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Forty-first For Progress Year of o h PublicationStudent Body UNIVEIRSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLII, No. 19 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 27, 1948de Junior, Se / Wednesda For Comn Fact-Finding Comn Report On Propos. Members of the junior and Q meeting in the chapel Wednes sible Junior-Senior ball and ot] meeting will last from 7 to 8 1 A proposal to revive the ba Carolina, will be presented an committee will present their re port for discussion on the pro posals by class members for proj ects. Matters 'investigated by the group include: 1. A self-service launderette and drying room for Sims and Wade Hampton to be located in the base ment of Sims when The Gamecock and Garnet and Black move to the publications building. The initial cost and cost of maintenance and schedule periods have been found to be the disad vantages to this project. The laun dry would provide facilities for the two dormitories at small cost. 2. A central hiring agency for employment of students in posi tions not requiring special abili ties in campus agencies such as the Canteen, Steward's Hall, and Book House with employment based on the recommendatinn of the faculty committee on student self .upport. The committee has found no ap parent disadvantages to this pro posal and the advantage 'would be the giving of employment to the most deserving students. 3. Music in Steward's Hall to provide better eating atmosphere. This has been attempted before and found unsatisfactory, the com mittee reports. 4. Meal tickets to be sold on a punch basis instead of the present monthly basis. Disadvantages t4 this were found to be that the present method assumes that a certain number of meals will be missed on each ticket and these are not prepared, permitting the lower priced meal ticket. Advantages to this, the commit tee reports, will be a choice of food and less wastage. Meals missed would not be paid for, leav ing the students with meal tickets free for other activities. tivil Rights Issue Debates Continues In Society Meeting As a continuation of the cur rent debate on civil rights and racial discrimination, the Eu phradian Literary Society showed slides Tuesday in order to point out the similarity .of races throughout the world. Sol Abrams was In charge of the presentati qj. He read several articles prima Ily intended to re fute the arguments concerning the inferior status of any particular race or color. Plans are now underway to se bet a new society key. The onlE now in use has been declared in adequate by Rayford Gambrell, in charge of the design and se lection. An orators contest consisting of declamations, orators, and de baters will feature the Euphradiar Literary Society's debate March 9 in Euphradian Hall.' Medals will be awarded by the siociety for the best prepared and delivered speech on any topic Carlton Owen, Raymohd Schwartz Tom Williamson, George Stanley and possibly others will partici. pate. aior Classc y To, Consi 1encement ittee To Present is For Projects enior classes will hold a joint day to discuss plans for pos ier graduation activities. The ~,M. 11, a prewar annual affair at I the senior class fact-finding Committee To Inspect USC School A five man committee from the National Engineering Council for Professional Development will in spect the university engineering school tomorrow, President Smith has announced. The committee will visit all ac credited engineering schools in the next six months. Special em phasis is being placed on the me chanical and chemical engineering departments. Members of the committee are: Dr. B. F. Dodge, Yale; Dean C. J. Davjs, University of Alabama; Dean Joseph Weil, University of Florida; and Dean E. B. Morris of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Senator Glen '] On Public Affa Sen. Glen H. Taylor of Id night that he would seek the ' lace's running mate, will speal fairs Forum March 11. Senator Taylor, now servin said in a nationwide broadcast Democratic party" but that "it had left him." Co-sponsor of anti-monopoly legislation before Congress, he has several times attacked the railroads for monopolistic prac tices. He authored a Senate reso lution instructing the United States delegates to the United Nations to work for strengthen ing its power into a world re public. Senator Taylor also is sponsor ing a measure making credit more freely available to the small busi nessman and a bill ifor National Health Insurance and price con trol. At the opening of the Thirtieth ICongress, Taylor introduced the resolution to deny seating of Mis sissippi's late senator, Bilbo. He made an hour-long speech criti cizing the Southern senator for "attempting to deprive citizens of their right to vote because -of color." Senator Taylor's speech will be given at Drayton Hall at 8 p. )n., under the sponsorship of the forum committee with Carlton Owen of Williamston as chairman. Navy Department Party Will Inspect NROTC Tomorrow The university NROTC unit will be inspected tomorrow by a party from the Navy department in Washington. The Inspecting party will in clude Capt. T. L,. Wattles, USN, who is Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel in charge of training and welfare. The unit is under the training aspect of this division. Accompanying him will be Comdr. H. Payson, Jr., of the same branch of navy headquarters. The officers will be returning from an air Indoctrination course at Pensacola, according to Capt, I Marvin G. Kennedy, commandant of the N ROTC unit. An Indoctri nation course, designed to acquaint