The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, December 03, 1954, Page Page Four, Image 4
JOANNE CARNS, Society Editor
BARBARA DRIVER JEAN RHYNE
KIERAN TRIHEY BERTHA GARDNER
CLARE DERHAM SONIA RIFFLE
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MARGARET BAUKNIGHT and MYRNA RITCHEY
Everyone is back looking forward to Christmas. Turkey
was good for Thanksgiving but after a week of eating turkey
prepared every conceivable way, I don't think I can face
another turkey. This is one time I'll be glad to eat the north
ern end of a turkey going south.
TRI DELTS CELEBRATE
After the game Saturday the Tri Delts and their dates
celebrated at JOHNNY PRINGLE'S home. Attending were:
CALVERT HOPKINS with DIGGER THOMASON, MARY
SCOTT BARRINGER with JIMMY DOGGETTE, BETH
FOLLINE with ROSSER TIIRASIl, ANN EI)MUN)S with
AUSTIN MOORE and MARIE WATSON with MAC HINES.
KD NEWS
The KDs and their dates having a marvelous time at the
Beachcomber Saturday night were: BOSIE WESTBURY
with FLETCHER CARTER, KAY BAKER with LAW
RENCE CURRY, BILLIE HUGHES with JULIAN DORITY,
TERRY DAVIS with BILL DOAR, BARBARA IIENDER
SON with PAUL GOLDSMITH, JOHANNA WRIGHT with
CHARLIE PYLE, MARY WISE RlXEY with ED MULLINS.
COTILLION FORMAL
The annual Cotillion Club formal was held November 22
at the Columbia Hotel. A few of the many living it up were:
LOUISE BRADLEY with HENRY DORN, WARNER
FAIREY with PHIL MOODY, MARY ALICE RUSTIN with
WINFIELD SAPP, PEGGY HUNTINGTON with JOE DE
LUCA, MARY WISE RIXEY with ED MULLINS, GWEN
TOOTLE with HARRY BOZARDT, WALT EKHOLM with
NANCY WELLS, WILSON PITT with ANN MORTON,
FLASH McBRIDE with LIZ SINGLETARY, CHARLIE
SANFORD with CLAIRE JONES, HAROLDI MeCASKEY
with RITA TERRY, FRANK OATES with MARSHA
DUGAN, JIM McFADDEN with FRANKIE ANN CARTER,
ELDEN DYE with JOY ANN BULL, GEORGE BOMAR with
JOANN FRANKLIN, JOHN REJ with MARY NELSON
BUSHAW, SONNY HINES with NANCY HINES, TOM
HOLIDAY with CLARE JENKINS, JUDGE POSTON with
KAT MILLER, JOE WELSH with BETSY QUINN, JOHN
ALTMAN with LORETTA WOOD, BUCKY STACKHOUSE
with PAT ROBERTS, ANI)Y WISE with LIZ NORTON,
BILL QUATTLEBAUM with BARBARA ANN MOSLEY,
AL TISON with BETSY EIIlIA.DT, CLARENCE ASH
LEY with DESI SHEALLY.
00 LA LA!
The Lambda Chi's and their dates seen living it up at
their yearly Parisian Party were: JIMMIE HOWIE with
DORIS PARNELL, BOB COLE with MARY BRESHEAU,
BILL DAVENPORT with BUNNY RIVERS, PAT CARR
with NANCY ULMER, PETE EPPS with JEAN LAWSON,
TOM EARGLE with SARETTE FLAKE, HOOT GIBSON
with BONNIE TURNER, JIMMY McFADDEN with
FRANKIE CARTER, RABBIT BROWN with BETTY Mc
KIBBEN, GEORGE PRESCOTT with LOU LLOYD, ED
MELTON wvith CAROL ELLIOTT, AL MATTHEWS with
JO ANNE FRANKLIN, and GEORGE BOMAR with CAROL
BRANDENBURG.
