OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290604/WLURG39_RTP_19290604_001.2.txt BY THE STUDENTS, F0 THE UNIVERSITY hi many more girls had arrived from “i%oi;iiii1}j’i:xx11 WASHINGTON LEE UNIVERSITY, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1929. FINALS ISSUE Five Days of Merriment _.._____g George Lanier To Lead Last Dance Of Set With Marie Lanier. The last notes of music will sound tonight as fifteen {hundred merry dancers glide to and fro down the floor in Doremus Memorial gymnasium. Final ball is climaxing a most gallant set of dances and Jan Garber will be at his height. Lanier Leads Dance. / George Lanicr will lead the cli- maxing (lance with Miss Marie Lanier, and the figure will begin at ten o’clock with Bill Ward with Miss Marian Wolff assisting. Every girl in the figure will be dressed in solid white with every boy wearing tuxedos with black vests. Garbcr has been in his usual “form,” furnishing plenty of pep and glorifying cyncopation. His side acts have frequently attracted huge crowds from actual dancing to vvatch. The Finals week opened with the Interfrate:"nity dances Friday night, led by Allen Morgan with Miss Louise Smith. Tuesday morning saw the Pan-White Friar (lansant under way, led by Gilbert Ladd with Miss Mercer Jackson. Tuesday afternoon the Pi Kappa Phi gave a dansant at their home, followed by the boat races on North river. Sigma German Tuesday. Tuesday evening the Sigma Ger- man drew an even larger crowd than did the Interfraternity dance Friday night. This (lance was led by W. W. (Mike) Palmer with Miss Marion Wolff and was assist- ed by Bill W'ard with Miss Suzzette Heath. Sunday was a day of rest in so far as dances were concern- ed, the morning being taken up for seniors with the baccalaureate sermon in Lee Memorial chapel. Monday night Jim Rainer with Miss Clara Yerger led the senior ball, assisted by Fred Procter with Miss Mary Marshall and Jim Low- ry with Miss Evelyn Lowry. The dance saw several new faces, as afar. Garber had thrilled the crowd for two nights and was now reaching his heighth. In the afternoon before the Senior ball the Phi Delta Theta-l Sigma Nu dance at Natural Bridge had drawn its throng of dance- loving youth. The floor at the Bi-id.<:ge was crowded with dancers, merrily gliding to- and fro. Tonight Is Closing. Tonight, after four days of mer- riment, the Final ball will bring; to a close the 1928-29 session.l Everything is in readiness and the, gymnasium will be dressed in a brand new covering. The whole affair promises to be one of the grandest dances in_ the history of Washington and Lee. During the intermission at mid- night a supper will be served at the University dining hall. Sev- eral courses will be served with couples eating in groups. Dance Lasts To 5:30. The dance will last until 5:80 Wednesday morning, at which time Jan Garber and his orchestra will sound “College Friendship,” and bring to a close the grandest set of Finals in the history of the University. George Lanien heads the Finals week committee with Carl E. L. Gill acting as supervisor and dec- orator. On the Finals Week com- mittee are: Gene White, Peyton Bush, Gilbert Ladd, Bill Ward, Heinie Groop, Earl Fitzpatrick, Henry P. Johnston, Fred Procter, Toot Gibson, John Bell Towill, Louis Powell, and Rodd Mofiett. Lanier is president of Finals; Bill Ward, vice—president, and Gilbert Ladd, secretary-treasurer. W. And Lo Dances Held In Troub Room Washington and Lee dances were held on the third floor of Washington College in what is now the Troubadour ‘room in the old days. According to a grad of '98, they held their dancis on the third floor. This room gave ample , space for figure,‘ and dancing. At this timetthe students lived in what is now the Geology and Biology room. George Lrmier Library Secures l,ll3Z New Books In Six Months Literature Heads List With Fiction Fourth—Many Gifts Received. More books under the clssifi-i cation of literature were purchas- ed by the library than books under I any other, a receit estimate ofi the last six montls shows. Fic-' ton might be thought most popu-' lar, but figures sh<.w fiction holdsw fourth place instea-l of first. His-l tory and biography together take second place, and philosophy third. After fiction, reference books and science books run about even. Of the 1,432 berks acquired by the library during the last year, 420 were gifts. The people giving books to the library this year gave more different editions of Shakespeare than any other books. The next largest number of books given related to the civil war. A large number of books about Vir- ginia also formed a large portion of the books given the library. Manning Simons, an alumnus of Washington and Lee Universi- ty, has made a gift of $100 to the library. The latest edition of the Encyclopedia britanica is to be bought with this money. “The ad- dition of this enclyclopedia will add greatly to the collection of general reference books in the library, and will form an excellent source for up-to-date material on a variety of subjects.” Miss Mc- Crum, librarian, said. RE’I‘IRING PRESIDENT OF THE l STUDENT BODY JOHN BELL TOWILL Editor Discusses Soutlfs Progress and Development, First Railroad Was In South; Leads In Exports And Civic Progress. In his search for facts relating to the industrial developnfent of the Southern states, Arthur Cole- man, associate editor of Holland’s magazine, learned that the first railroad in the United States chartered for general use was in the South. Beginning with a brief mention of the historic “Tom Thumb” locomotive, followed by the “Best Friend,” which explod- ed after six months of success- ful operation on the South Caro- lina railroad, Mr. Coleman brings his readers down to modern Southern good roads and airways and shows what the South’s transportation system means to- ward developing Southern busi- hess. In the current issue of Hol- land’s, he states that over 34 per cent of the total railroad mile»- age in the country is in the Southern states and that since 1860 the South has shown an in- crease in railroad mileage of 845 per cent, as against 465 per cent for all remaining states. The first steamship to cross the Atlantic, according to l\«Ir. Cole- man, was owned by Savannah capital and sailed from Savannah, Georgia. He says that last year Southern export values more than doubled those of the Pacific coast, while» import values through Southernports, in the past quar- ter century, increased more than 840 per cent as against approxi- mately 350 per cent for all re- maining ports in the nation. Southern ports handle 42 per cent- of the country’s total water- borne tonnage. Export values from Galveston and Houston alone exceed the combined ports of the Pacific coast. Navigable rivers of the South handle over 17,250,000 tons of commerce annually. Texas bus lines carry 4,500,000 passengers annually, and operate over 21,000 iniles of highway. ‘Lexington’s Sweet Selecting Calyx As Girls’ Give Help In Name, For Annual “Calyx of a flower, with a sug- gestion to the familiar title of Lex- 5 ington’s sweet girls,” is the ex- planation given by the editorial board of the first Calyx in 1895, for their selection of the unusual title. In December of 1894, just prior to the Christmas recess, a mass meeting of students took place, which led to the election of Wil- liam Reynolds Vance, of Ken- tucky, as editor—in-chief of the first Calyx. William Carl Lauch, of Virginia, was elected as his as- sistant and James Bell Bullitt, of Kentucky, was named business manager. In the selection of the first stafi, each organization on the campus was allowed a representative on the board on the payment of a fee. Those comprising the first board were: ‘ G. E. Levert, William McChes-[ ney Martin, newest member of the board of trustees; C. J. Boppel, J. D. M. Armistead, G. R. Houston, B. F. Harlow, Jr., West Virginia;,‘ B. C. Flournoy, S. B. Armat, A. B. La Far, R. A. Baker, C. C. Black, Jr., John L. Young, Claude Funkhouser, C. C. Tutwiler, and S. G. Clay. There was no Calyx issued in 1896, due to the election of two rival boards and the attempt to publish two annuals, neither of which reached the press. In 1897 another mass meeting was held, and V. A. Batchelor, of North Carolina, was elected busi-: ness manager. ‘ Twelve editors were chosen, who were to choose‘ the edit'or—in-chief from among their number. J. D. M. Armistead, of Virginia, obtained the office: and A. F. Toole, of Alabama, was: named his assistant. The editorial‘ board was later increased by the addition of six new members elected by the student body. Those comprising the editorial board were: ' L. C. Barret, Missouri; M. Bro-: naugh, Virginia; F. Bosshardt, Texas; D. K. Cameron, California; (Continued on Page 4) Former W. & l.. Student Writes Novel, ‘Fanfare’ Halliday Was Phi Psi; Men- tions Mr. Graham In Dedication. Richard Halliday, of New York I 'City, a former student at Wash- ington and Lee and member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, has written his first book, a novel, “Fanfare,” which G. P. Putnam’s Sons will publish in the early fall. In his dedication, Mr. Halliday meritions John A. Graham, profes- sor of foreign languages at the University. Mr. Halliday is a former resi- dent of Huntington, W. Va., and closely related to the Harvey fam- ily of that city. The late Judge ’I‘l1omas H. Harvey was a grand- uncle. While at college Mr. Halliday took a prominent part in the the- atrical activities, and he, together with John T. Martin, of Charles- ton, W. Va., wrote and produced a musical comedy, “Eyes Up,” which had huge success. He at- tended Washington and Lee in 1922 and 1923. o?