VOL. XIV

McPherson college, McPherson, Kansas, Wednesday, feb. 25, 1931

NUMBER 23

BULLDOG DEBATORS TAKE FOUR COYOTE PELTS

FROM WESLEYAN IN SEASON'S FIRST DEBATE

COMING EVENTS

McPherson Debaters Show Superiority Over Their Opponents— Critic Judges Bring The Decisions—Ticw With Bethany For First Place In The Northern Division

LARGE CROWD IN CHAPEL

Thurs., Feb. 25—W.A.A. Ini-tiation.

Fri., Feb. 27—Thespian Initia-tion.

Mom., March 2 Fine Arts Dep’t gives student recital.

HUTCHINSON HIGH SCHOOL CARRIES OFF THE

HONORS IN DEBATE TOURNAMENT HELD HERE

Given Silver Cup By McPherson Chamber Of Commerce—Must Retain It Three Years Straight For Permanent Possession—Five Schools Are Entered

Wichita University Is Leading The Southern Division Of Four Colleges

VISITORS ON PROGRAM

Fri. Feb. 20—Today the Bulldogs of McPherson won two decisions from Coyotes of Kansas Wesleyan university in the first dual debate in the Northern division.

At Salina this afternoon the McPherson negative team, composed of Walter Wollman and Keith Hayes, debated the Wesleyan affirmative. O. O. Smith, principle of Chapman high school, acted as the critic Judge.

Perhaps the largest crowd ever present heard the debate in the McPherson college chapel tonight. The McPherson affirmative team, composed of Ward Williams and John Lehman, won the decision from the Wesleyan negative. Prof F. R. Ross, Emporia Teachers’ college, was the critic judge.

The Kansas colleges are divided into two divisions for debate. The schools in the Northern division are Lindsborg, Sterling, Kansas Wesleyan, and McPherson. As a result of the first round in this division, McPherson and Lindsborg each have 100 per cent.

The Southern division includes Bethel, Friends university, Wichita university, and Southwestern. Wich-ita is leading the division with two decisions from Friends; while Bethel and Southwestern have each won one decision from the other.

The State championship will be decided later in the season between the winners of the Southern and Northern division.

Y. W. C. A. Feature Japanese Musicians At Meeting

Turs., Feb. 24—A musical program was given in Y. W. C. A. this morning. Mrs. Anna C. Tate sang one selection. A surprise number was presented by Helen Eberly who introduced Sachi Mitani and her uncle, Shunzo Mitani.

Miss Mitani has been in the United States only five months. She sang several numbers in the Japanese language.

BILLIONS SPENT FOR EDUCATION --YODER

Nearly Half The High School Students In World In United States

OUTSTANDING PAGEANT PRESENTED IN CHURCH

Under The Direction Of Mrs. J. D. Bright

GIVEN BY LARGE CAST

Fifty-seven Take Part in Pageant of     Life In India

A LECTURER COMING

STERLING IS SECOND

Student Council Secures Husband For March 10

Argue Chain Store Question—Use The “Round Robin" System of Debating

INITIATE NEW MEMBERS

W. A. A. Festivities To Be Held Tomorrow Night

The W. A. A. is staging its annual initiation of new members tomorrow night with each new member having certain tasks to perform. The formal-ities are to start at 4:30 o'clock and at 5:45 o'clock they will be served supper in the dining hall. Later in the evening the rituals will be observed and a short program is to be presumed. A light lunch will be served. Nellie Collins is in charge of all festivities.

Mon., Feb. 13—"Money spent for the education of American youth runs up into billions of dollars stated Dr. J. J. Yoder in chapel this morning. America is a great country, it has great people, great resources, great schools, great ideals end great churches.”

"Almost half of the high school pupils of the world are in the United States Dr. Yoder said, “A person spend between 25 to 30 years in building the foundation for life. Daring this time he is acquiring habits that will be his friends or his enemies. Also at this time attitudes are being created. The question each youth asks is. What shall I prepare myself to be? The life work ultimately chosen will depend upon the habits and attitudes which have been built up. Some good habits to form are those of thoroughness, hard work, honesty, and hope. It is encouraging to know that these habits depend upon our own choosing: it is in our hands."

