Plantation Singers Featured in Lyceum
McPherson College will be host to the annual conference of the Brethren Studeht Christian Movement, November 28 to December 1. Students of this campus will entertain fellow students from “sister” Brethren Colleges over the United States.
The theme of the conference will be "Brethren Students in the World Community.” Outstanding leadership has been secured from the other colleges and from the International Council of Religious Education. Representatives from the other five Brethren colleges and Bethany Seminary are expected to attend.
Dr. Metzler Is Chapel Speaker
“When a man does good, but less than the best, he robs himself of valuable energies.” Dr. Metzler made this statement Friday in chapel following an Illus-
tration of a lighthouse keeper who helped some people on the side. When the time came for him to save the ones who he was responsible for he was helpless, causing them to lose their lives.
The scripture on the “Talents,” 25th chapter of Matthew, was read. Dr. Mohler gave a short pep talk, and Prof. Frederick led the group in singing two hymns.
Sadie Had Her Day
ed all over for him. He wasn’t nowhere around. Ah decided as Ah gazed sadly out the winda. But just at that moment Ah got a big pail of water thrown right in mah face fum the next room. All knew right then that mah
man was behind it and Ah ran out real Fast just as he went a-tearin’ by goin’ down stairs about five at a time. Ah swear Ah never DID see a man run as fast as him. Ah was awful tired, hut Ah wasn’t a-goin’ to let some Female get her filthy claws in him, so Ah kep’ on a-goin’.
Ah chased him as far as the door and Ah pushed him out so’s Ah could ketch him. Some boys saw me push him and they picked me up and drug me clear over to the hoys' dorm and put me in the shower. It shore was Wet in thar and Ah was just a-shiverin' and a-shakin', but Ah had caught malt man and All wasn't a-goin’ ta let anybody or any dirty old shower dampen the pleasure Ah was gettin’ fum that.
Wal, we went to the party on Sattidy night and All never DID
have so much fun. Ah had to go get mah man and take Em to the party. We played a lot of games and had a Lot of Fun. Ah tried to make him marry up wif me but be wouldn’t do it, so Alt guess Ah'll just have to wait till next year and maybe he'll marry up wif me then. Ah hope so, cause he Shore is Nice.
Songs from the cotton fields of Georgia, the Canebrakes of Louisiana, the levees of Mississippi—legendary songs of the Old Southland—will be featured at the second of the Lyceum series. Monday night. November 18, at 8:00 p. m. in the High School auditorium.
The Plantation Singers, a Negro male quartet, are directed by Mitchell Southall, who is also the pianist for the ensemble. His piano numbers range from the works of the masters to his own arrangements of such American classics as “Stardust,” and “Night and Day.”
Original interpretations of such old favorites as “Swanee River,” “Short’nin Bread.” "Lil Liza,” and many of the spirituals will be included in the evenings program. There will also be arrangements of marching melodies, semiclassics, and ballads. Three changes of costumes are used in the course of the presentation.
Admission to this musical program may be obtained by presenting your blue Lyceum ticket.
McPherson College Most To Annual BSC M Conference
Chalmer Faw Guest Speaker For Religious Emphasis Wk.
Each year the college and the college church cooperate in a week of special religious emphasis at which time there is brought to the campus an outstanding religious leader and preacher. This year the Rev. Chalmer Faw, Ph. D. Professor of New Testament and Christian Ethics at Bethany Biblical Seminary, Chicago, will be the guest minister, during the week of Nov. 17-24.
Dr. Faw will speak twice each Sunday, and each evening at the college church. He will also be the guest speaker at chapel during that week and will speak before a joint meeting of the various commissions of the SCA. He will be available on appointment for student conferences.
Dr. Faw is a young man in his middle thirties. He is a graduate of Lavern College. Calif., Bethany Biblical Seminary, and the University of Chicago. He has held several short term pastorates and served five years on the African Mission Field. He is a thorough scholar, a preacher with deep convictions, and a man with a subtle sense of humor. His messages will be stimulating, instructive, and inspiring.
Rev. Miller and Prof. Frederick are arranging an informal worship setting for Dr. Faw’s messages, the church choirs, and other musical groups will furnish special messages in song, and other plans are being made to make this a very helpful week for both college and community alike.
President Peters, Dr. Metzler. and
Dr. Mohler have been in El-
gin. Illinois, for the past few
days, attending the first meeting of the new Brotherhood Board, which was organized at the last Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren. These three members of the McPherson College faculty were chosen to represent the Western Region on the Brotherhood Board. Dr. Metzler is representing the interests of the Brethren Service Committee and the Board or Edu-cation. Dr. Mohler represents Men’s Work, and President Peters is a representative of the General Education Board.
President Peters. Dr. Metzler, and Dr. Mohler will return by the end of the week.
Oh, happy Sadie Hawkins Day! Ah finally got mah man! Course Ah had t’chase him and chase him but Ah got im. I started trackin’ him down as soon as it got to be one o’clock on Thursday. He musta been hidin' out fum me cause Ah couldn't find him nowheres. It was Awful Important that Ah should find him cause Ah was afeerd some consarned Female would get to 'im fust.
Ah looked all over in Sharp Hall: I went down to this here Snak Bar—Ah thought he might he down there eatin’ a dirty bite and gettin’ strength for the dark hours ahead—but he wasn't thar. Ah kep’ askin’ everybody if they had seen him but they hadn’t. All went over to the Liberry and looked all around, downstairs too (we go down there all the time to look at Books and Tilings) but he wasn’t thar either. Ah was gettin’ powerful tired and hongry but Ah wasn’t to be deterred from my Chosen Course. Ah was gettin' all outa breath too. but still Ah kep’ on a-runuin’ and a-huntin’.
