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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA„ MARCH 81, 1038.
NUMBER 22.
Religious Meet
Is Expected to
Attract 4,000
Students, Parents, and Visi
tors From All Over State to
Attend Welfare Conference
Program
11 a. rn., Woodruff Hall
Music by the University band.
Song, “America.”
Prayer by the Rev. Lester Rumble.
Address, “Voices of Times,” by
Bishop McConnell.
Song, "Alma Mater."
Benediction by the Rev. J. C. Wil
kinson.
1 p. m., War Memorial Hall
Annual meeting of the board of
directors of the Voluntary Religious
associations.
4:30 p. m., Y. M. C. A. Rooms
Open forum, led by Bishop McCon
nell.
H p. m„ University Chapel
Music by the University Glee club.
Song, “Alma Mater.”
Prayer by the Rev. J. W. Veatch.
Address, “Christian Appeal to Best
in Men,” by Bishop McConnell.
Song, “All Hail the Power of
Jesus’ Name.”
Benediction by the Rev. E. L. Hill.
More than 4,000 persons are ex
pected to attend the Ninth Annual
Religious Welfare conference to be
held at the University Wednesday
with Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, New
York, noted author, educator, and
churchman, delivering two addresses,
“Voices of the Times,” in the morn
ing, and “Christian Appeal to the
Best in Men,” in the evening.
Parents of all University students
have been invited by President S.
V. Sanford and Mr. E. L. Secrest,
secretary of the Y. M. C. A., to at
tend' the conference.
4,000 Attended in 10.32
Over 1,000 visitors came to Ath
ens in 1932 to hear Dr. George W.
Truett open the Eighth Annual Re
ligious Welfare conference. Nearly
4,000 persons attended the opening
of this meeting, the greatest ever to
hear a speaker at any Religious Wel
fare conference, and one of the larg
est assemblies ever to gather in
Woodruff hall.
With a delivery reminiscent of the
days of silvery-tongued orators of
the ante-bellum period. Doctor Tru
ett, pastor of the First Baptist
church, Dallas, Texas, held the at
tention of the Eighth Welfare con
ference audience throughout both ad
dresses.
Anniversarian Talks
Changed to April 20
The annual anniversarian exercises
of Demosthenian and Phi Kappa Lit
erary societies which were original
ly scheduled for Thursday, March
30, have been postponed until April
30 due to a conflict with a speech
by Dr. Allen H. Bunce on Crawford
W. Long day, an event observed
yearly by the University, it became
known Wednesday.
The exercises will be presided over
by Dr. S. V. Sanford. Morgan Good-
hart, Adairsville, and Hamilton Lo-
key, Atlanta, will represent Demos
thenian and Phi Kappa Literary so
cieties, respectively.
Annual Alumni Day,
Bi-Centennial to Be
Celebrated in May
Old Grads to Hold Reunion
la CollaborationWith Anni
versary Program
Celebration of Georgia's bi-cen-
tennial anniversary at the University
will be held in front of the Com
merce-Journalism building on the
night of May 6. The program will
consist of a pageant including a se
ries of episodes covering the history
of the University from 1801 through
1933.
This celebration, according to Prof.
Edward C. Crouse, of the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism, will be
the biggest celebration ever held at
the University.
Plans for the annual celebration
of Alumni day. May 6, when 11
classes of “old grads” will return to
the campus for reunions, have been
completed and reports from the class
chairmen point to the most enter
taining and successful alumni cele
bration in the history of the Univer
sity of Georgia. This will add color
to the bl-centennial celebration, since
both will be held on the same day.
The committee in charge of the
program for the celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the state of Georgia is
composed of the following faculty
members:
Miss Viril Paul; Miss Carolyn
Vance; George G. Connelly, aslstant
professor of public speaking; Roose
velt P. Walker, professor of Eng
lish, and Edward C. Crouse.
