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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1925
Page
2
Published Every Friday Goes to Press Tuesday Night lists Cary White as Editor in Chief and Francis N Taylor as Managing Editor along with a full business staff including Edward H Pruden and Ch D Moore. The document names multiple editors and staffers and notes association memberships.
The University of Richmond Messenger faces student apathy in submitting stories and poems. Sigma Upsilon has launched a short story contest with prizes to boost contributions and raise the college publication to top state standards.
Morris J. Milner retires as Editor-in-Chief of The Richmond Collegian after four years of steady duty and high standards. His policy emphasized cooperation, stronger news composition, and overall improvements boosting mechanical and literary quality of the paper.
A playful note suggests Tony Sarg Marionettes offer value and recreation before study. The piece compares past performances and hints at varied costs, while musing on fashion, age, and imagination as sources of vagabond thought. It mentions Keats and distant beauty in a reflective tone.
The author critiques fatal allure in modern novels and heroines, suggesting explanation in scientific terms. Ben Hecht uses a term once common at livery stables and street gauges to name a space. He contends fashion shifts like skirt lengths have little impact beside rising prices.
The piece argues that fashion influences youth only so far and that haircuts matter more than clothing. It notes ill ill in fashion and suggests some poor shows profit from appearance while clothes themselves are overrated.
A playful note praising Taylor Farsier, dubbed the old sheik, with a cheeky quip that she knows how to charm any girl.
The Jockey Club marked Founders' Day with incense for Indian Joe That Indian guide and the Swiss Riding Master. News note mentions J. Godwin finishing Endymion and Dr. Melton's address at Richmond College. The piece critiques religious interpretations at a camp meeting while praising a measured spiritual appeal.
A 1924 critique lauds Francis Carco's The Hounded Man as a fine psychological study of fear and crime. Lampieur the baker and Leontine the prostitute are sharply drawn, with exotic market scenes and night trains creating a vivid backdrop for intense drama. The review says the novel ranks among the finest psychological works of recent years.
A librarian releases a catalog of new books including O Henry Prize Stories 1924 Furness Variorum Shakespeare Midsteamer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Cymbeline and volumes on American literature by Goode Shannon and Mayne Tara Antigonus Gonatas Woodrow Wilson papers and other works by Hawthorne Keynes Trollope Sedgwick Prescott and more. The collection covers literature history economics and finance from prominent authors and institutions.
The Alumni Association of Richmond College held its annual banquet at the Jefferson Hotel Palm Room. After speeches by Lt Governor Ellyson Attorney General Pollard and President Boatwright the alumni welcomed college guests including football basketball debating teams and the college quartet. Stern was elected president Prince vice president and Dean secretary and treasurer.
After the varsity photo, the track and basketball squads unanimously chose Perry L. Mitchell to lead the 1916 basketball team and Walter E. Durham to direct the track team. New members report for practice under coach Dobson as Wiley previously captained that year.
R Gaines spoke on The True Meaning of the Every Member Canvass. Ee N Gardner discussed The Relation of the Ministerial Student to His College. Gardner urged greater involvement of ministerial students in college activities.
A summary slate for the upcoming elections lists John T. Coburn as president with Walter K. Allen as vice president Claude Boyd as secretary and William HH Bagby as treasurer Weston Bristow serves as secretary of missions in the ranked ticket
Sophomores enjoyed a royal reception hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Boatwright with strong help from Mr. and Mrs. West Tabb. Faculty in attendance included Professors Olmsted and Elder and Doctors Powers Norman and Gaines. Dean Keller and Miss Beale acted for Westhampton faculty.
A compiled list of historical works including Taussing Tariff History Harris and Butt on Scientific Research and Human Welfare Cunningham on Problems of Philosophy Debate Handbooks on Cabinet Government Child Labor and Supreme Court Hale Handbook of Business Correspondence McGarrah Model Church Finance Agar The Competent Church Strayer Reconstruction of the Church Local Church Efficiency Clement T Goode Byron as a Critic Clement and Dr Shannon Atlas of English Literature.
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