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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Allotment Granted Initiates UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Volume XIX, No. OOL IA, S. ., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1936F d1908 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 chance, 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 fromQ .iegt*-chapters of Alpha Kappa Gamma in Columbia next month to be sponsored by the chapter here. 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 Picturect Deadline for pictures in The Gar net and Black is Tuesday, October 22. Pictures will be taken at Teal'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 theme 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. G. Dowling and 0. Wer her I}ryan. m An BlueKeyElect. New Officers Vice-President Chosei Willie Carpenter Of Greenvill Will Assume Duties Immediately William Carpenter of Greenville wa elected vice-president of Blue Key fri ternity at a recent meeting. Sever: new members were voted on, but the names have not been revealed as ye Randolph Murdaugh gave a repoi on the Blue Key Directory. Accorc ing to Murdaugh, distribution of ti directory will begin by October 16. Saturday, November 16, was set the date for the fall luncheon. A con mittee was appointed by the presidei to make arrangements for the affai Serving on this committee are: Wi lie Carpenter, Marshall Williams, ar Gus Pearlman. Doctors Kilpatrick, and Copenhave and Professor Roberts were presen An official welcome was extended Pr fessor Roberts, who has returnc after a year at Columbia University. --v. ". o. 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, ini mated when he said that the electi< was unconstitutional because the ve ing is supposed to be done on tI fourth Saturday after matriculafio 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 couni will be notified as to the time and pla of the meeting and all are urged attend because, in addition to ti 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-presidet Gettys was chosen secretary and Sar uel McFadden of Chester was nami (Continued on Page $: Column 5) Gamecock Will Not Come Out Next Week Since a holiday is being giver the student body next week, Th Gameccock will not appear until thi Clemson issue. The Staff hope that the entire student body wil see the boys beat Citadel, and un til Wednesday .Oct. 23 we bid yot 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 fi, ures recently released by the regi trar. Not counting freshmen tran fers and students entering the fres: man class fr.om prep schools, Caroli: has 47 students from other states wI were sent here immediately upon grai uating from their high schools. Sixteen states and one foreign coul try (Bolivia), helped make up tI University's most cosmopolitan fresl man class in its history. Freshme journeyed to Carolina from as f6 west as Oklahoma; the east was co ered all the way from northernmo 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, ar Kentucky. d Poo Dr. Baker F Wire e Sumwalt Says Federal Aid Make Possible Completion Of Ori ginal Stadium Plans s President Leonard T. Baker re ceived a telegram from Senator Jame Jl F. Byrnes Saturday morning statinj r that a $24,996 application for improve t. ments on the new University stadiun -t has been approved and that work o this project will begin immediatel) ie The application has been pending i Washington for several months. s Improvements included on the ap t- plication will make South Carolina it gridiron seats among the best in th r. South, according to Professor R. I I- Sumwalt, who has had a leading pat d in securing the stadium for the Uni versity. r, Among the proposed changes, a t. mapped out by Professor Sumwal ) will be a concrete fence to- replac d the present wooden structure whic encircles the end-zones, and numerou other things that will aid in the bettei ment of the football arena. 