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28 Pharmacy Students Visit Detroit Plants Twenty-eight pharmacy sti dents from the university have r< cently returned after a five-da inspection tour of the Park Day company laboratories in Detroi President Smith announced yei terday. The group visited the manufa( turing plant, research laboratorie and botanical and biological far: of the drug company. . Pharmacy students who mad the trip were William E. Salte Jr., Columbia; C. M. Littlejohi Cowpens; J. T. Funderburk, LaT caster; Hubert. Y. Adair, Clintor James W. McCallum, McColl; B. Eleazer, Estill; Charles I Strom, McCormick; Alva I Campbell, West Columbia; Hube: Williamson, Kingstree; J o h Roche, Whitmire; Thomas Younj blood, Williston; Earnest Shule Holly Hill; Carolyn Haruch, Roc Hill; and Catherine Medford, Wa halla. Also on the tour were Marjor Lucas, Cayce; Barbara Huggin Johnsonville; Nat Walker, Spa tanburg; George Graham, Colun bia; Kitt Beaty, Naval Base Raymond Cooke, Estill; Hamm Smith, Estill; Billy Watts, Pag land; Thomas Fulmer, Johnston George Turner, Stater; Maric Mosely, Ninety-Six; Robert Riel ardson, Barnwell; and Harol Evans, Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lide ar Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Plaxico wei chaperons for the trip. Lide the local representative for Pai Davis, and Plaxico is a membc of the university faculty. One of the high points of t tAr~ . a st to Parksda farm. Here students saw how va cines and serums were made, b ginning with inoculation of tl qnimals and ending with the fir iahed prodtit. They also o served the raising of such medic drugs as foxglove (digitalis) at deadly nightshade (belladonna in - hothouses. YM-YWCA Vespers Not To Be Conducte By Committee Sunda The YM-YWCA Sunday ev ning vestpers program will not 1 held this week,according to Hele Harbin and Charlie Gasque, c chairmen of the vespers commi tee. The program Sunday include violin, organ, and piano selection Charlie Jones sang "Just for T day." The meditation center around the individual as a temp of God. Howvard House and Gei Spears also~ p)articipated in ti service. BETTER LIGHT BETTER SIGHT BETTER HEALTH BETTER GRADES BRIGHTER FUTURE! South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Sunday is MOTHlE We have cards of greg of candy for Mother's NORRIS WHITMAl% T HE C Carolina NeN Host To Sou Province Coi y The Newman Club of the un 5 than 15 colleges from three Si t, and 9. An expected delegati women, accompanied by more the Convention of the Southe Clubs which opens at the Colui n Gasque Heads NewUniversity French Group t. Charles Gasque, junior from 3. Columbia, was elected president of 't L'Alliance Francaise, French club n organized last week at the home of Madame Grace Sweeny, pro k fessor of French. Other officeres include Lib e Usher, vice president; Roy Ellis, secretary; and Dotsy Lloyd, treas - urer. Fred Perry of the modern ]an- ] i guage department will act as fac a ulty sponsor with the remainder 4 of the French faculty as advisers. n . Ellis acted as organizational d chairman for the first meeting when suggestions were made for d future programs with bridge play e ing in Frenech, dances, and sing k ing French songs. All meetings r will but conducted in French. Dues were suspended until next I fall as the club will meet but onceI this semester and will be inactive - during the summer. Membership Le is open to' all students interested in speaking French. Those present were Madame d Sweeny, Miss Ruby Ott, Dr. W. S. Woods, Fred Perry, Sarah Pinck ney, Charles Gasque, Mary Fran ces McGill, Kenneth Faye, Lib Usher, Angelo Demos, Angela i Barrington, Ben Woodward, John McClain, Rodney Green, Julia Walker, Roy Ellis, Nancy Walker, e Dotsy Lloyd, Minnie Holmes, May n nard Hardy, Fran Stanton, Myrtle 3 Sames, Haley Thomas, Emily Suy t- dam and Bill Castles. d The next meeting will be held s. Wednesday at Professor Woods' home on Senate street. le Sociology Department To Show Special Film At Palmetto Theatre Miass Leela J ohnlsonl, professor in the university school of social work, has secured a film which wvill be shown at the Palmetto Theater May 161-19, entitled "The1 Children's Village." It is a story1 of underprivileged children given a chance to become good citizens. The institute was founded ini 1849 as a "Boy's Sunday Meeting" in one of the Newv York wvards. In 1850, six homeless boys wvent into the home of the missionary of the society and in 1851 the "Asylum for Friendless Boys" was opened. It was later renamed "The Chil dren's Village." R'S DAY ting and attractive boxes Day gifts. CANDIES 'S CANDIES ANTEEN vman Club theastern. tivention iversity will be host to more )utheastern states May. 7, 8, on of 150 college -*nen and thai 15 priests, will attend astern Province of Newman nbia Hotel tonight. Benjamin A. McGuinn, ChLir nan of the Southeastern Prov nee, says the Convention will be lighlighted with its Forum 'Sat irday morning when noted speak ,rs from South Carolina will ad Iress the delegation on the topic >f Christianity vs. Communism. )ean John A. Chase, LLD., of the mnjversity, is chairman of the Po orum. The Panel for the affair con iists of Father Laurence Mc Laughlin, Pastor of