Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iorndequo *Stuff 'n' Stuffins... Four more school days and then tra-la... we'll eat the stuffins out of a toikey, and sleep the stuffins out our droopy circles... and eat... and sleep... and then... SUR prise... we'll return .to the beeutious Carolina... and maybe be so thank ful and rah-rah patriotic we might forget the disgrace of midsemesters and really get down to books before Uncle Sam gets down to our bus iness... and maybe we'll buy a war stamp.. or knit a sock.-.. or write to a soldier... or just play merrily on 'till Christmas... anyhow... tra Ia. eMore Stuffins... Speaking of stuffin, half the cam pus has served the first course via parties and banquets etcetera... the Sigma Chi's stagged it at a banquet last night.. the Pikers are thanks giving a polity tonight... and the Pi Kappa Phis are partying next Mon day at Ridgewood club-featuring food, females, and fun... (do you like my alliteration... and don't say illteration, that's hoary)... and the Pi Lambda Phi plutacrats are tak 40 ing dptes to the cinema... and then they'll feed 'em too... but after all those doins, there are some cancel lations... both the KAs and the SAEs have postponed their func tions until. ..maybe they're study ing... maybe they're broke... may be their women have been drafted for the Citadel and Clemson balls... mere speculation, and anyhow, the longer the wait, the sweeter the re ward. OMore Stuff ... The Sigma Delia's feted Betty Hirsch who was their pledge vice president and left school recently to become a career girl... and the SD pledges are throwing a dance for the actives sometime before holi days... the Tri-Deltas are celebrat ing foundes day Tuesday with an alumnae-active-pledge banquet with a skit by the pledges and... boys, gentlemen, heroes, thugs, here is a momentous announcement. . . we may not have won the war yet but who cares... the Chi Omegas are installing a telephone... the number is to be private to all except those who are really interested... so I shall print it next week... the ZTA'c are planning a party to perk up the post-holiday letdown... and the Delta Zeta pledges are gonna have a frolic for their actives tomorro% night... they'll play bridge, at leasi 'till the lien session gets started good. *Open Letter... To the student council..,.here is a suggestion to add to your already commendable list of accomplish ments... and I address it to you be * cause, contrary to custom, I thini it will be worked on... the whole campus is in a nervous twit 'cause so many of us have heard that ne out-of-state student will be allowed to journey homeward after Dec 15... it may be all rumor... bui 'quite a few students have not been able to get reservations-even day coach.. . so let's have student coun .cil action... a committee talking tc the railroad heads would certainly -clear the mist, even if it couldn't clear ~the railroads... thank you Soss. eMove Merrily On... To Clemson... To Citadel... to th< waruh... Clemsonward bound ar< Virginia Henderson, Anne Boyle Brooks Marshall, Joyce Hetzel Marie Hodges, Estelle Folsome Arthur Burnett, Don McKellar Polly Fillingem... and down alonl " AGood F THE GOOI Open All Night *Records - Records POPULAR * CLASSICAL Large Stock - Listening Booths BRADFORD . Radio Service "We Make 'Em Talk" PHONE 8131 Radio ansd Phonograph Repairs g Be SARAH FLINI the Ashley will play Polly C Keitt Harris, Selma Gilland, Miller, Isobel McCants, Mi Goldsmith, Charlotte Tutin, 1 gins Sweeney, Dottie Gayden, Paschal. . . and on. . . and Go Hill is practicing his salutes fox leuits. *Shhhhh. .. Listen... Mary Withington, here's a rt ... a recent Carolina alumna, , nalistically celebrated has put marker on the third finger of Carolina girl that everybody & thought he would... deep siE Jack Tobias was whispering tc about how one of his brothers I ing a hit parade of his wom why Arthur... at the KD part; other night Tan Miller meas Professor Overby's personality accurately... and the Phi Ep t in at Jack Dittler's was gerran *A Gold Star To... The KD's who are fining girl who doesn't go to the US' schedule at:..: turning the in into war bonds... others note... and to the Chi O's... are knitting afghans for the w: the rate of two a month... to hellenic Conncil for having a : idea-even if it doesn't reforn campus, your study hall is insp oCeremonies... Congratulations to the new pees. .. to Phi Sigma Kappas Gantt and Vassar