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SF-ra{ernhe HELLO Well, believe it or not, here I am at last, back down to the old grind again. I know those good people who have been handling this column while I was away have been telling you for a couple of weeks that I'd be back for the next issue, but I fooled 'em! I just couldn't stay away any longer, though, because I couldn't bear to think of all the fun I was missing. You'll be seeing a lot of me from now on, like for instance when I come charging up to you ten minutes before deadline trying to "wring" some news out of you to fill up that empty white space. THANK YOU Before I ramble on any farther, let me take this oppor tunity to thank Doris Schmucker, Doris Moorehead, Betty -Locke, Margaret Lunn, and Joe Drennan for keeping this column in the news while I was away. They did a fine job, and believe me, brother, it ain't easy! That leads me to explain why all this idle chatter before I let you in on the ch9ice bits of gossip I've managed to gather. It's like this--when Marian Rogers told me how long this column had to be this week I nearly had a heart attacc. I have been wandering around the campus ever since combing it madly for news, and I have kept the tele phone lines hot. Finally in desperation I came to the con clusion that I'd have to fill up all that space with my chit chat or a joke or a poem or SOMETHING. I decided on the yackety-yackety-yak because no matter how complicated life becomes, I can always talk. But I promise you that the jokes and poems will come later. Now, without any further ado, I'll tell you what I know. THAT CAROLINA-CLEMSON AFFAIR About the biggest thing in the lives of all Carolinians for this whole semester is the Carolina-Clemson football classic which comes off Thursday p. m. Until then, we calmly (?) hold our breath. Only time can tell what the verdict will be. Meanwhile, many festivities and gala occasions are being planned. The campus will be decorated for the occa sion with the Gamecock-Tiger displays made by the sorori ties and fraternities in front of their rooms. Things get under way with the Powder Bowl football game between the Tri Delts and Pi Phis tonight at Melton Field. The Kappa Delta Corsettes will add that military touch when they drill between the halves. Immediately after this momentous occasion, all survivors will move on to the pep rally and shirt tail parade. Those who are still able will probably take In the Clemson-Carolina dance at the Town ship Auditorium, sponsored by the Columbia-Clemson Club. On Thursday, the great day, KAs are giving a tea dance from 6-8 at the Jefferson Hotel, featuring Henry West brook's orchestra. Co-Ed is sponsoring a dance Thursday night. Forest Lake Country Club is entertaining its mem bers with a buffet supper at which many Carolina people will be found. PLEDGES Fraternities aren't the only ones in the spotlight with new pledges this week. The DZa pledged Gilda Robinson and Florence McAbee last Tuesday night . .. ADPis recently pledged Kathleen Pierce and Barbara Ligon . .. SAEs held formal pledging for their new pledges Monday night, and are planning a party for them soon . . .Fay Appelle was pledged to AEPhi Thursday night, and Fay Lamanisky has been selected new pledge mother of AEPhi . . . Phi Sigma Kappas had formal pledging for their new pledges Monday night . .. Phi Epsilon Pi pledged twenty men last Monday night and elected pledge officers. Jerry Tucker, president; Harry Levy, vice-president; Stanley Ribak, recording sec retary; Manuel Lifchez, corresponding secretary; Ray Schaefer, treasurer; Hyman Nussbaum, chaplain, and Mel vin Siegel, active representative . . . PIKAs had formal pledging for their new pledges Monday night. PARTIES The fact that fraternity rushing is over hasn't slowed U. S. C. students down one bit. They're still partying same as always. Ethel Lazar, DZ alum, had a party Thursday night for Mary Jane O'Hara, DZ, who is to be married this month to Al Grisson . .. Some of the Kappa Sig brothers had a small houseparty at Pawleys Island last week-end, and the whole fraternity celebrated with a big party at Doc Craw ford's Tuesday night . .. Laura and Mary Speed are enter taining KDs and their dates with a drop-in after the Powder Bowl game tonight . .. KAs had a banquet at the Metro last Monday night in honor of their new pledges... Plans are being made for the Sigma Chi Tea Dance which will be held at the Columbia Hotel after the Carolina Home coming game with Duke . . . PiPhis are planning a Hal lowe'en party for the night when the goblins and witches are out . . . Saturday night SAEs had a party at John Cantey's . . . Riley Bradham and six of his SAE brothers, George Seymour, Earl Ellis, Joe Lumpkin, Joe Caughman, Reece Smith, and Randy Bradham cruised down to Sumter Friday night for a turkey dinner and football game... The Law School had a reception for the law students Thurs day afternon ... Delta Zetas are having a house party after the Carolina-Clemson game at Esther Irick's . . . Kappa Delta entertained the entire student body with an informal drop-In Tuesday night . . . The AEPhis had an* informal Coffee Sunday night from 7-8 in the AEPhi room... PiKAs had a big party out at Sesquie Friday night ... ATOs also had a party Friday night. Car~OlinaJL - CLer nd K C*1t Officers of the Co-ed Association center, president; Jeanne Sergeant porter; Jackie Rosenburg, secreta council representative. Not pict (Photo by J. B. Woodston). Baon Twirlerq Are Center O "Boy! Look at that band!" "You look at the band, I'll look at the majorettes!" The above remarks were over heard at the recent Carolina-Fur man game, as the South Carolina band marched on to the field. The band wheeled and the five lovely lasses came to a smart halt in front of the stands. Here and there a few good-natured whistles sounded, and the spectators be came silent as the strains of the Alma Mater floated across the stadium. But now for a closer look at Carolina's quintet of comely queens. First, we have 20-year old Sandy Morrison, a junior from Old Fort, N. C. Sandy, a trim brunette with hazel eyes, has had three year's preparation for her present position as head majorette for the Garnet and Black. She served as a bato-whirler for the Marion High School in Marion, N. C., during her high school days. She likes to ride horseback and fly, and she has 20 solo hours to her credit in the "wild blue yon der." Sandy is approximately five feet one inch tall and weighs 105 pounds. (After all, the Atomic bomb wasn't large, either.) Another "Tarheel" in the ranks of our majorettes is Carolyn Bean, an attractive blue-eyed blonde from Asheville, N. C. Carolyn, or "Beanie" as her friends call her, is a 19-year-old junior who likes dramatics and horseback rid ing. She tips the scales at 120 pounds and is about five feet, four inches tall. She was a majorette at the Lee H. Edwards High School in Asheville a few years back, and was a beauty contestant and attendant to the May Queen here at U. S. C. last year. Mildred Murphy, pert brown eyed brunette from Columbia, is a sophomore at the University. She is five feet, six Ihches tall, weighs 130 pounds and Is 17 years old. Mildred Is a graduate of Ursuline Academy in Columbia. She likes all kinds of sports, but swimming I|FC Announces Plans For Dance, November 1st. The Interfraternity Council of the University of South Carolina has announced that the organiza tion will sponsor a semi-formal dance on November 1, In the ball room of the Jefferson Hotel. This dance will be held after Citadel-Carolina game, which will be played in Orangeburg on that day. Definite plans for the dance will be announced at a later date. Officers of the Interfraternity Council are: president, Frank Butler; vice-president, Victor Bar rett; secretary, Harold McCord; and treasurer, Ben Chamber.in. a-as uaM0ceeg shown above are Sally Rickman, vice-president; Libby Duncan, re ry; and Doris Schmucker, student ired is Libby Milling, treasurer. Of Carolina All Attention and football are her favorites. Pat Johnson, another local ma jorette, is a five foot, two ineb freshman from West Columbia, She has brown hair with brown eyes to match. She served fox three years as a majorette for Brookland-Cayce High School, and is carrying on the good work for U. S. C. this year. She's 17 years old and her hobby is collecting records. Another freshman majorette is Jean Alex from Greenville, S. C. Jean is 18 years old and has browr hair and green eyes. She gradu ated from Greenville High School last year and developed a passioin for canoeing this summer. Among other out-door sports Jean likes to ride horseback. Thus you have it, Gentlemen of Carolina. The news you've been waiting for, names et all, And so-we'll see you at the game! Plans For Dances Made By Compass And Chart Herb Burwick, president of Compass and Chart, NROTC social organization at the University of South Carolina, has announced that plans for the Navy Ball and an afternoon tea dance will soon be given by the society. The club will also sponsor a Christmas choir, composed entirely of male voices. The Compass and Chart room, located in the Naval Armory, is now open for the use of members and their guests. It is open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily except Saturday, when it is closed at 1 p. m. ExhibitOn USC ld At Fair The University of South Caro lina will have a booth, sponsored by the Extension Division of the University, at the State Fair this week. Mr. S. C. Hawkins, assist ant director of the Extension Di vision requests that anyone inter ested in the University and its ac tivities drop by the booth some time during the week. The booth will be decorated in the University colors of garnet and black. The back wall will have the University of South Carolina In espital letters with the school seal and a reproduction of the vet erans pin. Beneath this will be a list of all the degrees offered to students at the University. One side wall will contain pictures of the Extension Division activities and the opposite side will have information concerning afternoon, evening classes and correspond ence courses. umee Is WI.th Co-Eds Sponsor Informal Dance Tomorrow Night The Vagabonds, featuring Dot Baxter, will play the music for the Co-ed Association informal dance to be given tomorrow night in the field house in celebration of the Carolina-Clemson week end. Dancing will begin imme diately after the Kappa Alpha tea dance and will continue until 11:30. Gamecocks, Tigers, and stream ers of both school colors will be used in the decorations. Tickets are now on sale at booths in the canteen and post office at seventy-five cents per person. Admission at the door will be a dollar per person. Committee chairmen in charge of arrangements are Betty Good win, publicity; Margaret Eleazer, tickets; and Linda McLendon, decorations. "Rhubarb," Best Seller, Reviewed By RITA LEVENE Can you imagine a zanier tale than that of a cat who inherits a baseball team and a million dol lars? H. Allen Smith's latest antics in writing is the double header novel called "Rhubarb." It is the story of a cat of unknown ante cedents, the color of yellow smoke, who can lick the daylights out of any dog anywhere. Trouble be gins on page one of the book, and is climaxed when Thad Banner, an eccentric, dog-hating millionaire finds himself more devoted to Rhubarb than to his own hepcat daughter, Myra, and wills the cat both his big league ball club, the New York Loons, and a fortune. Somewhere on the nether side of insanity, the executor of the will, Erie, dieovers a wealthy weight lifter, Banner's daughtcr discovers a young half-wit from Arkansas who is a baseball champ, and Rhubarb discovers every cat that coies along. The man in the street discovers Rhubarb, while Myra tries to disprove the legality of the will. When all