Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NewRecords HaveVariety And Sparkle Ray McKinley is off on a hoe down kick with his latest RCA Vic tor waxing, "Sunflower." The ver satile maestro, currently playing at the Paramount Theatre, New York, puts real rustic flavor into this song about his little Kansas "Sun flower." With some satirical digs at the homespun harmonies so popular in the hillbilly set, Ray brings out all the vocal and or chestral corn which characterizes these hayseed platters, to riotous effect. Winding up with some buc colic, barn dance style harmoniz ing, with Jean Friley and Some of the Boys, the maestro cuts some catchy country music capers on this disc. Sharp, biting brasses are ac cented in the coupling, "Little Jack Frost Get Lost," which has Ray singing about frostbitten toes and ears in rousing cold snap denuncia tion. There is an irresistible rhy thm drive to the spirited sugges tion that Jack Frost take a pow der. The brisk horn choir has all the clean bite of a chilly A. M. on thing zingy McKinley waxing. * * * Denny Dennis, the vocalist whom Tommy Dorsey brought over from the British Isles, has really come into his own with the latest Tee Dee RCA Victor waxing, "So In Love." A minor-key ballad which has strong emotional appeal, this haunting ditty gives Dennis a chance to exercise the depth of de livery which had made him such a popular English favorite. Singing against an expressive background of minor chords which emphasize the poignant appeal of this lovelorn serenade, Dennis gives a superb rendition. The coupling, "While the Ange lus Was Ringing," paints a color ful tone picture of a romantic set ting with Dennis once again carry ing the lyrical honors in a per suadve manner. The Dorsey trom bone plays one chorus ir, the un mistakable rich, mellow Teb Dee fashion, which expertly comp'a ments the Dennis song-selling. * * * Fran Warren, the girl with the sultry pipes whose initial RCA Victor disc, "Why Is It?" caused considerable interest, now has a certain winner, "What's My Name?", platter which inevitably will rivet attention on this exciting new disc discovery. The throaty tones, the emotional delivery and instinctive timing of this youthful songbird comes through with a sock impact on one of the most po tent ditties to be heard in a con siderable while. This is a rendi tion which will linger on long after the spinning has ceased. On the llipover, "Why Can't You Behave?" Fran sings one of the catchiest of all the tuneful hits in Cole Porter's sensational musical, "Kiss Me Kate." It's a warm and provocative platter, with Fran put ting a maximum amount of teas ing admonition into her sizzling Watches Diamonds B. B. HARMON Jeweler Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing Telephone 4-1522 2024 Devine St. Five Points Columbia, S. C. Clocks Jewelry Four Fragrances: TIGRESS STRAW HAT WOODHUE APDRDITtA Olive Long Heads AKG This Spring Follows Eleazer Alpha Kappa Gamma installed officers at a meeting on Feb. 10 at 7 p. m. in Sims lobby. Olive Long, from Lykesland, was installed as president, succeeding Margaret Eleazer. Kathryn Wallace, Co lumbia, was reelected vice presi dent. Harriet Rivkin, Columbia, succeeds Kathleen Brown as secre tary; Carolyn McCullough, Colum bia, succeeds Helen Harbin as treasurer. Beth Fillingim was installed as scholarship chairman and Irene Krugman as historian. Time for the meeting was changed to 4 p. m. every Thursday. The fraternity is making plans for the song fest which will be held April 12-13 for the benefit of the AKG scholarship fund, and for the skit will be presented in several state high schools to interest stu dents in entering the university. question. The orchestra, under Henri Rene's baton, underscores Fran's torrid interpretation with deft string and brass emphasis. * * * The Masked Spooner is one of radio row's biggest novelty sensa tions in years. With a caressing blend of singing and crooning, called "spooning" this unusual en tertainment figure has created a distinctive style all his own. On his initial RCA Victor disc, "The Masked Spooner," displays his ar resting type of song-selling with "That Old Black Magic." Talking, sighing, projecting the personal magnetism which has driven radio listeners into a frenzy of excite ment, The Spooner makes an au spicious RCA Victor debut. On the reverse side, The Masked Spooner sings "I've Got You Under My