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Success in Life Depends on Your College Records;
Have You Made Plans
What is your troal in lifct And how are you
ffoing about attaining that r«alt A student can
not wander aimlessly through college and become
much of a success at anything. Success in life
depends ou a definite goal and a plan by which to
reach that goal. Your success plan should be con
ceived and commenced while in the University, for
here lie the ways to success.
What are the ways to success t First and fore
most, is education. Presumably we are on the right
road, for we have enrolled in the University of
Oeorgia. We paid the required fee for admittance,
aud in return we have been supplied with a
superior faculty, pleasant classrooms, high quality
educational facilities including a 200,000 volume
library, and a cultural background unexcelled in
Georgia or the 8011th.
But are the students of this institution inter
ested in obtaining an education 1 There arc a
great many of us who are not. The sad part about
it is that students in other American colleges and
universities share this trait with us. As Edna
Ferbcr has said, ‘‘The typical American under
graduate has no interest in anything that has any
thing to do with anything.” We should not he
satisfied, therefore, in being listed in the category
of a “typicnl American undergraduate.” We
should aim to be classed as unusual, extraordinary
or outstanding
Percy Marks, college teacher and author, has
written a novel called “The Unwilling God" in
which the central character is a football player
with a Phi Beta Kappa mind. This is what he has
To Reach That Goal?
to say aont his classmates: "A regular fellow
around this college is about the stupidest, dullest,
gin-swilling conformist God ever made. He comes
to college to drink and dance and pet and bull
and make an idiot of himself at football games. If
I ever turn regular, I hope somebody strikes me
dead.” How many of us are “regular fellows?”
It has been clearly proven time and again that
scholarship is directly related to success in life.
Dr. Hugh II. Smith made a study of 18,000 Uni
versity of Wisconsin graduates and found that
those voted by their classmates as “very success
ful” ranked in the top 10 per cent for grades.
Only one out of every 1,500 people in this country
belongs to Phi Beta Kappa, but one in every six
listed in “Who’s Who in America” belongs to
this honor society In a study made of the 1911
Harvard class some years ago, it was discovered
that the Phi Beta Kappa group had contributed
more to the welfare of the nation, achieved more,
and led the class financially twenty-five years
later.
We cannot all be Phi Beta Kappas or listed in
“Who’s Who,” but we can certainly devote more
time than formerly to the business of becoming
educated. We do not have to become “book
worms” or “wet blnakets” to do it, either. A
worthy student, or citizen is one who appropriately
divides his time between work and play and does
his best at both. A person with good grades can
be just as gay and fun-loving as one who barely
passed, and when he graduates he will have the
basis for a successful life.
Original Georgia Banner Returned to Campus;
History of Color Selection Revealed by Alumni
By Billy Buiwon
We sing about them, yell about
them, wear clothes depicting
them, ami would fight to preserve
them. These nre our school
colors, Georgia's beloved and
traditional red and black.
These colors and their origin
have a story behind them, a
story which is little known nnd
very seldom told. Few indeed
are the persons who know the
true beginning of Georgia’s
standard. The course of event*
woven in the selection of these
colors was revealed several weeks
ago hv one of the University’s
illustrious alumni, J. S. Willi
ford.
In his letter, Mr. Williford
gave this uccount of the origin
of the red and black:
“A short time ago the writer
was prowling among bis old
books ami happened to pick up
a metaphysics, which he studied
under Chancellor Mell in 1877
while a student at the Univer
sity, and in this book he came
across the first colors ever chosen
by the Athletic Department of
the University of Georgia.
“The facts concerning these
colors are ns follows:
“Prior to that date, whenever
there was an athletic contest in
W. S. Yenawine, director
of libraries, has long been in
correspondence with Mr. Q
S. Williford, o prominent
Madison, (la. lawyer, a class
mate of Dr. T. IV. /feed. In
this exchange of letters, Mr.
Williford has unfolded many
of the. forgotten stories of
Georgia's history. The most
recent of these missives
brought not only the story of
our colors, but the original
colors themselves.
which the students of the Uni
versity were involved, the friends
of each side selected anything
that would make a show. So in
18S7 a meeting of the student
body was held and C. F.
