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Volume XXI
1942
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G. W. Jeffers Heads Virginian Dedicated State Dabney Lancaster To Make Science Meet To Miss Mary W. Cox Discussion Forums Principal Address at S. T. C. Include All Fields Presentation Made Graduation Exercises in June By Anne Ayers In Chapel Tuesday
Anne Ayers, editor of The Virginian, announced yesterday. May 12, in chapel that the 1942 Virginian is dedicated to Miss Mary White Cox. Head of the Home Department, who for many years has filled this position. The annuals, in a cover of brown leather with a sketch of the library embossed in gold, were distributed to the students yesterday afternoon. The opening pages of The Virginian show views of the Rotunda, the library. Cunningham Hall. Student Building, and the equestrian statue of Joan of Arc. the patron saint of State Teachers College. The first section. 'Interaction of Teacher and Student'. features the faculty, administration, and the Home Department, as well as the senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman classes. "Academic and Physical Alliance", the second section, includes student activities in the organizations of Student Govern ment. Y. W. C. A., the Freshman and Sophomore Commissions, and the House Council. Also in this Continued on Page 4
Kappa Delta Pi Cites Sophomores, Frosh In Upper Quartile Kappa Delta Pi will honor the freshmen and sophomores in the upper quartile of their class at a reception Friday night. May 15, at 8:30 oclock in Student Building Lounge. Present also will be the faculty, home department and school administration. Charlotte Greeley is in charge of the social, while Mary Fidele Haymes and Sara Chambers are in charge of the music. Those sophomores who have received invitations are Lois Alphin, Mary St. Claire Bugg. Caroline Caldwell. Lucille Cheatham, Hazel Colgate, Patsy Connelly, Helen Duncan. Catherine Dunton. Virginia Mae Ellett. Sarah Wayne France. Frances Lee Hawthorne. Beth Johnson, Evelyn Jones, Doris Lowe. Mary Moore McCorkle. Charlotte Morris. Faye Nlmmo. Betty Overcash. Anna Parker, Ann Pharis, Dell Purcell. Nelle Quinn. Lillian Silen. Jane Smith, June Smith. Jeanne Strick. Elizabeth Tenncnt, Sarah Trigg. Mary Parrish Viccellio, Betty Watts. Miriam Weger, Mildred Wilson and Gladys Wilson. Invitations were issued to the following freshmen. Margaret Barksdale. Mai Beaven Beall. Marilyn Bell. Olive Bradshaw. Phyllis Butler. Mary William Calvert, Nancy DuVal, Anna Rees Evans, Vera Fifer. Nell Ray Fleming, Nancy Hall. Margaret Hiner. Nell Holloway, Nancy Lee Hurt, Mary Ann Jarrett, Ann Mapp, Elaine Miller, Harriette Moore. Charlotte Munson, Alice Nichols, Frances Phillips, Hannah Proise. Jean Prosise, Sally Robertson, Jane Waring Ruffln, Edith Sanford. Rebecca Saunders. Barbara 8cott, Josephine Shaffner. Eleanor Wade, Sara Bird Williams, and Mary Franklin Woodward. In the receiving line will be Eleanor Folk, president of the local Kappa Delta Pi organization; Miss Pauline Camper; Mary Hunter Edmunds, past president; Dr. J. L. Jarman, Miss Mary White Cox. and Dr. and Mrs. J. P Wynne.
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Twenty-Six Accept Sorority Bids Concluding the Spring rushing period, twenty-six girls accepted bids to social sororities on the campus on Thursday night. May 7. Pledging Alprm Sinma Alphn were Sue Harper. Richmond; Lula Moss. Alexandria: Mary Sue Palmer. Chester: Ann Pettis. Richmond; Ann Robins. Richmond; and Martha Ann Upshur. Eastern Shore, Those accepting Alpha Sigma Tau were Edna Brown, Suffolk: Caroline Burwell, Covington; Florence Carr. Leesburg; Marie Nichols. Louisa; Jane Ford. Martinsville; Frances Ralney, Buckingham; and Nancy Watts. Charleston. West Virginia. Phi Zeta Sigma pledged Elaine Bray, Louisa; Roberta Davis. Mob jack; Mary Jane Campbell. Farmville; Alice Nichols, Lynchburg; Katherine Trower, Eastville and Hersey Hutt, Montross. pledged Pi Kappa Sigma. Nancy Bondurant. Blackburg. and Barbara White. Portsmouth, accepted Sigma Sigma Sigma bids and accepting invitations to membership in Theta Sigma Upsilon were Jane Hobson, Farmville; Clara McCormick. Covington; and Annie Wiseman, Danville.
District Legion Meeting Thursday With 75 to 100 men and women xpected from about 20 Southslde Virginia posts, the Fourth District conference of the American Legion and the Auxiliary will be held here Thursday, May 14. Dr J. P. Wynne, of Farmville, is district commander. The prinOjpal speaker, at a public meeting at 8 o'clock next Thursday Bight in the S. T. C. auditorium. will be Dr. John B. Winn, pastor of the Mount Vemon Methodist Church, Danville. He will speak on "Christianity and the War". At 6 o'clock there will be a banquet in the Methodist Church, at which Hon. Emory P. Barrow, of Lawrenceville, attorney and member of the General Assembly, will speak. At the banquet, young William Forbes Watklns, Jr.. Farmville High School student who won the recent District Legion oratorical conte.M and placed fouith in the statewide contest, will deliver his winning oration. "Liberty and Justice for All".
