start any tim now." He said that in such a cast the buildings should be complete( in "about three months." Other buildings were approve( by the Federal Works Agency bul because of the lack of availabl building sites it was necessary t< reject them, Smith said. He sai< that one of the greatest needs ol whs univrty is aiIt&i%nal aatL for building sites. As it is site. have had to be improvised in un. desirable locations but it is hope< that this crowded condition wil be relieved some (lay. Bisho. Bahrei Head Carolina Review Staff Al Bahret, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. and Joe Bishop, Columbia, wil serve as co-editors of The Ca,rn lina Review, literary magazine for the spring semester, Osborn< Gomez, retiring editor, announce( yesterday. Bahret has served as associat< editor during the fall and Bishol has been managing editor. James Prince Woodruff, an Jane Ohurch, Arlington, Va., pres ent apsociate editors, will continu Sin these positions. Helen Harbin Gadsden, Ala., replaces Elinoi Howell, Columbia, as busines: manager. Other editors niamed by Gome' are Carroll Gilliam, Union, pub licity editor; John Grindley, Char leston, book e(litor; .1Jine Dowt, Norfolk, Va., exchange editor Nancy Walker. Columbia, circu lation manager; Ann Mood an Betty Mood, Columbia, advertis ing managers; Eimry D)otson, ar editor; Lee WVay, Columibia, assist ant art edlitor. The second fall edition of th< Carolina Reviewv will appear son< time during the first part of Feb ruary. This issue was compiled 1; the outgoing staff headed by Os borne Gomez. The twvo editions C) the sprling semester wvill be undle the supervision of the new staff. Two Students Elected To Council To Replac4 Graduating Memberp Bill Goudelock and Burtoi SWheeler have been elected to th< Honor Council by the Hono Board, Osborne Gomez, chai rman announcedl yesterday. Goudelock replaces Palmer Mc Arthur. who will be ineligile t< serve after receiving a nava science degree at the endl of thi: month. Wheeler succeeds Sidne: Brandenburg, gradluating senioi Officer To Interview Applicants For Arm3 Interestedl applicants for enlist ment in the U.'S. Army and Ali Force wvill be granted interview: by a recruiting officer JTan. 26~ 30, in room 24 McCutcheon fror nine to twelve, according to Majo1 Martin, commanding officer of th< Columbia recruiting office. There are a great many vacan cies for <lualifiedl applicants, fo cadet flight training leading t< commissins. IIX 3 The future of journalism was disc Listeners included Mrs. Norman IV Seniors Plan Class Election For Historian Election for historian of the senior class will be held Monday, February 16 in the ODK circle. Nominees for the position are John Nates and Betty Ruth Ste - vens. Write-in nominees will be I accepted until tomorrow, if peti I tions are signed by five electors. The motion for the election of historian was passed January 15 after Jean Wallace, present his - torian, announced that she ex pected to be graduated in Febru ary. Planning Cot..iltee Three seniors have been ap pointed to a planning committee- for the class. Al Bahret said that I Lacy Butler, Larry Pollard, Bob - ;he!! and twc, uthi .,, o ie niewd after examinations, 'would serve on the group which is designed to I speed up proposals before class meetings. 3Bahret explained that the coin mittee is intended to act as a clearing house for proposals and I projects. "For example," he said, - "If a senior thinks there should h he a juke box or some other form of music in the university cafe terias, he would contact one of the members of the planning com mittee or write to the group, Box e. 166, campus mail. - "The committee would refer him - o the faculty member cognizant of such matters or take it to the fanilty member themselves. Then - they would see that the informa I tion would be assembled on the - proposal efore it would be tbrought into the monthly senior - meetings for dliscussion and a vote," he said. Students Ini Spring Eveningr Courses To Register Feb. 6 Registration for the spring term evening school wvill be held Feb. 6' from '7 to 9) p. mn., in Har per college, announced W. H. Ward, dlirector of the extension division. He stated that the new bulein were posted Wednesday and dlistribution of thenm would begin at that time. WVard stated that the evening school had growvn to such an ex tent that they will offer 53 dif ferent courses in 14 of the schools and dlepartments on the campus. All of these courses wvill carry regular college credlit which can be couIntedl towards a degree or a certificate. Anyone desiring any informa tion regardling the evening school should either call or wrilte the extension division. iCompany Has Jobs For Civil Engineering Openings for graduate civil and e (lectrical engineers to wvark with the McCase-Thomias Engineering company have been announced by J. T. Lyman, secretary of the - company. For additional information, con suIt W. Flinn