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By mis TAYLOR
methods such as these. We will face
the problem squarely and solve it
peacefully and successfully the
American way.
First, the Negro must have an ed
ucation, an education that is as good
us our own. His learning capacity
is the same as ours. Give him a
chance to learn and he will learn
The health of this race also must be
improved. Disease and unsanitary
living conditions have long retarded
their progress.
These two things, education and
improvement of health conditions,
together with more opportunity and
encouragement, will produce genera
tions of Negroes who will be useful
American citizens.
There are persons who say we will
never be confronted with this prob
lem. I hope that we will not. But
if we do not clearly recognize the
situation and now begin the neces
sary plans to remedy it, we will.
Certainly our democratic system
will face its supreme test after this
war. More than ever we must be
on guard to protect our way of life.
We are fighting a war to preserve
these democratic principles. Let’s
be sure that we keep the torch of
liberty burning in our own country.
1111. NEGRO AND DEMOCRACY
We Americans are today fighting a
war. We arc striving in u united
effort to protect
o u r American
principles. Now
by we, I mean
all of us — the
rich and the
poor, the edu
cated, the white
and the Negro.
We are united
because we
must be. But
after this war
one of the major problems in this
country will be that of the Negro.
He will have helped us win the war
and lie ..ill know It. lie will de
mand more of these principles that
he has been fighting for.
How will we respond? A few will
say (and I've actually heard it said),
"Let's kill every one of them.” That
is what Hitler tried to do to the
Jews.
Some will want to squelch him, to
keep him down, by giving him no
opportunities for advancement. But
remember, we fought for equality
and justice and freedom.
We will not, however, resort lo
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The Coll ege Press
A QUICK glanco at the front page will tell us
that this is American Newspaper Week. It
is indeed lilting that this week be celebrated
hb the press of this country has been very instru
mental in promoting an ever growing efficient war
program.
The many college publications have boon quick
lo back tlielr "Big Brother" publications. These
publications have sponsored local and campus pa
triotic drives nnd have directed college progrnms
toward a cooperation with the national defense
efforts.
College publications have still greater duties to
perform. In a short statement It Is the duty of
every collegiate newspaper to cooperate with all
patriotic and defense measures. This we believe
the college press will continue to do.
By George!
Marshall
Co-Op Jams
Replace Jellies
BOOK STORK BLUES
Worry, wearied, and broke are the
students after spending a week pur
chasing text-
books from that
astute business
on the campus
known as the
Georgia Co-op
erative Associa
tion—also call
ed other things.
Early Monday
morning the
rush begun. By
noon things re
sembled a cross
b et w e e n the
Yukon gold
rush and a bargain basement. Late
Tuesday some of the less hardy stu
dents were feeling a slight faintness
and discouragement at not being able
lo buy a book ufter such a perserver-
Ing quest.
By Wednesday the remaining men
students needed shaves something
terrible. But by this lime they hud
learned lo bring box lunches on days
that they were book-buying. What
a mess. Seniority meant nothing.
You had to have a skirt on to get
anywhere
New students could find the place
by entering the campus and then
taking the first Imttle-neck on the
right. But it served one purpose.
After exercising so vigorously trying
to get a book you didn't mind the
frigidity of the academic building so
much.
If the Academic Building stays
that cold all winter, there will be
absolutely no danger of students
sleeping in class. Only very ad-
ventursome students would -venture
losing consciousness in such a tem
perature.
SAVOIR FA IRE
Contiuuing last week’s advice to
freshmen on how to see mlike an
upper-classman, here is a tip about
how to act at the football game to
morrow.
First, be sure to get to the game
sometime in the early part of the
second quarter. To get a seat any
sooner than this will brand you im
mediately ns a novice who obviously
has never before seen a college game.
