OCR::/Vol_031/WLURG39_RTP_19280317/WLURG39_RTP_19280317_001.2.txt F reshmen! Support ._ STUDENTS, BY THE FOR THE UNIVERSITY Memorial Bridge VoI.UME xxxl WASHINGTON AND LEEHUNIVERSITY, SSATURDAOY, MARCH 17, 1928 7 NUMBER 41 l3ETA§1iJlNl\l§5.l?:;S O F INTER-i3i~i.5r.T COURT TOURPJE Winners Nose Out Phi D9118 in Last Minute Rally to Win 28-21 GUARDS FEATURE BATTLE Consistency Marks Stride of Title Holders Through Five Wins The annual inter-fraternity basket- ball tournament carne to a close last night when Beta Theta Pi defeat- hardest fought games ofthe tourney ed Phi Delta Theta in one o':' the by the score of 28-21 before a large crowd. Phi Delta Theta, victors over Pi Kappa Alpha in the semi-_-’,'inals Thursday night, gave the winners, who had eliminated Alpha Tau Omega the same night, the hardest opposition of the entire series, and it was only by a third last-hall‘ spurt that the Betas managed to gain the decision. The score by no means indicates the closeness of the game. The Phi Delts opened the contest with a rush, running their score to six points before the winners could tally a single marker. Ill the last few minutes of the first period Frank Jones rang up three two-markers LO initiate the scoring for the Betas. From that time on the decision was in a balance, the ultimate victors leading by a scant four points at half time. A Phi Delt rally cut the lead down to three soon after hos- tilities began in the third round, and it was not until late in the fray that the Betas were able to pull away. Until the last three minutes the result was still in doubt. The scintillating shooting of Clay for the losers and the guarding of Lanier and Clarke all but smother- iéi/EST VIRGINI.-r PEN/1 LIZED FOR ATHLETE BONUS VVest Virginia University has been expelled from membership in the North Central Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools under a charge of making payments of money to students for their ser- vices as athletes and for failure to audit the athletic funds of the school. The charge, brought by the execu- tive committee of the association and the two-year membership of the Mountaineer stronghold, it having gained entrance in 1926. Dispatches from Chicago, where the meeting ,was held, state that the university was warned about its perilous sit- uation a year ago. It is understood to be the intention of West Virginia athletic authori- ties to rectify the conditions during the coming year, and to apply for reinstatement at the 1929 meeting. The association has a membership of 251 colleges and universities. The expulsion of West Virginia is the most drastic action ever taken by the association against a member since its organization. 0:___ Kay Keyser Signed To Furnish Music For Easter Dances Kay Keyser and his orchestra from Chapel Hill, N. C. will play for the Easter dances, R. C. Latham, president of the Cotillion Club, an- nounced yesterday. This orchestra has been very de- sirous of playing here as it has played at numerous colleges in this section, but never at Washington and Lee before. In order that the music will carry well in the gyln wires will be strung over the ceil- ed the strong passing attack of the winning combination. Jones, Lowdon and Fangboner led the attack for the -Betas while Ladd and stults played a brilliant floor game. The team work of both clubs was of excep- tionally high caliber. Both teams showed the result of strenuous games of the preceding night. Beta Theta Pi had nosed out Alpha Tau Omega by an 11-8 score, while the Pi Delta Theta colnbilre sank a basket in the last minute of play to triumph over Pi Kappa Alpha 24 to 22. Box score of the final game: Beta Theta Pi Lowdon Stutts .... .. Fangboner Phi Delta Theta McCardell —- - Clay Hardwick Clarke Lanier Totals ------------------------------------ —- - 9 Semi-Finals In the first semi—final of Thursday night, A. T. 0. made a strong butl vain effort to remain in the running, but a late rally fell short and Beta Theta Pi finished ahead by three points. Street, for the losers, gave a clever exhibition of guarding,‘ but loss of men through fouls handicap- ped the losers to such an extent that the winners were seldom in danger. The final score was 11 to 18. The second semi-final found two evenly matched teams in a brilliant game that was not decided until Hardwick tossed the deciding basket for the Phi Delts in the last minute. Clay scored heavily for the victors to out-class the fine work of Dorman, Parker, and Speer. Half time found the P. K. A.’s leading by three points, but they were unable to main- tain this advantage before the strong rally of the winners. Phi Delta Theta McCardell _, Clay Hardwick Clarke Lanier . Zachary ................ .- Totals . Pi Kappa Alpha Parker Speer ,,,,, ,, Madison Totals ing, which are expected to improve the acoustics of the building great- ly. Although the gymnasium has not been decorated for the Easter dances in the past, tentative arrangements are being made to beautify the dance floor with suitable Easter de- corations. “The large crowd expec- ted for these dances will make it worthwhile to decorate,” says Lat- ham. Three dances will be held during Easter vacation. The first will be given by the Cotillion Club Monday night; the second is a dansant from 11 to 1 o’clock and the final (lance by the “13” Club Tuesday night. Figure leaders for the Easter dan- ces: Cotillion Club dance Monday: lead by R. C. Latham; assisted by W. T. Owen with Miss Jeannette Gilmer, of Hollins college. The “13” Club Dance Tuesday will be lead by W. P. Ritchie with Miss June Edmondson of Maryville, Tenn., and assisted by V. A. Fisher. 0- Crew Practice Will Start In Few Days Candidates for the Albert Sidney and Harry Lee Crews will ‘their spring workouts on North river shortly after March 20, in pre- paration for the annual regatta at Finals. According to Captain Garvin of Al- bert Sidney, and Captain Pierpont of Harry Lee, both crews suffered about the same from graduation last year. Each has one of the last year’s letter men back, and a few men from the second and third crews. The freshman crews of last year are practically intact. Both Captains declared a need for men to bolster up the weakness left by graduation. Men wishing to try for either of the crews are request- ed to sign the lists on the bulletin board or to get in touch with Cap- tain Garvin at 67 N. Main street, or with Captain Pierpont at the Phi Gam House. 0 Noted Librarian Here Dr. Ernest Cushing Richardson, librarian-ermeritus of Princeton, was a visitor at the University library last week. Dr. Richardson is mak- ing a tour of libraries in Virginia for the purpose of locating special book collections and rare books in order that a union catalog of such holdings may be made, he explained to local library attaches. Books and pamphlets on the life of General Robert E. Lee and some fine editions of the classics were a- mong the items which he noted here. uh. 'r BEFORE ' . K. ENITIATES Dr. r. W. now president of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and formerly a member of the University of Chicago facul- ty, will address local Phi Beta Kap- pa initiates and the public in Lee chapel, April 12, at 8 p. In. This address will take the place of the usual banquet at the Phi Beta Kap- pa initiation ceremonies, Dr. G. D. rirmniison Sllepardson of Chicago, Hancock, prerlldcrlt of the local chap- ter, announced yesterday. After Phi Beta Kappa pledges will retire to a smok- the speech the er which will oe lollowed by the for- mal llrltatlon ceremonies. ljr. blleparxlson ls lnaking his sec- ond visit to lvasnington and Lee. he came ilcre l'c‘.:’»L year to loot»; over the local beta '1lle.1tu ll cllalpter on Jan. 20’. lie l1é.;Lj a clcg'r'ee lorln several Lll1l\'Cl‘;jlLlt3,>' and l3'rowll. lie was on tile Llilcago '1‘l'l— uune write: 101' :JU\.'(,‘1'il.l ycurs l,c=lor‘e Ire took the pro- Iessolxslilp Amer'lc-all llistory at the unlvcrslty or ‘Chicago in 11110. llrclrlulng 1 ale :5 Liill as 0111 Lol'la.l 01 ‘Newspapers.’’’ NEWSPAPERS AS SOCIAL FORCES BANQUET THEME An effort to visualize the news- paper as a social institution rather than as a mere bulletin board pur- veying news will be made at the feature banquet, which will close the two day journalistic convention of the Southern Interscholastic Press Association to be held at Washing- ton and Lee May 11 and 12. ' Three thirty minute talks will be made on the following symposium subjects, under the general title of “As Others See Us." A lawyer will address the delegates and mem- bers sponsoring the banquet on “A Lawyer Looks at Newspapers.” One of the ministers of the city will speak on “A Churchman Looks at A leading educator will speak on “An Educator Looks at Newspapers.” The purpose of these speeches is to show what the newspaper can do as an educational force and social institution rather than a mere pur- veyor of news, according to R. B. Ellard, head