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Psycho Wa For Freshi By JACKIE SOUTHERLAND "Oh, we live in a psycho ward." This unexpected answer to the stale rush week standby of "Where do you stay now?" pro duced a numb shock and then a twitter of uncertainty. The imme diate reaction was that the chapter room was housing an escapee from some mental institution, but closer questioning proved otherwise. The explanation revealed that Alice Jane Gates, a freshman formerly of San Francisco, Calif., is the daughter of the post sur geon at Fort Jackson, and she and her family are now living in the reconverted remnants of a former psycho ward. The apartment, though, hasn't lost its flavor of an earlier day. The quarters still look like a hos pital, being a long barracks with small apartments and a hall run ning straight through the building. The 13 bedrooms are the size of small linen closets with just enough space to accommodate an army bed. There are no closets, so other bedrooms have to act as such. Chess Club Meets Each Wednesday The Chess club, under the direc tion of Mrs. V. B. Compton, meets each Wednesday at 8 p. m. in Flinn hall. Members of the club are: Hugh Gibert, .James Adams, George Roth, Harold Daily, Wood son Randal, George Trotter, Bobby McClintosh, Fred Parker, Sheldon Woolridge, Bob Swygert, a n d Thomas Brown. Also, Robert Jones, Wally Poore, Fred Dunlap, Neil Harmon, Bill Rabon, Tommy Godbold, Pete As mer, Percival Brown, Jimmy Alexander, Robert Allsbrook, Peter Kahl, and Thomas Lunney. New members will be welcomed at any meeting. RENT A NEW CAR g HERTZ A night to remember .'.. dinner at Ihe club, then crositown to a danc, under starlit skies, theti off to your favorite rendezvous for a widnight snack. Have fun, enjoy every mijAute--rent a big Chevrolet or other fihe car from Hertz and drive it yourself. The car will be as private as your own, pro erly insured and filled with gas and oil* Call us or come in today--it's easy to rent a new car from Hertz .. . day or night for as long as you want. HERTZ DRIVE YOURSELF SYSTEM U-[Drive-It Comnipanym, 1308 Blanding Street Phone 5111 UNIVE RSIT JOE COLLEGE, Come in Garnei On'7 Sizes 2 to rd Is Home nan Girl Thus far, the apartment seems like any of the inconvenient houses that women curse. Other peculi arities abound, though. It's easy enough to enter a bedroom, but getting out is another matter, for there are no inside doorknobs. There is an intricate device that takes the place of a knob, .too difficult for the ex-patients to work, but Alice was able to manip ulate it after two weeks' effort. After entering the room, the be wildered newcomer finds that there is no light switch. Candles, however, are not the answer to this problem. On the outside of the room, in the hall, hangs the switch. This is only another pre caution for the benefit of the patient and the bewilderment of the newcomers. The bedroom doors offer a chal lenge to a desire for privacy. At the top and at the bottom of each (oor are glass windows. The bot tom window was made in order that the nurses could peek to see if the patient might be hiding under the bed. Even the showers are specially built, with the knobs of the faucet placed on the other side of the room, (one supposedly to keep the patient from scalding or drowning himself. To add to the appearance of a psycho ward, the entire house is surrounded by an eight-foot fence topped off with barbed wire. Alice says that the house is finally beginning to look like a home. This is taken to be an en couraging sign that the peculiar ities of the ward are not exerting any unfavorable influences upon the inhabitants. Canterbury Club Begins Daily Teas The Canterbury club will hold a tea every afternoon between the hours of 4 and 5 beginning Mon day. The official teas will still be held on Wednesday, however. At the regular meeting on Sun day, Oct. 22, the Rev. G. R. Alex ander was guest speaker. His sub ject was "Moments of Doubt." The l ov. (eorge Thompson will be the speaker this Sunday. The subject of his talk has not been announced. Changes Feature 'Gariet a(l Black'; Work Has Begun Suzanne Moyc, editor of the "Garnet and Black," han an nounced that work on the 1950-51 annual is under way. ' Indhividlual pictures are not in yet, but Tommy Teal has been taking campus shots since sum mer. All pictures must be in by D)ecember 1. Tfhe dummy has already beenI miade up and( this year the an nua1l wvill include many changes. There will be an entire section dIevotedl to the different depart ments on the campus. Each main. section will he introduced by a color plate, and the beauty section will involve trick photography. s 'Carolina Review' f Needs Manuscripts t Students are urged to submit s short stories, poe'try, feature ar tieles, or sketches to the "Carolina Review," .James Inabinette, short story editor, has announced. t Send them by campus mail to I either Box 2018 or 300. [ n S C ( CANTEEN J r.