Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Frats Begii Searc + Rushing Begins Fraternities Already Entertaining With Smokers, Dances, And Informal Gatherings Confronted with the necessity of ' early rushing, fraternity men at the University began their search Mon- ] day afternoon at five o'clock over the campus and the city for prospective freshmen who have been recommended to them as "good fraternity material" and who might meet the ! standard set by their lodge. s \ The search will be carried on for < two hectic weeks by the fraternities, ! one by the sororities, despite the cer- I tainty expressed by individuals that 1 they have either decided with society ! they wish to join or they have no de- < sire to become attached to anything < that may prove a menace to their 1 college career. Meanwhile, anxious 1 rushers are attempting to bridge the < widening gap of such unfavorable opinion. ' < Already much ' entertainment has 1 been prepared for the freshmen. The 1 Alpha Tau Omega entertained Thurs- < day night at thhe fraternity house 1 with a smoker in honor of the < rushees. Monday and Tuesday even- i [ ing the Pi Kappa Alpha gave an in- < | formal dance at their house. Numer- 1 ous other fraternities have had in- 1 formal gatherings at their houses, and will continue with the entertaining ; until the day bids are sent out. 1 tCo-Ed Camp ' A Success ; Eighteen freshmen co-eds attended the Orientation camp sponsored by the University Y. W. C. A. at the ' lodge of Mrs. Joe Roddey in Lexing- ' ton county, September 17 to 19. The following talks were presented ' to the new students to make easier ! their entrance into the University: a welcome by Dean L,. T. Baker, "K. S. K." by Cecil Abrams, "Damas" by j Elizabeth Creighton, "Alpha Kappa i Gamma" by Elizabeth Withers, "Lit- i erary Societies" by Juddie Knox, and cheers were lead by Charlie Bushaw. i On Sunday morning Miss Fay Hudg- ' ing spoke on "Boy and Girl Relation- i WATSON SF MEN'S SH NEW FALJ WATSON SF 1439 Mai I! Welcom ToCa % !! ??T We extend a heart; old and also the new We have been servin years?Call on us. Hope-Ds Main and L * j iiL,. , - . n Early h For Men Walker Gets House Seat Youngest Ever Elected Election In First Primary Comes After Twenty-first Birthday An unusual birthday gift came to Frost Walker, Jr., of Union on election day in the first primary. When election returns came in on August 30, just ten days after his twentyfirst birthday, it was found he had led the ticket by a large majority and was elected on the first 'ballot aver five seasoned opponents. He is the youngest man ever to run for public office in Union county and is relieved to be the youngest ever :lected to the legislature. The platform on which Walker was :lected included tax reform, evenlanded justice between capital and abor, the general betterment of the :ondition of the laboring man and lessening the state's demand upon the :ounties. His majority of votes in the mill villages was tremendous and he :arried the wards in the city of Union. He contended he was not too young to serve in the legislature. The election of Walker as the youngest man ever to hold a legislative seat was taken by University students and alumni as a vindication it the polls of charges made by the Calhoun Times and other anti-university papers that college students were unfit to hold public office. In two counties in South Carolina University students led the ticket. Walker's list of achievements in both high school and college has been outstanding. He was editor-in-chief of Union High school paper and was last year elected by the University student body to edit the Garnet and Black for the coming year. ship," and Miss Emily Dick led the devontionals assisted by Miss Catherine Cummings. Sunday afternoon and night Jack Chase talked on "Registration," Dr. F. W. Bradley on 'Honor System," Dr. Hugh Murchison led twilight services, and Pro????^ I0ESTORE OES $5.00 [. STYLES 10E STORE n Street le Back rolina \ ' y welcome to all the I students at Carolina, ig you for past twenty ivis Go. ady Streets ^ Blue Key Head BuBBpjWfe^^K .::-':X:':-v:v':j:S::ijj^^^^^^^^^^^B BP^%lfl Thomas C. Hankins Blue Key Frat Holds Election Honorary Group Choose Hankins As President At Last Meeting Thomas C. Hankins, student in the School of Arts and Sciences was elected president of Blue Key fraternity at its last meeting in June. James M. Windham, of Manning, a sophomore in the Law School, was made vice-president; Harry Singletary, of Scranton, secretary; and Myer Poliakoff, of Lancaster, treasurer. In addition to his connection with Blue Key, Mr. Hankins is president of the senior class. He is also a member of the debating squad, and an active member of the Clariosophic Literary Society. Windham is a prominent student on the campus, last term being made vice-president of the Clariosophic Literary Society. Harry Singletary, a pledge of S. P. E. social fraternity, was last year's president of the junior class. v. n. c. . /Daniel Comes To Carolina Mr. J. McTyeire Daniel, State High School Inspector, has accepted an appointment as Professor of Education in the School of Education of the University. He will have charge of the courses formerly taught by President Baker. Professor Daniel is an A. B. of WofTord, A. M. of the University of South Carolina, Ed. M. of Harvard, and with the exception of his thesis has completed the requirements for the Ph. D. at Harvard. He brings to the University the benefit of his highly successful career as a teacher and educational leader. After distinguished service as high school principal at Fort Motte, and later in Abbeville, he served as Superintendent of the Conway schools from 1922 to 1926, when in recognition of his notable record as a teacher, organizer, and leader in public education he was appointed State High School Inspector, a position he has filled with eminent satisfaction to the educational interests of the State. His membership in several regional