Skin." This also lends itself beautifully to the Spooner's unique method of delivery. The tricky or chestral accompaniment adds to the over-all effect of the Spooner's "talking" lyrics, which have a di rect, warm and intimate impact. * * * Bill Boyd, wuose lusty hayseed singing style has won for him a wide legion of fans, has been get ting a dirty deal from the gals with both his new selections, "Too Blue To Care" and "I Always Lose." With sturdy backing from his Cowboy Ramblers, whose perky strings lend a lively emphasis to Bill's doleful but down-to-earth serenading, this rugged troubadour from the wvide open spaces has real ly hit a newv low in his amorous life with "Too Blue." He also tells a sad tale with "I Always Lose," but he has his chin up, or so the music sounds, as the Ramblers swving out with a catchy prairie honace. Jesse Rogers has an authentic homesp)un style which is unmistake ab)le and this rustic singer with the twang of the hill country in his caroling, now offers "Within This Evil Heart of Mine" for Victor. There's some perky plucking of the sagebrush strings on this side, as .Jesse tells his tale of misery. On the reverse spinning, the homespun balladeer sings a ro mantic serenade to his light of love who is "Sweeter Than the Flowers." Jesse picks colorful phrases on this tuneful serenade, to stress his romantic feelings. Wonde The favorite cc women Coloj Pe.r... Music Looks To Colleges For Players It has been pointed out to us that most of the top-flight maestri look to the campus for new musi cians, arrangers and vocalists. In some of the leading bands more than half the sidemen were obtain ed eithed directly from the campus or from medium-popular crews which were held together after playing school dates as under graduates. The current trend in music is to either of two extremes. We have the modern jazz and bebop clique matched off with the out-and-out commercial orchestras. While the former have made most of the noise and are certainly becoming more of a force every day, the commer cial crowd report increased attend ance and grosses at their dates. So it seems that music in general is in the midst of, or headed for, an up ward surge. There are countless school bands playing on the nation's campuses today. From this group the most qualified sidemen emerge to join name bands. In the days before the war, whole campus bands were ac cepted by major talent agencies for build-up campaigns. The Johnny Long, Les Brown, Kay Kyser, Sam Donahue, Dean Hudson bands all represented their universities. Only Elliot Lawrence, from the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, has emerged in the past five years. The agen cies are again looking to the schools for new bands with good ideas and qualified musicians. Looking at the band picture, we find that some 75 percent of all sidemen either attended an ac credited micscho"! or wc;-c mauaic majors in college. The days of the self-taught musician are over. Technical problems, harder ar rangements and the need for fresh ideas have opened the field again. The college man is today being sought out. Moreover, popular orchestras now call for a wider variety of in strumentalists than did the band of 1941 and before. The basic brass, reeds and rhythm instruments re main but french horn, oboe, bas soon, bongo, new percussion in struments, bass trombone, have been added. It is our hope that the collegiate musicians who have the ability will enter the popular field. There is no limit on personal opportunity or on creativeness. We also hope that the better college orchestras will stick together. But here it is important that they attract the interest of a major agency before leaving school. Our suggestion wvould be to have the campus or local radio station record the best things in the library and send them to one of the book ing bureaus. If the band sounds interesting, the agency will follow up. Modern music and modern musi cians stand on the threshold of a great, new future. ADPI Alums Give Party For Actives And Pan-Hel Today The alumnae o1 Alpha Delta Pi sorority will give a tea tonight for the Alpha Delta Pi actives and for Pan Hellenic Council. Today is the 21st birthday of both organi zations. The tea will be held from 5 to 6 p. m. in McKissick house. 