20 Sep 1946
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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1946
Page
1
A campus drive gains momentum to organize a 60 member marching band with support from the administration faculty athletic department and students. Dr Modlin aims to hire a full time band director while Dean Gray coordinates student sign ups to build a strong Red and Blue band to lead game day cheers.
A call to students at the University of Richmond to memorize and sing Hail to our Alma Mater before the football game. The piece urges boosting school spirit, praising the blue and crimson, and repeating Victory as a rallying cry to strengthen team morale.
The YWCA invites freshmen and upperclassmen to join a bigger and better year. The orientation previews entertainment and service opportunities from printing letters to serving meals. Share in this friendly cooperation and join the YWCA today.
The piece argues against classifying students by groups and urges recognizing individuals. It cites John Hersey’s Hiroshima report to illustrate the danger of generalization and the value of thinking for oneself amid social pressures in college and broader society.
John Batte and Fletcher Steirs, newly appointed editors of the Web and the Messenger, urge students to join campus publications. Batte seeks assistants for the Web business manager and yearbook staff, inviting those with annuals experience or artistic skills to apply. Steirs calls for Messenger contributions and notes open staff positions for interested students from both colleges.
Westhamptonites share campus rumors and social tidbits from the first week of school. Weddings noted for Dottie James and Junie Foster. various couples are mentioned, including Mimi Anderson with Goforth and Mary Anne Peddichard with Ellwanger.
Dean Gray, an active campus leader at Richmond College and member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Alpha Psi Omega, seeks housing near the campus with his wife Mrs. Gray and their two children. They await a nearby home as they aid students in finding living spaces.
Editor notes a crowded campus news cycle and limited space prompting condensed columns and features. The note explains trimming efforts to fit the paper’s size and maintain coverage.
A campus gossip column advocates pranks and scandal as entertainment, offering cups for a prize and promising a friendship certificate exchangeable for items and favors. The item notes romances, trench coats of rumor, and mentions suspects and a tunnel rumor near Westhampton Dorm.
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