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Wingard Elect Hypa tio At Recent Meeting Katherine Taylor And Alice Huiett Will Hold Other Offices Helen Wingard, Lexington, was elee ted president of the Hypatian Literary Society at a meeting held last.Wednesday afternoon in the Clariosophic Hall. Other newly elected officers of the so ciety are: Katherine Taylor, vice-presi dent; Alice Huiett, secretary; Maria Cheek, treasurer and Betty Comstock, critic. The society will meet again next Wednesday at the scheduled time. Students Lash Supreme Court Would Limit Powers Majority Of American Students Would Alter Constitution To Check Authority Washington, D. C.-(ACP)-The power of the United States Supreme Court to invalidate legislation has reached socially damaging proportions, in the opinion of American college students, and should be curbed without delay. Revision of the constitution so as to check the power of the high court is favored by a majority of students, ac cording to an Associated Collegiate Press survey just completed. Remedies ranging from increasing the number of Supreme Court justices by naming liberal appointees known to have kept pace with the times to giving con gress the power to reinstate legislation thrown out by the court are suggested by college leaders. Strongly urging revision, The Ohio State Lantern commends a state law maker: "Usually conservative, 'safe and sane,' Senator Vic Donahey announced in Washington that he favors a revision of the Constitution because he believes it has not kept pace with the times. A re vision is necessary, he pointed out, "to provide additional guarantees of health, safety and security for the people.' "We believe that is a significant state ment and probably holds significant re suits. It is indeed heartening to note that Sen. Donahey, who is usually classed in the conservative bloc in Congress, has finally recognized need for change. His statement indicates quite clearly a trend away from the traditionally-held belief that the Constitution is a sacred docu ment, one which must not be changed lest we gain the wrath of the gods. "There is even a new and more liberal attitude growing among the general pub lic toward constitutional change. This is as it should be. The ironical fact is that for too long most of us have clung to the time-worn theory that to chanige the Constitution is plain heresy. "It is just as ridiculous for tus to be lieve that wve could write a Constitution in 1936 to govern the political, social and economic attitudes of Americans in 2083 as is to believe that a grotup of in dividuals could be expected to draft a document in 1789 to fit the needs of Americans in 1936. Yet a cry for con stitutional change has alwvays been met wvith charges of 'communism' and 'tun Americanism'. So wve see an attempt to abolish child labor by constitutional change failing not because Americans feel 100 G m asnd I pIAncherP Made9bs Ma~ ?fterial, "The Place Where Friends Meet" ALLIGATOR RAIN COATS $5.50 and $7.50 FREEMAN SHOES $5.00 to $8.50 YOUNG MEN'S TUXEDO SUITS Coat, Vest and Pants $25.00 New Spring Merchandise Now Arriving COPELAND 00. 1409 Main Street ed New z Society Head C. E. Society Selects Sumwalt The American Society of Civil Engi neers recently elected Prof. Robert L. Sumwalt to act on its committee on map ping courses in Educational Institutions for one year. Other members of the committee are: William Bowie, U. S. Coast and Geodedic Survey ; J. C. Carpenter, Fort Worth, Texas; E. F. Church, Syracuse Univer sity; J. S. Dodds, Iowa State College; F. J. Crumm, Civil Engineer; and F. H. McDonald, Atlanta, Ga. -'--U. ". o. "Last Man" Club Started By Canadian Scientists Northern Professors Form Weird Organization Dealing With Death (By Associated Collegiate Press) Toronto, Ont.-(ACP)-Even more grisly than the famous Civil War veter ans' "Last Man" club members of which met annually to drink a toast to their dead comrades, until but one was left, has been organized by a group of Cana dian scientists. In the distant future a medical paper will be published by an old scientist in which he will give the cause of the death of twenty-nine of his colleagues. Dr. C. H. Best, Professor of Physiolo gy in the University of Toronto, re vealed the strange fact in the course of a recent speech. Thirty research workers in the School of Hygiene have an annual physical ex amination. They examine each other and from each other they draw a sample of blood which is chemically analyzed. "The idea is," explained Dr. Rrat; "that the survivor will write a paper on what caused the deaths of the others." -U. . U. Old Joke Is Revived By Harvard Professor Cambridge, Mass.