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REEL S BY EIW I know that everybody had a grand time at the Delta Zeta formal last Fri day night. There was extraordinary music by Henry Westbrook and his or chestra, which, by the way, is much to be commended the novelty numbers and lilting renditions of the old favorite, "Stardust." Among the notables, officially and s'sabille, were Ruth Bell, president of the sorority, very lovely in white mous seline de soie, secretary Marjie Collins in sophisticated black net and rhinestones, and Velda Harth in aqua chiffon. Kath erine 'T'al wore an interesting gown of printed satin with a background of mid night blue, and Dama Harris was vi vaciou:ly dressed in cerise. We all liked Whit Cheatham's har moniccd "Loch Lomond." * * * * Faculty advisor Professor Norwood was guest of the Phi Sigmas Kappas at a supper at Scarborough's Monday night. The Phi Sigs, at the top of the list with ten new pledges are giving a dance in their honor Saturday night at the of ficers' quarters at Camp Jackson. The new members are: Earl Ebnor, Joe Kneece, Alvin Coleman, Leland Chisoln, Thomas Conder, Vivian Lynn, Robert Collier, Harold Wilds, Arthur Spitz, and Earnest Street. Newly elected officers of the pledge chapter are: Hugh Lister, president; Harold Wiles, vice-president ; Nevin Led better, secretary; and Alvin Coleman, treasurer. Phi Sig Jimmy Tomlinson was recently elected secretary of the Inter fraternity council. The chapter is proud to announce that Hugh Lister has been elected the most outstanding pledge of the past semester. For this accomplishment he has been awarded a watch charm in the shape of a paddle (?) * * * * The A. D. Pi's will have as visitor the week of Feb. 21, their province president. She will be a guest at the home of Nata lie Fitzsimmons. Last out of town weekenders included Grace Waddell and Dot Platt, who went to Chapel Hill to attend the mid winter dances at the University of North Caro lina. Mary Elise Livingston visited Charles ton and the Citadel dances. The A. D. Pi's entertained at a tea in honor of their new pledges Thursday afternoon from five to six o'clock at the chapter house. Tri Deltas Louisa Lyles, Leonora Cheves, and Pa* Jeter went to Charles ton last weekend for the Question Mark and Citadel dances. New chapter pledges are: Jane Wylie, Mary DesPortes, and John Fayssoux. * * * * * Recent guests of Pi Kappa Pi were John H. McCann, National Executive Secretary from Richmond, Va., and Theron A. Ilouser, National Chancellor from St. Matthews. * * * * S. A. E.'s Doug McKay and Julius Taylor. Jr. will be in Coi.verse this week end for the dances. Mrs. Hawkins Broadcasts Book Reviews The third in a radlio series of book in terviews will he presented this afternoor by Mrs. Maude M. I lawvkins, associat< English professor, and Elinor Brand, University freshman. They will dliscuss Volume II of "Andrewv Jackson" by Mar cus James. These interviews are broadcast ovei station WVIS every Friday afternoon fron 3:15 to 3 :30. Musical accompanists ar< Catherine IHeustiss and Charlotte Ellei Corz ine. Last week the novel "IKatrina" wvas re viewed by Mrs. Hawkins, assisted h): Alice Ringhiam. -o s. 0. Y. W. Conducts Vesper Services Under the direction ofi the Y. WV. C. A. Vesper services were held at the \Vom an's Building last Sunday evening at 7 :04 o'clock. D)isctissions of aims of the Y. WV. wer< lead by Jane Job, Elizabeth Lindsay an Louise Cozart. Mary Stutton, president of the grout and June Webb, program chairmani, hay arrangedl a series of short inspirationa talks for vesper services. PLANTS PLACED IN LIBRARY Plans are undlerway to place in th south wvindowv of the west wing of th library at the UJniversity of South Caro lina a collection of hooks on gardens an also a selection of unique plants. Shelve will be bu,ilt on either side of the windov and brackets wvill be placedl on whic' ROLLSI O Any size roll kodall ieight never-fade Vel Low price. on candi maling envelop.. j VALUABLE PREN MAIL YOURl SPARTA CAMPL LANTS .X WEST Beta Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, commerce fraternity, entertained at a "smoker" Tuesday night, Feb. 15. Dur ing the evening, W. F. Taylor, business manager of the University gave a brief talk on the work of the alumni. * * * * Beta Omicron of Zeta Tau Alpha will be visited by its national field secretary, Miss Marion Mayer, who will come to Columbia directly from Duke University, March 11. Officers of the chapter who will entertain the national officer are Mary Sutton, president; Frances Smith, vice-president; Margaret Mobley, secre tary ; Catherine Webster, treasurer ; and Emily West, historian. * * * * The Chi Omegas are giving a tea in honor of their mothers and patronesses at the chapter house on Friday, Feb. 25. Genie Mitchell and Martha Newman attended the mid-winter dances at David son last week end. * * * * En route to the installation of Delta Omega