Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Blue. Key Fi Initiates Nir Members Ai Blue Key, national honor-leader ship fraternity, initiated nine new members at a formal banquet at the Jefferson Hotel Friday night. New members include Sol Abrams, Arnie Autler, Don Bar ton, Ed Cleckley, Carroll Gilliam, Bob O'Harra, Joe Ruthven, Hacky Walker and Geddis Wood. James McCallum was installed as president of the Carolina chap. ter of the fraternity. Giles Jener' ette was installed as alumni sec retary with the other officers by Don Grant, retiring president. Featured speaker for the eve ning was Prof. Baskin Wright ol the political science departmeni who discussed the showmanship ol Southern politicians. The speakei used as his examples the construe tion of Louisiana State Univer sity by Huey Long and othei leaders such as Eugene Talmadg< and James Folsom of Alabama. Al Lovata explained the ke3 and the symbols of the fraternit) to the new members prior to theh AUTOMOBILES FOR RENT $5 per 24-hr. day Special Rates for Trips Uenting hour-8 a. m., 'til 7 p. m. DIAMOND DRIVE-IT-VOURSELF Phone 2-6836-1000 Main One Block from Camipus LOANS MADE Of . Across from PAt LIBERTY LOAN 1STYLE MART F CADILLA SLACKS ESQUIRE - FRENCH C1 SPORT SHIRTS S] CAPS WITH MEN A ME~ WHY WALK across * and Dry Cle There's a Station on for students * SPECIAL RATI * 48-HOUR SERi * HOURS - 9-1, UN IVI - LAUNDRY & SEI Next Door I Laternity Le New Banquet induction into the organization by Grant, and Prof. Charles Mercer, member of Blue Key and profes sor of physics discussed the his tory of the fraternity from the time of its organization at the University of Florida. Abrams is a rising senior from Orangeburg and a member Kappa Sigma Kappa. Autler, senior from Forest Hills, N. Y., is now presi dent of Kappa Sigma Kappa. Barton, junior from Anderson, is past sports editor of The Game cock and Garnet-and Black. Cleckley, rising senior fronr Aiken, is the new vice-presideni of the senior class. Gilliam, rising senior from Union, is now man aging editor of The Gamecock ani O'Harra, senior from Florence, is a member of the varsity football squad. Ruthven, senior from Chester field, is past president of th( Euphradian Literary society. Wal ker, rising senior from Spartan burg, is past secretary-treasurei of the student body and was a candidate for president thh spring. Wood, senior from Green ville, is an officer of the Cotillion club. Mary Coker Heads CCSC At Carolina Mary Ellen Coker of Turbeville was elected president of the Caro lina ChNistian Service Club las L3~ ~, w1 tr~g the fall term next year. Other officers elected for nex year were Calvin Derrick, Willi Hughes, Cecil Seigler, and Joann( Weaver, all vice-presidents, an Mary Leitha Atkinson, secretary ON ANYTHING Value ,METTO THEATRE & LUGGAGE CO. [AIN ST. R MEN WHO KNOW .C SHOES SOX SPORT COATS LJFF SHIRTS JEEVELESS SWEATERS, SUNSH ADES RICAN 'S SHOP town to get Laundry aning Service? the Campus especially 'convenience. ES FOR STUDENTS rICE., 3-5 ERSITY DRY CLEANING LVICE. o The Canteen Over 2,000 students joined me first all-campus clean-up day siem free picnic lunch on the Horsesho ing with rags, brooms and pails cle Rattlers, ( "Doc" Cro By GROVER C. RYDER, JR. I That dread diamond back rattler* was at one time a harmless little lizard. This may be stretching the point, but according to Dr. J. A. Crawford of the university all Isnakes originated from lizards. Crawford -as plenty more to tell about snakes. He is a source of snake information for he has been studying and collecting snakes for 25 years. When asked why he had made such a study of snakes, Doctor Crawford re plied: S"I wanted to reruto some of the -idiculous beli'efs as to their hab its, such as the coach whip chas ing, catching and whipping a per son to death; the hoop snake tak ing his tail in his mouth and roll ing, and the puff adder breathing gas in yo-ar face." According to Crawford there are over 50 varieties of snakes in South Carolina, most of which he has collected. In South Carolina there are six types of poisonous snakhs: the coral snake, the pygmy rattler, the timber rattler, the diamond back, the cottonmouth moccasin and the copperhead. There is one other snake which, although non poisonous now, may be poisonous in a few years. This is the spread ing adder. Scientists think that it is developing a poison sac. The coral snake is red, black and yellow banded and rather yrnall. It is often mistaken for qota b&TI "Funny W hat a Dime Can The Mary Osborne Trio latest Decca disc And here's another great ri More1| lenewed Precedent mbers -of the faculty and administ e the war. Kappa Sigma Kappa a1 e of the old campus at noon after aning their rooms for inspection at 2 oral Snak wford For two other snakes-the scarlet king', and the scarlet snake, the differ ence being that the coral snake has a black nose and the other two have a red nose. The venom from the coral snake is very toxic. It effects the nerves and no great swelling takes place after being bitten. The pygmy rattler, a very vici ous little fellow with small rattl ers, grows to about two feet in length. He lives in the sand hills and coastal region. Drop for drop, the venom of the pygmy rattler is more toxic than that of any other snake. The cominur, or timber rattler ranges up to a length of six feet. This is a banded snake but some tifnes a jet black specimen is found. The diamond nacl is found in the coastal region. In some see tions the diamond back will reach a bulk larger than any other pois onous snake in the world, even larger than the king cobra or the Australian bushmaster. The cotton mouth moccasin grows to a length of about five feet and gets his name.from the apperance of his mouth wvhen he .opens it. The copperhead is a light and dark brown snake. It is ofen con fused with the corn snake. This is a pity, says Crawford, since the. corn snake renders a valuable~ service to the farmer. There is one other poisonous suit me to aT' icord: eople are sn rative staff last Tuesday in the id Alpha Kappa Gamma served a Carolinians had spent the morn p. m. (Photo by Manning Harris.) )s Delight 25 Years snake that can be found in South Carolina. It is the tantilla caronto. This snake, when full grown is no longer than a lead pencil. It's venom is very deadly. Crawford closed his discussion with the warning to snake hand lers that the removal of the fangs of the rattler doesn't take away the seriousness of his bites, for he has auxillary fangs that can be put into use within a week. Although for many 3ears, Craw ford maintained an extensive col lection of reptile specimens, he no longer has such a group on hand. Lack of storage space has termi nated the keeping of the collee tion. Capitol Bowling Centre Gervais at Marion 20 ALLEYS for your recreation and pleasure LUNCH EON ETTE DELICIOUS SANDWICIIES, SALADS, SUNDAES and SODAS University G Graduate Fe For Foreign The university will award t,% to foreign students, J. E. Norw said yesterday. Hsieh Lien-Tsc ate work in history beginning i of Prague, Czechoslovakia, will lish, beginning about June I. % Vodicka will finish at, Charles University in Prague this term. le has done some work in translat ing books from English into Czech, and is interested in Ameri can literature, especially Walt Whitman. He has also broadcasted on a Prague radio station. Hi Wu of China, who has been working on a master's in English at Carolina for the past two years, has finished and is on his way home. "He has been offered a position of considerable financial responsi bility as manager of a manu facturing and exporting firm in India, financed by England, India and China," Norwood said. Andrea Abadjis, a Carolina for eign student from Greece, has been given a fellowship to do graduate work in economics atj Duke University. He will finish at Carolina this term. 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