THE SPECTATOR

BULLDOGS DEFEAT STRONG

HENRY'S CLOTHIERS TEAM

Two Overtime Periods Played

Before Winner Is Decided

BULLDOGS 33 HENRY’S 32

The Score Was Tied Four Times

During The Last Half

McPherson Bulldogs beat the

strong Henry’s Clothiers team by a

score of33-32 on the local court Fri-day night. The canines seemed to be a little nervous at the beginning of the game facing this team which was the undefeated leaders of the Missouri Valley A. A. U. circuit, and which according to Dr. Reilly, di-rector of athletics of the Kansas City Athletic Club, has one of the best chances of any team in the country to win the National A, A. U. basket-ball title this year. The Henry’s team perfectly at home on.the court, after the first few minutes of play began rolling in the baskets and before the half was over the score stood 20-5 against the Bulldogs. Twice during the half Capt. Nonken called time out and tried to pull the team together to stop this onslaught,

but in spite of their efforts the half ended 22-8 in favor of Henry's, who left the floor confident that they had

won the game.

The Bulldogs came back on the court for the second half with a de-termination to win aud staged a come-back that puzzled the Henry's and brought the entire group of Mc-Pherson supporters to their feet. The Bulldogs continued to score and by close guarding held their opponents to a minimum of shots until with but four minutes to go Henry's called time out with the count standing 27-27. As the playing continued the at-mosphere was one the tenseness. The

ing to the utmost. Fast playing close guarding held their opponents were features of those last minutes. Henry's sunk a basket then the Bull-dogs succeeded in slipping in one and with the crack of the gun the score stood 29-29.

It was easy to see that Henry's had almost reached the end of their endurance, but during the first over-time play the Canines were able to add only two charity tosses to their score and their opponents managed to scratch a long field goal and the gun cracked with another tie score 31-31. There was that same look of determination in the eyes of every McPherson player as they came on the floor for the second overtime per-iod. Jerry Spohn was given two charity throws but made only one of them good and before the final run Miller sunk a field goal which left the score 33-32 in favor of the Bulldogs.

Miller led the scoring with 15 points and was followed by Spohn Henry's center who made 11 points Miller allowed superiority in jump-ing as well as in scoring ability for he consistenty got the tip-off. In the dressing room, after the game, one of Henry's players was heard to say that a team that could make a come-back like that deserved the state championship.

The box score:

SENIOR PLAY CAST

The try-outs for the Senior Class play, "Outward Bound", were held Monday and Tuesday afternoon of last week. There were thirty con-testants for the judges. Miss Edith McGaffey, Miss Della Lehman and C. E. Oelrich to choose a cast of twelve characters. C. E. Oelruch, coach of the senior class play is well pleased with the cast of characters that has

sibilities in them.

The cast that has linen chosen for

"Outward Bound" are as follows: Scrubby    Francis Berkebile

Ann    Melda    Mohler

Henry Ernest Toland

Tom Prior    Orion High

Mrs, Cliven-Banks Aileen Ostlind

Duke    Marvin    Steffen

Mrs. Midget    Lois Dell

Thomson    Elmer McGonigle

The play, "Outward Bound' is a high class play that offers the best of dramatic possiblity, even for

Oelrich the cast that has been chosen can make this play one of the best ever produced by McPherson College seniors of former years.

Rehearsals will begin within the

until commencement of the staging of

sible.

FORENSIC CLUB MEET

The last program of the Forensic

program Prof. Maurice A. Hess, ad-

teresting talk on the purpose and accomplishments of this organization. He complimented the officers on their faithful work during the period in which they have served.

The program was as follows: Reading, Kipling's "Gunga Din"

Orion High

Violin Solo Bernadean Van Blareum Reading    Charles Collins

Vocal Solo    Lloyd Diggs

Oration, "The Last of the Navajos" Leland Lindell

Roommates are born not made.

Roomates can be made it is true

going nature of at least one person. Some roommates, especially girls, can be as irritating as an ingrown toe-nail. Boys get along better than girls because when the boys get angry at each other they cuss the

wrought up they become catty and since polite society forbids us girls to express our emotions via words at which Webster would have thrown up his hands in holy horror, then the situation cannot be relieved only by dagger looks and inward seething. In a whole it is a sad situation yet sad for the afflicted roommates.

