The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 15, 1933, Image 1
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UNIVERSITY OF Jk SOUTH CAROLINA
I i COLUMBIA, S. 0., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15,1933 ^~T~77Z7n
Seven Men
Are Initiated
Into O. D. K.
Were Tapped In Chapel :
Dean Bradley Praiaps Works Of
Honorary Fraternities In
Campus Activities
Seven prominent students were initiated
into, the local circle of Omicron Delta
Kappa, national honorary leadership fra- '
ternity, last Wednesday night at a meet- 1
ing of the fraternity at the Pi Kappa
Alpha liouse. The students initiated were
as follows: D. G. Ellison, Jr., Roy
Powell, George Hart, Ed Sallenger, Harold
Mauney, Billy VVetmore, and Jhomas J
Jefferson Craig.
The initiates had previously been formerly
tapped at services held in the .
chapel 1 uesday morning. The exercises i
at that time were brief and consisted,
aside from the actual tapping, of short i
talks by Dean Bradley and James Brails- (
ford, president of the local circle. Brad- ]
ley pointed out the place that honorary (
fraternities have made for themselves ,
(5ii the campus and lauded the services
that they have performed. Brailsford (
said that O. D. K. needed no introduction t
and pointed out the outstanding quality (
of all men elected.
The next election of members to the c
fraternity will take place in the spring s
J. B. Gibson, speaker of the South
Carolina House of Representatives, \V.
N. Manning, candidate for governor of
the state, and Brantley Harvey, state senator
from Beaufort, all of whom were
recently elected honorary members, will
be initiated at an early date.
D. I. O. J
Petty Adds
To Collection
Gathers Fulgerite Tubes (
Phenomena Due To Lightning i
Striking Sand, Thus Making
It Into Glass
Fifty tubes of fulgerite have been col- ,
lected from the sand pits of this state by
Julian J. Petty, associate professor of
geology at the University. Professor
Petty has made the most extensive study
of fulgerites that has been made in this
state.
Fulgerite results when lightning strikes
sand. The sand heats, and forms glass.
Fulgerite was definitely proven to be
due to lightning striking sand in Aylesford,
England, when a man carrying a
walking stick was struck by lightning. ,
The lightning ran down the stick into
the ground, fusing some of the sand. I
The first description of fulgerite was
made by David Hermann in 1711. A
tube about 26 feet long was found near
Massel, Silesia, in 1706. Fulgerites were i
then used as ornaments or charms to cure ,
"fevers, virulent and febrile diseases."
The First trace of these tubes in South
Carolina was reported in 1886. It was
found near a well in Sumter. Since
then some specimens have been brought
to the Geological Laboratory at the University
for identification, and a more extensive
study has been made.
"1 have found fulgerite in every sand
pit that I've been in," says Professor
Petty.
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Student Directory Will
Come Out In January
The student directory will he published
by the first week in January,
it was announced. It is sponsored by
the Blue Key Honor fraternity, which
published it last year also. John Bolt
Culbertson is the editor and J. Wiley
Brown, the business manager.
The directory contains the names
and addresses of all the students at
the University. It has been printed
a number of years, and has proved a
valuable aid to students and others.
Merry
Four Named
By Faculty
For __Tryouts
p?r Rhodes^Scholarship
Vm Compete With" Other State
Colleges; Winner Goes To
District Contest
The University faculty"appointed four
students to represent the University in
the statc fyouts for the Rhodes scholarships
at a recent meeting. The four appointed
were Hey ward Clarkson, Frank
urham, Jack Fishbume, and Romeyn
VVestervelt. These four will go into the
tate contest to be held in Columbia on
January 2. They will compete against
he representatives of other South Carolina
colleges and the winner will go to
Atlanta where he will compete in the
district contest at which the recipients of
scholarships will be selected.
