VOL. XIII
NO. 20
TRUSTEES ACCEPT RESIGN ATION OF COACH GARDNER Will CAMPAIGN FOR $150,D00 MORE ENDOWMENT
Semester Of Next School Year—To Study In England— Teach Will Leave First Of September—Pastor Of Church In Indiana
Harnly Says That Trustees Show More Interest Than In Former
Years
Mon., Feb. 3—The trustees of Mc-Pherson college accepted the resigna-tion of two of the instructors, granted a leave of absence to another, decided to start an endowment campaign and created two now commit-tees during their business session today.
The resignation of Coach George Gardner was accepted by the trustees. Couch Gardner came to McPherson in 1925 from Southwestern college where he had gained state and national recognition in basketball. In the last two years Gardner has produced two Kansas conference basket-
COACH OKORGE GARDNER ball championship teams and both years his team reached the quarter finals in the national tournament at Kansas City. His cagers have not only secured berths on the Kansas se-elections but hava gained honorable mention and possitions on All-Ameri-can teams. As yet Gardner has not made any definite plans for next year.
Roy B. Teach, field secretary, pre-sented his resignation to the board of trustees and it was accepted. The resignation becomes effective September 1, 1930. Professor Teach will return as pastor to the church he left when he came to McPherson. He will be pastor of the Loon Creek church near Huntington, Indiana.
By a vote of the trustees it author-ized a campaign to increase the en-
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TEN MAKE THE FIRST
SEMESTER HONOR ROLL
Fri., Feb. 7—From the registrar office comes the following honor roll for the first semester. It will be noted that the semester's honor list is over twice what it was at mid-semes-ter. Mildred Swenson, senior, secured the highest number of points with 51 to her credit. Miss Swenson has sev-enteen hours of A work. Hoyt Strickler was the only man to make the honor roll. The list is as follows: Mildred Swenson 51, Elhel Jamison 45, Irene Steinberg 43, Bernice Mc-Clellan 42, Ethel Sherfy 41, Gene-vieve Crist 41, Helen Flory 40.,Grace Heckman 40, Hoyt Stricker 40, and Ethel Meyer 40.
Those students who secured be-tween 35 and 40 honor points deserve honorable mention. Ruth Turner 39, Ralph Keedy 39, Evelyn Fields 39. Ruth Blickenstaff 39, J. Emory Metz-ker 39, Gladys Beyer 38, Harold Mel-chert 38, Vernon Rhoades 38, Law-rence Turner 37, Vera Flora 36, Harriot Hopklins 36, Helen Hudson 36, Una Morine 36, and Lucille Crabb 35. -
BERKEBILE ELECTED
TREASURER OF GLASS
Wed., Feb. 5—The freshman class met in the chapel this afternoon for a short business session. John Berk-ebile was elected treasurer of the class. Lucille Crabb previously held this office along with the secretary's position. A committee was appointed to make plans for the freshman stunt to be given at the all-school party Monday night.
From about twenty-five seniors who tried out for a place on the cast of “John Ferguson”, a committee composed of Miss Edith McGaffey, Miss Della Lehman and Mr. C. E. Oelrich, play coach, chose the fol-lowing cast:
Sarah Ferguson .......Doris Bailord
Hannah Ferguson-..... Madelyn Gray
John Ferguson........Clarence Zink
Andrew Ferguson... ..Melvin Landes
James Cleaver.....Hoyt Strickler
Henry Witherow . .Harry Zinn
“Clutie" John......Melvin Milter
Sam Mawhinney Rush Holloway Sergeant Kernaghan Paul Bowers
Play rehearsals will begin some timo soon and the play will be given during commencement week. No ef-fort or expense will be spared by Mr. Oelrich, the cast, or the class in mak-ing the play a success.
Inman, Kan., Feb. 6—Mildred Swenson, Ruth Blickenstaff and Bernice McClellan of McPherson col-lege, judged an elimination declamatory content in the grade school here this evening. The contest was held for the purpose of securing candidates for the county contest.
Tues., Feb. 10—There are two types of books especially needed for the library. These are: reading circle books in education, and books of good modern fiction. One of the former was the only contribution of the week. It was Stormzand's “Progres-sive Methods of Touching”, contributed by Miss Mildred Oberat.
Books have been added throught the present campaign until there are now more than 9,642 in the library. The goal la 10,000.
A new magazine bas been added to the list of library magazines . . . "The Sportswoman". There is also a sample magazine called "The Mag-azine World".
Fri., Feb. 7—Doctor H. J. Harnly announced this morning that Clinton Trostle had been awarded first place for his collection of insects, which was gathered in connection with the work of the zoology course during the first semester. Vernon Gustaf-son's collection was given second place. Each one will be presented by Doctor Harnly with a copy of the July National Georgraphic, an illus-trated issue concerning insects.
