Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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USC D, Survey Indicates Students Desire To Help State Iedults of thb survey conducted last week by The Gamecock indi cate that South Carolina stands 50-50 chance of keeping the grad uates of the university in the state. Replying to the question: "Do you intend to remain in South Carolina upon your graduation from the university?" 45 per cent of those answering indicated the affirmative, whild 45 per cent ex pressed a desire to leave the state. Teh per cent said they were un decided. Reasons for staying included a desire to improve certain condi tions, the fact that South Carolina is the home state, and post-gradua tion jobs. Those on the other side said there were no opportunities for them in South Carolina. Others scored a "lack-a-daisical attitude," poverty, and higher sal aries for comparable positions in other states. For Improvements "In your opinion, what field in South Carolina is most important in developing the state?" found students generally settled upon better education and better gov ernment. Results are: Industry ...........15% Government ........ 28% Education .......... 54% Agriculture ........ .13% Most students thought that edu cation was the key to improve ments. Replies Included: "Edu cation is poor." "The illiteracy rate is too high," and "the need for everyone to know what is go ing on." Criticisms of government in cluded: "Everything's in the hands of the politicians." "Better gov ernment is necessary before any of the others can be improved," and a "Backward-looking ap proach to everything." For Better USC To the question: "What phase of life at the university do you believe should be improved firrt for bettering the position o'' ne university?7" a majority of the stu dents polled blamed the woes of Carolina upon the administration. Numerical results showv: Student Activities . .. 9% Athletics .. .. .. .. .. 9% Administration. ...55% Faculty..........12% Alumni Interest . . .. 1% Others...........14% Objections to policies of the ad ministration characterized the re plies to this question. One stu dent scored the "childish view to ward many problems"; others dis approved of red-tape, "passing the buck," "no vigorous leadership," "the influence of the navy" and absence of "educators." According to the survey, stu dents also desire a greater va riety of courses, more specialized coaches for athletics, better living conditions, "divorce of the uni versity from state politics," and fewer student organizations. LOANS MADE of V Across from PALIl LIBERTY LOAN J 1414 MAll '. bating BIRDS- i-VIEW . . . Preston janitor moving fur niture downstairs the easy way giving it a slight nudge at the top of the stairs and standing clear... . . . Bill McDaniel watching the riveters on the new building . . . "Reminds me. Got to see my den tist" . . . . . . A couple stopped pn the Gervais street bridge by State of ficials checking traffic. The an noyed answer to the last of a long list of questions, "Where are you going.?"--"Out to the woods to necki" . . . . Lass sitting in a Wade Hampton window barely clad. Wolf strolling by shouting, "What time does the next show start?" ... Reminiscing humorist trum peting the "mesa call" on the horseshoe at noon . . . . . . University high student pleading with his School of Edu cation teacher, "Wait' til I grow up" . . . . . . Georgian requesting a band to play "Marching Through Con necticut" to spite his Yankee friends . . . ... The firecracker war in Pres ton . . . Nightly sortees rock the foundations . . . ... Proposal made by members of Phi Epsilon Nu Journalism fra ternity to give the frat's graduat ing seniors portable typewriters with their names angraved in gold was greeted with enthusiasm. Reese Daniel wanting to know what Harold Bourgeois would do with one as a drug salesman ... . . . Beer truck parked outside Preston during holidays. Does the local Waldorf-Astoria now have room service? . . . Prof. Frank H. Wardlaw telling of his experiences after leaving Carolina as a student. One such was while running a CCC newspaper in Charleston during the early '30's. He was called on the carpet by a colonel for writing an editorial condemning an army policy. The colonel severely rep rimanded him and told him that editorials of that nature would not be tolerated. "You have no doubt heard of the colonel," Professor Wardlaw said to the class, "his name was Marshall-George C."