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THE UNIVERSITY OK GEORGIA, ATHENS, GEORGIA, DEI'EMBER », 1 (»:{«.
Nix Points Out
Need forFunds,
Larger Faculty
Re^nt Speaks for Governor
As 7 New Buildings Are
Dedieated
The Stars Make Up
By Bill White
Expressing his opinion on what
he termed "a woefully inadequate
situation," Abit Nix, prominent Ath
ens attorney and University regent,
speaking in the absence of Governor
E. D. Rivers, stressed the University's
need for an adequate maintenance
fund and enlarged faculty at the ded
icatory exercises for new buildings
held in the Chapel yesterday.
Quoting statistics liberally, Nix
showed that whereas the enrollment
of the University as well as facilities
have been tremendously enlarged in
the past 20 years, the faculty has re
mained comparatively static in its
personnel. The student body has
increased some 650 in contrast to an
increase of 12 in the members of the
faculty since 1933, he showed, stating
that a staff of 181 is pitifully inade
quate for the use of one of the larg
est campuses in the country.
lllustrates Growth
He illustrated the growth of the
University by showing that the 831
in the graduating class of 1938 was
half again as large as the entire en
rollment of the institution in 1906,
when he became a freshman. The
student body then numbered less
than 500.
For the entire University system,
he stated that 898 teachers are en
tirely too few to teach the 12,987
students attending the various col
leges that are part of the system.
Second only to the need for in
creased faculty is the need for more
campus dormitory space, he said,
pointing out that some 2,278 of the
3,400 students enrolled at the Uni
versity live off of the campus.
With regard to the organization of
the University System as a whole,
he related that 10 years ago the sys
tem was composed of 29 separate in
stitutions with a debt of over a mil
lion dollars, and since the organiza
tion of the Board of Regents, those
institutions have been combined Into
19, all of which entered the year
1938 ‘‘in the black,” he said, show
ing that the entire debt has been
paid.
I’ays Tributes
In particular he paid tribute to the
late Chancellor Barrow and Thomas
Shackleford, of Athens, as well as
to the Board of Regents and many
other individuals for the increase in
the physical size of the University to
the point where it now consists of
123 buildings. Chancellor S. V. San
ford is greatly responsible for the
growth In recent years, he also
stated, concluding on the note that
all people interested in higher edu
cation in the state, in addition to
the Board of Regents and the fac
ulty, must help sell the legislature
(Continued on page 10)
Forceful Drama, Comedy
Provided by r .Excursion’
A g Theater Opens Season
Red and Black Suspends
Publication Until Jan. 13
Following the release of this
issue of The Red and Black, pub
lication will be suspended until
the January 13 issue, while staff
members forsake typewriters and
the copy desk for the study table
in preparation for next week’s
finals.
Twelve issues of the paper have
been published during the fall
quarter. Issue 13 will appear dur
ing the second week of the winter
quarter with the first staff meet
ing scheduled Wednesday night,
January 11,
SI,000 Net Profit
Shown for Dances
In Council’s Report
Surplus From l*an-Hell«*ni<*
Series to Be Deposited in
Excess Fund
Backstage at, Scney-Stovall Theater as leading members of tlie cast
prepare for the o|»enlng lines of “ Excursion" which opened for a
three-day run Inst night. Mary Nell McKoln, Atlanta, applies pow-
der, while Louis Bolin, Atlanta, gives a hand to Alice Louise Hamlin,
Springfield, Mo.
Coordinate Buildings Unsafe,
Declares Athens Fire Captain
On the Inside
Mortar Board arriving
Clip your exam schedule
A sick student needs a bod
Students like sweet music....
A. O. I*is and Kappa Slgs give
after-Christmas dances
Religious leaders to nsscmblc
10
to
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Students May Pre-register
Dee. 11-16, Hendren Says
Students desiring to pre-register
will be permitted to do so Monday,
Dec. 11, through Friday, Dec. 16,
L. L. Hendren, dean of administra
tion, announced today.
Pre-registered students will be re
quired to report to the registrar by
8:30 Tuesday morning, Jan. 3. Reg
istration will automatically admit
other students to classes.
Fines will be imposed on all stu
dents who report late for registra
tion and for those who extend their'
holiday periods.
Students at University Receive 25 Tons
Of Food Annually, Investigation Reveals
By Francis Maddux
Twenty-five tons of food!
That, roughly, is the amount of
food students receive annually in
boxes from family, friends, and
sweethearts. At least, according to
statistics.
It’s an amazing figure, but it you
don’t believe it do the figuring your
self.
