Annual Rat Banquet Brings Freshmen Crowd to Richmond Hotel
The Freshman classes of Richmond and Westhampton Colleges prepare for an elaborate Rat Banquet at the Richmond Hotel tonight at 8. Dr. Boatwright and other campus leaders will attend with speeches planned. W. B. Phillips serves as toastmaster as students travel in special cars to the event.
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Phi Alpha Rho Chapter Installed at University of Richmond
The Rho Chapter of Phi Alpha fraternity was installed at the University of Richmond last Friday afternoon with ceremonies at the Richmond Hotel. Attendees included Dr Boatwright, Dean Prince, Professors Ryland and Barnett, plus visitors. The Jefferson Ball closed the day as the formal highlight. The chapter is the seventeenth Phi Alpha chapter, with other chapters at New Hampshire, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, and Mu Chapter at Virginia. Charter members include Sam Bank Moe Baroff Morton Meyer Mitchell Meyer Dave Miller Meyer Vitsky Willie Wilking, with Mitchell Meyer elected president.
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Willie Wilking
Westhampton Faculty Stunt Night Planned for March 6
The annual freaky stunt night at the Red Cross Building on March 6 will reveal whether Dean Keller is dragged across the stage or if modest faculty members will leap from a burning building. Faculty undecided on excitement versus unveiling hidden student talents. Proceeds support Westhampton College building fund.
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Westhampton Club Presents The Egyptian Princess Operetta
The Glee Club of Westhampton College stages The Egyptian Princess a new operetta with solo parts filled by Mrs Harker's students. The opening act shows girls embroidering festival banners for a king and army return while Alma the Irish princess and Tabulon provide comic misfires. Herub the soothsayer forecasts Alma's freedom adding intrigue.
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University of Richmond Writers Contest Opens For Submissions
The Writers chapter of Sigma Up silon announces a short story contest for University of Richmond students. Prizes of ten and five dollars will go to the top two stories submitted between February 10 and April 1, each under 3,000 words. Judges include Dr May L Keller and H B Handy with results and winning stories to appear in The Messenger.
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Westhampton College
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Richmond College
Tau Kappa Alpha Convention Held At Hampden-Sidney College
The Virginia State Chapter of Tau Kappa Alpha will hold its annual convention at Hampden-Sidney College in Farmville Virginia today and tomorrow. Herbert Smithers a prominent member will represent Richmond College at the gathering.
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Richmond College
Politicians Busy as Election Nears on Campus
Political aspirants on the campus cast hats into the ring of would be servants of the public. Many names submitted for office as friends and political helpers work to sway voters. Conflict grows between Jeter Hall Thomas Hall and town men as minds turn to the election next month’s first Tuesday.
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Local Tenor to Sing at Colonial Theater
Eugene West a Richmond College student will perform at the Colonial Theater next week. He is a member of the University Glee Club and a tenor of unusual ability who has appeared in recitals in Richmond and other Virginia cities and at the Ginter Park Christian Church. Many Richmond College students are expected to attend.
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National Fraternities Compete for Silver Scholastic Cup
The Inter-Fraternity Council will award a silver cup to the campus fraternity with the highest average in class work. Monthly grades from Dean Prince will determine standings, published in The Richmond Collegian. The plan aims to boost fraternity academic efforts and includes terms for ownership after consecutive wins.
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Kenneth Walden
Spiders Open Winter Track Season At Invitation Meet
Coach Dodson’s Spider runners begin a promising season at the opening winter track meet tomorrow night. About 327 entrants from nine colleges and universities will compete in the indoor carnival, with twenty-two high and prep school teams in the junior division. Relay heats pit Yale against Maryland and North Carolina, while Virginia freshmen race Baltimore’s quartet. Hampden Sydney faces Randolph Macon in a local dual, and the program’s feature is the quarter races between Westhampton and an opposing school.
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Debaters to Vie in Preliminaries for Morgantown Trip
Preliminaries will be held in the chapel next Friday at 1 o clock to select three men for the trip to Morgantown for a debate with the University of West Virginia during the first week in April. The local team will defend the negative on the Supreme Court override issue and has arranged a Furman debate on April 10.
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