The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 20, 1955, Page Page Eight, Image 9
Naval Unit
Awards At
The university NROTC Unit
held a battalion parade and review
at Melton Field Thursday in honor
of midshipmen recognized for
meritorious achievement in the
Department of Naval Science.
Feature award was the presen
tation of the Kiwanis cup by Wil
liam E. DeLoache, president of the
Kiwanis Club of Columbia. The
Kiwanis cup is a perpetual trophy
awarded annually to the platoon
which is judged most proficient
in military drill. The first platoon
of Company "A," commanded by
Midshipman -Lieutenant (junior
grade) 'Bernard E. Ransom, was
selected as the 1955 winner.
The professor of naval science
award for the outstanding upper
classman and freshman was pre
sented to Midshipman third class
Jimmie Lee Martin and to Mid
shipman fourth class James H.
Addison, respectively. Winners of
the coveted award are selected on
the basis of superior performance
in naval science and related mili
tary subjects, academic and cruise
proficiency and participation in
naval unit activities.
A drill proficiency Award was
presented to Midshipman third
class "C" Gordon McBride, rep
resenting the first squad, third
platoon of Company "A," as the
most proficient in drill for 1955.
Receiving the 'runner-up award
was Midshipman second class J.
A. Frasier, squad leader of the
second squad, second platoon,
Company "A."
Midshipman second class R. C.
Williams has been announced as
winner of the drill team Achieve
ment Award, presented in recogni
tion of outstanding work in or
ganizing and training the navy
drill platoon. Individual recogni
tion devices were conferred upon
selected members of the drill team
who qualify for billets during the
next school year.
The NROTC unit rifle team was
honored for two highly competi
tive matches selected from the
season's record. Team captain G.
L. Wood, midshipman first class,
received the Carolinas NROTC
Championship Trophy from the
professor of naval science for the
Selective Service
Blanks Sent Out
Application blanks for Selective
Service Form 109 will be sent to
all male students H. O. Strohecker,
registrar, has announced.
All students who are subject to
Selective Service and whose
present deferment expires in June,
should fill out this information
and give it to the registrar. This
must be (lone if new SSS Forms
109 are to be sent to your Selec
tive Service Boards during July.
Immediately after the closing of
this semester, all male students
wvill be re-ranked and re-classified
in accordance with the number of
semesters in attendlance at college.
New forms SSS 109 wvill be sent
only for those who give the needed
information to the registrar.
LETTERS
(Continued from page 2)
course, is the important thing.
We must not question the sanc
tity or the wisdom of the system,
or in any way threaten its self
complacency; that would be
disastrous.
Therefore, if the elders tell us
that mathematics teaches us to
think, then we must scratch our
noggins with a slip-stick, sit on
a compass and cogitate. If we are
told that a p,roficiency in Meso
potamian will aid us in the
future, then we must hire a
dromedary, cultivate a taste for
litchi nuts and kumquat rinds,
and comfortably await the in
evitable news of inheritance
from across the waters. It's SO
obvious...
I sat down feeling desolate,
Bowed my head and crossed my
knees:
'Is Fortune really predicated
Upon such tiny turns as
these?
Then, Fate's a thing without a
head
A puzzle never understood;
And Man proceeds where he
is led,
Unguaranteed of bad or
good.'"
Yours very etc.,
Herb McFarland
P. S.: A few young people
with ways so airy
Say kumquat rind's not terrible,
but very;
They say litchi nuts
Ain't peachy nuts,
And' a dromedary ih just toooo
damn hairy.
-hmn
Presents
Parade
team. Individual medals, awarded
the team members as navy senior
ROTC winners in the Third Army
Area intercollekiate matches, were
accepted by Midshipman first class
R. S. Cameron, Jr.
The junior and senior key and
medal from the Society of Amer
ican Military Engineers has been
awarded this year to Midshipman
first class W. T. Todd (senior) and
to Midshipman second class A. J.
Perry (Junior). U. S. Naval In
stitute Regular and Associate
memberships were presented to
Midshipman first class N. C.
Collier, and Midshipman first
class II. O. Bozardt, Jr., respec
tively. Midahipman first class J.
E. Schulken received the member
ship in the Marine Corps Associa
tion, a professional society of ma
rine officers, as the outstanding
senior in marine science. The
Armed Forces Communications
and Electronics Association certi
ficate and medal were awarded
to Midshipman first class G. M.
Rider for achievements in electrical
engineering.
Seen, Heard, Spoken
On Campus
Sign, attached to the outside of
the federal post office box in the
post office lobby, with one edge of
stamp attached to it, with this note
on the sign: "Postman, There is
a letter in this box which doesn't
have a stamp on it. Would you put
this stanp on it. Thanks."
* * *
Electrician coming in,to Game
cock office looking for electric fans.
Asks if any fans are in office. Don
Miller stops reading book, looks
in desk drawer and answers
"nope."
Squawking blue jay seen chasing
squirrel in front of the Russells'
home.
