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Alpha Phi Omega Pledges 16
Sixteen men were pledged formally to Alpha Phi Omega, national ser
vice fraternity, In ceremonies Thursday night, according to George Wor
ley, vice president in charge of pledges.
This quarter’s pledge class will he known as the H. L. Brittain Pledge
Class. The name was suggested by the pledges and passed by the fraternity.
Pledges are Joe Bennett, Norman Berg, Verdy Blackwell, Bill Bowden,
Ted Cahill, Andy Carmical, Sam Chambers, Charles Davis, Dick Gravron,
Mark Hollis, Bill Horton, Robert Jarrell, Bernard Langston, John Merritt,
George Savage and LOuis Saul. ‘
They will he initiated into the fraternity later this quarter.
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ORNATE SOULE HALL LOBBY AS IT LOOKS TODAY
Oldest Woman’s Dormitory on Campus Was Constructed in 1918
Soule Hall Commemorates Admission
Of First Women Students To Campus
CHOOSE FROM THE LARGE SELECTIONS BY
WHITMAN anti NUNNALLY’S
By Eleanor Gilmer
If walls could talk, what a history the ones of Soule Hall, oldest woman’s dormitory on campus, could
tell! The yellow brick structure commemorates the beginning of co-education on the University campus.
could not accept the fact that women Issue, even though it was hard to
were here to stay. It was a contro-1 find anyone to take the affirmative,
versial issue at the time. Letters to j However, in June of 1919, two de-
the editor of The Red and Black were grees were granted women students,
written (most of them opposing co- ITime eases all pain, and University
education). Phi Kappa and Demos-1 men found women classmates weren’t
thenian literary societies debated the I so had after ail.
Women students were definitely
not wanted by the majority of male
students and professors at the Uni
versity, but the determination of the
"weaker sex” has been known to be
great at times and the doors of the
College of Agriculture were thrown
open to women in September, 1918.
No Housing Money
Housing had to he considered for
the female intruders, but, as a result
of the recent war, legislation
could not he passed to make appro
priations for women’s housing ac
commodations.
The College of Agriculture had a
yearly income from the college farm
which was designated to be used for
the development of agriculture. The
fund had not been used for two years,
so Pres. Andrew Soule, head of the
College of Agriculture, appropriated
it for the construction of the first
women’s dormitory.
Ground was broken for the Wom
en's building (it was later changed
to Soule Hall in honor of Dr\ Soule)
on May 9, 1918, and the building was
completed in the spring of 1919.
Clubs Donate Fnnds
Since there was not enough money
to furnish the rooms of the dormi
tory, women’s clubs from all over the
United States gave funds to furnish
the rooms. The door of each room
bears the name plate of a donor.
Soule was more than a residence
hall for the women students. It hous
ed the laboratory and lecture rooms
for home economics, in addition to a
gymnasium and swimming pool In the
basement.
Mary Franklin, native of Athens,
gave several paintings which were
recognized in salons of Paris. These
paintings, which still hang In the
lobby of Soule, are valued as a perm
anent contribution to the cultural at
mosphere of the building. ,
Even with the establishment of the
women’s residence hall, the men
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Ag Group To Choose Team
From Intra-Cluh Dehators
Ag Club will hold an intra-club de
bate at its regular meeting tonight
at 7:30 in the Conner Hall auditor
ium, Jerry Whiteside, program chair
man, said today.
The debate question will be "Re
solved: That President Eisenhower’s
farm program has been beneficial to
the Southern farmer.”
Debators for the Ag Club-Demos-
thenian debate will be chosen from
this debate.
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