The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 15, 1930, Image 1
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
SPECIAL SECTION 'JfMKL B^l* tfT** VOTE WEDNESDAY
FOR BLUE RIDGE ON HONOR PLAN
UNIVERSITY OP SOUTH CAROLINA
VOL. XXIII. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1930. No. 23
STUDEN
Senior Class De
Elect Valed
Secret V<
HELD
BY WRITTEN BALLOT
Atkinson And Taylor Nominated.
Other Nominations May Be
Made Until April 22
By action taken Tuesday at a meeting
of the senior class, election of senior
valedictorian was deferred until
Wednesday, April 23. It was originally
planned to have it at the meeting
Tuesday, but was decided best to hold
it after spring holidays.
A motion was passed whereby nominations
can be made up until 12
o'clock Tuesday, April 22 if they are
handed to the president of the class,
1* rank Buie, with five seconds. Frank
Taylor and Robert H. Atkinson, both
prominent members of the class were
nominated at the meeting. Voting will
be in order at the polls from 9 until 1
o'clock Wednesday. Those taking
part in the discussions were Calhoun
Clement, Evans Brown, Yancey McLeod,
W. W. Jones, and J. P. Hair.
Plans for commencement were also
discussed at this same meeting. Prank
Buie, president of the class presided. *
Best quality caps and gowns for
graduation will be ordered, the seniors
agreed at the meeting. They asked
Prof. Charles P. Mercer to order them
again this year. j
WHITE INSTALLED
AS "Y" PRESIDENT
Other Officers Installed At Meet- <
ing Wednesday Night; Cabi- J
net Named For Year >
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At a special meeting of the Y. M. C. c
A. Wednesday night at Flinn Ilall, s
John White was installed as president v
tor the coming year. Other officers s
installed were, Sam Taylor, vice-president;
Lester Hamilton, secretary; s
and N. V. Williamson, treasurer. 11
The meeting was conducted by Bert r
Karick, the outgoing president who 1
delivered his cxaugural address. The P
program was then turned over to K. *
0. Bell who gave a short talk on the *
history of the Y. M. C. A. movement e
at Carolina. John White then gave 1
his inaugural address in which he
stated the objectives and plans for the ^
coming year. a
The following compose the cabinet lJ
for the next year: Bible class, Bill F
Latham; conference, Bill Banks; re- "
ligious service, Prank Bostick; deputation,
J. J. Brown, campus service,
Ed. Meeks; membership, Joe Coker; ]
church and Sunday school, Robert
Rogers; social, Kenneth Grimsley;
calendar, J. W. Lewis; publicity, Wilson
Weldon; and freshmen, Jack Hall.
U.S. o.
Norris Will Speak j
At Oratorical Meet >
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E. B. Norris will leave Thursday s
for Rock Hill to represent Carolina in
the State Intercollegiate Oratorical 1
contest at Winthrop Friday night. I
Norris was selected several weeks ago a
in a competitive contest.
This contest is held annually by the 11
South Carolina Intercollegiate Orator- <1
ical Association, composing all the i(
men's colleges in the state. Each college
sends one representative to deliver
an original oration. Carolina has not
Won a place in several years, and it
is hoped that Norris will be able to
place.
J. M. Younginer was the representative
last year.
Robert H. Atkinson, member of the
executive committee, will accompany
Norris. Norris will be the seventh
speaker, there being nine on the program.
A banquet will be given the
Speakers after the contest Friday
light.
Norris is from Calhoun Falls; he is
president of Blue Key fraternity,
former president of the Clariosophic
literary society, is a member of Eta
Sigma Phi, and was recently awarded
the Keitt oratorical medal. ^
ITS VOT
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' tides To
ictorian By
ote On April 23
SPRING HOLIDAYS
Spring holidays at the University
will begin Friday morning,
April 19 and will go !
through Monday April 21, says
Mr. Chase, the registrar. Class- 1
es will be resumed at 8 o'clock 1
Tuesday morning.
According to Mr. Chase, stu- 1
dents may leave the campus
after they have finished their
classes Thursday, April 17.
Students are reminded that
absences two days before and
two days after the holidays
cost them double cuts on each
class missed.
'BABY CYCLONE"
SCORES BIG HIT
Popular American Comedy Well
Received By Three Large
Audiences
Amid gusts of laughter and thun- 1
Icrous applause, the "Baby Cyclone,"
>ne of George M. Cohen's popular "
:omedics, was presented by the Palnetto
Players in the University chapel
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 1
lights of last week. With their di- J
ector, William Dean, sitting back to
1,1 joy the results of his labor, students
taged and managed the production,
vhich went over in snappy style from
tart to finish.
