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Largest College American Weekly In APRtn The Carolinas For 194748 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XL1II, No. 16 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 18,1949 Founded 1908 A wW I -- - Abrams Elected Honor Fraternity Spring President Group Appoints Keith New Vice President Sol Abrams, Orangeburg senior, was elected president of the Caro lina chapter of Blue Key National Honor fraternity at the chapter's meeting Wednesday. Abrams has served as alumni secretary of Blue Key and was editor of the 1948-49 Student Directory. He is vice president of Kappa Sigma, member of the honor council and Phi Ep silon Pi social fraternity and a columnist for The Gamecock. He succeeds James McCallum of McColl, retiring president. Bill Keith of Lafayette, Calif., was elected vice president, Willie Heustess of Winnsboro, was named recording secretary and treasurer, and Ken Baldwin, Jr. of Myrtle Beach was elected alumni secre tary. Carroll Gilliam of Union con tinues as corresponding secretary. Redmond Tyler of Doraville, Ga., was elected to edit the 1949-50 Blue Key student directory and Arthur Rosenblum of Laurens will serve as business manager. The new officers will be in stalled Wednesday. Term Enrollment Drops From Fall Semester Total Enrollment figures for the spring semester compiled by the registrar's office and released Feb ruary 16, show a decrease of 294 students in the total enrollment. The figures show that 3,778 en rolled for the spring semester while 4,072 registered for classes last September. Two hundred and fifty special students are included in the total which leaves 3,528 full time stu dents. Law school enrollment, also included in the total, is 311. Of the total number of students 2,232 are veterans. This is a de crease of 184 veterans from the fall semester. Non-veteran stu dents total 1,546, a decrease of 110 from the previous semester. The freshman class, the smallest since the war, was only 78, while new transfer students totaled 76. Change In Honor System Debated ByClariosophics Clariosophic Literary Society conducted a debate at its meeting Tuesday night. The subject of the debate was "Resolved that the honor system should be changed." Participating in the first literary society debate to be broadcast over the campus station were Roy Berry, John eMason, negative; and Ray Berry, Gene Rogers, affirma tive. At the business session preceding the program Clariosophic passed a motion to challenge Euphradian to a debate as has been the custom in past years. The following com mittees were elected: Joe Ingram and Don Brown, executive; Jim Dallas and Art Trieber, projects; John Mason, Boots Fuller and Ed Jeter, social; and Gene Rogers and Jim Caldwell, political rally. Series Of Gatherings For Faculty Members To Begin With Dinner A faculty dinner will be given in the naval armory Tuesday eve ning as the first of a series plan ned for the remainder of the year to bring the members of the uni versity's teaching and administra tiVe staffa together socially. The series is to foster high morale, a sense of unity of pur pose, and a corporate sense of re sponsibility. The dinner will be a covered dish supper, arranged by the Ia dies' auxiliary of the faculty and the faculty club committee. Mr. Rex Enright and Prof. A. L. Gels enheimer, chairman of the faculty club entertainment committee, are in charge of arrangementa. The Kappa Delta Corsettes will t on Melton field. Out front is Kat maneuvers. Members of the plato Pat Young, Frances Tuttle, Lou 0 Irene Herty, Chine VanKeuren, An June Niggel, Ann Craig, Hazel Po Committee 1 Honor Systc Council Emphatically Of Discipline Commit Student Council, at its meet members to the executive co studying the honor system compromise that will be satisf the Honor Board and the stu The committee met Wedn( been reached. Representing chairman, Ramon Schwartz, Ji Board is being represented by Ken Leland and Carroll Gillic The controversy concerning the present honor system was pre cipitated at the last Student Coun cil meeting in December when that body voted unanimously for the abolition of the. HonorABoard and Honor Council and that a more "workable arrangement" be found. Since then two vastly different proposals have been made but neither one has been accepted. Discipline Committee Scored A motion was unanimously passed that Council write a letter to Jesse B. Jackson, dean of men, emphatically disapproving of the discipline committee's action in re viewing a case of honor tried in the Law School. The Law School's Honor Council had acquitted the student of charges brought against him and of the discipline commit tee, reviewed the case and decided against the Honor Council decision. The Law School Honor Council was Pet up by the academic Honor Board and cases tried before the latter body can be