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S. C. Footballers A. T. 0's Give Meet Mercer Tomorrow Jefferson (Story on Page 6) University of South Carolina Z676 Volume XXXII, No. 17(,A 15 1940 ....-i Faculty SAE Fr SAE's Remove( For Founders' The S. C. Delta, Chapter of been denied all the rights and p ter of that fraternity for one passed by the Faculty Commit Organizations at a meeting held Crawford Clarks< Notice was given to the S. A. E Crawford Clarkson, President of th( letter states that all members of th they will abstain from any and all 18, 1940, and June 3, 1941. The complete letter follows: NMr. Crawford Clarkson, President of Delta Chapter Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Gibbes Court, Citly. Dear Mr. Clarkson: I beg to give you herewith notic ing of the Faculty Committee on Fr AMarch 11, 1940. "Be it unanimously ordered by t ties and Student Organizations that of Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha E sideration the Faculty Committee oi tions, because of violations of the r< Carolina and more particularly of t tees, Ruling Begins Effective beginning at noon, Nlar Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Eps South Carolina be hereby denied al tion as a chapter of that fraternity, It is further provided that each chapter now registered in the Unive for the session of 1940-41, be regi promises to abstain from any and z (CONTINUED "DarkTower" Pleases Large Audiences At Two Performances McCutchen, Posey And Co. Star In Players First 1940 Production A large audience of over three hundred persons were present to view the opening performance of "Dark Tower", second University Players' production of the season, at Drayton IHall, Tuesday evening. The play was also given to another large house on Wednesday, for the second and finl showing of the play. 'he play was of a more serious type of drama than "Captain Apple jack", which the Players presenited last December, and was a much more difficult piece to produce. "There are subtleties of character here," said Professor M. . Christophersen, di rector of the Players, "which would defy the best actors of Ilollywood or Broadway. I think the cast dlid reinarkably well in these difficult roles ;and I only hope that our fu ture p)roductions wvill b)e equal to this Jacqueline McCutcheon was 'the outstianding actress of the play. In a particularly difficult role, she was re (tured to change from a charming atnd brilliant B3roadwvay star into a wOeak, characterless creature, the vic titn of the hypnotic powers of the viliain in the story. She handled the tranosformation very well. T[his is Miss McCutcheon's second alpearance with the Players. Two years ago she appearedl in "Bill of lDivorcement"' under the Stephan W)ods regime. Albert Eggerton is Miss McCutch COln's brother in the story. IIe had (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Inside Thue Gamnecock GAMECOCKS TO END Spring Grid Season vs. Mercer To morrow--..See Page 6. DEBATE TEAM GOES North On Trip--See Page 2. A. T. O. DANCE TO FEA ture Week-end-See Page 3. UNIVERSITY AIDS IN State High School Testing Progranr --See Page 5. INTRAMURA1,I BOXING ANE Blasketball Now In Full Sway Ousts 'aternity I From Campus Day Banquet S. A. E. at the University has rivileges of operation as a chap year, according to a resolution tee on Fraternities and Student last Monday, March 11. n Receives Letter 's by means of a letter received by fraternity, yesterday morning. The e fraternity must sign a pledge that fraternity activities between March e of a resolution passed at a meet iternities and Student Organizations, he Faculty Committee on Fraterni after due hearing of representatives psilon Fraternity and deliberate con i Fraternities and Student Organiza gulations of the University of South hlose enacted by the Board of Trus on March 18 ch 18, 1940, and until June 3, 1941, ilon Fraternity at the University of 1 the rights and privileges of opera and every active or pledge of said rsity of South Carolina, or enrolling ired to sign a pledge in which he I fraternity activities while still en ON PAGE 8) Five Gamecock Passed By Eupl Recommendations Made With Single Exception A stormy three-hour session on t culminated in the passage of five res last Tuesday night at the meeting These five resolutions were taken to the board in a letter written in 0 Painting Crew Takes Over Student Union Lobby-Sitters Desert As Brush-Slingers Invade Their Lands WAR BULLETIN-T ee - phone Exchange (Delayed)-The off-and-on Inhabitants of the Stu dent Union lobby grimly and re luctantly gave way to an invad ing crew of twelve brush equipped painters last week. Retreating slowly with a bat tery of magazines and books, the defenders of the old decora tion make a gallant last stand in the west corner of the room. No-man's-land (the diminishing territory between the squatters and the oncoming painters) rap idly