civilian school officials with the inner workings of the Navy, will b e oned by Captain Wattles. s Meet der Plan, A . . . Activities Remodeling Of Leconte Now Planned Remodeling of LeConte college science and laboratory building will begin by June, President Nor man M. Smith said yesterday. The b'uilding was condemned a a fire "trap" by Columbia Fir Chief A. McC. Marsh last' yea but since that time fire escape have been placed on three side and other measures taken to cor form to safety standards, Smit said. The remodeling will remove th wooden stairway and interior i the hallways and the circula rooms at the rear of the buildin will be fireproofed, he said. Temporary entrances will b: placed at each end of LeCont and wooden stairs will be cor structed for use until the remode ing is completed, the presider said. "The removal of the wooden in terior on the main floor and tlh stairway will greatly improve th safety conditions of the building Smith said. ['aylor To Tall ir Program. aho, who announced Monda tice-presidency as Henry Wa at the university Public A j his first terim in Congresi that "he was not leaving th Orientation Classe Enroll 225 Student For Spring Term Enrollment in orientation class( at the university for the spriv semester is 225, according to Sco Barnes, chairman of the orienti tion committee. Classes are d vided into 11 sections with 26 st dents in each. nstructors were chosen fro 50 applicants on the basis of the ability to help new students b come acquainted with life at t) university and adjusted to the e vironment as rapidly as possibl OPERATORS began usi this month. New equipment wa awitchboards added. Sixty num "Students ahould call by exl A new directory will be printei anid yesterday_ IPhato by Mlan USC Summer' Session Dates Are Disclosed Students Must Confer With Dept. Heads By JEAN HILL News Editor Summer school will begin at Carolina .June 9 and end August 3 and' the summer term will be from June 9 to September 1, Cap tain R. C. Needham, registrar, an , nounced yesterday. , No questionnaires will have to - be filled -out indicating courses students may desire to take as s has been done in the past. Instead, students who intend to go to school this summer will consult 5 8 with the head of their depart - ment, dean of their school, or ma h jor professor, who will furnish the registrar with a list of coursesi ethey will offer for the summer sessions. Since these lists have to be in by March 18, students should con e tact these officials 'immediately, e Needham said. Summer School The summer school, a period of t eight weeks, is intended primarily for teachers and graduate stu e dents but undergraduates are per e mitted to enroll also. Three courses meeting every week day and totalling nine semester hours plus laboratory periods may be L taken. This will he the equivalent of a semester's work in these c.ouxae - . The summer term, 12 weeks long, constitutes a regular term and is designed for undergradu ates, but teachers and graduate , students may attend. Four courses e carrying 12 semester hours, plus - laboratories, and meeting four S timps a week iq the maximum load that may be carried. The summer S term has the same enrollment re quirements as any other regular term. !s The schedule for the summer ig school and summer term will be tt the same as that followed during x- the 1947 summer sessions and i- the fee basis will be the same, i- Needham said. The recent urgent request from m the school of law for an extension ir to their summer courses is now e- under consideration. Further an ie nouncement regarding this request a- will he made as early as prac e. ticable, he said. New Switchboards ng the new campus switchboards in m installed in the new exchange roort bers of campus telephones have been enslon number If they know them an I as soon. as changes are complete," ing Harris.) Scholarshij For Frater Is Planned Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary E eadership fraternity at the uni- r iersity, will award a scholarship s !up to the men's social group I naintaining the highest scholastic iverage for two successive semes- i 'ers. This includes the fraterni- r ies and Men's Independents. The year of scholastic average ror awarding the cup begins and ?nds February 1. Active and pledge grades of each fraternity C Aill be counted in the scholastic iverage of that group. Fraternity membership will be ascertained rroin records on file in the stu- 1 lent activities office. The registrar's office will com pile the scholastic average of each rraternity at the end of each se mester. Averages which are to be younted for awarding the cup will be the means from the averages af the two previously completcd semesters grades of the fraterni Lies. The fraternity which succeedsli in maintaining the highest schol IFC Plans Debt For Campus Fr Two-man teams from each f compete in a debating contes fraternity Council, according t< man. The contest will be held 1. ChyTstopiersen -and a ct Carolina Debaters To Meet Citadel In Match Saturday The university debating team will meet The Citadel in Charles ton on February 28. The team won both the affirmative and negative i-, their match with Davidson last week. Marvin Kormegay and F. G. Taylor represented Ckrolina on the affirmative, with Albert Wat son and James R. Simmon taking the negative against Davidson. i Professor Merrill G. Christo pherson of the university English department is coach of the Caro lina debaters. Carolina will enter the Grand National tournament at Fredricks burg, Va., March 25, arguing the national debate issue. the university telephone