The College is making preparations to entertain 250 high school seniors throughout central Kansas during the high school festival to be held Saturday. In conjunction with the festival a high school tennis tournament will be sponsored by the College.

Yesterday afternoon 40 enteries had been registered at the Deans office for the tennis tourney, with indications that this total may swell before play gets under way Saturday morning. The College will give gold medals to the winners in both the singles and the doubles. The tournament is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock in the morning.

In the evening at six-thirty o'clock the College will act as host to ap-proximately 250 high school seniors to a banquet that has become an annual affair for a number of years. Prof. J. Hugh Heckman will act as toastmaster and toasts will be given by John Lehman, president of the Student Council, and Dean R. E. Mohler. Mrs. Anna C. Tate will sing a vocal solo and Miss Maragret Shelley will conduct an orchestra that will play during the banquet. The Ladies' quartet of the College will asalsa with the program.

The banquet will be held in the parlors of the Church of the brethren.

Dr. J. Willard Hershey, head of chemistry department, will present two scientific papers at the annual meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science to be held at Lawrence, Kan., Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 26.

A number of McPherson professors and men interested in science will also attend the science meeting. A-mong these are Dr. J. H, Harnly, Prof. and Mrs. J. L. Bowman, and Prof. R. E. Mohler of the College, end Dr. Warren Knaus, 512 South Main.

Thurs., April 23—Arthur Rugh to come to campus for the remain-der of the week.

Thurs., April 23—World Service Group to meet.

Sat., April 25—Senior Festival.

Sat., April 25 —■ Local Music

Contest.

Sun., April 26—World Service Group breakfast.

Tues.. April 28—Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. meetings.

Arthur Rugh, member of the National Council Staff Y. M. C. a., is coming to the campus tomorrow, and will be here the remainder of the week. Mr. Rugh is a widely known speaker, who has a message for every one. Few men know the thoughts. ambitions, and problems of the youth of today as widely and intimately as he does.

Mr. Rugh will speak in the chapel at 10:00 on Thursday and Friday He will conduct an open forum in the afternoons of each of the days, also. He is to speak at the World Service Group meeting, at 6:30 Thursday evening. Saturday, Mr. Rugh will go with the Y. W and Y. M. cabinets an a retreat to Twin Mounds.

According to an announcement made by Prof. G. N. Boone, a furniture repair week will be sponsored by his Industrial Arts department, beginning Monday morning, April 27. All students and members of the faculty who have places of furniture that are in need of repair are urged to bring them to this department where they will be repaired. Last year approximately 150 pieces of furniture were mended.

In a recent pamphlet published by the Colorado Museum of Natural History, two previously undescribed meteorites are discussed by Prof. H. H. Nininger, formerly of McPherson college who is now connected with the Colorado museum in charge of the meteorite division.

The description covers two meteorites that Professor Nininger examined and classified for the Mexico City Museum last year when he visited that country in search of new finds. Professor Nininger is fast gaining national recognition as one of the best versed authorities on meteorites in the United Slates.

A Juvenile and adult music contest in violin, piano, and voice will be held here Saturday, April 25, in connection with the high school festival. The contest will begin at

10 o’clock in the College chapel.

The Juvenile division will consist of those up to 13 years of age. Any student, of a private or a school instructor, may enter this division. Both adult and juvenile violin contests will be held in the morning and also the juvenile piano contest.

Students from 13 to 20 may enter the adult division. This is also for solo work in violin, piano, and voice, The afternoon program will consist of the adult division in piano and voice and the juvenile division in voice.

The judges for the contests will be Mrs. Anna C. Tate, Miss Fern Lin-

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Five more seniors have secured high school teaching positions during the last two weeks to bring the total for the seniors up to twelve, seven having secured their schools earlier in the spring.

Ruth Turner is to have charge of the music department in the high school at Chase, Kan., Eugenia Dawson, home economies major, will teach in the Anthony, Kan., high school. Edith Murray has secured a position in the high school at Canton, Kan., and Harry Zinn will teach manual training at Valley Center, Kansas. Irwin Rump has signed a contract at Arlington.

McPherson college will again conduct a "model" grade school during the summer sessions for the purpose of training prospective teachers. The number of children to be used this summer is limited.

Last summer the campus school accommodated 30 children selected for the second and third grades. It is the present plans to enroll children for the summer session who are elegible for grades three and four.

The model school proved one of the most interesting as well as one of the most popular extensions of the summer session curriculum. Miss Mary Fee, the supervisor and critic teacher of last year, will again direct this phase of the educational department.

