Big Crowd To Macampus

Approximately 400 people attended the groundbreaking service for the new administration, auditorium and classroom building to be erected on McPherson College campus.

The building will be built in front of the present Sharp Hall. It will be named for two longtime teachers of the college.

Miss Jessie M. Brown; professor emeritus of piano, is the person for whom the auditorium will be named.

The administration - classroom building will be called Mohler Hall in honor of Robert E. Mohler, former science professor and present curator of the college museum.

In the service last Saturday, five brief comments were made. Paul Sargent spoke for the Board

Religious Emphasis Week Speaker Is Brown

The Rev. Dale Brown, director of religious life, will be the speaker for Religious Emphasis Week March 15-20 on Macampus.

The President of the college. Dr. D. W. Bittinger, and the call committee of the church have set up the following program.

Sunday, a.m., "What Is Man?"

Sunday p.m., "Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”

Monday, "Preaching In Season and Out of Season."

Tuesday chapel, "Losing One's Reason.".

Tuesday evening. "The Drama

Although bids were higher than anticipated, ground breaking ceremonies for the new Mohler Hall proceeded as planned on Saturday. Participating were, left to right, Ivin Wagner, Regional Youth President; Carl Harris, Student Council Presi-

Volume XLIII dent; Dr. D. W. Bittinger, McPherson College president; A. W. Bremyer, Mayor of McPherson; M. Clare Miller, chairman of fund drive; and Ernest Wall, former president of the Board of Trustees. (Republican Photo)

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building or greatly modify the building. And we hope we will not need to eliminate any of the building extras."

Future Plans

In addition to voting the go ahead with the new hall, trustees discussed other college buildings and projects. Some of these are:

1.    Parking will need to be arranged to take the place of Circle Drive.

2.    Plans for other buildings such as a student union - cafeteria, a new girls’ dorm addition and a married students’ apartment building are in the future.

Faculty salaries were also raised by the trustees.

After considerable discussion and prayer, the trustees passed a motion allowing folk and social dancing to be sponsored by the college.

city and the college. Students who have contributed to the Sharp Hall Development Fund will receive letters which will admit them.

Meal Planning

Miss Mildred Siek is in charge of the meal. Kathryn Burkholder, senior from Preston. Minn., will be assisting her. o The faculty members and their husbands or wives will be serving the meal and acting as hosts and hostesses.

Ticket Sales

Harvey C. Lehman and John Sheets are in charge of ticket sales and ticket canvassing. Sid Smith and Dr. John Burkholder and the fellows on the athletic work program are in charge of setting up the tables and chairs.

Mrs. Homer E. Brunk and Richard Slimon will take care of the decorations. George Arnold will check the coats. Elmer Ruhser will move the necessary equipment in the college pickup.

Election Time Nears Macampus

Rothrock Chosen Five Faculty VP

Dayton Rothrock, assistant professor of education, was chosen as vice-president of the Five-Faculty College KSTA. He was chosen along with Mr. Albert Nelson, president, from Wesleyan and Miss Jen Jenkins, secretary, from Bethany.

At this meeting on Feb. 14. the group also decided to recommend that, Sterling College, Tabor College, and Southwestern College be invited to become members of the Five-Faculty Conference.

Mac Scores In Peace Match

Joan Walters, senior from Pueblo, Colo., placed first in the local peace oratory contest last Friday. On Saturday she placed first in the state contest at Hillsboro. The title of her oration is "Enlist for Peace.”

Raymond Hull, sophomore from McPherson, placed second in the local contest and tied for third in the men’s division of the state contest. His oration was “Peace Through the Power of Love."

David Hykes, sophomore from Adel. Iowa, and Dick Ferris, junior from Topeka, were also in the local contest. Their titles were "Our Pilot for Peace" and "Ultimatum."

Dick Bittinger, senior from McPherson, placed third in the State peace extemp contest.

In debate. Joan Walters and Don Hollenbeck, sophomore from Udell, Iowa, won three out of four debates. Dick Kerris and Dick Bittinger won one out of four debates.

The schools represented were Baker. Bethel. McPherson, Ottawa. Southwestern. Tabor, and Wichita. The contest was held at Tabor College, Hillsboro.

Miss Siek Will Attend State Home Ec Meet

Miss Mildred Sick, professor of Home Economics, will be attending the meeting of the Kansas State Home Economics Association in Wichita on March 20 and 21.

Miss Siek, who is state secretary, will attend the council meeting of the Association on March 19.

The State College Clubs will also meet on March 20 and 21.

Three one-act plays will be given this evening at 8 in the chapel. The plays, under student direction, are open to the public.

"Sham", a social satire, is directed by Valerie Miller, a junior from Rocky Ford, Colo. The cast is Harold Connell as Charles; Dick Reinke as the Thief; Lynda Igel as Clara; and Ve-neta Howell as the Reporter.

A thief enters a home. While he is there, he finds that the family is putting on an act pretending to be high classed. The thief is discovered in the home and a real situation develops.