Durham and Fishburnc are undergraduates
in arts and science. Durham was
editor of The Carolinian last year and
Fishbume is a member of the track team*
Jarkson is in the law school and Wester-'clt
is a graduate student in science
Year before last the University sent
-arlislc Roberts, then a law student, to
Atlanta but he was eliminated in the
hstrict contest.
Professor J. E. Norwood is in charge
)f the applications for Rhodes scholarihips
in Columbia.
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Group Meets
At Richmond
Athletic Moguls Gather
Southern Conference Will Discuss
Recently Passed Ruling On
Scholarship
Announcement that the annual Southern
conference meeting will be held on
February 23 and 24 at Richmond, Virginia,
was made yesterday by Dr. Ralph
K. I'oster, director of student activities.
The meeting will be the second of the
recently reorganized Southern conference.
Last year at the regular meeting of the
conference the great split arose which
resulted in the forming of the Southeastern
conference from teams in the
clqep South. Subsequently a meeting of
the old conference was held in Richmond
and a reorganization was accomplished.
The University representatives will
probably be Dr. Foster, Head Coach
Laval, and Assistant Coach Norman.
Foster is a member of the powerful executive
committee and Laval is on the
football committee. Norman is a member
of the basketball committee.
Perhaps the foremost problem before
the conference this year will be the contest
over the recently passed ruling requiring
athletes to pass the equivalent of
24 semester hours each year in order to
be eligible to compete.
Dr. Foster, commenting on the ruling,
said that lie would be bound by the recent
faculty action approving the rule.
U. H. O.
Hypatian Elects
New Recorder
Lois Turnbull, of (iraniteville, was
unanimously elected recorder of the Hypatian
Literary Society at its meeting
Wednesday afternoon in the Clariosophic
Hall. Miss Turnbull is well known on
the campus. She is treasurer of thi
Y. \V. C. A., Pan-Hellenic representative
of Sigma Kappa Sorority, Kapp;
Sigma Kappa, and assistant secretar\
of the Carolina Christian Service club.
^ eggy Black, the society's representative
on the debating council, urged all ol
the girls to "go out for" debating. Th<
team expects to make many trips this
year.
It was voted that there would be s
meeting of the society every week. Ii
was also voted that there would be m
meeting the week that we return tc
school after the holidays.
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Laval
Board O. K. 9s
Loan Request
Budget Gets Approval
New Buildin^TwiiT Be Erected
With Money Borrowed From
P. W. A.
The contract of head coach "Billy" Lava!
was renewed at the regular December
meeting of the Board of Trustees last
Wednesday. The renewal came on the
recommendation of President L. T. Baker
and the athletic advisory board. No action
was taken 011 the contracts of assistant
coaches which, with Laval's, expire
on January 1. Assistant coaches are
engaged by the athletic advisory board
011 the recommendation of the head coach.
It is understood that Laval's contract
called for a salary of $5,0()0 as compared
to the salary of $8,000 which lie received
011 first coming to the University. In
January, Laval begins his seventh year
as head coach here. Formerly lie was at
I" urman. Assistant coaches now at the
University are the following: "Whitcy"
Rawl, backlield football and freshman
baseball coach; Curran Hughey, assistant
football coach; \V. A. Norman, freshman
football, varsity track, and freshman
basketball coach.
At the same time the Board approved
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23 To Join
Spirit Club
K. S. K. Holds Meeting
Initiation Ceremonies Postponed
Until Shortly After Christmas
Holidays
Twenty-three additional men were
elected to Kappa Sigma Kappa, local
spirit fraternity, at a recent meeting of
the fraternity. At a previous meeting
fourteen new men had been elected.
Initiation, which was to have been held
last night, was deferred until after the
Christmas holidays by vote of the fraternity.
Lack of preparation for the initiation
and the press of work 011 the officers
of the club was given as the reason
for the postponement. Newly elected
men will be notified by mail of the date
of the initiation.
