'The South's 'Best • 'By the Students, College t:t+(ewspaper ID r ling-tum t For tire Students Z-779 Washington and Let. University Semi-Weeldy
VOL. XLIII LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940 NUMBER 56 Eddy Duchin's Band Signed as Finals Feature; Hobson Awaits Final Word on Red Nichols · ~Magic Fingers of Radio' To Play for Two Dances, Concert; Opener Unsigned
Eddy Duchin's tcMagic Piano Fingers of Radio" will blend Dorm Councilors with Red N ichols' tcTor ridTrumpet Wailing to theFour Winds" in a ~out for the soph- ond ballot, defeating Bill Martin, Soule, N. C. Stceulnnd. Edward H. the subscription drive." This will be the first time the omore vice-presidency. Phi Delt, and Ken Clendaniel, PI Trice, Robert T. Vaughan. and student body hears the club In a Duchlo Is Featured The elections followed two weeks Phi. Gordon E. \'On Kalinowski. formal recital and will be next to of campaigning with more than ------Duchln, a perennial mainstay In 35 candidates entered for the 20 Inman Heada Sophomores the last time that the club will sing the world of down-beat and met this year. ronome and voted ''society's favor class o1!lces. Connie Inman, Phi Kap, won American Arts Las& Concert 8aturda.v Ite orchestra" w111 be the featured P anou Ia President the sophomore presidential eler tlon over Cal Bond, Delt. and Bob The last concert will be Satur band, playing for the Senlor· Dick Parsons. non-fraternity. Tyson, Beta. In the count for the OnUpgrade day night at Sullins college In Alumnl ball on June 6 and the col elected president of the sen was vice-presidency as announced last Bristol, Tenn. The girls will enter- orful Final ball on June 7. The lor law class. defeating Charles 1 afternoon concert. tentatively an night Darby, PI Phi, led Alverson, , EDDY DUCHIN'S " Magic Piano Fingers of Radio" will fea- :~ce~enJ ~:ei;•:~bd~~le: :,0~P~ Bowles, Delt. Louis Paterno. non non-fraternity, by a few votes. Jim Untermeyer 1 outdoor all'alr. will be under f raternity, and Barney Foreman, A Priest. non-fraternitY. defeated rure Bobby Hobson' s Final set Jun 5, 6, and 7. Duchin will pear 0 the na am M of t .. Duchln's personal direction ns twi PiKA. Cll11 Curtis, PI Phi, was un "Wlthln the last forty years. or. n pr.,..r · any "'"' Jim Walker, Sigma Chi, for sec generally speaking, since 1900 the p lay for the " Sunset Serenade," Senior ball, and Final ball. singers plan to spend the ni&ht In llght 18 cast across th e verdant oppoaed for the vice-presidency of retary of the clasa. arts In America have become Red Nichols is tentatively scheduled for the opening night. Bristol and return by daylicht. front lawn next t() bJstorlc Lee the claas. Galloway, a non-fraternity man American." L o u Is Untermeyer. This will be the 18th performance chapel. Scheduled for the al ter Bedinaer, Kappa Slama, who and the sophomore executive com pact, editor, a nd lecturer, told a of the club this year. noon of June 8, It wlll be the noted was elected executive committee pianist's opening performance or mitteeman. was opposed by Stan W&L audience In Lee chapel at 8 At the concert at Radford last man, won out ln a three-cornered c 1' • J s ht his two-day tenure. McCullOUih, DU, and Dan Wells. o'clock lnsl night when he SPOke om romtse s oug Friday two encores Were SUDC by race over Dick SOuthworth, Lamb Sigma Nu. Joe Lee, PiKA, was on ''This American Language." the club and the girls organized a Nichols, protagonist of the wlerd da Chi, and John Alexander, PbJ trumpet, will wall to the four walls elected blatorlan · in a four-way "And." continued Untermeyer. dance afterwards. Kap. Pedro Rodrigu~. non-fra B Aud" ~t 0 • • race w1tb Laird Shull, SAE, Ernie "until our arts know that they ·1\' •t an 'hho~~·t•on The Glee club tbla year has been of tropically-attired Doremus gym ternity. and Bowles were elected Smith, PbJ Pal, Corneal Myers. Phi come or the people. by the people. I , r r ~, , under the dlrectton of Professor nasium on opening nJght, June s. eecretary and hiatorlan. respec Kap, also running. and for the people, and are re- John 0 . Varner. Ross Hersey Is With one of the greatest •·come tively, by acclamation. spected, America wUI have for- Oppanents the Interfratcr- nudltlng of all house books and president and Robert Espy, busl- back" outtlts In the business. Nich Student BodY PresJdent cecil ot elgn art.s in place of her own." nlty council's plan for the syste- for the suspension of delinquent ness manarer. ols' prowess In orchestral work Is 8&• Han& Unoppoeed Taylor said this afternoon that a matlc auditing and COil ell Of members' house privileges and ------Indicated by the fact that he In the Intermediate law class new vote might be ordered In the our lananuge Is one of our llv- e on " f temtt t h d 1 d University credits, mnrks, and dl· comes to Lexington direct from Bob Howard. PIKA, defeated Bud· conteated eleotiona by the execu llest arts and Is pursuing a. path ra Y accoun s are sc e u e plomas. Publications Board New York's Famous Door, via nr d y Palermo. Lambda Chi, for the tive committee or that the ballots dUTerent and more colorful than to seek a compromise In the form ranaements with Moss and MCA. preeldency and Charles Landrum, migh t be recounted and the elec that or the English laniJUare. con- of a clause Umltlng the plan's ap- Clau~e Unpopular Names Bartenstet"n ATO, was named vice-president tion of one of the candidates cer tlnued untermcyer. T en to twenty plication to houses which want It Further opposition to the meas- Appeared Here In '37 over Bob Hud110n. Phi Pal. But Ufted. years ago a resurgence occurred at tonight's council meeting In the ure has resulted from the clause T EC p Several dance-set leaders have In American poetry enlivening it Student Union building. which requires a unanimous vote Q Dabney, Phi Psi, was elected sec The student body constitution OSition attempted In the past three years retary without opposition. Barney provides that in case election re with practlral Ideas and proving Backers of the plan were ex- of the chapter to withhold a mem- Fred Bartensteln was elected to recall Eddy Duchln tor hill Parrler, Slam a Chi, defeated sults are contested the tlnal de that the poet l.ll more gifted than pected to go into the meeting with ber's na.me from the delinquent executive committeeman of the " party call" since his smas h-hit ·rn of artist partJclpatln"' enough house votes to insure the llst, and from that which auto- Charles MJdelburr. PEP. for the cision shall rest with the executive any fol lln performance at 1937's Fancy Dress ... a critic and Interpreter In the.. measure's passage, but observers m a tl cau Y suspend s a d e quen t's publication board yesterday after- position of hlatorlan. committee. ..., houae p lvil Oth h b noon. and Profes.'!Or John Hlaglns ball, but booking has always s truck Campbell, a KA. and Brown. Comnlon. lluman, American scene today said that a comproml!e " r egrs. ers ave o • a snag until the recent arrange ------of t hou(! ht and a ction. might result if the representatives JPcted on the ground s tha t the Williams was named to replace BAB, were oppoeed by Harry Butta, whole plan Is a question of ''ad- Dean Frank J . Gilliam as alumni ments were closed, also under Formerly America was endowed 0 f several h ouses vo Ice d protest representative on the board. Pbl Gam. who wu eliminated aft· Pacific Northwest Sees •• agalnst its approval. mlnlstratlve Intervention" In era- MCA. The ace pianist. who prob er two b&llota, for the executive Nomination of McNary only wrth trand Ill onal ar ..... co1 on- tc>rnlty affairs. such objections The board elected Benton Wake- ably reaches the happiest medium eommattee post. tally lnlluenced . from the Old Vaa * Wa&er OppeetS would be removed. It was pointed field as president. Homer Jones, Possible between swlna and sm ooth In Junior elections Stu Hunt, Here u 'Happy Omen' World. Our mus ic came from Oer- Ken Van de Water. PI Phi houo;e out. If the plan were made volun- vice-president, and Jim McCon- arranaements. has been on an ex Pbl Delt, was unopposed for the 1be news of the nomination of man conservatories. our painting manager and one of the leaders or tary. nell, secretary. tended engagement In the fashion prelldency, and Walt