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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA
Volume XXXX, No. 9 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 29, 1946_.. Founded 1908
SAE, CHI O's
Take Honors In
anner Displays
By SUE RIVES
Social fraternities, sororities
and independents at the Uniyer..
sity of South Carolina played a
big part in the festivities for the
annual State Fair football classic
last week.
Following tradjtion, the fra
ternities and sororities welcomed
the Clemson cadets ,to Columbia
for the occasion by exhibiting the
"Beat Clemson" displays in front
of their various fraternity and so
rority rooms.
As a result of the judging
Thursday, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity was awarded first prize
by the Boosters Club. Their dis
play was by far the most original
on the campus. An extension was
built onto the fraternity room
converting it into the semblance
of the entrance to a movie theater,
the SAE VICTORY. Double feat
ures playing were "I Wake Up
Screaming," starring Frank How
ard, the Clemson coach, and "The
Big Sleep" with Clemson's back
* field. Xappa Alpha, Lambda Chi
and Pi Kappa Phi fraternities re
ceived honorable mention for their
respective displays.
Starting at the post office, the
first sign that caught our eyes
was the Zeta's with a little tiger
being reeled in on a pole with the
caption "We've got Clemson, Hook
Line and Sinker."
The A E Phi's came out with
two proud Gamecocks "Ripping
Hell Out'a Clemson." The tiger
literally was in bits. The Lambda
Chi's displayed originality by
playing a record full of school
spirit and yells. Their "Before
and After" cow who was in "Ud
e der Ruin" fitted right into the
spirit of things.
Pi K A's had a "bowl" with
contract and all, just waiting for
Clemson to sign up for the big
affair. The Sigma Nu's revived
the "Clemson Graveyard" made up
of brand new graves for the Clem
son football team. Their names
on their tombstones came free of
charge.
"You Came To Get Our Game
cock, But We Got You In The
End" showed the Gamecock chas
ing the Clemson farmer. The Pi
Kappa Sigs originated this one.
Phi Sigma Kappa's banner
showed the mascots of the op
posing team saying "3rd Down
and 5 To Go." Over tenement 10
appeared a large banner with
"Beat Hell Out Of Clenmson."
Tenement 24%', drew up a large
hungry looking tiger trying to
bite into the Carolina Gamecock
with "This Ole Cat Won't Get
Fat."
The K A's wished to show true
"southern hospitality" by making
the Clemson students feel at home.
Their "Cow-det" was one that
would make almost any co-ed fall
in love with (meat shortage now)
and bann~ers with captions such
as "Make Up Your 5 a. m. Class"
and "Roll 'em Gamecock" added
color.
A banner with a play on the
meat shortage was hanging over
the A T 0 rooms. A farmer, a
football player and a grave were
very appropriate under "He Came
-He Tried-He Died" hanging
over the Sigma Chi doorway. The
Pi Kappa's had a real live Game
cock Roost with Clemson Scare
Crow, corn and all. Eleven Tigers
hanging by their necks--skinned
*and all, was displayed by Phi Ep
silon P1 to all passing on Green
Street.
Also on Green, was the Kappa
Sig sign "Shooting The Tiger."
Not to be outdone, Preston and
Snowden displayed many signs
with "Beat Hell Out Of Clemson."
Sims Square was decked out
with such signs as Delta Zeta's
"Campus Personalities At The
Football Game," Tri-Delt's "Game.
cock Spearing The Tiger," Kappa
Delt's "Chicken Corsetts" and
"That Ain't No Yolk," and Inde
pendents "Tiger Steaks . . . No
Limit." A D Pi's and Pi Phi's
joint banner "You're Cruising for
a Bruising" and Chi 0's gave the
campus their A. B. C.'s In "Al
ways Beat Clemson." The latter
display won first prize for the
sororities, with honorable men
tions going to Delta Zeta, Alpha
Epsilon Phi and Zeta Tau Alpha.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Super-Duper Pep Rally to
.send the boys of f for Citadel
game meets at Maxcy Monu
mnant-.-A15 ThnradAy.
Guidance Center
Urges All Vets
To Return Form
Mr. Ralph H. Price, Training
Officer for Veteran's affairs at
the University, has urged all Vet
eran students to acquire, fill out
and return Form No. 1916 to the
Guidance Center not later than
November 1, 1946.
"These forms are very impor
tant," stressed Mr. Price. "They
are in support of the continuation
of subsistence payments," he
added.
An attempt has Deen made to
send each Veteran a copy of the
form but several of the students
who have recently changed their
addresses tan not be contacted.
The Training Officer requested
that all such students ~call at the
Veteran's Center and receive one
of the forms, and at the same time,
register their changes of address.
The purpose of the Form No.
1916 is to provide the Veterans
Administration with information
concerning a veteran-student's
compensation from productive la
bor.
Radio Listening
Habits Subject
Of WUSC Poll
A poll to ascertain the radio
listening tastes and habits of stu
dents at the University will be
conducted by the class in radio
broadcasting, Instructor Ray A.
Furr, announced yesterday.
It was reported that the poll
will be restricted to the univer
sity area, and will be conducted
by students from person to per
son. No telephone or mail in
quiries will be made.
"All findings discovered or
agreed upon will be made avail
able to WUSC," Mr. Furr said.
WUSC, the campus radio station,
as yet has not gone on the air,
but is expected to begin operations
as soon as needed technical equip.
ment can be obtained.
Veteran Of British
Army Enters USC
On Exchange Plan
Among the exchange students
at the University of South Caro
lina is listed George Curry of
Dover, England, who is at pres
ent working on an M.A. degree
in history and government.
A veteran of World War II, Mr.
Curry was a major in the counter
intelligence division of the British
army, and has a record of nearly
six year's service to his credit.
He was closely associated with
General Mark Clark and other
American officers in Belgium,
Italy, and other fields in the Eu
ropean theater of operation.
Through the help of Dean J. E.
Norwood, Mr. Curry is coming to
the University on a scholarship
given by friends of ' the Univer
sity and also on a fellowship by
the English-speaking Union. After
his work here has been completed,
he will probably return to England
to attend Cambridge University.
Euphradian Society To
Hold Informal Smoker
With Stoney As quest
The Euphradian Literary So
ciety Issued an open Invitation
yesterday to male students inter
ested In becoming members of the
Society to attend an informal
smoker in the Euphradian Hall to
night.
Jim Gibson, Euphradian presi
dent, stated that the program
would be completely Informal, and
that Mr.. Sam Stoney, noted au
thor and raconteur, has been In
vited to attend.
Former members of the So
ciety who have allowed their mem
bership to lapse weria Invited to
contact Gibson relative to rein
statement.
Clemson's Gary Cox, No. 22, is i
30 is Carolina's Jack Couch. (US(
Most Colossal I
Gone But Not I
By BOB
'Twas on the eve of Carolir
The multitudes swarmed froi
Field to Sumter Street, and sa
and down Main Street.
. . . As the weird chant
of "Beat Clemson, beat hell out
of Clemson" resounded to the pop
ulace or Columbia, whose recol.
lections of such hectic nights in
days gone by lent a foreboding to
which some heeded and scurried
to the nearest shelters. Others
not so wise as these lingered just
long enough to get jammed in the
traffic . . . pedestrians took to
cover . . . store proprietors start
ed rolling up their welcome mats
and tacked up 'Measles' signs on
the door. Police-car radios blurted
out with S.O.S., cops yelled for
reinforcements . . . some sought
insurance agents. Thousands pour
ed down the streets . . . stags,
drags, and bags pushed the pha
lanx behind white clad cheer
leaders and the great Tiger effigy.
The march reached a climax at
the intersection of the Jefferson
Hotel which had put the Klemson
Klan to bed for their safety.
Wild, cheering enthusiasts climb
ed to the tops of cars, exerting
undue pressure, the like of which
even "bodies by Fisher" could not
endure. Car owners gasped and
tore their hair . . . The Tiger was
roasted . . . the mob turned back
toward the State House moving in
snake-like fashion . . . mothers
reached out of the windows of re
treating vehicles and jerked their
daughters inside . . . one theatre
manager was said to have placed
a .32 to' his temple, but for fear
of missing his mark headed for
the Congaree River.
Excitement was reaching a
fever pitch in the meantime...
great battalions barged into the
atres, hotels, and eating estab
lishments, crowing Carolina's
glories much to the bewildered
spectators' perplexed delight and
amazement. One cinema wised up
and barricaded the entrances, but
the other theatres suffered the
consequences. Ushers, ticket girls,
and stage hands joined together
but were unable to retard the
surging flow of Gamecocks. The
main features took a back seat to
the wild antics of horn tooters ...
most of the onlookers took the
exhibition with a fearful smile in
good humor . The lobbies of ho
tels were not slighted . . . the
elevators stopped running for re
pairs after straining under the
weight of the big troop movement.
The 12th floor of the Wade Hamp
ton was invaded . . . from here
the masses were forced to take
the stairways to reach the ground.
The tide of partisans then moved
to the Columbia Hotel. Here non
Carolinian Southerners and other
foreigners were kept at rigid at
tention while the fr-enied crowd
hown being stopped after a long sid
3 Staff Photo by Stan Lewis.)
)ep Rally In Car
Forgotten-Cops
ISBELL
ka's hey-day at the State Fair.
m the great bonfire on Davis
Nung northward to the Capitol
sang the Alma Mater in uni
son (?).
The march back to the campus
ended . . . fires were ignited at
each end of the horseshoe. Fire
men and policemen knocked them
selves uut running from one fire
to the other . . . There were
fights and scrimmages . . . much
wailing, moaning and gnashing of
teeth as the beat-up cops pushed
wagon after wagon of jeering ca
rousers to the city brig. Palace
guards armed with grenades of
over-ripe fruit played havoc on
the windshields of any passing
auto that sported the colors of
purple and gold. One branch
marched on the Town Auditorium
. . . this attack was repelled . . .
the retrograde movement brought
the warriors back to the campus
where fortifications were set up
for the night. A Clemson man
had not a ghost of a chance to get
on the campus. The fortress was
secure.
Far into the night chapel bells
peeled, and watchers kept vigil
over the flickering fires . . . in
the waning hours of the early
morning the voice of a distant
sentry could be faintly heard as
he stood beside his heaped gre
nades . .. "Clemson or Carolina ?"'
Players To Give
"Twelft:h Night:" In
Revised Version
The famous Shakespearean clas
sie, "Twelfth Night" will be pre
sented by the University Players
on three consecutive nights, No.
vember 12, 13 and 14 at Drayton
Hall.
It is reported that the play has
been revised and edited for the
Players by Professor Merrill G.
Christopherson.
Among those who wilH lend their
histrionic talents for this presen
tation are: A. B. Harmon, Griffin
Campbell, E. L. Condon, Frog
Green, Jim Simmons, Joe Dren
nan, Ira Hudson, Phil Bernanke,
Ramon Swartz, Tom Chadwick,
Banks Scarborough, Roy Lind,
and Charlie Smith. The distaff
side will be represented by Betty
Lewis, Sara Pinckney and Dotsy
Lloyd.
Sets have been designed for- the
production by Marjorie Helmies, a
graduate of the Franklin School'
of Art in New York City. The
University stage hands are now
engaged executing these sets.
Leonid Andreyev's tragi-comedy
of circus life, "He Who Gets
Slapped" will be produced by the
local group shortly after "Twelfth
Night" has run Us cours.
eline gain at Thursday's game. No.
olina's History
tecover Nicely
University Publications
Net $1100 From Proceeds
Of Annual Powder Bowl
The Pi Phi, Tri-Delta football
tilt drew a crowd of 2,400 cash
custoters on the eve of the Caro
lina-Clemson game. The actual at
tendance was estimated to 4,000.
Approximately $1,500 was taken
in on gate receipt . Federal and
state taxes must be deducted from
this amount. This will leave about
$1,100 in round figures to 'je
turned over to the three USC pub
lications, the Gamecock, the Gar
net and Black, and the Carolina
Review.
From these proceeds the bi
weekly Gamecock will receive 671(
\which will net the newspaper
around $750. 22"( will go to the
University annual, Garnet and
Black. This amounts to about $250.
The remaining 11'( is alloted to
the Carolina Review which should
leave about $120 to supplement
the magazines funds.
Alumni Office To
Publish Magazine
On Alumni News
Arrangements are nowv being
Worked out to send a newv publica
tion, "The Alumni Newvs," to all
USQ alumni, Ralph Lewis, secre
tary of the University Alumni
Association, stated this week.
The publication is designed to
give more news concerning alumni
than can be carried in the "Game
cock." It will be published monthly
in sixteen-page magazine form.
Mr. Lewvis pointed out that dur
ing the past year more than 244,
000 cop)ies of the "Gamecock" were
received by the alumni. This fig
ure swelled the total sent for the
war periodl to nearly a million
copies.
1947-48 University
Catalogue Will Be
Released In January
Frank H. Wardlaw, managing
edlitor of the University of South
Carolina press, has announcedl
that the 1947-48 University cata
logue, with announcements for '47,
'48, will be out by January. This
is three months earlier than form
er catalogues have been published.
The reason given for the early edi
tion was the greatly increased en
rollment at the University.
Mr. Wardlaw also stated that
the University Press had recently
published the book "A Social In
terpretation of South Carolina,"
by G. Croft Williams, professor
of Sociology at the University.
He described the circulation of this
new relas. as "very succes..l,"
Samue G.
Add ress C
On Today
Columbia Welcomes
Secretary Of State
To Bird-Tiger Tilt
James F. Byrnes, Secretary of
State, visited Columbia last Thurs
day for the first time since he
was appointed to his cabinet po
sition. Mr. Byrnes came to the
Palmetto City to attend the an
nual Carolina-Clemson game.
He and Mrs. Byrnes were met
at the Columbia airport that
morning by Governor Ransome
J. Williams, Mayor Frank C.
Owens, United States Senators
Burnett R. Maybank and Olin D.
Johnston, and other city and state
officials.
"I am indeed happy to be again
in South Carolina, among people
I know and have known for years,
and I am looking forward with
pleasure to my few hours in Co
lumbia," said Mr. Byrnes upon
his arrivil here.
Admiral Norman M. Smith en
tertained at a luncheon gifen for
Messrs. Byrnes, Maybank, and
Johnston. Many other affairs were
held in honor of South Carolina's
most distinguished son during his
brief visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Byrnes followed
the governor's custom of sitting
on one side of the stadium for the
first half of the game and then
changing to the other side for the
remainigg period. At half time,
he was publicly- introduced to the
spectators.
On Friday morning, the cele
brated couple returned to Wash
ington, D. C.
Posthumous Award Is
Conferred To Former
USC Pharmacy Student
George Tsalapatas, former Uni
versity student, has been awarded
the Bronze Star Medal post
humously by Secretary of the
Navy James Forrestal. He re
ceived the award for outstanding
service as a hospital corpsman
during action against the Japan
ese forces at Iwo Jima on March
1, 1945, while he was attached to
the 5th Marine Division. He was
struck down by an enemy sniper's
bullet while he administered first
aidl to a seriously wounded Marine
on the front lines.
