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CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Fraternity Makes Highest Grades Let' Send UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Largest Circulation of any Collegiate Newspaper in South Carolina Volume %%B, No 18 COLUMBIA, 0. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937 _________Fudd10 Fratern i t ToA Group Meets With_Harth To Draw Up Plans Greeks Hope To Have Faculty Withdraw Decision To Bring Frats Back On Campus Representatives from all fraternities at Carolina met in he office of Wil liam H. Harth, director of student ac tivities, on Tuesday afternoon and drew up plans to be submitted to Uni versity officials, enabling the Greeks to remain in their houses next year, according to Mr. Harth. The officials have passed a rule re quiring all fraternities to move on the campus next year. At the meeting Tuesday, every fraternity expressed their opposition to this rule. In an effort to cause the officials rescind their original plan, a commit tee headed by McKay Brabham has been appointed to draw up a plan which will be submitted to the Univer sity committee on fraternities. In the plan, the fraternities will agree to cer tain restrictions concerning conduct, financial obligations and means of pun ishing the fraternity which steps out of bounds. If the plan passes the Uni versity committee, it will be referred to President J. Rion McKissick. If he approves it, it v ill be brought up before a meeting of the trustees of the University at an early date. A full discussion was held and Dean of Administration, John A. Chase made a talk. He said that the social organizations would be treated as groups, not as fraternities. He assured them that they could rent an entire tenement in case they were forced to move on the Campus and that the University would consider knocking out certain partitions to make a club room. Mr. Chase also pointed out that club rooms might be allowed the groups in town. The possibility for a fraternity row in town under careful supervision of (Turn to Page i; Column 1) --U. ". 0. Jobs Open For Grads With Degrees In June Representative Of Proctor And Gamble Will Be On Campus Monday Do you want a job? R. C. Bell, executive secretary of the University of South Caroline Y. M. C. A., announced today that h< has several openings for graduate stu dents of Carolina who will receiv< their dlegrees in June. A representative from Proctor and Camb)le Company of Ivorydale, Ohio Will be on the campus Monday to in terviewv seniors for positions with thai company. A general meeting will b< held at 9';3O at Flinn Hall and individ ual appointments will c o n t i n u< throughout the day. Seniors desiring work with the Arm strong Cork Company of Lancaster Pennsylvania, are asked to submil their applications to Mr. Bell. Il enough applications are received, representative from the company wil visit the campus. "We place from ten to forty men av nually in positions, sometimes placa 15 in one lump," Mr. Bell continued. "Students ranking in the first 259% Scolastically never have any troubb tetting Positions. Some companies require good marks, character and corKnon sense but all require a pleas Ing personality" Other companies who annually seeS tduates from Carolina are as fol. Iows: Vick Chemical Company, Liberta 4utual Insurance Company, Sears Roebuck, and Burroughs Adding Ma. ies Seek I vert Rule - I: Deadline Set For C Annual Pictures All organizations at Carolina who desire pages in the Garnet and co Black for this year will please con- n tact Stokes Davis or Frank Jordon st ur within the next week. di Anyone who has snapshots which TI are to go in the yearbook are asked of to turn them into the annual offi- to cials within the next week Editor th Jordon announced. th si, Alumni Meet t At Florence : Iii In Legion Hut th Carolina Graduates Hold First i" Of Series Of Gatherings; to Other Meetings Follow th In the first of a series of annual Iml Alumni meetings held throughout the se State, the Carolina graduates of the o to fourth and twelfth judicial circuits will meet at the American Legion Hut near dt Florence tonight at 6:30, Barney Early, w' Alumni secretary announced this week. m; The meeting will be presided over te by Marion A. Wright, president of the m Alumni Association, assisted by H. W. T Hennig, Vice-president of the fourth su judicial circuit and George