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i crowing for a greater carouna^ Hundreds of Voters tf~Y/ tfUr jm I Name Campus Elite y, rwk ^ffjjpjjjNo Senior Orators _... ?__ . university Of ^ south Carolina ' 1 i WiyVolume XXIV, AfeT7I. tir * ' , - coUJMBIA, S.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1931~ p d d l908 ' DEATH CLOSES LONG CAREER ' OF DR. BURNEY j AT CAROLINA 50 YEARS Head Of Department Was Oldest Member Of Faculty In Point Of Service William B. Burney, head of the department of chemistry and member of the faculty of the University of South Carolina for almost fifty-one years, died, early Saturday morning at the Columbia Hospital. ' Doctor Burney, who was the oldest >. professor on the campus in point of service, had been in ill health for some time. He had an operation two weeks ago, followed by another last Thursday. At first :hc seemed to improve, but he was un:L able to rally his strength. He was born September 4, 1852, on .what is now the site of Davidson College. He graduated from Davidson, and then studied abroad. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Heidelberg, and studied at the Sarbonne ' in Paris. He also held the degrees of i Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts. After returning to America he was awarded a fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. July 3, 1880, Doctor Burney came to the University to begin his career as professor which lasted over fifty years.' While teaching here he was for many years state chemist, and chemist for the agricultural experiment station of South Carolina. "As professor of the University he served long and well, always with the . best interests of the students and the ^institution," said The State. Besides being a chemist and a profest \ sor of marked ability Doctor Burney was a successful business man. He held considerable property over the state. He was able and versatile. While he was at Carolina Doctor Burney had an incalculable influence on (Continued on page seven) WAYS AND '"MEANS INTRODUCES BILL FAVORING CUTS Recommending a cut of $55,851 comf pared with the appropriation of 1930 for the University of South Carolina, the 'Ways and Means Committee introduced the general appropriations bill for the support of the state government of ' South Carolina for 1931 into the legislature Wednesday night. A bill has also recently been introduced providing for the elimination of the School ?of Pharmacy at the University. . By this bill the salaries above $1,300 of all state officials will undergo changes from ?ix to sixteen percent. The salary of Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the University will suffer a deduction from $9,000 to $7,500. Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of Clemson and Dr. James P. Kinard, president of Winthrop, will also be effected by this cut. The president of the Citadel receives '$7,500 which was not reduced as Gen. Charles P. Summeral had accepted the position at that figure. It will be rej, membered that a simular situation was |he foundation for the arguments during the last few years over the legality ?f cutting the salary of Doctor Douglas from $10,000, which it has been agreed that lie should be paid. The salaries of the professors of the University and of Winthrop, the Citadel a"d the State Medical College are to be Cl,t in proportion to the reductions of other state employees. Those forrfterly receiving salaries of $3,000 will undergo a cut of 10 per cent; those receiving above $1,300 will suffer a cut of 6 per Ce?t. Under that figure there will be no reduction. In connection with the bill to abolish the School of Pharmacy at the Univer* 8|ty, Doctor Douglas has issued an ?Pen letter to all the members of the ^Rislature, stating his reasons for maintaining that the Pharmacy school should 1101 Ik: taken from the University. 1 he president admits the fact that (Continued on page seven) * Augustus Dreher Dies At His Home Pneumonia Causes Death Of Freshman At University Of South Carolina Augustus Lee Dreher, a freshman in the School of Journalism, died at his home at Lake Murray Wednesday morning after being ill with pneumonia for a week. His many friends at the University will be saddened to hear of his death. . 4 Dreher entered the LTniversity in September and was forced to withdraw during the first semester because of a broken leg which he suffered while horseback riding. He re-entered at the beginning of the second semester and was forced to return home when he becamc ill. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at St. Michael's church at Lake Murray conducted by his 'pastor, the Reverend Fired L. Lineberger. Pallbearers were: Henry Klcckly, James Wessinger, Eugene Ballentine, Roy Derrick, Robert Freeman, and C. C. Lcaphart. Dreher is the fourth student to die since the opening of the first semester, i Others were Frank McDavid of Co- * lumbia, Tillie Rubenstein of Elloree, and William L. Feaster of Union. 1 TWO TEAMS TO ! SPEAK TONIGHT North Carolina And Kentucky To Meet Representatives of - 1 University North Carolina State's negative team 1 will come to oppose a Carolina affirmative team on the free trade question to- < night. The debate will be held in the , Clarisosphic society hall at 8:00. W. O. Weldon and T. C. Hankins will repre- ' sent Carolina. ' A Carolina negative team, composed of Troy Stokes and Leonard A. William- 1 son, will .meet an affirmative team from J Asbury College of Kentucky at Columbia College tonight at the same time. By a very close decision, an affirmative debating team, composed of J. W. Brown and Troy T. Stokes, representing the University of South Carolina, was defeated by a negative team of North ( Carolina State College last Saturday ( night. The query was, "Resolved, That all j the nations should adopt a policy of free j trade." 1 The debate was held in Pullen Hall ' on the State campus and was presided ( over by Professor Fountain of the college ( faculty. ( The decision was rendered by the audience, State gaining a plurality of three votes. t NEW SOCIAL CLUB j SEEKS RECOGNITION: The Epicurean club, a new organization on the campus, is petitioning the 1 faculty for recognition as a social club. J The purpose of the club is to seek the greatest pleasures in life by the united efforts of its members. Several prominent members of the student body have joined the club. Among ( the members are John Bolt Culbertson, ^ Mitchell Morse, John Moroso, Ray j Antley, Allen Rollins, Herbert Watson, , Buck Smith, Jerome Bihari, Bomar , Ettcrs, Lynwood Smith, Archie Vaughn, ( Jim Porter, Roy Glenn, Albert Mc- , Cravey, Eli Greene, and Boyd Polk. j The club will hold monthly meetirtgs at various places to be passed on later. ^ It does not believe in taking excessive ( measures in fulfilling its object. CALLCOTT SPEAKS i TO LANDER GIRLS : 1 W. H. Callcott of the history depart- 1 ment addressed the I. R. C., and A. A. U. W. clubs Tuesday at Lander college, s Greenwood, on "The United States' Re- t lations with Mexico." / This speech was a rapid survey of < Americo-Mexican relations since 1820, i emphasizing the period since 1910. < v> . ' V- ' v HH " Miss Nancy Phillips, prominent most beautiful girl at the University She is one of the best known of Caro and belongs to the Damas. Pictures of the other winners wi this paper. Junior Clasi To Victo, Securing four out of the nin test, junior class popularity swe when Nancy Phillips was elected man, most popular girl; John St William Broughton, best dressei :hosen the most intellectual girl dressed girl; Max Revelise, gradi John Bolt Culberson, senior, rhos most athletic man. LATHAM TQ EDIT FROSH HANDBOOK William T. Latham, a junior at the Uni fersity, and the newly elected prcsiden )f the South Carolina College Press As lociation, has been elected editor-in-chiei >f the Freshman Handbook for the com ng year. The assistant editors arc T. C riankins of Lakeview, and James H. Gal oway of Lynchburg, both sophomores Phe business manager is Ellison Com >f Cottageville and his assistants will b< Clarence Mecks of Anderson, and John A ' iles of Greenville, all of these men alsc eing sophomores.^ The Handbook is published each yeai mder the supervision of the Y. M. C. A for the purpose of sending them to th< irospcctivc Carolina freshmen in ordei hat they might learn something of th< radition and customs of Carolina prior tc Altering the University. u. s. c. LEAGUE LOST TO DEBATING SQUAD Tryouts for the position on the negative lebating^ squad of the University, made vacant by the resignation of Nigel League, will be held Monday evening it 7:30 in the Law Building, according o announcement by the Debating Council. Contestants must hand theii lames to the secretary of the Council >y noon Saturday. League resigned from the varsity electing squad, after, evidently through a nisunderstanding as to meeting places, ic was unable to join his colleague, J W. Brown, in Davidson, North Caroina, at the appointed time. Troy T Stokes was sent by the Council to take [>art, along with Brown, in the debate with North Carolina State. In commenting on the situation, League taid: "The whole affair is most regretable, but can only be traccd to an unfortunate scries of errors, due* to nc fault of the Debating Council. I shal see that the University loses not on< :ent by the incident." | 7 .1 '../ '' I v V'/W. AV , V ' - > .