Alumni Homecoming Draws Small Crowd at UR
Returning graduates enjoyed a weekend of golf, dinners, a variety show and a worship service at the University of Richmond Homecoming. Golf winner Harry Lea led 89 golfers with a 75 on the James River Course while attendance remained notably modest.
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Harry Lea
Lea
James River
Country Club of Virginia
Commedian
Lonnie Shorr
John Clayton
R. Stuart Grizzard
Clayton
University of Richmond
Westhampton
Keller Hall Green
Leslie Booker
UR Queen Celebrates A Birthday Crowned Homecoming Queen
Peggy Peters, a University of Richmond senior, was crowned Homecoming Queen a week before her 21st birthday. She said the honor outshined prior runner-up status and noted the court’s extended reign with strong public relations use. Her fiance Tom Forehand escorted her, with Martha Schoonover Maid of Honor and several princesses named.
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Peggy Peters
Peggy
Perry
Doug Hill
Channel 12
Aubrey N. Heflin
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
U of R
T. ©. Williams School of Law
Tom Forehand
Martha Schoonover
Westhampton College
Anne Powers
University College
Joan DaVanso
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Carol Schreffler
Business School
RC and WG Students December 2 1972 Saturday At Keller Hall
A dispatch notes a program for RC and WG students scheduled Saturday December 2 1972 at Keller Hall. The listing frames the event as a campus gathering with no further details.
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RC & WG
Fire Damages Virginia Institute of Scientific Research
A chemical explosion and fire at the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research on River Road caused about 100000 in damage. Dr P Acharya was cut by glass but no others were hurt. 11 fire trucks battled the blaze as cabinets and notebooks were destroyed and months of work lost.
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Virginia Institute For Scientific Research
River Road
J. Samuel Gillespie
Institute
Acharya
Gillespie
Dwight Shamblee
Dr. Acharya
Shamblee
Police Change Parking Rule
Police Chief Robert G. Dillard announced a weekend parking rule allowing students to use faculty spaces in the faculty lot from 6:00 p.m. Friday to 6:00 p.m. Sunday. The change excludes spaces marked reserve or with faculty names, with reserves to be posted if special events require it.
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Robert G. Dillard
Dillard
Absence Rule Questionnaire To Be Sent
Questionnaires will be sent to the faculty to evaluate the effects of this year's suspension of holiday absence penalties. The faculty will be asked to agree with statements about absenteeism and its impact on classes. Professor J. J. Taylor expects the measure to be abolished. No action will be taken until next spring. Academic probation students must attend. freshmen may opt to count holiday absence as a regular limit.
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J. J. Taylor
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Keller Hall
Charles Be, Glassick
Butterfield
Heflin
Butterfield Research Institute
BURNS
Fire Department
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