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ATTEND BETTER INAUGURATION TUESDAY ETATARLY IN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLV, No. 14 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 12, 1951 Fomnded 1 901 Byrni Hypnotism I Polgar Dem Retired Head Of Economics Dept. Is Dead Dr. George T. McCutchen, 74, head of the department of eco nomics for 38 years, died early Monday morning, after an illness of several weeks. Dr. McCutchen was graduated from the university in 1898 and received the LL.B. degree in 1903. For several summers he studied at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Chicago, and Har vard university. Beginning as an instructor in economics at the university in 1900, he was made hcad of the economics department in 1910, and served in this position until he retired in 1948. The house in which he lived for many y.iars onothe campus has been converted into a claosroom building and named McCutchen house in his honor. lie served as a specialist with the Census Bureau in 1911, as clerk to the United States House of Representatives agriculture com mission in 1917, and as special agent of the meat packing investi gation of the Federal Trade com mission in 1923. He was chairman of the Richland County War Price and Ration Board, a member of the American Economics Associa tion, Pi Kappa Alpha social fra ternity, Phi Beta Kappa, the Kos mos Cluh, and the First Presbyterian church. Dr. McCutchen was the co-author of the boo0k "South Carolina: Eco nomic~ and Social," and was the author of several pamphlets. His name appeared in "Who's Who In America," 1948-49. "Dri. McCutchen was an ideal classroom teacher, an alert student of economic and financial matters, particularly those related to the state of South Carolina, but by no means confined to those of this state; a wise counselor; and a friend whom all of us on this cam pus will sorely miss," Francis Birad(ley, Dean of Faculty, stated upon hearing of the death of Dr. McCutchen. Placement Bureau Still Has Openings In Several Fields Many calls are bEIng received in the Placement Office for January gradluates. Among them are calls from the United States Army Sig nal Corps; several calls for chem ista; calls for men who can run tar tests for a paving concern. The Girl Scout council is offer ing positions for staff members in that department. There are also many epenings for salesmen. The Dugway Proving Grounds has openings. Applicants will be requested to take Civil Service Examinations. There Is also an opening for students who qualify for the Robert Marx Foundation which offers some cash awards. I es iu 'eatures )mstration A hypnotism demonstration by Dr. Franz J. Polgar, Hungarian orn hypnotist, telepathist and lec urer, featured- the January as iembly program held Wednesday norning in the Field house before ipproximately 2,600 students, fac ilty and other spectators. The first demonstration was a reat of memory by Dr. Polgar, in which he remembered words placed n 16 squares on a blackbogrd, and lesignated a number to be placed n each box making them all add ip to 76. Next on the program was a lemonstration of mass hypnotism. Dr. Polgar explained that hypnot ism is a scientific device used to :ure alcoholism, dope addiction, tuttering, biting fingernails, etc. Dr. Polgar then placed his subjects, all volunteers from the audience, in i state of hypnotic sleep and gave ;ubject number one a post-hypnotic uggestion. Dr. Polgar hid the sub ject's watch in the coat pocket of a student on the stage. After be ing awakened, subject one was to locate his watch only after Dr. Poigar mentioned t h e w o r d 'green." In one demonstration, Dr. Polgar gave his subjects lasses of water after telling them that it was strong champagne and they would become intoxicated. Al most immediately the hypnotized ;ubjects seemed to become in toxicated. Other feats that Dr. Polgar lemonstrated were telling the sub jects that their chairs were un )earably hot, their shoes were too ight, they could not rise from :heir chairs, and that on a certain :ue they would sing "Happy Birth ay to hm. ..e subject made a :alk on why he wished to be presi lent of the university. Dr. Polgar's demonstration, en titled "Miracles of the Mind," was ilso presented Wednesday night in