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CROWlNG FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
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? UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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? COLUMBIA, S. C.. FRIDAY. MAY 3. 1935
"Ponnrlpil 1 QfiR
T0MMAULD1
PRESIDEN1
ON F1
Beats Opponents' Total
Marshall Williams And Wilmot
Brown Elected To Other Student
Body Offices
Thomas 1\ Mauldin, rising senior in
the school of commerce was elected
president of the University student
body on the first ballot over three
other candidates last Tuesday.
Mauidin polled 300 votes, a majority
of 20 over the total of the other three.
Joe Card well of Columbia received 10:5,
John Gregg McMastcr of Kingstrcc,
143; and James M. McCutchen of Coluinhia,
07.
Mauldin is a member of Kappa Sigma
Kappa service fraternity, and the
Clariosophic Society. He played
freshman football.
This is the first time in many years
that anyone has won the race on the
first voting, lie is from Pickens.
Marshall Williams, rising senior law
student, was elected vice-president
over John I'. Mozingo. Williams, of
Orangeburg, received -172 votes, while
Mozingo, of Darlington, received :?()().
Williams is president of the junior
law class, president of Pan-Hellenic,
and a member of the Clariosophic Society.
Robert Wilmot Brown, rising junior
in the academic school, was chosen
secretary and treasurer of the student
body with I'.Kt votes. His opponent,
W. R. Bruce of Columbia, polled 272.
Brown, of Rock Hill, holds a sophomore
class office, and is a member of
the Euphradian Society and the Y. M.
C. A.
U. 8. C.
Gonzales. Medal
Given Thursday
Dunaway Wins Honor
Speaks On "Youth's Challenge"
In Euphradian Hall. Two
Others Compete
R. A. Dunaway, freshman at the
university, last night won the William
K. Gonzales medal awarded annually
to the best orator on the campus. The
contest was held in the Kuphradian
Society hall, and two other contestants
spoke. I hey were Harper Welborn,
who spoke on "American Optimism,"
and Don Ham, who spoke on "All the
World as a Stage."
Judges were J. Rion McKissick,
dean of the school of journalism, and
J- I1.. Norwood, professor of Knglish.
All students at the university are
eligible to try for the medal, established
by Robert K. Gonzales soon
after he finished school here in 1000.
He died December 1010 at 1\1 Paso,
fcxas, while on the Mexican border
v-'th a machine company of the South
Carolina guards. He established The
Gamecock on the campus in 100S and
was the first editor. Since his death
1 s 'ainily continues to give the medal.
Committees Comrr
May Day
Meeks Heads Group
Ten Committees Organized Comprising
Thirty-Seven Members;
Work Diligently
' rank T. Mccks, faculty chairman of
be University May Day celebration
lonnniitee, warmly commends members
of the committee in charge of the activities
of that day.
W ith the cooperation from them that
he has already received, he says that be
anticipates the most successful May Day
i"ver observed here.
1 he committee on invitations consists
J- M. Daniel, chairman; R. 1).
Bass, and J. A. Stoddard. Those in
charge on registration will be: R. C.
Johnson, chairman; J. J. Petty, and W.
D. Strother.
I he largest committee is that in charge
of exhibits. The ten members of the
faculty on it are: ti. I.. Sumwalt, chair(Continued
on P?oe 4; Columt #)
'N WINS
7AL RACE
RST BALLOT
Student Body President
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Tom Mauldin
Wi7/ Present
Air Program
Johnston Makes Speech ,
New Feature Over W. I. S. To Outline
Educational Aspects Of
University To State
Tlit' University School of the Air
will feature a thirty minute radio program
to he presented each Friday
afternoon from '? to r?::t? through the
courtesy of radio station \Y. I. S. The ]
program will hring to the people of
the state the work of the university.
I he program will he inaugurated hy
Governor Olin I). Johnston and President
of the I iiiversity Leonard I*.
Baker. 1 he University Symphony orchestra
will play several features. Purpose
of the program is to present the
educational aspects of the University
to people of the state.
University Will Offer
Scholarship In Violin j
There will he a working scholarship
in violin at the I'nivcrsity of
South Carolina available for next
year, according to an announcement
l?y Madame Felice de II. r- I
vatli, head of the violin department
at the University.
This scholarship has heen held I
for the past two years hy William
Humphries, a senior who recently
gave his graduating recital in violin.
I hose interested can secure further
information from Madame de
Horvath.
xended For
Celebration Work
Closing Exercise
Will Be June 5
Despite the catalogue and reports
to the contrary Coninicnccnu :it exercises
will he held on Wednesday. June
Mil, instead of Tuesday, June Ith. ac 1
cording to John A. Chase, Jr., registrar
of the I'nivcrsity. It is important
that seniors notice this change of the
commencement date.
