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/ V CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Extr" 1 4fCO Cf^j [ UNIVERSITY OF Jr SOUTH CAROLINA Volume XXVII, No. 4 COLUMBIA, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1933 Founded latlR oristli Squad Selects Lovely Girls Select Sixteen Sponsors Dance Tonight Will Provide Funds?Music By Jungaleers From Tigertown In accordance with traditions of past years, Carolina football players will again have sponsors at the Carolina-Clemson game, in spite of predictions to the contrary. lie flowers and ^ca^idy th^t^are^ jou; Martha Tompkins for Grayson Wolf; Genie Suydam for McManus; , Virginia Wolf for llamhright; Ina Jean . Leaver for Freeman lluskey; Elaine ( Cannon for Joe Shinn; Blanche Dubose , for Williard; Alie Moyd for Joe John- ( son; Evelyn Walker for Dick Shinn; j Sarah McCullough for Pott Brown; j Grace Sayers for J. J. Epps; Katherine Otis for Jim I';<jMam^ ^ ^ Austin Medal Topic Given Award At Celebration Medal Is Valued At $25 And Is tffiwflawifcaftiilv By Mrs. Bemis HH|h U. D. c. the Confederacy" has been Nj?H|flH-cd as th<^?fl|H^^or, thflj Irene SfijHn AustijjffiSHHHE* I)JB Geor'gfi^^^l'anchopeAj^p lish dB^fficHtt'iit. Dr. nBHHiope als<^B^Bue<^ouF tli.iflj afHSill he mfllHt thJHNLhrafl tion <HHH<ral RohH|^M^^B)irtliH day, <||ff|j?jfyarv 19, comH mencement exercises, as heretofore. The Irene Jackson Austin medal, valued at $25, is annually given by Mrs. Ilenry Ellsworth Bemis, of Palm Beach, Florida, through the Columbia Chapter of the U. D. C. TJ. ft. O. Students Get Holidays Thursday And Friday All University functions will he suspended as customary for tomorrow and Friday in order that students may attend the State Fair and the Clemson-Carol ina game. Classes will be resumed on Saturday. Registrar John A. Chase has asked that it be called to the attention of the students that cuts taken on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Saturday and Monday will be counted double according to the University ruling concerning absences two days before and after holidays. Next week the Student Body will be excused from classes on Thursday in order that all who so desire may attend the Carolina-Citadel game in Orangeburg. The same rule concerning absences will hold good next week. Clems* ng Bii Law Frosh Fill Offices Stork Elected President All Elected Were Approved Unanimously At The Close Of The MeetingBy a margin of two votes, William Stork was electa! president of the freshman law class at a meeting of the class last Saturday. lie was opposed by Ira Koger of Charleston. Stork is a Columbian. Other officers of the class elected at the same time were Larkin Jennings, vice-president; William II. Ca s^,np ^fLliiry^^il t r e a^u^e^ '^ ^'SS ^ ^ football team and was a promini^^Lure in other student activities. gHflis a pledge of the Sigma Chi fraternity, -ason was also in the Universitj' academic school last year, lie is a pledge of the Alpha Beta fraternity. Miss Clymph is a graduate of Winthrop College. She is a pledgee of the Delta Zcta sorority. All the elections were approved unanimously at the close of the meeting upon the motion of Ira Kogcr. At the same meeting the class decided (Continued on Pago 5; Column 4) ball Captain To Enter Race For Legislature William R. Donelan, graduate of the University Law School has announced his candidacy for the seat in the legislature resigned recently by Alfred Scarborough. The election will take place November 7. This youthful Columbia attorney graduated from Columbia Iligh|Hool in J 1927, where lie was captain (^He has-fl (jlee Cliu^b Gives ^ First Program Making its first appearance of the season, the University (iloo Club will give an interesting program of spirituals and sacred numbers at the First Baptist Church Saturday. East year the (ilee Club made trips only to Southern cities, including Charlotte, Savannah, Brunswick, Jacksonville and other cities, but this year the club will