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Austin. Texas, Nov. 29—Student Opinion Surveys of America, the na-tional weekly poll of college thought sponsored by the University of Texas and 150 undergraduate newspapers, has established an advisory board of four experts In the fields Of education, youth welfare, and statistics. Joe Belden, editor of the poll, announced this week.

Helping to guide the samplings of American student opinion that the Spectator helps to conduct by polling Macollege students, will be:

Dr. Homer P, Rainey, president of the University of Texas and former director of the American Youth Com-mission, Washington. D. C.; Dr, George, F. Zook, president of the Rockefeller Foundation - supported American Council on Education; and Dr. Luther Gulick. director of the Institute of Public Administration, New York, N. Y. Dr. Gulick directed the "Regents’ In Into the Character and Cost of Public Education in the state of New York," and has done many other such researches.

Dr. F, A. Buechel, statistician of the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research, will act as con-.suiting expert on sampling techniques employed by the Student Opinion Surveys in polling the million and a half collegians In the United States.

Arc Too Few College Pharmacy Graduates

New York, —(ACP) —American colleges and universities are not supplying enough pharmacy graduates to meet the replacement demand.

So declares Dr. Charles W. Ballard, dean of Columbia University’s college of Pharmacy.

With about 2,500 pobs for Licensed pharmacists available every year through replacements alone. Dean Ballard reports it is hardly likely the annual output of graduates will exceed 2.000 in the next few years. The nationwide reduction In number of pharmacy students, be sold, has been caused by increased educational requirements and the general economic situation. The shortage, he added, Is beginning to give concern lo owners of pharmaceutical establish-ments.

"Another factor.” he continued. "Is the number of pharmacy graduates entering fields other than retail phar-macy. and this ranges between 20 and 25 per cent of the total output of the colleges,"

Tickets May Be Reserved For Play

Reservations for the Thespian play, "You Can't Take It "With Yon”, may | be made at Bixby, Lindsay Co. begin-ning next Monday morning at 7:30

a. M.

The admission for the performance is: the first seven rows and the last seven rows on the main floor. 25c plus tax; all other seats on the main floor, 35c plus tax: and balcony seats, which will not be reserved; 25 plus tax.

Tickets for the play may be secured from any Thespian member, from Bixby, Lindsay Co., or at the city auditorium the night of the play, next Wednesday.

Recital Given After Formal Dinner

Music Department Gives

.Several Interesting Numbers

The music department of McPherson college presented a formal piano and vocal recital Wednesday at the McPherson college chapel. The re-cital followed the formal banquet given by the Women's and Men's Council of the college.

The program Included a piano duo, "Waltz of the Flowers." by Tschaikowsky, Eleanor Moyer and Arlene Seidel, "Quiet." by Sanderson. and "An Open Secret." by Woodman, 'Donna. Neel, mezzo-soprano; "Chanson da Toreador.” from the opera Carmen by Bizet. Ronald Orr, baritone: "Prelude D Fist Major," by Chopin, and "Rigandon."'by MacDonald, Eleanor Moyer, pianist,

"Were My Songs With Wings Pro-vided,” by Hahn, Lucille Wade, mez-zo-soprano; "A Dream,” by Bartlett. Pascal Davis, tenor; "Seberzo C Sharp Minor,” Chopin. Anno Janet Allison, pianist; "The Rosy Morn," by Ronald. Shirley Spohn, soprano; "A Chip of the Old Block," by Squire, Keith Pierce. bass: "Elude D Flat Major," by Liszt Vena Flory, pianist and "The Sword of Serrara," by Bullard, Lyle Albright, baritone.

Austin, Texas, Dec. 6—Early in November the voters or the nation returned President Roosevelt to the White House for a third term. The New Deal now In power for another four years, will probably grow more and more to be a permanent component of American economy, Which of Its features should be continued; which should be discarded?

College students have an Interest in the kind of nation they will live In when they enter active citizenship. Student Opinion Surveys of America has polled a representative sample of the entire U. S. enrollment in order to arrive at an a measurement of college sentiment on this Issue Most collegians everywhere told Interviewers that what they like about the New Deal is this

The W, P. A. and the A, A. A, the poll shows, are scored by the greatest number of students as the most successful of all the alphabetical agencies. Failure of the administration to solve unemployment is the greatest shortcoming of the New Deal, one out of seven (15 per rent) believe. Approve CCC, NYA. Socia1 Security

the New Deal, college students sanctioned Uncle Uncle’s assumption of social guardianship. But comparison of those figures with the survey published today shows increased concen-tration of approval on the C. C. C-, N, Y. A., and social security. Following are this percentages:

At the last meeting of the International Relations Club. November 22, Dr, J Willard Hershey spoke on the subject. "Cooperation of the Different Countries in the Field of Science."He discussed the question of whether totalitarian states have any advantages over democracies In the matter of scientific development.