appealed only to the Board of Trustees. A Coun cil member expressed the opinion that cases of honor were not in the discipline committee's province. Objection Raised James McCallum, president of Blue Key, read a letter to Council from Blue Key in which objection was raisedl to Student Council pay ing for the "Tea-cup" awvard from its contingent fund. He asked that Blue Key be permitted to pay for the trophy from the better rela tions fund of the Carolina and Clemson chapters, thereby making it an award of both schools. A motion was passed that let ters of apology be sent both Blue Registrar Ui Graduates 'I Applicants for degrees or cer' tificates to be awarded in June, 1949, who have not previously filed application in the Registrar's Of 'fice should report immediately to the information window in the Registrar's Office for an appoint ment for this purpose. Appointments should be made not later than February 19. Any applicant wishing to cancel his application for a degree should notify the office at once. Di plomas wvill be ordered on March 1, 1949, and no refunds of diploma fees may be made after that date. Before reporting to the Regis trar's Office, applicants must pay the diploma or certificate fee at the Treasurer's Office and present tppa D)elta Corsetl tep high tonight between the halve iryn Wallace of Columbia who will on are Mary McQueen, Jeannette C swald, Cornelia Schultz, Hilda Ada n Goodwin, Ann Rawl, Marilyn McC rter, Nancy MacEachern, Chick Ma [o Work Out m Situation Disapproves Action tee In Honor Case ing last week, appointed three mmittee of six charged with situation and working out a actry to both Student Council, lent body. sday but no agreement has Council are Bill Hutchinson, -., and John Mason. The Honor its chairman, Bill Goudelock, LM. Honor Board Decides Four Pending Cases Verdicts in four cases involving violaition of the Honor Principle at the end of the fall semester were announced yesterday by the Honor Cases tried this week resulted in: Cases against three students in the fall term class Education 21c were dismissed because of insuf ficient evidence that a violation had occurred. A re-examination in Mathe matics 12c was ordered and given under the direction of the Council after general violations were re ported during the regularly sched uled examination period. One student in Mathematics 12c was found guilty of having vio lated the Honor Principle on the re-examination and was given an "E" on the course and a suspen sion~ from the university. The Council stressed the need for cooperation of all students to maintain the honor system at Carolina. Also, students are re minded not to give the appearance of cheating during examinations or quizzes to avoid possible em barrassment to themselves and others, the Council said. Key Chapters and that the cup be paid for out of their better rela tions fund. -ges June 'o Pay Fees the receipt when filing applica tion. The Schedule of Diploma Fees is as follows: Parchment paper diploma without case $.75, Parch ment paper diploma with imitation leather case $1.75, Sheepskin di p)loma wvith genuine leather case $4.00, Law Diploma $4.75. The Secretarial Science Certifi cate is as follows: Secretarial Sci ence Certificate without case $.75, Secretarial Science Certificate with imitation leather case $1.75. No charge is made for depart mental certificates. Applicants enrolled during the Fall Term who failed to pay the diploma fee prior to December 15 will be charged a late fee of $1.00 in addition to the regular diploma of the fourth Powder Bowl Game lead the platoon through its fancy hilds, Sassy Robertson, Laura Speed. as, Peggy Hedrick, Sally Stevens, ormack, Ann Ready, Rusty Eleazer. rtin, Brodie Moore. Quorum Lacking At Final Reading Of Constitution Candidates Named For Campus Offices Final student body approval of the proposed new constitution was postponed indefinitely yester day when less than 70 students turned out for the scheduled meet ing. At least 200 nust be present at the final reading. President Bob Suinwalt expressed dissatis faction at the small turn-out. Ramon Schwartz. Jr. of Sumter, Jesse W. Martin af Columbia and John D. Horne of Loris were nomi iiat.ed for first vice-president of the student body. All are seniors in Law Shool, a requisite for nomination. Kathryn Wallace, Colunbia se nior, was nominated for second ViAce-piesident. Ruth Patrick, Un ion seniur, was nominated by pe tition short!y after the reading. Elections will be held Tuesday in OOK Circle hetween 9 a. m. and 1 p. i. and 2 and 4 p. i. Run offs, if necessary, will !;e held be tween the same hours Thursday. Additional nominations for the two offices may be submitted by petition to President Sumwalt at Box 3871 by 5 p. m. today. They must be signed by ten students. Bureau Head Says Seniors Not Takin0 Advantage Of Free Placement Service Seniois are failing