The front chapel seats are now filled with sixty some odd young hopefuls who with eyes filled with star dust and balogney, strive to pierce the heavy magic curtain of the future to ascertain whether they are slated for the pleasant task of being MA’s or PA’s after obtaining the B. A.: or Bachelor Girls (which is just a new name for Old Maid); or Bachelors (which are God's gifts to the gold diggers); or school teachers -—with all the customary ambitions to rear young bloody-nosed Americans in the raw to know the differ-ence between a politician and a gentleman. A trifle revolved but you know what I mean and if you don't you won’t know the difference a hundred years from now unless you take the cure for old age.
The matter of being Ma's and Pa's is no easy job as the divorce records show. The only difference be-tween prize fights and family fights is that the stadium is situated over the breakfast table and there is no one at the door to take gate receipts. Wifey get all "het" up because hubby takes a nose dive into the sport page and only regains consciousness when his coffee gets cold or the spoon pokes him in the eye. Besides there is no income to the wife unless she is a strong person-ality and look at the hubby she gets—enough to make a jelly fish blush in shame. Nuff sed. Cynical? Well perhaps—but observation has made me the cynic I am
today.
Now the career of a Bachelor Girl is one to be desired. She is the most entertaining up-to-date woman in the world. She earns her own money in congenial work and she has her own apartment where she is surrounded by things she likes. She is smart enough to recognize love when it comes instead of marrying just any man because the world thinks a woman is a failure unless she leads a supposedly happy married life. A Bachelor Girl has lovely and becoming clothes suitable to her type and can indulge her tastes for music or literature without interference. Me for the Bachelor Girl every time
School teaching is a drag for anyone if money is the only object. Might as well have high ideals anyway because often money is a minus quantity in the school teaching game. Pull is what gets you a job in the Great American game of playing ring-around-the-rosy with school board members and superintendents. Believe me. I know—I bearded the lion in his cave four times in one day and that is as tragic as trying out for a dramat-ic part in the senior play, with the same effect which is a heavy secretion the tear ducts
This may be too philosophical, et cetera, but too much fun wears out "College Humor".
Yours til the powder puffs.
Sea-See.
Tonight--Baker game here. Wed., Feb. 12--Local anti-to-
bacco contest. 6:30.
Chapel talk by Mrs. Kim. Humorous Reading Contest. 7:30.
Thur., Feb. 11--Friends exte,-pnronmms detain, 10;00 A M.
Fri., Feb. 14 Student Recital. Feb. 14--Lyceum.
To Be Given In Chapel At Ten O'clock Thursday Morning
For the first time in the history of McPherson college an extemporan-ious speaking contest will be held on the McPherson campus. The contest is to be in the form of a dual meet Thursday morning, February 13 with Friends University of Wichita.
Since this is the first time anything of this nature has been at-tempted in the college it is quite a novelty and is attracting a great deal of interest.
At nine o'clock Thursday morning the teams will draw one of the ten questions which have been previously selected and will have one hour, from nine until ten o'clock, in which to prepare their arguments. It is probable that the subject for discussion will deal with some campus problem and will be of interest to college stu-dents.
It has been decided by Professor Maurice A. Hess, debate and oratory coach, that Melvin Landis and John Lehman, both of whom are members of the varsity debate team, will speak for McPherson. It has not yet been learned who will rrpresent the Quaker school. It is known, however, that the Quakers are on a short tour and that this will be one if the im-portant stops of their trip.
Professor Hess madc the statement that the contest would be held in the chapel auditorium and that all stu-dents would be urged to attend the meet.
Thurs., Feb. 6--Four motion picture reels were shown at a meeting of the Chemistry Society this afternoon in the chemistry lectore rooms. Three of the reels were secured from the Y. M. C. A. distributors of Chicago. The fourth reel pictured the largest synthetic diamond ever made in the world and the process of mak-ing it by Dr. J. Willard Hershey.
The three reels secured from Chi-ago were "Manufacture of Wire Products", "Rolling of Steel”, and the, "Manufacture of Steel”.
CAREERS OR?
WORLD SERVICE GROUP HAS SECURED A NATIVE Of KOREA TO SPEAK BEFORE THE STUDENT BODY
Mrs. Induk P. Kim Has Consented To Delay Her Return To Seoul, Korea In Order To Present The Missionary Challenge To American Students
LARGE AUDIENCE FOR
DRAMATIC ART PLAY
Wed., Feb. 5—One of the largest audiences to witness a one-act play in the chapel saw the Dramatic Art department of McPherson college present "Good Medicine”, under the personal direction of Mrs. Lawrence Gates, instructor in the dramatics department of the college.
