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JOHN 8. < ANDLBR, I! Editor In Chief
LATIIHOP MITCHELL..Managing Editor
KDITOHIAL MTAFF
I'rentlHN Conraon Klrat Aaaodnte Editor
Eugene Baldwin Second AHNoclate Editor
H. E. 11 a in 111 on Third Aaaoelate Editor
John T. Carlton .Newa Editor
Charlea (lardy .... .AnmC Newa Editor
Marvin Cox Hporta Editor
Martha Worth Hogera Feature Editor
Mary Claire Brannon .. .(Society Editor
Ham Hlrach Rtaff Manager
l^elghton Mltehell ..... Staff Manager
IH'HINKMH DEPAKTMENT
Curl T. Sutherland BnalneaH Manager
Joel Cloud AaalHtant BiiHlneaa Manager
L. E. Clay... Circulation Manager
Oacar Lott..- Flrat Aaalatant
Jatnea Beamer— Second Aaalatant
Jot IM Mild Third Aaolatuit
IIF1*011 TO It IA I- NTAFF
fitly C. Hamilton, Robert L. Sherrod,
Wylly Folk. Naomi llenaon. Mary Bond
Calmer, Rene Stuart. Katherine Kingman,
Sadie My era. Turner M. 11 (era, Melba
Young.
GEORGIA TRADITIONS
How many students, If naked
by some visitor to be shown the
ImildliiKs around which the his
tory of the University of Geor
gia has developed from Its ear
liest graduation exercises In
1801 until now, would be nble
to do so? Only an nctual test
would show tho exact number,
but It Is very doubteful that
there would be a large number.
Is this to be wondered at when
even the faculty, trustees, and
proud alumni find It a difficult
task to direct their guests prop
erly?
Harvard, with all Its age and
splendor has no Phi Kappa, no
Itemosthenlnn. no Chnpel to
equal Georgia’s buildings with
their old Southern architecture
and their history made In Geor
gia's youth. Has Phi Kappa for
gotten her Lumpkin, Cobb,
Stephens, and Grady: have the
Demos) henlana forgotten their
Pierce, Toombs, and Hill?
For one hundred and twenty-
seven years the banner of
Demosthenlan has stood as a
symbol of spotless honor; for
one hundred and eight years.
Phi Kappa has echoed with
youth's nmbltlous and maiden
speeches Today, they are still
there for the same purpose as
years ago. Kvery Wednesday
night, a small band of students
gather there to carry on Geor
gia's traditions. It is a shame
that a larger number do not
realise the opportunity which
Is open to every University stu
dent.
There are other buildings with
a historical significance. Old
College, about one hundred and
twenty-five years old, is the old
est building on tho campus.
Many prominent alumni have
spent their college days In this
dormitory, chief among them
being two roommates, Alexan
der H. Stephens and Crawford
W. Long, now united as Geor
gia's two representatives in the
Hall of Fame In the nation’s
capital.
LeConte hall takes its name
from tho LeConte brothers,
pioneer scientists and early
members of the faculty who
contributed much to scientific
thought of their day. The Law
School takes Its name from
Chief Justice Lumpkin, a fore
most Jurtst of all the state of
Georgia. The Journalism school
Is named for Henry W. Grady,
orator and journalist who did
so much to bring the South and
North together following the
War of the Sixties.
The sun-dial in front of the
Chapel marks the spot where
once stood the famous Toombs
Oak. where Robert Toombs
made a speech on commence
ment day in competition with
the valedictory address in the
Chapel. It Is said that Toombs
had the larger crowd listening
to him.
Perhaps the last building of
historical Importance to be
erected Is tho War Memorial
building, a structure In memory
of those loyal sons of the Uni
versity who left college and
went to France to free the
world from a grey horde far
more terrible than any of all
previous history. In the class
of 1917, every member who was
over twenty-one years of age
and physically able, went to an
Officers’ Training Cnmp. Many
were commissioned and the
part University of Georgia men
played Is written In blood on
Flnnders and other fields.
The newest construction of
the campus is the new athletic
stadium about to be completed.
It must be named and it must
he named so os to make a last
ing tradition for the future.
Since 1905, one man has been
at the helm of athletics at the
University. Under his guidance,
Georgia teams have risen each
year In the eyes of America, and
now are ranked side by side
with the best a nation can of
fer. Patiently, relentlessly, dil
igently, and courageously, he
has given his all for the sake of
the University.