Dr. George W. Jeffers. Dr. Edith Stevens, Mr. M. B. Coyner. Rosalie Rogers. Vera Baron. Dottie Sue Simmons, and Marie Brickert represented Farmville State Teachers College at the twentieth annual meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, of which Dr. Jeffers is the retiring president, in Roanoke on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, May 7, 8. and 9. The meeting was divided into smaller sectional groups with special emphasis laid on the various fields of science. In these sectional meetings people outstanding in the field of science read reports of research and directed round table discussions on such phases of science as Astronomy. Mathematics, Physics. Bacteriology. Biology. Chemistry, Geology. Forestry, and Engineering. Dr. Jeffers responded to the address of welcome at the banquet in the ballroom of the Hotel Roanoke on Friday night and introduced the speaker. Dr. W. H. Sei)n 11. a native Virginian, who is now chief of the Division of Chemotherapy. National Institute of Health, in Washington. D. C. Dr. Sebrell spoke on Nutrition and Defense and listed the eight points of a balanced diet. Among the other talks given was one by a representative of Hampton Institute whose subject was "The Negro Health Problem In Natlonul Dtiense". There were exhibits on many phases of science and the exhibits included an exhibit of marine studies made by the Virginia Inland Fisheries Commission, a mounted butterfly exhibit, and the Roanoke River pollution problem in display.
Finals Schedule Saturday, May 30. 8:30 P. M. Junior-Senior Prom Sunday. May 31. 8:00 P. M. I!.ic c .il.uiir.it'' Sermon Monday, June 1, 10:00 A. M. Senior Class Day Exercises Monday. June 1, 8:30 P. M. Reception Monday. June 1. 10:30 P. M. Lantern Parade luesdav. June 2, 10:30 A. M. Graduation Exercises
LastColonnade Commercial Club J. Emerson Hicks To Give Sermon Will Feature Names Corvin Head On Sunday. May 31 Senior Articles Picnic Scheduled J. Emerson Hicks. D. D.. pasThe final issue of The Colonnade will be released late next week and will be the firU under the editorship of Winifred Wright who succeeds Allene Overbey as editor-in-chief. The majority of the contributions will be made by members of the senior class, to whom the issue is dedicated. The guest editorial is written by Dr. George W. Jeffers, head of the Biology Department. Rachel Abtrnathy's story, "Remember Now Thy Creator" will be published, as will "Maggie", written by Allene Overbey. Other students whose short stories will appear are Margaret Wright. Jane Lee Sink. Virginia Sedgley. and Jane Knapton. Nancy Saunders. a former student and a member of the class of 1943, has submitted an essay entitled "Cicero", which is based on the style of Munro Leaf. lima Pa?e and Carolyn Beard are among the other student authors whose essays are published. Contributing to the poetry sections are Florence Thierry, Virginia Hall, and Violet Woodall. Betty Sexton has prepared the middle pages, which will feature seveial seniors as objects of a cartoonist's interpretation. "Squibs, the joke collection, has been compiled by Fiddle Haymes. The book reviews will include summaries of the recent works of John Steinbeck. Andre Maurois, Virginius Dabney. and Harley Gratton. Featured articles and stories will be illustrated by Elizabeth Tennent. Mary Lou Dondley. Josephine Starling. Sarah Trip.g. and Winifred Wright. Peggy Hughes has adapted the cover design from an original sketch made by Anna Mary Wilkins.
Tuesday, May 15
Mildred Corvin was elected president of the Commercial Club for the coming ye-ar at the regular meeting last week. She is a member of the Junior class and served as secretary of the Commercial Club this year. She will succeed Marie Thompson as president of the group Other officers selected were Opal Nelson, vice-president; Catherine Dunton. secretary, and Carolyn Caldwell. treasurer. At the .' ame meeting plans were formulated for the annual cub picnic to be held on Tuesday. May 19. Ruth Wiley is in charge of the picnic.
Debate Club Chooses Ann Randolph Prexy; Work Outlined Today In an election held Tuesday May 12. Anne Randolph was named president of the Debate Club. Kyle Barnhill was elected vice-president, Alice Nichols secretary, and Marilyn Bell treasurer. Josephine Starling was Ohm n historian, Jane Smith reporter, and Virginia Sedgley counselor. In chapel this morning May 13, Virginia Sedgley and Elzabeth Ann Parker representing the Debate Club and Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, summarized the activities and accomplishments of the two organizations during the past year. Elizabeth Ann Parker briefly outlined the work of the national Pi Kappa Delta convention which met in Minneapolis in April, and Virginia Sedgley presented data on the debate tournaments and Continued on Page 3
Garrulous, Gawky, Giddy Goats Personify Flappers, and Daisy Maes for Hecklers The long feared Goat Week started off with early morning preparatons—as usual at the last minute we found that we didn't have all the necessary equipment Somehow we got to breakfast where you saw people you hadn't seen for montlis—at breakfast. Of course we felt terribly self conscious with all that strutting That passed and there was comfort in the thought that "No matter what the outside world looks like, I'm realy me on the inside"—and then you wondered! By 12:30 we all had the nervous jitters as we asembled before the Colonnade and Jeering Cotillion members. Sugar had to replay her game of tennis from rat week—Dodie and Lullc Jones were absolutely screams as they ambulated rather pendulum like out to the center of the circle. Best thing this side of Mae West and was it appreciated not only by S. T. C. on'.ookers but visiting gentlemen across the way at the hotel, Hattie Cantrell pinned our unprotruding ears back by loudly explaining what worthless goats we were. We mentally sank down In our heels The long strut into
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Goat Week Trust—Included chief hecklers Pi Cottrell. Anne Ayers. and May Winn. who formulated the rules of the Cotillion initiation .it Hutu - early thl* week.
