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Vote Vt Monday y" C Wednesday UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATEAF CAROLINA Volume XLIII, No. 23 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA*, APRIL 8, 1949 Fudd10 eor, * * * Classes Freshmen, S Juniors Nan 1949-50 Re1 By NED ' Campus Members of the rising so classes will go to the polls Mo year. The polls, located in 0 9:30 a. ni. to 4:00 p. m. Th for Wednesday with the san weather is inclement, voting Candidates for the senior class presidency are: Bill King of Lan caster, Tommy Macfie of Colum bil, Hob) Rlnmnn. of Etill. and Pete Wardlaw of Columbia. The four in the race for vice president are: 'llddy T.angtnn of Timmnna ville, Lou Oswald of Columbia, Maxine Todd of Greenwood, and Oliver Williamson of Kingstree. Ann Craig and Joanne Weaver, both of Columbia, will vie for the secretary-treasurership and Annie Louise lressley and Frances Tuttle 01 Col0um1LI ar'e aU1ndidULi LUr the Office of historian. Sophomores will choose one of thrce candidates for president of 11ext year's junior class: Dick Edens of Bennettsville, Charlie Jones of Greer, and Joe Stringer of Yazoo City, Miss. Chandler Josey of Anderson is unopl)osed for the office of junior Vice president. In the race for sec retary-treasurer are Buddy Hen drick of Myrtle Beach and John Sav,.v of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. John Buice of Anderson is the only candidate for historian. Nominees for president of the sophomore class are: Roy Berry of .lohnston, William Brandel of Orlando, Fa., Joe K. Ingram of Cheraw, and Jim Snead of Easley. Vice presidential candidates are: William E. (Ernie) Fowler, Jr. of Sumter, William H. Gibbes of Darlington, Dupree Miller of Ben nettsville, Bob Tomlin of Charles toi, and Richard D. Wilder of Riverton, N. J. lDonald F. Blodgett of Johns burg, Vt. and Nancy Stewart of Jacksonville, Fla. are running for the office of secretary-treasurer and .John M. Bankhead of Tampa, F''la and Dick Polen of Crafton, l'a. for historian. First Of Weekly Series -Of Dances TCo Begin Monday 'Te "Gamecock Hop," the first of a series of weekly dances initiated to promote school spirit, will be held Tuesday from 8 to I10 p. m. in the armory. Tommy Thlornaley and his Gamecock Or chestra will provide music for the "striotly informal" hop. The idea originated with a group of students- who wanted to get stu deLnts together and who "realize there is no0 entertainment open to the student body as a whole." "This wvill be a chance for all to~ put away their books for a cOUple of hours. Students are in vitedl to participate in the show," hlayard Peach, one of the group, said. A fter Tuesday, a vocal con test for males and females will be held among those who would like to sing with the band. The win ner~ of the Spring term series will be& prlesenuted an award. Door prizes Wvill lbe givenu later on. Admission 's 25 cents per' person and stags ge N * * * To Cl )ophomores, ie Twelve - )resentatives ['HREATT Editor phomore, junior, and senior iday to elect officers for next DK Circle, will be open from - runoff election is scheduled re hours prevailing. If the Aill take place in the Chapel. Smith Gives Welcome Talk At Convention By OLGA EDWARDS President Norman M. Smith gave the welcoming address to the fifteenth annual meeting of the Southeastern Section and Research Branch of the American Society for Engineering Education which opened here yesterday. Delegates registered yesterday morning in Drayton Hall and the first meeting convened at 9:30 a. In. Professors from colleges throughout the Southeast will ad dress meetings. President Smith will introduce Gov. J. Strom Thurmond to a meeting today. The governor will welcome the delegates on behalf of the state. At 1 p. m. tomorrow delegates will be entertained with a luncheon in Sims' College by the university. Mrs. R. L. Sumwalt and Mrs. N. M. Smith will entertain women delegates with a tea at the home of Mrs. Sumwalt. Carolina Review Distribution Set For Tomorrow The Carolina Review will be dis tributed tomorrow