University of Virginia - Corks and Curls Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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Stuart Valentine was elected President of the College April 29, with Granny Swope as vice-president, Mac Gibson secretary-treasurer, and Marvin Perry historian. Sonny Nichols, Widdy Tazewell, Fred Bocock and Bo Moore won Student Council seats. On May 1 Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo, spoke at the Cavalier Daily annual banquet, Widdy Tazewell was elected president of the Raven Society, and Frank Ward resigned as track coach. Student Council announced plans for a forum on public drinking problems on May 12. Recommendations of three Council committees on drinking at athletic events, social func- tions, and at dances and concerts were heard at the forum which was held in Cabell Hall. Student reaction was not favorable enough and further proposals were planned for pre- sentation. With this in the air, the spring semester of 1953 came to a close with Finals.

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'THE'YEARrJ953 1954 In the spring of 1953 things got warmer when the Alumni trampled the varsity 41 to 0 in the annual Alumni football game held March 21 in Scott Stadium. Then came spring rushing and Bid Sunday was March 29 with 284 men taken into the 28 fraternities on the Grounds. This was the largest rush class since 1949. Easter vacation brought the un- fortunate death of James W. Floyd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Norton Clay was also seriously injured in the accident. During the first days of April the flick crew was offered Bwana Devil, the first full length 3-D movie to play in Charlottesville. This was soon followed by a deluge of odd demensional Hicks that kept the movie fans confused from then on. Thursday night, April 9, the University Party was split into two political units, Lambda Pi and Skull 6! Keys. This opened the way for more political activity at the University. April 17 Tommy Dorsey arrived to touch OE Easter Weekend, the annual Libel Show, and the awarding of the Ugly Man prize to Pete Platt. A new ruling, however, had been made to curtail the association of the flowing cup with Dorsefs band,-no mote drinking in the Gym. On April 21 the Graduate Center was opened at the south end of West Range and two students, Tom Wilson and George Turner, reported seeing a Hying saucer over Charlottesville. The hrst ofhcial Student Council stand on public drinking was published in the Cavalier Daily April 29, when it was pointed out that Virginia State law prohibits alcoholic beverages on state property. i.c. Memorial Gymnasium. Also, no one is allowed to drink in a public place which does not have an ABC license. One of the Councilis aims was to prevent the congestion on Rugby Road, especially during the dance weekends.

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AT THE UNIVERSITY The fall semester of the 1953-54 sesston started slowly and did not have much life until King Cole, King of Hobos, visited Darden,s ofhce and Carroll's Tea Room. Around the same time the Serpentine Club became the Alpha of Virginia chapter of the Sigma Phi fraternity, and Student Council cleared the way to allow a concert to be held in the Gym at Openings. October 2 the Cavalier Daily ran a poll asking students if Virginia should join an athletic conference. The poll showed students favored joining the Atlantic Coast Confer- ence. On Monday night, October 5, the Lawn Chowder and Marching Society was re-activated on the Grounds. Bo Moore became The Purple Shadow? Plans for a course evaluation committee were announced early in the Fall and the group began meetings to plan the sample course evaluation that took place at the end of the first semester. Widdy Tazewell after lengthy correspondence with other Universities, headed the committee. Friday, October 9, Virginia joined the Atlantic Coast Conference, terminating 17 years of independence. The next week a series of articles on physical education were initiated in an effort to modify the then existing requirements. Opening Dances were scheduled for November 6, 7 with Louis Prima and Charlie Spivak providing the music. Fall bids netted fraternities 95 pledges Sunday, October 18. These were limited to second-year men and transfers. A shooting took place at 5:21 P.M. at Carrole on October 27. Ritchie Joslin was shot by Teddy Britton after an argument over a girl. Police rushed to the scene, took names, and Britten was hustled off to jail. Joslin was treated at the hospital. Result? A hoax. The Moot Court people over at the Law School needed a case, so they made one up. On November 10 it was announced that Mrs. A. E. Walker, hostess for the Student Union, had resigned. She had served University students for 35 years in this capacity. The same day James T. Gillespie became the champion pipe smoker after puffing for one hour, 39 minutes, and 32 seconds on his briar. He defeated Walter Bossert of Columbia in the first Mason-Dixon Intercollegiate Pipe Smoking contest.