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Largest College Weekly Iias aig The Carolinas For 1947-48 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIII, No. 12 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUAY 7, 1949 nluaenn r To Begin ( Early Nex March Campaign I For Carolina's Paii The WSSFd rive will begin $2,000 for the campus. The countries where it will be Is brought about by the war. Oick Singleton was elcte committee. Other officers at Craig, Willie Ileustess, Hill blum, treasurers; Kathleen Irene Krugman and Spruce Mv Cain, activities chairmen; Sam MeKittrick and Lou Oswald, stu Ient solicitations; and Hubert Spigner, history department pro fcssor, faculty Solicitations. The drive will he centered around fia tern it V and sorority stunt tight which will be held .Ma.ch 8 and 10. In addition to the solicitations, a clothing and book drive, n,wvies, and basketball games will he held for raising funds. Participating orgalnizations in clude the YICA, YWCA, the Stu Iht Volunteer Moveient, the In terseminary Movement, the Church student agencies represented in the commission on university work. W'nai Writh Hillel Founda tion, International Student Service, Newman Club Federation, US Na tiolal Student Association, Chinese Students Christian Association, Fede:ationl of ,Jewish Student Or ganizations of New York, the In stitute of International Educati,9n. and Polish-American Council of The USA. In previous years the activities of the orgallizatioln have included foroviding food, books, medical care, and housing to many stu (lents in devastated countries. WVSSF offers specifi opportuni ties for maintaining intellectual valuies and restoring an educated .leade ship to war torn countries. Iwo vital functions performed onl cmpuses by the service organiza tions are to create an awareness of the strife present in the world today and to raise substantial sums of money that will tangibly express student concern for the plight of fellow students. ODK Names Spring Tern pr1esident of Omicron I )elta sprin g term. V ice-pr'esident hie also ser'ved as chairmfan < sulcceedls Al (Cook as p)residen New vice-president o ft he lead ership fratet nit y will be Ramon Schwartz, k .w student from Sum ter, and 'harles Glasque, senior froml Col' mbia, was namtied secre tary. Ral it Lewis, executive secre Stary of the university Alumni As sociation1, wvill continule as faculty adviser, andi IDr. M. B. Seigleir of the E:nglish department was namedl assistant faculty adviser. OIDK now has under considera ion several projects which it will undlertaike during the cominig se mnes ter. Clariosophic To Hold Election Of Officers For Spring Semester Clariosophic Literary Society will hold an initiation and election of officers for the spring semester ait its weekly meeting Tuesday at 7 p. mn. in Legare College. Next semnester Clariosophic will launch a program designed to promote an interest ini and knowledge of goodl public speaking. Booklets and lee turers hauve bee'n obtained. At its past meeting Clariosophic elected a committee to work out an adlequate honor system which the society wvill present to student council. Ray Berry, John Mason, and ,Jim D)allas form this comi mit tee. tnnt Urive )nCampus t Semester [as Set 82,000 Goal in World Relief early in March with a goal of m11on1ey Will be sunt to foreign ad for. the relivif (0f C<m<ditions I Chaiilin of the executive e 11tty Mood, secretary; Ann )oninev, atid Arthur Itosen Brown, publicitY chairman;m Administration Has No Plans For Law School "'lians for the ise of the present litw Iuilding up1in conipletion of the new one have not vet been formuilated," President Smith an nounced this week. Stident Council of the uiiver sity put forth a resolution that it X used as a stud.Ilt uinion build ing until the new one intended for that purpo.m. is constructed unier the proposedl master con struction program now awaitingi aiction by the le gia;ture. IRC To Discuss Current Session Of UN Over WIS The Paris session of the United Nations will be discussed on "Uni versity Forum" Saturday by Ar thur Rosenblum, Carl Hammond, Austen Riley, and Erie Oppen heimer, members of the Interna tional Relations Club. Professor John MeConnoughy of the politicaj science department will be mod erator. "University Forum" is presented alternately by the Euphradian literary society and the Interna tional Relations Club over radio station WIS Saturday at 2 p. m. Hutchinson ,i President fr'omI ('olumbia, was e'lec.te(l a"ppa T'uescl iy night for the df O)l)K thtiring It' fall term, f the1) proi'cts commi!iit tee andi Ti pielutre wt as taken at a mee' ('olumia, it ut 1.. Osborne ofC Orai S't-'nding are \. ('. lTodd Elf ; ration, I rank I-'. W~e'Ilbturne,. unuie I-'ransI, sirill of Yuork. Inree Assume Former Duties Of Ottis Kelly With the death of