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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVIII, No. 7 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 6, 1953 Founded 1908 ,Rehigious Is Schedu Week'of D Religious Emphasis Week 6-10. The theme, "Build on the cussed in convocations, semina forts have been made to mak( to the interests and affairs of k,ive seminars will be conducted during the week. The topics of dis cussion will be the race problem, the alcohol problem, courtship and marriage, mental health and basic Christian beliefs. The speakers for Religious Em phasis Week are: Phillips P. Moulton, pastor of Park Slope Mcthodist Church in Brooklyn, N. Y.; Col. Charles I. Carpenter, Chief of Chaplains in the Department of the Air Force; Father Paul John Bradley, protessor of Philosophy, and Head (if the Classics Depart ment at Belmont Abbey College, N. C.; Paul L. Tilden, Associate Executive Director of the Depart ment of Pastoral Services of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. Also, Raymond J. Seeger, Chief of the Aeroballistic Research De partment at the Naval Ordinance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland; Ruth Isabel Seanbury, Educational Secretary of the American Board of Commis sioners for Foreign Missions; Walter Van Kirk, Executive )ir'e ctor of the Department of In ternational Justice and Goodwill of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA; Brooks Hays, United States Con gressian from Arkansas, member of the House Committee on For State Bar Will Hold Meeting At Law School The University Law School will be host to the fall quarterly meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association today and tomorrow, Dean Samutel L. Prince, president, announced today. The program will feature an "Institutes on Federal Statutes" conducted by four noted author ities on legal aspects for govern ent 'regulat ions. Institite participants and their, subjects are Henry H. Fowler, former dilrector of the Office of Defense Mobilization, "The Role of the Private Practitioner in 1.elerial Regulation"; Edward P. 1Iodges, special assistant, to the attorney general of the United States, "Restraints of Trade and lfair competition." Also, William W. Goodrich, as sitaint general 'ounasel of the D)e pfrirtment of Hea('lth, Education and Wel fare in charge of legal work tor the 1Food and IDrug Adlministra ~on, "'The Federal Food, D)rug and osmett ic Act''; and Neils Brooks, atssoiciat e solicitor in the D epa rt men'it of A gricutiur ie, " Major A gri - euilturtal Acts.'' A committee in charge of the fall <quariterl y meet ing, recognizing ai demiandl by membieis of the South Carol ina liar A ssociiation to know imore a bout federal( sta totes, has obt aiined the services5 of a group of woirking ex perts (0n government regula tions,'' I eana Prince saidl. RQistration for the inist itute will hegin todiay att 10 a.m. at. the Lawi school. Thet piogrami .will begin at 11 a.m. A business session of the association will take place tomorro1w at II11a.m1. IJypaltions Vote For Negroes To Enter USC Thle Ily pat ian Literar'y Society met oni Tluesdaiy, Noveiber 3, at 5:00 p.m1. in (lariosophie Hlall. A business sessIin waS hehth after whlich a debla te was given. The topic wats Resolved, That Negroes Should lHe A dimit ted toi the Uiniver sit y of Soth (Carol inat. Those taking the affirmative wer'ie G ;loria St eve'nson and EdithI Kirkland while t hose taking the negative weire Sylvia Jacobs antd Sara Jernigan. Bly a majority of one, the members vot.ed in favor Emphasis led for ecember 6 has been set for December Greatness of God," will be dis rs and discussion groups. Ef the program more pertinent the students. eign Affairs; and Rabbi Joseph Rothstein, Rabbi at the B'rith Sholom Congregation in Charles ton. The speakers- will be available for personal counselling with stu dents. Discussions, lectures and question-and-answer sessions will be held in sorority rooms, fra ternity houses, dormitories, class rooms and at meetings of various campus organizations. There will he (laily faculty luncheons. The Executive Committt' for Religious Emphasis Week are: Pr-. H1. Harrison Jenkins, faculty chairman; Molly McGregor, stu dent chairman; Dr. J. E. Whitesell, Mrs. Evelyn Simmons; Prof. B. L. Baker; Chaplain L. E. Brubaker, Jr.; John Cooper; Mary Wideman; Catherine McClain; Ann Evans; Dan McIntyre; 1. M. Goldberg; Rev. Fitzsimons Allison; Ted Ledeen; Mary Ann Bettis and Bruce Parrish. Art Institut Will Delive In Drayton. Dudley Crafts Watson, D.F.A., ptublic lecturer of the Art Institute of Chicago, will speak in Drayton Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. All classes will be dismissed for the program. Or. Watson, who was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, studied at Armour Institute of Technology, IdIx U, the Art Institute of Chicago, andl r(eceived his dlegree at Beloit Col lege in 193 5. TIhe famed lecturer, w ho has stud(liedI in Madlrid and1( Vahilnera , Spa in, Par iis and London, was a pupil of Sorolla and Sir Alfred East. Essay Winner To Receive A $500 Award The .J. 1B. Mat thews Testimonial D innera Committee announces a (ash aard of $500) for the best essay on "C'ommiunism and Aca demie* Freedom,'' written by an u nde'rgradlua te student of an Amierican college or