Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Who Get. Birds 0D By Sylvia Hanna News Editor Where will the Tea Cup be after Big Thursday? Will the Tigers take it home again or will the Gamecocks reclaim it? Probably more wagers have been waged in regard to this Subject thatn any other in South Carolina this month. The tea cup in question is one that goes to the winner of the Carolina Clemson clash. lack in 1948, the Blue Key fraternities of Carolina and Clemson, in an effort to build up good will between the two schools, donated this loving cup to the cause. The Bilue Key president fromi the losing school pre sents the cup to the coach or captain of the winning team (iring half-time of the Caro lina-Clemson basketball game. The presentation is made at the winning team's home game. The final score of the foot ball game is engraved on the VICE are Sn 4.: - BECAUSE C HAS 204 Twic Many AS THE(C LARGEST-SELLll * ~ciGAP The exclusive VI from pure celluloa... The Cup, Tigers? 1 X cup each year. Clemson was the recipient of the trophy the first year it was given and again last year. Carolina has claiimed it every other year. Carolina had the trophy for six consecutive years. As one more tradition wov en around the essense of tra dition itself at the University, Big Thursday, this tea cup is the symbol of triumph pre sented publicly in the hopes of fostering good will between the contenders. VKur .. 00/9VRa C/S(COV 972 44 ROYS mio other NLY VICEROY )OO FILTERS e As Filters )THER TWO IG FILTER BRANDS COMPA RE I How many ffNiers in yovr filter tlp9 (Remember . --the more filters the smoother the tastel) Meceroy Brand B 71P Brand C ceroy filter i made soft. snow-'white, naturaL Hypatian Will Honor Mrs. Russell Mrs. J. M. H. Fitzgerald, mem ber of the House from Richland County, will be guest speaker at a banquet to be held at seven o'clock next Tuesday evening by the Hypatian Literary Society of the University, according to Syl via Jacobs, president. The banquet, which will be held in Russell House, will honor Mrs. Donald Russell, wife of the Uni versity president, who will be made an honorary member of the society at this time. Also to be honored will be new members of the society, who are now being invited to join. Founded in 1915 The society was founded ir 1915, the first such woman's or ganization on the campus. It was named for Hypatia, a Greeli woman philosopher. Colors are yellow and white. Invited guests at the banquel will be presidents of the other campus literary societies: Patsy Mellette of Euphrosynean; Clyde Johnson of Clariosophic and Rob. ert Bell, Euphradian. Other Guests Other special guests will include Donald Russell, University presi dent, Mrs. Arney R. Childs, dear of women and Dr. James T. Pen. ney, dean of men. Hypatian officers in addition t< Miss Jacobs are Dorcas Giles, vice president; Julia Dent, critic; Betty Wall, secretary; Mickey Caughman, treasurer; Bess Mill. ing, chaplain; Gregory Stone marshal; Melba Corley, reporter and Margie Russ, social chairman. "Everything in Music" ALAN TAYLOR MUSIC SUPPLY CO. 1227-29 Main St. Phone 2-5721 RENTALS -SALES 0.0 FOR 797 H Oo By appointment purveyors of soap Ic Newt Yardley Pi for electri * toutens your skii * eliminates razor * counteracts pers e makes it easy tc stubbornest halir Hfelps give a smi At yeur campus Yarier predcs sr Awerte are creatd in Easte. Band MUSICAL THRILLS BY TH annual Carolina-Clemon gridiroi thrills. The University hand, um ties, providing musical thrills for BEGAN IN 1896 Carolin Is State By Melba Corley Feature Editor The Carolina-Clemson football game has developed into one of the biggest and most anticipated sports events in South Carolina. And with this development there have been several incidents that make the skeletons of Henry VIII shiver in their closets. The Carolina-Clemson rivalry began in 1896 after the Oconee County team sent word that while "it didn't intend to play Harvard and Yale it fully intended to beat the South Carolina College," ac cording to volume II of "College to University" by Dr. Daniel W. Hollis. The South Carolina College won the first contest 12-6 in a down pour of rain but it lost the next five games, in three of which Car olina was unable to score. The 1902 Fracas In 1902 a fracas occurred which broke football relations between ARGT I THE SOUTHEASW MAL WEAR FOR MEN ardes *k. * n. em l)MBIA, SOUTFH CA5R.A the late King George VI, Yardley & Co., Ltd., Londos e-Shaving Lotion c shaving burn and razor drag piration whisk away your other electrlc shovel store, $1 plus tax deand nished In the U.SA. trom the orIginal Lngtlsh llnet. Yardla ey f Lndotn. In., 620 rireh a-Ave .. ~ehears4 4i A E GARNET AND BLACK... c caoic will have much more to ler the direction of Pat Garnett. w the crowd. (Photo by Bob Coope i-Clemson s Biggesi the schools until 