The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 16, 1931, Page Page Seven, Image 7
Y.M.C.A PUTS
ON PROGRAM
Deputation Team of Brown,
Burckhalter, Hutt and Bigham
Now in Barnwell
I The Y. M. C. A. Reputation team
consisting of J. J. Brown, Joe H. Burckhalter,
H. B. Hutt and John A. Bigham
are in Barnwell this week-end putting on
a serie3 of programs in Barnwell High
School. The underlying theme of these
programs is the ideal, "Come Clean" in
thoughts, words, etc. This trip is the
first of the year out in the State.
Friday morning in chapel in the school
two short talks were made on "Cursing"
and "Vulgarity." Another program is
planned for Friday night and on Saturday
morning a hike is planned under the
direction of H. B. Hutt, an Eagle Scout.
Saturday night a stereopticon lecture,
"In His Steps," will be shown, bringing
the series to an end. The team will return
to the campus on Sunday.
Other tfips to schools in the State are
planned immediately after exams are
over. There is a possibility of a trip to
Blaney high school and ?to Stedman,
S. C., and other schools are being considered.
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TENN. UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCES AWARD
For 1931, a cash award of $300 will
be made to the writer who shall publish
in any newspaper or periodical in
the South during the calendar year of
1931, the best editorial or editorials advancing
the cause of International Peace.
The term "South" shall be understood to
mean the following states: Tennessee,
Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Maryland.
Writers should submit two clippings
of their published articles pasted upon
white sheets 8J^x? inches. One sheet
should be labeled with the name and address
of the author, name of periodical
in which the article appeared and date
of publication. The other sheet should
contain only the clipping. All articles
should be mailed to "The George F. Milton
Award, Division of University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee," and
must be received by December 31, 1931.
In addition to the award in Journalism
the Milton Fund provides for a cash
award of $200 to the woman writer in
the South who shall accomplish most for
her sex during the calendar year 1931.
This award will be determined, without
competition, by the administrators of the
Fund.
The decisions will be announced as
soon as possible after the first of the
year, and checks will be mailed to the
winners. The administrators reserve the
right to withhold awards if no contributions
are sufficiently worthy.
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Winding up three days of heated discussions
and parliamentary fights, student
leaders at the Sixth Annual Congress
of the Naticnal Student Fcdera- 1
tion at Atlanta, Ga., December 29 to
January 3rd, passed three resolutions on
the evils of college athletics which summarize
general student opinion on the ,
problem.
The resolutions were as follows:
1. That the Sixth Annual Congress of
the National Student Federation of
America deplore the subsidizing of college
athletics.
2. That the Sixth Annual Congress of
the National Student Federation of ;
America go on record as favoring the 1
award of scholarships on the same basis
regardless of participation of extracurricular
activities. I
3. That the Sixth Annual Congress of 1
the National Student Federation of I
America empower its officers to make a
thorough investigation of the possibility
of staging a nation-wide conference of ,
college presidents, athletic directors and ,
student leaders on COMMERCIALISM
AND PROFESSIONALISM IN COLLEGE
ATHLETICS. ?
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State Convention
Of Y. M. C. A. Meets '
The 12th annual state convention j
of the Y. M. C. A. will be held Mon- j
day at the Washington Street Methodist
Church. The convention will begin
at 10:30 in the morning and will
conclude with a banquet at 7:00 in the
evening. Mr. Francis S. Harmon, editor
of the Hattiesburg (Miss.) "Ameri- A
can" will be the principal speaker of \
the convention.
At the regular meeting of the senior
Y. M. C. A. council last Monday night t
the following men were elected to rep- >
resent the University at this convention:
J. J. Brown, J. J. Mack, Ellison
Cone and Billie Bank#.
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Do You I
The Melton Obscrvaiory, gift of
its name in memory of Dr. William D
ing houses the office of B. C. Cokcr, \
zoelcome on Monday and Wednesday
jokes i'
"Now, boys, do yoirbclievc that there ^
is a devil?"
"No. Dr. Murchison, it's like Santa
Claus. It's only father."
it'
Visitor: I suppose you'll be very hap- cj
py when your sentence is over. tc
Prisoner: I don't know. I'm in for life.
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Here s where I shine, said the pledge, j
as he got down on his knees to wax the
floor. J.J! v,
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Beggar (at the door) : I've lost my q
right leg. p,
Stude: It's not here. . j
Z. T. A.: You're too good to be true.
S. A. E.: Perhaps I'm not.
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"Aline told me I was the answer to a 1
maiden's prayer."
"She didn't ask for much." tc
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Cop: "Nb parking; you can't loaf
llong this road." f
Voice Within Car: "Who's loafin' ?" sc
hi
Wife: "I want that dress in the sj
window." CJ1
Husband: "Well, it's in the window."
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"Never mind," said the hero who had n(
just lost his left arm, "I still have the
right to love you." n
A fellow crossed his carrier pigeons
with parrots so that when they got lost,
they could ask their way home.
