Four Alumni to Receive Honorary Recognition at Richmond
University of Richmond president Dr. F W Boatwright announced four distinguished alumni will receive honorary degrees. J Brockenbrough Woodward Jr and Dr Percy Flippen will get Doctor of Science and Doctor of Letters respectively at April convocation in Cannon Chapel. Doctor of Divinity goes to Rev W Carney Hargroves and R E Alley at June commencement.
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Cannon Chapel
University of Richmond
F. W. Boatwright
J. Brockenbrough Woodward, Jr
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Percy §. Flippen
Board of Trustees
Denison University
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Virginia
Kappa Sigma Social Fraternity
Flippen
The
Messenger
Johns Hopkins University
Hargroves
Princeton University
Second Baptist Church of
Germantown
Phi Kappa Sigma
Alley
R. B. Alley, Jr
Richmond
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Pi Delta Epsilon
Religious Herald
SG Tea Dance Open to All Students at Westhampton
The first Student Government tea dance since January 6 will be tomorrow in the Westhampton Student Activities Building from 3 30 to 6 00. Admission is 26 cents for any student and a date. Music provided by the nickelodeon purchased recently by the Student Government Association for that purpose.
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Westhampton
Nickelodeon
Student Government Association
Famous Poet Robert Frost to Speak at University Event
Robert Frost, renowned American poet and three time Pulitzer Prize winner, will give a reading in the Westhampton reception room at 8:00 p.m. tonight. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia and the University of Richmond, attendance is limited and tickets are issued to society members, department heads, officials, and English majors.
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Robert Prost
Poetry Society of Virginia
University of Richmond
Westhampton
Mr. Frost
Richmond
Poetry Society
Florence Stearn
American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Philosophical Society
Frost
Maire and Purdy Win PDE Photo Contest Honors
Jayne Maire and Leonard A. Purdy won first prize in the Pi Delta Epsilon photo contest. Maire took top honors in the campus scenes class with Richmond College Library earning $4.00. George Cox earned second place with a chapel through the arch of the Chemistry building.
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Jayne Maire
Leonard A. Purdy
Pi Delta Epsilon
Joe Vornom
Miss Maire
Richmond College Library
George Cox
Sadler Chosen WC Candidate To Ring Dance
Henrietta Sadler wins Westhampton candidacy for Miss Liberty at VPI Ring Dance May 9 10. She leads YWCA efforts for non belligerents and Red Cross knitting while serving on a student panel for food relief for small democracies. Addison named to Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival.
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Henrietta Sadler
Westhampton
VPI
Miss Sadler
YWCA
Red Cross
National Committee On Food
Virginia
District of Columbia
Sadler
May Court
Addison
Anne Addison
Shenandoah
Judge Oscar Returns to Lead “Supreme Court” Exhibition Night
Chief Justice Oscar resumes duties after exile and presides over a mock Supreme Court session in the Physics Building at 7 PM. The event, staged by Sigma Pi Sigma and the Psychology Club, features lie detector demos, Van der Graaf collider, radio‑driven fender smashing, reactor tester, aeronautics beam, and 800,000 volt demonstrations with a cosmic ray counter blackout backdrop.
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Ben Rouzie
Oscar
Supreme Court
Supreme
Sigma Pi Sigma
Psychology Club
Federal Bureau of Investigation
van der Graaf
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Don Murrill
Buddy Mayo
Billy Snow
Mixed UK Debaters To Speak Monday At Westhampton
Jayne Maire and Dorreh Oldham will debate Oklahoma Baptist University on the Pi Kappa Delta question in Westhampton Activities Building next Monday at 4:00 PM. It is the first mixed team debate in Westhampton and Richmond Gollewe history with the topic calling for a permanent Western Hemisphere union. Ruth Phillips and Mary Holcombe Turner meet Averett here this afternoon at 146.
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Jayne Maire
Dorreh Oldham
Oklahoma Baptist University
Pi Kappa Delta
Westhampton
Richmond Gollewe
Western Hemisphere
Ruth Phillips
Mary Holcombe Turner
Averett
Instruction Class To Be Inaugurated
Bob Courtney president of the Flying Club announces an apprentice instruction course for advanced aviation class members to be inaugurated early next week. W W Squeak Burnett will teach flying instruction with Frank Britton Paul Saunier Frank Crouch Percy Jackson and Bob Courtney among the participants.
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Bob Courtney
The
Flying Club
W. W. “Squeak” Burnett
Frank Britton
Paul Saunier
Frank Crouch
Percy Jackson
Jamboree For Building Fund At Richmond College
Epsilon Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will hold a Jamboree in Millhiser Gymnasium on April 26 to raise money for a new Student Activities Building at Richmond College. A college party or barn dance is planned with a floor show by the faculty under Dr Ralph McDanel's direction and a student band. Prizes, games of chance, concessions, and various booths will accompany dancing evenings from 8:00 P M to midnight with tickets possibly costing ten cents to enter and ten dollars to exit.
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Ralph ©. McDanel
Richmond College
Rolvix Harlan
ODK
Wornom
Westhampton College Honorary Leadership Society
Tom Warriner
Martin Markowitz
Mae Pitt Jr
Paul Saunier
Tommy Pugh
Turkington
Dr. Harlan
Frank Baker
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phil Mason
Phi Gamma Delta
Bob Black
Kappa Alpha
Bert Milling
Kappa Sigma
Guy Friddell
Theta Chi
Gordon Christiansen
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Eddy Klein
Phi Alpha
Bill Hughes
Pi Kappa Alpha
Clarence Major
Harold Owen
Phi Delta Theta
Ed Garber
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Phi Kappa Sigma
Newman Club Elects Cosby Head at Westhampton College
Evelyn Cosby organized a Newman Club for Catholic students at Westhampton College. Under Father Blakely guidance the group meets Thursdays at 4 45 in the Activities Building study room. Elected officers include President Miss Cosby Vice President Anne Evers Secretary Anne Boehling Treasurer Anna Marie Rue.
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United States
Evelyn Cosby
Westhampton College
Father Blakely
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Miss Cosby
Anne Evers
Anne Boehling
Anna Marie Rue
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Miss Liberty
V.p.l’s
Maire
Purdy
PDE
Omicron Delta Kappa
Apple
WC Newman Club
Cosby
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