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univ. 5. C. Library CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA PROGRAM OF HIGH I WW/1 /W lT~ZFC HONOR SYSTEM S0H00LS, PAGE 6 ^ ^ WINS APPROVAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA VOL. XXIII. COLUMBIA, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1930. No. 24 Four Norm For Presit Donelan, Williams, Edens And Wauchope in Heated Race For Student Body Head Four students for the presidency ol the student-body, three for the vice presidency, and four for the secretarytreasurership, will enter the race foi student-body elections on Friday, wher voting will be held from 9 until < o'clock. Secret ballot will be used says Julian Beall, president of the stu dent-body. Nominations for the presidency ant secretary-treasurership were mad< from the floor Tuesday morning a calm meetings of the junior and sopho more classes, respectively. Two Columbia boys, Bill Donelai and Bob Wauchope will run agains Hap Edens of Clio and Yates William: of Orangeburg for president of tin student-body for next year. Four members of the rising senio: law class were nominated for vice president at a class meeting Saturday Grimsley, supported by Tammany which rules the campus vote, appear: the strongest contender, but there ar< others. Lonnie Garvin was nominated, bu withdrew Monday. Four prominent members of th< sophomore class will fight it out fo votes in the race for secretary-treas urer of the student-body, two of whom LeRoy Want and Woodrow Lewis ar< from Darlington, while William La tham is from Greenville, and Leste: Hamilton hails from McColl. For President Hap Edens Yates Williams Bob Wauchope Bill Donelan For Vice-President James B. Morrison James H. Harvey C. K. Grimsley For Secretary-treasurer LeRoy Want Woodrow Lewis William Latham Lester Hamilton CORONATION HELD THURSDAY EVENINC Dance To Be Given In Gymnasiun Immediately After Ceremony Catherine Cantwcll will be crowne< May Queen in the field house at 8:31 o'clock Thursday May 1. The coro nation dance will begin immediately afterward in the gymnasium, with tin Carolinians playing. Admission wil be by athletic ticket only. Florence Barbour will attend th< queen as maid of honor. The follow ing have been chosen as maids: Louis; Shand, Daisy Lec Powell, Dell Good wyn, Alberta Jenkins, Willie B. Tay lor, Dorothy Byrd, Margaret Dia Louise Collins, Kitty Griffin, Rosallei Quattlebaum, Mildred Hartness, Einib Suydam, Frances Cardwell, Mon; Martin, Beverly Cathcart, Mildret Utscy, Mignon Wald, Alice Owings and Dorothy Whaley, all of Columbia Charlotte Cokcr of Hartsville, Har riet Whitaker of Camden, Rowen: Jones of Clinton, Gwendolyn Green o Gaffney, Grace Turner of Winnsboro Isabel Byers of Rock Hill, Carolin* Gaillard of Charleston, Willie Water: of Johnston, and Lucy McLeod o Bishopville. As president of the student body Julian Beall will present the queen tc Dr. D. M. Douglas to crown. XT.8.0. CLAUDE BOWERS TO SPEAK HERE Dr. Claude G. Bowers, author o: "The Tragic Era" and now editor ol the New York Evening World, wil deliver this year's commencement ad dress. Dr. Bowers is remembered a? having nominated A1 Smith as the candidate for president ai the Democratic convention held in Houston, Texas ir the summer of 1928. The address will be in the University field house Wednesday June 11 at 10:30 o'clock. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached June 8 at 8 P. M. in the First Baptist church by Dr. Henry Alford Porter, pastor of the First Baptist church, Charlottesville, Virginia. inees Run dent Friday 1 ' i- " \s < "' ' ShE&i JH ffljfffBMi AM S4V*Pr HEpKg l Bk *MS1 j^l HHA c mk r jH g A. C. Clement, elected Senior valec dictorian. ' CLEMENT CHOSEN : VALEDICTORIAN e Faculty Will Choose No Senior ~ Speaker This Year, Says Doctor Douglas By a vote of 48 to 41, Calhoun Clement of Greer defeated Frank Taylor in the second race for senior valedictorian held Thursday. The race was tied until the last few votes were counted. Only about one-half of the seniors voted. Clement has one of the highest scholastic averages at Carolina. He has been an assistant in the biology department, is a member of Blue Key, honorary leadership fraternity, is acting president of the Chanticleer Club. He is associate editor of the Caro(Continued on Page G) ? IT.B.C. 1 Austin Medal Is 1 Offered By Mrs. Bemis For Essay 1 A gold medal has been offered by 3 \5rs. Henry Bemis, of Palm Beach, - Fla., for the best essay on Stonewall / Jackson written by any student at c the University. It will be awarded 1 