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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1925
Page
2
G Cary White serves as Editor in Chief while Francis N Taylor is named Managing Editor guiding the newsroom. They steer the editorial team through daily coverage and opinion pages.
Edward Pruden and G F B Mullin head the business staff with W Roland Galvin Martha Lipscomb Mary MacLouthlin Chas Moore J P Lambeth Guy Mattox John W Davis and Martin J Logan as assistants and circulation managers across the department.
A student journalist represents membership in the Southern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association and the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association, signaling involvement in regional campus press networks.
The Richmond Collegian argues Student Government should reward the cheerleader with a letter or emblem to raise the position’s prestige. It urges concrete recognition to attract talent, sustain leadership, and encourage broader student support for the selection plan.
A festive season review notes survivors and a few campus follies. It cites exams ignored by some alumni thinkers, a student’s love driven vow to quit studying, and social shifts among maidens and youths. It praises Mons Jones and his Messenger for a hopeful literary dawn while reporting Halifax County holiday steadiness and Cowbell Phillips gaining honors in a short story contest.
Evelyn Scott’s new novel is praised for strong character work and a firm, clear hand. The plot follows Paul, a young mystic who rejects the upper class and the corrupt economy, his wife May, their child, and Nina who challenges their ideals. The reviewer calls it Mrs. Scott’s best fiction to date.
Clarke's Souvenir was among items bought by the newspaper and Quisenberry, whose artistic temperament drew honorable mention.
A campus symposium reveals that the last exam set was the toughest in years though grading remained lenient. The discussion notes ongoing frustration among students and echoes Emerson's adage on testing and insight.
W A McNeill, once a matinee idol in Orlando, returns to campus this term and plans to vie for a spring Romeo and Juliet role. The piece recalls Mae’s escape from Hill City and notes past stage figures B A Davenport Thelma Hill Peggy Butterfield among those who once graced local boards.
University library has secured numerous new volumes in recent weeks. Titles include Daempffert s A Popular History of American Inventions and Rufus Jones Fundamental Rules of Life. Other works cover art history drama poetry and biographies from Hawthorne to Twain and Wilson to Faraday.
The verse playfully notes Cinderella's tiny foot as the famed prize and jokes about a prince seeking a bride while asking for the foot. It also praises Thelma Phlegar and the Nevada sophomore who deflected a graduation query with humor.
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