(Charlie) Rice, nnd another stu
dent now forgotten, and the
writer were selected as a commit
tee to get colors for the Univer
sity to adopt. This committee
of three met and selected the at
tached colors to wit: Black, gold
and red as colors of the Univer
sity.
“Before these colors were ad
opted by the student body, the
writer went to a milinery store
on Broad Street and selected
three said colors, had them
stitched together, then sent to
an Athens printing office and
had “University of Georgia”
printed on same, brought these
three, giving one to C. E. Rice,
one to the other member of the
committee, and the writer keep
ing the attached one.
“In the Spring of 1888, the
gold color was withdrawn from
the colors, since some of the stu
dents did not wish anything yel
low in or about the athletics of
the University of Georgia.
“Thinking the other two ori-
ganal copies are lost, this is left
with the library to be used as
the authorities may deem best.”
These original colors are now
on display in the Rare Rook
Room of the Library. They
haven’t been measured but they
are small enough to be folded
up and placed in a school text
book.
Doubtless, this is a story knowm
by very few students at the Uni
versity today. This first stand
ard has long lain in obscurity,
but now it is in its intended home
at Georgia. With such tradi
tions backing them, the school
colors take on an even more
sacred air. May they never be
forgotten. Long live the Red
and Black!
Making the. (louttdU
Mary Ann Hutton ta making the |
8.A.E. Hon whimper by taking
George Irwin's pin . . . Chi Phi’s
Henry Williams has been seen run-1
ning around with Joyce Carter late
ly—may be serious. . . . The ques
tion of the week Is—who will C. E.
BcLoarh carry to HomcromlngT . . .
The guys eyes were knocked out last
Saturday night at the Tri-Delta Shel-
ta when all their gorgeous pledges
were spotlighted down the stairs with
the background of the crescent moon.
. . . Hear the Chi Omegas are taking
up the medical professlon-vla Augus
ta dunces—which Is nice studying.
At last a celebrity on the cam
pus—Sigma Chi's Joe Cliesna better
known as Joe Palooka—and on btm
tt looks good
By Tickle Bank*
CROSS CAM PI’S—Emily Conwell
and Jimmie Delay echoing wedding
bells . . . Tom Monroe and Margie El-
well debating the pin, no doubt . . .
Nan Thomason and Mike Cooley an
old flame still burning . . . Betty
Brown and Held Moseley ditto . . .
Kitty Crawford and Jimmie Ilevernet
hand In hand, they say . . . Joe
Roger* and Madge David at ye olde
Red and Black office.
One of the many and various
writers of this column of lousy lies
this week was Lawton Shaw who
when asked who the torch was tor,
pulled out his cigarette lighter and
said the flame was dwindling but
fast. Among other flames that the
dwindling, and wc hate to see the
, lights go out again arc: BUI Monroe
and Jean Bower*, and it's flickering
weakly with Ann Puryear and Bob
Reynold*.
Among other sad things Is the
sight of all those sleepy students
dragging to class at that new time,
late at night, eight thirty. Still seen
in happy bliss are Eleanor Walker
and that ever-lovin' Lamar Jackson.
What with all the pledges out prac
ticing for the great event coming
off soon, Mllledge Avenue is the
popular cruising location, and we
can't say that we blame them.
The G.O.P.'s threw a grand old
party, otherwise known as a dance
last Saturday night, and we heard
that Saturday night wasn't the lonll-
llest night in the week Let's have
more like them!
Pbo. and Cost
By Jean Valentine
In a remarkably short time you
will be out of the cloistered shelter
of the University and probably “on
your own"—only one In the great
competitive army for existence of
this world. Every seemingly
vague and insignificant problem
in the papers today Is helping to
mold your future and your happi
ness. It Is really only the study
of and interest In these problems
by the young hopefuls of the day
that determine how wisely we di
rect our world In the future. Thus,
the reason for this column, which
will be an earnest endeavor to pre
sent a clear and unbiased view of
vital Issues of the day. This first
open forum will be a discussion on
labor.
Labor problems which peeked
out of comparative war-time hid
ing shortly after the peace was de
clared now loom forth spelling
''Situation-Critical” in today’s
newspapers. The dangerous
amount of power being wielded
by labor minority leaders over
some 60,000,000 of us bears watch
ing. Two UGA students present
their respective opinions on this
matter.
