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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
4
A satirical column from Columbia University circles humorously comments on faculty volleyball, scholarship politics, and campus fads. It notes Furman University games and a Westhampton Varsity Club hockey match, while hinting at social pressures and censorship. The piece closes with a quip about Coach Crenshaw’s maxim and a mockster’s critique of campus life.
The report notes additions to subjects at the evening school of business administration including real estate advanced accounting and French among others. It also mentions new faculty recommendations and a growing student body with many employed individuals pursuing a degree in the evening program.
J O R debaters win over Lynchburg as White defends exclusion clause and the audience remains tense. Lynchburg team L W Riley and Virgil E Lowder are noted as top debaters. debate on whether the United States is justified in its present Japanese exclusion policy. Judges include Claude W Campbell of Baltimore and Henry R Miller.
The thirty-ninth annual convention gathers representatives from major U S and Canadian universities with historians from Richmond College Westhampton College and the University of Richmond. Jefferson Hotel serves as headquarters as Cambridge and Oxford send over twenty-five delegates for college matters of vital concern.
The report outlines a rigorous drills phase with captain Dave Miller guard Skinny Bell and center Joe De Motte forming the nucleus. Freshmen Garland Sharpe and Pete Peterson from John Marshall High join the squad as possible varsity peers and centers.
Dr. Giles Palmer presided as the ruling favored the substitute plan proposed by the visiting team. University representatives A Stephan Stepanian and Edward H Pruden argued for the gentle men’s agreement and quota limits while Lynchburg speakers A T DeGroot and Edgar A Potts presented the home team case.
Dr Joseph T. Watts, a Baptist leader in the state, spoke to the Ministerial Association Tuesday night in the English room. A large audience heard him as the group held its final meeting before the holidays.
After the holidays the 1924 Spider basketball team will return to real work under Coach Dobson. Veterans Miller Bell and De Motte form a nucleus for the season with Miller touted as one of the state’s flashiest players and a likely standout in the Red and Blue uniform.
Sammy Banks from Mae Pitt's Fluganna Institute and Sibold edge into forward and stationary guard roles. Al Spores from New Haven and Dorsey Fick formerly of Augusta Military Academy join as guard options. Buzey Oppleman of Richmond and other prep stars headline the tryouts. Scrubs Ragazzino Fleming Sanford Hoshall and Charlie Dillon seek revival bids.
The article notes the unanimous choice of guards by state coaches for an all state team. Bell and De Motte are praised as skilled cage artists with De Motte strong at center last year and Bell as a notable forward. Hoshall returns as a substitute plus fresh talent including Siboled Banks Peerson and Sharpe from Fork Union and John Marshall with several earning spots on the all state prep school five last year.
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