OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281010/WLURG39_RTP_19281010_001.2.txt J i 3 On To Kentucky ‘ liDown The Wildcats BY THE STUDENTS, FOR THE UNIVERSITY VOLUME XXXII Cirolinalham Proves Easy Foe ln 33-5 Victory Sensational Sophomores Take Lead in Crushing Team From N.C. State BRILLIANT VICTORY COMES AS SURPRISE Generals Outplay Tarheel Foes Throughout Game Last Saturday , By Henry MacKenzie Led by Leigh Williams, and Thibodeau, sensational Sophs, and “Gene’ White, senior full, the Generals completely outclassed North Carolina State, one of the three claimants to the Southern Conference championship last year, and won 38 to 6. The game was full of breaks. It was the ability of the Gener- als to seize every opport1_1r1ity that accounted for the one—sided score. Brilliant Victory A more brilliant victory was never won by Washington and Lee. When Williams and the backs broke lose, it was for gains of 20 yards and more. There was no stopping the deadly running at- tack of the Generals, and when the Wolfpack got the ball, they found their touted aerial attack smothered and turned into long gains for the Generals by the phenomenal work of Williams. Williams Stars The game began with a reput- ed “green” sophomore on Wash- ington and I..ee’s right end. T’-:.'o quarters went by and nothing of great importance had happened in that section of the line. Fitz- patrick and the “green” Leigh Williams had well taken care of State plays directed at their po- sitions. Things began to happen, however, shortly after the open- ing of the third quarter. The Wolfpack opened up the air at- tack which had netted them four touchdowns on the previous Sat- urday. One pass was completed for a good gain, but on the next one, Williams rushed the passer, hit the ball with his outstretched hands, caught it as it came down and set ‘out for the the goal line.A fast N. C. State back was on his heels as Williams headed diagon- ally across the field in an effort to shake him off. When they reached the 20 yard strip, the lanky Washington and Lee end shifted the ball from his arm to his hand, carrying it as if it were an egg, and pulled away from his pursuer on every stride ‘, until he crossed the goal line. Runs From Kickoff _ A few minutes later, Fitzpat- rick broke through the line and smashed a State runner so vi- ciously that he dropped the ball. (Continued on Page 3) J! t to With Cheering _ Morison Says Cheering At Saturday’s Game Excellent “The cheering last Saturday was the best I have heard at Washington and Lee,” said Gra- ham Morison, head cheerleader yesterday. “Freshmen are to be congratu- lated on their fine spirit.” Morison urges all the old men to group themselves around the , freshmen cheering section, both » M it at home and away, in order to show how students can back their team. He stated for the benefit of the freshmen that they are to stand and remove their caps when -I singing “The Swing” and “Col- _lege Friendships.” Morison also ‘* announced that sometime within the next two weeks two new foot- ball songs written by Mr. John‘A. Graham will be introduced. .'qThese songs will be worked up in time for the V. P. I. game on Vovember 27th. The new assistants, working Saturday were: Howard Bicker- staff, Albert Wagner, Louis and Stewart Saunders. These new men showed promise according to Morison. Robert Early Portrait‘ Given to Museum Portraits depicting personalities ties of the early days of Wash- ington and Lee were presented to the Lee museum yesterday by Dr. W. P. McCorkle, Burlington, . C., a member of the class of ‘T6. A picture of the famed Valen- tine statue of General Robert E. Lee, taken in Richmond in 1883, surrounded by the ten represen- tatives of the literary societies of Richmond college who escorted the recumbent statue to Lexington was among D1‘. McCorkle’s gifts. He also gave the museum sep- arate pictures of ten Washington and Lee faculty members of the early eighties. Included among them were President G. W. C. Lee, Honorable John Randolph Tucker, and Prof. J. L. Camp- bell, father of Dean H. D. Camp- bell. T woF:1i;§(;1gs ' By Alumni Will Appear Shortly Bishop W. G. McDowell, Prof. John A. Graham, Com- posers of New Airs Two new songs will be intro- duced at Washington and Lee this year, both of which were written by alumni of the University. Bishop W. G. McDowell of Ala- bama is the author of one of the new songs. His song is not new on this campus in the strict sense of the word as it was used here some years ago and then laid aside. Bishop McDowell was a res- ident of Lexington before he went to Alabama. He received his A. B. degree from Washington and Lee in 1902 and the honorary de- gree of D. D. in 1924. Bishop Mc- Dowell wrote the song at the re- quest of the leader of the Glee Club at the time. The words fol- low: Onward for Alma Mater’. Fling out her banner to the sky, And let one purpose burn within us, We’re out to conquer or to die. Then raise a.war cry for Alma Mater, That rings a promise of victory We’ll e forever true To the White and Blue Of our Washington and Lee! Professor Jolm A. Graham'has written a football song to add to the General’s repertoire. These are the words: We are out for victory’. Gen’rals ne’er say die. We are out for vict’ry Or We’ll know the reason why. Fight’em team we’re with you, Let the chorus swell; With: “Hold’em Gen’rals—— Hold’em team, and win the game for W.&L.” This song starts with an intro- duction on the “Hold’em Generals” quite effective. . ———0———— Lee’s Tomb Has Unique Visitor “A Ford with a Curiosity.” Such classification was given a recent visitor to General Robert E. Lee’s tomb. Most automobiles are satisfied with being parked at the usual place just inside the campus gateway. This car was not. It bustled through the parallel lines of sightseeing conveyors. Its head was held high. Not once did it look back to see if it was be- ing followed. Up the footpath leading from the roadway to Lee Chapel it scrambled. ~ Its modesty was greater than its curiosity. At the doorway of the Chapel, it realized it was out of place-—tucking its head meekly it trod trimly back down the path to its proper clime. 0 An increase of ten men taking physics this year is recognized in the physics department.The total is now 70. Laboratories and class- rooms are filled to capacity, and if more students had registered, additional equipment would have been necessary. theme that is expected to prove ' WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 1928 =BIisy Week-end Faces Northern Football Teams Six of Seven to Play On Saturday; N. C. State and Clemson Fri. 3 INTERSECTIONAL GAMES ARE FEATURES V. P. 1.; Virginia and North Carolina University Jour- ney North Six of the seven teams com- posing the northern sector of the swing with one, Southern Conference will into action Saturday, North Carolina State, Clemson Friday. Five of the sev- en teams that play this Week-end played the same team last year and all five won. How will they come out this year? Only a Gene Dennys can tell. The play last Saturday showed that predictions went for naught; however, it is a safe as- sumption that this time the up- per section will not fare so well. Heading the list are three in- tersectional games: Virginia ,Poly meets Colgate at Hamilton and Virginia plays Princeton at Princeton,‘ with Harvard being the host of the University of North Carolina. V .P. I. is the only one of the three southern teams that met a northern foe last year. Andy Gustafson sprung a great feat is defeating Colgate 6 to 0 last fall, but chances are that he will fail this year. VVashington and Lee and Ken- tucky should draw well as should South Carolina and Mary- land. V. M. I. is taking on a sup- posedly weak team before handl- ing Virginia the following week. But the Flying Squadron must (Continued on Page 3) Freshingiiaach Busy on Defects Head Coach Davis Working On Faults of W.