Drayton hall under the sponsor ship of the extension division. Seals Represents Carolina Blue Key At Texas Meeting Bill Seals, secretary-treasurer, represented the Carolina chapter it the twenty-sixth anniversary :onvention of Blue Key national honor fraternity in San Antonio, r'exas, December 28-80. Almost 100 colleges and universi mies sent representatives to the :onvention which met at the Hotel Gunter, Seals said. Trinity uni versity of San Antonio acted as hiost chapter and directed the en bertainment program which in :luded a Mexican style dinner, a floor show with Mexican dancers, s tour of the Alamo, a tout- of San Antonio, and finally, a barbecue dinner served at the Wagon Wheels Ranch, Bandera, Texas. In addition to the regular busi ness meetings of the convention, Seals attended a regional meeting af all Blue Key chapters in region bwg which includes the university. At the opening session, John J. McCann, national secretary of Blue Key addressed the convention on "The Plan and Purpose of Blue Key." Other speakers included former United States representa tive f r o m Texas "Maury" Maverick, who spoke on the inter national situation, and Dr. John Clark Jordan, retiring national president of Blue Key, who spoke on "Rivalry of the Patterns." Dr. Ralph Noyer, dean of Ball State Teachers college, was elected national president to succeed Dr. Jordan. John J. McCann, of Loyola University of the South, was re elected national secretary. Library Books Due Jan. 24 All books will be due at the McKissick library by Wednesday, Jan. 24, for the ending of the fall semester. The library will be open from a. m. until 5 p. m. during the week 'between semesters. auguratio Dr. Franz J. Polgar. Hungarian-born hypnotist, telepathi'st and lecturer, gave a demonstration of mass hypnotism at the January assembly program in the Field house Wednesday. Dr. Polgar has presented his "Miracles of the Mind" to audiences all over America and Europe. He appeared on the Arthur Godfrey television sh,w several weeks ago. Carolina Students To Be Listed In 'Who's Who' For First Time For the first time, the university has received an invita tion to have its students receive recognition in the forth coming edition of "Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges," Lamar Collie, student council president, announced. The university becomes one of more than 600 institutions of higher learning which are eli American Chorusgible for such recognition. A quota To Sing In Chapel our total enrollment, has been Today At 10 A. M. given to Carolina. Student council, at its regular The American Male Chorus meeting Tuesday afternoon, de will appear in the chapel today cided that the selection of students at 10 a. m. under the sponsor- l b lt ship of the assembly committee. cmitewihdtrie h This chorus is a group of ex-suet h renmdI h servicemen who assembled in"ottnigsir"econfth the Philippine Islands during "antadBak"Gaut World War II. After the war, the group decided to remain tudnswlo- lgbe ob n gether and tour the United cue,hwvr States as a civilian group. edto o hi oo smd Chaplain Lauren E. Brubaker, b ihrfclyo tdn-aut assembly committee chairman, cmite tteohrclee said that he heard the chorus in the Philippines and was im-anuivrtes pressed with the beauty and ability of the male voices. D b tr o M e Saunders To Head GogaU oih Kappa Sig Kappa AtrHldyRs F or Spring Term Uiest fGogai ryo Spring semester officers ofhlla8p.mtoit,Pf.Mr Kappa Sigma Kappa, campus serv- nlG hitpesn ietro ice fraternity, wvere elected Wed-foesc,hsanued nesday night.Thswibetefrtdaefo They are as follows: Donald E.thCaoiafrncsemsne Saunders of Columbia, president; hhoiasan wllmrte Buster Van Keureni of Kingstree, vico-president; Bobby Smith of frttm htteCrln n Clover, secretary; Mike CallahanGeritamhvee, of Syracuse, N. Y., corresponding Thstdnacity loain secretary; Bill Gibbes of Harts- othdeaeemhsbenrid ville, treasurer; Grady Decell of fv et eetr ereW Columbia, sergeant-at-arms; Floyd Spence of Lexington, scribe; JoeToindretrfsuetacv Ingram of Cheraw and Terrell te,anucd Glenn of Chester, board of pardons. TeSuetFclyAvsr At this meeting the following Cmiteo loain oe h new members were initiated: adtoa oe ncmlac David Creel of Johnsonville, Glennwiharqetb Pofsr Galney of hartsville, Paul