Writes Book
Three Students Will -
Celebrate Birthdays On
Day of Christ’s Birth
Carries On
Three Howard students, two girls
and one boy, will celebrate birth¬
days on the day of Christ’s birth, a
check through the files in the regis-
Kappa Psi To
Initiate Ten
New Members
Honorary Pharmaceutical
Fraternity To Honor
Pharmacy Students
of history, recently con-
a book to the literary to-
lie Secession Movement in
1850-61,” which is highly
held the week after Christmas, ac¬
cording to Leroy Vance, president
New members to be initiated are
George Murrah, John Latham, Car¬
lyle Evans, Henry L. Cobb. Jerre
Watson, Bob Vogt.
В.
T. Hollis,
Robert Snow, Tom Jordan, and Sid
ney Ballard.
To be eligible for membership in
this national organization, students
are required to maintain an average
of L5 in pharmacy.
Officers of the Howard chapter
are Leroy Vance, president; John
Three Stars ' Will
Play For Howard
In All-Star Game
Gone With The Wind !
Daugherty, Huckaby and
Courington To Play
Christmas Day
Pat Courington, center; George
D a u g h e rty, fullback, and
Willard Huckaby, tackle, will be
Howard's contributions to the all-
college-aU-star football game to be
played Christmas afternoon at the
former
“Why, you wouldn’t have even
known it was Christmas in Atlanta
—it's just full of "Gone With the
Wind”— theatres, store windows,
people and all!, " reported Lydia
Haisten, c '40, who attended the
“World Premier Gone with the
Wind Ball” held in Atlanta last
Saturday night
Unable to get tickets to the pic¬
ture, Miss Haisten only attended the
ball where she got autographs of
Clark Gable, Ann Rutherford, stars
of the picture; Carol Lombard.
Gable’s wife; and Kay Kyser, mas¬
ter of ceremonies.
“It was qlt very wonderful," was
her impression.
For Cartoonists
Stadium when
of Howard and Alabama
of Auburn and Birraing-
sented by the Bessemer Junior A Cartoonist’s Club, composed of
Chamber of Commerce, will go to those students in the art department
charity. Coaches will be Harold interested in drawing cartoons, .is
Red Drew, end coach at the Uni- the latest campus organization,
verslty, for the Alabama and How- president of the club, which was
ard team, and Dell Morgan, of the formed last week, is Sam Rhode.
Auburn staff, for the Auburn-South- other officers are James Wade,
em team. vice-president; and Charlie Davis,
Lineups for the game will be: secretary-treasurer. Members are
(Continued on- Page 4) John Moore, Lea Anderton, Lar-
The Tennessee Team Chooses The Howard Beauties
big handkerchief with no holes in
it so nobody can peep, and—”
R. T.: “Gee, 1 like that one. She
has eyes just like a swell dog 1
had once.”
Cafego: “That's no picture. That’s
the letter from Mr. William Stick¬
les.”
R T.: “Well, I still say it has eyes
like a swell dog 1 had once.”
R C..J1 don't know about the rest
of you guys, but I’ve already de¬
cided on Vivian Norton, Beatrice
Michael. Marjorie Holcomb. Doro¬
thy Bell, Robbie Owings, and Gloria
The scene is a room in the boys’
dormitory at the University of Ten¬
nessee. Those present, as any foot¬
ball fan could tell you with his
hands tied behind him, are the
famous Tennessee team. George
Cafego enters carrying a large
package. The boys make a rush
for him.
L. G. *: “O boy, food from home
and we’re through training!'’
Cafego: “No. you dope, these are
the Howard College beauties we’re
going to. judge.”
R E.: (Taking the wrapping paper
off and picking up the first picture,
which is of Elizabeth Holcomb.)
“This Is the one! This is the onel
Never mind the others, boys! (He
L. T.: "Yea? Nobody’s going t®
dictate to me. I’m not changing
and Tm for Ruby Nell Collins, Jane
Doran, Lydia Haisten, Corrie An-
L. E.: "Tm. going home if you
all don't elect Marjorie Holcomb,
Jane Doran — ”
F. B.: “Tm for Robbie Owings.
Who wants to fight?”
Team: "Swell! (They all shake
hands as the curtain falls.)
•Names of players withheld by
special request of the author who
doesn't know what they are.
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Ete Ifrmmrb Crimson
Twenty-Fifth Year
MIRROR OF CAMPUS LIFE
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1939
Democracy Is
By Far The Best
Form of Government
COMMENTS
(Yoiir Commentator is Jack Bevcrelt,
Senior Major in Economies.)