&M. Game meeting Correcting the faults showed themselves during the opening game of the season against William and Mary has been foremost in the program used by Coach Davis for his freshman gridmen for the first part of this week. Coach Davis began the practice which session yesterday afternoon with a lecture to his first team on the organization of a capable defense against forward passes, empha- sizing the point of keeping pros- pective receivers in front of them. He also issued orders to his back- field candidates to get into mo- tion faster after the ball had been snapped back. Injuries have begun to invade the camp of freshmen. Cross, one of the outstanding candidates for of the sprained halfback, was kept out opening game with a ankle, while several other pros- pective regulars have been miss- ing from practice with various ailments. The latest casualty on the list is Wilson, a second-string back, who received a serious an- kle injury in scrimmage. He will be lost to the team for several weeks. ‘ Coach Davis is not discouraged over the defeat of his team last Friday. He stated that he realizes that the system of play used by the freshmen is rather complicat- ed and that it will take time to mould his me: into s:11’:~oth running machine. Coach Davis is especially pleased over the show- ing of his heavy line. They com- pletely smothered the Indian plunges in the first game and opened good holes for the backs. The fact that the backs are not yet sure of themselves is one of the chief faults of the team, ac- cording to the mentor, but he feels that with two weeks of drilling they will be able to hold their own with any freshman ag- gregation in the state. '1 PLANS ARE LAID FOR W. VA. GAME Students wishing to attend the Washington and Lee-‘Vest Virginia game at Laidley Field, Charleston, October, 20, may obtain reservations by com- municating with Brown Trus- low, Box 1210, or J. Kay Thomas, Box 1662, Charleston. West Virginia, before October 13. Reserved seats for the game are now on sale at $2. VV. and L. headquarters will be established at the Holly Hotel in Charleston. There will also be a dance that evening for the visiting teams and guests. It will be sponsored by the Charleston chapter of the VVashington and Lee Alumni Association. lniormal Opens Social Season Cotillion Club Sponsors Af- fair Following N. C. State Game The social season of WashII1g- ton and Lee was opened Satur- day night after the North Caro- lina State—Washington and Lee game with an informal dance sponsored by the Cotillion Club. By ten o’clock Doremus Gym- nasium was well filled with cou- ples dancing to the rhythm of the music played by the Southern Collegians. The Collegians, a pro- duct of VVashington and Lee, have recently returned from a tour of Europe and according to tliose present, showed that they well deserved this tour by the splen- did music offered. This orchestra, with two pianos and under the direction of Gra- ham Morison, received many re-' quests for encores. Stags" were very much in evi- dence. There were about 400 boys in the gymnasium dancing with approximately 50 girls. The dance regulations given by Harry Rand, vice-president of the student body, in chapel last week were obeyed almost to the point. Chief of Police King said that no boisterousness was noticed after the dance either on the streets or in the fraternity houses. Conduct at the dance on the part of all, was irreproachable, he added. ————0 “Pant—Lifters” Become Vogue With Students The college stud nt of today doesn’t mind being caught with his socks down but he is deter- mined not to be caught with his “pants down.” His purchases in local prove that. Money his compatriots of a few years back spent on sock-support- ers he spends on pants-support- ers.. Suspender and belt sales‘ are booming according to owners of local haberdasheries but when asked about their sales in sock- supporters they looked sad. “For the past three years sock- supporters have moved more slow- ly than almost anything we sell” one Lexington merchant explain- ed, “while suspenders sell better among Washington and Lee stu- dentsevery year.’ “Just a few years ago we could- n’t sell ‘suspenders to anyone ex- cept old men. All students wore "belts. Now they must wear belts and suspenders, because we sell a lot of both.” One merchant shops was more opti- mistic than the rest. He noted that sales were better this year among sock-supporters than for three previous years: “Probably due to advertising,” he thought. __.____o , Chances Are Bright In Frosh Boxing Th Freshmen boxing squad, un- der the direction of Coach Mathis and VV. S. Price, Varsity Captain, is rounding into shape. With over twenty men out there is a possi- bility of developing a winning tc2‘.2‘n, the coaches stated. If plans S. M. A., A. M. A., Duke, and N. C. Freshmen will be encountered. smaém Body Makes Record; 905 Enrolled - Largest First Semester En- rollment In History Re- corded October 1 STUDENTS COME FROM THIRTY-SIX STATES Virginia Leads With 193, New York Second With 59, Alabama Third Reaching a total of 905 stu- 1st the enroll- ment in the University this year surpassed all previous first se- mester enrollment records, it was dents on October revealed today in a new Univer- sity bulletin. The annual bulletin prepared each year on October 1 with the names of officers, faculty and stu- dents of the Universtiy is just off the press and is being distri- buted. It records the names of all students with their year in the school, their home address and their Lexington address. Some interesting statistics are revealed in the new bulletin. Vir- ginia ranks first as the home state of the largest number‘ of students. It claims 193 members of the student body and is fol- lowed by New York with 59 stu- dents. ‘ New York Second Compared with last year’s en- rollment, New York has lifted its total from 4-1 to 59. and thereby displaced Florida, which last year se/cond place with a total of 59 students. Florida this year fell into fourth place with 5 students. Third place in the 1928 enroll- ment goes to Alabama with 53 students, an increase of 6 over last year. Enrollment for the first sem- (Continued on page two) ssirigdgiifiiiii iirodiice Ky. Graduate Manager Smith Or- ders Installation of Board In Gymnasium The grid-graph will be used Saturday for the first time this year, when the results of the Kentucky game will be shown. The interest in the football car- eer of the 1928 Generals is at a high pitch, and the results of the Wildcat game will be watched with interest. I , A large number of students are making plans to journey to Lex- ington, Kentucky, where the game will be played, but the majority will be on hand in Doremus at 3:30 Saturday to witness the play- by-play account of the game as it comes over the Grid-graph. Graduate Manager R. A. Smith has arranged for the installation of a special Associated Press wire to carry the latest happenings from the stadium direct to the board. Manager Louis Powell and his staff of assistants will have charge of the board and will op- erate the mechanism that will bring the audience the detailed account of the progress of the game. All the thrills experienced by the actual vision of a game, will be accorded to the watchers of the Grid-graph board. Cheerleader Morison and his assistants will be . on hand to lead the students in yells, and the tolling of the Wash- ing bell by the freshmen will mark a victory. The charge of general admission will be thirty-five cents but the students charge will be ten cents. The pass-book will not be used for this event, as they are good for home games only. ———;—0 “Ty” Rauber ’27, captain of the Big Blue team and stellar ground- gainer for 3 years, is now coach- ing the football squad of the Washington High School, VVash- ington, D. C. He has built up a formidable team from a squad on which there were only two letter men, and prospects are bright for his outfit this year. Rauber made the third all-American team his last year here. EFreshmen e Wrestlers Out Twenty men have thus far re- ported for the frshmen wrestling team, "according to Coach Mathis. Daily workouts with the Varsity will continue until Thanksgiving, after which separate practices will be held. “Although few of the the.freshmen have ever had any experience,” stated Mathis, “I ex- pect them to shape into a good team by the beginning of the sea- son.” ‘ The try-outs are being instruct- ed in the fundamentals of the sport, and so far have only been run through developing exercises. Wrestling will not begin for sev- eral days. Davidson in the 115 lb. class, McWilliams and Schlossberg in the 125 lb. class, and