University of South Carolina Libraries
Give Us PMake Our A Man Postoffice With Pep NI)Efficiet University of South Carolina VOL. XX COLUMBIA, S. C., 'R IDAY. APRIL, 8,1927 FRATERNITY INVESTIGATION BEGtN MAY QUEEN ] HELD ON C Miss Virginia Utsey and Miss Mary McNulty To Run Over -Student Council Rules SOME MISUNDERSTANDING Student Council Says Elections In Their Charge According To New Constitution Election Results Virginia Utsey ................ 301 Mary McNulty ................ 127 Ethelind Pope ................ 94 Alice M ikell .................. 43 Eirene Mayers ................ 33 Elizabeth Phillips ............. 24 Ethel Anti McLure ............ 23 Irene Shaver .................. 15 Miss Virginia Utsey and Miss Mary McNuity will run over in a second race for May Queen, accord ing to the Student Council ruling. According to precedent, the May Queen elections held at the University in years past have been decided by a plurality vote. Members of the Social Cabinet were uider the impression that the election this year was being con ducted by the same method. Before the result of the election was announced the Student Council posted a notice on the bulletin board that a majority would he 4iecessary to elect the May Queen. This rusing is in accordance with the new student body constitution which was adopted last year and printed in the hand book this year. The ruling in the constitution is under section four and the part that refers to elections reads: "It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct all elections in the student body by secret ballot only nominations for which ejections shall be made in the student body and it shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct all elections in the student body by secrvt ballot only nominations for which elec tions shall be made in the student body and it shal be the duty of the Student Council to announce the result of said elections." At a meeting of the Student Council this afternoon the following motion was passed: "r'he Student Council of the Uni versity of South Carolina at a meeting held April 8, 1927, at which a quorom was present passed the following no tion: Whereas there has been conducted this (lay an eection for May Queen and whereas the Socia, Cabinet took active charge of this election with the assent of the President of the Student Coun cil ard whereas, all student electjg,are, by the constitution, to be conducted by the Student Council we do hereby de e-are such elections to be the office of this body. However, we further rule that in the event no one candidate re ceives a majority vote that a second hal b'ting shall be held Monday April l1, betwveen tihe number of candidates re ceiving a majority vote beginning wvith the highest and in the event no candi (late at that ballot receives a majority voite, such additional elections shall be held as may be necessary." In~ the balloting today the name of l''thiel Ann McLumre was withdrawn al bhough her name wvas on the hal lots, and she received a niumber of votes. More than 700 votes were cast, the largest 'allot that has ever been cast at an e'lec tioni at Carolin~a. Forty-five v'otes were d isquali fied by the commit tee because ELECTION IS AMPUS TODAY ALUMNI BOOK HAS NAMES OF MATRICULATES Complete Directory of All Stu dents at University Since Year 1880 FIRST OF ITS KIND Extension Department Publishes Giving Information About Carolina Alumni "Bulletin 192, Aluinmi Directory of the University of South Carolina, is published by the University extension div'sion with the hope that it will serve as a means of keeping the alumni of the institution in closer touch with each other." This is the foreword of Prof. B. L. Parkinson in the first coin plete Alumni d'rectory ever published by the University. As stated in the in troduction, there have been several collections of names of alumni at dif ferent intervals. In 1905 Prof. A. C. Moore published a "Roll of Students of the South Caro lina College from 1805 to 1905." In 1918. Dean L. T. Baker published 'n painphlet form the niames of the women students in the University from 1897 to 1918. However, neither of these compare in any way w'th the bu'letite just printed. The beginning and successful coin pletion of this work 's due largely to the untiring efforts of the late Dr. W. 1). Melton and his wife. R. M. Hope, acting alumni secretary, started this work in 1941 and by 1925 had succeeded in collecting the names of about 1,000 alumni who attended the Un'versity front 1905 to 1925. At the time of the completion of this list Mrs. Melton volunteered to give half of each day to the work until the bulletin codld