Sun., Feb. 22—Tonight at the College church a pageant "Following of the Star” by Anita B. Ferris, was presented in which 57 characters portrayed a pageant of India’s Christians. The characters appeared in the native costume of India.

The pageant was given in three parts. Part one was the prophecy in which the angel of the church of India appeared bringing the message of the star. Part two was the fulfillment of the prophecy in the present time as it was being fulfilled in evangelistic, educational, medical, and industrial work in India. Part three was the promise depleting India’s great Christian leaders who have followed the star.

The director of the play was Mrs. J. D. Bright. A large audience was present for the presentation of the missionary pageant.

Wilfred Husband of McPherson, who has traveled around the world, has been secured by the student council to give a illustrated lecture concerning his trip, Tuesday night, March 10, at 7:30 o’clock in the College chapel auditorium. Mr. Husband is widely known and is an interesting lecturer. He has been giving a number of lectures throughout the state during the winter.

CRABB IS FIRST IN

ORITORICAL CONTEST

Wins in Local Anti-Tobacco Tryouts—To Go To State Meet

CHICAGO MAN SPEAKS ON FIRE PREVENTION

Says $500,000,000 Damage In One Year By Fire In America

BOOKS ON EDUCATION

COME INTO LIBRARY

Some Are Helpful To Those Taking Practice Teaching

HAYS TEACHERS TO BE A “HARD ROW TO HOE”

Grand Finale Of Conference To Be Here With Ottawa Braves

Friday night, Feb. 27, the Mc-Pherson cagers will journey to Hays, Kan., where they meet the State Teachers Tigers in a return and non-Conference game, after loosing to them early in the season on the home court 37 to 23.

The Tigers are going to be a "hard row to hoe" and will be a tougher bunch to meet than they were at the start of the season. The Teachers have won eight, of their 15 games so far during the season. Wilkinson, forward, seems to be one of their leading scorers along with Moriarty. Lamoreaux and Carter.

The Bulldogs will be ready for the Tigers and when they meet it may be a different story. The Tigers downed the Wesleyan Coyotes last week by the decisive score of 31 to 11.

The grand finale of the Kansas Conference will he played on the home court Tuesday night. March 3, when the Ottawa Braves comes to McPherson. Ottawa is second in the Conference with St. Mary’s and after playing them on a close margin in the Ottawa court Coach Melvin J. Binford will put his men against them for their last game of the sea -son.

Eight new books have been added to the library during the past week. Several of these books will be of special interest to those who are studying to be teachers and to those who are taking work in the education department.

The eight new books are:    Kindall

and Mirick, How to Teach the Fundamental Subjects; Harry A. Greene, Work-book In Educational Measure-ments; Lindquist and Stoddard, Study Manual in Elementary Statistics: Violet Kent, Tim Players Library; R. M. Schmitz, Preparing the Research Paper; Schnackel and Sprecker, The Art of Business Thinking; h. G. Schnackel, The Art of Business Reasoning; and the Anti-Saloon League Yearbook of 1930, edited by Ernest H. Cherrington.

Wed., Feb. 18—J. Burl Taylor, Chicago, a special representative of the Kansas Fire Prevention associa-tion, spoke in chapel this morning on fire prevention.

Eighty per cent of the fires could be prevented if people were only more cautious, asserts Mr. Taylor. "It is my aim,” said the speaker, “To im-press on the people to be cautious."

The public will probably realize the need of fire prevention associations and insurance when they learn that $500,000,00 worth of damage is done each year in America by fires

Thurs., Feb. 18—Lucile Crabb, sophomore, won first place in the local Anti-Tobacco oratorical contest tonight in the College chapel. The contest each year is sponsored by the Anti-Tabacco association, a statewide organization.

Second and third place went to Grace Heckman and Philip Lauver respectively. No prizes were given but the winner is entitled to enter the state contest that will be held March 21 in the College chapel.

Miss Crabb's oration was titled “Tobacco and Youth" Judges for the contest were Miss Della Lehman, Dr. J. D. Bright, and Dr J. W. Fields. Last year Miss Crabb won first in the local peace oratorical contest and placed second in the state contest, being the first girl to ever receive a prize in the state contest. Miss Crabb is a graduate of the local high school.

