The League includes the following high schools; Roxbury. Canton, Galva. Marquette. Windom, Walton, and Sedgwick.

There will be entries in vocal and instrumental solos, boys and girls glee clubs, mixed choruses, A Cap-pella choir, vocal and instrumental ensembles, orchestra, band. Approximately 600 to 700 students are expected to participate.

The day sessions will be held on the McPherson college campus. The evening program will be presented in the city auditorium.

August San Romani, director of band in McPherson city school, will judge the instrumental music and Alfred Thompson, director of vocal music in the Salina schools, will serve as judge of vocal music.

Miss Jessie Brown, head of the McPherson college music department, is in charge of the festival.

Piano And Voice Departments Present Mixed 3:30 Program

A recital by the students of the piano and voice departments of McPherson college will be given next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 in the college chapel, it was announced Tuesday by Miss Jessie Brown, head of the college fine arts department.

Piano students appearing in the recital are students of Miss Brown, while the voice students will be those trained by Prof. Nevin W. Fisher.

The public is invited to attend the recital.

Dr. C. E. Rarick, president of Fort Hays State College, will be one of the guest speakers at the 10th annual Booster Banquet which McPherson college will give on March 29, at Convention Hall.

Dr. Rarick is a well known educator of Kansas and is in great demand for addresses. Pres. V. F. Schwalm of McPherson college says he feels fortunate in having been able to secure him as one of several speakers for the Booster Banquet.

The principal speaker of the banquet, however, will be Governor Payne H. Ratner. The governor has consented to give the main address which is expected to deal mainly with education and government in general. The governor has not yet announced his subject.

Committee plans are going ahead for the annual banquet which each year attracts from 400 to 600 guests from over a wide area. The purpose of the banquet is to raise funds to assist the college in its current expenses of the school year.

Formal Parly Is

Success, Say Frosh

Duly chaperoned by several faculty members, many freshmen and sophomores gathered in the S. U. R. last Friday night for an evening of formal fun, which began when each found his partner who bore the matching half of a famous saying.

After a solo by Virginia Kerlin and a reading by Corene Colberg which clearly taught the technique of proposing, Doris Voshell and Mildred Fries kept everyone on needles and pins as they mercilessly gossiped.

Four members were chosen from each class and the musical contest was on as Gladys Wiggins played popular melodies, the titles of which completed a love letter read by Sylvia Vannorsdel, and then a Professor Quiz Jed by Ted Washburn. After close competition, the freshmen won, and all paid their sincere respects to the host and hostesses: Bernetta Denny, Boh Brust, Doris Voshell, Gladys Wiggins, Russell Eisenbise, Ted Washburn. Sylvia Vannorsdel, and Art Schubert.

conference to be held next year at Central Missouri State Teachers Colege, Warrensburg, Missouri. This year’s conference was held at Southwestern college, Winfield, last Friday and Saturday.

At the conference last weekend thirty four colleges from Kansas. Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota were represented by delegates. Donald Newkirk, a junior, was the chairman of the round table discussing the American area of international relations.

Several interesting speeches were given at the conference by excellent authorities on international rela- tions, such as Dr. J. Fred Rippy, professor of Hispanic-American history in the University of Chicago, Dr. Werner A. Bhonstedt. professor of political economy and sociology at the National University of the Republic of Panama, and Harry E. Terrell. who has attended sessions of the League of Nations Assembly and other important international gatherings in Europe. Miss Amy Heminway Jones was in charge of the international relations club work of the Carnegie Endowment, which sponsors the clubs.

The closing session of the conference witnessed a close election to decide the location of next year's conference. Stephens college, a girls’ school at Columbia, Missouri, was the closest rival of Warrensburg in the election. Automatically three of the five elective offices went to the Warrensburg group, as provided in the constitution. The purpose of the provision is to enable the officers to prepare for the next conference in a way that could not be done if some of them attended schools far away.

One of the two elective offices went to Newikrk and the other, that of vice president, to Mary Margaret Potts of Fontbonne college, St. Louis, Missouri. It was announced that two of the Warrensburg officers for next year would be Leonard Curtis, president, and Joane Morris, treasurer.

be John Detrick, newly discovered | actor of McPherson college. He will portray the dramatic character of the Stranger. It is this character which makes “The Passing of the Third Floor Back” a particularly good play for the Easter season.

Supporting Detrick will he Donna Jean Johnson, Esther Sherfy, Paul Dannelley, Virginia Kerlin, Margaret Davis, Leonard Vaughn, Forrest Stern, Betty Clark, Rowena Frantz, James Mason and Clifford Schapansky, who make up the menagerie into which the stranger walks one evening.

The play will he given in costume. The action is placed in the early 1900’s in London. Immediate scene of action is Mrs. Sharpe’s lodging house which has one empty room.

People used to speak of all major events as “before the war" or “after the war.” In “The Passing of the Third Floor Back”, the three acts will be divided in such a manner that one will be able to say, “before the stranger came,” and “after the stranger came.” The drama is different in that the first act is called the prologue; the second act is the play proper; and the third act is the epilogue.

Many light dark “M” club paddles gleamed yesterday in the bright sun, while ten freaks of nature seemed to shy away from them whenever possible. It was the scene of the “M” club’s annual initiation of new members into the honorary club.

Sam Elrod of the chain gang seemed to have quite a load in his “ball and chain.” Harold Young, all sacked up, seemed to trying to catch something hook, line, and sinker out of thin air with only an inflated balloon as bait. Calvin Jones, one of the Jones girls, went about flirting with some and squelching other would -be admirers.

