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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
3
A campus columnist notes the growing use of the bridge as a social rendezvous for students. The piece jokes about parking, calls for more social spaces, and lauds the planned Woman Building as a future center of campus life.
Last weekend at Burkeville Suffolk and Westhampton events featured visits by guests including Miss Cornelia Goukd and Miss Marinda Comer. Theta Chi and Sigma Phi Epsilon hosted dances with Westhampton attendees such as Misses Winifred Laurie Kathryn Harris and Jane Little. A Kappa Sigma bridge party drew many Westhampton girls among the guests.
Charles Broaddus outlines college fraternity issues at a conference noting funding, freshman pledges, rushing practices, and interfraternity councils. He cites schools like Pittsburgh Purdue and Center College with varying rules and prizes for scholarship gains. Local and national chapters discussed include Lambda Chi Alpha Theta Chi and Phi Kappa Sigma among others.
Edith McDanel, Mary Ryland, Gertrude Dyson, Etta Whitehead, Betty Bailey, Greee Rowland, and Katherine Lugar are named among the social roster. The notice includes Allen as a participant or organizer in the society circle.
A dialogue fragment features Dr X asking for the boy’s name and the reply Moses sul. The exchange highlights a playful or ironic moment centered on names and biblical references.
Bids are invited for the construction of Maryland Hall a two story Collegiate Gothic dormitory to be placed between the Red Cross building and the existing dormitory on the Westhampton campus Charles M Robinson the campus architect designed the plans The hall will feature a large social center with drawing rooms and date rooms and will display the Maryland state seal on its entrance The project follows the Cannon Memorial Chapel Luther Jenkins Greek Theater and Physics building as part of the University of Richmond growth on its Westhampton campus
A jumble of college humor and campus quirks about freshmen, pranks, a speech on dial systems, road name jokes, and light banter on winter sports and social life. The piece weaves playful anecdotes, student slang, and campus characters.
Professor Taylor head of Oberlin College Physics visited Richmond College last Saturday to inspect the new Physics Laboratories. He tours Atlantic coast colleges for ideas for Oberlin’s next year project and praised glazed brick walls, compact lab layouts, and dynamo lab electricals. He noted Oberlin’s lower physics enrollment compared with Richmond. He earned a BA at Grinnell College. He found parallels with Dr Albright of Coe College Cedar Rapids and Dr Loving formerly at Cornell College.
Notes on George Sylvester Vierick and Paul Eldridge new novel Koatikokura from the Two Thousand Years series. Mentions other works, literary opinions, and social commentary including Bertrand Russell and Lady Astor.
A festive note offers season’s greetings wishing readers a merry Christmas and a joyful noon year, sharing warm wishes for the holidays.
Rufus H Darden elected MU Sig president for next semester at a quiet secret ballot meeting. Other officers named include Stanley Jones as vice president and L B McKenney as secretary with George Schools as Forensic Council representative. Some ballots required a second count.
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