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00, BEAT THE BULLDOGS PRESIDENT IN BXINGMOVES ONTO IN BOXING HORSESHOE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWiNG FOR A GREATER CAROLINA -Vol. XLVII, No. 19 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 20, 1953 F 1onn Campus Briefs NEW HILLEL OFFICERS Stanley Krugman of Columbia has been elected president of the Hillel Society for the spring term. Other new officers are: vice presi dent, Marlene Rivkin, Columbia; treasurer, Morris Gold, New York City; rec. secretary, Francine Alt man, Charleston; corresponding peer tary, Leah Aberman, Rock HIlI; sgt.-at-arms, Morris Levy, New Orleans; and historian, Jack Bass, North. Hillel will have its annual semi formal dance, March 21, according to President Stanley Krugman. * * * KENT COURSE TO BE GIVEN John H. McGrail, University photography instructor, will attend the Kent State Photography Short Course in Kent, Ohio, for a week in March. The Kent Course is one of the most famous photography courses in the country. * * * HUMANITIES MEN MEET The Bain Humanities Society met at 8:00 Thursday evening, February 19, at the Faculty Club, John Welsh, secretary, announced today. Dr. T. T. Lafferty presented a paper, "A Critique of Unity." 0 0 0 REPORTER IN ORDER Rudy Thigpen, 1952 journalism ,graduate of the University of touth Carolina, is a reporter on the Columbia Record staff. Mr. Thigpen formerly worked on the Lumberton-Robesonian Gazette. - * . YAGHJIAN HAS SHOW Professor Edmund Yaghjian, head of the fine arts department, is holding a one man show in the Dorsey Galleries in Chicago, Illi nois. There are thirteen oil paint ings in- this exhibit. They are mainly picturing Columbia and the vicinity. * * * METHODISTS HAVE DANCE Wesley Foundation will hold a square dance next Wednesday night from 7 until 9 at Washing ton Street Methodist Church. All members and all Methodists are extended a special invitation. Since this Wednesday is not a regular schedule meeting supper will not be served. * * * CO-ED'S KEEP BUSY Co-Ed Association recently elected new officers to serve under President Mack Halford who was elected to serve for a year. The spring officers elected were Gay Arthur of Columbia, vice president; Hazel Smarr of Winna boro, secretary; Harriet Travers 'of Charleston, treasurer; and Mazie McMaster of Winnaboro, reporter. Co-Ed i now busy at work get Sting ready for Vocational Guidance )Day, which will be held on March 1. A series of programs have been planned along the line of good grooming for the next few Co-d meetings.' * * * PROSH WRITER IS GO-GETTER Judy McKellar of Greenwood, a CarolHna freshman, has had articles published in two national student Ogasines. Judy, who plans to major in journalism, was editor of her high school paper in Green wood and president of Allied Youth. "Writing Up School News for the City Paper," was the first article which was printed in January issue of Quill and Scroll, international honorary society for high school journalists. This article consisted of how to be a promoter of better public relations between the school and your town, what to put into the column, how to write up the column, and other writing possibilities for the column. The other article which was published in the December issue of Alled Yoath, lbe., was "A Proj ect hat Paid Off in Prestige." A questionnaire had been sent to different students asking what they thought of drinking which was compiled and was the basis of the article. Expert In Criminal Procedure Speaks To Law Student Body C. T. Graydon, prominent Colum bia attorney, will speak to the law federation during the ten o'clock period today, Bill Gibbes has an nounced. Among other things, Mr. Graydon will tell the federation how to get a man out of Jail. Mr. Graydon, a specialist in criminal procedure, received his law degree from the university in 1913. In 1931 he was special and associate justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Mr. Graydon also served as president of the South Carolina Bar Asso ciation during the 1949-50 term. The public is invited to hear Mr Graydon speak in the law building. Medical School Examination To Be In May All pre-med students who ex pect to enter a medical college in 1954 may stand the admission test on Saturday, May 9. Students who stood the test in November 1952 may not repeat it in May. To stand the test in May one must complete and mail