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* Vespers Atn *Sunday Night yAL /I(GI Asml At 7:15To y UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVI, No. 4 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCT. 12, 1951Founded 1908 Assen Babcock In At Wildlife Dr. Havilah Babcock, hea addressed the North Carolir seventh annual convention in cussed the progress of the S( velopment of its natural resou Vandal Work Hurts Campus A discussion was held in Student Council and a resolution passed to publish the following statement by Floyd Spence, president of the stu dent body. "Student Council has authorised me to make a statement concerning the behavior of some members of the student body in connection with the defacing of the columns of Mc Kissick Library. "This kind of action by a few students has placed a reflection on not only the University of South Carolina but on the student body as a whole. The students of the university don't want that kind of people in their midst and would be in favor of -passing a suitable punishment of all concerned. "We want the students and " everyone connected with the unive sity to know that we don't approve of these 'hidden by the darkness' acts of destruction by vandalous students. *"A*tth'Loth the -studehti thize with the reasoning of these vandals, they are to be condemned for this malicious disfigurement of the most beautiful building on the campus." USC Press Club To Feature Film At Next Meeting The USC Press club, formerly Phi Epsilon Nu journalism fra ternity, will hold its semi-monthly meeting Thursday, Oct. 18, Jim Inabinet, president, has announced. The meeting will be held in the Journalism School study on the second floor of Legare. The pro gram will feature a movie. All journalism students, includ ing freshmen, are invited. NOTICE! Bulletins of information concern ing the college qualification tests to be given on Dec. 13, 1951, and April 24, 1952, have been received by the registrar. Students eligible to take the test should apply to the nearest local selective service board for application cards and at tached ticket of admission. University Plaj "Blithe Spirit" "Blithe Spirit" a three-act comedy by Noel Coward, will be the first production of the University Play e'rs for the 1951 season, said di rector Miller Lide. Performances will be Thursday and Friday, No vember 1 and 2 in Drayton Hall. The play, one of the author's funniest, has a cast of seven who have been in rehearsal for ten days. Pour other productions will round out the dramatic year. ."Blithe Spirit" is set in England mn modern times and concerns a happily married man who is plagued by the return of the ghost of his dead first wife. The trio are played by Jim Sitgreaves as the husband, Charles, Alice Pieklesimer as the ghost, Elvira, and Pat Jones as the present wife, Ruth. These Parts were depleted on Broadway by Clifton Webb, Leonore Corbett, and Peggy Wood. The remmainder of the cast includes' Eatar LaBrsee as Edith, Bob Holmes as flr Bhd ibly I Asheville. Federation I of the English department, a Wildlife Federation at its Asheville last Monday. He dis uth has made toward the de rees during the past ten years. The convention's two-day ses sions were attended. by delegates from every section of North Caro lina, and by conservation leaders, technicians, and scientists from various parts of the South. Dr. Babcock, a former president of the South Carolina Wildlife Fed eration, is now national director of the American Wildlife Federation and the Izaak Walton League of America. He is one of the few men ever elected to serve in both ca pacities simuliineously. He has a national reputation as an exponent of conservation and as an outdor writer, having write nthe.,Ag6ut door book, "My Health Is Better In November," to be brailled by the Library of Congress. Dr. Babcock will shortly go to Augusta to address the Georgia Rotary Club, and later to New York to deliver an address at a publishers' dinner to be given in his honor. Two new books by him will be issued in New York on No vember 1. arlospT iId Supporters of KLan In Large Minority Should the Ku Klux Klan be abolished? Most of the members of the Clariosophie Literary So ciety think so. The Ku Klux Klan was the sub ject of an open forum at the Clarlo sophic's meeting last Tuesday night. The matter was hotly de bated with the Klan supporters in a marked minority. The anti-Klan spokesman de clared that the acts of the Klan were infringements of personal liberty not always directed toward Negroes as commonly supposed. They claimed the Klan, when or ganized during Reconstruction, was a useful group, but has outlived its ability to do good and can now do only evil. The pro-Klan speakers pointed out that such an organization Is helpful in combatting the Influence of pressure groups that wish to force their ideas on the South, and in providing law and order where law enforcement officers are lax and corrupt. crer Present In November man, and Barbara Cloyd as Madame Arcati. This will be one of the few pres entations by the Players to use tricky staging. Such special effects as pictures failing off walls, vases off mantles and chairs moving across the stage add much to the Illusion of the ghost. Estar LaBruce and Pat Jones are making their debut with the Play ern. Alice Picklesimer and Bob Holmes performed in productions during the summer season while Barbara Cloyd and Flora Jeffries boast of long association with the company. There are 48 active members In the University Players. Individu als not in the cast perform the tasks of moving soenery, planning lighting and directing publicity. Students may become members by attending one of the meetings. Points may be obtained by both acting and backstage work. When a amember eomppBes 75 he Is elected to Alpha Pal Omega, the national dama fratrnity. rogra Honor Students Are