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Winter Has ArriVed Al-American A Little Latel ACP Rating 1947-48-49 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA _____________________________CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIV, No. 17 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 17, 1950 Founded 1 Campus Briefs Denise Guerin, of Melbourne, Fla., was elected treasurer of Kappa Pi art fraternity Tuesday night. She will serve for the com Ing year. Ann Rawl, of Columbia, was installed as president of the fraternity recently. * * . The university evening school for the Spring term is still open for registration, providing that the student register in time to attend his classes before the beginning of next week. Registration is at the extension office at 881 Sumter street. Jem Newberry, editor of the "Carolina Review," has named Monday the deadline for the maga zine's annual short-story contest for USC students. All entries must be typewritten, double-spaced, on white paper and forwarded to the "Carolina Re view" not later than Monday. The story, with a picture and a thumb-nail biography of the winner will appear in the Spring issue. A cup will be presented to the winner on Awards Day. All entries become the property of the "Carolina" Ieview" aad the decision of the judges will be final. staff members of the "Cmawaaf t w " areA nIlUgWble for the contest. Courses in speaking and ceramics have been added to the evening school curriculum for the current term. "Improving the Speaking Voice" is a course now being given in evening classes here. The non credit course Is taught by Miss Isabel Griffith, former assistant teacher at the Vancouver School of Expression in British Columbia. The class meets on Thursday from 7 p. m. until 9 p. m. A course in ceramic art was be gun Wednesday at the university. Anyone interested in taking these courses should call the university extension division. Song Fest dates have been set at May 2 and 4, according to Betty Mood, president of Alpha Kappa Gamma leadership fraternity. Selections of songs must be sub mitted to Martha Petty before April 1. * * * Sorority rushing for the Spring semester will begin April 17, with the Pan-Hellenic tea, and continue through that week, Beth Fil lingim, Pan-Hellenic president, an nounced this week. Tentative dates for the annual High School Week-end, sponsored by the Co-Ed Association, have been set at Mar. 81, Apr. 1. This was decided at the association's meeting Wednesday afternoon, and the president, Sally Stevens, said that plans for the week-end, which will be given for high school seniors all over the state, will begin Im mediately. Sigma Chi fraternity has an nounced that Its annual derby, an athletic contest In which sororities participate, will be held on the afternoon of May 8. Carl Vines was re-elected as president of the University Play era, Wednesday. Other officer. for the forthcoming semester are Jim mie Howle, vice president; Carolyn Dabbe, secretary; and Barbara Derrick, historian. 'Deputation Team Takes Programs To High Schools "The Power of Prayer" was the theme of a program presented to high schools at Johnson, Edgefield, and Sumter by the "Y" deputation team last Thursday and Friday, according to co-chairmen Martha Petty and Terrell Glenn. Members of the group were: Weste Patton, Patsy Eppe, Rhoda Jane Johnson, Buck Cureton, and Libby Lewis. This was the first of the fre quent programs to be taken to - schools throughout the state by the "Y' this samas1ar. Carpet Issue Is Ended Now ByEuphradian By J. P. HOWLE The long-debated issue of the carpet to cover the floor of the Eu phradian Hall is at last settled. A letter recently received from President Norman M. Smith by the Euphradlan Society recently put the quietus on this muchly dis cussed topic. Sometime in 1946 when the hall was surrendered to the university to be used as a classroom, an agree ment was made between the presi dent and the society whereby the university would foot half of the expense In restoring the hall to good condition. Since the hall was restored to the society in 1948 there have been countless complications and debates on carpet prices, colors, and the validity of contracts. In November of last year everything was ap parently settled and a carpet and matting was ordered from Colony House, in Chicago. - The order has now been can celled as stated in the president's letter because "the possibility of a fire from a dropped cigarette cause ad matting to smolder for some time and even. get a good start in so unfrequented a section. A fire in this old build ing with well-seasoned timber would, of course, spread rapidly and jeopardize the lives of students living