Yesterday word was received here from Dr. V. F. Schwalm, president of McPherson college, that McPherson college has been accepted into the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. D r .

Schwalm was in Chicago and returns to the campus today.

The meaning of the acceptance into the North Central Association is that the college is approved, and that its courses are of acceptable quality all over the nation. While before some of the courses given credit for in this college would not have been accepted in some universities. now there is no “docking” of credits.

It also means that teachers certified here can teach in other states, provided they fulfill the requirements of that state. Formerly some states would not accept the credits and required extra education, such as six-week summer school within the state.

The acceptance into the North Central Association also signifies the reaching of one of the highest goals attainable by a school. There is no other accrediting association in this area that an institution needs to have the approval of.

Dean J. W. Boitnott stated that the acceptance is the consummation of ten years’ hard work. Much of Dr. Boitnott’s time during Christmas holidays was spent filling out schedules, forms on every different aspect of work performed by the institution. All the schedules were turned in before the first of January.

Miss Della Lehman, head of the literature department here, will read the play “Traveling Man,” by Lady Gregory, in the Young People’s Epworth League meeting next Sunday evening in the Methodist church, it was announced yesterday by Lois Florman, who is on the league cabinet.

The play, “Traveling Man,” is based on a legend of ancient Ireland and has to do with the recognizing of Christ as a guest in the home. There will be devotions and also special music.

All college students are invited to come and any wishing to come need not walk, it was stated by Audrey Hammann, who also is on the cabinet. There will be a car waiting at the college to take them to league. League begins at 6:30 each Sunday evening.

The Pep Club is sponsoring a bene-fit show at the Ritz Theatre to be Held soon, it was announced yesterday by Marjorie Kinzie, president of the club. A ticket drive in charge of two captains has already started.

The show is a double feature. The first feature is the “Duke of West Point,” starring Tom Brown and Louis Hayward, and the second is “The Llano Kid,” featuring Tito Guizar. It will be shown April 17, 18, and 19.

Ardys Metz and Gladys Wiggins are the team captains of the ticket drive. Half of the membership of the Pep Club is under each, and the team which sells the least number of tickets to the double feature will entertain the winning team later with a separate party and pay the expenses.

College students can buy their tickets now from any member of the Pep Club. Probably one night of the three on which the show will be given will be designated as college night. Then the seats will be reserved and the college students as a body will probably drive much more enjoyment than they would not as a group.

175 Voices Make Up Chorus

“The Redemption” Will Be Given April 14 In City Auditorium

Rehearsals are progressing and the general oratorio is improving for the annual production of the McPherson Choral Union. On Sunday evening, April 14. the Choral Union will present “The Redemption,” at the City Auditorium free to the public.

To offset the admission charge this year, the organization is now out seeking “sponsors” or financial backers who will be willing to donate to the organization so that an admission charge will not be necessary.

Six local soloists will be featured with the oratorio this year and all of them are oustanding artists with wide local reputation. They will include Miss Millicent Nordling, soprano; Miss Margaret Fry. soprano; Miss Helen Miller, contralto; Clarence Burkholder, bass; Harold Beam, tenor; and Dale Miller, tenor.

The 4 5-piece symphony orchestra which will accompany the oratorio, held its regular practice last Wednesday evening at the City Auditorium. Thursday night the chorus, now made up of 175 voices, met at the First Congregational church for a rehearsal.

The first full rehearsal of the oratorio will be held Sunday afternoon at the City Auditorium. The final rehearsal will be held next Friday evening stalling at 7:30 o’clock.

Youth’s Response To Service Is Chapel Theme

“Youth Response to Service” was the theme of Wednesday’s chapel service at which Ida Shockley, dean of women, presided and in which Leta Beckner, Edith Spangler, Wayne Crist, Gladys Wiggins, Vena Flory, and Elizabeth Mohler took part.

Miss Anne Krehbiel of Moundridge capably played the first movement of a Beethoven sonata. Miss Shock-ley lead devotions, Leta Beckner read a story of a youth and the influence on him of a picture of Christ; Edith Spangler read a poem, “Every Youth”, by Mary S. Edgar. Gladys Wiggins sang a solo and was accompanied by Vena Flory at the piano.

The entire audience sang “I Would Be True” led by Elizabeth Mohler after Wayne Crist had given the story and meaning of that hymn written by Howard Arnold Walter and Joseph Yates Peek. Miss Shockley closed the chapel with prayer.

Rev. King Stresses Importance

Or Inner Circle Of Friends

Rev. Bernard N. King of the college church spoke to the S. C. M. last Thursday on the subject of “college friendships”.

He told about a former college friend of his whom he met again recently. With the renewal of this old friendship, he was made to realize anew the value of friends.

Mr. King continued by pointing out the difference between one’s friends. Jesus had a great many friends but he also had a few who | comprised his inner circle, Peter, James, and John.

