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Professor C4 No Signs O By EUGE There are no signs of a d according to Prof. W. H. Calco "We can't say with any as: not be a depression. All we conditions as a possible guidt any dip in the nation's ecor Calcott said. Nearly all predictions or guesses must be made with some reserva tions, the history teacher said. In this case it is a question -of taking into consideration the ever-present application. of the law of supply and demand. "Production of manufactured goods is at a record '.vel now and is likely to continue for one or two more years. Consumer de mand is keeping pace at every turn. As long as these two situa tions stay as well balanced as they are now, depression can be fore stalled. The appearance of fac tors which can not be seen now could very easily upset this sta bility." At some time in the future American industry will catch up on all orders now being made. When that happens there will be a national cut-back in employment unless something comes along to prevent it. With fewer people working there will be less money in circulation, Calcott said. Just as important to the na tional picture is agriculture. Huge crops will mean lower food prices. Grain supplies are now so large that meat prices are almost cer tain to fall during the next year. It can be seen that food produc tion ties in directly with industry in determining the economic soundness of the country. Marshall plan aid to Europe will end in 1952, but increased foreign trade will keep America's factories rolling. Actually there will be no change in demand from other countries for several years. This brings any discussion back to domestic production in industry and agriculture. At that point the issue becomes cloudy, and no one can tell when a depression will come or if there will be one, Cal cott declared. CENTRAL DRUG CO. * f Y f OPEN 24 HOURS 5197-PHONES-5198 1204 MAIN STREET AT THE . e NEXT e* sun.tta StaY Sun- thru IUSS Big CitY MaO' 0'BgE Riobert PEIt Mo" Vj alleY * ? S Ghost "Mon Frankensteh dot KROn SWexeDA#gl O pennY Entertainment Is Ha1th nd 11cott Sees Depression NE WEBB epression in the near future tt, dean of the graduate school mrance that there will or wil can do is to point to preseni h. It does seem, though, thai omy is several years away,' Applications Now Being Accepted For Fellowships T h e American - Scandinaviai Foundation is now offering Fel lowships for graduate study i Denmark, Iceland, Norway an Sweden for 1949-1950. Qualification for candidates ar United States citizenship, goo health, and ability to carry ou original research on a definit, plan of study. Fellowships available are: Johi G. Bergquist Fellowships of $2001 each for the study of chemistri in Sweden; King Gustav V Fellow ships of $2,000 each for the stud: of language, history, government art, literature or social sciences o: Sweden; Olaf Halvorsen Fellow ship of $2,000, unrestricted; Nev York Chapter Fellowship of $750 unrestricted. Application Papers may be se cured on request from the Studeni Supervisor, The American-Scandi navian Foundation, 116 East 64tt St., New York City. The University of Stockholm has announced courses for Ameri can students which will be avail able for the school year Septem ber, 1949 to June, 1950. The courses offered are in social and political sciences. They are pri marily intended for graduate stu dents, but outstanding under graduates who will have completed at least the 'Sophomore year by June, 1949 are also acceptable. The tuition fee is $250 for each of the two semesters. No previous knowl edge of Swedish is required. Ts cs s are approved by the G. I. Bill of Rights. Further information can be ob tained by writing to the above address. SAY... "I saw it in THE GAMECOCK" H EA T RES WEEK . Fred ,atOLL . , e Wed ~r cod A Fri. an Sat. The egungid . Fri. and Sat. Taity thed Lia StayIE Jmbs FONA Happiness!h :1 Pictured above are two of the from the goofus building every e former program director; and at (USC photo by Teal and Harris. 'Arsenic And 0 Enjoyment Anc For Thirsty Th "Thank God for Bishop and during the intermission of that about sums up the sho presented December 15 and 1( the nature of the play-its de stances-was another factor to be had from the Universit It moved slowly, too slowly for a comedy, but in spite of all, pro vided entertainment for thirsty theater-goers. Carl Vines, as Jonathan, moved with all the grace of a ramrod and spoke, that's all, just spoke. It was interesting to wa.ch a sup posedly ancient dame trot about in fashionable high heels, but Betty Baxter, Martha on the stage, couldn't help that. Richter Moore charged all over the place as Teddy. Is it suggested he run in '52? Mort Bernanke handed in a fine performance of Dr. Einstein, and with Joe Bishop, who played quite well as Mortimer, the er, drama critic, kept the show from degen erating into just another group of high school hopefuls hashing up somebody's play. The hash was there, but these two gentlemen added enough salt to make it pal atable. The set was perhaps the best so far this year, more convincing, and certainly sturdy enough, what with all of Teddy's galloping about.