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Volume XXV, No. 3 COLOMBIA, S. 0., FRIDAY! FEBRUARY 19,1932 Founded 1908
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Activities Fee
Is Announced
Sum Reaches $17,062.50
Figures Dealing With Student
Activities Fund Released By
Treasurer Welbourne
i By John Giles
A total of $17,062.50 has been distributed
to the various student activities
on the campus from the student ,
activities fees collected at registration '
this semester, Frank F. Welbourne,
treasurer, announced today.
The activities receiving funds and
the amounts they receive are as follows:
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Y. M. C. 'A $ 889.00 ;
Y. VV. C. A 476.00
I Athletics 6,825.00
Debating Council .v< 477.75 ,
Sinking Fund 1,023.75 ;
Garnet and Black 3,412.50 t
The Gamecock 1,023.75 .
The Carolinian 750.75
Euphradian Society 133.35 ,
Clariosophic Society 133.35 ,
Hypatian Society 71.40 (
Euphrosynean Society 71.40
Band 477.75 ]
Social Cabinet 204.75
Telephone Exchange 819.00 (
Palmetto Players 273.00
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Total $17,062.50 .
The above statement includes a ,
segregation of the fees on a basis
agreed to last year. Thus, the Y. M. ,
C. A. receives one dollar from every
i boy who pays the fee, while the Y.
W. C. A. receives one dollar from
every girl. Athletics receive five dollars
from every fee taken in, sinking
fund scWmy-4ive*-cehtB, Garnet and
Black two dollars and a 'half, The
Gamecock seventy-five ^ cents, The '
Carolinian fifty-five cents, the Euphradian
and Clariosophic societies fifteen
cents from each boy, and the two girls
societies fifteen cents from each co-ed.
Other allocations are band, thirty-five
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Society Heads
Stress Point
New Officers And Old Urge "Cooperation
Of Members" In :
Addresses Wednesday
"Cooperation of members" was the
main thing stressed in both the in
augnral and exaugural addresses at
the last meeting of the Euphrosynean
Society.
"You get out of a thing just exactly
what you put into it. That is why so <
many members feel that they don't
gain anything from the society meetings,"
declared Frances Cardwell of
Columbia, the out-going president. "A
new interest and the cooperation of
every member is needed to make the
society a success."
"A chain is as strong as its weakest
link," quoted Charlotte Coker of Benncttsvillc,
the new president. "I wish
to second Miss Cardwell's statement
and to urge you to give me your con- |
stant cooperation during my term of
office."
Installation of the newly-elected officers
preceded the addresses. Char(CONTINUED
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U. 8. O.
Frosh Defeat
Parker High
- South Carolina freshmen trounced
barker High, of Greenville, runner-up
in the Big Ten, last night in the University
field house, 44 to 12, for their
twelfth straight victory of the season.
1'reddic and Bennie Tompkins and
Dana Henderson, as in most of the
?ther Biddie games, led the scoring
while Rowland and Laurie were content
with feeding Jhe ball to their
team-mates. Fred Tompkins registered
19 points, Bennie 12, and Henderson
9. Laurie aclbunted for two
field goals to complete the scoring.
lik. \
t oi uiayy VJUC^
Before Solons
For Institutions
Makes Strong Appeal
De R??rf? ^^?redited Standing Of
State Colleges May Not Be
Maintained
"Let us be declassed and it is inescapable
that South Carolina will become
an object of contempt," Dr. Patterson
Wardlaw, dean emeritus of the
University School of Education declared
before a joint session of the legislature
at noon Wednesday as spokesman
for the five state colleges.
Amounts appropriated the colleges
n the appropriation bill now before
senate are so small that the accredited
standing of the institutions
among colleges of the nation cannot
be maintained, and the result will be
ie bringing of discredit upon high
school students taught by their graduates
and upon the future holders of
their degrees, the venerable educator
statedi
If reduced appropriations remain
scores of boys and girls who seek to
enter first class colleges from South
Carolina high schools would be refused
admission,"because their schools
had too small a proportion of teachers
from approved institutions," he declared.
