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Yesterday-Mid-Semester All-American Tomorrow-April Fool ACP hating Enjoy Todayl 1947-48-49 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIV, No. 23 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 31, 1950 Lamai Additional To Be Hel Campus elections will cont Board and class officers to be for these on Wednesday. Polls 1-:00 p. m. and from 2:00 p. i circle. In case of rain, the vot Kissick Library. Run-offs for girl cheerlead time. Those in this run-off a LaBorde, Lib Caldwell, Pat Pat rick, Ish Thomas, and Lou Oswald. B. J. McLean was elected on the first ballot. Candidates for the Honor Board from the Scho6l of Engineering are: Bill Brandel, Jay Quick, Jack Jones, Don Blodgett, Mike Calla han, and Milton'Mazarick. Two of these will be selected. Three of the following will be + elected from the school of business administration: Duncan Brecken ridge. Mary Uver. .nme Wanna maker, Phriness Cox, Martha Emma Tolson, Bobby Copeland Smith, Anita Bernadin, and Jean nette Beisley. Jim Finley, Linsie Odom, Charles Helms, Gary Newton, Charles Giles, and Charles Clinkscales wilt be the candidates from the school of pharmacy. Two will be elected. With one vacancy in the school of education, the nominees are: Ann Ready, Sonny Gibson, and Cornelia Burnett. Candidates from the school of journalism are: Connie Holler, Martha Matthews, Karen Nyquist, Und NeSO McC0001ill. Two1 wIll be elected. Gertrude Jenkins, Charlie Mer ritt, Bill Rowe, Libby Lewis, Floyd Spence, Marnie. Manning, David Creel, and Jeannette Dixon are the nominees from the school of artE and sciences from which two will be elected. Candidates for senior class of ficers include the following: presi dent, Bob Thoren and Monrow (Red) Messer; vice-president, Al fred (Buddy) Hendrick, Cornelia Burnette, and ,laude Scarborough; secretary-treasirer, Jean Thomson and Bert Jessup; and historian, John Savoy. Nominees for the rising junior class are: president, Bill Gibbs and Dick Polen; vice-president, Bobby Smith, Jeanette Beisley, Ira Edens, and Bill Yetman; secretary, Suzanne Lewis and Betty Sanford; -and historian, Wibby Noles and Charles Merritt.' . Joe Pearce and Phriness Cox were nominated as president of the rising sophomore class. For vice president, Libby Lewis, Gertrude Jenkins, Glenn Gainey, and Mary Bloodworth; treasurer, Jack Jones, Bard Allison, and Elizabeth Tay lor; secretary, David Creel and June Kirk; and historian, will be Buddy Derrick or Madelyn Camp bell. Carolina's Easter Service To Be Held Wednesday Morning Annual Easter services will be held on Wednesday morning at 7:00 a. in., in the chapel. The pro grap' will be planned by Fred Re Ae, of Columbia. After the service coffee and ~doughnuts will be served at Flinn Hall for the attending students. NOTICE 426 senIors have not ordered their cape and gowns or their invitations for the June exer clues, Joe Lawrence, postmaster, said this week. April 15 is the 'last date to order invitations and cards and May 10 the last date for ordering caps and Lle T( Officers of the YWCA and YNI Fred Sosnowski, YM president; Dc Frances Weeks, YW secretary; and are: Bill Gibbes, YM treasurer; Co YW. Floyd Spence, secretary of th4 Law Fraternity To Hold Annual Conclave Today By BARBARA McSWAIN Staff Reporter Phi Alpha Delta, national law fraternity, will hold the second an nual conclave of the tenth district of the rCtcity at .w, GaTh., today and tomorrow, according to Samuel Baker, justice. Official delegates will be Samuel Baker, Wilmington, N. C., and Howard K. Williamson, Lancaster. Other members of Phi Alpha Delta who will attend are: Mack Winter, vice-justice; Harold Lind sey; Walt Vclaun, reporter; Mar vin Poston; Bob Green, and Luke Lee. - C. Claude Morgan, of Macon, will be host to the conclave. Mor gan is listrict justice of the fra ternity. Douglas L. Edmonds, Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court of California, will be the chief speaker. Members of Ihi Alpha Delta chapters from Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi wvill be present at the conclave. French Murder Movie Schedu led Ini Drayton Hail "Panie," a Firench mur der mys tery, will be presented in Dr ayton Hall Monday at 4 p. mi. and at 8 p. in., Miss JTane Brooks Marshall, president of the University Film Society, has announced. This will bec the last presentation by the society this