The Columns OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY ------.------Volume III LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, APRIL 19, 1946 Number 22 Five Students DancitJg in the Dark Are Elected to George Wood Reveals Phi Beta Kappa Van Gelder, Criminate, Ray McKinley Engaged Dempsher, Guthrie, and Holley Are Named The names of ftve students elec­ To Play at Final Dances ted to the Phl Bet.a. Kappa honor­ ary rratemtty we~ announced last week followtna the annual ~tln1 of that chapter. College Preside11ts Here Veteran's Band Has Stmultaneously, the election of April 26-27 Set new omcers tor the coming year As Guests of Dr. Goines were revealed by the secretary or Famed Drummer, By Glee Clubs In ~lebrnUon of lhe tuty­ the chapter, Dr. Allen W. Moger, fourth birthday of Pre:oident They were: Dr. W. W. Morton, Frnncls P. Games or Washington Vocalist as Leader president; Dr. Olllnrer Crenshaw, For Performance and Lee Unh·erstty on April 21, George Wood, president of final vice president; and Dr. Ailen W. Dr. and Mrs. Gaines will have as dances, thls week announced that Moger, secretary. Tage Munthe-Kaas Will their ruests this week-end Pres­ The students who were elected tdent Oliver C. Carmichael of the Ray McKinley has been contrnct.­ Be Featured Soloist in ed to play for the Washington Into the chapter were: W. B. van Camegie FoundaUon, and Mrs. Gelder, L. Rex Crlminale. John and Lee Final Dance Set. The pro­ Joint Concert with MBC Carmichael; Prcs.ldent Raymond gram for which McKinley has Dempsher, David v . Guthrie, and Paty of the University of Ala­ John Holley. For the fu·sL time since the be­ been enqarcd IJ1cludes the first A scene photographed in Doremus Gymnasium of the Black and White bama. and Mrs. Paty; President Van Gelder, at present serving ginning of the war the Washing­ Goodrich c . White or Emory UnJ­ night dance. the second night in the Navy as second lieutenant Ball which was sponsored the first nlght. of Sprlna dances by the ton and Lee Olee Club will parti­ Senior-Alumni Ball and a tea Washington and Lee CoUlUon Club. verslly. and Mrs. White; Presi­ junior grade, was riven his de­ cipate ln a Joint concert. to be held dent Theodore C. Jack oi Ran­ dance which has not yet been gree last February and voted to with Mary Baldwin College on the dolph-Macon Woman's College, definitely sc:heduled the Phi Beta Kappa in recogni­ evening or Friday, April 26 and and Mrs. Jack; Dean Calvin It had been expected that a. Uon of work done elsewhere. Ganong Chosen S. P. S. Presents Saturday, April 27. Hoover oC Duke University, and band would ha.ve been dcctded Cruninale, from Mobile, Aia­ Seventy-five girls of t.he Mary Mrs. Hoover. upon pt1or to this date but Wood, bama, entered Wa.shlnaton and Baldwin Glee Club. under the di­ And Prestdent Rufus C. Harris knowing that a name band was Lee In the fall of 1943. He has To Head Calyx Bronze Plaque rectorship of Mr. Eugene cassel­ of Tulane Unh·erstty, President. essential to real success. refused since been attendlna continuous­ men will join with thirty Wash­ Umphrey Lee of Southern Metho­ to make any compromises In t.he ly. maJoring In languages. For Next Year To University Ington and Lee men on Friday dist UruversttY. and Pres.ldent J. matter. Guthrie, wh06e home is In Ba­ night at Lee Chapel, and on Sat­ Ross McCain of Agnes Scott Col­ The final result, then. alter ton Rouge, Louisiana, came to E.C. Anticipates Choice Tablet Commemorates urday night a return visit wUI be lege. weeks of wuing and callini vari­ the university In the fall of 1943 made to Mary Baldwin. On Saturday evening aL 9 ous book.lni al{ents was a con­ and maJored In political sc:lence. By Publication Board 22,000 School Graduates Highlighting the Friday nJ(ht's o'clock In the Student UnJon the tract With ex-G I Ray McKinley Holley entered Washin&ton and To Insure Early Start W ho H ave Been at W &L con~rt. Will be t.he combined slna­ university will give a reception and his aU-veteran orchestra. Lee In the fall or 1942 and has ing by both groups or "I.Alndslght­ honoring President and Mrs. Drummers• Drummer since been majorlnr in lanruaaes. John F. Ganong, a Law Student. At a special assembly at 12:10 lng" by Grieg. "Landslghting" Is Gaines. His home is Unadilla, New York. was appointed "Temporary Chair- Thursday morning, Washington an old Norwegian ballad, and the In big time baseball they call Dempsher, who served overseas man" or The Cal.Yx for next year and Lee was awarded a beautiful baritone solo wUI be sung by Tage Charlie Gehringer. the 2nd base­ with the Army Alr Forces is a. by the Executive Committee at Its bronze plaque by Colonel W. H. Munthe-Ka.as. a Norwegian stu­ man or the Detroit Tla-ers, "the senior pre-medical student. He t-egular meeting last. Tuesday Quarterman on behalf of the dent now attending Washington Plans Completed ballplayers' ballplayer.'' Which came to the university in 1038 nlght, with recommendation that School for Personnel Services and Lee. This song is very famous means that. his playing is reSpec­ from Coaldale, Pennsylvania. he be made Editor by the Publl- which only recently disappeared In Norway and bas often been ted by h1s team-mates and those Crlminale, Guthrie, Holley, and catJon Board when It is reorgan- from the campus. , sung by Tage in his native coun­ For Graduation against whom he plays nUke. In Dempsher are to be graduated In Lzed. It was deemed wise not to de- Dean of the UnJverslty, Robert try. popular music Ray McKinle~, the June. lay the appointment as there is Henry Tucker, called the meet- Friday night's program also in­ Full Program of Exercises SUlJfini and dnmuning person­ In addition to these