(Continued on Pa<jo 4; Column 4)
I Dere Santa W
Fill My St<
"1 d like for Santa Clans to bring me
a cap pistol, a false face with a long
beard, and a Jew's (juice?) harp," declared
Troy Stokes, juvenile ex-president
of the Student Body, Wednesday
night, in a symposium interview in which
the great people of the Carolina campus
bared their very souls to the glaring light
of publicity.
A plethora of lazy people was discovered
by this great survey, undertaken
by two enterprising young Gamcco^k reporters.
Two out of three people (you
count cm) want either a bicycle or a
1 tricycle."
Pete Coggcshell, iuconoclastic and dignified
sophomore, declared emphatically
1 that lie was busy, and anyway "There
ain't 110 Santa Clans." (The heartless
young infidel, destroying our youthful
ambitions and childish hopes like that!)
1 J. Wiley Brown (busting into print on
the subject of Santa Clans after three
' years of trying)?"I want a passing grade
011 all my law courses and a free trip to
1 Florence."
t Luke Williamson ( black space
? to assert the old crack about great
? minds)?"I want a passing grade 011 all
my law exams."
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W. L. "Billy" Laval, University Head
tended for another year.
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Makes Hit
Russians Give Program C
World Famous Chorus Present 1
Songs And Folk Dances To
Small Audience
Aided by well executed lighting effects
and a colorful ensemble of Russian cos- V
tumcs, Madame Agreneva Slaviansky's 11
world-famous Russian chorus presented *
a delightful program of Russian and '1:
Gypsy dances, and vocal selections at st
Drayton Hall, Wednesday night.
Mademoiselle Mara Slaviansky. daughter
of the conductor, was the reigning ?
soloist of the evening.
The program varied from the highly
classical, in which Mademoiselle Slavian- ,
el
sky ? rich, young voice reached perfection,
to the light and humorous folk
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songs in which the entire group sung in ,
a smooth, delightful combination. ^
A highly appreciated part of the en- u
tertainment was the presentation of sev- ?
eral Russian folk dances led by the oi
smallest member of the chorus. a,
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Tiny Rivers?"A tricycle, a package of t,
Golden Grain, and a pint of what-have t|
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J. Rion McKissick?"I'd like for Santa
Clans to bring me enough money for me g
to give the University a student activities
building." (The Colonel must be get- "1
ting worried about the ceiling.) *
A bashful O. I). K. who finally revealed
his name as Marion 1 lolman?
"A blonde who isn't dizzy."
Anne Moore?"A fur coat like Mar- ;,|
garet Sullivan had in 'Only Yesterday.'" ^
I'rost Walker?"A good complete notebook
in 'Negociable Instruments."
Dutch Willard?"A machine for the
extermination of pink elephants, and an
inexhatist ible supply of socks." '
Avis I hint?"A doll with long hair, ^
eyes that open and shut, and a melodi- ,);
ous 'Ma-ma.' " '
Chick Hrown?"A big chew of tobacco "
and a l>ic>cle." ?
Windy Robinson?"A tricycle, roller 111
skates, and a cowboy out lit."
Mope Goble?"A police uniform ar.d fl'
a year's subscription to 'True Detec- ^
tive.'" k o!
Dink Gaines?"A tennis racket and a w
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Students To 2
Be Employed I
)n College's Property P
'hose Who Need Money To Remain
In School May Register n
For Work
Official notice has been sent from
Washington to the members of the Xaonal
Association of State Universities
lat students enrolled in those colleges T
living C. \V. A. work done on the initution's
property may register for part y
me employment.
