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H?>1Z 32 15 VOU’MK XXXIII. W$t l\eb anb pack GE N.ERAt library f fB Sfl 1'837 UNIVERSITY^ (3T U1H0RBH 'UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 11*38 NUMBER IS. Bulldogs Play Auburn, A. A. C. MEHRE SENDS OUT In Two Consecutive Battles SPRING PRACTICE 1 CALL TO GRIDMEN Georgia Cage Men Meet Tigers Tonight at Auburn; Atlanta Club Saturday Xight. A. A. C. HAS FINE RECORD 1 ate Announces Winners of Frosh And Soph Debates Freshman Ranks Are Expected to Furnish New Material and En thusiasm. Ben H. Hardy, Jr., is Chosen New Editor of Red and Black Thalian Dramatic Club to Present “Game of Chess” Varner and Allen Head Athletic Association; Little Interest Shown. ELECT CIRCULATION STAFF The Georgia basketball team left Thursday on their second trip of the week when they headed for Auburn, Alabama, to play the Tigers of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Fri day night. From there they go to Atlanta where the Red and Black five will engage the Atlanta Athletic club Saturday night. In Auburn the Bulldogs will prob ably encounter their stiffest opposi tion of the season. Auburn having one of the strongest teams in the South in years. Auburn defeated Tech by a 30 point majority earlier in the season, and has won from practically every team of importance in the South. The Atlanta Athletic club has one of its beet teams in recent years, not having suffered a defeat thus far in the season. The clubbers felled the Yellow Jacket five by a large score and defeated a good Mercer team Saturday night by 25 points. These two games will be the last for the Bulldogs on foreign soil with the exception of the third Tech game, vhich is to be played in Atlanta, and me conference tournament, also In Atlanta and beginning February 24. Rifle Team to End First Meet On February 1 1 Due to the fact that workmen were making repairs on the rifle range, located in the Octagon, Monday and Tuesday, the University rifle team was unable to compete in the first match due to end Saturday, Febru ary 4, with the University of Ala bama and Massachusetts A. & M. However, the range is now in shape and the team will be able to take definite form before the beginning of their match next week with the University of Dayton, University of Iowa, and Texas A. & M. The match is to end Saturday, February 11. The contestants for the tetm have been shooting and scoring in the prone position only. Following the making of a fairly good score they are allowed to shoot in the other positions, namely, prone, sit ting, kneeling, and standing. The matches with other teams will be shot in the following manner: Each team will shoot on their re spective range, the ten best score of the 15 men comprising the team will be chosen and wired to the op posing teams. The winner will then be chosen by the team turning in the highest score. Each match will be shot from all four positions named. The University has already com pleted a schedule of seven matches to be shot this year with two other matches pending. The first match was to be shot with the University of Alabama and Massachusetts A. & M., February 4. The Hearst Trophy which will close the season will occur some time be fore April 15. Winners in the sophomore and freshman debate try-outs held the first of the week were announced Wednesday afternoon by Mr. William Tate, faculty arbiter of debates. Those chosen to represent Demos- thenian Literary society in the sopho more debate are: Kankakee Ander son. Rockmart; Emanuel Javetz, Sa vannah; and Irving S. Nathan, Asli- burn. Phi Kappa will be represented by D. G. Harris, Valdosta; Sanders Walker, Macon; and L. W. Travis, Savannah. The subject of this de bate* was, "Resolved: That no stu dent at the University of Georgia be pledged to any social fraternity until he has been officially recognized as a sophomore.” The affirmative side was represented in the try-out by Phi Kappa, while Demosthenian up held the negative. In the try-out for freshman debate Sydney Backer, Macon; J. A. Bolton, Atlanta; and Charles Hope, Gaines ville, were chosen to represent De mosthenian, while F. A. Constangy, Atlanta :Marvin Cox, Waynesboro; and Kingsley Weatherly, Atlanta, were the Phi Kappa winners. The