W. A. A. TO INITIATE

ITS NEW MEMBERS

Plans For the Annual

May Fete Were

Made banquet suggested A Motion Was Carried To Invite Gentlemen Guests

At the regular meetings of the

Women's Athletic Assocation Mon-

day evening of last week, several

matters of business were considered,

pertaining particularly to the sports

and social functions to be sponsored by that organization in the near fu-

For those who successfully passed the W. A. A. entrance examinations

last Friday morning, an invitation party will be given. Definite plans for this event have not yet been

Some further discussion of archery

was made but no conclusion was

reached as to whether equipment be purchased this year or not.

A large number of girls have sign ed up for basketball which has just started under the managership of Miss Edna Hoover. The group has been divided into five teams and

practice has already begun.

Plans for the annual May Fete were considered: the theme for the celebration, the estimated expense, and the duration of the event. Misses Jessie Churchill, Lois Dell, and Al-

berta Hovis were elected as a com-mittee to confer with Miss Edith

McGaffey upon the subject and re-

port at the next meeting. Suggestions for a banquet to be given next semester were then made. There was an unanimous decision to have a Valentine banquet given on or near February fourteeth. A motion suggesting that each mem-ber invite a gentleman (or mascu-line guest was carried. Committees were elected to attend to the details of the banquet. Misses Ruth Blick-

enstaff, Margaret Devilbliss, and Myrtle Ainsworth were chosen to choose a menu for the occasion; the program will be planned by Misses Ruth Utah. Mildred Swenson, and Velma Wine: and Misses Ada Stutz-man, Arlan Brigham, and Edna Hoover compise the decoration com-

mittee.

ANTI-T0BACC0 ORATORICAL CONTEST TO BE FEB. 12

Prizes to be offered for both State

and Local Contests

Professor M. A. Hess is urgently inviting the interest and participa-tion of a large number of students in the local Anti-Tobacco Oratorical contest to be held Tuesday, February

At this time will be chosen the

representative of McPherson College for the state contest to be held on

March 8th at Bresce College in Hutchinson. In recent years Mc-Pherson College has had enviable success in their contests. The only way of maintaining past reputation is for a goodly number of students to enter the local contest with a deter-mination to win.

Prizes of $7,. for first place and $3, for second place will be awarded. At the state contest, prizes of $35, $25, and $15 will be awarded.

Orations for this contest are limit-ed to 1800 words on any phase of

the tobacco question.

All candidates for the local tryout should submit their names at once in Professor Hess.

Dates for the local tryouts in the

Old Line and Peace contests will be announced soon.

The chemistry students and many others were permitted Friday night to view a little of the scientific pro-gress of the world.

The making of yarn in all it's modern processes as well as the old-er method was shown by moving.

The uses and preparation of liquid air were graphically illustrated.

The making of Mazda lamps was

shown in the third reel.

The last reel showed the making, artion of, and uses of the Xray.

This program was made possible through the kindess of the General Electric Company in lending the films.

W. A. A. GIVES EXAMS

TO ITS NEW MEMBERS

Twenty Girls Took Examination on the Constituion of the Organization

As a preliminary requirement to their entrance as members into the Women‘s Athletic Association, twenty girls look the examination on the constitution of that organization last Friday morning.

The examination was made out and conducted by the Misses Iva Crum-packer and Myrtle Ainsworth.

Membership requirements in this

atletic association are based upon athletic participation and scholastic standing. In order to become a member the candidate is required to have at least one hundred twenty-five points in sports and an average grade of at least "C".

The candidates for membership will be initiated into the organiza-tion some time in the near future. Plans are being made for a party to be given for the new members following their initiation, though no

date has been suggested for the event and plans have not been made pub-lic.

Those girls who took the examin-ation Friday morning were: Misses

Mabel Lee Early, Nellie Collins, Ethel Sherfy, Louise Allen, Regina Kliewer, Lila Mae Eberly, Sylvia Flory, Genevieve Crist, Noami Wit-more, Verna Falgren, Hazel Falls, Beth Hess, Ruth Trostle, Attillia Anderson, Blanche Pyle, Mildred Doyle, Florence Weaver, Hazel Rat-liff, Odessa Crist, and Florence Peck.

