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Attend Meeting A Of Student APRtn Body Monday For 1947-48 UNIVERSITY OF. SOUTH CAROLINA - CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIII, No. 21 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 25, 949F8 Student Council Approves Report On Honor Board Sumwalt Appoints Election Committee Student Council unanimously approved the report on the Honor Board submitted by a joint com mtttee at its meeting last week. The Honor Board also gave ap proval and its provisions will go into effect immediately. Vacancies will be filled in the April elec tions. President Bob Sumwalt appoint ed Ramon Schwartz, first vice president, as chairman of the elec tion committee which will prepare ballots and supervise meetings of seven schools of the university in the next few days. Schwartz moved to accept the next six on the list of nominees for outstafiding seniors, when a representative of the committee reported they could elect but one at a recent meeting. The motion was unanimously carried. Sixteen seniors have now been named to the outstanding senior section of the Garnet and Black. Sumwalt thanked mernbers of Council and Prof. George Tomlin, director of student activities, for their work on the new constitu tion. He told Council that the Board of Trustees expressed their appreciation also for work done on the constitution. A proposal to permit a jewelry salesman to submit a new design for a Carolina ring was tabled. President Smith Issues Summer Session Details A single session will replace the summer term and the summer school this year. President Nor man M. Smith stated that the uni versity is attempting to return to the norm of pre-war yfars, which will mean eliminating the summer term. Students may take three courses, or nine credits, in the session which will extend from June 15 un til August 17. Classes will be given five days a week and term fees will be $5.00 per semester homur of credit. Courses not scheduled for the session may be offered if there are sufficient applicants. Applications for such courses should be made to Dr. J. MeT. Daniel or Dean Orin F. Crow. Gradtuate courses will contain a minimum of six persons while undergraduate couirses will have a minimum of ten. Further information may be ob-* tained from the office of the Regis trar. University Players To Present Shiaw's 'Arms and the Mani' Thue University Players wvill pre sent George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and The Man" April 6 and 7 at 8:15 in the gymnasium. The play, wvhich will be given in Bulgarian cafe style, is the one from which the musIcal "The Chocolate Soldier" was taken. Patr~ons will be seated at tables and costumed co-eds will serve as waitresses. Bulgarian coffee and pastry will be sold. Admission is 35 cents for students. The cast for "Arms and the Man" wvill include Jo Ann Del linger, Jo Ann Patrieck, Russo! Green, Harvey Golden, and Gene Rogers. Frosh, Sophomore Classes Meet Today, Tuesday in Chapel The freshman class will meet at 5 p. m. today In the Chapel to nominate candidates for officers of next year's sophomore class, Ray Berry, presIdent, has announced. Frank Martin, sophomore class president, has called a meeting of sophomores for Tuesday at 5 p. m. In the Chapel to nominate of ficer candidates for the rising ju Finalists In KSK Beauty I "4 These three beauties were chosen from a bevy of 20 coeds at the KS in Drayton Hall. They will compete for the title of May Queen in the ele they are Jean Rickenbacker, Shera Lee Ellison, and Beth Fifllingim. (U:, Three Named Candidates For May Queen At KSK Beauty Pageant Tuesday By BURRELL SANDERS Shera Lee Ellison, Jean Rickenbacker, and Beth Fillingim were finalists of the KSK Beauty Pageant Tuesday night. One will h chosen May Queen in the campus elections on May 4, and the runner-up will serve as Maid of Honor. All the participants in the Beauty Pageant, and a number of girls chosen by the May Queen will compose the May Court. The twenty-three contestants in Tuesday's contest, all sorority girls, wer ShraLee Ellison, Delta USC an Gives Tau; Ruth Stone, Ann Porcher Zeigler, and Jean Rickenbacker, Open Air Concert Delta Delta Delta; Betty Cameron, Evelyn Plyler, and Helen Harbin, Pi Beta Phi; Mary Russel Eleazer, Helen Cullum and Sally Stevens, The university band will giveran Kappa Delta. open air concert at 4 p. i., Sunday, Also, Pat Lewis, Mary Blanche March 27, the weather permitting. Corry, and Mary Jean Martin, Al- Prof. Louis A. Fink, director of pha Delta Pi; Martha Cunningham, the band, said that in the event of Beth Fillingim, and Electa Hall, inclement weather, the concert Chi Omega; Jean Harris, Helen would be postponed to a later date. lleiidley, and Raye Rice, Delta The concert, first of its kind in Zeta; and Phyllis Dukes, Margaret years, will be given in front of the Eleazer, and Jo Anne Dellinger, McKissick Memorial Library. Zeta Tau Alpha.Thfolwnprga wilb Judges for the pageant were gvn Miss Gale Johnson, R. L. Moser, MacGoia.....Lse and L. 0. Howard. Aeau o...Plsrn Woody Woodward and his or- Ovrue tadla..Fow chestra played background music MacofteTy . Hrbt for the presentation of the girls and DertSn....Robg specialty numbers between events. MrhOu 9 Pooif Kappa Sigma Kappa, service fra- MacBaumndaie' ternity, planned and carried out the Fvrt ..Kn program. Stage decorations were OvrueteSdntPic furishd b th Mashal'soffce. 