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BEAT TECH A TOMORROW! / 611 ACPERatin GAMEOCKS1947-48-49 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLV, No. 2 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROIUNA, SEPT. 29, 1950 Founded 1908 Contr Sorority Ru Continues U By FRANCI Pan Hellenic Sorority rush week for i when Pan Hellenic council ga music room of Sims college. Those who were unable to able to register in the lobby < Campus Briefs The extension division is or ganizing field classes which are set up at different centers throughout the state, and are taught by the principals and superintendents of the various schools. Field classes meet once a week for three hours, and centers are established according to demand. The chess club will hold its first meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m., in Flinn hall, President Hugh Gibert has announced. New Gamecock staff members are: Rice Felder, Susan Forest, Bob Turner, Sandy Cranford, Mary Evelyn Rogers, Charlene Cain, Don Hayes, Furney Hem ingway, Molly McGregor, Betty Bellinger, J. M. Blalock, Jr., Jo Ann Sprott, Betty J. Campbell, Cleve Laird and Martha Wood dall. The publicity chairmen and presidents of campus organiza tions are invited Monday after noons to aid the Gamecock in more accurate cveraga. Dr. J. B. McConaughy, of the political science department, will address the International Relations Club on the "Re-armament of Germany," Thursday at 7 p. m. in room 10, Building C. Cokes and smokes will be furnished free. Surplus copies of old issues of the "Carolina Review" will be placed in the post office Mon day for those students who de sire them. These issues, dating ' from 1946 to the present, will acquaint new students with the "Review" and give the students a chance to read the literary ex pression of their older brothers and sisters. - There will not be enough cop ies to give each student one of each issue so students are urged to take only those issues which he plans to read. Mu Psi will hold its first formal meeting next Thursday at the home of Dr. Erland Nelson on York Avenue. This meeting is primarily to plan a project of social conformi ties. All present members and psychology majors interested are invited. Transportation will be available at Building C at 6:45 p. mn. The Mu Psi bulletin board will carry additional information. Pre-med students interested in joining Alpha Epsilon Delta, National Pre-Medical society, should submit applications by Thursday, October 6, to Dr. J. W. Bouknight, faculty advisor, or to Don Saunders, president. To be eligible for membership, a student must be enrolled in pre-mned and must have second semester sophomore rank. The student must be in the upper 35% of his class scholastically. The local chapter of A. E. D. is planning trips to several med ical schools this semester. Meet ings are held twice a month. George W. Tomlin, university director of student activities, urged students to make appoint ments for their Garnet and Black pictures if they have not done so. The photographer will be on tho campus until October 1. Appoint ments and pictures may be made at the. student activities office in MoCatohan Monse. ol B( sh Week ntil Oct. 13 iS LaBORDE Representative ;he- fall term began Tuesday ve a tea for all coeds in .the attend the tea Tuesday will be f Maxcy college today. Mem bers of Pan Hellenic will register them any time between 9 a. m. and b p. m. This, however, will be the last opportunity girls will have to register. Those who attended the tea on Tuesday do not have to register again and there will be no registration fee. Today at 5:30 p. m. all rushees will meet in the Chapel with Mrs. Arney Childs, Dean of Women, who will explain any questions about the rushing procedure. Routine teas, which each girl must attend to be eligible to join a sorority, will begin Monday, October 2, and last through Fri day, October 6. The purpose of these teas is to enable each girl to visit every sorority on the cam pus, and to give the sororities an opportunity to meet all girls par ticipating in rush week. Group numbers, which will be kept throughout these teas will be posted on the bulletin board in Maxcy lobby Saturday, September 80, and will show each girl the time and place of every routine tea she is to attend. Preferential parties to which rushees go by invitation are on October 10, 11, and 12 from 6:30 to 9:30 p. m. On Friday, October 13, rushees must go " to Dean Child's office before 12 noon and fill out preference cards on which they will list the sororities of their preference according to first, sec ond, and third choice. If a coed is undecided as to her sorority preference there will be a place on the cards where she may designate so. From now until the end of rush week sorority girls and rushees are not allowed to talk .to one another unless they are in a class where it is necessary, and on Saturday, October 14, rushees will not be al lowed to talk among themselves. From the beginning of rush week rushees will not be allowed to talk to male students. According to rush rules, any girl violating these rules will be dropped from the fall rushing list, and sororities violat ing rules will receive the same penalty. R. Glenn Bell, director of the 'Y' activities at Caro lina, Is critically ill in the* Columbia hospital as a re suit of a heart attack, Sat urday afternoon. The hos pital reported that Mr. Bell's condition was slight ly better than it had been a few days ago. Garnet And Black Announces Editors New members for the Garnet and Black staff were signed up at a meeting held September 26, edi tor Suzanne Moye has reported. Editors met with Mr. Edward O'CaIn of R. L. Bryan Printing Co. on September 26 to discuss