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Cege '9Vagon CWg)eeC~ .....a spoke a week ..... By "BOOTY" WALL It seems that everyone was in a "partying mood" last week!!! Studies were not neglected entirely, however. The girls in Sims were seen studying till the wee hours for those exams the next day. All agree that the parties were worth it!!! Lambda Chi Alphas entertained with a "Parisien" party at Forest Lake Country club Thursday night. Members and guests dressed to fit the occasion and prizes were given for the best costumes. Music was furnished by Tommy Wix and his orchestra. SAEs with their dates seen enjoying the atmosphere of the Latin Quarter Club Saturday night were: Foster Marshall, Jerry Daxis, Quitman Marshall, "Mitch" Graham and J. P. Gamble. Pi Kappa Phis held a cabaret party at the Woman's Club which was enjoyed by the rushees and also the actives ... Pi Sigma Kappa had a banquet at Harvey's restaurant afterwards adjourning to the Rathskeller of Hotel Jef ferson for much dancing!!! . . . Sigma Nus climaxed their Rush Season with a drop-in at Walter Keenan's home . . . PiKAs recently gave a rush party at the Woman's club . . . music was furnished by fraternity brother Wallace Doughty and his band. HOUSEPARTIES!!! After snatching a little sleep following the Chi Omega dance Friday night, Chi Omegas and their dates were off to Hendersonville for a week-end at Charlotte Hanna's home. Those surviving the trip were Bert Edens, "Tee Dee" Springs, "Dool" Coskrey, Roddy Moss, Kat Gibson, Howard House, Charlotte Hanna, "Tunky" Campbell, Lois McBride, Buddy Richardson, Jean Bishop, F. D. Acree, Betty Koty, Brooks Harrison, Millie Fillingim, Jim Fisher, Jean Serio, Bill Lattimore, Ish Thomas, Red Wilson, and Gloria and Gene Rowlette . . . Pawley's Island was also the scene of a gay house-party over the Thanksgiving holidays. In spite of the rainy weather, ATOs and their dates-William Morrison, Felicia Howell; Joe Bostic, Pat Boone; Jimmy Hooks, Fran Stanton; and Arthur Howe and Lucy Whitescarver report that everything was fine!!! JOURNEYS NOW AND THEN!!! Jo Anne Patrick, Maxine Todd and Helen Harbin, Pi Phis, went to Clemson for the homecoming game last week end . . . The homecoming game at the Citadel seemed to have attracted .quite a few co-eds Saturday!!! Mary Jane Walker, Dotsy Lloyd and Margie Teague, ZTAs, Gloria Hall, Pi Phi, Mary Jean Martin and Margaret Scheper, ADPis, Betty Mood and Martha Cunningham, ChiOs, and Margaret Connor were all seen headed Charleston way . . . Suzanne Lewis, ADPi pledge, and Suzanne Moye attended formals at P. C.; Elinor Wilson, Pi Phi, is still raving about the Army-Navy game! Betty Frazer and Jeanette Monts, Pi Phis, went to Georgia to see KAs. Those lucky boys!!! ... The Pi Phis and their dates will make a short journcy to Hawkin's Hurst this Saturday night for a party for the pledges and also alumnae. INITIATIONS!!! Sonny Lyles, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Peggy Nigh were married . . . DZs initiated Elaine Hayes, Ruby Kitchens and Marcia Richards December 6. After initiation, actives and the new initiates had dinner at the "Ship." Kappa Delta will initiate Ann Clarke December 14. Bill Castles, senior from Chester, was elected inductor of Phi Sigma Kappa. He will fill the vacancy of Pat Patrick who is expecting to begin graduate work at the University of Tennessee in the latter part of December . . . Herbert Drucker was elected president of the pledge class of Pi Lambda Phi. Marvin Tarpy, Phi Sig alum, from University of Tennesseee, visited the chapter over the week-end... Pledges of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority entertainedl other pledges at an informal drop-in D)ecember 3rd . . .On De cember 16th, the Pi Phis are giving some orphans a Christmas party at Wauchope House. It is rumored that they are going to have a real Santa Claus, a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, too, it seems !!! COMING EVENTS!!! You might almost say this column could be the social register . . . Just take note, and begin work, GIRLS!!! and BOYS, TOO!!! Pi Kappa Phis are planning a banquet D)ecember 10 . . . Kappa Sigma is having a big (lance Friday night . . . Pi Beta Phi is having a spaghetti supper De cember 11 . . . and D)elta Zeta will entertain at a Christmas drop-in on D)ecember 19th . . . Also set for D)ecember 9th is the Journalism fraternity party. SOUNDS LIKE THE HOLID)AY SEASON IS ALREADY ROLLING!!! Please dont forget to mail your society news to Booty Wall (.Judie), Box 4203 Campus mail. Hr L. G. YERBY Trading As The Key Candy & Tobacco Company WHOL ESA LE ON-LY Candies - Tobaccos.