Following the devotions, which consisted of a number by the Varsity Ladies Quartette and a prayer led by Dr. V. F. Schwalm. Mr. Charles Hawkes, Superintendent of Saline Schools, gave a talk which was interesting to all the students. At the outset he stated it would be interesting because it would be about

"Our interests are determined by our feelings." declared Mr. Hawkes. "Baglovers and jitterbugs have in-tense interests, but neither can see anything in the interests of the other. Our feelings decide whether we're interested in paintings or big-league baseball games.

"I feel like it is the only reason a person gives for his interests. We make many of our most important decisions by our feelings, not by thinking. Choice of marriage, politics and between study or work and play are determined by feeling. Therfore we must observe our feelings carefully.

"Sometimes we attempt to justify our feelings by rationalizing. We do a lot of thinking trying to justify situations in which we didn't think."

'The human race only recently has begun to think about itself. As-tronomy, science of things farthest away from us, is an old science. But psychology, the science of ourselves, is only an infant science. We need to think about ourselves. We need to be able to adapt ourselves in a world which in constantly bringing more and more people in contact with us."

Mirth and hilarity reigned su-preme last evening in the gaily deck-ed gymnasium. The Christmas tree was resplendent with its multi-col-ored lights, tinsel, and icicles.

The group first had to don their deliberating hats to do a little guessing on puns of peoples' names, after which there was a scramble to find someone whose name began with the letters found in Merry Christmas.

Miss Gladys Shank led the second year German class in singing some very bountiful German Christmas carols. Not to be outdone by the Germans, Miss Frances Campbell sang the French song, "Cantique de Noel."

Thrilled as a bunch of youngsters, the group hailed the entrance of jolly Old Saint Nicholas with his pack brimming with gifts for every single one present.

In keeping with the Yuiletide spirit delicious refreshments of crunchy popcorn balls and Christmas punch were served.

The committees and individuals instrumental in making this All-School Party such a brilliant success were as follows:

Entertainment, Dr. Claude Flory, Lenore Shirk, and Delbert Barley. Refreshment, Miss Ruth Koerber and Mrs. R. E. Mohler. Miriam Kimmel was in charge of securing and trim-ming the Christmas tree, and Gordon Yoder was responsible for Santa's safe arrival from the North Pole with all of his gifts.

On Sunday evening, December 18, BYPD held in the college chapel where approximately 130 persons were privileged to hear an excellent talk on "Christian. Brotherhood" by H. S. Valenzuela of the Latin-Amer-ican Mission in Lyons, Kansas. Mr. Valenzuela who is a native of Chile has been working with the Mexicans near Lyons and brought with him a group of young Mexican singers.

Mr. Valenzuela in an interesting informal talk made expecially en-gaging by his Spanish dialect, stated, "The life of Christ was an expression of love. Love dominated His life and His gospel is called the gospel of love." The first duty of the Christian church is to learn to love one another. One cannot love God and hate his brother.

The problem of the church, according to Mr. Valenzuela, is how to make religion attractive to people. Christian brotherhood is the follow-ship of souls based on a fellowship with Christ. Fellowship is the fine art of living together. People need understanding, sympathy, love and compassion, and it is only when those needs are met that the church is really successful. There have been and are again attempts to rate the world by force but according to the Lyons mission worker "the world is still that of Jesus Christ, a world of love."

Miss Miriam Kimmel, piano student of Miss Jessie Brown, will be presented in a recital in the college chapel. Tuesday evening, January 10, 1939 at eight o'clock.

Miss Ruth Koerber's second year German class breaks into type again. This time it is for alarming all other departments in the building by setting up such a melodious, unintellig-ible howl that Dr. Hershey found it necessary to investigate.

The facts were that those Deutsch-ers have as texts-books now two Ger-man song books. Many of the songs that were being unloosed in Harnly Hull were Christmas carrols (Weiu-ieut Lieder). Gladys Shank makes a good director, but she finds it more difficult to sight-read in German than in English simply because she can never know which way to twist the German syllables.

Woodworkers Make Appropriate Gifts

Prof. Dell’s Students Become Fine Craftsmen

The Industrial Art students have been busy these past few weeks mak-ing articles which may be given away as Christmas presents. Many mothers, fathers, and sweet hearts will receive some of the gifts made in the shop.

The biggest article that had been made here this year is a walnut veneer cedar chest. Paul Prather spent many hours of hard labor in making this chest, and now that it is finished it is beautiful. Joseph Bukey had made a typewriting desk almost entirely of medle.

Many other articles such as door knockers with initials have been made. These door knockers are of pure medle with decorated designs and the initial of the owner are filed out on top of the knocker.

Raymond Flory's small fire place is very neatly worked out. The fire place stands about eight inches high it is made out of keen cement with carvings on it to make it look like red bricks. It is equipped with a red light bulb and this gives it the appearance of a burning flame.

Many numerous articles such as tack hammers, nut bowls, fruit bowls, games, lamps, flower dishes have been made here. In making an article out of keen cement one has to make the mold also. Therefore, one may say that everything in or on an article of this kind is made right here in our own shop.

Music students were presented in a recital last Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock in the music assembly room.

Harshbarger's basso helped tremendously in supplying the absent accompaniment and should be of definite assistance in laying a strong foundation for "Deutschland Uber Alles."

Saathoff had the queer idea he could sing better out of the gram-mar book than the song book. But be soon learned better, or else it didn't make much difference.

Crill could never decide whether he wanted to sing bass or tenor. It just depended on which was carring the prettier melody.

Fisher To Present Students

Wednesday evening, December 28, at eight o'clock Professor Nevin W. Fisher will present some of his lo-cal students ina puclic recital. The program will probably be given at the Baptist Church.