> SWEATERS with Block 'C' 'hem 12 years 50 7TT This layout shows some of ti z part of the "Big Thursday" celel In the top left picture, Rat nore Bill Stanley stands by with i nent of rats and sophs look on wil At top right, Rat Bobby Hilli i number of rat brethren (and sis round the rats invading downtown In the bottom picture, Laura rown Al Ilargoil and Alice Heirs 1 larris) 1Iethodist Students\ Present Services n Third Sundays On October 16, Methodist stu lents from Carolina and Columbia ollege wvere in charge of the regu tir Sunday evening worship serv -e at Washington Street Metho ist church. This procedure is racticed regularly the third Sun ay of each month. The last serv e was directed by Martha Petty nd Ken Creel was the main pieaker. Last Wednesday night Wesley 'oundlation members staged a cos ume p)arty at the regular weekly upper club meeting. Prizes were iven for the most original outfits. The cabinet of Wesley Founda ion met recently at Earlewood ark to p)lan the work for the resent semester. Before the busi ess meeting Reverend Poag, of handon Presbyterian Church, indIe a talk on the important part hristian young peole can play ithe wvorld todlay. Plans are being made to pub sh, in the near future, "The In armer'," the Wesley Foundation ewvspaper, which is a quarterly ublication. F'red Reese is Wesley Founda. ion director at Washington Street lethodist church. It's Just... Two Blocks 1 Why rnin all over town for Sunshine's 1415 Gervais short blocks from the 11 Sutnshine and be sure! IN A hUlRRY FO Ask for Sunshine's famous on drycleaning, shirts, pie Sunnmaid-Paks. In by 10: weekdays. On Saturdays,i SU NS LAUNDRY AM 1415 CERVAIS (at Bull Rat Week Hi-jink ae activity that high lighted the s iration last week. Pinky Lynch is busy shining the addle poised in case Pinky doesn' .h critical eyes. ard pushes Rat Carolyn Ott down ters) watch. This act was part o Columbia. Meree and Philip Garfinkel, 194 king and queen of the Carolina ral Debaters Open Se Over Wake Forest "This was a trip that made ne knowv we had a team," declared Professor M. G. Christophersen about the debating teami's wveekend journey. With a negative team composed >f John Long and Sanford Zahler, and an affirmative team of Fur man McEachern and Barbara Dloyd, the debaters traveled to Wake Forest for a radio debate on Thursday, October 19. A fter winning the debate against Wake Forest, they journeyed to Philadelphia where they debated withi Temple university on Friday afternoon and wvith the University >f Pennsylvania on Friday night. Both of these debates were also bVon by the Carolina team, which ~hen wvent to Newv York City to neet Fordhami and New York uni irerity on Saturday afternoon. The University Debaters, vic ~orious in all these meets, were >raised highly by three judges. rhis was the first meet of the year, condlitioning trip in preparation 'or the Carolina Forensics Tourna nent, which is to be held the 17th and 18th of November. The group .vhich participated in the weekend lehates was last year's freshman eamn. Other Lou rnaments scheduled ire the D)ixie Chiampionship, which vill he held in Charlotte in No. ember, and the Miami Invitational rour*~nan in January. o Sunshine!l? laundry andl drycleaning? Street Plant is just TWO 'S.C. Campus! Send it to R IRI'CL EANING?h Ode-Day .9uality Service ce 'work, bachelor bundles, 10 a.m., out by 5:30 p.m., n by NINE n.m., out same HNIN E' JD CLEANERS -. 1500 Wnnnur r 11 1 cond annual "Rat Week" which was shoes of Allen Cooley while Sopho L do a good job. A varying assort Main Street in a wheelbarrow while f one of the several "parades" that 9 rat queen and king respectively, s of 1950. (USC Photos by Manning ison With Wins ,Temple, Penn. Display Contest Is Won By ZTA And Phi Kappa Sig Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity were judged winners in the display con test held by campus sororities and fraternities pr*ior to the Clemson Carolina football game this year. The ZTA display consisted of a stork surveying 11 bassinets con taining baby football players. The word "Victory" was spelled out on the bassinets. Phi Kappa Sigma displayed a Gamecock dropping a tiger into the mouths of twvo biddies in a nest. A great variety of displays were set up on the campus this season. Chi Omega andl Alpha Delta Phi p)laed( second and third respec tively for the sororities. Pi Kappa Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon were runners-up in the fraternity contest. Dean Sumwalt, Professor Fitz Simons, and Professor Tomlin acted as judges for the fraternity contest. There is a ruling that tlie same group) must win the honor for three consecutive years in ordler to receive a prize. J. R. Eargle, a student in the school of engineering, was the judge for the sorority contest. 