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OF USC ALUM MKissick Gets Rare ly JOAN REYNOLDS FAUNT USC News Service A former Columbian and alumna of the University of South Caro lina, Mary Owings Miller (Mrs. Raymond B. Miller of Baltimore), has presented a most unusual col lection of books to the University of South Carolina's McKissick Memorial Library-issues of "Con temporary Poetry," one of the most successful of modern poetry mag azines, and selections from the "Distinguished Poets Series," all of which Mrs. Miller herself has edited. Mrs. Miller, a native of Colum bia, took the Bachelor of Arts de gree at Winthrop College, where she was a classmate of Mrs. Rob ert L. Sumwalt (Caroline Causey), Mrs. George Dial (Caroline Banks), Mrs. Irving F. Belser (Caroline Dick McKissick), among others. It is with these three especially that she has maintained her old college friendship. She did graduate work at Rad cliffe and Harvard and earned her Master's degree in sociology at the University of South Carolina. It was at the University that she met her husband, when he was a mem ber of the faculty. Professor Mil ler is now head of the Department of Finance at the University of Baltimore. Always a person of literary in clinations, Mrs. Miller's first real success as a poet came in 1931, when her "Sonnet to Rupert Brooke" won seven prizes. She de cided to combine her interests in sociology and verse by writing "poetry of social oonsciousness." Some 10 years later, Mrs. Miller found herself somewhat at loose ends. At the breakfast table one morning, Professor Miller re marked to her, "Why don't you put out a poetry magazine?" And as a direct result of that suggestion, the Miller apartment in Baltimore has during the past 17 years gained international re nown as an editorial office where some of the fresher and substantial contemporary verse is prepared for publication. Professor 'Miller subsidized the first issue of 700 copies of "Poetry Forum," which sold at 30 cents a copy. The last time Mrs. Miller heard, a single copy of this inau gural issue was selling for $5. The name of the publication was soon changed to "Contemporary Poetry," and has been continuously self-supporting, first as a quar terly and later, since October, 1950, as an annual. Mr's. Miller pubilishes several volumes of p)oetry a year, each de voted to a single poet, in addition to the annual collections. So far as she knows, she is probably the only one-wvoman publishing house in the wvorldl, and certainly the only such producing books of first rate poetry. Names of a few of her contribu tors is impressive evidIence of the Norwich Chem To ,USC Pharri . Paul C. Wieseman, assistant1 chief chemist of The Norwich Pharmacal Co., Norwvich, N. Y., will speak Thursday morning to the USC phar macy students. Mr. Wieseman, a graduate of Philadelphia Col lege of Pharmacy and Science, has Norwich P I-a r macal Co., mak ers of Pepto- W eii, Bismol, since 1933. He is in charge of new product development. The subject of Mr. Wieseman 's Congratulations to the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. The Post Office Depart ment has announced: "A stamp honoring Journalism and Freedom of the Press to be issued in Septem ber, 1958, on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri." U. S. C. Students All The Shrimp You Can Eat Wed. & Friday Nites $1.00 \Five Points Restaurant ,,: - Library Books Mary Owings Miller venerally high standard of her yooks-Marianne.Moore, Oliver St. Fohn Gogarty, Walter de la Mare, Lord Dunsany, Alex Comfort, Karl 3hapiro, Richard Hart, Hugh Mac Diarmid, Oscar Williams, Pedro salinas, Stephen Pender, Tennessee Williams and many others. W. H. Auden, R. P. Blackman ind Gogarty are among those who iave lent the prestige of their names and implicit approval to Ars. Miller's advisory board. But, mhatever their indirect influeice nay be on her editorial policies, ier books are essentially hers, and ihe seems to regard them as ex .ensions of her personality. Among the Contemporary Poems publications is "Wheel of Glass," a collection of Mrs. Miller's own poems, about which Mark Van Doren wrote to the author: "You 4ave a nervous gind of wit that I find always fresh, sometimes startling, and steadily effective to ward an end which I hope you will agree is moral-not a bad thing at all, by which I mean in fact a very good thing. I like it, and like your poems, and shall look for ward to your future work." Mrs. Miller considers the Pulit rer Prize winner's comment "a generous apraisal" which she cher ishes, and she plans to use it on the dust jacket of her next vol ume. Although Mary Owings