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K676 Volume XXXII, No. 18 COLUMBIA,S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1940 Fudd10
NORI
Blatt
Committee To
Overhaul New
Constitution
Special Faculty Group
Will Assist In Drafting
Government Document
The new Student Body Constitu
tion, adopted the Monday before
spring holidays, will be overhauled
by the student committee which
drafted it, with the advice of a spe
cial faculty committee, George Cole
man, president of the student body
announced this week.
The new constitution, as adopted,
provided for an active student gov
ernment with control centralized in
a student council of 15 an'd a num
ber of special committees, as a So
cial committee, Student Finance
committee, Attivities committee,
and others.
* Faculty Meets
In a faculty meeting Wednesday
the following resolution was adopt
cd, "Thai a faculiy committee be
appointed to confer with and assist
the president of the student body
and other student committee mem
bers, as a committee on revision and
style in preparing a draft constitu
tion prior to its submission to the
proper administrative authority of
the University." (Who is the chair
man of the Board of Trustees?).
Objections Raised
On this committee are Dean Orin
Crow, R. L. Wienefeld, W. S.
Woods, and George R. Sherrill.
Serious objections to the consti
tution as passed are its inconsis
tencies and vagueness. For ex
ample, Coleman pointed out, it takes
a meeting of 200 students to recall
an officer, 100 to override the stu
dent council, but only 25 to hold a
student body meeting at which
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Washington-Lee Prexy
To Speak At Meeting
Of Caroliniana Society
Annual Gathering Will
Celebrate Centennial Of
Old Library Building
, . 1'. Gaines, president of Wash
ington and Lee University. will be
the speaker at the annual meeting of
the University South Caroliniana So
Ciety, April 17. This dlinner will
Celebrate the centennial of the otd
librarv.
A feature of the fourth meeting
of the society will be the exhibit, on
the thlirdl floor of the library, of
book., maps, manuscripts, and news
papers of the South Carolina collec
tion.
The Caroliniana society wvas or
ganized in 1937 for the purpose of
Collecting old and newv books, and
Other material pertaining to South
Carolina. The collection includes
Over 1,000 bound books andl pam
phlets, 500 volumes of newspapers,
and about 230,250 manuscripts.
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THIRTY-ONE INITIATED
Itto Phi Beta Kappa-Page 2
BlASEBALL TEAM GOES TO
eIwberry Today-Page 7.
TRACK TEAM GOES TO
Greenville Today-Page 7.
8MITH SPEAKS IN CHAPEL
ERtWekAge CLB.CET
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The Winnah!]
Sol 1latt, Jr.
Lieut. Meng, United
States Army Flier,
Interviews USC Men
Air Corps Officers To
Arrive In Columbia
Sunday For Recruiting
During the past week 1st Lieuten
ant Meng of the United States Army
Air Corps has been interviewing men
here at the University who intend to
apply for admission into the Cadet
Corps of the U. S. Army Air Corps.
Examiners Arrive
Lieutenant Meng has announced
that a Board of Examiners will arrive
in Columbia at 11:30 o'clock Sunday
morning on the Army Bomber, B-18.
This board consists of four Air
Corps officers who will take care of
all the necessary proceedings that ap
plicants have to go through. Officers
making up the group are: Lieuten
ants Carlmark and Lewis, and Majors
Lawton and Anmnions of the Medical
Corps. Applicants will be examined
in linn I lall next week from 8 till
12 o'clock in the morning and I till
4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Appointments Made
Said Lieutenant Meng, "It will be
a good idea for all applicants to dIrop
in Flinn H all early and make ap
p)ointmnents for interviews andl exams
with the Board of Examiners so as to
avoidl conflict later in the week."
The course of instruction requires
nine months and covers all phases of
military aviation. Upon success ful
completion of the course of instruc
tion, a flying cadlet is commissioned
as a ,secondl lieutenant in the Air
Corps Reserve, receives his wings and
the rating of a pilot.