There will be a union meeting of all of the Christian Endeavor or-ganizations in town in the basement of the Brethren church- Sunday night, January 20.

A county Christian Endeavor Rally will be held at the Brethren church Saturday afternoon and evening, February 2. Further announcements of the program of the event will be

made later.

"Comes a pause in the day's occu-

pation." which is known as the time

before exams, when men are men

and notebooks are not what they

used to be. In this breathing space

of the race of the semester there is time for thought and a reorganiza-

tion of the material that we are sup-posed to have a good line-up on. But we are assailed by the dread thoughts of the time when those little blue books will be supposed to hold adequate knowledge by which

the professors endeavor to decide

what sort of grades to mark thereon.

To some students the blue book is

as a red rag to a bull. It is a chal-

lenge to be gripped and the trusty

leaving thereon footprints on the

sands of time-- we mean marks

which the teacher strains his eyes to

read and which insures the student

Jan. 12, St. Mary's, here. Jan. 15, Ottawa at Ottawa. Jan. 16, Baker at. Baldwin Jan. 28, Kansas Wesleyan, here Jan. 31, Ottawa, here

Feb. 6, Bethany, at Lindsborg. Feb. 8, Baker, here.

Feb. 13, St. Marys, St. Marys. Feb. 14, Kansas Weslayan, Salina. Mar. 4, Bethany, here.

Tentative games with South-western, Bethel, Friends, and The Kansas City Athletic Club.

ESTES PROGRAM IN

Y, W. C. A. TUESDAY

Stunts and Boxing Matches are

features of meeting

Miss Ruth Anderson had change of an "Estes" program Tuesday morn-ing before the Young Women's Christian Association. The purpose was to stimulate interest in the Estes conference held in June.

Miss Eunlee Longsdorff told about the geographical location of Estes and the beauty of the place, saying that it is surrounded by snow capped peaks and other picturesqueness.

The personalities of the conference were discussed by Miss Della Leh-man, such as Dr. Niebuhr, "the handsome bachelor" and Dr. Eddy.

Miss Lois Dell stressed the fact that "rubbing personalities with a wide variety of different nationalities all interested in the same things was

one of the big inspirations of the

conference. The other recreation activities such as hikes, picnics, and horseback riding were told about. The Y. W. benediction closed the

service.

Y. W. CABINET MEETS

Arrangements for a "Goody Shoppe"

Discussed

Miss Lois Dell led the devotionals

at the Y. W. cabinet meeting Wed-

nesday evening, after which Miss

Eugenia Dawson gave a report of the

chapter on "Prayer" from the book

"Knowing God".

Miss Mildred Swenson read a letter from the Young Women's Chrisitian

which the college association has been corresponding.

Plans for equipping the kitchen-

down town girls were dicussed.

Definite annoucements concerning

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INTERLUDE

of a good grade. To other students

sweat blood as they struggle through

the Gethsemany of the test, finally

sinking in a shaking heap of dishabi-

itated humanity as the last whistle

blows.

To most students the week for en-rolling is a pleasant way to pass the

time before the day of reckoning

in heaven, we wonder, is there an

enrolling where no conflicts are en-

countered, hours are arranged as de-sired, no afternoon classes and there is no required work to make up?

But in reality enrollment is the nightmare of the year when everyone

forgets his natural politeness and sense of equlibrium as he struggles in the throes of the agony of making

out his schedule. Even the enrolling officers we suspect lose their labor-

Dr. Ellwood, Prof. of Sociology in the

University of Missouri is Speaker

Imported western-stye clothing worn by college students throughout

South China is to be abolished by the

Canton government.

iously acquired calm as students can

not decide what they want. At last

we sign checks to pay for five months

of laboratory and collateral reading.

As the semester draws to a close these words come to us- "I have run the race, I have finished the course

great shall be my reward"-- yes

it was a race to keep up the grades and at last the course is finished

ward? The reward collegiately speaking is the privilege of remaining in school for another semester of hard work. Nothing is lost but a few honors points and succeeding genera-tions of students will find those points in the chapel chairs-- we hope

And now with trembling hearts we await the day of doom and soon the catachysm shall approach and we shall be annihilated.

