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Debating Team Southeastern I The University of South Caro lina debating team won top honors in the Southeastern Debate Tour nament at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., on May 1-2. # The negative team, consisting of George Williams of Columbia and Billy Rhoad of Bamberg, finished six rounds in a tie for second place among the negative teams. The affirmative team, John Altman of Charleston and Robert Holmes of Columbia, won first place. Individual honors went to George Williams as the best negative speaker, and to John Altman and Robert Holmes who were named among the best ten debaters in the tournament. They were awarded a trophy for achieving "the best combined record" in the tournament. ff. S. Literary Conference Is Scheduled The University of South Caro lina Extension Library will hold the conference of contributors and sponsors of the South Carolina High School Literary Yearbook May 16 at Li a.m. in the Uni versity chapel. Approximately 100 students are expected to attend. Highlighting the program will be the presentation of judges of the 1953 yearbook and the release of the "South Carolina High School Literary Yearbook, 1953 Edition." The welcoming address will be delivered by W. TI. Ward, director of the extension division at the University and the first speaker will be Elizabeth Boatwright Coker, author of "Daughter of Strangers," current best seller, and the poem "Red Moon." Her topic will be "How I Wrote My 5% First Novel." Babcock Speaks Havilah Babcock, head of the University English department, will speak on "Professional Writ ing." Dr. Babcock is the author of best sellers "My Health Is Better in November" and "Tales of Quail and Such." "Getting into Print" will be delivered by Louise Jones DuBose, director of the University of South Carolina Press. An intermission for lunch from 12:30 to 2 p.m. will be followed by the presentation of the 1953 yearbook. The "South Carolina High School Literary Yearbook 1953 edition" will then be released. Reading of contributions will be held and adjournment will follow. PHI DELT OFFICERS. .S IDelta, national law frate'rnity, are, G.riff hi of Laurens', corresponInmg treasurer; Austin Latimer of Simnpu O'Bryani of Kingtre, ju,sice. Haci clerk; Herman BerMhIeini of Woodi of Sumter, marshal. PHI DELT PLEDGES . .. Five Phi Alpha Delta, national law fra Carolinia. They are, front row, I Woodrnff and William C. Davis of of Columbia, Fred HI. Alvery of Columbia. (USC photo by Alt-Lee) [ Wins Top istinctions Teais competing included Tu lane, University of Tennessee, Georgia Technological Institute, Wofford, Davidson, Mars Hill, Morehouse, Mercer, Marietta and Agnes Scott. The query was "Shall the Congress of the United States enact a compulsory Fair Employment Practices Act." The Southeastern Tournament ended a season for the University team which won the Wake Forest tournament, the Carolina Foren sics, tied for first place in the University of Florida Tournament, and won the individual first place in the Grand National Tourna ment. Prof. M. G. Christophersen of the English department is debat ing coach. Seventeen Radio Stations Present Program Series Seventeen radio stations in South Carolina are carrying week ly programs of a University of South Carolina series entitled, "What Am I Going to Do?" There are thirteen programs in the series, each one introducing a different phase of the wide curriculum offered by the Uni versity. The first school to be covered is the engineering school with the program entitled, "Be an Engineer." Subsequent programs deal with the art department, the Journalism school, the school of social work, the school of pharmacy and the Navy and Air ROTC. Others are the law school, the school of education, the mathe matics department and the depart ment of geology and geography. Stations Stations carrying the series in clude WAKN, Aiken; WAIM WCAC, Anderson; WBSC, Ben nettsville; .. WCSC, Charleston; WIS, Columbia; WLAT, Conway; WELP, Easley; WOLS, Florence; WGTN, Georgetown; WFBC, Greenville; WCRS, Greenwood; WJAY, Mullins, WKDK, New berry; W