1 The present dirt floors in the dres! ing rooms will be replaced by til floors andl baths. This will give bot hi- teams a place to bathe and dress aft< n_ each game. The blank spaces behind the stan n' will he filled in with concrete whic will extend the entire height of the st, dium. This will add more strengt e to the stadium and will help in th outside appearance, n' The wooden fence which encircle the end-zones of the field will be r< placed by a 12-foot concrete wall. - Arch openings 8 feet wide and I at feet tall will be installed in the wa ill behind the stands. il Concrete rest rooms will be installe e (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 the way to make noise at a foot of ball game. Six hundred feet beat t. ing in unison will eventually tear up a block of solid concrete. d Let's yell-let's shout for Carolina -. until our voices are gone. But let's - save the stadium. Don't trompI Amatuer Actors Select Two Plays Casting Nearly Doni Rehearsals For First Performanc By University Players Begins Next Week -"Ding Dong Bell" and "The Las Torture" are the two one-act plays aj proved by the University Playeri 'Wednesday night, at which time number of new members were wel Is comned. ,- Casting for the two proposed play ie has almost been completed and iti g. expected to have the roles in "The Las g-. Torture" distributed by the end c *- the week. The casting is in charg 1- of the play committee, under th ia chairmanship of Professor Stephan, o The University Players has bad a re I- markable growth in membership in th past two weeks. - Next week will see the beginning c e rehearsals for their first performance :- Professor Stephan is director as wel n as faculty leader of the club. ir After hearing the report of the pla: v- committee the club appointed a pub at licity committee, composed of Josepi >f Cohen, Barney Bass and Essie Davii w whose work is to publicize the wor ~- of the club and distribute seaso ~, tickets for the performances. The i- are on sale for one dollar and may b d secured by application from Josep1 Cohen, business manaer. 1 unc 4 eceives :rom Byrnes 3 Students Now Assured Of Pool After Many Years Fruitless Waiting - Construction of a $24,490 swim s ming pool to be 'located behind the g University gym will begin within the - next month, according to a telegram n sent President Leonard T. Baker by n Senator Byrnes from Washington . Monday morning. n The pool will be based upon the most modern aquatic style, hav - ing a heating system, standard diving s boards, up-to-date dressing rooms and e showers, and a filtering method. ,. Dimensions of the pool will be 150 t feet in length and 45 feet in width. The depth will taper off from 3 feet to 12 feet, while an eight foot, six s inch, elevated platform will be con t, structed for spectators. e All persons entering the pool will hj have to first walk through a medi s cated trough, six-inches deep and 1C feet wide by 30 feet long. This will eliminate the possibility of fool diseases. e The dressing rooms will be equipped h with the most modern equipment r there being 16 showers in each room lockers for swimmers and an escapc d for all steam that might accumulatc h in the upper part of the -rooms. I- A passage-way from the pool to th< h gym wil! be constructed. It will b< e 10 feet wide and' 30 feet long, mak. ing it possible for gym students t< s travel with all freedom from a work out to a dip in the heated water. The pool will be constructed di 5 rectly behind the gymnasium, or 1 Sumter street. The length of the en tire building will be the length of th< d field house and the width will be th< (Continued on Paoe B; Column ) CUE PRICES A charge of one cent per game will be made on all pool games from now on, R. G. Bell, executive secretary of the Y. M. C. A., has announced. The money collected will be used to buy more tables and to improve those the Y already has. It is hoped that enough will be collected to purchase new ping pond tables also. Sympathy Extended Faculty Members & On Loss Of Parents e Father Of Dr. Meriwether Anc Dean Frierson 's Mother Suc cumb During Past Week t Students regret to hear of the deati of the parents of two of the Universit> Sfaculty members. These are J. Griffir a Meriwether, 80, of Allendale, ,fathei of Professor Robert L. Meriwether who died Saturday night at th( s Waverly sanatarium after an illness s of only eight days, and Mrs. Eliza it beth Frierson, 87, of Stateburg, mothe, f of J. Nelson Frierson, law school dean e who died at her home last Friday e afternoon. Mr. Meriwether was born in Edge - field March 8, 1855, the oldest sor oif Dr. Snowden G. Meriwether and Martha Lanham Meriwether. He was f married in 1885 to Miss Hattie Ogilvie .daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Ogli Ivie of Allendale. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary lasi ~January. Their two children are Mrs - Sadie M. Warnock of Allendale and Professor Meriwether. , Mrs. Frierson had spent her entirc k life in Stateburg. .She was married n to James Julian Frierson in 1872, V Her husband died 45 years ago. e She is survived by three sons, Dean a Frierson, Henry V. Frierson -o Is Apj Cia riosophic Initiates 22 Impressive Ceremony Largest Group In Several Year Taken Into Literary Society At First Enrollment Twenty-two men were initiated int( the Clariosophic Literary Societ: Tuesday night. They are: C. 0 Cone, Cottageville; Ralph L. Bell Harleyville; Lawrence Cusick, Owegc N. Y.; Carl Newsome, Hartsville; L C. McCravy, Easley; Murray Grahan Camden; Joel Kelley, Cades; Joe F Thomas, Florence; St. Clair Mucken fuss, St. George and Lewis M. Jones Jr., Alcolu; W. Y. McCachem, Con cord, N. C.; N. S. Brinkley, Jr., Ellen ton; Ansel Elmore, Laurens; Jack C White, Rock Hill; George Linde: Valterboro; F. M. Munn, Pamplico; C \V. Ilutto, Harleyville; 1). J. Cride, Jr Dan Ellis, John Haskell, George \Var Haskell, all of Columbia; and Joha M Graves. An unusual effect was created by ex (Continued on Page 6; Column 1) Carolina To-day By Hunt Graham Who Is It? A skull two inches thick was dis covered in a western state recently, ac cording to an exchange. The presi dent of that state's university is nom making a careful check to see whicl member of the faculty is missing. Go West More than two-thirds of the 500 co-eds at the University of Cali fornia have indicated in ques tionnaires submitted to them that they would gladly leave college if they could find the right kind of man to marry them. Why Not Here? In place of classes in physical edu cation, undergraduates at Barnar College, who are in poor physical cor dition because of fatigue, are being r< quired to take courses in "rest an (Continued on Page 4; Column 3) Holiday For Students At Orangeburg Fair There will be a holiday on Thurs day, October 17, for the Orange burg fair, accordling to John A. Chase, Jr., registrar. One day only wvill be given, with cuts on Tuesday, Wedlnesday, Friday and Saturday to count double. Campus Crook Cops Keyboar Some villian, perhaps a wolf sheep's clothing, crept -into the chap Monday night and stole away with a the white keys on the piano. When Eugene Sasser, the ivor tickler, sat down Tuesday morning I expectations of rattling off a little ditt: he was astonished to find that oni the black keys of the instrument wet left. At first, he thought he was seeis things, but after having called ov< Dean Bradley, Dr. Murchison and ti entire choir, it was concluded that ti keys were fresh missing. Dean Bradley expressed the Impre: sion that they were not taken mal ciously, but as a joke. He asked thi the student-body act as a committ< to see that the keys are returned once in order that regular procedut can be continued. 3roved German Cl ub 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 Manning, Doug McKay, Palmer McClelland, Byron Burns, Harry Mims, Jerry Hughs, Ray Hi,mnhrev, Bill Rhame. Ben Fish burne, Maxy Harrelson, Miles Elliott, T. T. Moore, and Hunt Graham. Pledges who have not yet been ini tiated are Joe Bird, Randolph Brad - ham, Ted Ninestein, R. W. Rhodes, - C. C. Bass, Rupert Rhodes, "Pete" - Blackwell, Bill Taylor, and J. E. Leit ncr. All dues must be payed by October 15 or a fifty cents tine will be added. -U. S. o. Tenement Groups Organized By Y Abbot Directs Work Faculty And Upper Classmen To Lead Students In Dis cussion - Discussion groups in every tenc 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 work is under way, as indicated by the following: Tenement One: Hubert A. Watts, leader; Lester WV. Kamery, president; and D. H. Pate, secretary. Tenement Two: Monroe Fulmer, leader; Mason H. Hubbard, Jr., pres idet; and Jack Mathis, secretary. (Continued on Page 3; Column t) --U. 3. 0. - 'Old Students Receive Jobs Although last year's graduating class n in pharmacy was the largest in the history of the University, every one has received a job, announces E. T. Mot Iley, dean of the School of Pharmacy. There were 14 graduates. y "There is a better opportunity in n~ this field than ever before," Dean Mot ley declared, adding that he has sev eral openings at present for which he ycan'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 ein drug stores; one has been placed in Baltimore with the country's largest ecompany of manufacturing pharnma 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 e macy was established a girl has en rolled, Dorothy Bramlttof aure..