Tapped By Law Fraternity One senior and five junior law students were tapped for member ship in Wig and Robe, honorary scholastic society, at a Law Fed eration meeting last Friday. Named to the coveted honor group were senior William H. Townsend, of Columbia, a n d juniors: Joseph F. Buzhardt, Jr., McCormick, who will serve as chief justice of the society; Thomas C. Fitzgerald, Columbia, clerk of court; Robert E. Johnson, Windsor; George A. Thomy, Lake City; and Francis B. Nicholson, Greenwood. Also recognized during the Fri day meeting were members initi ated during the summer term. These were Charles W. Gabrell, Greenville; Wistar D. Stuckey, Bishopville; and Russell E. Gray son, Hardeeville. The membership of Wig and Robe, purely a scholastic order, consists of the top ten per cent, or five men of each class. Those havi* the highest grade averages are chief justice and clerk of court, respeetively. Girl Scouts Offer Job Opportunities For USC Students The Girl Scouts of America is -Ie"elggradastes to be eote professional workers in that orgnization. Prof. W. C. Bentrup, directoi of the school of social work, has asked that all girls who have an interest in jobs with the Girl Scouts to con tact his office now. The recruit ment adviser for the Girl Scouts personnel department, Miss Jose phine Brayton, will come to the Carolina campus Monday, October 29, if enough interest is shown. Any girl with a baccalaureate degree is eligible for a job. In addition to educational re quirements, experience in group leadership and camp counseling is necessary f o r a professional worker. Mrs. L. E. Brubaker, Prof. Harry Jenkins Are On YWCA Board Mrs. L. E. Brubaker, wife of the university Chaplain, and Harry Jenkins, assistant dean of the Jour nalism School, were elected board members of the campus YWCA, at the Junior-Senior Council meeting last Friday. Laurie Wannamaker, of St. Matthews, was elected secretary of tie group to replace Ann Ready, who is practice teaching and can no longer serve. inTo Dept. Of State Offers Exams Two hundred students will have the opportunity to enter work in the Department of State, accord ing to a bulletin released by the department to Dean Joseph Nor wood of the Arts and Science school. Students must be nominated to take civil service junior manage ment assistant examinations by a university nominating committee, not yet selected- Interested univer sity students should contact the chairman of this board when his name is announced, or Dean Nor wood. Applications must be on file with the Civil Service Commission by Nov. 18 so that applicants may be certified to take the test on December 8. Fifty of the students selected from all over the country will enter the Foreign Affairs Intern pro gram, where they will receive nine months of on-the-job training. Approximately 150 additional trainees will be selected from those who pass the examination. They will participate in a program of from six to nine months' duration. During this time they will be as signed to one of the operating di visions or bureaus of the depart ment. They will receive permanent assignments after the successful completion of the training course. Salaries for both groups are the same. Those with undergraduate degrees will be paid at the rate of $8,100 a year, while those with grlduat-dgeseeh will regeive, as annbal salary of $8,925. Students with backgrounds in foreign affairs, political science, economics, public administration, international relations, and related fields are urged to apply for nomi. nations and to take the examina tion. The Foreign Affairs Intern and the Junior Management Assistant trainee appointments will be in Washington, D. C. It is possible that after duty in home service that departmental employees may be considered for appointments in one of the United States' 800 foreign embassies, legations, or consulates. Workman Speaks At Law Federation "Needed changes in the Constitu tion of South Carolina,'' was the subject of an address Wednesday by W. D. Workman, Jr., before the University Law federation. A roving reporter for the "Charleston News and Courier," and regular news and political com mentator for radio station, WIS, Mr. Workman based his informa tive outline of proposed reforms upon a practical contact with re cent political activities in the state. Campus Vandalisn *m day . 'Y' Finance Drive At Half Of Goal Last Wednesday Today is the last day of the YM YWCA finance drive. By 1 o'clock Wednesday after noon, solicitors had collected a sum of $1,248. This is half the $2,500 goal. Some of the things that the money is used for are Religious Emphasis Week, retreats and con ferences, loans and welfare. The Carolina Christian Service Club, the Y handbook, freshman camp, socials, pool rooms, ping pong tables, and other religious and rec reational projects. The solicitors are divided into divisions, and the divisions are divided into teams, with a student at the head of each division and each team. The divisions and teams are competing in the fund-raising campaign. At one p. m. Wednesday, Jane Kirk's division was in first place, Joe Ingram's second place, and Jeanette Beisley's third place. Bill Johnson's team was first, Duncan Breckenridge's second, and Helen Wainer's, third. University Press Publishes Books By Two Authors Two new books have recently been published by the University of South Carolina Press, announced Mrs. Louise J. DuBose, editor. "Madam Margot," a legend of the old South by John Bennett was released October 1. It is a reprint of the first edition which was pub lished in 1921 and is filled with the knowledge and folklore of the ante bellum low country. Mr. Bennett will be remembered for his "Master Skylark" and "The Pigtail of Ah Ben Loo." "White Horse Leaping," a col lection of poems by the well-known Charleston author, Drayton May rant, will be released on October 