OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281212/WLURG39_RTP_19281212_001.2.txt the holidays. WRESTLING MEET Scheduled for Saturday with W. & M. has been postponed till after Tang-tum lfihi BY THE STUDENTS, FOR THE UNIVERSITY pher For Calyx made immediately. The photogra- APPOINTMENTS pictures should be is here. c VOLUME ,XXXII WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1928 NUMBER 25 “A Hospital Quarantined As Flu Preventative; Disease ls Retarding ~‘\ Step Taken to Prevent Fur- ther Spread of Disease CONVALESCENTS BACK IN SCHOOL Many Schools Have Been Dismissed Because of Epidemic While authorities at V. P. I., Sewanee, and the University of Missouri ordered students home to check the spread of flu, the University officials chose an- other method. They have clamped down a tight quarantine lid over flu patients, in the hospital and out in town. Orders coming from the Uni- versity physician and administra- tive officials over the week-end abolished the custom of students visiting their friends in the hos- pital. No student visitor now is allowed past the front-door of- fice because of the danger of his getting the flu. If a student wishes to commun- icate with a sick friend in the hospital he must write a note or send the friend a verbal message‘ by a nurse. Disease on Decline City health officials expressed themselves yesterday as believing the flue on a decline. They con- tinued to refuse to give an esti- mate of the number of students b ill with it, however. Reports coming from the hos- pital showed the number of pa- tients there has decreased slight- ly since last week. Thirty-three men are confined there now. De- creases were shown also in num- ber of students taken in daily. Only two new patients entered the hospital yesterday as com- pared to eleven last Friday. The hospital is no longer filled, ac- cording to University officials. Many Back In Class Many of the students who caught the flu during Thanksgiv- ing vacation and went home are now returning. These, coupled with cured patients leaving the hospital daily, are filling the em- pty places in classrooms that were so noticeable last week. The annual pre-Christmas class cutting is not expected to become so flagrant this year as it was last because flu has separated so many students from class cuts they were saving. Students who have entered the hospital since last Friday are: J. ‘D. Parker, R. W. Phillips, E. N. Martin, E. C. Nichols, L. W. Ja- cobs, M. Heops, E. Johnston, M. Nanny, C. A. Bloke, R. M. Mc- Law, Haven Walton, M. Rosen- burg, and J. J. Cook. -————0 Former Registrar Makes Brief Visit Noble Doak Smithson LL. B., ’09, who served for many years as registrar of the University, was in Lexington for a brief visit Saturday and Sunday. He is now located at Asheville, N. C., where he is with the Wa- chovia Banking and Trust Com- pany. , ___...__.0_j ALL- AMERICAN TEAM BY COLLEGE HUMOR College Humor surveyed the country's grid camps and then re- ceived expressions from the most prominent coaches before making its anhual selections. The great» est problem of, the day was in placing the five best backfield players intq/' the four positions and we crjinpromised by placing ' Geiorgia Tech, at end. ll-American Eleven wler, Princeton; Tackle, Michigan; Guard, Guard, Miller, ‘A Dame; Tackle, Nowack, Il- linois; End Mizell, Ga. Tech.; iarterback, Harpster, Carnegie ecth; Halfback, Cagle, Army; Halfb»: k, Strong, N. Y. U..; Full- back, offman, Stanford. Class Votes to Hold Banquet Jr. Prom Day Juniors Vote Unanimously In Favor of Floral Ban- quet February 21 Plans for a banquet to im- mediately precede the Prom were presented to the class of 1930 by Stanley Hampton, president, at a meeting Monday night. T. G. Gibson, president of Fancy Dress, also outlined the means whereby the class could hold a banquet without raising the dues more than a dollar. The class unanimously acepted the plans. Nearly three hundred dollars was subscribed by those present. “Response of the class was most gratifying,” Hampton said yes- terday. “In spite of the advance made in the dues, at least seven- ty—five per cent of those present paid their dues in full. This promises well for the success of the program. Junior Junior Day will be observed on the day of the Junior Prom and the day before the anual Fancy Dress ball. If the new date, February 21, is decided upon Sweet Briar and Hollins girls will be able to attend. This will be the first time that Sweet Briar girls have ever been able to attend the Junior Prom. The faculty and student executive committee have recommended the new date. The banquet will be formal. It will be held on the evening of the dance and the juniors, with their dates, will go from the banquet to the figure in the gymnasium. This plan is expected to do away with much confusion that has heretofore attended. Stanley Hampton wil lead the dance, and W. H. Hawkins will asist. Seven dollars will be the a- mount of the dues this year in- stead of six as formerly. While the extra dollar does not nearly cover the price of the banquet, T. G. Gibson, president of Fancy Dress, has agreed to allow the class to spend the money on the banquet rather than turn it over to Fancy Dress. In the past, the junior class has been required to turn all money collected over to the Fancy Dress fund. - Albert Steves, chairman of the finance committee, while express- ing himself well pleased with the response already shown, is plan- ning an extensive campaign to secure the amount of the dues from every member of the class. The seven dolars will include both the banquet and the dance, he said. The members of the committees as appointed by President Hamp- ton follow: Finance Al Steves III, chairman, J. M. Vaught, P. A. Hornor, J. C. Banks, J. W. Davis, K. L. Keil, R. W. Davis, W. H. Marsh, H. E. Trail, M. G. Perrow, R. B. Mc- (Continued on page four) _.____0____.._.__ Sixteen Appear for Beginning of Track Practice The inauguration of indoor track this winter is proving un- usually popular. Already sixteen varsity candidates and an equal number of yearling aspirants are reporting daily in the gym for in- struction under Coach Fletcher. Most of the stars of the cinder path are showing a substantial interest in the hardwood as well, and Coach Fletcher is altogether very well pleased with the pro- gress shown thus far. Students’ Aid Requested ln Charity Drive Mrs. L. J. Desha Heads Com- mittee Planning Xmas Tree WILL ASK STUDENTS FOR TEN CENTS EACH Widows of Virginia Only Allowed Small Sum by Ancient Law “A law enacted in England in 1604 and in Virginia in 1607 is now the only provision for -poor relief in Rockbridge county,” ac-‘ cording to Mrs. Bessie M. Wool- folk, superintendent of public wel- “This poor, and to widowed mothers the liberal sum of $3.00 a month on which the families are expect- ed to eat and live for thirty days.” fare. law gives to the There is a Mothers’ Pension law, now in effect intwo counties of Virginia, which provides that the state will stand 1-3 if the county will stand 2-3 of the cost of providing for needy families, but Rockbridge has not yet taken advantage of this provision, and local relief is entirely in the hands of the Board of Public Wel- fares Distributed 250 Baskets Last year 250 baskets contain- ing food and toys were distribut- ed at Christmas, mostly in the city, by the local organization. The churches, cooperating with the Woman’s club, the Kiwanians, the Rotary, and some of the Washington and Lee fraternities, arranged for the baskets, and Mrs. Woolfolk took care of the distribution, which was done Christmas Eve at a Christmas tree party in front of the Episco- pal rectory on Jackson Ave. This year Mrs. L. J. Desha is making arrangements for the tree, and the baskets are again to be given to Lexington’s needy families. The tree will be illum- inated until New Year’s Eve, the vVirginia Public Service Corpora- tion supplying power