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SATURDAY 'NITE
Large National Fraternity Places
Chapter In Uni
versity
ALPHA THETA CHAPTER
Troubadour Club, Consisting Of
10 Students And 2 Alumni
Go Through
The Troubadour club of the Univer
sity) was initiated as the Alpha Theta
chapter of Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity
Sa urday night. Following a benquet
at the Jefferson hotel, the initiation
took place in the recreation room at
the Tree, of Life Synagogue on Lady
street.
E. G. Zacharias of XI chapter,
Georgia Tech and grand secretary of
the fraternity in the south, also a team
made up of members of Delta chapter,
Washington and Lee, XI chapter
Georgia Tech and Mu chapter Univer
sity of Georgia, installed the group.
Marion Moise of the Delta chapter
and now a law student at the Univer
sity acted as toastmaster at ft ban
quet. Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of
the University; Dean L. T. Baker,
Professor Havilah Babcock, of the
University faculty made short talks to
the group. Mr. E. G. Zacharias of the
XI chapter and Sydney Heyman.
president of the the club also spoke.
Due to being out of town at the time
of the iniation, Max Rubenstein and
Morris Marcus, an alumnus, were
taken into the fraternity Thursday
night.
Members of the installing team here
were: Sol Kohn, of Columbia; Harry
Ryttenburg, of Sumter, and Marion
Schwartz. all of XI chapter ,Georgia
Tech; David Greenfield and Dr. F. K.
Hirch of Sumter of the Mu chapter,
University of Georgia; Marion Moise,
Leslie K. Schwartz and Perry Moses,
of the Delta chapter, Washington and
Lee.
Members of the Troubadour club
who were initiated into the fraternity
are: Sydney Heyman. of Chester,
president ; Carroll 'Abrams, of Lake
City, vice president; Louis Yelman, of
St. Matthews, secretary and treasur..
er; Ben Kaplan. of Wagener, Pa.,
Hellenic representative; and Marion
Poliakoff, of Abbeville; Bernard Polia
koff, of Lancaster; Harry Surasky, of
Aiken; Hyman Witkowsky, of New
ark, N. J.; Max Rubenstein, of Rome,
Ga., and. Morris Marcus of Columbia.
. --U. S.C.
W. W. Culp is Winner
Of Declaiming Bout
Speaks On Americanism And
Democracy-Frosh League
Gets Second
Speaking on Americanism and Democ
racy, W. W. Cuilp won the Clariosophi:
literary society Intra-Socie y Deccama
tion contest for Freshman anad sopho
mores Tuesday night at 'he regular m.n'
ing of the society.
Second place was won hy Nigel J ei
gue wvho spoke on the American Flag,
and third place by George Meetze, who
delivered "More Beyond." Trhese three
men will represent the Clariosophuic li
terary socie y in the intra-society contest
with the Euphradian literary society at
an earW' date.
O:hers entered in the contest and their
subjects were: A. M. Anderson "Na
tional Apostasy" and T. 07"%hderson,
"Comnmuni v Citizenshio."
Judges for the . contest were Mr.
(1h-rler, A. Jones, Dr. H-gh ''urchison
am:d Mr. Visanska, Tlhe rew. pr< sident,
Eugene Carmichael presided over the
meeting.
Locieties Received
By Euphrosyneans
Ring - Around - The - Rosy And
Other Bits Of Fun
Enjoyed
Euphrosynean literary society enter
tained the four literary societies of the
university at a recep.ion Monday night
in the I.uphradian hall, Thelma Burgess
presidi-ng.
After a ring-around-the-rosy intro
duction and conversation game which
was the best feature of the program,
Ida .lohnson delivered words of wel
come accompanied by the cheers and
jeers of the mixed audience.
