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SFors, Bu. And Gown 5CaGAs Today . University of South Carolina OL. XVIII- COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDA7Y, MAY 15, 1925 NO.26 ARSITY-ALUMP TO FEATURE OF EIGHT ctive Program for Old Grads Is Arranged by Secretary Hope THER PLANS ANNOUNCED ull Details of June Week Are Given and Student Speakers Named "Baseball games are rather unusual r conmiencement, but we are plan ing to have - one between the 1925 arsity and the graduates of the Uni ersity," said R. M. Hope, alumni sec etary of the University. "Such men as L. W. Gillard, Kings ree; "Fig" Newton, playing with reenville and Olin Perritt are to don heir uniform for another college game -and that is just one of the many hings planned for commencement eck, June 7-10," he continued. The baccalaureate sermon will be reached at Trinity Episcopal Church unday evening by the Rev. Edwin A. atrick, D. D. of Charlotte. Monday afternoon the Richland post f University women will give a lawn arty on the campus for all women -ho have graduated at Carolina. The ter-society exercises will begin at :30 Monday evening in the Chapel. lhe four societies will present diplomas nd medals for various society con sts. Donald S. Russell and Robert i?s'We the speakers for the Cla osophic society and Furman Gress tte and Rease Joye are the Euphra ian orators. Many Class Banquets. After the baseball game Tuesday orning, receptions and banquets are cheduled until 4:00 o'clock. Eight lasses, '85, '90, '95, 1900, '05, '10, '15 nd '20 will hold quinquennial reun >ns. At 4:00 o'clock all the alumni will ce the league ball game- between Col mbia and Spartanburg through the ourtesy of the Columbia club. The annual alumni banquet will be pread in the ball ron of the Jeffer on Hotel that evening. J. Roy Fant of Union, president of the association ill act as toast-master. Edwin G. eibels '85, president of the Seibels ruce Csmipany will deliver the senior iration and M. A. Wright '19, of Con ay, is to be ju-iior orator. Dr. W. D. delton, president of the University ill be heard and various stunts will e in charge of L. P. Hollis. Follow ng the banquet a reception and dance vill be given in honor of the alumni t Ridgewood Club. The Carolina amecocks Orchestra will furnish the husic. Commencement Speakers Named. On the last (lay, Wednesday, at 0:15 A. M. a procession of the facul y, trustees, alumni and graduates will orry at the library and march to the hapel. JBernardl M. Baruch, well :nown financier and former South larolinian, will address the graduates. \Ifred Scarborough will speak for the enior law class, D. S. Russell for the acadlemic classes andl W. A. McSwain, r., will deliver the valedictory. As is the custom Dr. Melton will leiver the diplomas and D)ean Baker vill award the medals. -- U.S.C. -- DANGEROUS TIMES Phe melancholy (lays have come, The saddest of our annals; t's far too cold for B. V. D.'s And far too hot for flannels. CORO [I GAME REUNION DA Y FORMER YEARS JIM BALDWIN ELECTED VARSITY CHEER LEADER Jimmy Baldwin of Greenwood, rising Junior in the School of Commerce, was this week elect ed head cheerleader for the ses sion 9125-26. Baldwin was one of the assistants to Pat Rdams this year and has had some good experience.. The newly ele.ct ed "posessor of the hoarse voice" asks that all men who are in terested inl leading cheers next year report to him at once so that he may select his staff. New Professor Be Added to Fill Need Says Pres. Mellon 1SAME FACULTY REMAINS New Men To Be Added to Teach ing Staff as School Grows Standards Kept "As many more professors as are needed for the continued growth of the school will be added for the next session" said Dr. Melton, president of the University, Wednesday afternoon. "No announcement can be made at present as to whom these new men will be for their records must be in vestigated before definite arrangements can be made. All of the old profes sors of the University will remain with us next year and several new men Iwill be added. "Some departments of the Univer sity have this year outgrown the staff of instructors provided and these departments will he sufliciently en larged to take care of the increasing number of students. Professors will not be hastily engaged for they must come up to the high standard set by I the staff of instructors at Carolina." -U.s.c. DR. J. D. CORRINGTON HONORED BY CORNELL