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McPherson college, McPherson, Kansas, Thursday, dec. 10, 1936 |
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McPherson college, McPherson, Kansas, Thursday, dec. 10, 1936 |
VOL. XX
NUMBER 14
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The Spectator
Thursday, DEC. 10, 1936
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THE STAFF Editor-in-Chief --------------■....... Harold Larsen Assistant Editor ........................... Norman Edwards. Feature Editor.......................——-------*..... Gladys Shank Sports Editor----------------------Gordon Yoder Copy Readers______—__Ellen Divine, Eldora Van Dermark Business Manager-------------------- - ,Vernon D. Michael Assistant Business Manager .........—-i— Gordon Bower Assistant Business Manager —--------- Russell Kingsley |
COLLEGE DAZE ...
Myrtle Barley
John Bower Orpha Burn Frances Campbell Rosalie Fields
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
Willard Flaming Rowena Frantz
Inez Goughnour Lee Haun LaVena High
Opal Hoffman Rilla Hubbard Herbert Ikenberry Margaret Kagarice Alberta Keller
Marjorie Kinsie Paul Miller Winton Sheffer Kenneth Weaver Marion Washler
Society perpetuates itself upon the participation and cooperation of its members for the well-being of the group. As soon as the members endanger the well-being of the group by misusing their privileges, society adopts a more rigid method, depriving the individual of his freedom and placing a larger degree of control over him. Society expects the best services and cooperation of the individual.
We have a system in our library that gives the student a large degree of liberty in checking and using books and magazines, all, of course, for the convenience and benefit of the greatest number of students. When, however, students abuse the privileges granted them by taking out unchecked books, they are depriving a large number of students of their rights and privi
leges. This works a handicap, not only on those attempting to operate the library for our benefit, but is also detrimental to the best scholastic attainment of the various classes.
Reports of such irregularities have come before the Student Council. Perhaps not all violations are intentional, but carelessness works just as great a handicap as willful violation of library rules. The Council will recommend disciplinary action against such further violations. We ask, therefore, your cooperation in the successful operation of the library. You have a degree of liberty that automatically places a responsibility upon your shoulders. You have a social obligation towards the student body, the library staff, and your class. We trust you will accept your responsibility.
—The Student Council.
Early to bed and early to rise Will help you pay taxes to keep other guys.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the professors and all the wise
men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty toother again—
They sought for wealth by increased
debt
So Farley dished the omelet!
I wish I could remember some more of my Mother Goose; it's such a delight after considering the freedom of the will in philosophy. Esther Kimmel must be a philosopher for she says air is invisible because you can't see it ... A new standard of efficiency has been reached by a Janitor in Sharp Hall, who not only washed the blackboard, but hid all the chalk so no one could mark it up. Lawrence Boyer says a spot can be speckled, but a speck cannot be spotted. I spec’ he's right. Since this seems to be turning out to be a sort of a gallery, let me add one more picture. Psychology became an annoyance the other morning as I watched the burning of a slush pond o’ver by the Dickey: the flames leaped and shoved against the enormous black mountain above until the supporting column between bubbled, boiled, twisted and burst out, too weak to carry the load.
How would you like to work your arithmetic in the Roman numerals of the middle ages? For example, multiply CCXXXV by LV.
CC x L equals Mx XXX x L equals MD
V x L equals CCL CC x V equals M XXX x V equals CL
V x V equals XXV MviiCMXXV—If you add it correctly. Imagine trying to divide in such script—I hate to divide in any language. Of course, anyone who dared to suggest square root would he sent back to the asylum.
Be seeing you—
G. Green.
This “you tickle me”—hysterical -monkey-tailed — hiccupping A Cappella choir sounds a bit fast for so early in the season.
If yon don’t know how to "knit two, purl two" just ring for Wan-da and she's sure to bring her knitting along with her. It's fun to watch her, and interesting to muse on the number of “knitting wom-en" who have helped make history. But it’s appalling—the number of women who have found themselves knitting their way through life to the time of a canary.
After it’s all said and done, that pineapple feed last night must have been glorious fun; “fun’ because it was a secret, and "glorious” be-cause it was the first large scale snatch-it-and-we—all-eat entertain-
ment this year.
The "steadies" on the campus must feel their positions a bit tottering when they safeguard their
men from us other girls by exchanging them only with other steady daters. We should feel a definite sense of being superior in technique.
The "guess who" descriptions of the game "guess-who-I-have-a-date-with-for-the-weekend" coincide pitifully. As Lola Richwine suggests of her date, they all are: smart,
well-known, musician, athlete, debater, and friends to everyone. No wonder some of us haven't the nerve!