Downle. Senator Charles L. McNary for from Italy, our literature from the plan's opposition, said thl!l Tom Ma rtin. manager of Delta Dr. Larkin H. Fartnholt was a ble Persian Room of New York's 8llma Nu, was elected vice-presi president at the Waahlnaton and England, ou r sculpture from morning that "a house should not Tau Dt>lta and a member ot the elected to succeed himself for an- Plaza hotel. dent on the second ballot over Lee Mock convention has been Or ece a nd Rome. be required to submit to the plan committee which fonnulated the other two-year tenn as faculty The more-veteran campus ob- Olen Toalson. KA. after Oeorae "accepted In the Paclftc Northwest The palnt.cr during this tran- unless that house Is In bad ftnan- plan, defended Its compulsory ap- member of the board. servers can recall the tremendous YcK&J, Pl Phi. was eliminated. as a happy omen," according to an slllonal perlqd required the sight clai shape or unless reparts of In- pllrallon to all houses In a state- Bartensteln Is a non-fraternity reception accorded Duchln in '37 Tom Plemln&. non-fraternity, who article written from Portland, of the blul' Mcdlt.,rranean before debtedness to town merchants ment to Tht Rlng-tum Phi. "A lntennedlate lawyer, and was ex- when his grand plano electrlnl'd was opposed by Dan Lewis, allo Ore.. In Sunday's New York he could paint a proper shade or makes an Investigation advisable... h oust~ which Is In bad shape ml&'h t ecuUve committeeman from his a record number of Fanclly 0 1'('88· nmea. blue, nnd bellcv d that the left Other of the measure's opponents not clf'sl re or have S('nse enough cla..o;s this year. He Is an ODK and ed Wa.shln(!ton a nd Lee students. The situation that occurred at bank of the SE'I uo offered the only have expressed similar sentiments. to submit to the plan." he snld, was buslne.ss manager of the Lew Sherwood, the slnginiJ trum the Mock convention ls exactly desirnblc mak•rlnJ for the par- The plan, dr-a wn up by a spe- "nnd n hOUS(' which Is In good Southcr·n Collealan last year. peter who led the way In several Coming Up ... what the McNary supporters hope traltur·t> or nudes. " No nudes 1s cla.l committee and preRenlt>d to shop<' C<'rtalnly will not be harmed Wake fi eld and Jones are bus!- numbers Including the famous will happen at the Republlcan na- (lood 11\ld(•s,'' vunnNi Mr. Unl.e r- Interfraternlty council members any by havi ng Its books audited neS/1 ma nagers or the Calyx and "Stormy Weather" arr·angement. tlonal convention, for, accordtna l Jnntlnued on paae four last week. call~ for the mon thly regularly." Rinr-tum Phi, respecllvely, and Is still with the band and will ))(' welcomed back to Lexington. TONI G HT to the article, "The strategy or McConnell Is editor or the Calyx. Interfratemlty council meet .,..,naaA t or Mc Nary enth us.-IA •ts is T b d s . I F . 1 w k The board passed a rullniJ re- Many still contend that Duch- Ina. S tudent Union, 7:30. buedthecoonnvenhotlpeons beoftwaeedneadthlocektwaot rou a ours wtng nto tna ee Quiring monthly reports from nll In's renditions of the "Washin gton TKI m e e t i n 1 , Chemistry editors and business mana&ers on and Lee Swlna" nnd "Collt'llt' d lna t did t Yr Dewey Frtend.shlps'' have not been sur- ~lldlna . 7:30. om n can a es, . the progr~s or their publications. P&.'ISed since. His "Colleae Frlf'ncl- G&ee club rehearsal. Troub Of p . r (Of M. d M ' ~~: h:r:-::: ~:r~re-:y as~:~~ I reparatton I Or tee an en :~~0~~ lhe WOlk or their Junior ships" will officially lower the cur- theat~ . 7:30. wlll atrtke ll thla develops.'' Dt' d f th ta.ln on the 1939-40 school year Ill 01111 WEDNESDAY Senator McNary's supporters de- Action aplenty wu rrported on "Tile sets w111 fold In from lhl' two lrads nnd who I!! directing the bo :~his n~ res,~ne1 11 rom et 8 a m. the morning or June 8. ~s traUon , aophomol'f's and scrt ~ him u a Republican who the> 'I'I·oubaduur front today as right- and lef t-hand sldt>s of thr cnst rx;ll'('~ ed hi m~ It as highly I nr bt> hlspr ng a er years o - --- • Juniors. namea L to Z. 2:00 to la progrealve but not un110und. m< ·mbrr or llw orr~anlza.tlon went stagt', a couple- or them will drop ~ait ~n rd with th<' nctlng end or mem r:. p, H II 1 N H d 4.00. 'nleJ believe that he "could la&so Into th!'h flnnl full w<'Ck of prep- down and one will br moved In on t hlrlR'I O!'l rt·nlly 51'rlous rehearsal Proft>s.sor Wllllnms served until ear~ we 5 ew •ea T IIVR8DAY rarm, labor, and liberal votes now a ration for 1 hl'lr producllon of a t rave lln& platform," Moxlt'Y rx- work 110t. undt·r wny lnsl week. two Ylllrs aao when he restanrd Of Stgma Delta Cht Realatrallon. all frt'llhmen. rqarded as safely corralled by the John St•·l~lbar k 'a famous "Of Mice pll'linl'd when asked how the nu- Shrgarr Sullnll', football playing for a lea\e or nbsence !rom t ht- I William L. lil lven on merous changes could be m ndt• C\rlor whOI'(' J>Ortl'l\vnl of Lenni Unlvon;lty. Junior academiC' stud<'n t from Washln&ton society meeuna. name will appear on the Ore&on nln~ s. Muy 15 ttnd 10. on llw boards with the spncl' llmltntlon 11 undrr thr biF·Imt-not-brllllnnt. &drklck Lnwrencevllle, Vn ., wns t!l<'rhcl Stuck"nt Union, 5 :30. preferential ballot in the state's nlnt~K May 15 nnd 18 on lhl' boards which the stag(' crew mw;t woa k of Q(·Oillf'. shnn•!! the top bUJtn11 Harry Mason Elected prr~.ldt>nt of Sigma Dell Chi Uhl· "13" club meetlnr. Student primary election May 17. of lht• 'frnuh:~' Moln l'ltrect theatre. Moxley went on to soy that th1• with Alnull Mrml)(•rs or the t;up- resslonal Journalism frnlNnltr , Union, 7:15. Slopprd In tho mld ~t of a bit nve bf>ds t'i'QulrecJ by t he bunk- L nn y ntme11, Tt•d Lnwrence, Ed President of Phi Kaps yetMrday afl~moon . Commerce club m e e tIn 1 . BULLETIN or rat tx•ntry Yt'' lt•rtltW afl.(lrnoon, house scene wlll b<> llflt'd off lh<' portlnR c·n~l arr Lu<·11le Dixon. lhury COPIX'C Mallon, senior SI('Vf' Campbell. Junior from Newcomb hall, 7 :30. Kappa Alpha n~uJly de Kf'n Mol\ I<'~' . lall'llt<>d llf't desiRn- t~taae by ropes dropped from over- lloyd, Jnrk Mnrtlrt•, Tom Fullrr. I rom OI'Rllflt', vn .. was elrcted prr11- Br ooklvn. N Y., was namt>d vlrr Glee club concert, with Mary ff'Dded l.. ln&raauaral traek t'rown t·r·. wn11 n• k1•d ubout his plans for head wlwn they l.l.r<' no lo n ~:~>r Bmr Ortw~N . und Hal Morris. ld<'nl or Phi Knppa Slrmn for th(• pr· sldent, while F rl'd Forrar, of Baldwin Olce club, U"t~ chapel, &hll afterDMft when they llt!On'd th(• 11lautnu or Hu•tnbn1·k's hit play. needl'd, and hr was mutl<'rlng 'rlrkrts tor ··or Mko nnd Men'' first fl(lml:'sler 1940-U In houc;r New York. and Malt Grlnllh nr 8:00. II peta .. to Ma'e oat the Phi Kape Moxlry r·••por'tl'd tho.t "0! Mice somethlni about cutting n bill trap wet'l' t>lnrrd on IIUlf' tnt<' lnsl wel"k election last WC(Ik Wayne:;boro, va., wt~te t> lerti.'CI S('«' · NOTICE and Phi Pall. Phl Kappa 81rma rmd Ml'tl" will rrqulrt~ mor set11 door In lh<' floor so that a hny. Tlwy will bt• &old 101" 26 rents dur- Robl'r·t Ooughlas G n ar, lll, rt>tary and treasurer. re.spertlvt>lv. Ihun hn• nny T r·c>ub production In loft could be dropped out or the lnw: the ndvnncl' w lr. but will bt' r;ophomore fr om P ort Glb11on, H('nrtwell succeeds Duddv Hl'rtz ()aJyx ptcturet ot &he Yartlty earned 15 potn&a while Ule Phi P h1 the l>Mt .l'vt•rnl yrars four or way when your r•epot'ler decldrd to h OI ItNI to 40 crntm ror tlw Jllny'll six &cc ncs. see how other membtra of lhr or- lhl' plnv Cnrntnrs tn~ cnrds will while Harold Clifton Pierce, Jr., 1M taken the rour1a tomorrow at Thl'l'(' nre thr lntl'llors- 1\ bunk- aanlzatlon were proKresalnK Jn not br honort'Cl for odml'>slon. the ophornor from Bo.:.ton. M I'll., FINALS INVITATIONS Tht- annual Rlnl'·tum Phi tt•a a t S:H p, m. Th4' n.rtUy aNI houM', thn room of Crooka. the col- their work for this. thl' la!ll or tht• Exl'<'utlvc <'Oillmlltfi• ruled hut wa\ t l cted u liHY- fmhman t,....k t.oam1 •Ill be Orden for 1940 ,nals lnvlt.la· party wtU be hrld t omorrow nlr ht Ott'tl 6ln1Jit• lmr.k, lllld n bum and year's T roubadour effort!l Wf'<'k , aud IIC'k(•! tnn ~ pmclln c1 0<'orar Lndd On man, Junlol al 8 o'elCM'k a& Mike' plac.-. l\l r m ~Jho&orrapbtd at WII"'n fh•kl al tlou trill be tallen at Student orw l'XIt·rlor·, thr. riH• r bank whrrt> John Al nutt. who will pli\Y llw from mrmbfr· or Uw Troub or- from Frrrport 111.. was cho. n 4:M p, m. Union Wl'dnttday. 2 to 5. ~ .... and formtr mtmbcors or lhr iht• t>h.l~' ut~t·u. nnd rio s. rolt' or G orKe, onr or lht• plnY'II J(o.lnltntlon. hou munaatr tad llor lal da tr Drf' n Pf"t' td
