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Scholarshi ForCaroli1 By MARY BL4 Staff R< Approximately twenty-five q catalog, are open to Carolina s scholarships, while others are r tives. In addition, there are ; as well as various loan funds. Included in these are some < garet Ashe Scholarship is a made by the local chapter of USC Plays Host To S.C. Press On Next Friday The University of South Caro lina will act as hosts for the annual meeting of the South Carolina Press Association Friday, Feb. 24. Morning meetings, followed by a luncheon given by the university, will be in Sims college. Principal speaker at the banquet, which will be held at the Columbia Hotel, will be Cecil Palmer, noted British publisher, author, and P journalist. Other speakers at the T; meetings will include Dr. Hilden C Ramsey, general manager of the "Asheville Citizen-Times"; L. W. Bishop, director of the State Re- B search, Planning and Development Board; and Miss Genevieve Rey- a nolds, a native South Carolinian t on the staff of the "Washington (1 Post." Dean DePass, dean of the school of journalism at the university, v said that no journalism ciasse- a will meet that day in order that hi journalism students may hear some $ of the discussions. ' D V In3 RPlan Considered 1f To Bring Bands $ To USC In Fall By BARBARA McSWAIN a Staff Reporter 9 The university may be able to a have a big name band next year, according to a suggestion made by i Dick Dunham, arts and sciences a representative, to student council 0 at a meeting last week. a "If each fraternity guarantees ) payment of $200 or less, we can n get a band to stay Friday night and Saturday afternoon," Dunham. said. Dunham said that Dean Arney Childs was in favor of the plan. He said that she was sure that Pan-Hellenic council would also be in favor of it. She suggested hav ing the sororities give a pro-dance t tea in honor of faculty members and parents of students who come to Columbia for the dance. "This idea has a lot of student enthusiasm backing it," Dunhami said. "All wve need to do is get the ball rolling. Next year it wvill he a lot easier to plan." He added that it is through p)lans like this that other schools get much of their favorable publicity. "Not only will we make ourselvesi Things We Never Think About . .. When we flip an electric switch, that is.. We don't have to provide storage space for electricity - it can't be stored . .. . We never have to anticipate our needs for electricIty. For everyone's con venience It must be available at all times throughout 24 hours of every day in the exact amount we wat .. - Our electric service required costly and complicated facilities In which mIllions and millions of dollars are Invested. It Is owned by thousands and thousands of people who live ia fl eones of our country - some In foreIgn countrise. That's private enterprise-and this Is a tax-paying, privately-owned utility, dieted and maanaged by South Caro line business mee. South Carolina Electric & Gas Company ps Waiting taStudents 30DWORTH ,porter cholarships, as listed in the tudents. Some are honorary iemorials to friends and rela general graduate fellowships if special interest. The Mar memorial to Margaret Ashe Delta Delta Delta sorority. Uiss Ashe was an outstanding )iology major at Carolina when die unexpectedly died in her senior rear. Since that time the sorority ias made a $100 grant, awarded by committee composed of Dr. W. 4. Hoy, head of the biology de )ilritment; Mrs. Arney R. Childs, )ean of Women; and the current )elta Delta Delta president. In the memory of Mrs. Ellen tanley Watkins, a $100 scholar hip is awarded by her daughter, Irs. Isabel Watkins Walker. The ioney must go to a woman, who is senior or a full-time graduate tudent and who shows great romise in the teaching profession. 'he Watkins Grammar School in olumbia is named for Ellen Stan y Watkins. The family of Beaufort Watts all (class of 1851) donated the iterest on $2,000 in bonds to be warded annually by the faculty of ie School of Journalism to a stu ent who has completed two years f university work. The Class of 1894 Scholarship 'as founded by A. Tracy Hardin, n n aluninus. By his will, in 1922, L e bequeathed to the university n 5,000, the interest to be used an ually for a scholarship. p Both Bernard M. Baruch and n ames F. Byrnes have provided t :r scholarships at Carolina. Mr- b aruch has given the university 10,000, the interest on which is e sed for aiding worthy students as iosen by the president of the niversity. Mr. Byrnes has cre ted a trust for worthy boys and irls who must fill three require - d ients, which are: the applicant P iust be an orphan, he must show nancial need, and he must have reasonably good scholastic rec rd. The scholarship provides for cash payment not to exceed $500 er year for four years, if the eed continues for that period. Included among the loan funds the Alpha Kappa Gamma re olving loan fund, which now has t principle of over $2,000. A stu ent may borrow up to $200, which arries no interest. The amount iust be paid back within two years] fter' graduation. Other loan funds are offered by) lhe Columbia Merchants' Associa ion, the South Carolina Alumnae 4 Lssociation, and the Richland sounty Alumnae Association. Pi~ Beta Phi's Move I?o Simts Dormitory P'i Beta Phi sorority will move nte Sims dormitory by the end of his week, President Frances La lordie has announcedl. The Alpha1 Cpsilon Pi's plan to be out of the lims sorority room by Wednesday. Alpha Epsilon Pi sorority is go ng off the campus be'cause of too 'ow members, according to Gloria ~evy, presidlent. The