Richmond, WM Promote Relationship of Students

Vi:^/<-'S-i.-t--:tj^ VOL. XXXV, No. 10 COLLEGE OF-WILLIAM AND MARY, WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA NOVEMBER 28, 1945 Richmond, WM Promote At The Jimmy Lunceford Plays Relationship of Students Last Minute At Midwinters Saturday $300 Williamsburg Damages Brings Senior activities cards must be filled in and placed in the Colonial Unique Decorations, Lighting Deck Letter Of Apology From University Echo box in the Registrar's office by Friday, November 30, Deeks A drive for better relationships between the University of Richmond Phipps, editor, has announced. Gym At First Postwar Dance Event and the College of William and Mary has begun as a'result of last week's pre-game skirmishes. '"'"". Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, the first name band booked for Mid Marguerite Wynne-Roberts, as winters since 1942, will play at the initial large peacetime dance in Convocation was held at the University of Richmond on Tuesday, sistant dean of women, has an November 20, for the purpose of discussing the acts of defacement Blow Gym, Saturday from 8:30 to 12:00 p. m. With a receiving line, nounced that the recreation room committed against ..the property of William and Mary, and the proper formal decorations and unique lighting effects, the dance will take settlement to be made. in Old Dominion will be opened on the aspects of the big dances of pre-war years. for dating Wednesdays, Fridays Among the group which will receive between 9:00 and 9:30 p. m., As a result of the convocation, a letter of apology from the Rich and Sundays. It will be opened will be President and Mrs. John E. Pomfret, Dr. and Mrs. Sharvy G. mond students was sent to Presi Editor Outlines from 7:30 to 11:00 p. m. Umbeck, Miss Marguerite Wynne- dent John E. Pomfret. In accor Roberts, Fritz Zepht and Donnie dance with a decision to have the Proofs for the Colonial Echo Lepper, and Marilyn Wood and Lt. matter handled by students rather Literary Shop must be returned by mail to Chid- Don Cushman. Decorations which will be of a formal theme will in than the administrations, the stu noff's studios within a week after dent committees from the two col Dr. Burges Johnson, author and clude potted palms and special they are received, not to the Col leges met in Williamsburg on editor, will lecturelat 8:00 p. m. lighting effects attained with eight Wednesday, November 21. tonight in Phi Beta Kappa Hall. onial Echo office, as stated in last spot lights. The band, placed just in front of the balcony of the large The representatives ©f William His topic will be "Literary Shop", week's FLAT HAT. gym, will have a blue drape from and Mary were Fritz Zepht, presi and will include comments on such the balcony to the floor for a dent of the student body; Tommy authors as Mark Twain and O. background. Smith, president of the Honor Henry. According to Dr. Jess H. Council; Greg. Mann, vice-presi Jackson, head of the English De Lambert Assumes Lunceford's band is one of the dent of the Honor Council; and partment, Dr. Johnson is a man foremost in the country and he is Harry Stinson, junior member of of "experience and long standing" often termed the colored "Paul in lecturing. In the past, Dr. Double Capacity the Honor Council. The .represen Dr. J. Wilfred Lambert will re Whiteman" of America, according tatives of the University of Rich Johnson has lectured at univer to "Downbeat", a musical news sities and teachers' associations turn to the William and Mary mond were Gordon Conklin, presi faculty on Saturday, December 1, paper. Jimmy formed his own dent Of the student government; from Harvard to the University of band in 1929 and prior to that he California. as dean of students and assistant Mosley . Powell, treasurer of the professor of psychology. The posi had been playing his saxophone in student government; and Ralph Thursday afternoon, November tion of dean of students is new at other bands. Since the formation Shotwell, chairman of the Honor 29, "•'. Dr. .. Jphnson:>y^gs|t$iaafe'^tb William and;Mai"y<ahd jas yet. Dr. of his band, he has appeared COUnCil. ':••.; ••!