Alpha Psi Omega Establishes Here at Richmond College
The national honorary dramatic fraternity Alpha Psi Omega will install its cast at Richmond College with a banquet next week. Charter members include R N Sibold M S Shockley R W Edwards H H Dudley Elmer Potter and others. Elections will be held annually as the group aims to elevate college dramatic standards.
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Alpha Psi Omega
National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity
Alpha Psi
Richmond College
R. N. Sibold
M. S. Shockley
R. W. Edwards
H. H. Dudley
Elmer Potter
A. V. Cosolaro
D. W. Pierpont
E. Morris Crawford
G. Wellford Taylor
State College
Fairmount
West Virginia
United States
University of Richmond German Club Final Dance at Richmond
The University of Richmond German Club schedules its final dance for Friday evening June 1 at the Richmond Winter Garden Hotel. The club holds five dances yearly including Thanksgiving Christmas Midwinter Easter and Finals. The last dance runs until 3:00 A M with an extra hour of dancing and a well known orchestra.
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University of Richmond German Club
Hotel Richmond Winter Garden
Richmond College Final Chapel to Be Held Monday
Dean Prince calls all students to the final chapel in Chapel Hall at 11:00 Monday morning. Mr Prince or Dr Boatwright will speak on the past year’s success and discuss future student types. The entering class for Fall will graduate in 1932, the Centennial year, with the 1928-29 freshman class expected to be the largest. Final exam and commencement announcements will be made at this service.
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Richmond College
Prince
Chapel Hall
Boatwright
University of Richmond
Much Ado About Nothing Chosen as Commencement Play
The University Players announce Much Ado About Nothing as the 1928 commencement play directed by Emily Brown. The open-air performance Saturday night June 2 at 8 30 will use the Administration Building patio as stage, continuing the annual Shakespeare tradition.
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University Players
Emily Brown
Westhampton College
Tau Kappa Alpha Initiates Members on Monday
Initiation of Tau Kappa Alpha local chapter members will be held Monday evening May 28 on campus. Inductees include W. Lee Smith Ernest L. Honts and Dr Rolvix Harlan honorary. One student is a senior and the other a sophomore, both previously on the team that met Lynchburg College.
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Tau Kappa Alpha
W. Lee Smith
Ernest L. Honts
Rolvix Harlan
Lynchburg College
Latest Effusions of Local Literati Reviewed Severally
A literary column by J. Donald De Vilbiss surveys new verse and prose from Westham writers. The piece reflects on spring imagery, elusive youth, and the melancholy tone of poetic youth amid Dogwood Dell’s recent colors.
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J. Donald de Vilbiss
Old Westham
Dogwood Dell
Cancelled Junior Hike to Bosh er's Dam
The Junior Class hike to Bosh er's Dam scheduled for tomorrow afternoon was cancelled at a Wednesday class meeting due to a clash with other activities.
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Bosher's Dam
Pi Alpha Chooses Seven Members At Meeting
Seven Junior Class girls were elected to Pi Alpha at Westhampton College. Louise Black Elizabeth Chadler Ruth Cox Constance Foster Elizabeth Hale Helen Moon Thelma Pruden were announced May 9 in Chapel by Miss Keller. The honor requires unanimous student approval and advisory sanction. Pi Alpha embodies scholarship religious activity athletics art and school spirit.
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Pi Alpha
Chapel
Miss Keller
Louise Black
Elizabeth Chadler
Ruth Cox
Constance Foster
Elizabeth Hale
Helen Moon
Thelma Pruden
Westhampton College
Pit Alpha
Miss Beggs
Literary Societies Elect New Officers For 1928 29
Election of officers for the first part of the 1928 29 session was the main business at the final meetings of the Mu Sigma Rho and another literary society held last Monday evening in the Administration Building. Officers named include President E W Eanes Vice President W H Bennett Jr and Secretary B N Denham.