Sat., Feb. 21—Hutchinson high school won first place in the annual debate tournament of the tenth district of class A high school here today which for the first time was held at McPherson college.

Lyons high school received second place in the tourney, having been de-feated twice in the eight debates they entered. Other schools that participated were: Hoisington, Ster-ling and St. John.

The Hutchinson teams, who were coached by B. H. Perrill, were not defeated thruout the tournament. They took home the silver loving cup that was presented them by the chamber of Commerce of McPherson. Hutchinson will be allowed to keep the cup for one year and then it will be given to the school that wins first place next year. The school that retains the cup for three con-secutive years will be given the trophy for a permanent possession.

The round robin system was used in determining the time that each team would debate, thus giving each  team a chance to debate four times,  The question that the high school are debating this year is: “Resolved,

that chain stores are a detriment to the best interest of the American public," Judges for the tournament were:    Prof. LeRoy Lewis of Wichita

University, Prof, A. J. Graber of Bethel, Prof. Darrel J Mase of Bethany, and Prof. Maurice A. Hess of McPherson.

RETURN FROM MISSOURI

Schwalm And Yoder In Neighboring State In Interest Of College

FORMER BLIND STUDENT MAKING GOOD AS WRITER

Granted Fellowship To Colo. Univer-

sity For Recognition Of Her Work

A MALE QUARTET SINGS

AT A WOMAN'S MEETING

Mon., Feb. 23- A McPherson college male quartet, composed of Lawrence Lehman, Harvey Shank, Harry Zinn, and Charles Austin, sang at a meeting of the Cosmo club tonight. Miss Delia Lehman, of the College faculty gave a talk an her experiences while in London during the last winter.

ONLY HAND FULL OUT

FOR THE "PEP" RALLY

Thurs., Feb. 19—With only a small crowd of Bulldog rooters present the cheerleading combination of Doyle-Larsen-Weaver led students in songs and yells this morning at the weekly Thursday morning "pep" meeting.

EXPERIENCE IN EUROPE MISS LEHMAN TELLS OF

Miss Della Lehman In Talk To Y. M. Give Impressions

Of Europe

DR. BRIGHT ENTERTAINS

SENIOR HISTORY MAJORS

Thurs., Feb. 19—At 12:30 o'clock today noon Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Bright entertained the six senior history majors at their home on-College Hill to a turkey dinner in honor of Dr. Bright's birthday. The history majors that were present were Edith Murray, Carroll Walker, John Leh-man, Keith Hayes, Herbert Ruth-rauff, and Ernest Betts.

Tues., Feb. 24—Miss Della Lehman advised young men to take their honeymoons in Europe by bicycling thru Holland, or to go to the mountains in Switzerland, rather than go to July or France. Miss Lehman spoke in the weekly meeting of the Y. M. C. A. this morning.

The speaker gave, a few of her impressions and experience she gained while in Europe last fall. She stated that young men wishing to explore or to meet challenges, will find challenges in the fields of economics, politics, and international relations.

Speaking of England she said that there is not as much, racial prejudice there as there is in this country, The Negroes and the natives of India receive very respectable hospitality and readily find friends in England.

An article recently appeared in The Denver Post, relating the story of Mrs. Elsie M. Cowin, formerly Miss M. Stevens who was a student here in 1917-1918. Miss Stevens has been blind since she was seven years old, and after finishing a school for the blind in Kansas City, she enrolled here. She completed her freshman work making a grade of 1—equivalent, to A - in every course. She hired a reader to read the lessons to her. Since leaving here, she went to Denver, where she attended school several years. Eight years ago, she married William K. Cowan, who has since become blind.

Mrs. Cowan greatly desires to be a writer, She recently sold her first short story she had recevied a scholarship from the University of Colorado in recognition of her work._

DEPUTATION TEAM BACK

FROM WEEK END TOUR

Mon., Feb. 23—Dr. V. F. Schwalm and Dr. J. J. Yoder returned Friday from Missouri where they have been during the past week in the interest of the College. Dr. Schwalm spoke at several churches including Stet, Rockingham, Mound City and Platts-burg. He also spoke to high school assemblies at those places. Dr. Schwalm interviewed prospective students, alumni, and friends of the College while in Missouri.

