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Democrats Elect Bonn
Wert* At Town Theater, Killingsworth
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University
During the past summer alumni and
professors of the University have been
active. Glimpses have been caught
of them in various parts of the country.
Dr. E. T. Bonn, professor of history,
is newly elected recording secretary
* of the Young Democrats club of Columbia.
He was installed in this office
at the recent meeting of the club
at the Richland county court house.
Wilbur Wertz will again this year
be technician man for the Town
Theater. Last season Wilbur won
considerable praise for his outstanding
work in this capacity.
Bob Killingsworth, who received his
B. S. last June, is now at New York
University where he won a fellowship
in the department of chemistry.
Bob will do work on his M. S. degree
and ultimately wishes to take his Ph.
D. degree there. At Carolina he was
a member of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity,
captain of the tennis team,
and also won the state intercollegiate
tennis championship.
Miss Cecil Abrams, who was last
year president of the local chapter of
K. S. K. and newly elected president
of Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
honorary leadership sorority, has won
a A. D. Pi scholarship. This year she
will be at the University of Alabama
where she will assist with the A. D. Pi
work there.
Prof. Wm. H. Wicker, who was last
year professor of law at Carolina, has
accepted a professorship in the Law
School at the University of Tennessee.
This is the second time that Prof.
Wicker has been on the faculty at
Tennessee.
Miss Margaret M. Geiger, alumnae
of the University, has been chosen
' one of the five winners of a complete
art course at the Federal Schools of
Minneapolis, Minn. Miss Geiger was
the only one in the Southern States
> to receive a scholarship.
? Professor Emmett Kilpatrick, of
> the department of romance languages
: here, was this summer elected presit
dent of the Quill club for the coming
year.
Herbert Bishop, Jr., honor graduate
of 1932, and graduate student here last
year, has been elected principal of the
Mt. Pisgah high school in Lancaster
county.
Edward S. . Cardwell, Jr., alumni,
was winner of the first honor in the
juni9r class at the Medical College of
South Carolina at Charleston last
session.
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Carolina Loses
Noted Alumnus
In the passing of Morris C. Lumpkin,
prominent Columbia lawyer, who
died in May of this year, the University
sustained the loss of a wellknown
alumni.
Mr. Lumpkin was prominent as a
member of the American Legion as
well as an attorney and statesman.
In 1921 he was elected to the office
of commander of the legion in South
Carolina, and he was frequently mentioned
as timber for the national commandership.
While at the University, Mr. Lumpkin
was a popular and worthy student,
having been very active in the glee
club, where his baritone voice was a
great asset.
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James S. Verner
Dies Suddenly
James Spencer Verner, '96, prominent
University alumnus, died suddenly
this summer. He suffered at
attack of acute appendicitis.
Mr. Verner who, at the time of his
death, was attorney for Richland
county was one of Columbia's most
respected lawyers. He was at one
time recorder of the city of Columbia
and had represented Richland county
in the house of representatives.
One of the most companiable of
men, Mr. Verner was noted for his
versatility. He is the author of several
-* plays and his verses ahow marked
literary attainments. . He was also
fond of hunting. and fishing.
He was a member of the Quill club
and of Phi Bet* Kappa while at the
University,
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Univ. Mourns
Hilton's Death
Prominent Carolinian
R. H. Hilton, World War Veteran
Loses Life On Lake During
Fishing Trip
In the drowning of Richmond H. Hilton
recently in Lake Murray, the University
of South Carolina lost one of its
most prominent alumni. A veteran of
the world war and a congressional medal
of honor man, Hilton was state commander
of the American Legion at the
time of his death.
Commander Hilton was drowned when
he. fell from the cabin of a cruiser on
which he and a group of friends were
returning from a fishing trip.
Commander Hilton's first military service
'was in Mexico where he went from
Camden with the South Carolina National
Guard at the age of 18. He was
promoted to sergeant in 1918.
The congressional medal of honor was
bestowed upon him for heroism at Brancourt,
France, October 11, 1918 when he
captured ten enemy and killed six. He
lost his arm from a shell burst in this
encounter. He was also the recipient
of the American distinguished service
cross, the French medaille'militaire, the
French croix de guerre, the Montenegrin
de bravure and the British distinguished
conduct medal.
Commander Hilton was buried with
full military services in the Camden cemetery.