1909. The Gam cocks had scored a 12-6 upset ove the Tigers and the tempers < Clemson students had bee aroused. A transparency of gamecock gaffing a tiger had bee displayed in a Columbia tobacc store b;efore the game and th Clemson supporters had becor infuriated. Some Carolina students ha planned to carry the transparenc in a parade Friday night but th gentlemen from the northern part warned them against such actioi Gamecock fans did not heed th warnings and after the parad three or four hundred Clemso students stalked to the campt armed with swords and bayonet Bloodshed was averted whe Christie Benet, an assistant coac at Carolina, challenged to take o any members of the Clemso group. No tiger fan volunteere so committees from both schoo were set uip to arbitrate the ma ter. From Dr. Hollis' second volun of Carolina history comes this e3 eerpt. "The famous transparenc incident was partially responsibl for establishing the gamecock a the Carolina symbol. Two wee< later, at the Furman game i Greenville a group of Furman stt dents raced down the field holdin aloft a garnet-and-black beril honed rooster, with tail feather plucked. In 1903 the "State" b4 gan referring to the team as th "'Game Cocks" and shortened th nanme to one word in 1904." Clemson Band Steals Bird in 1921 the Clemson band ca; tured the gamecock, the Carolin mascot, and for thirty minutes th students from the two school rioted during the game. A ha: was finally brought to the nor scheduled activities after th rooster was found tucked awayi the stands under a spectator coat. The first game began at 11 a.n to enable the 2,000 spectators t return home. before darkness be nightedl thle horsedrawn carriage and1( buggies. In 1913 kiekoff time was 1 noon3 anid Pot until 1936 whe methods of transp)ortation had in prove~'d was the game begun at p.m1. Shouting and cheering has nc always been encouraged by th University for in 1903 the facult athletic conimittee disapprove strongly of such action accordin to D)r. Hollis' book, a special ri port of the committee that yea stated, "We believe that th abominable habit of rooting shoul be discouraged. Men who cannt win athletic contests without th aid of brass horns, bass drumr and3( brlazen lungs should be de ported to China to serve in th airmiy of that empire." Girls Excluded Young ladies were not permitte to participate in the pep rally an plarade (luring the "Big Thur. dlay' wveek. And when the wome were finally allowed to joini the c'eleb)ratinig the people of Cc lumbia were astonished. After an 18-14 victory by th Gamecocks in 1941 the bronz hust of J. Marion Sims on th State H-ouse grounds was painte a brilliant red. A free will offer ing was taken from the Carolin student body and the yield o $16.00 was used to buy cleanin fluid. A University professor vo' unteered to clean the statue an removed the paint which a Car( lina student had applied. Beer Sales Abandoned Often the npectatr. round 3s Despil J * I -I 1. Foothall fams attending tonorrow' look forward to other than football I participate in the half-time activi Rivalry Event - necessary to refresh themselves r (with alcoholic beverages while f! watching the game and this habit n brought about a ruling from the a president of the University. In n 1947 Rear Admiral Norman M. o Smith announced that the sale of e beer by concessionaires would be e banned from the Carolina-Clem son game. The rule also applied d to all other Carolina athletic y events. e And from the columns of The s Gamecock files comes this gem . of sales talk by soft drink ven e ders, "Chasers. chasers. anyone e for chasers." n Counterfeit Tickets Sold A group of racketeers came to Columbia in 1946 with counterfeit I n Carolina-Clemson tickets and ideas i h for a get-rich-quick scheme. Some N n of the counterfeiters were appre- t n hended by police while selling the d "hot" duckets, but a number of s persons had already purchased 1 the worthless tickets. At the stadium on game day po- 1 e lice were unable to hold back the i "swindled" crowd and the people Y rushed in the gates onto the play- t e ing field. The overflow crowd v s lined the field and often the game c s had to be halted to move the spec- a n tators from the playing field. ( - In 1947 the Blue Key organiza 9 tions from Carolina and Clemson f had planned activities for the "Big s Thursday" w'eekend that wouldv strengthen relationships between b e the t>vo schools. However, the~ L e p)lans did not include a pre-game pep) rally fot' Carolina students ora the burning of the tiger. A call meeting was announced for the\ a student body on Friday before the e big week but very few studentst attended. Another meeting was tcalled for the following Tuesdayy and at this gathering the 1500 e students unanimously' agreed to burn the tiger even if it was not aa part of the planned program. A 