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UNIVERSITY OF GEO*''
VOLUME XXIX.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA FERRUARV 15, l»2I
NUMBER 15,
Examinations May Be Eliminated
Military Students to Have New Uniforms
COMMUTATION FOR
CLOTHING APPROVED
OY HEADQUARTERS
Government is to Furnish Money
and Suits Art* to he Made to
Measure of Eaeli Student.
Incriminating Evi
dence Brought Up
Munday Trial
ADVANCED CLASSES
ARE AFFECTED
Uniforms for Basic Men Will
Probably Remain the Same: No
Action Taken Except for Ju
niors and Seniors.
Advice from Military Headquar
ters states that the advanced classes
have been granted endorsement of
the petition sent in by Col. Ware
several weeks ago. to have the outfit
equippe din tailor made uniforms.
Further information states that the
basic men will also in all probability
have commutation for their uniforms
next year.
The government has agreed to a.-
low credit for th,e uniforms and
permit the students to purchase the
type of suit that all agree upon.
Whether or not the basic men will
be granted commutation for :uni-
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ERECT NEW DORMITORY
ON AG COLLEGE LAND
Structure to Have Club Boys and
Girls During Summer School.
Camp Wilkins, proposed camp for
boys and girls who attend the sum
mer short courses of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, will probably be
completed and ready for occupancy
by June. Something over six hun
dred rural boys and girls attend the
annual short courses given by the
State College of Agriculture offer
ing training in canning, pig. and
corn club work, together with other
educational features.
The camp is the gift of J. J. Wil
kins. president of the Georgia Na
tional Bank of Athens, and is the
first real gift ever made to the Col
lege of Agriculture. Dr. Soule Is
very enthusiastic over this import
ant move for the educational and
recreational benefit of the country
boys and girls, and in introducing
.Mr. Wilkins to a convocation of
county agents and farmers spoke
praisingly of the high minded phil
anthropist who is making this uplift
ing work possible.
Whe ncoinpleted the plant will af
ford accommodation for two hun-
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in
Munday Counter-attacks Allen,
Alias “Gunn,” and Files Heavy
Claims Against Plaintiff Be
fore Large Crowds at Moot
Court.
A large number of students wit
nessed the sensational developments
in the opening of the trial of the
now famous case of I. (Jattling Gunn
against W .C. Munday, Jr., in the
Jeffersonial Moot Court last Satur
day.
The suit was brought by the plain-
tig, who claims to be the dutiful and
affectionate husband of Louise, of
Mitchell’s Bridge fame, to recover
damages of three dollars and thirty
cents for the alienation of said fe
male's affections from said Gunn.
Plaintiff also alleged that he is a
night watchman. Munday has con
ceded this point, admitting that Gunn
was very talented in this capacity,
but contends that plaintiff is a
watchman, of Louise and not of a
fertilizer plant as claimed.
William of journalistic renown
filed his answer, and has made a
counter claim for one thousand and
three dollars and ten cents against
the night watchman. The first item
j of his claim is founded on the fact
that plaintiff shot at him causing
him to burn a trail from that vicin
ity to a certain fraternity house in
| Athens, thus causing him to secure
a temporary reputation as a cross
i country sprinter, which reputation
he could not sustain by later per-
| formances. The balance of the claim
i is based on the value of fruit, gifts,
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DARK HORSE SHOWN
IN CONTEST FOR
PRETTIEST
“Sheik” Stanford Declared tin*
“Most Beautiful” at Last Min
ute of Voting by Popular Ma
jority.
ELECTION COMES TO AN END
Many Other Places Filled as Pan
dora Goes to Press.
By “Doc" Sanders
The “Who's Who" contest came to
a whirlwind close Thursday night,
bringing relief to thousands of tor
tured brains. "Shiek" Stanford, oth
erwise known as the “Co-ed's De
light," loped in as the dark horse
in the race for beauty honors and
carried home the proverbial bacon,
cake and hunk of cheese. He broke
all previous political records at the
University, polling 6311 votes be
tween 6 o'clock Thursday and mid
night.
As the counting became close the
almosphere grew tense, thundering
heart-throbs could he heard, the
eyes of the candidates bulged well
nigh out of their sockets as the
Shiek's name was called repeatedly,
all friends and admirers stood by
with bated breath and the waiting
waxed more unbearable every min
ute. Finally the moment came
“Shiek, 633; Hickey. 202; Bill Mun
day. 202; Buxom Bill. 7" Intoned a
sepulchural voice.
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The effect was instantaneous, and
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“Seventeen” Will
Be Given Again
Friday Evening
Thalians Respond to Demand mid
Present Popular Play at High
School Auditorium Saturday
Night: Aetors in Keen Shape.
The student body, faculty and the
people of Athens were so charmed
with the performance of “Seventeen"
that many requests for a second pro
duction were made to President
Jelks. For this reason the Thalian
Club has decided to give a second
presentation of this play. The date
is set for Friday the 15th of Feb
ruary. Mell Auditorium, on the
High School campus.
