Westhampton Homecoming Week Includes Alumnae Events
Westhampton College hosts a two day homecoming with a Governing Board meeting led by Mrs. May Thompson Evans. An Alumnae Banquet features speakers Mrs. Mildred Campbell Broome and Miss Virginia Holladay discussing American women abroad. A coed gathering, an alumnae varsity hockey game, and coffee service follow.
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Virginia Holladay
Belgian Congo
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Ruth Powell Tyree
Alumnae Association
W. A. Pennell
Melle Moorman
Leslie Jones
Mary Virginia Daughtrey
Alvin J. Babcock
Lila Crenshaw
Ann Wood
William J. Gaines
Morgan Rhythms To Climax Classic Turkey Day Game
Morgan Rhythms set to headline Turkey Day event at Millhiser gym with William and Mary students and football teams dancing to Russ Morgan and his Music in the Morgan Manner. WRVA will broadcast a 30 minute segment from 11:80 to 12 o'clock. The seventeen piece orchestra makes its campus debut.
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Poll favors Thistlethwaite in near unanimous student poll
The Collegian survey at Richmond College shows 82 percent support the return of Coach Thistlethwaite next year. Of returning voters 16 percent back him as athletic director with a separate head coach, amid the Spider eleven’s nine straight wins.
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Pre-Game Rally by Stuart Williams Sparks Campus Spirit
A wet campus scene followed by a bonfire built by freshmen. Students cheered under head cheerleader Harry Hobgood as the crowd echoed with a school yell and moved toward Millhiser gym.
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Seniors stage daring expose in Westhampton senior play
Westhampton College seniors present The Farce of 40 or Sit n Bull at the Playhouse on December 2. Admission is 86 cents. Dell Williams says the campus life exposé features an all star cast of 21 seniors led by Virginia Bugg as Peg with Roberta Winfrey and other classmates in supporting roles.
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Virginia Bugg
Peg
Roberta Winfrey
Margaret Liggon
Emma Lou Parsons
Margaret Brinson
Spiders Face William and Mary on Thanksgiving Day
Richmond’s Spiders clash with William and Mary at City Stadium on Thursday at 2 pm aiming for an unbeaten season. Arthur Jones remains sidelined with a knee injury per Dr Cullen Pitt. A win would seal at least a tie with VMI and potentially an undisputed Virginia title if VPI defeats the Keydets. Captain Ed Merrick leads ten seniors in the final game amid a fast Williamsburg attack led by Matthews Burchfield Gondak Whitehouse and Dillard.
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Washington and Lee
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John Dillard
Charlie Gondak
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Ed Merrick
Collegian Jubilee Issue Promises Record Page Count
The Collegian marks its silver jubilee next week as Virginia's Progressive College Newspaper. The 25th anniversary issue will expand to six plus six supplement pages, the largest in its history, and include reviews of University of Richmond history and the paper, plus a retrospective of major stories and editor bios.
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