College Host To International Relations Conference

Psychology Prof. Hired

It's A Date

Major In Department Offered Next Year

Recently it was learned that McPherson College will have the distinct honor of welcoming Professor Anne E. Royer to its faculty staff next year. Professor Royer will perform duties as Head of the Department of Psychology. It will be the first time that McPherson College students will have the privilege of majoring in Psychology.

Graduating from Hurst High School.

Mt. Pleasant. Pa.. Profes- sor Royer

entered Juniata College, where she received an A. B. in English. In 1942, she acquired

March 14, 15, 16. International Relations Conference.

March 14, 7:30. State Anti-To bacco Oratorical Contest, here.

March 18, Piano Recital, Miss Mugler’s Students.

March 21. Stunt Night.

Mar. 22, State Debate Tourua ment, Salina.

March 22, State Peace Contest, Salina.

March 22, W. A. A. Banquet.

April 16, McPherson College Players Production.

April 18, Booster Banquet.

Players Select None So Blind

Play By Monty Ash To Be Given April 16

Kansas And Oklahoma Students Meet To Study World Problems

State Contest

Stucky Orates For McPherson in Contest

Bayard Rustin

an M. A. in Psychology from the Ohio State University. She has received specialized training at West Chester State College. Oklahoma A. and M. College, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.

Professor Royer has gained much professional experience in connection with clinical and school psychology, as well as individual psychological experimentation. This invalubale experience will undoubtedly prove a very worthy addition to the faculty of McPherson College,

Miss Royer will be coming to McPherson College at considerable personal sacrifice. Her salary here will be slightly more than half what she is receiving in her present position.

McPherson College will be host to the state anti-tobacco oratorical contest this evening at 7:30. A business meeting will precede the contest at 6:45. Each school is supposed to bring two judges who will judge all orations but those presented by their own school.

Three schools will participate, Central. McPherson, and Bethel. Don Joy will speak as representative from Central. Aaron Epp will come from Bethel, and Carl Stucky will represent McPherson.

Three prizes of $35.00, $25.00, and $15.00, will be presented to the first, second, and third placers respectively. These prizes are being offered by Dr. Fields of McPherson.

McPherson has had an entry in the state contest every year since 1918.

Bayard Rustin, of New York, noted for his work in inter-racial and inter-cultural clinics, now field secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation will conduct a direct action techniques workshop Saturday afternoon. He will also speak Saturday night following the dinner on ‘'Security For All of Us?” and give the closing address Sunday afternoon on ‘‘World Security Is Possible—If”.

“None So Blind," a play written by Monty Ash of McPherson Kansas, will be presented as the second semester major production of the McPherson College Players on April 16.

The story is built around the lives of Pegs and Jim. two young people just turning eighteen. The play begins just before Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Pegs and Jim are idealists, he dreaming of becoming a famous architect and she a great doctor.

Jim is called to war. Through a series of dream sequences, his innermost thoughts on patriotism and race relations are revealed. When he comes back blind, his dream has to be changed.

The play is very well written with clever humor interspersed to relieve tense dramatic moments.

The Personnel Committee has approved March 28 as the date for the formal banquet of the McPherson College Players. Committees have been chosen and plans are in full swing.

Deputation Teams Present Programs

McPherson College will be host to the Third Annual Student Institute on International Problems, March 14, 15, 16. This Conference which is for Kansas and Northern Oklahoma college students is being sponsored by the Institute of International Relations representing the American Friends Service Committee which has an office at Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. Registration starts today at 4:30. Everyone is invited to attend.

Speakers at Conference

For twelve years a New York Times correspondent in Stockholm, Alma Luise Olson of Linds-borg will lecture on ‘‘The United Nations’ Stake in World Secur-

Communion Service

On Tuesday night at 6:45 at the Church of the Brethren, the Student Ministers of McPherson College held their annual communion service. Carl Zigler presided at the service and Reverend DeWitt Miller gave a brief talk. The communion proved interesting and inspirational to all those attending.