of the Journalism De- partment of the University. Those in charge of the banquet are reserving a surprise element which will not be revealed until the night of the banquet. "T 7"-‘g 5'"! BR.'ii;J‘k;i.:‘: Ci. The l\lenlorial B1‘l(l_3_‘C Fund situa- tion was brought to the attention of the Freshman class at a meeting held Thursday night in Washington col- lege. gwv V? -4 35 ; V .» ‘E an;-xi Graduate lllanrlger R. A. Smith was introduced by John Stemlnons, class pr'esillelll. In givilre; his report of the present fillallcial status of the Bridge fund, l‘2«ll'. Smith said that $10,000 would be needed by the first of June to nleet obligations and that to date only about $51,000 has been collected. To raise the balance, he showed. the 't‘l'-;».-lllnzrxl class of this year VV01l;u to cooperate with the re;:t oi’ the sttldellt body in mak- ing the 1)l'oject a reality. la is DISCUSSED IN FROSTI rue THURSDAY IN CHAPEL Bill Dorsey, vice-president of the student body, made a short talk in which he stressed the idea of school loyalty and spirit, pointing to Vir- ginia’s recent additions to its athlet- ic equipment. With no state en- dowment and no large alumni asso- ciation, he showed that it is impera- tive that all students and alumni work together. The meeting was closed with an ni- vitation for those to sign pledges who had not yet done so. A num- ber responded, and others voiced the intention of doing so when their fin- ancial conditions became more pros- perous. begin . 5,50% i"aEi;éi.i.i:s Sold Yeari ' To “Coats” 3 About 5,500 paddles are sold an- nually to strltl-Hilts of the University according reports from the two lumber colnparlics in town. The lLlmllcl' company of Higgins and Irvine sells rtbollt: 1500 a year while the firm of Ruble and Hutch- eson furnishes the other 4000. These two colnpanies deal almost, exclusive- ly with the Corner in the paddle trade. The paddles for Washington and Lee students are made entirely of poplar which the cheapest and softest of woods. The greatest de- mand for these “necessities of a freshman” comes between January 15 and February 15 when many lots of one hundred are bought by fresh- men. The Vigilance Conrmittee is respon- sible for 2:30 of these paddles while the rest find their use in goat meet- ings and in initiations to both social and honorary :l‘rater'nities. -*0 Grades Due March 26 For Mid-Semester t o is Despite the enticing call of spring, nri(l—sellles‘te,l"s insisten clamor de- mands the attention of those who wish to “among those present” next September. E. S. Mattingly, [7niversit_v regis- trar, when illtervieivocl in regard to the date of lnid-semester reports and the length of the probzrtionar'_v per- iod, rcplied that the definite date for the i:-zluing ol' glatles was a yet undetermine-:1, but that all marks had to be in the office by March 26. This indicates that all grades will probably be given out before April 1st. Mr. Mattingly said, furthermore, that the matter of probation was in the hands of the Dean, that usually this period covered the entire seme- ster, and that an unnecessarily poor report might result disastrously at mid-semester. l ,- L‘, M_(),_j Several classes in Business Admin- istration accompanied by Professors Hancock and Dominick were in Roa- noke visiting the ‘v'irginia Iron Mills, the Norfoll-: and Western Shops, and other mills and i'actories Thursday. The-.,e clzrs:-.:s take sinlliar trips ev- ery year as a supplement to their regular studies. Retail Marketing Talks at Stanford Invited to organize a course in Retail Merchandising as a part of the work in Marketing for the Grad- uate School of Business at Stanford University, the Retail Merchants As- sociation of San Francisco is con- ducting a unique series of weekly talks by the executive of the larger stores, each of whom is a technical expert on his particular phase of management. Not only are the men who are selected as lecturers thor- oughly experienced technicians in their field, but also they have had much experience in presenting their ideas in an educational manner to students and to junior executives in their stores. The success with which the course is meeting indicates clearly the value of this method of bringing to stu- dents men who are qualified by prac- tical experience and have at the same time the ability to interpret that experience helpfully, particular- ly in a field such as this that has as yet not been thoroughly stand- ardized and codified. __j0:__ Turns Down Phi Beta Kappa Key Blaming for his action a faulty marking system that gauges rote learning rather than genuine intel- lectual ability, and Phi Beta Kappa, for lending its suport to such a measure by electing its members on a basis of grades, Charles Allen Eastman, ’28, refused election to the Dartmouth chapter of the hononary scholastic society. Dartmouth has been taken aback, because for years the senior classes have without exception voted the Phi Beta Kappa key a more desirable prize than the “D” for participation in athletics. Eastman is an athlete, having played on the soccer team for two years. He is a member of a campus scholastic society of high standing. j._()_.__: Coman Phi Beta Kappa The name of Edwin Trueman Co- man, of San Refael, California, was omitted from the list of alumni e- lected to the Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Kappa here in the list publish- ed recently here in the RING-TUM BYRD PRAISES SMITH’S EFFORT FOR BASEBALL The recently formed South Atlan- tic Collegiate Baseball league and its founder, Coach R. A. Smith, are highly praised in a recent article in the Washington Star by H. C. (Cur- ly” Byrd, athletic director at Mary- land University. In the article Byrd points out the manner in which the popularity of collegiate baseball is rapidly dying and the extreme danger of it be- coming extinct in a not-so-distant future. He tells how Coach Smith saw the impending danger, called a conferance of the coaches of the lar- ger South Atlantic colleges at Lynchburg last May and presented his proposed plans, and how, by his untiring efforts, he carried the pro- ject through to completion. Byrd states that he beleives the new organization will furnish the element necessary to return base- ball to the position of importance it once held among the coleges. The league is composed of Mary- land U., Virginia, V. P. I., V. M. I., Washington and Lee, North Carolina, N. C. State. Each team meets the other twice during every season. %—o Track Candidates Hold Time Trials Today and Monday With time trials on the program for this afternoon and Monday, Coach Fletcher’s varsity and fresh- man tracksters have completed the first phase of the spring training, and from now on will point them- selves toward the opening meets on March 31. For the past two days the cinder artists have been under the direction of Professor Howard M. Thompson, of the School of Journalism, while Coach Fletcher has been attending a meeting of the Olympic Committee in New York. Mr. Thompson was formerly a hurdler and javelin toss- er for Beloit College, and did his best performing in the Drake Relays four years ago. The track men were kept indoors yesterday afternoon because of bad weather, while the rain was helping get the track into shape for the first meet. The cinder path was in poor shape when the candidates first began their outdoor workouts, but is slowly getting harder and the run- = ners will soon be making better time. A new jumping pit which is being constructed immediately in front of the stands will soon be completed, and the men in the jumping events will have ample time to practice in it before the Duke meet March 31. 0 F rosh Runners In Penn Relays The freshman relay team will enter the Penn Relays, to be held April 27 and 28, it was announced yesterday by Coach Fletcher. The frosh relayers broke into pro- minence last month in Richmond, at the South Atlantic track meet, when they romped in a half lap ahead of their Cavalier rivals. The team is made up of R. P. Grant, F. R. Big- ham, W. B. Sheppard, Jr., and P. O. Dickey, and run in the order named. The particular race which they will enter at Philadelphia is the mile relay for freshman teams. Coach Fletcher stated that he considered this combination to be “the finest I have coached in a num- ber of years.” “While I can make no prophesies,” he said, “I would not have entered them if I did not think them capable of meeting the best relay teams that will be there.” He further added that no other W. and L. team would go up to the Penn Games this year. ()_>_ «Flournoy Speaks To Lynchburg Club Professor Fitzgerald Flournoy of the English department addressed the Woman’s Club of Lynchburg Fri- day on “The Spirit of Youth in Modern Poetry.” Mr. Flournoy’s address was in the nature of a destructive criticism, pointing out particularly the poor subject matter, the use of seventeen- th century conceits, and the preval- ance