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45TH YEAR BN OCR OF PUBLICATION MNCO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GRE4TER CAROLINA Volume XLVII, No. -27 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 30. 1954 1000 High Seniors to Campus To Approximately 1,000 high in Vocational Guidance Day ar campus beginning at 10:30 a.r Students will go on guided leaders will conduct the tourF departments, science and engi Parks Speaks 0n Southern Humor Tonite The Bain Humanities Society of the university will present Mr. Edd Winfield Parks, writer and profes sor of English at the University of Georgia, in a public lecture on "Early Southern Humor" tonight at 8 p.m. in the law school audi torium. Interested persons are cordially invited to attend, Dr. John R. Welsh, president of the society, said. Author The author of a number of books in the field of southern literature and a critic of distingtion, Dr. Parks will discuss the humor of "the old southwest" from the beginning of the 19th century to the Civil War. Part of his speech will consider the "tall tale" in relation to humorous, homegrown realism based upon close observa tion of the sot4hern scene. 'Ahe humor of the colonial Vir ginia writer, William Byrd, will be contrasted with the polished, Addisonian humor of J. P. Ken nedy, Virginia novelist of the early 19th century. Other writers to be discussed in clude A. B. Longstreet, one-time president of the university and author of "Georgia Scenes"; Wil liam Tappan Thompson, author of "Major Jones' Courtship,". and Joseph G. Baldwin, author of "Flush Times in Alabama and Mis sissippi." Simms' Works The humorous works of William Gilmore Simms, the South Carolina novelist, and the Davy Crockett legends will also be described Dr. Parks will then summarize the main aspects of southern humor and describe how it provides an insight into the southern mind. Among the books by Dr. Parks are "Scgcnts of Southern Thought," "Charles Egbert Crad 'k,' "The C;ent Critics," "The English Drama, 900-1642," "The Essays of Henry Timrod," and "Sut Lovingood Travels with Old Abe Lincoln." He is also the author of a volume of poems, juvenile fiction, short stories, and numerous articles on literary sub jeds in scholarly magazines. EXCAVATIONS AND FOUNDa To be constructed at a cost of ap residence hall, to be reserved for women stndents with a lndaed School Visit USC morrow school seniors will take part d state mental centests on the i. tomorrow. tours of the campus. Student through classrooms, various neering laboratories, and Mc Kissick Library. In addition, students will havE the opportunity to inspect dormi tories and the YMCA recreatior hall. The tours will be cofiducted al repeated intervals to allow thos( taking part in mental tests tc participate in all the- events. ThE mental examinations are being given by the University Personnel Program This year's vocational progran has been divided into two groups Last Saturday nearly 1000 students visited the campus in the firsi group. Discussion groups headed b3 faculty representatives on voca tional opportunities available ir the various schools and depart ments will be held. Students wil see displays prepared by variow academic departments and wil have an opportunity to ask ques. tions regarding courses and re quirements of the various schools and departments. Moving pictures on Vocationa Guidance subjects will be showr all day in the chapel. Movies 01 last year's Carolina-Clemson foot ball game will also be shown. Students will take time oul from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for freE lunch at Currell College. At thal time the university band will giv< a concert. Mental contests for the day will include senior English, senior al gebra, plane geometry, biology natural science, and American his tory. Foreign Service Officers' Exams Will Be Given The university Bureau of Place. ment has announced that examina tions for Foreign Service officers will be held in September. ThE examinations will be written, oral and physical. Written examinations will b( held September 13-16 in Civil Service examin,Aio.i center, 'hroughout the United States Ora1l examinationfi %will be held ir Washington beginning in Januar3 1955. The physical exam will fol low this. Application blanks may be ob. tained from the Board of Exam iners for the Foreign Service, De nartment of State, Washington 25 D. C. ATION WORK have begun at th< proximately $400,000, the huildin rreshmen, will form the third side ane in the enter. (Camenek e Dr. Whitesell Will Present Guignard Talk Dr. J. Edwin Whitesell of the university English department will present the second in the annual service of Guignard lectures, Dr. Orin F. Crow, dean of the faculty, announced today. Dr. Whitesell will speak . on "Chaucer's Greatness in His Day and Ours" in two addresses at 8 p.m. in the University Chapel on Tuesday, May 4 and Friday, May 7. A graduate of Randolph-Macon College, Dr. Whitesell earned his Ph.D. degree at Harvard Univer sity, studying with Professors George Lyman Kittredge, John Livingstone Lowes and F. M. Robinson at a time when Harvard was the major center for Chaucer ian research. In 1935- he was the recipient of a Harvard scholar ship for study in Europe, mainly at Oxford and the British Museum. Dr. Whitesell taught at North western University and the Uni versity of Virginia before joining the University of South Carolina faculty in 1946. He is a member of numerous professional