The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, May 20, 1949, Page Page Seven, Image 7
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Vocabulary A
The Bulf' 50
By JANE
Slang--the constant bane <
blame it on the younger generi
Some of the daring slang words
that were popular when our grand
parents were on the campus 50
years ago are listed below:
"Flash" meant to be unprepared
when called upon to recite in class.
"Flunk," which had just become
popular, meant just what it does
today. So did the familiar "bust."
When a professor "wooled" a
student, he found out by questions
that he knew nothing.
A professor was a "bug," and a
perfect recitation was a "splurge."
Students at that time in history
had adopted the habit of "shoot
ing the bull." Those who did not
follow this pastime but who studied
were nicknamed "digs." And
those who excelled in some field
were termed either "rams" or
"sharks."
The young men at the turn of
the century had other favorites
among their slang vocabularies, for
slang can not be called a modern
vice. It has merely become more
prevalent, as it pours forth from
the radio and the novie screen.
Campus Radio Statio
Of Listening Habits,I
Of Students Listenin<
WUSC has recently conducted a I
survey to find out the listening I
habits and preferences of the stu
dents. The survey was under the i
direction of Toni Richardson, sta- i
tion manager.
Eighty-six per cent of the stu
dents living o the caipus re
ported that they listen to the sta
tion, and twenty-one per cent were i
actually listening to the station I
when they were visited by station
personnel. Bad reception was
given as the principal reason of
those who do not listen.
Popular record shows and semi
classical music were first and see
ond program preferences. Classi
cal music, campus remote shows,
and news were listed as other fa
vorites.
The evening hours were given
as the most popular time for radio
PE Major-Minor
Women's Club Has
Party At Sesqui
Women physical education ma
jors and minors will have a swim
ming party and wiener roast to
morrow beginning at 2 :30 at Sea
qlui state park.
Two groups will leave from the
women's physical education depart
mient, one at 2:30, and the other at
5:30. Members may invite dates.
Watches Diamonds
B. B. HARMON
Jeweler
Watch,. Clock and
.Jewelry Repairing
Telephone 4-1522
2024 Devine St. Five Points
Columbia, S. C.
Clocks Jewelry
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ition-is not new here.
Leadership Group
Elects Betty Mood
President For Fall
Betty Mood, rising senior of Co
lumbia, was elected president of
Alpha Kappa Gamma, women's
honorary leadership fraternity,
rhursday, May 12.
Other officers elected for the
-oming year are Irene Krugman,
Columbia, vice-president; Jane
Dowe, Norfolk, Va., secretary;
Barbara Raffield, Aiken, treas
irer; Ann Mood, Columbia, schol
irship chairman; and Ruth Stone,
Columbia, historian.
Olive Long, retiring president,
annoInced that the new officers
would be installed Thursday at the
ast meeting of the semester.
n Conducts Survey
Ausic Choices
1 To Programs
istening. The average listening
;ime per day among those .stu
lents surveyed was four hours
ind twelve minutes. while the aver
ige time of listening to WUSC was
me hour and thirty minutes.
Slow dance music was, the sur
iey showed, the most popular type
)f music, with semi-classics second
ind modern jazz, third. Hillbilly
nusic proved to be least popular.
Among the music artists,
Vaughn Monroe was first in the
:hoice of popular dance bands, Stan
Kenton for swing bands, Bing
crosby and Perry Como for male
vocalists; Jo Stafford for female
,ocalists, the Mills Brothers for
iarmony singers, Boston Pops for
:lassical music, Gershwin and Kern
ror the semi-classics, Burl Ives
ror folk music, and Red Ingle for
lillbilly music.
rri-Delt Bridge
Tournament Held
Here Tomorrow
A bridge tournament will be
ield by Delta Deltaw Delta In the
NJaval Armory tomorrow from 3
p. mn. until 6 p. m. Tickets are be
ng sold by tables, and may be ob
ained from any member of the
iorority.
All actives and alumna are be
ng asked to be responsible for one
able, at $2 per table. Money will
e used to pay for furniture.
Ten door prizes are being given
>y the alumna.
Twenty-eight trees stand as
rnemorials along Green and Pick
3ns streets to the university stu
lents and alumni who died in the
First World War.
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Retires
First Co-Ed
Four-Year C(
Will Retire F
Mrs. Laura Perry Gunter, who
wvas the first woman to complete
i four-year course at Carolina, will
-etire from her work at the circu
ation desk in McKissick Library
his June.
Mrs. Gunter was graduated from
:he university in 1900. For two
rears following that, she taught
n a practice school on the campus
,vhich Dr. Patterson Wardlaw
!stablished as a forerunner to Uni
iersity High.
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you on the Lucky leve
to remember that LUCKY
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Chorus To Have
Party At Sesqui
Park Wednesday
The chorus will have a party at
Sesqui-Centennial state park at 8
p. m. Wednesday, May 25.
The party is for chorus members
only. Prof. Robert Van Doren, di
rector of the chorus, asks that
every member who intends to go
sign his name to the list to be
posted on the university chapel bul
letin board.
The party is being financed by
money which the chorus received
for singing on the radio program
during "dollar days" sponsored by
the Columbia Merchants' associa
tion.