Dr. Julian Dana Corrington has been elected to membership in the Alpha Chaliter of Sigma Xi scientific frater nity of Cornwell University, according to a statement issued by the registrar yesterday morning. Dr. Corrington of the zoology depart ment of the University of South Caro lina was recently awarded his doc tor.s degree by Cornell after exten sive stidlY of sharks upon which he wrote his dissertation. --U.s.c. - GARNET AND BLACK READY JUNE FIRST Clyde I,. White, assistant business manager of the 1925 Garnet and Black, says that the annual is expected in Columbia about the first of June and unless something unforseen develops will be dlelivered to subscribers before the end1( of examination week. J. A. Henry, editor-in-chief has recently re turnied from Clinton where Jacobs and Co., are p)rinting the book and re ports p)rogresS as satisfactory. The staff of the annual has done some good work this year and the new |boo0k will be an agreeable surprise. NA TION CER. Univ. President Makes Speeches in Many Towns TALKS TO ERSKINE GRADS Dr. Melton Much in Demand As Commencement Speaker This Month Dr. W. 1). Melton, president of the University, is to make more than the average number of talks to graduat ing classes of high schools this year. Five engagements have already been filled and there are eight more to com11e before the beginning of coml mencement week at Carolina. There are more speaking engagements to coie after that, indeed extending until July 29 at present. On this (late )r. Melton will address the Abbeville District Bible Society. The president has already address ed the graduating classes of high schools in Lakeview, Varnville, Char leston. Rock Hill and Leesville. Among the places yet to be visited are May 22, Greycourt-Owens Hi., May 26, Simpsonville Hi., May 29, Jefferson Hi., june 2 (morning) the conmence ment exercises of Erskine College in Due West, June 2 (evening,) Seneca li., June 3, Dillon Hi., June 4. Mullins H-i and June 5, Conway Hi. Dr. Melton will return to Columbia on June 6, so as to be here for the baccalaureate sermon of the Univer sity at Trinity Church on Sunday June 7. The president has tried to be as impartial as possible in accepting speaking engagements at, the various state schools and iN endeavoring to I visit every section of the state. Many invitations had to be refused on ac count of conflicts and Dr. Melton de plores this as he would like to visit as many schools as possible. No dis crimination is being made between large and small schools or various sec tions of the state as is seen by look ing over his itinerary. - U.S.C. - Carolina Alumnus Elected Chairman of Highway Board IS SAMUEL McGOWAN, '89 Retired Rear Admral Has Excel-' lent War Record As Pay master General Rear Admiral Samuel tcGowan (retired), a Carolina alumnus. was Tuesday chosen as chief highway com missioner for the state of South Caro lina. Admiral McGowan received his A. 1. at Carolina in 1889 and his LT T. B. three years later. Tlhe chief commissioner is a native of Laurens. He has accepted the post to which he was appointed onF the stipulation that lhe receive no sal ary, regardlless of the fact that a salary of $6,000'is provided. This marks his first venture into the politics of the state. During the recent World War Admi ral McGowvan was chief of the naval stores dlepartmnent andl is former pay master general of the navy and head of the department of suoplies and ac counts. His great war recordl ena bled Congress to allow~ him to retire b)efore lhe reached the age limit speci fled in the regulations. !iMONY ST AR MISS CAROLINE 2 BE CR0 WNEL BY DR. M SENIORS MUST ORDER GOWNS BY SATURDAY Time for the ordering of caps and gowns for the senior class has been extended through to morrow but this will be the final day. It will be impossible to get thein after Saturday so if you are to graduate this June place you rorder as early Sat urday, May 16, as possibel with Jim Black, Mary Cantwell, George Wittkowsky or Furman Gressette. This is your last chance. Juniors and Seniors To Have Banquet. Next Friday--Sure BE AT JEFFERSON HOTEL Final Arrangements Announced For Annual Fete of Four Upper Classes The second annual Junior-Senior banquet for the University of South Larolina will be held at the Jeffer son Hotel on May 22, a week from today. It has not yet been decided whether the dinner will be served in the rathskellar or the ball room as this is