The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 11, 1955, Page Page Three, Image 3
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.
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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. The re-offer
ing of one clinic and the estab
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