Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Chii O Pan Hellen MARJORIE COLLINS President Pan-H Presents Dance Friday Spann Plays For Dancing U. S. C. Gym The girls Pan-Hellenic council is having a dance next Friday night, De cember 13, in the University gym, from 9 'til 1 to raise money for the central scholarship fund. Music for the occasion will be played by Buster Spann and his Gamecock orchestra. Script is 75 cents. Officers of Pan-Hellenic Council are Marjorie Collins, president; Ran nah Heyward, vice-president; Kather ine Webster, secretary; Ray Overton, treasurer. Decorations will feature sorority colors and coats-of-arms and emblems of the seven national sororities, at the University. Ray Overton is chair man of the committee in charge of arrangements. Pan-Hellenic Council is composed of the president of each sorority and one other representative. New Directory Is Received A copy of the Greenville County Education Association directory for the year 1938-1939 has been re ceived at the school of education of the University of South Carolina. This directory includes a list of schools by districts, with the district number, enrollment, and number of teachers; the names of the Greenville County Teachers' Association for the year 1938-1939 and members of ex ecutive board of the Greenville Coun ty education association; members of the county board of education; the Greenville county legislative delega tion to the G.eneral Asseanbly of South Carolina; members of the council of delegates; members of the State dle partment of education; the State edui cation association officers; a list of objectives for the year 1939'; the names of the program committee and the directory committee; the dates and places of meetings of the Coun ty teachers' association; the names of the trustees of the different schools for each district; announcements of county and state-wide contests. In teresting information concerning each teacher is given: the home address, the colleges attended, the degrees re ceived, and the hobbies of each. -.U. U. 0. Hitler may not be winning friends, but have you noticed how he is influencing people? "Flowers For All Occasions" CAROINA'S FLORIST Corsages - Plants - Cut Flowers DeLoache, Inc. Florist Next Door To Western Union-Phone 2.2187 YEAR IN, YEAR ( DURN Fl PROMPT, C0URTEOUI FOR FAST FRE) ICE CREAM, COLD DRIN C A 3191. -* 899 MAIN STREET C A_MP1 nega F ic Officers RANNAH HEYWARD Vice-President Boys, Girls Meet Jointly Boys' and girls' "Y" organizations will hold their regular Sunday night vesper services jointly this week in the Woman's building, it was an nounced by Lodema Gaines, assistant (lean of women, and Currie Mac Arthur, in charge of the vesper ser vices for the Y. M. C. A. The program, according to Miss Gaines, will be presented by a group of "honor" girls from the South Caro lina Industrial School for girls. The program will consist of music by the girls and several brief talks. After the program, there will be an informal discussion of conditions at the Industrial school. Sara Craddock is in charge of vcs per services for the Y. W. C. A. She is assisted on Sunday night's program by Elizabeth Shackford, who visits the school once a week as part of the Y. W. C. A. service program. Before the Christmas holidays, a large group-about 60 students from both boys' and girls' organiza tions sang carols around the campus, including various professors' homes in their route. The group was served refreshments by Mrs. J. Rion McKis sick, and proceeded later to Flinn Hall, where hot chocolate was served. SGleaa He made a run around the end, Was tackled from the rear, The right guard sat upon his neck, The fullback on his ear. The center sat upon his back, Two ends upon his chest, The quarter and the halfback then Sat down on him to rest. The left guard sat upon his head, Two tackles on his face, The coroner .was then called in, To sit upon his case. -The Coyote. Dinner guest: "Will you pass the nuts, professor ?" Absent minded professor: "Yes, I suppose so, but I really should flunk most of them." The difference between an asylum and a university: Youa have to im prove to get out of an asylum. -The Loyolan. A bar'gain is a good buy. A good bye is a farewell. A farewell is to part. To part is to leave. My girl left me with a good--bye. Ergo, my girl was no bargain. -Mississippi Collegian. Some people simply throw their junk in the alley ; others put licenses on it