"'The South's CJJest • tt'By the Students, College ?X ewspaperJ' W r ·!{tug-tum t For the Students" Z-119 Washington and Lee University Semi-Weekly
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940 VOL. XLIII . NUMBER 32 Famous Magician Kyser Gone, Girls Gone; To Perform Here Fancy Dress Remains I Tomorrow Night 'Tops' to W & L Students Christopher To Talk on Magic H istory .. ------· In Assembly Arranged by Dr. Farinholt CBS Nation-Wide Broadcast By BOB CAMPBELL . ance. One ot th! attaches opened LazareY, Dancing Cossack, Debaters· Set the car door. Highlights Fancy Dress Ball edrr:;:~~~~t~~~~~~::: b~::?~~:~q~~hat'syour Describes Origin ol C''-orus For Journey turies w1ll be discussed by Mil- Christopher grinned and pulled 'J n ' As Kyser Cavorts for Crowd The biggest of the year's big up against representatives of three :;!~~:~:ti?~F~~t~i~ ~1!~~~!Y.sr::h~~ ~: ·;:: Tells ol Ad'Yentures on Tour To Florida week-ends is history. neighboring girls' schools in the remus gymnasium. Christopher's The attache threw his hands in '} Kay Kyser and his gang have quiz session. Arlene Simmons. or talk on "The History ot Magic" is the air and exclaimed, ''Thank By PAT WARFIELD once some music lessons. No walls, W ill Meet 5 Foes lett town. Nearly 700 girls have Pelltam. N. Y., canted Sweet. Brhu· sponsored by the University as a God At last!" voluntary assemblY. . I am Laza.rev. I am a Russian. on1 Y barbed wire: on a post he tot- lett town, too. But the memory colors to victm·y tn the second Besides performing magic tricks I am a Don Cossack. They "'re out tered to lead us. Singing warmed During Long Tour lingers on, and a miniature Gal round. outpointing both Lyda The magician Is a friend of Dr. Christo p h er inven.... •ft them, and his there singing now, the rest"' of our souls and bodies. I liked to lup pole reveals tbat Washington Belle Coyer, of Memphis. Tenn. . a Larkin H. Farinholt, profe~or of tric k i n w hic h a sho rt 1en .....,..,.. o f them. Soon I dance·, but am not s1 ng. I could even dance a little. The complete schedule tor the and Lee Is of the oplnion that the student at Randolph-Macon, and chemistry, and arrangement$ for 1 t · h d 1 his talk at Washington and Lee rope ia apparent Y s rete e 20 nervous. I just smoke this cigarette Soon there are a dozen of us. We debate team's Florida trip was an 1940 Fancy Dress set was Just Mary Jane Lyles, o! San Antonio. times its original size is interna- because I like to s.moke cigare·ttes. are the nucleus group to teach the nounced yesterday by Manager about tops. Texas, a student at Mary Baldwin. were made through Dr. Fartnholt. ti nail f Miss Simmons vied with Boisseau the 0 It Is rest. Then there are thirty-five. Bill Burner. Names of men who EverybodY - with the possible Christopher has devoted rna- Y amous. not a Russian cigarette. While in the final round, and both wound jor part of his life to the study and One of his most remarkable teats they sing out there, I wait in here. The sun ~hines. We do not know will go on the trip are expected to exception of Mr. Mattingly-fell up with identical pOint scores. An performance ot magic, and has was changing the spots on a play- There are many ·•in here's"---a why. Maybe because we are in be announced this week by Coach in love with Kyser at first sight, "neutral" Bulgarian territory. The George S. Jackson. and that affection grew, in most effort to drag Registrar Earl s. written a number of articles on the 1ng card wblle flying in an air- German hotel room, a back nook Mattingly up to the platform as guards open the gates and we are On Monday, February 19, a de cases, as time passed on. The ole' finer phases of his profession. He plane between Chicago and Wash- In some Chicago balcony, the lit the faculty entry met wi th fail has appeared at the White House ington. At one time he produced a tered dressing room beneath Fris free. Those who cannot walk are bate has been scheduled with Flor professor gave forth a steady ure. as well as in numerous theatres bowl goldflsh while clad only in co's cheering feet, the hygiene lee carrted or lett to die. But thirty ida State College for Women at stream of wise cracks and daffy ot Kyser climaxed his two-day and be.fore prominent persons all a bathing suit Wa.lat-deep in the ture room of a Southern college. five or us are brothers. We get jobs Tallahassee, and on the following antics during h1s three appear stand with a fitting performance over the world. - center a swimming pool. Our business manager sits far In Sophia and meet at night. Boe day the speakers wlll meet a team ances in Doremus gym, and when ot at Saturday nigh t's finale. Tossing tlne, he is my closest friend. representing the University ot ever he let up for a minute others He became interested in magic Christopher Uves in a world of across the aisle. Be smokes a Rus- aside thell· wild antics, the banQ We all sing together. In the Florida at Gainesville. ot his company took up the enter at the age of six when his father, magic. He never 'Puys even a news- sian cigarette. They are clapping wound up with series of slow, church of the Russian embassy in A contest