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VOLUME XL.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, MARCH 1, 1085.
NUMBER 10.
Theater Offers
Winter Drama
INextWeek-end
Students Can Change
Schedules IS ext Week
"The Late Christopher Bean"
To Be Presented in Seney-
Stovall Thursday, Friday
Opening next week tor a two-night
run, the new Thalian-BIackfriars
comedy, “The Late Christopher
Bean,” will be presented Thursday
and Friday nights as the second Uni
versity Theater production of the
current season.
One of the features of the produc
tion will be an exhibition in the lob
by of the theater of paintings and
water colors of local scenes by stu
dent and Athens artists. The exhibi
tion of paintings of Athens scenes is
being used in connection with the
current play because of the existence
in the plot of a young painter who
rose to fame through his depiction of
local scenes. Students who have
been invited to exhibit their works
include Dorothy Kimbrell, Athens;
Janet Crawford, Athens; George
Cobb, Savannah: Hugh Montgomery,
Rome; George Heidler, Athens; Wil-
lifred Warren, Athens; Jeanette
Thompson, Atlanta, and Mary Bick-
erstaff, Athens.
Local exhibitors invited to display
their works include Misses Annie
May Holliday, Mary Frances Mur
dock, Jean Flanigen, Garland Smith,
Laura Blackshear, Marie McHatton,
Mayme Ricker, Nina Scudder, Jen
nie Smith, and Mrs. Carlisle Cobb.
Coordinate college women will be
allowed to have dates for either
performance of the play, according
to an announcement from Mrs. Ellen
P. Rhodes, dean of women.
Advance sale of tickets began to
day at Costa’s and will continue
through Thursday. Prices will be
50 and 75 cents. Season ticket cou
pons may be exchanged for reserved
seats now to avoid confusion at tho
box office. *
The cast of the new Thalian-BIack
friars comedy, headed by Katherine
Hightower. Cedartown, who plays
the role of Abby, around whom the
action of the play revolves, is com
posed almost entirely of veterans
the University stage. There are three
seniors in the cast of nine, Sims
Bray, Atlanta; Celeste Moore, Sha
ron, and Katherine Hightower, Ce
dartown. Others in the cast include
Jean McFadgen, Albany; Emily Fish
er, LaGrange; D. B. Nicholson Jr.,
Athens; William Hammack, Cuth-
bert; Richard Joel, Athens, and John
Jones, Duluth, Minn. All with the
exception of Joel and Jones have had
previous experience in Thalian-Black-
frlars shows.
Scenery and settings are being
completed by the production staff,
composed of Ned Hodgson, Athens;
Dudley Magruder, Rome; Roswell
Students contemplating
changes in their Spring quarter
schedules, as now filed in the
dean’s office, are notified that
Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, March 5, 6, and 7,
from 3 to 5:30 p. m. each af
ternoon, will be set aside as
the days upon which changes
may be made without special
fee.
Senior division students may
make changes at the dean’s of
fice on the above dates or at
any time between now and
March 7, provided they present
written approval of their major
professors on one of the of
ficial drop and take cards,
(signed)
L. L. HENDREN,
dean.
Council Secures Isham Jones
As Little Commencement Band;
Stafford Selects April 12-13
Green Is Selected
As Annual Speaker
By Demosthenians
• —- ...i- . i
Aubrey Evans Replaced as
Anniversarian When So
ciety Reverses Election
Reversing its action of last week
in the election of Aubrey C. Evans,
Rebecca, as anniversarian, the Dem-
osthenian Literary society in its
meeting Wednesday night named
Claud B. Green, Clayton, to repre
sent the society in the annual An
niversarian exercises, to be held in
the University chapel in March.
In a stormy meeting during which
charges of fraudulence in last week’s
election were investigated, the so
ciety voted that the previous elec
tion was invalid, although the tell
ers, George Stewart, Atlanta, and
Charles Jolley, Smithville, were ex
onerated from all blame in connec
tion with the alleged fraudulence.
Members of the society immediately
(Continued on page 8)
Nominating Board
Names 15 Students
For VBA Officials
Elections Will Be March 13;
New Members for Board of
Directors Suggested
Nomintions for the Y. M. C. A. and |
Y. W. C. A. officers for 1935-36 were
made Thursday afternoon by the
nominating committee appointed by
Dean Paul Chapman, president of
the board of directors of the Volun
tary Religious association. Elec
tions will be held Wednesday, March
15.
Men nominated to succeed Claud
Green, Clayton, as president are Pratt
I Adams, Savannah; John Bond, Toc-
I coa, and Tom Scott, Forsyth. Jane
Miller, Rome, and Etta Marion Hin
ton, Dacula, were recommended for
the presidency of the women’s or
ganization.