Those who will sing a group of numbers are Vonda Elliot, soprano; Millicent Nordling,soprano: Estalla Bacon, soprano; Donna Neel, a fif-teen year old soprano of Windom; Joe Johnson, bariton;: and Keith Pierce, bass.

On Sunday evening, December 11, the BYPD program with the theme "Christian Ideals of Greatness" was presented through a panel discussion after which it meeting was opened for public expression.

The panel under the chairmanship of Harold Flory, was composed of Phil Meyers, Rowena Wampler (Mample), Edith Spengler, Carl Yoder and Marianne Krueger. The very general scope of the subject brought in a number of angles from which great-ness might be judged. Contrubu-tions from the fields of music, art, med-icine, and business were almost over-shawdowed by the greatness of people whose fewer talents make them great through faithfullness to duty, thoughtfulness and dependability.

While service was determined to be the final test for the truly great person, it was not limited to any one field. The discussion balanced the greatness of the small-town school teacher with the greatness of the inventor or millionaire.

"Alcohol Education" was the subject used in a chapel talk by Mrs. Fowler, a W. C. T. U. worker from Holton, Kansas.

"If homes are kept wholesome, we need not fear of our future." remarked Mrs. Fowler.

Mrs. Fowler said that alcohol is never made in quantities without the aid of man and that two hundred million gallons of alcohol are used annually in the United States.

"There are four charges of science against alcohol. They are that alco-bol is a narcotic, a deterrent, a pois-on, and is habit forming."

Mrs. Fowler's concluding remarks were, "The decision of right and wrong is up to each individual and I hope we will consider what is right for us to do."

Christmas vacation for Mac-collegians will begin this after-noon at 4 o'clock with many stu-dents preparing to leave for home, wher they will spend the holiday season.

will close on Wednesday morn-ing, January 4, when few vaca-tions any many examinations confront students as the first semester ends.

Who could resist the invitation of the BYPD to go carolling Sunday evening after church when the stars were ever-so-twinkly and the air was the perfect crispness of December! About fifty young people made up the spirited group which set McPher-son's quiet street ringing with gay Christmas carols. It must have been

a veritable Scrooge who could have been annoyed by the Christmas spirit after the unforgettable picture of a young mother and father with a baby on the porch of their little home; or the radiation of joy on the faces of elderly people to whom the sound of familiar carols bring feelings of mingled hopes and memor-ies. The joy of the season was really in the air after experiences like that.

Hot chocolate and cookies served in the church parlors made up the "slight" refreshments that climaxed the melodious jaunt. To all those who found it impossible to be with the holiday-spirited group Sunday night, the BYPD wishes a Merry Christmas and a new year that will find many more pleasant associations in BYPD work.

Central College

Group In Chapel Dr. C. A. Stoll, president of Cen-tral Academy and College, McPher-son, was the guest speaker last Wed-

iod.

A boys’ octette from the Academy and College sane a number, "Rise, Ye Children of Salvation," after which Dr. Stoll led in devotionals by reading the story of "a veteran of Christian warfare who was eager to propogate faith in God."

The president continued,"Paul the apostle had his fiend Timothy always in mind, praying for him night and day. A prayer interest in someone can be of great value. Faith is a fine thing and it is the element in the human soul which enables it to overcome anything in the uni-verse."

Dr. Stoll closed by saying, "After one has the faith, he must continue to hold on to it. He who reads the Word of God will live and die a bet-ter man."

Commission Entertains Little People Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, thirty little people from College Hill were guests of the World Service Commission. These boys and girls, ages 4 to 7 years, played games and joined merrily into the spirit of play for an hour.

Then seated in a friendly circle, they enjoyed cracker-jack and chocolate milk. Commission members say it was fun to have the companionship of these little folk, and they hope that the guests like them as well as they liked their little friends.

Big Word-Fest Held Here After Vacation

Debate coach Maurice A. Hess announced recently that more than fifty teams are planning to enter the McPherson Invitational Debate Tournament te be held Saturday, Jan. 7. This tournament will prob-il»ly be the largest ever to be held at McPherson College.

Last year the tournament had fifty-four teams entered from four-teen schools. This year already fif-teen schools have signified their in-tention of entering, but this number is as yet tentative. Among those schools are two from Nebraska, Chadron Teachers and Kearney Teachers, and one from Oklahoma, Tonkawa Junior College.

There will be five rounds of decision debate, starting at 9:10 a. m., 10:30 a. m., 1:20 p. m., 2:40 p. m., and 4.00 p. m. Those allowed to enter the tournament are all junior college students and underclassmen at four-year colleges, also college jun-iors or seniors without any intercol-legiate experience.

Those representing McPherson will be Winton Sheffer and Donald Davidson. Raymond Coppedge and

Ernest Ked, Wilburn Lewallen and Wilbur Bullinger, Leonard Vaughn and Vance Sanger, Robert Rice and Harold Bowman, Joy Smith and Ger-aldine Spohn, Autumn Fields and Esther Sherfy, and Ardys Metz and Mary Boring.

The first year this tournament was held was just late year. But it was so successful that Prof. Maurice A. Hess decided to make it an an-nual affair. Students are invited to listen to any of the debates.

Monday Chapel Varied; Students Read Quotations

The Monday chapel program was unique. First Miriam Kimmel play-ed a piano solo. After a few an-nouncements including an important one concerning safety on the highways during the holidays, the congre-gation sang the Christmas hymn "Noel". They different students read quotations of famous poeple giving their views of Jesus and the Gospel. Plato, Napoleon, Goethe, Isaiah, and many other famous peo-ple were quoted.

Then in a short talk Dr. Schwalm places before the students two pic-tures, one of a man's inhumanity to man and the other of Christmas gaiety.

