Jolson Movi
Of 1950 Bo
By JIMN
"The Movies," a perennis
students, have released their
Columbia's "Jolson Sings
an easy winner aa the 1949 f
to an end two weeks ago. T
and neck at the tape were a tri
of 20th-Fox films, "Pinky," "Mal
War Bride," and "Snake Pit."
RKO's "Joan of Are" fitted ir
to the same slot as the last thre
and trailing not far behind wer
"Stratton Story," "Belvedere Goe
to College," "Little Women,
"Words -and Music," and "Nei
tune's Daughter" to cothplete tb
top ten money gtossers.
Indicating that 1949 continue
to see grosses on the down gradq
even if not quite so bad as heralde
is the comparison of the 92 film
last year with the 93 in 1948 the
grossed more than $1,500,000 eact
The 1948 leaders had a total gros
of $229,500,000 as compared to th
$210,000,000 for the top 92 of las
year - a drop of slightly less thal
ten percent.
The ten best selling stars of th
year were Jeanne Crain, Car;
Grant, Esther Williams, Bob Hopi
Van Johnson, James Stewart, BIn
Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Larr;
Parks, and Loretta Young. Miss
ing from this list are such star
as Spencer Tracy (number 28)
Olivia de Haviland (17th), Deb
.4* orah Kerr (33rd), and many otheri
These "slips" point to a fact noi
dawning on the major studios -
the futility of hinging a picture o1
a star alone.
Hypatian Reviews
Year's Activities
Of Organization
With a membership of ove
thirty at the beginning of the fal
semester, Hypatian literary societ:
set to work to bring a "well
ordered elocution" to its memberi
Work was continued on a biog
raphy of university professors, on
of the main projects of the societ3
Programs for the bi-monthly meet
ings included debates, poetry read
ing and criticisms, and several out
side speakers.
After mid-semester grades wer
reported some twenty new pledge
learned the pledge lessons of Hy
patian and in due time wer
initiated into the society. Member
ship is based on a 'B' average i1
English.
One of the social highlights o
the year was a tea held in hono
of the new members in Sims musi
room.
Margie Teague, Columbia,i
president; Eliza Herndon, Coluni
bia, is vice president; Elga Ed
wards, Columbia, secretary; Jc
anne Weaver, Columbia, treasurer
May Herbert, Piedmont, critic; ani
Nora Ann Oeland, Columbia, char
lain..
Zeta Tau Alphas
Will Hold Drop-In
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority wil
entertain their pledges at a drop
in on February 8, in the chapte
room in Sims, Olga Edwards, pub~
licity chairman, announced toda3
Everyone is invited.
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1 pastime favorite of Carolii
1949 boxof'fice returns figure
Again" swept across the lii
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Field Secretary
Visits Delta Zeta
Until Saturday
Miss Cleora Crosby, natioi
field secretary for Delta Zeta i
I rority, is now visiting Beta Del
iq chapter here.
Miss Crosby is a graduate
1 Washington State College and t
t University of Washington, whc
8 she majored in violin and vio
a She h#s worked for Boeing A
t plane Company in the writir
editing and revising departmei
and puts into completed form boo
of instructions on airplanes bu
4 by Boeing.
Before coming to Columbia a
spent the weekend in Charlest
with the Beta Psi chapter.
She will leave Saturday.
Hamilton To Leac
Phi Sigma Kappa
Next Semester
Nick Hamilton, Summervil
was elected spring term presidc
of Phi Sigma Kappa fraterni
last week.
Jay Quick, Drexel Hill, Pa., v
named vice president; Gord
r Kennerly, Cordova, secretary; a
I Harry Mosley, Columbia, treasur
v Jimmy Creech, Blackville, m
- serve as inductor, and Charles E
I. mons, New Hackensack, N.
- sentinel.
a Retiring officers are Nick Ha
ilton, president; Terry Smith, v
- president; Gordon Kennerly, seci
- tary; and Vic Johnson, treasur
Raffield, Weaver
Given Honor Pin!
From DO Sororitj
Barbara Raffield, of Aiken, a
f Joe Ann Weaver, Columbia, M
r receive senior honor pins fr<
0 Delta Omicron music sorority, t
organization president has
* nounced.