season. Tickets may be purchased at the dloor for 75 cents The University Film Society had a $50 profit this year, which has been dlivided between the Univer sity of South Carolimiana Society and the Columbia Art Association as a congratulation on its opening. T HE G AMECOCK business staff has several openings for energetic men and women stu dents. Positions offer practical experience in the field of sell ing, advertising, and layout work. Interested persons arei asked to apply at THE GAME COCK office 'ny afternoon, Monday thru Wednesday, or to Jack Walther, business man aer. SHea VCA, YMCA Officei CA who were installed Sunday n in Saunders, vice- president of the i Bobby Smit}, YM assistant treasur rnelia Burnett; YW vice-president; SYM, was not present (USC Phot Davies Talks To Engineers Here April 5 Col. C. E. Davies, secretary of the American Society of Mechani cal Engineers, will address en gineering students at the univer sity Wednesday, April 5, at 11 p. m., in the Naval Armory. The sub ject of his talk will be, "Why Be An Engineer?" In 1910, Colonel Davies entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. He was elected to the honor societies of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Pi, and received the degree of Mechanical Engineer from the institute in 1914. Colonel Davies began his profes sional career in the production de partment of the Smith Premier Works, Syracuse, N. Y., an affi liate of the Remington Typewriter company. During World War I, as a cap tain, Davies served in the Ord nance Department, and was as signed to the Frankford Arsenal where he was responsible for de v'eloping methods of manufacture andl production-control schemes in art illery' ammunition. Orientationa Plana Being Considered By Faculty G roup The university faculty committee has appointed a committee to study the proposed plan for a monthly as semly program in place of one Orientation class a month. The other three classes during the month will be conducted as in pre vious years. Under the present tentative plan attendance at the meetings would be~ comp)ulsory for orientation stu dents and optional for other stu dents. The new plan was originated in the student council. A committee of three, Beth Fillingim of Co lumbia, Vred Sosnowski of John's Island, and student body president George Wright of Columbia, pre sented the plan to the university faculty council. Joe Stringer pre sented the matter to the personnel committee. Members of the committee to study the proposal are: E. L. Bru baker, chairman; Mrs. Arney R. Childs, dean of women; J. B. Jack son, dean of men; and W. C. Mc Call, director of the personnel buraus. col Elections d Monday inue next week with Honor elected Monday and run-offs ,vill be open from 9:30 a. m. to n. to 4:00 p. m. at the ODK ing station will be in the Mc rs will also be held at that re Joe Ann Patrick, Frances Campus Briefs Lights were out on the campus Monday afternoon- and part of Tuesday morning due to the wind storm Monday. A tree near the observatory fell on the electric wires, affecting the electricity all over the Cam1puz. It was announced this week by Dean of the Administration John Chase that the current rumor that coeds will be moved out of Wade Hampton dormitory is merely a rumor. AS FAR AS CAN BE SEEN NOW. COEDS WILL BE LIVING IN WADE HAMPTON DORMITORY NEXT YEAR. Mrs. Arney Childs, dean of wo men, was in Atlantic City this week for the annual meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women. Mrs. Childs is state president of the association. She spoke on a panel discussion, "Social Problems in a Chang'ing David E. Finley, director of the National.Museum of Art Gallery in Washington, D. C., and a native of York, was here for the opening of the Columbia Art Museum last week. While here he visited Maxey Lobby to see the exhibition of high school art and made the statement concerning the exhibition, "This is the most encouraging sign in art at such an age that I have seen in years." Approximately ten members of the university Law Quarterly staff are attending the annual conven tion of the State Bar Association this w_eek-end in Spartanburg. The Quarterly staff members are invited to this meeting every year. The main speaker this year is Chief Justice Felix Frankfurter of the United States Supreme Court. Mid-semester was set officially at yesterday. Professors must turn in grades by Wednesday at 5 p. m. Report