Ah decided that he was dee-liberately trying to avoid me cause he is most usually around. Wal, Ah kep' on runnin' and huntin' and Ah had just about given up when one of my Very Good Friends told me he was over in Harnly in one of them rooms where all the pie-annas are. Ah ran over there real fast and look
We wish to express our sincere thanks to both students and faculty for their many cards, flowers, gifts, and kindnesses given us recently upon the arrival of our daughter, Priscilla Elaine.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Zigler
Miller Addresses Student Body
"Recovering the Lost Holiday” was the theme of Reverend De Witt Miller’s chapel talk on Armistice Day. In 1917. Reverend Miller was in bed with pneumonia when “the war to end all wars” ended. But we have had another war since. Every November 11. the nation stops for one minute at 11:00 to remember that day in 1917.
The inscription on a memorial to those of the last war is “They died in youth that liberty might grow old." Is this true?
The era disillusionment followed the first world war. In 1933. the United States refused to cooperate in a trade agreement and in 194 2. Congress passed the Japanese exclusion act.
There are some 00 nations in the world. One third of the world’s trade is controlled by 26 of these nations while the other two thirds try in vain for their share of trade. How can we have peace with a situation like this in the world? Lust of power is what we must fight. There was never a real peace between the two wars. It was just a nonshooting battle. In 1939 shooting was made legal for some nations and in 1941 we made it legal for ourselves.
“Mud on the Stars.” expresses deep) thought on the subject. We should hold on and pray for clean, clear stars to appear again. Now the stars do not shine with hope: there is mud on the stars.
The present atomic age is marked with fear, distrust, and frustration. We must, find again the hope of peace. We must take an active part and learn more about the subject. As Christians we should project Christian principles into the peace terms.
By education and missionary enterprise we should help build up moral sense and further justice.
What of this world of tomorrow? Will it be filled with the stench of blood of the human race? Battlefields and armies, is that for us? The young people of this age are now challenged. What the older generation left is a mess. Are the Christian young people going to say, “It will not happen again?” The secret to the answer of this question is found in the religion of Jesus Christ, sacrifice, and service. Right is stronger than might. And love is stronger than hate.
Through Jesus and through him alone, can we recover the lost holiday and find the hope of peace.
Freshman-Senior Kid Party Held
The Physical Education Building was the scene of a gala affair last Wednesday night after 8:00; the freshmen were once more' the guests of the seniors. The interior of the gymnasium had been made to resemble a conventional schoolroom, with Dayton Rothrock and Patricia Kennedy presiding over the motley group of freshmen and seniors in the annual “Freshman-Senior Kid Party.”
Throughout the crowd of chattering "kids." there were boys dressed in short pants, girls with childishly short dresses on. girls with huge ribbons of any color, and many other original as well as cleverly garbed individuals. In the course of the evening everyone participated in children’s games. After the judges had inspected the costumes of the contestants and decided upon the most clever and original, prizes were awarded. Of course everyone stayed for the refreshments which wore served near the end of the party.
Due credit must be given to Frances Petefish who was responsible for publicity and decoration. Evelyn Royer who had charge of refreshments, and Day-ton Rothrock and Patricia Kennedy who were the Recreational Directors.
Lauback Speaks On World Peace
Dr. Frank C. Laubach, world known educator, religious leader.
and linquist, spoke before an inter-church audience in the Grace Cathedral in Topeka, on Monday evening of this week. Dr. Laubach returned recently from the Paris peace conference where he organized prayer groups among Paris ministers to pray in behalf of the U. N. meetings.
Dr. Laubach began his address by saying that we face one of the most terrifying periods in history. Quoting Chancellor Hutchinson of Chicago, he said it is now a matter of world survival. Dr. Laubach said he could not trust the U. N. leaders to win the peace. They are too selfish. Christians can and must win the peace. A simple application of Christ’s command to love our neighbor is the answer. America sits on a high pedestal above the rest of the world economically. We must share with them or they will collaborate against us. because hunger demands relief. Dr. Laubach stated. Three people out of every, five in the world can neither read nor write. Dr. Laubach has done much to relieve the illiterate problem among many people, especially in the Philippines and in Asia. He said further that we must share our technical skills with other nations.
In September. a Laymen's Movement headed by some business men of New York City, was formed to call on people all over the United States to pray for the success of the United Nations meetings being held now in New York. Business men included in this movement are John D. Rockefeller, Henry Ford. Harvey Firestone, and others. It is their hope to get ten million people in the U. S. and Canada in this movement.
Dr. Laubach concluded by saying that prayer is the mightiest force in the world and that by laying hold of its power, we the people can win the peace.
Students Attend SCA Conference
The SCA conference which was held at Southwestern College. Winfield, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2. and 3 was attended by 18 McPherson College students. They were Susan Ikenberry, Margaret Keim, Ann Oberst, Sybil Miller, Marianna Stinnette, June Landes. Ruth Berry, Delbert Smith. Wendell Burkholder. Betty Ikon-berry, Dayton Rothrock, Donald Keim
, and Robert Keim.
Susan Ikenberry is the co-chairman with Harry Lees of this district. The main leaders of the conference were Wilfred Wellock, England, and John Swomley, associate secretary of the F. O. R. for the western region. New York City.
The theme of the conference was “Can We Turn the Tide?” Friday night Mr. Wellock gave the “Definition of the Tide." and carried on his ideas the next morning with “Can We Turn the Tide?” Discussion groups were held at 11:30.