- Sundries 1231-1237 Lincoln Street Columbia, S. C. A FLOWER CHRISTMAS GREETING is pleasing to everyone, especially those who have "everything"... BLOSSOM SHOP 2003 D)EVINE PHONE 3-1683 Campus Agent: CLARENCE BROWN New members of AKG are sei and Jane Dowe. Old members are, standing, fr< Laura Speed, and Kathleen Brow Wittkowsky Will Speak To Auxiliary The Woman's Auxiliary is com. pleting plans for a covered-dish buffet luncheon in Flinn Hall or Dec. 14, at 1 p. m. Present indi cations are that a large and en. thusiastic group will gather t< hear Mrs. Augusta Rembert Witt kowsky, member of the fine arts department of the university. Mrs about her recent trip to Mexico ilWistrating her discussion with na. tive Mexican handicraft and her own sketches of Mexican scenes. A university alumna, Mrs. Witt kowsky has studied also at the Art Students League in New York, and at art colonies in New England and New York. In addition t< travel in Mexico, she has studied and traveled in Europe; in France she studied at the American art school at Fountainebleau. Under the direction of Mrs Chal it:b . MAi;, a dCcorating committee composed of Mrs. Alfred Rawlinson, Mrs. DeWitt McIver Mrs. Ralph Bell and Mrs. Ralph Lewis, is planning to carry out a colorful Christmas scheme. The food committee has announced that the menu will include an impres sive variety of items such as ham turkey, salads, casseroles, all sort: of hot breads and condiments an< favorite desserts, each persoi brinugi ng her own "specialty." Hostess chairman, Mr~s. R. H Wienefeld, will be aided by Mrs R. M. Stephan, Mrs. M. B. Seigler Mrs. James E. Whitesell and Mrs James W. Hassell, Jr. Additiona committee members include, Gues Book, Mrs. Edmund Yaghjian special details, Mrs. Christian I Larsen, Mrs. F. F. Welbourne general chairman, Mris. Lau renc L~. Smith. Women's Auxiliary includes fa< ulty wives, faculty women an women on the administrative staf: Over one hundred guests are e> pected to attend the luncheon. Redmond Tyler i ntroduces to the Carolina (Coeds the Belle 0' The Ball Plastic Skirt Hoop for the most beatutiful effects from the most beauti ful evening . .. In C'OLUJMBIA at Outstanding Shoppes Cabaniss Davison's HalItiwa nger's 'Lisbeth Wolfe TAPPED ited above left to right: Harriet Iti% im left to right: Claire Parler, Olive n. Smoky Felde Programs Ov WKIX, WUS IS fy MARIIAN GIBSON Mary "Smoky" Felder, Loris, has a progrom originating on campus from Flinn Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:05 and lasting un til 9:30 p. in. She is starred in a radio show from Station WKIX every day from 1:15 p. m. until 1:30 p. m. Miss Felder says she plays "cry ing in your beer music," strictly lazy stuff. She plays popular mu sic and some boogie but doesn't like to play boogie because it takes "too much effort." Smoky played at WKIX when she was here in 1946 and started again in October. She played in a club in Arizona for the past two years and said she enjoyed that very much. She told of an incident which she consider ed one of the nicest things that happened, once when she was home sick. She was playing Carolina's Alnm Mater and an clderly gray haired man stood up and sang it all the way through. He came over and asked her if she knew what she was playing and she explained that she had been a student at Carolina. He told her that he had graduated at the turn of the cen tury and had been living in Cali I fornia for twenty-five years. They had a good time talking about Carolina landmarks. Miss Felder has been playing .the piano since she was almost five BY AKG &g kin, Betty Mood, Ann Mood, Irene t Long, Helen Harbin, Helene Stein, r Has Piano Per Stations C Regularly years old. She played only classi cal music until five