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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS. GA., MAY 32, 1IKM.
NUMBER 38.
Senior Class Social Program
Precedes Graduation Exercises
Two Dances, Banquet, Buffet
Supper Are Planned for
June 15 and 16
A two-day senior class social pro
gram, setting a precedent at the
University of Georgia, is being
planned following a senior meeting
held last week.
Two dances, a banquet, and a buf
fet supper, on Monday and Tuesday,
June 15 and 16, preceding gradua
tion exercises on Wednesday, June
17, are included in the plans. The
traditional costume dance will be
held this year on Monday night. A
well known orchestra will be signed
for the occasion.
Decision for the class dances w’as
made following announcement of the
Pan-Hellenic council that no regular
council dances would be held at com
mencement.
Program Committee
The commencement program com
mittee, headed by Mark Hollis, Sa
vannah, president of the class, were
to complete arrangements and to
make a definite announcement as to
the orchestra the latter part of this
week. Other members of the commit
tee are: Charles Bryant, Jasper
secretary-treasurer of the class;
Thomas J. Crittenden, Shellman; G
W. Caskey, Athens; W. P. Spray-
berry, Smyrna; and John T. Carl
ton, Decatur.
The banquet will be held at
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the
Georg
pa Debaters
Will Meet Oxford
Oxford university will send a de
bating team to meet the University
of Georgia In Athens next fall, ac
cording to George G. Connelly, in
structor in public speaking.
Ueorgia has been put on the Ox
ford schedule but the exact date Is
still unknown as is the subject for
debate. The Oxford team will in
clude Georgia while on an extensive
tour of the South.
The Englishmen were scheduled in
preference to debating teams from
Germany, Prance, Spain, and other
European countries because they
have a higher forsenic rating.
First A |>peaniii< e Hen*
This debate will mark the first
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Blue Key Council
Chooses Eighteen
For Membership
Eighteen University of Georgia
students and four faculty members
early this week were selected for
membership in Blue Key council, na
tional honorary advisory board com
posed of students and faculty mem
bers. The selection was made at
the regular semi-monthly luncheon
of the council held at the Georgian
hotel.
The new men, all of them mem
bers of the junior class, are: Robert
J. Bruce, Sea Island Beach; Sam
Dorsey, Atlanta; Kichard Grimes,
Athens; Turner M. Hiers, Pavo;
Freddy Hodgson, Atlanta; Alfred E.
Garber, Atlanta; Myron S. McCay
Ila; Charles G. Farrar, Williamson;
James Mclntire, Savannah; Kichard
A. Montgomery, Cave Springs; South-
wood J. Morcock, Miami, Fla.; Jack
Uoberts, Albany; Harry Stein, War-
renton; Fred Solomon, Fort Valley;
W. M. Strickland Jr., Buchanan;
John Stamps, McRae; Frank C. Ter
rell, Atlanta; and Jack Withers, At
lanta.
The four faculty members chosen
are: Dean H. N. Edmunds of the
Lumpkin Law school; George C. Con
nelly, instructor in public speaking;
D. D. Jeter, instructor in the his
tory department; and Edward C.
Crouse, instructor in journalism.
Initiation for new members will
be held at the Georgian hotel on
Monday, June 1, at which time of
ficers for next year will also be
elected.
Nineteen Men
Are Taken in
Gridiron Club
Graduation Speakers Selected
A s 130th Session Nears End
Gray, Latimer and Kelley
Are Chosen as Officers for
Next Year
Nineteen University of Georgia
students Tuesday night were initi
ated into Gridiron club, second high
est honor society for men students,
at a banquet held at the Georgian
hotel.
This is the third initiation of the
year and all the new men are mem
bers of the junior class. Only sen
iors are selected at the first two ini
tiations. The new men are:
Sam Broadnax, Walnut Grove;
Robert J. Bruce, Sea Island Beach;
Fred Bunting, Albany; John R.
Cook, Plains; Harry A. Edge, Fair-
burn; Alex P. Gaines, Atlanta; Tur
ner M. Hiers, Pavo; Milton Leath
ers, Athens; Charles Maloney, Dub
lin; Myron McCay, Ila; Robert 8.