Although the nations at war cannot devote as much time to science as the other nations can, some progress is being made, and the warring nations are willing to cooperate with the United States in this field Dr. Hershey spoke of the recognition which McPherson college has received In different parts of the world be-cause of the advances made here In the chemistry department.

supervisor, traveled an Interesting journey to Portland. Oregon, and back last mouth. Hitchhiking all the way there, he returned by other modes of travel.

Ho tried travel bureaus (now be knows the difference between the good and the had ones), besides going by bus part of the way. Groff saw six wrecked cars between Salt Lake City and Denver. where three different collisions had taken place within a few miles of each other about the same time.

Menomonic. Wis.— (ACP)— Opening a cooperative boarding house on an experimental basis, 50 students at Stout Institute found their food expense in the first week averaged only 15.4 cents a meal.

One of the group does all of the buying and the others are assigned cleanup tasks. The cook receives 50 cents a week from each member

Saving time on crowded schedules is an Important feature of the cooperative, members report At one meal recently the men were served, the food was eaten and the dining hall and kitchen were cleaned In an elapsed time of 25 minutes.

The men's varsity debate teams of McPherson college tied for first with four other colleges in a five-state forensic tournament held last week end at Southwestern college, Winfield.

The Bulldog debaters tied with Omaha, Ada Teachers. Pittsburg Teachers and Kansas State In a tournament In which 30 men’s trams participated. Each of the five schools won six out of eight debates In the tournament.

The McPherson teams were made up of Don Newkirk and Dale Stucky and Ernest Peterson and Wayne Gei-sert.

The McPherson College women’s debate teams won two out of eight debates. The local women debaters were Maxine Ruehlen. Kathleen Bra-baker. Lucile Horner and Betty Dean Burger.

The five states represented at the tournament ware Kansas. Nebraska. Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas

At the tournament. Dr. D, W. Bittinger, McPherson college debate coach. was elected executive secretary of the Kansas Intercollegiate Debating League which is the circuit In Kansas In which the local debaters take part.

Edwina Eustis, mezzo-soprano. presenting a regular program of 17 numbers and In addition 10 encores, drew rounds of applause from an appreciative audience Tuesday night at the Cooperative Concert group's second concert of the year, held at the high school auditorium. Miss Eustis presented her program with Verve and animation, keeping the au-dience’s attention throughout each number.

Particularly enjoyed were Schubert's "Ave Maria.” two selections from Bizet's "Carmen," and the "Viennese Love Song." by Kreisler. Many of the numbers were sung in English and encores included the pop-ular selection. "All The Things You Are." ''Homing." and Brahms’ "Waltz".

Miss Eustis accompanist, Pablo Miquel, presented two piano numbers, "luvocation” and "Malaguena," and followed with an encore by Debussy. The third and last of the concerts will be presented January 23 wih Randolph Hokinson. popular young Swedish pianist

Based on the first nine weeks of school, statistics were compiled concerning class at tendance and honor points here. The statistics were released this week by Dr. J. W. Boitnott, dean of the college

According to the compilation, the average grade earned by a college student here is C plus. The senior class led the other classes by obtaining a 1.74 honor point average (low B), while the Juniors had 1.54, the sophomores had 1.53. and the freshmen bad 1.17.

Freshman Attend Classes Best Students missed a total of 1049 classes the first nine weeks. The jun-iors missed 302 classes, giving them 95.9 percent perfect attendance of their classes. The sophomores missed 301 classes but had 97 percent per-fet attendance, while the seniors

When a man pays a state tax without grumbling. It's news, but when a man waits six and a half hours In the wee hours of a cold night from 1:30 to 8:00—Just to pay a $4 fee— it is little short of sensational

Exactly that happened here In McPherson county, with several men lining up before dawn In an attempt to purchase the earliest

"Mountains of Vision" was the theme of the Wednesday morning chapel program lead by Dr. Burton Metzler The program made use of the worship service found In the New Hymnal for American Youth, Twenty-five new copies of this hymnal were distributed.

The service consisted of responsive reading, hymns, and hymns sung by the chapel choir. The substance of the theme may be summarized in the words of our hymn which was sung: Good Father, we thy children pray For light and guidance on Use way. Reveal thy truth and give to each Thy blessing of the upward reach.

Last season. Delmar Byron, blonde CBS actress, was the famous bathtub girl In the road company of “The Women.” She sat In a tub on stage, under the protective screen of soap suds whipped up from a special "bub-ble powder” by a blower machine connected with the tub.

One night the machine stopped working In the middle of her scene. As bubbles burst, no new bubbles replaced them, and Delmar's soapy quilt began to shrink. She slipped lower and lower in the tub, At the crucial moment, the machine started up again. The foam billowed around her Just in time.