Beard in the 145 lb. class are -the outstanding men who have shown up. Coach Mathis expects a wealth of ma- terial at the close of the football season when he issues a call for more men in all weights. _YMmTB; Falls Short of $2,959 Budget Secretary Patterson Is Pleas- ed With Number of Men Giving to Fund Although the total amount hop- ed for was not raised in the cam- paign held Tuesday night, Oct. to finance the 1928-29 YIIICA budget, the outcome was good, and it is hoped that later sub- scriptions will bring it nearer fliv mark. At the end of the first night 01' the drive about $1100 in cash and pledges had been raised, and 650 men had been seen. An cf- fort will be made to see the re- mainder of the Student Body within the next two or three days so that every man will have a chance to help in the work. Mr. H. C. Patterson, secretary, stated that he believed that the final amount would reach at least the $1500 mark when everybodjr had. been seen. This would leave the fund $500 short, and would necessitate guts in some phases of "the work, but if economy were used it would not seriously af- fect the program for__ the year. Of the 650 men already seen, 430 gave cash or postdated checks and approximately 100 signed pledges to be paid later. The re- ~mainder were noe able to sub- scribe. With regards to these results Mr. Patterson stated that per- sonally he was gratified to see such a large percentage of the student body subscribe and that he would rather see 430 give some, than 200 give more. He also stated that the cam- paign had been well managed, and that both the leaders and the men under them had worked to the best of their ability.The drive was led by A. C. Junkin and C. W. Gordon, president and treas- urer of the association. ______0_________ 14 of Faculty Are in Who’s Who The new “Who’s Who in Amer- ica” in the library includes the names of 14 members of the ‘Washington and Lee faculty. Men whose names appear in “Who's Who” have been recogniz- ed for their achievements in the various fields of education which have distinguished them from the vast majority of their contempor- aries. 4 Faculty members included are: Drs. ‘:1. L. Smith, H. D. Camp- bell, J. L. Howe, T. J. Farrar, D. B. Easter, G. D. Han- cock, F. L. Riley, E. F. Shannon, R. H. Tucker, W. D. Hoyt, L. J. Desha, W. M. Brown, and pro- fessor W. T. Lyle. ____0__ INSTRUCTOR RETURNS Ollinger Crenshaw, instructor of of History, returned to his classes on Monday morning after four days in the Jackson Memorial hospital. Mr. Crenshaw was con- fined with an abscessed foot. Kentucky Next Contest on Blue and White Card Generals Invade Blue Grass State Saturday For Con- ference Tilt WILDCATS OFFER STRONGER TEAM Kentuckians Much Improved Over Last Year When W. and L. Won 25-0 By Mike Leibowitz The Washington and Lee Gen- erals will journey into the Blue Grass State this Saturday in- tent upon gaining another vic- tory over the Kentucky Wildcats. Pastirecords show that in re- cent years the Blue and VVhite have won four games and tied one. At present there is an un- broken string of four victories and Pat Herron’s charges will try desperately to lengthen the num- ber to five and the number of Southern Conference triumphs for the year to two. Kentucky Stronger This year Kentucky boasts of a. stronger line and a faster back- field with Alf Portwood, the shining light .Carson-Newman was decisively beaten 61-0 last week, with the Wildcats exhibiting a fine brand of aerial attack. Last year the Generals won their first Conference game of the year from Kentucky by the score of 25-0. The combination of Howe and Spotts counted for many long gains via the aerial route, while White and Barnett penetrated the \/Vildcat line ' at will. The entire Blue forward wall played a brilliant defensive game. I Win In 1926 The Generals took advantage of the breaks in 1926 and displaying a strong running attack defeated the unusually powerful eleven in a hard-fought battle 14-13. Un- corking an effective passing game the Kentuckians scored twice in the first half but were held in check throughout the final thirty minutes. Whitlock, bearing the brunt of the attack, scored the second touchdown late in the third period. In 1925, the sports writers in the Blue Grass said that the Gen—‘ erals were the best team that ever played in that section. It was Henry Wilson’s last appear- ance as a member of the Wash- ington and Lee eleven in his home state and he sang his swan song in a blaze of gridiron glory. _ Dropkick Wins The Generals won the second conference victory of the 1924 season when they forced the Ken- tucky gridders to take the short end of a 10-7 score. In this game Henry Wilson intercepted a for- ward pass and ran 40 yards for a touchdown, while Dawson gave (Continued on page three) Natioh§0AIdsFAs Debate Subject Bauer Announces Debate On Methods of National Advertising National advertising will be a subject for debate by the Wash- ington and Lee university team this year, Professor Marvin G. -Bauer, debating coach, said to- day. Oxford, Princeton, Harvard and the Chicago Kent School of Law will be opponents of Washington and Lee. National advertising will be the subject for possibly two of these debates. The subject, resolved: That na- tional advertising as it is now carried on is both economically and socially harmful, has been ac- cepted for the Princeton debate. It probably will also be selected for the meeting with the Kent School of Law team. Because of the prominence of national advertising in modern life it forms an excellent subject, Professor Bauer, believes. It of- fers opportunities for exceptional development by both sides, ‘he said. —I~}ICrE1«:?E OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281010/WLURG39_RTP_19281010_002.2.txt Page 2 THE _ RING-TUM PHI @111» fling-tum iflhi (ESTABLISHED 1897) J WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITYl SEMLWEEKLY 1 Members of Southern Collegiate Newspaper Association Subscription $3.10 per year, in advance 1 OFFICE AT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM Telephones: Editor-in-Chief, 489 and 316 Business Manager 430; Managing Editor, 412; University News Editor, 579; Sports Editor, 112; Editorial Rooms 2043 and 2143. 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No unsigned c.oi:i:esD0ndeT1C€ ‘W111 be published: however, we shall gladly withhold your signature from print upon request. If the choice were left to me whether to have a ‘free’ press or a free rrovc-rnzncnt, I would choose a free press.—. Thomas Jefferson. DOWN WITH KENTUCKY! Eleven fighting Generals pranced on Wilson Field Saturday afternoon with enough fight and spirit to win any footballi game. They won. Students played their part in the victory. Eight more games face the Generals be- fore the curtain is lowered Thanksgiving day in Jacksonville. To win the remaining eight games every student must back his team to the limit—let every player know that the University is behind him not only for the sixty minutes of the game that he plays, but all the time. Members of the team and spectators saw the result of over confidence in Satur- day’s game. State’s team was far better than the score would indicate. The Wolf- pack has a great team, after the setback last week it should come around and win many games. Washington and Lee, too, has a great team, but if students and players feel they have won every remaining game already they are sadly mistaken. It is go- ing to take fight and plenty of the fight that was shown Saturday to win any of the remaining games. Kentucky has a strong team and is go- ing to make the task hard for the Blue and White. West Virginia is going to be hard, and so is Tennessee, Virginia, Princeton, V. P. I., Maryland, and Florida. A rocky road is before the team. Everyone must realize the task Herron has before him. He needs, your backing and confidence to win—not your overconfidence. The Wolfpack came here with odds greatly in its favor. Sports writers had com- mented on the optimism shown in Raleigh. One even wrote “It was a relief to find one Southern Conference team with optimism more than balancing doubt—North Carolina State is making no idle boasts but frankly believes a successful gridiron season lies ahead.” The Herronites had not received such‘ publicity. They knew they had a hard task and went about it with the determination to win. Before North Carolina had awaken- ed to the fact that it was ‘playing a hard team the Generals had rolled up a command- ing lead. A Saturday the Washington and Lee team, plays Kentucky’s Wildcats in Lexington,Ky. l It is no” set—up. Herron realizes the taskl which confronts him, his assistants do, thei, leges, but it is surprizing that the Lantern editor would be so daring as to reprint it. Especially that sentence about college men showing a preference for waitresses. What, may we conceitedly ask, would happen if the co-eds at Ohio State should learn of the preference college monks have for waitresses, and suddenly ask the trus- tees of that institution for a course in “hop- ping tables.” ____0_.