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HEEARBASEBAL GAME NILES AT 10 AT 3:30 TODAYON DAVIS FIELD UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CROWING FOR A GREATER CAROLINA "Vol. XLVII, No. 26 COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL 24, 1953 Founded 1908 INiles, INot 3Of Folk l Appear H John Jacob Niles, noted fo ton Hall today at 10 p. m. E program will feature Anglo-A Caapus T) Briefs Kappa Sigma Kappa Has Banquet Kappa Sigma Kappa will hold its annual banquet Tuesday eve ning, May 5, at the Green Derby. President Russell will be the main speaker at the banquet which is given in honor of the new members being initiated into KSK this semester. Dean Bradley will be announced as the recipient of the KSK Meri torious Service Award at the banquet. YW-YMCA Has Retreat About 25 members of the Caro lina YW-YMCA will leave this afternoon to attend the South Car olina Student Christian Associa Ion Retreat at Camp Long which convenes today.' The Retreat, an annual affair, will have as its theme, "Let God Speak," and will b&ve as its main speaker, the Rev. %in ,Wilson, professor of Bible at Davidson College. Flynn Wins Contest Kenneth Flynn was winner of the Euphradian Society's declama tion contest. I. M. Goldberg came in a close second. Judges for the contest were State Rep. Benjamin Carter of Beaufort and Prof. John Begg of the school of engineering at the University. Music Fraternity Initiates Phi Mu Alpha, Sinfonia, initiated five men into the music fraternity Wednesday night, April 22, at the chapel. The new initiates are John Castrinos of Charleston, Tom Ergle of Augusta, Ga., Bobby Jones of Columbia, Jack Mills of Fort Mill, and D. C. Rhoden of Batesburg. The new initiates were enter tained at a banquet given in their honnr after the initiation at the - Faiin Women's Exchange Club. Omicron D Selects Ten Ten men have been selected for a'.embership in Omicron .Delta Kappa, national honorary leader ship society at the University of South Carolina, President Phriness jCox of Columbia announced today. The new members are Ares Artemes of Chester; Glenn Bell of Columbia; Neuland Collier of Nor folk, Vs.; David Creel of Johnson viule; Daniel Donovan of Hershey, Pa.; Reginald Hilborn, Jr., of Port li'nd, Maine; Robert Holmes of Columbia; Samuel Manning of Spartanburg; E. Lee Morgan of Myrtle Beach anid John Speer of Anderson. equirements for membership a# based on good character, high scholarship and outstanding lend ership. Euphradian Prexy Artemes has served as president of the Carolina Christian Service Club, the Euphradian Society and the Pep Club and is campus editor of The Gamecock, studient news paper. Bell was president of the fresh man and sophomore YMCA, the Westminster Fellowship, and the -sophomore cl.ass. Collier is an orientation instruc tor, a freshman camp counselor, secretary of the YMCA andi is a member of the rifle team and Student Council. YMCA President Creel has been president of the YMCA, Carolina Christian Service Club, the Junior Class, and the Wesley Foundation, and is a cap tain in the Air Force ROTC. ed Singer lusic, Will ere Today lk-singer, will appear in Dray t the regular assembly. The merican ballads, carols, street songs and nursery rhymes. Niles will accompany himself on dulciners of his own handi work. He will bring four dul cimers that he has made from different materials he has col lected in his tours about the country. Niles is a native Kentuckian who learned his first folk song at the age of nine from his father, Tommy Niles, a farmer, sheriff and contractor. The elder Niles taught his son 17 verses of "Bar songs and their variants. He is school children's contest In Louis ville. When Dr. Niles was a little older, he accompanied his father to Negro revivals in Louisville, where he took down the Negro songs in musical shorthand which he had learned from his mother. Since then he had been collecting and arranging the folk-music of his home state. Today he has a collection of more than a thousand songs and their variants. He i now copying them for the rare book collection at Harvard. Collection Grows More was added to his collection during World War I when he went overseas as one of 77 Air Force cadets. As a fighter pilot he was able to visit many different U. S. units and record their songs. From this group he published two books, "Singing Soldiers," and "Songs My Mother Never Taught Me." Following the war Niles studied at the University of Lyon and Schola Cantorum in Paris. He then returned to Nev York where he took various odd jobs, ranging from a night club master of cere monies to working as a rose gardener. His colorful attire on the stage includes a brightly colored sport shirt, no tie and a large red hand kerchief with which he frequently mops his brow. His program here will feature Scotch, English, Irish and Welsh