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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
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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
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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 :
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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. <
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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.
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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."
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member of the junior class, chosen the
in "The Gamecock" statistical contest.
lina society girls, is a Delta Delta Delta
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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
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Press Association
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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