I he Haccalaureate services will he
held on Sunday evening. June 2nd, at
the Fheiiezcr Lutheran Church. The
Rev. Ahdc Ross Went/, of the Lutheran
Theological Seminary at (?ettys- <
hurg, Pa., will deliver the address. 1
The Literary Societies exercises and
celebration will he the feature of Monday,
June .'trd. Tuesday, June Ith will
he known as Alumni Homecoming Day
and on this date the annual meeting of
(Continued on Pago 6; Column I)
Cooper Will Y
Edit Paper
Gamecock StalT Elected! D<
Tom Moore Will Be Managing W>
Editor, And Atherton Whaley
Business Manager
Howard Cooper, risenior in the, <
School Hi Journalism, was elected ed- sell
itor of The Gamecock for the first ive
semester oi next year at a meeting of to
the hoard of publications held yes- Ga
terday afternoon. I 0111 Moore, junior gin
in the I.aw School, was made niatiag- vol
ing editor. Retiring editor and He
managing editor are l'hilhp Sahbaga, I
Columbia, and Miles Klliott, Summer- stu
ville. t|i j
Atherton \\ halev, sophomore in the cir
school ?>f Engineering, was chosen 1
business manager. at
Cooper, whose home is in I.aureus, tin
was formerly Sports Kditor of The wa
Gamecock and is now manager of the Fe
baseball team. Moore, who lives in the
Lykesland, was business manager of ha:
The Gamecock in 1JKU, and is a mem- in
her of Alpha Beta and O. I). K. of
Whaley. a resident of Columbia, is also 1
an Alpha Beta, and is vice-president op|
jf Chemical Seminar. nes
Kleanor Weidernian, 1'arris Island, J
and l'rancis Williams, of Anderson, lee
ivcre elected Co-ed Kditor and Sports ovi
Kditor, respectively, Fred Kllis, of pol
Heath Springs, was made manager of
the circulation department. cei
(Continued on Paoe 8; Column 2)
Will Elect
New Board
Vote Next Monday "U
Mnrdaugh Declared Eligible; Fos- *n
ter Withdraws From Race.
Polls Close At 2 O'clock
A new election for student representatives
to the Athletic Advisorv "SC1
est
Board will be held next Monday za,
from !) A. M. until 1*. Nfpresident sjj
of the student body. John Bowden,
announced yesterday afternoon after
conferring with Dr. Baker and Dr.
Foster. of
Richard Foster, whose name ap- Co
peared on the ballots last week, has Ch
withdrawn from the race in the mean-' tin
lime, Bowden said ye>terday. Ibis! |m
leaves only three contestants, two of i wi
whom w ill be elected. 1 hey ;ire: L-a;
Randolph Mnrdaugh. l.orenzo Taylor I |
;ind Delmar X. Rivers. ! c/r
fhe original election was protested j H;
and .^topped after the voting was a , at
liout half over. I he reason lor the tin
protest was a claim ilia; Randolph nit
Mnrdaugh was ineligible lor the po- tin
(Continued on Paoe 4; Column t)
Gridsters Gobb
Hamper
By Hunt Graham ; J
It was not a battle oi bulls a< is so ^ to
idiaracteristic of football players, hut a i;">
hat lie of nuts. with each ol .seven of mo
Carolina's gridsters who met Friday i". bo;
the mess hall and tried lraiilicalh to i ,iti<
i-at or drink more e.n.cs than the other, i
After preliminary eatiniis had been
conducted by Boyd lluehcs ;md Jack j ha
Fvans, the managers, seven ablc-lxulied j v"'
members of the I aroliu.a .et'id le.uu were i
still in the running, each yelping with ,n"
i;lee and callin.u for more ei;i;?. 1
More en.es were brought out and Joe
l lalfy at once sprang into an early lead, j ^
Paul (ialTnev and Tom Craig were close j (
n his heels, however, and caught up j11 ,
with him at the count of 21. j
I U re. all the contestants, except \\ alker !
Hunter, stripped their shirts from al>out j " '
I hem and not down to real business. I>ut ! ^
uot Hunter?he was enjoying the enns .
and just t<> prove it. he ordered six more *
as soon as he had tiiii>hed his 25th.
