NUMBER 3
Of New Fountain
DR. DAVIS IS PRAISED
An Interesting Program Is
Given; Outstanding
People Attend
The October meeting of the Howard
College Auxiliary wae held yesterday
morning at ID: 30 o'clock in the admin¬
istration building. The new drinking
Alabama Fisher
ly Winner Is
Howard Student
„Alpha Delta PI
Margaret Jones, Birmingham; Vir¬
ginia White. Birmingham; Margaret
ban ford. Birmingham; Elolse Miles,
Oneonta; Marjorie Smith, Birming¬
ham; Mary Anderson, Thomaaville;
Gladys Aldridger Brook Ride; Mary Eli¬
zabeth 8 tamper, Birmingham; Mad-
rene Rothermel, Birmingham; Maidre
'Miles, Oneonta; Edith Cowan. Birming¬
ham; Sara Hobbs, Birmingham; Edith
Smith, Birmingham; Martha Braafield,
Dora; Elizabeth Weakley, Birming¬
ham; 8ue Neal, Birmingham; Evelyn
Manken. El Paso, ’ Texas; Elaine
Young. Birmingham, and Dorothy
Burks, Enaley.
Phi Mu
Earlyn Sudduth, Birmingham; Mar¬
garet Hogan. Birmingham; Marjorie
Roper, Birmingham; Earlyn Ansley,
Birmingham; Meta La Leollle, Bir¬
mingham; Dorothy Walker, Mobile;
Elizabeth McNeil, Birmingham; Katie
Lou Hammett, Birmingham; Elizabeth
Daniel. Fairfield; Bess McComas,
Birmingham, and Earlyn Looney, Bir-
mlngbam.
Delta Zeta
Maxine Dupuy, Birmingham; Mil¬
dred Maxwell, Birmingham; Elizabeth
Hoover, Birmingham; Varinn. Shelton,
Birmingham; Frances Kinne, Birming¬
ham; Grace Mangum, Birmingham;
MewoU Ryan, Nashville; ' Mildred God¬
win, Birmingham; Margaret Godwin,
Birmingham, and Helen Malone, Ens-
ley.
Sigma lota Chi
Virginia Logan, Falrrield; Margater
Reinhardt. Birmingham; Ellen' Mae
Perry. Birmingham; Elizabeth Bobo,
Birmingham; Mary Joe Slaughter, Bir¬
mingham. ,
Alpha Delta Theta
Ava Robinson, Haleyville; Greta Bur¬
roughs, Birmingham; Dorothy Parker,
MerhUan ; Mary Elizabeth Rhodes, Bir¬
mingham; Mildred Rhodes, Birming¬
ham ; Pauline Gilliland. Central; Ann
Elizabeth Berry. Birmingham: Mar¬
garet Hearn, Birmingham; Jean
Hearn, Binning ham.
Beta Phi Alpha
Lucille Metis, Birmingham; Isabel
Wilson. Homowood; Dlnnle Mae Mack-
uy. Birmingham; Jeanette Mnrphree,
Jlrmlngjmai; Fiedella 'Cartor, Birming¬
ham; Dorothy Wilder. Birmingham;
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Walter T. Harper, Jr.,Treshman at
oward, was awarded the senior prize
Guild." The contest was held in the
latter part of August under the
auspices of tt.e Bii mingham News-Age-
Herald.
Similar contests were held in 31
othor districts of the United States
and Canada, and >f7S,000 wae given in
cash Vises. These contests were pre¬
liminaries of the grand finale at De¬
troit when slate champions came for
the selection of ths national champion.
In selecting the prlaes the Judges
used templates and gauges, ana re
corded 230 measurements in checking
each entry.
The Judges were selected by their
qualifications In craftsmanship skill.
In charge of the Judging was G. C.
CHAPEL SEATS LISTED
All students an required to attend
chapel on blonds y. Wed reed a
у
and
Friday. The faculty chapel committee
has assigned seat numbers to every
student registered at Howard and has
the bulletin board.
the list posted on
The numbers are
tag during the exercises by student
assistants.
