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Peggy Groverman, university fres1 the Azalea Queen at the Charleston was described "most interviewable" c by Manning Harris). Rooster Pecking By RUTH NEWELL Exchange Editor Winthrop lei Winthrop beauty honors this week go to: Chevalette Fenton, se junior fron Orangeburg, who , was crowned Queen Azalea X in of Charleston; and Betty Byrd, se- le. nior from Kingstree, who was se- w lected honorary cadet colonel at wl Clemson's annual military ball. Anne Byrd will be chief mar- si< shal, and Margaret Stuckey will to be her assistant next year. Se Spring seems to have brought qu election fever. Here is a list of th organizations and their officers, in listing the president, home and or- ra ganization in that order: fr Frances Gamble, Kingstree,I Ns Westminster Fellowship. pr Emma Jane Black, Ulmers, Winthrop College Band. se: Cathryn Castles, Winnsboro, Phi at Upsilon Omicron, national honor mi society for home economics. Sara Sawyer, Monetta, Kappa se Delta Pi national education so- M ciety. ti( June Smith, Masquers dramatic - club. G4 Alice Lucas, Georgetown, Sigma n Epsilon Kappa, junior-senior Eng lish club. I Jean Martin, Gray Court, Wes-ly, ley Foundation. Virginia Fouche, Charleston, In ternational Relations club. Nancy Tillinghast, Canterbury club. Eleanor WVall. Elberton, Ga., Archimedians, math club. ca New berry Mary Katherine Black, of Moncks Corner, will rule as May - Queen. Frances Boliek, of Co- a lumbia, will be her Maid of Honor. The College Singers went to th 1530 MA STYLE MART FOR 3 CADILLAC SLACKS ESQUIRE SO FRENCH CUF] SPORT SHIRTS SLEI CAPS WITH SI All Colors anm MU MEN1 1219 MAIN Adjoiningr Carc Azalea Queen man from Georgetown, was ru festival this year. Miss Grove f the queens by the Charlestoy larine Comm or Graduates Graduates of an accredited col ,e or university may now make plication for commissions as :ond lieutenant in the regulax irine Corps. Any male citizen the United States over 20 and a than 25 on July 1 may apply th both married and single mer gible. Upon appointment to commis ned rank an officer is assigner the next class of The Basic hool. After completion of re irements of this course, he is -n on a same professional stand. r as all other officers of equa ak who have been procured >m other sources, such as the tval Acadedy and the NROTC 3grams. rhe applicant is required t< .ve only two years, after whici his own request he may ter nate his active duty service. At any time after two years rvice, he may resign from th( arine Corps at his own discre mn, or he may continue and serv( horgia and Florida on their an al tour. Father: "Son, are you pursuini ur studies faithfully?" Son: "Yes, indeed, sir I'm al tys far behind." Joe: "Who wvas Talleyrand?" Moe: "A fan dancer, and yol n talk plainer than that." Professor: "What do you knox out Spanish syntax?" Student: "Gosh, I didn't knos ey had to pay for their fun." fEN WHO KNOW SHOES X SPORT COATS SHIRTS* WVELESS SWEATERS JNSHADES I CAN SSHOP nner-up in the annual selection rman represented Georgetown an i News and Courier staff. (Phol issions Open Of University for either 20 or 80 years an( upon retirement, receive 50 pe cent per month of the base pay o the rank held at the end of activ duty for the former period an 1 75 per cent for the latter. An unmarried second lieutenar with less than three years' servic receives, including quarters an subsistence allowance, approxi -mately $260 per month. A mar ried second lieutenant receives a increase of approximately $40 p month. The place of duty is normall rotated every three years offerin an opportunity for travel and edu cation. Applications may be submitte immediately. Requests for form should be addressed to the Cow i mandant of the Marine Corpi Washington 25, D. C. Some dc lay may be avoided by makin application prior to graduation. Students interested may secui additional information from Ms jor L. D. Reid in Hamilton 201. "Peggy," murmured the ol fashioned David, "may I kiss yot hand?" "'O.K., if that's your idea < yum-yum," yawned Peggy. "Bi don't zscurcn your schnozzola c my cigarette." Limestone Janie B. Richardson, of Ai drewvs, was chosen May Queen. Jo Eden succeeds Janle ] Richardson, in 1948-1949 as pres dent of studont government. I Clemson Earle Morris is the new YMC president. Dale Blakely, Limestone stude: fronm Laurens, was selected hono ary captain of Pershing Rifle military fraternity. Blue Key elected the followir new members: Phelps H. Bul man, Edwin Freeman, L.eo KI ven, Dan S. May, Sam E. M1 Gregor, David Peebles, Philip) Prince, E. M. Rallings, L. Smith, Charles N. Still, and Ro ert T. Thomas. Florence Yellow Jacket There was a faith healer of DE Who said, "Although pain ist real, If I sit on a pin And puncture my skin, I dislike what I fancy I feel.". Hi-Time. Lone chick taking a look aroul the electric Incubator of unhatche eggs: "Well, it looks as if I'll an only child. Mother's blov a fuse."