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See Atn Susan Fletcher ReligioAstEmphasis TodaPrograms UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROLIN FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLVI, No. 10 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOV. 30, 1951 Fudd10 J{eligi4 Susan FL In Short At Field Susan Fletcher, actress of stage, screen and radio will present a program of dramatic sketches in the Field house at the university today at 10 a. m. The daughter of Dorothy Gould ing, well known throughout Canada as director of the Toronto Chil dren Players, Miss Fletcher gave her first performance at the age of three. Four years later she made her professional debut in Toronto. Miss Fletcher studied in Vienna and London. In Canada, she at tended the University of Toronto where she majored in political science and economics. She speaks French and German fluently and has a facile command of dialects which she employs in her charac ter sketches. While attending the University of Toronto, she began writing and won several prizes for her short stories and poetry. She still writes for leading Canadian magazines under various aliases. Susan Fletcher became a star on the CBC network at the age of fifteen. For three years she was CBC's Hollywood Reporter, the result of her, experience in the movie 'capital. In addition, she originated her own network pro gram, "The Susan Fletcher Show" and "Says Who?" in which she played five different women on each show and wrote the scripts. Miss Fletcher has appeared with such stage stars as Ruth Chatter ton, Charles Butterworth, Fay Wray, Raymond Massey, Herbert Marshall, Helen Hayes and Alec Guiness. She also appeared as a comedienne on the late Al Jolson's radio show. Student Recital For Fall Term Tonight, 8:30 Hugh Williamson, director of music at the university, will pre sent the first general student re cital of the fall term In the University Chapel on Friday eve ning, November 30, 1951 at 8:30. An unusually interesting and varied program has been arranged which will feature the following selections: Nachtstucke, Op. 23, No. 3 by Betty Jo Ridgeway; Prelude to First Modern Suite by Dorothy. Parker; Toccata in D-Minor. (Dorian) by William Triplett; Scherzp in B-Flat Minor by Molly McGregor; Louise Burns Her Love Letters and He, the Noblest of Them All, from "Woman's Love and Life" by Jacquelyn Stukes; Tragica Sonata, Op. 45 Molto al legro, vivace by Marilyn Stradt man; Etude Tableaux, op. 33, No. 3i by Bernard Jessup; Von Ewiger Liebe by Rhoda Jane Johnson; Danse by Nora Gable; Fantasia, Op. 17 Maestoso Compre con IEnergia by Margaret Ellen Barker. The Accompanists are Marilyn Stradtman and Carolyn Powell. All students and faculty mem hers are invited to attend the re cital, Williamson has said. NOTICE! All seniors graduating, Jan Uary 28, are urged to contact Joe Lawrence, at the campus post office, to place their order. for caps and gowns, invitations, and name cards immediately. The articles are on display at the parcel post window of the campus post office. Only 45 of a potential 165 students have )us El etcher Dramas House Carolina Host In Insurance Conference Some of the nation's leading insurance authorities will partici pate in a "South Carolina Insur ance Days" program at the Univer sity of South Carolina Nov. 30 Dec. 1, President. Norman M. Smith announced today. The program is sponsored by the university school of business administration with the coopera tion of the South Carolina State Life Underwriters association, and all students are invited to attend the sessions. The meeting will be attended by life insurance managers, general agents, field underwriters and in surance students from South Caro lina and adjoining states. It is expected to be the largest and most notable insurance seminar ever held in South Carolina. Morning and afternonn sessions are planned for Friday, November 30, and a morning session for Sat urday, December 1. The opening meeting will be held at the Wade Hampton Hotel and the other meetings at the University Law School auditorium. Discussion pe riods will follow each address in order to provide an opportunity for listeners to ask questions about the subjects under consideration. Bentrup To Lead Social Workers Prof. Walter C. Bentrup, direc tor of the university school of social work, has been elected presi dent of the South Carolina chapter of the American Association of Social Workers for 1952. Prof. Bentrup has been a mem ber of the South Carolina chapter 1 since 1948 when he came to the university as director of the school. In 1949 and 1950 he was chairman I of the membership committee. Bentrup was formerly a member r of the Louisiana chapter and the State student council representa R. W. Anderson, Lander college fae all of Lander, Pat Davis, USC; "To Second row: Betty Adams, New Davison, Wesleyan Methodist; Rex Third row: Ralph Ector, ErskinE Erakine; Samuel L. Prince, dean of Fourth row: Isadore Lourie, US' FRible eollege. (Photo by Manning Hi nphasi Spence Is To Lead Councils Attended by 12 South Carolina colleges and universities, the first meeting to plan a state-wide stu lent council organization was held it the university last week. Beginning with a luncheon at Plinn Hall, the representatives spent the afternoon planning. The Rev. Lauren Brubaker, university chaplain, delivered the convocation message at the luncheon, and