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3 Von 4eeC . ... ...a spoke a week..... By BOOTY WALL HOLIDAYS AGAIN! And with them went Jane Simmons, Lib Usher, and Felicia Howell, Tri Delts, to Myrtle Beach -on an ATO houseparty. Lucie Whitescarver, Tri Delt, played hostess to many Carolina students in New Jersey-such as? -Anne Porcher Zeigler, Tiny Foster, Ralph Canine, Jim Barton, and Jessie Lewis, an alum. The holidays took Ann Kenny to Baltimore, Md. Helen Lee Moore took Betsy Blundon to Charleston for the holidays and Lucie Whites carver can't seem to forget that holiday spirit-she leaves for Dartmouth to attend Wintercarnival weekend today. Kathleen Brown, DZ, and Joe Rogers, Claire Parler, ChiO, and Don Smith, Lynn Hook, ChiO, and Bunny Hayden holi dayed on a house party between semesters at Poinsett Park. Kappa Sigmas at Myrtle Beach between semesters say it was really fine. Those eligible for a voice in the matter are Pete Lane and Mary Jumper, Bill Renfrow and Betty Cam eron, Frannie Talbot and B. J. McClean, Dave Britton and Betty B. McSweeny, Louis Reams and Jane Leiner, Arthur Flowers and Eleanor Jamison, and Bill Dominey and Alice Mullis. RINGS 'N THINGS-James Iseman, Kappa Sig, gave Lib Roman a diamond Sunday. Not mentioned before but only because of ignorance-Earl Melton gave Sue White a dia mond over the Christmas holidays. Rita and Graham Moses, of the Carovets, have a new baby girl as of Jan. 18. WHEELS-They make the clubs go 'round. Alpha Psi of Kappa Pi, national honorary art fraternity, elected Jay Bardin, president; Larry Scott, vice-president; Pat Perry man, secretary; Sassy Robertson, treasurer; and Bob Wil son, publicity chairman. Phi Epsilon Pi's spring officers are: Herbert Berger, su perior; ChtArles Bernstein, vice-superior; Raymond Stern, treasurer; Samuel Sarota, recording secretary; David Gor din, corresponding secretary; Raymond Rosenblum, chap lain; Arthur Rosenblum, pledge master; Charles Bernstein, IFC representative; William Herzberg, house manager, and Howard Weiss, historian. Delta Delta Delta elected Mary A. Cappelmann as assist ant rush chairman to replace Felicia Howell, Ruth Stone as activities chairman to replace Betty Fisher, and Martha A. Petty as rush chairman to replace Sara Edwards. Sigma Chi officers are: Dick Hardy, savannah, Ga., presi dent; Charlie Gasque, Columbia, vice-president; Jack Par rish, Easley, secretary; Bob Thoren, Elgin, Ill., treasurer; Charlie Jones, Greer, pledge ister; and Jim Dallas, Co lumbia, IFC representative. Kappa Sigma officers: Gerald Kilby, president; Fred Locke, master of ceremonies; Horace Curtis, vice president; Earl Melton, secretary; Billy Crockett, treasurer; and James Iseman and Tommy Teal, guards. Kappa Alpha pledge officers: Bill Duffic, president; David Mobley, vice-president; Billy Goldsmith, secretary; and Frank Martin, treasurer. Phi Sigma Kappa: E arl Zeigler, Columbia, president; Bill Castles, Chester, vice-president; Rupert Blocker, Beaufort, secretary; Vice Johnson, Aiken, treasurer; Terry Smith, Bowman, inductor; Gordon Kennerly, Cordova, sentinel. Alpha Tau Omega: Walter Bristow, president; Jack Lind sey, vice-president; Basil Norris, treasurer; Phillip Dusen bury, secretary; Irvin McLendon, keeper of annals; Rexford Hunt, usher; Jimmy Milling, sentinel; and Joe Bostick, Ger man club representative. Pi Kappa Sigma pledge class: Jim Cordell, president; Roy Berry, vice president; Richard Smith, secretary and treas urer; and Bert Bowers, sergeant-at-arms. SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES-Ann Stackhouse, Ellen Pratt, Ann Lurey, Jane Snow, Frances Hardy Brown, Sylvia Kelly, Amilie Stone, Martha Waldrep, and Jean Rickenbacker are back into Carolina life. BUT Felicia Howell, Betty Fisher, Virginia Woodruff, Sara Edwards, all Tri-Delts, and Frenchie Prosser, Penny Burbage Branden, both ZTA's, are now among the alumni. PARTY, PARTY, PARTY--Tri-Delts will have a supper party at the Green Derby the night of the Powder Bowl game. The Newman club gave a reception for in-coming stu dents Sunday at St. Peter's hall. Movies were shown, and the group danced. (eetYusA Woodawn tudi 114 UL PHONE2-006 COLUMJ I.