OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290202/WLURG39_RTP_19290202_001.2.txt SUPPORT THE CALLYX -1311; BY THE STUDE, FOR THE UNIVERSITY lflhi SUPPORT THE CALYX ,v;ounu: xxxn WASHINGTON AND LIE UNIVERSITY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1929 NUMBER 31 Fraternities Set For Initiation of 152 Pledges Several Social Groups Have Already Started Hell Weeks CEREMONIES FOLLOW WEEK OF HORSEPLAY Initiates Eligible After Pass- ing Required Schol- astic Work By R. S. Chapin They’re off. The air will soon be full of noise from cracking paddles and murmured blessings of fraternity goats on the heads of brothers-to—be. With the open- ing of the second semester 152 freshmen have become eligible for fraternity initiation, and plans for Hell Week are to be heard from every quarter. Some have started, others start in the next two weeks but it won’t be long now. Following is a list of the fresh- men to be initiated at the various houses: Phi Epsilon Pi—He1l Week started yesterday. Plans for ini- tiation could not be learned. Pledges: J. Blumberg, J. Stein- heimer, Milton Brooks, Robert Lewis, David Wise, Willard Luft, and B. B. Garber. ' Phi Gamma Delta-Hell week starts Monday, initiation Monday Feb. 11, with initiation banquet Monday evening. Pledges; Jack Ball, Richard Coe, William Dar- nell, J. F. Jones, Robert MacBride W. C. Mulligan, Robert Reinhold, J. W. Watson, William White, Beverly Wilson, and W. E. Wil- son. Pi Kappa Alpha-—Hell Week starts Monday, initiations plans could not be learned. Pledges: T. B. Doughty, G. M. Green, C. F. Parsons, C. F. Richardson, L. L. Tigner, L. H. Norman, I. E. Dobbs, I. M. Avent, W. .F Stone. Phi Kappa Sigma—-Hell Week starts Saturday, Feb. 9, with ini- tiation Feb. 16. Pledges: R. A. Pritchard, W. E. Beard, J . W. Mc- Clure, M. R. Crocker, I. F. Hud- son ,C. F. Young, J. W. Young, S.E. Cowin, Jimmy Woods, J. A. Wise, J. E. Armstrong and E. L. Stevens. Sigma Chi—Plans for Hell Week and initiation are uncertain. Pledges: E. M. Riley, M. B. Cox, ‘W. C. Cremin, R. B. McFarlin, R L. McKinney, Jr, J. G. Hamilton, J W. Zimmerman, Edwin Nesbit, R. M. Armstead, Perry O'Connor, R. M. D. Wagers, Patrick Mit- chell. "W Pi Kappa Phi—-Hell Week to start Saturday, Feb. 9, initiation Feb. 17. Pledges: Jerry Ade, Ray Ade, Stanley Rowland, James Martin, W. M. MacDonald, Char- les Allen, Reed Merrill, D. B. Kir- by, Gordon Weagly. Delta Tau Delta—Hell Week Monday, Feb. 11 initiation Feb. 19. Pledges: E. C. Tonsmiere, D. M. Price, J. W. Clopton, Jr., L. L. Rupert, R E. E deMontluzun, Jr., R. T. Adams, J. W. McLaurin. Sigma Phi Epsilon—Hell Week starts Feb. 3, with initiation Feb. 10. Pledges: J. B. Payne ,F. D. Livingstone, R. T. Adams, F. B. Collette, D. G. Wolfe, K.L. Meyer. Kappa. Alpha.-Hell Week Mon- day, Feb. 11, with horseplay Feb. ‘ (Continued on page four) mom Dollahite Still Seriously Ill With Pneumonia H. G. Dollahite, Jr., critically ill with double pneumonia at the Jackson Memorial hospital, was reported to be holding his own with little apparent change of con- dition last night. His lungs remain badly congested, but his heart so far has not shown the strain. Dollahite is a freshman in the academic school, a Delta Tau Del- ta pledge, and is vice-president of the class of 1932. His illness de- veloped from a simple case of in- fluenza which he neglected to care for properly. His father is in Lex- ington from his home in Amory, Mississippi, to be with him in his illness. Other students in the hospital, all influenza patients, are A. See- ley, Manuel Weinberg, and Baylisa Hightowar will probably be dis- charged today at samcsuew. Home is seuiadv H. 7 Governor Byrd’s whiskey inves- tigators would have found plenty of evidence had they been present at the laying of the corner stone of the Washington College build- ing in 1824. John Robinson, who was a lib- eral giver to the University, and to whom the monument in front of Tucker Hall is erected, sent a barrel containing forty gallons of his best rye whiskey from his dis-_ tillery at Hart’s bottom to aid the festivities. The barrel was placed on the campus slope and opened. Although Robinson had intend- ed his gift for the “elite” it was “Whoopee” Made ll‘/‘hen College Cornerstone Was'Lajd In 1824 diverted into other channels and the so-called “Tight-brigade” de- rived the major benefits. Gourds, cans, cups, and bottles were the weapons with which the bridage assailed the barrel, and history has it that they succeeded in com- pletely emptying it. “The wreckage around the spot, human and inanimate, was sug- gestive of a battlefield,” a Rock- bridge historian says. He also tells us that many of the profes- sors and trustees, for whom the gift was intended, would not touch the rye. W&L Debaters To Broadcast February 10 Local Team of Three Men to Be Heard From WMAQ, Chicago The Washington and Lee de- bating team composed of H. M. Platt, D. N. Conn, and W. A. Plummet, will leave Friday for Chicago to debate Chicago-Kent College of Law Sunday night, February 10. The debate will be broadcasted from station WMAQ, of the Chicago Daily News. The question for debate is Re- solved: that Congress should pass uniform marriage and divorce laws, constitutionality waived. The local debaters will uphold the af- firmative side of the discussion. One unique feature of the debate is that the decision will be given by the radio audience, who send in ballots to the paper, and the outcome of the debate will not be known until several weeks after it is held. Longest Trip The radio debate will be the first of three debates to be held on the trip, which is the most ambitous schedule, and the long- est journey, to be undertaken by a Southern team in recent years. On Tuesday night, February 12, the same team will debate with Ohio Wesleyan university, on the question, resolved: that trial by jury should be abolished. The Washington and Lee men up- holding the affirmative here, as well. Wednesday night, the same question will be debated at Ox- ford, Ohio, with Miami univer- sity. Both Ohio schools are recog- nized throughout the north as having excellently trained squads, and the team which meets Wash- ington and Lee at Wesleyan will later take a long tour of the South extending as far as Texas. H. M. Platt, the first speaker is a member of the Arcades club and Delta Sigma Rho, honorary debating fraternity, and has de- bated for the past three years. He will also be remembered as the winner of the State Oratori- cal contest last year. Conn New Man’ Conn, the second speaker, is a member of the Kappa Sigma (Continued on page two) Sugrue Plans Holiday lssue of Collegian Delay in Appearance of Se- cond Number Causes New Plan The next issue of the Southern Collegian will be out by Fancy Dress ball, according to Thomas Sugrue, editor. Sugrue plans to make this a “Fancy Dress Num- ber” and every issue from then on will appear at monthly inter- vals on some holiday. “Ewfery student who subscribed to the Collegian will receive four copies," said Sugrue when asked about the rumor that all four issues of the Collegian would not appear. The issue following the Fancy Dress number will appear- at -Easter and will be called the “Easter Number.” The last issue will appear about May 1. It will be called either “Finals Number” or “May Day Number.” Contributions Coming In The Collegian will have its usual amount of short stories by stu- dents in the University. Contri- buted and essays will also be in the coming number. The humor section will be enlarged and im- proved. Much interest has been aroused by the fact that College Humor is offering a prize to the author of the best short story appearing in the Southern Col- legian. Sugrue has received many let- ters of commendation from sub- scribers outside the University. They compliment him highly on the quality of the contributions and on the general make-up of the magazine. Issue Behind Time Owing to the delay in getting out the second number of the Collegian the policy of holiday numbers was adopted. The second issue was due immediately after Christmas but certain difficulties delayed its appearance. The holi- day number idea is a new one in the Collegia.n’s long existence and in this manner of publication follows in the footsteps of the now extinct Mink. ______()m.