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STRAW I For the benefit of students selections for president in Th the paper is again printing a political trends among the si section of South Carolina. STRAW VO FOR PRESIDENT OF (VOTE FOR ONE, SC I Democrat .. Republican .............. I Coalitionists ............. I . I Independents Others ................ 1 WUsc 1 Reading WUSC-AM has recently received a special series from Columbia Records, Inc. of contemporary authors reading excerpts from their works. The Columbia Literary Series is the latest addition to the library of WUSC, campus radio station. This series presents the works of a dozen modern Amer ican and English authors in a new medium-the spoken voice, via the phonograph record. Such writers as John Stein beck, Truman Capote, and Edna Ferber are heard reading parts of their stories. Aldous Huxley contributes his introduction to "Brave New World," Katherine Ann Porter tramatizes one of her short stories, "Flowering Judas," and Somerset Maugham adds his pair of anecdotes, "The Three Fat Women of Antibes" and "Gigolo and Gigolette." Parables by William Saroyan; works by the Sitwell family, Sir Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sit well, and Edith Sitwell; two essays by John Collier, and an excerpt from Christopher Isher wood's diary, "Goodbye to Berlin," round out the list of works by writers represented in this serie-. These records will be pro grammed at various times during the school year as a feature of the Sunday afternoon program "WUSC Presents," broadcast at 1:30 p.m. The first of these pro grams wvill be this Sunday, Nov. 1, with John Steinbeck reading "The Snake" and "Johnny Bear." 900,000 Pa Among Cam By Scott Cain Staff Writer Need some information about South Carolina or a South Caro linian ? Then the odds are that related material is available in the South1 Carol iniana Library on MIAJESTI(:, TIOI)AY AS YES houbseM of histovrientl m)atter utanudu shoe. The4 buailing wa,' the first tI. S. and4 conhtains, manyl old new 14'ees in utate history. (Photo col , I BALLOT who have not yet made their I P Gamecock straw vote poll, sample ballot to find out the I udent body here as a cross fE BALLOT THE UNITED STATES tATCH ALL OTHERS) ......ADLAI E. STEVENSON DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER T. COLEMAN ANDREWS HARRY F. BYRD --------------------- Leceives 5eries Station manager Bob Grosse said that it is hoped that many students interested in contem porary writings and in reading in general will listen to these shows and perhaps derive new meaning from the words of these outstand ing authors. Dr. Williamson Reads Paper Before Group Dr. G. G. Williamson, .Jr., as sistant professor of ecohomics at the University, read a paper be fore the Lower Mississippi re gional meetings of the American Studies Association held at Louis iana State University Oct. 13. In line with the theme of the meeting, "The New South," Doc tor Williamson dealt with "As pects of the Industrialization of the New South." lie analyzed the industrial revolution in the South, 1865-1900, and emphasized both achievements and limitations. "The New South," Doctor Williamson declared, "was in something of the position of a relay runner.who, starting behindr cannot close the gal) despite a burst of speed." Doctor Williamson, who came to the University this fall, taught history for the past two years at \l illsaps College, .Jackson, Miss. lie earned the A.B. degree from the University in 1942 and re c(ivedI the Ph.D[. (degree from Johns-Hopkins University in 1954. pers, Mant -oliniana 7 the HIorse'shoe. Built as the first separate col lege library in the United States, the library nowv sp)ecializes only in material relatedl to the state. Until 1940 wvhen McKissick Li brary wvas built, the older library >rolyl at tihe exIt of the Hlorsc ileparate' coillege library int the rapapera anid maauscrips of In artesy of School of Journaliam) 8700 Discs Comprise Radio Files By Melba Corley Feature Editor "Music, music, music" migh well be the theme of radio statio; WUSC, for the "voice of thi Carolina campus" has records o all types from Palestrina to Perr Como. And to prove its music ver satility and efficiency the statio owns a library of about 2,000 clao sical long playing records whic distinguishes it as possessor o one of the largest classical recor collectibns in South Carolina ac cording to station manager Bo Grosse. The oldest work in the library i a recording of Gregorian Chant: written in the 13th century. An perhaps the next oldest work is group of church masses by Gic vanni Palestrina in 1562. The sta tion also owns a reprint of a original recording of arias fror "Celeste Aida" by Enrico Carus dating from 1907. One of the latest contemporar works in the library is the "Violi Concerto" by Dimitri Shostaka vitch which was given a world pre miere in October, 1955. The station broadcasts a tots of nine hours of classical musi every week. There is a classics show, "Classic Musicale" each eve ning from 11 to 12 o'clock, and four-hour "Sunday Morning Cor cert" from 9 to 1. On Tuesda and Thursday evenings, "Classi Musicale" features the composi tions being studied by the Uni versity music appreciation classes WUSC Has Musical Variety The library of the station ha enough variety to provide hour of pleasure to suit the musics taste of practically any Carolin student. In addition to th classics, the station owns 5,50 popular discs and 1,200 jaz platters that swell the total num ber of works to 8,700. Though music is the dominatinj feature of programming, news an sports reports, weather forecast drama, and religious program; round out the menu of WUSI presentations. The bulk of news is taken fror the United Press teletype receive set up in the station. And local national, and international new from this source comprise thi main part of the news programs Transcriptions of drama, mus ical presentations, and