" cered in fi nding a college grad uate ca pable o f managing rhe foreign exch ange PERSONAL CAMPUS COMMENT ... d e partmen t in the Buenos Aires b ranch PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS Washington and Lee University By HARRY GOODHEART and ASSISTANTS By MARSHALL JOHNSON of his ban k. Accountants and men t rain S emi-W eekly OPINIONS ed ro ha nd Le the technicaLities of foreign THE GRAPES OF WRATH you'll like this one; otherwise, lt's exchange transactions were to be found Among a Journalist's vocabulary, Firm in the belief t hal nobody but an Idiot Published every Tuesdny and Friday of the would attempt to write a gOssip column in On Wednesday and Thursday no ro. in :1bu ndance, b ut he search ed vain for which . any good Journalism book collegiate year. Entered nL t.he Lexington , Vir in weather Uke this, I se.arched around among the State presents the picture for PINOCCHIO will tel you, contains such cute which the nation has been waiting ginia, postoffice as second-class mail m atter. an intelligent, execurive-type college words as double truck, ftlmsy, hell some of our more prolific Idiots. Walt Disney's second ful-lenath Member ot the Associated Collegiate Press. Words Goodheart, Llavtng always lmpresesd ever since Twentieth Century-Fox cartoon w111 grace the screen of graduate who knew enoug h of the theory box, lobster shitt, and sacred cow, bought the movie rights to John the State on Friday and Saturday. National advertising representalive: The Na · ch · Ls the word ''clip." me as a somewhat verbose Tory, has t he as o f f oretgn ex aoge to step m co a p osi- signment for this wee.k . He is also a Beta and Steinbeck's best seller. Apparently the full-length car tional Advertising service. Inc., 420 Madison That, ln ca.se you're wondering, Starring Henry Fonda. Jane Avenue, New York City, New York . cion of respon sibility. "I could have hired is what this column will be about. a Yankee. toon ts here to stay judging from Darwell, and John Carradlne, this the success of •·snow White and Subscription $3.10 per- year, In advance office workers at ~ 2 0 a week to attend A "clip," Webster tells us, Is any I. personally, am going to sleep.- Pete Bar row, Jr. picture presents the plight or those the Seven Dwarfts," and "Pinoc co the derails for him/' h e added sadly, number of things: a blow or stroke inhabitants of the part of the chio" does nothing to shake this of the hand, a metal clasp tor ERNEST WOODWARD ll ...... Editor " b ur I f ound to my regret t J1ar o ur young keeping papers together, or the When the recently forgotten ''Mike's Coun country known as the "dust body." belief. M. THOMPSON McCLURE . B usiness Manager try club" was still a gleam in Mike, Grover The least we can sa.y is that we Already the names of Plnocchlo, co llege m en are training themselves to be product of sheep-shearing. None were disappointed when we saw BILL BUCHANAN ...... Acthlg Edltot• Whalen, Brown's promoting eye, Mac Wing Figaro, Qeppetto, Jllnmy Cricket, u nderlings and nor leaders." of these meanings, however. ap- had the foresight to contact on of the coun the picture. For some reason it Monstro the Whale, J. Worthing . . plies to Journalism 's clip. leaves one wi th a morbid feeling All of whtch leads us to two dtvergent A clip. to a Journalist, Is a clip- try's leading slot machine dlstt·ibutors. You ton Foulfellow, $nd all the others Editorial Board guessed it. the concession at the club. in the pit of the stomach. Some ln the cast of this picture are be th eories o f education. Should our col- ping. That's simple enough. Bayard Berghaus, Fred Farr ar, AI Fleishman , As the Idea of the club faded Into the dim say that this ls the sign of a great cominr household words 1n Amer Bob Steele, Latham Thigpen leges g ive future business m en an edu- It has many uses. For one tihng, past, Mac also forgot about his slot rna picture, but we didn't feel that Ica, but It remains to be seen which · · · · fi h f . . it Is what a writer who hasn't anY- way. Columnists ca tton whtch wtU t t em or posmons thing to write about uses to flU a cines. That is, he forgot about them until last wlll be picked as the successor to The acting in the show Is sen the immortal Dopey, who stole the Pete Barl'ow. Bob Campbell, Dick Southworth. as acco untants, bookkeep ers, clerks, or column. Saturday, at which time he found, not one, Managinr Editors but seven beautiful new chromium plated sational with the whole cast rising show In the tlrst Dianey cartoon. at best manager of clerical de partments? I shall now show you what I "one-armed bandits" gracing the front porch to heights. However, despite the Based on the book, the picture Ned Burks, Bob Campbell, W alLD ownie, Mar h ld h h h h l'b l mean. Suppose .--- just suppose - acting, the picture doesn't seem tells the story of the puppet Pin 0 r s ou t ey tea c t ern t e 1 era that I didn't have anything to of the Beta house. shall Johnson. Bud Levy, Dick Wright, to register, and the action hits too occhio who becomes a real boy Ray Whitaker. a rts, the despised "cultural" and " theo- write about when I sat down to The present whereabouts of these tools of many emotional climaxes with after falling into many traps set Reporters retical'' courses which will fit them to be do this column. I fiddle around the devil Is unknown. but some clue may be very few spots of relief. for him throughout life. Allor, Bell, Bond, Browder, Darby, Davis, Ellis, 1 d f · f b · with a. thought or two for a while, found In the fact that none of the boys seem ea e rs o men, orgamzers o usmess, then I turn to a stack of old pa- If YOU liked "Of Mloe and Hen." Continued on p ..e four Giffen, Houska, Maish , Milla r , Morris, Noonan, to be able to afford dates for this week's house executives in the business wo rld of to- pers and magazines. Grasping a Shroyer, Taylor, Warfleld, Zelnlcker . party. m o rrow? pair of scissors flrmly with my right band, and turning the pages Pete Barrow, some time owner of this slight ADVERTISING CONSULTANT Pe rha ps it is well that Duke is a liberal of the aforementioned old papers ly used column, asked that someone present Letters to the Editor A. Douglas Jam ieson arts school which insists on useless theory and t;nagazlnes slowly with my left an orchid to Sam MacCorkle. Advertisjnr !\tanager alo ng with good, solid, practical training hand, I begin to clip clips. Sam may be found in the first booth as you place just because they happen to Homer Augustus J ones, Jr. First. for instance, I clip a lit "Bologna Elections" f o r b usiness a d ministration srud .e nts.- tle ditty from The st. Bona Ven- en\er McCrum's. It all started the other morn know a little politics. Aublaot Advertising 1\I&Darers Lexington. Virginia, Take the Mock convention for Duke Chronicle. ture, a New York school paper. It Ing when Bam stopped in for a cup of coffee. Robert Loring Wilson, John Hunt Peacock He waited the customary fifteen minutes, and May 6, 194.0 example. The best speech of the Oscar Carroll Dunn isn't much. but I think It might Dear Editor: whole thing was given by J. c. (Edito r's note-The Chronicle editor prove amusing to whoever hap then began to holler tor service. Whoever was Ctrcu.latlon Managers dummy In the basement bridge game came up Wei, I guess there are at least Snidow, when he got up and told ial to uches on a subject that should be pens to stumble on it. so I pass it one o rtwo people on the campus a tew of the small town politicians William Oscar Shropshire, Russell Olen along: to take his order, but was called back to listen Browning u pperm ost in the minds of many Wash to a good story that Marshall was telling. Sam that are satisfied after the elec just where to get off. I t seems. "Rea ven protects the working girl, tions tonight. And they said the though, that he was treadinl on Stlbserlpllons ington and Lee students. Ic should bring saw the humor in the situation, and