__ “The Sins That Jesus Hated,” will be the theme of the morning sermon by the Rev. J. J. Murray at the First Presbyterian church tomorrow at 11 o’clock. “Now lookahere, Mose, yuh don’ ruint yo’ looks. Yuh c’n be th craziest fool I ever see some- times. What in that debble do yuh want wif dat shadow on yo’ upper lip? It coss yuh jus’ as much t’ git a shave when yuh got dat suggesion up dere as it do whin yuh ain’t got it. “Sometimes, Mose, I thinks yuh ain’t got’ a bit mo’ sense’n ’em stooden’s up at th’ college. It she can’t be no custom. Gin- eral Washin’tun and Gineral Lee didn’ wear nothin’ like dat. If yuh can’t raise no man’s-size beard, don’ wear none. Marse Rob- ert wouldn’ even 21 been cot wif a huckleberry stain like yuh got. “I betcha been out at tha PPP house-—I mean the. PKA house— an’ seen ’em stooden’s out dere. Maybe it appears to yuh dat some woman is gwin to come right up’n snack yuh on ’at mouf, What _wems.n want ’t kin ’at hint yulfve got demo and sit fuzz aE’n hat h0!1_fI' “A.l’ maid ‘chin, Mass, ilk Shadows On “Stooden’s” Lips Bring Comments From Mose time you’as settling’ down an’ gittin’ yo’sef a job. How yuh gwine t’ git a. job wif ’a.t angel’s eyebrow a-settin’ off yo’ toofies? Spose yuh walk in an’ axt a man for a job an’ he axt cha what cha c’n do. Yuh say: “Boss, I c’n do mos’ anything.” He’ll say: “Boy, ef yuh ain’t no better at work than yuh is at growin’ a mustach, yuh can’t do me no good.” Whatcha gwine do then, Mose? I know whatcha gwine do —yuh gwine stahve to deaf wif th’ res’ 0’ them angels. "You’s ’bout dat mustatch jis’ lak yuh is ’bout takin’ dat barnum- excelsior fo’ yuh head whin it feels lak it’s gwine bus’ any min- it. You feels worse’n th’ debble, but yuh swallow a dose 0’ dat stuff an’ git all blowed up an’ yuh think yuh all right. Yuh ain’ all right——yuh jus’ ’magine yuh is, Yuh wear dat mustatoh an’ think yo’sd a shook. Yuh am’ no shook —-ydh m’ nobody but Ease. “Q. on, Moso—-git ’a<: walk all’ Islfi mi’ tee.” Ould to Seek Subscribers For Year Book Circulation Drive for Calyx To Begin Monday; Every- one Urged to Subscribe SITTINGS FOR PICTURES OVER Modernistic Theme to be Used Throughout; Price Same A financial drive to obtain subscriptions to the Calyx will be launched Monday by the business staff of the Calyx under E. H. Ould, business manager. During this drive, which will last a week, every member of the student body will be solicited for subscriptions. The number of volumes print- ed will be based on the result of the subscription drive. Approximately 544 sittings have been made for the 1929 Calyx, 150 more than were made for the 1928 Calyx. These are all the pictures that will be taken, but anyone who wants to have his picture in the Calyx may do so by paying the regular picture fee to Ould and having his picture from the last year’s Calyx put in. Modernistic Theme The new book will have" a modernistic theme and will be printed by the Benson Printing Co., Nashville, Tenn.l W. A. Ben- son, representative of the com- pany, is in Lexington new con- ferring with C. C. Hutchinson, editor. The engraving is being done by the Capital engraver, also of Nashville. The cover, section plates, and other drawings, all bearing out the modernistic theme have been designed by Marion Junkin, editor of the 1927 Calyx. The book will contain approxi- mately 384 pages, and will cost $6, the same as last year. Work Complete Editorial work is almost com- plete. The University and frater- nity sections are entirely com- plete, except for the additional “goats” to be pledged this month. The sports section will not be made up until later this month, in order that the basketball di- vision may be complete. Baker Offered Presidency of Johns Hopkins W&L Alumnus and Secretary of War Under Wilson May Accept Position Newton D. Baker, a Washington and Lee alumnus, has been offer- ed the presidency of Johns Hop- kins university according to the Baltimore Sun. The Sun stated Friday that Mr. Baker would be the next president if he would accept. It was at first rumored that Mr. Baker was unwilling to accept the position because his family is settled in their Cleveland home. Mr. Baker, who was seceretary of war in the Wilson cabinet, is a trustee of the Johns Hopkins and also of Washington and Lee. Daniel Willard, president of the board of trustees of the univer- sity, said in regards to the offer to Mr. Baker: “The committee having charge of the matter has not yet report- ed and the trustees so far have offered the position to no one.” Mr. Baker graduated from Johns Hopkins with an A. B. in 1892 and from Washington and Lee with and LL. B., in 1894.- He has been prominently men- tioned for the Washington and Lee presidency. m_().____ Saunders To Visit Virginia Next Week John R. Saunders, Virginia at- torney general, plans to visit the University of Virginia next week to confer with school officials and persons living in the community on the investigation of excessive drinking by students, the Times- Dispatch of Richmond said this natnig. .3: is not known whether Mr. Sundae Ifil visit other 'ms%- ioua or Eds. Dean’s Office Swamped I With Student Petitions Asking Reinstatement Engineers Aim To Bind School And lndustry Joint Meeting of Engineering Students of W&L and VMI Held Engineering students of Wash- ington and Lee and the Virginia Military Institute will meet in five joint sessions in the Jackson Me- morial hall at V. M. I. during Feb- ruary and March to hear a series of lectures by scientifically-traim ed men. The lectures will begin February 5. The aim of the lectures will be to further better relations between students of Virginia Schools and Virginia industries. They will be sponsored by the Virginia section of the American Socety of Mech- anical Engineers and ‘delivered at Washington and Lee, V. M. I., and V. P. I. Five Lecturers The lecturers will be: Allen J. Saville, graduate of the Univer- sity, of Virginia, formerly direc- tor of public works of Richmond; Marshall Munce, graduate of V. M. I. and the Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, and a re- frigerating engineer connected with York Ice Machinery Com- pany; W. F. Ferguson, graduate of the Naval Academy and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, a specialist in ship design /and construction and production engineer of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com- pany; Arthur Scrivenor, graduate of King’s College, London, now in- dustrial engineer of Richmond; and Herman Aspegren, of the Royal Polytechnic Institute of Sweden and Frieburg University Germany, for the past twenty years vice-president of the Ports- mouth Cotton Oil Refining Cor- poration, Portsmouth. Start Tuesday The first lecture for Washing- ton and Lee and V. M. L, students will be Tuesday when Mr. Saville speaks. Mr. Munce will speak Feb. ruary 12; Mr. Ferguson on Feb. 19; Mr. Scrivener on February 26, and Mr. Aspergren on March 8th. “A glance at the alumni list of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute the University of Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, and Washington and Lee university looks like a directory of execu- tives of out of Virginia enter- prises,” J. A. Johnson of Rich- mond said today in announcing the lecturers. Lost Students “We are speaking now of the scientific engineering and chemi- cal departments of these institu- tions. _ “A check of the alumni list of Virginia Polytechnic Institute for the decade 1904 to 1914 records over 600 Virginians now in res- ponsible positions in industrial life living outside of Virginia.The Uni- versity of Virginia, Washington and Lee, and Virginia Military Institute would exhibit the same thing. Need Ability “In the past, our industries in Virginia were not of a higher scientific character; they employ- ed largely labor, instead of ability. Our new institutions though are bringing into the State numbers of highly-trained young men, and there is no reason why Virginia colleges could not be the source of supply. The executives of near- ly all of these new concerns are “A gathering of the executives “ Agathering of the executives of the various plants at Hopewell is like a University club. Nearly every scientific school in the world is represented. These men are exceedingly cordial to this coop- oraion between Virginia colleges ad induct-ins. Thu much rather got Virginia boys in: be obliged to as fiawhu." GROUNDHOG PREDICTS SIX WEEKS OF WINTER Six weeks of snow, ice and slippery pavements face stu- dents after today, if the pre- dictions of Forecaster Ground- hog are correct. According to tradition, the custodian of spring weather makes his appearance each February 2 and decides then, when the next season shall be- gin. If he comes out of his hole and sees his shadow he imme- diately returns, to remain for’ six weeks; but if he fails to see his shadow on this date. Spring will arrive shortly. Forecaster Groundhog was met with brilliant