'rful, Wonderful Faberge~ 'logne and perfume of' everywhere. ne, 1.25, 2.00, 3.50 ne, 5.00, 8.00, 15.00 nrices nlusnaxn Dor Jimmy Dorsey, one of the top fiv his orchestra to Columbia on TI ur Jimmy Dorse) Will Be Here For Four Perl Jimmy Dorsey will bring his new 60Ad to t"ra nf +hA Oar'nliin if theatre in Columbia Thursday, Feb. 24, for four performances. With him will be Larry Noble, vocalist; Ray Baduc, drummer, for merly with Bob Crosby and the Bobcats; and Charlie Teagarden, well-known for his torrid trumpet. Also featured will be Brad Gowans. Dorsey is on his way north to Frank Dailey's Meadow brook, where he introduced "Ama Sims Coeds Aid Jan itor Who is Sick Ever since co-eds moved into Sims dormitory over ten years ago, they have noticed a quiet, little, and very old Negro man sweeping porches, helping Mrs. Pender in the garden, or sweeping the steps, right where the sun is warmest. But Jack is no longer working in the shadows of the dormitory. In the early part of January he suffered a paralyzing stroke from wvhich he is not expected to recover. A jar wvas placed in the canteen of Sims, and nickels, dimes, and pennies were contributed by every one, to aid Jack in his last days. Mrs. Pender knew little about Jack except that he was faithful. One morning last winter, according to Mrs. Pender, when Columbia roads were icy after an ice-snow storm, Jack arrived as usual. When questioned as to how he made the trip, he said that he had crawled part of the way through icy fields. lie could do practically no work; because of his age, but he was al-. ways there. Previously he was a janitor on the main campus. Jack talked lit tle, and when Mrs. Ponder asked how long he had been on the uni versity campus, he shook his head and said it had been a long time, but he couldn't remember how long. Sims and the girls miss the little Negro who had a heart even though he never went to school. STE ALL KINDS Salad and Shoe. "GOT A BIG Di TRY OR IE N TA neluiou. CHIuNES .. sey e bandleaders of today, will bring Rday. r And Band Thursday Formances )ola," "Green Eyes," and "Tan rerine." three of the sonzs that nade him one of America's five op name bands. 15 Will Be Pledged By Art Fraternity On Tuesday Night Kappa Pi, national art fratern ty, will pledge 15 new members at i meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in 'he art studio, at 7 p. m. Those who will be pledged are Pat Conder, Columbia; Frank Davis, Chesterfield; Mary Anna Elliott, Greenville; Nancy Feindel, Rock Hill; Mary Summersett, Co lumbia; Joan Sage, Charleston; Gcorge LaBruce, . Georgetown; Gary Shand, Columbia; Mary Quincy, Sumter; James Miller, Richland; Gene Ann Strickland, Anderson; Ann Rawl, Columbia; Richard Taylor, Richland; Eligha Still, Columbia; and Pat Young. To be asked to join the frater nity, a student must be an art major or a special student, and must be recommended by a profes sor in the art department. There are now 14 members. Officers of the fraternity are Jay Bardin, president; Larry Scott, vice president; Pat Perryman, Sec retary; and Bob Wilson, publicity chairman. Barbara Raffield Called Outstanding By Delta Omicron Barbara Raffield, a junior from Aiken, was chosen by Delta Omi cron, music fraternity, as the most outstanding girl in the fraternity this year. She served as vice-presi dent of the fraternity for two years. Miss Raffield entered the uni versity last year as a sophomore, having attended Coker college her freshman year. In March, 1917, the trustees of the University endorsed voluntary military training and called for volunteers. By the time that the Gamecock went to press the follow ing week 173 students had enlisted for the training program. AKS. .$1.00 string Potatoes NNER DATE?" THR L PLAZA d AMRICtAN Di.sh. Press Gives Educational Book ToS.C About the turn of the 19th cen tury J. Gordon Coogler, the self styled Bard of the Congaree, wrote these lines: "Alas for the South, her poets are fewer'; "She never was much given t literature." And he was right. The stark struggle for existence through which the South passed after the Confederate war had left scant time for poetry or literature of any sort. Productive scholarship of all kinds lagged behind the rest of the nation. Publishers of books were non-existent. In the past 50 years this picture has changed. Southern poets, novel. ists, and historians have again taken their place among the na tion's best. Southern scholars in all fields are contributing to the world's store of knowledge. But still not enough publishing of books has