Miss Margaret Ablidgaard. city librarian, will present some Christmas readings at the B. Y. P D. meeting next Sunday evening. Bernetta

missed only 213 classes and had 96.9 percent perfect attendance. The reason for this was that the sophomores take more classes than the seniors.

Missing only 333 classes, the fresh-men had the best percentage of class attendance 98.5 percent. Fifty-three freshmen missed no class, with a total or only 82 students having perfect attendance.

These figures have be practical statistical significance, except to point out that the seniors have the beat academic record, the freshman have the lowest academic record but the best attendance record, and that the average grade for Macollege students is a strong C plus. Perhaps class attendance and academic honors vary inversely, as shown by this com-pliation but no statistical signfici-cance can be laid to this claim.

Fayette. Mo. —(ACP)—One of the oldest college rivalries In Missouri has come to an end with announcement by officials of Central college, Fayette, and Missouri Valley college, Marshall, that all relations have been severed.

The action was a result of painting raids carried on by students of both schools. A sandblaster had to be used to remove paint stains from some of the Missouri Valley buildings.

Aurora. N. Y.—(ACP)—The toughest part in staging this play was getting together for rehearsals.

The play. Shaw's "Arms and the Man." contained female roles, so Hamilton College students called on Wells College for help. The girls agreed 10 participate, but the boys would have to do the traveling. Six boys in the show did.

They made five 200-mile round trips from Hamilton college at Clinton. N. Y. to rehearse with the girls at Aurora.

The action centers around Martin Vanderhof and his household. Each member of this lovable family goes about the business of living In the fullest sense of the word. The average person undoubtedly thinks them mildly insane, but this opinion would not bother Grandpa and the Sycamores in the least. The family lives blissfully ignorant of responsibility.

Grandpa collects snakes—and a few other things: penny has the Divine Urge to create a dramatic masterpiece; her husband makes fireworks In the basement; and her daughter Is a "promising” ballet dancer. Each goes happily on his chosen way until Penny's younger daughter begins dining every evening with the boss’ son. Then the fireworks really begin.

Paul Sycamore in the person of Paul Dannelley makes the fireworks, while his daughter Essie, Margaret Davis, Is torn between becoming a dancer and making candy, Jean Oberst is Alice Sycamore and the boss' son is played by Clifford Schapansky. Raymond Slifer is the Ice man who stayed sight years. Other outstanding members of the Thespian Club make up the remainder of the cast.

"You Can't Take It With You" was a Broadway hit with Henry Travers and Josephine Hull in the leading roles, A successful movie has been made of the stage show, in addition the play has enjoyed outstanding success on tour and is a favorite of dramatic clubs and Little Theatre groups.

Claxton Helms, assistant librarian, reviewed the book, "Commonwealth or Anarchy" In the World Affairs Commission meeting Tuesday morn-ing. This book on the International Relations Club shelf in the library is a gift of the Carnegie Peace Foundation and discusses the four big peace project a of the last four centuries.

These Include: (1) the great design of Henry IV. (2) the peace In 1713 after the wars of Louis XIV, (3) the Holy Alliance of Alexander I, and (4) the League of Nations, This book written in 1937 by a British author attempts to show the peace emphasis In history, rather than making any attempt at reformation.

Next week's meeting or the World Affairs Comission will be a study of Cooperatives as they are used In Sweden and In the U. S at the present time.

The Methodist Leagues of McPherson County will meet for a county rally at Lindsborg Sunday evening, It was announced by Alma Bretchus. president of the local league. It will be a covered dish supper The local leagues will meet at the Methodist church at 5:30 o'clock to Journey together to Lindsborg.

There will be no services for the Young Peoples League in McPherson, College students are cordially Invited to accompany the local young people to the County League Rally at Lindsborg.

Why Do We Give Fifth Columnists. Propagandists Diplomatic Immunity?

When Hitler says, "America cannot count in this war," it is not merely an idle boast. In the World War I, two gentlemen-amateurs, with no previous organization and with meager funds were in charge of sabotage here and 34 factories ware bombed, six railroad terminals and utilities were knocked out, and 36 freight ships were blown up.

In World War II., der Fuehrer and his associates have built up a detailed organization to paralyze America, should she enter the war. With an all-time high in effrontery, Hitler (a abusing diplomatic immunity, the traditional policy of the State Department.

Diplomats have traditionally behaved with great circumspection, in return for their privileges of diplomatic immunity, but Hitler's supreme disregard for convention and international decency has placed his chief spies, saboteurs and their files beyond interference here in America.

In the last three years German diplomatic representation has trebled here, although German-American trade is now almost nonexistent and consular duties are supposedly confined to "aiding their nationals in traveling and business.” The ques-tion has been asked, "What are these consuls with their enlarged staffs up to?"