sunshine in Lexington today and after see- ing his shadow very plainly, he returned into his hole. Easter Dances May be Delayed For Two Weeks Postponement Asked by Cot- illion and “13” Clubs so That More Will Attend A plan to throw the Easter dances two weeks later in the spring was placed before a joint meeting of the Cotillion and “13” clubs Thursday night and accep- ted. The plan will be submitted to the executive committee of the student body and then to the fa- culty for approval. Under the plan submitted the Easter dances, instead of coming on April 1 and 2, the Monday and Tuesday after Easter, will fall on April 19 and 20. The new dates will be on Friday and Saturday. Instead of having three holidays immediately after Easter the plan callsfor only two. The additional holiday will be taken on April 20, making it posisble to have the spring dances then. It is customary to have the “13” club dance on the first night of the Easter set and it is followed by the Cotillion club dance on the second night. Because so many students take advantage of _ the holidays to leave Lexington it is thought the dances will be im- proved by the new arrangement and a larger attendance will re- sult. Thelflekxebiitive committee of the student body will receive the plan Tuesday and the faculty will re- ceive it at its next meeting. v Hospital Head Will Resign To Take New Post Mrs. Clyde Morehead, superin- tendent of the Jackson Memorial hospital, has tendered her resig- nation to become effective Febru- ary 15. Mrs. Morehead has ac- cepted a position as superinten- dent of the Piedmont sanitarium at Farmville, a state institution for tubercular patients. “Ihave enjoyed my work at the Jackson hospital and it has been a great pleasure to be associated with Washington and Lee stu- dents,” Mrs. Morehead stated, “and my greatest regret in leav- ing Lexington will be because I shall have to lose my contact with these boys.” Mrs. Morehead served her train- ing in Richmond and after her period as an intern became con- nected with state health work. Her efficiency won her a position as head of a state sanitarium. Af- ter becoming inactive in duty for several years she accepted a po- sition as superintendent of the Jackson Memorial hospital, which position she has held for the past year. ______9_.__.___.____ “If I give you some what will you say?” "I oan’t tell you,” answered the damning child, “untfl I have fiat- Od H110 oanclzy.”-—Washin¢:t.aI Shr. «ands. Many Victims Caught Under Automatic Rule Exact Number Unknown to Univ. Administrators; Estimate 100 7 LEAVE LAW SCHOOL, DEAN MORELAND SAYS “Normal Number” to Receive Degrees, Failures Not Exceptional “Will I be reinstated?” This is the question facing near- ly a hundred students since the ending of the first semester Tues- day. The exact number who have fallen under the automatic rule remained unknown today although five days have passed since the last examination was held. Neither Dean H.. D. Campbell or the Registrar, E. S. Matting- ly, were able to ascertain the exact number of men who have fallen under the automatic rule, which places a student out of the University when he receives F in two subjects, E in three, or fails to pass nine hours of work. Many Petition Swamped with letters petition- ing re—admission to the University it appeared today that Dean H. D. Campbell and the executive committee would not complete the task of re-instating until the lat- ter part of next week. Until then the automatic victims will remain in suspense. Whether a larger number of students fell under the automatic this year than is usual cannot be stated. Campus rumors are that a large number of academic fresh- men and law students felt the rule’s force. Seven Lawyers Out Although Dean Campbell has re- fused to comment on the situa- tion, W. H. Moreland, dean of the law school, however, said last night only seven men were defi- nitely suspended in that school. “The normal number of men will graduate from the Law School this year,” Mr. Moreland said in denying the rumor that an ex- ceptional percentage of Law sen- iors have “busted” their degrees. “Normal number” was said to mean about twenty. A new grading system was in- stituted in the Law school at the beginning of the school year, which made the passing grade seventy instead of seventy-five. Law professors stated at that time this change would not lower the scholastic standard of the school but would be followed by more strict grading. Freshmen Considered Judging from past actions of the dean and faculty committee, it is thought academic freshmen will be given more consideration. for re-instatement than upper- classmen. The faculty assumes that freshmen are unfamiliar with college work during their first semester in the University. Absence from school due to flu, which swept the campus shortly before the Christmas holidays, is believed to have been largely re- sponsible for many students fail- ing to pass their work. Who’s Who ON THE CAMPUS A. L. MCCARDELL, Manager of Track for the year 1928? ’29. “Mac” is a Senior in the Com- merce Schol and a member of Phi Delta Theta social frater- nity. Last year he was award- ed the Luther Seevers Birley Scholarship, and this year his duties as Track Manager not only include regular Outdoor Track, but also Cross Country and Indoor Track. He is from Frederick, flay- OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290202/WLURG39_RTP_19290202_002.2.txt PAGE TWO THE RING-TUM PHI Ellie Ring-tum lfllii (ESTABLISHED 1897) 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 Manager 480; Managing Editor, 412; University News Editor. 579; Sports Editor, 112; Editorial Rooms 2043 and 2143. Entered at the Lexington, Va., Postoffice as second class mail matter. Editor-in-Chief Business Manager HENRY P. JOHNSTON, 29 A ALLEN B. MORGAN, 29 C REPORTORIAL L Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor Editor “amazes Sugrue, MacKenzie, 31C..._ Elias, 30A 0 wgagnyghp 5 KY 311 EDITORIAL ASS ; G. F. Ashworth, 30A; C. H. Wilson, 29A. V EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Hutchinson, 29A; J. B. Magee, 31A; J. G. Berry, 29A; . Tarrant, 30A; W. 0. Thomas, 31A; A.J. Leibowitz.31A. REPORTERS A. M. Harvey, 31A: A. M. Helfat, 31A; A. D. Noyes, 31A; . Jones, 29A €.°.< 090 All matters of business should be addressed to the Busi- ness Manager. All other matters should come to the Editor- in-Chief. . _ We are always glad to publish any communications that may be handed to us. No unsigned correspondence ‘will be published; however, we shall gladly withhold your signature from print upon request. If the choice were left to me whether to have a free press or a free government, I would choose a free press.—- Thomas_ Jefferson. ONE SLIP THEN DEATH C. H. Patterson has tendered his resig- nation as secretary of the Young Men’s Christian association effective at the close of the current college year, and a coin- mittee of four faculty members has been selected to name a successor. Already the committee has conferred with the exec- utive secretary of the southern regional Y. M. C. A. and with the chairman of the personnel division of the national organi- zation. ' At one time on this campus the Young Men’s Christian association was a very pop- ular organization, and was regarded as a very worthwhile enterprise. But today most of the old prestiege the “Y” once had has disappared. An unwise move several years ago in selecting a new secretary began its disintergration. Poorly selected cabinets, headed by incompetent student presidents, has caused students to lose respect and Contact with the “Y.” The present secretary has strived in every way to live down the unfavorable, undying criticism justified in former years. If the Young Men’s Christian associa- tion is to regain its former reputation and position on the Washington and Lee cam- pus, the committee must be deliberate and careful in its selection. One more slip will mean death. The “Y” has failed to come in contact with students. Possibly as many as five or six percent derive some benefits from this organization, whereas to fulfill its purpose it should be serving not‘ less than seventy- five percent, if not ninety-five. Only the five percent say the “Y” is Worthwhile and should continue. Even some of these are dubious about the “Y” accomplishing its purpose on the campus. With the Y. M. C. A. considered a stu- dent organization it should serve one hun- dred percent, not five. We are hesitant in saying the club has acquired “bad name,” but we freely say it has acquired a name of an organization which has utterly failed to accomplish