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PEE WEE REESE, Brooklyn I before one of the Dodger gamem valuable prizes for the youngster b4 Carolina St 1950 Soap By Long, H By Ralph N. Gregory Thirteen was a lucky number for Harold Davis Williamson, 1950 winner of the National Soap Box Derby. Williams6n entered his first race when he was thirteen, won the 13th annual race and be came champion on August 13. Williamson, known more com monly as "Butch," is now a fresh man at the university, majoring in mechanical engineering. He now lives near Augusta, Georgia, but at the time he won the derby was living in Charleston, West Vir ginia, hotbed of the Soap Box Derby. Charleston has produced two national winners, two runners up and third and fourth-place entries. It took the encouragement of an older brother, who had never en tered the derby himself plus three years of hard work and experi mentation before Butch flashed his racer home to national fame. At the same time he was fighting the effects of rheumatic fever. Sixth In 1948 He entered his first derby at the age of 13 and finished sixth in that 1948 race. The following year he entered again and wound up sec ond, winning the A division but losing to the B division champ in the final heat. In the city derbies the boys are divided into age groups. Boys from 13 to 15 years old are entered in the A division and boys from 11 to 13 are placed in the B group. Followving the 1949 race, Butch began planning for the 1950 event, wvhich would have to be his last race since he was 15 years old, the maximum age for the derby. He began planning the racer about a month after the 1949 race ended and spent nearly seven months on the actual construction. Since he was very heavy by then for racing, Williamson chose Pon dlerosa pine, an extremely light but durable wood, for the main structure of the racer. He added aluminum sides and built it 19 'Mlnches high andl three inches from the ground. According to William son, the racer was shaped like a ' giant cigar when it was finished. The big problem was selecting the wheels. Official wheels are made for derby racers but some have soft spots which slow the racer. "Hardness of the wheels is VanDoren Attends Music Educators Meet in Chicago .4'Prof. L. Van Doren of the music dlepartment left this week to at tend the Music Educators National conference held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. Prof. Van Doren will appear on a panel discussion and present a talk on "The Education of the Music Teacher." He is a member of the southern division committee on higher education and a member of the national committee on the education of the music teacher. Active In te South Carolina Music Educators Association, Prof. Van Doren Is at present the vice president of the Colleges and Uni versities dlivision and a member of the state board of control. At the unmversity he is advisor to the music education majors and director of the University Chorus. He is also organist and choirmaster at Trinity lEpiscopal Church. A7 Oodger shortstop, chats with Butch . The derby victory meant many sides national recognition. udent Won Box Derby ard Work more important than their true ness," Williamson says, "so I spend much of my time testing the wheels and bearings." Beat Good Friend Butch blazed through the Charleston races and won the A division without too much trouble. In the finals he met one of his best friends, Dickie Burnette, and beat him by less than a car length. "I was running against my best friends throughout the race," he says. "The three top cars in the race were all from the same block." There was little preparation to be done for the Akron race, ac cording to Williamson. There are no changes permitted in the basic design of the racer. He did re paint the racer, however. He painted it black because the dark color would absorb heat and create a vacuum around the car, lessening air friction. Time was spent, too, in develop ing a better lubricant for the wheel bearings. All the standard lubricants were tried and finally he began to experiment with mix ing his own lubricant. He decided to use a -hypodermic needle to apply the oil to the bearings be tween heats at Akron. Because of the hypo needle he was tagged "Dr. Williamson" by the Akron fans and newspapers. Confidence Grew "I felt more confident of victory at Akron than I had at Charles ton," he says. "Competition is keener at Charleston than at Akron. I felt especially good after all the cars were clocked in a test run the day before the race and I had