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Pi Kappa I Southeast( At Carolir 18 Colleges Represented In Debating The university chapter of Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic so ciety, is playing host to the south eastern province debating and oratorical tournament this week end. Representatives from 18 southern colleges and universities are participating. The tournament, which began yesterday, consists of contests in oratory, impromptu speaking and debate scheduled for both days. 'Phe query for debate is "Re solved that a federal world gov ernment should be established." Entries from the university are James Simmons and Albert Wat son, men's debate. Irene Krug man and Irene Herty, women's debate. Milton Kligman will com pete in the men's extempore speak ing and James Simmons in the men's impromptu speaking. Irene Krugman will participate in wom en's oratory and extempore speak mg. Visiting coaches are judging the events and 150 university students are acting as time keepers. The -fficial student committee con sists of F. G. Taylor of Eastover, chairman and Woodrow Steven son, Columbia, Jeanne Strother, Santuc, and Alex Wilson of Wash ington. Participating teams include the University of Miami, Rollins col lege, Stetson university, Alabama College for Women, University of Georgia, The Citadel, University of North Carolina. Lenoir-Rhyne College, Tennessee State Teacher's College, Carson Newman College, Kentucky Wesleyan, Georgetown University, Spring Hill College, Wake Forest and the University of South Carolina. Debates began in the campus so rority rooms yesterday and will continue today at 9 a. mn. and 3:30 p. m. The speaking contests be gan yesterday afternoon in Dray ton Hall and will also continue to day at I p. m. Extemporaneous speaking will begin at 2 p. m. to day. A banquet for competing teams will be held at the university to night. Following the banquet, tro phies wvill be awvarded to the win ning teams and an election of pro vincial officers of the fraternity will be held. James Simmons is president of the university chapter of Pi Kappa Delta and Irene Krugman is see retary. Melton Kligman is tourna ment chairman. Faculty members of the fraternity are President Norman M. Smith, Dr. Havilah Babcock, Prof. Douglas Carlisle andi Prof. M. G. Christophersen. SPECIALIZING IN AND EVEN MASTER CLI 1907 lBo ~Ry the Underpi Phone 2-9250 Collegi4 Special STEAKS - CHICK DINE AND DJ "GAMECO( JOE PA Propi Ee1ta Soci< rnDebati ta This W Dr. Lawr Head Of Geol Has Followed Since New Jet By RUTH PATRICK "I'm doing what I planned whi I began my education and car think of anything that I wou enoil ninrp than whiat Vm dnir now."' That is a statement which fe people can make but that is e actly what Dr. Lawrence L. Smit head of the geology departme has done. And he has done so wit out missing a day in 24 years. At Lafayette College he r ceived his Bachelor of Science d gree In chemistry. During Wor War I, Doctor Smith was a cher ist for a large chemical plant. B when chemists became too nume ous after the War, he decided make geology his life's work. E Master's degree and his Doctoi degree from Johns Hopkins ur versity have been in geology. Environment has a great infl ence on a man's career, Doct Smith believes. As a boy he lik nature. Living in Delaware, Ne Jersey, he had good reason to conscious of his surroundinJ IWhen he discovered that su sights as the Delawvare could explained by geology, he instant fell in love wvith it and has be' faithful to it ever since. His attendance record is alme as amazing as the first. For years Doctor' Smith has not mir ed a class. Actually, he explair it has been only 20 years, for on he had to be out of town for l1 mother's funeral and his class were given tests on those da3 Other than those fewv days, he h missed none. Geology is not only Doct Smith's profession, it's his favc ite hobby. "To a geologist t whole world is a laboratory al museum." Most of his sparetir and vacations are spent at famo nature sites such as the Grai Canyon and the Great Salt LakE FORMAL DRESS ING WEAR EANERS, Inc. isom St. 