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RAT CAPS - BGTUSA ARE EQUIED /'t-.d AIS PRACTICALLY OF FRESHMEN UPON US UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLV, No. 4 .. C O L U BIA S O T H C R O U A, C T. 3, 950F ou nded 1908 tamp Second Romney Wheeler In Field House At 10 O'clock "Target for Tomorrow," Rus sia's plans concerning Japan, will be topic of Romney Wheeler, fea ture speaker at the second monthly assembly program in the Field house today at 10 a. m. Mr. Wheeler, veteran news paper man, war correspondent, and radio commentator, has just returned from the Far East where he served for two and a half years on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff. For ten years he served with the London Bureau of the As sociated Press and during World War II did active reporting in the European theater of operations. For several years he was heard from London through the facilities of the National Broadcasting com pany. Wheeler was born Feb. 21, 1911, in Huntington, Long Island, N. Y., and was graduated from Rutgers university. His talk will be the second in a series of monthly pro grams adopted this semester and under the chairmanship of Dr. Lauren Brubaker, chaplain. At the first assembly, September 29, Dr. Will Durant, historian and philosopher, spoke on "Can Civili zation be Saved?" Approximately 2,500 students, faculty, and others attended the first assembly. Clemson Students Condua Vespers In USC Chapel Sunday at 7:15 p. m. the Ves pers Prigram in the Chapel will be conducted by the Deputations Team from Clemson college. A 'ipeeial program will be presented. Immediately after the service, all miembers of the University Vespers Committee and all members of the "YM" and "YW" Cabinets are in vited to meet with the representa tives from Clemson in Flinn hall. Supper will be served informally to those present. Those who are planning to attend the supper are requested to go to the 'Y' promptly after the service. 'Signor Chicago' Tryouts Held By Univ. T heater Tryouts are now being held for the University Theatre's Novem ber~ production, "Signor Chicago," a satirical comedy. Casting will continue through next week, Pro tessor M. G. Christophersen, di rector of dramatics and forensics, has announced. The plot of the comedy concerns G.l.'s in Italy before they came honme after the last war. As there are more women in Italy than men, any man who so much as looks at a woman is considered engaged to her, according to the plot. Anyone interested in trying out for the play is asked to see Pro fessor Christophersen. He will be in Drayton Hall from 3 p. nm. until 5 p. m. daily. NOTICE Undergraduates and graduates expecting to complete degree' requirements at the end of the fall term 1950 must make ap pointments to file degree appli cations at the Information win dow of the registrar's office between Oct. 9-25. NOTICE Anyone interested -in playing or learning to play chess can do so by joining the Chess Club, which meets every Wednesday night at 7:30 in Flinn Hall, the acting president, Hugh Gibert, ha. an.-aj us Mo Stude WHEELER Honor Board New System To Be Tried A new system encouraging stu dent observance, of the honor principle has been passed-on by the honor board, Terrell Glenn, honor board chairman, has an nounced. Under this system students ob serving cheating will still be asked to speak to the person cheating and remind him that he is violat ing the honor principle. The new system differs from the old in that those observing cheating will | be asked to turn in a card to the honor board stating that they have either observed cheating or have warned someone about cheating," Glenn explained. "The honor board will keep a card file with every person's name who has been warned. When a person's name has been turned in, a member of the board will con tact the person who has been warned or reported. If the person accused denies the charges, a thor ough investigation of the case will be made. The board will use its discretion as to the number of times a student may be warned or the offense or offenses constitut ingr a hearing. "The honor board has obtained a biox in the post office. Students who have observed or warned in fringers of the honor code are asked to send letters or cards to the honor board, campus mail. "The file of names will be abso lutely confidential and known only to members of the honor board, Glenn concluded. New Members Tapped By AKG Leader Sorority New members for A. K. G., leadership sorority, were tapped Wednesday at the chapel meeting. They are Frances Weeks, Betsy Knowlton, Frances LaBorde, Dolly Steinberg, Marilyn McCormac, Nora Anne Oeland, Joyce Kimbell, Jeanette Beasley, and B. J. Mc Lean, Irene Krugman, president, announced. Guest speaker was Miss Wil