free until then. At the gathering Christmas Eve choir members from the local churches will lead in choral sing- ing. Last year the V. M. 1. band took part. The town band plaed in 1926. Fraternity Gave Supper Last year the Phi Gamma Del- ta fraternity gave a supper and a party for a number of poor chil- dren, and some twelve or thir- teen other houses contributed ‘oas- kets and funds. This year the fraternities have not yet been ask- ed for aid, but the Womans’ Aux- iliary of the Episcopal church, with Mrs. Granville Campbell in charge, plans to ask Washington and Lee students to contribute ten cents each to a special fund. Last year fifty-five dollars was realized in this manner, and the mortgage on the farm of a wi- dow with eight ‘children was paid off. It is hoped that at least $80 will be available this year, as Mrs. Woolfolk is trying to find means of keeping together the family of a' widow with five children. ————o Many Students Hear Speaker At Lee Chapel Dr. B. R. Lacy, Jr., president of the Union Theological Semin- ary in Richmond, addressed the students and visitors attending a service held in Lee Chapel Sun- day morning. The speaker was introduced by Dr. Henry Louis Smith, who spoke of him as a life long friend. He spoke on the great in- fluence a young man's environ- ment and associations have on him in the college years of his life. He dwelt at length on how he was influenced for the good Two meets are already schedul— by the excellent character of his ed with a prospect of several others in sight. Those already closed are with the University of 1 friends at Oxford, where he spent several years as a Rhodes scholar. Fifty or sixty students heard Richmond and Virginia, and will Dr. Lacy speak. The Washington _ take place after the holidays. and Lee glee club sang. PROFESSOR RECEIVES ORIGINAL CARTOONS —....-on The Lee School of Journal- ismwill .soon have its walls adorned with works of the leading cartoonists of the country. The Journalism school, has written to the more prom- inent cartoonists of the coun- try asking for original draw- ngs of their work. Several replies from these men of “the fourth estate” have been received. All of them have signified their in- tentions to send to the school a pen and ink drawing of one of their cartoons. The art of comic, political, and sport car- toonists will be seen soon on the walls of the school in Washington college. ODK Initiates Eleven Members In New Chapter Dr. William Brown, National Secretary, Addresses U. of Richmond Seven students and four promin- ent alumni of University of Rich- mond were made members of the Omicron Delta Kappa, honorary fraternity, last week at an as- sembly of the university which was open to the public. Dr. William M. Brown, Pro- fesor of Education and Psycho- logy at Washington and Lee Uni- versity, and one of the founders of the O. D. K. society, made an address to the student body, which was followed by the installation of the new men. ‘The Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity _was founded at Wash- ington and Lee University on December 3, 1914, with a three fold purpose in veiw;——first, to recognize men with a high stand- ard of effieciency in collegiate activities,-—second, to bring ‘to- gether the most representative men in all phases of collegiate life into a society which would help mould the sentiment of the institution, on local and inter- collegiate questions,~—and third, to create a mutual interest and understanding between the faculty and student body of an institu- tion. Although almost fifteen years have elapsed since the founding of the society, the experience of the organization has justified the belief that there was room for another Greek letter fraternity on the campuses of American col- leges and universities. At present there are twenty-four circles in existence, the two most redent installations being made at Al- leghauy College, and Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The first national convention was held in January, 1920, at Johns Hopkins University; sub- sequently, conventions have been held at Lexington, Va., Pitts- burgh, Pa., Richmond, Va., Dan- ville, Ky., Wiliamsburg, Va., and Charlottesville, Va. The present national headquarters -are here at Washington and Lee. '_____o___.__ Hawkins Captain Both Lexington College Elevens Every college town—-every col- lege, of any age with football tra- dition has some name engrained in its gridiron memories. Wheat- on had her Grange, Harvard her Brickleys, Princeton her Poes, and now Lexington stands to have her Hawkins. Hawkins is the name of the name of the 1929 football captain at Virginia Military Institute- Hawkins is the name of the 1929 captain of the Generals. “Bill” Hawkins of W. & L. graduated to captainship from a tackle berth. “Al" Hawkins of V. M. I. came into the limelight as a quarterback. “Red” Hawkins, brother to the General Captain-elect, made a name for himself playing center for the Generals in 1924-25 and '26. w Students Hear Bullis Talk On New Calendar Advantages of Change Are Many; Several Firms Adopt Plan EACH MONTH HAS A FRIDAY, 13TH Proposed Plan Has Thirteen Months of Twenty Days Each Thirteen “Friday the Thirteen- ths” each year, a new month be- tween June and July, no more cold March Easters, and a leap- day holiday in midsummer every four years of the changes offered by the simplified calendar explained by Lieut-Col. H. Edmund Bulis, of Washington D. C., to Washington students here Monday. are some and Lee Colonel Bullis has made an in- tensive study of the calendar, and has carried his research back to the time of the great flood. At present he is making a series of lectures throughout the coun- try in behalf of the International Fixed Calendar plan, a sugges- tion submitted by Moses B. Cots- worth, an Englishman, and con- sidered by the League of Nations. Sunday First Day “This proposed calendar,” Col- onel Bullis explained, “consists of thirteen months of twenty-eight days each. The first of every month will always fall on a Sun- day, the last of each month on a Saturday, making four complete weeks in each month. A new month called Sol, an abbreviation for Solstice, will be inserted be- tween June and July. These thir- teen periods of twenty-eight days total 364 days. The 365th day, a holiday, known as “Year Day”, will have no week day name, and will be inserted between Saturday December 28th, and Sunday, Jan- uary 1st. In like manner, in leap year, leap-day will be a holiday, without week-day name, placed between Saturday, June 28th, and Sunday, the first day of the new month, Sol. Mr. Cotsworth also proposes to arbitrarily place all ‘holidays, except Good Friday and Easter, on Mondays.” Some of the advantages of the simplified calendar, according to Colonel Bullis, follow: the day of the week would always indi- cate the monthly date, and the monthly date would indicate the week-day name; pay days, meet- ing, markets, fairs, would recur on the same monthly date; elim- ination of midweek holidays which time for interest and other pur- poses; and’a great saving of mon- ey in printing calendars. Three Defects “The special League of Na- presentatives of the leading na- tions and church bodies,” the speaker said, “has developed three undisputed defects in the present calendar: First, the inequality in the length of months, quarters, and half-years; second, the lack of fixity in the calendar which makes work days. rest days, pay days, and week-ends unequal in consecutive months and responding months of the dif- ferent years; and-third, the wan- dering of Easter throughout thirty—five days in March and April causes the church year to vary in length and changes the time of spring vacations in schools from year toyear.” Government Endorses Plan Colonel Bulis further informed the students that the government bureaus had endorsed the plan and that within two years an In- ternational Calendar Simplifica- tion