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Mu Sigma Rho Society
E. W. Eanes
W. H. Bennett, Jr
B. N. Denham
Westhampton Writer’s Club Elects New Members
The Westhampton College Writer's Club held a May 9 meeting electing Betty Harrison Dorothy Gwaltney Corinne Morecock Nancy Reynolds and Eugenia Riddick as new members. A May 16 gathering featured readings by different writers and a social hour.
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Writer's Club of
Westhampton College
Westhampton
Betty Harrison
Dorothy Gwaltney
Corinne Morecock
Nancy Reynolds
Eugenia Riddick
Math Dean Attends Southern Baptist Convention
Dr R E Gaines head of the Mathematics Department is absent from college this week to attend the Southern Baptist Convention sessions in Chattanooga Tennessee. He also serves as president of the Foreign Mission Board.
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R. E. Gaines
Southern Baptist Convention
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Gaines
Foreign Mission Board
Mammoth Water Carnival Marks University of Richmond Commencement
The ninety sixth session closes with a mammoth Water Carnival on Westhampton Lake featuring three college students groups on Friday June 1 at two pm. A Garden Party follows at five pm in the Court of Westhampton College. Rev R B Jones will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday June 3 at 11:15 am in Roger Millhiser Gym. Robert Lee Kelly will deliver the Commencement address on Tuesday June 5 at 11:00 am, with degree conferrals and honors. Rev John W Kincheloe will receive the Doctor of Divinity and Jacob Billikopf the Doctor of Laws.
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University of Richmond
Westhampton Lake
Westhampton College
R. B. Jones
University Baptist Church
Baltimore
Roger Millhiser
Robert Lee Kelly
Association of American Colleges
New York
John W. Kincheloe
First Baptist Church
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Jacob Billikopf
Omicron Delta Kappa Local Chapter Banquet
The semi annual initiation banquet of the local circle of Omicron Delta Kappa will be held at Richmond College Cafeteria tomorrow at 6:00 PM. Speakers include Dean Prince national president Joseph W. Sadler retiring local president and several faculty members. Afterward the group will adjourn to the Millhiser Gym trophy room for a concluding gathering.
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Omicron Delta Kappa
Richmond College
Dean Prince
Joseph W. Sadler
Nevitt Sanford Wins Oratorical Contest
Nevitt Sanford won the Oratorical Contest on the topic In Appreciation of Woodrow Wilson. The event was held Wednesday with W S Yorman taking second and other competitors including Norman Corbett Harrison Batkins. Sanford receives thirty five dollars first prize while Norris Norman gets fifteen dollars. The Harlequin Club announced new members Carroll Taylor Nottingham Stengel Wilbourne Neal Dickerson Phipps and an upcoming spring dance at the University Club with the College Orchestra playing from 8:30 to 12:00.
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Harlequin Club
University Club
Carroll T. Taylor
John E. Nottingham
Lewis Stengel
James Wilbourne
H. M. Neal
Ben Dickerson
Sterling Phipps
Nevitt Sanford
Woodrow Wilson
Adon A. Yoder
Chicago
Philologian Literary Society
W. S. Yorman
W. H. Corbett
Arthur Harrison
John Batkins
Sanford
Norriman
Mr. Yoder
Webs Distribution Planned for 1928 Campus Annual
The 1928 Web is ready for packing and shipping with engraving printing and binding completed. It will be distributed from the Chemistry Building basement within a week, ahead of exams. The yearbook promises new features and a campus wide theme kept secret until publication. Printing by Benson Printing Company Louisville and cover by Malley in argent and noir.
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Benson Printing Company
Louisville
Malley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richmond Winter Garden
E. L. Honts
Dr. Harlan
L. Black
E. Chandler
E. Hale
C. Foster
T. Pruden
Philologians
Sigs
Westhampton Writer's Club
Harrison, Gwaltney
Morecock Reynolds
Riddick
Baptist Meet
UY D. Mattox
J. W. Kincheloe
0. D.K
J. W. Sadler
H. M. Herman
L. Walton
Millhiser Gymnasium
Taylor
Nottingham
Neale
Stengel
Wilbourne
Phipps
Dickerson
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