There are more types of room-mates than blades of grass, and about as green. The little freshman girl comes to college with the idea

pective roommate is going to carry her around on a hot plate. When she first meets the other girl each one takes a mental inventory of each other. "Gee but she is a pumpkin". "Gosh what awful clothes". "What a sloppy hair dress. The wrong kind of rouge and lipstick. Say I'd like to take her in hand and give her a lecture on how to dress". Such thoughts as these are going through both

Then such a conversation goes on: with questions and answers of vari-ous shades of truth. "Where art you from?’’ "How many brothers and sisters have you?" "Whom picture, is that your man?" "Yeah, I have one too". If a common ground

CALENDAR

Wednesday, February 27— Stu-dent Recital

Friday, March 1—-Wesleyan Debate

Saturday. March 2    " M" Club

Monday. March 4—Bethany Game

BULLDOG DEBATERS LOSE

McPherson College debaters lost

both debates with Bethany last Mon-

day evening. The subject for debate this season is Resolved that. Trial by Jury Should Be Abolished. The McPherson team is made up of John Harnly and Ralph Frantz, affirma-tive, and Keith Hayes and Philip Spohn, negative.

The debate here between McPherson affirmative and Bethany's negative teams was hard fought.

The critic judge was Prof. F. B. Ross of the Emporia State Teachers College. One criticism which he made of the debate was the extensive use which both sides made of authority which can be made to

prove almost anything. Both sides particularly the affirmative, could have made very effective use of stacases tried by juries and those tried

live that it might be wise to advocate a jury commission for the se— lection of competent jurors or conviction by a two-thirds or three-fourths majority instead of by a

unanimous decision.

Prof. Ross said that there was not

a great deal of difference in the val-

teams and no outstanding differ-

He gave his decision to the negative because of the way in which they

their arguments leaving no loophole for the affirmative.

Thirty students and faculty mem-bers of McPherson College spent Saturday and Sunday at Wichita attending the Student International Relationship conference.

for a discussion of the merits of their

a successful year is assured, but never, never criticize your room-

looking if you know you are telling a lie.

It is a sad case when a popular girl and a quiet girl get a room to-gether. The "peppy girl usually has a boyish figure and dates to burn, while the other poor girl may be fat and so quiet so she has grades to burn instead of dates. She has to suffer in silence since she has plenty of silence to suffer in when her roommates is gone off on week

will have to cultivate a personality.

There is the obligating roommate

who will go down and talk to your date if you are not quite ready. Or she will be quite willing to go the show in your place if you cannot get a permit yourself. She is always ready to be a tar bucket. Well why not, she argues. He has plenty of money and if he doesn’t spend it on

The most agreeable type of room-mate is the one who is fat. She is

a joke. She invariably tells all the latest wise cracks she has heard and keeps her roommate in a continuous gale of laughter. Thus laughing more to be more good natured to get fatter to be a better roommate.

There are many and varied causes which help to break up roommates and makes them pick up their Ar-mond powder and hair brush and move down the hall. Roommates

THESPIAN PLAY CAST

That not few students in McPherson College have dramatic aspirations was shown by the number who tried out for the Thespian play, "He and She." last week.

For the seven diameters in the three act drama by Rachel Crothers there were forty-three who tried out. The tryouts were held Wednesday and Thursday of last week and were open to any sophomore, junior or senior. Any one not a member of the Thespian Club who made the cast was thereby qualified for mem-bership. The judges were Miss Della Lehman, sponsor of the Thespian Club, Marvin Steffen, president of the organization, and Jack Oelrich. of the McPherson Daily Republican and known director of plays.

After some deliberation the judges chose the following cast: Anne     Ruth Hiebert

Daisy .......... Sylvia Edgecomb

Millicent.............. Mildred Swenson

Ruth    Ruth Anderson

Tom..... .... .... .... . . Charles Collins

Keith    .......Leland Lindell

Dr. Remington    John Lehman

Those making the cast who were not members of the Thespian Club were Misses Mildred Swenson and Ruth Anderson and John Lehman and Leland Lindell.

