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COIT HENDLEY Editor " DEPARTMENT HEADS Jim McKinney, Sports Editor; Jeanne Withr, Oo. Ed Editor; Jean Timmons, Society Editor. Ricl Ed STAFF WRITERS X11o Peggy Hendrickon, Betty Mercer, Betty Locke, Jean Timmons, Mary Boykin, Frank Sloan, Paul Posey, Bob bull. nn Blanche ibbs. Dot Sawyer, Emily Wolfe, Bob PAUL LEAGUE ............ Managing Editor . Interfraternity Council Apparently Stops Working Toward Sensible Rulings The more we think about it, the more we believe that the members of the Interfraternity council are suckers. Very efficiently they have been hushed up, just when it looked as if something might be done about the stinking social regulations. Very efficiently they have been side-tracked. For the whole of this school year, various protests have been registered about the situa tion. We've been yelling. A lot of other people have been doing the same. The SAE's were kicked off the campus for having a dance. A certain official was publically chastized in a tree. And so on. Finally, the faculty committee consented to discuss the matter. The main point in question was the social regulations. So, the Interfraternity council had a series of meetings which we did not attend. There was a lot of talk. And, the next week The Ganwecock came out with a headline proclaim ing that the committee had made concessions to the fraternities. That was in a moment of ignorant enthusi asim. One concession was made. The committee gave generous permission to the fraternities to keep all the beds for which they paid. The main issue, the restriction of fraterni ties to one dance every two years, has not been settled. It is out of the committee's juris diction, it was reported. And, the round of red tape began again. The Interfraternity council is currently en grossed in deciding whether to pay $1.50 and have Mal Hallett for their June dance or to pay $1.00 and have Mal Hallett for their June dance. Apparently, they have forgotten what it was they began to do. The faculty committee should know by now what the students as well as the people of Co lumbia and the state think about the dance re strictions. It's foolishness in spite of the big sou nding, hypocritical words .with which the idea is being excused. As for graduating a bunch of discontented students into a facile mob of contented alumni, maybe Ralph Ierwis andl his turkey suppers can do it. However, ab)out everyone we knowv is think ing as we do in many disrespects. Last Week's Letter Is Answered Completely In answer to the letter which was printed last week criticizing Deward Brittain's stand on the 'Winthrop Band and the Carolina chapel question, we are printing a letter from Brittain himself. lie's probably the most qualified to defend his honor. We undlerstand that some of the Winthrop girls (members of the band in question) who were here for the unveiling of Ben Tillman's stature were looking for Brittain. They wanted to give him a personal hearing. In his letter he gives them an airing.' We Request Students 7'o Vote For Daly The April 27-May 3 issue of Mo'vie and Radio Guide magazine carries the picture of Mary Daly, University freshman. In case you've forgotten, Mary was chosen to represent, first, the University of South Carolina and then the State of South Carolina in the All-American campus queen contest. The details of what happens if she wins have been printed enough. So, we do not repeat them. It might help if all the Carolina students would buy a copy of the magazine and vote for Mary. rd Prick, Philip Wilmeth, Bernie Bass, GA Patterson, Deward Brittain, Joe Kirby, t McCants, Dan Henderson, Leonard Turn Business Associates: Bill Bauknight, r Pilcher. RORER Entered as a What The University Considers Eligible For Graduation The University has a humorous way of put ting things on it's notices, if you've ever noticed. We received a card yesterday which read "Physical Examination Appointment - This exam is compulsory--Failure to keep this ap pointment will be reported to the discipline committee-This appointment takes precedence over all other engagements." Obviously, it's a check-up to see if you are dead. It would be unconventional to grad uate any corpses. Intellectually dead students can get by, how ever. Carolina Grad Proves That He Is Good By Directing Picture A Carolina graduate of about 1929, Frank Woodruff by name, has just finished directing his first picture in Hollywood. Frank will be well remembered by the people of Columbia for