Ad miral Norman M. Smith, Presi ient of the university, welcomed the visitors. Following the luncheon, the group went to the chapel where Floyd Spence, president of the ,arolina Student Council, greeted :hem, and Rex Carter introduced D)ean Samuel Prince of the Law School, who addressed the group. During the business session a resolution was passed to form a state-wide Student Council asso :iation in order to better relations 3etween the schools and solve any :)roblems that arise. Floyd Spence was elected tem orary chairman of the group and ,vas later elected president. Other )fficdrs elected were: Ted Chalm rs, of Erskine, vice-president; Marnie Manning, of Us8(, secre tary, and Lester Bates, of Furman, treasurer. The group then split up and had various committee meetings on these topics: Finance, power of ;tudent government, creating more nterest in student government, and aying the groundwork for a con ititution. The committee reports were heard and it was decided to iave another convention the second week in February to propose and -atify the constitution. In May an >ther big convention will be held, mnd the group will have yearly neetings from that time. PHILOSOPHY CLUB The Philosophy Club will meet Chursday night at 7:30. The meet ng will be held In room 4, Building 3, Dr. T. T. Lafferty, adviser, an mounced. The topic for the evening vill be logical position. llinois chapters of the association. le was also social worker for the few Orleans Department of Public Velfare. Student Count tives meeting at the university la a alty; Elaine Foster, North Green 1 >tsie" Springs, Mary Carolyn Tat i berry; Vernon Gissendenner, Nor t L. Carter, USC; Norman M. Sm ;Julian Cave, North Greenville J r the university law school; Joe P. a J; Teal Calmers, Erskine; Karl S Ls Week - Be; Four of the Speakers nvans Goodvkoontz Steimle Stirling Blue Key Appears Plaeent Bureau Friday Says Field Interviews Seniors The Blue Key student directoryof three co TheBlu Ke stden diectrypanies wvill interview graduating published by the Blue Key fra- seniors for positions with their ternity, will be out Dec. 7. organizations during the coming Paul Field, directory chairman, week. made the announcement after J. C. Smyth of Solvay Process meeting with the director of stu- Company will intervi chemate dent activities, Prof. K. L. F. De- R. ec o the on Ad Gravelines and the editorial staff visory Committee for Aeronautics of the directory. will interview engineering, phy The book is published annually sics, chemistry and mathematics by Blue Key and contains the majors Wednesday at 11 a. m. in names and addresses of university McCutcheon house; and A. C. Weid students and faculty along with of Melpar, Inc., will interview officers of campus organizations, electrical engineering students at and the location of administrative1 . *.,.We.ne.da_ in ton senorsConveitonswihitei Swek wee, lft t rigt, or gaomnicaton dubringt collg;mrng m, BarbaraJ.eaColSmyall of Clumaya college hCrevllompolee oeLdel,W an wileithoiw; IC.it collge;JohnCol, Wele n ec.3dit Mcg;Calchen houe, e,UC lDualadB Rro EgBect of eCthdelNtin.d her Nebery;Lowll aiey,SamBrwil, interviweninng g, phy-bi ;ins Sunday 11 Speakers Here For Week By RUTH BARKER Religious Emphasis Week will begin on the campus on Sunday, December 2 and will continue through Thursday. The theme of the week is "Alternative to Futility" and the motto, "God is Our Refuge and Strength." Sponsored by the university, the local churches and synagogues, the church student organizations and the campus YW-YMCA, the program will include daily convocations at 10:30 a. m., seminars, classroom discussions led by the eleven visiting ministers, and Religious Emphasis meetings at the various clubs and organizations. A retreat of the general committee of students and faculty members who bave planned Religious Emphasis Week, will be held at the "Y" Camp tomorrow with the Rev. Harry Goodykoontz as speaker. Convocations will begin Sunday evening when the Rev. Wilson Weldon will present the topic, "It is the Real Thing," at the campus vespers program in the Chapel at 7 p. in. The Monday convocation, by the Rev. James Stirling, will concern, "Who Am I ?" The third convoca tion will be given by the Rev. Edmund Steimle, who will discuss, "When Love Grows Cold." Continuing the five-day convocation series, Father Gerard Maguire will tell the students about, "Intellectual Suicide," and at the concluding convocation on Thursday morning, the Rev. Claude Baoach's topic will be, "If I Should Die Before I Live." One of the highlights of the week will be the daily Marriage Seminars which will be led by the Rev. Claude Evans at. i i:20 a. m. beginning Tuesday in Clariosophic Hall, which is located on the third floor of Legare College, and at 5 p. m. beginning Monday in the Law School Auditorium. All students are invited to attend these seminars, but class cuts will not be excused. The Religious Emphasis Week speakers will also address some of the university classes. Mrs. Ruth Trotter's psychology classes, Laurin Brubaker's religion classes, Mrs. Viana McCown's Tuesday nursing class, Havilah Babcock's English classes, J. E. Whitesell's Tuesday 11 o'clock English class, Francis Bradley's Wednesday German class a.d Erled Nczn's psychology class at 11 Wednesday and his Night School class in abnormal Psychology, which meets on Monday night, will all have speakers. The class