students, a great deal or work on The Calyx ing to order, and after the invo­ cludes the singinr of seven num­ Prepared for 17 Seniors ality, who b11nrs his orchestra to several alumni were elected as which must be carried on during cation had been delivered by Dr. bers by the Mary Baldwin Glee Washington and Lee on May 30 members of the chapter, it was the summer, and also there are William w . Morton, Dean Tucker Club, some of which are: "Day­ On the first day of June at 11 :00 and 31, holds a similar POsition or announced. certain reductions in price which made several announcements of break" by Grofe. "Tutu Maramba" a.m., sevenLeen seniors will grad­ honor a.monv his fetlow muSic­ Dr. Moger stated that plans are I can be obtained by submitting general Interest to the student by McKinney, "Let My Son& Fill uate from Washington and Lee, Ians. They consider him Just belng made for a public Initiation material for the annual earty. body. H e then Introduced Colonel Your Heart" by Charles, and ''The according to Mr. C. P. Light, pro­ about "tops" In his field and the of the new members durin& the A fo e Washingto d Lee Quarterman. Cloths of Heaven" by Dunblll. fessor or law who is In charge of best all-around skinbeater in lhe earlY part o! May rm r n an business. · student, Ganong was very active Colonel Quarterman, in pre- Among the six Washington and arrangements ror the graduation ------on The Calyx before the war, hav- senUng the plaque, rave a brle! Lee Glee Club's numbers are exerdses. With Polla.ck The Baccalaureate Sermon will lng served as Managing Editor history of the School for Per­ "Swing Low Sweet Charlot" with McKinley got his first "break" be delivered by Dr. W. T. Hanz­ New Publication during his Junior Year. Whlle In sonnet Services, recalling how a tenor solo by William Rattner, with the famous old Ben Pollack the Navy Ganong helped In pub- from December of 1942 to J an­ "Stouthearted Men" by Romberg, &c:he of the Prospect Street Pres­ band. , Benny Good­ byterian Church, Trenton, New Ushlng several class year books. uary of 1946 he saw over 22,000 and "What Shall We Do With the man and lots or othet· btg names Board To Form A member of the camera Club at men and women or the armed Drunken Sailor,?" an old sea­ Jersey. The presentation of de­ were In that crew but because grees will be made by Dr. Francts Washington and Lee before the forces ao through the special chanty. Pollack himself liked to play the Pendelton Gaines, pres.ldent of Re-establishment of News war, Ganong also worked on Pho- training at Washington and Lee. After the Friday night's con­ drums Ray had to find some other tography in the war, and has had The thing, however, which 1m­ cert. whtch begins at. 8 o'clock the UnJverslty. work. Pollack thought "the kid" Organs To Be Determined Those who will receive LL.B. a Job at Andre's Studio since re- pressed him most was not the t.here Is planned for the vlslttns was so terrific that he recom­ The Publication Board Is to be tumlng to Washington and Lee. number Involved but the quality s.lngers. a party by the Washing­ degt·ees are: E. W. Butts, Jr., and mended him to a band known as H. McFarlane. Bachelor of Arts re-established soon as possible When asked about his expec- of the graduates; and this he at­ ton and Lee Glee Club In the Stu­ c. Milt Sha.w•s Detroiters nnd It was 88 degrees will be conferred upon: Lhis Spring, perhaps at the next tatlons Cor next year's Calyx, Gan- irlbuted largely to the traditions, dent UnJon. with that band thnL he first met regular meeting of the Executive ong made U1e following statement: the customs, and the practices of Previous to the war the Glee G. A. Calvert, L. R. Crlmlnale, J . up with Will Bradley. That's whaL committee Tuesday night, H. Wise "We'll have plenty of trouble in t.he UnJverstty and the very Club held many joint concert.s L. Crist, Jr., John Dempsber, T. he means by a good 'break.' WIU Keily, President or t.he Student trying Lo get it started up again. friendly attitude that prevailed with surrounding schools. This, R. Dodson. W. R. Gaines, D. V. and Ray became roommates and Gulhlle, Jr.• J. B. Holley, W. H. Body, announced last ni&ht. This The can-y-over stall that an Edt- among the adm1n.lstratlon and the concert. w111 be the first In a ser­ pals so It was only natural that decision was reached after the tor usually finds Is non-existant townspeople and lhe students re­ Ies of concerts with other schools Kcland, F. H. Pitzer, Jr., L. s. they get their own band together Executive Committee had al- now ; and the war has sent up gardlng the presence of the Army which are planned tor later dates. Rehr. P. C. Thomas, Jr., R. J. A. eventually. Mac worked ror a ready apJ>Olnted John F. Ganong costs or printing and engraving. here. The atmosphere cannot be Directing the washington and Walker, C. F . Wimmer, nnd T. M. si1ort lime with the famous Red of Novato, CallfornJa, to be tem- I! our student body grows as ex- compared t.o any other he has Lee Glee Club will be Mr. Robert Wright. Nichols groups nnd then Joined porary Editor or The Cal.Yx tor pected, however, we should have known and in that he found an See of Natural Bridge. Mr. See Is Mr. J.J&ht released the following Smith Ballow where he again ran next year, with the recommenda- Just as large and certainly Just as explanation of the high praise very promluent In local musical llsL or events for t.he graduation Into a trombone player named tion lbat he be made permanent good an annual as we had before which rraduates or the Speclai groups. and Is a graduate or the week-end: Glenn Miller. Thursday, May 30-1:00 p.m .. Editor of the Publication Board _th_e_w_a_r._"______f_ Con__tln _ u_ed__o_n_ P_a,..::_e_F_o_ur_..:...) _...:__.:..