its purpose——that is in serving the student body. Last June the “Mink” was discontinued by faculty ruling because this publication had failed to accomplish its purpose and be- cause it had acquired a “bad name” and it was feared this name could not be out- lived. If the “Y” is to contribute at Wash- ington and Lee a number of years will be necessary to entirely wash away the stained memories of former years. One student remarked several days ago that he never heard of the “Y” except to report there for proof from the studio or to vote in athletic elections. A freshman even asken an upperclassman where the “Y” room was located a couple years ago after he had been on the campus for several months. One member of the student body is quot- ed in the September 29 issue of this pa- per as saying “the Y has a place on the campus.” We thoroughly agre that the “Y” has a place on the campus.” We thorough- ly agree that the “Y” has a place on the campus, but it has been futile in occupying its allotted place . . .it should have a place on the" compus and should serve the student body one hundred percent, not five or six or even fifty. , For the Y. M. C. A. to be considered a worthwhile organization, as it is on a few campuses of American colleges, the commit- tee must not consider a prospected person solely because he has made a success at such and such a college nor because he is just sincere, but must be careful and do- the half ended liberate in selecting a man who will qualify with the surroundings confronting him on the Washington and Lee campus. One sin-“ gle slip in selecting a. successor to the loyal’ congenial, sincere Mr. Patterson will mean- the death knell ‘to the Young Men’s Chris- tion association on this campus . . . yes, one slip and then it’s death. ~ WHAT’S NEXT? In the past century science has develop- ed more rapidly than it has in all the mil- lions of years before. Everyday some new discovery is being made, old processes are being perfected. We wonder what will be next? The medical field of science has possi- bly made the most rapid strides. We have discovered how to prevent diseases through serums, how to cure ailments, and opera- tions have been perfected. When doctors had improved the medical profession to the extent of operating on a person with a stabbed heart and preventing death and grafting portions of other beings or animals to a patient we believed the point of perfection had almost been reached, But we were wrong. United Press dispatches from Moscow, Russia state that Drs. S. S. Brukhanenko and Sergei Chechulin, of the Moscow Scientific Chemico-Pharmaceutical Insti- tute, have been successful in keeping alive the head of a dog for several hours with an “artificial heart.” These two physicians are of the opinion that their experiments in keeping alive the detached head of a dog will open the way to far greater accomplishments in the study of the brain than heretofore. The doc- tors said the bodyless head, lying on a plate and conected to a mechanical blood pump or heart, looked and behaved exactly as a normal living dog, except it uttered no sound. Doctor Brukhanenko stated that the usual canine signs of pain and pleasure and reaction to light, to sound, to touch, and to taste were noticed. ° By such isolation the doctors point‘ out that the brain can be studied much closer and a more accurate knowledge of the nerve fibers and their functions can be learned, then it would be possible to determine what substances feed the brain. Various sub- stances can be fed the brain and a close ob- servation made of each reaction. In this way scientists would be able to study brain toxines, which are generally conceeded to explain fatigue, the need for rest and sleep. Whether these doctors or others will ever be able to successfully prolong life in the human race is too far into the future, but with the rapid strides physicians are continually making it does not seem impos- sible. Only last fall one physician and chem- ist asserted that the production of synthet- ic babies could be expected. If babies can be made in a chemical laboratory, is it as- suming too much for us to believe some means of prolonging life may be discovered? ___o___.._ SOUTHERN CHAMPIONS ? Since the Southern Conference was, formed several years ago Washington andl Lee has had some fine teams, but never one that held the Southern Conference cham- Over the >3‘ Coffee Cup HE BATTLES ROYAL OF 1929 promise to be shifted from po- litics into busines. The Rockefel- ler-Stewart battle has been under way for sometime and is now nearing conclusion. Thursday, an- other war appeared when minor- ity stockholders in the Childs Res- taurant Corporation made it known they would try to oust William Childs, chairman of the board. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr., claims to be defending the name of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. He has called on Col. Robert W. Stewart to resign as chairman of the board. Stewart’s conduct before the Senate investi- gation committee last year is the basis of the contest. The elder Rockefeller, alhtough he has no stock in the Indiana company, agrees with his son “and does not see how his son could have done otherwise.” VEGETABLES VERSUS MEAT is the basis of the restaurant squabble. It is claimed by min- ority stock holders that William Childs, a vegetarian, has been of- fering his gastronomic favorites to restaurant customers. The re- venue has been cut as the result. An attempt will be made to oust Childs as chairman of the board and restore meat to the menu. Both stockholders meetings will be held March 7. The Ides of of March, 1929, may see two busi- ness czars deposed or more deeply entrenched in power. Until the final battle non-stockholders will be as interested in the fight as the owners of Standard Oil and Childs stock. THE SENATE’S effort to solve the prohibition question with a $24,000,000 appropriation has met a stumbling block. The bill went from the house to a conference committee Thursday despite pro- tests of those clamoring for im- mediate approval. What fate it will meet in the committee re- mains to be seen, but it seems the appropriation will not go through or be turned down without stren- uous protests. “THE NEED for more judges is one of the penalties the peo- E55§§§§§E5EEESEEEEEElEEEEEIEl§lEilIiIHIaE5i3l3lEi§IiI3Iflii7l pionship. In 1915 at Ithaca, N. Y., we saw the Big; Red of Cornell fighting with the Big Blue’ of Washington and Lee for the football championship of the United States. When; Johnny Barrett made three sensational‘ runs for touchdowns in the first half an 21 to 0, in favor of Washington and Lee, it seemed our great day had come. Barrett was hurt, however, and Cornell managed to eke out a win, 24; to 21. . Again it seems that our day has come,‘ and this time it will be an unexpected fate‘. that will deny it. The basketball team this’ year is headed for a conference champion- ship with a force that brooks no stopping. Captain Lowry and his men have taken, up where Johnny Barrett and his stalwarts had to leave off. The smothest, fastest, and fightingest team that has worn the Blue and White for years is headed for an un- defeated season and the crowns of South- ern champions. Seven wins and no losses up until today. Today the team plays the University of Maryland in College Park and this, too, should be on the win side. Our strongest competitor, Georgia Tech, had trouble with Georgia, a team we snowed under, 44 to 25. 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West Nelson St. s Phone 164 OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290202/WLURG39_RTP_19290202_003.2.txt RING-TUM PHI PAGE rnnnn Generals Keep Slate Clean and Down W&M lndians, 47-19 Advance Another Step To- ward State Championship In Last Night’s Win The Washington and Lee’ bas- ketball team kept its season’s slate clean and advanced ‘another notch toward the state champion- ship when it took the scalp of the William and Mary Indians by the count of 47 to 19. The quint from Williamsburg put up com- paratively stiff opposition until the last few minutes of play when the Generals’ high power- ed scoring machine swung into ac- tion and Captain Lowry caged five field goals, receiving able as- sistance from Cox. By virtue of his final spurt, Lowry tied Cox for the high point man of the evening, each bagging a total of 16 points. Williams’ shots swelled the total by nine points. Silverman collected five counters for the visitors with Mozeleski and Sauerbron each ac- counting for four. The Generals started the game at /la steady pace, Williams cag- ing the first basket soon after the op(ning whistle. Wood, Cox, and Lowry found the hoop in rapid succession before the Indians call- ed time out to reorganize. Cox and Williams carried the brunt of the Washington and Lee attack for the rest of the half with a series of shots immediately under the basket. The Generals were on the long end of a 26 to 9 score at the half. The Indians came onto the floor with a revamped defense after the half and played the Generals on even terms for several minutes. With three quarters of the time gone, the Generals, led by Cap- tain Lowry, rang up 15 points in a hurry while the visitors were held to a single free throw. Wood played a brilliant game on defense for his team. He received a quantity of help from Groop and Hanna. Light and Mozeleski did noble work under their own basket. Lineup and summary: Washington and Lee G- .. Cox, f ............................. .. 