Dr. George F. Zook has stated in a
tter to the members of the association
lat:
"I have been informed that students w
irolled in colleges and universities are ii
igible to register with employment ii
tencies referred to in topic four of those w
gulations. Arrangements have been
lade with the National Reemployment 01
ervice whereby students so registering si
ill be referred to the college jobs. They \\
lav then be assigned tor part time work d;
11 Civil Works projects which have been n
uthorized in the regular way at the in- Ii
itutions themselves. al
"These projects, as indicated in the n
revious communication include repairs, a
nprovements, and extensions to the h
uildings and grounds in publicly conolled
schools, colleges and universities, o
According to this plan, those students 1
: Carolina who need the money thrived b
> remain in school, may register for
le work at the City Market building
i Assembly Street. o
Students wishing to register, should a
et in touch with R. (I. Hell at the 'V.
yi Kappa Phi ;;
Has Celebration
ai
The University chapter and the local
umni association of the Ti Kappa Phi
aternity celebrated the twenty-fifth an- ?
iversary of the fraternity's founding
ist Saturday night with a dinner fol>wed
by a dance at the Jefferson hotel,
lie national president of Pi Kappa 1 'hi.
r. A. Pelser Wagner, head of the detriment
of ancient languages at Wil
am and Mary College, was present for
ie occasion as was A. Harvey Mixo.>
I Charleston, one of the two surviving
letnbers of the first chapter.
There were about ninety at the bannet,
including delegates from Furman,
/offord, Presbyterian College, College
f Charleston and the University. There
ere also a large number of alumni prisit.
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Eight Games
Now Qn List
'ive Are In Conference
illanova Game Still Unsettled;
Opening Tilt With Erskine
Instead Of Wofford
The football schedule for next fall
is been sharply curtailed and games
ill be restricted to st;ite and Southern
iponents according to the announcement
ade yesterday by Dr. Ralph K. Foster,
rector of student activities. Up to the
"esent eight games have been scheduled
; compared to the eleven games played
'ring the past season. At the same
me Dr. Foster announced that negotiions
are now under way with Villanova
it as yet no agreement has been reached.
The schedule next year has a decided
inference atmosphere with five confericc
opponents listed. Besides Clemson,
orth Carolina State, and V. P. I., all of
"Inch were played this year V. M. I.
id \\ ashington and Fee have been
Fled to the list. This year Duke has
isputed the Gamecock's claim to colanipionship
of the Southern conference
. cause while Duke won four conferice
victories South Carolina won but
iree. Both were unbeaten within the
inference.
\\ ithin the state the University will
lay, besides Clemson, Furman and the
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Planets Will
Brighten Sky
Juring Christmastide
renus, Mars, And Saturn Will Be
In Most Brilliant Stages; Sirius
Also Outstanding
During the Christmas season, students
ill have the unusual opportunity of seeig
Venus, Saturn, and Mars together
i the early evening sky, says Dr. Edard
C. Coker, professor of astronomy.
The brilliant planet Venus, which far
utshines every other thing, in the night
<y with the exception of the moon,
ill reach its brightest during the holiiv
season. Saturn, which may be recogized
by its steady light with no twinkng,
will be to the left of and not tar
hove Venus. A third planet. Mars,
lay be seen early in the evening just
iter dark, below Venus and between
er and the horizon.
The most brilliant of all stars, "I-ord
f the Winter Nights," Sirius, or the
>og Star, will rank next to Venus in
rilliance during the winter months.
Orion, the great constellation with the
>vo bright stars and the famous belt
t Orion, may be seen in the southeast
bout nine o'clock.
"Students who spend the holidays in
le country will have a fine chance to
ppreciate the sparkling brilliance of
ie winter sky," says Doctor Coker. "Get
lit in the country away iroin the glow
nd haze of the city lights," lie advises,
und you will see one thousand times
s many stars as you could in the city."
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Christmas Holidays
Begin Wednesday
Christinas holidays will begin next
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock and
will extend until Wednesday morning,
January 3 at S o'clock it was announced
yesterday by Registrar John
A. C base. As usual, double cuts will
count 011 two days before and after
the holidays. Though the holidays begin
and end in the middle of the week
they will run for two.weeks, approximately
the same length of time allowed
in former years.
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