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Social Hc BY BETrY By way of beginning the "Hang overs" this week, we want to start off in a tone of apology. When pledges were listed last week, the Delta Zeta was not among those present. We wish to correct this because the Delta Zetas were very much in the running, having pledged two new girls-Ella and Mar garet Shackford. Damas Damas girls got together Tuesday afternoon and elected nine new mem bers. They are Marjorie Elliott, Der tell Fant, Marian Graham, Ruth Bar ber, Katherine Cain, Doll Hunt, Susan Black, Amelia Arthur, Dotty Smith. Frances Hart, by the way, is presi dent of Damas this semester, and since she is one of our most personable and wide-a,vake co-eds, we are expecting a bigger and better swing session this spring. Marion Coleman is vice-presi dent; Ray Overton, secretary; Beverley Bates, treasurer; Mary Belle Higgins, senior leader; and Marjorie Collins, junior leader. Mary Belle is the girl who did the social news in such a readable way last semester. And By The Way We'd like to take time off to explain the dirty dig given this "so-called'' column last week l)y the three plag iarists. "Literary Disgress" is fair as columns go, considering the youth and inexperience of its authors, but it lacked life. The three boys got to gether and decided a little Benny-Al len stuff would stimulate interest in their items. (We could say that they picked on the Society Editor as part of their insidious scheme against fra ternities-but we won't). Anyway, a lot of people took it seriously, when the plagiarists are really our most avid readers. A. K. G. Tea The Alpha Kappa Gamma tea for alumnae was given Wednesday from six to seven at the home of Jenny Clarkson, new president of the organi .nn and Frances Cardewel, former national president of A. K. G., received. To Converse Harriet Boyd, Louisa Lyles, and Anna Durham are going to Converse tomorrow night for the dance. Beta Pi Theta Initiations for Beta Pi Theta, hon orary French fraternity, were held last Friday night at the home of Mme. Sweeney. After the general meeting the hostess served sandwiches, punch, and cookies. At the request of the club members, Mme. Sweeney sang three numbers, "Iris," "Jardin d'Amour," and "Still as the Night." Girl-Break K. S. K. girls are making fancy plans for this semester's girl-break which is to take place next Friday night in the gym. At all of these affairs, the gals bring their dates and give thenm a taste of their own medicine. The boys have to rate with the stag line or see just how it feels to b)e a wall flowver. Henry Westbrook and his orchestra wilt pre side. Incidentally, this will be the last dance sponsored by K. S. K. this se melster. Delta Zeta The Delta Zeta sorority gave a dance at the home of Velda Harthi, Friday, Feb. 12, for the new pledges. The Val entine nmotiff wad carried out in the decorations. The traveling ring for the pledge with the highest scholastic av erage was presented to Rosemary Griffin. Garber Fans Carolina was well represented last week-end at Davidson, where Jan Gar ber w~as playing for the mid-winters. Among those taking the trip were Essie Davis, Jean Campbell, Maxine Scarb)orough, Harriet Lever, Polly Pendleton, Harriet Cockfield, Eliza McNulty, John Lumpkin, Dickie Palm er, Johnny Campbell, Allan Holmes, Richard Horger, Billy Turner, John Smith, Joe Sylvan, Tom Pearce, Ed Baker, George Mason, and John Mc Laughlin. Chi Omega Six members were initiated by Cli Omega Wednesday night. Girls who will now wear the Clhi 0 pin are Fran ces Butler, Kathleen Byers, Jane Car bone, Harriet Cockfield, Dorothy Crow, and Genie Mitchell. Annie Laurie McLendon, a Chii 0, originally from the University chapter but nlow in the chapter at Queen's Chicora in Charlotte, visited here this past week-end. Chi Omegas are still trekking around the State. Martha Newman spent last Week.end at her home in Darlington. Julia Hyatt and Margaret Farrell went to Greenville. Z. T. A. The pledges of Z. T. A. are busy en tertaining their big sisters. A party is being planned at Lake Murray, with rumors of dancing, singing and eat ing. Actives, pledges, alumnae and 2ngover COMSTOOK The girls have also planned a d in at the chapter room before K. S. K. girl-break. Quintillian Club The Quintillian Club, an active ganization on the campus, is perl not so widely known as some of other groups. But it is a professi club for girls in the school of Ed tion and they are doing valuable v with their studies of educational p lems, and, with the addition of e members this week, it looks as if hear more from the girls. Invited to join were Evelyn B; Margaret Davis, Allene Huggins, I tha Mauney, Verd Anna Peter Mary Lou Spearman, Mary Sul and Mildred Ward. Sigma Chi Sigma Chi did. itself up proud the party