Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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USC Studen Vice-Presid( Judy Clarke, a rising senior at Carolina, was elected vice-presi dent of the Westminster Fellow ship Synod at the statewide con ference held last week end at Rock Euphradian Winner Is Robert Bell Robert Bell won the Euphradian Society's annual declamation con test held Tuesday evening in E uphradian Hall. Mr. Bell deliv ered Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia House of Deputies on support of a war of independ ence. Other entrants in the contest which was open to freshman and sophomore members of the society were David White, who delivered excerpts from William Jennings Bryan's speech on the gold stand ard at the Democratic convention of 1896, and Edward Prettyman who delivered William Cullen Bryant's "Thanatopsis." Judges for the event were Prof. Kyrl L. F. DeGravelines and Prof. 1lubert W. Spigner. Two new members were for mally initiated into the society. They are Steve Baumrind of Charleston, and Kenneth Sturgeon of Columbia. Plans were also made for the annual joint banquet with the sister society, the Euphrosyneans, to be held at Laurel Hill Supper Club on Thursday, March 31. Pine Paneling Seeks Finance A "Buy a Board" campaign is being conducted today and Satur day by the university YW-YMCA in an effort to finance the pine paneling of the It. G. Bell Camp, Nancy Cameron and Bruce Par rish, co-chairmen of the "Y" camp committee have announced. The cost of each pine-panel Doa rd is approximately $1.50. Each student who contributes $ .75 or more will be eligible to have his name inscribed in the piin plaque which will be placed n the lodge wvhen the remodeling is completed. A booth will be set up in the post office lobby today aind tomorrow for the convenience of students wtho wish to buy a board. The remodeling job will cost applroximately $600. The actual renovation will be done by student work parties on week endls, and it is hoped that the job will be com p)letedl by June, Ted Ledeen, dIi rector of the "Y," said. Rt. G. Bell Camp is owned by the university "Y" andl operated in the interest of all Carolina studlents. One of the most important func tions of the camp is its use in the freshman orientation program sp)onsored by the "Y" for as many new stuidents as can he accom modated. Retreats at which the "Y" cabinets lay pllans for many campus wide activities are held at the camp. In addition, the camp is used throughout the year by many fraternities, s or or i tiesa, ehurch groups, literary societies, professional societies, andl inde pendent groups in various phases of their activity. UP WE GO .. . The new houusin conspletion by next year. The neve etaff photo by Billy Bruce) Elected As mt At Synod Hill. Other officers are Ed Hay of Presbyterian College, president; Jesse Stanley of Winthrop Col !ege, secretary; and Newton Stall of Clemson, treasurer. Judy Is a former president of Westminster Fellowship and PYF, synod rep resentative, and secretary of Con garee Presbytery. A pproximately 150 delegates, representing 13 college chapters, attended the three-day meeting. The Winthrop College Westmin ster Fellowship was host to the conference. Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Win ston-Salem, N. C., gave the open ing address, "Why Believe?" Dr. M. C. Melver, director of the gen eral assembly, Richmond. Virginia, continuing the conference theme of "Our Christian Faith-This I Believe," spoke the next morning. He outlined the distinctive aspects of the Presbyterian Church in its form of church government, its intellectual structure, and the duty of individual Christian steward ship. In the afternoon a group of South Carolina College students, led by the Rev. F. B. Mayes, gave a panel discussion on "how Chris tianity affects us as students in Our respective countries." The countries represented were Greece, Korea, and Brazil. "A Living Faith" was discussed by the Rev. R. L. Alexander, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church, Greenwood at the banquet Saturday night. Afterwards the new student officers were in stalled by the Rev. Henry Mobley. "Faith in Action," the Sunday School topic, was given by Rev .