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Tige j STUDENTS MANY DISCOVERED IN OLASS ROOM Varied Assortment Of These Notes o Found?Babcock Blamed For Condition ~o o c_> Scraps of paper fill Carolina class rooms in a snow bank of torn and ..tattered bits, clean, dirty, smooth, ??crumpled, written in pencil, ink, type 2 writer, or as blank as the thoughts of ^ the writer who failed. Among the . litter of scribblings can be found ^ notes from one classmate to another, ^requesting assistance when it should onot be given; hastily scrawled pleas ??for twelve cents, "She and I are going to Burnett's after classes;" and paragraphs glowing with love, humor and pathos. A typical bit of literary jetsam cast upon the class room floor follows: Sarcastic masculine hand writing, lurchingly: "Powder your nose, it gleams like a lighthouse." Feminine rebuttal, in an antagonistically firm hand: "Grrrrl What makes my nose shiny? And why do I care? I don't?but your hair surely looks messy." Masculinc hand, a little smoother, and evidently in reply to an offer: "I appreciate the proffered hair pin. If you feel that way about your nose I'll reciprocate the donation with a bottle of furniture polish for it." Feminine broadside: "It ain't mahogany, though it's really about as valuable, and as rare?" Male answer: "Certainly. I have observed numerous noses, and readily substantiate your statement concerning the rarity of personal nasal protuberances similar to yours." Female: "Hal Foiled again, villan. But really, it isn't so bad, is it? Just looks like it was pinched in the end before it got dry." Male capitulation: "It possesses a certain saucy attractiveness which makes it almost kissable." Female consternation: "Go tol Fie, fie, and whatnotl But maybe it is . . . I've never tried it myself, though I've seen other facial structures which have rather tantalized me. Oft and Onl" And of course, fond reader, the dialogue was found just after a session of English 129, vocabulary building. That man Babcock . . . MANY AIRPLANES FLY OVER CAMPUS Used In Making Photographs Of Columbia And Neighboring Vicinity During the past week the sky around Columbia has been filled with innumerable planes which were performing maneuvers over Columbia. Sometimes the planes flew in V-shaped formation and at other times they flew alone. The planes were directed in their maneuvers by phone and telegraphic messages sent out by the army station at Camp Jackson. Some of the messages were intercepted by radio sets on the Carolina campus but the mes r, His Spurs Are & I I 5 WRITE EPISTLES T. F. BALL GOES TO CHARLESTON WITNESS IN LAW SUIT Appears In Case Of Piner Versus The Standard Oil Of New Jersey Professor T. F. Ball of the engineer ing department of the University o South Carolina was called to Charles ton Thursday to be an expert witnes! for the prosecution in a damage sui against the Standard Oil Company o New Jersey, resulting from an ex plosion of one of their huge tank! which occurred June 16, 1928. Clarence W. Piner, one of th< workmen, was horribly burned fron his waist to his head, when the tanl exploded. Upon his recovery he en tered suit against the Standard Oi Company for $70,000 damages. It the decision which was rendered Fri day he was awarded a verdict for $20, 000 damages. On the day of the explosion, th< foreman had ordered Piner to go uj on a platform on the tank and drav out some naptha. To do this, watei had to be pumped in the tank to rais< the level of the naptha to the drav cock. The hose through which th< water flows had become charged witl static electricity. When it was thrus: into the tank and the water turne< on, a very small spark jumped fron the nozzle of the hose to the side o the tank, thus igniting the highly ex plosive naptha fumes and the explo sion resulted. Professor Ball was an expert wit ness as to the cause of the explosion He testified that the principal caus< was static electricity. In testifying as to the negligence o the Standard Oil Company he saic that the tank was improperly ground ed and that their method of putting water into the tank was highly danger ous. The prosecution was conducted b] A. Russel McGowan, a Carolina alum nus and by Major J. D. E. Meyer District Attorney. u.n.o. STODDARD HEADS COLLEGE CLASS AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN The University class for college mcr at the First Presbyterian Church mei I last Sunday and elected their officers for the year. The class this year is I being taught by the Assistant Pastor Rev. John MacEachern. j The following officers were elected Hugh Stoddard, president; William I Latham, vice-president; B. Franl< Buie, secretary. The class meets ir the Young Peoples' department at ter A. M. every Sunday. A cordial invitation to attend the class is extended tc all young men who attend college ot university in the city. sages were not understandable sincc they were in code. The planes were used mostly for making