The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 16, 1938, Page Page Two, Image 3
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By Louis 8earson
If you'd come to dear old U. S. C.
Not many moons ago
You'd have said our university
Was not so very slow.'
You'd have seen mid fun and frolic
The merriest of schools
Where sanity is banished and
Good Sans Souci rules.
Seen Bacchus, Pan, and Heebe join
Hands to please
Tuned the beating of your heart
To the rhythm of the breeze.
Yes we lived and loved and laughed
In a festival sublime
And danced to a rapsody in
Jazzocratic time
But now my friend, alas, good sir
Those happy times are over.
Carolina's student body has become
Quite sane and sober.
For yester year's collegians, men worthy
Of the name
Who gave to Carolina its heritage
Of fame
Have vanished, as the
Snows and those who take their place
For all of their accomplishments
Had just as well wear lace.
And Auld Lang Syne's forgotten, tradition
. Is enslaved
And descendants of a great race
Are too damn well behaved.
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED! That is the bare, bloodless,
blackdraped, awful fact that slaps me in the face. Nothing has
happened that couldn't have taken place in kindergarten. How
then do you expect me to writeI What inspiration lies in an
empty glass? I cannot manufacture news. That's your job.
Mine is only to preserve and glorify your escapades. Well,
you have no escapades. You have done nothing worthy of note
the entire semester. Your behavior is immaculate. Your repu
tation is as stainless as Shirley Temple's and equally as ex
citing:
Meek as mice
And twice as nice.
MICE! You are so nice that it makes Fauntleroy seem
wicked. And it is now that all of a sudden I have completely
collapsed under the weight of the realization that I am living
in a society of Puritans. Or else one in which there is no imagi
nation or human emotion.
Dull as an M. A. thesis
Your pardon while I yawn. This is Carolina: The fraternities
have been herded into ghettos much in the manner of the Ger
man Jews. The sororities are but little bevies of stooges. But
not even a whisper of protest can be heard, because we are good
children and we want to do what we are told.
When I freshmanned here, and that was not too long ago,
there were men on this campus and women who had a few ideas
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Hitch-hikers
The 2,000 "hitch-hikers cards" that
were is'sued recently by the Sopho
more Y. M. C. A. council. have al
ready been distributed to Carolina
students, it was disclosed this week
by Charles Gibbes, president of the
council.
Gibbes said that the sophomore
Council planned to pript an addition
al 2,000 cards in the near future. He
held the opinion that many students
had cards still in their possession,
having obtained a supply, but not
having used them all yet.
"We have received several favor
able comments from outsiders on the
cards," Gibbes said. The cards were
printed to aid hitch-hiking students
in spreading good-will for the Uni
versity wherever they travelled.
Gibbes said that he thought the
need for more cards would be felt
particularly during the holiday sea
son, when students would be free to
travel.
The first issue of the cards con
tained a message of thanks to motor
ists from the hitch hiker, and an in
vitation to visit the University.
Similar plans have been carried out
by other institutions, but this is the
first time that such a plan has been
worked at Carolina. A national
thumber's organization has even been
established. It is the Registered Col
legiate Thumbers, and was orgatized
at St. Ambrose college.
-u. a. .
Mine. Del-Vaille
Presents Talk
On Basques
Traveling in the United States to
acquaint American students with
France as a great nation and fas
cinating playground, Madame Caro
Del-Vaille gave an illustrated lecture
on the manners and customs of the
Basques 'in Drayton hall last week.
Celebrated in song and story be
cause of their quaintness, these people
live on the border between France
and Spain, but speak a dialect which
is unknown to continental Europe.
The Basques, according to Madame
Del-Vaille, enjoy American sports and
are especially fond of baseball, foot
ball, and tennis. T.heir music is
simple but melodious, and the natives,
especially the young ones, are ex
tremely adept at dancing.
Madame Del-Vaille further stated
that the French were not seriously
alarmed over the Italian claims to
French territory, but that there was
a great deal of unrest in France over
the instability of the Daladier govern
ment.
This noted lecturer was brought
to the United States under the aus
pices of the French government and
the French Tourist bureau.
Her visit to the University cam>us
was sponsored by La Societe Amicale,
honorary French fraternity. Leo
Traynor was chairman of the com
mittee in charge of arrangements for
the lecture.
of their own. Who did things
because they were right or wi
writing temperance petitions to
now rival all other student bod
haps in charm, not perhaps in gi
certainly in behavior.
If you don 't believe it, read
or wade through a current issu(
them with those of yesterday.
the dull gray image of our timi
in the name of GEORGE SHE
did I leave high school.
Carolina students! You havi
the embalmers.
Of course I'm only joking an<
and yet be charming. But, Ca
wish something would happen I
Post Script (Social item)
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JOHN NORRIS
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Represent AIEE
Prof. T. F. Ball and F. L. Arndt
represented the University at the
Southern District A. I. E. E. in Mi
ami, Florida.