___. Street Fights And Town Pump Baths Once Popular Sport Baths under the town pump and street fights were two of the most favorite pastimes of Washington and Lee students during the early nineteenth century, according to records found in the University library. The old town pump, a familiar scene in every small town not many years ago, was an object for much amusement for students. It stood on the property formerly owned by Robert Gold, and now occupied by the Lexington Pool company, at the intersection of Washington and Jefferson streets. On nights during warm weather the boys sat in the trough and took turns pumping water on each other. This diversion would al- ways bring resentment from Mr. Gold, and in many instances a street brawl resulted. At one time 'f.he students of Washington and Lee had so many enemies that it was necessary to patrol the campus in an efiort to ward off offenders. Room And-Board Is Very Cheap In 1793; Only $23 Per Year Meals served to the twenty-five students of Washington and Lee University in 1793 may be compar- ed in many ways to those served ‘at some fraternity houses today, with the exception of $245.67 an- nual difference in price. Living expense at this early date was very cheap. In 1793 a steward in the dormitory served meals, made the beds, and cleaned the room twice a week for the meager sum of $23.33 a year. The meals consisted of: Breakfast— Bread and butter, with tea, coffee or chocolate. Dinner—Bread, vege- tables, and either beef of pork. Supper—Bread, butter, and milk. A rom in the academy building cost fifty cents a session, and if more than four lived in one room it was $2 for all. Tuition for the year not more than fifty dollars. Master Music Makef l Jan Garber NEW PRESIDENT OF THE 4 I33 Graduates Receive Their Diplomas Today STUDENT BODY LOUIS POWELL Cadets Get in More licadinr‘ ' Than a Local Bookseller, Declares V. M. I. Men Are Better Customers. Virginia Military Institute Ca- dets, despite their rigid schedule do more reading the Washington and Lee students in the opinion of Henry Boley, of Bolcy’s Book Store. “Poetry, drama and biography seem to be steadily gaining in popularity,” Mr. Boley ‘said. “Fic- tion, particularily the Modern Li- brary books at their low price, are very popular with both students- an cadets, and some men order six and eight books a month.” Washington and Lee seems to have a small and select band of literati, according to Mr. Boley. “There are a few men who take their literature seriously and in large doses. Some of these artis- tic souls give us interesting side lights on the books we hamllc-— discussions as to their arti.-.ti. value, their theme, “Oh, isn’t the passage on page such—:J.nd-such well done?’, and such literature catter. 1t’s interesting only when its funny.” “Believe it or not,” said Mr. Boley, “Believe it or Net” is one of our best sellers. Oscar Wilde’s Salome, the An- thology of Wo1'lpular. Tourists take many of the num- erous biographies of General Rob- ert E. Lee and some ofthe works on early Virginia. “We have a number of steady customers among the literary stu- dents of Washington and Lee,” Mr. Boley concluded, “but I be- lieve that on the whole V. M. I. orders more books than the Uni- versity. Vanity Fair, Ha1‘1‘e1's, and other of the better maga.-gines are also very popular with both stu- dents and cadets.” 0___,_ Nit: yolks.” Wit: “Hen must have led a dou- ble life.” ‘ “Gee this egg has two \ President Srnith Delivers Finals Address; Is Presented Silver Service. One hundred and thirty-three students of Washington and Lee this morning were awarded degrees in the Lee Me- morial chapel at the one hundred and eightieth commence- ment of the University. Dr. Henny Louis Smith, president of the University, delivered the address, commenting on the possibilities of students going into the world after having been. trained at an institution so nobly endowed with the rich traditions of the two immortal Chieftains, Washington and Lee. PRESIDENT WASHINGTON &l LEE UNIVERSITY DR. HENRY LEWIS SMITH Moultons Leave (After 20 Years Of Unbroken Service Auburn, Ala., May 14.——When Coach E. R. (“Slick”) Moulton ‘eff; the “Village of the Plains” Saturday to manage a team in the Georgia-Alabama league, it marked the end of 20 consecutive fears of brilliant service that the Ioultons have rendered to Au- burn’s athletic history. Since 1909 there has been a member of Coach “Slick’s” family at Auburn taking part in the Tiger spors, mainly baseball and football. These Moultons consist of four brothers: George Moulton, who pitched on the baseball team for four years; John Moulton, who played baseball and football; Rus- sell (“Slick”) Moulton, who play- ed four years of baseball and football, being all-Southern pitch- or and all—Southern end. Also receiving favorable mention for the 1922 all-American football team. Pair Moulton, the last of the brothers to enter, also play- ed four years of baseball and football, graduated in 1927. Russell has been connected with Auburn longer than any of them, having been on the teams for four years and on the coach- ing staff three. He performed under the Orange and Blue col- ors in 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 under Mike Donahon. His last year of football playing was in 1922, Auburn’s last year to be a contender for the football cham- pionship. Student Under General R. E. Lee Tells Of Wisclom Of Dr. Campbell EDITOR’S NOTE:—-The following article is written exclusively for the Ring-tum I’hi by Judge W. H. Tayloe, a student at Washington College under Gen- eral Robert E. Lee, and is a warm personal friend of the edi- tor. Judge Tayloe was an honor graduate here and‘ after graduation held a chair in the school of law and also taught several academic classes. The judge is now retired and lives in Uniontown, Alabama. Former Professor John L. Campbell. There were giants in the earth in those days and I now going to write an appreciation of one of them. In the spring of 1872 a move- lment arose in Atlanta to construct a railroad westward to the Missis- sippi river and beyond. Those in control of the project employed Professor Campbell in co-opera- tion with Dr. Henry W. Ruffner to make a geological survey of the section through which the line was to extend, including especially the counties of Jefferson and Walker in the state of Alabama. These gentlemen spent the vaca- tion of the year in this work. Now the good professor taught me chemistry in the 1872-3. The incident to be related in this paper took place in his lec- ture room in the spring of 1873, when the class reached the study of the manufacture of iron. On this occasion we were told how iron was made by the Bessemer process. And then the lecture drifted onto the trip of the past summer. We were told ‘fully about the wonderful fields of ore, coal and iron, in those wonderful seams of the Warrior valley and Alabama mountains. And then the teacher waxed eloquent over the great prospects of the section in which the survey had been made. “Nowhere in the world are so close together the things that go (Continued on Page Four). session of ‘ The chapel was crowded to ca- pacity with the 133 graduating fathers, relatives, and hordes of students and their girls. The chapel fur- nished a most fitting place for the exercises and with Doctor S1nith’s farewell address to the class of 1929 with the statue of General Lee in his rear and a picture of George 'Washington adorning the wall. 'During the exercises honorary awards and appointments were nnounccd, these including endowed scholarships and departmental scholarships. I<‘ollowing is a list of these ap- points for the coming year: IIONORARY APPOINTMENTS Endowed Scholarships. Howard Houston Fellowship, Jo- seph Louis Lockett, Jr., Texas. Mapleton Scholarship, Thomas Joseph Sugrue, Connecticut. Vincent L. Bradford Scholarship, Jack Harold Hardwick, Kentucky. Luther Seevers Birely Scholar- ship, ‘Robert Earle Clapp, Jr., Maryland. Franklin Society Scholarship, Edward Miles Riley, Virginia. James McDowell Scholarship, Herbert Grant Jahncke, Louisiana. James D. Davidson Memorial Fund Scholarship, Charles Irving Lewis, West Virginia. James J. White Scholarship, George Allen Fleece, Kentucky. Mary Louisa Reid White Schol- arship, William McMurray Dix, Alabama. Taylor Scholarship, Philip John- ston Gordon, New Jersey. Young Scholarship, Hugh Lynn Cayce, Virginia. Interfraternity Council Scholar- ship, David Cleon Eberhart, Flor- .' ida. l The John H. Hamilton Scholar- ship, Arthur Warren Phelps, Ohio. 5 Dpartmental Scholarships. Geology, Robert Campbell Gil- ‘more, Jr., North Carolina. ; German, Francis Carlisle Gilke- son, Virginia. Political Science, Henry William MacKenzie, Jr., Virginia. French, Luther Waddingtotl King, Virginia. Economics, John Pierce Arm- strong, Tennessee. ; History, Charles ‘North Carolina. English, Abe Joseph Leibowitz, ._New York. Commerce, James erts, Florida. Biology, William Cooke Mulli- gan, Illinois. Physics, Lincoln Palmer Brown, III, Tennessee. Electrical Engineering, Suter, Virginia. Physical Education, Hartwell Leigh Williams, Jr., Virginia. Spanish, Edward Spencer Graves, Virginia. Education, Edward Augusta Nix, Jr., New Jersey. Accounting, J. Arlington Paint- er, Pennsylvania. Civil Engineering, Harris John- son Cox, Missouri. Journalism, George Ashworth, Maryland. Latin, Reed Gantt McDougall, New York. students, their mothers, Clem Love, Ragan Rob- Merle Frederick Prizes. Algernon Sydney Sullivan Me dallion, Joseph McWhorter Holt, (Continued on Page Four). ‘Light Horse Harry’ Author Of Tribute “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his country- men.” ’ I Few have not heard these fa- miliar lines, yet know the author of this tribute to Washington. It was “Light Horse Harry” Lee. He is buried in the Lee Memo- rial chapel beneath the recumbent statue of General Robert E. Lee, his son. OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290604/WLURG39_RTP_19290604_002.2.txt PAGE TWO q H . __...