decided But Heaven , I think, is shirking. Clique was out. Boy is that a laugh. a few toes. so he was ''poUtely" Herbert Morrison Weed h ome rhe fact to many that liberal arts For who protects. I'd like to to outwit them all. Stepping to the phone booth, he lilted the received and waited for A lot of people wU say that I'm asked to stop talk1ng. BoollkeepU.. co urses are not " useless theory," but on know, Just a disappointed supporter ot J. C. hit the nail right on the The fellow she is working." the operator. S.he wouldn't come. Disgusted. Jack Barrie the comrary these courses which we have he replaced the receiver and stomped out of some candidate who Is sour-grap head, although few of you realize You must see what I mean by ing because he didn't happen to It-and that is the same thing c riticized prove most valuable in the long now. In case you don't however, the store. A few minutes later his smiling May 7, 1940 complaisant self once again, he was seen to win. Well, that is a lot of balogna. that goes on in these fool claas run.) here's another, and a much longer And of that same cut of balogna elections. But, I guess if the stu clip. I came across It in a copy of re-enter the store, select a copy of Life from the news stand, and return to are the so-calle d"elections" that dents want to go on and see them The Saturday Evening Post 1n a are held at this place. I have been selves beind led around like a Why Write Us? New Absence Regulations barber ship the other day. It was his original seat. Soon things began to hap pen. A telegraph boy entered the building. The here quite some time now and at bunch ol sheep, it's their own "In the judgment of the faculty. regular the Issue of July 8. 1939. PoLicies gave irs last gasp of the year small efficient form of Bobby Funkhouser de first I thought that maybe I didn't lookout-but for me, I'll stay away class a ttendance is necessary for best at lhe tached Itself from the front desk and darted know the candidates well enough from the damn elections. I'll stick last night. This morning came Greeks t.ainments by the student in his academic A 'Post-Clip' in Sam's direction, seeing that his customer or something, but now I have seen my neck out a little farther and bearing a letter. work. However. it is recognized that circum Wt'iting about a Ben Robertson. just what a rotten mes sit all is. say that with the exception of a author of a Post story, a Mr. Ir was really there. Bobby dashed downstairs, The elections, this letter says, were stances may necessitate occasional absences. stopped the game, and Sam got his coffee. There are Just too many Buddy few, most of the otnces on the vin Borders, of Los Angeles, writes Foltzes and Stan Schewels around I. Absences from class or laboratory meet The telegraph Is a wonderful institution. campus are Just "favors" granted rotte.n. There was cliquing. A few seniors Cin Keeping Posted) the follow here- the kind of guys that think to them by the "bosses" I ings are govem ed by the following rules. Any ing: and lawyers dominated the under-class absence taken by a student Is regarded as an On the campus yesterday a member or the they can go around and run the OBVIOUSLY ANONYMOUS. ''Mention of Ben always recalls unexcused absence unless exception is spe faculty was somewhat shocked to overhear ballotings. The letter-writer, though he is to me the campus of the Univer ciflcaily made In one of the following: Billy Buxton state the opinion that virtue has disinterested, from now on intends to sity of Missouri in the fall of 1923. Ia) A studen t on the Dean's List ls permit the worms. When later asked to restate this avoid the stench of the polls. Rushing season at Missouri was conviction, Billy ewlained that Vb'tue ls the ted absence so long as his work is regarded as the soclal high point of the year; name of his dog. No specific instances of vote-pledging satlsfacto•·y by the Dean's office and his in clouds ot alumru ot all houses are mentioned. Surely the writer must b e struclot'S. swarmed over hearths and daven Cecil Taylor had a group in the other night, tbl A student who had, on the last preced pOrts, fighting with and against and during the course of the evening, the sub 194ll able to put his finger on at least one case Ing semester's repart, a grade point ratio of each other for promising young ject of modern art was brought up. Looking at of extra-legal politicking. 1.00 or better is permitted to take during the hopefuls. All the talent a house the matter from all sides, as well as from be His job is then to report this to the follo\\rJ ng semester withotu penalLy. as many could marshal was thrown Into low you'd probably say that they let them absences In each class as there are class and the ring. The plano at tbe Phi Executive committee. They wil hear him, selves get carried away. When last seen, Cecil laborntory meetings In one week, except as Delta house clanked from morning was supervising a repaint Job on his wails and -1J1innis 1JnuUntinns as they have promised to. He is the son covered in IV following. to night with music that, to the celllng, this time of all one color. of feLlow they have been looking for. A member of the freshman class, not boys from Sikeston or Chillicothe, Oscar Ennenaa has shifted his attentions to • • ••• • ; •••••••••••••• 0 0 • ndmltted on t rlal, may be absent from classes sounded pretty hot. Life promised 5 ••••••••• If, after that, nothing is don e, Ob a Roanoke queen. I don't suppose that any on only one calendar day during hls first se to be like that. one's interested, but she Is reputedly very at viously Anonymous can retire from his mester . except as covered In IV following. "Then, pledging pretty well over: tractive, and haa associated herself wtth the job as a voter, clothespin to n ose, with a the alumni began to pack suit ldl Any student, not on final absence pro cases and depart. The chapter musical world. You are cordially invited genuine feeling that elec tions, des pite all bation , is excused in the following exception woke one morning to ftnd tbat not Just to show the several cynics who are not the efforts of a non-partisan pr:ocest, are al cases: a single solitary soul remained In quite convinced about Oscar, he has arranged 1. Illness requiring a physician's care: Ap the house who could as much u too dirty for con sideration. for a hay ride this week-end. "One doesn't plication for excuse must be accompanied by play Chopsticks on the piano in need a Packard to attract the beauties." says to place your orders at the the attending physician's statement on the the featured corner of the llvlnr A Cure for Spring Fe'Ver day of the student's ret urn to classes. room . The quiet was as thick u Oscar. 2. Recognized university organizations: The the gloom which began to descend. Thlnrs have come to a petty pass when lhe request for absence from town must be sub The Betas had got all the musi Studtnt Union Building Now take this spring fever. It has made school's two outstanding proponents of com mitted to and approved by the Registrar be cians. muniam, the Idea that all goods should be held its annual appearance h e re for g e nera fore leaving. The Is in common by all, can't even agree to share tions. And nobody has yet found a curt 3. Other circumstances beyond the student's 'Swing' Swung tbe same lirl. ····· ···a··a·a·aa· o ·a a ··e· · ·a·· for it. cont•·ol: In order to have the absence excused "It was about a week later that permission must be secured In advance from Ben put In his appearance from Personally I'm all for private ownership, That is, n ot until this year. the Dean of Students or the Rertstrar. Clemson. S. C. He was invited over and lots of competition between everybody The construction men are working on tel A student on final absence probaUon to the house. Shy, bashful. quiet. .. . else. the new dorms. They have a steam can have an absence regarded as excused only he sat on a sofa talking in a soft Wednesday From 2 Till 5 by securing permission in advance from the Southern accent that would out Hobson does not expect the exodus of fresh shovel, and a h ydraulic drill for tearing Dean of Students or the Registrar or by pre Scarlett the O'Haras. Plnally, in men from the campus before Finals to hurt up the pavement. senting, within 24 hours after the absence, a sheer desperation for something the dances much. They are building, fo r some reason wrHLen statemen t from the Uruverstty phy to say, some unsuna hero asked He has, however, expressed the desire that ...:.