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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Allotment German Granted Initiates UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Volume XXIX, No. 3 COLUMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1935 Founded 1908 Stadiu A.K.G. Plans Gala Affair At Field House Oct. 19 Entire Student Body Invited To Come To Carnival Sponsored By Honorary Sorority The entire student is invited to at tend a carnival sponsored by Alpha Kappa. Gamma, honorary leadership sorority, at the field house on Saturday, October 19. Each booth at the carnival will be arranged and managed by two so rorities. A portion of the field house will be reserved for dancing with mu sic to be furnished by the Ajax Or chestra. Bingo tables, games of chancc, for tune telling, and various other amuse ments will be provided for the oc casion. Refreshments will be sold by the various sororities and members of Alpha Kappa Gamma. Sally Bailey, president of Alpha Kappa Gamma, is in charge of the carnival. Six new members have been chosen for the leadership sorority and will be tapped in chapel Tuesday morn ing by the members of O. D. K. hon orary leadership fraternity. Arrangements are being made for a general meeting of representatives from Vria%4 chapters of Alpha Kappa Gamma in Columbia next month to be sponsored by the chapter here. -U. S. C. Damas Members Initiated Tuesday Four Vacancies Left Club Decides To Help Buy Sliding Doors So Dance Clubs Can Use Gym Initiation of new members into the Damas dance club was held Tuesday afternoon in the chapel. One hundred girls are allowed as the total number in the club each year and there are still four vacancies to be filled. A call meeting has been announced for next Tuesday when girls will be selected to fill these places. It was decided that the Damas would aid in buying sliding doors for the gymnasium. The four dance clubs on the campus have obtained per mission to use the gymnasium for dances this year provided an arrange ment is made to protect the equip ment. The large doors are to be placed at the back of the' gym and will be closed during dances so that the material cannot be damaged. -U. ..0 Deadline Set', For Pictures Deadline for pictures in The Gar niet and Black is Tuesday, October 22. Pictures will be taken at T6al's Stu dio, 1435 Main Street, and no pic tures will be made after the above date, according to G. G. Dowling, ed itor. The iheme of the Garnet and Black is historical, depicting the wars in which South Carolina has played a part and the various developments through which the state has passed. Due to a provision in this year's con tract, pictures for the class section must be in Atlanta by November 1. Thus, all pictures have to be made by October 22 in order that- the neces sary number of prints be made up. Anyone wishing to purchase an an nual may secure it at Toal's Studio, or from 0. 0. Dowling and 0. Wer ber 1}ryan. m An BlueKeyElect. New Officers Vice-President Chose Willie Carpenter Of Greenvill Will Assume Duties Immediately William Carpenter of Greenville w; elected vice-president of Blue Key fr ternity at a recent meeting. Sever; new members were voted on, but the names have not been revealed as ye Randolph Murdaugh gave a repo on the Blue Key Directory. Accor< ing to Murdaugh, distribution of t1 directory will begin by October 16. Saturday, November 16, was set the date for the fall luncheon. A con mittee was appointed by the presidel to make arrangements for the affa Serving on this committee are: W lie Carpenter, Marshall Williams, at Gus Pearlman. Doctors Kilpatrick, and Copenhavc and Professor Roberts were preser An official welcome was extended Pr fessor Roberts, who has return< after a year at Columbia University. Law Elections May Be Illega There is a possibility that the fres man law class election yesterday mor ing will be protested, Tom Mauldi president of the student body, in mated when he said that the electio was unconstitutional because the vc ing is supposed to be done on tl fourth Saturday after matriculaiic which would be tomorrow instead yesterday. There will be a meeting of the St dent Council soon, Mauldin said, which time legality of the election w be decided. Members of the coun< will be notified as to the time and pla of the meeting and all are urged attend because, in addition to tl matter, plans