About The Red and Black (Athens, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1928)
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Kolurt L Sherrod, " > Hy Folk, Ni Koiihoii, Mliry IIhimI Palmer. Itnii' Smart, .1. T. Carlton. A MODERN LAW SCHOOL Di'hii II. N. Edmunds seems determined to put the Lump kin Law School on a par with any In the country. Un fa nee requirements are being enforced to the letter, and stu dents expect I its to obtain credit for their work are finding It necessary to study more than ever. Courses have been reor ganized and the modern rase system replaces the anlquated system which has been ehunged very little In a quarter of a een- I u ry. In adopting the case system of teaching, the law faculty is following In the footsteps of all the leading law schools in Amer- ica In practice it has proven the more sucessl'itl method of teaching law and it is a shatne that It took this long to install It. The alumni of the University, including many prominent at torneys, have come to the aid of the law school and are raisiug the funds to replace the pres ent building which is far from adequate with a modern law building and a complete library. The alumni are ail behind the new dean and are expecting him to do great things with the law school. Using a modern system and soon to have modern equip ment. the Lumpkin Law School should be a credit to the University, a credit to the state of Georgia, and a credit to the profession. The Atlanta Journal regarding the new department: "The University of Georgia, in establishing a department of music under the direction of Mr. Hugh Hodgson, adds notably to its service and its distinction. The Greeks of old, who seem to have started everything that we comprise In the word "culture,” placed music among their major subjects of study, emphasizing the capacity to understand and enjoy It rather than technical proflclency 111 its performance. Therein they were wise. For every musician who is skilled in playing, there are scores, hun dreds, thousands of hearers who iire not skilled in listening; yet the listener no less than the player or singer must do his part and do it well If the purpose of music is to be fulfilled. The University, we gather, means to stress this larger province of musical education, without neg lecting the rarely gifted student. Outlining his plans. Mr. Hodgson says: " ‘Both theoretical and cultural courses are to be given, with full academic credits, as elective studies. Later, degrees In mu sic will prohubly be conferred. Even this year, private Instruc tion may be had for unusually talented students: but, in the main, attention will be given to groups rather than to extraor dinary individuals. The chan cellor hopes thus to contribute further to the broadly cultural advantages of the University and to stimulate the love of beauty In music’.’ "Musical appreciation! If the new department does noth ing beyond quickening and re- lining this one faculty, even so It will huve rendered the Uni versity and the public an ines timable service. The more peo ple there are who like the best music and give it a place in their daily lives, the higher will be the quality of our citizenship and the happier the tempera ment of our state. Chancellor Snelllng Is warmly to be con gratulated on this forward step of the great and beloved insti tution over which he presides, and on having procured so emi nent a director of the music school ns Mr. Hodgson, along with so able a teaching staff." Mutterings of a Maniac By GUY HAMILTON One who has been present on the campus only when school is on can’t have an idea what a desolate place It Is between sessions. Dormitory i windows are black at night. The place has an oppressive atmosphere I like a remetery in the hours while the darkness hangs over everything. Then within two days the transfor mation takes place. Freshmen begin to come in, and the University re ceives them. Life pulsates, and Georgia is Georgia again. Frosh Exercises Brilliance In Touring Campus Kven during the first week fresh men show they are as unlike as in dividuals can be. despite the fact that their surface appearance has about as much variety as two oys ters. Crowded among the monot onous rows of boys who sit in chapel during freshman week to hear what is said are the budding athletes; the family pets; boys from the north (ieorgia hills and the south Georgia pine flats. There are boys who will shut themselves away from the crowd and take refuge in their books; others who will know the names of all the waitresses at Cos ta’s, but will be absolutely immune to the classroom atmosphere. There are those who will be out for a good time, those who will wonder what they are out for, and those who won’t even wonder. The University is supposed to take the student and make an individual out of him, not in an external, en vironmental way that is apparent on tile surface, but in a different man ner. The graduate, it is agreed, should be able to make his own de cisions. grasp problems for himself, and have opinions and a philosophy of his own. In a great many cases this ideal isn’t realized, but It should be. And as yet as a first step toward leading the individual along the new way, he must first be acclimated to the school which is to bring him out of his shell. (By Bone Stuart) AM Hail to the freshman class whose members—at least a few of them, perhaps seven or eleven—will graduate in the dim and distant year l’i32! Some of them are dumber than I was as a frosh. We met one several days ago who has the mental qualities for the All- American freshman football team. Coming out of the dean’s office (it’s really none of your business why we were there), a red-cap rushed up and in a breathless voice inquired: "Is this the military science class room?” Thinking that perhaps here was a young Washington or a Lee before us, seeking the light of a higher edu cation along military lines, we broke down and confessed that it was not. It was then the middle of a class period (which I had cut), and the poor little fellow was scared witness —I presume that fear was the cause —at the thought that he would be late for the war. At his insistence, we told him that the military department was located in New College. “Where’s New College?” he asked. By this time the freshman’s ap palling ignorance had almost com pletely dazed us, but we managed to give him complete and detailed instructions on how to traverse the difficulties between the Academic building and the chapel, from which point New College could be seen in the distance. Staggering down the Academic building steps, we saw the