-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ l clan that he examined the student and con hJm If he could play the plano. as many as possible return for the dances. best known to themsel vcs, a towe r of sidered him too 111 to attend classes. Ben allowed that he did 'a U'l'.' They mlaht be pretty good. he says. four-by-fours in front of Graham, and II. Unexcused absences are subject to the Eight men , at least, pounced upon The Southern Colleaian "Time Capsule" are digging furro ws ac ross all a jacen t following penhltles: him and almost threw him at the Ia > Each unexcused absence §hall deduct plano bench . project is aalning steam. lawns in every direcrion. one quality credit in the subJect In which the "lh nve seconds the strains or The editors have announced that this Issue Now for chat tired feeling, the rem ed y absence occurs. If there are no quality credits Waahlnrton and Lee 8~ began will contaJn 211 pictures or nude women. three is to call on a freshman friend in h is or Insufficient quality credits In that cou•·se. to rock forth as It pt·obably has articles on sex, a tul-pase sketch or Lana Tur ner. and an expose of vice among the faculty. room. H e will be sitting by the window deductions sh a ll be made from the total qual never rocked since. From as far Ity eredlts for the session. away as the third ftoor curious A free can of beet' will be given away wi th watching the p ro cedure. P oli rely ask him l bt Any st uden t. having unexcused absences groups or upperclasmen and fresh each copy of the magazine. to move over. In any class equal to t he number of class and men alike began to tiptoe down Foltz. Taylor. Snyder, and several olher aentlemen will be publicly Insulted. Then, after three or four hours, with lnbomtory meetings per week In that class, or· the st.alrs. Whispers of 'Who Is having un aggregate or eight unexcused ab that guy- an alumnus or a Betas?' dust in your eyes and n nngin g soun d in suarue says that if U1e sale doesn't go so sences In all classes shall be placed on nnal began lo PMS back and forth. No well. he mlahL even make It thii'LY pictures you rears, you can return ro your work. absence probation by the Reglstmr's office, body knew for a while, then came or nude women. The feelin g wi ll bt" gon e, or if tt is no t, with o. notice lhat a subsequent absence In any the elrclrl!ylng word that he was a rushee. Pandemonium. Grab you wo nt mind it so much. T his cure is cln.'IS or laboratory musL be accounted for to We have a correction from Bill Breckln the Admlmstratlve committe('. Subsequent him I Who's got a button? If there rldge. quite effective, ns bren proved has hy mwxcu:;ed absences will be handled on the had been no spare pledge buttons It was ~tlx , not five. dates that he hnd wi th several dozen students i n the pasr two bnsis of the student's having to show cause In Uw house, I am quite sure the Ro Dameron of Hollins over spring vuca.Uon . boys wo uld havr thrown me out days, n ot to m entton a c ouple of faculty why he .should not be dropped from the Uni V<>rstty. bodily In Ol'dcr to gel mine back Ever since the construction work began on members. lJI. ThP classification of transfer students for Brn. the new dorms. the freshmen have been &TOP One word of warnin g. A void lnrgt> for absf'nC{' reRulatlon purposes shall be de "For seveml days Wuhln,.ton Ing ror some mrans or retaliation: being .. and ~ swung vlolcnlly through doses. It's habit forming. tennln d by the Dean's offi ce at t he llmt> of awakened at six for~y-.fl v e a . m. is apt lo make admission. the chapter halls whenever Ben one bellrerant. I V. Same O.S 2. page 107 of 1940 cntnlO!lUt', could be located. It wasn't tor Especially when It hnpJ)f'ns day nrt r day, c Absenct>s before nnd urler Christmas nnd wreks thnt the chapter lea.rned nnd Is done by a compression drill T hi!i Lq Spt•ing vucn lions.) thnl. no matter how ha1·d Ben distnlctly unpleasant and uu-Am N icl 11. THE FORUM v. Some us 5 , page 108 or 1940 ('aU\IO!ItiO. ronld give out on t ll l~ l one, IL was Finally they hit upon lhl' mO '> l ll k ly RO· I Ab ~ (' I11'1'S al b('(l liiJ11ng Of COlll'tlC bcfOI'(l COlli• nbsolut('ly and pos lt l vt~ l y the only lutlon. !'lot ion ot registration .> lhh•K he knew how to play." Bodily Msault wllh botU1• , books, nllr!ts, Tlreoreticol YS. Tec/,nical Troini"g vr. Professors shall mnkl' reports to the Now you know whnt n clip Is. and other chattels. BUD LEVY. In chis world of specia l tn don in which Rt•Histmr's office ot each ab~·t~~.t• O<'Currlnr All tills h a~pen s, as we said. cv~ry morn In thcll· C'llll\Sf'S on the day on which tM nb- ing at six forty-fi ve. we live today, JOb s go to the men who t'nrf' ocrurs. are trained fo r them. Th co era of the self Vll EXCl'IJl In Cll!K'S Of nt'C(' Idly, 110 8lUdf'nL The Governor Says: Cordell Hull Is mentioned M n P'lS!dbtr :· '" made man is ch.tngmg, gtVm g place to who 1'1 on pt·oblLtlon, beCRU!il" of t'XC (' ~Ive ab------ ldentlal Cllndldute. I hnvt' hctud that his '' ifr ! nc·('!:l or olhPr causes. will rtcelve leave of "Obvioulily Anonymous" writes a Is from Staunton. T have hrnrd that her o ne in which po inons by th ose arc fi llt•J Ub !;('I\CC. vrry lntr•rcstlna letlror about cam malden name was Witz. If the H ulls ever had PALM BEACH SUITS FOR SUMMER wh ose education and c h nrnncr qunlify VIII. An CXCUSf'd ObM'OCC CXCU6C'I! the Iilli· P WI I>OIItlcs. Oo wo rk hill ll'E'lh? That would be hard to Imagine. A rir11 t lo.dY A hnnk prcsidE"nt in a brgr ciry re· nr tMt elMs or laboratory, Thl!! rulo OP!JIIrs Aller· chrcking up, we notice Lhat from Staunton. It would be as bad a11 having J. Ed. Deaver and Sons ctntly cold a conv<•nuo n of rwn omic!> to nil llludN llll lncludlni lholJI' 0 11 the DPan'11 he Pwn u~"" na1nes everybody's Eleanor call Bueno. VIsta her home. 'rhnt s rudenrs o f t h e d &fficulty he had en coun· lilt I but hi• own. would be too close for comfort • k B k E T • . Nelson Sets Broad Jump Record The Fifth StlC men rea VCfi On rtp, As KAs Qualify Nine for Final Quarter .. • • Diamonders Drop Three Strai htRoundofintram~r~~.:~:::.~:.et By DICK WRIGHT - · g Four Still Left To Runner-up Spot; The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing merrily Blue Retains General Nine I G If T PDTs Place Third In the trees last Friday morning n 0 OUrney Led by Bert NeLo:;on. who gar- out at the spacious Lexlnrton • • Lea M UVA nered 16 points In last year's meet. country club. Lit.tle did the blrds lXle gue eets Wllh all second round matches a strong Kappa Alpha team dom- know what an amazing sight they D T H E p H I completed t h r o u g h yesterday's ina ted lhe fleld as the ann ual in- were about to witness within the play, the intramural golf tourna- trnmural track meet. swung Into next two hours. ment moved into the semj-flnals action yesterday a fternoon on With grim determination and ·a·on Tomorrow this afternoon as only four men Wilson field. The KAs placed nine hope In h1s heart. Oy Twombly, Top Posl remained from the original slx- men in the running for the finals, that inimitable Washinrton and Washington and Lee's varslly Ca.p'n Dick Smith's varsity base teen to vie for the two final round ' while the Betas followed wit.h six Lee roll coaeh, that sPeedball lacrosse team, on the last lap of ball nine, back from a four-day berths. and the Phi Oelts with fout·. Ens- kinr recently of the Cinclnna.tl trip into Maryland and the Dis In the upper bracket. Dan Wells, Uy t he ou tstanding event of the Reck, that all-uound athlete, step Its title grind, returned from its trict of Columbia, began prepara Sigma Nu freshman. overwhelmed day was the broad Jump, in which ped up to the first tee and pasted North Carolina Invasion last week- tions yesterday for games with Its Howard, PIKA, 3 tnd 1. and Bow- Nelson set what was is thought to a litUe white pellet down the mid end with a rough 6-5 overtime vic- biggest state rivals, Virginia and le, ATO, 1 up, to gain the semi- be a new lnlramural record w1th dle of the green fairway to start tory over Duke's co-champions and Richmond. final round: while Bob Isgrigg. In- a leap of 20 feet 6 Inches. the most amazing game of golf Pace Three dependent, triumphed over Lea, Showing themselves a power to ever shot In the thriving young a 6-3 loss to NCU's Tarheels. This ~fay 7. 