HILL IS TIED WITH

KEPNER FOR THIRD

Larsen, Bethany, First In Individual Scoring

Mon., Feb. 23— This evening a    

deputation team, consisting of Ethel Sherfy, Helen Eberly, Pauline Dell. Charles Austin, and Vernon Rhoades. returned from a week end tour in northeastern Kansas. Programs were given in the churches at Topeka and Overbrook and in the Overbrook high school.

Four McPherson college instructors, Mrs. Anna C. Tate, Miss Fern Lingenfelter, Miss Mildred Thurow, and Miss Margaret Shelley, attended the last performance of the German Grand Opera company in Kansas City

last Saturday night.

McPherson has two players who are high scorers in the Conference at this time. Hill, forward, is tied with Kepner of Ottawa for third place with a total of 61 points and Jamison, guard, is tenth from the top but is the only guard in rank in the first 12 high scorers. Jamison has a to-tal of 42 points.

Larsen, Bethany's Kansas City elongated center, is leading the Conference with a total of 91 points  for seven games. Binns of Ottawa is running him a close race, being only seven points behind but having played eight games. Crilly of Ottawa and Williams of Kansas Wesleyan are two high scoring guards with points 34 and 36 respectively.    

M. C. INSTRUCTORS TO

K. C. FOR GRAND OPERA

When you hear some one singing in the bathroom, it is usually a sign that the lock won’t work.

PAGE TWO

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1931

EDITORIAL STAFF

BUSINESS STAFF

ALUMNUS SPONSORS PAPER

We "Spec" there was more than one heart that fluttered when the Wesleyan debater begin with "Let me propose to you—" Now they say that one of the faculty started to rise to the occasion and the young man changed his mind. "No, I don't want to propose to you. Allow me to suggest—", he immediately substituted.

Miss Mary Harnly, A. B. '27, is sponsor of the Journalism depart-ment, Alliance high school, Alliance, Nebraska. Under Miss Harnly's supervision, the Journalism department publishes an interesting weekly paper, known as "The Spud."

versity of Detroit have been forbidden to converse with the male stu-dents at any time on the campus. They'll be sprouting wings next.

Delbert Kelley and his mother of Liberal visited friends and relatives in McPherson last week end the first of this week.

CROSS QUESTIONS AND FOOLISH ANSWERS

REPORTERS

CONGRESS, "THE COMIC STRIP"

Appropriation bills are flooding congress to again startle the taxpayer every time he sees the headlines in the daily newspapers. Business is being run on a narrowed margin than a year ago but the government is still surging ahead with the steam shovel dishing out doles at the back door of the treasury to the contempt of Andrew Mellon. The war veterans raise a howl for more bonus and congressmen go after their votes by passing a bill to increase a 50 per cent loan on the soldier's war bonus.

President Hoover has shown his good Judgment in intimating that he will veto the bonus bill. He says that if the bill becomes effective, as a result of its passage over his veto, it will lengthen the period of depression and that he will be compelled to call an extra session of congress to find means of financing such a measure.    

It seems that congress should concentrate its efforts upon means of relcaving the present unemployment situation. By doing this they would be of great value in shortening the period of depression. The expansion of public works should be instituted to a high measure. Still congress passed a bill to increase the bonus for the soldiers and lessening the amount, that could be spent for public improvements. Congress seems to be, quoting Will Rogers, the "comic strip of the American people,”

SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU

1. When in the best time for picking cherries?—The proper time is when nobody is looking-

4. How long should spaghetti be cooked?—We think ten inches is plenty long.

a. Who was Noah's wife?—That‘s easy! Joan of Arc.

4.    What is the definition of un-adulterated love?—-Well, love is like making an apple pie. You must be generous with the apple sauce and use a lot of crust! It is like a kan-garoo with rheumatism—it knows no bounds.

5.    What is a blotter?—That's a very absorbing subject. It is what you look for while the ink dries.

6. What is a limberger cheese sandwich?—It's two pieces of bread in very bad company.

We "Spec" that if someone would make something happen around here that was real news, it would not be necessary to use fourteen inches of the school paper to review, let us say, ''Communism".        

-(Submitted)

We noticed in the Spec last, week that Professor Boone said that, "We didn't have to go to hell, but can make plenty of it ourselves here on earth." That should be a fairly broad statement for a professor of a Christian college— Maybe he has been visiting the boy's dormitory.