MAJOR MATTERS SOLVED IN STUDENT COUNCIL

To Investigate the Possibilities of Bettering the Mail Distribution

COUNCIL MET WEDNESDAY

Profits of Spectator to be Divided

According to Percentage

At the student council meeting last Wednesday evening a committee was appointed to act in cooperation

with Prof. G. Lewis Doll to see about

securing some musical number on the student activity program. Several possible numbers were mentioned. The committee is Orion High and Ernest Toland.

It was declared that the council should investigate the possibilities of bettering mail distribution conditions in the dormitories, with the manage-ment. It will be determined whether or not it is possible to establish a past office substation on the campus.

The motion was carried that the same plan of dividing the net pro-ceeds of the "Spectator" be used as were established last year by the council of ‘25, namely, the business manager, is to receive fifty per cent of the profit, the editor twenty-five per cent, and the student council the-remaining twenty-five percent.

Vernon Gustafson and Harold Fasnacht were appointed to consider the rewards for the various officers and debaters that has been the cus-tom for the council to grant every year.

--Student Council.

FIRST BASKETBALL “PEP"

MEETING HELD IN GYM

Purpose was to stimulate interest in

the June Conference

a revival of last year's pep and

enthusiasm was evident at the open-ing rally of the basketball season held Friday night in the Alumni Gymnasium preceding the game with St. Mary’s on Saturday night. A large percentage of the student body was there immediately after supper and the gym was in one continual up-roar. The help of a band led by Max Conner made the singing more effect-ive. After several yells had been given, Harold Crist announced that the meeting would be privileged to see the team which looked so prom-ising. Girls wearing the Bulldogs' warm up suits and a card bearing the name of some player but carrying umbrellas which hid their own iden-tity filed out. Each girl made a speech in the manner characteristic of the Bulldog which she imperson-ated.

Other features of the pep meeting were two boxing matches, one of three rounds by Paul Bowers and Orion High, and one round by Ada

Stutzman and Sylvia Flory. At the request of Alberta Hovis, Cheerlead-er, Captain Nonken introduced the members of this year's squad. Leo Duke, our new center, arrived after the introductions had been made, but was forced to respond to the de-

mands of the student body for a speech. He said, among other things, that McPherson's was the best col-lege team he had ever played on.

In behalf of the "M" Cub, Ralph Frantz, cheerleader, announced that boys and girls would be asked to sit in separate parts of the cheering section at the gym. When the meet-ing broke up students were hilarious-ly proclaiming that we were just about to start a basketball season that was to be the best ever.

The Spectator

The Student Newspaper of Mc-Pherson College, purposing to re-count accurately past activity—and to stimulate continually future achievement.

Entered as second class matter November 20, 1917, at the postoffice at McPherson, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1897.

Subscription Rate — $1.50 per year.

Address all correspondence to THE SPECTATOR McPherson, Kansas

Editorial Staff

Business Staff

Business Mgr.    Ralph Bowers

Ass't Business Mgr. Ernest Watkins Ass't Business Mgr. Glenn Harris Circulation Mgr. Lloyd Johnson

Reporters.

Harriet Hopkins Ruth Anderson Chester Carter Charles Collins Oliver Ikenberry Mildred Swenson Warren Sisler Bernice McClellan Murlin Hoover Byron Sjoberg

Faculty Adviser .... Mauirce a. Hess

February 3 and 4 mark a date of anticipation for McPherson College students. Dr. Sherwood Eddy will be here for two days. It is in-deed a rare occasion to hear a man

who has studied social ills and has a grasp of the situation, as does Eddy.

He speaks with a perspective of social and economic conditions as they exist to-day.

It is the responsibility of the pres-ent generation to become familiar with present day conditions and possible means of alleviation and pre-

pare to meet this responsibility as efficiently and, intelligently as pos-ssible. The opportunity lo hear Sher-wood Eddy should be improved upon

The beginning of the new semester is a convinient time for his coming as students will not be burdened with terms papers, reports or examina-ations at that time. It appears that to make use of one of the richest opportunities afforded us is to hear Sherwood Eddy while he is on the campus.

