OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19280922/WLURG39_RTP_19280922_001.2.txt Your Vote Is Needed BY THE STUDENTS, FOR THE UNIVERSITY I In Political Poll Uh» ifling-tum iflhi , Tuesday VOLUME XXXII WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, .1928 NUMBER 3 Great Interest Aroused As Eve Balloting Draws Hear A Generals Open Hard Schedule Next Saturday Herron’s Men to Face Lynch- burg Hornets in Opener on Wilson Field SIX CONFERENCE ELEVENS SLATED Captain Fitzpatrick, Hawkins Groop and Snodgrass Sure Of Starting By Henry MacKenzie Only one week of practice sep- arates the Washington and Lee football team from the beginning of one of the most difficult south- ern conference schedules. The Generals will open the campaign next Saturday afternoon with a warming up contest with Lynch- S‘ burg College on Wilson Field. After the curtain raiser, the _Generals will take on the Wolf- pack from North Carolina State in the first Conference battle. From that time on there is not an easy game on the card. Ken- tucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Princeton, Maryland, V. P.'I. and Florida will be met in sucessive weeks. Of these, only Princeton and West Virginia are not members of the Southern Conference, and it is according to the showing of the Generals against the others that the suc- _ cess or failure of the Washington and Lee football season is deter- mined. Team Shaping Up The players who will make up the first team have about been selected. However only Captain F'tzpatrick and Hawkins, tackles, Groop, guard and Snodgrass cen- ter, are practically sure of being on the field at the kickoff. The fight for the other jobs has nar- rowed down to a few men. Mason Sproul is the likely pick for left end. He has been playing the position almost continually since the men were divided into first, second, and third teams. Sproul opened the season in that post last year against Lynchburg (Continued on page 3) NianyCiiFPbr Cross Country Blue and White Harriers Rounding Into Shape On Cinder Track The Cross Country team under Coach Fletcher’s coaching is fast rounding into shape and present appearances point to an excel- lent squad of Blue and White harriers for the coming season. Philley is the only letter man back from last year’s team. Such material as Backus, captain of track, Hichin a regular on the Frosh cross country team last year, Brock miler, and Simmons quarter-miler, who both made their monograms during the past spring are among those from whom Coach Fletcher should find some able runners for the Gen- erals this year. The men are still getting into condition on the track on Wil- son field as practice has been v going on for only a week, but ?- . they will hold their practices on the six mile course in the near future provided the weather con- tinues good. There are ten men out for the Varsity and fourteen aspirants for places on the Frosh squad. Both teams are working out to- gether now, although the fresh- man course consists of only three miles compared with the six miles that makes up the Carsity course. The Varsity schedule is as fol- lows: ‘ October 2’7—Duke (H) November 10--Maryland (T) November 17—State Meet (H) Library Gets 150 New Books Since Commencement Want to read very “spicy” French fiction? Then try “Jer- ome” or “The Latitude of Love” in the General library which is a translation from the French and “spicy” according to reviews. Want to read the work by a neurotic telling how he got in that deplorable condition? Then read “The Locomotive God” by W.E. Leonard, formerly of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. The library has recently re- ceived approximately 150 other new books acording to a list made public yesterday by the Librarian. Popular fiction received in- cludes: The Cross by Undset, “Mistress of Husaby” by Undset, “Children and Fools” by’ Mann, “Torches Flare” by Young, “Swan Song” by Galsworthy, “Jerome” by Bebel, “Bambi” by Saltan, and the “Stronge Case of Miss Annie Spragg” by Broom- field. 2 Among biography non-fiction works “Tammany” by Freedom Ring,” by Hays, “From Bismark to the World War,” by Brandenburg, “Roman Catholic Church in Modern State” by Marshall, “The Human Body” by Clendening, “Famous Ameri- can Judy Speeches” by Hicks, “Behold the Bridegroom” by elly, and many others. BandIFt:OIt to Auspicious Start Faculty and Student Leaders Pledge Cooperation In Organizing Band and other received are Werner, “Let Forty-eight candidates for the Washington and Lee University band reported to the Doremus gymnasium Friday night. Coach Herron, varsity coach of football, Professor John Graham, faculty advisor, John Bell Towill, prsident of the student body, “Captain Dick” Smith, director of athletics, and “Hank” Slanker, student director of the band, spoke to the candidates. All the speakers emphasized the value and importance of the organization to the football team, to the university and to the stu- dent body. All pledged their hear- ty support and cooperation in pro- ducing the finest band that Wash- ington and Lee has ever had. A change in the uniform will be made this year. The change will affect only the jersey and cap. Blue-V-neck jerseys ‘and plain sailor hats will be worn. There will probably be a white “W & L” across the front of the jerseys. The athletic association will furnish the hats and pants while members of the band have to buy only the jerseys. “Hank” Slanker feels highly enthusiastic about the prospects of the band this year. He expects to have an “organization of at least 60 or 65 men. Rehearsals will be held every Wednesday af- ternoon from 4 to 5:30 and every Friday night from 7:30 to 8:30. Measurements for new uniforms will be taken at the first meeting next Wednesday afternoon. “Capt. Dick’ Smith assures trips to Washington for the Maryland game and to Charlottesville for the Virginia game, expenses to be paid by the athletis association; Any former members or candi- dates for the band who were ab- sent Friday night are strongly urged to be present for the re- hearsal Wednesday afternoon. LOT Wade Dismisses Alabama