8 Lowry, f (c) ................. -- 7 Williams, c._-.._._._...__...-~ 4 Wood, g__-__._..-.»._..— 1 Hanna, g ...................... .. 0 Jacob, f ............................ .. 0 Groop, g- .................. _..._. 0 Faulkner, g.-_ -_--_.__-. 0 Pilley, g_ ............................. ..0 oooooic-i--ix->o.,J its Ho-A -Cl OOOoOO'a¢OO=d>Fi Totals 20.. William and Mary G, Sauerbron, f (c) ______________ .. 1 Silverman, f .......... __ Darden, f Butler, c ............................. ..__ 1 _..__ 1 g -------------------------------- -- 0 Mozeleski, g_ .................... .. 2 oooooooootofiy-i pt-orootooN>o1a:=-l€ Totals 7 __.___0____ Virginia F rosh Beat Yearlings The University of Virginia freshmen took the measure of the Little General basketeers for the first time in three years when they managed to nose out a 40 to 36 win in Charlottesville Thurs- day. The Washington and Lee quint hopped into the lead at the be- ginning of the game, but the Ca- valiers came back strong to run up a fifteen point lead at half time. A beautiful spurt in the last four minutes of play by the Blue and White frosh missed knoting the score by four points. Atzback was the big gun in the Little Generals’ attack, accounting for 15 points. Burke, at guard, sunk four field goals and a free toss. Mayo led the assault for Virginia. . The Little Generals paused in Waynesboro Wednesday night to decisively trounce the Fishburne quint by the count of 36 to 16. The Cadets were unable to punc- ture the Blue and White defense and resorted to long shots. Smith and Fulton were high scorers for Coach Davis’ quint. - ~—-—-0—-:- MANY TO ATTEND Many Washington and Lee stu- dents wil attend the Sweetbriar Mid-winters which will be held the week-end of February 8. The dance on February 9 is for out- of-state boys only. An orchestra from Washington has been engag- ed to play for the dances. There will be an informal tea dance given Friday afternoon and, a formal dance will be given that night. The night dance corres- ponds to a Sophomore Cotillion and will be led by a Sophomore. l \ u GENERAL GOSSIP When the current basketball season opened, there was the usual mass of ballyhoo from sports writers down South about the strength of the teams in that section with their opinion of the Generals tacked on in the last paragraph along with Vir- ginia, V. P. I., ‘V. M. I. and a couple of others. While it is true that the Generals did nothing out- standing last winter, Charlie Ham- ilton of the Richmond-News Lead- er seems to be the only scribe who remembered that half a dozen freshmen looped baskets quite regularly throughout the season. It is hard to tell what the far southern sports authorities thought when Georgia was taken for a fifteen point ride. When Vir- ginia fell before Washington and Lee, Coach Lannigan of the for- mer team crashed throughwith the statement that this is the best Washington and Lee team he ever saw. At last the far southern writers have come to, realize that maybe some of the SPORTS CALENDAR Today Varsity wrestling——W. & L. vs. Virginia, here. ~ Freshman Boxing—W & L. vs. S. M. A, there Tuesday Varsity Basketball—W & L, vs. Maryland, there. Freshman Basketball-—-W. & L. vs. S. M. A., there. Generals Face Maryland Five There Tonight First Game Away from Home Watched with Interest; Maryland Strong The Washington and Lee bas- ketball team will face the five of the University of Maryland at College Park tonight. The Gen- erals entrained this morning from Staunton, and will arrive in Wash- ington early this afternoon. This is the first venture of the Blue and White squad on a for- eign court, and their outcome will be watched with considerable in- terest by other members of the basketball players in the northcrn wise roll up points like they say Georgia, Auburn, Georgia Tech, and the rest of them do. Smithfii? For Greatest Court Tourney March 7, 8, and 9 Dates Set For High School Tourna- ment Here Intent upon making the 1929 interscholastic basketball tourna- ment sponsored annually by Wash- ington and Lee, the largest and most successful in its history, Coach R. A. Smith, tournament director is busily engaged in mak- ing preparations for the series scheduled for March 7, 8 and 9 in Doremus Gymnasium. Over 250 invitations have been sent to the leading schools in Vir- ginia, West Virginia, North Caro- lina, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Smith is expecting an unusually large number of insti- tutions to be represented. Approx- imately thirty teams participated in the elimination last season. The tournament dates have been set for the week following the an- nual Southern Conference colle- giate championship at Atlanta. It is hoped that themajority of par- ticipating quintets will have com- pleted their schedules so that the tournament will bring together the various state champions and de- cide the winner of the South At- lantic sector. Any School May Eenter Although the majority of the schools showing interest in the series during the past five seasons have been sent invitations Coach Smith says that any school is eli- gible to compete despite failure to receive an entry blank. The series will be conducted un- der the same rules as last year, with the winning team receiving all its expenses as last year, with the winning team receiving all its expenses and its members earn- ing‘ individual awards. The visit- ing combinations will be the guests of the University and hous- ed under the supervision of Coach Smith. The individual high point scorer will receive a special award Champs Back Again Staunton Military Academy, last year’s tournament winner and also victor in 1925, intends to enter a squad again this season. John Marshall high school of Richmond champions in 1924, and the 1926 victors, Oak Ridge Institute of North Carolina are also expected to belrepresented. From the District of Columbia comes the report that the strong Emerson Institute court team will come to Lexington if it closes its schedule as successfully as it started it. The Emerson five com- posed of. five former high school performers of the city have been traveling at a fast clip this sea- son and during their recent trip through the Valley have admin- istered decisive defeats to the leading Virginia schools. ____o_._._._ Trom-—“Have you heard the "Livery Stable Blues?” Bone—-“No, what is it?” , Trom—‘‘The words are fine but! ‘the air is bad.” . Southern conference. sector have Earned to Shoot a and Lee is at present tied with where they will meet Percy Wil- snowbird with one hand and other-1G€01'gi3 Tech for first place inllianis ,the flying Canadian who Washington the conference standing, and a victory tonight will strengthen their position considerably. Maryland Strong , The Old Liners after starting poorly have come back and de- feated V. P. I., the only confer- ence team met. Virginia was met last night at College Park in a conference game between the two schools. The Generals have an old debt to pay, the Maryland team having gained two victories over them. last year. Maryland was the first team played last year, defeating Washington and Lee 38 to 24. Second Game Close On January 13 ,the Old Liners inveded the Doremus gym and downed W. & L., 31 to 28, in a game featured by the ability of the Marylanders to tally time and again from the center of the floor. The Generals’ defense re- fused to allow free shots from under the basket, and the Mary- land team took a decided advan- tage with their ability to have two-pointers from all angles of the court. Captain Jim Lowry was top- man in this game with nineteen points, but it was not enough to ofl'set the Old Liners’ sharp- shooting. The probable Washington and Lee line-up tonight will be: Cap- tain Lowry and Cox, forwards; Williams, center; and Hanna and Wood, guards. Jacobs, Groop and Homer will be held in reserve. 