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Christmas Hop December 16 ACP Rating In Armory For 19474849 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIV, No. 11 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 9, 1949 Campus. Briefs Postoffice "The city postoffice has been swamped with mail with the only address being 'campus'," Joe Law rence, university postmaster said today. "Mail with such meager address can't be forwarded nor can its source be found," Lawrence said. "This is a definite problem and students as well as city post. office workers find it disadvantage ous." Lawrence pid that the stu dent mail deposit boxes are well marked'and such mistakes as put ting the mail in the wrong boxes is unnecessary. The out-of-town box is located to the left of the stamp window. The campus mail should be put in the slot below the general delivery window. Library All books withdrawn from the regular circulation desk of the McKissick Memorial Library from now until December nine teenth will be due back on the nineteenth. Beginning on the nineteenth, books may be with drawn for the regular two-week period .over ihe Chrlstmas holi days. Swim Team Old and new members of the swimming team have been asked to try out for ihe Leam-&, a"M Rat liff, swimming instructor has an nounced. Practice periods are Monday and Wedueaay v-Z p. m. And Thure day and Friday 4-6 p. m. in the natatorium. Geography Prof. G. R. Graham, Miss Moli Korgen, and Dr. Julian Petty at tended the fourth annual meeting of' tiI "outhelst Division of the Association of American Geograph ers, which was held at the Uni versity of Georgia, December 2-8. The meeting was given over to the presentation of research papers on various aspects of geography. One session was devoted to a symposium on Georgia. At the business meet ng, Dr. Petty was elected secre tary. The next meeting will be held at the University of Kentucky next year. National Guard Major James C. Dozier, com manding officer of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 8. C. National Guard, has extended the invitation "Get in the Guard" to men attending the university. For more information see Sgt. A. M. Coker at the Armory on Assembly Street Monday through Friday or Maj. Dozier at the reg ular drill on Monday at 6:00 p. m. Porter Alumnt Columbia chapter of Porter Mili tary. Academy alumni will hold its fifth meeting tonight at 7:30 in Legar'e College. Plans for a Christ mas party are to be discussed and the constitution of the group will be put up for ratification. All members and Porter alumni are asked to attend. Music Department Schedules First. Recital On Dec. 13 Fifteen students of the univer sity's department of music will be presented in .the first general stu dent recital of the season Decem ber 18 at 8 p. m. in the University Chapel. Those on the program are Sybil Patrick of Bowman, Mary Scherer Cockfield of Scranton, Isabelle Mauterer of Columbia, William Penland of Columbia, Margaret Ellen Barker of Fairfax, Anna Mc.. Laughlin of Florence, Marcial Richards of Cope, Christopher Biser, Joanne Weaver, June Niggel, anC Ruth Stone, all of Columbia, Carolyn Powell of Columbia. NOTICE Those organisations who fail to return their Garnet and Black contracts by Dec. 15 will be left out-of the 1950 yearbook, according to Roris McClary, ( & B business manager. Con tract. should be mailed to the Garnet & black, e/o Campus m.nl IFC Conferer Wants Bias, ] Erased In Fr By BARBARA DERRICK The national interfraternity con- in ference has urged college fraterni- vc ties to erase any religious or racial d clauses of membership from their gi charters. re An anti-bias resolution was bi brought to a vote twenty-four al hours after the issue was ruled off the conference program. The re- n sult of the voting was 36 to 8. p: Nineteen fraternities did not vote. ol The majority of the 58 member b; fraternities of the conference have a1 no restrictive membership bars. rc However, the conference felt the vote was imperative because of the nt criticism received by some fraterni- st ties who had pledged negro mem- oi bers. These chapters were penal- si ized by their national organiza- su tions. The New England undergraduate Ji movement caused the conference in turnabout. Northeastern schools H were joined by some