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UNIVERS1TY ?f i SOUTH CAROLINA
ime XXV, No. 11 ^
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/\n uructa iui aciuur invuauons
,i mUSt be given to Mrs. Moon at the
post office before May 1. Every
senior is requested to order enough
to as to avoid a last minute rush
k for extra invitations.
May Queen Co
With Grand
Scheduh
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Gibbes Green
Tot Stage Set
Crowning At 6 O'clock
Pr. Baker Officially Crowns
Kathryn Martin; Gamecock
Orchestra To Play
Elaborate cereinonics, and decorations
have been planned for the coronation
of Kathryn Martin as May
Queen Monday afternoon at 6 o'clock.
Departing from established precedent,
the exercises will take place in front
of LeConte college on Gibbes Green.
The throne of the Queen will be
placcd between the two central
columns and a sparkling silvery canopy
is to be placcd behind it. According
to such information as could
be secured late Wednesday before The
Gamecock's deadline, there will be
several tall pillars which will be
shaped like lilies at the top. In the
tops of th&se, electric lights will be
placed that they will shine down on
the Queen. Additional information
about the decorations could not be obtained.
Miss Martin will be presented by
Troy Stokes, president of the student
body, to Dr. Leonard T. Baker, act- I
ing-president of the University, who I
will place the crown upon her head.
The Gamecock and Carolinian orchestras
will furnish music for the occasion.
Mary Evelyn Dye of Great Falls is
the maid of honor. The court includes I
thirty-two co-eds. Organdy dresses in
pastel shades will be worn by the
maids. The Queen will wear white
organdie of the same pattern as those
worn in the court.
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Girls Present
Funny Skit
Television Broadcast
Co-Ed Glee Club To Give Free
Entertainment Tuesday
In Chapel
Television will be first broadcasted
to Columbians Tuesday evening at
8:30 o'clock in chapel when the Co- I
ed Glee club will present a free entertainment
in three acts entitled
"Broadcast and Television."
The program will be given from
station C-O-E-D, with Sara Mills announcing.
Margaret Yeaden will announce
for station W-I-S.
The fact that these co-eds have
selected "Peanuts" for the theme song
of this program proves that they are
true to the Iodine state. While this
number is bein^r sung 150 bags of
peanuts will be thrown out into the
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University Group
Furnishes Music
String Quartet To Play At Town
heater For "David '
Garrick"
The University string quartet, com- j
posed of Lucilla Mikell, William
Woods, Miss Rachel Little, and
Madame Felice dc Horvath, will fur-1
nish the music for the play, "David
Garrick," now being presented at the I
Town theater.
The music, which will be played between
the acts, is of the period in
which the play has its setting and will J
create a very appropriate atmosphere.
Among the numbers will be found
"Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,"
Allegro Molto Vivace," "Air of the
XVIIIth Century," the Mozart
Quartet Number XV, Hayden's "Serenade,"
and others. I
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Elect
A
ronation
Ceremony
id For Monday
Euph Head
Shown above is Jack Levkoff of
Columbia, who was elected president
of the Euphradian Literary society
Tuesday evening.
Jack Levkoff
Heads Society
Takes Office Tuesday
Wallace And Williamson Elected
To Board Of Publications
For Second Term
Jack Levkoff of Columbia, a rising ;
senior in the commerce school was j
elected Tuesday evening to the presi- t
dency of the Euphradian Literary society.
He will take office Tuesday ,
when a reception will be given in
honor of the new officers.
Levkoff is the third Columbia boy .
to be chosen in the last three elec- ;
tions, the other two being Carlisle ,
Roberts and M. H. Shepherd, Jr. ,
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V. 8. O.
Laney To Speak
At Last Vespers
Concert By University Band On
Central Campus To Precede
Services Sunday
Senator George K. Laney of Chesterfield
county will speak at the last
vesper services this year, according
to the announcement of George Davis
chairman of the vesper committee for
the Y. M. and Y. W.
Senator Laney is a University man, graduating
in the class of 1806. lie
has long been prominent in the affairs
of South Carolina, having been one
of the outstanding leaders in the
senate for the last few years and a
member of several of the most im- J
portant committees. He will speak
on the subject "What the Future
Holds."
The vesper services will be preceded |
by a concert of sacred and semi-sacred
music by the University band under
the leadership of Dean Olsen. The
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O.D.K. To Elect New '
Members Wednesday ,
New men will l>c chosen hy Oniicron
Delta Kappa, national honorary
leadership fraternity, when it meets at
7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening in 1
the law building. Lawson Scott, 1
Tommy Scott, and Lewis H. W?Wlace
compose a committee to investigate
desirable material for the group. I
To be eligible for mdmbership, one ]
must be a junior and have at least '
100 points as published last fall in The
Gamecock. *
The present membership of the 1
organization includes about 30 men. ]
ions
Galloway, Wil
Run For,
Eatmon And Whaley Nominated
Body; Gressette, Fortso:
For SecretaryBy
John A. Giles
Two candidates for president, two
for vice-president, and three for secretary-treasurer
of the student body
will fight it out in the election to take
place Tuesday from 9 until 3 o'clock.