Complete Nominations
Other Y. M. C. A. nominations
were: recorder, Lane Timmons, At
lanta, and Tap Bennett, Athens;
treasurer, Ed S. Sell Jr., Athens, and
Richard Winston, Athens. The oth
er Y. W. C. A. recommendations
are: vice-president, Sarah Williams,
Fitzgerald, and Jane McKinnon,
Brunswick; secretary, Mary Ether
idge, Albany, and Thelma Jones,
Athens; treasurer, Mary Elizabeth
Nix, Athens, and Laura Rogers,
Dahlonega.
A suggested list of directors to
succeed those whose term expires
in April follows: Abit Nix to suc-
(Continued on page 5)
Council's Choice Pan-Hellenic Head
° t f Seniors Urged to Give List
Of Qualifications to Officials
Mehre’s Picture Appears
This Week in Rotogravure
Coach Harry Mehre is shown with
Ted Cox, Tulane University mentor,
at the convention of the American
Football Coachs’ association meet
ing, in a picture on the front page
of this week’s Collegiate Digest.
Also in the rotogravure section this
McRae. Augusta; with Mickey Rad- | week appears a picture of Nathan
utzky, Brooklyn, N. Y., as technical I Yagol, Emory University student,
director. | who was chased off the Oglethorpe
For the coming week the theater university campus when he went
(Continued on page 5) ! there to speak several weeks ago.
Literary Digest Poll of College Editors
Shows That They Agree With Students
Personnel Department Wishes
To Have Complete Files of
Graduating Class
All members of the senior class
should fill out employment applica
tion blanks before March 10, so the
personnel department can mail out
the lists by March 15, Mrs. Mary
Uondurant, personnel officer, has an
nounced.
Seniors are urged by Mrs. liondu-
rant to fill out these blanks whether
they intend to pay the registration
fee of $1.00 or not. This will give the
personnel department a complete file
of qualifications of the graduating
ISHAM JONES
Gridiron Club Adds
Fourteen Members
At Second Election
Initiation Services for Seniora
Ami Honorary Neophyten
To Be Held Thursday
Lauded for Signing
National Orchestra
Jones Will Bring 18- Piece
Bund for Annual Spring
Dance Series
Isham Jones and his nationally
known orchestra has been signed for
tho Little Commencement dances,
which will he held the week-end of
April 13-13, according to an an
nouncement issued today by DeNean
Stafford, Pan-Hellenic president.
Immediately after the announce
ment of the signing of Jones, out
standing students were high in their
praise of President Stafford for se
curing a nationally known orches
tra.
18-Piece Orchestra
Jones will bring an 18-plece or
chestra to tho University direct from
New York City. This is the first
time that an orchestru of this size
has been secured for an engagement.
At present Jones is ranked with
the topmost orchestras in tho United
States and is now playing the Chev
rolet programs, with prominent stars
or radio, stage and concert hall ap
pearing as guest artists. Ho can be
heard over the Columbia network
twice weekly on the Chevrolet pro
gram.
This will be Jones’ second appear
ance at the University. He played a
short tea dance for the Athletic as
sociation in 1933 and was a hit with
the student body.
The same band, which went over
so big at the tea dance in '33, will
bo together for Little Commence
ment, according to President Staf
ford.
Played Outstanding S|H>ts
Isham Jones has played all the
outstanding spots in Northern cities
including College Inn, one of Chi
cago’s brightest night clubs; Ambas
sador hotel, Atlantic City, N. J.;
Hollywood restaurunt and the Hotel
Commodore at New York. He is
playing at the Hotel Commodore In
New York at the present time.
One of the few orchestra leaders
I who actually creates his own tunes.
Nine seniors and five honorary
members were elected to Gridiron,
University honorary club, at the reg
ular meeting Tuesday night. This
was the second election of the year,
the final to come during the spring
quarter, at which time juniors will
be elected for next year. Initiation
will be held for the newly elected
members Thursday, March 7.
Seniors chosen were: John Dekle,
Savannah; Hal Hatcher, Macon;
Lud Pierce, Vicksburg, Miss.; Bill
Buchanan, Athens; Wiley Moore Jr., I j onfiH bus won considerable reputa-
Atlanta; A. M. Bennett, Washington; non u a song writer before he he-
H ade Hoyt, Rome; ( lftude Green, j came prominent as a bandman. Some
Clayton, and Tom A. Dozier, Athens. i (1 ( bis outstanding song hits are:
Honorary Neophytes !"If You Were Only Mine,” "I Can’t
Honorary members elected were: Believe It’s True,” “Let's Try
F. E. Mitchell, professor of poultry i Again," "Swingin’ Down the Lane,”
husbandly; Dr. C. I). Turner, profes-j “The One I Love Belongs to Some-
sor of zoology; 11. C. Kinney, assist- body Else,” and “I’ll See You in My
ant business manager of the Uni- Dreams.”
versity; D. D. Jeter, instructor of Other numbers written during the
history, and Capt. P. H. Camp, as-iGolden Decade of Tin Pan alley are:
sistant P. M. S. and T. at the military
A special poll of college editors by
the Literary Digest concerning peace
sentiment indicates that the editors
agree with the students. The only
difference in opinion was a stronger
sentiment for entry into the League
of Nations.