Stunt Night Next Friday

Stunt Night will be held on Friday. March 21. All organizations who plan to enter should begin their plans immediately. The Social Committee is planning to have a meeting today to decide upon definite plans. Look for future announcements, and plan your entry now.

Nicholson and Jarboe Appointed To Quartet

Vernon Nicholson and Kenneth Jarboe were lately appointed to maintain positions in the College Varsity Male Quartet. Nicholson will serve as base for the quartet, while Jarboe will he second tenor. Don Guthals and Hobart Hull will fill vacancies left in the A Cap-pella Choir, by Byron Fisher and Kenneth Graham.

Chapel Monday morning was opened with the singing of the College Song led by Lucy Blough. The opening number was followed by the singing of two numbers “Summertime” and “Rockabye Baby” by the Ladies Varsity Quartette. Miss Lehman gave a reading on football.

The main part of the program was followed by the awarding of the football letters to this year’s earners of them by Dr. Peters. The football lettermen who received letters were: Russell Rein-ecker, Donald Unruh, James Brust, Carroll Tillman. Bernard Lounsbury, Marvin Meats. Verlyn Fisher. Russell Barr. Louis Rogers, Francis Markham, Willard Hopkins, Charles Lewis, Orville Buckingham, Vernon Blickenstaff, Robert Lowe, Melvin Kessler, Donald Van Dorn, and Gene Rein-ecker. The two managers receiving letters were Wayland Webb and Irvin Wolf.

Three deputation teams were sent from the college this last week end. The College Men’s quartet went to Panora. Iowa, and Lincoln, Nebraska. This quartet is composed of Kent Naylor. Russell Jarboe, Robert Keim, and Ronald Moyer.

The Varsity Women’s quartet sang at the Lone Star Church, Kansas. This quartet includes Esther Miller, Jo B. Brooks. Lucy Blough, and Doris Coppock.

The third deputation went to Morrill, Kansas. Those who participated were Dr. Bechtel, Orren Wolfe. Barbara Holderread. June Landes, and Ruth Holsopple.

Olsons Purchase Home

Preparations are being made by Professor and Mrs. O. A. Olson to move into their newly purchased home. The house is located at 1 60 4 Gordon Street and. was erected last summer. It is an attractive one-story structure, with a basement apartment. This is the first home that the Olsons have owned and they are very happy and anxious to move in. As far as they know it will serve as their permanent home.

Poster

Offers

Alina Luise Olson

ity.” Miss Olson has attended-the recent meetings of the United Nations in New York and has written for a number of the periodicals States among which is The Christian Science Monitor, and newspapers in the United Floyd Q. Davidson, Wichita

“Directives For World Security" is the theme for the three-day conference to which have been invited three outstanding speakers—Bayard Rustin of Now York, noted for his work in interracial and inter-cultural clinics; Alma Luise Olson of Lindsborg, a New York Times correspondent in Stockholm, and Floyd Q. Davidson. Wichita Congregational-Christian minister.

Other features of the program will be a round table discussion on the subject “World Security As We Saw It" by persons just returned from Europe. Participating will be Jean Francisco, of K. U., Tal Hiebert. of Bethel College, James Elrod, regional director of the Brethren Service Committee office at McPherson College, Sam Goering. recently returned from a year’s direction of the Mennon-ite Central Committee Relief projects in Europe.

Students from various colleges will participate in a panel on Sunday morning on the subject “Training For World Security" during which time they will discuss significant summer projects to which students may go. Leading recreation for the week-end will be D. Ned Linegar, Y. M. C. A. Secretary at the University of Kansas.

Members of the planning committee from McPherson College include President W. W. Peters, Professor K. C. Bechtel. Franklin Flory, Carl Stucky and Ed Crill, Brethren Service Committee. Attendance from other colleges has been limited to one hundred because of the limited housing facilities. The “Students for World Government" Commission will be in charge of the registration. The registration fee is $1.50, admission to a single session 50c.