of shallow wit and cynicism in the modern poetry. SMITH CHANGEE VARSITY LINE UP TO GET BEST NINE Tries New Men In Elfort to Find Best Working Combinations PRACTICE HELD IN GYM On Account of Rain The Generals Were Put Through Indoor Workouts Captain Dick Smith is continuing to shift the line up in the daily clashes between varsity and yannigan baseball clubs in an effort to get the best working combination together for the opening intercollegiate game set for March 31 with Catholic Uni- versity. Although rain ‘stopped the workout on Wilson field yesterday, Coach Smith had his men in the gym, putting them through various forms of exercise so that the team may lose no time during the training period. After experiencing with Tips in left field and Wathen on third base dur- ing the early part of the week, Coach Smith again shifted the personnel of the varsity. Lowdon was sent back to his position in the left pasture while Eiglebach was restored to his old job on the hot corner. Hank Slanker, a product of last year’s freshman aggregation, is getting the call regularly for the center field berth. He has been exhibiting a re- markably good eye in the practice games and is setting a fast pace for the try-outs in that position. It appears at present that Tips will return to his old task of sharing the receiving post with Jones. Captain Folliard will almost cer- tainly be pitching ace for the Gen- erals this season. His two years of varsity experience gives him a run- ning start over the field, while he appears to have his usual a V of tricksin the practice g seer- man is the only other u’rler dn the staff who has had a college ex- perience, but Atwood " has exhibited a lot of stuff in his early appear- ances and if he continues his good work, should win some "ball games for the Generals this spring. 0:__._ Intramural Bouts Start Monday P. M. The annual spring intramural wrestling and boxing tournmant is scheduled for next week, A. E. Mat- his, director of the bouts, announced yesterday. Preliminaries will get under way Monday, while the finals are carded for Friday March 23. All students who have made neit- her a monogram nor a numeral in either of these sports are eligible for competition, but all entrants must register with Mathis at his office or at the mat before 6 o'clock Monday evening. Some men who contemplate entering the bouts have been working out a little the past‘ week, but this in no way preju- dices the chances of those who may just be making up their minds. Following the finals Friday, a me- dal will be given to the winner in each weight in each sport, signify- ing his championship in intramural competition. —————O Kappa Phi Kappa To Initiate O-n Tuesday Kappa Phi Kappa, honorary educa- tional fraternity, will initiate five new men on Tuesday, March 27. Following the initiation there will be a banquet at the Robert E. Lee ho- tel for all student and alumni mem- bers. Kappa Phi Kappa is a national or- ganization composed of students who are especially interested in education- al work. Anyone who is taking a course in Psychology or Education is eligible for election at Washington and Lee. Thepledges for this year are: D. C. Eberhardt, L. R. Robertson, E. S. Graves, B. K. Bullard and D. S. Kirk- endall. _____0_____ SENIOR ELECTIONS Elections for the leader of Seni- or Ball and Valedictorian of the Senior class will be held in New- comb ball Tuesday, March 20, at 7:30 p. m. The date has been advanced from March 30 so that the pictures can be sent to the Calyx. OCR::/Vol_031/WLURG39_RTP_19280317/WLURG39_RTP_19280317_002.2.txt PAGE TWO THE RING-TUM PHI Elhriliing-tum fihi (ESTABLISED 1897) WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SEMI-WEEKLY Members of Southern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Subscription $3.10 per year, in advance OFFICE AT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM Telephones: Editor-in-chief, 430; Business Manager (83 Entered at the Lexington, Va... 