Today's Role of I,abor
By Jeff Newbern
To even the casual observer, it
is quite evident that organized
labor is a power to be reckoned
with, and will continue to be such.
Only the extreme reactionary
would still deny labor's right to
organization and collective bar
gaining.
The key question to the inter
ested student of contemporary
events Is, "Just how much power
Is labor to be allowed?” With
each passing day, it becomes In
creasingly apparent that, if the
answer Is left up to the several
unions, we are destined to become
"government of labor, by labor,
and for labor." Ours is a govern
ment of balances and counter
balances, and if any one group is
permitted to assume a dispropor
tionate amount of power, democra
cy as we have known It will die
—and quickly.
At the present time, with our
country undergoing perhaps the
most crucial period of its history,
with cooperation from all parties
urgently needed, we And ourselves
confronted with a paralyzing wave
of strikes. Once again, we see
labor—or should we say, "the
racketeer leaders of labor”
placing Itself above the best
Interest of the nation as a whole.
Labor has long since ceased to
content Itself with mere requests.
Rather, they now Issue dictatorial
demands.
Returning veterans .who have
made great sacrifices for our coun
try, are being ruthlessly shoved
around by many segments of or
ganized labor. Property rights,
public interest, law: none of these
have any meaning for the unions
when they move to carry out their
ukoses.
The time has long since come
to call a halt to this organized
lawlessness masquerading under
the name of organized labor; to
relegate labor to its proper role;
an Integrated part of the whole
attempt to deny labor Its right to
collective bargaining. This right
serves as a necessary counter
balance to capitalistic interests.
The question arises: Do those
In the ranks of labor really feel
that they are not getting a fair
deal? But do the ranks of labor
know what they are asking for,
or are they blindly accepting the
thoughts and opinions of agitators?
Beneath the surface lies too
much unrevealed corruptness for
the average college student to dis
miss with a casual, “Give labor an
Inch, and it'll take a mile, " or
"Why aren’t they satisfied to re
turn to peacetime wages and
hours?" It's our responsibility as
leaders tomorrow to give the pres
ent friction between capital and
labor serious thought, or we'll sud
denly experience a rude awakening
that the time for peaceful decisive
action has come and gone.
Will we awaken or are we al
lowing ourselves in a country
where the three freedoms still
exist to be overrun by a selfish
minority directing the thoughts of
those w'ho have made our way of
life possible—free labor!
Comment
"But this Is all con!" Is that
what you’re thinking! We have
searched hither and yon but alas,
all in vain. There may be a pro
side and if you believe so, write
the editors. Maybe next week
your side may provoke others.
For a Hot Game
If you enjoy a football game
And cheer for every gain,
You must be one of those who
stayed
To watch them In the rain
The sun shines down six day* t
week
With no clouds In its way.
But one thing's sure, it never tail*
To rain on Saturday.
Sanford Stadium la large.
And people like it cool.
Another cloudburst and It will
Become a swimming pool.
1 thought that football crowds
were sane,
But some things make me wonder
Such as a single umbrella
With fourteen people under.
Before this football seasoa end*
I'd like to see one game
Where players run Instead of swim
And I may do the same.
I hope tradition breaks its back
And week-end skys are blue
So maybe It won’t rain the day
That we beat L. S. D.
—LEON BORCHOFF
QTfje fteb anb J5lacb
Founded In 1883—Celebrating 03 year* of
student service.
Machine Nevin Editor
Frankix Settle Managing Editor
Emily Conwell Business Manager
Clot Denney Mercs Editor
Tour Labor Future
By Irene Erickson
No sooner had headlines ac
counting progress of the war
ceased to appear than the labor
front broke into the fore with
strike after strike. The number
reached unprecendented thousands,
and Immediately labor received a
torrent of criticism. The nation
is eager to start on the Road to
Reconversion, but labor s strikes
begin to paralyze the new effort.
Industry Is ready to cooperate with
the spirit of the new era, but labor
balks In many sectors.
As capital became Increasingly
stronger, labor was forced to or
ganize in Its own Interest. Until
today no enllghtenad person would
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