In the evening the Worlds' Student Christian Federation Banquet was held. Lois Crozier gave the address. “World Tides Through the Porthole.”
John Swomley summarized the whole conference in his talk Sunday morning, speaking on “Will We turn The Tide.”
The next district conference will be held at Friends U., April 17, 18, 19, l947. The national conference which comes once every four years will be during Christmas vacation at the University of Illinois. Each organization may have one delegate for every one hundred members.
Religious Emphasis week will begin this Sunday with 100% attendance Sunday. All students who attend the College Church are urged to co-operate to make this drive successful. Dr. Chalmer Faw will speak at both services Sunday. Let’s all go to church.
Nov, 15. Football. McPherson vs. Missouri Valley, there.
Nov, 17-23, Religions Emphasis Week
Nov, 18 College Lyceum, Plantation Singers.
Flash!
Twelve new members were added to Thespian Club. They were selected from the combined casts of the three one-act plays presented in the Chapel last night. The three judges made their final decision at the performance. The new Thespians are: Barbara Burkholder, Avis Erb, Theodore Gei-sert, Betty Ikenberry, Margaret Keim, Mary Ann Krumbach, Robert Martin, Ann Oberst, Clifford Schultz, Robert Simonton, Joyce Smith, and David Stern.
Wood Delivers Chapel Address
“Take abstract ideas and live them until they walk across campus and on the streets of the city with us,” was the theme of the talk in chapel Wednesday by Reverend Ross Wood, Pastor of the Baptist Church in McPherson. Take the fruits of the earth, the abstract ideas of justice, good will, honesty and live and make them living principles.
Rev. Wood said that the main thing he hoped to accomplish in talking in the chapel was to get acquainted with the pupils. He brought back the memories of the pecularities of his professors as they spoke in chapel at the college he attended.
The professor of biology had a habit of moving his head from one side to the other, no matter whether he was in his classroom or talking to a large group of students and faculty. Yet he took those abstract ideas and put them into living principles. He lived what he preached.
The people of the world are in a serious hour. What it needs is to get back to the fundamentals laid down by Jesus.
November 11, President Truman made a speech in which he says that it must be remembered that the United States is not beyond invasion of forces that can destroy her. Reverend Wood says that this should be in the minds' of the people at all times.
The crying need of the world is to call themselves Christians, to put these abstract ideas and ideals into living principles. Doing this will bring crosses of criticisms. But there was a resurrection. The crosses of criticisms will have to be endured so there will be a resurrection of a new life to bring the nations of the world to live together in peace and harmony.
In a series of talks before classes and a special chapel session John Swomley gave love as the solution to the world's peace problems with its application through a World Federation and demobilization.
John Swomley, Jr.. Associate Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a Methodist minister. and the National Youth Secretary for the F. O. R., twice testified before the United States Senate Military Affairs Committee in the fight for demobilization and against peace-time conscription.
Speaking in chapel, Mr. Swomley spoke of the causes of war, naming racial and economic causes as two of the main ones, stating that as long as Americans are
content to exploit their fellowmen they will certainly care little for people in other lands; as long as bunger continues there will be no peace. The atom bomb will not end war but the job of 2,000 years must go on. working for peace.
"How long do you expect to live?” is an important question to ask yourself in these days. We have control over ourselves, therefore we should work with ourselves to bring peace. We need people who think more highly of brotherhood of the world than of their country. “Modern warfare is no longer a game, it is murder of the innocent who know nothing of war.” Perhaps someday people will think it absurd that countries within the world could fight each other.
Destructive forces will destroy themselves if they are contrary to the universe. Love is the solution to these problems that cause war and it is our duty to work for peace so that a mother need not worry when she gives birth to a baby whether or not it will be killed in the warmachine.
The Student Christian Association sponsored the speeches by Mr. Swomley, who was in Kansas under the direction of the American Friends Service Com.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.—Austin Phelps.
’Lil Abner Had Sore Feet
“Looka thar Daisy Mae, thars that critter you bin a tryin’ to catch up wif fo’ nigh on to twenty year now.”
“That aint no critter, Elvirie, that's Lil Abner. He sho' am a powerful fast runner, too. Why, he’s might near as last as that thar jet-propelled airplane.”
“Sho' nuff. Vo is right. But yo’ all better try to catch up to him whilst yo is got the opportunerty. Yo knows if’n yo’ catch-es him, lie’ll haf to give in to yo'
. . . this here is Sadie Hawkins.
“Well, fry mah' hide. It sho' is, chile. I’m done gone after that varmit."
That is how it might have happened at Dogpatch in Skunk Hollow. with Daisy Mae and Little Abner. This is how it happened on McPherson College Campus last Thursday and Friday, during the annual Sadie Hawkins chase:
“Say, Bob have you been caught yet?”
“Yeah. I'd been running for hours from those viscious characters. Got kind of tired, so I
slowed down to a pace. That was | my ope great mistake. I was sur-
rounded and attacked! They almost tore me to pieces before they | let me go.
“You almost had it as tough | as me. I was just coming out | of Professor Bechtel’s class room and got ushered right back in by one of those beasts. She cornered me and pounced upon me ... I was just waiting for her to start clawing.”
“Did you get caught, too?’’
“Well, you didn’t expect me to jump out the window, did you?”
Yes, that Is what happened, but only in two cases. Some of the pursued might claim they were chased from hither to you. Some probably did get caught very easily. being approached by the one of their own choice. All of the Lil' Abners showed signs of wear
iness and came eight o clock Fri-day night most were in bed with throbbing feet and aching hearts.
Dayton Rothrock and Don Stern are perhaps the only men on the campus who really gave the gals a chase for their money’s worth. They must have had an extra supply of fuel for the occasion.
