07 May 1954
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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1954
Page
1
The University Council plans a large production of the Broadway hit Good News, a gay light romance with song and dance, featuring 150 people including men and women choirs and 19 speaking parts. Tryouts begin Monday at 3 30 in the Band Building for students returning in fall.
The Richmond College Senate schedules a budget hearing Monday night in the Student Activities Building conference room. Organizations seeking 1953 50 appropriations must present detailed budgets and constitutions if available plus sponsor contact. Prompt action requested as uncashed checks slow treasurer’s balancing. Senator Bill Reynolds named President Pro tem.
The University Players stage Maxwell Anderson Mary of Scotland in Quonset Studio Theater May 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. Professor Alton Williams directs a dramatized reading with narrators and scenes. Costumes evoke Elizabethan color while sets allow swift scene changes and musical interludes bridge transitions.
The home of President and Mrs. Modlin and the twelve social fraternities host open houses with dormitories accessible for visitors. A schedule lists 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 9:00 to 12:00 a.m. events, including a reception, a baseball game William and Mary versus Richmond, a Family Weekend Ball with Charlie Scott and His Orchestra, and an Academic Procession formation. The University Mothers' Day Service conducts at Cannon Chapel with Speaker A Willis Robertson.
The University of Richmond marks its inaugural Family Week End with a Welcoming Dinner at Millhiser Gymnasium and a Mothers Day service featuring Senator A Willis Robertson. Guests from multiple states join students, professors, and Westhampton College for classes, receptions, and a final Family Week End Ball led by Charlie Scott and his orchestra.
Richmond College and Westhampton Glee Clubs announce a joint Spring Concert at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday at 8 pm. The Men's Glee Club directed by Mark Troxell will perform religious and popular favorites while the Girls' Glee Club led by Priscilla Phillips sings sacred songs and Czech tunes. The combined groups will close with selections from Rogers and Hammerstein.
The University band will present its annual Spring Concert at 8 p m in the Greek Theater. The 50 member Spider band under Mark Troxell will perform about fourteen selections with a focus on modern music.
The University of Richmond chess team lost their season finale 54 to unspecified points against the University of Virginia, ending the Spider win streak and costing them the unofficial 1954 state championship. The Cavaliers, led by the former Richmond City Chess Champion, halted Richmond’s wins after earlier defeats of Randolph Macon and William and Mary.
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