Bud Alexandei had been eating silently, )()|
as if ibis was the last meal he would ever
levour, until Buddy Morchead, one of I
I lie judges, asked which way he would
like his next pieces of hen fruit cooked. 1(i(
Whereupon, the captain-elect smiled so
wearily, pushed his plate as far from bun
is |K?ssible, and retorted:
"1 think I'll punch my ticket now." ?
rear Book
Staff Chosen
owling Named Editor!
eston Bryan Will Be Business j_
Manager Of Next Year's
Annual
?. G. Howling, rising senior in the
ipol of Arts and Sciences at tin- unrsitv,
yesterday rcccivcd -lr>:t votes
l>e elected editor-in-chief of the |
met and Black over Freeman Cogis
of Columbia who received l.W
es. Dowling's duties begin next fall.
succeeds Wesley Walker.
t took almost four hours for several
dents to finish counting the more
in i KM ballots cast in the ODK
cle.
fowling is from Greenwood. He is
present acting business manager of
; annual, since Glenn Nelson, who
s elected last year, left school in
bruarv. Dowling was manager of
boxiiifr team the last season, and .
s otherwise taken a prominent part ~
student activities. He is a member
Sigma Nu fraternity.
erbcr Bryan of Sumter, un- 1
posed in his race, was elected busies
manager.
>ara \\ illiamson of Sumter was e- g
ted senior editor, with :t 1G votes,
it May Belser of Columbia, who <
lied 2HU. *
lack Killea of Owego, X. Y., rcved
:ilO votes to win the athletic
(Continued on Pag* 4; Column 2)
U. 8. C.
To Organize
Science Frat;
i
nder Mrs. Rosamonde
itiation Of Pi Gamma Nu In f
Columbia Hotel May 11; Of- c
ficials To Speak
I'i Gamma Mil, national social <
ence honor society, will be the newadditional
to the fraternal organi- t
lions on the campus of the Univer- s
y of South Carolina, according to 1
*s. Rosamonde of the sociology dc- d
rtment, organizer of the group,
initiation and the formal beginning c
the society will take place in the (
luinhia Hotel Friday, May tl. Dr. "
larles A. kllwood, national head of '
organization, and president of the
tcrnational Congress of Sociology.
II be the principal speaker of the oc-j
don.
)r. Patterson Wardlaw, Prof. G.
oft Williams, and Prof. Charles
iidy Waterfall are faculty members I
the I'nivcrsity already enrolled in
society. Thirty-one other faculty :
iinl>ers and students will make tip
charter membership of the organi
(Continued on Page 4; Column 2)
le Up 1
Of Hen-fruit
|oe ClaMy's appetite had just begun
grow when this happened, lie looked
>und at Boyd Hughes, who was heaning
the fact that all the fun the
> s were having was at his expense,
I asked.'
'What time <1?? you serve supper i
und here? And by the way, it yon I
re any chickens back there. 1 wish | _
i would try me one real light !"
ith Bud Alexander out of the runig.
Walker Hunter, the man on whom j
ne had been so optimistic as to bel I
i" 1 to lead the held, relaxed and j
wed signs of non-chelae. lie asked!
a Murad but no one had one, so he j 1
ii.lined nonchalant just the same. jc
The table was now growing to look I
i* a poultry farm just after a hurricane, ('
egg-shells were scattered all over
and occasional splotches could lie I 1
ed where some of the contestants had
lied a half -cooked piece of yolk on the s
th. But this did not worry the grid '
n?they were used to making messes 1
t of things, particularly the opponent's s
i's.
In a few minutes, Paul Gallfncy and '
b John examined their bellies and z
ind there was no more room in them, r
they joined the spectators. Again a '
>k of benevolence appeared on Hun- '
s face. I
(Continued on P*o? I; Column 1)
MAY DAY FE.
DRA WS 77]
HIGH SE
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All Seniors Must Take
Re-check By Eleventh
All Seniors of the class of
arc required to report at the Wallace
Thompson Infirmary for a reclicck
of their physical examinations,
which were taken when they
entered the University.
This re-checking began April 24,
the time has hcen extended to May
11. The Infirmary is open from
10::{<)-12:00 A. M. and 3:00-5:00 1'.
M.
Seniors are required to take this
re-check before a degree from the
University is granted.
X. B. Heyward,
Physician in Charge.
Thurmond To \
Withdraw Bill
Dn Oath For Teachers
Senator From Edgefield Informs
Clariosophic Society As To
Decision
Senator J. Strom Thurmond, of
idgefield, informed a committee from
he Clariosophic Literary Society
.Vedncsdav afternoon that he would
oon withdraw his bill requiring all
eachers in this state to swear alegiance
to the government.
The committee, composed of Alton
irissey, president: and Julian Brad;her
and Bob Punaway, members;
ailed upon Senator Thurmond in the
udiciary Committee room at the statclouse
in response to the Senator's repiest.
