The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 01, 1942, Page Page Five, Image 7
Jnter raternit
Cannon Fodder
By TINA CANNON
As the egg id the monastery said, "Out of the frying pan into the
friar . . . we go to press with this passing thought-since many of the
natives in Africa wear almost nothing, isn't it a good thing that Africa is
the Dark Continent? . . . In case you didn't know, a skeleton is a stack
of bones with all the people scraped off . . . which is irrelevant, but I'm
boning up on my facts . . . I heard the other day about some fellow who's
never gonna get married. He said he was studying for a bachelor's
degree . . . ho hum . . . Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who
couldn't control his pupils?
OFFICERS
SAE elected them the other day. They are: President, Alva
Lumpkin; Vice-President, Billy Horger; Secretary. Howard Love;
Treasurer, T. B. Fersner; Warden, Bill Ostendorff; Herald, Charlie
Holmes; and Chaplain, Alec Fant. These officers will serve for first
semester of next year.
PARTIES
Last Thursday, the Chi Omegas had a luncheon for Ann Dixon and
Dot Hope, brides-elect. It was at the Metro and each was given a
piece of silver in her chosen pattern. . . The Tri Delts are entertaining
Sunday afternoon with a tea in the chapter room for patronesses, alum
nae, and mothers of the members. . . KA's gave forth with a party Tues
day night at their favorite party place-the sand pits. Members and
their dates amused themselves by running up the hills, then sliding
down ... Tch, Tch ... Sigma Deltas enjoyed a weenie roast, and hay
ride last week.
BANANA
First little moron: Why don't you peel that banana before you
eat it?
Second little moron: What for? I know what's inside.
FTA
The Future Teachers of America, campus organization, has elected
its officers for next year. President is Mary Haile, Vice-President is
Mildred Salnimoi, Secretary-TreR i -tIr-i, ...,A 1;.;
chairman is Richard Jackson. They are slinging a weenie roast next
Wednesday at the home of Dr. IWlison Smith.
LINES BUSY
Dan Hollis: Where have you been. beat-up ole Walt?
Walter Taylor: Well, I was over at the telephone exchange talk
ing to Grace. but somebody came along and wanted to use the tele
phone booth. so we had to move out.
NON-DE-SCRIPT
Non-de-script is having its tea-dance tomorrow afternoon from 6 until
8 n the Rathskellar of the Jefferson Hotel. Clarence Brazelle and his
orchestra will give out with the sweet and hot. Emily Wolfe is chairman
of the club, and Frances Simpson is assistant chairman. New members
are: Barbara Ballentine, Harriett Williamson, Georgia Warren, Sara
Blc!ze-, and T:na Cannon.
SCENE AT MESS HALL
Student: Can I exchange this roast beef for something else? It's
so tough I can't cut it.
Frank Epps: Sorry, pal, but we can't take it back now. You've
bent it.
R ESERVED
This space is reserved for a remark about Dan Gibbes--only we won't
-print it until we find out what lhe said about us in the annual.
IMPROPAGANDA
We welcome high school students
With our very nicest grin.
If they come to Carolina
They'll be surely taken in.
DRAGS
Ann McCutchen is hieing herself Wofford-wvay this week-end, to jive
at fraternity formals . . . Mary Dana and Trina Murphy are going to
Richmond, Virginia, for the week-end . . . Harold McCord is visiting his
family in Greenwood . .. Carol Humbert is going to UNC for the week
end . .. Pi Beta Phi sorority celebrated its Founders day with a banquet
in the Crystal room of the Hotel Columbia Tuesday night. The ban
quet was given by the alumnae; and pledges and activers were present ...
Mary Frances Polk, Rinky Patterson, Marianne Marscher, and LaNelle
Penney spent last week-end in Beaufort . . . Tra Ia Ia, the army scores
again. Doris Gottlieb has announced her engagement to One in Khacki
a . . .And Jane Furchgott is now Mrs. John Scott, an army wife . . . If
the Carolina co-eds keep on this way, there won't be an unmarried lieu
tenant at Fort Jackson.
NO JOKE
We can't find a joke to go In this space-except for the Tiger-and
that's not particularly funny-so we won't have a joke.
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for Francis Marion, president; Mis
Strickland for Guy Castles, secret
Miss Sylvia Polan- for David Wall
chairman of decorations committee.