r. !' _M_,....,..,.,.1 __ ,,.M...,. ... - ...·--ooo ...... ~0 n: Iii' ; !!j •'!'i'!! i .,.,,," ' '•; l~... ~ •.....u.~.: ...... ,.....,.,.....,.l ~.. '" ! 1 The Columns 1! ll.eporter•nt·Large Men About Town • • • Se~ the Unlnn.lh Community U Br Charley 1\lcDowell By Roy D. Witte Published en'l')' F1iday of the college year, by the students of Wru.hington and Lee Un&\·er.;ity. Editorial and Business offices: 32 ThP olher day we came across a worthwhile, Is Lou Nova, an al­ 'I11e topic for all the more Im­ look even more like he had been Nc\\'comb Hall. Mall addr\:ss: Box 153, Lexington, Vt.rginia. Prlnted by very lnterestmg book by one leged boxer. This person. equipped portant o£ campus convet-saUon.s krcked in the teeth by a cow. Con­ C, Harold Lauck at the Journalism Laboratory Pre&; of Washington Robert Ripley: the name of IL. or only with a "cosmic punch." made tor Lhts week aud many more to nttuing up the slope, we find and Lee University. course. l., "Scheve It or Not," and the mistake of getting ln the same come wlll Ob\'iously be the results three of our happy party, huddled 11. contains excerpL'l rrom the ring with Joe LouJs, and as we National adverllsing representative: The National Advertising or the mad and merry brawl together to escape the Icy blast newspuper feature of the same temember. he lasted less than six around and about old Doremus from Winter's dying breath-with Inc., us that hall-stones Despite the late arr1val of Marse and Allee lgoorlng hlm as usual. rates on request.. Almanac" and the Wahoo are reu there ln 1870 as big as ele­ John, the ntralr tas all W & L at­ Several attemPts at plunging t.he RoberL G. Patterson .....•...... ••.•. . Edltor certamly and not abo'e wringing ptumts: he refers us to the Smith­ fairs! was a huge and rlotous suc- beast. over a rather steep cliff a column ouL of Mr. Ripley-so sonian Institute Reports for proof cess .... not provlng fatal. and an ley Im­ Marshall S. ElUs ...... News Editor and mentions parenthetically that Charles R. McDowell. Jr...... •.•• Feature Editor here goes. Leaving Lexlniton for the mersion not causing pneumonia, Don R. Moxham...... Sports Editor 1n a modest IILUe preface. Mr. red. white and blue hall-stones while. we follow a Joyous, larking, Bill finally gave up and allowed Ripley, who likes to be called !ell ln Russia ten years later. Al­ group of Minks and lhelr Minx to Faunda the sheer pleasure of Columnists ''Rip." tells us lhal he has travel­ though the connection is remote, a retreat at Crabtree Falls-deep blind Idolatry-and occasionallY MarshallS. Ellis. Da\;d V. Guthrie. William H. Hart. Charles R. Mc­ led m 167 countrlcs and that as both events probably caused con­ to the heart of the Blue Ridge. drngglng a lengthy tongue across Dowell, William T. Romaine, Roy D. WilLe a re.'1ult he haS seen and heard of sidernble load enthusiasm. Not the least. of the happy throng the lad's woebegone count.enance. some pretty amazing things. He Rip bas evidently done a great were Alice Weber and her new Frankly. we can't understand hls ~Uporte.rs repeats t.he fact.s to the reader. deal of research In American forever faithful . Bill "MuLton­ chagrin, tor never has h1s prow­ News: w. s. Allen. G. R. Bouldin, W. H. Byrnes, L. R. Crlmlnale, A. E. who can believe 'em or not. but sports because the book presents head" Bowman, useful and obllg­ ess with the opposite sex been so Graham. B. E Onmm, R. w. Hubbard, R. E. Mosby, M. G. Robertson. you really should have ra!Ut. be­ a large group or amazing records. lng as ever was noted following a positively proven .... R. w. Rodgers, J. H. Sammons. Sports: D. K . Caldwell, D. C. Gibson. cause Rip has got proof I! you're For Instance. R. P. WUllams made rather hazardous trail up the pre­ Other partles who found Inter­ D. c. Pinck that kind of a guy. Anyway, on the a "running high kick" of 10 feet c.tpitous slope of the forboding est In the joys of nature were Business Stall first page there's a picture of a and 3 Inches. which is roughly mountain that. lay ahead, bur­ those who made the Goshen trtp Roy D. Witte . . .. . • ...... Business Manager \'ery nice looking young fellow equal to kicking the rim of a dened oniy by a picnic lunch, Chad Smith and his charmer William T. Romaine ...... , ...... Advertising Manager calmly stroking a bUllard ball basketball basket. Also, a man blankets, table cloth, silverware. Allee round the waters so delight­ Jared A. Close ...... Circulation Manager ball with h1s nose. And lL seems named See hopped a hundred china, extra coats and sweaters­ ful that Allee went in-rather that this educated proboscis once yards in 11 seconds, and one and dragging ninety five pounds lnadvertantly we admit-but in Business Associates cued in 46 consecutive balls. That named PauUquen remained un­ of bone and sinew. Allee's OreaL she went just the same. There's F. T. Glasgow, J. C. Ritz. W. W. Klngsbery, Jr. was enough for us. and we finished der wate1· for six and a half min­ Dane, Faunra.