Some outstanding points that characterize friendships according to Rev. King, are these: (1) common interests and ideals, (2) love without selfishness, (3) mutual sharing, and (4) loyalty. Rev. King said that it takes good character to be a good friend. Among several quotations that he gave concerning friendship were these: “A friend is a balancing pole to help us walk the tight rope of life.” “A friend is one who comes in when all the world goes out.” “A friend is like a golden link in the chain of acquaintances'.”

College friends, said Rev. King, are of special significance in one’s life. The very nature of college life brings about intimate fellowships in every phase of life. It adds spiritual values to friendships that are often lacking elsewhere. One’s friends in college are determining factors in his later life.

Devotions were led by Rowena Wampler. Piano music was given by Mamie Wolf.

Asserting that literary criticism is for the purpose of explaining, appreciating, and judging works of literature, Dr. Walter A. Naumann, head of the language department, Monday spoke in chapel about the different methods of literary criticism in a speech cut short by limited time caused by a wait, and a piano duet.

An author of several critical essays, Dr. Naumann began by explaining the different types of criticism and showing their effect on literature.

The interpretations of the poems of Homer made by critics 300 years after his death were analyzed for their moral meaning. They tried to give a theological interpretation to the writings, and this method was used for many hundreds of years, particularly in the medieval period, said Dr. Naumann.

The second type of literary criticism is the so-called “classical” criticism. This was used in the ancient j world and the modern world. It first asks, “Is this work perfect or imperfect, beautiful or ugly.” These said Dr. Naumann, are purely aes- thetic standards.

In order to judge whether a work of literature is perfect or imperfect, certain standards are erected. Dr.

Naumann pointed out, “In the field of literature there is nothing as per-

feet and as beautiful until our days as the Greek and Roman literature, also called the classical literature”. According to Dr. Naumann the liter-ary criticism that is based on certain characteristics which all classical writers have in common is “much discredited today.”

Mathew Arnold, a classical critic was among the first to give “greater weight to the individuality of the man whom he examined.” Dr. Naumann said, “The ear of a critic must be extremely good, if he wants to employ this method only. And in honor of Matthew Arnold it can be said that his ear has nearly never deceived him.”

Exposing what he called a “psychological” criticism, Dr. Naumann showed the modern trend. According to this method, “The critic is no longer interested in the abstract beauty of a work; he is not even so much interested in the work in itelf. He looks for the man inside the work. He wants to know what

kind of an animal this man is, to what psychological breed he belongs, how he behaves.”

He says, “There is neither a moral nor an aesthetic judgment passed on the writer in question.”

Development of style is also an important feature to the modern critic. Not only must the work show a monographic portrait of the writer, it must show a distinctive style, "the highest achievement of a writer. ”

Sincerity, according to Dr. Nau mann, is an essential element in all good writing judged by the psycholo-ical approach.

In the conclusion of his address Dr. Naumann was prepared to indicate, “And we have reached our answer. This psychological out that is shaping modern literature is also determining you when you are writ-ing a poem for the Spectator. You do not ask yourself, how your poem will stand besides Homer and Virgil —that most of you know only by name. You do not ask yourself either what value it will have measured by Shakespeare. But all that you try to do is to satisfy your own con-science, to do as well as you can, to develop yourself, because then you will be sure to have done the best

Donald Newkirk, program chairman of the S. C. M. cabinet, will act as chairman of one of the commission groups at the Kansas State Training Conference this week end it Pittsburg, Kansas.

This is the annual S. C. M. con- ference and all persons interested in the work of the S. C. M. are invited.

Schools are urged to bring large delegations to this meeting. Donald New-kirk, Joy Smith. Wilburn Lewallen, and probably one or two others will attend from McPherson.

The conference begins on Friday evening, April 5, and lasts until Sunday evening. Fees are low this year and the S. C. M. is providing most of the necessary funds for transportation.

Luther Tucker, graduate of Yule University and Union Theological Seminary, has been secured as the principal speaker for this conference.

Mr. Tucker has traveled widely around the world, acting as secretary of the World Student Christian Federation. While in Japan he was held in prison several weeks because the military officers were suspicious of his Christian position.

The exact vote count was 115 votes for Stucky to 93 for Kirk Naylor, the opposing candidate. Hoover received 106 votes to the 103 votes received by his opponent, Wilbur Bullinger. The votes were carefully counted twice by the election board, stated Stover.

Dale Stucky, president-elect of the student council, has for the past two years been the editor of the Spectator, He also has many other honors and achievements which he has gained during his three years in college. He is a member of the “M” Club and the Forensic Club, and is the guiding hand of the International Relations Club. He is president of the Young Democrats Club on the campus. He is this year’s representative of the junior class to the student council and is on the McPherson college honor roll. He was elected this year to the honorary “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Uni-versities."

