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Sig # CAMPBELL' PHARI Cornell DRUGS - SCH NOTIONS - s0 I' V' cuandn ligh elth Mi ma Chi Sweetheart Spons< ..... e m...s.. - . .> ' .. .W - S CORNELL ACY Arms )OL SUPPLIES DA FOUNTAIN -'- --- . S *.......... ss . * famus enthdf! --n finestvobaccos d iS'"y "br Ors Pictured above are the ape sors for the 1959 Sweethei Bal of Sigma Chi. Pctur left to right are: Mary Eli Long for Charlie Way, pre dent; Glenda Gunter for Bi Pooser, treasurer; Sarah Booi for Ed Martin, pledge traine Betty Steele for Johnny Hagh past pledge trainer; Faye M ler for Jim Herring, secretar and Noni Lineberger for Ji Sherer, social chairman. The dance will take pla at the Jefferson Hotel Frid evening, April 24 as the clim of the Sigma Chi weekend. II ofriendlytc se how Pall Mall's fam< tobacco travels and g< makes it mild-but does that satisfying fl I TRAvELED* TN 034:N Pall Mall's famous he length travels and gentles the smoke naturally ... Phi Kap Installs Officers Monday before last, April 13, Alpha Eta of Phi Kappa Sigma held its election of officem. The new officers are: Bill Swoard, presiddnt; Sonny Hite, vice president; Tom McLean, record ing secretary; Stan'ley Anshus, treasurer; and Joe Jordan, re cording secretary. Also elected were Wayne Cor ley as social chairman, and Horace Sawyer as scholarshil chairman. Dave Fleming and Don Cappell are house man agers; and Chart Bonham is th( junior IFC representative. The officers were sworn in anc took over their respective job. immediately after the meeting. Phi Sigma Kappa Initiates Three Gamma Triton Chapter of Ph S4gma Kappa formally activate< three new men into the frater nity. These three men, And: Rich, Bud Brooks, and Johnnj Fitts will be seen wearing thei1 red carnations, the official fra ternity flower at the Columbii Country Club this evening whei the Phi Sigs hold their forma Moonlight Ball, in honor of thei founders who established th< n- fraternity in 1873. I The evening will be climaxe< D by the formal announcement o the Phi Sig "Moonlight girl" whl r will receive a beautiful gold cul me and have her name inscribed oi r; the large gold plaque which wil is, hang in the fraternity for all t il- see. The award is given to th4 y; girl who has done the most foi m the fraternity throughout th< year and her name and pictur ce will be forwarded to Nationa Ry Headquarters so that she ma: Rx compete against the chapter: from all over -the country. your taste! >us length of fine entles the smoke - not filter out [avor! 'TOBACCO TASTEs BSsT 3 avels it over, under, around and through Pall Mall's fine tobaccos! Cam By STAFF WRITER Editor's Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles. Pill SIGMA KAPPA Three quarters of a century ago a group of six devoted friends kneeled together and pledged before God eternal friendship for each other and dedication to a common ideal. This ideal has as its guiding principal the development of i fraternal and social order whick should adequately meet the uni versal desire for comradeship ol all young men who are suddenl3 thrust into the great unknown. These men guided the found. ing principle to fruition and to. day Phi Sigma Kappa ha, emerged as a national organiza. tion with its silver and magenti flag waving over 64 chapteri throughout the country. ANNUALLY, the fraternit3 holds its Founders Day Bal honoring the six dedicated mer who were responsible for th4 birth of the fraternity, Josep) Barrett, Fred Campbell, W*'han Brooks, Jabez Clay, Xenos Clarl and Henry Clay. Throughout the country whei this auspicious occasion finall rolls around, Phi Sigs can b seen cajoHng their buddies inti electing their girls as the officia chapter representative for thi most coveted "loonlight Girl award. A secret ballot is hel< in the chapters throughout th< country and the final announce ment of the winner is made dur ing the evening of the Founder Day Ball. The winner of Gamma Tritoi chapter, here at Carolina will b, announced sometime F r i d a night. She will receive a beauti ful gold cup and 'her name wil be emblazoned on the officia fraternity plaque which hang: in the fraternity house through out the year. Her name an< picture will .then be forwarde4 to the National headquarter: located in -Chicago, Illinois. GAMMA TRITON chapter ha been here at the University offi cially since 1929, and was th, 38th chapter to be founded o the now 64 which are locate< throughout the States. Chapters located near us whic] many of the pledges are requirei to visit on their "Round th, World Trips" are: Georgia Tech University of Maryland, Georg Washington University, Univer sity of Virginia, University o Tennessee, and the University o Florida. The fraternity has successfull: carried out its primary ideal thi year niamely the uniting of man: fine young men into the comrade ship of the fraternity. The Na tional Headquarters a w a r di IVY LEAGUE From IVY LEAC From "Columbia's Leading Se COPELi 1409 N CANDY Sa )us Social Gr every year a plaque to the chap- ry ter throughout the country who iq has made the most improvement. s5 C THIS IS known as the Presi dents achievement award and it is the belief that this year c) Gamma Triton Chapter will be tl the winners of this most coveted trophy. The efforts of the offi- cl cers of the fraternity who do the t endless tasks required of every l organization, the spirit of the members who have entered into every athletic event on campus s forfeiting nothing and winning the golf championship and finally the complete cooperation of Phi d Sig Alumnae have been in the a true tradition of the underlying t principals upon which Phi Sigma y Kappa was founded. 