of the larg- cc est midwestern universities and co other colleges during the Washing- m ton conference meeting. n< J. G. Beckerley I Of AEC Speaks I Here Thursday y ULA kiWARDS C James G. Beckerley, director of 1( classification for the A t o m i c th Energy Commission, will speak in fs the University Chapel' Thursday, December 15, at .8:00 p. m. PI Mr. Beckerley's work at present 8 is mainly concerned with the tech- O nical determination of the bound- id ary line between secret and non secret information developed in the 01 Atomic Energy Commission. tr Before taking his present posi- w tion, he has worked as instructor w of physics at Stanford University; m Menlo School and Junior College; be University of Georgia; Judson p, College; University of Rangoon, Burma; Columbia University; and di Graduate School, Stevens Institute w of Technology. He has also served as physicist for the Metallurgical Research Laboratories, American Brake Shoe Company; for the Atomic Energy Commission, New York; and as di rector, Division of Technical Ad visers, Atomic Energy Commission, New York. A native of Chicago, Beckerley received his B.A. and Ph.D. from tv Stanford University, California. er The talk will' be sponsored by to the Public Affairs Forum and the International Relations club. sc ________________st Colliers Magazine t' Recognizes Birds In Current Issue '" The Gamecocks have been recog nized by national magazines two ti4 times during the past football sea- A son. ho In last week's Collirs magazine M in which appeared their All-Ameri can selections was an action shot ar of All-American Charley Justice $e from the game between the Univer- Pi sities of South and. North Carolina. re Shown plainly in the picture are vi Bob Dockery and Jack Scheuztner, chi both tackles for the Gamecocks. su Earlier in the season, after the dL Carolina-Clemson game, Time mag- ad azine carried a writeup of the re game and colorful "Big Thursday." m Along with the article appeared a TI picture of head coach Rex Enright vi being carried off the playing field te by his victorious Gamecocks. Another South Carolina school, pa Clemson College, was the subject lal of an article by Wilton Garrison pa in The Saturday Evening Post for October. m fThe article gave a brief history te ofthe life of Clemson head coach A. Frank Howard and described the ne great 1948 undefeated and untied th Tiger eleven. d ice Group ?reju ice aternities The undergraduate heads of the terfraternity council have no te at the meeting of graduate legates. However, the under- ) aduate leaders did draw up a solution. The official delegates ought the issue to the conference tention. Alexander Goodman of Balti ore, Pi Kappa Alpha member, oposed the "repeal and abolition any constitutional provision or r-law which discriminates against iy college student because of his ligion, race, color, or creed." The accepted version recom ends that fraternities which re rict membership "to a sectional - religious group should adopt eps as they may elect to eliminate ich selectivity provisions." -Retiring chairman, Municipal idge Frank H. Myers of Wash gton has declared the issue dead. e announced that the executive mmittee decided the question . uld not properly come before the eeting because the conference has > authority over fraternities. 11 )ixie-Land Styl ro Feature Chr Music- played Dixie-land style 1 ill keynote the campus - wide , wistmas Hop in the Armory Dec. , was the information released is week on the pre-holiday af ,ir. Al Munn, a committeeman com eting plans for the Blue Key onsored event, was enthusiastic er the reception being given the ea of the Christmas Hop. "For those who know the music the Clarence Brazzell Orches a, we need not point out that it ill be in the groove. For those hoare the uninitiated, the Christ as Hop will be the biggest and st dance ever held on the cam is," Munn said. Frank Eppes, Blue Key presi nt, pointed out that the dance ill be in honor of the boxing team, ad also will honor the football Pwelve Fellowship wraduates For Fur n Schools Here Di USC NEWS SERVICE The university has announced relve fellowships for 1950-51 to able selected graduate students pursue work in the regular hools and departments of the in tution. These carry stipends of 00 to $900 each for a period of