Two debate, teams represented McPherson College in a triangular tournament held at Newton last Thursday. The tournament included Bethel College, El Dorado Junior College, and McPherson College. It was a non-decision affair, four rounds in length. McPherson sent as their de-baters Leonard Vaughn and Vance Sanger, Robert Rice and Harold Bowman.

expierenced, compared favorably with those of the other two schools in the contests and gained much valuable experience. Prof M. A. Hess

considered the trip successful.

Macollegians going home during vacation may drive a car for the first time in many weeks, and for this reason may face special danger.

The restraining hand of an editorial campaign and a pub-lic safety education program such as this have improved the nation's traffic record by saving 6,000 lives.

Warn students home for the holidays that this is the peak period for serious automobile accidents, advises James S. Kemper, nationally known safety leader and president of the Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago.

"Analyzing 7,241 automobile accidents in the last three years classified as serious, we found 523 were in the period from December 16 to January 3," said Mr, Kemper. "This shows a holiday season frequency 30% above the annual rate.

"Parents should realize that homecoming students on pleasure bent are 30% more apt than usual to figure in serious automobile accidents at this season," he continued. Actually the rate doubles in the last half of December compared with the average for December and January."

Causes include late hours, drinking, bad road conditions in bad Weather, and decreased visibility during these shortest days of the year.

A special student hazard to be avoided is unsafe conditions driving home from school and back. Typical of such conditions is a poor car, overcrowded, driven through night and day with a relay of excited young drivers.

Just as New Year's Eve climaxes the holiday season, so the first three days of January provide the worst record of the year, with 71% more serious automobile accidents than the December and January average.

Let's all come back; we don’t like ghosts.

This question has presented itself in numerous group discussions recently! Why, after all, celebrate Christmas now since it has come to be so highly commercialized that it is an absolute burden to the person in just average financial status to try to remember his friends? Why try to do something just because everyone else expects you to and will perhaps talk de-precatingly of your stinginess?

These following statements were then presented as truths on the subject: First of all, no one should give anything to anybody if it is to be done in the attitude described above. In the second place, what other people say about one will not really hurt him as long as it is not true. In the third place, one should take himself in hand and try to discover during the Christmas season a big enough impulse "to live for others" that it will carry him through to another Christmas season.

The last truth is the hardest to incorporate into the routine of student life. But unless the angel song, "Good will to men" and Christ’s message of the cup of cold water are made real to everyone through the sacrifices of Christmas giving, then Christmas shopping has become a vain style show in which no sincere Christian could participate.

Dale Stucky

Orville Beehler Doris Dresher Rosalie Fields Henry Dosenbrock Raymond Goering Winton Sheffer

New Lights—

The Lamps—

These people with their Christmas lists! Making much ado about keeping it secret, yet contriving to make everybody on the list aware that his is name is present. Once Gerry Spohn had a secret; everybody knew it but she didn’t know that, so she had lots of fun flaunting i before everyone, while she didn’t know that they knew it. Wa northerners are thankful for any little cold snaps that the Kan-sas weather man will give us, for we hate to be such lillies when we get home.

Well, that "San-Ore Construction Company" sign is finished. We are relieved to find out that there was plenty of room for "Company" on the oft-gazed-at building after all. Just as this campus was beginning to absorb a cultured atmosphere,

what with formal dinners and formal parties, we discover that there are yet some unrefined souls who are unable to appreciate finer things such as candlelight dinners.

Angelina and Mebel (Mabel is Elma Minnick's other nightie) insist on keeping their names before the public. One moonlight night they were seen suspended from the window of Lady Elma's chamber! So very shocking.

Isn't it wonderful what a night of eight hours sleep and a chapel speech such as Hawke’s can do to revive one's interest? But right now we are interested in vacating this campus for the vacatio. Hope you are going to have a Merry Christmas too.

Friday night Dr. Flory was the guest speaker at the P. E. O.

last publication of our inane twaddle for us to attempt to set it down in our usual incoherent, yet chrono-logical order; so, out of respect to poor, dear Mr. Jerry Kerry, we will ramble in a still more dosconnected nammed, hoping that Mr. (or Mrs. or Miss) Kerry will be able to reap from the dense verbiage some words of wisdom, or folly, as the case may be, that will help him, or her, as the case may be, as he, or she, as the case may be, attempts meander successfully through this old world. Whew! (How's that for a sentence Ed?)

Back in the dim past we spent considerable time trying to find a tuxedo to wear to the formal party. We finally got a tuxedo, but no shirt. Then we discovered that Fluctuating Barley had a shirt, but no tuxedo. We tried to hint to him to give us the shirt, but he didn’t tumble, Finally, with the help of

sufficient finery to enable us to "put on the dog" well. Apart from the fact that we had a 14% collar on a15 1/2 neck, we fell quite at home in a tuxedo. We had a date with the dean of women, and discovered what we had long suspected, that she is a nice person to be with. We think Heastons are to be commended and sincerely thanked for opening their fine home to the col-lege folk. We also decided that Mrs. Heaston is capable of presiding very graciously over the coffe-pot.

Our Prexy tells us that we should prepare for Christmas by catching up on all our work. Some folk take his advice; we go to the library and find everyone bending quite indus-triously over his books. Would that we could do the same!

Oar speaker last Monday was one of the best we have had, or perhaps we should say, one of the most amusing ones we have had. We are of the opinion that this year we are being particularly blessed by having good chapel speakers. We thank

Would some out like to ask S. G. Hoover what three little words in the English language mean the most to him? He knows, because he said them over the telephone one time.