Less than eight per cent of the ^
families of this country have annual ?
incomes in excess of $5,000.
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The world hasn't seen anything in gr
the line of "hasbeens" yet. Just wait to
jntil Earl Carroll starts picking w]
femmes up.
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A "dean dancer" is one individual who, w'
kvhen she feels like kicking herself, can th
lo it. or
tei
When there is nothing more to be said, th
some sophomore always says it. he
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It's love that makes the world go Ui
round, but it's liquor that inakes us ?f
ealize it.
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Jonah (inside the whale) : I wish I'd so
jrought my camera along, nobody'U be- de
ieve this. th
er
"Why, Nelson, you're tight." ha
"Well, if I'm not, I'm out four bits." pa
sic
"Corn" says: Liquor can be obtained of
vith a doctor's prescription. Wouldn't in*
hat make you sick? Ci
rit
Grace Graham is so dumb she thinks Tl
he Mayflower Compact was the first shi
canity case in America. pa
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Crosland: Why does the sun set ? Ch
Everette: So it can hatch another day. qu
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Edwin G. Seibels, distinguished alum
avis Melton, president of the Univers,
Professor of astronomy, and the 15-itu
nights froty 7:00 to 8:30 o'clock in cl
iIANY VISITORS GO T
TO OBSERVATORY
Register Shows More Than 300
During Christmas Holidays Be
Three hundred and seven people vised
Melton observatory on the sixteen
ear nights that it was open from Oc- niV
15 to t,le beginning of the Christias
holidays, according to a register ]
upt by Professor E. C. Coker. About re.
uf of these visitors were from the city no
id in no way connected with the Uni- ab
Jrsity. I here was an average attennice
of twenty persons each night. ]
roups of high school students from all S
irts of Richlanu and Lexington Coun- rei
es are frequent visitors at all times. an
he observatory was built in 1926, the th(
ft of Iulwin G. Seibels, a prominent
umnus of the University. It houses a
fteen-inch reflector telescope with a ce)
>cal length of nine feet. The lens of this f0,
Icscope was given to the University in totl
>20 by J. Wilson Hannahan, of Winns- ni.
>ro, and in 1922, the General Assembly j'.
jpropriated $2,500 for a steel mounting. |
here was no place to keep the tele- i
ope until Mr. Seibels donated the *t.
lilding. The dome of the observatory is
xteen feet in diameter and twenty-sev- r
i feet above ground level. OI
The observatory is open to the public
i clear nights, every Monday and Wed- i
Jsday from 7:00 to 8:30 o'clock. ^
eismograph here ;
RECORDS TREMBLE J
tial
The recording of the first earthquake art
any size since its recent establish- fr(
cut here, was made last Wednesday nei
ght by the seismograph. The records
Inch are made on sensitized photo- ^
aphic paper were sent immediately on mc
Washington, by Professor Carson, it
tio is in charge of the instrument.
The instrument showed traces of 1
ocks for more than an hour. There ov<
ere several major shocks, and since lo?
cse major shocks began at the point of
igin at the same time, by using the inrval
of time between their arrival at 1
is instrument the distance away may Stu
calculated. Thus with calculations 1
om different instruments over the ^ol
uited States, the exact point of origin
the quake may be determined.
I he earthquake which centered around j
axaca City, about seventy-five miles (
uth of Mexico City, took a toll of ten >
ad and a score or more injured, besides 'j
ousands of dollars damage to prop- i
ty. This region to which earthquakes \
ve become comparatively common, is 'j
rt of a great valley which may be con- j
lered as extending from the upper end /
the Gulf of Lower California, cross- (
? Mexico through and below Mexico (
ty, and extending on out into the Car- ^
>ean Sea, between Cuba and Jamaica. j.
lis whole area has had many faults or r
if tings of the earth's surface in the ^
st centuries to which may be attributed ]
: great earthquake of San Francisco, ?
lilpangi (Mexico), and numerous earth- r
akes around San Diego, Cuba. I j
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litis of the University. It received *
ity from 1922 to 1926. The buildill
reflector telescope. Visitors arc
car weather.
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CHICKEN TIPS |.
Die Pal, the Sylvan's big Saint
rnard dog, has slept through more ^
sses than any other dog registered at
i University. Between naps he pulls
cart about town advertising motion ^
:tures at the local theatres.
First sign of spring! "Timmy" Torice,
blond hotdog of the campus, is
w wearing a beautiful blue ribbon tied
out his windblown.
Dr. YVanchope is now a candidate for
P. C. A. 1 He has constructed a squirsoda
fountain out in his front yard
d the little chip-chips are enjoying
- new College Shop 1
While strolling through Elmwood
metery, a Carolina student recently
Lind a Clariosophic key carved on a
nbstone. Incidentally?that is the one
ice in Columbia where everyone is
ing to go!
