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VOLUME XUII.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GHORGH, FEBRUARY IX, 1038.
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Sorority Row
Now Foreseen
By Authorities
Dean of Women Writes Na
tional Officers Concerning
Proposed Buildings
By Martha Johnson
Possibility of a long-anticipated
sorority row gained momentum this
week when letters were sent from the
office of the dean of women to na
tional officers of campus sororities.
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Regents of the University System
the question of allowing sororities
or fraternities to build houses on
the University campus received fav
orable attention, and a sub-commit
tee was appointed to work out a
plan for the project.
In general, the plan will provide
for the erection of buildings on a
99 year, tax free lease. It is esti
mated that on a house costing $25,-
000, the sorority occupying it could
pay 8 per cent a year, the whole
amount being easily retired in 25
years.
Fraternity Action Soon
Being considered in conjunction
with the sorority houses is the erec
tion of a fraternity row to be financed
on the same basis. A final decision
on the matter will be made by the
Board of Regents at its next meet
ing scheduled for March.
Built on. University land such
buildings would have no taxes, a low
rate of insurance, cheap electricity,
water, and heat. In the individual
contracts with sorority nationals, the
University would agree to purchase
the buildings if for any reason it
should become necessary for a chap
ter to be withdrawn from the cam
pus.
Urging the national officers in
charge of construction to make
prompt decisions, the letters express
ed the hope “that the erection of
several houses can be begun early
in April so that the buildings may
be ready for occupancy in Septem
ber.’’
Good Investment
At the conclusion of the 25 year
payment period the contract which
had been given to the national soror
ity erecting the house would be trans
ferred by the University to the local
chapter. It was pointed out that
“the investment would be a good
one, a perfectly safe one, and most
advantageous to the chapter.”
At present, there is no money
available in the treasury of the Uni
versity which can be used to assist
in building, but it is believed that
funds may be available at a later
date so that aid may be given to
sororities whose nationals are unable
to finance the entire building cost.
Plans for proposed fraternity and
sorority rows on the University cam
pus have been developing quietly
over a period of some months.
Some of the Greek chapters are
now planning new homes, and all of
them, it is believed, will be willing
to build under the system now being
advocated.
3 New Men Named
To Board of Regents
Three new members of the Board
of Regents of the University Sys
tem of Georgia were named by Gov.
E. D. Rivers this week.
Newly appointed regents are:
Jere N. Moore, Milledgeville, presi
dent of the Georgia Press Associa
tion and editor of the Milledgeville
Union-Recorder, who replaces Mill
er S. Bell, Sixth Congressional Dis
trict, also of Milledgeville; J. D.
Gardner, Camilla, who replaces John
Monaghan, Pelham, of the Second
District, and Dr. Marvin Twiggs,
Dalton, who succeeds Charles Milam,
Cartersville, as regent from the
Seventh District.
Unaffected by a measure confirm
ed Saturday by the senate were Ca
son J. Callaway. LaGrange, and Col.
Sandy Beaver, Gainesville. Mr. Cal
laway was first named by Gov.
Richard B. Russell Jr., and later re
appointed by Gov. Eugene Talmadge,
while Colonel Beaver served as chief
of staff through the Talmadge ad
ministration.
Terms of the new members ex
pire July 1, 1944.
From a Young Man ...Through a Robot...to a Fair Lady
Yep, it’s phi-nominal—(he way 1,300 telephone calls flicker through the mechanical robot on the sec
ond floor of the Academic Building each day. And all without a hitch, too. From dormitory to
dormitory, office to office, persons call each other without hnving to repeat numbers and wait on
central to answer. The two students above give a practical demonstration of the way It's done.
Frank Higdon, a Joe Brown resident, twirls the dial of one of the two phones in his dormitory. The
sensitive robot, in the center, picks up the signals and automatically rings Miller Hall. Weetie
Tift is soon on the other end of the wire .... and, well, you furnish the rest.—Staff Photos by McNiel.
24 American Beauties Named
For Pandora Review March 1
Bridges Will Head
Military Lead-Out
With Col. Gillespie
Tuberculin Tests to End;
Fines Will Be Imposed
Fines for incomplete registra
tion will be levied on all students
who have not had a tuberculin
test by the end of this week. Tests
are being made every morning
from 10 to 1 o’clock.
Final X-rays for students who
had positive reactions to the tests
will be made in March.
'Kind Lady’ Stars
Debnam and Lester
In Mystery Drama
Portraying the “Kind Lady,”
Montez Debnam, Atlanta, will play
the leading role in the winter pro
duction of the University Theater.
The supporting cast, announced to
day by Edward C. Crouse, director,
lists many veterans.
John Lester, Montezuma, as Hen
ry Abbott, will be the next principal
character. Abbott is the leader of
a gang of crooks who, disguised as
needy persons, invade the “Kind
Lady’s” household.
“Kind Lady” is a mystery play
by Edward Chedorov, adapted from a
story by Hugh Walpole, and will run
at Seney-Stovall Theater March 3,
4, and 5.
