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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1963
Page
5
Reed & Barton runs a March Silver Opinion Competition for enrolled women students at select colleges. First grand award packs 400 dollars, with multiple prizes up to 2050 total, plus 100 design sets valued around 50 dollars each. Miss Beb Holland directs from South Court in Westhampton.
The Collegian reports a campus police officer uses a car without license plates or a parking sticker, and says the vehicle is insured and legal to drive with a permit. TL. B. Clarke notes some students requested the story, suggesting it may be an attempt to dodge tickets.
The Southern Conference tournament held in Richmond faces a push to relocate. Officials consider enlarging the 5,200-seat Arena or moving to Blacksburg or Charlotte Colisuem, but proponents argue the event should stay in a Southern Conference town if Richmond expands its facilities.
Look magazine reports a revolution in American education with fraternities being forced to prove their campus value for the first time this century. The Cavalier Daily notes the Feb 27 UVa publication referencing Look’s College Fraternities The Perils of Big Brotherhood.
The piece urges students to embrace bold improvised fashion for spring. It playfully suggests mixing casual campus wear with daring combinations such as a dinner jacket with a workie trouint skirt and bronze breastplates, embracing a rakish, impromptu look.
A satirical college column mocks anti British sentiment among undergrads and muses on independence talk. It jokes about Marlboro cigarettes and fashion trends while reporting a Pitt student who survived a fall using pneumatic underdrawers, though feared to starve.
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