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Carolina Sti Senior Eng] By REES The university English del the senior proficiency test men and some candidates foi announced today. The senior proficiency test 1943 when the board of tr department to certify to the pro ficiency in the English languagc of all candidates for graduatior from every school and department The only exceptions are candi dates for the graduate degree. The test was suspended during the war because many seniors were in the military service. I was resumed last semester. No abstract grammatical ruleq are given on the test. The exer cises reflect a student's knowl edge of basic English usage. I embraces vocabulary, spelling, an< usage; the ability to use and un derstand the mother tongue. The English department postec the following statement on its bul letin board: "1. Students making above 70 ,you are given unqualified certifi cation to the registar's office. 2. Students making between 6 and 70: you are likewise givel unqualified certification to th registrar's office, but, you are re minded that you apparently hav a serious weakness which may ad versely affect your professiona success unless such weakness i overcome-either by self-applica tion or by pursuing an additiona course in English usage. 3. Students making below 65 your deficiencies in the use of th English language is so serious a (a) to reflect upon the institutioi from which you will presumabl; he graduated, (b) to embarras you personally, or (c) to impai the prospect of your professiona success. You are therefore NO' being certified as having passec your English proficiency test. The English department recoi mends that students in group : overcome these deficiencies by in dividual self-application, or b pursuing an additional course i1 English language. You will b given an opportunity of takinj another test later." The English department ad ministers the test when law schoc opens. The Law School require all entering freshmen to take i then. Any first or second semes ter senior may take the test a this time. It will he repeate< later in the fall and spring semes ter. "Any graduate who is conspicu ously deficient in the use of th mother tongue reflects on his in stitution and impairs the prestig of himself and others," Dr. Bah cock said. He added that members of th THE RIC FAMOUS FOR HOI Hours - Monday. BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER Special D)iscount oi l6I9 G,RE idents Take lish Exams E DANIEL )artment has just administered a English to law school fresh degrees, Dr. Havilah Babcock in English was inaugurated in ustees authorized the English Newman Offices Filled And Social Plans Announced The Newman club held its sec ond meeting of the fall term at Legare College October 6. Officers elected are: Jack Mc Quinn, president; Jack Crowley vice-president; Mike Callahan, treasurer; Jeanne Gill, correspond ing secretary; and Paul Harrell, publicity chairman. Father Frederick Suggs,- assist ant pastor of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. will continue as club moderator, chaplain and ad viser. Professor Galgano of the pharmacy department will con tinue as faculty adviser. On Saturday night, October 2, the club enjoyed a country party at the residence of June Nagle of Columbia. Sixty students and their dates were present. Plans were made at the meet ing for a hallowe'en party, the place to be announced later. . The club will have a communion I breakfast after the 9:00 mass and comm11union oil the fourth Sunday in October. Independents Name Norton Fall President John L. Norton was elected president of the men's Independ ent's club for the fall term. Other officers elected are Frank Y. Hard, vice-president; Bill Stan ford. 2nd vice-president; George LaBruce, secretary; Frank San ders, treasurer, and John R. r Whalen. public relations officer. The Independents plan to use - the old duplicating office build 1 ing as a clubhnlmo as soon as renovation is completed. t Plans are being made to have - a fish fry on the banks of Lake t Mlurray soon. S leetings aie held :ach Wednes day at 7 p. m. in LeGare 102. To become a member of the club one must. be invited to join. English department will tutor or give special instruction in so far -as their time perImits. The entire examination takes about an hour to complete. E HOUSE WIE-COOKED) MEALS 4. M. thru Sat. Noon 7:15 to 8:45 12:00 to 1:45 5:45 to 7:30 a Tickets to Students RN STitEETr O-4 e* h*ee and cute t*I new lok .