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Volume xxxiv. ®jje $\eb anb Mack UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA., NOVEMBER HI, 11128. NUMBER 8. Clarke County Fair Boasts of Good Exhibits as it Nears Close With excellent general exhibits of home products and educational pro gress, the Clarke County Agricul tural and Industrial Fair will close Saturday night after a successful week. The big midway, the largest ag gregation of amusement features seen in Athens in many years, was Opened Monday night and is offer ing opportunity to young and old to forget their troubles and enjoy them selves to the fullest. As a free attraction, the “Monkey Drill” team of the University which performed for the first time Tues day afternoon, is being hailed on all sides, while the wall-scaling demon stration and infantry in attack is also considered a most thrilling fea ture. The “Monkey Drill” is given each afternoon at :30 and the other exhibition at 10 o'clock each night. In his educational address Tues day, “School Day,” Dr. S. V. Sanford, dean of the University of Georgia, declared he was agreeably surprised at the Fair and commended the pro moters enthusiastically. (Continued on page 2) FAIR TO GIVE CUT RATES TO STUDENTS All students of the Univer sity of Georgia who present their registration cards at the gates when purchasing tickets may go to the fair Friday night and all day Saturday for the admission price of 10 cents. All of the midway attrac tions will be open with no show being over 10 cents to students presenting University registra tion cards. Rides will be not more than 10 cents when the card is presented. Thalians Select Comedy as 1928 Fall Production The Thalian dramatic club of the •University will present “The Torch- I bearers” as its fall production. The Jury System Will Be Discussed by Literary Societies "Resolved, That the jury system should be abolished in the United States," is the subject for the an nual champion debate between the two literary societies, to be held about the middle of March. Phi Kappa upholds the affirmative and Demosthenian the negative. Each tram will be composed of three Juniors and seniors to be selected In a competitive try-out. The University of Florida and the University of Georgia will debate the same subject the first week in March in Athens. The judges who award the decision in the inter-so ciety debate will, at the same time, select the three best speakers who will compose Georgia’s intercolle giate team for the Florida contest. Papers for the try-out for places on the champion debate must be turned in to Mr. William Tate, fac ulty representative of debating, not later than the last Wednesday In January. The try-out will be com pleted the first Tuesday in February when the contestants will speak a three-minute portion of their de bates. The three best speakers from each society, based on both the writ ten paper and the spoken part, will be selected. (Continued on page 4) play will be given near the end of November, according to Miss MaNita Bullock, director of the Thalians. Rehearsals have already begun in Peabody hall and the following cast was selected by Miss Bullock: Frederick Ritter—Rotiert King; Huxley Hossefrosse—>F. H. Shea- rouse; Mr. Spindler—iLamertine Hardeman; Ralph Twiller—Lathrop Mitchell; Teddy Spearing—James Hayes; Miss Paula Ritter—Mary Hart; Mrs. J. Duro Pampinelli— Katherine Kingman; Mrs. Nellie Fell —Martha Lester; Florence McCric- kett—Ada Forscay; Mrs. Clara Shep pard—Rebecca Means; Yevonne— Lillian Kelly. The play is a three act comedy by George Kelly, and has recently had a long run on Broadway. The exact date for the presenta tion of the play has not yet been decided upon. Military Frat to Initiate Saturday The annual fall Initiation of the Scabbard and Blade, national honor ary fraternity for military students, will be held Saturday, November 17, when the public skits will be put on by the neophytes. The rest of the initiation will probably be next STUDENT TICKETS FOR TECH GAME ON SALE MONDAY Student tickets for the Georgia- Tech game will be sold at Woodruff hall on the dates and to the class members as indicated below: 1. Each ticket will be fifty cents in cash and will be sold only on pre sentation of registration and athletic card by each student in person. 2. Tickets will be sold members of the Freshman class on Monday, No vember 19, from 2:00 until 6:30 p. m. 3. Tickets will be sold members of the Sophomore class on Tuesday, November 20, from 2:00 until 6:30 p. m. 4. Tickets will be sold members of the Junior class and Women Stu dents on Wednesday, November 21, from 2:00 until 6:30 p. m. 5. Tickets will be sold Seniors and members of all the Law classes and graduate students on Thursday, No vember 22, from 2:00 until 6:30 p. m. 6. Members of the band and foot ball team will receive their tickets from band master and manager. New Building on Campus Proposed By State U. D. C. As a memorial to Miss Mildred Rutherford. Historian-General for life of the Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a building to be known as the "Mil dred Rutherford Historical Museum," is to be erected on the University of Georgia campus. The proposed building is to be absolutely fire-proof and la to take care of relics, papers, and other ar ticles of historic value pertaining to the Southern Confederacy. In the next few months the pres ident of the Georgia division of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, Covington, will announce plans for the beginning of the campaign to raise the money with which this building is to be erected. Gifts will be made to this fund by the many friends of Miss Rutherford, not only in Georgia but throughout the South and nation, as (Continued on page 4) Soule Addresses Scientific Society Mrs. Bryan Will Speak in Atlanta week. Invitations have been sent to a number of seniors in the R. O. T. C., all of whom are cadet officers. An other initiation is held in the spring Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the Georgia State College of Agri culture, spoke to the