in the rooms of Harper (col lege)." The president had consulted the Columbia Fire Department and a letter from its chief said: "In view of the floor being constructed of combustible material and that smoking is permitted during the meetings, it is my suggestion that a rug not be placed upon this floor." President Smith showed that the discussion had gone far enough. "I think we will all agree that the omission of the rug will be to the best interest and peace of mind of all of us." University High Student Honored By Johnsonian "Miss Hi-Miss," Elma Leon Welch of University high school, Columbia, will be among 242 South and North Carolina high school senior girls whom Winthrop col lege will honor this month. "The Johnsonian," Winthrop stu dent newspaper, has published its 18th annual "Miss Hi-Miss'- edi tion In recognition of the year's outstanding senior girl. Selected as the representative of her school, Miss Welch Is coach of the senior class basketball team, a member of Y-Teens, the student council, and the glee club. She Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Welch. Univrsity High is the training school for majors in the university school of education. NOTICE The Gamecock regrets the omis sion of Frances Tuttle's name from the list of orientation teachers that was printed In the paper last week. Miss Tuttle's name was also omitted accidentally from the names of newly-elected Beaux Arts initiates. -Nev The university's impressive ne shown above. The stucco-finish, Petigru and was built at a cost o struction was begun. Formal dec opened to campus inspection las Vacancies in YW, Are Filled By Re Of Members Who Several new members have bee added to the YWCA cabinet to fi vacancies left by those who hav graduated, Beth Fillingim has ar nounced. Carolyn Alcorn is re placing Dotsy Lloyd as prograi chairman. Barbara McSwain i replacing Jeanette Monts as th Newsletter editor. The new fresb man and sophomore representa tives, respectively, are Madelin Campbell and Martha Helen Saw yer replacing Gertrude Jenkins an Jeanette Beisely. In the YMCA, Bernie Rubei Time Of Meeting Of Sophomore 'Y Moved To Thurs. Weekly meetings of the soph< more 'Y' have been changed fror Wednesday to Thursday at 1:0 p. m. The time was changed s that members of the Air ROT( who drill on Wednesday, would b able to continue participation i Y' activities. Bill Gibbes was recently electe president of the group for th Spring semester. Other officei are: Floyd Spence, Lexington, vic president; Martha Helen Sawye Columbia, secretary; and Franc< Weeks, St. Matthews, treasurer. New cabinet members are: men bership, June Bouknight; Bobt Smith; publicity, Alfred Smyr Jane Almy; program, Don Sauni era; Olga Edwards; projec Choppy Simmons, Mary An Sanders; canteen, Norma Bert man, Stewart Lane; devotional M. F. Stough. Charlie Robinson sports, Allan Spence, Barbar Fowler; and social, Jeanette Bea! ley, E. T. Chamberlain. A retreat for the catInet wvs held on Thursday afternoon at tli new 'Y' camp. Literary Society Plans Oratorical Contest for Campui Clariosophic Literary Societ members announced a plan fe sponsorship of a campus-wide or. torical contest at the society's meel ing Tuesday night. Arrangements have not bee completed, but tentative plans at to invite delegates from every oi ganization on the campus to spea in the contest. The talks will las about five. minutes each and wi be judged by authorities on the a: of speech. Plans are now being made an invitations to enter the contest wi be sent out soon, according to tli laders of Cl1ariosnphic. v Home Of La% w law building, which is beir hree-story building, which fa< f $300,000. Law buildings all ication ceremonies will take t Thursday. (USCPhoto by YM Cabinets placements Graduated i stein, who was Carolina RI I Representative, is now h e Campus Discussion. Charli - ritt replaces Fred Reese aE - man of the vespers con ri Phriness Cox and Bill Gib s the new freshman and sop e representatives replacing Breckenridge and Don Sau - Fred Sosnowski and Don e ers have been elected to re - the university at the Southe: d Student Council Meeting lanta, Georgia, from Febri to 20. USC Represen At State-Wide Church Meetinj Twenty-one university s attended the State Methodi fereiice held at Charlestc 0 veek-end. The theme of t ference was "Man's Disoi D God's Design." Conference speakers w< Rev. Alexander Miller fr n Union Theological Semin d New York and Dr. Har Brown from the Methodist of Education at Nashville, Those attending the cor were entertained by -a nava in Charleston Harbor, a Monroe Show, and a banqu Representatives from M groups in all South Carol y leges wvere present at the ,ence. Members of the -Foundation, Carolina's M student organization, at t,were: Arlen Cotter Columbi n Reese, Winter Park, Fla. -Kirk, St. Matthews; Mar *brick, Columbia; George .Columbia; Lowell Ross, W 'Jack Goldschmid, Memphis, a Kenneth Creel, Hemingway Creel, Johnsonville; Marthi Columbia; Helen Mustin, s bia; James Salley, Orani e William Gibbes, Hartsville Timmerman, Pelzer; Jam mer, Newberry; Clifford Lake City; Brad Hamer, Tommy Myers, Columbia; Ulmer, Cameron; Peggy I Columbia, and Joan Jam lunmbia. y SCHEDULE r Important dates of the .semester are: .March 1-Last date to for degrees or certi: n ( April 1 for graduate stud e April 7-(8 a. nm.) until . 12 (8 a. m.)-Easter holi k May 12-Junior-Senior t May 15--Last day for Idrawing from a course. t May 29-(through Jul Spring semester~ exams. jJune 4-BaccalaureatE Imen. June 5-Granaan School -. a f s ig used this semester for the first time, is i es Green Street, is three times larger than b over the country were studied before con place in early April, but the building was rom Teal) A. Cotter Named Spring President By USC Engineers Arien Cotter, senior from Co fligious lumbia, was elected president of ead of Epsilon Lambda Sigma, honorary e Mer- engineering fraternity, at a recent chair- meeting. imittee. Other officers are: Dick Marelli, bes are Rockford, Ill., vice-president; John homore McPherson, Columbia, secretary, Duncan and Bob Thoren, Elgin, Ill., treas Aders. ier. Saund- Epsilon Lambda Sigma was or present ganized on the campus in 1947. Its rn Area purpose is to recognize outstand in At- ing students in the school of en iary 24 gineering and to promote superior scholarship, leadership and charac ter in that school. ted The Carolina society has among its projects the publication of the fraternity's newspaper. Also, the society each year presents the Epsi g lon Lambda Sigma Award to the tudents graduating senior in engineering st Con- school who has achieved the high n last est scholastic average. Qualified students from the schools of mechanical, civil, chemi -der - cal and electrical engineering are accepted into the fraternity. re the rm the Dr. Billy Graham ary t Planning To Speak Vey C. t Board Here While In City Tenn. By JACKIE SOUTHERLAND ference Staff Reporter I cruise Plans are being made for Billy Vaughn Graham, the dynamic young cru et. sader, to speak on this campus dur ethodist ing his stay in Columbia. ina col- The well-known evangelist is the confer.. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Graham Wesley of Charlotte, North Carolina. He ethodist attended the Baptist Bible School tending in Tampa, Florida, and Wheaton a; Fred College in WVheaton, Illinois. While ;Jane a pastor of a suburban church in y Phil- Chicago, he became interested in Couch, the Youth for Christ movement alhalla; which started there. He became its Tenn.; vice-president and field agent when ;David the crusade spread throughout the Petty, nation. He recently headed a team Colum- which has toured Europe six times reburg; since 1946. ;Mary D)r. Oraham was selected for the es Gil- presidency of Northwestern School Gaddy, in Minneapolis when he was Tatum; twenty-eight. He now holds the de Lewis grees of Doctor of Divinity, Doc ledrick, tor of Humanities, Fellow of Royal es, Co- Geogiraphic Society, and Master of Royal Literary Society. ___ Billy G'ahanm'a coming is spon .sored by the churches of this city, .and he wvill speak in a series of spring meetings at the Township Auditor apply iunm starting Sunday. 'icates ents). Journalism Students April Invited To Drop-In days. All the students registered In the dance- school of journalism, at the invi with- tation of Dean Sam DePass and Prof. Robert Cranford, have been se 3) invited to a drop-In on Feb. 23, at 7 p. in., in Fllnn Hall. It will be Ser- sponsored by the journalism fra ternity, Phi Epsilon Nu. A speaker will be present at that time, Al Mnnn president, has annouced. Registration To Reach Nt To itunt Nights St 3et By WSSF R For Mar. 8, 10 ig tion, By BETSY KNOWLTON leas< Campus Editor Annual stunt night has been set 3,484 or March 8 and 10 and is to be dent ponsored this year by the WSSF. heck Ln effort is being made to give a fina etter show this year than has been appi roduced in some time. There will N e greater efficiency in lighting, enro urtains, and general stage man- thus gement. figu Inter-fraternity Council will w"" andle all the outside work for the a di raternities, and Pan-Hellenic will 786 e in charge of the sororities. T Fraternities have been asked to for and in their script to IFC at least bety week before the event for ap- over royal in order to bring up the ines tandards of the stunts. Fraterni- A ies will be compelled to follow . FC's rulings on the