-.___,\. .. ,L ,./ Elite {Ring-tumifihi ’ (ESTABLISHED 1897) WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSET SEMLWEEKLY Mi-mber of the Virginia Intgrcollegizzte Press Association. Sul)S(jl'I[)l,]-OI] $3.10 per year, in advance OFl<‘l(‘.l4l AT I.)El’Alt'l‘Ml«',N'I‘ ()l<’ JOURNALISM 'l‘eli-plmne: l'I:li’.m-in-Llhief, 316: l5llSlliv.‘s.~: liflanager, 430: lVl2lI\2l‘_'.'lll_L,' lillifnr. 412: Sports Editor, 112; Editorial Rooms. L’,l'.lIi llllll Zllii. Entered at the Lexington. V:1., Pnstoffiee as second clas.~ mail matter. HENRY P. JOHNSTON, 29 A ,,,, ..Editor-in-Chiei ALLEN B. MORGAN, 29 C Business Manager rw - . - . r<.d1tor-El«:c. Ilusiness lVianager-Elem \\'. .l . Davis W. C-. I73iI_::'v,' ‘an.-\ 301. REPORTORIAL /_ R. Harrison Jr. ’3\'lL.............. G. N. Lowdon '2‘JC I. \V. Hill '2‘.)A . . E. IQ. M<'Carih_V ’. M. G. Perruw " Pom Sugrue ’20A \’\’al ...__.M_() , STATE AND CHURCH MAY CLASH. After watching the recent presidential into the political ring and prejudices were plainly outspoken, Virginia citizens will have another interesting campaign to watch. Three candidates have entered the Demo- cratic primary for governor: G. Walter Mapp, John Garland Pollard, and Roswell N. Page. As is known to the reading public, Vir- ginia cast its electoral vote in the past pres- idential race to Herbert Hoover. The 1928 fight was mainly organized by Bishop James Cannon, who claimed his opposition to Smith was not because of religion but on account of the Democratic candidate’s stand on prohibition. Many native Vir- ginians are dubious about this, however. Just what part Bishop Cannon will play in the coming gubernatorial race is being watched with interest all over the South. 'in church affairs and Baptists are said to out-number Methodists in the Old Domin- ion. Bishop Cannon is a Methodist. The ex-attorney general of the commonwealth (Mr. Pollard) loyally supported the Smith- Robinson ticket last fall, and it is under- stood that Bishop Cannon brought consider- able pressure upon Mr. Pollard in an effort to have him support the Republican nomi- nee, but he would not be dominated over by the Methodist minister. With three candidates in the Democratic primary race, one a Baptist who refused to adhere to the whims of a Methodist, and the other two belonging to different denomi- The University is to be con-‘ campaigns where church was again thrown- Mr. Pollard, a Baptist, is very prominent. rope, Virglnnins may expect a “liot tiz:‘i<'. /in the old state this summer.” 0 THE NEW REGIME. Already students have gotten a peep at the Rockne system of football and have got- ten a glinipsc of Eugene Obcrst, the new football tuiior. But it will not be until ncx- fall that a real view of the system can be seen. I Eugene Obcrst came here with the high- est recommendations of many 1’l‘ii-Ci-Iv".-iCS51.OIl1 and Eastern grid mentors. His method of handling men in spring i.i"ainii1i;,2; was remark- able. From the very first day he was in Lex- ington, Oberst made friends with tog:‘ncn and by-standers. Obcr-at means buss’ 9 pressing. Too much can not be expected of the new coach his first year at Washiiigtoii and Les. He must instruct and familiarize every car- didate with an entirely different inethorl of attack and defense. easy assignment to change men who have played under the Warner system for three years into great Rockne-‘men over night. The whole student body is backing Oberst. Alumni are backing him. The team is going to hustle for him. And in turn Oberst is every minute of his time to give Washington and Le a winning football team, a team such as it deserves. To Eugene Oberst, the retiring staff of the RING-TUM PHI wishes him the great- est succcss possible and we shall be pulling every day for him and U. greater W. and L. And we feel certain the new staff will pull just as hard for him anti back him play" by play. I OM An optimist is a Congressman. mist is a farmer.——Dall:s News. 0.: MM. “Some women marry for love, some for vanity and some for experience, bu‘. the greatest number marry so they can sit back in peace and let their chins increase.” ___ O__..._.__j_. “Darling, in the moonlight your teeth are like pearls.” ' “Oh, indccd~and when were you in the moon- light with Pearl?”—Tit—Bits, I. ntlon. \ 0-—T%7—-#_ ‘ What this country really ue:(ls is szz-rieolio to really tell what it really needs —-Boston Transc:'ip'T:. MOM... opines that “I\‘cw Ito caused by the vet. And qiiiie as out?—Bost.:n Tran- Shoe and Leather I\’.epm"tc' York’s traffic congestion may mob trying to get to Wall st.‘ much by those trying to get script. 13 () 7T When Hoover takes away he from Republicans in the Scutl :1 (lcsirc~ to go straight—:i.n The Coal II-in. ____.Li_0M_ ._M_ Being the first of his relig;’:u."—. sect to reach he White House, Mr. I’lcov<::‘ nz d\"ul,t is t';e‘.fn;; life Quaker oats.——lIy Vance in The Coal Lin. ,___0__, ,,_. If all who know little or uo:liin,=r about religion and science would stop arguizig, there would be mighty little said on the siiliject.--—-liy Vance ii: The Coal Bin. __L_M0___-_. The Muddleton Dramatic <,-,iety was p:’os:\n‘=.- iug a historical play, and one vi’ the nziwly-elected meinl;ers had been assigned a part with exactly one line to speak. He was the headsman, and, arr-a_v<=(l in all the glory of black tights and mu: k, he strode on to the center of the stage and :12-nourned: “My lord, my lord, I have leheaded the maid.” “Oh, you ’ave, ’ave you ‘?” 1'ct<>rted another s;n:1ll- part man in the guise of the cruel king. “Well, allow me to tell you that ymfve ni:-sszezl up the ’ole bloomin’ show. You’vo I‘-om an’ done it two acts too soon.”—Weekly Scot:'rn.an. ———o Wife—Why have you suddenly gone crazy? Golfer» Why, I did that hole in one. Wifc—Please do it again, dcar»I didn’t you!—Everybos he never goes to the inovics except on Saturday ,night. Thus. l‘.(;‘ firmly refuses an ‘invitation to join some of his fra- *,ternity bi<;the.rs who are pleasure lbent. He is proud of his own jstrength of character. So he i('llllli;S‘- the stairs to his room at ;’I:.”i‘fT p. in. He fools around taking loll" his: cogzt anti getting comfor- ltable with smolri:1g jacket and ,slipp:*i‘:<. Thmi he to clear of?’ lhis < :-9.; for room to work so it is lT:i3i} lsefore he settles down at his lde:=.l:, his Latin book open before lhim. lie never liked Latin any- lw;,1;c-—.A1iii:1 .viru1n(;ue cano, Trojae 1 qui })‘.'li'l'll1S aboris. Ilc scans a few Then starts to translate. lI.-ooks up two words and then his eye falls on her picture smiling 9.1’; him " the desk. What n at 8:10 p. m.? ly pretty face and eness. The smile 1 an-:l sort of em- ~bracing. Not one of the dontrifice la:l‘ve1'tisenient variety. He dreams a while. Yes, she will be up for the (lance: two weeks. Gosh! lie is hariii hit this time. Forget- ting: he : and write it. Now he takes up Analylical Geometry Yes, he likes Math. Y 2 - 2 px, etc. He really concen- Jtratrgs now. He has a good mind wlicr. he applies it, so really learns. the assignmenfi by 11 p. in. My! He has worked hard! And his Math. lo:-tscn gives a certain sense of aceoi ilishment. He picks up “Snappy Stories” and reads the snappiost. Then feeling good, he goes in the next lroom and starts 2. rough house. i Twelve-thirty [Ends him setting .the alarm for 7 a. m., which he duly‘ turns off when it rings. It “is so cold he will just lie there a lminute or two. The next thing ihe knows his room-mate asks if .he hasn’t a nine o'clock class. So‘ he rushes off withovt breakfast or {proper preparation. ' l\7-:>l tonigrht. .1.‘ . X‘ l l l l l “V 1 l l I l . ! In I CC ':, OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290604/WLURG39_RTP_19290604_003.2.txt A. stine in the dashes and hurdlcs,[ THE RING-TUM PHI Varsity llrack lies Greatest Season in Several Years ;__._ Team Wins,’ 4 Of 5 Dual Meets And C p Fourth Place In S. C. The varsyty track team complet- ed. the mo st successful season it has had ‘l’ '01‘ several years. RCSIILEE‘ of the outdoor season show that the team won four of the live lucl meets, placed second in the {state meet, and fourth in the S(,D}ll‘iCI'11 conference. The fcores of the duel meets are as foll Washington and_Lec, (38; ll aryland, 57;. Wlashington and I/lee, 53; N. C. U., 72. VVash— in,.o%(on and Lee, 65; N. C. S., 60. (“V31 Vii’; tahington and Lee, 90; Universi- ty of Richmond, 36. and Lee, 73; Duke, 53. The mile relay team continued its lsucccss by winning the South- crni conference championship, the state championship, and placing‘ -:-;'i‘xth in the Penn relays. These /speedy baton carriers were Capt. Backus, Dickey, Sheppard, and Williams. The freshman season uncovered several promising men for the var- sity team. Among those who are expected to strengthen the varsity next year are Broderick in the h.