♦lunch seemed endless. We made it—only to find we had to eat soup with our knives—a gentle reminder that goats have horrible manners By the second day it seemed natural to eat a meal with your chair back to the table and you uncomfortably straddling it Ann Engart was told to eat her dessert in the middle of the center aisle After meals we always scrambled to the side doors to get back to the privacy of our rooms and quicker. A watchful Dugger directed traffic to the jmain entrance and well, the pri' vacy we thought about was Juat UlOUffht about. The picnic in the "Rec" was successful in that a good time was has by all except worried goats who were trying desperately to think up skits at the zero hour. .To be iiiiicinbered was Baylls iKunz and the others who took I off on May Day. Cadmus and B. Davis deserved the encore on tliat cute dance. K. Powell und M. Kitchin ungracefully split our 1 sides on their rendition of the dance. And Ann Seay can sing off tune and get an honest laugh from it
tor of the First Baptist Church in Bristol, Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Mary Hunter Edmunds, of Danville, and Sara Cline, of Roanoke, will be the principal speakers for the 1942 graduation exercises May 31 through June 2 at State Teachers College. Commencement week will begin on Saturday night, May 30 with the Junior-Senior Prom. Baccalaureate Services will be held in the auditorium on Sunday night. May 31, at 8 o'clock. The Rev. H. Lee Scott, of the Farmville Baptist Church will offer the invocation. Following the scripture reading the College Choir will present "Sung Unto God" from "Judas Maccabus" by Handel. Dr. J. Emerson Hicks will deliver the- Baccalaureate Sermon. Continued on Page 4
Brock Challenges S. T. C Students To Wartime Duties Robert K. Brock, In cooperation with the finance committee of the college war council, addressed the student body in chapel Thursday, May 7 on "Money and Defense". He suggested sacrifices that college students might make in view of those being made by young men in training camps. The services of both, he said, were Interdependent, Especially challenging was an editorial Mr. Brock read which clearly predicted the way our country would be run if it were in charge of Hitler and his Nazi regime. This editorial appeared in Liberty Magazine. Concuding his talk, Mr. Brock urged the .students at S. T. C. to realize that their part in winning this war could be a vital and important one by their knitting, purchasing defeat! stamps and bonds, and by their quiet but ary assistance in relatively unconspiciious positions At the siune time the official sale of war stamps and bonds mi initiated, with a booth being plamd in thi Rotunda for this purpose.
Last (alls Issued By Contest Officials A last call to compete for the National Poet - Laureate title and for top poetry honors in ttM ; tale of Virginia was extended this week by the American Poet Laureate Committee from national heaclquari< i , in San Diago, Calif. Poems to be accepted must be mallednot later than May 30. The announcement was made by Claude B. Coldren. national sponsoring committee chairman. Amateur and professional poets alike may participate by contributing poems of any length. Entries should be mailed to
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Class of '42 This year State Teachers College will send out her graduates into a world that knows no code of ethics, a world perilous, insecure, a world demanding a nation rather than the individual. But the Class of A2 is nol the first to take over its place "ii this war-wrecked Earth. This college has graduated countless numbers from her hallowed halls in the past hundred years. Many of these were war years as is this, and yet those graduates have met the responsihilities and hardships which were forced upon them. They met them, took them on, and were successful. Thus, too, will the Class of 12 triumph over surrounding obstacles, whatever they may be. Her graduates will triumph for they have a steadfast faith and trust placed upon them by their Alma Mater, by their fellow students, and by their friends, a faith which binds them to the trust that educated men and women trained in values as well as knowledge in their sphere the hope of the universe. Such training State Teachers College has given her students, and such hope she has placed in their hands! May that light never fail.
Our Responsibility The beginning has come. The nation, and along with it. this college, stood last week in its first rationing line. After waiting turn in an inching column, all of Ameri ca now owns slips of paper entitling each one of them to one cup of sugar per week. The end is a long way from sight. How many more slowly-moving lines we shall stand in, we do not know. Just as we do not know and would rather not guess, how many will not answer to roll call when the war is over. It is good, however, that we are getting our eyes open to the fact that war is an inescapable part of our everyday lives. College students are no different from anyone else; they are not apt to be of much service to the Stars and Stripes if their attitude is tine of let-conie-what-may-indifference. For today, and in the war-marked peace to follow later, there is a greater need for expert nurses, teachers, dietitions, business women, and laboratory workers than ever before. Now is the time to be making education
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count, for education is our best bet to help democracy the "one for all and all for one" business it was meant to be. College education has a double responsibility. We owe it not only to ourselves, but to our nation as well, to get as much out of studies as possible. America needs her citizens as well trained, as well prepared as they can possibly be. —The Breeze, Madison College
The Sugar Habit
Steinbeck's "Moon" Provides Unique Slant On Nazis John Strinbeck's The Moon Is Down was a best seller almost from the day it was published early in March. The novelty of the story, a suggestion that a Nazi conqueror may be a man with a heart and human memories after all. expands into an account of how some unnamed but obviously Nazi invaders lake an unlocalized but obviously Norwegian mining town, meit with icy resistance and are themselves worn down. They encounter in every citizen the simple skill and sUeled courage that private experience had schooled them to expect. The hero-villain. Colonel Lanscr. knows before he arrives, for instance, that one of his lieutenants will go all but mad learning that at most his army has conquered "fly-paper'. The theme provokes a hot debate as to how sound and how salutary is Steinbeck's' thesis: that a free people cannot be conquered. It is a good message and a reassuring one to a too optimistic United States.
