Greets Students
Ten students attended the annual
pre-school retreat of the Baptist
Student Union Council held Sep¬
tember 8 and 9 at Camp Mary Mun-
ger for the purpose of completing
plans for council work to be done
'Participating in the discussions
were William Hall Preston, Asso¬
ciate Southwide Student Secretary,
Nashville; Dr. J. C. Stivender, pas¬
tor of Ruhama Baptist Church;
Mrs. J. C. Stivender, Miss Mabel
Willoughby, faculty advisor.
Students and guests attending
were William Weaver, president;
John Moore, Ann Weaver, Margar¬
et McClellan. Mary Ellen Yanoey,
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Football At Southern
tie. It is rumored that they have
found the one football they’ve got
left, and so wHl be able to scrim¬
mage several afternoons before the
big scrap; that is, unless the famous
Southern tea forties do not inter¬
fere. '
President Paty is reported to have
said to the Board of Trustees of
Southern: ‘All this football rivalry
between Howard and Southern is
ridiculous.'
Naturally it is ridiculous from the
Southern point of view. Just as
ridiculous as tennis is to the Amer¬
ican Davis cup team.
Kind Offer
Coach Billy Bancroft, feeling
sorry for the once-dangerous Pan¬
thers, has made a splendid offer to
Coach Gillero. The following con¬
versation is reported to have taken
place between them:
Bancroft: I hear you're having a
little trouble, Jenks.
Gillem: Be reasonable. Billy.
We've got the- best team we've had
in years.
Bancroft: In that case, I won't
be bothered by conscience when I
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As Warsaw disintegrates beneath
the bombs of Nazi barbarians, ns
France pounds the Segfried line with
projectiles and personalities, the big
question is not “Will the United
States Become Involved?” Certain¬
ly not. The question uppermost in
the minds of American citizens is
'.‘How do they play football at
Southern?"
It is for the purpose of explain¬
ing this conundrum that we now
rattle the Remington keyboard at
the rate of sixty words per minute.
The mystery is an open book to
The Crimson. Our secret spies have
worked their way into the confi¬
dence of Coach Jenks Gillem, and
we now tell all, despite a rigorous
censorship imposed by Binning-
ham-Southem's president What's-
His-Name.
Secret Is Out
At 2 p.m. each afternoon. Coach
Gillem proceeds to Munger Bowl.
Ar..ved there, he takes out his
scrapbook and looks fondly over the
yellowed pages. A tear drops from
his weary eyes as he reads the
headlines of days gone by. ‘Panth¬
ers Raging for Bulldog Meat'
glorious defenders of Southern
laurels. In weight they range from
stocky 150-pounders to puny 140-
pounders.
'Scrimmage!' shouts Gillem in a
fit of rage, and the boys run madly
from stripe , to stripe on the grid¬
iron, looking for the football.
The quarterback bursts into
tears.
T can't find that old mean ball,'
he weeps, and falls on his face.
But the fullback, built like an
All-American (grammar school)
hero, will not lose heart. "You're
just a sissy,' he yells at the broken¬
hearted quarterback. we ain't
afraid of the Bulldogs.'
That’s the spirit? shouts Gillem.
jumping up from his comfortable
seat in lounger Bowl. ‘We'll lay
those Bulldogs low. Yea, Panthers!'
New Spirit
Thus it is that Southern prepares
for the great Howard-Southern bet-
„„.да*»
Шге ЖошагЬ
Crtmsott
Twenty-Fifth Year
A. D. Thetas-Phi
Mils To Combine
Theta
Кар»
Become Lamb¬
da Chi Alphas
Two of Howard's Greek letter or¬
ganizations will be under different
names this year. The merging of
the national chapters . of Alpha
Delta Theta and Phi Mu sororities
will bring together the two groups
on the campus under the name of
Phi Mu.
The national chapters of Theta
Kappa Nu and Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternities have united under the
latter name. This fraternity will
be represented in Alabama at How¬
ard, the University of Alabama,
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and
Birmingham-Southern.
Although the two sororities have
merged, formal affilication has
been set for November 8. The new¬
ly combined organizations will oc¬
cupy the Phi Mu lodge on the
campus.
Formal rush week begins today
and lasts through Saturday. Si¬
lence period begins Saturday eve¬
ning at 6 o'clock and ends Bid Day,
Monday at 2 o'clock. Pan-Hellenic
has supplied each social group with
a copy of the rush rules.
MIRRQR OF CAMPUS LIFE
Birmingham, Alabama, Wednesday, September 13, 1939
Optin iism Marks Opening Days
Of New Howard Administration
Staff Tryouts
Here’s Your Chance To
Write for Crimson
and Entre Nous
Staff tryouts arc now underway
for all students who want to work
on the Crimson. Those especially
interested in jumalism are urged
to try fpr places.
Contributions may be “news", fea¬
ture, society, sports stories, and edi¬
torials. They should be typed, if
possible. Articles submitted may
be placed in the Crimson Box in
the vestibule of Main Building or
handed to the editor.