CHRISTENING THE BULLDOGS

used the name "Dunkards". This name for the team seemed less desir-able than some other so Professor R. E. Mohler suggested that it be named in honor of Ben, its loyal friend and supporter. A write-up was printed in the Spectator and local

Since that time the Bulldogs have become a well known and feared contestant among the colleges of Kansas.

Some of Ben’s good qualities which should be found in present day Bull-dogs are: Regularly at practice.

Support of their team, Dependability,

Pep. Good disposition, Endurance, Intelligence, and Dignity.

McPHERSON COLLEGE LIBRARY 1906-1920

A quarter of a century ago Fahnestock and Sharp Halls constituted the buildings of McPherson College students’ sleeping quarters gymna-siym, class-rooms and library. About 1904, S. B. Fahnestock, then Vice President of the Board of Directors and Dean of the commercial depart-ment of McPherson College, launched the plan for a third building, a li-brary.

The Carnegie Library Fund was solicited without success, but Mr. Carnegie became personally interest-ed in the project and agreed to fur-

an equal sum. By 1905 an endowment of $16,000 had been contribut-ed by Edward Frantz, then Presi-dent of the college, and by Profs. S. J. Miller, H. . Harnly, S. B. Fahne-stock, J. A. Clement, and many

others.

Carnegie later increased his do-nation to $13,500 which sum was used for constructing and furnishing the building. According to the catalog for 1906-07. "the building measures fifty by sixty feet, is made of pressed brick, stone and concrete, and is to be equipped with Mission furniture and pictures donated by the King of Italy".

In 1906 the corner stone was laid by Dr. Harnly, who also delivered the dedicatory address.

For a few years only one of the basement rooms was used for the library books which numbered about 2,000, the remainder of the building being used for class-rooms. By 1913, the entire main floor was used for library purposes. In 1916 additional shelving was put in to provide fur reference and encylopedic books, and a new card index cabinet was added, the entire library being cata-loged by the Dewey Decimal System. During this year the library secured the Readers’ Guide Index to periodi-cal literature.

New books have been added to the library at the rate of about 500 a year until the present crowded con-dition of the stacks will probably necessitate building an addition in the near future.

Field secretary, Roy R. Teach, gives account of himself in the fol-ing letter:

Jan. 10, 1929

"Dear Bulldogs,

"92 West Longitude, 45 50 N. Latitude, near Carleton. Nehr.

"We arrived here Friday evening at the large and beautiful home of Ruth Miller.

"Soon after we had supper and we sat down to answering the many questions about the college the weather man ushered in an old time blizzard. Through some extra organizing of the family for work, one delegated to keep the furnace fire going, another to see that all doors were shut at the barn to keep the stock protected, we settled comfort-ably down, while the blizzard raged outside.

"All day Saturday the performance continued and Teach and the Dodge hibernated all day. Sunday morning came with the calming of the elements, and we went "as our custom is" to the house of the Lord. Because of sickness, not many were out, but it was a pleasant meeting, nevertheless. Since Sunday we have been making numerous calls on the folks of the community.

"Tuesday evening I ate a six o'clock dinner at the home of Sylvia Flory. She has a wonderful home and parents. We had a wonderful

time. Sylvia has a sister in high school who says that she can hardly wait until she can come to Mac to

"Ruth Miller has a brother who is a senior in high school this year and we are expecting him to occupy half a room in Fahnestock Hall next year.

"One evening I dropped into Les-ter Bowman's home and surprised his father and others. First ques-tion asked usually as I enter these homes is, " "Well, how is _________ behaving themselves?" Lester, I told them that you were making good and if this is over drawn, you had

better write them and make the

correction. Ha! be at McPherson next year. Let us hope that we might be able to have him see that McPherson is the best college and a ‘'school of quality'. I found several more young folks in this community that say that they are coining to Mac to school too. Next year we hope that we can have ten from the Bethel church instead of three. ''A fine spirit toward the college was shown while here. They also opened their pocket books and helped in a generous way financially.

"Will write again next week, have headed the Dodge toward Lincoln "Roy B. Teach,

Field Secretary"

Bulldogmas

Wishing you all a snappy New

Year.

Bowers:—"I traded in my old

"Yeah, What kind you got now?" Bowers:—"None, I got a bicycle".

In Mexico it is usually the presi-dent and not the term that expires.