plans for the 1961 yearbook. The "dummy" was constructed this past summer and was received by the staff at the Tuesday meeting. For the first time in five years, plans are underway to have the book entered in competition for an All-American rating. New staff members chosen on September 26 are Suzanne Moye, editor; David Crum, associate edi tor; Anne Darsey, organization editor; Jimmy Mason, art editor; Frances Laborde, feature editor: Charmaine Nutt, copy editor; Gloria Hall, Index; Frances Weeks, business manager; and Barbara Fowler. circulation manasar. )ard ~' "iJ i:t+t While a gloating Gamecock administered a treatment of shock ical engineering societies. It's all game between the Gamecocks and cute the Devil, but in the ball gan 14-0. (USC Photo by Munn-Teal) Prof. Bentrup Attends Meeting In North Carolina W. C. Bentrup, director of the school of social work, will be in Raleigh, N. C., October 11 to take part in the North Carolina Public Welfare institute. There will be a panel discussion with the overall title, "Institutions and Other Group Care for Adults." Mr. Bentrup will speak on "The Place of Institutions and Other Group Care in Providing Service for Adults." The institute will be attended by persons in various public agencies in North Carolina and faculty and members from schools of social work in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Mr. Bentrup said that these meetings are being held generally throughout the United States to day because of the increasing pro portion of the population falling Coin aged Teness.e "Frquentrup said tare wthese fmeinies, are being held generally codabecausbl eiceasin o-h prtion of itpoution fallious kinds for them. The big problem, however, Is to keep from re-creat ing the old 'poor house.' Institu tions should be specifically planned to provide the services necessary to meet the requirements of aged and chronically ill people," Mr'. Bentrup emphasized. On Thursday, October 19, Mr. Bentrup will be on the program of the southeastern regular meeting of the American Public Welfare association at Old Point Comfort, Fort Monroe, Va. He will take part in a session entitled, "A Decade of Merit Sys tem Experience in Public Welfare," Mr. Bentrup will be one of two speakers and will talk on "How Merit Systems have Influenced Training for Public Welfare." "This is the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the merit system in departments of welfare in the United States, and this par ticular program will attempt to evaluate the results," Mr. Bentrup concluded. The other principal speaker will be Miss Robbie Lou Fitzgerald, personnel supervisor of the Ten nessee department of public wel far, at Nashville. Set a b >' y looks on from the right, "dat ole ing justice by members of the ele part of a stunt presented during tr Blue Devils of Duke. In the skit ne, Duke scored in the first and i Open House A tCariosophic flail Tuesday Clariosophic literary society will hold open fhouse next Tuesday night. The motion was made at this week's meeting to invite all per sons interested in debating or other types of public speaking to attend the next meeting of the society. Freshmen .are especially invited to attend. Subject of the debate for next week will concern the question, "Should hazing be permitted on the Carolina campus." Members of the organization dis cussed problems relating to the decoration of their hall which has recently been renovated and turned over to the society at this week's meeting. "All persons interested in join ing the Clariosophic society should attend the meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. in the Clariosophic hall on the third floor of Legare col lege," Ingram said. Vogue Press Prints Intramural Sports Book For University A new booklet has recently been published by Vogue Press for the athletic department. It is devoted to coverage of intramural sports at the university. Included in the 25-page booklet are messages by Norman M. Smith, president; Rex Enright, athletic director; and rules and regulations concerning the various sports. These rules were drawn up or adapted by the Intramural staff led by Joe Grugan, athletic instructor. Other staff members are Billy Davis, Brooks Harrison and George ,Fair. Major sports covered by the program are football, basketball, and softball, and the minor sports include volleyball, track, swim ming, foul shooting, boxing, bad minton, tennis, golf, handball and bowling. Attention, Sophomores There will be a meeting of the sophomore class Monday at 10 a. m. in the chapel. At this meeting plans will be made for "Rat Week." AUl Inter ested sophomore* should come prepared to make sunestndan. For Blue Debbil" (Shorty Hilliard) is :trical, chemical, civil, and mechan alf-time at last Saturday's football the engineers managed to electro hird quarters to defeat the Birds Euphradian Soc. D:iscusses Hazing At First Meeting By BILL NOVIT "Resolved : That hazing of all Carolina freshmen should be a standard practice," was the topic of discussion at the Euphradian Society smoker and meeting last Tuesday night. The body appeared to be ir. favor of rattirng, which is a mild form of hazing - but not actual hazing, which is in violation of a state law. The consensus . was that the practice of giving haircuts should definitely be abolished. Louis Colbus, transfer student from Pennsylvania State college said, "Hazing is an excellent prac tice because it gives the new stu dent an opportunity to meet and become acquainted with old stu dents." The opposition was led by Arthur whic Faist eetMittg s solved:a Than hazng dof per standard praysice" aag toha tpi viof cuhinat the Euphradian Society ismfokr the eeing lat Tesdngt. h eepeet he saidy