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/ CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA i "" Politics . J| I Seethe ^ M W v? m - Coronation ZsJF^j Tuesday volume xxvn. Ho. ai * ? UNIVERSITY OF Jj SOUTH CAROLINA - COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934 ~ Founded 1908 Brown And S . In Fin Polls Close At Thre< Joe Cardwell And Ted Ninestei: In Run-Off For SecretaryTreasurer By virtue of overwhelming plural tics obtained in the first ract last Tue? day, A. T. (Pott) Brown and Ed Sa longer entered the run-off election ft president of the student body to 1: held today at the sun dial. The pol will close at 3 o'clock. The run-o for secretary-treasurer of the studei body will be between Joe Card we and Ted Ninestcin. In the election last Tuesday, Job Bowdin was elected vice-president < the student body in the first race. II was opposed by W. R. Dunn. Bowdi is a rising senior in the law schoc The count in the vice-presidential ra< stood 474 for Bowdin and 320 f< Dunn. Brown and Sallenger were oppose in the first race by George Stanlc Bryant, R. E. L. Freeman and Alto Brisscy. The count stood Brown, 28; Sallenger, 247; Freeman, 98; Brisse; 90; Bryant, 70. Brown is a rising senior in tl academic school. He is a member < the Kappa Sigma fraternity and fill back on the football team. Salleng< is also a rising senior in the academ school and is a member of the Kapj Alpha fraternity. He is president < the junior class. Ninestcin and Cardwell, separate by only eight votes in the first rac easily outdistanced their two o] (Continued on Page 5; Column 2) Williams Honored By Junior Law Clas Marshall Williams of Orangebui was elected president of the rising junii I law class at a meeting of the class la; I Tuesday in the law building, lie sr.< ceeds Kill Stork of Columbia. I Williams is a member ot the l'l I Kappa Sigma fraterinty and the Claru sophic society. In the election he d< feati'd Bruce Littlejohn and Bill Douj Other officers elected at the same tin were as follows: Vice-president, Clyt (ialniey; secretary and treasurer, Sylv; kcisen; historian, Miss Ethel W'heele (iailiuy and Wheeler were elected by a clamation and Rosen was elected ovi T. T. Moore. Officers Elected By Law Federation Toda The University law federation m I at 10 o'clock this morning in the la I building to elect officers for the cor ing year. All students in the law scho are eligible to vote in the election. Officers for this year are as follow president, Troy Stokes; vicc-presidei J. K. Drchcr; secretary and treasure Tommy Whitesides. The federation is the general gover ing body of the law students and co ducts each year a scries of mo courts. I Aspirants Ra I In Address By Frank H. Haskell, Jr. "Back in the days when the crims sun emblazoned the slender spires the Imperial Ctty; back when the ii mortal Pershing led the valiant alii hosts over the blood drenched grou of Chateau Thierry; even back in t cold, dim dawn of man's beginnii I there were politics! Gentlemen, th< have always been, and there will ways be, politics, and they always v I he dirty," shouted the florid fac Nelson Fortson, in a history niaki extempore speech at the student bo meeting Monday in the chapel. The meeting, starting as a pol it i rally, quickly became a dialogue tween Fortson and the current speak and climaxed in Fortson's imp sionated oratory that was accor< such an ovation that window panes near-by tenements were shattered. allenger al Competition i 3 Legal Frai 1 Initiates Seven [ At Columbia Hotel 1- Windham, Pace, Brown, Mozingo, ; >r Moyle, Douglas And Berry ,c To Become Members Is ^ . 1 ff Seven new members will he initiated lt into the local chapter of Phi Delta Phi, H national legal fraternity, at a banquet to he held tonight at the Columbia hotel. 1 ui 1 he seven were elected at a meeting held -,f last week. I [e 1 he new members to he initiated are: t jn J. M. Windham, Charles Pace, J. W. { ,1. Brown, James Mozingo, S. H. Moyle, -q Hill Douglas, and J. A. Berry. t jr Professor Ben Hodges of the law * school will act as toastmastcr and ex(1 I'nited States Senator Christie Benet of t ;y Columbia will be a gnest. m New officers will be installed at the c j; same time. The new officers are as ^ v, follows: President, Charles Spencer; q secretary and treasurer. Frost Walker; ie historian, Andrew Bethea; clerk, Bill , af 1 lawkins. t 1- All alumni of the fraternity- who live ir in Columbia are invited to attend the ic banquet. At the baiuiuet definite mini- | >a mum requirements for membership will lie decided upon. U. H. C. o, Student Made - Ward Head < 1 ig ''Old Liners" Protest Fiery Speech Stands Out In r Meeting- Of Local Politicians , St c" John Bolt Culbertson, law school