dependent uipon the number of tickets that will be sold. Clyde L. White is in charge of this department. A course dinner will be served from he kitchen of the hotel and music vill be furnished by the Carolina Game :ock Orchestra. Several attractive Favors are to be give!i anl a - eenir )Jace card and menu will be provided. This custom was instituted at the Univ-ersity by the class of 1925 and '26 is planning to surpass in the elegance anl brilliance of the affair. l-very member of the two classes is urged to see XlIr. White at the ear liest possible moment and secure tick ets so that final arrangements can he inadle. - U.S.C. - NAME CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PLANS After this year there will be no stu dent body meeting without a consti tution to set down the rules. The constant agitation for a committee to draw up a cowtsitution for these meet ings resulted in the election Thurs day morning of the following men f. A. Henry. chairman; J. F. Wilkins, l'urmiani (ressette, R. NI. Smith and Ge'orge \Vittkowsky. The committee wvill repiort wvithin a week to the sttu denit body which wvill vote on the ceon st ituttion prop)osedI. D)uring the past week th~ imetet ings ini chapel have been held up b y the lack of a definite b)ody of ru:es. W<cd nesday' morning the recom;nnendation of the chair who stated that a set of precedents handicapped thle act ion of the p)residling officer. Mr. J. A. Henry moved that a comniit tee lie appointed by the chair or elected by the student l>ody to draw up a body of rules to governi the meetings. 'The motion was )assedl wit hott am dli:sse',t g "ote. A miotion fronm the house' that the comn TS INGYM A AMS TO 'MA Y QUEEN ELTON TONIGHT Fourth Annual Event One of the Year's Leading Social Affairs IN CAROLINA GYMNASIUM Coronation To Be Followed By Informal Reception and Dance -Cabinet Given Credit Niss Caroline SaIs, receitly elect ed Queen of May of Carolina, will be crowned tonight amidst a brilliant set ting in the gymnasium by Dr. \V. ). Melton, president of the University. The Queen is the attractive daugh ter of XIr. and Mrs. J. Hagood Sans of 1401 Liaurel Street. Columbia, and her popularity was attested to by the overwhelming vote received in the election. Mfiss Sams will wear the conven tional royal robe of white georgette and will be attended by Miss Alice NlIikell as iaid of honor, gowned in flowered georgette. Other maids in the royal court will be the Misses Hat tie Scarborough, Nary Gaillard, Fran ces \Veston, Ethel Ann McClure, Vir giniia Utsev, Mercer Vance, Mallie Priolvau and Mary Moore. All the maids will be gowned in variagated pastel shades of georgette. Naster .arle Frazier of Columbia, will be the diminutive crown bearer. Following the coronation exercises seeral solo dances will be given be fore the cmurt hv Nisses Nedlock anl ;riffi n and the Carolina Quartette will renler a selection of appropriate songs. Tihe exercises will begin at 8:30 and following the coronation there will be a short reception when all the sub ects will be presented to the new jiueen. Dance Until One. After the reception the gytnasitmi floor u.ll be cleared for dancing and this form of entertaimnent will con tinuc ntil 1 :00 o'clock. NI usic is to e furnished bv the Carolina Game ,e-ok Orchestra. Thtetustomt (f crowning a Queen of N.ay at the Univ:,rsity of South Caro lia has come down front the days of long ago but for some unknown rea son was discontinned duritig the World War. The first (ween inl the modern series was Nis Nary Graydon of Col imbia, ho was crowned in 1922, in 1023. Niss Frances \Vannamaker was The May Queen last year was Miss ThIehina Penland, also of Columbia. F.acth ear this phase of student acti rity has taken aot added brilliancy 111d now ranks aimoig the leading so ial events of the scholastic year. No smnall hit of credit is due the So 'ia IC(abintet for- t heir efforts in mnak - nug this eve'nt a suc'cess. The cabiinet cc cmplosted of \\'. A. MIcSwain, Jr., rison and MIiss Celeste Rowlette. D)ue to the efforts (of this b)ody the *tudcent s oif the U'niversity have en oyed Sat urday' night dlances for a ~reater port ion of the year besides he' regular eniterta inme nt s that have iecomet a ctustomt at Carolina. moittee be , iertedl by th house was fa--'ouedl by 'he chair a i'also piassed vithotut a dissenting vote Dute to ack of time the eleciton was deferred unta i h Iursdlay. TI8:Iz