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REDMOND Arc SPRING'S SPRUNG Or . Adelaide Sox, K. D., now wears Di the pin of "Charming Billy" Nich. 7 ola, K. A.... Fl SOCIAL LIFE H< Friday night, April 26th, will Bc feature the Kappa Delta Formal, nii to be held in the ballroom of the GI Jefferson Hotel. The K. D.'s have made preparations for a vi: danes that should highlight the social season. Although the exact Mi theme of the decorations has not lei been revealed,' be assured that it .. will consist in part of stars . . la, Any time you enter the K. D. St room you see actives and pledges se alike drawing stars. ' re Also scheduled for the coming Sc semester are the Cotillion formal, an the Compass and Chart Formal Ai and the German Club's "June Ball." Ja SORORITY RUSHING M< The jills and Janes on the cam pus will be in the hot and bother ite of rush week, come Monday, when rush season for the spring semes- mi ter begins. Although not as for- sit mal as past rush periods, this se- of mester's should prove entertain- foi ing to the potentiates. Probably, as in the past, the rushing will ce: consist of "ice water" socials . . . de meaning they serve only ice water. de DROP-INS eri It is hardly possible that one an person, regardless of how social minded he might be, can attend co each drop-in given by each or- AT ganization on the campus. If in terested in a good full week try fo: attending these: Sunday-6-7, Chi fr< Society Editor's note-Intro dueing to you for the first time, - cai Bob Smith, who will write ON na THE SLY weekly. Th Over a cup of coffee at John thi Miller's University Grill the other ms day I had a talk with Earl Wil- sa Hams, president of the Hampton- lea Carolina Club. Earl had just re- ] turned from a weekend at Win- Su throp. He claims the "Rock" is co overflowing with good looking shi women, and that there's a large ho demand for Carolina males. Maxcy's Faye Davis is now seen ite with a certain Orangeburg native of son. as Plans for a press at Carolina Ba may be left up to Journalism stu- Joa dents. Tommy Chadwick, of ChAr- an leston, is working on the project. ] Alex Long of Washington can at now be seen heading out Columbia of College way. to Rumors have it that Tommy Gil- thi bert, of Columbia, is engaged to ] Mary Pritchard, who hails from' clu up West Virginia way. dei Hit the "Green Derby Grill" ne: Tuesday night In time to join a thi stag party. Had a vote on which 0.2 girls we'd rather have , along at . this particular time. Those re- by celying highest votes were Rave- las nell Jeffcoat, of Maxcy, Doris pIe Boris of McKissick, Lukie Bennett spi of Wauchope, Toogle Harris of ani Sims, Betty Newton of Wade Di< Hampton, and Joy Van Curren and Bil Jan Fulmer, day students. Wi -Penny Burbage of Greenville, is frc now wearing a ring for Roy Bran- an' don, also of Greenville. Do Saw Georgianna Robinson Sat- Mi urday. The Spartanburg beauty ani Cclaims she may re-enter Carolina Lii again next fall. Cla THE BOOK & R] Corner Blossom and Hi BOOKS - RECORDS-Popular a Victor I[ecords e Columbia R e CAPITOL R Books of All Publishers e TYLER und The Campi sega Drop-In; 8-9, Pi Beta Phi op-In; Monday through Friday, 10, Open House, Second Floor, inn Hall; Monday, 9-11, Open use, Wade Hampton Cafeteria, osters Club; Wednesday eve ig, Delta Zeta Drop-In. tEEK NEWS Julia Bull, Kappa Delta alumna, ited sorority sisters last week. ZTA's have a new transfer, urtha Edens, from Brenau Col re in Gainesville, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi officers elected it week are: president, Anne ie; vice-president, Claire Cely; .retary, Blanche Swarthout; cor 3ponding secretary, Margaret heper; treasurer, Libby Milling; d assistant treasurer, Martha in Tinsley. Pi Beta Phi sorority pledged ne Barnes, North Augusta, last )mday night. Jeanne Cannon, ADPi alum, vis d chapter sisters last week-end. Frances Smith, Pi Phi, attended dwinter dances at the Univer y of Virginia last week as guest Liz Norton and Minerva Wilson, rmer students at the University. Zeta Tau Alpha sorority offi 's for