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The Chatter Box By LOU YOUMANS IN AND OUT DANCE Maxcy Brotherhood's annual 'In and Out Dance wa held last Saturday, in honor of the new members (the In's and the graduating seniors (the Out's). Among those dis porting themselves at this affair were Maxcy Presiden Doug Lawing and Ann McFadden, Jim Pendarvis and Car men Cherry, Jim Stafford and Jane Martin, Bob Bryson ano Sarah Pope. The graduating roster includes Bob Brysor Glen Mahaffey, Bruce Marler, George Zupp, and Art HolliF JOURNALISM PICNIC Among those hamming it up at the journalism picni were Bob Hillyer and Lorraine Couch, Earl Murphy ani Judy Barkoot, Russ Burns and Judy Ayer. Also, Lewi Sullivan, Glenna Bryant, Earl Griffith, Loretta Plott, M? and Mrs. Pat Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. "Cookie" Moye, Pats, Warmoth, Margaret Scott, and Nancy Carroll. PINNED L Congratulations to Carolina's latest pinees: Bill Donelai (PiKA) and Chris Young (Chi 0). CHI PSI's Among those at the Chi Psi Houseparty at the Ma Estate in Aiken last Saturday and Sunday were Rober Bell, Tom Mosely, Ray Williams, Eddie Bagwell, Wiltoi Fowler, Glenn Sparks, and Ray Thomas. COLLEGE I FOR STUDENTS WNA RAMBLR LIGH T UP AND LIVE IT UP! 3 grea So pick your pack-save the six wrappers-and get smoking pleasure all the way! ENTER OFTEN-HAVE FUN-AND WIN! But think car first the DOWN and ACROSS clues may appear simple. T: answer. For example, the clue might read: "Many a coed w (PIN) or "E" (PEN) would seem to fit. But only one answeri .) and therefore correct. Read the rules carefully. ENTER AS C 1. The College Puzzle Contest is open to college es.u hem students and college faculty members except em- 6. Some coli jo ees and their immediate families of Llggett I10. When at yesand Its advertising agencies. I1.Sinkin a 2. Fillin all missing letters.., print clearly. Use 13. One expe of obsolete, archaic, variant or foreign words 16. A studen prohibited. After you have completed the puze,* 17. Ienii send it along with six empty package wraprs 9 Noa Sc of the same brand from &M, Chesterfield or I21. It probat Oasis cigarettes (or one reasonable hand-drawn '22. Sometime facsimile of a complete packag wrapper of any I 1ay thet O.0 ox{h 2hreeNew Yrk 46, N. eY. Enter as *2.Chemical often as you wish, but be sure to enclose six I26. Campers package wrappers (or a facsimile) with each ' 1 te entry. Illegible entries will not be conisidered. 32. Literate I 3. EntrIes must be postmarked by midnight, 3. Assatea Friday, May 29, 1959 and received by midnight, 1as: One could Friday, June 5, 1959. n 7 everset 4. Entries will be judged by the Bruce-Richards ~ 8.Wa i Corporation, an independent judging organiza-. CL.US Dow tion, on the basis of logic and aptness of thought I 1- The begir of solutions. In the event of ties, contestants will I 2. A rural . be required to complete in 25 words or less the I '. Seond ai following statement: "My favorite cigarette is 4. Whe,n on (Chterfield) (IAM) or (Oasis) because ......I S. It wouldi Entries will be judged on originaslty, aptnssof * 6. Grounds'i thought and interest by the Bruce-Richards I 7. Author.. Corporation. Duplicate prizes will be awarded 8. District A In event of final ties. illegible entries will not be I - A. .. considered. By entering all entrants agree that * 1. An invete S the decision of the judges shall be Anal an s StneB binding. I20. How tdei -S. Solutions must be the o nal work of the I e A M contestants submitting them. I entries become *27. InitIals ol the prperty of Llggett & Myers and none will I28. UnitedN be retrned.I 80: Golf mua 6WInners will be notified by mall as soon as I s. FPoet en possible after completion of the~ contest. I 6-Wa bi* 7. This contest is subject to'all Federal, Stat s . Bahlo and loal aws and. r...tlm.. * Help Us Out ... Answer Please Help us out! The "Gamecock" is interested in kno your views on fads, fun and fancy. Fill out the follo questionnaire and mail it to Society Editor, Box 49, or 1 it to the "Gamecock" office, room 208, Russell House. results will be published in a later issue. The latest college jargon? 