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BEATSUPR MARQU"TTE THE 'Y FINANCE MARQUETTE64A((BID BIRDSDRV UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLV, No. 7 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOV. 3, 1950 Fudd10 Fi Knight j Knight, Osb To Fill Trus J. Arthur Knight of Chesterfield was elected chairman of the board of trustees at their recent meeting to succeed Dr. R. U. McCutchen of lishopville who resigned. Rutledge L. Osborne of Orangeburg was elected vice-chairman to fill the post vacated by Knight. Knight has served as a member of the board since 1939, and as vice-chairman since December, 1947. He was born in Chesterfield county on January 18, 1890, and is the son of George W. and Elexadow Rallings Knight. lie received the bachelor of arts degree from the university in 1912 and the bachelor of laws degree in 1917. He married the former F'anny Pearce on September 21, 1921. Knight has been practicing law at Chesterfield since 1917. He is a member of the Baptist church, Masonic order, J. O. U. A. M., W. 0. W., Civitan, T. P. A., and the Democratic party. He has served as vice-president, secretary and executive committeeman of his local Democratic club, and as executive committeeman for his county con vention of the Democratic party. lie has served as director of B. T. U., superintendent of the adult de partment and co-superintendent of the Sunday school of the Chester field Baptist church. He was as sociational director of B. T. U. and superintendent of the Associational Sunday School Convention for Chesterfield association, and presi dent of the Chesterfield county In terdeniominational Sunday School Convention. Knight is a past master of Ches. Fourteen Air ROT Distinguished Milil The first group of distinguished mlilitary cadets have been ap Ipointed from the Air Force ROTC Unit, Lt. Col. Herbert Sears, pro fessor of Air Science, has an nounced. Fourteen cadets have beenI named for the honor. They are: Harry Abrahamian, Clarence W. Anderson, John K. Colonna, Clint P. Dillard, Jr., Hu bert M. Dimmery, Rush M. Floyd, James A. Hicks, John A. R. Mc Innes, Eugene F. Rogers, Arthur B. Sloan, Samuel S. Sorota, Jack Son L. Thompson, Jr., and James 11. Wannamaker. In order to be appointed a dis tinguished military cadet, Colonel Soars revealed, a cadet must be in the upper half of his academic class, the upper third of his Air ROTC class, and must demonstrate exceptonal qualities of leadership lanec Osborne 44 rne Named tee Posts terfield Lodge 220 F. M. He was Chesterfield county superintendent of education from 1917 through 1921. He was a member of the General Assembly 1934-36, and a member of the Chesterfield town council 1937-39. He was president of the South Carolina division T. P. A., 1928-29. In 1939-40 he was lieutenant governor and in 1940-41 governor of the Carolinas District of Civitan International. He is a member of the Merit Council, Em ployment Security Commission, and vice-president of the Univer sity of South Carolina Alumni as sociation. Dr. McCutchen has had con tinuous service on the board since 1920. He was elected vice-chair man in November, 1938, and chair man in October, 1947. He resigned as chairman because of ill health, but will remain as a member of the board. Osborne received the bachelor of arts degree from the university in 1916. He is associated with the Orangeburg Realty Co., Inc., and the Southern National Bank. He is a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity, and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternity. He was Comptroller General of South Carolina 1917-20 and served on the State Tax Board of Review 1924 28. From 1939 to 1944 he 'was chairman and member of the South Carolina Highway commission. He is a Rotarian and Shriner. Osborne is married to the former Annie Lee Crum and they have two children, Rutledge J., and Robert C. He belongs to the Epis copal church and is a member of the Orangeburg Chamber of Com merce. C Students Given :ary Cadet Status he must be an outstanding ROTC student. When graduated, the distin guished cadet becomes a dis tinguished military graduate and is eligible for a direct regular com mission in the Air Force, where as non-distinguished members of his class become reserve officers. Seven of the above have already applied for regular commissions. The cadets who have been ap pointed this year earned the honor of being the first group of cadets to be appointed from this unit. The unit has grown from 87 men in the Fall of last year to 840 cadets this year. Upon receiving commissions, the distinguished military graduates will hold a status in the Air Force equal to that of the graduate of West Point in the. Army or An napolis in the Navy. 1 Dri Untermeyer At Third As Louis Untermeyer, editor, an thologist, critic and lecturer, will speak in the Field house, next Friday at 10 a. m. This will be the third in a series of monthly assembly programs instituted by the university this fall under the chairmanship of Chaplain Lauren E. Brubaker. s Louis Untermeyer was born in New York City, reared and, he likes to say now, "mis-educated" there. He worked in a jewelry factory in New Jersey as office boy, salesman, and finally man ager. At the age of 37, after a few years abroad he left the busi ness to devote his time to writing. Altogether he has produced some 30 volumes-original verse, trans lations, essays, travel ske.ches, criticism, and anthologies of vari ous kinds. "Burning Rush." "Roast Leviathan," "C h a 11 e