0 -SOUTHERN CONFERENCE BASKETBALL STANDINGS Team W Georgia Tech ....................... ._6 Washington and Lee ......... -3 Maryland ........ ..‘ ................... "1 North Carolina, Tulane ____ ,, Alabama __ Georgia ................................. ..7 Mississippi ............................ ..4 N. C. State. ,3 Tennessee .............................. "3 Clemson ................................ .2 Kentucky .. Virginia ............................... "2 Auburn ................................. ..1 Vanderbilt V. M. I ..................... .. Mississippi A. & M ............ ..1 V. P. I ................................. ..1 South Carolina...“ Florida Sewanee _———0 MUST HAVE PROOFS l\'J~'l¢Dl\Dt0l\')N>t\?i$=~0D0O0D[\'>l\9COl-ll-*+4O©Or‘ According to an announcement made by E. H. Ould, business manager of the Calyx, all stu- dents who have not called for and returned their proofs must do so by 5 p.m. Monday or their picture will not appear in the Calyx. . —-——--0--——— A mistrial was declared yester- day in the case of Richard G. Gal- logly, former college student of Atlanta, who was accused of con- nection with the murder of a drugstore clerk during a holdup last October. The Atlanta jury stood six for acquital and six for conviction with mercy or life im- prisonment. \ Triangular Mile Relay Be- tween W&L, Yale and Columbia Feature Washington and Lee will be re- presented for the first time in his- ‘tory in the famous Melrose A. A. iindoor games next Saturday in Madison Square Garden, accord- ing to Coach Forrest Fletcher. The Generals will be represented in the mile relay, the invitation fifty-yard dash, and possibly in the low hurdles. The triangular mile relay be- tween the teams of Yale, Colum- bia-and Washington and Lee is expected to be one of the features of the evening. Yale claims the in- ter-collegiate championship as a result of its victory in the Penn relays. Columbia is an unknown quantity. The Generals’ quartet compos- ed of Backus, Sandifer, Simmons, and Brock which won the South [Atlantic championship last win- ter in Richmond is intact, but the fast‘ freshman combination of Grant, Bigham, Shepherd, and Dickey which finished second to Georgetown in the Penn Relays last spring is fighting to break into the former team. V‘ Grant and Sandifer are enter- ed in the special fifty-yard dash captured the 100 and 200 meter events in the last Olympics. Finklestein, a freshman, has been clocked in unusually fast time for the fifty yard low hurdle event, and Coach Fletcher is ser- iously thinking of giving him a chance against big—time competi- tion. The Washington and Lee team has also received an invitation to compete in the Meadowbraak games in Philadelphia on the Tuesday following the Melrose competition, but ‘the local ath- letic authorities have reached no decision over the matter yet. —~—o Frosli Mitmen At S.M.A. Today In Second Bout 6 The Little Generals boxing team are meeting S. M. A., this afternoon in Staunton. This is the second match of the season for the Frosh, and Coach Price ex- pects more favorable results than in the previous meet with A.M.A., which was lost by the close count of 4 to 3. The team is especially strong in the lighter weights, though it has been considerably strengthen- ed by MacDonald, a promising light-heavy, who reported only re- cently. The team today will be composed of Robinson, 115 lb; McKinney, 135 lb; Debogory, 125 lb; Homestead, 145 1b.; Harral, middle-weight, light-heavy. .j_o___ Varsity Boxers Ready For VPI The Varsity boxing team looks more promising this week than ever before before according to Coach Bill Price. Next Saturday they face the tough assignment of meeting V. P. I. in Blacksburg Tryouts for this meet will be held the first part of next week. Junkin and Armstrong seem to be the most promising conten- ders in the 115 lb class. Black will probably represent the Gen- erals in the 125 lb. section. Jack Crosland is another sure starter in the 145 lb class. Robinson, Ward, Crenshaw, and Bledsoe are showing promise in the Welter division. Thompson or Devine will fight in the middle weight section. Tallyn looks best in the light heavy ranks. Heaps will fight in the heavyweight class. To _ Washington, D. C. The ranks of the veterans of the Civil War are being rapidly depleted, ac- cording to statistics issued by the Department of the Interior. The pension roll had fallen to 68,788 at the end of 1928. This is more than 6,000 lower than the same roll was six months earlier, thus indicating that these venerable former soldiers are dying at the rate of more than 1,000 a month. J. W. Zimmerman Lexington, Va. Graduate Optician Registered Optometrist Washington and Lee to Enter 5 Track Teain at Melrose Gaines SCHEDULE, AND RESULTS TO DATE - Jan. 9—W&L. 45, Hampden- Sidney, 26, here. Jan. 11~—W&L. 77; Bridge- water, 22, here. Jan. 14-—W&L. 44; Georgia 25, here. = Jan. 15—W&L. 56; Randolph- Macon, 27, here. Jan. 19—W&L. 47; Virginia 19, here. Jan. 26-—W&L. 44; V. P. I. 25, here. Feb. 1—W&L. 44; William ‘& Mary 17, here. Feb. 2——W&L; there. Feb. 8—W&L; Kentucky, Feb. 9—W&L; West Virgin- ia, there. Feb. here. Feb. 16—W&L; V. P. I. Roa- noke. Feb. 20--W&L; Maishall Col- lege, here. , Feb. 23—W&L; there. Feb. there. Mar. nament. Maryland, 14—VV&L; Davidson, V. P. I. 26~W'&L; Virginia, 1-2-4-5—Atlanta Tour- lFive Tackles Are Captains In Conference Five Southern Conference ele- evens have chosen tackles as cap- ltains for the 1929 season accord- ling to the complete list issued by ltthe Associated Press a short time ‘ago. Quarterbacks, centers, guards and halfbacks are tied for second ‘place with three each. Two ends have been named leaders, while Florida supplies the only fullback. The complete list is as follows: Billy Hicks, Alabama, quarter- back; (To elect later) Alabama Poly Institute; 0. D. Padgett, Clemson, halfback; Kistler, Duke, tackle; Rainey Cawthon, Florida, fullback; Joe Boland, Georgia, cen- ter; Harrell Rusk, Georgia Tech, center; Ed. Covington, Kentucky, halfback; Frank Ellis, La. State, tackle; (name captain weekly), Maryland; Wylie Burnett, Missis- sippi, tackle; name captain week- ly, Miss. A. and M.; Ray Farris, North Carolina, guard; John Lepo, N. C. State, tackle; Bill Cravens, Sewanee, end; Julian Beall, S. C., center; Howard Johnson, Tenne- ssee guard; Billy Banker, Tulane, ‘halfback; Johnny Sloan, Virginiap quarter-..ack; Albert Hawl-;i.is, V. M. I., quarterback; L. Brodericli Hutter, Virginia Tech, end; Bi'own, Vanderbilt, guard; Hawkins, Washington and Lee, tackle. TQ__ Uncle Eli~Say, Hiram, Bull Bill what be Z lndoor Season Practice Begins Fletcher Preparing Men For Annual Virginia Indoor Meet In Feb. Coach Fletcher is putting his track squad through vigorous work-outs every afternoon in the gym in order to whip the men in- to shape for indoor season, soon to start. ’ This year the coach is entering his team in the annual Virginia Indoor meet, which is to be held on February 23 (at Charlottes- ville) instead of the Richmond meet. It is probable that this will be the only meet that a full team will be entered. The mile relay team‘is prepar- ing for the Melrose games which is to be held in New York on Feb. 9. Some of the best mile relay teams in the country will be re- presented in this meet. The coach will also take a cou- ple of sprinters to enter the spe- cial invitation events. Grant and ‘Sandifer will probably be the en- tr. in these events. W. J. THOMAS Meat Market Quality and Service Phones 81 and 288 and McDonald, I Next Saturday l F rosli Matmen J . , , W. 0 d T. =ye a-puttin that-there contrap—: In ne an 1e ftion ‘way up on the peak of yerl one in Two Weeks barn fer? Be ye plum crazy‘? I 1 Hiram—Crazy nuthin’! I’m rig—i HJEARN THE PKANO IN II! VI Iill IRWIN & C0,, Inc. Everything In DRY GOODS AND GROCER- , IES Quality, Service and Price . lgin’ up a rural ‘letter-box so we:': TEN LESSONS A 28-10 victory, at the expense kin ketch the air mail wh n it; TEN0R_BANJ0 OR ‘ of Augusta Military Academy, at goes by, by gravy.—Pathfinder. 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EJ .’.::."