Virginia Muller, with some mulish
remarks by Watson Pitts defending the
negative beat the well-matched pair of
Bill Parrish and Mildred Cone on :he
debate, "Resolved: The new Ford coupe
is mo--e advantageous to the modern
youth for love making than a one horse
shay." Both young 'ladies agreed that
scenery has nothing to do wi-h the ques
tion. Mr. Parrish's contribution con
sisted of the statement that he was like
Eve in the garden; not that he had come
to himself but that he was rp a tree as
far as the ques;.ion was concerned, but
Miss Cone can enlighten him,
Some original poems of Lili Garner.
(she said they were poems) were read
by Thelma Lockman and the crowd en
Ioyed these piquant, potent and personal
poems-at least there was he usual ap
plause and groans.
"Aint That Trouble Enough for You"
was a crying reading given by Mayre
Wa'l who responded with "Tommy" as
an encore.
Jokes by Sura Wolfe ended the formal
program after which brick ice cream and
cakes were consumed to the music of a
portab"e vie. and hen conversation held
sway until time for the nightly (lash
for -he dormitories began.
Ralph Green Elected
Pres. of Law Class
McLeod Vice President; Hilde
brand Sec.-Treas. And
Burn Historian
At an election held last Tuesday the
rising junior law class selected the
following officers to serve next year:
Ralph Green, president; Stumpy Me
Leod, vice-president; Raymond Hilde
brand, secretary-treasurer; and C. A.
Burn, historian. Bruce W. White
was nominated from the class to be
a candidate for secretary of the stu
dent body.
Green came to the University from
N. C. State where he was prominent
in all of the activities of the college.
He was cadet-colonel in the R.O.T.C.
unit, pitcher on the varsity baseball
team, member of the military frater
nity, K. I. E. local fraternity, "13"
club, and a member of the White
Spades. His home is in Lancaster.
McL.eodl haids from Ly3nchb)urg, Va.,
and attended Wofford college last
year where he was a member of Kap..
pa Alpha and Blue Key fraternities.
Hildebrand is from St. Matthews
and formerly'held the offices of presi
dent of the junior class and president
of the Euphradian literary society. H-e
is a member of Pi Kappa Phi and
O.D.K. fraternities.
Burns is from Chadleston and is a
member of Sigma Delta Nu fraternity.
Bruce White, a native of Easley,
was formet-ly vice president of the
Clariosophic literary society, is a mem
ber of Blue Key fraternity, and is
now editor of The Gamebock
--U.s.C
Don't forget the student body election
DAMAS CLUB IS
STAGING BALL
TONITE IN GYM.
Co-Ed Dance Club Is Entertain
ing With Final Dance
Of Year
GRAND MARCH FEATURE
Distinguished Chaperones Invited
-Cirsfna Collegians Will
Furnish Music
The last dance of the year given by
the Damas club is being held tonight
in the gymnasium from 9:30 to 1:30.
The Damas club is composed of Uni
versity co-eds, organized for the pur
pose of giving two balls a year. The
Christmas ball was given during that
season, and the May ball tonight, will
be the last entertainment given by the
club until next year.
The club colors, pink and white, will
be carried out in the decorations. Pink
and white butterflies will be suspended
from the ceiling and a large revolving
prism ball in the center, will give
attractive lighting effect. Pink and
whit draperies are used at both ends
of the gym and pink curtains, trim
med with white, will adorn the win
dows.
At 11 o'clock the grand march will
Coleman, with Monro Shand. This
be led by the president, l[iss Lucy
march is or Damas club members and
their partners only and at this time
boys. A German figure will be led
avors, little kilives decorated with
the Carolina seal, will be given to the
at a quarter to one, by the senior and
junior leaders: Miss Mary McNulty,
with John Wells, and Miss Alice Mi
kell, with Edward Pritchard.
The Carolina Collegians will play for
dancing, and during the evening punch
will be served.
