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Caroliniai -N-, % X. . . . . . ..\ . . . *. ..N I X 5 iIx l)r. lldavilah liabcock, head of the linglish department, led Souath (arolina sp)ortsmen in forming their wildlife federation, becoming its first president, and later in the 4, semester being named recip)ient of the Kappa Sigma Kappa service P'residlen N orman .\l. SminithI do- - naeted the first con tribuotion to the ca mpuis camiipaign for the World Student Service Fund, to Bei .\le ( uinni, chairman. The drnive met wiith its usual failure. A Wonlder*ful G;ift for'Ll a nn . . . (ANI)Y * WHITMAN'S SAMPLER * HOLLINGSWORTHI * NORRIS_______ ___ Now on Sale at... THE CANTEENLRI SIIOOL ,UPPLFIEISEPIE FL OlIST OlI)E lisACIECS n SPOIl TSWE AIl SlfOI IREPAIIR SERVICE & COLUJI SOD)A F'OUNTAIN iS Eu Spring, 1948, began at Carolina in the cold early-morning lines of registration. Students, 4,200 strong, queued up for two days and enjoyed the old tradition of complaining and griping about the inefficiency of the registrar's of fice, but eventually all weathered this, the only period in the year when life at Carolina is harder on the feet than on the head and the bunionless one is happier than the brainless one. Then, the classes. Puffy eyes peered through microscopes at 8 a. ni. and nodding heads rested on notebooks during soporific history lectures, but all Carolina settled down to the realization that, after all, this was what we were here for. Examinations seemed a long way off then. Ray Avant won the Southern Conference boxing crown in the 1.15-pound class, as squads from Maryland. The Citadel, Clemson and Carolina fought for the title in the first conference tourney held at Carolina since the war. The Gamecock squad took second place with The Citadel winning top honors. Pi Beta Phi joined in the social whirl with its formal in the Jef ferson hotel in early April. Stu dents donned formal clothes for affairs sI)ons4red by the Cotillion club, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi. Alpha Tau Oniega, Lambda Chi Alpha and then the balls at graduation. , Evening life began to wear the new look. K-COUCH ENGINEERS' SUPPLIES 924 Gervais St. 4RIA, S C. Ijoy Days 6:s6 Y '. ti i "C ai 2 Trhen came the annual general campus elect ions, dluring w hich Stuadent ('ouncil members acquired (1P 7/LI9a a sunI Lian with two weeks at the polls. ie uIsua, lpoliticking nias indulgedl in, ii ith man candidlates Svying for p)ositio jof n a crowvdedl rack, wit h hard feelings and hard camnpaigning equally mnixedl. LOANS MADE ON ANYTHING of Value Acos ton 1A 31E'i( 'llE li EMEN'S FINEST CLOTHING 1111 MAIN ST. 1409 MAN T . '