~ I C Name Bands Go On Tour Of Colleges Jerry Wald is rehearsing a brand-new band with an eye to the concert and location gold be ing contributed to bop and modern jazz presentations. The popular clarinetist boasts a twenty-man set-up whose eight brass, five reeds, six rhythm and leader will play the modern arrangements of some of the greatest bop scorers in the business. Ray McKinney returns to the Meadowbrook in New Jersey later this month in the fastest return booking in that dancery's history. Mac goes in for a three-week stint and then hits the road again for more college proms. Elliot Lawrence has completed his "Symphony For Dance Band." The piece took two years to com plete and will be presented soon at several special campus concerts. Another EL composition, "The Ivory Tower," may be recorded for general release by Columbia Records. Jimmy Dorsey has been drawing press and public raves for his 'bop vs. two-beat' contests. The night ly, battles have resulted in some interesting innovations in the JD orchestra. Claire Hogan has been named the new girl vocalist for the band. Tony Pastor follows Frankle Carle into the Staler Hotel in New York this month. Tony stays for six weeks while Carle resumes road operations which include a host of campus appearances in the East and Middle West. While in New York, Pastor has been se lected to appear on every major television show and indications are that the famed bandleader may soon head his own video revue. Johnny Long has completed a new musical which he hopes to bring to the Broadway stage this year. It's based on Johnny's own, story of success. In other words, it's the tale of the campus dance bands who go on to coast-to-coast popularity. Several producers are now dickering for rights. Ray Anthony, whose recording of "Gloria" was a smash hit in many areas of the Mid West, has another outstanding platter in "Passing Fancy" on the Signature label. The ex-Glenn Miller star goes into the Meadowbrook on Febi uary 8th. He'll be heard an the network wires. Cab Calloway received the great est notices in Miami's history wvhen he opened at the Clover Club. The first Negro ever to play a downtown nitery, Callowvay "was a ball of fire on the stage" accord ing to ace reviewer Paul Bruun. Red Ingle, whose Natural Seven is now at the Village Barn in New York, wvants it known that his zany group is available for college appearances. "It'd make a heck of an initiation gimmick," says Red. "We make a career out of murdering music," he told one Gotham reporter. Woody Herman and The King Cole Trio do a string of concerts in cluding one at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 20th. They also appear at the U. of Illinois and at Iowa State U. . . . Campus dances are at their peak during the next few weeks. Name band appearances for dances andI concerts are run ning 25 per cent ahead of the 1948 figure. The majority of folk. en gaged in the privately-osoned, tax-paying, utility field make. a career of providing adequate and dependable services avail able for their company's cue tomere. About 500 of thi. company's folka have five or more years of service - their accumulated years of service total, more than 6,500 - South Carol;,a Electric & Gas Company Three of the most popular mo conductor of Spanish music; and Rt Music Weavers Have Recordings Ready For Wear Swinging two of the highlights from the score of the hit Rodgers and Hart film, "Words and Mu sic," for RCA Victor, Perry Como can't miss. With a pair of melo dic favorites that have never lost their lustre, Perry lifts his voice in full-throated. song on "Blue Room" and "With a Song in My Heart." There is an irresistible melodic beauty to each of these timeless favorites and they find Perry in fine voice. "Blue Room," with its intimate message and light bouncy rhythms, has a sparkling appeal, particu larly as delivered against the lilt ing chorus background with or chestra conducted by Henri Rene. On "Song in My Heart," Perry projects a thrillingly full-throated rendition of one of the great popu lar standards. The stirring and exuberant romantic emphasis in the Como presentations is over poweringly effective. "Tarra Ta-Larra Ta-Lar" evokes the warmth and sincerity that can only stem from the origin of a man with a name like Dennis Day. The versatile Irishman, who has scored such a resounding suc cess on the radio, gives this fa mous old Irish lullaby one of its most