OCR::/Vol_022/WLURG39_RTP_19190304/WLURG39_RTP_19190304_001.2.txt GENERAL WAS}-III-I G TON LOSE I: si GANI -"V "FBI-C ST’ ZIENTS AND FOR TI-IE STUDENTS TY, TUESDAY. MARCH 4, 1919 t... 2:.‘ t~. U N }.\/ERSI OF SCHEDULE Til VA. lE(HS W I White and Blue Fight From Start to Finish, But Are Un- able to Overcome Lead of V. R] I—McCain Cages Five of Nines Field Goals. By Robert M. Curtis In a fast game of basketball played in the city auditorium in ‘Roanoke Saturday night, the Generals qulnt went down before that of V. P. I. by the score of 35 to 23. The started off with a rush and for sev-. eral minutes neither team scored, though both missed several close shots. _‘ W. and L. drew the first blood with 3 field goal by Hines, but the Techs got their first within another minute of play. From then on to the close of the first half the score ran close. V. P. I. got a slight lead that was evened up by the Generals with the score of 10 to 10, but before the end of the opening half the Techs had an edge of three points with the score at that point 15 to 12. The Techs opened up strong in the second half and ran seven straight field goals before the Generals were able to locate the basket. Howe’-rer thev rmt. th‘t‘(-9 fI“" <'.”«"!”"< ‘I‘«13'l" I “win period. The score here stood 3‘ to. 15 in favor of the Techs. ‘.\IcCain had a bad fall at this point and .~.r'te‘: a brief rest came back. -Jimmie Fain then shot a pretty basket from mid- field and following this the Generals caged three straight baskets, and nar- rowed Tech’s lead to seven points with the score standing 30 to 23, but from then they were unable to score while V. P. I. landed two more field goals, winding the score up with 35 to 23. With the exception of the opening minutes of the second half, the floor and team work of the two quints was about evenly divided, both teams pass- ing rapidly and shooting continuously. In this department the Techs counted better for many of the shots by the Generals missed after hair raising moments of hesitating on the rim of the basket on the back board. The game was played before the largest crowd that ever witnessed a basketball game in Roanoke and was one of intense excitement and interest throughout. Even after the score seemed to be getting away from them, the Generals fought hard and for a while looked as though they would overcome the lead the Techs piled up in the first part of the second half. With 400 or more Cadets from V. P. I. on the sidelines, the Generals were somewhat handicapped by lack of rooters, but their friends were fight- ing right along with them even though outnumbered. There was absolutely no objectional roughness in the contest and the Roan- okers were given a taste of real basketball. For the Generals McCain was the leader with five out of the nine field goals. Fain and Hines ea-ch got two, and the latter landed live out of seven foul chances. Parrish was easily the most conspicuous Tech player and had a decided advantage game ‘ (Continued on Page 8) I 1 STUDENT VOLUNTEER UNION IN CONFERENCE THIS WEEK I E. M. POTEAT, I). 1).. LL. D. s M ZWFMER, 1). n_, e. R. G. 9. STRONG ADDRESS BY DR. HOWERTON Leader of Christian Thinking In- vited to Speak Again This Week.....Has Important Mes sage for Every Student. Dr. Howerton is without doubt one .f the leaders of Christiankthinking who have taken his "')da_\‘. Those Bible I course must realize that there he has been teaching the Social Prin- ‘iples of Christ which many publica- fions and teachers are now turning 3 for the first time as the solutioqri-df resent day reconstruction problems. ._ ‘iowever in University courses "a pro- fessor is naturally somewhat limited as he is not when asked to make out- >ide addresses. Last Wednesday night, at the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Hower- ton gave a strong student interpretat- ion of “Not by might, nor by power. But by spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.” When one realizes that man is only 1 magnificent animal plus a spark of the Divine which is designated by 'arious terms of conscience, religion, moral standards, etc., the necessity for fanning that spark is clear. No better opportunities can be had than Dr. I-Iowerton‘s talks and it is hoped that large numbers of the student ‘>ody wil avail themselves of the chance. Dr. Howerton has been asked to give another talk this week on Tuesday night in the Y room at 7230. Every student can afford the time if he plans his work ahead and no stu- dent can afford to miss this message. If it was not worth your time the Y would not be putting it on. If it is use it. Religion