ro academic semesters. This information was contained the Graduate School's 1950-51 nouncement, which was released Dr. W. H. Callcott, dean. The announcement also men med other awards, including the Foster'McKissick Memorial Fel. wship and the J. Rion McKissick emorial Fellowship. There also are graduate assist tships which carry stipends of 00 to $900 per academic year. art of the working time of each eipient is to be devoted to ser ses in the department of his olce. The graduate program of ch students will usually be re ced about one-fourth so that an ditional summer school will be trulred to complete courses nor illy taken in an academic year. aese assistantships are especially luable for students without iching experience. The biology and chemistry de rtments have as special set of oratory assistantships which y $900 per academic year. The A. Foster McKissick Me rial Fellowship consists of In rest on a gift of $500 by' Mrs. Eoster, McKissiek. The an uncement said that preference In a award would be given to a stu nt in the school of engineering Tenement 2412 To Get Turkey Supper Friday McBryde dormitory scored 1011 )oints in the recent "Y" sponsored liscussion groups to win the tur cey supper to be given in Flin Eall December 16. Second in the competitive scor. ng was tenement 29 with 861 points. The turkey supper will also in -lude all persons in other groupE who had perfect attendance rec. )rds. The members of 14cBryde, tene. nent 24%, voted to have thai special YMCA dinner in theii ionor, December 16. This ends a series of interesting liscussions In religion, economics ind politics, in which the inhabi. :ants of various dormitories com. ,eted against each other. Wolf Reinbacher, chairman ol he winning group, and Harvey ,4cKee, secretary, express their ap )reciation for the good cooperation )f the boys in their dormitory. According to Mr. Bell of the krMCA, a similar coAtest will be ield next semester. ea music ,istras Hop -eam, and new members of the rarious sororities and fraternities, "The dance time, from 9:30 un Al 1 a. m., was set especially t' allow for the fights being held the same night," Eppes said. "Blue Key has wasted no effort in mak. ng the Christmas Hop an affair :hat will set precedence for future Jance entertainment on a campus wide scale," he added. Tickets to the Christmas Hop will be on sale in the postoffice lobby between the hours, 10 p. m. intil noon next week. Advance ;ickets at $1.00 stag or drag may >e purchased from members of Blue Key. There will be no change n ticket prices which will be on iale at the Armory entrances, $1.00 itag or drag. Alpha Kappa Gamma, coed iervice and leadership sorority, will handle the sale of tickets in the post office from 14 a. m. until 1? n. daily next week. ; Offered USC ther Study ring 1950-51 who is a graduate of the univer ;ity. The J. Rion McKissick Memorial Fellowship consists of the interest mn an endowment. Awards are nade in units of $300 for a year >f study at the university. The awards may be made to either graduate or undergraduate stu lents and are made on the basis >f the applicant's prospect of fu Lure usefulness to the State of South Carolina.. Dr. Calliott said that between 10 and 35 awards normally are nade by the graduate school. The announcement said appliea ;ions should be submitted to the traduate office of the university iot later than March 15. Dean 3allcott said his office would sup >ly application blanks and detailed nformation. PRESID)ENT'S MOTHER DIES, Funeral services were held November 29 in Williston, for '4rs. Carrie Keltt Pegues Smith of Williston, widow of Dr. Win -hester Smith, who died Novenm ser 28 in the Columbia hospital. Mrs. Smith was born August 27, 1870, at Wood and Planta tion, in Marlboro county near ''heraw, the daughter of the late MIajor Rufus and Sarah Pekues. She was a graduate of Colum ia college and a member of the Methodist Church. Mrs. Smith was the mother 4f Rear Admiral Norman M. 