-H.G. for Shoes that look like new visit ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. Capitol Bowling Centre Gervais at Marion 20 ALLEYS for your recreation and pleasure LUNCHEONETTIE DELICIOUS SANDWICHES, SALADS, SUNDAES and SODAS WUSC Officers. .W4 officers of campus radio station W vening from 7 until 9. On the l4ft the right is Wally Johnson of We )ld Lace' Gives f Entertainment eatre-Goers Bernanke," someone breathed Arsenic and Old Lace." And v that the University theater . It might be added, too, that lightful lines and zany circum in determining the enjoyment y theater production. Carl Smith Give Report On Recent Carl B. Smith of Columbia rep resented the University YMCA at the Ecumenical Conference of the World Student Christian Council at Lawrence, Kansas, December 27 through January 1. According to Smith there were 1500 representatives from all parts of the world. He mentioned that Soviet Russia and Rome did not send representatives. The topic of the conference was "World Churchmanship for 1949" with Dr. Nash of North CarolinaI State as one of the outstanding speakers. The purpose of discussions held, according to Smithi, was how to better unite students in their ef forts and practice of Christianity. He added that daily devotionals and Bible study classes were held. Prof. Ragsdale Says Dog's Hearing Ability Superior to Human's'i Dogs have man beat in one re spect, and that is in hearing abil ity, according to Albert L. Rags dale, of the university physics de partmen t. "An average person can hear up to 15,000 cycles per second, but any dog can go beyond that. Higher pitched tones are discern ible only by dogs." If hearing a few low-pitched tones is any consolation, man has an edge there. He can hear, in some cases, down to 10 or 15 cycles per second, but man's best friend has difficulty in hearing be low 35 cycles. These differences in range can very easily be explained. Man's inner ear or ear drum is con structed differently from that of a dog and receptive to different wave lengths of sounds. Where man's ear is sensitive to lower and medium pitches, the dog's ear is sensitive to medium and higher pitches. ]LOANS MADE 1 of V II Across from PALl LIBERTY LOAN I 1414 MAIIb IXI: USC which broadcasts to students is Bob Carpenter of Greenville, atfield, N. J., business manager. Journalism Club To Hear Withers Speak Thursday Caldwell Withers, former news paperman and noAv advertising and public relations executive, will speak to the members of Phi Ep silon Nu, journalism fraternity, January 13 at 7:30 p. m., in room 8 of Building C, President Ken Baldwin announced this week. After the talk a business meet ing will be held at which officers for the spring semester will be elected. Other matters to be dis cussed include a proposal to buy space in the Garnet and Black and a motion to admit sophomores into the fraternity. At present only juniors and seniors in the school of journalism are eligible for mem bership. Alumni Council Favor Emphasis, Support For Graduate School The univer'sity Alumni council adopted a resolution favoring "more emphasis and support for the graduate school of the univer sity" in a meeting held recently in the offices of Ralph Lewis, alumni secretary, on the campus. Adoption of the resolution re sulted from the favorable report of a special committee which has been studying the needs of the university. Program, policies, and membership trends of the gradu ate school and reports from vice presidents on alumni activities in the respective judicial circuits also preceded the adoption. Following the business meeting, the members of the council at tended a luncheon at the Wade Hampton dormitory cafeteria. ON ANYTHING alue IETTO THEATRE L LUGGAGE Co. S TREET Artist Who I Sing Exhibi By SUZAN An exhibition of sculpture j Maxcy Lobby this week by Jc John Rood is noted as "the His art reaches out and touch lage and town-the true make derstands these people for as try, and between the ages o University Group Gives Widespread Christmas Cheer Over a thousand students gath ered on the steps of McKissick Li brary to - sing Christmas carols Monday night, December 20. Dr. Havilah