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Scholarship By Columb' 4 The establishment of a $1 scholarship in English at the 1 by President Donald Russell. Donor of the endowment is W. Gordon Belser, a leading Columbia attorney and prominent member of the community, and an alumnus of the university. The scholarship fund was presented to the univer sity at a meeting of the Board of Trustees on February 15. Interest on the endowment will provide a scholarship in English literature to be awarded annually to a member of the rising senior class selected by the faculty on the basis of his ability and interest in the subject. "I have always cherished a warin affection for my alma mater," Mr. Belser said in presenting the fund. j "I particularly remember with pleasure and gratitude the time spent in the study of English un der Dr. Frank C. Woodward, pro fessor of English and later presi dent of the college. By providing for a scholarship in English litera ture, a subject in which I retain an abiding interest, it is my hope to foster among future students a like interest and to encourage their further study in this field." While attending the South Caro lina College Mr. Belser was awarded the Carolinian medal for essay, the Roddey medal for de bate, and the Southern Intercol legiate Association oratorical medal. 'lie is an alumnus member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Omi cron Delta Happa chapters at the university. The endowment will be known as "The Gordon Belser Scholarship A ward to Promote Proficiency in English." The recipient will be selected by the dean of the Col lege of Arts and Science, the heaa of the English department, and a third faculty member appointed by the university president. "I cannot express adequately either my official or personal ap preciation for this most generous gift to the university," President Russell said. "It is a gift which promotes scholarship and that, after all, is the primary function of a university. It is a most mag nificent present for the university today and the years ahead." Blue Key Chapter Chooses Officers Of Fall Semester Spring officers for the univer sity chapter of the Blue Key Honor Fraternity have been an nounced by Don Miller, outgoing president. Spring officers will be: Bob Gabriel, president; Bob Ellison, vice-president; Kim Penland, sec retatry; Legrand Rouse, circula tion secretary; I. M. Goldberg, Sserge~ant-at-armns; and Jack Bass, dlirectory editor. Hill Kinney, a graduate student and Blue Key member from Wof for.d has joinedl the Carolina chapter. Placement Bui Job Interviews Job interviews scheduled for the wveek of March 14-19 have been announced by Mris. Ruth E. Mc Vrey, D)irector of the Placement , Bureau. App)lointments can be madle through the department, where the interviews are to be held. Representatives of Deeri ng MilI liken Corporation, interested ir seeing students majoring ini te. tiks, technical subjects, busine administration, liberal arts, etc., will interview in the School ot Business Administration on Mon dany, March 14, to fill openings in their traiing p)rogram leading to sup)ervisory positions. They also have a limited number of op)enings for sales trainees. Crowni Central Petroleumi Corp oration wvill talk to "nion-technical" Ju tne gradluates in the School of Business Administration on March 15. They are looking for' men in terestedl in sales wvork in the petroleum industry for their Sales Training Program scheduled to begin the end of .June 1955. Crown Central also wants to fill openings for Finianc'ial and Accounting Trainees. Mr. L.. F. Smith will interview in the School of Engineeri ng for the Southern Railway System also on March 15. Mr. Smith will see mechanical, electrical or i ndustrial engineers for posit ions ini South erni's t rainiung p)rogram. A pplicants must he in good health, willing to travel extensively on Southern Railway System, and have a Established La Attorney 5,000 endowment to finance a iniversity has been announced Business Tops In Enrollment More students are enrolled in the School of Business Administra tion than any other school, accord ing to figures released by Regis trar, Henry 0. Strohecker, Mon day. The school's total enrollment is 967. Total enrollment at the univer sity increased 4.8 per cent over last spring's to reach a total of 3,977 this semester. This figure includes 3,656 day students and 321 evening and extension stu dents. Men students number .2,975 and women 1,002. Eighty-five fresh men and 128 transfer students en rolled at the university this spring according to the registrar's office. Eight hundred and fifty-one en rollees are attending school on the G. I. Bill. Of these, five are women. Enrollment according to schools follows: School of Business Administra tion-967 -College of Arts and Sciences 736 School of Engineering-639 Schoof of Education-519L Graduate School-422 School of Pharmacy-161 School of Law-120 School of Journalism-86 Clubs Elect New Officers For Spring Three campus organizations re cently announced new officers for the spring semester. Pi Kappa Delta Pi Kappa Delta, national foren sic fraternity, announced its new officers this week. Charlie Gold herg is the new president, Ernest Lathem is vice-president, and John Altman is secretary-treas urer. Womniet's Athletic Association The Women's Athletic Associa tion recently elected officers for the spring term. The newly elected officers are: Lou Keller, president; Lynn Lewis, vice-president; Mary Wise Rixey, treasurer; Agnes Ann Moo rer, secretary; and Mary Alice Cahart, publicity chairman. Newman Club The Newman Club's recently elected officers include Catherine McClain as president. The' other officers are Loretta Macintosh, vice-president; Louise Wood, recording secretary; Frank Rodgers, corresponding secretary; and John Bernadine, treasurer. -eau Sets March 14-19 scholastic record of 2.0 ("C") or b)etter. On March 16, representatives of the Ordnance Corps, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, will be in the School of Engineering to talk with p)rospective graduates (male and female) majoring in mathematics, metallurgy, physics and engineering (aeronautical, chemical, electrical, communica ions, mechanical and electronics). To fill positions in applied re search, representatives of the U. S. Naval Engineering Experiment Station, Annapolis, Maryland, will talk to electrical, electronics, me chanical and chemical engineers as well as to physicists and metal lurgists in the School of Engineer ing March 16. McCrory Stores Corporation representatives, particularly inter ested in talking with retailing majors, will also recruit men for their management training pro gram on March 17 in the School of Business Administration. Dur ing the training program period which c*overs three years, men are instructed in every phase of the b usiness, including merchandising. Salaries are reviewed every six months during this training period. On March 18, Mr. N. F. Rohn of the U. S. Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugui, California, will be in the School of Engineer ing to talk with mechanical and e'lectrical engineers and physicists who are interested in research, de velopment, and testing and evalua tion prnorams. NROTC Names Spring Officers To U. S. Students The Na9al Resrve Officer's Training Corps has announced the following Midshipman Officers for the Spring Semester: Battalion Staff W. T. Todd II, Pittsburgh, Pa., Battalion Commander; H. L. Gray, Lake City, Executive Offi cer; R. K. Plummer, Elizabeth town, Pa., Adjutant; N. C. Collier, Norfolk, Va., Operations Officer; C. E. McManaway, Greenville, Supply Officer; R, C. Williams, Charleston, Communications Offi cer; P. F. Carr, Augusta, Ga., Chief Petty Officer; G. M. Rider, Arapahoe, N. C., Drum and Bugle Corps Commander. Able Company G. L. Wood, Winnsboro, Com pany Commander; R. D. Bates, Denmark, Executive Officer; T. U. Carr, Arlington, Va., Chief Petty Officer. Platoon Commanders: B. E. Ransom, Columbia; A. B. Vance, Valley Stream, N. Y.; J. G. Brown, Ridgewood, N. J. Mustering Petty Officers: R. L. Ellison, Montoursville, Pa.; J. W. Feild, Georgetown; T. S. Ergle, N. Augusta. Baker Company J. M. Cantey, Columbia, Com pany Commander; W. B. Mahony, Charleston, Executive Officer; J. G. Ridoutte, Columbia, Chief Petty Officer. Platoon Commanders: P. L. Grier, Clover; C. H. Smoak, Columbia; J. H. Williams, Neeses. Mustering Petty Officers: R. S. Cameron,-St. Petersburg, Fla.; H. L. Huggins, Columbia; J. H. Nagel, Meadville, Pa. IRC Talks. About Arts In Brazil International Relations Club meeting was highlighted by Maria Furtado's interesting description, complete with photos and native arts, of Brazil. Miss Furtado, a student at Columbia College, is from the southern part of that country. Discussion was also heard on the possibility of sending delegates from the university to the national A. I. R. C. convention in St. Louis this April and on, the resumption of the 'club's television series. Today's meeting, President Ted Drucker has announced, will fea ture an Oregon type debate with audience participation on the sub ject: "The United States should continue to support Nationalist China." All interested students are invited to attend. I. R. C. meets at 5 o'clock in Building C. COLLEGE TO C WI NSTON * No wonder so ma gether on Winston! . I full, rich, tobacco flu filter. It works ao Winstons are ay. Teachers' Clinics In English Set June 13-July 1 The Department of English and the School of Education have an nounced two clinics for teachers and prospective teachers this summer. The clinics will begin June 13, meet three periods a day and will terminate on July 1. They will carry three credits, either graduate or undergraduate, in English or Education. The first, a clinic in the teach ing of grammar and composition, will be directed by Dr. J. E. White sell, Dr. M. G. Christophersen, and Professor Paul Farmer of Atlanta. Dr. Babcock will be a special lec turer. The second will be a clinic iri the teaching of literature in the high school, and will be directed by Dr. M. B. Seigler, Dr. John Welsh and Dr. Curran McArthur, who is superintendent of schools at Beaufort; Dr. Babcock will also be a special lecturer. Dr. Babcock said, "Our first clinic during the past summer was highly successful, attractfng a large group of fine teachers from throughout the state. 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