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Shrunk by a mid-term let-down, the Honor Roll for the first nine weeks of this term now stands at ten, in comparison with the eighteen that crawled to the scholastic heights at the end of last semester. These figures were revealed by tabulations late last night.

Verda Grove and William Thompson tied for high honors with forty-seven grade points, three points below the high sct last semester by Lillian Pauls, who made only forty-two honor points this semester to come in ninth.

Juniors and seniors have four representatives on the lust, while soph-omores have two. No freshmen were successful in attaining over forty honor points.

Forrest Groff trailed the leaders with forty-six points, and Esther Sherfy pressed him hard with her total of forty-five. Raymond Flory, forty-four, and Autumn Fields, Dwight Horner, and Edna Kesler fol-lowed with forty-three. Rowena Frantz completes the list with forty-one immediately below the forty-two attained by Lillian Pauls.

The list of honorable mention gained two spots as Harold Larsen and Asta Ostlind won 39 grade points to lead sub-honors. Carroll Crouse had the lone 38. Those who had 37 points were Arlene Barley, Rosalie Fields, Virginia Harris, Opal Hoffman, Donald Newkirk, and Virginia Kerlin. Several students had 36 points, Delbert Barley, Elmer Dad-isman, Lois Florman, Ramona Fries Jonathan Hammersley, Winton Shef-fer, Joy Smith, and Leonard Vaughn. Maurice Anderson and Marianne Kruger scratches in, over the dead-line, with 36.

Physical Education Traps Many

It was evident after last night's tabulations that unless you are a varsity athlete, the physical education department is the stiffest in the college.

Tripped up by the multitude of "C's" which swarmed from the physical education department, seven students tumbled from the Dean’s List, while nineteen others fell by the wayside for other reasons. Two stu-dents who were on the list at the end of the first semester have dropped from school.

Only sixteen hold coveted spots on the gilded list of Dean J. D. Bright, which is less than half of the forty-two who made all grades above "C's"

Any regular enrolled student who has no grade below a "B" is eligible for the Dean's List. No freshman made the list, while the sophs scored three times. Six juniors will have the special privileges offered them by Dr Bright, while the seniors lead with seven.

It was Impossible for a student to make the list unless he was on it at the beginning of the semester. Thus the drop does not tell all the story.

Those on the Dean's List for the last nine weeks of this school year are Maurine Anderson, Arthur Bald-win, Elmer Baldwin, Raymond Flory, Rowena Frantz, Raymond Goering, Verda Grove, Forrest Groff, Virginia Harris, Edna Kesler, Asta Ostlind, Lillian Pauls, Winton Shef-fer, Esther Sherfy, Stephen Stover, and William Thompson.

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute stu-dents recently cornered the faculty experts with student-written technical question in a program of the "Information Please" variety.

Hoffman, Harshbarger Thompson Chosen

Leads in the senior play. The Mer-chant of Venice, which is to be presented near the end of the school year, will be taken by Opal Hoffman, Luther Harshbarger, and William Thompson. These names were revealed in a tentative casting made by the committee, Miss Della Lehman, Mine Ruth Koerber, and Dr. Claude R. Flory, after try-outs late yesterday afternoon.

Hoffman has the feminine lead in playing the part of Portia, a rich heiress, while the masculine leads of Shylock, a rich Jew, and Antonio, a merchant of Venice, will be played by Harshbarger and Thompson respectively.

Other members of the cast are as follows: Gladys Shank will play the part of Nerissa (Portia's waiting-maid. Rilla Hubbard will be Jes-sica, (Shylock's daughter). Addison Saathoff, Bassinio; Frances Campbell, Launcelot Gobbe; (a clown); Harold Larsen. Old Gobbo; Del

bert Barley, Gratiano; Charles Shelter, Prince of Morocco, and Dwight Horner, Duke of Venice. The parts of Aliniio, Salranio, Prince of Arragon, Stephano, and Tubal will go to Arthur Baldwin, Bob Wiegend, Carl Smucker, and others.

The quite important part of Loren zo, who is in love with Jessica, has not yet been cast as several seniors were unable to attend try-outs. The director has not as yet been selected.

Members Will Hear Six

Concerto In Season

The membership campaign for the Columbia Cooperative Concert Asso-ciation in McPherson will start Monday evening and last throughout the following week. Mr. Alton of the New York Opera Association will be here in person to conduct the campaign.

Members of the 1931-1940 season will attend six concerts; three of them will be in McPherson and three will be in Lindsborg. This same number were presented last year. There will be no reciprocity tickets with Newton.