"This is an affair, not chiefly of suffering
professors, but of disappointed
youth and indignant parents," the educator
told the legislature.
f ? P,ead frst" Dr. Wardlaw
stated, that there be no discriminate,,
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Alpha K. Gamma
?Initiates Three
Jessie OolimTn, Helen Staples,
And Sarah Davis Join Honorary
Leadership Sofority
Jessie Coleman, Helen Staples, and
Sarah Davis were initiated into the
Florence Nightingale circle of Alpha
Kappa Gamma honorary leadership
society this afternoon. The initiation
ceremonies took place in the home of
Martha Aiken on Henderson Street.
Jessie Coleman was acting president
of Delta Defta Delta and Pan-Hellenic
last term. She is president of the
Damas club and the co-ed K. S. K.
She has also served in several positions
in Iri-Delta and is at present an assistant
in the library.
Helen Staples, a senior in the School
of Journalism, was the successful
editor of last term's Carolinian. She
is now president of Sigma Delta Pi,
national Spanish fraternity, and vicepresident
of Chi Delta Phi, national
honorary literary society. A member
of the Hypatian society, she now holds
the position of critic in that group.
Sarah Davis, a member of Pi Beta
I hi sorority, is historian of the senior
class. She has held several positions
in her sorority, and also in Eta Sigma
I hi, Latin fraternity. She is also an
active member of the Kuphrosynean
society.
u. H. c.
Societies To
Hold Meetings
Special Sessions Called To Select
Members To Board Of Publications
Monday
Special meetings of the four literary
societies Monday has been announced
by ( the presidents of the
groups, the purpose of which will be
to elect new representatives to the
board of publications.
The Kuphrosynean and Hypatian
societies will meet in their respective
halls at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The Clariosophic and Euphradian
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A. D. Pi Initiates
Seven Tuesday
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority announces
the initiation Tuesday night of the
following pledges: Janet Leake, Clinton;
Marion Fletcher, Bishopville;
Martha Ann Dowling, Norway;
Clarice Brabham, Bamberg; Cecil
Abrams, Jacqueline Emerson, and
Anne Jones, Columbia.
Gamecock
Stamped
Action Comes A# Result Of
iujo Men On Board in
Same Fraternity
The recent Gamecock election has
been declared illegal and the publication
is without an editor as a result of
the action taken by the Clariosophic
and Euphradian societies in joint session
Tuesday night. ^ A bitter fight
was waged in the halls of the Clariosophic
society as a motion to interpret
the constitution on the eligibility of
certain members as stated by the constitution
was discussed. The motion,
which favored a literal interpretation
of Article II Section II of the Gamecock
constitution which states?"That
no two student members of the Board
of Publications shall be members of '
1,779 Enroll
2nd Semester
This Year's Total / Enrollment |
Average Only 32 Less Than
Last Year, Figures Reveal
"Registration for the scholastic year
1931-32 totals 1,779 students in all at
the University," announced Registrar
John A. Chase, Jr., at the close of the
registration for the second semester.
"Of this number 1,135 are men students
and 644 are women students as
compared with 1,145 men and 666
women students for 1930-31."
"Despite the predictions that the
hard times would decrease the enrollment,
University faculty members are
elated over the fact that the number
this year is only 32 less than last year.
It speaks well for the school that in
such a time, it is able to keep up such
a high enrollment. The present figure
compares favorably with other state
schools and denominational schools in
this state and others."
Registration closed for the second
semester on the morning of February
17th and after careful tabulation the
above figures were given to the press
this week. The decline in enrollment
which was expected by sympathizers
and friends of the University failed to
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Bachelor Profs
Form Alliance
Effort To Avoid Dangers Of Leap
Year Results With Protective
Association Being Formed
The bachelor professors at Marshall
College in West Virginia, have formed
a protective association!
Confronted with the dangers of leap I
year, the "recognized sane, male, mem- :
bers of the faculty" have united under
a solemn oath, moved by a common
desire for self-preservation.
Two important stipulations of the
constitution are to the effect that any
member "who has more than seven 1
dates with the same girl in one week 1
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Fraternity Les
Proposed
By Boyce Craig
Doubt, cynicism, and optimism were
the elements shown when numerous j
fraternity men at the University were
asked to give their idea on the question:
"Should the fraternities continue
the present plan of rushing, which
covcrs a period of two weeks at the '
first of each semester, or should it I
be changed so that the new men en- 1
tering the University in September i
would not be pledged until the beginning
c\f the second semester, and those ]
entering in February be pledged the ,
following fall?" ?