Well, we went caroling last night after church, and really began to feel Christmassy inside. And now, here we are, on the verge of the best time of the year, and the longest vacation of the school year. Merry Christmas to all of you, and we'll see you in Texas, and we don't mean just editorial "we'', either.

warning that he and Jerry Kerry must become amiable, and a reprimanding monthly statement or don charging him for an inch of space for using column space to make an announcement with an innuendo the same as that of those mailed out in fancy envelopes.

"How many do not like oyster soup?" That was the question put before the A Capella choir members last week. On last Thursday evening immediately after practice the A Capella choir had a Christmas party climaxed by an oyster soup supper. Games were played in the S. U. R. for about an hour and then a grab bag of Christmas presents provided plenty of fun. Prof. Fisher got a nice walk motto, but did be keep It? I should say not? He Just had to trade it for Dean Frantz’s new top. Ernest Reed's ping pong ball kept popping into soup bowl's too. And who got the blocks with the letters U D M A on them? Then there was an airplane, two whistles, two large Christmas bells, a pair of rubber pants for an infant, pick-up sticks and several others. The "little" boys and girts really had fun. Then when "Soup's on" was yelled everyone came running. And how they came! Everyone acted starved. But with all the oyster

soup (and chili soup for the three who couldn’t down on oyster), celery, crackers, and mince meat or cherry pie. Everyone was abundantly satisfied. Some hungry boys even had four bowls of soup. With such gratifying results, perhaps there should be more soup suppers.

Macollege chemists and coming chemists and their friends were en-tertained last Friday evening when Dr. Hershey gave his annual Chem-istry Club Christmas party in the S. U. R.

Asta Ostlind acted as hostess with Richard Horn and Don Houghton as-sisting. They had planned some new and old interesting games for us. In Bingo you were either lucky or else. (Ramona Fries Maintained the capitalistic traditions of her family.) Miss Ostlind also introduced a new form of smash—a rubber stopper version. Ask some of those chemists how easy it is to thread it needle sit-ting on a rolling jar.

The one hundred guests found their partners for refreshments by matching halves of the names of the elements. (They would bring in some chemistry). Asta was accused of making the coffee because only Swedish coffee could be so good.

Campbell, Kingsley Act As Hosts At Heastons

Twenty formals and tuxs had only the short rest of a week until they were again donned for the first formal dinner at Heaston's. Their owners were met at the door by black garbed, white aproned maids, who ushered them upstairs to leave their wraps. Upon returning they were greeted by hostess Frances Campbell and host Russell Kingsley.

The fellows had drawn for their partners and when Dwight Horner heard that Gordon Yoder was to take Opal Hoffman he remarked "Well I guess she is in safe hands." But he was far from bored as could easily be seen by the proud expression on his face when he arrived escorting Miss Shockley.

Kirk Naylor entered with Deborah Kubin, Phil Myers with Geneva Schlehuber, Eldor Miller with Autumn Fields, Gordon Bower with Margaret Kagarice, and John Die-trick with Mary Elizabeth Hoover.

Partners Rowena Wampler and Delbert Barley lead the group in a few quiet games and Gordon sang ROM entertainment. Mrs. W. C. Heaston presided over the lovely sup-

At the Charm Chat a week ago Rilla Hubbard introduced Mrs. Bright who in her gracious manner gave us valuable pointers as to conversations for dates, formal and informal occasions, and everyday meetings. After her talk the meeting was given over to a short discussion of the use of conversation for the different occasions.

Last week’s Charm Chat was di-rected by Gladys Shack and Virginia Harris. It was an informal discus-sion of the Neatness and Appearance of people.

A special on the S. C. M. program on Tuesday Dec. 13, was a reading by Avis Smith. Miss Smith read a story in accordance with the coming Christmas season, "The Shepherd who Watched".

Miss Frances Campbell, assisted by Miss Vena Flory, lead the S. C. M. members in a group of Christmas carols. Then the lights were dimmed, and Miss Smith read a Christmas story about the shepherd who remained to watch the sheep when the other shepherds left to see the Christ child.

Saturday afternoon twelve members of the World Service Commission visited the Rice County Farm near Lyons, Kansas. The following program was given.

Jerry Relates—

The publicity recently given "An-gelina" and "Mabel (delicate and intimate, nocturnal apparel of a most charming Miss)is, in this writer's opinion, the absolute epitome of as-ininity.

Saw the basket ball game last week. A most unsatisfying spec-tacle—spectacular because of the Bulldogs’ in accurate shooting. Hope the coach can turn out better stuff than this.

The Chemistry Club enjoyed a little "night life" Friday evening. Thanks to our gracious host and hostess, Dr. and Mrs. Hershey.

Polishers Tell Working Points

Egged on and encouraged by the words of Oregon State College's dean of men, Dr. H. G. Dubach who en-

classmen of successful scholastic standing, this survey will help under-classmen to gain the cherished A's.

Dr. Dubach says, "Apple polishing is an important part in a college man's education and it must be followed by diligence in class work if

to to intelligent apple polishing, isn't wise enough to be in college. Apple polishing, properly defined, is making oneself known to his professors in a favorable light.

Boitnott—always nod your head in agreement to anything he says Flory—always laugh at his jokes, no matter what they be; not that they’re funny jokes, but that it's a good policy. Warner—use the phonograph method. Metzler— read your Bible.

Fisher—just say "Yes, Mr. Fisher, that's right." Lehman—pay close attention and profess an interest in her trip to Eudope, Colline—be much concerned about her cat, Pad-en—take him some place.

Mohler—can one? Bright—don’t! Hershey—ask a lot of questions. Astle—Disagree with everything he says; he loves to argue. But give in;

and write, Hess—be on time and never back down even if your opinion is different. Atkinson—compli-ment her.