his work in the Town Theatre while lie was here at Carolina. His brother, Ben was also a Carolina graduate, and is living in Franklin, N. C., at present. Both are Columbians originally, attending Colum bia high school before coming to Carolina, Apparently, a South Carolina boy can get along out in the world. For the past six years, Frank has been the director of the Lux Radio theatre. Which is not a bad job in itself. Recently he began working with RKO. "Curtain Call" is the name of his first pic ture. It's nothing stupendous, just light comedy, fairly entertaining according to all reports. It will play in Columbia next week (see ad). The New York Times even went so far as to call him the "young genius of RKO studio." That may be stretching things a bit but you get the idea. This may look like publicity for a certain motion p)icture which will be here soon. So what? It is. Mr. Smith Tells Why And Where He Went When He Left To Go This nmay not be true but it's a goodl story. Which is excuse enough in our opinion, for prIinting it. A gentleman, whom we shall call Smith be cause that is his name, once attended Carolina (some years ago) and had a run in with the authorities. According to Mr. Smith, Mr. Smith w'as sitting in class one (lay concentrating on his books and on keeping awake. The professor was lecturing apathetically; and, as lie reached a cresendlo of intellectual confusion, a huge hunk of p)laster fell from the ceiling and hit Mr. Smith on the top of the head. Ih a sort of (laze lhe sat there in the dust, thme plaster, and his blood. Calmly, the professor walked to his desk. "Mr. Smith ?" he questionedl in an annoyed voice, "Are you hurt?" "Not no, but hell no," Mr. Smith aInsweredl in wrath. So they kicked him out of school. When he arrived home about 25 lawvyers arrived also. But they were soon squelched. Said Mr. Smith, "Mr. Smith goes in peace." Extra Copies Printed For High School Results On page 3 of ThLe Gamecock you will see a lot of information concerning the results of the High School Week contests. We are in cluding it in this issue of The Gamecock be cause 2000 extra copies have been printed and sent to the high schools in question. Okay? THE Aissocdaed MECOCK w *UPREUENTED PON Founded January 30, 1908 National Adv r ELLIOTT GONZAL S, First Editor Cole PwM 420 MADIsON AV gcond lass matter at the oLe at Olumbia. 8. 0.. CUICA4o - @"O1m - NodCI@mer at,h Campus Camera IT -1aK 61 Si DENTS 2500 WURS fi' 'TH HUGE I -- CAE FOR I-IE DMRrMOUnA WiER CARNIVAL/ BEtWEEN UNBER USD FORI4E FRAMEWRK OF ICE FrG URES BUITU ONRE CAMPU FOR THE CARNIVAL S% CWOULD PAVE MADE A Six-Room HOUSE/ f 0 AWS STARS DONT KNON SO~ WREAL RUNNING LOW TAX&S.A- Ate is UKE 40 AND 50 COLLEGES ARE OFFERED FOR SALE A AtBaL iAYER v 1RVLs Fou. EVERY YEPR.? MILES DUJRh% HOURSE OFA GAME! *Question-ofI-Week Do you think that Melton Field should be used for tennis %ourts if no other place can be secured? Paul Johnson-"I don't care, I don't play tennis." Marshall Brown-"Yes. Use the stadium alone for foot all games.'" Mildred Doe-"Yes, I think it's a fine idea." Preston Westmoreland-'No. They need that to practice ,ootball." Harold Jervey-' "We need some courts all right, but I think -hey should find some other place. Where would the high chool play football?" Paul Harper-" Certainly." Serena Foreman-"Uh-Hiuh, we definitely need some tennis -ourts.'" Bill odbold -"Pitively not.'' Mary Hamrick-" No, what would the high schools do for a ~ootball field?i Ella Paine.-" Well, yeah.'' La.ura Lee Green-"No, emphatically.'' Willis Beall-"'Why can't they use the front of the Women 's )Uilding?'' Doris Nash-"Yes, by all meanis. A school the size of the niiver-sity should have some dlecent courts.'' Betty Guthridge--"'Yes. We definitely nieed more tennis ~Olrts.' Letters To The Editor Mr. Editor:tiiththdyrhadpiioe Miss WVilson is a freshman .', e, GnrlAseby(scv i o hie had been getting letters iromiacae)frati)t e ok Clemson whose decipherinig taxed her teefr ol aebe an ntelligence. On the other hand, she IIwvr ortcnqi a a night he a moralist who doesn't likemoe(ict nlscetwrkdn 'social salts." Whoever she is, she a neesr ntne h a' reads between the lines and jumps at w s tfra setaiy ~onclusionis.Ishldirgryoreaeos No, Miss Wilson, I (lid not say uthainoyorNvYrkrp W\inthrop or your hand was the cause adyu ata ersnaino four temporary failure to secure yu lamtr nysyti undls for the construction of a new ''ergltosyueueaei hlapel; nor do we of Carolina "be- yu etraecpe rmtecl rudlge your