VOL. XV

McPherson college, McPherson. Kansas. Wednesday, apr. 6,1932

NUMBER 28

BOOSTER BANQUET PROVES TO COLLEGE MCPHERSON’S LOYALTY

COMING EVENTS

McPherson students and teachers to read

PAPERS AT SCIENCE MEETING HERE NEXT WEEK

Over 550 Guests Crowd into Community Building for Big Event Friday Night—Unusually Large Addition Made to M. C. Loyalty Fund

JENKINS MAIN SPEAKER

Size of Crowd and Cash Receipts Ex-ceed Expectations of Officials

BOOSTER BANQUET SPEAKER

Thurs., Apr. 7-E. F. Nickoley lecture, College Church, 8:00 p. m.

Fri., Apr. 8—Nickoley lecture in chapel, 9:45 a. m. Student election, 10:30-12:30, Sacred cantata "Ruth"

in chapel at 8:00 p. m.

Tues., Apr. 12- Regular Y. M. -Y

W. meetings

Largest Number of Papers on Record to Be Presented at Meeting—McPherson Third in Number Among Schools Represented on Program

ADDITION TO BRIGHT FAMILY

CITY FURNISHES FINANCES

SNearly 550 guests, in addition to over fifty cooks, table attendants, and musicians, were served Friday evening at the second annual McPher-non College Booster Banquet held in Community Hall. The splendid response to the need of the college as evidenced by the attendance exceeded the expectations of many prior to time for the banquet. The total addition to the M C. Royalty Fund as a result of the Rooster Banquet ticket sale was in excess of $2000, which is considered by the college administration  as a very good record considering  the present "hard times."

The banquet program went off even hotter than the 1931 event. If that were possible. Thirty college students served the delicious and sub-stantial three-course dinner, the guests meanwhile enjoying music from a college orchestra directed by Miss Margaret Shelley.

President Stoll of Central college led the invocation, and the remaining fratures of the program were introduced by Superintendent R. W. Pot-win of the McPherson schools, who acted as toastmaster for the occa-sion.

mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Anna C. Tate, Mrs. V. F. Schwalm, Harold Beam, and Paul Sargent sang two selections which were very well received, and their numbers were followed by the first toast, given by Dean Paul E. Lawson of Kansas University. "It would be a sad day for Kansas if the church schools should disappear." said Dean Lawson. He stated that he wanted them to grow and succeed, first because they had a special place to the educational sys-tem, and second because the state can not afford to pay the tax for all higher education.

Mrs. Anna C. Tate of the college music faculty sang a soprano solo; "A Spring Fantasy." Her song was followed by the second toast, given by George A. Allen, Jr., State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He brought the congratulations of the state department of education for the work being done in McPherson college, and after a brief analysis of the state of higher,education in Kansas, proposed the following toast: "To all the colleges of Kansas, with McPherson high in the list—may their resources ever increase and their influence ever be prominent in the educa-

ANNUAL ELECTION TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bright last Wednesday announced the birth of a son, whom they have named Merritt Wendell. Dr. Bright reports that mother and child are both getting along very nicely. They were brought to the Bright residence on College

Chamber of Commerce, School Board, Central College, and Others Help

“AMERICA MUST THINK IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE”

SOME RACES TO BE CLOSE

DEBATERS NOW STATE CHAMPS

ELECTION BALLOT

Beat Swedes, 4 Judges to 1, in Championship Debate Tuesday Night

“CAN’T SCRAP HARD

WORK,” SAYS GARBER

Monitor Pastor Delivers Wednesday Chapel Address

Wed., March 30—Rev. Ora Garber, pastor of the Monitor Brethren Church near Conway, Kansas, led the devotions in chapel this morning and presented an address.

Rev. Garber started his talk by referring to advertisements of the modern magazines. Many of these advertisements try to make the reading public believe that hard work or labor is not necessary in many lines of work; they suggest how people may in an exceedingly short time prepare themselves to do something that will make their millions, and are labor-saving devices. Rev. Mr. Garver suggested that they are some-what misleading and misrepresented

and that there are some accomplish-ments which cannot be hurried.

