Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C(25e Ca CVg gee . . .a spoke a week.... By MARIAN GIBSON Well, well, ye olde wagon wheel starts rolling this week with ab members of SAE and their dates partying out at Forest Lake countr club Saturday night. Among those piessent were Bob Sumwalt, Nell Cassidy, KD; George Dial, Jean Robinson; Ginger Miller, Marilyr McCormac; Bob McClain, Hazel Porter; Mitch Graham, Jeanne Turner; and pledge Jim Ale*ander, -and B. J. McLean ... Bob Sumwalt, Jr. celebrated his twenty-first birthday during the Christmas holidays with a party at the Plaza. The new officers of Sigma Chi Fraternity elected Monday night are: Dick Hardy, of Savannah, president; Charlie Gasque, of Columbia, vice president; Jack Parrish, of Easley, secretary; Bob Thoren, of Elgin Illinois, treasurer; Charlie Jones, of Greer, pledge master; and IFC representative is Jim Dallas, of Columbia. New members initiated into SAE fraternity are D. W. (Sonny) Green, of Conway; W. R. Bray, of Greenville; Kirby Smith, of Miami; Lock Maze, initiated into alum chapter; Prescott Spigner, of Columbia; and Ellison Capers of Columbia. New Kappa Sigs pledged are Marvin McMillan and Bob Newsom( ... new officers are: Gerald Kilby, president; Fred Locke, master ol ceremonies; Horace Curtis, vice-president; Earl Melton, secretary; Billy Crockett, treasurer; and James Iseman and Tommy Teal, guards Two brothers from Tulane visited last week. Pete Lane, Jimmy Clem. mons, and Tommy Griffin were groomsmen in Jeanne Simpson's wed. ding in Florence Saturday night. Delta Zeta's and their dates will enjoy an informal get togethei Saturday night in their sorority room. It will be in honor of Elain( W. Hayes who is graduating in February. Newly elected KA pledge class officers are, Bill Duffie, president David Mobley, vice-president; Billy Goldsmith, secretary; and Frant Martin, treasurer. Sigma Nu Bob Wilson has pinned Toni Leppard . . . The Sigmf Nu's are having a stag supper Friday night, January 14. Bert Wilson grand historian, visited Delta Chapter, Sigma Nu, Tuesday and Wed nesday, January 11 and 12. H. C. Arant, junior in business administration from Bowman, was elected president of the pledges of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Th( other newly elected officers were: Lawton Wiles, junior in business administration, vice-president, and Frank McAbee was elected secre tary for the spring semester. Alex Bollin, junior in the school ol business administration and former president of Phi Sigma Kappi was married to Frances Brantley during the Christmas holidays . . Dex Goodwin, Phi Sig Alum of Columbia, was married to Mar3 Fripp during the Christmas holidays ... Dr. Robert Lynn, national executive secretary, and Mr. L. A McCall, national vice-president of Pi Kappa Alpha from Florence S. C., were recent visitors of PiKA. . . . Phi Sigma Kappa held their elections last week . . . active officers are: Earl Zeigler, Columbia, president; Bill Castles, Chester, vice president; Rupert Blocker, Beaufort, secretary; Vic Johnson, Aiken treasurer; Terry Smith, Bowman, inductor; Gordon Kennerly, Cor dova, sentinel. Lawton Wiles and Billy Thomas spent the weekend a Winthrop. Phi Sigs have plans for an informal dance and floor shov tonight. Meredith Goetee received a diamond Christmas from James De Loach, a med student at Charleston ... Betty McCown and Sara Jane Benson went to Converse for the weekend . . . Becky Fuller to Atlanti with Bob May. Several university students had a hiuse party las weekend at the Neeley Lodge on the Edisto River near Denmark Those present were: Byron Miller, Chick Martin, Ann Rawls, Te( Neeley, Bobby Lee Richardson, Billy Boylston, Jackie Phillips, Lil Caldwell, Sam Neeley, and Joyce Gross .. . Newly elected officers of Alpha Tau Omega are: Walter Bristow president; Jack Lindsey, vice-president; Basil Norris, treasurer; Philiy Dusenbury, secretary; Irvin McLendon, keeper of annals; Rexfort Hunt, usher; Jimmy Milling, sentinel; and Joe Bostick, German Clul representative. B. J. Livingston, of North, was bridesmaid at the wedding of Jear Simpson in Florence, January 8. Others attending were Laura Speed J. J. Chiles, Carolyn Bynum, Patsy Taylor, and Quitman Marshall Marshall Upton, Sigma Chi, pinned Ann Bass, ChiO . . . Jean Welch Pi Phi, was recently pinned to VWhit Plowden, Pi Kappa Phi, at thi Rose Ball . . . Jo Ann Long, Pi Phi, received a diamond from Tomm~ Youngblood, Phi Kappa Sig, before Christmas. Sunday all the Pi Phii went to church and Sunday night they held their drop-in at the Pi Phi house . . . they celebrated Loyaltyr day Monday in honor oi Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader of the woman suffrage movement.. next Monday night the following officers of Pi Phi will be installed: Evelyn Plyler, president; Barbara Raffield, vice-president; Beverl3 Smith, recording secretary; Gloria Hall, corresponding secretary Maxine Todd, treasurer; Harriet Ann Way, rush chairman; France LaBorde, social chairman; Betty Frazer, publicity chairman; Heler Harbin, pledge mistress; Jean Anderson, historian; Jeannette Monts bulletin board; Pat Conder and Carolyn Alcorn, censors; and