is back of the Peace Conference, the League of Nations, and every big movement. You, as a University man cannot afl*‘ord to lg- nore it if you expect to go from here as a leader. Come once and you will come again. TRINITY FIVE GO DOWN IN DEFEAT First Half Closely Contested— ._ recund Half Generals Un- steady Visitors by Co-opera- iive Team Work. V-fashington and Lee added more *."ei::'li't to her claim of the South At- .intic chzxmpionship by defeating Trin- ity Tuesday‘ night, 38 to 17 in one of the fastest games played on the home :‘oor this year. The visitors started out strong, :.m;:is.sin_o: 5 points before the Generals '_:-o’:‘e«,l at all, but later could not stand "he sti" pace set by Fain and hisvhus- fzies. €ll1(I were content to play a de-I‘ :"ensiv.3 game only, after the first half. The first period was hotly contested all the way and ended 11 to 9 in favor of the victors, but in the second half .he White and Blue displayed a co- operation and team work as perfect as in the games played before Gra- ham’s injury, and held Trinity baf- fled by lighting passes, keeping con- trol of the ball practically this entire half. Raftery rushed the “dirtyfive” into the fray during the last few minutes, and this bunch did not fall far short of the Varsity in their handling of the ball. For W. & L. Fain and Hines starred, each netting 6 field goals. while Bryant at guard not content with allowing Trinity only one field goal in the last half, added two him- self to the Generals score. The line-up: W. and L. Position Trinity Arbogast ...................................... .. Cole Right Forward McCain .................................. .. Starlings Left Forward Hines ____________________________________ .; ...... ._ Page Center Fain ...................................... .. Aldridge Left Guard Bryant ............................... .. Hathaway Right Guard Conference Opens Friday Night at 8:30 in Lee Memorial Chap- el Drs. Zwemer and Poteat of International Fame Will Lead Program. ’ More than one hundred delegates to ‘the Conference of the Student Volun- teer Union of Virginia, to be held here from March 7th to 9th, have sent in their registration‘ cards to the Con- fererce treasurer, and probably more than that number representing prac- itically all of the leading educational institutions of Virginia will be in at- tendance. A program of compelling interest including such speakers as S. M. Zwemer, E. M. Poteat and Mrs. Katherine Eddy has been prepared, and all things now point toward the ,Fourth Annual Conference being the most successful yet held. The object of the Student Volunteer Union is to recruit men and women for missionary work in foreign lands and to train students in this country to secure others to take missions for their life work. This Conference gives every indication of being the source of a great missionary revival throughout the schools .z.nd coliiges of .‘i;‘ginia. The delegates have been asked to come with the purpose in View of fac- ing the world situation as it stands, and answering the challenge. The experiences of Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer during twenty—five years in Egypt and Arabia, where he travelled extensively through unoccupied terri- tory in which no white missionary had ever gone, have placed him at the top of all authorities on Moslcm questions. He is a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, and a F. R. G. S. He has a world wide reputation as an author and as editor of ‘The Moslem World.’ But Dr. Zwemer is more than a mis. sionary. He is a statesman whose dis- tinguished work and researchihave been recognized by the state as well as by the Church, ad his books are given first rank in all libraries. He has just returned from the Near East via China, and brings a fresh and gripping message from the war zone with a wide sweep of vision of the world's need and the Church’s op- portunity. Dr. E. M. Poteat was for fifteen years a college president. As presi- dent of Furman University his mes- sages to. men attracted such wide at- tention ,and made such a profound impression that he was asked by the Laymen’s Missionary movement to de- vote his whole time to delivering hese messages so conspicuously suited to the times. He has come into na- tion—wide prominence because of his nasterful presentation to men all over this country of the money possibili. ties of Christian America. Mrs. Katherine W. Eddy is the sis- ter-in-law of the famous missionary, Sherwood Eddy, and has travelled with him repeatedly all over the East and Middle West. She is a special worker'for the Foreign Department of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A. The Conference will open on Friday \Continued on Page 8) (Continued on -Due 57 OCR::/Vol_022/WLURG39_RTP_19190304/WLURG39_RTP_19190304_002.2.txt _ of this menace in Russia, its spread ‘.