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Pageant K Beauty Pageant Tuesday night ctions May 4. From left to right photo by Manning Harris.) YWCA Selects Beth Fillingim 1~TVih. D a J----& L w.4u .I I q5.MUt& The YMCA elected new officers Lnd members of the advisory board or next year at a luncheon held in linn Hall recently. Beth Fillingini was elected presi lent; Paula Harris, vice-president; lat Wilson, secretary, and Lou )swald, treasurer. The three new nembers of the advisory board, 4iss Ellen Rasor, Dr. M. B. Seig er, and Mrs. Ruth L. Trotter, will eplace Elizabeth O'dell, Dr. H. W. )avis, and Mrs. Sally Pender. The installation service will take ilace at Vespers in the chapel pril 3 at 7:15 p. in. 1950 Senior Class !elects Candidates For April Elections The junior class met Wednesday nd nominated candidates for of icers of next year's senior class. ~urther nominations may be sub iitted by petition to Student Body president Bob Sumwalt by noon 4arch 31. They must be signed *y 25 members of the present unior class. Nominated were: president, Tom (acfie; vice president, "Buddy" .angston and Lou Oswald; secre ary-treasurer, Ann Craig; his orian, Frances Tuttle and Annie 4ouise Pressley. Vulgarity At Stunt Vight Condemned rn IFC Statement Fraternities participating in the isplay of vulgarity at stunt night a Drayton Hall last Thursday ight were thoroughly rebuked by he university Inter-fraternity ~ouncil this week. It ruled that in the future, any raternity using obscenity in their kits will be fined ~$50 and all fra ernities must submit their skits a IFC for approval. Those failing a do so or those deviating from opy submitted to IFC shall be ined $50. This severe ruling was imposed fter the fraternities exhibited a ecord amount of obscene jokes and ets during their stunt night. Be muse of the mixed crowd, which necluded many parents of univer ity students, the council decided a take steps to check any possible euenne. Nominat' Cheerlea For Mon University Nearly Six Permanent Imp, Itemized in Pres The university has asked the state legislature for funds totaling $5,920,000 for permanent peace time improvements, plus an addi tional sum in the form of self liquidating bonds for dormitories and faculty homes. The requested appropriation was among the high est made by numerous state insti tutions. President Norman M. Smith pre sented the request in the form of nil itemized statement to the house Ways and Means committee Tues day. Topping the list of the pro posed peace-time building program were requests for funds totaling $1,425,000 for the purchase of ad ditional property and the removal of temporary improvemen. The additional space thus required would be used for permanent con structions. Several tintexwrthy plans of the administration are revealed in the request. Among these are construe tion of separate gymnasiums for men and women and a student ac tivities building. The statement also lists a $1,000,000 request for a i 200 Fail To Place Ordei March 28 To Order I Candidates for degrees to be awarded in June are urged to place their orders for commence ment regalia and invitations before the deadline, March 28, Joe Law rence, uniiversity postmaster, said yesterday. Any late demands will have to be ordered by special order. At least 200 seniors have not placed their orders, Iawrence said. All seniors expecting to be grad unted in June will be required to take part in the commencement ex ercises inl regalia unles.s granted permlissioni to be graduated "in ahl sentia" by the Registrar. Students who are still in doutt as to whether they will be grad uated are also urged to order their caps and gowns if there is a reason ablle possiblility that they wvill coin plete the school requirements in Ju ne, Lawrence saidi. These orders may lbe cancelled later' if these Carolina Wash Suspends Morn Until Demand& Not enough studeiits ate taking~ advantage of the university's new laundry service, the Carolina Washette, I)ean of Administration .John A. Chase said in an inter view Wednesday. "The Carolina Washette was set up for the students' convenience and at their request, and is cheaper than most automatic laundries, be cause soap is furnished free of charge," Chase said. "It is on the campus, located in the basement of Sims, and is espec ially for students, including mar ried students whose immediate families may use it. I'd like to urge all students to use the Caro lina Washette more and make it a well-established service' on the campus5." The Washette was opened Feb ruary 28 and has been in operation from 9 a. m. to 6 p. mi. on week days and from 9 a. m. to I p. m. on Saturdays. A fter three weeks it has been found that not enough ion Of O ders Sch4 day In C Requests Millions rovemients Fund ident's Report new chapel, auditoriuvi, and music building. Estimated costs for all improve ments in educational facilities to tals $5,845,000. Some of the facili ties listed as needing improvement or permanent construction are a science building; an