Lou Grey, who spoke on "The Growth of Leadership of Women in America." In order to be tapped for A. K. G., students must have a "4" average and have shown con structive leadership In three of the following activities: athletics, campus organisations, scholarship, or social. Only four per cent of the total women students can be come members of A. K. 0. urns nt Ass Crusade For Freed Students Sign Free An invitation is being issued to the students of Carolina to join the Crusade for Freedom. All students wishing to join are re quested to sign this Declaration of Freedom: "I believe in the sacredness and dignity of the individual. I be lieve that all men derive the right to freedom equally from God. I pledge to resist aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on earth. "I am proud to enlist in the Crusade for Freedom. I am proud to help make the Freedom Bell possible, to be a signer of this Declaration of Freedom, to have my name included as a permanent part of the Freedom Shrine in Berlin, and to join with the mil lions of men and women through out the world who hold the cause of freedom sacred." For the past week students have been signing the Declaration at a desk in front of Maxcy college, Music Fraternity Has Founder's Day Drop-In Program Phi M Alpha Sinf :.ia, national honorary-professional music fra ternity at the university, observed Founder's )av (Oct. 6) at the rei uar iaeeting in Tuesday, October 1n, at Lieler college. A drop-in and musical pro'gram was given. The progran was as follow: Bert .Jessup, pianist, played 67Minuet," by Ravel and "Polonaise in E flat," by Chopin. Bill Jordan and Charles Jones, ac companied by Robert L. Van Doren at the piano, sing a duet, "Solenne in Quest' Ora," from "La Forza del Destino," by Verdi. A trio composed of Charles Jones, Frank Bradley. and Bert Jessup sang "Ilail Sinfonia," Phi Mu Alpha song. In conclusion, the group joined the trio in singing this song. State "Y" Retreat At Camp Long The state 'Y' retreat will be held at Camp Long, Aiken, this week. end. The theme for the retreat is "Thou Shalt Love the Lord thy God wvith All thy Heart." The Reverend Emmett Gribhin of Trin ity Episcopal Church, Clemson, S. C., will be the principal speaker. New officers for the spring se mnester will be elected at this mneetin g. Sophomore Begins Mon By BILL NOVIT "Rat Week," sponsored by the sophomore class, will begin Mon day at 10 a. m. in the chapel, when the freshman class will nom inate Its officers for the ensuing year. At 1 p. mn. all freshmen wilb report to the chapel to begin their "rat" activities. The boys will ser enade the girls residing at Sims Dormitory at 7:15 p. mi. Highlighting the first day's activities will be the annual "rat" (lance which will be held in the armory immediately following the serenade. Aimission will by by rat caps or authorized s,ophomore arm-bands only. Tuesday, sophomore headquar ters will again open In front of the chapel at 1 p. m. A full program of activities and events have been planned to keep the participants bnuy Death embly om Visits USC; Declaration and they will continue signing next week. Members of fraterni ties and sororities have been keep ing the desk for signing. The following suggestion for a possible crusade strategy has been made: Appoint a Crusade ior Freedom Grand committee con sisting of representatives of all groups at Carolina. A meeting should be called of the Crusade committee to explain details of the Crusade, to answer questions about it, and to plan action. Each member of the Crusade committee would appoint his own sub-com mittee to reach students in his area of interest. The Crusade for Freedom plan would then go into action, urges Lucius D. Clay, chairman of the crusade. "In this great Crusade for Freedom the colleges and univer sities of American can play a most important, Active and effec tive part," Mr. Clay declared. "Every student of Carolina should participate in the Crusade." Debaters Leave On Northeast Trip After Big Game The university debate team will leave immediately after the Caro-I lina-Clemson game for a series of debates in the Northeast, Professor :u. G. Christophersen, direetor of urensic. has announced. The ten tat ivt schedule is: Wake Forest at Wake Forest, N. C.; University f Pennsylvania and Temple Uni versity at Philadelphia, Pa., Ford ham Uniiversity and New York University at New York City. Barbara Cloyd and Furman Mc Eachern make up the affirmative team and .lohn Long and Sanford .ah)er compose the negative team. BSU Invites Members To Join Activities The Baptist Student Union has invited all students to participate in activities at the student center located at 1618 Pendleton Street, three (oors from the armor'. Any members of a local Baptist church or any