__ ANOTHER STEP FORWARD The faculty again has taken a forward step. This time it is the adoption -of the “Dean’s List.” Most of the larger universities in the east, middle-west, far-west, and south have already put this system into practice with! gratifying results. The University of Vir- ginia was the first Southern institution to adopt the unlimited cut system. Students who make excellent records are justly due special consideration that can not be afforded those of other classifica- tions. “The Dean’s List” should be a great __.___0_____ FOOTBALL’S NEWEST CHANGE An optimistic View of the new double- header football system, now in practice among the Big Ten teams, is taken by many commenters. Under the new system, which went in- to use at the beginning of the present sea- son, each school will be represented by a “first” team and a “reserve” team. When the first team is at home the other will go to the opponents’ campus for a game with its reserves. And when the “first” team is away the system will be reversed. Among the arguments advanced in fa- vor of this innovation: are that more men will be trained for football and will, there-1 fore, enjoy its physical benefits; that itf ,will encourage the move to take football from prominence in college life; and that it will lessen the undue emphasis alumni and students place on winning teams. The Chicago Daily News says, “The sys- ;tem should accomplish at least three desir- able things. It should increase the number of students who benefit from training which football players must undergo. It should lessen the preoccupation of the stu- dent body with the fortunes of the varsity team. It should reduce the demoralization which descends upon almost every college campus each Fall. In former seasons the student bodies on Various week-ends have left their college work to travel—it may be hundreds of miles to witness contests be- tween their teams and those of other in- stitutions.” Should the system prove successful it will mean the loss of some of the glamour now attached to the word “varsity.” As “varsity” loses its glamour in the big school it will increase in the smaller school until the athletic limelight will be held by , the latter. V 0 OCTOBER October, month of dreamers and the glory of changing colors, of falling leaves, blue gentian, 1 golden rod, singing defiant anthems to the morn- ing sun, brown nuts falling in the forest, is here in all its traditional beauty. The month of dreamers, seers tell us; the month of gloriously tinted landscape and sky, the poets tell us; the month of peace and mellowness,i according to all the dictates of hearts and minds that love the serener way. Now the leaves are changing hues, the trees are shedding their garb, the skies are mounted in fleecy clouds that look like flocks of lambs at play. Along the forest path sounds of nuts dropping from opening burrs break the silence of the great outdoors. BY. the WAY can’t make the legs look alike. * WORRIED. >'< >l< * eighteen years old. * >f< ilove to have that bracelet. l The husband: I can’t afford to buy it for you dear. l The bride: But if you could, you would, wouldn’t you, tweetums? The husband: I’m afraid not, lambkins. The bride: Why? Ethey looked it. >l< Dear Anxiously Worried: Because all fraternity men are bird- lovers, and just adore their swallows! DICKY DILLYRUMPLE. If you want a pal who’s loyal, Under all conditions true. If you seek a friend so faithful, He will stick to you like glue. All through your trials and troubles, With no thought of gain or pelf, Take a gentle tip from me, kid, You must be that pal yourself. Dear Editor: Are blowouts expensive? PUZZLED. Dear Puzzled: What kind~—in a HEY! HEY! “It makes my blood run cold when I see how lightly you dress.” “Well, I like that! And me trying for the opposite effect!” Getting the baby to bed is hardest when she is about The husband: It isn't good enough for you, sugar plum. . The bride: 0, George, I love you. : They advertised as having a chorus of seventy, and believe me,‘ THERE’S A REASON!! A news item from the University of Arizona states that all co- eds at that institution must wear uniform hosiery. Even then they :5: I JUST RECEIVED! i Dear Dicky Dillyruinple: Why is it that all fraternity housesl have spiral stairways installed every Saturday night? ANXIOUSLYl Changed from Tuesday '00 MOTI- l v tire, night club, or elsewhere‘? * l i * REMEMBER THIS! The young bride (looking in jewerly store window): George, I’d ! I l Fire Prevention Week Planned * To Decrease Huge Fire Lossw, ‘Loss of Life and Money Since 61871 Hasl I l On October 9th, 1871, Mrs. O‘Leary’s cow kicked over the ‘lantern which started the Chicago fire. The entire city was destroy- ed, with a loss of two hundred ilives. Since 1871 annual fire los- ‘ses have been increasing,’ until ,there is now an average money iloss of $550,000,000 in the United ‘States and an estimated loss of life of fifteen thousand persons every year in the United States and Canada. The anniversary of the Chicago fire is now commem- orated by the observance of in- ternational Fire Prevention Week, ‘designated by Presidential and Royal proclamation. ' The aim of Fire Prevention [week is to impress upon the pub- ‘lic consciousness the enormity of our fire waste, to the end that ‘conditions may be improved and fire carelessness eliminated. l While it is not possible to pre- vent all fraudulent and incen- ldiary fires, it is possible, with the {knowledge we have of the motives lwhich incite fires, to reduce them ‘ considerably. ; Fires originating from careless installation of heating systems and from poorly guarded hazards are preventable. Statistics show that when carelessness is elimin- ated and hazards properly guard- .ed, fires do not originate. _ Fires are not limited in the ,scope of their destruction. When { Reached High Figure l I 7 fire comes it affects us all. Its‘ effects are not limited to the im-‘ mediate plant or home that is destroyed. When a plant burns, work ceases and when work ceases the pay envelope ceases. Then sav- ings accounts must be drawn up- on to meet every-day expenses and the buying power of the peo- ple is lessened just that much. jli That is why each of us is af- fected. To make fire prevention work " successful it is necessary to have 3,: sup- in. port of the property owner and ‘ii; of the general public. It should assistance, cooperation and be the duty of every citizen to assist in eliminating the element of carelessness. A citizen should consider it a reflection on his ab- ility if it becomes necessary for 5- him to be warned by the fire in- spector to remove a fire hazard.’ He should feel that he not only. enriches himself by protecting hisl own property, but that he actual-l ly adds to his own wealth in pro-l tecting the property of his neigh-l bors. A nioment’s reflection Willi convince us that property destroy- ed by fire, necessarily reduces. the value of property that is notl detroyed. ‘ So, it is not only a duty, but‘ an act of self-preservation, to= prevent the destruction of our! neighbors’ property, as well asl Student Body our own, from fire. | The following is the complete‘ state enrollment: Alabama 53;] Arkansas 31; California, 2; Colo-l rado 4; Connecticut '7 Delaware 2; I F rosh Warned of Change Made In V. C. Schedule All Freshmen are hereby warn- ed by Joe Holt, President of the Vigilance Committee, to look in their Post Office boxes before six p.m., each Monday on the possi- bility of receiving a V.C. card. “The time of meeting has been day night, and absolutely no ex- cuses will be accepted for a Fresh- man failing to be present when ‘summoned to one of these meet- pings,” state Holt as his rea- son for issuing the foregoing warning. There were eight Freshmen pre-. sent at the V.C. meeting held in Newcomb Hall Monday. The main difficulty with Freshmen this year seems to be their not speaking, From now on, this and all other infringements of the‘ Freshman rules will be regarded more close- ly, and Freshmen are urged to be more careful of their conduct. 