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Jacobs, ‘29 Wilcox, '29 Morgan, ‘29 Assistant Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager Subscription Manager Circulation Manager . H. .B. Circulation Assistants M. P. Levy, ‘30: W. B. Brown, ‘30; R. H. Walker, ‘30; W. H. Marsh, ‘30; J. A. Wein- berg, ‘30; E. W. Hale, ‘30; G. V. Rosenberg, ‘30; J. P. Lynch, ‘30; S. F. Hampton, ‘30; W. E. Vanderbilt, ‘31. All matters of business should be addressed to the Business Manager. All other matters should come to the Editor-in-Chief. We are always glad to publish any communications that may be handed to us, but no unsigned correspondence will be published. \ The Gray Phantom l There’s plenty of Scotch at Washington and Lee! The freshman entered the post office, discovered a notice in his box signifying the presence of a package for him and procured said package. ..Esconced in the privacy of his room he carefully untied the string about the package, and hung it about a nail in his closet. More care- fully still he unfolded the paper from about the package and laid it away in a drawer. He opened it. A pair of spatsl The Scotch in him was horrified. Forthwith and imme- diately he betook himself to the local shoe repairer and had soles and heels sewd to them. And as that same freshman reads this, he will probably re- move his glasses while meditat- ing upon it——merely to save the wear and tear on the lenses. Yep-there’s plenty of Scotch at Washington and Lee. -———-0 IntercollegiateDo1'ngs Here and There OBJECTION TO “COLLEGE” MOVIES GROWING indignation at the continuation of the filming of the present type of so—called “collegiate” movies is being express- ed over the entire country, the schools of higher learning object- ing to the characterization of college and university life as portrayed on the movie lots to suit the whims of individual directors. Within the past several years the number of pictures made with scenes laid in colleges has been growing, although as the number of such productions increase there is apparently little progress toward the visualization of the true college atmosphere. A petition asking for true dramatization of American college life, or else none at all, was signed by 250 members of Prince- ton’s sophomore class last month, and, judging from the comment on this action from all parts of the collegiate world, it meets with the approval of the majority of students in this country. Those who have seen films purporting to depict college life, college freshmen, or college sports with their campus background, are unanimous in their opinion that, if movie directors have real- ly made an attempt to reflect campus life as it is, their trial has resulted in a miserable failure in a big majority of cases. While college men sitting through such films are moved by feelings varying from disgust to genuine amusement at the idiocy of the portrayal, yet is not the efiect and reaction on students themselves that is of the greatest import. The opin- ions of college life that the outside world gets from seeing the so-called college pictures are what bother thinking college men. Visualize a college with magnificent buildings, a thousand- acre campus, stately trees and beautifully kept lawns as a physical background, harboring hundreds or thousands of “men” who wear nothing but fancy plaid knickers or regular pants, top- ped off with slip-over sweaters of every conceivable hue and pattern, with co—eds—every one beautiful even though dumb— flitting about over the entire thousand acres. Add to this a mental picture of classes spent in nothing but hilarity, “wise” answers to instructors’ questions, the instructors themselves, without an exception, wearing big horn-rimmed spectacles and carrying umbrellas. Imagine the dismissal of classes, and fol- low the students from the class rooms and see them pushing each other around over the grass, rushing for the girls’ sides, scream- ing and joshing one another in an effort to curry the greatest favor with the feminine of the species. Carry this absurd idea of college life through nine months of an educational year, and you will have some notion of the life.on an American campus as portrayed by most motion pictures which claim to show col- legiate conditions. Is it any wonder that students all over America are asking that such productions cease? Business In Spring Clothes Is Growing _._,__. Want a Date? Try Newspaper Column With the coming of warm weather and the arrival of the new spring clothing the local merchants and out-of-town salesman report an un- precedented amount of business among the W. & L. students. The most surprising feature of the spring and summer styles is the con- tinued popularity of the three but- ton coat and high cut vest, which the outstanding designers had predicted would be replaced by the English types this season. Do you have trouble in acquir- ing a heavy date? William M. Lejley, senior forestry