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wernty-first AlAeia Year of Y onAll- Arcan PubicationCollege Weeklies UNI.VERSITY O F -STH CA ROL.NA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA APRIL 23 1948 t.-AFounde 19,0848 AKG To Annual. In Dray .Campus Personali Thursday To Bent Alpha Kappa Gamma, ni women at Carolina, will pre. ton Hall Thursday at 7:30 1 of the auction committee, a auction will go to the Wor Students will bid for a breal fast in bed, served by Mrs. Arne R. Childs, dean of women. Mai ning Harris will offer a free p ture, to the highest bidder, ar Marie Edwards, YWCA secretar will put a supper at her apartmet on the block. R. G. Bell, YMCA secretary, wi play a game of pool or ping-ponj whichever the bidder chooses, ar Amalie Stone, Carolina's co-, pilot, will offer a free airplar ride. Others whose services will I auctioned include Adm. Norma M. Smith, president of the univei ?ity, Prof. Havilah Babcock, hes of the English department, Palm4 McArthur, out-going president < the student body, Jean "Freakii Badger, the portrait.-sketche Electa Hall, "and many others Miss Lomansky said. Serving on the auction commi tee with Miss Lomansky are Mas McQueen and Claire Parler. Music Departmeni To Present Recita Tuesday In Chape The university music departmej will present a student recit Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. in the Un versity Chapel, Hugh Williamso: head of the department, announce today. Selections will be played by I students. Orchestral parts will I played on a second piano by Bai bara Raffield, Hazel Porter, Ma: cia Richards, and John Ferrell. Pieces *which will be heard j the recital include "Chorale Pri lude-Ein 'feste Burg ist uns4 Gott" (Bach), Mary Julia Caml bell; "Se Ciel Mi Divide-froi 'Allesandro nelle Indie' " (Pi< eini), William Joidan; "Nocturne (Respighi), Mary Isla Crumple1 "Allerseelon" (Strauss), Glori Allison; "Etude in D Flai (Liszt), Ralph Rozier; "Perpetui Motion" (Bohm), Claire Parne1 "Reflets Dans L'eau" (Debussy Hazel Porter. Also "Verborgenheit" (Strauss Charles Jones; "Rhapsody, Op. ' No. 2" (Brahms), Shirley Bloon "Un Bel Di," from 'Madame Bu terfly'"' (Puccini), Annie Ivi Newman; "Second Concerto, 0 22-Andante Sostenuto" (Sain Saens), Margaret Ellen Barker. Kappa Deltas Captur Sigma Chi Derby Cup~ Tri Delts Capture Pij Kappa Delta won the Sign Chi Derby Day cup Wednearls on Gibbes Green, by amassing total of 24 poInts, winning th'e pi1 eating contest, the wheelbarro race, the steeplechase, and ti tug-o'-war; second place in ti egg and spoon race; and -.thir place in the sack race. Alpha Delta Pi scored 17 point for second place, and Tri Dell won third place with 11 point and also won the greased pl chase. J. B. Jackson, dean of men P Carolina, wore the derby ai acted as official starter. Judgt were President Norman M. Smit1 Dean Arney R. Child., and Dee Francis W. Bradley. Present 4uction on Hall ties Go On Block 14it WSSF Drive Ltional honorary fraternity for ent its annual allction in Dray >. m., Fay' Lomansky, chairman aid yesterday. Proceeds of the Id Student Service Fund drive. yUSC Players Give Murder Ld Mystery Next b it de "The Rope", a murder mystery by by Clayton Hamilton, will be pre- - sented by the University Players f, Wednesday and Thursday in Dray d ton Hall Theatre. A This semester the players have e presented "What Every Woman Knows", a high comedy, and "Skin of Our Teeth", a story of mankind l through th. agcs. "The Rope" will ,n be the first mystery play they ral r- have presented in some time. er ,d Members of the cast are James we ir Simmons, A. B. Harmon, and Ca Irene Krugman of Columbia, Mort Bernanke of Dillon, Richter Moore Di P of Mayo, Banks Scarborough of rei r, Timmonsville, and Mary 'Anna po "Sparky" Elliott of Spartan burg. The part of "the Body" is ga still uncast. Prof. Merrill G. Christopherson T y will direct the play. Donald Sharp sa C, G nrllw-od is inl charge of eL construction and stage manage ment. Mary Anna Elliott is in vel charge of paint. mi Joe Bishop of Columbia recently tio represented the university in a at( Southeastern Theatrical confer enre which was held at the Unf- aV versity of North Carolina and eel it made a report at the Players meet- vel &l ing last week. n Religious Emphasis r Week Plans Made 61 For Fall Semester CO r- Plans for the 1949 Religious r- Emphasis Week at the university inj were outlined