No definite arrangements as to concert numbers will be made until after the membership campaign. However, the committee will endeav-or to obtain a voice choir similar to the Mozart Boy's Choir as one number. Concerts will be chosen on the basis of the number of associa-tion members.

All workers will be guests at a dinner to be given at the country club on Monday evening to open the membership campaign. Dr. W. C. Heaston is the president of the Mc-Pherson Association. The chairman for the membership drive is Mrs. Gene Mingenbach. Della Lehman is the McPherson College representative. Five college students will attend as workers on the campus.

The campaign closes Saturday ev-ening at six o'clock. After that time no new members will be admitted to the association, no more tickets will be sold. The Student Council will, however reserve a block of tickets for the new students who will come to college next fall.

The price of membership will be the sane this season as last. The regular price is three dollars a member, but all students in school now may belong for only one dollar and a half. This means that college stu-dents pay twenty-five cents a concert.

Newton will conduct its own concert series without reciprocity with McPherson. The latter and Linds-borg will have a larger and better series.

Chapel Speaker

Schwalm Gives

Inspirational Talk

For the chapel program Wednes-day, the chape] choir sang "I Bind My Heart This Tide". Dr. V. F. Schwalm led in devotionals after which he gave a most effective and inspirational talk on "Christ in Gethsemane."

Dr. Schwalm said, "Agonizing there alone in the Gerden, Jesus fought out the great conflict in His heart. In his loneliness He fought out the greatest struggle there on His knees. Without Gethsemane there could have been no Golgotha, no resurrection, no empty tomb.

Most of life's victories are fought in the human heart, and there, ton, Golgotha and Resurrection follow just a surely. Jesus had to choose between God's will and the easier way, but he realized his death on the cross was vitally related to hu-man redemption; he had a sense of complicity of the sins of the world.

Suffering love is redemptive; vicarious love touches many heats. If we want to be a disciple of Christ, we must take up His cross and follow Him, and let us face that cross in the spirit of Him who said "Not my will, but Thine be done." Christian Colleges

More than 500 people attended McPherson college's greatest social event of the year, the colorful Booster Banquet last Friday night in

Convention Hall. The banquet cli-maxed the annual financial campaign which netted $2,100 in the sale of tickets.

Dr. Oscar Johnson, St. Louis Bap-tist minister who gave the main address, held the attention of his audience, throughout his entertaining and inspiring address, "Keeping Your Balance," Johnson likened his subject to a man walking a tight wire across a deep chasm. He must keep his balan ceor fall.

"The hope of the world as it is," Johnson said "lies in christian ed-cation which will help us keep our balance. One crazy man or two crazy men can ruin the world. You can't wal kstraight and think crook-ed. It is apparent that straight thinking is hard to get. Our Christ was a straight thinker."

"We need God to supply us with something to stabilize ourselves for the rocky road ahead. Any life that does not have room for God is not a balanced life. That is why I be-lieve in Christian education." Dr. Johnson continued saying that some-thing comes to people in a christian college that they don't get elsewhere. "Unless the christian colleges stay in business the whole education sys-tem in the United States is doomed." was his conclusion.

Homer Gerguson, McPherson busi-ness man, acted as toastmaster for the affair at which Dr. T. W. Butcher, president o Emporia State college, also spoke. Fifty Macolleg-ians assisted in the preparation of the food and in waiting tables.

Mohler Sees Lack Of Popular Education

Prof R. E. Mohler spoke in chapel Friday morning about education for civic responsibility.

One interesting thought of Prof. Mohler was in no time in history have people increased in schools and school facilities as has the United States, while the increase in crime was equally rapid.

Professor Mohler brought attention to a series of posters called, "The Purpose of Education In American Democracy." There are twelve of those posters. It was suggested that students take special notice of the posters when they are placed on the bulletin board.

"There are three American flop houses," he said, "The radio, the mov-ies, and the reading material. Then are twenty-seven million radios in the twenty-eight million American homes."

Prof. Mohler explained that a sur-vey was taken of the program most enjoyed by the Amreican public and it was found that they were programs suited to the mentality of a nine-year old child. It was also brought in the students attention that forty-nine million copies of monthly publications which are not permitted to be sent through the U. S. mail, are sold in the United States after being shipped by express.

Professor Loren Crawford played a violin solo, Andante, from the Spanish Symphony by Bach.

Calender Revised; Leap Year Start, Friday

Macampusans who feel a pang of desire for hastening the arrival of leap year should take heed to the following announcement.

