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WELCOME TO OUR CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS! Welcome Come to to Our CaI(r_a on Campus! Ne Fall University of South Carolina VOL. XX COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927 NO.25 Virginia Utsey Crowned As Queen of May Over 2,000 Spectators See Doug las Place Pearl Crown on Queen's Head SIXTEEN MAIDS PRESENT Dance Is Given After Coronation in Honor of Carolina's Daughters Miss Virginia Faire Utsey was crown ed Queen of May of the University of South Carolina in the Field House last Wednesday night. More than 2000 people witnessed the coronation which was the first to be held in the Field House and Miss Utsey was the first May Queen of the University to be r< crowned by Dr. Davison McDowell - Douglas. At the first strains of a march, play ed by the Gamecock orchestra the lights were turned out except for four spotlights on the aisle and throne. Two heralds, bearing trumphets. Clara Ellen F Owens and Louise Cozart, dressed in white satin costumes with mantles of gold cloth and white plumed hats en tered and announced the approach of the Queen and her court. Halfway up the white carpet which ran the length . of the house separating two rows of potted palms which led to the throne, the trumpeters stopped, turned to their audience, and blew blasts on their golden trumphets. o Then two by two, entered the maids F in Waiting, dressed in sheer frocks of ti pastel organdie, fashioned ankle length 0 with tight bodices and skirts of gradu- 13 ated frills. They carried colonial hon- c quets of pastel sweet peas tied w%%,th 'I pink satin ribbon. A myriad of colot ., g peach, yellow, orchids, blue, pink. orange, and green was represented in s the gowns of the maids. They were s Misses Catherine Zeigler, Eva Jo Lock- n man, Frances Sparkman, Harriett is Whitaker, Elizabeth Cantey, Helen n Shand, Lucy Coleman, Angelica Simp- b son. Harriett Baker, Georgie Fish- li burne, Marie Erwards. Catherine Wes- 'I ton. Elizabeth Thompson. Louise Will- c iams. Florence Barbour. and Dorothy c Poat. The maid of honor, Miss Mary Mc- e Nulty, was dressed in organdie shad- \ ewed from a pale yellow to a deep o orange and made similar to those of s the maids. She carried an old-fashion- .4 ed bouquet of sweet peas of a matching s shade. Edwin Taylor, in a suit of white s satin, carried the crown, on a pillar of s white satin, up to the throne. e rhe two little flower girls, Bettil- I Fishburne and Patricia Barnes, enter- a ed together, wearing blue frilled organ- 1 dies and carrying baskets of rose petals I to scatter before the Queen. One of I the little girls caused a murmur of v amusement for the crowd when she re-g fused to walk on the white cloth that s led to the throne. Eiach member o)f the court was greet- 4 e(d with applause. but none so enthus iastically as when the Queen made her appearance. She was dlressed in a creation of white satin and silver lac2 and tulle. It was fashioned ankle length. w'th a satin overskirt, opeming dlown down the front and revealing at panel of lace anmd tulle. It had k nckle length sleeves and a standling collar of I silver lace. She wore a tra'n of t-:an- I sp)arent silver tissue lined wvith pink satin and her flowecrs were a shower ofs roses and sweet peas sent to her by Mrs. D)ouglzs.t (Continued on page eight ) - AA LESLIE WILDS EDWARDS lected Mciday Editor-in-Chief of the arnet and Black for next year, add -cently chosen President of Y.M.C.A. 7DWARDS EDITS NEXT ANNUAL OF UNIVERSITY L Iresient of University 'Y' Chosen Editor of Garnet and Black ITHER OFFICERS ELECTED lildebrand Is Business Manager and Tharin Photographic Manager Leslie W. Idwards, with a majority f 106 votes over his opponent. Burton ,. Shook, was elected editor-in-chief of ie Garnet and Black, the University F South Carolina annual, for 1928. R. . Hildebrand, of St. Matthews, was iosen business manager and Whitney harin, of Allendale. was named phot3 raphic manager. t1 F.dwards, a member of the rising nior class, is president of the Univer ty Y.M.C.A. for next year, he is a iember of the Honor committee and manager of the band. He is also a ember of the Hermes club. Hilde- t rand is president of the Euphradian r terarv societv and of the junior clas. 'harin is a member of the Hermes t lub and feature e(:tor of the Game- t ock. C. L. Wittkowsky, of Camden. wai t lected advertising manager over M. C. v Villiams, of Orangeburg. by a margia j f one vote the totals being: Wittkow ky, 103 votes. Williams. 