for the current semest will be mapped, remarked Preside Mauldin. At the meeting yesterday mornit Tony Fanning of Springfield w elected president. Howard Burns Greenwood was elected vice-presidei Gettys was chosen secretary and Sar uel McFadden of Chester was nami (Continued on Page ti Column i) Gamecock Will Not Come Out Next Week Since a holiday is being giver the student body next week, Th< Gameock will not appear until th Clemson issue. The Staff hope that the entire student body wil see the boys beat Citadel, and un til Wednesday .Oct. 23 we bid yor farewell. Frosh Have Distant Home No less than 161 high schoo throughout the south and east contril uted to the freshmen classes at tI University this year, according to fil u;es recently released by the regi trar. Not counting freshmen tran fers and students entering the freel man class fr,om prep schools, Carolir has 47 students from other states wi were sent here immediately upon grat uating from their high schools. Sixteen states and one foreign cout try (Bolivia), helped make up tt University's most cosmopolitan fresl man class in its history. Freshme journeyed to Carolina from as i west as Oklahoma; the east was co ered all the way from northernmoi Connecticut to the southern point < Florida. Other states* sending ne students are: Georgia, North Car< lina, Virginia, Maryland, Delawari New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvi nia, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, an Kentucky. Id Poo Dr. Baker R Wire F e Sumwalt Says Federal Aid Makes Possible Completion Of Ori ginal Stadium Plans s President Leonard T. Baker re - ceived a telegram from Senator James i F. Byrnes Saturday morning stating ir that a $24,996 application for improve t. ments on the new University stadium rt has been approved and that work on 1- this project will begin innediately. ie The application has been pending in Washington for several months. is Improvements included on the ap i- plication will make South Carolina's at gridiron seats among the best in the r. South, according to Professor R. L. 1- Sumwalt, who has had a leading part id in securing the stadium for the Uni versity. r, Among the proposed changes, as t. mapped out by Professor Sumwalt, o- will be a concrete fence to replace d the present wooden structure which encircles the end-zones, and numerous other things that will aid in the better ment of the football arena. The present dirt floors in the dress ing roomis will be replaced by tile floors and baths. This will give both h- teams a place to bathe and dress after each game. The blank spaces behind the stand .' will be filled in with concrete which will extend the entire height of the sta dium. This will add more strength e to the stadium and will help in the outside appearance, n, The wooden fence which encircles the end-zones of the fieid will be re placed by a 12-foot concrete wall. Arch openings 8 feet wide and 15 at feet tail viii be installed in the wall ill behind the stands. :i1 Concrete rest rooms will be installed cc (Continued on Page 5; Column 1) to is er PLEASE STOP nt Cheering is all right. We're all for it. But a senseless, childish, destructive stomping of feet is not ig the way to make noise at a foot of ball game. Six hundred feet beat t ing in unison will eventually tear up 3- a block of solid concrete. Let's yell-let's shout for Carolina -. until our voices are gone. But let's - save the stadium. Don't tromp I Amatuer Actors Select Two Plays Casting Nearly Done Rehearsals For First Performance By University Players Begins Next Week "Ding Dong Bell" and "The Last Torture" are the two one-act plays ap proved by the University Players, ~Wednesday night, at which time a number of new members were wel ls corned. . Casting for the two proposed plays e has almost been completed and it is .. expected to have the roles in "The Last . Torture" distributed by the end of s- the week. The casting is in charge i- of the play committee, under the a chairmanship of Professor Stephan, ,o The University Players has had a re I- markable growth in membership in the past two weeks. a'. Next week will see the beginning of ie rehearsals for their first performance. t- Professor Stephan is director as well n as faculty leader of the club. tr After hearing the report of the play e- committee the club appointed a pub it licity committee, composed of