Lingenfelter—be interested in all kinds and types of music, Brown— aks her questions, Martin—don't try to corner her. Bowman—be attrac-tive if you're a girl, or else study, Stutzman—talk about music, Dell— be idealistic. Koerber—let her mother you. Forney, waste-paper-basket-tipper-upper supreme—call him Unde Frank.

A good time washad by all—wait a minute—we mean by all those who attended the birthday party Given by Dr. and Mrs. Schwalm, Friday evening, December 9. Guests of the evening were twenty-three students whose fates are under Scorpio and Sagittarius.

"Stripes, come quick? Grab these peanuts!" Well, do we have a new unknown students personality? It was only a new name of the better half of a couple as they rushed hither and yon hunting and tracking down peanuts, who like outlaws, were in hiding. The Sagittari certainly make good domestic animals as was verified by their remarkable acting. But they couldn’t even rec-ognize an actual honest-to-goodness farm chore, scrubbing the porch, that was performed by the Scorpios. Tut! Tut! Where have they been all their young lives? In the city?

True character traits, complimen-tary or otherwise, of these party- goers, were revealed much to the amusement of some and embarrass-ment of others. Did you know that Faylene Stansel was the greatest flirt; that Merlin Myers was the greatest lover; that "Dutch" Goer-lug is a nuisance? Durward Carl-son, it seems, is religions and Leon-ard Vaughn is a romantic soul. My, such hidden talents, or are they?

In answer to Dr. Schwalm's in-quisitve question, "Have you flirted?", Nina Lea gravely answered, "Study the past to diving the future".

"Have you a. secret, Luther?" Mr. Harshbarger calmly and solemnly replied with the proverb, "Honest men marry soon, wise men never."

But Virginia Harris gave the real advice of the evening when Jonathan asked her, "If I asked you to go out with me, what would you say?" Virginia, answered." A bird in the hand is worth two in the

Old Man Jinx Chased

Quadrangle Editor Gordon Bowers is not superstitious in the least, but he is not taking any chances. Hard luck has dogged the year book all the way, but will now be detoured since the door number in the Quad Office has been changed from 13 to 23.

Industrial Arts Department Gets New Midget Smelter

To the industrial arts department, there has been a new midget smelter added. Made of bricks, which are plastered together, the small furnace stants three feet high and it is about two feet in diameter. By the use of natural gas and an electrolux a very high temperature can be reach-ed.

Last week Martin Snidel and other men of the department melted iron. Many articles are being made of bronze, brass, aluminum etc., by means of this apparatus. The liquid metal is poured into molds and then allowed to cool. The mold can be shaped in any way so that many different designs can be produced. A temperature of 2600 degrees F.to 3000 degrees F can be reached by the midget smelter.

"Once upon s time there was a little boy who look a hath every Saturday night—" (Bet that's you. Dohn Miller!—Is not, it’s you!)— and when his mother gave him a bath they’d sing just, for fun:

Weren't Verda Grove and Wesley DeCoursey a charming host and hostess? Only Wesley didn't always know his songs!

Then we played a Follow-the-lead-er game. Jack Oliver was accused of being IT more than anyone else. He must have a guilty look about him—withal he is so handsome.

The most fun of all was the Virginia reel. Verda and Mr. Paden were so graceful: so were some others, but who was more graceful than Tony Voshell?

Someone called, "Here's an odd man!" We don't know what they meant but at any rate when Kathryn Enns peaked in with a couple. Fresh-ie girls and a senior, too, the boys insisted they all come in—so from that time on we had enough girls to go around.

Mamie Wolfe was a good girl; she didn't enter into any of that swing stuff. Why? Simply because she was our pianist and was she good, too! In the Quadrille once two couples got going so very, very fast that when Steven Stover and Audrey Hammann wanted to stop, Mr. Paden and Arlene Barley kept right on going—Zoop! Oh are you hurt! No, just a little dust wiped off the floor.

Of course no party would be complete unless that Arthur Baldwin be present. Did you see that confused-shy-surprised-flattered-look on Kathryn's face when she suddenly realiz-ed she had been shot?

The eats were napkins and icecream with "chocolate goo" on, as Carrie Alice called it. Then it was homeward-bound for all but the cleaner-uppers and the disher-wash-ers over in Avis' kitchen.

Anyway it was a lot of fun. You who aren't juniors don't know what you miss by not being a junior!

All alumni, former students, Brethren pastors, or friends of McPherson or Mount Morris colleges will meet in Des Moines, Iowa at noon December 28 for a dinner, program, and informal fellowship.

The joint session of the Iowan alumni for the two colleges will re-new many old friendships.

If some one should ask you, "How is the enemy?" don't think him crazy. That is just a very-very Eng-lish way of asking "What time is it?" Yes, you're right. It's another of Doc Flory's ideas.

LaVerne York looked awfully em-barassed the other day in chapel when he gallantly volunteered to open a window and pulled down the shade.

Here's another of Eldon Craik's many philosophies: If you enter a picture show, and can't see the screen someone must be sitting in front of you. And speaking of picture shows, Doc Charbonneau sat down in a sent in the show recently -but there's a hitch—the seat wasn't there So—Doc simply sat on the floor for a while.

The basket ball coach from Rox-bury was on the campus last week. Upon hearing the word "badminton" he asked if badminton was a new way of cooking cabbage. I wonder if he graduated from McPherson College.

Nina Lee Rush was playing ping pong the other day with Dr. Flory. I wonder if he entered the girl's ping

This school seems to be filled with energetic people. There was once a boy who rose early and hurried, to school in an attempt to beat Prof. Hess to his customary parking place. Unfortunately the early bird was not early enough. And then there's Duke Holmes who hitchhikes to school every morning.

The Chemistry party the other night was a huge success. Even Jonathan Hammersley blossomed out with a date. But poor Edna Mae Russell never was able to master that barrel-sitting-needle-threading trick.

