Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ALUMN CAROLINA ALUMNI TO HOLD MEETING Richland County alumni members of the University of South Carolina are anticipating a peppy gathering when they assemble in formal meeting at a dinner at the Rose Mary tea room tonight at 8 o'clock for the first real get-together' in two years. / In addition to county members, altjmni from many other parts of the Stato are expected to attend. Arrangements are being made for several hundred county members alone, according to Barney A. Early, secretary of the Carolina alumni. i''; * ' George Bell Timmerman of Batesburg, alumni president, will make the feature address which will be centered on a topic of wide interest to all alumni members, it is said. Dr. D. M. Douglas, president of the University; Dean L,. T. Bfiker, Dr. R. K. Foster, director of athletits; Coach Billy Laval and others will be present. E. W. Mullins, chapter president, will preside. I u. S. C. / DANIEL-RAST MARRIAGE Of interest is the recent announcement of the marriage of Miss Nancy Daniel to Mr. Jacob Philip Rast, both of Co''SAtmbia. After a northern /wedding trip the young couple will make their home at 3129 Wilmot Avenue. Mr. Rast's parents, Mr, and Mrs. F. h. Rast, are from Elloree. After Mr. Rast's graduation at the University of South Carolina he has held a responsible position with the Capitol Coal Company. rizzoloatFends school in paris Alfred F. Rizzolo, f30, of Newark, N. J., will attend a ijiedical school at Paris beginning this June for the next four years. Mr. Rizzolo was actively engaged in wrestling while hero. Among several organizations with which he was connected, he was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical fraternity. wilse martin I Harness Maker ij Luggage $ Leather Goods Dealer & Repairer | SHOE FIXER Auto Top Maker Phone 6820 1116-1118 Hampton St. i rose mary We Are Fully Prep Banquets a . Over Wingfield's IpK r wmmm We have enjoyed tb you the past four ye; you at the canteen. t->=' j . You take with you ! success and happines * / ___ When you return t . remember that we wi and talk over the year to regard as the best You are splendidly j \ life's work. Your Aim best for you. She wi pride on your efforts i I UNIVERSITY ( | I NEWS ENGAGEMENTS WALLACE?EPPS Ol interest to the alumni of the University is the recent announcement of the engagement of Miss Margaret Wallace, of Newberry, to Mr. John L. Epps, formerly of Columbia. The wedding is to take place early in June in Columbia. Mr. Epps is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Epps, of Columbia. He received his education at the University. Since leaving the University Mr. Epps has been with the Carolina Mutual Insurance Company of Charleston. STEWART-SMITH Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stewart, of Edgefield, recently announced the engagement of their daughter Kathryn Kerna ghan to Mr. John Hendon Smith of Easlcy. Mr. Smith received his education at the University of South Carolina. At present he is the resident engineer of the State Highway at Winnsboro. STUCK-EARGLE Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stuck, of the Dutch Fork section, recently announced the engagement of their daughter Mary Belle to W. Edwin Eargle of Pittsburgh, Pa. The wedding is to take place at the home of the bride early in Jnne. After the ceremony the couple will go on a trip and after that will be at home in Pittsburgh. Mr. Eargle is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Eargle, 1111 Fifth Street, North Columbia. He received his E.E. degree from the Engineering School of the University of South Carolina in 1929. Since graduation Mr. Eargle has been with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh. u. s. c. Sara Crawford spent the weekend with her family in Chester. Mrs. Olin Overstreet from Swansea, visited her sister, Edith Carlisle, at Rembrant House over the weekend. Martha Hope visited her family in Lockhart last weekend. Business Training is Essential to Everyone, Particularly College Men and Women. Day, Night, and Special Classes. Draughon's Business College 1218 Sumter Street Announcement We want your business in the following lines. Our selection is as complete as can be had, and our quality is the b*st. Only solid and genuine merchandise sold. Diamonds, Watches, Sterling Silver, Gold Jewelry, Class Rings, Class and Frat Pins, Clariosophic and Euphradian Pins carried regularly in stock, or made 1 to order as you wish. All sold at as low a cost as is consistent with the Better I Kind. Sylvan Bros. 1500 Main St. Cor. Hampton Columbia, S. C. TEA ROOM ared to Handle All nd Parties Phone 3207 te privilege of serving ars, and we will miss I our best wishes for ss through life. o the campus, always ill be glad to see you, s which you will come years of your life. y equipped for your a Mater has done her II always look? with n life. :0-0P STORE "Piute'* Wimberly, who will lead this summer, and Herbert M. Moore, ' musicians. This will be the orchestra's Volendam for Paris, June 13th. EXCHANGES| The dream of every collcgc student? to be able to turn out the college administration, and run the campus himself ?was given varied expression here recently when the