He stated that the fundamental matters of life are, not subject to “abort cuts’* or labor saving devices, but that they are subject to hard work. He listed the following fun-damentals as requiring much work, patience, and time in their accom-lishment: (1) the developing of

character, (2) the knowledge of God; and (3) the understanding of

method of thinking," was the repeated statement made by Dr. Burris Jenkins in his Booster Banquet address Friday night. Speaking on the subject, "Education for Modern America," Dr. Jenkins made some introductory remarks about the status of the small church college, then proceeded to show how youth of today is responsible for civilization tomorrow by several concrete examples.

The speaker said that the small church college has a definite place in the educational system, and mentioned that large universities are tending to split up into smaller collages for better work. In his opinion one of the best features of the small college is its “esprit du corps." "The American college is the hope of the future for America," stated Dr. Jenkins.

"There is no depression in Mc-Pherson," said the speaker, and he mentioned the many new cars lining the streets of the city, and the lack of empty shops. He believes that the United States is responsible for the present world depression, and must find a way out. The outcome is up to the young people, for after thirty-five men learn with difficulty. America must reverse her way of thinking and "think in world terms” Dr. Jenkins said that the true patriot cannot say, "My country, right or wrong," but must think in world

Taking up several controversial political questions, the speaker first spoke of the allied war debts. He said that the only way debtors to the United States can pay their debts is in goods, for we are already em-

tion which takes place next Friday morning, April 8, from 10:30 to 12:30 o'clock.

Last Thursday morning, after the annual ballyhoo session in the chapel when campaign managers lauded the virtues or their respective candidates in short nomination speeches, the primary election took place for the offices of president of the Student Council and men's cheer leader, the only offices for which there were more than two candidates. Blanch Harris was eliminated from the running for the former office, while Gordon Kraus lost out in the primary for cheer leader.

- It is expected that votes for several of the important offices will be close, and all students are urged to vote. The officers of the Student Council will have charge of the election.

Tues., April 6- Defeating the Bethany college Swedes tonight in a decisive victory of four judges to one, the McPherson college debaters coached by Prof. Maurice A. Hess broke the tie for the state title and won their sixth state championship in the thirteen yours since Coach Hess came to M. C. This is the second consecutive state title for the Bulldog debaters, as they won last year over Wichita university in the final contest. In the last thirteen years teams coached by Professor Hess have taken part in eight state championship debates, thereby taking two second place ratings in addi-tion to the sixth first place decisions.

It will be at least four years before any college debate team in Kansas can equal the record of victories claimed by McPherson.

Owing to the failure of one of the judges to appear at McPherson, it was decided between Coach Hess and

the championship on the decisions of the five judges who were on hand, two here and three at Bethany.

The McPherson affirmative team, composed of Lilburn Gottmann and Ward Williams, met Loren Sibley and Oral Olson, Bethany negative team, on the Lindsborg platform and came home with a two to one decision. Judges wore LeRoy Lewis, Wichita university coach; H. B. Summers of Kansas State college, and K. D. Hamer, principal of the Ells-worth high school. Prof. J. H. Fries

to Lindsborg.

The Sixty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science,

arrangements indicate. A larger

have been places on the program to be given during the meeting. This will he the third meeting of the Aca-de,y to be held in McPherson.

Of all the colleges represented in the meeting next week, McPherson will be represented with the third largest number of papers on scie-ntific papers, being preceded only by Kansas State college and Kansas uni-versity. Of the eight papers contrib-uted from the local school, Dr. H. J. Harnly will give the first, and inci-dentally the first on the Academy of

His paper is entitled "Vertebrate Fossils from McPherson Equus Beds." Donald Trostle, a senior student  will read a paper entitled "A study or Families of Graduates of McPherson College and their Friends." The 1931 Flora of Mc-Pherson County” is the subject of Arnold Voth, a student here last year. Dr. J. Willard Hershey will read two papers. "Synthetic Atmos-phere Mixtures of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen in Relation to Animal Life," and "The Effect of Pure Oxygen and Also a Mixture of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide upon Water Ani-mals." Prof. J. L. Bowman will read a paper on the subject, "An Elec-tronic Relay for Operating an inter-val Timer,” to the division for papers on Physics on Friday afternoon. Dean F. A. Replogle is scheduled to give a 15-minute paper on "Case Study Problems Faced by Senior High School Students in Selection of a Vocation, " In the psychology Sec- tion held at the same time. Leland Lindell, '31, will read a paper on "A Summary and Brief Geological Survey of McPherson County Oil Fields."

