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Let s Ciet Some New Homes
For Greek. Organizations
rrtOWAUl) the <*nd of tli«* spring quarter last year
A there was quite a bit of talk going around the
campus concerning a proposed fraternity and
sorority row for the tlnlverHtty. During the summer
the Hoard of Regents met and It was decided to In
definitely postpone any move toward the building
of new houaes.
k’or a University of Its size, and growing import
ance, Georgia is sadly lacking in accommodations
for fraternity and sorority members. In practically
all other large universities and colleges In the South
liouHcn are provided by the Institutions for these
groups.
The aim of the University In the Inst few years
has been more closely to unify the three campuses
and get the institution working more i>s one unit
instead of three separate ones. To do this it has
sturted tilling In the gap between Franklin and Ag
Hill campuses with new buildings and dormitories.
But. in the meantime, it has neglected to get the stu
dents who live In fraternity and sorority houses
nearer the campus and closer together. By setting
aside some portion of the campus, or some nearby
University-owued land, and advocating the building
of ndequute houses much could he done to promote a
better University as well as beautify the campus.
The University bug adequate land to furnish for
this project uud could set up rules and regulations
governing the minimum cost of houses. Nutioual or
ganizations and alumni could lie depended on to fur
nish the greater part of the construction costs in
the form of loans and a system for yearly payments
by the local groups to repay the loan.
One of the udvantuges for u fraternity-sorority
row would be the more unltied system of supervision
that the University would have over the students
living In the houses. With chapter houses scattered
over the town as they are now. no adequate means of
supervision cun he worked out. Another udvuutuge
of the houses would be the reduced cost. Some of
the houses ure owned by their organizations and
these pay exorbitant taxes and insurance rates Oth
ers. who do not own their houses, pay excessively
high rents for places that are entirely inadequate for
chapter houses.
For a greuter. more unified, and more beautiful
University of tieorgta. The Bed aud Black advocates
the building of u fraternity-sorority row
Politicians Get Even Break;
Three Cheers lor G. O. P.
S O the campus bunch is going to bring politics
out in the open! Congratulations are of course
in order, it is something that should have been
done u long time ago.
For the past several years the campus, us well us
the fraternity, men have been subjected to the most
contemptible of all forms of politics- working under
cover and behind opponent's backs. Both groups
should have tired of this long ago and taken steps
to expose the so-called politicians.
Now that the new system has been approved by
the G. O. P.’s it is up to them to show that it will
work effectively on the University campus aud that
even politics can be conducted in the broad open
daylight. One of the best points is that names of
contestants be published 30 days before the actual
election. This will give the voters a chance to look
over the candidates and see just what they think
of them.
And again, bravo for the campus group, and may
ita new plan work effectively.
THE BED AND BLACK, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 11. 1938.
Letters
And Furthermore
By the Editor
G\
AMPUS
PARADE*
Editor. The Red and Black:
In your column last week you
deplored the fact that students still
insisted upon standing on street
corners begging rides "with money
in their pockets" while busses are
available for their transportation.
At first glance this does seem
a little Improper, but as one of
the legion of “thumbers.” I would
like to suggest a few reasons why
students do not tuke the bus.
First, the average boy or girl
who must make trips to various
scattered parts of town must do
this about six times a day, more
or less, and this, when translated
Into Inis fare amounts to around
$2 a week—$8 or $10 per month.
Naturally this is more than the
ordinary persun can afford, and
even if the cost were less it would
nut lie fair to some students who
must, because of the inadequacy
of University dormitories, room
and hoard In private homes. Also
to he considered are the students
who have classes on different cam
puses.
Aside from the expense, the
busses do not run on a fast enough
schedule to permit waiting for
them in many cases. This is espe
cially true of those who must get
to classes on another campus.
The Bed and Black had the
right ideu when it advocated Uni
versity-run busses. The tight
should continue for the present
system is impossible.
Yours truly,
BILL MILLER.
While 53 Stand and Wait
And while 53 stood and waited the library door
tailed to open.
Such was the sad situation recently when the doors
of the general library failed to open at the sched
uled time and 53 students, anxious to get to work,
waited for approximately a half hour until the per
son in charge of the library arrived.
Students taking books off the reserve shelf, which
are due at 8:30 In the morning, have on several re
cent occasions been subject to fines because they
failed to return the books at the proper time. Their
failure to return them was due to the fact that the
library did not open early enough for them to re
turn the books and then get to their 8:30 class. If
students are expected to return the books on sched
ule some provision should be made to open the
library at the proper time. It is unfair to force stu
dents to pay fines that they are not responsible for
incurring.