-West Wind. for Shoes that look like new I visit ROBERTS SHOE REPAIRING SERVICE 0 0 0 NEXT TO CITY FIRE DEPT. 1319 Sumter St. NROTCCadets Plan Summer Atlantic Cruise Naval Academy Group Has 60 From Carolina Further information concerning the summer cruise of approxi -mately 60 Carolina NROTC ca dets has been received. The unit of 60 Carolina NROTC cadets will cruise with a Naval Academy group from June.21 to July 12. The cruise, which will include 3,720 trainees, will be carried out in the Eastern Atlantic and Med iterranean. The first port to be visited will be Lisbon, Portugal. The remainder of the itinerary has not been completed. Included in the cruise will be 2,469 midshipmen from the Naval Academy, 735 midshipmen from o 11 NROTC units, aproximately d 500 officers and enlisted naval re e servists and 25 Army officers from the 1948 class at the Mili tary Academy. The cruising squadron will con sist of 13 naval vessels, headed by the battleship USS Missouri. Also included will be the carrier Coral , Sea, the heavy cruisers Columbia r and Macon, and the destroyers f George K. MacKenzie, Ernest G. e Small, Power, Vesole, Bordelon, d Leary, Clennon and Dyean; and the landing ship, dock, USS Do ,t mer. e Commanding the squadron will be Rear Admiral Heber H. Mc Clean, who will fly his flag from the Missouri. Admiral Richard L. Connolly, commander in chief of - U.S. Naval iorces, Eastern Atlan tic and Mediterranean, will also fly his flag from the Missouri during the time that the unit is operating in the area of his com mand. a Prof. R. H. Wienefeld of the - history department will represent 1, university President Norman - Smith during the cruise. g Broadcasting Class Transcribes First Of Student Series r The radio broadcasting class of Carolina produced the first of a ) series of transcribed programs it last week at station WIS, accord-1 n ing to Frank Harden, instructor. Harden said that the entire pro gram was produced by students1 without professional help. The 1- first show was the audience-par ticipation type with a mock spon B. sor being used for commercials. "It is hoped that the class will be able to do a transcribed pro gram about the history of South A Carolina," said Harden. "If suc cessful, the program will be dis it tributed nationally." ''Naval Department e, To Distribute Medals t- To Former Personnel c-. The university department of l.= naval science will act as the dis B.|tributing agency for the Amern b- can, European - African - Middle Eastern, and Asiatic-Pacific area campaign medals to all former naval personnel enrolled at the al university who are not members 'of organized and volunteer re serve units, Pres. Norman M. Smith announced yesterday. Students who served in the navy and are eligible for the awards are urged to contact the depart ment of naval science. All eligible d Ipersonel must submit their re d Iquests by May 20. In order to em e tablish eligibility, discharge cer mf tificates or release orders must be presented. COGBURN The Business Men Choice at Quality an Original . Try One of Our: And You'll Be 1317 Sual Next Door to t Officers of the Law Federation, spring semester are (left to right) ence, president; J. M. Spigner of eant-at-arms. The federation F South Carolina Bar association, a the law library. (USC News P Caroliniana D Of State Ante By BILL HEATH Recently acquired papers, manu icripts, and books of Col. Pierce U. Butler, Anne Pamela Cunning iam, and John M. Palmer will be mn exhibit with other items in the nanuscript room of the South Daroliniana library for two weeks. A picture of Col. Butler, a eather port?olio made for him )y an Indian, and various letters written by him while an Indian (Cherokee) agent, 1838-1846, and resented to the library by his crandson, Pierce M, flutler, in L947, are on display. Also on ex ibit is the original commission as .olonel in the Palmetto Regiment, 3outh Carolina Volunteers award -d by Gov. William Aiken, June !9, 1847, and Col. Butler's last etter written the day before he vas killed in the Battle of Churu >usco, August, 1847. Manuscripts by John Palmer :overing the last part of the 18th :entury and most of the 19th :entury are being exhibited with in inventory and appraisement made by Palmer In 1750 of John Monks' estate, the earliest rec 3rds of Spring Field plantation, St. John's parish, purchased by Pah-er in 1778 from Isaac Cou rier Letters of John C. Calhoun to EusLis Prescott, F. W. Pickens, and Patrick Noble, former gov ernor of South Carolina are shown; also a bracelet made of Mrs. John C. Calhoun's hair and presented to the library by Mrs. Floride C. Burney. Letters are exhibited written in 1854 by Louise Cunningham, Swedish Student S Becomes Part of By JANE DOWE Feature Editor