Prof. Maurice A. Hess will give a review of the common branches, preparatory to the county examinations. There will be available the usual handwork and art for teachers as well as a liberal offering of regu-lar college courses under some of the most capable college instructors.

Ottawa, Kan., April 17—Keith Hayes, senior at McPherson college, took first prize and a $60 award tonight in the state Peace Oratorical contest sponsored by Ottawa university,

Harold Hanner of Southwestern college was awarded second place and a prize of $40. Entries of Bethel, Friends, and Sterling col-leges finished third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Mr. Hayes' victory is convincing in that he was the unamious selec-tion of all the coaches for first place. The coaches of the colleges served as the judges, each coach being barred from voting for his own con-testant. With Coach Maurice A. Hess not judging all the others gave the McPherson entry first place.

In the last eight years McPherson has won first place on four occassions, have taken two second places, and one third and one fourth. In the same number of years the College peace orators in competition with 21 states has secured first place in the national contest, won by John Lehman, '31, and national champion is based upon he grading of the orations on thought and composition Mr. Hayes has entered his oration in the national contest.

Tues., April 21.—Dan West, young people's leader of the Church of the Brethren, spoke before a joint meeting of the Y W. and Y. M., In the chapel this morning. In his talk, he reviewed and discussed Stewart Chase’s article "The Luxury of In-tegrity,” from Harper's Magazine. August, 1930. Mr. West highly recommends Mr, Chase's Article, and quoted from it. According to Mr. Chase, "Integrity is a luxury which many people can not afford. Only those who have economic freedom can have the luxury of integrity.” Miss Margaret Shelley played a violin solo Kenneth Bitikofer was chairman of the meeting and leader of devotions.

Fri., April 17—Esther Nonken won first in the tennis singles during the festivities of the W. A. A. Play Day sponsored this spring by the organization at Sterling college.

Ten co-eds from McPherson motored to Sterling this morning to participate in the different sports of the W. A, A., such as base ball, basket hall, volley ball, tennis and track events. No prizes were given.

Those making up the party were: Nellie Collins, Florence Weaver, Elsie Rump. Viola DeVilbiss, Atillia Anderson, Louise Ikenberry, Margaret

Moulton, Alpha Hollaway, Esther

Nonken, and Esther Brown.

Wed., April 15 -About 100 students were present in the College chapel tonight to see "The Pilgrims.' a four reel motion picture sponsored by the Y. M. C A

This production is one of the Yale University press "Chronicles of America." It is a picture of the struggle for religious freedom as typ-ified by the Separatist movement and the Pilgrims.

The Y.W.C.A, is looking forward to a number of interesting programs during the remainder of the school year, Miss Maude Gwinn, the regional secretary of the Y. W. C. A., is to be here April 28. The following week a style show of appropriate customes for various occasions is being arranged, Miss Della Lehman has contented to give a talk on "The Art of Conversation." For the closing program the senior girls are to give a program of whatever nature they might wish

Because of the inclement weather during the last few days the men's tennis tournament has been slowed up considerably and it will be a few days yet before the courts are dry enough to play on.

In the singles in the upper bracket Gottman is trading and and the lower Binford is taking the lead, Gottman having advanced to the semi-finals. In the doubles Flaming and Gottman have advanced to the semi-finals in the lower bracket, the upper bracket not having been completed.

Sat., April 18—Helen DeArmand freshman, was injured painfully but not seriously tonight in an automobile accident on East Euclid about 10:30 O'clock. Miss DeArmand was taken to the McPherson County Hospital where she was treated for her injuries, eight stitches being required to close the wound on her forehead and eight stitches on the back of her head.

The car in which Miss DeArmand was riding was going east on Euclid when a car in front of them either attempted to turn around or also drive into a drive way on the left side of the road without any warning to them. They were going at a rate which prevented them from stopping and they were forced to crash into the other car. In the crash Miss DeArmand went through the windshield and her injuries were sustained by flying glass.

Others riding in the car received only minor bruises. Neither car was damaged to any great extent.

Miss Mildred Thurow, head of the home economics department of the College, was elected president of the McPherson chapter of the American Association of University Women for a term of two years, at a meeting held April 11. Last week Miss Thu-row and Mrs. J. D. Bright attended a district meeting of the organization held at Independence. Kan.

Sun., April 19—The College C. E. program tonight presented reports of the young people's conference which was held at the Monitor church yesterday and today.

