Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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With mid-semesters now waded through, maybe some over eager students minus nails and hair (no reference to VICTOR BARRETT and MITCHELL SCOTT, who we understand lost theirs of other causes) unmistakable signs appear ] that spring has sprung ... around the corner ... and under a tree ... large attendance at the base ball games, track meets, Caro lina Cup Races, weiner roasts, and blanket parties. r Peach Blossom Queen Penny Jennings, Kappa Delta, of Columbia was crowned Queen of the first annual Peach Blos son Festival by Governor J. Strom Thurmond last Friday in John ston. She was entered in the con test as "Miss Columbia" by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Penny will also preside as "Miss Columbia" in the coming Azalea Festival in Charleston. Parties . . . Past and Present The Pi Phi actives took their new pledges out to dinner at The Market last Thursday night . . Sigma Chi's held an out-door party at John Eton's Lake last Satur day night . . . Alpha Delta Pi's entertained the members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity Thursday with a drop-in ... Zeta Tau Alpha entertained the Sigma Chi fra ternity Wednesday with a drop-in in their sorority rooms . . Phi Sigma Kappa pledges will throw a "Tacky Party" for the actives next Wednesday night . . . Tri Delta actives,. new pledges, and old pledges were entertained at a post pledging banquet at the Metropolitan Restaurant . .. Last Sunday the Tri Delta pledges en tertained the members of Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha soro rities with a drop-in in their chapter room . . . The Pi Kappa Phi pledges will give the actives a weiner roast on April 9 ... Houseparties planned for the Easter Holidays are: Phi Kappa Sig's down at Myrtle Beach . . Kappa Sig's at Pawley's . . . Pi Kappa Phi's at Pawley's . . . the Sigma Chi's will split their ranks with some going to Savannah Beach and some to Pawley's . . Recently Elected Pledge Officers The new pledge class of Pi Kappa Alpha recently elected their officers. They are: president, JACK BALLANTINE; vice presi dent, -J. K. SMITH; secretary, SHERMAN SMITH; and treas urer, LARRY LANE . . . The newly elected Kappa Sigma pledge officers are: BILLY McBRIDE, president; DAVID BRITTON, vice president; and FRAN TALBERT, secretary-treasurer. PALMER Mc ARTHUR is pledgemaster for Kappa Sig . . . The pledge of ficers just elected for Sigma Chi are: TOM WILLIAMSON, presi dent; CHARLIE GASQUE, vice president; EDWARD STILL, sec retary; and DICK WILLIAMSON, treasurer. Spring Pinnings and Weddings Allen Driggers, Phi Sigma Kap pa, recently pinned Elizabeth "Lib" Littlejohn . . . Carolyn Martin is now wearing the PiKA pin of Frank Butler . . . Oren Jones, Theta Chi transfer from Presbyterian College, will be wed to Sara Martin, of Furman Uni ver'sity, during the Easter Holi days. Snatchings and Grabbings aP1 Phi Alum EDNA HILL HAYNES visited her sorority sis ters here last week-end . .. TROY NEWMAN and GEORGE EVAN were initiated into PiKA last Tuesday night . . . The PiK A's also welcome JAMES JERNIGAN, a transfer from the Presbyterian College Chapter .. . ALICE MUL LIS and NITA OWENS, Zeta Tau Alpha, are going to Florida to spend the Easter Hlolidays... The New COLLEGIATE P is now 1 910% 1 Two Doors Fr Colle Formerly Located Photos B Doris Boris Chos Carolina In Toy Doris Boris, sophomore from St. ndrew's Parish, has been select d to compete as the representa ive from Carolina in the national ontest as the girl most likely to ucceed as a fashion model." rances Smith, senior from Wal alla, is second place winner imong the Carolina coeds whose )ictures were submitted by the 3amecock. Doris has already made plans :o enter the Barbizon Modeling school in New York next sum ner. She was interviewed and ested in New York last summer d was accepted as a student at ;hat time. Her past experience in model ng includes posing for Gibbes Art Gallery in Charleston and for irt classes at the University. Doris has also modeled in several local fashion shows. She says that die would like to have a career in modeling, for a short time. Miss Boris has three main hob ,ies which are in this order, foot ball, horses, and dancing. She also likes to sing and sings with Henry Westbrook's orchestra when they play for campus affairs. A tall brunette, she has brown hair, brown eyes, is five feet, eight inches, and weighs 128 pounds. At Carolina she double majors in English and Psychology, but modeling is her main interest. Horton Stresses Need For More Y Volunteers Bob Horton, newly elected presi dlent of the YMCA, announces that the "Y" is losing most of its Cabi net members with the close of the current semester. Places are open for volunteers on the general "Y" cabinet. Those eligible for the Junior Senior "Y" group must be either rising juniors, seniors, or law stu dents. Men are wanted for the various "Y" committees such as Vespers programs, counselors for the fresh man camp in