freshman dashing off on a circuitous route in the general direction of Connor hall. NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY Guedallo: Conquistador. Bent; Ballyhoo, the Voice of the Press. Krutch: Edgar Allen Poe. Crofts; The Cask; the Ponson Case. Stern: A Deputy was King. Douglas: In the Beginning. Kandel: Twenty-five Years of Amer ican Education. Slmonds: How Europe Made Peace Without America. Housman; Followers of St. Francis. Brooks: The Ordeal of Mark Twain. Pennell: Mary Walt Stonecraft. Mathiez: The Fall of Robespierre. Sawyer: George Washington. Goodwin: Caleb Williams. Garland: Trail-Makers of the Mid dle Border. Library Rules Demand Quiet MUSIC AT THE UNIVER SITY There has been no little state wide attention paid to the es tablishment of the new music department under Hugh Hodg son. A new organ installed in the historic old chapel gives It an atmosphere which one cannot help but revere. An example of this interest is the editorial of Reed’s Address Opens Phi Kappa Phi Kappa Literary society lias more men In the Statuary Hall of Fame than any other society of its kind on the globe, stated T. W. Reed, registrar of the University, in an address delivered in Phi Kappa hall Wednesday night commemorat ing the 120th year of the founding of the society and marking the of ficial opening of the society for the I9I8-’29 session. Mr. Reed In his talk, pointed out the advantages of attending the so ciety, the many famous men it has produced, the history of the society from its founding in the attic of the chupel In 1820. by William Hill Lumpkin and five other students of the University, to the present day. He generalized the value of a col lege education, advantages, purpose, and aim of the University to produce better men. The meeting was called to order by President Ernest Palmour, Gaines ville, who after making several an nouncements called on Professor Wil liam Tate, of the English depart ment, who introduced Mr. Reed. The freshman must be standard- j ized. to some extent, at first, in 1 order to get off to the right start. The University's customs, mode of life, ideals, and even some of its absurdities must be partially ac cepted if one is going to get any thing from it. Otherwise there will be discord between student and school, and the inspiration of the in stitution will be missed. It is best to start along with the old current till the feeling of strange ness wears off. After that the stu dent may go according to his own inclination. He must enter what ever phase of the University life he desires. He must accept nobody's sayso about anything, but throw off the straps, and start down the track with an open mind, and an aim to be himself Demosthenian Has Large Attendance Almost 200 University students became members of Demosthenian literary society at the opening held in the chapel Wednesday night. Rufus Jennings, president of the society, presided at the meeting, dur ing which speeches were made by- Carl Sutherland. Adaireville; Frank- j lin Shearouse, Springfield; Kankakee Anderson. Rockmart; and Emanuel j Javetz. Savannah. Refreshments, In the form of ice j cream, and smokes, both cigars and cigarettes, were served at the close of the session. The rules in regard to keeping absolute quiet in the libraries will be enforced to the letter, according to Duncan Burnett, University Li brarian. Following is Mr. Burnett’s statement to the student body: "In the ‘Regulations and Informa tion for the Guidance of Undergrad uate Students,’ to be issued in a re vised edition, occurs the following rules, among those dealing with the use of our libraries: “ ‘The libraries are not to be used as study hails by those desiring to study together. Conversation is pro hibited and the utmost possible quiet is desirable as a matter of mutual consideration.’ “The attention of a few students had to be called to these rules from time to time last year. In order that no one may say that due notice has not been given, I desire to say here that members of the library staffs have been instructed to reiport in fractions of the rules against study ing together and conversation. It is our intention to suspend from the use of the libraries those who disturb library users, and this con stitutes due notice to this effect. Duncan Burnett, University Librarian.” I Regardless of the benefits to be .derived from the abolishing of hazing there is much in its favor. New men are prevented from holding exaggerated opinions of themselves. They learn to respect school cus toms. and school authorities. And wherever hazing occurs, class and school loyalty result. After a person has been here awhile, his love for the school changes from a whoop-'em-up, for the team affair to something that gets deep under the skin—too deep to be advertised. Outing Planned For Y. M. C. A. The annual outing of the Uni versity Y. M. C. A. will be held this' week-end at Camp Jennings, the Ath ens i . W. C. A. camp, according \ r information obtained from E. L. Se- crest. University Y. M. C. A. secre- j tary. Mr. O. R. Magill, southern re- j gionai secretary for the Y. M. C. * A., and Dr. W. W. Alexander, Atlan ta. have been secured as speakers, i The personnel of the retreat will in clude all of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet and other leaders of the University campus. The members of the party- will leave for the camp Saturday, and remain overnight, returning to Athens Sunday night. The meeting Sunday afternoon will be open to anyone interested in student life, and. besides the University Y. W. C. A. cabinet, a large number of Atb ens people are expected to join in the closing services on the lake front. Blake Speaks to Students Sunday Comparing the obstacles en- lountered in life to the opposing tacklers on the football gridiron and the encouraging influences to the in terfering teammates. Morgan Blake, sporting editor of The Atlanta Jour nal, made the principal address at the fifth annual uniou service for students at the First Christian church here Sunday night. Mr. Blake was speaking for the third time as the principal speaker at the an nual service. Rufus B. Jennings, student presi dent of the Y. M. C. A., spoke for five minutes on “Religion on the Campus;” Pryor Fitts gave a short talk on "A Student's Religion;” and Professor J. Alton Hosch. assistant dean of the Lumpkin Law school, spoke on "College and Life.” Music was furnished by a chorus from the Georgia State Teachers Col lege. Miss Amelia Walker singing a solo. Harry Carswell read from the scripture and Claude Bond led in prayer. John M. Berry presided. A large crowd was present.
