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Social Hc BY BETTY C Sigma Alpha Epsilon The S. A. E.'s, who have had a pretty busy week of it what with their annual founder's day banquet and a few other I shindigs, gave a party for alumni Wed nesday, March 3, at the c'hapter house. The house was also the scene of a party last Saturday night. K. S. K. Last Friday night the girls' K. S. K. girl-break was danced at the University gymnasium. Henry Westbrook played and we hear that the ladies outnumbered the gentlemen by a good margin--a sign I that somebody, at least, should have en joyed a rush. Lucky Numbers Kappa Sigma fraternity, which evi dently believes in safety in numbers, is changing from 13 to 15. They will en tertain tonight with a house dance for 15 fortunate gals. Wasn't the number 13 so lucky after all? New Initiates Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha cele brated Founder's day on March 1, 1937, with the initiation of Theron C. Smith, Jr., )uncan; herbert Harmon, Welch, W. Va.; Ed. E. Tiller, Mayesville; and Harllee Powell, Florence. The initiation was held at the Crystal Room of the Hotel Columbia. Immediately following the ceremonies the annual banquet was held. Brief ad dresses were made by several of the alumni. At the close of the banquet the alumni and members went to the fraternity house for a delightful party in the form of a Bowery Ball. The house was decorated in the style of the gay nineties, and the costumes were in line with this scheme. Delta Zeta Velda IHarth, Catherine Toal, Mary Alice Porter, and Marjorie Collins were initiated into Delta Zeta at a recent meeting. The Delta Zeta national field secretary also visited our local girls this week. Sigma Chi Sigma Chi pledges showed just how dutiful and loyal they are by giving a party for the actives last night. Alpha Delta Pi Betty Wrenshall, alumna of the Uni versity and especially reiembered as be ing our first woman social cabinet chair man, has been in Columbia for several days. I .ucy Lewis and D,t Piau spent last week-end with Lela Mayes at her home in Florence. This week Lela is going to Clemson. Miss Anne Harlgrave of Virginia, province president of Alpha Delta Pi, visited the Carolina chapter this week. The act ives are planning a tea ini her honor on Saturday and the altumnae are giving a Ituncheon. Banquet Held On April 12 By S. A. E. Fraternity Celebratinig its eighty- first anniversary, the South Carolina D)elta Chapter of the Signia Alpha Epsilon will give its tenth annual Founder's-Day banquet at the Columbia I lotel on March 12 at nine o'clock. Buster Spanni amid his Gamecock orchestra will furnish the miusic for the banquet, which is to lie held in cabaret style with an elaborate floor show. Offici ating 'as toast master for the evening wvill be James IT. I lammiiond(, former Richilandl Counity Senator. The principal speaker is Dr. D. WV. D)aniel of Clemson College. According to the plans which have beeni made, this banqutet promlises to stur.. pass any of those of previotus y-ears. D)elegations are expected from 'the Chapters at WVofford, Fuirmani, Univer sity of North Carolinia, Davidsoni, Dutke, Sewanlee, and the Uniiversity of Georgia. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity wvas fotunded at the University of Alabama Miarch 9th, 1856. There are no0w one htundred and ten active chapters in the universities and colleges of the United States, and a number of alumni groups Which meet regularly ini foreign cotun tries. The total active membership is approximately 45,000. Officers of the local chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon are: President, A. Mc Kay Brabham; vice-presidenit, John~ S. Nicholson; secretary, Richard C. Hlor ger; treasure~r, Williani R. Bruce. -U. i. O. OneC out of every four deaths oc curring among girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 30 is caused by tuberculosis. ingovers OMSTOCK Phi Sigma Kappa Phi Sig boys, whose house is being ainted this week, are going to elect of icers Sunday night. \Ve will report the ames of the new men next week. Dick Porter, alumnus, is back in town I isiting the gang. Party For B. B. Team To celebrate the Gamecocks' win over itadel last Saturday, Mr. L. D. Long f Charleston, father of L. L. Long, I ntertained the entire basketball squad nd their coach. Among the other Caro ina guests present were George Rogol, \rnold Werle, George Player, Nathan tosen, and L. L. Long. The boys are n favor of more Gamecock supporters ike Mr. Long. Incidentally, Mr. Long's )rother, J. C. Long is a graduate of the Jniversity Law School and was once :aptain of the football team. Delta Sigma Pi Delta Sigma Pi, professional Com nerce fraternity, is planning a busy pring. First in order is a professional necting which promises to be interest ng and a big help to the boys. Then i numher of films are to be shown the raternity. Evans Guyton and Banjo Villiams are recent pledges. Sigma Nu Seven men were initiated into Sigma tu Sunday night. They were Dick ittle, John Crews, Stokes Randall, Robert Shaw, Coit IIendley, Courtney arson, and Sam Agnew. Zeta Tau Alpha Mary Sutton, prominent Z. T. A., is