1 he "Baby Cyclone" was originally
chedulcd to be presented only Wed- s
lesday and Thursday nights, but was )
epeated Friday before delegates to J
he national convention of Alpha Kap a
Gamma leadership sorority, O. 1). 1
C., mens' leadership fraternity, and 1
hose who had not seen the show ,
arlier. All three performances played ,
o full houses. 1
Judging by the amount pf applause, a
William Broughton, as Gene Hurley, )
young husband who loves his wife
ut is disgusted with her because she 1
ays more attention to her dog than c
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ITurman Team Gives '
"The Call" Sunday i
t
The Furinan deputation team preented
a play, entitled "The Call" at 1
he "Y" meeting in the chapel Sun- 1
lay night. The play dealt with a _
'oiuig man's call to missionary service
n foreign fields, and was presented in
ong, music, and talks. j
^ The team was composed of H. I,,
u-rguson, Karl Christopher, Leonard
\Iliott, Davis JefTerics, Hugh Rutter,
nd Charlie Thompson.
Before the play, Miller Simpson a
nember of Carolina's glee club, renlered
a piano solo. John White, pres- f
tlent of the Y. M. C. A., officiated. ;i
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WEEKLY CALENDAR s
Tuesday ,
7:45?Euphradian and Clariosophic c
Meetings, at which Board
of Publications will be s
elected. j
Wednesday ^
10:00?Student Body Meeting. 1;
4:15?Co-ed literary societies meet. i
5:00?Gamecock staff meeting. v
Thursday *
Thursday Holidays begin
after classes. K
Track meet at Furman Uni- ''
versity. s
Tuesday
8:00?Classes resumed.
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E ON Y
SUSPEND CLASSES
WEDNESDAY FROM
TEN UNTIL NOON
PASS FINAL JUDGMENT
Students Given Recess To Decide
Fate Of Honor System Conclusively
At Meeting
'fo decide linally upon the honor
system, every student at the University
will be called upon to attend
a student body meeting in
ehapel Wednesday, April 16, at
10 o'clock. Classes will be suspended
until 12 o'clock by order
r>f Dr. D. M. Douglas.
"Final disposition of the whole mater
will be made at the meeting," states
R. B. Hildcbrand, chairman of the student
committee to reinstate the honor
system. "The honor system has been
suspended too long; after this, there
definitely will or will not be an honor
system. Everything hinges on the
meeting Wednesday."
"I am heartily in cooperation with
the students in their movement," said
President Douglas in authorizing the
wo hour recess from classes. "I want
to see the movement succeed if the
students wish an honor system."
Provisions of the honor code as
drafted by committees representing
[lie student body, O. D. K., Blue Key,
uid Alpha Kappa Gamma include an
tionor committee of eight students;
ndefinitc suspension for cheating and
Dther violations of "questions of hon:>r;"
and a tentative clause that would
irge but not obligate students to re)ort
cheaters.
Julian Beall, student body president,
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IT. B.C.
Freshman Caps To
Be The Same Next
Year Says K. S. K.
Freshmen next year will wear the
anie type of freshmen cap as has been
vorn for the past two years, decided
<appa Sigma Kappa at a meeting
riiursday night. A belt buckle that
night be considered standard was also
ndorsed.
Two years ago freshmen caps were
irst changed from the old style regu?.r
black caps with a garnet "C" and
black button on top to a garnet cap
vith a black "C", black button and a
ong bill. Later in the year the bill of
lie cap was made shorter. This type
>f cap was worn this year and will be
vorn again next year.
The belt buckle that was adopted
vill be sold at the canteen next year,
t is a very attractive buckle with
CAROLINA written in a semi-circle I
icross the top and a Gamecock under
t. The buckle will be made in two
ypes, hook type and the slide type,
l'he hook type will have a silver apicarance
and the slide type will be
nade of enamel.
BAREFOOTL
FRESHME
"Oh, Lord, have mercy on my poor
eet," moaned freshman Joe Jenkins,
is he reclined on the grass in front of
he Extension building to rest his
ore feet.
"Shut tip," muttered Harry Freenan,
"You must think that you're the
mly one who has sore feet."
Such were the exclamations of
cores of other freshmen as they
topped, skipped, and jumped over the
gravel walks of the University campus
ast Friday, celebrating the second anliversary
of freshman barefoot day,
vhicli was inaugurated last year on
he election of the May Queen.
With the thermometer at 87 defrees,
breaking the all time record for
icat set April 11, 1908, gravel paths
izzled underfoot.
As the 8 o'clock bell tolled Friday
tiorning, freshmen clad in various
:inds of dress, dashed from their
ooms. As their feet touched the
lONOR I
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Catherine Cant\
Is Elected 7k
Majority
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HL / iSMI
QUEEN OF MAY
PETITION OFFERED
BY STUDENT BODY
Trustees Are Asked To Present
Resolutions On Appropriation
Cuts
Resolutions requesting Gov. John
G. Richards and the State Finance
commission to replace University
budget cuts totalling $17,(i.*>0 were
passed at a meeting of the student
body held in chapel Tuesday night at
7 o'clock.