the best time." It took five heats before the 147 racers could be narrowed down to a winner. Approximately 100,000 people sawv Butch easily win his first four heats, setting a course record in one of them for a racer using natural rubber tires. Tie travele dthe 975.4-foot course in 27.22 seconds. The course record was set by another Charleston boy, Kenny Holmboe, at 26.98 seconds, but that was in the days of syn thetic rubber tires which are harder and offer less friction. Victory meant many valuable prizes for the 15-year-old lad, In cluding a $5,000 scholarship which he is using to attend the univer sity, a trip to Germany to crown the European perby winner, sev eral watches, a Derby ring, several bicycles and a TV set. Butch still takes a great interest in the derby and attends each year. He has missed only two races at Akron since 1941. National Secretar y To Meet Monday With 'Y' Leaders Miss Rosalee Oakes of Virginia, secretary for the National Student YWCA in the southern region, will be on the university campus Mon day and Tuesday to confer with "Y" leaders. While at Carolina, Miss Oakes will talk with student leaders and discuss conferences and program for the comIng year. Her region includes ten states in the south east. Miss Oakes is a graduate of the University of Richmond, and the Crozier Theological Seminary In New Jersey. She has attended many "Y" conferences in foreign BUTCH WINS DERBY and is A took him three years of hard work making his dream come true. Butel town friends. Ten Religious Groups Elect '54 Officers The importance of religion to university students is evidenced in the varied activities of seven denominational organizations and three campus inter-denominational groups, all of which have recently elected officers and are outlining their programs for next year. Seven denominational groups all have active student organizations. They are Baptist, Methodist, Pres byterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and Hebrew. In addition students participate in activities of the Young Men's Christian association, Young Wo men's Christian association, and the Carolina Christian Service club. The governing body of the ten religious organizations is the Caro lina Religious Council, made up of representatives from the various groups. Dr. Lauren E. Brubaker, University chaplain, serves as faculty advisor. Officers of the religious council are Francis Robinson, Columbia, president; I. M. Goldberg, Charles ton, vice-president; and Shirley Person, Columbia, secretary. Ten Organizations The ten campus organizations and their spring semester officers are: Newman Club, Catholic: Tom Flynn, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., presi dent; Catherine Fickling, Colum bia, vice-president; John J. Col colough, Columbia, treasurer: De light Tiemann, Columbia, corres ponding secretary; Catherine Mc Clain, Columbia, recording sec retary. Wesley Foundation, Methodist: Dan Mcintyre, Marion, president; Annette Hill, Columbia College, vice-president; Mary Elizabeth Culler, Columbia, secretary; and Philip Lee, Greenville, treasurer. YMCA: Dan McIntyre, Marion, president; Glenn Bell, Columbia, vice-president; Flynn Harrell, Co lumbia, secretary; Mark Buyck, St. Matthews, treasurer. YWCA: Jean Turbeville, Colum bia, president; Margaret Hunter, Newberry, vice. - president; Sue Graves, Columbia, secretary; and Shirley Person, Columbia, treas urer. Baptist Student Union: Sam Goforth, Myrtle Beach, president; John Q. Adams, Laurens, vice president; and Sylvia Jacobs, Co lumbia, secretary. Christian Service Club Carolina Christian Service Club: Hazel Duke, Kingstree, president; Myron Roberts, Anderson, vice president; and Betty Sue Senn, Silverstreet, secretary. Canterbury Club, Episcopal: Raoul Goodwin, Florence, senior Warden; Jo Ann Sprott, Columbia, Junior warden; Mary Wideman, George W a ter fa ll , Jacqueline Stackhouse, Jean Turbeville, Bill Weston, all of Columbia; Robert S. Cameron, Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mary Wise Rixey, Arlington, Va.; Harriet Travers, Charleston; Julian Lachecotte, Georgetown; and Absley Pearce, Mount Plea sant, vestrymen. Lutheran Student Association: Robert L. Ellison, Montouraville, Pa., president; Sadie Rae RawI, Columbia, vice-president, and Sara Bull, Cameron, secretary-treasurer. Hillel Society, Hebrew: Donald L own afterward receiving a champio and experimentation before fiially i, from Charleston, W. Va. at the Applications for Oratory Awards To Be Accepted All university students are ligible for the