exchange i in Maxcy lobby with four new changed. d fraternities by tenement number. Mrn. R. S. nugan, chief operator, i Trophy nity Men By ODK istic average for four years, win ling the cup four times succes ively, will be awarded permanent >ossession of the scholarship cup. The cup will be presented dur ng the annual awards day cere nony. ODK will also present a gen ral scholarship key to the senior who makes the highest score on he graduate record examination luring the period beginning June , 1947 and ending on the awards lay in April of this year. Awards for the following years vill be given to seniors who make he highest score on the gradu Lte record examination, which is -equired of all seniors, beginning on the day the award is given to he highest from the preceding lass and ending on the awards lay of their particular class. rhus, after the first award, grades will be computed on a yearly ba ns. The score of the winning par icipant will be ascertained from -ecordg on file in the personnel >ureau of the graduate record of riee. tte Tourner aternities raternity on the campus will is being planned by Inter Sol Abrams, publicity chair under the direction of Prof. p will be awarded by IFC to the winning team. Fraternities winning the cup three times will have permanent possession of the cup. Members of the team winning the contest will be given individual medals and will be made members of the uni versity debating fraternity. No person who has been a mem ber of the university debating team will be eligible to compete in the contest. Fraternity Projects All fraternities which are plan ning projects with individual's or organizations have been asked to obtain approval of this work through the IFC, Sol Abrams said yesterday. "Groups are asked to submi the plans for approval of th council far enough in advance 8< that they may fit into the fra ternities' program without dela' or inconvenience," he said. New Officers M iller Foster, Spartanburg, wa: elected president of IFC Tuesday k-e succeeds John Bunch of Co lumbia. Other officers elected are Sc Abrams, vice-president; Georg Hoover, secretary and Bill Bos tic, treasurer. Burton Wheeler was electe chairman of the rules committe< Members of the rules committe are Wheeler, Henry Petit an Henry Gaddis. James Creed wa named rushing secretary to handl all affairs on rushing for this se mester. Clariosophic Society To Initiate Members At Tuesday Meeting IInitiation of new members an the election of a new critic wi Sfeature the Clariosophic Literar Society meeting Tuesday. A revised constitution wi adopted by the literary societ Febrr'ary 17. Charles Gasque, Rec mond Tyler, and Richter Mot served as a constitutional commi tee to make the approprial changes in the method of ament ment, and qualifications for o: ficera wore the major changes. Stadium Bids To Be Given OutNextWeek Completion By Fall Sought By President Bids for the steel construction for enlarging the Carolina sta dium are being advertised this week and will be opened March 11, President Norman M. Smith, an nounced yesterday. As soon as the steel construc tion is begun, contracts for gen eral concrete work, carpenter work, and seats will be given, he said. If construction begins soon and no delays are encountered in ob taining steel, the addition to the stadium should be completed in time for the 1948 football season, Smith said. The south end of the stadium will be enclosed to form a horse shoe. The seating capacity will be increased to approximately 30, 000 with the $175,000 allocated by the (eneral Assembly last month. Temporary Buildings Completion of the temporary building for the band practice room is expected soon. Foundations.were laid this week for two additional temporary buildings by the Federal Works Agency, Dean Chase said this week. One of these, to be used as the offices of the university publica tions, The Gamecock, The Garnet and Black and The Carolina Re vei be btwck library and building "A". The other, an engineering laboratory, will be behind Legare college. The band practice building is on Green Street next to Steward's Hall. Water, electricity and heating must be installed, but all three buildings are to be finished by the end of the current term, Chase said. Degree Candidates Must File Requests Foi June Diplomas All candidates for degrees in the June commencement who have not filed a degree application are requested to file them with Miss Long at the registrar's office be fore March 8, Capt. R. C. Need. .ham, registrar, announced yester day. Application must be made for all degrees and certificates award ed by the university. Payment of the diploma fee must be made at .the treasurer's office and the re -ceipt must be submitted when the application is made at the regis Strar's office. Scionrs who have already ap plied for degrees but who have - round that they will niot be gradu ated, are requested by the regis 3 trar's office to cancel the appli cation. Diploma fees paid by these students will not he returned aft er A pril 1. Waddelt Anounces Students May Sign To Donate Blood Carolina students interested in putting tlWir names on the blood donor list at the Wallace Thom son infirmary should call 2-3988 d from 10 to 12 a. m. and 2:30 to Il 5 p. in., Dr. H. G. Waddell, uni y versity physician, said yesterday. "This includes all students who .s previously, had their names on y file, as well as any new donors," l- he said. Ir New lists of donors are being -- compiled, he declared. Only stu e dents who know their blood type I- will be allowed to reister. - Usual fee paid for blood dona tions is $25 per pint.