Upon absence from the regular seat
on chape! days, an excuse must be im-
uocllle Halford,
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Hmuarb Crfmamn
Davis Memorial Is Rededicated At Howard
GREEKS ANNOUNCE
HAS FIRST MEETING 123 new pledges
The ft Bering story tree told to
H r. Chap naj by Mrs. J. Smith, of
J arion. .Ua. when he visited there
t Is summer. Mrs. Smith was an eye-
si Itnesa of tl e catastrophe and is now
8 years old.
Sunday nifht, the 18th of October,
1 (64, Howar 1 College wan burned to
t
ш
ground i it midnight.
The smob waked the janitor, who
s ept in a ro. m back of the president's
t Iflce, and he rushed upstairs and
v aked lie toys on the second and
t ilrd fl-»rs. Then he rushed baric
d iwn the b: irning stairs, his clothes
c ught fire, md ho wae so badly burn-
e tliat lie died aOon after— faithful
u to dea'b.
•Help! I alp!" roused the people,
w o, on :oo dng out, saw volumes of
si oke rising from the college, and
th cries of fbe beys standing at the
wl idows rent the air. An immense
cr< vd soon gathered, and men called
to be boys: "Tie your bedclothes to-
get er and tie them to u bed post,
thri v it oul of the window and elide
do* i." in short time they were on
the ground. The boys on the third
floo ran tl rongh the smoking- stair¬
case i to the second floor and got out
of tl e wind' iws. Their one boy called
out, 'Ander On Talbert Is in his room
in t e n.ort least corner, of the third
flooi sick 1 1 bed."
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ladder! A lad¬
der. Ween Mr. George T. Johnson,
who lived I cross the garden, replied,
"The e ia ■ me in my yard," several
men ran ior it, but when it was
raise l it w is too short tc< reach the
wind >w. T ten four men ilbcd togeth¬
er a id rei ted the ladder on their
shou ders. ivhtle one man went up
to ge Ande -son. He was unconscious
so tl e man pat his arms nnrand him
and Iraggel him to the window, but
could not. gi t him out, so another man
went up nm : took hold of hie legs, and
toget er the
у
brought him <lown. Doc¬
tors vere there who examined him
and . aid ti <at the smoke had suffo¬
cated him. They took 1dm to the
home of Mr. Tutt, who lived across
from the Bi ptist Church, In the house
owne I by Mr. Clifton Johnson, and
he wis boiled from there Monday.
Th
»
pcop ie took the boys to their
homi j, sup] lied what they needed, for
they had io it everything. One of Mr.
John on's i one told his father when
he cune h >me to breakfnet that he
saw someone hiding behind a tree
whei he w€ nt over In the college yard,
and when le went to see who it *ras
he
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icognii ed one of the day pupils
who lived i mile away, and he had
on h
я
Sum ay clothes at midnight. It
was ( - ), who had been caught
steal og noney out of the boys’
trun: 8. am they had thieatened to
whip him fi
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Th Xrustaes had a meeting Monday
In tl 9 offl® of one of them to de¬
cide ibai t > do about the school. Mr.
Johm on wa i there and told them what
hie s m toll him about the man hid¬
ing ii the yi xd with
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Sunday clothes
on a len lie house caught fire. The
trust ee go : In a carriage and went
out l l his lome. At first he denied'
know ng alout it, but wlett one of
them told h m about stealing the boys'
mom v, ha . cmfeseed, "I did It by put¬
ting papers in the closet under the
stain ase ai d setting them on fire, so
the t lys eo ildn’t get out, end I hoped
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A LI JED ARTS CLUB
HnS ANNUAL TRYOUT
Plan» Ar« Already Started
Tr out- lor membership In the Al¬
lied iris dub were held yesterday,
Octal >r -i, :n the college chapel. New
me ml
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a:e to be announced today,
accor ing to Helen Mori and. preai-
dent.
Oth ir olficers of tlie club be¬
sides Misi M or land Includii: Mary
Clalrt Riu die, vlce-preelieut; Mar
Jorie tarn ey, secretary, and Worley
Field.