this semester are: presi it, Laura Roberts; vice-presi it Nita Owens; secretary, Cath ne Reid; treasurer, Alsie Blume; 1 historian, Joyce Harmon. fo Seideman, Pi Phi, attended a ,vention of the Daughters of the nerican Revolution in Florence. ADPi's are holding a drop-in Phi Kappa Sigma's Thursday m 6:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. in TXe S By BOB SMITH Ran into big Dave Smith on the npus Tuesday. He's the big me in golf around Carolina. e collegiate amateur informs us it it's impossible to hold a wo n and swing a golf club at the ne time. So-for a while he's ving women off. lad supper with Janie Gilchrist nday night. The Charleston ed left school Tuesday. Says can't stand to be away from ne during the Spring. When basketeer Al Adams vis d the Infirmary recently, half Maxcy went with him. Soon lanky Al was released, out came rbara Woods, June Drake, and in Coxe. Glad to see them ind aga*in. 3obby Mitchell is still infatu d over pretty Betty Harper, Sims. The art model refuses date, according to Bobby, but re's still hope. 'rom reliable sources comes the e that Vernon Sloan, law stu it, may run for lead cheerleader <t election. If he's eligible, we nk the "On-hand" boy would do Foy Van Curren and I dropped Joe Patrone's Gamecock Room t Saturday night. Other cou a present at the nearby night it were: Hubert Carmichael I Doris Dean from Winthrop, :k Millsappa and Katie Shealy, 1 Bobo and Lois Dickson, Jeff ilters and Doris Stromer, also m Winthrop, George Hoover I Betty Newton, Jim Morris and ol Caskrey, Virginia Prince and Iton Clemens, O'Neal Shuinpert I "Hude" Herdandez, Carolyn ,tlejohn and Johnny Horn, Jean iyton and Bill Miller, Beverly ECORD SHOP irden, Five Points mnd Classie - STATIONERY. ecords * Decca Records ECORDS Anythingr in Print Is their chapter room. Mrs. Isabel Heubeck, vice-presi lent of Gamma province of P Beta Phi sorority arrived Tuesday to visit the Columbia alumna( club and Pi Beta Phi active chap ter at the University. Mary Clark, Pi Phi, is visiting in Florida. KIT AND ELIZA Kit FitzSimmons, S. A. E., mem ber of the accounting departmen faculty, will marry Eliza Hodgei in June, the wedding to take plac in Greenwood. Congratulations. GLIMPSED AROUND THE CAMPUS Large crowd attending play-off in Intramural Basketball thi week ... BETTY KOTY, Colleg Crowd columnist, jotting dowi notes about the Greeks . . . Care lina couples enjoying the Ice Fol lies at Township . . . Huge Care lina alum picking up petit co-el and kissing her at foot of dormi tory porch, much to her dismay .. S. A. E.'s making big plans for their founder's day banquet . . Independents planning biL runction at Sesqui . . . "Coming 3oon" . . . The Goose taking the place of the Handshake . .. VER. JON SLOAN'S latest, "On tht 1ark" . . . Mr. Wu comparing Chinese writing with English when student sincerely adds, "Not mnly can he write the durn stufi but he speaks it!" . . . Fraternity men, realizing that spring is here Irawing in fraternity pins and re issuing them . . fly Woods and Charlie Moore, and Dol Lewis and Jerry Meachum. Here's a flash! Bill Rogers of 3partanburg, attended churci sunday morning. Says veterans are admitted free. Speaking of tough breaks, Pal ner MacArthur, thumbing fron tome Sunday, was caught in a mnowstorm. The latest scandal out is thai Elarold Scott, of Sumter, and Con. way's Jim McGrew are dating wo nen on Sumter street. From us who are in the know, this is purely i rumor. Both have serious inter ?sts at Columbia College. The Law School's pride, Ernesi Cook of Hartsville, brought a new :onvertible up this semester. Girls f you're out for a good time, cal Burney 2nd floor. Heard that Maxey's Frances Wallace has posted outside he, bor, "Kilroy was here." (At thiu point Housemother Chisholn ransferred to Wade Hampton.) ad Fran's opinion of why Rich ird doesn't open up is because he'i Harvard man and there's a Yali ock on the door. However, da) itudent Mary Wimberly is con rinted that lier Richard is a Care ina,man. And outside her rooir bangs, "Open the door, Richard and come on