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Campus By ALAN BAKER It was a typical revival service, and the minister had just appealed to the pent up audience to "hit the sawdust trail." One buxom young debutante rose and cried, "Last night I was in the ahms of the debil, but to night I am in the ahms of the Lawd." Voice from the rear: "Is you gwine to be occupied tomorrow night, sistah?" a .a a "Get thee behind me, Satan," said the pledge as he assumed the position. a a - About five thousand people died of gas last year. A few inhaled it, less than fifty touched a lighted match to it. The great majority stepped on it. a a a "Did you make the debating team?" ''No, they a-s-said I-I w-w-w-wasn't t-t-t-t-tall enough." * * * Overheard in the ATO House: "I'd rather be tight than be president." a * * Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said I could have passed that damned course if I thought it was worth the effort. * * * Then there was the bright little freshman who wrote home that he had six cuts and received a first If flying saucers cai And funny men jun "The bes.t thing here Are Lucky Strikes!' This jingle won Charles L. Cottr corporation. Prof. Charles Toler m; In 1844 Students G< From W Berry T o H ead Fall Clariosophic Roy Berry, Johnson, has been elected as president of the Clario sophie Literary Society, for the fall semester. Clyde Ackerman, Cottageville, will be vice-president; Marion Riggs, Manning, treasurer, and Jim Alford, Walterboro, secretary. Austin Latimer, Due West, critic; and Kenneth Powell, Wellford, sergeant-at-arms, will both begin office in the fall. NEXT WEEK As The Theatres Palmetto Sumday thru Wednesday "Red Mountain" Alan LADD Lizabeth SCOTT Carolina Sunday thru Thersdmy "Deadline U. S. A." Humphrey SOSART Ethel SARRYMORE Strand Sunday and Monday "Lady of Earbear STAuIYO Miehael O'SHEA 5 Points Seney thee Moeny "Pd cnaa The Highest Mountain" Starlite Drive-In Sanday thed Teeday "I Want You" Humor aid kit by return mail. "Oh, Lord," prayed Sally, "I'm not asking anything for myself, but please send mother a son-in law." * * * Girl, to 'last night's date, over telephone, "Hello, tall, dark, and hands." , a . He (slightly slopped): "Where in hell have I seen you before?" She (ditto): "Dunno. What part of hell do you come from?" Senior: "What's the name of that book you're reading?" F'rosh: "What Twenty Million Women Want." Senior: "Let's see if they spelled my name right." a * , "May I have another cookie?" "Another cookie, what?" "Another cookie, please." "Please what?" "Please, Mother." "Please Mother, what?" "Please, Mother dear." "Hell, no. You've had six al ready." * * * The freshman's father paid a surprise visit to his son. Arriving at 1 a. m., he banged on the fra ternity house door. A voice from the second floor yelled, "Whatdya want?" The father answered, "Does Joe Jones live here?" The voice answered, "Yeah, bring him in." ne to earth sped out Son earth or Mars They'll shout. eli (left) $25 from the Lucky Strike mkes the presentation. >t Tingle riting On A Shingle By BARBARA THOMPSON Feature Editor To what sources did the students at Carolina turn for pleasure and relief from the routine grind o1 the classroom over a hundred years ago? A good clue that the college boyE of yesteryear enjoyed the same pranks that they do now was un veiled last week when workmen were taking shingles off the roof of Harper College. on one of the shingles the following was in scribed, "J. S. Boone, D. McD. McLeod, J. E. Crosland, S. W. Jor don, were up on the top of this college Christmas, Dec. 25, 1844 all drunk." After a search through the files, these pranksters were identified as James 5. Boone, A.B., 1845, from Colleton; Donald Mc Dairmed McLeod, A.B., 1847, from Marlboro; James E. Crosland, A.B., 1845, from Marlboro, and Samuel W. Jordon, A.B., 1846, from Abbe ville. According to William H. Patter son, assistant to the president, "The handwriting was clearer and more legible than that of many students today. Apparently they were not too drunk to write their names." The shingle has been sent to the Caroliniana Library for preserva. tion. Oscar came to the city and gol a job as janitor in a girl's dormi. tory. As the housemother handed him the pass key to every roonw in the house, the question of wages presented itself. "Would ten dollars a wegk he all right with you?" she aaked timidly. Oscar was silent a moment. "I don't know if I can pay that muet ori not, lady." he aid fialy 11 Newly elected members of Kai Herbert of Piedmont, Shirley Per Marion, Ramona Salley of Camei Boykin of