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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
2
Official publication of Beckley College issued each Thursday by the Journalism Department as part of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association.
Members of Gamma Eta Sigma announced plans to sell candy and chewing gum in the school halls. They will set up a booth opposite the typing laboratory with two different members selling each day.
Pem broke Virginia freshman J C Montgomery Jr once a professional singer and pianist for Bluefield station WHIS has gained regional fame for classical and popular broadcasts from WDBJ and WHIS. He holds Kimber Institute of Music certificates and aims for Cincinnati Conservatory to study theory and harmony while playing with a local orchestra.
Miss Margaret Bledsoe and Miss Jordan attended a White House tea with Mrs. Smith. Bledsoe, formerly at Beckley college, now studies at Arlington Hall in Washington DC. Mrs. Fanny Lovell visited Mullens on Sunday with friends.
Gale Keesee presents a tall tale about a man renowned for slowness who slips from a roof. He speeds up briefly but his middle name is Slow, so he slows to a halt in mid air and colleagues must lower him with a ladder.
Zeta Sigma fraternity members traveled to Bluefield on March 8 to attend a WHIS broadcast and visit Bluefield Junior College. They gathered at the West Virginian hotel, planned evening activities, then toured the city before returning home. A group route via Mullens and Pineville brought some to Beckley by 11 p.m. Attendees included Warren Hancock Boucher Boyd George Evans Lee Burleson Jr Coy Brooks Wayne Waybright Price Caffee Don Lilly Otto McKinney and James Herring.
Miss Janet Snyder planned a Princeton weekend appearance with friends. Miss Illien Bragg of Resaco joined Miss Lois Tyree here for the basketball tournament and weekend visit on Temple street. Miss Pearl Yates visited her East Gulf home. Miss Bert Meadows stayed at her Matoaka residence. David Farrow Malcolm Murray Corwin Bragg and George Blevins spent the weekend in Bluefield. Miss Virginia Peters stayed at her Winding Gulf home.
Gamma Eta Sigma, a local geographical society, held a Wednesday night social at a field near Crouch's farm west of Surveyor. Chaperoned by Dr. H G Burman and Mrs. Burman, members and guests roasted weiners and marshmallows, played games, and ended with square dancing before time expired. Attendees included Haven Clay, David Meadow, Don Lilly, Frances Moye, Bill Greaver, and others. Lucille Bair visited Huntington for the weekend. Sam Worley was hospitalized earlier this week for appendicitis.
A critical look at Vardis Fisher’s fourth volume No Villain Need Be, tracing Vicdar Hunter after his suicide attempt through study, love with Athene, and a life of teaching and writing, noting overlong prose and heavy dialogue but respecting the author’s aim to bridge his hero to humanity. other contemporaries’ works are briefly reviewed, including Margaret Lawrence and Rebecca West.
Rainelle West Virginia Rainelle Garden Club gathered at the church Monday evening at eight oclock Rev Ben D Roller of White Sulphur Springs spoke on wild flowers Dr J E Hanner formerly Rainelle now with Memorial hospital Richmond Virginia visited Rainelle on business last week Virginia Smith daughter of Lloyd Smith is ill with measles A banquet at the Pioneer hotel Wednesday evening honored A F Hefners young mens class of the M E church of Rainelle J M spoke after dinner
Dean G. E. Hartman announces monthly written tests to be given each month for one class hour. Grades are recorded before the 18th, with failures reported to guardian and student for closer monitoring. Passes trigger only midsemester notes. Grades are kept on file for grade inquiries, with office staff not releasing monthly results except in fairness questions.
Beckley college debaters met eight Cubans at Bluefield college. Saturday morning began with Beckley boys walking the campus as dorm residents slept in, marking a quiet start to an exchange between groups.
Incorrect speech hinders career advancement in professions and business. The piece urges careful word use, dictionary checks, avoiding habitual slang, and learning grammar composition and rhetoric to speak and write effectively. It notes influenza confines Thomas Hedrick to Park Avenue home.
At seven thirty the students arrived for a meal with Cuban visitors. The group enjoyed a brief exchange with the Cuban boys and a Beckley student named George asked if any islanders could play instruments. The Cubans claimed none could. George noted he had never heard an Islander perform. One Cuban asked about listening to the radio.
The school year features the annual faculty production You Wouldn't Fool Me with afternoon and evening shows. Miss Leone Beattie recovers from appendicitis, and students and staff cite the plays as a regular, well attended calendar item. Founders Day events include two short plays and a piano solo by Dorothy Decker.
In Fulton Missouri hedge apples once deemed worthless are being used as cow fodder by farmer C D Stroud near Auxvasse Missouri. The Associated Press reports the unusual feed experiment aims to cut costs and test livestock tolerance to the tart nutty fruit.
Beckley college underwent an official accreditation inspection led by Dean T C McCracken of Ohio University with two State Board of Education representatives. The survey covered classrooms facilities and sanitation, lasting Friday and Saturday with a health department review finding the campus sanitary and well lit.
Beckley debaters faced Bluefield College at Bluefield and Concord State Teachers College at Athens. Debates at Athens were non decisive. Friday evening Beckley negative team of George Blevins and David Farrow was defeated by Emma Sue Phelps and Marvin Linnett. Saturday morning Beckley affirmative team Corwin Bragg and Malcolm Murray lost to Earl Chase and Sam Johnson.
In Chipley Georgia on March 12 Franklin D. Roosevelt leads Eugene Talmadge in a second test of strength. Roosevelt holds a sizable advantage as results surface from early voting and local tallies. The outcome underscores Roosevelt's momentum in the race and signals broad support across regional voters.
The writer recollects lively campus—romances and pranks in Bluefield area. Tales include dancing despite a “No Stags Allowed” sign, a skewed view of city life, and a surprising snake incident during a chemistry lecture. The piece blends humorous misadventures of friends and dates with small-town antics and local characters.
Beta Theta sorority announces a spring event on April 10 at Black Knight Country Club featuring Harrell Underwood and his Commanders, a twelve piece Knox ville Tenn. orchestra. The group previously played for college dances at the club during Christmas. Formal pledges initiation occurred March 9 in the school library, followed by a gathering at Swan Cafe and a food sale planned for March 14 in Raleigh County Bank lobby.
Beckley college girls basketball edged Lester Junior High in a rough 25 to 23 victory Monday night. Hale led Beckley with 15 points, Whiteman topped Lester with 11 as Beckley held Lester to six field goals while racking 28 fouls between the teams. Lemon and Blake subbed in for Tyree and Blake respectively.
The passage shows students joking as Sam and Tom remain bedridden while Dr Bendrat and a speaker named Eileen confront a bell. A flat trip overheard phrases echo a light school mood with a reference to a Captain and Elmer.
In Harris county incomplete returns from eight of fourteen precincts show the president leading with 991 votes to 34 for his Georgia critic, Talmadge. In Athens, where Talmadge spoke, he declined further comment, saying he had just learned of the results.
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