Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRESS CHOOSES OFFICEIjS lina Collegiate Press Association, W1 last week end, inelude iuiversity secretary. The officers are, seated, 1 College, presidetw; and Dick Latham ing, left to right, Nancy Dullard, Lewis Cromter, Clemson, treasurer, tary. (Gamecock photo by Dew Jan Penney Name Of S. C. Press Patsy Penney, Gamecock as sistant managing editor, has been named recording secretary of the South Carolina Collegiate Press Association for the coming year. She was elected at the associa tion's annual convention held last week end at the university. Other newly elected officers of the association are Judith WbIder, Columbia College junior from Walterboro, president; Dick Lath am Citadel student from Easley, vice-president; Nancy DuBard, Winthrop junior from Columbia, corresponding s e c r e t a r y ; and Lewis Cromer, Clemson College junior from Greenwood, treasurer. The Furman Hornet and Co lumbia College Post Script copped topl honors among the South Caro lina newspapers during the con vention. Newspaper Awards The Furman publication received two awards, the Wilton E. Hall trophy as best college newspaper with circulation over 500 and the Press Association cup for best Derby Day Se Afternoon On 'The ninth annual Sigma Chi D)erby D)ay will he launched at Maxey Monu ment next Thursday by Dean .Jesse B. .Jackson, official starter. The first event will start at 41 p.m., and will include eight races, plus the judging of costumes worn by sororities, Hill Owen and Hobby H-oward, co-derby chairmen, have announced. The highlight of the afternoon wvill be the Miss Venus contest, with each sorority entering a girl to be judged on physical beauty. The winner will receive a trophy and some 25 gifts from (different organizations in the city. Zeta Tlau Alpha, last year's winner, will be defending their crown. The winning sorority will re e i ve a t rop)hy for the ir permanent vollec tioni iflno adition to possossion of the bronzed Derby for a year. Each sorority will be rep)resented by twvo sponsors who will witness the events from a platform behind the Master of Ceremonies, I"rank Ep)pes. The Sigma Chi D)erby had its beginning at the University of Californiai in the early 30's. Since hat time it has spread throughout the country anod is now a feature at over 100 Sigma (Chi chapters. T[he Derby came to Carolina in 1947 and is now in its ninth year. T1he program of the Derby is fashioned after the Kentucky Deorby, and the events are hanodled as such. Other schools hold such Press Convention Visits Campus On Saturday, April 23, about 125 representatives to the South Car'olina High School Press Asso ciation Convention visited the camptis and inspected the School of Journalism building. Juniors of the school acted as guides. The convention p)roper wvas held at D)reher High School, the tour of the journalism school being part of the convention plan. ..New officers of the South Caro ich held its annual convention here student Patsy P'enney as recording ft to right, Judith Wilder, Columbia ri, The Citadel, vice-president. Stand. Winthrop, corresponding secretary; and Patsy Penney, recordling secre tes) I Secretary Association all aroundl newvsp)aper. The Green wood Indlex-Journal award to the best newvspaper with a circulation less than 500 went to the Post Script. The best magazine award, the South Carolina lhagazine Trophy, went to the Concept of Converse for the second straight year. Individual winners for newvs papers were Richard Oliver, Pres byterian College, best story; Tedi Hloke, Limestone, best feature story; and Charles King, Furman, best edlitorial. Magazine Winners Magazine winners were Rose Martin, Columbia College, best short story; Fay Murray, Colum bia College, best hook reviewv; Pat Elmore, W inthrop), best sketch; and Alice Ray, Winthrop, best poem. The awards wvere p)resented at the association's banquet at Laurel| Hlill by retiring president Roger Yike, a Clemson College student. Eleven colleges were represented at the meeting. Horseshoe things as cow milking contests, baseball throwing, horseshoe p)itch ing, catching greased pigs, egg throwing, and many others. This year's Derby will begin the celebration of the founding of Sigma Clhi 1 00 years ago. F'ollowv ing the IDerby, members of Sigma Chi will entertain at a party, with Bermuda walking shorts the "uni form of the (lay." F riday afternoon and( Friday night the Sigs wvill be entertained at a cocktail party and the Cen tenniel Sweetheart Dance. The dance will be held at the Hotel Colunmbia Ballroom from 9 until 1, and will be closed to all but active members and Alumni and their dIates. Engineering Society Attends Conference Sixteen members of the Amer iran Institute of Electrical Eng neering attendled the AIEE stu ndent lonferene for the- South eastern eistrict in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 3-15. The students were accompanied by Prof. J. IH. Noland of the engineering depart m ent. zarry L. WIggins, a senior at the uneiversity and winner of the university branch of pa per comnpe tition, presentel a paper entitled, "Aspects and Problems in the Utilization of Solar Energy" in the district AiEE competition. Attending from the university chapter were: Bill