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Selection of Tennis Team is Completed Selection of the tennis team to represent Carolina on the courts was completed this week. The men select ed are: P. \. Wilsen, Billy Colem in, Hienie Fair, Hanm Erattie, and William Cain. The double teams have not been selected as yet. Various com binations are being worked to try to get the best possible. This part of the team is very uncertain and anything may be expected . The varsity netmen will continue vigorous practice and will study care fully the weakness of each man. Con tests with leading players of columbia will be encouraged to give the men training and experience. No changes have been in the sche dule as released last week, but more contests at home will be looked for. As soon as the campus force can get to the courts and put on the finishing touches of smoothing off the surface and relaying the marks everything will be in readiness for the active season te start. From the present outlook that ;eason promises to be successful. -USC CHANGES PROPOSED FOR CONSTITUTION (-Continued from page one) held by a secret ballot under the direc tion of the Council. These statements only serve to point out the duties that might be left to a Student Council elected by the student body. Concerning. the attachment of any disciplinary powers, the committee makes no recommendations. It is felt that such suggestions would most properly come from the student body by means of their ballots. The inclusion of such a propo sition to be submitted to vote of the student body will depgnd entirely upon the expression made by the students. During the present session there has been considerable discussion concern ing the Honor System. The committe feels that the Honor System, as at pres ent constituted, should be changed in several regards, so that it might function more efficiently. It is, of course, recog nized that the less codification there is to any honor system the better, but the committee feels that a modicum of or ganization is absolutely necessary. Honor System In The committee believes that the Honor system and its organization, such as may be chosen, should be incorporated in the constitution of the student body, rather than, as heretofore, provided for in ra scanty by-law. The committee feels that it would be a wise procedure to have one unified committee tcabe chosen from th,; student body to conduct all trials, instead of the present plan of having three separate committees. And such an Honor Committee should be elected by the student body rather than by the classes. Certain changes in the trial p)rocedlure app)ear to the committee to he desirable. The present Honor System requires that a unanimous vote less one is niecessary for conviction. This, the committee be lieves, should be changed by wvay of' modifying the requirements for con viction, as regards voting. At the same time the committee most heartily fav ors the right of appeal to the student body be more definitely provided for. The restrictions upon this right of ap peal would be carefully studied and submitted to the vote of the student body. Another Question At least one more question must be broached. lhghter penalties for first year students. Here the committee is considering a proposition upon which there has been no adequate expression by the student body to guide the conm mittee in its recommendations. And upon the expression through the ballot the committee will determine the prop osition to be submitted '% the meeting of the student body. In conclusion, the committee urges the active participation of every stu (lent in the discussion of the problems set out here and their cooperation in the balloting Wednesday and Thurs day, April 1 and 2. The committee be lieves that this cooperation will enable it to propose constructive legislation needed at the present. NEW CLASS ROOMS TO BE CONSTRUCTED (Continued from page one) this danger was one of the most im portant causes of the action of the leg islature. It is hoped that there will be suffi cient space for a reading room and for seminors in order to accomodate those students who desire to study in the li brary. The additional basement room will be used for periodicals and other material less often needed than that upstairs. $10,000 is to be used for enlarging and improving Mrs. Latimer's Tea Room, commonly known as the Mess Hall. The present Stewards hall ac comodates only 200 men and waiting in line is a common occurance. Plans Indefinite Though no definite plans have been decided upon as yet, it may be said with near certainty that the present equipment will be improved, making a more modern and convenient cafe teria, and that facilities for serving a larger number more quickly will be provided. A better and more conven ient mess hall may be expected by the beginning of the next session in Sep tember. An item of $7,500 is also provided for minor repairs needed on some of the buildings. The remainder f the apropriation of $527,500 is to be used for maintenance of the present plant. No new dormi tories were provided and any increase in the size of the student body must be taken care of at other places than on the campus. The dormitories are now filled to the overflowing and no larger number can be accomodated until new buildings are provided. It is also $127,000 in excess of the amount received last year. This in crease denotes recognition of the in creased needs of the university, brought about by the rapid increase in the number of students. -USC EIGHT ARE ELECTED TO PHI BETA KAPPA (Continued from page one) charged with the organization and in stallation of the chapter. Interesting Event The organization of the chapter is perhaps the most interesting event in the life of the University since the Old South Carolina College, founded in 1801, was rechartered in 1906 as the University. While the University had already won recognition as an institu tion in the front ranks of educational work, the establishment of this chapter is significant as the setting of the seal of approbation upon it by authority re garded throughout America as of the highest right to speak, and the recep tion of it into the fellowship of that company of institutions that most cherish the traditions and standards of ittainment in the liberal arts and sc ienices. Before the application for a charter :ould come before the national coun :il, the University was for two years subjected to rigid examination of its scholastic standards and curriculum, its emphasis on classical studies, its in structional staff (including the num ber of members holding the Doctor of Philosophy degree), its income, its roster of dlistinguished alumni, and its physical equipment. Inspect Equipment In the inspection of physical equip ment attention was given to the librar ies, laboratories, gymnasium, infirmary, lecture rooms, and dormitories. Under the p)lan lately adopted, appli cation for a charter of Phi Beta Kappa cannot be considered until it has been favorably voted upon by two-thirds of the chapters already established in its district. South Carolina belongs to the South Atlantic district, which in cludes the States from Delaware to Florida, and there are four other dis tricts. Before the district member ship votes, the senate of the society, consisting of 22 members representing the whole country, must approve the candidacy of the institution and six months later it must have approval of the Triennial Council. Last September, Carolina was one of eight colleges in the Uniter States recommended for chapters by the senate to the council, which consisted of 177 delegates from 85 chapters and alumni associations. About 50 other institutions were seek ing charters at the same time. Established In 1776 Phi Beta Kappa was established at the college of William and Mary in 1776 and was the first Greek letter fraternity in America. It has not been secret since 1831, and is without the social features of the Greek letter or ganizations generally known to col lege life. Its purpose is to encourage and reward high scholarship among undergraduate students, and to rec ognize distinguished public service or literary achievements of the alumni. The name is derived from the initials of the motto, "Philosophia Biou Kuber netes-Philosophy the end of life." "The philosophy of our motto," says Dr. Grosvenor, of Amherst "has in view not philosophy in the modern ac ceptance of the term. It is radiant still with the same significance, the love of wisdom, as when it fell first from the lips of Socrates." Phi Beta Kappa has three classes of members. The first are called "mem bers in course", and they are elected from the graduating class in the acade mic departments. The second class consists of alumni who are chosen from the most distinguished graduates. Alumni, however, are not eligible to membership until fifteen years after graduation. In the third class are hon orary members, who need not be alum ni and are selected by reason of con spicuous and scholarly services. 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