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THK REMAND BLACK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1936.
On with the Dance
Diezvs Around Georgia
anil JJlach
Editor-in-Chicf
Curtis Asher
Huhinr.M Manager
Oujr Tiller Jr
France* Knttey
Woman'n Editor
llyron Mill hewn Jr
Art editor
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Jrnnnrttc Wiley, William Itogem. Don
Carter. Mary Lucy llerndon. Doyle
Jonen. George Crnbb, Mary Crabb.
ftportn Staff Jack Held, Ituater Itlumenthnl,
lOtlpli Klee.
Ilutinnm Staff: 13d win Southerland. William
Durham. John NVIlaon, Jcmmu Maxwell,
JnrncH Moore, Charlea llefiln, Ward
Wight, John Klee.
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What Price Censors?
rjMlE RUNNING of the chapter’*
* finances Ih not the leant of
the valuable lessons in life which
the social frutornitles furnish their
members. This practical experi
ence could not he Kained. though,
If the University wore to step In
and supervise the treasuries of
them.
Says Wiley L. Moore, president
of the Wofford Oil Company, "My
hoys used to nmuse me, talking
about their little fraternity finan
cial problems, hut I am Kind they
had the experience of worktnK
them out.”
lie was referring, of course, to
hiB sons, Wiley Jr. and "Pete" who
Krnduated from the University of
Georgia In '3G and "Ifi respec
tively.
The fraternities are now con
fronted by a scheme, belnK pushed
by certain members of the Univer
sity faculty, which aims to havo
the University step In, unasked,
supervise and virtually control
fraternity finances. For this un
solicited supervision tt Is proposed
that the fraternities pay three to
elKht dollars monthly. It is also
proposed that the appointed aud
itor. if ho happens not to BRree
with the financial policy of a fra
ternity, may have the chapter
house dom'd.
That Is a mighty heavy duh for
a man to hold over the head of
every social fraternity on the cam
pus.
The national fraternities have
made great expenditures of time
and money, in nddltion to their
many years of experience, to de
velop the heat possible methods of
fraternity organisation and financ
ing. They are continually work-
tng to improve these methods.
Every month financial state
ments are checked by alumnus ad
visers and sent in to the national
comptroller or bookkeeper of the
fraternity who returns helpful
typewritten report* Bank bal
ances are certified and duplicates
of the checks, with which all bills
are paid, are sent to the national
chapter.
The annoying Intervention of
an auditor, appointed by the Uni
versity and paid by the fraterni
ties against their will, would be
an Inferior and unnecessary dupli
cation at an added expense.
Let the fraternity men solve
their own problems and remem
ber what President Caldwell told
a meeting of fraternity leaders.
"Gentlemen, the University Is not
a collection agency.”
Nor should It be an arbitrary
and unasked for supervisor of the
finances of the various aortal fra
ternities
Penultimate Triumph
\ MID applause and much pub-
** llclty, several well-known se
niors are this week ostentatiously
being B’d and tapped by the Unl-
vendtyTH top ranking honor so
cieties, Sphinx and ODK
Envious hut supposedly equally
well known seniors, stung by their
failure to be S’d and tapped, are
crying with that well-known sour-
grape attitude, "Politics,” In a
tone of nasty invective. Blissfully
unaware of this attitude and with
happily expanded egos, the hon
ored students happily go their way.
Today a largo ODK key hung on
the arch, had the name of its four
honorees placed one by one, hourly,
upon It, each designated with a
beautiful ribbon.
More ostentatiously, the S’d
members wear big white S’s past
ed the length of tlielr spine and,
If the usual procedure Is carried
out, will provide something of a
floor-show for the 20,000 visitors
in Sanford Stadium as they pa
rade the field and perform their
act.
President Ben Anderson of
ODK, quiet, unassuming, desig
nated ns a "Jolly good fellow” by
acquaintances, denies and proves
that "politics" has no place In his
organization.
Sphinx, more secretlvo nnd with
more years of experience, does not
deign to say anything. "Suspense
is the Spice of Life,” so It keeps
the student public in absolute
darkness ns to its workings, pro
cedures (except for the parnde),
which mny or may not be a point
In Its favor.
"What this University needs is
more and better honor societies!"
To those students who are dis
gruntled -litre due heartfelt felici
tations. To those honored, con
gratulations nnd may they prove
that their being S’d nnd tapped
hns a ntennlng other than the op-
portunty of parading their ego,
made possible by the publicity
which the student newspaper and
other publications have so help
fully provided over a period of
years.
The pomp and ceremony goes
on—the football games go on.
Ergo! What this University needs
is more and better honor societies!
Fairy Talcs
^TOU WILL inevitably rnlse your
self to pre-eminent success,
with plenty of dollars and steam-
heated comfort thrown in, if you
will only tug earnestly and long
enough at your hoot-straps, croons
the optimistic content of the pop
ular general magazines.