The character of Dr. Graves, a young doctor who was just starting to practice medicine was played by Guy Hayes. Mrs. Graves, his wife, played by Esther Brown, was a kind, gracious wife interested in her husband's profession and success. Hetty Hugo, the illustrious millionaire was played by Ethel Sherfy. The doctor won success, as a result of being honest to his profession.
W. A. A. MAKES PLANS FOR SPRING BANQUET
Mon., Feb. 3--The Women's, Ath-letic Association met this evening to discuss plans for spring initiation and the annual W. A. A. banquet. There were only a few members present, but it was decided to have the initiation of new members on Monday, March l0, and the banquet the following Friday evening, March 14. A number of committees have been chosen to make definite plans for both occasions.
DATE OF OPERA IS
CHANGED TO MARCH 19
Wed., Feb. 5—The date of the op-era "Mikado" has been changed to March 18th instead of March 19 as was formerly announced. The opera "Tannbauser” is to be given at Wich-ita on the 19th and some of the stu-dents and faculty wish to attend.
Much interest is being taken in the opera by those participating and by those who have seen it before and are anxious to see it for the second time.
Rehearsals are progressing nicely. elaborate scenery and costumes will be used in giving the production.
Each member of the cast is perfectly suited to their part and all are striving to present a true characteri-zation of the part represented.
Windom, Kan., Feb. 7—The male quartet of McPherson college, accom-panied by their director, Mrs. Anna Tate, sang a number of songs between acts at the Parents Teachers Association play this evening at the high school auditorium. The quartet was composed of Lloyd Diggs, Walt-er Fillmore, John Berkebile and Rosa Curtis.
WILL SPEAK TOMORROW
On Scores Of Campuses Mrs. Kim Has Been Received With
Grateful Enthusiasm
Through the efforts of the World
Service Group, Mrs. Induk P. Kim, traveling secretary of the student Volunteer Movement for Foreign |Missions, will be on the campus to-morrow and will speak before the student body in chapel in the morn-ing and the Y. M. Y. W., and the World Service Group later in the day.
Mrs. Kim is one of the leaders of
the Youth Movement of Korea, She has consented to delay her return to Seoul, Korea, where she has taught
MRS. INDUK P. KIM for five years, in order to present the challenge of missionary service to
American students.
Her early education was secured
in Korea in the face of difficulties due to the opposition to education for girls and women. For two years she was a student in this country at Georgia Wesleyan, receiving her B. A. degree in 1938. During the summers following she has been register-cd in Teachcrs College, Columbia University, where she will receive her Master's degree in September, 1930.
On scores of campuses in the United States and Canada, Mrs. Kim has been received with grateful enthu-siasm. Her Qriental background and familiarity with mission work qualify her admirably for interpreting Chris-
tian missions to students.
Tues,. Feb. 11--The Wildcats from Baker University are invading the Bulldog kennel tonight for a return of last week's court battle from which the local boys emerged victorious. In the pasl years of Canine championship tbe Bulldogs have held a slight edge on the Wildcats. In 1928, one game was played, it being the first game the Bulldogs played on thc new Convention Hall court in the local city, McPherson won by 27 to 39. Last year our first game was played at Baldwin following the Ottawa game in which the Bulldogs almost succumbed and actually did drop their Baker game 19 to 29. The return game saw a reorganized set of Bulldogs and Baker got a whipping, 23 to 29. Already this year the Ca-nines have given the Wildcats a 31 to 17 trimming and all indications point to something worse than that tonight.
oMn , Feb. 10--Final statistics on the second semester enrollment were secured this morning at the office of the registrar. The statistics show that 239 students are regularly enrolled and there are 52 special music students enrolled.
Nine new students have entered for the second semester. They are: Hope Nickel, Ernest and Glen Camp-bell, Frantz Crumpacker, Alex Richards, Anna Schrag, Pauline Shirk, Sue Strickler and Ebert Euraguist.
PAGE TWO
The Spectator
TUESDAY, FEB, 11. 1930
Official Publication of McPherson College. Published by the Student Council, McPherson, Kansas
Entered as second class matter November 20, 1917 at the postoffice at McPherson
Kansas under the act of March 3, 1897
Kansas under the act of March 3, 1897
Subscription rates Per One School Year $1.50
Address all correspondence to THE SPECTATOR McPherson, Kansas.