BarbarE McSwain, activities chairman; and Libby Buechel, magazine chairman Lambda Chi Alphas enjoyed a cabaret dance at the Woman's Clul Saturday night with Lucius Weathers and his band playing. Enter. ..inment features included the singing of Dotty (Twink) Link and th4 piano styling of Herschel Hudson . . . Bob Isbell, Lambda Chi, an< former editor of The Gamecock, visited the campus last week-end.. Beda Ann Lane of Beaver College, Pennsylvania, is wearing thi pin of Tommy Richardson, Lambda Chi. She received the traditiona white roses from the Carolina chapter. John Thomas, Lambda Chi of Myrtle Beach, was married to Helen Tindall, of Cheraw and Co lumbia, during the holidays. Lambda Chi,' Van Newman, and Alic4 Edens, of Sumter and Columbia College, were married on Decem ber 28... Jeanie Sokol and Anita Bruckner went to the Bronx in New YorI City. New Year's found them on top of Mountain Peakskill. Teresi Banner went to New York City. Rosa Friedman went to Miami Pinned are: Virginia Emory and Eddie Leappard, Kappa Sig; Teresi McQuinn and Andy Patten, of Australia; Allie Price and Charle Turner, of Congaree Air Field. The outdoorsmen of Phi Kappa Sigma braved the wilds of th woods and of the cold winter nights to have a "Fatback Fry" (wiene roast to you -city slickers) and blanket party last Saturday nighi Several of the Phi Kaps showed up well in cooking and wood chop ping, but everyone displayed ability in the camping department. ,Penny Burbage, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Roy Brandon, Phi Kappi Sigma, will say "I Do" at the altar January 80. The noise everyon has heard lately hasn't all come from rivet machines. That's Roy' knees knocking. Jack Truluck of Phi Kappa Sigma pinned Gloria Dunlap, during th Christmas holidays. The newly elected officers of P1 Kappa Sigma pieuge class are -Jim Cordell, president; Roy Berry, vice-president; Richard Smith, see 2etatry and treasurer, and Bert Bowers, sergeant-.at-arms. Don't forget to send all your news to Booty Wall, Bo0x 4208. Sch Sassy Robertson, Betsy Sipple, at cup which was presented to Kappa age of the 1947 fall semester. The fall and the 1948 spring semester the cup only a short time before it Scholarship Study In North Countries Open to Graduates The American - Scandinavian Foundation is offering scholar ships for graduate study in Den mark, Iceland, Norway, and Swe den during the 1949-1950 semester. Qualifications stated are that candidates must be U. S. citizens. in good health, and be able to carry out original research on a definite plan of study. Application papers must be filed before March 15. Successful can didates will be notified about April 1. Applications should be sent to: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 116 E. 64th Street, New York, N. Y. Four scholarships of $2,000 each will be offered. Candidates must be graduates of any college in the U. S. The scholarships are: (1) John G. Bergquist Fellowships of *2,000 each for the study of chem istry in Sweden. (2) King Gustav V Fellowships of $2,000 each for the study of the language, his tory, government, art, literature or social sciences of Sweden. (3) Olaf Halvorsen Fellowvship of $2,000 un restricted. (4) New York Chapter Fellowship of $750, unrestricted. Dramatic Groups Pledge and Initiate Three University of South Caro lina Players were pledged to Alpha Psi Omega during the past week, the University Theater announced. Pledged were Jean Strother of Santuc, S. C.; Jo Anne Dellinger of Greenville, S. C., and Mary Ann Elliott of Greenville, S. C. Five members of the players became members of Pi Kappa Del ta Tuesday night, January 4. They are Jean Strother of Santuc, S. C., Alex Wilson of Washington, D. C., Harvey Golden of Columbia, Bill Scott of Lykesland, S. C., and Pat Owens of Columbia, S. C. The majority of folk. en gaged in the privately-ouoned, taw-paying, utility field make a career of providing adequate and dependable aervices av,ail able for their company'e cue tomera. About 500 of thi. company'. folk. have five or more years of aervice - their accumulated 'year. of aervice totale more than 6,500 - South Carolina Electric & Gas Company olarship Winners in id Ann Craig, all of Columbia, are Delta by the Pan Hellenic council records were late being released ai grades were released at the same t! is passed on to the spring semestU Dance Band Is Composed Of Students By MAY HERBERT The Gamecock dance band, un der the direction of Tom Thornley, has played for a number of cam pus events. The band was organ ized in October and has eleven players. Sax players are Wally Doughty, George Chockos, Jim Condon, and Pete Poulos. The brass section consists of Tom Thornley, Ger ald Threatt, Hiott Mackey, and Joe Smith. The rhythm section is composed of Heyward Smoak, piano; Andy Medes, drums; and Jimmy Doughty, bass. Tommy Smelser is business manager. The Hillel dance at the Jeffer son hotel January 15 will feature the Gamecock band. Past events which the band played for are: the Blackville county club Christmas dance, the U.S.O. club in Colum bia on December 22, and again for the U.S.O. on New Year's eve. The band plays every Monday