became a scene of wild con fusion. The invading horde es tablished an advanced outpost with buckets of divers colored paints. - Early in the afternoon, while the painters were having an armi stice lunch, a daring volunteer of the party of the first part slipped through the bucket blockade and settled himself with a periodical on the South side of the Stuffed Chair Line. The painters returned from their midday repast with a sup ply of propaganda. Several signs bearing the words "Wet Paint" were stuck at vulnerable points about the now vari-colored lobby. The telephone exchange an nounced its neutrality with a "NO VISITORS" signs at the front. Seeing that he was outnum bered, and discovering that his magazine was three months old, the lone die-hard recognized that his was a lost cause. Anyway, if the student union couldn't fur nish up-to-date books to read, he (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) Students Meet To Open Race For Offices March 28 Deadline For Candidates To Throw Hat Into Ring The political campaign of the Uni versity will begin March 19, by a student body meeting in the chapel for all nominations, George Prince, secretary of the student body, said today. The schedule for elections last from March 19 until April 8. All candidates must submit their names for announcement by March 28 when the annual Clariosophic ral ly will be held in the field house at 8 p. m. The first elections will take place April 1. Candidates for president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and head cheerleader of the student body will run in this election. Preliminaries for May Queen, the Maid of Ilonor, and the Garnet and Black editor will he held April 2. The final election for these offices will be held April 3. Members of the Social Cabinet and Athletic Advisory board will be voted on April 8. Five candidates have thrown their hats in the student body president election to date. They are Sol Blatt, Jr., Bob McCrady. Rod Turn bull, Bill Dorsey and Rion Scott. Larry Gall and Glenn "Rock" Yarborough have announced the post of vice-president of the student body. Two men and a wonan have en tered the race for student body secretary, these being Eston Mar (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Resolutions hradian Society By McKissick Approved After Three Hour Fight le editorial policy of The Gamecock olutions to the Board of Publications of the Fuphradian Uitary Souiciy. from a group of six recommended tober, 19:37 by President McKissick. Taken fron a committee report by Euphradian members Jimmy Wilson and Jack Hendley, the six resolutions were voted on one by one and passed or rejected. 'lhey all are rconmendations to the edi tor of The Gamecock concerning matter to be printed in The Game cock and objectional material that should be left out. The resolutions passed by the Euphradians will be drawn up formally for presentation and endorsement to the Board of Long Discussion Held Violent dlisagreement marked thme entire dliscuission and voting on the six recommnendlatioins; anid oppo nents of the measures succeeded in rejecting the last oime. This sixth statemenit requtestedl that all ma terial which could be used by o[p ponents of the university to reflect discredit should not be printed, amnd it was stricken from the list of reso lutions on the grounds that they imight be construed to prevent the use of constructive criticism b)y The Gamecock edit or. Resolutions Passed Th'le other five statements were passed anid were stated applroxi mately as follows: (I) No reference to dirinking, gambling or other vices of Ithe' studcenits shouild beC imeintioned( in the Gamecock; (:2) No "simut" or stories of doublt fuml character shmoid he pulished ; (;t) No reflec tin oin the4. ohiarac ter oir muoral ita ndards. of the faculty3, st udents, or adliimist rat ion shall be pub11lied; (4) V'dit orial s shotild be written in an imipamrtiaml amnd just miannier with (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) University Exhibits Will Be Shown At SCEA le U'niversity tf Sounith Catrotlina will be represennte ac t them' Stht Carolina Educi1ation Associaition con0 ventiont ini G reenville, March 14. 15 1)y two educeatinaI bothls. The e'xhiibits will he prepared by the e'x tensi on divisioni and the summer schlool dlepartmnent. Services of the various depamrtiments otf the U niver sity' which are of p)art icular interest tto teachers will be dlisplav'ed. Twen Enter Cole, Gamecock Will Not Appear Next Week Due to the beginning of spring holidays next Friday, no Ganccock will appear on this date, The next issue will appear April 5. The annual April Fool edition will niot be published this year. Spring Leave Pleases All But One Dame Mid-Terms Probably Will Be Continued For Some: Considered Legal Spring holidays begin Fri day, March 22, at 8 a. mn. and classes will be resumed Thurs day, March 28, at 8 a. m., it was announced this week by John A. Chase. Jr.. dean of adminis tration. When the classes again re sume, some professors may have mid-semester exams to give their students. This will be perfectly legal and in accor dance with the announcement that the mid-semester grades must be in not later than March 30th. Concensus of opinion on the campus seemed to indicate that there would be no kick against this latest ruling of the admin istration office. One dissenting vote marred the otherwise unanimous acclamation of the coming of the spring holidays. The dissenting voice was that of freshman Marjory Hogan. In a recent discussion of the coming holidays Marjory, or Marjory. as she is known to her intimate friends, who is a mem ber of some society or other on the campus, stated that she was going to see that a resolu tion was introduced and passed at an early date to change the time of the holidays beginning. General surprise was ex pressed by the members of the relatively large group gathered around. When pressed for more enlightenment on the sub ject, Marjory stated that the time of the holidays beginning was all wrong. "Why should we have to get up at eight o'clock in the morn ing for the holidays to begin?' She questioned. "Couldn't the administration have been a little more considerate and set the time at-say ten o'clock?" University Suggests New Radio Stories "Uncle Natchel" Will Feature S. C. History Thle extension dlivision of thle Un i versity of South Carolina has pre paired mal erial for the presentation of three broadcasts of the "Uncle Natchiel" Cilean N it rate of Soda pro gram. The samie select ions are al so being presented in radlio sta - tons of t wo othier states. Thel programs, based on d ramat ic inicideints in South Carolinia history. inelntde thle Stede lBonnet and the Jlean Ribauilt stories, which were birt ;lcast March 2, 3, 0, 10. The Sargeant .Jasper story. the last prteentat ion, will he beard over WVIS, doumbia. and( WVOI.5. lorence from 4 :30 5:00 p. mi., March 31. Ont that date, lie samte pro gram wvillI be broadcast over WVIll, Chiar lotte, N. C. from 5-5 :30 p. ip. It will also be heard over WXSll, At Lanta.. Ga. on Saturdamy, March 30 fron 7.7:.30 p. m. ty-Fou ed In ge Gi Student Body Passes Resolution Asking For Waring Pep Song Noted Arranger Will Write Song For USC If Students Interested A resolution to request Fred Waring's song arranger to write a "Fight Song" for the University was passed by the Student Body at a meeting held in the Chapel Monday afternoon at one o'clock. The action was taken following passage of a resolution to the same effect passed by the Student Couui cil in behalf of the Student Body several weeks ago. Prolessor Frank Wardlaw, of the School of Journalism, originated the move by writing to Mr. \Varing and asking him if lie might be willing to get his arranger to write the song. Alma Nfaters and Pep Songs have been written by the arranger for various colleges all over the country. The songs are played for the first time on \Varing's program, and are given to the schools abso lutely free of charge. Mr. \Varing's answer to Professor Wardlaw was that if the students of the University showed that they wanted the song written. and dis played enough interest in it. lie would be glad to see that it was written. Prof. Hugh Williamson of the Music Faculty expressed hope that it could be arranged for the song to be composed. Said he, "I think it would be very nice. Carolina needs something of this kind." Senators To Entertain University Debaters Pepper, Holt, Byrnes Play Host To Students The University debaters, now on their Northern trip, will dine in Washington with members of the United States Senate who have spoken on the campus, Dave Btkr who is chairman ofi thle St udent Forumi as well as a member of thle debating team anniouncedl. Senators Claude Pepper of Floiri da, Rtish I olt of West Virginia, and( .linmy Bvrnes, Jinno~ r senater trom South Carol ina, wvill entertain thet debaters. \\hile in W\asington, baker willI att empt to obtajin fu:rt her 'speakers for the sprimg program it lhe Stundeint Fo rum. lie is cointact - inig I leury Wallace. secretary oif ag rienl tutre. lI arry Woodi(rinig, secretaryv of war, Repiesetative Smit h, who dlebatedl with Senator RoIbert Ta ft over the University of (hieag' Forum, and nimeruns o thiers. McCall Exposed Coroner's Off ia Professor Testifies At Coroner's Inquest AIlhouigh eftforts were made hv Col ut mi poliice to ke ep P rof. W. . Mc Call' s niamie out (f thle ntewspa - per%, in format ion came through the coronier's otfice earlier this week that the Carolina teache-- was the uin kinowii piarty who restrainedl the hand (of Mirs. R. C. Hurleson, killer of thle secondi( Mrs. Hurleson, in the slaying last Friday. The pirofessor hal ted the thlir d shot at NI rs. lBurle'.on, but noit liefore thle 'i irst two bil lets had taken efcet. The army colonel's Iirst