The same questions were asked the
editors as had been asked the stu-
of Communism were general. College
students were criticised for their even after that person has left the
apparent lack of patriotism by some
daily newspapers.
The poll revealed that the Cotton
South is a stronghold of conserva
tive thought. This fact brought
criticism from several southern col- i
class. Those not registering will b<
placed on the reserve list, and the (department.
records will be kept for ten year*, I Dekle Is a member of the Kappa
making it possible for the depart- I Alpha social fraternity, Thalian-
ment to help in placing a person | Blackfriars, and Glee club. Hatcher
Is a Phi Delta Theta, a member of
University. |the “X” club and I. R. C. Pierce
There were 514 calls from prac- j Is a S. A. E., member of I. It.
tlcally every county in the state for Chi Kappa, and debate team. Buch-
teachers last year. Of these, 244 annn is past cadet colonel of the R.
came from county seats of the respec- O. T. C. corp, a member of the “X”
tive counties. Calls for teachers club and Thalian-BIackfriars.
also came from the following seven
dents. In addition, the questions j ,ege newspapers. This editorial ap-i states . Alabama, Arkansas. Florida,
used on the peace ballot being con-[P eared in the Florida Flambeau, stu- Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and
ducted in England by the British . den * P a P«r of the Florida State Col- | Tennessee.
League of Nations union were used. |' e K e tor Women: “Newton D. Baker
This ballot was concerned chiefly »aid recently that he saw only one
with reduction of armaments by in- chance of averting a destructive war
ternational agreement. —to ‘hold it off long enough for this
Out of every three students who new generation to assume control.’
received a ballot, one either filled j But it is apparent that the white
out or returned it. Only one out hope of peace can not look below the
of every eight editors either filled Mason and Dixon line for support,
out or returned the ballot. Southern colleges are refuges from
The editorial ballots, sent out dur- j reality.”
ing the last week of the college peace ! The Auburn Plainsman, edited by
poll, were prepared by the Associa- Neil Davis, commented: "The volume \applications now, because after a per-
tion of College Editors. Ballots were of returns in the poll might seem to |son has left the University there is
sent to editorial boatds of 644 col- indicate that college students are
lege newspapers—the entire college 'thinking about something other than
press of America. 'sex and alcohol.’ Certainly this is
Editorial comment appeared all true in some sections of the nation,
over the country, both in college I but the returns from southern uni
newspapers and in those of their versitfes and colleges indicate the op-
elders. Ridicule, sarcasm, and cries Iposite.”
Seniors Elected
Moore is a member of Kappa Sig
ma, national Bocial fraternity, var
sity track team and of the Commerce
Following is a list of teaching | club. Hoyt is a Chi Psi, varsity ten-
subjects as asked for by the schools [ nls and golf player. Green, past
and school officials of the state, with (president of Demosthenian, Is a
the most frequently called for ar
ranged in descending order: home
economics, primary work, high school
combining three subjects, mathemat
ics and science combined, position of
principal, history, English and ele
mentary grades.
All seniors should fill out these
no way to get a record of his qual
ifleations.
tions each year.”
It is necessary that application
blanks be filled out immediately, at
"It. Had to Be You,” “Spain,” anil
“Down Where the Sun Goes Down.”
Jones will be tho most outstanding
orchestra to play a University dance
series in the state.
Kyxer Praises Jones
W’lien questioned In Atlanta about
Jones’ reputation, Kay Kyser, who
played the Georgia Tech dances, was
surprised that The University of
Georgia could secure such a prom
inent orchestra. “Ho is head and
shoulders above any hand playing
In Chicago at the present time,” said
Kyser. "I would rate him in tho
first ten bands In the United States.”
The University of North Carolina
had Jones for their fall dances and
were pleased with his performance
there. Several Georgia students who
attended the Carolina dances also
were high in praise for his dance
least by March 10, so that the lists I iron during the fall and winter quar-
can be mailed out. | (Continued on page 8)
member of the debate team, presi
dent of Y. M. C. A., associate editor
of the Pandora, Junior cabinet and
anniversarian speaker. Bennett is a j
student in the Agriculture college arrangement,
and is president of the Saddle and I Comes Direct
Sirloin club. 1 Jones will come direct to the Uni-
Dozier Is editor-in-chief of The versity from New York and will not
Red and Black; business manager ( be on a tour of the South as is the
of the University Theater; student usual custom, stated President Staf-
assfstant in the School of Journal- j ford today.
ism; member of “X” club, Biftad, j Washington and Lee and the Uni-
Junior cabinet, and the Sigma Chi ! versity of North Carolina are the
social fraternity. lonly two Southern colleges that have
Nine seniors are elected to Grid- heard Jones for a dance series. Both
schools were pleased with his per-
(Contlnued on page 5)