James H. Galloway of Lynchburg,
and Luke Williamson of Aiken have
been nominated for the presidency of
the student body.
Frank Eatmon of St. Stephen and
Tom Whaley of Charleston have been
nominated for the office of vice-president.
1 he three candidates who have been
nominated for secretary-treasurer arc
Nelson Fortson of Asheville, James H.
Gressette of St. Matthews, and Eugene
L. Halsey of Charleston.
Plans had been made to hold a
political rally in the chapel Monday
night just before the May Queen
coronation, but in all probability the
candidates will not speak, due to the
Frolics Open
With Novel
Revue Lists
Dean Dancers Appear
Several Original Skits And Compositions
Included In First
Offering
The third annual "Carolina Frolics"
will be presented Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday nights, according to Director
William Dean. On Thursday
and Saturday the curtain will go up at
8.30 o clock and Friday, on account
of the Damas, the performance will
be moved up to 8 o'clock.
This year s frolics will include Quite
a number of original songs and skits
and several original dance numbers by
Hie Dean dancers under the direction
of Mrs. William Dean.
The program will include the following
skits: '"Twas the Night Before,"
"Hold the Mule," "So This is
New York," "The Wilde Husband,"
"Hay Fever," "Another Little One,"
md Something Loose." The presentations
of the Dean dancers will be as
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Campus I
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High Schools
Send Delegates
Representatives From All Over
State Participate In Contests
On Campus This Week
Annual high school week is being
lield at the University this week and
delegates from high schools all over
he state have arrived on the campus.
Dr. Havilah IJabcock, extension director,
is in general charge of arrangements
of the meeting.
Contests in debating, declamation,
ixpression, Latin, biology, English, I
?eometry, typewriting, shorthand, and
rack are being held.
The contests started yesterday
norning with contests in biology, Engish,
debating, declamation, expression,
typewriting, and shorthand.
The finals of the track contests will
)e held this afternoon on Melton field.
Vfedals will be awarded at the close of
:ach contes't.
In the past it has been the custom to
:lose the week with a banquet but
this has been dispensed with this
year. !
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Begir
liamson 1
Highest Honor
For Vice-Presidency Of Student
a, And Halsey Compete
Treasurership
fact that some of them have raised
objections to it.
rhe two candidates who have been
nominated for the presidency are
among the leading students on the
campus.
Galloway is now president of the
junior class, pledge to Phi Pi Phi,
social fraternity, member of Delta
Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity, and
has held several minor offices in the
Clariosophic Literary society. He has
also been a member of the debating
team and has held several offices on
The Gamecock staff.
\\ llliamson has been a member of
the debating team for three years,
secretary of the student board of publications
and debating council, and is
a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa.
He is junior orator of the Euphradian
Literary society and represented
the University at the South Carolina
Inter-collegiate Oratorical association
at Rock Hill.
19 Elected
Members
Of K. S. K.
Initiation To Be May 12
Honor-Service Fraternity Selects
Men On Basis Of Service
And Loyalty
Nineteen men were elected to Kappa
Sigma Kappa, honor-service fraternity,
at a meeting last night. Students are
clected into this organization, formerly
the Karolina Spirit Klub, because
of their loyalty and service to Carolina.
The men elected were: James Burgess,
T. W. Hunter, Frank Wardlaw,
W. M. Richardson, Herman Dantzler,
Elmore Martin, J. A. Munn, Daniel F.
Delraville, Ray Faulkenberry, Ed
Sallenger, Perry J. Crandall, J. L.
Mayer, Joe Kirton, A. Z. Butler, I
Ernest Caughtnan, Pott Brown, Allie
McDougall, Baynard Whaley, and
Eugene Stanton.
Initiation will take place Thursday
evening, May 12.
Officers of the fraternity founded in
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otes
?rohi Poll
Students Cast
Ballots Tuesday
Printed Forms Used
Balloting Takes Place With Student
Body Elections; Results
Issued On May 13
Wet or Dry?
Even if you are only moderately
one way or the other every Carolina
student will be given a chance to express
the choice favored when The
THE GAMECOCK'S PROHIBITION
BALLOT SLIP
Do. you favor repeal of the 18th
Amendment?
Do you favor modification of the
18th Amendment to permit the sale
of light wines and beers?
Do you favor more strict enforcement
of the 18th Amendment?
Gamecock's prohibition poll opens
simultaneously with the poll for the
student body presidency Tuesday
morning.