tour the Northern states under the direction of Maurice Matteson. Because of the high quality of its entertainment the (ilee Club has received a very high rating throughout the eastern and midwestcru part of the United States. Students enrolled in the (ilee Club arc: Howard Able, M. L. Alport, William C. Baker, Julian Bass, W. E. Bennett, Stanley Bernard, Julian S. Bolick, Edward Bowen, Wilniot Brown, J. II. Burch, Hoy Callison, Woodrow Callison, Henry Clerici, William F. Cox, James Dickert, Sam Dillard, Hugh Distelhurst, Clarence Ellison, J. W. Ellison, Jr., Al(Continued on Pajjo I; Column 2) jn ? rds A Heads Society ll^iMiM Vm Si * mm* rnmbuum KaUBBBS^T^ . mm raK||R^Hpr^fl I ? H * * -> z- : . . ',; ' | dency of the Clariosophic Literary Society. He is a senior pre-medical student. Will Install Chapel Seats Work Begins At Once Center Section Will Have Seats Porraerljr Used In Corumbia hia Opera Mouse and liave been presented to the University. Work by carpenters from the R. F. C. will be used to take out the old seats and to install the new ones. tJ. 8. C. Yearbook Plans Are Announced >rs (HBk which the offices of The MB-/ (t'WEmlack will be open to reMrc subscript ions have recently been photographs will be made from the time the announcement is made on through November 4. (Continued on Paoo 4; Column 5) Wide Diversity Freshiru From the purely exterior point of view they vary widely; but from the hills and the swamps, trom cities and towns they have come as Freshmen to the University with a common goal; to obtain an education. Two of these freshmen are only fifteen years ol age, a representative each from the sexes. They arc Floise Clark of Winnslioro and Richard Coulter of 151 <> Richland Street. In the matter of si/e there's a great difference. Fight freshmen are six feet ] in height, live arc six feet two, and three are six feet three inches tall. All these arc boys. The tallest girl is live feet eight and a half inches tall. In weight, too, the lx>ys have it over the girls. The Hercules and the I.iliputian are here. One nineteen year old boy tips the scales at 223 pounds, one I You wait 1 U. S. C. May Get Money Public Works ProgTam Board Approves Univ. Request To Borrow Money For Buildings, Repairs A total of $040,000 for repairs am new buildings for the University money to he borrowed from the Public Works administration, was approve* Friday by the State planning board ap pointed by Governor Hlackwood tc ^onsider requests for loans by stat< Hstitutions. The requests will now gc o i > 1 huildii^^H also house a new chapel $225,OBM For a building to house classrooms, $200,000. For an annex to the library, $100,000 For repairs, $00,000. For repairs to the central heating plant, $15,000. For repairs to the infirmary, $10,000 Making a total of $640,000. LateHBftvelopments came vestcrdaj when HHRichland county delcgatiot met alfi^Sequested Governor Blacksider this matter. According to the terms of the Public Works act, state institutions may obtain grants from the administration on (Continued on Pago 4; Column 5) u. h. c. Order Revoked In Social Ruling ter, (1 i11 i>r < > f sm l^ i)vities. >:?i?I that he did not know what effect this ruling would have upon the regular dances of the Pan-Hellenic Council and (Continued on Paoe 4; Column 4) Y Among *n Is Revealed weighs only 91 pounds. The average weight is between 125 and 140 pounds. The ages of the freshmen also vary widely, but the average for both boys and girls, is 17. The following hoys are sixteen years old: George Preston Cone, Williston: G. M. Ladd, Jr., Winnsboro: Andrew Lewis, Galivants Kerry; V. M. I-oinas, Gray Court: Carroll Herman, Passaic, X. J.; Hubert Claytor, Hopkins; Robert K. Lown, Lcesville; John McGill, Kingstrec; Shannon Minis, Lynchburg; Milton Nelson, St. Matthews; Myron Policow, Pianlield, X. J.; James Spann, Summerville; James Vaughan, Jr., Columbia; A. M. Whaley, Columbia; (ieorge A. Willis, Cottagcville; J. L. Wiggins, Holly Hill, and