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(hater BY COOKIE CRUM Another week at Carolina and lots of new happenings around the campus-new pins are quite the thing this wcek and the political campaign seems to be getting its share or Coi ersation, too! Sorority Pledging Sorority pledging on the porch of Sims Saturday after noon was the scene of much screaming, hugging, and the rCnewed spirit of sisterhood. Among the swarming millions were Louise lIashid (ZTA), Robin Burns (ZTA), Patty Gait:e (Chi 0), Carol Jones (Chi 0), Nancy Cooper (Chi 0), Josanne Verdery (ADPi), Patty Richardson (ADPi), Gerda iAloorc (A DPi), Beverly 3arrett (Pi Phi), Lynn Fishburne (i Phi), Ioney Harron (1)1)1)), and Joanna Praetor (DD1). Fraternity Rush More rush parties for the boys were held all last week. Wednesday night the Sigma Niu's danced the wax off the floor of the Jefferson 1allroom. Among the crowd were Ben Boyd and Caroline Johnson. Joe Witherspoon and Beth Brasington, Jimmy Pressley and Harriet Morehead, Al Smarr and Eleanor ,row.n, Cathy Michelsen and Russell Shaw, Scott .ames and Jane liinant, Ned Self and Norah Teague. Johnny Ilowen and Betty James, Ed 1 (Hood and Bonnie Beale, and Bobby Mitchell and Tootsie Dennis. ATO Party ATO had a "rockin' t good time" at the Women's Club Wednesday night. Dancing to the music of Tony Torre were Dave \I loss and Carolyn Cliffton. Jerry Chambers and E,l'ka Mairon. Ciharlie and Jane Jett. "Rock" Stone and Eleanor Stevens, Rhett Steigner and Linda Carter, Jim Brown and Blaine IIaskell, Bruce Aitcheson and Susie Smith, Bobby McMahan and Sandy Yost. Visiting the chapter and acting as chaperones were Dean and Mrs. Cox from I)uke University where Dean Cox is now Dean of Men. Sigma Chi Thursday night the Sigma Chi's really painted the town "pini. They started at a Pink cihampagne Party at Jim Edens tameld "Garden of Eden'" and then moved on to (lance the night away at the Jefferson Hotel. Enjoying the nmusic ot the Zodiacs were Jerry Jackson and Kaki Eccles, Bob Hill and )ean Framptoii, Mike Quinn and Toots Tenni son, Bill Singletoii and Martha 1)abbs, Albert Springs and Carmeun Chery, Jim Herring and Eula Mezingo, Tommy Pruitt and Phoebe Clamp, Pick Ellerbe and Sybil Beard, and Ed Spears and Ilazel Ann Gramling. Lambhda Chi The Lambda Chi's had their rush party at the Jeffer son Hotel Friday night. Seen dancing to the music of the Hearts were Sonny Carter and Sara Gardner, Craig Fields and Dianne Perry, Reginald Brown and Lynn Knoblock, Roger Chastain and Ellen Boyd, George fand Betsy Hare, John Orr and Harriet DeLoache, elley Jones and Janet Roberson, Ronney lowey and Claudette Keiney. Also Billy Rast and Barbara Masur and Ken Osborne and Georgia Covington. Kappa Sig Kappa Sig had a dinier-dace Monday night at the Jefferson Hotel with Saimmy Cook and the Keynotes. Wining anld dining were Jim Baldwin andl Martini Tweet, Bill Green and Joan H1ollinman, Larry and Phyliss Gregory, Frankie Rollins and Beryl Kramer, Roy Lucas and Ellen MacDiianiel, John Godbold aid Sylvia Foster, Mike and Carolyn Ritchie, Bob layden an(d Joyce Adams, Bradley (larkson and Joan Bennett, I).ma 'McLendon and Dodie Wallace, Bob Bailey and Harriet Stoke, Wayne Munn and Wills Hutchinson, Manning Sellers and "Kitten" Wilson, Bob Sanders and Nancy Frye. "Y" C'onvention Carolina was w\ell represent ed last weekend at the State "'Y" ('onvent ion at (amp L ong in Aiken. Having a wond(erfutl time were Mart ha Schuler, Miriam Rhame, Peggy Hr'yant, .Jetf Meadloweroft, Billy Woodls, Carl Mc (lendon. H olbrook Platts, Qwen Saundeirs, Kay DJan tzler, Eleanor (Crown, l trenida ('romler, JIerry Jackson, Scott Jfames, anrd Reni lloyd. ( a rol inia lost t he traditional '"Caro Ii na-C lem son" toot ba ll ga m, b' ut we cam nie oult ini the lead with t wo o )f I he St ate offticers on1 our' side--niew~ State "'Y" Pries identI is B illyv Woods and TIe d I edhen is t he new Dean oft S. ('. St uden'it (h 'rist ian Associat iln. Pinned P~roudly wearing new IratI pins~ are Nitty McKenzie to Franuikie .JetfordIs (Lambda ('hi). Ilrienda H awklins (Win throp) to Robie Love ( Pi1K A ),. and I z W\allenburg to .Jackl li ite(hard ( Maxey It rotIherih(oodI). Al so D )oi n ut ledge (Sigma ('hi) andH( Sister IDottIerer' (KDI). Seen giving the Toml Sawye tr' eatmrenit to thle fence at Trinlit y Sat urdlay (betiwee n en k s) were pa init-splattereCd Lauren Parr'ot t, Lilla Mlcuit chen, Sinky' Powell, Betsy Ch11ilds, C rosbyv AdIamils. Marnhie La ng, (Chis Powvell, Marcia Mdlini, .John ( rap)o, O rini A nderson, Eleanor' Spruill and Scot 1. J1alles. 