The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 23, 1947, Page Page Four, Image 4
First Sigm
To Be Toi
Members of the Gamma 1
ternity at the university a
Chi Derby to be held tomo:
7 p. m.
Al Killebrew, chairman o
announced that the climax c
ment of the 1947 Sweethe;
sorority and girl's indepeni
two girls and from this list t
Sigma Chi members will choc
their sweetheart. The winn
whose name will not be reveal
until the close of the festiviti
will be presented with a lovi
cup and a white floral cross. S
will act as queen while the otl
girls who will have competed i
the honor will be the guests of t
Derby.
The judges for the Derby w
be President Norman M. Smil
Dean Francis W. Bradley, a
Dean Arney R. Childs.
A sack race, a chariot race, i
lays, three-legged races and oth
similar contests will be featur
at the event. Sorority girls m;
participate in these, but only o
girl may be entered in each cc
test to represent each sorority.
cup will be awarded the gro
winning the greatest number
contests. It is also announced th
five-minute skits will be present
by each sorority.
The Sigma Chi Derby originat
at the University of California
the early '30s. The plan of havi:
girls participate in the conte.
came about at the time of its i
ception. It has become traditior
on many campuses throughout t
nation as the event at which t
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi is nami
This is the first time that t
Carolina chapter has put on
Sigma Chi Derby, although it
planned to make the affair an s
nual one.
The 20 "sweetheart" candidal
were honored at a drop-in Is
week at the home of John Ede
at 2400 Heyward Street.
Candidates are Patty Malco
and Beth Fillingim, Chi Omeg
Martha Ann Tinsley and Bec
Fuller, Alpha Delta Pi; .Jo Seic
man and Carolyn Dickson, Pi Be
Phi; Jan Fulmer and Jean Badgi
Kappa Delta; Jean Lumpkin a
Sara Bull, Delta Delta Delt
Evelyn Coward and Betty Coun
Delta Zeta; Jackie Rosenberg a
Rona Seigel, Alpha Epsilon P
Margaret Lunn and Lib Stewa
Zeta Tau Alpha; Jean Goldsmi
and Shara Lee Ellison, Delta Ts
and Jeanne Johnson and Kit
Baldwin, Independents.
Library Being Use
More Than Ever.
Says W. P. Kellai
Mr. W. P. Kellam, univers
librarian, recently released f
ures regarding the increased c
culation during the present y<
of the McKissick Memoial Libra
Mr. Kellam stated, "The libra
is being used more now than ei
before in its history. This increi
is due not only to the record 4
rollment at the university, but
is an increase in per capita als'
A circulation statistics compa
son for the years 1946 and 10
gives these results:
January, 1946... .. .. ...278E
February, 1946. .. .. .. ..225E
March, 1946 .. .. .. .. . ..369C
January, 1947. .. .. .. . . 413
February, 1947. .. .. .. ..658(
March, 1947 . 7381
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a Chi Derby
norrow At 4
Tu chapter of the Sigma Chi fra
re making plans for the Sigmi
mrow on Gibbes Green from 4 t
f the Derby Day festivities, ha
f the affair will be the announce
rt of Sigma Chi. Each campu
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:, Two Contests
t1t
eFor Essays Ar(
Now Open
er
or Students of the university ar
he eligible to compete in the Hollan
l Centennial essay contest breini
sponsored by the Centennial Con
' mission at Hope College, Michi
gan, according to a letter receive4
yesterday by The Gamecock.
e- First, second, and third 'prize
ed include a trip to the Netherland:
of about six weeks in the summe:
y of 1947, as a special guest of thi
ne Netherlands Government.
A Fourth, fifth and sixth prize:
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of gan, in August, 1947 as a specia
at guest at the Centennial festivities
ed Honorable mention awards wil
consist of interesting and valuabli
ed books on the Netherlands.
in The essays submitted should tel
ig in what way Dutch immigrant
ts have contributed to the making o
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al should be, "The Influence of Dutcl
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he tion."
d. All entries should be mailed t,
he The Chairman of the Essay Proj
a ect of the Centennial Commissior
is Dr. Clarence De Graaf, Hope Col
n- lege, Holland, Michigan.
Deadline for material is Ma:
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ns Also, the Stephen Vincent Bene
Memorial Poetry and the Theodor
m Dreiser Memorial Prose Award
a; for Young Writers have been of
ky ficially opened to the students o
le- the university.
ta These awards are presentei
!r, semi-annually by the Memoria
nd Awards Committee of the NeN
a; Writing Foundation, the nations
ts, federation of eollege and higl
nd school writing clubs.
ut; The awards are dedicated to th
rt, encouragement and developmen
th of young American writers whos
u; work furthers the democratic lit
ty erary tradition to which Stephe
Benet and Theodore Dreiser de
voted their lives. There are n
limitations on either the theme s
d lected or the form in which thes
works are written.
The only iron rule is that a
applicants be under the age (
thirty and that it shall have rn
ty previously been published con
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Pictured above are 17 of the 20
3 be chosen at the Sigma Chi Derb
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r Dickson, Jeanne Johnson and Ki
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Lumpkin, Jackie Rosenberg and
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candidates for 1947 Sweetheart of Sigma C
y to be held tomorrow at Gibbes Green. Left
ecky Fuller, Betty Counts, Evelyn Coward, r
tty Baldwin. Back row: Shara Lee Ellison, Je
Jan Fulmer, Lib Stewart and Jean Badger.
Rhona Seigel. (Photo by Stan Lewis of US(
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Maxcy lobby is theo
comotion. People come
go, but few have eve
ticed the two trophy c
each side of the roon
On the north side o
the case contains se
On the top shelf is a
lina football trophy
was presented by th
1900. Beside it is the
award which was won
versity in 1945.
On the next row is
Sylvan Cup for the a
country race of Sou
colleges which Carol
many years. On the sa
South Carolina In
Track and Field meet ]
awarded May 5, 1934
The Sweetheart will when the university
to right, front row: Jo copped top honors.
largaret Lunn, Carolyn Across the room oi
in Goldsmith, Patty Mal- side of the lobby sti
Not pictured are Jean which is a gift from
News Service). Greenville-"Given to
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minments Of USC
FIELD Carolina Intercollegiate Tennis As
:enter of all sociation, 1906." On the same
and people shelf is the Carolina-Davidson
really no- award for debating, won at Win
ases, one on throp College, March 4, 1912. This
1. was awarded by the Chamber of
f the lobby, Commerce of Rock Hill.
veral cups. South Carolina's tenth annual
South Caro- intercollegiate track and field
cup which meet collected another trophy. The
e Class 'of freshman took honors then, on
S.C.F.G.A. May 3, 1940 at Presbyterian Col
by the uni- lege.
placed the In 1933 the Southern Confer
pnulcdss tence basketball championship was
nnu Caross awarded to Carolina after one of
nh ana the most successful seasons in
na entered
me row, the the school's history.
bercollegiate The athletes and debaters who
ias a trophy won these trophies and honors for
in Clinton their Alma Mater have long since
track men passed from the campus view. Yet
the south they have left something tangible
ands a cup for all to see and to know that to
the City of them "A Greater Carolina" was
the South not an empty phrase.
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