under the auspices of the Columbia chapter of the United Daughters of e the Confederacy on June 3, Stonewall - Jackson's birthday. i The medal will be an annual award - in memory of the donor's mother, - the late Mrs. Irene Jackson Austin, 1 who was a relative of Stonewall i Jackson. It will be known as the / Austin medal. i The number of words the essay 1 must contain is limited from 1500 , as a minimum to 3000 as a maximum. ; The papers should be signed with - a pen name and turned over to Dr. i G. A. Wauchope, head of the English f department. No essays will be ac, cepted after May 20. ' High School If Wednesday 4 Competitions Under Auspices Of ! Extension Department f High School Week, held annually f at the University, will open next I Wednesday, announces I)r. ^ Havilah - Babcock, director of the Extension 5 Department under whose auspices it * is conducted. Competition in debat* ing, declamation, Latin, English, ex1 pression, typewriting, shorthand, and track will be held. Between 300 and 400 contestants, . principals, and superintendents are expected. Alpha Kappa Gamma, ' leadership sorority, and K. S. K. arc t cooperating with Dr. Babcock in findI ing accommodations for and entcrtain(Continued on Page 6) HONOR FUL M '.'- < JH9 & & League Elected New President Clariosophic Society Has Calm Elections; Many Officers Chosen By Acclamation Nigel A. League, of Greenville, was elected by acclamation to the office of president of the Clariosophic literary society Tuesday night, April 15, League will succeed C. L. Scott as president of the society. The president-elect is a junior who has won numerous debates and declamations. He has been a member of the debating team this year. He is cheer leader, a member of Blue Key honorary fraternity, Kappa Sigma Kappa leadership fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Block. "C" club, Roger Pinckney won over John B. Culbertson in the race for vice-president. The new vice-president is from Beaufort and is a junior in engineering. J. J. Mack was elected to the office of critic by acclamation. Mr. Mack has taken great interest in the society and has held numerous offices. J. M. Brown was elected treasurer over W. I. Latham by a small margin. This was the only race that was (Continued on Page 6) U.S. o. EASTER DANCES FILL PROGRAM Five dances within a week's time threaten to wear the hose, the toes, and flippers of Carolina's socially inclined students beyond repair. The first Pan-Hellenic ball given by fraternities at Carolina was held Thursday night, and the Easter German Friday night. The Cotillion preceded the German. Thursday, May 1, the student body will attend the May Queen's coronation dance in the gymnasium, and the Damas dance will be given by the girl's organization Friday. i eek Opens i; 300 Expectea CAROLINA LOSES RECENT DEBATES Carolina's debating team, composed of Nigel Leaguee and T. C. Hankins, were unable to register a win over either Georgia Tech or Emory in their contests in Atlanta on Wednesday and Thursday nights respectively. The Carolina team discussed two different questions, using the disarmament query against Tech, and the education query against Emory. This marks the close of the debating season for the Carolina debaters. Several debates have been won, and the season may be considered as a fair success. SYSTEJV L FORC vB " i / ->K-.y??vgM > JiH Tjv^j^K -,<*? |A: ^p /* John White becomes State Y. M. C. A. president. JOHN WHITE HEADS STUDENT COUNCIL i Conference Held At Presbyterian College Chooses Men For State Council John White, head of the University Y. M. C. A., was recently elected president of the South Carolina Student Y. \1. C. A. Council at a conference held April 18-20 at Presbyterian College. Mr. White is well 1 known by many men of different colleges and the news of his election is of much interest. He is Y. M. | C. A. editor of The Gamecock, and a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. The other officers are as follows; ' J. C. McKay of Erskine, vice-president; W. M. Thames of Clemson, secretary and treasurer; Major Prouty, Citadel and Frank Poole, Furman, faculty advisors; Harry Lightsey, Columbia and Walter Wilbur, Charleston. alumni. u.s.o. Board Members Chosen To Take Office At Once Members to the Student Board of Publications, which elects the staff of The C lamecock and Carolinian, were chosen by the four literary societies last week. Dean J. Rion McKissick of the School of Journalism, and Dr. G. A. Wauchopc, head of the English department, are automatically members of the Hoard. Representatives