subject of the freshman debate was, "Resolved: That no freshman at the University of Georgia shall take part in any athletic contest off the cam pus.” The final sophomore debate be tween the two societies will be held during the first week in March, but no definite date has been set for the final freshman debate. Women Win Moral Victory in Debate Of 4 Professors "My opponent, Mr. Ed Everett,” stated Dr. E. M. Coulter, speaking in behalf of the negative side of the debate held at the Phi Kappa Lit erary society on “Resolved, That wo men are a menace to civilization," must still believe in Santa Claus; that is, if he does not know that the fall of Troy is a myth." “Yes,” stated Mr. Everett in his rebuttal, “Dr. Coulter must still be lieve in storks if he cannot produce pupils who have passed his history course and do not yet know that the supposed historical fact Is only a myth." Thus rocked the heated discussion over women held at the literary so ciety hall Wednesday night in which four college professors participated. The negative side, supported by Dr. E. M. Coulter and Mr. William Tate, won the decision by the casting of the president’s vote that broke the tie of the open-house vote. The af firmative was upheld by Messrs. Ev erett and C. R. Anderson. Mr. Everett, who was the first speaker for the affirmative, spent his five minutes outlining and defining the subject. He defined women, the (Continued on page 4) TO LAST SIX WEEKS Georgia’s session of spring foot ball will begin Monday afternoon when Coach Harry Mehre will call out the -Red and Bljwk gridders and start on a round of hard work that will last for about six weeks. When Coach Mehre calls out the squad Monday afternoon he will make his official debut as head foot ball coach at the University of Geor gia. Mehre was elected head coach last fall after the resignation of Coach Woodruff. Coach Mehre has been hard at work for the past week making preparations for the opening of the spring session. When the gong sounds to mark the opening of the spring session a large number of the familiar faces that have been seen around Sanford field for the past three years will be missing. Among the missing will be Shiver, Nash, Smith, Morris, Mc- Tigue, Estes. Broadnax, Greenfield, and Stewart. These men have played their allotted time under Red ((junt'inut tH >u ifige 8) Troop C Wins Out In Semi-Finals of Cage Tournament Troop C defeated Troop D In the semi-finals of the R. O. T. C. bas ketball tournament in a game Wed nesday at four-thirty p. m. The score was 33-31. The game was uncertain through out. First one team then the other was in the lead. Troop C won first place in the mounted cavalry league and Troop D won first place in the dismounted cavalry league. The line-up was as follows: Troop O (83) Troop I> (31) Walker (10) _ _ f. _ _ Baker (11) Fagan (7) f. Birch (10) Strickland (6) _ c. . -Moncrief (4) Womack (4). _ g. Bishop (2) Gerdine (6) _ _ g. _ _ . Bolton (4) Companies A and C and the Band were tied for first place in the In fantry league. A and C played Thursday at four-thirty p. m. The winner plays the Band Friday at four p. m. for the league champion ship. The finals have been postponed until four o’clock Tuesday. It will be held between the championship infantry and cavalry teams. Medals will be awarded to the members of the championship team and a loving cup will be awarded to the team. The school military instructors will pick an all-R. O. T. C. team which will play a similar team from Clemson some time in the near fu ture. Arrangements are being made to hold games with the Georgia Tech R. O. T. C. and teams representing the military organizations of other schools. (Continued on page 6) I/ The Thalian dramatic club of the University of Georgia has decided to enter the Little Theatre contest to be held in the Woman’s club audi torium in Atlanta on March 1, ac cording to Frank McMuUan, presi dent of the ollib. The Thalians will present “A Game of Chess,” by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. This play won the prlz» at the Chicago tournament with Walter Hampden, famous star of Hamlet and Cyrano do Bergerac, playing the leading roles. Daniel Frohman, a New York the atrical critic, is offering a cup to the club presenting