Gonzales Award for oratory and the Keitt award lor extempore speaking, according to Prof. M. G. Christophersen. Applicants for the Gonzales award will speak from five to seven minutes on any subject. rhose competing for the Keitt award will speak five minutes on a subject designated by Prof. Christophersen. They will be given an hour in which to prepare for the competition. Anyone interested in competing for these awards is asked to con tact Prof. Christophersen. Your Air Force wing personal passport to u1 spect and admiration. sign-recognized eve that mark you as one o1 finest. To wear them, you them . .. as an Aviati They come with the g UNITED 2 ;I n's welcome at the finish line. It winning the Soap Box Derby and time, was followed by three home Carolina Debaters Meet in Kentucky For Regional Bout Four members of the university debate team left Wednesday to attend the Southeastern regional Pi Kappa Delta tournament at Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. They are John Altman, George Williams, Nancy Fulmer and Claire White. The tournament started yester day and will last through Satur (lay. About 40 teams from the Southeastern states are expected to compete, according to Prof. M. G. Christophersen, debate coach. Pi Kappa Delta is a national honorary forensic society. ~ver you g Sare your an Air Force liversal re- earnings of ove They're a They come coi rywhere- admiration of a 'A eias If you're singi 26%,prepare to must win to success. Jol on Cadet. Cadeta! For furi >ld bars of fill out this couj BTATES AIRe Rooks and People US C Presm Sold in 16 Countries, Ed.'s Note-This article w !ditor of the University Presh If the legal system of Ru the better, credit the writings the University Press recently publication of last fall, "The '] by the late Lanneau DuRant I Written and published primarily 'or South Carolina lawyers and aymen, Judge Lide's book has nijoyed a wide circulation through )ut the United States, but the Press did not expect its recent )rder from Russia. Perhaps some jurists in the Soviet. Union read a recent review in The Journal of .he American Judicature Society vhich commented that Judge Lide's study is "widely applicable to judges everywhere." Orders From Abroad Fifteen other foreign countries have ordered USC Press books since the first of the year. Most of these orders are easily under stood, for many of the books are of wide interest. Readers in Bel gium can be expected to order Harry Holbert Turney - High's "Chateau-Gerard: The Life and Times of a Walloon Village," and Englishmen can get sidelights on their own political development in Howard Quint's "Forging of Amer ican Socialism." It is also easily seen why someone in South Africa would want a copy of George B. Tindall's "South Carolina Ne groes," for problems in that country and in South Carolina have been similar. Other orders from abroad, how ever, are more puzzling. Who is it in Italy that is interested in "South Carolina Municipal Gov ernment?" Who in Sweden knows Charleston well enough to want to read Herbert Ravenel Sass's Vour WInc your Pas 0... Lieutenant and r"""""""" e $5,000 a year! AVIATI nplete with the * Wa**iu grateful Nation. , * Plea 3, between 19 and * my win this passport I Fort n the Aviation g her information, I Nne >onl today. ade.. Books Foreign 40 States as written by Charles E. Lee, ssia is suddenly reformed for of a South Carolina Judge, for sent to Moscow a copy of its rial Judge in South Carolina," Ade. "Outspoken: One Hundred and Fifty Years of the News and Courier?" Why should a Scotsman want to study Nlary Elizabeth Massey's "Ersatz in the Con federacy ?" At any rate, a great many peo ple are interested in South Carolina books and subjects. In addition to foreign orders, the USC Press has sent books to all but eight of the states in the union since January 1. Delta Omicron Initiates Four New Members Delta Omicron, national music fraternity, recently initiated four menbers. They are Glenn Lightsey, Har riet Allen. Alida Stanley and Mary Elizabeth Lew%is. The new members were enter tained afterwards at th( home of Mme. Trembley Baker, faculty advisor of the group. The music fraternity al-, pledged three girls recently. They are Mary Alice Hanim of Clinti. Pat Rawl and Elizabeti Kronberg, both of Columbia. Eligibility for the society i based upon completing one sem ester of the freshman year with an average of 3.5 and maintaining this average. is are sport 'cm ON CADET, AFPTR-P-4 arters, U.S.A.P. sfon 25, D.C. ee send me information on opportunities ae an Air e Piloe.