Using large amounts of sugar is chiefly a habit. The health experts have been worrying for years because most of us use too much sugar. Americans use two pounds of sugar per person each week or one hundred and four pounds each a year. Europeans average only 19 pounds per person a year! Sugar has no vitamins, no minerals, no proteins—only calories to give energy—and a nice sweet taste. You don't need candy. You just think you do. Its use crowds out protective foods that are essential to sound, healthy bodies. Quotable Quotes You can get all the sugar your body actual- i By Associated Collegiate Press i ly needs from fruit and vegetables. "There is a possibility of the Maybe sugar rations are not so bad after United States suffering defeat in the present war as a result of all. Americans failing to recognize their peril. John DeBoer. director of student teaching at Chicago Teachers college, blames American voters for the presence Education for Victory of "persons in public life who do not believe in democracy An extensive surrey conducted by the "Americans have always paid Women's liureau of the United States great difference to European culDepartment of Labor disclosed the fol- ture patterns and the more uncritical among us have held a lowing facts relating to women in the sense of inferiority. The average uar effort. college graduate has had a greater knowledge of European culture than his own. The future will It is estimated that more than 2,000,- see a revival of interest in the 000 women will be needed for work on the cultural history of the United production of war materials before the end States. Close attention will be of 1942. New jobs are being created through paid to American history, philosophy, literature and language. the breakdown of "big" processes into the simpler and less skilled operations. Shorter All About A . . . training periods are called for. Women are being employed in the machine shops, on the assembly lines, and at inspection posts. A few of the outstanding examples of the expected demands for women are listed here:
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The Gatepost (Win, Hears an Awful Lot) "Cov" had a little trouble getting a date last week-end. First she called John Burslcy at 'loch. The next night he called her and said he wouldn't be able to come. Then she called "Ox" and was at last successful. "Campic la looking for a ride to Blacksburg this week-end which will minn her third successive week-end with Ambrose . . . Latest couple is Charlotte Phillips and "Goo"- Hampden-Sydney finals and Kappa Big pic:uc!- Anticlimax! How the dates last Saturday and the dates last Sunday differed! More brand-new confusion per second . . . Buck Crockett: May Wertz--Saturday; Betty Burns—Sunday. Jimmy Kay: Ann Boswsll Saturday: Hilali Lee -Sunday I'BOS" had a date With Shorty. > The whole crew on the Kappa Big picnic came back in good shape—take Parham and John Harlow finstance!!! Snake-of-lhe-\vi i k prtH goes to Carol Costello who was seen with Clemmer Peck at Cotillion. "Ace" Livick has slightly definitely changed his dance-floor technique—he's becoming friendly for a change. What hapjxned to Perky. Jane Scott? Certainly missed him at the dance. A new personality at the dance was Jim Cousar—it was good to see him here and here's hoping it won't be the last time. Nearly beaming when Graham arrived was "Jingleby"—we don't blame her. Buff Gunter s diamond is simply lovely—one more in the class of '42. "The Triggs" as usual ffl re rushing the Army—what is their main trouble? How did all the men's clothes and shoes get in Dot Childress's room last Sunday? It looked like a haberdashery This calls for a real explanation Dot! This editor* sincerely hopes that Virginia Snead's knowledge of Emily Post references far exceeds said acquaintance with the Great Sport of Baseball . . . Her amazing queries at the Big League gathering on Friday afternoon wree proof enough that she knows the sum total of zero about said sport . . . Yet her batting average is almost perfect these days . . . W. and L. one week-end; and Billy Trinkle the next, with whom, incidentally, she attended the game last week. The Rec was almost entiieh renovated Friday night In Navy blue following the baseball clash of that afternoon . . the officers' uniforms bedecking the sidelines . . . Anne Ellett with Freddie Hutchinson . . . Versatile Wright and Ray Brown, among others. The Big League-ers proved to be most attractive, and eligible.
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Aircraft plants—one plant having none but male employees heretofore, expects to lake more women; in February they had 27 women on the production line, and this may increase to 6000 by summer.
Published each Wednesday eveninK of the college One large company with branch plants year, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students of State Teachers College. in different parts of the country has tried Parmvllle. Virginia. out women in one of its locations and exOffice: Student Building Phone: 61-R; Box 168 pects to hire them elsewhere as soon as Printers: The Parmvllle Herald plans are formulated for various occupallepresented for national advertising by National tions. Advertising Service. Inc.. college publishers repreA large rubber goods manufacturer had sentative. 420 Madison Ave.. New York. N. V. representatives touring the country visitEntered as second class matter March 1, 1921 in the Post Office of Farmville. Virginia, under act of ing the various co-education and women's March 8. 1934. colleges, seeking women who had majored Member Virginia Intercollegiate Press Association in chemistry. Ammunition plants already employ M«mb«r large numbers of women for making amft-iocided GJIeftide Press munition for small arms and for artillery. Dmnbulo' of In the mechanical time-fuse department of Golleexote Dibest a government arsenal 96 per cent of the workers are women. Jane Cabell San ford Editor-in-chief Mary I'arrish Yicccllio Managing Editor Some electrical manufacturing compaBlva Andrews Business Manager nies are asking for women college graduAssociate Fditors ates who have concentrated in mathematics, Ella Banks Weathers News Editors chemistry, or physics to serve as assistant Jane Waring KufTln Marilyn Bell Feature Editor engineers for work on estimates and matheShlrlev Pierce Sport.s Editor matical computations; some women will Jane Smith Social Editor Lilly Bee Gray Copy Editor also be able to find positions as radio Sara Jeffreys Photographic Editor physicists and technicians. Reporters It is the feeling of the Women's liureau Qladys Wilson. Fay Johnson. Martha Patterson. Vivian Owaltney. Elizabeth McCov. Margaret that qualified college women trained in Mish. I.ulie Janes, Bridget Oentile. Charlotte mathematics, chemistry, and physics can Phillips. Nell Hollowav. 1 muse Bell. find a place in any of these industries leadAsilstant Business Manacen Mary Keith Blngham Advertising: Manager ing to a career after the termination of the Mary St Clalr Bugg Circulation Manager present emergency. Courses qualifying lluslnrsk Assistants women for positions as draftsmen, inspecHelen Del-ong. Ellen Hudgins. Anne Moore. Alyre tors, supervisors, engine testing, computaFulton. Lee Foster. Bobbv Scott. Mary 8terrett. Jeanne Strick. Betty Reld. Anne Brooks, Anne tion, and a wide range of precision work, Rogers, Nell Prltchett, Maxine Compton, DorU art now available to women through the Alvls, and Edna Brown. opening of their defense training courses by some of the engineering schools of the WEDNESDAY MAY 13. 1942 universities.