‘-1.3"’, Stevens in the broad jump, Finkle- Washington Bailey in the weights, and Hart- grove in the pole vault. On June 1, 192$), the register at Lee chapel showed a total of four thousand six hundred and seventy- four visitors. Geographical repre- sentation ran from Siam to Sas- katchewan, with many prominent vi:-‘.il‘ors among the names listed. During Finals it is expected that a great many more than the av- erage will visit the chapel, bringing the total for the school year to well over five thousand. Dr. Henry America’s Call For Leadership. From yonder cupola on the VVashington building the benignant I figure of the glorious Rebel of "(G looks down upon the sacred tomb of his adored kin:-‘man, the later Rebel of ’61, and guarding the en- trance to this most hallowed :shri1"-es are bronze figures of these immortal founders of Washington and Lee. And over each regal head, all ancient enmitics and feudal loyal- ties long since submerged in rever- ent mohage to the mighty dead, there once drooped by long cus- tom a triple cluster of historic flags;‘ the stars and stripes of the re-United States, with not a rent remaining; the meteor-flag of our mother country,“ England, the world’s foremost symbol today of regnant law and rightly—ordered liberty; and intertwined with them both, over these immortal rebels -of the past, the stars and bars of the vanished Confederacy, that fleeting flag of sacred memories and holy tears. In the normal development of a virile nation’s life every student of history notes long periods of sta- bility, of crystallized traditions, of -dominant conservatism. Then, usually following the heat and strain of warfare, the solid crust is rent as by a volcanic outburst. ‘The ancient landmarks disappear. Long-established creeds, customs, social usages, moral standards are swiftly fused into a fluid magma to re-crystallize into the changed forms and new standards of a new era. Such periods of swift transition, my fellow-Americans, are the ‘turning-points in a nation’s his- tory, when every passing hour is. Lig with fate, and the eternal fu- ture is moulded on the clanging' anvil of the passing present. Such a momentous period of post-war reconstruction faced the re-builders of the desolated South when General Lee began his im- mortal work at Lexington. His generation was confronted by the mighty task of building a new Southern civilization upon the ruins of the old. Yet amid the wreckage of all the material pos- sessions of the old South her in- visible assets were untouched and undiminished. In that utter mid- night of defeat and desolation the Southern heavens blazed with a constellation of starry virtues nev- cr visible, never realized, never possible by day. Since -that tragic era of man- made destruction and heaven-sent . heroism two generations were laid to rest from their labors when once more in our own day another IGENERAL Gossip If you didn’t get a peep at Coach Oberst and his hustling footeail candidates, it _vou.- <'n.-‘-,1”. fault. invited all sttidcnts to gaze upon :lidn.’t get :1 chance to see the new spring practice, :: Recently coaclicrt from the southc-rn—:nost section of the Southern talking about forming a conl'crence baseball coni"ei"*nce have l.eei league such as the .’)Y".‘ Dick Smitli this sc.“t’;on of the ccrference three years ago. The plar. is to hive the several teams from the colleges meet each other two or three times during the season and the winner of that sec- tion play the vcinncr of the Trl-States league for the championship of At last it seems the far South is awakening l letter athlete the Southern COl1.‘iOI‘(3I’l-'.’0. Itisa ‘=5.’ will not win every game next year. is his first year 'i;-re an-:l he is iiitroducing a new system of V 1T.CI‘t the \Vashington and Lee em down till it hurts. Wouldn’t it be a nice mess if every football player 0’-ccrst opened wide the gates and his hard-working togmen. If you Generals’ mentor in action during siglit worth seeing. Every mem- hard. berst means real business. win football games. It Eon: 0pp~o'-‘lng teams will find hown his.-i men how to block and force-—-tire kind of force which, - the willingness and co-opera- a year and you’il see a great lilcii will be almost unbeatable. tk * ll i)21f~l{€lLl3£1ll team this winter. He . iianna, Cox and Jacob were per- l;ell,s should be ready for another Mark our word- ashington and Lee will again win cssee Bobby Dodd and Gene McEver scribes inform us that both Dodd Evidently they can, or at least Ten- rough spring training and then left >2: =l< * was instrumental in establishing in OUR NEW COACH Eugene Oberst to the fact that this section of the conference must be reckoned with. Such a league as the far South plans would necessitate Alabama and Auburn playing. Neither school has played each other in any sport for twenty years, unless it be in basketball when the two teams were in the Atlanta tourna- merit. Oh, man, what a gate an Alabama—Auburn game would at- tract! It would almost put base- ball on a playing basis. if >l< * Kc-n Strong, New York univer- sity’s sensational all-American halfback last fall, will soon make his debut in the big leagues as a member of Ruth, Gehrig, Huggins and company. They say he has great possibilities and should stick. “ We wonder how he will get along under the big tent without the throng of newspapers over the country singing his name in big head lines as the hero of the day! He’ll have a mighty hard time beating Babe and Lou out of tht streamers. *1‘ >l‘ * Washington and Lee has a four- in college for the first time in many a moon. Leigh Williams, a sophomore, won his monogram in football, basketball, baseball and track this year. Cy Young once won his monogram in- these three sports and if our mem- ory is correct he was captain of all four sports during his four years on the campus. ‘Ernest Quigley, major league umpire, claims that basketball is the fastest game to handle. Quig- ley olficiates in baseball, basket- ball and football games and should" be an authority on the subject of officiating in three of America’s major sports. In an article for Collier’s Qing- ley says: “Basketball is a much faster game than football baseball. the action is almost continuous, and it is always at top speed. In a football game lasting two hours, I believe the records show that the tall is in actual play only 14 or 15 minutes. Everyone knows of the interniissions in baseball, but there are no such delays in basket- ball it is all speed~—all action— and this calls for, just as much science and team play. Basketball has grown rapidly inthe last few years, and there are many more players than compete in football. “13a;~:.eball, in my opinion, calls for the quickest, surest judgment cccause everything happens in such a hurry. Take a runner go- ing to first. He traveling rround nine yards a second. He is- iften thrown out by just a foot, sonzetimes less. A foot means just one-twenty-seventh of a second. “Football calls for much more action than baseball, for complete .-oncentration and quick judgment. The scene shifts rapidly in foot- _,all, and there are so_ many things to watch that might affect the play. “There isn’t any question that for speed and action, basl<3tball leads the parade. Hockey calls for just as much speed and just as much action, but there is much less scoring, and scoring after all is the big feature of any contest.” 01" is The Washington and Lee varsity baseball nine with a record of 1% games played this season have closed a very mediocre season with only. five wins being credited against thirteen losses. The season opened with a vic- tory over Lynchburg which was followed a few days later by a de- cision over the Catholic university nine from Washington. Princeton next invaded the lair of the Gen- erals and succumbed before th-r masterful pitching of Radford, who'toiled eight innings, and At- wood, who relieved Radford in the ninth with two on and retired the side on strikes, giving the Gen- erals a 3-2 win over an agg'1"eg;t- tion which has sence been one of the outstanding college nines oi’ the Eastern collegiate sector. Col- Varsity «Baseball iTcam Closes A. Season With 5 Won, 13 Lost PAGE THREE gate was the next team on the schedule, but rain interfered witlh.‘ the baseball game. Coach Smith then packed up the equipment and took his hopefuls southwar(l into North Carolina and a sorry fate. N. C. State walloped the Generals with a football score of 21-141. Duke fdllowed with a white-wash decision over the Gen- erals, 13-0. It looked like another bad afternoon at North Carolina university when the first man to face White crashed out a homer. However, White eased up and only Returning home Delaware went down to defeat before the crash- ing attack of the Generals who were out for vengeance. However. this was only the lull bel’c:‘9 the (Continued on Pzige Four). Retiring And Incoming E Henry P.