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Sorority Song Fest
To Get Loving C
Carolina's annual sorority song
fest will be held under the spon
sorship of Alpha Kappa Gamma,
women's leadership fraternity at
8 p. m., Thursday in the audi- Sp
torium of Wardlaw College, Dray
ton Hall, Bettie Moore, AKG presi- St
dent, announced this week.
Each of the campus sororities A
and the Women's Independents held
have been invited to enter some societ
group of singers in the contest. versit
The AKG loving cup trophy will ganiz
be awarded as usual to- the win- ed ar
ning entry, and any group which Sto
wins the cup three consecutive must
years is allowed to keep it. Pi Beta cordit
Phi was last year's winner. They
Winners will be named by five McLe
judges selected by AKG.
All proceeds from the song- D
fest will go to the Alpha Kappa
Gamma Scholarship fund which I
has been, established to aid needy V
female students.
Other officers of Alpha Kappa 0 1
Gamma are Margaret Eleazer,
vice-president; Mary McQueen,
secretary; Faye Lomansky, treas- 1a1it
urer; and Olive Long, correspond- barit<
ing secretary. tervic
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Conven fiDn Arf Tom
Iat th,
Displayed Here 1 Dez
Exhibits from 12 southern col- in th
leges and universities were on dis- and I
play in Maxcy lobby last week ing
during the Southeastern conven- as "t
tion of the College Art association Denni
held in Columbia April 9-10. ing tj
The uniyersities of Florida, befor.
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, cons
Clhattanooga, and Suuth Carolina, bein
and Pembroke College, Converse Dei
College, Florida State College, years
Wesleyan College, the Gibbes Art durin
Gallery and Robinson Galleries turne
have sent exhibits, Prof. Edmund to si
Yaghjian, head of the art depart- Paul
ment announced. Bef
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Casual anklets for dayti
or partytime. Both flatt4
smart; they're a must foi
: Winner
up Thursday
iphrosyneans
onsor Short
:ry Contest
short story contest is being
by the Euphrosynean literary
y, co-ed group at the uni
y, for members of the or
ation. A medal will be award
inually to the winner.
ries for this year's award
be submitted by May 15, ac
igeto Laura Speed, president,
should be handed in to Doi
od, secretary.
:rsey's New
:calist Sings
,i USC Station
Bdy BOB CARPENTER
sensational young Englisi
me, Denny Dennis, was in.
wed Monday night via the
uis radio station WUSC while
olumbia as vocalist with
iy Dorsey's one-night stand
e Township.
mis said that he had been
? United States only 12 days
lad great difficulty in cross
American streets. Described
he Bing Crosby of England,"
s said that his English train
iught him to look to the left
starting aeross a road, and
uently lie narrowly missed
run down several times.
mis served five and one-hall
with the Royal Air Force
g World War 11 and haq
d down offers-in this country
ng with Sammy Kaye and
Whitaman.
ore coming to America, Den
recorded for the Londov
aphone Corporation. Among
itstanding records which havc
wide sales in England ar(
Skies," long popular in the
d States, and "Dangei
d, Beware!", a new Englisl
Inis spent some time on th(
ina campus, pausing to sigr
'raphs for the co-eds in Wadc
)ton dormitory. He said tha
ias completely lost on th(
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4ow Read This
P. M.-Wednesday, April 21
Vesley Foundation CommitteE
ating, followed by square
icing.
ention all PL 16 Veterar
~es at USC:
riles K. Potts, VA training
r, will be at the Guidance
r, McKissick Library or
19 and 20 from 8:30 a. m.
:. in All PL 16 veterans are
port during this time.
step ahead!
OLD BUSH1is on!
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Gold!
me, playtime
~ring and
fE Sigma
Sig
Pictured above are sponsors for
Top row, left to right, Jo Anne Del
erly Mickle, ZTA; Claire Williams,
Martha Ann Tinsley, ADPi; Eveyn
Bunny Hair, Independent; Jo Anne C
Delt; Jean Serra, ChiO; Helene Stein
smith, DT.
Elinor Hull Goes
To Pre-Med Meet
At Colorado Univ.
Elinor Hull, Columbia, official
delegate of the Alpha chapter of
Alpha Epsilon Delta, national
honorary pre-medical fraternity,
has just returned to the campus
after attending the eighth na
tional convention of AED at the
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Colorado.
The Colorado chapter acted as
host to about 150 students and
faculty members representing 40
of the 43 active chapters. The
business sessions of the conven
tion were held in the Ballroom of
the Memorial building in Boulder.
The program for the meeting in
cluded a tour of the University
of Colorado school of medicine
aund hospitals in Denver, a sym
posium on pre-medical education,
a model initiation, a sightseeing
trip through Estes park, and a
steak fry at Left Hand Canyon
Park. Special music was furnished
by students of the University of
Colorado, and a western folk dance
program was presented by the
Calico and Boots Club of the uni
versity.
"A _e apnghsmlihI
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"Afer appngHioe lintl
'hne 2-783 To -hu
RECORD
ClIi lEi
ma Chi Derby Spons
y . .
the Sigma Chi derby to be held
inger, ZTA; Jane Durham, ChiO;
'ri Delt; Claire Cely, ADPi; Jean
Plyler, PiPhi; Second row, left t
ousins, DZ; Bebe Sifford, DZ; Car
, AEPhi; and Sherra Lee Ellison
Student Counts C
Distances On U2
By BILL HEATH
An examination of the cars
iarked on the campus on a ran
om day shows that while the
olks may "watch the Fords go
y", they actually buy more Ply
nouths. Also there are more black
ars than any other, in fact, a]
iost double the rest.
To give some figures, there
vere eight Plymouth-s, seven
iords, .seven Chervolets, three
ludsons, one Mercury, one Buick,
ne Nash, one Oldsmobile, and one
)eSoto.
