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VOLUME XXXVI.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA., MAY 15, 1081.
NUMRER 27.
Strickland, McGhee Secure
Offices in Campus Elections
Former Named Campus Lead
er; Latter Chosen President
Of Senior Class
Bill Strickland, Buchanan, was
chosen campus leader by the non
fraternity group of the University
of Georgia in the annual election
held this week. He succeeds W. D.
Jones, Adrian. F. E. Callaway,
Washington, a student in the school
of engineering, was elected vice
campus leader.
Mr. Strickland is a junior in the
school of commerce, newly-elected
captain of the 1932 lacrosse team,
varsity basketball center, and was
the second highest scorer in basket
ball in the Southern conference dur
ing the past season.
Senior President
Joe McGhee, Decatur, was elected
president of the senior class for the
next scholastic year; and George B.
Strong, Newnan, was named secre
tary and treasurer.
Mr. McGhee is a student in the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
a member of the varsity track team,
and is on the Dean’s list.
Mr. Strong, also a student in the
Agricultural college, is the newly-
elected president of the Agricultural
club for the fall term; a member of
Aghon and Alpha Zeta, honorary
clubs for agricultural students; has
membership in Junior Cabinet and
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Seniors Must Pay
Diploma Fee Soon
A diploma fee of $5.00 will
have to be paid by all seniors
in the University of Georgia
who expect to graduate in
June, according to T. W. Heed,
registrar and treasurer.
The fee, which is the first
of its kind in recent years,
must be paid to the treasurer
on or before June 10, staled
the announcement from the
registrar’s office.
Speaks at Institute
Sigma Delta Chi
Initiates Seven;
Alumni to Attend
Second Honors Day Observes
Superior Scholarship of 175
Literary Society
Chooses McCay
Myron McCay, Ila, was elected
president of Demosthenian Literary
society at its regular meeting held
Wednesday night.
The other officers elected were:
Valeo Lyle, Athens, vice-president;
Bennie Zeesman, Milan, parliamen
tarian; William Callaway, Clarkes-
ville. secretary; Milton Richardson,
Macon, critic; Jack Harris, Athens,
treasurer; Loy Edmondson, Gaines
ville, sergeant-at-arms; Emory Hiers,
Pavo. custodian.
Mr. McCay is a junior in the
Franklin College of Arts. He was
recently elected president of Senior
Round Table and secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. cabinet. He is a student
assistant in the physics department.
Besides these achievements, Mr. Mc
Cay is a reporter on The Red and
Black staff and is on the Dean's
list.
He succeeds M. P. Hughes, New
nan, who became president of Dem-
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Strickland Is Chosen
As Lacrosse Captain
John Temple Graves II, who
spoke Thursday on the program
of the Institute of Public Affairs.
Initiation of five students in the
Henry W. Grady School of Journal
ism into Sigma Delta Chi, national
professional journalism fraternity,
will be held at the Georgian hotel
Tuesday night, according to John
B. Withers, Atlanta, president of the
organization. Several alumni of the
local chapter have been invited to
attend.
Guy C. Hamilton, Atlanta, south
ern regional inspector for the fra
ternity, will be present for the in
duction of the new members. Mr.
Hamilton is assistant director of the
Southern office of the United Press.
He is a graduate of the Grady school
of the class of '29, and was winner
of the Sigma Delta Chi scholarship
award for Georgia during his senior
year at the university.
Those to be initiated are: James
H. Cobb, Savannah; Frank N. Hawk
ins, Macon; Samuel D. Myers, Colum
bus; Joseph D. McKee, Montclair, N.
J.; and Adolph Rosenberg, Albany,
sophomores; and Valeo Lyle, Athens;
and Harold H. Martin, Commerce,
juniors.
Pandoras to Be Issued
By First Week in June
Sanford Continues
Daily Improvement
Dr. Steadman Vincent San
ford, dean of the University of
Georgia, who recently under
went a serious operation at
the Athens general hospital, is
improving daily according to
physicians.
So rapid and consistent lias
been the regaining of IiIb lost
strength, that he was able to
be removed to his home on
Cloverhurst avenue during the
early part of the week.
Georgia to Enter
Conference Meet
Of Track Teams
William “Wild Bill’’ Strickland,
Buchanan, star Georgia basketball
and lacrosse player, was elected cap
tain of the 1932 lacrosse team fol
lowing the close of the season against
Georgia Tech here last Saturday. Ike
Wheelis was elected alternate.
Strickland is a junior in the school
of commerce, has been a star basket
ball player for the past two years,
and was recently chosen campus
leader for next year.
The 1931 University of Georgia
Pandora will be out the first week
of June, Marvin Cox, Waynesboro,
editor of the year book, announced
today.
Dedication will be to some uni
versity official. The person will be
announced by the Pandora Itself.
Last year it was dedicated to the
past, present, and future.
The book would have been ready
sooner had it not been held up by a
delay in photographing, according to
members of the staff. Printing and
engraving is being rushed.
Every Student Included
For the first time, every student
will have his picture in the annual,
and everyone will receive a copy,
charges having been made in the
registration fees.
The beauty section will include
full page cuts of the winners of the
recent contest for positions In this
department. The beauty winners
were, in their order of priority: Mary
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Editor Addresses
Leaders of State
At Institute Here
John Temple Graves II, a Geor
gian who is now on the editorial staff
of the Birmingham Age-Herald, today
addressed the University of Georgia
Institute of Public Affairs which is
meeting on the campus this week
to analyze a proposed new constitu
tion for Georgia.