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Bushaw Annoi
Garnet Ant
App<
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Athletic Books
Admit Students
To Gym Dance
Athletic books will admit any
student to the social cabinet dance
at the gym Monday evening in
honor of the May Queen and her
court. A co-ed may bring a nonCarolina
man to the dance if she
presents her book at the door.
A Carolina man may bring a
date who is not a co-ed by presenting
his athletic book to the
doorkeeper.
U. 8. O.
CouncilAdopts
New By-Laws
Controls All Contracts
Student Council Will Recommend
Rejection Or Ratification
To Classes
All contracts for class rings, gowns,
and the like for the student body will
first be taken up with the student
council that body ruled Wednesday
afternoon at a meeting in the Law
building.
The action was taken after Dr. L. T.
Baker and Dr. F. W. Bradley appeared
before the body and asked that
by-laws be added to the constitution
of the council to cover the awarding
of such contracts.
The action culminated after Sylvan
Brothers of Columbia wrote to the
president of the University asking why
he had not been consulted in the
awarding of ring contracts for this
year.
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Gamecock Pugs
Go Professional
Tiger Watts And Jimmy Brailsford
Scheduled To Fight In
Orangeburg May 12
Two members of the boxing team,
both of whom have placed high in
Southern conference and state ratings,
will make their debut as professional
fighters in the near future.
James U. Watts of Branchville
and James M. Brailsford of Orangeburg
will fight in Orangeburg May 12.
Watts may also be on the Columbia
fight card May G. Opponents have not
been named yet.
Both^ fighters have served as captains
of the Gamecock mittnien.
Brailsford has won an award for being
the most scientific boxer on the squad,
and Watts recently won the championship
of his weight in the Southern
conference tournament at Charlottesville,
Virginia.
U. 8. C. ?
Dr. D. D. Wallace Speaks
At Sigma Upsilon Meet
Dr. D. D. Wallace, professor of
WofTord, spoke before Sigma Upsilon
national literary fraternity, at the
meeting held Friday at the home of
Carlisle Roberts.
"William Barnwell Rhett" was the
subject for historical discussion by the
members. Dr. Wallace is studying for
his Ph. D. degree at the University.
Dr. E. C. L. Adams, an honorary
member, was the guest of the fraternity
and invited them to hold their
next meeting at his lodge*
The well attended meeting was followed
by a dinner.
Jsday
unces
I Black To
ear On May 25
Book's Theme Is
State Of S. C.
Artwork By G-eisberg
Beauty Section Selected By Kenneth
Harris, Nationally
Known Illustrator
May 25 is the date set for the appearance
of the 1932 Garnet and
Black, according- to a statement of
Editor Waldie Bushaw Wednesday
night.
The theme of the annual is the State
of South Carolina. Carrying- out this
plan, "Organizations" are to be represented
by Spartanburg since that city
is one of the chief centers of industry
in the state. "Classes" will be represented
by Myrtle Beach, "Social" by
Charleston as that city was one of the
first social centers of the state,
"Sports" by Aiken, known nationally
as a playground, "Features" by Caesar
s Head, and "Administration" by
Columbia.
The artwork is superior to any
ever seen in any annual before," say
artists of the Charlotte printers of the
annual.
"Irving Geisberg, who formerly
worked 011 the University of Pennsyl\ania
yearbook, has devoted much
time and effort to giving the Garnet
and Black the best artwork seen in
years, says Editor Bushaw.
Selections for the beauty section are
being made by Kenneth Harris, nationally-known
illustrator and a graduate
of Davidson college.
The end sheet is an animated map
of South Carolina. In the satire section
are eleven caricatures of stu(CONTINUED
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U. 8. C.
Carolinian Is
Issued May 4
Editor Announces Date
Stories By W. C. Broughton, Helen
Staples, And Mrs. Betty
M^niey Featured
The May -mber of The Carolinian
will be off e j.ress about May 4, according
. announcement by the
editor, Loivoy Want of Darlington.
It has been delayed by a late shipment
of pictures from the engravers.
Stories by W. C. Broughton, Helen
Staples, and Mrs. Betty Manley are
featured. A short story by Rita Horton
is also included, as is a special feature
article, an interview with Mrs. C. B.
Elliot, by the editor.
The picture of "Miss Carolina" will
not be run on this issue, but will be
placed on the June number, as announced
last week. The identity of
the winner will not be disclosed until
the magazine is off the press.
TT. 8. Q.
Sale Of Prom
Tickets Begins
Seniors Will Not Havfc To Present
Cards For Junior-Senior
Affair
Tickets for the Junior-Senior Prom
will be on sale during the first week
in May. *
1 hey may be obtained from any
members of the following committee:
Frost Walker, Carolyn Burnet, Harry
Singletary, Bill Cantey, and Jim Galloway.
The price of the tickets will
be $1.25.
Tickets must be bought before May
6 so that the order for favors may be
closed. Every boy and girl attending
the prom, except seniors, must have
one of these tickets.