the winning play. This cup when won by the same club twice out of three trials is to he kept permanently. The cast is to be selected soon, and rehearsals will begin on February 1, All Little Theatre groups are eli gible, and several schools have already entered the contest, among them being Brenau and Agnes Scott. At an early date the Thalians will adopt a raw constitution, providing for the club’s organization, structure, membership and elections. . It has been decided that a definitely formu lated document of this sort Is much needed. The present membership of the club has been pronounced by out siders as having exceptional 'dra matic ability, and the cast of "The Old Soak,” the first Thalian play of the year, received high praise. Baseball Practice Expected to Begin About February 15 Baseball practice for the coming In the general mid-year elections held Wednesday, Ben Hardy, Barnes- ville, was elected to succeed Thomas F. St. John, Athens, as editor-in-chief of The Red and Black, and Earl M. Varner, Macon, was chosen to suc ceed Jesse Drew, Preston, as presi dent of the Athletic association. Other elections at the same time were: First associate editor of The Red and Black. John S. Candler, II., Atlanta; second associate editor, Prentiss Courson, Savannah; third associate editor, Gene Baldwin, Dub lin,; circulation manager, Joe K. Hawkins, Summerville; first assist ant circulation manager, L. E. Gay, Matthews; second assistant. Nelson Gray, Locust Grove; third assistant, Hugh Aderhold, Atlanta; vice-presi dent of the Athletic association, P. C. Allen, Americus. Mr. Hardy, prominent in student activities, has many honors to his credit. He has just finished a term of editorship of The Georgia Cracker. He is also a member of the S. A. E. fraternity; president of the Blue Key xouncll; president of Sigma Delta ini; Sphinx; Gridiron' member of (Continued on page 6) Doctor Culbreth Conducts Service At Student Meet Dr. J. Marvin Culbreth conducted the Student Forum in Memorial hall Sunday afternoon at four o’clock on the subject of "Vision of Youth." Dr. Culbreth is the Methodist Edu cational Secretary for the South, and resides iu Nashville, Tennessee. There were about 75 students at this forum, which was the first of a series of seven to be held each Sun- season is expected to begin about the middle of this month, when Coach Bill White will Issue a call for pitchers and catchers. Other play ers will report about a week later to Coach White on Sanford field. Lefty Stewart, Jack Waller, and Dan Tully, of last year’s varsity team, and James Murdock, Bennie Rothstein and other pitchers from the 1927 freshman nine, wilt, work out early with the catchinff-^taff. Three positions were U; hby :cher Mickey Fraln, S’<\^ ” nson, and o'* . missing this and tk 4^ will have to • be filled. Re^Hc men on the squad I Fyear, graduation of varslty^^„^_. second base, catche^^p ’er field. Billy Arenow(j year, list year, men coming up from las year’s frosh nine, and Rusu Freems who will be eligible this year, shou. plug the holes satisfactorily. Among the letter men back are ^ Captain Chick Shiver, left field; Roy Jacobson, fielder; Buck Flowers, right field; Tom Nash, first base; H. F. Johnson, third base; Glenn Chafln, short stop; and the men mentioned above. day ufternoon at Memorial hall. The students asked a good many ques tions of Dr. Culbreth, and seemed very mych interested in his answers, as well as his talk, according to Ar thur Glgnllllat, Y. M. C. A. presi dent, who presided over the meeting. As another feature of the pro gram, Mr. C. W. Jones sang a solo, and Miss Winifred Fowler accom panied him at the piano. Harry Carswell led the student devotional. These forums are being sponsored by the University Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. The subject discussed is always ot>e of interest to the stu dents, accd ding to Mr. Gignilliat, w*u .Ur'ss ’hat more students come q*it ilf -pt the benefit of these dls- ^ vsi 's' s » lb forum will be led by Mrs. nl e of Korea, at present • *\it i Wesleyan college, Ma- s. K spoke at the recent e In h trolt, and according is a charming and enlight- ker. forums began here several Last year they were espe- / ' lent, being supplement iscussion groups. K