'iss at 5 Points" 918 Main Street ste Inn sing in EN - SPAGHETTI LNCE IN THE K" ROOM TRONE daeto. ety Holding ng Tourney eekend ence L. Smith ogy Department His Profession -sey Boyhood The Grand Canyon, however, has m impressed him more than any 'other. ld Few people know it, but Doctor RSmith svid bsball fan. This interest goes back to his youth w when he was a player of no mean ability. At the first of this se mester, he wa busy canvassing 't for players for the university baseball team. They can always be sure of his interest and sup port. e- Many of his research papers Id have been published in national _!magazines. These papers are the It result of problems on which he r- has been working. Scientific pa to pers differ, Doctor Smith explain is ed, from ordinary research papers in that something new must be discovered. It isn't a cumulation of known facts. Hunting is another hobby of >r Doctor Smith's. Probably the rea d son for this is his love of dogs. i Quail is his favoritp game nf this w! sport. It has been said that Doctor Smith has killed one of the larg h est quail to be found in this part ~of the state. Doctor Smith has noticed that as he growvs older he has fewer co-eds in his classes. And he can't understand why. He thinks that St as he grows older he mellows with 24are and that more co-eds should slike to take his courses. ', There are many societies to is wvhich Doctor Smith belongs. A sfew of these are the Geological Society of America, Society of s. Economie Geologists, and Sigma is Xi. Hie is proudest of the last for it is a graduate honor fraternity. or For several years he was the r- youngest member of the faculty 1e listed in Who's Who. Such is the man the students know on the campus as Professor as "Rock" Smith. s5. University Players Starting On New Play The University Players have be gun work on "The- Rope", a mur der mystery which is tentatively scheduled for April 28 and 30, Prof. Merrill G. Christopherson announced. "The Rope" is different from any play the Players have given this year. Our program has In cluded deep tragedy, high comedy farce, and light coedy,a he ad. USC Selected For Engneer Gro up Meeting .Engineering educators repro senting 22 institutions comprising all of the Southeastern states fron, Maryland to Florida will hok their fifteenth annuil meeting oj the American Society for Engi. neering Education at Carolina nexi year, President Norman, M. Smitl has announced. The fourteenth annual meeting was held recently at the Univer sity of Florida in connection witt the inauguration of Dr. J. Hill: Miller as president of the Univer sity of Florida and the Regional Conference on Higher Education. Officers of the Southeasterr section of the American Society for Engineering Educatidn whc were elected to serve for the com. ing year are Dean Joshua E. Han. num, Alabama Polytechnic Insti tute, chairman; Prof. H. Galc Haynes, The Citadel, vice-chair man; Dean Robert L. Sumwalt, Carolina, secretary-treasurer. Officers of the Research Branch of ASEE, elected at the Florida meeting, are Dr. W. G. Van Note, North Carolina State College, chairman; Dr. Ralph A. Morgan, Vanderbilt University, vice-chair man; Dr. E. E. Litkenhouse, Van derbilt University, secretary. The Steering Committee for the Society includes Dr. R. C. Ernst, University of Louisville, chairman; Dean J. R. Cudworth, University of Alabama; and Dr. G. A. Rosse lot, Georgia School of Technology. Radcliffe Speaker At South Carolina Caroliniana Society The University of South Caro lina Caroliniana society held its twelfth annual meeting Sunday night in the Caroliniana library, with Dr. George L. Radcliffe, president of the Maryland His torical society, as main speaker. Some of the outstanding ma terial acquired by the South Caro liniana library was exhibited, in cluding the Pierce Butler papers, presented on the centennial of the death of Col. Pierce M. Butler in the Mexican war; the John Palmer papers from the Eutaw Springs community, late 18th and early 19th century plantation records; the James H. Hammond collection of 30 presentation copies of first edition William Gilmore Simmis, and a collection of the personal effects of Anne Pamela Cunning. ham, the savior of Mount Vernon. Officers of the society are Dr. J. Heyward Gibbes of Columbia, president; Dr. Chapman J. Milling of Columbia and Marion Wright of Conway, vice-presidents; and Dr. R. L. Meriwether of the uni versi ty faculty, secretary-treas urer. Caroliniana Receives Book-of-the-Month By Charleston Writer The South Caroliniana library has received copies of "Great Mis chief" by Josephine Pinckney, a native South Caroina writer. The Book-of-the-Month selection tells the story of a lonely bache lor and his secret passion for dark ness. Miss Pinckney who has lived in Charleston all her life with excep tion for a few summer travels abroad started the Poetry Society of South Carolina with Hervey Allen and DuBose Heyward. Other novels by Miss Pinckney include "Hilton Head", an histori cal romance, and ''Three O'clock Dinner", a Literary Guild selec tion now being filmed by Metro Goldwyn..Mayer. S. C. -)) Prints of the South Carolina Lov have been on display at the McKi. print shows a plantation avenue in and the lower print is of an old Car White Painting In Library Thi Scenes Of Paw Fifty-two