to take ad vantage of a service offered them free of charge by the University Placement Bureau, Basil M. Parks, direct or of placement, an nounced this week. The bureau is arranging to have the personnel officers from many of the better nationally known firms come to the university to in'terview gradu ates with the idea of offering po sitions to them upon graduation. The seniors shouTd come to the Placement Office andl fill out their registration form and personal in formation sheets so that such per sonnel officers can inspect a well preparedl set of credentials. Un less this is done. the student is placed at a dlisadlvantage. This week, Messrs. Wells and Mark wood, representing the Southern Bell Telephone Company, have been interviewving members of the senior class-Electrical and Me chanical Engineering students and Business Administration students --but about half of the students interviewedl had not filed their Placement Registration forms. Therefore, these men did not re ceive the same consideration as those who had complied with the Placement Bureau request. Un less the students cooperate with the bureau, they cannot expect goodl service, Parks said. It is well to note, Parks said. that there are not as many jobs available for this June as there have been in previous years. As an example, the demand for engi neers will be about half what it was last year, although there will be twice as many graduates in the nine southen sitaes Powder Renewe By ri Powder Bowl King Receives Crown At Half By ERIC OPPENIEIMER Come rain, Margaret Truman, or what have you, the crowning of the "king" and other halftime fes tivities of the Powder Bowl will take place tonight. Fourl members of Kappa Sigma Kappa will carry the crown to the center of the field where the four candidates, Buyard Pickett, Bar ney Dusenbury, Clyde Godbold 'and Bill Rutledge will be eagerly await ing the decision of Tuesday's elec tion. Dean Childs will crown the king and bestow him with his first kiss of the evening. The Kappa Delta Corsettes will pass in review before the Powder and Rouge king. Members of the faculty, dressed for the occasion, will be cheerlead ers and football fighting songs will be plhoyed by the university band. Pi Beta Phi invited a well-known alumna, Margaret Truman, to at tend the ball game. Her presence, however, is not expected. Radio stations WN N 0 K and WUSC will broadcast the game. Dallas Installed As KSK PresideiiI For Spring Term Spring semester officers of Kap pa Signa Kappa leadership fra ternity. were installed and several new members initiated at a meet ing Wednesday, February 9. The officei s, elecitd htast se iester, are: James Dallas, Colun bia. president: Sol Abrams. Or angeburg. vice-president; Carroll Gilliam, Union, recording secre tary; Rayford Gam1brell, Green woo(l, corresponding secr et ary Dick Hardy. Savannah, Ga.. trea urer; Ed Teague, Columbia, scribe; and Frank Epps. Greenville. ser geant-at-arms. The board of pardois members are: Sam McKittrick Creenville; Bill Seals. Dillon: and the record ing secretary. The new mmbers initiated were John .1. James, John .'\ason, Bill Dominey, Dick Hollinger, Alarshall Upton, D)ick Singleton. Dick Dun ham, Ray Av ant, andl Pat King. KSK has favoredl the suggestion by Blue Key that membership in honorary organizations he placed on the permiantent transcripts of all stutdeuts and1( has aptpoinited'( a rep resentat ive to worik with Blue Key and other organizations to invest i gate this. Fellowship ~ Scheduled "i Thte I nter -FaithI Council F'ellowv shtip rally, in conjiunct ion withI Na tional BrothIerhood W~eek, will be hteld in thte naval armory at the uiv~ersi ty WVednesday, Feb ru ary 23 at 7 p. mt., Richard Hlollinger, presideitt, announced today. Fel lowship Week begins Sunday. Refreshments for the student body will be served and the feature speech, "You Are Your Brother's Brother," will lie presented by the Rev. Robert HI. Ayers, state sec retary of the Baptist Student Union. Miss Jeant Goldsmith will play a piano prelude after which Richard Hlollinger will issue the Call to Worship. The Litany and medita tion will he led by Miss Kathleent Brown and foreign exchtange stu dents at the univecrsity. A violin solo will be presented by Miss Claire Parler and a festi val of songs will be interspersed with humorous skits by each of the seven dnominanaln oanains.,, Bowl R d i Delt's, F Odds Favor Pi Beta To Benefit Carolin By JOE I Sports An old rivalry will be reneN the Delta Delta Delta and Pi the .ationally famous Powd Melton field. It will be the first and on have an opportunity to show I teams have been working har State Methodist Meeting Begins In City Today 1.