years ago. Miss Felder's given name is Mary but she is called Smoky be cause she smokes so many cigar ettes, as her friends well know. Miss Felder loafs while she's not playing the piano. She was editor of the Horry County News for three years while she was in high school proving that she hasn't lcaf ed all her life. Smoky likes pe culiar glasses and cigarettes! IFC Flower Rule Effective To Date, Council Reminds Interfraternity council has qn nounced that the ruling made last spring, "that boys cannot send flowers to dates unless the girl is dating a boy whose fraternity is giving the dance," is still in effect. If a sorority is giving the dance, only members of that sorority may be sent flowers by a fraternity man. Newcomer's Club Becomes Familiar With USC Library The Newcomers' Club, composed of wives of faculty members who have been at the university less rugman, .Jean Hill, Beth Fillingim, Ann Rogers, Carolyn McCullough, Music Club To Become Fraternity The Men's Music Club at the University of Soutji Carolina, held a special meeting Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p. m. in the university hand building with a special delegate from the University of North Caro lina, for the purpose of changing the club into, Phi Mu Alpha, a mu sic fraternity. The officers of the club for the fall semester are: LeRoi Odell, Columbia, president; Joe Smith, Spartanburg, vice-president; Char les Jones, Greer, secretary; and L. C. Lowe, Spartanburg, treasurer. It is expected that all members of the club will be initiated into the national music fraternity by the University of North Carolina. The club, organized last spring semester, has 18 members. It meets every first and third Wednesday of the month. Professors Robert Van Doran, Louis A. Fink, and Hugh William son, all professors of musie, are faculty advisors for the club. than two years, was conducted on a tour through McKissick library in November. Miss Elizabeth English, assistant librarian, took the group through the library shoVing them rare books and the various divisions of the building. Following the tour refreshmients were served in the faculty room of the library. FOR YOUR FAV4 OUR MEN'S SHOP ARRO WHITE CHR irrow White Shirts. COLUM!BIA IT's I Rose Dance To Be Given By Pi Kaps The Pi Kappa ,Phi fraternity will have their biennial rose ball on Dec. 17, at the Jefferson Hotel. Officers will be as follows: Dick Archon, president; Jim Singleton, secretary; Bob Radfearn, treas urer; Tony Harper, historian; Billy Greer, chaplain; Bill Eason, warden; and Lou Gantt, dance chairman. The music will be furnished by Woody Woodward and his band. During the evening the sweetheart loving cup will be presented. The dance will begin at nine and end at one. .Founders Day banquet will be held Friday, Dec. 10, at 7 p. m. at the Green Derby restaurant. It will commemorate the founding of the fraternity at the College of Charleston on Dec. 10, 1904. Lt.-Governor George Bell Tim merman, alumnus of Pi Kappa Phi, will be the principal speaker of the evening. The Columbia Alumni chapter will be the guests of the fraternity. Dick Singleton will serve as toastmaster. The banquet has been planned by Committeemen Bob Hartley and Whit Plowden. ODK Initiates New Members At Fall Banquet In Hotel Chi circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, niaLional haonorary leader ship fraternity, held their fall ban quet and initiation services Fri (lay, Dec. 3, in the Palmetto Room of the Wade Hampton Hotel. .Jack Parrish, Saunders Bridges, James Caldwell, Jerry Kirby, John Mason, Charles Gasque, and Jack Nettles were initiated. Honorary members and speakers were Dr. Milledge P. Seigler, as sociate professor of English at the university and Charles W. Coker of Hartsville, president of the Uni versity Alumni Association. To become a member of Omicron Delta Kappa one must have one hundred activity points in scholar ship, publications, social and re ligious affairs, speech, music, arts, and dramatics, an outstanding character and a C plus average. Thue officers of OD)K are Al Cook, president; Bill Hutchinson, vice president, andl Ray Halford, secretary. , 3RITE MAN SUGGESTS AN ISTMAS . 3.65 to 4.50 ell