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Next Week: Senior Meeting Song Fests a44 Sigma Chi Derby UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA Volume XLIV, No. 26 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 28, 1950 Founded 1908 Song Fest Tuesday, By BETSY I Campus Sorority and fraternity so: Alpha Kappa Gamma again t co-eds and Thursday, for the ny Hall. AKG will hold tapping d The songs have been annou presented here in the order that they will appear Tuesday. They are: Delta Zeta, a medley of "Among My Souvenirs," a n d "Memories," and a DZ version of "Remember;" Alpha Delta Pi, "Sleepy Lagoon" and "Three Blind Mite;" Zeta Tau Alpha, "They Didn't Believe Me" and "Some En chanted Evening," from "South Pacific;" Kappa Delta, "Panig Angeiius," "Stella By Star Light," and "In the Blue of the Evening;" Delta Delta Delta, "September Song," "Falling in Love With Love" and "Moment Supreme," which was written by a member of the chapter for a dance; Chi Omega, "April Showers," "Singing in the Rain," and "Blue Skies;" and Pi Beta Phi, "Pi Phi Sweet heart," "Pi Phi Chant," and "Fol low the Arrow," all Pi Phi songs. Ten fraternities are entering and they are as follows, also in the order they will appear Thursday: Kappa Sigma, "Home on the Range," and "When You Wore a Tulip;" Lambda Chi, "All God's Chillun Got Wings," and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot;" Alpha Tau Omega, "Swanee River," and "Our Jewels;" Sigma Chi, "Were You There," and "Set Down, Servant;" and the Sigma Nu's "23rd Psalm" and "Old Man River." Also, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," and "All Through the Night;" Pi Sigma Kappa, "All the Things You Are," and "Shenandoah;" Kappa Alpha, "Graceful and Easy," "0, Evaline," and "0 Bone Jesu;" Pi Kappa Phi, a medley of "Bali Hi," "There's Nothing Like a Dame," and "You'll Never Walk Alone;" and Pi Kappa Sigma, selections from "The Student Prince." The sorority and fraternity that places first will be awarded a cup to be kept for a year: If a fra ternity or a sorority wins the cup three years in a row it may keep it. Tri-Delta sorority won it last year, and Sigma Chi fraternity took first, also, last year. Admission will be fifty cents. All proceeds go to the AKG Schol arship Fund. This money is put in a fund from which any student may borrow with no interest charged. The money must be paid back within two years after a stu Sdent graduates. Two Coeds Pledged By Music Sorority Wednesday Night Isabel Douglas, and Jackie Stukes, Davis Station, were pledged by Delta Omicron music sorority Wednesday night, Marilyn McCor mac, newly elected president, has announced. The president announced that senior honor members, Joanne Weaver and Barbara Raffield, will receive their pins on Awards Day, which will be at 10 a. m. on Uni versity Day. Delta Sigma Pi ~-Adds Members Two new members were added to Delta Sigma,P1, Columbia alumni club, at their regular monthly meeting held April 20, at the Green Derby restaurant. The new members are: Prof. Frank T. Meeks, head of the ac counting department at the uni versity, and Robert W. Williams, an alumnus of Kappa chapter in Atlanta who is with Southern Bell In Columbia. The next monthly meeting has been- set for~ Thursday night, May 18, at the Green Derby restaurant. All members in Columbia are in Scheduled rhursday ENOWLTON. Editor ig-fest will be sponsored by his year on Tuesday, for the ken at eight p . n., in Drayton uring the sorority song fest. need by the groups that are Campus Briefs Prof. James Overby, of the po litical science department, ad dressed the Philosophy Club at its meeting in Building "C" last night. Annual Sigma Chi derby will be held on the horseshoe at 4 p. m., Wednesday. Coeds from seven sororities will participate in seven scheduled "athletic" events. Com plete story may be found on page 4 of this paper. The Rev. Thomas Tisdall, of Charleston, will