6 FORMAL WEAR For Rent Wrighlt-Johnston INC ORPO A TE D Men's Clodhing, Shaoea, anad Furnishinga 1330 MaIn Phone 24223 Opera La To Open '1 Charles L. Wagner's touring !ompany will present "La Bo eme," Giacomo PuccinPe opera, 1 for the Columbia Music Festival t the Township auditorium to aight at 8:30. The performance will feature Davis Cunningham at Rudolpho, and Laurel Hurley as Mimi. Cunningham, Pittsburgh - born ;enor,, has won the highest critical raises for his singing and oper tic roles on television. The ex ir Force pilot made an extra )rdinary impression on televiewers mnd on the producers of opera for ;elevision in New York. He grew up in the Philippines f rhere his father was director of i hospital. He lived in the Phil ppines for ten years. Cunning am attended Wooster College in )hio, majored in music and re eived his B.A. degree. While in ollege, he sang in the Glee Club < nd took part in student produc ;ions. While singing at Chautau ua's summer school, he won a inging competition which gave urn a fellowship at the Juilliard Jraduate school in. New York. Cunningham inade his profes sional debut as a member of a luartet in the Broadway produc ion of "Stars In Your Eyes." ['his 'was followed by a long en agement in "Lady In the Dark." t rhen he was called into the Air ?orce, and became a four-engined Air ROTC Names Cadet Officers For Fall Term Organization of the Air ROTC adet corp has been completed and adet officers announced for this rear, according to Lt. Col. Herbert sears, Professor of Air Science and ['actics. The Group this year is composed )f the commanding officer, Cadet Lt. Col. Rush M. Floyd, and his saff, a color guard, a cadet band ind four squadrons. Members of the staff are Hubert I. Dimmery, James W. Thompson, lames J. Horton, Robert D. Kederick, Jackson L. Thomason, mnd Arthur B. Sloan. The cadet band consists of 30 nembers and is commanded by Wil iam E. Rabon. Squadron commanders who have een appointed for this year are Gary P. Brown, Joe B. Stringer, John A. Barksdale, and Eugene F. Rogers. Three hundred and forty cadets fnake up the cadet corps this se nuester. KINGS - THlE DIAMOND "Birds Trifanium i plunu Small Pin $1 We invite chmarge accounits HIom,e of KeepsE KINGS JE 1625 Mali Boheme' onight omber pilot and spent his years )f service partly in training omber crews in the States and artly in flying the "hump" from Burma to China. He participated n the campaigns of Central Burma, the Defense of China, and he China Offensive, winning sev. ral citations and decorations. Laurel Hurley, Mimi, is from llentown, Penna. Slim and blonde, Miss Hurley irst attracted attention when she on the Pennsylvania contest of ;he National Federation of Musie Jlubs junior award. She followed his up by winning the Federa. ;ion's Young Artists award. At 16, she became the youngest actress ver to play the role of Kathie when "The Student Prince" was riven a Broadway revival. Fol. owing a road tour with this corn. )any, she decided to give up pro essional singing for' intensive oaching in the opera, operetta and oncert repertoire. She now boasts mn operatic repertoire of 15 lead. ng roles. She has made an envi nble reputation with the light pera companies of Detroit, Dal. as, St. Louis and other cities in a wide variety of roles. "What is your son studying in ollege?" "Languages." "Languages? I thought he was aking medicine." "Well, I got a bill that said, '$20 or French, $50 for Spanish and >200 for Scotch'." Two love birds meet. "Please give me a kiss." "My lips are chapped." "Well, one more chap won't hurt hem." GARNET AND BLACK All students interested in working on the "Garnet and Black" business staff are asked to contact Frances R. Weeks at campus box number 4169. Miss Weeks urges new staff members to work regularly as a number of editorial positions will be open next semester. 1 Mna STORE OF COLUMBIA in Flight." Exquisite hts of fancy in golden tithi brilliant baguette ge. Large Pin 815.00. 0.00. Earrings 87.50. .No charge for credit, ike Damaonds WELERS 1 Street Luggage.