* *
Overheard in student coniersa
tinwr : "Guess I'd better buy a book
since we're going to have exams in
two weeks."
* *
Dr. Hollis giving after-dinner
speech at Laurel Hilt while five
piece jazz band plays soothing
music in the background.
** *
Long-distance telephone operator
asking school of journalism secre
tary: "Is Dean Sway-back there?"
* * *
Strange radio station. heard on
parts of the campus . . . dedicated
"Your Clobbered Heart" to Dean
Jackson the other day.
UNIVERSITY
(Conini ued fromu page 1 )
Part in dIrafting the Charter of the
United Nations. Hie was a mem
ber' of the United States delega
tion to) the San Francisco Confer
ence on World Organiz.ation in
1945 and represented this country
in the United Nations General As
sembly in 1946, 1947, and 1950. He
was active chairman of the United
States delegation to the U. N.
Assembly at Paris in 1948.
As special rep)resentative of the
President, wvith the rank of Am
bassador, Mr. Dulles negotiated
the Japanese Peace Treaty in
1951, dlescribed by Tlimie magazine,
wvhich selected him as "Man of the
Year" for 1954, as "the soundest
bit of dliplomacy he inherited
when he became Secretary of
State." The same year he nego
tiatedl the Australian, New Zea
land, Philippine and Japanese
Security Treaties.
Richards In S. C.
C;ongressman Richards was born
at iJberty Hill in 1894. HIe at
tendI(ed the public schools of Ker
shawv County, Clemson College and
the university. In 1917, a few
(lays after the dleclaration of war,
he enlisted, serving with a trench
mortar battery of the 118th In
fantry Regiment, 30th Division,
in France as a private, corporal,
and sergeant.
Following the war Mr. Richards
returned to the university to earn
a law dlegree. At the university
he p)layedl varsity football and
baseball, was president of the Ath
letic Association, an officer of the
Clariosophie Literary Society, and
a winner of oratorical contests.
Mr. Richards began the prac
tice of law in 1921. The following
year he was elected probate judge
of Lancaster County, a position to
which he was re-elected in 1926
and 1930.* In 1932 he was elected
to Congress as representative from
the Fifth District. He has served
4 N \
BLUE KEY ELECTS . . . New mu
sity, are, left to right, Ernest Lathen
Morris, Columbia; and Billy Bruce,
Blue Key
Five New
The Carolina chapter of Blue
Key national honor fraternity
named five new members, P're:;i
dent Bob Gabriel has announced.
The new members are Mackie
Prickett. Ernest Latham, Hugh
Bell, Kenny Mtorris and Billy
Bruce.
Blue Key recognizes leadership
in campus life and is organized
to render service to the university.
The local chapter publishes the
Blue Key directory, only student
directory published at the univer
sity, promotes an annual Big
Thursday Eve dance in co-opera
tion with the Clemson chapter and
awards an annual tea cup to the
winning team as a symbol of good
sportsmanship between the two
schools. This spring, Blue Key
sponsored a blood drive on
campus and collected over 300
pints of blood for lichland
County.
To gain membership in Blue
Key, a student must have junior
hours and be approved unani
mously by all members after his
name has been b)rought uip for
membership. Only an active
member can nominate a studlent
for membership. Leadership), serv'
ice and scholastic standing above
the all men's average are neces
sary reqjuiremlents.
3l.\CK I E PtlI(Kl ETTl, a junior,
is priesident of his class next year.
continuously since that (date and
is now in his 12th term.
Ilanahan lionors
.1. ltoss H anahan wvas born in
Summerville in 18G9 and spent his
earliest years on a plantation
near Eastover. Later his family
moved to Charleston wvhere he
was graduated from Charleston
Hligh School. He enrolled at the
College of Charleston but at the
end( of his freshman year trans
feirred to the university from
which he was graduated cum laude
with a major in chemistry in 1890.
In 1900 he organized the Caro
lina P'ortlandl Cement Company
with branch offices in Atlanta,
Birmingham, andl Jacksonville. lie
remainedl its president until the
company wvas dissolved in 1946.
Later Mr. H-anahan dilscoveredl
near Orangeburg a type of lime
stone suitable for manufacturing
cement andI to exploit this (deposit
formed the Carolina Cement andI
Lime Company of wvhich he is
p)residlent.
In 190G Mr. Hlanahan, with bus
iness associates, founded the
P lanters' F'ertilIizer and Phosphate
Company at Charleston. He be
came p)resident in 1915, a position
which he still retains.
Active in civic affairs, Mr.
lianahan led a movement to im
prove the Charleston city water
supply and when his plan was
adlopted, be was named chairman
of the public works commission.
( ENNY MORRItS has been on
the "Y"' cabinet for three years
and co-chairman of the Program
Committee for the Junior-Senior
"Y." lie is an officer of Kappa
Alpha, member of Kappa Sigma
Kappa, atnd member of Kappa Phi,
naionnal art fraternity.
mbers of Blue Key, national honors
, Dacusville; Hugh Bell, Columbia;
Gaffney.