Bull Street is well named 1 Consider
: various tcte-a-tetes, conversations,
d truth (?) meetings that daily hold
th on that through fare.
rhe wall in back of the Old Presiit's
home is celebrated in the Alma
iter of Carolina, vide licet:
\nd found dearest Comrades,
Dn thy classic wall 1
3n the second floor of DeSaussure
liege, in a certain classroom, the iniIs
of one R. K. Foster are to be seen
istically engraved on the back of a
)nt row desk. He must have had a
,v knife 1
't has been discovered that Delta
ans heat in Organic Chemistry. "Tri"
Ifarion Holman, seen gazing forlcfrnly
:r the campus was asked what he was
king for.
'A basket-ball team!"
lere arc some of the nicknames of
dents:
iunkie, Wop, Guinea, Wow, Cleo,
nnie, Pop, Punk, Cotton, Coodles,
icitor, Corn, Ruddy, Buck, Munch,
tie Dickie, Buttercup, Gussie, Looey,
u. 8. c.
lear the bells,
Classroom bells?
iVhat a tale of terror now,
^hcir turbulency tells
^o the student, with affright
Vho's sat up the livelong night
>ying to cram, cram, cram
or that doggoned old exam,
^nd all in vain.
)n the future how they tell,
)f the failure that they spell.
fet the ear distinctly knows
low the danger grows and grows
ly the groaning of the bells.
^et the ear distinctly tells
flow the danger swells and swells
ly the moaning of the bells.
)f the bells, bells, bells, bells, j:
Jell?, bells, bells. |
Hyman Made Head
of Jewish Group
Rosen and Poliakoff Also Made
Officers of Hillel Society c
v
. Officers for the second semester for f
he newly-organized Hillel Society, com- o
osed of Jewish students of the Um- n
ersity, were elected at the meeting Sunay
night, January 11, held at the Com- n
lunity Hall of the Tree of Life Temple, si
Those elected to office were: Presi- si
ent, Benedict W. Hyman; vice-presi- t<
cut, Louis Rosen, and Secretary, Myer
Valiakoff. New committees were ap- E
ointed on recreation and speakers. a:
Mr. Hyman is a member of the senior s<
iw class and of Phi Epsilon Pi fra- A
srnity. Mr. Rosen is retiring president
f the society and would not accept the ai
osition for a second term. He is a mem- c<
er of Phi Beta Delta fraternity.
At the meeting the report of the comlittee
on the constitution was heard, G
nd the constitution in its complete form
/ill be read at the next meeting.
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AME. de HORVATH
PRESENTS OPERA b)
P'
The opera "Rigoletto" by the Incrstatc
Opera Company, under the q
lirection of Felice de Horvath, ap- Q,
eared in Chester Thursday night to
, full house. The well traiiicd orchstra
for this production is composed
i members from the University symihony:
Billy Woods, Lucilla Mikell, s'
Marguerite Gramling, Eugenia Bur- 11
ley, William Taylor, Joe Taylor, Lila
)avis, Mrs. Leonard Moltz, Mrs.
5eorge Ropp, Mr. Asher Brown, Alan
Paylor, Miss Rachel Little, Mrs. D. n
Taylor with Mrs. Richard Sullivan at _
he piano. "
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'31: Do you believe in spirit return? ,
'30: Sure, I voted for it. 1
Love makes the world go round when
he darn thing ought to be asleep.
"There goes the biggest man on the
ampus."
"What did he do?"
"Nothing. He weighs two hundred and
ifty."
"Poor John; lie didn't graduate from
'arolina."
"Why not?"
" 'Cause he went to Clemson." 1
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BOZO PROMINENT
DOG ON CAMPUS
Have you met "Bozo," yet? He is a
anine with a college education. He lives
vith the Shands on College Street, and
or years he has attended the University
f South Carolina, the typical "Perenial
Senior."
Bo has been sketched, painted, and
lodeled in soap at Flinn Hall. He has
lept more peacefully than the other
tudents through classes in French, His)ry,
English, and others.
He has been a member of Delta Delta
>elta Sorority since it was organized
s Beta Zeta club, and, strange as it may
:em, he is also a member of Sigma
.lplia Epsilon.
Bo will probably get his Ph.D. soon,
nd start out to find other worlds to
mquer.
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rREEN ROOM CLUB
MEETS THURSDAY
The Green Room Club met Thursday
ight in the chapel and various commites
were appointed. Following the
usiness session a short program was
resented.
It is announced that the Green Room
lub has taken in the former members
F the Thespian Club, which has dismded.
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Right (to inebriate who is trying to
trike the wrong end of a match) : Why
ot use the other end?
Tight: Aw, anybody can do it that way.
"Is that a popular song your roomlate
is singing?"
"Not now."
Plots and Playwrights"?MondayTuesday-Wednesday
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Breakfast, 20 Cents
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ar Stocks of High Grade,
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