with Florida Southern tainment burden. Ginny Simms a not a magician, showed him a paper without producing the pen- again. I must go out and limber sweet numbers. string trick. At 12 with the aid of nles from the amazed newsboy's my leas. They feel good tonight Sophia, I sing with the rest. I am college at Lakeland Is set for was her usual good self in vocal very lucky. All of us. we are very Wednesday, February 21, and one efforts, and Harry Babbitt more Special praise went. Lo the KY· a Christmas present--a box of ears, and seldom eats in a res- and stretch well. I steady myself ser company for Its execution of lucky. The king hears, the concert with Rolllns college at Winter than held his own end up. Sully conjuring tricks-he gave his first taurant without breaking open a on the stair newel post-up, down Washington and Lee songs. Be professional show. His appllcatlon roll to e.xtract the wa.itress' tip. -one, two. It is timet master hears. Soon I, Boetlne, au Park tor the 23rd. The trip will Mason and Ish Kabibble. of course, of us-we have contract to sing. end on the 24th when there will chipped ln with their share or the sides giving out on the five-way for membership in the Society of He never halls a friend without Whirling, whirling, writhing, arrangement of the "Swing" whJch American Magicians was endorsed producing something or making leaping. The platform Is small. All the time we train. Then they be a debate with The Citadel at tun. It has aired numerous times, lbc by Howard Thurston. something vanish. It has been said Short, swift-to them, a single make me dancer. Charleston, S. C. Friday night's Fancy Dress ball One time we go very fast 'Ibe ftrst home debate of the band presented a special edllion of On Easter Monday, 1935, he pro- that ''everybody is his guinea pig mad glimpse ot Russia. The open opened in colorful fashion with a it in -waltz time on the final night. through Germany at night. There 1940 season will be held on Feb brilliant figure, featuring leading duced a rabbit on the White Bouse for some new idea." eyes and hollow mouths saU into A choral rendition of ··college lawn much to the amazement of I Articles by Christopher on mar- a blur. I am gone. They and I, are many trees on each side ot the ruary 15 as an informal debate participants in the reception at road. Suddenly, Boetine Is on top with Westminster collere. Fulton, Friendships" was Rlso received Mrs. Roosevelt and her grandchil- ic and magicians have appeared breathless. Then the clapping the estatAl of Colonel and Mrs. with enthusiasm, and a new song, of me and my breath Is gone like Mo., open to the squads and to dren. The country was in the midst In the Baltimore Sun, the Wash- apln. Someone comes to fetch me John Rowan following the run ''At the Fancy Dress Ball" was in after I dance. A sharp pain in my students Interested in ·forensic ning of the first Kentucky Derby ot a nation-wide depression when ington Post, and the London Mir- back, but not again tonight shall troduced at saturday afternoon's wrist. I am crushed furiously work. It will be held in the For in 1875. Next high spot or the eve Christopher drove up to the White ror. A book on his experiences en- I 10 back. What Is scarce Is dear. conoert. House door to make arrangements titled "Now You see It" is now And they will come back to see us down and forward. The bus has ensic union room ot the Student ning came at 12 :30. when the pro cut in half a big tree. Many men Onion. Kyser was tapped for ODK by for bls Easter Monday appear- being prepared for publlcation. another time. It is a big audience, ceedings were aired on a coast-to Steve Stephenson, president of the a small audience. We have sung are hurt-17 of us. My wrist is The annual debate in Lee chapel coast hook-up by the Columbia Alpha circle, Saturday aflemoon. tor two people, for eighty thou broken and I have a cut on my wUl take place this year on March Broadcasting System. Kyser was Numerous parties and a wedding sand. head. Boetine Is wounded In the 26 wth Johns Hopkins college, generaus In hJs comments during rounded out the week-end's do ~At the Fancy Dress Ball' Written I am different from my col leg. Burner said yesterday. The subJect the broadcast, and Dr. Gaines ex learues. I wear bright boots, a blue 1920 - ftrst we sing: 1922- we and further plans for the contest Ings. Paul Skillman, freshman tended an Inspired word ot greet frhm Newark, Del., was married hat. I am a ftash, an agony, 1 am come to the America. Two months will be announced later. ing to listeners. Dancing was stop to Marion Ward. of Palm Beach, By aP~s~lFrimdforH~~ aone. Mine, a moustache and nim in each summer we practice, us Most of the debates this season ped during the half-hour program, Fla., In Lee chapel Friday after ually In Berlin. I do not !mow will be Cln the PI Kappa Delta na and approximately 1.500 students, What's the story behind the Fancy Dreu committee, who were ble feet! noon. Members of the groom's so pleased with the aonr, It wu de-But with the others I live in ev where we shall be this summer tional topic for 1940 concernlnr dates, and guests camped on the