Miller recently released her 38th volume, this former Columbian shows no signs of losing that enthusiasm, that sensitivity of taste, that edi torial-selectivity which has 'gained ). world-wide reputation for "Con -epniorary Poetry." For the organization minded, ~he quote of columnist Nancy Sonneighton in Spring Times night sound all too true: "Coin nittees are composed of the un iware, appointed by the unwilling, ;o (16 the unpleasant." And we night add, what they accomplish s generally unknown. -College of Saint Mary of the Springs ist to Speak iacy Students alk will be "Your Profession and ublic Relations." The meeting is cheduled for 9:00 a.m. Thursday afternoon he will peak to the Columbia Hospital school of Nursing students, on the tep-by-step development of a new ATTENTION /&! /s TVA/ $7 6LAUNIk Pharmacy Speakers Announced Dean R. W. Morrison of the School of Pharmacy has announced that Dean Joseph B. Burt, presi dent of the American Pharmaceu tical Association, and Dean Louis C. Zopf, chairman of the execu tive committee of the American Association of Colleges of Phar macy, will be the guest speakers at the February meeting of the University student branch. of the American Pharmaceutical Associa tion. The program will be held on. Thursday evening, February 27, at 8 p.m. - in room 210 LeConte College, and will be preceded by a dinner which will be "held*at 6:30 p.m. at the Russell House. Dr. Burt is Dean of Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska and received his degrees from Purdue University and the University of Wisconsin. Dean Burt is author of many pharmaceutical publications and is a member of the Nebraska Pharmaceutical Association, presi dent of the American Pharmaceu tical Association, Past President of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He is president of the Pan American Pharmaceutical and Bio chemical Federation, first vice chairman of the United States Delegation to the fourth Pan American Congress of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, and a member of the American Chemical Society and Sigma Xi, past president of Rho Chi, an honorary member of Kappa Psi, and past editor of the "Pharmaceutical Archives." Dr. Zopf is Dean of Pharmacy at the State University of Iowa and received his degrees from the University of Iowa and the Uni Cash Award Is Offered For Paper A $25 cash award is being of fered by the South Carolina So ciety for Philosophy and Psychol ogy to an undergraduate student in philosophy at any college or university in South Carolina sub mitting the .best paper in the 1958 Philosophy Contest. This is the first time a cash award has been offered by the Society, which is the oldest organization of its kind in South Carolina. The winner will read his manu script before the Society at its an nual meeting, which will he held jointly with the S. C. Academy of Science at 2 o'clock Saturday af ternoon, May 29, at The Citadel. The paper must be on a subject relating to philosophy and should be limited to 1,500 words. All manuscripts must b)e submitted in duplicate, the original and one good carb,on, before March 1. The papers will be identified by code and will be submitted to judges not associated with any South Car olina institution. Name, address,e college, and personal data should be given on a sheet unattached to the manuscript. Manuscripts, or requests for further information, should be sent to Dr. Erland Nelson, Secre tary, S. C. Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Dr. N. P. Jacobson, head of the Department of Philosophy at Win throp College, is president of the Society. STUDENTS YOU'RE tROUNDED BY.. iRY & CLEANERS Dean Burt versity of Nebrasca. Dean Zopf is a member and past secretary treasurer of the American Asso ciation of Colleges of Pharmacy, a member of the American Phar maceutical Association, director of American Foundation for Phar macy Education, and is on the Public Relations Committee and Advisory Committee of the Iowa Baxter. Named Battalion Commander G. W. Baxter has been appointed battalion commander of the Uni versity Naval R.O.T.C. for the spring semester, the department of Naval Science has announced. Other appointments include Lieu tenant Commander E. N. Infinger, executive officer; Lieutenant D. J. Elliott, operations officer; and Lieutenant A. R. Doughty, adju tant officer. Company A is commanded by Lt. R. M. Wall. Executive officer is Lt. J. R. Anderson. Platoon Commanders are: N. E. Abrams, First Platoon; W. B. Conrad, Sec ond Platoon; and R. A. Anderson, Third Platoon. Company B is commanded by Lt. R. R. Retzlaff. Executive Of ficer is Lt. T. G. Earle. Platoon