Philosophers and Fools
Johnson Hall Blackboards
Antidote toStudent Boredom
By Boh Ford
It's almost impossible to get
bored with the writing boards in
103 Johnson.
You don’t understand? You
would, if you were in P. 8. Dull's
Far Fast in Modern Times class,
or E. R. Bingham's U. S. History
class.
You still don't understand? Well,
it seems that during lecture per
iods. a student's fancy turns to
thoughts of most anything, and
these thoughts are recorded for
posterity on the writing boards
which are scattered around the
room.
One student, desiring to get
away from history class or the
University in general, scrawled on
one writing board, "Flight Mars
Leaving 12:15 p.m." Let's hope he
didn't miss the rocket ship out.
Varied Activities
You needn't contact the Lonely
Hearts Club, if you have a habit
of walking alone. One student ad
vises you to contact Kitty at 5-4321,
while another individual has dis
closed that Elsie's phone number
is 5-4001. Whether this is Elsie,
the Cow, soliciting for Borden's
Milk, or a campus coed, is left up
to the party lonely enough to call
to find out.
One student, haggard from last
night's study session, was contem
plating the darker aspects of life
when he wrote, "Death, where is
thy sweet sting?” Another scholar,
looking on the brighter side of life, j
wrote in large, dark letter, "This j
is the age of fun, frivolity, wine, j
women, song, beer, and boys." Who
said It wasn't? j
“W'as the second book about I
giants?”, a puzzled English stu
dent wrote on his writing board.
Receiving no reply, he wrote with j
a defiant pen, "Don’t take Survey
of English Literature!” Another
student wrote, "Boy, this is one
hot class!” Whether he was refer
ring to the warmth of the class
room, or the caliber of the course
was not explained.
•Timely Tips’
"Flunk Early, Avoid the Rush’1
was much in the mind of students
as they wrote this advice on one
board after another. Most of them
probably passed, and celebrated
by partaking of some of the bev
erages mentioned by a connoisseur
of intoxicating drinks. Aside from
the Four Roses mentioned, the best
sounding drinks are Old Schmoe
—827% proof, and Old Panther
Blood -110 proof.
Deferments For
ROTC Basics
Nearly Finished
Deferments enabling freshman
and sophomore Reserve Officer
Training Corps students to con
tinue In the advanced phase of th<
program are nearly completed, ac
cording to Lt. Col. J. H. Cunning
ham, military department head.
Basic students in the Air Force
program have already been noti
fied of their acceptance for ad
vanced ROTC. The Army, which
has completed its deferments of
sophomores, will finish granting
deferments to freshmen by the end
of April.
Deferments arc being made on
the basis of cumulative grade point
averages, military grades, a special
psychological test, medical records,
and general information supplied
by the director of men's affairs.
Maybe the Old Schmoe wbh too
much for the artist who drew a
picture of a flying eight ball, com
plete with top hat and wings. The
drawing drew this comment from
one critic, "Looks like It flew too
low!"
Current Problem, Too
The answer to the current ques
tion, "Who Is the ugliest man on
campus?", could probably be found
on one of the writing boards. One
attempt at sketching, a hick-type
presentation of a student with a
cucumber nose and a concave chin,
would be a close contender for top
honors. Another portrait, of the
city slicker type, with sharp fea
tures and "double-whammy" eyes,
might also make the grade.
One pictorial presentation of a
college student plunging headlong
toward a speeding truck has the
Impressive title, "Will Sylvester
Crash? Wait until spring term to
' find out!" It’s spring term. How
about a reply?
i It isn't all this sort of thing,
. though. One student had the in
telligence to write some very in
formative information on the Tal
I uiadge Amendment, Stephen Long,
I and the Sputh Carolina Kxposl
tion. He further wrote, "Place all
‘pony’ material here!”
But as one bored student advis
ed, "Enough of this, to the swim
; mlng hole!"
Petrol Agent Due Today
A General Petroleum representa
tive. Bob Powell, will be on ram
pus today to Interview students
interested in work opportunities.
All interviews will be held in
Emerald Hall.
Who is the ugliest man on the :
Campus ?
A :25 p.m. News
5:»0 p.m. There's Munir In thr All
0 p.m. Through thr Book
shelves
0:15 p.m. News < ommentary
A :80 p.m. Radio Workshop
7 p.m. What's doing On?
7:15 p.m. Tunes from thr Times
7:45 p.m. Tlmr for Tormr
H p.m. Campus Classics
9 p.m. Serenade to thr Student
9:55 p.m. New* We Almost For
got
10 p.m. Anything: fine*
10:45 p.m. Sport* Roundup
10:50 p.m. Emerald of thr Air
10:55 p.m. A Tune to Say flood
night
ADS Sponsors
Mousetrap Film
"The Man Who Built a Better
Mousetrap" will be one of twr
slide film showings sponsored bj
Alpha Delta Sigma, national ad
vertimng fraternity, at 7:30 p.m
Tuesday in 105 Jour nalism.
The film, produced for the Stand
ard Oil Company, hay been fea
tured at several national advertis
ing conventions.
"Tire Newspaper as an Advertis
ing Medium,” thr other slide series,
was produced for the Coca-Cola
Company to aid field reprVsenta
tives in explaining the advantages
of newspaper advertising to bot
tlers ami distributers.
Both slides are in color and will
have sound.
All students interested in ad
vertising may attend.
At the time of the first United
States census in 1790, one out ol
every eight persons was a slave,
according to the Encyclopedia
Britannica.
The K me raid Needs Reporter)*.
Rebec Awarded
Activities Tryout
Rebec House, women’s coopera
tive, was awarded the Women's
Recreation Association house par
ticipation cup for activities during
the'past year at the Joint installa
tion of new officers of women's
organizations Tuesday night. Re
bec House members had account
I ed for 311 points in WRA.
Second place went to Highland
House with 188 points, and
to Carson Hall, with 180. TheTrst
! of all women’s groups is posted on
the Gerlinger Hall bulletin board.
Mrs. Golda Wickham, director of
women's affairs spoke at the in
stallation ceremonies'for Associat
ed Women Students, WRA, and
YWCA. New presidents for the
, organizations are Nancy Allison,
Joan Skordahl, and Ann Darby,
| respectively.
Schwering Award
Open to Jr. Women
Junior women are eligible to
| apply for the Hazel Schwering
scholarship awarded annually.
Application for the award is
■ made by writing a letter to Golda
F>. Wickham, director of women's
| affairs. Deadline for applying is
1 Apr. 21.
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