wife, former ly Maz,ie Walker of Galveston. sub mit ted calmly toi the Carolina pedla goguie a fter woJuninig her successor fatally by tiring twice at her with| a small revolver concealedl in a hand ir Bea Holly ri Co Columbia Theat< Will Choose Wi Personality For Tweit'-two 1,11versitY cal1111 IIIittel )meiures as; etitraince ce] 41llege g".irl contest Sponsore<l 1 girls are expecteql to ent(er befr Iliese capips beauties have b tie s an<1j o),ranijzationjS ()n thle -a11 ing. two irls vmch an<d the co-e< Cliff Brown Elected President Of Rising Senior Law Class Poliakoff, Anderson, Yeldell, And Holcomb Take Over Other Posts Cliff Brown of Sumter was elected president of the rising senior law class in the class election held Wed nesday. Bill Rhodes of Estill de feated Ed Bunker of Charleston in the race for president of the rising junior class by a vote of 28 to 21. Other rising senior officers elected are .latthew Poliakoff, .\nderson. vice-president George Y c 1 d e 11, Greenwood, secretary-treasurer ; and Myrtle I Holcomb of Columbia, his torian. Charles 'Murdock of lonea Path defeated Lane Woodcock hv the close v,ite of 25 to 22 to become vice president of the rising junior class. George Gill of Rockman was elect ed secretary-treasurer by acclania tion and Airs. Thomasine Mas,)n of Summerton was clected historian withit much oppositi,in. Girls Are Chosen For Debating Team Dixon And Glominski Will Uphold Negative Manr Dix,n and Alice GIonmi..ki were chosen f'r the co-ed nceative debating team at the tryotut in D)as is College at 2 :00t p. m. on Mlonday. andl I:rances Alceks was selected aus al ternate. The other two cominpet itors were Katherine D)ouglas and Kath erinie R'ect' r. Jncdges. were poe \\oils, and A- lbert Smith. The ci -ed team will dlebate wvith the- team fruom the Collegte of Charles tn 'i n A\prl 3. lirm A\pril 15 ti 201 thle a tiirmative an neg1-tat iv te am are planing a tr~Ip thurongh N. t.. The atTirma:t i'e train. I rine La I oirde aniid Gerryi- Shapiro. was chosen last week. As Mysterio us :e In Burleson W. C. McCall uties wood ntest ar Managers nning Campus - SC Finals >ms belles have alreadl sub 'tificates inl thle All-Amer-icanl y The Tameco . Two imore the <dea<dline. een selected Iby various Sorori u11pus wvith ealch sor,ority select ascationl eighIt. A committee composed of Sam Suggs. manager of the Palmetto Theatre, chairman. Grayson Poats, \\allace Martin. and Curtis Mayes, has been selected by the Game cock to select the most beautiful campus personality who will con pete with the representtives from the other schools of the state for the state crown. The campus winner will be announced in the April 1 or 5 edition of The Gamecock. Winners See Premiere The pictures of the state winners will then be sent to New York where theY will meet competition from the winners of the other 47 states. Selecting the state winners will be a prominent group of New York artists. These state winners will then be published in the Radio Guide and Mirrow Magazine for three con ,ecutive weeks and the readers of these magazines will select by votes twelve National winners. Later these twelve will be submitted to i'aramount licture,; who will ad vise the girls of their election and kend them to the \Vorld premiere of "'Those \Vcre The Days." a Para mount production of George Fitch's "Old Siwash" college stories. The National winner will be selected at the conclusion of these ceremonies aid will later receive a talent audi tion in Hollywood, m'.ecting Holly wood personalitItes and celebrities. Girls Enter Carolina girls entered arc: Jean Ite I 'rops t. non- soror ity Eli nor 1:linni, TFri D)elta: Airiel Smith, non "oroity . .\ .ary 1King. A. D. Pi; Juilia Annui C'nnelly. K D): Mary- Lowry, 1K D): Audrey .\arler, non- sorority; Ida I iniett. )Z: \lolly Hea~th, non "orority: I)orothy l'arke, P i Beta l'hi: Ma;rie I 'hne Chi Om:ega; n \'anghni. A. I. i'i i.ney Jowitt, Mlary NMickey l~II ria: l'at Je'te'r, Tri Delta: Rubt 1'vdin. Sigma Delta: Nell I nry.1)!: id:a Rabin owitz. Sigm Deia: lary~ Daly, noni-sorority. Sophia .\Iae IPeterson, sororityx and1 Mtarion (;lenn, nion Pedagogue By Murder Case Eye Witnesses Praise Prof's Quick Actions Priofesso r M.cCall1 requtested that hiis inme be withiheld in tIhe police reports to localI new smen'i andi was only revealed wh len the R-ichlandl co ronier's olTiee hianded liver its int (Iues't aui iit'eem1ent1 for publication. N.' statemet-is c oncerning the slay ing have 1beenl made by' the profes 'or, hut eve- witnesses asser-t that Itis presence oif minid prevenited an oth len shot and1( possible inljuries to o t her persns5 in t he local hotel's I)iners at a nearb)y table staled that the first shot sotundted like the dlrop ping of dishies, and( it attracted no undue attention; butt the repetition of the noise galvanized witnesses in to action anid Mrs. Blurleson's at (CONTINUED 0ON PAGE 6)