September, editors for the "Handbook" and "Y News Letter", committees of discussion groups and public affairs forums, socials, and other varied activities of the "Y". Students interested should leave their names with Bob Horton or the "Y" office in Flinn Hall. USC Alum Now Serves Overseas As Army Hf~ostess Recently returning to the Eu ropean theater after a thirty-day leave in the United States was Army Hostess Mary M. Benyamin of Arlington, Virginia, a former student at Carolina. Miss Benyamin has had long experience wvith the army as a member of the Women's Army Corps in the Mediterranean Army Air Forces. She wears the WAC Ribbon, American Theater Rib. bon, Good Conduct Ribbon, the Mediterranean Theater Ribbor with one battle star and the Vic tory Ribbon. After joining the Army Hos, tesses she was sent to the Eu. ropean theater for duty wvith th( Western Base Section at Le Havre France. She is currently assignec< to the Continental Base Sectiom in Germany. As an Army Hostess she wvil direct activities at one of thi many Army service clubs wvhic1 have been established to providi the soldier with homelike sur roundings. Home of IIOTOGRAPHERS ocatedl at hlaini St. m Joe Patrone's ge Inn in the U.S.C. Canteen y Manning en To Represent er Girl" Contest Junior-SeniorYWCA Names Lacy Butler As New President Lacy Butler, junior from Win ston-Salem, N. C., was ..elected president of the Junior-Senior YWCA at a meeting held last week. Other officers elected are Ama lie Stone, vice-president Jessie Phasey, secretary, and Claire Par ler, treasurer. Lacy has been active in the YWCA during her three years at Carolina and served as chairman of the devotions committee on the "Y" Cabinet. Jessie Phasey, Co lumbia, has been on the Vespers Committee this semester; Claire P Parler has been the editor of the h Y Newsletter; and' Amalie Stone ~ has served on the Y Cabinet as head of the campus activities and 4 Infirmary. Nominations blanks for the candidates of these offices were sent to all junior and senior girls who have participated in the "Y" bE and these officers were elected M from the nominations. w Officers of the YWCA for the at previous year were Dorothy Phasey, president; Betty Brown, g vice-president; Ann Stone, secre- le tary; and Ludy Martin, treasurer. sc ts Regulations Passed To Supplement Art ; Fraternity's Laws h By-laws, rules, and regulations ci were passed to supplement the national constitution of Kappa Pi t1 art fraternity by the Alpha Psi a chapter at a meeting held Wed- t: nesday of last week. si Attendance regulations were c, given special attention. Provision c1 was made for associate member- h ship to be held by professional c artists and graduate students. These members are to be excused e from attendance regulations but - will be allowed to participate in the activities of the fraternity and attend programs which it sponsors. Plans were discussed to organize sketch groups, arrange programs, and invite artists to appear at meetings as guest speakers. Ar rangements are also being made .to have movies on art shown to v the group. Wendell Shorter, vice- t president, has charge of program- d planning for the organization. I. The fraternity wvill make plans 1: for pledging new members at the a next meeting which will be held after the Easter holidays. Require-' ments fo,r membership are a "B" average and a major or a minor in the art department.i Present membership in the fra-t ternity includes about 30 persons,t active and associate members. Beverly George, president of the organization, presided at the meeting. Professor Edmund Yagh-i jian, head of the art department, is faculty advisor. < DELUXE PRI To the West and th4 Leaving Columbia .d Personally conducted by SWEENY. Uni, FOR THE SHOW I13 Stay Tuned I CBS AT ictured above is Miss Dorothy st Friday night, March 28, in as been studying piano at the Mademoiselle: Fiction Conte. A College Fiction Contest ing sponsored by Mademosel agazine in which $1,000 in priz ill be awarded for the best sho ories written by women unde -aduate students, according to tter received by the Gameco, ciety editor. Five hundred d< rs each will be awarded for t vo best short stories submitt this annual nationwide conte The contest began this mon id will terminate on May 1, 194 ancy Garoutte, associate colle. )ard editor for Mademoisel as announced the rules for t ntest. All manuscripts should be frc ree thousand to five thousa ords in length. Stories must ppewritten, double-spaced, on o de of the paper only, with t )ntestants name and addre early marked. Address includ ome address, college address, a )llege year. Only women undergraduates e igible for the contest. Stor' JSC Debators To 3roadcast Next Aeet Over WIS The debating team of the U ersity has recently been invii > meet their next opponent in ebate to be aired over a Colu ia radio station, Ray A. Fu rogram director of Station WV aid yesterday. The topic of the debate will Should Labor Share in the Mi gement of Industry ?" The University debating te Sat present in Newv York p cipating in the national