The Saturday afternoon program used the theme of "The Adventure of Self Mastery" In which talks were given by representatives from Hutchinson, Bloom, and Wichita churches. In the evening a banquet was held with Dean R E Mohler acting as toastmaster and Dan West, director of young people of the Brethren church, gave a short address. Following the banquet the entire group enjoyed a campfire service,

The Sunday program continued the

theme of "The Christian Quest.” Dr. V. F. Schwalm gave another talk on "The Unsolved Needs of the World,”

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Professor Blair was trying to arouse the reasoning powers of his School Ad class as to why we needed changes is present day life.

"Now my mother did not know anything about balanced diet or vitamines or the like, and we seemed to have developed pretty well," The class laughed in agreement, "Well, you may laugh,” contin-ued the professor, "but I'm the smallest one of the bunch.'’

Rita S. Halle, who writes of American college life, while on a tour of educational institutions last, year noticed the number of apparently happy marriages among the alumni. Like the reporter she is, Miss Halle became curious and set out to find some facts.

She found that while in the past 29 years there has been a rapid increase in the divorce rate—it having increased from one divorce in twelve marriages in 1900 to one divorce in every six marriages in 1929—the divorce rate among college alumni has remained fairly constant at one divorce in 75 marriages.

The divorce rate in Kansas in 1929 was one divorce in 5.1 marriages. Among the matches made on Kansas college campuses, there is only one divorce in each one hundred. Thus the records of Kansas colleges seem to justify their nickname of "match factories." At least the matches made in them have nineteen times better chance of proving successful than off-brand matches made elsewhere.

There is nothing magic about the college atmosphere. College education is training for a marriage, as it is training for life of which marriage is a part. The majority of successful marriages are among men and women with similar backgrounds, similar tastes and interests, and mutual friends. Thus it happens that marriages made in collages are usually happy ones.—Washburn Review.

During the school year of 1930-31 the students of McPherson college have been conducting a more conservative program in regards to the activities of the year. Such a program has been deemed necessary in order that students might better face the economic conditions that have hindered many of them throughout the term. Banquets have been abandoned that students might save a little money. Class dues have been lowered, in some cases, ’*that students might meet them. Such moves on the part of the student indicates their ability to meet conditions as they are.

Is it any wonder that most of us are nervous wrecks? For instance, a class on Friday had the following interruptions:

Class for 10 minutes. Knock at door. Professor goes to door, and goon out. Some could barely see the President outside. Conference. Professor returns. Miss X goes out. Class recitation several minutes. Door opens and Miss X returns to her place. Class picks up interest again. Knock at the door. Professor goes to door and opens it. Students can’t tell who is there. Professor comes back. Miss X goes out. Class barely gets started off again. Door opens, Miss X returns to her place. but she looks slightly worn out. Class tries to take up thread of thought again, but can't quite do it. Here one girl has to enter and leave the class three times in one hour, while the students are exhausted by curiosity. Is it any wonder we are nervous wrecks?

"Ooo just look at the pretty violets". . . Huh, those aren't violets . . . . those am dandelions, . , . They say that the average woman's clothing weighs only eight ounces , . . It’s a shame they have to wear such heavy shoes, . . .Some people only give thanks for their bread and butter. while others pay for theirs. . . . The greatest universal time-saver that we know of is love at first sight . , . . Only 23 more school days this year, . , . The seniors have only 21 more school days this season ... A secret is a group of words that you tell someone else not to tell because you promised not to tell. . . . . Mistletoe is neither a tree nor a vine. It’s an excuse. . . . Kissing doesn’t shorten life—it just makes the time pass more quickly. , . . The caveman practice of knocking girls senseless is no longer in vogue—or necessary. . , . Men who do not take part in athletics are about as prominent as knees in Scotland. . . . An optimist is a man who tries to make you believe it won't he long before the 20,000 petticoat makers will go back to work. . . It is not improper to kiss n girl's hand, . .. But it is de-cidely out of place, . . . The small town is where girls go to church in order to pick up dates. . . . When a locomotive whistles for a grade crossing, it is best to believe all you hear. . . . We've known men that called them "sweethearts", . . . And we know one that calls his "His Battle Ax,"

Miss Ruth Blickenstaff and Mrs. Della Holsinger took Sunday dinner at the home of Mrs. Mary Stutzman.

Mr. Verle Ohmart took Sunday dinner at the dining hall.

Miss Elizabeth Edwards of Cha-nute, is visiting her cousin, Lois, this week.

Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Quakenbuah and son Herbert ate lunch at the dining hall Sunday evening.

Misses Margaret Stegeman and Marjorie Bunce visited at the Bunce home Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. Harold Crist called at the dormitory Sunday night.