"LOVE” IS THEME OF

SPEECH BY HECKMAN

Speaker Tells Qualities Denoting Presence of Love

MANY GUESTS ATTEND

OPEN HOUSE PARTY

Sat., Apr. 2—The men of Fahne-stock Hall held their annual Open House party tonight, between the hours of 7:30 and 10:30 o'clock. After several hours of labor in cleaning up and decoration, it is rumored, on the part of the dormitory men, the building presented an unusually attractive appearance to the visitors in addition to most of the students and faculty members who live both on and off the campus, numerous other people of the community were numbered among the guests for the

evening.

Tues., Apr. 6—Prof. J. Hugh Heck-man addressed the Y. M. C. A. group this morning on the subject, "The Greatest Thing in the World." Love, said Prof. Heckman, is not easy to define. It is easier to talk about its qualities and the characteristics that denote it. Taking as his text the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians, he said the chapter could be divided into three divisions; they are, first the necessity for love, second the qualities of love, and third the permanence of love.

Prof. Hackman enumerated five qualities which denote love, as follows: 1. attraction : "love pulls folks together; 2. Appreciation; real love is not blind, but knowing and intelli-gent. 3. Confidence: "it is better to have confided 100 times and be be-

fided at all." 4. Cooperation; people are drawn together so that they can help each other. 5. Sacrifice; wherein love shows its crowning glory.

The speaker said that the same principles of love may be applied to both individuals and groups, or nations in their relations.

Meanwhile Lawrence Lehman and Walter Wollman of the McPherson negative squad were having a tough battle in the local college chapel with the Bethany affirmative team, com-posed of Roswell Peterson and Carl Lundquist but won the decisions of both judges here. They were Sam-uel Johnson and W. D. Boss, both of the history department of K. S. T. C. at Emporia, Miss Edith McGaffey was chairman of the debate.

Although they were technically tied with the Bethany Swedes before tonight's contest, the Bulldogs have a record of three victories over the Bethany teams this season and no defeats at their hands; five judges against one have decided in favor of McPherson teams in the season's tilts with the Swedes. Earlier in the season  the local affirmative team defeated the Bethany negative team. The only McPherson defeat was at the hands of Wichita university, whose team in a close debate won the judge's decision over the M. C. negative squad.

On Saturday morning Dr. J. Wil-lard Hershey will give his 12-minute motion picture film on "The Com-ponents of the Atmosphere in Rela-tion to Animal Life." The film was taken last fall in the McPherson col-lege chemistry laboratories and was shown by Dr. Hershey this winter at the meeting of the american Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Sci-ence, held at New Orleans.

ning with a lecture by L. E. Mel-horn, head of the botany department at Kansas State College, on "Egyp-

Y. W. C. A. GIVES A

PROGRAM ON "PEACE

Mildred Ronk Main Speaker at Tuesday Meeting

CONTINUE PLANS FOR AN IMPROVEMENT DAY

Plans for a McPherson College Improvement dat soon were for-warded last week by the placing of a box in Sharp Hall in which students  were asked to drop their sug-gestions as to things which might be done on such day. The results will be used by the Student Council committee in charge of the project, consisting of Frank Hutchinson, Es-ther Brown, and George Lerew.

Tues., Apr. 5- Pauline Dell opened the Y. W. C. A. program this morning with the playing of a prelude. Bernice Fowler, the new program chairman, read the devotions and led in prayer. Lois Edwards drew a chalk picture while Ruth Ihde read a poem on "Peace." Afterward Gulah Hoover and Ethel Sherfy sang a duet, "Sweet Peace."

Mildred Ronk read several poems, among which was "The New Hero," written by Rufus James. The great-est heroes are not found on the battle field, but rather in the quiet walks of life, said Miss Ronk, as for instance the colored elevator man who ran his car up and down to rescue the people in a burning build-ing. Most people have their own pri-vate battles and are really unherald-ed heroes. The most loved heroes are heroes of peace. Ghandi is an example of this type; he is a hero of love and kindness.