The old Christmas thrill is slowly creeping over me—and again I wish that I could be like a Christmas carol—
Here's hoping that the "quints" outgrow that absurd sense of humor which was displayed by five college girls at the Box Supper.
A child’s heaven would have a Miss Lehman to tell a story every night.
(The alumni of McPherson college, are attempting this year, as a part of the fiftieth anniversary campaign, to raise enough money for an adequate Physical Education plant for the College. The following two articles by the directors of men's and women’s Physical Education at McPherson College explain something of the need for a new gymnasium).
-We who are directly connected with athletics and Physical Education at McPherson College feel that we need a more extensive program in Physical Education and Intramural sports. In order to accomplish this end, we must have a more adequate gymnasium."
"Our present Physical Education plant is very inadequate for our needs. Dressing rooms are too small to accomodate our athletes. We have no place to store equipment from one season to another, and the available equipment room is so small and poorly heated that gym salts and other supplies cannot dry out from one day to the next. During the winter months we are even forced to discontinue classes because of insufficient heat in the gymnasium.
"These conditions must be remedied soon if we are to build the type of Physical Education Department that will draw students to McPherson College."
—Coach Lester Selves.
Connecticut College is joining hands with Wesleyan University this year as far as drama is concerned. The former school, a women's college, has had to cast females in all roles in the past. With cooperation from Wesleyan men, the performances should bo more realistic.
Ten undergraduate students working under Josephine K. Tilden, professor of botany at the University of Minnesota, have the trying task of finding names for 100,000 plants never previously classified.
How D’you Feel?
This last chance business, oh dear me, Has caused excitement as you see.
The girls for once
must rack their brains So that
the fel-
lows feel no strains.
It's really great
to hear them tell Just how
they'll make it go off well.
Now don't refuse
a date like this For you can't know what all you’ll miss.
—The Turtle
Lena Ruth Miller, stater of Jessie Miller, was here on the campus Monday morning before she left to return to Emporia where she is attending college.
New Volumes Flow to Library
Books which were received by the library during the past week Include the last volume of "Dictionary of American Biography": ”1932 Yearbook of Agriculture;’’ a 1934 edition of "Packing Catalogue”; and several volumes of German literature written by Werke.
Other books are; “One Hundred Drills for Teaching Basketball Fundamentals.” Gullion; "Basketball Offensive Fundamentals Analysed," Gullion; "Living a Century,” Mc-Keever: "Principles of College Library Administration"; "Educating for Adjustment,” Rivlin; "A Correlated Curriculum,” and "Remedial and Corrective Instruction in Reading, McCallister.
At K. U. this year they are having one of the fiercest breaks between the athletic department and the col-lege paper that has ever been known in the history of the school. In yesterday’s Times there was a statement from Phog Allen that it was the student paper that caused the miserable showing of the football team.
It is a sorry plight for any school to find themselves in a situation such as this. There is ill feeling that just is not the way that true school spirit can ever be felt. It is very nice that our school can say that its paper is back of its athletic, program to the fullest extent.
Since we can make good this boast that our feeling is good along these lines why not keep it proper along every line. If we hinder our school by dating at games then perhaps we had better not date. On the
other hand if our pep is increased then we should have dates at the games.
When rifts do occur in our student body it is a general thing that no one group is to blame but usually both are at fault. If things are as they should be there will be no trivial matter that can disrupt our school spirit.
The only reason that any team should come out ahead of us in any game is that this team is superior to us. If the student body is ever the cause of our team's defeat then we are admitting that we are not back of the team one hundred per cent and we are a pretty small group that refuse to give and take. Why not make a resolve that we are not going to find our campus divided as the K. U. situation finds itself at the present time?
(With all due apologies to Jane Kent—but she might not have got these)
As we went from ward to ward in the feeble-minded institution at Winfield I'd occasionally glance at Prof. Mohler and Dr. Flory—it was then that I realised how handsome and intelligent looking they really are.
Somehow I can’t think too much of the persons who perform at a church service and leave immediately after and think they’re doing the audience a special favor. It must be plain Jealously that
makes one girl say "catty" things about another girl who is a perfect dear but happens to keep company with a young man who doesn’t show her special attention.
The girls aren’t so dumb—when one asks a fellow if he has a date for Friday night and he says no he has to attend the Christmas Party it sounds kind of funny.
I’m amazed at the number of college students who are content with such expressions as "he don't", "they was", "we was", "she set there for an hour", etc.