Quarter Alabama’s Crimson Tide will ebb and flow this year without the services of Davis Brasfield, star quarterback. Brasfield was dismissed from the team when he refused to accept a reprimand from Coach Walace Wade follow- ing an altercation with a fresh- man. 892 Students H are Enrolled, Setting New High Record Registration of students has al- ready passed all previous records for this time of the year and, ac- cording to an opinion expressed yesterday by E. S. Mattingly, re- gistrar, this session is likely to establish an all-time record for the number of students in college. By Oct. 1 the number of students here will be at least 900, he ad- ded. Yesterday 892 students had completed their registration, re- cords showed, while almost a score are in Lexington who have not yet registered. Several addi- tional men confined to the hos- pital have not been able to reg- ister yet. The 892 men registered on Fri- day 22, yesterday, compared fa- vorably with the 859 students registered Sept. 22fi 1927 or the 868 students registered Sept. 22, 1925. A previous record in regis- tration was chalked up in 1926 when 888 men were registered on Sept. 22. While the 1928 record of 892 men at this time of the year is unmatched by any previous re- cord, registration continues and, according to authoritative opin- ions, is riding toward the estab- lishment of a Washington and Lee record for all time in num- bers of students. Fall EH Starts y Tuesdav Freshmen And Varsity Alike Ordered to Report for Practice at 3:30 Fall baseball practice, an in- ovation at Washington and Lee, will get under way next Tues- day at 3:30 o’clock. All candi- dates are requested to report in uniform in front of the gymnas- mm. The purpose of this practice is to give baseball men who are not out for other sports a chance to keep in condition. Also the coaches hope to develop some new pitching talent. A week will be spent in limb- ering up arms and in setting up exercises after which real work will begin. A schedule is being made up and games will get un- der way in about two weeks. Thirty men have already sign- ed up, and all others with any baseball talent, Freshmen and old men, are requested to sign up with “Cy” Twombly Under the schedule now being made up games will continue as long as the weather permits, mom “Booze” Whittle To Marry October 3 The engagement of Randolph Gordon Whittle to Miss Josephine Edmonds Parrot has been announ- ced. The wedding will take place in Roanoke, on October 3. “Booze” Whittle, as he was called during his career at Wash- ington and Lee, was prominent on the campus and in the social activities of the school. He grad- uated in Law in 1924 and has practiced in Roanoke for the past two years. His home is in Martin- ville, Virginia. He was a member of the fol- lowing organizations: Pi Kappa Sigma, social fraternity; Omri- con Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Ka- ppa; Phi Delta Phi; legal gfrat- ernity; Cotillion Club; Pi Alpha Nu, ribbon cosiety. He was pres- ident of the Student Body in ’24. ___()j_,__ Emory and Henry college has ordered lights installed on its football field and will play four contests after dark. William and Mary inaugurated the nocturnal game in Virginia last season with considerable success and will con- tinue this practice this season. Several other Southern colleges will play night games. Troubadours Plan Extensive Menu With New Aides Collison, Van Gilbert Gibson Cooperate In Mapping out Year and TRYOUTS THIS YEAR UNDER CHANGED PLAN One Tryout Fee to Cover Privilege of Trying for All Branches Plans for this year were laid at a meeting of the executive committee of the Troubadours Thursday night, according to A. B. Collison, president of the or- gahization. Collison expects a successful year due to the extensive plans being laid by Van Gilbert, business manager, and “Toot” Gibson, last year’s business manager, who is lending his assistance, and, also, to the wealth of new material which will be available for the production. Fee Three Dollars Several changes in the try-out system will -be in vogue this year. Three dollars will be charged in- stead of two dollars charged in the past. This allows one the privilege of trying out for any or all three branches of the Trouba- dours instead of only one as was formerly the case. In this way, Collison explained, the fee is in reality less in many cases. Men will also be allowed to tryout for the business staff without any ad- ditional expense. Dramatic try-outs will be su- pervised by Professors C. E. L. Gill and M. G. Bauer. Several days will be devoted to try-outs instead of rushing all applicants through in one night. This is be- ing done in order to give every candidate an equal and fair trial. Other Try-outs The try-outs for the Trouba- dour Orchestra and the Glee Club will be under the supervision 01' Professors John Graham and H. B. Shelley. The same show will be given at both the Thanksbiving and Easter performances, according to the present plans. “This plan will save time and allow the actors to become much more perfect in their parts,” Collison said. This will not mean, however, that the cast will be the same for both shows. The three vice-presidents of the Troubadours, who are the presi- dents of their respective units, are: Dramatics, Dan Lindsay, glee club, Jack Williamson; or- chestra, Lee Gresham. ANNOUNCEMENTS Compulsory Freshman cheering practice Tuesday night 7:30 o’elock in Doremus gymnasium All new men are expected to know yells and the Swing. Senior academic, commerce, hold class elections Monday science and Junior law will night, 7:30 o’clock. The aca- demic election will be in the Geology room; the commerce, in first floor Newcomb hall; the science, in Reid hall, and Junior law in Tucker hall. Freshman elections will be held Monday, October 1 at 7:30 . M., in the Lee Memorial chapel. ' Polls for the straw vote will be located in the “Y” room. Ballots will be cast from 8:30 to 3:30 o’clock. Troubadours try-outs will be held, starting Wednesday night 7:30 o’clock, in Newcomb hall. Cooperation Needed to Make Admittance