He's part of our campus al. though he does not actually at. tend classes here. He has become an object of atti:action for youns ladies on the campus. He's Svet Nilsson of Sweden, brother of In. grid Nilsson who is doing gradu ate work here as an exchang4 student. In Sweden every prospective ag ricultural student must get practi cal study on a farm for a yea1 before entering college. Svet plans to enter Ultuna Agricul tural College, 'near Uppla, Swe den, next year and decided to visil Ingrid and to receive his experi. ence at the same time. He is working flow for Mr. Man. ning of Heathwood Hall on hli farm on the Congaree River an< is rooming on Green street wit) 'S GRILL and College Boys All Times d Variety ;e Here Delicious Lunches Back for More. nter St. he Fire Station Law School Leadere student body organization of the My er Rosen of Georgetown, vice F Columbia, secretary-treasurer; and erforms such services as coordina uggestions for upkeep of the law I hoto). isplcys Articles Rellum History mother of Anne P. Cunningham, to Amarytha Snowden telling early plans for the purchase of Mt. Vernon. (Anne P. Cunning ham conceived the idea of pre serving Mr. Vernon, this plan was carried out through the Mt. Ver non Ladies' Association which is still trustee of the estate). Shown also are letters of Sally Chesnut to Miss Cunningham discussing the effect of Sherman's raid on South Carolina. Miss Cunning ham's satin slippers and cameo made by an unknown Italian art t ehow P. They werc prIe sented to the library by Mrs. F. C. Burney. "Rosemont and Its Famous Daughter," a biography of Miss Cunningham by Marion R. Wilkes who presented it eo the lbrary is on exhibit. Books and articles published by members of the Caro liniana society and other South Carolinians are on exhibit in the reading room of the South Caro liniana library this week. The items include "South Caro lina Dispensary Bottles," by Hen ning Cohen; "A Sword from Gal way," by Drayton Mayrant; "The Great and Wido Sea," by R. W. Coker; "The Private Journal of Henry W. Ravenel," by Arney R. Childs; "Beneath So Kind a Sky," photographed by Carl Julien with an introduction by Chapman J. Milling. Contemporary papers of Ber nard M. Baruch, J. Strom Thur mond and manuscripts of Joseph LeConte covering the Confederate War are showvn with letters and clippings concerning state and na tional elections in 1876. tudying Agriculture Life at University two university students. In three months ho will be transferred to a farm in the Middle West where the climate will more nearly resemble that of Sweden. He will return home next winter. ISven was amazed to learn that 1he is the only employee on the farm who can read and write Eng lish, though it is not his native language. In Sweden, he says, everyone is literate. He enjoys working with modern farm ma chinery, which Swedish farms do not have. On his motorcycle he commutes between the farm and the city daily. Here only a month, Sven is already well ad justed to American life. GRAY Columbia's New. CAROLINA MEN ... We invite you to come in become acquainted with ouw Our store is air conditioned, spot while down town. We carry the latest style; GRAY Distinctive University Law School, for the resident; Waldo Hy man of Flor Charles Baker of Charleston, ser tion of the law school with the milding, and scheduling of use of 'Alumni News' Renews Issue Of 24 Pages ' This month's issue of the Alumni News, bimonthly maga. zine published by the Carolina Alumni Association, will contain an article on cancer control, writ ten by an alumnus 'of the univer sity. Coeducation at Carolina will be the feature article this month. Other articles to appear include a review and preview of publications nf te Universiy Ps, -ults of recent student elections on the campus and an article on student life and activity. This issue of the magazine will be back to the standard 24-page size originally planned for the publication. The section devoted to personal news of alumni will be considerably enlarged with this and succeeding issues, Lewis said. Did You See or Hear Students beaming about the May 4th holiday and deciding that they could live for another month . . . The full moon, which brought a new round of fraternity pins and diamonds for the fairer sex . . . Sims terrace populated with dancers and lovers during the Kappa Delta and Tri-Delt drop ins last week... Lily-like skin turned bronze after doses of Sesqui and the sun lamp .. . Law students, faced with exams in two weeks, spending Saturday evening in the law library, the only classroom building that wasn't under lock and key at that romantic hour. ONE-DAY DRY CLEANING. ALL WORK GUARANTEED ARROW, CLEANERS 1209 Gervais Phone 6471 SON'S eat Men's Store and see our new store and friendly and helpful staff. so make it your cooling off 3 In men's wear. SON'S Men's Wear SSTREET