and drive it through the streets. "Who commands in your house ?" "We share the management. My wife bosses the servants and the chil dren; I attend to the goldfish." -Pelican. Sacred to the memory of William Jay. HeI died while mjaintaining the right of way; lHe was right, dead right, as he drove along, But he's just as' dead as if he'd been wrong. IUT, IT'S ALWAYS E TT'S I DELIVERY SERVICE B DEIVERY OF ES, CIGARETTES, DRUGS LL It 3192 MU BLOCK FROM CAMPUS U S 'ormal YW Presents NewFashions Gala Show Wednesday Newest fashions will march across the stage of Drayton hall Wednesday night, when the sophomore Y. W. C. A. presents its annual campus fash ion show. , Gala entertainment, music, and fun will fill up the time between show ings of the latest in women's clothes. Plans call for the stage to be set as a Fifth avenue store, with Bernard Hester as owner; clprks will be Kite Park Johnson, Irene Mars, and Kath leen Caughman. In the roles of cus tomers will be Ann James, Mackie King, and Louis Searson. Music will be furnished by Dallas Wilson and Jack Brown, vocalists. Other features of the program were not . definitely arranged when The Gamecock went to press this week. All types of costumes for the feminine form, from sport dresses to the swankiest evening clothes will be modeled by the following co-eds: Eloise Singley, Ann DuPre, Kath erine Toal, Velda Harth, Margaret Cain, Adelyn Lipscomb, Louise Fry, Katherine Gooding, Eva Abbott, Kath erine Knight, Jesna Prevatte, Cornelia Yoder, Margaret Todd, "Nicki" Mc Stein, Jacqueline Williams, Dot Brain lett, Naomi Newsome, Norine Huey, Helen Allen, Jewel Martin, Geraldine Shapiro, and Fay Reyner. Maude Byrnes Chisholm is chair man of the committee in charge of ar rangements for the show. The pre sentation last year met with outstand ing success, and if plans for the cur rent show materialize, the producers hope for another hit. -U. U. 0. Sociology Dept. Sponsors Tree For the eighth consecutive year the sociology department sponsored a Christmas Tree for the children of the Wilson's Mills community on Dec. 19. Besides the toys given to the chil dren, each person present was given a package containing fruit and candy. Music for the program was fur nished by the WPA orchestra con sisting of sixteen pieces. The chil dren of the community sang Christ mas carols and recited Christmas stories. aings The reason so many people rest their chin on their hands when they are thinking is that it keeps their mouths shut and they don't disturb themselves. Heigh ho, heigh ho! Off to school we go We learn the junk And then we flunk H-eigh ho! Heigh ho! -Upper Iowa Collegian. 3 Methods of Communication 1. Telephone 2. Telegraph 3. Tell a wojnan Mary made an angel cake For her darling Harry's sake, "1Harry, you a piece must take!" This sh.e meant. Harry ate it every crumb, Then he heard the angels hum, Calling softly, "Harry come."/ Harry went. "I don't wvant to see any more of it on this dance floor," declared Miss Margaret Gassner, director of Union activities at the University of Okla homa. Miss Gassner was referring to swing dancing, andl her edict spelled finish for the "swing cats," "jitter bugs," and "ickies" who were wont to demonstrate the "shag" and the "Susy-Q" at Saturday afternoon Union (lancers. As a final word she said that swing dances were "in keep ing only with cheap dance halls." --Daily Reveille. Mike: "What is the name of the town we're coming to ?" Ike: "You mean the town we're going through now ? Mike: "No, the town we just passed." -Railsplitter. A careful driver approached a rail road crossing. He stopped, looked, and listened. All he heard was the car behind crashing into his gas tank. Some 3,272 people died of gas last year. Forty-one inhaled it, 31 touched a match to it, and 3,200 stepped on it. We Carry A Complete St och Of SHAFmE'S - PAREER'8 WAT1UIAlN'S FOUNTAIN PENS ALSO A 000D CHEAP PEN FOR PU; LEATHER BRIEF OASES PU.S TO IC LEATHER NOTE B00K8 6. TO P0 Anything Needed in The Gaesroenm The R. L. Bryan Co. 1e6 Mal. messa Ton ighi Chi4 . ......... Beverly Gaines Bate Miss Beverly Gaines Bates (left) an chairman, respectively, of Chi Omega Hotel ballroom. Santa Is .: NO" At least, if Santa Claus isn't a Cc era at the University, who operatei had red noses and white beards, no tributes of St. Nick. Above, the oomnittee of the Women's dormite Carolina are shown decorating a - servants in the dormitory just be: left to right: Grace Kilgore, Lois dent of the house committee, and FAT Shack's Made In Columbia FRESH DAILY: COLUMBIA ."