Conference will be held in Geneva. “We who are interested in the four week a month plan to sim- plify calendars,” concluded the speaker, “hope the international conference will decide to start the new calendar on January 1, 1933, or, if that proves impossible on January 1, 1939." result in great economic waste;: simplified reckoning for lapse of , tions’ Committee” composed of re- ' in cor- 3 Press Censors Disfavored by PDE Gathering G. Washington Dean Speaks on Control of Smutty Comic Magazines Bill Plummer, Vice-President of the local chapter of Pi Delta Ep-‘ silon, national honorary journal- istic fraternity, returned Monday morning from Atlanta, where he attended the annual convention of the fraternity. The program of entertainment consisted of several dances, at one of which Jan Garber’s Orchestra furnished the music, a trip to Stone Mountain, two banquets, and special seats for the Geor- gia Tech-Georgia footall game. At the business sessions of the convention two outstanding res- olutions of importance, both of local interest, were passed. The convention of the .fraternity ex- pressed itself strongly disfavoring “Yellow Sheets” or “Razz Papers” of such content as to arouse fac- ulty disapproval. The other was passed as a result of remarks by Dean Doyle, of George Wash- ington University. It was—Re- solved: That this convention looks with disfavor upon the present tendencey in universities toward faculty censorship of the stu- dent press. Deplores Faculty Censors Dean Hoyle remarked that at the meetings and discussions he had attended with executives of other institutions, by far the ma- jority believed that the answer to the present problem of smutty comic-magazines was to put them on a basis of personal responsibi- lity on the part of the editor, rather than to do away with the publications entirely. He said a university derived too many bene- fits from its publications ‘to al- low the indiscretions or the bad taste of a single editor to destroy the publication entirely. Have Local Import Both these resolutions are of import on this campus consider- ing the recent faculty action re- garding the Pideltaurus, and the action last year suppressing the Washington and Lee Mink. Plummer is a member of the Sigma Chi social fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Delta Sigma Rho, White Friars, “and is pledged to “13” Club. __:._o__.._ Lynchburg Alumni To Stage Dances , for Student Body The Southern Collegians will play for two dances at the Coun- Club in Lynchburg on the .nights of December 20 and 21, acording to C. E. White, mana- ger of the orchestra. The dances will be sponsored by the Washington and Lee al- umni club, and the first of the two will be especially in honor of the Washington and Lee men. Aside from the two dances al- ready mentioned, the Collegians will not play during the holidays. ___?_0_j___ Flu Hinders Work of Boxing Squads Little progress is being made by the boxing squad because so many of the candidates are suf- fering from “flu.” This dilemma is especially prevalent among the freshmen. Two successive Varsity-Frosh meets have had to be called off because of this lack of men who are well enough to fight. Prac- tice continues daily, however, and- although the number out is com- paratively small, progress is bé- ins made in preparation for the first meet, which is scheduled for Jan. 19. Mid-Winters Change Proposed To Faculty; Will Act Upon Date Faculty and Student Execu- tive Committee Ap- prove Feb. 22 GIRL STUDENTS COULD ATTEND ON NEW DATE Original Date Conflicts With Examinations at Near- by Schools , It will be definitely known after the meeting of the faculty on Monday when Fancy Dress and the Junior Prom~ will be held. The executive ‘committee of the student body at its regular meet- ing on Friday, voted to change the date to February 21 and 22, and the executive committee of the faculty also voted the change. The faculty, at its regular meet- ing Monday, will decide definitely if the dates will be changed. The dates for Fancy Dress and Junior Prom were originally set for January 20 and 21. Recently it was found that these dates fell in the middle of examina- tions at'most of the girls’ schools in the surrounding territory. Be- cause of this it was decided to endeavor to move the dates of the dances until February 21 and 22. Fancy Dress coming on Feb- ruary 22 makes a big double hol- iday on the campus of Washing- ton and Lee. George Washing- ton’s birthday has always been observed by the granting of a holiday. Fancy Dress has always been looked upon as the crown- ing social function of the year. The two combined this year will make a gala day on the campus. The mid-winter dances will open Thursday evening, February 21, with the Junior banquet. This will be followed by the Junior Prom which will be lead by S. F. Hampton, president of the class, asisted by W. H. Hawkins, captain-elect of the 1929 football team. . Fancy Dress will open the next night at Doremus gymnasium with Louis Powell leading the opening figure. He will be as- sisted by W. V. Gilbert. T. G. Gibson, president of Fancy Dress will lead the figure assisted by E. H. White as vice- president. The theme of Fancy Dress and the selection of the orchestra are in the hands of committees now. -It is expected further announce- ment will follow the faculty meet- ing. C. E. L. Gill is in charge of the decorations. .___?o______ Blue Pencil Club Selects Date For SDX Installation of N. W. Aynes Advertising Com- pany, Philadelphia, will install the Blue Pencil Monday afternoon. Sigma Delta Chi is a national organization for newspaper men, and Washington and Lee was un- animously elected to membership. Rapid plans are being made for the installation of this new frater- nity. club J. T. Raymond and William Munford were added to the Blue Pencil Club Monday. Membership now totals twenty-six. Who's Who ON THE CAMPUS J. P. LOWRY, Captain of the 1929 Generals Basketball Team Jim is a Senior in the Science School, a member of Sigma Nu social fraternity, and the Am. erican Society of Civil Engin. eers. He is president of the Senior Science class and also president of A. S. C. E.. This year he is also manager of the Washington" and Lee Dining Hall. His home is Clinton, Ok- lnhona. I. D. Carson, personnel director the Sigma Delta Chi chapter here‘ January 19, it was announced at meeting’ OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281212/WLURG39_RTP_19281212_002.2.txt Page 2 ci{£r.tngiLiiu‘n1i.iai;? (ESTABLISHED 1897) ,WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SEMI-WEEKLY Members of Southern Collegiate Newspaper Association Subscription $33.10 per year. in advance 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. Entered at the Lexington, Va.. mail matter. 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No unsigned correspondence will 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 government, I would choose a free press.