Freshman Mary
Of 24 Entrahlts
Winners From 48 States
To Compete In Finals
Mary Daly, freshman at the Uni
versity of South Carolina, was
chosen this week by the judges of
the Gamecock beauty contest to
represent the university in the Para
mount picture contest.
Miss Daly, chosen from a group
of twenty- four Carolina beauties,
wvill compete with the winners of
the other co-ed schools of the state
for the title of Miss South Caro
lina. The pictures of all the state
contestants have been sent to New
York where they will compete with
the picttures of girls from the other
47 states.
Placing second in the Gamecock
contest was Mary Lowry, of Co
lumbia, while Julia Ann Connelly,
also of Columbia. placed third.
UEY'A
ed Sl
Takes Margin
Over McCrady
In Final Race
David Murray Elected
Sec.-Treas. By 38 Votes
Over Margaret Haskell
Sol Blatt, Jr., University of South
Carolina junior from Bartwell rolled
up 744 votes in the final election
Wednesday to defeat Bob McCrady,
junior from Columbia, for president
of the Carolina student body for the
session 1940-41. McCrady polled 660
votes.
David Murray was elected to the
position of student body secretary
treasurer over Margaret Haskell by
a vote of 717 to 679.
Blatt and McCrady were chosen
in a first race Monday in which Rod
Turnbull, Rion Scott and Bill Dorsey
were eliminated. In the secretary
treasurer race, Eston Marchant was
dropped in the first race.
Possibly the largest number of
University students ever to vote in
the campus elections 1,404 turned out
Wednesday to choose their leaders
for the coming school year.
Blatt was president of the sopho
more class during the year 1938-1939.
He also won the southern conference
championship title in the 135 pound
weight in the Southern Conference
Tournament held here this year. He
was also secretary-treasurer of the
Euphradian Literary society this past
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USC To Have Weekly
Show Over WCOS
Songs, Skits And Jokes
Will Be Heard On Air
A University of South Carolina
weekly varsity show, following the
trend of network variety broadcasts,
will be aired through the microphones
of station WCOS as soon as talent
can he assembled. Coit Ilendley,
campus news commentator, will be
in charge of the program.
According to Roy Powell, manager
of WVCOS, the show will be of the
modern variety type--an interspe,rsion
of songs, skits, jokes, and humorous
stories. Each broadcast will be re
hearsed andl scrip)ts providled.
This is the first time an attempt
has beeni made to present the lighter
vein of campus life and is being
looked forward to with much inter
est. No (definite date has been set
for the commencement of the show.
Anyone who can dance, sing. (do
imitations, tell jokes, (do team skits,
or offer suggestions to aid the pro
gram is requested to contact Coit
I lendley as soon as possible.
Daly Chosen
In Pararnount E
Mary Daly
VOTE
:ud ent
Faculty Committee Gets
Fraternity Petition
Concerning the petition which
was sent to the faculty committee
on Fraternities by 'the Inter-Fra
ternity Council, the administration
yesterday made this statement.
"Copies of the petition were sent
to the members of the Faculty Com
mittee on Fraternities and Student
Organization which will consider
it."
The petition made no mention of
the suspension of the S.A.E. fra
ternity, but consisted of the list of
grievances.
Chair Tosses
Journalist In
Class Fracas
Guys In The Know
Say Wardlaw Took
A Dive; Hot Denials
Journalism instructor Frank
Wardlaw has turned wrestler. He
staged his first match the day be
fore spring holidays for the ben
efit of his feature writing class
when he was defeated by his
classroom chair.
But the journalism students
think the grappling setto was
fixed, because they have an idea
that Wardlaw took a dive.
As the journalism teacher took
his. seat at the beginning of class,
the chair folded up under him.
Wardlaw immediately went down
for the count, his legs twining like
twin serpents around the desk.
"That must have been a plant,"
he growled, looking over his class
with - an alert eye, hoping to
catch some betraying sign from
the culprit. But he looked in the
wrong direction.
Instead of surveying the young
ladies at the front of the room,
his gaze wondered quite naturally
to the far corner, where sat the
usual collection of trouble-making
males.
