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BETTY COBSTOCK, Co-ed ! Pi Kap Scampus Scribbled by Garety By way of beginning, we pause only to b remind you that, by reason of the abun- n dance of pre-Christmas balls, dances, banquets, and the like, all frats and soror ities are more than a little scarce on indi- b vidual news. Nevertheless, here's all and the best we could find. A SIGMA CHI g Planning an informal get-together, the g Sigma Chi's are having a dinner at Scar- T borough's Cafeteria next Monday night v at 7:30. Alumni are especially invited, a We nearly forgot to mention: it's a stag ' affair. CHI OMEGA The Chi O's announce the following new initiations: Martha Newman, Jean ette Watts, Margaret Dixon, and Nelle Ramsey. PHI SIGMA KAPPA Before the news, first the unpleasant A business. To the Phi Sig's: we are sorry we "slipped up" and called you Sigma Nu's in the writeup of the George Wash- F ington dance in last week's column. i a SIGMA NU a From Sigma Nu comes news of an in- Cl formal dance Mortimer Crosby, manager of the Jefferson Hotel, is giving for the S actives and alumni next Monday night in the Chatterbox. Jack Crosby is a here- S to-fore unannounced pledge of Sigma Nu. ti o ZETA TAU ALPHA G A drop-in for Zeta actives, pledges, fi and alumnae will be held at the home of r; alumna Mrs. Phoebe Callahan from 4 to 6 p. m. Sunday. a A special meeting of the sorority's S Mothers' Club was held last night at the a Zeta house on Senate Street at 8 p. m. a Loline Harmon is in charge of the club. Mrs. J. J. Martin is president. Ruth Kanarr will spend next week-end at Talahassee, where she will attend the Zeta Tau Alpha formal., TRI DELTA n The Tri Delts' Founders' Day banquet d was held Monday night, Nov. 22 in rhe PATRONIZE THE H CANTEEN { YOUR STORE The Best For The Money 'l TEXT BOOKS FOR ALL h COURSE8 The n1 UNIVERSITY Book Store THE GAMECOCK PRESSING CLUB For The Best Work AT REASONABLE PRIGES. n CHRIS AT T STATE CO. B Christmas And Gifts Fi Remember .. . FINE FOUNTA] IDEAL FOli WE HAVE .. . PARKERS, W SHEAF: CAMPL ditor LEOLA GARETY ) Phi .. 1 Scrips M cO allroom of the Columbia Hotel. Im- w iediately after, the girls' mothers enter- In ined at a dance for the chapter mem- "f k ers and their dates, of Kitty Foster, Harriet Perkins, and fo obin Hlood went to the Army-Navy co ame. Margaret Ashe spent the Thanks- sk iving holidays in York. Carolyn Elliott, T n ommy Thompson, and Annie Lee Moore a isited thir old Alma Maters last week E Agnes Scott, Ilollins, and Mary Bald- at m. tul tal '.PARTY sk The freshman YMCA. invited all us th< arolina students around to Flinn Hall a st night (Thursday) to an informal is irty from 7 :30 to 9 :00. There was usic for dancing, and, incidrntally, at enty of refreshments. fo on . D. PI rel Trying something different, the A. D. m i's are giving a combined drop-in and ." formal party for the Tri Delt's Sunday "' [ternoon from 4 to 6. The A. D. Pi's if -e still elated over their volley ball ho iampionship, and who wouldn't be! P1 . A. E. ~ In place of its usual Christmas formal, . A. E. is having a Christmas dance in ie ballroom of the Jefferson the evening i Dec. 16 to the music of Buster Spann's amecock orchestra. Purple and gold, the -aternity's colors, will be used in deco itions for the ballroom. The occasion of the dance is the tenth gy miversary of the reestablishment of the hi< A. E. chapter at Carolina. The alumni Mi re sponsoring the affair for the actives id pledges, or S. A. E. officers are: George Brunson, Gc resident ; Billy McNulty, vice-president ; trr Larry Mims, secretary; and Chai kies ina [anning, treasurer. Charles Ford is seC ciairman of the dance committee; other inj tembers of it are George Bunch, John loan, llarry Mims, -and Marshall Hlil- en erbrand. Fi --U. 5. 0.