The dnl
eral p
»уь
during the year under the
direct! m of Miss 8 parka. The
for tr ou
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tor parts in the ae
will b -
A»o w tryout for
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In
the cl b will be held daring this
those h' have a
or drai is talent to try fur
■hip in u 'club at lh.. time
Season Of Spirited Rushing Ends With Pledging Of
Large Group of Students; Many Affairs
Planned For New Pledges
Following a spirited rush season filled with many parties in
honor of the freshmen, Howard fraternities and sororities announce
the pledging of 123 students. Of the sixty-three co-eds pledged.
Alpha Delta Pi leads the ’list with nineteen pledges. Fraternities
pledged sixty boys with Sigma Phi Epsilon pledging thirteen for first
place in numbers.
Fraternities and their pledgee are
follows:
Theta Kappa Nu: John R..Fenn, Al¬
len, P. E. Poe, Robert Thompson, Gus
Mackey. Roy Myrlck, Coffeeville; Leo
Brazil. Millport; Russell Molpus, Mo¬
bile; Frank Thompson, Northport;
Hamner Kildretb, Enterprise and Ro¬
land Molpus, Mobile.
PI Kappa Phi: Aubrey Couch.
George MoCrory, Robert McCarty, of
Dothan; Howell Bennett, Dothan;
Clayton Balter, Georgians; Claude
Smith, Mentone; W. G. Mellon, Oxford.
Sigma Nu: L. C. Sims, Don Cargill,
J. B. King, Tom Floyd, Otlio Bruce,
James Nunnelley, Muir Edney, Robert
Hall. Camel Snow. Helena; Graham
Cox. Mobile.
PI Kappa Alpha: Marvin Bishop.
A. M. Reid, Jr., Henry Waters, Douglas
Cary, Walter Harper, Fred Phillips,
James Alackle. W J. Isaacs, Robert
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Thompson, James Thompson,
Howard
А1>гаш8,
of Ohatclilo; Richard
Lyon. Tuscaloosa.
Alpha Lambda Tau: Godfrey Gienn.
Frank Slaughter, Clyde Wilson, Olin
Kelso, Aubrey -Gresham and Dewitt
Dunn, Tallassee.
Sigma Phi Epsilon: James Haley.
Francis Thompson, Dennis Conniff,
Archie Fre.eman, Joe Cottrell, of De¬
catur; Burnett Larrimore, Dickinson;
Paul Freeman. Ensley; Jess Weldon,
Wllsonvllle; Nash Reader, Bessemer;
Phillip McCurdy, Ensley; Bill Staples,
Paris, Tex.; Inzer Reid, Montevailo.
Sororities and their pledges announ¬
ced Monday are:
SENIORS TO MEET
Allen Douglas, President of the
Senior Class, hat called a meeting
of the claaa for Thursday morn¬
ing- The meeting will be held In
Dr. L. O. Dawson’a classroom at
chapel period.
Aa thia la the first meeting of
the year and much Important busi¬
ness la to be diecueaed, a large
attendance ia urged.
Eimoimii
Bears Show Team That
— Will Be Contenders
For D. C. Crown
HOWARD KEEPS FIGHT
Statewide Convention To ,Re
Held At Tuscaloosa
Howard Y. W. C. A. hae gotten well
under way in its year's work and com¬
pleted plans make the year look prom¬
ising. The meeting this week will
feature an election of Freshman Com¬
mission officers and a meeting of the
Cabinet. The election of Freshmen
officers will be held with Louise Har¬
rison, director of the Freshman Com^
mission, in charge. The regular cab¬
inet meeting will be presided over by
Ktuazt Dupuy, president. This meet¬
ing will be to discuss plans for the
Htatewlde Y. W. C. A. Conference to
be held In Tuscaloosa this week-end.
AH members of the cabinet are urged
to attend the conference, since How¬
ard is in Charge of eeveral meetinge
of the conference, including responsi¬
bility with Birmingham - Southern's
cabinet for the stunts and entertain¬
ment on Saturday night
Freshman Election
Completes Role Of
Class Officials
Tbe Freshman Class elected the fol¬
lowing officers last Thursday In Mon¬
tague:
Pete Allen, vice president; Ann
Berry, secretary; J. B. King, treasur¬
er, and Evelyn Ansley, student coun¬
cil representative.