*31mous selection, “Jud Bro\wning’s Ac_, 2 QUESTION OF UNIVE SAL MILITARY TRAINING DE- BATED ;~icgati_ve Given Decision at Meeting of Graham-Wash Last Saturday Nig.>;ht. Meeting‘ is Changed l5'ro1n Friday to Sat- urday Night. The; Grahani—Washington Literary Society held a very successful and en- joyable meeting last Saturday night. The‘ chief features of the program were a declamation by W. J. Rush- ‘mu, who took as his subject, “Jud }"“Iii'uWnirrg’s' Account of Rubenstein’s Playing,” and en debate on the ques- tion of universal compulsory military izmining. The program showed ttzurough preparation by all those tak- ing; part in it. The first number of the program was an ovation by Grissom. He chose as his subject, “Bolshevism—A World .3152-uace.” Grissom traced the origin “to Germany, and the possible men- ace that it presented to America. He iefined Boishevism as a system of class revenge and class tyrannyintermingled with fantical measures for the gov- eruinent of the country. Mr. Gris- aam is to be congratulated on the Lhorougli preparation that his work showed. The topic of current events was dis- cussed by J. H. T. Sutherland. He "gave a short resume of the latest news I an the Peace Conference, the debatei over the government control of rail-. roads, and the criticism in congress: “.-nncerning the League of Nations. ‘ This was followed by.: W. J. Rush—| ixxn’s declamation of Dr. Bagley's. t ".!)I1fl‘C of Rubenstein’s Playing." Bothl dze voice and the actions of the old; Farmer were unusually well imitated, and the declamation was enjoyed by uii. L. A. MC-Murray gave a short ex—} ve.mporancous talk on the Student Vol- unteer Conference which is to meet ii-are next week. He discussed the pilrposc of the conference and its re- .iai'.ioi1 to Washington and Lee. He «zlosed by a few remarks on the per- sonnel of the delegations and the prob- zihic program that would be followed. “Hie last feature of the program ie debate. The question reads: 1-‘ soived, That the Federal Govern- ;'n..er-.t should compel every able—bodied citizen between the ages of 21 i1.u~;'i‘ 25 to take, under adequate pro- cision, at least six months of military or naval training. The speakers on the affirmative were Verbon Kemp and Curtis Humphreys, while E. W. Poin- dexter and B. A. Davis spoke for the negative. The aflirmative argued that such a plan of military training was needed to insure the safety of the zountry. They held that it would fur- nish much accordance with our demo- aratizr ideals, and that it would fur- nish much needed physical training to the youth of our country. '{'i‘.ie negative met these arguments ‘x-vith. the claim that under the League of Nations such a military establish- ment; would not be allowed. They held that it was not only useless, but that it would entail upon the country -cw. heavy and unnecessary expense. They suggested in place of it the establish- ment of a small well equipped army by the old citizen volunteer system. The judges rendered a divided decision in favor of the negative. Thequestion of the time of the meet- ings was taken up and it was carried that the time of the meetings should be changed from Friday to Saturday night. The meeting then adjourned. ipart of his talk, Dr. Howerton said RING-TUM-PHI DR. HOWERTON DELIVERS impimssiviz MESSAGE AT “Y9! We Cannot Successfully ACCOHT1-‘ plish Our Tasks Without the Aid of the Power of God De- clares Speaker. The first regular religious meeting of the Y. M. C. A. was held last Wed—i nesday night in the “Y" room. Dr.‘ Howerton was the speaker of the eve- ning and the forty men who heard him were very much impressed by his message. He did not announce any particular subject for his talk, but it might be entitled “Using the Power of God." In opening the address, Dr. How- erton reminded his audience of the Scripture reading where Zachariah had told the children of Isreal to re- ly upon the power of God in rebuild- ing Jerusalem rather than upon their own strength. Continuing he said that for any task there must be power commensurateyto it for its accomp- lishment. “This is true,” he said, “in every department of life Whether it be mental, physical or spiritual.” And secondly he said that the power must be of the proper kind. He illustrated this by showing that in dealing with physical forces we must make use of the laws of nature