Organized by Peabody
Doctor Truett was presented last
year to the audience by President
Sanford, who also read a telegram
from George Foster Peabody, well-
known philanthropist in education
and honorary president of the Uni
versity of Georgia Y. M. C. A., who
originally conceived the idea of Par-
ents-Pastors day, which later evolved
into the Annual Religious conference.
f Mr. Secrest gives credit for the
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Committee chairmen are; Dr. Wil
liam D. Hooper, general chairman;
I Miss Mary Rosenblatt, costumes;
I Mary Alice Soule, dancing; Major A.
T. Colley, military and drill; Hugh
Hodgson, music, and Hubert Owens, i
j settings.
The enclosure in front of the Com-!
j merce-Journalism huilding will be
j decorated and lighted under the di- (
j lection of Mr. Owens and the work
will be done by the members of the
| Landscape Architecture club.
Governor's Action on License Fees Legal,
Phi Kappans Declare AJter Heated Debatt
“That Governor Eugene Talinadge
was within the bounds of the law
when he set a fiat rate of $3 for
automobile tags” was the verdict of
Phi Kappa Literary society Wednes
day night. After a heated debate
on the question the society voted
twice on the question, Brat, on the
merits of the debate and, second, on
personal feelings in the matter.
The subject of the debate was
“Resolved: That the Proclamation of
Hie Governor of Georgia in Regulat
ing the Motor Vehicle License Fee
was Illegal.” Dudley Cook, Atlanta,
and Julian Gootatowsky, Albany,
were the affirmative speakers, and
Hamilton Lokey, Atlanta, and Harry
Steine, Warrenton, upheld the nega
tive.
Cook and Gootatowsky contended
“That the tax derived from the motor
vehicle license fees is obtained under
the police power of the state, no part
of said fees going into the general
revenue fund of the state treasury
Such being the case the fee is not a
tax and thereon section 162 of the
Georgia code, the one giving the gov
ernor the power to scale down the
tag prices, does not apply."
They further held that the action
taken by the governor Is unconsti
tutional because in effect it was
for the governor to exercise legisla
te functions and regulating taxes.
Cook stated that the code section
was more than 110 years old and'
which contention Lokey replied that
the United States constitution is
more than 143 years old and still
remains the paramount of statutory
system.
Lokey declared that the entire
question can be resolved into the
simple question of whether the tag
fee is a tax or a license. In show
ing that it is a tax he stated that
only 3.2 per cent of the money de
rived from tag costs is required for
the purpose of registration and since
there is a remainder of 96.8 per
cent it is evident that the fee sys-
tni of motor vehicle tags is a tax.
He further contended that the
analogy between Roosevelt’s bank
ing holiday and Talmadge's procla
mation is perfect. Both exercised
unusual power by virtue of authority
granted by legislation Intended for
a wholly different purpose, but both
acted within the limits of the law
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f X’ Club Urges
Three Holidays
During Easter
Change in Freshman Caps,
Senior Exemption From
Exanig Also Requested
A petition urging three holidays
at Easter was presented Dr. S. V.
Sanford, president of the University,
Wednesday by a committee from the
“X” club, student service organiza
tion. The three days that the club
asked for include Good Friday, the
Saturday following, and Easter Sun
day, or April 14, 16, and 16.
The petition of the club is to be
presented to the faculty at the reg
ular monthly meeting which will
take place at Memorial hall Monday
afternoon. Dr. Sanford will present
it to the faculty with his endorse
ment.
The committee which presented
the petition to Dr. Sanford was com
posed of Morgan Goodhart, Adairs
ville, chairman; Jimmie Moncrief,
Sylvania, and John Brown, Athens.
“We have had no holidays since
Christmas,” Dr. Sanford said, "and
I think that the faculty will be will
ing to allow the suspension of classes
for these days.”
At the same time a petition was
also presented asking for the ex
emptions of seniors from final exam
inations, for a change in style of the
freshman caps, and for the adoption
of different colored tassels on the
caps of the graduates indicative of
tlie various colleges of the univer
sity from which they are receiving
their degrees.