morning. Edi tor Al Munn has announced. Munn said this issue will contain no pic tures and will have more short stories and poems. The short story contest being conducted by the Review will close Monday, April 11. First, second, and third prizes will go to win ners. Munn said that, in addition, the stories that are deemed worthy will be entered in a national writ er's contest, with the consent of the authors. Deadline for the next issue of the Review has been set for April 22. Munn urged all authors to contribute their works. Candidates for the presidency sophogWore class.. They are (lef picture warn taken. Candidates< Clumibla; and Tom Mactie, 00o1 (USC ihoto by Tom Teal.) righ * * * ioose ( Ma) fy the smiles on their faces you lingim and President-elect George day. Miss Fillingim will be crown< Body President in the next few v hurg. (USC photo by Tom Teal.) New Building Appropriation Bill In House Rep. Sol Blatt of Barnwell in troduced a bill into the House Tuesday which would provide $875,000 for a combined student union building and mess hall for the university. This money would come from the state surplus if the bill is passed. The Senate finance committee has recommended a $134,085 cut in the House adopted appropria tion for the university. Previously Pres. Norman M. Smith had term ed his recommendation for $1, 889,650 as "the absolute mini mum." The Senate committee trimmed university funds for the fiscal year 1949-50 to $1,382,274. Two national organizations have already warnedl the university that it wvas "falling a little short" of standards for graduate work. The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools notified the administration that the basic stan dard requires an expenditure of $250 per student. The university spent $205.24 per student in 1948. phomore, Senior, of the sophomore, junior and senioi I to right): Roy Berry, Johnston; ef the rising senior eless are seen ambln. At right, the rising jnnior tEle * * *~ )fficer's Queen, President wouldn't have thought it was raini Wright obliged the cameraman to .d Queen of the May on May 5 and ,eeks. Miss Fillingin is from Colu Rickenbacker Maid of Beth Filling In May Day Reigning over the May Cou lingim, who received a major tions. Miss Fillingim, a junio of the Chi Omega sorority anc Gamma, women's honor frater Boosters Discuss 'Queen For Day' Plans In Chapel Members of Boosters' Club will meet today at 3 p. mu. in the Chapel to discuss plans for "Queen for a Day" to be sponsored this year by Student Council. Tentative plans call for a pro gram similar to the one in 1947, wvhich was sponsored by Boosters', and included a p)arade down Main street. An election wvill be' held to name a new secretary-treasurer to sue ceedl Belinda Cullumi. Junior Class Presi classes posed for the photographer Joe Ingram, Cheraw; and Jim Snem in the middle picture in the usual candidatesa.e Joe .St ringer, v.., Cted * * * Mondtq Elect rig, but May Queen-elect Beth Fil help brighten up a gloomy Carolina Wright will take over as Student uibia and Wright is from Spartan Honor im To Reign Festivities rt on May 5 will be Beth Fil ity of votes in the first elec from Columbia, is a member is a member of Alpha Kappa nity. She received 901 votes. Jean Rickenbacker, Delta Delta Delta of Union, will serve as the maid of honor. Miss Rickenbacker is a junior and transfer of Con verse College. Shera Lee Ellison, Delta TIau from Charleston, was the other candidlate in the final balloting. The May Court will be composed of all of the contestants in the beauty pageant. They are: Shera Lee Ellison, Ruth Stone, Ann Por cher Zeigler, Betty Cameron, Eve lyn Plyler, Helen Harbin, Mary Russel Eleazer, Hlelent Cullum, Sally Stevens, Pat Lewis, Mary Blanche Corry, Mary Jean Mar tin, Martha Cunningham, Jean Harris, Helen Hendley, Raye Rice, Phyllis Dukes, Margaret Eleazer, Jo Anne Dellinger', dential Candidates at last week's political rally. At left d, Easley. William Brandel, Orlan order: Bob Solomons, Estill; Bill K Citv. Miss., Charls Jones, (...... Pres * * * y, Wec Student P After Rec< A record