one small taste of thelgectou-nythmarnad ocial sweets of life."fautabdbyhe.A,a,I' Quite the contrary, I commended rmRc ll,to tour method of sending the band to IwareiddoSotCr he World's Fair and suggested to l:' ihiltrc hnIra h Kappa Sigma Kappa that they em- frttoprgah fyu etr loy the same or similar means. Busicyoreptorpr-a My letter was not directed atheiae(ryofomCrls Winthrop, but rather to that group tt?,Iwl eto t f foolhardy gentlemen who keep dust T etrt htIsi nm ff the chairs of the State Ilouse,.is etr twudb a etrt Nor was I alone, Miss Wilson, whenspnSotCali'smeyn [ said that taxpayers would not sane- euainta sls avrie ion such imprudent spending of the iet"TemnyteWnho state's money. I quote from an ed-badwlsqneriboigth torial ofeThe Bamberg Herald: miwy igteuaeafur "It is no trouble at all to pay the gvro,o edffengrst cost (of the New York trip) ; all that cleefraya.Wokos is necessary is for the state treasurer Yosugtthtwbyoron to write a check. Surely he is not cae.Wnho olg,wopi running short on checks; if so, The fryu e afmlindla n Herald will volunteer to print up adioum Adfrwhtoyous supply."yorodoe(hc setabu We reluctantly admit that you have2,0)aclsrom tagtutalso.itnsrahrcr CthUhd you bad 8)iioe Member E. W. "DUCK" SWEATMAN. y. MembrBDal""g. Maaafgt GAleNdcze Press iuooflowd WeeAly by the Lltemry Boe" at the V4T stribtor o sityof Sowth Oaroimn durbeg the oAqM yft Mw !,iae Doed~~ duHmn exainations &Wd h0H&Mys N^TION^L ADVs aIS1114 my ..... oE D VC1 IC eorge Gregory ........... RxelIance R41tog, ibers R*Pr#i#s1&#tA V.Naw Yaltv. N. Y. .08 AUGURS IIAII FRANCISCO ANSEL ELMORE ...Circulationman MUSCLIN9 IN (With Zd Pattenson) Of trifling tripe of tritey trash . .A lull in one week's ac.,' tivities on the part of Dan Cupid brings forth a necessity to indulge in gossip of the ancient variety . .. Biggest help to the florist and biggest suckers found by us in many a mfoOil are Jimmy Grahama, Tommy Traluok and several other gus who daily (almost) take delight in sending a dozen roses to some fern in the Woman's Building and poor ole pa's dough bites the dust with a thud . . . Cutey -Anne Adarns, jitterbug of the first water, has, or rather had, a brand new parcel. from the boy friend in Virginia . . . It's contents, popcorn . . The, change in tense of the verb is due mostly to her Tri-dolt sisters ..And the selfsame lass almost took a one way trip to the cemetery one day last week when an iron bar missed her head a few inches and hit her on the foot . . . The re nowned Hendrickson Bryant affair has not hit the rocks as some have thought, but the parting last week was onlya temporary one, or you might say a sort of a truce .. . Tower. ing Gene Alexander, secret idol of many a feminine heart here-" abouts, became a posey plucker on the Geology field trip and brought back an armful of laurel to signify his wanderings through the woods .. . Per.5onal note to Izzie Wilson: Sorry we didn't get to print that about the wvood gathering for you but it was a little too bad even for the editor . . . and Screwball, Everett Baker has been put on Jean Moore's black list until, he learns how to act in company with others . .. Snozzle face Norman E. Baum alias "Peanut" has finally succeeded in shoving Clarence Glover into the background as the best Males foot slinger at the social affairs... Very p)ersonal message to Mackey King, heartbeat of male mortals froin here, there and everywhere: Of all the one sided opinion formers you take the cake ...The standing up was in reality your own fault according to the records... Rubber-legged and still o 'k super plus, Jac McCutcheon, sur prised fellow members of her sorority at a jam session Tues day by turning in a superb performance Ws a rhumba dancer ...Brunson 's Karl Cone turns out to be a green eyed monster in the direction of little Kitty Bird's house and grows pretty envious of Dargan Frierson, Elting Chapmnia6 Sammy Russell, Jimmy Pant anid the many others who frequent the place... and John Roy Brooks, Jr. had to buy a new car to comrpete with Rembert Martin, (who has since turned exclusively to Mary King) around at lovely little Betty Wilson's house... And all we can say is, darn these mercenary dames . . . The Nancy Childs-Tom Walker strange-as-it-seems romance is causing a loss of sleep these days, not to either of the prin cipals, however, but to the gals upstairs over the Child's apart ment . . . Sin twister, or rather twin sister of Blanche Harrel son, Pat, is moreithrle over the later' enaemn thnh