EDITORIAL STAFF
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Editor-In-chief --------------------- Leland E. Lindell
Associate Editor --------------------- Mildred Swenson
Associate Editor --------------------- Donald L. Trostle
Circulation Manager --------------------- Carroll D. Walker
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager --------------------- Ernest E. Watkins
Ass't Business Manager --------------------- Fred Andrews
Ass't Business Manager --------------------- Paul Sherfy
REPORTERS
Ethel Sherfy John Berkebile Beth Hess Bernice McClellan Emery Metzager
Chester Carter Vernon Rhoades Gilbert Myers Marlin Hoover Alberta Yoder
Herbert Eby Eunice Ahren
Faculty Advisor --------------------- Prof. Maurice A. Hess
McPHERSON WILL MISS GARDNER WHEN HE LEAVES
Coach George Gardner will leave McPherson college this spring along with four men he has coached for four years. Although he has been in the school five years, these four men are probably the outstanding figures in basketball history in the last four or five years. They are his products. Gardner has coached and trained these men to stardom.
Another student generation is passing. We might say that Gardner came in with these men of his—now he is going out with them, going out with them to seek other laurels. It will be a parting, each going a different way, but with each will travel the cherished memory of their association together at McPherson college.
McPherson college will miss these men when they leave. They have helped put McPherson on the map. Gardner has brought us closer to other colleges by hls quiet, easy going manner of approaching a situation. He has attempted to abolish antagonism and has succeeded. He has created a closer connection between the team and the student body. He has lived and stimulated his teams to live that which we all cherish, “The School of Quality". McPherson will miss Coach Gardner when he leaves.
ARE YOU A BOOSTER OR A KNOCKER?
Many times this year the question, where is the school spirit, has been asked. In some cases causing a good deal of excitement. The school spirit is here, the Bulldog fight is still in evidence. Remember the saying, “the city of happiness is a state of mind. So with the school, Iet's all be
boosters. Who wants to be a knocker? Who wants to be classed lower than breasts or reptiles. According to an article in a well known magazine we find this description of a knocker followed with one of the booster:
When the creator had made all the good things there still remained some work to do: so he made beasts and reptiles and poisonous insects. and when he had flnlshed there were some scrapes left; so he put all these together, covered it with suspicion, wrapped it with jealousy, marked it with a Yellow streak and called it a KNOCKER.
The it was necessary to have something to counteract this product so he took a sunbeam, put in it the heart of a child, the brain of a man, wrapped these in civic pride, covered it with brotherly love, gave it a mark of velvet and a strap of steel, and called it a BOOSTER; made him a lover of fields and flowers, and manly sports, a believer in equality and justice, and ever since these two were, mortal man has hid the privilege of choosing his own associates.
When you're disgusted and every thing is dead, think it over and maybe a good night's rest or perhaps a talk with the right person will put you back on the band wagon.
The spirit is here, let's watch it. Don't stand too far away for your part of it. School spirit is like the mumps. If you have it the person next to you can’t keep from taking it after enough exposures. Its up to you. If you're not satisfied—don't knock—BOOST—J. C.
TO THE THOUGHTS OF TODAY, YOU KNOW
Everybody rides in automobiles, or Fords, strains their necks looking at aeroplanes; plays the piano with their feet; goes to see the movies; listens to grand opera over the radio; have discarded woolen underwear; complains about not having the liberty to put their feet on the rail any more; swears at their income tax; smoker cigarettes; drinks hair tonic and cologne; blames the High Cost of Living on the politician; never go to bed the same day they get up, and think they are having a H- of a time.
These are the days of suffragetting, profiteering and prohibition and if you think life is not worth while come to McPherson college and put on a Bulldog sweater, and go to a Swede vs Bulldog basketball game. Then you will have a different viewpoint.-—A. S.
HOME JAMES; AND MISS THE SPRING
Home has an an attractiveness that too often proves detrimental to the student living near the higher educational institution he is attending. We do not mean to say that you shouId not go home more than once or twice during the year but we do any it is not practical for students to go home every week end.
Whenever a student leaves the campus for two or three days there is a notable break in his daily routine of study. Some students take a few of their text books with them over the week end with the intention of preparing this lesson or writing this theme. The chances are ten to one that he never opens the cover of his texts nor wrltes his theme.
While at home in his community he is exposed to all kinds or con-tagious elements that secure holds on the small communities which he is liable to contract and carry back to his friends at school. Especially is this true during the winter season. Many a week end visit has been turned into a two weeks absence or the loss of a year's college credit.
There are a law students who will say that the campus offers no op-portunities for the funmaker, or that this time of the year is the dullest. This is a false impression. To one who has but recently taken note of the social calendar for the remainder of the year he begins to ponder over the thought of going home. He begins to wonder if he can spare the time to go home anymore before June. Some weeks show every day or evening filled. More dates are being filled continously. It is in the spring of the year that the greatest number of college activities take place, socially. Can you afford to miss the spring festivities by going home every week? Will not the memories of each occasions be dear to you?
Thera are two classes of people, those who leave wills when they die, those who leave bills. At the funeral of the first class there is sorrow.