Montgomery, Rome; James Mclntire,
Savannah; Ralph I). Owens, Kllijay;
Joe M. Ray, Coleman; Vernon Smith,
Macon; W. M. Strickland Jr., Buch
anan; Jim Stoinoff, Sanford, Fla
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Sigma Delta Chi
Initiates Six Men
Barham Is Elected
President of 1.
R. C.
Ed Barham, Blakely, was elected
president of the International rela
tions club for the first term of the
year 1931-32 at a meeting of the
club Monday night. He succeeds
Southwood Morcock, Miami, Fla.,
whose term expires in June.
Other officers chosen for the en- |
suing year are: Crozier Wood, Wind-1
er, vice-president; and Irwin Stiskin,
Athens, secretary-treasurer.
Selection of new members was
made by the membership commit-
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Five men students of the Henry
W. Grady School of Journalism and
Edward C. Crouse, instructor in
Journalism, were initiated into Sig
ma Delta Chi, national honorary
Journalistic fraternity, Thursday
night at an Initiation held at the
Georgian hotel. The new members
are: Valeo Lyle, Mhens; Donald Mc
Kee, Montclair, N. J.; James Cobb
Savannah; Sum Meyers, Columbus,
and Adolph Rosenberg, Albany.
Guy C. Hamilton, graduate of the
Henry W. Grady School of Jouruul-
| ism and Southern regional inspector
for the fraternity, and Prof. M. II
Bryan of the commerce school, were
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Wood Is Elected
Head of Thalian-
B lack friars Club
Final Exams Will Bc^in on
June 4 anil Graduation
Exercises Are June 17
Crozier Wood, Winder, was elected
president of the Thalfan-Blackfriars
dramatic club for the year 1931-32,
at a meeting of the cllub held tills
week.
Other officers elected are Mrs. Ro-
wena Sullivan, Athens, vice-pres
ident; und Pauline Stephens, Augus
ta, treasurer.
At the same meeting a constitu
tion was adopted, and a few remain
ing details about the combination of
the two clubs were settled.
Active Dramatist
Mr. Wood has been active in stu
dent dramatics and lias taken part in
several productions since his entrance
Into the university. He is a member
of the polo team this year, and re
ceived a letter In polo lust year. He
is a member of Phi Delta Theta
social fraternity, and is a student in
the Henry W. Grady School of Jour
nalism. His other activities include
two years on the Georgia Cracker
staff and appointment as art editor
of that publication for the year
1930-31.
The newly-elected vice-president,
Mrs. Sullivan, is winner of the Chi
Omega prize this year, and won the
Hamilton McWhorter Freshman prize
during her freshman your. She is
a member of the Girls’ Glee club
and of Chi Omega social sorority.
Miss Stephens Is a member of the
Girls’ Glee club, of Pioneer Inner
Circle, and is pledged to Phi Mu so
cial sorority.
Zodiac Club Initiates
Twelve Sophomores
Snelling Appears Before Legislative
Body Investigating State Departments ^
An organization of the heads of
the institutions comprising the state
university system was largely re
sponsible for the governor’s signing
appropriation bills in excess of reve
nues on hand during the 1927 ses
sion of the legislature. Chancellor
Charles M. Snelling of the Univer
sity of Georgia Wednesday told the
investigating committee on state gov
ernmental reorganization in session
in Atlanta.
The Chancellor explained, how
ever, that the school heads used
their influence only after they had
been informed by the state treas
urer that a surplus of state funds
existed in the treasury.
“I consider that we would have
' been derelict in our duties not to
I have done this,” the Chancellor ad-
I ded. He said that he considered the
] interest of the university system one
jof the “supreme interests of the com
monwealth.”
Reed Speaks
T. W. Reed, registrar and treas
urer of the university, also appeared
before the committee, corroborating
the statement made by the head of
the institution by testifying that In
I 1927 when the appropriation bill
| was signed, the university officials
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Twelve new members were Initi
ated at the annual banquet of the
Zodiac club, honorary sophomore
women’s organization, held at the
Georgian hotel Tuesday evening.
