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Largest College All-American Weekly In ACP Rating The Carolinas UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLI, No. 17 COLFnMdIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FERUA9Y 25, 19498 W orld * * * Self Ser Electric Washij And troners No To Students At By LLOYD H The Carolina Washette, a opens Monday in the southea John A. Chase, dean of admini It will be exclusively for the us and, for married students, th The Washette, a project of committee, will be open daily Saturdays from 9 a. in. to 1 p. in. and will be closed on Sundays and holidays. Rates for the Washette, which is equipped with automatic, coin operated washing machines and electric ironers, will be 25 cents for a maximum of nine pounds of washing and 26 cents for nine ounds of ironing. Soap will be furnished free. Regular attendants will be on duty at the Washette, but students will be expected to put their wash in the machines and to remove it. A service charge of ten cents will be made on any wash which an at tendant has to put in or take out of a machine. An additional fee of five cents wil! be charged for bundling the wash if the owner does not bring his own container. The Washette, operated under the auspices of Sims canteen, will not be responsible for any loss or damage to clothes, Dean Chase said. The Washette does a complete laundry service, washing, rinsing, and damp-drying. No additional drying is necessary since the elec tric ironers are equipped to iron clothes that are still slightly wet. Work was begun some time ago in clearing the space in Sims base ment that was formerly occupied by The Gamecock to be used as the location of a self-service laundry. At first, work proceeded rapidly but the release date of the new type machines was postponed sev eral times, thus necessitating de lays. These machines were only re cently received and since their ar rival work has been speeded up in an attempt to get them in use as soon as possible. Students Heckle Ku Klu Dragon; Get Bum's Rush A group of 30 or 40 University studlents attempted unsuccessfully to break up a speech in West Co. lumbia Wednesday night by Dr. Samuel Green. Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. The students, standing near the speaker's truck, alternately greet ed the Dragon with boos and heckling. A smoke and sulphur bomb was exploded shortly after the sp'eech began and smoke en veloped the speaker. The students then were surrounded by Klan members wvhile the Dragon con tinued his speech andl one Klans man reportedly drewv a knife on a student. Upon leaving the scene during Green's speech, the stu dents were told by a West Colum bia policeman that there was not law against wearing hoods in that comm unity. Before the group could leave, they were surroundled by Klansmen again and were pushed andl shoved and told to ''get going." One of the Klansmen threatened to "kill somebodf" if the group didn't ' leave. Half the speaker's audience was drawn over to the scene. The students soon left. At the same time a Brotherhood Rally was being held on the cam pus. Stud * * * vice Lau ig Machines >w Available Small Cost UNTINGrON modern, self-service laundry, At basement of Sims College, stration, announced this week. e of men and women students, Air immediate families. the Student-Faculty Relations from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., on Students Choose Ramon Schwartz, Kathryn Wallace Ramon Schwartz, Jr., law school senior from Sumter, and Kathryn A. Wallace, senior in the school of Arts and Science from Columbia, were elected first vice president and second vice president, respec tively, of the student body in a special campus election held Tues day. Schwartz received a majority vote of 228. John D. Horne of Loris polled 71 and Jesse W. Mar tin of Columbia 62. In the race for second vice presi dent, Miss Wallace collected 185 votes to 93 for Becky Fuller of Florence and 88 for Ruth Patrick of Lancaster. The two vacancies on Student Council occurred when Ed Saleeby was graduated and Jean Hill re signed to become editor of The Gamecock. Approximately 375 votes were cast in the special balloting. Poets' Love Story Pleases Audience In Town Theater First nighters were treated by the Town Theater with its current production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," by Rudolf Besier, and directed by Delbdrt Mann. Running from February 23 to March 2, the play stars Ruth Hope as Elizabeth Barrett and U. S. C.'s Jim Whitten as Robert Browning. The play goes well, it is satisfy ing, except for perhaps the Holly wood influence seen in the love scenes. The set, courtesy Brown McLen don, is skillfully and appropriately done; the furnishings, colors, minor props, all fit into a unified and pleasing whole. The costumes, by Margaret Rhett Taylor, are realistic down to the last bonnet ribbon. One of the frocks of Henirieta should make the ladies sigh and the men look to their wallets. Ruth Hope has created herself another role in T. T. history with the consummate skill with which she plays. As B. owning. Jim Whitten, though he does play well, seems too jerky, and the part does not quite come alive. Earl DeLay, as Edward Barrett, the tyrannical father, has the physical necessities for the role, but not the powerful drive that seems lacking. Cele Roberts, as Henrietta Bar. rett, has given her best perform ance of the season in this play. She underplays beautifully. Josephine Byorick, as Wilson, is quite good in