- The awards are made annua
- to outstanding seniors who ha
- contributed most to the chapi
;during their affiliation with t
I club.
- Miss Weaver is treasurer of t
organization, and Miss Raffield
president. Mary Cockfield, Sers
ton, is vice president, and Ann 'A
lhams, Columbia, secretary.
Delta Omicron is an honora
Sfraternity organization for sa
d (ents who have shown intere
r talent and ability in music.
Cherokees Show
Dignity At Feast
Attended By Smiti
"I found the Cherokees as digi
fied as university professors," I
L. L. Smith, head of the U!
geology department, said receni
as he told of his recent trip to t
Cherokee Indian reservation.
Doctor Smith reports that an
dian is able to stand before a har
crowd without showing excitemE
and with a passive expression
his face.
The feature attraction of
visit was the feast, which consist
of every imaginable type of India
food. Foods included: rou
bear, speckled trout, potatoes (ri
na), pumpkin (i-ya), chestn
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it South Caroliniana
he Library Obtains
* Famed Drawing
The South Carolintana Library
has purchased a drawing of a view
of Morris Island during the seige
of Charleqton in 1864, from the
Goodsped store in Boston.
S This view was sketched by a
northern officer, Capt. Edwin 0.
Fisher. The picture was drawn
from this sketch by I. F. Eaton.
-neb This view of Morris Island shows
the gunboats surrounding the
ity island, forts, and the light house.
The length of the island is given.
an and the "Swamp Island" is shown.
On Charleston harbor is shown in the
n background, as is Successionville.
,ill There is no explanation given
m- whether the picture was sketched
to be used by the military per
sonnel or by the northern or Eng
M- lish newspapers.
ice
re
er. Program Planned
By Honor Board
To Help Interest
A program is being instigated
by the Honor Board to stimulate
nd interest in the Honor System on the
rill part of both faculty and students,
) according to Ken Leland, chairman
he of the Honor Board.
"We believe that a lack of un
derstanding on the part of both
yfaculty and students is the main
ye factor that has to be overcome if
the Honor System is to work ef
he ficiently," Leland said.
Leland said that each council
he member had been assigned a fac
Isulty group or a national sorority
or fraternity .on the campus in
n-order to stimulate interest and
bring about a better understanding
between the faculty and students.
ry"We believe that the honor sys
at, tem is wrighere at Carolina,"
Leland said, "but there is room for
much improvement."
He added that the board had
agreed that the best way to instill
the spirit of honor in the students
was through the professors and
that professors were being urged
to expound the principle of the
Honor System more frequently to
their classes.
) THoo primary purpose of the
HnrBoard is not to prevent stu
dents from cheating," Leland ex
heplained, "but to instill a feeling of
honor and pride Into the student
which he will practice after he
nleaves the University. By putting
ge confidence In the student while he
nt Is in school he becomes confident
on of himself and has a feeling of
shonesty which he will carry into
uhis everyday life."
an
ast bread, wild cherries, and sassafras
u- tea.
ut Tourists driving through this In
dian village, which is near Chero
kee, N. C., may see the natives
wearing bonnets and other head
dress. These features have been
added by the concessionists to
please the public, Doctor Smith
said.
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SAE's Name Dana
As New President
For. Coming Term
Tucker Dana, Columbia, was
named president of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity last week. Ed
Royall, Mount Pleasant, will serve
as vice president.
Charlie Penney, Sumter, was
elected secretary; David Johnson,
Columbia, treasurer; Jim Trow
bridge, Aiken, chronicler; Paul
Palmer, Wadmalaw Island, cor
respondent, and Ben Badger, Char
leston, warden.
Retiring officers are John Can
tey, president; Nat Fant, vice
president; Jarrett Davis, treas
urer; and French O'Shields, secre
tary.
Bird 's-IView
Who sent the Christmas card to
'Mr. Ruddy' - address incomplete
and no box number? The recipient
wonders how it finally came to rest
in his campus mail.
Seniors taking comprehensive
exams this week reviewed some
educational versions of military
precision. With Professor McCall
executing the signals, he and his
staff members traversed the length
of the armory accumulating exam
material, doing an about-face at
the west entrance, then racing
abreast to the bridge.
