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Omicron Deltc To Choose In Ele Honor Points Listec Minimum Requirements For Can didacy Announced As One Hundred Points O. D. K. spring elections will taki place next Thursday, when new mem bers will be voted 011 according t< Sanders Guignard, secretary, wh< gave out the following announcement "Members of O. D. K. are asked t< take note of the following list o honor point values in their considera tion of men for membership. Tliej are asked to give the names of candi dates and their honor count to th< president or secretary on or befort Tuesday of next week. "The minimum requirements foi candidacy arc one hundred points which shall include at least one itcn: of twenty-five points or more. Points towards candidacy are listed below: 100 President of Student Body. 75 President of Senior Class; Capt of Football Team; Ed.-in-Chief oi Gatnecock; Ed.-in-Chief of Garnet and Black. 50 President of Junior Class; Capt of Baseball, Basketball, Track, and Boxing. 40 Pres. of Pan-Hellenic; Pres. ol German Club; Pres. of Y. M. C. A; Pres. of Senior Law Class; Ed.-inCh.ef of Carolinian; Business Mgr. Garnet and Black; Letter in Major Sport; each additional letter?10. 30 Pres. of Literary Society; Minoi Offices of Student Body; Business Mgr. of Gamccock. 25 Pres. of Sophomore Class; Minoi Offices of Senior Class; Treas. of German Club; Managing Ed. of Gamccock; Cheerleader; each additional year ?10. 20 Pres. of Glee Club; Pres. oi Junior Law Class; Pres. of Social Fraternity; Pres. of Honorary or Prof Group; Business Mgr. of Glee Club; Business Mgr. of Carolinian; Mgr. of Major Sport; Ed.-in-Chief of Handbook; Member of Social Cabinet Holder of Dept. Scholarship; Membei of Debating Team; each debate?5 Capt. of Minor Sport. 15 Minor Offices of Junior Class Pres. of Cotillion Club; Treas. of Cotil lion Club; Assoc. Editors of Publications; Business Mgr. of Handbook Member of Honor Committee; Member of Glee Club or Band; each additional year-5; Pres. of Freshman Academic or Law Class; Letter in Minoi Sport; each additional letter-5; Minoi Offices of German Club; Capt. ol Freshman Major Sport; Chairman 01 Sec. of Debating Council; Member o1 Ath. Advisory Board; Elected Membei of Student Council. 10 Minor Offices of Law Class Minor Offices of Pan-Hellenic; Minoi . Offices of Soph. Class; Minor Office? of Y.M.C.A.; Minor Offices of Honorary or Professional Group; First Three Minor Offices of Literary Society; others-5; Fresh. Numerals in Major Sport; Capt. of Fresh. Minor Sport; Mgr. of Minor Sport; Assistant Mgr of Major Sport; Member of PanHellenic; Member of Board of Publications; Departmental Editors of Publications. 5 Fresh. Numerals in Minor Sport; Member of Debating Council; Member of Honorary or Professional Group; Minor Offices of Fresh. Class; Assistant Cheerleader. V. 8. o. There are 2,79f> languages in the world, according to the French academy. COLUMBIA OFFICE SUPPLY CO. "EVERY OFFICE NEED" Office Furniture, Flllno Cabinets, Safe? Prlntino and Rubber Stamps 1112 Lady Street 'Phone 5163 li ??????itmmmmm?I METR0P0L "THE OLD THE STUDENTS' 1520 MAIN STREET 1 . . . . ; ....... CAROLINA BUY Phone 8156 "IJF IT CAN BE CLEAN The Canteen and ( "The Uousi THE R. L. BR1 BOOKS, STATIONERY 1440 Main Street i Kappa New Men ction Thursday i] "Faust" Will Be Presented Soon Glee Olubs Combine With Ore chestra To Oive Opera. Drayton Hall May 8 3 The two Glee clubs of the Univer' sity, combining about 80 voices, will be heard in the Opera, "Faust" by ^ Guonod which will be presented the opening night of Music week, May 8, at Drayton Hall under the direction of r Maurice Matteson. A small orchestra, headed by William Taylor will accompany the chorus and will also give special operatic music in between acts. Differing from the usual custom, the ' chorus will be seen on the stage. The 1 solos will sing their parts, and read the I dialogue, so that the play will be complete in itself. The stage will be appropriately decorated. During the intermission and bc" tween acts, there will be a space of time, in the manner of regular operatic performances during which the audience will have time to refresh itself and talk. Those taking the leading parts are: Jane Ebaugh, as Margarita; Rhett^ man Salvo as "Faust"; and Stanley > Barnard, Laura Mitchell, William Baldwin, Harry Gulledge, and Wil liam Boozer. There will be no admission price, but a silver offering will be taken to defray the expense. ? TJ. s. o. Student Retreat Proves Success Clcmson, Carolina, and Winthrop delegates attended a "Y" Retreat which was held at Twin Lakes last Saturday and Sunday. Six Columbia College , students went up Sunday to hear the programs. Religious programs were conducted and many interesting speak, crs made speeches. Waite Perry of Clemson was elccted president. Mr. Perry is the incoming president of the "Y" at Clcmson. Mary . Ncwsomer of Winthrop was chosen vice-president. Lodema Gaines, corresponding secretary of the "Y" at t Carolina was elected secretary. Brice | Lathan of Clcmson was chosen treasurer. Miriam Lander and Hugh Putnam . were appointed to see about the state . retreat next year. ? ; Sophomore "Y" Elects President ; Fred Ellis of Heath Springs was elccted president of the Sophomore ; council at a meeting held in Flinn Hall . Monday night. Ellis is a