- Thomas Jefferson. ' SHACKLES OF IGNORANCE Are we of ‘this twentieth century as free from the influence of the Dark Ages as we believe‘? In this age of progress and development we are inclined to overlook some of the sharilz‘-oz on modern ci'~:ilizai’ion that ori- ginated during the Middle Ages. One of the most prominent of these, the now anti- quated Gregorian calendar, was pictured with its disadvantages to the student body Monday by Col. Edmund H. Bullis; and a second, the present lineal system of meas- urement, was mentioned. Both of these ancient shackles will be thrown off as soon as the educated classes of the world realize the hinderance they cause progress. They both exist because of precedents which become more deeply root- ed every year. ‘ Col. Bullis and the revision committee are displaying unusual foresight in attract- ing the attention of college students to the calendar faults. It will depend on the young people of today whether the United States will cast aside these bonds within the next decade. If as clear an understanding of th problem is placed before students of other colleges as was placed before Washington and Lee student body, it is safe to predict that some forward strides will be made during the next decade. It may be the “thirteen-month calendar” will become ef- fective in 1939. MOM SCHOOL DEFIES LAW The dean of the medical school of the . University of Arkansas says no effort will be male to comply with a recently enact- ed statute prohibiting the teachingof evo- lution in State Schools. “To leave out the teaching of evolution in the school would wreck it,” he says. He adds that he does not 2:n’.icipate any trouble because he feels that no attempt will be made to enforce the law. We sympathise with the dean’s predica- ment. A medical school compelled by law to ignore the theories of evolution regard- less of ones opinion about them, male :1 fragment of modern biology. Arkansas young men withing to study it would have to go to other states. The State woul:l have to import its physicians‘ and .su‘:g«eons. (‘hose who might benefit from their services, including the anti-evo- lutionists, woul:l not care if the teaching of evolution had‘ played a part in giving them their training and skill. There is 3. humor- ous phase of the case. 77'”: dsun rnav be right in his feeling that no attempt will be made to enforce the law on the university. We doubt it. Enforcing such a law in the other schools is silly enough, but the height of absurdity is reached when it is enforced in a n*e“'c:il college. But those who forced its passage probably will demand its enforce- ment. Meantime, we sympathize with the dean and the faculty.——The New Orleans Tribune. _-__.___0______ LACK OF SELF CONTROL The honor system at the Unversity of Texas was abolished last week. Founded wilh the school in 1883, it has been drop- ped bccause the plan “as it has been en- forced during the last few years has proven ineffective.” " as. spring Yale an:l Amherst ab3.n:lon- ed the honor system. Missouri rc;u1‘ne.l to the monitor system in 1924 and Rutgers, in 1925, anl in 1926 ‘»Vestern Resei-vs abolish- ezl the honor systeni because of widespread “intcllcctue.l -boo‘Lleggi'ng.” Today the hon- Postoffice as second class F. Ashworth, 30A: c. H. Wilson, 29A.‘. would 1 hope so, but- lor system is being closely observed at Stanford, according to reports from the New Student. Is it that the South has a higher type student body or is it that the Southern stu- dents realize that get assistance on exam- inations is “cheating” only themselves? A difference lies somewhere, for honor sys- tems work in the South. Whatever the cause might be in other institutions, students at Washington and Lee realize the potential dishonesty and disgrace of cheating, stealing, or getting credit for what does not legally belong to them. After seeing an honor system work as it does on our campus, and knowing of its working at the Virginia Military Insti- tute and the University of Virginia, we are puzzled at the failures it is meeting in northern and western colleges. To every Washington and Lee student the honor system is placed second only to personal integrity. Everyone is proud of ithe system handed down to us from year to year since its beginning under the re- gime of General Robert E. Lee. There must be some tradition for an honor system to work succesfully; suffi- lcient time must be allowed for complete saturation. And then for it to work, the student body must be of high enough cali- ‘ore to consider upholding it a personal hon- or. Every Washington and Lee student does. An institution endowed by the noble Washington and sponsored by the immortal Lee—men who considered honor greater ‘ghan life—would naturally have a working! system. To Texas, the latest victim ofl “lack of self control,” we extend our deep- est sympathy. MOM LET’S HAVE ACTION What are delegates at the next meeting of the Southern Conference going to do? Are they going to sit around and hold post- mortems on what happened and what should have happened if something else had not occured, or are they going to ac- complish something good for the Confer- ‘ence and the teams represented? The Southern Conference should be di- vided. Now is as good a time as any for the split. It seems the teams in the Caro- linas, Virginia, and Maryland are afraid to stress the issue for fear it might offend someone. Those in the far south are too polite to ask for a revision, but some are spending their time dropping hints.....and some of these hints would be best left un- said. Just last week a representative from the far south broke into print with the follow- ing: . “Teams in the Carolinas and Virginia will have to start licking some of the teams in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana Florida and Mississippi before this section of the Southern Conference recognizes the merits of their leading players. Clemson is "he only team of the Carolina-Virginia sec- tion to win a game from a member of the Southern division and Clemson was hard put to beat Auburn 6 to 0. There is one way for the schools of Vir- iginia, the Carolinas and Maryland to pre- ‘vent the yearly howl that their players do not get recognized down this way—form a conference of their own. And one of these ".‘*.<'<= they will get up enough nerve to bros‘: away from this section.” From this article we would readily con- ‘ ‘hat those responsible for selecting "’ -"cuthcrn elevens were narrow—minded '*<~..c‘@ccl: seekers; however, this is not "We the largest majority of cases. It coems when one’s mind is so biased as all '”l~"s. his choice for all—Southern should go} [for nziught. This writer’s actions are not to’ gibe condemned, but rather to be pitied. We iwant the split worse than he does. 0 . It is a curious reflection that the ordinary pir- vate person who collects objects of a modest lux- wury has nothing about him so old as his books. If a wave of the rod made everything around him disappear that did not exist a century ago, he would suddenly find himself with one or two sticks of furniture perhaps, but otherwise alone with lhis books. Let the work of another century pass, land certainly nothing would be left but these lit- tle brown volumes——-so many caskets full of ten- derness and passion, disappointed ambition, fruit- less hope, self—torturing envy, conceit, aware, in maddening, lucid moments, of its own folly. Ed- mund Gosse. M0__._ The character and qualifications of the leader are reflectcd in the men he selects, develops and gathers around him. Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the ‘men and I will know their leader. Therrfore, to have loyal, efficient employces——be a loyal and efficient employer———Ar- thur W. Newcomb. O 1 He who is silent is forgotten; he who abstains iis taken at his word; he who does not advance ifalls back; he who stop is overwhelmed, dis- ltanced, crushed; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller; he who leaves off gives up; ,the stationary condition is the beginning’ of the 3 end.—Ami€l. RING-TUM PHI ‘AP Selects Two Southerners for All-American Gene White Given Honorable Mention as Fullback; Other Honors Two Southern players have been placed upon the mythical All-American football team by the selection of the Associated Press. Four members of the team hail from the teams of the Far West, and the same number from the Eastern schools. One selec- tion was made from the Mid- West. Speer, of Georgia Tech, was chosen as one of the two out- standing tackles of the country; and Van Sickel, of Florida, was proclaimed one of the best ends produced this year. This ‘scattered selection of players from every section of the country shows that there is no monoply of the best material in any one part of it. According to the opinion of the Associated Press writers there has never been a wider range of action than was shown this year. In the final choice of the fore- most gridiron talent the opinion of over 250 expert observers has been sought by the Associated Press. ' In this careful survey, Gene White, the fighting ground—gainer of the Generals, was honorably mentioned as All-American full- back. By gaining this position Gene has the unusual honor of having been honorably mentioned for All-Virginia, the All-Southern, and All-American teams. The first, second, and third All-American teams as selected by the Associated Press are as follows: First Team Mal Franklin, St. Mary’s ...... __End Otto Pommerening, Mich.