To chaperone will be the following:
Dr. and Mrs. Davison McDowell
Douglas, Dean and Mrs. L. T. Baker,
faculty members and their wives, and
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Phi Pi Phi Fraternity
Installed Saturday
Eighteen Men ~Of Mu Club To
Take Ceremony
Saturday
Plans have been completed for the
installation of the Mu club of the Uni
versity as the Pi chapter of Phi Pi Phi
fraternity. Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock. The installation will be
followed by a banquet at the Rose
Mary tea room.
The Mu club has been petitioning
this fraternity for some time and feels
quite elated at being able to have the
installation before the end of the cur
rent semester.
An installation team composed of
Messrs. Frank Clark and A. C. Van
Zandt, both of Chicago have arrived
for the initiation ceremony. They will
be assisted by six members of the
XI chapter of North Carolina State.
D)ean Baker, Jack Chase, registrar
of the University; Professor Havilah
B3abcock, William Elliott, president of
the local Pan-Hellenic council, and
Thomas Moore Craig, president of the
student body will attend the banquet
as guests of the fraternity.
There are twenty-three members in
-he Mu club and approximately 18 will
ino in o the fraternity.
The 'officers of the cluh ,re as fa'lIon
T),er Inyner, presidlent : Ri,sel Smon.
'a-nredent: Rov Cobbh secreoarv.
R? 'hei-tt Morrison. treasu'-er. 0. T ' Oe"
'h'nlain: J,ohn 'flurner. se1 inel andl
'Wrnest - Hembree Hietin
Miss Dorothy Poat
To Be Crowned
May Queen . Coronation And
Dance Will Take Place
Tuesday Night
On next Tuesday night, May 8, Miss
Dorothy Poat will be crowned Care
lina's Queen of the May. The corona
tion will take place in the field house.
and will be follcwed by a dance,
sponsored by the social cabinet, music
by the Gamecock orchestra. Miss Mary
McNulty' is to be maid of honor, and
the "ladies in waiting" will be: Misses
Ella Parr Phillips, Rosalie Turner,
Willie Jo Hughes, Lucy Coleman,
Elizabeth Heyward, Nancy DePass,
Irene Richardson, Eva Jo Lockman,
Grace Saner, Virginia Greever, Clare
King, Mayre Wall, Mary B. Taylor,
Willie B. Taylor, Mildred Davis, Ruth
Ritchie, Sara Roach, Kathryn Powell.
Christine Roof, Thelma Smith, Rob
erta Tolbert and Harriet Scarborough.
Betty Fishburne and Marjorie Ho
gan will be flower girls, and Martha
Ellen and Louise Efird will be train
bearers. The heralds will be Billy and
Joe Sylvan, twins, and the crown bear
er will be Billie Harth.
The queen is to wear white satin and
lace, and her crown is of brilliants.
She will be crowned by Dr. Douglas,
and her flowers, a shower bouquet, are
being given by Mrs. Douglas. The
maids will wear pastel shades of taf
feta and will carry bouquets of spring
flowers.
Miss Marie Edwards will be court
(lancer, and will give several special
(lances. Miss Elizabeth Monteith is
to sing. All students are invited to
the dance that follows in the gymna
sium.
Pritchard And Wolfe
In Block "C" Club
Club To Give A Formal Dance
In Near Feature-To Be ...
Annual Affair
At the last mee.ing of the Block "C"
club Edward Pritchard and Harry
\\ol ic wee initiated.
Pritchard won his letter on she
boxing ean during the season just
passed. Besides taking part in the ath
letic ac:ivities of the University he has
won several oratorical con.ests and has
represented Carolina on iciating teams.
\Volfe won his letter in both boxing
and football, having been the heavy
weight represen ative on the boxing team
and varsity tackle for two years.
A fter initiating the new men routine
maters were taken up and it was de
cided that a formal dai"ce will be given
" the ne-ar future.
-.s.c.
Thomas L. Ulmer is
Ordained Minister
After Graduation Will Leave For
Baptist Theological
Seminary
Of niuch interest to his friends on the
catmpus is the ordlination of Thomas L.
U'lmer Sunday afern~oon, Apiril 29. at lhe
i our Holes Baptist Church.