1940 Tomorrow the General diamond was the Generals' first setback in men play the Wahoos In Char Kappa Slg, 3 and 2 and Thalhlm- be reckoned wiLh a PKS t.eam met~opolis of Lexlrq1on, or the er, ZBT, 5 and •. in advancing to completed almost a clean sweep in nearby vicinity. lottesville, and Friday Rlc.hmond Dlxle league circles, but they still Big Blue Rally Fails comes here tor a return game with third round of play. the weigh t even ts. wblle Bob Ty- You guessed It, Oy Twombly put hold a. firm grip on the top rung W. and L. Georre Washlnrton together an outgoing 34, and a the Big Blue on the Wilson field In the lower eight, Bill Noonan, son, Beta freshman. pulled the home stretch 30 to break his own In the conference. ABRHOA ABRHOA diamond. SAE freshman. whlp_ped Davis. iron man stunt of the day by pine Phi Delt. 6 a nd 5, and Burleson. ing in four events. Winnet·s werP course record of 65, with an amaz PlaYing the games on successive ~~ry , 3b · · · · · · · · · : 0 O 4 4 oertel, ct ...... 4 1 1 4 o Coach Smith was undecided yes ing sub-par 64. The "man witb t.he days, W&L met the Blue Devils in K ,:p s~n. ss · · · · · 1 0 2 3 Garber. 3b ...... 2 1 0 4 1 terday as to whether Bob Greger KA, 5 and 3, to join the select four. crowned in th e sh ot. put. pole Herb Garges. Phi Delt, also shot vault. hi!Ih jump, ja velin, broad smile'' set the cow·se record last Durham Friday and took its sec e · r ..!.C ...... 6 1 1 0 O Zelaska, It ...... 4 o 1 o o son or Pres Brown, who pitched a year late in May and it looked very ond win of the year from the G regerson, •· · · · · · 5 2 2 0 ° McNeil, 1b ...... 5 1 0 11 · 1 three-hit losing game against Navy his way Into the semi-finaJs by Jump, and discus. much like the standard set by the Dukes in one ot the hardest fought Dangler, c ...... 4 2 0 5 0 Taylor, rf ...... 5 2 2 o o last week. would take the mound downing Ward, PiKA, 4 and 3, and The rem aining even ts will b<' t'lln Stoops. ATO, 2 up. off today. congenial coach would remain for encounters of the season. The los cavanna, 1b ...... 1 0 0 2 0 Lusby, 2., ...... 4 2 2 2 6 against VIrginia. quhe some time. ers held down the Big Blue's high Booth. lb-p · · · · · · 4 2 2 8 0 Gilham, ss ...... 3 1 1 1 1 Gus Tebell's Virginia club is Wells meets Isgrigg in the first The summary: Pitzer, cf ...... 5 1 2 l 0 Urick c 3 1 1 3 1 leading the Big Six race with six Twombly opened his dlvot-dtr scoring ace, Skippy Henderson, but semi-final encounter, while Noo Pole Vault rlnr career in the year 1930 right Bayard Berghaus crashed through Eccleston, 2b ...... 4 0 3 2 0 Bright, p.::::::::: 2 1 1 1 o wins in seven games. Richmond, man and Garges match strokes for 1. Babe Russell- Phi Gnm. after he stopped playing profes with three markers for Monk Fa.r Smith, p ...... 1 0 1 0 0 Redinger. p ...... 1 o o o o losers to Tebell's men 'bY a 2-1 the other finals position. 2. Tie-Carter . SN : Jnsp£'r. Beta. sional baseball. pitcher and catch Clarence Smith, proprietor of the pptt rreen scarred the elrbt.een through the two extra periods. 1 77 2-53 ¥2 victory over West VIr third, Whaley, W&L. Time: 25.3. er. Wally Smith, or Prank Nichols alleys, was the tlrst ever partlc1- holes of golf. while a 30-foot putt Berghaus then nudged his third ginia's aggregation on Wilson tleld Mile relay-Won by W&L . row. Harman's last pitching effort Green Valley make It nine birdies. His only VPI won the tlrst game 514 to overtime session to provide the vic Saturday's meet marked the Time: 3:30.7. was a two-hit Job against Rich "Bolle" carne on the first nine tory margin. Pole vault-Won by Gilbert, mond. In that game, Harman out 512. but the W&L bowlers came Generals' last tune-up for the back to win three of the next four Dairy when he overshot the green on the Battered from their rough con W&L; second, Hill, WVU; third, pitched Porter Vaughan, Spider par 4, 5th hole, to can his pgit for State collegiate meet In Richmond games. Rosen was bolder of high quest the day before, Ed Boyd's this week-end and the south~m Foote, W&L. Helght- 11 feet. ace. a 5. stlckmen were unable to cope with High Jump--Won by Gwyn, It is POSSible that Vaughan or score tor the victors with 15•. and Of course there's that old gag c.onference competition In Wil Patter with 136 was high for VPI. the high-flying Tarheels who had liamsburg the following week. W&L; second, Haley, WVU ; third, Charlie MUler, Richmond rookie, about hats off to Blank Blank. The W&L team will meet the previously upset Duke In a prac In wlnnlnq Sat urday, the Big Soule, W&L. Helght-6 feet. will hurl against the Generals Fri Well who are we not to employ day. VPI bowlers in a return match In tice game. Though maintaining a. Blue tbinclads copped first ln ten Shot-Won by Bo•sseau. W&L: tbis much-used cognomen to ex 2-2 deadlock at the half, t hey fell second, P1$egna, WVU; third. Scoring eight runs In the second Blacksburg on Saturday. press our admiration for a coach of the 14 events. The Mountaineers to pieces In the third quarter to won the mile, 440, discus, and Woods, W&L. Distance: 42 feet lnnlnl. the George Washington who can not only t.eaeh a sport as 1 3-4 Inches. allow tour scores. At this point J>road .1ump. Frank Hill. West VIr university eked out a narrow 10-9 well as any other coach In the Discus-Won by Phillips, WVU ; Boyd took over the net duties and ginia sophomore, ll"d hi.s team with win over the Generals in the last Tolley's Hardware Co. country. but can play It better sent Goalie Lat Young to the at second, Woods. W&L: third, Hill, game of the Big Blue's latest trip than most coaches ever dreamed nine points. SHOTGUNS FOR RENT tack in an endeavor to halt the Bill Gwyn, who won the high WVU. Distance: 135 feet 8 inches. last Friday in Washington. of doing. Hats of! to (ly, he's a Broad Jump - Won by HUl, RUles and AmmaDI&ion Indians. but the olfense was un Jump and low hurdles and finish Cap'n Dick's boys outhit the rrand coach and a .:reat guy. WVU; second, Yeomans. W&L; able to penetrate the Carolina ed third in the high hurdles. Colonials, 12-9, but were unable to PBONEU After a •-day trip to the NaUon close defense combine, which pla.y third, Haley, WVU. Distance: 20 overcome the 8-1 dettclt. al Capital, where they played the shared top honors with Curl. ed the major role ln sending the Because or a previous arrange feet 8 Inches. best college ball teams in and Big Blue to Its defeat. around D. C., Captain Dle.k Smith's ment there was no javelin throw, dlamondmen came back Saturday The Generals will meet the Tar- the points In that event being split JACKSON Myers Hardware Co. with nothing to show for the trip heels thla Saturday on Wilson between the l.wo teams. Sports Preview. •. BARBER SHOP but empty pocketbooks. The Gen- tleld In the nnal meeting of the The summaries: Plsto18-AmmunJtlon erall engaged in three ball games _tw_o_te_a_m_s_thls__ Y_e_a_r_. ___ _ M11e-Won by Weiland. WVU: and as usual came out on the second, 0 . Murray, W&L: third, Wedllelday OPPOSITE STATE THEATU 8port1Df Goods short end of the scores. The Georte Eight T eama Reach J acobson, WVU. Time: 4:35. Baaeball- V I r r l n I a at Char Wuhlnrton Ult was a tough one •40-Won by Rodgers, WVU ; lottesville. to lose but It was a good ball game Quarter-Final Round second. Romanoski. WVU: third. • anyway. The only enlightening In Intramural Bueball Play W. Mumw. W&L. Time: 81.8. Baaeball- Rlchmond, here. in 1940, beginning now part of the trip was the hitting or 100--Won bY Curl. W&L: sec Frosh baseball- VPI at Blacks ''8tarrer" Bob Kelm, who boosted Elaht fraternities advanced their ond, McCue, WVO: third, Brown bure. a Checking llccounl- b1a average up over the .5to man. teams Into the quarter-final round Ing, W&L. Time: 10 fiat. Golf- Duke at Durham. According to Bourcy Whitake!', High hurdles-Won by Whaley. of tbe 1840 interfratemJty sort 8a&u.nla.J wiU make at Richmond. SIMPLER I Join with the rest of the Wub