songs handed down by oral trans mission. elta Kappa Members D)onovani is vice-president of the r.ising senior class, pr'esident of a social fraternity, assistant business manager of The Gamecock and a Imember of the Honor Board and KSK service fraternity. Senior Class Head Hlilborn is presidlent-elect of the senior class, president of a social fraternity and a member of the Pep Club. Holmes has a B-plus average, is secretary of a social fraternity and is a member of the debate team and KSK. Phi Beta Kappa IManning is a member of Phi H eta Kappa, the editorial board of the South Carolina Law Quarterly, and Student Council, and is the winner of the Euphradian Oratory award. At the University of North Carolina, he wvas a member of the dlebate team and the University Club and wvas vice-president of the D)ialectie Literary Society. IFC Vice-President Morgan is president of the Law Federation, the Law Quarterly staff, and a member of Wig and Robe honorary legal scholastic or ganization. Speer~ is pres('ident of a social fraternity, vice-president of the Inter-Fraternity Council, and is a member of the Americani Society of Mechanical Engineers, Student Council, and the Sophoniore YMCA Cabi net. The newv nmembers wvill be ini tiated at a formal banquet on May 1. Chorus Presents Annual Concert Tonight In Chapel The University Chorus will pre sent t9night, Friday 24 at 8:30 p. i. their annual concert on the campus in the chapel. Afterwards the chorus will start on their annual spring tour. This year the chorus will present pro grams at Camden, Bishopville, Bennettsville, Chesterfield, Lan caster, Chester and Winnsboro. Overnight stops will be made in Bennettsville and Chester. Later in May the .chorus will also present programs at Wardlaw and Hand Junior High Schools in Columbia. Accompanists for the groups are Betty Breazeale and Nora Gable. .Jack Mills, baritone, will sing a solo, and Heyward Moore, trum peter, will also do a solo. Their program for tonight is: Tantum Ergo -Luis Thomas da Victoria 0 Jesu Christe --Jachet van Berchem~ Agnus Dei Thomas Morley Four Folk Songs Johannes Brahms I'd Enter Your Garden The Fiddler How Sad Flow the Streams Awake, Awake! The Song of the Flea -Ludwig von Beethoven The Big Indian, from "I Hate Music" Leonard Bernstein Marion A. Mills, Baritone As From the Earth A Flower Grows Claudio Monteverdi Now May Has Come With Gladness Arnold Schoenberg Time Charles Wood Concerto in B flat -Franz Joseph Haydn Heyward Moore, Trumpeter 0 Bone Jesu -Giovanni da Palestrina Lord, For Thy Tender Mercies Sake Richard Farrant 'Tween the Mount and Deep, Deep Vale German Folk Song High Barbary Sea Chanty What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor Sea Chanty Men's Chorus Sourwood Mountain -Appalachian Folk Song I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger -Early American Spiritual The Bluetail Fly -American Folk Song May Benjamin Britten Additional Land to Be Purchased A committee of Columbia civic leaders will be appointed to advise the administration on the pur chase of additional land, according to President Donald S. Russell. Mr. Russell said that the $800, 000 appropriated by tl-e General Assembly wvill be used to purchase additional land contiguous to the University so that Davis and Mel ton Fields can be used for building purposes. The new land will be used for athletic and drill fields to replace the two that will be covered bybuildings. It is generally understood that the two present athletic fields will be covered by a student union building and an auditorium. Drama Festival For High Schools To Be Held Here The South Carolina High School Drama Festival for Region II will1 he held in Drayton Hall today be-i ginning at 8:30 a. mn. The day is! being sponsored by the Extension Division of the university.i Fourteen high schools are sched uled to participate in the day's affair which will end at approxi- < mately 6 p. mu. Each school will present a short p)lay or scene from a play that must require no more than 40 mini-1 utes. The schools are divided into t wo divisions, those of A A and A< ratings and those of B and C ratings. Each play will be rated superior, excellent, good or aver age. Those earning superior or ex- I cellent ratings will receive certifi-< cntes of marit. Capt. W. I Ugly Man Contest To Be Sponsored By APO Oi May 3 Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, has announced the opening of its annual Ugly Man Contest to be held this year from Monday, May 3 to Wednesday, May 6. Any club, sorority or fraternity may nominate a candidate to the contest. Groups of ' independents are encouraged to choose and back their own candidates. "Independent participation in the Ugly Man Contest is usually rather poor," says Bill Dean, president of Alpha Phi Omega, "And I'm quite certain that if more groups of independents, the rivalry