Last year at the instigation of the
club all seniors making an average
of 8 7 were exempted from final ex
aminations. There was some dis
cussion as to the determination of
the members of the class to be ex
cused; all making Phi Kappa Phi and
Phi Beta Kappa were finally exempt
ed. The club is asking that more
lenient lines be drawn. Dr. San
ford has promised to appoint a fac
ulty committee to confer with the
student committee regarding the de
tails of the plan.
Owing to a considerable amount
of criticism that has arisen over the
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College Journalists
Receive Invitations
To Press Session
College journalists of the state
have been invited to attend the sixth
annual convention of the Georgia
Scholastic Press association, to be
held at the Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism, Friday, May 5, with
a view to the organization of a Geor
gia Collegiate Press association, ac
cording to John E. Drewry, director
of the School of Journalism.
Miss Charlotte Tyus. Griffin, edi
tor-in-chief of the Watchtower at
Wesleyan college, in accepting the
invitation for her publication, wrote:
“The organization of the Georgia
Collegiate Press association is wel
comed with interest here at Wes
leyan. Some time ago at a staff meet
ing a member asked the question |
why there was no such organization
in this state . . . Thanks very niuca
for including Wesleyan in this plan “
The invitation to the Athens meet
ing was extended to the editors and
members of the editorial staffs of
all publications affiliated with Geor
gia colleges. The Collegiate Press as
sociation, by annual conventions and
prizes, will coordinate college jour-!
nalism of this state in a fashion sim-1
ilar to that done for high school
journalism by the Georgia Scholastic
I’ress association.
Four University Women
Win High Athletic Honor
Dorothy Kellogg, Chamblee; Fran
ces Fowler. Athens; Miml Barrow.
Savannah, and Pauline Burson, Mon
roe, were the four women who re
ceived “G’s” at the W. A. A. ban
quet which was held at the Geor
gian hotel recently.
Getting a “G” is the highest ath
letic honor on the campus for a co
ed. One hundred points must be
earned before a “G” is awarded to a !
woman and these can be won by
making class teams, being managers,
and taking part in various other ac
tivities.
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Control of Student Funds
Handed to Organizations
In Reorganization Ruling
Sanford Approves Plan Call
ing for Separate Adviser to
Each Club or Publication
Lombardo May Play
For Spring Dances
Guy Lombardo and his Royal
Canadians may play for the
University spring dances, accord
ing to Billy Hazelhurst, presi
dent of the Pan-Hellenic council.
Lombardo Is to play in At
lanta on April 26 and if spring
dances can be shifted to an
earlier date for his convenience
he may be obtained ’or a price
lowqr than ordinarily.
“If It is impossible to secure
Lombardo the next best bet will
be Jan Garber,” said Hazelhurst,
"but of courso there is still some
faculty opposition as to the
financial part of it. However,
everything will be definitely
known by next week.”
Placement Service
Is Now Obtainable
At Personnel Office
Scope of Bureau Extended
To Student* of Colleges of
Agriculture and Education
All students wishing to take ad
vantage of the placement services
offerod by the University can avail
themselves of the opportunity by re
porting to the personnel office, 107
Academic huilding, before April 6,
and by filling out the necessary ap
plication blanks, Mrs. Mary B. Bon-
durant, personnel officer, said in a
statement to The Red and Black
Thursday.
President Sanford has extended
the scope of the University place
ment work to serve students and
alumni of the College of Agriculture
and College of Education.
An advisory board consisting of
the following members has been ap
pointed by the president to assist
the personnel office in this work:
Dean L. L. Hendren, chairman; W.
O. Payne, professor of history; Dr.
E. D. Pusey, professor of educational
administration and supervision; Dr.
John R. Fain, professor of agronomy;
John E. Drewry, professor of Jour
nalism; John W. Jenkins, professor
of business administration; Mr. D.
L. Earnest; Miss Mary Creswell, and
Mr. E. A. Lowe, director of the de
partment of public relations.
This department has been success
ful in previous years in placing num
bers of students in many lines of
endeavor and although the depres
sion has hurt matters to a great ex
tent there is a probable chance of
finding something for each student
who visits the personnel office before
April 5.