Seen in The Gamecock office
Tuesday night wvere past editor,
Carroll Gilliam, and former man
aging editor, Ken Baldwin.
USC Observatory
Noted By Papers
In Texas, Canada
By KEN POWELL
Prof. L. V. Robinson of the
Astronomy department has dis
closed that Melton Observatory had
its name in the news as far west
as Amarillo, Texas, and as far
'north as Canada recently. The
close approach of Mars and Saturn
as seen from the observatory was
the subject of the news reports.
An old friend of Robinson's who
is living in Amarillo learned where
the professor is teaching from a
radio news story about Melton
broadcast from that city.
Robinson learned that the story
had been carried in Canada from
a Columbia newspaper printed in
French.
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Chapter At USC
HIers Historian
Dr. Charles S. Sydnor, historian
of Duke University, told the South
Carolina Alpha chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa recently that "there
are thousands of questions to which
we have not yet found the an
swers."
Doctor Sydnor was speaking to
the local chapter of the national
honorary scholarship society.
The meeting was held in Dray
ton Hall and the speaker was in
troduced by Dr. Robert L. Meri
wether of the university history
department, who presided at the
meeting.
Doctor Sydnor listed the follow
ing qualification that he said was
a prerequisite for scholarship: a
certain amount of brain power; an
earnest desire for knowledge and
a curiosity to learn of the un
known; a great capacity for work;
a desire to face truth although it
Le contrary to preconceived no
tions; a sense of responsibility and
a purpose for one's work; and faith
that knowledge is useful. *
"The principal compensation of
scholarship is the inner satisfac
tion of acquiring and putting to
purposeful use new truths," he
said.
Doctor Sydnor said the. scholar
should be motivated by the desire
to contribute something useful to
the well-being of his fellow man;
scholarship as a lifework for its
plaudits or for any hope of a later
life of ease likely would be disap
pointing.
After the address, the audience
was invited over to the Caroliniana
library, of which Doctor Meri
wether is director, for a social
hour.
Rush And Ga
Monday's Sha
Jean Rush and Phillip Garfi
shaggers on campus Monday nil
by the sophomore Y.
They were awarded theatre c
L. Foster, of the Foster School
Miller To Address G
Methodist Group c
m
For Convention
Dr. Alexander Miller, of New N
York, formerly from New Zealand, W
will address the Methodist stu
dents' convention in Charleston,
February 17, 18, and 19, Arlen
Cotter, president of Wesley Foun
dation, announced.
About 50 delegates from Co
lumbia college and Carolina will
attend the conference. Representa- t
tives from all colleges in South
Carolina will be present. The Cita
del and the College of Charleston
will be hosts.
The theme of the conference will
be "Man's )isorder - God's De- 9
C
sign." A cruise of Charleston har- c
bor will be taken by the represen- d
tatives. Any Methodist student
who has participated in Wesley
Foundation activities may attend.
The conference, which is held
annually, was in Columbia last
year. Different South Carolina
colleges hold the conferences each
year on a rotation system.
Arlen Cotter is president; "Toot
sie" Springs, secretary; and Mary
Denny, treasurer. Jack Goldshmid
is vice president from the univer
sity, while Sylvia Best represents
Columbia college.
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rfinkel Win
g Contest
nkel proved to be the best
rht at the contest sponsored
oupons for their talents. L.
of Dance, judged.
Other entrants were Pat Bird,
ill Stanley, Pat Kleckley and Bill
illespie.
The contest was sponsored in
)mnection with the regular Sopho
ore "Y" canteen, which is held
,,ery Monday night in Flinn Hall.
orma Bergman and Al Barfield
ere in charge of the proceedings.
:anterbury Club
:hooses Leader
Miss Betty Cruse, Columbia, has
een chosen new student leader of
anterbury, Episcopal organiza
on, and was introduced by Dr.
eorge Alexander at the club's
agular meeting Sunday night.
Officers will be elected next
-eek, and will take over at the be
inning of the new seniester, ac
irding to Pat McKinsey, presi
ent.
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