“Industrialism and the New
South,” a plea for preservation of
the individual characteristics of the
South and Southerners was Mr.
Graves’ subject. The meeting be
fore which he spoke is composed of
a number of leading Georgians, many
of them faculty and alumni of the
university.
They have before them a provision
al constitution prepared by the In
stitute’s committee which would aid
law enforcement, protect citizens
from the police third degree, and
make the governor an executive in
tact as well as in name.
| “As industry continues its south
ward trend, as the economic atten
tion of the country turns more and
more to the Southern states, and as
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Eight members of the Georgia
track team are in Birmingham, Ala.,
today awaiting the starting gong of
the nnnual Southern Conference
Track and Field meet, which Is be
ing held in the Aluhama city today
and Saturday.
Members of the Georgia team en
tered in the meet are, Ralph Owens,
220, 100, and broad jump; Jlmiriy
Stoinoff, 100 and 220; John Still,
440; Carl Bernhardt, two mile; Cap
tain Johnny Maddox, high and low
hurdles; Marlon Dickens, pole vault;
W. B. David, pole vault and high
jump; and Sandy Sanford, high
jump.
Tsrliccls Favored
North Carolina’s Tarheels, present
conference trark champions, are
given an even chunce to keep their
championship for another year, with
Alabama, Auburn, Tulane, and V. M.
I. given good places as runners-up.
The "dope’’ was compiled by Birm
ingham sports writers on the basis
of records this year.
Georgia, second place winner last
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l)r. George A. Baitscll of
Yale Will Speak on ''The
Biology of Growth”
Approximately 175 University of
Georgia students will be honored
next Tuesday at the second Honors
Day program which will be held In
the university chapel.
Honors Day was Instituted last
year by Dean 8. V. Sanford, who
planned the occasion to mark the
work of meritorious students.
I)r. George A. Haitsell, head of
the department of zoology at Yale
university, will address the students,
faculty, and parents of honor stu
dents on "The Biology of Growth.”
Dr. Baitsell’s address will come at
12 noon.
Simplicity Murks Urogram
Simplicity will mark the program,
according to Dr. A. S. Edwards, head
of the psychology department, who
is in charge. Faculty members will
wear caps und gowns, and students
honored will receive awards for
scholarship and essays.
Invitations have been sent all par
ents of honor students. A large
number of parents and over 200
students attended the initial Honors
Day last year when Dr. F. R. Ilicht-
meyer, of Cornell university, spoke
on “The Evolutioa of Scientific
Knowledge.”
Class Standing
The average standing of the Unl-
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Freshmen Debate
Tech Tomorrow
Competitive Drill
Won by Longino
George Longino, East Point, won
the competitive drill for the best
drilled cadet in the university It. O.
T. C. unit, held Wednesday on the
cavalry drill field. He is a member
of the Company A, demonstration
platoon. He is a freshman but com
peted against several sophomores.
There were four left in the drill
as ft ended and for a long time the
number was unchanged. Finally a
trick movement was ordered which
three of the men executed together.
Longino did not follow the others
in the movement, but did that one
which he considered right. He was
proclaimed winner after his execu
tion was judged correct. The drill
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Grand Opera Season
Will Be Held in July
The 1931 Summer School Grand
Opera season will be July 22, 23, and
24, and will include "Romeo and
Juliet," “The Bohemian Girl,” and
"Don Pasqualc,” according to Joseph
S. Stewart, director of Summer
school.
Presentation of these operas will
be concurrent with the Southern
Music Teachers’ confeience, and will
be under the direction of George Fal-
som Granberry, Now Yorx, who has
had charge of Summer School opera
for the past several years.
('oncert Pianist Plays
Miss Grace 8. Castagnetta, concert
pianist, who has received the highest
praise from critics in both America
and Germany, will play between the
acts on the last two evenings—-on
one evening Liszt’s Second Hun
garian Rhapsody, and on the other
a suite of dances.
Among the singers thi.i season
will be several who have appeared
in Athens before; Melvena Passmore,
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Freshmen debnting teams of the
University of Georgia and Georgia
Tech will meet In a dual debate Sat
urday night. The Athens debate
will be held In the chapel at 8 p. m.
Randolph Thigpen, Macon; Scott
Williams, Athens; and Tom G. Per-
klnson. Marietta, will uphold the
negative side of the question, “Re
solved: That England Should Grant
Complete Independence to India,” in
Atlanta.
The Georgia affirmative team,
composed of Ralph Rosenzweig, Sa
vannah; Milton Richardson, Macon;
and J. C. Strong. Newnan, will de
bate the same question In Athens.
This is the second and last dual
debate to be held by the Georgia
freshmen this year. They won a
decision over Mercer university in
the other meet.
Cole Is Mamed Head
Of Forestry Society
J. F. Cole, Chilowie, W. Va.. was
elected president of the Forestry
club at a meeting held in Barrow
hall on the campus of the Georgia
; State College of Agriculture Tues-
I day evening.
Other officers elected wore: R. L.
; Reid, Bowdon Junction, vice-pres
ident; D. C. Walker, Thomasville,
secretary; and J. M. Jones, Chilho-
wle, W. Va., treasurer.
J. W. Cooper, Athens, was named
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