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Students Do Modern Nov For Parallel ] Most popular among modern novels at the McKissick library are "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Naked City," John Lewis, circulation librarian, announced. "The Kinsey Report" has enjoyed great popularity this fall, too, he said. The library is reaching its peak of popularity of the semester, as students begin research for term papers and the reserve Toom be comes increasingly filled. Books which contain parallel student reading are, as usual, in most de mand, and. history parallel books are most popular among these. Lewis mentioned the many calls that are received for Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and for Gay ley'R "Classic Myths," of which the library has 66 copies, none of which can ever be found when they are needed. The stories of Robert Benchley are in constant demand, too. McKissick library continually ob tains new books in all subject Childers To Head New Secretarial Science Society Helen Childers, senior from Summerton, was elected president of the newly organized Secretarial Science club, at a meeting re cently. Anne Boylston, of Columbia, was elected vice president; Leslie Jones, of Columbia, secretary; Mary Felicia Weeks, of St. Mat thews, treasurer; and Evelyn Thornly, of Moncks Corner, pro gram chairman. An organization committee was appointed to study the needs of such a club prior to its organiza tion. Helen Childers was the chairman of this committee. Other members included Betty Ann Abbott, Anne Boylston, Jeannette Monts, and Mary Felicia Weeks. The club has not decided on a permanent name. Until it does, it will be known as the secretarial Science Club. The next meeting will be held after the Christmas holidays. One business meeting and one social meeting are to be held each month. /' board aIo -gray suede, green or brown catf, sizes * to 9, AA to B. -blackc, brown, blue or gray suede; green or red calf, sizes 4 to 9, AA to B. 1584 'MAIN ST. Not Forget els In Rush rextbooks fields. It contains 160,000 volumes The newest collection that has bee added is a set called "Look ai Ameica." Lewis urges all students to be come familiar with their library whether their destination b Shakespeare's plays or "The Kin. sey Report." Williamson Addresses Music Frat Delta Omicron, music fraternit5 Founders' Day banquet befor( Christmas at the Market Restau. rant. Prof. Williamson gave a talk or the importance of music and the opportunities and advantages thal a serious music student has in the world. The program was closed with the fraternity prayer. Guests at the banquet included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williamson, Madame Tremblay-Baker, John Baker, and Marie Hodges. Members of Delta Omicron are Misses Ruth Stone, Barbara Raf field, Gloria Allison, Anne Wil liams, Mary Cockfield, Marcia Richard-, Raye Rice, Frances Weeks, Gertrude Johnson, Marilyn McCormac, Margaret Ellen Barker, Joanne Weaver, and Sara Jean Benson. Phi Sigma Kappas Honor Graduates At Cayce Dance Phi Sigma Kappa's informal, pre-Christmas dance was in honor of its members of the fall gradu ating class. The graduating Phi Sigs are Stanley Alford, Mullins; Henry Gaddies, Bennettsville; Pat Pat rick, Furman; and Bill Patrick, Co. lumbia. The dance was held at the Woman's Club in Cayce. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Muir, of Columbia, chaperoned. t I '40 RDNB 6AL RPHN Pae sendm CeeS t$.8 /tye--- Coer-..- * - City Stat a a og ~ a 0 nr Godfrey C Arthur Godfrey, Chesterfield's Chesterfield's night-time boy rehearsals for a Chesterfield Si seem too impressed with "Frec& Marilyn M( Named Pi Rose At k Marilyn McCormac, of Col Rose of Pi Kappa Phi at their before the Christmas holiday ferson hotel. Before a semi their dates she was crodned v presented with an engraved g archon of the fraternity, Jim Miniature gold loving cups were presented as favors to all of the dates of members of Pi Kappa Phi. Brown-haired, blue eyed Miss McCormac is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. McCormac of Co liumbia. A transfer from Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia, she is a sophomore at the university and plans to major in music. The new Pi Kappa Phi Rose is pledged to Kappa Delta sorority. Officers and their dates at the ball were: Marilyn McCormae and Dick Singleton, arehon; Ann Hershberger and Bob Redfearn, treasurer; Betty Creech and Jim Singleton, secretary; Barbara Me Swain and Anthony Harper, his torian; Anne Boylston and Billy Greer, chaplain; Louise Johnson and Bill Eason, warden; Frances Plyler and Gerald Smith, pledge master; and Mildred Derieux and Lou Gantt, dance chairman. Independent Men To Get New Pins The Independent Men's club plans to order new pins, ascording to Frank Sanders, treasurer. He described the pin as follows: It will be a jeweled pin and will Phone 2-9250 918 MAIN STREET Joe Patrone's Collegiate Inn Specializing in STEAKS CHICKEN SPAGHETTI * * * Dine and Dance in the "GAMECOCK" ROOM