senior, was elected president of Ward i 1 in Columbia at a meeting last week , I- 1 ._ in the College Shop. The election is . r- being contested by "old line" Democrats who claim that Culbertson and lc his followers are not qualified voters. The meeting was marked by Cul- ; bertson's assertion that a certain group ' c. had been controlling the ward for years ; LM- and his designation of them as ^ "munipwugs, soreheads, bellyachers, and broken down aristocrats." The meeting had gotten under way 1 when Culbertson entered with about 1 y :io other I'niversitv students. Follow. ing his election, the "old liners" withdraw from the meeting and held anAN other meeting at Burnetts' drug store n" where they elected a rival set of ofol ficers. The contest will be settled at the s: county convention this month. it, The "old-liners" protested against the >r actions of Culbertson and his followers claiming that many who had been resiu dents of Ward One for a number of n- years were held in little consideration ot for positions of convention delegates to the Democratic meet. ve And Rant >es To Students A barrage of stale jokes and heavy on waves of shrinking modesty met the ISO students, assembled in the chapel, as the candidates for student body ofed , j hces spoke. jlc Then, to the accompaniment of ,g> shouts and yells rivaling the caco^re phony of noise produced by small al- boys at a dime matinee, various cain/j|| pus luminaries were called to the stage, ed "I don't know much about politic;? ng but I'll be in there Saturday," dedy clared six-mile Craig, in reference to the track meet. cal "I doan know what she is, but I'm be- for politics," said Carioca Colina. ;0?". The only really serious moment of is* the meeting occurred when Luke Willed liamson, former student body presi>n dent, made a brief talk. He was ac? (Continued on Page I; Column 2) Students Drop ' decent Protest Petition To Withdraw ] 3ouncilers Further Decides To E Count Votes In All Future Elections I lie petition asking for a new Gariet and Hlack election was withdrawn a it the request of its authors at the <1 liccting of the Student Council held li Friday afternoon in Petigru College, c James H. (Toolie) Gressette, presiIcnt of the student body, presided at v he meeting. fl Julian Bradsher, appearing for the >ersons writing and signing the peti- 3 ion, which called for a new election v >11 the grounds that the first one was 0 'legal, asked that it he withdrawn, g I lie council voted to allow the matter o he dropped. - (i It was also decided at this meeting s hat no one but members of the Stu- t lent Council would be allowed to help a ount the votes at any election, and |3 hat the Council take charge of class, is well as student body elections. 1 he petition was signed by approxinalely fifteen students which protested ^ he recent (mnicl and Hlack election on t arious grounds which held that the 'lection departed from usual procedures ^ leretofore. May To Deliver ] Bailey Address Commencement Exercise j Law Student Graduated From \ Bailey In '27, And Wofford In '31 John A. May, law school junior, will make the commencement address at N Uailey Military Academy this year it A-as announced this week. This is the t first time that a University student ' las ever made the commencement ad- . Iress at the institution. i May graduated from Bailey in 11)27 md from Wofford College in I'.Wl. , ^Yhile at the University May has been c m outstanding member of the Ku- ? [>hradian society, serving as president ( lor the first term this year. He is a member of the Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity. ( Sturkie Talks On Sports Over WIS A sports broadcast over station WIS tonight at 8:.HO will feature Douglas Sturkie, University Junior. I The program including a brief resumee of local sports with the gossip angle added. Beginning Monday night Sturkie will appear regularly at 10 o'clock In addition to carrying on his studies as a Journalism student at the University, Sturkie has been on the sports staff of The State since last summer and at one time conducted a column in The Camccock. ?r. s. < .? Euphradian To Have Debate The annual declamation and debating contest of the Kuphradian society will be held at a special meeting of the society next Wednesday night it was decided at a meeting of the society last Tuesday night. The contests were scheduled for the regular meeting next Tuesday night but were delayed a day because of the May Queen coronation and dance. The declamation contest is limited to sophomores and freshmen. The author of each address must be announced by the contestant. The debating contest is limited to juniors and seniors. Contestants will decide their own subjects and may choose either positive or