and physics, but in dealing with persons it must be per- sonal powers that we seek and use. He then told how some consider all physical laws and the spirit of God working in a regular and orderly way. This question he dismissed as beside the point and stated that it is beyond a doubt a fact that God’s power is per- sonal and that we must use of this power in our relations with persons. In what might be called the second that the essential task of the “Y” is ‘spiritual no matter where its activi- !ties lie and this should not be made isuhordinate to other tasks. “Our he said, “is to win men to Christ, an dwe don’t want it dis- guised. Use power commensurate it.) the task. The object is personal, ltherefore the power obtained must be ‘:3~,ersonal." The speaker pointed out that in approaching a person whom one has hurt, the first thing is to ask for forgiveness, and then his help,and finally his advice is followed if it worth while. The same method must be used with God. A person cannot get along successfully without his power and he must get it without ad- } vancing far. i Dr. Howerton said, “You might as well say that a match cannot burn a 1 house down as to say that as small a ‘group of the active members of the “Y" cannot do anything for religion here." He then told of the experience of his own college along this line. He :~;aid that about ten men formed a prayer group and determir.ed to pray, until the spirit of God rested on that college. Gradually the group enlarged mild finally through their own efforts the whole college was coming to the egular meetings and a veritable re- vival had taken place in the college and even spread to some extent int: the town. In closing the speaker said, “Suppose those here toninght wouid this night start asking for the Holy Spirit. Th is can start a spiritual lire which will next reach every man in college. You cannot do it without the spirit of God. . You can do it with his spirit.” DR. HOWERTON HAS IM- PORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU “Y” ROOM 7:30 TONIGHT. CANNOT MISS IT. I task,” for‘ i. COLLAR CLUETT. PEABODY8 Co. Inc‘. ./ffake/7.5‘ R. G. MONTGOMERY AUTO SUPPLIES Vulcanizir g and Tire Repairing FREE AIR ON THE STRE5:_.T H. K. WELSH & (,0. SSHQE SHOP 0 0” ii)/MOM 0 f Wmr Sires are wear_V let us soothe their souls. First Class Work EXPERT Photographer ¥Outdoor Work a Specialty Your Kodak Films Developed and l~i2;ished. Quick Work MILLE STUDIO YULH S FOR 2 c 28 Man Street Lexington Staple and Fancy:HliiR?nivmsoN—sAi£ co. Groceries mans & SLUSSCER; Fresh Meats Fish and Oysters in Season. Terms—Cash Phone 27 Fox's Barber Sf‘TViCv COME TO FCi}4i’S i :3 Want Yo:-. 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These are very practical questions every one interested has the right to ask, and it is the part of wisdom to consider the question from every angle and find out what the movement really amounted to. Why the S. A. T. C. Mo ement Had we known that the A‘f‘.nisti.cc would be signed when it was, there is little doubt that the government would 1 have considered the Students’ Army Training Corps movement so expen- sive that The stamp of i‘n7rz1“ti.?“‘:»i‘i‘:j: would have been placed upon it before it had its "rigin. ‘No niust :'eniembe‘:, l1OW8‘\ er. that we ha-(l at that time no means of lvzioxving how long the wa" was to lust, and the only wise thing: to do to prepare for the worse and be ready for a war lasting; for years, American younrr manhood was so 65/ eager to Get into the Big: Game” and “Get Across" that men were leaving college-s a:1:l universities by and hundreds to get into the service. The idea was to get across the qui.'k— est way possible and that it was in- finitely better to 3:0 acnoss now as a private, a cook of mechanic and re- main in that capacity for the duration of the War, than to wait six months or a year and become an ofiicer. This spirit was the thing: that made the Americans and especially the Marines (for they had the most of it), so for- midable a foe in the field. It had its drawbacks, nevertheless, for while it made a very high grade of Privates, Mechanics and Cooks, it used up with prodigal wastefulness the sources of material from which oflicers might be made. We had not begun to feel this yet,’ for our part in the war was a short one, but it was a real situation which had to be met. A college gradu- ate with three or four degrees to his name might make a very good cook with little training, but it is another matter to take the hired man from some farm in the backwoods and make an oflicer of him if he has no previous education or