07 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1936
Page
1
Readable calendar notes list a Friday convocation at Can non Memorial Chapel a junior class prom at Westhampton a sophomores dance a vesper service and a senior class meeting plus a rigmarole rehearsal in the Playhouse with times mostly given as 12:40 9 7 12 80 and symbols obscuring exact figures.
The Class of 1937 hosts the Junior Prom tonight from nine to twelve in the dining hall with a new music box system. Bernard Dabney leads the figure with Margaret Harris escort Jack Miella as officers and class leaders participate. Proceeds benefit the organ fund. A Sophomore Class dance follows Saturday with green and white decor and multiple ticket outlets.
Freshmen will vote by secret ballot after assembly in Memorial Chapel on Monday, February 10 for a permanent president. Margaret Mitchell is absent. Margaret Harris, the junior vice president, will preside. A temporary chairman is elected in October, with permanent posts filled after students settle in.
The Board of Trustees plans a campaign to raise 600 000 for Westhampton College gym and a central university library on the Richmond College campus. Alumni have contributed 54 600 to the student activities building. Construction on the gym is underway and due for fall semester, while library work awaits full funding.
Westhampton Y WCA sponsored a piano recital in the drawing room on Tuesday evening February 4 at 7 16. Gladys Caswell announced the numbers. Christine Duling opened with Bach Prelude in C. Pupil list includes Charlotte Saxe Mary Virginia White Helen Miller Ruby Danner Allen Ryland and Marguerite Hall.
Ellis Miller, Richmond College senior, was named to the Honor Council by Student Government president Charles Ryland and awaits Senate ratification. Miller, a math major, graduates with a Bachelor of Arts in June and teaches math classes while earning high honors. The appointment fills a vacancy left by Ernest Gearheart after his graduation.
Westhampton College peers approved revisions to the college point system at a College Government Association meeting. A key change awards ten points to Mortar Board’s president, prompting questions about eligibility since many members hold offices. Plorence Marston, Mortar Board president, noted member offices typically total twelve points.
Interfraternity Council schedules the annual midwinter dance with dates set for February 28 and 22. After Coach Thistlethwaite permits gym use, The Rigmarole moves to March 6. Omicron Delta Kappa secures partial lifting of Dec 1 to Mar 1 gym ban. Orchestras include Davies Kardos Becker Dalley Renard Britt Staffon Naylor Cashman. Prices depend on chosen orchestra.
Eugene Drucker a Richmond College student will address the Philologian Literary Society in Room Ak of the Administration Building at 7:80 on Monday February 9. The talk will draw on Drucker’s experiences in Japan and focus on domestic life rarely discussed. Everyone is invited.
Joseph Matthews and the Richmond Sabbath Glee Club return for a second 1912- era appearance at the regular Vesper Service Sunday at seven in Cannon Chapel. The group, noted for preserving Negro spirituals, includes fifteen tenors and fifteen basses and travels for school benefit performances.
Roosevelt and others praise the Sabbath Glee Club for its work. With Columbia Recording Company backing, their repertoire has been recorded and archived at the Library of Congress and Princeton University. Concerts have drawn favorable comment.
Richmond College debate manager George L. Harper unveiled a broad 25 debate schedule through western Virginia southern states and Florida. Debaters Noah Fehl J Arendall and Clyde Hardy lead the trip starting February 18 with Bridgewater Lynchburg and Roanoke Colleges on the plan.
Medford Massachusetts Tufts College trustees accept the resignations of geology head Dr Alfred C Lane and economics head Dr Earle M Winslow who refused to fully endorse the Massachusetts Teachers Loyalty Oath Law. President Dr John A Couzens said noncompliance would threaten the college charter.
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