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Volume XLII, No. 17 COL SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 13, 1948
Veterans In(
Now Awaits
Of Presiden1
Measure Increases ]
From.'$65 to $75 for
The bill passed by Congres
lotments of veterans in train
on President Truman's desk a
Passed by the Senate last
creahe the monthly paycheck <
from $65 to $75. Married vet(
be raised from -$90 to $105 ai
ents to $120.
The bill, sponsored in the na
tional House of Representative*
by Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of
New Jersey, was passed by 870-6
Feb. 3 and had the support of
the South Carolina delegation.
A second measure, to raise the
amount of earnings allowed on
the-job trainees from $175 to $200
for single veterans and from $250
to $825 for married veterans, was
passed by the House but differed
from the form passed by the Sen
ate. The differences are now be
ing -worked out.
W. H. Guest, contact reprehen
tative at the university veterans
guidance center, said yesterday
that he did not know the date set
for the bill to take effect if
signed. He said that' it would
probably be 60 days after ap
proval befdre veterans would see
any increase in their checks.
"In view of the amount of in
Crease in living costs since the
present allotment was passed, it
is evident that college veterans
The university veterans center
hAa a boo)det listing alt benefits
enacted for veterans of World
War II prior to September, 1947,
Gut said. Copies may be ob
tained at his office in the base
ment floor of McKissick library.
USC Trustees
Re-elected
By Legislature
sity Board of Trustees were re
elected by the joint session of the
- General Assembly last week. All
seven were renamed without op
position.
Members renamed were Solo
mon Blatt, Jr., of Barnwell, see
ond judicial circuit; J. Arthur
Knight of Chesterfield, fourth
circuit; E. M. Simrill of York,
sixth circuit; A. C. Todd of Lau
rens, eighth circuit; John C. Tay
lor of Anderson, tenth circuit;
C. B. Seaborn of Conway, twelfth
circuit; and Hugh 0. Hanna of
Hampton, fourteenth circuit.
Knight was chosen vice-chair
man of the board in December to
replace Dr. R. 0. McCutchen of
Bishopville who became chairman.
Blatt was elected by the Assem
bly last year to fill the unexpired
term of his father, Sol Blatt, Sr.,
who resigned.
Fire In Maxcy Lobby
* Started By Cigarette,
Causes $1200 Damage
A sofa in the lobby of Musxcy
College was destroyed by fire
early Teday morning, and a
hole was burned through the floor
to the poet office below.
The fire, caused by a cigaret,
caused a total damage of $1,200,
city Fire Chief A. McC. Marsh
said.
Smoke was detected by students
on the floor above the fire, and
the alarm was turned in imme
diately. -The fairemen arrived a
few minutes after 6 o'clock.
The night watchman reported
that he made his round by the
building, but he saw nothing. This
is the third fire in the same build
ing in the last three years cauksed
by a cigaret, and two have been
in the same spot, Chief Marsh
said.
Damage to the sofa, a total loom,
was $200 and to the building
Chief Marsh estimated $1,000
damage.
~ome Bill 4
! f I
o .
SIgnature
t Truman .
Wonthly Allotment 7
Single Students
s increasing the monthly al
ng under the GI bill is now
waiting his signature.
iummer, the measure fill in- r
I unmarried veteran students
.rans with one dependent will
id with two or more depend- I
Ben McGuinn
5
Heads WSSF
Campus Drive:
Ben McGuinn, junior from Co
lumbia, wah elected chairman of
the WSSF campus drive for this a
year at a meeting of represen
tatives of all organizations in
Flinn Hall Tuesday.
George Curry, instructor in his
tory, made a brief talk to the
representatives on the purposes
of the fund and the uses of the
contributions. Marie Edwards,
YWCA secretary, explained the
organization for the drive this
spring on the. campus.
Other officers named 'were Cur- t
ry, faculty adviser, and an exe- v
cubive committee composed of
Margaret Eleazer, Betty Mood, Al
Bahret and Joe Ruthven.
The executive committee willit
meet to determine the goal for I
funds from Carolina and the time r
IfA LAIC UrIve. Additionai com
mittees will be appointed to as
sist, in. rais.irg the funds.
Money raised in the United F
States is used in aiding college
and university students in Europe
and the Far East, and in re
habilitation of buildings and pur- I
chase of equipment. A drive is I
conducted each spring on the i
campuses in this country to raise
the United States' share of the
total fund. Goal in this country
this year is two'million dollars. t
Naval Air Reserve
Volunteers to Hold
Meeting at Center
The third meeting of the Vol
unteer Naval Reserve Aviation
Unit will be at 8 p. m. Monday
at the new Naval Reserve Train
ing Center at Wheat and Pickens c
streets. All students at the uni
versity who are Naval Reserve
Air officers or enlisted men with
air classification are invited to
atted. Commander Richard W. t
Molten has been selected com
manding officer of the unit which,
is officially designated as Vol
unteer Air Unit 6-6. Two organi
rational meetings have already
been held, the nucleus being f
formed around 31 officers.