EFFECTIVE— WeU. the frosh’s
speed in rebuilding the bonfire is
getting to be an old subject now,
but it's still interesting. When
we're sixty we'il still recall the good
old days before the last Howard-
Southern game when Prexy Pope
called the midnight meeting of the
Student Senate around pre-sch*
uled. smouldering ashes, obtained
an appropriation and, amid action
scenes that would make a DeMille
envious, led the students in con¬
structing before dawn a bonfire
heap bigger .than the original.
All of which goes to show that
democracy can be effective. One
ot the most common criticisms
made against the Baptist form of
Church government is that because
it is democratic, it is sometimes
inefficient, bunglesome and slow in
acting in an emergency. The same
charges are often leveled against
the United States Government
While control emanating from the
people upwards, instead of from the
oflicials downwards, possibly has
such handicaps we still believe un¬
hesitatingly that it ia by far othe
best form of government And the
bonfire incident as well as others,
has proven definitely that imme¬
diate concerted action in a large
group is quite possible, especially If
the group happens to be Howard
MONOPOLISTS — Quite a little
attention has been focused recently
on several small groups of students
whom we shall call, for want of a
better name, “classroom monopo¬
lists". These students thrive in lec
ture and discussion courses, work
ing in this manner When oppor¬
tunity for class discussion comes up
the two or three "monopolists” are
always present and seize the oppor
tunity to exhibit their self-supposed
brilliance by hogging the
to the n'th degree. In the mean
the remainder of the student)
well as the professor, are force
suffer in silence for ten full mil
listening to the cladsroom hogs
pound -their half-baked the<
toe brained axioms and
witticisms concerning the subject.
Students who do not find these ob¬
vious evils present in at least one
of their classes may consider them¬
selves lucky. As for the 'monopo¬
lists ", may the powers that be again
consider Mr. Bums' timeworn sup¬
plication: “Oh, would some power
the Riftie give us, etc.”
CURIOUS— We wonder if Ed. has
conducted any popularity surveys
on the various features presented in
her Crimson— for this reason: Our
curiosity is aroused about the pop¬
ularity of the several Winchellian
keyhole columns that have been
conducted in the Crimson during
the past few years by such celebrat¬
ed anonymities as “The Campus
Snoop", "Bebe” and "Dot". The
dope peddled in such columns can
serve no earthly purpose whatever
except that of amusement. It is not
educational, instructive or uplifting,
yet from all the articles appearing
in the Crimson, the writer invaria¬
bly picks out these to read first
when he picks up his Crimson each
week by the Dean's door. If the edi¬
tor ever conducts that survey and
on Page 4)
Students To
Leave Today
For Vacation
Fourteen Days Allowed
For Christmas
Holidays
After one o'clock this afternoon,
ten classes are dismissed, apprdx-
ately 200 students will leave for
me for Christmas holidays. Begin -
ag today and continuing through
Jan. 2, fourteen days have been al¬
lowed for Christmas celebration.
- Dean To Speak
Climaxing a week of gay social
activities, the final Christmas event
will be chapel exercises today,
When students and faculty mem¬
bers assemble for the last pro-
am of the year.
Dean P. P. Bums will carry on a
tteen year-old tradition by giving
s annual talk on "Reading a Good
ook During the Holidays.”
GREETINGS!
To the Students:
At this Christmas sea-
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son, as I consider the
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many things for which I
Щ
9 have reason to be thank-
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tm ful. I count among the £*
helpful the spirit of TL
W co-operation of the stu-
dents in maintaining
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worthy ideals.
May this and your many
other efforts and contacts T*
at Howard bring each of
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you happiness during this £$
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rente
ome ot the students
an to make use ot_their yuletide
jlidays for rest, the majority will
* busily engaged in various activi-
es. The largest per cent will
ork, at least before Christmas Day,
id others will read, catch up on
ick work, or’ just have fun in
With such places as Ohio, New
York, Tennessee, Gadsden, Mont-
Haleyville, calling, cars,
1 trains will be leaving for
all points carrying Howard stu-
The faculty members,
too, are completing plans for var-
vays of spending their vaca-
According to as much infor-
l as could be gathered of those
rs who would not be in Bir'-
and where they will be,
are Dr. Louis W. Lohr, professor
of Economics, Tulsa, Oklahoma;
Miss Alida Townes, art instructor,
Nashville, Tenn.; Miss Mable Wil¬
loughby, librarian, Florida and Gor¬
don, Ala.; Mr. L. F. Berry, bursor,
will attend New York's World Fair;
Mr. Louis C. Guenther, Registrar,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Dr. Oliver Sarosi,
assistant profesor of Economics.
Chicago and St Louis; Miss Jessie
May Gill, pharmacy assistant,
Starkville, Miss.; Coaches Jim
irt and Dean Snell will go
to Cleveland, Ohio; Dean P. P.
i, New Orleans for a joint