\lobley. )r. Melver gave the final add1r%ss of the conference. "Going Forward With Christ." After lunch the delegates returned to their respective colleges. Nine Tenements Will Be Furnished During Summer Construction on thu interiors of tenements 21 through 29, Maxcy and Preston Colleges, will begin after the enil of this semester, ac cording to )ean of Administration W. II. Patterson. ie said work should be compIIleted by Septem b)er 1. Work to be done will consist of putting in mnode rn bedls, desks and shelving units in each room. The beds will have box springs andl foam rubber mattresses. Those rooms that don't have closet space will he e<iippledI with alelJ shejv in g andl hanging space for clothes, saidl Dr. Patterson. Tenemients one through 20 al readly have' the new furniture, which was installed last summer. Cost of all repairs will be in excess (if $200,J00. On a per-man basis D)r. Patterson said the~ cost will amount to, $184 exclusive of the renovation of roioms and bath rooms. Tfhe furniture will be mnade of oak built by a furniture manufac turer and will be built for normal occupancy. That is, those rooms which no0w are*for two men will lbe for two men wvhen the new fu rn itur,e is instal led. The job hasn't been let as yet according to D)r. Patterson. Lyles, llissett, Carlisle andl Wolff, Co lumbia architects and engineers, are the consulting architects. g units for fraternity men go stead n unitA are lanted an Rin..arn. Mo ONE, TWO, THREE . Block am part of initiation ceremonies. Joe to Don Sehulpter. (Gamecock phott Yaghjian Has 17 Paintings On Exhibit Prof. Edmund Yaghjian, head of the department of fine arts, cur rently has an exhibition of his art work on display at the Columbia Museum of Art on the corner of Bull and Senate. Professor Yagh jian has 17 non-objective paint ings on display. Professor Yaghjian is one of three winners in last year's com petition of the Artists' Guild of Columbia. He and the other two artists, David H. van Hook and Gil Petroff, have their work on display in the second floor gal leries. The exhibition is sponsored by the Columbia Museum of Art. The work will be on display through next Tuesday. Catharine Rembert and Ruth Morse, assistant professors of art, also have some of their work on display on the first floor of nm1useum. Mrs. Rembert's paint ings were done in colored ink and Miss Morse's were (lone in water color. Professor Yaghjian em ployed lacquer in his work. Student Heads Appointed For Guidance Day Studlent comnmittoes for Voca tional G,uidance Day at the uni versity have been appointed, Mary Wise Rixey and Jack Cantey, co chairmen of the event, have an nounced. The (lay will be held Saturday, April 23. Committees ap)pointed are Bob G;abr*iel andl Beaufort Law, faculty contact; Jack Cantey, and Mary Wise Rixey, guides; Bob Wim berly, souvenir envelope andI cam pus arrangements. Vocational GuLidalnce Day is the only planned activity which the university has to reach high school students. Members of the planning comn mittee for the (lay are Dean Arney R. Childs, Mary Wise Rixey, Jac'k Cantey, Miss Donna S. Young of the studlent person ne'l bureau, Furman E. Mc Eachern, Jr. of the extension dlivi sion, Major J. 1H. Barrett, Jr., of the air science department, Lt. E. J. HIedblawny of the naval science department, Bob Gabriel, Bob Wimberiy, Beaufort Law and Patsy Penney. Iiy upward anud are scheduled for Pon and uift1nuter Streets. ((;2amrc 1XX E initiates got a paddling this week Silas admninisters a sound thrashing by Dew James) 18 Athletes Join Block C After a series of rather trying steps 18 new members were initiated into the Block C Club Wednesday. The initiation got under way on the Horseshoe with the ini tiates being subjected to mighty swings of the belt at the hand of old members or fellow ini tiates. After the belting, the initiates were fed whole raw eggs. The would-be Block C'er was made to lie on his back and catch the egg as it was dropped to him by an old member from the top of a column at the northern exit of the Horseshoe. The eggs that were not caught and fell to the ground were scrubbed up by the initiates with the seat of their pants and with yellow stained trousers, the CAMPUS "STAN -Dig th What a filtel get all the ta from all the1 On Campus Seen, Heard, Spoken Found atop Maxcy monument: one trash can and one roll of toilet paper by campus police. e * . Students seen rushing out of Woodrow Monday morning when workmen began stirring up "va pors" nearby while moving ferti lizer. * * * Ralph Gregory, former Gamecock editor, seen visiting camns this week. He is now stationed at Fort Jackson and is on leave. The Block C boys enjoying their eggs before Easter. Just to prove howv strong they were, they took them raw. That is, after they caught them in their mouth as they vere tossed from the top of a col umn at the north exit of the Horse shoe. Sometimes, the boys, skilled at ball-catching, missed their eggs. The eggs that were missed and fell to the ground had to be