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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1935
Page
2
Advertises semi weekly single copies at five cents each and various subscription rates including thirty issues for one dollar and two year plans. Lists payment to The Richmond Collegian University of Richmond Virginia and notes second class matter status dated November 8 1916 with staff names Mina Karp Ramielant as assistant editor and business manager.
A quotation from Goldsmith on December 3, 1935 argues that candour fortitude charity and generosity are not virtues in themselves without justice guiding them. It warns that without moderation these traits become indiscretion obstinacy imprudence and profusion.
The Collegian notes relief as the Board of Publications awards contracts for the 1936 Web. Delays burden the yearbook staff, now able to resume work. Photographs of Richmond College and Westhampton students are scheduled, with urging cooperation to finish within two weeks.
On Tuesday November 26 a group of boys claiming to represent the University of Richmond Student Body painted figures and symbols on the new athletic stadium at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Editorial comment follows from the incident.
The Collegian condemns recent vandalism at the new stadium and denounces the crude act by a faction of students. The university public voice and student body oppose such actions and reject the implication that the studentry tolerates this conduct.
Westhampton students hail a move by the co-ordinate sophomores to end Rat Court and freshman regulations for the current session. The Collegian notes similar issues at Richmond College, urging other schools to drop coercive rat rules as a sign of evolving campus culture.
In a remarkable moment, Jimmy Bair of R-M earns a rare spot on the Big Four special amid crowded sleepers. Propps, Zable and Formwalt are noted as ends, with talk of surprised linesmen and packed coaches.
A satirical piece imagines an eight page Collegian twice weekly with full readability. It proposes shifting dances off campus, hosting house parties, hiring entertainers for midwinter and finals season, moving Tavern, abolishing the Rat System, and adding a humor course while critiquing current editorial limits.
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