md Como day-time boy, ribs Perry Como, , with a little crooning durinp' ipper Club Show. Perry doesn't :le-Puss's" swoon technique. :Cormac Kappa Phi loliday Ball Limbia, was presented as the formal dance held immediately 3 in the ballroom of the Jef circle formed by officers and vith a crown of red roses and old loving cup by the district mie Wilson of Columbia. Low Country Art Exhibited In Library By ROBERT T. GILLIESPIE One of the most colorful art ex hibits ever displayed in the Mc Kissick Library is presenting win ning the admiration of the Uni versity of South Carolina student body. The water-colored paintings of early rice plantation life in South Carolina are the work of Miss Alice R. Huger Smith, and loaned to the university by the Carolina Art- Association, Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston. The paintings were published in color in 'ook form by William Morrow and Company, New York, in 1936. The text, explaining the various aspects of rice growing and harvesting, was written by Herbert Ravenel Sass, and D. E. Huger Smith. The book "A Caro lina Rice Plantation," sells for $10. A few of the phases of a rice plantation portrayed in tne exhibit are: taking seed to the fields, cut ting and threshing the rice, and loading a rice schooner. With each picture an excerpt from the book is attached. Several paintings included in the exhibit portray the variety of scenery in the South Carolina low country. Miss Smith was born in Char leston where she now lives. She is well known throughout the country for her water-colored paintings and wood-block prints. She had also written "Life of Charles Fraser" in collaboration with D. E. Huger Smith. As an illustrator she is known for her work in "Adventures in Green Places" and "A Woman Rice Planter." be manufactured in two pieces with a green enamel domed panel. The panel will contain a white enamel heart and black enamel "I" with the star and clasped hands in gold. The whole will be sur rounded by pearls. John L. Norton is president of the Independents. Five Nations Represented On Campus Five countries, excluding the United States, are represented now among the students at the Uni versity of South Carolina. Each year since the end of the war the campus has welcomed several ex change students. Facts about those studying here during the present semester are: Georgette Hiernandez, from Bel gium, is a "war bride" who is married to an American citizen. She is doing graduate work in the school of education. Lien-Tsoo-Hsieh, of China, was graduated from the University of Colorado, where he received his M.A. in history, and is now study ing for his Ph.D. Elizabeth Mellesna, who has been in the states two years since she left Holland is a special stu dent iin art and is taking out her papers for American citizenship. Ingrid Nilsson, a graduate ex change student from Sweden, is a student in history and political science and is in this country on a fellowship given by the Busi ness and Professional Women's Club of Columbia. Eunice Stevenson, from Nova Scotia is a graduate of the Uni versity of Nova Scotia and is working for her master's degree in English. Campus Fad Of Year Are -lep Gloves One more homely, every day ar ticle has yielded to the modern vogue for style and color and as a result another national college campus fad appears to be in the making. The common white cotton work glove, which has remained un changed in appearance for genera tions, can now be had in a range of nine brilliant colors. You can buy them in matched pairs, you can mix them to match your school colors, or you can exchange left hands with a boy friend or girl friend and the two of you have corresponding mixed pairs of "Date Mates" or "Love Gloves." The "new look" gloves have been hep-mits and the idea was thought up by Miss Peggy Ann Garner, young star of William Moss Productions whose picture "The Big Cat" is soon to be re leased by Eagle Lion films. Peg gy's hobby is gardening and she decided that color should apply to gloves as well as to flowers. Sh0 had no trouble selling her idea to a big eastern textile firm. The manufacturers thought they had a style item for women but when market tests were conducted in the Midwest, students at North western and elsewhere began buy ing them in mixed pairs to cor respond with their school colors. The fad got a boost in the East when Princeton athletic officials arranged to outfit their entire cheering section in orange and black gloves for the Princeton Yale game. Peggy's hep-mits are now to be had in a color range which in cludes red, green, gold, orange, blue, maroon, yellow, gray, purple, black and white. You can mix 'em or match 'em. Pharmacy Group Meets Wednesday The American Pharmaceutical Association will meet Wednesday Jan. 12, at 7:80 p. m. in 103 Le Conte College. Dr. J. A. Turner, representative of Eli-Libby and Company, will be present. Plans will be discussed concern ing a trip in April to the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Home. Phar macy students are