Spec Staff To Tour Republican

The McPherson Women's Christian Temperance Union, for the purpose of graphically showing the evils and dangers of using all forms of alcohol beverages, is sponsoring a poster contest open to all McPherson county schools. A first prize of $5.00, a second prize of $3.00 and a third of $1.00 is offered for the best posters submitted by each person.

The posters entered should be finished and delivered to the office of the County Superintendent, by May 3. The posters are to be displayed in the Community Building on All Schools Day, May 14.

Floyd Davidson

Congregational-Christian minister, will give the opening talk Friday night on “State of the World", followed with “Personal Directives for World Security" on Saturday morning. Rev. Davidson is known for his work as chairman of the race relations commission of the city of Wichita.

The Spectator staff, from the beginning reporters to the business manager, will be guests of the local newspaper office next Thursday afternoon. March 20. The journalists will tour the plant observing the ‘‘setting up” of the Spec, the printing of the “Republican” and the running of linotypes. The tentative time for the beginning of the tour will be 2: 30.

Ken Krehbiel. owner and editor of “The McPherson Daily Republican" will be host to the tourers with coffee closing the afternoon.

V McPherson College Feature

“Hey Miller!” Or Is Your Name Brown

Patronize Spectator ads.

“I wish I had a name that was short and easy to remember. I wish it was Mary Smith." Upon crashing a recent gab-session in the. girl’s dormitory, I heard one girl lamenting her “dreadful"

name that no one could “pronounce. much less remember for five minutes.

Etha Mae and Delbert from Iowa, and Joyce and Don of McPherson would probably approve of your choice of name, but there are more common names than Smith on this campus. If you are looking for a familiar tag. try Miller. Then, when you are strolling along    and someone

shouts, “Hey, Miller!" you, as well as a possible eight other Mill- ers, will respond. Before Merna

and Delbert were married, the closest relationship among the eight was that Jean and Merle were cousins. It seems to he a familiar name everywhere. Proof of that fact is that Merna and Delbert come from North Dakota, Joan and Esther from Idaho, Merle from Iowa, Sybil and Lyle from Kansas, and Mario from Ohio,

If you desire a more exclusive name, try Brown. There are only five other Browns in this college. Kenneth from Idaho, Don from McPherson, John from Genesee, and the brothers Emert and Elvin from Larned.

The Ward family does not do

Wake-up! You Are Part Of The World

Today the third annual Student Institute on International Relations begins on our campus. We are proud and fortunate to be hosts to such a conference.

Outstanding leadership has been secured for the meeting and the program promises to be challenging and informative. I was privileged to attend last year’s conference at Bethel College and found it fully satisfying, all that a conference should be. Students and faculty will be missing an unusual opportunity if they fail to attend all or some of the sessions of this conference.

The disappointing support of the WSSF drive and the results of the poll on world federation published in the last issue of this paper only emphasizes the lack of interest and knowledge on world issues that is prevalent in this college. Transferred students, upperclassmen, and even faculty members have commented on the lethargy that students show toward world affairs here. On most college campuses World Federalists, lecture courses, or active international groups can be found but here the only group of that nature, Students for World Government, fail to attract over a half-dozen participants to their meetings.

Thirty-one per cent of the people in the last poll were undecided as to the benefit of a World Federation, with probably a large percentage of that number not even knowing what a World Federation would mean. Even a larger number, 43.3%, were undecided as to whether a W. F. would have any benefits over the U. N. O.

It must appear to a visitor that we are trying to quar-tine ourselves from the problems of the world, that we are trying to live in an artificial world, taking no responsibility for the status quo.

Why does this condition exist? I believe the reasons could fall under three points: Post-War-Weariness, we are tired of world problems; we would like to return to our little “home circle.” Too Busy, few of us care to add new activities and meetings to our schedules. Laziness, we simply do not feel like studying and working for some world issue that is supposedly far removed from us. (But in reality affects us as much as anything that we do.) (Defined as “The mess we are in.”)