department of its work, ,the Sumndmay school, the training union, the Y. WV. A., or an other recognized unit are- eli gible to become nmemnbers of thme B. S. U. The B. S. U. program inchades a luncheon at 1 n. m. every Tues-i day at 40 cents a plate, and a vesper se*rvice at 7 p. mu. each Sponsored t lay; Seranad4 The field day program will begin at 4 p. nm. on the Horseshoe. At this time the girl and boy with the most ridiculous costume will be judged. Various races and humorous events, in which all stu deonts classed as rodents are ex pected to participate, will be held. Following the field day events, a parade will be held through the business section of Columbia. At noon Wednesday the chapel bell will begin its traditional ring ing. For 24 hours the bell will not :-ease being rung by freshmen. The "greenhorns" will be given the opportunity to obtain points trom one o'clock until "rat court" begins at four. All freshmen will se required to turn in their adtiv ty sheets at "rat court." New students will join with the >ld in the annual pep rally and urning of the tiger ceremony at 5:15. At the freshman game Wedneg O"] IO Today Freedom Bell, Symbol Of Crusade For Freedom FREEDOM BeU, symbol of CRU. 8ADE FOR PREEDOM, cast In solid bronze, weighs 10 tons, stands nine feet high, measures 98 Inches in diameter. In bas.relief, Bve Bgures represent the major races of man. On Oct. 24, United Nations, Day, Freedom Bel wil be installed behind the Iron Curtain in the West ern Sector of Berlin, and will peal out daily thereafter the message of tredenm to the world- Enc*h_tned in Its base will be signatures of millions of Americans wh aave uigned the Declaratioo of Freedom. Daughters of Israel To Have Supper For Hillel Society The Hillel Society will be given a memhership supper and party Sunday by the Daughters of Israel rganization. The supper party will be held at 6:30 p. an. in the vestry rooam of the House of Peace synagogue. All Jewish students are invited to attend. Plans arc being made by the Hillel organization for a dance to he L iven t he night of the North Carolina-South Carolina football game. The dance will be in honor of visiting Hillel members from the Chapel Hill school. Rath Torgovnik, native of the state of Israel, presented a pro gram on her native land last Sun day. Miss Toreovnik is in this country working toward her Ph.D. degree at Harvard university. Hillel members are also planning to sponsor a weekly study group which will discuss current ques tions of interest to Jewish stu dents. UNIVERSITY AU'XILIARY There will be a meeting of the U iiv ersit y Auxiliary todaty aut 3::30 p. m. ait the Faiculty Club, Mrs. Martha P'enney. p)resident. ainnouinced. A board meeting of the organization will he held at the same phaace a hailf-houar earlier, aut lat Week' e Planned alay night, all freshmen will wuear their odd costumes aind will sit in the section which is reserved for them. Climaxing "rat week" will be the crowning of the "Rat King and Queen" during the half-time cere mony. This honor will go to the boy and girl obtainaing the most points as outlined on their pro gram. Suitable prizes will be awarded them. Freshmen are reminded that 'rat week" has become an integral part of the festivities which occur riuring the week of the Carolina Clemson game, and that the suc ress or failure of this program is antirely dependent upon the spirit >f cooperation and enthusiasm shown by you, the future upper alassmen. This program has as~ its purpose the fostering of school spirit. This can only be attained by full participation; so join the tun and tak ,. ar I.a ..aw.", 'ather Students P In Chapel By BARBAR. Campus "R. G. Bell came to the uni War I and gave his life whole YM-YWCA, its development al and religious lives of young S of his work was due to consecri people, his wisdom and rich exi and their problems." Dean Fr half of the faculty at the mer Robert Glenn Bell, executive yesterday in the chapel. President Norman M. Smit Air ROTC Unit Organizes Band Of 30 Pieces "Organization of an Air-ROTC band has been completed," First Lt. John H. Campbell, Public In formation Officer for the AROTC unit, has announced. Lieutenant Campbell said that the 3u-piece hand is composed of freshman, sophomore, and junior cadets with a senior, Cadet Capt. William E. Rayburn, serving as student band director. Captain Frank E. Zerhe, USA FR, will be in charge of the band. The hand, a new addition to the growing AROTC unit, will wear dark green officers' uniforms with white cross-belts and leggings. The headdress will he blue helmets with the u iiversity seal on the front and Wings on the sides. Members of t he hand will mueet as a unit and be :i ,eparate unit on the drill field. Tli I'riinarv use of the hand will j be f or