Grounds for suspicion are augmented when several German diplomats take up residence in America, having escaped from Canada or other nations at war with Germany today. One German consul has offered subsidies to American universities if they will remove anti-Nazi professors. In addition, this consul has warned American businessmen that Germany will not trade with them if they continue to hid England now.

Some of the highest officials of the German-American Bund are accredited diplomats, therefore immune from any police power here. The Bund has successfully resisted giving up any roster or financial records, since they are kept nt the consulates.

Outright propagandists are also protected by our policy of giving foreign envoys diplomatic immunity. The Nazi government has issued visas to "educators of repute, from whose teachings America will benefit.” The German Library of Information, with a mailing record of over 3,000,000 items since the war began, is a branch of the German Embassy in Washington, and when the German Library of Information was in danger (a New York court had cited it for failing to register as a business), the German Embassy in Washington hurriedly certified that “the library's staff—over 30 men—are all employes of the Embassy, and thus immune to American law.”

In the face of these facts, it seems foolish to continue our traditional policy of giving all foreign ministers to the United Stales (and their employees) immunity from our police power. Some would suggest the complete breaking of diplomatic relations with any country which abused its privileges so, but others would fear war as a result of such a step. At any rate, ardent fifth columnists should not be immune from our police power, regardless of their political attachments to foreign countries.

Editor's Note— Albert Grzesinski, author of “Inside Europe,” has had an Insider's seat from which he saw the Nazi machine built up In Germany and throughout Europe. He writes a revealing article In Current History amd Forum, November 26, 1940.

One of the things that grieves me sorely is people's reaction to words and their use of words. And for that reason, those of yon who choose to read this retains will have to suffer through a gripe session.

Point one in this little tirade Is that the definition of a word Is s purely arbitrary thing and is deter-solely by usage. For example. It makes not one whit of difference whether we Jet the complex atmospheric disturbances produced by the proper concatenation of vocal tech-piques and commonly symbolized In English willing by the letters H-O-U-S E to mean a dwelling or a ruminant quadruped which is commonly labelled as C-O-W, The point, that I am trying to make In my feeble way Is that words are merely atmospheric disturbances and as such are merely labels for some very real physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual things which are called the referent of the word label.

Realizing what words are, we can readily we that there is absolutely no a priori basis for determining which label shall be attached to any specific referent. The fallacy of a priori determination is clearly seen In the remark of the little girl who said, “Pigs are rightly named, be-cause they are such dirty animals".

The next point, and one that follows very naturally, Is that any specific referent remains unchanged, regardless of the label you attach to it. Let us presume that we have a sod house sitting out In the middle of a field. It is 10xl5x8 and has a thatched roof. Regardless of whether we apply the label of hut, hovel, shack, shanty, Igloo, barn, mansion, horse, cow, dog, stinkbomb, or pitchfork, It Is still sod with a thatched roof, and is 10x15x8. The referent remains the same. The name calling technique of disposing of a problem is of Interest at this point. Whan a person doesn’t like something, he simply gives it a name distasteful to his mind and thinks that sullies the problem, but nothing Is further from the truth. A mere label doesn’t change the problem.

Nowhere is this more strikingly illustrated than In the little rhyme that we all chanted In childhood: “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me".

Merely applying a distasteful label to a referent doesn’t In any way alter or dispose of the referent, and

conversely, merely applying labels that please doesn't raise the intrinsic value of the referent. Shakespeare In hus Incomparable style had this to say about the matter, " Tis too much proven, that by honeyed words we can sugar over the devil himself".

The next point to bo dealt with Is the confusion resulting from ambiguous definition of the same word, or in more precise terms, applying the same label to two or more referents, and the attaching of several labels to the same referent. Some of the Obvious examples of courses are "When, block-berries are green, they are, red", all of the variations of fast, etc. The differences of these are readily palpable, and do not needelucidation, but the ones that give trouble are the labels for vague, difficultly defined understandings, qualities. morales, connotations, factors e pluribus unam. etc.

Let us look at an example: One man says he Is building a new home and that it Is costing him $10,000, His friend says. "Oh no, you aren’t; you are building a house. You can't build a home with mere lucre. A home is more than a dwelling; a home , is the love of a family, the patter of little feet across the linoleum, calming grandpa about the younger generation, etc, etc "

“Both of you are wrong", says a third man. “Home is the territory, where the sights and smells are

where your clan lives, where people speak your lingua materna”. and here he whistles a few bars from ’ San Francisco" to prove his contention.

Which man was right? Obviously all three were right. Whose definition should be accepted for the moment? The first man's of course, for he as the narrator has the right to define his terms as he wishes for the duration of the discourse, and the other two should endeavor to translate what he says In terms of his definitions.