The unit is organized followinga
the pattern of an air group with
the following divisions: Fighter,
Patrol, Torpedo and Utility. Com
mander Molten announced that
actual flight training is expeoted
to begin within 90 days but prob
ably sooner. The SNJ type plane
will be used for training purposes
at first and steps will be taken to
later add operational planes to the
air unit.
Stephens, Nates Run
For Senior Historian
In Balloting Monday ~
A special election for historian U
of the senior class will be .con
ducted Monday with John Nates b
and Betty Ruth Stephens the only ~
candidates.
Polling booths in the ODK t
circle or the Chapel will be open I
from 10 a. m. to 2 p. in., Al Bahi- I
ret, .elass president, said yester- e
day. Special election was neces
sary when Jean Wallace, his
torian, was graduated. C
Nates served as chairman of a
the ele dance committee and
Miss Stephens is a member of d
that group.
r
senate .
Funds T
Maximl
tdded Stands
ro Be Placed
tt South End
By BEN McGUINN
Seating capacity of the Caro
ina Stadium will be increased
0 per cent, through a bill signed
y Governor Thurmond Friday.
The governor signed the act
ppropriating $175,000 from the
tate surplus. The bill, first state
ride measure of the legislative
ession to be r4tified by the Gen
ral Assembly, was sent to the
overnor Thursday and became
1w with the executive's signa
uire.
The act was introduced by the
rays and means committee last
'ear and after House approval
ras sen-t to the upper house where
was held up in the finance com
2ttee until the end of the sea
ion.
The finance 'committee amended
he bill so that the necessary sum
rill be taken from the state sur
lus fund rather than by floating
>onds, which was the original
olan for receiving the money;
hen they brought the act to the
loor of the Senate with unani
nous approval last week.
The present stadium, which has
seating capacity of 17,000, will
- converted into a new "horse
hoe" shape with permanent
tands at the south end which
ire expected to seat approxi
nately 8,000 more fans. With
inal completion the stadium will
iave a capacity of 30,000, count
ng permanent and temporary ar
angements. Construction study
s in process under the direction
if Dean R. L. Sumwalt, head of
he engineering department at
,arolina.
Vlore Living Space
Becomes Available
For USC Veterans
Construction of 54 additional
'arovet apartments has been
ompleted, except for the instal
ation of electricity, according to
lasil M. Parks, assistant regis
rar and director for veterans.
P'hese additional units bring the
otal of,.family units to 228.
"Veterans accepting these units
t the present time will do so
vith the understanding that fuel
il cannot be provided during the
uel shortage. However, fuel oil
upplies are still being made
vailable to the present tenants
f .the apartments," Colonel
larks said.
Extension Di
* * *
Mrs. Edith Camer
The University Extension Di
'ision in co-operation with the
k>lumbia Pilot club will be host
o a two day leadership clinic
or 'civic and community organi
ations beginning tomorrow.
Mrs. Edith McBride Cameron,
sad of the department of audi
ory instruction and women's ac
Ivities of the University of
lorida will act as general leader
or the conference. She has wide
xperlenee in program planning
.nd education committee work,
rganising, study course and con
ucting institutes.
Other guests include Mrs. WiI
a Richardson of Macon, Ga,
xecutiveasecretary of the Piloit
Fakes I
Rade A
im Cap
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Students lined up in long queue#
ror matriculation. Longest lines v
was the first step in the process.
week. (Photo by Manning Harri
Drop In Car
In Registrat
City Directs
Parking Near
Field House
Capt. B. F. Pruitt of the city
police department said yesterday
that traffic officers will be sta
tioned near the Field House to di
rect parking for future athletic
events.
Students from booth colleges re
eived parking tickets after the
Carolina-Clemson basketball game
Priday. Cars were parked six
and seven deep at intersections
around the field house and double
parked at the curbs, Pruitt said.
"This is an impossible situation
in the event of fire or an ac
eident as traffic is blocked com
pletely," Capt. Pruitt said.
He has requested that people
going to the game pull in to the
curb, refrain from double park..
ing, and not park in driveways
or on the parkways.
ivision Leads
* * *
on To Head Leader
Jp Appr
vailable
acity o
Registration Lineup
during the registration days last w
ere in the early morning at the j
Approximately 4,200 students regif
olina Enrolh
ion For Sprii
A drop in the total enrollment
for the university was indicated
by the registration for thC spring
semester, Capt. R. C. Needham,
registrar, said yesterday.
Although there will be about
325 fewer students at Carolina
this semester than were here in
the fall, we will have a larger
enrollment than at any previous
spring term, Needham said.
Registration for the spring se-1,
mester had reached a total of
4,264 by Tuesday, which was the
last official day of registration
for the term. However, some late
registrants are expected, "indi
cating a top enrollment of 4,300
for the spring term," Needham
said.
The 4,633 enrollment for the
term just completed was an all
time peak, but enrollment for this
term is expected to be about 100
over that of last spring. Last
spring 4,143 studen,ts were regu
larly enrolled in the university.
Total enrollments since the
post-war have increased- each se
mester with the peak being reach
ed' this year, although the expect
ed figure of 5,700 did not miatricu
late.
i Civic Clinc
* * *
ship Conferences
club, and Miss Mary Reynolds of
Columbus, Ga., district governor.
