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B. J. LAND, Society Editor ANN ROBERTS LLEWELLYN LLOYD CAROLYN McCLUNG BETTY FISTER the... wagon wheel . a spoke a week ... By BETTY FISTER The name of the Wagon Wheel will have to be changed soon, since the wheels have stopped moving, for little news has been drifting in. What has happened to all our campus kings and queens who used to fill this column every week??? STARTING THE NEW YEAR RIGHT ... The Lambda Chi's wasted no time in starting the new year with a bang, by beginning it with a party at the Woman's Club last Saturday night, music furnished by the Muskrat Ramblers. Seen there were GEORGE BOOMAR with JACKIE FURR, Chi 0 pledge; ELDEN DYE with JANE COTTON; JIMMY BRITT with LLEW LLOYD, ZTA; FRANK MALONE with BETTY KENDRICK; JOE Mc JUNKIN with MARGARET FICKLING; AUSTIN LATIMER with ALEXIA BROUGHTON; J. T. MAULDIN with ANN LOWMAN, Chi 0; BOBBY BARKOOT with DORIS WAT SON; CARLOS SALTER with MARTHA DEHON, ZTA; JUG SAWYER with LOUISE BRADLEY; JIMMY KON DUROS with ZAN LEE; STAN HAMILTON with SEDE MOLE ALTMAN; JOE BROWN with BETTY ANN Mc KIBBEN, ZTA pledge. Beginning the New Year early were the ATO's, who had a party on New Year's Eve in New York. Those present were: JEAN LABORDE, BOB BONASERA, JOE TATUM, EDDIE VAUGHN, RUOL GOODWYN, ('lltU(CK SMITH and their dates. It was a rip-roaring success, ask JEAN LABORDE!!! Also partying this past Saturday night were the Phi Kaps and their dates at the Phi Kappa Sigma party at the Lebanon-Syrian club. Among the crowd were LARRIE BAILEY with MARGARET HUNTER, Chi 0; LEE EAST ERLY and MARILYN FLEMING, Pi Phi; FLYNN HAR RELL and HAZEL DUKES, DZ; SPENCER LILES and BARBARA BLACKWELL, KD; BRUCE DODD and SANDRA GROOME; DICK TUTEN and SHIRLEY PEAR SON; DON MATTHEWS and BARBARA MITZE, DZ pledge; MICK CORRY and CLAUDINE WATSON, DZ pledge; CHARLIE JENNINGS and SUE GRAVES, Chi 0. Building up the stag line were JACK FIELD, GIBBY DEAN and DAVE MARTIN; heard it was you boys who had all the funlIi JOHN HERIN chaperoned the gala event. AND PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING PINS AND RINGS MARY FRANCES MAIHER received her diamond last week; NANCY MOORHEAD, P1 Phi, and TOMMY MIMS, SAE, are engaged to be married Feb. 2nd. JIM FINDLEY, Lambda Chi, is engaged to FLORID)E AGREW from Ander son. Also heading the list of those who are p)inned are AL HOUGH, Sigma Nu, to CICI CALD)WELL of Columbia; ROBERT ROYALL, SAE, has pinned GREY FRAMPTON; and FRANK BOENSH, SAE, (luring the holidays, pinned SARAH FLEMMING. "JUG" SAWY ER, Lambda Chi, has been making steady trips to Winthrop to visit ROSE ELLEN JACKSON. Does this mean anything, "Jug"? AROUND THE CAMPUS Tri Delt pledged MARY FRANCES MAHlER last week. JIM DOGGETTE, JIM EMORY and AL BOLINGER, all Sigma Nu's, went to Augusta over the week end. Say, you guys, what is so important in Augusta??? FRANK OATES, Sig Ep, pinned MARSHIA DUGAN of Hartsville. DEE WALSH, Sigma Nu, and DICK MAIHER, ATO, were seen in Red Bank, S. C. during the holidays. They were visiting JIM HUTTO, ATO pledge, at his winter home. HELEN COGGE SHALL HARVEY, KD alum, and BRANTLY HARVEY, KA alum, announce the birth of their daughter Alene Lightsey Harvey, Dec. 9 in El Paso, Texas. ELLEN BUSH, KD), from Barnwell, will marry WILLIAM JENKINS, also from Barn well on Feb. 4. The Kappa Alpha (lance was quite a s:uccess, some KD's who attended were MIRtA CAIN with LEWIS WRIGHT, JERRY CUNNINGHAM with SONNY FOSTER, JOYCE GROSS with BOOTS PLOWDEN, and GWEN TOOTLE with LEWIS HOWELL. Since no one is kind enough to send any news in I'll have to stop here or start making up some myself . . . if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would all you publicity chairmen please send news to Box 79, Campus, before 2 o'clock Monday ? 5w4ion 7ad By Carolyn McClung If winter comes, can spring far behind? When the downtoi stores begin having clearar sales on winter stock and bel displaying fresh new cottons, must be a sign that spring is the way. The appearance of spri is also heralded by the traditioz navy blue suits and suit dresses. The wallpaper waist will appc the coming season in the form the Empire and Princess lin Slim hips and small waists m accompany the wallpaper look. T increasingly popular matado suit with pencil slim skirt, cu merbund type waist and sho loose jacket coming to the top the cummerbund is but one exa ple. For those who prefer f skirts, the wallpaper effect achieved by a many-gored sk with high waist and close fitti bodice. Breaking away somewhat fr( the navy blue suits for spring a the suits of pastel shades in lig weight wools, gabardine and fail Suits with boxy jackets lined wi fabric matching the blouse it coming to the front., Usually the are found in solid colors with pri blouse andi lining. For mild