vote was establish week as votbrs chose their Q council representatives, and and Bob Peters were elected respectively, with Wright goi day and Peters winning out j Schools Elect Honor Board's New Members Students of six schools elected their representatives to the Honor Board in elections this week. Those elected are: Arts and Science: Irene Herty and Charles A. Jones. Business Administration: Caro lyn Busbee. Bill Dominey and Kathleen Sims. Education: Lib Caldwell and Lou Oswald. Engineering: Ken Dean. Jack Howell and Diek Pion. Journalism: Jack Morgan, Betsy Knowlton, Barbara McSwain and Bob Westerfield. Pharmacy: Sam Gaillard, Cor ilia Fair, Bobby Fugle4 an" Paul Stoddard. Senior Prom Set For Early May; Tickets On Sale "The senior class prom will defi nitely be held the first part of May," Jim Thomas, class presi dent, said Wednesday. Th'onias stated that an agree nient to underwrite the cost of the dance in advance has been worked out with the Alumni As sociation and its executive secre tary, Ralph G. Lewis. Stag or drag tickets at one dollar each are be ing sold and may be obtained from Thomas or during the senior exams Monday and Wednesday af ternoons. Sorority, Frate Fests To Be Ne AKG,ODK Hol Fraternity' song fest will b<4 in Driay ton 1Hall, and sorority d1ay at the same time and plai week. The two song fests are beii Gamma. Omicron Delta Kapp are the candidates of the rising o, Fla. was absent when the Ing, Lancaster, Pete Wardlaw, and DI)ck F4ens Bennett.vinle ident * * * Inesday osts Filled )rd Voting ed in the annual elections this tudent body officers, student -heerleaders. George Wright president and vice-president, rig in on the first ballot Mon n the Wednesday runoff. Barbara McSwain was voted in as secretary with a convincing ma jority in the runoff, and Phil Pearce was elected treasurer. Election officials and poll watch ers reported the heaviest voting of any previous year. Final counts showed 1700 ballots cast in the Monday voting. compared to the 1400 cast last year. Student Council representatives elected by the variou- chools are as follows: Arts and Sciences: Ted Saleeby, French O'Sheilds. Dick Dunham, Ruth Stone, Charlie Jones, and Barbara Faffield. 'harmacy: Charlie Plaxco. Musiness Acdinistration: Dan Winesett, B u s t e r VanKeuren, 11.a14:11 MVUI LIII, Charles Goforth, Jim Dye. Bill Duffy, and Harry Bell. Law School: Harry Cline and Bob Kay. Enginmerinl: Bob Whiteside, James M1artin, Jim Thomson, and Legare Addison. Journalism: Jim Newbury. Education: Larry Cunningham, Lysette Lowenstein, Richard Mc Anvail. and Betty Ortman. The cheerleaders i i c I u d e "Shorty" Hilliard, w%ho vent in on the first ballot. Others elected were Don Johnston, Dave John ston. Betty J. McLean, Bill Dom iney, and "lsh" Thomas. A pproximately 1380 votes were east in the Wednesday runoffs. In the race for the vice-presi dency, Bob Peters received 739 votes in the runoff as against 645 for George Abernathy. Barbara McSwain received 892 votes for secretary, against her opponent's Carolyn BLusbee's, 479. Phil Pearce gained 795 votes for treasurer, op posing Greta Mileys S569. rnity Song xt Week; d Tapping held Tuesdiay at 7 :30 p. m. ong fest will be held Wednes e, Jane D)owe announced this ig sponsoredl by Alpha Kappa a, men's leadership fraternity', will tap new members following fraternity' song fest. A1(G will tap after sorority. Members of all groups singing are asked to contact Jane Dowe before next week to verify names of selections used. Social fraternities, sororities, and independents were invited to participate. Each group will pre sent either a medley of two songs and one additional song, a medley of three songa, or two individual songs. Judging will be on the fol lowving basis: music, 40 points; stage appearance, five points; and originality, five points. Admission will be $.50, and pro. ceeds will go to the Alpha Kappa Gamma Scholarship fund. Drayton hall will be available for practice for fraternities on Saturday afternoon and for sorori ties on Monday night. It will be available all day Tuesday and Wednesay.