‘ Johnston -1 «I J. William Davis Louis Smiths Commencement hatreds .1 hellish outburst of war and organized murder has wrecke the peace and unity and moral san- ity of modern Christi-andom. And now today our whole nation, North, South, East and \Vc-st, is passing through another fateful period of post-war disintegration and pos- ;,‘,L,1¢ Twentieth century science is destroying many of our treasured old—tiine beliefs, post-war vices are undermining our hallowed moral st1an(lai‘ds, hys- teria crime-waves are ovcrwh<—;ln:— ing our ancient legal lgarriers, in- toxicating liberty is dissolving our former self-restraint, and an epi- demic of revolt is assailing ever,’ bulwark of organized authority in every state of the union. The post-war crisis of ’G5 is thus duplicated in the post-war Ameri- ca of today, and let me warn these young citizens just girding on their armor for a life—time conflict that it is a far more complex and difficult task to rebuild sliat‘t(~i'ed morals and lost scll,'—co'nti‘ol in an era of wealth and luxury than it was to rebuild Sl12li‘C('!'(‘(l l',1'i(lgcs and (lisintegrated business when courage and character remained unharmed. ' ‘What then your lil'e—long task, your imperative duty, as the edu- cated leaders of American life and thought? It is to saturate and control our modern seiciice and modern industry with Lee ideal- is . 1'-ly final 1riessar»;e to the sons of Washiiigton and Lee is to make this your life-work, your supreme effort, your steadfast purpose. Let me, therefore, as we meet for the last time in this sacred shrine, imprint on your mind and heart vivid reminders of Robert E. Lee as the practical rebuilder of a disintegrated civilization in an age of post-war perplexity like ours of today, as the one American jcader who planned an industrial South of the future based on the moral standards of the past. 1. Our first flashlight picture is of his non—sectional character, an amazing all-American combina- tion oi the rigid morals of the Northern Puritan with the chival- ric courtesy of the Southern Cav- alier. In him were distilled and concentrated all the ideal virtues of the Old South without its weak- nesses. Its unusual combination of manly courage an(l womanly tenderness. Its habitual gentleness toward the weak and helpless, its passoinate love of home and chil- dren, its chivalrous cxaltation of womanhood, its lofty sense of per- sonal honor and personal integrity, its deep and fervid religious piety —all these seemed to burst into full flower and perfect fruitagc in l 1'€t<30'llSl?l‘ll‘Ci}l0Il. i 2 the character of the South’s ideal here just before the tree of, sec- tional civilization which culminat- ed in such an all-American char- acter was uprooted and destroyed -by the tempest of fratricidal war. Let. us urge every member of the class of ’29, and every repre- smtative of General Lee’s institu- tion, in this age of prevalent moral _' ‘integration, to follow.the Lee ideal by adding to the graces of .’C~c.utlic1"n chivalry the sterner and zliviner asset of spotless purity -.xnd moral self—control, thus build- ln;g;, each for himself, an all-Amer- ic-an character, for every leader’s life-work springs from his inner character. 2. My second plea is to follow the marvelous example of practi- cal all—American Christian living which he exhibited during an age cf creeds and creedalism and of universal religious partisanship. His li'fe—time of service as a cav- alry officer in the regular army was spent in frontier camps, in eountlcss campaigns, and on scores of battlefields, cut off‘ all the time from the sacred and refining in- fluences of the Christian home, the Christian church, and the Chris- tian Sabbath—th-at such a mili- tary career in such an environment should be marked by spotless pur- ity of life and word and conduct, that its dominant passion should be Christian living and spiritual consecration#that is a Very mir- acle of human character transfig- urcd by divine grace. Thrice fortunate is the South and through her the nation and ‘be world that whenever and v/herever in the long ages of the future she turns her eyes toward the stately figure of her ideal hero on the pedestal of his ever-grow- ing fam, she sees floating over his head, as the one and only flag of his unchanging and eternal loy- alty, not the stars and stripes which he so sorrowfully furled and laid for a time aside, nor the stars and bars which disappeared forever amid the smoke and thun- der of the battlefield, but the sa- cred banner of the cross, that star- lit battle flag that knows no North nor South, no surrender nor de- feat, no Gettysburg or Appomat- tox, that some day, in God’s good time, shall float in universal tri- umph over land and sea. My fellow-Americans, in these troubled times of waning faith and restless uncertainty and perplexed bewilderment my urgent plea is that from General Lee’s inspiring example every American leader now before me may realize this lawakening truth: that living, lov- ing, personal faith in a living, lov- in 1', personal God is at once the source, the inspiration, aye! and the most accurate measure of all true human greatness. 3. the all-American progressive, the daring independent, a half-century ahead not only of his age but of his family traditions and of the very South he fought for. Noth- ing in his marvelous‘ career is worthier of admiration and imita- tion than his far-—seeing recogni- tion in a perplexing present of the coming future. You and I live in an age of Amer- ican science and inventive genius and ever—growing business enter- prise. Yet the hands and hearts of our generation are still held fast in hampering bondage to empty names and ancient fetters and outgrown battle-cries. Let the vision of Lee the Progressive in- spire every one of you to break every flattering cha_in whose only warrant is the sanctity of age and unioroken usage. In that far-off time when the solid South almost defied chattel slavery Lee was an open abolition- ist and freed his personal slaves long before 1861. In an age of religious sectarianism he was al- ways in heart and mind and loy- alty an inter-church Christian. In an age of increasing scctionalism and final secession he was an open and ardent advocate of an undivid- ed union. Although a life-long military leader he openly rejected military discipline in our Ameri- can colleges and universities. Al- though he fought four years amid the devilish horrors and hatreds of murderous civil war, he never once yielded to war hatreds or see- tional bitterness, but loved the whole union even amid the trage- dies of utter desolation and defeat. In an age when King Alcohol reigned supreme, when legal pro- hibition was hardly dreamed of, when soldiers and sailors were reg- uarly dosed with liquor to increase their battle—ador—under these cir- cumstances this regular army of- ficer was always and everywhere an absolute teetotaler and con- demned alcohol in every form and degree as the deadliest enemy of human welfare. A further example of his courag- eous progressiveness was his in- ner victory over utter defeat. Long since has the impartial verdict of the slow-moving years crowned as the real victor at Appomattox, not Ulysses S. Grant and his swarm- ing armies, but the immortal and undefeated spirit of Robert Ed- v.ard Lee. Surely, of all his marvelous at- Our third picture is of Lee Address Quoted Below In Full ness was the most amazing. Re-'stract research into human effec- belling always against political, alism heset you and me and every forward-looking American a glori- ous example‘ of freedom from hampering traditions, of courag.~- ous and habitual independence, of all—American citizenship in a busy present, breaking the rusty fetters of an outgrown past. 4. And this brings me to my final picture of this forward-look- ing leader. I urge every one of you to duplicate, each in his own environment, General Lee’s ready and far-visioned response to the call of a new age, a triple combi- nation of keenest insight, prophetic foresight, and executive ability. He was a military son of the old South, with its ancient sys- tem of slave-labor, its cultured and masterful oligarchy, its lack of popular education, its execlusive devotion to agriculture, all fat-ally unfitting it for modern industry. Yet when his starved and ragged heroes were disbanded at Appo- mattox, this greatest soldier of the old South became not only an ed- ucational statesman, but the crea- tive engineer ‘of a new industrial era. In five post-bellum years of poverty and wreckage he trans- formed and developed an ancient classical college into a center of scientific, vocational, and practical training for a new industrial South. He spent his time and en- ergy as an educator, not on the ancient abstract classical curricu- lum of his day, but in training en- gineers, legislators, journalists, and business experts for new in- dustries and a new era never even imagined by his Southern asso- ciates. I urge you as twentieth century Americans to follow his progres- sive leadership by catching the spirit, attacking the problems, combating the dangers, and thrill- ing to the possibilities of this twentieth century age of transi- tion in whose whirlwind activities, on whose far-flung battlefields, your life-conflict is to be won or lost. Recognize with open eyes and open mind and an open heart that this is an age of applied sci- ence and organized industry yoked in irresistible team-work. Scien- tific