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Ma ny Rogers Wins Jury Verdict In Moot Trial College Shop Held Not Liable To Walton For Slip On Banana After deliberating for thirty min utes a jury composed of six Fresh man law students brought in a ver dict for Jake Rogers of the College shop, the defendant in the action brought by Bryan; (Speedy) Wal ton for a broken arm suffer/ed when Walton slipped on a banana peel in Rogers' establishment. Lawyers for the victorious de fendant were Andy Marion and Wallace Connor. Bubba Ness and Cliff Brown represented the plain tiff. Judge M. S. Whaley presided at the trial. Composing the jury were Dial Corder, foreman, John Ilemphill, Louis LeSesne, Dupree Sanders, Dan Henderson, and Bill Mc Leod. Bryan Walton was the first wit ness for the plaintiff. He testified as to how he was injured and the extent of the damages he suffered. Rlobert Vandiver and Stokes Davis were eye witnesses to the accident. They said the floor was dirty and Vandiver said he saw what looked like a banana peel on the floor. Leonora Webb stated that she had a few minutes previously pur chased a banana split at the College Shop. Berry Lane was another eye witness who testified. Jake Rogers and Ed DesChamps were the only witnesses for the de fendant. Rogers testified that he had swept the floor a short time previously and that the College Shop did not sell bananas. He ad mitted that they did sell banana splits. DesChamps said he had seen someone walk into the Col lege Shop a short time before the accident eating a banana. A deposi tion from Dr. Law was also intro duced by the defense council. At the conclusion of testimony after the opposing counsel summed up to the jury, Judge Whaley re fused to direct a verdict and charged the jury as to the facts. The jury finally agreed on a verdict for the defendant after coming back and asking the court for additional in structions. A large and enthusiastic crowd attended most of the trial which lasted from 7 to it p. in. Wednes day night. O ff Campus Courses Conducted In 5 Cities 12 Extension Classes List 338 Students The extension division of the Uni versity of South Carolina has an enrolment of 338 registeredl in the off-campus extension classes, WN. H-. W\ard, director said today. These cou,rses are conducted in five cities throughout the state. D r. Fred WV. Alexander, who is in charge of all off-campus courses, repo(rts the following subjects in his curriculum: "Teaching in the Gradles," "Audio-visual education," "Supervision of Studly' and "Eu rope' Today and Yesterday." Of the 12 classes, two are con dulcted in Seneca, four in Florence, two in Aiken, one in Lexington, and three in G;reeniville. -Student Elections (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) chami, D)avid Murray, and Margaret Iliaskell. Seven have already announced for the~ three Social Cabinet posts. These ar( Dick Anderson, Ed Atkinson, Wilis~ IHeall, Jack Fuller, J1. B. "Pin head" I 1(enson, James I lowey, andI( Ilirry L.ofton. ItlnnIing for Athletic Advisory boardl are: Arthur Bushiee. Wallace CCllIn, Paul H olsher, Junie SyiUsonJ, and Johnt and Reed Boyd. Candidates for the senior class of fices arec: Presidet, James Golloway, and Lucius H enson; vice-p)residlent, Clarence Glover, and 1 harold Jervey; hIistoriaun, Nell Berry. Jnniior class candidates : President, Jack D)avis, andl Dan H ollis ; vice presidlent, Holmes Dreher, G;. C. kirby, and Miles McCormick ;his torian,m Elinor Flinn, and secretary, Frances M~eeks. Jinuny Ravenel and Fred Brenmer are cand(ida;tes for presidlent of t he rassmg sophomore class while Jean Silyder is the only candidate for the vic-presi dency. Mary Gilmore is the only candidate for historian. No secretary candidate is known by Thme Gaeokat press time. Scho Sig, Dr. J. Rion McKissick, left, pr Stokes Randall, president of Dell the Gallaher cup by the national 4 collegiate chapters in the United S gineering, who is president of the Technical Staff Kept BehindScenes Group Headed By Dick Anderson; State Work Is Unusually Efficient In the production of "Dark Tower" by the University Play ers, the men behind the scenes played an indispensable part, but a part for which they got little credit. In any play the technical staff is very important; and in this play, the technical staff 4was unusually efficient. Students largely put on the play them selves, with Professor Christo phersen as their guiding hand. Dick Anderson headed the staff as Assistant Director. As such he actually functioned, and with the co-operation of the rest of the-staff he made the play. Right hand woman to both him and Christophersen was Betty Glover, a sort of "maid-of-all-wwrk" for the staff. Beside being prompter and secretary to the director, hers was the task, to a great ex tent, of seeing that the play ran smoothly. In charge of lighting was Chris Green, whose work was very complicated in this production be cause of the unusual lighting ef fects required. No footlights were used, and a great many overhead and flood lights had to be used to make up for this. Downstairs, away from all the shouting, were Kay Duffie and Norman Baum, who were respon sible for costumes. These two had to obtain the costumes to be used, and also keep them constantly ready for quick changes during the play. Carolyn Hayes was a faithful worker as stage manager. She was in charge of the construction of the modernistic set used, and also of the painti.ng. Marie Ulmer provided the properties, some times going to the point of de pleting her own home for the sake of the show. ASCE Group Visits Santee-Cooper Works Eight Members Are Initiated By Society I,ast week twventy-five miembetr: of the University Amierican Societ) of Civil l-'ngineers, made a t rip ti the Sanitee-Cooper Project, nou uinder construction. The group ob)served work b)einig doneW at Pinopolis, S. CI., where damn is going up for the p)roject. Or p)reviouis occasions, miembhers of th< A. S. C. 1F.. have been shown mnov ing-p)ictures of engineering p)rob) temts at the Santee-Cooper site. Professors Sunmwalt Rowe, an( Johnson accompjaniedl the stud(eni engineers ont their edlucat ional trip F.ighit new mnembers have recently bteen initiated into the A. S. C. F~ Those being chosen for the order were: Charles Moorefield. Bill Crawford, "Red" Rice, Alec David soin, Johnny Carroll, Ric-hard Poole, Ahe Crosseman, andl Vivian L,vnn. ols Enter H na Nu Takes Award .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sident of the Univarsity of South Carolina, is shown congratulating a chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity. The Carolina chapter has been awarded Ngma Nu fraternity for having the highest scholastic average of the 98 tates for the past year. Prof. Robert L. Sumwalt of the school of en Sigma Nu Columb:a Alumni club, looks on. Constitution Will Have Third Reading Monday Active Student Government Provided; Student Council To Have More Power The third and final reading of the newly proposed Student Body Constitution which gives the students, through the stu dent council a more liberal student government, will be held in the Chapel Monday at 1:30 p. in. If the constitution is passed at this meeting it will then be adopted and .will go into effect April 24. The new constitution provides in general for an active, func tioning student government for the University. As few changes as possible have been nnde, but under the new system this student government will have enough power to enabie it to op Prate successfully and to be a government in the triue sense of the word. One of the main changes in the Y Deputation Team constitution is tie revision of t,e VisitsStude Conl. Previously And Spartanburg Schools cut dowtito 14. Serving on the I)oard_will_b the presidenit, vice Five Students Make presiden. secretary and treasurer of Trin To Upper State te stu(lent ody; presidents of te ? four academic schloois; presidenm of Monday And Tuesday the law fr A deputation team und(er tihe e soito,hnrcucln sponlsorshlip of the University Y n ersnaiefo aho h p)resentedi programs at Spartanburg fu ieaysceiso iecm andl Walhalla last Monday and Tuesday respectively, pus Appearing before the Hi Y Clubs nte omteelooe l h ill joint session Monday nighlt i newcnttto saSca o Spartanburg, the Y dlelegates ren-ofteScilCbn,adtiehir dleredI a p)rogrami of b)rief talks sup pilmented b)y music. mno tdn no orl l At WValhalla Tuesday the teamsooth cnnitewll)te Ccelded thleir tour with a full Peiln ftl ne-rtri~ hour program at the high school.Coci,hiraoftePnH Making the trip were I). A. WVest-leil)a(,nlOenn-rtriy tlnoreland(, D)an Hlollis, H-aroldl Jer-rcretai olechsn13te vey, Adelyn Lipscombl, Jo Lin)1 d- tI oni. Fu aut say, Virginia Copelandl, Myra Bren ne cke, and D)eward Brittain. nlte li ru ilIaecm Attendance Low lC(atoltotlStdnCuci At Swimming Pool oftlstdetbdyth -Vacancies Open lI wih~ilsprieeclatvt Boys Beginners Class (Iaigfudfrmtlsuet Student attendlance at thle 1.nIi-leslce riltl colo ol aerge ttenanc. TIe 1001ing l6 cotreby th boardiste tofb ctow to 14. eSen onil fauthe new board is ll be ste rslid e lnt, vite (lay. ny t er regulntibonysidnso the litt According tootileacademice,scirlss;espretitonmakf the lawtfederatior president oflco til asotion hrlconct,an Iloneerepresentativeefrom eachoof the New ntto s aeSogniaom Satrdas drig tle Ille hre cnlitte fortlofce o re.shirmant hour givll il tle chedle. of tile Stocil Cabinet and the Chai A IegilIlrs l-ss or lo hsorst onfhi Soute waoilla beath Councian Carirma of theS Pan-Hsle(il bt'Il orlle, aldIlletsOi Mo tlenIic oad, adousenarnityo 01W 101, 1-It 'Iher isa lrep)rseytative to, ie Chnlbythe tlubr o vcaicie i tie le tudberer's Copenc. Forur agercult ner clss,an( Ilorei)o embean rt illtitmlee "Ahear o watlte(i. 'I'llosmittee.iThisggroup ill thi I i u flulr,ave itom clasarerequstedto rporttotlete atclentrola the pbia heves of h ilIirtetr il lag t 0 oclc mpus The Peole" mare suchin teom on ny f ile(lys lettine( a of lrthetudn,oy Igh. S Euphs Trim Ancient Foes On Air Waves Spelling Bee Sees Score Seven To, Five In WCOS Spelling Contest The Euphradians vanquished their ancient rivals from across the way the Clariosophics-in an old fash ioned spelling bee over Columbia's new and enterprising radio station VCOS Monday night. Each side started with nine men and at the conclusion of the hectic half hour the Euphs had seven men still standing to five for the Clarios. Ed McGrath, WCOS's sports an nouncer, was teacher for the occa sion. Lang Hogan, Clario president, was the first man to fall. He in sisted on spelling synonym with an "i". Teacher gave everyone two chances' to spell the words. The word "Ecuador" proved an unexpected stumbling block, several missing it before Bernard Poliakoff reeled it off. Teacher started with easy words as "cat" but quickly progressed to longer, more difficult words. When a Euphradian spelled "Saskatchewan" near the end, a groan of despair rose from th< Clario ranks. The sponsors were fooled as to the calibre of the spell ers as they counted on only ten left standing but thirteen remained However, the official score is stil seven to five, as "Rock" Yarbor ough joined the Euphs' side with about ten minutes left. Spelling for the Euphradians were Bernie Bass, Bernard Polia koff, Heyward Belser, Arthur Wild er, John Hemphill, Richard Young W. P. Baldwin, Ray Parrott, an Milton Reid. Representing the Clariosophic: were Lang Hogon, John Sitton Paul Holscher, Holmes Dreher, Bol Liles, Harley Wooten, Glenn Yar borough, and Richard Pool. Clariosophic Society Initiates Four New Members Tuesday Nita Pictures For Annual Are Taken; Plans For Banquet Are Disacussed Four men were initiated into th< Clariosophic literary society Tuies* (lay night in the regular wveekly meeting of the body held in its halb in Legare college at the University of South Carolina. The new initiates are: Mfarior Trotti, Mialcolm Dantzler, Edgat T.uppman, and John Rainsford. Also there were four men that passedl for membership in the Clarn osophic, but were not initiatedl last night. They are: Stark Hemning way, D)ave Mlorris, and Charles amd John Larrymore. A photographer for the Garnet and Black took pictures of the so ciety for publication in the year boo0k. M unroe Fulnmer, chairman of the banquet committee, reportedl that the annual banquet of the society would b)e held in the necar future. lie reportedl that an effort is being mlade to obtain Alva Lumpkin. iUnitedl States dlistrict judlge, to be the guest speaker at the banquet. After much aimless wrangling over the p)roposai of a new consti tution the meeting was adjourned. Finnish Fell Of America, The University of South Carolina student body received this week a pleading letter from the National Union of Students of Finland. The letter, copies of which were prob ably sent to schools and colleges all over the civilized world, begs that we, as fellow students, do all we can to secure humanitarian aid for the war-wracked Finnisih people. The letter says, in part: "Dear Comrades: You know we are fighting one against 50. With out for a moment thinking our struggle is hopeless, we yet have the right to appeal to the Uni versity youth of the whole civilized world. "Our battle is your battle as well. Stretch out a helping hand. Make it clear to your nation that Finland needs and is worthy of receiving help from all nations that love lib erty anrd justice." Dhool Mental And Athl Will Be Held At Late-st figures show that 147 State IHigh School League h111 participate in the annual high each spring by the League in c of South Carolina, it was anu M. Lockwood, secretary of the tion date for the preliminary pected to show a total of nearli Polka Dots Burst Up At Base Of Trees Green Tufts Due To Careful Application Of Nature's Helper Bright green polka dots like those on a tufted bedspread have appeared in wide circles around the trees on the University cam pus. Nature is not working in cir cles, nor is the good dame play ing pranks among the trees. All the little tufts of verdure are, in fact, the result of careful applica tion of fertilizer. No, the gardener was not try ing to be economical with the ill smelling stuff. He purposely dropped the fertilizer at spaced intervals around the trees to bet ter their growth. - Inquisitive freshman Ingor Ramus and co-ed Dora Bedumb can now rest their minds-such as they are-and be assured that the campus is not fertile only in spots; also every little hillock of grass grew deliberately and pre meditatedly. -Gamecock Resolutions (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) no attempt to color one side or th< other; (5) No false statement oi Untrue exaggeration of any one. side of a news story should b< printed. Several members of the societ3 objected strongly to the approval oi these resolutions on the groundh that they might be interpreted b the Board of 'ublications in som future case in such a manner as t( prevent freedom of speech and th< press on the campus. Other members stated that, ir view of the present situation, the, should )e passed and that they ar( much needed to curl) the impulse of liberal edlitorship). It was alsc asserted that the most strict inter pretation should be made as re gardls the resolutions p)assedl, and that there could be no time when they should not be enforced. Late hours necessitated the ad journument of the meeting andI fur thmer action is pendingemn the matter. H-owever, the report of the conm mittee from the Hoard of Publica tiotns indicated that the edlitorial piolicy of The Gamecock was uinder adlvis,emenit and observers of the actiton report that further imimediate imoves by tlhe society will probably dlepend( upon01 thle results ob)tainied by the b)oardl. Present in the hail during the dliscuission were eight members of the Clariosophtic Literary Society who were interested in the action of the Euphradians and were prepar ing a report to be carried back to their society at its next meetinig. The Euphiradian constitult ion, missing since last D)eember, was found just oultsidle the door hv thli secretary when lhe came. to openi the hall. low Collegia is From Terr Although there are state-wide and city-wide drives in action to secure aid for Finland, this letter brings home to our student body the need for some activity on our part to help the movement. No action has yet been taken. The letter, written on January 16, stated that up to that time the snappy little Finnish army had been able to hold back the barbarian on slaught on the ground, but that the Bolshevist forces, bent on realizing at any cost their imperialistic aims, had resorted to the more brutal aerial attacks on civilian population and on localities totally lacking mil itary significance of any kind. The damage, the letter cited, was extremely heavy in regions where University buildings and institu tions were situated, in particular around the Technical University at rage vivo Week etic Contests USC In April 'f the 295 members of the S. C. ve signified their intention to ichool veek p>rogram sponsored ooperation w1-ith the University o1n1ced here today by Charles League. The closing registra LeXtIIi1ations, March 20, is ex 200 schools taking part. The eliminations held in various points over the eleven districts will determine the representatives to the state contests which will be held in Columbia, each district sending three contestants each of the final Contests. A mnimmum of five con testants coie to Columbia from each of these districts and over 100 high schools in the state will be represented in the finals. The contests held under the di rection of the University personnel bureau are divided into two general sections, commercial and "mental" or scholastic. The commercial pre liminaries are administered sep arately in each participating high school and the bureau in Columbia picks each district's representatives from the highest local test scores. These commercial tests include arithmetic, bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing. The scholastic con test preliminaries are held at cer tain appointed testing centers, each school sending three representatives to each contest except the "short story" to which one pupil from each school attends. The schedule for the eliminations is Saturdays, March 30, April 6, and April 1:3, for "mental" tests and April :, 4, and 5 for the commercial tests. Approximately 40 high schools in the eleven districts will servc as examination centers. Art Sabo To Represent AED Frat At Meeting Twenty-Nine Colleges Will Send Delegates Arthur Sabo of the University of South Carolina will represent the University's South Carolina Alpha Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, national pre-med fraternity, at the sixth national meeting at the Uni versity of Oklahoma on March 21 27. Mr. Sabo will be accompanied by \Vaitus Tanner also of the Uni versitv. This conventionl will bring to gether delegates and visitors from 29 colleges and universities through out the nation. Of interest is the mtcreasedl memb)ership brought ab)out through the merger with Kappa Zeta Pre-hied Fraternity and the addition of seven new chap ters. The South Carolina Alpha phap ter of A. E. D. is the second oldest chapter of the fraternity. The fra ternity wvas organized at the Uni versity of Alabama in 1926j. The South (tarolina Alpha chapter was organized in 192S. A.rE.ne D. is the only accredited remdfraternity in the nation. Its menmbership) is ab)out 2,300. A. E. D. became. an~ associaitedl society of the Amnericani Association for the Ad v'ancem1ent of Science in 1 938. USC Summer School TIhe next several weeks will be spent in publicity for the University of South Carolina summer school, D)irector J. A. Stodldardl said today. Students wvho have ap)pliedl for work dur ig the summerci session may be able to ob)tain information aro>und the first wveek of April. ns Ask Aid 'ors Of War Helsinki, which was bombed the first day of the war. Besides the material damage, the University world has lost scientists and great thinkers in this war on civilians. Thousands of students have been forced to exchange their libraries and laboratories for dugouts and tents in the forests. The letter asked that American students try to convince their coun trymen that the most effectual hu manitarian aid that can be rendered at this moment is the provision of such aircraft as could protect the peaceful civilian settlements, hospi tals, etc., behind the front from the inhuman air raids which defy every international rule devised to make war less cruel. In closing, the letter wished for Amnerican students that they be able to workc in happier circumstances than the students of Finland.