song, "At the Fancy Dress Ball,'' cial fraternity. Lambda Chi Alpha, cided to ask Maestro Kyser to play ery city of every country. Names, coming. When I was young there the question ot military and eco gym floor to watch and listen to which Kay Kyser featured Satur and their dates attended lhc cere the song from the bandstand. Ky- people. places are telegraph poles was war. Now I am 37 and there Is nomic isolation for the United day afternoon and night during the broadcast. mony, whtch was performed by Dr. not only complied; he llked the along ffiY road. Where I am eat war again. The other men are old, states. Fancy Dress? eer Saturday afternoon brought a J . J. Murray, of the Le>tlngton tune, said It ought to be published. inr. where I am sleepina. where from 35 to 50. We never forget tht~ In brief the facta are as follows: war. session of Kyser's "College of Presbyterian church. Berl Nelson, From time to time durlnr the danctna. where singing-the man Musical Knowledge." Dick Bois Carl Sigman, New York and Sometimes there is a Russian Skillman's roommate, served as dance he and the band tet.tured ager, not I , knows. And he sits sil Automatic Rule Hits seau, captain or W&L's footbell Hollywood song writer, who turned woman dancer to dance with me best man. The groom was a mem- the new nwnber, which had been ent far acrose the aisle. team and an all-Southern confer ber of W&L's freshman football out "Please Come Out of Your arranred only morntnr from I am cool; my bree.th Is come on a big stage. The manager de ·~t Thirty-One Students ence tackle; "Bosh" Pritchard, team last fall, and was named to Dream" of Hit Parade fame, wrote a piano score 1n lesa than a half aratn. and I smoke another cigar cides. VMI grid luminary; and RUey a center poslton on the all-Slate the song. hour. Waahlnrton and Lee ette. Big men and small. Music. Tonight, many nights, many The It Dean Frank J. Gilliam announc Smith. W&L back:field coach, lined yearling ouLfli. Currently worlr:ing on the score student body rave It a howUna re- is far away. In another room. people talk with me. There are so ed yesterday that 31 students fell or the new Judy ~arland-Mlcltey oepUcm. Buses, trains, airplanes, ships; fa- many different kinds and they under the University automatic Rooney picture, Sigman wrote the At present Hertz and J ack Wat- tlrue. steep; night, day: life, taUt In aU languages. Always I try rule on the semester reports. This words and music of ''At the Fancy son, Fancy Dress president, are death. to say what they ask tor, but It is number represents a small de Dress Ball" for hls friend, Buddy undecided as to tfltlr course with Once I wu in a prlsdn camp. ort.cn hard to understand. One crease in comparison with those ot Hertz, W&L senior. During the reference to " At the Fancy Dress One Of 80,000, One ot the cossack picture can LeU so m uch more. I the past few years. Thirty-eight Christmas holidays he presented &aU." W•taop would like to obtain regiment. It was long ago. Tche have drawn two of myself for a were hit last year, and 39 in 1938. the song to Hertz. who Is a mem the ownerahlp ot St and present It lenchi, near the Bulgarlan-Turk sLuden t Just now. They are on the The majority of those faUing bor of the 1940 Fancy Dress com to the Onlventty, to be pa-yed ev- ish border. Like the others I had glass-covered bulletin board in this l'ear were freshmen. Severa.! mittee. ery year •t Pancy Dreis. llttle food. no sheller. scanty front of your Payne hall. You may probation students who failed to Hertz, however, insisted that That's tbe story 10 far. clothlnJ, small hope; but I had go and sec me right away lf you make the required c average were Sigman keep the rlghts to the sonr youth. Pliea died slower. The chol wish. incwded among those who tell un- but brought It on down to Lexing All members of the band ple.., era wu everywhere. There was no We leave Lexington now. Where der the rule. · ton with him when he returned meet lil the _,mnaatum ttt 7: 111 help, no privacy, no comfort, 80,- then? But it ls a good living that The automatic rule committee from hiS vacation. 'n\Und&Y n!lht to play tor the 000 of us. We sang to keep warm. I , Lazarov. have wllh the Don Cos met yesterday afternoon to decide After he had showed It to the ~etball 1am•. One Uttle man, Serre Jarot!. had sacks. upon appeals for reinstatment. ------~ Cossacks Encored Twice By Enthusiastic Audience