On next Friday and Saturday their big chance will boldy confront them, for as has been the custom in years past, a week-end for ladies choice will again be observed under the sponsorship of the Personal and Family Relations Commission of the S. C. M.

Entertainment suggestions will test with the girls on Friday even-ing, April 14, and Saturday night festivities will be climaxed with a gala all-school parts in the S. U. R.. Girls and men alike are looking forward to abandoning the conven-tion dining this next week-end and having a good time in a different manner.

Mrs. E. Nininger of McPherson was the guest speaker of the S. C. M. Easter service.

In addition to Mrs. Niniger's in-teresting talk were two special num-bers, a reading by Kathryn Mae Deal, and a musical number by Fran-ces Campbell.

Vacation starts for Macam-pusans today afternoon at 4 o'clock. Many students plan to go home for short visits. After spending the Easter vacation which extends through Monday, collegians will start classes again on Tuesday, at 7:50 A. M.

Applications Due Soon

The Student Council urges that all applicants for positions as either editor or business manager of the Spectator or Quadrangle, be submitted to the secretary of the council before April 15, next Saturday. Opal Hoffman is secretary of the governing body.

Bill Thompson, council prexy, has announced that only one or two ap-plications have been thus far received. The race for the positions is Still wide open. He urges that any student who would like to work in these responsible positions and has satisfactory qualifications, apply at once.

“Facing The Cro»»”

Is Schwalm's Topic

Tomorrow morning at 11:15 o'clock at the college church, Dr. V. F. Schwalm will speak on "Facing the Cross" at the Good Friday service. There will be a love feast and communion service tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.

The college church will hold an Eastern sunrise service Sunday morning at 5:30 o'clock with music and meditations. The usual services will be held Sunday morning, but no services are scheduled Sunday night, because of "The Messiah" presenta-tion at Lindsborg.

The special cyrriculum committee, composed of Dr. J. W. Boltnott, chairman. Dr. J. D. Bright, and Pro-fessors Maurice A. Hess and R. E.

Mohler have completed their work on revising the curriculum and re-quirements for a bachelor's degree.

A considerable number of old courses have been dropped from the former curriculum and about an equal number of new ones have been added. The number of departments granting a major has been reduced from sisxteen to eleven. The revised curriculum will go generally into ef-fect next year.

Before graduation, each student must complete at least 15 semester hours in the Division of Languages, Literature, Arts; 18 semester hours in the Division of Natural Sciences. The divisional requirements shall in-clude the specific requirements stat-ed below, all of which should be com-pleted in the Freshmen and Sopho-more years, unless otherwise stated:

This requirements must be met in history unless two senior high school units in history are pre-sented for entrance.

5. Literature, 6 semester hours, Three hours of this requirement may be met in the Junior or Sen-ior year.

This requirement must be met in Latin, French, or German. Each unit of foreign language presented for entrance reduces this requirement by three semester houts, provided the same language is con-tinued in college.

Six semester hours of science and six semester hours of mathmat-ics may be substituted for the re-quirement. The science substi-tuted must be laboratory courses in biology, Chemistry, or Physics, and it must be in a department.

Out of the smoke and fire of en-thusiastic political activities next Thursday, April 13, will emerge the winners of the campus election for the 1939-40 president and treasurer of the Student Council.

The polls will be open for two or three hours in the morning, and possibly part of the afternoon. It was announced yesterday by Bill Thomp-son, student council president. During the general election, the student body will also vote on the new Stu-dent Body constitution, which is to supplant the present Student Council constitution.

Phil Myers, varsity fullback and president of Fahnestock Hall, will tangle for the president position

Don Newkirk and Kirk Naylor, sophomores, will lock horns for the treasurer spot.

Thursday in the chapel at the regular 9:40 activity period, students will hear stamp speeches on behalf of the candidates. Gordon Yoder will croon the praises of Kirk Naylor, while Dale Stucky will give the merits of a Newkirkian grasp on the council's purse-strings.

The polls will not be in the read of the chapel as in the past, but will be placed in some room of Sharp Hall to avoid the confusion and the rush which has in the past existed during the elections.

The polling will occur without any primary election, far only two candidate ran for both offices. All indications point to an extremely close count on both positions.

Because the proposed Student Body constitoution was drawn up by the present Student Council, tellers for the election will not all be mem-bers of the Student Council, as they have been in the past, but the president of the Senior class, Addison Saathoff, and President Raymond Flory of the Junior class will aid in counting the votes.

Another period for the discussion of the proposed constitution is be-ing arranged for. This forum will give students a chance to express their opinion about the new plan.