urged to attend. debeth Wolfe 1643 MAIN 113311 M Lieutenant C Seigler. Teac Is Author Ar By JANE GERARD Dr. M. B. Seigler, Associate Pro fessor of English, is one of Caro lina's most personable faculty members. We found the young pro fessor to be an unassuming, rather modest sort of person with a pleas antly contagious humor. After introducing himself, Dr. Seigler turned to his office win dow and promptly acquainted us with his three blooming plants, of which he is the proud co-owner and vigilant protector. Although the plants aren't what you would call profusely blooming, Dr. Seigler has an abiding faith that the day will come when he will have an unde pleted supply of geraniums for his buttonhole. Although the greater part of the interview was devoted to an ex haustive and detailed account of what was not to be printed rather than what was, we did manage to glean these stray morsels of in formation. Married in 1938, Dr. Seigler is the proud father of two young children. "And they're two holy terrors!" he stated, adding, "You may put that down, since they can't read." The former Naval officer began his autobiographical acc%;unt by in forming us that he was born on December 10, 1909, descending from a long line of "poor, no-count South Carolinians who lived in the little town of Batesburg-Leesville." Dr. Seigler received his A.B. de gree from Furman University in 1930. Following that, he taught for two years in Greenville, attain ing the position of Principal in the Junior High School there. The fol lowing two years were spent teach ing in the Rock Hill schools. In 1934 he went to Duke Uni versity as a graduate student and received his Master's Degree in 1936. Dr. Seigler received an Eng lish Fellowship for the period 1936 through 1937. 1949 Finds FewStudent Resolutions By JANE DOWE The students of the University of South Carolina have achieved Perfection. That was the obvious conclusion when questioning for an article on resolutions met wvith negative answsrs Monday. Many simi.y i6ediued that they had made a resolution to make no resolutions. M o s t moralizing among the fewv that Were made was a vowv "to have no more New Year's parties until next New Year's eve." A sigh accompanied this statement. Perhaps the blowmng of the horns last Friday night found students dewy-eyed with the holi day mood. And perhaps some had decided to roll along in '49 as they did in '48, taking the consequences. But mnaybe--ju,st maybe-a few the students of the University of South Carolina are too lazy to turn over a new leaf-textbook or otherwizzzzzzzzzz. isa. m "THE PLAZA * Delicious e Soft Drinks So Remember: i "THE PLAZA'S "GOT A BIG D)1 TRYV OR IE NT A nelicio.. CumINES a ommander ies English; dAthlete The following year found him at Winthrop and after that, back to Duke with an assistantship in Eng lish. He later held the position of professor at Catawba College in Salisbury, N. C. When the war broke out, Dr. Seigler volunteered for active duty in the U. S. Naval Aviation Corps, and, when discharged, held the rate of Lieutenant Commander. The affable professor saw a good deal more than a normal share of action while in service. Names such as Iwo Jima, Kyushu, Tokyo, and Okinawa should be indicative of the manner in which he spent his time in the Navy. In acknowledgement of his ser vice, Dr. Seigler has received the Presidential Unit Citation with a Star, and, although the award hasn't yet been given, the Citation for the Bronze Star. In*March of 1946, the Lieutenant Commander was honorably dis charged and the following day be gan his teaching duties at Caro lina. Besides being an adopt window gardener, Dr. Seigler also shows a considerable amount of proficiency in other fields, being the holder of a number of golfing titles, and the winner of several pistol and rifle matches. In addition, he was recently tap ped as an honorary member of ODK, a fact which, characteristic ally, he neglected to menteon. This year he was also the chairman of the English section of the South Atlantic Modern Language Asso ciation. He is the author of articles on Milton, Johnson, Timrod, Irving, Freneau and others. At the conclusion of the inter view, Dr. Seigler informed us that he wasn't very partial to publicity, having refused an interview last year. "But," he added smiling, "They were pretty smart this time. They sent a girl around." Laundry In Sims To Be Completed Spring Semester The student laundry service which was said in the last Game cock to be opening on Jan. 3, will not be completely equipped until after the first of next month. The launderette is to be open to all students in the basement of Sims Women's dormitory. Three automatic washing machines and a dryer will be installed at first, and if there is a demand for an electric ironer and m waqhin,. machines, they will be added later. .The laundry will have a full time attendant, and appointments for the machines may be made with her, or the student's laundry may be left in her charge. 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