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VOLUME XL.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA. FEBRUARY 8. lOJlft.
NUMBER IB.
'Red’ Menace
Charge Denied
By Dr. San l ord
Communism Does Not Exist
At the University, Emphatic
Statement of President
Emphatic denial of charges made
by a Washington, Ga., judge Tues
day that communists exist on the
University campus was voiced by
President S. V. Sanford in a state
ment to The Red and Black Thurs
day.
That the faculty and student body
are free from any un-healthy and un-
American ideas was the opinion giv
en by President Sanford in his denial
of the charges, which were made
by Judge C. I. Perryman. Perryman
demanded an investigation of com
munism on the Georgia and Emory
university campuses.
Charges Ridiculous
“Charges of this nature bob up
from time to time,” President San
ford declared, “but I have made
every effort to look into the beliefs
of the faculty, and I think the whole
idea of communism existing on The
University of Georgia campus is no
thing short of ridiculous.”
Judge Perryman, of the Toombs
judicial circuit, demanded an inves
tigation of communistic activity on
the Georgia and Emory campuses
while charging the Wilkes superior
court grand jury. The judge said
his request was inspired by state
ments attributed to George A. Blas-
ser, associate editor of the National
Republic, at an address last week
in Augusta.
Investigation Needed
“The source and seriousness of
the allegations at once demand a
full investigation by the governor
and board of regents of the state
institution,” Judge Perryman de
clared. “If such charges are found
to be true, both Georgia and Emory
should be rid of those who are in
jecting poison in the minds of the
youth of the state. If not true, Mr.
Blasser should be run out of the
'State.”
President Sanford, in denying the
charges made by Blasser and reiter
ated by Judge Perryman, said that
if “any communism exists in the
student body, I do not know of it.”
Student Unaffected
“I believe that the minds of Geor
gia students are generally healthy,
and if there are those who would
spread communism, they are in
such a very small minority, if any
do actually exist, that their actions
have no effect on the student body
as a whole.”
Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of
Emory university, was equally strong
in his denunciation of the idea that [
communism was riot on his campus.
“Emory’s position on the commun
ist question was defined clearly last |
fall by a public statement in which
the Emory faculty expressed opposi
tion to the principles, the objectives
and imethods of the communistic
movement,” Dr. Cox explained. “The
faculty at the same time voiced its
faith in the principles of democracy,
tolerance and free discussion.”
College Press Has
Round Table Talks
Friday, February22
The Georgia Collegiate Press asso- ,
ciation will hold a round table dis
cussion of the problems facing col
lege editors, Friday afternoon, Feb.
22, with Bill Maner, Georgia School j
of Technology, presiding.
Meeting in connection with the
Georgia Press institue, the Collegiate
association will be the guest of the j
Institute and will discuss problems, !
the solving of which, will aid the :
college journalists.
The Collegiate Press association is
sponsored by the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism and Sigma Del
ta Chi, national professional journal
istic fraternity. It was founded at
The University of Georgia in 1933. |
Officers of the association are: I
Bill Maner, Georgia Tech, president: ,
Amy Cleekler, Wesleyan college, j
vice-president, and Tom A. Dozier, |
University of Georgia, secretary.
Pandora to Be Ready
May l, Says Hubbard
The 193 4-35 Pandora will
be ready by May 1, according
to an announcement made to
day by Bill Hubbard, Rock-
mart, editor. "If it is not out
by then it will not be the fault
of the staff. The daily work
of the staff members will make
it possible for us to distribute
the year book much earlier
than in past years,” he said.
The greatest part of the
hook has already gone to the
press, and the remainder will
be sent in during the next few
days. The pages given over
to the faculty, classes, frater
nities, military, and most of
the sports have been set and
completed.
For the first time in two
years the book will have a
theme. It is expected to be
about the same size as those
published in the past, accord
ing to Hubbard.
Board of Regents Will Control | Pitkin to Make
Funds of Athletic Department Press Institute
Talk Feb. 22
Bert Lown’s Band,
An Arch of Sabres
Color Military Ball
Guests Include Talniadge,
Governor’s Stall', and Press
Institute Members
An arch of sabres formed over
the stately tread of the grand march,
in time to Bert Lown’s orchestra,
will be the feature of the Military
ball given by the University R. O.
T. C. advanced students Feb. 22 in
Wood buff hall, Jasper Dorsey, Ma
rietta, cadet colonel, said Wednes
day.
Lown began his musical career at
the Weschester Country club after
he had attended Columbia univer
sity. In partnership with Rudy Val-
lee in the operation of a number of
orchestras, he separated himself
from the enterprise in 1929 to take
a position at the Hotel Biltmore in
New York.
It was here that Lown achieved
his present fame, playing over both
major radio networks and making
more Victor recordings than any
other orchestra in the country. After
a tour of the Middlewest, Lown and
his musical organization appeared at
the Cocoanut Grove of the Park
Central hotel, New York, for a nine
months engagement.
He has played at many major
university and college dances and
will be remembered by Georgia stu
dents as the orchestra which play
ed at last year’s Military ball. His
is the only orchestra that has ever
been asked back to Athens for a re
turn engagement for a major affair.
