Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12
U. of v. Students to Investi-
gate Negro Problem.
GAME WITH PENNSYLVAN
Negotiations on for Contest Next
Year in Washington.
PLANNING FOR BIG CROWD
All Records Expected to Be Broken
by Student Attendance at
Georgetown Game.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va,

i Special Correspondence or The star
| CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va,
| November IL. 1911.
| Organization Of club which has Sc
lected as it's problem The Treatment OF
| the Negro Question In Its Various Phases
| by the Southern College Student Of To-
day is the latest outgrowth Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia Young Mems Christian
Association.
The organization was finally realized
after persistent effort on the part Of a
number of students who for some time
have manifested keen interest in the
| subject, headed by G. T. MoManaway.
participant in a number OF college activi-
| ties and president of the lately organized
! Woodrow Wilson Club Membership OF
| the club will be divided into groups, each
group studying a certain phase of the
| question. General meetings also will be
| held at intervals, when generalizations
| will be the order
/ Announcement that actual negotiations
| had been going on for some time between
4 the arrangements Of the University OF
| Virginia and Pennsylvania foot ball teams
| for a game to be played in Washington
next year created quite a furore among
| the student body here. The question has
| been widely discussed and most enthusi-
asticaly received. There are few here
\ who do not crave q game Win the QuA-
| kers.
With the material on hand, together
with a number Of stars who have prom
| Used to join the fold next spring, the gen.
eral opinion seems to be that Virginia
| will be In a position to face the Quakers
| with an air Of confidence. Pennsylvania
has failed to show much strength as
| contender in the big five circle thus far
this year and this fact seems to substan-
tiate the belief that team from the local
| university could more than hold Its own
/ in such a game.
| That the proposed contest would be
success from most every standpoint seems
| to be foregone conclusion. Both con-
/ tenders have followings of exceptional
/ proportions in the Capital city. and be-
sides a goodly proportion of the student
| body would undoubtedly make the trip to
i root for their favorttes.
For the past two years Virginia athletes
/ have We'd with representatives OF the
| great northern university for honors on
the cinder path. with but little success.
Each time the wearers of the red and
| blue have been victorious by goodly
| margin Of points. For this reason the
athletic contingent is especially anxious
/ to avenge itself for defeats of two sea-
| sons.
! The game, although not assured, is
| highly probable. Negotiations will prob
| ably continue for some time. In the mean
time Virgfnia's followers will wait in
| hopeful anticipation of favorable develop
mentS.
From present indications the largest
and most representative body Of students
that has ever followed Virginia's foot ball
team to the big game with Georgetown in
| Washington will leave here next Satur-
day morning with the Capital city as their
destination.
that the crowd will reach. IL not exceed,
the 500 mark, which would undoubtedly
be a record for the annual pilgrimage.
| Should popular subscription raise the
necessary funds, the famous Stonewall
| Band of Staunton. Va, will head the pro-
cession in the march up Pennsylvania
| avenue, lending an air of festivtty to the
| preliminaries that always mark con-
test between the two rivals for southern
| athletic superiority Manager Wharton
weems has chartred several special cars
| on the Southern railroad to transport the
rooters to the scene OF battle, and from
present indications 1t will be necessary
| to put in additional order before the
| close OF next week.
| Next Thursday night the big mass
meeting Of the year will be held at the
| corner as a send-oh for the team and
in order to arouse the student body to the
| importance of the occasion. According
to promoters Of the event. there are big
| times ahead for the boys. Speech
making will be followed by general re-
hearsaI OF songs and yells concluding
and display of fireworks.
Prof Echolls. Lambeth, Le Fevre.
Dobie and Watts have been chosen by
President Alderman as members OF the
faculty administrative committee on ath-
letics. DR.. Lambeth is director OF ath-
letics at the university and will probably
serve as chairman Of the committee.
1 college hour" institution at the
University Of Virginia for the past fve
years, inaugurated in the interest OF the
student and purported to join closer the
tie between faculty and student. was cele-
| brated in Cabell Hall last Tuesday after
noon at the conclusion OF the regular
daily session.
Foot baI.' was the theme OF the hour.
although many other topics Of equal, II
fact that the foot ball eleven Is on the
eve Of its crucial game. that with George
town. added considerable interest to the
treatment OF this subject. which was dis
cussed generally by Coach Yancey. Capt.
Joe Wood and various members Of the
team.
President Alderman was principal
speaker. although his place in the chair
was filed by l.. A. Johnson. president Of
the senior law class The genial presi-
dent was at his best in heart-to-heart
talk with the young men OF the univer-
sity. in which he discussed the various
phases OF college life His efforts were
literally applauded by an audience com
posed for the greater part Of students and
members OF the faculty.
| The meeting. which will be repeated at
Intervals during the season. was pref
aced and followed by songs and yells
that echoed and re-echoed through the
vast auditorium.
A dearth Of Virginia foot ball songs.
especially Of those applicable to the
elevens annual struggles with George
town and University of North Carolina,
has prompted College Topics to offer
liberal prizes for the best two song paro-
dies appropriate to those games. and
written by any two subscribers OF the
paper
The contest is subject to the following
conditions:
Only Topics subscribers may compete
The song may be an entirely original
effort or may be a parody. It should con-
sist Of at least one verse with q chorus
1t will be preferable that the words OF
the song be so arranged that Georgetown
or North Caroline, or simply Carolina,
would be interchangeable.
The contest closes at O'Clock Friday,
November 10.
Prof Armstead NJ. Dobie. representing
the faculty; Churchhill Humphrey, the
general athletic association and Felix
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