by the Religious eai it Week planning committee last vel . week on the campus, according to vel r R. (o. Bell, executive secretary of coi . the Y.M.C.A. inj Called as a preliminary meeting ful .for the selection of speakers for 'n next year, the committee, made up 11, of representativ'es from all cam- ce a pus organizations, elected officers the nand made written suggestions forus possible Religious Week speakers. I4. SContact Repr Oni Part-Tim< SAt Guidance p. The Contact Representative of wil the University Veterans Admin- tio istration at the guidance center, Sol basement floor of the McKissick for Library, was begun on a part- Ch Stime basis, according to 0. W. of 'Bundrick, head of the guidance center. joi. a Hours for the contact officer will coi Y be from 8:30 a. m. until 12 noon. the a Veterans having matters to be wil ~ handled by that representative thc w have been asked to arrange their me " visits accordingly, with the new cor e contact representative, H. A. tai dStevens. tel sThere will be no change in the frc hours for vocational guidance and mfi a educational counseling, Bundrick s' said. This service will be main- sal gtained from 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m.re Monday through Friday. apj t be dCourse Change tio s Veteran students no longer need cat hi, approval by the administration in .n order to change their courses of res instruction, but may make chanes. o .1ewly elected officers of the at so; Jean Hill, second vice-presh 1y; Ed Saleeby, first vice-presic it body;.Pete Hyman, junior clai Manning Harris). 'eterans Plan Leduced RateI or uaro- Vets k plan for reduction in electrical es was presented at the Vet n's organization meeting last ek at the community hut at the rovet Apartments, Les Paul, as tant chairman, said yesterday. icussion was also held on the ital problem. n a previous meeting, the or nization voted to have the bi nthly meetings alternately on esdays and Wednesdays, Paul d. Traffic Regulations 'raffic regulations for the Caro area, formilated by a com ttee of the Veteran's organiza n, will go into effect immedi ly. They are as follows:. L. The speed limit for the streets 1 roads within the housing proj is 15 miles per hour for all iicles, public and private. l. In the "D" area, all vehicles ist park completely off the paved ids. 3. The unpaved roads in the " area between rows 2 and 3 i between rows 4 and. 5 are sed to all motor vehicles. 1. In the "C" area, the exist paved road which passes just it of C2 and C4 is to be used by uicles heading south only. Those iieles will leave "C" area by itinuing around C4, then tul'n north to pass between the two nace rooms. ~. The area bounded by C-9, C C-13, C-3, C-4, and 0-7 is sed to all motor vehicles, with exception of those vehicles ng the road prescribed in part esentative e Basis Center h the approval of the institu n alone, Edward P. Turner, ith Carolina regional manager the VA, said yesterday. aniges must be made at the end a term or semester. /eterans enrolled in schools and establishments which operate. mnselling service approved by VA also may change courses hout prior VA approval, but se in schools and job establish nits not authorized to approve rice changes will continue to ob ai prior VA approval for con aplated changes. Any 2hange m one Institution to another at have prior VA. approval. Dven these students, if doing isfactory work, no longer will uire counselling before VA can rove .their requests. These may grantedl by VA's training sec sic on the merits of each appli ion. kehools and establishments are auired to notify VA Immediately all course changes anthorized. The Victors ident body and the classes are Jin lent of the student body; Bob Su lent of Ihe student body; Ann Crai is -president, and Frank Martin, soi USC Debatei Third In Pr4 Forensic Toi By F. G. The university debating tea handling of the Pi Kappa Dell ment here last weekend. The h sonnel was lauded by Dr..Herr vincial governor, at the Frida Prof. Merrill G. Christophersen was elected provincial governor for the Southeastern province of the forensic society. Dr. George Ay cck of Wake ForesL was named secretary-treasurer. A total of 14 schools entered 21 teams in the formal debating event with each school allowed to enter one person in both men's and women's divisions of the im promptu, extemporaneous and ora torical speaking events. I ; The formal debating competi