Conder, ton Lewis, Billy Catoe, Rufus Bowers, Phillip Wackym, Jerry Miles, Paul Mix, Robert D)icks, Harry Hug gins, Jerry Smith, Roy Bates, D)avid l)errick, D)an Mcintyre, Ralph Risher, Phil Moody and Warrington Williams. The purpose of the dlistrict con ference is for the schools to meet each year andl exchange ideas. Next year's conference ill be heId Ia C1emson Colleg-. Garnet And Black Distribution Slated During May Day The 1955 issue of the Garnet and Black will be distributed Mon day, May 2, about 12:30 in the book store after the Awards Day Program. Five lines will be formed according to alphabetical order of names. This is the first time in several years that the an nual has been printed in time for distribution on May Day. According to Billy Watson, editor-in-chief, this year's Garnet and Black will be bigger and bet ter with twice as many pictures than .last year's issue. The pic tures, by Gus Manos, will cover campus life and activities. The annual will be more modern, hav ing no colored pages and a maga zine type theme arrangement. There will be several feature stories including the Convocation, Religious Emphasis Week, Sigma Chi Derby Day, Kappa Alpha Old South Ball, and other social activ ities. This year's issue will have an extensive sports section cover ing all sports including intra murals with statistics and pic tures. This year's Garnet and Black staff members are: Billy Watson, editor-in-chief; Mark Buyck, asso ciate editor; Louise Owens, man aging editor; Shirley Person and Jack Cantey, organization editors; Mary Wise Rixey and David Merline, religious editors; J. R. Roseberry, copy editor; Gus Manos, photographer and designer; Rose Weldon, feature editor; Billy Smith and Sumner Waite, co sports editors; Bob Holmes, law editor; Frances Lumpkin, social editor; Jerry Cunningham, chief typist. R. L. Bryan Company, Colum bia and the Charlotte Engraving Company, Charlotte, N. C., honored the annual staff Thursday, April 28, with a banquet at the Jeffer son Hotel. Copies of the annual were distributed to members of the staff at the banquet. Debate Team Enters UNC Meet Today The Dixie Champion university debate team began debating in the Atlantic Coast Conference Debate Tournament today at the Univer sity of North Carolina in Chapel lill, according to Dr. Merrill G. Christophersen, debate coach. John Altman and Kermit King are rep)resenting Carolina on the negative team. Charles Goldberg andl another man not named are dlebating on the affirmative. The various teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference wvill dlebate the issue, "Should the United States Extend Diplomatic Recognition to the Communist Government of China?" Altman and King wvill also enter extempore andI after-dinner speak img. Altman and King wvon the Dixie Championship at Mary Washing ton College at Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the Easter holi dlays, when they wvent through the G;randl Nationals undefeated. Two novice teams wvill also go to the tournament. Ted Drucker and Bill D)oar will debate as a negative novice team and Pat Wright and Jane Ball as an af firmative novice team from the ENGINEERS IN FLORIDA.. ference of the American Institute to right, P'rof. J. II. Noland, faculh Wackym, Jerry Miles and Paul Mb: Iluggins, Jerry Smith, Roy Rates, r and P'hIl Moony. Notrsnt... when. USC Players To Present 'The Crucible' What may be called the most exciting contribution to the mod ern American stage, Arthur Mil ler's "The Crucible," will be presented at Drayton Hall by the University Players on May 9-12 at 8:00 p.m. Those connected with produc tions, which is in the final stages, feel that the offering will be one of the high points of the Colum bia theatrical season, Jack Rast, president, said. The play itself, the most recent Miller work since "Death of a Salesman," deals with the prob lems of suppression, bigotry, and fanaticism, and is centered around the tragic circumstances and re sults of one of America's most chaotic historical blights - the Salem Witch Trials. Forcefully and sensitively the playwright draws the action from historical fact and frankly presents the con flict of truth and ignorance, ven gance and innocence. The result is as powerful and moving as any of Miller's earlier plays, and is considered by many his finest success. Direction is unaer Norman Twain of Sarasota, Florida, who has done professional theatrical Seen, Heard, Spoken On Campus Male student batting ball against front wall of Sigma Phi Epsilon house. Ball misses wall. Hits win dow. Glass breaks. . . e Old election poster on a post at the Pendleton Street entrance to Davis with "Vote for Billy Bruce, Veep, Senior Class" printed on it. Elections over just about a month. Car seen cruising across the korseshoe one night late last week. Said to have been an engineering student who was trying to find the shortest distance between two places. However, one of the local gendarnes was also seen doing wome higher math afterwards. * * * Construction worker on the new Fraternity houses contentedly read Ing a comic book during lunch Four and smiling at the students passing by. Students seen lining up on Fiorseshoe path waiting on the spraying spaniel to pass by. * * * Professor seen walking throu4gh