One group of fellows bought a two days supply of groceries and lugged them to their respective rooms in the boy’s dormitory. They had the bright idea that they would eat their meals in the dorm and only venture out to gallop back and forth to classes. Sorry to report, they all got caught, promptly.
Then there was the sly guy who was driven up to Harnly Hall in an automobile. He jumped from car window to lower window of Harnly and scampered through. Rumors are flying pertaining to that certain incident, but I must deny . . . for I don’t know if it is true. Nevertheless, it has been said, when the fellow slid down from the ledge of that window . . . he got caught! But not by one of the scheming Mimis, rather by one of the Professors who stood watching and waiting. Evidently. Johnnie got into the wrong room.
Naturally there were a few girls
ho did little or no chasing and some
few boys who did no running, obviously because they had no one to run from. But. on the whole, the students had a happy Sadie Hawkins celebration.
Summed up in a few words, this Is what the 1946 version amounted to. from the fellow's point of view:
“More run running from all of those women. It's a crying shame there aren't two gals to every guy Then we wouldn't have to run so blamed long"
John Swomley Speaks To Students
Student Volunteers
Recreation was the keynote of the deputation group of the Student Volunteers. A committee, which had prepared a program of recreation to be used on a deputation trip, presented a couple of games. The group played, them together for fun and also to learn them.
The committees continued their
deputation program planning.
A group of Student Volun-
teers also worked at the Indust-
rial Arts building sorting, pack-ing and haling relief clothing.
More students could he used haling clothes as well as planning deputation programs.
Three New Students
In case you have seen some new students around the campus lately you might he interested to know who the new enrollees are. Eugene Kumle comes from the lo-al town. Winston Bowman adds to the list of Quinter students, and Marion Frantz calls Beatrice, Nebraska, his home.
This brings the number of Freshmen to 190.
“Thank goodness, that is over!” So say many students when referring to the nine-weeks tests which we were given last week. “If these are the nine-weeks tests, what will the semester tests be like?” were the students sentiments as they were expressed in the timing hall last Friday.
For some of us, the tests were rugged ; for others— they started studying for them about nine weeks earlier than we did. Now we can profit by experience and re member that the semesters will cover just twice as much material, or we can lapse back into our conscious unconsciousness and go about our work in the same way.
Some new resolutions on studying were made as guys and gals staggered out after wrestling with an unusually hard, or unprepared for, test. It is true these remarks were made while the student was still in a sadly weakened con dition, but perhaps it would be a good idea to keep such thoughts cached away some place so they can be brought out once in a while and used. Of course, they should not be dwelt upon to too great an extent; if he keeps thinking about semester tests for the next eight weeks, he will be in no condition to take any kind of test, unless it might be trying to fit square blocks into round holes.
It will not do any good to start worrying about semes ter tests now; instead, we should start thinking about daily lessons. That is hard to do most of the time, especially when we know we may not even get on the subject in class discussion. If professors have other topics to discuss, we are not going to object, but it makes reviewing hard when we do not know what to review.
Not all teachers can be accused of this. Some stick to the text so closely that everything the author said is considered important to remember; that is almost as confusing, but not quite. Either way does not stimulate student participation in class discussion. Some teachers do not do a very much better job of leading class discussion than the student does in preparing for that discussion.
This is, of course, no excuse for the amount of crib notes used during the tests last week. Most of the students had books and should have known their material, but I
think that class discussion is one of the most important phases of this learning process. It is the teachers responsibility to stimulate discussion on the important issues of the courses he is teaching. Although cribbing does not affect the teacher, it does affect the grades of all the students in his classes.
“He who is dependent for information solely upon what he hears gets only such information as others choose to tell him. But he who reads may take things in his own hands.” These words are those of Headley, author of “Making the Most of Books.” It has been said that fifteen minutes of the right kind of reading every day will give person culture.
Many a man has lost his fight by stopping to pat him self on the back.
He who works will accomplish, and he who has accomplished has worked.
He who makes no mistakes does nothing; he who makes too many, loses his job.
We make time for duties we love.
Since the professions and many business organizations are requiring more and more liberal arts education before specialization, the private college has a golden opportunity to improve and to increase its general or liberal education program. Quality of work, however, must always receive major emphasis. Then, too, the small independent college must not allow the large university to do a better piece of individual and group student guidance than, it has advertised itself as more capable of doing. The private college must keep itself open to be democracy’s exponent of freedom. It should not be ambitious to become large. Its future lies in its being keenly alert to what is going on in the universe; seeing what changes are needed and in supplying, or making them. Probably its greatest promise of continuance lies in its doing whatever it does in a superior way and in supplying intelligent Christian leadership and fellowship. Such’ a college will be able to command financial support and should accept none that will destroy or hinder its freedom.
Liberal arts education for our day should be, vitally related to be problems of contemporary life and should develop within an individual the ability to deal masterfully with the problems of mental and physical health, family life, occupation, citizenship, social relations, personal growth, ethical character, leisure time, and religion.
Thespians Give One-Act Plays
Last evening three one act plays were presented by the students trying out for Thespians. The three plays are as follows:
"A Man Should Have a Wife." directed by Phyllis Strickler with Don Stern. Clifford Shultz. Dorothy Saylor. Wilma Gies, Etha Mae Smith. Phyllis Callon, Marie Miller. Donna Johnson. Barbara Burkholder. Russell West. John Firestone. Vernon Nicholson, Ruth Berry, Morris McClung, Mary Ann Krumbach, Joyce Smith, and Winston Beam portraying the various characters.