night at the sophomore "Y" council's can teen in Flinn Hall. '48 posed above with the scholarship for having the highest grade aver id when they were, both the 1947 me. As a result KD gets to keep r winner. Opera 'Rio Rita' To Be Presented Here February 14 "Rio Rita," a light opera star ring Doraine Renard and Ellis Lucas, will appear here on the night of February 14 under spon sorship of the Town Hall com mittee and the university. "Rio Rita" contains two simul taneous plots, three love stories, a Broadway comic and the unforget table singing team of Doraine and Ellis, as well as generous helpings of such tunes as "Sweethearts," "The Rangers Song," and the title tune "Rio Rita." "Rita," long a favorite of mu sical comedy fans, is the light hearted story of an American girl, Rita Ferguson, born in Mexico, and her romance with the Texas Ranger, Jim Stewart. The sec ondary plot is a comedy one about the suave American lawyer, Ed Lovett, and the American boot legger, Chick Bean, who is in Mex ico to get a divorce from his first wife, Katie, and marry the dancer, Dolly. Trouble in the shape of a Mexican general named Esteban develops when the general thinks Jim Stewart, the ranger, is steal ing Rita. Also in the line-up of villains is a mysterious bandit a One can a do Cost ...skirts of tweed, gabardines in oum floor sportswear de McKittrick Cotillion C For Next ! The Cotillion club elected senior, president of the club president Howard M. House, this week. Other officers elected were Phillip E. Pearce, Columbia, sec retary; Ted Springs, Myrtle Beach, treasurer; and Dave Smith, Colum bia, dance chairman. Named on the executive commit tee were Frank Eppes, Greenville; Bill Keith, Lafayette, California; Bill Hutchison, Columbia; Red Ty ler, Doraville, Ga.; and Howard House, Bloomington, Ind. The executive council and the president elect of the officers. Outgoing officers are Howard House, president; Tom Mactie, vice-president; Jimmy Hooks, sec retary; Ed Cleckley, treasurer; and Lou Gantt, dance chairman. The club is a dance organization, the youngest social organization on the university campus. Mem bership is limited to 100 students and is by invitation only. The club gives one dance each se. mester. called the Kinkajou. The scenery and dances reproduce the colorful atmosphere of Old Mexico. Doraine and Ellis will play the leads of Jimmy Stewart, the Texas Ranger, and the lovely Rita. A popular U.S.O. team during the war, Doraine Renard and Ellis Lucas, man and wife in real life, blend their handsome voices in a perfect rendition of some of the show's loveliest songs. Notable among their repertoire of song selections receiving great ovations throughout this country are Victor Herbert's "Sweethearts" and "Naughty Marietta"; "Sem pre Libera" from "La Traviata"; "Night and Day"; 'Donkey Sere nade"; "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life"; "My Hero"; and others. Many are the selections from "The Chocolate Soldier," "Vagabond King," "Bittersweet," "Fortune Teller," "Rio Rita," and other opera and operettas so endearing to our audiences. During the recent war the "Do raine and Ellis" song team con ducted a 13-month tour of fight ing fronts with USO camp shows, in 23 foreign countrisn,Irom Ice land via Europe to the South Seas, and including Asia. For this service Doraine was given the rank of Honorary Brigadier Gen eral, the "best-looking 'BG' in the army." They were both decorated for a great job done. good launch zen umnes flannels, second partment. Elected :lub's Head >emester ;am L. McKittrick, Greenville for the spring semester, past Bloomington, Ind., announced Extension Division Changes Location To Wardlaw Home The Extension division has moved its headquarters from the ground floor of the South Caro linlana library to the home of the late Dr. Patterson Wardlaw on the corner of Sumter and Col!a#e streets. Also moved to the same loca tion are the offices of W. H. Ward, director of the division, the Corre spondence bureau, and the Evening School bureau, and also the offices of Ernest Stokes, executive secre tary of the South Carolina high school league. The Extension Division's Pack age library remains in the South Caroliniana library building and the Audito-Visual Aids bureau will remain in Wardlaw college for the present. First Registration At Carolina Was January 10, 1805 Monday, Jan. 10, the trustees of the University of South Carolina observed Founders Day and the one hundred and forty-third birth day of this institution. On the morning of Jan. 10, 1805, William Harper, of New berry. signed his registration card and became the first student of South Carolina College in Colum bia. Later that day nine other students registered to begin their education at the little college with a faculty of two and two build ings, Rutledge and DeSaussure. Deputation Team Goes On Up-State Trip Wednesday The deputation team will leave Wednesday for Winnsboro high scnoo and Winthrop coilege. The program is titled "Chris ,tianity in Everyday Life." Mem bers of the team are: Buddy McEachen, Columbia; French O'shields, Gaffney; Pat King, Florence; Anne Davis, Jane Almy and Wanda Edwards, Columbia. ellc