% W. Hf. PATT'ON Th1t annual South Carelina Mlethodist Student Conference will nvet in Columbia February 18, 19, 21. Ovr 200 students from col leg,. over the state are expected to arr-ive today, Henry Davis. pub lic-i!y chairman of Wesley Foun dati4n1, ann1ounced. The Coinfer cee will be held at the Washing ttn Street Methodist Church and will begin at 3 p. m. with regis tratioin and close witi the morn ng saviof wyor.'hip on Sunday., Ihe thirev guest speakers include D>r. J W. B'ranseomb, pastor of he First Metthodist Church, Or laido, Fh;t-, who will speak at 8 p. m. tonight and at 9:45 a. m. Sat-! un1rda. .\t 11::35 SIturday the stu dents will hear Rev. Caxton Dog I,v! t. St udent Secretary of the i0o0Vi 0f m issions, New York. Dr. J. (). Smitih, pastor of Bun C0mbe SteCet et1hodist Church, Grvn,vill', will b,e guest speaker at a hauoet at 7 p. im. Saturday. I)r. Sith1 hms chosen for his title " N l yead to Live Tomor tow. Tile wiwenty-first South Caro lina S-'tent ('onference is spon soltd by the Wesley Foundation, which is 'omIposed of students from Columbia College and the univer~.is ityV. TIhe .121mWh Carolina Conference P'crsonl are: Pi esident, Theo lonro.. Clmson: vice-president, Jean ('ampIll, Wintirop; secre tary. Lois Epp S' :1s. Columbia Col legi: teas urier. Mlarianne Ellison, 'Cimmerice College; publicity chair man li at hlee'n Brown, of the uni versityv. Thue Re-v. J. Claude Evans of Walhialla is State D)irector. Serv ing as Registrar is Rev. M. Clyde Illendrix of' Coluimbia and as Dean is Rev'. Joel E. Cannon of Florence. Week Rally Vednesday of he nivrsiy. he Hillel So ityis sponsoring a trophy to be awardedl to the group judged to have given the most interesting skit, Htollinger said. The aim of Br-otherhood Week is to remtea feeling of fellowship ligiouis groups Carolyn McCullough chairwoman of the Inter-faith Cou ncil Executive Committee, said. The council, composed of two repr-esenutatives and a student sec r'etary~ or director from each re ligiouas groupi on the campus, is aid 'ed in the planning of the Fellow ship 'ally by Columbia ministers. The executive committee com posed of Carolyn McCullough. French O'Shields, and Bill Huck ahy has selected the following chairmen of the special planning commit tees: Olive Long, refresh ment ; Melton Kligman, social; Claire Parker, program; Wilson Hunter, publicity; and Kathleen Brown, hospitality. ivalry lit At 8 i Phi's Phi's In Game i Orphan Home 4OLONY Editor ved tonight at 8 o'clock when Beta Phi sororities meet in er Bowl football classic on y time of the year the girls ,heir athletic ability and both d and long preparing for the big grudge battle. As in the other three games played, the Pli Phis will be the fa vorites. Pi Phi won 6-0 in 1941, 6-0 in 1945 and 20-0 in 1946. Be cause of a conflict with the fresh man football schedule the game wasn't played last year. Joe Patrone, coach of the Pi Phis, will employ a box formation with the Notre Dame shift, while Tri Delt Coach Ed McMillan, will use a single wing. Cappy Lawrence, Tri Delt full back, will captain her team and will probably handle the ball most on offense. Pi Phi's Frances La Borde and Carolyn Alcorn were elected captains by their team mates. Both of these girls are triple-threats and they'll have strong, well-conditioned lines to pave the way for their running and passing efforts. The game is sponsored by Kappa Sigma Kappa with proceeds going to the needy children of the Caro litia Orphan Home, who will assist with the sale of tickets. KSK has planned an glaborate half-time program. The li Phis will vear wine jer seys and blue jeans while the Tri Delts will be dressed in yellow jer seys and light blue dungarees. The playeis will have their sorority colors and letters on the jersey fronts and white numerals on the backs. Tickets will cost 50 cents and will be on sale at the Melton gate prior to the game. Probable starting lineups Pi P'his, right end, Helen Harbin; cen ter', Pat Conder; left guard, Greta Miley andl left end, Barbara Mc Swain; qluarterback, Jean Welch; right half, Carolyn Alcorn; left half, Frances LaB3orde and full back. Jean Hill. For Tri Delts: right end, Jane Simmons; right guard, Betsy Blundon; center, Helen Lee Moore and left end, Frances Stanton; winghack, Lib Caldwell; blocking back, Hlarriott Barnwell; fullback, Cappy- Law rence andl tailback, Blanche Davis. 'Y' Asks Students To Attend Prayer Services Sunday The YW-YMCA urges all stu dents to participate in the annual World's Student Day of Prayer by attending church Suriday, Robert G. Bell, secretary of the YW YMCA, announced. Fraternity and sorority mem bers will observe the day by at tending church with their respec tive groups Sunday morning. "Worlds Student Day of Prayer" will be the theme of the Sunday evening vesper services in the chapel. Spruce McCain and Carolyn Busbee are in charge of the vesper program. The YW-YMCA is sponsoring the World Student Day of Prayer as part of the World Student Christian Confederation. All churches in Columbia and through out the world will observe the day.