been done in the South. The big commercial publishers are grouped in three cities of the North, thus unavoidably coloring their own approach to what the na tidn is feeling and thinking, and distorting the nation's view of his. tory and its approach to the grave social and economic problems of the day. At least a partial answer to this problem can be found in the devel. opment of university presses. Not only have such presses contributed a permanent virility to learning, but they have made a positive con tribution to democracy itself through keeping alive regional cul tures and regional points of view which might become obscured if we were completely at the mercy of thA commercial publishers. The University of North Caro lina press has amply demonstrated the great service which such an agency can be to the state and re gion in which it operates, and, in addition, has contributed greatly to the national prestige which the uni versity itself enjoys. The Univer sity of Oklahoma press is another splendid example, and many others could be cited. The University of South Caro lina press was established in 1945 as an adjunct of our expanded pro gram of graduate study and re search. From the outset it has had three main objectives: to increase the national educational prestige of the university and the state; to stimulate scholarship and add to the world's body of knowledge through the publication of scholar ly research; and to serve South Carolina, as no outside press ever can or will serve her, through the preservation of the records of her past, the publication of studies which concern her particular prob. lems, and the stimulation of pride in her achievements and faith in her future. The first publication of the press was South Carolina: Economic and Social, a searching study of the LOANS MADE of Across from PAL LIBERTY LOAN 1414 MAM 50X's B T W iN D. 5 P( Private Di For Small li Parties U Try Our MEAT and 8 DRINK an Music Fraternity Entertains For Province Head Miss Lou Gilland, student worker at Trinity Church, was honored with a surprise party Sunday by the Canterbury Club at the Epis copal student center, in honor of Miss Gilland's coming marriage to Sam King, of Columbia which will take place February 25. Following the serving of refresh ments, Jane Simmons read a poem honoring Miss Gilland. Fred Sos nuski, Canterbury president, pre sented a gift. Miss Gilland has worked four years with the club. The weekly Canterbury supper preceded the party, which was fol lowed by a movie, "You're On Your Own." The president announced that the new rector of Trnity church, Rev. George Alexander of Gainesville, Fla., will meet with the club February 20. conditions in South Carolina today by eight highly qualified writers, seven of them members of the fac ulty of the university. This book met with general approval and has proved to be a valuable contribu tion to our knowledge of South Carolina. It is now out of print and a revised edition is contem plated for the near future. In 1946 the work of the press was expanded and Frank H. Ward law of the faculty of the school of journalism was assigned to the position of managing editor on a half-time basis. The University Press is now a member of the Association of American University Presses. It was elected to membership in June, 1948. In the course of production are L6ya Flv, which contains the educational writings of Pat terson Wardlaw, edited by Dr. Orin F. Crow, to be ready late in March; and Primitive War, Its Practice and Concepts, by Harry Holbert Turney-High, to be ready about April 15. Soon to be published is The Letters of William Gilmore Simms, edited by Mary Simms Oli phant and Dr. A. T. Odell; there will be four volumes in all, pub lished one year apart. Another is Belvedere, A Plantation Journal, edited by Mrs. Anne Sinkler Fish burne. Also to be published this fall are The Birds of South Carolina, spon sored by the Charleston museum, with the text by Alexander Sprunt, Jr. and paintings by F. L. Jaques, Roger Tory Peterson, Edward S. Dingle, and J. H. Dick, photo graphs by Cruickhank, Grimes, Sprunt, Julien, Maxey, and others; and The Road Not Taken, the story of Wade Hampton and the Negro in South Carolina by Dr. Hampton M. Jarrell. SAY ... "I saw it in THE GAMECOCK" ON ANYTHING alue WETTO THEATRE & LUGGAGE Co. N STREET ARBECUE RIVE IN INTS nling Room leetings and ptoSixty Lunches VEGETABLES . I DESSERT