and scholarly organizations and is an editor of the Explicator, a magaz ine devoted to the interpretation of literary compositions. The lectures will point out Chaucer's importance during his own period and why his works have become literary classics. Chaucer's dramatic devices, his humor and satire, his use of the English language, and his success as a story teller and psychological novelist will be discussed. The lectures on both evenings will be less than an hour. The public is cordially invited to attend. Registrars Hold Annual Meeting In Drayton Hall The South Carolina Association of College Registrars held its an nual meeting yesterday at 10:45 a.m. at Drayton Hall on the uni versity campus. The meetings were open to the public and special invitations were extended to all college registrars, presidents, guidance counselors and accredited high school principals and guidance counselors. A panel discussion on "How High School G3uidance Helped Me In Planning For College," con ducted by Thomas E. McInville, director of Guidaince, Winyah High School, Georgetown, opened the morning program. At the afternoon session Miss Grace Sease, assistant principal of Dreher High School in Columbia, led a panel discussion*of "Through What Guidance Practices Can We Work Together For Improved High School-College Articula tion?7" site of the new women's donnibory. g will house, 150 coeds. The new of a U-shaped dormitory area for hoto hy lAndis Per.y) DR. J. EDWIN WHITESELL of the second in a series of Guignard topic will be "Chaucer's Greatness it Leadership Eight After Song Fest Eight men were tapped by Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary leader.hip fraternity, in ceremonies after fraternity song fest Tuesday night. Those elected to membership in clude: Ross Anderson, Jack Can tey, Jack Field, Dave Merline, Dan McIntyre, Brantley Phillips, Bill Todd, aind Bob Wilkins. ODK recognizes men who have shown outstanding performance in more than one of five major phases of college activity: scholarship, athletics, publications, social and religious affairs, and speech, music and the dramatic arts. Eight Men Tapped Ross Anderson, of Anderson, is a member of Wig and Robe, as sistant editor of the law quarterly, and a member of the debating team. He is also president of the law federation and vice-president of a social fraternity. Jack Cantey of Columbia is a junior in the school of engineering. He is a member of Epsilon Lambda Sigma, the religious emphasis week committee, Kappa Sigma Kappa, the pistol team and the student speaker's committee. Student Body President Jack Field of Georgetown. is the recently elected student body presi dent. He is assistant business manager of the Gamecock, vice president of a social fraternity, and secretary of the Inter-fratern ity council. He has received a letter Bloodmobile On USC Campus Tuesday, May 4 The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be on campus next Tuesday. It wilt be in the Naval Armory from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The goal is 250 pints of blood with a minimum of 200 pints. Prof. F. B. Herty is in charge of the program and the engi neering student. will help with the registration. Students wishing to donate a pint of plasma may sign their pledges in the post office lobby beginning today through Mon day. They may sign up on Friday and Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The only requirements that a donor must pass are that he be not under 18 years of age, and if between the ages of 18-21 he must have a permission slip signed by his parents or guard ian, and that his blood type be aeceptable. the English department will deliver lectures on May 4 and May 7. His k His Day and Ours." Frat Taps Fraternity Tuesday in a minor sport and is captain of the pistol team. Dave Merline of Anderson has served as president of the fresh man "Y," freshman "Y" camp counselor, a member of the reli gious emphasis week committee and president of the sophomore class. He was chairman of the student council social committee and buildings and grounds. Dan McIntyre of Marion is the newly elected president of the YMCA. He has been a freshman "Y" camp counselor and president of Wesley Foundation. He is vice president of the rising senior class, a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and Kappa Sigma Kappa, and a member of the rifle team while at Davidson College. German Club Prexy Brantley Phillips of Greenville has been president of the German Club, a minor officer of a social fraternity, and a member of Phi Delta Phi. He was selected as the outstanding junior cadet in the Air Force ROTC, has served as a cadet colonel, and was chosen a distinguished military student. Bill Todd, of Pittsburgh, has been president of a social fratern ity for four semesters, a nember of Epsilon Lambda Sigma and Kappa Sigma Kappa. He is a member of student council, vice president of inter-fraternity coun cil, a member of the chorus, co chairman of the KSK beauty pageant committee andI a member of the American Society of Me chanical Engineers. G & B Staff Member Bob Wilkins of Florence has been business manager of the Garnet apd Black, law school editor of the G arnet and Black, and treasurer and corresponding secretary of a social fraternity. He is treasurer of Inter-fraternity council, has been a member of three champion ship intramural teams, and has served as a freshman orientation teacher. The initiates will be honored by a formal banquet at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church May 14. Two recently elected honorary members will be presented at this time. Omicron Delta Kappa was founded at Washington and Lee University In 1914. Chi chapter at the university was established in 1927. NOTICE Construetion has begun for the new wing on the School of Pducation in Wardlaw College. Becauae of the construction work, studenta are requested to use the South and East en Crownmg To High EVent Wc The May Queen coronatio in the horseshoe will high lig ttivities~on the campus next ield that day. Beginning at 10 a.m. wit )y departments and campus < Aill culminate with a dance Green to Be Anglican Head Of RE Week Canon Bryan Green of Birming iam, England, world famous An Klican evangelist, will be Protes ant leader of the 1954 Religious EFmphasis Week activities on the iniversity campus. The week will be observed December 12-16. Bryan Green will conduct the Protestant convocations in the mornings, seminars on Friendship, Courtship, and Marriage in the afternoons, and dormitory discus sion groups at night. The approach to these discussions will be "tc educate a decision" and will not be high pressure evangelism. Religious Emphasis Week is ar annual event on the universit3 campus originated by R. G. Bell director of the YMCA (1919-1950) It is a cooperative endeavor o: the faculty and administration churches and synogogues of Colum bia working through the studen, YM-YWCA, and campus organiza Lions. Protestant, Catholic, and Jewisf convocations will be held each day 3f the week. Classes will be excused in order that students may attend convocations. A theme for the 1954 week has cot been determined. Last Draft Exam For This Year To Be On May 20 Selective Service National Head quarters announced today that it has authorized a speeiai admini stration of the College Qualifica tion Test on Thursday, May 20, 1954, for the benefit of students prevented by illness or other emer gency from attending one of the regular administrations. May 20 is the last date upon which the College Qualification Test will be held during the present academic year. Although applications post marked May 10, 1954, or earlier will be accepted, students wishing to apply are urged to secure, com plete, and mail their applications it once. Early filing will insure r test and other necessary supplies ror the student at the center he relects or at a nearby center, ac tording to Educational Testing Service, which prepares and ad ministers the College Qualifica tion Test. Gamecock All-Americe By Collegi The Gamecock has been rated All-American for the 1958-54 Fall semester by the Associated Colle giate Press scoring system. It was one of the seven college weeklie in the 2001-4000 student class t< receive the honor. This is the first time since thi Fall semester of 1947-48 that the Gamecock has received the toi rating. Some of the things considered 11 the judging are news coverage news writing, features, editoriali make-up, headline writing typog raphy, and printing. Most of the points were award. on the basis of good coveragi of Queen Light May dnesday n and presentation of awards ht the annual University Day Wednesday. No classes will be h the presentation of awards )rganizations, the day's events at the Jefferson Hotel from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Free lunch will be served on the horseshoe by KSK from 12:30W to 1:30 p.m. Also featured on the day's pro gram will be the annual Phi Ep silon Pi pie-throwing contest on the horseshoe, fraternity open houses, a band concert, and a campus wide drop-in in the Delta Delta Delta sorority from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. May Court Tena McNulty of Columbia, will be crowned Queen 'of May on the steps of McKissick library. Coronation ceremonies will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dolly Jean Dennis, of Charleston, is Maid of Honor. Gary Lee will be the announcer and Red Ness the court jester. The Co-ed Association will spon sor the May Pole dance. Johnny Long The May Day dance, featuring Johnny Long and his orchestra, will be semi-formal, i. e. boys will wear coats and ties and girls will wear either evening or party dresses. Awards ODK, national leadership fra ternity, will sponsor the Awards Day portion at 10 a.m. in front of McKissick Library. Awards will be presented by departments and campus organizations. Miss Garnet and Black will be named and Jack Field, student body president-elect, will officially take office. Among those awards to be pre sented are: the Algernon Sidney Sullivan award for the most out standing male and female seniors, the Blue Key, ODK and KSK awards. Students included in "Who's Who" will also be recog nized. ODK Awards Day Chairman Stanley Krugman has requested that all people presenting awards on May 5 be present on the horseshoe at 9:45 n.m. is Awarded Lf Scoring te Press good news writing, j-ud features and good make-up. Rarely used ratings of "Super ior" were awarded for news leads, editorial page features, sports coverage, and inside news pages. Special mention was made of the comments on segregation and the picture-feature on the Washington Maryland trip. Such comments as "The social column tends toward gossip at iL times," "avoid stringing heads ,across the page," and "Your edi 'torial heads are too black," com -prised most of the criticism. There was also a warning against putting di too much emphasis on "queen" ', contests.