Y. M. C. A. TUESDAY

The religious life of Washington and of Lincoln was discussed last Tuesday at Y. M. by Harold Mel-

In spite of much idealization we are reasonably certain that Washing-ton lived one of the greatest moral

Lincoln was surrounded in child-hood by a stern, emotional, but deep-ly religious people.

In his reading ,and long hours of meditation, Lincoln discovered him-

must certainly have had to carry on the war with the degree of fortitude shown by him. This may be thought of as a constant growth of religious

We might well discover and use disagree about how wide the window

sleep between blankets, who is going

the alarm clock, who is going to

bed. Woe be to the roommate who desires early rising for breakfast. The dresser drawers are points for

brings on quarrela. Never venture to criticize your roommate's clothes or her man. The biggest reason for

clothes. The clothes are worthy

not in all cases

Now an ideal roommate is hard

attributes. She should be fat and

room all the time. She must always wish to sleep on the back of the bed.

She must have plenty of money and

good looking clothes. She should not be as popular as her roommate in regards to dates. Her roommate wishes some one to confide in. She, above all, must not snore, pull cover, or want the window too high. She should possess a portable and have time to play it. She must have folks who send her food and candy. It would be better if she lived far, enough away not to go home every week end. In fact she must do just as I want her to all the time, and we will get along fine.

Postscript— She should bring up her roommate;s breakfast and go to the show with her every Saturday night.

CHAPEL SERVICE

FOR HONOR STUDENTS

Prof. Hess Addressed Student Body Wednesday Morning

37 MAKE HONOR ROLL

Twenty-Eight Women and Eight

Men Make Forty or More Honor

Points

McPherson College students who have earned forty or more honor points the first semester were prais-ed in chapel Wednesday. Prof. Hess delivered the address of the morning

Prof. Hess said that democracy to education has resulted in the flood-ing of schools with students, that we are. attempting mass education. The law of the elimination of the unfit will eliminate the mediocre student and make of the college a training: place for leadership. More stringent requirements for entrance are being laid down by colleges continually.

The present tendency in education is to provide special classes and methods for the brilliant students. Students of that type are receiving official recognition by many colleges. According to Hess the honor students are the live-talent group and are under obligation to turn their talents.

roll are doing their part in making McPherson College a "School of Quality."

Dean Mohler then presented these following honor students to the fac-ulty and students:

The following is the honor roll for the first semester of 1928-29:

High Ranking Students

Doris Battey, Ruth Blickenstaff, Helen Eberly. Lila Eberly, Herbert Eby, Harold Fasnacht, Gwen Galle, Nina Hammann, Ruth Hiebert, Ida Kingsley, John Lehman,. Prudunce Strickler, Lela Wine.

FORMER STUDENT DIES

The sad news that Miss Abbie Emma Wright of Hutchinson had committed suicide by gun shot last Sunday morning shocked friends and acquaintances here. Miss Wright was a student here in '20 and '27 and was active in many student act-ivities. She has been suffering the past year from a nervous breakdown.

THE SPECTATOR

Building?

Mr Utrecht: (In German) Well, what is your head for?

Johnny Johnson: To keep my necktie from slipping off

After watching some of the sopho-mores we wonder how long a human being can live without a brain.

Albert a Hovis: Who's working the typewrtier in there so fast?

Naomi Witmore: She isn't work-

Hoover chewing her gum.

Stockings were invested during the 11th century but we didn't see much of them till the 20th century.

Miss Lehman: Floy, have you read "Freckles."

Floy Brown: My lands. NO. They are brown.

When Rosie and Ross get together it's an I for an I.

Clara Davis: I can't be any thing

but a sister to you.

Ralph Bowers:    Well, kiss brother

good-night.

"This is where I shine," said Lil-

lian Harning as she discovered that

she had forgotten her vanity case.

See Danny Johnson for informa-tion on Chemistry. He has it in a nut shell.

