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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1933
Page
4
The university plans a campaign urging faculty administrators and students to recruit high school graduates as enrollment faces a predicted drop. The Board delays the Woman's Building contract pending $5,000 more needed, with a project cost about $55,000 and a May award target for a May–June start.
Westhampton College Glee Club will present its annual concert on Friday March 17 at eight o clock. The program features a varied mix from old Scotch ballad to Spanish tango and will be performed from memory. The event marks a major club goal with Travis as president and Harker directing the chorus and solo work.
A series of campus events spans March at Richmond and Westhampton Colleges. Notable items include assemblies at the Richmond College Chapel and the Westhampton Chapel, boxing matches with Roanoke College, Glee Club practices, literary society meetings, a Phi Delta Theta dance, vesper services, and a University Players performance of Meet the Prince.
Richmond College Y M C A votes March 15 at the Y Building for 1933 34 officers. Nominated are Ed White and Roger Grant for president Fred Parker and El Wright for vice president Vernon Richardson and Charles Arendal for secretary and Jack Moore and C E Ridgway for treasurer. Additional names may be added by cabinet eight days before the election.
At the student conducted chapel on Monday March 6 Adelaide Holloway led the program sponsored by the International Relations Club. Hazel Heming and Billy Rowlett spoke on the economy and international situation while Heming discussed the twentieth amendment and the Lame Duck Congresses. The Athletic Association president awarded varsity letters in basketball to captain Margaret Crews and teammates Jessie Neale Kittie Connor Theresa Carter Dot Leighty and Jackie Lowe with substitutes Marion West Nan Owens and Mary Mills receiving letters.
An unsigned manuscript by Catherine Dawson in the first Messenger issue was wrongly attributed to Margaret Bull. The staff expresses sincere regret for the error and appreciation for both writers’ contributions.
Gink Bowers joined the University of Richmond in 1929 after graduating John Marshall High School. He joined Kappa Sigma and worked on The Web, led the Spider Hand, served as SGA treasurer, and later as business manager of The 1943 Web. He helped run the 1043 tennis team, earned Pi Delta Epsilon membership, and will graduate with a B.S. in business administration to pursue Richmond business opportunities.
The issue critiques Madame Butterfly and other poems with strong imagery and ambitious lines. It notes vivid tragedy in The Last of the Lings and thoughtful pieces like These Acres and Cathedral while praising form in An Evening With My Great Grandfather's Books and A Child's Thought. Subtitle-like remarks discuss continuity and reader engagement.
Sir Francis Wylie former Rhodes scholar secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Fund spoke at the University convocation last Friday outlining Cecil Rhodes career and the yearly scholarships given to top American graduates. He noted Oxford’s English student body and the influence of Americans and other foreigners on Oxford culture. Three Richmond alumni have won Rhodes Scholarships though none currently attend Oxford.
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