address the Can terbury Club Sunday at its eve ning service at 5:30 p. m. and at the supper-meeting following the service at Trinity Episcopal church. Canterbury Club will hold its annual spring picnic on May 7 at the "Y" camp, leaving from Trinity church at 3:30 p. m. Three members of Alpha Kappa Gamma leadership sorority will travel to Winthrop College to morrow to take part in a debate with coeds fron other South Caro lina colleges. Mrs. Bill Workman, English in structor and editor of the "South Carolina Magazine," addressed the Co-Ed Association Wednesday af ternoon on the subject of politics and elections in South Carolina. Prof. Hubert Spigner, English professor, talked to Euphrosynean Literary Society Tuesday. His subject was "Know South Caro lina." Marlene Rast, Carolina sopho more, spoke to members of Hy patian Literary Society Wednes day. Her talk was concerned with the need for a speech department at the university. J o a n n e Weaver, university senior, gave her senior piano re cital in the chapel Friday, April 14. This was the third in a series of senior recitals being given this spring. The fourth, that of Marcia Richards, will be given in the chapel at 8:30 tonight. The debating team left Tues day for West Point to participate in the invitational tournament. Engineers To See Dr. Hitchcock Give March Of Research Dr. Richard C. Hitchcock, re search engineer, inventor, and lec turer, will present the Westing house March of Resear~ch in the Naval Armory (on the campus), Monday, at 7 p. in., sponsored by the Joint Student Branch of the AJEE and IRE. The March of Research is a stage demonstration showing an operating model of the pulse-jet engine, an atom model illustrating how many different elements can be made by simply varying the three primary "building blocks" of the atom-and the terrific energy released when the neucleus of the atom is smashed, and many other equally interesting demonstrations. All students are invited to this demonstration and a special invi tation is extended to science and engineeringr majors. Wardlaw Dean S. C. Delass and Prof. Fr paper hats, were smiling Sunday n honor by Phi Epsilon Nu journalist June, and Wardlaw will leave the Texas. (USC photo by Tom Teal.) Omicron Delta Kal Taps 17 Men At T Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary leadership fraternity, tapped 17 men at the tennis matches on April 25. In addition, two honorary members were tapped, E. Smythe Gambrell, a prominent Atlanta at torney, and Luther Hill, a tele phone executive from North Caro lina. The students tapped include Ralph Baily, Terrell Glenn, Rich ard Marelli, Arlen Cotter, Harvey Capacity A udience Howard Whitman On Mental Health, Howard Whitmaii, noted author and scholar, spoke in the chapel Wednesday morning on the subject of mental health. He was it roduced by Dick Dun ham, president of the university's Psychology Club. The members of the psychology department and Chaplain L. L. Brubaker were re Confederate Money Asked By Texan For Fair Exchange By .JOAN SIOKOS From that sprawvling expanse of space wvhere mewvare men and far between - Texas, comes this epistulany missile addressed to the 'Editor of any Newspaper in Co lumbia, S. C." The writer, Harwell "Tex" Chat well, of 1121 31st street, Lubbock, Texas, wonders "if any of you Southern gentlemen could send me some genuine Confederate money" as he wishes "to enter such bills in the Panhandle South Plains fair this year." What he would offer in ex hange for "such bills," "Tex" :iidn't say -- perhaps, a steer or a barrel of oil. The Gamecock, having expended its last Jefferson Davis note toward retiring the Federal debt (in honor of Mr. Sherman), refers 'Tex" to any of Its readers, who night, in view of the present olitical controversy, be hoarding 'such bills" for the next secession. Members of the faculty are urged to put in their orders for caps and gowns as soon as pos sible. The