192 votes. W. ,. Brunson. of Florence was chosei enior editor while J. L. Mills, Phi leta Kappa. former president of the V tudent body and a member of the ( enior honor club, was elected law s ditor. Miss .lary .cNulty, of Columbia nd Bruce W. White. of lasley, were amed literary editors and ldward I lallenger, of Greer. was selected ath- a tic edlitor. J. D). Gri. .n, of Easley. ~ ~as elected assistant business mana en, and .l. Fowler Cooper. of King- ' tree, art editor. --U.S.C.--I Jamecock Staff to Be Elected Tuesday At a joni meeting oif the F.nphradmaan nd C .ariosoiphic literary scideties nexta 'uesdlay evei.g .in the Vumphracdian hall ' he Gamecock staff for the firs term of .1 ext year will lie chosen. a:$c(rdinag to laro'd Hlentz, the p)re- em t ed tor. Tlhe i cisit ins to be filled are: ed.t->r-in-chief. ii come trom the lEuphmra 1ianm literaryt ociety: t wo associate edit' rs. mne from 'ach scie y; buisinen,s manager, from il le C'larn ailipic; un circuliat o' mamna - ( 'e, r 'rim the IRunblradlian.d Greetings to You ! Greetings! High School students! The University of South Carolina is glad to welcome you to our cam pus. Remember this is your Uni ersity as well as ours, it is an organ if the State of South Carolina and iands at all times ready to serve and help you in any way it can. While on our campus, we, the stu ilents at Carolina, sincerely hope hat you will take advantage of your stay with us and will call on us to 1how you around. While you are bere do not fail to visit the library, the new Field House, Melton Field, LeConte and Davis colleges, .the Womans Building, and any ohter places that you may think would interest you. Meet Carolina's sons and daught ers, members of our faculty, and above all, our president. Although you will be here for only a few days we hope that you will catch the true Carolina spirit and that we may see your faces again when the Univer sity opens its doors for the session, 1927-28. DEBATING TEAM FROM PARKER HI VICTORIOU6 Vise Florence Grahl and Nige League Win Debating Final from Hartsville .EAGUE AND LEWIS BES or First Time in Two Year Boys Appear in Debating Finals Parker High school represented b Iiss Florence Grahl and Nige ,eague de)ating the affirmative wo 'ie state ligh school debating chai )nship by dleicating Miss Rachel Ml -r and Woodrow Lewis. of Harts ille, debating the negative :n T.heUi crisity chapel this morning. Th uery argued was "Resolved: TIat le general election of 1928 South Ca olina should vote a bond issue for th ernianent improvement of its educa onal, charital)le and penal institu lons." N:gel League was voted the affirnia ve del)ater and Woodrow Lewis wa oted the best negative debater by th Adges who were: Prof-ssors Geerg 4cCutcheon. Patterson Wardlaw. . 1. Frierson. E. C. Coker, and J. 1 lope. Dr. ). D. Douglas, presided. The Parker and Hartsville team :on the right to meet in the finals b efeating 16 teams from the nine hig chool d'stricts which were represente s follows: District 1-Nigel Leagu< 'lorence Grahl, Myrtle McGarrity, an ing Thackston ; District 2-Jess 'arker. Juanita Curtis. Lillie Parke nd Callie Mae Hester; District 3 atherine Bllendsoe, Lillie Moss. Rub hbercromnbie, and Julia Brown ; D)istrit -Arthur Rogers. Philip Whisonan Villiam Gettys, andl Brainerd Gregg )istrict 5-Jesse Johnson, Iva Smitl ,enat Dunlap, and Milner Moseley )ist rict 6--lloyd Moody. Carlisle Han ins. Theodore Jones, and Carlisi 'rawick ; D:strict 7-Edna Meekin: irginia Pettigrew, WoodIrowv Lewi nid R'achel Miller ; D)istrict 8-Glady aylor, J acob Zalin, Namu'e Nix, an ulia lBradley ;lDistrict 9-Louis t urk ie. Annie Spiggener, A\rthur WVa, amnaker, and R. E. Gressette. For the first time in two years boy r>ok part in the dlebating finals. I 025 two girls teams from Easley me ithe finals, last year a girls team frot '(olumb)ia met~ a girls team from .