0 WOW?‘ Endowed Law Chair for Burks An endowed Chair of Law in memory of Judge Martin P.Burks memory of Judge Martin P. Burks law pleading and criminal law and dean of the Law school'at Washington and Lee, and for 11- years Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, will be estab- lished by the University, if plans to secure $100,000 by Home-C0m_ mg day, November 17, are succes- Sfuly uI1iVersity officials announce. Appeal for subscriptions is being made by mail to alumni. SlVilTH’S Dry Cleaning Works Phone 514 TERMS CASH Lee Blue Pencil Club Organized . Johnston Pres. At a reorganization meeting of lthe Lee Blue Club, professional journalistic society, Henry P. Johnston was elected pres. for this {year. Other officers elected were: R. P. Carter, vice-president; V. C. Jones, secretary; J. W. Davis, treasurer. The ‘society has been reorganiz- ed to study advanced phases of newspaper production and engage in extra-curricular activity in co- operation with the school of jour- nalism. It -will provide a forum where students of the profession may absorb newspaper technique. Leading national journalists will speak at luncheons to be given by the organization. The organization has voted to petition Sigma Delta Chi, nation- al journalistic fraternity. 0 Famous Deed Given as Lee Memorial Relic Two relics of the Lee family were presented to the Lee Mu- seum last week. They are a pro- gram used by Robert E. Lee at cominencenreit exercises of Wash- ington College in June, 1868; and a deed signed by his father, “Light Horse Harry” Lee, in 1793 The program contains the notes made by General Lee in his com- mencement speech, and though the paper is worn and yellow, the writing is still legible. The deed, is a gift of V. B. Watts of Hunt'- inglion, West Virginia. i=ox’s ~ FINE during the show. LSON DRUG STO R E "flfiw TOM RlCE,PROPRIETOR Every Young Man Likes Sweets Before glling t0 the movics,_ step across the street and get an Ice Cream Cone or a piece of candy to eat Wade/ndfg State " ST, LEXINGTON, VA. \ Wishes to announce LYONS TAHLORING COS. Fall and Winter Woolens FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC—‘._ Now is the ‘time to see about your Fall Suit! Our Clothes Speak For Themselves! the arrival of their 1 Makes Record; --—NEIfi.f -M District of Columbia 19; Florida- students and players should. Don’t let at little overconfidence wreck the chances for a great season. The team needs your sup-‘, port. It needs your spirit to win. Let’s be on to Lexington and down with the Wildcats! _______Q_____ WAI’I‘RESSES, CO-EDS, AND MONKS Warm colors are warmest in October—brilliantl . reds and dazzling blues.... rich tones of purple and,‘ orange. The browns and paling greens of leaves, and vines, withered stems and dried husks of har-I vest-time. But one also feels the approaching end of another year in October. That is the reason for that last mad urge that fills a failing life, for ‘the riotous dashes of blazing color in evening sky and along the faintly out-lined horizon. It is the last fling at beauty before the gray dusk of Win- 905 Enrolled Largest First Semester En- rollment In History Re- , corded October 1 5 (Continued from page one) ester has already come within Gleefully the editor Of the Ohio State K tel‘ C0me-S 01173 Of the North With 1'3!!! and Wind and I four students of the total on- Lantern has seized the latest outburstl from Heywood Broun, noted New York‘ newspaper columnist, as a salient factor in, defense of co-education. The following quo-l, tation was taken from an interview in the} New York University Daily Student says the Lantern: , I‘m strong for the co-ed and heartily believei in co-education,” Broun said. “I think it’s the best; thing in colleges. It’s preferable for the college. man to have associations with women in the col- lege rather than outside it. VVhen there is no op- portunity within the college, the man will go out- side and associate with women on a lower intel- lectual social standing, and they often show a preference for waitresses. “The monastic idea, of purely men’s colleges, is all wrong! I can’t see them at all.” I The Lantern then says, “Those who op- pose the co—educational college will find dif-, ficulty in answering Broun’s argument.” It is not surprising that Heywood Broun would make such a statement about col- an aging heart. The weather is being kind this October. Ther- mometers find the little silver stream higher in the tiny tube than is normal. Hearts feel kindly to- ward the beneficent sun. There are enough rain- drops to remind one that the skies are weeping gently, but not enough to dampen the ardor of things or mar the spirit of a gorgeous Autumn. Trips to the woodlands and the hills drivel home the story of the changing seasons, a story old as the universe and one that shall not die while nature lives. he beauty of the opal, unlucky to all save those born in October, but bearing wondrous luck to them, is present in all about us. From all we sens ,ethis must be the kind of October that in- spired the gods of creation to spill their bag of _‘ magic in the Fall of the year.—-C. N. F. O Frosh: Were you trying to catch that Chrysler? “No” said the panting Soph, “I was just chasing it off the campus.” ____0_______ Employer: “Why my dear boy, I’ll do better than that. “I'll even give you a small salary to start with.” lrollinent for ‘both first and sec- ;ond semester of the 1927-28 ses- ision, it is shown. ‘ I As the student body has in- creased in size so has the faculty. Last year 52 members composed ‘the teaching staff while this year [57 have been engaged. ) Washington and New York City ‘have large enrollments among the lstudent body. Each city is claim- ed by 19 as their home. Memphis is the home of 15, Jacksonville, Fla. of 14, and Birmingham of 12. Other cities well represented are Montgomery, Ala.; Mobile, Ala. and Lynchburg, Virginia. ‘ From 36 States l Thirty-six out of the forty- ’eight states are represented in the lnew enrollment. Two students {give their home address as China ;one as Japan, one as Mexico, one as Panama, and two as Porto Rico. 50; Louisiana 23; Maine 1; Mary- land 23; Massachusetts 4; Michi- gan 4; Mississippi 28; Missourii 14; Montana, 3; Nebraska 1;; New Jersey 35; New Mexico 4;} New York 59; North Carolina’ 26;; Ohio 34; Oklahoma 16; Pennsyl-i Vania 46; Rhode Island 1; South Carolina 14; ennessee 41; Carolina 14; Tennessee 41; Texas West Virginia 4'7. -93? Future Opponents Win Six of Eight Games Saturday Six of the Fighting Generals’ eight remaining opponents came out victorious in their games last Saturday. Virginia lost to South Carolina, 24 to 13, and Maryland to North Carolina university 26 to 19. The other contests were prac- tice games, so no predictions can safely be made from the compara- tive scores. West Virginia defeat- ed the Haskell Indians 28 to 7; Tennessee ran over Centre college, 41 to 7; Princeton defeated_Ver- mont, 50 to 0, V. P. I. won from Southern, 26 to 0; and Kentucky swamped Carson Newmon under a 51-0 score. Texas ‘ \ Opposite Court House a BOSTONIAN Charter House — Fashion Park J. Ed. Denver & Sons “Courteous, Conscientious Service” Phone 25 OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281010/WLURG39_RTP_19281010_003.2.txt Carolina Team Proves Easy Foe In 33-6 Victory Sensational Sophomores Take Lead in Crushing Team L From N.C. State (Continued from page one) Williams, coming through on his captain’s heels, scooped up the fumble and stepped off for 65 yards for another touchdown. Not content with his previous exhibition, and to show that his first run was no piece of luck, Williams knocked another pass from a State back’s hands, caught it before it