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NROTC. Command As' Seaman Valual In Perform3ing Pre By BARBARA MeS AIN "I consider my two years as a seaman in the first World War of more value to me than my -VMI degree," said Col. Edwin C. Fergu son of the NROTC unit at: the university. He ran away from home in 1917 when he was 15. He told how he joined the' navy, telling officers he was 18. "I feel that I gained more by my two years as a seaman than I have done since," said the colonbl. "I can understand the thoughts and actions of the men under nm and feel closer to them than I could if I had missed those two years." Colonel Ferguson saw action in both world wars. He was with the Marine,brigade which recaptured Guam. For his part in this in vasion he received the Legion of Merit. In the first attack on the island the colonel was riding along the beach in a jeep. A Japanese patrol bore down on them and a grenade and machine gun battle began. The colonel and his men survived but abandoned the jeep. The next morning they found the jeep with the tires blown out and 14 dead Japanese lying near it. - Colonel Ferguson received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart for his work on Eniwetok Atoll. * He received his only injury of his career at Eniwetok. He ran over a horse. His shoulder was hurt, and not until four years later did he go to the hospital. Before the first World War Colonel Ferguson was with the First Marine Division in Cuba. He commanded a battalion of artillery. In July, 1941, he was made brigade operations officer. In March he was sent to California with the 2nd Marine Division. When the famous 22nd Marines were organized, he Things We Never Think About .. . When we nip an letrdo swhe, thatiS.... Wo don't have to prov1do stge pa0 for electrcity - ft can't be We n.ev have to auticipate our needs for electricity. 'For everyone's een venience it must he avalalei at aN times throughout 5d hours of every day 1n the exact asmount we wat.. . Our electrie service requfred eestly nd oosapllated facRiutles in which asillons and ..mices ef doUars are Inveqted. It Is owned by theusands and thousands of peeple who Mve Ia aUl corners of our eoenty - sess Ia foreign countries. That's ivateb enterpribe-aad this is .a tax-paying, prlvately-.wned utilIty, directed and smanaged by South Car. ~' South Carolina Electric & Gas Company THE CA IS YOU -soul NEW HOSE in Shadow and Oak *51 Gauge.-M New School 60e to $1.0 Sweat Socks - 50e -Key Chain wi $3.00 p1 er Considers Life ile 'Exleence sent gnment was in charge of the artillery ba. tallion. After five weeks the division was sent to the South Pacific. Here they took part in the battle of Kwajalain in the Marshall islands. After serving on ?uadalcanal, the colonel was sent to Camp Le Jeune, N. C. He was sent back to the Pacific in time for the occupa tion of Japan. After the war he served at Parris Island, 8. C. Color.ei, Ferguson was born- in Waynesville, N. C. After the first World War ended, he went back to North Carolina and was gradu ated from Waynesville H i g h School. He was graduated from VMI with a degree in electrical en gineering in 1924. The colonel is married to the former Betty Morrison from Kenil worth, Illinois. Colonel and Mrs. Ferguson are the parents of "a five-year-old stick of dynamite." Dormitories At For Maniacs A By JEM NEWBURY 'Twas the night before Christ mas and all through the dormitory, not a creature was stirring. They were afraid to for fear they would get trampled in some one of the events surrounding the usual three ring circus that prevails in the so called "hall". There's nothing that will snap you out of your reverie like the scraping sound of bedroom-slipper ed feet scurrying around the corner, or of a softball ricocheting off the hollow-sounding, tin side of a- water cooler or a raspy voice screaming out in the wee hours of the morning, "Mule Train chapI elopl . . . hawl haw!" Have you ever heard the scratchy, wire-like sound of a edat hanger being used to Jimmy open a door, intermingled with choice four-letter words and "p a n e 1 punch" kicks by what appears to the auditory processes to be a size 13 shoe? At 3 a. m., the question of whether or not the intruder is the proper occupant of the room is of no concern. The only thought might be of the inadequacy of the univer sity architects in not providing trapdoors before every room, to be set ioose when human voice volume takes on amplifier characteristics. And I would bet the last punch on my Steward's hall meal ticket that if some prankster called up the dormtiory and asked if Frank lin Delano Roosevelt, the late presi dent of the United States, lived on this end of the hall that some good Samaritan would scream from the inner recesses of his very being, for Shoes that look like new visit R OBE RT S SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE * * * Aeros Fromu CALDWELL'S 1319 Sumter St. NTEEN RS... FPALT.4 SHADES. with Dark Seams 1.50 per pair. Stationery 0 per box snid 60e per pair th USC Seals. us tax Blue Key National Honor Fri in their honor December 1. They ham, Jacksonville, Fla.; Fred St Macon, Ga.; Jem Newbury, Brevi (USC photo by Tom Teal.) Pe Peaceful nd Corpses "Frank Roosevelt, telephone!", ar then drop the plastic handpiece a wide arc and watch it tht against the plaster wall. Then there are those pocket si: Milton Berles who come strollir through the halls about an hoi after the sandwich man has maf his last round, shouting "ban, wiches! cold milk! hot doughnuti candy bars!" A Hooper-Rating rej resentative could never comput even if he worked holidays, tI number of starving individuals wl leaped from their sacks, grabbq at loose change on the desk ar bumped their heads on the edge i the double-decker as they raced f4 the doorknob and let the awfi light into the room, only to s< some "Larry Last Laugh" racir out the end of the corridor gurglir like one of the Three Stoogie There should be some retribution Twas the night before Chris mas. Oh, that the author of thi famous poem could have stroll through the dorm when he was the midst of writing the first dra of his masterpiece! But no, I might have suffered tho fate of oi student I knew, who failed to st4 aside when he laid the telephoi back on the hook after he had fii ished making his call. He was san wiched and mouse-trapped in ot of the best two-on-one body bloc] that I have had the good fortuT to witness. At the infirmary, he told newi men that he had no idea that ti two men who glared at him froi opposite doors adjacent to the tel< phone had been trying to get a lir to Sims for the last three days. I could continue but the stor gets more gory. An odd-lookin character was seen strolling dow the hall of one of the tenemeni and was hastily reported, but 1 turned out to be a professor. I actually saw one student ridin a bicycle down the hall, make th turn, enter the lobby, circle th two. stanchions and cycle out th back door. He later re-appeared a the other end of the hall and cot tinued his cycle for 20 minutes o more. After a week or so, students los the ability to look surprised. If, small orangoutang appeared at th water fountain while someone wa drinking, I have no doubt but the the student would either stan Experienced stenographer will do typing of any kind. Manuscript and theses a specialty. Miss Jeanie Simkmns Call 2.1034 Between 3 and 5p. m. Call 7-1400 CO6BUR The Buslness Mei Choice at .Quality a Origin - Try One of Our * , And You'flD4B 1317 SUM1 Neit naa.- to Blue Key Initiates aternity formally initiated seven new are left to right, af ter Dr. Charles F wsnuski, John's Island; Sam Sorota, I trd, N. C.; Don A. Campbell, Camder Veterans Corner . Q. As a World War II veteran in with a bad conduct discharge, an id I entitle<l to any benefits dthder the GI Bill? .e A. You should contact your near ig est Veterans Administration office ir for a decision as to whether you le were discharged under conditionE I- other than dishonorable.: Or' you s! may apply to the armed service p- from which you received your ba( e, conduct discharge for a review o: ie your discharge under Section 301 io. of the GI Bill. d Q. I am now receiving compen. id sation from VA but feel that )f should be getting more. Can you )r advise me as to who may assist me L11 in presenting my claim before the e VA rating board? kg A. Any organization accredite< F under P. L. 844, 74th Congress, any - attorney or agent recognized by VA, or a VA contact representative t- may present your claim before the It VA rating board. VA will recog ,d nize anyone you want to represeni in you in your particular claim pro ft viding he files a proper power-of. ie attorney with the office where your ie claim is located and a statement p that no fee will be charged for the ie service rendered. Q. I am taking on-the-job train. d- ing under the GI Bill in a hazard, ie ous occupation. Will VA pay for M my hospitalization if I am injured le while in training? A. No. Any disabilities incurred '- while in training under the GI Bill eare considered nonservice-connect m' ed. Of course, if you are otherwise e- eligible for hospitalization by the te VA as a war veteran, you may be furnished such hospitalization in a 'y VA facility if a bed is available. g. " Magazine Names *Short Story Contesi SJudges For Annual eJudges for the 1950 South Caro elina Magazine Short Story Contest thave been named by Magazine of ficials. r Herbert Ravenel Sass, Charles ton novelist and naturalist; Execu e tive Editor Judson W. Chapman of the Greenville News-Piedmont ; and eMrs. Eleanor Duvall Spruill of a Cheraw, short story writer for na ttional magazines, will pick three d prize-winners and three honorable _ mentions from college entries. The deadline for contest entries is January 31, 1960. The judges will review the stories separately, and then meet in Columbia some time In February for final judging. Entries must be mailed to S. C. Magazine, Box 835, Columbia, S. C. asd,hold the water handle while he drank, or ask him the time of night. Twas the night before Christ mas, and all through the dormi tory, not a creature was stirring. 