Bill Loren to Play For Juniors Class Of '41 Prom
Bill Loren brings his versatile orchestra to the University of Richmond December 8 for the Junior Prom. Jimmy Turkington, class president, announced the event. Mayor J Fulmer Bright will crown the prom queen, with the president of the class leading the entry. Loren recently completed a record engagement in New York and is described as a tenor of note in the Donald Nevis style. Supporting vocals are Bob Post and Rod Benjamin. The program blends sweet music swing continental rumbas tangos novelty tunes and hokum with a one hour show option.
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Bill Loren
University of Richmond
Jimmy Turkington
J. Fulmer Bright
Richmond
Loren
Queens Terrace
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Donald Nevis
Bob Post
Rod Benjamin
YWCA Sponsors Far Eastern Tea to Aid Students
The YWCA hosts a Far Eastern Student Fund tea next Monday in the Activities building from 8 5 PM. The fund supports Chinese students who fled eastern universities, walked 1000 miles to western China, and now teach in caves with limited resources. An exhibit of Chinese curios features, with Elizabeth Hale explaining key points. Louise Morrisey leads the International Affairs committee. small silver offering requested.
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YWCA
Far Eastern
China
Alice McElroy
College Head Speaks Today
Dr. Meta Glass president of Sweet Briar College and head of the Association of American Colleges will speak at the Phi Beta Kappa convocation to boost student academic achievement. The event opens with a senior faculty academic procession and marks the chapter’s first convocation outside honors.
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Meta Glass
Phi Beta Kappa
Sweet Briar College
Association of American Colleges
Glass
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Columbia University
University of Delaware
Mt. Holyoke
University of the South
Melodrama On Playhouse Stage Tonight
The University Players present the first of two performances of The Drunkard at 8 30 in the campus Playhouse. George Shackelford and Elizabeth Woodson star with Edward Middleton as the victim and Miss Woodson as Mary Wilson. Professor Alton Williams directs a 1890 style extravaganza with period songs and a large cast including Vincent Casale and many others.
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University Players
Campus Playhouse
George Shackelford
Elizabeth Woodson
Shackelford
Edward Middleton
Miss Woodson
Mary Wilson
Alton Williams
Vincent Casale
Lawyer Cribbs
Mary Sue Carter
Julia
Emmett Warriner
William Dowton
Mary Owen
Miss Spindle
Emmett Hubbard
Old Johnson
Ethne Flannagan
Mrs. Wilson
Ivan Freed
Farmer Stevens
Stuart Levenson
Farmer Gates
Mildred Howerton
Agnes Agnes Dowton
John Dalton
Seven Admitted Into Law School
Seven men were formally initiated into the McNeil Law Society at a regular meeting on Wednesday, November 8, with President Books P. Shetter in charge. New members chosen in the recent fall election were D. W. Brown, John B. Boatwright Jr., C. Lydon Harrell, T. C. Crouch, M. B. Gaskins, J. W. Pearsall, and J. P. Sanders.
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McNeil Law Society
Books P. Shetter
D. W. Brown
John B. Boatwright, Jr
C. Lydon Harrell
T. C. Crouch
M. B. Gaskins
J. W., Pearsall
J. P. Sanders
Ball Predicts Hitler's Death This Week
Dr Louis F Ball of the English department reiterates a prophecy that Adolf Hitler will die on November 19 not by assassination, though he allows it could be by assassination. He notes a March 15 forecast misalignment and offers no further future predictions. Dr Samuel Stevenson meanwhile suggests the beer hall bombing was a dress rehearsal.
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English
Louis F
Crystal) Ball
Adolph Hitler
Ball
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Samuel Stevenson
Wordsworth
Pi Delta Epsilon Opens Richmond Convention With Prizes
More than 50 delegates from 20 colleges gather at the University of Richmond for Pi Delta Epsilon activities. Six cash prizes and ten medals are awarded in editorial and news writing contests. Initiation of five UR tapees at a banquet, plus six VPI initiates, headlines the two day event with remarks by Dr. Douglas S. Freeman.
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University of Richmond
Pi Delta Epsilon
Paul Saunier
Tappees
Elizabeth Johnson
William Maner
Albert Weaver
Robert Moore
James Baggs
William Byrd
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Douglas S. Freeman
University of Richmond Board of Trustees
Richmond News Leader
Westhampton College
Marie Keyser
Richmond
Robert H. McNeil
WPI
Robert FP. Herrick
Westhampton College Alumnae Plan November Homecoming
The Westhampton College Alumnae Association announces homecoming on November 22 and 23 with a two day program. Marian Wiley serves as alumnae secretary and Mrs John C. Tyree chairs the event aided by several former officials. A climax dinner occurs Wednesday in the main dining room, with speakers including a Congo mission school teacher and Mrs Mildred Campbell Broome. Registration begins at 9 A. M. on the 22nd in the Activities building. The evening board opens with Mrs May Thompson Evans presiding. The senior class hosts a dance, and Thursday features the traditional hockey game between the varsity and old grads followed by coffee served by the Mortar Board.
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Westhampton College
Marian Wiley
John C. Tyree
Margaret Watkins
Jeannette Henna
Mary Denmead Ruffin
R. E B. Booker
Rhea Talley
Belgian Congo
Africa
Virginia Halladay
Mildred Campbell Broome
Singapore
Everning Board
May Thompson Evans
Washington
Alumnae Association
Westhampton
Mortar Board
Economic Club Movie on Telephone and Business
The Economics Association will show a film about the relation of the telephone to business at its next meeting scheduled for 12 30 Monday.
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the Economics Association
Richmond Debate Team Forms Two Man Groups
University of Richmond debate team members were divided into two man groups at a meeting last Tuesday in the Biology lecture room. Gilbert Siegal, team manager, said the squads will argue the intercollegiate topic in closed debates at the regular meeting on November 28. The resolution asks whether the United States should pursue a policy of strict isolation toward nations outside the western hemisphere involved in armed conflict.
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University of Richmond
Gilbert Siegal
United States
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WC Group
Far East
College Head
Dr. Glass
Playhouse Stage
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Dr. Douglas
Freeman
Economic Club
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