L. Taylor, du vice-president of the twelfth judicial circuit. ex Under the supervision of Professor de T. F. Ball of the school of Electrical Engineering and Professor C. F. Mer- U cer of the Physics department of the D University, the "House of Wonder" - will be shown in a special program for the Alumni. After the showing of this feature, fish stew will be served "dutch style" at a cost of fifty cents per plate. Dr. J. Rion McKissick, president of the University, Dr. L. T. Baker, dean fr of the faculty, Dr. Francis W. Brad Icy, dean of the school of Arts and Sciences, and J. A. Chase, Jr., dean or administration, will represent the a University at this meeting and will tr give short addresses on various sub- gr jects under their jurisdiction. Dr. Josiah Morse, head of the de- C partment of Psychology, will deliver the main address of the evening. Vice ti< presidents for the fourth and twelfth ra circuits will be elected to serve for the coming year. Along with the faculty members of fc the University, tihe Athletic Associa tion wvill be represented by Coach Don McCallister and WV. H. Harth, direc tor of studenCIt activities. Besides these Jack Lyon, captain of the 1937 foot-. hall team, Bernard James, captain of the basketball and baseball team, Har- 4 ry Hiltoni, captain of the boxing team, Goody Taylor, captain of the track - team, and Charles Simons and Howard -3 Burns, presidents of the Clariosophic - and Euphradian Literary societies and Sanm Cartledge, president of the stu dent body have also been invited to atte nd. The "House of Wonder" will be showni to the alumni at each of these *i( meetings and will also be showvn at 11 the high schools of the cities in which~ the meetings are being held. VISITORS IN VITED To OBSERVATORY - The Melton Observatory is open to _ visitors between the hours of 7:30 and_ I8:30 p. m. every Monday and Wednes- 12 day night Professor E. C. Coker, in- 14 structor in astronomy announces. All 15 students as well as out of town people lt are invited to visit the observatory i; during these hours. 1 Of special interest to those who ob- Is serve the stars is the clear view of the 2( planet Venus and the Orion nebula which is visible in the southern skies. - eague Plans Two Remedies n Meeting Thursday - ooperative Book Store And Non Compulsory Mess Hall For Freshmen Considered A co-operative book store that will be -operative in practice as well as in 4 ime, and non-compulsory mess-hall re rictions for freshmen were two meas es which the Carolina Student League scussed at length in its meeting last imrsday night. Committees, composed outstanding students, were appointed look into the two subjects and report a eir findings at the next gathering of e newly organized group. a For a number of years, freshmen re- j; ling on the campus have been forced eat at the mess-hall, whether they t :ed it or not. The book store has d en run on a money making basis, an is not cut prices when a surplus has en made. It is the aim of the Caro ia Sutdent League to straighten out ese, and other evils, on the campus. The group passed a resolution endors g the American Youth Act as an ex nsion of the NYA, and also expressed at its members are peace-loving youths, id recommended that a provisional com ittee for anti-war demonstration be t up. All social, fraternal and literary ganizations of the campus were urged place representatives on the committee. An anti-war demonstration was con icted on the campus two years ago, t bich was very successful. Approxi- i ately 500 students turned out and lis- I ned to speeches by many prominent t embers of the student body and faculty. < he Carolina Student League hopes that ccessful demonstrations will be con- 1 cted in the future. The League resolved to have a more a tensive participation of students in a h mocratic student self-government. s Next meeting of the Carolina Student c :ague was held last night at 8:00 in I avis 3. a F'RA TERNITY ALL IN SC For the second time in the history of aternities and sororities on the Univer- a :y campus, a fraternity, Phi Epsilon Pi, : the scholastic ratings at Carolina, cording to John A. Chase, Jr., regis ar, who released today the grades by 'oups for the second semester. n The student body as a whole had a plus average in their scholastic work. t Six fraternities made a higher scholas- 1: average than the all student body .tio, seven falling below. s Below are