Michael Cup Play
Will Begin April 10
The Michael Clip Tennis tourna
ment, which is played annually at
the Physical Education building, will
begin April 10. Any woman regis
tered in the University is eligible to
enter the preliminary matches. The
following groups are invited to par
ticipate in the tournament: Alpha
Delta PI, Alpha Gamma Delta, Al
pha Sigma Phi, Alpha Theta, Athens
Girls, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Lucy
Cobb, Mlllecige and Lucas halls, Phi
Mu, and Soule hall.
Preliminary matches should be ar
ranged by each group, and the names
of four ranking players should be
submitted to the Physical Education
office.
This tournament has been won by
the Athens girls, Chi Omega, and
Soule hall during the past five years.
The cup is now in permanent pos
session of Soule hall group. A new
cup will be presented this ye%r.
Winning the cup three years will
give permanent ownership. The
tournament this year will be played
on the girls’ courts on the campus of
the College of Agriculture. Prelim
inary matches should also be sched
uled for these courts.
A complete reorganization in the
method of handling student activity
funds, giving each organization bene-
titting from these funds whatever
allocution it Is to have at the be
ginning of each quarter, to be dis
bursed in the best interests of the
function by a student representative
and a faculty udvlser, was approved
this week by President S. V. San
ford.
The plan, calling for a separate
adviser to each club or publication
who knows the needs of that organi
zation, was adopted after conferences
on the matter participated in by the
heads of the several student activities
and a faculty committee on student
affairs.
Private Accounts
Undor the new method, each or
ganization is to receive its money for
the coming quarter at the beginning
of tho quarter, to be deposited in a
bank under the name of the organiza
tion. It is to be disbursed by the
president, treasurer, or business man
ager of the function and a faculty
adviser. These advisers are to bo
appointed by sldent Sanford after
further diacussions with tho faculty
activity committee and the student
heads of tho activities to benefit from
University money.
Work on the budgets will begin
during the coming week at these con
ferences. Each organization is to
know at the outset just what it has
to operate on and will be able to
govern itself accordingly.
Plan Written by Crouse
The accepted plan was written by
Prof. Edward C. Crouse, director of
tho Thalian-BIackfriars Dramatic
club, which club first bulked the plan
which hus been followed during the
past several years. Professor Crouse
prepared tho paper at the request
of W. B. Williams, managing editor
of The Rod and Bluck, and Williams
circulated tho letter as a representa
tive of the "X” club, University serv
ice group. It reads as follows:
Dr. 8. V. Sanford,
President, University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia.
Dear Mr. President:
In accordance with your request
as brought me through Mr. W. B.
Williams, managing editor of The
Red and Bluck, I should like to Bub-
mlt the following plan for the ad
ministration of funds of student ac
tivities at the University. The sys
tem presents tho sentiment of the
executives of the Thalian-BIackfriars
Dramatic club.
Ten-Point Plan
1. A responsible fuculty member
should supervise directly the affairs
of each organization. Ho should bo
thoroughly familiar with tho aims,
purposes, and field of its activities so
that his counsel may be Intelligent
anil sound.
2. The funds of each organization
should bo handled through private
bank accounts established In the
name of the organization and for
which the faculty adviser is respon
sible.
3. If the organization receives
subsidy from the University in the
form of a definite sum at the begin
ning of each year or of each quarter,
the funds should be pluced immedi
ately in tho bank account of that or
ganization. Subsequent revenue of
ali kinds also should be deposited in
the account.
4. All debts of the organization
should be paid directly, without
requisition, from the account, by
check only, signed jointly by the
faculty adviser and the business
manager.
6. Any organization which exceeds
Its budget or which exhausts its
funds from the University prema
turely should bo forced to suspend
its activities, raise money immediate
ly through plans designed for the
purpose, or solve its own financial
difficulties by Us own efforts. There
should be no additional financial aid
from the University.
6. Each organization should be
required to keep a complete sot of
systematic, absolutely accurate books.
The books should be inspected regu
larly at the beginning of each quart
er by a designated auditor, the same
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