Boykin, and Jerome Sr the university art department. (U Clubs El A number of clubs have recentl elected new officers for the fal semester. Bill Cornelius, Marion, has bee elected president of Kappa P national honorary art fraternit3 Bart McCravy is the retiring presi dent. The remaining officers ar Ramona Salley, Cameron, vicc president; Shirley Persons, Colurr bia, secretary: Jim Earley, Fore: City, N. C., treasurer; and Tommi Herbert, Piedmont, publicity chaii man. Betty Breazeale, Columbia, ha been elected president of Delta M Chapter of Delta Omicron, nationf honorary music fraternity.' Othe officers who have been installe are Nora Gable, Lexington, firs vice-president; Dot Parke Charleston, second vice-presider and social chairman; Ann Lowmai Columbia, treasurer; Betty J Ridgeway, Manning,. secretary Tommye Roane, Rock Hill, chori$ ter and chaplain, and Barbar Williams, Columbia, warden an historian. - Paul T. Hilf, Cayce, has bee elected to head Alpha Kappa Pa professional commerce fraternit: Other officers are Dennis H. Ku ard, Ehrhardt, vice-presiden Frank E. Harling, Granitevill Our Freedom Is Subject * Of Contest Students who wIll be senioi next year are eligible to enter a essay contest on, "The Meaning< Academic Freedom." Sponsored by the Nationi Council of Jewish Women, the cor test will award $5,000 in cas prizes. First prize will be $2,50' second, $1,000, and third, fourt and fifth, $500 each. The conter will be open for receipt of entrit September 15 to December 15, bi is being announced now so thi students will have an opportunit to work on their essays during tU summer. Questions to suggest the scope< the major aspects of the subje< are: what is the significance < academic freedom, what respons bilities does it involve on the pai of the college, the student teachers and the outside commt nity, what is the nature and exter of freedom on the college campu today and how is it affected b the needs of national security ? The committee of judges include Supreme Court Justice William ( Douglas, chairman; Ralph Bunchi director of the Trusteeship Divisio of the United Nations; Mr: Douglas Horton, former presider of Wellesley College; Abram I Sacher, president of Brandei University, and Thurman 9 Arnold, former associate justice c the U. S. Court of Appeals. Entries are to be 2,500 word maximum and are meant to er courage thoughtful exploration an forthright expression on the sul ject of academic freedom anmon the students. Torch and Wing Part: The Torch and Wing society c the university will hold its con missionary party on June 2 at t Pinewood club. The party will bt in honor of the graduating senior who receive their commissions a second lieutenants in the Air Fore< The party is given by the Torc and Wing society, social organisi tion of the AF'ROTC, of the univea sity. 'the party will be esbare style for the members. Torch as Wing was chartered by the frw aas t t A ?nann a A& AV vnaa g3 %IF %a14q. pa Pi, art fraternity at the univerF ton of Columbia, Mrs. Mildred Ahrli on, Martha Woodall of Augusta, Ga., yder of Naval Base. They were selei 3C Photo by Munn-Teal) ct Ofcers y secretary; Walter E. * Turner; 1 Columbia, treasurer; and Luther Fowler, Florence, master of rituals. ni The Carolina Christian Service - Club has elected Ares Artemes Chester, president for the coming e year. Other officers are Lib Tray lor, Atlanta, Georgia, vice-presi dent; Peggy Page, Lake View, t secretary - treasurer; and Mary e Ellen Butler, Lexington, corre sponding secretary. The officers were installed last week at the regular meeting, after s which a social hour was held. u r Annie Mack fialford, Johnston, d was elected prbsident of Co-Ed t Association last week. Gay Arthur, Columbia, was t elected vice-president; Ann Brad Icy, Orangeburg, treasurer; Laura U Sossamon, Gaffney, treasurer; and Nelle McCants, Winnsboro, re porter. a d Philip Garfinkel has been elected president of the Gamecock Pep Club for next fall. n Other officers elected were Area i, Artemes, vice-president; Margie y. Bean, secretary; Ed Glenn, treas i- urer; Jim Gravely, sergeant-at ; arms; and Furney Hemingway, , representative to the Gamecock. Mitchum, Starnes A To National Nurses Eaton Succeeds 'Wannamaker As Navy Prof Lt. William G. Eaton, USN, has arrived at the university to assume his duties as teacher of Navigation h with the Naval Science department. t Lt. Eat will replace L4t.