In Arnold Hall—

Agree to what? Arnoldites were called together the other night to call a truce on all warfare. Everything seemed rather vague, and anyhow the girls don't want to stop pranking. And so, past history is the truce that wasn't signed.

And by the way, first floor seems in be gelling exclusive. They don't bother the other floors, so why should girls from above come down and disturb them, and at 11:30 such a late hour. Come down off your high horse. Lots, the girls dislike a poor sport.

And say, Campbell, best you know all details before you start blowing off again. Satisfactory arrangement had been made for those pajamas earlier that day.

Mother Emmert is having difficulties. First her alarm clock myster-iously dissapears, and then her bell from the dining hall. She just can't live without them, so here's a chance for anyone who wishes to establish fame as a detective.

We're truly sorry that Alice Van-derkolk was called home no suddenly. We miss her, and hope she'll come back again.

Kitty and Wanie—or is it? Your guess is as good us mine. But I understand that Kitty has reconsidered, and is again corresponding with her old flame back home. What does it mean? Well, of course it's nearly Christmas—! Insinuating? Not me!

Nickey has some swell looking new pieces of furniture—lamps, desk, towel rack. "Ice-box" must have some purpose for making all those things. When?

I like Enns, don't you? She has a crate of oranges and grapefruit that her dad sent her all the way from Florida. And they are deli-cious!

How dare you, Flossie, call my "Floozie" a mechanical toad, when it’s every bit a thoroughbred turtle. It's an insult!

This is what education does for you. Entrees are something you find when you take your coat off.

So uplifting and inspiring was the Wiggins-Johnson conversation the other night. I caught only snatches but evidently "Goldilocks and the bears were having trouble. Miss Shockley found the seven dwarfs in the trash pile, and better get the lawnmower and fix my hair." What nonsense! But what can you expect from such as they?

Lost—-one pair pajamas. About thirty girls were looking for their pajamas after the game Tuesday night. They were found next morning strung up on the porch. What a line!

Flora Mae Duncan has moved off the campus. Needless to say there are those who will remember her for her bubble dance, her sayings (such as calling a toy toad a mechanical turtle), and, of, any number of other things.

Did you notice how Orville Beehler and Wesley DeCoursey stood up quite by accident during the Cantata the other night?

Great powers of self expression that Naylor boy has. Kirk described some one this way: he was deaf in one ear and could hardly see out of the other one. Hasn't his mother ever told him not to go to the circus.

At last the secret is out. Dr. Schwalm made a real slip when he told about pupils bringing presents to "half-experienced teachers."

Merie Hodgden opened the door to his room the other day. Have you heard? The door simply fell in hitting a chair, and knocking a hole in it (the door, of course). Now if Merie puts the door back on its hinges, he won't even have to open the door to enter his room. All he has to do is to crawl through the hole made by the chair. Sounds complicated, doesn't it!

But in all seriousness, don't you think Luther Harshbarger makes a good chapel speaker.

Have you started to make any New Year's resolutions? After this weeks brilliant recitations you might resolve to study more. Well any-way, here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Tony Voshell says that there are two reasons why he doesn't like to go to school in his home town. The first is that it doesn't seem as though he is going to school and the second is that he can't sleep into in the mornings.

Don’t we have fun? How jolly to be awakened at ungodly hours by the ringing of alamr clocks. Great stuff, eh, Miss Forney?

Am I proud! I have a namesake Wiggins calls her alligator "Scoop". Proud, did I say?

Elizabeth Mohler went into a fit the other day when she opened a candy box to find a mouse. Eeek!

Here are your suitcases--must you leave no soon, Flossie? We're sorry now that we didn't finish putting you in the shower the other night. And here’s a tip. I'll bet you could give Sally Rand a bit of competition with you bubble dances—without the bubble.

You'd better watch your step, El-len, or a girl from town will come out and snatch every hair from your head.

so I wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year. I'll be seeing you next year, and don't eat too much lunch.

Orchestra Cheered

A large well pleased audience hears the McPherson College Or-chestra under the direction of Loren Crawford in its first concert of the year Sunday afternoon at the college chapel.

Especially outstanding on the program was the piano solo, Concerto in G. minor by Felix Mandelssohn, played by Miss Ann Krehbiel accompan-ied by the orchestra. The "Suprise" symphony also proved to be very interesting.

Regular rehearsals will be held on the college court during the holiday period and several players will practice on courts at home to keep in condition.

Chief opponent during vacation will be the Southwestern Mound-builders, who meet the Bulldogs on the Convention Hall Court next Tuesday, December 27. The Builders will be enroute to Chicago for games with Hamline and Richmond universities.

The visitors from Winfield are coached by George Gardner, former McPherson mentor. Thus a great great deal of rivalry is expected to develop between the two teams.

Southwestern boasts one of the classiest cage outfits in this section of the country, having been champions of the Central Conference for many year. Thus far in the season, the purple lads have defeated Kansas State and Warrensburg, winner of the national inter-collegiate tourn-ament last spring at Kansas City.

Four lettermen, L. Tucker, Hin-shaw, Briar, and Bratches form the nucleus of the formidable quintet, which also includes freshmen Fugit, Dix, Tucker, and others of strong calibre.

With such an array of cage talent and impreasive season records, the Builders probably consider the Bulldog fracas only as a "warm-up" to the big games at Chicago. However, Coach Astle's scat-swing men have different ideas and nitty upset the highly-touted basketeers.

Hold Tournament Here On the next day, Wednesday, De-cember 28, the Canine cagers will enter their own tournament, which will be held in Memorial Hall, which lina, on the first day. Each of the six teams participating in the invitational collegiate tournament will play two games during the day.