Now besides the bride's first bis-batch of beer.

The movies speak but most of them are still dumb.

It's easier to make a friend than

an enemy and a lot more fun.

She:—"I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting. When did you get here?"

He:—"I don't remember the exact

date."

Wife:—"What did you ever do to help a fellow man?"

Hubbyy:—"I married you”.

When they pulled the professor half drowned from the water, he sputtered. "How exasperating, I just remem-ber that I can swim".

Wife:—"Here is an account in the newspaper about a man that left his entire fortune to the woman that rejected him".

Hubby:-—"And yet you claim that there is no gratitude In the world".

First Housewife:—"Yes, I heard noise and got up and there under the bed I saw a man's leg".

Second Housewife: "Was is the

burglar's?"

First Housewife—"No, my husband had heard the noise first”.

Misses Clara Graebner, Mildred Libby, and Ruth Bish were Hutch-inson shopper Saturday.

Miss Anna Mae Strickler, '28 who is teaching at Roxbury spent the week end with dormitory friends.

Miss Margaret Anderson spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Dorothy Maltby of Canton.

Clarence Zink visited with home folks near Windom during the week end.

Misses Mercedes Edwards and Margaret Kelly spent the week end at their respective homes at Canton.

VACATION DOINGS

Miss Ruth Blickenstaff was the

cation guest of Miss Doris Ballard

near Lovewell.

Warren Sisler visited relatives at Quinter a few days.

Miss Melda Mohler spent the va-cation at the Doty home in Wichita

Miss Avie Wattenbarger was a

guest at the Devilbliss home in Otta-

wa.

Miss Beth Heaston, who has been ill with the "flu" returned to the dormitory Friday. She spent Christ-mas vacation at the home of her uncle, Dr. W. C. Heaston.

CHAPEL ECHOES

One of the greatest blessings of

the earth is toil.

Sacrifice for the good of all and

Civilization is built upon and could not exist without trust.

Monday Miss Heckethorn read

some very appropriate poetry ron-taining these ideas.

Dr. Harnly doesn;t know very much. But he knows quite a bit to be able to realize it. In these two statements are found the truth he presented on Wednesday.

He rend parts of chapters thirty-eight and fully of Job to emphasize the comparative lack of wisdom in On Friday the musicians entertained and made their contribution to the life of the student.

Perhaps the singing of a few songs and listening to the orchestra and special numbers has as great influence as the usual address. At least occasionally.

VISION

Catherine Parmenter

You who have eyes and yet cannot see

Beauty and loveliness in common things:

The veil of silver that the radiohead

Against the darkness of a hemback

The gleam of dawn stars In the j, pid sky

Of lavendar and peach and deepen-ing blue,

The sapphire song of the numerous

lakes that through

Pale mists of morning, shimmering gently, lie;

A little child's glad smile at each

In mother-eyes a holy tenderness

You who have eyes and yet cannot

Beauty and lovliness in common things:

Across the bills the morning light that brings

A lift to every windsung melody

The flush of whiteness on a new

The peace and stillness of two lit hours;

And all the wonderment of the flowers;

The pulsing gold against the lark's warm breast.

You who are blind awake. and

red skies!

A new ruling of the faculty at the University of Tulsa has made it necessary for all juniors to pass a special test in English before they can graduate.

Fame certainly is fleeting, a stu-dent the other day misspelled the name of Colonel Lindbergh.

University Daily Kansan

One reason why immigrants have so much initiative is that they are not so busy trying to appear bored that they haven't time for anything else.— Park Stylus.

Y. W. CABINET MEETS (Continued from Page One)

these projects will be made in the

near future.

Arrangements for the "Goody Shoppe" are already under way. The c.nulv Shoppe" is one of the biggest

events of the Y. W. and is being eagerly awaited by the cabinet.

SALON ORCHESTRA TO

STATE REFORMATORY

The McPherson Salon Orchestra gave a concert at the State Industrial Reformatory, Hutchinson, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 P. M. The Orches-tra was assisted by Miss Della Lehman, reader and Mrs. Anna Tate soprano. The McPherson Salon Or-chestra was conducted by Prof. G. Lewis Dell.