student at Iowa State College, overcame all difficulties by using modern advertising methods to promote his cause. Here’s a part of his advertise- ment in the local newspaper: “I desire a date with a young lady for Saturday, February 25, 1928. The successful applicant must be able to work and furnish place of entertainment and must be able to dance, but I will not object to other en- tertainment. “I am 5 feet 11 inches tall, weigh 150 pounds, and am the proud possessor of an accom- plished Menjou mustache. All ap- plications will be treated con- fidentially, fairly, and equally. Yours for a successful leap year.” The most popular colors on the campus are proving to be various shades of tan, beige and gray, with blue and yellow much to the fore for accessories. Striped neckwear is still seen but it is being gradually replaced by solid and small-figured designs. There is an increasing de- mand for the light shades of green though, according to local merchants, this color has never been worn a great deal by W. & L. men. Tan and black are enjoying equal favor for the shoe while light grays and browns are most popular in hats. 0 _———o A German editor talked to Mayor Walker, of New York, over the tele- phone the other day and if he used some of those compound words the German language boasts, Mayor Walker was probably hearing the first part of the word in New York long before the last syllable had left Germany Daily workouts for the pitchers and catchers mark the beginning of freshman baseball practice. A group of about twenty battery men are working under the direction of Coach E. P. Davis. Plans are under way for a new women’s college to be established at Bennington, Vt., somewhat on the type of such schools as Vassar, Smith, and Bryn Mawr. The out- standing feature of the new instit- ution will be its unique corriclumn. No examinations will be given for entrance or graduation and a degree will be conferred when the student becomes sufficiently competent in thecourse which she has chosen. Officials expect to open the school in about two years. According to rumor, Duke Univer- sity has engaged former Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes, to select the new dean of the law school for that institution. We observe that American Univ- ersities are ending toward the Eur- opean custom of taking an active part in politics. With the coming Presidential elections under discus- sion many schools are conducting investigations into the popularity of the prospective candidates, usually through their publications. Senator James Reed is booked to address the student body of the Un- iversity of North Carolina on March 27. One thousand and fifty delegates attended the Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention last week. Twenty-three states were rep- resented in the gathering. That famous team of comic opera manufacturers, Gilbert and Sullivan, still holds a strong claim to popu- larity, especially in collegiate cir- cles| The University of Maryland Opera Club is to be present “Pina- fore” this year, one of the best known of the Savoy group. T_0__...__ Communications and Opinions Editor of the Ring—tum Phi: “The best dressed student body of any university in the world,” has been repeatedly remarked to me. I readily acquiesce. Occasionally, I feel that something is wrong with my rainment; I feel that I am not living up to the Wash- ington and Lee standard. Perhaps my tie is a little to one side. I an- xiously look for a mirror. But search as I may, there is no success. May I suggest to the powers that control this phenomena the urgent need for mirors in all the wash- rooms? Available statistics give tesimony to my contention that every day hours are lost by the student body in hopelessly wish- ing that fine modern looking-glasses were installed. Doremus gymnasium is modern in every way except the mirrors. A piitifully small mirror, much in need of re-silvering, inadequately hangs at each end of the locker room. The problem of how the needs of the . students are met by this two-by- three mirror might well be a sub- ject for 2. graduate thesis. The state legislature might appoint a special committee to investigate this condi- tion, and it would be right in order. Mirrors! Mirrors! Mirrors! I earnestly suggest that the proper re- presentatives sincerely consider this plea. H. L. F. __.__0_._.