Disregarding the possibility
that, with all this tugging at the
boot-straps, one might push his
feet out through the soles of his
hoots, the rose-colored fiction of
these magazines always shows the
characters getting themselves out
of complications by their own vo
lition. The emphasis Is on suc
cess—aggressive, selfish, and ma
terial success. Instead of showing
life in Its true perspective with its
failures, obstacles, and variety. It
doesn’t even recognize the fact
thnt many of us humans are un
successful In spite of our most
frantic and strenuous efforts.
Small wonder It is. then, that
the youth has. created for him,
that impression that the world is
a tasty dish for his enjoyment
alone.
In the typical story, the hero Is
sometimes allowed to play around
mildly but. always he comes back
to the sweet, young heroine. He
Is called a man. only after having
settled down to slaving diligently
at a steady Job and after having
married the girl.
To be more than Just charming
j reading, the general magazine
I should recognize that men come
not from the same mold and there
fore will not fit Into one fixed pat
tern of life and then in a tolerant
way portray life as it really is.
Ily Don Carter
A dormitory room is a swell thing
to live in, but being locked up in
one with no means of escape is a
different proposition.
A Candler Hall janitor was making
his regular rounds several days ago
when one of the boys called him to
investigate a lock that failed to func
tion to perfection.
The cleaner walked in, snapped
the lock back and forth, closed the
door, and before he knew it, he was
locked in—alone. Try as he might
there was no means of opening the
door.
And so he called for help. Lad
ders were brought. But the negro
was afraid to climb down. Finally
two carpenters were summoned and
the iloor removed.
"No ,sir,” was the Janitor's com
ment, after his short imprisonment,
“it ain't no fun."
Disturbed by a seating arrange
ment that did not exactly match his
chart, a journalism professor recent
ly said, "Oh. yes, that’s you back
there in the vacant seat."
H ave You Read?
By Norman Clialker
In Sherwood Anderson’s new
story, "Kit Brandon," (Charles
Scribner’s Sons, $2.50), a moun
tain girl goes to the mill-town in
the valley to seek her fortune, finds
it, but loses all former happiness
she had In her home in the hills.
Soon after she reaches the city,
she gets a hankering for material
things; marries a yellow roadster
and finds it driven by a big-time
bootlegger; becomes the most dar
ing driver in gangland, but finds
that money Isn't happiness.
Anderson’s purpose in writing
the book is to expose his theory
that Americans are beset with
loneliness. As a remedy for this
he suggests that all young men
spend three years on some com
mon government project that will
teach them how to live better with
their fellow men, and give them
the ability to work successfully
with others.
We wonder If it would work?
We even doubt a little his theory
that nil Americans are lonely!
But his novel is good reading just
the same.
By Guy Tiller Jr.
Dots and Flashes . . .Here comes
Homecoming, finally, and Harold
Stern . . . Tickets are going fast
at five-fifty a clip . . . Woodham
and Hoyt lead-out with Falligant,
Gray, Crenshaw, and Rent* among
the ladies . . . Treasurer Peterson
spoils Pan-Hell treasurers’ record
of being most sought after man in
school . . . Peterson has no date.
Tennessee booted Duke and is
ready fcfr Georgia . . . The Bull
dog growl is dangerous . . . May
be the growling should cease and
a little biting take place . . .
Sphinx's latest additions, Bennett.
Sigma Chi; Hawkins. Campus; and
Wise, Sigma Chi. will shine with
out any booing . . . ODK adds
Joel, Timmons, Covington, and An
derson. but subtracts nothing.
Fraternity men start decorating
I houses, while sober . . . Ferns for
get faces and plaster colors on
houses . . . Biftad causes it all by
offering a prize for best decora
tion . . . Now let’s offer a prize to
Biftad for doing something.
fast. "There’ll have to be a good
explosion in this laboratory before
the year is over, or there won't be
any real work done here this term.”
And before he got off the subject,
a yellowish liquid was showering
over the entire room from the test
tube of an undergraduate who had
hit upon a wrong process.
Two co-eds, new to the University
campus, stood on the corner after
dark patiently waiting for a ride.
A car stopped. The two girls jump
ed in. The lady driver began to look
for their sorority pins. "Does your
house mother know that you are
catching rides at night?”
“No, ma’am,” the girls replied,
“we live at Lucy Cobb.”
“Then has your matron given you
permission to do this?” the lady
querried.
“No, ma’am,” was the same inno
cent answer.
“Well, then, did you know you
are riding with the Dean of Wo
men. and that it is strictly against
the rules for girls to catch rides at
night?”
You imagine the result!
The General Died at Dawn (Par
amount). Clifford Odets’ stage
play about class war emerges on
the screen as a story of true love,
enhanced by the appearance of pro
letarian hero Gary Cooper, and
somewhat disappointing to those
who expected to see fireworks
which have characterized previous
works of this author.