cards will be in the boxes some time after the Easter holidays, which end on April 12. Cabinet members of the YMCA are: Jim Snead, campus discussion; Julian Boland, deputation; 'ewis Haigler, fireside; Bill Hay, hand book; Joe Ingram, freshman ad visor; Ron Carey, Interfaith; Stew.. art Lane, membership; Harry Murphy, Newvsletter; Jim Mason, publicity; Bill Dominey, retreats and conferences; Sonny Gibson, socials; Charlie Merritt, sopho more advisor; George Roth, ves pers; David West, YMCA camp; and Terrell Glenn, devotions. These names were omitted from an article about the "Y", on page three. Pat Wilson spoke on her recent meeting with James Byrnes, and Carolyn Bushee discussed Robert Frost, who recently visited Co lumbia, at the meeting of Eu phrosynean literary society Tues day afternoon. Members of the Block "C" Club and university coaches and their escorts will be entertained at the Governor's Manaten Tuesday night d Sti -s ight are, first row, left to right: M; Jeanette Beisley, YW treasurer; er. In the back row, left to right, and Greta Miley, president of the by Manning Harris) Awards, Medals Competition Set For Next Month By MARY BLOODWORTH Staff Reporter Under the leadership of Chi Circle of ODK, honorary fra ternity, the Umversit Councili has set aside the mont h of Api il dur ing which the %arious entries in competition for all award& and medals offered on the campus will be judged. Many of these awards and medals, which are outlined in the catalog, have not been awarded recently because of lack of inter est on the part of the students. Jack Nettles, speaking for ODK, presented the plan for a month of competition, which would terminate in all awards being made at ODK Awards Day in May. The University Council accepted this plan; and under the direction of H. 0. Strohecker, registrar, de tails are being worked out for the competition. All campus organizations have been notified to submit any award offered and the namte of a repre sentat ive who will act as ana adv isot to the students about the ruhl-s and( regulations governing eachu nmedal or prize. Certificates will b.e prteeted along wit h the various medals, awardls. *ind prizes. It is hoped that this plan wtill st imuai bte' great er Parit icipIat ion in the conmpet it ion on t he pait of t he st ud(ents. A list of all awards and the various adlvisors will be published at a later (late. Pre-Rlegist ration To Begin Week Of A pril 17-22 Pie-r egistrationt for the fall se me str wtill be held dluring the week of April l'7-22 in order that proh able en rollmnetts fp'r the depart - ments may be obtainied. Inocorporated ini the pro.g ram willI be curriculum adv isement in re spect to degree i-eqirements and course sequences and priority con trol, whereby seniors will register first. Registration priority shall be restricted to those students who complete the specified procedures and secure the major professor's signatute of course-plan approval not later than April 22. Materials for pre-registration will be distributed to the students through the post office prior to the ~beginning of the program. All statistics will be tabulated and distributed to departments and schools by the Personnel Bu raun by April 29. ident Dusenbury Ready Art Lamar Collie, with a total Dominey, who had 602 votes, i [resident, Wednesday. Vice-pr >erry, who polled 663 votes to ] Hilda Adams, with 697 vot vho had 531 votes in the run Aill be Roger Ready with 676 Chi Omegas Lead Campus Scholastically Chi Omega, social sorority, led if caimpus scholastic averages or the fall term with an average >4 8.l:i. The leading fraternity las li Lambda Phi with an aver ize of 3.140. After Chi Omega, the standing af the other sororities were Kappa DvMta, Zeta Tau Alpha, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta D)elt, and Delta Zeta. The other fraternity standings ie Phi Epsilon Pi, Alpha Tau Dmega, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Kappa Alphia. Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Nu, Pi Kappa Phi. The all-sorority average was 3.358 while the all-fraternity aver iake was 4.297. The all-women average was 3.501 and the all-men aVerage was 4.167. The average for all non-sorority women was ).5S5 and for all non-fraternity lien, 4.067. The average of non "eteran men and women was 3.941; Jhe vetran average was 4.062. The ill-over stdent body average was Euphrosynean Poetry Contest Open To Coeds Eu ihr,uns,nean literary society X11l Sponsor a poetry contest which Nill he open to all coed students at lie unliversity, Doris McClary, wresident of the society, has an 0unced. Entries may be submitted any ime bcfore May 1, to Doris Mc Clary, Box 2481, Campus. No restriction has been placed nthe length or type of poem. A lver cup will be presented Sthe winnier' on A wards Day in (ahI)PUS Toured By Beta Club GiOmp Saturday SeveralI houndred memibers of Souith (Carolina Beta Clubs wvere zuests of the university' Saturday foir two hours during which they' were taken on tours of the campus dwere entertained at a variety hiow. Mlemibers of the st udent organiz.a ions serv~ed as guides and hosts. The Bet a miembers canme in small r1oups and1( were welcomed by uni viyofcials, including Dr. F. W. Hr'adlev, dean of the faculty, SI Rg'ar Admiral Norman M. Si. ithI, university president. The visitors were shown points 4f interest on the campus, includ ing the library, the observatory, :hape'l, dormitories, etc. They were taken to Drayton Hall where S variety show w~as given by KSK. Estimates were that b)etween 400 and 500 visited the campus. Professor L. L,. Smith, head of the geology department, showed hem a very effective display of miineral rocks under infra-red lights which brought out their hid den colors. Engineering department had sev oral demonstrations on hand and the high school art show, now on display in Maxcy was rem.,wed Body , Adams, Elected of 713 votes, defeated Bill i a close student body race for esident will be Barney Dusen ditch Graham's 650. es defeated Betsy Knowlton, -off for secretary. Treasurer votes to Ann Ready's 611. Marilyn McCormac, rising senior from Columbia, will be Queen of the May, after a landslide vote of 688 on the first ballot. "Boo" Du Bose will serve as her maid of honor. Student Council representatives were chosen in the first election. They arc: Pharmacy: Paul Stoddard (46 votes) and Constantine Siokos (3; voten). Education: Jane Baily (166 votes), Walter Price (131 ), Mary Gillespie (142), and Beattie H. Hipps (142). Law: Sam Manning (60), and Charles McDade (68). Business Administration: Levi Alford. James Horton, Elmer Davis, and Elias Pressley. Engineering: Bill Grimes, Jimmy Sims. Charles Cox, and William Baxley. Arts and Science: Don Johnston, Joe ingram, Nancy Stewart, and Isabelle Thomas. Journalism: Barbara McSwain. David Johnson, Gary Brown, and Greg Hitopoulos were elected cheerleaders in the run-off Wed nesday. Don Johnston went in on the first ballot. Coeds could not be run for cheer leaders on the first day of elec tions because of a missprint on the ballots. After the elections Wed nesday, the following will be in the run-offs: Pat Patrick, Ish Thomas, Lou Oswald, Jo Anne Patrick, and "Choo-Choo" LaBorde. B. J. Mc Lean won on the first ballot with a vote of 630. Final run-offs for girl cheer leaders, honor board members, and class officers will be on Monday, April 3. About 2,000 students voted in the primaries and in the run-offs, approximately 1,300 cast ballots. 'Fashion Plate' Contest Begins On USC Campus Ten of our fairest coeds are candidates for the title "Miss Fashion Plate" of 1950. The candidates were chosen by a Hoard of Selection composed of Jack WValther, business manager of this paper; Walton .Jeffords, the Revlon Campus Representative; and three other campus leaders, Frances Mobley, Lib Caldwell, and Betsy Knowlton. The campus winner wvill receive a year's supply of Revlon cos metics, national recognition and a chance to compete for the grand national title and a fabulous list of prizes including a glamorous trip to Bermuda by Pan American Clipper, plus an expense-free week at the famous "Castle Harbour"; an RCA Victor "Globe Trotter" portable radio; a Lane "18th Cen tury" hope chest; an Amelia Ear hart party case in "Revlon Red" leather; a silver-plated lighter, cigarette urn and tray set by Ron son; a necklace, bracelet and ear ring set by Trifari; a year's sup ply of Berkshire's nylon stockings; a Wittnauer wrist watch; and a year's supply of Revlon cosmetics. The contest is conducted by Col lege Sales & Research in coopera.. tion with Revlon Products, Inc., New York. Mass voting will determine the outcome, as the entire student body will participate in balloting before the contest deadline, midnight, Saturday, April 15. Ballet boxes are located in the Omicron Delta Kappa circle.