given at its house last S day night. The boys had a sp photographer to record interes features. Everything was red white, and to those who are intere in the refreshments, red heart-sh: cakes and orange punch was serve A. T. O. Alpha Tau Omega reports only fact that they gave a house d, Wednesday night but we're willini l)et that everyone present had a E time. Pi Kappa Alpha David Graham, of Pi K. A., wil host to all the brothers at a sm< Saturday night at Lake Murray. FLASH Right in the midst of our we hangovers comes news of the Ger election. Bowers Parker, a Pi K: Phi, is the new president. Other ficers are John Wiggins, vice-pi dent; I)ickey Palmer, treasurer Gregg McMaster, assistant treasc Theo Bell, secretary; Crawford W senior leader; Billy McNulty, ju leader. Pi Kappa Phi P.,n Edwards and Jimmie Wi are new pledges of Pi Kappa Phi. fraternity entertained the goil-frii with a house dance Wednesday ni Sigma Nu Sigma Nu announces the re pledging of Oscar LaBorde, Colun They are also planning initiation c monies which will bring into brotherhood Stokes Randall, J Crews, Coit Hendley and Sam Agi Play "The Challenge of the Cross" be presented Sunday night in the 1 versity Chapel by members of the lege department of the First Bai Church. Special music will be furnished a young woman's choir composec local Carolina students. Elma Fra Corzine is the accompanist. The cast of characters is as folk Myrtle Hair, Edith Pope, Pearl Ba Ruth Hyatt, Bill Hamlet, James Bc and Harry Poole. Kappa Sigma Trhirteen girls will be the 1h< guests at a formal dance to he g by the Kappa Sigma's Saturday n at Alfred Fundlerb)urke's. Perhaps boys think thirteen is a lucky n ber-anywvay, they are planning things for the affair, wvith tuxedos much in order. .-u. a. a. -Clairiosophic (CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE) Other new officers to address society were: John Turnbull, presidlent; Menton H-olland, treasu Phillip WVinter, critic; Larry Gall, geant-at-arms; and C. Foster Si and Leroy Smith, monitors. -1. 3. 0. --All A's (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) above on all his work. The studlent making the "A" avel for the first semester are as follov Marvin D. Armstrong, Colun Frances E. Brooker, Coluna Thomas Peabody Evans, Bennettsi Robert A. Feagan, Jr., Columbia; Jean Herzog, Columbia; Arthur Holman, . Jr., Anderson; Marg Allene H-uggins, Columbia; Re Dell Lambert, Jr., Columbia; Cli Edlward Lee, Asheville, N. C.; The English McCutchen, Bishops Frances C. Means, Columbia; E beth Rhea Preston, Columbia; Th Montgomery Skiles, Columbia; Abraham Smith, Easley; Drayton son Stringer, Anderson; John Re Turnbull, Graniteville; Irvine Tv Welling, Jr., Darlington; Douglas Westmoreland, Jr., Clover; Jane i lace Williamson, Florence; Mary Willis, Columbia; and Melford Ab< Wilson, Kinston, North Carolina. .-U. 3. 0. Considerably more than half of the deaths from tuberculosis occur ing the important productive year l ie.bet ween 15 and 45. "Uncle Fruit" BY F. F. (Dinky) WILLIAMS rop or our onal uca rork rob ight ve'll ker, son, ton, with tur cial ting and sted Lped d. -Courtesy Columbia Record the Nicholas Tinman ince "When I first came to America, land g to ing at Boston, Massachusctts, I was lost. ;ood There was as much difference in this country and the 'old country' as there is in day and night." I be This was the comment of Nicholas Tin >ker man, gardener at the University of South Carolina, who recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. To hundreds of stu ekly dents, he is known as "Uncle Fruit," be man ing named that by Harold Mauney "and ppa them other football players." Asked why of- they so named him, the players pointed -esi- out that everything the aged gardener J. put into the ground grew and became rer; fruitful. hite, Flowing white hair, brown shirts, nior bearded face, a quick tongue and an ever- I present pipe are characteristics of this octogenarian. Ison "Uncle Fruit" has been in the services The of the University for 12 years, having nds transformed the once bare campus into ght. a picturesque scene of a green campus, shrubbery in every corner and over 100 cent flower and shrubbery beds. bia. "There wasn't but a few bushes when ere- I came to Carolina but through the aid the of Dr. Douglas, and President William ohn D. Melton, a beautification drive was be ew. gun." Where Sloan College now stands, there will was fomerly a large hole which "Uncle Jni- Fruit" and his men filled. col- In the "Tinman Vivarium," small plants tist of shrubbery, vines and trees are started. Then they are replanted on the campus, by saving the University hundreds of dol I of lars on plants annually. The death of nces the pines on Gibbes Green and a storm several years ago which blew down 47 trees did not stop this old