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ALLENF. OVERBEY Past Editor of the Colonnade Through her genuine ability and amazing versatility, Allene Overbey has made her Influence felt through the entire school. Possessed of an active desire to lend her help and assistance whenever sought, she will leave an indelible impression on those of us who have been Included in her circle of influence. She was twice editor of The Colonnade, and her efficiency at this task has been especially noteworthy for its attempt at an honest expression of our school. Possessed of a natural sense of humor. Allene can always manage a laugh. Her poise and personal charm have made her a member of May Court and Mardi Gras for the past two years. Extremely industrious and cooperative, she undertakes many tasks and does them well. Her many abilities and honest efforts of leadership have been recognized by all those who know her and by recognition in Alpha Kappa Gamma That she is adept at making friends has been shown by her many friendships here at S.T.C. She is a p*erson whom to know is to admire. Her abounding graciousness and loyalty to her school to her have become a working ideal.
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Mike College Picks . . . Lan ilslide Vote Again Elects A (ilenn Miller Xation's Top landsman in Fifth Annual "llillboard" Music Poll of Hand I5S Leading Colleges He's done it again! For tlie third consecutive year, Glenn Miller, in competition with 34 other bands, has been voted the nation's top bandleader in Billboard's Fifth Annual College Music Poll of 158 leading colleges, selected throughout the 48 states. In a veritable lundslido. the leader of CBS's "Moonlight Serenade" received 316.5 votes out of a possible 468, giving him a plurality of twice as many votes as the combined total of all the other bands. It was only a few months after his Columbia network debut during Christmas week of 1939 that Glenn won the first intercollegiate award. Beginning Tuesday. May 5, the blue-ribboned "Moonlight Serenade" moved to a Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday schedule at an earlier hour and added a rebroadcast for the West Coast. 'CBS, 7:15 to 7:30 P. M..EST. Rebroadcast 11:15 to 11:30 P. M.. EST.
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Facts On File "Vox Pop", on Columbia network Monday nights, has interviewed more than 5.000 persons who have answered some 250,000 questions in nearly 800 programs. For people who enjoy statistics, the show has given away more than $60,000 in currency and merchandise to those interviewed. They have come from all the 48 states and all territories of the United States as well as 47 foreign nations.
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Fierce Wildcats Tame Panthers 13-12 -by— SHIRLEY PIERCE
Hits, hall Clashes To Hegin Soon
Baseball Teams To Clash . . . Red and White will once again face Green and White when the final baseball games bring the two rivals in a hit and run tournament at an early date. Practices are held each evening on the athletic field from seven until eight and eight practices are needed in order to qualify for a team. If enough class members make up a team, competition will allow extra practices. This the last competitive sport for the season. We are wondering how the banners will stand on the color cup. A complete chart of this will be revealed in the very near future. A Score for the Faculty . . . And speaking of competition we certainly enjoyed our fast and furious faculty versus A. K. G. b-ball players when the "Slugger-Dodgers" were downed 13-12 by their opposing "Fighting Wildcats". Due to a spring shower the gymnasium was turned into the proverbial diamond and the closed area allowed the teams to compete as scheduled. Netmen Continue Games . . ."t; The annual tennis tournament. Is progessing slower than usual due to wet courts, but the games Gloria Pollard will be In the will bo pushed forward this wash as the second round in doubles Riding «'luh Room every evenshould be completed by this date. ing after dinner to take enRecords of the winners of each tries for the Horse Show and match is marked on the chart on Riding Contest to be held at the A. A. bulletin board, thus Long wood on Saturday. May allowing advancement to be pub- 23. licly shown. Color cup points were All girls taking riding; must not given in the fall as tennis be entered in at least one class. was not scheduled in the cup competition, but it will name in the spring singles tournament now underway.
Riding Club Entries
VAN Heads Bin Six" Virginia Military Institute won th? annual Big Six track meet last week-end when the MX clashing schools competed at Charlottesville. Scoring four first places and several second, third, and fourths the V. M. I. trackmen were followed up by Virginia who captured a second place; Virginia Tech. third: Richmond, fourth: William and Mary, fifth; and Washington and Lee. sixth News has been released that the Big Six" championship track team will not compete in the Southern Conference this Saturday at Durham, N. C. Early graduation at V. M. I. has forced cancellation of Keydet participation in the Southern conference carnival and thus the possibilities of bringing the Old Dominion its first conference track prize In many seasons is out. Norfolk N. T. S. Turns Back Tigers Hampden-Sydney displayed a fair game of baseball before a hopeful Farmville audience last week-end when the Norfolk Naval Training Station team whipped them 13-0. The no-hit, norun pitching performance turned in by hurler Maxie Wilson, former member of the Piedmont League was on the ball. Bobby Feller. ex-Ceveland player was expected, but was unable to make the trip. Chances for Feller to remain in active trim seems uncer-
Sexton fill Head Orchesis Group For Coming Year
Betty Sexton, junior from Macon, Ocorgia. was elected president of Orchesis. dance group, to succeed Ann Bradshaw. at a meeting Monday night. May 11. Succeeding Louisa Sanford, Alice Seibert. from Tazwell, was elected to fill the position of secretary-treasurer, and Ellen Ebel. of Richmond, was selected to replace Harriett Walker as costume chairman. Orchesis is an honorary society in the modern dance and has sponsored a symposium and has sent representatives to other meetings in New York and North Carolina this year. At the same meeting ten girls MM selected to be issued bids to the dance proup. tain. Notice has been issued to the former Cleveland pitcher that he will soon be transferred to Newport training station which incidentally has no team! See Our Assortment of . . . . NEW SILVER PATTERNS IN FLAT SILVER
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Many Shine For Victors Racquet Wielders As Faculty Edge Out Close To Play Off Finals Lead In Clash Thursday In Clash Tomorrow By M P. V. Pointing to the toughest tilt of the net season, racquet wielders Nancy Dupuy and Dot Johnson will defend Red and White against Green and White netters Sugar Baker and Anne Payne in the play-off of the semi-final doubles in the tennis tournament Thursday evening. May 14, on the college courts. For the past several weeks the tennis tourney has progressed slowly due to repair work done on the courts, but the finals will be run off this week end according to a statement made by Sugar Baker, chairman of the tournament, late yesterday. At present the runners-up in the singles tourney are Nancy Dupuy, Dot Johnson, Ruth Dugger, and Mildred Droste. Finals in this section will be completed this week also. To reach those top positions and become the seeded favorites in the net volleys tomorrow, Nancy Dupuy and Dot Johnson will have to meet the netmen Sugar Baker and Anne Payne. The previous match by Dupuy and Johnson was played with Hallie Hillsman and Jean Carr. Still in the running are Ruth Dugger and Mildred Drostes who have not played their first match.