Council Ready lor Burial
lty Roddy RatcllfT
Exclusive
Next week finds the snooty ele
ment of University society express
ing itself .... Sigma Alpha Ep
silon has a dance authorized for
Monday afternoon .... but as
one of their clan suppressed it... .
. . . . "It’s a closed affair, you see"
. ... It seems that the Phi Delta
Thetas don’t want any publicity on
their barred affair either .... a
bowery ball .... Buster Howell
has his first date with Virginia
Eason for this ....
Evangelists
Phi Mu holds a meeting to in
sist that freshmen study and make
their averages .... following
meeting said sistern demonstrate
. . . . freshmen wonder.
Last week we stated that we would await with in
terest the actions of the committee appointed to
invesigate the advisability of putting the president
of the Pan-Hellenic Council on a salary and the
handling of finances by the University. At this writ
ing it Is long past the deadline for all stories due for
this week’s issue and still there is no story from the
council.
It seems that in spite of all the pains taken by this
columnist to arouse the Pan-Hellenic Council it is
hopelessly dead and nothing can be done to remedy
the situation. Seven weeks from this week-end is
the time set by the council for the Little Commence
ment dances—and still no band has been signed.
Perhaps the Greeks are looking for a band that is
noted for its funeral dirges, so it can play at the not
far distant burial of the council.
Girl of tiie Week
,Edtth Gurr .... new arrival
who hasn't missed a dance.
Just a Few
Ossie Ray and Prof. Dyar Mas
sey Jr., are listening to his dreams
as the state’s leading small-town
editor .... Starks Ginn issTri-
Delta conscious .... Charlotte
Ashley is the one .... Bill Ken
nedy still thinks Gene Smith is
his alone .... but the Vanderbilt
magazine .... where she schools
it ... . has other ideas.
Rhythm Rumbling
By R. R.
It took "Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen”
five years to get across a little
river, and then in a few days it
was all around the world. Its
haunting melody came across the
Eust river from Brooklyu where
it was created by Jacob Jacobs
and Sliolom Secundu in the de
spondent days of the year 1933.
In the original Yiddish title—
it is not German—“schoen" was
"shuin’’ and. freely translated, the
song said, "By Me You Are Beau
tiful.” The writers sold the tune
for $30 and it; was only after Guy
Lomburdo snatched it from the
oblivion of his dusty files last
summer und presented it us tits hit-
to-be song Unit it clicked.
You can say "bella, bella”—
Italian for beautiful; or even
“wunderbar” -German for wonder
ful. The Irish can call it “My
Dear Barney MacShane;’’ some of
you fellows can order "Buy a Beer.
Mister Shane." But the song is
still Yiddish. So. 1 don’t guess
Mister Hitler will make it the
Nazi national anthem.
Horace lleldt’s versatile Brig
adiers have added three broad
casts. to be heard over NBC. to
their ulreudv busy schedule. The
programs can be heard late on
Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
nights. Wednesday’s “Rhyme
Night" will feature Heidt reading
rhymes sent in by listeners; Fri
day night Is dance hit time; and
Saturday coutinues "Dance Inter
views" in which the maestro asks
dancing guests where they hail
from and plays their favorite tunes.
Just between us: Eddie Cantor
has asked Camel to let him sup
plant Oakie College aud Benny
Goodman with a $16,000 full-hour
show of his own .... Mae West,
on the air again. Little Bed Bid
ing Hood .... that means that
the much-discussed lady is to do
another radio dramatic sketch,
this time to the nation's children
. . . . well! .... Ben Bernie's effi
cient secretary has limited the ol’
maestro to eight cigars per day.
Look out! ' Mike Riley, w'ho
drove the country slap-happy sev
eral years ago with his “Music
Goes ’Round" song, has done Ray
mond Scott one or two better in
the matter of nutty names for
popular tunes. His newest is “It
Looks Like a Cruller. Doughnut?”
Scott’s additions are "War Dance
for Wooden Indians" and "Reck
less Night on Board an Ocean
Liner."
The Thieves Never Rest
Deplorable indeed is the situation at the Univer
sity w r hen thieves become so thick on the campus
that basketball players in intramural games can not
put down a ball for 10 minutes without having it
stolen.