Ottis F. Kelly early in November, an adniinistra tive title of the university that was almost as old as the university it. self ceased to exist. Kelly was marshal of the university. President Smith's office an nounced this week that the duties of the marshal had been divided among three officers of the uni versity atd that the title was abol. ished. .J. T. Stradley, formerly assist. ant marshal, was appointed Super intendent of Buildings a n d Grounds. lsciplinary powers for merly belonging to the marshal in so far as the physical plant of the university are concerned were as signed to Jesse B. Jackson and Mrs. Arnie R. Childs, deans of men and women respectively. Deans Jackson and Childs will also be in charge of room assignments to students. During Kelly's long illness pre ceding his death, SEradley acted as university marshal. Annual Editor Asks Students To Join Staff Stldtelnts tintelested in joining lhe Garnet and Black editorial, taff are asked to meet with the ,taft any T'hursday at 6 p. m. Ann Rogers. editor of the 19491 Garnet and Black has announced. lEd Teague, business manager, hIs called a nietiig of all stu den, interested in ad selling and circlatiot for tesday at 4 p. m. The Garnet and Black office is located itn the publications build ing behitid MeKissick librarV. Bkaker To Address Siudent Democrat Club Tijesday Nite I)ave Baker, Columbia attorney and secretary for the South Caro will speak to the Studetit Democrat Club Tuesday at 8 p). i., according to an atnouncement made earlier this week. Baker has been associated with the reorganizing I)emocratic party iince its move was made to sup port President Triman. His ad vice and guidance was of aid in the formation of the Student Democrat LOb on the campus. Arthur Rosenblum, program hait manof tht. club said that Baker's speech will be an attempt to clarify the present progress and po)sitiotn of the South Carolina Na tial D emocratic Party for the beneftit of many club members. Sever'al dlirect. requtests hav'e been tmade for first hand information in the p)arty. Board Of intg of t he universty Hoard of 1Tru~ ctrtary to P'residenit Smith, Dr. R., igeburg, and D)r. I-. W. Bradley, d reentood DSI onald Rustsell of Spar sil treasurer, .lamnes Ha:re of Saltu intistrat ion. .lamens 10. PruittI of An1 Post -Wa Begins A For aw .............. .. l'ietured is the architect's dra% Green facing Sims. Red Heads Play h Cage Game Here Wednesday The World's women basketball rhanpions will be here Wednesday to play an all-star tean from among Colunibia's outstandirg prl ofessional and college st ars. The players. who hail from Cass villo. Mo .n all red-headed wom-1 LIn. ranging from five feet. two inlches to six fNet, four inches inl heiirht. They call theiselves Olson's All-Amlierican Red Heads and have won G per velit of the gaies they kaVe pla.:ed with various all-star cams of men throughout thu ounltrv. Last season they de teted 1:25 men's teams. The Red Heads will play a team re including Hobby Giles. Steve 1'rewhella, coaches Frank John o&n, Earl Dunham. T',! Petoskey, ind . A] Grygo. Tlhe university YM-~l-Y WCA is ponsorinug the e'ven t, to be held W~ednesdlay at 8 p. mn. in the uni *ersityv field house. Admission will s$1 .30 for adults and 75 cents or students and chijldreun of the aculty and administration. Trustees ~tees just before the holidays. Sea ). MIcC ucheon oif Hishopv'ille, l'res -an of the facultv. aenhurx. .Jesse TI. AnderAon of (Colu Ia, ,1. Arthur KnIiiht of ('hesterfick lerson. Ilugh 0. Hlnna of linmntan r Permair s Workm School_( S'*. ng of the pew iit% schooi buildin January Grad Given Last Ch Proficiency Te The Proficiency Test in E al prospective graduates of TLhursday, Jan. 13, from 7:3( floor of )avis, [)r. Havilah department, announced this % Coi PO'nlellsive EXanfiinfatioii (iveni I Seniors od,' V The final comprehensive exam ination for seniors graduating this month will be held today from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. in the NROTC armory, according to Prof. W. C. McCall, director of the personnel bureau. The series began yesterday. The first group was examined from 8 a. in. to 1 p). in., and the second from 2 p. i. to 5 p. in. Seniors who are taking the exam inations are expected to bring the letters received through the cam pus post office concerning this test. They will he given excuses for classes missed because of the pro gram. Seniors are requested to bring filled fountain pens with t hem. ed left to right are C'. 