Former Carc
Makes Good
Co-eds do grow up and get story
book jobs in New York . . . or at
least it cani be (lone. Because former
Tri-Delt co-ed Irene Scott rrote a
letter rack to Carolina last week that
proves it.
Shortly after school started last
September, "Scotty" resigned her sec
retary's job ii the University person
nel bureau to go to LaGuardia Field
in little ole New Yawk and work for
American Airlites. With 400 )lanes
taking off andI aIngt;, every rday *. -
side her office window . . . but let
her tell it:
"I love my job-it's the most in
terestinig atnd stimiulating sort of
work in the world for tie right nowv.
The first four motths I was here,
October through January, I was sec
retary to the supervisor of Reserva
tions and Ticket Offices for the Newv
York area, which itncludes Newark
also. The office is at LaGuardia and
cotorditnates the work of the Reserva
tions Department, an airport ticket
office, three branch offices itn Matnhat.
tan atl one at Newark airport. That
job was an ideal one for starting in,
atnd the matn for whom I worked
gave me every opportutnity to really
learn wvhat was going on itnsteadl of
holditng me down to routine tasks.
Once a week we wvould jump a platne
for Newark atnd then go into the
branches at Rockefeller Center, the
Ilhotel New Yorker, the Airlines Ter
inal across frotm Gratnd Central atnd,
iinally, the LaGuardlia otTice itn the
Administration Building.
Besides wvritinig reports andl trying
to get itmprovemetnts for these offices,
I hiad a chatnce to dabble in a little ad
vertisitng itn the way of displays, etc.,
which I liked. Thetn I wrote mitn
utes of meetings, did the regular let
ter writitig atnd fitnally got around to
itnterviewitng applicants for jobs as
the first weeder-outer (which, I ad
mit, I ktiow nothitng aboutt and there
was nothitng to go on but opitnion atnd
a telephone test).
When Mr. Weaver was promlotedl
to an office already thickly populated
with secretaries, I decided to go into
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Reservations itself, which had b)een
growing more and rnore appealing.
So I started the first of F ebruary.
This dlepartment is thec actual prac
tice ground for all the procedures I
ha been learning. It is~ a huge room
on thec top floor of the hanger in
ivhiichi approximately 200 people work I
during the busy hours of the (lay and(l
wihiich has proportionate coverage all
night. Here, people work in eight
hour sif ts. It is div idedl into Sailes
phones, give schedules on any ,line to
anywvhere and make reservations for
customers, Space Control, wvhichlt
controls space on all flights originat-t
ing in Newv York-some on all going
through and( some on connecting air- I
lines, Message Room, inter-station
and inter-line teletype and message
writers, and Contirmation.
American fraternities have been
spending $1,500,000 for 200 yearlyc
conventions.
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TeaDanceSat. 6-8
Afembers of Non-de-Script will T
rolic at thcir annual tea dance to
norrow night from 6-8 p. m. in the at
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ra furnishing the music. The club
tas extended a blanket bid to all fra
ernity and non-fraternity men on the C
:ampus.
Five new members were elected at K
he meeting of the club last week. d
rhey' are: I larriet Williamson, pr
.eorgia WVarren, Sarah B3elser, Tina co
annon, and Barbara IBallentine. pl1
This club is composed of co-eds in tit
he junior and senior classes, elected
0 mfembllership by3 the club) memb)ers. deC
['he only function of the society is to pr
tave a (lance preceding every Senior tad
)amas ball. OfTicers this year are: t
'mily WVol fe, chairman. F-rances
simpson, assistant chairman.
Plant operation uses up 13.8 per
ent of the University of Pittsburgh's
xpenditures.
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>at. Evening
Members of Senior Damas club
ill dance tomorrow ight from 8:30
1 12 n the ballroom of the Colum
a Hotel. Henry Westbrook and
is orchestra will furnish the nusic.
During the evening there will be
)ur no-breaks and following the
rand march, a special for club men
!rs and their dates only.
Leading the grand march will be
ot Hope, president, with Forest Ed
ards. She will he assisted by Mary
lithington, vice-president ; Mary
ide Doty, secretary; Mildred Coe.
easurer; and Grace Rogers, dance
immittee chairman.