Activities of thi program will
include an open forum discussion
on planning club programs con
ducted by Mrs. Cameron, a work
shop on financing club projects
under the direction of Miss Ruby
Newhall of the University of Flor
ida extension service, and a dis
cussion of the psychology of
working with beople.
A dinner for conference dele
gates will be held at the Colum
bia hotel and a demonstration
film forum will be presented. De
votional services will be conduct
ed Sunday morning at the First
Presbyterian church.'
Women's orgamzations through
out South Carolina have been in
vlted to attend the conference. ,
0 '0
opriatio
For EE
r usc Q
eek to obtain the many materials
registrar's office (above) which
,tered Monday and Tuesday last
nent Shown
ig Semester
IRC Sponsors
WIS Program
On"eDictators"
The weekly University Forum
:>ver local station WIS at 2 p. m.
tomorrow will be conducted by
the members of the International
Relations club. Topic for the dis
'ussion will be "The Dictators of
Spain and Argentina."
Participating on the program
will be Marshall Mays, John
Chamberlain and Will Parker.
Prof. Douglas Carlisle of the po
titical science department will act
a moderator.
The program is presented alter
riately by the club and the Eu
phradian Literary Society. Last
Saturday's discussion concerned
:he problem of education for the
Negroes in the Southern states.
1947-48 Fall Semester
Honor Graduates Led
By Flynn and Tupper
John Franklyn Flynn, Breckin
ridge, Tex., was fig~t honor grad
aate in the class which received
iiplomas this month, with Nancy
Caroline Tupper, Rembert, re
reiving second honors, President
Smith has announced.
Other magna cum laude gradu
ates were Robert Cordes, Colum
dia, John C. West, Camden, and
Angela Barrington, Fayetteville,
N4. C.
Cum laude graduates include
Miary Elizabeth Teachey, Wallace,
N4. C.; Philip Ball, Yukon, Okla.;
P'ranices Stella Patrick, St.
Teorge; Sidney Brandenburg, El
oree; Jesse Evans, Pageland; Au
rustus T. Graydon, Columbia;
Dyril R. Parrott, Timmonsville;
Elenry Bell, Camden; Bettie
B~rooks Parker, Columbia; Olin
S. Pugh, Prosperity; Robert A.
Watson, Macon, Ga.; Sophie Mae
Wolanin, Sharon, Pa.; and Philip
S. Calvo, Columbia.
A total of 192 students com
pleted academic requirements for
legrees and certificates at the end
>f the tall term, President Smith
ii
ns Bill;
ilarging
5tadium
Change Made
In Collections
Arrangements
The South Carolina Senate yea
terday began consideration of the
annual state general appropria
tions bill which includes the allo
cation for the university and other
state schools.
The Senate finance committee
placed the bill on senators' desks
Tuesday, but action was delayed
until yesterday. Recommendation
by the Senate committee for the
university was $1,482,859 as
compared with $2,293,500 recom
mended by the House.
The difference in the two
amounts was brought about by
the elimination by the Senate
committee of a bookkeeping ar
rangement by which the state
would appropriate the entire op
eration costs for the state schools
and the institutions would then
return all collections to the treas
ury.
Under the Sennte bill, th& c.l
lege would retain their collections,
an estimated $3,680,516.
In his recommendation to the
state budget commission, Presi
dent Norman M. Smith estimated
the enrollment of the university
at 4,500 full time students. On
this basis, approximately two
thirds of the total operation coNt
of the university would come from
fee collections. The state would
appropriate approximately $917,
000 in actual expenditure, accord
ing to his Budget commission re
quest, made on the assumption
that the university would return
all fee collections.
Appropriations for other schools
include Clemson, $1,292,437; The
Citadel, $859,744; Winthrop,
$952,696; A&M College, $591,825;
and State Medical college, $577,
017.
Wright Denounces
One-Party System
At Literary Society
"Southern political demagogues
come into power as a direct re
sult of the South's one-party
system of politics," declared Prof.
Baskin Wright, of the political
science department, in an ad
dress to the Clariosophic Literary
Society Tuesday.
Following Professor Wright's
speech, Ed Teague, society presi
dent, announced that state Repre
sentative Matthew Poliakoff of
Spartanburg will address the
group Tuesday. Poliakoff will
speak on "Contemporary South
Carolina Political Leaders."
Speaking at the society's regu
lar meeting, Professor Wright
considered the characteristics of
such Southern political leaders as
Talmadge, Heflin, Bilbo, and
Long. He indicated that each of
these men had a considerable flair
for ahowmanship, and in this way
made a personal appeal to the
voters. "It was also usual for
such men, dressed for the role
they wished to play, to make
strong appeals to local prejudices,
such as the white supremacy is
sue, as a vote getting measure."
Editors of Gamecok
Offer Staff Positions
To Typists, Reporters
Students Interested in working
on The Gamecock staff are asked
by the departmental editors to
come to the office in Sims East
basement Monday or Wednesday
afternoons.
Reporters for campus and so
ciety news are needed and there
are vacancies for typists on the
copy staff.