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THE MAROON TIGER
TEXAS CLUB GETS UNDER WAY
The Texas Club having completed its organization for
the year and boasting of many new as well as old
Texans, anticipates the most successful year since the
founding of the club on the campus.
In the initial meeting of the year, our new and very
competent president, Mr. Melvin Houston, gave us some
interesting and thoughtful information. The president,
in taking a retrospective view of the Texas Clubs of the
past, admonished us to go forward seeking to attain
greater heights than any previous club.
The newly elected officers are: Melvin Houston, presi
dent; Mordis Jackson, secretary; J. E. Smith, business
manager; 0. P. Dewalt, Jr., treasurer: and H. J. Battle,
reporter.
CLASS OF '36 ELECTS OFFICERS
Drew S. Days, popular man-about-the-campus, was
re elected as president of the Class of ’36 at the end of
the last school term. The class last year, under Mr.
Days, contributed much to the college in all phases of
extra-curricular activity. This year the class has been
somewhat reduced in its ranks but it boasts of quite
a few new men who have already become imbued with
that one-for-all spirit which is typical of all “House
men.”
The other officers are: Lester McFall, vice president;
Johnson Hubert, secretary; Charles Lawrence, treasurer;
and Hobart Jackson, reporter.
LE CERCLE FRANCA1S ORGANIZED
Le Cercle Francois, composed of a dozen or more en
thusiastic Francophiles, was organized at the home of
Mr. Edward Jones on September 27, 1933. For those
of us who have lived and travelled in France, or who
have acquired the ability to speak French through years
of assiduous application, nothing affords a greater thrill
than the opportunity to expatriate ourselves mentally
now and then and become aussi Francois que possible.
We have, therefore, organized Le Cercle where we may
indulge our taste for French culture and civilization,
and strive to become more fluent in the language which
is of all the modern languages the most stimulating
and delightful for conversation.
The first meeting of Le Cercle was devoted entirely
to organization. The following officers were elected: Mr.
Edward A. Jones, president; Miss Camilla Howard, vice
president; Miss Billie Geter, secretary; Mrs. Lyndon
Hill, treasurer; Committee on Programs, Mr. Hale Wood
ruff, Mrs. Irene D. Jackson and Miss Billie Geter.
On Wednesday evening, October 11, Le Cercle met
with Mrs. Lyndon Hill, 226 Boulevard, N. E. Mrs. Irene
Jackson, who studied in France last winter, gave a few
charming sketches of life at the University of Toulouse.
Mrs. Jackson also played two piano selections, a Cho
pin Nocturne and Debussey’s Fn Bateau, and accom
panied Mr. Days, who played on the violin Le Cygene
of Saint-Saens and the Meditation from Thais by Mas
senet. Various members of Le Cercle related anecdotes
and experiences they had encountered in France, some
of which were quite hilarious. Needless to say, French
was de rigueur during the entire evening.
We feel that the interest and enthusiasm will increase
as the year progresses, and we sincerely hope that we
shall be able to execute some of the interesting projects
we have planned.
GLEE CLUB AND ORCHESTRA PLAN GALA YEAR
College Band Is New Feature
Extensive Tour Planned
The Glee Club and Orchestra is off to a splendid start
for the most profitable year in its history. The many
additions to the membership, with the entrance of new
students and the return of old members, stand well to
insure the success of the organization.
This year, Mr. Harreld is fortunate in having Mr.
Willis James and Mr. D. D. Crawford, Jr., to assist him
in working each individual department up to tip-top
shape. Mr. James, a graduate of Morehouse and a former
pupil of Mr. Harreld, is quite capable of assuming the
various tasks that will be placed upon him from time
to time. He has served on the music departments of
some of our best colleges for the past eleven years. Mr.
Crawford has proved his value to the organization by
the fine work that he accomplished last term. The or
ganization is laying already for the annual tour which
will include Rome, Chattanooga, Nashville, Lexington,
Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
In addition to the orchestra and glee club as major
units, a real college band is being organized under the
direction of Mr. James. With the aid of the well or
ganized band, we plan to elevate the standard of our
cheering at football games and at other sporting events
of the College.
The following men have been selected to serve on the
executive staff of the Glee Club and Orchestra for the
1933-34 term: M. C. Darkins, president; Elmer Barks
dale, vice president; Wilson Hubert, manager; Drew S.
Days, secretary; Bernard Smith, treasurer; Johnson Hu
bert and Arthur Christopher, librarians. The Glee Club
and Orchestra again extends a cordial welcome to new
and old students who desire to become a part of an
advancing and vibrant organizaton.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY BOOKSHOP
IS BOON TO STUDENT NEEDS
Yesterday it was almost unthinkable; today it is a de
lightful reality—the Atlanta University Bookshop! Lit
tle did students realize that such a unique feature was
an underlying cause of the questionnaire prepared by
the Department of Economics and Business Administra
tion last spring. The Bookshop, under the management
of Mr. John Hope II, is rapidly being equipped to meet
practically every material need of the student and teacher
and is being hailed as a tremendous convenience to the
University community.
Not only is the Bookshop a store for books, but it
is ready to serve in a more far-reaching aspect. All school
supplies such as note books, pencils, paper, pens and
inks can be reached by a few short steps to the ground
floor of the Administration Building where the Book
shop is located. Typewriters of standard makes are on
the shelves for sale, imagine! In the haberdashery line
there is an up-to-date display of sports wear, such as
leather jackets, sport sweaters, woolen jackets, golf
knickers and hose. According to the management, a full
line of other haberdashery will be carried within a
very short time. And, of course, there are the appetite
teasers such as candies, nuts and sandwiches.
Since the Bookshop is designed to serve the student,
the students are asked to give suggestions to the manage
ment for supplies that may not be in stock. What could
be sweeter?