Robert Cook, the slowest curby on Macampus, was impeded by the mattress he carried for the use of the weary and desirous. Robert Seidel, Shoe-shine sambo, seemed to be per forming the only useful task among all of the new members, while Dohn Miller clowned around and refused to use his stilts to perform a dance in a Brethren college.

Husky Jim Lambert couldn’t get used to his old toys, skates and an old tire. Art Schubert, in the guise of an odd gypsy or garbage man, had quite a load on his back.

Both cheerleaders were in the roles of girls. S. G. Hoover had a burlap hoopskirt which completely encircled any chair he endeavored to sit in, while Richard Burger did a nice job of being ladylike and winning several footraces to boot.

Last night both old members and new members joined together in a line party which terminated in a McPherson theatre.

Begun in semi-darkness with the beautiful strains of the theme song “Dedication”, the eighth annual Mc-Pherson college A Cappella Choi Concert was given last Wednesday evening at 8 P. M.

The negro spirituals especially liked by the appreciative audience were “Round de Glory Manger, with solo part by Margaret Fry, “Nobody Knows The Trouble I See”, and “Roll, Chariot.”

The Varsity Male Quartet did especially well on their numbers, “On The Sea.” "Wagon Wheels,” and “The Sleigh.”

The Vocal Ensemble's contribution to the concert was the “Fantasy On A Russian Folk-Song,” with vio lin obligato by Prof. Bengston and Vera Flory, accompanied by Anne Janet Allison.

A favorite to many of the audi ence was the “Triumph Song” from Tchaikovsky’s Third Symphony

A group of lighter numbers, “Australian Up-Country Song,” “Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies," “John Henry,” gave a lighter touch to the concert.

The Spanish Motet “O All Ye That Pass By” and the modern piece “En voy” were the concluding numbers.

With the strains of the theme song.

Dedication” hummed softly as the lights were dimmed, another successful concert came to a close.

All Nominations Will Be By Petition This Year, Says S. C. Prexy

The final elections for the positions of president and treasurer of the Student Council will be held Friday, April 5, it was announced yesterday by Stephen Stover, Student Council president. All nominations will be by petition this year, A sample nomination petition will be posted on the bulletin board soon.

If it is necessary, a primary will be held Thursday, March 28. On Thursday, April 4, ballyhoo speeches will he given in chapel as managed and planned by the campaign managers of the candidates. On election day the polls will probably be left open for two and a half hours.

The election board will be made up of senior members of the Student Council, said Stover, in an effort to have a non-partisan board.

The staff heads of the two Student Council publications, the Spectator and the Quadrangle, will be chosen either this noon or later next week. This noon the Student Council meets to receive the recommendations made by the Board of Publications on the matter. Then the Student Council will act as soon as possible on the matter.

Lewallen Ranks Fourth In State Contest

Last Friday afternoon Wilburn Lewallen, accompanied by his adviser, Prof. M. A. Hess, went to Milton-vale to compete in the State Anti-Tobacco Oratorical Contest held there. He ranked fourth in the contest.

Having won the local contest with his oration entitled “Life at its Best,” Lewallen was the representative of McPherson college in the contest. Bresee. Tabor, and Miltonvale ranked frist, second, and third, respectively, while Central college of McPherson was ranked fifth.

and Leonard Vaughn, a rich, unpleasant old man who tries to buy her love with gold.

Vaughn is aided and abetted by Vivian’s parents Rowena Frantz and Clifford Schapansky, as Mrs. and Major Thompkins. There has probably been no more than one calm day in their whole married life.

Margaret Davis ably portrays the forty-year old Miss Kite, a very unattached maiden lady who feels her age and is valiently trying to live it down by paints and dyes, and catty remarks.

Popenoe Scorns Movie Theory Of Love

Lecturer Says Divorce Is No Solution To Problems Of People

Dr. Paul Popenoe, experienced personal and family relations expert from Los Angeles, told students Tuesday morning that love has no fixed meaning and that its interpretation depends upon which “platform” the consideration is based. His address was entitled, “How do You Know It's Love?”

Included on the romantic platform, which Dr. Popenoe said was the infantile conception of love, are six planks, opposed to a “common sense platform.

“One plank is the theory that love is a mysterious visitation which comes in unpredictable moments,” Another maxim in the romantic platform is that love is so important that everything else must be given up for it. A third consideration is that love may go as unexpectedly as it comes.

Dr. Popenoe explaned that under the romantic platform, love experience is not limited to one opportunity. A person can “have a whole ser-ies of episodes.” The head of the National Institute of Family Relations at Los Angeles went on to explain that soon the conception is ap-

parent in the infantile conception that “you weren’t in love with each individual, but you were in Jove with the impression" which the expedience had on the emotions.

The last plank of the romantic platform, which was frowned upon by Dr. Popenoe, is the consideration that actually anyone who bases love on the infantile level is actually not in love with the certain individual,

but in love with the sensation, which

Forrest Stern is the plotting, lisping Jew who is instantly interested in the stranger when Miss Kite suggests that she thinks he has money. Betty Clark is the aristocratic Mrs. De Hooley, whose name was once just plain Mrs Hooley, but who now fancies herself a relative of all the crowned ehads of Europe.

Completing the roster of the strange menagerie into which the stranger walks one evening is Harry Larkcom, a smart aleck who has some taste for the popular music of the day. James Mason plays this part.