PHI KAPP~A SIGMAS CELEBRATE
Among those seen at a rush party for the PI KAPPA
SIGMAS and their dlates at the Wade Hampton hotel (lancing
to the music of Bill Moore anid his orchestra were: AND)Y
TUITES with PAT ARANT, MICKY RASH EED) with ELIZ
ABETH MOSELY, AL D)UNBAR with NANCY OVERTON,
PHIL BENEDIKTSSON with LOUISE POSTON, ERNIE
LESLIE with ROSE WELD)ON, MARSH-ALL CAIN with
RACHAEL COLE, BOB AND)ERSON with PAT BARFIELD,
DAVE MARTIN with PEGGY SKELETON, W. C. COOK
with MARIAN HAGOOD.
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Fraternity
Sigma Cb
Sigma Chi pledged 43 men; their
names and hometowns:
Richard Howard, Charlotte, N.
C.; Bob Lominick, Greenwood;
Jack .Lominack, Kingstree; Bobby
McCarty, Camden; Tom Mattox,
Salisbury, N. C.; Roger Knapper,
Louisville, Ky.; Steady Sloane,
Columbia; Robert Sease, Colum
bia; Allen Johnson, Hemingway;
Heyward King, Lake City; Robert
Withers, Greenville;. Glenn Ged
dings, Columbia; Steve Coleman,
Columbia; Jim Fowles, Columbia;
Henry Allen, Orangeburg; Sandy
Bryant, Orangeburg; Ed Candler,
Columbia; William E. Smith,
Charlotte, N. C.; Dwight Keith,
Atlanta, Ga.; Billy Kneece, Colum
bia: Leslie Ivey, Florence; Charlie
Rentz, Columbia; Charles Hoskins,
Siumter; Woodrow Brown, Sumter;
romnimy Addison, Lancaster;
Bobby Bunch, Summerville; Roy
Avant, Orangeburg; Teddy Crowe,
Greenville; Murphy Lemmon, Con
way; Johnny Walkup, Columbia;
Don Cates, Charlotte, N. C.; Harry
MeDevitt. Atlanta, Ga.; Weems
Baskin, Columbia; Terrill Gar
rick, Columbia; John J. Ryan,
Columbia; Alec Brown, Sumter;
Robert MeNair, Forest City, N. C.;
D)on Johnson, Mercersburg, Pa.;
Buddy Frick, North; John Dabbs,
Sumter; Don Knight, Greenville.
Also, Bill Sergeant, Greenville,
a Phi Delta Theta at Washington
and Lee was socially affiliated.
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Alpha pledged the fol
owing: Milton Adams, Columbia;
Allen A rmstrong, Greenville;
Terry Beasley, Lamar; Clifford
Boatwright, Johnston; Bill Bran
ion, Denmark; Billy Buyck, St.
%latthews; lobert Campbell, Co
umbia; Stewart Clare, George
own; Mickey Clerc, Georgetown;
hack Green, Florence; Dean Crain,
Gsreenville; Brock Conrad, Orange
mlrg; Thomas Cook, Greer;
7hailes Davis, Winston-Salem, N.
Teddy Davis, Greenville; But
er )errick, Florence; Jack Fol
ine, Columbia; Jimmy Fuller,
Columbia; Kay Lloyd, Columbia;
Salters MeClary, Georgetown; Le
nare Mellette, Summerton; Maury
Niiller, Greenville; Ned Nicholsen,
[ldgefield; Edgeworth Price,
G;reenville; Tommy Reynolds,
G;reenvilllt; Jimmy Spearman,
Cheraw; aiI Jeru Bahh, an af
filiate froi Spartanburg.
Sigma Nu
Sigma Nil pledged the following
mei: Carey Brazell, Columbia;
Carl Blayloclk, Chester; Jim Dusen
)ury, Myrtle Beach; Lowell Ful
enwider, Gainesville, Ga.; Alex
Garner, Union ; Benjamin Gause,
Columbia; George Harmon, Colum
bia ; Sam Layton, Union ; Frank
M oi se, Sumiter ; F red Thompson,
Gzre(enville ; Preston Whaley,
Columbia.