Stella Maris 3hurch, Charleston; Dr. Merrick K. Walsh, head of the Department >f Psychology and Philosophy, at he university; Thomas N. Fick ing, past State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus; and Joe Aulieri, editor of the South Caro ina weekly. Delegates and guests will stay Lt the Columbia Hotel during the !onvention and will attend two )anquets, two dances in the hotel )all room, a breakfast and forum, t business meeting, and an all day icnic at the home of Henry Fumper, Sr., past president of the Dolumbia Chamber of Commerce. His Excellency the Most Rev !rend Emmet M. Walsh, DD., Bishop of Charleston, will close :he convention with the celebra ion of Solemn Pontifical High M,ass at ten a. m. Sunday at St. Peters Catholic church. A welcoming mass will be cele rated by Msgr. Martin C. Mur phy, pastor of St. Peters parish, in Drayton Hall Saturday at J 1. Inl. The conventmn banquet Satur lay at 7 p. m. will see Norbert A. rheodore, Columbia attorney, as toastmaster, and Mr. F. M. Bult inan, Governor of the South Caro lina District of Rotary Clubs as speaker. The Newman Clubs of Aweri an Colleges are composed of Catholic students, and inherits its name from Cardinal Newman. Purpose of the club is to pro mote the religious, social, and educational interests of Catholic students. Father Frederick Suggs of St Peters parish, is the local clut ehaplains and the officers are Johr V. Bultnman, Jr., president; Eu. gene Herterick, vice president; Flenry Jumper. Jr.,.treasurer; Lu. :ius Bultmani, corresponding see retary; Anna K., Buitman, record ing secretary. Faculty advisor Prof. Don Galgauno of the Phar muaey department at the univer sity will act as official chaperosi to the entire convention. STRONGHOLD, by Donald Barr Chidsey. This story of Connecticut, Mar tinique, and the sea in 1)ie period centering about the War of. 1812 is concerned largely with the for tunes and exploits of one Habak kuk Jones. Hab, bo,,md boy t< Judge Watts. is impressed int< the British Navy, escapes, turns~ to marry Watts' daughtei Deliverance, and becomes a lead ing citizen in, the community Very long and detailed. althougl it contains several dramatic ie dents. 1427 MAIN LOANS MADE of 3 *Across from PAL LIBERTY LOAN -Award F Dr. Havilah Babcock, head of was awarded the annual Kappa S monies held at the fraternity's a cipient of the award is selected ternity for his outstanding servici body. Doctor Babcock is president of sociation and is nationally-knowr fishing. He is also the author o: ber," "According to Hoyle" and o Alumni Associ Need For Addo By WILLIAM T. CORDER "We have, stacked on chairs records that ought to be preserved in fireproof files," Ralph Lewis executive secretary of the Univer sity of South Carolina Alumni Asociation, said this week in em phasizing the Association's need ror more office space, equipment and clerical assistance. "It would take a year for five clerks to process all the materia in this office," Lewis continued "And even then we'd need a larger office staff than we now have in: to keep the alumni service going.' Besides himself,- Miss Thelma Anr Reynolds is the only full time of fice worker now employed by the Association. There are three stu dent assistants, Olive Long, Dor Campbell, and Marjorie Ray, an< one other part-time assistant, Mrs Louise Jones DuBose, who helps with the magazine. The various activities this smnal staff assigns itself are startling Besides helping with alumni meet ings, working toward an activE alumni organization in ever) South Carolina county and ol every living class, getting out i bi-monthly magazine, building th< foundation for an alumni fund t< be instituted soon, sending thou sands of pieces of mail monthly and keeping check on more that 12,000 alumni whose addresses ar already "proved"--and these ar just a few of the activities--Lewi: and his assistants are accumulat ing and organizing great masse of information about Carolina stu dents from William Harper, th. first matriculate in 1806, to th last freshman enrolled thi spring. The more intricate means bI which all this is done is clear onl5 to Ralph Lewis and his staff, bul to the uninitiated the whole thing seems to revolve around the files And there are files and files. Take the -master alphabetical file for instance. It is the start ing point for any inquiry concern ing Joe or Sue Gamecock. Then there are the geographical files class files, service files (Workc Wars I and II), decorations files honorary degrees files, educatori ON ANYTHING "alue METTO THEATRE & LUGGAGE Co. tecipient the university English departmeni igma Kappa service plaque in cere rinual banquet last week. The re each year by members of the fra to the university and the studen the South Carolina Wildlife As for his articles on hunting an "My Health Is Better in Novem ther books. Ution Cites ,d Facilities files, and various miscellaneou files. All of these hold more tha: 100,000 cards of assorted color and sizes, and each one is signifi cant. The treasure chest of this or ganization is the biographical fil( It holds folders for individuE alumni, each folder containin correspondence, clippings, photc graphs, and personal mementos c alumni living and dead. Here i source material to