The orchestra consists of 14 pieces
and features Olive Palmer, torch
singer, and Joe Fisher, baritone, a
recent Lown discovery. Lown comes
direct from the Meulbach hotel,
Kansas City.
Decorations for the ball, as yet
not disclosed, are under the personal
supervision of Hubert B. Owens, as
sociate professor of landscape archi
tecture. Advanced students will re
ceive two tickets in addition to their
own.
A review of the corps will take
place on the polo field on the after
noon of Feb. 22, preceding the dance.
Sponsors of the unit will be Intro
duced to the cadets at this time.
Among the notables to whom In
vitations have been extended are:
Governor apd Mrs. Eugene Tal-
madge; Gen. and Mrs. Van Horn
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“Sentimental 9 Spurs
Returned by Thief
The spurs which were taken sev
eral weeks ago from Winnie Davis
hall, highly prized by housemother
Moina Michael, were returned last
week following the announcement of
the theft in the columns of The Red
and Black.
Hanging over a picture in the foy
er of the hall near the entrance to
the dormitory, the spurs were not
prized for merely material reasons,
Miss Michael said, but for sentlment-
All Colleges in University Sys
tem Are Afleeted by Senate
Bill Passed Thursday
As a result of the amended Tal-
madge-sponsored hill passed Tues
day by the state senate, requiring
that athletic fees of the colleges of
the University system he in the con
trol of the Board of Regents, money
acquired from athletic contests by
the University will have to pass
through the hoard before being put
to use by the University.
The hill was passed, with an
amendment, 32-6. The senators cast
ing dissenting votes were: Vaughn.
Jones, Dennis, Smith, Hart, and I
Rucker.
Leaders Compromise
Incorporated in the hill was an
amendment reached through a com-
I romise Monday between the gover
nor and the Board of Regents. The
amendment provides that matricula
tion fees and tuition fees he return
ed to the source institutions through
the state treasury and that athletic
teceipts and other revenues of a like
nature remain at the institutions
originating them.
While athletic fees will remain
with the source institution, they will
be controlled by the Board of Re
gents. The original plan was to
place them upder the direct control
of the governor by placing fees In
the state treasury.
Board “Yields”
The board has ‘‘yielded to pres
sure” in agreeing to the bill, said
Senator Lamar C. Rucker, who lives
in Athens, seat of the University, in
the course of his fight against the
bill.
"First there was a threat to with
hold appropriations and then a vague
promise to give the University a
v’1,000,000 building fund,” Rucker
declared.
"If you pass this bill, you will
make the University System subject
to the whims of governors of Geor
gia,” he pointed out.
The bill makes the board of re
gents an official body of the state of
Georgia and will kill possibility of
a $2,800,000 PWA loan to the Uni-
(Continued on page 8)
Addresses Press Institute
Mayor James Key
Slated for Address
By Demosthenians
Walter B. Pitkin, professor of
journalism at Columbia univer
sity, who will deliver the Wash
ington Day address before the
Press Institute in session at the
University Feb. 20-23.
Bobby Knox Named
Circulation Head by
Board of Electors
Dozier, Hay, Waddell, Associ
ate Editors Are He-clected
At Meeting Thursday
Robert Knox, Thomson, was elect
ed circulation manager of The Red
and Black, succeeding Paul Hodg
son, Athens, at a meeting of the
board of control of the publication
Thursday afternoon in the Com
merce-Journalism building. All ma
jor office-holders on the paper were
re-elected, including Tom A. Dozier,
Athens, editor-in-chief, and William
1. Ray Jr., Johnson City, Tenn., busi
ness manager.
William L. Waddell, Albany, was
re-elected managing editor, and the
three associate editors, Hugh T.
New Out-| Lawson, Nelson: Ida Mogul, Atlan-
Georgia.” | ta, and Winburn Rogers, Milledge-
to continue in
James L. Key, mayor of Atlanta,
will address the Demosthenian Lit
erary society in the society's hall
Wednesday night on "A
look for Prohibition in
The address will take place at 7:30 I villa, were named
p. m. and will be open to the pub- their positions. Bessie Diamond, At-
lic, according to Aubrey Evans, Re- lanta, will also retain her position
becca, president. of woman’s editor.
Future speakers listed by the so- The new circulation manager,
ciety include Governor Eugene Tal- Knox, Is a member of the Pi Kappa
madge, Abit Nix, Athens attorney; Phi fraternity, and is a sophomore
W. T. Anderson, editor and publish- in the Commerce school. He will
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Laughs and Chides Greet 'Red’ Charge;
Democracy Safe at Georgia Students Say
lly Malcolm I’urcell
Charges that students of the Uni
versity are Communistic are appar
ently groundless. A poll of several
of the leading students shows an
overwhelming majority of opinion
against the Idea that the Red Mon
ster Is on the campus.
versity R. O. T. C. unit. “There is
a small amount of Communism
among the students of the Univer
sity. It should be done away with
in a quiet manner.”
