The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-12-05
DAWSONIAN MEMBER
OF THE SPHINX CLUB
ARTHUR LEWIS AND GEORGE
CLARK ELECTED TO STU
DENTS ORGANIZATION.

Friends of Arthur Lewis here at
home will read with interest the 1oI,
lowing from Red and Black, edited
and published by students of the Uni
versitv OF Georgia at Athens:
Friday morning witnessed the ap-
nearance of two SPHINX neOphytes on
fhe campus. George Clark, OF Way
cross. OF baseball fame and president
of the Pan Hellenic Council, and Ar
thur Lewis, OF Dawson, president OF
the Y. NJ. c. A. and one OF the most
gifted speakers and resourcetul de-
6aters in college. were the two men
so signally honored by election to
this. Georgia's premier and most eN-
elusive club.
Only a very few men from the
whole student body rise to the dis
tinction OF membership IN the SPHINX
club during the year. Such men are
selected not so much because OF their
extraordinary personal attalnments
and achievements, although the first
quality OF these is prerequisite to mem
bership. as because of distinguished
contributions in service to the welfare
nj the university and the student COM
munitv The Sphinx invariably IN
ch1des in its membership those men
who are most conspicuous opponents
in college of the true Georgia spirit,
which is embodied in the phrase
Georgia First"
Padre" Clark is member OF the
Sigma Chi fraternity, IS a three year
man on the Bulldogs baseball outtlt'
and captain of the team tor the COM
ing season. This is his second year
as a member of the Pan Hellenic
Council OF which he is this year pres
ident. He has made his letter IN bask-
setball, is a member OF a number OF
impromptu clubs within the unlvers1-
tv, among which are the Grldiron, the
Senate and the Biftads, and IS identl-
fed with the work OF the y. M I. a.
Lewis, has for a long time been
conspicuous in religious and aIuu1s-
tic activities of the university lie IS
this wear president of the Y M. I. A.,
the work of which he is directing with
unusual success despite the TACT that
he is without the aid OF a general sec
retary. He was editor OF the Student
Handbook for 1923, associate editor OF
the Georgia Cracker, and winner OF
the Junior orators medal. He repre-
scented Phi Kappa in the champion de-
bate with Demosthenian last spring,
and the University in the intercolle-
giate debate with the University OF
Virginia. He is a non-fraternity man,
member of the Senior Round Table,
the Gridiron club, the COunselor's club,
and Square and Compass club. He has
been OF invaluable service to the Red
and Black during the past two years,
being of assistance to its editors ev-
cry week, although not member OF
the staff.
A noteworthy feature OF the initia-
ton was the impersonation by the
Neophytes OF Sydney Smiths two new
famous characters. Lewis, as Andy
Gump, congressman-eleCt RECALLED the
public with speeches on 100 per cent
Americanism; he assured the people
he wore no mans collar, but was whole
heartedly for the dear peepul." He
shook hands with everybody, patted
little bows on the heads and the ladies
on their cheeks, not forgetting to kiss
the babies, while Father" as Andy
faithful campaign manager, handed out
candies to the ladies and political
cigars of doubtful quality to the gen
tlemen. Their chief drawing card"
was a ten-piece band" OF pickaninnies
OF various heights and ages, which
was a scream when singing Glory to
Old Andy"