The concerl by Lbe Don Cos Tune, "Save Thy People, Oh Lord" sacks. sponsored by the Ql('c club by Tchesnokoft, ''History of the last nlghl In Doremus ,ymnaslum, Don Cossack Chorus" by Shve was today decio.red a success by doti. "The Evenina Bells" by Jar Professor J . 0 . Varner, club direc otT, "The Sun Had Not Yet Risen" tor. Cossack song, "The Kama Song" The gym was well filled for the by Oogolzky, "Kuban-Bona and concert, and lhe Olee club's share the Smithy," arranged by Jarof!, ot the l'('t'cipt<, wu help to fi nance "Two White Russian Songs" Folk Its New York. trip. tunes, "The Red Saratan " by Va r The chorus sang a J>rogrnm of lamoff, "Two Comincal Peasant fifteen Russian sonqs. with lwo ln SOMil" arranged by Shevdolf, leunlsslons. Tht' audience wns en "Two Guitars" ar·ranged by Shev thu!ilasllc from lhe nm mom"nl doff. "Cossack Sonll'' arranged by thnt the men marched onto lhc Ja.-olf. slaac tn lhelr black tunlos. rl'd trlmrned breeches, and black soft boots. Serge Jarolf. Lhe halt-size New Language Courses conductor, was called tor addi New courses In conversation and Uonnl bows following at least half composition In French, Spanish, the ongs on tht> pt·oaram. As en and German were authorized by coteN, lhen• wns n cos.~nc k dance the taculty nt lhelr meeting on by Mr. Ltlzarev and lhe chorus Monday. The coUI'ses are strlclly 'flll8' the Voltra Boalml'n. opllonnl and are open lo a llmllcd 111c SOIIWII on lnst nlihl's pro number of students ha.vinr two gram were M follows: "Who Is a yeara of oolleae Fr·ench and a B KAY KYSER, TH E OL' PROFESSOR HIMSELF, introduces President Gaines to a narion· Ood Bellltde Thee, Oh Lord" bY average. KAY WISECRACKS AS HE INTRODUCES the l,tdrt>" nd . d' d . h F D b d k r Bortnjtuu;ky, ''ln Church" by These courses wm ftrst be of wr de ra d10 au renee unng t e •ancy ress roa cast over a coas~ · tO·coasc networ o the C Tel 1k k "II od p .. . B d · S '" ova y, O$P y, om 11 uy fered next year and wlll be six gendemen of Old Kentucky at Fancy Drc figure praC.U<.t' in o Ium b ta roa casttng ystem. (Courtesy The Roanoke Timea) by Lvovsky, "Responsorlum" Old hour courses. the gym. (Courtesy The Roanoke Tunes) though they must kn ,,,. ' hose statements are quirements. untrue. The conseq\ n ' is lhat the ethical Since this editorial has appeared the standa•·ds and concepu, vf honor of both ath· PERSONAL By-Gone Headlines columns of the Times-Dispatch letter sec let.es and non-athletes are being undermined, • • • • • Washington and Lee Universtty By BOB OAMPBELL cion have fairly roasted with comments on not only in this state, but In every other state OPINIONS Semi-Weeki y In the union. both sides. Those are h arsh words, but they are ba-sed By WILLIAM BUXTON 19!9- Southern seminary. ... Bamard Published every Tuesdny and Friday of the Bur to us it is more important chan in on fact, The Times-Dispatch naturally is not Fancy Dress-dazed student body Herman seriously inJured on pick collegiate year. Entered nL the Lexington, Vir most of rhe other schools, since Wash charging all, or anything like all, football play Some Thoughts Toward the awakens amid fond memories... . ets in attempt to leap fence around ginia, postomce as second-class mall matter. et·s with dishonesty, but It does say with the Future ... irtg ton and Lee p rides itself particularly W&L to be represented at New Episcopal church .... Lawyers de Member or the Associattld Collegia.le Press. utmost earnestness that some lnstituUons with Beyond Lhe horizon most ot us on its honor system. honor systems are apt to have great difficulty York World Fair.... Joe BuJrner teat academs in basketball game. National advertising representative: The Na can probably see the rising sun addresses L e xing ton Woman's . .. Recent meeting shows that old tional Advertising Service, Inc.. 420 Madison Plenty of alumni saw that editorial. I t In preventing the collapse of those systems, if which signifies the dawn of a new club. ... Debaters to meet Uni "pep" ls returning to literary so Avenue, New York Cily, New York. is safe to warrant that many of them were present practices continue. day-and speciftcly, the beginning The average citizen does not know that versity of Georgia next week. . . . cieties here. · Subscription $3.10 per Y<'llr , In advance worried, an d many others considerably of a new semester. For some of us Wrestlers, victorious over Tar amateur athletes are required to sign written this will be merely a continuation 1905- disappointed. statements as to their ellglbillty. Every such heels, to meet Northwesterners ERNEST WOODWARD II ...... Editor of the ordinary, hum-drum life of Notwithstanding the drearY Althoug h no one has come out in the athlete in the southern conference signs such here .... Lacrosse team to race 11 weather and the condition of the M . THOMPSON McCLURE.Business Mamtger a statement on his honor. The Southern con the average student who sees be- toes this year. Six games are wi th open to say exactly to what degree Wash fore hlm a number o! semesters Dixie league members. . . . New walks, which have been made a ference questionnaire is an elaborate docu slush by the melting snow, the Lee SPORTS EDITOR ington and Lee su bsidizes its athletes, ev· ment wblch asks. among other things: with which to contend. But for 'Nelson street bridge is opened to olhers who call themselves seniors, traffic... . BUIUIY Berlpa'a band chapel was well tlUed Wednesday Bayard Bergha.us eryon e realizes that it is done. •·save you ever been paid for your a thletic evening when the hour for the MANAGING EDITORS skill o1· knowlectge?'' this semester means a climax to to play at VMI mid-winters. . . . The studen t body has voted to "do the and the accom- Chrla&oph KeUer heads PiKAs. openJng exercises of the Washing Bob Steele and Fred Fan·ar ~a llege da~s something" about the situation. Captain panymg, relatively