Showily directed by Lewis Mile
stone, the cinema is a first rate
melodrama about love among the
lower classes, well written, well
acted, and excellently photograph
ed.
Based on a story by Charles G.
Booth, the theme revolves around
O’Hara (Gary Cooper), idealistic,
niave American soldler-of-fortune,
operating on behalf of a Chinese
province being desolated by a war
lord, and the war lord himself.
Entrusted with gobs of money
to buy guns and ammunition for
the proletariat revolt, O’Hara lets
himself be caught in the coils of
a pretty girl (Madeleine Carroll),
who persuades him to travel by
train instead of plane. But. ah,
the insidious plotters! The pretty
girl betrays him, and from then
on it is a struggle between true
love and the general.
Old Timers will return and re
call “when I was in school” days
. . . Buffet suppers are in order,
which means many will go hungry
. . . Chi Psi’s plan open house . . .
Everyone should go, it may be
your last chance . . . Theta’s mis
lead people and call their Friday
affair a tea dance.
Shots and Dashes . . . Girl of
the week is Mary Helen Wood-
ham, of course ... A pretty pic
ture to paint is Margaret John
son . . Battey, of The Red and
Black, and Hawkins will handle
tbe campus lead-out . . . H. C.
Smith, as changeable as taffeta,
escorts Phi Mu Turner to hops, in
stead of Erwin . . . Ann Johnson
and Katherine Hudman appear
hooked, or is it Hodgson and Gil-
lis . . . or all four?
Perfection would be—Benny
Goodman furnishing the music,
Myrna Loy furnishing the com
pany. and J. P. Morgan the money
. . Being easy to satisfy. I’ll take
Stern, a blonde, and my Georgian
check . . . What this paper needs
is another Ida Mogul . . . What
most college papers need is The
Red and Black staff.
Ships Sail On
With George Boswell
Bravo, Mrs. Rhodes
|N AN ATTEMPT to persuade
1 t he Dean of Women to allow
University women to attend the
dance Wednesday night sponsored
by the Athens Junior Assembly, an
official of this organization an
nounced that college girls would
be allowed to be present. Quickly
came a denial from Mrs. Rhodes
and Just as emphatic a denial
from Frances Knupp, head of wo
man’s student government. Be
lieving that Woodruff Hall should
be reserved for University func
tions, for the operation of only
student and University "rackets,”
other officials agreed with this de
cision. So this somewhat ques
tionable attempt to once more soak
the poor student, to once more
take his mind away from studies
during the middle of the week was
frustated. We should like to con
gratulate Miss Knupp and Mrs.
Rhodes on their firm stand and
to say that this decision will prob
ably end any future attempts to
railroad doubtful projects through
the Administration.
An Editor in Tears
Disgruntled by his failure to
get a better position for his or
ganization in The Red and Black, a
local big-shot made the statement:
“The Red and Black can make or
break any organization on the
campus." We thanked him for the
Information but denied the impli
cation.
Past editors of the student pub
lication have vehemently announc
ed their policies as they took over
the reigns. Fearing accusations
of egotism, we have neglected to
announce any definite policy or
procedure. However, not wishing
to learn how to worry successfully,
here we are:
The Red and Black publishes
the news. We will NOT give free
publicity. The space devoted to
each item is limited, and is pro
portioned according to its inter
est to the student body as a whole.
We refuse to worry about anything
more serious than a bad cold or a
ticket for over-time parking. If
interesting and for the well-being
of the student body, from foot
ball games to streamlined educa
tion, we will publish the news
We will devote space to each or
ganization in accordance to their
importance to the students and
NOT from pressure brought about
by individuals, groups, and per
sonnel of these organizations.
Where these groups deserve com
mendation, they will be commend
ed editorially. We have not and
will not serve as an advertising
bureau for any one group. The
editorial staff of The Red and
Black Is in a position to know the
relative interest and importance
attached to any occurrence. We
reserve the right to decide, there
fore, what is news and the rela
tive play-up.
The Red and Black will cooper
ate with the Administration in its
efforts to provide a better Univer
sity. Should we feel, from obser
vation and otherwise, that mis
takes have been made we also re
serve the right to condemn them.
The interests of the students and
the University shall be our guides
and our responsibility. Should we
make mistakes, let us know. Grate
fully we will acknowledge our
thanks, aa well as right wrongs
unwittingly made.
As a representation of student
activities and student thought, we
will extend ourselves for fairness,
and will not attempt to "make or
break any organization” should it
deserve survival.
We have said our piece. Cooper
ation will be only an added asset
in making The Red and Black
serve the purpose to which it is
dedicated.
A science student was talking too
Odets Regrets
Do You Hear Me ?