... Nelle Cassadv and Betsy Knowlton selling tickets for the "Y" henefit basketball game, ap 'proaching State Treasurer Jeff Bates and getting the reply "Sor ry, girls, but I don't have thirty cents."... ...Sorority girls busy practic ing for the Powder Bowl football game having difficulty running plays through a force of engineer ing students surveying the cam pus... ...One of the sorority football coaches having "zipper trouble" which forced a temporary cessa tion of practice. One naively in nocent coed failing to "catch on".. VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS Wright-Johnston, INC. MEN'S CLOTHING FORMAL DRESS FOR RENT Phone 2-4223 1330 Main St. ON ANYTHING alue IETTFO THEATRE L LUGGAGE CO. STREET Team Pictured above is a typical houi sity veteran students. There are treet. They were built in 1946, w would necessitate such a housing V State Resources Being Analyzed For Possibilities The University Press is now preparing a new book, "South Carolina Raw Materials," by H. E. Shiver, B. F. Buie, and Inaman F. Eldredge, for publication about Feb. 1, Frank H. Wardlaw, direc br of the University Press, an ,iounced. The authors, in a study of cer tain industrial uses and prospects >f South Carolina resourceds, have analyzed the present and potential uses of these resources, including .otton, forest products, and indus rial minerals. The picture of cotton's situation in the economy of the state is pre iented by Doctor Shiver, professor )f Chemistry at Converse College. Doctor Buie, professor of Geol )gy at the university, contributes a survey of the mineral resources, examining possibilities for future commercial use. Two sections on forests and for est products have been written by Eldredge, a South Carolinian re eently retired from the U. S. For estry SerVice after a lifetime of work in studying the forest re sources of the nation. The new book will contain more than two dozen photographs, and will sell for $3.00. "Men and Women of Carolina," by J. Rion McKissick, is now out of print, Wardlaw announced. "The book had an excellent re sponse, and I am delighted with the reception given it," Wardlaw said. VAUGHN M "MY NE Here's dream-stuff that again!" Smoot1 Maids make love rei Make the CA In a recent coast I smoked only Came packs a day -notec examinations, repo. OF THWt@T IRI them ia your own "T-Zon." T for any tiAm, you are not convinted thu cigarette you ever semoked, return the Camets and we will refund its lull pui (Sine) R. 3. Reynolds Tobacco C Ties F Carovet Unit ing unit at the Carovet apartmentE approximately 150 such units in th hen it became apparent that the it roject. (USC photo by Teal and I Engineer Grou Charter For Ak At Banquet He The newly-formed chapter American Society of Mechani< their group charter at a banq ary 19. Presentation of the cl E. Williams, superintendent < Company and past vice-pres Fall Schedule For Exams Given By Registrar, Jan. 24 The fall term examination sched ule has been announced by the Registar's office. All examina tions are scheduled according to the hour of daily class meetings except examinations in three de partments. The mathematics, foreign language and English de partments will hold their examina tions from 3 to 5 p. m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respec tively. The complete schedule follows: MONDAY. JANUARY 24 8 to 10 lto i 3to 5 II M 8M Math Group TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 OT % ST For L. Op. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 IOT 12 T and 3 M Eng. Gs. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 9Mand4M STand4T IITand4M FRIDAY. JANUARY 28 90 Mand i M I Tand2 T 12M - SATURDAY. JANUARY 29 2 M Registration for the Spring se mester will begin Thursday, Feb ruary 3, and classes will begin on a full schedule on Saturday, Feb ruary 5. ONROE has the answe OWN TRUE LOVE" w RCA Victor Release that says, "Gather 'round and let h-singing Vaughn Monroe and his illy talk in this honey of a new rect MEL 30-DAY TEST and o coast test of hundreds of peop Is for 30 days-an average of one I throat specialists, after making -ted NATION taste. T for trot. If, at .e Camebs are the mildest package with the unused rchase pice, plus postage. e Winston.Salem. N. C. )r Firsi , a community of married univer e group, located at the end of Bull eressed number of married students larris.) p To Receive WHE Chapter re Next Week f the Student Branch of the :al Engineers will be awarded uet in the Varsity Grill Janu tarter will be made by Edward f power for the Duke Power ident of the Fourth ASME Region. Distinguished visitors at the presentation ceremonies will in clude Col. Leslie Zsuffa, public relations director at Georgia Tech, President Norman M. Smith of the university, and Dean R. R. Sumwalt, head of the engineering school. Also E. N. Williams. Greenville Section chairman of ASME and John Whitehurst, member of fourth Region executive commit tee. This organization is a new group at the university. It has been or ganized for one year, but a char ter was not authorized until ree ognition of the Mechanical engi neering department by the Execu tive Council for Professional De velopment. The educational facili ties of the mechanical department was inspected by the ECPD last spring and was recognired lasi November. The studen%. branch here is corn. posed of mechanical students witi 65 credits or more. At present the chapter has 60 members. Newly-eledted officers of the chapter are B. C. Russel, chair. man; Warren B. Godbold, vice chairman; W. 0. Young, secretary; and Bill O'Neil, treasurer. MIL.DN r in MSV RE CO trs cA CAM 's play Moon ~rding. see! Ie who to two weekly L Place Kligman An Finish In T1 Victory At ] The Carolina debating team Sewanee for first place in t Tournament at the University Dec. 6. Members of the Car< Naval Reserve Uses Students From Carolina About 125 members of the or ganized naval reserve in Colum bia are students at the university Lt. Cmdr. 0. J. Beavers, regular navy instructor, said today. The purpose of the naval re serve is "to train emergency serv ice rates for specific jobs in the navy in the event of any national emergency, with emphasis on the individual," Beavers said. Full courses in radar, radio, electronics, carpentry, and many other subjects are offered to quali fied persons during the weekly two-hour drills. Graduates of the courses are on a par with those trained In active navy service. The training center at 513 Pickens Street is equipped with the latest training aids including expensive radio transmitters and receivers, which are in contact with other units during the meet ings; operating radar; woodwork, machine, and welding shops; and movie projectors. There is even a 26-foot motor whale boat. "We teach all phases of seaman ship plus courses designed for spe cific technical rates," Beavers said. He said a few vacancies still ex ist in the three divisions and one construction battalion located in Columbia. THE RICI - FAMOUS FOR HON IHours - Monday A BREAKFAST LUNCH.. DINNER Special Discount on 1619 GREEJ IAT 30-DAY ESS T EST \ MADE NV'NCED ME -NOW ME LS AND ONLY E LS FOR, ME ! BACIC AF Vaughn Monroe talks it ovei lovely Moon Maids, June Hi< the Camel Carv... Saturd Pag Three Honors d Simmons 1ree -Way .ournament tied with Tennessee Tech and le four-day Southern Debate of the South, which started lina team were Jim Simmons and Milton Kligman. The national question for the debate was: "Resolved: that the Federal Government should adopt a policy of equalized education in tax supported schools by means of annual grants." Others attending the Tourna ments were Harvey Golden and Eugene Rogers. The 20 teams at the meeting were from Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. The Carolina girls' team will leave this week for the annual Invitational Tournament at the University of Miami. Irene Krug man and Patricia Owens will rep resent the university. The result of this tournament will determine whether the teams will attend the National Debating Tournament in Illinois. Director of the teams is Profes sor M. G. Christophersen. SAY ... "I saw it in THE GAMECOCK" CABANISS for Your Next Smart Dress or Coat E HOUSE E-COOKED MEALS M. thru Sat. Noon 7:15 to 8:45 12:00 to 1:45 5:45 to 7:30 Tickets to Students N STREET 'MA CAMEL KER,I FROM WAY .I QiQCAMELS .E MIL-D. AND 4EL.S SURE HAVE FH4E FL.AVOR,! with one of his tt. Hear them on av nights.. .CBS.