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The final meeting of the H20 Club will be held at Bear Creek Lake Monday, May 18 when members of the swimming club will meet for a swimming and a supper party. Prances Mallory has been named general head of the fete, with Harriett Moore in charge of transportation. Miss Mary Barlow, faculty advisor for the club. Miss Elizabeth Burger. Miss Olive Her. and Miss Emily Kauzlarich will be guests for the evening. Recently initiated into the H20 Club were Shirley Turner. Janet Jackson. Harriet Moore. Eleanor Vain. Catherine May. Dottie 8ue Simmons, Gloria Pollard, and Margaret Kitchln.
In an uprooting 13 to 12 ballfest between the A. K. G. Panthers and the Brainy Wildcats in the gymnasium Thursday, May 7, a fair proof that brains help even in athletic skills, was exemplified. Because of weather conditions which we must censor, the name was played inside. "Speed" Meyers offered competition to the big-leaguers with his rapid pick-ups and fast play, and non-stop Wynne usually managed a one-bagger with a gallop and a slide. "Fly" Burger, "Spike" Her, and "Two-base" Kauzlarich. though not always true to their sobriquets, were stiff competition for the students and proved themselves handy with a ball. "Pour-ball" Moran and "Doc" Tutles. easy hitters, guarded the outfield with the assistance of "Doc's" canine helper, "Buttons". Home - run Boysworth guarded third base with her life, and "Batty" Holton made a wickSUPER MARKET STORE ed catcher with a high batting average. "Plash" Booten manThe Customer's Our Quasi aged to keep the score on the incline and "Strike-out" Nichols stole the show by her pititeness. "Boo Coyner was quite efficient as referee. Fighting to suppress the Wildjcats were the A. K. G. Panthers Pure Drugs Medicine* : who gave the faculty and honest Perfumes—Toilet Articles i workout. Sara Cline kept the Farmville. Virginia, bats handy while Dodson slipped Quality—Price—ferric* The rain didn't bother these the curved balls close over the Slugger - Dodgers in their left inside corner. Winifred clash with the faculty last | Wright guarded an unapproachweek—they had their rain able first base and Jane Engleby apparel all ready for such a third. Rosebro and Boutchard emergency. FOUNTAIN SERVICE outfielded while Hillsman shortstopped to the Wildcat's disadVisit us for the best Continued from Page 1 vantage. Read kept second while PHONE 139 section are the honor societies. Turner caught. Alpha Phi Sigma, Kappa Delta Miss Mary Barlow captained Pi. Alpha Kappa Gamma, Pi the faculty while Dodson managGamma Mu, Gamma Psi. Pi Kap- ed for the students. Myers and pa Delta, and Boerc Eh Thorn, Burger side coached for the faFARMVILLE. VA. the athletic teams and the Mono- culty and saw that runners were gram Club. safe. Prom the first, the outcome The third section, "Significance of the game was dubious; the CAREFUL MANAGEMENT of the Social", gives prominence score advanced by some hard-hits COURTEOUS SERVICE to the social sororities, the music in the last inning. organizations, the Dramatic and Lineup Member of Federal Deposit Cotillion Clubs. Chi, and snap- Pos. Faculty Student shots taken around campus. Con- C—Kauzlarich Turner Insurance Corporation cluding this snapshot section are P—Burger Dodson scenes of May Day, the queen, IB—Meyers Wright maid of honor, and the court. hS—Her Hillsman PHONE 139 Combining the themes of 2B—Moran Johnson "Academic and Physical Alliance" 3B—Boysworth Engleby and "Significance of the Social". RP—Tuttles Read "Reflecting the Many Facets of CP—Wynne Rosebro a Well Rounded Girl", the last LP—Booten Boutchard Staple and Fancy Groceries section is a mirror of outstanding Fruits and Vegetables seniors. Those included are NanHome Killed and Fresh Meats cy Naff, president of the student Continued Irom Page 1 body; Prances Rosebro. president HUNGRY! of the Y. W. C. A.; Mary Kath- meets to which the local organizaerine Dodson. president of the tion have sent representatives. Eat Delicious Strawberry Short senior class; Anne Ayers, editor She stated that these representacake at of the 1942 Virginian. Allene tives have attended meets beOverbey, editor of the Colonnade tween 25 and 30 colleges and l!i<() and 1941; May Wertz, editor universities in 1942, and have of the 1941 Virginian; Jane traveled approximately four thou5c—10e—25c STORE PHONE 522 Engleby. president of the House sand miles in attending them. Council; and Sara Cline. past editor of the Rotunda. The sophomore and senior statistics state the organizations in which each member of these classes has been, and the offices sh has held during her stay at S. T. C.
