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M N Gazette of the College of William & Mary in Virginia Vol ■i M N GAZETTE OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY IN VIRGINIA VOL. Ill WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1935 NUMBER 1 TWO HUNDRED FORTY-THIRD SESSION HOMECOMING DAY NEW STADIUM TO BE DEDICATED Homecoming Day for this ses- r OPENS HERE ON SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH sion has been set for November 2nd when William and Mary plays WITH GAME AND EXERCISES SEPT. 21ST Everything Ready for Success- V.M.I., here. This will be the first ful Session With Enrollment CHANGES IN CURRICULUM time the V.M.I, team has ever ap- University of Virginia to Play Exceeding That of Last Year. peared on our home grounds and W. & M. FOOTBALL TEAM The Indians in First Football EFFECTIVE THIS SESSION hundreds of alumni will return for Game Since 1920. 475 FRESHMEN EXPECTED this occasion. REPORTS FOR PRACTICE REQUIRE CONCENTRATION The program for the day will EXPECT FULL STADIUM Three New Buildings Open, appear in the September and Oc- ON LABOR DAY, SEPT. 2ND Many Improvements on Cam- tober issues of the Alumni Ga- Dr. John L. Newcomb, '00, to Means Greater Coordination Be- zette. Squad of Forty Players Starts Receive Honorary Degree. Dr. pus, and Seven Additions to tween Work of Student in Faculty. Homecoming Day has developed Training for Hardest Schedule Douglas Freeman Will Speak High School and in College. into one of the biggest events of In Years. At Exercises. The academic session for the 243rd the year at the College. Set this The changes in the curriculum for Whatever the Indians may or may year of William and Mary's history date aside now and don't forget it. Work is being rushed to complete the A.B. and the B.S. degrees at the not do on the gridiron this fall they will open on September 16th when the new stadium in time for the gala College of William and Mary as an- are certain to attract unusual atten- freshmen will begin to register. Reg- opening on September 21st when this nounced in the catalogue for 1935-36 tion wherever they appear. The ath- istration will take up five days and new $175,000 structure will be dedi- are the result of faculty study over letic department has discarded the lectures will begin on the 21st, which OUTDOOR FINALS LAST cated with a football game between a period of three or four years. These colors of green, gold and silver, and day will probably see the largest William and Mary and the University; changes from the curriculum prior to JUNE VERY IMPRESSIVE gone back to the old orange and black of Virginia. crowd here ever assembled in the his- 1935-36 involve some fundamental which was adopted in the nineties. tory of Williamsburg. It will be the Rapid progress has been made dur- considerations of higher education. Senator Harry Flood Byrd De- And in the new uniforms there will day of the football game with the ing the summer, and everything now The College authorities have long livered Address and Senator be decidedly more black than orange. University of Virginia and the dedi- points to the completion of the major felt the need for greater coordination Glass Received Honorary De- Black jerseys with an orange stripe cation of the new stadium. It is con- construction of the stadium in ample between the work of the student in gree. down each leg and black stockings fidently expected that the stadium time for the formal ceremonies of the high school and in the college. with rings of orange will be the uni- dedication upon the 21st. Meanwhile will be filled to capacity which means Starting with a most successful In addition, it has been recognized for form. To top off these new colors, those in charge of the program for a crowd of 8500 or more. Alumni Day on June 8th, the Finals a long time that considerable care the players will wear gold colored that day are hard at work with pre- There is a thrill of expectancy in at William and Mary for the session should be taken in the selection of helmets. The only deviation from this liminary preparations to make this a the air at William and Mary over the of 1934-35 were as marked for their the students for admission to the new color scheme will be orange jer- gala day in the fall calendar at the opening of this new session. Chas. J. College. This selection should be impressiveness as any ever held at seys with black numerals which will College. Duke, Jr., Bursar of the College and based not only on the student's schol- the College. be used when the colors of the oppos- Every indication points to a capaci- assistant to President John Stewart arship record in his preparatory The baccalaureate sermon on Sun- ing team may require them. ty attendance at the football game. Bryan who took a well deserved va- day, June 9th, by the Rev. H. W. B. school, but also on the information Tommy Dowler, who starred at Col- Already inquiries from Alumni have cation this summer in Novia Scotia, Donegan of St. James Church, New obtained from his teachers, parents, gate a few years ago, after one year started to pour in on the office of has been right on the job all the sum- York City, was one of the best ever and others who have known him. It here as assistant coach and last the Athletic Association, and Billy mer and everything is ready for a heard here. It was a simple but mov- is believed that careful selection of year under the coordinate system, Gooch, who is in charge of arrange- smooth operation of all departments ing message that deeply impressed students for the work which is of- will be head coach. He expects a ments for this part of the program, of the College. all who heard it. fered at the College will result in squad of forty men, one of the largest is confident that the football game A class of about 475 freshmen is fewer failures. To this end, the Col- On Monday morning, June 10th, the in football history here, to report for expected and the total enrollment will be a "sell out" long before the lege selects its students from the up- Senior Class held its Class Day ex- practise on September 2nd. "Honest" first whistle blows in the stadium. should be around 1200 for the session. per half of the group of graduates ercises in Players' Dell, Matoaka John Kellison will be back from his Special care has been exercised in se- The program as now tentatively aFi in the school from which they come. Park. That afternoon President John mountain farm in West Virginia to ranged includes many features that lecting the freshman class. Gradua- Emphasis is placed not only on the Stewart Bryan held a reception in coach the line.- His reputation as a will be particularly interesting to tion in the upper half of high or prep quality of the student's grades, but the Great Hall of the Wren Building line coach is well established in this Alumni. During the day President school classes and good character rec- also on the sequence of his courses to the Seniors, their families, and state and with the material available John Lloyd Newcomb of the Univer- ommendations have been strongly in- in the high school. After it has been friends and nearly a thousand people this fall William and Mary should sity of Virginia will receive an hon- sisted upon. shown that a student has ability to passed through this historic wing of have another excellent forward wall orary degree. Arrangements are also Prof. J. Wilfred Lambert, a gradu- do work on the college level and that the old building to be greeted by Mr. to confront all of her opponents for being made for Dr. Douglas Freeman, ate of William and Mary of the class his interests are within the scope of Bryan and afterwards to mingle on the season. editor of the Richmond News Leader, of '27 and Assistant Professor of the curriculum, the college provides the campus where refreshments were Dowler gave tne squad of forty a to give an address. The football Psychology here since 1931, has been courses for him to begin where he served under the shade of the trees. stiff five weeks workout last spring game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. appointed Dean of Freshmen Men and left off in the high school. By this The graduating exercises were held and the first three weeks of Septem- The Alumni at William and Mary has been working at his new duties means, more carefully selected stu- outdoors probably for the first tim- ber will be a concentrated drive to will have every reason to be proud most of the summer. He will have dents will be admitted, and these stu- in the history of the College. They be in shape for Virginia when they of the new stadium, which is being close contact with the new men which dents will not be confronted with started at 6 p.m. and were concluded come down on Sept. 21st for the dedi- made possible by a Federal grant will insure their proper guidance in high school deficiencies after enter- in the twilight after which a sump- cation of the new stadium. William through the Public Works Adminis- social as well as academic affairs ing college. tuous dinner was served in the Din- and Mary and Virginia have played tration.
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