Pledging ceremonies were held
at the Sigma Nu house Tuesday
[veninig, and were followed by a
p:arty at the Car rolton Club.
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Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha pledged 21
new members and affiliated one
at the pledging ceremonies last
Saturday.
The new affiliate is Fred Gault,
Union.
Those pledging were: George
Fulmer, New York, N. Y.; Jerry
Hemphill, Greer; Ben Boozer,
Greer; Bobby Chandler, Columbia;
Herman Brown, Pamplico; Jack
Morton, Spartanburg; John Bas
well, Spartanburg; Jimmy Howey,
Fort Mill; Phil Arrowsmith,
Kingstree; Victor Ramage, North
Augusta; Jack Fincher, Lake City;
Charles Bowers, Lancaster; Rob
ert Coward, Lancaster; Howard
Floyd, Lake City; Bill Odomn, Lake
City; Bob McCurry, Ware Shoals;
George Dean, Mt. Holly, Virginia;
Dick Thornton, Columbia; Frank
De Stefano, Binghamton, N. Y.;
Ed Masad, Bishopville; Harry
Chapman, Greenville.
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega pledges are:
Ed Powell, Columbia; Jack Mobley,
Charleston; Ed Lucas, Florence;
Raoul Goodwyn, Florence; Richard
Horne, Columbia; Layne Coleman,
Otis Etheridge and Jim Davis, all
from Saluda.
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigma Phi Epsilon pledged the
following: Amos Norton, Colum
bIa; John Alonso, Gainesville, Ga.;
William McLean, Columbia; Phillip
Koetsch, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii;
Edward Pugh, Spartanburg; Fred
Wigfield, New Cumberland, Pa.;
Robert Bingham, Fort Meade, Md.;
Phil Donlin, Montelair, N. J.; Dale
Hawkinson, Rockford, Ill.; Dennis
Holoriak, N. Charleston; Perry
Williams, Charleston; James
Spearman, Westminster; Dick
Noddei, Moneks Corner; Roger
Krick, Aiken; Carl Guerry, Bon
neau; Alfred Spruell, Columbia;
Peter Andrews, Edisto Island;
Michael Windus, Newark, N. J.;
Philip Edwards, Washington, D.
C.; Robert Hayes, Wilmington,
Del.; William Kaym, Greenville;
Barton Hill, Charleston; Walter
Mergner, Keansburg, N. J.; Jim
mie Watson, Enoree, and Marshall
Lineberger, Cramerton, N. C.
Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi pledged the fol
lowing: Conway Snipes, Atlanta,
Ga.; James Richardson, Myrtle
Beach; Laurie Parrott, Cherry
Grove; Fred Bennett, Columbia;
Walter West, Mt. Pleasant;
Bernon Pinner, Conway; Aubrey
Dunn, Hamlet, N. C.; Jimmy Hed
rick, Windy Hill Beach; Pat Cave,
Olar; Jerry Bellune, Greenville;
Tommy Jackson, Wampee; Steve
Irick, Florence; Sam Shipp, Flor
ence; Benny Browvn, Bishopville;
Lawrence Gressette, St. Matthews;
Yancy Montgomery, Bishopville;
Pete Stokes, Darlington; David
Manson, Edgefieldl; Steve West,
Florence; Farrell Lindley, Ware|I
Shoals ; Gene English, Mullins;
A nthony Reynolds, Bishopville;
Sudes St
ds;
'ledging
Richard Teague, Gaffney; William
Collins, Kingstree, and Ray Huck
abee, Darlington.