During the past week two balls, furnished the
intramural department by the athletic association,
have been stolen from Woodruff Hall while games
were being played. In addition to this, several organ
izations also report the loss of basketballs that they
brought down for practice.
Sportsmanship should consist not only of fair play
to the opposing teams while on the floor, but also
fair play in other matters. Stealing the equipment
certainly will not encourage the continuance of in
tramurals between fraternities and dormitories and
will in the end do much to destroy the friendly feel
ing which the competition is supposed to bring about,
to say nothing of the cost involved.
Coronation tor Bulldog
Last week The Red and Black stirred sports writ
ers from their lethargy and set Georgia fans at
each other's throats in a dispute over the origin of
the Bulldog as the University’s mascot.
And this week the mad scramble will center uot
around the divine right rule of the ferocious canine
as the gridiron king—but to And a live Bulldog
puppy. For no sports authority has shown suffi
cient evidence to prove that the Bulldog has ever
been officially installed, and the Bulldog team must
hold a fitting coronation at the Georgia-Tech game
next fail.
But the Georgia team needs a live Bulldog—one
with personality, and a big one, too—who will strut
in front of the drum major between the halves.
And the eldest son of this Bulldog will continue to
be mascot throughout the years of Georgia's greater
athletic achievement.
A Year Ago and Now
One hundred marionettes are dangled at Seuey-
Stovall Theater and due to then managing editor
Dyar Massey's Thallan-Blackfriars affection draws
front space, aud now Murl Copeland is pulling almost
as many men around on her strings and can’t even
get a kind nod from Uncle Roddy Ratcliff i who pens
the widely-read column of sourcasm, love, and
everybody else’s business.
A. O. Pi held a forum. Let's hope they are still
holding it for they can’t afford to let anythiug get
away.
Metropolitan Opera Stars, Tenor Joseph Benton
(elli) and accompanist, are feted at house reception
by Pi Kappa Alphas, whose house "receptions" of
late were attended by disgruntled alumui, district
president, and uational secretary—without a receiv
ing line.
Faculty proposes two semester system for stu
dents. now the students are proposing a two semester
system for the faculty. Take it or leave It.
Actress Ruth Landers boards a steam shovel to
learn the finer points of digging, but today Miss
Landers' head has been turned from excavating to
astronomy.
Phi Kappa membership accepted by President
Roosevelt. Phi Kappa membership accepted by Bill
White.
Betty Co-ed
Ann Creekmore .... Goodloe
Erwin in spite of a score of other
suitors seems to have a slight edge.
Out of Town
Elizabeth Mathis will go to Au
gusta for the dances this week
end .... Dick Winston .... a swell
KA of several years ago .... is
footing the bill .... Martha Grace
Hawkins isn’t going anywhere this
time .... Vanderbilt was the last
place.
Spring
Yes .... it’s here .... with
Ruth Brown. Louis Griffith, Nina
Fuller, and Ernest Phillips pick
ing daffy dills .... And Dottie
Hinson and Elmo Martin feeding
ice cream to their pooches in the
local soda joint.
Pi Kappa Phi
Quiet, unassuming Bill Benton,
who puts his brothers’ pictures in
the Pandora, will lead with flip
pant and attractive Eleanor Strick
land .... it should be a good
dance .... Burch Hargrave has
a date with Clara Nett.
Apologies
Uncle Roddy had rather admit
that A Year Ago and Now is an
interesting column than apolo
gize .... But Butch Page seemed
so distressed it must be admitted
that Betty Mather did a good job
of leading the o. k. dance . . . .
All the chaperons showed up, too.
Mention
Mae Glaros is quite a lovely
creature .... Mary Ella Yancey
and Eliuor Key are SAE conscious
. . . . everybody in particular.
Again
Virginia Eason has had two
Sunday afternoon dates with a
high school senior .... little J.
K. Davis .... 5 ft. 6 in
Rumors of investigation of frater
nity houses flop .... Martha V.
Smith gets everyone worried when
she calls the annual meeting of
WSG . . . but the largest group
of girls ever to attend one of these
meetings was disappointed.
Announcement
Bob Jones came to Georgia from
Calhoun last fall .... he pledged
Sigma Chi and then met Mar
garet Hendon .... their engage
ment was cried in the Banner-
Herald last Monday.
Funny
I’ve made no-breaks for the
Girl-Break dance and haven't
even got a date yet .... but then
don't we all. girls?