Boh Stephens, minority leader in
the Pan-Hellenic council and presi
dent of the “X” club, doubts the
Hudson Moore, campus leader, of ' I ,, “ ch BOC '?" st, « actlv ‘ t,e8
spoke emphatically. “The students. So far as I know there Is no Com-
of Georgia are not Communistic. "’“"‘"‘S, at he Unl l r ® r8,t ^i ,
and never will be Communistic!” „ Ida ' °f a1 ’ aB8 ° c ‘* e ® dtor ,,f Thfi
I Red and Black, indulged in Harraam
DeNean Stafford, president of thej ilt Idea: "I take this talk of
Pan-Hellenic council, voiced the gen- Communism among the students
eral opinion of the poll. “The stu- j with a ^rain of salt . [f a f rult ful
dents of The University of Georgia j investigation is desired, why not find
are not interested in Communism. ! ( >ut the number of students who real-
There is not a remote possibility of , |y know what Communism means?”
any Communistic movement at the K1 i y Nonas, journalism
University.’ j laughed ft off. “Communism at
Billy Waddell, managing editor of Georgia? Tsk! Tsk! They’ll be ac-
The Red and Black, spoke reassur-! (-using us of birth control next!”
ingly. “President Sanford and I It seems as though another reign
realize that there is no Communism i of terror has been averted. Once
within the faculties of the Univer-! more students may walk the streets
Washington Day Speaker is
Professor at PulitzerSeliool
Of Journalism, Columbia
Dr. Walter II. Pitkin, professor at
the Pulitzer School of Journalism,
Columbia university, and author of
“Life Begins at Forty,” will make
the Washington day address, the fea
ture of the Georgia Press institute,
at the University Feb. 22, John E.
Drewry, director of the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism, an
nounced Wednesday.
Coming to Athens as the guest of
The University of Georgia, Dr. Pit
kin will speak to the Institute at
10:30 a. m. Following the address
lie will he the luncheon guest of the
Atlanta Journal at the Georgian ho
tel.
Itipley Speaks
Robert L. Ripley, "Believe It or
Not” creator, will speak before the
Georgia editors and the public Thurs
day, Feb. 21, and while in Athens
will he the guest of the Atlanta
(leorgian-American. He will deliver
a special mossage to the editors at
a luncheon tendered by that paper.
Dorothy Dix, “Mother to Millions”
through her daily syndicated column,
will open the annual Institute Wed
nesday evening, Feb. 20. Paul Mal-
lon, “News Behind the News” com
mentator, is to address the assem
blage Saturday morning, Feb. 23.
Dr. Pitkin is the author of many
widely read hooks, among them: “A
Short Introduction to the History of
Human Stupidity;” “The Art of
Learning;” “More Power to You;"
“Art of Rapid Reading;” “New Ca
reers for Youth;" “Psychology of
Achievement.;” “Chance of a Life
time;” “The Consumer. His Nature
and His Changing Habits," and “The
Twilight of the American Mind.”
Best Seller
Ills hook, “Life Begins at Forty,"
not only was a best seller but estab
lished the author as a philosopher of
good cheer to thousands. lie is a
consulting psychologist.
Dr Pitkin Is the writer of a syndi
cated column appearing In the At
lanta Journal. He is the author of
widely used texts and is an authority
on the short, story. Formerly he was
a member of the staffs of the New
York Tribune, the New York Post,
and the Parents Magazine. Pitkin
served as the American managing
editor of the Encyclopedia Brlttan-
lea and was story supervisor of the
University Pictures company.
Michigan Graduate
After graduating from the Univer
sity of Michigan, Pitkin did graduate
work at Horbonne, Paris: University
of Munich, and the University of
Berlin. His hobby is farming and
he operated two large farms in New
Jersey and Maryland. One consists
of 4,000 acres. He is now engaged
in helping to train a large group of
young men in scientific large-farm
management
The Institute of Life Planning
was founded by Pitkin in 1932. In
addition to his work at .the Colum
bia School of Journalism, he conducts
researches into problems of housing,
unemployment and other public pro
blems, placing his findings at the
disposal of the state and federal gov
ernments.
It pley, another feature Institute
speaker, began his newspaper career
as a boy of 14 when he sold his first
-artnon for $8. At 16 he went to
work for the San Francisco Bulletin
and In 1912 began work in New
(Continued on page 8)
Tech Greeks Hear
Kay Kyser's Band
al reasons a3 well. The spurs were j sity, and do not think that there is j in peace and keep the midnight oil
a gift to Miss Michael from a friend I any among the undergraduates.” , burning without fear of having gome
who had served his country over A dissenting vote is made by Jas- J wild-eyed Communist toss a smok-
seas during the World war. 1 per Dorsey, cadet colonel of the Uni-' ing bomb at them!
Kay Kyser, Southern maestroe,
who has been playing from the Black
Hawk restaurant, over WON, Chica
go, for the past several months, is
playing for the Tech Inter-fraternity
student, mid-winter dances in Atlanta this
week-end.
He played for an informal Junior
hop last night and will be presented
again this afternoon, tonight, Satur
day afternoon and evening. The tea
dance this afternoon will last from
6-8, tonight from 10-2, tea dance
Saturday afternoon, 5-7, and the
final dance of the series on Saturday
evening from 9-12.