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Office of the President
Davison M. Douglas
1929-1930
BOX 1 (1929-30)
Academics:
Aeronautics Chair at USC. Efforts to
establish.
Books, Periodicals, Etc. Correspondence re: books given to and
purchased
by USC; also periodicals.
Civil Contingent Fund Committee. Requests for transfer of funds to
cover summer school expenses.
Curriculum. List of suggested courses for A.B. and B.S. degrees.
Economics, Dept of. Request for changes in department courses.
Education, School of. Reports on High Schools Survey and School of
Education program.
Engineering. Includes celebration of 50th anniversary of Edison
bulb.
Extension Dept. Inquiry re: abolishment of department.
General. Primarily inquiries about courses.
Law School. Application for Law School admission to Texas Bar; list
of law students.
Music. Primarily inquiries on possible vacancy.
Professors’ Reports to the Board of Trustees. Nov. 1929
–
Feb. 1930.
Professors’ Reports to the Board of Trustees. March –
June 1930.
Political Science. Search for professor.
Alumni Secretary. Primarily correspondence re: funding
cut for position.
Athletics:
General. Correspondence and reports
re: finances and tickets.
Boxing. Correspondence re: legality of USC boxing matches.
Football. Mainly re: complimentary season tickets for 1929 sent to
state dignitaries.
Football Stadium. Correspondence re: proposal to build stands at
Fair
Grounds Stadium.
Board of Trustees. Letter from trustee John Hughes re:
statement to be issued by Douglas.
Budget 1930. Correspondence and reports on budget
requests
and needs.
Canteen, USC. Financial information.
Chase, J.A. Registrar. Correspondence and various reports
re: student, statistics, regulations.
Clark, Harry. Professor at Furman University. Includes
correspondence on summer school.
Co-ed Follies. Correspondence re: complaints and
disbanding
of follies.
Coker, D.R. Correspondence re: budget, president’s
salary dispute, faculty and staff.
Colleges and Universities. Correspondence with officials
of other institutions.
Commencement 1930. Correspondence re: speakers and arrangements.
Committees/Organizations:
Alumni Association. Primarily re:
football
tickets and membership.
Association of American Colleges. Primarily conference
information.
Discipline Committee. Minutes of June 5, 1930.
Food Commission. Correspondence re: joint committee on graduate
study.
Gamecock Pressing Club. Correspondence re: possible abolishment.
Honor Committee. Appointees to committee.
Honorary Degree Committee. Requests for honorary degrees.
Library Committee. Report on finances.
National Association of Separated State Universities. Primarily
correspondence
on legislation affecting higher education.
Organization Committee. List of members.
Sinking Fund Commission. Correspondence re: loan for remodeling of
LeConte.
South Carolina Teachers Association. Publication, South Carolina
Education
Sept. 1929.
Stage Society. (Town Theatre) Invitations for Douglas family to
become
members.
Student Activities Committee. Drafts of report on student activities
fund.
BOX 2 (1929-30)
Driver, James G. University of Va. Former USC Director
of Student Activities. Correspondence re: salary dispute
at USC.
Edmunds, S.H. Includes son’s attendance at
USC and record of a student.
Engagements. Invitations to various events as
guest
or speaker.
Faculty:
Babock, Havilah. Letter re: post
office.
Baker, Leonard T. Two exams from Education courses.
Bradley, F.W. Correspondence re: South Atlantic Modern Language
Association; list of proverbs.
Campbell, A.L. Resignation of.
Clark, Burton. Correspondence with and about Clark’s job
performance;
student petition.
Currell, W.S. Withdrawal from Graduate Committee.
Davis, Henry C. Report on First Year English courses.
Dean, William. Includes list of drama courses.
Derrick, S.M. Includes plans for departmental research.
Dillard, Irene. Dean of Women. Correspondence re: office space and
students.
Faculty, Increase in Pay. Notifications of pay increases.
Faculty, New. Lists of new faculty members for 1928-29 and
1929-30.
General. Includes sabbatical leave policies, salaries, and faculty
research.
Heyward, Katherine B. Includes list of department faculty and
courses.
Hodges, B.D. Correspondence while on medical leave.
Hooker, J.T. Instructor in English. Correspondence re: possibility
of replacing Hodges.
Hoy, W.E. Jr. Includes correspondence re: equipment.
Jackson, J.B. Correspondence re: instructors and classrooms.
Keith, Oscar L. Correspondence re: teaching assistants/instructors
and budgets.
King, Max O. Recommendation for job.
Matteson, Maurice. Includes arrangement of classes and salary.
Meriweather, R.L. Includes correspondence on staff.
Morse, Josiah. Request for repairs to house and dispute with Cole
Blease.
Motley, E.T. Includes Report of Visitation to School of
Pharmacy.