-(ACP)-The ab sent-minded professor joke was revived last week. Ralph J. Baker, Harvard pro fessor' and member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, had mis laid a check for $15.45 mailed to him by a court clerk as part of a fee for his ap pearance before the tribunal in 1934. Be cause the check hadn't been cashed, it was impossible to close the court's record in the case. Four letters of inquiry were sent to the professor ; he answered nione of them. Finally lie wvas threatened wvith disbar ment, and that stirred him to action. Dropping all else, he searched through his papers for four hours, found the check, cashed it and wvrote an apology to the clerk and the justices. The dlisbarment action wvas dropped, but Prof. Baker was "reprimanded for an unjustinied failure in a duty owved by him as a member of the bar." The dluty was tq answer letters from the Supreme Court. -U. 3. 0. child labor should be allowed to remain in our economic system, but principally because it suggests constitutional change." Meanwvhile, D)uquesne University stu (ents, in response to a questionnaire, voted 56 per cent in favor of curbing the powver of the Supreme Court. It is in creasingly evident, said The Duquesne Duke in commenting editorially on this vote, that the interest of college students is steadily swinging from the frivolous to matters of national concern. "In Mr. Justice Roberts' opinion, in wvhich five other justices concurred", says the Union College Concordiensis "the Supreme Court has one duty when the constitutionality of a lawv is questioned: 'to lay the article of the Constitution which is invoked beside the statue which challenged and to decide whether the latter squares with the former.' Yet this very duty is not granted to the court by the Constitution. It is a precedent, and 'unwritten law', begun by one man and continued with the help of luck and cir cumstance until it has acquired' an axiomatic prestige. "WVe have the logically strange picture of an austere, impartial court, examining laws in the light' of ah abstract Justice, which dloes not authorize such examina tion. The obvious question is: where does the power lie? In the Constitution, as the court proclaims; or in the persons of the court wvho dlehne the Constitution in prac tice?~..The fundamental concerpts of dlemocracy.... are really only petrified prejudices, opinions of men as fallible as ORCHESTRA PLAYS FOR VETERANS Tonight At Hospital Madame de Horvath Addresses Concert Audience At Shan don High School The University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Madame Felice de Horvath, will climax a busy week tonight when it gives a concert for the patients of the United States Veterans' Hospital. Tuesday afternoon the orchestra gave a program for the benefit of the P.T.A. of Shandon School. Madame de Horvath gave a talk on the history of the sym phony orchestra, and illustrated her speech by having members of the orchestra dem onstrate the string, wood-wind, and brass instruments. Madame de Horvath, in discussing the string instruments, said the violin is vir tually the perfect instrument. The "Be lieve It or Not" column could say truth fully that since its invention about four hundred years ago, no improvement has been made upon it. Unlike other instru ments, no one ,has ever been able to add anything to it that could make it better than it is. After Madame de Horvath's talk, the orchestra played the "Poet and Peasant Overture" by Suppe, and the "Hungarian Dance Number Five and Six" by Brahms. Last Friday night the University Violin Quartet assisted the pupils of the Natova Snodgrass Dancing School in presenting a recital at the Veterans' Hospital for the entertainment of the patients. -v. e. 0. Vanderbilt's Wealth Stressed In Editorial Had Adam saved $100 a day for 6,000 years and had received no interest on it, he would be worth less than Cornelius Vanderbilt is worth today says an edi torial in the Charleston News and Cou rier of January 1, 1892, a copy of which is in the University library. The editor concluded with the remainder of Dr. Ab bott's sermon, Yet these two men were brothers. Cantor Offers War Preve Eddie Cantor will award a four year scholarship and complete maintainance at any American college or university to the person who writes, in the opinion of a distinguished board of judges, the best letter on the subject: "How Can America Stay Out of War?" Cantor has set aside a fund of $5,000 for this purpose. The plan