Lucy Weston, an old family friend
of the “Kind Lady,” will be played
by Susan Dillingham, Atlanta. Lucy
leaves her friend for a trip to the
Riviera, so is not on hand to pre
vent the sinister events which are
to come.
Mary Doby Mann, McRae, is cast
as Rose, the “Kind Lady’s” faithful
maid. Rose is not faithful enough
to stay with her mistress through the
dark plot, however.
Edwards, one of the strange char
acters about whom there is little to
tell, will be played by Louis Sohn,
Atlanta.
Helen Mergendoller, Atlanta, will
portray Mrs. Edwards, whom mys
tery likewise surrounds. The Ed-
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On the Inside
Page.
Skirls to reign as gentlemen
swing at WAA woman-break
ball 3
Yellow Jackets to invade Bull-
doglaml for annual court bat
tle 6
Hugh Hodgson and the tine arts
department will bring opera
bark to University campus.. X
Literary societb-s find words are
plentiful on both sides of ster
ilization issue 2 and 7
4-H Flub sponsors annual car
nival; Ag Hill men seek woman
with “most kissable lips” 3
Ah! At last ’tis settled. The Bull
dog will be crowned 2
Hollywood Film Slars Offer
Services in Making Final
Rankings Later
Two dozen American beauties—
Georgia campus beauties—were this
week named by fraternities and
men’s dormitories to compete in the
second annual Pandora review to be
held in the Pound Auditorium March
A.
And Yearbook Editor Ed Baxter
lists offers from film stars Betty Gra-
ble, Martha Raye, Ben Blue, George
Burns. Grade Allen, Edward Ever
ett Horton, and Jackie Coogan;
Cinema Director Raoul Walsh, and
Dance Director LeRoy Prinz to rank
in order the seven whom the review
judges will name for the annual’s
1938 beauty section.
The sponsors selected during the
week and the organizations which
they represent follows:
Mary Sadler, Pi Kappa Alpha;
Martha Wineberg, Pi Kappa Phi;
Roslyn Blumberg, Alpha Epsilon Pi;
Lynda Lee, Alpha Tau Omega; Lil
lie Shepherd Davis, Chi PBi; Barbara
Fielis, Delta Tau Delta; Elizabeth
Guillebeau, Kappa Alpha; Ruth
Byrd, Kappa Sigma; Betty Cren
shaw, Lambda Chi Alpha; Anne
Creekmore, Phi Delta Theta.
Cecil Michael, Phi Epsilon PI;
Elizabeth Mathis, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon; Toni Summers, Sigma Chi;
Harriette Etheridge, Sigma Nu; Em
ma Minkovitch, Tau Epsilon Phi;
Jackie Walker, Old College; Murl
Copeland, New College; Jerry Rivers,
Candler Hall; Leila Manning, New
Boy’s Dormitory; Virginia Epps,
Camp Wilkins; Mary Little, Joe
Brown Hall; Marjorie Powell, Mil-
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Northcutt and Eppx Will Alxo
Be in Grand March at Sol
diers’ Ball
Lois Briges, Alpha Gamma Delta
sophomore, and Joe Gillespie, Col
onel of tlie R. O. T. C. brigade, will
head the column-of-twos under the
saber arch at the annual Military
Ball two weeks from tonight.
Also in top positions in the grand
march of second advanced students
will be Helen Northcutt, Chi Omega
junior, with Willis Jackson, colonel
of the infantry regiment; and Vir
ginia Epps, Pioneer Inner Circle de
bater, with Douglas Epperson, col
onel of the cavalry regiment.
The Grand March will come im
mediately before intermission. The
first advanced students forming the
arch will march In from outside the
hall in double column. The cavalry
students will circle the floor on the
left and take their positions on the
south side of the hall. The infantry
will circle to the right and come In
to position on the north side. They
will then march to the center of the
floor and form the arch.
The ball will be held under a sky
blue canopy. The military theme
will be carried out in detail. Around
the floor will be machine guns,
trench mortars, and 37 millimeter
guns.
More than 300 American flags will
be supplemented by hundreds of
yards of bunting to drape the sides
of the building. The band stand will
be covered with bunting.
The seal of Scabbard and Blade,
national honorary military fraternity,
composed of the spread-eagle, cross
ed sabers, arrows, the olive branch,
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Caldwell May Present Plan for Revision
Of Ring Sales at Class Meeting Monday
A faculty committee this week
presented President Harmon W.
Caldwell with a proposal for revis
ing the method of purchasing senior
class rings.
Clark Gaines, Hartwell, president,
called a “get-acquainted” meeting
of seniors to be held in the Chapel
during the 12:30 period Monday,
and President Caldwell may make
recommendations concerning the
proposal if he is able to attend the
rally.
Senior class financial procedure
was studied by Profs. H. M. Heck
man, T. H. Whitehead, Henry A.
Shinn, and Robert C. Wilson to aid
the president in making his decisions
on "seven leading proposals” during
the week-end. Professor Heckman
said Wednesday night.