The opinions and recommendations <
here presented constitute the approval I
or disapproval of such a plan^by the
president or vice-president of each j
fraternity:
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Election
["Illegal"
the same fraternity or club," was
passed.
Controversy over the election arose
due to a protest which contested the
validity of the election while two
members of Blue Key fraternity, John
Bolt Culbertson and Carlisle Roberts,
were among its members. The motion
adopted in the joint session declared
the action and membership of
the board illegal. With the passing
of the motion for a literal interpretation,
the election became illegal and
it was deemed necessary for one or
both members to resign.
Complications arose over the fact
that there was no rule ,to follow in
asking a member to withdraw. An
amendment offered by LeRoy Want
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20 Pledged
By 7 Frats
Sigma Chi And S. P. E. Lead With
Six Men Each As Rushing
Season Comes To End
"Fraternities at the University
pledged twenty men for the second
semester at the end of the rushing
period, held in Chapel Wednesday
afternoon," announced John A. Chase,
Jr., registrar, in giving out the names
of the students pledged by seven
social fraternities this week. "The
majority of these men are mid-semester
student* and cannot be initiated
until they have passed certain requirements
laid down by the Pan-Hellenic
Council."
Pledging this semester is not going
forward very fast, only about half of
the social groups on the campus bidding
any new men. Sigma Chi and
S. P. E. lead the list with the greatest
number of pledges, totaling six each.
Those fraternities whq pledged were:
Pi Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi. Phi Kappa
Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa, and Sigpia
Phi Epsilon.
New men pledged were:
Kappa Alpha: Shepherd Thompson,
Andrews.
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Two Profs In
"Hedda Gabler"
'
Oscar L. Keith And Joseph Stokes
Cast In New Town TTieatre
PlayTwo
of Carolina's professors, Oscar
L. Keith and Joseph Stokes, are starring
in "Hedda Gabler" now in rehearsal
at the Town Theatric to be presented
February 24, 25, and 26.
Professor Keith plays the part of
"George Tesman" opposite Mrs. Julia
Petcrkin who takes the title role.
Professor Stokes is the sinister
"Judge Brack." This will be his first
serformance for the Town Theatre but
he has been in several plays at Carolina.
aders View
Rushing Idea
John Marion, vice-president of
Alpha Tau Omega: "I believe four
and a half months is too long for rushing
season. As it is, however, the
present system of rushing limits the
rushing season; it should be much
longer. I suggest that the new men
be pledged after mid-semester grades
liavc been posted. This would be better
for all parties concerned."
Fred Williams, president of Alpha
Beta: "To my mind, there is only one
solution as to when rushing season
should be. That is to have it extend
3ver the first semester, with pledging
Following in February.
Alex Heise, president of Kappa
Sigma: "I prefer the present system
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Pan-Hellenic
Has Deadlock
With Annual
No Fraternity Section?
Officials State That Annual May
Appear For First Time Without
Fraternity Pictures
A deadlock with the Garnet and
Black which will probably result in
the omission of social fraternity pages
from the coming issue of the annual
was reached at a meeting of the PanHellenic
Council at five o'clock Wednesday
afternoon in the law building.
Waldie Bushaw, editor of the annual,
informed the council that it will be impossible
to include fraternity page^
for less than thirty dollars each. He
was told that fraternities would and
could not pay thirty dollars. The decisions
of both sides are considered
final, since the question has been discussed
on two previous occasions this
year.
J. C. DuPre, business manager of
The Garnet And Black, said Wednesday
night, "Due to the expense of photography
and engraving, thirty dollars
is the minimum price we can ask. I
think the fraternities understand our
position, but they simply can't afford
to spend the money. We did nothing
at the meeting but explain that if we
charged less we would not be able to
break even. The date of payment has
been extended to February 27, but
since the time has been extended twice
before, it does not seem likely that
they will reconsider their decision."
If the deadlock continues, the an(CONTINUED
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Humor Monthly
Appears Soon
Imitation Of "Believe It Or Not"
To Feature 'Next Issue Of
The Carolinian
"The next issue of The Carolinian
will come from the presses at the last
of next week or the first of the following
week," declared LeRoy M.