“...:m ta“ ‘°-"M “'2 ~.u-' on orgivesyou up you how our Paqyarnas, tailored by Glover in the inéodeiéiisrnanner, you this joyous to . college men's preferences. ol\i\V\/mfl MEN'S‘zSHOES See them on display at STETSON D IPMAMM OCR::/Vol_033/WLURG39_RTP_19290202/WLURG39_RTP_19290202_004.2.txt PAGE POUR TH! RING-TUK Pl! Fraternities Set For lnitiation of 152 Pledges Several Social Groups Have Already Started Hell Week (Continued from page one) 16, and initiation Feb. 17. Pled- ges: C. B. Taylor, R. T. Silva, S. M. Freeman, James Moore, and H. L. Williams. Beta Theta Pi—Hell Week Tues- day, initiation Tuesday, Feb. 12. Pledges: C. E. Long, Jr., D. F. Crassen, R. C. Saxon, J. F. Ladd, W. C Edwards, A E. Younkin, H. C. Sullivan, Jr., H. M. Miller, D. E. Nichols, Jr., F. S Smith. Arcades~Hell Week plans un- certain Pledges: Reed McDougall, .William Donaldson, William Wood- al ,and Lloyd Foster. Lambda Chi Alpha——Hell Week Wednesday. Plans for initiation uncertain. Initiation about March 1. Pledges: W. M. Dix, H. A. Hartley, T. C. Creasy, E. A. John- ston, J. L. Lytle, Jr., J. R. Myrick, J. S. Shields, C. B. Vickers and E. F. Wicke. Kappa Sigma—Hell Week Mon- day, through Friday, with initia- tion Saturday. Pledges:Billy Long, H. Hartgrove, T. Layne, W. Mat- tox, C. Biddle, B. Montgomery, Billy Noelke, Preston Sale, Sher- wood Wise, Ira Oglesby. ’ Phi Delta Theta-—Hell Week from Feb. 9 to 16, with initia- tions Sunday, Feb. 17. Pledges: Judson Jones, Tyson Harris, Rich- srd Skeen,» Henry Fairchild, Lo- renz Schmidt, John Astin, Ed. Gwinn, Malcolm Campbell ,and John Hewer. Sigma Alpha Epsilon-Hell Week from Feb. 2 to 10, initiation Feb. 10. Pledges: G. M. Jannings, D. H. Smith, A. H. Bickerstaff, Jr., R. K Simpson, G. R. Smith, L. A. DeBorgory, R. R. Russell, G. W. Schnath, C C., Harris, J. S. Broome, J. E. Lightie, Jr., R. L. Hall, Jr. Alpha Chi Rho-—Hell Week be- gins Thursday, Feb. 14, with ini- tiation Tuesday, Feb. 19. Pledges: H. E. Wilcox, K. E. Yeager, J. C. Connor, 0. W. Wine, J. J. Broderick, G. S. Lewis, and C. Atzback. Alpha Tau Omega-—Hell Week Feb. 9 to 16, initiation Saturday, Feb. 16. Pledges: L. S. Lockett, J. N. Freeman, H. Taylor, H. ‘ Hutchens, R. Sturgis, R. Morris, Frank Bailey, W. Knopf, J. Mac- Willism, K. M. Stone, and Tom Walker. The Ring-tum Phi was unable to reach the Sigma Nu house to- day and the date of their initia- tion nnd their pledges could not be ascertained. __.____.4):_.__ Invitations For Fancy Dress May Be Secured Now Invitations for Fancy Dress ball have arrived, seording to T. G. Gibson, leader of the dance. Each student is allowed to invite friends for the ball. Students desiring these invita- tions may get them from Lewis Powell at the Phi Kappa Sigma house, and from Van Gilbert at S. A. E. house. The decorations for the Ball are nearing completion under the di- rection of Carl Gill, assisted by Wililam T. Munford and frat- ernity “goats.” The decoration scheme will car- ry out the theme of the ball, which will represent a scene from the Arabian Nights. The figure will present the characters of Scheherazade’s, (the wife of the Sultan who had condemned her to die) tales to save her life. Ted Weem’s Victor recording orchestra has been secured for the set of dances. _)__ MONDAY, FEB. 4th (Adolph Msnjou II “MARQUIS PREFERRED” TUESDAY, Feb. 5th Lillian Gish in "THE WIND” WEDNESDAY, FEB. Ith Cheater Conklin In ‘TAXI 13" Howe Discusses Progress Made In Chemistry After fifty-three years of study and research in science, Dr. Jas. Lewis Howe, dean of the School of Applied Science at Washington and Lee university, nearing his re- tirement age, sat in his office here and recalled the seven-league strides of chemistry in the half- century. Years when chemistry was merely one of the sciences, and little thought of at that, when airplanes and automobiles were considered fantastic myths, and when a single room housed the entire science school at Washing- ton and Lee were recalled. Dr. Howe heads a school begun in 1866 by General Robert E. Lee while president of the institution. The first professor in charge was Colonel William Allan, who had been chief ordinance officer in the second corps of the army of Northern Virginia. Colonel Allan was followed by General Custis Lee, who succeeded his father as president. “When I began to study,” Dr. Howe said, “most American stu- dents went to German finishing schools. There were no schools for that purpose in this country. When I came to Washington and Lee, teachers usually attended Johns Hopkins university. There were then a few schools being started under the influence of Hopkins.” ’ “Upon my arrival at Washing- ton and Lee,” Dr. Howe continu- ed, “I found that a. thirty-by-six- ty-foot chemical laboratory, now the power house, had just been built. Thirty-five students were studying chemistry and only two were working in the laboratory. There are now 194 chemical stu- dents enrolled. The chemical laboratory then consisted of seven volumes. It now has more than 5,000 and 06- cupies four rooms." Aluminum in 1880, according to Dr. Howe, was hardly more than a chemical curiosity. A short while later, three graduate stu- dents—-Castner of Colorado, Cow- les of Case Schol of Applied Sci- ence at Cleveland, Ohio, and Cy- rus Hall of 0berlin——believed sl- uminum would be_ useful and at- tacked the problem of getting it cheaply. They were stimulated to their work by hearing their pro- fessors remark what a good thing it would be if it could be gotten cheaply. Dr. Howe also recalled that ray- on silk grew out of the war and the need for intro-celluloses. These celluloses, when mixed with ether and alcohol, left a film. This film mixed with esmphor brought cel- luloid. Someone devised a method of dividing it into threads by dis- solving it and then running it through A process of spinning. Rayon silk marks the first time up new textile has made such I de- cided influence on an old product. It can be used alone or with cot- ton, silk, or wool. One-fifth of all hosiery today contains rayon. Mil- lions of yards of cloth, wholly or in part rayon, are made annually. Capital investment in this textile in the Southern States alone am- ounts to $100,000,000. The output in rayon in 1913, when it was starting, was 24,000,000 pounds; four years ago, 142,000,000; and last year 250,000,000. About one- third of this output came from the United States and a good pro- portion from Virginia. “Tubercu1in was discovered while I was dean of the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, Kentucky. In 1890, I caused some to be brought for experimental purposes directly from the discov- erer to Louisville. This was the beginning of the systematic at- 3 tack on tuberculosis. Tuberculin’s chief use today is in testing herds of cows. . “My most interesting study has been that of ruthenium," be con- some residues sent over from the Academy of Science at St. Peters- burg, Russia. My experience had always been with samples of ruth- enium without osmium. It never occurred to me when the small brown bottle arrived to look at its label. A few minutes after I began my experiment with the residue, I smelled a peculiar va- por rising from the container. Suddenly I recognized it as osnic acid, a very poisonous gas, and stopped the experiment instantly." The scientist» walked into his laboratory adjoining his office and returned with a small dust-covered brown bottle, which he held to the light atths window. “I haven't bothered it since," he said. . tinued. “Several years ago I had, “Collgiate” Under Investigation By - Washington Dean Washington and Ice has been invited to participate in a nation- wide survey of educational insti- tutions, undertsken -to ascertain the real status of the socalled “collegiste" in American college life. Henry Grattan Doyle, Dean of Men of George ,,Washington Uni- versity, Washington, D. C., has addressed a questionaire to the Dean asking a number of signi- ficant questions pertaining to the “collegiate.” He wants to know whether the “collegiate” is the typical college student; also whe- ther slouchy dress or neatness in appearance is typical of the stu- dent body. He further asks whe- ther student opinion favors neat dress and courteous manners or approves slouchy appearance and careless habits of dress and con- duct. Other queries calculated to classify the “collegiate” are also made. A similar questionaire has been sent to the Deans of four hundred leading colleges. When replies are received Dean Doyle believes he will have a survey which will be of wide informative value, which may be presented to the annual convention of the Asosciation of Deans and Advisors of Men in Washington, April 11, 12, 13. “I am sure that in common with me, you have felt concern and sometime chagrin over the men- tal picture of the ‘collegiate’ boy or girl which the general public has apparently created during re- cent years,” says Dean Doyle, in his leter of inquiry. “I feel that this imaginary individual is by no means