Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ON CAMPUS student~ fn history la " t tempthng regurgitation after professor completes his lecture concerning the delicacy of eat ing vnile fleeh' in a foreign @oun try. Professor asking his class not to wake up the other students in the building after having die missed his own clase a few miin utes early. * * * Sign seen on the back of sports car: "Do not squash me! I eat harmful insects." e * S Unobservant professor in the midst of fall greeting his class by saying, "Good 7norning, how is everyone this fine 'spring# morning?" * * * Students findtng it rather dif ficult to crawl through the veil block to gain admittance after having misplaced their keys. .Annowi DIXIE LA New L UNIVERSIT (Formerly Fre Business A RUSSELI D I LAUNDRY A dra14 ENGiISE'ossy e .. ; - RI C 0 A R E T T E S OA.r.C Danforth I Invites Api The Danforth Foundation, an educational foundation located in St. Louis, Mo. inites applications for the eighth class (1959) of Danforth Graduate ]Fellows front college senior men and recent graduates who are preparing themselves for a career of college teaching, and are planning to enter graduate school in Sept., 1959, for their first year of graduate study. Relationship of Encouragement Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt, acting president, has named Dr. W. H. Callcott,se the Liaison Officer to nominate to the Danforth Founda tion two or not to exceed three candidates for these 1959 fehow ships. These appointments are fundamentally "a relationship of encouragement" throughout the years of graduate study, carrying a prownise of financial aid within prescribed conditions as there may be need. The maximum annual grant for single Fellows is $1,400 plus tuition and fees charged to rncing!! UNDRY'S ocation f TERRACE shman Center) s Usual At HOUSE K I E 4 CLEANERS for baby skunks 94j ENGLUSH: false hair-d< for eenagegirls Get the genuli Get the ioundation lications all graduate students; for married Fellovs, $1,900 plus tuition *nd febs charged to all graduate stu dents with an additional stipnd ot.$850 for each child. Stud ts with or without financial need are invited to apply. A Danforth Fellow is allowed to carry other scholarship appoint ments, such as Rhodes,. Fulbright, Woodrow Wilson, Marshall, etc., concurrently with his Danforth Fellowship, and applicants for these appointments aie cordially invited to apply at the same onie for a Danforth Fellowship. it a man received the Danforth Ap pointment, together with a Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Scholar ship, or Woodrow Wilson Fellow ship, he becomes a Danforth Fel low without stipend, until these other relationships are completed. Annual Conference All Danforth Fellows will par ticipate in the annual Danforth Foundation Conference on Teach ing, to be held at CamR Miniwanca in Michigan next Sept., 1959. The qualifications of the candi dates as listed in the announce ment from the Foundation are: men of outstanding academic abil ity, personality congenial to the classroom, and integrity and char acter, including serious inquiry within the Christian tradition. All applications, including the recommendations, must be com pleted by Jan. 31, 1959. Any stu dent wishing further information should get in touch with Dr. Call cott. Gasque Chosen - To Represent Philip Morris Randy Gasque, a member of Delta Sigma Pi, International Business Fraternity, has been chosen campus business represen tative for Philip Morris, Inc. Gasque, who will serve as liaison between USC and the Philip Mor ris Company's New York offices, will develop and work on adver tising and promotion projects for Philip Morris, Parliment, and Marlboro brands of cigarettes. KLi ENGLISH: man v o different brand -TijINKLI ously, tt If about L Any ma article brand i holder. honest t settle fo tion is a happen1 SPEAK TjINKLISH I Put In a Here's the easiest way yet words together to form a ne, SLOBSTER. (English tranm ~- We'll pay $25 each for the jud@d best--and we'll featu your Thinklish words (with Box 67A, Mt. Vernon, N. 3 thcollege or university, and el neo article honest ta a LUCKY $ Sidney Gives Convmcig Performance By Glenne Bryant Staff Writer Portraying the charming mad cap in "Auntie Mame," Sylvia Sidney gave a convincing and re warding performance In the pro duction staged lAt week at the Township Auditorium. Unfortu nately the performance could be appreciated only by the theater goers who sat in the first dozen rows. Sidney Performance Miss Sidney, as