oil paintings, prints and water colors by Miss Eliza beth White have been on display this week at McKissick Memorial library in a varied exhibition of the work of one of South Caro 1na's best-known artists. Miss White is probably most dis tinguished for her etchings and tints of the Low Country, par ticularly in tae region near Paw Iley's Island. She proves in this exhibition that she possesses a versatility in both subject matter and medium. In her studies of tree, Miss White demonstrates a remarkable feeling for composition. Such prints as "A Summer Day at Pawley's Island" and "Clam Dig gers" show the real vitality of the coast. "All God's Chillun Got Wings," one of her most widely reproduced prints, was dune to express the feeling of spiritualist singers at a little church near Sumter. Thc- exhibition also included a' niumber of still life studies of flowvers painted by the artist. Their1 style is termaed interesting and they display a riot of color. Miss White also included a wa ter color of the famous Pink House of Charleston and also in terpretations of the famous moun tain landscapes of the Carolinas. Two small oils, "The Dunes" and "After the Storm," both of Paw lay's Island, are small examples of Miss White's experiments in impress ion is m. Miss White is a former member of the university art department L,earin The Way Co. MEN'S FINEST CLOTHING 1409 MAIN ST. Prints Country by Miss Elizabeth White ;sick library this week. The upper the Tidewater section of the state, nden home. rs On Display ; Week Show fey's Island faculty and has exhibited widely throughout the country. She is a member of the MacDowell Colony the Tiffany Foundation, and the Southern Art League. El Circulo Espanol Elects Janet Wiles As Club President An16t Wiles of Columbia was re. elected president Of the Spanis: club, C! Circulo Espanol, at elec tions recently. Miss Wiles has been president of the club since the be ginning of the 1947 fall term. James Odom of Columbia was elected vice-president, succeeding Jean Hill of Darlington, and Joar Zukunft of Charleston was choser to succeed Rupert Blocker of Co lumibia as secretary-treasurer. The newv officers will serve foi the 1948 fall term, since the clut will niot operate this summer. B L. Poole of the Spanish depart. mient at Carolina, wvho wvas facults advisor this year, will not returr to Carolina. He will be succeedec as advisor by K. L. F. DeGrave lines, also of the Spanish faculty McGREGOR'S DRUG STORE 1308 MAIN STREET Prescriptions e Sodas Cigarettes * Toilet Articles Call 2-3308 FOR PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE NYLOf 51 GAUGE $2.15 New Styles Fountain Pens f4 BEAUTIFUL Hi PERU VIAls ON D TH-E CA Callcott Warns Of Grade Plan, For Graduates Graduating seniors of the uni versity . have been warned that mere graduation does not auto matically mean that the individual may return and pursue graduate studies on the same basis as un dergraduate studies. Those intending to enter into a field of graduate study must make individual applications, the acceptance of which is given in dividual study and analysis before final decision is made, according to W. H. Callcott, dean of the gradiate school. Each student is considered on his own merit as indicated by grades already compiled on courses compatible with the field for which application is mkde. Generally, the tov half of the class is accepted in full standing if the background courses render the proper preparation. Of those ac cepted, though, "one of every three has some deficiency to make up," Callcott said. The making up of deficient courses is necessary because a complete comprehensive examina tion must be passed with a satis factory grade prior to the award ing of a master's degree. In accepting students into grad uate standing, those ranking above the lower one-third and belov the halfway mark of class standing are usually accepted on probation and subject to further preparation in the field. Full information and applica tion blanks may be obtained at the Graduate Office, Room 127, Maxcy College. Baptist Conference Reservations Made At Student Center Baptist students at Carolina who wish to attend the Baptist sum nier conference at Ridgecrest June 9-i6 have been requested to make their reservations at the Baptist Student Center by telephoning 2 6698. The attendance this year is lim ited to 2,500 due to crowded con ditions, with 150 the maximum number who may attend from South Carolina. Registration fee is $1 and. rates range from $2.25 to $4.60 per day. COLUMBIA DAIRIES MILK e 0 * ICE CREAM 917 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. ARE HERE!!! 54 GAUGE $2.50 in Parker 51 >r Men and Ladies LND WROUGHT [ JEWELRY ISPLAY ( NT EEN