Field of Columbia, Bill Hay of Florence, Crsohre.Temnywl e Jack Jones of Ridgeway, Milton ue oeal h eaest t Mazarick of Sharon, Pa., and San-tedheNioaTunmntt fordZaher o Coumbi. giver Okroia. nSei Dr. Vernon Na At IRC Assemi Dr. Vernon Nash, author, lec turer and pioneer world federalist, will speak at an assembly program in the chapel Wednesday at 10 a. m. The program will be sponsored by the International Relations club. Dr. Nash's topic will be selected from one of the following three titles, "The Prospects for a Gov erned World," "What Can We Do About the U. N.?" and "When the U. S. A. Was a League." Dr. Nash has completed over 2,200 engagements in 666 different communities, including every city of more than 25,000 within the United States. He has made many second and third visits, and his engagements have covered all the range of organizations in Ameri can life - college and high school assemblies, service clubs, institutes and conferences on world affairs, women's clubs, and public rallies sponsored by local chapters of United World Federalists, Inc., of which he is program vice-president. Dr. Nash founded the first school of journalism in Asia, at Yen ching university in Peiping, China, in 1924. He holds the bachelor of journalism and the master of arts degrees from the University of Missouri school of journalism, where he was a visiting professor in 1932. A Rhodes schonlr from his home state of Missouri, he served with the British army in India and East Africa in 1917-18. As early as 19,7 he was talking on world government. Dr. Albert H. Keck Religious Council Guest Next Friday Dr. Albert H. Keck, Jr., will be the speaker at the third of the Friday programs sponsored by the Carolina Religious council, January 19 in the chapel. These are a series of programs in which the Council seeks to make it possible for the students and faculty of the university to hear outstanding speakers and scholars in the religious field. Dr. Keck is a graduate of Wit tenberg College, Springfield, Illi nois. His graduate study was done at Chicago Lutheran Seminary. After twelve years as a pastor in Sterling, Illinois, he was called to a pastorate in North Carolina. He served three years at this pastorate and then was invited to become a professor in Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbia, where he now holds the chair of practical theology. Music Deparutment Presents Recital Wednesday Night The music department will pre sent the following student recital Wednesday at 8:30 p. m. in the chapel: "Prelude and Fugue in C Major, for organ" (Bach) by William M. Triplett; "Divinites Du Styx from 'Alceste' " (Gluck) by Jacquelyn Stukes; "Impromptu in,- E Flat" (Schubert) by Betty Breaseale; "Italian Concerto, Allegro" (Bach) by Dorothy Parker; "Valse, op. 64,' No. 3" (Chopin) by Miriam Jef fers; '"Verdi Prati from 'Alcina' " (Handel) by Rhoda Jane Johnson; "Sonata, Op. 9, No. 1, Allegro Ma Non Tanto" (Dussek) by Marilyn McCormac; "Prelude from Sym phony No. 1, op. 14, for organ" (Vierne) by Isabelle H. Mauterer; "Scherzo" (Griffes) by Margaret Ellen Barker; "Ici-Bas" (Faure), "Chanson - D'Avril" (Bizet) by Anna McLaughlin; "Fraulings nacht" (Schumann-Liszt) by Dode Phillips; "Dies Bildnisa Ist Bezau bernd Schon from 'Die Zauber flot'" (Mozart) by Charles Jones. Accompanists will be Carolyn Powell, Marilyn McCormac and Margaret Ellen Barker. L Tu sh To Speak Ply Wednesday In 1938 he took part in the draft ing of "The Alternative to Inter national Anarchy," published by the Federal Council of Churches and the Foreign Missions confer ence. He was one of the founders of World Federalists, USA, which was later merged into United World Federalists, Inc. Dr. Nash has gained a reputa tion as an authoritative writer. His pamphlet, "Yes, But," compiled of basic questions and answers on world government, is in its seventh revised printing, and his booklet, "It Must Be Done Again," con cerning the 1780 developments lead. ing to the framing of our own fed eral constitution, is in its eighth printing. "The World Must Be Governed," a full-length book pub. lished by Harpers in 1949, went into its second edition in nine I months. Graduating Vets Urged To Report To Colonel Parks Students who are enrolled under the G. I. Bill and who are graduat ing