Senator Thurmond told his visitors
hat he was going to propose a subtitnto
bill which would make it unawful
for anyone in this state to teach
loctrines undermining the government.
The bill is to be drawn up in cooperation
with representatives of South
Carolina teachers, and American
(Continued on Pnoe 4; Column 2)
Deadline Set For Caps,
Gowns May 14th, 15th
All seniors must have tluir orders
for caps and gowns in not later
than May 1 according to Shack
McCrady. president of the senior
class. A representative of the company
will be at the treasurer's office
from to .*> o'clock on the afternoon
of May 14 and l.">, to take measure
ments of those wishing caps and
gowns.
The senior class invitations will
be here on May 10 and will be dis
played in the canteen by McCrady. j
All applicants for the invitations
mu>t present their receipts.
Jj
University Get
In High
Frosh Co-eds
Organize Club;
Carolina's new scholastic organization.
the Polumphdian Club, was re- i
ently formed by freshman girls of the:
niversity whose average has been a
1!" or more.
The purposes of the club are to cnourage
students to work towards Phi
teta Kappa; to promote good fellowhip
among women students; to furlur
maintain the honor system, and
o develop more interest in cultural
tudies.
Officers of the Club arc: Jane Bradcy,
president; Charlotte Kllen Corine,
vice-president; Mary Willis, sccetary
and treasurer. Honorary mem>ers
of the club, all of whom arc Phi
Seta Kappa members, are: Dean E1i<->tt.
Mrs. Sweeny, Mrs. Hawkins, and
drs. Wimberlv.
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STIVAL
{OUSANDS
NIORS HERE
May 10 Celebration Date
Motion Pictures, Band Concert,
Exhibits, "Bag Rush" To
Feature Program
Carolina's greatest May Day celebration
will take place next Friday, May 10.
Seven thousand seniors from every high
school in the stale have been invited to
attend, according to Prof. Frank T.
Meeks, chairman of the May Day celebration.
Anne Jones, recently electcd University
May Queen, will be crowned with
lavish ceremony at 7:30 in the Field
House, as the climax of a day packed
with entertaining and educational features
designed for the high school seniors
and the student body of the University.
Immediately following the coronation
will be the May Queen's Ball,
starting at 9 o'clock, music by the University
of South Carolina Gamecock orchestra.
Dr. L. T. Baker, president of the University,
will welcome the visitors at the
general assembly to be held at Drayton
llall from 12 to 1 o'clock. James
11. Hope will speak on the "Future of
Education in South Carolina" and Coach
Don McCallister will make a short talk.
Others on the assembly program will be
W. 1). Nixon, president of the state
teachers association, J. P. Coates, secretary
of the organization, and John G.
Kelly, state high school inspector. Music
will be a part of the program, Madame
I-clice dellorvath giving a violin solo
accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Cur ran
Jones. Carolina students and the gen(Continued
on Page 8; Column 2)
Admit Your Age
Yells K. S. K.
Drive To Raise Money
Each Student Asked. To Contribute
One Cent For Each Year Of
His Age To Aid. Program
"Admit your age." With that slogan
as their motto the K. S. K. tag drive to
raise money to feed the High School
seniors, who will be guests of the University
at the May Queen celebration
' n May 10th, eels under way. A penny
i for eaeli year of the Students' life will
he the contribution asked in this drive.
file average age of C arolina students
I is 2<i.J and that of the faculty in 45.
i With ,i registration of over 1,200 students
I the drive should be pressed to a successtul
c inclusion, provided every stuI
dent does his hit.
Together with the drive is the oppor|
?mi it \ lor many students of the Unii
wrsity to attend the Carolina free.
Through the courtesy of Warren Irwin,
of tin Palmetto Theatres Corp.,
! C arolina passes have been offered as
prizes to the girl and to the Ixys selling
the greatest number of tags. First
prize for the girls is live passes, second
is three passes, and third is two
(Continued on Page 4; Column 3)
s Credit
School Week
Exhibits Attract Many
Lockwood Pleased With Cooperation
Of Faculty And Students
In Putting On Program
South Carolina's most successful High
School Week came to a close at the
University last Friday. It was estimated
that more than 1.X00 people visited the
campus during the three day program of
the scholastic and athletic competition. ?.
"With a registration of more than double
any other High School Week in the
twenty-three years of the High School
League's existence, wc were more than
pleased with this year's meet," commented
Charles M. Lockwood, secretary-treasurer
of the League.
"Credit should be given especially to
the student body and the faculty of the
University for their splendid cooperation
in making the whole program an outstanding
success," continued Mr. I.ock(Continued
on Pag* 4; Column 4)