be completed. She gave her services from September 1925 until July 1926. The main body of the directory is made up of the names, addresses, and occupations of I'ving alumni who have matriculated at the University since 1880. These names are classified first, chronologically; second, alphabetically. and third, geographically. (Continued on page eight) -U.S.C. Pick ream to Argue in Louisiana Debate A. T. Dai%ie;s of Wiaston-Salem, Clariosophic; Cecil Wittkowsky of Cam den, EAuphradian, and Francis W. Wood of Anderson, C,ariosophic, won the right to debate Louisiana State. touring the South, who upholds the affirmative of the query "Resolved: That the Five day WVeek in Industry wvould Advance the Ecornic and Social Interests of the C'ountry."' - u.s.c. - Notice ! On last Friday the So cia; Cabinet paid for a .special edlition of the Game cock and in this edition notice was given o)f the May Queen election. TIhe Student Council ruled ti s af ternooin a fter the ballot Ibox had closed that a majority v'ote was necessary to elect a May Queeni. The Social Cabi net coirhicted the electui with the un dlerstandling that a plurality vote wou. elect the MIay Queen, a.s it has done in 'ers past. Juniors Give Dance A dance will be given in the Uni versity gymnasium Saturday night, from nine until twelve. This dance is being sponsored by the junior class in an effort to raise the money for the Junior-Senior banquet and prom ises to be one of the best (lances ever held at Carolina. Music will be furnished by the Gamecock orchestra. Chaperones will he in attendance. GYM DANCE BY JUNIOR CLASS WELL ATTENDE Committee in Charge Is We Satisfied with Outcome of Social Affair FOR JUNIOR-SENIOR FEE] Another Dance to Be Given c Saturday Night for the Same Purpose The comm111ittee in charge states th; the gym dance Saturday night, spot sored b)y the junior class, was a con plete success. Start'ng rather late. ; unusually large crowd attended, mus being furnished by the Gamecocks. This dance was put on by the junit class to finance the Junior-Senior bat (et which will be given on April 2 at the Jefferson hotel. Another (latn will be given by the jun'or class tonoi row night in the gym. the procee< fron which will also go toward ti banquet. These (latices are part of the work t the social and finance cotunittees < the junior class. These cotnuittees wi sen(l out cards to all juniors and set iors soon, on wh'ch juniors are to stal whether they are coting or not. au whether they will contribute a certai sun toward the banquet ; seniors are I state whether they are coming or nc This information is necessary befol definite plans can be made as to tm1enu11 tickets, and total expenses to be ': curred. All juniors and seniors ai urged to fill out these cards and ia thei back promptly. The social conunittee first plannt to have the banquet informal for ti sake of economy. but tnany junioi have expresscd themselves as being i favor of having a formal affair. 'Th matter w'll have to be decided at meeting of the junior class. In stating its reasons for having tI banquet on April 2th. the financi committee said that by having it ; that time the decorations used tI n'ght before by the Mystic Krewe < Martians could be obtained at a sul stantial reduction in price. The amounts to be charged to Il juniors cannot be airoximated tint (definite informiatioti cotncerning th number attend'ng is securedl, althioug~ it is tot expectedl that the charge wi be over $2.50. For the secotnd titte in the historyc the University, seniors will be adtmitte to a J unmior-Senior banqtuet free< charge. Atny setn'ors dlesi ring to brin gutests miay do so by patyitng $200 I( each gutest. In addition to t he baniqutet an spteeches it is plantned to have a dhanc itnittediately after. -u.s.c. IMPORTANT MEETING Important Student Body meet ing in Chanet, tomorrow at 12. COMMITTEE IS BY DOUGLA| CAROLINA iEN WIN IN DEBATE ON PHILIPPINES Karesh and Lewis Defeat Furman Affirmative Team in - Spartanburg WINNERS ARE DEFEATED Wofford and Wood Defeat Wof ford Negative Team in Greenville Carolina's debating teams, composed of Joseph Karesh and Ralph Lewis, Thomas Wofford and Francis W. Wood, won the first triangular affair letween Carolina, Furman, and Wof D ford on the query: "Resolved: That the Phil'ppine Islands should he Grant n ed Immediate Independence." Karesh and Lewis, on the negative defeated Furnian's affirmative team of R. S. Funderburke and S. H. Jones at Spartanburg by a vo'e of 2 tn 1. Ir tt cidentally, this i.s Funderburke's and i- Jones' first defeat in several years. They 1- were members of the Furman debating n team which recent;y defeated