ADPi Has Banquet
At Parish House
On rounder's Day
Alpha Delta Pi had its Founder's
day banquet Friday, May 13, in
Trinity parish house from 6 p. m.
until 8:15.
Toni Childs, master of cere
monies, introduced Sara Jane Ben
son, who sang. Polly Harris, presi
dent of the active chapter, spoke
on the accomplishments of the ac
tives this year.
The songfest group sang "I'm
Always Chasing Rainbows," "The
Wishing Song," and "Somewhere
ever the Rainbow."
Jean Hull, president of the
alumna, closed the program with
a talk on the accomplishments of
the alumna this year.
Wardlaw Elected
Cotillion President
For Fall Semester
Pete Wardlaw was elected presi
dent of the Cotillion club for the
fall semester at a meeting of the
executive committee May 16. Other
officers are Whit Plowden, vice
president; Bill Dominey, secretary;
Benjie Knowlton, treasurer; and
Charles Jones, dance chairman.
They succeed Sam McKittrick as
president; Pete Lane as vice presi
dent; Phil Pearce as secretary;
Wilson Springs as treasurer; and
Dave Smith as dance chairman.
The executive committee is made
up of retiring officers, past presi
dents, and founders of the organi
zation.
Kappa Deltas Give
Social For June
Graduates Monday
Kappa Delta is giving a coke
party Monday in the sorority room
in Sims in honor of the graduating
seniors.
Those who are graduating are
Mary McQueen, Laura Speed,
Jeanette Childs, Carolyn Bynum,
Kat Wallace, Sassy Robertson,
Mary Weeks, Chine Van Keuren,
Holly Beck, and Barbara Moore.
Delta Zeta's Honor
Seniors At Weiner
Roast And Dance
Delta Zeta gave e swimming
party and weiner roast at Gibson's
pond May 12 from 6 to 11 p. m.
Square dancing and round dancing
was held in the pavilion.
The party was held in honor of
graduating seniors Kathleen
Brown, of Hemingway; Rubye
Kitchens, of Warrenville; and
Helen Hendley, of Columbia. Also
honored were Jean Harris, of
Salisbury, N. C.; and Nancy Mc
Lemore, of Columbia, who are fin
ishing two-year courses in secre
tarial science.
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In June
To Complete,
>urse Here
rom Library
Mrs. Gunter's husband was a
professor of education here for
awhile.
Mr. Alfred B. Rawlinson, li
brarian, describes Mrs. Gunter as
"one of the best-loved Ataff mem
bers we have."
The picture above is of Mrs.
Gunter when she christened a de
stroyer, named for her son, during
the war. The inset is of her when
she graduated from Carolina in
1900.
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vn when you're tense-puts
iI That's why it's so important
STRIKE MEANSw FINE TOBACCO
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I Sponsors
abaret Ball
Ballroom
held at the Jefferson Hotel to
odbold, chairman of the joint
gineering societies will be rep
resented.
The ball will be semi-formal,
cabaret style. Woody Woodward
and his orchestra will play. It will
be open to all members of the four
engineering societies at the univer
sity. Alumni members and others
interested in the societies are in
vited to attend.
Engineering societies which will
be represented at the ball are the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, American Society of
Civil Engineers, American Society
of Electrical Engineers, and the
American Society of Chemical En
gineers.
The joint council is composed of
two members from each society.
It coordinates all matters pertain
ing to the four societies.
Bill McCall Named
To Head Pre-Med
Society Next Fall
Alpha Epsilon Delta, fraternity
of pre-medical students, has elect
ed officers for the fall semester.
Bill McCall was elected presi
dent; Durham Lewis, vice presi
dent; Margie Teague, secretary;
Joe Plyler, treasurer; Jean Utsey,
social reporter; and Jules Klein
metz, historian.
Installation followed the election.
lina students, the apple, orange
and peanuts man, is interested in
the state and especially the uni
versity, since he has been so close
to it every day. He remembers
when the campus was very small
and has watched its progress to a
university.
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Joint Counci
Engineers' C
In Jefferson
The engineers' ball will be
night, according to Warren (
council of engineers. Four en
Fruit Seller
Knew tarly
Days Here
ly MARY DENNY
A familiar sight to students is
M. L. Faust who for many years
has operated a produce stand on
the corner of Sumter and Green
itreets by the gymnasium.
Mr. Faust was born in April of
1876, the year Wade Hampton was
elected governor, and he later saw
traffic halted for his funeral pro
:ession down Sumter street. He
remembers the long, hard struggle
>f the South during reconstruction
'when money was scarce, but folks
vere happy."
When Faust was sixteen years
>ld, his father placed him with
he Carolina Brick company, where
ie worked ten hours a day for
1.50 a week. He recalls that
;eventy-five cents a day was an
-xtraordinary good salary and that
t-dollar-a-day wages were almost
inheard of.
He was raised in what is now
Rtichland county, although his home
vas once on the Fairfield county
oundary. In 1898 he opened a
imall store but later he farmed
Lbout twelve miles out-of-town.
iowever, during the last thirty
ears he has operated a stand at
he curb market on Assembly
treet, and by the gym.
When Faust was married, he
'ented his home from Doctor Bur
ey, whose office was in College
kall.
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