his appli cation with a remittance of $10 to Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. It must be mailed in time for it to reach Princeton on or before April 25th. The personnel bureau is acting as agent for this testing in respect to distributing blanks and admin istering the examination. The candidate malls his own applica tion. The local examiner .admits to the examination room only those candidates who present ad mission cards which they receive direct from Princeton. The blanks are available in the personnel bureau before April 11. Conference Series Planned On Campus For Next Weekend One of a series of conferences which the University of South Carolina hopes to hold with edu cational leaders in the state will begin February 26, 27, and 28. In order to facilitate a free flow of discussion, attendance at this initial conference will be limited to approximately 30 per sons invited by the University on the basis of suggestions made by professional groups. The members of the conference will include representative super intendents of schools, supervisors, principals, teachers, and staff members of the State Department of 'Education and the Educational Finance Commission. The University will be repre sented by President Donald S. Russell, and by a special com mittee consisting of Dr. Orin F. Crow, Dean of the School of Edu cation, Dr. W. H. Callcott, Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. J. McT. Daniel, Professor of Educa tion, Dr. H. W. Davis, Head of the Department of Chemistry, Dr. 8. M. Derrick, Dean of the School of Business Administration, Dr. A. S. Hodge, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages, and Dr. W. D. Nixon, Associate Professor of Education. The cooperating committee of the University of Chicago will be represented by Dr. Maurice F. Seay, Chairman of the Depart ment of Education, Dr. Newton Edwards, Professor of Education, and Dr. Francis S. Chase, Profes eor of Educational Administra tion and Director of the Midwest Administration Center. NOTICB Membership application blanks for the Gamecock Pep Club, the purpose of which is to encourage school spirit, are now available on ene of the poet office table. today through Tuesday afternoon. Requirements for member ship are that a student must have been here at least one semester that he must be i earested in Carolian. Pictured above are the spring o right: Bentley Rivers, secretary; I Bull, vice-president. (USC photo Fraternities To Supply "Y" Labor For Help Week "Hell Week is going to be re placed by a Help Week this year," announced Melvin Burton, presi dent of Interfraternity;.Council. For the first time in Carolina's history a constructive project will be undertaken. This year IFC will work through the "Y" at Carolina to build a retaining wall out at the "Y" camp. The "Y" will furnish the supplies, while all the pledges from the thirteen fraternities will give the labor. Help Week will be for three days, the 24, 25, 26 of February. Mr. Burton added that it is hoped that IFC will follow this year's example in the following years and make Service Week a tradition, instead of Hell Week. Plans for the transportation of the boys out to the camp will be worked out the first part of the week. Variety Show Plans Made By Pep Club A variety show consisting of local talent will be presented in Drayton Hall Thursday night, March 6, at eight o'clock. The Gamecock Pep Club is spon soring the variety show which will present all types of entertainment led by Mackey Quave, who will be the master of ceremonies. Various acts will include mu sical solos and duets, comedy skits, a magician, drama, and various parodies announced Faris Giles of Lancaster and Sara Jernigan of Columbia, co-chairmen of the variety show. Plans are still being made for an entertaining and versatile evening for Carolina students. TPickets will soon be on sale at fifty cents. Bap Baptist students from the Univ are planning the progeam for "A February 23-27. Left to right are Hall Presto., asesate conventlon Garnefi Raff and Gloria Stevem.o. Blue Kev Officers fficers for Blue K ey, national honoi [unter Rentz, president; Vic Laurie, by Munn-eal) College Course Over FM Station Gives Full Credit A college course with full credit will be offered over radio by the University, beginning February 17. This method of giving college credit work is new to the South east, university spokesmen said. It has been