of the Euphradian society are R. H. Atkinson, former editor of The Gamecock, and M. H. Shepherd, sophomore of Columbia. The Clariosophic elected as its representatives J. J. Mack of North, former associate business manager of The Gamecock, and J. R. Gettys of Camden. Annie Laurie Mitchell, only member of last year's board to be re-elected, was chosen by the Hypalian Society and Elizabeth Withers of Columbia was elected by the Euphrosynean society. These members take office this week and will vote on Gamecock nominations for next year's staff. Outgoing members of the board are Harry DePass, chairman; Lawrence Case, Bruce Davis, E. B. Norris, Annie Laurie Mitchell, and Virginia Muller. u.s.o. Medical Fraternity Honors J. T. Norwood James T. Norwood, senior in the pre-medical school and president of the local chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre-medical fraternity, was honored by being elected national vice-president of this fraternity at its convention held recently at Tuscaloosa, Ala. The honor bestowed on Mr. Norwood does not come as a complete surprise as he had made quite a record for himself during his four years at the University. He is also a member of the local chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa. 1 IN E NOW 1 CD PASSED BY VOTE FRIDAY CD Change Last Clause So Students Aren't Obligated to Report Violators of Code Carolina again has an Honor System and Committee result of Friday's voting and a student body meeting Monday night, at which Clause XI, obligating all students to report violators, was replaced by a clause "requesting and expecting" them to do so. As amended, the Honor System outlined in chapel April 1G is now in force. The new Clause XI, passed by a large majority, states that "every student is requested and expected to uphold the honor of the University by warning and reporting all violators of the Honor Principle." Ashley Halsey, editor of The Gamecock, made the motion, which was seconded by R. IS. Hildcbrand, and passed after discussion in which Sam Boudreaux, Roger Pinckney, R. H. Atkinson, Frank Taylor, W. G. Jeffords, and others took part. Faculty approval of the system is promised by Dr. F. W. Bradley, chairman of the faculty honor committee, and prominent professors. Doctor Bradley and the faculty committee cooperated with the students in reinstating the system. A motion was carried to elect a temporary Honor Committee to serve out the term, elections being held this week. With a total of 617 votes cast Friday, 538 students voted for some sort of honor system at the University, 142 accepted without qualification that passed in chapel April 16, while 312 acted to revise the clause obligating reporting of violators. Only 48 were against any honor system. The vote demanded the student body meeting held Monday night to revise the objectionable Clause XI. The vote in detail was 538 for and 48 against honor systems in general; 142 for and 391 against the honor sys(Continued on Page 2) U.9.C. FRESHMEN ELECT IN THREE WEEKS Races Attract Entrants; Many Rising Sophs Out For Class Offices With seven candidates hopefully declaring their intentions on the presidency of the rising sophomore class, and five interested in the vice-presidency, there will be more nominees at the class election May 21 than a Mexican army has generals, or a jumping bean has leaps. Those mentioned for the presidency are John McKnight, Thomas Whitesides, Jim Snyder, Astor Fleming, T. C. Hankins, and "Country" Griffith. John Moroso may run a "dark horse" race at the last minute. Aspirants for vice-president are Marshall Williams, Jack Hall, Bob McCaskill, R. D. Rogers, and S. L. Graham, according to report. Ruth Fllsworth is the only co-ed in the big election parade, running for secretary and treasurer with H. F. Sneiling and John Douglas as possible opponents. Buford Worthy, retiring president, will contest the post of historian with John A. Giles, Gamecock staff member. u.?.o. F. B. FARR WINS STATE CONTEST E. B. Morris represented Carolina at the Slate Intercollegiate oratorical meet at Winthrop Friday, using as his oration "The Seventh of March Speech." He was accompanied to Rock Hill by Robert H. Atkinson, member of the executive committee. All nine men's colleges in the State were represented in the contest. F. B. Farr of Clemr.on was awarded first place in the contest. Second place went to Citadel's speaker, H. G. Hamilton, and Bruce Robinson of F.rskine received honorable mention. This marked the second time that Farr has won the state contest, having won out in 1928.