tion was won by Stetson univer sity of Florida with Lenoir-Rhyne of Hickory, N. C., second. The Uni versity of -South Carolina was third and James Simmons, university! junior, placed first in the im promptu speaking event, while Melton Klignian placed second in the oratorical contest. Representing the university were Albert Watson and James Simmons, men's division of de bate; Irene Herty and Irene Krug man, women's division of debate. Ramon Schwartz entered the men's extemporaneous speaking and Miss Krugman entered the women's oratorical contest. The debating team won a de cision over the College of Williami and Mary Tuesday in Drayton Hall. The subject for debate was "resolved, that a federal world' government should be estab lished." Representing the university in this debate were Harvey Golden and F. G. Traylor', negative team. It was originally planned to have twvo teams meet 'the Virginians Tuesday at 8 p. mn., but only one comp)eting team arrived, and the evening hour wvas in conflict with the ilinerary of the v'isitors, so the match was held at 4:30 instead. Carolina wvas the first scheduled by .William and Mary in a tour which goes next to Georgia Tech and the University of Georgi &and then Florida, where about vl e teams will be met before the team returns to Williamsburg. Jean Beckdoite New President Of Physical Ed Honorary Sorority Jean Beckdolte of Miami, Fla., was elected president of Alpha Theta chapter of Delta Psi Kappa, honorary sorority for physical 1 education majors at the univer-1 Bity at a meeting in the women'a physical education departmenti last.-week.. The new vice-president is Mary Byrd of Greenwood. Betty Harris!, of Lancaster will be secretary-I treasurer, and Elinor Hull of Co lumbia was elected chanlain.i Thomas, president of the senior mnvalt, president of the student Ng secretary-treasurer of the stu. omore class president. (Phott -s Place wi.ncial irnamnent 'AYLOR rn took many bows for their :a provincial forensic tourna andling of schedules and per nan Pinkerton, outgoing pro y night banquet. Student-Faculty Day Plans Being Made by KSK Plans are now being foimulated by Kappa Sigma Kappa and the student-faculty relations commit tee for a faculty-student day ir Con1nec-tiAnl wvith the cor of.o Q : the May Queen May 4. Pres. Norman M1. Smith sait Wednesday that students will be riven a holiday from classes thal day with a general campus clean ip during the morning. Tentative plans call for a lunch at noon or the florseshoe for students and faculty with a program of ath. eties or other events to be hekd n tle afternoon. The day will b'e climaxed witt the coronation of the May Queer it 5 p. mn., and the Queen's Bal that niight A comm it tee of KS5K muember: is arranging the coronation al wvhichi .ib 1'slier of Columbia wil 'ie crowned as t he 1948. May Quieen. TFhe st udent-faculty com amitee is arranging the progran amnd lunch, the president said. Room Resei Of Men For Fall Terms Room reservation fees for sum. ner and fall terms must be paid >etween 8 a. mn., May 3 and 1 p. n. May 8. This payment is re tuired of all male students now iving in dormitories who wish to 'eserve their present rooms, Ottii '. Kelly, superintendent of build nigs and grounds, said yesterday. Students living in tenement 30 who plan to come to summer chool wvill be assigned new ac 'omodations May 9, because that enemnent wvill not be usedl this mummer. Maxey college may not he used ni the summer term, but at pres 'ut students in Maxcy are request d to reserve their rooms in the ~vent the, dormitory is used. In making reservations students rme required to pay a $10 deposit *ee to the university trasurer to Construct For Law| Not Yet I Faculty Comnittee ' For Pernianent Buik Plans by the administration f law school building are still tu Smith said Wednesday. A sum ( the annual state deficiency ap the legislature just before adjo TownMeeting' Draws 6,000 At Broadcast An estimated 6,000 gathered in la the university field house Tues- oi day night to hear the nationwide te broadcast presentation of the program, "Town Hall Tonight." The radio audience has been esti mated to be ten million persons. The topic for the discussion was, "What next in Europe, Now?" t iThree experts in the field of for eign affairs, Harold J. Laski, Louis c P. Lochner, and Max Lerner, were ia present, and H. V. Kaltenborn participated from New York. . lil George