To facilitate tills definition has been largely standardised, and the standard definition should be used whenever possible. For example, hat commonly means the part of clothing that is worn on the head, and cow generally means a female ruminant quadruped domesticated for purposes of obtaining milk, meat, and leather. But In case of ambiguous defin-ition. the first person, to Introduce the term has the right to his definition.

More important to Americans this week Is the recent statement by Avila Camacho. President-elect of Mexico, to the effect that the unity of the Americas is of supreme Importance to him. The United States sent vice-president-elect Henry A. Wallace to add recognition to the ceremony. Wallace figuratively was rotten-egg-ed by the opposing Mexican faction which added a note of discord to the unifying inaugural speech.

In conclusion we wish Pres. Roosevelt a pleasant fishing trip in the vicinity of his newly acquired possessions in the Caribbean.

Magazine Articles of Interest

Tomlinson, H. M. “England Under Fire”, Atlantic Monthly. 166:732. December, 1940.

| Trueblood, D. E. ‘The Quaker

"To say that football is a part of physical education is absurd. Those who play are Dot the ones needing phy sical development. Most players come to college with muscles of iron and shoulders like Grecian wrestlers. Many are already over-developed end need nothing no much as a good long rest. To justify the game for its ad-vertising is unworthy. Any institution which needs football to advertise it had better close its doors."

So says Ralph Cooper Hutchison, president of Washington and Jefferson college. Viewed superficially, the above might be considered an attack upon football itself, but President Hutchison goes on to point out the value of football in integrating the campus emotionally, a task neglected in our higher education.

Neither does President Hutchison attack subsidization of football players, saying, “Subsidisation was from the

first inevitable." But the attack is against the “almost universal dishonesty of players, coaches and college officials concerning football."

Honesty is the supreme problem. Our colleges and universities should be the source of our social morality and idealism. From these institutions are hurled thunderbolts at the corruptions of politics and the dishonesties of business. But what right do professors and college presidents have to denounce the deceits of others while afraid to expose their own evasions especially in athletics?

“College presidents and faculties must evade the is-sue no longer. The time is ripe for lifting football to a higher plane. Players should be openly given their necessary college expenses. Their pay, subsidies and jobs should be fully published. Thus the college game would at least he brought up to the moral level now maintained by professional football and baseball in other words, football should be 'taken in' and its importance recognized. Its emotional benefits should be used as a part of our educational experience. In brief, the old flag of football needs to be unfurled, placed on the ramparts and waved—honestly.

Editor's Note—In a plea to make football respectable. President Ralph Cooper Hutchison writes in the Gamboiler. published by the undergraduates of Washington and Jefferson college. Washington. Pa. The article was con-densed and published in the latest issue of the Readers Digest.

Hear we are back after a big Thanksgiving vacation. We sure had our fill of the turkey too. We noticed they even had turkey In the dining hall Monday, there were three girls that had the honor of eating turkey at Linville's table, two were his cousins and the other—well, you guess why she was there? We hear that Finfrock would rather stay in Mac than go home for Thanksgiving. We wonder what the big attraction Is here?

Well, what is this I hear—Boots

or Booties? They tell me either one | will keep your feet warm in cold weather. Those gals must be from the wild west—ski boots and cow

boots.

This surely couldn't mean Ovell or Betty? Have you noticed that Wiggle and Dobbin have been keeping the parlor busy lately?

“The way to a man's heart is

Rev. Earl Frantz, pastor of the Ivester Church of the Brethren. and president of the board of trustees Of McPherson college, planned the reunion of former McPherson college and Mount Morris college students. The meeting was held at the lvester church near Grudny Center. Iowa, last Friday.

Those appearing on the program from McPherson wore Dr, V. F. Schwalm, Professor R. E. Mohler. Eugene Lichty, and the recording that the student body made In chapel last week. This is now a permanent or-ganization, and a similar meeting is being planned for next year.

A McPherson college reunion is scheduled for December 16 in Chica-go,

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Kingsley of Smolan, Kansas, were Thanksgiving visitors In McPherson. They were at the home of Mrs. Kingsley's parents, the Henry Nordlings.

Linda Sharyl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Larson, was born November 24 In this city.

Fahnestock Folly

| By an Inmate

My bow time doth fly! Only two more Specs ‘till Xmas! Incidentally, have you done your Xmas shopping yet? Me neither! So what; who cares? After all we’re only young once. What you put off ’till tomorrow probably should have been done

the day before and us Jefferson, or Socrates, or Forney, or somebody says, "Better never than late."