Ax, Hatchet, Axe Washington's birthday (last Fri-day—we saw the flags) has again pushed the immortal matched into the limelight. What would history have done without the noble ax? The Stone Age is called the Stone Age be-cause people made stone axes and broke ‘‘Skull Cracking Records" with them. In such social event as the execution of King Charlie the ax played an important part. Toma-hawks helped a lot in the Defeat of Custer.'” The Boston Tea Party would have flunked out if the axes had been fogotten. Our pork chops would have been pork sawed, had an ancient inventor died when he was a baby. Abraham Lincoln used the ax to spill ralls. And it would have been a shame if George had "sawed' down the cherry tree. The black jack is an offspring of the hatchet. It is used in Chicago and other points East.

HORACE KOLLER

Miss Mildred Fike, '27 who is teaching school at Munden, Kansas, spent the week end here with her brother, Harold.

Bernice McClellan, Ruth Trostle, Delbert Kelly, Donald and Clinton Trostle were week end guests in the Chas Trostle home at Nickerson, Kansas. Donald and Clinton are sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Trostle.

Mrs. Cade of Abbyville, Kansas has been visiting her daughter, Vera, who is here in school, for the past

few days.

Blenda Asp spent the week end at

her home near Canton.

Miss Myrtle Ainsworth and Miss Florence Lehman spent the week end in their respective homes near Hol-land. Kansas.

Dr. and Mrs. Schwalm and Miss Della Lehman spent Friday after-noon and Saturday in Wichita.

Clara Burgin and Nellie and Charles Collins spent the week end in the Collins home at Larned.

Moffat Eaks, '27. coach in the Ellsworth High School was a campus visitor Saturday.

Winnifred O'Conner, '27, who is teaching in Salina, called on campus

Miss Fern and Gwen Galle spent

the week end at their home at Moundridge.

tory visitor this week end.

Miss Lawanda Larson of Galva visited her sister, Imo at Arnold Hall last week end.

Several former M. C. students who are now attending other schools were home last week end during the vacation for Washington's birth-day. Some of them were Misses Lela Rhodes and Autumn Lindbloom and Marion Krehbiel.

PROF NININGER GIVES

LECTURE IN CHAPEL

That Prof. H. H. Nininger is an in-teresting narrator of interesting sub-jects was indicated by the large

last Friday night to hear him finish the illustrated lecture of the natural history trek of McPherson College, the first part of which he gave last

The lecure Friday evening began with the trek in Southern Texas. Prof. Nininger read some notes con-cerning bird study made there on a trip two years previous. The birds

lar section of the country and are now very nearly extinct.

through Florida including studies of ocean life life and some work done in the Everglade*. An interesting ac-count of the night spent in the

Georgia swamp was told by the lec-

turer.

After visiting these southern states, the group went to the northern and eastern states where more study was made of institutions rath-er than of nature. Prof. Nininger spoke in particular of the University of Virginia. Other points of inter-est that were visited included New York City, Boston. and Washington.

Two reels of moving pictures were shown, one the processes involved in the manufacture of cotton goods from the time of the planting of the

TUESDAY; FEB. 26, 1929

seed to the folding of the manufac-

tured product, and the other showed some southern scenes and life as is lived.

The lecture was under the auspices of the stundent council and admission was free. Prof. Nininger was assigned ed by George Swank in the shoebox of the slides.

NININGER SECURES COLLECTION OF METEORITES

A valuable collection of meterorites specimens has been added McPherson College museum through the efforts of Prof. H. H. Nininger culator. Few appreciate the work that is being done by Prof. Nininger

in his collection of meteorites. Few colleges have a collection that can compare to the meteorite collection found in the McPherson College museum. Should one purchase In Prof. Nininger's office, he has

and the front case in the museum filled with these peculiar stones.

These heavenly bodies which to earth from space range in their dimensions from microscopic sizes to many cubic feet. Their fall is marked by strange phenomena of sound of

light. These masses are of

nature, granular. grayish color and, are covered with a thin black caused by the heat created by the friction when passing through the atmosphere at a terrific rate of speed.