researeh and its application to human problems and human ac- tivities are transforming our civil- ization. Let them release your minds from fettering traditions and outgrown ideals and inherited prejudices and hopeless provincial- ism. This is the age of the high- ly-trained thinker, of the ardent specialist, of the clear-visioned warm-hearted expert who can tributes this daring progressive-itransform pure science and ab- ‘tiveness and human brotherhood sectional, and industrial tradition-I and human welfare. You face today a South and a nation sorely in need of active and effective leadership inspired by Lee progressiveness and consecrat- cd by Lee idealism. Our ancient agricultural tradi- tion glorifies individual farm—life and one-family “general” farms. The gullied hillsides, the one—horsc plows, and the ever—present mort- gages all over our land bear mel- ancholy witness to the destructive tyranny of this outgrown ideal Si- dear to the heart of our fathers We also see all around us wholc communities of consecrated church members whose Sunday prayers and Sunday sermons and Sunday Bible study are considered by then too sacredly “religious” to be mix- ed up with week-day votes and party politics and every—day busi ness and back-street immorality. Ours is an age not only of or- ganized co-operation and vast busi- ness enterprises, but of over- crowded schools and colleges. Never have Americans been so ex- pensively, so thoroughly, so uni- versally “educated” as they are today. Yet, alas! never has our blessed land been so filled with highly—trained and daring criminals as it is today. Our courts and jails are as overcrowded as our colleges.’ Our police are defied, our laws openly scorned, our whole land 0vcr—ridden with murder and highway robbery. Surely this marvelous era is repeating the novelty and difficulty and perplex- ity of 1865, and every American must like General Lee respond with every energy to the complex call of a new age. What comforting truth in such an era can we learn from General Lee’s swift transition from utter defeat to the leadership of a new age? Surely this—the essential and eternal supremacy of the things of the spirit over those of time and sense; that real great- ness cannot be determined or measured by the accident of suc- cess or failure, but by the indwell- ing purpose and spirit with which they are borne; that God-like character may rise triumphant over environment however difficult or adverse; that our houses and lands, our railways and factories. our visible possessions are not the underlying essentials of American civilization but only its tools and trappings already on their way to the scrapheap. In concluding my plea for Lee idealism in modern America let me not be misunderstood. I have no quarrel with national industry or national wealth or national pros- it. Let the marvelous re- perity. Far from utilization of our sources continue and increase. Let vast industrial enterprises bear witness to the business ability of our energetic leaders. Let the land echo with the throb of engines and the busy whir of machinery. Let the marvels of modern inven- tion transform our daily living. Let every leaping mountain calar- act be yoked to the service of man. Let our Wide fields grow whiter with fleecy cotton, more golden with ripening grain, more stately with waving corn, smiling back in still more fruitful beauty to the sunny skies above us. Let the wealth of the world continue to flow in ten thousand channels among our people till ease and culture and leisure and material comfort have lifted the heavy bur- den of hopeless toil from every American heart and every Ameri- can home. But—let the lofty sense of per- . sonal honor and personal dignity and personal integrity that distin- guished the fathers remain the heritage of their busier sons. Let the old-time courtesy and chivalry and hospitality hold their place in spite of business cares and sordid haste to be rich. Let the scorn of the old—time gentleman of the Lee type for trickery and the dis-_ honest dollar protect this younger generations from the many perils of the modern market place. Let the moral and ethical standards of the past prove an effective bul- wark against this muddy flood of luxury, frivolity, and shallow main- mon-worship. And above all, let the deep and fervid piety of Lee and his associates consecrate our growing wealth and national power to the service of God and man, purify our business, our politics. our homes, and our ideals, sweeten into loving fraternity the relation- ship of American rich and poor, and make our growing wealth and national power not the admiration only but the blessing of the whole world. Thus and thus only shall we be enabled to yoke the car of our ma- terial prosperity to the onrushing chariot wheels of the divine and invisible purpose, and win for our- selves active partner ship with the divine. “Build thee more stately mansions, on, my soul, As the swift seasons roll; Leave'thy low-vaulted past. Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting seal” with a « lost a '7-5 count to the Tar Heels. 5,’ OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290604/WLURG39_RTP_19290604_004.2.txt . were held. PAGE FOUR Rockbridgei County May Become“ A Mother Of Another lnventor _ New Tester For Radio Tubes Are Seen; Six Discoverers Resided Near Here. Rcékbridge county may become the mother of another inventor. A cleaner and presser in Lexington says that he has invented a tester _ for radio tubes. He became in- terested in radio some time ago, and took a correspondence course in it. He has been buying up old battery sets and electrifying them. As yet, he has not applied for a oatent because his tester is’ not '4' u,uite perfected. The exact nature ‘of the invention is a secret, ‘but the inventor claims that as soon as it is perfected it will prove of value to radio. Six inventions have been pat- ented by men from Rockbridge COullI‘_»’. The first successful reap- ing inzuhine, and the prototype of all harvesting machines are now in use the world over, was invent- ed and constructed by Cyrus Hall McCormick at the forge on his fa- ther’s farm in Rockbridge county. This invention wrought the great- estchange in agriculture that has evér taken place. It brought about a revolution in agricultural meth- ods and greatly affected many phases of economics.» The father of Cyrus invented a reaping machine earlier, but it did not work. The young son did not copy his father’s machine, but built one of his own on entirely new principles. He received a patent on June 21, 1834. It was not until five years after he obtained his patent that he started the manufacture of reap- ers. In order to get sales he had to persuade the farmers of the worth of his machine. Many trials Once, when he was testing the reaper on a hillside it didn’t work so well. The man who owned the what, being rather hot- headed, told him that he didn’t want his wheat cut and threshed at the same time. The reaper was then taken over to another mall’s farm where it worked much better, and part of the time did good work. After this, McCormick im- proved his reaper‘ and his sales be- gan to increase. In 1847 he sold two reapers, the next year seven, the next, forty-three. In 1847 the sales reached 450. McCormick soon realized his best opportunity lay in the West. Here the reaper was a necessity, and not a luxury as it was in Vir- ginia. After giving exhibitions with his machines in the West, he went to Chicago, at that time a city of about 10,000 people. There he started manufacturing reapers on a large scale. Obed Hussey took out a patent for a reaper some months before McCormick. The patent laws at this time were very lax and both men got patents on very similar machines. McCormick had a great deal of trouble with Hussey as soon as the value of reaping machines was rec- ognized and there was a demand for them. Hussey began selling his machine in Virginia. McCor- mick challenged him to a competi- tive test near Richmond. At the trial there were five judges and about fifty spectators. After a test of about two hours the judges decided McCormick’s machine was the better. Their decision was printed in the Richmond paper the next day. Field contests such as this became very popular, especial- ,y in the West. qften four horses would be hitched to the reapers and they would be dragged through weeds, briars, brush, and saplings, at a gallop, to see which could stand the most abuse. When McCormick asked for an extensionof his patent, Hussey opposed him. The board of pat- ents refused to grant him an ex- tension, and he appealed his case to congress. The fight continued for fifteen years, some of the most prominent lawyers in the country at that time taking part. Among these were Douglas, Seward, Staunton, and Lincoln. Farmers opposed the extension because it would give McCormick the power to control the price of reapers. Manufacturers of reapers opposed it because they would have to cease manufacturing if he had his patent renewed. By means of let- ters, and lobbying these factions succeeded in defeating the bill. James E. A. Gibbs, from Rock- bridge county, invented a chain stitching sewing machine. 