care-f~ree llte Homer Welclm&nn new SAE Presi- ton society's 93rd anniversary cele If the answer lo this question Is "Yes'' the as a student. dent. BGII8 elected Phi bration arrived. The Washington NEWS EDITOR COPY EDITOR Dick has ceased to talk about the "mid Sehl~h Latham Thigpen Bill Buchanan applicant Is Ineligible to compete in the Then when June takes us by sur- Psi head. society has held the reputation for dle of the road." We see football players DESK EDITOR Southern conference-except in cases where prise we, like our predecessors, w111 high-grade literary work, and it he has merely plaYed semi-professional base- undoubtedly reel extremelY sad 1935- was not the least below the stand Al Fleishman working in the Co-op, eating and wash ard in the program for the eve ing dish es at the bean ery and Li ving at the baU. The applicant is also asked whether he when the realization comes to us Students strongly favor use of Edliorial Associates has "borrowed mo~1ey from any loan fund"; that no longer are we active mem- John Barton Payne bequest for ning. Ned Burk:., Bob Campbell, Walt Downie, Mar Old Blue. And there is nothing wron g if he holds ''any scholarship''; if he h as any bers of the student body. But per- renovating college. Many faculty shall Johnson, Bud Levy, Dick Wright, with chat. arrange!llent under which he pays ''less to the haps such a realization (or reve- members want money applied to Ray Whitaker. But the Times-Dispatch con tends that institution than is prescribed in the catalogue lation) will actually be the advent endowment .... Trouba appeal for LETTERS Reporters or paid by other studenls"; if he has "any of a new era- an era of supreme money to renovate theatre.... all these boys are violating the honor sys remunerative job 01' employment in the instt- effort having a very deflnite goal Christian councU to secure no more Bell, Bond. Browder. Darby, Davis. Deans. tem. tutton during the academic year''; if he has in the distance toward which we speakers for compulsory aasem TO EDITOR Ellis, Gifi'en. Ho~ka, Hunter, .Maish , McGehee, T he University of Richmond Colle "ever entered into any agreement under which strive. It has been said that the blles.... Two skating rinks open Millar, Morris, Noonan, Peeples, Shroyer, you were expected to engage in professional world is cold and merciless In its ed In Lexington.. .. Paddle mar The TnaUl Comes Out Taylor, Tyson, Wadleld, Zelnicker. gian tried to clear up the situation, point or paid athletics.'' and lf he has ·'ever partie!- dealings with the individual so we ket better as reaurn~eted vc sup Kappa Alpha House, ing out that the answer to all the ques pated in any athleL!c contest or meet other should realize that what we are to plements hell week. . . · . Coach Lexington, va. ADVERTISING CONSULTANT tio ns posed by the con ference eligibility than as the representative ol an educational accomplish and what honors we Forest Fletcher to hold track tour Dear Sir: A. Douglas Jamieson blank need not be uno." They contend institution." are to obtain will in all probability ney to pick team.... W&L stu- Having read In the February 2nd Let it be emphasized again that every you ng be the result of tiard work and a dents favor U. S . entrance into Advertising Managers issue of The Ring-tum Phi the that o nly four questions require that an man in a Southern conference institution who proper grasp of the true meaning League of Nations, Literary Digest amusing story of "the biggest .Marton Tillman Slmon,Homer Augustus Jones. swer. These are: desires to participate in football or any other of a well-balanced and useful lite pall reveals.... Plans completed swlndie In the annals of Fancy Jr., Edmont Hom, Merideth Price Wiswell, Jr. 1. Have you ever been a stul"!ent in any form of intercollegiate athletics, must answer throughout the years to come. for new law building as alumni Dress," I think I have the solution AaJataot Advertising 1\lanagers the foregoing detailed list of questions in These seniors surely realize that drive for funds continues. of the mystery or the missing other college? writing, and "on my honor" the language of life Is only beginning as far as _ Robert Loring Wilson, J ohn Hunt Peacock 1931 Scott Smitherman. Be is a student 2 . Have you ever been paid for your the appUcatlon. This is the lnct we are pri- they are. concerned. The training in The Fine Arts School of the Oscar Carroll Dunn athletic skill or knowledge? marily endeavoring Lo get across to the pub- you receive throughout the educa Top of Kappa Sigma house Is University of Pennsylvania, and Ctrcalatlon Managers Uc. Every one who knows anything 'at all about tiona! endeavors is not a cure badly burned. Detective wtrtng his home is ln Shreveport, La. 3. H ave you any arrangement under blamed .... Dr. a..a.. Ia making Wllllam Oscar Shropshire, Russell Glen intercollegiate football knows that players are all lor any and all things. Instead, It seems that Miss Mays former which you pay less to the insfit~tion than being brought up wholesale by colleges and it is at best th e foundation for the good-will tour of south for Un1- Browning