Chemistry Group Hears Petroleum Lecturer

Dr. J. Willard Hershey. Anton Meyer. James Crill, Jonathan Ham-mersley, Keith Sloan. Harold Young, Sylvan Hoover, and Robert Seidel attended a lecture given by Dr. Frederick D. Rossini of The National Bureau of Standards, Washington D. C., before the Wichita section of the American Chemical Society.

A classical lecture was presented on the specific compounds and relative amounts of each present in crude petroleum.

since it is your sensation, means that you have been in love with yourself all the time.”

Explaining that the entire romantic platform is based on an infant self-love, Dr. Popenoe went on to point out all the factors which must he necessary for a satisfying and enduring love relationship.

He explained that there must be a primary sex complex, the biological mating impulse. He pointed out that this impulse is “too transitory for permanence", and that the platform must have other planks for endurance.

Economic interdependence is an-

REPORTERS AND SPECIAL WRITERS

Ardys Metz Stephen Stover Evelyn Saathoff

Mary Elizabeth Hoover Marianne Krueger Jonathan Hamersley

Donna Jean Johnson Wayne Switzer Jean Oberst

Donald Newkirk Virginia D. Kerlin Flora Mae Duncan

Mildred Fries Roy McAuley Corene Colberg

Ramona Fries Winton Sheffer Jean Taylor

Maxine Kimmel Arlene Barley Eleanor Macklin

Maurine Anderson Geraldine Spohn Eugene Lichty

Avis Elliot Kirk E. Naylor

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alive yet, they were sheltered in their homes—if they still had a home. All their life—or, better, existence, since the application of the word life would he a profanation of it—all their existence is dominated by the knowledge that the very next moment might bring the deadly bomb.

The speaker’s thoughts turned around those things; she had to talk about them, she could not help it. Her only thoughts were: these are my relatives, my friends; when I am favored enough to be able to step out of all this, then at least I have the duty to do anything, just anything to help them. And thus she gives all her energy, all her time, to go around and talk; talk, about her suffering friends, and beg for them, trying to enter the hearts of us American people, who, until now, have been spared from all these sufferings.

One may think about her speech as one wants to. One may think it was dry, or one may think it was interesting, that is just a matter of taste and, perhaps, of sympathy. But one must, whether one wants to or not, respect the enthusiasm and the sacrifice of this lady. Anybody who has a sympathetic heart feels that that chapel talk was more than camouflaged propaganda for war.

I do not see why relief in a warring country necessarily supports the war. Would you leave the hungering people alone just because you did not want to “support the war?” No, you will say, you first must see if the relief you give will really be

a relief and not just a help for the moment. Then the Samaritan would have done better first to look for the possible effects of his deed, before he would help the wounded Jew. First he should find out what the reasons were for his wounds, since it might he that the wounded person was a murderer himself, who might kill more persons when he would he saved? No, for the Samaritan there was just one fact decisive: “Here j is a man who suffers. I am able to help him; hence I shall help him.”

I think that we, being pacifists, should approach more and more this attitude: here are people suffering,

jones looked as bored at the formal

party as an aviator on a tricycle........

as pinky’s rivals said at the party, Crumpacker scores again and mary jo shall have to look up another number

in the student union room........

“don juan” e. peterson shuffled at the i. r. c. conference with the president (plenty oke) and 2 other of-

ficers........then at wichita peterson

stopped to see a girl in beauty school

........and then at home “don juan”

escorts girl from canton—whew!........

how he does rate........a girl in every

port........

vera flonman and her boy friend

met at choir practice........it was one

of those chants acquaintances........

anyway we have enthusiastic meals

at the dorm.'.......when we have hash

the cooks put everything they have

in it_______ruth, s. g., bernetta, russel,

rowenn and lyle had picnic on sat.... ....as dr. popenoe might say........una

dulterated love is like a kangaroo

with rheumatism........it knows no

bounds........ and a kiss shortens a

girls life 10 sec........(i know some

girls who have been dead for 5 years and don’t know it), how about it

lindgren?........what is the shape of a

kiss?........well, if you give me one.

we’ll call it square........so long........

“Judge,” the wife sobbed, “to show you how little our home meant to him, he sold our cookstove!”

“Yes. Judge,” the husband explained, “and to show you how little the home meant to her, it was two weeks before she found the stove was gone!”

It sounds like trouble. It seems to have started with marriage but in reality, it started during courtship.

The couple evidently ignored one or more of the five elements of the pri-

mary sex complex that Dr. Popenoe considers necessary in varied degrees for the success of any marriage. He discusses the problem in his pamphlet “How Do You Know It’s Love” which is now in our library. Betrothal has a great effect upon marriage; In | “Betrothal”, a pamphlet by Popenoe, we can discover what is best in theory and practice for that period. It can be the basis for a happy or disappointing martial life.

Nine of Dr. Popenoe’s pamphlets are now’ in the ocllege library. Their subject matter includes boy and girl relations, betrothal, marriage, and marriage problems.

Recently the Spectator published in this column a letter signed “A Pacifist” which roundly criticized what the writer thought was war propaganda spread by the “Angel of Siberia”, who spoke here recently. The speaker was a lady who was working for the Finnish relief fund, trying to get money for relief work in Finland!

The criticism contained in that letter has aroused much interest, and several answers have come in reply. Following are two of them. Readers are urged to express their opinions about the matter.

Until your last number of the Spectator came out, I thought of a true pacifist as one who, in addition to other essential qualities, was broad-minded enough to know the value of opposition.