Scientific socie ty of the University Thursday night in Memorial hall on “The Develop ment of Agricultural Research.” Mrs. H. M. Bryan, instructor in journalism in the Henry W. Grady school of journalism at the Univer sity and president of the Athens’ chapter of the American Association of University Women, will address the Georgia division of this associa tion in Atlanta Saturday. The Atlanta chapter will give a luncheon Saturday in honor of the Georgia division of this association. when only juniors are eligible for membership. The officers of “L” Company, Second Regiment, Scabbard and Blade, are: Captain, Cree Stelllng, Augusta; First Lieutenant, Joseph N. Franklin, Columbus; Second Lieu tenant, M M. Stephenson, Athens; and First Sergeant, William A. Leg- wen, Augusta. Dr. Soule has played an important part in th e developing of the Geor gia State College of Agriculture to its present position among the agri cultural schools of the nations, and has been a promoted of agricultural research since Its beginning. His talk to the Scientific society was well received by those present In the meeting place In Memorial hall. This was the first popular ad dress before the society this year. Bulldogs to Face L. S. U. Tigers In Last Home Game of Season I,. S. U. DANCES TO BE AT GEORGIAN HOTEL Three dances, with Frank Silva’s orchestra playing, will be given at the Georgian Hotel as a part of the entertainment for students centering around the Georgia-L. S. U. football game. Friday night's dance is from 9-30 p. m. to 1:00 a. m. Sat urday, there will be two dances: a tea-dance from 5:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m., and an other dance from 9:00 p. m. to 12:00 p. m. Etheridge Will Speak Saturday On Journalism Mark S. Etheridge, managing ed itor of the Macon Telegraph, will address the students of the Henry W. Grady school of journalism in the auditorium of the Commerce- Journalism building Saturday morn ing at 9:40 o’clock on "Yellow Jour nalism.” Journalism students who have classes In some other part of the University will be excused from their classes at the 9:40 period Saturday to enable them to attend the lec ture. No journalism classes will he held during the period Mr. Etheridge lectures. Appearing as the second practicing journalist to lectur e before the stu dents of journalism this year, Mr. Etheridge will discuss the evaluating of news, and the playing up of the news stories according to the prin ciples of higher Journalism. Mr. Etheridge was scheduled to speak earlier In the month, but the emergencies which arose In his city room due to the election forced post ponement of his visit to the Univer sity. Scribes Elect 8 To Membership Eight women students have been Invited to membership in the Scribes, women’s honorary, journalistic club of the University of Georgia. They are: Misses Mary Bond Pal mer, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Elizabeth Head, Athens; Melba Young, Val dosta; Katherine Kingman, Fort Rennlng: Sarah Norris, Augusta; Mary Gregory, Atlanta; Mary Kate Lang, Calhoun; and Martha Camp, Monroe. Public initiation of the new mem bers will be held Wednesday, No vember 21. The Scribes was organized at the University last spring by women stu dents in the school of Journalism, with a view to petitioning Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary Jour nalistic fraternity. Honorary mem bers of the Scribes are: Mrs. M. H. Bryan, Mrs. John E .Drewry, and Miss Willie Mae Cook. Professor John E. Drewry, 6t the school of journalism, is faculty adviser. The Georgia Bulldogs face the Tigers of L. S. U. in the last home game of the season Saturday. This game which was looked upon at the first of the season as being of little importance has now the aspect of one of the big games of the season. The reason for this is that, after the poor showing against Florida, ail of the followers of the Georgia team are looking at this game to see if Georgia can come back. L. S, U. has two conference vic tories to its credit and several wins over small opponents outside the con ference. The Tigers have tasted de feat only once this season and this at the hands of the Arkansas Razor- backs. Only three touchdowns have been scored against L. S. U. this season. This record shows to some extent what the Bulldogs are up against Saturday. The Georgia team ra nover Mercer and gave Yale a good tight and while defeated the Georgians have the sat isfactions of having played a good game. Against Tulane in the first part of the game, the Red and Black (Continued on page 61 Phi Kappa Wins In Junior-Senior Annual Debate The debating team from the Phi Kappa Literary society won a unan imous decision over the team from Demosthenian in the annual junior- senior Impromptu debate between the two societies held Wednesday night in the auditorium of the Commerce- Journalism building. This is the first Phi Kappa victory in this de bate for a number of years. The winning team upheld the af firmative of the subject: “Resolved, That the University should grant the degree of Associate of Arts, of Sci ences, of Commerce, of Journalism, etc., to all students who have passed thirty hours at the end of their sophomore year, but whose average Is less thau eighty (60), the work for the Bachelor degrees thereby being closed to these students.” Representing Phi Kappa were, in the order in which they spoke: D. Guerry Harris, Valdosta; B. Sanders Walker, Macon; S. Earnest Palmour, Jr., Gainesville; John S. Candler, II, Atlanta; Fred B. Davis, Macon; and Joe M. Walker, Savannah. Mr. Walker delivered the rebuttal speech. On the Demosthenian team In their speaking order were: Emanuel Ja- (Continued on page 4) Drewry to Speak During Holidays Prof. John E. Drewry of the Henry W. Grady school of journalism, has been invited to speak on the pro gram of the convention of the Amer ican Association of Teachers of Journalism to be held at the Uni versity of Michigan December 29 to I. Mr. Drewry is vice-president of the association and has been on the program as a speaker at the con ventions for five years.