Miss Florence Stucky spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Castleton.

Miss Kathrine Bergen spent, Saturday night in the dormitory.

Miss Marie Brubaker and her brother took lunch at the dining hall Sunday night.

Thelma, Glenn, Lloyd and Fred Seitz spent the week end in the dormitories.

The following people from Larned called at the dormitory over the week end: Mrs. Seitz, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Turner, Mr. Ora Martin, Mr. John Blackwell, Esther and Dixie Windmill, Arlene and Denzel Daughen-baugh.

Miss Floy Brown, Ellinwood, visited with friends on the campus last week end.

Miss Beth Hess, who is teaching at Langdon this year, was a campus visitor last Friday afternoon.

Mr. Max O’Brien was the guest of his parents at Burr Oak, Kans., over the week end.

The reigns of sovereign rulers throughout the world have met with depression along with business. The roster of sovereign rulers grows shorter with abduction of King Alphonso of Spain, and each year sees new trends toward democracy.

Today we have but twelve major monarchy heads left The most well known of this group is probably King George V of England. Others include Albert of Belgium, Victor Emmanuel of Italy, Gustaf of Sweden, Haskon of Norway, Christian of Denmark, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Carol of Romania, Nirohito of Japan. Boris of Bulgaria, Prajadhipok of Stam, and Ras Tafari of Abysinnia,

Down through the centuries sovereign rulers have not fared so easily. Ware and civil strife have brought about aductions of kings. Pomp and ceremony has been the dignity and the habitual custom of the kings court. In later years kings have sort of held the place of an ornamental decoration, to recieve guests of foreign countries and to be a factor in hero worship in the eyes of their subjects.

If you are a Senior and feeling snoozy you may hear the following: "Have you got your school yet " "Sure, that was easy.”

"How much, do you get?”

"I get $175, and I get to teach just what I wanted. The school buildings keen, and the school board was easy to talk to, an—" Then your best friend will punch you in the ribs and you'll try to answer the question that was fired at you by the teacher, who does not appreciate what a good time you were having.

As the flowers begin to bloom and the trees to green, one feels a new thrill of life surge through his veins as one revels in the beauty that surrounds him. The campus becomes a living, growing thing, its beauty more apparent than ever. The color of dainty spring dresses and the vigor of white shirtsleeves accentuate the pulsing beauty, of springtime. One cannot help but admire the beautiful campus, and one wishes that more could be done to increase its beauty—yet we neglect such a small thing that could so easily be done.

Why must the campus have cars lined up all about the driveway which circles in front of the Administration, building? They are not attractive. They give that part of the campus which should be most attractive the appearance of a business street or a fair ground. Why aren’t parking grounds furnished a short distance away and then everyone park at this definite place? Why can't the driveways be beautified by removing the wall of spare tires, trunks and rumble-seats which line it ? Other colleges do it! Why doesn’t McPherson? — Enthusiastic Scribe.

Charles Austin------	---------Apr 27
Florence Cotton	_____{_} Apr. 23
Veta Thompson ......	..........Apr. Sit
Wayne Johnson_______	..... Apr. 25
Herbert Eby -........	-.........Apr. 22

One of the chief things which mark the cultured person is courtesy. It is a character trait which exemplifies the higher ideals of McPherson college.

However, courtesy, like the culture of which it is a part, cannot be donned and doffed according to circumstances. Once acquired, it ought to become permanent.

In most cases upon the sound of the closing whistle students suddenly lose interest in anything which the instructor or a fellow student may be saying or doing, close their text books with a bang, and assume a position on the edge of their chairs, as if their lives depended upon getting out of the room within ten seconds.

Why not do the courteous thing, and be a less percipitate in our escape from class rooms?.—D.R.

Mon,. April 20—Dan West, director of the young peoples' work in the Church of the Brethren, spoke in chapel this morning. For illustrative materials he used an iron ring, two bottles of chemicals and two pieces of bailing wire.

"Some people’s thinking is like an Iron ring, small and bounded; quite narrow,” said Mr. West. "There are some advantages of this type or mind; it has poise; a narrow stream cuts deeply. Learning breaks the ring. Do not despise the ring."

"Others have the chemical reaction minds. When placed together the chemicals produce a gas which passes off into the air. This type of mind has freedom, it can go any where, but it does not have poise. It’s a poor trade to trade poise for freedom."

The percentage of divorces among the college-made couples is exceeding-ly small compared with the average for the nation.

Justice may be defined as that which impels us to give to every person what is his due.