Mame, especially interested the women in the audience, not only with her 18 or more costume changes, but with the unorthodox methods of raising her nephew, Patrick, played by Edward Spence. Her zest pervaded the entire show and her philosophy can be summed up in Mame's words: "Live, live, live!" Laura Lee (Green), former Co lumbian and graduate of the University, gave a notable per formance as the Georgia belle, Sally ,Cato McDonald and was a standout to the hometown audience, w:th her bright red hair, as Pcgeen Ryan, the girl who even tually marries Patrick. . Supporting Cast Of the large cast, Teresa Savior as Mame's secretary Agnes Gooch deserves special recognition along with Jayne Manners who portrays Mame's blonde, alcoholic actress friend. In the comedy by Jerome Law rence and Robert E. Lee, based on the best-selling novel by Pat rick Dennis, Miss Sidney, who has been seen mostly in dramatic roles, proved herself capable in the field of comedy. She joins the list of Rosalind Russell, Greer Garson, Constance Bennett and Bea Lillie of outstanding actresses who have played Mame. Taken as a whole, the production was well worth seeing, and it is hoped that if Miss Sidney plays in a production of the new Dennis best-seller, "Around the World with Auntie Mame," that she will return to Columbia. All she needs is an improved sound system. IKLISH: CHUMPANZE6 rho smokes B of cigarettes SH TRANSL.ATION: Obvi is poor fellow hasn't heard ickies. Why? Elementary. i who smokes the genuine wouldn't touch another rith a ten-foot cigarette With Luckies, you get the aste of fine tobacco. Why less? (The man in ques CiBamist. Don't let this ;o you!) lood word and MAKE $251 to make money! Just put two v one. Example: slob+lobster i: shellfish with bad manners.) hundreds of Thinklish words re many in our college ads. Send translations) to Lucky Strike, .Enclose your name, addrems, ass. ste iTRIKE South Ca Houses h By Karen MKIbbe Staff Writer In spite of having no suitable auditorium for the presentation of culture at the University of South Carolina, this institution can brag about the South Caroliniana Lib rary, for it is the first separate library building for any college in the United States and is one year o!der than the library at Harvard and two years older than that at Yale. Before the construction of the building, the old South Carolina College kept the books In various classrooms and laboratory build ings on the campus which cohsti tuted a fire hazard. Separate Library There are records showing the faculty and trustee discussions of the need of a separate library, and carefully kept receipts and orders for all the material which went into the construction, which was done by Charles Beck, a Columbia contractor. Although it is known that "a committee of the faculty went to Washington, D. C. to see the Library of Congress," not one statement anywhere gives the name of the architect. The beautiful reading room is a copy in wood of the marble and granite library room in the base ment of the old Capitol building. Ten years after the building of the South Carolina College Lib rary, this room in Washington burned in the night and threatened the entire national capitol build ing and the Library of Congress was never rebuilt under the dome. Bullfinch Stepfather Thomas Bullfinch, architect of the Capitol in Washington, is therefore the stepfather architect of the reading room of the Caro liniana Library and the rest of the building is an orphan. Although Robert Mi!ls has been credited with the design of the library, neither he nor the college has ever claimed it. Mills designed the Maxey Monument on the horse shoe and the old chapel, which has since burned, but he had gone to Washington before 1888 when the college library building was begun. Between 1840 and 1927 the old building housed all the university book collection and was crammed to bursting. The fireproof wings of stone and concrete were added in 1927 but by the 1940's were Already overcrowded. When Mc Kissick Library was comp!eted the trustees handed the old building over to the late Professor R. L. Meriwether, then Head of the His tory Department and Chairman of the Caroliniana Committee of the faculty, who had been assiduously ecolleet in g manuscripts, news papers, and books for some years. Works of South Carolinians Thfe collection of works by South Carolinians was then given over to the old building, which has from the start proved its usefulness not only to this campus and state, but to students of southern history