System a Success Use of Coupon Books For Atletic Contests 3 Expeained by Captain Smith Probably the biggest iiinovatfon on the campus this year is the new method of student admission to athelic contests. “This is a new thing to most of the stud- ents here, and can only be made a success through the perfect co- operation of every member of ‘the student body,” stated “Cap- tain Dick” Smith, Graduate Man- ager of Athletics, Thursday night. The pass book merely acts as a source of buying a ticket. It is an athletic “meal ticket.” In the future, every athletic contest will have a number corresponding to the number in the pass book. So, when a student desires to at- tend some home game, all that he has to do is to present the right stub and one dime to gain admission. Books Non-transferable “Captain Dick” further stated that any tsudent attempting to transfer one of these books will probably be held as an infractor of the honor system by the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Student Body. In regard to the reserved seat question Mr. Smith gave the fol- lowing illustration: If a student wants reserved seats for himself and his girl to the North Caro- line State game, all that he will have to do is to present the stub for that game and he will be charged the price of one regular admission plus the regular dime. Outsiders Give Trouble The student managers in the past have had considerable troub- le with outsiders who gained ad- mission to the football games on student tickets, and as fotball is the main source of revenue which the Athletic Association has, this trouble had to be eliminated. “Captain Dick” stressed this rea- son for the new system. The dime charged for all ath- letic contests is not an act of the Athletic Association, but of the students themselves. Several years ago when repairs were needed to the athletic field the student-body passed a by-law imposing this tax on all the games. It is now being used to help pay for the new foot-bridge. Move Gate ickets will be sold this year on the grounds in front of the gym- (Continued on page 4) Lee Crew Starts Rowing Practice Red Team Determined To Avenge Defeat by Albert Sidney Last Year The red-jerseyed squad of the Harry Lee crew is now practic- ing North River. The defeat that they suffered last spring at the hands of the Albert Sidney crew, has determined Rod Moffett, captain-elect, to take all necessary steps to have his hus- kics in excellent condition in spring. With a number of monogram men back and several candidates from the second and freshmen boats ,the Red four expects to re-establish the Harry Lee crew chain of unbroken victories. earnestly on Moffett, Plummer, Hamilton, Swink and Davis and Webb are the men that are working daily on the‘ river. Bowes, Heaps, Mer- eke and Jenkins are likely-looking aspirants from the second and freshman squads. Captain Moffett will hold his drills as long as the weather per- mits and will start early in the spring. Captain Lee Gamble, whose oar played an important part in bring- ing victory to Albert Sidney af- ter a lapse of many years, is the only monogram man back on that crew. Captain Gamble is hampered by lack of material and does not ex- pect to get his men on the river this fall. He is faced with the problem of boating a crew from new material as only a few oars- men from the second crew and frosh are aspirants for seats in the Varsity boat. _j_0___:_ Bonds Stolen at Fair Worth $3,000 Bonds valued at $3,000, and $50 in cash were stolen from Mrs. H. A. Deaver, of Lexington, by an unknown thief, at the Rockbridge County Fair, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Deaver was carrying the money and bonds in a pocketbook under her arm, and did not no- tice when it was taken as she was helping her sister look after her child. Mrs. Deaver was accompan- ied by her husband. Book of Poems Planned by Sledd Washington & Lee Alumnus Writing Volume Poetry On Lexington Life Negotiations are now bing car- ried on with Little, Brown and Co. a publishing company of Boston, Mass., with regards to printing a book of poetry written by Dr. Benjamen Franklin Sledd, Prof- fessor of English at Wake For- est, N. C., and an alumnus of Washington and Lee, graduating in the Class of ’86. The title of the book is to be “Old Lexington Life.” and the poems are the true experiences of the author during his five years of college life here, from 1881-1886. ' Dr. Sledd, although now a Pro- fesslor in another school, has nev- er lost his affection for his Alma Mater, and has presented the manuscript for his book to this school, the proceeds of which will be used in whatever way the fa- culty thinks best for Washington and Lee. He was born in Big Island, Va., and attended school at Johns Hop- kins as well as here. While here he won a total. of six prizes, scholarships, and medals, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity. He has been at Wake Forest since 1888, and holds the degrees of M. A., and Litt. D. ?_._.0_______ Thirty Men Out For Fall Track Fall track practice began yes- terday on Wilson field with about thirty aspirants out including both old men and frosh. Regular prac- tice will not be held for more than two or three weeks at the most on account of cold weather. This practice, which is held on the field every afternoon, is main- ly to find out what sort of track material there is in the class of ’32 and is also to keep the old men in shape. Coach Fletcher will not be able to put much of his time on these men as cross country practice is now underway. The men will spend most of their time limber- ing up on the track and practic- ing starts. ‘. Practice will be hampred by the shortness of the season. Student:Appear Strong For Mock Convention Hero Outlook Bright For A Con- tinued “Solid South” On Campus POLLS LOCATED IN ‘Y’ OPEN FROM 8:30 TO 3:30 Prominent Issues To Be Vot- ed Upon In Chosing Can- didates for President By George Ashworth The impending straw vote on the two presidential candidates, which is to be held next Tues- day in the Y. M. C. A. room, un- der the supervision of the RING- TUM