Around 1,750 pieces of mail are
received weekly at the Co-op. Of
that total about 80 per cent is let
ters, some 10 per cent is newspapers
and magazines, and 10 per cent
boxes. Approximately one-third of
the boxes contain food, J. F. White-
head, manager of the Co-op, esti
mates.
That figures out to be some 60
boxes of edibles per week. The av
erage weight, Mr. Whitehead be
lieves, is around five pounds. For
36 weeks the total would be over
10,000 pounds, which, according to
the mathematicians, is five tons.
Then consider that of the Univer
sity’s 3,400 students only 600 have
post office boxes at the Co-op. Pre
sumably the other students would
Repeat Performances Sched
uled for Tonight, Tomor
row Night at Seney-Stovall
By Hoyt Ware
What appeared to be a stifled com
edy that finally emerged as Victor
Wolfson's Broadway surprise of two
seasons back, "Excursion,” a rather
forceful document of drama in the
modern manner, was presented to a
smartly clad first night audience by
the University Theater last night.
Repeating tonight and tomorrow
night nt the Seney-Stovall, the cast
of 40-odd members will go on the
stage at 8:30 o’clock. The play is
a strange one, with the action run
ning in all directions and in circles,
sometimes humorous,.sometimes sad.
sometimes in between, but withal a
stirring play and certainly a marked
success.”
The first act lust night, however,
was pure nostalgia. After heating
around the bush for the entire in
troductory scene, the players moved
slowly into the second carrying their
fond memories along. All that can
be said of the first part of the play
is that it wus necessary to establish
a setting for the action.
Three Tense Moments
receive as many and as big boxes.
It all adds up to 25 tons of food.
A bushel of peaches or apples, or
a flour sack full of pecans, while
a tittle out of the ordinary, is noth
ing for clerks in the Co-op to get
excited over. After all, students
must be fed
When an automobile tire comes In
through the mail, though, an occa
sional eyebrow is lifted, but a stu
dent getting a radio through the mail
causes little or no comment.
Letters occasionally cause a bit
of momentary consternation. For
example, a letter addressed to the
Georgia Funeral Directors Associa
tion was received at the Co-op this
week.
What happens in cases like this
one? If the missive is intended for
the Co-op Creamery or the Co-op
Cab Company, which are often in
advertantly sent to the Co-op, it is
simply stamped "Not Georgia Co-op"
and returned to the main office.
Frequently letters addressed “Uni
versity” are received. If lnvestiga
Jcaverhoartl Ceilings Faulty
Stairs Termed “Menace”
By Montgomery
“A fire in one of the dormitories
on Coordinate campus would be dis
astrous,” Captain W. P. Montgom
ery, Inspector for the Athens Fire
Department, said this week in an
interview with The Red and Black
"I never saw buildings as nearly a
fire trap as some of these are,” he
continued.
Montgomery pointed out that many
of the buildings are ceiled with
beaverbourd which will not resist
tire for even a short time. The ma
jor portion of the doors open in in
stead of out which would hinder
rapid exit in case of fire, he suid.
In most of the buildings the stairs
are placed so that a fire starting in
the basement would sweep the en
tire building, the inspector added.
Dormitories are not equipped
with adequate lire escapes, he as
serted. Speaking of the condition
of Lucy Cobb, Montgomery suid that
the fire escapes have no landings
and that to get out of the building
women would have to go down the
escapes backwurd. Some of the fire
escapes are so far above the ground
that women would have to Jump.
In many of the dormitories fire es
capes cannot be reached except by
climbing over a radiator and through
a window.
Another defective feature of most
of the buildings is that the basement
openings are all on the outside. This
cuts off any possibility of stopping
a fire in the basement before it
reaches the inside of the dormitories,
he explained.
4 Defective flues have been respon-
(Coottnued on page 10)
A net profit, of at least $1,000 was
realized by the Pan-Hellenic Coun
cil on Homecoming dances, it was
announced today by Charles Evans.
Warrenton, council president.
Tlie profit will be deposited In the
Pan-Hellenic surplus fund as soon
as all bills are paid, Evans stated.
Athough figures are still incom
plete, they show total ticket sales
of $4,056.50 for the four dances,
with approximately $3,000 being de
ducted for Jimmy Dorsey’s orchestra,
decorations, labor, and other inci
dental expenses. This report is in
sharp contrast to a similar one sub
mitted after Homecoming last year,
which showed a loss of $6.15.
With still a few bills unpaid, lia
bilities include a payment of $2,300
for Dorsey's bund; $135 for deeoru-
tions, and $45 for sound equipment.
Other expenses include $3 2 for tick
ets; $28 for posters; approximately
$100 for labor, which includes tick
et-takers ; $20 for use of the piano;
and $25 for printing and publicity.