Apparently, the so-called pacifist who so gibly assailed the chapel committee in their selection of the “Angel of Siberia”—and perhaps she is as much or more of an angel than the would-be pacifist—is so soft-shelled and gullible that his mental processes are not able to discern between genuine neutral relief and money specifically designated for the purchase of war planes.

At least, he seems to think the chapel speeches should be so pure and noble that they can be all taken in without any discrimination. picture this pacifist as one who would complain at breakfast if the seeds were not taken out of his grapefruit.

Anyone who knows anything about natural laws knows that a pale, spindly weed can grow tall in the heart of a forest where it is protected. But see what happens when its protection is removed. It is so weak and unstable that it wilts and breaks over when the first gust of wind strikes it. It is not intended that we should stay under the month-erly care of a college all our lives. We must be prepared to detect and stand up against opposition and not flee from it. The church through the ages has thrived on opposition.

Although I favor neutral relief, I shall not try to defend it in this case more than to say that I can see nothing wrong with helping innocent children and women who, in many cases, have been exploited because of no fault of their own. The Good Samaritan helped the robber man without knowing his historical background and why he had met with his misfortune. It goes without say ing that this is a cherished example of Christian love.

Funny, I always thought I was a pacifist, hut when reading the Sped of last week, I started to doubt. So that’s what they call being a pacifist.

A lady speaker came to our cha-pel; in the very moment of her talk, many, many of her friends, her rela-tives were hungering, starving, pin-ing away under the most cruel conditions; or when lucky enough to he

Around The Fireside

I can hear some of you say that yon cannot read all the hooks you would like to read. For you poor souls I have “How to Increase Reading Ability” by A. Harris. This is a textbook, but even textbooks have their value sometimes. It is very practical and treats every phase of remedial reading—modern, clear and logical, impartial, specific. It is a guide for you to keep handy while

"Moment in Peking” is a Chinese novel by Lin Yutang, author of “The Importance of Living”. A novel of China, written in English but in the authentic manner of the Chinese novelists, is a literary event. The story covers China for the past forty years. It is centered around two daughters of a Peking upper middle-class family. Revealing with tenderness and humor their conflicts and jealousies, their loves and sorrows, the story develops as its theme the dissolution of family discipline and the conflict of the individual and the family.

“The Country Lawyer” is the story of the father of the author, Bellamy Partridge. This story of the country lawyer as told by his son is a well-seasoned portrait of a dignified, strongly individualistic, and lovable personality such as could have been produced only by the country town as yet unimproved by the automobile, the radio, and the chain store.

A Life With Men and Books” by Arthur Bostwick, one of the country's! foremost libarians. Bostwick has led a colorful life as an editor, writer, traveler, and librarian. He has been interested in people all his life and his book is filled with impressions and anecdotes of the great and near-great: “William McKinley, ‘decidedly small-towny’; Theodore Roosevelt 'taboo as a topic of conversation in order to avoid a free fight’; Lorettus Metcalf, ‘so orderly it amounted to vice,’ ” etc.

One of the finest books we have to offer is “20 Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre” edited by John Gassner. Some of the plays included are “Idiot’s Delight”, “Of Mice and Men”, “Tobacco Road”, and I’ll let you guess the rest.

this pinky elephant tried hanging over the cliff with his tail tied to a daisy and almost found one murdered pinky........to had, dear readers,

flame from geneseo and a partner for vir. libby had quite a time securing permission for their escapade tuesday nite........

intelligence? of course we have policemen paid by taxes to investigate........maybe our men should send

tinue to happen since nothing is ever done about it ... you may have your suspicious, but you can’t produce the lost money........

anyway he said dark played the part of scarlet o’hara in “gone with the wind”........

bob klinmel was the only one who gave flowers to a girl at the frosh. and sop. party frid...betty is taking him to the choir banquet ......cal

You doubtless noted the balmy spring days the first of this week, didn’t you? Well, neither did anyone else—except Mr. Forney! Somehow he must have conceived of the idea of spring house cleaning. At any rate, he was out in the rain—washing the windows. All of which reminds me of a chapel speech Prof. Mohler made one time about people who spend all of their lives in a drizzle. Or maybe Forney didn’t know it was drizzling.

Seemed like old times to see Rilla Hubbard around the campus again. My mistake, it isn’t Hubbard anymore. Anyhow, she hasn't changed a bit.

Just found out that Miss Colline’s name means Hill in French. At least she teaches on a hill which is the End of Euclid.

It looks like the seniors really mean business—they’re getting mea-upon his wide experience as college administrator and editor for the thought-provoking lectures which he is bringing to students and visitors. Frantz made his last visit to McPherson college three years ago when he delivered the baccalaureate address at the close of school. According to the guest speaker, ‘McPherson is looking fine!’

Word has been received here from New York that two of the poems of Winton L. Sheffer, young Macampus poet, have been accepted by the Exposition Press for publication in the “World’s Fair Anthology of Verse” for 1940.

One of the poems. “Futility”, was published for the first time in the Spectator, of October 27. 1939, while the other, “Cinquain’’, will be seen

sured for their caps and gowns. Nothing can stop them, they seem de-termined to leave, don't they.

Wednesday morning none of the boys in the boy’s dorm had their les-sons. It seems that the night before the dorm was raided and searched by the faculty. Evidently it was fun watching the teachers unearth forbidden property.