'mith of Columbia, president of he university. S. C. Scholarship Group Chooses Rhodes Applican The chairman and members c the South Carolina Rhodes Schol arship committee met December in McKissick library. The committee selected two nom inees for the Rhodes scholarshi from the ,five applicants. Th nominees will appear before th southern district committee Decen ber 10 in McKissick library wher the selection will be made. The committee is composed c Virginia, North Carolina, Sout Carolina, Georgia, Florida an Tennessee. Two nominees will b submitted by each state committe and from these 12 candidates, th district committee will select fou Rhodes scholars. More than 400 candidates wi compete foI- this year's Rhode Scholarship awards, Dr. Fran Aydelotte, American secretary t the Rhodes trustees announce( Thirty-two winners will be selecte for at least two years study in th field of their own choice at Oxfor, university. Announcements of final award will he made on December 12. Canterbury Group Plans Programs For Coming Year A meeting of the Canterbur Club Commission of the state club was held at the Diocesan Hous in Charleston on December 2 & I The purpose of the meeting wa to plan the program of . the or ganization for this year. Twenty-nine students were pres ent, representing eight colleges Clemson, Winthrop, The Citadel Coker, Converse, Furman, Th College of Charleston, and Th University of South Carolina. Th university was represented by Nir Schultz, Harry Bull and Frei Sosnowski. Plans were made for publishin a newsletter for the benefit of a] the Individual organizations. . budget for this year of one hundre twenty five dollars was accepted b the conference. Students of the state will spon sor a vacation Bible School fo children during the summer. j training conference for these stu dents will be held on April 21-2: probably at Camp Gravatt. Thos interested should contact Mis Susie Reich, Winthrop Colleg< fock Hill. The Spring Convention of Epis opalian students was planned, an will be held April 14-16. The tents tive place of meeting is Cam Long. Host to the conference was th Canterbury Club of the College o Charleston, Miss Lois Metz, presi dent. Columbia Studeni To Play Lead In 'Winslow Boy' By KEN POWELL Geddith Smith, a Columbia Hig School student, plays the lead rol in the Town Theater's productior "The Winslow Boy." The heart-touching drama, whic promises to be one of the out standing plays of the current sea son, opened December 7 and run through December 13. The produc tion is under the direction of Gen Crotty. The university is represented i the cast by Dr. Edward Noland a professor here, who plays th part of Fred, the photographer. The Winslow boy's affectionat mother will be played by Mrs. E. Denton, a science teacher, an veteran of the Town Theater stage. C. H. Gerald, Jr., an at torney, plays the part of the Wins low boy's father who sacrifices hi fife to protect his son's honor. Others who will take part in th drama are: Alan H. Newcomb, radio announcer, who plays th part of Sir Robert, the stern at torney for the defense; Miss Jose phine Byoriek as Katherine Win. low, sister of the Winslow Boy Robert J. Mansfield as Katherine fiance; Michael Brusko as thi Winslow boy's brother; and Mrs V. V. Richardson, who plays Violei the Maid. Large Cro Religious 'DeanO.F.Crow - Named To Fill e edMucation Post USC NEWS SERVICE f Dr. Orin F. Crow, dean of the h University of South Carolina d School of Education, has been e named chairman of the Central a" Review Committee of the Comis e r sion on Secondary Schools of the Southern Association of Colleges 11 and Secondary Schools. kS This was learned on the campus ks o this week upon the return of the 1. University representatives to the d Association's meeting in Houston, e Texas. Dean Crow has served for sev eral years as chairman of the Asso ciation's South Carolina State Com mittee on Secondary Schools and recently was re-elected for another term. This committee has a similar but subordinate function to that of the Central Review Committee. University represenatives at the 8 Houston meetings, besides Dean e Crow, were Dr. F. W. Bradley, - denn of the faculty, and Henry 0. s Strohecker, registrar. USC Photographer Speaks Of Trade At PEN Meeting Phi Epsilon Nu, local honorarf journalism fraternity, met Decem ber 8 at 7 p. m. in room 8 of Building C, Jem Newbury, presi L dent, announced. d Tom Teal, university photog Y rapher and photography class in structor, spoke to the group on the ;ubject, "Photography and Jour nalism." Mr. Teal explained some - of the various technical points in the field of photography as well e as displayed and explained the use 8 of various types and styles of equipment. Trips are now being planned through the printing and engraving d plants of the city, and plans for - another dance in January are be P ing formulated, Newbury said. Events e This space will carry each wee ganizational meetings, socials, am campus in general. Such infor1 (GAMECOCK office by Monday, event. FRIDAY, DEC. 9 1:00 p. m. - JunIor-Senior Y Council, Flinn Hall. 1:09 p. m.