I know you are tired of being told that you are the chosen people of tomorrow’s world, that college students must lead the way, but the truth is that you are the leaders of tomorrow. You cannot escape your responsibility. Don’t ever complain about the way the world is going unless you are willing to take an interest in its course.

The course of humanity for centuries to come is probably being decided in the meetings of the “Big Three,” the U. N. 0., etc. of today. Decisions in these meetings can be influenced by small groups of interested college students all over the world. With the future of such vital current issues as conscription, disarmament, the German peace treaty, atomic control, and the future of the U. N. O. at stake, it certainly calls for the best efforts of educated people.

You have a chance to hear informed men and women speak on these issues this week end. You have the opportunity to associate with fellow students from Oklahoma and Kansas. Don’t be one of those who will say, “I wish I had attended.”

By-Line

(This poem was dedicated to

Dr. Harnly on his 85th birthday.)

To Dr. Harnly

Sometimes I dream of the good old days,

Of old-fashioned folk with old-fashioned ways

When we had so little, but yet so much

Of a wealth that hands could never touch;

When the future looked bright and skies were blue;

And we were happy and friends were true;

When McPherson College was not endowed,

And a good many things were not allowed;

When Harnly and Frantz gave good admonition

While they taught us science and Greek and religion;

They had never heard of aptitude tests.

Nor of IQ’s, percentiles, and all the rest;

There were no degrees in education

But somehow their students got inspiration.

Many old friends have now gone away.

But Prof. Harnly is with us, we’re happy to say.

He is still beloved as he was of old.

For what he is. is all pure gold.

On this birthday we wish him good health and good cheer.

And may he be happy from year to year.

Lucetta Johnson.

Portland. Ore.— (ACP)—Reading Shelley by moonlight is not a sign of insanity, demonstrated students of Reed College last week in a protest to the arrest of Thomas Kelley, picked up by

the police as he sat on a campus bench the previous night reading poetry by the light of the moon. He was booked on “suspicion.’’

Friends said the 26 year-old disabled veteran of the Aleutian campaign was “crushed” by a 12-hour stay in jail. So students massed on a street corner reading poetry aloud by moonlight the following night—Portland’s quietest demonstration in history.

A police patrol car approached several times, but did not stop.

The Philosophy of Professors

What Is A College?

S. M. Dell, Dean of Men

Did you ever visit McPherson College in the summer time when summer school was not in session and have someone show you the college? Did you see the college? Are buildings the basic elements of a college? Supposing you meet the faculty. Are they the college? You see the students on the campus and off the campus. Are they the college? It is like asking which is the most important leg on a three-legged stool. Te be an educational institution the college, the faculty, and the students are all basic elements in the educational pattern. Each one is mutually dependent upon the other, and the highest degree of cooperation is necessary if all are to achieve the greatest amount of progrss.

Surely the student has many needs which are to be met; the faculty obviously must have some requirements which must be achieved, and certainly the college must have some standards which for the good of all must be maintained. As we keep these facts in mind and all work together, we will all benefit.

by Joyce Birkin

At the Student Volunteers Commission Orlo Allen gave an interesting talk about his experiences in a YMCA summer camp in Min- nesota. He showed what can he made of leather, plastics, felt, and metal. From leather he had made coin purses, billfolds, and belts. Chains and belts were made of plastic cord, and Indian head-bands, of felt.

The program was opened with group singing led by Ruth Lichty. Eulalia Crist accompanied at the piano.

Conscription News

Included in a significant editorial in the January. 1947, New York American Veterans’ Committee paper were the following statements:

“As expert witnesses we can tell the President’s Advisory Commission on Universal Training this:    Whatever such train

ing is called, if the Army runs the program it will:

—prepare men for war hut not for citizenship:

—teach men to disassemble machine guns but not to earn a living;

—increase their opportunity to get syphilis, but not improve their health or morals;

—give them dentists to extract decayed teeth, hut none to make up for 18 years of inadequate dental care;

—teach them to get along with officers by saying “Yes, sir!” hut teach them nothing about getting along with Negroes in segregated units.”