__.Tackle Edw. J. Burke, Navy .......... ..GuaI‘d Charles Howe, Prince ......... ..Center Seraphim Post, Stanford .... ..Guard Frank Speer, Ga. Tech ...... __Tackle Dale Van Sickel, Fla. ............ __End‘ E. H. Clark, Colo. Col ............. -QB C. K. Cagle, Army .................... -1113 Charles Carroll, U of Wash..__.HB Kenneth Strong NYU .............. -FB Second Team Phillips, Cal ............................... _.End Getto, Pittsburg, .................. "Tackle Gibson, Minn ....... .. Barragar, S. Cal. ................ .-Center McMullen, Neb ..................... ..Guard Brown, U. of Texas .......... -1.TaCk1€ Fesler, Ohio State ........... _. . Maple, Ore. State... Mizell, Ga. Tech ....................... ..HB Scull, Penn ................................ -1113 Hoffman, Stanford ................... -FB Third Team Brown, M0 ................................. -End Nowack, Ill ___________________________ ..Tackle Dumont, Colgate ________________ ..G11aTd Pund, Ga. Tech ............ __ ....Center San_ders, Sou. Meth..._ guard Dressell, Wash. State .......... -Tackle Messinger, Army ...................... -End Harpster, Carnegie, ..... ..B Crabtree, Florida”... ................. -HB Glasgow, U. of Idaho ................ -HB Snyder, Maryland ..................... ..FB L__()_.._ A PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE TO THE WASHINGTON AND LEE STUDENTS Let me advise every student who has been a victim of the pre- sent statewide epidemic of influ- enza not to expose himself un- necessarily for at least two or three days after he feels almost well again. The number of stu- dents in our well-equipped hospi- tal is rapidly diminishing, the type of influenza is quite mild, no serious case has yet developed, and I think it would be far safer for convalescents to remain in Lexington than to set out for home as 'soon as they begin to feel well again. Let me also suggest that the habit of promptness and punctual- ity is one of the first steps to- ward success in this age of com- plex business. See to it, therefore, that you are back at Washington and Lee in ample time for the very first recitation following Christmas and that every day from your re-entrance until the examinations begin will find you investing at least three hours in zealous review of the work of the semester. Wishing for every student a happy home-coming and a flaw- less holiday, I am Cordially ' yours, Henry Louis Smith, President. Dr. Howe Receives Russian Portrait For Researches A portrait of Karlvorich Klaus, Russian discoverer of Ruthenium, was recently presented to Dr. James Lewis Howe, dean of the School of Applied Science. The gift wassent by N. Karnokov, di- rector of the Institute for In- vestigation of Platinum Metals, at Leningrad, in appreciation of Dr. Howe’s valuable research in the platinum field. Dr. Howe has been in touch with the Institute for thirty years having begun his study of Platin- um metals in 1887. During the World War he was appointed by the National Research Council as a special research specialist in Platinum. Karlvorich Klaus was for several years Professor of Chemistry_at the University of Kazan in East Russia. He was a well known authority on Plat- inum and discoverer of the ele- ment, Ruthenium which is one of the Platinum metals. O.D.K’s Convene During February At U. of Alabama The national convention of the! Omicron Delta Kappa fraternity will be held this year at the Uni- versity of Alabama February 15 and 16, 1929, said Dr. William M. Brown, professor of education and psychology and present ex- ecutive secretary. The last national convention, of V which there is one every two years, was held on February 18 and 19, 1927 at the University of Virginia. Although Dr. Brown will at- tent the convention in the role of an officer of the society, as yet no other member of the local cir- cle has been selected to represent Washington and Lee University; the selection will probably be made immediately after Christ- mas holidays. A large representation is ex- pected from the twenty-four cir- cles which are now in existence on the campuses of the leading, American colleges and universi-l ties, Dr. Brown said. ’ —?o Noted Engineers To Be Speakers Through the courtesy of the Virginia Section of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which is cooperating with the Custis Lee Civil Engineering So- ciety, the following gentlemen will visit Washington and Lee University in the near future and discuss the industrial situation in Mr. Arthur Scrivener, Consult- ing Engineer, Richmond, Va., Mr. Allen J. Saville, Allen J. Saville, Inc., Richmond, Va., Engineer and Contractor, Mr. Herman Aspe- gren, Portsmouth Cotton Oil Re- fining Company, Portsmouth, Va., Chemical Engineer, Mr. Chas. F. Bailey, Newport News Shipi Building & Dry Dock Co., New- port News, Va., Mechanical En- gineering Applied to Ship Build- ing and Marine Architecture, Mr. Marshall Munce, York Manufac- turing Co., Richmond, Va, Refrig- erating and Cold Storage Engin- eer. Further announcements will ap- pear in the RING-TUM PHI. THE MODEL Barber Shop Opposite Rockbridge National Bank HUGH A. WILLIAMS, Proprietor J A C K S O N ’ S The Barber Shop With a Conscience Opposite New Theatre NELSON STREET Nuff Said 1863 1927 Central Cafe New, Modern Soda Foun- tain Phone 176 J. W. Zimmerman Lexington, Va. Graduate Optician Registered Optometrist Student Gltibe Trotters Have New Fields Spain Offering Tourist At.- tractions After Years of Idleness Student globe trotters have a new experience to look forward to in 1929-—an experience .at once pleasurable and profitable. Spain, land of sunshine and flowers, cas- tles and color, legend and ro- mance; Spain, once Queen of the Seas and supreme among na- tions; Spain whose galleons and gold, grandeur and pomp once were the envy of the civilized world,is making a new bid for leadership in arts, industry and commerce. All roads will lead to Spain in 1929. The world which has heard lit- tle recently of the land of Castile and Aragon will again visit her Mediterranean shores, enjoy her hospitality, her blue skies and her Latin beauty. In the gay and lovely city of Seville, and in Bar- celona, industrial capital of Spain, will be staged two great inter- national exhibitions of art, ath- lctics, industry and commerce un- der the auspices of H. M. the King, Don Alfonso XIII. In the colored tile—legacy of the Arabs wide halls and golden galleries of splendid palaces of marble and and the Moors—will be displayed the artistic effort and scientific genius of world peoples. Economic Events In significance and magnitude the exhibitions represent the most important economic events staged since the World war. Nearly sev- enty-five million dollars has been set aside by the government and by Spain’s leading industrialists to the success of the venture for which plans have been under way ten years. Seville will particularly emphasize arts, while Barcelona—— city of merchants will stress the industrial. In the great industrial zone, business men from all over the world will display their pro- ducts. America being an important contributor. Considerable emphasis will be given to the application of science to industrial ends. Sports of the world will be featured in international contests in the immense exhibition stad- ium, while everything relating to the