uow touring Tennessee and Georgia vith the debating team. Emily \Vest pent last week-end in Atlanta, Georgia. { The Zetas held a drop-in at their so ority house just before K. S. K. last riday night. The girls and their dates lid a little informal swinging of their wn before going on to the (lance. Martha Ilarmon was in town for the orority drop-in and for the girl-break. Marion Coleman will entertain the :hapter with a house dance tonight at ter home. Pledges, actives, and various >ther guests will be there, along with heir dates. Charlotte Porter, founder and alumna, nas in town for the week-end. K. K. K. Judy Greenberg of Kappa Kappa Kappa spent the past week-end at Chapel I ill and Jean Berman and Blanche teinhorn are Charlestoning after tomor ow's classes. Sigma Phi Epsilon Sidney Duncan, a leading man in the . P. F. tribe, is flying the campus :olors this week on a debating tour of Florida. Monroe Fulmer, an alumnus, s back in town and seeking solace at he fraternity abode. Tf. J. I iarrelson, tot to be outdo ne by our local camipuis rotters, visied Cilnubia College this weeCk. Social Cabinet Gives Dance F 100 r Show Features Carolina (dncers will get a chance to swing to the music of a unique baud to light when an orchestra mnade up of six womenCI and six men conmes here to play for a social cabineit dlance to be held from I10 to 2 in thle gym tonight. At first it was thought that the or -liest ra would he composed entirely of feinine talent, but the prevalence of flu in thle Midd(le West causedl some (if lie places in the band to he tilled wi thI men who will carry on ini thle places of hose who are ill. In order to complenisate for not having mi all-girl hand as advertised, the orches ra is bringing along a chorus of ten g~irls whose vocal reiidit ions have made them the feature oif the shiow. Ini adl lit ion to this, a floor show, the first of its kind to lie shown in South Caroliina, will ad its bit toi making thle a ffair one df the best of the year. The floor showv is mlade up (if six acts with a variety if stars selected from the most proi nent night clubs in New York aind Chicago. Foremost amnong these is Jackie Roper, a ten-year-oh(l kid singer, wvho has woin his way to fame in the last two years. Starr aind Lee will give ain accordion act, and the (dancinig part of the showv will be taken care of by the Burnis Brothers and Pauline. Evelyn Price will (direct the chorus, and~ D)ave Rob,erts will act as master of ceremfomles. -U. U. c. The United States since the War for Southern Independence has never con vited a spy. Campus P BY LEOL Sam Cartledge Sam Cartledge of Batesburg, a senior nd president of Carolina's student body, s famous on the campus and off for his mpersonations of Stan Laurel. Con ulted as to his life's ambition, Sammy earlessly stated that he is at present tudying to be a graduate of Carolina. Vhile at this grueling work his great st extravagances are chewing gum and he movies. Madeline Carroll is the lamourous actress who touches his heart, his notwithstanding his preference for runettes. When meal time comes (as it inva iably does) Sammy is anxious for veal utlets as served at the mess hall. He s happy in a slip-over sweater and slacks, vhether he happens to be listening to his 'avorite radio program, Fred Allen ir1 ['own Hall News, or playing tennis vhich he likes doing equally as well, \lthough he says he has little time for iobbies, he does prefer reading short tories. Full-length novels do not in crest him. The genial president says that he has ecn more interested in boxing thar my other sport, but boxing is definitely rot his favorite sport, however unusual his may seem. He prefers to swim =lis pet aversions are math and biology :orn-counting. This same mathematical :alculation has made an impression upor ammy that time can never erase. 1ie advocates more frequent playing f the haunting "Serenade in the Night' )y Shep Fields' orchestra. Firmly re using to divulge the reason for it ammy has suddenly decided that h< ikes girl-break dances. Of interest tc :ertain people is the fact that his favor te color is blue. Seriously, ie is at rdent supporter of intra-mural and hope: o see them grow in the future. While at Carolina, Sammy has beer SMITH DESCRIBES GRAND CANYON "Its majestic grandeur is eclipsed only >y the volume of, earth's history exposed n its rocks.". Thus Dr. L. L. Smith, professor of teology at the Univerity, described the ,rand Canyon in a radio talk Monday n connection with the South Carolina chool of the Air. "The Colorado river with a fall o: >ver seven feet per mile carries over 1,000,000 tons of mud, silt and sand every 24 hours. At present, if the erosior ate continues, it would require over 1,000,000 years to cut the 6,000 feet of -ock to its present depth," Professor mith pointed out. "Although it took 1,000,000 years tc :arve the canyon, many more ages bacl >f that ;e required to transform th< hick rock layers into a vast plateau." "The lowermost rocks exposed in the ~anyon arc tire oldest. The lowermost orge is curt thrrough these anrd is knowr is tire Grarrite Gorge. The next layer )f rocks is called tihe Granrd Canyot