Next year a stadium said by
many to be an Impossible task
will he dedicated. Dedicating
It will be a team said by many
more to be Impossible to get
away front Its campus. All this
has been accomplished by one
man. The Red and Black can
not see how the authorities that
will name It can name It but
one name. The new stadium,
soon to be counted another
great Georgia tradition, should
he dedicated as Sanford Sta
dium.
LITTLE THEATRE GUILD
In a large measure the suc
cess of the Athens Little Thea
tre Guild depends upon the re
ception given Its Initial per
formance with the presentation
of Eugene O'Neill's "Beyond
the Horizon" at the Colonial
theatre Monday night.
The Guild was organized here
last spring and conducted a one-
act play tournament which was
won by the Thalian dramatic
club of the University. This
tournament will be an annual
affair with the two dramatic
clubs at the University, the
Lucy Cobb dramatic club, and
the dramatic club of the State
Teachers College competing for
the prize offered.
Little Theatre Guilds are
being established all over the
country and It Is recognized
that this form of dramatic art
will play an Important part In
the future of the American
Meandering With
The Crowd
By GUY HAMILTON
Improvement in
Cracker Noted
By Rene Stuart
Along In the days when hoop
skirts were In their hey-dey, there
was a student at the University who
spent his days in raising cain and
his nights in raising still more caln.
Toombs was his name, and whenever
there was any commotion going on
anywhere in the vaulted halls of Old
College, the faculty could know that
Bob Toombs was at the bottom of It.
Toombs was a genius at the art
of causing trouble, even going so
far as to attempt to assassinate a
student or two. Clearly a good-for-
nothing fellow who would cause
nothing but misery to everyone, and
reflect disgrace on Georgia’s state
University. You can probably im
agine the faculty shaking its head
and saying, ‘We don’t want him in
school. A bad Influence and a dan
gerous fellow. Will probably be
hanged before he winds up.”
Winding up his meteoric career In
a blaze of gossip Toomb3 hit the
world on the outside of the college
gate, and became one of the sec
tion's most prominent and brilliant
men. When he died the University
was proud to claim him as one of
[its sons, and it is said that a diploma
had been offered him after he had at
tained success. Maybe it wasn’t, but
it sounds like It might be true.
Now when the visitors walk over
the campus, the faculty smile and
say, “And here is where the Toombs
oak was supposed to be. You’ve
heard of Toombs, of course. He had
a lot of fun when he was in school,
a sort of harum-scarum fellow at the
lime." A kindly chuckle now over
| the misdeeds which had formerly
I caused Toombs to be proclaimed a
potential criminal.
That's the world. Had Toombs
been hanged, folks would have said,
"I told you so.” He made good in
stead. and again they say, “I told
you so.”
If a man does a certain thing and
fails In life hls faults are magnified.
If he succeeds hls faults are either
forgotten, laughed at, or whitewash
ed Into (he resemblance of virtues
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If the Revolution had failed and
i \merica had become a colony of
Great Britain again, Washington
would have been considered a
traitor. Now he is considered a
great hero, and the father of his
country. If Columbus had failed
to discover America he would have
been termed a fool. He did discover
it. and is now an Immortal.
It isn’t how you played the game,
but how your luck turned out.
stage. The Guild here Is not
strictly a civic organization,
since the city has included the
members of the student bodies
of the three educational Insti
tutions In Athens who have de
sired to Join. The Guild was
also sponsored by the dramatic
clubs of these institutions, as
well as the citizens of Athens
who are interested in the drama.
There are five University stu
dents playing in the produc
tion Monday night. This should
Interest the students In the play
if they were not formerly
aroused purely through the love
of good drama. The fact that
the play Is by O’Neill, one of
America's leading playwrights,
insures a finished production
and one that should not be
missed.
By Rene Stuart
From cover to cover the November
Georgia Cracker shows a hopeful im
provement. Not only is the quality
of the material—taken as a whi le—
better, but additional changes and
innovations for the better are noted.
The front cover drawing by James
Carson is well executed, as well as
being a clever paraphrase. The in
side art work, although nothing to
rave about, at least is more plentiful
than usual.
The Cracker this month has more
than the two good jokes customarily
granted it by reviewers, even though
several others savor of staleness.
Poetry page has again been omit
ted, but four poems are scattered
through the pages. Fool Artistry,
by J'ack Mathews: and High, Higher
Than I, by Wynn Burton, are the
best verses. Poets, if there be such
at the University, seem to be keeping
their lines to themselves this year.