lY lived ln Shreveport and lmew is prescribed in the catalogue or paid by universities throughout the United States. but accumulation of much more vel1itY .... One-tntrd Qf etudents the real Scott Smitherman there. Sablcriptlons few know that the system is making perjurers knowledge and 1deas as ygu wincl are on academic probation at end The young lady evidentlY had been other students? &e~neater out of many of these young men. your way down the path of tife- of 1\rst .. , . Rernodellng misinformed as to the whereabOut~ Herbert Morrison Weed 4 . Have you ever entered into any CoUea-lat.e PerJurers though it be a long or short one. ot LYric t~•tre completed. Seats of her fonner acquaintance. This, Bookkeepin&' agreemen t under which you were expect Not only so. but they are perjuring them- Your most valuable knowledge will are Qow comtortabkl ....Rabbi M . no doubt, led to the " great swin 8ennaQ apqka Lee J a.ok Barrie ed to engage in professional or paid ath selves with the connivance, if not the active be that obtained through act~al M. 1n cha,pel dle." on "WhY I Am a Jew." .... Box letics? assistance. of alumni groups which raise the and first-hand experiences of va I have forwarded a copy of that February 6, 1940 money to secure lheir services. We grant that rious types and IL Is thro411l t!(1u .. ers to meet Vl.rJinia Tech ln feud Issue ol The Rlng-tum Phi to the As a matter of fact, not all o f these many alumni do not know that th.e signing ot cation that you are given the abll- bouts. . , . SouUlem Collegians to Smitherman at Penn, and I am questions require an unqualified ((no." 1\> written statement concerning eligibility is tty to recognize and profit by these furntah (Honer muatc at R. E. Lee sure that he wlll be greatly amused hotel ~tur~~s and f3unde.ys. THE TUMULT AND The answer to the first is obvious, ex required, and we are sure thnt they would im- experiences, whether they be gqoq at the incident. Being one of mediateLY see the pernicious aspects of the or bad. 19~0,....., Smitherman's close friends. 1 wish cept in the case of uansfers, and special ·THE SHOUTING PIE system which has gradually been bu11t up, if Then. too. education at Wllsll Pfeaid,nt Belli')' Loa1a SmUll ad to assure Smither not to get in a. rules as to their eligibility are arranged Lee adequatcly informed. We are also sure that !ngton and gives one the op dreaaea •tud~nt bodY on "Devel cllther over the possibility of Another Fancy D ress has passed in to some alumni who do know o! the eligibility portunity tha.t isn't easily found for in the conference rule book. opm,nt ot O~r ~ 14ater." ... Smitherman vs. Smither. blanks have somehow persuaded themselves elsewhere. This opportupity is t)lat history. This particular sec, however, is The second, as it stands, is a bit vague, Generals defeat Auburu ~Jel'S , Yours truly, th at It 1s all right, since "everybody else is do- of association and friendship, and one that . ~ill stand as a mark for the later but the rule book further clarifies it. Boys 34-7.... Trou~ctoul'$ , Glee club Lane sartor, '42, lng it" and it is an accepted practice to pay it should enable each boy tg study and orchestn prosent concert at Jack Murrell, '43. years to sh oot at. who spend their summers as life guards, boys ~o play football, and then to have them his fellow students and learn The outstanding aspect of the dances or instructors in summer camps are ob sig11 statements t.hat. they are not being paid something of human nature. This r=::::::::·~;;::~;::::;::::::;;;:::::.:::::::;::::=::::::::::::::::: l was, of course, Kay Kyser. A wnsum for "athletic skill or knowledge." is also an important phase of edu- viously hired for their athletic skill and Bu ~ The Times-Dispatch is unwllllng lQ re- , cation that is sadly neglected else- mate showman, he completely captivated knowledge. So are semi-professional base· main silent while the ethical standards of l whcrt' In many other institutions the hearts of all who saw him: the stu· ball players, b ut both se_ecial exemptions thousands of young men are undennlned of teaming. It is important be Wuhinpoa and Lee University throUgh organized dece l~ and hypocrisy. It cause life, when you cpnsider it dents, the faculty, the girls, and d1e chap are made in the rule book for all such THB CALENDAR hopes that when the facts as to the written basicly, Is litUe more than~ at.rug erones. K yser is certainly to be ranked cases. documents signed by Southem conference ~tu- gle to obtain the essentials and 1939-1940 among the g reat e ntertain ers of che pres dents, are made public, tl'lere will be a. sum- luxuries of a highly productive The third is a bit more difficult. Most MoQday, Februal'Y 5-Saturday, March 2 ent day. athletes do pay less titan other students. ctent reaction among faculty, alumni, and world, and undoubtedly the beat In fact, being such a great showman, students of the colleges and universities con- wa.y to go about this is with the But it is a matter of fact that o~y a small cerned. tor progress to be made toward aboll- least amount of conftict between Monda,, J!'ebi'Pf1 5 he almost makes us forget what an