'He got his idea from an old print of a sewing machine. Later, on seeing a Singer machine, he realized his idea was patentable. He went into business, and by combining his patent with that of another com- pany he was very successful. Dr. William Graham, a nephew Calyx Executives vs E. H. Ould, Manager C. C. Hutchinson, Editor to William Graham who figures in the founding of Liberty Hall academy, invented a fire extin- guisher. Long after his death, a patent was issued to the adminis- trator of his estate, in recognition of the fact that he was the first to conceive of the idea. Other inventions of Rockbridge county men are: Samuel Houston, a patented threshing machine; Charles H. Locher, an aerial dump for excavation, and Michael Miley, color photography. .j_j.:0:————j-'1 VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM CLOSES MEDIOCRE SEASON (Continued From Page Three). storm broke as Virginia and Da- vidson followed in succession to defeat the Generals on Wilson field. Taking the road into the Washington sector, V. P. 1., Mary- land, and Navy defeated the Smith- men on successive days. Return- ing again to their home field, the Generals unleashed a fine attack which subdued the diamond repre- sentatives from Guilford. After being rained out on the scheduled date of the game, N. C. State returned the following Mon- day and won a 9-3 decision after twelve innings of wrangling, in which the Generals went to pieces in the twelfth after playing good ball up to that time, and kicked the horsehide all over the field to let six runs across the plate. Maryland was next and the Old Liners earned their victory over the Generals. Behind fine fielding on behalf of their outfilders, V. P. I. scored their second victory of the season over the Blue and White nine. The University of Virginia was met in the last game of the season in a game at Lambeth field in Charlottesville and Costello again bested Captain White and the Cavaliers won the game, 11 to 5. Losing only three men this year and having most of the men on the team sophomores the outlook for the next year is very bright inasmuch as there are several members of this year’s freshman nine who can supplant the ailing regulars on the varsity. Martin, who has done about everything that is possible to do on a dia- mond this spring for -the frosh nine, will push some regular on the varsity out of his position. He is a fine fielder, a nice pitcher, and a very heady ball ’player who has a better stance at the plate than any man on the varsity of this season. His hits are all clean drives that would be hits in any circuit. Everett Cross at second has been playing a whale of a game all year for the frosh as well as Burke on the “hot corner” will come in for consideration before next season’s varsity nine picked. is 3 bers of the various classes in the THE CalyxCAppIeCared On Campus, Best In History Book Dedicated By Editor To Carl E. L. Gill; Theme, Modernism. S The 1929 Calyx has made its‘ appearance on the campus and has met the whole-hearted approval of every student. ‘The book, 386: pages, closely follows the theme of modernism with drawings by Ma- rion Junkin the feature of the book. C. C. Hutchinson dedicated the book to “Carl Everett Leonard Gill, B. S., LL. B., in appreciation of his direction of social affairs at Washington and, Lee, and his posi-- tion as mediator between faculty and student body.” Mr. Gill’s pic-l ture has been placed by hand in every Calyx, adding more deeply to the dedication. . The book is separated into nine groups, opening with the scenes about the campus, followed with a picture of the trustees and pictures of the faculty. Section two has the pictures and names of ‘mem- University. — Part three is set aside for social fraternities with organizations falling under classi- fication four. Society, beauty, features, ath- letics, and humor follow in order mentioned. The book shows an immense amount of work by the editor and his co-workers. The theme is carefully carried out from the front cover, a sketch of modern- ism, to the lastpage. This year’s fraternity section is somewhat unique with a picture of every frat house inserted in the picture with members of the chapter. The photography was taken care of by Arthur Leonardt of White's studio of New York, under the di- rection of Pete Mullins, editor of the 1925 Calyx. Benson Printing company of Nashville printed the» book with Capitol Engraving com- pany of the same city doing-the engraving. The book is a masterpiece and is a credit to any institution. Campbell Hutchinson is editor and E. H. Ould, business manager. Al- ready, under the leadership of these two men who gave Washing- ton and Lee its greatest annual, work has begun on next year’s book, and if these men can impart enough of their knowledge and ex- perience to the incoming staff students may expect a great book next year. __jjT Merchant: “Why, madame, these eggs must be fresh. They just came in from the country this morning.” Madame: “Yes? What coun- try?” RING-TUM PHI- RETIRING EDITOR OF SOUTHERN COLLEGIAN Thomas J. Sugrue STUDENT UNDER GENERAL R. E. LEE TELLS OF DR. CAMPBELL Continued From Page 1 into the making of iron; coal, iron ore, limestone are right in hand. Where the railroads cross is Bir- mingham; in the near future it will certainly be one of the great cties of the world and the greatest iron centre on earth.” And much more to the like ef- fect, which has passed out of mind. With prophetic ken the profes- sor saw the future, the wonder of the world and the wonder that would be. What would he think, could he return to earth and see the realization of his dream? Now why is a prophet without consideration? What is it that makes us unconscious of the seer? The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master’s crib; but Is- rael doth not know, my people doth not consider. Had I considered, and bought, I should now be many times a ‘mil- lionaire. Lands were then a drug on the market whose value now is far up in the thousands. Since then Birmingham has grown south- wards over the highlands, has crept to the top of Red mountain and over into Shade’s valley and in its growth has carried fabulous values. \ How youth neglects its oppor- tunities; how little it heeds the passing moment and the current thought; how little inclined it is to snatch the fleeting hour and make the most of it! Had I just heard. The genesis of this letter. The Alumni Magazine came to me a few days ago and was read from cover to cover with great in- terest: Its pages had much in them of Dean Campbell. Harry Campbell, the boy of my memory; the only familiar name now con- nected with the grand old insti- tution, Washington and Lee, that lingers so fondly in affection and recollection. And my soul went back to the olden day and to his' father. I knew‘the father in the fall of sixty-nine when I was first at college. Tall and angular, grey hairs and full grey heard, kindly blue eyes, a voice that never knew anger or criticism, a disposition that considered every one else as good as life had made him. In every relation of life, husband, fa- ther, teacher, friend, citizen, he was true to the gentility of his birth and to the traditions of his lineage. Do such men live now? Or did nature break her die in making them? Or are we just blind to the things that surround us? Will President Hoover rank with Pres- ident Washington? Or Bishop Cannon with Bishop Munson? And will Harry be as great hereafter to his students as his father is now to me? My very sincere affection for him leads me to believe and hope ‘all good things for him and to lpray that such good things may enduce with him forever. Very truly, ‘ W. H. TAYLOE. o LEXINGTON “SVVEET GIRLS GIVE HELP IN SELECTION OF NAME FOR “CALYX” Continued From Page 1 A. G. Jenkins, West Virginia; A. B. La Far, South Carolina; R. S. McClintic, Missouri; B. McLester, Tennessee; J. M. Mason, West Virginia; J .P. Michler, Pennsyl- vania; H. R. Morrison, Arkansas; G. C. Powell, District of Colum- bia; J. R. Smith, Virginia; Livings- ton W. Smith, now professor of mathematics at Washington and Lee; J. R. Tucker, Virginia. The method of selecting the editor-in-chief was again changed in 1898, when at a mass meeting of the student body, the editor-in- chief, the assistant editor-in-chief, and the business manager were chosen. The graduating class of the academic school and the grad- uating class of the law school were given the right to name three representatives each to the edito- rial board, while the junior class of each school secured the right to name one representative. This method continued in vogue until comoparatively recent years when the direct ballot method of eleéting the editor and the busi- ness manager came into existence. This system as now used leaves the matter of staff selections en- tirely in the hands of the editor and business manager. 0 133 GRADUATES RECEIVE ¢ THEIR DIPLOMAS TODAY (Continued From Page One). West Virginia. " Lind Prize, Edmund Lee Gamble, Alabama. Of the 133 degrees confiirmed upon the seniors, one was in engi- neering, eighteen in law, fifty-six in arts, seven in science. fix‘ re- Prize Being Offered To Underg raduates For Writing ‘Book On College And Student Life ——$3,000 Grand Award. College men and women are sifting, experimenting and think- ing more boldly than any other group. They are building the new America. As our gesture of belief in them and in what they are dis- covering about life and doing about life, College ‘Humor, in con- junction with Doubleday, Doran, in the June issue announced a prize for the best novel of campus so- ciety‘, to be written during the summer vacation months by anl‘ American undergraduate or a grad- ' uate of not more than one year. Eager to know what the estab- iished writer would think of such contest, College Humor sent out personal letters to a few authors and in reply received the follow- ing frank comments: Sinclair Lewis: .