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Yehudi Men In Columbia By J. M. BLALOCK, JR. To Yehudi Menuhin, the violin ist, life is like a fast-moving mo tion picture. Menuhin, who will appear in a concert on Wednesday, at the Township Auditorium, began the study of the violin at the age of four. At seven he appeared as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the di rection of Alfred Hertz. At nine he made his New York debut in recital at the Manhattan Opera House, and his Carnegie Hall debut as a child of 11, playing the Beethoven Concerto with the New York Symphony under Fritz Busch. In 1927, Menuhin made his Paris debut with the Paris Conservatory orchestra, and appeared in recital. At 13, he made his Berlin debut as soloist with the Berlin Philhar monic orchestra under Bruno Wal ter, playing in one single concert the three famous B concertos (Bach, Beethoven and Brahms). In the same year, 1929, Menuhin made his London debut as soloist . with orchestra in Queens hall under Fritz Busch and in recital in the . Royal Albert hall; and also re turned to Paris, performing with the Lamoureux Symphony, Paul Paray conducting. At the age of eighteen Menuhin had completed his first round-the world concert tour, appearing in 63 cities for a total of 110 engage ments. In the early days of his career, the young prodigy, not blessed with special holidays from work during those student years or sum mers away from school, and al .ways intent on study, had to take his vacations when he could find time. He learned, quite early, that since every part of his year would be consumed by concerts or else by special private study with tutors, he might just as well ar range his concerts in a country or city that he would like to visit and add to his education. "This year," said Menuhin, "I was anxious to tour Italy cross country, something I've never done, so it was arranged for me to play 3& FOOTBALL Fi "The Suits T UsE OURi~ 2103 Blossom Phone NOW...in yourf avofil I the new Van Heus wihIh softh theata i won't wrin~ iSuch a sensation in white.. these new fashion-smart co I Soft collar stays neat all day ?1 patented fold line always fe iresist curling. All this! . .. and color to I collar models. A new shirt free if your Va 4%9VnIHeu "the world's PHILLIPS-JONES CORP. uhin Plays Concert in cities such as Rome, Milan, Palermo, Bologna, Naples, and Genoa. The tour took me directly across that beautiful country. Really, the only way I can get any where is take my violin along. If I want to see a place, I arrange to play there. It is the only way to be sure." Using this reasoning in arrang ing his concert tour, Menuhin has played concerts in France, South America, the Philippines, Switzer land, Greece, Russia, Scotland, England, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Denmark, Norway-in every coun try in the world, in fact, except China and Japan. Cities that present Yehudi Menu hin in concert can be sure of either one of two things: (1) that he wanted to visit the city or (2) if he had visited the city before, that he liked it! Alexander To Talk In Field House Next Friday "Christianity and Communism" will be the title of an address by the Rev. George M. Alexander of Trinity Episcopal church in the Field house next Friday at 10 a. m. The Rev. Mr. Alexander is a graduate of the University of the South, and also attended the Uni versity of Florida. He majored in economics and sociology in college, and received his B.A. in 1938, fol lowed by his B.D. in 1939. His first parish was St. Mary's church at Greencove Springs, Florida, and Grace Church at Orangepark, Florida. He has also been rector of the Holy Trinity church since 1945. Mr. Alexander worked with col lege students while he lived in Gainesville, Florida, and since be ing in Columbia he has made numerous talks to the campus 'Y.' My love is like a bar of soap It's always on the wane. Just when my heart is full of hope, It slips on down the drain. -The Pointer LSHION NOTE SutEveryone" r-A wAY PLAN - 5 Pointa 2-7470 e winning colors, too... en CENTURY shirt . weknwyo' watiti >-I eua orwd-sra Sweue krnew youwat if sine in o grie, ble95, t$4. in coors--9 ,$4.95 ,IG NEW YOK ,N.. ASME] New members initiated into t Society of Mechanical Engineers ai Left to right, first row: Buf Norman, Columbia; and Clifton L. Second row: Donald M. Edn Connellsville, Pa.; Harold W. Hi Cloessner, Columbia. Carolina Forei Friday In Dra y Debaters from about 15 colleges and universities representing Penn sylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia will go into action in Drayton hall at 9 a. m. next Fri day to begin the annual Carolina ForPngier. The campus literary, societies, Clariosophic, Euphradian, Hy patian and Euphrosynean are sponsoring the event this year. Each society will present a gold cup to the winners. Clariosophic will furnish the judges, Euph radian the debate rooms, Hypatian will take care of the timekeeping, and Euphrosynean will handle the refreshments to be served to the debaters between rounds. Teams from