this is added up, cat lovers, baseball fans, and anyone else who wants a good laugh out of a few hours of pleasur able reading, this month's best seller, "Rhubarb" is suggested to play havoc with your risibility. Aninual Game Fall Paradle Oi By BETTY LOCKE Today we saw a group of co eds on the campus chattering ex citedly, and wvent over to investi gate. "What are y'all talking about?" we asked. "Why, the Carolina-Clemson game, of course," was the answer, so we decided to stick around and see if we could pick up some new information about the teams. "Sue, what are you going to wear to the game tomorrow ?" Jane was saying. "Oh, I'm going to wear that new red suit of mine with the big gold buttons-I've been sav ing it for this game-and I've got a black wool jersey blouse with a high, round neck--and the cutest black hat with lots of veil and big curly feathers on it, and-" "Better watch out or some body'll pull those feathers off in all the excitement," Jane warned. "Me, I'm going to wear a suit too-a bright yellow one-with brown accessories; dark brown, I mean. I don't like those new light shades 'they have this year-the ones that look like burnt sugar or something-" "You hush, Jane!" Margie broke in. "That's just the shade my suit is, and I love it. It's got one of the new long jackets too about three-quarter length. And Scledubl 207. Formal Pledging Three Week Po Two hundred and seven Un pledged the 13 social frater: night climaxing three weeks and stag smokers given for The majority of the new ple( Many other students are ex pected to pledge by informal in vitation throughout the week, al though formal bidding was com pleted Monday. Rush season of. ficially ended at 1 p. m. last Thursday, with Saturday, Sunday and Monday observed as days of silence. A list of the pledges to date is as follows: Alpha Tau Omega: Joseph P. Bostick, John Preston Darby, Jr., Clayton English, Jr., Frank Ful ton, James Curtis Hooks, Layton Howerton, Rexford H. Hunt, Dixon Lovvorn, James Milling, River Maxwell, Rose McFayden, Basil S. Norris, William Putnam, Thom as C. Rutherford, Russell R. Shaw, Jack Simril, and Harry Heard. Kappa Alpha: Russell Bennette, Beacham Brooker, Russell Burns, Maraden H. Cox, William Daw son, J. P. DuBose, Ed Foster, Al bert Rudolph Gayden, Calbe Jen nings, Ed Jeter, Ham Jones, Jack Kelly, Campbell Laney, Dupre Lyles, Robert Osborne, Earl Rob Dance To Follow Powder Bowl Tilt Carolina and Clemson students will join forces temporarily to night when the Carolina-Clemson club plays host to Carolina's dance-conscious majority in the Columbia Township Auditorium. Set to take off after the much heralded Powder Bowl classic, the dance will run from 9 p. m. until 1 a. m., with music by the Junga leers, top-drawer Clemson student musical aggregation. The Jungaleers, playing their first engagement in the Capital City since their reorganization, promise a selection of smooth melodies and scorchy tempo de signed to please the most fas tidious taste. With one of the best brass sections in years, they have been termed "tops" on the basis of recent appearances at Clemson and in the up-state. Admission for the dance will be $1.50 per person or $2.75 pcr couple. The dance may be made a regular feature of the State Fair week social calendar if rent on the Auditoriun\ and incidental expenses can be met, Is Excuse For New Styles it looks perfectly wonderful with the powder blue blouse I got to go with it-and the tiny hat that matches my suit has soft, flat feathers the same shade as the blouse. Wasn't it lucky I could get them to match-" "Well, everybody else seems to be wearing bright colors," Sally interrupted, "but I'm sticking to black. My suit has a flared jacket, and my blouse is a black and rose silk print, with a big bow at the neck--" Anne said, "Why, Sally, I'm wvearing black, too. At least my dress is black crepe, and I have a pale green three-quarter length belted coat that I'm just dying to show off, so I'm going to wear that too, even if it is too hot for a coat--" By this time we had reached the conclusion that the Carolina Clemson game might mean foot ball to the men, but for us gals it's strictly a fashion show. We decided to have one last try at digging up some inside dope on the football situation, though. "How do y'all think the game's going to come out tomorrow ?" we asked. "The game?7" they chorused, "Why', Carolina's going to win, ol course. What a silly question!' Well, natch. What else coukc we have expected?7 edJ For Page dve edges i Climaxes st -War Rush iversity of South Carolina men ,ities on the campus Monday of parties, dances, banquets, rushees by the fraternities. Iges are veterans. inson, Robert Rogers, James Mac Segars, Edward Talbert, Charles Bruce Walker, Eli Walker, Harrall Walker, Johnny Walker, and Ben Massey. Kappa Sigma: Remson Avant, Paschal Baxter, William Crockett, Fred Gantt, Stewart Gregg, Wil liam McBride, Herbert McPherson and Robert Riddle. Lambda Chi Alpha: T. M. An derson, Keith Baker, Milda Boul ware, Charles Carey, Bobby 0. Horton, Joe Lynch, James W. Mc Callum, Van Newman, David M. Rouse, Fred Tolly, and Ernest Cook. Phi Epsilon Pi: Harry Appel, Sol Abrahams, Herbert Berger, Charles Bernstein, Harschel Coop er, Morris Kline, Victor Kirshc. Robert Koslow, Herbert Lourie, Leslie Lipoff, Harold Lerman. Sol Ortner, Stanley Pearlman, David Pinosky, Irwin Price, Arthur Ro senblum, Lawrence Ribak, Stanley Ribak, Melvin Seigel, and Earl Yoffe. Phi Kappa Sigma: John Ameen, William T. Brown, Cecl Clarkson, Verlin Coffey, Paul Johnson, Ralph Kennedy, Thomas H. Lyles. Billy Minnick, Reginald Mattor, John Mason, Henry Moore, and Charlie Young. Phi Sigma Kappa: Alex Bolin, Jimmey Sharpe, Blair Griffin, Conrad Haney, Louie Harbin, Frank McGarth, Gene Jackson, Robert Gillespie, Darrell Johnson, Talmadge Skinner, Bruce Morri son, Bill Donly, Heyward Smith, Gary Witherspoon, and Robert Watson. Pi Kappa Alpha: Louie Beard, James Crawford, Wallace Doughty, Sutton Epps, George Evans, Ben Gaddy, Robert Gunter, Ed Han cock, Bill Hicks, Carroll Hbliday, Bowens Koon, James McGrady, Troy Newman, Andy Pickens, S. B. Roberts, Ted Saleeby, J. K. Smith, Frederick Starling Strick land, Ben Summerset, Clyde Bow ell Trapp, Arthur B. Wilds, and Joe Watts. Pi Kappa Phi: James Altman, William Bobo, William Byrd, Bruce Chestnut, Lawrence Chap man, William Chapman, Watson Dawes, William Eason, Owen Evans, Gene Forrester, William Byers Greer, Hugh Going, Greer Harris, Harold O'Bannon, William Parler, William McClain, Norman Huckes, Robert Rodfearn, Cyrus Shealy, Franklin Smith, Gerald Smith, Neil Watson, and Joe Wil liams. Pi Lambda Phi: Melton Klig man, Stanley Kline, Sigmund Lib erman, Cecil Ram, Harvey Rosen, Harold Rudnick, Gilbert Snyder, and R. M. Zalkin. Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Robert Randolph Bradham, Jay McKay, William Baxley, John Bell, Billy Buck, Angus Bird, Tucke*r Dana, Richard Cromer Ellison, Gary Ed wards, Bobby Gibbes, Nat Fant, John Reese Funderburk, Jr., Bill Goudelock, Harry Gandy, William Burgess Harvin, Wallace Owvings, Roy Lind, Forest Lovett, Foster Marshall, Bobby McClain, Bernard Manning, Conway Owings, Rob ert Pearce, Cotesworth Pinckney, L'Artigue Riley, Kenlaw Rivcrs, Gordon Thomas, Blackburn Wil son, Albert Wardlaw, Bill Walsh, Pete Wardlaw, J. Theron Wood ward, Bill Young, Austin Badger, and Berkley Wilson. Sigma Chi: Henry C. Cannon, John Ross Copelan, James Thomas Dallas, Russell Earl Green, Ben Floger Hagood, Jr., Earnest Elden Jones, Keith McMillan, Herbert Holmes Moore, Ruthven Plowden Nelson, Jack Pulliam, Bobby Salomons, Robert Henry Semlear, Jack Warren Tompkins, Everett Bell Waters, Earl Edward Wheely, John Joe Wilson, Robert Danely Wilson, and Roger Zorn. Sigma Nu: C. 0. Brown, Harry Cummings, George Thomas Des 'Champs, Bobby Gaines, Quincey Kennedy, J. C. Meetze, George t Shelor, Cameron Todd, Ed Worreli and Bob WorrelL.