ond, Jennings, W&L: third. Wei KA. KS, PiKA, PDT, SX, Beta, and Conference golf tournament lqion aad Lee student body In ex Phi Pal. land, WVU. Time: 1:58. and pressing deepest sympathies at t he 220- Won by Curl, W&L; sec Sedgefteld, N. 0. EASIER In la.st week's games the Betas 'Moadar passing of Joh.D s. LaRowe, the downed tbe DUs 25-18 ln a wild, ond, McCue, WVU: third. Rodgers. University of V I r g I n I a bOxing free scoring contest. while the WVU. Time: 22.1. Baseball- V. P. I., here. no charre for Hrst ftve eheeks coach for the past nineteen years. PiKAs beat the Phi Kaps 15-8 be drawn eaeh mon&.b IN GENERAL: Cliff MaUer was hind the pitching or their intra very Impressive In winning the mural football star. Leo Slgnalgo. hall mile against West Vlrrtnla In ln another heavy scoring game the STATE DRUG CO., INC. Peoples National Bank the 1ood time of 1:58 last Satur Sigma Chis blasted out a 19-13 day. Maller has been rather slow win over the Delta. The only blank Across from State Theatre of In starting all year. but should of the week saw the PDT ten de Lexington, Virginia push 1l record or two at the State feat the PEPs 10-0. Phi Psi edged SODAS tmd LIGHT LUNCHES meet this Saturday. .. . While a 5-4 win over the ZBTs In an ex we're on track. Rill Gwyn finallY tremely close, hard-fought game, skimmed over the hlrh-Jwnp bar and the ever-stron1 KA batsmen TRY OUR CLOVER BRAND ICE CREAM at an evrn 11lx feet. . .. Lea Booth downed the Pi Phis In an easy had a bUnd. do.te In Wuh1Jla1on 18-2 triumph. K8 advanced into on the baseball 1rip and Is now lhe round of elaht as the ATO We Deliver madly In IO\•e so lhcy say. "Dual team defaulted. Danr" 1thot: s what they call Jac-k Du-;lrr now, Cute. ain't 11!11 got McCRUM'S him a date, who according to CONRAD LYNN Booth was ''A Dream" mot Dang ler. the glrll .... Incidently "Danr gentlemen Come in and see our New Line of Spring and Sum Dan1" £tole a base against Mary GJ tJWI, dollS (Uf, Bob Janet. PreviOil'l to thls aame. If '" nftd a balr-cut mer Shoes-$5.50 and Up. Ktolm bel "Danr Dan.J" that he or 1bave performed ex could beat him runnlna bases and MAY 8 and 9 1fj rhe would rive Ja<· k n ten-y1ud pertly, why no& come- to ALSO TENNIS liND GYM SHOES us and be ~ent'd lead. "Danr Danr " romped over Mother's Day, Sunday, May 12 co rake your meas ure for pre~ · the plalc one t e<:ond ahead of eourtcoouJ,y 1 Kefm to take n dollar from the ent or future need . He will O•n •raJ s lunf'r•. . . Qur_stlon for show you hundred$ of the Ideal Barber Shop J. Ed. Deaver and Sons the w~k : What has Sammy Ora finest new custom f11brlcs ob· ham KOl lhM "Tht• An1tl" hasn't Fin& Nat1 Bank Bkl1. Lexington, Virginia C'onilnued on paJ• four Whitman's and tainable-ln yard.Jength ~ •m · pies so you can see how hand some rhey will look when I l:l ve you tried the Special Student Menu Dry Cleaning and Pressing Martha Washington Candies tailored. lie will give you his from 9 p.m. to 12 p. m? e.xperc opinion o n the color, For itula,cc- Don't Forget the Discount Service on t-nern, and ;1\ le h e~ t suited " May We Mail a Box for you?" to you. Populu prlcc.11. DELICIOUS your Laundry and Cleaning SIZZLING STEAKS TOLLEY'S TOGGERY Rockbridge Laundry Call 57 and 75 " Tiw (lollPf t' l\lan'M Rhop'' THE SOUTHERN INN Zoric Cleaners 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Page Four THB RING -TUM PHI Senior Life.Saving Tests Lexington's Oldest Structure, KAs Set Pace Bob Schultz anno unced t.oday Chapel Speaker MOTHER'S DAY all men interested In passing Jordan House, Is Torn Down American Red Cross senior u re Discusses Art savlna- lest s should m eet him to Gift The siege of time has taken its Lexington become a thriving lit morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at Continued l rom P&Ce one toll in Lexington, and the oldest Lie rural community. The hills and the swimming pool In the IYID- meyer. Only by a.ctual contact Appropriate Gift Attractlvelr structure in "the Shrine of lhe valleys around it wen~ cleared. could an artist render the gesture, Wrapped and Mailed &o SOuth" has fallen as a victim. homes and stores were bullt and You.r Mo&her idiom, tone, and spirit of his sub Jordan house. the first bullding everything went serenely In the Tea Dance Featured For Mar 12 to be erected in Lexington. has valley. Ject. Since then, however, Amer Ican writers have swung Into the been demol!shed. This old struc- Uberty Hall academy was erect Netmen Defeat Second Heat In Students' Final MRS. RUTH YOUNG ''vitality. variety, and vulgarity" ture which has looked down on ed. Students and scholars came to 1. Cal East-PDT. of America with confident gusto, Phone204 Main street since it was merely a glean the knowledge that was Davidson, 4-2, 2. Lehr-SAE. Fling Before Exams by-road. a trail in the wilderness, stored thetoe. The J ordan house Tlme-11.4. and have created their own true ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fell with the onslaught of work- stood by and watched these stu A .f11ll week-e nd, highlighted by standards of. art. = Third Heat men last week. denls go out into the world to a tea dance, a lacrosse game, and Jazz, Untermeyer pOinted out, For Eighth Win 1. Jack Mallory- DTD. According to Rockbridge history, make places fo1· themselves, and It five fraternity house parties. will is an example of profoundly im Fordham Univenity Isaac campbell, who In 1778 do- heard news of the many who did. Washington and Lee's tennis 2. Hammett-KA. represent W&L students• final rung portant American progress In nated 26 acres of land for a seat Then on the horizon loomed the team rounded out one of their Time-11. before the pre-exam dead period r·hy thm, an evolution which we sets in on Monday. should respect, love. and be Justly SCHOOL OF LAW of the youth(ul county, built the clouds of war which thtoeatened to most successful seasons In years 220-Ya.rd Dash NEW YORK Jordan h ouse for his farm resi- destroy the nation which the old here yesterday when they downed Flrst Heat The dan ce, under the sponsor proud of. He said: "You don't dJs dence. Dr. James R. Jordan lnt.er Jo1·dan house had seen built. The the Davidson courtmen 4-2. The 1. Jimmy Hammett-KA. ship of ODK, PAN. and the " 13" cover your own soil till you dis OABE SYSTEM owned the house and gave it the old structure vibrated to the tiiumph avenged a previous 6-1 2. Robinson. club wUI be from 4 to 6 Saturday cover your own soul. And there's Three-Year Day Coane name by which it bas since been rhythm of marching feet. Jack- setback suffered at the hands of 3. Nelson- KA. afternoon in Doremus gymnaSium, plenty of dirt in American litera Four-Year Evenlq Coune known. son 's scbol:ll's marched fol'th to the Wlldcats down there earlier Time-24.5. Immediately following the stick ture today." The old bullding has wntched fight their brothers in a bloody this season. z z 00-IDUCATIONAL z z z Second Heat men's game with Nort.h Carolina He went on to explain that we men go bY to fight the English but useless struggle. The triumph was the eighth or 1. Charles Lanler- Beta. on W ilson field. in America speak a hybrid lan lla•ller of A•n. of A•mcaa Law BciMele redcoaLs; it saw flare up all the Jordan house watched VMI the season for the Blue racquet 2. East-POT. Head cheerleader 0 . H. Forgy guage- American mixed with a CoHere Decree or Two Ye&l'l of fervor which was to free the burn and saw Washington scllege eers and left them wlth record set a 3. Kadis. announced tha.t tickets would go little poor English. We speak it CoHere Work with Geocl Gndee 13 colonies and form the base for burn and saw Washington college of eight wins and four losses for Time-25.4. on sale tomorrow for the dance, shamelessly and unconsciously. ~aired for Eatnace one of the greatest nations tbat teturned past Jordan house, many tbelr campaign. Numbered among whic h Is being given for the bene and are at a parting of the ways. has ever existed. did not. Then came the leader of the victims this year have been HtrhJump Engltsh ts going one way, our lan Tranaeript of Record llllllt Be l"urnlaht!d 1. Tie- Bert Nelson and Harold fit of the cheerleaders' fund. Duling the years following the of U1e Confederacy to take cha.rge such teams as Bowdoin. North guage another, and soon two sep llonlll•, Eartr