given the average grades mad apters for the first semester of the sessior r the semester. The standard score is ap Fratcrnity or Sorority .Phi Epsilon Pi (F) .Delta Delta Delta (5) ________ .Kappa Sigma (F) .Chi Omega (5) . Pi Beta Phi (5) All Non-Sorority Average (Women) .Alpha Taui Omega (F) All Women's Average . Zeta Tau Alpha (S) . Sigma Nu (F) . Sigma Alpha Epsilon (F) All Sorority Average (Women) 4. Alpha Delta Pi (5) .Phi Beta Delta (F) All Fraternity & Sorority Average . Pi Kappa Phi (F') All Student Body Average All Non-Fraternity & Non-Sorority Av All Fraternity Average All Men's Average All Non-Fraternity Average I. Sigma Phi Epsilon . Pi Kappa Alpha .Delta Zeta (5) .Sigma Clhi (F) .Kappa Alpha (F) . Phi Kappa Sigma (F) . Phi Sigma Kappa (F) . Sigma Kappa (5) (F) means Fraterniity; (S) means (Turn to Pane. Ath Letic To School Uses Much Coai 3ays Marshal Cante !acts And Figures Of Universi Of South Carolina Announced By Cantey More than 2,000 tons of coal costi round $10,000 are used by the Unive ity every year, J. M. Cantey, marsh nnounced this week. This coal whi lbought only one time during t 'ear, usually in May or June, is haul o the furnace and piled up for t luring the ensuing year. Around forty or fifty cases of pap owels, with 3,750 towels per case, a ised each year, says Mr. Cantey, a dds that he has so much trouble reph ng light bulbs which are stolen that ould not estimate the number of the sed. All lights used by the Univers iave the letters USC etched on the be om for a slightly larger price per bu Ten barrels of cleaning powder a Iso utilized in keeping the enamel wo f the dormitories spotless. These ba els average around 250 pounds each. Forty-one janitors take care he boys' dormitories, Woman's Buil ng, Melton Hall, and the gym and fie iouse. This does not include, howeve he people who supervise the cafeteri: )ne additional man was taken vhen the new wings were opened or students to move into. Over six hundred brooms are us nnually by the University. The rooms are taken to the carpente hop when worn out and made in hair rungs and towel racks. The tv ew dormitories on Thornwell Colle re equipped wvith these towvel rack: EXCE LLS 'HOL ARSHIJ Five of the seven sorority groups a bove the all studen t body average. The non-sorority average led the sorc ly group and the all sorority group f elow the all women's group. The fraternity and sorority scholasi rades excelled those of the non-frat< ity and non-sorority groups. The all fraternity average was low han that of the student body but w igher than the all men's grades. The non-fraternity groups were low cholastically than the all men's averag e by the various fraternity and sorori i 1936-37. The order is that of standii pended. February, 1937 Standa Average Score* 2.11 Plus 3. 2.25 "' 3. 2.33 " 2. 2.48 " 1. 2.49 " 1. 2.52 "1. 2.54 " 1. 2.58 " 1. 2.59 "1. 2.60 " 1. 2.63 "1. 2.67" . 2.72" . 2.73" . 2.79" . 2.80" . 2.82" . e. 2.83 M inus. 2.84" . 2.90" . 2.93" . 3.06 " 1. 3.110 " 1. 3.113 " 1. 3.14 " 1. 3.22 " 1. 3.27 " 2. 3.322 " 2. 3.328 " 2. orority. .Jaumn 4) Night Hel Aid Boxin HOLIDAYS START i ON MARCH 26 Easter holidays will begin at 8 o'clock on Thursday, March 26 and y classes will be resumed on April 1, In according to John A. Chase, Jr., y registrar at Carolina. Sti April Fool pranks will not be in I order, the officials warn. Fair warning is hereby presented to all ig you gals and all youse guys that E r- these hyar midterm tests are on to s' al, the schedule in the next two weeks. Car ch nia he legi: ed Income Shows Ap Slight Rise id stud c Welbourne Announces Clud e_____six "' Salaries Paid Employees Of Uni- ing ty versity Show Increase Over the Last Year's Figures P The .re One hundred sixteen people in the em- $1.0 rk ploy of the University have incomes of rese r- over $1,000, and their combined salaries lina amount to $266,536.54, according to fig- lina of ures released by F. F. Welbourne, treas- paig d- urer. TI Id These figures show a slight increase a co over last year's when 102 people received ni v s. around $240,000.00. This increase is the pas on result of a general enlargement of the cont up number of people employed following the aske inauguration of the new administration. ed The amount of each person's salary bant se is sent to the South Carolina Tax Corn- Mar .'s mission to show them what persons may Fern to be expected to file income tax returns. a