Joseph sf Cohen, Barney Bass and Essie Davis, Ay whose work is to publicize the work >- of the club and distribute season ,, tickets for the performances. They - - are on sale for one dollar and may be d secured by application from Joseph Cohen. business manaer. Funi eceives rom Byrne: Students Now Assured Of PC After Many Years Fruitless Waiting Construction of a $24,490 swi ming pool to be 'located behind I University gym will begin within I next month, according to a telegrs sent President Leonard T. Baker Senator Byrnes from Washingt Monday morning. The pool will be based up the most modern aquatic style, h ing a heating system, standard divi boards, up-to-date dressing rooms a showers, and a filtering method. Dimensions of the pool will be feet in length and 45 feet in wid The depth will taper off from 3 f to 12 feet, while an eight foot, inch, elevated platform will be c< structed for spectators. All persons entering the pool v have to first walk through a me cated trough, six-inches deep and feet wide by 30 feet long. This % eliminate the possibility of fi diseases. The dressing rooms will be equip[ with the most modern equipmc there being 16 showers in each roc lockers for swimmers and an esci for all steam that might accumul in the upper part of the -rooms. A passage-way from the pool to gym will be constructed. It will 10 feet wide and' 30 feet long, m, ing it possible for gym students travel with all freedom from a wo out to a dip in the heated water. The pool will be constructed rectly behind the gymnasium, Sumter street. The length of the tire building will be the length of field house and the width will be (Continued on Pao 5; Column 5) CUE PRICES A charge of one cent per gam will be made on all pool gam< from now on, R. G. Bell, executiv secretary of the Y. M. C. A., ha announced. The money collected will be use to buy more tables and to improv those the Y already has. It hoped that enough will he collecte to purchase new ping pond tabk also. Sympathy Extended Faculty Member On I.oss Of Paren Father Of Dr. Meriwether A Dean Frierson's Mother Suc. cumb During Past Week Students regret to hear of the de; of the parents of two of the Univers faculty members. These are J. Gril Meriwether, 80, of Allendale, ,fatl of Professor Robert L. Meriwethi who died Saturday night at i Waverly sanatarium after an ilIn< of only eight days, and Mrs. Eli beth Frierson, 87, of Stateburg, mot] of 1. Nelson Frierson, law school de who died at her home last Frik afternoon. Mr. Meriwether was born in Edj field March 8, 1855, the oldest oif Dr. Snowden G. Meriwether a Martha Lanham Meriwether. He a married in 1885 to Miss Hattie Ogih, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Os vie of Allendale. They celebrai their golden wedding anniversary I; January. Their two children are Mi Sadie M. Warnock of Allendale a Professor Meriwether. Mrs. Frierson had spent her ent life in Stateburg. . She was marri to James Julian Frierson in 18 Her husband died 45 years ago. She is survived by three sons, De Frierson, Henry V. Frierson - (o.nnuns en P. a; Oadu.. n is Apj Cia rios ophic Initiates 22 Impressive Ceremony ol Largest Group In Several Year Taken Into Literary Society At First Enrollment mi- Twenty-two men were initiated int< he the Clariosophic Literary Societ3 he Tuesday night. They are: C. 0 Lim Cone, Cottageville; Ralph L. Bell by Harleyville; Lawrence Cusick, Owego on N. Y.; Carl Newsdme, Hartsville; L C. McCravy, Easley; Murray Graham on Camden; Joel Kelley, Cades; Joe E iv- Thomas, Florence; St. Clair Mucken ng fuss, St. George and Lewis M. Jones nd Jr., Alcolu; W. Y. McCachem, Con cord, N. C.; N. S. Brinkley, Jr., Ellen 150 ton; Ansel Elmore, Laurens; Jack C th. White, Rock Hill; George Linder et Nalterboro; F. M. Munn, Pamplico; C six W. Ilutto, Harleyville; I). .. Cride, Jr. )n- Dan Ellis, John Haskell, George Var Haskell, all of Columbia; and John M vill Graves. di- An unusual effect was created by ex 10 (Continued on Page 8; Column i) vill )t Carolina ed nt, To-day pe By Hunt Graham ite the Who Is It? be A skull two inches thick was dis ik- covered in a western state recently, ac to cording to an exchange. The presi rk- (lent of that state's university is nov making a careful check to see whicl dimember of the faculty is missing. on Go West the More than two-thirds of the 500 :he co-eds at the University of Cali - fornia