Alberta Hovis took dinner at the dormitory Sunday.

Harold Crist, who teaches at Zonk, visited friends on the campus Saturday night and Sunday.

A few of the co-eds, after seeing the movie "Just Imagine," are wondering if it would really pay to go on living. The men are thinking the same thing—especially if rocket planes have back seats.

Margaret Stegeman and Marjorie Bunce spent the week end at the Stegeman home near Hope.

Max O'Brien visited with his par-ents and friends at Burr Oak Saturday and Sunday

Merton Earl, editor of the Washburn Review, says that a certain individual on the Washburn campus has complained to him because his name appeared "so often" in the Review. Our problem a just the opposite, We merely say—"So-and-So wished that their name appear in The Spectator—we aim to please."

Hope Nickel has returned to school after a weeks absence on account of illness.

Leslie Myers spent the week end visiting friends in Windom.

Guy Hayes visited with his brothers on College Hill Sunday.

Now with eggs selling at 10 cents a dozen we should have a grand and glorious time Easter morning.

Eloise VanNatta of Hutchinson spent Saturday and Sunday with Esther Brown at the dormitory.

The American people enjoy their mirth—yet America is the country that, Europe says, "they are young and they will learn." America may be young and may be learning, but America is learning to enjoy life as America lives it.

Days of toll and worry demand periods of rest and relaxation. The public has capitalized upon the idea of humor to free its mind of cumber-some thots and demanded concentration. The radio has been a great means of bringing smiles into the home. “Amos ‘n Andy" have proved that people would rather laugh than think. Will Rogers has won his way into the hearts of his countrymen—yes, and even into the pockets of the people in his native state, by wise cracks. Irvin Cobb has squeezed many a laugh from the souls of sorrowed people by means of his pen. On the screen Eddie Cantor, Marie Dressler, and El Brendel have filled wearied hearts with Joy. Playwrights have chased the tears away. Authors have taken burdens off overburdened shoulders. Song writers fill their themes with mirth. Life itself is humorous—some might say—if it is taken seriously.

The above seems to indicate that most of us are not busy, funny, or bright enough to fill our paper with our deeds and sayings. This column welcomes anything humorous that anyone may wish to submit.

"Nineteen Hundred"

The Park Stylus says that Park college may have an oil well. They may have an oil well but they won't have much with the price of crude standing where it is. We suggest that they be optomistic and hunt for a gas well instead.

A headline in the Daily Kansan says "Last Chance To Pay Fees''— sounds as if it were a pleasure to pay fees at the University,

Lois Dell, Windom, visited friends and relatives in the dormitory Sunday.

Letha Allen and Viola DeVilbiss spent the week end at their respective homes in Ottawa.

Mary Weddle is in school again after several days absence.

CRADLE ROLL

HARNLY CHAPEL SPEAKER

"Cherries are Ripe! Let's Pick 'em reads a banner headline in the University Life of Friends university. You'd better hurry Quakers, for if we have any spring winter weather the frost will get 'em.

Ellen Steinberg and Velma Butter-baugh spent the week end at the Steinberg home near Lorraine.

COMPETITION REQUIRING STUDENTS TO STUDY

The education of the American people has for a number of years been for decent mediocrity: physical, social and intellectual developments and broadenings have all been blended into an innocuous whole by school and colleges, in former years it has not been the fashion for students to work anywhere near to his capacity for fear of becoming a "grind" or of missing the team or the fraternity. Some have thot it quite clever to "get by" without a great deal of work.

It is perfectly evident that under the exeigeacy of competition, if for no other reason, colleges and universities are soon going to become institutions of learning in fact as well as in name. Students too clever to study and those who are too dull or lazy to learn will be excluded.

According to William Wistar Camfort, writing in the Atlantic Monthly, a minimum of sincere interest in intellectual things will be expected and demanded of all students in reputable institutions. Self-development, thru study will be put first, and the physical and social activities will take their normal places in a well-rounded education. Instead of the exaggerated roles which they occupy in the minds of many people.

Fri. Feb. 20—Dr. H. J. Harnly, head of the biological department of the College, gave a biological lecture in chapel this morning. One thot emphasised by the speaker was the fact that we have had the locust menace since the time of Egypt. Only intelligence, if brought to bear, will conquer this locust menace. Dr. Harnly brought out the fact the sacrifice that medical men have made to aid against insects in the foreign lands.