The conductor reports a large and attentive audience of reformed men and boys. A large auditorium seat-ing over a thousand inmates made up the select audience. The program was given gratus by the orchestra to give the inmates some entertainment in the monotny of reformatory life.

The Y. M. C. A. met for the regu-lar Tuesday morning session on the fourth floor of Harnly Hall. Keith Hays spoke on the subject, "Some of the Effects of War", The meeting was in charge of Glenn Harris.

Hays told of the many bad effects of war but he could not find a good effect to justify its existence. War has physical, social and biological effects upon humanity. War weakens a nation in every respect and it can-not be tolerated. We must outlaw this deadly menace according to Hays if we are to exist as a nation.

WASTE-BASKET PHILOSOPHY

Pity the poor orator who enters the State Anti-Tobacco Oratorical contest with the knowledge that those who should support him are on the end of a cigarette.

When a person reaches the point where praise and criticism are of no benefit, he has reached the point where his usefulness will rapidly de-

a faculty which really cares for the well-being of a student body should be acquainted individually with the student. Strangers can hardly hope to gain their confidence. This is not an impossible task. A visit to the dormitory might help.

The senior class met Friday morn-ing at eight o'clock, and after the

reading of the minutes of last meet-ing by Roy Frantz, beard reports from committees on the senior play and the commencement speaker. A number of plays were reviewed brief-ly and after considerable discussion, the class voted to accept ‘‘Outward Bound". Fred Perry reported on his

communication with commencement

speakers since the last meeting and the class voted to have Dr. Ellwood, from the University of Missouri, as their commencement speaker.

All library books should be returned at the close of the semester. If necessary, a book may be checked out again, but every library book should be reported at the library on or before January 25.

MRS. YAGGY TO SPEAK TO CECILIANS

Mrs. Yaggy, of Hutchinson, who is the vice president of the Kansas State Federation of Music will talk at the meeting of the Cecilian Music Club next Thursday evening at 7:30. She will play several violin numbers also, Mrs. Gray, president of the Federation, will be here too, if pos-that association by Miss Mildred Swenson, secretary of the Young Wo-I beg your pardon, I am pleased to answer your very interesting letter dated June 15th and must thank you for the nice snapshots and campus views which you enclosed.

While your activities lie wholly among students, our intervals in-clude students, office girls, teachers, married ladies, home girls, and a great many others, but I believe all this was explained in my letter of March 19th. There are rather more

than 200 members in our Association.

I must tell you about one of our new-

est and largest activities, the English Circle. There is a great demand for English in Chile at present and a large part of Santiago's inhabitants either speak it fluently or are on the way to learn it. It is taught in most every school but most students are in need of practice and this Eng-lish Circle was started mainly for the convenience of the Teacher's-Training School or "Pedagogies" in

It has a wide acceptance and is this Circle, over 70 in number, meet

the Capital. and are therefore many times friendless and very lonely.

"Every year we have a Concentra-

es; only non-members pay a few

A gigantic pageout which is scheduled to be played at lest four nights at Wichita University, and which will take the place of the an-

the city. cusion groups led by an English per-son. This one big group where ideas are exchanged.

"For the benefit of working girls, students of those who are in need of companionship, there are certain days in the week when volley ball is played in our gymnasium, tea served every days in our tea-room, and on Saturday afternoons or feast days there are picnics or "paseos" as we call them, to different farms or in-teresting places outside his city. All this brings the girls together and stimulates friendship among the lonely girls, as several of our members are girls who come from dif-know that in Santiago snow is re-garded as a curiosity. We see it ad-orning the high peaks of the Andes in winter and sometimes we are fortunate enough to have a tiny snowfall which lasts a couple of hours, bur then this recorded as a historical event, and the whole town stops working or studying to go snowball-

from this city far into the mountains called San Gabriel, where snow is plentiful in the winter and on Sundays and feast days there are special excursion trains which take thou-

play on the snow. Every year at our Association we get up to a big party, and it is quite arousing to note the tion of leaders at Apoquindo, a beau-Iiful place some 15 kms. from Santi-ago up in the hills where there are mineral baths, and this year we met for four days front Nov. 1st to 4th. Delegates are sent from the Univer-sity of Concepcion and Concepcion College in the city of that name in the South of Chile, from the city Y. W. C. A. of Valparaiso, and from Santiago College and our Association in this city, making a total of some 43 delegates. The number of dele— gates is limited to 5 per cent of the members in each Association and stu-