variet; comedy shows are obtained fror the British Broadcasting Coin pany, Radiodifusion Francoise and Radio Netherlands. Religiou scripts -_ ~reasures served as the general Universit; library. Architect of the building is un known, although the structure' exterior has often led people t< say that no less a figure thai Robert Mills could have done it The interior is a copy of the firs Library of Congress. Fireproo' wings on either side of the build ing wvere added in 1927. Manuscripts, newspapers, books pamphlets, music and microfiln are among the possessions of th< library. Sheltered in the fireproof wing: are app)roximately 400,000 separ ate issues of newspapers, some o them dlating back as far as 1735 Over a million manuscripvts ar< also housed in the library. Included among the manuscript are the world's largest collectioi of the Calhoun family letters, in eludiing many of the letters o~ V ice-P'residlent John C. Calhoun the Guignard family letters datinj over almost three centuries; an< the Hammond family papers in cludling letters of Gov. James H Hiammlond. Two recent collections were ex hibited last year-the Oliver Harl papers andI the Thomas famil) papers. Oliver Hart was a Bap tist minister of the Revolutionar3 War era who was instrumental ir stirring up support for the Colonial government among the back country people of the state The Thomas family is a Souti Carolina family that was particu larly outstanding in the perio< prior to the Civil War. In recent years the library hac been used to a great extent bj students gathering reference ma terial for term papers. It has als< been host to numerous researcheri in the field of anouthern history. THtE GAMECOCK s WU S duin a rcrd prgaiah f 2 " STATION COMPLEXITY DI during a rec ord program at tihe programs are received from reli gious groups throughout America. The station subscribes to the services of commercial recording companies and through blanket c agreements, the post receives all releases by these businesses. Ap proximately one hundred 45's and 15 long playing popular records are received monthly according to Grosse. Station Began in 1947 - WUSC-AM was begun in 1947 - and the first studios were housed in the old slave quarters behind the president's home. Later the s station was moved to the top s floor of Rutledge Chapel and re 1 mained there until it moved into a its present location on second floor of Russell House. The sta a tion equipment was built by stu z dents, and it is granted alloca - tions by the administration each semester for equipment and music. Broadcasting exclusively to buildings on the University campus by means of a carrier current, the station operates on Hey, evei Lc' CLENE QL. 0aan) C Dai r SPLAYED ...Jerr " sander. of %tation's headquur er in Hnr"el'l 11 a frequency of ;.10 kilocycles. Th lines for the carrier circuit hav been strung by the staff engi neers. The transmitter, also buil by volunteer engineers of the sta tion, is located on third floor o Russell House and sends signal into each building. Equipment owned by the sta tion includes two gates, two chan nel control boards, five l'restot three-speed transcription turn tables, 10 Grey pickup arm equipped with diamond needles two Magne-Cord tape recorders and a portable tape recorder fo special events. This year as in previous year the station will broadcast hom basketball games, song fests, talk by guest speakers ami concerts. The physical setup of the sta tion consists of a business offic and reception room, a main con trol room, a large productior studio, and auxiliary control roon and an announcing booth. Staff Consists of .10 The staff consists of approxi eybody! H ICoi TCKE H.' eft" Sticklers are simple ridd answers. Both words muii syllables. (No drawings, ItOn for all we use--and for hr So send stacks of 'em college and class to Ha Mount Vernon, N. Y. es Taste P RESHER, $ y Menu II .E the WI S(. staff sit. at the control% oue. ( l'lHoto by Walt) a mately 40 persons who keep pro grams on the air 80 hours each t week. And according to Grosse, promising students get two or three hours each week for their ('wn progranms. Although the station is open to students from all schools at Caro - lin:. the school of journalism probably has the highest repre -entation. The technicians on the staff are usually engineering stu dents interested in radio industry, G;rosse said. r YL/ Wee Men's Clothing, Shc and Furnishings lere's a new dea P, WHEN SMOKE FOLK RS matter is fine tobacc Lucky Strike. Luci about because it co light, mild, good )TOASTED to taste Stickler, you call the vention a Light-up W4 Ups, have you tried a it's the best-tasting c Ploo M'T JUST STAND THER. . . ICKLEI MAKE $25 les with two-word rhyming it have the same number of please!) We'll shell out $25 indreds that never see print. with your name, address, iPPy-Joe-Lucky, Box 67A, Better MOOTHER i Page Three Registrar Tours SC Schools School registrar, Henry o. Stro hecker, has begun a series of visits to 88 high schools in the state. He is visiting the schools in onnection with a program de signed to inform high school stu dlents about southern colleges and universities. "Your Opportunity at the Uni versity of South Carolina," a newly issued pamphlet, will be the material which Mr. Strohecker will rlistrilbute on behalf of Carolina. It is a pictorial bulletin sketching -ourses offered here and is il lustrated with pictures of the campus and its activities. VISTA $100 veddi"g Rho $12.90 Every K--r--. CUnte damoodh1. m.. th f... Ke-r--h Keepsake Sold Only By KING'S (in Coltumbia) "Your Credit Is Cood: Use is" 1625 Main Ph. 2-2168 rP or tent v stack of sW get together, the chatter o. Naturally, that means as' taste is worth talking mnes from fine tobacco tasting tobacco that's even better. As for the minutes of a smokers' con rite-up. Speaking of light Lucky lately? You'll say garette you ever smoked! TOASTED" to taste betteri i G A RE T TE S tEU OP olemAmmYma