S. G. Hoover, treasurer-elect of the student council, is well equipped for his post. In his freshman year he served as treasurer of his class. The past year he has been working as the business manager of the Quad-rangle. He is also one of the cheerleaders.

The embryo of the idea that Stucky should be put up for the election was born in the brain of James Crill, present Quadrangle editor, who started the nominating petition for the president-elect. Other influential supporters of the "Stucky for President” campaign were Elmer Dadisman and Donald Newkirk.

Yesterday morning in chapel all the honors of the candidates were extolled in the ballyhoo speeches. Presiding at the ceremony was Stephen Stover, present student council president. The speaker for S. G. Hoover, Freddie Ikenberry, spoke first, followed by Phil Myers, who ballyhooed for Kirk Naylor. Wilburn Lewallen spoke in behalf of Wilbur Bullinger, then Donald Newark concluded the speaking with his short talg for Dale Stucky. The brutal timekeeper of the speeches was Roy Robertson, a member of the ‘M” Club too poor to own his own war. club.

The Spectator Sees —

New Type Of Persecution Looming;

Unorthodox Ideas Keep Man Out Of Job

Freedom of thought and expression are in danger today if the American people will allow the practice established by Fthe Board of Higher Education of New York City concerning the appointment of Bertrand Russell to a teaching position of City College.

Because of the unorthodox ideas that this famous philosopher and mathematician has about social and religious institutions and thought, the board refused to hire him as a mathematics and logic professor. After offering him a contract, the board reconsidered the appointment of Bertrand Russell in the face of tremendous public pressure against it.

Although the reconsideration was protested by many famous educators and religious leaders in this country, including Charles A. Beard, Robert Hutchins, John Dewey, and the Rev. Dr. Dwight J. Bradley, public opinion was a great enough factor to prevent Russell’s remaining.

If the public wants to create a system of propaganda instead of a system of education, this was the right action to take. But if truth is to be disseminated, intellectual freedom must be maintained. Minorities have been right so often that it is dangerous to supress them.

But the issue involved in this action centers around the fact that Mr. Russell’s competence as a mathematics or logic professor was not challenged by even the most avid of his persecutors. Bishop Manning argued in his original attack that “the fact that he is intellectually brilliant is certainly no excuse” for the appointment.

The American Committee for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom unanimously decided that the opposition to Russell was unfair and a threat to freedom of thought.

In their statement this committee has said, “The opposition to Mr. Russell has not attacked his competence as a teacher but his religious and social views. President Mead has indicated that Mr. Russell was invited to teach mathematics and logic. His religious and social views are clearly irrelevant in the teaching of these subjects.

“But entirely apart from this consideration of the irrele-vance of the argument raised by the opposition, we raise the issue that freedom of thought is the only basis on which science and education can prosper ... We are alarmed of a religious test for appointment which has crept into the public debate over the case. The institution of a religious test would clearly violate our traditional separation of church and state.

The committee goes on to say that Mr. Russell s unconventional ideas, and his observations on the conditions and needs of our society do not constitute proper cause for excluding him as a teacher in a public college. “American youth must develop its own judgments through a knowledge of conflicting views, not by living in the shelter of ignorance and cloistered

security.”

Anticipating such an attack on fundamental rights, in 1922 Mr. Russell wrote, “The habit of considering a man’s re-igious, moral, and political opinions before appointing him to post or giving him a job is the modern form of persecution, and it is likely to become quite as efficient as the Inquisition ever was. The old liberties can be legally retained without being of the slightest use. If, in practice, certain opinions lead a man to starve, it is poor comfort to him to know that his opin-ons are not punishable by law.”

Is America, founded upon religious tolerance, to become another country bowing to the god of fixed ideology?_

With Evelyn Saathoff

“When a new book comes out, I read an old one.” I am quite weary of telling you about new books. I feel like a traitor to old friends that have become so precious. You won’t be able to read all of these books but it would be a wise thing to jot their titles down for some future date. Selective reading is more than one step towards being an educated person.

For endings of plots that leave you thinking and thinking for days afterwards I suggest Edith Wharton’s “Ethan Frome”, “Age of Innocence,” and “House of Mirth . All of these are, to some extent, tragedies,- but tragedies subtle and provoking.

A different hook, which isn't so old after all since it came out early in 1939, is “Each to the Other” by La Farge. This is a story written in free verse made up of very personal experiences of the author. Even those of you who do not like poetry will find this an interesting story. It is poignant and lovely.

For clever humor there is Margaret Halsey’s “With Malice Toward Some,” a satire that surely must make the English grind their teeth.

Finally no education would be complete without including Les Miserables” by Victor Hugo in the list of essentials. Perhaps the great author is at his best in this stirring novel.

in desperate need of quenching. So— instead of checking the equipment into the office again, she wrapped it carefully, and took it with her—who knows—maybe it is a time-saver.

