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KA's Ri CLAIRE JACOBY ..for Charlie Davis Carolina BETITY BRINSON for Homer Brinson Furman JO PHILIPS ...for Pat Wilson Presbyterian Example: By Bob Grosse Music Analyst Happened to go out to Laurel Hill last week-end and got to talking with the current house band, Don Baker and The Music Makers. The Music Makers seem quite typical of the p)rofessional musicians found playing night-spots and supper (lubs, the real life musicians, not the ones in the movies and slick magazines. They play sound, enjoyable music and are really just good people who happen to blow a horn or strum a guitar for a living rather than sell in surance, build bridges, or teach school. Take Al Breeze, for example. Al, he'.s the organist with the g:oup. He plays the Hammond organ for dancing and doubles on piano (luring the shows. Al Is from [Detroit--it's really cold up there, just ask him-and he has ibeen with the Music Makers for about a year. He's a quiet, easy going guy and a conservative dresser-he hates the loud red neckties he wears in the act but he's always got a quick answer or snappy retort for everything. "Now we're going to play a beautiful old tune called 'Moon light And Roses'," Don wlli an nounce. "It's in F," Al whis pers, "and it's not really beauti ful." Country Fairs Al has been playing piano and organ professionally for quite a while. "I got into show business In 1946," he explained, "I started playing the hard way, too. It was back in Michigan and I played for about six county fairs in eight weeks. It was quite a job. There were all kinds of acts, singers, dancers, jugglors, bicycle riders, acrobats, I played for them all. I guess I've played for Just about every typnao at SUSAN MelNTYRE ...for Manly Eubanks Wofford CAROLYN WINGATE ...for Boopa Pritchard Carolina '11 NANCEE PAGFET ...for Ben Paget Furman Are Typica ~Iusic Make there is." "The hardest part is learning how the act wants you to follow him," he continued. "Some singers want you to play right on the beat all the time, every thing just as wvritten; others want you to fill in like mad, to play behind the beat or ahead of the beat. It takes a wvhile to get accustomed to; there's a lot to learn." "Of course," he smiled, "in this business, you have to learn, or you get out." - Al likes playing wvith the Music Makers, but he gets tired of traveling all of the time, iIe viould like to go back to Detroit and (d0 club work but "this wvay 1 get to see more," he explains. Lynn Another member of the band is Lynn. She's the featured vocalist with the group and she's also Don's wife. She plays the drums during the shows andl noodles aroundl on the piano. Lynn is from Trenton, New Jersey. She went to the Con necticut College for Women for a year and to Trenton Teachers' College where she majored in music. Lynn likes to (d0 cross wordi puzzles, "I (10 one almost every day but I rarely finish them," rends a good bit, loves to travel, and seems to get a big bang out of her work. Don ,Don himself-Don Baker, that is--Is the leader of the group, dloes the announcing, plays sax and clarinet, andl sings. IIe is a good1 entertainer, relaxed, and amiable to everybody, a facile, low-pressure Master of Cere monies, tells some of the worst jokes around, and Is a talentedl musician. Don plays alto and tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, drums, bass, and flute '"1 just picked up flute, It came natural to me." te-Bellu DEE SMITH . . . for Guice Potter, Jr. Presbyterian LAURIE McGHEE for Billy Nettles Wofford -X.:. PEG FINLAY for Brock Conrad Carolina I People; rs Don has been in the entertain mlent field a long time. His first big job was with Merle Evans andi the Ringling Brothers Circus Bandl back in 1935; after that, he was with Ted Weems, Ted Loutis, and Paul Whiteman and p)layedl a season at the Radio C'ity Music Hall. From 1940 'til 194(6, Don wvas a Chief Petty Officer in the U. S. Navy Band at Washington, D. C. After the war, D)on jobbed around New York for a while and then headed ba.c k to his native Miami. Miami In Miami (luring the past decade, D)on worked at clubs and hotels playing wvith both big bands and small combos. About six years ago, he formed the Music Makers and wvent on the roadl "because my wvife wanted it." The Music Makers have been on the road for a couple of years nlow, stopping in each town for three or four wveeks for club dlates, returning to Miami for vacations. They p)lay mostly in the smaller towvns; (luring the past ye'ar for example, they hit Fort Wayne, Indliana; Peoria, Illinois; and -Buffalo, New York. Before coming to Columbia, they were at St. Paul, Minnesota --it was 30 below zero there-. and are headled for Miami when their Laurel HIill stay is over. Romantic Tour Recently, they