commanders are: J. E. Wood, First Platoon; C. E. Bowen, Second Pla toon, and R. *L. Whitmire, Third Platoon. The Drum and Bugle Corps is commande<T by Lt. R. C. Grosse and Drum Major is A. L. Gaston. Youll be sit Smok Scleam~ ....ry.pack..... Lwhittid,pr inkou OLy sme gieanr.T every So aveModrn..c bsto L ive t od ern tatotnial Talk" Dean of Men, Dr. James T. Penney, has announced a -es of informal meetings with 't0e students In their tespective dor mitorys. The purpose of these non-compulsory sessions is to give the Dean of Men the oppor tunity to talk with male students about various campus- prbblems which may arise from time to time. Cards will be left in each man's room, inviting the student to at tend the meeting. Dean Penney will begin in Maxiy Dormitory. Staff Meeting A ineeting of the Gamecock staff will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Gamecock of fiee. All staff members are urged to attend the meeting. Any University student inter ested in working on the Gamecock this semester is asked to attend this meeting. TO PRESENT PAPE] USC Profs Series Of I Two members of the Biology faculty will present papers at a series of meetings to be held Feb ruary 17 by the Division and Biology and Medicine of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission at the Savannah River Plant. Dr. W. E. Hoy, head of the Department of Biology, will pre sent a paper on "Plant Metabol ism and Ecological Studies at the Savannah River Plant" and Dr. Harry W. Freeman, associate pro fessor, will present a paper on "Small .Stream Ecology at the Savannah River Plant." Other members of the Biology staff who are members of Do6tor Hoy's re search team and who will also attend the meetings are Dr. Wade T. Batson, Dr. William R. Kelley, Dr. James N. Liles, and Professor Arnold Benson. The meetings, which are under the direction of Dr. C. L. Dun ham, director of the AEC DIvi world when you ch es Live Mode ... freshen up iind the pleasure end of an Dean Zopf Pharmaceutical Association. Dean Burt and Dean Zopf will also be speakers at the Fourth An nual Pharmacy seminar which will be held at Charleston the preced ing day. The University School of Pharmacy annually co-sponsors the seminat. Senior pharmacy students will attend the Charleston meeting in a body. WUSC-FM Educational Programing Continues On Monday, February 10, WUSC-FM began its second se iester of inschool programming. The daily programs are planned by Mr. McInnis, head of Material Aids of the Columbia City Schools. They are designed to supplement courses at all school levels and de partments. WUSC-FM is the state's only educational radio station. It is owned and operated by the Univer sity in conjunction with the Exten sion Division. Radio station hours are: 9 a.m. 11 p.m., Monday through Friday; 6-11 p.m. on Saturday; and from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Sunday. A complete opera or the highlights of one is presented every Sunday from 12:30 until sign-off time. in'on top ofthe ~that E the effec The pure sie. Free up itPut yourself be] ange the f i c a playew.~ Party An informal paij7 will be haW at the' boAe Of Julie Petosky * members of the University plW ere tomorrow night, according td Julo *etosky, president of tur Players. All guests are asked to meet at the Wareh9use Theatre at 7 p4 A fee .of '0 cehts will be char stag or driag. Plans call for h%f. ing a supper featuring pizza eating,' and dancing. Rehearsals Progress Professor Gene Crotty of As English department and direet*. of the University Players has an. nounced that rehearsals for 20. gene O'Neill's tragedy, Desk. Under the Elms, are progressig He said: that . Charles Blackwel has joined the cast in the role of Simeon. To Attend kEC Meets sion of Biology and Medicine, will be attended by a number of mem bers of the Division with head. quarters in Washington, D. C, and by a number of other invited. guests. The sessions on Monday will consist of reports on "Site Radloecology Programs, which are being carried out at various Atomic Energy Commission in. stallation areas. How much is ten and a half bil. liori dollars? It is over three times the amount given to all churches, religious bodies and welfare organ izations in 1956. It is nine times the amount spent for medical care and hospitalization insurance dur ing the same year. It is more thai r the combined total of what we as a nation paid for all books, maga zines and newspapers. It is the amount Americans spent on alco holic beverages in the single year of 1956. That's one out of every 25 dollars spentl ange ioIM -rn flavor yrour taste! LaM. Get the flavor, cigarette tobaccos.