scripts. ml e This is one of the projects the a la VrU Student Sevice Funu has indertaken to make money. Other F1 irojects include the Valentine lance that was given in the armory Luesday. WSSF plans to bring a lisplaced person to the states for i year's education with the money ( t raises. It is not planning to use 1 iersonal solicitation for money. Tenement Groups fr Begin Discussion h0l Meetings Tuesday a Tenement Discussion Gruups, it vhich were held last semester, will parl >egin again this semester on Tues- fun lay. These meetings, sponsored by G he YMCA, are to last six weeks clea md end prior to the Easter holi- and lays. tras New groups are now being rect 'ormed, and all men, especially flov hose living in the tenements, are in t irged to join. Last semester Tene- Ji nent 24%1 won the discussion the rroup award and was rewarded por vith a turkey supper. Something the >f this sort will await the winners prol )f the new discussions. E Points toward winning are based mar n the percentage of members pres- ing. mnt. A new member automatically be idds five points and a visitor, one of )oint. T Topics for discussion will vary sonj ind will be selected by the discus- was nion groups. pre Evenits Scli This space will carry each week th, ganizational meetings, socials, and ot campus in general. Such informatii GAMECOCK office by Monday, 3 p. r event. FR IDA Y, FEB. 17 1:00 p. mn. - Junior-Senior Y I: Council, Flinn Hall. 4:00 p. m.-International Rela- 1: tions Club, Flinn Hall. SUNDAY, FEB. 19 5: 10:00 a. m. - Wesley Founda tion meets at Washington street Methodist Church. 5: 4:00 p. m.-Hillel Society, Tree of Life Church. 6: 5:30 p. m.-Canterbury Student Church Service, Trinity Epis copal Church. 6:00 p. rn-Canterbury Supper 6: (followed by program), Trin Ity Episcopal Church. 7:15 p. rn.-Vespers, University 7: Chapel. 8: MONDA Y, FEB. 20 1:00 p. rn-Freshman Y Coun cil, Flinn Hall. I 1:00 p. m.-Vespers Committee, Flinn Hall. 1 3:00 p. rn-Gamecock Staff Be glns Work, Publication Build Ing.. 8:00 p. m.-"Y" Open House. Dancing, (.ames, Refresh ments. TUESDAY, FEB. 21 7: 1:00 p. m. -- Baptist Student Uioln lnc,heon. Figures ar 3,500 tal Includes Law Adents, Grads gistration figures for the ng semester were still climb :his week due to late registra according to information re d by the registrar. ednesday the total stood at I persons, including law stu s and graduates. H. 0. Stro er, registrar, said . that the registration figure would be oximately 3,500. ) complete breakdown of the llment has been determined far, however Wednesday's res showed that there were 740 en students enrolled. This is op in coeds from the total of registered last Fall. lese figures of total enrollment the Spring indicate a loss of 'een two and three hundred the total for the Fall se 'er. complete breakdown of the res according to the number ach school will be released at ter date. -eshmen- Plan irty, Clean-Up >r The Campus tans for a swimming party and ier roast were made at a joint ting of the committees of the hmaii class on Wednesday. L be held following the Easter lays, the party will be open to freshmen. It will be held at e lake or pool near Columbia. vas decided that an unusual :y such as this would be more than a dance. eneral plans for a campus n-up campaign were discussed, it was suggested that more h cans he provided. It was mmended that the planting of 'ers and grass seed be included his beautification program. ick Jones was elected head of finance committee, and tern kry chairmen were elected for other committees on activities, Prams, and publicity. ach group will elect their per ent leader at their next meet Notices of these meetings will >laced in the post office boxes ach committee member. he inclusion of school yells and ,s in the orientation classes suggested by Joe Pierce, class ident. edule time, date and place of or wer events of interest to the mn should be left at THE 1., of the week preceding the WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 )0 p. m.--Blue Key, Steward's Hall. )0 p. m.-Freshman Y Cab inet, Flinn Hall. 10 p. m.-Canterbury Tea, T: init y Episcopal P a r I s h Church. [)0 p. m.-Hlypatian Literary Society, Clariosophic Hall. 00 p. mn. -- Westminster Fel lowship Supper, First Pres byterian Church, Marion and Lady Streets. 30 p. mn.-Wesley Foundation Supper Club at Washington street Methodist Church. 00 p. mn.--KSK Meets. 00 p. m.-Newman Club, Le gare College. THURSDAY, FEB. 28 00 p. m.-YM-YWCA Cabinet, Flinn Hall. 00 p. mn. --'- Sophomore Y Council, Flinn Hall. 00 p. r.-Christian Service Club, Flinn HaIL. 00Op. m. - WUSC Meeting, Radio Station behind McKis sick Honse. 00 p. u.--Vespers at Baptist Student Center, 1618 Pnai. torn street.