An illustration of this is for seen in one of the meteroites in the

covered with a black crust, but is in to be seen that the meteors are broken in its descent as the is only partly blackened where the break occurred in the material of some falls stone predominates as others are made entirely of a meteor which is similar in all meteor

ing iron allyed with varying per-centages of nickel Although meteor-

ites are made up of similar miner-als. Prof. Nininger says that they

One of the meteorites to be placed original piece, found in Texas, weigh

JAPANESE COSTUME RECITAL

The organization of a university flying club at Syracuse is being plan-ned by the fraternities.

of the dramatic cart and was

directed by Miss Della Lehman.

semester, which was accepted by the

Edgecomb.

Nusme, who loved a trick— Ruth

Japanese comedy called "The Flower of Yeddo" and given in verse. The

cast was:

A second violet ray lamp has been installed in the infirmary at the University of Washington. The violet ray treatment was given to flu pa-

tients.

Dr. Hershey, head of the chem-istry department, gave a lecture in the Chemistry Society meeting last Thursday afternoon on "The Com-ponents of Air In Relation to Ani-Mal Life." Dr. Hershey’s talk was based on years of experimental work in this respect.

The next meeting of the society will be held on the evening of March and will be composed of motion pictures that pretain to schlence.

What we do with our lecture time" was discussed by Miss Ethel Sherfy. As Miss Sherfy has calcu-lated it, college girls have 28 hours

a week of leisure time. She tabulat-ed two types of recration: whole-

some recreation and leakages. Under wholesome recreations she included sports, shopping, extra curricular ac-tivites, an occassional ‘date,' school socials and church. Under ‘leakages' she placed gossiping, day dreaming, midnight feeds, reading literary trash, and aimlessly chasing around. She asked this question in closing:

Are we Scotch, hoarding our leisure time or are we spendthrift, lavishing it on everything?”

Miss Regina Kliewer told how we can improve our leisure time by: concentrating in order to get our les-sons in less time: form new friend-ships: and by using our time for de-velopmcnt of special talent, as music

and dramatic art.

Miss Ruth Anderson announced the arrangements for the Student Conference held this last Saturday

and Sunday.

FIELD SEC. OF INTER-

COLLEGIAN PROH. HERE

Mr. Paul Guthrie. field secretary for the Intercollegian Prohibition Association, spoke at Friday’s chapel period, and in two of Professor Heckman’s Bible classes immediately following chapel on prohibition. Mr. Guthrie treated the subject as a so-cial rather than an a moral problem. The changing standards and condi-tions of the past few decades have been responsible for this re-empha-sis.

The user of alcohol has became a sociall misfit, often quite incapable of the harmony and efficiency needed now. The liquor habit begins with social pressure, which is furthered by a growing appetite, and finally, by the desire or some members of society for profit.

Men should cease, says Mr Guth-rie, to regard legislation as a pan-area, a cure-all for this problem, and rather attempt to aid in its solution. The existing social, commercial, and environmental pressure that causes drinking should be removed, and men educated to want to be sober. Students highly appreciated the viewpoint expressed.

LORANCE TRIO OF WICHITA COMING TO M. C. CAMPUS

The Lorance Trio of Wichita is to be on the McPherson College student activity program. In cooperation with the Cecilian Music Club the council is sponsoring this entertain-ment at the community hall down town sometime this semester. The number comes highly recommended according to Orion High and Ernest Toland, committee members appoint-ed to act with Prof G. Lewis Doll

in securing some musical number. They are widely known for their in-terpretation of Indian music.

Keith Hayes, chairman of the com-mittee that has been working on the selection of a permanent design for college jewelry, reported to the council in its meeting last Wednes-day night. The council voted to ac-

mittee and the proposition will now

be taken for each of the three individual lower classes.

The possibility of making some re-ward to the state championship bas-ketball team was discussed and the president apointed Reuben Bow-man to act with Prof. George Boone on the matter.

The recommendation of the social committee of the faculty that some lectures concerning etiquette be

given in the future was discussed and met with much approval.

Harold Fasnacht, treasurer, presented the budget for the second

council.

One new member. Vernon Spil-man. elected by the junior class to fill the vacancy left by Wilbur Bow-man, attended the council meeting.