following prices re ceived list bachelor's outfits at $4.00, master's outfits at $4.50, and doctor's outfits at $5.00. Orders will be taken by Joe Lawrence at the university post office up to May 10. All orders after this date will require ex tra charge fr, .peci.l delivery DePass 1.X.. ank Wardlaw, complete with news ight at the banquet given in their a fraternity. DePass will retire in university to take a position in ppa Fraternity ennis Matches Golden, Scotty Norris, and Floyd Spence. Also included in the group are Charlie Merritt, Bill Fairey, Bar ney Dusenbury, Bob Schunipert, Ben GoldbLrg, Lewis Lempesis, Don Saunders, Frank Martin, and Peter Human. ODK will entertain its new mem bers with a banquet tonight, at the Jefferson Hotel, at 7:30 p. m. Principal speakers will be the two honorary initiates, Smythe Gam brell and Luther Hill. Hears Scholar Speak In Chapel Sex Educaiion sponsible for Whitman's visit to the campus. He spoke on sex orientation which is necessary for good mental health and stressed the need for this orientation in younger people. He remarked that it is too late for people of college age to receive sex orientation. Whitman is the author of an ar ticle in the current issue of "Col lier's" magazine on the pranks of teen-agers in San Francisco. He referred to incidents among these and other teen-agers that he has studied and among young people who have committed sex crimes. The chapel had a cap)acity audi ence for the occasiopn. Pl1an For Free Hour At 10 a. mn. Studied By Faculty Tentative plans for free periods on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days at 10 a. in., beginning next semester, have been made by a faculty-student group and will be presentedl at the faculty meeting Wednesday. According to the plan, orienta tion classes will meet during the hour on Mondays, and campus or ganizations may have regular meet ings at this time. The hour at 10 a. m. on Wednesdays will be open for organizations to hold meetings. On Fridays, the hour will be de voted to assembly programs. At tendance at these will be compul sory for members of the orienta tion classes, while other members of the student body may attend. One assembly each month will have a figure of national impor tance as speaker. This meeting will be held in the Field House. Other assemblies will be held in the chapel and will be sponsored by various campus groups. The caliber of these will be kept at a high level. This plan is being taken to cam pus organizations for approval this High Scorers For Graduate Exams Given' The folowing list consists of the highest-scoring ten per cent of uni versity students who took the Graduate Record Examination Tests of General Education in July, 1949, January, 1950, and March, 1950. The total number tested was 905. The names are given in alphabetical order. Ed ward G. Able, Jr., George H. Call cott, Santmel Christopher, Verlin 0. Coffey, Olin R. Clement, Carrie Dent, Richard M. Dunham, Re becca R. Eleazer, Norton S. Emrie, Jr., Mary C. Felder, Edwin K. Fen nell, John R. Ferrell, Lloyd D. Ful iner, Hugh C. Going, William B. Gobdwin, Ralph H. Graham, and Robert K. Haile. Also, Edward N. Hancock, Jr., .JaCk Hand. Robert A. Harden, 'hillip W. Hartley, Hubert C. Hendrix, May Herbert, Rexford 1H. 11unt, Jr., Gertru4e -Johnson, Ruby Dell Kitchens, Nicholas C. Lind say, Frederick C. Locke. Herbert Lourie, William J. Love, Lysette Tl. L owenstein,, Thomas Willardl Lunney, Joseph C. McCalley, Elsyc NIcKeown, Nary J. Martin, Walter A. Martin, Jir., Leon J. Miller, Vasco T. Miller. Jr., Ann H1. Mood, Betty H. Mood. Also, Robert A. Nance, Eric .Op i penheimer, William E. Petterson, Morris W. Phillips, Nell E. Prit chard, Dow C. Pruitt, Jack P. Ridiehoover, Jack R. Rogers, Ray mond Rosenblum, Thomas C. Rutherford, Jane 1). Simmons, James M. Smith, Jr., James W. Snipes, Jane A. Snow, LeRoy L. Taggart, Robert H. Taylor, Wil liam John Teel, Rembert