So what’s the hurry? Eat. drink, and ruin your liver, see if I care. Wonder how much this stuff I can get away with before the editor toss-es the column in the waste basket where it should be?

| Personals

Ardys Metz of Worthington. Minnesota, spent last week visiting friends in McPherson,

Miss Colline. Professor and Mrs. M. A. Hess and Pauline, Mrs, Holzemer and Mary Jo were Wichita visi-tors on Friday.

Wesley DeCoursey, who Is enrolled at Iowa State In Ames, Iowa, and Verda Grove, who teaches at Tescott, spent Thanksgiving vacation visting friends in McPherson.

Virginia Kerlin, Lucile Wade, and Gladys Wiggins spent the vacation in Geneseo visiting Gladys parents.

Avis Elliott, Harold Flory, Wesley DeCoursey and Verda Groves were Wichita visitors Thanksgiving evening.

Bob Burkholder spent the vaca-tion visiting Bob Brust at His home In Claflin.

Rollin Wanamaker spent the vacation at his home in Waterville. Kan.

Calvin Janes and Alice Lindgren spent Thanksgiving Day at the George Jones home in Pretty Prairie

Ruth Stump and S. G Hoover spent the vacation In Perryington, Texas, at Ruth's home.

Lena Belle Olwin spent the vaca-tion days with Bernetta Denny at her home in Hope.

Shirley Spohn, Vesta Vannorsdel, Rowena Wampler. Lyle Albright. Dill Burger, and Russell Eisenbise were, on a deputation trip in Kansan and Missouri during vacation

Kirk Naylor and Mickey Miller spent the vacation visiting In Raymond and Osborne,

Ruth Smith spent the vacation. at her home in Topeka.

Mary Spessard spent the holidays with her parents In Nickerson

Sally Olwin spent the vacation visiting with Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne York at Navarre.

Betty Schwalm Visited in McCloud and Topeka during the vacation.

Margaret Hamm went home with Edith Spengler of Wichita for the vacation.

Mr and Mrs. Amos of independ-ence. Kansas, announce thr engagement of their daughter, Evlyn, to Mr. Dohn Miller.

Calvin Jones and Alice Lindgren were Wichita visitors on Sunday.

Mary Jo Holzemer and Jack E. Day enjoyed a belated Thanksgiving dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Day's on Sunday.

Boh Cook spent Thanksgiving vaca-tion with his parents In Sidney, Iowa.

Mary Ruth Herr spent the vacation with her parents In Navarre.

Dorris Dome was a visitor In Wichita. Hutchinson, and Newton during the vacation.

Betty Clark and Glenn Funk spent the vacation at their homes In Conway Springs.

It anybody sees a cowboy running around In his stocking feet they can blame It on Betty “Boots" Clark. Upon seeing Betty in her boots and “highpockets" Wanamaker In his beautiful plaid shirt it lends such a western atmosphere to the campus that one almost expects to see a covered wagon or a smoke signal on the horizon.

Without a doubt the most optic stirring sight that has befallen the campus since above-the-knees-or-higher skirts and bobbed hair became common-place are Squeak Meyer's magnificent maroon cordoroy trousers. They feature beauty and color beyond comparison plus super durability. no-rip seams, shrink-proof fab-ric. non-fade color, and non-wrinkle creases Mamma buy me two of those to I can lick the paint off of one.

Perhaps If vs Just don't say anything about Harriet "Sierra Sue's” very red half-socks she will catch on and In the future use them only for fireplace ornaments on Xmas eve.

Thumbs up was the theme over the Thanksgiving vacation as many of old Fan nay's populants thumbed their way about Kansas and the adjacent slates, trusting In their good looks and the good heartedness of the auto-driving public to deliver them on the wings of fortune to their respective homes, where they dined on the popular fowl of the season (If you like chicken), gave the home-town girls a break, drove the family car, and basked In the glory of a returning conquerer, or was it the prodigal son?

Prexy Likes Trailerhouses

Columbus, Ohio —(ACP) — When the new president of South Dakota State college reaches Brookings with his family about Jan. 1. they probably will have a trailer with them.

For Dr. Lyman E. Jackson, new Junior dean of Ohio State university college of agriculture and president-elect of South Dakota State, hopes presidential dignity won’t make it necessary for them to give up the trailer trips they have enjoyed in recent years.

The Jacksons—father, mother, and two children—have been in the habit at slipping off with their trailer for weekends of beating and fishing

"On Wisconsin ' Was Composed For Minnesota University

Madison. Wis.— (ACP)—The famous college song, "On Wisconsin" was originally written for the University of Minnesota,

Hard-pressed for money, William T. Purdy composed the tune to compete for a $1,000 prizw offered by the University of Minn-esota for a new football song When Carl Deck of New York, a friend of Purdy, heard It. he wrote the words and persuaded Purdy to give it to the Univer-sity of Wisconsin Instead.

the eve of the Wisconsin Minnesota game in 1909, “On Wisconsin" was an immediate hit. Since then it, has been adapted, with changes of words, by num-erous colleges throughout the United States.