Olson, G.E. Dean of Commerce. Correspondence re: courses, staff,
funding.
Patterson, Paul M. Assoc. Prof. of Biology. Hiring of.
Penny, James T. Primarily hiring of.
Rowe, Walter E. Includes staff, courses.
Schayer, Isadore. One letter re: moving class locations.
Smith, Helen L. Includes resignation.
Smith, Reed. Correspondence re: funding, students, departmental
organization.
Snowden, Yates. Resignation.
Stoddard, J.A. Correspondence and reports on summer school.
Sumwalt, Robert L. Correspondence re: conference.
Timmons, R.K. Hiring of.
Wagner, Yeaton. Hiring of.
Wardlaw, Patterson. Includes faculty housing and scholarships.
Wauchope, George. Search for instructors and assistants.
Fees, Disposition of. Correspondence re: what
fees
the University can charge (tuition, student, etc.)
Form letters. Form letters used in response to
student inquiries re: admission, expenses.
Foster, R.K. Director of Student Activities. C
re: prospective football players and improvements to office and
athletic field.
Fraternities and Sororities. Includes installation
of fraternities and sororities, regulations, and inquiry into
disappearance
of coed from frat house.
BOX 3 (1929-30)
Glee Club. Correspondence re: performances.
Hentz, Lois. Includes salary increase.
Heyward, Dr. N.B. Report on health of students.
Hope, J.H. State Superintendent of Education.
Correspondence
re: budget and enrollment.
Huggins, George H. Treasurer. Includes financial reports
and announcement of death.
Jacobs & Co. Correspondence re: bulletins made
through
USC art department.
Keith, W.H. Chairman, Legislative Committee on Education.
Correspondence re: free tuition policies.
Kennedy, R.M. Librarian. Correspondence re: book order,
salaries and condition of library.
Kinard, James C. Dean of Newberry College. Correspondence
on Newberry’s admission to Association of American Colleges.
Lee’s Birthday. Includes arrangements for
celebration.
Legislature 1930. Report on how legislators, especially
USC alumni, voted for budget cuts.
Library. Correspondence with Douglas primarily on
salaries
and funding cuts.
Miscellaneous. Various correspondence including job
referrals
and hitchhiking by students.
Parker, Mrs. Lou. Notification of job loss due to
abolishment
of Extension Dept.
Personal:
Atkinson, Rev. George H.
Correspondence
with and about Atkinson re: controversy over his charitable
work.
Columbia Theological Seminary. Correspondence includes guest
lecturer.
Congaree Presbytery. Ordination of pastor.
Converse College. Correspondence re: daughter Margaret’s
attendance.
Finances. Primarily investments and purchases.
General, July - Sept. 1929. Primarily regarding family news, also
politics and information about USC.
General, Oct. - Dec. 1929. Ibid.
General, Jan. - Mar. 1930. Ibid.
General, Apr. - June 1930. Ibid.
Personal:
McSween, John. President of
Presbyterian
College. Primarily events at PC.
Politics. Includes correspondence on Democratic party and
gubernatorial
race.
Presbyterian College. Primarily re: indebtedness of PC.
Winter, Charles & Son. Correspondence with Douglas’
tailor.
BOX 4 (1929-30)
Physical Plant:
Cantey, J.M. Superintendent of
Buildings
and Grounds. Correspondence re: janitor, USC assets, repairs.
Coker, E.C. Primarily correspondence re: work as chairman of
Buildings
and Grounds Committee.
Dormitories. Sale of property to Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and
break-in
at women’s sorority house.
Education Building. Correspondence re: erection of building,
selection
of architect and site.
General. Includes requests for repairs and inquiries on campus
development.
Inventory. Letter requesting departments to conduct inventories.
Johnson, J. Carrol. Architect. Correspondence and contracts re:
Education
Building.
Publicity. Includes copies of news releases.
Questionnaires. Re: faculty and university health care.
Report to Legislature. Report for session 1929-30 and
draft
of Graduate School section.
Scarborough, Julian H. State Treasurer. Statement of
tuition
and other fees.
Scholarships:
Lincoln Scholarship Fund. Douglas
accepting
position on advisory committee.
Reamer Scholarship. Acknowledgment of monetary gift to establish
scholarship.
Rhodes Scholarship. Correspondence on scholarship system and
candidates.
Scholarships at USC. Correspondence re: approval of scholarships for
USC and
suggestion to abolish normal scholarships.
Student Personnel Bureau. Suggestions for establishment
of.
Students. Inquiries on requirements and expenses at USC.
Supplies. Orders for office supplies.
Timmerman, George Bell. Alumni Association President.
Letter
re: land for new stadium.
U.S. Marine Band. Correspondence re: bringing band to
USC.
Welbourne, Frank F. Treasurer. Various financial reports,
including salaries and student fees.
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