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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, MARCH 4, 1038.
NUMBER 27—ZI09.
First Showing
Of 'Kind Lady’
Draws Praise
University Theater to Present
Show Again Tonight and
Saturday at Seney-Stovali
By First Kighter
"Chilling” wasn’t quite the catch
word for the strange mystery. “Kind
Lady,” which made its bow before
a collegiate audience turgescently
aware of the part it played in the
opening performance of the play
directed by Edward Cass Crouse at
the Seney-Stovall Theater last night.
The curtain will rise on the show
again tonight at 8:30, and the third
and final performance will begin
Saturday night at the same hour.
The first-nighters liked this soph
isticated and modern version of the
old-time horror drama, despite the
fact that advance publicity advertised
a murder-packed melodrama which
would refrigerate their blood.
Cast Creates Atmosphere
Without screams or murders to
fall back upon, the cast created a
quiet, insidious atmosphere of an
ticipation which subtly held the
house in suspense until the final
denoument. The play required the
utmost acting skill, and the audi
ence realizing this, applauded the
cast enthusiastically.
The “Kind Lady,” Montez Deb-
nam, presented such a finished per
formance that she captured the sym
pathy of the crowd “out front” so
thoroughly that it had lost itself in
concern over her plight by the time
the play ended.
John Lester, well known to Uni
versity theater-goers due to many
past performances, effectively played
the part of her tormentor, Henry
Abbott, a chiseling English crook.
He was especially good when con
fronting his victim.
Six new players were introduced
to the Athens stage in this play—
Helen Mergendoller, Susan Dilling
ham, Mary Doby Mann, Melvin Pol
lock. James Hungerpiller, and Eleva
Smith. The new-comers did so well
in their parts that in some instances
they outshone the old-timers. At
home interpreting the characters
they played, Helen Mergendoller and
Susan Dillingham were especially
outstanding among them.
Hohn Lacked Sparkle
One of the veterans, Louis Sohn
on the other hand, seemed to lack
the sparkle which has characterized
some of his past work, and Ruth
Landers, of whom the audience ex
pected much, seemed rather unin
spired over her role as a hqlf-wit
Apparently enjoying himself huge
ly while on the stage with Mary
Nell McKoin, William Hammack de
lighted the audience as her pros
pective American husband. When
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Presidential Probe
May Affect Greeks
After the Play
Helen Mergendoller and Sam
Lester remove tlieir make-up fol
lowing the first showing of “Kind
Lady" at the University Theater
last night. —Stuff Photo.
StudentsWill Elect
New VRA Leaders
By Ballots Friday
Votes to Be Cast on 3 Cam
puses to Determine YMCA,
YWCA Officers
University students will go to the
polls next Friday to elect officers to
pilot the two principal branches of
the Voluntary Religious Association,
the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A.,
for the 1938-39 school year.
The balloting will be open to ev-
Spring Dances
Present Music
Of Kay Kyser
Block Tickets for 4 Dances
To Cost $7; Organized
Sale Begins Soon
Kay Kyser’s nationally famous
dance band will supply the music
for the Pan-Hellenic Council’s annual
Little Commencement Dances on
April 8-9. Announced by Pete Lati
mer, president of the Council, Ky
ser’s orchestra was signed early this
week.
Block tickets for the annual spring
dances will go on sale soon for $7.
Individual tickets for the night
dances are priced at $1, for the
tea dance, $2. and for the break-
fasi dance, $1.50. a total of $4.60
may be saved through the purchase
of tickets in block form.
Dances Are Listed
The Pan-Hellenic dance will be
held Friday night from 9 to 1. The
Saturday night dance honoring cam
pus men will last from 9 to 12. From
10 to 12 Saturday morning and from
5 to 7 Saturday afternoon, the break
fast dance and the tea dance will
be held.
Kyser’s hand, now playing at the
Black Hawk Restaurant in Chicago,
will go to New York March 23 to be
gin a series of coast to coast broad
casts on Lucky Strike’s College of
Musical Knowledge. The band will
come to Athens direct from New
York between programs.
On the air every night from 12:30
to 1:30, except Monday when it plays
an hour earlier, the band features
Virginia Sims and Ich Ka Bibble,
vocalists. The band is widely known
for its singing song titles and its
distinctive arrangements of both
swing and soft music.
