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Uutside Comment Some cheerful person of the profes sional joymaker type has devised plan whereby the University of Wis consin co-eds will send fifty of their number to eat Sunday dinner in the men's mess hall, while the boys recip rocate with a good-looking delegation of a half a hundred. This scheme might be fine at lie Wis., but neither set of guests would return fattened from the Sabbath meal at U.S.C., if rumor speaketh truly: A very sociable occasion should result from this move at any university where men are men and co-eds are talkative, though so somebody please make the first move. How about it, Dean Irene? Outbursts against the honor system, instead of being confined to nearby campi, seem to be world-wide as evi denced by a recent uproar in Nanking, China when civil examinations were disrupted by cries of "cheat-" In de fiance of the honor system many stu dents came to the examination room with notes hidden in their hats, shoes socks and even with text-books con cealed in their voluminous sleeves. Honest students, upon spying the deceptive methods, began snatchiig away the papers of the cheaters, and a free for all battle was waged in the classroom, to be quelled only by the ar rival of the police. Students in a Viennese (Austria) university are required to take a course teaching them to become safe and sanc pe<lestrians. The reason for the unique "study" is not a faculty brain storm the seeming cause of so many required courses, but the feeling that there is an actual need for such a course, since many of the Viennese thinkers have been run over in crossing traffic bur dened streets. - If taught at Carolina, a course o this sort would occupy two semesters the first: Elementary street-crossing, t< be devoted to sober walkers, and the second term's work being an advanced course for the benefit of the strolling inebriate. A brief side-light is thrown upot the earliest of fraternities by D. F Cass, writing in the January issue o: College Humor. After the early class and debatinl societies came Phi Beta Kappa, organ, ized in 1776 with aims that were purely social. The Yale chapter was installe< as a 'select debating society, with initi ation suppers where the juice of Bac chus flows-' It was the first Creel letter society whose active membershil was not confined to a single under graduating class." Continuing, Mr Cass tells of Phi Beta's parties in sucl a kindly way that we are left with thi idea that they were not as bad as they might have been. "These parties-never in mixed corn pany-were known as 'beei~ busts, 'bee feasts' and 'keg parties,' and wer provocative of goodnatured mirth an fast fellowship. They represented n~ alcoholic craving, but were as peculiari an undergraduate affectation as th insistence upon weirdly distinctiv headgear and apparel, or the hocus pocus of Greek letter mysticism. "Phi Beta Kappa was preparatory t the modern fraternity movement. Sec recy was abandoned in 1830 and sinci that time membership has been almos exclusively an honorary distinction." Cigarettes-15c per S. C. TI (Old Gold, Cheste1 Bar Candy & Che' Y FROSH MEETING The Freshman Y council will hold the first meeting of the term in Dykes Hall tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7 o'clock. At this meeting the newly elected presideht, Bushaw, will preside for the first time. The Freshmen council members are planning to inter view all the new students entering this term in regard to Y membership and Y work. Any student who is interested in joining is asked to b. presert at this meeting. USC ABNEY COLLECTION MOVED TO LIBRARY Accessible To All Students The literary part of the famous Abney collection of books, consisting of some 5,000 volumes has recently been moved from the law library to the main library. These books will be catalogued and mey be used by stu dents at any time The Abney collection was given to the University by the late John R. Abney. The donation was made as a memorial to the donor's brother, Ben jamin Abney. who was a prominent lawyer of Columbia. The class in library science, taught by Dr. R. N. Kennedy, has just com >leted a most successful semester. Be ginning next year the course will be repeated during the following term. Dr Kennedy intends to make the course a nine-month one carrying six credits. Phoning was, and probably is, just as hard a feat at Yale University as it has been on the local campus. The entire phone system for the huge uni versity was cooped up in a tiny brick ohone exchange, to which all telephone talkers had to come, and the possession of telephones in dormitories was pro hibited by the authorities. Only mana gers of teams or activities were allow ed to have phones, and then only when sanctioned by the Dean. Electricians are linking this campus with a network of wires, and Carolin ians have something for which to be thankful. Little Izzy is a funny And eccentric little waif; Swallowed all his sister's money Said that he was playing safe. -Exchange. Clemson, like Carolina, has just passed through the crisis of campus elections. The Clemson Tiger, publi cation similar to The Gamecock, was presented with a new staff, whom we wish well, and two sets of class officers were chosen. The sophomores and the cub class each choose their own of ficers. A little bit of wit and gest Puts the pep in life at b)est, But if o .r jokes bring no laugh, It's not the fault of all the staff, But just of me. -The Joke F,ditor. Columbia Laundry 1323 Taylor St. Phone 4954 pkg., $1.19 per Carton ix EXTRA field, Lucky Strikes) I evn Gum-3 for 10Oc Y PROMOTION The Y Promotion force will meet at Flinn Hall tonight -at 7 o'cock for a very important meeting according to the announcements mailed 'out by Se wel Hawkins, secretary of the associa tion. The meeting will be in Dykes Hall Chapel. You will find here a group of shoes assembled especially to meet the college man's ideas of style and good taste. They are the result of a 30-year acquaint ance with well-dressed college men's preferences. MENS SHOES See them on display at LEO F. THOMAS 1010 SUMTER STREET Columbia, S. C. Union 'T'ailoring Co. Dry Cleaning, Pressing and al tering, Hats, Caps Cleaned and Blocked 1211 Lady St. Phone 4913 Real Folks at Hom ) P.jA Lorilar Co. Est VdS760T. TOn Wour Radi .IM c. . ..ow. Pal htem TRaWn ~Kgo the OD MLD orvry' On Sortandd Time. oe.e Columbia Dry Cleaning Co., Inc. Newest and Most Modern Just Around the Corner From the Campus CLAUDE SCARBOROUGH Manager G. O. RILEY C. B. LAWRENCE --- Campus Representaitves CHICK FOSTER 905 Main St. Phone 3129 What We Say It Is-It Is Russow Jewelry Co. 1522 Main St. Phone 7308 School and College Rings and Pins FRATERNITY PINS, CRESTS CHARMS AND MONOGRAMS ATHLETIC AND SCHOOL MEDALS PRIZE CUPS BRICE-JOYE COMPANY, INC. Cleaners and Dyers "It's 'Joye' Dyeing for You." Just around the corner from the Campus HARRY L. HINGSON, Campus Rep. 1209-11 Pendleton St. Phone 8035 A 'nrber Shop on block from the University for Men and Women State Barber Shop Ground Floor State Office Building COLUMBIA, S. C. Under Management of Palmetto Barber Shop Shoes Mark the Carolina Man! OUR DELUX AND IDEAL LINE Wt1EE GIVE YOU THE MARK OF DISTINCTION AND WELL DRESSED PRICED $4.00 and $6.85 MARION MILLER, Campus RCpresentative MERIT SHOE CO. 1531 MAIN ST. (The Piano Mover) By BRIGS D GWOLDR~ SRN P AL WHTEAUHU TO NL n o wv Y Cnu mhiS Ren de AT TMVe. r.L0wvG . c .. f' 1P Li