Gilland, dlirector of AN EDITOIR ussed by -Editor George A. Buchana [. Smith, Bill Routh, retiring Gamec Bob Isbell N; Gilliam Beco r S. C. Governor I Will Be Guest s. At Dicussion I Gov. J. Strom Thurmond will be the guest speaker on a radio round-table discussion to be pre- l sented by the Euphradian Liter- t ary society over station WIS, Jan. 31 at 2 p. m. L Query for the talk will be "Should the United States adopt a system of universal military s training?" Speakers for the so ciety will be Joe IRuthven, ~Sol Abrams, and Carlton Owen. Last Saturday's program fea tured a discussion of the Marshall 9 plan sponsored by the Interna- 0 tional Relations club. Dr. John B. MtConaughy, Dr. Douglas Car lisle, Austin Riley, Arthur Rosen blum, and Irene Krugman parti cipated. f Players Schedule ' Tryouts For Parts. In Next Production t t< Tryouts will be held in Drayton 1 Hall Feb 4 for the fantasy "Skin b of Ou- Teeth," seventh play of the e season to be produced by the Uni- d versity Players. Scripts may be N picked up for reading at the e Player's office in Drayton Hall or I at McKissick library. 0 The three-act play was written by Thornton Wilder and made a 'I smash hit on Broadway with Ta- s Iulah Bankhead and Frederick t: March in the title roles.p "S( New officers of the Euphradlan Li vice-president; Jack Nettles, nreuidi SPEAKS n of The Columbia Record at the Dck editor, Betty Koty and Bob Islb amed Game, imes Managi 'wo Departmental: iditorships Added Bob Isbell, senior from Ander- I )n, will edit The Gamecock, dur. 1g the spring semester, Bill I buth, retiring editor, anounced t a banquet for staff members 'riday. Isbell has been news editor dur ig the 1947 spring term and for ie fall semester served as man ging editor. He is a member of ambda Chi Alpha fraternity, lue Key, KSK and the YMCA. Managing editor for the spring E!mester is Carroll Gilliam, Junior rom 1$nion. For the fall term, he erved as news editor, and was eature editor during the 1947 pring semester. He is a member f KSK. The Carolina Review taff, the Honor Board, the Eu hradian Literary Society, and the 'MCA Cabinet. Harry W. Hiott of Columbia rill continue as business manager cr the spring semester. He is a iember of Sigma Nu fraternity nd has been on the paper's busi ess staff for three semesters. Other editors named include ean Hill of Darlington, news edi :r; Kenneth W. Baldwin of Co imbia, sports editor; Norine Cor !y of Edgefield, former exchange ditor, society editor; James Sheri an of Columbia, campus editor; 'an Newman of Sumter, feature ditor; Tillie Young of Charlotte, r. C., copy editor, and Jane Dowe f Norfolk, Va., exchange editor. George A. Buchanan, editor of 'he Columbia Record, spoke to taff members at the banquet on he future for journalists in news aper work and related fields. )CIETY OFFICER' terary Society for the spring are *nt Bill Reales, seery;w andl Ca( semi-annual Gamecock banquet. ell, new editor (photo by Harris). 6ock Editor; ng Editor Wen To Move Into Maxcy Next Semester Maxcy dormitory will be )pened to male students Jan. 31, ttis F. Kelly, marshal, said yes erday. The minimum number to be ac !ommodated will be 124 students, >ut six additional vacancies will e open if it is decided to place hree students in the larger rooms nstead of two, Kelly said. , Students on the waiting list iave been given priority in as ;igning the rooms and will pay .he fee of $40.50 at registration. Maxcy has been used as a wo nen's dormitory for the last .hree semesters, Lu because oi an ?xpected decrease in coed enroll ment, the rooms have been made ivailable to men. Three Roles Cast In USC Production Of Light Operetta Three leading roles were as igned at try-outs for the "Mika lo," a Gilbert and Sullivan oper tta, held Sunday afternoon in :he Chapel, announced Prof. Hugh Williamson, head of the music de partment. There are several other parts o be filled, he said. The music department and the l'ow'n Theater of Columbia will join in presenting this operetta ~he midd(le of April. Bob Camp, treasurer; Joe Ruthven, rge Stanley, critic (nkoto. Harris). Two Day Now Sche For Regi Registration for the spring se mester will begin at 9 a. m., Mon day, February 2, and continue; through 5 p. m. Tuesday, Febru ary 3, Capt. R. C. Needham. reg istrar, has announced. Dormitories will open Sunday, February 1. Students who failed to obtain tickets required for getting reg- on .an< istration materials may do so at ed the registrar's office prior to and are riuring the registration period, ar3 Needham said. I No registration forms will be be issued to students who do not IB hold these tickets. All other pro- Os, cedures will be the same as dur- Re ing the fall registration, and Sel classes will begin February 4 on tio full time schedule, Needham sa& 'V the Undergraduate students in all sti1 schools except engineering will ob tain materials at the registrar's ins office in McCutchen at the time I indicated