in January have been requested to report this information im mediately to Col. Basil M. Parks, director of veterans, in the regis trar's office. Amended certifications are to be mailed to the veterans administra tion on those graduating in Janu ary so that they will be eligible to receive the 15-day leave pay to which they are entitled upon graduation. Ed Royall Is Elected Omicron Delta Kappa President For Spring Spring officers for Omicron Delta Kappa elected Tuesday are Edward M. Royall of Mount Pleasant, president; Terrell Glenn of Chester, vice-president, and Donald E. Saunders of Columbia, sec reta ry. Honorary members for the spring semester will be elected at the first meeting in the new se mester. final Examnim - EX REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE EXAMIN. 8-MWF Monday, 22 Ja 9-MWF Tuesday, 23 J 11-MWF Wednesday, 22 12-MWF Thursday, 25 1-MWF Thursday, 25 2-MWF Saturday, 27 3-MWF Saturday, 27, 4-MWF Wednesday, 24 8-TTS Tuesday, 23 . 9-TTS Monday, 22 Ja 10-TT'S Thursday, 25 11-TTS FrIday, 26 Jar 12-TTS Wednesday, 21 1-TTS Wednesday, 24 2-TT'S Saturday, 27, 8-TT'S Saturday, 27, 4-'TS Thursday, 25 SPECIAL EXAMI EXAMI] GROUP D English Monday, 22 Ja Mathematies Tuesday, 23 Ji Foreign L ang. Wednesday, 24 Psychology 21 Thursday, 25. Geography 17&18 Friday, 26 Jat Economics. 2122 F..d.-. 26 J.. sday Student Units To Participate In Ceremonies Curtailed Classes To Allow Students, Faculty To Attend Platoons from the Naval ROTC, Air ROTC, and members of the band will participate in the inau gural parade for Governor-elect James F. Byrnes on Tuesday. In order that these student units may participate in the inaugural parade and that other members of the student body and faculty may attend the inauguration exercises, Tuesday classes will be suspended from 11 a. m. until 2 p. in. This announcement was made Tuesday in a bulletin issued from the office of Pres. Norman M. Smith. According to the hulletin, eight, nine, and ten o'clock classes will meet as scheduled on Tues day, and afternoon classes after two o'clock will meet as usual. State House Cerenunirs The parade will march down Main street to the north entrance to the state house where a tem porary platform has been con structed for the inauguration cere monies. Governc. -J.B. iyrncs-, a former United States senator, Supreme Court justice, secretary of state and "assistant president" to the late Franklin I). Roosevelt, will succeed Governor J. Strom Thur mond who will retire from politics temporarily following his defeat last August in the race for the United States senate seat held by incumbent Olin D. Johnston. Gov ernor Thurmond has indicated that he plans to practice law in Aiken after a brief vacation in his home town of Edgefield. March of Dimes Ball Set For Monday Night In Local Auditorium The annual March of Dimes Ball, sponsored by Local Number One, Columbia Federation of Musicians, will be held in the Township audi torium Monday at 8 p. m. Bands taking part in the affair are Woody Woodward, Clarence Brazell, Bill Hanna, Charlie Pruitt, Tommy Thornley, Frank Bolick, Eldon Jones, Harold June, The Ambassadors, and the Hired Hands. Tickets will lbe on sale todlay, to morrow, and Monday at the post office. Admission will be $1.04 plus 21 cents tax. Pep Club Posts Infirmary List Names of students in the in firmary are being posted daily on the bulletin board in the Post Of fice lobby for the purpose of keep ing the students informed. This project is sponsored by the Pep Club as a service to the studlent body. ition Schedule AMINATION SCHEDULE EXAMINATION iTION DAY HIOURIS nuary 8 a. mn. to 10 a. mn. anuary 11 a. mn. to 1 p. mn. I January 8 a. in. to 10 a. in. January 11 a. in. to 1 p. in. January 11 a. mn. to I p. in. lanuary 8 a. in. to 10 a. mn. lanuary 8 a. in. to 10 a. mn. January 3 p. in. to 5 p. mn. anuary 8 a. in. to 10 a. mn. nuary 11 a.im. to 1 p. m. January 8 a. in. to 10 a. m. uary 8 a. mn. to 10 a. mn. January 11 a. mn. to I p. mn. January 11 a. in. to 1 p. m. lanuary 11 a. m. to I p. mn. lanuary 11 a. in. to I p. m. January 3 p. in. to 5 p. in. NATION GROUPlS (ATION EXAMINATION YHOURS nuary 3 p. mn. to 5 p. m. uniary 3 p. m.to 5 p. m. January 3 p. in. to 5 p. m. rannary 3 p. mn. to 5 p. mn. uary 11 a. mn. to 1 p. mn. nary S p. m. to 5 p. m.