V. Denny, Jr., founder of the radio forum program acted in hi usual capacity of moderaoOr. n The broadcast was from 8:30 al to 9:30 p. m. and was carried over ct 251 stations of the American ti Broadcasting Company including WCOS the Columbia affiliate. The program was sponsored by ti the Columbia Merchants and the pl Chamber of Commerce, the Junior th Chamber of Commerce, the Uni versity of South Carolina Exten sioi Division. and radio station S WCoS. 01o --101 ODK Plans Annuall' t1 Awards Day May 11 i On USC CamPus . The annual Awards Day will be al held at Carolina May 11 for the w Ol purpose of giving out university awards. medals and scholarships, according tu Usborne Gomez. mem ber of the ODK committee spon soring the program. "It is hoped this will establishi a precedent at the university thati wvill continue wvith greater success ) each succeeding year," Gomez s rsaid.h Presidenit Smitn has authorized a reduction of time schedule for elasses simlilar to religious em-' phasis wecek, in order to allow students to attend the ceremony.j The tentative time for the program b is 12 to 1 p. mn., in tne Field House. a: -vations K fi Sunmmer,K Due May 8 each term (summer and fall) that hey wish to reserve their room. The treasurer's receipt .must thenI he presentedI to the marshal's of f ice for the room reservation. Requests for room changes may be left with the marshal's office. Si Reservation fees may be refunded in up to June I for summer term mf andl Septembher I for fall term. E Students living off the campus may' make reservations for the d4 summer term after May 10. All ne male students who desire rooms ezen he accommodated even though el their names are not on the waiting g, list. However, vacancies for the fall termi will be filled from ther waiting list after May 10. Rooms not reserved by students C living on the campus will be de- 1of clared vacant for the summer and J< fall terms. ri g ion Site School )ecided 'o Report Needs ling To Board or the location of the new icertain, Pres. Norman M. >f $250,000 was included in propriations bill passed by irnment. Smith said that a committee of culty members and the admin :ration staff was now consider g the overall needs for construc in of permanent buildings on the mpus and would report their idings in the near future. The w school building may be placed i land purchased with the quar r of a million dollars granted the deficiency bill, or con rueted on grounds now held by e university, he said. Provisions for the building in e bill state that it must be oc pied and used by the university w school by September, 1949. The report by the committee vestigating the needs of the irious departments will be sub itted to the Board of Trustees its June meeting and plans for nstruction will be formulated at at. time. The university has not yet used e $1,450,000 allocated in a sur us appropriations bill signed by e governor last fall for perma nt construction on the campus. nith had requested an additional ie million dollars for purchase land near the campus, but this as not forthcoming from either e budget commission or the leg lature. The president said that costs of aintenance of the new building id heating and janitor service ould be lessened if it was built or adjacent to the campus. Aiterary Society udges Clyde Dean test In Debating Clyde lDean was judged best de ter in the Euphradian literary ciety's annual debating contest dd Tuesday night. The query as: "Resolved, that the Ameri n Foreign Policy is inadequate, id is leading to war" with Dean 'guing the affirmative. In his dlosing remarks, Deani id that our foreign policy has ~en weak and then strong; "we a nation must undertake to 't what we pay for, and also pay *r what we get. We must adopt a r'm stand on foreign affairs and eck up that stand." Other debaters were Ramon 'hwartz and Carlton Owen. -hwartz took the negative side id Oweni the affirmative. iformal Tertulla leld by El Circulo spanol at Hotel El Circulo Espanol, university >anish club, held a tertulia, or formal get-together, at the last eeting Thursday afternoon in the ade Hampton Coffee Shoppe, rof. B. L. 'Poole of the Spanish partment, club advisor, has an munced. Recently elected officers of the ab will serve during the 1948 II term when the club will be organized. New officers are Janet Wiles of >lumibia, president; James Odom Columbia, vice-president; anid en Zukunmft of Charlestan. see.