on their tickets. Forms To for graduate students will be is- to sued at the office of the dean of vi the graduate school, and for law hei students at Petigru. Engineering 194 students will obtain their ma terials at Hamilton. Students who failed to pass nine of hours in any previous term, or an six hours in summer school, and have not been officially reinstated, us< th( EXAM SCHEDULE ha 8-10 11-1 3-5 Sc Jan. 23 liM 12T 1OT su Jan. 24 9T IT 8T Jan. 26 11T 2M 12M re< Jan. 27 1OM 2(2:30)T SM eq Jan. 28 9M 1M 4M la jan. 29 3M 3(3:30)T- Al ar4 must obtain letters from the th< chairman of the Committee on im Scholastic Standing and present them at the registrar's station, A Needham announced. Those who are indebted to any F university service, such as the in firmary or the library, will not A be registered until a receipt show- 0 ing their payment has been pre- lic sented, he said. Information on wa such bills is available at the Ma- Ra chine Records Service, Coker base- of ment. Th sei Carolina Students en Play Leading Roles i lIn Tow Theatre th1 Two university students, Jim ph Whitten and Mary Russell Elea- vi ze'r, will play leading roles in the ye Town Theater's first production ati of 1948, "The Glass Menagerie," of by Tennessee Williams, opening th Wednesday at 8 p. mn. an Whitten has appeared in several co plays at the Town Theater. One of his best roles was the lead in er "High Tor." Hie is a native of : Columbia and a sophomore in the eo school of journalism. Miss Eleazer will be making her stage debut. She is from Clemson and is a secretarial-science stu- L dent. The play will be presented at the Town Theater Wednesday through February 3. W Chemistry Professors Attend South Carolina Ci Meeting in Calso Eight Columbians atteh~ded the meeting of the South Carolina be Section of the American Chemical Tl society, held January 15 at t!he he Citadel in Charleston, Joseph W. K Bouknight, chemistry professor, -as announced today. Others attending the meeting - from Columbia besides Professor Bouknight were: W. A. Wieel H. W. Davis, T. W. Stokes, all I members of the university chem istry department; also, Willianm Crosby, and J. K. Hlodge, former university faculty members; and -William Whitasell. student. P eriod duled tration Fenter Opens )n Bull Street or Lutherans Phe Lutheran Student, Center, Bull Street between Gervais I Lady, will be formally open for students in the Columbia a on Saturday afternoon, Janu 31 between 4 and 6 p. m. k reception and open house is ng planned to welcome new versity students to the city. inning at 4:30 p. m., the Rev. wald Elbert, eastern Seaboard ?ional Secretary of the Student vice Commission of the Na nal Lutheran council, will de ?r the address. All officials of city and the educational in ,utione around Columbia have n invited to atteind this open diss Mildred Schalkhouser of edo, Ohio, has been assigned the Columbia area to super e the student activities. Since arrival here on September 1, 17, the local Lutheran churches ie secured the home and have 7tially furnished it for the use the students of the university i schools in Columbia. rhe home is currently being ?d as a meeting place for Lu !ran Student Association which s more than doubled iince Miss halkhouser has taken over the pervision of the local chapter. he home is being furnished with -reational facilities as well as 1ipmntL for gatherings and re :ation of students of this area. l expenses of the local center being defrayed by the Lu !ran churches of Columbia and nediate surrounding area. lumni Magazine eatures Carovet partment Project ['he Alumni News, official pub ition of the alumni association s mailed to alumni this week, ]ph Lewis, executive secretary the association, said Tuesday. is is the fifth issue of the ni-monthly magazine since the i of the war. Complimentary ies have been sent to graduat seniors this month also. rhe issue contains articles on student housing project, Car t Apartments, illustrated with otographs of life ~in Splinter lage, on budget needs for the ar 1948-1949, and intramural letics, and on the distribution students at the university from counties of South Carolina d from the states and foreign mrtries. Edwin L. Green, professor em tus of history, gives a short bssage to alumni on the back Fniversity Debaters eaving For Miami uesday For Meet T'he university debating team 11 leave Tuesday to participate the Miami Invitational tourna 'nt. The subject for this meet il be the same as that for The tadel debate: "resolved, that a deral world government should established." Participating in the debate will the same team which defeated ec Citadel team in two debates 're Saturday. They are Irene rugman andl Melton Kligman, 'firmative, and Albert Watson id James Simmons, negative. NOTICE Professor Fink has an nounced that practices for the University Band will be held each Monday at 4:30 p. -rn.., in the practice roomn be ginning the spring mesmester.