Faye Fields, a sophomore from Wichita, will direct the farce. “Box and Cox”. John Myers plays Box; Kenneth Watson plays Cox; and Marilyn Hanley plays Mrs. Bouncer.

"Box and Cox" tells the story of two men unknowingly sharing the same room. The landlady is doing this to get double rent. Cox works during the day, and Box works at night.

The director of "The Boor" is Lurry King, a junior from South English, Iowa. "The Boor", a farce, is written by Chekov, Glen-na Wampler, Terrell Phenice, and Bob Dell will play the roles of Helena Ivanovana Popov, Grigori Stephanovitch Smirov, ‘and Luka, respectively.

“The Boor" is the story of a widow who has mourned the loss of her husband for seven months. She has been demanded to pay a debt of. her husband’s.

Call Program Continues On Macollege Campus The Call to Witness program continued this week with student visitation and the call to responsibility of the church members. Six teams visited the members to call on their responsibility to witness.

Pondering With The President

To Break Ground

By Dr. D. W. Bittinger

It was a thrill for the large audience which was present, and for those who participated, to break ground for new buildings on Macampus last Saturday,

But with it there were mingled emotions and memories for some. One who was older said, "This is all of McPherson that I remember. Everything else is gone”.

This is true only in a physical sense. Everything good that has been McPherson through the years should still be alive and growing. It should always be here as well as at the thousands of other places where McPherson College is and has gone.

For Macollege is not buildings or campus; it never should be allowed to become only that. McPherson College is people and the everlasting in fluences they exert!

Old Sharp has served well. Her services cannot be dispensed with yet, even though her floors are weary. So old Sharp will likely need to stand and serve for a while longer as a campus building until other buildings for student and faculty uses can replace her. This may take a while.

Regardless of her future as a building, the spirit of old Sharp should be that which makes us "break new ground” in all the areas of life and in many areas of the world.

Cheating Is Approved By Student Bodies

only 12 per cent were willing to inform on a student that had cheated, and that 22 per cent were willing to entrust the class treasury to a person known to have cheated on an examination.

The article concluded, "Students are parts of a system in which the attainment of knowledge has become secondary to the completion of a prescribed course which our culture demands.

"Examinations are part of the process. One passes or one does not depending on his ability to beat the testing system.

"The system becomes a kind of game in which the professor has certain techniques and devices and the student has counter-moves. Cheating has been used as one of these." Those who hit home runs in January, however, may strike out next May.

Connell’s Corner

We owe the development of the raw-cotton industry to the invention of Eli Whitney, for almost all the world’s cotton crop is ginned today by improved adaptions of Whitney’s principle.

The patent for his invention was issued on March 14, 1794. Several types of roller gins were developed prior to Whitney’s however, his proved to be the most adaptable.

ATTENTION ALL IRISHMEN!!

The day we have been waiting for is drawing near. The “wearin’ of the green” is Tuesday, March' 17.

St. Patrick’s Day is the feast day of St. Patrick, a Christain missionary to Ireland in the 5th century. He is the founder of many churches and schools throughout Ireland. He was born in about 389.

St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s national holiday, is celebrated by Irishmen and their descendants the world over.

Green is the color of the day, and the Shamrock s worn to commemorate St. Patrick’s use of it as symbolic of the Trinity.

to indicate subdivisions of subject headings. An attempt is being made to keep cross reference cards up to date.

The library staff can assist students by providing special signs and guides in the catalog. Faculty members can help students by preparing accurate and complete bibliographies.

McPherson College’s exchange student for next year will participate in a direct institution exchange program between McPherson College and Goettingen. Germany.

April 3 has been set as the deadline for applications. Any interested student may turn in his application to Prof. Paul Sollen-berger, Prof. Dale Brown, or the President’s office.

German Exchangee

This exchange program came into effect when Dr. D. W. Bit tinger and the Goettingen school made a written agreement in Germany this summer.

The German government will pay for the American student’s tuition, room, and board while Macollege will support the German exchange student who will come to McPherson from Goettingen.

The only expense the exchange student will have is his transportation to and from Goettingen. But he may save enough from the government grant to travel while in Europe.

McPherson Exchangee

While abroad. Mac’s exchangee will live in the school’s dormitory. He may go to Germany anytime in the summer. It is hoped that he will do some Brethren volunteer work before his school starts in October if possible.

The American students will become a member of the German exchangee’s family while abroad. It is expected that the German student will become a part of the Macollege exchangee’s fam-

ily.

Better Program

According to Dr. Bittinger, this is a better program than pre viously had. The college is also working towards a freer and easier transfer of credits.

The MCA will be supporting the German student who comes to Mac. A committee of five composed of students and faculty members has been chosen by the MCA cabinet to select the Macol lege exchange student.

Lois Fager is now at Goettingen as Mac’s exchange student.

show up any difference between the two classes and will demonstrate whether or not the new technique will work efficiently.

Student assistants are set up with regular office hours for counseling. Any students of the experiment group which have any questions or problems can see the assistants at their scheduled hours.

Idea From NEA

Dr. Flory got the idea for this experiment from a- conference which he attended in March of *58. The theme of the conference was Current Issues in Higher Education and was held by the Association for Higher Education of the NEA.