her ability to be the rather timid maid, yet say little. Joe Bishop, Carolina student, plays Octavius Barrett, one of the myriad sons, convincingly, always staying in the scene whether he has a lin e ornot. ent * *. * [ndry B The King G Clyde Godbold. P'ow%der B1owvI K kiss bestowed by Beth Fillingimi King of the Pow,-der Bowl last Frid was held in the center of Melton fi ceremony, the king was escorted of honor. Block 'C' Club Ini To Boost McKissicd Block "C" Club will initiate a filn series Tuesday at 8:00 p. m. in Drayton Hall with all proceeds to be turned over to the McKis sick Medorial Scholarship fund, Ernie Lawhorne, president, an niounced Wednesday. An outstanding football picture of last Season will be featured in the first showing with pictures of last year's Southern Conference Boxing, Tournament, whic-h wLAs helo "C" Cleuniversiitel ose en cerytnt al ss witall ed chared tuned ifvtere to th favor sickor Sco arsi un nou YouWedesA ofrest sasconstructive featuedno thofrld plnsho fowit whtues of lstea's Sourathn CalonfMrce Boin Tornat81p.m n "Youh ad the Coing uniersion."el hos.ar chargedsare,ognizedresisne favor ocoists. DrThegh ra tthr Fairchildwl sps ataytoc n hall apo ahto his94 atubje5ts. ei haong "Youtled inthe ron Diep poression"ve.Far forces inthiecontry a ne has ho namtin's outevolving de~mracy His uaaeman ehispiaticol egodin the frontlare of ogessv forces ithis coulintr mind ths chal lendeernsa of atopreactmo, ecomi or evolvnace tercy. ofenrosseo in the war orh post-war secuity, he demonstrates unusual gifts of insight and re markable powvers of analysis in clarifying important but compli catedl issues. The program is sponsored by the Town Hall Committee, D)elta Sigma r1ve * ** -gins Op els 'Crowned' ing, beguit his reign With a royal mimediattly after she crowned hint ay night. The coronaition ceremony ield during halftinte. Following the by the roy-A court to his position tiates Film Series i Memorial Fund able response, films of outstanding athletic events of the past will be shown at regular intervals. The McKissick Memorial Schol a rship fund was established at the university in 1944 in memory of iDr. J. Rion McKissick, former president. The fund now has a to tal (ish value of more thbant $9,000. One full Sholrship can b,e is stied from the present fund, which includes Vi. S. governmtent bonds with the'mat urity value of $t;,325 and iinsuiraince stocks with the pres ent value of about $.1,500). ~hild To Sper I The Coming at thIe itnformat ion D esk in itMaxey'. D)r. F'airchildl was born1 in Duin dee, lllinois,, and grew up) in Ne braska. His interest in p)opulat ion began, accorditg to Dri. Fairchild, while a boy in Nebraska, where there was a p)redominatnce of for eigit citizenry a large proportion of which could ntot speak English. lIe received his lI.AX. at Doane College, B rete, Nebraska. Shortly afterwards be left for Smy'rna. o Be * * * erating, Half Of Fun To Benefit S WSSF Inves] KSK To Name Honor Member On Wednesday Honorary member and recipient of KSK service plaque will be elected at the Wednesday meeting of Kappa Sigma Kappa, service fraternity. Nominations of univer sity faculty and staff members were made by an investigation committee at this week's meeting. March 2. was set by KSK as the tentative date for the Kappa Sig ma Kappa Beauty Pageant at which candidates for May Queen are selected. Following last year's procedu!e, each sorority will be allowed to nominate three candi date. the Independents six and any other organization one. 'Janitors Must Clean Rooms In Tenements' "Janitors are still required to clean the dormitories and tene ments entirely. including rooms, lavatories and halls," W. E. Hanna han, inspector and lahor superin tendent of the Marshal's office, said Wednesday. Hannahan requested student co operation in keeping rooms neat and orderly and asked that furni ture not be removed from room to room. Considerable confusion arose last week when Jesse B. Jackson, dean of men, sent a circular to male students which included the infor iation that janitors were respon sible only for the halls, lavatories and shower facilities. Many jani tors informed students in their dormitories that they would have to sweep their own rooms. It has been learned by The Ganiecock that dormitory regula tions in the present catalog per taining to cleaning the rooms and halls are not up to date. The regu lat ions, pages 94 andl 95 of the catalog, were included ver batim in Dean Jackson's circular. ik Thursday Depression' Turkey, to become an instructor at the International College, where he remained from 1900 to 1903. His interests in immigration took him to Vale to specialize in that field and he received his Ph.D). there in 1909. D)r. Fairchild taught economics and sociology at Bowdoin and was an Assistant Professor of Eco nomic's and of the science of soc i itlogy at Yale. He was associate dlire'ctor of the Personnel depart meint of the War C'amp Community Service during the World War and since that time has been associated wvith New York University as Pro fessor of Sociology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; the1 later post he has held since 1938. An author as well, D)r. Fair child has written several imipor tant books on social and economic sub)jects, including "The Melting Pot Mistake" (1926); "The Foun dations of Social Life" (1927) ; "Profits or Prosperity" (1932); "This Way Out" (1936); "People: The Quantity and Quality of Popu lation" (1939) and 'Economics for t he M illins" (1940). dn