-Cmar. 5J. J. Wannamaker, who is being ttransferred by the Navy, tIL. Eaton is a native of Charles y ton, S. C. He entered the Naval e Reserve in 1940 and the U. S. Naval Academy in 1941. He was fgraduated from the academy in t1944 and reported for duty aboard the Destroyer Marshall, DD676. -He served in campaigns from Leyte Gulf to Okinawa. " He received his flight training at Pensacola, Florida, going to ad tvanced training at Corpus Christi, s Texas and from advanced training ~to Patrol Sqd. 21. He was stationed with the patrol sqd. until he was Stransferred to the university to be Swith the Naval science department. Air Cor ps ROTC Students To T ake Summer T raining S Sixty-five members of the junior class of the university AROTC will spend a four week training course with the Army Air Force d this summer. The students will be gin their training on June 23. They will be secompanied by the in structors of the air science depart ment at the university. There will be three groups which will be trained separately at Mac fDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fla.; -Brookley Air Force Base, Mobile, S Ala.; and Biggs Air Force Base, S El Paso, Texau. a For SUMMER SLACKS Columbia Tailors 113 Lady 3trees j t r n ity, are (left to right), Tommie S n of Columbia, Bill Cornelius of p Caroline Talbert of Columbia, Lynn L :ted for their outstanding work in a For Fall d A faculty adviser will be selected next fall. v Newly elected officers of Delta Sigma chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, national professional r music fraternity at the university a are: William Mahaffey Triplett of a Chester, president; John Lawrence Robinson of Columbia, national councilman; Robert Ariail Bland of Sumter, vice-president; Morris Henry Levy of New Orleans, La., secretary; Edwin Thayer Phifer of Sumter, treasurer, and William Oscar Hughes of Orangeburg, his torian. Ramona Salley, Cameron, is the new president of the Carolina Re ligious Council. Reba Sims, Colum bia, is the vice-president, and Sarette Flake, Swansea, secretary treasurer. Martin Woodward, Columbia, has been elected president of Alpha Epsilon Delta, honorary pre medical fraternity. Buddy Whittaker, West Colum bia, will be vice-president for the fall term; Barbara Surret, Colum bia, secretary; and Robert Bland, Sumter. treasurer. Billy Clarkson, Kingstree, will be historian, and Billy Anderson, Columbia, recorder. ppointed Delegates ' Meeting, June 16 Two Carolina nursing students have been appointed delegates to the joint convention of the Amer ican Nurses association, the Na tional Ltenge of Nursing IEduca tion and the National Organization for Public Health Nursing which wvill be held in Atlantic City, N. J., June 16-20, President Norman M. Smith announced today. Miss Charlotte Mitchum of Allendale will be the delegate from the university school of nursing. Miss Sara Starnes of Rock Hill will be a delegate-at-large from the South Carolina State Nurses asso ciation. She was selected by the association boardi from a group of seven student nursing nominees. Both Miss Mitchum and Miss Starnes have completed two years of college training at the university and one year of clinical training at Roper hospital in Charleston in the combined college-hospital course offered by the university and leading to the degree of bachelor of science in nursing. LeConte Society Elects Officers Dr. Martin D). Young, of the tropical diseases laboratory of the United States Public Health Serv ice, has been elected new president of the LeConte Scientific Society. Joseph D. Novak, associate pro fessor of mathmatics at the university, will serve as vice-presi dent; and Dr. Harry Freeman, ad junct professor of biology, as secretary. JUST 2 BLOCI 'That's Sunshine Laundry Gervals - two block. froun ti guys and gals take all their Sunshine. One-day Quality Se ing, shirts, plee. work and ser'vice umeens satisfaction! 1 SUNS LAUNDRY AT 1415 GRUVAIS Jean Chase, LSC Official. By BARBARA Feature In a few days Dean John Ali his university to serve the cit acity. Not only is Carolina lo ion, but it is saying goodbye Ima mater and held more offic t Navy Offers ommissions FoUSC Women Eligible women college students iay still apply for the Navy's 1952 ummer Reserve Officer Candidate rogram, Capt. W. L. Anderson, 1SN, Professor of Naval Science t the university said yesterday. Sixth Naval District Head uarters officials say they will ontinue to accept applications rom women until such time as the ational quota for women candi ates is filled. The program is open only to ollege students who are affiliated vith the Naval Reserve at time o1 pplication. One may join the teserve now in order to fulfill this equirement and then submit an pplication through the Naval Re erve