Aft•,._ •n• War for Independence lhe old of Washington college and further Carolina. State, Elon. Wofford. Gaddy- SN. , "This week-end Is a bad time IIY•tna ca- (or the dance due to all the house arate dictionaries will be neces building stoOd In peace lo wRtch perpetuate his fame. Richmond, and George Washing- 3. Tie-Webster. DTD; Peck sary: one to aid discussion and re ------ton. ham, DTD; Bowles. DTD; Wagg, parties and picnics, but it Is the For further Information add,_ last week -end we can possibly search in the English department The Generals came close to Phi Psi; Bryan, PKA. of American universities, the other Reptrar of Helght-5 feet 6 inches. hold the thing and I hope that It Herndon Prize handing the Virginia. swingers will get good support among the to settle domestic quarrels in the Fordham Law School • Previews their first state defeat in 17 years American home. Discus students." l 33 Broadway, New Yon last week, as the match was tied 1. Jack Watson- PKS. Steve Stephenson, president of And Reviews Limit Is May 26 up with the Generals leading In 2. Avery-POT. ODK , In speak ing of the dance, doubles match when play was Continued from page two a 3. Roberts. said, "It's a worthy cause and I USE Contestants for the John G. halted because of darkness. W e thoroughly recommend "Pi Dlstance-114 feet 9 Inches. hope students will back it." Hemdon prize must have their ll Yesterday's match was the last nooctuo.'' and t rust that you en bral'les ready fot· judging by May Hla'h Hurdles "The ch eerleaders need the co or their college careeT for co-cap oper ation of a.ll the students In Goodrich Silvertown Tires Joy It as much as we fePI sure we 26. Librarian Foster G. Mohrhardt Men quall!ying: tains Peck Robertson and Wlll!e helping to mak e the tea dance a. are. announced today. The prize Is giv Washburn. two of lhe most out Supplger. KA; Armstrong, SN; FOR YOUR CAR ON THEm OWN success," Dodo Baldwin, president en annually to the senior who sub standing netmen In the history Wilkins. DTD; Tyson , Beta; RESISTING You readers. If there are any by of P A N, added. GOLDEN PLY- HEAT mits the best private library to of the school. Koontz, Phi Psi; Baker. PDT. now, know as much about this next the faculty library committee. Frank N ichols. head of the " 13" SKID-PROOF TREAD- PUNCTURE Tbe summary: ·picture as your columnist. The Dr. Herndon. the donor. is an Low Hurdles club stated: "The '13 • club is ha.p PROOF SEAL-0-MATIC TUBBS name of this stupendous produc Singles-D. Pinck, W&L, de First Heat PY to lend Jt.s support to an event alumnus of Washington and Lee, feated Turner. 6-0, 6-1; w ash tion Is "On Their Own" and It receiving his A.B. here In 1911 and 1. Henry Baker- PDT. whlcb Is worth-while both socia.lly WOODY CHEVROLET SALES features the e.trorts o! Spring BY burn. W&L, defeated Tenney, 7-5, 2. Johnson- KA. and as an aid to the cheerlead h1s M.A. In 1912. He was awarded 4-6. 6-4: Robertson, W&L, defeat South Main Street Ington and Ken Howell. a Ph.D. by the University of Penn era." Spring Byington has been seen ed Hunter, 7-5. 0-6. 6-4; Shore. Second Heat sylvania In 1931. He now teaches Davidson. defeated Mallory. 6-1. 1. Bob Tyson- Beta. by many ot you In the role of an nt Haverford college. understanding mother in most of 11-13, 6-2; Spindle. W&L, defeat 2. Al'mstrong---SN. Remember her birthday! her pt·evious films. Frankly, I've The prize was first given In 1936. ed Plyler, 6-4, 8-6. The rules governing the contest Third Heat never heard of Ken Howell. !lnd Doubles - Turner and Hunter, 1. Wolf- KA. with. SWEAT SUITS, PING-PONG BALLS when tiLls picture has left lown. I are as ·follows: Davidson. defeated Washburn and will 2. Kallnowski- DTD. still won't have the opportunity 1. The prize be given to a Robertson. 6-1. 6-l. senior in the undergt·aduate school. Washington and Lee to sa.y I know anything about llim. 2. All books owned by the con device Is a llot which guides a and tiANDBALL EQUIPMENT U this picture ls so bad they Swing Dog testant since his junior year in place-kJcker's foot toward the don't even dare put. out a. proJ)a high school wll be eligible. 5th Quarter • • • football. When contact Is reached ga.nda. leallet, it must be bad. from 3. Merit of the library will de- Continued from paJ'e three the ball Is toed squarely between SWANEE RIVER the uprlr hts. The idea Is that you Once again you students of pend upon size. quality, and repre- got? Answer: Red hair and that 1s become accustomed to lt1clt1ng M ;ldred Miller's Movies 151-2 or whatever course sentation of the contestant's ln- all .. .. The laerosse team went to so The Comer Store the ball Into the slot In practice, you're taking, will have the oppor terests. North CaroUna last week-end and that your foot becomes rrooved tn Gift Shop PBONBII tunity to see your favorites. Don 4. Each contestant will be re- were very lucky to come back alive. a rame. Ameche. in action. This time il's quircd to hand In to the commit- It seem that the student referee the repeat performance of that lee a typewritten list of his books didn't know laeroue from "cricket" great vehicle which you so nobly alphabetically arranged by au- and the Tarheel football players failed to see last time, ''Swanee Lhors. . outweighed the Generals thirty Let US Supply Your River." 5. Each cont~stan t will be re-. pounds to the man. The Generals Ameche again adds his hand quired to explam his method of finally succumbed after a bruising MID-NIGHT SNACKS some puss to that of Andrea Leeds selection to the library committee battle in which Boyd , Berchaus, and AI Jolson and attempt'S to of the faculty. Farrar, Shroyer , Alnutt, B orn, plcturlze the life of Stephen Fos 6. Libraries of each contestant Simpson, and aero were injured. PEANUT BUTTER, CRACKERS, CHEESE ter . must be p~aced in the Washington In my way of thinking, 1auo11111e There's really not much to say and Lee library by May 26. at a is a rougher game than footbail. about this picture. Those o! you place designated by the university . . . Ed Trice hw·led a no-bitter who saw It, have lived lo regret librarian, In softball the other day, according "' It, and those of you who haven't 7. In any year whe nthe judges to Ed. The identity of the other seen It, are more fortttnate than feel that no senior has a worthy team Is unknown. . . . There's a A and P you can Imagine. library. the award will not be new device on tbe maJ·ltet which We don't Uke Ameehe, we don't made. might Interest Coach Tilson. The ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ like Leeds, we don't Uke JoL'jOn ; Ring-tum Phi Volumes i • eonaequenUy, what's the U.'!e In Orders for bound volumes or ...... - ~Hill( the picture? the 1939-40 Rin&'-tum Phi wUI GOOD-YEAR \ MISCELLANEOUS be accepted t his week by C. SHOE REPAIRING See Your Local Det~le, Just a paragraph or two to warn Harold Lauck, superintendent or ~wANNA TIP ON A SIJRE WINNER?" those of you who haven't seen the Journalism labora&ory prese. "Vigil In the Night" not to. It's The volumes sel lfor .5.00. for one of those stinkers you read Put $16.75 on &he new Palm Beach Sul&a and about every once In a while, and In other words, It stinks. Shoes Repaired With you can't lo1e, They have pe rfeel form ... not even a good performance by As for the Lyric's attraction, Neat ness and Dispatch ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES elaN aplenty-and &hey go farther without Carole Lombard Is able to snap ·•outside the Three-Mile L1mlt." erumpUng than any wa1hable lull yoa ever the picture out of the doldrums. didn't bother to see it, but we don't. imagine we missed much ex taw. The winaiq eolon are white aad •um· mery 1hade. of blue, gray, tan and peen. See cept lhe fifth chapter of Fu Man 123 W. Nelson St. Virginia Public Service Co. WARp.j£R BROS chu .If you call lhat missing any &hem at your favorite dothler today. Spedfy STATE thing. PALM BEACH l . I WED. and TIIURS. And be nre to look fell' the label. S.l... tl6.75. E.. 2 Days, Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9 nlnl FormaiA (while ju lr.et, blaek troaeen), U 8.50. The Grapes of Slaek•, ts.oo. Goodall Compaay, Clnelaaati, Oldo. Wrath Special Display at the Comer By JOHN STEINBECK
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