educational, technical and commercial aspects of the sport- ing world wil be gathered to- gether in the Sports pavilion in Barcelona. Present Dramas A Greek theatre built in ac- cordance with pure classic art. in a quarry of great antiquity, cut from stone of fiery colors will present dramas of another day. Spanish fesivals will be celebrat- R. L. HESS & Bro. Watchmakers and Jewelers Keys Made, Typewriters Re- paired Next Door to Lyric Theatre A ROCKBRIDGE Steam Laundry The Wife Saving Station PHONE 185 Attention Managers of Fraternity Houses We have coal that will burn Phone us your orders Harper & Agnor, Inc. “The Fuel People” Auto Licenses Go On Sale Déc. 15 Both state and town automo- bile licenses go on sale here Sat- urday, December 15th, according to an announcement made recent- iy. The state licenses are handled by Frank Wade, and can be ob- tained at his office on or after that date. The city license will also be obtainable at the office of the town treasurer Saturday. These licenses can be placed on the cars as soon as they are purchased, according to a state- ment given out by Chief H. B. King. Chief King urges that both town‘ and city license be pur- chased as early as possible so there will be no trouble ed in Seville with all the gor- geous pagentry and colorful splendor which is Spain. A lum- inous fountain, more collosal than the famous fountain of Versailles, will rain a glittering shower of stars in the Plaza Espanol. Two events of international sig- nificance will enliven the exhi- bition calendars—the first inter- national light fair, at which light and its importance in all aspects of human activity will be featur- -ed, and the International Press congress to be attended by the world’s leading publishers, jour- nalists and publicists. To Draw Many Artists and architects, students and teachers, philosophers and economists, the industrialist and ‘ithe trader, the manufacturer and the merchant from the old world and the new will meet next year in Barcelona and Seville. Educa- tional in purpose, international in scope and universal in appeal, Spain’s two great exhibitions will be the goal next year of people in every field of endeavor and interes’o—academic and technical. Old Spain, in whose shadows of a glorious past rise her monu- ments to a promising future, in- vites the youth of America to New Spain, eager, ambitious, successful New Spain. P A G E 9 s Meat Market Phones 126 and 426 W. J. THOMAS Meat Market V Quality and Service Phones 81 and 288 McCOY’S THREE . STORES FRUITS, CANDIES, CAKES And all good thing to eat SERVICE OUR MOTTO If you want that job in a hurry—bring it to Acme Print Shop First Nat’l Bank Bldg. Phone 146 B R O W N ’ 3 Cleaning Vi/orks Phone 232 S. Main St. MYERS HARDWARE CO.— INC. Established Incorporated 1865 1907 CUTLERY——RAZORS GUNS FOX’S FINE . room Rockbridge Hardware‘ Co., Inc. DESK LAMPS, LIGHT BULBS, WASTE BASKETS, ALARM CLOCKS I SUBWAY KITCHEN, Inc. By Students—For Students l<..,..“,.... \, \ x 1 I / -(A- '7‘ OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281212/WLURG39_RTP_19281212_003.2.txt u RING-TUM PHI Court Squad ls Badly Crippled * With Influenza Many,_ First String Men Are Laid Up by Present Epidemic NORTHERN TRIP IS ABANDONED Promising Season Is Seen _ For Quintet Notwith- standing The epidemic of influenza in- vaded the ranks of the varsity ‘ . basketball squad last week to put several promising candidates on the hospital list. Groop, a mono- gram guard from last year’s com- bination, has been unable to re- port for practice at all, while Cox and Freeman, members of last season’s undefeated combination, were stricken early this week. Coach “Dick” Smith is holding light workouts every day with about twenty men reporting. No men who have colds or who have just been released from the hos- pital are allowed to participate. Leigh Williams, captain and star center of the ’28 fresh, left Sunday for Youngstown, Ohio, to see “Bonesetter” Reese in an ef- fort to heal his foot. His arch freshman ' was injured in the N. C. State game this fall and it is not yet known whether or not he will be able to play basketball this sea- son. Faulkner, another member of last season’s fast-stepping frosh crew, has not yet recovered from a sprained ankle which he receiv- ed during football season. Because of the great number of injuries and cases of influenza the usual northern trip during the Christmas holidays is out of the question. Coach Smith has now shoved preliminary training into the background and is holding daily contests, juggling both the tenta- tive varsity and scrub aggrega- tions around in an effort to pick out the most promising material. From early indications it ap- pears that “Red Hanna,” another sophomore, will be Captain Low- ry’s running mate in the forward positions when the season opens. McComas has been taking care of the pivot post in the absence of Cox and Williams, while Wood, a monogram man, and Gordon, a member of the scrubs of last year have been looking after the guard jobs. This combination is going to have to set a fast pace if it wishes to withstand the assaults of other first string material. Groop is certain to give some- body a tustle for a regular berth when he reports after the holi- days, and Scott, a first string substitute on the ’28 frosh squad, has shown steady improvement , and must be reckoned with before the final selections are made. 0 ‘- Dormitory Rent Due January 10 The second instalment on fees and dormitory rents wil be due and payable on or before Jan- uary, 10, 1929. Bills for these will be mailed home during the , holidays. Students who do not pay or make satisfactory arrangements with reference to fees and dorm rents will not be peririitted to[ take their first semester exami-l nations. W einberg’s Music Shop Lexington, Virginia Opposite New Theatre VICTOR and COLUMBIA ‘H AGENCY, VICTOR Releases date Friday each week. COLUMBIA —- 10, 20, 30th each month. EXAMINATION BLOCK Block H has been drawn as the first examination to be giv- en. Eleven days will be given for examinations. The schedule follows: January 15, Block H, T.T.S. at 11:30. January 16, Block I, at 1:30. ' January 17, Block J, T.T.S. at 1:30. January 18, Block K, at 2:30. January 19, Gen. Robt. E. Lee’s birthday, holiday. January 20, Sunday holiday. January 21, Block A, M.W.F. 8:30. ‘January 22, Block B, T.T.S.. at 8:30. January 23, Block C, M.W.F. 9:30. January 24, Block D, T.T.S. at 9:30. January 25, Block E, 10:30. January 26, Block F, T.T.S. at 10:30. January 27, Sunday, holday. January 28, Block G, 11:30. January 29, Holday.- January 30, Second Semester begins. Memphis Alumni 2 Honor Campbell 1 on Recent Visit‘ Dean Tells Former Students He Expects to Return Annually The Washington and Lee Al- umni Club, of Memphis, Tenn., gave a banquet at the Universtiy Club in honor of Dean H. D. Campbell, during his recent visit to that city. About forty alumni, including six members of the class of ’26, were present at the occassion, which was presided over by Jud- ge F. H. Heiskell, ’78. Dr. Campbell was the principal speaker at the banquet, while short talks were given by T. R. Boyle, "76; A. B. Knipmyer, ’01; and J. S. Edmondson, ’18. In his talk, Dr. Campbell spoke of the progress of the University during the past twenty-five years, and of the hopes and aspirations held for it in the future. The other‘ speakers were‘ in a more remeniscent mood, and recalled old experiences and acquaintances on the campus. Dean Campbell was invited to visit the city more often in the future, in reply to which he stated that he expected to make yearly visits there during the next quar- ter century. Wishes to announce LYONS TAILORING C0’S. Fall and Winter Woolens FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC—— Now is the time to see about your Fall Suit! Our Clothes Speak For Themselves! {Wrestlers Open Season With W&M Indians Both Varsity and Frosh Will Open 1928-29 