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GET JUNIOR-SENIOR MAY QUEEN ESRAY I TICKETS NOW NATION WEDNSA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. XXII. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1929 Ga mec S. C. ROOSTS AT HEAD OF OTHER STATE TEAMS LOSE ONLY ONE STATE GAME Clemson BengaJs A Close Second; Erskine Third; Newberry Is Considered Dark Horse State Standing Won Lost Pct. Carolina ............5 1 833 Clemson ............5 2 715 Erskine ............5 3 625 Citadel ................2 2 500 Furman ............4 5 445 Newberry ........3 4 429 Presbyterian ....3 7 300 W offord ............2 5 286 South Carolina's Gamecocks exhib ited championship form against two state opponents last week, Furman and Wofford, to retain their position on the top of the state collegiate base ball race. Billy Laval's boys, by decisively de feating Furman's Hurricane and then coming from behind to defeat Wofford Saturday, stand at the top of the heap with over 100 points lead over their nearest challenger, Clemson. The Bengals from Clemson, by mak ing a clean sweep of four games played advance from their position in the cellar a week ago, to second place, while Erskine, who could do no bet ter than break even in two starts, were pushed into second place by the Tigers: Citadel, with only four games played so far, including their last inning loss to Carolina, occupies fourth place with two ins and two losses. The Bull Dogs are an unknown quantity and may cause some trouble later on. Furman, Newberry, Presbyterian, and Wofford, occupants of the last division, have played alternately good and bad ball with Furman and New berry showing up best. Newberry is the dark horse of the race and may come through yet as she has in other campaigns, while Furman has the ma terial to show up a bit better later on. Wofford and Presbyterian will un doubtedly . fight it out for the cellar position, with Wofford holding the upper hand at present. -U.s.0. HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE BIG WEEK OVER 325 PARTICIPATE Spartanburg Wins In Track; Co lumbia Places Second; Best In Years The annual meet of the South Caro lina High School League; held an anually on the campus of the Univer sity, came to a close on Friday, April 26th. The meet was the biggest and the most successful held since the league divided the state into ten dis tricts. Over 325 participants were registered at the extension division. T. C. Jolly of Union was elected president of the league for the com ing year at the meeting in Flinn Hall Friday. J. D. Fulp, superintendent of Bailey Military Institute, was elected secretary-treasurer. In the track finals, the Spartanburg team won the state championship over the best field of opponents that has ever been present at the meet. Co lumbia High was a close second, with Bailey and Thornwell third and oock 06o FRAT MEMBERS BEST STUDENTS Four Sororities Lead Campus In Scholastic Work ZETA TAU ALPHA HIGHEST Delta Club And Phi Epsilon Pi Come First and Second Among Men According to statistics released last week by Jack Chase, sorority and fra ternity members show a better scho lastic average than those who do not belong to an organization of this nature. The figures, according to Mr. Chase, refute the old argument that fraternal activities take up too much of the college student's time. Zeta Tau Alpha ranked highest among the sororities and fraternities, while Phi Chi came a close second. It is interesting to note that the four leaders were sororities. The Delta Club was the, leader among the men's fraternities, with Phi Epsilon Pi coin ing second. Of the 23 chapters for which statistics were given, 10 are above the fraternity average and 13 below. The successive rating of the fraternities and sororities is as fol lows: 1, Zeta Tau Alpha (S); 2, Phi Chi (S); 3, Alpha Delta Pi (S); 4, Del ta Zeta (S); 5, Delta Club (F); 6, Phi Epsilon Pi (F); 7, Kappa Alpha (F); 8, Delta Delta Delta (S); 9, Gamma Sigma (S); 10, Phi Beta Delta (F); 11, Phi Sigma Kappa (F); 12, Alpha Tau Omega (F); 13, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (F); 14, Chi Omega (S); 15, Hercules Club (F); 16, Delta Epsilon Kappa (F); 17, Phi Kappa Sigma (F); 18, Kappa Sigma (F); 19, Pi Kappa Alpha (F); 20, Pi Kappa Phi (F); 21, Phi Pi Phi (F); 22, Kismet Club (F); 23, Sigma Nu (F). HERBERT SMITH TO TEACH MATH WILL BEGIN NEXT SEPTEMBER Has Done Much To Place Colum bia Athletics In High Place In South Herbert R. Smith, director of stu dent activities and instructor in math at Columbia High School, has ten dered his resignation, in order that he might join the faculty of the Uni versity of South Carolina. Mr. Smith's resignation does not take ef fect until the end of the present ses sion. He will teach math at Caro lina and will probably take graduate work. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the Uni versity. Before coming to Columbia, he taught at Bingham Military Acad emy, where he also coached athletics. His teams were among the strongest in the Tar Heel state, and won sev eral state championships. Just after coming to the high school here, Mr. Smith served as coach of the "B" team and as director of stu dent activities, but his duties in the latter field were found to be so great that his exclusive attention has been given to them since 1927. He was largely instrumental in securing games with such teams as Knoxville, Char lotte, Wilmington, and Savannah, and it is his efforts that are responsible (Continued On Pagre 5, Col. 5) nstitu; New Officers Inaugurated JONES CLARIOSOPHIC HEAD Literary Society Hears Speeches Of Incoming Leaders At the meeting of the Clariosophic Literary Society last Tuesday even ing, the Junior officers recently elected were installed in their new offices. After the call to order by the presi dent it was discovered that the sec retary was absent. Mr. Frick was appointed to this office for the meet ing. Mr. Meetze was appointed to fill the critic's chair. The out-going president, William S. Parrish then delivered his ex-augu ral address. He admitted that it was with regret that he relinquished his official robes to his successor. He spoke of the future of the society un der the new regime and predicted a very successful and constructive pe riod. He warned the members of the society that they must take a step in the way of modernization and take the initiative in the literary field, and not to be led. He said that serving as president had been the most treasured experience of his whole college career. The incoming president, W. W. (Red) Jones recounted the history of the Clariosophic Society, its great lead ers, and the part it has played in the history of the Palmetto State. He stated that each member had duties to perform, which had reference to the il lustrious men who had preceded them in the hall. "Shall it ever be said that this dear old Clariosophic Society in its hour of need, found no one to come to its aid?" In conclusion, he called upon the members of the So ciety for assistance and co-operation, thereby helping him to give life and pep to the Clariosophic Society. At this time, the Euphradian Soci ety met with the Clariosophic in a joint session to consider the proposed GAMECOCK Constitution. FRESHMEN BUM IN NOVEL WAY Carolina Students Travel To Up State City By Airplane Last Tuesday afternoon, two Caro lina freshmen,. W. C. Herbert and R. H. Bishop inaugurated a new method of traveling among college students by "bumming" their way to Spartanburg via the air route. 'rhey took off from the Shandon flying field about 3 o'clock and landed in Spartan burg a little over an hour later. The aeroplane, in which the trip was made, is a red, four passenger, eight cylinder, Standard plane of the Army type. It wvas piloted by "John nie" Gould, formerly of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but now of New York. Ac cording to both boys he is an excellent pilot who handles his large plane with ease and dexterity. Due to a constant high wind, the flight was made at an altitude o fap proximately 4,000 feet. Encountering high ground winds, the pilot gained altitude and the flightQ'was made in ease to the passengers. The route of the plane over Columbia was a little east of the University, but a beauti ful view of the campus was had. Both passengers enjoyed their trip im mensely and feel sure that they have found a new way of "bumming". tion R PHI BETA KAPPA ISSUES KEYS COMMENCEMENT TWENTY STUDENTS HONORED Thirty Names On List Of Honor ary Fraternity This Year Thirty Phi Beta Kappa keys will be given by the Alpha of S. C. chapter at commencement this year. Dr. Oscar L. Keith, secretary has made public the names of those who will receive this honor. They come from four groups, students in course, alumni, faculty, and one whom the so ciety has seen fit to honor outside these groups. The list: Students in course: Elizabeth C. Jones, Margaret C. Withers, Ruth D. Hope, William P. Wamer, Hazel Crane, Charlie Foster, Elizabeth D. Gaines, Claud T. Sullivan, Ann C. Wellwood, Fenelon D. Smith, Mary L. Hutchinson, Lucy C. Cole, William M. Quattlebaum, Teresa R. Johnston, Marie Edwards, Robert W. Morrison, Raymond W. Dobson, J. Steele Brice, George P. Watson, Robert J. Stoddard, Grace C. Sweeney, Jennie L. Epps, Harriet K. Baker. Alumni: Isaac Newton Edwards, Paul G. Moorhead, R. Beverly Her bert, George James Wilds. Faculty: Welfridth Callcott, G. Croft Williams. Honorary: Stanhope Sams. -U.s.a. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET NEAR Tickets On Sale At $2.50 From Members Of Committee; Night Hawks To Play Griffeth T. Pugh, president of the Junior Class, announces that the ju nior-senior banquet will be held at the Jefferson Hotel, Fridaf ,vening, May 10, at 8:30 o'clock. The banquet will be followed by a dance, at which the Night Hawk Orchestra will play. (Continued On Page 5, Col. 4) -U.s.o. COOK HEADS CLASSICISTS University Professor Flected Pres ident Greek And Latin Teachers Vernon Cook, professor of Greek and Latin at the University, was last week elected president of the State Classical Teachers Association at an organization meeting held at Coker College in Hartsville. The Association was formed for the purpose of bringing the classical teach ers in both the high schools and colleges of the State to discuss one another's problems, and to increase interest in this field of study. As yet, the time for the meetings has not been set. Professor Cook is prominent in ed ucational circles of this State, and is recognized as one of the leading teachers in the South, of Greek and Latin. The Association under his di rection will have a prosperous begin ning, it is thought, atified Gives Control Of Paper To A Board Of Stu dent Publications TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY Societies Will Have The Privilege T o Revoke Constitution If It Does Not Work The Euphradian and Clariosophic Literary societies, in joint session on last Tuesday night, voted overwhel mingly in favor of the constitution for The Gamecock which was drawn up by Harry E. DePass, retiring managing editor, with the aid of several students and members of the faculty. The con stitution passed only after the so cieties had been in session for over three hours. This was the third ef fort to put it through. Early in the meeting it became evident that those in favor of the plan were in the majority, but the oppo sition took a decided stand and it was almost two hours before the first article, containing the substance of the whole plan, was voted on. The final count showed that those opposed were not as strong as was thought to be the case. After the passage of the first ar ticle, the remainder of the meeting was taken up with amendments to the other articles. The constitution, as changed by the joint session, de, crees that each boys' literary society shall have two representatives and each girls' society one representative on the student board of publications, which will have direct control of the paper. The dean of the school of journalism and the head of the En glish department shall also serve on the board, each having one vote. An amendment was also passed allowing the societies to revoke the constitu tion if it does not function as it should. Otherwise, it is substantially the same as originally proposed. DePass, Hildebrand, Dunbar, Wel don, Jones, Atkinson, and several others spoke in favor of - adoption. The opposition was led by Stevenson, Clement, Stewart, Sparks, and Car michael. Pritchard was active in se-. curing the amendments. .s. c. HERMES CLUB GETS CHARTER Inducted Into Phi Sigma Kappa As Gamma Triton Chapter Installation April 20, The Hermes Club of the University of South Carolina was inducted into the national social fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa as Gamma Triton chap ter on April 20. The Hermes Club was organized in 1925, before the re peal of the anti-fraternity law and had functioned as a local since that time. Many prominent officials of the na tional fraternity were present for the induction, including Joseph Batt, pres ident, and Dr. Edgar T:~ Fell, vice presidlent. The installing team was composed of representatives from the Universities of North Carolina, -Vir ginia, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, George Washington, and Georgia Tech. Charter members of the Gamma Triton chapter are~ Griffith Pugh, Bert Karick, Doug. Calk, Buck Brad ley, Jim Bradley, Grady Lonsford, Billy Wetmore, Karl Wingard, Dan (ontinued On Page 5, Co. 3)~