—Frowsy.
Student’s Reminiscenes of a Trip to San Antonio Vocational Convention CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK hundreds of acres, represent the largest capital air investment in the world. "West Point of the Air" was produced at Randolph Field and “Hell's Angels" was also produced in this vicinity. Other historic and scenic points of interest were the Buckhorn Museum, the Alamo. Brackenridge Park, the city school school system, the Municipal Auditorium. etc. Several of us viewed the city from the state's tallest building, the Smith-Young Tower. We found the south courteous. Their efforts to please were evident always. The people themselves seemed to lack sophistication and were easy to approach in conversation. The city itself is cosmopolitan in nature, necessitating separate schools for the large foreign enrollment. The buildings are built close to the streets and the sidewalks are narrow, giving one a feeling of congestion in the central business district. At 9:30 p. m, Sunday, we arrived in McPherson, happy to be back although we would gladly have extended our stay for sight-seeing purposes. All thought the trip, associations at the convention, and all the experiences well worth while. We missed a Lyceum number here, but heard the American Tamburitza Players at St. Edwards College, Texas. They are the greatest play-ers of their Yugoslavian Instruments in the United States and are scheduled to appear on concert tours in the East. The next A. V. A convention will be in Baltimore, Md. gan (with violin obbligato) De Ol' Ark's a-Moverin’—David W. Guion Little Boy Blue—Ethelert Nevin (poem by Eugene Field) The Sleigh (A la Russe—Richard Kountz VI Homing—Teresa del Riego Nichavo! (Nothing matters!)— Mana-Zucca. Katheryn Enns and Marjorie Paddock attended a play at the Inman High School Monday night. Emma Schmidt, with her brother, left early Saturday morning for Eldora, Iowa, where they visited with friends and relatives. Emma visited with Evelyn Pierce, who was a student here last year. They returned to McPherson late Monday night. Wanda Hoover and Bill Flaming were dinner guests at the John Wall home last Thursday evening. Helen Eaton was in Hesston Sunday, visiting with friends. Mrs. Emmert left Tuesday morning to attend the Golden Wedding Anniversary of her sister who lives near Des Moines, Iowa.  There’s One For Every Girl And Then Some got to him first? Some other young man is just waiting for a chance. Don't be afraid! (You can see now what kind of a picklement a fellow is in when another guy asks you first.) Brace up, you young ladies who don’t already have a date. Hold up your chin, walk up to one of the men, and ask him to accompany you to the party Saturday night. And if any of you have worried about the party lasting too long, don't get any more gray hairs. The party will be over early so that you may take him out for a nice brisk stroll under the trees in the moonlight down through the "draw.” Or you may even take him to a movie and hold his hand. Anyway, you will have this one last opportunity to prove to him what kind of a girl you really are! Are you going to let it slip by? Come to the Last Chance party! Bits of Winfield Life Seen By Geneticists Amusing, yet pathetic, it was to see old men, with mentalities of six-year olds, chasing each other around and giving no thought to the wor-ries of life. An unusual case was that of a small girl, perhaps about eleven years old, who has what is termed an "emotional blocking." She had been misunderstood by her teachers and friends and had been sent to that institution. During the time that she has been there, it has been discovered hat she has an "I. Q." of 113 it was a mistake that she was ever sent there and efforts are now being made to remove her from the place. Everything at the Institution was kept spotlessly clean and where the Inmates realized anything at all, their wards were in order. The nurses showed nothing but kindness to these unfortunate people, and one nurse said that she had actually learned to love these people. Professor Fisher Presents Recital Prof. Crawford Is Assistant Artist on Program Professor Nevin W. Fisher, who recently accepted the position as head of the voice department at McPherson College presented his first song recital of the season before a large audience last Sunday afternoon in the college chapel. His ac-companist was Miss Margaret Fry. Professor Loren Crawford, violinist. who also has been lately added to the faculty of the College, was the assistant artist on the program. He was accompanied by Miss Fern Lingenfelter. Professor Fisher is a native of Pennsylvania and for a number of years has been the director of music at Blue Ridge College in Maryland. Previously he held the position of director of the music department of Bridgewater College in Virginia. He graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Baltimore, Maryland, and taught in this conservatory for six years. Subsequently he became a member of the master class of Max Landow in the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Professor Fisher is well known professionally in the Middle Atlantic states as a tenor, pianist, conductor and composer. He has performed innumerable times in concert throughout the East and over radio in Baltimore and Washington, D. C. The program last Sunday afternoon was Professor Fisher's first recital in Kansas. Who is Sylvia? (from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," William Shakespeare) Der Erlkonig (poem by Johann Wolfgang con Goether—Franz Schubert. II O Del Mio Amato Ben—Stephano Donaudy Clorinda—R. Orlando Morgan. J'al Pleure en Reve—George Hue What Is a Song?