n g e," and "Food and Drink" are among his best known books of verse. As a translator, his "Poems of Heinrich Leine," and "The Fat of the Cat" (from Gottfried Keller) are best known. Among his prose works, "Donkey of the God" won the Enit prize. "The Book of Living Verse," printed simultaneously in London, Paris, Hamburg and Milan, has been mentioned as the logical successor to the "Oxford Book of English Verse." When the Encyclopedia Britan nica was revised, Untermeyer was chosen to write the articles on modern American poetry. Many of his anthologies are used as texts in schools and colleges. Among his most recent publica tions are "A Treasury of Great Poems," and "A Treasury of Laughter," both of which have been on the best-seller list and have gone through several print ings. During World War II, Unter meyer was associated with the Office of War Information as senior editor of publications and writer of foreign radio broadcasts. He also edited the Armed Services Editions - the largest publishing enterprise in America - which produces more than 70,000,000 books a year. Untermieyer is now editor-in Disti Here are the distinguished right: Harry Abrahamian, Worces James 'Thompson, Jr., Columbia; J Hicks, Timmonsvllle. Back row: James Wannamal torn; Clarence Anderson, Cheraw;1 Romers, Mmllii.t rHil To Speak sembly 'chief of the cultural program of Decca recordings. He has said that he regards this project as a tre mendous stride forward in the field of education. Lately, he has appeared on television-his most recent program being, "What's My Line?" William Rose Benet calls Louis Untermeyer "The A m e r i c a n Heine." Amy Lowell referred to him as "the most versatile genius in America," and Helen Grace Car lisle says that he is "the liveliest personality" she has ever known. At the first assembly program, in September, Dr. Will Durant, philosopher and author, spoke on the subject, "Can Civilization Be Saved," to an audience of approxi mately 2,200. Romney Wheeler, war correspondent, lecturer, and commentator, spoke on "Target for Tomorrow," Russia's designs on Japan, at the Ctohr programI before over 2,000 listeners. The uaeuAly programs are a part of the university's regularly scheduled events for the student body and faculty, but are open to the general public. Two Fellowships Made Available By Organization Research Corporation of Amer ica has..made available two gradu ate fellowships of $1,000 each in organic chemistry to the univer sity, Dr. Wilfrid Hardy Callcott, dean of the graduate school, has announced. The fellowships are for two se mesters each and will be available for the spring 1951 semester. If unfilled in the spring, they will be open in the fall. "The fellowships are open to qualified young men who hold standard baccalaureate degrees with majors in chemistry or the equivalent," Dr. Callcott said. Applications should be sent to the office of the dean of the grad uate school, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C., and should be mailed as soon as pos sible after December - 1 and not later than Jan. 5, 1951. An an nouncement of the names of the winners will be made by Jan. 15. The work covered by the fellow ships is in connection with a re search program directed by Dr. Peyton C. Teague of the chemistry department. nguished Military C~ military cadets named by the~ Air F ter, Mass.; Arthu r Sloan, Hortens ohn Colonna, Painter, Va.; Huberi er, Orangeburg; Jasckson Thomason Rtush Floyd. Waenar. Samueal Sari s Ha. Next Speaker 4..{ Above is Louis Untermeyer poet, editor, anthologist, critic, and lecturer, who will be the speaker at the assembly program in the Field house next Friday. Annual Religious Week Is Scheduled For December 3-8 Religious Emphasis Week, ar annual event originated at the uni versity some 12 years ago by the late R. Glenn Bell, will be held from December 3 to 8. This year's theme will be, "Why Doth the Lorc Require of Thee?" Daily convocations in the Armory will once again be led by visitors from the ministerial profession Among those already scheduled are: Dr. E. B. Keisler, President of the Central Theological Semin. ary in Freemont, Nebraska; Rev Nathan Brooks, Greenville; Rev Will Berfield, Louisville, Ky.; Rev Jonathan Mitchell, Vanderbilt uni versity Chaplain; and Rev. Bo. Johnson, Greenville, Tenn. Dr. Arnold Nash, faculty mem ber of the University of North Carolina, will speak on "The Place of the University in Modern So ciety." Dr. Nash's wife will speak on "Family, Courtship, and the Home." She is rcmemiered for her presentations made Inst year on this subject during Religious Em phasis Week. The guest speakers will address the different fraternities, sorori ties, tenement discussion groups, literary societies, and other organi zations on the campus while in Columbia. dets orce ROTC unit. Front row, left t *, Ga.; John McInnes, Darlingtoii Dimmery, Columbia, and Jame Toccoa, Ga.; Clint Dillard, CharleE ta Dorhester Ma.. a Ee Ifway $1,142 Is 1 During Fi The current drive by the bership committee has reach $2,200 goal. The committee a one week of the drive $1,142. Bill Gibbes and Jeannette Emerick Speaks To Engineers About Writing "To get the story over with a minimum of effort required of the reader is the goal of the technical writer," said Robert H. Emerick in a talk last Tuesday to the school of engineering. The subject of Emerick's talk was "Technical Writing." Emeriek said that. in enginering joornalism the field is limited, but it 9ffers considerable travel and salaries