17. "Drayton Mayrant" is the pen name of Katherine Drayton May rant and under this name much well-liked poetry and prose has been written, in addition to three historical novels. The title has a very significant meaning to the author. In every generation of Drayton Mayrant's family someone has been involved in a fatal accident with a white horse. USC Observatory Open To Students Prof. C. F. Martin has announced that Melton observatory will be open every Tuesday evening at 8:15 throughout the month of October. On and after November 7, it will be open on Wednesday eve nings at the same time. Lt 10 Noted Hum To Tell Gull Mr. Harold S. (Dick) Reeves "Gullah" tales, will be the guc the field house at the universi "Mr. Reeves is one of the n ing speakers I have heard." Reeves Student Council Plans Elections For Wednesday Meetings to nominate persons for recent vacancies on student coun cil, and for freshman class officers will be held on Oct. 17, at 5 p. m., Floyd Spence has announced. Student council vacancies from the following schools must be filled: Pharmacy, to replace Buddy Long; Education, to replace Milton Mazerick; Business administration, to replace Ted Kennedy; and two from Arts and Sciences to replace Buzz Rice and Bob Naylor. Freshman class offices to be filled are president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, and historian. Freshman nominations will be held in the chapel, and those of student council, in Davis college. Elections will be held on Oct. 22 in the Omicron Delta Kappa circle. The run-offs probably will be the following Monday. Graduating Seniors Are Urged To File Degree Application Students planning to receive de grees or certificates in fall, 1951, or spring, 1952, must make ap Gamecock's Th Views "See Hoi By FURNEY HEMINGWAY "See How They Run," one of the most hilarious, if not the most hilarious play, ever presented on a Columbia stage opened at Town Theater last Wednesday night. And run they did, to the tune of howls of laughter. "See How They Run" is a farce by Philip King. The story of the play is, in short, too many Vicars for only one Vicar's wife. How they all got that way would fill columns of white space which I do not have at my disposal. The plot ls involved and complicated, but who cares about a plot when there are beautiful women and uproar iously funny comedy on the stage. The entire cast gave outstand ing performances. Toni Reinhardt, as the Vicar's wife, waa a beau tiful, charming, and polished 'an actress as ever. This Is the second ime Mrs. Reinhardt has walked sn Town Theater stage and cosae off with mor, than her share af honors. Her portrayal of an un inhibited wife of an English yil age parson was about the best there is. A. M. rist Reeves ah Stories 3, noted humorist, and teller of .st speaker today at 10:00 at ty. iost interesting and entertain So said former Governor J. Strom Thurmond when Mr. Reeves spoke at the conven tion banquet of the Associa tion of General Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions several months ago at The Citadel in Charles ton, S. C. Mr. Reeves is known as a student of Negro patois known as "Gullah." He was reared in plantation tra dition and educated in Virginia and educated at the university ('14). After having served on the Mexi can Border and later commissioned in the regular army, he returned to his native city, Charleston, and the insurance business. Since 1937, he has been manager of the Social Security Office there, and has been active in civic, cultural, and re ligious affairs in South Carolina. Mr. Reeves has amused such notables as the late President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, Lord and Lady Astor, Presiding Bishop of Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, and many others throughout 10 states in which he has appeared. Mr. Reeves has made a distinct appeal to students of English and dialect as well as those who simply like a good story. He is a charter member of the South Carolina Dia lect Society and a member of the American Dialect Society. "The Speech of Charleston" will be topic of his speech this morning at the Field House. pointments for filing degree appli cations at the registrar's office, an nounced H. O. Strohecker, regis trar of the university. Students obtaining degrees or certificates this term must file ap plication for them between Oct. 8 and Oct. 22, 1951. 'Those who plan to receive them in the spring term must file application between Nov. 5 and Dec. 1, 1951. Students who are to apply for degree applications should make their appointments at the informa tion window of the registrar's of fice. Students who have previously applied for degrees or certificates and have cancelled their applica tions must re-apply for them and must pay another diploma or cer tificate fee. eatre Critic e They Run" cal education at the university, up held the role of the real Vicar with the finesse of an accomplished ac tor. Paul McMahon did equally as well with the role of the Reverend's wife's long lost friend. Mrs. Emmet Gresham, playing the part of a snooping do-gooder who met her match In a bottle of wine, was excellent in her portrayal of the drunk Miss Skillon. When sfie played the sober Miss Skillon she should have beeni drunk. Caroline .Judson was outstanding in her presentation of the maid. In characters the farce had everything from a bishop to a Russian spy. Robert Mansfield was the bishop; Carl Vines, grad uate of USC, was the spy. Clyde Ferrell, professor of history, played one of the many Reverends. Tom Linton, graduate of USC law school, was a British sergeant. Their performances were up to thme rest of the cast. "See How They Run" got the 33rd season of Town Tiheater eff to a rolling start. Seasea tickets will reemain en sale until th eat night of the pressnt predastiem. There is a special price for arnS rersity student.