Several Considered
Bridges, Gillespie to Head
Leadoutfor Military Ball
In Woodruff Hall Tonight
Lady of the Week
Monk Arnold, Atlantn, vice-presi
dent of the Council, served as con-
ery member of the student body as ta °j man ’ Several bands have been
all male st,iAent a n-o .il. a under careful consideration for the
all male students are considered
members of the Y. M. C. A., and all
co-eds are regarded as being in the
Y. W. C. A. Ballot boxes for the
male election will be placed in front
of the Academic Building, on the
main campus, and in Conner Hall on
the Ag campus. For the Y. W. C.
A. votes, boxes will be at the same
sites as well as on the Coordinate
campus. Votes can be cast between
9 a. m. and 4 p. m.
Nominated Wednesday by a special
committee for the three Y. M. C. A.
posts were the following:
For president: Gus Cleveland.
Valdosta; Bob McKnight. Toccoa,
and Elmon B. Vickers, Norman Park.
The two unsuccessful presidential
candidates will become vice presi
dents.
For recording secretary: O. M
Cates. Sale City; William Gunter.
Commerce, and Lewis Turner, Nash
ville, Tenn.
For treasurer: Julian Halliburton,
Macon; Robert Norman, Washing
ton, and Ernest Vandiver, Lavonia.
Members of the nominating com
mittee were Dean J. Alton Hosch,
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last few months and this effort on
the part of the Council to secure a
good band resulted in the signing of
Kay Kyser.
Most of the fraternities have given
guarantees for tickets for 65 per
cent of their chapter rolls, but more
will have to be purchased by the
Greeks, Latimer said.
Decorations will be under the di
rection of Buster Davis, Brunswick,
and the Landscape Architecture So
ciety.
Bulldogs Lone to Tulane
In Basketball Tournament
Lois Bridges, Atlanta, who will
lend the grand mareli with Joe
Gillespie, Savannah, at the annual
Militury Ball tonight.
Campus Candidates
Wait for Caldwell’s
Senior King Action
Reggie ChiltlH Play* for Cli
max to Year of University
Army Men
Tulane’s Green Wave swept the
Georgia Bulldogs out of the South
eastern Conference basketball tour
nament in Baton Rouge, La.,
Thursday night with a 47 to 36
triumph.
The Georgians, fighting on even
terms with the Greenies through
out the first half, lost their lead
as the second period began. After
that. Tulane stayed in front the
remainder of the way.
Faculty committeemen said Wed
nesday that they believed Pan-Hel
lenic's “self-proposed" plan for re
linquishing control of their finances
to the University was provoked by
a presidential investigation.
A possible member of a committee
which may be appointed to invest!
gate the books of the Pan-Hellenic
Association said the officials of the
organization possibly would vote to
place their own positions on a salary
basis Mid place control of dance
funds with the University treasurer.
Treasurer J. D. Bolton and H. J.
Stegeman, dean of men, who receives
quarterly reports from individual
fraternities and sororities, both said
Wednesday that they had made no
audit on Pan-Hellenic statements for
the past three years.
Dean Stegeman said he would
audit Pan-Hellenic books next year
if the new plan is adopted at the
meeting Tuesday, and the business
office would establish a sinking fund
out of dance surpluses over expenses
and students’ salaries.
Stegeman said a social relations
committee favored "swapping bands”
with other schools in preference to
importing expensive ones at Greek
affairs, but the plan would not build
up a large reserve fund which the
administration would advocate under
the proposed plan.
A Pretty Picture.. . These Seven Women
Unannounced candidates for cam
pus posts strained silently at the
leash today awaiting decision on pro
posals for revising financial proce
dure of the senior class before launch
ing spring campaigns.
President Harmon W. Caldwell,
who will present the final decision be
fore the election date of May 9, said
Wednesday that his present opinion
is in accord with the students' desire
to keep the sule of senior cIuhh rings
in the hands of the class secretary.
President Caldwell said in his first
statement since the senior class meet
ing two weeks ago that he will con
fer with members of the present
junior class before presenting a plan
to Clark Gaines, Hartwell, president
of the senior class.
The rift over ring sales was push
ed to a head by students last week
so an understanding will be reached
before candidates begin campaigns
for offices affected.
Declaring "we were satisfied
with what took place here" at the
student - administration conference
Friday, he said opinions of juniors,
senior classmen and faculty commit
teemen would govern his decision.|
Seven students presented their
opinions before the president In the
conference when it was agreed that
the secretary of the senior class
should continue to distribute rings
and that the contract will probably
be re-let by the University.
The group decided that a commit
tee of students will meet with the
successfully bidding firm to determ
ine a percentage of the sales to
award the secretary for his activities.
Senior class graduation invitations
will be handled by the same method,
it was decided.
