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VOLUME XXXIII.
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UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1»27
STUDENT BODY TO
OBSERVE GEORGIA
UNIVERSITY DAY
Special Assembly Called on No
vember 29 in Chapel for Exer
cises.
ALUMNI GATHER
Chancellor Goes
To Chicago Meet
Chancellor Charles M. Snelling,
University of Georgia, left Athens
Saturday to attend the National
Association of State University which
met in Chicago November 14 and 15.
From Chicago, Chancellor Snel
ling will go to New York, returning
to Athens by way of Washington,
D. C., where he will stop over for
two days on University business.
THANKGSIVING GAME
SITE TRANSFERRED
TO LEGION STADIUM
Change Announced After Confer
ence of Officials in Hirminirbam
Moinln v.
Not Yet r
NO EXCHANGE OF TICKETS
Hotel,, j EVEN bulldogs
PLAY LAST GAME
ON HONE FIELD
Whether the students of th
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versify of Georgia will be allovG. ^
to take the two days followin^l S*
Thanksgiving as holidays has not
been derided yet, according to Cap
tain Stanley G. Hackman, dean of
men. Petitions asking for the three
days as holidays have been circulated
on the campus and a great many of
the students have signed them.
riioncy Smith
Mercer Star, Also
Playing' Last Game Before Ath
ens Fans.
BULLDOGS ARE FAVORITES
A special assembly of students in
the chapel will be held on the morn
ing of November 29, at eleven
o’clock, marking the first student
celebration of University day, and
prominent alumni have been invited |
to address them, Mr. Thomas S.
Gray, alumni secretary, announces.
November 29 has been set aside
for the celebration of “University
Day,’’ according to Mr. Grify, alumni
secretary here. This is an annual
celebration of the University in com
memoration of the actual opening of
the University upon the election of
the first president of the institution,
Josiah Meigs, in 1801.
On the night of November 29 the
alumni of the University will assem
ble in approximately thirty towns in
side and outside of the state. There
will be banquets and speeches, and
at eight o’clock there will be a Uni
versity day radio program, under the
direction of Mr. Edward Soule,
transmitted fvotn the studio of the
State College of Agriculture to WSB,
the Atlanta Journal, and there
broadcasted. Chancellor Snelling,
Dr. A. M. Soule, and Dr. Frank K.
Boland, president of the alumni so
ciety, will deliver short addresses
over the radio, and there will be
musical and novelty, numbers.
Every year the various alumni
bodies of Georgia towns meet to re
new fheir allegiance to their alma
mater, according to Mr. Gray.
The Atlanta body, It has been an
nounced, will postpone Its observance
of the day until December 2, at
which time a Georgia alumni dinner
will be given by them.
Alumni officials expect this ob
servance of University day to be one
of the most successful
Phi Kappa Votes
$75 For Cracker
Literary Volume
The Phi Kappa Literary society at
its weekly Wednesday night meeting
voted to donate $75 to the proposed
anthology of poetry written by stu
dents of the University that is to be
published under the supervision of
The Cracker, the University’s hu
morous magazine.
A very humorous and unique meet
ing followed the disposal of busi
ness. Mr. Rich delivered a humor
ous oration as well as did Mr. Mal
lory a declamation. Marion Cox,
Buddy Hines, Frank Gerard, repre
sented the affimative side of the hu
morous debate. Frank Constangy,
H. W. Thomas, and J. F. Joseiove
represented the winning side of the
argument.
The meeting was one of the most
unusual held this year. All mem
bers were given slips, few of which
contained Instructions for the holder
on which side of the question he was
to uphold, or whether he was to de
liver an oration or a declamation.
The speakers were then called for
ward and on the spur of tlje moment
delivered their oration and decla
mation. The debaters were given
three minutes to prepare their ar
guments. Following the humorous
arguments the house was hrown
open for a general discussion.
Refreshments consisting of ice
cream and cigarettes were then
served.
Tomlinson Will Speak in Chapel
About International Relations
Transfer of the Georgla-Alabania
football game Thanksgiving day
Rick wood park to the new Birming
ham Legion stadium has been offi
cially announced.*- Dr. S. V. Sanford,
athletic director of the University of
Georgia, and University of Alabama
and Birmingham officials decided
upon the transfer at a conference in
Birmingham Monday.
Several thousand additional seats
are made available by the change,
and the indications are that 30,00(1
will witness the game. Tickets
already sold will not have to be ex
changed, the officials say, as the
new stadium will be marked to cor
respond with the original Rick wood
park plans.
Objections to the transfer were
that thousands of tickets marked for
the Rickwood site were already in
the hands of fans and that there was
not time to print and exchange tick
ets. These an<‘ # other objections
were straightened out at the confer
ence in Birmingham.
4 SENIORS CHOSEN
FOR SPHINX CLUB
I Four seniors will be initiated Into
the Sphinx club this week-end, it
was announced by club authority
Wednesday.
The neophytes will be I. M.
''Chick’’ Shiver, Sylvester; I. K. Hay,
Covington; W. M. Young, Columbus;
and George “Babe” Florence, Athens.
Chick Shiver, besides being the
captain of the football team, is cap
tain-elect of the baseball nine, one
of the few to hold both honors.
Georgia Runners
Entered in Title
Meet Tomorrow
Georgia's undefeated cross coun
try team left Thursday for Chapel
Hill, N. (’., where the fifth annual
Southern conference meet will be
held tomorrow, November 19. The
best teams in the conference nre en
tered, with Elliot, North Carolina
star, and Bob Young, Georgia ace,
expected to set the pace.