Estlinget their initiation... and to Sigm for pledging Wallace Murphy. the greeks are running around ing to squeeze initiation ave out of discouraging pledge ma but more about that when th bUILS aft SuUC. *Snitched. . . From Walter Winchell via Clemson Tiger: Little girls who drink their liver oil have legs like thisli Little girls who ride hurse have legs like this () Little girls who hang around and say "Here's how" have like this ) (. Physical Ed. Dept. Head For Girls' Is Navy Recruit Miss Nancy 11. Pope, head < physical education departmen women at the University, is nc enlistee in the WAVE's and training at Smith College, I hampton, Mass. After she coni this four month course, she wv ceive an ensign's commission ai on active duty. Miss Pope came to the Unih as an instructor several years after receiving her A.B. degree Winthrop College. Miss' Verd Anna Craig is n<i charge of the women's physical cation department, and Ka Edgerton, Alice Glominski, and riet Williamson are student assi~ GERMAN DANCE A formal dance will be giv the German Club, Universit South Carolina, December 19, m. to 2 a. m. The dance w held at the Jefferson Hotel o Naval' ROTC armory. Melvin phill and his orchestra have tentatively booked. The dance will feature 'fou breaks and two special no-brea 'lace To Eat" )Y SHOPPE Phone 91 WEBB'S ART STOR * PICTURE FRAMES ARTIST MATERIAl * 1431 Main St - Phone 2.4 Alpha Junior Dam New MembE aliff, Junior Damas, dance club of t Tan University composed of girls from t lwee freshman and sophomore classes, I ang- recently elected its new members f rdon the year. They are: the Alpha Delta Pi-Inez Morra Wylda Mae Pennington, Mary Hc Turner, Jane Specht, Hazel How4 Marie Hodges, Frances Siddell, Ma imor Doug Swearingen, Harriett Gue. our- Chi Omega-Mildred Adams, A his Browning, Ann Henderson, Virgih the Henderson, Mary Swygert, A: :inda Easterling, Polly Califf, Polly F: rh... ingim, Mary Ellen Jennings, Ma > me Alice McMillan, Charlotte Tut4 :eep- Muggins Sweeny, Kathrine Winde 5n... Delta Delta Delta-Ruth And r the son, Ann Burns, Helen Pryde Cra ured Laura Dowe, Lucretia Hall, Kc , but Harris, Dot Johnson, Alice M, irop- chant, Betty McCreight, Suzar d. Robinson, Sde Willingham, Irvi Rion, Jodie Marshall, Florence A derson, Henriette Witte. each Delta Zeta-Geneva Woods, Harr ] on ton Simpson, Gloria Hogg, Li oney Westbrook, Dorothy Fripp, Kathi take Houlihan, Bobbie Green. they Kappa Delta-Patty Law'ren P, aJoan McDaniel, Appie Speed, 'V oble ginia Lawrimore, Isabel McCar i the Susan Doty, DeLacey Brown, Lou ring. Leitzsey, Mary Bollin, Mary Bo ware, Susan Simrill. Pi Beta Phi-Rebecca Mertz, tap- Thompson, Mary Clarke, Betty A Billy Lure, Patsy Harris, Ruth Still, Ca - on line Deiter, Bea Seale, Jean H L Nu Becky Busbee, Dale Hood, S .. all Newton, Martha Rollins, Mary try- corn, Rea Bennett. rages Sigma Delta-Tesa Bluestein, Ji rks- Rephan, Ruth Sholk, Doris Garfi e re- Minna Silverman, Virginia Ste F rances Bass, Marion Fink, Gertri Karesh, Cecile Baker, Shirley Shz ro, Leia Russ. the Zeta Tau Alpha-Sonne Al Kathleen Kleckley, Mary Ann C< cod- dor, Janet Holley, Lib Littlejo Maxine Stukes, Kitty Yandell. back Independents-Betty Urban, K Smoot, Mary Shedd, Mary Cani bars Lalla Sullivan, Lib Reames, I legs Duckett, Wilhelmina Muller, Mar Gaines, Betty Bailey, Binky Ellet Katherine Sloan, Betty Weai Mary DuBose, Gloria Rast, Evans, Margaret Rose Starnell, S Alice Murray, Betty Roof. Officers of this group are as lows: President, Claire Cahn; v f the president, Mary Anne Condor; for cording secretary, Louise Penderga corresponding secretary, Care w an Bunch; treasurer, Grace Gayd is in dance chairman, Ann Boyle. Iorth- Junior Damas is composed pletes eighty per cent of the eligible soroi 11 re- and Independent membership. It i gosents two dances annually, one e. dgosemester. ersit APS Shown Movie ago, from On Gelatin Uses >w in The student branch of the Am can Pharmaceutical Society, Unis edu- sity of South Carolina, held thryn monthly meeting last Wednesday Har- 8 p. m. The new uses of gelh tants. products was shown by a motion ture distributed by the Gelatin Pr ucts Co., Detroit, Mich. As a result of metal shortages,r n by uses of gelatin products have b y ' of developed. Single application, or la 10 p. er tubes and containers for crea ill be salves, ointments, and prophylac r the are being made of gelatin. Cis Hem- ette lighter fluid can be put up been gelatin tubes. All