hit the ground, and started out with a clear field be- fore him. Williams injured his ankle after covering 20 yards and fell to the ground where a mul- titude of State tacklers held him. Eclipsed only by the great work of Williams, Thibodeau must come in for his share of the glory. After carrying his share of the Washington and Lee attack for nearly three quarters, Thibodeau came to the front with a 30 yard dash around left end for the Gen- erals’ fifth touchdown. Fitzpat- rick missed the goal but on the kickoff, Thibodeau took the ball on his own 15 yd. line and waded through the entire Wolfpack to plant the ball behind the goal line. However, the ball was brought back to the 20 yard line where the officials ruled one of the interference had used his hands illegally. Gene White was the same line- driving fullback who carried the brunt of the Washington and Lee attack last fall. He carried the ball six out of seven times to score the Generals’ down at the end of a 25 yard march. He carried it 11 yards in two plays to place it in scoring position for the second time, and gained steadily through guard throughout the afternoon. One of the features of the game was the determined defense of the Washington and Lee line. Tackling was hard and usually sure throughout the contest. Groop, Hawkins, and Fitzpatrick led in smashing the Carolina at- tack. Groop broke through on five occasions to throw runners for losses in addition to opening holes for White’s plunges. Haw- kins and Fitzpatrick were called 2n to break through some beau- iful interference and they res- ponded nobly. Fitzpatrick had a tooth knocked out during the game, but he refused to quit.. He stuck his tooth in Groop’s helmet and refused to have the game de- layed in order that he might be patched up. N. C. State’s only touchdown came as the result of a break in the second quarter. Eberhart fumbled a punt on his own 38 yard line, and State recovered. Two passes and a couple of end runs placed the ball on the three yard line and Goodwin carried it over. Eberhart made up for his fumble later in the game by a series of substantial gains through tackle and around end to place the ball in scoring position for the Generals. He also saved an- other touchdown in the third quarter when he brought down a State runner with a terrific tac- kle after the latter had almost broken loose around right end. Until he was hurt during the second quarter, Lott was the thorn in the side of State’s aerial game. In addition to smearing several passes, he scored the Gen- erals’ second touchdown with a five yard dive through tackle. Faulkner backed up the line to perfection; Captain Warren at fullback was the outstanding player for the I Wolfpack. He did the kicking for his team and did his share of ball-carrying. Melton made some nice gains around end. Lineup and summary: NC STATE > Pos. Jordan LE Lepo LT Vaughan LG Metts C Mayfield RG Floyd RT Outen RE Adams QB Crum LHB -Ieffreys RHB Thibodeau Warren (C) FB White Summary: Scoring touchdowns, White 2; Williams 2; Goodwin, Lott, Thibodeau. Points scored W&L Sproul Hawkins Martin Snodgrass Groop, Henry Fitzpatrick,(C) Williams Faulkner Lott MYERS HARDWARE COT, INC. Established Incorporated 1865 1907 CUTLERY—RAZORS GUNS first touch- ’ GENERAL GOSSIP Yes, the Generals have a good football team, but just how good? ' Supporters of Washington and Lee shouldn’t get reckless with their cash arguments with backers of other elevens just because of the surprisingly large victory over the highly touted Wolf Pack, but} should let a couple more weeks go by before staking their all on‘ anything. " N.C.State, losers of only one game in 1927 and undefeat- ed in Southern Conference circles, came here a slight favor- ite over the Herronites, and were visibly surprised when the local eleven had scored 13 points before the first quarter was over. Their real potential power was exhibited, however, when they went for a touchdown just before the first half ended. ' Numerous varying comments have been heard anent the Gener- al’s ability this fall. One fan said W. and L. boasts of the greatest array of good backs on Wilson Field for five or six years; another said that win Saturday was due to “breaks;” another said “Who said W. and L. hadn’t a fine line?” The backs are good, without a doubt. Whatever “breaks” . are, they are no good unless the team receiving them is alert and quick enough to take full advantage of them. The line performed well against the invading Pack, but we don’t want to imagine the result if they are put through such a grind every Saturday as they played last week. Close observors, who have followed the Generals’ destinies over a period of years, class the line play in the N. C. State battle as the hardest, with the exception of that against Georgia Tech in 1926, that the Generals have had to go through recently. One man, a scout for a team which meets VV. and L. soon, after seeing Leigh Williams start on his third dash for a touchdown, said that he had never before seen two similarly. intercepted passes and recovered fumbles by one man in any college game, and that only once, about five years ago, had he seen the feat equalled in high school cir- cles. Thibodeau’s dash through the entire Wolf Pack eleven, followed almost immediately by Williams’ 35 and 65 yard romps, for touch- downs, was enough to take the life out of any team, and it was not surprising t6 see several of the Staters throw their helmets on the ground in disgust at the apparent futility of attmepting to check the Generals’ mounting score. Kentucky’s ten touchdowns, registered against Carson- Newman Saturday, bespeak power within the Wildcat ranks. The Generals’ showed power against Lynchburg, and came back to defeat the Staters, who were rated as equally pow- erful. W. and L. is doped to down Kentucky, but what are comparative scores worth? The Blue and White won 25 to 0 last year, but what happened after the 25-0 win of 1925? The Cats came back the following sea- son to force the Generals to the limit, the locals finally coming off victors by a 14 to 13 score. Forget comparative scores. V. M. I. bowed to Kentucky 25 to 0 last year,, V. M. I. beat Virginia Poly on Thanks- giving, but after Poly had scored three touchdowns against the Generals to shut them out. And, all after the latter had crushed the Wildcats 25 to 0. Coached by Harry Gamage, former Illinois star, the Kentuckians are expected to take to the air before Saturdays game is very old. The aerial attack worked well against Carson-Newman, but what will it do against the Generals? Given. a line performing as steadily and well as it did last week, W. and L. should come off victorious. Others than Leigh Williams may have to snatch the opponents’ passes, however, for thelanky end may not be able to go against the Lexington lads, due to his foot injury. Captain Tackle may face Captain Tackle this week, for both Fitzpatrick of the Generals, and Claire Dees, of the Wildcats, play just inside of an end. Whether they will oppose each other is not known, however, Dees sometimes playing on one side of the line and again appearing on the opposite district. after touchdown, Fitzpatrick 2. Placement. Substitutions, W&L Seligman for Martin, Eberhardt for Lott. Barnett for White, Herb Groop for Snodgrass. Day for Towill, Towill Sproul for Williams. Day for To- will, Taylor for Henry Groop. N. C. State, Johnson for Adams, Melton for Jeffries, Stout for Floyd Al- right. Referee, Carrington (Va.) Um- pire, Witt (V.M.I.) Head lines- man, Fetfzer (Davidson). R. L. HESS & Bro. Watchmakers and Jewelers Keys Made, Typewriters Re- paired for Next Door to Lyric Theatre Sproul. Goodwin for Outen; IRWIN & co., Inc. Everything In DRY GOODS AND GROCER- IES Quality, Service & Price Tolley’s Toggery THE HOME OF SMART CLOTHES The GOODMAN and SUSS “23 Points—Hand Tailored” Garments are Now on Display WALK-OVER SHOES ’ EMERY and IDE SHIRTS BERG HATS BELBER LUGGAGE Yo are Cordially Invited to Visit Our Store Every Day \ l B. C. TOLLEY the Harvard machine THE RING-TUM PHI Busy Week-end Faces Northern Football Teams Six of Seven to Play On Saturday; N. C. State and Clemson Fri. (Continued from page one) watch taking Roanoke too light- 1y. ‘ After falling so miserably be- fore Washington and