Miss Jessie Daron, a former student of the College, gave a piano solo, "My Sweet Repine."

Does a modest man ever become a radio announcer ?

Pearls may come from oysters, but a few girls secure diamonds from

nuts.

Mirrors are woman's greatest liars because they make them show themselves as they want to be seen.

It seems as tho there is a need for lipstick that makes lips look like lips—but that's a matter of taste.

Sympathy is all right, except for personal use.

TEPID SATIRE FOR YOUR APPROVAL

The trouble with a lot of people around this College is that they are too big headed for their own good. When anyone gets the wrong impression about their own worth it is just too bad for all concerned. Just watch the people who can really deliver and they do not have to tell people about it or throw themselves before the public eye, sometimes when they do they are promptly thrown out of the public eye. Remember when you really have "it" the women around this institution will be only too glad to tell you so. Some of them make it their business to pick out enterprising young people and encourage them by giving them their benign approval. If you have not been approved you have not been associating with the right women. Be more careful in your choice and you will get the results. Of course we realize that some people are inherently better than every one else, but those who really are also realize that the more humility they have the more people think of them, and the more people think of them the more they are in their thoughts which is the goal of some people's lives any way.—Submitted by request.

The Y. W. C. A. is making plans for a waffle supper in the Y. W. room Saturday evening from five until seven o'clock. Everybody is invited to be present for this waffle supper.

Sun., Feb. 24—A mixed quartet of McPherson college students this afternoon sang to the sick people confined in the McPherson County hospital. Those making up the quartet were Gulah Hoover, Opel Bowers, Fred Andrews and Posey Jamison.

WILL HAVE SPECIAL

EDITION NEXT WEEK

The next edition of The Spectator,

March 4, will be a special issue for

the purpose of advertising the Mc-

Pherson college "Booster" Banquet

to be held here March 27. Copies will be sent to members of the alum-ni who live within no great distance from McPherson. It is understood

that a large number of alumni and

friends of this College are coming for

the big banquet.,

We see that co-eds at the Univer-

commitied to an asylum because she cut $2, 000 in paper money in order to piece it into a crazy quilt. Wouldn't it be grand to go mad that way.

A woman in Illinois has been

Homer McAvoy--Mar. 3

Jessie Daron, Former Student, Plays Piano Solo

DR. SCHWALM TO SPEAK

AT A MANHATTAN FORUM

Dr. V. F. Schwalm will speak Wednesday, Feb. 25. at the noon hour at the Forum in Manhattan, Dr, Schwalm will use as a subject "Italy under Mussolini.”

Y. W. TO SERVE WAFFLES

IN Y. W. ROOM SATURDAY

MIXED CHORUS SINGS

AT COUNTY HOSPITAL

BRIGHT SPEAKS AT A

HISTORICAL MEETING

Sat., Febb. 14—Dr. J. D. Bright, professor of history, was on the program of the Kansas State Historical society held at Manhattan today. Mrs. Bright accompanied Dr. Bright to

Manhattan.

Adam was the original man. Since him

there has been no other

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1931

PAGE THREE

DEBATE HISTORY AT McPHERSON COLLEGE DATES BACK TO “GOOD

OLD DAYS” WAY BACK IN 1889

INITIATE NEW ORES

The Greatest Event In Debate History Was The Coming Of Prof. Maurice A. Hess—-His Teams Have Won The State Championship Four Times And Northern Division Championship Six Times

Edna Nyquist

Let us turn back the pages of M.C. debate history to the early days of the College. Back in 1889 McPherson college literary socities were about the brightest spots in a dull McPherson. Town people and College Hill people turned out for these programs, and there were always debates. Believe it or not they must have had some "tall arguments" too. Proof of that is suggested in some of their subjects for debate. Here are a few : "Resolved, that the mental capacity of the sexes are equal," “The Indians have suffered more from the whites than the negroes have," “Women have more influences on society than men," “Women have equal suffrage," “More honor is due Washington for defending America than Columbus for discovering it,” “Students obtain more knowledge from the study of nature than art,” “The reading of fiction is detrimental to true development," "There is more happiness in a single life than in married life," and many others too numerous to mention.