member of : the Freshman baseball team and has ; taken an active part in the freshman "Y" program for the year. I T. G. Crawford was elected vice. president. Crawford is also a member of the freshman baseball team. Ilcr bert Finchcr, who is vice-president of the Carolina Christian Service Club, was elected secretary. ; These newly elected officers will take charge at the next meeting of I the council which will he held next ; Monday night. At this meeting the council will plan its work for next year. u. s. c. : The English language is spoken by more than 100,000,000 people and is understood by 00,000,000 more. If You Want Service Call University Drug Store 1204 Green St. Phone#s 4331-4332 ITAN CAFE i RELIABLE" MEETING PLACE PHONE 7849 |j* r CLEANING CO. 1608 Barnwell Street ED, WE CAN CLEAN IT" Glamecock our Agents "" ? of Quality" fAN COMPANY STUDENT SUPPLIES Columbia, S. C. ~ Ji Student Body In view of the many elections held at this time of the school year, T^he Gamecock herewith prints the Student Body constitution in the hope of avoiding any misunderstanding as to election dates and acquainting the students as a whole with its provisions. Revised, 1930 . ARTICLE I Members Section 1?All regular matriculates of and candidates for degrees in the University shall be members of the Student Body. ARTICLE II Officers and Elections Section 1?The officers of this body shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer; the President to be elected from the Senior Acadcmic Class, the Vice-Prosidcnt from the Senior Law Class, the Secretary and Treasurer from the Jutiior Law or ' Junior Academic Class. Section 2?The Student Body shall , have as a governing board a Student Council to be composed of fifteen (15) members to be constituted as follows: The President of the Student Body, the"" Vice-President of the Student Body, the presidents of the four Aca- , demic classes, the presidents of the , three Law classes, the presidents of , the Inter-Club Association, and one , (1) from the Co-ed Association, and \ one (1) member from each of the i four literary societies, such members 1 to be definitely elected for that pur- i pose. < Section 3?Each class shall elect its ' officers in the spring for the following 1 year on the day four (4) weeks next 1 preceding Commencement Day, clec- ' tions to be effective with the opening ' of the succeeding session; provided, 1 however, that all classes save the rising Senior class may hold their elections within two (2) weeks after the day fixed by this section. Section 4?Each class shall have the ! following officers: President, VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer, and Historian. Section 5?The freshman class shall at this election elect two (2) of its members, one to be a co-ed, to be members of the Honor Committee. The Freshman class shall elect its officers on the sixth Saturday following their matriculation. This election shall be conducted by the Student Council, and shall be by secret ballot. Section C?The Freshman Law class shall elect its officers on the fourth Saturday following date of matriculation. It shall at this time also elect one (l) of its members to be a member of the Honor Committee. Section 7?The Inter-Club Association and the Co-ed Association . shall hold their elections in the spring within two (2) weeks after the day five (5) weeks next preceding Commencement Day, such elections to be effective upon the opening of the succeeding session. Section 8?The term of office shall be from the opening of the session through the filial Commencement Day. Section 0?On the day six weeks next preceding commencement the president of the rising Acadcmic class, the president of the rising Senior Law class, the president of the rising Junior Acadcmic class and the president of the rising junior Law class each shall call a meeting of their respective classes. '1 he purpose of the rising Senior class (Academic) meeting shall be to make nominations for the presidency of the Student Body; the purpose of the rising Senior Law class meeting shall be to make nominations for vice-president of the Student Body; the purpose of the rising Junior Law and Academic class meetings shall be for each to make nominations for Secretary and Treasurer of the Student Body. All nominations shall be 1 handed, on tlie day made, to the chairman of the Student Council, who shall announce them to the Student Body the following day. For three days following this announcement, nominations may be made in writing from ! the Student Body, provided five men second the nominations. Within three days after nominations 'tome to a close the Student Council shall conduct an election for the above officers by secret ballot. Every one of the Student Body shall have the right to vote in said election. In the event no candidate shall receive' a majority at the said election, such additional elections as may be necessary shall be conducted by the Student Council at three-day intervals following the first election. Ihis election shall become effective in the election Of officers in 1928 for the scholastic year of 1929-30. Constitution ARTICLE) HI Duties of Officers Section 1?It shall be the duty of the president to preside over all meetings of the Student Body, to announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is to be acted upon, to