gentleman. He iley, has replanted many of them and the cam oth, pus has reached newv heights in beautifi cation. Also within the vivarium is an o1(1 tile bath-tub approximately 99 years of age morn which was first used in Flinn Hall. The vntub Ias been converted into a fish pond ight in wvhich he has a "family" of gold fish. the lIe hopes to secure "Lady Beetles" wvith umn- which he plans to kill the "Cotton Cush big ion Scale," the same type of disease that fery is iniuring the Florida fruit trees. He pointed out that the federal government formerly used his vivarium as a breed ing place for disease-killing bugs and "Uncle Fruit" hopes to continue it for use on the camp)us. .the Probably the most interesting phase of 'ce- Mr. Tinmon's career was its beginning. rer; IIe wa-s born in Cornwall, England on ser- the coast. His first job was a page for nith a wvealthy English family while he was only 12 years of age. He vividly re called the blue uniform with its rows of silver buttons and the high-plug hat wvith its silver band. H-e described his duties as standling on the front of the carriage with the dIriver, his arms folded and rage looking straight ahead. As the carriage ~s: stopped, he would get dowvn, open the bia; door, and offer his arm to the ladies. bia; Here lie first started dabbling in the ille; garden and lhe soon was receiving pay leth for his work although at first it was E- only pulling up weeds. This started him *aret on his career which has led him from bert onie continent to another and through rles many states. mas He began work for his father at 14 ille; as a stone mason. Hie carried mortar and biza- as lie described the wvork done by him and eron his brother, "we didn't hurt ourselves Paul much." Wit bert "Like you American boys, we often .it slipped into orchards and stole apples for A. which we received many whippings," Va-the old gentleman said with a chuckle. DHis father died when he was only 16 D* and Nicholas began four years of ap mfzo prentice work at cutting stone. Even more clear than the whippings all he had received as a boy was the Satur dur- day baths which were strictly enforced of at the Tinman home. The boys would go down to the cove known as "Bathing Campus Personalities G. Dowling G. Dowling, Junior law student, :ne of the highest ranking students c our campus. He believes in lucky da and says that he had one of his luci iest on his sixth birthday. He caugl the l)iggest fish he ever caught in h whole life (never mind how big) al learned to swim on that day. He would rather live on the seacoa than anywhere else. Positively, it is ni because a certain person lives ther either; it's because he can go hunti1 and fishing (sports of which he is pa ;ionately) more often in that part the country. Although it is a rather odd one, G obby is collecting pipes: foreign pipe 4merican pipes, old pipes, new pipe unny pipes and ordinary pipes. "Gus the Killer" and "Two gu Pete" detective thrillers don't thri tim. He'd rather read stories of th )ld South, Latin is one of his pet hate :00. A list of his activities while at Car< me is overwhelming. He has bee )usiness manager, managing edito and editor-in-chief of the Garnet an Black, editor of The Carolinian, pre: dent of 0. D. K., prcidcnt of Sigm u fraternity, manager of the bobin :eam, president of the Cotillion clul nember of the honor council, and nember of the Euphradian Literar Society. -. 8. O. Rock," get just as "naked as a jaybirc md take their weekly haths. "Uncle Fruit" scoffed at the peop :alking of low wages in America by tel ng of the numerous copper and tin min iround his home, some over 1,800 fe Jeep in which men worked 10 hours p< lay for only four cents pay. His fath, never allowed any of the family to woi in them, he said. He began work in London where 1 ;tayed for two years before coming 1 America. Asked what he remember about the city, "Uncle Fruit" replied, "'Twas a great big place wvith a lot people." HeI remembers London bridg the lanes of traffic and especially the: feet sidlewalks on both sides. Leaving London, lhe sailed up the Es glish channel but had a wvreck with Chinese Merchant steamship a few mih From Dover. Luckily, the light sailii vessel he wvas aboard did not siink at the passengers reached safety in Dove While in England, he visited \Ves rninster Abbey, the National Galler [ondon Bridge and the Crystal Palac rnost of the visits occurrinig on Saturd: afternoons when everyone stopped wvor "In the 'old1 country' we didn't wvor too much, alwvays taking the weekei ff. Our only trouble was that not moi than two places could be seen on oi lay." Leaving the mother country, Mr. Tii man sailed for America. The price of ticket then was only $5 and despite tI uise of steam on the ships, 13 days wel required in crossing the Atlantic. Asked wvhy