Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARDIS GR BYCARC FINDS A FEW SOBER PEOPLI Makes "Grande Tour Zulu, King Of The Blacks, Make Better Impression Than Famous "Rex" By Marybelie Higgins Practically all visitors to the. Marn Gras came home with the tale that ever citizen in New Orleans-nay, every citize in Louisiana-stayed gloriously high ovc ' the carnival. Such statements are absc lutely untrue. We, personally, saw sever. people wandering around perfectly sobe While this group (please count the write in) is decidedly in the minority, it's ii But about the Mardi Gras-The unin tiated go early so that kind friends ca drag them all over the city thereby weal ing 'em down to the last wiggle befot Tuesday, -which is the big day, rolls roun We happened to attend a house dance tf first night and met lots of people froi Tulane and Sophie Newcomb and a fe' L. S. U'ers. who peculiarly enough loo just like tts. Some percentage of drunk some percentage of shines. Just alik, Except that they look at you and sa: "South Carolina? Isn't that where the dance funny ?" Mardi Gras Is On Later the grand tour is on. Never bee to one before? You must see the airpoi built by the late Senator Long and name after one of his henchman who was latc almost jailed for invading an income ta law. And the new bridge over the Mi, sissippi built by the late Senator Lon and modestly named after said senato And quite a few other odd jobs whic the senator erected. The parades are fun. You wait in lin< for hours and listen to the drunk in f rot tell all about dear Willie who is in ti second row of the fifth float. Presentl: along they come, Willie and all. But dea Willie is noticeably under the influence c bottled delights, and is too busy trying t keep his balance to notice you or his f. friend. Or perhaps that wasn't Willi after all. The masks are so confusing. About "Rex" "Rex" is supposedly "the" man. Bt we were more impressed with Zulu, Kin of the blacks. Zulu comes riding dow the canal with much whooping and ho lering and blowing of steamboats. Stant ing high on the bow of the boat, che; thrown out like an ad for physical cu ture, all dressed up, and his beamin countenance penetrating plumb throug his mask. Zulu is a king with all th1 gestures. New Orleans is a funny place. For ir stance, we asked about the building wit bronze dome. It was a whiskey stor Although the town is run with the ide of live and let live, wear shoes or go bare footed, there are certain things whic you have to do. Like drinking foul coffe with elegant doughnuts in the Frenc quarters, and eating frog legs and stayin a day later than you intended. But eventually you come home. An get to work on make-up quizzes. Amato Will A ttend Mee Tumbler And Gymnasi To Go To West Poin John, octavious, And Joe All I Training For Meet With Best In Gountry Octavius Amato, nationally know tumbler and gymnast, is training dailyi the University gym in preparation fo the .Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnasti meet to be held at West Point, March 21 John Amato and Joe Belott are als training for this event, and it is probabl that they will accompany him to the mee Representatives from practically ever: college in the United States will compet in this event. Two years ago Octavius won secon place in the National Gym meet and wa awarded a silver cup. He lost by only few points although the events wer judged on the 1,000 point basis. Las year he was unable to compete because o lack of funds. These three tumblers have 'worked wit "COLUMBIA'S MOST UNIQUE" Opposite the Jefferson Hotel Open All Night Phone S7aa LS SEEN' LINA VISiTOR 3E State Glee Clubs Meet K In Greenville March 21 Columbia College 'Will Join Caro- e, lina $ingers In Bus Trip To o, Musical Clinic tf li A Y Glee clubs of the University of South Carolina, Columbia College, - Furman, Lander College, Wofford, Newberry, h. r Greenville Woman's College and Coker ti College will convene in Greenville March at il 21 for a mass Music Clinic, it has been r- announced by Maurice Matteson, director r of music at the University. The purpose . of the clinic is to enable the several musi cal organizations to study the technique al n and harmonious effects of the others. A rebuilt World's Fair Greyhound bus e is to be secured, if possible, to accommo 1. date the girls' and boys' glee clubs of tl, e Carolina as well as the Columbia College bt n group of twenty. W v Each glee club will render a group of It( k songs separately as their contribution to 3. the program. Then the entire gathering, * composing