have indicated in ques - tinnaires submitted to them that they would gladly leave college if they could find the right kind e of man to marry them. s e Why Not Here? s In place of classes in physical edu cation, undergraduates at Barnar< " College, who are in poor physical con e dition because of fatigue, are being re s quired to take courses in "rest ani d (Continued on Page 4; Column 3) s Holiday For Students At Orangeburg Fair There will be a holiday on Thurs S day, October 17, for the Orange burg fair, according to John A. ts Chase, Jr., registrar. One day only will be given, with cuts on nd Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to count double. ith Campus Crook Cops_Keyboard er, he Some villian, perhaps a wolf i ss sheep's clothing, crept -into the chap< a-r Monday night and stole away with a the white keys on the piano. .ay When Eugene Sasser, the ivor: tickler, sat down Tuesday morning I eC- expectations of rattling off a little ditt: on he was astonished to find that onl athe black keys of the instrument wer 'ie, left. li- At first, he thought he was seein ed things, but after having called ove ist Dean Bradley, Dr. Murchison and th d entire choir, it was concluded that th keys were fresh missing. ire "Dean Bradley expressed the impres ed uion that they were not taken mali ra, ciously, but as a joke. He asked thi the student-body act as a committe an to see that the keys are returned a of once in order that regular procedur< -- can be cnnend. 3roved German Club Plans Dance To Initiate New Men David Burnsides Orchestra To Play For First Dance A dance is being planned by the German club for the night after the Clemson game. Dave Burnside's or chestra will furnish the music, and the dance will be held in the gym. The committee in charge is com posed of Peter Coggeshall, president; - Randolph Murdaugh, Howard Burns, Wallace Martin, and Bob Hemphill. The new initiates of the club are the following: Arthur Hines, Carter Porter, Frank Toole, Jack Truluck, David Aiken, Charles Fuller, Asbury Sallenger, Sonny Bell, Henry Wood ward, Steve Nettles, Fay DesPortes, Billy Townsend, Francis Stevenson, Ned McDonald, Howard Prettyman, Heyward Fouche, Robert Smith, Charles Maninlg, Doug McKay, Palmer McClelland, Byron, Burns, Harry Mims, Jerry Hughs, Ray Humphrey, Bill Rhame, Ben Fish burne, Maxy Harrelson, Miles Elliott, T. T. Moore, and Hunt Graham. Pledges who have not y t been ini tiated are Joe Bird, Randolph Brad - ham, Ted Ninestein, R. W. Rhodes, - C. G. Bass, Rupert Rhodes, "Pete" - Blackwell, Bill Taylor, and J. E. Leit ncr. All dues must be payed by October 15 or a fifty cents fine will be added. -U. ". o. Tenement Groups Organized By Y Abbot Directs Work Faculty And Upper Classmen To Lead Students In Dis cussion Discussion groups in every tene i ment on the campus are being or - ganized under the direction of L. E. - Abbott, chairman of the Y. M. C. A. committee. Each tenement will se lect a leader for its group, either an outstanding upperclassman or a mem ber of the faculty. Reports from all of the tenements have not reached the Y. M. C. A. office yet, but the wvork is under way, as indicated by the following: Tenement One: Hubert A. Watts, leader; Lester WV. Kamery, president; and D. H. Pate, secretary. Tenement T'wo: Monroe Fulmer, leader, Mason H-. Hubbard, Jr., pres ident; and Jack Mathis, secretary. (continued on Page 6; Column t) --o. a. a. - Old Students8 Receive Job8 Although last year's graduating class n in pharmacy was the largest in the lhistory of the University, every one has received a job, announces E. T. Mot IIeIy, dean of the School of Pharmacy. There were 14 graduates. ,~ "There is a better opportunity in a this field than ever before," Dean Mot Icly declared, adding that he has sev 'eral openings at present for which he 'can't find graduate pharmacists. e The entire class passed the State board examination, and most found a g position before commencement. r Most of the men are now working in drug stores; one has been placed in Baltimore with the country's largest e company of manufacturing pharma cists; and one is studying medicine at - Vanderbilt. - The total enrollment is greater than ,t ever before, while the freshman class e is decidedly larger than last year. For t the first time since the School of Phar.. t macy was established a girl has en rolled, Dorothy Bramlett of Lanren..