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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. W. 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 he wcdcomed at any meeting. RENT A NEW CAR yH HERTZ A night to remember .., dinner ot the Sclub, then crosetown to a dance under starlit skies, than off to your favorite rendezvous for a miednight snack. Have fun, enjoy every rh.icute--rent a big Chevrolet or other fles car from Hertz and drive it yourself. The car will be as private as your own, progrly 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. srs riM HERTZ DRIVE YOURSELF SYSTEM U-Drive-It Company 1308 Blanding Street Phone 5111 UNIVERSIT JOE COLLEGE, Come in Garnei Onl 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 door are glass windows. The bot tomt 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, done supposedly to keel) 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 Rev. george Tiioml)son will be the speaker this Sunday. The subject of his talk has not been announced. Changes Feature 'Garnet and Black'; Work Has Begun Suzanne Moye, editor of the "Garnet and Black," has an nounced that work on the 1950-51 annual is under way. Indlividlual pictures are not in yet, but Tommy Teal has been taking camp)us shots since sum mner. All pictures must be in by D)ecember 1. The (dummy has already been made up and this year the an nual wvill include many changes. There wvill be an entire section devotedl to the dlifferent depart ments on the camplus. Each main section will be introduced by a color p)late, and the beauty section will involve trick photography. 'Carolina Review' Needs Manuscripts Students are urged to submit short stories, poetry, feature ar ticles, or sketches to the "Carolina Review," James Inabinette, short story editor, has announced. Send them by campus mail to either Hox 2018 or~ 300. ( CANTEEN J r.>SWEATERS with llck 'C' 'hem 12 years 50 l This layout shows some of ti a part of the "Big Thursday" celel in the top left picture, Rat 1 more Bill Stanley stands by with p ment of rats and sophs look on wil At top right, Rat Bobby Hilli a number of rat brethren (and sis fnund the ratu inv,td!ng dewntwn In the bottom picture, Laura crown Al Bargo| and Alice Heirs 1 Harris) Methodist Students Present Services On Third Sundays On October 16, Methodist stu (ents from Carolina and Columbia college were in charge of the regu lar Sunday evening worship serv ice at Washington Street Metho (list church. This procedure is practied( regularly the third Sun-1 day of each month. The last serv ice was directedl by Martha Petty and Ken Creel was the main speCakeor. Last Wednesday night Wesley F"oundIation members staged a cos tume p)arty at the regular weekly supper club meeting. Prizes were given for the most original outfits. The cabinet of Wesley Founda tion met recently at Earlewood Park to plan the work for the p)resent semester. Before the busi ness meeting Reverend Poag, of Shandon Presbyterian Church, made a talk on the important part Christian young peCople can play in the wvorld today. Plans are being made to pub lish, in the near future, "The In former," the Wesley Foundation newspaper, which is a quarterly puLblication. Fred Reese is Wesley Founda tion director at Washington Srreet Methodist church. It's Just... Two Blocks 1 Why run all over town for Sunshine's 1415 GervaIs short blocks from the U, Sunshine and be sure! * Ask for Sunshine's famous * on dryeleaning, shirts, pIe * Sunmnaid-P'aks. In b,y 10: weekdays. On Saturdays, dany! SUNS LAUNDRY Ab 1415 CERVAIS (t B..l Rat Week Hi-jinks e activity that high lighted the sec ration last week. Pinky Lynch is busy shining the s addle poised in case Pinky doesn't h critical eyes. ard pushes Rat, Carolyn Ott down r ters) watch. This pct was part of Meree and Philip Garfinkel, 1949 cirg iad queen of the Carolina rats Debaters Open Se Over Wake Forest, "This was a trip that made me know we had a team," declared Professor M. G. Christophersen about the debating team's wveekend journey. With a negative team composed >f John Long and Sanford Zahier, and an affirmative team of Fur nan McEachern and Barbara Sloyd, the debaters traveled to Wake Forest for a radio debate on Phursday, October 19. A fter winning the debate against Wake Forest, they journeyed to Philadelphia where they debated svith Temple university on Friday ifternoon and with the University >f Pennsylvania on Friday night. Bloth of these debates were also von by the Carolina team, which ~hen went to New York City to nieet Fordham and New York uni rersity on Saturday afternoon. The University Debaters, vie orious in all these meets, were )raised highly by three judges. Phis was the first meet of the year, i conditioning trip in preparation or the Carolina Forensics Tourna nent, which is to be held the 17th mid 18th of November. The group vhich participated in the weekend lehates was last year's freshman cam. Other tournaments scheduled are the D)ixie Championship, which .vill be held in Charlotte in No ember, and the Miami Invitational rournamenit in January. ro Sunshinei? laundry and( dirycleaning? Street Plant is just TWO S.C. Campus! Send it to R Q)RfCLEANING? Odie-Day sQuality Service--U e work, b'aehelor bundle., 0a.m., out by 5:30 p.m., Ln by NINE a.ni., out same H IN E ID CLEANERS -. 