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VOLl'MK XXXVI.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA., MAY 1, 1981.
NUMBER an.
Honor Society
Names Sixteen
Students Here
Fourteen of Phi Beta Kappa
Members Are Candidates
For A. B. Degree
Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary
scholastic fraternity, announced to
day the election of sixteen under
graduate students at the University
of Georgia. Membership in Phi Beta
Kappa, considered the highest rank
ing fraternity in the country, is
based on scholarship and is limited
to those students enrolled in the
schools of liberal arts and science.
The newly-elected members are:
Sidney Backer, Macon; G. W. Ba
ker, Gore; Mary Brannon Bondurant,
Athens; J. L. Bryan, Greensboro; W.
L. Culpepper, Savannah; Emily Do
zier, Athens; Ward S. Fleshman, Ath
ens; A. S. Ingram, Griffin; Lorna D.
Lawrence, Athens; Hal G. Lewis,
Greensboro; Thomas H. Lokey, At
lanta; John W. Maddox, Rome; E.
M. Smith, McDonough; Ernestine
Stokely, Crawford; Frank Weitz, Sa
vannah; and Samuel B. Wilkins, Ath
ens.
With the exception of Fleshman
and Ingram, all the students are can
didates for the degree, bachelor of
arts. Lewis was elected as of the
class of 1930, since he received his
degree in August of last year.
An election for students in the
graduate school will be held in May,
Prof. W. O. Payne, member of the
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Calendar for Week-end
Friday Afternoon
2:30—Lacrosse, Georgia vs.
Virginia.
4:00—Baseball, Georgia vs.
Tech.
8:15—Glee Club Showing at
Colonial.
10:00—Pan-Hellenic Dance.
Saturday Morning
11:00 — “Good Morning"
Dance at Georgian hotel.
Saturday Afternoon
3:30-—Baseball, Georgia vs.
Tech.
5:00 — Pan-Hellenic Tea
Dance.
9:00—Pan-Hellenic Dance.
Twelve Selected
To Round Table
Phi Kappa Phi’s
Choose Twelve
To Membership
Initiation for New Members
Will Be Held Muy 9; to
Have Banquet Also
Glee Club Showing and Dance
Open Festive Week-end Today
Senior Round Table, University of
Georgia organization for outstand
ing members of the junior class,
Wednesday night selected twelve
students to membership. James
Mercer, Tennille, is president of the
organization.
The newly-elected members are:
Ben Askew, Arlington; F. E. Calla
way, Washington; R. C. Coleman,
Dublin; Sam Doraey, Atlanta; Jaek
Flatau, Athens; Joe McGee, Decatur;
Myron McKay, Ila; James McIntyre,
Savannah; Fred Solomon, Fort Val
ley; Irwin Stiskin, Athens; George
Strong. Newnan; and Ben Watkins,
Atlanta.
Initiation Saturday-
Public initiation will be held on
the campus Saturday and formal
initiation next Tuesday night, Mercer
has announced.
Literary Society^Gives
Speaking Place Awards
Seven members of Phi Kappa Lit
erary society of the University of
Georgia this week were presented
with speaking keys, symbolic of
having represented that society in
forensic contests.
Those presented keys were: Ben
Pressley. Greenville, S. C.; Jack
Humphries, Moultrie; Frank Haw
kins. Macon; McCarthy Crenshaw
Atlanta; Jack Feagin, Macon; Dun
can Graham, McRae; and James Me
Intyre, Savannah.
Twelve University of Georgia and
Georgia State College of Agriculture
students Tuesday afternoon were se
lected to membership in Phi Kappa
Phi, national honorary fraternity
This is the second election during
the present scholastic year, the first
having come early in the fall.
Those selected and their courses
are: A.B. and B.S. groups: T. H.
Lokey, Atlanta; W. L. Culpepper,
Savannah; Ernestine Stokely, Craw
ford; Emily Dozier, Athens; and
Sidney Backer, Macon.
B.S. Home Economics: Vera Hlx-
on, Augusta; and Mina Parker Smith,
Athens.
School of Commerce: R. W. Mur
phy, Savannah.
Lumpkin Law School: Hal M.
Smith, McRae.
Graduate students: Mrs. S. W.
Hamilton, Atlanta; Mrs. Julia R.
Mize, Athens; and Miss Margaret
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Glee Club Gives
Last Showing at
Colonial Tonight
The University of Georgia Glee
club tonight at 8:15 o'clock will ring
up the curtain on its twentieth an
nual Athens performance at the Co
lonial theater. The show will bring
to a close one of the most successful
seasons the club has ever experienced
and will present to the local audience
what has been termed by newspaper
critics “the greatest Glee club Geor
gia has ever sent out."
Coming as the opening feature of
the first night of the Spring Dance
celebration, and in view of the fact
that it is the only Athens perform
ance, the club’s officers expect the
largest crowd on record.
Played Fight Cities
Under the direction of Prof. Hugh
L. Hodgson, head of the music de
partment, the Glee club has Just fin
ished a tour that included perform
ances in eight Georgia cities. In
every town the club was enthusias
tically received, according to news
paper reports. The Savannah Press,
referring to the performance in that
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Heads Council
All in Readiness
For Begining of
Gala Celebration
mm
Ellis Arnall, Pan-Hellenic president.
Sphinx Initiates
Hollis, Maddox
This Week-end
Four Honored by
Commerce Society
Four students in the University
of Georgia school of commerce and
three honorary members have been
selected for membership in the local
chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, na
tional professional commerce fra
ternity.