comparable to that of a professor of engineering. "The qualifications needed," Emerick said, "are status as an engineer, ability to release informa tive facts, clear and good English osage, and a personal viewpoint that must inevitably be reflected in the tone of the article." Emerick brought out that today technical journals must compete with the "Saturday Evening Post," "Collier's," and other "slicks." A free lance writer and en gineer, Emerick is the author of two books, "Basic Refrigeration and Air Conditioning," "Heating Design and Practice," and is now working on another, "Power Plant Management." His articles have appeared in the following magazines: "Power," "Power Engineer," "Southern Power and Industry," "Heating and Ventilations," "Domestic En gincering," a 1 d "Progressive Architecture." Originally from Pennsylvania, E'erick has worked in New York, ('levelaid, and Honolulu. Bishop Franklin Talks At Wesley Chapel Assembly "I will give unto you the keys of the Kingdom of. Heaven." Speak ing in the chapel nn October 25, Marvin A. Franklin, bishop of the .Jakson, Miss., area, took his talk from this scripture selection. .With the subject "The Keys of the Kingdom" the bishop cited five keys that wvould open the way to a well-adjusted life. The first of the keys is normality, Franklin stated. This normality is divided into subdivisions of a sound body, a clear mind, a good social out look, and a great religious faith. The second of the keys is maturity. "A person who is really mature," said the Bishop, "is one who is constantly growing." The third key is relaxation. Under this topic Bishop Franklin placed intellectual honesty, peace of mind, and freedom from nervous tension. Nervous tension, he be lieves, is one of the symptoms of the disease of today. His fourth key is social intelli gence. The Bishop feels that learn ing to get along with one another would solve all the major problems of todiay. The way to go about this, he said, is t.o turn every point of possible friction into an occa sion for friendship. The fifth and most importani key, Bishop Franklin believes, is spiritual awareness, He maintains that we have tried to build a work! without God, There is no conflict between science and religion, hE says, for truth never conflicts witt: truth. The Bishop's main plea was -thai .each of us should be unashamedl3 ' religious. *Bishop Franklin spoke on a pro. . gram sponsored by the Wesle) * Foundation, Methodist student or ani-ationn Mark Z!ollected rst Week YM-YWCA Finance and Mem d the half way mark of the nnounced this week that after 30 had been raised. Biesley are the treasurers of the YM and YW respectively, and Prof. F. T. Meeks of the account ing department is faculty advisor. Gibbes stated that the reason for the annual drive is to help the 'Y' meet its financial need and increase its membership. He also said the student activity fees are less this year due to the drop in enrollment, and that the money needed must be raised for the stu dent body and faculty or else the 'Y' program must be cut. Faculty solicitations began last week with a dinner on Monday night. Dr. R. H. Wicneficl of the istuiy dalpartment is chairman of the faculty drive. Of the $2,200. requ1eated, $1,500 will go to the YMCA and $700 to the YWCA. The drive is being op erated on a district system, with four districts in the city. Campus directors are Jim Mason and Lula Stabler. The city directors are Don Saunders, Ann Ready, and Mary Bloodworth. Greta Miley, Bentley Rivers, David Thackson, and Cornelia Burnett are serving as majors of the districts. The 130 canvassers are making regular reports each night, s'd posters distributed over the cam pus indicate the progress of the drive. In addition to the weekly 'Y' programs, the organization spon sors deputations, trips, socials, service, and religious activities on the campus. Literary Society Votes New Debate Plan At Meeting Prof. M. G. Christophersen, sug gested to Clariosophic Literary Society Tuesday night that mem bers of the society work on a new plan for competitive discourse. Christophersen reminded them that 110 years ago Clariosophic along with similar organizations in three other southern universities inaugurated the debate system of competitive discourse. He said that it was his understanding that the original plan was drawn up in the same Clariosophic hall in which he was speaking Tuesday night. Var sity competition came from the Universities of Alabama, Missis sippi, and Georgia. "There is now a growing need for a new typ)e oi competitive dis course because varsity debating tournaments are growing larger each year," he said. He added that in the system now used not enough speakers can participate in the speaking. "If this society can originate a new plan that will allow more speakers to express their ideas in less time, it will render a great service to foren sics," he said. The society, after listening to the coach of the debate deam, which has been among the top three varsity teams in America for the past three years, proposed that each member work on a new system of discourse. In accordance with Christopher sen's suggestion, a new plan of dlebating will be tried next week in which eight persons will par ticipate. The subject for debate will be, "Resolved that the date of the Carolina-Clemson football game be changed." Besides being coach of the de bating team, Christophersen is Di rector of the University Players, Professor of English, and an hon orary member of Clarioeophic soci