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Just Looking, Thanks By JANK SMITH (The Rotunda's Social Noler) Most of the poor old planet's two billion residents spent the week bealinK each other's brains out, but at S. T. C. the fun went on as before . . . HiKhJiRht of the week: Spring Cotillion . . . Tea Dance . . . gay new dresses . . . refreshing decorations . . . Barry McKinley and sweet jive . . all added up to produce one jrrand week-end. flushing Climaxes . . . Spring rushing; climaxed with numerous pledge parties and banquets. Among those celebrating in rare style WH Alpha Sisma Tail, whose members entertained the seven AST pledges In the chapter room on May 8. Phi Zcta Sigma members held their annual Spring banquet Tuesday, May 12. Besides active members and new pledges the guests include* Dr. Jarman. Miss Mary. Miss C'arlyn (ogbill. Misses 1.11a and Wilhelmina London. Mrs. John II. Collie, and Mrs. John McCurdy Milton, first president of the sororitv. The i..11iiin.i Thetas also feted at a luscious h-nonet on Friday night at l.ongwoocl with several alumnae present along with faculty membrrs and heads of the administration and home department. Rain Cluck ... Miss Mary E Peck entertained the members of Alpha Phi Sigma from 4 o'clock until 6 in the Tec" on Thursday. P. S. It was supposed to have been a lawn party, but the inconsiderate weatherman sorta changed the plans. Likewise the Cotillion Club members—250 strong yesterday decided to DUka their supper party a swimming parly . . . after much persuasion by dark clouds above. Another picnic that turned out an outdoor afTnir was the Riding Club picnic given on Thursday by the members of Pegasus. The "Rao" again served U picnic grounds and the fun went on as arranged rain or shine. Ham/MlenSt/diiey Retreats . . . The Ha nipden-Sydney Monogram Club, the social orders of Kappa Sigma and Pi Kappa Alpha, and the—whatever it is—ribbon society of Phi each gave very rustic picnics at near-by lakes during the past week with the guest lists includinr many from S. T. C. Travelers . . . And now for those who forsook this fair campus for happy landings elsewhere: Tarheeling It went Harriet Levinson to Chapel Hill and Helen Fuller. Margaret Kitchen and Mary A. Thomasson to Raleigh to N. C. State dances . . . Nancye Allen, Ella Marsh Pilkinton. and Polly Keller Journeyed to Radford to help establish a chapter of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority there . . . Conventioning for science's sake were Rosalie Rogers. Vera Barron, and Dottie Sue Simmons . . , For Sigma's sake was Allene Overbey, who went to Orkney Springs to attend a pre-view meet of the national convention slated for August . . . There were those more fortunate souls who journeyed home for Mothers' Day . . . and las! but by no means least, those girls who trotted up to Tech. M. K. Ingliam. Florence Carr, Faye Nimmo, Frances Wentzel, Martha Watson, and Sarah Wood. Cotillion Dance Reaistcr . . . For those who went and with whom'' to Cotillion Saturday, the dance register is as follows: Mary Lou Shannon. Jimmy Dodson; Hattie Cantrell. Frank Blanton; Ami Boswell. Jimmy Kay: Sarah Massie Goode. Kossen Gregory: Glen McAdams. Anne Rogers; Jac Hardy. Shep Boothe; Sarah Wade Owen Clyde Edwards: Betsy Bullock, H. T. Walker; Shirley Pierce. Richard Boyette: Shirley Turner. T. C. Bowen; Virginia Oampneld. J. M. Johnson; Grace Hutcheson. Tommy Nicholas; Elolse Williams. Walter Carlton; May Winn. Webb Johnson; Anne Page Francis. Johnny Philips DM Johnson. Billy Baskervill; Kay Spencer. Tom T. Atkinson: Anne Ellett. Charlie Varn; Mary Parrish Vicrellio. Suclie Warren: and Lillian German, Russell Paulett. And Anne Avers. Jules Lund; Jane San ford. Tedo Savage; Sara Cline. Les Cundiff, Nancy Hutter, Will Rogers; Jo Brumfield. Rick Cornwell; Jane Lee Hutcheson. Blanton Hanbury: Connie Knighton, Sammy Qeyer; Luhe Jones, David Davis; Emma Louise Crowgey, Junlc ChltWOOd; Dot Childless. Frank Uiwton: Margaret Mish. Eddie Norwood; and Connie Boatwright. Fred Gerheart. Also Jean Hattton. Bill Lunar: Mary Owens West. Robert Wil10ms. Louise McCorkle. Jimmle overion: Sara Hardy. Charlie Blanton; Helen Hardy, Dick Reid. Spilly Purdum, Dick Scully: Eleanor Folk. Mac Brown: F.lsie Stassel, Buidette Cicer; Nancy Dupuy. Ed Byrne; Bull Cmutei. Paul Bui/; Imogen Claytor, Bud Downey; Nancy Bondurant. Elmer Wilson: Beth Johnson. Charlie Llewellyn: Pattsy Connelly. Boyd Beal; and Betty Bndgeforth, Dick Sydnor. And Charotte Phillips. Wright Oouldin; Ellen Ebel. Bill Varn: U.ina MbOBMI Ned Crawley; Lucy Davis, Ed Davis; Brookie Benton, Jim Consar; Cottie Rndspinner. Jimmy Peden; Virginia Alexander, l>ave Konest: Frances Parliam, John Harlowe; Mary Evelyn Peaisall. KOffMI Adams; Anne Turner. Ace Livick; Betsy Austin. C. P Smith: Kittv Powell. Wayne IStSfl ■MBta Townsend, Chick Tasker: Margaret Wright, Carl Messerschmidl; Mary K. Dodson, Hunter Mun>hv Anne Covlngton. Dick Stratton; Lucie Ellen Powell, Uei.'.lii I Ran] IAN Wiit/. Buck OrOOkett; Jean Shulkcum. BUI Baker; Betty Youngberg, Sonny OttOftD Alice Marie Coberley. James Scotl . and Deunm: Fauntleroy. Bill Cook.