They are: Alfred K. Garber, At
lanta; George A. Miller, Birming
ham, Ala.; E. C. Serrota, Augusta;
and R. W. Murphy Savannah. The
new honorary members are Chancel
lor Charles M. Snelllng; Professor
Henry B. Moore, of the faculty; and
C. D. Flannigan, Athens, vice-presi
dent of the Georgia Power Com
pany.
Active members of the chapter
are: T. J. Crittendon, Shellman, as
sistant to the head of the Bureau
of Business Research; H. M. Heck
man and M. H. Bryan, professors in
the school of commerce; Prof. J. W.
Jenkins, acting-dean of the school
of commerce; Dr. R. P. Stephens,
head of *he mathematics department
of the university; and Prof. J. H. T.
McPherson, head of the history de-
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Sphinx, highest ranking honorary
organization on the University of
Georgia campus, this week-end is
initiating two seniors, Mark Hollis,
Savannah, and John Maddox, Rome.
This is the second election held dur
ing the present scholastic year.
Mr. Hollis is president of the
senior class, is u member of the var
sity track team, “G” club. Gridiron,
Blue Key council, and Tau Kappa
Phi, engineering fraternity. He is
a lieutenant colonel in the university
cadet corps and a candidate for the
bachelor of science degree in engi
neering.
Mr. Maddox is s member of Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Grid
iron, Senior Round Table, Phi Del
ta Phi, and Blue Key council. He
is captain of the varsity track squad,
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Visitors Will See
Variety of Sports
Today, Tomorrow
Visitors at the annual Spring
Dances will be greeted with a variety
of sports events thi: week-end as four
Georgia uthletic teams and ten
Southern conference golf teams
swing into action on various fields
here today.
The baseball team taken on Geor
gia Tech, ancient and time honored
rival, at Sanford park today and Sat
urday; the lacros3j team plays a re
turn game with Virginia at Sanford
field; the tennis ,«nm is scheduled
to meet Sewanee; and Southern con
ference golfers enter the second day
of the annual tourney at the Athens
country club course.
Tournament Underway
Fifty golfers from all sections of
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The stage has been set and all is
readiness for the biggest social
event on Georgia’s campus. Spring
Dance celebration, or as it was for
merly known, “Little Commence
ment," will be officially ushered in
this afternoon with the baseball
game between Georgia and Georgia
Tech.
The program was accorded an un
official opening Thursduy morning
with the first matches of the South
ern Conference Golf tournament, be
ing held over the Athens Country
club course.
Festivities will get under way to
night with the annual Athens per
formance of the Glee club, at 8:15
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Camp
Sanford Reported
Rapidly Improving
The condition of Dr. S. V.
Sanford, recuperating from a
recent operation at a local
hospital, has been reported as
much better. It is thought
that the critical stage of his
illness has oeen passed and he
Is recovering strength as rapid
ly as could oe expected.
During the absence of the
Dean, his cUsses are being met
by J. A. Lewis, instructor in
English.
to Deliver
Alumni Day Talk
Edwin Camp (“Ole Timer”), At
lanta Journal sports writer and
University of Georgia graduate in
the class of ’02, will deliver the
Alumni Day addre-s in the unlver
sity chapel, June 16, according to
Thomas L. Gray, Jr., Alumni secre
tary.
The subject of the address, which
is scheduled for 10:30 a. m., fol
lowing the regular business session
of the Alumni society, will be an
nounced at an early date.
“Ole Timer” is well known as a
sports writer throughout Georgia
and is particularly well known in
Athens as a follower of university
athletics. During the past football
season the University of Georgia
football team presented him with
the ball used in the Georgia victory
over New York university.
Mr. Camp’s articles have made
him famous throughout the East
although his real name seldom ap
pears above his column. The para
dox of a sports writer retiring from
publicity has added to his prestige
; among analysts of athletic events.
NO CLASSES SATURDAY
No clns.M'N will be licit! Satur
day, Chancellor Charles M.
Snclling declar-'tl Dalny ill an
announcement, to The Ited and
Black. The Chancellor express
ed a wish to promote the plans
of the students for milking the
week-end a complete success
and declared a suspension of
classes, although no |H-tltion for
a holiday had been made, he
said.
Five Selected by
Sigma Delta Chi
Five students in the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism this
week were selected for membership
in the University of Georgia chapter
of Sigma Delta Chi, national jour
nalistic fraternity.
Those selected were: James H.
Cobb, Savannah; Frank N. Hawkins,
Macon; Samuel D. Myers, Columbus;
Joseph D. McKee, Montclair, N. J.;
and Adolph Rosenberg, Albany.
These new men will be initiated
at a banquet at tne Georgian hotel
Thursday, May 14. Several alumni
have been invited to attend the initia
tion, which will be the first for the
Georgia chapter this year.
Plans to sponsor the Georgia
Scholastic Press association, which
will be held at the university on
May 8, are being made by Sigma
Delta Chi and all members of the
organization will take part.
Tryouts for Play Held
By Thalian-Blackfriars
Tryouts for the first production of
Georgia's new dramatic club, the
Thalian-Blackfriars, were held Thurs
day afternoon in the university
chapel.
Members of the cast of the play,
the name of which has not yet been
made public, will be announced In
next week's Red and Black, accord
ing to Edward C. Crouse, Instructor
in journalism and director of the
Thalian-Blackfriars.