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Graduate To
Head Theatre
To Conduct Classes
Former University Co-Ed Takes
Charge Of Producing Number
Of Plays
Miss Jane Shaffer, who graduated
from the University last June, will
be at the head of the newly organized
Children's Theater, a junior branch of
the Town Theater, Columbia's community
playhouse. Miss Shaffer will
be in complete charge of this work
which entails the production of several
plays during the season. She will conduct
regular Saturday morning classes
in dramatics and the productions of
the Children's Theater will be presented
as morning matinees.
Miss Shaffer has had much experience
in theater work, having done
part time work last seas<?i with the
Scalawags, the children's dramatic society
of the Town Theater at that
time. Also last season she appeared
in one of the principle roles in the
little theater's production of Goldsmith's
"She Stoops To Conquer."
During the summer Miss Shaffer has
been in charge of play production and
dramatics at Camp Rockbrook in the
North Carolina mountains.
While at the University Miss Shaffer
was prominent in campus affairs, having
been a member of Delta Delta
Delta sorority, the Gamecock staff,
the Damas, and other college organizations.
u. s. o.
The University of Texas and the
University of Chicago jointly are
building the new McDonald Observatory
in the Davis Mountains in southwestern
Texas to house the second
largest telescope in the world. The
largest telescope in the world is the
100-inch reflector at Mount Wilson,
| Calif.
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Univ. Grad
Accepts Call
Sparkman Goes To Md.
Alumnus Of '23 To Become Rector
Of Christ Episcopal Church
In Baltimore
The Reverend Sullivan Thome
Sparkman of Columbia, has accepted
a call to the rector of Christ Protestant
Episcopal church, Baltimore.
Mr. Sparkman who is only 28 years
old received his degree of Bachelor of
Arts from the University in 1923, and
his Master of Arts in 1924. He then
went to Oxford where he received his
B. A. in theology in 1927. Then he
attended the Virginia Theological
Seminary, receiving his Bachelor of
Divinity degree in 1928.
While at the University, Sparkman
was known as a brilliant student and
an especially good athlete. He starred
in basketball and tennis.
Two of his sisters, Mrs. Capers
Satterlee (Frances Sparkman) and
Nora Sparkman also graduated from
the University.
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Alumni Hold
Bar-B-Q Meet
The first alumni get-together of the
year was held recently at Sheriff
Heise's pond near Columbia, attended
by a large number of Richland county
alunmi and others from counties
throughout the state.
Guests of honor at the meeting were
members of the Carolina football
squad
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Attend Alumni Mec
Barney Early, For Six
Alumni Secretary, Re Eli
To Office
At the annual Alumni meeting
University of South Carolina, Cla
Sapp, Columbia attorney and state 1jcratic
executive committee chairm;.
was elected president to succeed George
Bell Timmerman, of Lexington.
The meeting was held in the University
chapel and was attended by
ibout 150 "old Grads" and prominent
nen from various parts of the state.
Jarney Early, for six years alumni secetary,
was re-elected and the following
listrict vice-presidents were named:
Thomas P. Stoney, Charleston; Charles
5. Wells, Edgefield; Demos Jones,
ireenwood; Waddy M. Anderson,
jreenville; J. R. Richards, Jr., Lancaser;
M. A. Wright, Conway, and Ames
ialtiwanger, Columbia.
The following were named to the counil
for two years: George J. Wilds,
lartsville; Angus McCauley, Chester;
Ilaude A. Taylor, Spartanburg, and
ieorge Bell Timmerman, Lexington.
Following an address made by the reiring
president of the association, Dr.
v. T. Baker, in a brief talk, commended
he work of Mr. Early as executive secetary
and urged the entire association
a follow Mr. Early's lead.
After the meeting in the chapel a
)utch luncheon was served at the Hoel
Columbia. At the time Mr. Sapp
ave a short address in which he pledged
is whole-hearted efforts to lead the asociation
to the best of his abilities durig
the ensuing term.
Speaking in response to an invitaion
from the president, William A. Barer,
an alumnus of the University and
lie commencement speaker, pleaded
he preservation of the United States
Constitution.
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Francis Cardwcll of Columbia and ]
Charles Wysong Cox of Florence,
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also a recipient of the award. I
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a member of the Euphrosynean Liter- j
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activities on the campus, hav- t
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the Freshman "Y" Council. He was
also a member of the Clariosophic '
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conference of Federal judges held in ti
Asheville, N. C., recently. In addition b
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