"Alice Threw the Looking Glass." under the direction of Hillis Williams, was presented with the following cast: Winston Beam. Theodore Geisert, Ann Oberst, Robert Simonton. Joyce Birkin.
Etha Mae Smith, Lowell Brandt. David Stern, and Robert Martin.
“Riders to the Sea." directed by Susan Ikenberry. had the following cast: John Griffith. Bill Mease, Mike Dreese, Merrill Sanger. Avis Erb. Betty Ikenberry, Margaret Keim, Kenneth Brown, Ruth Holsopple. Marie Delaplain, Catharine Little, and Wilma Staats.
In the pink. The slumbering sophomore' who answered, “Pres- ent", three times before the pro fessor convinced her he was conducting class recitation and not taking roll.
The Thursday night when all the ghosts and goblins were out in force Margaret Keim, Winston Beam, Sybil Miller. Hob Keim, Barbara Burton, LeRoy Doty. Betty Ikenberry, and Wendell Burkholder enjoyed a taffy pull at Leona and Ernie Ikenberry's home.
Donna Bowman and Bernice Lindstrom entertained six dorm girls November 2, at the Lind strom home. Refreshments wore served, and by some magical force eight boys appeared in the din ing room, Guests were Doris Cop-pock, Nina Kagarice, Masako Nakamura, Catharine Little, Maralee Beaver, and Jewell Adamson,
Ann Oberst was hostess at a slumber party, held at her home on the night of November 7, Listening to records, eating, and a little studying was the program The party consisted of Roberta Mohler, Elsie Schnorr, Mary Metz-ler, Donnis Wampler, and the hostess, Ann.
Paul Klotz and Gordon Reist spent the weekend in Quinter, Kansas, in the home of Irvin Wolf.
Patricia Kennedy was in Otta wa for the week end.
Donald Keim was a guest of Ann Oberst at dinner, Sunday evening.
Ruth Lichty, Warren Hoover, Professors and Mrs. L. K. Bower-sox attended the lyceum in Newton, Tuesday evening.
Robert Tanruther and Dick Fleming of Waterloo, Iowa, were week end guests of Donna Jean Tanruther. Both hoys are former students.
Clayton Bell of Langdon. Kansas. visited his brother and sister. Charles and Jane, over the week end.
Eula Wolf has announced her wedding to Wayne Lucore to be December 25.
Irene Schraml, Patricia Kennedy, and Dayton Rothrock were guests of Robert Yoder in Conway. Kansas, for Sunday. November 3.
Donna Mohler, Waltine West, and Lois Burger were over night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Peterson, Saturday night.
Jim Brust spent last week end at his home in Claflin. Kansas. His brother. Bob, a graduate with the class of ’46 visited on the campus on Tuesday.
Donnis Wampler was a guest of Roberta Mohler Tuesday night November 5.
The “Red Shirts” had a big feed last Saturday night. The food was plentiful and spirits
high. At least they thought up a new way to use ink. EEK!
Doris Glatt went home to Abilene last week end.
Clarence L, and Artaruth Neill Zink announce the adop-tion of an infant son, David Michael. Mr. Zink graduated In the class of '30 and is now
teaching, school.
On Monday November 4, the freshman class presented the chapel program. The opening hymn was "Stand Dp. Stand Up for Jesus " led by Margaret Keim. Kenneth Brown led the devotions and a quartet composed of Margaret Keim, Barbara Burton Kenneth Jarboe, and Delbert Mil let- sang "How Firm a Foundation'.' A poem was read by Bon pie Alexander and the service was closed by "Lord for Tomorrow and It's Needs,” sung by the quar-
tet.
Wimpy of the comic strip will bo put to shame as the men of the college and the church indulge in a hamburger eating contest next Thursday evening in the church basement. The men’s organization of the college church will entertain the men of the-college at the hamburger feed.
The person eating the most hamburgers will be crowned "King Wimpy.” Boys, don’t forget Thursday, Nov. 21, 9:00 p. m.
Rev. Upton Gives Book
"Let us journey, by Way of our imagination, to the deep south.” so said Reverend Upton at the Thursday evening SCA meeting. November 7. Reverend Upton gave a review of the play "Green Pastures”, in which play is portrayed the Negroes conception of the Creation and succeeding events of major Importance.
The Lord at the time of the Old Testament walked about on the earth ns a human, talking and and walking with his greatest creation, man. Sometimes he would go around in disguise "to see how his people, wuz gittin’ along.”
Fall perfection is in every stitch of this beautiful checked suit. The jacket is tabbied for a new closing—a new fashion The skirt is "box-pleated for easy striding.
SUITS AND COATS. All curves, no angles is the principal rule set down. Let them he dressmaker type or expertly tailored, but see to it that your coats and suits have no sharp edges. Regency and Directorie styles, with the look of a young dandy, are dashing and elegant worn with high cravat or frilly blouses. Short coats, belted or completely loose with widely flaring swagger lines run neck and neck with the long coat in popularity. Big pockets, tricky pockets, cartridge tucks, and jeweled buttons are intriguing side lights.
A year ago this time the big event was the Sadie Hawkins party. This party was hilariously enjoyed by the students who dressed Dog-Patch style in the hillbilly event. Paul Wagoner won the prize as the most eligible bachelor—a cake of Lifeboy soap!
The Kline Hall group brought to the attention of those attending the SCA Program, the fact that Thanksgiving is just around the corner.
Those grades are here again. Now that grades are here, it’s time for students to start "beating their brains” and try to figure out the why and wherefore of the complicated grading system. If you got a "C" in something you thought you should have had a "B”, there probably is a good reason for it. and the reason is not because you forgot to take an apple to the teacher.