100 WOnnRnW ond annual "Rat Week" which was hoes of Allen Cooley while Sopho do a good job. A varying assort. lain Street in a wheelbarrow while one of the several "parades" thal rat queen and king respectively, of 1950. (uSaC i'otos 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 prior 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 and 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 the same group) must win the honor for three consecutive years In order to receive a prize. J. R. Eargie, a student in the school of engineering, was the judge for the sorority contest. SFORMAL WEAR For Rent WrighFt-Johnston INC ORPO A 'ED Men's Clothing, Shoe., and Furnishings 1330 Main Phone 24223 Opera "La To Open ' Charles L. Wagner's touring company will present "La Bo heme," Giacomo Puccinls opera, for the Columbia Music Festival at the Township auditorium to night at 8:30. - The performance will feature Davis Cunningham at Rudolpho, and Laurel Hurley as Mimi. Cunningham, Pittsburgh - born tenor, has won the highest critical praises for his singing and oper atic roles on television. The ex Air Force pilot made an uxtra ordinary impression on televiewers and on the producers of opera for television in New York. He grew up in the Philippines where his father was director of a hospital. He lived in the Phil ippines for ten years. Cunning ham attended Wooster College in Ohio, majored in music and re ceived his B.A. degree. While in college, he sang in the Glee Club and took part in student produc tions. While singing at Chautau qua's summer school, he won a singing competition which gave him a fellowship at the Juilliard Graduate school in. New York. Cunningham inade his profes sional debut as a member of a quartet in the Broadway produc tion of "Stars In Your Eyes." This was followed by a long en gagement in "Lady In the Dark." Then he was called into the Air Force, and became a four-engined Air ROTC Names Cadet Officers For Fall Term Organization of the Air ROTC cadet corp has been completed and cadet officers announced for this year, according to Lt. Col. Herbert Sears, Professor of Air Science and Tactics. The Group this year is composed of the commanding officer, Cadet Lt. Col. Rush M. Floyd, and his staff, a color guard, a cadet band and four squadrons. Members of the staff are Hubert M. Dimmery, James W. Thompson, James J. Horton, Robert D. K"derick, Jackson L. Thomason, Iand Arthur B. Sloan. The cadet band consists of 30 iembers and is commanded by Wil liam E. Rabon. Squadron commanders who hav'e been appointed for this year are Gary P. Brown, Joe B. Stringer, John A. Barksdale, and Eugene F. Rogers. Three hundred and forty cadets make up the cadet corps this se mester. KINGS - THlE DIAMONI "BirdI Trifanium pluii Small Pin We invite charge accour: IIome of KCee; KINGSJ 1625 Ma Boheme' ronight bomber pilot and spent his years of service partly in training bomber crews in the States and partly in flying the "hump" from Burma to China. He participated in the campaigns of Central Burma, the Defense of China, and the China Offensive, winning 8ey. eral citations and decorations. Laurel Hurley, Mimi, is from Allentown, Penna. Slim and blonde, Miss Hurley first attracted attention when she won the Pennsylvania contest of the National Federation of Musi Clubs junior award. She followed this up by winning the Federa. tion's Young Artists award. At 16, she became the youngest actress ever to play the role of Kathie when "The Student Prince" was given a Broadway revival. Fol. lowing a road tour with this com pany, she decided to give up pro. fessional singing for intensive I coaching in the opera, operetta and concert repertoire. She now boasts an operatic repertoire of 15 lead. ing roles. She has made an envi. able reputation with the light opera companies of Detroit, Dal. las, St. Louis and other cities in a wide variety of roles. "What is your son studying in college?" "Languages." "Languages? I thought he was taking medicine." "Well, I got a bill that said, '$20 for 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 them." GARNET AND BLACK All students interested in working on the "Garnet and Black" business staff are asked to contact Frances H. 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. ) STORE OF COLUMBIA e In Flight." Exquisite ghts of fancy in golden with brilliant baguette iage. Large Pin 515.00. 510,00. Earrings $7.50. tsi. No charge for credit. sake Diamonds EWELERS sin Street