Henry Parker, of Mobile, was choe-
on president at a previous meeting.
Many of the contests were won by
cloee votes.
All officers except the president are
lormer Woodlawn High students. Pete
AUen, vice president. Is a former foot¬
ball star of that school. Ann Berry
wm class artist and a member of tbe
Art Club. J. B. .King was president of
the Mathematics Honor Society, and
Evolyn Ansley was an outstanding
member of the National Honor Society
and Dramatic Club.
Each newly elected officer pledged
his support to the president and plac¬
ed ‘themselves at the sendee of the
membe» of tbe class.
A disorderly discussion of parliamen¬
tary law delayed the election several
minutes.
Howard Students
From Afar Tell Of
Mother Countries
Two very interesting and Interested
students come to Howard's campus
this year in the personages of Mark
Lower and Osmar Jacobs. They aro
from England and Syria respectively.
Few recognize them as students from
foreign lands because of their so com¬
pletely adapting themselves to their
surroundings.
Mr. Lower, from Brighton, England,
has already identified himself with
several of the activities on the campus.
Last Thursday afternoon he spoke to
the Mleslon Band on the work In
which ho hds been engaged. Before
coming to this country he did mission
work among tbe fisher folk on the
southern coast of his native country.
For three and one-half yea» he has
been actively engaged in mission work
among the Chinese and other nationali¬
ties in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Many
interesting and trying experiences
have been bis in the work which he
has been doing. Since being in Bir¬
mingham be has spoken publicly on
several occasions on England and dif¬
ferent phases of miesion work.
Every afternoon one may see him
on Berry Field among the track team
candidates. He Is much Interested in
track, having participated' In the
Brighton-London raefes, and since be¬
ing in this country has been connected
with the Athletic Union of Pittsburg.
Speaking of Howard he says, "I have
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COUNCIL REPORTS
FIRST ACTIVITIES
Students Invited To Appear
Meetings To Offer Plans
The first meeting of the Student
Council woe held Thursday. Sept.
2»,
1332.
The B. S- D. waa awarded 2 per
cent instead of 1 per cent of the Stu¬
dent Activity fees. One per cent waa
taken from general fund, leaving it to
22 per cent
A committee was appointed to make
a. thorough study of Ihe Honor Point
system. Wilbur Blackmon will act as
chairman with Mary B. Gray and
Chapman Meadows assisting.
Any student who has an Intelligent
suggestion aa to what changes should
be made in the Honor Point system
can report to any member of the com¬
mittee or to Carl Park, President of
the Student Body.
Students wishing to present any
problem to the Studint Council are
(corned to do eo at the Student
Council meetings. Node® of all meet¬
ings will he posted on the bulletin
board two days in advance.
HOWARD STUDENTS
OCCUPY PULPITS
Fifteen Ministerial Students
Preach October 2
Fifteen Howard ministerial students
occupied the same number of Baptist
pulpits over the State Sunday, Oc¬
tober 2nd. More than a score of the
students hold pastorates near the city,
and many of Ybem not holding pas¬
torates are actively engaged each Sun¬
day supplying for pastors In this, sec¬
tion.
Those who represented Howard this
past Sunday were Julius H. Avery,
Coosa, Georgia, at West Side, Besse¬
mer; James Oscar Colley, Montgom¬
ery, at Virginia Mines; George Homer
Carrol, Clanton, at New Salem; Ray¬
mond Dykes, Andalusia, at Gate City;
Richard L. Lyon, Tuscaloosa, at BeUe
Ellen; Rubin E. Merrill, Birmingham,
at Bon Air; Gaines H. Mason, Ensley,
at Mineral Springe; Leon M. Macon,
Mobile, at Underwood;
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B. Phillips,
Birmingham, at Blountavllle; John S-
Rasco, Birmingham, at Berney Points;
Grady Winstead, Bessemer, at Brown's
Station; J. Paul O'Neal, River Fa4ls,
at Sulphur Springs; Osmar Jacobs,
Antioch, Syria, at the Sixty-Sixth
Comeback in Seeond Half
Shows Spirit And Re¬
serve Strength
Bumping Into the strongest team
they have faced this season, the Bull¬
dogs were defeated by Mercer, 2i-6.