The program consisted of enter
tainment, four technical sessions, and
trips over Miami, Miami Beach,
Coral Gables, and other points of in
terest. The technical sessions in
cluded papers by outstanding en
gineers and representatives from the
following companies: General Elec
tric Co., Memphis Power and Light
Co., Westinghouse Electric and Mfg.
Co., Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co., and the Grinnell Co.
Each year in the special student ses
sion papers are presented by student
engineers from various universities
and Colleges. During the session J.
R. Huff, a student engineer from the
University of Tennessee, presented a
very interesting paper on the "De
velopment of a Precision Standard for
Calibrating Frequency Meters." This
paper won first prize. Another out
standing feature of this session was
the presentation of second prize to
Miss Kitty W. O'Brien from the
University of Virginia, the only girl
representative at the convention. She
also gave a very interesting paper on
"Flourescence-The Light of the
Future."
This student session was conducted
by the chairman, Prof. T. F. Ball of
the University of South Carolina, and
it was considered by the officials as
one of the best they had ever Attended.
The 1939 A. 1. E. E. District Meet
ing will be held at the University of
Mississippi.
because they were fun and not
-ong. Now we spend our time
be read at football games. We
ies, not perhaps in wit, not per
-eat thinking and originality but
our yellow sheet of last season,
of the Carolinian, and compare
They are but mirrors reflecting
es. If this be college life, why
RMAN GRANT ZUCKERMAN
rigor mortis and calmly await
I I know it's possible to be good
esar 's ghost, fellow students, I
Legare Club at the Delta Delta
ra at half after four. Members
s as it will be a snag party.
LeConte Society
Hears Carson.
At a monthly meeting of the Le
Conte Scientific Society, Professor
A. C. Carson was the guest speaker.
He spoke on, "Some Geysers and
Deserts of the West," explaining a
number of pictures he had collected
about the subject.
Mr. Carson took a trip through
the west last summer as a delegate
of the Rotary Club.
--U. A. 0.
THOMAS
W. J. Thomas, Jr., former editor
of The Gamecock, has recently been
appointed publicity director of Young
and Rubicon, national radio advertis
ers in New York City.
After graduating from Carolina in
1927, Thomas became a reporter on
the New York Herald Tribune and
was later made publicity director of
the National Broadcastag Company.
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ontest Medal
Lee Baker Is
Runner-up,
John Norris, Calhoun Falls, S. C.,
won the Keitt medal for oratory in
the annual contest held December
8 in the Fuphradian hall. Norris,
in competiion with four other cam
pus orators, won with a speech
entitled "Science and Religion".
Lee Baker, Columbia, was sec
ond in the contest. Others entered
were Arthur Spitz, Paul Holcher,
and John Foard. Baker spoke. on
"The Constitution"; Spitz's talk
was "The Reformation"- Foard
spoke on "The Jew"; and Holch
er's address was captioned "A
Challenge to Germany."
The annual oratorical contest for
the GonzAles medal for oratory will
be held tonight in the Clariosophic
hall, it was announced by Norris,
chairman of the debating council.
No definite list of contestants for
tonight's contest was available
earlier this week. However, Nor
ris said he expected that practically
the same field of contestants would
enter tonight's battle of words as
entered the last contest.
judges for the contest for the
Keitt medal were Dr. G. A. Wau
chope, Miss Caroline B. Southard,
and Dr. Hugh R. Murchison.
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Y Repairs
Soon End
Renovation work on Flinn Hall
begun December 8, will be com
pleted within the near future, it
was announced this week by Dean
of Administration John A. Chase.
Funds for the work are being
furnished by the Works Progress
Administration.
Flinn Hall, headquarters of the
Y. M. C. A., the art department,
and resting place of the Carnegie
music set, was built in 1858-60 un
der the direction of 'Prof. John Le
Conte. It was converted from a
faculty residence to its present use
in 1910. The building is named for
Dr. J. William F1inn, who lived
here from 1891 to 1905.
The building was moved to its
present location several years ago
to make room for the new War Me
morial building on the corner of
Sumter and Pendleton streets.
"Before Flinn Hall was moved,"
R. G. Bell, Y. M. C. A. director, re
cently stated, "there wasn't a bet
ter building on the campus. But
since it was moved, it has been
badly in' need of repair."
During the past summer, a sec
ond floor was added to the rear
of the building. This space is be
ing used by the art department.
Mr. Chase said that repairs would
be of a general nature.
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Dean Announces
T 1-1 A w&o%dA
XeynOldS Awar
Prize for the John S. Re, -nolds
medal this year will take the form
of a medal or $10 cash, it was an
nounIILI thi week by Dean F. WN.
Bradley.
The prize which was founded
by Dr. Bradley in memory of his
classmate, John Schreiner Rey
nolds, is awarded annually for the
best essay submitted by a student
on some topic chosen by Dean
Bradley. It is awarded at com
mencement. The subject of the es
say is one connected with the
World War.
The topic of the essay this year
is "Origin and Development of Dic
tatorships", Dean Bradley said.
