The Collegian Messenger through War Years 1918
The Collegian notes its wartime fifth year with name changes from Messenger to The Collegian Messenger. It details student war contributions totaling $5,893 and $6,898, wartime edits, faculty changes, flu epidemic impact, memorials for war victims, and commemorations including a May rat banquet at the Richmond Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collegian
Collegian Messenger
Messenger
W. L. Tiller
Garland Gray
Tiller
H. W. Tribble
Dr. Loving
Sunday
Billy Sunday
Kaiserism
Mu Sigma Rho Society
Philologians
Richmond Hotel
Handy Recalls Paper's Start at University of Richmond
Professor Henry B Handy recalls the origins of The Richmond Collegian 25 years ago when four Richmond Academy boys proposed a school newspaper. Handy, invited by administration, supervised the first issue published November 26 1914 with editor J A Carter and associates W B Durham Dave Satterfield and J H Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrol Brauer
Henry B. Handy
Richmond Collegian
Handy
University of Richmond
Richmond Academy For Boys
Lombardy Street
Park and
West Avenues
Roger Millhiser
Richmond College
Alvah Hovey
Victor Metcalf
W. Miller
Miller
van Landingham
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Prince
Academy
Richmond Academy
Virginia
J. A. Carter
W. BE
Bull) Durham
Dave Satterfield
J. H. Wiley
Westhampton College Enrollment Hits High at 833
Recurring campus milestones include J Mark Lutz named editor in chief for next year. Enrollment peaks at 833 students at the University. Westhampton College joins the American Association of University Women. The Dramatic Club staged Alice Lit By The Fire. Peggy Butterfield and Warren McNeil led Merely Mary Ann at the Strand Theater. Tragedy strikes when Robert Paxton and Richard Brandon died in a car crash near Eighth and Baker Streets in Richmond. Diamond gift of 5000 by Rev. James Taylor Dickinson. Tree Planting Day declared for February 28 at Westhampton. Walter Merle Bixby drowns in the college lake during canoe trip. Susie Blair elected College Government president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mark Lutz
Collegian
Westhampton College
American Association of University Women
National University
Alice
James Barrie
Billie Gordon
The
Iams Law School
Eighth
Baker Streets
Richmond
James Taylor Dickinson
Baltimore
University
Walter Merle Bixby
College Lake
Alva Bloxom
Morris Davenport
Joe Cox
Bloxom
Bixby
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Susie Blair
1922 College News Highlights From Westhampton and Richmond
Drowning at the college lake introduces the 22 season as Benjamin Cobb Roark is mourned with a memorial service in the University Chapel. Westhampton and Richmond College report new secretaries, football and hockey action, and student government leadership amid a mummy exhibit and a proposed telephone link between Richmond College and Westhampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Cobb Roark
Helen Albee Mansell
Mary Lightfoot
Waverly
Ex Editor Becomes Alabama Pastor After College Career
Charles F. Leek once editor in chief of The Collegian in 1921 22 now pastors Highland Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama. He guided the newspaper through its eighth year and served as athletic editor business manager football team senator YMCA Cabinet member and university publicity bureau organizer. He studied at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and has held church and local ministerial offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Leek
Collegian
Highland Avenue
Montgomery
Alabama
Leek
Spider
The
Messenger
YMCA
Westhampton
Richmond
Southern Baptist Theological Semminary
Louisville
Who's Who
International Blue Book
Five Column Paper at Richmond Collegian under Leek 1921
The Richmond Collegian expanded to five columns under editor Charles F. Leek in fall 1921 with voluntary subscriptions. The August issue featured Millhiser gymnasium. cornerstone laid June 7, 1921. Notable events included Foch's U S visit and honorary alumnus status, Phi Kappa Sigma convention, yearbook naming, and Sigma Upsilon chapter installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Leek
Richmond Collegian
Millhiser Gymnasium
Marshall Ferdinand Foch
Richmond
United States
Board of
Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
University of Richmond
Wby
B. U. Davenport
A. B. Rudd
Thelma Hill
Louise Duke
Anne Riddick
A. G. Smith
W. T. Vandever
Also Mentioned on This Page
Loving
F. W. Boatwright
Babe Didriksons
Philadelphia
Boston
Massachusetts
Russell EB. Booker
Wilhimina Wright
Thi-Amon-Net
C. F. Leek
General Foch
Phi Kaps
Westhampton Cleaning Company
Franklin
Richmond, VA
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