Constitution Submitted

To Student Approval

Macampusans will vote next Thursday, the date of the general school election, on the adoption of a constitution for the governing of the Student Body. The constitution submitted b ythe Student Council, is a result of the work of the '37-'38 Student Council as well as the pres-

The new constitution will provide for the organisation of the Student Body as an active governing group.

The constitution states the powers of the Student Council and the duties of its memebers, and provides for the control of fall extra-curricular activ-ities and duplications.

Students have been given copies of the proposed constituion and are urged to study it carefully before voting.

The Student Union Room will not be regularly open Fri-day, Saturday, and Sunday. Phil Meyers, however, will have the key to the room, and anyone who wishes for the room to be opened may see him in Fahnestock Hall.

Exactly 3,269 organized events worn held in the University of Wis-consin Memorial Union building last

Better They Should Stuff Ballot Box Than Not To Vote At All

It would be a much better indication to see students try-ing to stuff the ballot-box as though it were a Thanksgiving turkey, than to see the apathy of students who to vote.

The devil-may-care attitude which accompanies the failure to vote is more dangerous than any Kansas City Pendergast gangs. It is the foundation upon which such political machines are founded.

Not that there is danger of a machine on Macampus, but students must vote to insure the success of a student government.

Only two-thirds of the student body voted at last year's general student election for Student Council posts.

In view of the fact that Dr. Theodore H. Jack, president of Randolph Macon Woman’s college recently has said, "Student government is the finest type of laboratory for the inculcation, development, and practice of the principles of demo-cracy," this lax attitude on the part of students is alarming.

Student government is a distinctively significant and essential part of the college course. Through participation in the activities of student government, collegians may learn the les-sons of cooperative life. They learn to select leaders, to plan for life, and to evaluate.

Democracy is based on the assumption that every one will exercise his righth of franchise. It is only when this duty and privilege is carried out completely that democracy can be made efficient. Active participation of the citizens in the selection of representatives and in determining fundamental principles is necessary for the continuation of democracy.

All this being true, how can college students fail to vote?

Let’s all vote next Thursday!

Hard Nuts To Crack Will Meet Doom If Girls Do Their Duty

The Personal and Family Relations Commission of the S. C. M. has decreed that next week-end social events will turn topsy-turvy and leap-year will be in full swing.

All other schools the nations round have used this old custom to crack some of the hard nuts of social circles.

There is always a varsity debater that just won't "go out”. Persistant girls can make him melt. And there is the fellow, a jolly lad, who says that he doesn't care for "dates", but would just rather play around. He gets trapped too. As does the shy lad who is just afraid. And the studious chap with hornrimmed glasses.

Then there is the boy who never is seen anymore with college girls because he has "someone back home." If he is a good sport he too will submit to unconventionality.

One college columnist reports that a certain boy liked a certain girl all along, but thought she didn't want to date him. So she got a leap year date and both are happy now.

Let's make the campus ring with laughter and good fun week-end, and girls, don't let a single eligible bachelor get by without being dated. Even the guy who always says he is invulnerable, and says that he is immune. The cynic. Some girl will find that, like Achilles, he has a heel.

Mother Emmert now has to ad-minister to herself those little pink and brown pills. Remember, two every three hours. Yes, she is on the sick list and we really miss her a lot.

Easter Vacation has saved Frances Campbell from growing stale while Roy Robertson has the mumps.

Evidently our college girls were unable to captivate the heart of Errol Flynn or even a cowboy. I see Rilla Hubbard and the Voshell sisters are back from Dodge City.

Macampus campererettes must learn their own weights. Heavyweight Doll Kubin, Kerlin, and Curran all attempted to sleep together on a slatless bed and great was the fall thereof.

Not umbrellas today but maga-zines. Mickey Miller tried vainly for ten minutes to sell Lillian Pauls a subscription to the McCall's mag-azine. Lillian sweetly but firmly refused, insisting that her magazine budget was already overtaxed and that since the financial funds of the Arnoldites were limited she didn’t believe anyone else to be interested. And that phone call was right at supper time, too.

Ah! Shiek Dahn Miller has found the impossible. He can’t carry on concersations with Lena Bell Olwin on third with Lillian Pauls beside him and still maintain the equilib-riam on sidewalk just three feet wide! Lena Belle yells and when Lillian turns to admonish her report she finds him not on his knees but floundering in the mud beside her.

Incidentally the mud which he left on the front steps caused poor Mother Emmert's ox to fall in the ditch Sunday morning.