@yU d I amp moccasin - order by mai" 1534r THEN In 1896 the South Carolina state legislature passed a,law! Since that time there has been hell to pay! The law requires the University of South Carolina and Clemson college to play a football game on "Big Thursday" of Fair Week each year. And so, once a year, for the past half century, Soutfi Carolinians have gathered in the capital city of Columbia to participate in the activities surrounding the 'most colorful game in football America. That's where the hell to pay comes in! With 24,000 Gamecock and Tiger fans concentrated in one place, things are bound to happen. The year of 1942 was no excep tionI Audio-Visual Bure. For Use In Classr( The University Audio-Visua variety of educational films ai room instruction of college an< Over 100 fields are covere( the Audio-Visual Aids Bureau, of 'hysical geography. economics and business, and history showing time of individual films varies from 10 minutes to 40 minutes,1 with most in the lower time bracket. The films may be used in a va riety of ways. They may serve as an instructional aid in teach in- a subject, or to enrich and extend the subject by highlighting certain topics. Films may bo used to summarize or review the material which has been studied, or to provide a rapid survey of a broad field. Recordings distributed by the Hurea also cover a very large field. Among those available are scientific recordings. speeches by the late President Roosevelt, speeches by Winston Churchill, and an historical series called Hlow Our I)emocratic Institutions D)eveloped. Burnett's Drug Store Corner Main and College Only one Block From The Campus FOR1 lELIVEIIY PHONE 3191 PH ONE 2-5X93 IFOl Skylini "Fun SpeQI of 3800 BhROAD I Beautine As Se Young Figure Flatt Velvets, Irridescent Sizes 9 - 15i FIVE POINTS ind NOW.... 4 Beginning with the ringing of the Chapel bell at dusk President and Mrs. McKissick, Dean Brad-1 ley, and other members of the fac ulty climbed into two carriages of pre-Civil War vintage, and, with freshmen pulling them, they went around the Horseshoe, gathering students as they went. They visit ed each dormitory on the campus and then went down to Wade Hampton and Sims. All the while, more students were joining the pro cession. President McKissick and the other members of the faculty. had their shirttails out. And so did 2,000 screaming, cavorting stu dents as they followed along be hind. The Shirttail parade was on. At Melton Field a bonfire high as a two-story building was put to iu Offers Films om Instruction 1 Aids Bureau, offers a wide id recordings for use in class I high school students. I in the films distributed by Among these are the fields 640 On Your Dial WUSC Radio Log intercollegiate Broadcasting System MONDAY - WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 11. M. 7:00--Sign On. March Music 7:15 -Platter Party 7:30- -Platter Party 7 :45--lit Show For Today 8 :00--Time For The Blue& 8 :15-Time For The Blues 8 :30--lepeats' Holiday S :45-Hepeats' Holiday 9:00--News and Weather Report 9:05-Breezin' Along 9:15--Breezin' Along 9 :30--Music To Study By 9 :45 -Music To Study By 10 :00-News in Brief 10:01--sign Off TUESDAY - THURSDAY P. M. 7:00-sign on, Sunset Melodies 7 :15---Sunset Melodies 7 :30---Jano Gerard 7 :45 --ilt Show For Today 8:00---Argomy Into I)reamland 15 Argosy Into Dreaminvd, 8 :30 --Claseal Music 8 :45- -Classical Music 9:00 --News and Weathor Report 9 :0-.-To Be Announced 9:15 --To nie Announced 9:30* --Music To Study By 9 :45 -Musie To Study By 140 :00 -News in Birief 10:01- -SIgn off W USC -Broadcasts All-Request Show On 'Platter Party' Herschel Hudson's "Platter Party" from 7:15,-7:45 p. m. Mn days, Wednesdays, and Fridays is station WUSC's request show feature, according to Bob Carpen ter, program director. Carpenter also said that the news staff of WUSC compiles and edlits their news. "We have an upJ and1( coming campus news pro0 gramn; it is news that we think will be strictly of interest to stu dents," Carpenter added. Newly elected officers are Wally Johnisoni, busi ness manager, and Ron Carey advertising manager. I IIESEItV ATIIONS O LL'S * Club the Carolinas" ltIVElR IIOAD) Formals enin ary in. D)ance D)resses l'affetas and Satiips. - 10) - 20 Rt ,AY-AWAY P'LAN I'InNE 2.7470 By MAN the torch while the mob circled it chanting -their "yells." As th< flames died down, President Mc Kissick stood up in his carriage "Men and Women of Carolina," h< began. He then made a shor speech. At the close of the talk, the almi mater was sung, and the crow4 started up Sumter Street. Thii time the University band led th< procession, the carriages with thi faculty members followed, an then the students. With a police escort, the proces sion streamed up Main Street t the front of the Jefferson hotel There, the Tiger was put to thi torch. Numerous fights develope4 between supporters of the tw< schools. With the singing of th Civil Service Test Open For Student In.Library Science A Librarian examination ha been announced by the U. S. Civ Service Commission. The posi tions, paying $2,974 a year, ar located in Washington, D. C., an, vicinity. Competitors for the librariai positions must pass a written tesl In addition, they must -(a) hav completed a full 4-year colleg course including or. supplemente, by 30 semester hours in librar; science; or (b) have had profcs sional library training in a librar; school plus either college study e library experience; or (c) hav had four years of successful an< progressive experience in libiar; work; or (d) have had any com bination of the requirements