Pi Kappa Alpha
..Pi Kappa Alpha pledged the
following at the close of fall rush
season: Louis Edward Houston,
Jr., Charlotte, N. C.; Francis
Ralph Faulling, Columbia; Paul
Burke, Columbia; Harry Dermon
Harvey, Holly Hill; William (Bill)
Lee, Spartanburg; Allan James
Plaskey, Detroit, Mich.; Mac El
bert Plyler, Lancaster; Clifford
Glenn Meadows, Jenkinsville; John
Paul Butler, Lexington; James
Rudolph Godfrey, Greer; Carl
Julius Derrick, Columbia; Law
rence Weston Burton, Charlotte,
N. C.; Jerry Franklin Melton,
Chesterfield; Jimmy Claude Mc
Waters, Lancaster; Donald Ed
ward Brown, Inman; Zack Gilbert
McColl, Marion; James Alexander
Smith, Jr., Union; David "Buddy"
Nidiffer, Elizabethton, Tenn.; Paul
Timmons, Manning; Ray Conrad
Goforth, Grover, N. C.; Robert
D. Barrett, Barbersville, W. Va.;
Joe Sherman, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
I'M Epsilon Pi
Phi Epsilon Pi pledges are:
Edgar Doobrow, Charleston. Julian
Toporek, Charleston; Barry Klass
man, Greenville; Vincent Maurer,
Greenwood; Sam Appel, Charles
ton; Steve Baumrind, Charleston;
Woody Omens, Columbia; Marvin
Walberg, Columbia; Bob Sterns,
New Bedford, Mass.; Louis Young,
Beaufort.
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sigma Kappa pledged the
following: Bob Smith, Baltimore,
Md.; Brad Bartholomew, Char
lotte, N. C.; Jack McConnel,
Georgetown; Howard Harvey,
Greenwood; Joe Lynch, Elizabeth,
N. J.; Marshall Shytte, Forest
City, N. C.; Russell Edwards,
Lumberton, N. C.; L. A. Lott,
Aiken; Bob Hutto, Lexington; Jim
Hughes, Jonesville; Tom Renis
wich, Miami, Fla.; Pat Treocy,
New York City; Don Cochrane,
Greenville; Joe Sanders, Sumter,
S. C.; Tom Mohong, Savannah,
Ga.; Fred Harrington, Sumter;
Ben DeBerry, Sumter; Eddie
Sereer, Columbia; Herman Liv
ingston, Columbia; John McLane,
Highland, Ind.; Bill Bell, Kershaw;
Heyward Davis, Lumberton.
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma pledges are:
Charlie Brown, Chester; Bucky
Stackhouse, New York; Pete
Porter, Charleston; George Byrd,
Spartanburg; Bob Finley, Clinton;
Gene Kingsmore, Union; Bob
Mathews, Union; Jim Parks,
Union; Paul Odell, Mullins; Alex
Rabb, Winnsboro; Jack Sellers,
Cheraw; Jack Brumble, Latta;
Harold Stuckey, Hemingway;
Ralph Cooke, Conwvay; Aaron Tay
lor, Union; Al Webster, Orange
burg; and Bill Green, Andrews.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledged
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THE OPERATOR
On every American campus there are four standard fixtures:
No. 1 - ivy; No. 2 - a statue of the founder; No. 8 - Philip Morris
Cigarettes; No. 4 - The Operator.
The ivy is to prevent s angers from mistaking the college for
a warehouse. The statue of the founder provides shade for necking
when the weather is fine. The Philip Morris Cigarettes are an aid
to concentration when you are studious, an aid to sociability when
you are sportive, and a source of smoke rings to impress new girls
. And 'Dhe Operator is the man you can't do without.
Well do I remember The Operator on my campus. He was a young
man with a ready smile, a quick mind, fifteen complete changes of
wardrobe, a six room apartment, a red convertible, and assorted
stocks, bonds, securities, and second mortgages.
The Operator's origins were a source of lively speculation. Some
said he was left over from the old Capone gang. Some said he was
Judge Crater. Sonic said he sprang from the brow of Zeus.