and have a reserved dining-room where we can sing and have speeches. Every one of these five Y. groups in Chile gives a report on their year's work and plan together for their future activities. We hear inspiring conferences for their future activit-ies. We hear inspiring conferences by well known people and discuss vital questions which assail all of our Associations, and these are us-usually held out in the open under the trees in the lovely Apoquindo Park. We have a physical training teacher who leads our plays between con-ferences, we have early morning ex-ercises, swimming and hikes. We look forward to this yearly Concen-tration with delight, for here we feel ourselves soar high above our every-day affairs and receive inspiration which will last with us for ever.

"The Educational Committee which meets once a month is composed of five members and this committee has charge of the program of classes to be carried out in the Association also lectures, English shorthand as well as Spanish shorthand, eurithmics,

English, French. decorative arts, etc.,

bers. These classes are well attend-ed as they are within the reach of most everyone’s pocket and the teachers are of the best. We also have interesting talks by doctors, foreign visitors, well known local lecturers, etc., which are entirely

free to all.

“The Spirit of the Association is always present in or building there we find comfort, help, comradship.

happiness and can serve in our turn.

"Hoping to hear from you soon, I

remain.

Sincerely yours,

Lily MacDonalds Santiago, Chile, S. A."

WORLD SERVICE GROUP

HOLDS MEETING

Fifty-nine minutes and sixty sec-onds full of dreaming dreams?-scheming schemes? -No! Planning Plans was the World Service Group meeting last Friday afternoon. An increased membership puts itself on record as ready to boast deputation and project work and to back the mission school planned for by the College Church. And that project It's great! Come join us, and see for yourself that real "line" opportuni-ties aren’t all “ dead" yet.

nual May fete, has been planned by dramatics student of the Wichita school in cooperation with the staff of the Parpassus, the year book of

the instiution.

Students who cut classes on days

immediately preceding or following holidays at Ohio State University re-

ceive a penally of three hours and 5.4 points added to the requirements for their graduation.

Manchester College is going to publish a Manchester College song-book. It is to contain pep songs, school songs, songs suitable for church or "Y" meetings, and songs for every occasion.

BULLDOGS DEFEAT ST. MARYS

McPherson Bulldogs defeated the

St. Mary's quintet here last Saturday

spectacular playing on either sides but the game did show that McPherson has the potentialities of a real basket-ball machine. There was no lack of teamwork on the Bulldog;s part as the guards showed their aptitude on floor work and each man was playing for the team.

Though St. Mary's failed to pile up a score equal to McPherson they play-ed a good game of basketball. They seemed to lack the basket shooting ability as they made almost as many shots as did the Bulldogs except that they were longer shots. St. Mary's made two long shots in the first half with none of them counting. The

with only one of them counting. A long shot by Crumpacker from almost the center if the court was the only

one made by the McPherson team. It

The most of the scoring was done by Crumpacker and Duke on short shots and set-ups. Duke being the high point man of the game with fifteen points. Crumpacker placed second with twelve and Colona, of St. Mary's third with ten points.

Nonken was again the talk of Mc-Pherson basket ball fans.

The Bulldogs' uncanny accuracy is verfied by the fact that out of 35 trials for field goals 18 of them counted, making a percentage of over 50 per cent. St. Mary’s out of 27 trials scored 9 field goals, 33 1-3 per

Miller was unable to play in the game because of an injured ankle. He is expected to be in the lineup in a

low days.

Substitutes were Rock for Crum-packer; Barngrover for Holloway; Hump for Blickenstaff: Windmill for Nonken: Wells for Duke and King for Windmill.

St. Mary's Position    FG FT

Lundgren    F    1    2

Weril    F    1    0

Colona C.    4    2

Ryan     G.     2 3

Slaybaugh    G.    0    0

Bukaty for Lundergan, McMindes

for Slaybaugh.