Season Here Sat. Varsity and Freshmen wrest- lers will open their 1928-29 cam- paign here Saturday against the respective squads of William and Mary. The yearlings will grap- ple the Indians at 3:30 P. M., and the Varsity are slated to see action at 7:30 P. M. _ This meet will not only be the first of the current season, but also the initial appearance of W. & L. matmen since the change of the Southern Conference rules, which called for an eight-man team, instead of a former seven- man combination. Since last win- ter the 158 lb. class has been changed to 155 lb., and a 165 lb. weight has been added. Coach A. E. Mathis has offered a silver loving cup to the Varsity man scoring the most number of points in the meets this winter, and according to the reaction of his proteges so far in training he expects keen rivalry for the prize. For the first time in the history of the school W. & L. will have a chance for a major monogram so Mathis is confident that these offers will prove a great boon to his men. While very little is known of the comparative strength of the visitors, Mathis is looking for stiff competition. William and Mary had an unusually success- ful season last year and most of the men have returned for the‘ present campaign. The Indians are expected to show class in the lightweight departments. Tryouts for the Varsity will be completed today and tomorrow. Tentative line-up follows: Varsity 115 lb—Kesler or Barkus 125 lb—Halpern or Kaplan QUALITY AND SERVICE Special Dinners 50c 12 noon to 9 p.m. Meal Tickets R. E. Lee COFFEE SHOP ALEXANDER THELEN, Mgr. the arrival of their Opp. Court House Fashion Park M ichael-S terns ,. Charter H osae SUITS and OVERCOA TS and California- Weight TOP-COA TS J. Ed Deaver & Sons “Courteous, Conscientious Service” Phone 25 Iowa F uffback Is Ineligible Mayes McLain, Iowa fullback, who has mentioned by many coaches and sports writers for an All-American berth was de- clared ineligible for further foot- ball competition inter-colle- giate circles by the faculty eligi- bility committee of'the “Big Ten” at a conference held in Chicago last week. The big full-back is a full- blooded American Indian and has been in played four years for Haskell In- stitute. He entered Iowa last year and won a place on the varsity football squad early’ in the sea- son. 135 1b——Rule or Palmer 145 lb—Belser or Gautier 155 lb——-Hall or Lewis 165 lb-—Flag or Madison 175 lb—Clark Heavyweight—Bolton Freshman ub—Davidson lb-——McWilliams lb-—Smithers lb——Harris lb—Guiol 165 1b——Tilson 175 lb-McDonald Heavyweight——Mitchel1 or meire 115 125 135 145 155 Tons- Dartmouth Junior Unable to Resist Call From Woods Hanover, N. H.—Ar Dartmouth stu ‘ has done what almost eve1~,-ne who has read “Wal- den” yearns to do at one time or another. Curtis H. Glover, twen- ty and a junior, has bid good- bye to college and civilized life to begin anew in the woods, far away from the painful pressures of organized society. “Goodbye Dartmouth,” he wrote in a leter published “The Dartmouth.” “I have existed in your civil- in ization now for twenty years. I have existed merely as a specta- tor. You have forced me to do certain things, and I have done them—reluctantly, always in- wardly rebelling. Now I have de- cided to give expression to my wil_d nature, and to try whether it be possible to live humanly. Palace Barber Shop First Class Service in a. San- itary Way Located in ROBERT E. LEE HOTEL be over. if-rr-rs-r1'~=—‘:?x..=,x. We Are Now Booking Orders For You will want to send a box to your Mother or Best Girl. Let us book your order. We will pack and mail any date you say— Your troubles will Whitman’s Christmas Candy RICE’S DRUG STORE *.5.AL.-i.£.i.;!..l-A.%' The new “Walden” is located in the White Mountain on the estate of Mr. Glover, senior, who is a wealthy Boston architect. The news reports do not tell. much about the economic side of the experiment, which, to us, seems‘ the crucial one. For what Hen-l ry Thoreau was principally in- tent upon doing wasto find out how one might live the most, complete and satisfying life that‘ was possible, with the minimum: expenditure of ’energy in filling the belly and housing the body. COME TO The Dutch lnn FOR A GOOD MEAL Rooms For Parents, Visit- ing Girls and Chaperones FT1*‘s‘?‘r7?TT.‘='?'r':. In. |» ="F:Tr “:‘.'??1'????T‘§'¥‘§"?'}‘T ?T'7‘?‘x‘T'F‘E‘1‘7T'??x :??r7???:. ?*¢*-‘r?-r? TT??TT?TTT DON’T FORGET DAD and BROTHER Take him home a few colleg- iate ties from Graham’s The Knox Fifth Ave. Hat still leads the Styles Graham 8: F ather x.L1.AAlA.e..a..aA;.e.;;;.;L.L:;;.L1..I. AAALA1.!._£.l.|.£..l.£..lAAA.lJ..I..h.lA.l.LJ.J..l.ll.lLia V1.1-_.aL_t.£..L Equipment Meet Your Friends at LEXINGTON POOL CO. Unexcelled Hamric & Smith Jewelers M mos)‘ ho/iorahde " 0/7/vro w7/ when the Most Honorable Tourist enters a Japanese shop, V experienced travelers tell us, he is instantly struck by the elegant bareness of the shelves. The astute Eastern merchant discloses his wares one piece at atime,working down from the choicest to an eventual sale. If our local tobacco shops were conducted on thejapanese system, we venture to predict that Chesterfield would be the first cigarette offered— and about eight times out of ten, there’d be a sale on the spot! At least that’s what the sales figures indicate —over six million smokers keep asking for Chesterfield and the salesmen all know it. And no wonder, you smokers. You who have tried ’em know there’s no need to sell Chesterfields — that mild different flavor just put: itself over. MILD enough for anyb_0dy..and yet..THEY SATISFY LIGGEIT & MYERS TOBACCO C0. OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19281212/WLURG39_RTP_19281212_004.2.txt Page 4 Class Votes to Hold Banquet Jr. Prom Day (Continued from page one) Cracken, G. A. Turner, H. C. Lawder, F. B. King, A. S. Wag- ner, L. Y. Foote, Horace Gooch, Jr. Arrangement F. 0. Evans, chairman, D. H. Moreton, J. A. MacVay, E. T. Jones, H. B. Heaps, J. C. Broad- dus, R. W. Eicholtz. Invitation H. L. Williams, Jr., chairman, W. P. Battle, E. W. Hale, C. W. Cocke, J. A. Williamson, E. L. Gresham, G. E. Grashorn. Floor . E. M. Wood, chairman, R. D. Hamilton, H. F. Snodgrass, C. W. Gordon, D. E. Eberhart, M. K. Maclntyre, A. L. Robertson. Reception T. C. Atwood, chairman, David Balooii, Jr., A. c. Jones, R. B. Hawkins, V. J. Barnett, E. P. Bledsoe, R. B. Justice. Reception R. K. Sutherland, chairman, Howerton Gowen, S. T. Webb, H. R. McElwrath, I H Elias, R. B. Fangboner, J. D. Jenkins. Decoration E. S. Graves, chairman, W. G. Tarrant, H. G. Morison, B. J. Lambert, T. J. Sugrue, W. H. Fields, F. C. Pomeroy, J. H. Dor- man, Walter Wurzburger, Jr., G. B. Craddock. ._____o_T Photographer To Leave on Dec. 29 The photographer from White’s Studio will be in Lexington until noon Wednesday, Dec. 29, accord- ing to C. C. Hutchinson, editor of the Calyx. Due to the number of students having the flu, special arrangements were made to ex- tend his stay from Dec. 15, the date previously announced for his departure. The signing up for pictures is progressing satisfactorily, but all students are urged to cooperate bygetting their appointments as soon as possible. NEW THEATRE Thursday, Dec. 13 GLENN TRYON PATSY RUTH MILLER “GATE CRASHER” Jan Garber’s Orchestra on the stage Matinee—Night Admission 25c-—-50c Friday Matinee-Evening Saturday Matinee Only December 14th The Favorite Screen Lovers In Another Great Triumph Admission 20c-40c Sat. Nite Dec. 15th TOM TYLER - in “The Tyrant of Red Gulch” Capter 10 TARZAN Monday, Dec. 17th Gary Cooper Fay _Wray 113 “THE FIRST KISS” LYRIC THEATRE Wednesday, December 12th Owen Moore Marceline Day In “STOLEN LOVE” Saturday, Dec. 15th STOCKS and BLONDES with Jacqueline Logan .. «firm AMONG THE BOOKS America has taken up litera- ture. She has taken it up vorac- iously, without rhyme or reason. The novelist has come into his own. The hack-writer lives in a poet’s paradise, and the artist has withdrawn to his hole, ashamed. As usual the women are in the forefront, seizing the opportunity for individual expression. It seems as if anything can be published. The inherent sentimentality and supreme egotism of the feminine gender finds a channel for ex- pression in the trashy novels of sex and sensuality. Small-town dressmakers write morbid auto- biographies and village virgins dramatize their dreams of three week vacations that end in Span- ish villas and a title. That isn’t so bad, being merely an increase in production of a commodity which has already ex- isted. The article is easily recog- nized and avoided, and the per- petrators have sense enough not to invade improper ufields. But others have not, and the shelf of good books is being cluttered with imitations and plagiarisms that pass’, for the genuine ar- ticle in a.