Unleashing a driving and passing at¬
tack the Bears were nble to score
two touchdowns in the first hall.
Mercer took the opening kickoff and
started a drive that ended in a touch,
down. Led by Cimperman and Trim-
merhauser who carried the ball to
Howard's 20-yard line, from there
Zinkowski skirted left end for the
touchdown. The second score was a
long forward pass, the Bears took the
ball on Howard's 42-yard line. On the
first play Cimperman ran 21 yards,
then Trommerhauser threw a 35-yard
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to Sperry, who ran the remaining
few yards.
The Bulldogs, held to one first down
In the first half of the contest, came
back in the last half to play on a par
with Mercer's heavier team. The first
downs being the same in tho last half.
A Howard drive was stopped in the
third quarter when Waldonjnlercepted
a pass and ran 87 yards across t.he
goal line for the last score.
The Howard score came in the
fourth period, Mercer had started what
looked like another one of those de¬
termined drives when Hick Ewing
grabbed one of Trommerhanser's
passes and galloped 94 yards before
Cimperman tackled him from behind.
The baU was bucked the remaining
yard by Harvey Moore.
, Late in the game the Bears blocked
a punt and' marched to Howard's 11-
yard line, the Bulldogs held them. The
game ended with Howard In posses¬
sion of the ball on Mercer's 20-yard
line.
In the Howard lineup Scifres, Fayet,
Sweeney, Glenn and Ewing were l be
outstanding men. The entire line tar
Mercer played well, Walden, Trommer¬
hauser and Zinkowski bearing ihe
brunt of their offense.
Lineup:
Mercer — Sperry, le.; Camp, it.; Red¬
dick. lg.; Smith, c.; McNabb, rg.;
Olsson, rt.; Harrison, re.; Trommer¬
hauser, q.; Popeko, lh.; Zlnkowsky,
rh.; Cimperman, fb.
Howard— Garrett, le.; Kelso, it.;'
Mote, lg.; HolmAedt, a; Kincaid, rg.;
Osborne, rt; Fayet, re.; Moore, q.;
Fields, lh.; Hulsey, rh.; Fontile, ftt.
Subs— Stuart, Laney, Glenn, Mosbre,
Scifres, Garrett Cunningham, Gres¬
ham, Everetts, Sweeney. Ewing. Bailey
and Thomalson.
CRIMSON TRYOUTS
IN SECOND WEEK
Street Church, Birmingham; Oscar. A.
Davis, Doublb Springs, at Tru8svlUe,r
and 'William H: Falkner, Newton, at
Hebron.
CHI DELTA PHI BEGINS
NEW YEAR’S ACTIVITY
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Delta Phi. national honor ao-.
ciety in English, announces the date
or tryouts for the first semester. Try¬
outs will last through the month of
October, closing on October 30. Any
glri In the Sophomore. Junior or
Senior class may tryout Any type
of literary work — assays, literary re¬
views. poetry or short stories will be
septed. All girls dealring to tryout
are requested to pay particular atten¬
tion to the final date. Manuscripts
ly be given to any member of Chi
Delta Phi. Judges for the tryouts
will be
At a recent meeting office» wore
ected to serve during
isr. Louise Harrison
Many Students
The annual Crimson tryout enters
into its second week, with many stu¬
dents submitting articles.
The material turned In haa been
Judged and ia well above the avenge
copy written by beginnora. The rule*
and regulations have been closely tal¬
lowed. with the result being neat and
well written articles.
The contest will be conducted .for
eight more weeks, and students «ho
have not entered yet may still do w.
The tryout is open to all students.
The material submitted will be graded
according to the rules published in
last week’s Crimson.
, Annie I
Wyun;
retary, Nina
PLAY PRODUCTION
CLASSES UNDER WAY
In the near future, Howard Is going
to witness some real acting by Ihe
play-production class. This progres¬
sive is already preparing to present a
three-act play. Moreover, they are
■ plans for the organization of
Uc club.
class Is instructed by Miss
Antoinette Sparks, who U
»
perl enced in dramatics and
However, the
is not as large