Gaines announced Wednesday that
Invitations will be on sale at the be
ginning of the spring quarter, and
that no orders will be taken after
April. Seniors were urged to check
their credits with the registrar so
officials will be able to complete
class rolls.
On the Inside
Climaxing the year for men In the
University’s "Army,” the annual Mil
itary Ball, featuring the music of
Reggie Childs and his nationally
known NBC orchestra, will be held
tonight from 9 to 1 in Woodruff
Hall.
Lois Bridges. Alpha Gamma Delta
sophomore, with Cadet Colonel Joe
Gillespie, will lead the Grand March
under an arch of sabers formed by
the members of the first advanced
military class.
Also in "top" positions in the lead-
out are Helen Northcutt, Chi Omega,
sponsoring the Infantry regiment,
with Cadet Col. Willis Jackson, and
Virginia Epps, Pioneer Inner Circle
debater and sponsor of the cavalry
regiment, with Cadet Co). Douglas
Epperson.
Review Is Held
A review in honor of the spon
sors of the units was scheduled to
be held this afternoon on Sunford
Field. Sponsors of the various units
were presented by the unit com
manders down to and including the
captains and the brigade was passed
In review before the commanders
nnd their sponsors.
Immediately following the review
a tea was given by the officers of
the military department and their
Indies in honor of the members of
the advanced corps and their dates.
Hosts and hostesses at the tea were;
Col. and Mrs. 11. E. Mann, Major
and Mrs. Richard B. Trimhle, Major
and Mrs. Albert II. Peyton, Major
and Mrs. Arnold J. Funk, Major and
Mrs. Harold O. Holt. Captain and
Mrs. Joseph K McGill, and Captain
nnd Mrs. Lee C. Vance.
These seven beautiful women, to be ranked by Movie Star IKin Arne-
che, were chosen at the beauty review Tuesday to grace the feature
Ncetion of the lli:D4 Pandora. Top row, left to right: Elizabeth
Mathis, Phi Mu; Cecil Michael. Athens, and Hetty Crenshaw, Phi
Mu. Bottom row: Harriett Etlieredge, Phi Mu: Martha Wincberg,
Delta Delta Delta; Elizabeth Guillebeau. Chi Omega, and Barbara
Ffelis, Alpha Delta Pi. —Staff Photo by Birdsong.
•Beanery Boys" serve hungry
clientele in modernized enfe-
t<ria 2
Fraternity and sorority society
takes a back seat while the sol
diers crash the front page with
their dance 3
“Watch out for thieves" warns
Editor Holmes 4
Mortar Board's national inspec
tor visits the rampus to inves
tigate p>-titioning Parthenians 7
Don Ameche to rank seven beau
ties chosen in the Pandora pa
rade Tuesday night 8
Invitations Issued
Coveted Invitations to this, prob
ably the most exclusive dance of the
year, were issued to members of the
advanced classes Monday. Each mem
ber of the advanced corps wus given
one invitation and door card for a
couple while members of the second
udvanced class wore given an extra
stag door card. Offlcon in uniform
will be admitted without a card.
Tupping ceremonies by Scabbard
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Schedule for Finals
Released by Dean
Final examinations ending tbe
Winter quarter will be held March
15-18. Spring holidays begin im
mediately afterward and extend
through March 23.
The schedule, released this week
by L. L. llendren, dean of administra
tion, is as follows:
TucMlay
8:30-11:30—All 3:40 classes. Bot
any 1, 2 and agricultural engineer
ing 13, 14.
8:30-10:30—Mathematics 20.
11:45-1:45 — Physical science,
human biology, chemistry 21, 22, 24.
3:00-6:00—All 2:40 classes.
Wednesday
8:30-11:30—All 10:30 classes.
11:45-1:45—Humanities, English
2.
3:00-6:00—All 8:30 classes
Thursday
9:00-11:00—Social science.
9:00-12:00—All 4:40 classes
2:30-5:30—All 11:30 classes.
Friday
9:00-12:04—All 9:30 classes.
2:30-5:30—All 12:30 classes.
All half courses meeting Monday,
Wednesday and Friday will have ex
aminations from 8:30-10:30 if tbe
examination Is scheduled for morn
ing, and from 2:30-4:30 if the exam
ination is scheduled for afternoon.
All half courses meeting Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, will have ex
aminations from 11:45-1:45 if tbe
examination is scheduled for morn
ing, and from 5:00-7:00 if the ex
amination is scheduled for afternoon.
Students can make no changes in
their examination schedule without
the approval of Dean Hendren, or
Dean Powell at Coordinate college.