B. Tur ner, Mortimer N. Weinberg, Al fred F. Werner, John E. Westburg, James Y. White, Lucie Whites carver, Thomas E. Williams, Carl ton V. Winter, Kemp P. Yar borough, and Joyce M. Young. Seniors are required to take these examinations before gradua tion. They were given in the fol lowing subjects: General Mith, Physical S c i e n c e, Biological Science, Social Studies, Literature, Arts, Effectiveness of Expression, and Vocabulary. In addition, each was required to take a two-hour-long examina tion in his major course of study. Grades on the record examina tions have been sent to students who took them in March. KSK Elects 22 New Members Wednesday Night Kappa Sigma Kappa, campus leadership e r v i c e fraternity, elected twenty-twvo new members at its regular meeting WVednesday night at Harper college. At a previous meeting, Prof. Kit FitzSimons, .Joe Pat rone, an alumnus, and Jay T. Stradley, suiperi n tendent of bu 1idngs and grounds, were elected honorary members. The newly elected students will be sworn in at KSK's annual ban quet, MIay 12. They are: Lamar Collie, Cecil Ward, F"loyd Spence, Bobby Smith, Charles "Pop" Eaddy, Bill Gibbes, 1B. WV. Gibson, Dave Parrish, Charles Bernstein, .Jack Crowley, Lewis Haigler. Also, Paul Greer, Jimmy Snead, Myron Allen, Jimmy Dye, Pat Per rin, Pete Hyman, Rudy Thigpen, Harvey Golden, Don Campbell, Al Fisher and Jerome Trotter, I. USC Represented At Canterbury Bible School Meet Members of Canterbury Clubs throughout the state met at Win throp College April 22 and 23, for a training period of those students who plan to teach Vacation Bible School this summer. Harvey Bull represented the uni versity and will be responsible for the parishes in olumbia. Sen iors T( Tuesday 1A Senior class members will m Tuesday, George Wright, prv Excuse cards will be available Varied entertainment, inch Lamar Collie Given Gavel Of Presidency Lamar Collie, newly elected president of the student body, was presented the gavel of office Mon day by George Wright. retiring president. The old council held its regular meeting with the new council nem hers sitting in the chaplain's office. where the meetings are regularly held. After the businevss meemling was completed. Wright :nade a 4hort farewell sicech t b the old conmi!. ]Ic thaniked thle member. fiu their tooperatimn Ihroughout the year. "I don't know of any campus or ganization in which there has been a better spirit or naore tolerance than in the student council," he said. Another plan which Pearce had suggested at a recent meeting was that a B>ys' Week-end, similar to the annual girls' week-end, be held next year for high school boys. le had also suggested th1AIt a group of upperclassmen ie designated as ad visors to freshmen. The retiring student council advised that the in coming council work on these plans. Joe Stringer, junior class presi dent, presented another pl)an to be worked on next year. He asked for a speech department at Caro lina. "In fairness to future law yers, journalists and students in practically every branch of the school, we need a speech depart ment," Stringer said. A fter a dis cussion it was moved and seconded that a committee be appointed to work on his plan. On the commit tee are Joe Stringer, Phil Pearce and Joe Ingram. Sanford Zahler Recites Hamlet To Win Contest Sanford Zahler w%,on the annual declamation contest spollsored by the Euphradian society Tuesday, April 25. lie recited a portion from "Hanlet." IIis competitor, Hunter Rentz, recited the Gettysburg Address. The judges for the contest were Professors Howard Quint, Jlohn B. McConaughy, and Kemp Yar boiroughi. Visit intg the society for the event wsRepresentative John IB. Cli f t oni Greenvi lle. Ba,seball Queen Chosen By Team To lBe (Crowned Gamecock Pep Club will hold a baseball pep r'ally before the Caro Ii na-Clemson game next Friday, May 5. The rally will be high lighted by the crowning of "Miss Baseball" by