ceries. Tis consists mostly of sand ~tone, shrale anrd limnestonre. Manry layers onrtain low forms of seawveed anc pronges, sotre beinrg 12,000 feet thick TIs shrows thrat the sea whrichr depositet hrenm nrust hrave linrgered a long time Later tIre beds were hreaved up out o1 ie sea, andl formed nrountainr ranges b: iltinrg on edlge. These montains wer< in turn worn dlown1." "Millionrs of years later, the sea agair inrvadled tire region and( deposited a bet >f limestonre from 500-700 feet thickr TIre last beds aggregating 2,000 feet con Lairn ferns, reptile tracks, atnd inrsc wvings dlepositedI by muntddy stleams. "Finrally came tire cliff dw~ellers. I we dlivide tire wh'lole of geologic tim into 24 parts as we (dividle thre days in o hrours, and( tire 24 parts inrto 60 minr utes, and threse inr turnr to 60 second parts Iten tire canyonr echroedl to footsteps o these ancient people about 1-30 of seconrd ago. "Thre Colorado courses thrroughr 50 mriles of canyon, also precipitous thra it can be crossed in only thrree places Thre Granrd Canryorn proper begirns nea I tahr State litre and endrs nrear tire Nevada State bound(ary. "Muchr of tire beauty of the canryos is (lue to erosion," Professor Smnithr con CO-EDS DEBATE U.0OF GEORGIiA Tire Unriversjty of Georgia co-ed de batinrg team mret tire Unriversity o Southr Carolina Tuesday night in tih Clariosophlic hrall. Georgia wvas repre sentedi by Mary Gordy anrd D)oris Beas Iey, wino uphreld thre negative side, an Kenniorn llenderson, alternate. Emil McEachrern anrd Betty Comstock took thi affirmative sidie for tire University o Southr Carolina. Giladys Gaskinr, presi dent of tire H-ypatianr literary societ: rsona lities A GARETY Gladys Gaskin Gladys Gaskin, a senior in the school of Arts and Science, is one of our lead ing co-eds. The dignity of her many offices does not prevent her from violently hating one thing above all others: people who yell "Tarazan" out of windows. But then, there is a wonderful hobby of hers that rather makes up for this. It is eating Waldorf Salad. Gladys is an athletic and an outdoor girl by ability and choice. She loves to swim, to go horseback riding, and to play tennis, although she is not satis fied with her game. Gladys advocates the idea of women in politics on the campus. She believes that with women in politics there would be less "graft" than there is now. A list of the activities she has taken part in and offices that she has held is quite flattering. She has been president of the University Players, secretary of the American Student Union, and as sistant in the department, a pledge of Sigma Delta Pi, (national honorary Spanish fraternity), member of Chris tian Service Club, member of W.A.A., member of her freshman basketball and hockey teams, member of her sopho more basketball team, and a member of the Glee Club. She has played lead ing roles in many plays, among them "The Ninth Guest" and "Merchant of Venice." She is now senior orator of the Hypatian Literary Society and president of that organization. -U. U. v. president of the student body, vice-pres ident of the junior class, business man ager of the Glee Club, a member of the Euphradian literary society, ODK, KSK, Lampad fraternity and Pi Kappa Phi. L'AIGLON POSTERS WANTED BY PLAYERS In -conjunction with the production of Rostand's L'Aiglonc by the University Players on March 17 in Melton Hall, a competition for the outstanding adver tising poster design and executed by a student of the University will be held. The contest is open to all students. It begins immediately and extends un til March 12, at which time the posters will be placed on exhibition as publicity for the production. Designers of the chosen best will be presented with suit able awards, and announced in The Gamecock two weeks hence. All posters must be on heavy poster board, not less than sixteen by twenty inches in six, and must be deposited in ).................... tI the office of the department of Romanc< Languages, Davis 19, on or before March 11. No name is to appear on the pos ter itself, but full identification must accompany each work in a sealed en velope. Choice of medium and design is unspecified. ---. I. 0. Each year tuberculosis claims the live of 40,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 45. OOK FRATERNITIES L U K 8ORORITIES AND CLUBS For Your Next Party Call 8240 For KIRBY'S Potato Chips and Delicious Salads SPECIAL PRICES To Parties or Banquets For Fancy yourse assortment of d New colors - carefully tailo Mitoga-shaped TABLESS TAB $2 _A R ROV"11Vpt} {wl.v.v}.....: A R R0M 3 P ' ~ 0 Turn bull Heads Commerce Frat John Turnbull of Graniteville has been elected Headmaster of Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity, at the University of South Carolina. He succeeds John W. Ellison of Easley. DEPENDABLE TAXI SERVICE OUR RATES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST OUR SERVICE UNEQUALLED CHECKER CAB Co. Telephone 2-3311 Variety if owning a handsome rrows as pictured below. new collars - each shirt red to Arrow standards. and Sanforized-Shrunk. BUTTON-DOWN $2 ROUND CORNER $2.50 WITH TIE LOOPS $2 W SHIRTS and TIES . 4 e# - o