training. To do this in three or four months in an Officers Training Camp was out of the ques- tion. Even though commissioned, how much respect could such men com- mand from their better educated and more intelligent subordinates? Now if ofiicers were to be made, and Ofiicers there had to be, there must be the E proper Ofiicer material to make them out of. The onlyinaterial in sight was the rising generation of college men and the only solution was to keep this reservoir of potential Oiiicer ma- terial where it could be found when wanted and where it would at the same time receive the training to bet- ter fit it for the part it might soon be called upon to play. The result was the formation of the Students’ Army Training Corps. Each college was made into a little Army camp. The government furnished regulation uniforms, rifles, bedding, etc. The in- stitution furnished the tuition, hous- ing and subsistence. Regularly com- missioned army otficers were detailed and the usual reports sent in from all camps were called for by the war department. First The Training Detachments ling‘ detachments. fly inducted as soldiers in the United . scores, RING-TUM-PHI plan, a number of training detach- ments were formed. These were chiefly at State Universities or Col- leges of Engineering or Mechanics A ts. Men were regularly drafted by the Local Boards, attention being and mechanical training, They were regular- ' States army and the routine of Camp ,life was installed with the exception ‘that the soldiers spent about four hours each day in shop work and study. Some . rock the course in truck driving and as soon as qualified were sent into the lc-amps in this country or to Europe to do truck driving. Some studied auto repairing, others carpentry, oth- e s tractor driving, others concrete work, others sheet metal work, and others, still other mechanical branch- es. The results of the work done in lithe training detachments were consid- lered satisfactory. The experiment of lthe Spring and Summer indicated that \the further plans for including the Educational Institutions would be ’\'lE‘ '. (To be continueil next issue) CL.~iSSES IN WORLDS PROB- lN'I’ERES"r'ING )iS(*uSj~E-Sed Thoroughly—Col- rzelvecr of Opportunity. Ninety- six Enrolled. ’”"’at interest is being manifested in the World's Problems Classes which are being held Weekly in many of the the college. Ninety—six men , have been enrolled, and such topics as the “League of Nations” or “The Feeding of the World” are being thoroughly discussed. A special course of study for these classes have been prepared by the educational and religious leaders of the country. This course consists of a series of twelve lessons in the study of world democracy, achievements to- w:.i'tl its success,past and present fail- ‘.1'.'€S,, and the solution of its prob- lems. University men cannot help but realize that 21 study of such question 5 those taken up in this course pre- pare them f':" ’;:’." service and Earger gains ‘up‘<‘.;t assfilhing their after college tasks. A normal class composed of the leaders of nine groups, and led by Rev. T. Young meets every Tues- day at 7:15 in the Y. M. C. A. oflice. From this class the leaders go to their various groups. The classes are con- ducted as discussion courses at a con- venient time during the week. The ‘topic for discussion this, week is, §"‘The Feeding of the World and Am- ‘erica’s Place in It.” This topic is be- ;ing discussed not only from an agri- lcultural standpoint, but also from an lindustrial and religious point of view. } These classes and their leaders are: Kappa Alpha .................. ..N. B. Hendrix Sigma Chi ________________________ H. Taylor ‘ Phi Gamma Delta, Prof. D. C. Humphreys Kappa Sigma .................. ..C. W. White Beta Theta Pi ___________________ _,C_ G, Moss [Sigma Phi Epsilon ....... ..T. M. Stubbs iAlpl1a Chi Rho ................ C. Stipes lliesteis Z-J’o;.;di;'.,;.:; House, ‘ J. B. Livesa_v EaSt Dormitory ................ ..P. Grissom 3 on. HOWERTON HAS IM- iPORTANT MESSAGE FOR l[YOU“Y”ROOM 7:30 TONIGHT. In order torthoroughly try out the I CANNOT MISS IT. \ Topics of Paramount Importance _ Mgr: :$'i‘35l Should Avail Them- ‘ fraternities and boarding houses of l — . l Everybody Goes __ T0 --._ McCrum’s Since 1866 they have been doing it, Vour fathers, even your grandfatht-rs. went to McCRUM’S. Because McCRU‘M’S Soda Fountain in a class by itself. Because McCRUM’S is the pace u here you meet your friends, really the s‘ cial centre. Because at McCRUM’S there is always something doing. Tobacco, W. & L. Stationery, Candy, Films: All Drug Store Sundries Mccrum Drug’ C0,, Inc. G. A. RHODES J Butcher and Dealer in Fresh Meats 1: OYSTERS. 