When you Anally get located after
parading up and down the aisle
shouting at your acquaintances who
are more interested in seeing the
game than communing with you, be
sure nnd leap to you feet (and if
possible anyone else's who may be
near you) at every offensive play
of our team. This shows that you
are not only interested in the game
but that you also know which side
has tue ball.
Finally, be sure and leave five min
utes before the game is over. In this
way you’ll miss seeing the winning
touchdown scored. And remember,
"It matters not whether you win or
lose, but how you 'see' the game.”
We Must Face It
W E ARK not going to win this war if we take
the "what-tho-holl" attitude. It's not a
plaything -It's not a pretty uniform and
sweetheart parade, either. Tnke tt from the de
fenders of Rtullngrad, it means burying in the mud
and lighting tt out.
We aren't defending Stalingrad or fighting in
Burma, but we can hold the home front down.
We are a bunch of softies. It's a lot of fun to lay
around the campus, take In afternoon parties, and
another one nt night. But It's the same fun that
lost France the same old thing that gave the
Huns the whole of Europe.
Students on this campus have a part to play.
They can play their parts by giving their all to the
particular Job. A little more time on anything
cannot hurt—let's plug for our school, country
and Ideals.
A Good Start
C CONGRATULATIONS are forthcoming to Cam-
y pus Leader Tom Penland for enforcing the
“rat cap law" on the campus. Practically
every freshman has been sold a rat cap and is
wearing It.
And to Harold Tiller go congratulations for se
curing Woodruff Hall for the btg football dances
this fall. And that was one hard job, as the Navy
had complete charge of the building. Local naval
officials were very cooperative with the student
committee In securing the building.
Found In the Mail
Editor, The Red and Black:
Last week 111 our paper there was
printed an article entitled "Whacks
—Advice for the V. R. A.” The au
thor said that she was confused as
lo the purpose and the alms of the
Voluntary Religious Association.
Being a member of the same cabinet
as the author, I have always known
the purposes of this organization.
The first is furthering the religious
life of the student on our campus.
This phuse of the program is done
very well and is done entirely by
students through their Morning
Watch programs and Vesper pro
grams which they plan. The cabinet
of which the author of "Whacks" is
a member makes the plans of the
above programs and also chooses the
speaker for Student Union Services
such as the one held last Sunday
evening at the First Methodist
Church. I would suggest that those
who are confused as to the aims of
the V. R. A. attend one of the Stu
dent Union Services. The speakers
at these occasions endeavor to
broaden the religious life of the stu
dent.
Another aim of the V. R. A. is to
furnish a meeting place and a play
room for those who belong to no so
cial club or to those who would like
to play there. The student commit
tee in charge of the Strahan House
has just subscribed to several maga
zines and places the morning paper
daily in the reading room.
There are more activities of the
V. R. A., but I have touched the
main aims of this organization. Of
course there are criticisms to be
made of the V. R. A but fault lies
entirely with the student body be
cause every phase of the work of the
V. R. A. is done by the students. If
you don’t like the policies of the
V. R. A. or if you think it has fallen
down in its job, then it’s your fault.
The students of the University
are victims of the same disease that
the people of Georgia suer from as
well as the entire nation. They see
that there is the need of improve
ment, they see danger ahead, but
they do absolutely nothing about it.
some few see and endeavor to help.
Such was the effort of Lois Taylor
last week. Now that she knows the
aims of the V. R. A., now that she
sees that the fault is mine and hers
as well as yours for the V. R. A.
not reaching every student, then
let’s follow her in getting behind
this organization on our campus and
make it what it should be.
If those who had foresight enough
to see the coming trouble of our
University two years ago had done
something then, we would never
have had the name of Georgia drag
ged through the mud in front of the
other 47 states. Lets not grow up
like the last generation. Let’s face
facts and make a stand for those
things that make life a little more
enjoyable.
Sincerely
EBA SMALLWOOD.
Roddy Radcliffe
Finds Kiddies
Still Wooing
By BERYL SELLERS
MAGNIFICENT struggle .. .