Saved! The entire dining hall. Saved by the heroic dee of Kirk Naylor and S. G. Hoover. At the risk of upsetting their digestive sys-

tems these noble fellows ate sixteen eggs for breakfast the other morning to eliminate egg gravy at lunch time Easter bunnies carry news. A

group of McPherson College students found the announcement of Glee and Gordon's approaching marriage by chasing Easter rabbits all over Sa-lina. Now who doesn't believe in Easter Bunnies and Santa Claus?

What are the gentlemen of our fair campus to do now? The apple of Minnick's eye has returned. Maybe the globe trotter Hiebert will take them round and round.

Must be some new Romeo in these here parts - at least Margaret Louise Kagarice, Gladys Wiggins. Ardys Metz et, are doing a powerful lot of sewing.

We have some new ice cream ped-dilers on our campus. DuBois and Reed are running competition to Hammersley, the pop corn man.

There's more than one way of get-tine attention. As soon as the ice cream, cokes, candy, and toys quit coming Lucille Wade ups and says, "I guess maybe I didn't have the

mumps after all."

In Arnold Hall—

Our mamma is sick! Her absence certainly makes us realize how much we fail to appreciate her and all her services. And her illness has also brought another fact to light—that we girls can be quiet (almost hos-pital quiet).

It seemed almost like old times to have "Mom" Voran out here again. Of course she was in the wrong dorm, but nevertheless, we'd like to have her come around more often.

Imagine how my heart jumped when I walked into my room tonight and a Cat jumped out of the clothes closet - and a black cat at that! Just like in Poe's story.

And while I’m on this heart-jump-ing subject. I was very much sur-prised how little I was thrilled when I saw the movie stars at Dodge City last week end Wellll—, Eroll Flynn is big and handsome with broad shoulders, and John Payne wasn't so hard to look at! And I just had to laugh when saw Frank McHugh.

and probably made many a male heart flop over a couple times. But I was really more interested in that "bicycle built for two" going down the street.

"Honey Boy" Cramer fails to rate with one of the girls in our midst. She even goes to bed to avoid a date with him. Go on, Alice Lind-gren he promises not to bite!

Hugey and Enns are footloose and fancy free again. But a habit does grow on one, and at 7:30 that find night of freedom, Hughey found herself twiddling her thumbs.

Mickey Morrison really has that swing! She sure goes to town on "Hold Tight"—with all the added attractions. Hot stuff!

Edna Mae is getting around again and this time she has been seen fre-quently with one fo the "Miller" hoys. But then she was also seen with "Pretty boy" Vaughn recently.

About fifty college young people were no "April Fools" last Saturday night at the college church in spite of the fact that they were forced to dash from one door to another to find the 'Open Sesame' to the April Fools party which had been planned by the Recreation Council.

Gordon Yoder as the genial master of ceremonies kept the enthusiasm at a high point. Interesting to all was the solemn initiation of four new members into the Barn-yard Society - and anyone, who has-n't seen A. B. Sathoff lay an egg, just hasn't been around!

Refreshments, too, carried out the April theme—do have some more of three delirious chocolate covered lima beans-' The climax of the eve-ning followed a number of songs led by Opal Hoffman, when devotions closed the party.

The womens quartette of the college sang a group of numbers at the Women's Federation of Clubs meeting last Monday afternoon at the Congregational Church. Patronize Spec Advertizers For

Here Is What They Look Like On Paper

taking a quick squint at the can-didates, Stover and Myers, who are in battle for the Student Council presidency, and Newkirk and Naylor, who are running for the treasurer position.

Stephen Stover, a Junior and treasurer of the students council this year, is a member of the National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll. During his high-school career he was a class officer all four years and was active in Hi-Y work. As editor of the McPherson High Lifem he gain-ed experience in executive work Me won the American Legion Award as the most distinguished student both when he was in Junior high and Seniors high. Last year, when a sophomore, he was business manag-er of the Quadtranble. Today presi-dent of McPherson's Epworth League. Stover is active in the Thespian Club, the S. C. M. Cabinet, and the M. Club. Stover has been a class Officer all three of his years at col-lege and is an honor student.

two years and president of the boy's dorm both semesters this year, has shown his executive ability by his work as president of the Men’s conn-cil. A member of the Student Council, he is in charge of the S. U. R. one of the council biggest "problem children." Myers was the leading salesman for the Newton Ice Co. territory in sales of refridgerators this summer. He has worked his way through school for four years, and has helped his sister through two years. Men In Fahnestock say that the dorm has had one of its most successful years during his presidency. Phil was valedictorian of his high-school graduating class.

and varsity debater for two years, is president of his class. As treasurer of his class last year, he gained recognition through his 4-H work. Newkirk has been a member of the

S. C. M. cabinet as co-chairman of the Rural Life Commission, and is a member of the National Honor So-ciety.

Kirk Naylor, a past member of the Student Council, for three years was bookkeeper for the Inland Utilities Co., where he gained experience in treasurer's work. A basket ball play-er, Naylor taught school for a year before coming to McPherson. He was vice-president of the Osborne County Teachers' Association and has for the past three years been vice-president of the Brethren North-west Kansas Young People's organization. He has gained experience as a store clerk and filling station attendant, and for the last five years has successfully held responsible po-sitions.