“Seventeen,” Booth Tarkington’s
delightful comedy which was pro
duced by the Thalian Club last fall
was, beyond a doubt, the biggeHt
"hit” that the club has ever made.
One of the largest audiences that has
ever attended a performance at the
Colonial was present and was rock
ed with laughter from beginning to
end by the witty speeches and clever
acting of the players.
The play was enacted with that
finished touch which so seldom char
acterizes amateur performances, a
fact due to the hard work of the
players and skillful coaching of their
director, Miss MaNita Bullock, of
Athens.
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Cracker to Have Poem Contest
Handsome Prizes Offered to Stim
ulate Literary Ability in Stu
dent Body.
The CUACKER considers its ehief
excuse for existence to be the fact
that ft strives to encourage mem
bers of the student body to write.
In pursuit of this object it lias con
ducted several contests. Two years
ago a Short Story contest was in
augurated; last year the Poetry con
test was started; and this year wit
nessed the beginning of the Drawing
contest. We hope that this policy
will be perpetuated and that it will
be fruitful.
The final contest of this year will
be in poetry. The customary condi
tions will hold, and we hope that the
response will he vigorous. The rules
governing this contest are given be
low.
We also take this opportunity to
remind you that the final date for
the Short Story contest is Feb. 20.
Rules of tin* Cracker Poetry Contest:
1. Poems may he of any length.
2. May he free verse or may he in
regular form.
3. Each poem must he accom
panied by name of author sealed in
envelope and securely pinned to man
uscript.
4. Manuscripts ntay he typewrit
ten or written very legibly in long
hand.
5. Any number of poems hay It*
submitted by a contestant.
6. All poems must he sent to Poent
Contest Editor. The Cracker. Box
281.
7. All students of the University
of Georgia, except members of the
Cracker staff and former winners of
a Cracker Poetry contest are eligible
to compete.
8. A prize of twenty-five dollars
will be awarded to the author of the
winning poent.
9. All Poems must he in by April
first.
HAVE YOU SEEN “SEVENTEEN ?'
MORE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN MARCH ISSUE OF
SOUTHERN DRAWL
President Coolidge Writes Mes
sage to Students
More illustrations, more humorous
matter, and more articles of a really
important nature, will be among
some of the changes to be observed
in the March issue of The Southern
Drawl, new University of Georgia
magazine sponsored by the Henry
W. Grady 8chool of Journalism. The
March issue is now being printed
and will go on sale promptly March
first.
Three articles of much interest
throughout Georgia which were an
nounced in the February issue for
tile March issue are "Bridging the
Gap in Georgia," an Interview with
Dr. J. S. Stewart, state high school
supervisor, which is a successful
refutation of the description applied
to the state of Georgia by H. L.
Mencken when he said this state is
“the premier producer of cotton and
illiteracy;” "What I Get Out of
Beiug a Newspaperman.” an article
by Dan H. Magill, city editor of The
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UNDER m MONO
UPPER CLASSMEN
Petition Circulated Among Ju
niors and Seniors Said to be
Opening Gun in Attempt to
Abolish Final Term Exams.
NO ACTION FROM FACULTY
Suggested Change Meets Both
Support and Opposition from
Teachers and Students of the
1 'Diversity.
The article carried in the recent
issue of the Southern Drawl in re
gard to the abolition of term exam
inations has created u great deul of
excited discussion on the campus
liurnig the past week. In fact, the
article and the resultant discussion
has culminated in a movement led
by many of the prominent members
of the junior and senior clusaes to
present a petition to the faculty of
the University to consider plans to
carry the itlea into effect. The lead
ers of the movement have prepared
a petition to be signed by the mem
bers of the junior and senior classes;
two plans being suggested for their
approval. Plan No. 1, if adopted,
would do away with all term exams
for juniors and seniors, and substi
tute daily or weekly tests in each
subject. Plan No. 2 submitted as
an alternate, if adopted, would re
lieve from term examinations all
members of the two classes whose
grades are above a certain level, but
would leave to the individual instruc
tor the right to decide whether an
examination in his subject should be
held for the student.
To Be Submitted to Student Council
It Is expected that within u few
days the plan can be laid before the
Student Council with the approval
of practically all the members of
the two classes. Of the copies re
turned so far, a large majority of
the students favor the petition. No
prediction can he made as to the
attitude of the faculty should the
matter he presented for their con
sideration; we are quoting the opin
ions of some members of the faculty
together with those of some of the
leading seniors, and they may be
taken as a fair index to the attitude
existing, both pro and con.
Since the adoption of similar
methods at other institutions, the
general plan has been discussed at
the University more than once. Some
action has been taken but never be
fore has any concerted movement
been carried through. One of the ar
guments against the plan is that
term exams are an established meth
od of procedure as old as the Uni
versity. and that they have satisfac
torily met the need in determining
the ability of the student. Those
who defend the plan would lay
more emphasis upon the broad un-
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