PHI, is beginning to cause considerable comment and interest about the campus. At the present time a Smith victory seems assured but who can say which way the wheel of politics will turn? In the election of 1916 the crowds of enthusiasts waiting to hear the returns as they came in, went to bed believ- ing that Hughes was elected. The next morning they awoke to find that the returns from California had thrown the election to Wilson, although California was admitted- Iy a Republican state. Something like this may happen when Wash- ington and Lee votes next Tues- day. The coming election has taken on a different appearance than most presidential elections. The Republican candidate is standing on a dry platform while his per- sonal statement on prohibition, given in his acceptance speech, could be taken either for dry or wet. The Democratic candidate also stands on a dry platform, but in his speech of acceptance he said that, although he would do 'ev- erything in his power to enforce the prohibition law as long as it remained on the statute boks, he was in favor of a modification of the law. G. O. I’. Enters South The Republicans are making (Continued on page 4) Va1*s—iti£rQProsh Squad Shaping Up Mathis and Price Putting Wrestling and Boxing Men in Condition More than 25 prospective var- sity and frosh grapplers are working out every day at 4 o’- clock under the direction of the Coach A. E. Mathis. The matmen are marking time until the renovating of the mats ‘and the altering of the wrestling rooms is completed. The coach has been putting the squads thru a series of conditioning drills. As soon as necessary improvements are completed, real work will be begun and will last until Thanks- giving. Though prospects for this sea- son are not particularly bright, Coach Mathis believes that from the large number of menithat have reported, he will be able to organize a team that will bear watching. The monogram men are in good shape and it is expected that the remaining time will be utilized in smoothing out the rough spots of their attack. A like squad of Freshmen are candidates for pos- itions on the yearling team and from present outlook, their sea- son promises to be successful. Due to the failure of Captain- elect “Terrible” Tully to return to school, the captain for this year will. be chosen during the season. “Boxing Bill Price 1927 captain of box- ing, has completed his span of eligibility in the‘Southern Con- ference and Coach A. E. Mathis, will handle the destinies of the (Continued on Page 3) OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19280922/WLURG39_RTP_19280922_002.2.txt Page 2 THE RING-TUM PHI filhiz iliing-tum ifllii (ESTABLISHED 1897) c WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SEMI-WEEKLY - Members of Southern Collegiate Newspaper Association Subscription $3.10 per year, in advance OFFICE AT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM Telephones: Editor-in-chief, 489 and 316,_Business Mgr. 430 Entered at the Lexington,_ Va., Postoffice as second class mail matter. ’ Editor-in-Chief HENRY P. JOHNSTON, ’ ~ , , . Business Manager 29 A. B. MORGAN, '29 . All matters of business should be addressed to the Busi- ness Manager. All other matters shoulcl come to the Editor- in-Chief. _ . . We are always glad to publish any communications. that may be handed. to us. No unsigned c_orrcspondence.willt.be published; however. we shall gladly withhold your sign?! fire from print upon request. YALE LosEs HONOR SYSTEM Yale’s honor system has been abandon- ed in part at the request of the student council. This rule applies to the three up- per classes only. Freshmen and students in the Sheffield school proceed on the basis so successful at Washington and Lee. The demand for faculty supervision grew out of the feeling that the pledge was no longer effective; that too much cribbing by some and the refusal of those “on the level” to report violations, was unfair. Just why the honor system could not work at Yale is by no means clear. Perhaps the experiment was not given a sufficient- ly long trial. Success comes with tradition. The many famous alumni of the Hartford school will look on the reversion with re- gret. It is almost unbelievable that an insti- tution with so high a rating as Yale would allow itself to give up an honor system. To Washington and Lee students the honor system is the backbone of the institution. On our campus it has been in vogue for generations. It has worked, is working, and will work as long as this institution bears the name of two men who held honor greater than life. Other Southern institutions have work- ing honor systems. V. M. I., our friendly neighbor, and the University of Virginia, just over the Blue Ridge, also have codes known the world over. With honor work- ing, as it does, in these three schools, must Yale, with the same calibre of students, ex- ercise faculty supervision of qualities which make a gentleman? Where the system has been working ov- er a number of years, among students, with an average sense of responsibility, it is working effectively, not merely to k‘eep ex- aminations free from dishonesty, but to in- still into the whole campus life an honor- able quality which is incalculably valuable. In such institutions they let it be known that gentlemen do not need watching, and only gentlemen are allowed. Could the size of an institution have anything to do with the function of an honor system? Where attendance has grown uration of students with traditions. student being deprived of an honor sys- tern, he is being deprived of the greatest training of self-control. However, if “crib- bers” are allowed to have their own way, a grave injustice is being done to the decent men and the standards of the institution are being debased. Washington and Lee is proud of its hon- or system. The students realize that to “crib” they would only be victimizing them- selves. They visualize the wonderful bene- fits derived from its great code. _____0j “HI, GENTLEMEN” “Washington and Lee is a friendly uni- versity. Everyone speaks to his neighbor, and the stranger