Oh! these girls and their dates for the M Club Banquet! 'Tis amazing that they can create so much ex- citement. Maybe it’s best to wait and let you find out for yourself who is taking who.

Mr. Breon has a definite past— nothing serious, you understand but he is very well qualified to coach dramatic productions. You see, be has had a considerable amount of graduate work in dramatics.

And Dr. Wayland shows a consid-erable interest in telling the students of his Roman-History class about. Cleopatra.

If you are addicted to reading the daily paper in your morning classes you’ll understand the plight of a Dartmouth college junior who sat in the last row in one of his lectures reading a story which began on the first page and was continued on page eight. He couldn’ lift the paper in order to turn the pages and he didn’t have room to turn them

Evelyn Saathoff Jonathan Hamersley Jean Oberst Flora Mae Duncan Corene Colberg Jean Taylor Eleanor Macklin Eugene Lichty Kirk E. Naylor

He sat there for five minutes trying to turn the pages slowly so that they wouldn’t crackle and was just about to give up in disgust when the man sitting directly in front of him turned around and gave him a paper which was already arranged at page eight. The man In front had already read the story. “Thought you might he having trouble,” he said. “I had a hit myself.”—A. C. P.

We members of the vocal ensemble figger as how you’re probably speca-latin’, gossippin’, and rumorin’, as to our conduct on this tour, and just to set you off straight this is how things stand.

That fashion plate dude, DeCoursey that you all sent off with such a cheer met with a different reception at Morrill, Kansas, where one observer inquired the Identity of the gayly colored, unmatched paraphenalia that strutted about. We don’t think Rliett Butler was Scotch but Evelyn Amos saved a nickel or else she was just in a hurry. She says that once you get in—no matter how—you can always walk out.

It takes a trip to bring out the romance in Melba Morrison’s life. She spends her nites writing letters to “Him”. Other romantic tendencies on our trip are observed in the hack-seat monopoly of Lichty and Spohn.

A woman cleaned off Hoover with a fan-dangle of a sweeper when he fell down in the mud, but no one helped Edna Pearce when she fell down in a pillow dance.

Casualty list' Blood drawn when Ikenberry was victimized in “Smash game. “Smash” nearly smashed contents of Millicent Nordling’s suitcase that had to he rescued from the police “jug.” Speaking of casualties “Buffalo Bill” Cody, our bus driver, says that he supposes he’ll have to play nursemaid next. It was Millicent Saturday, Sylvia Monday, and Amos will he next if she doesn’t quit buying pie in partnership with Kerlin, whose camphor bottle leaked in her suitcase all over her a-uh-sompin’.

At Morrill we found a prevalence of democrats in the girls dressing room and also that Sylvia Vannors- dell’s theme song is “Deep Burple!” There are ways of entertaining oneself when the bus driver walks to town for gas. Fearful of being late Arnos and Sylvia started out afoot. The boys played ball. Fisher “pop” (ped) a beer joint service station, and was suspiciously eyed by the pro-prietess until he returned his bottle. The Fishers are complementary; Mrs. Fisher plans the trip and he forgets to introduce Anne Janet Allison.

We have good eats and with them the expansion of waistlines and some other lines, at Ronald Orr’s home town, Holmesville. Does Galen Allen come from Do-much or Do-little or i is Dumont?

And preachers along the way say that the school of quality politely asks any students out of harmony with the religous tone of the school to leave at mid-semester! Eh wot! Diehl! Prexy Pierce holds finger nail polish for Anne Janet and Ker-1in punches strangers in the stomach Did we understand Albright cor-rectly when he borrows'“Esquire’ from the Student Preacher’s Library? But Sherfy reads it too! And me oh my—who around here doesn’t?

We thought it was windy in Kan _sas—but it doesn’t compare with Iowa. Well, we all figger as how this is a fair and just report of our go ings on and we’ll tell you of further complications when we see ya!

“holy smoke,” can’t you take a joke” says tony v. to sylvia when he asked her to the “m” club banquet „ windy weather—poo—and

weeks until summer vacation— meanwhile: “m” club and “w. a. a,” banquets, chemistry trip, senior

picnic on sat. denny plus “green cap” eisenbise....... long plus bunyon........

he needs besides his car is green goggles, that dodge city stride (errol fynn) and a tiger cub on a leash.... ...the “busse’’ hoys, morrison, funk, must and “cactus” rakes, motored to great bend on tues. night........“cac

more credit—elmer dadisman—and for brains—(not scatterbrains) ray-mond flory—here ends all readable material........so long.

Spring IS here! but definitely—at least violent evidences of it are coining to light especially in the Shakespeare class. John Detrick made a research of Shakespeare lines on the subject of making love, Wilburn Lewallen on marriage, and Galen Stern on babies.

During the piano solo in chapel the other day Katherine Enns mistook a pause in the music for the end of it—but she was wrong. After her brief clapping the music continued. And Dr. Naumann followed the solo by watching a copy of the music. Evidently his interests include music as well as literature.