Friday night the Thespians will initiate their now members in the College alumni gymnasium. The festivities of the evening seem to be shroud in a cloud of mystery that gives promise of being both severe and "comic" in nature and effort. A "feed" is being assured following the ceremonies.

FIRST TWO TICKETS

FOR BANQUET SOLD

INTERNATIONAL CLUB

HAS FIRST MEETING

The ticket selling for the McPher-son "Booster" banquet got underway last week with Carl Grant, president

of the McPherson Citizens State bank, purchasing the first two tick-ets, giving his check for $11. From now on tickets will be sold in increas-ing numbers and a campaign is soon to start within the city for a large ticket sale.

Gentlemen frequently marry bru-nettes before they begin preferring

blondes-- B. C. Bee.

Our thots are but mental pictures, and it is well that we are the only

ones who see some of them.

Some people think that they are good merely because they have no

fun.

Then there was the Scotch judge what punished the young man who threw grapefruit at Rudy Vallee when eggs were so cheap.    

A plumber, looking at Niagara

Falls exclaimed; "Hot dog! What a

swell lead!"

There are many more men in the world who have a million dollars than there are that are worth a million dollars.

Give Program On German Repara-tions—-Seven Give Talks

DOPE BUCKET

(Continued from Page Four) leyan and Hill of McPherson, may make bids for the mythical team. Binns, Ottawa, may be a candidate.

"McNary-Haugen farm bill."

These debates in the societies contineud. The societies developed with the College until there were four live organizations. Two in the Academy; the Emersonian and the Ciceronian and two in the College; the Irving and the Iconoclost. Sometimes there were debates between the societies and finally there were occassional debates with other colleges. Ellis Studebaker, president of La-Verne college, was among those who tried their hand at debate coaching.

Possibly the greatest event in debate history at McPherson was the coming of Prof. Maurice A . Hess to the College. He arrived in the fall of 1915, but he did not coach during his first year. The second year he did coach debate because no one else would do it.

He has had remarkable success during his eleven years of debate coaching in McPherson. His team has been the state champions for four years 1922, 1926, 1927, and 1928, the division champion six years, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927.

1928, and 1930.

Of course, there have been a great many outstanding debators in these intervening years. William Bishop back in 1922 was a colorful debater with a good rebuttal. A collegue of his was Avery Fleming, '27, now teaching at Monument, Kan. Kenneth Rock, '27, is the only man who has debated four years for Professor Hess. He is now coaching debate at Abilene. He was on the state champion team in 1926 and in 1927 and  Ora Huston, '27, Harvey Lehman, ‘27, and Charles Lengle, '27, were also on that team.

Three of the present varsity debaters, John Lehman, Keith Hayes, and Ward Williams have debated here before this year, Mr. Lehman debated in the Academy. He has only lost four debates in his debating career, and those have all been in Winfield, Kan., during tournaments. Keith Hayes was a 1928 state champion debater and Ward Williams debated here last yer.

Womens debate teams have only been active about five or six years. Floy Brown, ’29, is the only girl who has debated four yars. Mildred Libby, '29, has the distinction of being the

only woman receiving a varsity letter with the men.

It is interesting to note how many of the debaters are now coaching debate in high schools, Floy Brown is coaching at Ellinwood; Mildred Libby at Geneseo; Isaac Dirks, '23, at Moundridge; Kenneth Rock at Abilene; Ira Idhe, ’28, at Chapman; and Philip Spohn, ’29, at Quinter, Kan, etc.

Debate questions have evolved like many manners and custom upon the campus. Some of the questions in the last several years have been "The recognition of Russia," “Open shop,” "The Jury system," “The Kansas Industrial court," and the

McPherson college has always at-tempted to play the game of good sportsmanship and in return they have expected the same. A good sportsman does not take it upon himself to take the aggressive in dealing with such matters that might seem unsportsman like, but when it is quite evident that another team is taking advantage, or we might say the opponent’s coach, is taking advantage of a teams good sportsmanship no gentleman is going to stand by and allow another to be “bullied" out of a decision that should rightfully be theirs. There is very little that can be done after such an act has already been executed only to see to it that others know the facts in the matters that might in the end concern them.