from the nation at large and from foreign countries. Professor Meriwether studied earefully methods of preservation and filing and cataloguing of news papers, and year by year enlarged the library's collection and im proved the conditions under which ASSOC COFFEE Weekdays 6 Saturdays 7:00 Sundays 9:00 A. rolinianG ristorical. A SOUTH CAROLINA FIRST. liniana Library located on the s stately brick building with mass the ante-bellum architecture of hall, a beautiful curved stairca the second floor. (Staff photo) the millions of valuable family anc institutional papers are housec and made accessible to scholars. The library has never set itseli up to be a museum and has re fused gifts of museum pieces which were not identified with collec tions of manuscripts and books ir the library. The portraits and marble busts of notable South Carolinians, engravings and scenes which hang upon the walls, add greatly to the charm of the twc large rooms. Various mementoes of war and peace draw the in terest, particularly of young visi tors who are brought on tours by their school teachers. Aside from the football team, the library is the only campus institution with outside financial support. The University of South Caroliniana Society was formed and state incorporated for the purpose of encouraging South Carolina historical material tc, be kept in the state instead of being given and sold "to literary carpet baggers from outlandish parts," as President McKissick once re marked. Society's Gifts The society's gifts of books and papers and the aid of their dues in purchasing other things which come upon the market has been an invaluab!e asset to the growth of the collection, and its member ship includes enthusiasts from all over South Carolina and South Carolinians in all parts of the country. hATES SHOP Fhe Horseshoe :00-11 P. M. A. M.-3:30 P. M. M.-11:00 P. M. Library Papers ~~........ . Th beu.u .l Sot Ca. 4e 0 *:1I.. IMe beautiful old South Coro Puthwest end of the horseshoe is a ive white columns that blend with the old campus. In the entrance ie leads to the reading room on Last year the society endow ment was increased by a $16,000 gift from the treasury of the States Rights Party since no other organization that t.7 r..rty trus tees could discover exemplified devotion to the state so completely. The society's annual meeting is held in the reading room of the library where a supper is served, where reports and an outstanding speech are given, after which the assembled members see a fine ex hibition of the past year's new acquisitiom. - - . - New students should not be daunted by the specialization of contents of this library, for as many have discovered, the reading room on the second floor is one of the most pleasant rooms on campus in which to study. Also, hometown newspapers are on call. There is no better center from which to absorb pride and knowledge in and of the state in which we live than in the South Caroliniana Library. CCSC Plans Fall Project Carolina Christian Service Club has recently inaugurated a service project to be of direct aid to the religious directors on the campus in conjunction with the University Infirmary, Gerald Floyd, co president, has announced. The members of the Club will visit the Infirmary every day to obtain a list of the patients there; the religious director of each pa tient's- denomination will be noti fied in order for the director to visit that patient. Mr. Ted Le deen, Advisor for Carolina Chris tian Service Club, stated that much a service project has been needed on the campus for a long time. The semester's activities and projects were outlined at the first meeting held Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Magnolig Room of Russell House. The Club plans to continue being of service at the Carolina Children's Home and the South Carolina Mental Hospital, by showing movies and presenting programs. A committee composed of Martha Shuler, Billy Mishoe, Gerald Floyd, Bill Bates, and Ted Ledeen met Tuesday afternoon to begin revising the CCSC Constitution which was out-of-date. The members have agreed to hold a work party in the near fu ture to help clean up the furniture at the R. G. Bell "Y" Camp. This semester's officers for Carolina Christian Service Club In clude: Gerald Floyd and Billy Mishoe, co-presidents; Penny SIn clair, secretary; and Bill Sonyae, treasurer. Carolina Christian SertIe. Club, a branch of' the YM-YWCA, strives to promote a ChrIstian atmosphere for its members and to be of service to the OCa!elIm Community.