Oxford ic University of England and William and Mary of Williamsburg, Va. >r Wofford and Wood. oi the afirma i- tive defeated C. W. Derrick and F. H. 8, Hodges of Wofford College at Greeii e ville by a vote of 3 to 2. From reports. it is understood that this team from Is W\offord College is ranked very highly e at that institution. With the exception of Karesh. who is ,i a member of the Fuphradian literary >f society, all the men are members of the il Clariosophic society. The debate mark ed the first intercollegiate appearance of e L.ewis. Karesh, Wofford, and Wood, d have debated for Carolina before. Kar n esh and l,ewi- are sophomores. Wof o ford is a junior while Wood is a sen i. ior. vy virtue of these victories. Carolina i. 1olds the strongest claim to the South i- Carolina mythical debating champion -e ship. I,ast month she was victorious in il the I,itte Triangle debate with Presby ter'an College and the Citadel. di --U.s.c. Co-ed Election Will Be Held on Saturday a Election of Co-ed Officers Will Be Held Earlier Than Usual Ii e Who will be elected officers oi the )f co-ed association? Come to the co-ed' - meeting Saturday, April 9th at 12 o'clock in the chapel and see. e Oin accouvt of the Sprinu Holidays. il it is necessary to have the meeting a e week sooner. The elect ion of offcers h is going to be the main thing at the 1l1 meeting and it is necessary that a large nutmber of co-eds he p)resent. f JHe sure' an 'oe thsis .Sats~udov if ~Misses G'race Turner and Virginia Dut Ranit enitertained( the Athene Club at its rregular meeting on Tuesday' night. P!ans for a bridlge luncheon to be giver' d soon after the ho.idays were discussedl. e In adIdressing the club, Miss D)illard po:nttedl out the advisab)ility of studying the nineteen class "A" sororities wel, bie fore ma~k ing nlans for a charter peti - tion. -A fter thle program a swveet course was served to the grnests. APPOINTED 3 AT MEETING Legislature Repeals Fraternity Law But Gives the Trustees Right to Forbid TO STRESS SCHOLARSHIP University President Expresses Approval of Reestablishment -Abide by Trustees Notice Concerning Fraternities As the trustees of the University of South Carolina have taken no ac ti(x regarding the establishment of frateriiities at the University, and as there is no reason to believe that the matter will he considered by the Board of Trustees until the next regular meeting, and as no official action whatever can he properly un dertaken without the consent and ap proval of the governing board, we, who have been designated by the j-rcs.etit 4f the University as a Fraternity committee from the fac ulty, urge the students of the Univer sity to take no precipitate action which might be the occasion of ulti mate embarassnient to themselves, or which might react against the con suinimation of p.ans which students are interested in promoting. Desirous of cooperating with the s:Ude.nts of the University in every helpful way, the members of the Committee would advise agaiiist any efforts toward premature otganiza tion mi the part of interested indivi dlia:s and groups of the University. (Signed) L. T. Baker, H. N. Fdmunds, James Driver, Irene Dillard, H. BaScock. W. W. Ball, At a niecting of the faculty, last Wednesday, a committee was appointed by Dr. Doug!as to look into the matter of fraternities at the University of South Carolina. In the event that the koard of Trustees approves the action taken by the legislature and the gover nor in repealing the anti-fraternity law, passed in 1898. this same committee will probably serve as a faculty governing hoard under which fraternities will finc tio. 'Mcnbers of the faculty who com pose this Frateririty committee are: Dean 1. T. Baker. chairman; Dr. W. W. Ball. Dean of the school of Journal ism; Miss Irene Dillard, Dean of Wo men; Prof. Harry N. Edmunds, of the L,aw school; Prof. Havilah Babcock, of the E-'nglish department, and Mr. James (. Driver. director of Student Activi ts. Ivery man on this committee is a member otf at different national fratter nIi-v andt Deant Dillard is a member of a nat ional sorority. A large ntumber of colleges and universities are represented or this hoard also. Thes six pro fessors will direct suervision of the orgatniza tion of all fraternities and sorority ebaptIters that may he establishedl on the campus if the repealed lawv meets with ;inproval of the gover.ning hoard of the 1.'niversitv. Trustees May Forbid Al t hough the legislature of the state of Sth Ct(aroldina has seetn fit to repeal the anti- fraternity !ill of 1898, and the repeal of thle atct has met with lhe amp iiniv,l of the governor this does no(t, ini