Audrey Hammann Is going to Ann Arbor, Mich, for Easter. I’ll bet she's one of the many who wish vacation were three weeks long.

Has Betty Schwalm decided upon Bob Kimmel. They’re together everywhere. And he can type very rapidly, too—which, of course, hasn’t anything to do with Betty, but anyhow—.

If you think the a cappella concert was good—just wait until you see the Thespian play tonight. It will doubtless be given tonight unless someone suddenly looses his voice.

For some years now churchmen have been looking; and praying for a revival in the christian church. It is thought that the chaotic world conditions of today bespeak of the urgent need of mankind to turn to God for light and help. The church is the one divinely commissioned institution on earth that seeks to interpret and impart to man the way of redemption and satisfactory living.

The pre-Easter season is increasingly recognized as the natural time for emphasis on things of the spirit. The program presented is designed to enhance the higher life of people and to awaken fellowmen to the blessings of Christian faith and practice, it was announced by local church officials.

Due to the intrusion of so many things in our lives, we may have grown a little lax in our Christian privileges. During Lent the church is asking that we give more of our | time and thought to the things per- taining to the kingdom of God. Holy Week, in particular, is a week when the church should have first place in community activities.” This is a statement telling the ob-jectives of the special ‘‘Call to Worship" services.

Fisher Plays First Public Performance Of Own Song

Following the a cappella choir concert Wednesday evening, a ban-quet for all present and former choir members and guests was given in the Blue Room of Hotel Warren .

The motif of the banquet was titles of songs, lyrics and start's beautifully carried out in the gold and blue color scheme. Gold lyres, with burning tapers representing strings, formed the center pieces. The place cards were gold staffs printed on blue cards with the names printed as notes on a staff. Blue carnations added to the decorations.

Prof. R. E. Mohler was ‘‘The Trumpeter.” Prof Nevin Fisher played his original composition, "Sonata in B Flat.” This was the first public performance of Prof. Fisher’s "Sonata in B Flat. Rilla Wiggins, a former choir member, was a guest speaker. Prof. Loren B. Crawford former instructor of McPherson college, played a violin solo accompanied by Prof. Nevin W. Fisher. Miss Vena Flory favored with two piano solos. The program closed with a word from the president of the I choir, Keith Pierce, who presented Prof. Fisher with a gift from the choir.

Before leaving the choir the former members sang "Dedication.”

Many Enjoy Tea Given Parents, Friends By Wives Of Faculty

About fifty guests visited at the college on Guest Day last Wednesday. In the forenoon guests attended classes with their friends or children. During chapel the happy experiences of college days were lived again ns alumni speakers opened the golden gate of memory with their reminiscence.

Guests were invited to the dormi-tory for lunch. Then they toured the campus. At 3 o’clock two science films were shown in Harnly Hall. At 4 o’clock a tea was given by the faculty wives. In the evening many guests attended the a cappella choir concert.

Stability was the theme when Superintendent of McPherson City Schools R. W. Potwin, gave a short address in the college chapel Monday morning.

Superintendent Potwin said that the youth of America comes into contact with richer associations and experiences here than in any other country on earth. He urged the taking of all advantages.

He suggested that after graduation some will be launched in the world fortune is found close to the ground; college today is giving a vision from the heights; the work of the world will be better because of college students who caught the gleam of the heights.

outlined in the catalogue are only tentative and estimates of probable needs. It is likely that courses may be arranged at the convenience of the students if they write to Dean Boitnott and tell him about them.

Many of the present faculty members will be here for the summer session, and others will probably be added.

The session is especially designed to be an integral part of the regular college organization with equal stand ards for academic accomplishment They may reduce the time required for completing college work, adjust irregularities in course, quality for renewal or advanced grade of certifi-cate, or help the teacher grow in his profession.

(A. M.—10:45; P. M.—7:15

March 10 A. M...‘New life in Christ” March 10 P. M...“Power in Religion” March 17—(Palm Sunday)

A. M....."The King of Life”

P. M.....‘‘The Way of Life”

March 19 (7: 30).."The Door of Life”

March 20........"The Bread of Life”

March 21.........."The Vine of Life”

(Baptism Service following the sermon)

March 22 11:15-12:00............"The

Shepherd of Life”

March 22 P. M.........................Holy

Communion Services March 2 4—(Easter)

6:00 A. M...Easter Sunrise Service

11:45 A. M............................."The'

Resurrection of Life”

March 31 A. M..."Victorious Living”

P. M......................... Annual

College Peace Oratorical Contest

the rest of the cast of "The Passing of the Third Floor Back” weren’t missing their lines as well. Forest Stern likes to climb by way of chairs and doors to the balcony on the left side of the stage. Needless to say the time for his entrance always found him atop some ledge.

Then there were those early-morning practices! Those were spent in trying to find a warm place near the radiator or in trying to gather enough

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other plank of the platform, the specialization of labor between husband and wife.

Necessary in any satisfactory love relationship, according to the speaker, was sexually colored comradeship in which the partners can find emotional security. This relationship becomes stronger and more permanent as the years go by and is to he distinguished from the primary sex complex.

The most recent development from the biological and historical point-of-view, and the best single thing , "telling if it is a marriage between civilized people” is the non-sexual comradeship. Dr. Popenoe stressed this point and said that more mar-riages fall on the rocks because of the absence of this comradeship basis that because of the absence of any other plank in the "common sense” platform.

The fifth consideration upon which a successful marriage may rest is the mutual interest in a home and children.