When Purdy died in poverty In 1918, Wisconsin Alumni and friends gave $2,500 to his family. Laier the state provided schol-arship at the University for the composer’s two children.

" Rah, rah. 'rah—Linville” This was the cheer which echoed through out the dining hall when Wilbur gave second floor dorm boys a big turkey feed. After they had assailed the bird, the boys pulled their stomachs and sat back to gaze at the bare bones, 'Everyone had a good time, including Kathleen Brubaker and Betty Bur-ger. who were special guests.

After a wonderful dinner Thanks-giving Day. students of the dining hall shouted ‘Cook, cook'” Mrs. Shirk emerged from the kitchen, blushing modestly, and said. "Well. If It's about the beans—you're going to have them next week.”

At the demonstration for a formal dinner but Monday night, someone was sitting near the piano end only a pair of feet could be seen by part of the audience. When one of the students asked who on the campus wore size thirteen shoes. Bill Gahm piped up. "Size thirteen shoes? Don't you know the Queen Mary when yon see her?”

Concerning the recent Kansas election. Professor Hess thinks that ab-sentees make the heart grow fonder: Shy "Blue" Myers modestly says that he Is the best ping-pong player in school Professor Mohler has stopped giving oyster shells to his chickens because the old hens became so busy looking for pearls that they had no time to lay eggs: Lyle Albright and Dick Burger hasten on the holiday season by having a Christmas wreath and candle In the. window. Burn the candle all you like. boys, the electricity Is on the house.

Quotation of the month—-"Where to pay how much for how many of which kind of what to give to whom?"

wish that the ladies who are in the audience—-and I mean the coeds, too —would remember to remove those "season' newest sensation" during the play.

Cobina- Say. that's a statement I sanction wholeheartedly! I remember from one of last year's Thespian entertainment how exasperated my date became when the dramatic flared brim directly in front of him persist-ed in obstructing his view from the most rapid moving scenes fo the play.

Brenda—it's a little wonder that the "ed*" are prone to ridicule our fashion-conscious endeavors.

Cobina- Let's hope that the girls, wear their halo hats to the play. as well as concerts and other enter-tainments down town, but when the lights go out. that can be the cue for“hats off".

Can You Imagine—

Wal l Was Just Alhinkin'

Wal I wus Jus athinkin what with election over an all frens are on speakin terms again we should talk about somthin else for a while to sorta take our minds ofa politicks, one thing we cud sorto talk about Is this here conscripshun. It shore must be a fine thing because all the peepyl are talk In about. It and It Is second to

My grandpa sez he didn't believe he wood ever like to be a soljer. He sez a soljer boy only gits to see a bunch of pretty gals while a feller in granpaz occupatshun has got a chance to become real well acquainted with some pretty gal and maybe marry her if she loves him enough.

He sez there wuz another reason and that wuzsomethin he heard about an army cook one time. Grandpa sezs a soljer once told him that he slipped Inter a cook's tent while a dust storm wuz goin on.

He sezs the lid on the soup kettle wuz about haf way on an there wuz dirt, dust and rocks an everything else blowing into the soup. He sezs

the soljer kalled the cooks attention to It and the cook got kinds mad and sez, see here my lad your busziness is serve your country.

Your right, my business is to serve my country, the soljer ansered, but not to eat It. Gradpa sezs If all army cooks are like that one wuz, the world is liable to be et up, consider-ian how many soljers there are In the world to-day.

Johnnie: I hate to scare you, but papa said that If I didn't get better grades, someone is due a licking.

Coach Hayden met with the Intramural committed, which is composed of the class presidents and ironed out the details for the program. Plans were mode for a ping-pong tournament to he held beginning next week, Everyone interested In entering this tourney is requested to let Coach Hayden know and the brackets will be posted early next week. If enough Interest is shown In mixed doubles. a bracket will be drawn up far it.

A volley ball elimination tournament for which night teams have already been entered, will also he begun as early as possible. The teams which have been planned for are the three floors of the Fahnestock hall, with the men of Kline hall Included In the third floor squad, a Co-op team, the Elyria team, a College Hill squad, and squads picked of those living In "East McPherson and West McPherson. The captains are already being chosen for the teams, and the tournament will soon be In full swing.

Anyone who does not came under the "Jurisdiction” of any single team may Join any he desires. A mixed team for volley ball will also be given a chance In the program.