At the cheerleader election, Don Keim was elected. Don is a Freshman from Idaho and he will fill the vacancy created when William Shepherd left school.
At the end of the first week of school there were 17 4 regularly enrolled students; 79 freshmen, 48 sophomores, 28 juniors and 27 seniors, 11 specials and 81 pre-college students.
The McPherson College girls scored a victory in the softball game with Central. As a result of hard hitting by the team and good pitching by Doris Coppock, the local girls scored 9 runs to 4 for Central.
Since etiquette rules are the rage on the campus this week, I hereby wish to present some of the latest revisions of modern etiquette.
Rush into the dining hall with a starved look and after seating yourself, tuck the napkin under your chin. When the food is served, start pecking at your plate. Eat greedily and have your plate clean almost before anyone else has started. Lean hack in your chair and belch loud ly. (Belching is a habit that should be practiced frequently if success ful. A belch that echoes hack and forth is very impressive).
With this remark we close. We have enough etiquette to last till next week.
I am a careful reader and a loyal supporter of your fine newspaper: thus I was deeply hurt to find that in the November 1st issue of the Spec, in the article entitled "The Time Is Short” that your paper resorted to the same tactics used by one of the daily Chicago newspapers which I read. Namely, the elimination of part of the material and the presentation of half-truths, and the reamping and addition to these to fit into the editorial policy of the paper.
It also greatly grieved me to realize that your paper had printed a personal letter which was meant to help one person, who incidentally greatly needs the help, and not to apply to all of the boys of Mae, many of whom do not need the help from all reports which I hear.
In order that the whole truth might be given to your readers, I would like to fill in with these words the blank space which was censored by you subordinate editors. "J. P.’s with flashy cars, portable and combination radios, high power flash cameras, motion picture projectors, wonderful collections of records, large bank accounts backed by prospects of more wheat, etc., etc.”
Yours in truth,
A student in Chicago.
Can she hake a cherry pie, Billy Boy? or do you like “Beery” pie better? Oh—you will find
out tonight? Seems like Ruth Davis and Ward fit in there someplace too, guess they are making a foursome,
Wendell makes good taffy! Eh. Betty?
Rothrock will wring my neck if he does not read the copy and does not get a chance to cut this out. He’d probably enjoy killing me even without an excuse. But I'd like to know how he let his battery get run down Sunday night, and it wasn’t at Mohler's but at Oberst’s. He and Bert must have been double dating with Don and Ann. Anyway it makes a good story.
It must he exasperating to run after your man till 4:00 p. m. Friday, always one step behind, and have him (I. R.) come by at 4:05 to make a date for the game that night.
Just what makes Sadie Haw-kin’s left-over cider so popular that it’s hoarded so diligently in some rooms?
Sadie Hawkin’s day emphasizes an angle to this courtship problem on Mac campus. It is generally assumed that the boy does the asking and takes the aggressive part hut a few techniques used in the chase seem rather familiar to us.
And then there is Barbara Burkholder with 2 men. One on Macampus and one in the army Bernard Nordling has the inside track for several days yet anyway.
The wheels of the Smith limousine rolled round and round, and we were on our way. Smith, Iken-berry, that is Betty, and Wendell Burkholder occupied all the available space in the front seat, and Landes, Beery, and Stinnette fitted neatly (I use the word loosely) in the back. Several de-tours, plus the bumps which incidentally were the cause for three holes in the top of the car directly above the hack seat and the swollen heads, of three previously normal (?) human beings, later we breezed into Wichita. There the famous Innes's had the extreme good fortune of being visited by the occupants of the aforementioned jalopy - - er - - car.
Winfield was the next stopping place after we resumed our usual pace. The back-seaters were especially glad to arrive at their destination. Smith had had faith all along that his vehicle—Pontiac, that is would make it, and Ikenberry and Burkholder did not object to the slow velocity.
At this point we might mention that in Winfield it seemed that Landes and Stinnette usually walked together, Ikenberry and Burkholder likewise, and, let’s see—there were two more.
A few of us convinced the owner of our means of transportation that a trip to Oklahoma would be a very pleasant way to occupy our time on Saturday afternoon, so off we went. We only got about a mile across the border, but at least we could add one more state to our list of "states traveled in.” That evening, we all went down town for a little while, then we all came back to the college, then two of our group went back—result, Burkholder and Smith didn't quite make it to breakfast.
But the most interesting part of the trip was on the way home —that is, it was interesting for some. First Ikenberry warmed Smith’s hands ah. Then lken-berry slept on Burkholder's shoulder—ah, ah. Then we stopped at Ruth Davis’ and ate some luscious chocolate cake— ah, ah, ah. Then, last but certainly not least, Burkholder slept on Ikenberry’s shoulder—ah, ah. ah, ah—swoon, swoon. But then - of course—that was just because she was wearing that nice, soft fur coat—of course.
Some people sure do have fun, they sure do.
Sign on a drug store door: "Out of ice cream; out of cokes; out of cigarettes; out of gum; out of film; out. of stamps; out of patience; out till October 17.”
There are certain tilings dear to everyone’s heart, and one of these is EATING. Everybody likes to eat. and that is more than you can say for any other form of diversion. However when you are faced with a doom such as the one I thrust upon my obedient servants this week, perhaps the situation would be altered somewhat; i. e. "If you were going to be hanged tomorrow and you could have anything in the world you wanted to eat, what would you order?” The suddenness of this question proved shocking to most of my little friends, and their eyes began popping out all over the place, and they clutched their throats. But after the intial shock was over, they began to think.