soon feels at home.” I This statement was made by a student in Ohio late in July when he reutnredto his home in Cleveland after a trip through Virginia. ' Second only to its nationally-respected honor system, Washington and Lee treasur- ers this great tradition of friendship. Old men are filled with it, and new students soon find it a part of their lives. While freshmen at some other schools are being told of illustrious alumni and big building programs, first-year men at Washington and Lee are learning that “howdy” and “good morning” are pass keys to friendship and understanding. v Freshman rules speed the process of orientation for the new man. Without them he would eventually find his niche, but by studying and following them he uncon- sciously becomes a part of the .whole scheme. The Washington and Lee “hello” so im- pressed Robert Parker Doremus that he left a large part of his estate to the Uni- versity. This same word is daily making friends for the school of visitors from all parts of the world. “Hi, Gentlemen.” rapidly, too little time is permitted for the full sat-1; In a A KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT I l The University’s educational niachineryi is now in action. To many students, who for‘: the first time are attending Washington and Lee ,this is disappointing. J Although quite untrue, there seems tol be an idea in circulation among outsiders‘ that W. & L. is a “country club,” where for nine months a grand and glorious time may be had without hinderance. Especially among new students is this idea found prev- alent. For a quick denial one need only ques-, tion any old student, who will immediately‘ explain how twice each year the faculty sends forth a squadron of disappointed apostles, many of whom began their college careers with the “country club” idea. If you are in this disillusioned group, who, we fear, thought the campus a splen- did eighteen hole course of rolling green with a few fine colonial buildings thrown in for hazards, you have our sympathy. Your $125 “greens fee” has been wasted, and we doubt seriously if Washington col- lege will prove as alluring “nineteenth hole.” _____0____ HOW LONG How long is a Chinaman? How many seconds are ten? The calendar 1S respon- sible for the latter question, for a year ago tonight Gene Tunney sat and blinked, Jack Dempsey roared and scowled, the referee shouted and pushed, and the clock ticked away fourteen seconds. Remember the famous seventh; the long count; Dempsey’s protest, claiming he won by a knockout? Just twelve months to the day from that “hectic seventh,” the ex-champion Jack Dempsey is found starring in the “Big Fight” on Broadway. Co-starring with Jack is Estelle Taylor, his wife. Where and what Gene is doing is not definitely known, other than he is some- where in Europe. Both are ex—champions. Dempsey was knocked for a goal by Tun- ney, while the former marine fell before an avalanche of arrows. +—o—— “STUDENT VIEWS” I Since the RING-TUM PHI is an organ of the student body it is anxious to have any student of Washington and Lee feel free to express his views through its col- umns. The RING-TUM PHI is written “by the students, for the University.” , We have arranged a section of the pa- per headed “Student Views” in order that every student who wishes to express him- selft can and will feel free to do so through our columns. All communications must be signed before they will be printed; how- ever, upon one’s request we shall gladly with-hold his name from print. THE ISLAND IVITHIN i Mixed marriages, the plight of young Jews in iAmerica, and their efforts to combat racial rancor, ‘have never been more vividly protrayed than in ',“The Island Within” by Ludwig Lewisohn, de- ‘ iclares Dr. oseph Fort Newton, rector of Memorial? |Church of St. Paul, Overbrook, Pa.,,writing in‘- i“The Master Mason.” Dr Newton is one of the ‘most influential representatives of the church. 1‘ Both Gentiles and Jews have prcachcd and writ—i qten about this book. i “If this Jewish story, written by a Jewish art- l Iist, distinguished alike for its style and its pone-" itrating insight, could be read by Gentiles, it would C10 m11Ch to heal America of racial bigotry and {promote an intelligent and sympathetic understand- iing of our Jewish neighbors,” he says. As an argument against mixed marriage the story is tremendous. Two people, no matter how dearly they love each other, who come to their meeting from two such different backgrounds, and from antecedents so alien, find an implacable bar- rier between them, all the more impossible to break through because it is invisible. At last the inevitable happens and, they are pulled apart by forces which they can neither define nor resist. Behind every page of this memorable narra- tive one feels a vivid sense of pathos of human life. Also one has a constant sense of the long background of an ancient race, its rich culture, its old and holy, customs, its memorial -sorrows, all the more vivid by contrast with the new world. After all there is an “Island Within” each race each nation, something unique, particular and pre- cious-—as in each individual there is a shy and lonely thing which makes him what he is. 0 “GREATEST BOOK NEXT TO NEW TESTA- MENT” At the Unitarian General Conference now in session in New Hampshire, “The Eternal Spirit and the Daily Round” is being used for devotional readings by the Rev. Norman D. Fletcher of Hav- erhill who is in charge of the chapel services. The book was written by the late Frank Carlton Doan and was recently published by Harper & Brothers. The Rev. S. Parkes Cadman has called it the great- est and most helpful book next to the New Testa- ment. ~ ___.:0_____ Lester D. Arnold, ’18, of Winchester, Va., was incharge of the campaign headquarters, establish- ed in Murphy’s Hotel, Richmond, from which the State-wide campaign for the ratification of the ‘pending constitutional amendments was directed. BY the WAY A student walked into the drug store yesterday and bought ten cents worth of asafetida, and told the clerk to charge it. “What is your name?” asked the pharmacist. “Honifunkle,“ was the reply. “Take it free,” said the clerk, “I wouldn’t writ asafetida and Honifunkle both for ten cents.” >l< >}: A daschund is a funny mutt Hot doggy! Hot doggy! Hot doggy! Ie’s middle drags upon the green. It’s supports are far between. - >i’- '>'s If love is a game of chance, every old davenport must be a gambling joint——there’s one Monte Carlo. >'s in Lexington that’s a regular >!< First Hobo: What’s an Al Smith cigar? Second W. & L. Man: “Up from the city streets”— dumbell I * 3,: Sign over manicure girl’s table——“Business is good—so am I.” >I< =l< I loved him, oh, I loved him! Until one night perchane, An issue of an idle whim, I found what held up his pants Were—goodness me--suspenders. * * >l= Now I’ve double-crossed the editor. Smith . vs. Hoover DECLINE AND FALL OF HERBERT HOOVER Carter Glass, some weeks ago, attempted to demolish Hoover’s relief work in Belgium and his reputation as a great engineer. His argument was not unlike swiss-cheese. The Republican noni- inee, I believe, has a right to be proud of his achievements in both those fields. Since those days, however, he has turned and twist- ed until he now resides in the camp of Old-Guard Republicanism What has happened to the late Mr. Hoover—-the Hoover who came “back from Europe in 1919 on fire with the Wilsonian doc- trines; who in 1918 begged his fellow countrymen toyvote in a Democratic House; who wanted a new world through the League of Nations and a new brotherhood to rescue humanity from the abyss at the edge of which it stood?” What has happened to Hoover the Redeemer? So far as those who once saw‘a new hope flash across the sky are concerned, he is dead and buried. Since Belgium, what has he ac- complished? It is commonplace that he sided with reaction and corruption time and again. Lest I seem presuinptious, I quote his long list of accomplishments. “In 1920-Mr. Hoover vaccillat- ed between being a Democrat and a Republican. This was an unquict ‘and inconsistent interlude in his life,” from which we‘ are left to deduce that his vears in Harding’s Cabinet and lllS\:S€‘1‘\'lCCS in Mr. Coolidge’s cabinet represent the quiet and consistent Hoover. As 3,Wendcll Philips would have said. “he’ is silent in the presence of sin."’ '\Voodrow Wilson and the Lea- gue of Natioiis, we take it were soon forgotten for reasons poli- Lic. Why else? And what happened to the Hoo- ver who was to save the flood- ravaged valley of the Mississippi? “Mr. Hoover repeatedly declar- ed while inspecting the devastat- ed areas that the Federal Gov- ernment should assume the entire financial responsibility for re- lieving the wrecked states. When it was suggested that there be immediate action, looking to the organization of public opinion to this end, Mr. Hoover privately asked all who came to him to do nothing, to leave it to him, and he would attend to it _and put it through. Then he returned to Washington. Did he thereupon state to the press how he felt up- on the matter? He did not. Did he ‘rush to the hearings before the Senate Committee which was taking testimony as. to the flood situation and askto be heard? On the contrary, he dodged the com- I mittee, and left Washington for ten days. Finally when Senator Willis insisted that he should come before it and publicly de- manded him, Mr. Hoover appear- ed, a most taciturn and reluctant witness. He thought that the pol- icy to be followed in preventing future floods should be determined by army engineers and ventured no opinion of his own. Then it was found that he had completely forgotten his promises, and thought the financial responsibi- lity should be shared by the states in the flood districts.” In short REPUBLICANISM The usual campaign of ignor- ance is on. Rustic Democrats in the South are trembling between the Ku Klux Klan and the Pope, and are still talking about the price of wheat in England during the war. Smith, the politician, has capitalized most of his fail- ings with the aid of Raskob’s high powered salesmanship, and the Man in the Street is beginn- ing to think of the sidewalks of old New York and of Al as the Democrat of Democrats, if that is any recommendation. And thru it all Hoover has preserved a si- lence that bids fair to leave him without even his failings capital- ized. ’ Forgetting all so-called party principles and all the nonsense of issues, which were really issued somewhere in the Pliestocene per- iod, with the exception of prohi- bition, which is not only ‘an issue he ‘had betrayed those who had trusted him, no uncommon thing in our politics. His acceptance speech when compared with Smith’s fades in- to a thin, vaporish, colorless mass of platitudes. He had the asinine nerve to credit the Republican party with every improvement, invention, all scientific advance- ment, and business progress of the past ten years. The Adminis-j tration received praise for every- thing from the radio to the elec- trical progress which enables housewives to more comfortably carry out their work. And for the miraculous prosperity now in evi- dence all through the country (thus say the Republicans) _-‘ibraham Lincoln, and the Sher- man Anti-Trust law. Prohibition he calls a great social experiment and declares that the Constitution cannot be nullified, and yet he gives not a bit of positive assur- ance that he will end the rule of politics, favoritism and corrup- tion in the enforcement. Most anti-prohibitionists will admit that prohibition is a great social ex- periment despite its failure. Most, I believe, cry out against the nul- lification which has been the ef- fect. Hoover’s words are only the make-up of a school-boy’s decla- mation, or worse. And now comes the climax to a farcialaddress. After denounc- ing corruption and blaming the people for their indifference, he praises the persons and adminis- trations of Harding and Coolidge. His words on protection make up an anti-climax which there is no use to dwell upon, for it is but the time-honored hypocrisy of his party. . He is now backed, as his nom- ination was secured, by the worst machines in existence. He is a friend of Vare whoselrule in Pen- nsylvania is so rotten that it stinks to heaven with the odor of such corruption that Tweed would have gasped in admiration and a sense of inferiority at this modern “Boss.” " This then is the man to whom many millions look for help, and for whom many southerners in- tend to vote. I have my doubts as to the blessings he will bestow upon them. “Democritus.” he , lays full credit to Calvin Coolidge: PRESIDENT’S PARAGRAPH N0. 