From the "Spectator'' for Febru-ary 26, 1934, the following history of the publication is clipped.

read it; you laugh over its humor you crab (?) over it—The Spectator. How much do you know about it? of what it means to a few students to get it published every week, finals or no finals, parties or no parties, tired or not tired? Would anyone guess that eighty hours is a low esti-mate of the time that must be spent in concentrated work every week that the Spectator may appear?

"M. C. papers have been preserved, and they will be preserved. The first issue ever published, as well as near-ly every other issue, is on file in the library. It will be of interest to become acquainted with the history of Journalism in M. C. The Spectator did not spring up full grown in a day: it is the product of years of de-velopment; just as it has had a past. It will have a future.

Ups and downs, but mostly ups.

have characterized the evolution of

the McPherson College paper through

twenty-eight years of continuous growth, starting with the unpreten-tious little Teacher and Student in 1896, changing to the larger Rays

1916 and after twenty-two years of monthly publications, evolving into the weekly Spectator in 1918, which has since experience growth.

Miss Edith McGaffey. A. B., '18, represented McPherson College in the meeting of the sixth district of American Alumni Council at Kansas City last Saturday, Jan 12. The states

Friday evening January 18, the Spectator staff and their friends with Prof. M. A. Hess will dine at the

A four course menu has been planned and an interesting program

The first Teacher and Student, a sixteen-page pamphlet, several of them advertising, published by the faculty, appeared July 15, 1896.

departments: Editorial, Bible, Sci-ence, English, Pedagogy, Commer-

cial, and Musical. Most of the matter

to the plastic students, and no headlines were used. Such general sub-jects as Mormonism, lynching, na-tional debts, arbitration, and free silver were discussed, and it may be inferred that the students were

their interests. Thus little attempt was made to make Teacher and Student a means of dispersing news. President C. E. Arnold edited every issue of the Teacher and Student.

Rays of Light succeded the Teach-er and Student December 1899, pub-lished by the students under faculty supervision. It contained sixteen pages, slightly larger, with a heavy cover. After several changes in form and number of pages it became a thirty-six page publication C. F. Gustafason, B. B. Baker,. F. G. Kauf-man, Cline Brothers, C. H. Slifer,

H. B. Hoffman, Grace Vaniman, D. C. Steele, and George Wynn succes-sively edited Rays of Light.

By 1915 the students seemed to have been sufficiently incalculated with the ideals of the institution that they were suffered to publish the McColpa without strict faculty censorship. For two years the Mc-Colpa, taking its name from the tired letter of the words "McPher-son College Paper" was printed every month, a thirty-six-page paper, larg-

er than of Light. Lester F. Kim-mel and Estel Jones were the edi-

With the advent of the Spectator in 1917 the transition from magna-zine to newspaper took place and a four-page weekly, halt as large as the present Spectator, emerged

Simple headlines began to be used, and news was the important commodity of the paper. The next year a six-page Spectator was issued every two weeks, and in 1919 it bounded to an eight-page weekly of the same size. In 1921, under Orville Pote,, it became the size that it has today. The Spectator has been edited by Lester F. Kimmel, Paul D. Hoffman, Gladys Heaston, Paul C. Warren. Jay W. Tracy, Orville D. Pote and Dale Strickler.

Several M. C. journalists have risen to prominence in the profes-sion, among them are Edward Frantz, once associate editor of Rays of Light, who is now editor of the Gospel Messenger, and Lester F.

Kimmel, now feature editor of the Wichita Eagle.

So the process has been one of gradual development, in size, style, and make-up. While there is much yet to be accomplished, the Spectator is ranked among the best college papers in the State. The staffs, working against great odds—many mem-bers being without journalistic train-ing-- have by hard work admirably overcome difficulties. It is the hope of many who have worked on the Spectator, that some day there will be a course of journalism offered in M. C., as there is in her sister colleges, and that the Spectator may be printer in her own shops; then it will be a real school paper.

MISS McGAFFEY ATTENDS MEETING IN KANSAS CITY

Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska. Kansas, and Oklahoma were represented. About seventy-five delegates were present.

H. W. Matlock of Grinell College acted as chairman. The luncheon and meeting attended by the delegates were held at the Kansas City Athletic Club. The national convention to be held at Toronto In June was stressed.

SPECTATOR STAFF

TO HAVE BANQUET

is promised following the dinner.