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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Vol. XLVIII, No. 8 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 13, 1953 Founded 1908 Military Mv 4 Are Named For Religio A military man and a sciE of the speakers for Religious held here December 6 to 10 Charles I. Carpenter and Dr. I Gen. Carpenter is Chief of Chaplains in the Department of the Air Force. Hc is a native of Wil igton, Del. and attended Buck nell University in Lewisburg, Pa. Ie graduated from Drew Univer sity in Madison, N. J. in 1927 with an A.B. degree. He received a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1931. Gen. Carpenter is a Methodist minister and had held pastorates in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. He en tered the Air Force from the pastorship of the Union Church in Federalsburg, Md. His service career has taken him to Fort H. G. Wright in New York, to Fort Randolph in the Canal Zone, to Langley Field in Virginia, the U. S. Air Force Head quarters in Europe and the Air Forces Headquarters in Washing ton. Gen. Carpenter was awarded the Legion of Merit Ribbon in 1944 for accomplishments as air chap lain in the Air Forces Head qarters in Europe. lie received t e Cluster to the Legion of Merit Ribbon in 1945 for accomplish ments as staff chaplain of the Air Forces in Europe. He is also a holder of the American Defense Ribbon, the American Theater Ribbon, the Victory Ribbon and the Occupation Ribbon. Dr. Seeger is head of the Aero ballistic Research Department of the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Md. He participated in the Bikini Atom Bomb test and has received an award for Distinguished Civilian Service from the Navy Depart ment. He received an A.B. degree from Rutgers University and gained his Ph.D. in mathematical physics from Yale University. In addition to his position at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Dr. Seeger is acting director of the University of Maryland Insti tute for Fluid Dynamics and Ap plied Mathematics; secretary of the Section on History and Philos ophy of Science of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a member of the Blackwelder Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, D. C.; and a member of the Na tional Advisory Committeg for Seronautics Subcommittee on utid Mechanics. eAuthor to.Be Honored With Afternoon Tea An autogr-aph tea in honor of Margaret Simons Middleton, author of "Jer-emiah Theus," will be given at 3:30 this afternoon at the Columbia Ar-t Museum. "Jeremiah Theus," the latest Un4yersity Press release, is the story of a popular portrait painter of colonial South Carolina. The tea is sponsored by the Na tional Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of South Carolina, and is under the direction of Mrs. Paul Grimball, Charleston, py-esidient, and Mrs. Geor-ge Logan, C'harleston, chairman of tjhe his torical committee. Theus portraits owned by ('olum bia citizens willl be exhibited. Mid-Term Will End Saturday Mid-term will end Saturday, November 14, announced 11. 0. Strohecker, registrar. Mid-term tests will be given Novenmber 9 through November 14. The Ma chine RIecoida Service will begirn recording the grades November 20 and the grades will be mailed to students as soon as possible there after. Ln, Scientist I Speakers as Emphasis ntist have been named as two Emphasis Week which will be The two are Major General aymond J. Seeger. 77i t t v-4 Who's Who Selections to Be Out Soon Who's Who selections will be listed within the next few weeks Dean Orin F. Crow, faculty head, announced Wednesday. The selections, an annual publi cation by United States colleges and universities, are made acco:d ing to character, personality, extra-curricular services, and scholastic ratings. Lists of nominees are submitted by various campus honorary I organizations along with the stu dent council. These nominees are then approved by faculty members] before heing sent to the nationali headquarters of Who's Who fori approval- t President and Mrs. Donald Rus In the receiving line are, left to rlgli Campbell, Dr. Campbell, associate pi Burgess, assistant to the president; Russell and President Rusell. 255 Students Pledge Blood To Red Cross As The Gamecock went to press Vednesday 255 stidents had igned up to donate blood in the ampus blood drive, Prof. Frank lerty, chairman of the drive, evealed. In proportion to enrollment the ,aw School led the departments of he university with 17.2% or 21 tudents signed up as donors. ;econd with 13.5"% or 70 students vas the Engineering Department. A breakdown of other depart nents responding to the drive is is follows: Pharmacy, 8.8% or 4 students; Arts and Sciences, 1.7/ or 61 students; Business Ad ninistration, 5.9% or 59 students; lournalism, 5.8% or 4 students; iducation, 4.1% or 20 students; Lnd Graduate, 1%'/ or 4 students. The total number of 255 student lonors is five more than the quota vhich the Red Cross had set for he university. This figure repre ents 7.33% of the entire student >ody. Mr. Herty said that he be ieved the number of donors would ncrease