< K i J iA.. f :-:^.;c': * - " &1 member of the junior class, chosen the in "The Gamecock" statistical contest. lina society girls, is a Delta Delta Delta ? 11 probably be run in the next issue of ies Sweep ry_ In Contest e awards, in "The Gamecock" con:pt the Carolina campus by storm the most beautiful girl; Jessie Colelolenberger, best looking man; and d man. Rowena Jones, senior, was ; Mary Pinckney, sophomore, best late student, most intellectual man; t popular man, and "Bru" Boineau, Two sororities ran neck and neck in securing first places with t..e Delta Delta Delta's gaining the most beautir ful and the most popular and the Alpha Delta Pi's securing the most intellectual and the best dressed. Nonfraternity men riot in getting first places securing the most intellectual, 1 most popular, and best dressed. More than five hundred votes were ^ cast at the polls which were open from 9 a. in. to 3 p. m. Large crowds of students, both men and wonien, wandered around in front of the chapel continually where the balloting ; took place in the hope of being voted for one of the honors. Votes were cast in some of the divisions for as many as thirty people, but the majority of them were centered around five or six outstanding ones. ' The Most Beautiful Girl ~ Leading her nearest rival by forty votes, Nancy Phillips, of Columbia, won first place as the most beautiful ' girl. Mary Evelyn Dye, of Great Falls, won second place with 35 ballots, and Lucy Oliver, of Columbia, took third place with 26 votes. Miss Phillips will be awafded a twopiece ensemble of lounging pajamas | given by the J. C. Penney Co. Most Intellectual Girl Rowena Jones, of Clinton, receiving ' 117 votes, won the first place as the j most intellectual girl. Ethel Galloway, sophomore from Ellorec and Eliza beth Belser, senior, of Columbia, tied ; for second place, each getting 60 votes: [ Miss Jones will be given a sterling silver Cloisonne enameled compact by Sylvan Brothers. Most Popular Girl Walking way with the race for the most popular girl, Jessie Coleman, of Columbia, received 163 ballots, Elizabeth Creighton, freshman, of Ashcvillc, N. C., won second place with 38 votes , and Nancy Phillips took third with 30. To Miss Coleman will be awarded an up-to-the-minute spring hat by Hawkins'. Best Dressed Girl Mary Pinckney, sophomore, of Bluff( ton, took first place with a comfortable I margain over her nearest competitor. , She received 74 votes. Although Nancy (Contiued on page Seven) j '.. -v .;. *,-.-v.. }* ' x/ , v fife' w., Latham Heads S.C. ] Press Association # Other Officials of State Organization Elected At Meeting On Campus Monday Afternoon Organizing itself for another year's work, the South Carolina College Press Association, meeting on the University campus Monday afternoon elected William I. Latham of Greenville president. As provided for/under the terms of the constitution of the association, representatives of all publications of Columbia College and the University of South Carolina were present. Other officers elected were: Miss Alice Holler of Rock Hill, Columbia College, vice president; Miss Adeline Padgett of Walterboro, Columbia College, cor- 1 responding secretary; LeRoy Want of Darlington, University of South Carolina, recording secretary; and Lewis H. Wallace of Kingstree, University, treasurer. Latham is one of the few men who have held l the editorship 'of The Carolinian and the managing editorship of The Gamecock at the same time. He is a junior in the School of Journalism, member of the Clariosophic Literary society, and has held several offices in it. Miss Holler is the Y. W. representative for the Criterian staff, member of Sigma Tau Delta, English fraternity and of Gamma Sigma sorority. She is also on the Y. W. cabinet. Miss Padgett is president of the junior class; literary editor of The Criterion, and member of Sigma Tau Delta fraternity. Want is editor of The Gamecock and president of the South Carolina, chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalistic fraternity. Wallace is associate editor of The Gamecock, won first prize for the best news story awarded at the last press association. He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi. Visiting representatives at the meet| ing from Columbia College were Misses Kathleen Beckham of Dillon, Thelma Clark of Kingstree, Cornelia Sprott of Manning, and Adeline Padgett of Walter boro. After the election of officers, plans for the work of the association for next year were discussed. The wssociation \yill meet in Columbia next November as the guests of Columbia College and the University of South Carolina. Several noted journalists will be