university. Essays must be limited to two housanid words or less a nd sub mnitted not later than Feb'ruaruy 1, 1 954. Al1l manuscipJts must be typewritten. Only original essays will be considered. The winne iliof th awardfl will be announc1 ned oin March 1 , 195.. Judges of the award will be George E. Sokol sky, Eugene I yonls, Ialph dle Tol eda no, anad E. Merrill Root. Maniuscrip)ts should be mailed to the Matthews Award editor, "The American Mercury," 11 East 36th Street, New York 16, New Vnrk. Dolly HomeC Chamber Music Concert Set For Thursday A chamber music concert will he presented by the University String Quartet Thursday night at 8:30 in the chapel, the music de partment has announced. Members of the quartet are: Anthony Di Filippo, 1st violin John Jadlos, viola; Irene Mano 2nd violin; and Walter Krueger, cello. Trhe program will consist of the Quartet in G, Op. 70, No. 1 by Haydn, the Allegro from the Suite in D by Hach, and works by Mous sorgsky, Gretry, Mendelssohn and Corelli. Willie Triplett, student organist, will join the quartet in a per formance of Corelli's Trio Sonata. The quartet is planning another formal chamber music recital later this season. The concerts are open to the public. e Lecturer r Address Rall Nov.18 - The author of such books as of admitting Negroes to the university. "iaste Through the Ages," "Occu pational Opportunities in the Fine and Industrial Arts," and "Nine teenth and Twentieth Century a Painting," Dr. Watson is origin- t( ator and producer of music picture G symphonies and pageants. He has recorded "Master Paintings of the u Art Institute of Chicago" and tc "The National Gallery, Washing ton, D. C.," color film lectures in national distribution. 01 Before receiving his degree, Dr. ni Watson was extension lecturer for r( the Art Institute of Chicago and C the University of Wisconsin, an- ti nual lecturer for the Carnegie In- in stitute Exhibition in Pittsburgh, director of Milwaukee Institute, ti art editor of the Milwaukee p Journal, and dramatic editor of the fe Milwaukee Free Press. In addi- C tion, he was director of art educa- y tion at the Minnesota State Fair, te 1915-1928. Director of annual European c and Pan American tours since de( 1908, Mr. Watson has been official te Fine Arts lecturer for Century of i Progress Exposition in Chicago, 1933 and 1934, for the Texas Cen- .i tennial, Great Lakes Exposition, t and New York's World Fair, 1939- ti 1940. A one-man show of water colors th was held in 1944 by Dr. WatsonR at Grand Central Galleries, New a York. He has been radio corn C mentattor for Station WGN (Chicago) and dlecorated Al Merito, co en el Griado de Official, Ecuador, go in 1946. ed NEW FRESHMAN OFFICERS . after a runoff Wednesday. From left hdent se Cordoni McBride, vice-preside. y) Denni omin DOLLY ] Homecomi luthority On Leading Gives 'alk Tomorrow One of America's foremost ithorities on reading habits and acher training, Dr. William S. ray of the University of Chicago, ill be guest lecturer for the iiversity S$ool of Education morrow at 9 a.m. in Drayton all. Dr. Gray will speak to the school education's special Saturday orning class in the teaching of ading on "Reading in the Whole .rriculum." School personnel in e Columbia area arf cordially vited to attend the lecture. The guest lecturer, now execu ;e secretary of the Committee on -eparatjon of Teachers and pro ssor emeritus of education at iicago, has had 407 titles and ,000 pages of educational ma rial published since becoming sociatedl with the University of licago in 1909. He has .also veloped and conducted numerous sts and surveys concerning read g and teaching. A leader in the field of educa m, Dr. Gray has served as na mal president of three different ucational associations, heading e National Association for medial Teaching in 1952. He is graduate of the University of iicago and1 Columbia University. The Saturday morning class is ndiucted weekly by Prof. Mar-, ret Rauhof of the school of ucatLion. .Pictured here are newly elected to right are Rankin Suber, seere at;i and Pe==y Shelton. historian. Will SQueC )ENNIS ig Queen USC Press Releases Book On S. C. Artist "Jeremiah Theus: Colonial Artist of Charles Town" by Mar garet Simons Middleton was pub lished this week by the University of South Carolina Press. Thetis was a popular portrait painter of colonial South taro lina. Most of the great Carohnians at that time had their paintings done by him. Mrs. Middleton traces these pictures fro mthe or iginal owners to the present. The book contains 51 reproduc tions and a complete checklist of his portraits. The author has gathered together hitherto little known facts about Theusi' life and paints a v-ivid picture of his place and day. A feature of the volume is the biographical section for which Mrs. Middleton has written sketches of Theus' known subjects. Mirs. MIiddleton, who has devoted over 25 years to the preparation of this book, is (0-editor of the "Minutes of St. Michael's Church of Charleston, S. C." The boo0k was published in co operation with The National So ciety of Colonial Dames in the State of South Carolina. frecshman class off icersi, all selectedi Iary-treasurer t Philip Moody, presi. (Gamnecock Photo by Landi. Pen. Be Cr n Ton Festivitie With Part Dolly Dennis, a junior f: Homecoming Queen at tomol University of North Carolina. The