1948 Gamecock issue re- f -ported that a women's drill pla D tooni would perform during half - time at the Biddy-Cub game. A later issue reported that the pla toon, the Kappa Delta Corsettes,i did not perform. Instead the intra mural trophies wvere awarded dur - ing the halftime period. University Librarians Attend Meet Mrs. Margaret Gibbons and z IAlfred Rawlinson of the Univer-t tisity libraries were among 700 e others attending the 17th Bien- i 'nial Convention of the Southeast- s - ern Library Association at Roa- r Snoke from Wednesday through r Saturday, October 10-13. Among the topics discussed were the re- t organization of the American Li :1brary Association, public relations, and an informal discussion to en- t 'courage cooperation between Ii- t braries of the region. Advisory Program By The Engineerin e In cooperation with the Univer jsity administration, the Engineer ing School has established a Scounseling program designed to Simprove the quality of academic - work of its students. Each fresh- t ci man and pre-engineering student has been assigned to a faculty counsellor with whom he will con sult at least twice during the < Page Three be Rain Drills, Playing For Tomorrow's Game Polished By Melba Corley Feature Editor The football team is not the only organization practicing for tomor 'ow's Clemson Carolina clash. The Jniversity band has been rehears ng for the past two weeks despite tampering October weather. The band has had five rehearsal neetings to prepare for tomor ow's game but it has been forced o remain indoors two of five prac ice nights. Yet the time spent in indoor neetings has not been a total loss s far as preparation for the ;outh Carolina Classic is con erned. For in the confines of the >and building new marches have >een learned and numbers already 'amiliar to the organization have >een practiced and "cleaned up." On the drill field each maneuver >f the marching band has been >racticed and drilled. And long ours of work and effort have een spent by Pat Garnett, band irector, and the 61 marching and members to execute correctly ach movement of the perform Lnee. Tradition in Band Appearance Through the years the appear tnce of the University band at he Carolina-Clemson game has >ecome a tradition arid tomorrow he organization, led by Pat Plott, Irum major, will honor tradition vith a show of precision drilling. Another halftime attraction will e the performance of the Clem on marching band. The meeting of state and school fficials and dignitaries at mid ield and the changing of sides ill also take place between the alves of game play. Pre-game activities include a erformance by the Clemson Sen wr Platoon, a crack drill outfit vith a national reputation, and he presentation of Carolina Block C" club sponsors. The colors will be raised by a niversity Naval ROTC unit rhile the Clemson marching hand ilays the national anthem. Biddy-Cub Game At the Biddy-CuIb game tonight he Clemson pep band will provide ntertainment with a performance uring halftime. The pep band is newl-y organized contingent at lemson . The first Carolina band was ormed in 1921 according to Frank Velbourne, treasurer of the Uni er-sity- and charter member of the and. The organization was made p of about eight persons on cam us who just liked to play and, reording to Welbourne, the group made more noise than music." Velbourne-. a student at the time f organization, played the slide rombone. Prof. C. F. Mercer of the 'hysics department w~as also a hartei- member of the hand. He cas teaching at the University dien the group was organized *nd he played with the hand in its ormative days. For the first few years the or anization played only at campus ,ffaiirs and on several occasions t meetings in Columbia. G;roup Faced Bankruptcy The ear-ly days of the band were si-k for the group was constantly acing bankruptcy. The University id not make allocations to the and and each individual was orced to provide his own instru iwent. Through the years the band has 'rogi-essed to a marching as well s a concert band that receives inancial aid from the University dministration. Today the organi ation marches 61 members, in en ranks and six files. Thus far the band has per ormed at the Carolina-Univer ity of North Carolina game and 1arched ini the Fire Prevention arade in Columbia. The group has also played for wo pep rallies on Davis Field. Lnd on the eve of the Duke game hastily organized pep band from he ranks of the band boarded a ruck and played for the shirttail a rade. Is Established School 'rogress. Students will receive their mid erm grades from their counsel ora in both the fall and spring e rm. The heads of the divisions of he engineering school are Dr. B. .Baker, chemical; Dr. W. M. Aells, civil; Dr. R. G. Fellers, lectrical; Prof. F. B. Herty, me hanical, assigned students to an