-when they arrived always a comedian who'll do most the remaining 360 pages at one utes ! which is how long It would at a narrow plank bridging a anything for a laugh. Believe us, silting. have taken the former to hop LOtTentlal gorge. After Allee's both of this happy crew received Friday, April 19, 1946 But. speak.ing of sittings, Rip three-fourths of a mile. If that calm reassurance that, "All dogs their tlll .... Vlerbucben aod Fl'it knows ot a man In Chicago named interests you l. In 1927, our au­ cross bridges," and after helping chie, gamboling like little lamb "Hold 'Em" Joe Powers, who sat thor saw Babe Ruth hit 125 home the young lady across ln his most kins with their dates, maintained on top of a flagpole for 16 days. runs In one hour. That Is. he ex­ helpful manner. he t.ested to find that a fellow-traveler, carefree But that ain't nothing, says Rip­ plains. the Babe hlt 125 balls over lhat Allee's ca.lm reassurance Hal Chittum got a large Charge No Smoking a fellow In Egypt sat on top of the fence at Wrigley Field before proved correct, that dogs do cross out of his date-she works for A tendency whrch has been growing for the lase three or a plllar for 69 years just to show an exhibition game. It is about bridges, even when t,hey are fe­ Ule electric company .... over h1s father it means invited to a brilliant Washington and Lee social function. OUT ON A LIMB roles-and in technicolor, too, by I'll see Johnny In Just eight Various provisions wUI be made ar Fi nals, such as the t1 By Bill Hart J golly. The lavishness of the whole months and that man really Jars affair Is such as to render 11'.'3 suc­ me!" Anonymous comes through setting aside of a smoking room. But no provisions which the The situation of Russia in Iran over Hungary, Austria and Czech­ cess immediate and to obscure with his usually canny sophistry Dance Board or the Floor Committee may make will be able to and Franco in Spain and the oslovakia. whatever minor faults the show "Onions in the milk ...." The enforce such a rule, nor should it have co be ''enforced" in the whole Ew-opean bolllng pot is be­ Hungary. In particular, is going may have. No detaJI is omitted so trouble with that guy McDowell Is ginning to take on the aspect or fast. She Is ripe for such a. move­ far as historical background and that he shows no ima,glna.Uon ... usual sense of the word. Rather, this is one very practical way a serio-comic opera. A person ment. In fact a form of Commun­ authenticity are concerned. Nor ------in which every one of us can help to make Finals che success­ can't help but. compare the devel­ lsm was trled ln Hungary shortly can any criticism be launched opments of international affairs after the first. world War. but F.:tl'·· ·· · ful dance set that it should be. against the players, all top-tlight L' h S"d to a bak. A case in point can be made point out specific "evils'' in the pre-war conditions, for the tley spreading a mild Communism lsm. No less Illustrious casting, and easily with the use of a compari simple reason that the majority of us on The Columns have a.n even less Illustrious story mark son between "No Time !or Com lernities fail to find within themselves any conditions which The Hoodlum Saint, which fills tdy" and "Sentlmenl.al Journey, come to Washington and Lee since the war. We were pro­ out the week. In fact. even Mono- both recent offerings here at the ceeding on the word of pre-war students and fraternity men could stand correction, then let us be the first to admit that gram would hide its race in shame State Theatre. Rosalind Russeli themselves, some of whom may have exaggerated the facts in we made a mistake; and let us further express our regret that over this plot. All that William and James Stewart present excel Sir Thomas More was unable to study che perfect society here, Powell, Esther Wllllams. Angela lenL characterizations in the form their desire to impress the new men. Lansbury, and Lewis Stone can do e1· of these two, but. much of lhe It should also be said that our statements were probably before he wrote his book. Is not enough to o1Tset the un- credit tor this fine example or too broad, being capable of inrerpretarion in a general way, fortunate plot; about. all they pre-war productions or the better manage to do Is. we feel sure, to type goes to the construction or when perhaps they applied to only a small minority of the Sonnet on His Baldness ~et the season's nadir. plot and dialogue, which retain eighteen fr:llerniLies on the campus. On rhc other hand, our GettJns- Gertles Garter turns the coherence and stability whieh basic contention appl.es to all eighteen fraternities and to any When I consider how my locks are spent­ up Thursday at the Lyrlc. Dennis are requisites for better enter How every day another crop deserts, O'Keefe and Marie "The Body" talnment. Despite the fact that other organization on the campus. It is simply that any such MacDonald are co-starred in this there was a good cast In the over group should be wrlling to stop for a minute in its mad, head· And that approach which used to wow the skim ill-starred feature. Way below ly sentimental "journey," . the plot, but more parU gomg to be done. If the f r.1ccrnines are wtlling to admiL that "Musr gilded domes breed social introverts?" Count Dracula, the Werewolf, and cttlarly Its Pt-estmtatlon. was, in I glumly ask. But Patience co prevent Frankenstein's Monst.et· all In one. a word. rotten. However. there are Lhere may ha"e been somNhing wrong with them before the as it does with Rouse of Dra.cula, numerous other reasons for the war, we are sun.• that the}' wrll agree with us in saying that That murmur soon replies, "It ain't rhe pan over at lhe House of Horrot'S (we abysmally low calibre or many there is no use brmging it back just to get to 11p re·war condi­ That makes a gal's heart thump today. It takes mean the Lyricl MonTues. Reluc- productions to-day, which run the tions"; and even chough we on The Columns are prevented The com; they love ro see it spent. I hate tant as we are, we ha.ve to give gamut from casting, ln some To be a q•nic, ktd, but it's the man credit to this job for the very tine cases .. to tllm1ng, ca less impart from making nny spec1fic suggestions, that IS not too much to background music throughout. ant. thing>. In others. It must be be regretted, for :my rt>fotrn that comes must come from with­ Who shows the do-re-rnt that gets the breaks; something which adds much to added at. Lhis paint that the Hol . n. On the other hand. 1f after honest consideration the fra· They catch the cob who only stand and wait. the effect. (Contlnued on page three) BOX CORE Grid Generals to Tackle Generalizing . • • W I. L v llampdt:n-Sydne~· W & L Easily Defeats Hampden-Sydney AB R 11 E Miami in Season's Finale By Don Moxham ------· Atwood...... 