chapter of Kappa Sigma at Wake Forest, N. C., Louis Gilland, Louis Bry an, Werber Bryan, David Craylor, Dan Henderson, and Knox Livingston were entertained at Spartanburg with a ban quet and dance by the Alpha Nu chapter of Kappa Sigma. The fraternity is also to be entertained at a party tonight at the home of A. T. Moore. Bill Brennan of Alpha Nu chapter at Wofford, is spending several days in Co lumbia as guest of the local chapter. Kappa Sig. Alec McArthur was initi ated last Tuesday night. * * * * The next Thursday meeting of the Y.W.C.A. cabinet will be in the form of a Dutch supper at the Friendly Cafeteria. Officers of the Y. W the chairmen of the committees, and the heads of the sophomore and freshman councils make up the membership of the cabinet. * * * * Mary Perry Garvin, president of the Euphrosynean Literary Society, and senior at the University, has been elected president of the Presbyterian Young People's League. Mary Perry will fill the post left vacant through the resignation of Currie MacArthur, University junior. * * * * The fifth of a series of dances pre sented by the Student Union building committee headed by Professor Woods. will be given tomorrow night from 9:30 until 12:00. The dances, furnished musically by swing records from the Carnegie set, have been attended by a capacity crowd, and features of the evening have been special no breaks announced by Altitude Smith. Faculty chaperons are always present at these affairs, among them Mrs. Mc Kissick, who has attended several of the dances. The strip is never more than 25c a couple, and Student Union assistants are in charge of the door. German Frat Hears Whaley "Shakespeare has more appeal to the American people than to the English," was the statement made by Atherton WVhaley, university senior, in a lecture be fore members of D)elta Phi Alpha, lhon orary German fraternity. WVhaley wvho toured western European countries last summer said that when he went to Strat ford-on-Avon, Shakes peare's birthplace, the natives laughed at him and asked why in the world Ameri cans always came to see the writer's home. W\haley bicycled through England, Scotland, France, Italy, Austria, Ger many, and Belgium while on the tour. MceKissick Will Speak Sunday Continuing his policy of addressing church groups in the state, Pres. J. Rioni 3 McKissick wvill speak twice at the First Methodist church in Easley Sunday. Il i rst address will he to members of Sthe Men's Bible class, andl his second at the regular congregational services. SNext wveek President McKissick will e adIdress the Acaci Masonic Lodge in Co I lumibia, and Friday night he will attend a meeting of the Masonic Lodge in St. Matthews. lie was recently made a mason at sight by the state masonic con vent ion. -U. U. 0. e some pot plants will be exhibited. This e is one of the projects of the Dogwood - G;arden club of Columbia. Mrs. George IDial is president of this group. s -U. N. o In 1825 students went on a strike iat Carolina because of a rainy day. IEVELO PED~ :film developea, ox prints for only - i hUm. lknudy (rnished. FILMS TO BURGTSToC. JS. SO( A. K. G. Taps New Members Two new members and two honorary members were taken into Alpha Kappa Gamma at tapping exercises held in - chapel last Friday morning. The girls tapped are Mary Perry Garvin and Anne James. Mrs. J. Rion McKissick and Mrs. C. C. Ariail of Greenville were given 'honorary membersip in the fra ternity. Alpha Kappa Gamma, devoted to ser- 1 vice and leadership, has undertaken the t responsibility of holding study halls in C the Woman's Building Monday through e Friday nights. At their meeting next Tuesday after- I noon at 5 o'clock in the Student Union Building, the new members will be initi- I ated. S -U. s. .- t Former Coeds : HoldConclave In Mess Hall A large group of former University of South Carolina co-eds held a conclave I at Steward's Hall Wednesday night at eight o'clock. The meeting was similar to one held I in the fall of this year. Mrs. Lessie C 'leming, chairman of the Columbia group f 'alumnae, presided. There was a re- c port frop the legislative committee by 9 Mrs. C. Y. Reamer, and one from the roll call committee by Alice Benet. A desperate effort is being made by this t committee to obtain the name and address f every girl who ever attended the Uni versity of South Carolina. A feature of the program was a skit , called "No More Books" which was pre sented by a group of co-eds. Henrietta Bailey, senior at the University, was in charge of a mock co-ed association meet ing set to rhyme and rhythm. The girls taking part in the entertain- 1 ment were Grace Kilgore, Caroline Lind- t say, Ann James, Marion Graham, and Darrell Fant. The group expects to lay definite plans to attract high school seniors to the Uni versity. Reservations already made amount to 135. Organized purely for scholastic pur poses, it is believed that this enthusiastic e gathering will work toward the good of Carolina in many ways. The meeting was the largest of its kind ever held by Carolina co-eds. -.U. 8. 