Claude Starr Wright, Columbia. : Cai Eager Fair Holds Interest Now i Thursday Is Big Day t Statewide Attention Attracted By Numerous Exhibits And Varied Programs 1 After swinging into actum Monday the . State I';iir lias rapidly been gaining 1110: mcntum in the past three days and will 1 reach its climax tomorrow when the an nnal Clemson-Carolina game gets under i way at high noon. Friday and Satur? day will sec a varied program hut they ) will only he an aftermath to what is 1 attractions on the mid-wav. . I he authorities have also gotten a splendid aggregation of talent for the , grandstand shows. 'I he University Hand has been engaged and is furnishing the music at the grandstand. 1 his move, it has been stated, was taken in order to ' carry out the idea of a all-South Carolina fair. All judging for the fair will close at noon tomorrow and the Clemson game Pep Mee^l^^Ch^ll I Annual Shirt-Tail Parade Will Be Held; Amato Brothers To Perform The opening guns of the annual battle between Carolina and Clemson will sound tonight when the students of the I Diversity will assemble for a pep meeting in the chapel at 7 :30. Immediately jj^owingthc pep meeting a shirt tail ^ xlc staged that will culminate Hhe ImSHhi; of the .Clemson Tiger on tne stcp^of the State 1 louse. First Production 'I lie Palmetto Players, University student dramatic organization, under the direction of William Dean, will present several popular plays this year. The players will function in their usual capacity, this year, presenting to the students, as it has done heretofore, plays that arc highly entertaining with casts of previous dramatic experience, who have tried to keep up the standard of collegiate dramatics at the University. Alpha Psi Omega, national honor dramatic fraternity, which is made up of students who have done distinctive work in dramatics will be allied with the Palmetto Players in that it will co-operate with and aid the players toward making the dramatic season this year at the University a real success. This year the fraternity has reached its largest quota. Mr. Dean, as faculty advisor of the fraternity, with the combined efforts of the two organizations states that a full and promising season will be carried out, in spite of the fact (Continued on Pago *; CoTumn 4) i Be Tiger Birds Primed For Battle Colorful Day Promised Game Tomorrow Marks 31st Meeting Of Two Teams; CapacityCrowd Expected Attendance by all ,i)c display and color that lias made it the classic of South Carolina football, the annual Carolina-Clemson football game will get un' Ul tl^ fair classic. These student exhibitions arc considered a part of the whole affair, and even rival in interest the actual playing of the game. W bile the students are whooping up things on Main Street the heroes of the affair, the football players, will be carted to some quiet place to enjoy a good night's rest. The Gamecocks, in accordance with a custom of several years' standing, will pass the night at Camp Jackson. 1 here are traditions that have grouped themselves about the contest. The cusContinued on Page 6; Column 1) Baker Goes To Furman Attend Geer Installation Bennette Geer Was Elected President Of Furman And G. W.C. Last Summer stallation. Included in the program planned for the visiting representatives will he a luncheon given by the I Diversity and a visit to the Furnian-Mercer football game that afternoon. v. n. o. Weekly Calendar Wednesday?Meeting of the lfypatian and F.uphrosvnean Literary Societies 4:15 p. tn.; Carolina 1" reshmen vs. ( lemson Freshmen, p. m.; IVp Meeting, 8 p. m.; Cotillion Dance, 5 to 8 o tn.; Carolina-Clemson Dances, Lakeview and Gym. 1 hursday?Carolina-Clemson Game, 2 p. m.; Kappa Alpha Tea Dance; German Dance. Friday?I loliday. Saturday?Double cuts. Sunday?Y. M. C. A. and V. \Y\ C. A. Vesper Services, 7 :30 p. m. Monday?Meeting of The Gamccock Staff, 4:30 p. m. Tuesday?Fuphradian and C I a r i osophic Literary Societies, 8 p. m. II a if I