and competition will be keener and much more interesting." Applications will be given to the 3rganizations wishing to enter the ontest by John Coleman, chairman )f the arrangements committee. Groups or organizations wishing to sponsor a candidate may request In application blank by writing John Coleman, Alpha Phi Omega, Box 5. Candidates for the Ugly Man ontest are requested to appear at Lhe Gamecock office on Friday, April 29, to have their pictures taken for display at the voting booth during the contest. The entire student body will par ticipate in the voting. A booth will be erected on the horseshoe and students will vote by casting pennies in the jars which will be placed below the pictures of the c'and idates. -Each penny counts one vote and there is no limit to the number of votes each student is permitted to east. By looking at the relative lepth of the coins in the jars, the studlents wvill be able to tell howv their candidates are doing. Tentative plans are to crown the Ugliest Man on the Campus at the Wfay Day dance to be sponsored by he student council on Wednesday, W!ay 6. He will receive an Ugly WIan key and a unique Ugly Man ;rop)hy. Speaking Contest Will Be Monday All students are eligible to com iete for the Gonzales and Keitt W{edals for Oratory and Extem >ore speaking, on April 27 and 28. see Prof. M. G. Christophersen md make arrangements for speak ng on those dates. The student trying for the Gon ales award must give an oration r declamation of from seven to ~ight minutes in length, memorized. The students trying for the (eitt Award must speak extem ore (with an hour's preparation) or five minutes. He may use notes, ,r he may speak impromptu for our or five minutes immediately iter being given a subject. (The subjects for the Keitt iward will be chosen from the field of present day national American ifna) Anderson Sophs To Take Series of Guiding, Counseling Tests The College of Arts and Sciences will give a series of tests called "Sophomore Testing Program," on Wednesday, April 29, as a part of its counseling and guidance pro gram. In order for the. scores to be totaled correctly, it is necessary that every Ai ts and Sciences sophomore take the tests. There are three 90-minute tests which the sophomores must com plete. They are: Social Sciences (Political Science, History, Eco nomics, etc.), Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, etc.), and Humanities (Music, Art, Literature, etc.). The tests will I given in the Armory. The firs. session will be from 8 a. in. to 12:30 p. m. The second session will last from 2' p. m. to 4 p. in. Students taking the tests will receive excuse cards in the Armory. Any student who will he unable to take the tests should report to: the Personnel Bureau, McCutcheon House, immediately. Alpha Kapp Taps Eight Alpha Kappa Gamma, honorary women's leadership fraternity, Lapped eight new members last week at Sorority Song Fest. The newv menmbeirs are Elizabeth Ann Bellinger of Columbia, Bob bie Jean "Sandi" Cranford of Co lumbia, Christine Thompson Her bert of Piedmont, Flora Mae Jef feries of Chapin, Sarah Lessie Jernigan of Columbia, Nancy Gene Lackey of Columbia, Molly McGregor of Columbia, and EhIia beth Traylor of Atlanta, Ga. Betty Bellinger is president and former vice-president of Kappa Delta, society editor and former1 class editor of Garnet and Black, orientation instructor, and member of Euphrosynean Literary Society) and Co-ed Association. She has been secretary-treasurer of the) Sophomore Class, secretary of1 Freshman "Y," and winner ofi Marion Sims Award in Biology. Sandi Cranford has been presi dent of Euphrosynean Literary Society, secretary and correspon dent of Chi Omega, exchange editor, columnist and reporter of Gamecock, and member of Game-I cock Pep Club, WUSC staff, and1 Phi Epsilon Nu. Gamecock Editor Tommie Herbert is managing editor of Gamecock and chaplain of Hypatian Literary Society. Shei has been previously news editor, campus editor, and society editor of Gamecock, president and treas urer of Hypatian Literary Society, secretary of Gamecock Pep Club, treasurer of Zeta Tau Alpha,1 publicity chairman of Kappa P1 and orientation Instructor. Blue Key Honorary At Banqu The university chapter of fraternity, will hold its annua Hampton Hotel beginning at and one honorary member Committees For May Day Are Set By Lourie Committees for May Day were announced. this week by Izzy Lourie, president of Kappa Sigma Kappa, campus service fraternity. May Day will be held this year on May 6. Co-chairmen of the May Day committee are Glenn Gainey and Joe Pearce. Vice-chairman is Dun can Breckenridge. Program committee is I. M. Goldberg, Dan Donovan and Billy Watson. Decorations committee is Glenn Bell and Andy Gary. The food committee is composed of Dave Creel, Joe Ingram and John Q. Adams. Master of ceremonies for the