Just Around—

Jack Vetter is going home to Kan-sas City, Missouri, and Hazel Bodine is going to visit an aunt in Kansas city, Kansas over the Easter vaca-tion.

Francis Campbell will visit her parents in Parsons; Evelyn Amos will visit her parents in Independence.

Wayne Albright will accompany Sara Jane and Lena Belle Alwin to their home in Cushing, Oklahoma.

Ruth Stamp will visit her brother in Texas. Laverne York and Evelyn Herr will be in Navarre, Marguerite Browner, Avis Smith, Elmer Dadis-man will spend the vacation in McPherson.

Elma Minnick will visit her home in Hardin, Missouri, and Mildred Miller will visit in Raymond, Kan-sas.

Now that Glee Coughnor and Gordon Yoder hare announced their wedding for siome time in August, we suppose there will be another avalanche of engagement and wed-ding announcements.

Penguins Have Viewpoint

The Penguins and jitterbugs, as well as the more conservative wallers and waitresses, had a heap of fun at the Booster Banquet last Friday night. Imagine Emily Post's chagrin is she could have seen these ladies and gentlemen eating chicken with their fingers, and doing every-thing from eating the salad to but-tering the rolls with a spoon!

Dick Barger devised a new technique of tray-carrying. He balances it on his head; when he arrives at the desired destination, he stops very suddenly, and the tray slides gracefully into his waiting hands.

Imagine Orville Beehler's embar-rassment - as well as the lady's— when he served dessert to a lady whom he thought had been over-looked, to have her say. "Or, thank you, but I've already had mine."

Behind the screen one might have seen Dwight Horner eating his fifth or sixth pie quite early in the course of the evening, or Leonard Vaughan surreptiously slipping an occasional cranberry ice to any cute girl nearby, or Merlin Meyers trying to get away with a pie right before Miss A's very eyes.

Looking out over the audience, someone remarked "This looks more like an Indian tribe judging from the feathers sticking in women’s hats."

Was Vernon Kraus's countenance crimson and did he wish he had had his arm where nature put it when Rev. C. O. Johnson looked right at him and said, "I'll quit before she goes to sleep on your shoulder!"

And did you notice that about ninety-nine and forty-four hun-dredths per cent of the applause for the men's quartette came from the quarters of the kitchen help!

The guests had scarcely left their seats before the starred servants went hurriedly from table to table eating salads from empty places, digging in the pickle bowl to see if an olive might have escaped, or finding a delicious pecan pie "which hadn’t been eaten on".

A new club for commuters, called the Jacobus Club, has been formed at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Mahcester college—For the first time in the history of Manchester college fellows and girls may choose their own seats and sit together in daily chapel.

The new chapel seating plan, which will go into effect this spring term at McPherson's sister college is the result of a poll taken of the student body in which the vote was 480 to 101 that the chapel seating should be changed.

The student-faculty committee recommended that the change be put into effect the spring term, and students are given the opportunity to sign for whatever seat they desire.

Early registration results indicate that there will be a very noticeable change in the seating for next term.

Campus agitation here shows that there is some demand on Macampus for different chapel seating arrange-ments.

Progressive Party Attracts

Fun, gaiety, hilariousness, and even silliness are words scarcely adequate In describing the progressive parly given by the town girls for all dormitory and off-campus girls.

Carload after carload of giggling, excited girls swept into the lovely homes of Romana Fries, Audrey Hamman, Lois Florman, Doris Dresher, Glennys Doll, and Anna Jean Curran Friday evening, March 24. Other town girls aided in the success of the party by being assistant hostesses and by offering the ues of their cars.

During this slack before the final

rush students may read the year's most outstanding new books. The most recent additions to the library's

shelves are the following:

"Hamilton Fish" by Allan Nevins.

the Pulitzer Prize Biography reveals through Fish's diary the political secrets, scandals, and

corrupt acts during the sensa-

tional years when as Secretary of State under President Grant from 1965-1977, Hamilton Fish boosted up as the guiding influ-ence of the Grant Administra-tion by all B's better phases.