The “G” Club boys are doing it again by staging
another catch-as-catch-can down in Woodruff Hall.
GF.NEE (with the light brown hair) ELLENSON
does all the work and KUBLAR KAHN and his
SLEEPY LAGOONS take away the haul ... in the
lineup will be CLYDE EHRHART with EMILY
YARBROUGH and WILL ROBBINS wrestling with
MONTINE WILLIAMS . . . Uncle Roddy is going
to take along his juke box just in case the musi
cians fail to sound off.
THE FINAL TEST . . .
. Freshman gals passed exams last week includ
ing the physical . . . and squeezed by the final in
spection when Hill Street specialists HARRIS MIZE,
SKIP BENNETT, P. P. PITTS, COOT BEALL,
KEN TUCKER, JOHN VICKERS, and Freshman
BOWERS drug out Co-ordinate cuties Sunday
night ... all I can say is phooey.
FRESHMEN . . .
. . From the back of the cow pastures to the
streets of Watkinsville come the kids of ’46.
They wear red caps so the public won’t think
they’re college professors . . . They want a frater
nity pin so folks won’t think they’re Chi Phi’s . . .
They go to class because they don’t know any bet
ter .. . Down in Clark Howell the boys stay in at
night because they think school is a place to study
. . . But don’t worry, Freshmen, you couldn’t get
a date anyhow.
THIS WEEK’S GAL . . .
. . . From deep in the heart of the municipal wash-
tub in Tifton to the sizzling
hot box of Milledge Avenue
comes lovely SARA FLOR
ENCE RIGDON sliding into
home as the GAL. A native
Georgia girl with oomph,
this luscious lassy is a dou
ble dip of shapely, beauteous
female-hood . . . she’s got
’em all, grace, charm, at
tractiveness, curves, spirit,
vivacity, adorableness, and
sweetness . . . her suicide blonde curls and throaty
little laugh are enough to set fire to an Eskimo’s
igloo . . . Wow! wow! wow!
HARVEST MOON? . . .
. . . Still hitting everything off, HENRY COBB
and ANNA MAY PRYOR . . . GEORGE MAR
SHALL and Phi Mu’s latest, ELINOR LUMPKIN
. . . taking a lead in KA romances, LAWRENCE
McMAHON and ELEANOR TROUTMAN who find
walking not so good after river road getting to
gether last year . . . DENNIS JOHNSON, who’s
getting used to ROSEMARY WYNN’s technique
. . . HARRIS MIZE taking the spot as high school
er MIME WELLMAN’S (DOROTHY ANN’S LIT
TLE SISTER) best boy friend.
A TIGHT SQUEEZE . . .
. . . Uncle Roddy had to stand In so many registra
tion lines last week that he almost decided to pack
up and go home . . . they almost got me on the
physical but when they decided they had to have
some sort of regis’rlng, they let me stay . . . some
body said the other day he wasn't going to let his
gal come to Georgia . . . but take It from good
auth’ty If the "on ready” co-eds up here can get
by the male bunch In school, they can really make
it by the sailors and soldiers . . . when they check
ed me the other day, they didn’t say nothing . . .
I looked on the records . . . all the gals and boys
were in the same condition.
SKI SHOWDOWN . , .
... Is a good name for the farce of the week, the
usual Sigma Chi buffet supper after the game
Saturday. The wolfish boys on Hill Street are al
legedly giving it for their pledges ... a couple of
the pledges actually have dates.
Among these more fortunate is STANLEY AL
LEN (of the Buford Allens), who undergoes his
baptism of fire with DOT WEATHERLY, whom
you probably have heard of before . . . JIM MOORE
will be pining his heart out, and maybe on some
girl’s shoulder, because BOBBIE NIX Is leaving
tonight for Duke, where the masculine fields seem
a little greener ... we thought MOORE was pretty
green.
Get A Clean Start... Go to Church Sunday