After the Christmas season is past, a regular basketball league is being planned for. By then the varsity squad will have been definitely picked, and anyone not Included In the Squad will be given an opportunity to play. Intramurals will be continued throughout the school year

Let Bulldogs Bark

Jan

To Start Intramurals

Everyone on Macampus is enthusi-

W-A-A- Hon Athletes Play

Phi Beta Kappa Has First Woman President

Northampton. Mass—(ACP)—Phi Beta Kappa, national honor scholas-

All Conference Center

Cage Squad Is Promising

By Dean Stucky, Sports Editor

Basketball Schedule

Dec, 9- ElDorado JC, there,

Dec. 14—EIDodaro JC, here. Dec, 18— Ottawa, here,

Dec. 20 Hays Teachers, there,

10—Friends, them.

15- Bethany. there,

Jan, 18—Kansas Wesleyan, here. Jan 31 Bethel, here.

Feb 4—Baker, here.

Fob. 6- Kansas Wesleyan, there. Fob. 12—Ottawa, there.

Feb. 14—Bethany here.

Feb, 19 C of E.. here.

Feb. 24—Baker, there.

Feb. 25—C, of E„ there.

Mar. 1—Hays Teachers, here.

Dartmouth student In higher mathematics find their exams tough —but far from dull.

Two questions, propounded by Prof. Bancroft drown, baffled and amused them. They were:

"In the game of shooting craps, the caster rolls two dice and wins If (a) the sum be 7, or 11. (b) If the sum be 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,

10 and If this same sum reappears before seven is ever seen.

To obviate the odds against the caster, a dishonest caster employs two dice, one true and the other so loaded that a certain number always appears on the top. What should this number be In order to give him the maximum advantage/"

The second question was given to test the future actuaries' knowledge of the calendar:

An ordinary monthly calendar for the leap year 1940 is hung In a western bar-room On an unspecified day of the week January 7-13 a cowboy enters the bar-room, draws out his revolver. and shoots the date, the bullet passing through all 12 sheets. What Is the probability that the sum of the numbers punctured is odd?"

Send answers to Professor Brown. Dartmouth college. Hanover. N. H. Too may be right at that! — (ACP).

Six Lettermen Will ..

Be Nucleus Of

Basketball Team

Prospects for a successful season of basketball this year are very promising, with a large amount of material reporting to the new McPherson college mentor. Practices have indicated that Coach Hayden will have a large amount of reserve material, with six lettermen returning.

Coach Hayden tentatively cut his basketball team down to twenty-one men during practice hours Tuesday afternoon. The squad this year so far In one of the tallest which the college has had In years and contains nine freshmen thus far. Later this season the squad will be cut to about fifteen boys and thin squad will not be made smaller.

The lettermen who have returned to the squad this year are Arthur

Schubert. Calvin Jones. Dubby Brunt. Raymond Meyer, Rollin Wanamaker. Kirk Naylor has again made his appearance on the floor after a two-year absence. The squad so far has nine freshmen They arc Junior French. Lee Unruh. Milo Unruh. Richard Prentice. Thornton McDan-ials. Larry Lowber. Merle Fisfrock. Warren Sies and Clone Wilber-

Junior French, Lee Unruh, and Thornton McDaniels are the three freshman who have been outstanding In practice sessions no fur this season. "Duke" Holmes will not be eligible for competition until the second semester. and the team will be strength-ed with his return. Russell Reinecker. Eddie Leonard, Kenneth Thomp-son, and Bob McKenzie round out the squad,

Hard To Work Way Thru College

Five-Year Study Made By Prof. A. C, Payne Of Indiana College

Terre Haute. Ind-—(ACPI—Working one's way through college it sealer sold than done, according to Prof. A. C. Payne of Indiana Bute Teachers' College.

Nearly one-half the high school graduates eager to "work their way through" are unable to find employment and therefore never continue their education. Dr. Payne reported after a five-year study.

Profeasor Payne, a faculty director of the National Youth administration at Indiana Stale, sought to learn how many prospective freshmen denied NYA employment rail to attend college anywhere. The study Indicates that the percentage of non-attendance In college among those denied employment Is Increasing. In 1937 it was 46.7 per cent, in 1938 It was 43.1, and last year the figure rose to 55.4 per cent.

These findings dispute the belief

Let No Dog Bark-

Henry Speaks For I.R.C.

Honesty Is Problem? Colleges Should Be Source Of Social Morality, Ideals

Prexy Likes Trailerhouses

"On Wisconsin ' Was Composed For Minnesota University

Can You Imagine—

Wal l Was Just Alhinkin'

Ping-Pong Tournament Begins Next Week; Volley ball Later

Professor Has Tough, But Interesting Exam

"Mac Got Gyped"

"Squeak” Picked Unanimously

Six Lettermen Will ..

Be Nucleus Of

Basketball Team

Co-eds That Can't Wink

Five Bulldogs Mentioned

Tall Squad This Year

Hard To Work Way Thru College

Five-Year Study Made By Prof. A. C, Payne Of Indiana College