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WEDNESDAY, APR. 6,1932

CRUMBS THAT FALL

ate study at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.

Gulah Hoover spent the week-end in the Goover home at Quinter. Her mother and brother motored to the campus Friday for her, and they re-turned to Quinter together Saturday.

EDITORIAL STAFF

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanes; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades that of government.—Socrates.

Viola Bowser, A. B. '28 was a Mc-Pherson visitor during the week-end. Miss Bowser teaches at Bushton.

REPORTERS

Don't part with your illusions-when they are gone you may still exist but you have ceased to live.

Philip Lauver, a student here during the last two and one-half years visited on the campus from Tuesday until Friday. Lauver is now pastor of a Church of the brethren near Rich Hill, Missouri.

ine in Bethlehem; the second is a pastoral scene in Moab; the third is in Bethlehem in time of plenty; the fourth and fifth are in the time of the barley harvest, and the sixth takes place in the house of Boaz.

The cast consists of Ruth, played by Lois Edwards;Boaz, by Charles Austin; Naomi, by Helen Holloway; Jewish maiden, by Arlene Anderson; Orpah, by Mildred Dahlinger; Israel-itish woman, by Ellen Steinberg; reaper, by Harvey Shank; assistant reaper, by Blanch Harris; messenger also by Blanch Harris; and choruses of reapers, binders, gleaners, and Israelites.

STUDENT ELECTIONS

Once every year. In the spring, elections are held on the campus when students elected by fellow students to positions of honor, responsibility, and trust. As stident voters we vest power in confidence in them not only to carry on their respective offices in school organizations but also to direct that organization which they represent in their respective offices to new and higher levels of attainment and leadership.

There are no political parties on the campus, however each voter has the opportunity to vote for the best qualified candidate. It is the duty and privilege of each regularly enrolled student in McPherson college to vote at the annual election which will be held on Friday, April 8, in the Admin-istration building from 10:30 to 12:30. As each student voter goes to the polls to vote let him consider carefully the merits and demerits of each prospective office holder,. Will he or she add dignity to the qualifications of the office? Is this candidate representative of the student body of the college? Will this candidate maintain the ideals of McPherson Col-lege, "the School of Quality"? The level of leadership which each organiza-tion shall approach can and will be no higher than the level of leadership exhibited in those whom we as students elect to those positions of responsibility.

An each student votes let him consider the candidate's qualifications for the particular office. -A. Y.

It's all right to look up and admire the stars, but never forget that the perfume of the earth comes from the flowers.

A little laughter takes the kinks out of the chain of life. Even the rusts of life are scoured off by mirth. Without laughter in your heart, you go over the rough roads like a wagon without springs.

BIRTHDAY BOOK

SEEN ON THE CAMPUS HEARD IN THE DORM.

Vera and LaVere Flora and Lloyd Diggs, class of '30, motored to the Flora home at Quinter Saturday morning. Vera and LaVere returned to the campus Sunday night.

Some folks are so smart they keep out of trouble, and their smartness gets others into it.

GLEE CLUBS TO GIVE

"RUTH" FRIDAY NIGHT

Fifty Students to Have part in

Sacred Cantata

LIBRARY COOPERATION

In no department of the college is cooperation more necessary than in the college library. In no department is it more deeplu appreciated, or the lack of it more injurious to the good of the whole.

Whatever efficiency of service the librarian and her staff have been able to give has been vary largely due to the loyal cooperation of the student  body and faculty. If we have been able to find material it has been because the last user of that material was careful to return it to its proper place. The person who on finding misplaced material is careful to either return that material or report its location, the one who while working in the stacks is careful not to misplace either books or magazines, renders

the library service just as truly as the librarian who goes back to those same stacks and finds that material where it has been carefully left. Therefore we as members of the library staff wish to pass on any words of appreciation which may come to us to those loyal users of the library who make effleient service possible. -Margaret Heckethord, Velma M. Kel-ler, Ada Brunk, Dorothy Dresher.

