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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
6
A mosaic of jokes and Q A style lines features oddball answers like Guidi Din to a time puzzle, riffs about oysters and revolving doors, and classroom humor. It includes poems about girls from various colleges, a police chief quip about Governor Chafin, and playful references to campus life and contests.
The annual May Day pageant planned and directed by West Hampton College students drew enthusiastic applause. The University of Richmond audience praised the faculty backed setting Rose Arbor theater with white flowers and pastel costumes. The event featured Pierrot and Columbine, a coronation speech by Miss Butler, and a Freshman Lantern Night finale forming a giant W on campus.
Jone Stuessy and Margaret Dorsey defend the affirmative on the campus while Emeline Stearns and Mary Louise McGlathlin travel to Williamsburg to argue the negative. Stearns, a former club president, graduates in June.
Today debate Westhampton versus William and Mary at the Red Cross Building 8 PM. Supper at Murphy's Hotel 6 30. Track U of RR versus Roanoke Stadium Field 6 30. League for Industrial Democracy Dr Martins Hone SP Mi Saturday Baseball U of RR versus Hampden Sidney Stadium Wield 3 30 PM. Sunday vesper services Red Cross Building 7 PM. Monday literary societies Society Halls 7 005 PM Sigma Upsilon meet Messenger Office 3 30. Tuesday Spanish Club Westhampton Drawing Room 7 PM. Annual Song Contest Westhampton 8 PM Thursday YMCA Social Center 8 PM.
Warren A. McNeill delivered an eloquent defense oration titled In Defense of Ulusion in Hampden-Sydney Chapel before nine college representatives. Judges were Dr. Ernest I. Deal J. Taylor Thompson and J. M. Granger. Tau Kappa Alpha hosted a post contest banquet and Hampden-Sydney college students elected new association officers Dr TH M Henry president J TH Russell vice president and J B Tate secretary treasurer. The constitution now lowers fees and bars immediate repeat contestants for the medal.
Westhampton students train for the Annual Song Contest set for Tuesday night May 12. Classes wear colors and draw their required songs from a box as three judges select the best original college song to be added to next year’s song book.
A classroom scene centers on a professor who arrives late and sits apart from students, appearing to be in a class by himself. The moment highlights solitude and the professor’s unique position within the room.
Dr Douglas Vreewan editor of The News Leader spoke at the weekly Y M C A meeting held last evening in the Social Center. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity led the program and a large crowd of students faculty and friends attended. The gathering ended with songs and prayer and adjourned to meet again on Thursday May 14.
The O D K will hold a dine meeting at Murphy's with chosen members to be honored in a formal ceremony. Elections are held biannually, with the first election already conducted naming S Warren Chappell J A Tatum and Dave M Miller as members.
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