Upon checking out a piece of valuable chemical apparatus, Mickey Morrison decided that her thirst was

The International Relations Club will meet at four o’clock today to hear reviews of several recent articles dealing with the current world problems, it was announced yesterday by Leonard Vaughn, president of the group.

Stephen Stover will review an j opinionative story by Dorothy Thompson about Germany, “The Problem Child of Europe.” Betty Jean Sellers will discuss the infractions of j maritime law. Geraldine Spohn will j indicate how the present war is affecting the economics of the warring nations and America, while Dale Stucky will discuss a topic based on an article dealing with the political

Practice Teachers May

Be Trained In 6

With four elementary schools, a junior high, and a high school in McPherson, there is no need for anyone being denied the experience of prac-tice teaching. However, local students say there is no necessity for worrying about denials; the state cared for that when requirements for teachers were drawn up.

Practice teaching consists of observation, grading of papers, preparing class materials, playground su-pervision, conferences, and an occasional period of actual teaching. It all depends upon the teacher who observes the work of student teachers. Evidence points to care taken by teachers to give the practicing teacher a well-rounded experience.

Do teachers like to have the college students observe them at their work and occasionally take over the teaching? It must be quite a bother at times. It seems that the opinions vary with the teachers. Some seem to anticipate eagerly the added help and interest given by the appearance of student teachers. Others believe that added burdens of instruction and conferences are not profitable exchange for the graded papers received in return.

Do students like to practice teach? No one can answer that question except the practice teachers. Some are thrilled, some like it. others endure it, and perhaps a few don't talk about it. However, it is the best manner possible to learn to understand and train children. It is an opportunity to find problems and their solutions under helpful guidance, rather than to discover all of them at oince during the first year of independent teaching. It is an opportunity that gives the practice teacher exactly the same values that he puts into it.

College Faculties To Meet Monday

Meeting here next Monday are expected to be the faculties of four colleges, who will meet for thir annual discussion and dinner. Prof. V. F. Schwalm indicated that he expect-ed all four colleges to send representatives.

Pres. F. D. Farrell of Kansas State college at Manhattan will address the group during the afternoon and evening. Dean Peter Goertz of Bethel college will explain the system of comprehensive examinations that has been in operation at Bethel college during the past few years.

The faculties will divide into departmental groups to discuss problems to the teaching of the different courses of study.

Invitations were sent to Kansas Wesleyan university, Salina; Bethany college, Lindsborg; and Bethel college, Newton.

Theme Of Seniors For Next Wednesday Is "Woe Is Us!"

“Woe is us!” became the theme song of the Class of ’40 (they hope!) with the approach of that fateful occasion, senior comprehensive. The new program of examinations, being initiated for the first time this year in Macollege is keeping the midnight oil burning for professor as well as students.

Designed expressly to cover the major field and supporting courses, comprehensives include four hours of written work and one hour of oral examination over all subjects in the student’s concentration field. Just what may crop up no one knows— or what will be the final outcome, only next Wednesday will tell.

Speaking to the forty-two seniors in the chapel Sunday afternoon, Dean J. W. Boitnott stressed the “comprehensiveness” of the examinations, which will be of the essay type, and the fact that it will be necessary to pass both oral and written sections before meeting graduation requirements.

An interesting Forensic Club meeting has been planned for next Wednesay evening, it was announced late yesterday by Ernest Peterson, a member of the program committee of the Forensic Club.

The feature of the program is to be a review of the book, “Country Lawyer,” by Bellamy Partridge, which will be given by Gladys Wiggins. John Detrick will give a reading, and Robert Kingsley will play as cornet solo, “The Old Home down on the Farm, Air Varie," by Harlow.

Recreational Council To Give "Ideal" Parties

A carload of Recreational Council members will leave this afternoon for southeast Kansas. This group will give “ideal” parties to the Verdigris and Gravel Hill church groups tonight and Saturday. Avis Smith. Kirk Naylor, Katherine Mae Deal, Elizabeth Ann Mohler, and Galen Stern are making the trip this week end.

Audrey Hammann, Katherine Mae Deal, Doris Voshell, and Dave McGill attended the Physical Education Convention in Wichita, Thursday.

Mr .and Mrs. A. Whitmore, Margaret Stern. Ruth Stump, Samuel Hoover, and Elvin Frantz, were guests of Rowena Wampler at her home in Monitor.

Gertrude Conner of McPherson High school and Phyllis Mischler of , Conway played the Andante-Minuet by Mozart in an arrangement for two pianos by Maier, in a chapel program Monday.

Dr. Walter A. Naumann read a paper about literary criticism at the same program. An account of this speech will be found elsewhere in this issue.