-s( Sigma Kappas ( 3ive Formal Preceded by a drop-in from 8 to 9 thJ hursday evening at the home of Kath- all *en Duffy, the Sigma Kappa formal will Wv e given in the ballroom of the Jefferson fo rom 9 till 1. w Leading the grand march will be Cor- BI elia Yoder, president of Sigma Kappa, ith IHarold Ross ; Ernestine Price, pres- of lent of the pledge chapter, wvith Paul Al mith ; and Elizabeth Warren, president (Il Sthe alumnae chapter, with H. B. Rich- fra rdlson. " Maroon and lavendar will be the color :heme used in the ballroom decorations. -I Mrs. Isabella Krey, national Sigma ' appa officer, wvill attend the formal.k ---. 0. 0. Finmark is the northernmost prov- A1 ice of Norway. It has an area of early 20,000 square miles.st del SI EMAS il an, HE wx Al fol 00K STORE Cards S ~r Everyone o St in N PENS ARE cen GIVING n hij ATERMANS Ri P'ERS hi4 hij , Society Editor O11S ittention: Co4 NOtLCLU AROUND TIlE CAM 1S: Margaret Mobley's novel Charlie :Carthy gadget....all varieties of fur its being brought out for the recent Id snap. ...and the new "immigrant" y of wearing scarves to keep the ears )m getting nippy.... Katy Beaty wear i to advantage a variety of pleated irts....inability of everyone to think a beautiful girl at Carolina-we go in r personality, imstead....Alice -luiet mbining a pink sweater with a green irt and looking very nice.... Nita irner in a rust coat with gray squirrel d Doris Johnson appearing places in yellow coat with fox fur. A NEW PLAN FOR STUDYING the Woman's Building has been insti ed by Mrs. Childs. Because girls will k or listen to the radio or just get epy and go to bed, they sometimes let ir studying go. But now, on five nights week, from 8 to 10 p. m., a study hall conducted in the Woman's Cafeteria. cry girl who failed on any subject mid-cnerter is requircd to attend ar nights a week. Although, there are ly 35 on the required list, Mrs. Childs )orts that about 60 girls have been iking use of the new plan. City girls t rooming in the girls' dormitory are ited to come and study with the others they find too many distractions at me. A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS VES :RS SERVICE has been arranged by :hristmas Ball ly German Cl Friday, Dec. 17 is the date of the Ger II Christmas Ball to be given' in the mo to the music of Bubbles Becker and orchestra, who are now enroute to ami to play at the French Casino. Promising to be one of the most col [ul Carolina dances of the season, the rman will revert to many of the older ditions of the club. For the first time eight years the boys are planning to -ve a turkey dinner banquet style dur intermission in the Meni's Mes IHa~ll. D)ancing just before intermission wvill dI with what is knowni as the "Dinner gulre", led by Prnes. and Mrs. McKis k, followed by the president of the 3ab For Gals NOMINATION: For swveetest smile, )IINNY GORE, the boy that works at canteen. .. .That awvful thud wve heard the way from WVashington was HIITFIELD CH EATI lAM falling r one of the "Hlollywood Co-eds" who Ls dancing at a theatre there. . ..Swi ft ack cairried the torch for one of them .Too bad she already wears the ring a H olly wood snapshoot er . . . . V A NT )S: RUTH KANNARR wants to re est the .entirbty of tenement 21 to re tin from ticing tip her telephone... EEP" CHIASE wants to get married. ty applicants please get in touch with eep" immediately....Hle's desperate .CHIARLIE OWVENS wants it own that lie would like to make time thi DOTI BRADFORD, Broadway Big >pler. IIYKEL'S seems to be the favorite imping grounds of the Carolina stu its....\Ve've glimpsed DOTTlIE ,lT II andl BILL TAYLOR, BUB CR EPPS and DERRYLL FANT, kiMIE BLITCH and P1HYLIS tOWN, and PETE BLACKWELL d MIRIAM GIBSON... .That loud plosion was ANNE IIAIGLER and ILLOUGHIIBY D)IXON btisting uip... so there's a gal that has been trying weeks to crash HAL TRIBBLE'S 'p light and hasn't been able to get thin a mile of it . 