the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown univer sity, the University of Richmond, Duke university, the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest col lege, Lenoir-Rhyne college, the University of Florida, the Univer. sity of Tennessee, and Carolina have already entered the seven round tournament and will debate the question: "Resolved, That the Non-Communist Nations Should Organize a New International Or ganization." The university will enter six teams, four in the men's division and two in the women's section. The "A" team will be composed of Sanford Zahler and John D. Long, Prof. Merrill G. Christophersen, di rector of forensics, announced, ahd HISTORY OF REDDY KILOWATT Do Yoi Know.. W'hat moat pla the necessaryffergy 101 erators ot cicity? Where It Is available, wat4 use oil or gas, but coal is the for the production of electril From these huge plants a ce travels with the speed of li' second. Reddy travels over farmers where the voltage IsI for the jobs to be done. In the free enterprise sysi miracle of energy growing 1 direction of business men who tax-paying electric companiei SOUTH CAROLINA moi [nitiates -I. he student branch of the American re: ard C. Gerrett, Inman; William R. Williamson, Langley. ey, Georgetown; William R. Bobo, irmon, Valley Falls; and Fred L. zsics Begin yton hail the "B" team will have LaVerne G. Funderburk, Furman McEach ern and Carl Vines. The "C" team has Ed Cottingha'n, Jim Stevens and Jim Reagan, and the "D" team Jim Alford and Bill Gibbes. The women's teams will be com posed of Barbara Cloyd and Nancy Fulmer, negative, and Pat Davis and Carolyn Dabbs, affirmative. Cups of gold will be awarded the winning teams in both the men's and women's divisions. The literary society cups will be given to the best single debater in each divi sion. In each of the rounds there will be 18 simultaneous debates. There will be two rounds Friday morn ing, one at 9 o'clock and one at 10:30. There will be one session Friday afternoon at 3 :30, and two Friday night, at 7 and 8:30. Two Saturday rounds at 9:30 and 11 a. m., will conclude the tourna ment. Judges will be selected from the coaches of the various schools and local persons wvith dehate experi ence. Each debate will have its separate chairman, judge, and a university student to act as time keeper. The teams will meet between rounds at the main bulletin board in Drayton hall lobby to learn heir next opponent and the results of the previous debate. Spectators are invited, Professor Christophersen said, and ushers will be furnished. This is the third straight year that Carolina has been host to Carolina Forensics. Wake Forest won the 1948 event with the uni versity winning last year. -NO. 8 rats dlepend on go supply operating the huge gen. ir power is used; some plants fuel that most plants rely on city. nstant supply of electric power 1ht-186 thousand miles per high voltage wires to trans lowered to the necessary level tem of America, Reddy is a righter every day under the manage the privately-owned, ELECTRIC & GAS aANY Tongue "Has your wife changed much since you married her?" "I'll say! My habits, my friends, my diet and my hours." * * * "So you and Fred are getting married," exclaimed a friend of the bride-to-be. "Why, I thought all along it was just a flirtation." "Yes," smiled the girl, "so did Fred." * * * Meteorologist: A man w h o looks into a girl's eyes to see whether. * * * Education of a Coed She learned to love, She learned to hate, She learned a car Would carry eight. She learned to smoke, And how to tell, Wood alcohol By taste or smell. She learned to coax, She learned to tease. She learned a ne* way Of cooking cheese. She learned to neck, And break a date. She's ready now . To graduate. * * * "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," quipped a courthouse em ployee, "but a gal like me never gets too old to yearn." * * * I took my love by sudden storm, My plea was strong and candid; It left her helpless, dazed and wan, Exactly as she planned it. * * * "Some girls have a lot of will power," says columnist Earl Wil son, "while others have a lot of won't power." * * * Eenie, meenie, mince, moe My baby's steppin' out with Joe; Joe is bigger, so I figger My baby isn't mine no mo'. * * * The moon was yellow The lane was bright She turned to me In the winter night And with every glanep She gave a hint That what she craved Was real romance I stammered, stuttered And time went by The moon was yellow ... And so was I! * * * A little old lady riding in a bus was anxious not to pass her desti nation. She poked the operator with her umbrella. "Is that the First National Bank?" asked the lady. "No, ma'am," replied the oper?a tor, "that's my stomach." Students! For thm a9 COLLEG COMPARIE ( Breakfast Plate (Meat andl 4 Veg Steaks, .75 Up--San Comnplet e Foi Special A La Servinag Carolina Stei 1015 Sumter Scored into seven sections, a big nickel's worth of. candy goodness! Know Your Professors By JOE STRINGER The professor who gets the treatment this week is one who is