comely brunette was ( lina student body in a special coeds, Gwen Tootle and Tina at halftime ceremonies at ti Clark, state president of the Bloodmobile At USC Thursday For Donations The Red Cross bloodmobile wil be on the campus Thursday, No vember 12, at the Naval Armory Prof. Frank Herty, chairman o: the campus blood drive, has an. nounced. Mr. Herty has expressed th( hope that 250 pints of blood car be donated at Carolina even though the bloodmobile will be on thE campus only one day. In order to provide for speedy collectior A. K. G., S. A. S., and the Coed Assn. will maintain a booth ir the post office lobby Thursday al which students may sign up foi blood donations. The campus blood donation com. mittee has requested students t( remember the following wher donating: 1. Blood is needed as much nov as during the war. 2. The Red Cross does not sel blood. 3. If you are under 18 the Re< Cross cannot accept your blood. 5. It will not hurt. 6. Eat no greasy food and ver little of anything for three or fou hours before donating. The Ritz, Palmetto, and Carolini Theaters have donated 150 passe. which will be given to the firs1 150 students donating blood, th( committee has announce(d. In addi ion Prof. Hlerty is staging a con test to see which school at Carolinr gives the most blood in proportior to its enrollment, and student body president Isadore Lourie has challenged the University of North CarolIina to a one-day battle on a percentage basis. Students helping on the blood drive are Esther LaBiruce, Mack4 Hlalford, Judy Anderson, Bilt Todd, Pete Hyman, Jerry B3rennecke, and Dan Donovan. Moody To Head Frosh; McBride Is New Veep Philip Moody, a Naval ROTC student from Aiken, was named presidient of the freshman class Wednesday in a special runoff, Moody edged Virgil Duffie of Greenwood by eight votes. Other officers elected were Gor don McBride of Tampa, Fla., as vice-president; Rankin Suber of Whitmire, secretary-treasurer and Peggy Skelton of Greenville, his torian. All the candidates were selected during run-offs Wednesday. The preliminary eliminations were hek Monday during the Homecoming Queen voting. Runoff victims in, eluded David White for vice-presi. dent; Rachel Cole and Al Perrellh for secretary-treasurer and F'ranl O'Neil for historian. In all 27 freshmen were nomi owned torrow s to Begin ide Today 7om Charleston, will reign as row's football gauae with the 'lected Wednesday by the Caro runoff election with two other McNulty. She will be crowned )morrow's game by Lewis N. Alumni Association. The two runners-up and four other candidates wvil! form the queen's court. Other me.ilbers of the gourt are Susan Day, Mary Calhoun, Betty Jo Land, and Ann Humphries. A Homecoming parade will begin the gala weekend today at 4:30 p.m. The parade will feature fra ternity floats arnd cars carrying sponsors for the fraternities and the queen and her court. The parade will be led by President -;and Mrs. Donald S. Russell. It will begin at Laurel and Main and proceed South on Main to the University via the State House. Color Guard Besides fraternity and sorority floats the parade will include a color guard from the Naval ROTC the university band and bands from Columbia and Dreher high schools, and ROTC platoons. Registration of alumni and stu idents will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. at a special Alumni Associa tion booth which will he Aet up near Lieher College. Garnet ani Black colors will be given to all %ho register. Alpha Kappa Gam ma memhers wvill distribute the colors and conduct guided tours of the cainpus, its new buildings and the various schools and depart ments. An alumni luncheon will be held in Steward's IIall tomorrow begin rmng at 11 am. an<i lasting to 12:30 p.m.. Aluni Secretary Ralph lewis ha, announced. Stu dent Body Presidn-11 Isadore Lourie will present the queen and her court at the luncheon at 12:30 p.m., Mr. Lewis said. and then all luncheon guests will tirnvel to the istadium with 1 a police escort. Crowning Thw queen will bt crowined at halftime ani the cmirt will be presented to the spvctators and escorted to midi-fieci by members of the IU TC unit. F-'ob member i f the court will b. dressed in blacnk arnd will be presented a red rose (orsagn by thbe Aluitrr Association. Fraternities will bold drop-ins for alumni following the game and Sigma ('hi will end thte day~ withI a1 campus wiude dance ant the Ilotel Columibia HalIrnonm from ti to S p.m. Other activity today includes a pep rally on the horseshoe at C p.m. and a Homecoming dance in the Naval Armory from 9 to 12 p.m. The queen will be prtesent ed at in term iss ion of thbe d anrce. Mr. Lewis said yesterday that (C.ontinued on p)age 8) Univ. Players Planning Play For Nov. 24 "A Note to Myself," one-act p)lay by Holly sumrmers, will be presented Ttuesdav. 'Nov. 24, at 7 p.m. by the University Players. The production will be a feature of the Interfaith Thanksgiving program, sponsored by the Caro lina Religious Council. Mr. Gene Crotty, head of the Dramatics Department, will hear readings Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Carolina Playhouse. Any university student may try out for a part in the production. At its weekly meeting at 5:30 this afternoon, the University Players will hear a talk by -Robert W. Daubenspeck, assistant professor of dramatc.