'niversity Conducts chool For "Police" (Continued from Page One) Dne of the proposals of the first day the meeting was made by Ben M. 'oup, member of the National Safety uncil, and former director of the >tor vehicle division of the highway partmnent, to the effect that a course law enforcement be included in the rriculunm at the University. Welcoming addresses at the open session were made by Mayor L. B. vens, of Columbia, George Bell Tim rman, chairman of the S. C. state thway commission, and President J. on McKissick of Carolina. At. W. Bohlen, head of the motor ve :Ie divisidn of the South Carolina thway department, presided over the meings. CATHERINE NAREY, Associate ormcd. '7y! ds the Freshman Council of the YWCA, with Mildred Fleming in charge. This service will be held in the lobby of the Woman's Building, Sunday night, Decem ber 12. The University YMCA has been invited to be guests. The Christmas Story will be told by Maud Byrnes Chisholm, with Clifton Strohecker, president of the Council, reading the scripture, followed with a prayer by Katherine Rector. A choir composed of Peggy Bailey, Elinor Brand, Jane Blizzard, Jane Cox, Louise Fry, Elizabeth IHughes, Kate Johnson, Vir ginia Jackson, Carolyn Lindsay will sing Christmas carols and several special se lections. Grace Kilgore, chairman of the music committee will accompany them at the piano. DINK GAINES went to Camden Wednesday to get a Carolina club started among the alumnae there....among the former students making reservations were Mrs. John DeLoache (Jane Shannon).. Sara Rector, Mrs. lenry Savage (Eliz abeth Jones), Mrs. Mackay (Olive Net des), Faith DeLoach, and Mrs. Bill Net tles (Primrose Johnson). THE RECENT VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENT ended with Alpha Delta Pi sorority on top....Teams reach ing the semi-finals were the Pi Phi's, In dependents, Z. T. A.'s and A. D. Pi's.... then the Independents met the A. D. Pi's in the finals, losing 33-44. Given ub.Friday German Club, Louis Bryan, and his date for the evening and other members of the club and their dates. There will be special decorations by Miss Susan Guignard, local interior dec orator. Freshmen in the German Club will not be allowed to take dates to the supper and dance, according to an old elnh rule. Those who did not attend the first dance of this season must make special arrange mnents with the treasurer by Dec. 15 in order to be adlmittedl. Ge.rman Club officers are: Louis Bryan, president ; "Sonny" Bell, secretary ; John G;. McMaster, treasurcr. Florence Club Sponsors Dance Twenty-five Carolina students will sponsor the second annual Christmas (lance given by the Carolina Cltub in Florence the evening of D)ec. 29. As chaperones and guests, prominent citizens of Florence and Darlington county will attend the (lance. A petition asking that the legislature pass the Univ'ersity's mil lion (dollar appropriation will be signed by all these honored guests and all the studlents attending. The Florence Caro 7: - lina Club was formed of Florence County for the purpose of advanc *ing the University in that section of the state, andh to bring about a closer union of Game cock alumni and stu dents. The first of these dances wvas given last Yuletide season and was an outstanding success. Both Citadel and Clemson Clubs will be given blanket bids and invited to "truck and swing" at the Garnet and Black bedecked city armory, where the "Magic City's" dances are held. Making the musical background will be Vincent Iseman and his lads of rhythm. The following students were elected >fficers of the Carolina Club for the 1937 dlance: John E. Hussey, president ; H larley Powell, vice-president ; Bill Fet ner, secretary ; Henry Dargan, treasurer; and Joe Campbell, business manager. STEWARD'S HALL A Gentleman's Cafeteria WOMAN'S CAFETERIA Where