Gordon Stutzmau, Lois Kaufman, and Ann Oberst would like to have just lots and lots of ice cream. Janet Owen would like to have a Wet-Nut Sundae, whatever that is, other than something wet and something nuts. Gloria Tillman orders a Durkly Special whenever she goes to Kings’. Shorty Seever fixes it up for her. It consists of chocolate syrup, marshmallow topping, maple nuts, and cherries all over ice cream! All she orders at Engborgs’ is a glass of water (?).
John Firestone is madly in love with his grandmother’s special of stuffed chicken, cooked with potatoes and onions. He claims the onions give it that "certain something” which cannot be equalled by anything else in the world. Kenny Brown would like to eat calves’ brains once before he dies. He would also like a chicken pie, caviar, and a glass of sherry! Boy, is he crazy! Marie Miller says "I could live on spaghetti and meatballs.” Boh Odle would order strawberry shortcake, and I don’t blame him; his mother makes the most luscious shortcake.
June Landes could "fall to" like everything over lemon chif-
fon pie that her mom makes. Don Stern would eat a whole banana graham-cracker pie. James Strong and Russell Jarboe and about three hundred sixty-nine other people around here like cherry pie a la mode (that’s with ice cream on it, Rothrock).
Buster West would take a Snack Bar Special, whatever that is. In case anybody wants to know, ask Irene. Winston Goer-ing would rather eat bananas than do anthing else in the world, including combing that beautiful hair of his. I can’t even remember what bananas taste like, Winston.
Rothrock would not even hesitate. He would order a steak dinner. hut quick! Lois Frantz would
too, with a thin layer of pineapple ice cream all over the top. Don Keim wants onions with his steak, (what, no garlic?) King Oscar Coffee (plug plug), and apple pie and ice cream.
LeRoy Doty didn't think he would want to eat anything, except maybe Burton. (He is very unhappy with her because she dyed her hair.)
Jo Dell, feminine gender, would eat anything but peanuts.
Most of the students would take any of momn's dinners. John Burkholder would end his with warm huckleberry pie with lots of ice cream smeared all over the
top. Theora Hardy would order
the traditional Thanksgiving dinner: turkey, cranberries, “pun
kin” pie, chocolate cake, and all that goes with it.
Ruth Berry would take an Illinois company dinner consisting of fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn-on-the-cob, creamed peas, sliced tomatoes, salad, homemade ice cream, and devil's food cake. Boh Martin would take the same only in Ma Stover style, with cherry pie and ice cream.
Well, girls, does this give you any ideas?
I am going to go get a drink. I am starving to death!
7-6 Score As Canines Win Over Bethel
It was two weeks ago that the Bulldogs pulled one out of the fire. Mac went down to Bethel topheavy favorites on the basis of Bethel’s puny record. But the day was cold and the field muddy and the Dogs were still a bit shaken by the Ottawa game.
Bethel started strong and drove to a first period score. The conversion was unsuccessful however and the score stood 6-0.
There it stood for what seemed to be ages to the McPherson fans. The second quarter was a complete deadlock as the two teams threw mud back and forth across the midfield stripe.
The third quarter started the same way. then at what looked to be the darkest hour, the Bulldogs took possession on their own 4 5. Cramer tossed a long one to Fisher who grabbed it just before he stepped out of bounds on the 16. On the next play we lost four yards due to slippage in the mud, but then Jakie stepped back and again hit Fisher, this time in the end zone to tie it up. The educated toe of Marvin Meats sent the ball between the uprights to give the Bulldogs a lead which they held for the remainder of the game. Final score, Mac 7; Bethel 6.
One thing leads to another so let’s take a look at this matter of game spirit. I’ll use the words of one of the boys who was out there eating turf. "They yelled their lungs out when we were on the go but as soon as we stopped, they stopped.” We weren’t only defeated on the field but also in the cheering section. Also to be right frank, their band puts ours to shame. Doesn’t it say some-where in the "growl” that no Bulldog leaves the stands until “All Hail is sung.” If that is the case all true Bulldogs would still be sitting out there in the stands. We seemed to do a good job at the pep rally Thursday night but we sort of fagged out come game time. Sports interest
Two Losses, One Tie
The McPherson College Bulldogs wound up their conference schedule last Friday night, losing to Bethany's Swedes 20-13. It was a hard fought game all the way, each team out to "get” the other and when it was all said and done. Bethany was on the top end of the score.
Again it was the case of getting a bad start and not being able to pull out of it. Early in the first quarter. Bethany recovered a Mac fumble on the Dogs’ 3 7 and literally ate their way to a touchdown, with Rogers going over from the 4. The kick was good and already they had a 7-0 lead. Bethany kicked off Hill was hit hard on the runback and the Swedes recovered the loose ball on the Mac 36. On the next play a pass good for 35 yards placed the ball on the 1 yd. line and two plays later. Olson went over for their second touchdown. The attempted extra point was no good and the score at the end of the first quarter was 13-0.
After the rest our boys came back a different team. Starting from midfield the boys churned out down after down to reach Bethany’s 7. But fate was against them again and the Swedes intercepted a Bulldog pass for control on their own 7. Bethany was forced to kick out and again Mac took over. Trouble hit again when a Swede intercepted another Cramer flip, this time on the 14. The blue and gold could get nowhere and Mac took over on their own 40. Cramer tossed a short one to Dolly Unruh who twisted and bulled his way past one tackier after another 50 yards to score. Meats’ try failed and the half ended 13-6.
The third quarter was a stalemate. Neither team threatened and no outstanding plays were recorded.