A model marriage is one in which the wife is a treasurer, and the hus-band is a treasury.

To Journey to St. Mary’s on Tuesday, April 28

NEW w. A. A. OFFICERS IN MAY 4

THE WAY TO WIN

Student: And, officer, what am I supposed to have stolen?

Police man; A moving van.

Student: All right! Search me.

YOU CAN'T GET BIG BY THINKING SMALL

When you are standing on the side-lines watching a track meet, in which the Bulldogs are entered and during the 440 yard dash and the mile relay you will be certain to notice a McPherson contestant who at the start of the race is behind all his competi-tors. For nearly three-fourths of the way around the track he will be last man. And then on the last curve he takes the lead by passing his man on the curve and wins the race by at least ten yards. The winner is certain to be McPherson's new find, a Tennessee lad by the name of McGill.

In looking over the Kansas conference track and field records in the past, those that are still standing, one finds that McPherson holds two records that have not as yet been bettered. The Records as they now stand are;

M. C. TRACKSTERS MEET BETHEL COLLEGE HERE

Tomorrow afternoon the McPherson tracksters and racket yielders will pit their strength against the teams from Bethel college. Newton, on the McPherson field.

Yesterday McPherson was scheduled to have a track and field and tennis meet with Bethany college, but due to the inclement weather the meet was called off. It is not known yet if the dual meet is to be held or not, but if it is held it will probably be only the tennis matches.

Next Tuesday Coach Melvin J. Binford will take his track and tennis teams to St. Mary’s for a dual meet with the frish. Last year the Bulldogs defeated St. Mary's on the McPherson field. Just who will make this trip is not known yet.

Last Friday night the McPherson college male quartet started on a week's tour thru southern Kansas. Shank. Harry Zinn. Charles Austin, and into Oklahoma.

Those making the trip are Harvey Lawrence Lehman, the director, Mrs. Anna C. Tate, and Miss Lucile Crabb. reader. The quartet, accompanied by the Ladies' quartet of the College, gave the lyceum number at Darlow, Kan., last Friday night before a large Audience. After this program the male quartet left for Oklahoma,

Sunday they gave a program at Thomas, Monday at Cordell, and yesterday at Guthrie, and tonight at Oklahoma City, Tomorrow night they will return to Guthrie, and then Friday night the last program will be given at Bartlesville.

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ORCHESTRA GIVES PROGRAM Fri., April 17—Dr. V. F. Schwalm led the devotionals n student convocation this morning. The College orchestra, under the direction of Miss Margaret Shelley, played three numbers, after which the student body was dismissed.

There are meters of accent, There are meters of tone; But the beat of all meters, Is to meet her alone.

It takes a little courage And a little self control And some grim determination If you want to reach the goal,

It takes a deal of striving

With a firm and stern set chin, No matter what the battle. If you're really out to win.

There's no easy path to glory There's no easy road to fame; Life, however we may view it,

Is no simple parlor game:

But its prizes call for fighting,

For endurance and for grit.

With a rugged disposition.

And a "don't-know-where-to-quit"

You must take a blow or give one.

You must risk and you must live. And expect that in the struggle You will suffer from a bruise,

But you mustn't wince or falter If a fight you once begin.

Be a man and face the battle— That’s the only way to win.

---Anonymous,

Y. M. C. A.

Clinton Trostle	President
Charles Austin	Vice-President
Royal Yoder	... Treasurer
Posey Jamison	. Secretary
Kermit Hayes	Program
Lawrence Lehman.	Music
Ward Williams	Freshman
Kenneth Bitigofer	... Devotion
Lilburn Gottman	... Extension
Jay Hertxler	Publicity
Paul Sherfy	Social

Y. W. C A.

Alberta Yoder	President
Helen Eberly	Vice-President
Hazel Zimmerman	Treasurer
Evelyyn Saylor	Cecretary
Ethel Sherfy	Program
Mattie Shay	Music
Grace Heckman	Social Service
Mary Weddle	World Fellowship
Esther Brown	Conference
Ada Brunk	Publicity
Constance Rankin	Social

McPherson college to be host to the high

McPherson college to

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HOT SHOTS

NEWS

CRADLE ROLL

DIRECTOR OF BRETHREN YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAKS

Dan West Uses Chemicals To Illustrate His Chapel Address

SEEN ON THE CAMPUS HEARD IN THE DORM,

M. C. TRACKSTERS MEET BETHEL COLLEGE HERE

NEW Y. CABINET FOR THE ENSUING YEAR