appardthe soiety aone oreatogv whih iselfofidenc whhan in vierorgiation on stthe la.The osetysaccepted that heg patice of isvinge-prcsiet sHuld defini e,wh asetelyed theihed Louis oes Asfesr stud e fnome Ptenyvniaxteg wce tice becauel it gies tuhradine saul Teta a op.m.tarty oletadr becod acquinte alsotb ldted. LawQurtrsyE.ct Th Position wasfledrbyforthe "Southnbarolan Lui Muerr,y"t whiechosenzin aervecto Merrit at said thtaigru ofetenmbe 22,rac cordnntoyia damagertoby Artu doen m dtroftemgzn Bore Johe dCussin, ast eir detBillyiunan, Seals resientd; rer Socieyi ora ate besneit ofan. aer; stuents Lwphomb,r adveset. thn anagter oraniWatiace onicke naon o ietstice-psidentHar Eubic Dr. Duran Today At Dr. Will Durant, historian in the field house this morning first of a series of monthly sl versity nd arranged by a co and students. Doctor Durant was born at Film Society Shows Movie Monday Night "Topper Takes a Trip," starring Roland Young and Constance Ben nett, will he shown at 8 p. m., Mon day, in Drayton hall. This will be the first of a series of movies spon sored this fall by the university film society. Season tickets are on sale now for this and the following movies, which will be shown every Monday. On October 9, "The Tawney Pipit," an English release, will be shown, followed by "Freida," a post-war German film, on October 16; "Don Q, Son of Zorro," star ring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., October 23; "The Love Parade," with Maurice Chevalier, October 30; "Ivan the Terrible," a Russian release, November 6; "The Over landers," an English film about Australian shepherds, November 13; "The Grand Illusion," a French picture, November 20; "The Brothers," an English release, November 27. The movie scheduled for December 4 will be announced later. The officers of the society are Jane Brooks Marshall, president; J. Donald Dial, vice-president; Mrs. Smith Harrison, Jr., secre tary; and Dr. Robert D. Ochs, treasurer. The advisory board members are Prof. W. H. Patterson, Prof. A. R. Lewis, W. M. Bray, Prof. R. M. Stephan, Mrs. Elizabeth Belser, Prof. Daniel W. Hollis, and H. Thomas Walker. The society was organized four years ago with the help of an Eng lish exchange student, George Curry, who realized that films be ing produced in England were not being shown in the United States. The objective of the society is to bring outstanding films to Co lumbia. "Hamlet," "Henry V," and "The Red Shoes" are among films the society has helped bring to Co lumbia in the past. The society meets each Monday just before the movie is shown. Churches To Hold World Conunmunion All Columbia churches will par ticipate in a world communiou service Sunday, October 1. This custom came about after the first World War when there wvas felt a need for all churches to celebrate Holy Communion to gether. Loyalty Day, which is the first Sunday in October, was chosen for this occasion. All students are urged to attend the church of their choice and par ticipate in the world-wide com munion this Sunday. Blue Key Dance Set For October 18 Blue Key, honorary fraternity, will sponsor the annual Carolina Clemson dance, to be held October 18, Grady Decell, president, has announced. Decell, said that Blue Key is working on this and other similar projects in an effort to establish better relations between the stu dents of the university and Clem son. Blue Key will also sponsor pub lication of the university directory. This publication will contain the names and addresses of members of the student body, the faculty, (See Editorial Page) ations t Speaks [0 O'clock and philosopher, will speak at 10 o'clock. He will be the >eakers presented by the uni mmittee of faculty members North Adams, Mass., in 1885, of French Canadian parentage. He received his formal education in the parochial schools of that city; St. Peter's college, Jersey City, N. J.; and Columbia university where he received the doctor of philos ophy degree in 1917. Doctor Durant worked as a cub reporter with the "New York Jour nal" during the summer of 1907, and taught Latin, Greek, French and English at Seton Hall college for four years. While doing grad uate study at Columbia university, he specialized in biology and phil osophy. He taught philosophy at Cnlumhia one year. In 1914 he began, in a Presby terian church in New York, to lec ture on philosophy, literature, science, music, economics, biology and history. "The Story of Philosophy," the first of five books published by Doctor Durant, appeared in 1926. "Our Oriental Heritage," "The Life of Greece," "Caesar and Cleo patra," and "The Age of Faith" have been published since. Doctor Durant has said that he expects to publish "The Renais sance and Reformation," in 1955 and "The Age of Reason," in 1960. Other speakers scheduled to ap pear at the university are: Rom ney Wheeler, former chief diplo matic correspondent for the As sociated Press, London bureau, on October 13; Louis Unternmeyer, editor, anthologist, critic and lec turer, on November 10; Hodding Carter, Pouthern editor, on Decenm ber 15; and Dr. Franz Polgar, Hungarian hypnotist, on January - 10, 1951. Malcolm D. Coe Joins Journalism School Faculty Malcolm Donald Coe, of New Haven, Conn., has joined the fac ulty as an adjunct professor of journalism. Professor Coe received the bachelor of journalism and the master of arts degrees from the University of Missouri. He also attended the University of Connec ticut, and taught at the Univer sity of Alabama before coming to Carolina. His newspaper ex perience includes three years as a police reporter with a New Haven daily. During World War U, Profes sor Coe served as a public in formation officer with the United States army. Ho is married and has a small son.