the capta&ini of the Carolina team. Starting time for the rally will b)e 2 :15 p. in. Cheerleaders andl the band will he on hand. "MIiss Baseball" will be selected by the team. Each sorority and the independents wvill be asked to submit niames and pictures of two coeds. They mutst be suibmnitted to Jeanette Beisley by Wednesday. The Pep Club has made plans for a campus variety show to be held iln Drayton Hall Thursday, May 11, at 8 p. m1. Participants in the show will in clude Smoky Felder, Al Munn with his ventriloquist act, George Roth, Dick Marelli, Patsy Jones and her dance teaum, Boo DuBose, the Sigma Chi Quartet, Gordon Stanley from the Foster School of' Dance, and other personalities. ) Meet lorning iet itn Drayton Hall at 11 a. Im. sident, announced this week. for those who desire them. iding musical talent, will be available. The meeting is being sponored by Wright and the offierIi of tihi Senlior. class, which is headed hv Tom Mactie. in connect ion with the Alnmii Associatii. A drive was begun ia-t week Iv CO-chairiien Wright and Bpvtih Fillinlgimi to, interest !eior- inl be( c(om11ing members tif the Alumi11ni A\ sociation. It is hoped that a large percentage of the 1950 class will become members of the Associa - tion. Cost of .oining is thiree dollars. Wic 111cludoes a year',:- soubscrip tion to the ".\lumni Nvws." a - 22 z:n m. hedml-nthly by thle as-tociat!ifn. Tie fte wll includ also an illVitinlti(ll to the alumni I1un1chet -i ( i gralinduat on day at which ineldbers of the 1'..51 1 la will le seated together. Wrti.ibt has -tres.-ed the iport Ianlce of joinling low, statiig tlat few alumni join atter they have I ihe ties with the Umiversity, andil he has mentioned the 1iport n Ice of maintainling these tes wit h onef's classmates. IHe and the officers of the sen:ior class have selected G0 seniors to contact other members of tle clas about becoming meibers of tle Association. At the Tues,day meetin11g. inte ested class members will he able to receive membership cards for the association oi they may give their cards and monevy directly to their classmate who contacts thein. Sororities Select 1950 Sigma (ihi Derby Sponsors Soror01itieS have colIseni thei! Spolsors flr the aiiial Signia (hi Derby )ay which will be on Wed nesday, at 4 p. .. iln t lie Hl Ios shoe. The girls are as folliw : \lpha Delta Pi, Sue F1lmer and !'at -y ]Ziley; Chi Otega, Pat Patrick and Mary .Jo Itftle; Delta I4elt: l4eha. Polly MIiles and Mlary Chase; Delta Zeta. Matltie "ihards aiinld Wimpey Webb; Kappa Dclta, HeIl Cul lum and Hazel Porter: Pi Beta Phi, Betty Cameron and Barhara M(Swail; and Zeta Tan Alpha, Sue Fulner and P "Jt- lIey. . a t car ' nnii . Iss h" Tihini\. was btwi vd by the first swIlthiart f Sigma (hi froim Carolina. N! r-. Irv\ing .1. IHelser, the widoiw ofth l ate Ir ItlecKis Iversity. All) P~re-Med1ical Socit Hears Tlk By D)r. Moor'houise AXlpha chapter oif A.lpiha l''pisihmi heard a talk ton Psychiatryv given by Dr,. Wtt. G. Nloorhiouse Ajitil 20. IDr. N1iorhiouse wvas w'elcomned by~ ID)in Sauniders, prlesidlent ofi Alphai li ;iliit IDelta, and mintdcedl by v. i-pres ident Dur ha m Iaew is. lDr. NIlioiose s poke on the past anid presenit at tttdes of the putblic tow~ard mental illness, lHe pointed out that, in the- past. mental ill niess was regarideid as a permainetnt di~iseas andi t hie a.sylum as ai plle' toi meirely put aiway stuch pat ients. Dra. NI lionose discussed several oif the methodits uised( ini presenit day treatmtients andt( thle relat ive resuilts of stuch trieatme ntis. A mong t hose piresenit were Dr,. Boiuknight , facuty~ advisor, Dr. Nelson of the psychology depart - menit, miembers of the stuodent body and the member-s of Alpha Epsilon D)elta. The name of Willis W. Smith, of Columbia, was erroneously omitted when the freshman honor roll was published re cently for the fall semester. ITH E G A MECOOK wishes to apologize for this omInaion.