In regards to colors, black led
vith 12. Green, blue, tan red and
ream followed.
Out of the 30 cars, 16 were
ither 46 or '47? models. The oldest
las a '37 Ford.
There was one Jeep.
Engineers
Civil engineers at the univer
ity have the answer now. For
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otl,h eansr.n g
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LOANS MAD
ofl C,
LOANST LMANE
Drs
next Wednesday on Gibbes Green.
Marjorie Lucas, Independents; Bev
Early, KD; Eleanor Wilson, Pi Phi.
a right, Eleanor Mazursky, AEPhi;
aline Sligh, KD; Felicia Howell, Tri
DT. Not pictured is Jean Gold
ars, Figures
iC Horseshoe
years, potential engineers have
measured, guessed, and judged the
campus. Now at long last it is an
established fact that from the
flagpole to tree number three, as
it is affectionately called by the
CE's, is exactly 79.6 feet,
This old tree, which has weath
ered many an engineer's hard feel
ings, stands serene and claims not
to have budged an inch, but judg
ing from the different answers
arrived at over the' years, some
of the engineers would argue.
F1ina. Hall Cant~een
Open -Tuesay
Trhe second,floor of Flinn Hall
is ablaze with light each Tuesday,
night, from now until the end of
school. For, an open house is be
ing sponsored by the Sophomore
Y Council for all students at that
time.
Dlancinag is done to the music
of a juke box, and cards and tables
are available for bridge. Chess and
checker sets have been placed in
the large room on the second floor,
and the ping pong room is open
for players.
The members of the Sophomore
social committee have issued an
invitation to all students to drop
ls TFuesday nights between studies
for relaxation.
Cabanis
Smart
Cothes
ON ANYTHING
ralue
kIETTO THEATRE
& LUGGAGE CO.
>y Wednesday
.ibbes Green
t. SHERIDAN
rma Chi will hold its annual
at 4 p. m. on Gibbes Green,
-by chairman.
M to represent each sorority
'hese sponsors will be honor
seven events. Participants in
an by sororities and the Inde
wram will be a sack race, egg
and spoon race, pie-eating con
test, wheelbarrow contest, steeple
chase, and tug-o-war. The seventh
event has not been determined.
Sororities are required to have
a different entry for each event.
Uniforms have been selected con
sisting of shorts and other appro
priate apparel.
Races will be judged by the fac
ulty, and points will be awarded
for the first, second and third
plane. The team accumulating the
most points in the seven events
will be declared winner of the
derby and will be awarded the
derby cup, to be retained until
next year. Delta Zeta won the cup
last year.
Last year's derby was featured
by the selection of the Sweetheart
of Sigma Chi. This year, however,
the sweetheart will be announced
at the fraternity spring formal to
be held next Friday at the Co
lumbia Hotel.
Following the derby, a drop in
for the campus will be held in
Sims lobby.
Derby sponsors are: Jo Anne
Dellinger, Jane Durham, Marjorie
Lucas, Beverly Mickle, Claire Wil
liams, Claire Cely, Jean Early,
Eleanor Wilson, Martha Ann Tins
ley, Evelyn Plyler, Eleanor Ma
zursky, Bunny Hair, Jo Anne
Cousins, Behe Sifford, Caroline
Sligh, Felisla Howell, Jean Serio,
Helene Stein, Sherra Lee Ellison,
and Jean Goldsmith.
hanging in the cupola of DeSaus
sure college, was tolled to call the
qmall student body together.
In the days when Carolina was
still in her youth, frolicksome stu
dents wnnii "kidnap" the be!l and
refuse to attend classes until uni
versity authorities could locate
and rehang it.
Now that chapel services have
been discontinued, the relic is used
only on such special occasions as
the eve of the Carolina-Clemson
football classic, when unfortunate
freshmen are required to ring it
continuously over a 24-hour pe
riod preceding the game.
I MAIN STREET
town to get Laundry
nling Service?
he Campus especially
convenience.
B FOR STUDENTS
ICE
-5
ERSITY
iIY CLEANING
VICE
The Cant..an
JaliDe:
Sigma Chi Dert
Afternoon On 4
By JAMES E
Gamma Nu chapter of Sl1
3igma Chi derby Wednesday
iccording to Dick Hardy, der
Two girls have been chos(
ind womens Independents. I
guests and honorary judges.
The derby will consist of
;he contest will be. girls chos
pendents. Included in the pro
Friday Skating
Parties Held
By Y Council
The regular roller skating party
mill leave Flinn Hall this after
ioon under the sponsorship of the
3ophomore Y Council. The parties,
irst begun as an experiment,
iave been made a permanent part
)f Carolina's social activities be
ause of interest shown.
The group will leave Flinn Hall
it 2:15 for the roller rink on De
iine street next to the Drive-In
heatre.
Students are allowed to skate
reely, without being bothered with
)utsiders while learning. Also they
ire not bound by the regular rink
-ules.
The success of the first skat.
ng party, at which 50 students
mere present, warranted the reser
fation of the Friday afternoon
imle for students. Admission
,harge is 50 cents unless more
han 50 are present. If more than
0 students attend a rebate will
e given.
Carolina's Bell
Takes It Easy
Carolina's old college bell, which
vas graduated summa cun laude,
Pebruary 10, 1941, and replaced
)y a modern electric system, now
eads a sedate existence atop the
!hapel in Rutledge college.
The old bell has had a hectic
md colorful history. It was among
he first bells in Columbia to ring
>ut news of the ordinance of se
'ession in December, 1860. Im
nediately after the signing of the
>rdinlance, the bell, which was
I ~ Lisbe
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and Dry Clea
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for students'
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