Lee Satur- day North Carolina State will try a comeback against Josh Cody’s renovated Clemson eleven. The game will be played Friday at Florence. Colgate will have a nice after- noon stopping Peake and Mattox in the backfield and Bailey in the line for V. P. I. Tech’s 32 to 7 win Saturday and Colgate’s 12 to 7 defeat at the hands of Vandy will give Gustafson plenty to talk to his men about in up- holding southern football suprem- acy, but it will be the unexpected if the Maroons will win again. Princeton should have an easy afternoon with Virginia. It is in- deed very doubtful if Greasy Neal will throw his entire strength in- to battle, with V. M. I. scheduh ‘ ‘next week, and Vandy in Nash- ville the following week—end. It will be remembered how he used his second team against Tennes- see last year while the Knoxville clan was rolling up over forty points so that he might throw his entire strength against W. and L. the following Saturday. Neale would rather take a cou- ple conference teams in tow than win the recognition of a victory ove1' Princeton; however, Neal may decide to throw his strength against Roper, a graduate of Vir- ginia in ’07. The Cavaliers have a good team in the making now. North Carolina’s defeat over the Old Liners should be a big help along with running over Wake Forest. The Rockne system has finally gotten instilled into the bones of the players. Coach Collins and Captain Schwartz will lead a scrapping team against and the Cambridge boys will have a busy afternoon. South Carolina and Maryland should furnish a thrilling after- noon in the Palmetto state. The Gamecocks boast two great vic- tories over Chicago and Virginia. Maybe the tide will change, but now it seems Dodson, Kessler and company have a big assignment Clara Bow Stars In “Crook” Picture A great many drainas of the underworld have been flashed upon the screen but it has taken Clara Bow, queen of the flappers, to give the motion picture public the most stirring of all The Paramount star accomplish- es this in “Ladies of the Mob,” a thrilling love story of gangsters and their loves, which appears at the New Theatre Thursday and Friday of this week. It is an entirely different Clara Bow, who throws off the wiles of the flapper and plunges herself into a powerful portrayal of a terror-stricken wife of a gangster. It is by far the heaviest bit of acting Miss Bow has attempted since her work in “Wings” and she proves conclusively that she can handle drama as well as the lighter roles which have made her so popular. The story, which was written by Ernest Booth, is a tale of a young couple of the underworld, the huband a crook and the wife attempting at all times to keep him straight. The climax produces a thrill when, Miss Bow takes the most drastic methods imagin- ed to keep “her man,” on the straight and narrow path. "..l.ead of them. The whole south will be watch- ing the sudden burst of the Gen- erals. entucky will be host Satur- day. Herron’s renovated team, boasting five sophomores, should‘ win again over the Wildcats, pro- vided injuries sustained last week can be healed by the encounter. Williams, Fitzpatrick, and Lott are on the injured list now, and, it is doubtful if the former will be in the Washington and Lee lineup for another week. V. M. I. defeated Roanoke 32 to 0 last year. Whether the Key- dets will repeat depends largely upon the proved weak line. Barnes is more than doing his share of the work. Ab is proving the sen- tation in this section again. fa blocked punt. Kentucky Next Contest on Blue and White Card Generals Invade Blue Grass State Saturday for Con- ference Tilt (Continued from page one) his team the necessary 3 points for victory with a beautiful drop- kick from the 30 yard line. Ken- tucky scored on the recovery of Captain “Tex” Tilson, Daves, Stemmons, and Thomas played best on defense, while Wilson was the star of the Blue offensive. The first game that the Gen- erals and the Wildcats have play- ed in recent years was the battle in 1923 that resulted in a 6-6 tie. The game was a great clash from start to finish and was featured by the successful Blue passes from Hamilton to Frew and by the line-plunging of Cameron. Kentucky uncorked an offensive in the last quarter which netted a touchdown and tied the score, the Generals having carried the. ball down the field for their touchdown shortly after the first kick-off. Tilson blocked the Ken- tucky attempt for the extra point. A Good Start The Blue and White have open- ed the 1928 season as auspiciously as that same eleven that gained PAGE 3 Paper of‘ Lee’s Father in Museum The Lee Museum of Washing- ton and Lee University this week became the temporary location of a deed signed in 1793 by “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Rob- ert E. Lee. Antique old English print and faded brown ink give the stained parchment an air of strangeness past the century mark in age.The deed was loaned to the museum by V. B. Watts of Huntington, W. Va. typical of documents victories over Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, and when they in- vade Kentucky, they will the backing of the countless ad- mirers that they gained as a re- sult of the heady game they dis- played against the Wolfpack. have the game and it promises to be a bat- Kentucky is primed for tle royal, but the Generals have as much faith in their ability to tame the Wildcats. AGNOR BROS. Successors to W. Harry Agnor Staple and Fancy Groceries Phones 36 and 76 Meet Your LEXINGTON POOL CO. Equipment Unexcelled Friends at HARLOW’S PRINTSHOP No. 17 JEFFERSON ST. FOR THE BEST PRINTING SPECIAL A Good I.-P. Student Note Book for 30c—Filler 10c Adolphe Menjou we OLD GOLD as camera records the Blindfold test Brand No. 1-"VVGH. I don't know" Bi-and No. 2—“Not so bad.. .but. . The test was conducted by responsible witnesses who asked Mr. Menjou to smoke each of the four leading brands, clearing his taste with codes between smokes. While the camera recorded the test, only one question was asked: “Which one do you like best?" :2 ‘‘I’ve discovered a new way of mixing business and pleasure. The parts I play call for the constant smoking of a cig- arette . . . I probably average one cig- arette to every hundred feet of film. In the blindfold test I discovered one so smooth, so considerate of my tongue and throat that even the business of wholesale smoking while we’re shoot- ing sceneswill be apleasure. The ciga- rette I voted for proved to be OLD GOLD.” ,fi-0‘ ADOLPHE MENJOU . . . debonair, sophisticated Para- mount star . . . one of the greatest living actors . . . 8D‘ peared recently in "His Tiger Lady". "Niahl of Mystery" and "Serenade". Brand No.3—(OLD GOLD) "I like this!" The College Man Shop '2, 111 West Nelson St. 'a_ Phone 164 Brand No. 4-—“No . . . the third one wins! ” I Three types of leaves grow on the tobacco coarse top-leaves, irritating to the withered ground-leaves, without and the heart-leaves, rich plant . . . throat . . . taste or aroma . . . Why you can pic}: them in cool and fragrant smoking qualities. Only the Imm-leaves are used in OLD Go1.m;. -: on dole CIGARETTES C P. L:-'.‘il‘.nrd Co., Est. 1760 Made iron: the heart-leaves of the tobacco plant ‘SMOOTHER AND BETTER l l l “NOT A COUGH IN A CARLOAD”‘ OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281010/WLURG39_RTP_19281010_004.2.txt Page 4 RING-TUM PHI / » head?” “Lindy” the Bee, Fails to W aken Students In Class Students reclined lazily in their seats. Their eyes closed and un- closed slowly. The professor walk- ed quietly back and forth before them, gesturing with the points of his talk on short-story techni- que. “Gentlemen,’ he explainedfi “it must be natural for the unexpect- ed to occur.” An aviator (or aviatrix) unex- pectedly drifted through the open window, banked dexterously and circled about the heads which had suddenly become alert. Eyes fol- lowed the daring green body about the room. Sereneness was abandoned for ‘definite attitudes of intended flight. What would] the thing do next? A worried look came over the teacher’s face. His lecture was be- ing disastrously interrupted, but quick-thinking saved him. “Lindberg,” he proffered. . The naturalness of the sugges-l tion gave the uneasy students confidence. They settled to their former positions of ease and for- got the airman entirely. A mo- ment later “Lindy” buzzed back; to the open spaces. QM SMITH VS. HOOVER Man goes into a butcher shop and asks for a calf’s head. But- cher brings him one. Man—“Is that an calf head or a “Al Smith” “Hoover” calf Butcher—“It’s an calf head.” Man—“Take it back and bring me a “Hoover” calf head.” Butcher goes back and stays a minute then comes out and hands the man a calf head. Man—“It that a “Hoover” calf head?” Butcher—“Yes sir.” Man~“You’re a lira, it’s the same head you brought out here and called it an “Al Smith” calf head.” ' Butcher——“You’i-e another I took the brains out ‘Al Smith’ liar. of it.