Julian Beall, student body president,
conducted the meeting. A set of resolutions
was offered from the floor,
stating the students' opinion that the
elimination of salaries for physical education
directors, assistant librarians,
the director of student activities, and
alumni department handicapped work
of the University.
The resolutions will be sent the
Hoard of Trustees and Dr. I). M.
Douglas, president of the University.
They will be asked to present them to
State I'inance commission, composed
of Governor Richards, the State treasurer
and comptroller general.
Draft of the resolutions offered at
the meeting follow:
1. Resolved, that the 1,700 students
of the University of South Carolina go
on record as disfavoring the reductions
in the I Diversity appropriations
concerning the directors of physical
education, of $4,*>00; assistant librarians,
of $4,350; director of student
activities, of $.{.000; alumni departinent,
of $1,200; professor's salaries
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>AY HELD;
N FOOTSORE
ground, they yelled, screamed, and began
to skip as best they could in the
direction of classes. Quite a few freshmen
wore overalls and had their toes
tied up with pieces of red cloth of
painted red. Freshman Galloway set
a precedent by appearing on the campus
clad only in a pair of pajamas
around which he had thrown a sheet.
Some of the more pugnacious freshmen
refused to go without shoes, so
their shoes were forcibly removed by
still more pugnacious upperclassmcn.
One freshman whose shoes were removed
in front of the chapel should
have taken them off iti a shower bath.
Dirt completely hid the natural color
of his skin.
Various kinds of feet were displayed,
flat feet, big feet and little
feet, all of which created merriment
among the upperclassmcn.
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SYSTEM
well Wins;
lay Queen By
On First Ballot
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CORONATION MAY FIRST
Florence Barbour Comes Second
And Will Be Maid Of
Honor
Red hair swept the campus like a
firebrand of popularity when Miss
Catherine Cantwell, Columbia senior
in the school of arts and sciences was
elected May Queen with a vote of 366
out of the 671 votes cast on the first
ballot, i his is the first time in several
years that a candidate has been
elected in the first race.
Miss Morence Harbour, with 184
votes, and Misses Rosalyn Quattlebaum
and Alberta Jenkins, all of Columbia,
came next in the order named
Miss Harbour is automatically maid
of honor.
The coronation ceremony, takes
place early in May, promises to be
beautiful and impressive. It will be
of particular interest to the people of
Columbia as all of the candidates live
m the city.
Miss Cantwell has a winning personality
which has made her a host
of friends at the school from which
she is soon to graduate with its
highest popular compliment to women
students. Her campus honors include
the secretary and treasuryship of the
freshman and junior classes, and historian
s office of the senior, membership
in the Damas club. She was a
prospective candidate for May Queen
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DEBATE TEAMS TO
MEET GEORGIANS
Leag*ue And Hankins Chosen To
Represent University Against
Tech And Emory
Teams to represent Carolina in the
last debates of the l'.KtO schedule, were
elected Monday night in competitive
contest in the Euphradian hall.
^ 'Kel League of Greenville and
Carlj If Hankins of Lake view were
chosen to go to Atlanta to meet Georgia
Tech on April 2:t and Emory on
April 24. League has been on several
teams this season, and has had much
experience in public speaking. Hankins
represented Carolina in the Hig
1 riangle and has made several other
teams this year. These two should
form a combination that will be hard
to defeat. They will argue the negative
of the disarmament query with
lech, and the affirmative of the education
query with Emory.
I* rancis Wood, member of the law
school and from Anderson, and I,eRoy
Want, a sophomore from Darlington
will compose the team to meet
[ urman here on the night of May 1
Moth of these men have made severai
teams and should be able to give the
Hi r man debaters a good meet in the
discussion of disarmament. The judges
who served in the tryouts were Dean
J. Rion McKissick of the School of
Journalism, Professor Yates Snowden
of history department, and Professor
W. C. McCall of the education
department. Hill Herbert presided.
U.H.O.
NORWOOD GOES
TO CONVENTION
James T. Norwood, senior, will reDresent
the University of South Carolina
at the first national convention of
Alhpa Lpsilon Delta, honorary premedical
fraternity, which will be held
*1 University of Alabama A^ri!
18-19. He will leave Columbia Thurs \priia"l
expCCtS to retur? Monday,
Other students who may attend the
convention are Charlotte Porter, Eddie
Car dwell, and S. E. Craig. Dr. Isadorc
Schayer is also planning to attend.
Creation of a grand council bv the
six chapters of this fraternity will be
the principal business to be transacted.
I he convention will close Saturc'av
evening with a banquet.