ex minority of students here and elsewhere tlon of the system. ln"dividuals and classes. Walt~r aucldngbMl swan cellent musician h e is. When K yser is on pay anyth ing at all. Their fathers do. And The following lnstltullons belong to the W•tef Color llxhibit. ftbruary 3 to February the platform, even an orchestra as great Southern conference: The Citadel. Clemson. Thin&'• We Ceul4 U~e · • • a~t Qallery ot cameg:ie Library what is the difference if the student him· Davidson. Duke, Furman. Maryland , North This past week-end shoul4 ~ve 3:t5 P. M. Faculty NeetlnJ as his sort of fades into the background. self, his father, a friend, an alumni asso Carolina, North Carolina State, Richmond, demonstrated to ma.nr of us th•t •=oo P.N, Pop Cossack Chorqs-Poremus Gymnaaium But Kay is not the figurehead for the ciation, or a scholarship endowment is South Carolina. VIrginia Military Institute. wh at we need here on ttl_, caDJP" TaelldaJ, Febi'UI7 1 VIrglnla Polytechnic Institute, Wake Forest. Is an auditorium big enout)\ In 7:30 P.lC. Olee Clqb Rehearsal- Troubadour Theatre band, bu t its leader and director, and he responsible fo r his tuition? washington and Lee. and William and Mat•y. which to hoJd our ds.nces. The gY.Ill has got where h e is in the musical world Wf!Qelday, f'ebruarJ 'J Docs every holder of a scholarship au When the University of Virginia decided to Is okay In Its way but lt is very JActure : "The Jl'-tocy of Magtc," by Mr. because of a knowled ge and love of mu tomatically become ineligible for athlet award scholarships openly to athletes, It re- simJiar to a sardine can when YO\l ¥UboWlle Ohrlatopher, lUustrated with ex· sic which has communicated itself to chose ics? The answer is of course in the n ega signed trorn the conference, rather than have have twelve or tuteen Jlunctred Pfrtmenta performed by the speaker- Do- . people whom he h as carefully picked as its students sign statements on their honor gathered on the dance ftoor. AQd, ntPl\111 OYII\~\Uil tive. which were oJ a dubious character. But ath - too, think how ~uoh nicer would members of his orchestra. When he was D~. Febnlar7 I So the answer of the third question letes at the 15 remaining cQnference 1nst1t1.1- be the compulsory a58eJDbl1es gn 7:80 p, )I. Oleo C:lqb Rtbearsal-Tr Page Four Eleven Men Folklore Oub Young and Jack5on Seats at Virginia Game Li5t Special Issue Accept Bids To Meet Here Reser'¥ed for W6'L One side of the Lynchburg Of Alumni Magazine Armory will be reserved for From Sigma Next Month Washington and Lee students A special edition of the Wash at the W&L-Vtrglnta game in Ington and Lee Alumni Magazine Eleven new men were pledged The Southeastern Folklore so Lynchburg S a t u r d a. y , the v.rill be issued this month for dis to Sigma. honorary society, last ciety, an organization of univer Lynchburg chamber of com tribution to approximately 8,500 week, and the goats participated sity professors interested In the merce notified CecU Taylor to alumni. In a special "Sigma." figure at Jun folklore of the South, wUI hold its day. The organ, of which Harry K. Ior Prom. The new men are: annual meeting at Washington and The other side of the floor Bob Gary, Dick Smith, Steve Lee on March 29 and 30. Wy> Young, alumni secretary, Is will be saved for University stu editor and Professor George S. Hanasik, Jack Mangan, Junie The meeting will be held under dents and the chamber of com Bishop, Dan Justice, Terry Bland Jackson is mnnaging editor, wlll the sponsorship of the English de merce has been assured that contain, aside from the regular ford, C a m e r o n Dean, Arthur partment, Professor Rowland Nel 700 students will be 1n attend Mann. Sims Trueheart, and Slug son and Harry Phllpatt being ac features. numerous reproductions ance for the game which may or campus scenes taken from ol d ger Sugrue. tive on the committee on arrange settle the Big Six chamttlon Each new man displayed a copies of the Calyx and Ring-tum ments. Professor' Edwin C. Kirk ship. Phi. Greek letter, "sigma," on his tore LEFT TO RIGHT ARB BOB CHESTER, whose music proved popular at Thursday night's land, of the University of Tennes Also Included 1n the magazine bead In the ''figure," during which dance; Ginny Simms, Kay K yser's featured vocalist; and Jack Watson, who is being praised see, is ])resident of the group. the "Sigma song" was rendered will be President Francis P. fo r a swell Fancy Dress set. three pictured above were instrumental in giving Washington The program wlll consist of pa- PEP Date Burns Dress, by all members. All person songs, ballads, dances, and Gaines' regulo.r message, an ar ------and Lee irs best Fancy Dress set in the history of the schooL related folklore subjects. Among Spends Night in Infirmary ticle on the Fancy Dress dance set, a winter sports story, and the us Coast Guard Lieutenant the speakers wm be Dr. Arthur A fire at the PEP house over the Kyle Davis, of the University. of ual section of class notes. To Speak Here Feb. 26 uGone With the Wind" Council To Fill Swan Watercolor Exhibit Virginia, well known for his work week-end destroyed a dress and Lieutenant c. A. Anderson of Comes to State March 11; Comm.tt Op n' Now Displayed in Library in collecting songs of the Blue sent its occupant to the hospital. 