— Brackeley-Ack. _.M0__% NOTICE Address your contributions to “What I Like About Washington and Lee” to the editor. Drawer 899, Lexington, Virginia. I 1 Theatre Program % NEW THEATRE , Wednesday, Oct. 10 Jacqueline Logan Alec B. Francis IN “Broadway Daddies” Thursday and Friday October 11th-12th Saturday, Oct. 13th (Matinee Night) First Chapter “Tarzan the Mighty” Monday,"Oct. 15th ‘discovered there was W. C. Fields Chester Conklin Louise Fazenda IN “TILLIE’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE” COMING! “OLD IRON SIDES” LYRIC THEATRE Friday, Oct. 12 GENE WHITE Two touchdowns through North Carolina States linelfm. first place_ Both teams have were made last Saturday by Gene White, fullback, of the Generals. White was a consistent ground gainer during the game. Blue and White backers are counting strong on his wonderful plunging, along with Thibodeaus open field at- tack to spell the downfall of Kentucky Saturday. AMONG THE BOOKS With ‘Don Mikel “The Strange Case of Miss An- nie Spragg,” Louis Bromfield, Frederick A. Stokes, N. Y. C. Travel broadens our view; we are told, and in the case of one of America’s young authors the old adage seems to work. After brooding through four sequence novels on the utter devastations brought about by women’s eccen- tricities and vicissitudes, Louis Bromfield took a trip to Italy and something to be said from the other side of the fence. In “The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg” Broinfield deals with the same primary problems of his other novels, but there is a better understanding and a lack of the masculine prejudice in this book which gives it a more health- ful glow and pleasant taste. The psychological reflexes of women in relation to Religion and Life—— specifically the Seventh Com- mandment and the physical body, —have occupied Bromfield ex- clusively in his writing. In this latest work he has gone more deeply into all his characters, without taking any one of them to the exclusion of the others. “A Gallery of Portraits” might easily title this book, were it not for the fact that through it all there is a connected plot and a working of the puppet strings of Fate which brings each actor on the scene just as his cue is given, and contributes a fundamental ac- tion to the plot which in the end is necessary for the outcome. Bromfield appears to be play- ing with the dual theories of Re- ligion and Fate in his novel, with the undercurrent always of the battle between morals and nature. Each episode in the tale has to happen just as it does, else the final denouement will not be pos- sible, and the events and devel- opment it the life of each char5 acter are necessary just as they happen for their proper entrance on the scene. The idea is not a new one, but Bromfield handles it skillfully in a novel manner, and the effect is convincing. A master of women as a sub- ject, he has brought to this lat- est work the consummation of his years of study on the subject, giv- ing “perhaps the best erudition of his theory so far. The various re- ligions are represented in their true colors, with appropriate and subtle comments, and the whole fabric of plot by Chance and Fate is delicately and artfully woven. Miss Annie Spragg is the last of the numerous offspring of Cy- rus Spragg, an oversexed and lecherous religious fanatic who preyed on the gullible pioneers of our early west. Annie and her brother Uriah feel they must atone for their father’s sins, and Uriah turns preacher with An- nie as housewife. An unfortunate seduction gives Annie her first and last taste of love, and there- after she lives a life of atone- ment under the mad jurisdiction of her brother.The horrible pen- alties he inflictsend with his strange death, and Annie goes to Italy to finish her twisted life among the ruins of Roman great- ness. The fact that each character is biographied and the plot itself intricately connected with each and every actor makes a synopsis impossible. In the end, we disco- ver the author has duped us with a mere recital of events, the ob- ject of which is to show just why they happened as they did and were thus connected. We feel that Bromfield is laughing at Life— rather cynically. But for Brom- field to laugh at. all is good, for the truths he dramatizes are un- healthy if allowed too long a ten- ancy in’ the mind. His study of women seems to have now brought him to the point of sym- pathizing with their unfortunate environment and nervous makeup, and religion bears the brunt of his malice. The cruelty of religion and its unconscious benefits are equally depicted, the final impression be- ing that the twisted rendition of Christ's principles cannot over- come the physical Bastille, and life, after all, is a joke which few of us have the sense of hu- mor to appreciate. “The Strange Case of Miss An- nie Spragg” has been received by the University Library and may be obtained by students. ' & You Know where to Take Them By Mike 1 Touchdowns scored Statistics Leibowitz W&L NCS __ 1 First downs Touchdowns scored by running plays ..................... ,4 ' Touchdowns scored by interception __________________________ __1 Touchdowns scored by recovery of fumble ____________ Touchdown. scored by passes ______________________________________ ._0 Yardage gained from scrimmage ___________________________ __261 Passes attempted Ground gained on passes ______________________________________________ 12 Passes completed _______ --1 Passes intercepted Ground lost on penalties ____________________________________________ ,_65 Yards gained on return of kicks ______________________________ 162 Points scored after touchdown _________________________________ 12 i 2 Total points scored__-_ Average distance of kicks _______ _________________________________ __37 1138 More Than 65 Basketball Men in Intramurals More than 65 men comprising eight teams opened the second 1 annual intramural basketball [tournament last week. Up to the jpresent time, the teams have |played two games. ] When the smoke of battle drift- led from the court Monday, team lnumber six, led by E. M. Wood, of the varsity, and team number ltwo, led by the ofienseive work {of Burke, were in a deadlock a perfect percentage. Captain J. P. Lowry, of the Generals’ varsity quint, had trou- ble getting his aggregation in smooth running order, and his team, number five, was forced to taste defeat in its opening en- gagement. But, by gaining a victory in Monday's tilt, Lowry has brought his team within striking distance of the leaders. The tournament closes during the first week in December, at which time the members of the winning combination will be a-i wardeded medals. M0__.____ “OLD IRONSIDES” UNUSUAL .-1 Embracing many photographic‘: and technical innovations, James Ci‘uze’s “Old Ironsides,” stupen-‘ duous historical and romantic‘, sea story which comes to thel NEW THEATRE next Tuesday; and Wednesday brings to the} screen one of the most startling‘; photoplays ever presented. Among the unusual featuresf introduced in the picture are the, following: } The villain of “Old Ironsides,”“ the Bashaw of Tripoli, appears in but one reel of the photoplay. The hero of the story is a bat- tleship, the frigate “Constitution.” Band Regalia Delayed; Here 5 For V. P. I. Gameli A delay in shipment of the new.‘ band uniforms prevented the band, making its bow to the public Sat-E urday in the snappiest regalia af Washington and Lee band has? ever boasted. i The uniforms will be here ini plenty of time for the V. P. If, game, three weeks off, “Hank” Slanker, director of the band, said. 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