about- 500 voices, will unite in a ', singing "Land of Hope and Glory", a Y tribute to the late King George V. -U. U. 0. n Profs Take Part In Meet Of S. C. Teachers Meet g ra -. Babcock, Morse, And Stephan r h Will Give Lectures In Their Specialties di s cl t Three members of the University fac- n; e ulty will take active part in the conven e, tion of the South (arolina Teacher's As r sociation, to be held here from March the hi f twelfth through the fourteenth. o Dr. Havilah Babcock will speak on m t "Current English Usage" before a de- u' partnental meeting of Englia ecr from the high schools, to be held on Fri- lil day afternoon at 3 :30. t Professor R. M. Stephan will appear sc g before the teachers of French with his m n selection of "Reading from French ti Poetry," to be heard by all the modern - language section of the association. at t Dr. Josiah Morse will deliver a "Phi- o losophy for Secondary Education" for sc g the secondary principals of the state's PI h high schools. c e -u.s. Old Custom Kept Here 1 Originated At Oxford s Dean Childs Explains That Tene- E ments Are Dormitories Every where Else "Your University is unique. There's not another college in the country like it in one respect", said an Illinois educator at to Dean Arney Childs in St. Louis at a recent meeting of deans from all over the to United States. ft "Are you referring to our library?" ventured Mrs. Childs. -c ~i But her guesses were all incorrect. w "The University of South Carolina is t the only school in' all the land where , dormitories are called 'tenements.'" hi The custom is a hangover from the w days when we emulated Oxford. Marine Corps STo Accept 13 e For Summer Training Students May Obtain Commissions e After Graduation By At tending Camp h University students will receive 13 of dc the 200 cadet scholarships offered by the en e Marine Corp, according to Dean W. F. shi Bradley. "C Last year the University was a re- ot sented by 18 out of a similar number for us the nation. Only 10 were allotted but upon lii, seeing the men who applied for the _ scholarship, the officer gladly granted - three more.* The Marine Corps Reserves is an or ganization of patriotic citizens who are trained for services in case of war, or any national emergency. -U. S. O. the cheer leaders for the past three years, I giving exhibitions at all the games- Two years ago at the Auburn game in Bir mingham they gave a performance be tween the halves that stole the show. . Queer Query Put To Bass y Canadian Student rchestra Leader Says That He Has Never Seen American Student Studying "Do American students ever study ?" That was the question put to Dr. Rob t D. Bass when he recently tuned in i amateur radio station VEW4HW at e University of Alberta, Edmonton, lberta, Canada. The student with whom Professor Bass as talking was an orchestra leader and id been in the United States only a few mes. On each of the visits, the Canadi pointed out, he had only seen Ameri in college students go to football games d dances. "We have very few activities on our impus," the student said. "We are not lowed to have dances and our . thletic ams are inferior, so we don't get much -iil out of them." Professor Bass said he did not know if e University was co-educational or not, it intimated that most of those students ith whom he talked were in the engi ering school. -v~. 0 . 3enn U Seeks Ten Million 'o Make Improvements resident Outlines Many Purposes Proposed For Use Of Modest Request Philadelphia, Pa. (ACP)-Plans to ise $10,000,000 for the University of ennsylvania has been announced, the ive to begin next fall and to be con uded in 1940, the university's 200th an versary year. Three general objectives have been out ied by President Thomas S. Gates: "First, to raise endowment funds for aintaining a distinguished faculty at the iivers:ty." "Second, to obtain funds essential iw rary and laboratory facilities and re-t arch in order that these scholars and l ientists may be assured of the equip ent essential to the accomplishment of e best results. "Third, to make adequate provision for tracting and maintaining a student body the highest quality by means of holarship funds and by improving the iysical environment for student extra irricular activities." Byrd Comes Here Soon peaks At Auditorium appa Alpha Plans Party In Hlonor Of Famous Explorer Brother Admiral Richard E. Byrd, artic and an :tic explorer, will be in Columbia arch 16th at which time he is expected visit the house of the Kappa Alpha aternity, of which he is a member. Admiral Byrd will