4 0 0 3 The Gl'lll"ral 's football tenm Humphrey, d . . . . . Before a aood ctoll.'d of fans, ch>s..• their season on the 22nd of Brackens and Boyda Hold McKenna, 1-cf •.••• ! i ~ ~ the ball club really came throuah Ne\'embcr against Miami Unlver­ against Hampden- Sydney last Visitors to Four Hits in Via, 1b •.....••... Young, lb .•.•..•. . ~ ~ ~ ~ tty In Florida. Cap·n Dick Smith Saturday. It appears that C&p'n announced this week. It ts hil!h- Dlck'6 cha11tes left nearly a.ll their 7-1 Win; Bell Hits Hard B~ll . c ...... 4 1 3 0 THE Sm1th, 2b ...... 4 ly possible that the team wiU go bobbles back In LyncbbUI'I. The After an absence or thrt>e years, 0 1 0 by plane so as not to miss too sturdY hurling and timely bH­ baseball aga.ln retunlt'd LO Wash­ Tetchert, rf , . • . . . . Schneider, 3b •..•. . ~ ~ ~ ~ many &hool days. Muuni pla~ s tina shown by the Gi!nerals must mgton and Lee, and the Generals all its regular games in the Orange Brackens, p • .••.••. 1 have ral!!ed the reputation a way celebrated lhe occas1on In tlne 3 0 0 Bowl Stadium. Last Year they Boyda. p .....•.•.. 1 up throuahout U1e state. Previous­ style Wlth an 1mpre~lve 7 to 1 _o_ o_ o wen· a"'arded the post season ly Hampden-Sydney had barelY win over Hampdrn-Sydncy. Sam New Yeat 's day bid to lhat same been nosed out by the strong Rich­ Brackens and long Mike Boyda. The Lighter Side stadium. mond nlnt>, 2-1. Comparative both newcomers to W & L, shared (ConUnued from Pt«e Two) scores mean very little. but It does the pitching chor~ llmttina the prove that the Tigers from Death Tlrers to a mere four hits-all of lywood of 1946 Is undoubtedly put­ Softball Starts the 29th Valley were no pushovers. them Smgles. Johnny Bell took ling out fine material m a few or The two umpires who worked Frida), April 19, 1946 Pare Three otr the catchina gear long enough its ftlms. but the percentage re­ The lntrumural softball tourna­ the game are the Milam brothers. to line out throl.' hits, thus lead­ laUon bet.ween good and bad out­ ment V.' lll get underway on April Winton and Claude. Both these ing the Blue's offense. POUrlnas of ftlm , eems to be giv­ 29. The games are to be played on boys are students at LynchbUJ'I Generals Blasted Twice by V PI; The first 21:z 1nnlnas failed to ing lhe former an increasmgly an t'limJnatlon bas1s ralher than Colleae and play lots or Basket­ ~ee a ball hit out or the inlleld, POOr showlnr. and It Is this of a round robin because of the lack ball there. Winston was one of the untU Ev Schneider singled to cen­ which we speak. of lime due to rush week. highest scorers in the state dur­ Hurlers Yield 35 Runs in Two Tilts ter. However the foutth inning We are not, by any manner or Cy Twombly outllned the open­ Ing the 1942-1943 season. He drop­ brought the trouble. Hampden­ means, or moraUst leanJngs. but lnr aamt>s to be played on Mon­ ped ln thirteen points up here In Sydney scored Its ftrsL and only it is a person of extremely inept. day, April 29; at 4:30 the SAE's Lexington that year, although Ten W & L Errors Turn Gobblers Tally 16 Times run when Goodloe opened up with perception who ca.nnol perceive tackle the Pi Phi's, wbUe the Red­ W & L won handily. a single, took second on Loner­ the growm11 U!le or play on sex skins go against Lambda Chi. On That was the same night. that 1st Game into 17-4 Rout, In Last T hree Innings to gan's sacrlllce bunt, moved over that Will Hays' adsence seems to Wednesday ZBT plays Phi Psi's, Clancy Ballenger got so hot. in Hurlers Give Ten Passes Win in a Slugfest 18-13 to t.blrd on a passed ball. and have caused. We don't want a v hlle the lAw School bas dmwn lhe second haU. Ballenger drop­ scored when Foley dumped a pop censoring board for lhls country a bye ped ln four straight hawkers from Vlrainl& Tech bopped on seven In the second contest the Gi!n- tly in very shallow left field Blake comparable to the one boasted bY far out, and then tried a lob pass W & L pitchers for a total of erals got otr to a 9 to 2 lead ln Atwood made a ruce gmb but his Memphls. Tennessee, but Eric for bla "SUck" Barris to tap In, thlrty-Ove runs to take a two the tllth, but couldn't hold their hurtled o1!-balance throw pulled Johnston's liberal altitude on the Net Team Opens Monday and what do you know lf that rame series marked by a parade advantage and dropped the tilt Bell from the plate and Goodloe west coast Is slowly but surely On Monday afternoon the t.en­ didn't swish through too. or errors and hurlers. Comblnina 18 to 13. Thls free-scoring fracas slid scross with lhe game's first. causing proarec;s--lf i t can be nls tt>am will make their belated That Mlarnl tUt scheduled for thirty hits and fourteen Wash­ WllB marked by a steady stream of tally. The Gi!nerals ralr.cd a small called progress-over the border­ debut against the strong Univer­ next fall Is another step Into the ington and Lee errors the Gob­ pitchers on both sides with Tech fuss over the decision. llne set by even the most moderate sity of Maryland racket wielders. blers easily made it two stratrht. furnishing four to W & L's t.hree. Lenets of decency. Some of HollY­ big time. Last year's Miami Hur­ However, ln the bottom half of Bob Gaines