He announced that the final date
for entries in the contest is April
15, 1939.
The contest is open to all under
graduate students of the University.
Dean Bradley said that no entry
was received for the contest last
year. No limits are placed on the
length of the essays submitted, he
stated.
Members of the faculty of the
English department will judge the
essays in the present contest, Dean
Bradley said.
-U..e. 0.
University Professors
Attend National Meet
The one-hundred and third meeting
of the American Association for Ad
vancement of Science will meet in
Richmond, Va. on December 27-De
cember 31.
Among those planning to attend
from the University are Drs. J. J.
Petty, L. L. Smith, and. Stephen Ta
bor of the geology department, and
Dr. J. E. Copenhaver of the chemistry
department.
At the meeting Dr. Petty will ex
hibit a series of maps showing vari
ous aspectsi of the distribution of pop
ulation in South Carolina, and Dr.
Copenhiaver will present a paper,
which lie prepared in collaboration
with James Goggans, a former stu
dent of Carolina on, "Monoalkylph
thalates from Normal Aliphatic Alco
hols."
--0. 3. 3.
His picture recently appeared in
Fortune magazine with a. picture of
Fred Allen's program.
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Competing with. more than 300
delegates from 36 colleges and uni
versities in the Eastern Unitd States,
Thomas E. McCutchen and Lee Baker
won several honors in the Dixie
Tournament of Forensics at Win
throp college recently.
McCutchen won four semi-finals
in impromptit speaking, finals in har
angue and problem solving, and the
grand final ia problem 'solving. Baker
won one semi-final in oratory.
TOM McCUTCHEN
These were the only two representa
tives of the University, but it is ex
pected that more will compete in the
Gran Eastern contest to be held at
Winthrop college in April.
Contests were held in impromptu,
extemporaneous, harangue, problem
solving, debating, oratory, after din
ner speaking, poetry reading, and
others.
Delegates from colleges all.the way
from Dartmouth to the University of
Alabama were entered in the compe
tition.
K S K initiates
New Members
Seven new men were initiated in
the local chapter of Kappa Sigma
Kappa, national honor service fra
ternity, at the last meeting.
Those being initiated were Evans
Guyton, J. K. Davis, Marion Davis,
Ray Benton, Charles Gibbs, Bobby
Collier, Harold Jervey.
-U. a. 0.
Dillon County
Club Meets
The Dillion County Carolina club
held its first meeting of the year
last week. The following officers
were elected:
JoInJ A. Gamcg, of Latta, presi
dent; C. G. Bass, of Latta, vice
president; James A. Campbell, of
Lakeview, secretary and treasurer;
and J. Milton McDonald, of Hamer'
publicity agent.
The club was founded this year
at Carolina for the purpose of fur
thering the interests of the Univer
sity in Dillon county, and to promote
fellowship among the students from
the county at Carolina.
Members oi the club are:
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Blue Key
Eight members and two honor
ary members were initiated into
Blue Key at the fall banquet held
in the Crystal. room of the Hotel
Columbia, Saturday night, Dece
btr 3.
Jim Cothran, president, acted as
master of ceremonies and admin.
istered the oath to the men who
had been selected in the regular
election two weeks before.
Initiated to honorary membership
were:- Mayor Thomas P. Stoney of
Charleston and 'Prof. Talley Elliott
of the law school. Regular mem.
bers initiated were:- Courtenay
Carson, Heman Higgins, Bruce
Hunt,. Alex McArthur, Mac Sin le.
tary,. Rembert Dennis, J. C. Hare,
and Sam Poliakoff.
Dr. William Boyd, the principal
speaker of the evening, congratu.
lated Blue Key on its record of
service to Carolina and the new
members on the honor accorded
them in election to membership.
Mayor Thomas P. Stoney spoke
briefly of his interest in building up
the Alumni Association and asked
that all members of Blue Key do
everything possible to aid him in
his plans.
John McCutchen explained the
insignia of Blue Key, pointing out
its various parts and giving the
significance of each. He also told
something of the history of the,
organization which began on the
University of Florida campus and
grew rapidly to a national fraterc
nity.
Pop Howell, co-captain of the
Gamecock team, was presented to
the gathering by Dr. Charlie Mer
cer, who spoke briefly on some of
the letters he had received from
former students who were still in
terested in Blue Key.
Hon. Edwin G. Seibels, recently
elected chairman of the Carolina
Board of Trustees, was expected to
attend, but had to decline at- the
last minute.
Coleman Karesh, law professor,
told members of their opportunity
for service at the University and
urged them to make the most of
them while they were in school.
Hon. John Crews concluded the
program with a few timely remarks
on what Blue Key could mean to
a Carolina man.
More than forty active and alum
ni members of Blue Key attended
the banquet.
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James A. Campbell, J. Milton Mc
Donald, Ryan Scott, William T. Pitt
man, Robert C. Liles, Roy Garris,
C. G. Bass, Houston Manning, Jr.,
John A. Garner, and Cleo Edwards.
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