only remain in the pital city one daiy and while here he 11 deliver twvo explanatory lectures at etownship auditorium. Slides taken on last anartic expedition will be shown bile the lecture is in progress. One of the lectures will be given in the ternoon and one at night. The Kappa phas are planning on giving a stag rty in his honor between the, two Iec res. ate Strike Declared At Yankton College Whent the faculty of Yankton college, )uth Dakota, issued an ultimatum pro iting men from visiting the women's rmitories for dates except on week ds and Wednesdays, the men promptly owed their displeasure by going on a ate strike." They established pickets tside the dormitory and threatened to paddles on anyone who seven looked :a strikebreaker. -U. 3. 0. Central Drug Co. 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Men Produce While Young Lehman Records Show Ihirty-Five Is Age For Achieve ment In Science And Literature An "achievement batting average" re ently computed by Dr. Harvey C. Leh nan, of Ohio university, is a compilation vhich shows that the most important vork in science and literature is done by nen in their early youth. Thirty-five is the year for production, )r. Lehman found, although important its were registered by men as young as - 8 and as old as 69. Astronomers reach heir most productive years between 40 nd 44. Chemists reach their highest average etween the ages of 27 and 39. Short-story vriters had better be good after their 10th birthday and betore their .4th or hey may never get anywhere. Poets may y expected to do their best between 22 and 35. HALF I ONE S Football Team Play Saturday In Exhibition Game High Spot In Spring Practice Comes When Reds And Blacks Meet On Melton Field Carolina students will be given a chance to appraise the 1936-37 football squad Saturday afternoo when the squad will be divided and play an exhibition match on Melton Field at 3:30. Spring practice has been held daily for four weeks under the direction of Coaches McCallister and Stamman and the squad has shown much improvement. especially in blocking and tackling. This game will be played under the rules of a regular game and much rivalry has been shown by the members of the two divisions of the squad over the outcome of the tilt. The members of the Red team are Johnson, Craig, Myers, Urban, Gaffney, Howell, Dorflinger, Bethune, Turner, Kelly, II inchman, Makovic, Burns, Kiss, Edwards, Dearth, Clary, B. Durham, E. Durham, Stillwell, Tabor and Urbanyi. The Black squad will be composed of Lyon, F. Martin, L. Martin, Mack, Mc Carter, Polattie, Simpson, Stillwell, Tabor, Tomlin, Williams, Tatum, Turn bull, Btetz, Long, Kalmbach, Hutto, Hughes, Hopkins, 11 inson, Fennell. Farn ham, Derrick, Courtney, Cohen, Brown, Bell, and Bailey. -U. I. C. Play Plans Being Made By University Players Casting To Be Completed By Next Wednesday Night; Annual Page Begun Casting has begun and will be completed next week for the play, "Redemption" or "The Live Corpse", to be given by the University players the latter part of April. This three act play by Count Leo Tol stoy traces the fall and regeneration of a typical Russian just before the Revo lution there. Anyone interested is asked to come to the regular meeting of the players Wed nesday night, 8:00 P. M., at Davis col lege. Professor Rene Stephan will prob HALFI WELL SN Meet your pipe half-way. Pl Cool as Big Ben's. "Come or as recalling: "It's Sunday .., bodied tobacco that won't I that won't bite the fingers. modern process including Smells good. Makes you where. Tastes good. Your .-MIp hies ISbesse. M Urn ias Tsye A L P rage anree Pre-Med Frat Initiates Two Mortality Rate Deplored Bam Rubin Shows That Infant Death Rate In S. 0. Is Highest In Country Two new members were initiated into Alpha Epsilon Delta, Pre-Medical Fra ternity, at the regular meeting held Wed nesday night at 7:30. The new members are George I). Rogal and Henry T. Cof f ae.' The fact that South Carolina has the iighest infant mortality rate in the United States was pointed out by Samuel Rubin n his paper "Infant and Mortality Rates," lelivered before the fraternity. All doc :ors in South Carolina, he said, should work towards the goal of lowering this rate. -U. U. 0. Ibly be director and in charge of the :asting. The Players decided to get a page in he Garnet and Black. After the meeting he club adjqurned to the home of Miss 3ladys Gaskin and held an impromptu ocial gathering. Compliments of GERVAIS STREET PHARMACY PHONE 4347 ECONOMY DRUG CO. 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