0. S. C. Alumnae Go: To Charleston Many interesting women, former grad uates of the University of South Caro lina, attended the meeting of the Caro lina Women's Club in Charleston on Feb ruary 16. The newly elected president of the club is Mrs. Burchell Moore, the former Tatsie Whitacre, who was May queen at the University in 1927. Among distinguished members of the club is Mrs. Gordon Small (Betty Jane Sovacool) who made the highest intel ligence rating of her class when she en tered the University ,in 1932. Another notable is Mrs. Jack Fishburne, the former Jane. Register, who is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. There is also the former Kitty Martin, another May queen (1932). H-ers was the last coronation to be held in the open. In previous years it was customary to have the coronation in front of Le Conte Col lege, but since 1932 all similar celebra tions have been held inside, usually at the Field House. Hypatians Give Tea At the \Vednesday afternoon meeting of the Hypatian Literary Society, plans were made for a tea to be held in the Student Union Building on March 2 from 4 until 5 o'clock. The tea will he in honor of new stu dents and the new members of the society who were taken in last week. Pins are being given to officers of the society, madec similar to the presidlent's pin. These pins will be kept by the so ciety for officers to wear during their terms of office. -U. ft. 0. Freshmen entering the old South Carolina College in 1836 were required to study "Adam's Roman Antiquities, the whole of Horace, Algebra to Equa tions of third degree, History, and Rhetorical Exercises." In 1807 the University ordered ''one htundred Psalm Books for the use of the students when convened for the purpose of Divine service or prayers." ATTENTION F! CLOBENQ OUT THE FOI STATION1! SA CRI STEEL DIE $1.25 VALUE 1. Alpha Delta P1 2. Sigma Phi Epsilon 3. Bigma Nu 4. SIgma Chi'/ 5. Kappa Sigma BURNETT'S [ 829 Main Street AIAL Eighteen To Dama spring Concert 3et For March In order to display talent of all the Jniversity musical organizations, the en ire musical department will present a ombined program using orchestra, band, nsemble, and both glee clubs, early in darch. The date has been set tentatively or March 11. No guest soloists will appear on the rogram. Each glee club will render two elections. The entire symphony orches ra, including 45 members, will play. This vill be the third winter concert of the ymphony orchestra. The program will be given under the irection of Madame Felice de Horvath, nstructor of music at the University. --n. ". 0. - Fellowship Is Dpen To Grads A fellowship of $860 is being offered y Bryn Mawr College to graduate stu ents of colleges of good rating. This fellowship will only be given to andidates who have completed at least ne year of graduate work after obtain ig their first degree. A $400 scholarship is also being offered students who have completed the work or the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Applications for scholarships should be u by March 1. --V. S. o. Library Gets New Volumes The University of South Carolina li rary has recently acquired a list of new ooks by noted American authors. mong them are the South Carolina vriters as Reed Smith and former Gov rnor Heyward. The list is as follows: The Wannamaker and Bellinger Fai lies; gencologies and memoirs by J. cottowe Wannamaker; The American lnthology of Old World Ballads by Reed mith; Amcrican Hunter by Archibald tutledge; Flying Feathers by Biglow; rhe Diary of Will Plumer Jacobs by Chortiwell Jacobs; and Seed From Mad gascar by Governor Heyward. Two volumes of the Abbeville county nills has also been obtained. The entire et comprises three volumes, the thrd >f which will be bought in the near uture. Many of the rare books which belong o the library have been provided through he auspices of the Caroliniana Society. )thers have been bought through New york agencies and elsewhere. -U. .. o. Coeds Sponsor Dance In Gym The Co-ed Association is sponsoring a ;irl-break dance to be given in the Uni versity gym on March 4. The association has obtained permis ;ion from the faculty committee to have iour dances a year instead of the regular .y allotted two. Martha Withers is chairman of the iance committee. -.. .. c. The Y. M. C. A. earlier this year sent i deputation team to Clemson college md plans to send others to the variou! high schools and colleges of the stat< in the near future. In 1851 students at South Carolina College stole the chapel bell and then refused to attend classes because they had nothing to summon them. BAKER'S DRUG_STORE SANDWICHES SODAS SNAPPY cURB SERVICE PROMPT Motorcycle Delivery 2000 Main St. Phone 3504 "Where Friends Meet" (A TER N IT IE SI ~LOWING FRATERNITY RY AT A - NOW 50c 6. Phi Beta Delta 7. P1 Beta Phi 8. P1 Epsilon P1 9. Phi Kappa Sigma 10. Phi P1 Phi RUG STORE Phone 3191 TOTES. lected s Club t Damas, co-ed dance club of the Uni versity of South Carolina, yesterday elected the following girls to member ship: Betty Harr, Gaynelle Wilson, Mar garet Roper, of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. Miokey Harris, Irene Mars, Amelia Arthur, Lil Dowling, of Pi Beta Phi. Annie Lee Moore, Jean Flynn, Eva Gary Copeland, of Delta Delta Delta. Adelyn Lipscomb, Leila Mayes, Kath erine Wertz, Mary Rhodes, Virginia Jackson, of Alpha Delta Pi. Blanche Penick, Peggy Lollis, Kath leen Duffy, of Sigma Kappa. 