"The Log of a Cowboy" by Andy Adams "is the finest piece of lit-erature that the cattle country has produced" say some. It is a record of the daily doing of

a party of typical Texas Cow-boys, accurately related - "As faithful as it is thrilling."

"Table Tennis" by Coleman Clark, the former U. S. Ping Pong, champion tells how to get the most fun otu fo thej game, what strokes baffle your opponent, how to make quick scientific

shots. It is the inside story of America's Indoor sport.

"Mathmatics for the Millions" by Lancelot Hodbeg gives simple fascinating explanations to such questions as "why do we use 10 as a base number, why do we 'square' numbers to find area?" Also, the book shows the importance of mathmatics in social progess. H. G. Wells says "it should be read by every intelligent youth who is trying get the hang of things in this universe."

"Human Affairs" edited by Cattell Cohen and Travers, profession-al psychologists, have induced fourteen famous scientists to

cooperate in this authorative exposition of what science can do for man. Written for the general public. It reads easily and interestingly.

"A Short History of Art" from pre-

historic times to the present day has been translated from French for the use of students and general readers by Andre S. Blum. It is such a new addition to the library's supply of books that it almost failed to be included in this review. It is most interesting for its many pictures.

"Democracy and Curriculum by Harold Rugg, publication of the John Dewey Society, is "ah outspoken hard-hitting and far-sighted analysis of traditional education. It includes construc-tive and specific recomenda-tion for curriculum reograniza-tion." Macollegians preparing to teach will find this book es-pecially interesting.

"A History of the United States since the Civil War" by Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer is in 5 volumes. It has been written in a lively entertaining way by in-cluding many details about many personalities. New light is thrown on many events of the stirring Civil War days, and will be especially interesting to his-tory majors.

"Benjamin Franklin" by Carl Van Doren is "simple in conception yet overwhelming in execution", since it contains new material written as Franklin himself might have written in his Auto-biography. The new episodes have been written with a gusto and deep affection that is thor-oughtly digestible.

"Men Must Art" by Mumford Lewis is an urgent appeal to America to abandon their passive atti-tude in a pro fascist world and by preparedness and noninter-course with dictators to act vig-orously in defense of democracy "Elihu Root" by Philip Caryl Jessup is a scholarly and candid but sympathetic biography of the

conservatiuve statesman noted for his ability and legal acumen as attorney Sec. of War,

Sec. of State, and U. S. senator. He was distrustful progress-sive movements or legislation and his biography unusually in-teresting.

"New Horizons for the Family" by Mrs. Una M. Salt is a college text which attempts to discover from a study of family in the past and present, what the future possibilities are. The table of contents includes chap-ters on finance, sex, education, wide-occupation, birth-control, instability, and homemaking.

"Unoin Now" by Clarence K. Streit is an International Relations Club book and contains a proposal for a Federal Union of the democracies of the North Atlantic and a philosophy of man's freedom.

"The Old South: Struggles for Dem-ocracy" by Wilton E. Dodd presents the story of the old South from the first years of English settlements in the end of the eventful seventeenth century. His account of changing colonial policies, conflicts among neighbors, struggles between man and mature in the everyday life of the lusty new world makes a varied and illuminating chronicle.

The Robber Barons" by Matthew Josephson: Who were they John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegia, Leland Stanford, J. Piermont Morgan, Commodore Vanderbilt, and others. Why? They were cruel, relentless, greedy, shrewd. Read this ac-count of how they acquired, used, and sanctified power, and again, what catastrophies they made possible.

"Origin of the Gospels" by Floyd V. Filson is a readable, nontechnical and up-to-date survey and evaluation of recent trends in the study of Gospel origins.

"The Nationalizing of Bisiness, 1878 and 1989" by Ida M. Tarhell. This volume is exceptionally interesting and illuminating be-cause in the years mentioned the foundation for out present economic order were laid and because the problems of this period were so closely parallel to those we now fate.

"A Puritan in Babylon. The Story of Calvin Coolidge" as told by William Allen White shows the contrast between the curious old-type character and the vivid epoch of baffling markets and economies in a new and thoroughly entertaining way.

"Through The Telescope" by E. A. Fathe is a story of the stars and involves a visit to the two great astronomical observator-ie sin California. An effort has been made to tell a connected story which includes main facts and intersting theories in the astronomical field.

"Science nad Music" by Sir James Jeans has interesting discussions on tuning forks, vibrations of strings, of air, harmony and dis-cord, and how to hear.