and national educational associations, in which he has held important offices, is evidence of the wide recognition of his qualifications as a leader in education. He is an active member of the Commission on Secondary Schools of the Southern Association of Colleges, the Department of 'Superintendence of the N. E. A., National High Inspectors Association, Department of Secondary School Principals of the N. E. A. and others. He is a member of the following honorary scholarship societies: Phi Delta Kappa of Harvard and Kappa Phi Kappa of the University of South Carolina. He is contributing editor to "The High School Teacher," a national magazine of secondary education, and is the author of numerous educational publications of note such as "Organization Plan for S. C. Curriculum Study," "South Carolina High School Manual," "The Relation of Financial Support to the Control of Public Education," etc. u. m. o. ' fessor Coker ..spoke on "Stars." The camp was chaperoned by Miss Graham, the matron at the Woman's Building and counsellors were six members of the "Y" cabinet with Coles Ileyward as the chairman. Swimming, boating, hiking, singing, and games were the amusements 1 ' Law School Makes Change Francis Carlisle Roberts, '32 law graduate of Columbia, was elected adjunct professor of law to succeed 'Prof. J. M. McFadden, and William Talley ; Elliott, 26 law graduate of Columbia, was elected as part time instructor of law to succeed D. W. Robinson, Jr. by the Board of Trustees last June. Prof. McFadden presented his res- * ignation in order to take a position on * the faculty of the School of Law of the ( University of Georgia with an increase J in salary and rank. It was announced that Mr. Robinson * had resigned his part time instructor- 1 ship on the grounds that his entire lirne was need in practice with his ] father, D. W. Robinson, Sr. of Colum- i bia. j The changes in the faculty of the ( School of Law were made upon re com- mendation of President Baker. 1 p. a. o. I Rhodes Scholarships Available This Year All candidates for the 1932 Rhodes f scholarship as awarded in the local district must have their applications j itA by October 22, it was announced c yesterday by Dr. E. L. Green, mem- 5 ber of the faculty of the University 1 of South Carolina. ^ Applications must be sent to Prof. J. E. Norwood, 1615 Pickens Street, Columbia, secretary of the state com- c mittee and member of the faculty of a the University. e A. Rhodes scholarship is tenable at 1 the University of Oxford, England, i An appointment is made for two years t in the first instance, but a scholar i ? 1 IMP HHw t Hear the Chesterfield Radio Program. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays ? * 10 p.m., Tuesday8, Thurs- t days, Saturdays?9 p. m., E.D.T .Columbia Network. - * ci I s Carolina ( Win Five Of South Carolina's Six Oc Primary Are University All Unop] Five out of South Carolina's six congressmen are university alumni returns rrom Democratic primaries, which is :quivalent to election in the state, thow. Representatives of the first, third, ourth, fifth, and sixth districts are university alumni. Thomas S. McMillan, of the class of L913, was the only South Carolina representative who was unopposed. He s from the first district and lives in Charleston. While at Carolina he was nay remain for a third year upon presentation of a plan to study for hat period satisfactory to his college ind to the Rhodes trustees. The stipend of a Rhodes scholarihip is fixed at 400 pounds. To qualfy as a candidate one must be unnarried and between the ages of 19 lis sophomore year in college. A :andidate may apply either in the itate in which he lives or in the one n which he has received at least two rears of his college education. In order to place all candidates lominated by the state committees on m equal basis, whatever their place )f residence may be, railway fares vill be paid. Hotel expenses, how;ver, will be paid by the candidates. Those appearing before the state comnittees, however, will have to pay heir own expenses, transportation ind hotel. uyA Turkish oo much, 25^; Turkish tobacco is to cigarett o food ... the ''spice," the "sau oo much seasoning in food. Or ou do want enough! Chesterfield uses just the righl obacco. Not too much, but jus Chesterfield the finishing touch roma. Smoke a Chesterfield . . and hesterl ' , / ' A,y' ;v jthv jl1ju vo " ' o??r?11?^-tmcmnw j^rads i Elections mgressmen Nominated In Recent imni. Thomas S. McMillan posed pitchcr and captain of the baseball team. John C. Taylor '19, of Anderson, defeated Fred H. Dominick '95, incumbent, of Newberry, for the Democratic nomination of the third district. Representative-elect Taylor has been clerk of court in Anderson for a number of years. He served in the World War ^ and is financially interested in the daily papers in Anderson. He favors re-submission of the 18th amendment while Mr. Dominick ran as a dry. John J. McSwain '97, of Greenville, running for re-election in the fourth district defeated Janfes D. McCullough '16, of Greenville, for the nomination. Congressman McSwain is also a World War veteran and has been a member of Congress since 1920. John P. Richards '21, of Lancaster, was nominated from the fifth district. He is a World War veteran and is retiring as judge of probate for Lancaster county. * Congressman Allard H. Gasque '01, of Florence, was renominated from the sixth district over E. S. C. Baker '13, of Conway. He was formerly Superintendant of Education of Florence county, resigning from that office when he was first elected to Congress in 1922. Representative Hampton P. Fulmer, of Orangeburg and the second district, is a graduate of a business college in Columbus, Georgia. i f. : XV>XWS?oqw*HB68888388838BBWHHB8H8BHIBHHB ? 1932, Ligcbtt & Mybw Tobacco Co. , but not iti W/uf! C8 what seasoning is cc." You don't want , in a cigarette. But I amount of Turkish t enough to give to of better taste and taste the difference. field