will definitely bold ricanes am massed a record of over the hapless Generals last. All was going well until the last. wood's better productions now are the fourth frame. Cap'n Dick down the number one SPOt. while seven wins as aga.lnst a single Wednesday and Thursday In of the sixth frame when suddenly Smith's boys pushed over two good entertainment but for Blacksburg. The first game was the Blacksburg club regained streaks or this distasteful taint, Bruce West. Frank Markoe. Don loss, and they were rewarded for runs. Humphries led It off wttb Moxham, Bob Moody, and Shep their tlne play with an invitation Tech's all the way with the ex­ their batting eye and blasted out a free pass to first. McKenna as evidenced by the O'Hara-Hen­ ception of a UvelY futh frame when tlve hits for Ove runs The ftrst Zinovoy will probably handle the to meet Holy Cross in the Orange doubled hlDl around to third, and retd vehicle. "Spruusb Main." It other assignments. Bowl on New Years day. This par­ the Generals got to Charley Bur­ haU of the seventh found the both of them scored when Bell Is clearly and plainly a matter of llcular game was rated the num­ toot. for five blngles. However, Generals adding three more to beat out a hit to deep short. opinion JUSt how bad this parti­ La!!L SatUrday's match with ber one thriller that day, when, this short rallY or three tallies their half o! that box and talUed There were no more fireworks cular condition Is. if It e&n Justl­ Da vid!.On College was postponed wllh less than a minute to play, did not help the already lost three more runs to keep them In until Lhe W & L side of the sixth, !lably be considered bad at all, untU May 4 because or wet grounds. a Miami substitute intercepted a cause as Tech went on to w1n the the game. In the last hall or the when four markers crossed the but despite the fact that the le­ pass and scooted 80 some yards tilt 17 to 4. Boyda was tabbed lhe eighth the VPI big guns aaaln plate for Lhe home team. Hum­ galization of morality is an ut­ for Miami's winning touchdown. losinr pitcher, with Brackens and got the range and cobbled the phries again opened up the scor­ ter Impossibility, we must face The well worn grape vine tells Lindell serving them up, too. lJn­ Oeneral pitching staff for elgbL ing with his tlrst bingle, advanced another !act tha.t constant ex­ Ideal Barber Shop dell serving them up, too. Lindell runs to put them out. In front by to second on McKenna's second posure to suggestiveness of this us that one of the end positions For The JUan Who Cares won't cause Art Lewis any worry turned in lhe best performance the tune of 18 to 12. The Wash­ hlt, and scored when Francis klnd must certainly be constdered this faU. Bob Chipley, 6 foot four allowing the Techmen only three Ington and Lee outfit. tried In vain "Sugar" Young, plnchhitting for a Coree for evil. It ls a question Under First. Nallonal Bank hils in final three lnnlngs. Ten inch mastedon, will probably be in their section of lhe last to Johnny V1a. slnaled Into left field. whether the maJority or the peo­ !\l ARKS & REYNOLDS here In Lexington. Before the bobbles on the part or the visit­ catch up but could score only one Bell agaln cleaned the bases when ple will voluntarily protest thts war, Chipley was an all-confer­ ors made things easier ror an un­ run, conceding the victory to his single to rlaht was muffed by one p~ of Hollywood's present derdog home team. Tech. Aga!n Boyda was the losing ence end for the Clemson Tigers, Goodloe, allowing Bell to advance mediocre output. but that is SUl'e­ ~"'"''~'""'"'''''"""'''''"'"'"'''~~ and the only reason he failed to First Game hurler. all the way to t.hlrd. Smith ly not a subject for the llnuted ~ s get more publicity was because ABR li E This Saturday afternoon David­ brought him In with a t\y ball to room or this space. All-American J oe Blafock held Atwood, ss ...... 3 2 1 3 son comes to town for a shot at left. It goes without saying that the I Joe Shaner's I McKenna, 1! ...... 5 1 1 1 the Gi!nerals on WUson Field at The boys sewed It up in the sev­ public, as the ultimate Judge and , $ down the other fiank. Chipley al­ ~ $ so plays a. terrific game of basket­ Via, 1b ...... 4 1 1 1 3:30 p.m. Next week the Generals enth when Schneider's drive went prosecutor or offending maletial ball. Bell, c ...... 4 0 2 2 travel t.o Hampden-Sydney for a through left fielder Lonergan for in films, \vlll have ltseU to blame i Florists l Smith, 2b ...... 4 0 game on Tuesday, and to Rich­ If lh.e presenL conditions persist. 0 1 two bases. Brackens sent him t''"'"'"""""'"'"'""""""""'"""'"'""''"l Wilson. cr ...... 1 0 0 1 mond and William and Mary on around the rest of the bases with ~'' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1 Golf Team Defeats V.P.I. Humphrey, cf ..•... 0 0 0 0 Friday and Saturday respectively. a single to center. That closed Young, rf ...... 2 0 0 0 They return here for a home game the day's scoring. In Lopsided 15-3 Match Schneider, 3b .... • . 4 0 2 0 wtth Richmond on April 29. Parrish, a letthander starting The Washington and Lee goU Eeichert, rr ...... 2 0 0 0 Second Game ror Hampden-sydney, was trouble­ STUDENTS! team played steady golf over Its Boyda, p ...... 2 0 0 1 some for those first three Innings. I Laundry I ABRII E home course here today to soundly lJndeU, p ...... 1 0 0 0 But once the batting order had a. ~ i ALwood, 2b ...... 5 3 2 1 Y ou'll enjoy o11r trounce the V .P.I . linksmen 15-3. Brackens, p ...... 1 0 0 0 look at him, things got rather ! I McKenna, Cf ...... 5 1 3 0 i and Jack Harper and Bud Keland rough Cor the slender southpaw. s Sodas and Sundaes warmed up on the back nine to 33 4 7 10 VIa. 1b ...... 