went on a very romanti* roadl trip) when they shipped aboard a South America boundl liner as the ship's or chestra and spent two months touring the West Indies and. South America. Along the way, they visitedi Trinidad, Barbados, Rio de Janierio--"we didn't go ashore there coming back be cause we didn't have any money le ft"--an tos, Montevideo, and (Continued on neg. n) mDays Sharecropper Bal Tonight Beards, bows, bonnets, belles, and fieaus will be the order of the day tomorrow 'when Kappa Alpha social fraternity .revives the days of the horse and buggy, neat mustaches and beards, full skirts and big hats, and Old Southern hospitality. The cele bration is a combined effoit of Kappa - Alpha Orders of South Carolina. Southern gentlemen and their belles representing Furman Uni versity, Wofford College, Pres byterian College, and the Univer sity are to attend. The festivities begin tonight with a Sharecroppers' Shindig at the Web. The informal party is for the Carolina Chapter and visiting chapters. Tomorrow the day of celebra tion will begin with a drop-in on the horseshoe in front of the Caroliniana Library. The entire assemblage will move from there to the State House where the Secession ceremonies will be re enacted. A Mint Julep party at the Hotel Columbia will end that afternoon ceremonies. Beginning at 8:00 and lasting until midnight will be the famous Old South Bair in the Wade Hampton Hotel Ballroom where the belles and beaus will waltz to the music of Tony Torre and his orchestra. The chosen "Roses" of the four' Kappa Alpha chapters will be introduced at intermission and a province "Rose" will be crowned. Colorful evening dresses for the women and either southern gentlemen or confederate offi cers' uniforms for the men is proper dress for the occasion. Nine Women Pledge Spring rush drew to a close Thursday with the pledging of nine women, Jean Huffman, president of the Pan-Hellenic Council, has announced. The following women pledged: Kappa Delta: Barbara Winste4d and Mary Winton Hughes; Alpha Delta Pi: Joyce Jone, Suzanne Thomason, Gail Barker, Janet Holly and Phillis Garrett; and Delta Zeta: Ruthy Harrison. All sororities except Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Delta Tau participated in rush. MILK GRILLED CHEE March ASSOC COFFEE - 903 Sum 7 AM - How To Win A Stickler By Carole Babb It isn't hard to win a "Stickler"! It's,fun! "Don't just stand there Stickle," says Happy Joe-Lucky of the American To bacco Compapy, sponsors of the Stickler Contest. Sticklers are riddles with two-word rhyming answers. Rules for the contest are printed in the Lucky Strike advertisement in The Gamecock every week. Here Is how to write a winning Stickler, com pliments of someone who did. 1. Eat supper at Russell Hous when fried chicken Is on the m u. 2. You have Swiss steak your roommate has fried chicken. 3. After the meal you notice your 'roommate's napkin and think "now that's an oily dolly!" So there it is Stickler number one. "What's a napkin after. a fried chicken dinner? An oily doily." 4. It sounds silly but nobody will ever hear it so why not send it in? Might as well send in two or three more while you're at it-you don't expect to win anything but you haven't any thing to lose. 5. After a week or so you for get about having entered the contest. 6. Three months later your fortune in the Record reads, "rise in wealth." 7. The next day you get a long envelope in the mail with green print on it. You think,'"another advertisement." You start to throw the envelope away then you wonder what somebody is trying to sell you now. 8. Open the envelope and see the word "CONGRATULA TIONS," then you think, "Oh, no, I've won another sewing machine for only $80.00." 9. Reading a little further you find that you are being of fered $25.00 for your Stickler. You exclaim, "I won a Stickler!" People in the post office at the time give you that "You're out' of your mind look." 10. You rush on to 9 o'clock class in LeGare where you are a Journalism major. Sign a paper enclosed in the envelope commonly called a release and )ut it in the return mail then wait for "30 days" for a $25.00 eheck. Correction Sigma Delta Tau Is sponsor ing Marvin Walberg as the best dlressedl man on campus. IHAKE St SE SANDWICH 21-24 IATES SHOP er Street 11 P.M. Carolina St Spring Fash By Harriet Clare Sinkler An important step forward was made by the Campus-Wear Committee in presenting a fash. ion show for the Carolina campus the evening of Mar. 11. Lou Essick of WCOS was commenta tor for the show which featured clothes from Tapp's. - Sixty numbers were shown. previewing eight categories of spring fashions ' for women from raincoats to evening wear. Suits featured the relaxed shape and the free-falling jacket. Many had- matched hats or novelty