3 Entertainment: (the best and most original parties 1 on campus? Favorite college jazz band and singing gr -Most popular play given by college actors? t The latest fad In fashions? Popular food, snacks, drinks? Any new ways of studying exams? The latest extra curricula sports? Stunts? (i telephone booths, what?) What's the most talked about course on campus? Who do you consider the campus heroes: Football si Writers? Student government officers? Club Vresid( Professors? What is your feeling about marriage and college? What current books. are you reading? r What is your feeling on the Space Age? What rolo t the student play? 1 What are your pet peeves about college? )UZZLE COP AND FACULTY M 25 SE Ramber AmercanCOLUMBIA SVi HI-FI SIT BgStereo"' s! topsin prforanceengmneered for exact ing taste -I00 ATION W~AGO! N t cigarettes offer you 627 chances to win! going! It's crossword puzzle fun and real efully! This puzzle is not as easy as it looks. At here may appear to be more than one "right" . ill be given her best date's P- -N." Eithbr "I" s apt and logical as decided by the judging staff,. rto ~FTEN AS YOU WISH. Good luck! -HURRY! ENTER NOW! CONTEST CLOSES MAY 21 'Is: eg initud nthat a nation is prepared to wage war in the air. L ..hrip rLight up an Oasis.A ~t)Uf..l .. discussions in a sociology class.A scarelesand..Denmaight annoy a short-etory instructor. m (Chemi.) tia (Abbr.) ly would count when you pick a horse to bet on. - 'Ba girl on a date must .. .. .. .. into her pocketbook to help le-builder'Abb.-... may fascinate a poorly developed man. will probably be .. .. .. .. by a forest fire. rting a trip, tourists usually look forward to the first .. ... .... n Arts (Abbr.) ror faculty member. in Arts (Abbr.) I apper quite harmles at times. soon appear in a bombed-out city. ning and end of pleasure. . ..hI.-..et.ca be OInitigto a vacationist. is..th.atced. it coduld be exasperating to remember PUtNT CLEARLYI pay to be careful when glass is .........Mall to Llgett ? Myer *o relax on with a mild CHESTERFIELD. s"r oatc i m titorney (Abbr.) .from Paris should please the average woman. rate traveler wil. ....... about distant lands.a anze and Iron .. ...... leans say. "Ys" cigarettes are". .. . ... .. high" in smoking pleasure. Mr decisive factor in winning ahorse raee. SOglthopea Ion Rutgersand Emerson. i for place where the finest tobaccos are tasted for IAM. TMis entry smust 6bepas eas (A bbr.) sesmlved et P.O0. Sea ermght be aled >f Edctomere I Camj - By LOU YOUMANS wing Editor's Note: This is the wing ninth in a series of articles. wring The SIGMA PHI EPSILON Sigma Phi Epsilon was first created as a result of a clan riven destine meeting of 12 students in oup? a dormitory room in Ryland Hall, Richmond College, Richmond, Vir ginia, in October of 1901. On the first of November of that same year, these 12 men be came the first initiates of the fraternity. Although this date is annually celebrated by active and alumni banquets throughout the Lter country, it marks a very shaky and insecure beginning. For Sigma Phi Epsilon had yet to pass its baptism of fire. Al ready on campus at Richmond WS ? College were several old, well nts ? established fraternities, clannish ly opposed to the founding of any new groups. THEY STOPPED little short of violence in their attempts to can thwart the survival of the up start. Furthermore, the faculty was sympathetic to the protests of the older fraternities. Pres ITEST EMBERS Ills SOSTO 's o I EBL E I NTR 0S OFE S | E m. P. e 1.Ne ak4 ty package wrappers of the same brae. (er field, LIM, er Oasis cigaetetes.I El. New Tark 4S, New Teak, by sl..ight, *U.sSs?e sm Iss s Uny o, AY7 - I "AE us Social Gr sure was applied relentlessly from both quarters. t Finally, a committee of broth- t ers was summoned to meet with three of the professors. Put on the carpet, they were grilled by c a skeptical and decidedly biased t group of faculty members as to t their aims and motives. I At first, strong objections were 1 raised to the very notion of or- e ganizing another fraternity on the Richmond campus, but their t sincerity and persuasiveness be- d gan to tell when the professors s ran out of arguments and were u reduced to agreeing to let plans be put forth provided that the name be changed. THE BROTHERS had already e resolved to call their fraternity I Sigma Phi, a name belonging to t one of the oldest national fra ternities in America. t They readily agreed to add an I Epsilon to the title, and were dis- I missed with the cynical words, y "Go ahead, then. But neither E individually nor as a group do a you possess the money or the t brains to organize a national fra ternity." t How far this prediction fell r short of the mark may be demon- d strated by the strength of the s fraternity that was never sup posed to weather the storms. r IN NUMBER of chapters, r Sigma Phi Epsilon ranks second t in the nation, with over 56,000 members in both active and alum- i ni groups. I Much of this is due to the ef- 9 forts of the 12 founders, whom the fraternity will always ve nerate gratefully. They are: Carter Jenkens, v Benjamin Gaw, William Carter, t William Wallace, Thomas Wright, j