debat ornament, and will meet WeI rn Reserve in their next deb, 1 Columbia. Professor M. G. Christopher: s coach of the Carolina teo rhich last year won the natio ollegiate debating championshi VATE TOUR Canadian Rockies ug. 1st-37 Days MADAME GRACE C. ersity of S. C. Now! BIGGEST ITOWN 1490KC Phasey, who gave her senior recital the University Chapel. Miss Phasey university for the past seven years. Sponsors College >t For Women is which have been printed in under le graduate college publications may es be submitted, but they must not have been published elsewhere. rt Judges will be the editors of r- Mademoiselle, and all decisions a will be final. ek The winning stories will be pub. >l- lished in the August 1947 issu< he of the magazine. Other stories ed which prove acceptable will be t. bought by Mademoiselle at regu th lar rates. 17. Miss Garoutte states in hei ge letter that "since the magazine is le, one for young women betweet he eighten and thirty years of age it is anxious not only to reflec >m their point of view, but to publisli nd fiction by authors of real meri be in that age group." ne Winners of Mademoiselle's col he lege fiction contests have alway: ss aroused the interest of publishers les Miss Garoutte added. Three win nd ners in the last three years hav, signed contracts for their books. re Entries should be addressed t( les College Fiction Contest, Mademoi - selle, 122 East 42nd Street, Nev York 17, New York. ed IS, be m- Chatet am ar ing ~st ate nal p Twenty-Seven ( During Sorori?y Senior Recital Given By Dorothy Phasey Friday , In Chapel At University A Hugh Williamson, Director of g the Music Department, presented his pupil, Dorothy Phasey, in her s 1l senior piano recital at the Uni versity Chapel Friday, March 28, D at 8:30 p. in. H Miss Phasey presented an in- IJ teresting and varied program of works ranging fon the periods of Bach to Moussorgsky. She was . assistedi by Mr. Ralph Rozier, or- I ganist, who played the orchestral I parts of the iubelistein Concerto. The program will consist of Adagio, from organ Toccata in C major, No. 1, Bach-Myra Hess; Organ Prelude in G minor, Bach Siloti; Andante Con Variazioni, from Sonata 01). 26, Beethoven; Ballade, Op. 10, No. 2, Brahms; Berceuse, Chopin; Waltz in A s Flat, Chopin; Pictures at an Ex hibition (Promenade, The Dwarf, Promenade, Ballet of the Chicks, Promenade, "Limoges" The Mar- s ket Place, The Gates of Kiev), Moussorgsky; Concerto No. IV in ) minor, Moderato assai, Ruben- 1 stein. Miss Phasey, daughter of the late Colonel Victor Phasey and Mrs. Jessic Phasey of Columbia. is an outstanding student at the v University. She is vice-president s of Delta Zeta sorority, president a of the YWCA, special features t l editor of the Garnet and Black, historian of Alpha Kappa (amnia, t secretary of the Public Affairs r Committee, and secretary of the Convocations Committee. Dorothy Phasey was born in p Honolulu, Hawaii. During the I time that her father was station ed at Fort Jackson she attended Dreher High School in Columbia, < from which she was graduated in r 194.1. She has had the greater a part of her musical education at < the University, having studied pi- i Pano with Director Williamson for the past seven years. 2- v . & *CC'. ' 3irlIs Pledged R8sh Week Sorority rush week, which be an at the University on March ended March 20 with 27 girls edging. Pi Beta Phi led the other >rorities, taking in eight new eiher . Alpha Epsilon Phi and lpha Delta Pi did not pledge any irls. The list of new pledges for the >rorities in spring semester rush ig is as follows: Chi Omega, orothy Griffith; Delta Delta elta, Mary Irene Parker, Felicia lowell, and Annette Jennerette; elta Tau, Renee Berlinsky, Rae riedman, Miriam Goldstein, and nn Lurey; Delta Zeta, Caroline radham, Kathleen Brown, Betty can Strom, and Ann Varner; appa Delta, Jeanne Simpson, etsy Sipple; Pi Beta Phi, Mary rhery, Peggy Cain, Virginia Ed nund, Joyce laye-, Marilyn Mc ormick, Maxine Todd, Louise Pright, and Mary Byrd; Zeta Tau lpha, June Drake, Carolyn Halti anger, Sara Hughey, Sue Shaw, nd Mary Sunnersett. Girls who participated in rush ee k were required to have a "C" verage on their work at mid emester. Rush week began Sunday, March with an informal tea in Sims >b, and ended Thursday, March 0, with formal pledging by the ororities. (M-YW Deputation Feam Tours Upper )art Of The State The University of South Caro na Deputation team which has isited 20 high schools in the tate this year, left March 27, for nother tour in the upper part of he state. They visited Ware Shoals, Bel on, Honea Path, and Saluda and eturned to Columbia Friday, larch 28. The Deputation team is com osed of Don Smith, Watson Dorn, d Moorer, Betty Ruth Stephen, nd Mary Arbery. Ed Moorer will serve as master f ceremonies, Don Smith will iake a talk on "Vocational Guid nee." Watson Dorn will speak n "Honesty and Character Buil' ng". Betty Ruth Stephen will play the piano and Mary Arbery Vill sing. Necklace, or Twist as a bracelet, 1.98 See These and Other Items At Monogram Bar At DAVISN'Sa