\n ... .... THOMAS MOORE CRAIG E.ected ye.terday as President of tlt rising Senior Class and ex-ofTicic P'resident of the Studeit Body. JUNIORS MAKE THOMAS CRAIG NEW PRESIDENT Charlotte Man Becomes Head of Rising Senior Class at Chapel Meeting ELECTED ON FIRST BALLO-I Herndon Fair Made Vice-Presi. dent-Harriet Scarborough Elected Secretary r A the largest meeting of tile julior class ield this year, 'honias Moore 8 Craig, of Charlotte, N. C., was electedI president of the class of 1928. and ex OfTicio )resi(ent of the studeit I)ody, on the first ballot. Otlher noiminee for the office were R av Godshall i Thomas Wofford, recently electetl i president of the Clariosophic socety, - and "Monk" Clark. - Craig has been intimately associated - with the student body activities sintc - his freshman year at Carolina. He ih V a imellber of the debating council, i. serving on the Soc'al Cabinet, and ia - recently been elected literary critic ol the Fuphradian literary society. He i - a member of the Chanticleer club. i - charter member of tile UndergraduatL History club, and is also a nember ol - tile Owl cliu). s Herndon Fair. captain of the 192 b basketball team., was elected vice presi e dent, and Hattie Scarborough, a rising senior in the Academic school, was chosen secretary-treas'urer. Both Faii and Miss Scarborough are from Co s lunibia. Miss Scarborough served oi one of the Junior-Senior ban(uet coim mittees and has been otherwise identi fied with tile activities of the class 01 1928. rl "Monk" Clark, senior in the school oi e Coninierce. and star basketball playe, on the University varsity for two year was elected historian. Raymond B. Hildebrand, presideni of the juniior class, p)residied over th< meceting. Secret halTots were taken or the election for presint, while a standl ing vote wvas taken in the race for othe: oi'ces, the candidates retiring fronm th-: Chapel. The mieetiing was ordlerly throughout Tihere was no clashi of issues. andl t h nomiinative spieeches were based oin th p lersonal merits of the candidates. I--Usc Block c"C" to Elect Officers on Tuesda) Ii There wif. he a mee-ting if the Black I t '"clubi for the electio n of otlicer r 'I Tuesday, MIay 10th. at 7 :3(0. in D)av. - e!lcee.. All mnembiers are urged to' li presenit. Columbia Hi Wins Annual Track Event Reception For Various High School Students Held in Field House BEGINS AT 7:30 O'CLOCK State Records are Smashed in Broad Jump and Other Track Events Colunbia high school won the high school track meet which was held on University field this afternoon. Pickens high school came second with a score of 23.5, while that of Columbia was 55. Spartanburg came third with a score of 12. The meeting of the various high schools of the state is an annual affair which has been sponsored by the Uni versity Extension Divison. Following the event this afternoon a reception will be held in the University Field House, begining at 7:30 o'clock. T!wo state records were broken this afternoon in the annual high school meet which began at 2:30 o'clock. The two records braken were those in the' broad jump and the 440 yard dash. Broad Jump: Eady of Latta came first when he broke the state record by going 21 feet and 4 3-4 inches beyond the line. Green of Columbia came see ond; lloineau of Columbia, third; and .1ustus of Pickens, fourth. 4-"I yard dash: Quattlebaum of Co lunibia broke the state record of 53.4 seconds. held by Adams of Pickens, and bettered his own record of 53.3 seconds made in the preliminaries yesterday when he ran the distance in 52.2 sec onds; Matheney of Pickens, second; Parrott of Hartsville, third ; Maffatt of Anderson. fourth. 100 yard dash : Green of Columbia. first: Jusut of Pickens, second; Riv ers of C,,lumbia, third; Bell of Great Falls, fourth. Time, 10.6 s"0nds. High jump: Richards of' Columbia. first : Eady of l,atta, second; Dupre of Columbia. third; Garrett of Pickens. fourth. Height, 5 feet. ten inches. Discus throw: Willard of Spartan burg set the first record with the new weight discus when he threw it 111 ft. and 7 inicl-es; Welborn of Pickens, see ond; Sanders of Columbia, third; Oates of Hartsville, fourth. 220 va d dash : Green of Columbia. first ; Duval, Cheraw, second ; Rivers of Columbia. third ; Goodyear of Nichols, fourth. Time '23.6 seconds. 120 yard high hurdles: Boineau of Columbia came first, making the run in 16.8 sec.nds. Eaddy of Latta came second: Culp of Lancaster, third; and Beh of Anderson, fourth. Mile run : In this event Shubert of Columbia came in first, doing the run in 4 minutes and 59.8 seconds. Those fol lowing in ordler wvere Bennett of Clini ton, L.ineberger of Greenville, and Boozer of Columbia. Pole vatult : In the po~le vault Smith of Mullins camne first by ascending 10 feet and 8 inches irto the aid. Seconrl htiehest was Henderson of Pickens; 'hird. l.ineberger (of Greenville;: and l,rt. rowne of Columbia. alf. mile: Parrot of Spgtrtanburg, , 'me first mah'nz the run in 2 minuttes S1 . e-ond(s. Metheny of Pickens fol 'we-] Parr',tt and Coilins came in third, c'h emt of C'linton coming in foturth. O'i'er first places are : Shatpuit, Eas y i imp. Columbia;: 220 low niie ile retlay (iiib,ma