inform the assembly when necessary, on points of order or practice pertinent to pending business. The President shall call meetings of the Student Body at such times as he deem necessary without authorization from anyone. Also any ten members of the Student Body, upon signing a petition to the president to call a Student Body meeting, shall have the right to call such meeting if the President refuses to do so. Section 2?It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to preside in the absence of the President; in the absence of both the President and the Vice-President, the duty of presiding shall devolve upon the Secretary and Treasurer. Section 3?It shall be the duty of the Secretary and Treasurer to take and preserve legible minutes of all Student Body assemblies, to preserve and dispense such funds as may come into his hand. Section 4?It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct all necessary correspondence relating to the Student Council or to the interests of any member thereof. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to transact all business which does not by its nature necessitate the action of the. Student Body in assembly. It shall be the duty of the Student Council to conduct, by secret ballot, all elections in which every member of the Student Body is qualified to cast his or her ballot; and it shall be the duty of the Student Council to announce the result of the said election. Section 5?The President of the Student Body shall be ex-officio chairman of the Student Council. It shall require a two-thirds majority of the Student Council to constitute a quo um; a majority of the quorum present shall be sufficient to conduct all business. Section 6?The chairman shall call meetings of the Student Council on the first Wednesday of each school month, and at all other times it may be deemed advisable. ARTICLE IV Honor Principle and Organization Section 1?The Honor Committee has jurisdiction over the Academic school; the term academic includes all divisions of the University except the School of Law. Section 2?The Honor Committee consists of two representatives, one man and one woman, from each of the four Academic classes. Section 3?The representatives arc to be selected by their respective classes at meetings called for that sole purpose. The meetings of the three rising upper classes shall be held the first week of May. The Freshman class shall elect its representatives in the first week of November. Section 4?(a) There shall be a nominating committee composed of the Presidents of the three rising upper classes and two delegates, one man and one woman, from each of the above-mentioned classes. Also the two Senior members of the then existing Honor Committee. The tu<o class delegates shall be elected along with the regular class officers. (]>) The nominating committee shall hold its meeting three weeks prior to the date set for the election of members to the Honor Committee. (c) Each class shall have selected from its membership at least four nominees, two boys and two girls being the minimum. (d) The nomination made by the nominating committee shall be handed to the Presidents of the respective classes. (e) The members on the Honor Committee representing the Freshman class shall be elected at a special meeting and not at the regular class election. Section 5?The term of office shall end the sccond week in May, at which time the members of the committee shall be succceded by the newly elected representatives of the rising upper classes, except in the case of the Senior representatives. These latter members will serve with the new committee until the end of the school year. Section 6?(a) During the sccond week in May, the male members of the Senior class incumbent shall call and preside at a meeting of the new committee, at which time the chairman and Secretary shall be selected by the committee from its own membership. (b) It shall be the duty of the chairman to preside over all meetings pf the Honor Committee. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep complete i i i 1 May Issue Care Expected To Today Lig Bell Inaugurated 1 As Society Head 1 Hankins Makes Exaugural Address At Glariosophic Reception , At a reception given in honor of the ( newly elected officers, T. C. Hankins, 1 retiring president of the Clariosophic 1 Literary society in his exaugural ad- * dress urged the members to do their 1 part in creating a more glorious era ' and not to depend upon the glories of the past. t J. R. Bell, president, in his inaugural 1 address reviewed the progress that the society had made. ] "I recommend", he said in the course i of his address, "that the programs be s so arranged as to include each member before the school term shall have ex- ] pired." j "I do not advise or deem it expedi- ] ent to change our present form into that of our brother society." After the exaugural and inaugural ^ addresses had been given a mock trial was held. Julian Bradshcr was charged with murder concerning the death of C. D. H. E^rgle. George Davis presided ' over the trial. J. W. Brown and Rich- ( ard Foster were the prosecuting at- c torneys while A. D. Mann and J. U. 1 Watts defended Bradsher. After several witnesses had testified the jury i, brought in a verdict of not guilty. u. s. c. minutes of all proceedings, to record all verdicts and all constructions of the Honor code. ^ Section 7?