The book review section has been
expanded to include two pages. We
class this as an Improvement as long
as the reviews remain of interest to
a large portion of the students.
A heading for the first page after
the front advertising section has
been made, and the Cracker no
longer apears headless, as was the
case with the October issue.
Despite the assertion that Im
provement is shown, the Cracker has
too much material which is mere re
writing of hackneyed subjects, stand
ard topics that are handed down
from one staff to the next. Original
ity of Ideas is to be commended more
than excellence of style and con
struction when the latter is used
with something that is rehashed a
dozen times.
A Voyage to Collegetown, being
the further travels and adventures
of Gulliver in a new and strange
land, is the best article in the cur
rent issue. Wylly Folk’s short short
story, Perfectly Wonderful, is not
at all bad, but when it is finished
there seems to be something missing.
Maybe it is due to too many de
Maupassant stories read recently.
A last word: the editorial about
literary societies is interesting,
though we doubt that Mr. Nixon’s
plan would bring about as great a
reformation as he hopes.
Phi Kappa Holds
Debate on Juries
The affirmative, upheld by Henry
J. HefTerman, Augusta, and Fred B.
Davis, Macon, won the weekly de
bate at the Phi Kappa Literary so
ciety meeting last Tuesday night.
The subject debated was, "Re-
j solved, That the present jury system
should be abolished in the United
States." The negative was upheld
by D. Guerry Harris, Valdosta, and
M. E. Brinson, Waycross.
| The subject debated is the subject
for the championship debate between
the Phi Kappa society and the
Demosthenlan society in the month
of March and also for the Georgia-
Florida debate.
Departing for their usual custom
of having the house act as judges,
the president and his two associates
were the Judges.
The house was thrown open to dis
cussion following the debate. Fol
lowing the discussion the president
announced that a list of those eligi
ble for Phi Kappa would be posted
outside of the Phi Kappa Hall this
week.
Stuart’s Life is
Threatened; Rene
Does Not Worry
By Rene Stuart
There are so many stately col
umns decorating the fronts of build
ings on the campus I have become
afflicted with columnitis, in addition
to a bad cold. I attribute it to the
power of auto-suggestion. (I don’t
know what autos have to do with
it, but anyway, there are a few men
on the campus who have enough
credit to buy cars on the installment
plan).
Speaking of columns, Isn’t it funny
that you never see any at the back
of buildings
A new development in my investi
gation of the person who has been
writing anonymous love letters to
certain members of The Red and
Black staff: My life has been threat
ened, following the exclusive story
published in these columns two
weeks ago. The author of the let
ters, in a communication which I
intercepted, revealed that a pack of
murderous hounds—probably the
hounds of the Baskervilles—were to
be set upon my trail. I always did
like hounds, especially the hot dog
variety.
I was absent all last week on a
private investigation, and that is
the reason I had no delectable bits
of news in The Red and Black. I
have discovered beyond the faintest
shadow of a doubt the identity of
the guilty person, and I await only
the collecting of a few more points
of evidence before apprehending the
culprit.
Some people just must have their
publicity. A score of Howard col
lege students crashed the front page
this week by inciting an investiga
tion of their institution when they
petitioned their august fathers to
look into their campus affairs. They
charged that their holy morals were
corrupted, degraded, embarrassed,
dishonored, etc., by such happen
ings as a mock shotgun wedding be
fore a mixed audience. Such an
event has not happened at this Uni
versity since the last senior parade
and probably will not occur again
until the seniors parade next June.
They ought to be more careful
how they mix up various audiences
at Howard, anyhow. You can’t throw
audiences together just any old way
and expect the best results.
A Howard professor was accused
of saying Irreverant (or irrelevant)
things about the Bible, too. Pro
fessor, how can you? He ought to
be canned. You can see that he
wasn’t trained along the best Y prin
ciples.
Dr. Coulter’s new hook, "College
Life in the Old South," dealing In
the main with the University of
Georgia, now is on sale. Modern
students can get some pointers from
the old timers here.
A A TT WTT T
HOLD CONVENTION
HERE IN SPRING
(Continued from page 1)
addresses of this meeting.
In connection with the work of the
University Women, Dr. R. E. Park,
head of the English department at
the University, is going to begin an
evening study group in contempor
ary drama. This course which will
be open to the public, and to stu
dents especially will begin Friday,
Noember 30. It is also allied with
the Athens Little Theatre Guild.