R N 0, Orangeburg; WRHI, Rock Hill; WSPA, Spar tanburg; and WALD, Walterboro. Faculty members who prepared the series are Dr. Havilah Bab cock, head of the English depart ment, Dean R. P. Schlabach, Dean of Journalism, Hennig Cohen, di rector of the University News Service, and W. H. Ward, direc tor of the University Extension Service. Script writer is Mrs. Jan Cureton of WIS. Co-operating with the committee is Mackie Quave of Station WIS. ammer lermi offic4er4 of Phi Alpha front row, le'ft to right, Charles E. aecretary; P'ete Hymtan of Florence, anville, vice'-justice; and William M. row, Marion S. Riggs of Manning, -ff, reporter; andl Jamen C. Bryan law students have been pledged by ternity, at the University of South 'ft to right, Hlermani Beruhteln of Oreer. Back row, R. Ernest Graham ColnmhIa, and Harvev (;oldenm of Economics WinsFoundo Dr. James A. Morris, associate professor of economics at the University of South Carolina, has been awarded a grant by Ford Foundation for the Advancement of Education to spend a year in study and research, Dr. Francis W. Bradley, dean of faculty, an nounced today. The Ford Foundation will pro vide the equivalent salary for one academic year plus research ex penses under a plan designed to increase the teaching proficiency of outstanding younger members of college faculties. Dr. Morris will spend next year in England, making his head quarters at Oxford University. He plans to study how economics is taught at the leading British universities and will do research on industry in England, partic ularly the effects of the national ization of the steel industry. Univ. Organ Student Wins AGO Contest Hugh Williamson, dean of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, an nounces that John Lawerence Robinson of Columbia, S. C., was declared winner of a Scholarship Contest sponsored by the South Carolina Chapter at the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia on Saturday, May 2, 1953. Mr. Robinson is a pupil of Prof. Robert L. Van Doren of the University Music Department. Other con Lestants competing were from Columbia College, Furman Uni versity, andl Erskine College. The judlges for the auditions were Miss Rachel Pierce of Converse Col lege, Mr. Lawrence WVheeler of Winthrop College and Dr. A. El bert Adams of Greenwood, S. C. As wvinner~ of the contest, Mr. Robinson received a one hundred dollar award to be used for the continuation of his organ study. ...banish B00K FATIGUE~ KEEP ALERT SAFELYI' Your doctor will tell you .a NoDoz Awakener is harmless as an average cup or hot, black coffee. Take a NoDoz Awakener whien you cram for that exam. . .or when mid-af ter noon brings on those "3-o'clock cobwebs." You'll fin~d NoDos gives you a lift without a let down. . .helps you snap back to normal and keep alert SAFELY! When fatigue is a handi cap, take a NoDoz Awakener. Used by mil lions of busy. Americans since 1933. .N HE maNesNOaY e n THE 166 * amtE UUsS umsanmaa esaa e Professor qtionGrant Scholars "Scholars have traditionally looked to England because it is the country in which modern eco nomics developed," Dr. Morris says. "From the period of the classical and neo-classical schools of economics through such recent developments as Lord Keynes' theory of employment. English economists have held a leading position. "English industry Is a signifi cant field of study because of the modifications which have taken place in the capitalistic system there. Thus English and American methods can be suitably com pared." The author of "Woolen and Worsted Manufacturing in the Southern Piedmont," Dr. Morris teaches labor and industrial eco nomics. He was graduated from Northeastern --University, Boston, in 1942 and earned his M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from Harvard. Dr. Morris' family will accom pany him to England. DU P01 GRADI Tee More and more, indu: lookout for technically and science majors wi: terest in and aptitude number of department 'prefer men with such sales positions. A tec standing of the proper stance helps a man do a job-and offers the cu service. Because of the divers of Du Pont's many pr is a need for sales re with widely varying te grounds There are pro ing chemistry and man gineering in such field ceramics, textiles and Technical men may'a sales, sales service, or ment groups, depend ir Edgar 0. Boyee, AshIan helps a custamer improve his ing, silicate adhecsive in the enrrmgated AboAboa Astronomy Is Offered In Summer The D)epartment of Mathematics And Astronomy announces that a yourse in astronomy will be offered it the summer school of the Uni versity this sumni.lr from Julne 9 Lo August if. 