-‘ country uneducated to taste. The psychological novel has fallen prey to a band of mer- cenaries who steep themselves in books of abnormal psychology and pick. patients in psycopathic wards for their characters. Such books are not all true to life, and de- pend on morbidness and bawdiness for their appeal. They are easily detected as poor literature but in the meantime the harm has been done to the worthwhile no- velist who must struggle through the sewage of their minds be- fore attaining recognition. The Johnstownian deluge of biography is even more painful Whoever started that fad should have been punished by being plac- ed on the Democratic ticket. We might trace it back to Emil Lud- wig, but the first real culprit was Bruce Barton. His life of Christ gave the wave momentum, and the literary crucifiction of Society Bringing Engineers Here Through the courtesy of the _Virginia section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which is cooperating with The Custis Lee Civil Engineering So- ciety the following gentlemen will visit Washington and Lee Univer- sity in the near future and dis- cuss the industrial situation in Virginia: Mr. Arthur Scrivenor, Consult- ing Engineer, Richmond, Va. Mr. Allan J. Saville, Allen J. Saville, Inc., Richmond, Va. En- gineer and Contractor. Mr. Herman Aspegren, .Po1-ts- mouth Cotton Oil Refining Com- pany. Portsmouth, Va., Chemical. Engineer. Mr. Chas. F. Bailey, Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., Mech- anical Engineering Applied to Ship Building and Marine Archi- tecture. Mr. Marshall Munce, York Man- ufacturing Ca., Richmond, Va., Refrigerating and Cold Storage Engineer". AGNOR BROS. Successors to W. Harry Agnor Staple and Fancy Groceries Phones 36 and 76 Ram) Motor Co. Handling Wrecks a Specialty Tire Service, Gas & Oil Phone 532 GOOD PRINTING AND NO OTHER At The County News JOB OFFICE STUDENTS PRINTING IN- VITED Oppomte Presbyterian Sunday School Room, Main St. *Jesus began on a wholesale basis. The worst thing that can be said about Ludwig is that he added‘ a good interpretation to the host, but overproduction already has brought his genius to a common level. From Christ the tidal wave swept to France and Napoleon.‘ Now everyone is being biographi-l ed, and from the infamous Boss? Tweed to unheard of politicians‘ interesting in their lives than birth and death. Lincoln still suf- fers tremendously, the last insult: to his memory being a stupendous! undertaking which arrives at thel beginning of his career after two‘ volumes of over half a thousand: pages each. All of these biogra-i phies are very boring and not at_ all well done. Something unique; might help. From sheer anguish- I believe I shall write a biography of Judas Iscariot, “illustrated with a smirk by John Held Jr.” Speaking of the droll cartoonist brings us to one of the more in- teresting of the newer books. “Pious Friends and Drunken Com- panions” by Frank Shay is a col-E lection of old songs admirablyl selected, with startlingly funny Nothing literary, but historical and interesting, and — pleasingly. reminiscent in these days of pro-l hibition. —There are a few bright gems in the crowded constellation of literature. Thomas Beer is out- standing, and Upton Sinclair is still a good novelist, though a rotten socialist. Galsworthy has laid his pen aside after giving us the best novels of the century, but Walpole shows promise of keeping up the Brittish standard of excellence. Hecht, Anderson, Hergesheimer and Co. are largely imposters drawing attention thru pornographic reaction. Sinclair Lewis is facile but untidy. Dreiser is a rough, uncut diamond, whose abilities are more akin to those of Clarence Darrow than a great writer. Nowadays we are taking every- thing. Time will weed out the also-rans, and show up the tho- roughbreds. The Fieldings of to- day have their Smollets, and of course the women mimickers, but after all gravity and centrifugal force are natural laws which will not be denied. Christmas is coming. Let us be hopeful. There isn’t any Santa Claus but there may be a de- cent novel or two somewhere. By the way I hope no one writes a biography of Santa Claus. Fraternities We Solicit your patronage Welsh & Hutton Phones 192 and 144 CENTRAL BARBER SHOP Located Central Hotel Skilled Barbers and San- itary Service 17 say “Merry Xmas” with same Gift Evanston, Ill. Dec. 31_, 1927 Larus & Bro. Co. Richmond, Va. Dear Sirs: ’ . I happen to be blest with a host of very fine friends, mostly “highbrows’ -—professors, scientists, etc; Gener- ally at Christmas time they show their remembrance and all that with some little gift—a box of cigars, fishing tackle, a book—all that sort of thing. Well, this Christmas many seemed to centre on tobacco. Now, mark you, these fellows have no communication with each other. They live in mdely : separated parts of_ the country, so It; was no “put-up” Joke on me or any- . thing like that. ut here came seven- teen boxes of to acco, and sixteen of them the familiar blue “Edgewor‘.li!” The seventeentl_i_ was ‘a very flossy walnut, brass-trimmed box, but if I know tobacco, the contents were Edgeworth with a little perique in it. Just coincidence, perhaps, but a _ queer one. Am not an habitual smoker of Edgeworth, so they weren't catering to any especial taste of mine. Looks like a consensus of opinion among the “highbrows”—-—or quite a batch of ’em—that Edgeworth is the stuff, the proper caper for a gift. Sincerely yours, F. A. Fitzpatrick Edgeworth Extra High Grade Smoking Tobacco . ogy). illustrations by the talented Held; THE RING-TUM PHI Unique College ln Porto Rico is Woman’s Story University of Porto Rico Described as “Bridge Be- tween Cultures” New York City——“A bridge be- tween two cultures”—that is the characterization of the University of Porto Rico which Muna Lee makes in the current issue of and Generals with nothing more “The New Student- “A North American University. in a Spanish American environ- ment, its manifest task is to con- serve the traditional Spanish cul- ture which has the basis of the Porto Rican mind and character, and at the same time to bring to the island the best that is offered by the United States, which has Porto Rico’s future in its keeping. The young University —it celebrated its twenty-fifth aniversary on March 12, 1928—— is at the confluence of the two mighty streams, Spanish and An- glo-Saxon (to employ the usual convenient, if inexact, terminol- which have enriched our hemisphere; and it must be judg- ed by the manner in which it meets the obligations thereby en- tailed.” The University fulfills its first duty, accordingoto Miss Lee, by education to remove the fearful poverty which hangs over the island, in its School of Tropical "Medicine, its Schools of Business Administration, of Agriculture and of Engineering. The depart- ment of Spanish studies offers Spanish students from the United States an opportunity to learn the language in a Spanish envir- onment and acts as a bridge be- tween the cultures of North and of South America. 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