At the funeral of the second there is panic. When a man leaves money to a college, it proves he is more interested in heads than in headstones. A bequest to a college ii the nearest you can come to finding the fountain of youth. It can be founded—but not found—Bellise College Record
Teach
Prof. Teach: Don't you think it's about time the baby learned to say "Papa"?
Mrs. Teach: Oh, no, I hadn't intended to tell her who you are untll she becomes a little stronger.
Harnly
Kjera: Were you In Noah's Ark?
Prof. Harnly. Why, no.
Kjera: Well, then why weren’t you drowned?
Hess
Pres. Schwalm: Not a bad looking car you have there, Hess. How is the pick-up?
Prof. Hess: I don't know.
Schwalm: How come?
Hess: My wife is always along.
Brown
Miss Collins: I have an etching.
Miss Brown: Why don't you scratch?
Bohling
Prof. Hershey: How do you find married life!
Prof. Bohling: Great fun. My wife cooks and I guess what the dish is.
Why Couldn't Exams Be Like This: 1. What is the capital of the United
States? Conway or Washington. D. C.
2. Who was Harnly Hall named aft-er?
3. How many sides has a square?
4. The war of 1812 was in what
year?
5. Who invented the Edison Mazda lamp?
6. In what shapes are circles usual-ly drawn?
7. Who wrote Gray's Elegy? 8. Who resigned as Coach at McPher-
son College, recently?
10. What is the ”hot house" usedl
for?
11. What is the name of Fahnestock
Hall?
(Answer any three. Time limit is three hours. You may go when you are through).
Nellie Collins: Whee! These are big oranges: I bet it doesn't take many of them to make a dozen.
— Horace Keller.
It was announced this morning that the Junior-Senior banquet would be held on the roof garden of the Hotel Hawley, Saturday night, April 26. This date, however. is only tentative.
The Hotel Hawley will not br officially opened until April 1, and because the roof garden will nut be decorated and completed until the rest of the hotel is finished, the date of the banquet has been placed at such a late time.
Prof. Maurice A. Hess will act as toastmaster. No other definite plans have been revealed yet.
The editor of the SPECTATOR announced this morning that the annual staff banquet would be given on the roof garden of the Hotel Hawley, now under construction, Saturday night, May 3. No definite plans for the affair have been made yet.
Fri., Feb. 7—Rec. C. D. Bonsack, Secretary of the General Mission Board, this morning presented the "Need for Being Internationally Minded”.
"In our differences we are all alike", he declared. “Acquaintance with other races emphasizes likeness rather than difference. . . . Africans have more creative thinking ability than we for they use their limited means. . . .Don‘t allow yourselves to become slaves to your culture—use it. . ... We are mutually independent for food, clothing, tools and shelter.
We must learn patience, courtesy and appreciation of others. . . . We have common needs and common hopes, chief among them our hunger and longing for knowledge of God and His great wisdom, love and power”.
He closed with a plea for the work of the Crumpackers tn China, after which pledges were signed by the
student body for their support,
SPECulations
They're picking up the pieces,
With a dustpan and a rake; Because he grabbed a silken knee
When he should have grabbed the
brake.
He calls his wife Longworth be-cause she's the speaker of the house.
We "Spec" Mildred had something definite in mind when she said "I Conduit Too".
One senior isn't trying out for the senior play. Why? He says he's too busy with 14 hours work and another course which he has to complete. The course, we think is Campus Pathol-ogy—a laboratory course with in-dividual instructions—and the senior man says he got an 1 in it at the end of the semester, a fact which will probably necessitate post graduate work.
Mon., Feb. 3 —The faculty mem-bers of McPherson College entertained the members of the board of trustees of the college at a banquet this evening in the parlors of the college church. The three course dinner was served to about seventy guests includ-ing the wives of the faculty and trustee members. After the banquet a program was presented with Dr. V. F. Schwalm, president of the college, as toast master.
The special muslc consisted of a piano solo by Evelyn Saylor, a violin solo by Miss Shelley; and a vocal solo by Mrs. Tate. Dr. C. C Ellis of Huntington, Pennsylvania gave a brief address followed by short talks by Professors Boone and Heckman. Trustees H. G. Shank of Idaho and l. C. Snavely from Colorado then gave brief talks.
The banquet dinner was served by the Home Economlcs department of the college and the decorations were arranged by the Art Department. The tables were decorated with sweet peas and baskets of carnatIons.
Oliver W. Tropp, A. B., '22, was a recent visitor in McPherson.
While Professor Morris is doing
graduate work at Columbus, Mrs. Morris is having the interestng ex-periene of singing in a large church choir, eacg of the fifty-six regular members receiving one voice lesson each week. The choir is robed and sings mostly eight part music.