since there was still one lay left to sign up. He expressed hanks to all student donors and >thers who worked on the cani aign. The Red Cross bloodmobile was lue on the campus yesterday rom 10:00 to 4:00 in front of the krmiory to make the collections. rhe first 150 students signing up is donors received passes for the litz, Palmetto, or Carolina rheaters, organizations helping vith the drive were A. K. G., . A. S., and the Coed Association. Film Society Will Show French Film Although the season of the Uni versity Film Society is almosi ialf completed, students are still velcome to join, Prof. George ;urry, president of the group, has nnounced. -Admission may be procured at he ticket office at Drayton Hall his Tuesday night and on alter inte Tuesdays thereafter, when he programs are presented. This Tuesday's presentation will >e a French film, "Beauty and he Devil," an interpretation of he Faust story by famed French novie director Rene Claire. The rnost expensive movie wvhich the i'ilm Society has brought to the niversity, "Beauty and the Devil" s the winner of a number of in ernational film prizes. sell honored new members of thi *, Dr. F., T. Rogers, head of the;y ofessor of pharmacy; Mrs. J. H. Il bir.. Raymond F. Wi,ehen..a. Colm. Atomic At Drayi New Teachers \ Come from I Many Schools New faculty members this year have come from some of the best known universities of this country and abroad according to a list released by Dean Orin F. Crow, V faculty head. Among the schools represented s by new faculty members are: Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Ohio State, Yale, Cornell, Chicago, Michelson Laboratory, Sorbonne (Univ. of C Paris), and Cairo. Expressing optimism for the future, Dean Crow said, "The Uni versity of South Carolina is now strong enough to attract personnel and faculty members from some of the hij:hest ranking colleges and I universities in the nation. Faculty members coming from such schools . consider it a step forward to gain a position on this university faculty. And rightly so, because i the University of South Carolina is rapidly becoming one of the r foremost schools in the soath." Classes Disj Wed. Mornij By Chicagc Dudley Crafts Watson, publi I lecturer of the Art Institute of Chicago, will address the student body Wednesday in Drayton Hall at 10 a.m. All 10 o'clock classes will be dismissed in order for students to attend. Dr. Watson will visit the Fine Arts Department at the university and will deliver two lectures at the Columbia Museum of Art. The subject for the first lecture to be held at the Museum Tuesday night at 8:30 is "Modern Art and the Masters," which will be illu strated with slide movies. Wednes day afternoon at 3:30 another lec ture, "Famous Gardens at Home and Abroad" will also be given by Dr. Watson. All are open to the public. The author of "Taste Through I the Ages," "Occupational Oppor- I tunities in the Fine and Industrial < Arts," and "Nineteenth and t Twentieth Century Painting" re- I ceived his degree from Reloit I College in 1935. A pupil of t Sorolla and Sir Alfred East, Dr. e Watson studied at Armour Insti- a tute of Technology, Art Institute t of Chicago, in Madi'id and Valen- 1 cia, Spain, Paris and London. c Dr. Watson , who is featur ed in( e faculty at a reception at their home hyuies department; David Walker, inst arrett, Major Rarrett, Air Force RO' ci WI.heet commain ofer,. Energy ton Hall Phi Beta Kappas Raking Plans For Scholarships Phi Beta Kappa, national schol- al stic honorary fraternity, is set- a ing its sights on inaugurating a a1 rogram for discovering, recog izing, and promoting superior cholarship at the university, spokesman has announced. As its contribution to the Ses uicentennial of the university, 'hi Beta Kappa will concentrate ts effort in the year beginning )ecember 5 and plans to have nachinery set up for a permanent, bi tate-wide program beginning at a6 tigh school level by Dec. 5, 1954. u The spokesman said that every i ndividual and organized group on bt he campus is invited to join the nauguration of the program. Interested students should send in eplies to Mrs. C. B. Elliott, Davis 1 '11, USC. ec 0~ pi le nissed for i rg A ddress Lecturer 'Who's Who," hr.s been affiliated vith the Art Institute of Chicago fn suen capacities as member of .he faculty and teacher of water -olor painting, membership lee- f turer, and extension lecturer to w public schools. si The decorator of Al Merito, en L-l Grado de Official, Ecuador, has " recorded "Master Paintings of the Art Institute of Chicago" and "The ( National Gallery, Washington, D. t C.," all color film lectures in na- 0 Jional distribution. le held a one- 0 nan exhibition of water colors at ir :;rand Central Galleries, New ta York, in 1944. S Mr. Watson, autnor and pro lucer of pageants and music pic- 2( tire symphonies, was director of iilwaukee Art Institute, official 'ine Arts lecturer for the Century >f Progress Exposition in Chicago, he Texas Centennial, Great Lakes xposition, and New York's World r fair. He has been art editor of he Milwaukee Journal, dramatic ditor of Milwaukee Free Press, nid