Dr. Popenoe pointed out that, while marriage may exist without al! the live elements in it, it is a hazardous undertaking. All these factors are necessary for the most successful happy married life.

In conclusion Dr. Popenoe, who was secured for Macampus by the S. C. M., said that divorce was no solution to the problems of people, hut it is only one way of running away from them. The problems will not be solved until the people making them realize the problem and get out to correct the conditions that cause it.

pillows to make a comfortable sleeping place. (And this was rarely done).

John Detrich ran around hack of the cyclorama when off stage, tickling Paul Dannelly, while James Mason and Margaret Davis tried to hit the director, Raymond Flory, with olive seeds. Rowena Franz nearly fell down trying to acquire a pigeon-toed walk, while Donna Jean Johnson tried to say her lines wearing Tom Doeppner’s shoes. Betty Clark found particular difficulty in trying! to say “lodging-house keepers" in-stead of lodging housekeepers. The best that can he said for Virginia Kerlin is that she particularly enjoyed sleeping on the floor. Esther Sherfy had to lip her lines when she lost her voice, but Raymond Flory read them for her.

The real pleasure came when those who were late brought their penalty —namely—a candy bar for everyone in the cast. And then there was a taffy pull—which does help one toforget the 5 o’clock practices.

Prof Fisher, Margaret Fry To Play With Loren Crawford

Prof, and Mrs. Nevin W. Fisher and Margaret Fry will journey to Pratt next Monday where Miss Fry and Prof. Fisher will appear on a concert with Mr. Loren Crawford. The concert will take place on Monday night.

Mr. Loren Crawford was for the three years previous to this one violin instructor and director of hand and orchestra in McPherson college. He is now employed by the high school and junior college of Pratt as orchestra conductor and violin teacher. He and Prof. Fisher gave many violin and piano recitals here and elsewhere during the past years.

The Concert which Miss Fry, Mr. Crawford, and Prof. Fisher will give in Pratt will probably he repeated in McPherson some time this spring.

The reaching of one goal, that of making a booklet entitled "Re-reation for the Local Church,” does not terminate the work of the Recreational Council this school year. This guide for party planning and other forms of recreation was presented to regional conference guests and many copies of the booklet were distributed at that time. Students who are interested in securing a copy may still do so by seeing members of the Recreational Council.

Plans are being made for several deputation teams to give socials to churches this spring. This plan not only renders valuable leadership training to the members of the coun- cil, but also stimulates and guides inactive church workers to effect a worthwhile recreational program in their community. One deputation group may go to two churches in Nebraska within the near future.

Pastors or interested laymen of ' churches who desire a visit from these teams should contact either Prof. Dell or Avis Smith, secretary of the organization.

The names of five council members were recently sent to Bob Tully, a recreational leader of the Church of the Brethren, as prospective members for the National Recreational Fellowship, an organization composed of recreational leaders throughout the nation.

Alumnus Chosen As Lockheed Apprentice

Lowell Brubaker, who graduated from McPherson college in 1938, has been chosen as one of 36 apprentices in the Lockheed Airplane Factory. He. was chosen from 300 applicants. This apprenticeship program is the first apprenticeship program adopted by airplane factories, i Brubaker will serve in this position for three years. His work in the manual training shops at McPherson will be accepted as one year’s work to complete the required four years. Lowell was a manual arts major while at college.

This plan of apprenticeship trains expert craftsmen for the aircraft business and at the same time provides permanent jobs for a number of young men eager for this type of training.

Whitmore Talks To S. C. M.

Albeit Whitmore spoke to the S. C. M. group last Thursday evening. His subject was "Perfecting Oneself.” Using as his text the Bible verse which says, "Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind," he pointed how one may perfect his life only through an integration of his powers as suggested in this verse.

Group singing and the reading of a poem by Margaret Stern made up the rest of this helpful S. C. M. meeting.

Ten days of discussion and lecture courses on current world problems will take place when the Fifth An nual Kansas Institute of Internation al Relations will he held at Bethel college from June 11-21.

Clarence Streit. author of the popularly acclaimed hook, "Union Now,” and a foreign correspondent since 1920 in foreign lands, will a speaker at one of the courses.

Two hours of college credit will be given, based no Institute sessions readings, and special examination Teachers, ministers, club women, and students are especially urged to at tend the program that is designed t stimulate every thinking citizen.

Dr. E. L. Harshbarger, history pro fessor at Bethel college, is dean of the institute. Information regarding enrollment may he obtained by writ ing to Wayne S. Lewis who is execu itive secretary of the institute a Newton. Kansas.

Harold Fries and Jack Oliver were in Lyons, Friday, attending the high school basketball tournament.

Faylene Stansel and Floyd Garrelts were in Lyons, Friday evening.

LaVerene Voshell visited Betty Jenkinson in Lyons, Saturday.

Don Mishler motored to Geneseo to see Carolyn Welton Sunday.

Margaret Davis was in Wichita Monday.

Katherine Enns was in Hutchinson Saturday.

Avis Elliott, Mary Ellen Slead Mary Spessard, and Katherine May Deal were shopping in Wichita, Saturday.

Verda Grove, Wesley DeCoursey Marjorie Anderson, Kenneth Morrison, Vena Flory, and Mildred Morrison motored to Hutchinson Saturday, to see "Gone With the Wind".

According to the catalogue recent ly released by McPherson college for the summer session of 1940, the term will begin May 29 and run eight weeks until July 24. This will allow the summer term to begin only two days after the spring commencement exercises, which will he held this year on May 27.