Kansas Wesleyan, Bethany, McPherson, Bethel, College of Emporia, and Friends are entered in the early-season journey, which provides the players much needed experience. The second day of the tournament, Thursday, December 29, will be played on the Conventional Hall court. Dr. J. D. Bright arranged the bracket for the tournament, in which each teams will play four dif-ferent teams, McPherson won the tournament last year and it proved to be a successful spors adventure

Games will begin each afternoon at 1:30 o’clock and at 7 o'clock in the evenings. The team winning the most games will be declared winner. Such a tournament usually becomes a preview of the actual Kansas conference race.

day, January 4, the Bulldogs will open their conference season on the local court against the Bethel Gray-maroons, recently admitted to circuit

Bethel is always a dangerous foe and the rivalry will be much strong-er this year as a result of its en-trance into the loop. Eight letter-men are back this season to form another strong group. Last year the Bulldogs turned in two victories over the Mennonites, revenge will be in the visitors' hearts that night.

The McPherson reserve squad probably will clash with the Bethel reserves in the opening game. Ottawa Invades McPherson

Then Ottawa, co-champions of the conference along with McPherson and Kansas Wesleyan, will invade the Canine domain on Satuday, Jan-uary 7, to renew the cage rivalry this season.

Ottawa, king-pin of the circuit this year, believes it already possesses the title this year, according to sports scribes in that section of the state - Eight lettermen also return to the Braves for this season.

Quakers Spoil Debut; Reserves Defeat Galva

Friends University's stubborn hot-shots spoiled the cage debut of the McPherson College Bulldogs last Tuesday night to the tune of 45-27 in a non-conference battle on the Convention Hall court.

The winners led 22 to 13 at the half. Fourteen players were used by Coach "Buck" Astle to an attempt to halt the Quaker scoring spree.

Crow and McCaul of Friends and McGill and Cramer of McPherson lead the scoring for their respective teams.

In the preliminary game, the col-lege reserves trounced Galva High school 43-20. They held a 16-9 lead at the intermission. Fox, Nincehel-ser, and Burkholder of McPherson

The ping-pong tournament sponsored by the W. A. A. is now in full swing. Many of the matches have been played. The tournament will be played off by Christmas.

Twelve girls journeyed to Winfield Saturday to participate in an intercollegiate volleyball Sports Day. Eight schools were present for the tournament hold at Southwestern, Luncheon was served to all the girls at noon in Steward Hall. After sev-eral close and exciting rounds, Southwestern defeated McPherson by a close margin in the last round; thus giving McPherson second place. A plaque was given each girl on the two winning teams. The girls going from here and the group from Bethany chartered a bus together. Everyone had an enjoyable time and is looking forward to another Sports Day next year.

Macollegians Journey Far And Wide "Back to our homes we will go." shout the happy students. "We shall flee this institution and shall not return until this year is dead and embalmed, if not buried." Happy are those who go, but sad are those who stay. But why the sorrow? Arnold Hall will be uninhabited during the vacation. (Those girls who remain on the campus will be as refugees in Kline Hall.) Four hoys, Olan Nince-helser, Vance Sanger, Harold Dun-canson, and Phil Myers will infest Fahnestock during most of the vacation period.

In the lap of the underworld god, Pluto, the following students will attempt to rest during their jurney to the land called Iowa: Elmer Dad-isman, Raymond Flory, Dean Frantz, and the girls, Avis Smith, Rowena Frantz, and Marie Flory. Other trips of general interest include that of Dwight Horner and Opal Hoffman to Texas, Mr, and Mrs. Luther Harshbarger plan to drive their Chevy, name as yet not given, to Pennsylvania, Dorothy Braid, Leon-ard Vaughn and John Detrick will be passengers with the Harshbarg-ers. Miss Ida Shockley will take the following carload to Chicago: Miss Edna Caessler, Forrest and Galen Stern, Carl Yoder, and Ned Zook.

Many other students are to make long trips home. The question most frequently asked these days is "How are you going home?" Few know exactly how and when they are go-ing. Few care, but they constantly sing "Home, sweet home."

Faculty members here will all be home for Christmas dinner Miss Ruth Koerber plans to spend most of the holidays in New York.

Which group is more important, a bunch of night owls or a quintet of McPherson College and Friends University basketball players?

Obviously the answer would be in favor of the latter, but evidently the city dads prefer to turn the Conven-tion Hall court into a place of amuse-ment rather than to provide the bas-keteers a suitable court on which to play.

Last Tuesday night when Friends defeated McPherson on the local maples, the floor was so slick with wax that it was impossible for the boys to properly execute the "swing system" or arrange an effective de-fense. Members of both teams fell harder that night than do most line plungers in a tight grid battle.

Doubtless the bulldogs were having an "off" night, but it did not offset the hampering condition of the floor. Scat-swing can not be maneuvered on a glassy surface, which perhaps was necessary Monday night.

Therefore this column advocates a return of McPherson College bas-ketball games to home environs—

cal education building on the campus. Following are several reasons for such a shift in scenery:

1. Location—Downtown fans usually drive to Convention Hall to witness the games and it wouldn't be much more trouble to come out to the new building. People from outside the city would have no particular preference as long as they could secure a seat. They watch games at the college stadium and the accessibility of both places is similar. Most college students would favor the new location.

2. Seating—Five hundred sports fans could be easily seated in the physical education building with proper bleacher arrangements. If this is not sufficient, then the games could be transferred to the new gymnasium of the high school with a capacity of 800. No more than this number actually find a seat down-town.

3. Light and Ventilation—As dem-onstrated by a comparison of light on both courts, the college building has better facilities. There are few-er shadows and the light floor makes it easier for players to follow the ball. The ventilating system is one of the best for the typo of building and perhaps would eliminate the stuffiness of the Convention Hall.

