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TIIE KEI) AND BLACK
Much Ado About
Nothing
By BOB SHERROD
Freshmen Enjoy
Parade and Pep
Rally Wednesday
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HTAFF
JOHN S. CANDLER, II -Editor In Chief
LATH KOI* MITCHELL Managing Editor
KDITOKIAL HTAFF
I’rcntlNN (’ournon Find Ansodate Editor
Eiitfene Baldwin Second Aaaodate Editor
It K. Hamilton Third Asawdate Editor
John T. Carlton .. .Newn Editor
Charlea Hardy ...Aaat. Newn Editor
Marvin Cox ...Sports Editor
Martha Worth Hof era Feature Editor
Mary Claire Brannon ..Society Editor
Sam Hlrach Staff Manager
I<«dirlitoii Mitchell .Staff Manager
111 N INF MM DKI'AKTMF.NT
('nil T. Sutherland BiikIiipmh Manager
Joel Cloud Aanlatant BunIiipmh Manager
L. E. Hay Circulation Manager
Oxcar Lott First Assistant
James lieamer.... Second Aanlatant
Hold. McClelland Third Assistant
It CroKTOItIA I. STAFF
Ouy C. Hamilton. Hohert E. Sherrod,
Wylljr Folk. Naomi llenaon, Mary Hond
I'aluier. lteiie Stuart, Katherine Kingman.
Sadie Myers.
AN EDITORIAL COUNCIL
The Red and Black adopts,
with thin 1 aalie, u new policy ot
editorial writing. Each week
an Kdltorlal Council meets to
d lscuss the current college
news and from tills discussion,
the policy of The Red and Black
is determined for each editorial
that will appear. The editorials
will then he written by one of
the members of the Council, not
necessarily the editor-in-chief as
in the past. The New York
Tillies uses this system for Its
editorial writing and the adop
tion of the Council by The Red
and Rlack is another step to
ward making It a model ot good
Journalism.
At a meeting of The Red and
Rlack stag and those Interested
in working with The Red and
Rlack staff. It was explained
that all students In the Uni
versity who have us much as
thirty Inches of copy printed
will he added to the reportorlal
stag, thus muktng a place on
the stag a worthwhile one, not
merely an honor.
The Red and Rlack editorial
work Is being done this year In
the new journalism laboratory
where the atmosphere of a
metropolitan daily Is created.
The Kdltorlal Council not
only determines the editorial
policies of the newspaper, but
also acts as an executive board.
The Council desires to make
The Red and Rlack Journalis
tically perfect. Constructive
criticism will be appreciated.
NEW RUSHING RULES
The new rushing and pledg
ing rules put into egect this
year have proved unsatisfactory
from the standpoint of both the
fraternities and the freshmen.
These rules were made last
spring and received their first
try-out this fall.
Kven after taking into con
sideration the fact that few
students were acquainted with
the new rules which caused
considerable confusion over
pledging. it Is quite evident
that the new system Is even
worse than a poor substitute for
the former method.
Under the revised system fra
ternities were allowed to begin
rushing the freshmen on Sun
day. September lfi. Then fol
lowed u week of hectic rushing
during which time no freshman
could he pledged. On Satur
day. September 22, the frater
nities were to place written
bids to desired freshmen In the
office of the dean of men.
Freshmen were supposed to call
by this office Saturday after
noon to learn whether or not
they had received a hid or per
haps bids. Those receiving
bids were to signify their ac
ceptance by going to his se
lected fraternity house for din
ner on Sunday.
These rules made It neces
sary for a fraternity to rush a
freshman for a week before ft
could pledge him. It also made
continual rushing of the same
freshman necessary. This was
entirely too long a period to
rush, involving unnecessary ex
pense and trouble.
Another adverse feature of
this system Is the embarrass
ment and possible disappoint
ment caused by the rushees
having to call at the dean’s of
fice to receive a bid.
Freshmen were not allowed
sufficient time to consider their
bids after receiving them. Pos
sibly, they did not get the one
they hud anticipated and de
sired time for consideration of
their second choice.
In the larger eastern and
northern universities rushing
rules prohibiting the pledging
of freshmen until November or
December have proved efieetive.
The University of Georgia
should either return to unre
stricted rusliingl and pledging
after Freshman Week, or adopt
a system of deferred rushing
similar to those of the east.
NEW CHAPEL SERVICES
There can be no doubt that
the way the new chapel services
have been executed has been to
the great satisfaction of the
student body. There was a
statement to the effect that ati
effort was being made to make
the chapel exercises so inter
esting that attendance would
not have to be compulsory. If
a feeling among the students of
this Institution could he aroused
which would enable the authori-
t'es to abolish the compulsory
law, The Red and Rlack feels
that the student body as a whole
would be extremely grateful.