was made public by the stage, screen, and radio comedian Sunday, Jan uary 5, at iie conclusion of his regular Sunday evening broadcast over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System. The subject of the competition was suggested by Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, with whom Cantor had discussed his proposal. The judging body comprises four noted American educators-each the presi (lent of a prominent educational institu tioni. They are Robert M. Hutchins, of the University of Chicago; Frederick Bertrand Robinson, College of the City of New York; Ray Lyman Wilbur, of Leland Stanford University; and Henry Noble MacCracken of Vassar College. All have heartily endlorsed this project in the initerest of peace and education. Their (decision will be final. The Eddie Cantor scholarship compe tition has no commercial affiliation what soever. It is entirely a personal matter wvith him. There are no restrictions or condlit ions--every man, woman and chiildl is eligible to participate. However in the event that the wvinning letter is from an individual unable to avail himself or her self of a college course, then lhe or she must designate another to be the recipient TOWN T Pre A Drawing 1 By W. Somei February 20, S Rates Evening Performance1 February Matinee-75o Adults. 50o E MONEY MARRIAGES PROVE UNPOPULAR By Votes In Colleges Economic Status Of Husband Or Wife Held A Matter Of Little Importance New York-(ACP)-You may think you'd like to marry money, but the chances are that when you come to a de cision you won't much care. At least this attitude is indicated in a six-year survey of the problem just com pleted by Dr. Ray Erwin Baber, Profes sor of Sociology in New York Univer sity. Dr. Baber, who conducts a course at the university's Washington Square Col lege entitled "Marriage and Family Life", interviewed 642 college students and 220 parents on the matter of choosing a mar riage partner. The students, 321 young men and 321 young women, declared that economic status was a matter of small concern when it came to selecting a mate, since 93 per cent of the men said they would marry a girl of lower economic rank than their own and 82 per cent of the women were of the same opinion. Not so many of the 220 pareis (205 fathers and 115 mothers) took the same view of the question. Sixty-six per cent of the fathers declared they would be will ing to allow their daughters to marry a person of lower economic rank and 69 per cent of the mothers agreed. On the question "would you marry a person of lower moral standards than your own?" 20 per cent of the men an swered yes, and one-fifth of the women replied affirmatively. Fifty-eight per cent of the men and 42 per cent of the women would marry out side their own faith, while on the question of intelligence, the men voted 76 per cent in favor of a less intelligent mate, 18 per cent of the women. $5,000 For ntion Treaties of the award. The choice of school and the time of attendance is optional. The letter is not to be over 500 words. As soon as the best letter is determined by the judges, Cantor will deposit in the winner's local bank the sum of $5,000, which can be used only for the specific purpose of a college career. From this amount, an adequate allowance will be provided for the student to pay his entire tuition and living expenses during the four year term. The letter will receive the accrued interest on the money. In speaking of this national scholarship competition, Cantor said: "There are ab solutely no strings attached to this offer. No one has to tear off the top of a carton of any kind, nor send in stamps, nor solve a crossword puzzle. All one has to do is to sit down and write a straight forwvard letter on 'How Can America Stay Out of WVar ?' I never was fortunate enough to have had a college education myself but I want to provide one for some Amer ican boy or girl. Like most people in this country, I'm a rabid peace advocate. I'm certain that the winning letter will be one worthy to bring hefore millions of Ameri cans as another link in the strong chain of peace. I'm very grateful to Mr. New ton D. Baker for so kindly suggesting the title." The competition will close Saturday, February 22nd. The judges' award will be announced by Cantor on Sunday, April 5th. All letters are to he addressed to Eddie Cantor, General Postoffice, Box 99, New York City. HEATRE tents loom Comedy 'set Maugham 1&22 at 8:30 $1.00 Adults, 75o Students idren 22 at 3:30 Itudents and 35a Obd1ren Co-eds Plan T Basketba Joint Concert Being Planned The combined glee clubs