• members of the English Sotft^si-? LatribertV duties in this capacity throughout the country at theaters, ballrooms, night clubs,-•~arj5jT~0ol- The meeting was held in the of tion classes on' "Manners-and have not been clearly defined. "In lege dances. "This much sought fice of the dean of men; only. stu-. Morals of the Pre??",;••&. graduate^ all probability," stated Dr. James Jimmy. Lunceford after band-has rhade recordings for- dents were present. Henry Keyser, of Afhherst 'e&llesg^S)rf"JiftiHSon W. Miller, deari of "the faculty, "Dr. Victor, Decca, and Columbia rec head of grounds and maintenance, taught English at Vassal College Lambert will not teach many psy ords, his most recent hit being showed the committees around the for a year and then became pro chology classes this year;" "The Honeydripper". Composing campus, pointing out the damage, fessor of English at Mount Union •' Dr. Lambert was the dean of 1 Student fund has also occupied much of Jimmy's which included painting the pave College, where he taught until his men and assistant professor of time. In 1936 he composed and ments and the walls of Jefferson retirement. psychology at William' and Mary introduced "Honey" and later "Up Dormitory, splattering Monroe until July 16, 1943, when he en Dr. Johnson has had wide edi Closes Friday town Blues". Hall with roofing tar, and damag torial experience, haying held tered the Navy. He served as ing the stadium walls with paint positions on many literary staffs, Executive Officer of the Naval Francine Bouillon, French refu Procured at the cost of $1250, which will require sandblasting to among them, that of Harper's Chaplains' School, Which left Wil gee, spoke at a joint meeting of (Continued on Page 6) be removed. Mr. Keyser estimat magazine. liam and Mary on November 15. the campus religious groups Sun ed the damage to be between $3.00 day, November 25, at the Presby and $500. It was agreed by the terian Church. This talk was made Physics Authority Tells conferees that, although only a few as part of a five-week American Richmond boys were responsible Cossack Chorus Comes To W-M; tour by Miss Bouillon in behalf of Use Of Atomic Energy for the damage, the University of the World Student Service Fund. Richmond will pav for it in full by Gives Varied Concert December 7 The William and Mary campaign Dr. Henry D. Symth, author of assessing every student. The Wil for the Fund began November 20 the first report on the atomic liam and Mary representatives ex with a goal of $600, and will end bomb, will be guest speaker at a pressed regret for our part in the Russian Music Program on Friday,. November 30. program presented in connection proceedings. ' • * Miss Bouillon spoke of her ex with the annual celebration of the founding of Phi Beta Kappa in (Continued on Page 7) Includes Songs, Dances periences in the French under ground movement and in a French 1776. The author of the famed Coming to William and Mary in concentration camp and prison. Smyth report, "Atomic Energy for the midst of their seventh Ameri Paris-born, she was a student at Military Purposes", which was Echo Chooses can tour, the General Platoff Don the Sorbonne when the war broke officially released by the govern Cossack Chorus will appear on the out. The students realized that un ment last August, will speak on stage of Phi Beta Kappa Hall less they escaped they would be the "Social Implications of Atomic Beauty Queens December 7, as the second event of taken to Germany for enforced Energy" in Phi Beta Kappa Hall Five girls will be selected from the 1945-46 Concert Series, Dr. labor. "We left mainly because on Wednesday, December 5, at the sorority and dormitory nomi A. P. Wagener, chairman of special we had to hide", she said. "We hid 8:00 p. m. nees for the beauty section of-this events has announced. in towns under .false identity, Dr. Smyth, chairman of the year's Colonial Echo. The women's The 27 members of the chorus sometimes, and sometimes we hid physics department at Princeton residence halls and sorority houses who were exiled from their native in the woods where we joined the University, received his B.A. there have completed their balloting. land, following World War I Maquis, who were French people in 1918, his M.A. in 1920, and his The campus men have yet to an made their debut in Vienna in 1926 determined to escape being sent to Ph.D. in 1921. In 1923, he also re nounce their candidates. and their first appearance in the Germany." ceived a Ph.D. from Cambridge. Each candidate will be asked to United States at the San Francisco Miss Bouillon came into con A national research fellow in phy submit a large photograph of her World's Fair in 1939. First or tact with the World Student Ser sics at Princeton and Cambridge self, which will be examined by a ganized in Prague under the pat vice organization at a rest and re 1921-1924, he joined the faculty secretly selected group of mascu ronage of Thomas Masryk, presi lief station sponsored by that or of Princeton in 1924, .becoming line judges. Results o'f the selec dent of- Czechoslovakia, since that ganization for weary students who chairman of the physics depart ment in 1936.

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