today's sino need do is puncture the tube, di r no- the contents into the lighter, <s. throw the empty gelatin shell av --- Chicken soup and beef boulliora edible gelatin containers bring I metically sealed concentrates to housewife in unit quantities as ca for in recipes. Face creams, tan oils and dozens of other cosm preparations can be adapted to< sulation. Veterinary treatment animal ills can be simplified and ni less hazardous. Large dosages, fo erly difficult to administer, are : easily and safely given in cap: 6 form. The heart and center of gold ball is the all important c ___Gelatin capsules are being used the inner core. Molded salads, ; and other deserts are uniformly g when the flavorings are used in e, El amounts with gelatin' capsules. S most flavors undergo changes w exposed to air, better results are sured by the protection capsules o against oxidization, evaporation, loss of strength. Plans were made at the Weda day meeting for a dutch weiner r< next Friday, November 20, at 1940 home of Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Str4 Kappa as Chooses rs For Year hie heCarolina Coeds r Conserve Curls By Helen Hedden e Back to kid curlers is the tren 11, among coeds at the University < ry South Carolina, now that bobby pit are no longer to be bought in C< lumbia. It is the straight haired gi rn who suffers from the shortage ta metal. 'Ahe lucky sister to who: 11 "God gave her permanent" gn, ry around smirking at the unfortunat ry who cling to every sprung hair pin, rs if it were a magic charm. rs. As yet no ersatz has been invent< for metal pins, but many old sty itt methods of beautification are aga r- having their day. ne Plastic curlers replace the met ng ones that have put a dent in mat a cranium and a kink in many neck. Old fashioned kid curlers have be lly dragged out of the attic to stand in f ,yn their molded rubber successors whi have gone the way of all scrap. More adept daughters of Ven ir- sport rag curlers as they stroll dov the halls at bedtime. This method h few followers, for it requires yea is of practice and skillful fingers. Even short locks need consta care, permanent waves or no. Vi Jo tory bobs, though easier to hand c- than Veronica Lake styles, have to I ro- babied to be neat. ill, The old saw, "You must suffer ue be beautiful" is becoming more ei ~ dent to coeds as they worry their lia thin ovey where the next permane me is coming from. Supplies of chet ld, icals for permanent waving have be rn, affected by the emergency to the e ide tent that no more may be availat Pi- when the present supply is exhaust( Out of the last war came the bx oe, In this one college coeds and w mn- workers will set a new style in co hn, fures, trying to keep beautiiul in i face of shortages and in the eyes ate their men. ey, e Extension Division ion be, Gives Exhibition ,er, - L,ib At a meeting of the South Car ara lina state department of superinte dence held in Drayton Hall, Novei ol- ber 13 and 14, the University d ce- played an exhibit showing its exte re- sion services. st; Superintendents from high scho< lyn all over the state are meeting to d -. cuss future, plans. One of the d cussions wvill center around the ne ofly organized High School Victc iyCorps. Plans will probably be ma ft for its programs in the high scho< icand for specialized training which part of the program. The Extension division display the insignia, arm bands and caps f the Victory corps. These were lected after receiving bids from se eral different companies. The exte .ion ~ divisioni is not selling the insi r:mna, it is merely putting them on d er- play and telling~ the superintender its where they may be ordered. at Also included in the Universit: ."exhibit was information on the fi -library and the part it may play ~education. The display called atte tion to the various topics of imp< Lew tance to the victory corps and si een gested films which will help int rg- training of youngsters for the V mis' tory Corps. decs The multiple information stand v ar- display information on the play in brary service, the Carnegie art ker brary, the package library, the deb amn and speech library and their imp< mnd tance in aiding poorly equipped hi ray. schools. Tihe extension classes, a "' the correspondence courses will a ter- be emphasized in the display. the_______ led Lafayette college has been enrici n- by a collection of more than 500 y etic unmes from the library of the late