in." And thus ON THE SLY closes or this' week but we'll be spying m you!! The All Purpose Aluminum Campus Representative R. M. ANTHONY 813 Henderson St. Phone 3488 On Display University Canteen FOR THEl SHOW I Stay Turn CBS AT Tise Gamecock Pi Phi Protegee I ] er This 2'% year old Finnish boy is e of 43 child war victims in I rope that Pi Beta Phi national raternity is helping through Save e Children Federation. Pi Beta Phi's Aid In Support Of 43 Child War Victims The local chapter of Pi Beta Phi announced today that at a cost of over $4,000, this national women's fraternity had under taken, through the "Save the d Children Federation," to provide help for 43 child war victims in n France, Belgium, and Finland. The help will be in the form of spon sorships for individual children which will provide, at a cost of $96 e per child, clothing, food and other necessities. r Arrangements with the "Save the Children Federation" to carry out i the program were made by Mrs. a Warren T. Smith of Tacoma, h Washington, former Grand Vice n President of Pi Beta Phi in accord t with the action of the 1946 con- a vention in voting to use the bal- R ance remaining in the fraternity's a War Project Fund to aid young a children in Europe. fl Methodist Group To Have Musical A musical program featuring the Columbia College Chorus will be presented at the Washington Street Methodist Church Youth Center, Sunday, March 9, at 8 p. nm., it wvas announced by Bill Hlunley, program chairman. The program is sponsored by the Wesley Foundation, composed of the University and Columbia College students. for Shoes that look like new VISIt ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. BIGGEST N TOWN 1490KC :aculty Union Is To Be, stablished On Campus Members of the University fac ilty who are interested in form ng a Faculty Club, met last week and elected Professor Edmund (aghjian, of the Art Department, president of the club. Professor I. R. Lewis was elected secretary reasurer. The purpose of this Faculty *lub is to provide for a recreation enter or meeting place where nembers of the faculty can meet mnd entertain visitors to the cam us. "It is somewhat like your dream 1 a Student Union," said Dean . W. Bradley. The members of the club are at present considering the old slave Iuarteprs behind the old Lieber ome on the University campus or their Faculty Union. Francis ieber, once a professor at the Jniversity, was a great scholar md the first political economist n America. The home which he occupied luring his residence at the Uni rersity was erected in 1836. It s presently occupied by Dean W. D. Rowe of the School of Engi teering. "This location has been selected ecause it has atmosphere," said )ean Bradley. A committee has been appointed o investigate the possibilities nd costs of restoring the old lave quarters and making them home for the Faculty Union. [owever, nothing definite has been ecided. o To Flinn F r k Dancing Date By ELLEN SCHOFIELD One of the many favorite pas imes of the college crowd is ancing, but during the past se iester very few facilities on the ampus were available. This term he "Y" has installed a juke box i Flinn Hall for your conveni nee. For those who like soft ro iantic music, the juke box sup lies "Sentimental Reasons" by leek Watson, and "The Old Lamp ghter" by Kay Kyser. And, on night when the moon is full and igh in the sky, "Moonlight Sere ade" can be heard. For the jit ?rbugs the box has a disc of "It's Pity to Say Goodnight" by Stan :enton, and also "A-Huggin' and -Chalkin'" by Hoagy Carmichel nd even "Just Squeeze Me." You can keep time with your eet and your heart by dancing in 'linn Hall between 9 a. m. and 0:30 p. m. at night. For the many students at Caro na who do not dance, not because hey don't want to, but beeause hey don't know how, the "Y" has rganized a dancing class which held two afternoons a week. 