secured to address the convention. u. ?. c. Pan-Hellenic Plans Big Dance For April FRATERNITY MEN INVITED Setting Precedent Of Having Two Dances Each Year After The Two Bid Days At the meeting of the Pan-Hellenic Council Monday, it was decided that a .dance be given sometime during the month of April, with the seventeenth as the approximate date, the exact date to be decided later. It will be one of the outstanding social affairs of the term. It is planned to have a tea dance in the late afternoon, invitations to this being .extended to certain of the men in the junior and senior classes. To the night dance invitations will be extended to all fraternity men and pledges. For this occasion, it is the intention of the council to have the dance floor gaily decorated with colors rep- . resenting the different fraternities. A committee consisting of William Donclan, chairman; Kenneth Grimsley, "Hap" Kdens, Frank Graham, and Ben Surasky, was appointed to arrange the plans for the coming dance. The council is attempting to set a precedent in the form of having two dances each year, the ftrst one following bid day in the fall and the second in April. Other business brought up was the discussion of group pictures which the council will have in the Garnet and Black. - y? FACULTY BARS SPEECHES FROM JUNE SENIORS AT FINAL EXERCISES Last Day of Commencement Program Will Include Neither Valedictorian Nor Law v Speaker No senior orators will grace any more commencement programs at the University of South Carolina, according to action taken at the faculty meeting Wednesday afternoon. These steps automatically bar the senior valedictorian and the senior speaker of the law school from tht exercises this year. Beginning of the action was effected recently when the University council, composed of President D. M. Douglas, John A. Chase, registrar; Deans L. T. Baker, Irene Dillard, J. N. Frierson, J. Rion McKissick, E. T. Motley, G. E. Olson, W. E. Rowe, Reed Smith, and ' Professors F. W. Bradley, W. H. Callcott, J. B. Coleman, W. E. Hoy, George McCutch?n. O. F. Crow, and G. A. Wauchope, approved a resolution providing for the abolishment of the speakers. This resolution, which was passed by the faculty is as follows: "That all student speakers be eliminated from the commencement programs and that ft be suggested to the senior class that the members of the graduating class speak on some- other occasion agreeable to the senior class during the commencement period." This resolution does not necessarily forbid the election of the senior valedictorian from the academic school and the senior speakers from the law school. It only prevents them from appearing on the commencement program, but suggests that they speak os some other occasion during commence ment week, preferably to have a spesified night for it as the literary societies do. 'I U. s. c. FRATERNITY HAS HOT DISCUSSION ABOUT PROPOSAL Stormy discussions over the proposed hair-clipping of freshmen featured the the Kappa Sigma Kappa meeting Thursday night. Due to the absence of many members final action on the proposal was posponcd until the next meeting. Fire began to be thrown at opposing members as soon as the committee, appointed to make the investigation about the matter, had made their report. Support of the committee was lead by JackHall, Bill Ouzts, William Herbert and Lewis Wallace and they were assailed by Woodrow Lewis and J. Wylie Brown. Hall, chairman of the committee, in making the report said: "After considerable discussion of different ways and piethods of reviving the Carolina spirit and making the freshmen wear their caps, the committee agreed that clipping of the hair of the freshmen is the only way, provided the faculty agrees." Lewis opposed the action on the ground that it would not foster a true Carolina spirit. Probably the direct reason for postponing the action until next meeting, was due to Brown who argued that more members of the fraternity should be present to pass on it. Herbert and Wallace defended the action and told how it is to be enforced. The plan is that all freshmen would have to pass out of one of the side doors of the chapel just after paying their registration foes and to be met there by the upperclassmen and the ceremony to be properly performed. Bannic Stewart, one of the oldest members of the fraternity, partially favored and partially opposed the plan. "If it can be made to work at the University, I am heartily in favor of it ,he declared. I think that it will be the best thing to ever happen at this University. The only difficulty about it is that I am . afraid that it will be hard to enforce." (Continued on page eight) . .- vJiLi.:.:., V&? * C':*