Inspector-Instructor at the icarest Naval Reserve Training enter. The office of the Inspector nstructor in Columbia is located it 513 Pickens Street. The service required in connec ion with this program consists of wo six-week summer training eriods. They are known as the 8asic and Advanced training eriods, which stress indoctrination n essential naval subjects. The school for women will be onvened at the U. S. Naval Train ng Center, Bainbridge, Md., in fuly. Women candidates must have -eached their 18th birthday on en -ollment day and must not be of such an age that they will reach :heir 27th birthday on July 1 of the :alendar year in which they com plete their eligibility for a com mission. Women candidates will not be commissioned until 21 years of age. Women whose enlistment in the Naval Reserve is authorized for the purpose of gaining eligibility to apply for enrollment in the Reserve Officer Candidate Pro gram may be discharged from the Naval Reserve if not selected for ROC- training, provided they re quest their discharge prior to August 1, 1962. The candidate must be able to complete the two summer training periods not later than the summer immediately following receipt of a Bachelor's degree. The candidate must also be physically qualified ror commission in the Naval Re serve. The 1952 ROC Program will allow college students who have advanced as . far as their junior year to enroll. It will also permit fourth year college students taking a five-year course to enroll. Candidates enrolled in this pro gram (do not receive pay, paid Phone 2-9250 918 MAIN STREET Joe Patrone's Collegiate Inn Specializing in STEAKS CHICKEN SPAGHETTI * * * Dine and Dance Until 12 P. M. In the "GAMECOCK" ROOM (S AWAY .. . and Cleaners' plant at 1415 e University! Smart Camee.ek laundry and dry elaig to rvice, by r.quess, em dry ed.a-~ bachelor bundles, Ss...n. H IN E D) CLEANERS P3ONE 4667 a a aaa w V ersatile Retires THOMPSON Editor ?xander Chase will be leaving y of Columbia in another ca sing its Dean of Administra to a man who has loved his es here than anybody else in he history of the university. When Alexander Chase first ame to Carolina, he was only a oung freshman. Since then, he as received an honorary degree 'ron Newberry college, Dr. of Laws. The next time he came to .arolina, Alexander Chase held the )osition of registrar. Since that .ime he has been Business Man iger of the University, Secretary if Faculty, Secretary of the University Council, Coordinator of \aval training program during the :ar, and Dean of Administration. Dean Chase's new position will )e the Administrator of Public Eiousing and Urban Redevelopment a the city of Columbia. This pro :ran, called Low Rent Public Housing, has two main objectives. the first is to provide comfortable iving quarters for families with ow incomes and the second to transform the slum areas of Columbia into productive uses. Al ready apartments under this plan have been set up. The University Terrace, Gonzales Gardens and Wilbur Wright Homes are a part of this program. Next month Hendley Homes will be opened and the construction of the Saxon Homes will begin. Dean Chase has always had an interest in housing for the under privileged. For several years he has been serving on such a com mittee in this city. He explains his reasons for choosing this new posi tion like this, "It was a very dif ficult decision to make. After 28 happy and satisfying years at the university, it became a part of my life. But this offer holds the oppor tunity that I have been waiting for to help the underprivileged and help in the development of Colum bia. It's really a chall nge to me. But it took me six weeks to make the decision and I hate to see June 1 arrive. In looking back over the fond memories of Carolina, Dean Chase had this remark to make. "I am grateful to the university for the opportunities it has given me. I leave reluctantly. I can never repay the university for all it has done for me." scholarships, or any other financial support from the Navy or the U. S. Government during the academic year. nor are they required to take any add(itional studies at college as the result of en rollmnent in the program. However, if enrolled in the pro gram, they are entitled to approxi miately $95.00 basic pay per month during the six-week summer Basic training period and approximately $117.00 basic pay per month during the Advanced training period. T oa's 5tudi.o 1435 MAIN STREET Phone 6141 3-Hour Dry Cleaning Service Press While You Wait 1-Day Dry Cleaning and Laundry Service ARROW CLEANERS 1i09 Gende ~a~i~ISi