coronation exercises will be Andy Gary. Some of the events planned for the day are the Phi Epsilon Pi pie throwing contest, the ODK awards program, free lunch on the horse shoe and a campus-wide dance that night at the Township Audi torium. For cheatinir on an examina tion in Geography 17, a student was given the grade of seven in the course and suspended from school for one week. For cheating on an examina tion in Analytic Mechanics, a student was suspended from school for two weeks. "The Honor System works at Carolina." a Gamma Members Flossie Jefferies is treasurer and former vice-president of Delta Zeta, secretary of University Players, secretary and charter member of Foil and Epee, and member of Alpha Psi Omega, Pan Hellenic Council, and Hypatlan Literary Society. Sarah Jernigan has held the positions of president, treasurer and chaplain of Hypatian Literary Society, secretary of YWCA, see retary of Gamecock Pep Club, president, vice-president and pro gram chairman of Kappa Delta EDpsilon, secretary and treasurer of Baptist Student Union and mem ser of YWCA Cabinet. Phi Beta Member Nancy Lackey has been vice president and historian of Zeta rau Alpha, treasurer of Kappa [)elta Epsilon, orientation instruc Mor, biology lab instructor, and nemiber of Phi Beta Kappa, Hy atian Literary Society, W.A.A. and co-ed. Molly McGregor is president of YWCA, historian of Delta Zeta and executive student chairman f Religious Emphasis Week. She tas been critic of Euphrosynean Literary Society and member of WUSC staff, YWCA cabinet and Wesley Foundation. Lib Traylor has been president, rice-president, corresponding sec retary and program chairman of Jarolina Christian Service Club; president, secretary and treasurer >f Hypatian LUterary Society; iecretary and hostess of Baptist student Union; historian of the [ndependent Girls, and member of Sarolina Religious Council and YWC A Cahinet to Initiate Member .et Tonite Blue Key, national leadership I banquet tonight at the Wade 7:30 p. m. Five new members will be initiated during the evening. Thomas Maxwell, Columbia city manager, will be the main speaker for the affair. He will speak on "The - Citizen's Part in Local Government." Captain William L. Anderson, commanding officer of the Naval ROTC unit on the campus, will be initiated as an honorary member. Anderson is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, the Naval Academy Post Graduate School, and holds a Master of Science degree from the University of California. He hais served on various ships since 1926 except for brief periods as officer in charge of the Diesel Laboratory at New London, Conn., and the Naval Shipyard at Mare Island, Calif. Anderson participated in the landings in the Philippines and entered Japan with the first oc cupation forces in 1945. He re turned to the United States as Chief-of-Staff of the Naval Base at Philadelphia, Pa. rom 1946 to 1948. He went back to the Far East in 1949 to serve on the Joint Military Advisory Group for China. He was appointed Operations and Planning Officer for the Seventh Fleet in 1949 when the North Korea armies attacked the South Korean forces. Commands Destroyer Idter a year's service as com mander of Destroyer Squadron 13, he reported to the University in October, 1951 as professor of Naval Science #nd commanding officer of the unit. Among his decorations are in. cluded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star Medal with gold star for a second award, and the Commenda tion Ribbon with star for second award. The new members are Johnny Criss of Roanoke, Va., Faris Giles of Lancaster, Samuel T. Goforth of Myrtle Beach, William C. Hawley of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Leo MacCourtney of Altoona, Pa. Crias has been president, vice YMCA Cabinet and Carolina Reli gious Council. Giles Giles is president of Interna tional Relations Club, vice-presi president, and program chairman of Lutheran Student Association, business manager of the Univer sity Chorus, historian of the Junior Class, assistant treasurer of the YMCA, chairman of Ves pers committee, and member of (Continued oni page 6) Phi Kappa Phi To Sponsor Teacher Orientation Plan Kappa Phi Kappa, national edu cational fraternity, is sponsoring a pre-teachers' orientation pro gram designed for freshmen and sophomores students in the school of education. This program is especially for those students who are still in doubt about making teaching their career. The pre-teachers' program will be one in which actual observa tions of classrooms in action can be observed. The tentative schedule calls for observations to start next week at McMaster Elementary School and at University High School. Everyone who is interested in attending the orientation program Is asked to attend a meeting at three o'clock today, April 24, in Room 121 at University High Sahool.