lhe came to America, I pondleredl a moment and said: "I doi know except that everyone was doing it Hie landed at Boston in 1881 and hi first impression wvas that this plat "buried among trees with its crooked at marrow streets wvas a funny city." Immediately upon landing, a trip we madle to a cafe where coffee wvas ordere it was served in a large cup wvithr hiandlle, "the such of which I'd never set before." Leaving Boston, "Uncle Fruit" wenti Glouchiester where he cut stoine for tl Washington Monument, Brooklyn Bridi and( the Philadelphia Public Buildin The latter wvas his biggest job with ove 200 men working on the stone at or time. After a three year stay, lie moved1 Quincy, Massachusetts but stayed thei for only one year. He boarded a ho; at New York and sailed to Norfolk, Vi ginia. From here, he got a train th "was so slow that we could hop off, ba Drackers and cheese, and catch it agair On the trip to Raleigh, he first saw co ton stalks about which he asked one< the passengers, "Are iliuse 'pinde1' plants '" At the depot, he and his fellow pas sengers from England started to get off but when they got to the door, all they could see was a large crowd of negroes. "Wait, we have gotten on the wrong train. We are not even in the right country. Look out there," said one of the passengers pointing to the group of darkies loitering around the depot. "Uncle Fruit" explained, "I never saw more than a dozen negroes in my life before I came to America." His stop at Charlotte at a "farmer's hotel" in which the beds were clean but "hard as cement" and the roads in Winns boro which had to be travelled by wagons drawn by ponies were other highlights of his journey. 1ic settled at Winnsboro where he mar ried a South Carolina girl from Darling ton in 1886. The negro lady which cooked the biscuits made them "as black as she was." He was attracted by the negroes sing ing while at work and delving in a bit of philosophy, remarked, "When a negro is singing, he is work ing." - "Uncle Fruit's" chief complaint on is reaching America was the different type n of tools used here as compared with those rs of the mother country. Machinery in <- America was far advanced over the it heavier hand tools used in England, he is pointed out. d Moving to South Carolina, he settled at Rion where he worked for the Winns st boro Granite company. While there, >t Mr. Tinman cut a good deal of the stone e, which was used in the construction of g the South Carolina capitol. He also cut s- stone which served as foundations of >f important coast-line bridges of the state. He moved to Columbia and soon after, 's the University officials hearing of his s, work as a gardener, hired him. s, His chief desire is to be left alone n 11 c Going Home T This Weekend? a Travel in comfort and don't g forget your pocketbook. a y ONE WAY AND ROUND TRIP COACH - TICKETS l" 1 e i er Mile S s Southern Rail W. E. McGhee, A.G.P.A. 1e Phone :o d tg Ld t These are th( k. l~ovely things want to wea PRIe They're Smart And So Very MANNISH TAILORE] SUITS HI-SHADE SWAGGI Very, Very DAB 2 FORMAL DRE at Darlin 1537 Mat Page Five with his flowers and shrubbery, and that the University pass a law expelling every student who walks across any of his beds of plants. "Uncle Fruit" is well informed on pub lic affairs and he regards the greatest insult he could receive is for someone to call him a Republican. Asked what he thought about the re cent Simpson-Edward affair, he unhesi tatingly said: "I think the King did wrong in sacri ficing his honor and loyalty to his mother country for a twice-divorced woman. I don't think it was a good move and if he wanted a woman, he could have gotten a'fresh'one." One of his proudest boasts is that he is the grandfather of triplets, one of his sons having a trio of three-year-old daughters. le is the father of nine children, three of whom have died. His wife also died eight years ago. When he came to the University, he did most of the work with his own hands but because of his many years and infirm health, he has had to share it with two helpers. He is still the chief gardener although he has "voluntary at tendance," coming to work only when he feels like it. "This country is prettier than the mother country", Mr. Tinman pointed out, "although England is just a little garden spot." "People here at the University have treated me fine and I have never been on a job that I have enjoyed more," the agcd gardener continued. "Uncle Fruit" is still a champion of England, although he does not think he will ever have a chance to return to his mother land. He is content to spend the remaining portion of his life in America. avel By Train 0 1 re-Comfortable-Economical way System Columbia Hotel 5631 r this Authentic Inexpensive :R COATS $9.98 UP! LING Dresses .98 $9.98 SSES .. - g Shop