Stucky To Orate In Slate Contest

The state peace oratorical contest will be held next Friday evening in the college chapel, it was announced recently by Prof. M. A. Hess, who is in charge of the contests. If there are ten or more contestants in the contest, there will be a preliminary contest to be held Friday afternoon.

There are thirteen schools in the league who may enter the contest. They are McPherson college, Southwestern college, Kansas university, Bethel college, Kansas State college, Bethany college, Baker university, Sterling college, Hays State college. Friends university, Ottawa university, St. Benedicts college, and Kansas Wesleyan university. From nine to twelve contestants are expected in the contest.

Lawrence, Kans, —(ACP) —Will Rogers, internationally known humorist, writer, and actor, was the father of the present forensics program at the University of Kansas— and he never knew it.

'Way back in the days when debate was debate end Kansas didn’t have any, the university advertised “If You Can Debate, Kansas Needs You.” They even imported a professor of speech from Washburn to help give the university a forensics program that was extra-curricular. The chief difficulty soon became one of finance not of finding interested students to participate.

Hoch auditorium had just been completed and the forensics council devised the scheme of hooking Will Rogers to give the first lecture in the auditorium. Through a typographical error, the making of $2,-500 into $1,000, which turned out to be a valid contract, Will Rogers agreed to appear here for the $1,000,

A deputation trip is a fine experience for those who are able to take part in it; it will remain in their memory for many, many years. This time it was an especially marvellous! experience for Lenora Shoemaker, an experience important for her whole life.

The start looked very harmless. Mrs. Pluto rested at a street corner her different children talking about in Phillipsburg for some minutes, the most unimportant problems, such as college work, studying, etc. Suddenly somebody opened a backdoor with a hesitating but resolute pull. Lenora looked to the ground, the others into the most funny face of the world. That face was dominated by an eagle nose, which was able to turn in all the four directions. Around this nose where whiskers which had not seen any razor for at least 99 hours. Above the nose where two dark, almost round holes which gave a very good impression of the vacuum behind them. The mouth was. . . Better ask Lenora how the mouth was.

This face started to talk after some seconds. It talked about everything, asked Lenora if the group had had trouble on the trip up to now, it asked the most personal and private questions. Thinking that Lenora here, won the local peace contest last Sunday evening and with it the right to represent McPherson college in the state contest. Louise Sanger and Wayne Crist were ranked second and third respectively in the local contest.

must know that nose, everyone looked at her. Her face looked like a tomato, her eyes were fastened on the dirty carpet of Mrs. Pluto, her mouth was locked like Arnold Hall at five past ten.

A dirty finger was pointed to her face. “That girl, with a lovable smile on her face, waved at me when you passed.” Her mouth was opened only long enough to whisper ‘‘I don t remember.” Then it was locked again for about half an hour. (By the way .that was the only time on the trip that Lenora’s mouth was not open.) “I saw you waving, I waved back and you smiled.” The tomato changed into a cherry. The eagle nose started to move again and told that it belonged to a boy who was going to join a C. C. C. camp.

The cherry showed a lovable, lender smile. On the whole trip it was very dangerous to mention the letter “C” Nevertheless, some courageous people dared it. but Lenora answ- ered the attack with the best female weapon, the tongue ,and that really was a pointed peapon. But we shall not joke about serious affairs, for it meant, perhaps, the very change of her life.

P. S. Because of limited time the group’s favorite song (C. C. C., that’s the love song for Lenora) had to be taken off the program.

clothes! “Mrs. Pluto” went, to the hospital today. And do you know what was wrong with her? Raymond didn’t either, hut Sally said that

It was the miss beside the driver With her arms around his neck. (Rowena blushed here.) Our next stop was at Portis. Saturday night and cold weather combined had a had effect on the size of the audience.

Sunday. March 24. Dear Diary: Burr Oak listened to our program Happy Easter! The congregation at his morning, and had a potluck dinner for us at the church. Moved on to Washington tonight. There were more young people here than at any of the other churches.

Monday, March 25. Dear Diary: Our last day. We drove home from Belleville after the program tonight. Ronald proved his worth by staying awake all the way home—just in case the driver might get sleepy. What fun this has been. Everyone was so friendly and those farm women surely can cook. The team unanimously agrees that it was a grand vacation.

Kenneth Morrison. Robert Brust, Glen Funk, and Estel Rakes motored to Great Bend, Monday evening.

Dr. Naumann Writes Literary Criticism

Essay Is Translated, To Be Published In “The Romanic Review”

A critical essay written by Dr. Walter A. Naumann, head of the language department here, will be published soon in the quarterly Romanic Review, the best review of its kind in America.

The Romanic Review is edited by the French department of Columbia university. The editors heard of the critical essay written by the local professor, and offered to have one of their staff members translate the German manuscript into English.

The essay deals with the writings of Valery Larboud. a French writer. Another essay on the works of Charles Du Bos has been written by Dr. Naumann, and will probably be published as soon as it is translated.

in 1927.

