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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
5
Westhampton reports mumps and flu cases among students prompting discussion on use of busy signs and health precautions. The piece mixes satire with school rumors as administrators address illness and public display of symptoms.
Plans are set for the annual banquet of the Southwestern Successful Salesmen on February 7 with prizes for Bible field work. Fifty members including seventeen veteran salesmen form the group, as recruits train under experienced workers. K. A. Pate serves as president of the local organization.
F R Swanson and W R Tanner are named as new members seeking admission to the Long Date Walk Home Club. They left their dates to catch a Westhampton car, which jumped the track outside the city limits. The pair then walked the frozen road toward Thomas Hall, while rumors say no one woke in their rooms that morning.
The Spider basketball team played three games last week winning against McGill's Catholic Union and losing to the University of Virginia and V. P. I. The squad showed grit against stronger opponents.
Anderson of the history and political science department presents the subject The European War and Christian Civilization at the Y M C A on Thursday evening.
A meeting of special students after chapel on Monday the 25th elected class officers. They will be represented in the college annual. Officers chosen: Mike Tutchinson president, Bert Robins vice president, Tom Bass secretary, Kirk Richardson treasurer, Mae Cosby historian.
Mu Sigma Rho outlines debate for next Monday on whether the President was justified in vetoing the proposed postal increase. S. T. Habel and T. L. Richardson support the veto while M. S. Shockley and M. Gouldman oppose. An illustrated lecture on ethnological discoveries by Julian D. Martin features the program.
Campus rumor says Westhampton College sophomores ordered a large shipment of a favored cologne. The 5 and 10 cent store main office confirms receipt and will ship once factory stock is reinforced, hoping the scent arrives in February.
Westhampton Alumnae Association holds mid winter meeting at Collegiate School Friday at 4 pm. Sarah Lee, class of 1923, reports the Fall term Chatterbox success and Miss Harris outlines the new Book Shop project. Mrs Henry Aylett Sampson of the Virginia Board of Censors will speak on movie censorship. Leslie Sessom, class of 1922, chairs the program and informal reception.
Jeffries Heinrich a field secretary for the League of Women Voters is spending a month in Virginia after several months in Alabama where he worked on voter outreach and registration efforts.
In Raleigh during the holidays Narcissa Riddick class of 1922 married Dr William Dewak of Raleigh. Attendants included her sister Anna Riddick and bridesmaids Narcissa Daniels Elizabeth Hardin with out of town guests Miriam Norment and Katherine Hill. The ceremony occurred at First Baptist Church and the couple will reside in Raleigh.
A dance will be given next Thursday night at the University Club by the local chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Music will be rendered by the Old Dominion Orchestra.
Outdoor satire "Bashion" set for 1845 styles with Mrs. Tiffany in French scenes. George K. Freedley as a French count, Margaret Taylor exposes a pastry cook past, Prue dence played by Gladys Wright, Anne Gordon leads as Gertrude with Lewyn Davis as Truman. Special costumes and sets prepared. last year's outdoor "Twelfth Night" drew a vast audience.
Richmond University mourns the death of Dr. S. S. Negus's mother who passed away last week at Floyd Avenue home. Dr. Negus attended her funeral in Lynn Massachusetts. Dr. Garnett Ryland and George Gay III led the laboratory work in his absence.
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