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M ’Ul'II comment Iibh been
aroused by The H»h1 and
Hlack'K editorial of Inst
week concerning the freshman
situation, which Is causing our
upperclassmen considerable dis
tress.
The editor has been the sub
ject of much criticism on the
part of freshmen, who feel that
they were dealt with unjustly
In the editorial. An anonymous
letter purporting to be from a
member of the class of 1936
took Issue with the editor and
declared I hat most members of
the class were living up to Geor
gia traditions. Yet a check-up
at the Georgin Co-op reveals that
onlv 175 "rnt" caps have been
sold to date. There are approx
imately 3 50 freshmen men.
We do not Indict the class of
1936 or hold It up to scorn as
the only freshman clnss In his
tory to violate Georgia tradi
tions. Mnny of the men now
loud In attacking the attitude of
the freshmen did the same
things during their first year at
Georgin. nut The Red and
Blnrk does feel that Georgia 1s
slowly but surely moving fur
ther away from its traditions
and that year by year we are
losing that Indefinable some
thing known as Georgia spirit,
that spirit for which Georgia
men are known far and wide.
We feel, moreover, that now
Is the best time to turn over a
new loaf, so to speak, and start
on the road to a greater univer
sity. rich in hallowed traditions
and yet forward-looking and
progressive. The editor be
lieves. along with a great many
upperclassmen, that the best
way to begin is to discipline
the freshman class and to teach
Its members to appreciate the
greatness of the university to
whlrh they now belong.
Let it be understood here and
now that the editor is Irrevoc
ably opposed to the return of
hazing. The freshman class '
will find that The Red and
Rlack will tight to the last ditch
In order to prevent the return
of the system of senseless bru
tality that served In the past
as ''discipline.” Freshmen need
not fear that they will have their
hair cut on some daik night or
that they will be subject to cor
poral punishment by some half-
baked upperclassman who would
not stand up to them in a fair
fight.
What we have In mind, and
there are a great many thinking
upperclassmen who agree with
us, Is a definite set of regulations
for freshmen to abide by. such
regulations to be enforced by a
group of intelligent upperclass
men working In conjunction
with the administration. These
regulations would not be bo
harsh as to work a hardship on
yearlings, yet they would be
strict enough to serve their
purpose, which would be to
make freshmen live up to Geor
gia traditions and, also, to give
freshmen a definite start In their
college life.
Most freshmen entering the
university have no one to guide
or counsel them. They leave
the family ties behind and come
to a strange place and try to
get started on their own. Few
of them are counselled as they
should be. Many men miss much
of the Joy of college life through
mistakes caused by Ignorance
during their freshman year.
Freshmen should either stay In
dormitories or in fraternity
houses. Those in fraternity
houses would he under the su
pervision of their brothers while
those In the dormitories would
be under Intelligent upperclass
men residing on the campus.
The plan we have in mind
must be worked out In more de
tail. The "X” club has put the
mntter into committee and “X”
club committees have a way of
functioning and getting things
done. nine Key council will
probably discuss the plan at Its
first meeting.
So we have a feeling that
perhaps something will be done
about the whole matter of fresh
man discipline within the next
few days. The class of 1936
will not be hurt by discipline.
Instead Its members will be
helped. They will have some
thing to look hack to after they
have pnssed one of the most en-
Joyable years of their lives,
their freshmnn year In college.
Anonvmnuft Lt'llors
T HE Red and Rlack has re
cently received a number
of anonymous letters from
students on varied topics. One
of the letters was particularly
Interesting and we regret that
we are unable to publish It.
No letter, no matter what Its
nature, will be published In The
Red and Rlack unless the writ
er’s name Is signed to It when
It Is received. Also, no letter
will be published In The Red
and Rlack which deals In per
sonalities or which presumes to
wax snrcastlc at the expense of
some students.
We are at all times willing to
publish letters from students. In
fact we welcome expressions of
student opinions. Rut we rnn-
not undertake to print unsign
ed letters. For that reason the
editor requests that in the fu
ture students sign their names
to letters addressed to The Red
and Rlack. We will be glad to
publish letters unsigned, provid
ed we have the name of the per
son who wrote It.
Those desiring to express
Progress vs. Laziness
T HE greatest possible curses
to progress are lack of
initiative and laziness, and
those two things are what seem
to be the trouble in student af
fairs at the University of Geor
gia.
Someone suggests a reform,
or a forward step in some stu
dent organization. Everyone
agrees that this reform would
be a great thing, that it would
help the organization and the
university, and that the reform
should be brought about—but
those same men sit back and
say it can’t be done, merely be
cause the accomplishing of the
task would require Initiative
and effort on their part.
Napoleon, that great general
who altered the map of Europe
and rocked the thrones of the
mighty, has been credited with
a great many wise sayings. One
of these, supposedly made be
fore he began his famous cross
ing of the Alps. Is that “there
Is no such word as can’t.”
Whether Napoleon said that or
not, we should apply the saying
here on the university campus
and the editor Is sure that we
would benefit greatly thereby.
Rlue Key council, formerly
tbe most progressive organiza
tion in school. Is deeplv Imbed
ded in the mire of politics and
laziness and only staunch ef
forts hv Its leaders can pull It
out of the depths to which It has
sunk The Pan-TTellenic coun
cil. which once was and still
should be one of the most pow
erful organizations on the cam
pus, has no more power than a
brass monkey. All because men
who do not care to put out an
effort themselves deprecate the
progressive steps advanced by
the more thinking and ener
getic among their members.
This Is not an age when one
can sit restfnlly on the shady
side of the front porch, sipping
mint Juleps and watching the
sands of time pour on. The
world moves on and It leaves
behind those men who Idle their
I time awav while their brothers
arp out doing the work of the
world.