While the chapel services would
be well attended, there would
be no ruling which would force
any student to attend a re
ligious service of any kind
against his will.
Such a feeling, such an
aroused Interest is certain to be
the result If the programs con
tinue to be as pleasing as the
Junior-Senior chapel exercises
of this week In which Miss
Margerethe Morris was featured
as violin soloist. It has been
promised by the faculty that
chapel programs throughout the
year will be kept upon such a
plane. If this promise is kept
(and no doubt It will be so far
as possible), what more can the
student body ask?
A certain portton of the stu
dent body also deserves credit
for the present movement. Some
few years ago. the Pioneer club.
composed of women students In
the University, started a fund
for the establishment of a chair
of music. Then It was hardly
more than a dream. But this
year, the dream became a real-
iation. And the now existant
chair of music is largely respon
sible for the trend in the daily
chapel exercises. Amen.
OVERDOING INITIATIONS
The death of a University of
Texas student as the result of
a fraternity initiation (uvj a
freshman-sophomore battle at
the University of Alabama Mon
day night are two incidents de
serving of more than passing
interest. While The Red and
Rlack does not hold that fra
ternities and all forms of Ini
tiation should be abolished be
cause of one unfortunate ex
ample, or that the two lower
classes at universities should be
segregated to prevent possible
forms of violent contact, It
does believe that the real pur
pose of the rites of formal in
duction into fraternities often
are violated and that the rela
tion of freshmen to other classes
undoubtedly could be improved.
Fraternities serve a number
of excellent purposes, and at
such an institution as the Uni
versity. where dormitory space
ts woefully inadequate for the
number of students enrolled,
they offer many a solution to
the problem of where to stay.
But when their initiation is de
graded to the point where it
beoomeB mere physical torture
to the initiate, presumably for
the entertainment of the older
members, a damning charge is
arraigned against the society to
add to those already martialed
by its enemies.
No incident such as this has
occurred in the history of fra
ternities at the University, so
far as The Red and Black knows.
Certainly none would knowing
ly take chances on a similar oc
currence. The point is that to
unthoughtfulness and gross
carelessness, not willful inten
tion, Is charged the death of
a college student. Assurance
against a repetition means more
to fraternities than does satisfy
ing brutal instincts of some of
its members.
The fight at Alabama caused
by the refusal of a freshman to
perform a menial task for a
sophomore, was stopped only
when the police arrived on the
scene. The Red and Black does
not attempt to settle once and
for all time the argumentative
sides or place the responsibil
ity in this particular Incident;
instead, the effect of such a spec
tacle offers a more pertinent
field for comment. A fight
among students, aside from in
juries, causes only friction and
hard feeling within the univer
sity and hurts the institution In
the eyes of outsiders.
Older students should enjoy
certain privileges; but does the
conception of the term privilege
Imply the right to inflict what
may result in serious or perma
nent injury? Officially, hazing
has been abolished at the Uni-
versity.. unofficially, the rule
sometimes is suspended.
There is nothing more discon
certing to the vanity of upper
classmen than a freshman class
that laughs while violating tra
ditions of the University and
openly shows that tt considers
Itself the equal of other stu
dents. who were forcefully
taught early in their collegiate
infancy that upperclassmen are
New attractions about Athens: the I
Vitaphone, the fire chief’s new au
tomobile, the freshman football
team, the new stadium which prom
ises to be an imposing structure,
another quick lunch room. Ben
Hardy as an English instructor. And
now they tell us that Athens is to
have stop lights!
Sunday afternoon is when time
hangs heaviest on the hands of the
Georgia student. Most of the col-
legiates sleep on the Sabbath morn
or go to church but after lunch
there is less to do than at any other
time of the week unless you play
golf or poker. Some few content
themselves with a date and a slightly
larger number study for the week
Just past or for the incoming seven-
day period. Imagine the attendance
at the Palace or at football games
if such naughty things were allowed
on the Sabbath. A goodly number
goes home nearly every week-end.
Oh, yes. We forgot to mention
that the Y. M. C. A. forum meets
on Sunday afternoon.
A surprising number of Georgia
students are planning to attend the
Yale game in New Haven next Sat
urday. There were about 30 there
last year, not including the players,
of course, and those who made the
trip felt that it was well worth the
time and money. New Haven seems
to be an oasis for all Georgia men
who are now in the east when the
two teams meet each year. From
New York and Boston they flock like
bees and anyone entering the Taft
hotel Friday night before the game
or on Saturday night would think
that a reunion was scheduled.