Students who are contemplating attending the session are urged by Dean John W. Boitnott, director of the summer school, to tell him of their needs. The program of studies

match for the 125 pound championship.

In what promises to be one of the best matches of the tournament. Bob Seidel will tussle with Wilbur Ballinger for the 145 pound crown. Both wrestlers have won one match thus far.

After seven minutes of wrestling Roy McAuley pinned Elmer Dadis man with a figure four and a left arm lock. Dadisman almost hud his opponent pinned in the first thirty seconds of the match, but McAuley managed to crawl off the mat for a new start.

To this date no matches have been wrestled in the heavy-weight division.

Both Of Tuesday Games Are Decided By Lack Of Enough Players

The two Arnold Hall teams chalked up wins last Tuesday in the Double Round-Robin Girls’ Basketball Tournament. Both of the games were decided on the basis of forfeits.

One Arnold Hall team, captained by Irene Ewing was scheduled to play the Kline Hall team, captained by Mary Ellen Slead. But not even the Kline captain showed up for the game, so the contest was declared a forfeit.

The other Arnold Hall team, captained by Juanita Weaver, won a similar game from the Nickey-Horner Halls team, captained by Leta Beckner. An insufficient number of girls showed up to play with luckless Leta, a captain without a team.

The only other team in the five-team tourney is the Town team, captained by Audrey Hammann. Some ardent fans (must be boys) think that this team is the strongest in the tournament.

Can't Hold Hands

This is not a trend-of-the-times note, but we believe you should keep informed on such matters just the same: Five students of Young Harris College have been expelled for leading a strike to have a no-hand-holding ruling rescinded by the faculty.

Said college’s president after the action: ‘.‘This is one institution where the faculty will not brook Bolshevism."—A. C. P.

Obtaining adequate power for the electric furnace used for making synthetic diamonds at McPherson College has been a major problem ever since Dr. J. W. Hershey and his students have been making synthetic diamonds.

The use of an electric furnace was attempted when the chemistry department was located in the basement of Sharp Hall. The largest amount of power available in the building was not more than 3000 watts. After about twenty fuses were melted, the use of a furnace was abandoned.

mas where 50,000 watts or more was easily available. The new furnace lining showed such promise of withstanding high temperatures that more runs were to he made at the light plant just after vacation. However the weather was so bad that outdoor work had to be postponed.

It was suggested by one of the power plant's linesmen that a line he dropped from one of the athletic field lighting transformers into the gymnasium. However, this was impractical. From this Crill and Hamersley suggested that the furnace

College Mas “Something New Under The Sun”

In Physical Education

According to the Associated Collegiate Press, co-educational physical education is something new under the sun!” It seems that co-educa tional physical education is indeed new to several large eastern universities.

But for several years co-educational physical education classes have been an integral part of the McPherson college curriculum, even

be moved on to the field, directly under one of the field lighting transformers, althou work would only he possible when the weather was fav-orable. Final approval was given about two weeks ago and on tuesday of last week the move was made.

trial run was made Friday which was largely a failure because a wire between the choke coil and furnace burned in two.

However, the major triumph is that the furnace switch can be closed without fear that the overload will disrupt the campus power. It is some relief not to he looked on as culprits stalking around the campus just itching to blow a fuse so no one can use electricity. The worst broken rail over which diamond re-

A few aspirants have already begun practice for the spring sports Tennis thus far has enticed more enthusiasts than track. But both sports have entrants.

In tennis Ernest Reed and Al Whitmore have been seen practicing together. According to both Heed and Whitmore, they intend to play as a doubles team this year and want to become accustomed to each other's style of play.

Carroll Crouse, senior and three-year tennis letterman, has started working out and states that he likes his newly restrung racket better this year than last. Donald Davidson, a new recruit, has worked out In the gymnasium also.

Another player who has spent some time on tennis already is Ken Nordling, high school flash and CKE tennis champion for the last two years. He has worked with Reed several times to the mutual advantage of both.

In preparation for the track season, seemingly only a few are interested enough to start training already. Stephen Stover has been having regular workoute for several weeks, while Rollin Wanamaker and a few others intending to go out for track and field athletics have worked out lately in the Physical Education Building.

Whitmore, Thompson Wrestle Longest

The honor of the longest wrestling thus far in the intramural tournament goes to Al Whitmore and Kenneth Thompson. After the regular ten minutes it was found that neither wrestler held an advantage over the other—a situation that was unchanged alter a five minute overtime period. It was not until the middle of the second overtime period that Whitmore finally threw his opponent. Roger Fasnacht who “byed” into the second round, will meet Whitmore to determine who will wrestle the winner of the

After Harnly Hall was built there was nearly 15,000 watts available at 110 volts. This was enough to produce the world’s largest synthetic diamond. However, in the last few years the increasing use of electric power on the campus has subtracted from the power otherwise available for the

furnace, and fuses at the campus transformer have blown while the furnace was operating.

For approximately a year Jona-than Hamersley and James Crill have been attacking the problem of using higher power with attendant higher heat in the electric furnace. Early in the fall they constructed a choke coil which would handle more power and at the same time make for better control over the furnace. Norman Krueger and Wilbur Bullinger helped make the choke. After using all the power available on the campus the lining of the furnace melted.

This was discouraging, but out of this dilemma came the use of new lining which is believed im-possible to melt. The reconstructed furnace was given a trial at the municipal light plant before Christ-

of the success Drake university has had with co-educational physical education classes:

Co-educational physical education has been inaugurated at Drake university, and for the first time men and women will compete together at the field-house, in the women's gymnasium and on the golf course as well as in the classroom.

