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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
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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,
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"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
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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
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furnished such hospitalization in a
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" 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
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Twas the night before Christ
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tory, not a creature was stirring.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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