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I began writing in Darlington High School, continued at Con verse College, did graduate work in journalism at Middlebury Col lege, worked in New York in the "piuilps," so I consider myself a writer who also happens to be a wife and mother. Now if I were my husband and he me my books would have been produced, protected by a secre tary and various cooks and clean ers and nurses. As it is, being the female, my books have been penneid between souffles, visit ing VIP's, colicky babies, P. T. A. meetings, gardening, weddings and homnemaking in general. I wrote "Big Drum" during a serious illness of my husband's. It turned out to be two tales in one. The part before the opera tion and the part after are two cit ies that nev'er should have wo)und up in one talc. Of course it would have been more sensib)le not to have triedl to write at that particular time. But then--there's never really a right time to say I'm all wife or' all writer. Not for me, any way. Fortunate the wvoman (but I'm not sure) who can retire to do girls g This is the kind of pro all the time. If you uii most men do) count o the oil that water renr with 'Vaseline' Hair 'I neater longer. And ju g12QcM1 vi nw cse 'V Mother, ite Roles an ivory tower as men-writers do. My writing probably would be better if I were a more single minded introverted, alone indi vidual. And I might be a more satisfactory wife and mother if I devoted my entire thought and energy to homemaking. But I don't think so. I was born with a talent and a homing instinct for putting words down on paper. And I was born with the desire to "live happily ever after." Following a star and making a home at the same time h a v e been practical and rewarding. I think families blossom under a mother whose achievement goes beyond housekeeping. A mother who reads poetry, with love, aloud to a fretful child can dispense w i t h paregoric. Later on to be able to identify the toy soldiers and tell true stories of their origins gives almost as shiny a halo to Mama as Papa's battered football hel ment does to him. But there is no formula that tells a woman how to find the time to be all things to her family and important to her self; how to go out from the snuggery of the home and enter, competitively, a profession in which the male always has the o d d s overwhelmingly in his favor. The main "odd," naturally, be ing "time to write." But, if a woman is clever and has genuine understanding it can be done. I've done it and still have a hus band who isn't always minus a button on his shirt and who en joys my conversation. Another problem besides time is decisions-the kind of prob lem male authors simply don't have to face. My editor tele phoned from New York concern ing a book club contract for "India Allan" at the exact in stant my daughter walked in the front door with a huge, utterly strange young man and airily announced, "Look, Ma - we're engaged!" Usually when I'm at the de nouement of a novel one or the other child breaks a leg or the cook's mother-in-law gets cut in Hop Town or my husband is made head of this or that Cone and Tube Association and I must be "It" for the next year. Cornell Arms 1226 Pendleton St. We specialize in and ti1 et in your hair? blem 'Vaseline' Hair Tonic creates e water with your hair tonic (as n 'Vaseline' Hair Tonic to replace LOVes. Use all the water you want onic. Your hair looks