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\ / Wat fccD anti Sack VOLUME XXXIII. UNIVERSITY OP GEORGIA. ATHENS. GEORGIA, APRIL IS, lt>28. NUMBER 28. TWO-GAME SERIES AGAINST MICHIGAN NINE OPENS TODAY After winning seven straight games and tying one, the University of Georgia baseball aggregation meets the University of Michigan down at Sanford field In a two game series to be played Friday and Satur day. The team returned Wednesday from Auburn, where they were held to a tie-game by the last season champions. The score was three to three for the first game, and the second was called off n account of rain. Auburn will bf again later on in the seasons*?^, a two game series to be play^ ^Athens. The Bulldog^ ve one of the i ut44t^ iv » i.: „ * l hardest hittir* as this season that Coach Bill ^ <5* scores of the various has ever produced judging b^J? games. ne second game with Marylariu eorgia was held to its lowest score of the season. The team scored only five runs in that game and just did eke out a win. In all other games the Bulldogs tal lied anywhere from six to fifteen markers. The shifting of Nash to rightfield and the placing of Rothstein on the initial bag seems to be an effort to strengthen the hitting capacity of the club. Steele, however, showed his ability to hit by knocking out three bingles against Mercer down in Ma con. Rothstein in both games against Maryland gathered in only one hit. Georgia’s pitchers have been saved several times this season by timely hitting and tight fielding. Murdock, sophomore sensation, pitched a beau tiful game against Kentucky, shut ting them out nine to nothing. He and Waller are the only two Bull dog pitchers who have been putting the stuff on the ball this early in the season. Parkes and Davis show promise, but have been a trifle flus- (Continued on page 8) Twelve Georgia Teachers Go to Atlanta Meeting Twelve University of Georgia pro fessors are attending the annual Georgia Educational association con vention that is being held in Atlanta this week, beginning April 12 and lasting through Saturday, April 14. The convention is being held in con junction with the “National Educa tional week," beginning April 9 and lasting through April 14. This is the 63rd annual meeting of the Georgia association. The faculty members who are in Atlanta for the meeting from the University and the Agricultural col lege are as follows: Chancellor C. M. Snelling, D. W. Hooper, Dr. An drew M. Soule, D. F. Barrow, John , E. Drewry, J. S. Stewart, W. 0. Payne, R. IP. Stephens, Claude Chance. M. B. Pound, J. R. Thax- ton. F. S. Sell, and others. Beginning ion April 12, at 12 o’clock in the morning, the meetings will be held in the auditorium with DEBATE CHALLENGE AT TWO OPPONENTS Continuing its program for the Democratic presidential nomination of Governor A1 Smith, the University of Georgia “A1 Smith-for-President” club has challenged Carl Sutherland and H. D. Shattuck, two leaders of the anti-Smith faction, to a public debate, offlcials of the club an nounced today. The debate will be in the Univer sity chapel, according to present plans, with the Smith club debaters upholding the affirmative side of the debate, “Resolved: That A1 Smith should be nominated for the presi dency by the Democratic party.” The date of the debate, if the challenge is accepted, will be decided at a con ference of the two opposing factions. National Recognition Since its organization by a small group of students April 3, the Uni- Bobby Hooks Will Enter A.A.U. Ring Trials This Month invocation by Rev. John S. Jenkins. versit > r A1 Smlth club has attracted nation-wide attention. Correspond ence ranges from congratulatory tel- presiding elder of the South Atlanta district. Music will be furnished by the Fulton High School band. The welcome addresses will be de livered by I. N. Ragsdale, mayor of Atlanta: George Powell, president, Atlanta board of education; Mrs. P. H. Jeter, president Georgia Parent- Teachers congress. Response and president’s address will be by Pres ident Jere A. Wells. The principal address of the evening will be by Dr. Edward Mims, professor of Eng lish literature, Vanderbilt university, Nashville, Tenn. I. R. C. Sponsors Heyking Lecture Here Next Week egrams and letters from state and national figures to anonymous warn ings and signed acrimonious attacks. (Continued on page 7) Sigma Delta Chi Elects Hamilton Next President Baron Alphone Heyking, Russian peer under the regime of the czar and now a lecturer on diplomatic and consular service and intenational law at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, will deliver an address in the University chapel Tuesday, I are. Carl T. Sutherland, Adairsville Guy C. Hamilton, Dalton, was elected Tuesday, April 3, by the Uni versity of Georgia chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalistic fra ternity, as its president for the com ing year. Mr. Hamilton is a prom inent junior in the School of Journal ism, having served as managing ed itor of The Red and Black and being a member of the staffs of both The Cracker and The Pandora. He also is connected with The Athens Ban ner-Herald and is United Press cor respondent for Athens. He is a mem ber of the Tan Kappa Theta fra ternity. Other officers elected for next year Track Team Will Enter 1 ech Relay Meet on April 14 April 17. Baron Heyking is brought here under the auspices of the Uni versity of Georgia International re lations club, according to Arthur Park McGinty, president. The speaker will also meet with the members of the club and a few of their invited guests later in the day. He is making a lecture tour of America with his program ar ranged by the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. His sub jects are: “The Russian Riddle,” “The Question of Racial Nationali ties,” and "The Problem of Minori ties.” Baron Heyking was a member of the Russian ministry of foreign af fairs from 1901 to 1905. Entered along with a number of strong teams from all sections of the country, the University of Geor gia 1928 track team makes its initial apperance of the season in the Geor gia Tech annual relays in Atlanta tomorrow, April 14. The Georgia track men have been practicing for a month with the Tech relays in view, and Coach' H. J. Stegeman states that prospects for a winning team are brighter this year than they have been in several seasons. Three sophomore stars from last year's freshman ranks are one of Coach Stegeman’s expectation for a successful year. Bob Young, Macon, one-miler; Fred Nixon, Newnan, who hurls the shot and discus around