2-—-1928-29 In. the study of a living. working, hoping human being like yourself, the most urgent and immediate knowledge "needed is of your Bodily Or« ganism. ‘ It is your immediate task to learn by heart and put in prac- tice the facts and methods of human Physiology and person- :11 Hygiene; to keep clear of certain deadly infections and destructive personal habits; to form the fixed habit of keep- ing your complex body-mach- ine in exuberant health and tireless vitality, to maintain it in such perfect working-order that whenever, now or in later life, necessity forces you to “step on the gas” your machine will climb uphill with no sign of a breakdown. Till you are a skillful chauffeur of your body-engine you are suicidally uneducated. but an excuse for a lot of “prom- ising” platitudes from a Democrat whose undampened “wet” ardor and whose publicly private opin- ions on prohibition are leading many of the more ignorant citi- zens of this great “democracy” to believe that he is really going to do something to remedy the wet- and-dry puzzle—forgetting all these things, the campaign re- solves itself into a battle of per- sonalities. Smith’s nicely gilded career in politics has been put be- fore the public with a frankness that is misleading; Hoover’s in- teresting and fruitful career is forgotten in the romance of the fish market from which Smith has risen to the Heights at Hous- ton. Again forgetting the religi- ous issue, which is far-fetched, and rottenly un-American, we must form a comparison between two men running for high office. And a common difficulty appears in our inability to find accurate, unbiased information. Forgetting the playful press, may we advise any person wishing a real basis of judgment to look in any en- cyclopedia for a list of the “achievements” of Al Smith and of the achievements of Herbert Hoover. Smith is a strong man. He has risen through adverse circum- stances to an important position, but he is now to find his powers limited. Educationally and cul- turally he is unfit to act as the national representative of the United States. Hoover, a trained‘ engineer, and internationally fa—, mous organizer and executive has‘ fought equally hard and has tak- en the pains to lay an education- al and cultural background for his work. . Smith, we are told,‘ “has a po-L ilitical record behind him which? ,one can examine and congratu- $19359," And yet, through four ;terms as governor of New York lhe won his elections only through ‘ lhis Tammany organization in‘ iNew York City, getting his vote; from the 7,000,000 or more people of the city of which over 5.’)’,.5 f ‘are foreigners by birth, control-' iled by a political machine. Why‘ I did upstate New York vote heav-I lily against Smith on four occa-3 l l Palace Barber j Shop I First Class Service in a San- itary VVay Located in ROBERT E. LEE HOTEL I SERVICE OUR MOTTO If you want that job in a hurry——bring it to Acme Print Shop First Nat’l Bank Bldg. Phone 146 ROCKBRIDGE Steam Laundry The Wife Saving Station PHONE 185 AGNOR BROS. Successors to W. Harry Agnor Staple and Fancy Groceries Phones 36 and 76 PAGE’S Meat Market Phones 126 and 426 General Cocke of V. M. I. Declares For Gov. Smith New York, Sept 19—General VV. H. Cocke, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, Colo- nel O. J. Bond, president of the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina and Harrison Ran- , dolph, president of the College of Charleston, are prominent south- ern educators who have written Frank L. Polk, president of the‘ College League for Alfred E. Smith that they will support the New York governor for ‘president. General Cocke expressed the hope that the bringing of the re- ligious issue into the open would make voters realize how absurd it is to oppose Governor Smith on this ground. Dr. Randolph de- clared he welcomed the situation “as an opportunity of showing to the world that in America nar- rowness and bigotry can be over- come by good faith and good sense.” Both educators declared that prohibition is a source of corrup- tion, deceit and wide spread con- tempt of the law and praised the stand of Governor Smith on the question. “Governor Smith’s constructive statesmanship, overcoming parti- san opposition, carries greater promise of impressive results in Washington than the knowledge we have had in advance of any candidate for the presidency within my recollection,” Dr. Ran- dolph wrote. sions, and why should there doubt even now whether Smith will carry his own state? Again quoting from a recent article in the RING-TUM PHI, “His knowledge of the King’s English may be shady, but I would’ prefer a president who spoke forwardly in questionable English than one who said noth- ing, with a great deal of verbos- ity”. As far as “speaking for- wardly” is concerned, Smith is on- ly playing the political game which suits his cause best. His personal opinions are interesting, perhaps, but the Bowery elo- quence with which they are de- livered is not far from verbosity, and is certainly creating among the lower classes the impression that Smith is a political Messiah who is going to remedy the far- cial prohibition muddle by 17 V 4 4- V 3. the ~ bold application of his individualf energy and ' opinion. SMITI-i’S Dry Cleaning Works Phone SI4 TERMS CASH FOX’S FINE FOOD Weinberg’s Music Shop Lexington, Virginia Opposite New Theatre VIC TOR and COLUMBIA AGENCY VICTOR Releases date Friday each week. COLUMBIA — 10, 20, 30th each month. OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19280922/WLURG39_RTP_19280922_003.2.txt THE RING-TUM PHI Generals Open Hard Schedule Herron’s Men to Face Lynch- burg Hornets