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Richmond Collegian

Location

Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1931

Page

1

Alumni Banquet Sparks Varsity Basketball Dance Event

Last Saturday alumni hosted a banquet in the college refectory for about fifty prep and high school athletes invited to join the varsity basketball team for a game. The event closed with a dance in Roger Milhiser Gymnasium and the University Band performed with two young local musicians assisting. Coach Dobson introduced each alumnus to the crowd, naming figures such as Dave Miller and Taylor Sanford as upcoming Freshman coaches at WoML.

Roger Milhiser University Dobson Dave Miller John Marshall High School Woml Taylor Sanford

Glee Club Goes On Air At Station WRVA

Richmond College Glee Club aired from WRVA yesterday, 5:35 PM, under leader Flaxington Harker. The group performed Bach, Henschel, Andrews, Handberg, Brahms, Chudleigh Candish, and other numbers, with plans for future concerts.

Glee Club WRVA Richmond College Glee Club Flaxington Harker Bach Henschel John Peel Andrews

Seniors Entertain Sophomore Class at Westhampton Party

Westhampton College seniors hosted a January 9 birthday party for sophomores at the Red Cross Building from 9 to 11 PM after a special dining hall dinner. Seniors wore pirate costumes and red and white colors. songs and banter followed a formal sponsor and dean at the president’s table.

Red Cross Westhampton College College Isabel Harris Dean May L. Keller

Prize Essay Contest Sponsored by Schalkenback Foundation

The Schalkenback Foundation again sponsors a prize essay contest at the University of Richmond. The subject is The Taxation of Land Values. Last year the winner was Gerhard Henricksen. Prizes totaling $200 will be offered to Richmond College undergraduates as part of the foundation's single tax campaign.

Schalkenback Foundation University of Richmond Gerhard Henricksen Richmond College

Contests Announced On Bulletin Board At Richmond College

Campus bulletin boards display notices for student activities. The Web photographer completed his campus work with group photos of the Interfraternity Council International Relations Club Spider Band and Varsity Club. Debating team tryouts happen this afternoon in Administration Building Room 1 with nine minute speeches on the Chain Store System topic.

Richmond College Interfraternity Council International Relations Club Spider Band Varsity Club

Central America Topics Highlight Club Meeting

The International Relations Club held its first meeting after Christmas in Room 1 at 7 15 P.M. Chick Carbone presided and two speakers C D Sweet and Branch Echols presented on Latin American conditions and uprisings in Panama.

International Relations Club Chick Carbone C. D. Sweet Branch Echols Central America Panama

Crisis Arises in University Publication Finances

Dr McDaniel outlines the financial crisis facing University of Richmond campus papers The Collegian Collegian Messenger and Web face uncertain funding as readers are urged to note the exact status and decisions are promised in continued coverage on Page 2.

R. Publication Board University of Richmond R.C. McDaniel Board of Publications The Collegian

Richmond Students Attend National Conference in Atlanta

On December 29 the National Student Federation of America met in Atlanta. Representing Richmond College and Westhampton were G. C. Henricksen Elizabeth Pugate and Mary Hicks. The five day session featured speakers on tariff and prohibition with G W Davis Norman Thomas and Nelly Taylor Ross among the presenters.

National Student Federation of America Atlanta Georgia University of Richmond G.C. Henricksen Richmond College Elizabeth Pugate Mary Hicks Westhampton G. W. Davis Town Norman Thomas Nelly Taylor Ross

Westhampton Students Organize Volunteer Group

A student group formed on Westhampton Campus last Friday to study foreign countries and missions. Members are signed with the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions in New York or seek to become informed about missionary work.

Westhampton Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions, Inc New York

Morissette speaks at student meeting about Messenger

Bruce Morrissette editor of The Messenger told Richmond College students at the City University meeting that only two prose pieces and four poems were submitted this session. He urged more material from Richmond College and noted limited undergraduate involvement. Dean Prince addressed the smallpox situation and urged vaccination. President Henricksen read Dean Prince's letter on the chapel.

Bruce Morrissette the Messenger Monilay Richmond College University of Richmond Morrissette W. L. Prince Henricksen Dean Prince

Building program announced at chapel service

Dr. F W Boatwright spoke at a joint chapel service for Richmond and Westhampton Colleges on Friday January 9 1931 urging stronger student activities and announcing a 1931 building program. The University of Richmond plans six new buildings in 1931 including Alumni Hall Biological Laboratory Maryland Hall Girls Dorm Library and Swimming Pool with Maryland Hall and the dormitory project expected to finish by September 1931.

F. W. Boatwright Richmond Westhampton

Emmet Reid to Speak on Chemical Structures

Dr Emmet Reid professor of organic chemistry at Johns Hopkins University will address the Science Group of the University of Richmond tomorrow at 10 A M in the Physics lecture room. He will discuss The Relation of Properties to Structure in Chemical Compounds with lantern slides.

Emmet Reid Johns Hopkins University University of Richmond Princeton South Jersey American Chemical Society

Examinations Timetable at Richmond College Jan Twenty Two

Tests for English 1 and Mathematics I to be given in afternoon. First semester exams run Jan 22 to Jan 24 starting 9:00 am except English 1 and Mathematics I at 2:00 pm on Jan 23 and Jan 26. Exams last three hours. No date changes unless multiple sections. second semester starts Feb 2.

Richmond College

Westhampton Joins National Student Federation

Westhampton College voted to join the National Student Federation after delegates Mary Hicks and Elizabeth Fugate observed the Atlanta congress during Christmas. The College Government Council endorsed the recommendation, and the student body approved it at last Tuesday’s meeting. Miss Douglas Oliver, alumna and secretary of the Baptist Young People's Union of Virginia, gave a Wednesday chapel talk.

Westhampton Mary Hicks College Government Association National Student Federation of America Elizabeth Fugate Atlanta Georgia College Government Council National Student Federation Douglas Oliver Baptist Young People's Union of Virginia

Samuel Chiles Mitchell Society Elects Officers

At the January 13 meeting Bolling Ellis was elected president, EB G Pickles vice president, B W Weinfeld secretary, and Harold Hutcheson representative to the forensic council. They will be installed at the February 3 meeting.

Samuel Chiles

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Coach Dobson Richmond Singers Bulletin News J. B. Echols G. C. Henricksen Alice Carver Society For Study of Foreign Missions Morissette Maryland Hall Maryland Alumni Hall S. C. Mitchell Society
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