But, in fact, he was just an ordinary student - to begin with. In
his first year he studied hard, took copious lecture notes, got good
grades, and made a big reputation as a friend in need. He'd lend
you money; he'd let you copy his lecture notes; he'd write themes
for you; he'd sit up all night to help you cram for an exam. All of
this was done with infinite good nature on his part, and no obligation
on yours . . . The first year, that is.
In the second year The Operator started to operate. He'd still let
you copy his lecture notes - but it cost you a quarter. Sitting up to
help you cram cost 50 cents an hour till midnight, 75 cents an hour
afterwards. His prices for writing themes were based on a sliding
scale - a dollar for a "C", two for a "B", three for an "A". A "D
cost you nothing, and if you flunked, you got a dollar credit on the
next theme he wrote for you. ,
His services expanded steadily. He added a line of cribs for
examinations. le booked bets on football games. He did a bit of
bootlegging. He ran a date bureau. He rentedcars, tuxedos, non-wilt
ing boutonnieres.
But all of these were really sidelines. His main li'ne was lending
money. At any hour of the day or iight, for -any amount from a dollar
to a hundred, The Operator was always ready with a sympathetic
ear and cash on the barrelhead. And he rarely charged more than
150 percent interest.
. Usury and sharp trading are practices not calculated to win
affection. Nobody loved The Operator. But nobody did anything
about it-either . . . Because undergraduates live in a perpetual state
of need - need of money, need of lecture notes, need, of romance,
need of beer, need of something -and The Operator was the goose
that laid the golden eggs and, therefore, safe.
Nor did Tle Operator seek affection. He just went his well
heeled way, serene and carefree . . . No, not quite carefree. One
thing troubled him: a fear that sonic day he might graduate. Gradu
ation, leaving school, would mean the end of his empire. You can't
run a business like that from the outside; you must be right in the
midst of things, spotting opportunities, anticipating needs, keeping
your finger on the public pulse.
So he took great pains to stay in school, but never to graduate.
This he accomplished by constantly shifting majors. He would come
within a semester of getting a B.A. in sociology and then transfer
to law. When he had nearly enough law credits, he'd switch to
business administration. Then from business administration to
psychology, from psychology to French, from French to history,
and so on, meanwhile getting cultured as all get-out, rich as Croesus,
and never accumulating quite enough credits for a degree.
Finally, of course, it caught up with him. There came a semester
when no matter what he took, lie had to wind up with some kind of
a degree. lie looked frantically through the class schedule trying to
find some major lie hadn't tried yet. And he found one - physical
education. So, sleek and pudgy though he was from high living, The
Operator entered the department of physical ed.
It was a mistake. Among the people he had to wrestle and box
with were sonic great hulking fellows who, like everybody eise on
camptis, owed him money.
Their tiny foreheads creased with glee as they regarded The
Operator's trembling little body; their massive biceps swelled joy
ously; their flexors rippled with delight. R.umbling happily, they
fell upon him and covered him with lumps, the smallest of which
would have taken first prize in any lump contest you might name.
Confused and sick at heart, The Operator dragged his battered
members home. He knew he had to get out of physical ed; his life
wias forfeit if lie did not. So, unhappily, he transferred to some other
course, and the following June, a beaten man in his cap and gown,
received with lifeless hands a diploma and a bachelor of arts degree
and shambled out into the great world.
I don't kiinow what happened to The Operator after graduation.
It's not i bad guess that he's serving time i some pokey somewhere.
Or maybe he was lucky and went into the advertising business. If so,
he is surely a big nzain on Madison Avenue today.
But, as I say, I don't know what happened to him. But this I do
know: another Operator appeared oii campus as soon as this one
left, and he in turn wais replaced by another, and the process goes
on endlessly.
For as long as boy students like girl students better than going
to class, as long as parents cling to the delusion that the allowance
th'ey had at college is sufficient for their children, as long as blood
runs warm and cash runs short, there will be an Operator operating
*n every canmpus everywhere.
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