done - by Harvard, Illinois, Chicago and Louisville Universities however. The course will consist of 24 half-hour lectures. Tuesdays at 8 p.m. over the university station, WUSC-FM. It will be in modern interna tional politics, with Prof. John B. McConaughy the lecturer. The station has a 15-mile radius, and persons taking the course will be limited to those in that area. Assignments in parallel reading and mimeographed test questions will be distributed to those reg istering. A $2 rental fee will be charged for the parallel books. Persons taking the course for credit must have a high school diploma. Registration for the course is with the university's Ex tension Division. A final test will be given at the Extension Division. Placement Bureau Interview Planned Is For Engineers A representative of North American Aviation Co. will be on the campus to interview students Monday, February 23 at 10 o'clock. The interview is open to Mechan ical, electrical, chemical and civil engineers. Vickers, Inc., will have a rep resentative on campus to inter view mechanical and electrical engineering students. This inter view will be at 10 o'clock on Tues day, February 24. Students planning to attend either of these interviews should contact the Placement Bureau. Both of the interviews will be held in Room 117 of Hamilton College. List Program Plann4 ereity of South Carolina and the B3 pplied Christianity Week," which i Martha Kirven of Pinewood; Sami wide Baptist Student seeretary ant .both of Nwbher r service fraternity. From left to < corresponding secretary; and Joe I Methodists Will Hold Conference Here Today The Methodist Student Move ment of South Carolina will hold its annual conference at the Wash ington Street Methodist Church, and at Columbia College begin ning at 3 p.m. Friday, February 20. Registration will be held at h the Washington Street Methodist P Church. The theme of the conference will . be "Our Faith is Our Hope." Dr. 4 William Arthur Kale, professor in the Practical Theology Divinity School at Duke, will carry on the various discussions as guest S speaker. Dr. Kale received his Doctor of Divinity degree at High i Point, and is now pastor of the i Wesley Memorial Church in High 1 Point. T Discussion groups for the three days of the conference will be t s based on three books from the d Bible; Jeremiah, Revelations, and n Mark. y An informal banquet will be held t at Columbia College Saturoay i s night at 7:30. Following the ban- h quet at Columbia College, Wofford 11 College will give a play. "A Sleep of Prisoners," beginning at 10 c) p.m. do d State officers of the Methodist Movement program are as follows: Byrnes Nesbitt, Wofford, presi- a dlent; Joan Watson, Winthrop, vice tI president; Eleanor Jester, Lander, r secretary; Leonard Butler, Clem son, treasurer; David Creel, Uni versity of S. C., publicity director; Rev. Hawley Lynn, state student director; Hubert Spigner, reg istrar of the conference; and Rev. R. D. McGee of Wofford, dean of, the conference. The conference will conclude its activities on Sunday, February 22. C ~. V a, apis.Hsptl cholo Nu S rilb bevdatteUiest Goot fMrl Bah ila \' mansae fo'h ek n Enrollment Semester Sc Total Enrollment for the University of South Caiolina iecker, Registrar at the Unive Council Plans For Student Body Election Student council's elections for tudy body officers, May queen, lass officers, cheerleaders, honor ioard members, and student coun il representatives will be held on 4arch 23 with March 25 being eld for run-offs. Speeches of candidates for stu Lent body president, vice-president, Lnd class presidents will be held riday, March 20, during the ten i'clock free period. Nominations for the various >ositions will be held during the veek of March 16 through darch 18. Student council is now making >lans for obtaining the voting niachines and will do so if possible. tudent council is also hoping to ave two stations in order to ex edite voting. ffarine Reserve Aonimission Now Basier To Obtain The Marine Corps can now wear in eligible candidates for ommissions in a matter of a few ays, due to cutting of red tape i connection with physical exam iations, Major Frank Sullivan, larine instructor with the NROTC Jnit, announced today. Major Sullivan explained that he Platoon Leaders Course has Dme features, in addition to draft eferment, which should appeal to iost college men who have not et fulfilled their military