Elizabeth Gill Chosen Westhampton May Queen
Miss Elizabeth Nelson Gill of Richmond was elected Queen of May by Westhampton College students. Her work in drama and campus activities earned Alpha Psi Omega and Mortar Board honors. May Day will honor the Centennial at Yorktown with Indian life themes and the play Povahontas at the Greek Theatre.
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Elizabeth Nelson Gill
Richmond
Westhampton College
Gillis
Westhampton
the Messenger
Alpha Psi Omega
Mortar Board
Yorktown
University of Richmond
Kappa Sigma Tops Fraternity Scholastic Standings at Richmond
Kappa Sigma led nine University of Richmond fraternities in the first semester scholastic ratings with a quality credits to hours ratio of 1.1297. Sigma Phi Epsilon trailed closely at 1.0250, followed by Kappa Alpha, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Omega, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta, TROPA Chikeelns, and others under the new inter-fraternity ranking system.
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Kappa Sigma Fraternity
University of Richmond
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Inter-Fraternity Council
Richmond College Inaugurates Student Officers 1931-32
Richmond College held the 1931 32 student government inauguration last Monday with retiring president Gerhard Henricksen administering oaths to new officials. Russell Whalen was installed as president and opened with his inaugural address outlining the session’s aims.
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Richmond College
Gerhard Henricksen
Russell Whalen
Payne Resigns as Collegian Editor at Richmond
Richard W. Payne Jr. resignation as editor in chief of The Richmond Collegian ends a two year tenure begun in college in 1927. He rose from reporter to editor and has led Pi Delta Epsilon, a national honorary journalism fraternity, as president.
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Richard W. Payne, Jr
Richmond Collegian
Newapaper
Pi Delta Epsilon
Donald Mann
Miss Theresa Pollak Receives Noted Art Honor
Miss Theresa Pollak, drawing and painting instructor at this university, earned special mention from Edward Alden Jewell, the New York Times art critic, for her work among 1,100 pieces in an independent artists exhibit at the Grand Central Palace in New York.
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Theresa Pollak
Edward Alden Jewell
Grand Central Palace
New York
Jewell
New York Times
Mortar Board Announces Seven New Members
Seven Junior class members were named as Mortar Board honorees during a Cannon Memorial Chapel ceremony last Wednesday. Dean Keller outlined the society values as Virginia Beck, president, led the installation and pledges to uphold scholarship leadership and service.
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Mortar Board
National
Westhampton College Dance Promised For Tomorrow Evening
Westhampton College Government sponsors a fourth dance of the year from 9 to 12 in the dining hall. The event features decorations and jazz by a snappy orchestra, with Sophomore Class and College Government Association organizing. Flolen Travis chairs the entertainment committee and Mary Ruffin Jones handles decorations. Alumni and faculty from Richmond and Westhampton are expected to attend.
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Westhampton
College Government Association
Flolen Travis
Mary Ruffin Jones
Ministerial Students Hold Annual Meet at Richmond College
Ministerial Association held its annual banquet Friday night in the Richmond College dining hall. Paul Forsythe gave a welcome address, followed by violin solo by Mary Ryland with Alice Carver on piano. Ollie Hudgins performed a solo before Rev. V. C. Hargroves delivered the evening address. Dr. R. E. Gaines presided as toastmaster.
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Richmond College
Ministerial Association
Paul Forsythe
Mary Ryland
Alice Carver
Ollie Hudgins
V. C. Hargroves
R. E. Gaines
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates Twelve Honor Students
The Sum mer School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Richmond will run this summer from June 15 to August 14 with registration on June 15 and classes beginning June 16. Examinations are set for August 13 and 14, and the school ends on August 14. Administrative officers mirror Richmond College with Dr F W Boatwright as president and B West Tabb as vice president and treasurer. The faculty are mainly Richmond College professors with Dr A Theodore Johnson from Southwestern University in Memphis serving as the only nonlocal instructor.
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Lucy Temple Throckmorton
Helen Albee Mansell
Richmond College
A. Theodore Johnson
Southwestern University
Memphis
Tennessee
Initiation of Phi Beta Kappa honor group in Richmond area
Col McAdams presided as twelve Richmond and Westhampton College students joined Phi Beta Kappa at a 6:30 initiation at the Westmoreland Club. Judge John J. Parker delivered the address after the banquet, with Alexander Weddell toasting.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Richmond
Weathampton
Thomas B. McAdams
Epsilon Chapter
Virginia
Westmoreland Club
John J. Parker
United States Court of Appeals
George Mallory Freeman
Abe Arnold Weiner
Milton J. Hoover
Highland Springs
T. Bosworth Hulcher
T. Jack Gary
Westhampton College
Mary Edith Faulkner
Urbania
University Players Set to Present Gay at Westhampton
The University Mayors will stage the spring play Gay in the Red Cross Building Westhampton. Dialogue by Boyce Loving and directed by Miss Brown feature Gay Marie Davis Annetta Betty Burns Dick Russ Whalen Bobbie McElwin Trawick Warren Charlie Broaddus Elsie Olga Pitts Milly Laura Mac Thomason Valerie Le Massurier Aunt Betty Elizabeth Gray Evelyn Solter. Two of Loving's plays The Pedagogue and The Worm were given to the Richmond library this season.
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Red Cross
Westhampton
Boyce Loving
Miss Brown
Gay
Marie Davis
Annetta
Betty Burns
Russ Whalen
Bobbie
McElwin Trawick
Warren
Charlie Broaddus
Elsie
Olga Pitts
Milly
Laura Mac Thomason
Valerie le Massurier
Aunt Betty
Elizabeth Gray
Evelyn Solter
Richmond
University of Richmond
Saint Christopher
University survey on world war debts finds split views
Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa report student opinion from Richmond on modern questions. The majority of male respondents favor cancelling wartime debts. female results show division.
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University of Richmond
Mortar Board
Omicron Delta Kappa
State Conference of University Women Opens at Westhampton
Tonight at 8 15 in the Westhampton College Drawing Room the seventh annual State conference opens with a dinner for delegates from the University of Richmond. Dr Grace Landrum Dean of Women at William and Mary. Dr Gillie A Laren Randolph Macon Woman's. and Dean May L Keller discuss care curriculum and organization under the theme Standards for the Higher Education of Women. Mrs Dexter Otey of Lynchburg leads the sessions.
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Westhampton College
American Association of University Women
University of Richmond
Grace Landrum
William and Mary
Gillie A. Laren
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
May L. Keller
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Pocahontas
Dell
Kappa Sigma
R. W. Payne
Collegian
E. C. Nininger
Board of Publications
Wayne
National Organization of Mortar Board
College Governm’t
Ministerial
W. C. Hargraves
Col. McAdams
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