If you have a close friend with a
car and who can be induced to take
the trip, the journey will cost a min
imum of $20. perhaps slightly less.
I believe that nearly everyone who
went to New Haven last fall is in
tending to return this year. For a
college student it is an unforgettable
pilgrimage. And last year’s victory
was worth going three times the dis
tance to see.
College Humor crashes through
with this one: She's so dumb she
thinks a hangover is a Jewish hol
iday.
Did you notice that the fraterni
ties pledged about 50 freshmen fewer
than they did last year? It seems
that in the scramble under the new
system of rushing, all the Greeks
were after the same man. Our idea
is that there are quite a few steady
country boys who will bo the back
bone of their chapter some day, but
who are not yet wearing one of the
funny little buttons.
Winning prize definition: GRIPE,
the song writer who says, “For You
and I.”
to be looked upon as inhabitants
of a higher plane, and treated
accordingly. An extreme golden
rule probably never will teach
freshmen that they are not to
walk under the arch and to
speak to sophomores, Juniors,
and seniors: but the other ex
treme can be expected to incite
only fear and an undesirable
influence that is transmitted
from year to year. That leaves
a mixture—liberalism that does
not tend toward radicalism of
either extreme—as the solution.
Wednesday night was Freshman
Night everywhere in the vicinity of
Athens. It is an annual affair at
which freshmen officers are elected,
after which the parade to Hardman
hall, Lucy Cobb Institute, and the
Georgia State Teachers College gets
under way.
The election was held in the
i chapel, Campus Leader Shearouse
acting as chairman. The following
officers were elected: J. C. Wise,
Jr„ Plains, president; J. D. Strange,
Eatonton, vice-president; Grady Tur
ner. Tate, secretary and treasurer.
Immediately after the election the
senior cheer leaders, Joe Franklin
and Pete Kenner, took charge and
gave a few yells; after which they
marched in column of fours to Hard
man hall, where a warm welcome
awaited them. The freshmen yelled
for the co-eds and the co-eds yelled
for the freshmen.
Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the
Agricultural College, addressed the
students and they were welcomed by
the matrons and students at Soule
hall, the Freshman house, Lucy Cobb,
and G. S. T. C. as they paraded over
Athens.
SQUARE AND COMPASS
MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT
The Square and Compass frater
nity invites all Master Masons in
school to meet with it in the Masonic
Temple, Tuesday night at 8:30.
Refreshments will be served, and
some talks will be given on the sub-
iects of interest.
The Square requests that any
Mason who cannot attend the meet
ing see George Fetzer, president, at
the Tau Kappa Theta house at an
early date.
SIXTY-FOUR GIRLS
ARE PLEDGED TO
FOUR SORORITIES
(Continued from page 1)
Flora Cox, Athens; Mary Gregory,
Atlanta; Emily Dozier, Athens; Ma
rion Mathis. Athens; Ruth Hood,
Commerce; Ellen Blair, Cave Spring;
Elizabeth Arvin, Lafayette; Olivia
McCarty, Dalton; Martha Jordan.
Perry; Virginia Zelius, Savannah;
Helen Briscoe, Monroe.
Sigma Phi chapter of Kappa Del
ta: Misses Suzannet Stark. Com
merce: Rosalyn Walch, Garfield,
Gladys Shaw, Woodville; Maizie
Rich, Bainbridge; Doris McCormick,
Cartersville; Helen Landers. At
lanta; Dorothy Jones, Valdosta;
Frances Henson, Cartersville; Kath
erine Henderson, Rome; Margaret
Ehmann, Jacksonville, Florida; Ruth
Coleman, Graymont-Summit; Eloise
Chapman. Danville; Lucile Bickley,
Bradentown, Florida; Grace Bernard.
Athens; Martha Jim Arnold, Athens;
Sophie Lou Meakin. Atlanta; Mar
jorie Lacy, Avon Park, Florida.
Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Mu:
Misses Sophie Boyd, Tignall; Lillis
Barnett, Washington; Virginia Hodg
son. Athens; Dorothy Davis. Macon;
Ruth Norris, Atlanta; Mary Pond,
Athens: Virginia McCall, Savannah;
Georgianne Nelson, Savannah; Marie
McHatton, Athens; Julia Bradwell,
Athens; Martha Bradwell, Athens;
Janet Jarnigan. Athens; Frances
Glenn, Spartanburg, South Carolina;
Harriet Ray. Monroe; Frances Phil
lips. Thomasville; Martha Gabbett,
Savannah; Julia Osborn, Albany;
Albany; Lena Gresham. Waynes
boro: Dorothy Miller. Allenhurst;
Mary Park. Athens.