The North Carolina Tarheels are
defending the conference champion
ship, having won the meet held last
year at the University of Georgia.
The race will be over a five-mile
course, with the runners scheduled
to start at 11:30 a. m. from Emer
son field. The winner is expected
to cross’'the finish lino at the same
place some 25 minutes later.
The University of Georgia team is
composed of P. L. Branyon, captain,
Athens; Robert Young, Macon; G,
S. Chrisfleid, Savannah; Wilbur
Jones, Metter; J. Adams; and J. F.
Sproul, I.indale.
Georgia's great cross country
team won their third victory in as
many starts last Saturday by defeat
ing the Clemson Tigers, 17 to 38.
The match was very one-sided as
the Bulldogs placed four men in the
first five. Bob Young was again first
and clipped a whole minute off the
record set by Elliott of North Caro
lina last year.
Crisfield, Georgia, was second;
Jones, Georgia, third; Moser, Clem-
son, fourth.
Seven members of the mighty
football team will make their last
appearance on Sanford field Satur
day afternoon when the Red and
Black attempts to add the name of
I lie Mercer Hears to their long string
of victories.
The players who take their leave
of Athens fans are: Captain Shiver
and Nash, ends; Bear Morris, tackle;
Gene Smith, guard; Johnny Broad-
nex, quarterback; Boh McTIgue and
Roy Estes, halfbacks.
Tlie Bulldogs are heavy favorites
over the Macon team which has had
a season of ups and downs. Mercer
has lost by large scores to Furman
and Florida, two teams which the
Georgians have overcome handily.
But In Phoney Smith the Mercer-
lans have one of the greatest half-
hacks in the South. Smith has a
record which is unsurpassed by any
non-conference player. In addition
they Itnve several other shining
lights, particularly Alderman, soph
omore fallback, who played a ster
ling game against the Oglethorpe
Petrels when that team tasted de
feat at the hands of the Bears last
Friday. Loser, another star back,
Is reported injured and unable to
play against Georgia.
The entire Bulldog squad is in con
dition except Bobby Hooks, who is
still suffering from a hand broken
in the Florida game two weeks ago.
He Is being given especial care in
order that he may be groomed for
the Alabama game Thanksgiving^
Gene Smith, who was also held out
of the Clemson fray, is in good con
dition nnd will continue to make a
bid for all-Southern honors.
(Continued on page 8)
Ike Hay, president of debating
council, former president of Demos-
thenian, holds many speaking hon
ors.
Student and Faculty Directory
Comes Off Press at Early Date
Edward Tomlinson, noted lecturer
and writer, will speak to the faculty
and students of the University of
Georgia in the university chapel,
December 15, on “International Re
lations.”
Mr. Tomlinson was born in the
southern part of Georgia and after
preparatory training in the schools
of that section, graduated from the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
At the close of the World war he
gave a series of lectures on “The
American Point of View in Inter
national Relations” before the Scot
tish Historical association.
During the late Irish revolution,
Mr. Tomlinson went to Ireland and
wrote his impressions for the “Lon
don Spectator.” The editors of that
publication bestowed upon him the
highest of praise for the fairness and
frankness of his articles.
His principle activity of late years
has been a study of social conditions,
both at home and abroad.
Soon after America entered the
great war. Mr. Tomlinson gave lec
tures to the British armies, explain
ing America’s war aims. For these
talks he was given an official vote of
thanks by the British government in
the following words: “You have I
helped our men to understand j
America, and this is a great con
tribution to that Anglo-American en-
tent which is most desired."
“He later served as a combatant
in the Argonne campaign with the
famous eighty-second division, and
after the armistice he lectured to the
American soldiers on after the war
problems.
With all this training and ex
perience behind him. Mr. Tomlinson j
has now turned his attention to the j
study and discussion of the relation
ships between he two Americas.
Billy Young is president of the
Pan-Hellenic council and a business
manager of the Pandora. He was
an athletic manager last year.
"Babe” Florence, captain of the
basketball team, is an instructor in
mathematics here.
No Red and Black
For Thanksgiving
There will be no issue of The Red
and Black Friday, November 25, it
is annouuced by the editorial staff.
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday
the McGregor Company will not be
able to print the issue on Thursday
as usual.
Besides this reason, several "im
portant” members of the staff will
attend the Alabama game, thank
you!
The 19 27-28 student and faculty
directory of the University of Geor
gia will be distributed to the stu
dents of the University, Saturday,
November 19, states Mr. E. L. Se-
crest, general secretary of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. The directory
is an annual publicaion of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. for the benefit
of the students. Mr. Kankakee
Anderson, Rockmart, was chosen as
editor-in-chief.
The faculty directory, which com
poses the first part, will give the
name and initials of the faculty!
members, their department, rank,
college telephone number, residence,
and residence telephone number. The
students directory will consist of
the name and initials of the stu
dents, their college address, parents
initials, home address, and religious
denomination to which they belong.
Two additions to the directory of
this year will be noticed, all athletic
schedules and the schedule of all
Seaboard trains are included.
The directories will be distributed
by the Y. M. C. A. free of charge to
all dormitory rooms and fraternity
houses. All not obtaining one call
at the Y. M. C. A. office on the sec
ond floor of Memorial hall.
The work of collecting and verify
ing names and addresses of the stu
dents and faculty, although a strenu-
I ous task, according to the compilers,
has nevertheless been done as ac
curately as possible for them to do.
In addition to the student and
faculty directory, the University Y.
M. C. A. publishes each year the G
books. This little book contains a
list of Georgia songs and yells, sport
i schedules, all campus clubs and so
cieties and their officers, as well as
other material of an informative na
ture.