canteen with shirt-tail hanging out below coat. * * * Dormitory manager Hugh Bell seen filling questionnaire from New York Giants professional team. * * * Officer Lowman of the Campus Police after finding a girl manne.. quin on the floor of a'fraternity house surrounded by a group of half-dressed boys made the follow ing remark, "Shore looks real." HONORARY (Continued from page 1) andl a minor officer of Sigma Nu fraternity, Hie will attain a four year dlegrece in three years this June without having gone to Idummer school. Robert C. Wimberly, Jr., a junior, was a member of the fresh man "Y" cabinet, departmental editor of the Freshman Handbook, andl is president of KSK. He was president of Kappa Alpha fratern ity and a minor officer of Inter fraternity Council. .Sixteen students and one facull; of Electrical Engineering in Florid y adviser, 1Bill Conder, Don Lewis, c. Second row, left to right, Robe etiring secretary-treasurer; David D she picture ar taken12 wa. War..n. X.N. PLAYERS REHEARSE ... T Miller, May 9-12, in Drayton Hall, left to right,.-Norman Twain of Ne% bin; Peter Thomas of Tuscaloosa, A Lancaster; Paul Dreher of Columb work In New York and Florida. University students will remem ber him from his acting in several Town Theatre productions. Four unique and elaborate set tings, by Eugene Derndyne and Peter Thomas, have been designed to compliment the dramatic im pact of the play. Music Dept. Presents 2 In Recitals The Department of Music will present Joan Harter and Charles Sheppard in their junior recitals, Dr. Hugh Williamson, head of the music department, has announced. Miss Harter's recital will take place this afternoon in Lieber College at 5 p.m. Mr. Sheppard will give his recital in Lieber Col lege on May 4, at 5 p.m. Miss Harter's program will'con sist of "Concerto in the Italian Style" by Bach; "Sonata in E Minor, Op. 7" by Grieg; "Ara beske, Op. 18" by Schumann; "Notturno in E Major" by Liszt; "Ballade" by Debussy; and "Danse" by Debussy. Mr. Sheppard's program will be the following: "Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3" by Beethoven; "Romance" from "Serenade for Strings" by Mozart-Friedman; "Impromptu in A Flat" by Chopin; "Primitive Idyl" from Five Danses by Creston; "The Juggler" by Toch; and "Concerto in G Minor" for piano and orchestra by Mendels sohn, with orchestral parts on a second piano. \ Blue Key Donor Dance Is May 5 The Blue Key Donor Dance, open to all students who give in the Blue Key blood drive, has been changed from May 13 to Thursday, May 5, blood drive chairman has announced. Bill Moore and his 14-piece band will play for the dance. Tickets will be mailed to all dlonors. The dance will be held from 8:30-11:30 at the NROTC Armory. Trophies will be awarded the three fraternities who finished first, second and third per centagewvise. The Interfraternity council will furnish the trophies. member attended the district con m in April. They are, front row, left Billy Catoe, Rufus Bowers, Phillip rt Dicks, retiring chairman; Harry errick, Dan Mcintyre, Ralph Risher, on Williamse. i X _.N % ,e University Players will present "T on the campus. Members of the cast York, director; Billy Stathias of Chi Ia., set designer; Jack Rast of Colum ia; and Newton Neeley of Rock Hill. Peter Montgomery will interpret the character of John Proctor around whom the central theme of the play is developed. Mr. Mont gomery's experience includes work with both professional and ama teur groups in such plays as ] "Death of a Salesman" and the "Skin of Our Teeth." Rose Weldon, last seen in the Players' production of "The Tam ing of the Shrew," is cast as Eliz abeth Proctor, his wife. Featured players are Sara Dukes as Abigail Williams, Paul Dreher as Rev. Hale, Jean Black mon as Mary Warren, Reese Gard ner as Rev. Parris, and Geddeth Smith as Deputy Governor Dan forth. Cast in the supporting roles are RHO CIII INITIATES ... The Rh held Its initiation banquet at Laurel Seven new members were initiated. Alwood, Floyd M. Neese, Richard M M. Flinch and Wade A. Carter. Elbea the picture was taken. Wonderful things hapi The inevitable choice for the fragrance is as memorable a fume from $3; de luxe toilet each $1.75 (all plus tax). ( U. S. A. vY..,ne. of IAn(Ol, he Crucible," a drama by Arthur pictured at a recent rehearsal are, irleston; Taffy Wallace of Colum bia, president; Jean Blackmon of raffy Wallace as Tituba, Jack [last as Giles Corey, Newton Nceley as Ezekiel Cheever, Far cell Lindley as Francis' Nurse, Andy Tuite as Judge Hathorne, 3andra Smith as Rebecca's Nurse, 3ill Stathuis as John Willard, Phil Benediktsson as Thomas Putnam, Niarion Galloway as Mercy Lewis, Delight Tiemann as Susanna Wall 'ott and Nancy Wells as Ann Putnam. The youngest member of the -ast is 10-year-old Nancy Gott ieb, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Italph Gottlieb of Columbia, who .)ortrays Rev. Parris' young laughter. Admission charge will be $1.25 AXdults and .75 Students and Servicemen. No reserved seats. n Chi Pharmaceutical honor society 11111 Supper Club last Friday night. I'hey are, left to right, William A. .Ponder, Sylvia Cupstld, Kenneth t A. Wilcher was not present when ien when you wear it I speCil OCasiO-heCUse a h ow o ea.Pr s. the gifth yoeuwear N.Y.C