na vo The amount of money paid in salaries of tl ge includes the administration, professors, wim associate professors, instructors, and la- winl borers. aunc Je Literary re Digress Frid Fi r- BY THREE PLAGIARISTS 4: ll What Would Happen? iC (Scene: A hole, just any shell-hole r- for two, out between the lines of fire. Two soldiers. One fights for the 7: er Black, the other for the Red.) as Black: Got a smoke? Satu Red: Sure thing. Here y'are. 7: er Black: Thanks. Say, we're in a e. pretty tough spot, ain't we? Red: Sure thing. This is a hell of Sun a mess. If I had my way I wouldn't even be here. Black: An' ya think I would? This sure ain't the glorious thing they saidl it wvas back in the recruiting of- Mor fice. Mud, blood, and fleas. 4 Red: Same here. They told us 2 what a pack of murdercos you were, 7 37 and I was ready to clean out the bunch 11 of you. Black: Looks like we both got the same thing. They made us hate you - before we ever even seen ya. Why should I want to kill you? I ain't 6got nothin' against you. Tue 21 Red: Me too. If I was to meet 7: you on the street any other time I'd 8: 32 probably say, "C'mon. Have a beer or somethin' on me." (9 Black: Yehi. You got nothin' against me an' I got nothin' against We< -. you. But what'd happen to us if I 4: 11 just up and decided I wasn't going to 5: 30 kill you, and you dlecided you wasn't goin' to kill me? Just what would 5: 5happen? 7: GREEN GRASS IS BLACK (Note): This is an authentic story 8 10 of a student at Carolina. To him, we 33 send bouquets and loads of admira- 8 34 tion for his grit. We consider it an 47 ,honor to be listed as three of his Ths B3 friends. 2 36 College I Where were the racoon 30 coated, flag-waving, flask-toting, rah 33 irahing students? Thus reflected a freshman from his 7 ( Turn to Pa 4; Column 3) d g Team aise Money or Expenses National Tourney dents Charged 25 Cents Ad lission To Program In Field House Next Wednesday fforts are being made to raise $500 nd Frank Jenkins and Rex Williams, )lina boxers, to Sacramento, Califor to compete in the National Intercol ite boxing tournament to be held ill, 2, and 3. n Wednesday, March 17, an "Athletic it" will be held in the Field House aise money for this purpose, it was >unced by W. H. Harth, director of ent activities at the University. In ed on the night's program will be oxing matches, two wrestling, fenc matches, a tumbling exhibition, and finals of the "Y" ping-pong tourney. ices for students will be 25 cents. general public will be admitted for ). Special ringside boxes will be -ved for a limited number of Caro supporters at $10 each. The Caro Boosters club is sponsoring the cam rn. ie City of Columbia has already made ntribution of $50 to the fund. Alum 'ill be asked to contribute, and cam organizations have been asked for ributions. Fraternities have been d to give $5 each. nkins won the Southern Conference amweight title at College Park, yland, in the recent Southern Con ce tournament, while Williams lost rrow decision in a final round bout e 169 pound class. Five of the other ers of the Conference tournament go to the tilt in California, it was unced. nkins and Williams were not slated o to the tournament in California (Turn to Pag. 3; Column 1) -U. U. 0. Weekly Calendar ay 12: DO P. M. Chi Delta Phi Literary Sorority meets at 808 Pickens St., with Alice Benet. DO P. M. Band rehearsal in the chapel. 15 P. M. Junior-Senior Co u n c i 1 meets in Flinn hall. rday 13: 3O P. M. Y gives program at Girl's Industrial School. lay 14: DO A. M. Y conducts Sunday School at Jail. 3O P. M. Vespers in chapel. J. Mar vin Rast, speaker. day 15: DO P. M. Co-Ed Association meets in chapel. DO P. M. Band rehearsal in chapel. 30 P. M. Open Forum on Current International Problems in Davis College, Room 7. Dr. C. M. Ferrell will talk on "The British Empire: Some Recent Problems." tday 16: 00 P. MI. Discussion Groups. 00 P. M. Euphradian Literary Soci ety. Clariosophic Literary Soci ety. Inesday 17: 15 P. M. Hlypatian Literary Society. 00 P. M. Alpha Kappa Gamma meets in Woman's Building, 15 P. M. Special Faculty meeting. 00 P. M. Block C Club meets. 15 P. M. Carolina Christian Service Club meets in Flinn Hall. 00 P. M. Athletic Night in Field House. 00 P. M. 0. D. K. meeting in the Law Building. raday 18: 00 P. M. Y gives program in Alms H ouse. 00 P. M. Freshman Council in Flinn Hall. :30 P. M. Orchestra rehearsal in chapel.