Wesley Group Elects Catherine May Head Cat Inline May was elected president of the Wesley Foundation, the Methodist organization impus. at a fflStttm last week Al the same time Roberta Davis was elected secretary and Louise Bell, treasure! Committee elmirman Betty Watt*, worship; Mary Elizabeth Orizzard, social; Nancy Hall, publicity Anne Hamlln, membership; and Dahpne Williams. 0MB munlty and world service, were appointed at the same time
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Officials Make Plans Life of the Party ... For Sigma Convention Camp Strawderman Officials and leaders of the Virginia and Washington, D. C. chapters of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority met last week end in Harrisonburg and completed plans for the national sorority convention, which will be held August 20-27 at Camp Strawderman. Miss Margaret Hoffman's camp for near Orkney Springs. Va. Mi s Mabel Lee Walton, national prtsident. arrived on Friday from national headquarters at Clermont, Fla.. and at Harrisonburg met the other members of the camp committee. Allene Overbey. past president of Alpha chapter, represented the local Sigma group, while Johnny Bess Hale, president of Alpha Theta chapter at Radford State Teachers College: Margaret Moore, president of Alpha Upsilon chapter at Madh'on College: and Beatrice Slade, head of Alpha Tau chapter at Wilson College. Washington. D. C, made up the committee. Alpha chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma will be one of the four hostess chapters at the national cenvention and Jac Hardy will be the official representative with Eleanor Folk as alternate.
Graduation Continued from Page 1 Class Day Slated For June 1 The Senior Class Day Program on Monday. June 1, at 10 o'clock will open with a welcome by Mary Katherine Dodson. president of the senior class. The members of the class will then present the class song and Allene Overbey will briefly outline the class history. Following the Presentation of Symbol of Office. Polly Hughes and Elizabeth Ann Parker will present the class gifts. Miss Mary E. Peck, president of the Alumnae Association will initiate the graduates into that association. The class will then sing the Farewell Song by Mary Katherine Dodson. The traditional Daisy Chain on the campus will conclude the Class Day Exercises. On Monday night at 8:30 o'clock there will be a final reception for the seniors in the Student Lounge. The Lantern Parade will be given on the campus at 10 o'clock Monday night. June 2 To Be Date of Final Exercises Commencement Exercises will open Tuesday morning. June 2, With the singing of the Alma Mater. Dr. E. S. Sheppe. pastor of the Farmville Methodist chureh, will deliver the invocation. Sara Cline, one of the second honor graduates, will give the Salutatory address. Jane Lee Hutcheson. of Farmville is the other second honor graduate. The principal speaker at the final exercises will be Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster, from Richmond. Following his address the Senior A'Capella Choir will present "Ood Hath Now Ascended" by Gallows. The valedictory address will be given by Mary Hunter Edmunds. Dr. J. L. Jarman, president of the college, will deliver the diplomas and degrees, followed by the announcement of honor i-'indiiates The singing of the Star Spangled Banner" will close the program.
USO Selects Partners For Pickett Soldiers On Tuesday. May 12, 50 8. T. C. iuniors and seniors in cooperation with the U. S. O. committee of the college war council headed by Dot Childress. went to Blackstone to a dance given in honor of the soldiers at Camp Pickett. It is the special duty of the U. S. O. committee to provide entertainment for soldiers at nearby camps, and in this way aid national defense. The girls travelled to Blackstone by bus. Miss Olive Her. Miss Virginia Bedford, Miss Mary Nichols, and Mr. Raymond French were the chaperones for the students at the dance.
KUTCHER'S The Convenient Store For I acuity and student body The famous motion picture.considering is a broad burlesque "Fantasia ". which ran for a year of a ballet. This division set to flood things to eat and drink in New York and was recently the music of Panchi'. Ill's "Dance (Hich Street i shown in Richmond, will be at to the Hours' is a smash hit. Mile the State Theatre May 18 and 19. Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Upanova. an ostrich with a shy. Suite' optns the picture. Many coy. manner and feet the size of music lovers will be pleased that gunboats assisted by a ludicrous this beloved music is accompanied by some of the artist's most fas- Hyacinth Hippo, Ben All Gates "From old to new with any shoes" cinating work. Mickey Mouse is and his elephant pals dance a Only first class material used All work guaranteed stai red as a student magician in ballet In such a way that there's the section background by Dukas no doubt that Disney did a tall lively and catchy "The Sorcerer's bit of considering. Apprentice". Moussorgsky's "Night on Bald Walt Disney has long sought to! Mountain" and Shubert s famous Our sandwiches are the best in utilize a prehistoric setting in a „Ava Marijr vm cnosen because town. Come in and try them. film. Seeking music that would. , 4U ...... , Quick Service. be interesting and appropriate helof thc Pos-slbllltv of contrasting Call 200 We Deliver chose "Rite of Spring" because the two. of its savage and exciting character. Dinosaurs, volcanoes, boiling oceans, and a world in the throes of creation are used in interpreting this significant composition in modern music. Beethoven's Symphony Number 6 Sequence follows closely the * composers own interpretation of this masterful score known the Immediate rewards for earlier training. This world over as the Pastoral Symspecial course is recommended for college stu- * phony. The only variation makes dents, for high school graduates who expect to * enter college, for war emergency employment, the filming more pictorial. The and as the first part of a Secretarial course. human folk enjoying their day ♦ in the country became mythologiSUMMER CLASSES cal characters like centaurs, centaurettes. unicorns, flying horses, JUNE 8 AND 22. JULY 6 cupids. gods, and goddess. Complete courses leading to Secretarial DiploAnother idea Disney has been mas. Review and speed building classes for commercial graduates. Strayer graduates are preferred applicants for positions in private industry, and qualified for excellent records in * government examinations. *
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