But this' time the boys were
innocent. A dame had done the
devlish work-and a cherubic,
roly-poly dame it was.
When Wardlaw regained com
plete composure, and had ex
hausted his impromptu detective
powers, he sighed.
"Well, I'm glad I'd read Mr.
McCants' article on falling grace
fully," he mused.
(A few days before, Elliott
"Slugger" McCants had turned
in a 1500 word feature on how
the well-tutored boxer goes about
hitting the canvas.)
Incidentally, McCants is ex
pecting an "A" on the course.
USC's Prettiest
eauty Contest
LoWry An~d Connelly
Are Second And Third
Both Miss Lowry and Miss Con
nelly were members of the Kappa
Delta sorority while Miss Daly, the
winner, was non-sorority.
Miss Daly entered the University
from Columbia high school.
When asked to what she attrib
uted her success she replied that
it was due to diligent training and
eating ice cream.
She was surprised to learn that
all judges thought her photo looked
remarkably like Deanna Durbin as
she thinks that she is' definitely
another type.
Acting appeals to her very much
and if she gets the final screen test
from Paramount she would be more
than pleased.
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'DMA
1Body
May Queen
*torine Huey
Runner-Up
Rannah Heyward
Committee Appointed
To Discuss Debating
Council Resolutions
Petition To Faculty
Recommends Lawyers'
Reinstatement To Team
A special committee was appointed
at the faculty meeting WVednesday
to considler recommiendtations of the
dlebating council in a petition intro
dluced by Judge M. S. Whaley.
T1his petiation containis the deblate
council plan offered as an alterna
tive to the recent faculty action ex
cludling law and graduate students
from University debating and ora
torical competition.
Varsity Team Suggested
Thle petition recomimendls that ev
ery University studlent shouldl be eli
gible for the varsity debating team
for three years. All law stud(ents
wvho wvish to dlebate must have a "B"
average for the precedling semester.
A separate freshman dlebating team
is providledl for which will be coached a
by the instructor in public speaking, s
aided by the varsity debators. No C
freshmen will be eligible for the
varsity team.
Girls Have Team
11
A separate girls' team is provided v
for, for which all girls, including /
freshmen, will be eligible.
The petition was drawn up by I. D. \
Karesh, member of the debating coun
cil, aided by Dave Baker, Charles b
Gibbes, and Deward Brittain, other y,
council members.
The faculty committee will study ti
the resolutions, confer with the de- e
bating council, and submit its report It
at the next faculty meeting. 6
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Pre.
Heyward, HI
Chosen Froi
Henry Westbrook Plays
For Dance Following i
Norine Iuey of Colunia y<
fay Queen for 1940. She defe
olinubia. by a margin of 62 vot
hat Miss Huey had 600 votes to
Hot House To
Invite'Oomph'
Sheridan Here
Representatives Are
Influenced By USC
Students' Demand
All the masculine hearts of
Carolina and vicinity will soon
have cause to beat faster other
than just the fact that it's spring.
Ann Sheridan may come to Co
lumbia in person. The same gal,
in fact, that George Coleman,
president of the student body,
talked to over long-distance phone
in the fall just after Carolina
males had voted her their
"oomph" girl.
The house of representatives of
South Carolina Wednesday adopt
ed a resolution by the Richland
delegation inviting Ann Sheridan,
star of "It All Came True", to
become the guest of the state and
Columbia when her picture is
shown here.
The resolution was as follows:
Whereas, Miss Ann Sheridan,
who reaches real stardom in her
new picture, "It All Came True,"
and has by her beauty, wonderful
personality and outstanding abil
ity as an actress, attained nation
wide recognition as the "oomph
girl";
Whereas, the student body of
the University of South Carolina
has requested the personal ap
pearance of Miss Ann Sheridan,
now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the general
assembly of the state of South
Carolina:
That Miss Ann Sheridan be,
and she is hereby invited to be
come the guest of the state of
South Carolina, and the city of
Columbia, when her picture is
shown in Columbia.
llSC Glee Club Gives
Concert Wednesday
Student Singers Please
Many State Audiences
Fresh from a tour that covered the
tate of South Carolina, the Uniiver
ity Mens Glee Club settles again
his week in preparation for their an
ual concert in conjunction withI the
comen's glee club to be held next
Vednesday, April 10, in chapel at
:30.