Fern Shoemaker and Mercie Shatto visited with friends on the campus.
Saturday and Sunday.
Ales Richards gave an illustrated lecture on his trip to Mexico, at Waldo, Kansas, Saturday night.
Mrs. A. L. Rhoades of Topeka was in McPherson Sunday and Monday of this week visiting her son, Vernon.
Earl Kinzie and Margaret DeViI-bis visited with friends on the cam-pus Sunday.
Leo Crumpacker and LaVelle Saylor called on friends in the dormitory Sunday morning.
Mildred Swenson and Helen Hud-son visited at the Swenson home near Windom Sunday afternoon.
Irene Steinberg spent the week end with her parents at Lorraine, Kan-sas.
Hope Nlckel was the guest of her parents at Wichita this week end.
Beth Heaston and Avie Watten-barger spent Saturday and Sunday with friends and relatives at Holmes-ville, Nebraska.
Mon., Feb, 10—An all-school party in which a large number of both students and faculty participated was given in the parlors of the Church of the Brethren this evening.
Each class and the faculty were required to present a ten minute stunt or program. The senior class present-ed a pantomime in which Edmer Kjera starred as the "King of Hearts". The freshmen gave a mis-cellaneous program with Viola DeVilbis, violin solo; Lucille Crabb, reading, and Blanch Harris, vocal solo. The juniors presented a modern Danish version of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet”, written by Christine Mohler and dramatized by Ruth Trostle and Carroll Walker. The sophomores gave a mixed program with a reading by Mildred Doyle, a gathering of the nuts (representatives from each class and The facutly) and a piano medley of college songs by Helen Eberly.
The faculty presented a debate on the question: Resolved that the men of the college are better looking than the women are beautiful. Judge Hess awarded the decision to the affirmative, upheld by Margaret Heckethorn and Ruth McGaffey. The negative was argued by Dr. H. J. HarnIy and Prof. G. N. Boone.
After singing a number of college songs led by Mrs. Anna Tate and extemporaneous speeches by faculty members, light refreshments were served by the Home Economics department.
A CORRECTION
We wish to correct an Item In the SPECTATOR for January 31, which announced the engagement of Miss Ruth Krehbiel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Krehbiel of this city, a former student of McPherson Col-lege, to Mr. Herbert Reed of Salina. Since then, our attention has been called to the fact that the item did not concern this Miss Krehbiel, but a young lady from Pretty Prairie of the same name who is also a student at K. U. The names have been con-fused before.
BY BETH HESS
One Monday morning at ten o'clock one spring all the students, and those who are not students, gathered to hear a faculty member make her accustomed speech to the student body. The piano prelude had been played
and the hymn had been sung, but yet, no one arose with the usual “shaky" knees. If I'm not mistaken, another hymn was sung; ihen after nearly five minutes of sil-ent suspense Miss Della Lehman came run-ning down the aisle. To the great surprise of the students, she took the empty place be-hind the pulpit and when she had tamed her breath down to a normal condition, she said, "Faculty and students, l'm very sorry to have made you wait so long for my speech, but I was locked in the library and could not get here a minute sooner”. No one condemns Miss Lehman for having been late to chapel on the morning she was to speak.
Miss Lehman came to McPherson in the fall of 1927 after having spent five success-
MISS DELLA LEHMAN ful years teaching English in Manchester college,Indiana, where she had received her A. B. degree. After having spent twelve weeks in the University of Chicago and one year in the Unlversity of Southern California, she received her A. M. degree.
While attending college at Man-chester, Miss Lehman took an active part in many intercollegiate debates and oratorical contests. Later when she became a member of the college faculty she assisted in the expression department and gave private lessons in expression. The last two years Miss Lehman was on the Manchester college faculty she was Dean of Women.
Since coming to McPherson Miss Lehman has strengthened the speech department until it is now a recognized part of the curriculum. She was, until this year, sponsor of the Thespian Club and coached two splendid Thespian plays, “The Goose Hangs High” and "He and She",
Miss Lehman in never idle—perhaps that is why she is always so happy. The last two summers she has taught in Palmer Lake Summer Schools. Many times she has been a supervisor in young people's camps.
Her hobby, if she has one, is to travel. She has travelled extensively over the United States, but her greatest desire was realized when, in 1926, she made her first tour of Western Europe, Most of us could listen for hours while she relates the Interesting experiences of her trip abroad. She visited the most Important literary, art, and historical places of interest.
So interested in this kind of work is Miss Lehman that she is taking a party of fifteen girls to Europe this summer, starting the middle of June and returning the last of August. She plans to cover much the same territory of her previous trip. One event the party is especially looking forward to is the "Passion Play” at Oberammergau. There are several girls from McPherson who are thinking seriously of availing themselves of the opportunity to take this trip with her. Miss Lehman will not return with the party, but will remain in England and study English Literature for one semester. She has a semester's leave of absence from McPherson. The students will miss her greatly, but their best wishes will be With her while she is absent.
During the two and a half years Miss Lehman has been on the McPherson college faculty she has made many friends. Everyone with whom she has come in contact will remember her pleasing personality and delightful character.
COLLEGE TRUSTEES MEET (Continued from Page One) dowment of the college by $150,000. This campaign is to start about the
first of September of this year.
Miss Della Lehman, instructor in
the English and expression departments, was granted a leave of absence for the first semester of the next school year. This summer she is sponsoring a group of girls on a tour of Europe and the beginning of the first semester will study in England.
The by-laws of the college were amended to create two new committees: one a committee of instruction and the other a committee on finance. The committee on Instruction is to consider teaching problems, qualifi-cations of teachers, the load of various teachers, efficiency and effectiveness of teaching and make recom-mendations to the administration and to the board of trustees. The committee on finance will consider current expenses, endowment plans, endowment investments, and make recommendations to the administration and board of trustees.
Dr. H. J. Harnly, vice-president of the college, stated that the trustees seemed more vitally interested in the school and its problems than in any meeting since he has been a member, thirty-seven years.
Dr. C. C. Ellis, of Junieta College, Huntington, Pennsylvania, the lead-ing speaker in the Pastor's Regional Conference held this past week, addressed the student body in chapel the first four mornings of the week. His brief, concise, forceful way of saying the deep truths he uttered won the approval of the entire stu-dent body. The fact that he drew large numbers of students to his conference addresses attests to the statement that he gave the students something they wanted.
"Behold the Dreamer": on Monday morning emphasised the importance or dreaming dreams. "Nothing existed until it had been dreamed”, Dreams are powerful for there Is dynamic in them; they are for good or ill: they are permanent, for once expressed they cannot be killed. "When we cease to dream we are growing old. Age is not measured by the calendar but by our dreams". Dreams should be pure, strong and far--far in their outlook and vision. "To dream dreams of this sort we must link our lives with Man who lived the purest, strongest and farthest dream ever dreamed”.
“The Dynamics of Great Conviction”, followed the first lecture as a conviction will follow a dream. In characterizing great convictions Dr. Ellis said, “A great conviction must be upon a great theme and it must glow with deep and great emotion". The one who has great conviction does not overlook little things "for with God there are no little things”. Pos-session of a great conviction causes one to be willing to maintaln his conviction. The present day illustrations offered were convincing and forceful.
Logically following dreams and convictions came the discussion “What Can I Believe”? "What we believe determines how we live". We can believe anything that is reason-able, anything for which there is adequate and honest human testimony, and anything that is not unreasonable. Faith, the great human venture, is not unreasonable. Faith causes us to believe in the life that is yet to be.
"How Shall I Live"? climaxed the series. “Live sincerely, i. e., live behind the things we profess to believe. . . . Live strongly physically, intellectually and spiritually. . . . Live sac-rificially. 'To me, to live Is Christ' ".
To hear Dr. Ellis left no doubt in one's mind of his sincerity and Godliness. His messages were gripping rather than emotional, scholarly rather than intellectual.
A program consisting of dramati-
zations of Indian songs by the advanced expression class and a humorous reading contest will be given in the college chapel on Wednesday evening at seven-thlrty. The numbers to be included in the dramatization are all compositions by Thurlow Lieurance,
Immediately following the dramatizations a humorous reading contest will be held. Those who are entered are as follows: "Interview With a Reporter", Mark Twain — Philip Lauver. "Oh, No"! Mrs. Hugh Bell— Bernice McClellan. “The Champion Snorer"—Harold Melchert. "Jane”, Booth Tarklngton--Chester Carter.
Prizes of two dollars and two and one-half dollars will given to the
winners of first and second-places.
Hazel Vogt of Chase was a week end visitor with McPherson friends.
Miller Plays Only Half The Game Because Of Illness And Injuries—McPherson Led At The Half 16-7
likely to, and almost everything has been known to happen. The Swedes have defeated us twice this year, by scaring us into defeat before the game started each time. Will we let It happen again?
clans of the state are brought to-
gether at this convention and form a very discriminating audience, Mrs.
BULLDOGS 31. BAKER 17 Crumpacker High Point Man With Eleven Points—Poston, Baker,
Makes Seven Points
Baldwin, Kan., Feb. 6—The Mc-Pherson college Bulldogs easily defeated the Wildcat basketball team here tonight 31 to 17. The visitors were plunging Into the lead early in the game and they held It throughout. Crumpacker, the Bulldog forward and Ieft-hand scoring ace, shot three baskets consecutively in the opening minutes of the game. Captain Miller was sick and could play but half of the game. The Bulldogs handl-ed the game with apparent ease. Non-ken and Crumpacker displaying their usual flash of floor work. Early in the first period the visitors run up their lead to 12-3, but Baker com-menced a rally which ended with the half favoring the Bulldogs 16 to 7.
Box score:
Tues., Feb. 11—The second conference game for the Bulldogs this week will be played on the home court of the Ottawa University quintet Friday night. Memories of the Ottawa game, played here last month, picture what might have been a serious outcome, from a Canine point of view, turned into victory. Dope favors the Bulldogs this time and unless the Indians are '‘especially hot" they should again suffer defeat. But they will be on to some of Miller's tricks as well as many of those of the other players. A victory over Ottawa is a necessity if McPherson retains the championship.
Mrs. Anna C. Tate, head of the voice department, has been invited by the Kansas State Music Teachers Association to sing at one of the programs of the state convention held at Emporia, February 20 and 21. Mrs. Tate will sing "At the Well", by Hageman, ‘‘Go Not O Happy Day", by Bridge, and “Coming Through the Rye”.
To appear on this program is a distinct honor, as the leading muis-
Tate and the college are to be con-gratulated upon this recognition of Mrs. Tate's ability as a singer. Miss Fern Lingenfelter will play Mrs. Tate’s accompaniment.
On Sunday, February 16, the stu-dents in forty nations of the world are observing the Universal Day of Prayer. Plans are being made by the World Service Group to appropriately observe the day on our local campus. Morning watch will be held before breakfast. Other programs of the day will also emphasize the prayer life.
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McPherson (31) FG FT P Crumpacker, f. 4 3 1 Deschner, f.__3 0 0 Miller, c___ 2 1 1 Nonken. g, __2 3 0 | |
|
Jamison, g. 1 0 1 | |
|
Hill, c. |
______0 1 0 |
|
King, g. |
__0 0 0 |
|
Anderson, g. |
__0 0 0 |
|
Totals____ |
_12 7 3 |
|
Baker (17) |
FG FT P |
|
Kochane, f. |
_0 0 1 |
|
Poston, f._ |
__3 1 1 |
|
Wogan, c. |
___3 0 1 |
|
Kleeman, g. —-- 1 0 0 | |
|
Lange, g. 1 0 3 Sheely, g, ....... 0 0 3 Totals —________8 1 9 | |
K.I.A.C. BASKETBALL STANDINGS
|
W |
L Pct. |
Pts. |
Opp. Pts. | |
|
Mcherson |
4 |
1 .800 |
162 |
124 |
|
Bethany |
4 |
1 .800 |
132 |
107 |
|
Ottawa |
3 |
2 .600 |
147 |
147 |
|
St. Mary’s |
_ 3 |
3 .500 |
155 |
142 |
|
Kansas Wesleyan 1 |
4 .400 |
116 |
158 | |
|
Baker |
0 |
4 .000 |
79 |
115 |
Atchison, Kan., Feb. 7—The St. Benedict’s basketball quintet was de-feated here this evening by the McPherson College Bulldogs 30 to 26. The visitors played the entire game without the services of their team-mate and captain, Melvin Miller, who was suffering from an injured toe and a sore throat. The Bulldogs held a safe lead throughout the game which they did with apparent ease, stalling near the end and a bad play accounted for the narrowness of the final margin.
If there has to be some great doubt as to the final outcome of our basketball games before we can have "pep", the time has arrived when the Bulldog student body can get "pepped up" if it expects to retain its Kansas conference title. A glance at this week's conference standings soon reveals that the Bulldogs and Swedes have an almost even break at all that is left. With apparent ease, the Swedes came, victoriously, out of a bitter assignment to St. Mary’s and Ottawa last Friday and Saturday. In other words, things point to the championship being held in McPherson County again, it being up to us to determine whether it be in the south or north end. It od about a fortnight until that will be settled on the Lindsborg court where anything is
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The Box score: McPherson (30) |
FG |
FT |
P |
|
Crumpacker, F. |
__4 |
0 |
1 |
|
Deschner, f. |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
Hill, c. ____ Jamison, g. |
2 1 |
1 1 |
3 1 |
|
Nonken, g. |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
King, g. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totals |
12 |
4 |
9 |
|
St. Benedicts (26), |
FG |
FT |
P |
|
Besush, f. |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
Hahn, f. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Merwick, c. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Murray, g. |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Tisfl, g. |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Gorges |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Beatie |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
Gudenkauf |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Totals |
10 |
6 |
7 |
Referee, Hess, Kansas City.