We at Georgia should hestlr
ourselves lest we find ourselves
losing out In the race. Pan-
Hellenic. Rlue Key. and other
student organizations and activi
ties meant something In the old
dnvs and they can mean some
thing again if we snap out of
the lethargy which holds us In
thrall.
Thp editor’s advice Is to quit
showing why a thing can’t be
done and get out and show how
It can he done.
thPlr opinions on student affairs
can do so without dealing in
personalities. Letters are often
received which contain personal
remarks about other students.
Criticisms of matters afTectlng
students can be made without
making unnecessary remarks
about any student or students.
So we will gladly publish
your letter, provided that It Is
not libelous, that it does not deal
In personalities, and that we
have the writer's name In our
possession. However, we must
reserve the right to withhold
or cut down any letter which
we consider too lengthy.
From the Editor’s Desk
O N another part of this page is I
an editorial anent the fresh- j
man discipline situation as it
now stands. The matter Is taken up
at length there but the editor has a
few things to add to what the edi- j
torial says.
After last week’s issue of The Red |
and Rlack was off the press the ;
editor was asked by a co-ed why he ,
wanted to pick on the poor fresh-!
men. I wondered at the time why
she was so interested In the fresh
men—or freshman—but that’s not
t lie pioblem here. The problem Is |
to correct the impression, probably
held by some freshmen, that The * 1
Red r.nd Rlack Is picking on them.
The class of 1936 can find no more
staunch friend at the university than
The Red and Rlack. This is a stu
dent newspaper and is printed as
much for freshmen as for any other
students. There is no danger of the
freshmen being subjected to the
perils of hazing but if there were
The Red and Rlack would take up
the cudgel in their behalf.
What we are endeavoring to do—
and we expect to accomplish our pur
pose—is to bring into being a form
of discipline, approved by faculty
and students and under the super
vision of students and faculty, that
will serve the double purpose of
helping freshmen to get a start in
college and of making them obey,
honour and respect Georgia tradl- i
tlons.
are still in the far distant future,
but politics will soon get started on
the preliminaries. There are men
to be selected to clubs and various
extra-curricula honors which should
bring into sway all of the persuasive
powers unleashed in last spring’s
campus and Pan-Hellenic elections.
Students learn a great deal when
they get into the political swim at
Georgia. Perhaps that is the rea
son so many of our graduates have
gone on to far greater heights In
the state and nation. Georgia grad
uates did right well In the Septem
ber state Democratic primary.
The politicians, in college and out,
spend most of their time trying to
get into office and little, if any, figur
ing out what they can or should do
when they are elected. The crux of
the whole matter is that quite often
the interests of the people at large
are not considered, except when elec
tion time rolls around or when one
is campaigning for office.
Life is not just a bowl of cherries
for college editors. This paragraph
is being written in the late after
noon while the paper is kept from
the press by a gaping blank space
In the editorial page, where this
column should he. After many sleep
less nights and much tearing of hair
the editor has decided that perhaps,
after all. It was a mistake to leave
the farm.
The editor awaits with a great
deal of interest the warming up of
the political not among student af
fairs. The annual spring elections
Hot-Cha”:—Your idea sounds
good. See the editor and talk the
matter over. Your plan may be
feasible.
Leroy’s Letters
Athens, Ga.,
Oct. 15.
D EAR Family: I almost wished
the other night that I was
a freshman again because I
was so ashamed of the upperclass
men. The reason was that the up
perclassmen were afraid to fight the
freshmen when the freshmen dared
ithem to.
felt like it was my duty to the
school not to fight him and maybe
hurt him very bad. Also I had a
sore wrist.
Although I did not think so last
year I think that there should be
some kind of freshman discipline
which will make it against the rules
for the freshmen to chase the up
perclassmen under the beds.
It was like this. Some of the up
perclassmen who live In Old College
| hollered over to Candler hall where
the freshmen live and dared them to
come over and fight, but of course
they did not expect them to, for In
I the past they never have, except
once a long time ago when they
came over and busted nearly every
thing in New College.
Rut all of a sudden the freshmen
started boiling out of Candler hall
and pretty soon were all over Ilerty
field yelling with very mean sound
ing yells which made most of the up
perclassmen rush back into Old Col
lege and get under the bed. Some
of them finally came out and went
out a little piece like they were going
to fight the freshmen, but they saw
that most of the freshmen were foot
ball players so they went back in
side and got under the bed again,
all except a few.
Then one of the largest size fresh
men stepped out and said he would
fieht all of them at once, but he was
very large and had a great deal of
hair on his chest so there did not
anybody say anything, except one
man who was around the corner of
•he building gave him the Bronx
"heer.
I was very mad and would have
gone out there and fought him my-
eif but the freshman football team
needs all of Its players and I kind of
I think it would have been differ
ent last year, for there were several
who lived in Old College that were
very pleased when they could find
somebody to fight with them, and
were even glad to get up in the mid
dle of the night to fight somebody
they did not like.
I heard a very funny story about
a freshman who is a member of the
Chi Psi lodge, which is like a fra
ternity but they call it a lodge. He
bought him a new automobile one
afternoon, so he decided he would
go out to Lucy Cobb to see his girl
that night. He did, and they went
down town to the picture show and
he parked the car. When they came
out they started strolling on out the
street and had got almost to Lucy
Cobb when his girl asked him didn’t
they ride down town in an automo
bile. and he was very startled for he
had forgot all about having a new
car and had to walk all the way
back to town to get it, which seems
very strange to me, for last year
when I had a car I could not forget
ibout it for a minute.
I must close now for we are going
to have a rat court for the benefit of
some of the freshmen who are very
1umb and I will have to be there and
l am going to be very severe with
them. Love,
LEROY