Babcock, head of the English department, was in charge of the program and pre sided over It. Bill Jordan, Sigma Chi and voice student, led the caroling for 40 minutes. Silent Night was sung in French by Madame Grace Sweeny, in Spanish by six Spanish students, in Greek by two girls and in Ger manby several students. After singing all the traditional Christmas songs, the caroling end ed with the university's alma ma ter. Afterwards, the students of Dr. Babcock's English 129 classes took 150 -bags of oranges to under privileged children in the poorer sections of Columbia. Each bag contained six dozen oranges and were left with the compliments of University of South Carolina stu dents. Several groups of students used their cars to deliver the oranges. Physics Shop Scene Of Odd Constructions Valuable laboratory equipment for physics experiments is home made, according to Albert L. Rags dale, physics instructor. Resistance testers, special cir cuit connectors, even radio circuits are made in the physics depart ment's shop. Radio circuits are for the higher courses only, but most of the equipnint is used in elementary courses. All the construction work is done by instructors in their spare time. It provide., both a pleas ant occupation for the instructors and a sizeable financial saving by the university. No one but instructors and stu dents are permitted in the shop. Modern machiniery is available for all needs. Sone of the home-made equip ment has been in use for many years and is still in good condi tion. It represents hours of plan ning and work. Not much war surplus materials can be used by the physics de partment. Most instruments and parts obtainable are useful only to the school of engineering. That 'is another reason why the making of equipment in the school shop must continue. FOR THOSE WH( FOR A BETITER DOUG BI YOU'LL ENJOY MEAL 'l FOR YOUR ADDE $6.00 F( OOD FOR ANYvTI Rakes Wood ts In Maxcy NE MOYE md paintings is being held in hn Rood. artist who makes wood sing." as the people of the farm vil rs of history. John Rood un a child he lived in the coun t eight and 12, he delivered newspapers, with a route that cov. ered about ten miles. He was very poor so that, the only peo. ple he saw were farmers, widows with many children to support and small town people. The boy saw much, felt much--and when he grew into a man, he had a de sire to communicate his observa tion and feeling to others. He tried music and the written word, but finally found his talent In chisel and brush. His wood sculptures are ex amples of his skilled work. The Reaper shows a figure of -a man done in mahogany bending near the earth to reap the grain. "Farm Woman" is an abstract idea of a woman of the frontier days seated .quietly shelling peas. She is unconscious of what is go ing on around her and is thinking of something far away. "Goin' Home" represents a wo man sculptured in oak trudging home from the factory, bent slightly under the weight of a heavy sack. This shows the aver age American living the hard way. "The Laundress" shows not a woman bending over a wash tub but a tired farm woman carrying in strong arms a wet bag of clothes. "John Brown," a head done in oak, represents a fighting Amer ica, unyielding and stubborn. Thi# head represents all of the John Browns of America, past and present. "Romantic Head" carved from cherry may seem slightly out of place alongside "Farm Woman" and "Goin' Home" but this, too, makes up a different side of America. John Rood's paintings, like his sculptures, sing with color. Al though somewhat abstract, his vivid contrasts make his work in teresting. "The Green Field" (Ohio) is a painting of plowed green fields and a winding road, bordered by darker trees and hedges. Green predominates in this picture with touches of subtle brown. "Road in the Hills" (Ohio) is very much like "The Green Field." Its center, however, is a winding road surrounded by hills. The composition is filled with true greens, browns and royal blues. A touch of red mountain flowers here and there adds vividness to the winding road. "Winter in Minnesota" shows a broken tree trunk in dark grey tones with abstract flowers near the base and a large jagged rock covered with frost. An Ice cov ered pond in the background holds the picture in grey tones. "The Big Rock" (Wisconsin) is a picture of a gigantic rock done in expressive black and light brown. The background is com posed of light and dark green shadows and offsets a brilliantly contrasting pink and blue sky. "Wharves at Tofte" (Minne (Continued on Page 7, Col. 3) ) ARE LOOKING PLACE TO EAT! 200ME'S r* OUR LUNCHES r* ~ICKETS D CONVENIENCE >R $5.50 IINC3 .. ANYTIME