altost an institution at Caro lina. Although he has not been here as long as some of the other institutions, he has made himself felt both inside and out of the classroom. This professor, Dr. H. W. Davis of the chemistry department. He has graced the campus since 1941 when he was appointed an adjunct professor. ie was promoted to as sociate professor in 1944 and then head of the department in 1949. He is probably the youngest per son to ever head the department g and is one of the youngest on the campus today. Doctor Davis was born in Pelzer, on November 7, 1915, and grew up in Greenville. He was graduated from Parker high school in 1933 and was valedictorian of his class. While 'at Parker he played in the orchestra and sang in the glee club. He entered the University of South Carolina in 1933, majoring in chemical engineering. He played number three on the tennis team in his freshman year but after dropping his first match, which was a practice match with Co lumbia high school, 6-0, 6-1, he retired from the team. While at Carolina he served as assistant in chemistry. He won the Harper Fellowship in 1936 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Blue Key the same year. Doctor Davis entered the Uni versity of Cincinnati as a graduate assistant in chemical engineering in September, 1937, and received his master's degree in 1939. While at Cincinnati he served as first p)resident of the university chapter of Phi Lambda Upsilon. He was granted a Laws Fellowvship at Cin cinnati in 1940 and received his Ph.D. in June, 1941. Hie is the p)resent faculty ad visor to Carolina's chapter of the American Chemical Society and also is the secretary of the South Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. lie is marriedl to the former Miss May Watson of Greenville and they have three children: Ann, seven; Harry, .Jr., four; and Jimmie, two. HIis hobby is photography, lHe has made the official movies of all Carolina football games since 1945. Last summer Doctor Davis spent at the Oak Ridge National labora tory at Oak Ridge, Tenn., study ing the rearrangement of ethyl LB like to butyrate using radioactive caibon. 'That wvork was reported on at the Southside Chemical con ference held at Atlanta last month. D)octor Davis is wvell qualified for his p)rofession as the above record will show, so if you are interested in chemistry his courses are a must. The roadster skidded around the corner, .-jumped into the air, knocked down a lamp post, smacked three cars, ian against a stone fence, and stopped. A girl climbed out of the wreck. "D)arling," she exclaimed, "that's wvhat I call a kiss." -Technology News A psychologist' is 'a guy who, when a beautiful girl enters the ro(om, watches everyone else. -Central Ray uE C R A 1e s In Cheek Women and money are bot alike. If you don't keep them both busy they lose Interest. * * * Courtship - That part of a girl's life that comes between the lipstick and the broomstick. My sweetie pie has gone away And I din filled with gloom; She said that she'd write every day But she didn't say to whom. --Legionnaire The great Thomas Huxley had the ability to concentrate so thoroughly upon a mental problem that he lost all sense of his sur. roundings. On one occasion he con tinued to occupy the chair after receiving a hair-cut. Thinking that he had dozed, the barber nudged him gently and inquired: "Asleep, sir?" Huxley started. "Certainly not!" he exclaimed. "As a matter of fact, I am very near-sighted. When I removed my glasses, I was no longer able to see myself in the mirror opposite, and naturally I supposed that I had already gone home." "Where did you absorb those fine principles of yours, sir," asked the interviewer, "at your mother's knee?" "No, over my father's!" -Quaker Campus It is one of the ironies of life that when one grows tall enough to reach the jam on the pantry shelf, the craving for it has left. -College Chronicle Seventh Circuit Alumni Meet In Spartanburg There was a dInner meeting. of university alumni of the seventh circuit Wednesday night in the private dining room of the Hotel Cleveland, Spartanburg. The sev enth circuit includes Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union counties. Dr. J. T. Penney, professor of biology and chairman of the fac ulty committee on athletics, ad dressed the group. Calhoun Thomas of Beaufort, president of the alumni association, and Ralph Lewis, executive secretary, were also present. Ashby N. Sawyer of Union, vice president of the alumni association from the seventh circuit, was in charge of the meeting and was as siste_d by Mrs. Miller C. Foster of Spartanhurg and M!rsi. !.oule C. Sossamioni of Giaffney. 1' Best ini Service Visit the E SHOP --- Up Lu eitIlei -.50 Uip ieiches >f All TIypses mntin Service Carte Orders denats For 25 Yeurs NEVER PROPOSE * ~ON A MERRY- GO ROUND! silly isn't it? It's Just as silly, brother. to buy any candy but the beat! That's why we recommend the TOOTSIE ROLL! De licious, wholesome, chocolaty flavor. At your campus Canld? S counter --else in eyes? candy shopl