photographs of Columbia and the surrounding territory and for spotting possible enemy strongholds. \harp! s O' ^ I sag-- . ^ _'33r~~~~: "~~---~II^" MEDICAL EXAMS OVER FOR GIRLS CO-EDS PICTURES TAKEN Dr. Hey ward Examines 125 New Women In Past Two Weeks [ Now the new girls and freshmen co-eds wear a cheerful smile again, for it's all over?what's all over? Those terrible medical examinations! Mrs. Madden, Dr. Heyward and Miss Smith, along with others are no less relieved. Tor the past two weeks Dr. Heyward has examined about 125 girls, told them how to grow thin, what to eat, how and when to cat it, how to prevent fallen arches, how to keep from being stoop shouldered, ? deaf, dumb, or blind. But even that wasn't the worst, imagine the oh's and ah's when they t were told that every girl had to have f her picture taken in order to enable the physical educational department , to correct postures and other defects. But some girls believe the se, tret motive was to place them on the j walls of the gym for decorations and c perhaps for future reference. Oh boyl w. s. o. j Ed: "Gee, your sweetie uses plenty t of make-up." Cas: "Yeah, she's my powdered . sugar. ifsEL: 1 Today we have i different styles, i the result of larg Shoes before you j OTH j COGGING Carolina Can With Brig hi ? i Members Of The Faculty Fall Prey To Popular Sport On Campus PROF. KILPATRIOK FIRST From The Freshmen The Practice Drifts To The More Dignified Students Yo-yoing, popular pursuit that has invaded the business offices, homes, dormitories and farthest corners of the Carolina campus, is now taking its fatal toll of the faculty. Freshmen fell prey to the appeal of. the toy before the majority of students recognized the gentle sport. 1 he high and mighty of the campus gradually yielded to the urge. Pritchard and Bob Sparks were seen slyly slipping to the darker corners of the campus to diddle away on their yoyos, and others followed their examples. Recently the mournful news that the faculty was susceptible met verification. Professor Emmet Kilpatrick, department of Romance Languages, was seen yo-yoing with a French accent. His yo-yo is red and green, according to the best Christmas traditions. No other professors have been caught yo-yoing yet, but there is reason to believe that some of them practice the art at home. When the truth does out, students may be spectators at a faculty yo-yoing contest. In fact, rumor has it that .Professor Kilpatrick is teaching Professor Oscar Keith and other members of the languages department so that every French instructor can be able to yo-yo his acute and grave accents. IJ.H.O. "Daughter, what kind of dog do you want for your birthday?" '.'O'1'. I'd like one of those blackhaired jazz hounds I've heard so much about." Ex-cheer leader (in for life): "Brethren, let's stand up and sing number 234, and come on, gang?pep it up I" OPERATED BY BEHIND HAR GAMECOCK I CLEAN PRESS] "You can help make Z SH r i large stock of Sel Their high qualii e production. Be i buy. ER SELZ SHOE AND 5 & JOHPs ipus Alive l-Hued Yo-Yos ? PAIR STADIUM MUCH ENLARGED (Continued from Page 1) twenty-five games played, Clemson has been the victor in seventeen contests while Carolina has walked off with eight. The interesting point, however, is that, of the nine games played since 1920, Carolina has won a majority of five. The tickets for the game have all been sold. The last ticket was sold last I'riday morning. It was reported that the State Fair Association has acted to have the fair grounds stadium enlarged to a great extent by the installation of extra seats. An immense crowd is expected to watch the game. Last year the attendance was estimated at, approximately, fifteen thousand people. The Gamecock learns that about fourteen thousand tickets have been sold already, and a good many more sales are expected due to the advent of additional seats, combined with standing room. Much is expected of the Gamecocks and Billy Laval. Due to the efforts of Cheer-Master League and through the medium of the Cheerio Section, spirit at the University has developed in strides, never evidenced before. The students of the University have given the team and Coach Laval the greatest of assurance that they will be right on the spot fighting with them. This should culminate in an impetus which should help the Carolina Gamecocks send those Clemson Tigers down to the blackest depths of defeat. IJ.fi. O. BIBLE SPEAKER ADVISES YOUTH (Continued from Page 1) young people to pick out a definite purpose for their life and to stick to it. i She is a charming speaker and a recognized authority on the Bible. She was graduated in theology from the : University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Miss Davies is making a series of > addresses in all of the larger cities of South Carolina. COLLEGE MEN PER COLLEGE DRESSING CLUB ING?85c [NO?25c ; s the Gamecock strut" OES Iz Shoes in many ty at low Cost is sure you see our S AT ISON^CO. f, I