give1 in A, B, and C. Applications wil be accepted from students wh, expect to complete the requirei courses 4 tiimiGhn after- the date o filing application. Persons interested in the Libra rian examination may obtain in formation and application form at most first- and second-clas post offices, from Civil Service re gional offices, or from the U. E Civil Service Commission, Wash ington 25, D. C. Application should be sent to the Commission' Washington office and will be ae ceptedl until further notice. Pharmacy Group installs O ff icers For Fall Semester Rleently ins6talledI officers of th< local chapter of the Americai Pharmaceutical Association ar, Fulwood IC. Smith, presidlent ; HI 0. Williamson, vice-president Thomas E. Fulmer, treasurer; an Ann Clark, secretary. The association accep)tedl : new mlemb)ers at its first meetinj of the semester Thursday. Those appointed to serve or1 committees for the yeair include Charie Plaxco. Louis D). King Paul H1. Stoddard, andl Ann Hlersh bulrger on the memb)ershi p conm mittee; Mrs. Betty O'Leary, G;ra ham B. D)immick, William F' Heustess. and( .lmes (C. St ill oi the social commlnittee.; 0. M. Lit tid.john, Charles W. Young, Frei Rleese, andi~ James McCalluma oi the parogram commit tee. SAY... "I saw it m THE GAMECOCK" F"or TIhat Quick Snack or Filling Meal THE. WAFFLE SHOP Can't Be Beat Open 7 a . m.n 1'l83 . m VING HARRIS Alma Mater at an end, the proces a sion started back down Main - Street, joining hands to form an . enormous chain reaching the length of Main. t Back at school two fires were started at either gate to the Horse shoe to keep out the Tiger. Fresh men guarded the fires all night. After the freshman game Sum ter Street was lined with Carolina fans who challenged each car to pass. If the car contained Clem son fans it was pelted with over ripe tomatoes. Last night saw a repetition of E this scene taken from 1942. And I chances are they'll still be happen 3 ing just that way fifty years e hence. Second Edition Sal For Babcock's 'My By JACK Sales of the second printing iNovember" by Dr. l1avilah 11 department, are continuing at Frank 11. Wardlaw, director this week. The book was first issued by, the University Press in the spring e of 1947. The first printing ex I hausted this spring after getting V off to a slow start. "I expect the second printing! r to be exhausted by Christmas " e Wardlaw said. The book contains a selection - of 35 stories of the outdoors which ri have appeared under Doctor Bab I couk's by-line. Robeson Bailey a, wrote in "Field and Stream" that i the "stories are distinguished for f - 'Carolina Review' Names Solomons Assistant Editor Rtobe'rt H. Solomons. journalism sjunior fronm Est ill has been ap p)omIted assistant editor of "The Carolina Review," Joe' Bishop, edi tor, has announced. A humor section in the maga zine will be' edited by the assist ant editor. MUMS C( $1.50 T HE BLOS FIVE P Cl I)oors From SOX'S Bi TWIN DI 5~ POI) For Small M Parties UJp Trya Our. IRC To Show UN Week Films At Drayton Hall An active observance of United Nations Week, October 24-81, Is planned by the International Re lations Club with movies in Dray ton Hall and distribution of In. forinational material on the cam pus, Arthur Rosenblum, club pres ident, said last Wednesday. The public is invited to the movies Friday, October 29, at 8 p. m. Six movies will be shown: 'Now the Peace," "One World or None," on the atomic bomb. "Peoples Charter," "We the Peo ple" "Boundary Lines," and "Highlights of the United Nations, 1947-48." Tuesday of this week the Inter national Relations club met Jointly with the Euphradian Literary So ciety to hear Frank W. Harden, program director of radio station WIS, in a talk in connection with the resumption of the radio pro gram "University Forum." This program, still in the process of planning. will be under joint spon sorship of the IRC and the Eu phradian Society. N At a previous meeting members of the club heard Professor K. L. F. deGravelines tell of the more intricate workings of French poli ties. He discussed the lack of youth and the war veteran in French as well as in American politics. es Increasing Health' Volume PRULUCK of "My Health Is Better In abcock, head of the English a brisk pace over the nation, >f the University Press, said (their) ability to amuse and in foim you at the same time. You'll find every page of this handsome book extremely good reading." Dovtor Babcock is widely snown in hunting and fishing cir-, eles for his stories of his experi ences in the outdoors, particularly in the Low Country of South Carolina. He is a frequent con tributor of such tales and anec dotes and short stories to the magazines specializing in this field. ie is also the author of "Ac cording to Hoyle" and "I Want a Word" which is used as a text book in his emnvqf in vocabulary building. PHONE 5128-9 M ANG E L'S Feminine Apparel Main & Taylor Streets (OLUMBIA, S. C. 9RS AGES C GAME SOM SHOP OINTS Green D)erby ~RBECUE ~IVE IN ing Room eetings and ito Sixty Lunches EGETABLES I JESSERTI