-International Rela tions Club, Flinn Hall. SUND)AY, DEC. 11 '0:00 a. m. - Wesley Founda h tion meets at Washington Sstreet Methodist Church. 4:00 p. m.-Hillel Society, Tree 5 of Life Church. - ~>:30 p m.--Canterbury Student e Church Service, Trinity Epis copal Church. 3 1:00 p. r.-Canterbury Supper I. (followed by program), Trin e Ity FEpiscopal Church. 7:00 p. m.-Vespers, University Chapel. MOND)AY, D)EC. 12 s 1:00 p. m.-Freshman Y Coun - cil, Flinn Hall. - 1:00 n. m.-Vespers Committee, s Flina Hall. 3:00 p. mn.--Gamecock Staff Be e ging Work, Publication Build ' ing. e 7:00 p. m.--'Y" Open House. - Dancing, Game., Ref resh - menta. TUESDAY, DEC. 13 a 1:00 n. m. - Baptist Student e Union luncheon. r. 5:00 p. m.-Euphroanean Liter t, ary Society, Euphradian Hall. 1wds Hear Speakers Emphasis Week Called Success By JOE MOLONY Editor-in-Chief Religious Emphasis Week drew the largest crowd for a non-sport ing event in the history of the uni versity last week as over 900 stu dents attended convocations Mon day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings in the ROTC Armory. "It was the most successful Re ligious Emphasis program we've ever had here," R. G. Bell, Direc tor of the YMCA, announced at its close. "The students showed almost whole-hearted support and were apparently avidly interested in the talks, discussions, panels and de votions," he added. An elaborate program, which in cluded religious speeches, devotions, discussions, breakfasts and panels with some of the foremost religious leaders in the country as centers of attraction occupied the week, Sunday through Thursday. The week's theme was The Life of the Spirit, "Not by might nor by power; but by My Spirit." As the week progressed. crowds increased until-the ROTC armory's 1,000 seats were not enough to ac commodate the interested students. Religious Emphasis began offi cially Saturday at 4 p. m. with a retreat for leaders and members of sponsoring committees. First con vocation was held Sunday at 7 p. m. in the chapel with Rev. Bob Johnson of the A.R.P. Church, who spoke on the subject of "What the Life of the Spirit does for Man." Subsequent convocation addresses were given in the armory at 10:30 a. m. Monday by Dr. J. R. Brock hoff of the Church of the Re deemer in Atlanta, Ga.; Tuesday by Dr. J. Glenn Blackburn of the -Wake Forest College Church, Wake Forest, N. C.; Wednesday by Dr. Ray Holder, former Assistant Dean of Students, N. C. State; and Thursday by Dr. J. 0. Smith, pastor of Central Methodist Church, Spartanburg, S. C. These addresses were highlights of the week. They were surround ed by panel forums each evening at 7 o'clock, breakfasts for cam pus leaders at 7 a. m. each day, a book exhibit in the lobby of Maxey College lobby on religious subjects and numerous discussion groups in (Continued on Page 8) chedule k the time, date and place of or d other events of interest to the nation should be left at THE p. mn., of the week preceding the 7:00 p. r.-Euphradlan Liter ,ary Society, Harper's College, Third Floor. 7:30 p. rn.-Clariosophie Liter ary Society, LeGare College, Third Floor.' WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 1:00 p. m.-Blue Key, Steward's Hall. 1:00 p. rn-Sophomore Y Coua cil, Flinn Hall. 1:00 p. rn-Freshman Y Cab inet, Flina Hall. 5:00 p. rn-Canterbury Tea, T inity Episcopal P ar isah Church. 5:00 p. r.-Co-Ed Assocatlon, Euphradian Hall. 6:00 p. m. - Westminster Fel lowship Supper, First Pres byterian Church, Mariena and Lady Streeta. 6:30 p. r.--Wesley Foundation Supper Club at Washington street Methodist Charch. 8:15 p. rn.-"Second Man,' Drayton Hall. TH URSDA Y, DEC. 15 1:00 p. rn.-YM-YWCA Cabinet, Flian Hlli. 7:00 p. rn-Christian Servie Club, Flinn Hall. 7:00 p. rn-Vespers at Baptist Student Center, 1618 Peadle ten street. 8:15 p. rn.--"Seeend Man," Drayten Hall.