Last semester two golf classes and three social dancing classes were offered for credit to both men and women. “There is no question about the success of these classes,” Ruby Ana Holton, head of the women’s physical education department, said. The classes are larger this year than ever before.

This semester it is planned to add badminton, bowling, horseback riding, archery and casting (fir fish fans) to the schedule of courses. A future program, which probably will he enacted next year, may include canoeing, swimming and boating.

No official statistics are available on the number of educational institutions offering credit for co-educational physical education courses, hut Noel H. Petree, head of the men’s department. and Miss Holton say there are only “a few.”

Rumors have been floating around that thirty candidates have applied for the coaching job left vacant by the resignation of Buck Astle. We can’t seem to find out who has the upperhand. Suppose if we wait we will find out.

At last reports Kansas Wesleyan was still going strong in the Kansas City tourney. In the last game they made 23 points in the last 20 minutes to win. Hunt is the offensive star of the Coyotes.

Bob Hunt, the elongated center of Kansas Wesleyan, established a new-record for scoring in the Kansas Conference. This season Mr. Hunt averaged 17.41 points per game which is really rolling the tallies. Hunt made the mythical all-state team. Lynch of St. Benedict’s made it also. Norburg of Bethany made the third all-state, while Brenton of Ottawa made the second all-state team.

It has been the custom for the winner of the Kansas Conference basketball title to go to the tourney at Kansas City and we wonder why Ottawa didn’t accept?

Although taking about two hours out of every day for a bit of concentrated study might seem hard work to some people, that is not what members of the play cast of “The Passing of the Third Floor Back” seem to think. To them play rehearsals are fun—even mounting to hilarity when the actors on the stage get an especially good interpretation of an especially good line. But it is the unexpected and sometimes embarrassing incidents which really make play practice fun.

Of course there was the time when Margaret Davis and Donna Jean Johnson called about two minutes before time for play practice to start and informed all and sundry that they were stuck in a mud puddle and were out of money. (That was during the rainy season.) So Dannelley and his puddle-jumper went into action.

flash, reports that if our tennis material had some developing it would be possible for McPherson college to place well in the conference meet in the spring. This should be an incentive for the racquet wielders of the college.

The talk of spring has made some aspirants for positions on the track squad limber up their muscles. Some new members will be added to the squad and with the old members M. C. should burn ’em up—we hope!!!

Jake Cramer was back on the campus and we were glad to notice that Jake is walking some on his leg. We missed Jake in basketball and will miss him in track but hope that he will be hack next fall.

All eyes are one the McPherson High Bullpups who this week are playing in the state Class A basketball tourney at Topeka as a result of their winning the regional tourney at Lyons this past week. We’re for J. P. R. and his boys.

Next week we are going out of bounds and bring in the glowing biographies of our senior boys who have been active in athletics. Watch ’em shine!

Funny thing—it took three strong men to rescue these two damsels in distress. And they weren’t even stuck . . . .only marooned at Johnson's.

Forrest Stern has us all lisping now. Texas may have its drawl, but they thure know how to lithp in Min-nethota! . . . .Sherfy and Detrick don’t seem to be able to be serious in the most serious moments. . . .

James Mason has developed into quite a pianist since he has to play Mendelssohn's Wedding March during the play. Betty Clark is the teacher. . . .

If you really want to know what people mean when they say “catty,” just listen to the first few scenes of the play. You probably haven’t seen anything like it since “The Women”.

search was nearly derailed was a fuse at the transformer in the midwire of the three wire campus system.

Through pure luck only this midwire fuse melted late one night when the furnace had not been turned on lighting and the general pandemonium resulting occurred when the furnace was being operated, the furnace operators would have been indicted by every one short of an electrical engineer. A mid-wire should never be fused.

Technically, the furnace has at its disposal a transformer with the two secondary windings in parallel for 115 volts. The fusing is in the high line of primary side and is 25 amperes at 2300 volts. This fuse passes the same number of watts as a 500 ampere fuse in the 115 volt circuit, which would be 57,500 watts at the unity power factor.

Upward to 30,000 watts will actu-ally be dissipated in the carbon arc which heats the furnace. It is not known whether such high power and heat are necessary for making synthetic diamonds, but lower heat and power have failed to give con-istent results.

This year quantitative amounts of carbon and iron are being used. No weighing was ever done before this ear of the exact qualities of syn-thetic diamond materials used in a rial of making synthetic diamonds. It would be of infinite value to know-in one tenth gram accuracy the quan-, tities of starch carbon and iron filings used in the experiment that produced the world’s largest synthetic diamond. This must be done over before a diamond will likely be produced of any size again.

Patronize Spectator

Dr. J. W. Hershey Tells Club About Diamonds

Music Students To Give Recital Sunday

Hays President To Be Banquet Speaker

Formal Parly Is

Dr. Lewis Beyer Speaks To Guest Day Chapel

Lewallen Ranks Fourth In State Contest

Chemistry Group Hears Petroleum Lecturer

Around The Fireside

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940

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Easter Season Observed At Local Church

Fisher Plays First Public Performance Of Own Song

Poet's Corner—

Popenoe Scorns

Rec. Council Plans Deputation Tours

Clarence Streit Speaks At Bethel

Summer Session Catalogues Are Out

Whitmore, Thompson Wrestle Longest