students of Central college, in a Sunday evening meeting, discussed thoroughly the question: "How a College Student Would Run a College." Faculty members were given a special invitation to be present, but as yet there have been no radical changes in the college policies. Congestion on the New York-Washington airway which passes over Princeton has become so great that strict enforcement of the fly-to-the-right rule has been urged by the aeronautics branch of the department of commerce. The volume of traffic carried on this route is the largest of any airline in the United States and is due chiefly to the service maintained by the New York, Philadelphia and Washington Airways corporation and the Eastern Air Transport. A fund to provide scholarships for worthy students at the University of Georgia will be started soon by the Alumni Society, which has entered an agreement with the All States Life Insurance Company, F. Phinizy Calhoun, Atlanta, Alumni president. The society, through its Board of Managers, has chosen three trustees to care for the details of the plan. ?The Red and Black. Work is to start here this summer on a linguistic atlas of the United States and Canada, under the supervision of Professor Edward Prokosch, of Yale University. It will require five or six years of work to complete the atlas, which is to be developed under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. Life consists of being a gentleman as a result of the work of several generations, losing your fortune 011 Wall street and becoming a bum, and committing suicide.? King's News. Since Sir Thomas Lipton was given a cup for being the world's best loser, why not one for: The college boy, who, after four years, is still a freshman. /The golfers who play against Bobby Jones. The Republican who runs for mayor of New York City. The Boston Red Sox. The man who made fifty-nine on a course. ?The (Auburn) Plainsman. A new phase of the honor system has appeared at Michigan State; from now 011 all fraternity house parties will be run on this system, by which members of the faculty arc relieved of all responsibility for the conduct of the affairs (and the guests) and the hosts are wholly responsible. A crowd of 6,800 witnessed a baseball game between Holy Cross and Brown Universities recently. This was the largest crowd packed into the Holy Cross stadium ?inre the Fordham football game last fall. A hard hitting first baseman for the Holy Cross team last year is now starring for Toronto in the International league and is slated for a trip to the majors soon. The University of Alabama has in-' vited all men and women over one hundred years old to be present at its centennial celebration on May 10-12, and all colleges one hundred years old or older to send representatives. This invitation is only for Alabama citizens and institutions, there being at least five of the latter qualified. Among the large universities that have abandoned spring football training are Pennsylvania, Carnegie Tech, and Lafayette, Several eastern schools will hold * \ I-< I the Gamecock orchestra to Europe who will act as advance agent for the third trip abroad. It sails on the S. S. College Graduates Win Major Awards Six Win Large Prizes in Camel Cigarette Contest Six of the major prizes in the Camel cigarette contest, awards in which were announced today, were won by college graduates, although a tabulation shows that only eight of the thirty-eight prize winners were listed as having attended college. Second prize of $10,000 Went to Mrs. Walter Sweet, Brooklyn Navy Yard, who graduated from Radcliffe College in 1920. Julius M. Nolte of Duluth, Minn., winner of the third prize of $5,000, is a Yale man, and member of Phi Beta Kappa. Four of the five winners of $1,000 prizes were listed as college graduates. Albert B. Franklin, 3rd, of Cambridge, Mass., is now a graduate student at Harvard ; Frederick E.s Robinson of Coronada Beach, Cal., graduated from Harvard; William A. Schrader of Louisville, Ky., was a Purdue man, and Dr. D. H. Soper of Iowa City, is an instructor in dentistry at the University of Iowa. Frank Cartwright of Washington, D. C., winner of one of the $500 prizes, graduated from Cornell, and Dr. Clifton B. Leech of Providence, R. I., winner of a $100 prize, graduated from Boston University. James T. Sharkey of Boston, winner of the first prize of $25,000, received only a common school education in Ireland before the age of 16, when he came to this country. MRS. L. D. REESE VISITS INFIRMARY Mrs. L. D. Reese, who was assistant nurse at the Infirmary two years ago, visited here this week from Wednesday through Friday. Mrs. Reese is. now situated in Alderson, West Virginia. She teaches laundry methods in The Federal Industrial Institute for girls there. Mrs. Reese states that she likes teaching but the social service part of the work holds the greater attraction for her. While here Mrs. Reese visited Mrs. Madden at the Infirmary. MOORE GOES ABROAD Herbert M. Moore, pre-med senior from Sellers, has been appointed advance agent for the Gamecock Orchestra during its Eudopcan tour this summer. He will leave from New York June 13, and will book engagements ahead of the organization. this training but only