blouses and jacket linings. Pleats were seen in many forms: suits, dresses, and jump ers, many following the middy line. One favorite was a white skirt topped with a striking red jacket and matching hat. Chemise The important shape, of course, was the chemise-several of these were shown in various modifications and materials. One striking example was of beige silk, contrasting neatly with a white page-boy collat and soft bow. The lines are slim starting at- the hemline, easing into soft fullness through the bodice. Other versions showed back pleats and belts. Second only to the chemise and destined for wide popularity this season is the blouson. This sil (BI theAuthor of " * "Bar4f THE STUDE] AND HOW Today let us investigate a phe laughingly called the student o What actually goes on at sti ewer this burning question, let of a typical meeting of. a typic Meeting scheduled for 8:30 ] to order at 10:63 p.m. by Hunr to adjourn made by Louis Bio Motion ruled out of order by Hi rath Sigafoos called "old poop representative. Seconded by I representative. Tabled by Hum Minutes of last meeting reA tary. Motion to accept minut presiding. Motion defeated. Treasurer's report not read b not present at meeting. Rex: and executed in absentia. Motion made by Louis Bicus] allow sale of hard liquor in soh lores Wheatgerm, sophomnore re: Hunrath Sigafoos, old poop. Motion made by Booth Fishe permit parking in library. Mot Motion made by Dun Rovin, duct French conversation classi to committee. Motion made by Esme Plank allow hypnosis during Rush Ii mittee. Motion made by Pierre Cler dent, to conduct Spanish converi referred to committee. Observation made by Martha that in her four years on studen to committee was never heard tabled. Motion made by Louis Bicunj allow sale of hard liquor in Soi Dejores Wheatgerm, sophomore by Hunrath Sigafoos, presiding, Refreshment. served---cofee, following resolution adopted by "WHEREAS Marlboro is mil to smokers of all ages and cond boro is contained in the crushr slickest, quickest, neatest conta and WHEREAS Marlboro, that in the most admirable of wrappir Selectrate filter; therefore BE]1 sense of this meeting that Marl cigarette on this or any other ca Meeting adjourned with many T he rekere of Marbordj, whoe with mope that Marlboro eI. eps Ahead: i4pns Shown houette consists of a very sliro skirt topped with a bloused bodice from the hips up. The version shown was polka-dot, navy and white. Evening Silhouettes Cocktail and evening dresses showed news in silhouettes, hem -lines, and necklines. One of the more unusual in the cocktail line was a lavender and green silk print which featured the new -"!bubble skirt." All In all, the dresses were lovely although many numbers were repetitious.. Perhaps a little more time and practice would have improved tlhe modelling techniques of some of the models, but probably the audience was not too critical. Anyhow, every one seemed to enjoy the show. Perhaps it will become an annual affair. Maxcy Pledges Maxey Brotherhood, indepen dent social organization for men, has recently announced the pledging of 10 memmbers: Bob Bryson, Frank Wylie, Jack Rit chart, Bill Nelson, Kenneth Baker, Bill Harris, Horace Hug gins, Charles Taylor, Ray Rhodes, and William Marshall. Bob Bryson has been elected president of the pledge class. tallyRound the Flag, Boysf"ond,I e Bow wfth Cheek.") qT COUNCIL IT GREW omenon of American college life )Unlcil. ident councM meetings? To an. us reproduce here the minutes I student council. p.m. at Students Union. Called ath bgafoos, presiding. Motion spid, freshman representative. mrath Sigafoos, presiding. Hun * by Louis Bicuspid, freshman Wlores Wheatgerm, sophomore rath Sigafoos, presiding. I by Zelda Pope-Toledo, secr. es made by Hunrath Sigafoos, ecause Rex Meroredi, tresurer, hiercredi, treasurer, Impeached k* theixciene"...' >1d, freshman representative, to ool cafeteria. Seconded by De resentative. Motion tabled by ry, fraternity representative, to ion referred to committee. athletics representative, to con se in English. Motion referred ton, sorority representative, to eek. Motion referred to comn enceau, foreign exchange stu ation classes in French. Motion involute, senior representative, t council every motion referred of again. Miss Involite was id, freshman representative, to ~iology I and II. jieconded by representative. Motion tabled crossly. Dake, Marlboro Cigarettes. The acclamation: der, tastier, and more pleasing itions; and WHEREAS Marl roof flip-top box which is the nor yet devised for cigarettes; most commendable of smokes 'gs, is graced with the excluuive T RESOLVED that it Is the boro is far and away the best mpua." a laugh and cheer at 11:7f4 p.m. e NeS.M..n a... bring you this okun, here hie Anest elgurette .er We