in Opener on Wilson Field (Continued from page 1) VVlio will hold down the right wing is more probleniatical, Leigh Williams has gotten first call dur- ing inost of the training period, but John Bell Towill, and Charlie Day have also had shots at the job at various times. Groop Sure Bet Heinie Groop has one of the guard posts “sewed up.” The fight to determine who shall hold down the same job on the other side of the line has terminated in a duel between Seligman and Martin. Seligman, by virtue of his experience last year as sub- stitute for Captain Tips, will prob- ably be in the place at the open- ing whistle, but Mart-in will cer- tainly get a chance to show his wares before the game is very old. In the backfield the fight is much more closely contested. Those backs which may now be considered first string include Lott, White, Barnett, Eberhardt, Cohen, Thibodeau, and Faulkner. It is hardly more than guess work to attempt to name the four men who will start at this time, although‘all will see service dur- ing the game. .Faulkner at Half Faulkner at right halfback is the only man behind the line who is not sharing his job with some- one else. According to Coach Her- ron’s manner of running the back- field, each man is groomed for one definite position. It is safe to predict under this system that Faulkner will be in the opening lineup. A great scrap has developed over the fullback post. Coach Her- ron has two exceptionally able men for the task in Gene White and Thibodeau. The former de- monstrated last year that he had a powerful drive and turned out to be one of the steadiest men in the backfield even though he was not in the best of health while football season was in progress. Yet, no one can overlook the great showing of Thibodeau thus far this fall. He packs a drive just as hard as Whote, so opposing linemen are in for a terrific bat- tering while this pair are strug- gling for supremacy. White has the best chance of getting into Dorsey and Mattox, Ex-Athletes Help Coach Freshmen “Monk” Mattox, ’23, and “Bill” Dorsey senior in the law school, are aiding Captain Eddie Parkes Davis in coaching the Little Gen- erals. “Monk” was captain of the 1922 Generals and played for four years. While here he also played baseball and basketball. It was his brother who kicked a goal in I GENERAL GOSSIP more and bigger scandal, rumors, and the like, we are forc- ed to say that such will not be found here——o_ften. We may thrown in a piquant remark now and then in the form of constructive "criticism, but the dirt for dirt’s sake will have to be sought elsewhere. It looks to us, sizing up the situation from our vantage point of old age, that the students’ cars, pocketbooks, and cut allowances are going to be hard hit during one month this fall, with the West Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Princeton, and Maryland games all coming within the space of six Saturdays. We dare say, however, that before the Maryland set-to November 24. the boys will be either too broke, or flush enough to consider Florida and Jacksonville after trying, successfully or unsuccessfully, to take some the the Tech money here the previous Saturday. The scheduling of Tennessee instead of Duke or Georgia Tech is a good bid for more enthus- iastic support of our alumni in the Knoxville-Mem- his-Nashville section. We believe it is a good move not only adding another conference game to the list, but affording many Tennesseans a chance to go home for a day or two. Of course, everyone will attend the Virginia fracas, and in past years»West Virginia, Princeton, and Maryland have each drawn close to two hundred Blue and White supporters to their gates. Knoxvilleiwill afford another good excuse, and all indications point to a busy registrar’s office from October 2 through November 24. Curly Byrd, vice-president, athletic director, and among other things head coach of football at Maryland, had only thirty-one Old Liners in uni- form at the end of his second week of drill Satur- day. Press dispatches state that he was hard hit by the failure of a number of promising 1927- Freshmen prospects to return to school, as well as by graduation. We can hardly see, however, what there is to moan about when you have twenty-two men from last year’s var- sity squad in uniform, among whom are ten letter men. Why be sad when you can produce a team with the following veterans on the field: Dodson (well remembered here) and Heagy, ends; Mc- Donald, big and powerful, at one of the tackles; such men as Crothers and big Keenan at guards; the heady Kessler at quarterback; Fleetfooted Snyder, Parsons and Roberts, the latter the neme- sis of Yale and Virginia, as well as a very real threat to the Generals, for halfbacks; and Radice, stocky, heavy, and fast on a basketball floor, for the fullback post. Tennessee will be a hard nut to crack, although the Vols lost some good men and are not rated as high as in 1927. They put a good yearling team on the field last year, though, and will fight hard against the Generals, since it is the first meeting of the two elevens of record. And, by the way, everyone who has been to Knoxville says it is a wonderful town to celebrate a victory in. West Virginia is rated stronger than last year, Princeton is said to be in for one of its best years in recent history, Virginia is strong, V. P. I. is picked by some to go far in the direction of the South Atlantic championship, Maryland is never a set-up for the Big Blue, and Florida has been speaking for itself in recent years. ' Taken altogether, it looks as if the Generals are in for a continuous grind this fall. There is not a soft spot in the schedule after the first of October,- but we hope and believe that the Washington and Lee habit of playing to lwin every game, not laying down on some so as to be fresh ‘for one game of particular interest, will again be followed this season. To us it is disgusting to see a team go out to _win only every other game, letting others slide just to satisfy a small group of near-sighted alumni. lthe game at the start because of this previous Vai‘: