VOL. XIII
McPherson Bulldogs Smother Mackie's
WESLEYAN COYOTES IN FAST COURT CONTEST
Makes Second Conference Victory For The Canines Wtih No Defeats— Visitors Unable To Play The Type Of Ball The Champions Offered
McPherson 38, Salina 23
Visitors Held Four Point Lead At Start But Were Easily Over-
whelmed
Community Gym., Tues., Jan. 14 — The McPherson college Bulldogs turned back the Kansan Wesleyan Coyote quintet here tonight with a decisive defeat of 38 to 23 in the first home conference game for the local team, giving the Bulldogs two wins and the Coyotes two loses in the Kansas conference basketball loop. The visitors were unable to play the type of ball the champions offered tonight which resulted in the exercise of their feeble defensive efforts to their physiological limits and was about to produce a "walk-off" for the first string men when Gard-ner sent in his substitutes.
The local boys ran up a three point lead to start things off then the Coyotes rallied a 7 to 3 lead which they held momentarily until the famous Canine stride was hit and in short order the lead was in the hands of the Bulldogs where it stood 19 to 12 at the half period. The Coyotes threatened seriously at the beginning of the second period when they piled up five points to two for the local team. It was with the score standing 11 to 17 in their favor that the real game started for the Bulldogs, after which they piled up their end to 38 points without a single threat from the opposition. With four minutes to go the second team was sent in with Jamison, the only regular on the floor. A stall game was played and -several personal fouls committed which gave the Methodists six more points by charity.
Miller, the lanky Bulldog captain and center and famous scoring ace, was high point man of this game with twelve scores by his name. Deschner and Crumpacker followed closely
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GIRLS BASKET BALL IN W. A. A. STARTED
Sat., Jan. 18—Girls basket ball, sponsored each year by the W. A. A., has been started and three teams have been formed. A tournament will be held to decide the winning team. Beth Haas is in charge of this W. A. A. sport. The teams selected
Team I—V. Wine (f), S. Edge-comb (f), V. DeVilbis (f), N. Collins (f), H. Kline (g), A. Anderson (g), A. Rodabaugh (g), D. Sherfy (g), A. Wattenbarger (c), and D. Ballard (c).
Team II—M. High (f), B. Hess (f), A. Brunk (f), L. Allen (f), E. Brown (g), M. Stegeman (g), E. Hoover (g), L. .Hanson. (g), G. Crist (c), and V. Butterbaugh (c).
Team III— P. Holderread (f), F. Heckman (f), B. Holgerson (f), G. Dawson (f), F. Weaver (g), M. Doyle (g), H. Huskirk (g), I. Gibson (g), and M Weddle (c).
STORY-TELLINC HOUR
AMUSES CHILDREN
Thurs., Jan. 11—Fourteen grade-school children were rapt listeners this evening to the tales told by the members of the story telling class in the church parlor during story-telling hour. The project was the second of its kind undertaken this semester.
Legends, nature stories. fairy tales, and ethical stories constituted the series told by the seven college girls and each was received with enthusiastic appreciation from the youngsters.
PROF. BLAIR GIVES MANY EDUCATIONAL LECTURES
Prof. J. A. Blair of the department of education has been kept very busy nearly every week end since early November lecturing before teachers association meetings in various coun-ties of the state. A few of his most recent engagements were at Wellington, Clearwater, Phillipsburg, Gove, Plainville, Ellsworth and Bloom. His lectures on "The Ideal Teacher" and “The Spirit of Youth" have been especially popular and have occasioned much favorable comment.
ENROLLMENT FOR SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS JAN. 27
Enrollment for the second semes-ter begins at nine o’clock Monday morning, January 27, and continues till Tuesday at 10 o'clock. The enrollment officers and rooms are the same as for the first semester.
Freshman officers are: Prof. Hess, Prof. Boone, Prof. Utrecht, and Miss Brown in room 8 of the Administration building. Sophomore officers are: Dr. Hershey and Miss Lehman in room 6 in the Ad building. Junior officers are Dr. Harnly and Prof. Bowman in room 4 of Ad building. Senior officers are: Prof. Blair and Dean Mohler in their respective offices.
Several new courses are being offered this semester. Dr. V. F. Schwalm is offering A Course In International Relations. Astrophysics is being offered by Prof. Bowman. Entomology and Romantic Poets are new courses for next semester.
As far as could be learned this morning there will be ten new students enrolling for the second semester.
PRES. AND DEAN PRESENT PICTURE OF JESUS CHRIST
President V. F. Schwalm and Dean R. E. Mohler recently presented a picture of Jesus Christ to the school and it is now hanging on the east wall of the chapel.
MERCURY REACHES NEW LOW MARK FOR WINTER
Fri., Jan 17—Accompanied by a strong northern wind, ladened with snow, the mercury descended to a new low mark for the winter this morning, reaching 14 degrees below zero. Last year the lowest level was 12 below. This morning's reading was the lowest since 1924 when the mercury descended to 16 below zero. The readings were taken from Cus-todian Forney's thermometer.
PURGATORY . . . WEEK
By way of explanation—Purgatory-week in plain language means Hell-Week. By Hell-Week means exams, crams, and all other nerve wracking instruments of torture. So with a "College Humor" in one paw and "Gene" Dawson's "Crazy Book" in the other, I shalt endeavor to elucidate upon the potentially sane moments of all concerned during this time of stress and worry.
In the first place final exams are morally wrong according to a great lyceum lecturer who stated from a soap box (oratorically . . , ) (not that Convention
Hall has a soap box for a platform) that finals were merely inventions of the "bad man" to lure pure in-nocent professors into the nefarious habits of ascertaining, in the short period of two hours, whether or not eighteen weeks of ivory-pounding has had any noticeable reaction.
It has been proved biologically that if you irritate the egg of a frog—no I mean protoplasm—that a flog can be produced synthetically. Now exam questions hardly work the same way because when they irritate the brain cells all they produce are a blank page and cuss words from boys and expletives from girls. A for-
tune awaits the student who can invent a way of producing synthetic information for where there are no across great oaks are sure not to grow instead great pain-in-the-neck from little exam questions grow. Amen.
Economically exams are a waste of time, energy,
money and brain cells. Just think, two hours of the students' and professors' time gone into eternity pro-
during only paper scribbled over which give one eye strain and religious strain. Energy is wasted which might be used snowing snow balls or other cultural pursuits. Furniture is ruined by the chewing of pencils and scratching on chairs to get inspiration. Suppose you get a pencil splinter into your wisdom tooth, gangrene sets in, a trip to the hospital, an amputation is neces-sary, and you go into a decline the remainder of your life. Its dangerous. Time is wasted that one could be home sleeping late and eating food that you almost for-got Mother could cook. For every exam a million brain cells are torn down. Is it any wonder colleges turn out imbeciles such as life insurance salesmen and other misguided creatures who had their brilliance torn down in a torture period of two hours? The Reign of Terror has nothing on this week when it comes to torture and suspense.
What's the use? Exams are like the itch, they break out every year in the same place only they last for four years instead of seven. You cannot be inoculated against exams for it never takes. Exams are reasons why people leave college. They make girls walk home early so as to cram for next day’s final.
Exam question*—"What is a peacock?
Answer—"It is a chicken in bloom".
Question —-’Do you know any more about absent minded professors"?
Answer— “Yes there is the professor who hung up his socks and then discovered that he had forgotten to take them off".
Yours til exams are extra curricular activities.
—Sea-See
McPherson College, Kansas. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1930
MORE BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY
Fri., Jan 17—Mrs. S. A. Stover has donated a number of books to the library this week, among which was a copy of the works of "Josephus" as well as the lives of "Frances E. Williard" and "Dwight L. Moody.
Opera By Gilbert And Sullivan is Most Universally Appreciated Musical Comedy REHEARSALS HAVE STARTED
Rosa Curtis Is Playing The Leading Character—Music Light And Humorous
Thur., Jan. 16—Mrs. Anna Tate, instructor in voice, announced this morning that the college chorus would present the opera "Mikado" by Gilbert and Sullivan in the Community Hall on the evening of March 19. Mrs. Tate also stated that rehearsals have already started.
The "Mikado” is in some respects the most universally appreciated of any of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas and by some it is considered the most popular of all the operas writ-ten by these famous composers.
The text is filled with charming wit and philosophy. The music is light and humorous, the instrumentation being a model of its kind.
The scene is laid in Japan and the characters portrayed are Japanese. Although it was first produced in the eighties, curiously enough this opera first anticipated the rise of modern Japan and not only portrays the Japs but ourselves—in a very thin disguise.
The cast selected to take the leading parts is as follows:
Mikado of Japau—Ross Curtis.
Nankl-Poo, his son disguised as a minstrel in love with Yum-Yum— Lloyd Diggs.
Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titpu—Blanch Harris
Poo-Bab, Lord High Everything Else—Orville Voran.
Pish-Tush, a noble Lord—Walter Fillmore.
Yum-Yum, ward of Ko-Ko—Estter Dahlinger.
Pilti-Sing, ward of Ko-Ko—Eugenia Dawson.
Peep-Bo, ward of Ko-Ko—Helen Eberly.
Katisba, an elderly lady in love with Nankl-Po—Irene Steinberg.
COMING EVENTS
Friday, January 21—Ottawa game, here.
Sunday, January 26— McPher-son College day in the churches.
Monday, January 27 —Enrollment.
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NININGER HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE IN BANDIT COUNTRY IN OLD MEXICO IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
Expedition Spends Three Weeks In Going A Distance Of Six Or Seven Hundred Miles—Natives Often Misled Them —Roads Very Bad
FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT WILL FEATURE PROGRAM
A classical program consisting of music and a play will be presented by the Fine Arts department in the chapel Wednesday evening, January 29.
Music appropriate to the occasion will be provided by the piano department. The play "Pygmalion and Galatea". written by W. H. Gilbert and based upon a Greek legend, is to be presented by members of the advanced expression class. The case of characters are: Pygmalion, Philip Lauv-er; Cynisca (his wife), Velma Elaine Wine; Galatea, Helen Louise Hudson and Myrine (Pygmalion's sister), Ida Lengel.
CECILIANS MEET FOR
BI-WEEKLY PROGRAM
Mon., Jan. 13—The Cecilian Mu-tic Society held its bi-weekly meeting this evening in the chapel. "Modern Song and Piano Composers" was the subject of the program, which was led by Harriet Hopkins. Several selections were given to illustrate the modern trends in music.
The program consisted of the following numbers: piano solo, "Elves
Danre” by Kroeger, Miss Fern Lingenfelter; vocal solas. "Song of the Open Road” by De Forge, and "All for You" by Brown, Mrs. Anna Tate; a talk, "Modern Composers", by Hattie Isabel Rtshel. Several phonograph records were also played.
THREE VACANCIES FILLED IN THE C. E. CABINET
Thurs., Jan 16--At a meeting of the Christian Endeavor cabinet this evening three vacancies In tbe cabinet were filled.
Donald Trostle was elected vice-president to fill the vacancy made vacant by the resignation of Leland Lindell. Ruth Miller was ejected chairman of the social committee in place of Bernice McClellan who resigned, and Pauline Dell became pi-anist in place of Lawrence Turner who has left school.
THIEF VISITS PARLOR IN MEN'S DORMITORY
Fri., Jan. 17 —It was discovered this morning that during the night some one with the prowling instinct had prowled around in the new parlor of the men's dormitory and had disappeared with the two McPherson college emblems. One was in the form of a pennant and was hanging on the wall; the other, a large rectangular felt emblem. As far as is known no trace of the thief has been found and no evidence has been discovered.
CAR HELD IN SWAMP Camp Visited At Night By Two Drunken Mexicans Who Want Shelter
After spending months traveling in Mexico Prof. H. H. Nininger, head of the college biology department has recently returned to McPherson. This trip was made to Mexico in the interest of scientific research and the tracing of meteorites. The tour of Mex-ico was made in a car, and the party arranged their own camps which offered some thrilling experiences which were no doubt lucky escapes for his party.
The roads in Mexico are unfavorable for speedy travel, making pro-gress in transportation very slow and difficult. The Nininger parly spent about three weeks traveling to Mex-ico City, a distance of perhaps six or seven hundred miles. On the particular evening of this story, Prof. Nininger hoped to spend the night in Toluca, a small Mexican town about
forty miles from Mexico City. As night approached they hurried to reach Toluca thinking that they were only ten miles from their destination which they later found to be at least twice that distance.
As they passed through a miniature Mexican village they stopped as was their custom to inquire what road led out of the village to Toluca. SeveraI times they were misled and had to return to be again informed. Finally they were assured that this particular road was the right road. But to their utter amazement the road ended after they had covered two miles of a Mexican path. An open prairie was ahead of their trail and so they decided to follow an improvised road of their own running parallel to the railroad track. They thought soon that another road might open up to them as they followed the railroad track.
But suddenly about dusk they ran into swampy grass land. Since American cars can not mire through a swamp indefinitely they landed in a
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MOHLER TO ATTEND
MEETING AT WICHITA
Dean R. F. Mohler, representing the McPherson school board of education, will attend the thirteenth session of the Council of Administra-tion of the Kansas State Teachers Assciation to be held at Wichita, January 31 and February 1.
PLAY BOOKS FOR SENIOR PLAY WILL BE HERE SOON
Thurs., Jan. 16—Miss Beth Hess, Chairman of the senior play committee reported today that the books have been sent for and that try outs for the cast of “John Ferguson" will be held as soon as possible after the second semester starts.
McPherson has edge
ON THE OTTAWA CAGERS
Tues., Jan. 21--The Bulldogs are scheduled to play the basketball team from Otawa University here Friday night at eight o'clock in their third conference tilt of the season. Both teams have been victorious over Kansas Wesleyan which favors the Bulldogs with dope of having the wider margin in their favor. Ottawa has a strong team this year and can be
ranked with the top three if not the top two in the conference. A peep into the past history of the encount-ers of the two schools reveals things to be slightly in favor of the Canines. 1924 McPherson 29 Ottawa 15 1928 McPherson 40—Ottawa—21 1929 McPherson 41 Ottawa 33
McPherson 42—Ottawa 27
Will the Bulldog defense stop the flashy Brave forward, Kepner, who scored 3 points against the Coyotes two weeks ago? Can Miller outplay and outjump their All State Binns at center? Affirmative answers give an-other victory to McPherson.
TO ELECT NEW PRESIDENT WORLD SERVICE GROUP
Because of the vacancy of presi-dent of the World Service Group, made vacant by Lawrence Turner leaving school the end of this semester, an election for that office will be held Thursday evening. James H.
Elrod and Philip Lauver have been nominated.
The Official Publication of McPherson College. Published by the Student Council
Entered as second class matter November 20, 1917 at the postoffice at McPherson
Kansas under the act of March 3, 1897
Address all correspondence to THE SPECTATOR McPherson, Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF.
Editor-In-chief --------------------- Leland E. Lindell
Associate Editor --------------------- Mildred Swenson
Associate Editor --------------------- Donald L. Trostle
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager --------------------- Ernest E. Watkins
Ass't Business Manager --------------------- Fred Andrews
Ass't Business Manager --------------------- Paul Sherfy
Circulation Manager --------------------- Carroll D. Walker
REPORTERS
Ethel Sherfy John Berkebile Beth Hess Bernice McClellan Emery Metzager
Chester Carter Attillia Anderson Gilbert Myers Marlin Hoover Alberta Yoder
Faculty Advisor --------------------- Prof. Maurice A. Hess
TO BE--OR NOT TO BE
It has been a custom for a number of years that students should not date at basketball games. It has been upheld that more and better cheering could be done if men and women were not attached by the "date" bond. It is not a matter of force that the cheerleaders should use but each student has been left honor bound and to show the visitors and the team that the "Bulldogs Growl".
This question brings up the usual conflict—If we are to have a ruling that dates shall not sit together at court encounters let us enforce it. If not, let us do away with it. In former years the center portion of the Bulldog section has been reserved for the women ''only" and the men to the right and left. This has proved a very satisfactory system and evenly divides the cheering group in such a manner that the "two group" yells may be executed successfully. Be it not understood that dateing to and from the games is not desirable.
Maybe it is that the intrepid dates and the romantic dater have such a bond in common that a separation for one evening's encounter with our athletic forces would be disobedience of the chain of mutual friendship. If if is the will of the students that a special section be reserved for "daters only” then the consecrated efforts of the cheerleaders will become more effective.
The College of Emporia has met this identical problem and have based their distinction on the fact that it is the honor of the student body that should support the team while on the court and have advocated "dateless basketball games".
Leslie Myers: "Ouch!'Bumped my crazy bone"!
Shackle: "Oh, well, comb your hair right and the bump won’t show.
Irate father: I can see right through that college girl's intrigue, young man".
Love sick son: "I know, dad, but they all dress that way nowadays".
Girls will wear short skirts again but it won't be because they want to show economy.
Prof. Bowman in astronomy): "Miss Hovis, which is the nearest, Africa or the moon"?
Bert: "The Moon".
Prof. Bowman: "What makes you think so"?
Bert: “I can see the moon".
Don't need to tell us that college profs. know everything. Another one just got married.
Walker: "Do you sing soprano"?
Nellie C: Sure! How does the first verse start"?
Even Early is too late for Bula.
It won't be long now. Just a few more hours till Hell week is upon us.
Horace Keller —
TEN THOUSAND OR “BUST”
JUST LIKE A ...
Each student certainly has a book or two in his possession that he could afford to give to the library and therefore be of a material help to the library committee in raising the number of volumes to 10,000.
Every educational institution needs a well supplied library of reference books where a at student may go to fight out his problems of data and book knowledge. A good library should be the student's pride and to relish this pride he should take an interest in the enlarging of its supply of books. If each student donated one book and with the aid of outside sources the quota could be rearched easily in a very short time.
The Timid Soul observes that women buy there furs in the winter and don't wear them till summer. . . . Just like a. . .
WHAT SHALL WE INDULGE IN?
This week we are not only wandering if we have anything in our heads but are attemptling to select a group of subjects with which to spend our time with next semester. If Henderson were a freshman he would probably call this week "hell" week and try to make the best of it by treating it as such.
Whether it be Henderson's week or not we are coming into our own test for efficiency.
A wide range of courses are offered to the students of the college and it is up to them to choose something they are interested in and will enjoy. It is best that we get our "required" courses out of the way as much as possible in our first two years, leaving the last two chiefly elect-ive. If such a course is followed he will not find that on his graduation day that he larks an hour of A-subjects or is shy an hour in his major. (That would certainly be a detour).
Nor is it wise for a student to indulge in a subject that he or she simply despises. It will prove a waste of time and money and he will receive no good from it at all. Studies one like are sure to be studied and analyzed deeper than the mere covers of the text book. If he has a definite aim, if he knows what he wants to specialize in, and is stimulated with a desire to work, a student is surely more contented.
One is never happy unless he is kept busy.
The Haymaker, Phillips U. says that "most people never think seriously about anything until they are married, or broke, or some other catastrophe has hit them"—we would like to ask when they have their semester exams.
McPherson is certain
Wed., Jan 15--Word was received here this afternoon, by Emery Metz-ger, president of the local Young Men's Christian Association, saying that McPherson college could count definitely on the Christian World Education Institute to be held here on March 5, 6, 7, this year.
The purpose of this institute is to help students realise vividly what the modern world is like, and what it means to be a Christian in our present complex civilization; to help them in their thinking regarding new issues in international, interracial, and economic life, as well as the world program of the church; and to supplement the work done in the college curriculum by a visit of persons with first hand experience in various parts of the world. Instead of taking a few students away from the campus to a conference, the plan is to bring the conference to the campus, making it available for everyone and fit-ting it into their on-going academic life.
The Christian World Education Institute is a new thing, this being the second year it has been tried in the
Rocky Mountain region. It is one of the most outstanding factors in the cooperative work of the Council of Christian Associations and last year twenty private and state institutions participated in it. McPherson participated last year by sending a delegation of thirty to the Wichita conference.
The program, which will be in charge of a local committee, of which Bernice McClellan is chairman, has not yet been arranged. But the main work of the Institute will be carried on in classroom periods, chapel as-semblies, cabinet meetings and luncheons or banquets.
Noth ng definite is known about the leadership of the McPherson insti-tute, but Lyman Hoover of Denver, chairman of that work this year, said when here a month ago, that possibly the team sent here would be made up of Normas Thomas, Executive Secretary of the League for Indus-trial Democracy: Frank T. Wilson. head colored student secretary to the Mymore, India meeting of the World Student Christian Federation, and Clark M. Eichelberger, director Mid-West office, League of Nations Asso-ciation, a world travelier and lecturer on international affairs.
Wednesday, January 22
8:00-10:00—All classes reciting at 8:00.
10:30-12:30—All classes reciting Monday at 10:30.
1:30-3:30—All classes reciting Tuesday at 10:30.
3:30-5:30—Open period.
Thursday, January 23
8:00-10:00—All classes reciting Tuesday at 9:00.
10:30-12:30—All classes reciting Tuesday at 11:30.
1:30-12.30—All classes reciting Tuesday at 2:30.
3:30-5:30—All classes reciting at 3:30.
Friday, January 24
8:00-10:00 —All classes reciting Monday at 9:00.
10:30-12:30—All classes reciting Monday at 11:30.
1:30-3:30—All classes reciting Monday at 2:30.
3:30—5.30—Open period.
Saturday, January 23
8:00—10:00—All classes reciting Monday at 1:30.
10:00-12:00- All classes reciting Tuesday at 1:30.
1:30-3:30—Open period.
You have heard the statement. "Just like a woman"—and have wondered if there was any positive proof to verify its truthfulness. We have found a proof that justifies its use.
Since Dr. Hershey startled the chemists of the country at the Minneapolis convention this fall with the announcement that he had made an artificial diamond, he has received many letters from teachers and chem-ists throughout the United States asking about his experimenting. Many newspapers and magazines have carried stories of his synthetic diamond. From a woman high school teacher in the west, Dr. Hershey has received this letter:
Professor Willard,
Hershey College,
McPherson, Kansas.
Dear Sir:
"In the Nov. 4 issue of the Pathfinder there was an article regarding your experiment, in subjecting ten tons of sugar to a process, thereby making a square inch diamond.
"Upon reading this a dispute at once arose among the members of the class, some claiming this could not be done, others claiming if the sugar was boiled and subjected to heat that it could be made into so small a form.
"Would you be so kind as to send me more of a detailed description, so I can settle this dispute"?
The tsacher has jumbled the actual circumstances to a great extent. The exact process is as follows:
"Common sugar is placed in a graphite crucible about ten centimeters high and seven centimeters in diameter and burned, only the car-bon remaining. It is mixed with iron filings and melted at a high temperature and then thrust into an ice cold salt brine where an external pressure of ten tons to the square inch is exerted".
FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
The final examibations for the first semester will be held January 22, 23, 24 and 25. Each examination will be two hours in length, and the schedule is given as follows:
there", she cried.
The voice belonged to the ten year old daughter of the aforementioned citizen's tenant who lived next door
Dazed and annoyed, he arose and dressed. Dynamite in the basement Indeed! Did the man plan to blow up the house?
As he accompanied her, the child prattled on.
"The folks are gone and they aren't back yet. And I was all alone and I just know I heard someone in the basement. And Daddy put dyna-mite down there last night".
With a disgusted snort the man opened the door and gingerly de-scended the stairs peering this way and that. A scared pup cowered in the corner.
"Hump! There's nobody down here. Now where's that dynamite"? he demanded.
The child's eyes opened in amaz-ment.
"Why, there's Dynamite", she said indicating the dog.
We are grieved to say that Prof. Petry does not like the Kansas weather--Kansas, the sunflower state--and says that we can have our
Kansas but give him his Indiana. And yet, we haven't heard him singing that good old song, "The Girl I Left Behind".
Dean Mohler wonders if the four dietitions and the four morticians, as listed by Prof. Teach in his chapel speech, have a bond in common. We do not know about such a correlation but do suggest that they certainly must cooperate.
We are wondering if Mids Shelly has any particular reason for having the chapel orchestra work up Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
Too bad Dr. Schwalm didn't hear Diggs sing "All of the Family are there"!
We imagine Prof. Blair is quite as oratorical about those "necessary" and "God-given" detours when he is on the road. but probably his oratory is even more eloquent of his real state of mind.
Do you "spec" Prof. Hess has been speculating on the board of trade? Anyway, he’s got a new "Chevvy six".
HORRORS OF DYNAMITE
Early one morning a prominent citizen of a small neighboring town was awakened by a child's shrill voice at his window.
"There's a burglar in our basement and we've got dynamite down
Tues., Jun. 14—Social and racial problems which the United States must face in dealing with the people of foreign countries were discussed in Y. M. this morning.
Kermit Hayes spoke upon the problems confronting us in dealing with people from the Orient. The im-migration laws are very strict, even excluding all people from certain countries. This is thought necessary for several reasons. It prevents inter-marriage, it enables us to maintain a higher standard of living, it helps to prevent moral degeneracy, abol-ishes the unsanitary conditions tol-erated by them, and keeps the coun-try from being over-run by cheap laborers.
But on the other hand, they are persons. They are thrifty or they couldn't compete with us. They come from the better classes or they could not succeed here.
There is also a problem concerning students who come from the Orient.
The immigration problem concerning Europeans was discussed by Lil-burn Gettman. It is not the same problem as that concerning Orientals because America is the product of European civilization.
There are two classes of European immigrants. Those from Northern Europe are thrifty and settle in the West. Those from Southern Europe are on the whole less desirable and settle largely in cities of the East. They are the ones who tend to lower the standard of living.
We have advantages. Should we alone possess them and exclude oth-ers? This is the problem. It is yet to be solved.
C. F. Gustafson. A. B. '99, teacher of chemistry in the Kansas City Junior College, visited relatives in McPherson recently. The trip from Kansas City to Salina was made by airplane.
FORNEY RELATES SOME INTERESTING EXPERIENCES HE HAS HAD WITH FUN-HUNGRY STUDENTS ON CAMPUS
Has Been Custodian Of The College For The Last Ten Years— His Most Exciting Moment Was When Student Placed
His Cow On The Chapel Stage
EDITOR'S NOTE
This is the fifth of a series of articles concerning interesting person-ages on the campus, both faculty and students.
BY JOHN BERKEBILE
Yes, it’s nice to get up in the morning, but it’s much nicer to remain in bed these cold mornings. At least that is the way Mr. Frank W. Forney.
custodian in charge of the buildings and
FRANK W. FORNEY
campus at McPherson college, looks at the situation. At four or five o'clock in the good old winter time while most of us are winding up the night’s rest Mr. Forney is going to his job, to provide heat and comfort for all of us. Because furnaces just aren't in the habit of running without a little coaxing, you know.
In studying interesting personages on the campus we learn that probably no one is more capable of revealing the life of students at their worst as
Forney. Nearly every day of the year he comes in contact with students. And may we add that this contact is usually of an unusual nature.
"Forney", as everyone on campus knows him, came to McPherson college ten years ago. During these years with the
institution he has seen dormitory life as no one else could hope to see it. In our interview with him he told us of more "pranks" than we could possibly take the space to re-tell to you.
Mr. Forney tells us of one partic-ularly interesting "prank" that was pulled a few years ago by several
fun-hungry Fahnestock hall boys. It seems that Paul Yoder was about ready to call on his fair lady one evening and to his surprise he found the keys to his car were missing. To be brief Paul and the lady were deprived of a lovely spring evening to-gether. Later that evening, so Mr. Forney tells up, Mr. Yoder took the five or six practical jokers for a ride in his car, telling them that he would return good for evil, and take them for a ride and eventually treat them. Eventually the boys were treated to a ride which took them five miles into the country and strange as it may seem, they walked home.
This is only one of the many stories "Forney" is capable of telling his callers. At times Forney enjoys the instigator of such boyish pranks. At one time particularly he provoked the attention of the dorm boys. It was during a "Swede watch” several years ago and Mr. Forney was walking to-ward the library. "The Swedes", he cried. And though it happened in the wee hours of the morning, every boy in Fahnestock hall was out of his bed, ready for the battle. Needless to say, Forney was not seen much that day.
Frank Forney was born in Falls City, Nebraska. While he was still very young he moved to Abilene, Kansas. It was in this community that he grew to manhood. One of his earliest friends was a gentleman by the name of Brown, who is at the present time president of the United Telephone company.
At the age of nineteen Forney mov-ed to Waterloo, Iowa. He became a construction worker. After a few years in this work he enrolled as a student in Mount Morris college in Illinois. He started to college with exactly $120.00, and during his college days he was entirely self-supporting. He made his way by working at jobs such as dish-washing and janitor work. At the end of two years in Mount Morris he received the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. He returned to Waterloo, resumed his former work as a construction man and a few years later met and married the lady who is now his wife.
In 1920 Mr. Forney moved with his family to McPherson where he was given the position he is now holding. During his time here he has seen, and has been the promoter of many improvements, both on the campus and in the buildings. Forney has greatly improved the heating system in the boys dormitory. He has been the cause of great improvements on the campus. When he first came to McPherson only a small space in front of the library was properly kept. Through his efforts the re-mainder of the grounds were improv-ed and as a result we now enjoy the beauty of a well-kept campus. He has also improved the general appearance of the grounds by finding a means of disposal for trash and refuse. These are only a few of the improvements which have been brought about by Forney's tireless efforts.
"My most perplexing moment in McPherson”, says Mr. Forney, "was the time that Albert Unruh placed a cow on the stage. When I
got up in the morning to milk the cow she was gone". His patience was also tried the times he forgot to shut off the water in the boiler room. It
was no pleasure to return on some cold morning after a hard day’s work to find that the boilers were frozen. But Forney has a suplied a remedy for this breach of memory. He doesn’t tie a string around his finger. But he has placed an electric light over his office door, which is a constant reminder that he must shut off the water.
While living in McPherson, Forney has kept a record of all the coldest points the thermometer has reached each winter. The lowest he has recorded was on January 1, 1924, when the mercury descended to sixteen de-grees below zero. He says that the
winter of 1923 and 1924 was the coldest during the ten year period.
Frank Forney will hold a place in the memory of McPherson college students which will never fade. His honest efforts and desire for improving college conditions here is the distinct tribute which shall always be his to enjoy.
NININGER IN OLD MEXICO
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ditch with the two left wheels in mud up to the axel. Their car was about half turned over and the party was unable to separate the car from the swamp.
Having heard so much about bandits in this particular area the party was rather fearful in pitching camp in this unprotected place. For only the night before two carloads of soldiers had come up to them and were armed with bayonetted rifles and machine guns in search of bandits who had deliberately murdered a man in the afternoon. Such a situation would make the boldest hero shrink in fear.
With thoughts of what might happen to them during the night, never-theless the party resolutely set up their camp and finally went to bed trying to sleep.
At this particular place the alti-.
tude was about 8,000 feet and the night air was sharp. About midnight the party was suddenly startled and awakened by pounding and yelling on their tent. Instantly they reached for their guns and crawled quietly to
the gent door where they were greeted by two half drunk Mexicans. The Nininger party askcd them what they wanted and their desire was to seek shelter in the tent. Professor Ninin-ger told them that they had no room for extras in the tent but still they insisted on entering the tent. Professor Nininger's companion, Alex Rich-ards, put up good natured arguments to the Mexicans trying to impress up-
on them to leave. It took at lease a half hour which to the Nininger party seemed hours--to convince them not to come in. Then the Mex-
icans wanted to help them remove their car from the mud but this was also kindly refused them. Finally some motive for departing struck the Mexican men and they left the camp.
The Nininger party was greatly relieved when the uninvited guests were gone.
As soon as daylight approached the party found men to help them out of the swampy land and then took an-other road to Toluca and on to Mexico City after an exciting night which is more interesting to recall than to experience again.
“AMERICAN MUSIC LACKS
WEALTH”, HAMMANN STATES
Tues., Jan. 14--American music lacks wealth", was Myreta Ham-man's statement in Y. W. C. A. this morning as she discussed the “Cultural Influence of Music of Other Countries on Us”. The influence of the music of primitive people and every succeeding civilization has contributed to our music. America has been the melting pot of the world's music production. We have no folk songs because each nationality represented has brought its own.
Foreign literature has a wealth of cultural value for us even aside from the English literature. Southern Europe is at present the richest in master work but Northern Europe is fast gaining ascendancy. Harriet Hopkins discussed this topic.
"Foreign art influences our pictures, architecture, furniture, clothes, and household ornaments. Very little of our effort at decoration is original with the Western Hemisphere”, says Gladys Byer.
Travelers gain much of the culture of other countries according to Velma Butterbaugh who led the discussion. However, those who stay at home come in contact with much more by foreign culure than they realize. During the devotional period, Vera Flora sang "Prayer Perfect".
| FORMER YEARS
SIX YEARS AGO THIS WEEK On the front page of THE SPEC
TATOR for January 22, 1924 there are in very large letters these words. "100 Per Cent For The Endowment".
SEVEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THE SPECTATOR issued January
36, 1922 has a Who’s Who Column in which were write-ups of Prof. R. E. Mohler and Mrs. Amanda Fahnestock. Mrs. Fahnestock was Dean of Women at that time and the article contained this statement about her. "She takes a decided interest in their well being and proves to be the girls' best friend in M. C."
ELEVEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THE SPECTATOR for January 14,
1919 nominates Dr. A. J. Cullen, dean of the Bible department, to Mc-Pherson college Hall of Fame. Be-cause, the article says. "Dr. Cullen is typically a social being. His sincere interest in the life about him is perhaps his paramount characteristic. He is revered and loved as the friend-teacher".
SIXTEEN RULES OF HEALTH
1. Ventilate every room you occupy.
2. Wear light, loose, and porous clothes.
3. Seek out-of-door occupations and recreation.
4. Sleep out-of-doors if you can.
5. Avoid over-eating and over weight.
6. Avoid excess of high protein food, such as meat, flesh foods, eggs.
7. Eat some hard, bulky, or raw foods daily.
8. Eat slowly and taste your food.
9. Use sufficient water internally and externally.
10. Secure thorough intestinal elimination dally.
11. Stand, sit and walk erect.
12. Do not allow poisons and infectious to enter the body.
13. Keep teeth, gums, and tongue clean.
14. Work, play, rest, sleep in moderation. • *|
15. Breathe deeply; take deep-breathing exercise several times a day.
16. Keep serene and whole-hearted.
Lawrence Turner left Friday evening for Idaho, where he will teach in the Twin Fall high school during the second semester.
Dr. V. F. Schwalm returned from Washington, D. C., Sunday where he has been attending two conferences of the National Association of college Presidents.
Guy and Kermit Hayes, Clarence Zink, Kenneth Bitekofer, and Vernon Fleming spent the week end at their homes.
Archie Blickenstaff, '29, visited the campus Sunday evening after visiting with Ray Nonken at his home near Burns.
Howard Wertz and Harry Aughen-baugh of Quinter, Kansas, have been visiting with George Wertz and Quintine Smart.
SPORTS
K. I. A. C. BASKETBALL STANDINGS
Opp
W L Pct Pts Pts
McPherson 2 0 1000 72 49
Bethany 1 0 1000 26 16
St, Mary's 2 1 .667 75 63
Kan. Wesleyan 0 2 .000 66 101
Baker 0 2 .000 62 80
BULLDOGS WIN OVER K. W.
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with eleven and ten points respectively. Jilka and Hoisington led the scoring for the visitors with eight points each.
The game was handled by the famous national and international athletic referee and official, E. C. Quigley of St/ Mary's.
The box score
Anderson, g. 0 0 0
Referee, E. C. Quigley, St. Mary's.
THE DOPE BUCKET
By the Sport Editor
It is a strict violation of the basketball rules and the rules of good sportsmanship for anyone on the sideline to hiss an opposing player or team and the referee has the right to award the offended side a free throw upon such an offence. It is a technical foul to coach either the team or the referee from the sideline and such actions may lose a game for a team if the contest is close.
Ten days remain until we play the Terrible Swedes here. We will have a right to make "whoople" if we win. The flaxon-haired quintet has more than once been picked as prime favorites to dethrone the conference champion Bulldogs. They have a dandy team and a hard one to beat. Larson, the lanky center, is a fine player, consistent basket hitter, clean and skillful. When spread out on the defensive he makes one think of a Dutch windmill. The big boy has ability, too, the kind that is an inspiration to opposing players. It takes a good sport to stand by and let Larson outplay him without losing his head and committing a lot of personal fouls as a result of his aggravation. Incidentally the Scandinavian center is deadly in his free throw shooting. Eleven points hare been scored by him via that route. Bulldogs, out guess him on speed and play him off his feet, keep cool and the game is ours.
Losing the conference championship to our friendly enemies to the north would actually be serious business. It is too serious to think about, but it might be better to give it some thought in advance of the game so that we can hit them all the harder whan the time comes.
"For the first time in fourteen years McPherson Bulldogs will not play the Bethel Maroons", is the sub-stance of a lament we found in the weekly news from our neighboring college. It is too bad, even if the Bulldog-Bethel games did always attract the largest crowds, but because of a Kansas conference ruling which al* lows each team to play but twenty games during a season, we cannot play them this year for our schedule as planned is full without them. Now of course if they still want a game so bad we might prevail on Gardner to send his subs down or it might even be possible for our independent T-N-T's to go down and give them a show. The lament is justifed, we know, for really, it should be quite an honor for any college team to get
the chance to match itself against the nationally famous Bulldogs. Famous teams are always in demand. Look how glad we were to pay a big price to see the national champion Hillyards play here two years ago. Bethel's teams have lost their attract-iveness since they lost Buller and it is just too bad. That's all.
It has been reported that the Swedes are building a championship team this year and that they have a group of cagers who should topple any team in the country. This may be true but they are not champions un-til they get victorious over the Bulldogs and there is a lot of other teams around almost as strong. If this is not too early it might be said that dope has it that the title will remain in McPherson county again. The Bulldogs and Swedes meet for the first time in 1930 on the local court January 31, the spot where they beat us in the Bulldog's last court battle last year. Surely that night will be one in which we can get them paid back for the way they treated us Thanksgiving Day. On February 26 we play them at Lindsborg. Keep that night open for every Bulldog goes to Sweden then!
FROM OTHER HILLS
One hundred sixty acres of Hays Teachers College land has been leased to the city of Hays for the establishment of a municipal airport. The airport is to be operated in such a way that it will be beneficial to the public and the college.
Miss Florence Jackson, vocational adviser, said in addressing various groups during the Vocational Guidance Week at the University of Kansas, that teaching as a profession is safe for women and that women are seriously interested in occupational endeavors.
The Chromatic Club of Kansas Wesleyan University will give the opera "Pinaforte" early in the sec-ond semester. It will be under student direction. No faculty member will assist except with the choosing of the cast. "Pinaforte" enjoyed the great-est success of any comic opera produced in England. It was presented by McPherson Collage last year.
MIRROR PARTY GIVEN BY INTERPRETATION CLASS
Fri., Jan. 17—"If we could see ourselves as others see us ... ". The principles of interpretation students were the guests of their instructor, Miss Della Lehman, from eight o'clock to ten this evening at a mir-ror party in the Y. W. C. A. room. An impromptu program furnished much merriment and a delicious luncheon completed an enjoyable evening, according to those present. Miss Lehman received a mirror as prise for the best impersonation.
Of the seventeen members of the, class, fourteen were present, and each represented in speech, action, and dress, a fellow classmate. The result, the interpreters declared, was ridiculously funny.
Odessa Crist as Lucille Crabb, Dennis Andes as Nellie Collins, Viola De Vilbiss as Dennis Andes, Edna Hoover as Odessa Crist, Beth Heaston
TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 1930
as Clara Fern Mast, Nellie Collins as Edna Hoover, Philip Lauvar as Viola De Vilbiss (black eye, boots, skirt, curls, and all), Clara Fern Mast as Lucille Yowell, Madeline Gray as Della Lehman, Blanche Holgerson as Beth Heaston, Alberta Yoder as Madeline Gray, Lucille Yowell as Ada Brunk, Ada Brunk as Philip Lauver, and Miss Lehman as Blanche Holger-son, revealed to their respective originals characteristic traits of which they had been unconscious.
Impromptu speeches were then called for by Madeline Gray acting as Miss Lehman. Portable music, stunts, and mirror fortunes constituted the remainder of the program. Each guest was presented with a mirror souvenir.
The group then voted on the beet impersonation and Miss Lehman received as first prize, a mirror. Madeline Gray's impersonation ranked sec-ond.
After a luncheon of fruit salad, salt wafers, hot chocolate and opera sticks, the guests departed express-ing their enjoyment of and appreciation for the evening's fun.