three radio courses now of eredl by the English dlepartment tem from a single trial course in -adlio first given (luring the fall emester of 1941. <nowvn throughout the South, if we ~an p)ut t.his over, but we will be ncreasing school spirit," he said. To put the plan over, each fra ecrnity must agree in inter-fra' ernity council to be responsible or $200 or less. The plan will lso be taken to Pan-Hellenic ~ouncil for the approval of the ororities. COOB URN The Business Men Choice at A Quality an Originat Try One of Our I - And You'll Be 1 1317 SUMTE Next Door to th At 4 At the reception for studentsi ntembers of the faculty were presi Vhaley; Prof. Samuel Prince, dearn Vhaley is pointing out a picture of 34hess Contest ro Be Held Ar' 'Yq romorrow Night The university's first chess >urnamient will be held tomorrow ighit at 7 p. m. in Flinn Hall, ,. L. Foster, faculty advisor, an ounced Monday. Mr. Fotter, a member of the sychology department, has do ated a trophy to be awarded to Z winner. Other pri7es will alo e offered. Mrs. W. B. Compton, who is in harge of the tournament, has been iving instructions at Flinn Hall L.r several months and a large uMber of students have been par icipating. So much interest was isplayed at these instruction eriods that the tournament was ecided upon, Foster said. Paul Croulin, state chess chal ion, will be on hand to assist4 Irs. Compton. Only university tudents are eligible and all play rs are urged to articipate. layers should register with Mrs. omipton at the YMCA, or be on and a few minutes before theo eurnamient begins. Spectators are cordially invited. eautifying USC [)ecided As Project )f Freshman Class Committee members met with 'reshman Class officers February ~, to work out plans for projects o be sponsored by that class, ac ord(ing to Joe Pierce, president. The president has announced hat about 50 students have vol mnteeredl for committee work. It- has not been decided what >ther projects will be sponsored >y the class, but one of the proj ects wvill be a program for beauti ication of the campus. Anyone having suggestions for >rograms which the class could ponsor are urged to drop a note .o that effect in the Freshman suggestion Box in the post office. r'his applies not only to freshmen )t to all students and faculty -nemiiberis. - FORMAL WEAR For Rent Wright-Johnston INCORPORATED Men's Clothing, Shoe., and Furnishlngs 1330 Main Phone 2-4223 'S GRILL and College Boys' LI Times dI Variety e Here lelieious Lunches lack for More R STREET e Fire Seation Law School Recep nd faculty last Thursday in the ent: Prof. Archibald Lewis, of t of the law school; Mrs. Prince; John C. Calhoun in the court rooi Grades Sent To Students In 48 Hours By JAMES B. GASTON Miss Connie Johnston, super visor of the machine records office, ias announced that fall-semester grades were mailed out to the students quicker than in preceding terms. The grades were due from the professors on Saturday, Janu ary 28, and copies were dblivered to the campus postmaster on the morning of January 31. The usual Lime for processing grades is 48 bours or two working days, but last semester the period was re iuced. A member of the staff, Miss ill religious organizations, heads f departments, sororities or fra ternities desiring any type list which is promulgated by the IBM ffice should submit the name of Lhe campus organization and the nformation desired to records of rice immediately. The machine records office is lo cated in the basement of Cokei Ch in the 1on . . .famo FIRST... and Finest .. . at L Here's your buy for 195 motor car at lowest cos Star Body by Fisher! It's the one and only 14 of automatic or standai Powerglide Automatic Valve-in-Head Engine f and with a highly impr engine and the famous for finest standard drivd SEE Y4 tion new law building, these admiri he history department: Mrs. M. and Prof. M. S. Whaley. Profess n. (USC Photo by Manning Harri USC Committee Studies School In Newberry Dr. Orin F. Crow, Dean of t School of Education and sts chairman of the Southern Associ tion of Colleges and Seconda Schools, has announced that committee from the university now in the process of evaluati the Newberry High School. T cuiittee is oinijubed ur H. Strohecker, W. D. Nixon, and group of public school men. The evaluation process is start by the school officials, who ma their estimates of school activiti before the committee arrives. T committee, in turn, makes its oi estimates and compares them wi those previously made by t school. In this way means of il provement can be suggested a put into operation. 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The goal of this drive Is to have each student attend the meeting of his own particular group. Here is the schedule of the meetings: Baptist Student Union-Tues day, 1:00 p. m.; Thursday, 7:00 p. m. at the Baptist Student Center. Canterbury Club (Episcopal) Sunday, 6:00 p. m. Trinity Episco pal Church. Hillel Society (Jewish)-Sunday (February 26), 4:00 p. m. Tree of or Life Synagogue. 9) Lutheran Student Association - Tuesday, 6:30 p. m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Newman Club-Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. St. Peter's Catholic Church. Wesley Foundation-Wednesday, 6:30 p. m. Washington Street he Methodist Church. te Westminster Fellowship - a- Wednesday, 6:00 p. m. First Pres . yterian Church. a The members of the central steering committee who are in charge of the drive are: Charles Turner, Baptist Student Union; he Mike Callahan, Newman Club; Jim 0. 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