About The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1928)
f % 3?t, 7 a ' £?* p i\eb anb placfe VOLUME xxxni. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 27. Ht2S. NUMBER 14. Dances, Game, Feature Week-End GALA FESTIVITIES ARE PAN ■ HELLENIC WEEK-END FEATURES Sigma Delta Chi Delegate Named For Press Meet Dances at Woodruff Friday and Saturday; Siprma Chi’s Give Tea Dance. FRANCIS CRAIG PLAYS Outstanding among the week-end activities centered about the Tech- Georgia basketball game will be the dances Friday and Saturday nights, sponsored by the Pan-Hellenic coun cil, and a tea dance Saturday after noon given by the Sigma Chi fra ternity, according to Billy Young, president of the council. Francis Craig’s ten-piece orches tra, of Nashville, Tennessee, has been engaged to play for all three dances. This band received a good reception when they played for Lit tle Commencement dances here in 1925; they have of late been broad casting from Station WSM, Hotel Andrew Jackson, and have produced several records for phonograph com panies. The Friday night dance will com mence at 9:30 and close at 12:30, in accordance with the faculty rule regarding such affairs. The Satur day afternoon tea dance, at which the Sigma Chi’s will be hosts at their home on Hill street, will take place between the hours of five and seven. Following the Tech game in Wood ruff hall Saturday night, the last of the series of dances will occur on the same floor from nine till twelve. Freshmen will be allowed to attend the dances. A number of fraternities are enter-1 taining house parties over the week end, according to Pan-Hellenic of ficials, and a number of young ladies from all sections of the state are expected to be present for the fes tivities. Besides the social occasions of the week-end there are a number of pub lic Initiations to various honorary clubs. The Sphinx, the Aghon club and the Bulldog club all have public initiations planned. Thomas F. St. John, Athens, editor of The Red and Black, will repre sent the Sigma Delta Chi journalis tic fraternity at the meeting of the Georgia Press institute, which will be held at Mercer university, Feb ruary 15. Mr. St. John was elected as delegate at a meeting which was held in the journalistic room Tues day night. Professor J. E. Drewry, faculty advisor of the fraternity, will attend the institute and give lec tures to the visiting newspapermen. Dean S. V. Sanford, head of the School of Journalism, will also attend the meeting. The party will go to Macon in time to hear the talk which will be made by David Lawrence, nationally known political corre spondent. SPHINX SELECTS OUTSTANDING MEN EOR MEMBERSHIP Har«lv, Hamilton. Nash and Stall ed "Will Be Added to Rolls. WILL INITIATE FOUR Four members of the Senior class of the University of Georgia, Ben H. Hardy, Jr.. Barnesville; Thomas J. Hamilton. Jr., Augusta: Luke Stan- cil. Tate; and Tom Nash, Washing ton; will be initiated into the Sphinx, considered the highest hon orary club of the University, during the coming week-end. The initiation will begin Friday morning and end Saturday night, during which time stunts of various A committee which had been ap- sorts will be performed at the lias- pointed to confer with the Dean about inviting the institute to meet in Athens next year reported that the matter was under careful consider ation. The plan under formulation by members of the fraternity, which provides for the establishment of a publications board was again brought up. A heated discussion was held and after a lengthy debate the mat ter was suspended for further con sideration. A number of amend ments to the plan were offered, and j all of these were brought under lengthy discussion. Lists of men from which the I new members of the fraternity will I be selected were furnished by the i membership committee, and it was (Continued on page 8) ketball game with Georgia Tech, at the dances, and during classes of the week-end. The Sphinx elects a number of seniors to membership three times a year, on the grounds of service they have rendered to the University, character, scholarship, athletic abil ity, and prominence in student ac tivities. Ben Hardy is a member of the (Continued on page 8) Military Cagers’ Fight for Prize Gets Under Way A basketball tournament spon sored by the military department of | the University has gotten under way at Woodruff hall between the cavalry troops in one league and the com- I panies and band in the other. It began last Saturday with games between Troops D and E, in whicn j D troop won; and between Troops The University of Georgia boxing F and G ln whlch F was the winner. team makes its initial appearance TueS{layi company A won from Com- Georgia Ringmen Meet First Foes At Lexington, Va. Week’s Session of Georgia Farmers Closes Tomorrow With tomorrow’s session, Geor gia's Twenty-first Annual Farmers’ Week and Marketing conference comes to a close, after a week filled with addresses by noted men and conferences of interest to practical farmers. The welcoming address to the large number of people In Athens for the week was delivered Monday morning by Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of tile State College of Agriculture. Tile first session opened with the invocation by Dr. John D. Mell, president of the Georgia State Bap tist convention. Governor Hardman Speaks Following Dr. Soule’s address, Governor L. G. Hardman, Chancellor Charles M. Spelling, of the Univer sity of Georgia; and James A. Hol loman, associate editor of The At lanta Constitution, spoke. Governor Hardman, in speaking on ‘‘Agricultural Education for Geor gia,” emphasized the importance of dairying and forestry in the state. "Recent Educational Developments in Georgia" was the subject of Chan cellor Snelling’s address. He de clared that the increased appropria tions for state education given by the last legislature was a monu mental thing “in the light of eco nomic conditions