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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
2
G. Cary White serves as Editor in Chief while Francis N. Taylor is named Managing Editor, heading the newspaper's editorial leadership team.
The document lists key newspaper staff roles including W Roland Galvin as Business Mgr and M J Logan as Assistant Business Mgr. Other positions named are Chas P Moore Advertising Mgr Mary Woodward Westh'n Bus Mgr Helen Gesse Assistant Westh'n Bus Magi John W Davis Circulation Mgr ae Mattox Assistant Circulation Mgr Guy Mattox and John W Davis vohad Business Staff Martin J Logan.
Only about 260 of 500 students have paid the budget fee, leaving over 240 unpaid. The Richmond Collegian argues the fee funds The Richmond Collegian Web Messenger and other activities like dramatics glee club forensic debating and band, warning that nonpayment endangers campus life and urging full student support.
Westhampton College students sign a protest against the state world war memorial chosen by the War Memorial Commission. The veiled count shows the sentiment of the entire student body preferring a carillon to a colonnade and reflects Richmond’s interest in cultural memorials.
A 1925 review of Elinor Wylie novel The Venetian Glass Nephew praises word color and lyrical prose. It lauds the vivid setting of late eighteenth century Venice and the magical plot centered on Alyse Luna and the fragile nephew Viteinia, weaving beauty with cautious critique.
The Richmond Collegian inaugurates Points of Interest highlighting the State Library in Capitol Square and St John’s Church in the early capital city. It notes the library’s 100000 volumes and Virginia history files plus portraits of governors and Lee. St John’s, built 1741, marks Patrick Henry’s deathless Liberty speech site and Revolutionary memory with markers and a reverent atmosphere.
The Richmond Collegian lists the business managers for campus publications. Roland Payne of The Spider Cabell Phillips of The Messenger and Roland Galvin of The Richmond Collegian are named as staff business managers for the university papers.
The Bluefield club holds its first meeting of the year discussing representation in the annual and promoting a live organization. Freshmen will learn college traditions and guide seniors as they entertain their mothers during the annual event.
Eight Westhampton alumnae and one former student wed this summer as careers and matrimony compete for decision. Dorothy Gary and Virginia Epes led with June marriages, followed by Louise Duke Mildred Pulliam Elizabeth Harden Josephine Williams Patty Martin Louise Wilkinson Gladys Lumsden and an engagement of Ebney Selden to Thomas Jefferson Seat.
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