A costume recital given in Japa-nese setting was presented Thursday evening in the chapel. The first number on the program was a solo

Fine Day" from the popular opera "Madame Butterfly". Miss Clara Davis, in Japanese costume, read "Madame Butterfly," a dramatic reading telling the story of the little Japanese girl who waited long and faithfully for the American lover who had promised to return when the

Trostle

Typhoon, a disguised robber— Sanaria, the flower of Yeddo—

The play was given by members

Sports

KANSAS CONFERENCE

Cornell Holds Walking Contest (Other Campus Special)

Referee, McCarroll, University of

Pennsylvania.

McPherson's Schedule This Week Tonight—Miami, Florida A.C. Here Thursday—Bethel College at New-

Friday— Henry Clothters at Wichita Monday— "Swedes" here

The Miami-Bulldog game at the convention hall tonight should be a thriller for everyone. The boys from the sunny South defeated the Henrys 47-35 just the night before the Bull-dogs handed them the 33-32 defeat. Miami has a strong team. McPher-son has a strong team. The Clothiers have played both and said we should send Miami away with defeat. The game should be even more thrilling than the one last Friday evening. Miami is noted for its fast passing attacks.

It is rumored that the Henry buys

fore hand, saying that they "are going to McPherson tonight for a little practice game!"" From the ap-pearance of the team after the game they must have had a thorough work-out. The famous Bulldog comeback in the second half was too much for the visitors, who were baffled by the attack.

INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL STANDINGS

Teams with high average number

of points per game are as follows:

Clowns 25 3-5, Fighting Cocks 23 4-5,

Comets 25. Blue Streaks 22 2-3.

Sharp Shooters 25 1-5.

PRES SCHWALM ADDRESSES WORLD SERVICE GROUP

V. F Schwalm addressed the World Service Group at their

meeting last Wednesday evening. Dr. Schwalm pointed out the character-istics of Moses as enumerated in Hebrews which young people need that they may cope with their prob-lems to their lasting satisfaction. "Moses", he said, "was done to up to the time that 'he chose'". So it

what they have been made. Now the time of choices. Will the choice be the distant finer reward or will it be the nearer and lesser reward? In other words student be spiritual or

worldly.

The speaker defined worldliness as "succumbing" to the lure of the immediate". He urged that students have the courage of their convictions and that they choose the path of suc-rlflre, making it possible to gain that greater reward. In closing, Dr. Schwalm suggested that all present were very much alike in achieve-

ment and potential possibilities, but that forty years later would find them in varying fields or activity and achievement, due almost entirely to

Dr. Schwalm spoke of the reassur-ance that such a group was to the officials of a college. That such a group can improve the spiritual ten-or of the campus was particularly impressed upon those that heard him.

Deputation teams are being organized and some good work is ex-pected. Among the items of business that were taken up was the possibili-ties of sending a delegate to Em-poria to attend the Student Volunteer Conference at the College of Emporia March 1, 2 and 3. It was left in the hands of the executive committee. Election of officers is to take place at the first meeting in March. Meetings are being held on Wednesday evenings until after the Mission school on Thursday evenings.

NININGER SECURES COL-

LECTION OF METEORITES

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ed six hundred forty pounds. This stone is made up of rounded grains or spherites varying in size, the smallest ones being of dust-like minuteness.    Prof. Nininger has

written two short articles in the "Journal of Geology" for January. February 1929 on two meteorites; one from Duchesue county, Utah and the other from Ballinger, Texas. The collection in the local museum is of considerable extent. A number of stones have been collected from Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, North Dakota, California,

Kentucky, Utah, New Mexico. Michigan, Virginia and Maryland. Foreign countries that are represented by the meteorite collection include Africa, India, Mexico, France, Canada. Finland, Egypt, Columbia. S. A-, Alaska, Russia, Hungary, Aragia, Chile and Serbia

Ithaca, N. Y.—Cornell University is holding a walking contest until March 23. A silver loving cup will be presented to the winner. Walking about the campus doesn't count. and no credit will be given for walking less than a mile. The purpose of the contest is to develop better athletes.