Selections will be based, on inter¬
est arid style of the articles, submit¬
ted and the initiative shown by the
writer. At the end of the year an
award will be made to the staff
member doing the best work for
the year.
William Stickles, editor of the
Entre Nous, college annual, an¬
nounces that those interested in be¬
ing on the Entre Nous staff should
see him right away.
Students To Fly
Howard will have training courses
in aeronautics this year.
Although definite plans were not
available at the present, Maj. Har¬
well Davis, president of Howard
College, and Prof. Paul D. Bales,
associate professor of physics, are
assured that civilian pilot training
courses qualifying students for pri¬
vate licensee will be offered at the
Birmingham Municipal Airport
These courses will be awarded
under the Civil Aeronautics Au¬
thority plan and are scheduled to
begin during the month of October
under direction of pilots and ground
crews of Southern Airways, which
has a contract with the govern¬
ment for training students.
Further specific information will
be announced at a later date.
WYATT POPE
“We Will Have
A Good Year'
Pope Believes
Greeting the upper classmen and
freshmen this week. Wyatt Pope,
president of the student body is ex¬
tending a warm welcome to all.
President Pope announces that
he is working on pla
mittees to be announced later and
he asks for the help and united
effort of every student toward the
new administration. He wants
every student to know that he will
be glad to help them in any way
possible and he will be glad to
consider any ideas or plans they
have. *
Expressing enthusiasm for the
coming year. Pope says, “I prom¬
ise I am for anything which will
give better scholarship, better
school spirit, a bigger variety of
activities, and a greater Howard.
We will have a good year!"
Seven Ph. D’s
Join Faculty
New Men in History, Bible,
Language, Education and
Kngiiah Begin Lecture»
Seven new members, all with
Ph. D. degrees, have been added
to the faculty staff as another step
in raising the scholastic standards
of the college.
Five departments are to add new
men, including two in the history
department; two in the language
department; and one each in the
Bible, English and Education de¬
partments.
Dr. Phillip K. Edwards will teach
German and Latin. He is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa and a graduate
with honors from Carleton College,
Minnesota. He received his Ph. D.
in Greek from Johns Hopkins Uni¬
versity.
Robert H. Wilson, Ph. D, Univer¬
sity of Chicago, has been added to
the English staff. He comes to
Howard with seven years of teach¬
ing experience In colleges and uni¬
versities. He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa.
Dr. Garland Downum, who mar¬
ried this past June, received his
Ph. D. from the University of Texas
and wilt teach In the history de¬
partment
Dr. Vernon Davison, who has had
considerable experience in young
people’s work, received his Phi),
degree from Louisville Seminary in
May. He will teach Bible and
Greek. <
Dr. Wallace M. True. Phi Beta
Kappa, who will teach In the his¬
tory department, received his doc-
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New President
Registration
Hits New High
Registration Begin» Today
For Upperclassmen; Dean
Burn» Voice» Enthusiasm
Registration for freshmen having
been completed yesterday and reg¬
istration for upper-classmen set for
today, the ninety-seventh session of
Howard College opened under the
administration of the new presi¬
dent, Major Harwell G. Davis.
All indications point to a year
of definite achievement with seven
new members having been added to
the faculty, physical improvements
underway and the promise of an
increase in enrollment Under the
guidance of the new president
Major Dayjs, former Collector of
Internal Revenue for Alabama, who
took over his duties July 1, the col¬
lege promisee to go forward with
a year of greater cooperation and
unity.
Dean P. P. Burns, voicing opti¬
mism over the prospects of the
1939-40 session, pointed to the su¬
periority of the incoming fresh¬
men, along with the other improve¬
ments, and Dr. J. L. Brakefield,
professor of Biology, is making
plans for the enlistment of all stu¬
dents in carrying out the athletic
plans for the coming year.
Physical Improvements
Mamie Mell Smith ' Hall, girl's
dormitory, and Renfro Hall, boy's
dormitory, have been completely
renovated and redecorated. The
boy s dormitory will be under tbe
supervision of Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Cooper who will reside in the apart¬
ments occupied by Coach Ray Davis
last year. This year meals will be
served to the boys and town stu¬
dents in the dining room of the
boy's dormitory.
The Bookstore has been moved
from the Co op to the brick building
next to Berry Field.
Chapel Changed
Classes begin today for freshmen
and Thursday for upper-classmen
following a new schedule with
chapel every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday as the most marked
change. Monday. Wednesday' and
Friday classes will run from 8:30
to 1:10, with un interval of forty
minutes from 10:30 to 11:10, for
chapel. Tuesday and Thursday
classes will run from 8:30 ’til 1:00.
STUDENTS TO EAT OUT!
All non resident students at¬
tending Howard are invited to
be the guests of families of Ru¬
hama Baptist Church next Sun¬
day for lunch. (
BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR THE BAND