Fraternit
y
Members
3e was named United Press
>layer of the year in South Caro
inia football last year as
ophomore quarterback for theI
.'amecocks and was total offense
eader in the Atlantic Coast Con
erence. He is a member of KSK
ervice fraternity, Baptist Student
Union, Sigma Chi fraternity,
Block C and American Pharma
!eutical Association.
ERNEST LATH AM, a junior, is
)resident of Lambda Chi frater
iity and past president and critic
>f Clariosophie Literary Society.
He was a member of the varsity
lebate team for two semesters and
ast year won the Gonzales award
for oratory.,
HIUGH BELL, a junior, is co
aptain of next year's football
Buy\
CHESTER
today!
Laces
try service fraternity at the univer
Mackie Prickett, Fort Motte; Kenny
Chooses
Here
team. He is manager of the Men's
Residence Halls, married and has
two children. He is on the execu
tive council of Carolina Veterans
Association and vice-president of
the Major-Minor club for physical
education students. He was a
finalist in the runoffs for student
body president this spring. Hugh
is a member of Block C and a
pledge of Pi Kappa Alpha frater
nity.
BILLY BRUCE is president of
the German Club and has served
as vice-president. He has served
as head photographer and assis
tant business manager of the
Gamecock and has been a minor
officer of Sigma Nu fraternity.
He is a member of the "Y"
cabinet for next year.
FIELD 4
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Carolina Debate
Council Formed
By USC Team
The formation of the Carolina
Debate Council was announced
Wednesday, May 11, at a Debate
Team supper at Laurel Hill, ac
cording to Charlie Goldberg, new
president of the council.
Mr. Goldberg said the Carolina
Debate Council is being formed to.
foster debate at the university.
He said they would sponsor proj
ects throughout the state in con
nection with encouraging debating
on the high school level. And, he
added, they will sponsor the Caro
lina Forensic Debate Tournament
held at the university next fall.
Those elected to an office beside
Mr. Goldberg were Kermit King,
vice-president, and Allowee Bailey,
secretary-treasurer.
Alpha Phi Omega
Holds Initiation
Alpha Phi Omega, national
service fraternity, had as its guest
for initiation ceremonies last
week, Dr. Tom Gault, presidential
representative of the national of.
fice of APO, from Charleston; and
W. B. Chandler, scout executive of
Central South Carolina Council.
Also taking part in the cere
monies were Prof. James Ratliff,
Prof. Claude Neuffer, and Dr.
Erland Nelson.
Those initiated were: Don
Laudermilch, Bob Grosse, Tom
Fickling, Bob Hayes, Mike Windus,
Jerry Livingston, Charles Black
well, and Howard Chapman.
Hollis Announces
Second USC Book
Dr. Daniel W. Hollis, univer
sity historian, has announced that
he expects the second volume that
he is compiling on the history of
the university to be completed by
next November.
The second volume will cover
the period from 1865 to 1930.
Dr. Hollis's first voluple, Uni
versity of South Carolina, The
South Carolina College, was pub
lished in 1951. It covers the
period from 1801 to 1865.
Yoru1~Ol
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e in American%
YM, YWCA
Install New
Fall Officers
Judy Clarke and Flynn Harrell4
both of Columbia, were recently
installed as newly elected presi
dents of the YWCA and YMCA
cabinets, respectively. Installation
took place at a candlelight service,
and each new cabinet member was
presented with a small recogni
tion made by the YMCAs in Ger
many.
Other officers and members of
the YWCA cabinet are: Bertha
Gardner, vice-president; Neil Reid,
secretary; Peggy Skelton, treas
.rer; Margaret Hunter, freshman
advisor and camp director; Mittie
McNinch, sophomore advisor; Ann
Smarr, vespers; Carol Branden
aurg, social; and Martha Stokes, 4
Jeputations.
Also Sally McCants, devotionals;
rimmy Timmons, ' membership;
Jarol Knight, camp; Legare Coker,
)ublic relations; Carol Iobst,
:ampus affairs; and Pat Arant,
.nusic.
Other officers and cabinet for
..he YMCA are: Bob Adams, vice
president; Jimmy Martin, see
retary; Frank Callcott, treasurer;
Larrie Bailey, freshman advisor
and camp director; Kim Penland,
sophomore advisor; and Tommy
VanKeuren, vespers.
Also' Mike Cory, social; David
White, deputations; Billy Bruce,
devotionals; Lawrence Curry,
membership; John Sloan, camp;
and Brian Ramsey, public rela
tions.
WUSC Plans All-Night
Classical Music Program
Campus radio station WUSC will
present a special all-night program
of classical masterworks begin
ning at 11:00 tonight and con
tinuing until 7:00 in the morning,
Bill Hay, station manager, has
announced. The program is being
arranged and announced by Gus
Manos, whose program "Music of
Our Times" has been heard
regularly on Wednesdays at 11:00.
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