4 Wanta bet? N'S GRiL L s and College Boy.' t All Time. nd Variety ite Here. Delicious Lunches Deck for More PER STREET thea Fire Station. members at a formal banquet held .Mercer, chapter adviser: Dick Dun )orchester, Mass.; Roger W. Wilson, and Grady Decell, Jackson, Miss. Pharmacy Group Presents Humor Skit Wednesday Members of the student branch of the American Pharmaceutical Association will present a comedy skit entitled, "A Day in the Life of the Pharmagist," at its monthly meeting, Wednesday evening, De cember 14, at 7:30 o'clock. The skit will be in the form of a make-believe radio program, com plete with singing commercials. Funny acts and witty sayings that are prominent in the daily opera tion of a drug store make up the play. Presented twice before, the skit was well-received by the audience. It shows that pharmacy students not only. learn the wherewithal of filling prescriptions and other things pharmaceutical, but are ac tors as well. So come one, come all (phar macy students, that is), to your favorite radio program on USOP, Motley Broadcasting System. The studio is located in LeConte 406. Your ills and our pills will be cussed and discussed. And don't forget, the winner of our new "What Is It?" contest will win a two weeks' tour of Tibetian drug stores. Modern Language Professors Attend Regional Meeting Six faculty members represented the modern language and English departments at the annual meet ing of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association November 25 and 26. Davidson College and Queen's College in Charlotte, N. C. were hosts to the meeting. From the modern language de partment were T. A. Fitzgerald, member of the board of directors of the organization, J. W. Haskell, Jr., K. L. deGravelines, and W. C. Zeigler. M. B. Seigler and J. E. IWhitesell attended from the Eng lish department.. The South Atlantic Modern Language Association is a regional division of the Modern Language Association which, Mr. Whitesell remarked, 'Nis the biggest thing in the field of English and modern languages." The purpose of the meetings, which are held every Thanksgiving weekend in the South Atlantic area, is to learn what is going on in the various fields of research. Papers are read in Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, and Eng lish. The association met at the uni versity in 1944. LEARN THE WAY Men's Finest Clothing * Kuppenheimer e Klngsridge . e Alco SUITS and TOPCOATS --0 . NEW FELT HATS * Stetson * Schoble CLASSY FURNISHINGS --- 0 -- COPELAND Co. 1409 MAIN STREET English Professi Literary Analysi By JOAN S, J. E. Whitesell of the Englis four editors of "The Explicator" with the interpretation of literal Dr. Whitesell, John P. Kirby College, George W. Arms of. the and Louis G. Locke of Mary Bal magazine when they were all Eng lish professors at Mary Washing ton College eight years ago. Each editor will edit two issues of the eight published during the school year. The magazine grew out of these M professors' collaborations on the h interpretations of poetry and lit- a erature. They are particularly in- s< terested in its basic meaning and a: are not concerned with the au- N thors' lives except as they affect the literature. Chief interest is S placed on English and Ameri'can S literature but foreign literature of cl general interest has recently been C added. Contributions are received and a unanimous vote of the four editors is necessary before the material is published. Contributions of E. F. Nolan and M. B. Seigler of the English department at the univer sity were accepted for publication 4 dueing the past year. The editors also invite questions which they attempt to answer satisfactorily. According to Dr. Whitesell, "practically every major city and college' library in the United - States subscribes to "The Expli cator." It is now almost self-supporting on subscriptions alone. The name of the magazine was derived from the technical term for "explanation" which is "expli cation." It is published in Co lumbia, S. C. and the business of fice is in Lynchburg, Va. Senior comprehensive exams will be given by the Personnel Bureau during the month of January. "The House it The K. L Bry ENGRAVED INVITATIONS RECEPTION & AT 1440 MAIN | Columbia, Two thine Scollege man si for a weekend is a hop, Thinks colleges are h Usually dances to meet tA wild about "Manhatta eThese are "Mai Houtest thing under a < Rright c'olor, gay made to sie right, rew CAMPUS FA THE MANHATTAN SI .._ Conr. 1949. The M .sMe r Co-Edits t Publication IOKOS h department is one of the , a 16-page magazine dealing ure. >f Randolph-Macon Women's University of New Mexico, dwin College established the rhree Members )f Faculty Attend louston Meeting Dr. Orin F. Crow, Dr. Francis I. Bradley, and Mr. H. H. Stro cker represented the university a conference of the Southern As eiation of Colleges and Second -y Schools in Houston, Texas, ovember 28-December 1. Dr. Crow, Chairman of the >uth Carolina Committee of 3condary Schools, was elected iairman of the Central Reviewing ommittee of the Secondary Com ission. This commission reviews Le annual reports of member hools. Included in the four day pro ram were keynote addresses by [r. Harold Stassen, of the Uni rsity of Pennsylvania and Presi 3nt J. B. Conant, of Harvard. A report of the planning com ittee for reorganization was pre mted, but no final action was Lken. The association will meet next 3ar in Richmond, Va. 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