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Raymond Smith, '22. W. B. Patterson, ’21, Cartoonist. MANAGING BOARD Cecil Burns. ’20, Business Manager. H. D. Jones, ’20, Assistant Manager J. H. Bryan, '21, Assistant Manager J. M. Glickstein, '21, Assistant Manager L. A. Cushman, ’21. Assistant Manager All matter of business should be ad- that comes to mind. the constitution and by-laws of the student body we are unable to find any reference whatever to a “vigil- ance committee” or to any powers that have been delegated by the stu—‘ dent body to the Not only that, but the student body constitution says that the exe- cutive committee “shall act as th3 representative of the student body in any situation when such‘ repre- sentative is needed * * * and shall settle grievences or complaints ar- ising between classes or student or- ganizations affecting the student body as a whole.” So on mature conside*:ation,we shall have to retract the first sentences cf this editorial after all, since it seems clea: that i; is ‘;'..e duty of the €Ii€‘..L1~ tive committee or of the stulent boldy as a whole to decide the question of assimilation and does not rest within the power of the class of 1922 to say that it “will retain the traditional power of assimilating and disciplin- ing Freshmen.” Looking at the Freshman “resolu- tions” from another point of view, they do not serve to refiect very cred- itably upon thecompetency of the class dresed to the Business Manager, andas a whole to exercise the important all other matters should come to tllO;p0\Ve1's which the Editor-in—Chief. We are always glad to publish any communication that may be handed to y afte»; three us. We desire to call attention to! the fact that unsigned correspondence will not be published. i A DECISION OF IMPORTANCE‘ Thirty- three Freshmen, expecting to be next And so it is settled now. year’s Sophomores, constituting a majority of the fifty-one present at a meeting called for the purpose of dis- cussing the assimilation question,have made the following’ resolutions: 1. tain the traditional power of assimi- That the Sophomore classro- lating and disciplining Freshmen. 2. That by mutual Sophomore class of ’22 pledge to re- frain from all forms of ‘beating’ and ‘brute force’ unless: a. Other forms of disciplining are disregarded, and b. Freshman Rules openly disobeyed. 3. That for the benefit of the Freshman class of next year these re- solutions shall be published as stated. Decided. The president and faculty didn’t approve of it, nor did the Ring- tum—Phi. Neither did any of the Seniors or Post Graduates, nor three- fourths of the Juniors. nor a fair ma- jority of the Sophomoresand Fresh- man classes at Washington and Lee. But what difference did that make? Thirty-three Freshmen have decided the question, and that’s all there is to it. Is it settled after all? These Freshmen say it is, and surely they are honorable men. But several lit- tle points of order and otherwise come into our mind and must be set- tled before the Ring—t_um—Phi can re- concile itself to the decision. In the first place, Robert’s Rules of Order insist that a "quorum of a “deliberative assembly with an en- rolled membership (unless the by-laws provide for a smaller quorum) is a majority of all the members.” SO we cannot help wondering whether a meeting of fifty-one men out of a class of three times that number should be competent to make a de- cision, especially whe_n.one—half of_ all the members had previously expressed their opinions to be different-. Then there’s another little point consent the thirty-three men iwoulcl so conlldently retain. The meeting in question was held vain attempts to get a quorum in attendance, and only fifty- one members of the class saw clearly enough their duty as Washington and Lee men to e:\‘ercisc their political functions at all. With such a display of W'ashington and Lee enthusiasm, the hundred absent Freshmen hardly gave marked evidence of fitness to “assimilate” Washington and Lee characteristics in future generations of students. And at the basketball rally the other night, though in this respect upperclassmen were also very largely at fault, over half the Fresh- men class showed themselves lack of the very Washington and Lee spirit for which they would asume the re- sponsibility of passing on to the class of 1923. But we pass from general criticism to a few specific remarks. Section 2 of the “resolutions" shows evidence of an honest attempt at reform and de- finite organization of the