He did not list the proposals, but
said that one concerned the matter
of the sale of class rings, and that
others would be announced through'
the president’s office as soon as de
cisions are reached.
The committees’ examination was
thought by student officials to in
clude plans for (1) giving sole fran
chise for the sale of rings to the
Georgia Co-op, (2) letting contracts
on a specified standard ring to the
lowest bidding national firm, (3)
making an Athens jeweler the ring
distributor, or (4) binding over the
secretary of the class (if he be dis
tributor) pending settlement of all
accounts.
Heckman said President Caldiyell
will confer with members of the
present junior class, who are the
only students who will be affected by
the matter.
(The question of senior class
finances has come up intermittently
for many years, because the fixed
ring contract does not provide for
prices which would fluctuate with
manufacturing costs and other means
of distribution have been probed
several times.)
Gaines said it was not certain
whether the president’s decision,
based on committee findings and in
terviews to determine student opin
ion, would be final, or whether it
will be presented as a motion to be
voted upon by members of the class.
Editors Gather
In Press Meet
OnWednesday
Banquet in Memorial Ilall to
Open 11th Annual Meet
ing of Newxpupermen
Entertaining Wednesday night with
a banquet at Memorial Hall, the Uni
versity of Georgia will welcome state
editors und newspapermen to the
11th annual Press Institute as they
assemble for a four-day session, to
hear addresses, participate in round
tables, und attend entertainments.
Exhibits of newspaper equipment
and speeches by outstanding jour
nalism students are the latest fea
tures to be added to the program.
Acceptance of an invitation to speak
at a dinner for the Georgia Collegiate
Press Association Friday night, in
conjunction with the Institute, has
been received from W. T. Anderson,
president and. publisher of the Ma
con Telegraph.
Wire Photo to Be Show n
Wire photo service will be dis
played by the Associated Press. The
Dixie Engraving Company, of Savan
nah, will show an engraving exhibit
which is to remain in the Journalism
School as a permanent feature. Other
newspaper equipment and supply
houses which will place displays for
the editors are: Mergenthaler Lino
type Company, Western Newspaper
Union, S. P. Richards Paper Com
pany, and Sloan Paper Company.
Students appearing on a special
program at the request of editors on
the Press Institute Committee in
clude: Don Carter, Plains; Clara
Belle Hooks, Macon; Edwin Rogers,
Ashburn; Marguerite Costa, Athens;
Annie Laurie White, Waycross; Har-
riotte Thompson, WrightBville; Hoyt
Ware, Pooler, and Capers Holmes,
Culloden.
In addition to Mr. Anderson, Ern
est Rogers, as was announced last
week, will speak to Georgia college
editors at their annual meeting in
Athens. Warren Duffee, Emory Uni
versity. president, will preside at this
time.
Crouse, Kciiipton to Speak
Profs. Edward Crouse and Willett
Kempton of the Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism, will speak to
the editors on “Modern Trends in
Make-up and Typography,” and
"Georgia Laws Affecting Newspap
ers.”
Featured speakers already named
include: Mark Ethridge, vice-presi
dent and general manager of the
Louisville Courier-Journal and
Times; Francis Clarke, executive edi
tor of the Atlanta Constitution; Gil
bert P. Farrar, nationally known ty
pographer; B. C. Forbes, editor of
Forbes Magazine; Will Loomis, presi
dent of the National Editorial Asso
ciation, und Bruce McCoy, president
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Institute Program
Wednesday, Feb. 2!I
7 p. m. Opening dinner, Memorial
Hall. M|ark Ethridge, speaker.
University of Georgia, host.
Thursday, Feb. 24
0:30 a. rn.—Round table, Commerce-
Journalism auditorium. Willett
Kempton, speaker.
11:80 a. in.—Address, Chapel. B.
C. Forbes, speaker.
1:80 p. ni.—Luncheon, Georgian Ho
tel. Atlanta Georgian, host.
8:80 p. in.—Address, Commerce-
Journalism auditorium. Will Loo
mis, speaker.
0:80 p. in.—Dinner, Georgian Hotel.
Macon Telegraph, host.
Friday, Feb. SB
9:80 a. in.—Address, Commerce-
Journalism auditorium. Bruce Mc
Coy, speaker.
11:30 a. in.—Address, Chapel. Gil
bert Farrar, speaker.
1:3o p. in.—Dinner. Georgian Hotel.
Atlanta Journal, host.
3:30 p. in.—Round table, Commerce-
Journalism auditorium. Edward
Crouse, speaker.
O p. in.—Dutch supper, Georgian
Hotel.
Saturday, Feb. 20
0:30 a. in.—Discussion, Commerce-
Journalism auditorium. Journal
ism students.
0:30 a. m.—Round table, Room 101,
Journalism Building. College edi
tors.
11:80 a. in.—Address, Chapel. Fran
cis Clarke, speaker.
1:30 p. m.—Dinner. Georgian Hotel.
Atlanta Constitution, host.