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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Volume XLVI, No. 4 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCT. 12, 1951Founded 1908
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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
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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.