San ford field; and Kankakee Anderson, Rockmart, who runs the low and high hurdles and hurls the javelin, are the sophomores who seem sure of making their letters. Captain W. R. Becton, Athens, will run the two mile race. Herdis McCrary, Indiana, will represent the University in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. McCrary has covered 100 yards in 10 seconds in conference competition. Glenn Lautzenheiser, Atlanta; Hollis Morris, Atlanta; Cecil Kenner, Dalton, are some of the men who made their letters last year and are back this season. The Bulldog athletes are scheduled Bobby Hooks, the University of Georgia’s aspirant for the A. A. U. lightweight boxing championship, will leave Athens about Wednesday of next week en route for Boston, where the finals of the Olympic try outs will be held on April 23 and 24. There are seven A. A. U. boxing districts in the United t States and each district has had its champion ship meet. The southern meet was held in Mobile, Alabama. The win ners of these sectional contests are entitled to enter the final selective tournament in Boston. There are only six men left to contend with Bobby the right to represent the U. S. A. at the Olympics in Amsterdam. He is leaving four days before the tournament starts in order to accli mate himself to the fighting condi tions in Boston. Since the district meet, Bobby has eased up on his training and taken on a surplus of weight which puts him over the light- heavyweight limit. He is starting intensive training immediately, how ever, and thinks that he will have very little trouble getting back down to his fighting weight. Except for the slight surplus of weight, Bobby is in excellent condition and with a week of hard work he should 1 ’ as physically fit as he ever will be A!.hough the Olympic organize is defraying a smalt part of his ex penses to Boston, Hooks is a Uni versity of Georgia entry in the tour nament and is fighting as a member of the University boxing team. ANNUAL TWO-DAY WELFARE MEETING OPENS WEDNESDAY Glee Club Will Perform Here on Friday, April 20 vice-president; Wynn Burton, Atlan ta, Secretary; and Prentiss Courson, Savannah, treasurer. Professor John E. Drewry will continue as faculty adviser. Retiring officers are Ben Hardy, Barnesville, president; Guy Hamil ton, secretary; and Carl Sutherland, treasurer. The newly-elected officers will have charge of the initiation of six j to meet the Auburn track men in men recently pledged to the organ-1 the first dual meet April 27. Clem- izatiou. The Initiation ceremony will \ son is on the schedule for April take place shortly after May 1, ac cording to present plans, state the officers. A member of the faculty in the department of science will address the fraternity at its next meeting. 28, and Georgia Tech will be met May 5. May 11 and 12 the track team will be entered in the Southern conference meet in Birmingham. The team also may enter the state meet. The 1928 Glee club of the Uni versity will present its first public performance for students and Athens people Friday evening, April 20, at the Colonial theatre. A special per formance for the faculty and a private performance at the Georgia State Teachers College have been given in Athens last month before the club left on its spring tour which included Sandersville, Hartwell, Gainesville, Winder, Atlanta, New nan, Columbus, Thomasville, Val dosta. Vidalia, Waycross, Savannah, and Tallahassee, Fla. The Athens performance, one of the features of the annual Spring Dances, will be the end of this long tour, which, according to E. A. Lowe, publicity director of the Uni versity, who traveled with the club throughout the trip, is one of the best * editions of the Georgia musi cians. The music of the program is di rected by Hugh Hodgson, prominent Athens musician, and includes a special number written by Mr. Hodg son and dedicated to the Georgia Glee club of 1928. The opening chorus Includes several numbers which have received favorable comment all over the state. A string quartet composed of Staneil, Drew, Spano, and Mattox has been received well at nearly every performance. (Continued on page 8.) With the main address by Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, prominent New York minister, in Woodruff hall at 12 o'clock, the fourth annual Reli gious Welfare Conference and Pa rents’ Day opens at the University of Georgia next Wednesday. His sub ject will be “Religion and Educa tion.” The conference will extend through Thursday, April 19. Final plans for the two-day con ference have been practically com pleted, E. L. Secrest, general secre tary of the University Y. M. C. A., which sponsors the annual meeting, states. Student committees have co operated with Chancellor Charles M. Snelling and the general committee in making arrangements, inviting parents and pastors, and planning the entertainment of visitors. A committee composed of repre sentatives from all fraternities, soror ities, leading clubs, and the campus is at work to see that every student sends and invitation to his parents and pastor to attend the conference. Cadman Speaks Twice In addition to the main address, Cadman will deliver another a dress .vednesaay r.*. - v 'vt at eight o’clock in Woodruff hall. An informal reception will be given Wednesday afternoon at five o’clock in Memorial hall for the visitors and Dr. Cadman. Representatives from high schools and colleges of the state have been invited here by Y. M. C. A. officials. The conference, as in the past, will have state-wide interest, Mr. Secrest declares. Other Spenkers Chancellor Charles M. Snelling, and probably several other speakers, will be on the program, it is an nounced. I A Modern Language Departments Go To New Building The departments of Romance lan guages, and Germanic languages at the University of Georgia moved into their new quarters in the re cently completed Commerce-Journal ism building on Thursday, April 12. Ever since the completion of the building plans have been on foot to move these departments but it was not convenient to do so until Thurs day. Classes began in the building on Thursday and will be held there permanently. The departments occupy offices and class rooms on the second and ground floors of the south wing. Rooms and offices not taken up by the School of Journalism have been turned over to these departments. Dr. J. S. Stewart will move his offices into the rooms in the Aca demic building formerly occupied by the department of Romance lan guages and the University Y. M. C. A. will also have offices in these quar ters.