“I aln sorry, but I think that the whole project of your ofi"ering a large prize to col- lege students for a novel is about, as bad a thing for them as could be conceived of. I can think of nothing more ruinous to a young- ster in college than to receive such a prize.” Irwin Indorses. Will Irwin; “In the multiplicity of book competitions nowadays, your college prize stands out as really useful. They are the ap- prentices, those young men and women now working in colleges, and the sooner intelligent publish- ers pick out and encourage the promising ones, the better.” Irvin S. Cobb: “For one, I’m‘ heartily in favor of t e plan. Any-l body who increases the flow of hu-E mor is a benefactor to the race.” Burtoll Rascoe: “Never in the. history of publishing has the! young, beginning writer found editors so receptive to, and audi- nnccs so eager for the work show-7 ing genuine talent, freshness of thought, and originality in ideas. . ,_ __ No longer is the young writer urged by editors to conform to some particufar formula in popular vogue at the moment or to adopt some mode set by their elders. As a result, we are getting new works of fiction by new writers each season which are astonishingly individual, astonishingly well writ- ten, and astonishingly interest- ing.” Seems Swell Idea. Nancy' Hoyt: “This prize com- petition seems to me a swell idea! I wish I were taking the trip with the rest of them. What a chance to realize those dreams which every one of us who scribbles through school and writes during college classes always cherishes. This is the time for the boy at ‘Yale and the boy in Georgia Tech to compete with as much gusto as they’d show on the ‘ gridiron. Things turn out surprisingly—we may find a sophisticated, (lashing story from a Bryn Mawr high- brow, and a fluffy co-ed will per- haps turn in a smashing indict- ment of campus. All luck to your scheme.” Vincent Starrett: “I like the idea of the College Humor and Doubleday, Doran prize contest very much and I look to see a num- ber of unusual campus novels come out of it. ‘A story of youth seen through the eyes of its own gen- eration,’ to quote the announce- ment, might very well be a re- sounding masterpiece of either ro- mance, irony or what is loosely called realism. My personal vote, if I had one, would go to an ironic novel; for instance, Alec Waugh’s ‘The Loom of Youth,’ a Leviathan of a British school story, now in some danger of being forgotten.” Helpful For Writers. Wallace Irwin: “I think the Col- lege Humor “and Doubleday Doran ll Contest, Doublefday, prize offer for a college novel is a helpful plan to encourage young writers. Literary ability usually begins to show itself during under- graduate days, and such a prize should act as a nest egg to, some future novelist of importance.” In the June College Humor the rules of the contest, addressed to those eligible to compete, are an- nounced as follows: The prize novel may be a story of college life or college people in other environments, your personal story or the novel you have al- ways wanted to write about your generation. Keep in mind the ten- tative title: “I Lived This Story.” Three thousand dollars will be paid to the winner for the right to serialize the story in College Hu- mor, and to publish it in book form, and will be in addition to all rolayties accruing from book pub- lication. Motion picture and dra- matic rights. will remain with the author. Right to Publish Book. College Humor and Doubleday, Doran reserve the right to publish ‘in serial and book form, according ‘to the usual terms, any of the ‘'novels submitted, in addition to the prize winning serial. The contest will be judged by the editors of College Humor and {Doubleday, Doran and Company. :Manuscripts rejected from the con- ltest will be returned immediately. ‘ Typed manuscripts of 75,000 to ; 100,000 words (the ideal length be-. ‘ing 80,000) should be sent with return postage, your name and ad- dress to the Campus Prize Novel Contest, College Humor, 1050 North La Salle street, Chicago, Ill., or to the Campus Prize Novel Doran and jCompany', Inc., Garden City, N. Y. ‘Two Students Killed And i-1......‘ Others Injured As Car Skids Two students were killed, two, seriously injured and two more slightly injured when a car mak- ing a. curve after a heavy rain skidded from the road two weeks ago Saturday night. The boys killed were I. H. (Gus) Elias and W. A. (Bill) Plummer; the two seriously injured were Ben East- wood and V. C. (Pat) Jones, and M. G. Perrow and Rowland Walker were the ones slightly injured. When the paper went to press Eastwood and Jones were doing nicely at the Jackson Memorial hospital. Eastwood had never re- gained consciousness, while Jones was able to carry on lengthy con- versations with his parents. Doc- tors are now very hopeful for both boys. Perrow and Walker were dis- missed from the hospital in time to take their first examinations. Sunday afternoon after the wreck services were held in the Lee chapel. The chapel was filled to capacity as saddened students, members of the faculty and towns- people assembled to pay respect to the two gallant youths, Elias and Plummer. After the services were concluded at the chapel some six hundred students marched in front of the hearses to the C..and 0. station and formed a double line’ to pay homage to thedead. After the hearses had passed the line closed in and with the assistance of the Glee club the student body sang “College Friendships.” With the tolling of the bell on the engine and tears dimming many students’ eyes, “College Friend- ships” was again sung as the train slowly moved away carrying i home the bodies of two calnpus' leaders. There was stillness in the air, one could easily realize the grief which every student bore. The accident happened on the road to Natural Bridge, about . W. A. Plummer I. H. Elias l I the turn being very deceptive for anyone not thoroughly familiar with the road. The car was forc- ed to the side of the road by the unexpected length of the curve seven miles from Lexington, on {and skidded on the wet macadam, the curve past Buffalo creek. The boys were returning from a dance at Natural Bridge, about twelve o’clock. Jones was driving the car, which was owned by East- wood. The curve is very sharp_ and poorly banked, the length of, the rear wheel striking a protrud- ing rock. The car somersaulted and turned right side up again, but facing Natural Bridge. Elias was killed instantly, while Plummer died a very few minutes after reaching the hospital. ceived a master of arts degree, and the remaining were in commerce, with one receiving a certificate. Below is listed the students re- ceiving degrees: List of Applicants for Degrees 1928-29 Civil Engineer . L. Shirey. Master of Arts . E. Caldwell. W. Dunnington. . Irby. . Riley. . White. Bachelor of Laws. . Becked. . Beirne, Jr. . Claunch. . Fozzard. . Giuffra. W. Hamilton. '. M. Heuser. M. Holt. L‘ W???“ W. Lancaster. T. Lowe. . H. McLeod. D. Powers, Jr. . C. Strite. 5 I l ?°>>S—‘§’1.“‘§§3."’«”-I1.0F"I'C’ . J. Thompson. . B. Towill. ooper Turner, Jr. G. W. White. J. C. Wilbourn. Bachelor of Arts. C. V. Amole. E. N. Backus. A. S. Barnes. C. S. Bear. R. E. Beaton. J. G. Berry.’ Gatewood Brock. R. P. Carter. W. F. Chandler. W. E. Connell. McRee Davis. H. F. Day. K. A. Durham. B. C. Eastwood. J. V. Eddy. R. B. Embree, Jr. J. M. Faulkner. R. G. Franklin. W. W. Glass, III. C. E. Hamilton, Jr. N. E. Hawes. J. A. Henderson. R. W. Hendrix, Jr. I. W. Hill, Jr. W. M. Hinton. H. H. Huffman. W. B. Jacobs. H. P. Johnston. A. ‘C. Junkin. J. L. Lockett, Jr. W. B. Lott. E. F. Madison. P. S. Mertins, Jr.‘ W. N. Offutt, III. J. J. Phillips. J . A. Pilley. OHUJU1 The closing date of the contest is midnight, October 15, 1929. F. C. Proctor, II. F. L. Spencer. B. R. L. Rhett. J. J. Salinger. I. T. Sanders. M. Scligman. M. Shackelford. N. Smith. E. Spencer. C. Spengler, Jr. Sperry. . S. Stephens. P. Stevenson. J. Sugrue. W. Tankard. R. Tolley. I C. Watson, Jr. H. White. H. Williams. H. Wilson.’ P. Wright. Bachelor. of Science. C. Bosseau. G. Burton, Jr. ‘. B. Haley. . M. Janney, Jr. 13. P. Knight, Jr. J. P. Lowry. Bernard Yoeppe, Jr. >9-O?’ ~l€.0?3W€.“‘.°“.*9?‘7E?UF‘F.C>.°" Bachelor of Science in Commerce . M. Allen. . S. Bacon. . J. Bolton. . P. Bush, Jr. . D. Carver. B. Collison. R. Dobbs. H. Goodwin. A. Haskell. C. Hutchinson, Jr. P. Johnson, II. S. Jones. ‘. C. Kelly. R. Ladd, Jr. H. Lanier, Jr. B. Lee. E. Lewis, Jr. N. Lowdon. . L. McCardell, Jr. L. McCarthy. . W. McCluer, Jr. . D. Mercke. R. Moffett. B. Morgan. P. Morrow. B. Nickey. . H. Ould. ". T. Parker, Jr. . F. Powell, Jr. '. S. Ragland. '. W’. Rainer. J. H. Randolph. W. H. Reardon. W. T. Rowland, Jr. J. L. Rule. J. M. Sherwood. A. D. Silnpson, Jr. '. P. Wall. C. F. Thompson. W. H. Wilcox, Jr. ‘H. M. Wilson, Jr. G. M. Wright, Jr. S. M. Wright. Certificate in Commerce. A. D. Simmons. “rssEgrapesr>o9s@@scsore:>w>ww~