in the state, espe cially in the past few yoars.” "Georgia’s common and high schools have made great progress in the last ten years than have the colleges," the Chancellor stated. Mr. Holloman brought forth a plan (Continued on page 4) Women Will be Given Pro vs. Con By Phi Kappas Thalians Will be In Play Contest The Thalian Dramatic club of the University will enter the Little Theatre tournament to be held in Atlanta during March, according to a motion passed at a recent meeting of the organization. This tournament is being sponsored by the Little theatres of the state and wide interest is being displayed i margin of one bout of the year Saturday night against the Washington and Lee university team in Lexington, Va. Monday night the Georgia team battles Vir ginia Military Institute boxers, also in Lexington. "The match with V. M. I. will test our potential strength,” Lieutenant L. G. Smith, coach of the team, says. Seven men on the squad to make j the trip, besides the coach and man- I ager, Durward Watson, were an nounced by Lieutenant Smith. They are: Captain Gene Haley, heavy weight; Bobby Hooks, light-heavy; Ernest Pialmour, middleweight; Ful- ghrum, welterweight; Joe Cum mings, lightweight; Carlton Jester, featherweight; Billie Birchmore, bantamweight. The Georgia team met V. M. I. in Athens last year, losing by a The Bulldog over the affair. One-act plays are required as ve hicles for the different organizations, either original or otherwise. The Thalians are sponsoring a one-act play-writing contest to be given by the English department soon. battlers also met North Carolina and Florida here last year and lost these matches by narrow margins. A harder schedule has been arranged this year, and only one match and the University tournament will be held here. pany B, 33-9; while the Band was victor over Company C, 25-21. Wed nesday, Troop C won from Troop A, and Troop D won from Troop F. Thursday, Company A played the Rand, and Troop E met Troop G. Today, Company C is to meet Com pany B, and Troop A is to be placed against Troop B. Monday, Troop E is to be pitted against Troop F; and Troop D meets Troop G. On Tuesday, Company A plays Company C, and Troop B plays Troop C. On Wednesday, Company B will play the Band, and the finals between the two brackets of the calvary unit is to be played in order to Bee what cal vary troop will meet the winning company from the infantry on Thurs day. Individual medals are to be given the players of the winning team and a loving cup is to be presented to that team. These games are being played un der the direct supervision of Cadet Lieut. Col. Arthur Gignllllat, Pine- ora, head of the infantry battalion. He announces that if enough interest is evidenced in these games, inter- (Continued on page 8) “Women,” with Dr. E. M. Coulter and Mr. William Tate comprising the affirmative team and Mr. C. R. An derson and Mr. Ed Everett compos ing the negative team will be the heated question for debate at the next Wednesday night meeting of the Phi Kappa literary society, it was announced at the meeting follow ing the debate, Resolved: “That capital punishment should be abol ished." Refreshments will be served fol lowing the debate. The society handed down a de cision that capital punishment should not he abolished and the laws enforc ing the extreme penalty to criminals should be enforced, following the de bate. Steve Upson, Athens, and Charles Hardy, Gainesville, composed the negative side which won the de cision. Buddy Hines, Milledgeville, and John Maddox. Rome, argued for the affirmative. Preceding the debate Joe Browtj, Atlanta, delivered a lecture on "The Value of Books.” Following the de bate the floor was thrown open for a general discussion. YELLOW JACKETS BUZZ INTO ATHENS FOR SECOND GAME Heeke, Ilcarn. and Player, Tech Stars, Expected to Do Damage. BULLDOG IS STRONG Georgia and Tech meet in their second game of a series of three when the Yellow Jackets come to Athens Saturday night. The Red and Black quintet was victorious in the first game of the series which was played in Atlanta two weeks ago, winning out 33 to 30 after trail ing for the entire first half. The Georgians lost their first game of the season last Friday night when they lost to North Carolina. They followed this up by losing to Duke the next evening. Tech has played fewer games this season than have the Bulldogs and their record is not so good, they losing to Auburn and A. A. C. aa well as the Bulldogs. However, indications point to & close game Saturday night. Dope is the least thing to be figured wheu Georgia meets Tech, as was dis played last December 3. The Yellow Jackets, losing Hearn and other stars from last year’s team, have had to build a new combination this season, around George and Player. Experimenting with new men ln various combinations, Tech has im proved rapidly in each succeeding game. In their latter-week workouts the Georgia five has shown excellent form and they appear to be in the beat possible condition. The proba ble starting line-up will be the same os in the last several games with Keen and Captain Florence at for wards, Drew at center, and Palmer and Martin at guards. Captain George, Player, Hooke, et al. of the Atlanta team are out for bloody revenge and much interest hangs over the affair, especially with many visitors coming to Athens for the game, social affairs, et cetera. Tryouts Made For Glee Club Opening The try-outs for Interlocutor, end men. and skits on the University Glee club were held Friday night in the University chapel. A number of men tried out for interlocutor and three were chosen who are to receive further trials before the final selection is made. These three men were Frank McMu- lan, Atlanta; Andrew Kingery, Gray- monti-and Hoke Wofford, Atlanta. The end men for the Glee club this year will be Harry Talmadge, Athens; "Shorty” Wiggins, Savan-' nah: and Dan Tully, Savannah. No selection of skits has been made.
