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University Bring on I__ Basket Ga University of South Carolina VOL. XXI COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9,1927 NO.10 Blue Key A DOLL'S HOUS TOWN THEA 7 First Serious Effort of William Dean-Tawn Theatre's New Director MRS. HOPE IN LEAD ROLE Harry Davis, Professor Keith and Miss Jackson Represent University in Cast With a brilliant cast and superb direc tion "A Doll's House," Ibsen's great play, scored a tremendous hit at the Town Theatre, where it was presented on Thursday, Friday and W rday nights of last week and WW day night of this week. This production has been pronounced by ..veteran theater goers to be the greatest of a long series of triumphs credited to the Tbwn Thea tre. This, the first serious effort of the new director, Mr. Wiliiam Dean, marks him as a master of his complex craft. The autheotic settink, the effective light ing, and the perfectly trained cast, bear evidence to his remarkable grasp of, and attention to, details and his ability to adapt a play to his materials in such a way- as to get the desired effect. ,Not only were the tragic moments presented with great skill but the bits of humor are injected at opportune mo ments and relieve the tension. To singie out the stars entail4 giving the cast. The dWendid acting a owed no suggestion of amateurism. The prin cipal role, that of Nora Helmer, iaWord ed a personal triumph for Mrs. Ruth Hope. As the plaything of a husband with a superiority complex, Mrs. Hope makes the-character real and convincing, brings to the part an indescribable sin cerity and depth. She bridges the gaps betweeni humor and pathos quickly and with ease and is the incipal part in the unforgettable climax. Mrs. Hope is a regirtar matriculate of the University. Harry Davis, a University student and stage manager of the Town Theatre, portrayed the character of Torvald Hel mer, husband of Nora Mr. Davis, a familiar figure on the Town Theatre stage, was at his best and made the character real and intensely human. Another familiar campus figure, Pro fessor Oscar L. Keith, took the part of Nils Krogstad and this, his first per formance, promises future appearances on the Town Theatre stage. 'Ihe character of Mrs. Linden was handled very adequately by Mrs. D. S. Pope. Dr. Pinkney V. Mikell did an unusual piece of acting as Dr. Rank. The minor roles were portrayed by Mrs. Piorence E. Hunter, Miss Ora Mae Jackson, a Carolina Student; and Alfred Wallace, Jr. Music was furnished by a twenty piece orchestra under the direction of Madame de Horvath. Among the num bers rendered were selections from Grieg's "Peer Gynt>" Christmas carols were sung by members of Carolina comn bm,ed glee caubs, under the direction of Maurice Matteson. "A Doll's House" will be Prtesenlted at Coker college in Hartsville tonight. W. A . C. to Meet The followving girls are asked a report to Melton Hall at 5 :00 o'clock 'Aonday aftcrnoon at a very imipor Maut athletic council meeting: Leoira Johnston, Ruby Carter, Thel. ma Burgess, Rosalie Turner, Eirene Mayers, Irene Richardson, Ida Johnston, Virginia Muller, Inez Watts, Mary Emerson, Anne Trues dale, Mary Goodwi 'ertie Rigby, Thelatm Lo.k,.a. Fraternity E" GIVEN A T RE AND SCORES A.T.O. CHAPTER IS REINSTA TED AT UNIVERSITY Thirteen Students and Eight of Ahunni Are Taken In at Initiation Monday DR. MIKELL IS PRESIDENT Seventy-five People in Attend ance at Dance Given at Forest Lake Thirteen student members and eight alumni members of the Bohemian club were initiated into Alpha Tau Omeg: fraternity at the reinstallation of Alpha Phi chapter with exercises which began Monday morning in the recreation building of the First Presbyterian church. The installation exercises were followed by a banquet in the same hall that evening, after which a dance was given at Forest Lake club. The thirteen initiates were: R. R. Coker, Hartsville; J. R. Coggeshall. Darlington; E. C. Coker, Jr., Columbia: Louis Ewards, Darlington; W. B Boyd, Charlotte, N. C.; Jack Hamilton, Julian Shand, William Taylor, William Verner, H. Graham Shaw, Archie Har dy and Walter Sims, all of Columbia, and Burchell R. Moore of Charleston. The alumni members initiated into membership were: A. R. Goodwin and Hal Goodwin of Columbia, Rochel Laney of Cheraw; B. M. Smith, Cam den, Robert Dew, Latta; William Han ahan, Charleston; John Mikell, Colum bia and William P. Baskin of Bishop ville. Dr. P. V. Mikell, president of th Colombia chapter, acted as installing officer and a, team of the following (Continued on Page Sight) GARNET-BLACK FIXES NUMBER OF SPONSORS Each Senior with Two Major Block Letters Allowed One Sponsor in Annual At a recent meeting of the Garnet and Black staff it was decided that the fol lowirW campus honors would rate spon sors in this year's annual: One sponsor to each graduating man with two let ters in a major sport, provided that no letter-man shall rate more than one sposor, for example, a man haing two letters in football and two - in baseball would rate only one sponsor. Presidents of the freshman, sopho more, junior, senior, senior law and ju nior law class; president of the law as sociation; 'gresident of the Y.M.C.A.; president of the glee club; chairman of the honor committee; captains of the football, basebdil, basketball, track and tennis teams; and cheerleader. Literary societies will be given one page to arrange as they see fit with either one sponsor on the page or three. 