T1 * * * In Sims d's $2,000 C IC )tudents In I igation Res Hy KEN H. Managij A drive to raise $2,000 for t will begin on the campus Tue; chairman, has announced. H go to the Philippine Islands ai the general fund which is ad of the World Student Relie Shanghai, China. Proceeds. from sorority ar March 8 and 10, respectively, House Proposes To Cut Carolina Budget $506,000 The budget committee of the House of Representatives recom mended a $506,000 cut in the uni versity appopriation, President Norman M. Smith said today. The sum of $2,896,217 is needed for the operation and mainiitenance of the university for 1949-50. Presi dent Smith said. Appropriations requested is the difference between the operating cost and the fees retained by the utniversity. Fees retained are esti mated to be $999,000. The actual cost to the state would be $1,157, 217. The budget committee has recom mended an amount less than for the 1947-48 fiscal year, and the amount is less than the university expects to spend in 1949-50. The committee announced that in lieu of faculty and administra tion salary increases recommended by the university that a special "cost of living" appropriation should be made to cover all state employees. The appropriat'ons bill has gone to the Senate. President Smith ap peared before the Senate finance committee Wednesday. Honor Fraternity To Elect Eligible Seniors In A pril Hly PHIL. BRYAN An election of eligible seniors to Phi Heta Kappa will be held in A pril. D)r. H1. Willard Davis, chem istry professor and secretary of the university Alpha chapter. said today. Doctor D)avis said elections are held once a year. To be norrinated to the national scholastic h6nor fraternity, a candidate must have not lower thant a straight "two" average, carried out to three deci mal points, i. e., 2.000. Once nominated, the candidates' qlualit ies of scholarship, character, and potential future usefulness are considered as well as their overall undergraduate records. Not more than one-tenth of each graduating (class may be elected D octor Davis said. There are three types of mem bet's: honorary, alumni, and mem bers in course. The honorary mem hers, not nec'essarily college grad uates, must have contributed to the fields of arts or sciences. Doe tor- Davis mentioned DuBlose Hey ward, South Carolina author, as an honorary member. Alumni are considered for mem bership no sooner than 15 years after' their gr'aduation from col lege. Members in course are those elected by the Phi Beta Kappa chapter fr'om the eligible gr-aduat ing seniors and seniors in law school. The university Alpha chapter wvas granted a charte,. in 1926. iesday * * * Monday roal Is Slated Philippines; ilts Disclosed A)LDWIN. Jr. rig Editor he World Student Service Fund sday, Dick Singleton, campaign alf of the proposed total would Ad the remainder would go into ministered through the offices in Geneva, Switzerland and id fraternity stunt nights on and a $1.00 stag or drag dance in the Naval armory after the boxing matches March 12 are part ,f the schedtued fund-raising events. Also. Alpha Kappa Gai hold auction in conjunc tion with sorority stunt night. In addition, solicitors will can vass the student body and faculty. Campaign leaders pointed out that in the past WSSF has sent 400,000 pounds of food to univer sities in Europe, given study grants to 1,200 displaced persons in Europe, shipped $198,860 worth of books to Europe and Asia and distributed in all $1,822.960 from American students -to students in war devastated areaz. A movie on conditions of stu dellts in foreign countries is pres ently beiig shown to various or ganizations and religious groups on the campus. Niss Macitury to Speak Mi5s Norma MacRury. South eastern regional secretary of WSSF, will speak at vespers Sun day evening. She will also meet with the committee chairmen and solicitor- at a luncheon at the "Y" Monday at 1 p. im. Committee chairmen are: Willie Heustess, activitie-; Bill Dominey and lou Oswald, student solicit,a tion; Hugh Going, faculty solicita -ion; Katluen Brown, publicity; and Spruce McCain, dance. Betty Mood is secretary and Ann Craig is treasuv"er. Pr of. Hubert Spig rner is faculty adviser. Investigations Made Student Cour.cil nmoved inst week t o invest igate WSSF, insofar as it was possible t&: see whether or not it was communistic. Accord ingly, corr'espondence with tihe U. S. Houise of Representative's Com mittee on Un-American Activities revealedl the following: "The Committee on Un-Ameri can Activities has never investi gated or cited the World Student Service Funrd nor has a thorough search of the records, files and publications of the Committee re vealed any information concerning that organization." A letter from the Federal Bu reau of Investigation stated that they could not disclose information in their files concerning WSSF. I Situation at D)uke IIt had been repor'ted to cam paign leaders here that the WSSF drive had been "thrown off'' the D)uke University campus. A tele phone call to Dean Robert B. Cox proved this to be untrue and that plans for their drive wer'e vir tually comp)lete. WSSF is sponsored principally by the United Christian Council, Student Service of America and B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations at American universities. Cooperat ing organizations are the Chinese Student's Christian Association, the Federation of Jewish Student Organizations of New York, the Institute of International Educa tion and the Polish-American Council of the U. S. A.