'Tis colrse ad heres strictly to descriptive as Lronomy and covers stat.ement. of racts and explanations of prinei ples. No mathematics a. a pIe requJisitV is needed to take the 0urSC which giVPs foUr credits And is chassified as a laboratory icienice. The class this sununer will stuuly the solar and stellar systems. Each day there will be an hour's lec ture, and in the lectures parI-ticular attention will be given to the moon and the planet Saturn, one of the seven wonders of the universe. In addition to the lecture- the class will convene at the Mlton Memorial ObservatorY at 8:30 one night of each week throughout the course for the laboratory period which will he spent in obsertvini-g the celestial hodies. Though not generally known the Melton Memorial observatory is one of the best astronomical observatories in the southeast. With the large telescope of this observatory th members of the class are able to see details of the moon's volcanic craters and to get unusually fine images of Saturn and Saturn's rings and satellites. A professor who comes in late is rare: in fact, he is inl a class by himself. Job Applieatimn Picture! latde--Idet if ication4 Picture% M1ade 6 FOR 83.00 4-11r. Service Manning Harris Studio 2014 Green St. Phone 2-5546 E DU.* PO l l VS T SCIENCE AND ENGINEER YATES MEET THE PUBLIC huicalS Itry is on the rtrained men 0o have an in for selling. A .s at Du Pont training for [nical under 'ties of a sub better selling stomer better e~ applications oducts, there p,tesentatives chnical back blems involv- Ivnf.Slh .. y types of en- 'd'IIzn ?(/lf' s as plastics, iiIon /d many' others. vork in direct etlognia tales develop- t'hi*lmnh ig n dpar.- eivngR. Si thers wivatzin machttne 1) pment oralsnizt velopment sect ion nical p)rob)lems et introduct ion of a nlew applicationi one. Here are exa mi p)roblemfs attacke( in D)u Pont sales 1. Find a more e apply sod ium silic corrugated pa pe men, as -mn many were able to ma-k I State' (right), ings for the cust.o nethod of apply. manufacture of 2. Introduce fahbric ic fiber for nse in ti Page Th24? 'VV ()DK INITIATES . . . Ti new ()DK nietibrs who were initiated Frida iaight are pictured aiove. The nembers are. left to right, firmt re). Lee iorgai of Myrtle Reach, Dan Donovat of Hershey, Pa.. Neniail (:ollier of Norfolk. Va.; second row. Glenn Bell of Columbia. Ares Artenes of Chester. ited Johnv Speer of Aniderson: third row, Saa ilsaing of Spartaimitrg. Sarn Hfilborn of Portland. Me.. and David (:reel of Johnits%ille. Ah-eist whei tie picture %a. taken ias. Bob Holmes oif (:;olnanhia. J. Paul Sheedy* Switched. to Wildroot Cream-Oil Because lie Flunked The Finger-Nail Test SHIEDY shed crocodile Eears till he had alligator bags under his eyes, be1,AWk he got the gator from his girl. "I'm going to hide from you and your horrible hair," she said 'until you go gator bottle of Wildroor Cream-Oil. America's favorite hair tonic. It's non -alcoholic. Contains soothing Lanolin. Keeps hair well-groomed from morning 'till night. Relieves annoying dryness. Removes loose. ugly dandruff. Hclps you pass the Finger-Nail Test." Paul slithered down to a nearby toilet goods counter for Wildroot Cream-Oil. No% he's swamped with purse-lipped females who want him to crocodile their telephone numbers. So water pu waiting tor - Buy a bottle or tube of Wildroot Cream-Oil. or ask for it on your hair at any barber shop. Then your social le wIll Stop Mam,11l dragon, and you'll scale the heights. .a Len 4 o/ 131 So. Harris Hill Rd., Wi/hamusville, N.Y i Wildroot Company, Inc., Buffalo 11, N. 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