Under the dlirection of Professor
Tugh Williamson the organization
ppearedl in a number of thc state's
maller cities wvhere they were re
eived with much enthusiasm and
eir musical ability highly praised.
Prior to spring holidays the club
iurneyed to Bamberg, Orangeburg,
ummerville and Charleston. Dur
ig the holiday period appearances
rere made in Wathalla, Clemson and
Lnderson, over radio station WCSC
Charleston and twice over station
VAIM in Anderson.
Several of the club's crooners will
e heard over the Red network of the
lational Broadcasting Company
hen the State College Chorus takes
te air in a coast-to-coast hookup in
inection with the annual Columbia
fusic Festival on Saturday, April
EEN
sident
Ley, Walker
in Pageant
For Pageant And Also
knnual Beauty Parade
isterdav wits elected Carolina's
ated Rannal Heyward, also of
es. The final tabulation showed
538 for Miss Heyward.
The new queen was chosen from a
field of three candidates, namely No
rine luey, Rannah Heyward and
Helen Walker. These three were
chosen at the annual May Queen
Beauty Pageant, held Monday night
in Drayton Hall.
K. S. K. Sponsors Pageant
The Pageant was sponsored by
K. S. K., and Paul Sansbury was in
charge. Twenty-two campus beau
ties appeared, including two from
each sorority and six non-sorority
girls. Henry Westbrook played dur
ing the parade of the beautiful, and
the Allen University quartet also ap
peared on the program.
After the pageant, a free dance was
given in the Field House. West
brook also played for the dance.
Representing A. D. Pi in the con
test were Grace Kilgore and Ade
lyn Lipscomb. Edyth Ford and Mary
Dixon were the Chi Omegas appear
ing; Miss Heyward and Pat Jeter
were Tri Deltas. For Delta Zeta
were Nell Berry and Martha Smith,
and for the Pi Phis were Mickey
Harris and Elizabeth Hughes.
Lyles Arranges Program
Kappa Delta sent Miss Huey and
Paulette West; and Sigma Delta rep
resentatives were Ruby Ravdin and
Natalie Lifchez. The six non-soror
ity girls were Miss Walker, Molly
leath, Sophie May Peterson, Eliza
beth Bird, Elizabeth Watson, and
Carol Reid.
In charge of the program was
A. C. Lvles. and Stage Manager was
Marion Davis. The pageant was very
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Dr. T. Z. Koo Speaks
On Chinese Disaster
In Chapel Wednesday
Famous YMCA Worker
Tells Of Education
Conditions In China
I brough all the hardThips of war,
m'y people have the ability to look
thsasterC in the face and still have the
hu ~rt to laugh ab out it," Dr. T. Z.
lKoo, Y. M. C.. A. worker from
Chlina, told the University studlent
bo dy in chapel Wednesday morning.
D)octor Koo spoke to the student
body and publ ic WVednesday night on
the ouitlooik of Chinese studlents to
ward the present war in the Orient.
Chinese Need Help
Doctor Koo, who was a represen
tative at the Second Opium Confer
ence in Switzerland in 1925 dhe
scrihed life in Chinese refugee uni
versities, lie saidl that 25,000 stu
(ents andl professors are nowv in
makeshift universities in western
China.
"When the war startedl," saidl
Doctor Koo, "the Chinese govern
ment set asidle the western part of the
country for students whose univer
sities were destroyedl, and gave mil
lions of dollars to the refugee insti
tutions."
Conditions Are Bad
According to the lecturer 35 refu
gee universities have been established
in the last 18 months. And many
more are now rising up in western
China.
Conditions in these institutions are
very crowded, said Doctor K(oo. In
one town three universities are
crowded together on one campus,
2,500 miles from where they were at
the start of the war.