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I h 1"B E * . 1933
The Gymnasium at the University of South Carolina is in Greek architecture.
and Germans. The Little Theatre furnishes
Work in dramatics and has been replaced to a
considerable extent by Drayton Hall.
There is a strong faculty of one hundred
and sixty-three members, and the present en-
rollment o f the student body is 1,769. T h e
University offers degrees through Ph.D. There
are three other colleges in the city of Colum-
bia : Columbia Bible College, Columbia Col-
lege, and the L u t h e r a n Seminary, as well as
Pi Delta Phi Leads in Scholarship
Pi Delta P h i Club was founded as a local
organization o n October 29, 1930, at the U n i -
versity of South Carolina. The four founders
d u r i n g t h e i r first year o f o r g a n i z a t i o n led in standing, we have not neglected other phases
scholastic standing among the sororities and
fraternities and were very active in the social
life of the campus. These girls, though small
the number, through their earnest efforts de-
veloped an o r g a n i z a t i o n o f w h i c h we, as m e m -
bers, are proud.
We feel that our pride in our group is justi-
fied when we consider the accomplishments
Pi Delta Phi has made d u r i n g the short time
it has been organized. Since we joined local
Panhellenic Council i n 1932, the nationals have
been most encouraging to us in petitioning
Alpha O m i c r o n Pi, and have never given us
any cause to feel i n f e r i o r to them in social
life. The honor in scholastic standing, which
the f o u n d e r s had i n t h e i r first year o f o r g a n -
ization, we attained again last year. This year
we have t w o members w h o m we hope w i l l be
elected to Phi Beta Kappa. One of these, a
junior, has maintained an A average d u r i n g
her three years at Carolina. Several other
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two negro colleges. The life of the Univer-
sity is very closely connected with the life
of the city.
Sororities were not permitted on the
campus u n t i l the f a l l o f 1927. T h e national
sororities on the campus are Chi Omega.
Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Delta, Zeta Tau Alpha.
Pi Beta Phi, and Sigma Kappa, which was in-
stalled last November.
members have been on the Dean's H o n o r List
for the past t w o years. Although we have
given much time to achieving high scholastic
of campus life. T w o of our girls belong to
the Y.W.C.A. Cabinet, and we have an assist-
ant i n the Bible Department as w e l l as in
the department of Physical Education. Another
of our girls is a member o f Hi la I'i Theta,
national French f r a t e r n i t y . P i D e l t a P h i se-
cured a room i n one of the University annexes
this year and has furnished it in a manner
appropriate for a sorority club room. We
hope to get enough of our girls in this annex
next year, so that we can use it f o r a sorority
house. One o f the nationals has a house
t h r o u g h this m e t h o d . T h e r e are five alumme
members at present who are standing loyally
behind the active chapter, encouraging us in
our every endeavor. Pi Delta Phi has accom-
plished much as a local group, but we feel
that with the backing of a national organization,
such as A l p h a O m i c r o n P i , we can r a n k w i t h
the other seven nationals on the campus.