~A GOOD L/ STUDE For excellent work on your L teen. We give one day service , SPECIAL RATES i 1838 Taylor' Street, INB Dmnega Of fit i Miss Mary Ellen Talbert (righ sorority which will have its ann Coed ed, he had some willing help I just as efficiently as if they t to mention certain other at four members of the house ry at the University of South tree which they gave for the fore the holidays. They are, Jeter, Virginia Webb, presi Elizabeth Coskrey. SERVING THE PUBLIO SINGB 1890 Metropolitan Cafe "The Old Reliable" WHERE STUDENTE MEET AND EAT Air-Conditioned OPEN ALL NIGHT L520 Main St. - Phone 7849 LAUNDRY LUNDRY" iTS hundry leave it at the Can-. . .and 'O STUDENTS Phone 3-2147 otel < .ers 5. ary Ellen Talbert ), president and dance committee ual ball tonight in the Columbia Drama Club Changes Play The University Players, dramatic organization of the University of South Carolina, will produce "There's Always Juliet," a comedy in three acts, directors Woods and Stephan an nounced this week. "Class of '29" has been dropped in favor of this comedy, and casting will begin im mediately after mid-term examina tions. The play concerns a young British lady and an American who fell in love with each other but are nearly separated for life when he is called back to America from England. Gaining a last moment's reprieve, he returns to propose the second time and is immediately accepted. The comedy contained in the three scenes "amuses you royally," says the Newv York Times. The varsity show planned for the early spring is being worked on al ready. The script will soon bc ready and cast will begin on this produc tion in February. If present plans materialize, the show wvill be produced before spring holidays, Professor Stephan said. TI Carolina Dry 2015 GREEN STREET "If It Can Be Can Cl RYTEX DI EDGE STA 100 Sheets 100 Envelop WITH YOUR NAN ON BHES AN Smart new type styles. . R Flat or dos Come in and 34 STATE CO. E )lumbia Buster Spann To Play For Gala Affair The Chi Omega sorority at the Uni versity of South Carolina is enter taining with a ball from half after 9 until half after 1 o'clock Friday evening in the ballroom of the Hotel Columbia. 'Buster Spann and his Gamecock or chestra will furnish the music for the occasion. During the evening, there will be four no-breaks, with one special no-break. during which Miss Mary Keels, of Timmonsville, will sing "My Chi Omega Sweetheart." Members of Chi Omega chapters from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia have been invited to at tend the ball. Among those who will be here are: Miss Jean Mitchell, of Chesterfield; Miss Lois Myers, of Charleston; Miss Harriet Cockfield, of Lake City; Miss Mary Keels, of Timmonsville. Among others, who have been in vited to chaperon are: Dr. and Mrs. J. Rion McKissick, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. McElveen, Dr. and Mrs. Josiah Morse, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan McGee, Mrs. A. R. Childs, Dr. and Mrs. Sam Derrick, Mr. and Mrs. Franks Meeks, Mr. and Mrs. F.AF. Welbourne, Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Murchison, Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo Walker, Mrs. William 0. Sweeney; Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Havilah Bab cock, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Granger, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Chase, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Brabham, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Enright, Flinn Gilland, Dr. and Mrs. L. T. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ferrell, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Graydon, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Keenan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. J. C. DeWitt; also the parents of the sorority members. --u. . c. Paw: "I sure miss the old cuspi dor." Maw: "You missed it before, that's why it's gone." CHINA WATCHES SYLVAN BROS. STERLING SILVER JEWELERS AND DIAMOND MERCHANTS Genuine Merchandise Only. No Plate, No Imitation Oor. Main & Hampton Sts. - Columba, S. 0. It's a Now"Craze" .bt it's Far Frm Crary! 0 W oo'IT gg5'EERYONE! Watch For Details in This Paper Cleaning Co. PHONE 8156 Cleaned We ean It" CKLE TIONERY es = E AND ADDRESS D ENVELOPES d, Blue, Green or Black Ink. ble sheets. e our samples 00K STORE u treet