U R Students Serve as Chaplains at Virginia Prison
University of Richmond sophomores Thomas Mains and Elliot Kermeyer join the chaplain staff at the Richmond prison. They will interview the 1900 inmates for 10 to 25 minutes each, noting education levels and religious backgrounds. Mains described limited awareness of wrongdoing and the death chamber, while Kermeyer noted many prisoners are unmarried or separated, with 15 to 20 percent feeling remorseful and hopeful after release.
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Bill Abernathy
University of Richmond
Virginia State Prison
City of
Richmond
Thomas Mains
Elliot Kermeyer
Richmond College
Tom Mains
Tom
Elliot Hermeyer
Elliot
Stevens To Address Biology Fraternity
Dr. John Edgar Stevens a haematologist from the Medical College of Virginia will speak on Diseases of the Blood Wednesday February 15 at 8 00 pm in room 110 Biology Building University of Richmonds honorary biological society invites all students to attend Refreshments and a Q A session will follow the talk.
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John Edgar Stevens
Medical College of Virginia
Honorary Biological Society of
University of Richmond
French Orpheus To Be Shown Wed By University Society
Orpheus Cocteau's film adaptation of the myth is scheduled for 9 30 and 7 30 on Wednesday February 15 in the Physics Lecture Room. It has won the Grand Prix de la Critique International at Venice and draws praise from Newsweek and the British Film Institute for its dramatic intensity and magical balance.
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Orpheus
University Foreign Film Society
Jean Cocteau
Eurydice
Cocteau
Newsweek
British Film Institute
BSU Chooses Mission Candidates and Plans Banquet
At the February 4 meeting, University of Richmond BSU selected Betty Wyatt and Jim Bush as Virginia Baptist Summer Missionary candidates with alternates Marti Haislip and Ellis West. They advance to a board review for Jamaica deployment. The group also announces a Feb 17 banquet at Second Baptist Church Richmond with Dr. Owen Weatherly as speaker. Tickets are $1.00.
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Baptist Student Union Council
U. of Richmond
Virginia Baptist Summer Missionary Program
Westhampton College
Betty Wyatt
Richmond College
Jim Bush
Marti Haislip
Westhampton
Ellis West
Virginia
Board of
Virginia Baptists
Jamaica
University of Richmond Baptist Student Union
Second Baptist Church of Richmond
Owen J. Weatherly
Second Baptists
Baptist World Alliance
University Players Open Comedy Rainmaker Season
The University Players debut this semester with The Rainmaker to be staged March 7 8 9 1956 at the Quonset Hut Theatre. The Texas farm family comedy features an unmarried daughter amid eligible bachelors. Cast includes James Wicker William Burch David McCants Jim Curry Barbara Matthews Lizzie Curry and others. directed by Professor Alton Williams. Backstage crew and play suggestions invited.
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Texas
James Wicker
William Burch
Noah Curry
David McCants
Jim Curry
Barbara Matthews
Lizzie Curry
Walter Dickerson
Filey Maynard Dalton
Sheriff Thomas
Wayne King
Bill Starbuck
Alton Williams
Gene Hansley
University Players
Murphy Funeral Set for Saturday in South Boston
Military funeral services for James K. E. Murphy are planned for 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in South Boston Virginia. The 1955 University of Richmond graduate and ROTC veteran died at Gilbert Field near Winter Haven Florida while on his first solo flight. He was 23. Survived by his wife Patricia Minor mother Mrs Lillie Murphy and brothers Harold and Charles Murphy.
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James KE. Murphy
First Baptist Church
South
Boston
Virginia
University of Richmond
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Murphy
Gilbert Field
Winter Haven
Florida
Richmond
Patricia Minor
Lillie Murphy
Harold and
Charles Murphy
Orchesis Recital Tonight in Keller Hall
Orchesis presents An Evening of Dance at 8:00 p.m. in Keller Hall with the principal piece A Symphony of Psalms inspired by Stravinsky. The program links movement with musical settings of psalms as a spiritual expression and reflects the group’s campus arts involvement and festival participation.
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Keller Hall
Orchesis
Stravinsky
Woman’s College of North Carolina
Frances Wessells
Grace Bloxsom
Carolyn Naumann
Ann Carol Yeaman
Macon Moring
Susanne Langer
José Limon
Modern Dance
Ralph O. McDanes Historical Society Meeting
The Ralph O. McDanes Historical Society will hold a regular meeting on Monday evening February 13 at 7 30 in the Lounge of the Student Center. Due to important business all members are urged to attend.
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Ralph O. McDanes Historical Society
Volunteers Sought for Richmond Home Mission Project
University of Richmond Ministerial Association seeks volunteers from Westhampton and Richmond College to visit the Richmond Home for Incurables with weekly trips. About 16 students currently participate, offering singing, music, a brief talk, and room visits to elderly and disabled residents. Interested individuals may contact Charlotte Murray or Bob Ellis.
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University of Richmond
Richmond Home For
Bob Ellis
Westhampton
Richmond College
Charlotte Murray
Messenger Plans Winter Reading Pleasure Issue
The Winter issue of the Messenger will feature stories poems and editorials with a bright red cover. Copies will be placed in the college shop library law school and at Westhampton for readers to collect and enjoy the new edition.
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the Messenger
College Shop
Law School
Westhampton
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Second Baptist
North Court
Baptist Student Union
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Thelma Flynn
B.S.A
Alice Holliday
Kay Ownby
Laura Green
Mary Anne Warren
Quonset Hut
Omicron Delta Kappa
ODK
Phi Gamma Delta
Historical Society
By Anne Denton
Minnies
Messenger
Harold D. Gibson
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