weather, light weig coats are practical. They conic dark and pastel colors in all stylh The fabrics are linen, fleece, jers and three-quarter length wi gloves. Print silk under a 1hster c be worn from the first war weather on into later spring. ,These previews are but a f of the coming spring fashior We'll have more news as th< appear. KAROLIN Kaleidoscopi First column of 1954-nothih has changed but the year. Kocky congratulates the gra uating seniors and sincerely hop, that the last four (or more) yea have not been the best years their lives. The cow pasture is again t victim of a flying pimpkin. N( the fraternities want it. The je seys are a little confusing but t1 games are good. "What it w. was football." Kocky extends his de(lest syi pathies to the ex-ieibers of certain important (lub oin canmpl He wonders why they evt bothered to join. There is a wa iIinrg and k nash ii of teethl on caimpus. It seems t h sonme of the stud(enits are havir to sacrifice soiie of their pari nights to study. Na sty, bad o e xamis, sp)oiling Juio r's play. Koeky sendls best wishes toi ti niew~ editors of the Gamiecock at w ishles them imuchi Lieck- -esp ec inll to the future Kocky. Bye now, Kocky Russell Talks At Furman Univ. Progran P re'siden t D onald S. R usse'll tol a iFoun rder's D)ay aurd ience MIoi (lay ait FoLriman University tha "Progress is ever dependent upt( a society's piowe'r to train ar develop to the fullest the intelle tual andi pote'ntial of its people." Hie pointed out that the p capiita wvealth of the statei creased $2B1 to $1,099 during t1 period fronim 19 to 1952 and t1 total annual income for the sta from 493 miillion dollars to $2,34 000,000 for the same period. Progvress "Progress, economically al spiritually, can only be p)ropell by increasing ('dIucational opp tuniiities, thereby biroadeninrg t aspirations and ideals oif (o pecople, qu ickeniing their (comi: terecy to meet the prob(ilemis of t daSy andl giving them a philosop (if Ii fe and dlea thl that wvill enal them to achlieve sere(n ity a pu rpoisefulIness of boith Ii ind a Piresidlent Ru ssel lI audledI Richard Furmnan, ea rly Americ patriot arid Haptist minister wV ledl in the estalishiment of Fi man University and the Uniiversi (if South Carolina. Hie express highest regard for Dr. ,John Plyler, president (if Furman, whomi the D)octor of L.etters gree was conferred. D)r. Plyler Hie told the audiencee, "I (Continned on page 8) German 0 Tonight Will Fea 'inl it The annual German Club Wini on ng Formal will be held at the Colu ial bia Hotel Ballroom tonight frc 9 til 1 a.m. The club holds t ar dances during the year, the Wini of Formal and the June Ball. es. Hal McIntyre, the young p< ill sonable saxophonist and bar he leader will bring his orchestra a r's vocalists to Columbia to play i m- the dance. rt, McIntyre's story began in Cro of well, Conn. in 1936 where he i U- an eight-piece band, plenty ll assignments and a local ra< is show. In December, of the sai irt year, he received a call from Ben 1g Goodman. After playing for Goo man, he auditioned for Gle 1i Miller and was the first pers re hired. For four years he play ht with Miller and hitched on to le. front row seat in the parade th success. re From there it was a short st to the Commodore Hotel in N< nt York and a recording contrr with RCA Victor. The recor ht clicked and McIntyre went Hollywood to imake four musica at Columbia studios. While "Y Hollywood he performed at t th world famous Palladium and in few months had performed su n cessfully at the Sherman Hotel n Chicago, Frank Dailey's MeadoN brook, and the Paramount Theat oll Br'oadway. Is. One honor he will always cheri was his selection to play at t President's Birthday Ball, which the late F. D. R. and Mi Roosevelt appeared. Another thr was the reception he got fro GI's as he toured through Euro during the war. His was the on band of major rank to have go overseas for the USO to enterta ig the GI's at the front. One of today's brightest sta on the musical horizon his MG ?s records and jan packed person rs appearances have made him L)f stand-out. McIntyre Is College Favorite le Down through the history of t w music business it has been prov r- that the bands which control t e college prom dates are the ban with the best chance to click. O: of the foremost proim favorites Ial McIntyre. S ver since Mac left Miller start his owvIn group, canpus dati have been in abundance. He ranked xith the greatest colle ig favorites of all time. hlal's musical ideas fit in wvi thei deires of youngsters wi wata little more than ti ordinry in their dance music. I efeatures a style that is all 1 1own. Subdlued reed vocn,brig elipped brasses, and( the mUakst.r< owvn brilliant sax solos are all pa of the band's presentation. IIal Mcintyre Consistent on Wi in the last