persuasive renditions for RCA Victor. Caressing each note with a tenderness and sympathy which is completely beguiling, Dennis captures a lullaby mood on this platter with appealing warmth of conviction. On "Streets of Laredo," the flip over, Dennis delivers the title song from the Paramount film in TO HE . ..hose, perfume, from our' accessor' Musicians lern musicians a re Dick Leibert, o1 dy Vallee, still famoi!s after almost Open Rusi Immediatel) After Mid Open rushing of first semes ternities was declared Tuesda Interfraternity Council for th nouncement was made by Jim The open rushing will begin immediately and continue until mid-semester with the exact date of pledging to be announced later. The two-week period of formal rushing which has previously been the custom of the fraternities will not be held this semester. An investigation of the Inter lratvinaty Council showed that there were not enough new men, either freshmen, transfers, or law students, to justify conducting a foi mal rush season. The change is temporary and the increase in his most winning manner. The silver-throated Day rendition is atmospherically projected with the colorful appeal of the below-the border town prevalent in each meloric accent. VAN HEUSEN SHIRTS Wright-Johnston, INC. MEN'S CLOTHING FORMAL DRESS FOR RENT Phone 2-4223 1330 MaIn St. !P YOU WV ON VALE~N cosmetics iaisles, street floor -ganist; Vincent Lopez, outstanding 20 years as a ballad singer. iing Begins (, To End Semester ter men by the 13 social fra r' at the first meeting of the e Spring semester. The an Caldwell, president of IFC. the number of freshmen entering the university next fall will defi nitely necessitate a full rushing program by the fraternities. Caldwell explaned that any in terested person may go to a fra ternity house, attend parties, or associate with any frateinity members with whom he is ae quainted. No restrictions sro it force regarding either old or new students. except that no pledging of new students may he held uil til after mid-semester. The Interfraternity Council voted to change the time of the weekly meeting of the council. Beginning next week, it will meet at 4 p. in. each Monday instead of Tuesday. Caldwell also an nounced that the election of of ficers for the Spring semester will be held at the next meeting. Gervais Street Sel THE ANSWER T11O YOU NO MORE RUBBING --- HAVE YOUR LAUNIDRY W 1. Bring your laundry to us Washed in 30 minutes exacl 2. Do your shopping or wait. 3. Take laundry home-cleaned Up to 9!bs.WA 1633 G;ERVAIS ST. Telephone 4-0512 ~~ THE GAME' Od fl-NES DAY t N COLUMRIA ITS II Page Five lostesses Given Skit By Players The Players' club will take stu dents on a tour of Drayton hall Wednesday at 7:30, showing them settings, make-up. and lighting. Carl Vines. vice president of the club, will conduct the tour. Everyone is illvited. hI'le club will meet on Feb. 22, with all students invited, to pre sent two one-act plays directed by students. Harvey Golden and Woody Steve:son will direct the plays. The Players' club presented a .skit Monday night for junior USO hostesses. The program was un der the leadership of Mrs. Arney Childs, dean of women, who ob tained a group of players to dem onstrate by means of dramatiza tion. The group demonstrated the wrong approach for the hostesses to take in their treatment of ser vice men. At the end of the skit, hostesses were urged to reverse the procedure that had been shown. Baby Popularity Show Sponsored By Baptist Union A baby popularity contest, spon sored by the Baptist Student un ion will be given in Drayton Hall on March 4. The contest begins !0day and there will be 20 children, from walking age to school age, in the contest. Votes are a penny apiece, and the proceeds will be used to send a representative to the World Baptist Youth Con ference in Stockholm. Each child will be sponsored by two students and a store in Co 11um1bia. Admiral Smith, E. G. Bum gardlner. Dean Bradley, Mrs. loses, and Mrs. Charlton Brown will be the judges. The association requires about $1,200 to send the student to the conference. f-Service Laundry Rt WASHDAY PROBLEM NO NiOiRE SCRUBBING ASiEl) WHILE YOU WAIT! Empty it into your Bendix. ly. %%hite. damp dry HlED) - RINSED)25 l)AMP' lRIEDI) CORNER HEND)ERSON ST. Columbia, S. C. I IEAR7S /l