—Pearl G. Curran. III Air for the G String—Johann Sebastian Bach Mr. Crawford IV It Came Upon the Midnight Clear —Oley Speaks V Pale Moon—Frederic Knight Lo- Leap Year! Girls remember, this leap year will soon be at an end and this opportunity will not come again for four years. This may be your last chance (in more ways than one.) At least this will be your last chance this year to ask your secret heart-throb of McPherson College to be escorted by yours truly to a party In the Student Union room. Come on, girls, break loose! Don’t let a little unconventional thing like asking a young man for a date frighten you. Can’t you see the disappointed and down-heart ed looks on the faces of those un-fortunate ones who haven't been asked? Give them a break! You say if you ask one and he turns you down, you won't have the nerve to ask another? Come on, now! Can you be bothered because some other girl was more bold than you and Pitiful, indeed, were those people whom the members of the Genetics class saw Friday at the feeble-minded Institution at Winfield. Truly, it seems that some of the inmates would be better off not living for they are not giving anything of benefit to society and they seem a burden upon the shoulders of the mass of people. They seemed content to sit all day long doing nothing of much value. However, it should be added that most of the manual labor of the institution is carried on by its inmates, but no doubt they do it because they are told that they must do it, and not through any desire of their own to do it. One old woman who had been there for fifty years had to be hand-dled like a baby, for besides being feeble-minded, she was also partly paralysed and was forced to remain in bed all of the time. |
Dr. Fred Eastman Concludes Professor Fisher 
Professor Fisher, head of the music department of McPherson College, gave his first public recital last Sunday afternoon. Patronise Spectator Advertisers |
The sound of the alarm brought us five scrambling out of bed at 5:30 Tuesday morning, and one hour later, packed bags were hustled into Mr. Holloway’s 1929 Pontiac. We were Texas-bound to the American Vocational Association meeting. We arrived in San Antonio at 5:30 p. m.. located our cottage, and drove uptown to the convention hotels. These were located in the central section of the city, forming more or less the hub of a wheel. We attended the opening session Wednesday evening. The spacious ballroom was filled with delegates. The a cappella choir of Texas School of Arts and Industries provided music which was well received. We found its director knew both "Cheesie" and Mr. Fisher. The dignitaries of the state and city expressed greeting. We were welcomed beyond recognition to that great "Lone Star State," the pride of every Texan the “Cradle of Liberty," etc., etc. The main address was delivered by Supt. Huey for Dr. Studebaker, U. C. Commissioner of Education. The theme of the convention was "Vocational Education — A Vital Service to Youth." The theme of the address was that we are living in a romantic age in which we are beginning more earnestly to place human rights above property rights: in which economic opportunity and equality are our concern. We found the sessions interesting. Great leaders in Vocational Guidance, Industrial Education, Industrial Arts, Agricultural and Home Economics Education, N. Y. A. and Part Time Education provided us with a perspective of the movements and problems of education that we could not have obtained in any other way. These problems are by no means solved, and one finds these leaders just as human in their problems as other people are in theirs. In addition to attending sessions, we visited the exhibits of state vocational schools of various manufac-turers and publishers, and found time to visit the flying fields of the U. S. Army. These fields, covering  |
Thursday. Dec. 10 Vesper Service at College church, 6:45 p. m. Friday. Dec. 11 Chemistry social in Student Union room, 8 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Leap Year Party, in Student Union room. 8 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 13 C. E. at College Church, 6:30 p. m. Monday, Dec. 14 Women's Council Leaders Meeting. 4:30 p. m.; Basketball game with Oklahoma City U., at Community building, 8 p. m. Tuesday. Dec. 15 Women's Council meeting with Freshman girls. 8 p. m. Wednesday, Dec. 16 S. C. M. commission meetings, 9 a. m.: World Service meetings in Y. W. Room. 6:45 p. m. Ruth Siegel spent the week end with Marjorie Kinzie who lives in Lyons. Clayton Rock visited in Wichita Saturday and Sunday. John Schmidt went to his home at Buhler to spend the week end. Valera Pierce was suddenly taken ill with appendicitis, and was operated on Monday evening. Bernice Keedy spent the week end visiting in Wichita.   |