The Rev. Ottis & Uhner, brother of
the young mniister, preached :he oirdi
na ion sermon; the Rev. Patul A. Bolen
gave the charge; the Rev. J. M. Sulli
van presented to him a bible andl the
Rev. E. M. Ligh'foot, pastor of the
church, offered he ordaining prayers
Mr. Ultner. after completing his work
't the UJniversity in Juine. will prepare
in Ie,ve for the Southern Bap'is- The
"'v-ea1 eminaury at Lo'wisville. Ky.. in
DELTA CHAPTER
OF SIGMA NU '1
TO BE RE VI VED
Ceremonies To Take Place At
Masonic Temple And
Jefferson Hotel
S. C. IS 94TH CHAPTER
Fraternity Has Active Chapter
In Practically Every State
Of Union
The Delta chapter of the Sigma Nu
fraterni v will he revived with impres
sive ceremon-ies on Friday and Saturday,
May 11 and 12. The ceremonies will
include the initiation of active and alum
ni members and an installation banquet.
The installa ion of the South Carolina
chapter will run the Sigma Nu list of
aetive chapters up to 94. The fraternity
has an active chali er in every state in
the union with the exceptions of South
Dakota and New Mexico.
Addison Hibbard, dean of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. and inspec or of
t'e 1Rth division of the Sigma Ntt fra
;ernity, is in charge of the prograti. He
will he assisted by chapters from INor h
Carolina uriversity and North Caro
lina State.
The insti:ution at :hree o'clock Fri
ay aftenoon. May 11 at the Masonic
temple will begin the program, and tha'
evening an installation ball will be held
a: the Jefferson Hotel from 9:30 till I
o'clock. Several hundred invita"ions
have been issued. The initiation of
alumni will take 1ilace at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning at the Masonic temple
:o he followed by ''he receiving of the
final degree for active and alumni mem
hers at 3 o'clock. The installation ban
(Iuet will he held at 8 o'clock Saturday
evening at the Jefferson
On 'he initiation tram are John A.
Cla-e, jr.. and Hon. C. B. Smith of
Delta chapter; Charles I) Blanton, Psi
chapter. University of North Carolina
and Frank M1. Williams. Beta Tat. North
Carolina Sta'e.
Among the prominevt Sigma Nu ment
hers who will he here for the revivdl
will he Orville M. Bannett, Rho regent ;
1arnest Lee Williams. Gamma Kappa,
grand secretary; Addison Hibbard.
-. '.: ., isp ;ctor of 18th dis
tric' ; and the Rev. Alhet -f. Wilson.
inspector of the seventh district.
Those who will he ini'ia'ed as active
members of the I)'ta chapter are:
Thomas Moore Craig, Charlotte; Ben
iamin Pratt Gacque. Marion; George
Thomas McCutchen. Columhia;, Ren
(Continued on Page 8.)
Wilson Welborn Wins
Declamation Contest
Freshman Takes Euphradian Vic
tory With "The New
South"
W'ib-on Weldon of Columbia. a men
her of he freshman class at the Uni
versity, Tluesday' night won the fresh
man -sopho more declamation contest held
in the Euph radlian iii erary society' hall.
WVeldi n entIeredl the Univ'ersit.v a: the
secon-1I semest er. hiaviry been v'ade
torian of the January gradluat ing class
from C'olumbia high schoolI.
Byv winnine' firs jiace he will receive
a handsome gold medal.
Follcowin.g is a lis' of 'he speakers
Tlucetday niight and their su'jects:
Wilson Wet(ldon of Cdumb,nia. "Theii
New South," Griflith Ptj gh of Rock
fHill. "Turkish Atrocities in Armenia."
('rl Case of Chiarlestor. "Trhe Unknown
Spealter." and( Rvaps Brown of Rock
three will represen' the Euphradian so
ciety in the inter-socie:y contest with
he' Clariosophiic society next Tutesday
n inhi