'Ilhe Carolinian will be giv.en one page with three sponsors, one for each editor and one for the business manager ; the Gamecock wvill be given one page for three sponsors, one for each of the two editors and one for the business manager. The Garnet and Black will be given four sponsors, to the editor-in chief, the business manager, the photo-. grapJiic manager and the advertising manager. A'il clubs and fraternities will have twvo pages at a total cost of $25. Names of officers and members and pictures are to be tuw,ed into Ralph Lewis as early as nossible. Installs C 0. D. K. Gives Dance A dance will be given in the Uni versity gymnasium tomorrow night, from 9:30 to midnight. Admission, $1.00. Sponsored by O.D.K. OREGON STATE DEBATING TEAM HERE IN MARCH Western University Will Oppose Carolina on Foreign Invest mnents Query PRELIMINARIES FEBRUARY Contracts With Other Prominent Institutions Are in the Making The University of South Carolina will uphold the affirmative of the query, "Resoved: That American Investments in Foreign Coutries Should Receive Protection Only From the Country in Which They Reside," against Oregon State College of Corvallis, Oregon, on the night of March 7th. Oregon, tour ing the country will bring two men, an alternate, and a coach. Preliminaries to pick two men to rep resent Carolina in the debate with Ore gon will be held the night of February fifteenth. Any undergraduate student, who has not received a degree, is eligi ble. Forensic plans for the coming year are rapidly taking shape. Contracts with Florida and 'Dennessee for the annual Big Triangle debate are expected to be signed the coming week. Contracts from Presbyterian college and the Citadel for the annual Little Triangle debate are also expected to be signed shortly, to gether with contracts from Georgia and Alabama, North Carolina and William and Mary for triangle contests. Dual debates in the making and practically a certainty include contests with Emory University, the University of West Vir ginia, Louisiana State University, Lin coln Memoriai University, the Univer versity of Richmond, Northwestern and others. .fThe forensic season begins the first of the week when preliminaries for the Roddey Medal Debating contest will be held in the Clariosophic and the Euphra dian literary society halls. -UsC Roddey Medal Finals Held Coming Week Debaters Compete for Coveted Award Friday Night in the University Chapel The Roddey Medal finals will be held in the University chapel next Friday night December 16th, at 8 o'clock. Pre liminaries to pick the finalists will be held Monday night in the Clariosophic and the Euphradian halls, when two men from each society will be chosen, one on each side, to debate the query, "Resolved: Trhat the Primary System of Elections should be Abolished." The Roddey Medal, donated annually by Mr. John T. Roddey of Rock Hill since 1894, to the best individual dle bater at the University, is one of the most coveted awardls that can be be stowed in debating. The contest at tracts the best men in forensic circles on the campus. Last year, 0. L. Warr was the winner, the year before, R. Guy Tyler. The contest in the chapel will be at formal affair. Donald Russell will pre side while Sherwood Smith will serve as chief marshall, they being elected at the joint session of the Clariosophic and the Euphradian societies last Tuesday night> hapter At GARNET AND B1 IS FORTY-SEP PHI DELTA PHI INSTALLED HERE LAST SATURDAY J. W. Pless, Province President, Acts as Installing Officer Assisted by Others DANTZLER INSTRUMENTAL Professor Aycock and Judge J. Henry Johnson Received as Honorary Members The John C. Calhoun Inn of Phi Delta Phi law fraternity was installed at the University Saturday evening, December 3rd. The installation was held at the Jefferson hotel. J. W. Pless, Province President acted as in stalling officer, assisted by Professor J. Nelson Frierson, Adger Manning, Ben Hill Brown and Arthur E. Einsley. David H. Dantzler of Orangeburg, was instrumental in getting the frater nity at the University, as he was presi dent of the chapter while a student at the University of North Carolina. The initiating ceremonies