director of Art Education at he Minnesota State Fair, 1915-( 928. Dr. Watson was also radio irmmentator for Station WGN Chicago). fo ra sa ab W nu M. FE ev CI re at lii on the campus Monday evening. th ructor in mathematies; Mrs. j. A. IC; Mrs. Carter Burgess, Carter t. Air Force ROTC; Mrs. Donald ar nE kuthorit Next T ro Describc Scope ofAth Henry D. Smyth, a membe ission and author of the "E ;omic energy for military pi id faculty of the university 8 p.m. in Drayton Hall on t1 .Aarl Brazell leard On BC Radio Carolina halfback Carl Brazzel, 5-pound speedster from Colum a, will tell how he finally man ,ed to gain a scholarship at the iiversity on an NBC network -ogram over WIS Sunday night Aween 10 p.m. and 10:15. Ray Standfield, WIS announcer, ill interview Brazzel for approx mately three minutes during the i-minute NBC program. Brazzel ime to the university after hav g been turned (town as a football -ospect by many other state col ges. ie is now leading the team rushing yardage, rushing aver re, and is second in pass recep ns. 'irms to Hold ob Interviews with Seniors Representatives of three large rms will be on the campus next eek to interview seniors for pos ble positions after graduation, rs. Ruth McVey of the Place ent Bureau has announced. Representatives of the DuPont Nemours Company will be on e campus today for interviews. n November 17 a representative the American Enka Corp. will terview students, and represen tives of RCA Victor and the )uthern Railway will see inter ted students on November 19 and 1. Fu*her information on the in rviews may be obtained from the acement Bureau, Room 220 in e Administration Building. rickets for V7ake Forest ~ame on Sale Tickets for the Wake Forest tball game to be played at arlotte, N. C. Thanksgiving day e now on sale at the ticket office. All tickets arc $3.60. No student tes will be given. Three thousand tickets are avail le. A ticket office spokesman id that the tickets will be avail le until sometime next week. JSC, Williar n Moot Col it Federal The university will vie with illiam and Mary College in the nii-final round of t'he fourth an al National Inter-Law School ot Competition to be held at the dleral Courthouse Building this ening at 8 p.m. Law Students Fred Blackwell of yee and Crawford Clarkson and A. McAlister of Columbia will present the university in the ot competition. They elimin ed the University of North Caro a team last week at Raleigh in e preliminaries. The two moot teams will argue e fictional case-"The President d Trustees of Targe University, titioner. versus Mary n.Cat y Speaks hursday Problems, mic Power r of the Atomic Energy Com "myth Report" on the use of irposes, will address students next Thursday, November 19, ie campus. His subject will be "The Atomic Energy Enterprise." It will con sist of a general description of the objectives, problems, and scope of the American atomic energy pro gram. Until he was appointed a mem ber of the AEC by former Presi dent Truman, Dr. Smyth was chairman of the physics depart ment at Princeton University where he had taught physics since 1924 and from which he earned his Ph.D. in 1921. Dr. Smyth also earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie University, Eng land, and holds the Doctor of Science degrees from Drexel Insti tute of Technology and Case In stitute of Technology. He was a Guggenheim fellow at the Univer sity of Goettingen, Germany, and a National Research Council fel low at Cambridge. During World War II, Dr. Smyth was consultant on war re search projects to the National Re search Council and to the Office of Scientific Research, and con sultant to the Manhattan Project (atomic bombs). of the U. S. Engineers. Dr. Smyth's lecture is sponsored by the science departments at the university. The faculty committee in charge consists of Dr. Willard Davis, head of the chemistry de partment, chairman; Dr. W. E. Hoy, head of the biology depart ment; Dr. Fred Rogers, heaa of the physics department; and Dr. L. L. Smith, head of the geology department. USC Is Site For Political Science Meet The Southern Political Science Association will have its next annual convention at Carolina. Prof. Walter Bennett of the University of Alabama, president, said today that the association will hold a three-day session at the university in November, 1964. Approximately 400 political scientists from about 15 southern states are expected to attend. Dr. George Sherrill, head of the Uni versity department of political science, is chairman of the ar rangements committee. n and Mary urt Tonite Courthouse respondent"--before three promi nent out-of-state attorneys sitting as the United States Supreme Court. Judging the effectiveness of the arguments will be Gilee J. Patterson of Jacksonville, Fla., Paul C. Whitlock of Charlotte, N. C., and Julius C. Smith of Greensboro, N. C. Winner in this competition will be advanced to the regional finals to be held at Washington, D. C. on November 20 to argue against either Wake Forest University, Washington and Lee University, or the University of Virginia. Team coach for the Carolina moot team Is Prof DavidMean.