1 :~ ~te:n · ~~~~rt~~~;es~~~~ Ticket Sale Begins Feb. 26 ee e mgs For Two-Week Period Ridge mountain region. Miss Dorothy Stewart was wru·m- Prof. Williams Returns The meeting will be open to the ing herself . before a gas grate After Death of Father ing to a commission and a career "Gone With the Wind" wlll In Friday Session An exhibition of watercolors by public. and It is hoped that m&.nY Thursday night wh en h er dress Professor John' Higgins Wllliams, In the u. B. Coast Guard" on Mon- reach the screen of the Sta te thea- Walter Buckingham swan, includ- local persons will attend the ses- day, February 26, In Reid hall. tre on March 11. Election of two executive com- caught fire. Her host, Stan Gold- who has been in Kentucky attend- 3 ~M. In Following his talk. he will In- The management of the theatre mitteemen to fill vacancies caused ing 1 landscapes, marines, and ------stein, and Bob Pinck put it out with g the funeral of his father, is terview interested students pre- announced that advance tick et by resignations wlll take place at still lites, will be on display in the rugs, and the victim was rushed scheduled to return to Lexington FRESHMAN REPORTERS senting to them a picture or the sales will begin February 26 for a. meeting of the Christian coun gallery of the library until Feb to the hospital and treated for tomorrow morning. He is expect Coast Guard a. n d preliminary the show which opens on Mon- en Friday nlght at 7:30 In the ruary 20. There will be new tryouts for ed to resume his teaching duties training necessary to receive a day, March 11 , and continues Student Union, the council's ex- Born In Boston, the artist stu freshman reporters for The Ring superficial burns. Immediately upon his return. Se commission. through the following saturday. ecutlve committee decided last died at the Lowell School of De tum Phi staff Thursday afternoon She was allowed to leave the mester gt·ades of members of hls ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Due to the fact that the picture night. sign, M. I. T .. and the Boeton Mu at two o'clock In the paper's of next night in time for Fancy classes will be ready later In th e r: runs for three hours and 45 min· The council, which was expand- seum of Fine Arts. He was a pupU flee In the Student Unfon building. Dress. week. W A R N E R B R 0 S. utes, with a short intermission be- ed last year to include about 75 of Sargent, Colcord, and Kings tween parts one and two, t h ere will students, will also discuss plans bury, and did Independent work be only two showings a day one for entertainment of a deputation In London and Paris prior to the in the afternoon and one ~ the team from the Woman's college of first World war. STATE e,vening. th e University of North Carolina. Professor F. S. Walls, In charge Ticket prices have been set at which will visit W&L the week- ot the exhibit, said the pictures by LAST TIMES WED. 75 cents for the matinee, and $1.10 end of F ebruary 24. Swan were "probably the finest to at night. A social hour will follow the appear In Lexington." m eeting and refreshments will be Balalaika served, President Bill Read an nounced. Hospital Notes ILONA MASSEY Camera Club Will Hear Riegel at Meeting Friday PHOTOGRAPHY Monday was one of the ftrst days NELSON EDDY The first meeting of Professor during the school year that there The Camera club will hold its Riegel's new photography class were no students registered a.s THURSDAY -FRIDAY first meeLing Since the Christmas will convene tonight at 7:30 tn patients In Jackson Memorial h08- h0Udays on Friday night at 8 :30 th e journalism lecture room. All pita!. George Foote, Alexander, o'cloc)t In the lecture room of members of the class are request- La., was a patient on Sunday, but Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Payne hall. ed to bring the camera which they he was released early Monday Professor Riegel. facul ty ad vis- wUI use ror the semester. morning. Margaret Lockwood er of the club, will give a lecture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ en titled "Photography at Work." f Will Fyfee The lecture will include the pres entation of a number of slides in 1940, beginning now loaned by the Eastman Kodak a Checking Account- Rulers Of The company. Plans for the annual spring sa will make Sea lon will also be discussed at the meeting. The details of programs handling your allowance which wlll be presented In the near SIMPLER WARNER BROS. future will be announced. You can look the whole world over and you won't and find another cigarette with Chesterfield's RIGHT COMBI LYRIC IRC CONFERENCE EASIER NAnON A conference of delegates or In no cbarre for ftn& Ove checks of the best American and Turkish tobaccos. WEDNESDAY ternational Relations clubs from Virginia colleges will be held Feb drawn eaeh month In Chesterfield you find just what every smoker ruary 9 and 10 at Mary W ashing City of Chance ton college in Fredericksburg. looks for ... 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