(a) The decisions of the * Honor Committee shall be final and 1 absolute on all questions coming before it for consideration. < (b) To be convicted, a defendant ? shall be adjudged guilty by all mem- * bers of the committee save one. 1 Section 8-?The Honor Committee shall have jurisdiction over all ques- < tions involving a breach of honor. I Breach of honor to apply only to dis- 1 honesty and stealing. ; Section 9?Upon conviction by the ^ Honor Committee, the defendant shall J be indefinitely suspended from the University, except in the case of a ! I'reshman. The Committee may exercise its discretion in such cases. Section 10?(a) All hearings shall be conducted privately. Only members t of the Honor Committee and the de fendant shall be regularly present, i There shall be no attorneys or representatives for either the committee or ^ the defendant. Such witnesses as are j necessary may be introduced. (b) The proceedings and actions of S all meetings shall be in secret and not C disclosed outside of the meetings. n (c) The accuser must appear before ^ the accused at trial. Section 11?Every student is requested and expected to uphold the honor of the University by zvarning and reporting all s violators of the honor principle. 1 ARTICLE V ? By-Laws Section 1?The rules contained in ] Roberts' Rules of Order shall govern the Student Body in all cases where 4 they are not inconsistent with the Con- 1 stitution and By-Laws of the Student 1 Body. ' Section 2?Business may be traus- acted by a majority of those present. 1 Section 3?Proposed amendments ' and additions to the Constitution and > By-Laws shall be submitted in writing to the Student Body assembly and i shall require these to be read three ] times, no reading within an interval 1 of three days from the preceding < reading. The proposed amendment 5 may be discussed only after the second and third readings. It shall require a twdHhirds Student Body vote ' to carry the third reading. Section 4?The May Queen shall be elected the second Friday in April, ( the coronation to be held during the ? first week of May. Only Junior and ' Senior co-eds shall be eligible for the office of May Queen. Section 5?The cheerleader shall be elected from the Student Body the second Tuesday in May, his election to be effective during the succeeding session. Section 6?This Constitution shall be BURNETT'S I Carolina Seals, Jewelry, D Carolina and Frat One Block From Campus Corner Main and / dirtian Appear on Announces Spring Lovers Theme Sdition Contains Stories By Black Geddings, Durham And Ford The May issue o{ The Carolinmt iViIl probably be distributed on the :ampus today it was announced Wednesday by Editor Mary Begg I,igon" \11 material has been delivered into he hands of the printer and the issue vill be distributed as soon as it is de lvered to the staff. The current issue will be dedicated'I o spring love and will feature a group >f pictures of campus lovers. There will also be stories by Jame* 31ack, Bill Geddings, Frank Durham ind Fred Youngblood, as well as a ipecial feature article by Mary Ford. The cover has been designed by rvin Geisburg. He has been assisted n the art work by Bill Simpson, Bill rlalsey, and Fred Youngblood. The usual regular features as well as ?kes and cartoons will also be in:ludcd. V\1 There will be only one more edition >f The Carolinian after the current ssue. The next issue will be taken )ver by the new staff which will be ilected at a meeting of the publications )oard next Monday afternoon. Phillies, Talks Before Group The Penitentiary was the subject on yhich Dr. Phillips talked to the Caroina Christian Club at its meeting, Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. Phillips stressed the fine points >f the electric chair. He went on to .! Jay that out of the 20 people he had seen electrocuted only two, he beieved, were unprepared to go. At the last meeting the following officers were elected: George Davis, ^resident, "Dine" Gaines, Sarah Rec- I or, Hugh Putnam, Julian Bradsher, ind J. B. Culbertson, vice-presidents, rlazel Wilson, recording secretary, and T. W. Cox, reporter. n. i. o. Rev. Helms To Speak At "Y" Vespers Sunday Reverend Clyde Helms, pastor o? he Shandon Baptist church will speak n chapel Sunday night at 7 o'clock. Willis Stuart is in charge of the program, which is being put on under the luspices of the Y. W. C. A. Rev. rlelms has spoken to the students evcral times before. He has not yet hosen his subject. u. s. a. Elizabeth Manget Talks To University Students Miss Elizabeth Manget, regional ecretary of the Student Volunteer novemcnt, talked Monday and Tueslay in chapel. Miss Manget was born n China and lived there for eighteen 'ears. She also talked to the Y. W. A. cabinet. In her talk she dismissed the opportunities and duties of he cabinet members. While in Coumbia she visited Columbia College md the Lutheran Seminary. U. H. o. uiblished not less than once each year n '1 he Gamecock, and at a time durng the early part of the first term. Section 7?-During the second week n October of each year the Student Body shall elect three (3) of its members to serve with two' (2) members ^f the faculty, to be elected at the ^ same time, on the Social Cabinet. U. 8. O. 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