the weekly cadet corp re it+ws. l.ieutenant Campbell said. It will replace the recorded music formerly used for the review. Uni forms and in. truments have been ordered and the hand should be in practice by timid-semester. The A ROTC unit will also have a 1 7-piece drum and bugle corps In addition to the hand. It too, will t put in i ,i'eration this semester. Two Students Named As Representatives For Tobacco Concern Campus Merchandising Bureau oif New York City has just re c-entlv namIIed Bill G;ihhes and G;lenin (;ainey,. repr1esentatives for heterftieldl eigarett es for the 'iorndg ye-ar. Thetir work w'ill in Vt lieromont ional projects adver isingi~ Chest erfields. Ht hi boy will attend a meeting in Spiartanhurrg next Wedniesday' of di ('les ter field Reps in the state, to. plan the-ir program for the com mUg year. Alpha Phi Omega To Sponsor Movie "The Indian Scout" AlIphat Phi Omega will sponsor the motion picture, "The Indian Scout," at the Carolina theater, JIohn J. Rogers, publicity chair-man, has announced, Tickets will be on sale in the p)ost office lobby within a few days, Rogers said. They will sell for fifty ,-ents and will be good for any per formance on any of the three days. "The Indian Scout" stars George .\(otgomnery as David Crockett and the supporting cast includes Ellen D)rew, Phillip Reed as Red Hawk, Noah Berry, Jr., and Addison Richards. BSU CONVENTION The annual convention of the South Carolina Baptist Student Union will be held October 27 to 29 at Gaffney, .with the Baptists of Gaffney and the Baptist stu dents of LImestone college acting as hosts, The local B. S. U. Is sponsoring a bus to transport dele gates from Columi. Bell ay Tribute Service DERRICK Editor versity at the close of World heartedly to the work of the td enrichment of the spiritual uth Carolinians. The success ition of service, love of young eriences in dealing with them ancis W. Bradley said on be orial service held for the late secretary of the YM-YWCA, j and Fred Sosnowski spoke for the administration and student body respectively. 'resident Smith said, "With the passing of Mr. Bell we have lost o of the most valuable men on the campus, a man who dedicated his life to the young people of the uniiversitv." Robert G. Bell, popularly called "Father" Bell by admiring univer sits students, frequently stated this philosophy, "If you find a man who will work, any situation can be solved successfully." Mr. Bell began full time 'Y' work when he came to the uni versity 31 years ago after working with the Atlanta YMCA following graduation from Erskine college in 1919. He also came with a desire for the establishment of the first freshman YMCA camp in the South. The 'Y' director did not leave our school without first mak ing this dream real. There had to be cabins on the pond site he electetd, after years of searcling, and hl worked for two years to com plete this project. Besides forming the first fresh man YMCA camp in the South, Mr. Bell founded the first USC Glee Club, and began Bible dis eussion groups in the dormitories. I)uring the time he served as 'Y' dlirector 350 university students e"ntered thte ministrv and others have offered their ser'ices in the "re ign ilission field. Mr. B.ll, who held bachelor of arts, mut'r of arts and bael'or of law degrees, was often asked why he never practiced law. le' always answered the same, 'I'm doing what I always wanted to do and although the rewards are not rich, materially speaking, it gives inc a satisfaction no other work could." I''niverity studlent body devo ion to, "ather'' Bell was exhibited n 1 tl with the dediention of the schoolt a nnualO, "Gartntt and Black.'' The, dediciation sheet of the An n il rea, "In gradtitulde . . .for 29p yearis 'f lti'neering in religious eduLca,tion, unfailing loyalty and -e rsice to the university and as ian ever-as ai lable friend and coun selor to the students and faculty, we take pleasure in dledicating this G;olden Anniiversary ed ition of the "G;arnhet and Black" to Robert Glean Bell, who though ever amiong LI-, never lost the common ouchl." Masons, De Molays Form New Club A luncheon meeting of Masons and I)e Molays was held at the Market Restaurant at 1 p. m. Wednesday to discuss plans for forming Ia new De Molay club. David Morton was unanimously r'lected oIrganizational chairman und the tentative name selected was "The Spear and Compass Cluh.". Plans were made for a meeting to be held on October 17 at 1 p. mn. in McCutcheon 26, at which time a constitution and by-laws will be approved1. W. H. Seals, law school senior, is chairman in charge of dlrawing up the constitution and by-laws. All Masons and De Molays are invited to attend the Tuesday meeting, Members unable to attend are aked to mall their names to Box 2619. Campus.