'I KAIIPA ALPHA f Ii Kappa Alpha, one of the older and larger college frater nities, is the perpetuation of the friendship of six students at the University of Virginia during the college year of 1867-1868. Within a year after the found- I ing, growth had started. The o mother chapter took the designa- C tion ALPIIA and chartered t BETA in 1869 at Davidson Col- C lege, N. C. During the next few years, a chapters were established at a number of institutions such as d old William and Mary College, 0 one of the Colonial colleges, and n the University of Tennessee, one C of the outstanding state univer- q sities. t n G R O W T H CONTINUED. f From the south, Pi Kappa Alpha spread to the southeast and from r that section to the west and the Pacific coast. Shortly after the turn of the century, chapters began making their appearance in the east, so that today Pi Kappa Alpha has over 120 active chapters throughout all of the states in which accredited col I leges and universities are located. I Alumni chapters are located in r 3 over 60 cities and the total mem bership is over 50,000 men. Mem bers of Pi Kappa Alpha are 3 represented in business, the pro- c - fessions, and industry ranging from the local level to the Con f gress of the United States. I Pi Kappa Alpha is a national fraternity because no matter I where a chapter may be located or through which chapter a man may become a member, the ideals are the same and each chapter a and member is anl integral part of the one brotherhood. r f TH1 E TI ES that bind the hearts of these young men in the ideal Sism) of P'i Kappa Alpha ate based 4 up~on love, sympathy, and friend ship. Intspi red by high ideals, - they are ineited to achieve worthy - tasks that wvill tbring honor and 4 glory to thteirt couttry, their alma SPORT SHIRTS $4.00 rdso rUE SLACKS $5.95 tection of Fine Men's Wear" ~LND CO. t ain Street c LILK COFFEE SANDI T MANY CONVENIEN~ CATIONS ON CAMPI DISTRIBUTING CN aters and their fellow men. It a united effort because the rength or weakness of one unit hi chapter, at the University as chartered on October 11, B91. The chapter was re iartered on June 11, 1928 after ie repeal of the state's anti raternity law. Since then Xi ,iapter has grown to be one of ie largest Greek letter, secret, >cial fraternities in the state. Chi chapter participates in arvice as well as social activities n campus in that Pi Kappa lpha have won the annual blood rives for the last three years nd the inter-fraternity all sports rophy. Social highlights of the ear for Pi K A brothers are [onecoming, Annual Christmas 'arty, Greek Week, Founder's )ay celebration, Bowery Ball, ledge-Active Picnic, and clim xed by the annual Dream Girl ~all. PI KAPPA PHI Pi Kappa Phi was founded on )ecember 10, 1904, at the College f Charleston, Charleston, South arolina. This is the only na onal fraternity founded in South arolina. The founders were imon Fogarty, Harry Mixson, nd Andrew Kroeg, Jr. National Pi Kappa Phi is ivided into 11 districts through ut the United States with the ational office in Sumter, South arolina. The University of outh Carolina -is a part of Dis rict IV. The National Council ieets every two years to decide raternity policies. The Pledge pin is a white dia iond with a gold scroll super mnposed. The active pin is a iamond with a gold scroll super mnposed bearing the Greek letters f the fraternity, with a gold star nd lamp on the pin. The Red ,ose is the National fraternity's lower. THE COLORS of the frater ity are yellow and gold with lue as the alternate color. The ublications of the national Pi ,appa Phi fraternity are "The tar and Lamp of Pi Kappa 'hi," a magazine published uarterly by the National Coun il; and the "White Diamond," >ledge manual of the fraternity. The University of South Caro ina Chapter is called Sigma, and as founded on December 4, 910. When the fraternities loved off the University campus, 'i Kapps moved to a house on 'endleton Street, returning to he campus when the present raternity row was built. THEI MAIN function held for ienmbers of the fraternity is the lose Hall wvhich is held once very three semesters anid is an pert invitation dance to groups ni the camp)us. At the dance, the lse Queen. the Sweetheart of he fi aternity is chosen. This ear itL is Miss J1a ne Sexton, sue ee'ding Miss D)onna Aycock. A Paddle with gold strips on 'hieh the name of the outstand ng pledge is engraved is pre ented each semester to the ledge chosen for the award. An active member is selected ach semester for having been he outstanding of among his rothers in scholarship, as well' s, in contributions to the work f the fraternity. The pledges of the fraternity ecently inaugurated an Easter lgg Hunt for the children at he Epworth Orphanage which is ne of the philanthropic activities f the fraternity. WICHES IT Js )., INC.