'linn hall says "this juke box is ALL SEASONABLI ART FLO1 MARION Hij CAMPUS AGE CORSAGES A PHONE 1227 Hampton Street In response to many request: Is now offering special cla Dancing for Cai CALL ENROLLMENT W Next Class 4 March 13, a Terephone 324 W. W. ROTH, 80 Beverly Geor Head Of Ka Organized AI Art Work Of Two South Carolinians Shown In Library Paintings by Miss Julia Bull Charleston and Mrs. Naomi I Crackin of Bluffton are being 4 played in the second floor co: dor of McKissick Library Ma 1-15. The display includes we color paintings and drawings pen and ink. Miss Bull was graduated fr the University of South Carol in 1945. She received an A. degree in art. For the past yE she has worked as a free la artist and a part-time student the Art Students' League in I1 York. She plans to continue studies. Mrs. McCrackin studied 1 vately with Balton Brown Bluffton and Woodstock, 1? York. Her art work, which is c fined to pastime, is conceri chiefly with low-country scenes Some of Miss Bull's works the display include "Wade Har ton Dormitory," "McKissick brary," "Flinn Hall," "South Ca liniana Library," "Law Librar "Cooper River," "Carolina Ga post," and "Pine Grove." Mrs. McCrackin's drawings elude "Nellie's Cottage," "Bluffi Street," "The Garage," "Hui Yard," "Water Tanks," "Li' oaks," and "A House." Dutch Supper Give For History Alumni The history department was h< at a dutch supper at the We Hampton cafeteria at 7 p. m. F day for the University alumni w majored in history. Professor W. H. Calcott, pi fessor of history and Dean of t Graduate school, addressed t gathering. He reviewed the l: decade of the history departmE and mapped the growth of t graduate work being done in tl department. All history majors and thi families were invited to attei This was the first of a series scheduled get-togethers to be hi by the history department. not here for the students who li on dancing, but for each and eve one of the students who live Carolina." Columbia Dairies 917 Main Street SCOLUMBIA, S. C. SCUT FLOWERS TER SHOP NT TEN. 29 SPECIALTY 2-6781 Columbia, S. C. ss instruction in Ballroon olina Students. NOW ! [LL BE LIMITED lommences Lt 8 P. M. 1l or 4-4401 2 Picens Street Page Three ge Is Elected pa Pi, ]Recenly A Fraternity """Beverly George, a senior from Wilmington, North Carolina, was elected president of the Alpha Psi chapter of Kappa Pi, honor ary Art fraternity, at a meeting held last week. of Other officers chosen at the de- same time were Wendell Shorter, lis- vice-president; Penny Jennings, rri- secretary; and Betty Harper, rch treasurer. ter The Alpha Psi chapter of Kappa in Pi was organized at the Univer sity last semester for the first om time. It is a national honorary ina society. Professor Edmund Yagh B. jian is director. ar, rce Informal Rush Week To Begin For Co-Eds With Pan Hellenic Tea Sunday ri- All non-sorority girls on the of University of South Carolina cam ew pus who are interested in partici )n- pating in informal rush week, are ied reminded that rush week begins with a Pan Hellenic Tea in the in lobby of Sims College from 5-6 lp- p. m. Sunday, March 9. Li- Each sorority will have one ro- party during the rushing period. y," Bids to these parties will be sent te- out by the sororities and accept ances should be mailed back to the in- sororities by the rushees. The on parties will be held on Wednes ,er day, Thursday, and Friday, March re- 12, 13, 14, and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17, 18, and 19. Thursday, March 20, will be ob ' served as silence day. On this day, rushees file their preferences with Dean Childs and sororities )st turn in their lists to Dean Childs. de No sorority girls may talk to ri- rushees on Thursday until the re ho sults of rush week have been an nounced to the Pan Hellenic Coun 'o- cil at 5 p. m. This meeting of he the Pan Hellenic Council will of he ficially end rush week. ist Any non-sorority girl with a C nt average is eligible to go through he rushing. All who are interested at must come to the Pan Hellenic Tea Sunday, March 9, and sign air their names on the guest book id. which will be checked with Dean of Childs. Id ye ry at 1427 MAIN ST. At The Theaters 0 To~* ues.. Sun-- hon-' OF Wd Barbara Sun and -AS 13th 110Th Rlarn . chUlS.