Want, new editor. "It will feature
two exclusive interviews, one with
Julia Peterkin by Frank Durham and
the other with Coach Laval and other
sports authorities by Allen Rollins."
The issue will contain stories by
W. C. Broughton of Sumter, Helen
Staples of Fort Humphries, Va., and
W. J. Valentine of New York. This
fiction, on the whole, is of a lighter
and less tragic nature than most of
that published in previous numbers.
The art work was done under the
direction of Anderson Riley, whose
drawings have received much favorable
comment from several college
comics. Other art contributors include
Marion Emerson, Bland Hammond,
Carolyn Hodges, and L. B.
Marsh.
An imitation of the well-known
"Believe It or Not" is one of the new
features tried in this coming number.
There will also be two pages made up
in imitation of The Gamecock.
u. s. c.
Columbia Gives
U. Chapel Seats
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Seats From Old Columbia Theatre
Will Be Placed In Chapel
Through Courtesy Of City
.,The Columbia City Council recently
donated to the University about five
hundred seats, not needed in the equipment
of the new Carolina theatre and
formerly used in that theatre, which
will be used to replace at least the
middle section of the present'1 chapel
seats, at an early date, Dr. L. T.
Baker, acting president announced today.
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Y.M.C.A. Officers To
Be Elected Tonight
Y. M. C. A. officers for the coming
year will be elected tonight, according
to R. ,G. Bell, secretary. The naming
of officers will take the placc of a
regular program, and all members of
the "Y" arc eligible to vote.
Two Foreign
Students Tell
Of Struggle
Interesting Views Given
Students From China And Russia
Give Views On Present
Nipponese War
t By Jim Galloway
What has caused and what will be
the probable outcome of the present
Sino-Japanesc controversy?" was the
question asked a native of Ukraine,
Russia, and the son of a Chinese missionary,
both students at the University
yesterday.
Alfred Rawlinson of Shanghai agreed
with Constantine P. Olenick of Russia
that the League of Nations would
eventually settle the war.
Rawlinson, having finished at Bucknell
University of Louisburg, Pa., last
year, is working for his M. A. in English.
He came to America in 1925
from his home in Shanghai, where his
father is a Congregationalist missionary.
Olenick returned to Carolina this
year after an absence of several years
to complete work for a Master's degree
in psychology. He arrived in
this country in 1926, spending two
years previously in Poland pursuing
study at a university there.
Alfred H. Rawlinson
Commenting upon the Far East
trouble, Rawlinson, said, "The conflict
is primarily due to the selfish imperialistic
policy of Japan.
Japan picked a most opportune
time to manifest her imperialistic desires,
while Russia is busy with her
five-year plan. India occupied with
her civil disobedience program, and
tlic.tesi_.of the .world*., .including the..
United States, is in quite an economic
muddle. As long as the Japanese
army remained in Manchuria there
was not much danger of interference,
but when they moved against Shanghai,
they met with stronger resistance
than they expected.
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Taber Writes
On Quakes
Geology Professor At Santiago
Has Informative Article In
Science Publication
"The earthquake that damaged Santiago
was not one of major intensity
and little loss of life or damage to
property would have occurred had the
buildings been better constructed," Dr.
Stephen Taber, professor of geology
at the University and now on leave to
study earthquakes in Santiago, states
in an article in the February 13, issue
of Science News Letter.
The article which appears in the
science magazine was written by Dr.
Taber after the Walton-Davis Science
News Service wired him here to go
to Santiago immediately and write a
five hundred word article on the earthquake.
Dr. L. L. Smith of the geology
department informed the Service
that Dr. Taber was at that time in
Cuba and that they would have to get
in touch with him there.
I he Walton-Davis Science News
Service is one of the foremost scien(CONTINUED
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Winthrop Girl's
Body Unfound
Manning row boats, motor boats,
and dragnets in the Saluda River,
searchers had failed at 11:15 o'clock
last night to find the body of Mildred
Hill, 21-year old Winthrop college girl
believed to have thrown herself into
the river Wednesday.
Forced to leave college last week by
a nervous breakdown, Miss Hill is a
member of a prominent family in
Cross Hill. Her auto was found
parked Wednesday on Cothran's
bridge over the Saluda, six miles from
her home town.