obliga on to their country. Number one ] i the fact that the time a man ,ends in college counts towards is obligated service in the eserves. Number two is that no military asses or drills are required dur ig the school year, permitting stu mts to pursue their desired >urse of study. The training is concentrated into six weeks training period for vo summers, during which a man mceives all pay and allowances a corporal or sergeant. Candidates to teath orienta tion classes during the fall semester should pIly now. Selec tions will be based on scholastic standing and ratings on person al qualifications. Applicants must have not less than 75 semester credits earned prior to September 1953, not less than 30 of which must have been earned in the University of South Carolina. Application blanks may be obtained in the Personnel Bureau, ground floor in McCutchen House. P~reston To Speak 'Applied Christiani William Hall Preston of Nash-1 ille, Tenn., will speak daily dur ag "Applied Christianity Week" the University Chapel and at me Baptist Hospital Nurses Home som February 23-27, Bennie Loyd, olumbia Baptist Student Union acretary, announced today. Mr. Preston has been associate wcret.ary with the Department of tudent Work of the Southern1 aptist Convention for 25 years. i le was formerly president of Hall foody Junior College in Jackson, enn. Morning services will be held at ie Baptist Hospital Nurses Home t 8:15. The evening services will be held I the University Chapel at 7:80 .m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thura-) ay, and Friday. Special music] nil be provided by local people| nd deputation teams from other' lleges. The vesper program Wednesday rill begin at 7 p.m and wil fe.. 1 For Spring t At 3,394 1953 Spring Semester at the s 3,394 students, H. 0. Stro rsity, announced today. The semester's total enrollment is divided into 2,960 students at tending during the day, and 484 students attending the night ses sion. The 3,394 students now en m)!led is a slight increase over the Spring Semester fo 1952 when only >,177 students were enrolled. It is aowever, a decrease over the pre :eding semester of 3,586 students. Mr. Strohecker said that the total enrollment this semester at the University is the largest Spring enrollment. here in quite some time. One hundred and nine high schools have been visited by rep resentatives of the University this year. These schools were in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. Interest cards have been signed by 1,856 prospective stu dents, and there are still a number of schools yet to be visited. The mid-point for the Spring Semester is Thursday, March 26th. A complete analysis as to the number of students in each school ind the sex of all the students s below. College of Arts and Science Men Women Total 'ull time students 426 148 574 students taking one course . . 2 1 8 students taking two courses . 12 5 17 TOTALS . 440 154 694 khool of Business Administration "ull time students ..... 649 187 836 students taking one course ... 4 2 6 students taking two courses 5 a 8 TOTALS . 658 192 850 School of Education pull time students ...... 215 206 421 otudents taking one course .... 6 16 22 itudents taking two courses . 6 5 11 TOTALS . 227 227 454 School of Engineering ull time students 379 2 381 ;tudents taking one course ... 3 0 8 tudents taking two courses . 2 0 2 TOTALS . . 384 2 886 School of Journalism 'ull time students . .41 21 - 62 41 21 62 School of Law 'ull time students ... 99 2 101 students taking one course . . 1 0 TOTALS .100 2 102 School of Pharmacy F'ull time students .. ...127 12 139 Daily In ity Week" ure the singing of the Capital Life )ctet, under the direction of authrle Darr. Adrian Haliman vill be the soloist. Hunter Rents, city-wide presi lent of the Baptist Student Union, vrill preside at the vesper prog ams. Rent. is a senior at the Jniversity and is from Columbia. The week is spon' red og the laptist student organisatlons of he University, Columbia College, and the Baptist Hospital and Co unbia Hospital Schools of Nurs ng. Its purpose is to show the application of the Christian mess Lge to campus life today. The public is Invited to attend hese programs. Students are invited to hear Mr. "reston speak at the Sann wresbyterian Church at S p.m. sunday when his topi. will be 'Because Christ Loved" and at he First Baptist Chmwh at 11i i.m. Sunday when his tephe wil a. "Our Suse Anleaue