Mon., Feb. 23-- The newly organ-ized International Relations club held its first meeting tonight from 6:30 until 8:00 o'clock in which the problem of German reparations was reported upon and discussed by the various members of the club. Reports on this question were presented by John Lehman, Herbert Eby, Ernest Betts, Edith Murray, Ralph Keedy, Carroll Walker and Dr. J. D. Bright, with the club president, Keith Hayes, presiding.

The International club has plans underway to affiliate itself with the national organization, sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for international peace. A quantity of help-ful literature has been obtained for the use of club members and ar-rangements are being made for a reserve shelf in the library on which to keep this material.

Pres. V. F. Schwalm and Prof. Maurice A. Hess were present at the first meeting besides a few student visitors. Interested persons are urg-ed to watch the bulletin boards for future announcements and are cordially invited to attend the bi-weekly meetings of the organization.

A FEW CO TO BETHANY

TO HEAR NOTED PIANIST

BETHANY WINS GAME

(Continued from Page Four) to Rump of McPherson, took many long shots but was unnable to make them count. Bethany played a good game.

Referee: Kemper, Emporia Teachers.

Mon., Feb. 23—A number of students and members of the music faculty motored to Lindsborg tonight to hear Mieczyslaw Munz, sensation-al Polish pianist, who appeared in Presser hall as a presentation of the Bethany community lyceum associa-tion.

FEATURE HESS AT

COLLEGE PEP RALLY

Mon., Feb, 23 — Tonight, the cheerleaders, featuring a "pep" talk by Prof. Maurice A. Hess, led stu-dents in yells and songs in the College chapel, Professor Hess presented the theme of “doing the impossible,"

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_WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1931

Jamison fouled 19 times. He repented, however, because he made 19 free throws count.

Score Tied 26 To 26 With Four Minutes To Go—Poston Goes In For Two Goals

In the first 13 games this season

“Dukes” Duford Talks Quigley Out Of Two Points For McPherson

PLAY A 19 MINUTE HALF

Bulldog Players Assert Duford Used Strong Language In Getting What He Wanted — A Victory

A Darting, Shooting, Twisting, Dribbling Body—'That Was Ander-son, McPherson

BETHANY 33, McPHERSON

Bulldog’s Play Their Best Game Of The Season

KANSAS CONFERENCE STANDINGS

RESULTS AMONG CONFERENCE SCHOOLS

CAGERS FEEL THEY WERE GIVEN A RAW DEAL BY ST. MARY'S

The men on the McPherson college basket ball team seem to be of the opinion that they were given a "raw deal" at St. Mary's last week when they lost to the Irish by a two point margin.

It seems as tho there were three minutes of the game left to be played and McPherson was one point ahead of their opponents. "Duke" Duford, St. Mary’s coach, asked the timekeeper, who happened to be a McPherson player, to blow his whistle for a St. Mary’s substitution. The time-keeper blew' his whistle but Quigley, who was refereeing the game, did not hear it because of the noise being made by the crowd, and the teams went on playing. McPherson went in for a set-up and made a-nother field goal count, giving them a three point lead over St. Mary's.

The ball went out of bounds and was McPherson's ball and Duford called time out again and soon began to argue with Quigley, saying that the field goal of McPherson did not count because he had called time out and the timekeeper had blown his whistle. Duford became enraged and according to McPherson players who heard him, he swore a great deal and made many threats in telling what he thot should be right.

Quigley, who should have abided by his own first decision when he told Duford that during the halves the only whistle that could stop the game was the referees whistle, but he didn’t—he yielded to Duford and declared the two points made by McPherson after the timekeeper blew his whistle, but not heard by the referee, as not being legal. He also did not allow Jamison to throw a free throw that was due him on account of a St. Mary's foul.

In reality the last half of the game lasted only 19 minutes when it should have lasted 20 minutes. It is around these facts that McPherson feels that she has received a “Raw Deal."     

BAKER CAGERS WIN IT IN LAST FEW MINUTES

The Bulldog's were doomed to lose to St. Mary’s last week if one is to believe too heavily in superstition. The St. Mary's game was the ''thirteenth" of the season. It seems as tho with "Friday thirteenth" coming twice this year that the "jinx" of superstition are against the Bin-ford men.