4. Convience—Both courts are of regulation size and if bleachers were moved into the physical educa-tion building, there would still be two practice courts. Dressing rooms for players and officials are more convenient than in Convention Hall, where they are not satisfactory.

5. Coat—Two hundred dollars paid for the use of the Hall would amply provide adequate improvements in the new buildings for such a change. Gate receipts probably would not decrease after the fans became accustomed to the new arrangement. Of course, these suggest tone are not official and are only opinions, but they deserve consideration for what they may be worth. Five valid reasons for continuing to hold the games downtown will be printed if anyone hands them to the sports editor immediately following the vacation.

Coach "Buck” Aalto announced this week that he had scheduled a football game next full with Regis Collage of Denver, Colorado, to climax the 1939 grid season. The interstate contest will give the Bulldogs their longest trip in the history of the school and will attract the attention of athletes in this area.

Such a contest in the mile-high city will provide the gridsters an interesting trip at the end of the season. Should the Bulldogs go through the next grid season with fair success, than the trip would be a splendid reward for their services.

Again it is proved that Kansas Conference teams can match outside competition, thereby broadening the education of the college athlete and perhaps gaining prestige in sports circles.

W ith the addition of Regis to the schedule, it now inculdes nine games, four of which are played at home. Following is the 1939 football sched-ule:

November 3—College of Emporia, here.

The reserves turned in early vic-tories over Roxbury and Windom high schools while the varsity held a splendid workout with the Mc-Pherson High team. . . The actual score of the Windom practice game was 68-17 . . Russel Kingsley performed against his townfellows.

Everything from the Lambeth walk to shadow boxing is included in the "swing system" exercises this season. . . .The boys rush across the court in the first exercise, raise their hands in a Hitler salute, then yell "Hey" to distract the opponents. . . . Shadow boxing is supposed to give them proper footwork that is neces-sary on the court.

Bob Brust, 6-foot 1-inch guard from Claflin and Olan Nincehelser, veteranof last year's reserves, should be included in the squad list

Kirk Naylor suffered the first cas-ualty of the season last week when he severely sprained his wrist as he fell to the floor in a vigorous scrim-mage. . . .Fortunately no one was seriously injured on the excessively slick Convention Hall court.

One week from this afternoon the McPherson Kansas Wesleyan invitation collegiate tournament will begin in Memorial Hall at Salina. . . . Beth-any will clash with Bethel at 1:30 o'clock followed by McPherson and C. of E. at 2:30 o'clock, then Kan-sas Wesleyan and Friends at 3:30 o'clock.

This tournament will display a fair portion of what may be offered dur-ing the coming conference court campaign. . . Bethany lost a close game to Hastings and Friends barely edged out the Sweded. . . . Last night in Ling gymnasium, the Habrites matched the famous Phillips 66 team of A. A. U. circles.

Bethel droped an early loop ap-pearence to Ottawa, strong contend-ers for the title, according to Baptist publicity directors. . . . Friends strength is well-known and need not be repeated.

Kansas Wesleyan, with its "fire department" brand, gave the Has-tings Broncons a good battle, then stormed the Sterling Warriors to the tremendour tune of 53-28 in traditional Gene Johnson form. . . .Watch the Coyotes this season, even though they have few veterans.

With a few favorable breaks and common horse-sense, the Bulldogs can make a niche for themselves in their own tournament again this year. . .If the boys get down to business and really execute the "swing system", they may take the measure of Bud Selves' Presbys.

College of Emporia has defeated Sterling and has a formidable outfit . . .Steve and Bill Sharpe, Fred Frazer, McCoy, Helder, and others are going strong this year.

It is no secret that Southwestern is taking the contest with the Bulldogs none to seriously and expects little trouble from the swing-scat men. . . .Neither is it a secret that those same Bulldogs can upset the highly-touted Methodists by getting a good start against the second team, which George Gardner undoubtedly intends to start against the underdog team.

If the McPherson cagers do not confront Tucker Hinshaw, of Bratches at the outset, they may be able to spoil the vacation "warmup" plans of the visitors. . . Even against the trio, Coach Astle's men are determined to never say die.

With Omer Brenton at the post position under the new rule this sea-son, the Ottawa Braves conquered Bethel and St. Benedicts in closely-contested battles. . . .Last year Bren-ton and Morgan battered the Mc-Pherson backboard to pile up the scores . . But they may play a dif-ferent tune this year while attempt-ing to stop McPherson.

We have frequently mentioned the fact that it is time for the Canine to overthrow the domination of Ottawa in every branch of conference competition. . On January 7, when the heads of the Braves are high. If the opportune time for such a demonstration to occur. , . . Turn the tables, Bulldogs, and take a few Ottawa scalps! They think they have the conference championship.

Bethel, without welners and kraut, will invade the Convention Hall court en masse when the conference season opens . . A running start over other conference schools is the stake of the winner. . . .The Canines will seek to avenge that humiliating grid defeat.

Therefore, the basketeers of Mc-Pherson will be in an excellent position in the coming weeks to overthrow self-styled champions and avenge post defeats.

Bulldog Cage Schedule

McPherson 27; Friends 45. Tuesday, 27—Southwestern, here. 28-29—McPherson Tournament. January

Wednesday, 4—Bethel, here. Saturday, 7—Ottawa, here. Wednesday, 18—Kansas Wesleyan, there.

Thursday, 10— St. Benedicts, here. Saturday, 21—Bethany, here, Wednesday, 25—Emporia State, there.

Friday, 10—Ottawa, there, Saturday. 11—C. of E, there Wednesday, 22—Baker, there. Thursday. 23 — St. Benedicts, there.

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