great, stays st a little does a lot! ASELINE HAIR TONIC "Boston Tea Party" Mrs. Kent BY LEVONA PAGE Staff Writer The 1960 presidential cam paign is perhaps the only one in history in which the women will decide the votes. Also it is the first one in which the women have campaigned so heavily for first lady of the White House. One of the women most out standing in this campaign has been Mrs. Rose Kennedy, mother of Senator John Kennedy. The main "weapon" of the Kennedy women in this campaign has been a series of teas and re ceptions given in various parts of the country. As Mrs. Kennedy explained at a reception in Charleston recently, which four members of "The Gamecock" staff attended, when Jack was campaigning for senator in Mas sachusetts it was discovered that there were more women voters than men in the state. Therefore, the women in the family got busy and gave a series of "Boston Tea Parties." "Since they were successful in that campaign;" said Mrs. Ken nedy, "we have introduced the same idea into t h i s election fight." As she held a press confer ence in her suite in Charleston's Fort Sumter Hotel, Mrs. Ken nedy refused to talk to reporters about politics. Instead she talked about her family and Jack's political background. Mrs. Kennedy is a petite lady who looks much younger than her age. She was dressed in a stylish black dress with lowered waistline and bouffant skirt. She wore a fuchsia hat with an Up sweep that added to her height. Two strands of pearls, matching But that's the womanly life I love and I wouldn't swap it for anybody's. I love my nineteen year-old son's friends who swarm in and out of my house; my daughter's endless beaux; my husband's exciting conferees; the A. A. U. W.; the hospital auxili ary; the P. E. N. Club; my church. If I am able to divide myself into all these parts it is because I have never let my loyalty swerve; writing is forever second fiddle to my home and family. Beauty Salon Phone AL 3-0432 bleaching, tinting :ping. &,6 [n Charleston tedy Stump pearl earrings, and a white or chid were her other accessories. One of Mrs. Kennedy's acces sories was a replica of a PT boat used in World War II. Mrs. Ken nedy explained t h a t Senator Kennedy has served on such a boat and it was torpedoed by the Japanese. "Because Jack was an excellent swimmer," said Mrs. Kennedy, "he swan to safety." Jack Kennedy showed no in terest in politics while in high school, Mrs. Kennedy said. He was never a class officer, but he seriously studied history. Mrs. Kennedy said that she be lieved that her talented daugh ter-in-law, Jackie, would be a big help to her husband if she should become first lady. Because Jackie has run two houses suc cessfully for six years, one in Washington and one in Hyannis Port, she should be qualified to accept the responsibilities of the White H o u s e, Mrs. Kennedy said. After the press conference, Mrs. Kennedy stood in a re ceiving line for approximately 300 Charleston ladies. Though she seemed tired and hurried in her actions, she greeted everyone with a big smile and firm hand shake. 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When "The Gamecock" editor reminded Mrs. Kennedy of the "Let's put a Gamecock in the White House" slogan, Mrs. Ken nedy pointed to the Gamecock button on her shoulder and said, "Yes, I know; you see I'm wear ing that pin." As she signed autographs for the four members of the "Game cock" staff attending the recep tion, Mrs. Kennedy n e a t 1 y printed her name. She explained that when her children were in school learning to print, she often helped teach them. There fore, she also got in the habit of printing. Because two of her sons have dedicated their lives to their country, one on the battlefield, and the other in leadership serv ice, Mrs. Kennedy has b e e n named one of the country's "Gold Star Mothers." TLING COMPANY la, S. C. ly lost iy new 101" pen! here's no friend like the cen. Rescues you from any is. 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