powers of assimilation. The advocates of the vigilance committee system in the present Sophomore class also point to the work and future plans of their committee as being the proper way to “assimilate.” Both are steps to- ward reform, and commendable ones, but experience of past conditions and other “good resolutions" leaves us skeptical as to either their success or their lasting qualities. Space does not permit to point out f‘J.1‘lZll€I‘ advantages of the proposed new system of assimilation as Outlined last week but the Ring-tum—Phi is firmly of the belief that the change proposed would be beneficial to all the best interests of Washington and Lee. However it is but an organ of the stu- den body and would not attempt to ingraft upon the men of Washington and Lee principles and policies to which they do not care to assent; We only urge fair and full consideration of the problem. In our opinion the matter is one which should be brought before a mass meeting of the student body an:l presented by the executive committee in the form of a constitutional amend- ment favoring one system or the other, in order that formal sanction can be given the final decision. The executive committee can and should take the lead and on it the student body waits. RING-TUM-PHI In looking over » Sophomore class. ‘ ALUMNI, WHAT ABOUT FINALS l'-! .1: 1'. Alumni, with June but a few l£'.".“I‘.i.llS '. we are taking fate in hax::Is. and talking FINALS to at the risk of being re- gaiderl as a bit previous, our plans for that Big Week are already under consideration, and inside of no time. we expect to have EVERY under- gra uatc in Washington and Lee, thii:kir.g FINALS, talking FINALS. and sleeping with FINALS on his min i. All right! Good for them! Now, wline do YOU come in Mr. Alumni? ‘We can’t see you personally, shake lyour hand, and say, “Come on back lfor FINALS, Mr. Alumni!” We ; can’t do that as much as we (1 like to do it, and we're not going ta have ts! When we tell you that We want you. and will nefd you to help us make FINALS a success, a bigger an:l bettes FINALS in all respects, and that this will be a FINAL WEEK with “pep” to it cf the old W. & L. kind, we’ve (lcne our work. We know that you , LA a\ _(J. ';er,ew old acquaintance and to make new friendships among you, the soon-to-be-return sons of Washington and Lee. JAS. R. FAIN. President cf Final Ball. THE CLUB HOUSE field club will The partly demolished h.c’.1-‘.=c on the fzthletfc grounis probably: be replaced sometime soon. It will be iecalled that late last sum- mer prepa,:itOry to receiving the influx of volunteers for the S. A. T. unit at VVashington and Lee, the Uni- versity ’r)e.<.a‘an to raze the Old club house, and with the reclaimed ma- terial t‘:ie:chy obtained planned the erection of a commodious mess hall on the campus just back of Doremus gymnasium, in which it was intended to feed the entire battalion. The club house was well stripped of its roof and other parts and the foundation was laid for the new mess hall. Just at this point, however, the govern- ment inspector came along, made a survey of the premises and ruled that the new messhall should not be con- structed as contemplated. Instead he suggested that the basement of the gymnasium should be converted into a kitchen and dining hall. Work was of course stopped immediately upon the proposed ne wconstruction, the evidences of which now stand as one sort of visible trophy of Washing- ton and Lee's part in the Great V\7a-1‘. The field club house has proved of invaluable aid to the VVashingtOn and Lee coaches in whipping in their var- ious athletic Lsquads in the past; so it is hoped that the University will de- cide definitely to repair the club house at an early date. A SUCCESSFUL SEASON By E. D. C. The 1919 basketball season, Wash- ington and Lee’s first athletics since the return of peace, has been success- fully completed. Losing only to V. P. I. and the University of North Carolina. and that after the mainstay of the quint had suffered an accident which upset the whole team, the Gen- erals, under Coach Raftery’s leader- ship made an enviable record. And we believe that but for the vagaries of fate and a sprained ankle that there wouldn't be all this trouble about finding a South Atlantic champion- ship. Washington and Lee doesn’t claim will be here and we will be waiting to I the blue ribbon of the division this season, but we believe that with the exception of V. P. I. no school has a better right to it than the Generals. Frankly we believe “there ain't no such animal” this winter. All praise to the fighting Generals and their