1 Damas is planning its spring formal to I be given the evening of the first Friday 1 in May. The formal is the most out- 1 standing dance event of the semester at Carolina, and is being looked-forward-to with much pleasure. Leola Garety is chairman of the dance committee. Damas officers are: Lillian Brunson, president ; Martha Newman, vice-presi- t dent ; Catherine Cain, secretary ; Sarah Harrison, treasurer; Margaret Ashe, senior leader; Ida Lawton Graham, jun ior leader. -U. . . Childs, Gaines Make Talks Mrs. Arnie Childs, Dean of Women, and Miss Lodema Gaines, addressed the Parent Teachers' Association and the Summerville High School in Summer ville, S. C. on Monday, Feb. 14. Mrs. Childs spoke to the Parent Teach ers' Association on the subject, "Charac ter Education," and Miss Gaines spoke to the student body of the High School. The topic of her talk was "Opportunities Of- 1 fered at the University of South Caro lina." Both addresses were for the purpose of furthering scholastic interest in the University. From Summerville, Mrs. Childs and Miss Gaines traveled to Charleston, S. C. to attend a meeting of the Carolina Women's Club. -U. ". o. Prexy Names Committeemen At a meeting of the University faculty last week a special committee of its emberc .vas 1n:ed by Dr. J. Rion v Kissick, president, to investigate the ad visability of installing coaching and tutorial classes for freshmen just enter ing the University. Such classes would be designed to aid in the orientation of new students, allow ing them to become adjusted to the new environment and receive counsel on an individual basis. Students would also be instructed in the proper methods of study. Named on the special committee were Profs. R. H. Wienefeld, chairman, J. McT; eire Daniel, Mrs. Maude M. Haw kins, A. S. [Hodge, and George W. Tom lin. -u. .. o. Any student having action pictures of either track or baseball is asked to sub mit them to J. N. Harmon to be put in the Garnet and Black. INVITATION TO ATTEND A II - On Friday, February 25th at 8 :00 to-Wesar Departi University Players Will Disj Spring Fashic You Will Enjoy Seeing the Outsta Assembled for Thiu 1620 Mal Pi Phis Initiate: Eight Girls Eight girls will be initiated into Sou :arolina Alpha Chapter of Pi Beta omorrow afternoon. They are Charlotte 3urch, Margaret Blackwell, Columbia; 1fickey Harris, Irene Mars, Abbeville; ane Cox, St. Matthews; Josephine ohuson, Union; Alice Ringham, Bristol a.* Following initiation 'at the sorority ouse, a banquet will be given in the Eng. ish room of the Hotel Columbia. Alum iae from all parts of South Carolina-are xpected to attend. Immediately after the )anquet, an informal dance will be held n the Little Chatterbox of the Jefferson . lotel. A feature of the banquet will be the >resentation by the active chapter of -a -ecognition pin to the best all-round )ledge. The lacol alumnae chapter will )resent a pin to the pledge, who has naintained the highest average. Mistress of ceremonies will be Mar ;aret Yeadon of Sumter who is an alum. iae member of the local chapter. The dance is being given in honor of he new initiates and also in honor of the orority's new pledges. -o. ". o. Players Hold Fashion Show February 25 Carolina co-eds will model the latest spring fashions at a fashion show spon ;ored by the University Players on Fri. lay, Feb. 25. The showing will be held in the ready. :o-wear department of Schulte-United ;tore on Main street in Columbia. Six co-eds were selected for the models it the meeting of the University Players ield yesterday in the Student Union Building. They will model the newest spring dresses and hats for formal, sports, and school wear. All students of the University and >thcrs interested will be admitted free )f charge to the showing. The fashion show will be one of the first to display the new spring wear for women. - --. . a. In 1808 two students were "de graded" in their classes in the Uni versity, then South Carolina College. Their punishment was for conduct ing "an affair of honor on Sabbath morning in which shots were ex changed." Tlhe University, when at opened its doors on January 10, 1805, had a fac. ulty of only two professors. COLUMBIA HOTEL COLUNBIA'S NEWEST And F1 NEST 'ABJUON PREVIEW IP. K. in Our Ready nent lIay the Advance m1a nding Values We Rave Season n Streqt IA, . C.