1B. Seaborn ident Smith, Edwiin G. Seibels of mhia, state superintendent of edu I. Sot HIat t. Jr., of liarnwell, John .Jaa n I) lom of r e-.l.m and tent Cons ten Breali )n Gibbe. m %%hich w ill be -ituated on Gibbes iating Seniors ince To Take t In English nglish L-sage. compulsmry for the toiversity. will be given to 8:30 1. m. on the second FHibheck, head of t he English eek. This wil be he lat opportunity .iinmary graduates of tihet ulniver y Will have to *akv the test. and it must be passed before a degree is granted. By act of the1 Board of Trustees. graduate. must show it proficiencly inl the use of the language to the degree that theit knowledge i sufficienz to reflect lo diScIedit upon the umiversity. . The tw conois f vocabu lary, spei:?g and lgli-h usage. Dloctor liatwOk C aid. It , open to all ui;verISit s"IudentIs above) t the first slmesterI jn;or level and may be taken -at any time prior to graduation. Council Ask Of USC Honi Replacement of t he H onor Board and Honor ('oiunel by aniother ss temn and ahohition of these bodies was asked by Student Council at its last meet ing before the Christ nmas holidays. Act ion on the re quest by the universityv's Board of Trustees will be sought and a committee was named by Council to investigate another honor sys temt for the university. By unanimous vote, with the H1onor Board's representative ah st aininig, Couincil passed a motion by Mary Stewart, delegate from the L aw Federation. p)roposing that the Board be abolished and consideration made for a more "workable arrangement. Object ion to the Honior Board's po'lic'y of self-perpetuation was ex pressed by Council members and suggest ions were made for another met hod of selecting members. A nn Rogers, editor of the Garnet and I?iak. stated that members of the Board should not he popularly elected so that no organization or group would have control of the Board. Bill Goudelock, chairman of the Honor Board, this week expressed "comnplet e surprise"' at Council's action. "This is a very serious mistake," he said. "I don't believe they have studied it very closely." IFinal decision on the matter will rest with the trustees, under whose authority the Honor Board and Concil exist. Also, both th +pe.. itruction Ground Green 3-Floor Building Will He Fireproof Xith Stucco Finish Preliminary work is under way in construction of a new $300,000 law school building. Pres. Norman M. Smith said the contracts have been signed and the pr(ject given the "go ahead." University workmen have begun the work of transplanting shrubs aid otherwise preparing the site, and George A. Creed & Son of Co lumbia, the contractor, has started moving in equipment and mater ials. Construction is expected to begin in the immediate future. The building. at Green and Pickens streets, is to be of brick, steel, and concrete and is to be fireproof and heated from the cen tral steam plant. The outside is to be finished in stucco with a slate roof and is designed to con form tn thp arehit.orturp of thp surrounding buildings. It will con tain 26,000 square feet of floor space and will be constructed to ac commodate 260 students comfort ably, though it can accommodate 300 without a substantial loss of efficiency. It will have three stories and part of a basement and will be in the shape of a "T." The architects are Simons and Lapham of Charleston. J. Carroll Johnson is the University's resi dent architect, and Prof. Samuel L. Prince is dean of the law school. The preliminary plans were pre pared by the university architect with the advice of the dean of the law school and were the result of th,: needs of the school as observed by the dean and members of the faculty. The counsel of others, in cluding Miles 0. Prince, head of the law librai.' of Columbia Uni versity, and Dr. Carl M. White, head of Columbia University's main library. also was obtained. s Abolition 101r Board ent constitution and proposed new const itutionr of the student body recognize the authority of the Honor Board. Members of the Council commit tee to investigate the system are Miss Stewart, Ramon Schwartz and Bill Hutchinson. Mo'ing Campus Site Carroll Gilliam, editor of The Gamoecock, read to Council a let ter from Pres. Norman M. Smith stating that the Board of Trustees acknowledged receipt of Student Council's request that the site of the campus be moved, and express ing for the Board, their apprecia ion of student interest. A report was also made by the comminit tee giving its difficulties in putting the proposal before the Board. Ed Teague, Clariosophic repre sentative, reported that funds have been set aside for convocations and that the Student-Faculty Relations committee is working on the proj ect. Council also approved setting up a 12-man "Rat Council" by the sophcmera class to assist in orient ing freshmen. Council also named Ed Saleeby and Becky Fuller as a committee to investigate the possibilities of a "community chest" on the campus instead of several financial drives throughout the year. Sol Abrams, representing the Honor Board, suggested that a student scholar ship committee be set up to coordi nate efforts of organizations rais inmg funds for scars.hip.