ap- F. Fackenthal, Jr., f.amed industri of ist-philanthropist and a member of1 ade class of 1878. rm tow Gifts totaling nearly $roo,ooow tule received by the board of regents the the University of Minisota at a rec >re. meeting. *ies, od nee hen' D R UG CO. as ifer and* ~5197-PHONES-5195 >ast the 1Z04 Main Street ;-amma Blue Key To Tuesday At F Coed Likes Radio Gabbing For WIS "It is fascinating work. I could d talk about it all day," declared Rita Kaufman, University junior, in tell 's ing of her job as a radio announcer. rl She is employed at WIS during the if hours that she does not attend classes. n Wanting something to do outside school work, Miss Kaufman went to s see Floyd Rogers, program director at WIS. She was given an audition d immediately. le "I was pretty scared, and my voice i squeaked. Before my audition for the station manager, later that afternoon, I drank lemonade to bring my voice l down to normal. That time I just y plunged in, and didn't have time to get frightened." The following Monday morning she joined the staff. !n The young English major now an r tounces on the early morning pro h gram with Glenn Adams, who coached her for the job. She also does news us broadcasts during the day. in The hardest thing to learn, ac as cording to Miss Kaufman, was to rs operate the turntable used on the re quest program, but soon it became nt routine. c- Two other Car lina students, are le employed at the station. John Lyon, be a senior, is head engineer. Jimmy McFarland, a freslpman, also works to as an engineer. ntMost Popular Books n Among Professors, ile % d. "Thev Were Expena ," WT L b. White's bestseller story of American ar PT boats in the Philippines, is now if the most popular book among the na lie tion's college students and professors, of according to results of the Saturday Review of Literature's new Intercol legiate Literary Survey. In the magazine's poll of 3,500 stu dents, 1,500 profes!-ors and 50 book dealers at 50 colleges throughout the country, the second most widely read 0- book is Tolstoy's "War and Peace," n- with Franz Werfel's "Song of Ber n- nadette" placing third. "See Here. is- Private Hargrove" ranked second n- among student readers. Other volumes most popular among )>s students and faculty members are is- "Victory Through Air Power," "The is- Moon Is Down," "The Last Time I wV- Saw Paris," "And Now Tomorrow," ry "Only the Stars Are Neutral" and de "East of Farewvell". >1s The su;vey revealed that most stu is dents picked "They Were Expend able" and professors chose "War and ed Peace" as the books they most wanted or for Christmas presents. e- The survey set up last month by *v- the publishers of the literary weekly n- to poll student and faculty opinion on g- literary trends and to establish an ac s- curate cross-section of what students ts and professors are reading. Ques tionnaires are being sent out monthly 's5 from offices in Chapel IIill, North Im Carolina to student committees in the in 50 colleges. Other colleges wvill be n- included in the national surver with r- each new monthly poll. Euphros' Elected iUnder New Set-Up -i Complete reorganization of the Eu I- phrosynean Literary Society for girls ite h'as recently taken place. Two meet >r- ings have been held and new officers gh for the year have beeni elected. nd President is Mildred Salmon: vice so presidlent, Sarah Davies ; secretary, Lucille Overstreet; treasurer, Clara Ann Miller; critic, Sarah Fliunn; cen ied sor, Betty Brady; representative to ol- the Student Council, Tina Cannon. B. Other officers will be elected at a fu al- ture meeting. he rBETTER of LIGHT BETTER SIGHT * South Carolina. Elect-ric & Gas Co. Taps S( Entertain ormal Dance The USC chapter of Blue Key, honorary leadership fraternity, is en tertaining with its autump formal dance Tuesday night in the Field House, announced Ed Parler, presi dent of the society. The dance will last from 9 until I p. m. Music will be furnished by Melvin Hemphill and his orchestra. "A script of $1.10 will be charged," explained Parler, "the proceeds of which will go into the purchase of a scroll on which will be inscribed the names of all alumni now serving in the nation's armed forces. It will be placed at some prominent spot on the campus. The purchase of such a scroll was suggested at the begin ning of the year by Dr. McKissick as a worthy project for Blue Key and was soon afterward adopted by the fraternity." Sponsors for the officers are as