of the Uni versity, directed by Maurice Matteson, and the University Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Madame Felice de Horvath will give a joint concert next Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock in Dray ton Hall. Soloists for the evening will be Miss Gwendolyn Williams, pianist, and Gus Williamson, violinist. Miss Williams will play "Le Cathedrale Engloutie" by De bussy, and "Etude En Forme de Valse" by Saint Saens. Gus Williamson, a pupil of Madame de Horvath will play "Con certo No. 1" by de Beriot. The orchestra will play "Three Dances," from Henry the Eighth, by German, and will combine with the glee clubs for "Land of Hope and Glory," by Elgar, and "God Save the King." This part of the program will be given as a tribute to the late King George of Eng land. All university students are invited to attend. There will be no admission charges. -U. ". o.--. Sex Hygiene Is Demanded Students Voice Opinions National Student Federation Urges Beginning Of This Department Indianapolis, Ind.-(ACP)-Establish ment of a course in sex hygiene has been asked of Butler University officials by the school's student council. Frank Dem merly, council president, said the organi zation is recommending a recognized authority be obtained to teach the class and that men and women be grouped for free discussion. "I f college students are given proper instruction in sex matters by recognized authorities," Demmerly said, "we feel that such information may make as great a contribution to a happy and healthful life as any other offering now found in the curriculum." The National Student Federation of America at its national convention at Kansas City during the Christmas holi days recommended that all colleges con sider seriously the need for sex education. Thomas Mauldin, president of the student body at the University of South Carolina, represented the University. at the convention. --U. 3. o. Purdue's charter stipulates that there be on the board of regents "one farmer, one woman, and one person of good moral character." Curb Service A Specialty WE SERVE BEER Pick -Wick 1240 Hampton Street CAROLINA STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT CAPITOL CAFE CoLUMBIA'S OLDEST ARTIST MATERIAL for the Professional and Student ROSE -TALBERT PAINT CO. 1928 Taylor Street Phone No. 0269 o Stage ii Tournament During This Semester Woman's Athletic Association Will Further Athletics For Fair Sex At a meeting of the Woman's Athletic Association Tuesday night, committees were appointed to arrange details of a basketball tournament which the Associa tion plans to sponsor next semester. A committee was also appointed to draw up a constitution for the organiza tion. Those who wrote to Winthrop and Duke for copies of their constitution have not received them yet. A meeting will be held after examinations in which final plans for the reorganization of the As sociation will be completed. A tennis tournament has already been sponsored by the Woman's Athletic As sociation. This tournament was completed recently when Bennie Gray Lewis de feated Dolly Hamby, the defending cham pion, in the finals. A larger tournament will be held this spring. Business Needs Trained Men Montclair, N. J.-(ACP)-American business and industry faces 'a terrible shortage of technically trained men', ac cording to the recent statement of Dr. Harvey N. Davis, president of Stevens Institute of Technology. Among general non-technical industries in particular, he said, the demand for engineering school graduates far exceeds the supply. "The employment situation definitely broke for Stevens alumni early last Spring," Dr. Davis said. "Ninety-six per cent of the graduates of the six de pression classes, 1930 to 1935, are em ployed, close to what one would expect in normal times. For last June's seniors, the figures are 91 per cent employed and more jobs have been turned down than there are men left." General business concerns of a non technical nature, Dr. Davis said, are show ing an increase preference for graduates of technical schools. "In the boom years most of our gradu ates were absorbed by the utilities," he explained. "Now, however, all the men we can supply are being taken by general industry, and I don't know what we'll do when the utilities come back." -a. 0. Three Massachusetts schools, Holy Cross, Williams and Harvard have de clined NYA assistance. FIVE POINTS DRUG STORE Call Us-And See How Quickly You Get It PHONE 2-2139 Curb Service Motorcycle Delivery COLUMBIA OFFICE SUPPLY CO. 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