keep future hi torians awake many nights, an jit's mushrooming so fast that fil cases, already in the middle c the floor, are threatening to ovei flow into the hall. I As for those records stacked o chairs, they're the kind that gro' in value with the years--clas photographs, minutes of meeting and reunions, crates and crate of cuts from the Garnet an Black, class records, corresponc ence. Besides, there is a complete se of files kept for many years b Dean Bradley; and alumni re< ords, as yet "unprocesed," frox the beginning to 1880, the dat when the active files begin, hav been contributed by Doctor Gree and other interested universit staff members, alumni an friends. "We just don't have the facil ties to give this material, partici larly the older part, the attentic it deserves," Lewis said. "Bi we've got our hopes. It is our jc to keep complete records on evex student who comes to Carolin and it's a job that's vital, and v believe that some day there'll 1 enough of everything to do tI thing righit." And you can't see all that's he4 done already without agreeir with him. Learn The Way Co. MEN'S FINEST CLOTHING 1409 MAIN ST. Extension Divis 222 Corres a6 ........ ... . . port The university extension div to 185 students by correspond said yesterday. In the correspondence school fered by 15 schools and depa three semester hours credit. 'T ence credits allowed toward a is 24. Courses offered are on the high school and college level, and are available through evening schools or field classes. No correspond ence courses give graduate credits. Students under the G. I. Bill and U.S.A.F.I. students have access to them. Citizenship is the only non credit course in the series. It is designed to heYp aliens who are trying to establish their citizen-1 ship in this country. Two months is the minimum time for completion of a corre spondence course. However a stu dent may have as long as nine months on the college level and 12 months on the high school level. There are usually 24 lessons in each course. It is recommended that if possible a student send in one lesson a week. Three les I sons are sent out at a time. Ex cept in the summer, any student in the university must have per mission from the dean of his re spective school and the registrar to take a course. Teachers consistentiy comprisel the largest percentage of the cor respondence school enrollment. s SFormer Navy Ment - May Obtain Medals From Naval Office Former naval personnel en rolled at the university, who are not members o orgaized and vol unteer reserve units. may obtain the American, European, African. Middle Eastern, and Asiatic-Pa cific area campaign medals at the d university department of naval e science. The department is acting as the distributing agency for students. Students serving in the navy 1 and who are eligible for the vawards should contact the depart sment of naval science.. All eligi I ble persons must submit their re Squests by May 20. Eligibility may d be determined by presenting dis .charge certificates or release or ders. t Menmbers of the organized and y inactive reserve may' obtain these -medals fromi the Naval Reserve n Armory* on P'ickens street. AT THE' d e* NEXTC flj State e0ce e , "51 . Su-thru wd 5Sainte Joan C Sun- and Of D M MarPt .e Entertainment IL ----Halth and on Teaching ence Courses ision is teaching 222 courses ence, W. H. Ward, director, are 50 separate 'courses of rtments. Each course gives he maximum in correspond degree from the university F're-Med Students Hear J. t. Penny 1t Annual Banquet The Carolina chapter of Alpha %psiloin Delta, niational pre-medi -al fraternity, held their annual >anquet this week at Harvey's res aurent, Jack Williams of Dillon, >esidenit, announced today. Speakers were Dr. James T. 1einy of the university biology Jepartment whose subject was 'Thle Prospective Doctor," and Walter Boylst(n of tihe state iealt h departmnvit w ho spoke on he work of the saiitarian and physiciall. Officers of the student pre nedical group are Jack Williams, president; Bill Fender of Conway, vice-president; Hugh Coleman of Columbia, treasurer; Arthur Wal ker of Somerville, Tenn., secre tary; Herbert Lourie of St. George, historian; and Larry Pol lard of Columbia, reporter. Newly initiated members are William Boud of Greeleyville; William McCall of Charlotte, N. C.. Cecil C. Ram of Aiken, Joe Bass of Knoxville, Tenn., Hudie Herandex of Loris, Stanley Kline Of New York. and Marvin Efron if Aikei. University Ends Tests In Local High School The final series of state high school tests was held by the uni versity personnel bureau at Dre her ligh School Monday and Tuesday, with approximately 700 South ('arlina high school stu dents participating, W. C. McCall, director of the bureau, has an nounced. The contest, held annually by the South Carolina High. School League, brings to Columbia stu deintS and teachers who compete in examilnations in English, social t uidies. Algelra. mathematics, and science. VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS Wright-Johnston, INC. MEN'S CLOTHING FORMAL. l)RESS FOR RENT Phonee 2-4223 1330 Maim St. UHE A T RE WEEK! . * ri. and sat. tUder rs Californclop 'In o' sovF. San itt. 0ii o g o;. g Essentia to oo Happi' ssage USE oGA .