follows: Edith McEachern for Ed Parler, president; Kat Edgerton for Louis Sossamon, vice-president; and Harriet I-lope Shuler for Van Earl Fillingem, secretary and treasurer. Alpha Psi Omega, Dramatic Frat, Banquet Tonite The University Gamma Tau chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, largest national honorary dramatics fraternity, will meet and banquet tonight at the Columbia hotel. This fraternity, in its third year at Carolina, is composed'entirely of students who have done outstand ing work in dramatics. The stu dents who are chosen must have a total of 75 designated points for work done both backstage and on stage. The Gamma Tali chapter is sponsored by Profe-,sor M. C. Christophersen, director of the Uni versity Players, who is widely ex perienced in the field of histrion ics. Next week's meeting will be for the purpose of selecting prospective members and to initiate new plans for the recently acquired Alpha Psi Omega room in Drayton Hall. Three USC Students Will Take Part In Town Theatre Play Frederick Coe, director of ,the Town Theatre, has announced that three University students will take part in the production of "Pride and Prejudice" which will start its run December 7. The play is a drama tization by Helen Jerome of Jane Austin's novel. Albert Eggerton will take the role of Charles Ringley, the suitor of one of the Bennett sisters. Jose phine Zula will play Lydia Bennett. Bill Tennant, who was Teddy Roosevelt in "Arsenic and Old Lace," will be WVyckham, a young British army officer. In the production of "Arsenic and Old Lace," other Carolina actors were Barton Hickman, Bernard Moses, andl Albert Egger'ton. Miss Mary Wheeler, professor in the school of social work at the University, is a member of the board of the Town Theatre. Smart! Smooth! Sensational! ANC G olumbia. S. C. Eventeen Girls Chosen At Chapel Tuesday Seventeen girls were tapped for membership in Alpha Kappa Gamma, coed leadership fraternity on the Uni versity campus at the chapel service Tuesday. To be eligible for Alpha Kappa Gamma, a co-ed must be in her junior Dr senior year, be outstanding in scho lastic, athletic, social, or some other University activity, and must be voted on, by the active members of the fraternity. Membership is limited to not more than the number of one per cent of the female student body. New members are: Betty Berry, Columbia junior, president of Pan lellcnic Council; Virginia Bracey, Columbia senior, president of the Co ed association; Theodosia Browne, Columbia junior, president of Kappa Delta sorority, member of the Hon or Council; Betty Crews, Columbia senior, secretary of Coed association: Also, Sarah Davies, Columbia se nior, president of Alpha Delta Pi sorority; Sarah Flinn, Columbia Ju nior, society editor of The Game cock, member of YWCA cabinet; Phylis Holman, Columbia junior, member of YWCA cabinet, officer in state B.S.U.; Annie Hudson, Colum bia junior, president of Women's Athletic Association, secretary of YWCA. Also, Kappy Malone, Columbia senior, member of YWCA cabinet; Leone Strickland, Columbia senior, treasurer of YWCA; Geraldine Wooley, Columbia senior, member of YNWCA cabinet. Also, Christine Cannon, Hartsville senior, coed editor of the Gamecock, secretary of senior class; Virginia Copeland, Eirhardt senior, president of the Independents; Peggy Forbes, Upper Darby, Pa. senior, president of Delta Delta Delta sorority. Also, Marie Fox, Greeleyville seni or, member YW cabinet, president Sigma Delta sorority; Joyce Hetzel, Charleston junior, president coed Glee Club, member YWCA cabinet; and Edna Long, Hopkins senior, .mbeir of YWCA cabinet and editor of the Y's Girl. Service to the campus is the aim of Alpha Kappa Gamma. Its main contribution is to the Scholarship Fund, through which more than five hundred dollars was lent to worthy students last year. It annually spon sors the Towle silver display to earn money for this fund, and in the last year has worked in various ways to aid the national defense program. Alpha Kappa Gamma is a regional sorority with five chapters in schools over the South. The only other chap ter in South Carolina is at Columbia College. Rings - Fraternity Pins - Favors 1Stationery - Dance Programs '" ALFOUR Co. 405 Palmetto State Life Building Cornet Sumter and Lady Streets ECONOMY DRUG STORE o CUT RATE DRUGS SODAS AND LUNCHEONETTE Five Points * Phone 8119 Motorcycle Delivery Music Styled For Dancing >HIS Phone 2-9331