fighting coach who in spite of handicaps have lived up to the best traditions of Washington and Lee athletic warriors. They may be as- sured the student body appreciates their services and congratulates them on a hard season well fought. STORY ON S. A. T. C. With this issue we are beginning a story on the S. A. T. C., written by —~ —, one most ably fitted for the task. The article is not limited to news and involves material which more properly belongs on the editorial page, but we hope this de- parture from journalistic principles will pass un-noticed by our readers. The story will be run in installments and will cover about four issues, with an insertion of about 600 words in each issue. The article takes up the reasons for the S. A. T. C. movement, the launching of the program, the progress of the organization, the de- mobilization, and concludes with the author’s views of the net results. We believe it will be read with keen interest by the exponents of this or- ganization as well as by the alumni who probably know little about it. The author has requested us not to publish his name and we are coin- plying with his request. However, the Ring—tum-Phi wishes to express its appreciation to the author for the article. VACANCY ON STAFF We regret very much to announce the resignation of A. M. Walker from the Staff, because of his recent ap- pointment as foreign attache neces- sitating his severance with the col- lege. Walker has been doing splendid work for the Ring-tum-Phi and his articles have always been interesting. However, we rejoice with him in his good fortune and the Ring-tum—Phi wishes him the best of success in his new field of activity. FRESHMEN TO DEBATE EM- ORY & HENRY INSTEAD OF HAMPDEN SIDNEY It was announced in the columns of the Ring-tum-Phi last week that the Freslnnen class had accepted a chal- lenge to a debate with Hampden-Sid- ney. However, this was a mistake and the challenge came from Emory and Henry. It is this college that the class of 1922 will debate. The error was due to a misunderstanding and we licpc no irreparable injury has re- sulted. Dr. Glover Hancock, professor of economics and commerce at VVashing- ton and Lee, has been named by Gov- ernor Davis a member of an advisory board appointed by him for the pur- pose of assisting in his budget duties under the new budget law passed by the last legislature. Several profes- sors and business men constitute the lyoard, with Dr. William M. Lyle of University of Virginia as chairman. DR. HOWERTON HAS IM- PORTANT MESSAGE FOR YOU“Y” ROOM 7:30 TONIGHT. CANNOT Miss IT. OCR::/Vol_022/WLURG39_RTP_19190304/WLURG39_RTP_19190304_005.2.txt RING-TUM—PHI ‘E13112 lhing-tu131“_1Iih} ‘ School at Harrisonburg, Sullins Col- ‘ technic DEBATING ..COUNCIL IS UN- ABLE TO ARRANGE TRI- ANGULAR DEBATE Lexington, Va.. March 4, 1919 RING-TUM-RHI NEWS ITEMS T Decision of University of Va. to Enter in Debate as Usual Bars Washington and Lee’s Parti- cipation. J. A. Witt, who was confined to his to his home last week, is able to be out again. _0.__ Rhodes Purdue has reslgned fromzdence, the debating council has been college on account of his recent 1ll- unable to arrange a triangular de_ neSS' bate between Johns-Hopkins Univer- sity, University of North Carolina,and Washington and Lee University. It seems that for several years in the past there has been a triangular debate held each year between Johns- Hopkins, North Carolina and the Uni- versity of Virginia and a little over a month ago when Johns-Hopkins sug- ——O— gested to Dr. Hancock, one of the A number of W. & L. menattended ‘faculty members of the debating coun- the dance given at the Virginian invcil, that such a debate be held be- Lynchburg Saturday night. ltween Johns—l-Iopkins, North Caro- _0__ lina and Washington and Lee, it \vas The epidemic of mumps which understood that the University of threatened the student body has passed l Vl1'¥<'lnl9~ "'V0"~1l' Lttrgest Pipe rl1a1Lu]':,u;Imm‘ Here is a pipe to be proud of in any company. Genuine French Briar, carefully SUIUULVCI, beauti- fully worked, superbly mounted with sterling band and vulcanite bit. OCR::/Vol_022/WLURG39_RTP_19190304/WLURG39_RTP_19190304_008.2.txt ‘Lend camp e Shop of Quality KNITTED TIES are the things now. We have a nice line. Drop in and look them over. 0 Cobb’s Pressing Shop Corner Washington .-ind J efferson Streets Cleaning, Pressing, Altering and Repairing We need your work. All work guaranteed. We call for and deliv 9» WE AISO DYE TO LIVE. PHONE 194 MEET YOUR FRIENDS HT I Lexington Pool Company’s STUDENTS’ WINTER fRESORT EAT The Beanery' Board $20.00 per month