Members of the faculty have been
vited to chaperon.
Senior Damas club is composed of
nior and senior co-eds who are
ected at the beginning of every
mester. Each semester the offices
e held by different sororities in or
!r to keep each sorority on the same
vel.
wo Co-eds Fill
Y" Cabinet Posts
The last two positions on the
WCA cabinet were elected by the
binet at its meeting Tuesday. They
e: Betty Marshall, Girl Reserves,
med to fill the place of Peggy
rbes who resigned ; and Joyce 1 let
,1, deputations.
Guests of the cabinet and the Girl
,serves advisors will be all Columbia
irl Reserves, who have been invited
call at Sims College. Tuesday af
moon between the hours of 4-6.
his tea is an annual affair. The
irl Reserves entertained the co-eds
the general Y meeting yesterday
Wade Hampton, which was the
xt to last meeting of the year.
Chairman Betty Marshall reports
at her committee is functioning welli
their work preparing a suite of
oms in Sims College for the u4e
town girls as a lounge.
Vespers have been held on the li
ary steps for the last two Sundays
d will be there again this Sundav.
h service will start with a song
rvice from 7-7:30 and will be over
7:30. The theme of the service
11 be "The purpose of the life of
irist."
oudelock Elected Prexy
f Polumathions; Jr. PBK
The Polumathians, Junior Phi Beta
ippa, held its annual meeting Mon
y, 10:30 o'clock, in 1avis 105. The
esident, Mary Frances Polk, wel
medl the new members, and ex
mined the purpose of the organiza
ni. Mrs. I hawkins is sponsor.
New officers elected were : Presi
lnt. Mary Louise Goudelock, vim.
L(esidet, Marjorie Edwards, secre
-y, Leone Strickland, treasurer, Bet
Pennecll.
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READY - TO - WEAR
Gifts of every
Mother's Da
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Red Cross Gets
Proceeds; Dance
Is In Gym, May 1
For theL bieiit of the Red Cross,
the Intvrfraternity Council is stag
mg its annual formal dance on Fi
lay, May 1, in the University gym.
luster Spani and his Gamecock
orchestra will furinish the nusir for
the affair. Feature of the dance will
he the grand march led by the presi
dent and officers of the Interfrater
nity Council.
The colors of red, white, and blue
will be used to carry out a patriotic
theme in decorating the hall. Behind
the bandstand on a red, white, and
blue field will be a large Red Cross.
Pushing the efforts for the dance
is Frankie Marion, Alpha Tau Ome
ga prexy of the council. Dance
:hairian is Dave Wallnau of Phi
Epsilon Pi. The decoration commit
tee is headed by Lawrence Stephens
f Kappa Sigma.
The sponsors for the ball will be:
Miss Betty Marshall for Francis
Marion, president; Miss Betty Miller
for Dan Gibbes, vice-president; Miss
Betty Wannamaker for Robert Pat
terson, treasurer; Miss Leone Strick
and for Guy Castles, secretary; Miss
Sylvia Polan for David Wallnau,
lance chairman; Miss Betty Brady
for Lawrence Stephens, chairman of
lecorations committee.
Script for the dance is $1.10 date
ir stag.
Verse Speakers
Present Program
Cirolina's Verse-speaking choir
wvill give its annual spring concert
lext Thursday. May 7, in Maxcy
Gregg park. The public is cordially
nvited. There will be no admission
:harge.
Composing the choir are nine co
xs: light voices - Fula Stuckey, Mary
-n Cantev Iedden: dark voices:
.ancy Saunders, Peggy Newton,
lelen Phillips, Minerva Wilson, and
Florence Robbins.
This is the choir's third year of
.xistence. It was organized and pro
noted by Florence Robbins, a senior
tudent. She has been the director
>f the group all three years.
The choir has as its faculty advisor
irs. Maude }lawkins of the English
lepartment.
Some of the pieces to lie included
In the pro,grain are: the 96th Psalm,
l'ennyson's "Choric- Song, Shakes
>eare's "'Twas a I .over and lish
Lass," and 0' Neale's "Fountain
Song." There will lbe ten numbers in
dl.
Stevens Institute of Technology
ias started the "first emergency
~ourse in engineering at the college
evel" for women.
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