3 0 l 0 The bloodthirsty c1·owd was i ~ edge Whittle and Sellars 6-3 while W&L 10003000o- 4 Bell, c ...... 5 3 0 2 tickled pink when Billy Foley's Bob Ca.rr and RockY Stevenson VPI 1 0 3 2 7 0 4 0 x--17 Smith, ss ...... 3 1 0 0 foul tip slammed Into UlllJ)Ire w. made with Brackens, lf, p .. .. . 4 2 2 0 I Dry O eaning j shut out Cartwright and More­ Milam's mask. Bracken struck out head 9-0. The Generals lost in Schneider, 3b ...... 3 1 2 0 slx hapless Deacons, three of them i $ Clover Ice Cream only one phase of the scoring, McKenna and Humphrey Teichert. lf ...... 4 2 2 0 in the second Inning. ~ $ 0 0 In Young, U ...... 0 0 ,~ ,$ at the that being a 2-1 defeat the No. To Lead General Nine $ * * * ,$ 1 match best-ba.ll. Leslie, p ...... 3 1 1 1 :r+++•+++++++++++++++++t Floyd McKenna and Jimmy ~ i The closest match of the day Humphrey, p 0 0 0 0 + + Humphrey have been elected co­ was the scramble between Jack Boyda, p ...... 1 o o 0 • + ~ Rockbridge Laundry ~ captains of this year's Washing­ Harper and Whittle of v.P .I. Har­ ------: : $ s State Co., Inc. per, finlsblng fast with a. par ton and Lee baseball team. Both 36 14 13 4 • Th D h ... equalllng 36, won the match with are returning lettermen, McKen­ W&L 1 o 2 5 1 o 3 o 1- 13 : e utc : ~ 33 North Main ~ Opposite the State Theatre na having played outfield in 1941 , ! $ a two toot putt on the eighteenth VPI 2 o o o o 5 3 8 x--18 : : i ~ gt·een. Keland topped his longer whHe Humphrey held down a sim­ , $ Ilar spot on Cap'n Dick's 1938 ''"'"''''''"''~\\\'\1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\"\\\\~\\\.\o\\\~ driving rival by virtue of deadly ...... _...... , ...... " ..... - ...... , i Inn : nine. chip shots which left him short i : putts. STUDEN TS!! ... : Lonr-hitting Bob Carr was S ports Calendar 1 never in serious trouble and Rocky Monday, Tennis, W & L vs : i Stevenson defeated Moorehead Maryland-borne. Try our box lunches : Dining Room Open : Stonewall Jackson Restaurant easily. Low scores of the day were Tuesday, Baseball, W & L VS + + carded by Harper or w & L and Hampden-Sydney-away. , : 11:30 - 2:30 : Whittle of V.P.I. wit.h 74 and 75 for S pri t~ g picnics + + Wednesday, Golf, W & L VS Vlr­ + + Where Pure and W holesome respecUvely. glnla.-aw ay. I The golfers Journey to Char­ Friday, Tennis, w & L vs Rich­ OPEN i 6:00 - 9:00i... Food Is Served lottesville Wednesday for a match I mond--away. Ooll, W & L vs with you-know-who. Wake Forest-home. Baseball, EVERY , ~ We e&ter to Dinners, Prlvak Summaries W & L vs Richmond-awa.y. 111 South Main Street Harper 1 W & Ll defeated Whit­ Saturday, Baseball, W & L vs NIGHT il i Parties, and + tle 2-1. Keland !W & L) Wllllam. and Mary-away. defeated Sellers 3-0. Carr~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + : !W&Ll defeated cartwright * Banque~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3-0. Stephenson 1w & L) defeat­ TOLLEY'S T OGGERY TheSo u= i A""mmodatlons to. Dates ! ed Moorehead 3-0. Whittle J Restaurant t t and Sellers 3-0. f""''''"''"'"'"'''"''"''"'"'''''''''''"'''''''''''''''''''"'''''"''''"''''''''''''''"''''"'''''''''''''''''''t Arrow Shirts and Ties LEXINGTON'S SHOPPING CENTER Varsity T owtl Clothes $ University Cleaners I for that rood cleanln&' ~ Newly Renovated and Enlarged McGregor Sport Wear Ewing Studios I ft We appreciate your business" ~ Florsheim Shoes 223 Sooth Main $ l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1"''"'"'"'""'""'''"''"''''"'''"'""'''"''""''"'~''"'"' * ~ ~~~~ PHOTOG.R4PHY Rockbridge Radio & Electrical Service Turner's E. F. NUCKOLS Cownerl at --. "It We t'a.n't. Fix It-We Don't. Charre" Phone 463 Box '782 Make this store your shopping head­ Its Best Tobaccos 119 South Main Street. -- Lexington, Vir&inla Candies _.._____ .. _·-·· .... quarters for ready-to-wear, drygoods, * Soft Drinks and notions. Drugs Sundries The Corner Grill Any place any time Phone 58 Phone 89 Nelson Street W&L '40 Where Everyone M eels Page. Four THE COLUMNS Rush Week Presents Graham-Lee Society Meets S.P.S. Presents Plaque Epley and Apperson Spar How To Pitch a Stone Publicatiort Board To Organize; Brotherton, ! Continued from Pac-e One) In Close F.U. Debate on ad of Pal- sided in his official capacity as out our indebtedness to great that Washington also threw a per during tile summer term," ton offen.<;l\·e. or even a bunch of president of the organizatJon; and elU1er party. Epley hammered dollar over Natural Bridge. Per­ Kelly said. "Will The Ool11D1M patriots. patriotic institutions, and home the fact that since the gov­ Wahoos charl!lng the heJ~thts o! with Messrs Brotherton and Ro­ the fighUng forces of our country. sons living near the Bridge ex­ conLinue throughout the summer; Mary Baldwin College · ·· but we mame, vice-president and secre­ With such an indebtedness. he ernmenL saw U1e necessity for plain that by saymg that a dol­ or should the Rlnr-tum Phi be cnnge and admit that ll was only tary-treasuror rc:specllvely, the strikes they should also equallze lar went farther in those days. re-establiShed? Or Should there said, we would ha.ve been small the battJe between labor and man­ the bel!inning of nt~h week at members of the SOciety pro}>05ed indeed not to have welcomed the be any pa.per at aU, and It so. who Washington and Lee. Of those and passed motions involving the agement by givlng the striker un­ will run it? Also the financial as­ coming of the school. Commend­ employment payments. Appel'son men \\'ho wet·e In the halls when purchase of SOciety keys at a later ing Colonel Quar!Alrman on the Glee Club Performattce pects of future publications will the ru.o;h statted. a few lucky ones dale. arrangements for the forth­ based much of his argument. on have lo be carefully considered. work he bas done here, Dr. Gaines the one main point that strikers (Continued from Page One) made it to thelr rooms. A very coming banquet, and the proPOs­ ncccptcd the plaque. Will our LradJUonal publications few exceptionally lucky ones got al of amendments to the Constitu­ are not unemployed o.nd it would Westminster Choir College, one be able to return lmmed1a.te}y to trapped m the little boys' rooms lion. With the passage of a rew Dean Tucker Immediately ills­ lh.erefore be impossible to to gtve or the most famous schools of Its thelr pre-war sizes? WUI in­ and were Ignored completely. less Important motions, U1e meet­ missed the assembly. unemployment payments. He sup­ type in the country. Mr. Eugene creased printing costs affect lhe Those who had no luck at all are lng was closed after IL had been parted his contention by citing a Casselman Is a graduate of West­ publications? All lh.ese are prob­ stlll picking UP thrir t~elh !rom determined th~t the next meeting troops, " r1 t.lng his own scripts as Supreme Court decision to such tniruter Cholr College and the lems to which solutions will have lhe hall floor. will be on Friday, April 19 at 7:1S well as singing, playmg, conduct­ an effect. American Conservatory of Music to be found." By four o'clock the tumult and p.m. ing and announcing them.. The open discussion was both and Is also very eminent In musi­ the shouting had diPd but the ba t ------­ heated and Intelligent. and the cal societies. Whlle overseas Ray co-author­ The Glee Club's recent activ!Ues '"~'";:~;:: ;·::~·;;:;;·"' tie or nerves wns already well un- time was up far too quickly. .. ~ lhe song "My GUY's Come der way. The obJect of this con- Ray M cKi11ley En gaged include a very successful concert Lexington, Va. filet, which is still raging. is to Back" with , wblch be­ After excellen t rebuttals by at. the Natural Bridge Hotel on get an:.· man to break a date wilh !Continued from Pnge One) came England's number one hit, bot.h speakers. the vote was taken Sunday, April 6. where they sang Books and which was recorded on every am• frnternitY Just so he can have three weeks he opened at the which resulted In the closest de­ before lhe members of the State ~ Sta.Uonery Supplies major phonograph label ln Am­ ! a date with you-or so it seems. Commodore Hotel in New York. cision of the year. The .final count Bankers Association. ~,\\\\\\o\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1\\\\\\'\\\\\l Typical com•cn;alion: "It doesn't Within !our months it. was doing ei'ICa. by Dinah Shore. Benny was 15-14 In favor or Apperson matter what dale you break with guest shots on the camel pro­ Goodman. Helen Forrest, Ella Mae and the Whigs. Morse and Thelma carpenter. the Eta Teta Pi's just as long as gt·am and four months later made Next week's subJect will be: Re­ you gl\'e it to us. We like to be a HOllYWood tum, "Hit Parade of It is his opinion that lhe ma­ solved: Washington a n d Lee Bierer's ralr about these things. How about 1944." Jor fiaw in the orchestra world should be made co-educational. As Monday and Thursday? Fine!" Then m Febt·uru·y, 1943. alter today Is that they all sound alike. the Tories were the losers In this He r=::·:::~·~ Pharmacy "But ...." a futlle effort to enlist the band intends to do something con­ week's debate, t.hey were allowed + + Yes boy:.. we like to be fait· in the Marine Corps, Ray was In­ st ructlve about this with his new to choose the side of the debate + : + ~ about. these things. ducted Into the Army Air Forces. band which features a new con­ which they would support. They Jewelers Your Physician Hearing the "old" mf'n talk Upon completmg his basic train­ ception or popular music. The selected the negative, and Ellis * t about the school way "back in Ing, he managed t.o Join his old band. made up entirely of OI's, Zuckerman will be their speaker. : ~ Recommends Us- '42" has made us youngsters feel friend Olenn Miller and, being is comprtsed of the country's fln­ He will be opposed by Ned can­ t Lexington, Virginia ; that lhey come from the times est musicians and Is rated the of the same mind as Glenn as Lo oelmo. All Interested students are + ~ Specializing in when every student had his own the role modem music should play most promising band In the busi­ Invited to attend. : + mug at the barbershop-and t.hnt as a morale factor with lhe troops, ness. Prescriptions and Drugs they were anti progressive. But helped Capt. Miller gather the Appointments for Lhe dance *+++++++++~++++++++++++! I! msh week Is representative of personnel for the great AAF band conunit.tees have not yet been school in general It.'s beginning which orlgllnated NBC's "I Sus­ made but according to Wood. ten­ to appear that the halcyon days hun the Wings•· and Lhrn went tative plans are complete, and be­ Myers Hardware Co. which the sages of our Junior and overseas in June 1944. Core very long, the entire story senior classes remember are truly In England where t.h~ band was on this first of pre-war standard Lexington's Oldest Buslnese gone !Ot'ever. dance sets should be available. Someho\\, we Just can't feature slatloned during the first six ourselves telling our grandchildren months of Its fourteen-monlh Adair-Hutton Shoe Dept. about lhe "good old dayS" and stay overseas, It was divided Into slncet'ely recalling these teu days unit& for Its broadcasting assign­ of rushing In 1946. ments on the Allied Expedltionary Forces Program and lhe American R. L. Hess & Brother Forces Network. One of these unit.<> was the dance band sec­ Jewelers * tion of the orchestra.

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