All figures are approximate, Evans
said. An amount of $300 was paid
out to Pan-Hellenic officers for sal
aries.
The above expenses amount to a
total of $2,955. Subtracted from
the total assets, leaves u possible
gross profit of $1,101.50.
After several smajl accounts such
as telephone and telegraph Dills have
been paid, the council is expected to
clear well over $1,000, a profit here
tofore unheard of In University his
tory.
Cooperative Buying
Will Be Discussed;
Interest Increases
Grand Opera Will Be Given
Am Music Festival Feature
Grand opera will be presented
again on the University campus this
year, according to announcement of
the Fine Arts division.
Although no definite date for the
musical production has been set, it
will probably be one of the features
of the Annual Music Festival to be
held sometime during the winter
quarter.
Talent for the opera will be drawn
from the Men’s and Women's Glee
tlon reveals no student by that name. Clubs and the campus at large. All
the letter is sent to Oglethorpe Uni- \ parts of • the Fine Arts division
versity, whose correct address Is; will cooperate in presenting one of
University, Georgia. j the familiar music dramas.
Definite action on cooperative buy
ing for University fraternities will
probably be taken after Christmas
if further reports and continued en
thusiasm of chapter presidents Justi
fy it.
This opinion was advanced today
by I*rof. H. M. Heckman. University
auditor, who is assisting the Greek
heads in organizing for this purpose.
Reporting to the assembled presi
dents Tuesday afternoon. Professor
Heckman pointed out that coopera
tive buying is successfully employed
in other large universities. It is
hoped that some plan can be evolv
ed for the Georgia groups whereby
at least the staples can be purchas
ed cooperatively.
Bob Mayes, Pi Kappa Phi head, is
chairman of the committee which
will further investigate the situation
and report following the Christmas
recess.
Cooperative buying has been the
subject of much discussion for the
past five years among Greek organ!
zations. For a time it was believed
that it could be worked out through
the Pan-Hellenic Council but this
never materialized. For the first
time this year it was moved into the
realm of the fraternity presidents.
During the performance there were
three tense moments. The part
whore the captain asks for a show of
hands from the passengers to decide *
whether or not to turn back on the
fantastic excursion may be consid
ered a crisis. And the race and sur
render to the Coast Guard was quite
exciting because the whole play
turned on the decision.
At the end when all the passen
gers were told by the captain ‘‘to
take the courage and the vision back
there with you; fight for the things
y’ want back there, like y’ fought
for your far away island last night,”
probably comes the most thrilling
scene In this rambling play.
Kclmer Deepest Actor
Mr. Fitchel, incidentally, turned
out to be the deepest actor. Bill
Rlemer, Brooklyn, N. Y., took this
part. In the end he makes a chal
lenging speech which is the culmina
tion of a typical characterization.
The excursion really touches him,
and we can believe that he, of all the
passengers, has acquired permanent
hope for the future.
Individual honors in such u per
formance us that last night cannot
well be divided. Louis Sohn, At
lanta, practically carried the action
throughout. At any rate he kept up
the continuity, kept up a hard role
as un oldish seu captain, and kept
some pep in the slow scenes.
Rita Slotln, Glennvllle, was con
vincing us Mrs. Fitchel, but the
three sailors who kept coming on
and off were a little less so. Hugh
Hill, Griffin, as Jonathan Rich,
brother of the bout’s cuptain, over
did Ills part when he was supposed
to do nothing, but when he wus
aroused he came through in fine
form.
Mrs. Geasllug (Freddie Hill, Ath
ens), und sou Mike were the ex
pected Sunday excursion passengers
from New York to Coney island.
One of the three working girls in the
party started out to be a regular
scream with her office chatter, but
she didn’t go far before one of her
pais took the lead and in the end
landed the ship owner's son.
Feminine Roles Well Played
The three working girls were well
portrayed, but a more interesting
case was Daisy, played by Judith
Whitaker, Cordele. Daisy and her
little sister, Eileen, took the excur
sion in the company of one “Red”
somebody-or-other who turned out to
be what is generally known as a cad.
Mary Nell McKoln. Atlanta, who
has been known to run away with
University Theater plays, did well
as the adventurous rich girl and
synthetic socialist, but for one who
knows every plank In the Seney-
Stovall stage she had a small part.
Melvin Pollock, Athens, acted the
Idealistic writer, taking the excur
sion for the experience. He got
along all right until he discovered
that on the island they were going
to, he would have no masses to write
for. Then he gasped, for he was
lost. This characterization didn’t
ring true because the character was
too smart to be that dumb.