negative side. Medals will be awarded to the winners in each contest. Coronation To Pi Be Tuesday Ball Follows Ceremony J? brilliant Court Will Attend Margaret Ussery In Field House The coronation of Margaret Ussery Me s May Queen, will take place Tuesay evening at 8 o'clock in the field **aui iousc and will be followed by the oronation ball at the gymnasium. The field house will be decorated ^ nth banked ferns, two baskets of "?W owers, four cathedral candelabra, and a|)(j *' ghts. The white throne will be gainst a colorcd background and will j ^ ave an arch over it. The 30 maids ^ 1 'ill wear dresses in the pastel colors j)U * f lavender, blue, pink, yellow and >UriK reen. wa* The flower girls will be Helen Carr | |t>ri nd Cary Bryan, the trumperters, Kel- p.,.)ei ey Foster and Stephen Taber, Jr., and prof< he train bearers will be Sidney Gaines nd Dusay Barber. Stewart Hope will -j-j. ie the crown bearer. rostc Preceding the queen will be her y (j laid of honor, Cornelia Jackson. The years |ueen will wear white mousseline dc a]<| u oie and her train will be pink. Dr. ,)rjct( T. Baker will be presented by the p<)Sj(j resident of the student body, Tully jressette, and will crown her in the ,llt. v (Continued on Pago 4: Column 5) collet Ellis Receives Y Scholarship p kt Blue Ridge College j Tice-President Of Group Here, Wins Coveted Scholarship To Mountain School Off bred KUis, vice-president of the Uni- Oliv 'ersity V. M. C. A., lias been awarded a ( cholarship which will pay all of his .'xpenses for the summer session of he Y. M. C. A. college at Blue Kidgc, iccording to a letter received by 1*11 lis. l'-lect le is one of a small number of students |'. (; elected for tliis work from among sev- |(j- tj ral hundred applicants. inst Ellis has taken an active part in the vork of the Y. M. C. A. at Carolina. S le was president of the sophomore coun- u il. vice-president of the V. M. C. A., I'roi\ uid has recently been elected president ;o se >f the Carolina Christian Service club. j, le is from I leath Springs, and regis- , , , pleas erer as a pre-med student. lie will spend the entire summer at a,u' * lie Y college at Blue Ridge. at tli IT. S. C. ]().?() Hypatians Urged ' To Attend Meeting here All members of the llypatiau Lit- class erary Society are urged to attend the here next meeting, to be held at the usual were time and in the usual place, as a re. versi vision of the roll will be made at this ceive time. Tliev are also reminded that a t omy charge of live cents is made for every \| - S( unexcused absence from a society j meeting. to ri In view of business on hand and . June the penalty of absence the president strongly urges that each and every member take due consideration of f | ibis notice and attend the meeting. Society Adopts New Constitution One hundred and twenty-six years my 1 ago the Clariosophic society at the the University adopted a constitution. be." Last Tuesday night this constitution was voted into the past and a new one was adopted. strc< Under the new constitution there shall be only two presidents per school ')ac' year, whereas formerly there were " three. Also the society has resolved *',at itself into a Clariosophic assembly for ovor the remainder of this year. a Cf The body has been working on this to 1 plan for some time. A committee Rani composed of J. Wiley Brown, H. D. Kleckley, I). Herman Krglc, and J. denl H. Bradsher, the present president, hoy: renovated the old document and pre- wen scntcd it to the society in three sue- Run (Continued on Pago 4; Column 9) 1 he ayne, Dowtin To E< # iles Survive 1 All Dangers f riwether Tells Story ensville Herald Records In 5 ibrary Have Been Through ] Fire And Water i c lilc of the Laurensville Herald, in the South Carolina room at the iry, li:?s literally been through lire water. I he papers have passed gh various dangers, Professor R. eriwether recently pointed out, but greatest of these was a lire which j d the building in which the paper published. he partial hie of the Laurensville , Id is a line addition to the news- * in the South Carolina room," i L-ssor Meriwether declared. The file ] from 1843 to 1911. ic file is in part the gift of Dr. A. r McKissick, Greenville, and of \V. rews, Laurens, who was for some j employed in the office of the Her- j nder his father, the editor and pro- i >r, and later succeeded him to that f on. irty-six numbers of the Herald for cars 1849-51 have been added to the ( -tioii as the gift of the C. X. & L. tad, through the president of the ( any, Mr. John P. Taylor. enn Vacancy ; ? Announced er One Scholarship er So Pleased With Other Carolina Men, He Wishes Another Recommended i cording to T. I-'. Mall, professor of { rical Kngineering here. Dr. Charles livier