Friends Meet 4OTES Editor MARGARET Gaines Founds Carolina Clubs t After a trip through the upper part of the state Miss Lodema Gaines, Alumnae Secretary of the University, reports the organization of a large number of Caro- tl lina Clubs. The purpose of the Caro- t lina Clubs now being formed all over the a state is to re-establish college relations ac with Carolina alumnae and to maintain a close connection between them and their fr alma mater. fo The first meeting of the Carolina Club ch of Lexington County will be Dlec. 10 at the home of Mrs. Berly Ruff. All women in Lexington County who have ever at- at1 tended the University are eligible t,r cc membership. Lexington County is weli t represented at the University, having a total membership of 25 students in the ai student body. At a recent called meeting fr of all the students from the County Miss Helen Callison was elected chairman of let the Carolina Club, and T. 11. Rawl, Jr., C: secretary. or It is interesting to know that three of former May Queens of Carolina will at- fr tend the first meeting of the Greenville co County Carolina Club Dec. 14. They are ua Mrs. C. C. Arail, formerly Miss Mary th Graydon; Mrs. John .W. Norwood, Jr., OI formerly Miss Margaret Dial; and Miss I Edyth Wright. At this meeting Miss re Wright will talk on "What Carolina .ot Meant to Me," and Miss Gaines, will dis- " cuss the plans and purposes of the club. The Spartanburg Carolina Club, too, sp has now been organized. Its first meeting at will be held Dec. 15 at the Cleveland lu Hotel in Spartanburg. Ic -U. S. c. ATTENTION t rc Will the person who took the wrong M black velvet evening wrap by mistake Ii at Kappa Sigma formal dance last Fri- M day get in touch with Frances Smith ch immediately and exchange? Her tele- q phone number is 6304. ch. Dresses Sweaters Coats DANCE SCARFS LOUNGING Hosiery ALLT GIFTS BEAUTIFUL1 DarF .. 1537 Main Street ROLLINS, Associate Editor onight University members of Pi Kappa Phi, tional fraternity, will celebrate the rd anniversary of their Founders' Day night with a banquet and dance in Dtel Columbia. The banquet for members of the alum and active chapters and their dates II begin at 8 p. m. tonight. Following e banquet will be a dance given in the llroom by the alumni chapter for the tives and their guests. Bids have been ued to the boys of the other Carolina aternities. Making musical background r the dance will be Henry Westbrook d his University of South Carolina or estra. Prominent Pi Kappa Phi's expected to end are: T. A. Houser, National Chan Ilor: Bonn A. Gilbert, Assistant Ex utive Secretary; Fred SwatTield, presi nt of the Columbia Alumni Chapter; d 11. Klugh Purdy, first initiate of the aternity. Pi Kappa Phi was founded at the Col ;e of Charleston, Charleston, South irolina, Dec. 10, 1904. Since then the ganiratinn h1c amnrn from the ::cicu:; the three founders to a large national aternity. It reaches from coast-to ast, with 7,000 members, 38 undergrad te chapters, and 23 alumni chapters in principal cities of the United States. ily two of the founders are now living. icy are Simon Fogarty, Jr., and Law nce HI. Mixon, both of Charleston. The her founder, Andrew A. Kroog, died 1922. The attractive girls shown above are mnors for the officers of Pi Kappa Phi the banquet and dance at Hotel Co aibia tonight. They are, reairng from 't to right : Miss Louise Ferguson, for hn M. Coulter, president ; Miss Mar ret Mobley, for H. -I. Higgins, Jr., asurer; Miss Florence Simpson, for axcy Harrelson, secretary; Miss Mary irris, for James F. Grayson, historian ; iss Dolly Ilambv, for Ben Fishburn, aplain: Miss Mel Lee Flora, for tgene Kibler, warden: and Miss Jac elin Going, for Reuben J. Gambrell, airman of the social committee. Bed Jackets Sportwear Two-Piece Suits SETS SLIPS NHOSTESS FROBES Pajamas YWRAPPED FREE OPr Columbia 5. 0.