fewv years it has be clearly dlemonstratedl that there no substitute for records in terr of reaching the top o fthe music ladder. A irtime, vaudeville, on nighters, andl locations have h (I Complete I Prices to 1 Crne$ O// rm aj/ e ~. STEAK SANDWICHES -FRENCH FRIES ate SALAD te ,- 80c TOBEY'S he he Extra P rotectioi nd( Yes, you get EXTIIA P1 SUNSHIINE LAUNDRY Al' an~ sanme crisp, clean condition ho I clean and crisp until you'r Ii. ty on e- LAUNDRY I 1415 GFJIVAIS Club Wint< at Columb ture Hal 1\ or vo er r i or Ri d of lio le ily d rin 31n ed to w "s ABOVE IS MISS DOROTHY to orchestra. Miss Kae and Hal Mclni Is German Club Winter Formal tonigh in to 1 a.m. This is the first appears 1e his band. a c- their places in the business of a in band's rise, but bridging the gap v- between obscurity and fame is re most quickly accomplished via the whirling discs. fh McIntyre lost no time ir getting on the records hit parade. His at band was just a few months old when RCA Victor signed him. Delta Delta Delta Holds Competition in For Scholarship The 1954 Tri Delta General al Scholarship Competition will be a held January 5 through February 20, 1954. Women students in colleges ie where there are chapters of the fraternity are eligible to apply. 1e They may, or may not, be fratern Is ity members, but they should be le well-qualified students, showing iS promise of being valuable citizens in their future communities. "o The amount of the award on s any one of the 96 campuses in is eluded in the competition will not te exceedl $200.00. The Delta Delta Delta Commit h~ tee on Awards shall be the sole to judlge of the respective merits of Ie the app)licants. The successful can [e dIidates wvill be notified by May is 1, 1954, and the scholarships will ht he forwarded to them at the begin "a ning of the term for which the rt awardls are granted. Application blanks are available ix at the Dean of Women's office. mn Additional applications may be is secured from Mrs. Charles C. 1s l'errint, Box 717, Paoli, Pa. al Completed applications must e- r-each Mrs. Perrin by February 20, 1(d 1954. 6 /?eauly~ Saon ~eauty Service 1t Your Budget g4. - //tne 3-0432 OPEN FACE BARBECUE I FRENCil FRIES SALAD 75c 1015 SUMTER ST. 1 for Your Shirtsl LOTF.CTiON for your shirts at iD CLF,ANERS. Your shirts are llophaane . . . to be kept In the in which y'ou receivedl them... ready to'wear them. S HIN E ILND CLEANERS ,r Formal Ia Hotel IcIntyre KAE, vocalist for Hal McIntyre's yre and his band will play for the I at the Columbia Hotel from 9 p.m. nee in Columbia for McIntyre and "Commando Serenade," was his first real successful wax effort, and "Sentimental Journey" hit the juke boxes with a crushing effect. It became the nation's top tune. With a knack of fashioning popular recordings, Cromwell, Conn.'s, pride and joy is really hitting the top. 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From 6:30 til 10:00 tonight the ODK banquet will be held at the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. The chaperon is Ralph Lewis, di rector of the Alumni Association. The Phi Kappa Sigma Fratern ity will have a dhungaree picnic tomorrow night, January 16, at the "Y" Camp from 8 til 12. Pro fessor lierin of the Accounting Department will chaperon. ''here will he a dance at the Azen Grotto Room tomorrow, January 16, given by the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity for their members and lates. The dance will be held from 8 til 12. Officers Named By ATO For Coming Year Alpha Phi Chapter of Alpha Ta 01nw4ga Fraternity held its election of officers for the coming year at its meeting on January 11. Officers and their respective of fices are: Dvick Alaher, president; ''omnmy Cooper, vice-president; Billy Mahoney, treasurer; Lucious Iferiot, secretary, and Jean La Borde. alinini and social chairman. The South Caroliniana Library now contains 32,000 South Carolina books and pamphlets, 335,000 is sies of daily and-% weekly news papers, 4.500 hound volumes of manuscripts and about 1,000,000 manuscripts in the Library's folders. Friday and Saturday Joan Leslie Forrest Tucker "FLIGHT NURSE" Starts Sunday "BORDER RIVER" Joel McCrea Yvonie De Carlo Ins Technicolor NE NEw RITZ Palmetto Sunday thbrough WVed nesday "THREE SAILORS AND) A GIRL" in color w,ithi Jane Powell, (;ordon MacRae Carolina Sunday through Wednesday "JACK SLADE" starring Mark Stevens Strand Sunday and1( Mohtday "TEN TALL MEN" with luirt Lancaster and Jody Lawrenec (in color) 5 Points Sunday through TFucsday "ITi'S A PLEASURE" with Sonja Hienie. ad Michael O'Shea (In color) GRAYSON 'S 1347 Main St. Phone 2-6714 Sayl IcHeadquarter. for Men Campus Togs Suits Roblee Shoes Enro Shirts Catalina Sweaters Botany Slacks Berle Slacks Norris Casual Shirts. Students,: Inqire About On.. r.di Plan.