of the astronomy department le I niversity of Pennsylvania has written him about an unfilled fellow- , in astronomy there, and asking him commend a student for the place. ' . ssor Hall asks all students interested e hint about it. . Olivier wrote that he was so i ed with the work of \V. P. Warner 1 II. M ason, both of whom finished le I diversity of South Carolina in that he wanted Professor Pall to ninenri another man. . I'. Warner, who received his A. P. in 1930, being valedictorian of his , and A. II. Mason, who finished in engineering that same year, both appointed to fellowships to the I'ni- ; tv of Pennsylvania, and both re<1 their Master's degree in astronthere two years ago. Although >n has since that time been connected government service. Warner expects ceive his Doctor's degree there this Columbian Re Remote By Howard Cooper ;*es, I have lived in Columbia all ! life and remember quite a bit about j University campus as it used to Then smilingly. "I used to go i the young men in school there." le sat there gazing across the L't. ic sat there in the sunshine gazing c over the years. 'lien, asked about the celebration followed Carolina's first victory Clcmson the lady went into such dorfnl description of the events as make one think it was a recent ic. Phat night after the Carolina stu1s had gone to bed, the Clemson s inarched upon tlie campus. They c fully armed, having brought their s along for the usual big parade, chapel bell began to ring upon Elected lit Gamecock Pickling Business Mgr. Jabbagha, Haskell, Walker, Hambright, Hughes, Martin Elected Associates J ohii C. Payne was elected editor11-chief of I he Giimccock for (he September semester of 19.14, and Mark Dowtin, managing editor, at the meetngs of the hoard of publications Tuesiay and Wednesday afternoons. Douglas Fickling was elected busiless manager and Judson Gregory, circulation manager. Gregory was lominated from the floor at the board neeting Wednesday afternoon and .vas elected over Robert Brown, who lad been selected Tuesday. Payne has served on the staff for he past three years in the capacities >f fraternity editor, news editor, and issociate editor. He is a member of Mpha Beta and is from Columbia. [Dowtin, of McCormick, has been asiociate managing editor and V. M. C. \. editor. The associate editors will be Frank Hampton Haskell, Jr., Phillip Sab>agha, Pinckncy Walker, Fred R. Hanibright. La Verne Hughes and Elnore Martin. Others on the staff arc: ssociate managing editors, Jack Killca, r. T. Moore and Miles Elliot; news editor, Ellen Freeman; co-ed editor, Mary Ford; sports editor, Howard hooper; feature editor, Miriam Lander; :o-cd news editor, Dorothy Dunovant; fraternity editor, Claud Starr Wright; ilunmi editor, Amelia desChamps; assistant sports editors, Floyd D. (Continued on Page 4; Column 5) Emerson Honored By Christian Association Jacqueline Emerson, junior at the I niversitv, was elected vice-president :>f the South Carolina Student Christian association at a recent meeting at Camp Barstow. Harry Wilson of Presbyterian College was made president. This association is made up of members of the V cabinets of tlie various colleges in the state. The Carolina Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. were represented by 'Jl members at the meeting at Camp Barstow. About GO students from other colleges attended. R. G. Bell, executive secretary of the V here made one of the main addresses. Applications Received For Training Course Applications for the training course leading to professional Boy Scout work are now available at the office in the education building. Applicants must be college graduates and must submit definite proof of leadership ability and character fitness. Applicants must go through an intensive course covering subjects of a professional nature and are then eligible for Boy Scout executiveships. Only those who intend to go into the school professionally are expected to apply. 'members 3 School Days their approach and the sleepers were aroused. Crying 'Carolina this way' the I niversitv men advanced to meet the attackers and it looked like it was going to be a terrible fight. The Clenison boys said they had come to get the transparency, that was the figure of a tiger with a rooster on his back, and had a light inside it. The Carolina men refused to let the Clemson boys burn the figure but finally Christie Benct persuaded the University boys to burn it themselves and thus stopped what would have been a bad scrap." The walls were very high and reached around the campus, the lady said, and all the openings had either turnstiles or gates. Fires were built in the openings with gates at this occasion, "I suppose that is why the (Continued on P?o<* 4; Column 4)