schedule for the week is slightly different than usual in order to allow time for Convocation each day at 10:30 in the armory. The 8 o'clock classes will meet at the regular time, but will be dismissed earlier than usual so students can get to their 9 o'clock classes by 8:50, when the last bell rings. The 10 o'clock classes will start at 9:40 and will get out in time for the students to get to the Armory and be seated before the Convocation starts at 10:30. Going to the 11 o'clock classes at 11:20, the students will be dismissed at 12, and the last bell for 12 o'clock classes will ring at 12:10. This change in class meeting times will only be active on Monday through Thursday. The Friday and Saturday classes will return to the regular schedule, and all afternoon classes and labs will meet at their usual time the whole week. Each morning, Monday through Thursday, the General Committee and the speakers will eat breakfast at 7 a. m. in Flinn Hall. On Monday through Wednesday, Rev. Goodykoontz will join in the faculty luncheons at Flinn Hall and will speak on these topics: "Religion and the Univer sity," "Teaching from a Religious Perspective," and "The Place of Devotion in the Life of the Intellectual." Other iuncheon meetings will also be held at Flinn Hall with the speakers attending. Rev. Weldon will speak to the Freshman "Y" Council at their regular Monday meeting and will be introduced by Glenn Bell, Jr., whose father began the Religious Emphasis Week programs during his long term as "Y" Director. The YM-YWCA Cabinets will be addressed by Rev. Wilson at a 1 p. m. Wednesday luncheon and on Thursday the Freshman "Y" Cabinet will hear Rev. Arrington. At the same time Rabbi Tabak will be guest at the weekly Sophomore Y meeting. Frank Boensch, the president of the group, will introduce the Rabbi. In order that students and faculty members can talk to the ministers, an informal coffee hour has been planned for Monday and Tuesday from 4:30-5:30 on the second floor of Flinn Hall. The Rev. Mr. Goodykoontz, from the Louisville, Ky., Presbyterian Theological seminary, will be the visiting paetor at the First Presby terian church in Columbia on Sunday, December 2 and will deliver the sermon. The pastor of the Memorial Methodist Church, in Thomiasville. N. C., the Rev. Mr. Weldon, will preach at the Washington Street Methodist church at the same hour, the 11:30 a. m. service. At the 7:30 service of First Presbyterian church, the Rev, Iain Wilson, professor at Davidson college, will speak and the Rev. Broach will be at the First Baptist church for their 8 o'clock service. The Rev. Mr. Broach will also speak to the Baptist Student union at their regular weekly luncheon at 1 p. mn. on Tuesday, and Rev. Wilson wvill speak at both the Ministerial Student Association luncheon in Flinn Hfal1, and the evening meeting of the First Presbyterian Church Sunday School Teachers Association. Rev. Wilson will speak at the Westminster Fellowship supper at the same church on Wednesday while the Rev. Mr. Evans wvill be at the Wesley Foundation group's supper. The Rev. Mr. Evans wvas the Director of the Columbia Wesley Foundation at one time. Both Rev. Broach and the Rev. Charles Arrington, pastor of the Due West Baptist church will be at the Baptist Student union at 6:30 p. mn. Wednesday, and the Lutheran Student Association will have the Rev. Steimle as their guest. The Rev. Mr. Stirling, minister of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, at West Palm Beach, Florida, will speak at the Canterbury Club at 7 p. mi., and at 8:30 both the Catholic and Jlewish students will be addressed by speakers. Dr. Israel Tabak will he at the Hillel foundation and Father Maguire at the Newman club. On Thursday morning, at 10, Rev. Steimle will address the Lutheran Seminary chapel, and the final meeting of Religious Emphasis Week will be when Rev. Arrington speaks at the Baptist Student center at 7:15 p. m. Discussion groups will also be held in the dlormnitories which ire quested them and at the various clubs. The first discussion group will be led by Rev. Wilson in the Wade Hampton dormitory on Monday. The same evening Rev. Goodvkoontz will speak in Sims dormitory, and on Wednesday night Rabbi T'abak will be at the Wade Hampton dis eussion, and Father Maguire at Sims. Many of the boys' tenements are having discussion groups also during this four-day period. Preston, Maxcy, and Burney will each have a speaker on Tuesday night. The societies of civil, chemical and mechanical engineers will all have speakers as will Clariosophic, Hypatian, Eu phrad ian, and Euphrosynean, the four campus literary societies. The International Relations club will hear Rev. Baker, who attended college in England and was a missionary In China and Rev. 'Goodykoontz has been invited to speak at the Phi Beta Kapa birthday party. The honorary societies, Omicron Delta Kappa Blue KCey, Kappa Sigma Kapp will have speakers, as will the Carolna Christian Service Club. Alotall of the sororities and fraternities on the campus will have Religious Emphasis Week speakers attend their meetings during the week. Another feature of this year's program is the Book Exhibit which will be on display in Flinn H all from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. and will include current books and pamphlets on religious topics of interest today. Trhe books will ba on saie and manyo at+he pamphetsi are tre.