scrubbed up tith the athletes' pants after which they paraded uptown still wearing the same pants . . . a little yellow. boys marched uptown. The final step of initiation consisted of smearing paint on the initiate's chest, rolling him down a sandhill and latching him in an electric cage where he supposingly got the shock of his life. The new members of Block C are: Bill Tarrer, Billy Rivers, Buddy Frick, Sam Deluca, Rick Ericson, Mackey Prickett, Ro ger White, Woody Preston, Ben ny Fanning, Saul Richardson, Sam Smith, Buddy Lee, Gene Berry, Bobby Shealy, Dave Neil son, Bill Floyd, John Cooley, and Billy Frierson. ALL TAR HEELS Some years ago many of the athletic teams at the University of North Carolina had their own nicknames. For instance, the basketball team was called the "White Phantoms" and the swim ming team the "Blue Dolphins." However, it has since become the custom to call all North Carolina athletic teams by the nickname "Tar Heels." [D-OUTS" * . . . . . . ose LaM's! - e -that pure white Miracle 'l ste! Campus after campus a esti" Carohna T To Seismol< The university will be host Seismological Society of Ameri F. Mercer, chairman of the lo has announced. Approximately 30 scientists from the United States and Canada will meet for a series of technical papers on earthquakes and a field trip to inspect Carolina bays near Wedgefield under the -guidance of Dr. Stephen Taber, former head of the geology department and honorary chairman of the meeting. Dr. Taber was chairman of the section in 1931. The program will feature a pub lic lecture by the Rev. Dr. J. B. Macelwane, S. J., entitled "Our Transparent Earth" at 7:45 p.m. Friday in Drayton 'Hall. A seis mologist of international reputa tion, Father Macelwane is director of the department of geophysics and geophysical engineering at St. Louis University. Speakers at the technical session include P. L. Willmore, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, Canada; J. H. Hodgson of the Dominion Ob servatory, and Dr. Taber. Also, Jack Oliver, Frank Press, and Maurice Ewing, all of Colum bia University; Henry E. Birken hauer, S: J., and E. J. Walter of John Carroll University; L. M. Murphy and D. S. Carder, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, Wa:hington, D. C. WUS Sets $1,000 Goal on Campus A goal of $1,000 for the World University Service Drive on the Carolina campus was announced this week by the local WUS com mittee. A definite date for the campaign has not yet been set. Rose Truesdale was named see retary; however, the other officers have not been elected. It was de cided at the meeting to keep 26 per cent of the total amount col lected on the campus to be used as an emergency fund for inter national students. The remaining 75 per cent will be turned over to WUS for international aid to stu dents and universities. * * Man 'He's got 1IU DM sgot eve i ..really.filter. A you really filt . And mo > Be Host )gy Society to the Eastern Section of the ca on April 1-2, Prof. Charles cal arrangements committee, Bar Group Meets Here For Weekend The South Carolina Bar Asso ciation Spring quarterly meeting is being held today and tomorrow at the Law School of the univer sity, according to announcements made today by Hugh L. Willcox of Florence, association president, and S. Augustus Black of Colum bia, chairman of the executive committee. The quarterly meeting opened this morning with an address by Frederick Bernays Wiener of the Washington, D. C. bar on "Cur able Faults in Oral Arguments." The sessions this afternoon and Saturday morning will center around medico-legal witnesses and their testimony. The leaders of these two sessions will be Hugh G. Head, Jr., of the Atlanta bar and A. Harold Frost of the New York bar. Judge J. Henry John son will preside at the taking of medical testimony. A demonstra tion will be given of the examina tion of neurologists in a closed head injury case. This evening, there will be a panel discussion of the "Prepara tion for and the Technique of Settling Cases." Members of the panel will be Mr. Black, moder ator, R. Beverly Herbert, Sr., of Columbia, J. P. Mozingo of Dar lington, F. Dean Rainey of Green ville, Thomas H. Pope of New berry, Hemy H. Edens of Colum bin, Thomas B. Butler of Spartan burg, and Thomas P. Stoney of Charleston. Mr. Head is one of the leading plaintiff's counsel in negligence cases in America. Mr. Frost is a nationally known defense counsel in negligence cases. Mr. Wiener is considered one of the outstanding authorities on effective appellate practice. All three are authors and trial lawyers of wide experience. Most Likely To ..and rything!"