William Phillips, Lucian Cox, i Richard Owens, Edgar Allen, i Robert McFarland, Franklin Ker- t foot, and Thomas McCaul. ONE UNIQUE fact about this s dozen is that Carter Jenkens, whose name is always given first in the list, really never was a Sig Ep. When the fraternity was founded, he already belonged to 5 Chi Phi. Yet his contribution to I the organization and growth of r Sigma Phi Epsilon was inestim- c able, both in details of founding t and in promoting the spread of the fraternity to other institu tions. OVER THE years, the frater nity has developed the distinctive insignia which mark its chapter t houses and brothers as Sig Eps.' The fraternity badge is a heart of black enamel, bearing a skulli and crossbones below the Greek r letters SPE, and surrounded by a border of pearls or diamonds. The pledge pin is a rectangular r shield in red enamel, bordered in gold. i THE FLAG has a background r of purple, cut diagonally by a bar of red, separated from the background by gold stripes. In i the center of the bar appears a f five-pointed star, in the upper right-hand corner the Greek let- d ters SPE and in the lower left- i hand corner the designation of ti the chapter. The fraternity ti flowers bear out the official n colors of red and purple: violets and American Beauty roses. S South Carolina Alpha chapter s has led a history almost as e disaster-ridden as that of the a Grand Chapter in Virginia. n No sooner had Sigma Phi Ep- a silon come to the U.S.C. campus el in 1904 than it was whisked away again when state legislation u banned all social fraternities. You Haven't Tasted Si Our Own Fi "SHIMN HICKORY SMOKED, CI STEAl SpecialUsf KOSHER STYI Also Feaui CHOPS - SEAFOOE DINING ROOM "SHIMN 1111 Lma Sreeta - rage Five oups UNDAUNTED, the chapter re urned in 1929 when the prohibi ion was lifted, only to lapse into nactivity once again. Finally, in 1952, a permanent ome-back was staged, primarily hrough the labors of Don Johns on, who must have felt like the 'ounding Fathers when he had to ,uck stiff opposition from faculty ommittees. It was, in fact, only through he aid and support of Professor eGravelines that Sigma Phi Ep ilon was once more established n the Carolina campus. CAROLINA ALPHA is known round the school for its de ervedly famous parties-Found r's Day Banquet, Sweetheart tall, and many others throughout he year. But this social aspect is hardly he whole Sig Ep story: the rotherhood enjoyed by the mem ers, the service the fraternity erforms to the school, and the ncouragement of ; c h o l a s t i e chievement are of equal impor ance. Instead of the "Hell Week" of he average fraternity, SPE car ies on a "Help Week" program uring which the pledges perform ome service to the community. IN LINE with scholarship, the equirements for activation have ecently been raised to .2 above he school requirement. Growth in adversity, undeviat ng devotion to an ideal, unselfish rotherhood, service and scholar hip-this is the Sig Ep story. SIGMA NU The Rock of Sigma Nu at Vir inia Military Institute provided he location for the foundings of , fraternity that was to grow nto a national organization hav ng chapters in every section of he country. Three students in 1869 met ach week beside the large lime tone boulder which later became :nown as the Rock of Sigma Nu, cated on the parade grounds at ".M.I. This trio formed the Legion of Ionor. Before the end of that ,ear 50 knights had become mem ers and by the following year nany of the leading cadet corps ffices were held by wearers of he White Star. THE NEXT step in the growth f the fraternity came in 1970 vhen the second chapter of Sigma 4u was established at the Uni 'ersity of Virginia, from which he national organization origi ated. Soon other chapters were ounded, but due to anti-frater ity legislation, the life of many f these new chapters was short r they wvere forced into sub osa existence. With the entrance of Sigma Nu 3to Washington and Lee Uni ersity, the future of the frater ity was assured. THE PURPOSE of Sigma Nu to establish through the warm riendship of a group of con enial college men, on the foun ation-stone of honor, ideals of itellectual achievement, charac er, and social development, all the end of becoming better ten andl better citizens. In 1874, the Delta chapter of igma Nu came to the Univer-. ity of South Carolina. Since its ntrance, Sigma Nu has been etive in such events as the an ual Mothers' Tea, Blowery Ball, nd the Spring White Star week nd. They also participate in the orkings of ODK, KSK, Blue .ey, and Student Council. oak Until You Try amous - IARCOAL BROILED (S LE FOOD .ring - SPAGHETTI PAcIuTlEs Phone AL 44492