typical. For the purpose of contributing something toward the correction of what I believe to be erroneous public opinion and the creation of correct opinion founded on facts, I am sending this later to deans in a number of the leading colleges and uni- versities throughout the country in order to get a eoncensus of the leading colleges and universi- ties throughout the country in or- der to get I eoncensus of fact and opinion which can be presented to the public.” Dean Doyle then propounds the following questions: 1. (I) Is the “collegiate" of the humorous press and the vaude- ville stage the typical student of your college? or (b) Is he an exception in the personnel of your enrollment, and if so, what percentage of the to- tal student body is like him? 2. (a) Is 2. slouchy appearance, as evidenced by garterless socks, rumpled shirt and collar, sloppy shoes and wrinkled suits of clothing, typical of your student body? or (b) Is neatness in appearance, as evidenced by clean shaving, well-shined shoes, starched linen, appropriate neckties of neat ap- pearance and well-pressed suits of clothing, typical of your stu- dent body? _ 3. (s) In the main, does the psy- chological sttitude of your stu- dent body approve slouchy and careless habits of dress and con- duct or neat habits of dress and courteous manners? (b) Is there any appreciable at- titude of disfavor in your student body toward carelessness in dress and manners? 4. Is there any conection, in your opinion, between the attempt to be “collegiate” and such prob- lems as: (a) Drinking? (b) Necking? (c) Neglect of class work? Rapp Motor Co. Handling Wrecks a Specialty Tire Service, Gas Q Oil Phone 532 Book Review The Psychology of Language. By Pillsbury sud Mesder. New York: D. Appleton and Co. This book is written by a psy- chologist and a linguist. Certain chapters in psychology have al- ways been concerned with the general phenomena and habits of language, but here the accepted laws of language are treated from a psychological point of view. Few language scholars have ever been willing to apreciate the flood-of light furnished by biolinguistics. Thought and emotions and even physical processes are so tied up with language that they cannot well be divorced. I The present work takes up the nervous mechanisms of speech, the speech organs, the senses involv- ed in speech, mental.‘ and motor processes in speech, the origin of languages, language recep- tors, (reading and listening), thought and language, (words and their meanings), the mental ante- cedents of speech, sound changes in language, and syntax. A very useful index is appended, and also a Well organized bibliogra- phy and references to scholarly treatments for those who wish to pursue the study further. Both authors are professors in the University of Michigan. The jun- ior collaborator has in prepara- tion a manual of biolinguistics. The book is now on the shelves of our general library, and the chief interest in it lies in sub- ject matter and the novelty of treatment. ((1) Dishonesty‘ in examina- tions? (e) Other ethical problems? 5. Does the “collegiate” type of student referred to in the opening of this letter excel, as a rule, in: (a) Scholastic standing? (b) Sports? (c) Other student activities? 6. In your opinion is the “col- legiate” type diminishing or in- creasing! 7. Do you or do you not agree with me that in general our stu- dent bodies are composed of rea- sonably serious young people, whose ideals and standards of conduct compare favorably with those of preceding generations-- in short that their faults are faults of manners rather than morals? .Z___o?_.__ Prisoner-—“This is the end, I go to the electric chair tomorrow." Sweetheart——“Don’t give up, I have brought you a pair of shock absorbers.” AGNOR i BROS. IIes¢nshW.IsrryA.guc Sts|isudl'suyGrcs¢ies Phsnallsnlfl PAGE’S Meat Market Phones 120 and (20 ROCKBRIDGE Steam Laundry The Wife Saving Station PHONE 185 R. L. HESS & Bro. Watchmakers and Jewelers Keys lads. Typewriters IO- paired Next Door to Lyric Theatre B R O W N ’ S Cleaning Works Phone 282 163-65 S. Main St. Historic Movies At ‘Lyric Feb. 7 Three Yale University Chron- icles Being Sponsored by Womsn’s Club An opportunity to see the Yale University Press Chronicles of American Photoplays will be of- lfered students on Feb 7 at the 1Lyric Theatre under the auspices of the Woman's club of Lexing- ton. Never before have historical Ipictures been produced under such lauspices or with such scrupulous care towards accuracy in every detail of the work. They have been shown extensively through- out the country and have been warmly praised as film portrayals of rare charm and human inter- est. The entire series contemplates 33 productions, of which 15 have thus far been completed. The three plays which will be given on Feb. {'7 are called “Jamestown,” “The fPilgrims,” and “The Gateway to ‘the West." “Jamestown" portrays a cross Isection of the daily life of the settlers in 1612, and features the romance of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. The voyage of the May- flower and such famous characters as John Alden, Miles Standish, Priscilla Mullins, and Samoset, the Indian, are presented in “The Pilgrims.” “The Gateway to the Fine Sissies Has a “hick” All his has St. Paul, Minn June 2, 1927 Larus & Bro. Co. Richmond, Vs. Gentlemen: About five years ago, after trying out many diflercnt styles of pipes from the Missouri meerschaum to the genuine mecrscheum, including the upside-down style made popular by Vice-President Dawes, and experi- menting with just about all the to- baccos then on the market except Edgeworth, I finally decided that pipe- smoking was not for me. For the last year or so I noticed the boys around the office here using Edgeworth to the exclusion of eli other tobaceos and evidently getting real pleasure from their pipes. In April of this year I was in Canada on a business trip and decided to take another whirl st pipe-smoking. So I invested a good 3 are of my savings. in a pipe and a few cents additional for a can of E-‘lgeworth. From then on I have been figura- tively kicking myseif around the block about once each day arisen I think of the five lean years I put in trying t-: get along without I pipe. However, I am trying to make up for lost time and am succeeding quite well. Wt-2;: I failed to try Bdgeworth long ago will have to go down in history as an unsolved question. But now that I have found it, the years ahead lsalc, rosy to me. ‘ Very truly years, ‘ Ban layer B dgeworth Extra Eigk Grade Smoking Tobacco QUALITY AND SERVICE Special Dinners we ll noon to O p.m. Heel Tickets R. E. Lee COFFEE SHOP ALEXANDER THILIN, Mgr. SMlTH’S Dry(,1eanlngWerks Phone 514 TERMS CAB! COME TO The Dutch lnn FOR A GOOD MEAL Room: For Parents, "Visit- SUBWAY KITCHEN, Inc. By Studcnts—-For Students iug Girts and Chapcrones Rockbridge Hardware Co., Inc. ram-rs.Lr.An:u<:z.m B1311‘; VIE! West” is especially interesting: it portrays a charming picture of life in Old Virginia and shows in detail the experiences of young Col. George Washington, sent by Governor Dinwiddie to protest the French occupation of the Ohio Valley. The history department will give credit to students in Amer- ican history who see the pictures next week. There will be a mati- nee at 3:30 p.m. and two per- formances at night. Tickets are fifty cents and are on sale at McCrums. The Woman's club will use most of their share of the proceeds for the social service work. McCOY’S THREE , STORES FRUITS, CANDIES, CAKES And all good thing to out Central Cafe New, Modern Soda Foun- his Phone 176 Fraternities We solicit your patronage Welsh & Hutton ‘ Phones 192 and 144 THE MODEL Barber Shop Opposite Roekbridge National Bank HUGH A. WILLIAMS, Proprietor Attention Managers of Fraternity Houses We have coal that will burn Phone us your orders Harper & Agnor, Inc. ,_ “The Fuel People" MYERS HARDWARE CO. INC. Established Incorporated 1866 1907 CUTLERY-—RAZORS GUNS HARl.OW'S PRINTSHOP No. 17 J N ST. FOR THE BEST PRINTING SPECIAL A Good I.-P. Student Note Book for 30¢-—Fi.llcr 10¢ JANUARY sun 1-‘LoRsHE°iii SHOES Reduced To 6.35 CASH and 8.55 CASH J.M. MEEKS 107 Nelson Street West Phone 295 Rockbridgc National Bank PAUL IL rnmcx. has A. r. WADE, Cashier Resources Two Million Dollars PAT'l'ON’S H. S. & M. Clothes J. 8: M. Shoes Stetson and Shoble Hats Wayland-Gorrell Drug Co. Inc. NORRIS & NUNNALLTS CANDIES W. 8: L. STATIONERY SHANER’S TAXI SERVICE Phone 161 Candy Makes the Most Appropriate Valentino Remembrance. Send Her 1 Box of Whitman’s We Pack Ready for Mailing RlCE"S DRUG STORE Ilsa! Than: