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A. CCZarsi ?cvPL Hello again! I have some really good news for you today. I know you're beginning to get tired of reading my idle chat ter twice a week, so from now on Red Tyler is running a new column in place of this one for the Tuesday issues. I'll still be giving you the weekly round-up of social news on Sat urdays though. You can't get rid of me entirely. And say-from now on, the deadline for society news will be 12:00 noon on Wednesday. Just drop your little tidbits in the campus mail addressed to me, box 3276. I want any and all news, and not just news from fraternities and soro rities. So see what you can "scrape up" for me-EVERY BODY. I can't think of a better way to begin today than by telling you about an engagement. And that is just what I'm going to do. Did you know that Mary Frances Lee, Independent from Columbia, is engaged to John Layton of Newberry? Jackie Buschert went down to the University of Florida for Thanksgiving and came back wearing an engagement ring given to her by Jack Evans, ATO at the University of Florida. Jeanne Cone, Pi Phi, and Nat Carter, PiKA, have an nounced their engagement and will be married December 24 at Walterboro. Jill Lane, Pi Phi alum, and Steve Wilson were married in Hendersonville, N. C. The engagement of Mickey Black, KD alum, from 'Co lumbia, to George Q. Langstaff, Jr., was announced re cently. Mickey and George will be married December 27 at Washington Street Methodist Church in Columbia. KD pledges are the first of the new pledge groups to an nounce their officers. They are: Anne McCandlish, presi dent; Jane Hammond, vice president; Carolyn Isbell, sec retary; and Barbara Moore, treasurer. KD big sisters took their new little sisters to supper at the Metro last Tuesday night. Charles Wickenberg served Thanksgiving dinner for sev eral out-of-state students at his home. They included Sue Rives, Barbara Dudd, Jane Lanier, Frances Smith, Mary Shoun, Marion Powell, Harold Sullivan, Dick Breeland, John and Charlotte Nash, and Dixon Lovvorn. Letty Levene, Phi Delta Tau, Temple University, spent Thanksgiving week-end on campus visiting her sister, Rita Levene, Delta Tau. Evelyn Preston and Sue Rives, Pi Phis, went up to the University of Virginia for the opening season dance. Evelyn went on up to the Army-Navy game in Philadelphia. Betty Lou Hood, Pi Phi, went up to the University of Virginia last week-end for the Virginia-North Carolina game. Eleanor Mazursky and Carolyn Baruch were initiated into Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority Friday. After initiation, the girls were guests of their sorority sisters for dinner and attended religious services at the House of Peace. The AEPhis have elected new pledge officers. They are: Harriet Rivkin, president; and Shirley Brown, secretary treasurer. Coffee hour will be held again Sunday by the AEPhis from 7-8 in the sorority room in Maxcy College. Sigma Nus recently pledged Walter Keenan. The White Star brothers are planning a big Christmas party for next week-end. Phi Kappa Sigs had a drop-in at Dave Smith's home in Gastonia, N. C., after th1e Carolina-Wake Forest game. Phi Kaps are also planning a party at Bill Brown's place at Lake Murray for tonight. The Pi Phi alumnae met in the chapter room Tuesday night and displayed articles made at the Pi Beta Phi Set tlement School in Gatlinburg, Tenn., which were for sale and display. Sigma Chis are planning a Christmas party soon. Chi Os are making plans for their Qhristmas Dance to be held next Friday night at the Columbia Hotel. -ZTAs are planning a tea for their parents, December 15. Congratulations to Pat Thrash, SAE, and his wife, the for mer Virginia Ann Buckner. They have a brand new daughter. ATOs are planning a Christmas party for some boys from * Epworth Orphanage. Guess I'd better be signing off for this time. I'll be turn ing this little white space over to Red for the next issue, but I'll be with you again next Saturday. Drop in on these brisk Fall Days Ifor the beat In .. . HOT CHOCOLATE AND HAMBURGERS Eclaire Ice Cream Shop AT FIWE POINTS MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT ~Groucho' s" 1705 MAIN STREET A Meal in Every Sandwich . DatUcATrSEN-RYE & PUNKERNICKLE BREAD Every Day is a Holiday at GROUCHO'S Pictured above is the banquet ta ATO Honors Alumni And Members With Supper At Elks Club Members and pledges of Alpha Phi Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity entertained Columbia alumni of the fraternity at a sup per Tuesday night at the Elks Home. A silver circle certificate, com memorating 25 years membership in the fraternity, was presented to Burwell D. Manning at the sup per. Charlie Altman, vice-president of the chapter, presided. Other officers are: Ben Chamberlain, president; Dennis Tuck, secretary, and George Stuckey, treasurer. Among alumni present were the following: W. Yeaton Wagener, Wilbur Zeigler, Frank H. Ward law, Jack Foster, John Gregg Mc Master, Frank Cooper, Harold Gayden, Sparkman, Archie Hardy, W. C. Boyd, Bill Verner, Jack Grimball, Shack McCrady, Sr., Francis Pinckney, Fay DesPortes, and Burwell D. Manning. Pi Lambda Phi Holds Religious "Week Services In accordance with the Religious Emphasis Week at the University of South Carolina, the Alpha Zeta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi frater nity held religious services in the House of Peace Synagogue on Fri day, Dec. 6, at 8 p. m. The sermon was given by Gil Snyder who spoke on a timely topic, racial discriminations in the South. Following the service, refresh ments were served in the social hall of the Synagogue by the Ju nior Hadassah of Columbia. The Pi Lambda Phi boys are planning to hold such a service at regular intervals so that the Im portance of religion can be stressed. "Look For The Dog" MEHLMAN'S 1427 Ma DO YOUR ( Shzoppin for the Be Sd SILY 5,\0,& \.( Here Gi All Memb Famil Cn The Gamecock Tri Delta ble at the Delta Delta Delta Found4 Ce4aat ak UniversityFoung Best College In By CARROLL GILLIAM "For the education and the uni fication of our people, we must establish a college in this state." With these words, a member of an old and distinguished South Carolina family, John Drayton, asked that the legislature create what has grown into our Uni versity. ] At the time, five small colleges possessed charters from the state. Two of them were in the up-state and three south of Columbia, one of the latter being the College of Charleston. Of this group only the last actually offered college courses and it did not have the power to confer degrees upon its graduates. It was common practice for the more prosperous planters of the lower sections of South Carolina to send their offspring to the es tablished colleges in Virginia, the North, and England. A boy so unfortunate as to be born between the upper banks of the Savannah and the Catawba lived most of his t life in blissful ignorance of Greek, ] Latin, and higher mathematics. I Thus, Governor Drayton's re quest was met with words both of encouragement and dissension on the floors of the Assembly, but1 oddly enough the support came from the low-country. Mr. H. WV. DeSaussure, delegate from Char leston County, rose from his seat to express the feelings of his sec tion to the waiting state. "The low-country people view with fear the rise of the people of the up country in politics because of their general deficiency in education." These words, understandably, Record Headquarters RECORD BAR in Street :H RIST MA S 7u Early st of Bestj ERS )O0STORE fits for ers of the Be Bougrht. Banquet I r's Day celebration held Dec. .nSS~fd~45forii led to Establish The Best State Irew criticism from the delegate. rom above the fall line. Imme liately, Piedmonters laid plans t< >ppose the legislation on the ,rounds that the state treasur3 was too depleted to meet such ar xpense and at once began draw" ng up petitions from the peoplh >f their sections in opposition. At this point, in a dramati< nove, the Comptroller-General Paul Hamilton, governor at the ime of the actual opening of the loors of the institution, sent t< he legislature a detailed repori >f the finances of the state. Mr amilton stated that the treasury !ould easily support a college anc hat it was the duty of the bod3 o serve the state. Thus the ar uments of the opposition wer( vithout foundation. The low-country legislators ther )ushed the bill through both th( senate and the House and on De. :ember 19, 1801, less than a montl tfter his message, John Draytor idded his signature, creating the outh Carolina college. The governor then appointed e )oard to lay plans. This grout vas composed of the governor, the ieutenant-governor, the member: f the judiciary, the president of he Senate, the Speaker of tht louse, and the trustees appointed >y the legislators. Reasonably, it 'iew of the sentiment in the up ountry, only one of the appointees vas a resident of the Piedmont. These men met on December 1, 802, at the home of the governor n Charleston to begin a work still n process of completion: "To build he best state college for the bet erment of the people of the best tate." ALL SEASONABI ART FLO 1227 Hampton Street PHON] Win an orchid! Listen to WF to Orchids for Rem CORSAGES BUSINESS 920 Main Street COMPLET INKS - PENCILS. DRA WIN Your Most Con 3 at the Wade Hampton Hotel. Three Pledges Will Be Initiated Today By Alpha Psi Omega Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dra matics fraternity at the University of South Carolina, will hold for mal initiation at Drayton Hall at 5 p. m. Prof. Merrill G. Chris tophersen, grand director of the chapter, has announced. The three members of Players who will be initiated are Griffin Campbell, Ira Hutson, and Jim Martin. All three are past presi dents of Players. In order to be eligible for mem bership in Alpha Psi Omega, a student must gain 25 points for acting, 25 points for technical work, and 25 points of either, When 75 points have been re ceived, a Player must gain the vote of the fraternity for admit tance. Acting points may be gained according to the play, the character, the interpretation of the role, and the importance of the role. Technical points are given according to the amount of - backstage work done. THE BLOSSOM SHOP "For the Best in Flowers" Convenient to Campus 2003 Devine St. Phone 2-2785 ~E CUT FLOWERS WERl SHOP Columbia, S. C. s 2.6781 'COS Monday thlru Thursday embrance at 8 P. M. A SPECIALTY SUPPLY Co. Columbia E LINE OF NOTE BOOKS and G PAPER ,,enieng Loctinn Page Three Ch ristmasMusic To Be Presented byVespersChoir The Vespers Choir has recently been reorganized under the di rection of Flonnie McAbee and Ted Metier. The choir was established at the University last spring under the direction of George Auld for the purpose of providing special music for the Sunday night Vespers program. It is organized through the vespers committee of the YWCA and the YMCA. This year the choir has pre sented one number at vespers and is at present working on Christ mas music for the Christmas Ves pers program. Members are: Lacy Butler, Jean Hull, Martha Ervin, Ted Metier, Amalie Stone, Edith Coleman, Catherine Cooley, George Gormly, Giles Jennerette, Palmer MacAr thur, Henry Taylor, Ira Hudson, Sara Cline, George Seymore, "Ace" Parker, Belinda Collum, Griffin Campbell, Florence Mc Abee, Rose Brown, and Burnelle Stacey. Deka Delta Delia Honors Founder's Day At JBanquuet The Alpha Lambda chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority cele brated Fqpnder's Day Dec. 3 with a formal banquet at the Hotel Wade Hampton. The private ban quet room was decorated in silver, blue, and gold, sorority colors. Tables were arranged in the form of a horseshoe, and gold and white chrysanthemums and blue candles carried out the color motif. The banquet was held by candlelight, and actives and pledges wore dresses of silver, blue, and gold. Marianne Reeves, president of the sorority, acted as toastmistress for the occasion. During the ban quet impromptu entertainment was given by the pledges. A pledge skit was given after the ba:quet by Cappy Lawrence, Nell Gilland, Lillian Williams, and Tommy Jordan. Delta Delta Delta songs were sung by Nibbie Forbes, Mary King, Martha Par ker, Byrd Murray, and Jean Lump kin. Later the whole group joined in a song fest. 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