Lawrence Lehman, Roy Mason, Philip Lauver, and J. T. Williams de-parted Friday night for Missouri. Lauver went to Rich Hill, where he has a pastorate, and the other three motored to Norborne, where they visited during the week-end.

The sacred cantata, :Ruth the Moabitess," by J. Astor Broad, on which the college glee clubs have been participating under the direction of Mrs. Anna C. Tate, is to be given this Friday night. April 8, at 8:00 p. m. in the college chapel.

Altogether there are about fifty students in the production, which consists of four scenes. The first scene takes place in the time of family

Rev. H. F. Richards, pastor of the college church, departed last week for Wiley, Colorado, where he is con-ducting a series of revival meetings consists of six scenes. the first of next weel. Dean F. A. Replogle preached in the college church Sun-day morning; Rev. Evans of the Congregational church, Sunday

THE COLLEGE NEWSPAPER

Following the lead of several other college papers of Kansas, we print, with our heartly endorsement, the following from the K. S. T. C. Bulletin, Emporia:

"Students in all colleges are prone to criticize the publications of their schools because they are not fill of important, timely news. A great majoriy of the criticism is unjust. The college newspaper cannot be judged on the same standards with a commercial daily.

"In the first place, if the college newspaper is to deal exclusively with college news, it is immediately confronted with the obvious fact that there is not enough real news on the campus to fill its four pages. The important events are common knowledge among the members of the comparatively small group that inhabits the campus, long before the paper goes to press. If the paper attempts to handle news of statewide or national importance it is open to the accusation of attempting to over-step itrs rightful limits. Furthermore, students read the daily papers and are probably acquainted with most of the important news before the college paper can present it to them.

“This is the difficult situation which confronts the editor of every co-lege paper. The college is a small community, isolated from others of its typ. Inter-campus communications are difficult to maintain and frequently fail to tield news that is of interest to readers. the smallness of the community renders intra-campus communication rapid and thorough; consequently the paper brings little actual ‘news' to the readers.

"Another obstacle in the path of the college newspaper is the excellence of the standards which it is required to maintain. The type of jour-nalism that attracts the most readers is the lurid, sensational presentation of material of questionable vaue. Naturally the college paper is forbidden to use many such devices in an effort to emulate the successful commercial papers. While a city daily may concentrate upon means of increasing its circulation and pleasing its readers, the college paper must adhere with ut-most rigidity to the rules of superior journalism. Every headline must have a verb, every front page must present an attractively balanced appearance. Each department must be accorded its just amount of publicity and news •pace.

"On top of all this, the staff of the paper is a conflomeration of beginners/ From the editor to the cub reporter, every member of the staff is performing a task that is relatively new to him. His newspaper experience is all, and his work consequently, far from polished. The membership of the staff is constantly changed and for this reason there is rarely an experienced individual included in the group.

These facts may help to explain to students who regard the college paper as the misused plaything of journalism classes, that although the staff members may be trying their level beat to publish a paper of which the school will be proud, and which they as students would enjoy reading the difficulties which confront the staff make this an extremely difficult  task." -From the Bulletin, KAnsas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas.

Velma Keller and Mary and Walter Weddle motored to their respective homes near Bloom, Kansas, Saturday. They stopped at several schools where Miss Weddle and Miss Keller made personal applications for teaching positions. The Weddles re-turned to the campus Sunday night, while Miss Keller did not return until late Monday night.

"The human mind is an intricate structure. It requires praise, and when this is carefully thought oit and propertly distributed it brightens the human sense. It also requires criticism, but the very finest and constructive.

"‘Ability to successfully deal with this human mind is a fine art yet a difficult one to master, because with praise if it is overdone or underdone it loses all the good effect, and the same is true with discipline or criticism; if there is either too

too much or not enough, it is, by the name taken, most harmful." - Exchange

Ethe; Jamison of Quinter has re-cently been pledged by Pi Lambda Theta, honorary fraternity wom-an in education, at the University of

Winston Cassier, A. B. '27, called on McPherson friends last week. Mr. Cassier recently completed his gradu-

Les us remember that as much as has been given us, much will be expected from us; and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shown itself

in deeds. -Exchange.

WEDNESDAY, APR. 6, 1932

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