____ Cooper, Alumnus ’94 Dies in Wes’. Virginia Edward Cooper, Law ’94, died in St. Luke’s hospital, Branwell, W. Va., last week, after a long period of declining health. He was buried in Richmond. Deceased was one of the leading coal operators in the Pocohontas field in Southern West Virginia, and rep- resented his district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms. Shortly after graduat- ing here, he married Miss Fanny D. Smith, of Lexington. He was a son of the late John Cooper, a pioneer in the Pocohontas mining fields. Surviving are one son, Edward Coop- .-r, Jr., and one daughter, Miss Doug- las Cooper, both of West Virginia. l l’resident’s Paragraph‘ No. 29-l927-8 The Ideal Corriclum The third line of study is to determine what gncral line of life-work will prove iuostt con- genial and siicccssful to a citi- zen of your individuality and abilities. These three “courses" be “taken” during your two college years. The fourth is to so select and adjust the last two years of col- lege studies as to give a future citizen of your possibilities 21 Broad, “liberal”, effective basis of knowledge and power for your future career. ————————0 Glee Club to Enter should first The Glee Club of Washington and Lee will go to Richmond on Friday, May 4 to enter an intercollegiate Glee Club contest conducted by the Richmond News-Leader. Work for this contest is underway and the music is being arranged. President Frank Parker says that approximately 20 members of the local club will go on this trip but that nothing further can be made known as yet. Musical organization fromthc Uni- versities of Richmond, Virginia, and North Carolina, together with one or two other collegiate institutions, will also enter the contest. SPECIAL CLUB BARGAIN 200 LETTERHEADS 100 ENVELOPES for $3.00 Old Deerfield Bond, Monarch size, three lines of type, same copy on envelope and letterheads, blue ink, put up in nice box. HARLOW’S PRINT SHOP No. 8 JEFFERSON ST. R. L. Hess & Bro. Watchmakers and Jewelers Keys Made, Typewriters Repaired Next Door To Lyric Theatre F RATERNITIES We Solicit Your Patronage Welsh & Hutton Phones 192 and 144 AGNOR BROS. Successors to W. Harry Agnor Staple and Fancy Groceriesi Phones 36 and 76 Richmond Contest’ J. W. Zimmerman LEXINGTON, VA. Graduate Optician Registered Optometrist “WE CAN KEEP U NEAT” SMlTH’S DRY CLEANING wonrs 35 N. Jefferson St. Phone 514 PATRONIZE THE STUDENTS’ PRESSING CLUB SATISFACTION GUARANTEED “Library Presents” Coming Attractions In Book Selections “Coming Attractions at the Library.” most aptly describes the impressive array of books which went on the New Book shelf today. The list incldes: Eugene O’Neill’s, “Sarange In- terlude; Merz’s, “The Great Am- erican Band Wagon”; Lowell Thomas’ “Count Luckner, the Sea-devil”; “Meat,” by Wilbur Daniel Steele; “Disraeli,” by the author of “Ariel, the Life of Shelley,” Andre Maurois; Helen Simpson’s, “Cups, Wands and Swords”; “The Benson Murder Case,” by Van Dine; and “Pow- er,” by Lion Feuchtwanger, Ger- man author of the popular “Ugly Duchess.” According to Miss Rockwell, there are several persons already awaiting “Strange Interlude.” If popular opinion is any criterion, Van Dine’s, “Benson Murder Case” should get a big rush from the mentally harrassed faculty and the new crop of “Phi Bete’s.” Washington and Lee students have indicated a pro- clivity for Feuchtwanger’s work, and the literary intelligensia will flock—for a time—to obtain “The Great American Band Wagon,” which has a Menckian tendency. Among the solid, worth-while books, which retain a steady following is Maurois,’ “Disraeli.” Here’s some “inside st11ff” on smoking SOMEWHERE in the neighborhood of your center of gravity there’s a spot devoted to smoke appreciation. We could describe it more fully, but this is no organ recital. The point is: Light a Camel, pull in a fragrant cloud of cool joy——and listen to your smoke-spot sing out—“Haleelooya!” As the noble redskin puts it——we have said! ‘ © 1928 R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY. Winston-Salem. N. C. OCR::/Vol_031/WLURG39_RTP_19280317/WLURG39_RTP_19280317_003.2.txt RING-TUM PHI ' C PAGE THREE is X 5 ‘ Bhatorical Tryouts lDebatiiig Teain to Will Be Conducted l Meet 2 Northern Foes Last Part of Aprili I The debating team will make a short northern trip in the middle of /'~.pi'il to compete with Johns Hopkins and The American College in debates which have been arranged for by i3rofe::soi‘ M. G. Bauer. 0. Morrow, Daniel Sherby and B. J. 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