were divided into three periods. Beginning at 9 o'clock. the following charter members were initiated: William P. Baskin, Jr., of Bishopville; Charles L. Cuttino, Sum ter; Thoinas W. Crouch, Colunibia; Arthur W. Holler, Columbia; John S. Brice, Jr., York; and David H. Dantz ler, Orangeburg. Immediately following this, Professor W. T. Aycockc. of the University law faculty, and Judge J. Henry Johnson, were received and initiated as honorary members. (Continued on Page Eight) -. c CLA RIOSOPHICS OBSERVE LADIES NIGHT TUESDAY Bits of Humor Frem Bill Parrish Produce Uproarious Meeting Ladies night was observed by the c'iar iosophic literary society at the weekly meeting on Tuesday. There were no casualties. -A number of Columbia col lege girls, collegiate and otherwise were present. The girls were welcomed by President Godshall who departed from his custom ary austere mien to express his deiight over the presence of unusually attractive maidens. "Tihe Sayings of Bill Parrish," was the first number on the program and "rought laughs, roars, and groans from members on the back seats that indicated their degree of -nentality better than any Binet-Simoni test could have done. Trhe impromptu debate, "Resolved, it s better to have loved and lost and never to have loved at all," was defended by Miss Eveiyn Jones and Bruce White against Miss Elizabeth White and Roger Pinckgey. It brought out the facts that Red Jones hair isn't red, and new fresh men caps have ajlgeared on the campus mnd that Mr. White suffered an imnagi nary love affair. The verdict was a tie. An inn,ovation was tried in serving the efreshments. Instead of waiting until after the literary program, Neopolitan ice cream and fancy cakes were brought in during the debate and the spakers voices competed with the crun,ching of :rackers and the smacking of lips and much cries as "Give us more I" After consuming two or three portions, the hers of the sonetye University ACK MASQUE ENTH CHAPTER Installation Ceremony Held at Jefferson in Con'junction with Banquet OATH GIVEN BY HAMMOND Growth of Blue Key Has Been Spectacular Since Founding Three Years Ago The Garnet and Black Masque of the University of South Carolina was install ed as the forty-seventh chapter of Blue Key, national honor fraternity, at a for mal batiquet at the Jefferson hotel on the night of December 1. Fourteen Stu dents, two professors and three alumni were announced as members. R. M. Smith, president of the chapter, acted as toastmaster and presided while the following program was carried out: Joseph Karesh spoke on, "The History arid Progress of Blue Key." Harry Hingson made an analysis of the Blue Key emblem and pledge. R,. C. Cobb spoke on the p,rposes of Blue Key. Professor Kiiptrick told, "What Blue Key Will Mean to the University of South Carolina." The oath was then administered by Hort. James H. Hammoni, member -of the Columbia bar and state senator from Richland county. Impromptu speeches were made by every member present, which closed the installation. The student members were announced as: Robert E. Babb; Ed. W. Ballenger, Roy C. Cobb, Harry Davis, Claude R. Dunbar, D. E. Frierson, A. Ray God shall, Forest C. Godsha;l, Harry L. Hingsoi.. Joseph Karesh, Arthur Med lock, Burton E. Shook, Ryan Milo nSmith and Bruce W. White. Faculty members are: Dr. Yates Snowden, Dr. E. C. Kilpatrick and Dr. 0. L. Keith. Alumpi members are: Lieutenant-gov ernor 'A B. Butler, J. Gordon Hughes, trustee of the University, and Associate Justice Eugene S. Blease. Robert C. Major and John J. Pareil, members of the Wofford chapter were pre.ent as special guests. Blue Key was founded at the Univer ;ity of Florida in 1924 and assumed nationial character a year later. Since then it has spread rapidly and now has rep resentation in colleges from coast to coast. It is installing chapters only at the larger universities. Among the uni versities having cha'pters only at the ihe larger universities. Among the insti utions having chapters are included Uni versity of Florida, University of Penn. sylvania, Temple university, University of Alabama, Nevada School of Mines, University of Southern California, WVashington and -Jefferson' and others. The names of the student members arrd their honors are as follows: Roy Calhoi Cobb-President Chero kee club; vice-pres. Honor committee; -aresident Clariosophic society; Gamecock , staff ; freshman and senior Y.M.C.A. A nnual Photos All juniors, seniors, gradluate stu dlents aI)(d junior and senior law stu (dents who have not had their pict ures mlade for the Garnet andl Blac ar*e requtested to report to Sargeantq stud'io at any time between nowv and Decemlber 10, wvhere they will be photographled for. $1.25. It is ab solutely imperative that the pictures be made vwithin the ntext ten days in order to og the en.iiAl