Advertisement, of such a program drew enthusiastic response from the whole community. The lecture course offered to buy the rights to the lecture for $800 and the Forensic Council sold.

But Rogers canceled his engage-nent. However he agreed to appear he next year for the same price, Like the “little man who wasn't here” he was obliged to cancel his engagement again. To even things up he sent a personal check for $1, 000 payable to the lecture course.

The committee in charge of the lecture course was loathe to turn over $800 to the forensics council as was originally agreed. Former Chancellor Stone convinced them that it was a debt and the council received its $800.

And they lived happily ever after because the forensics department, through the generosity of Will Rogers, started on its present program.

Thursday, March 21. Dear Dairy: At 2 p. m. we set out on our depu- tation trip to churches in western Kansas—Raymond Flory, Rowena Frantz, Sally Olwin, Ronald Orr. Thomas Doeppner, and I in ‘‘Mrs. Pluto.” Our first stop was at Cov-lert. And Raymond got his wish—

we did have chicken for supper. The program, consisting of quartet singing, a chalk picture, and a talk by Tom, went very well for having been the first one. Maybe it was because we had such a good crowd. [The little church was almost filled.

Friday, March 22. Dear Diary:

We gave the program at Covert high school chapel this morning. My word, we were there for two hours. Tom gave a short talk, then permitted members of the audience to ask questions. They would probably have kept on asking until noon but we had to get to Norton to give the program tonight, and “Mrs. Pluto” just doesn’t have the umph that some of these new fangled automobiles have. The program at Norton was better than it was last night. Practice makes perfect, maybe.

Saturday, March 23. Dear Diary: It must have been twenty below

British Politicians Work Year-Round

Ralph Casey of University of Minn., Speaks to Psychologists Minneapolis, Minn. —(ACP) — Chief difference between the organization of propaganda in American and British political parties is that the British make it practically a year-round job, while Americans

wait until the presidential year before there is a determination of party strategy and before an effort is made to coordinate and emple-ment the work of a headquarters publicity bureau.

That was the point made by Ralph D. Casey, chairman of the department of journalism at the University of Minnesota, at a meeting of the Minnesota Association for Applied Psychology.

“I think it can be argued that political education of the voter isundertaken by British political party organizations, using education in a broad sense, while political attitudes in this country are shaped generally by news in the press and radio appeals between campaigns.”

Al Whitmore —

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Elmer Fisher___

Carl McMillan _

Don Davidson__

Tony Voshell__

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Calvin Jones _

Wesley DeCoursey

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Burns Stauffer_

Ernest Reed ____

Merlin Myers___

Ernest Peterson

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Carroll Crouse

Only twelve tennis players answered the call for the Spectator tennis tournament in last week’s Spectator. The entry fee item was dropped since there were only twelve entries.

Although there are not the twenty-five or so tennis aspirants expected, the “cream of the crop” of McPherson college tennis players have entered. All four tennis lettermen are entered. They are Carroll Crouse, Calvin Jones, Burns Stauffer, and Ernest Reed.

Other strong tennis players such as Tony Voshell, Al Whitmore, and Wesley DeCoursey help make up the list of the tourney. The bracket is shown on this page.

The matches will not be played until the outdoor tennis courts are in good condition. It is expected that they will be ready soon, probably the first of the week.

Girls’ Softball Teams Will Be Organized Soon

Softball To Be Played

Tuesday, Wednesday

Afternoons At 4 P. M.

All women students of McPherson college are invited to participate in the softball club, it was announced yesterday by Miss Juanita Weaver, manager of the club. Already twenty-six girls have shown their intentions of participating in the program of softball.

The women will play softball on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon. The number of teams that will be organized is dependent upon the number that will participate in the program. Each girl that signs up for the program will be given a real chance to participate.

After the teams are organized, the team captains will be elected from the respective teams.

500-Year-Old Milk Will Come Soon

Dr. Root, Syracuse U. Prof.,

States In Recent Lecture

Syracuse, N. Y.— (ACP)—How would you like a glass of 500-year old milk for breakfast? Several centuries hence some lucky individual may have the opportunity of enjoying that very thing, and he may thank the ghost of Dr. C. W. Root, head of Syracuse university’s bacteriology department.

It was nearly 11 years ago when Dr. Root placed in the cornerstone of Hendricks chapel a hermetically sealed flask of cow’s milk, along with a flask of nutrient agar, both purified of all bacteria before sealing.

“Five hundred or a thousand years from now some one will be able to drink that milk, which will be sweet

The McPherson college Bulldogs, with Voshell leading the way as an individual point winner, romped over the Bethany Swedes 81 to 50 in the first track meet of the season. Individual marks were not outstanding because of the poor condition of the track and inability of the athletes to get in shape.

Tony Voshell earned fifteen points, while other Bulldog athletes garnered points to boost the total. Funk Wanamaker, Letkeman, Vetter, and Stover were other Bulldogs starring at the track meet.