George attended Carolina in
1939, and was enrolled in the
school of pharmacy. His father,
Constantine A. Tsalapatas, lives
at 1327 Franklin Street, Colum
bia.
Forensic Team Competes
In Southern Conference
Debating Tournament
The University debating team
will participate in their first de
bate when they enter the South
ern Conference Debate Tourna
mnent November 15 in Atlanta, an..
nounced Prof. Merrill -G. Chris
topherson, director of the team.
The question for the year is "Re
solved that labor should be given
a direct share in the management
of industry."
The affirmative team will be
represented by Raymond Swartz
andl J. R. Simons. Professor Chris
topherson stated that debators for
the remainder of the final team
have not been chosen and new
conmers have a good chance. Two
teams will probably be needed.
Last year, the University team
won the national debating cham
pionship at the tournament held
in Fredericksburg, Va. However,
none of the former team has re
turned to school and this year's
debators will be without experi
ence and will enter the contest
untried.
Stoney (To
:>nvocations
s Program
By MARY SHOUN
Samuel Gaillard Stoney, well
known writer and raconteur of
South Carolina will be guest
speaker at student assembly this
morning at 12 in the university
chapel. Recognized as an excel
lent lecturer, Stoney has made ap
pearances in various parts of the
country and will be remembered
by Carolina students for his gul
lah dialect when he appeared at
the University last May.
Stoney was born in Charleston
in 1891. He received his education
at Porter Military Academy, Uni
versity of the South at Sewanee,
Tennessee, Charleston College and
Georgia School of Technology.
After receiving a B.S. degree from
Charleston College in 1912, Stoney
twice attempted to become a
planter, and in so doing became
well acquainted with the gullah
dialect of the low country.
He served as sergeant in the
South Carolina Cavalry on the
Mexican border and as first lieu
tenant overseas in World War I.
In 1933, he married Frances Post,
the Vermont poet and novelist and
the following winter they left for
the West Indies, where he studied
sources of South Carolina cul
ture.
Stoney, a member of "Who's
Who in South Carolina," is the
author of "Black Genesis," a
group of Negro stories; "Po'
Buckra," a novel about the low
country; text for Bayard Woot
en's book of photographs, entitled
"Charleston, Azaleas and Old
Brick;" and the text, "Plantations
of the South Carolina Low Coun
try." He has reecntly completed
"This is Charleston," a report to
the city and to whom it might
concern regarding its architec
tural virtues, made under the aus
pices of the civil service commit
tee of the Carolina Art Associa
tion and printed by the merchants
of Charleston.
Stoney is vice-president of the
Historical Society of South Caro
lina, Honorary Curator of South
Carolina Culture of the Charles
ton Museum, vice-president of the
Huguenot Society of South Caro
lina and a member of the Board
of the Carolina Art Assoication.
Carolindar
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29
STUDENT CONVOCATIONS - 12
NOON, CHAPEL
STUD)ENT ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
--4 P. M., FLINN HALL
CREENV'ILLE-CAROLINA CLUB --
6:30 P. M., LEGARE 102
DARLINCTON-.CAROLINA CLUB-7
P. M., CHAPEL
EUPHRADIAN LITERARY SOCIETY
"SMIOKER"-7 P. M., EUPHRADIAN
HALL
CLARIOSOPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY
-7:30 P. M., CLARIOSOPHIC
HALL
KSK-8 P. M., McKISSJCK LIBRARY,
THIRD FLOOR
W EDNESDAY, OCT'OBER 80
SOPHOMORE Y COUNCIL-I P. M.,
FLINN HALL
BOOSTER CLUB-1:30 P. M., DRAY
TON HALL
WESTMJNISTER FELLOWSHIP-6 P.
M., FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS-7:80 P. M.,
DRAYTON HALL
PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM-8 P. M.,
CHAPEL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 61
Y CABINET-i P. M., FLINN HALL
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
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CITADEL CAME-3:30 P. M.,
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