engineering building: restoring, remodeling, and fireproofing dormitories, vhapel,! el" rc:. rd m h. " h Il a naval science building; an addi tion to the infirmary; an adminis tration building; a heating distri bution system; completion of the education building; altering, re storing College Hall for the Ex tension Division; a fine arts build ing; and shops and warehouses. The additional request of $2,900, 000 in self-liquidating bonds en visions two new dormitories for men, one for girls, and apartment and residence buildings for the faculty. Previous appropriation for per manent improvements was $1,700, 000. The construction of the new law school depletes this sum by $350,000. es Deadline 7ap, Gown -;tudents find that it, will be im possible for them to be graduated. Orders for regalia may le can elled anytime before April 30, pro vided the orders have not already meen shipped. Invitations, which uIre optionalI, may be cancelled on W before April 9, provided they tave not been printed or engraved )rior to tle cancellation request. Sample invitations, which are of 1hree types. niay be seen at the 'eneral Delivery window at the otofflice. I 'r ices are :3 eents, 32 -enits, and ';5 cents. The charges for cap and gown for b)achelor's iegree catndlidate's is $2.25 and for miaster's, $2.50. For students at tending school under the G.l. Bill, the cap and gown fee is taken care if by the government. ('all inig card samples may also 'e seen at the General D)elivery windowv. ette In Sims ing Service rs Increased students are using it to warrant its ein~g open that long, so beginning Mlonday it will be open from noon .intil 6 p. m. daily, on an experi menital basis. If there is enough jemiandl in the future, the hours will he changed hack to the orig nal, Chase said. For the first three weeks of >p)eration, an average of 15 wash igs a day were done. This means uhat the machines were in opera tioni only two and a half hours a lay, although the laundry was open rine hours. Trhe amount taken in in those hree weeks was $108.45. The cost was $99. The purpose of cutting iown the.,hours is to reduce over hieadl. It was found through ex perience that more students use the laundry in the afternoons, -so those hours were chosen for it to remain open. The Washette was fi' rianced by a $1245 loan from the Simis canteen, whieh must be paid fficers, Bduled h1apel Seven Schools Begin Meetings This Afternoon The Student body will meet at 5 p. in. Monday in the Chapel to iominate candidates for cheerlead eris and student body officers for the coming year, President Bob Sumwalt has announced. Repre sentatives to Student Council will be nominated by students of seven schools in meetings today. Tues day and Wednesday. Late nominations for cheerlead ers and student body officers inay be submitted to Suriwalt, and each must be signed by 100 students. . eiLius for Council representa Itives must be signed by 15 stu dents or four per cent of the matriculates of the school con cerned. Deadline for petitions is noon March 31. Schools to Meet The Graduate School of Social Work will meet today at 2:30 p. m. on the third floor of McKissick Library. They will be entitled to one representative on Council. The Law% School will nominate at the Law Federation meeting Wednesday at 1 1 a. m. in the Chapel. They are entitled to two representatives. The remainder of the schools will meet at noon Tuesday. The School of Journalism will meet ina the Pubic',aier.3 Buildin.. They are entitled to one represen tative. The School of Arts and Science, eligible for five representatives, will mot i the Chapel The School of Business Adminis tration will hold their meeting in Harper College. They are entitled to eight representatives. The School of Pharmacy will meet in LeConte college and the School of Education will meet in )ravton Hall. The former is en titled to two representatives and later is eligible for three. Students in the Graduate School will meet with the schools in which they are doing their graduate work. Review Short Story Released By EdIitor l'rizes wvill be awvarded to win ners of the newv Ca rolina Review short story contest which starts April 1, Editor Al Muni announced this week. For considerat ion, stories must be 1 ,50t worids or less and must be fiction. Munn said. The contest closes A pril 15. IBeside the prizes, a feature ar tiele witl be published about the first prize winner in the same issue of the R&erine. Entries may he sent to: Al M unni. Ca,rolina Rev'iew, campus mail. Clariosophic society Holds Spring Political Rally In Field House C'lariosophic Literary Society will sponsor the political rally in the Field House on Friday, April 1. The committee in charge is com posed of Gene Rogers and Jim Caldwell. Clariosophic held an open forum at its meeting Tuesday night. The Ku Klux Klan was discussed. Plans were made for a debate contest to select a team to debate against the Euphradian literary society. A key will be awarded the winning team. Teams planning to debate are Ray Berry and Roy Berry, John Mason and Charles Gasque, Burrell Sanders and Don Brown. *Entering the annual Cla$iosophic oratorical contest will h450e In. gram, George Couch, Md Royall, and Gene Rtogera.