New members attending the ban
quet were: Louise Roberts, Athens;
ah Crist, Atlanta; Lessie Bailey,
Atlanta; Katherine Bryan, Atlanta;
I Martha Jim Arnold. Athens; Pauline
j Hadaway, Athens; Frances Bryant,
Winterville; Margaret Wise, Sum
ter; Ollie May Williams, Hull; Leila
' Bates, Dublin; Maulfne Harris, llow-
jinan; and Annie Pittard, Johnson
i City, Tenn.
Virginia Campbell. Athens, pres-
I ident of the club, was toastmlstress,
land the program was as follows:
Toast to Zodiac Laura Brown,
I Dewey Rose.
Poem—Frances Bryant. Winter
ville.
Toast from new members to old
—Lessie Bailey, Atlanta.
Response—Janet Jarnagin, Ath
ens.
Commencement Visitors
Selected by
Five prominent Georgians Wed
nesday were named by Governor L.
G. Hardman as a board of visitors
to attend the 1931 commencement
exercises of the University of Geor
gia on June 17, which closes the
130th session of the institution.
The appointments were made in
keeping with an annual tradition
which was instigated several years
ago in order that citizens of the
state might better keep in close touch
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With several hundred seniors pre
paring for graduation and three
prominent men scheduled for the
commencement and alumni ad
dresses, the 130th session of the Uni
versity of Georgia is rapidly drawing
to a close.
Final examinations will begin on
June I and the school year officially
closes with the graduation exercises
Wednesday, June 17, at Woodruff
hull.
The commencement program will
begin June 11 when the board of
trustees convenes for the s«mmer
session.
Baccalaureate Speaker
The baccalaureate sermon will be
giyen Sunday morning, June 14, by
Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, president
of Union Theological Seminary, Co
lumbia university.
Dr. Coffin, well known in educa
tional circles, is a graduate from
Yule, Harvard, Amherst, and the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
He is also a member of the board of
trustees of Roberts college In Con
stantinople.
Alumni Address
Tile Alumni Day address will be
delivered in the University chapel
Tuesday, June 16, by Edwin Camp
of The Atluntu Journal. Mr. Camp,
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Women Athletes
Choose Officers
officers of the Women's Athletic
association for the scholastic year
1931-32 were elected at a meeting
| in the Physical Education building
Governor Tuesday night.
Those chosen were: Ruth Norris,
Atlanta, president; Meredith Pittard,
Johnson city, Tenn., vice-president;
Helen Cochran, Rockmart, secretary;
Cornelia Daniels, Hawkinsville,
treasurer; and Dorothy Hill, Tig-
nail, chairman of the membership
committee.
Managers of the teams elected
were: Anne Morris, Columbus, hock
ey; Huldah Call, Sylvania, basket
ball; Mary Barrow, Savannah, base
ball; Elizabeth McGarrah, Americus,
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Twenty-eight Students Receive Special
Distinction on Honors' 1 Day Program
Twenty-eight students of the Uni
versity of Georgia received special
distinction as winners of prizes, ac
cording to Chancellor Charles M.
Snelling, who made the announce
ments of awards on Honors' Day,
May 19.
The winners of prizes and their
awards are as follows: Chi Omega
prize—Rowena Wilson Sullivan, Sa
vannah; Elijah Clarke Chapter of
the D. A. R. prize of $10—Mildred
Cooper, Athens; Honor Graduates of
the K. O. T. C.—Cavalry unit, Sid
ney Backer, Macon; Mark D. Hollis,
Savannah; Frank R. Pritchard.
Cheyenne, Wyoming; Samuel B. Wil
kins Jr., Athens;Infantry unit, John
W. Garland, Bartlesville; A. Starr
Ingrain, Griffin; John Tillman, Quit-
man.
Horace Russell Prize in Psychology
of $50 - Jack Flatau, Athens; Joe
Brown Connally Scholarship in Geor
gia History of $100—Willard Har
rell, West Point; L. H. Charbonnier
prize of $25—school of physics—G.
i W. Baker, Gore; freshman debate
keys—-Milton Richardson, Macon; T.
' R. Thigpen, Macon; J. C. Strong,
INewnan; Thomas Perkinson, Mariet
ta; Ralph Rosenzweig, Savannah;
Scott Williams, Ellaville; Carl Levy,
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