However, this was not for long, as soon after play was resumed, things began to pop. Lindfors. on a 22yd. end sweep, placed the ball on the Mac 23. A penalty cost the Swedes 15 yards but on the next play a pass good for 17 yards erased it. Bethany went on to a first down but on the next play it was Unruh again who spoiled it all. He grabbed a pass on the 5 and when he was finally brought down, the ball was resting on the Swede 4 4 yd. stripe. The Bulldogs started a drive but it was nipped in the bud when Lind-fors intercepted a pass and ran it back to the 30. On the next play Olson pulled a quarterback sneak and raced 70 yards to score Bethany’s third touchdown. McClure’s
kick was good and it was 20-6 Time was running out when Mac took over on the Swede 32, Cramer to Fisher was good for 27 yards and Meats went over on two line bucks. The extra point made it 20-13 and that ended it. M. C. kicked off but the whistle blew before anything could be done. So Mac finished its conference schedule for 1946 with a record of 3 wins, two losses and 1 tie.
The Baker University Wildcats, in a passing and running attack, trounced Haskell Institute in football at Baldwin 49-0, last Friday.
Seven pass interceptions by Baker threw the Indians Into confusion. Five of the thefts resulted in Baker touchdowns. Bob Simon. Wildcat halfback, run an interception 60 yards through the entire Haskell team for one of his three touchdowns. Fullback Roy Braley scored two touchdowns and Harold Chubb, Steve Ward, and Bowerman each one.
Baker’s Wildcats continue their bid for the Kansas Conference championship in a game with Kansas Wesleyan at Baldwin Saturday. Baker leads the loop with three wins and a tie.
Bethany’s Swedes, who have completed their conference slate with five wins and one loss would win the title if either Kansas Wesleyan or Ottawa. November 22. should defeat Baker.
Ottawa, open last week, will try to strengthen their bold on third place against winless College of Emporia at Emporia today. Bethel whipped C. of E., 20-0 last week.
Bethany has an open date, but returns to action against Oklahoma City University at Oklahoma City November 23.
McPherson with a final conference record of 3-2-1. will try to stem the winning tide of Missouri Valley College at Marshall. Mo.. Friday. Bethel has a non-conference date at Sterling Saturday.
A touchdown march in the first half gave Bethel College a 20-0 football victory over the College of Emporia, Friday night.
Bethel’s first score came early in the first period after blocking a punt on Emporia's 27 yard line.
Bethel made 12 first downs, had 186 yards from rushing while Emporia had three first downs and made only four yards from rushing.
The boys in the red and white left yesterday for Marshall, Missouri, where tonight they will play their final game of the season, their opponents being Missouri Valley College.
Taking a look at M, V.’s record, everything looks black. They have one of the most high-powered offensives in the country, scoring 337 points to their opponents’ 20. They have won 8, lost no games and have no ties. It looks doubly black, when Coach has to put together a squad which is riddled by injuries, a team to even stop the railroading Wildcats.
The fact that the boys have no conference position at stake or even a conference game, they have no unbeaten record to preserve, and the fact that basketball is fast coming to the limelight adds no rosiness to the picture. On the other side of the ledger, however, is that fact that the boys have nothing to worry about; they know that if they are beaten, it won’t make any difference as far as league competition goes and some of the fellows may get enough time to letter. All in all it will he a fitting finish to a great season.
Jackson Austin, assistant in football and coach of the Baker U. basketball team, has checked out abbreviated uniforms to forty-eight prospective cagers.
Because the new Baker gymnasium will not be available this season the college has made arrangements to use the high school facilities.
Coach Austin, following the football, will have ten lettermen as a nucleus around which to build his team. More than half of that number are veterans of World War II. and it is problematical whether they will be in physical condition to stand the strenuous competition.
Lettermen who will battle for team places are J. Leathers, Thomas Leathers. Elmer Putnam. Ray Brown, LeRoy Deyo, James Irick, Wayne Grindel, Howard Knight, J. R. Moore, and Dean Lewis.
Seeing Jake Cramer do some beautiful passing out there last week made us agree all the more with Stu Dunbar, who says that if Jakie doesn’t make the all conference team they might just as well not pick one. However on the other hand a passer is just as good as his receiver and here we must give plenty of credit to Martz and Fisher. Martz has done a bang up Job in taking over where Bobby Barr left off.
Speaking of Bobby, I might say that there wasn’t a person in the stands who had his heart in that game any more than Bob. He played the game all the way, even though ho wasn't in uniform.
may lag for a couple of weeks now until basketball season starts but we ought to save up our pep because the basketball team will take just as much backing as the boys on the gridiron take.
McPherson has always been known as a basketball town and it looks like it may come close to being satisfied this year, at least as far as quantity goes. The way it looks now there will be a Mac College team, one from Central, the A & B squad of the high school, the J. C.’s and since the old Roundhouse burned, Bethany College will play their home games in McPherson.
On the same subject, Coach Hayden has arranged to play a few college games in the high school gym. This will give a much better court and also a larger seating capacity.
Back to football. Coach got about as much exercise as the players, Friday night, running out after injured boys. Scotty got a shoulder knocked down in the first quarter to start it all. Clint Hill and Don Van Dorn came out, with smashed knees and with Bob Barr and Orville Buckingham already out with injuries, its a pretty battered team.
Basketball practice officially started Monday with about 25 fellows reporting. Next week the football boys will quit the pads and a good many will join the cage squad. Altogether Coach Hayden is expecting approximately twenty lettermen back and from this he must pick a traveling squad of ten men. So you see it will bo a hotly contested race. However, Coach thinks prospects arc good for a team that can defend our conference title.