At this conference one of the study groups which Flory attended was on new techniques and developments for teaching larger numbers of students without increasing the number of faculty.

Reports were given to the group from several institutions for higher learning which have tried either the plan like we are trying or a similar one.

Some of the colleges and uni versifies which reported were the University of Kentucky. Los Angeles State College, Smith College, and the University of Colorado.

Intramurals Include Table Tennis, Softball

Spring intramural program at McPherson College will include table tennis and softball, reports George Keim, and will begin after Easter vacation.

Girls’ Varsity Takes Second

Macollege Girls’ Varsity basketball team took second place in a tournament held at Bethel College. Bethel took first and Tabor and Sterling took third and fourth respectively.

Bethel beat Tabor in the first game of the tournament led in scoring by Lorraine Dick. In the second game of the tourney. Jo Ann Kerr of Mac led her team to a 49-22 victory over Sterling, Kerr scored 20 points.

Tabor squeezed out Sterling in the first game of the final evening of play to take third place. Bethel copped first place by beating Mac 52-39 in the championship game. Kerr of Mac and Dick of Bethel each scored 24 points.

The girls were served supper, family style, in the Bethel College dining hall.

Harris Reports Book Loans

KWU Athletic Director To Be M-Club Speaker

Daffin ’Swede’’ Backstrom, athletic director at Kansas Wesleyan, will be the speaker at the annual M-Club Banquet April 13. The banquet is an annual spring affair for the M-Club members.

Poet, printer, professor, preacher describe the interests and activities of Prof. Harley Stump. Professor Stump is the chairman of the English Department at Macollege.

His hobby of printing grew out of his work as a preacher and a weekly printing job on his printing press of his church bulletins. He commented that he did printing for his own enjoyment, with one exception "I don't print greenbacks.”

Poetry

' I wrote my first poem because I had an intense feeling about something." Prof Stump described his first feeling as a place in ruins which he saw while herding" sheep when he was about 18.

In his poem he expressed what all the rock foundations could say about a life which had once been there if they could only talk.

A number of his poems he has written for special services and memorial services while in his ministry. One marriage ceremony he performed he had written in blank verse at the request of the bride.    

Prof. Stump estimated that he

has written about 200 poems. He has submitted very few of them for publication. Of the ten or so which he has submitted, he has had more published than rejected.

‘‘They’re not good enough!" was his reason for not submitting more poems for publication. He said his poems are not written because he is a writer.

He feels that some of his students have written better poetry than he will ever be able to do. He is more interested in the angle of teaching and helping his students write poetry.

When he has more leisure, he hopes to write more poetry. Also he said he would like to do more writing of short stories. He has written one but as yet has not

submitted it for publication.

Preacher

He was a preacher full-time before he came to Macollege in the fall of 1957 and now fills a pulpit on Sundays at the Pleasant View Church, Darlow.

Before coming to McPherson, he had been an ordained minister for 24 years. During this time he held pastorates at Waka, Texas; Washita Church, Cordell, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and Empire, Calif.

Professor

Prior to coming to Macollege. Prof. Stump had taught on both the elementary and high school levels. While he was at Bethany Biblical Seminary, he taught English there.

During the summers he is working on his doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.

His wife. Jeanette, is a senior at Macollege and will graduate at the end of the summer session. One son, Harl, is a sophomore at LaVerne College, La-Verne, Calif., and another son, Nelson, is a senior at McPherson High School.

Dr. Wesley DeCoursey, profes-sor of chemistry, has been accepted by the National Science Foundation Summer Institute. June 15 - July 10, at Bloomington, Ind.

Dr. DeCoursey applied to two institutes and was accepted by both. He chose the Indiana institute because it will provide a course of study which he needs. The other institute was at Fort Lewis A & M College in Colorado.

The morning sessions will be devoted to co-ordinated lectures on recent developments and trends in analytical inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.

In the afternoons. Dr. DeCoursey will have a choice of participating in group discussions, working with modern research instruments. or participating in research.

Professor Harvey Diehl of Iowa State College, who was a member of Dr. DeCoursey’s Doctoral Committee at Iowa State, will be one of the lecturers at the Institute.

The DeCoursey family will visit in the Earl Grove home in Iowa while Dr. DeCoursey attends the Institute. The Groves are parents of Mrs. DeCoursey.

Keim, DeBord

Mr. and'Mrs. Stanley B. Keim, Nampa, Idaho, announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne, to Bob DeBord, "Payette, Idaho.

Miss Keim, a ’58 graduate of McPherson College, is teaching in Boise, Idaho.

Brown Will Hold Pre-Easter Meetings

Dale Brown, director of religious life and assistant professor in philosophy and religion, will be holding pre-Easter meetings at the First Church of the Brethren in Wichita March 22-27.

His theme is "The Cross." This is his home church.

SNEA To See Film; Elect Officers

SNEA will meet Wednesday, March 18, in the chapel. A film. "A Desk For Billie.” will be shown. An election of officers will be held, and a quorum is necessary for election.