for short periods. According to the standards at Columbia the typical Columbia freshman docs not smoke, drinks two glasses of milk daily, eats his spinach regularly and prefers swimming as a sport. Students graduating from college should take away with them an awakened mind according to a statement made by a member cf the faculty of Vermont University. I hat the "rah-rah" type of collegian has passed into the discard is the opinion broached by a member of the faculty of the University of Rochester. The new type of college student is more serious minded and the future college generations will be more intent upon scholastic work than were their predecessors is his consensus of opinion. The University of Texas has the unique distinction of having four sisters enrolled as students within its walls. Two of the sisters arc twins. Several large universities have expressed their preference for the various orchestras on the air. The University of Washington likes the Old Gold programs with Amos 'n Andy running a close second. Iowa University likes to listen to the melodic notes of Rudy Vallec while Auburn University ranks "Coon" Sanders as the leading exponent qf popular music on the air. .. . ... ' . v' SPANISH STUDENTS ORGANIZE NEW CLUB . * i Petition National Spanish Frat; Sigma Delta Phi; Officers N Elected A group of Spanish students met at the home of Miss Marguerite Abel Tuesday evening to organize a Spanish Club in view of shortly becoming a chapter of the national Spanish fraternity, Sigma Delta Phi. After choosing the name, Quijote Club, they proceeded to elect officers/which are as follows: O. H.. Skewes, president; Susannah Barnwell, vice-president; Mary Claire Hawes, recording secretary; Voila Allen, corresponding secretary; Helen Staples, treasurer. A committee consisting of the president, Ruby Ott, and Roy Prince was appointed to draw up a constitution. Professor Timmons was elected sponsor of the club and Professor Keith was elected to membership. Members of the club are: Marguerite Abel, Frank Burroughs, Gladys Hamilton, Mary Claire Hawes, Abbie Ligon, Ruby Ott, Julia Stevenson, Voila Allen, Roy Prince, O. H. Skewes, Susannah Barnwell, Helen Staples, Professor Timmons, and Professor Keith. Membership is limited to students meeting the qualifications of the national fraternity. LITERARY SOCIETY TO OFFER AWARDS The Euphrosynean Literary society recently offered two medals for winners in a short story and play writing contest. The chairman of the judges of the best short story contest was Josephine Griffin and she selected Misses Carter, McDearmon, and Owens, all English teachers at Columbia high school, to be judges. Five participants entered this part of the contest. Elizabeth Withers selected Mr. Harry Davis,^director at the Town Theatre to act as chairman of the judges of the plays. Assisting him are Mrs. Oscar Keith, who has written a number of plays herself, and Mrs. Frances Bradley, another authoress. Three girls submitted plays. All entrants for the contest were in May 15, and an announcement of the winners will be made May 27 at the next meeting of the society. I Elect Has Played in Your I ~I We Trust You F Many Cor Convei Wherevei You carry w best wishes May you be your future you have t< Broad P owe I '.j.! fi' .... v v/ ;. Mrs. Keith's Play J Will Be Presented ' AT THE TOWN THEATRE " Poetic Drama "Up There" to be Given the Last of May Of especial interest to University students will be the production of "Up There" by the Columbia Town Theatre on the evenings of\ May 27, 28 and 29. ^ Mrs. Oscar L. Keith, wife of Professor Keith of the department of Romance Languages, is the author of this poetic drama and several university students are appearing in the play. Mrs. Keith is well known as an author pf poetic plays and several of her dramas have been produced by the Town Theatre. "Hilda," "Jael," and "The Face" are i among those from her pen which have been given in Columbia. "Up There" is a beautiful and sensitive presentation of a young man's struggle between the call to a religious life or one of love. Mrs. John Dana Wise, a student at the University, takes the leading feminine role. Mrs. Wise is particularly suited to "<M this role because of her talents and beauty. Mr. Robert Holmes plays the part of the boy who is torn between love and what he sees as his duty. Mr. Holmes is the nephew of Channing Pollock, the famous dramatist, and his interpretation of his role is excellent. Robert Lumianski and Wilbur Wertz, two University students, are portraying two difficult parts in this production. Miss Fannie Taber, Mr. Joseph Norwood, Mr. Owen Bond, and Mr. Howell Abbott complete the excellent cast of "Up There." . ;j U. S. C. MISS MAE HILLER Miss Mae Hiller, who died at the Columbia Hospital last Thursday, May 14, was buried Saturday. The funeral services were held at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. Miss Hiller was an alumna of the University of South Carolina. At the time of her death she was a student at Draughon's Business College. ' I i 1 ricity aVitalPart j Education j 7 1 I ft V "lave Enjoyed Its i nforts and niences 1 1 TL 1 r You Go j n fith you our for success. ; an asset to locality as d Columbia River :r Co. ;