880 yd. dash—Stover, McPherson; Fasnacht, McPherson; Oberst, McPherson. 2:20.8.

120 yd. high hurdles—Letkeman McPherson; Tilberg, Bethany and Wanamaker, McPherson, tie. 16.3.

High Jump—Wanamaker, McPherson; Grieve, Bethany; Tarrant, Bethany. 5’ 10”.

Pole Vault—Funk, McPherson and Tilberg, Bethany, (tie); Hoover, McPherson, 10’ 6”.

Shotput — Voshell, McPherson; Vetter, McPherson; Altenborg, Bethany. 39’ 2”.

Discus—Voshell, McPherson; Vetter, McPherson; Funk, McPherson. 117’ 8 1/2”.

The recreational sports club of the Women’s Athletic Association is sponsoring a badminton tournament open to all college students, it was announced late yesterday by Ruby Peterson, head of the recreational sports club. There will be divisions for men’s singles, women’s singles, and mixed doubles. Any combination of two students may be formed to enter the mixed doubles division of the tourney.

The entrants must sign the list on the bulletin board of Sharp Hall before next Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. At this time the brackets will be drawn up and properly publicized.

Short, speedy matches featured last week’s frays in the wrestling tournament . The Voshell-McMillan tussle was a fifty second affair ending with Voshell on top. In the other heavyweight match which lasted only twenty seconds longer, Phil Myers placed Clifford Schapansky’s shoulders to the straw.

In the 165-pound class Glen Funk advanced one round by throwing Wally Lindberg in a little over a minute. “Man Mountain” Elrod defeated Harold Duncanson after five minutes of grunting.

It seems like old times to read of McPherson college’s track team winning another dual track meet. Last year McPherson defeated Bethany, Bethel, Wesleyan, Sterling, and Hutchinson Junior college in dual meets and was rated the new track “find” of the year.

This year McPherson was not even rated strong as a potential candidate for the Kansas Conference crown. Not even the coach felt too optimistic about the possibilities of his track team.

But things take on a different appearance when track stars of former years, such as Rollin Wanamaker, Tony Voshell, Glen Funk, and Joelle Letkeman, win first places again. Conference opponents had better beware when they attempt to belittle the strength of McPherson college’s track team.

Last year’s track team captain, Tony Voshell, was heard to say that with practice and more condition McPherson would have a strong track team.

This year McPherson college should have a strong tennis team. The four lettermen back are Carroll Crouse,

Cleveland, Ohio — (ACP) — A Cleveland College phychologist, Dr. Oliver H. Ohmann, maintains that a correlation can he made between police records and weather records. He states that assault and battery cases are most numerous on days of low humidity, and that suicides are most common on clear days late in spring. Inmates of mental institutions are most disorderly during extreme variations in temperature. Further experiments indicate that teachers have the most disciplinary problems in windy weather.

Ernest Reed. Calvin Jones, and Burns Stauffer. Besides these four, Al Whitmore and Wesley DeCoursey, both strong tennis players, are going out this year and this column predicts that both will win a letter.

Reed and Whitmore, Jones and Crouse have aligned themselves together as doubles teams and are as yet the only doubles teams “on the map.” Perhaps other strong doubles teams will form later in the season.

This year Calvin Jones steps into his former doubles partner’s footsteps at least in nickname, for already he has earned the title “Gas-house” formerly held only by Raymond “Swede” Johnson. Watch his smoke (or fog) this year.

The grapevine murmurs that there might be a tennis meet next week. Nothing definite has been heard as yet, but we still hope. A different grapevine reported that Harold Binford, present coach of Buhler’s state champion class B basketball team, was in line for the coaching job here. While in McPherson college, Binford starred in football, basketball, and tennis. In fact, he was the Kansas Conference tennis champ in those days.

The purpose of Dr Root’s experiment is simply to demonstrate that, with the absence of bacteria, foodstuffs can indefinitely retain their nutrient value and edibility.

The ouly thing that can spoil the demonstration is the breaking of the flask by extreme temperature change,” said Dr. Root.

The flasks of Dr. Root have as company in the cornerstone a copy of the Daily Orange, student newspaper, published in 1929, along with various other articles not on record. A few days preceding the laying of the cornerstone by Chancellor Chas. W Flint, June 9, 1929, Dr Burgess Johnson, director of public relations, suggested that samples of boarding house food be placed into the small vault in order that future observers may inspect the quality of our present-day hot-dogs, milk shakes, and barbecue sandwiches.

Some progress has been made in the collegiate chess tourney, although three of the entrants are on the vocal ensemble tour and will not return until next Tuesday. Only one match has been played in the lower bracket.

In this match Donald Newkirk, one of the seeded players, won a tight match over Wesley DeCoursey. In the upper bracket Ernest Reed won

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