"Peace with Honour" by Alan Alexander Milne, presents an argu-ment for peace that is decidedly idealistic nad possible over simplified, but it is a logical presentation of the needlessness of war and it places the chief responsibility on statesmen.

"Japan, in China" by T. A. Bisson presents a detailed history of the oriental conflict. The book is the outgrowth of travel and investigatyion in 1937 made pos-sible by a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation. The book may be secured from the International Relations shelf.

Recent Biographies' "Roger Sherman" by Boardmen; "The Big Four" by Oscar Lewis: "George

by Helen Hill, and "Dom Ped-

ro" by M. W. Williams.

The Mediterranean in Politics" by Elizabeth Monroe, recipient of a Rockefeller fellowship on two long journeys around the French and Italian interests and the role of smaller countries.

'Old Frontiers" by John P. Brown is the story of the struggle of the Cherokee Indians to hold the land of their fathers against white encroachment. The book is a collection of authentic stories from many sources of the Cherokee from the earliest times.

"The National Mind" by Michael Demlashkovich is the recorded conclusions of the author's belief that in the study of comparative politics, philosophy, and the fine arts, one may find a composite picture of the mind or character of great peoples. Thus he presents the attitude of these people toward the problems of life.

other than the one selected to sat-tisfy requirement number two. The six hours of mathematics may be reduced by three semester hours provided two seniors high school units in mathmatics are present-ed for entrance. Three substitu-tions for foreign language may be made on the R. S. degree only.

7. Fine or Applied Arts (Arts) Music, Speech, Home Ec., or Ind. Arts), 2 semester hours.

8. Bible, 6 semester hours.

Three hours of this requirement may be met in the Junior or Senior year.

8. Orientation 1 semester hour. 10. Electives, 18 semester hours. Not more than six of these eighteen semester hours may be elected from any department except as follows: Fifteen hours may be elected in music; nine hours may be elected in home economics and Industrial arts, provided the credit is not applied toward a B. A. degree.

A suggested course has been worked out for the first two years to meet the distribution requirements for general education in the most effective manner.

A group of concentration requirements, formerly designated as major requirements, has been carefully outlined, the first of which is the completion of a major of not less than 24 semester hours in one of the departments offering a major. A minimum of 15 hours of this require-ment must be met in courses open to juniors and seniors only. The second one is the completion of a minimum of 15 semester hours in supporting courses related to the major, but not in the same department as the major.

Requirements one and two are listed in more detail under the departmental requirements.

A new feature of these requirements will be the satisfactory performance on a comprehensive examination covering the work of the major and the supporting courses. This examination will be in two parts, written and oral. It will be administered in April by a committee composed of the head of the department in which the student has majored, the Dean of the College, and at least one other examiner selected by these members.

Another requirement which has not been effective previously is a complete tentative program of courses for the junior and senior years. Incorporating the require-ments stated above designed by the student and approved by the stu-dent's major professor and the Dean of the College not later than the be-ginning of the student's junior year.

March 29, 1939, New York City, the Student Committee Against in Japenese Aggresion, a national undergraduate organisation for the embargo of Japanese war materials, announced today that Dale Stucky, Spectator editor, had become one of its sponsors.

The Student Committee, recently initiated by a group of eleven student leaders, numbers among the local sponsors the presidents of college student governments, college newspaper editors, and the leaders of campus Christian association. Formed for the purpose of bringing to the attention of undergraduates the fact that they, as citizens of the United States, are unwittingly assisting in the pro-secution of the war in the Far East, the Student Committee has met with a favorable response among students.

In a polI conducted by the Student Committee Against Participation in Japanese Aggression, the returns revealed the fact that students generally are in favor of an embargo of Japanese war materials by the ratio of five to one. Many students, the poll showed, were undecided and wished more information before making up their minds.

Modern Play Given By BYPD Group

Next Sunday night because of Easter and the "Messiah" in Linds-borg, there will be no BYPD services held at the college church.

Last Sunday night a college group presented a modern one-act play "The Christian Trail". The theme revolved around the story of a family concerned only with the rush of going, doing, seeing and spending, and their complete unawareness of the fact that there was any point in life outside their narrow circle which to them mattered "every-thing". When a stock crash swept away their entire savings they were prepared to call life a failure until changed by the far-seeing ideals of 'grandmother' and a stranger who represented man's quest for the truth. Characters in the production

Father - Wilburn Lewallen

Mother - Miriam Kimmel

Daughter - Ruth Stump

Son - Dick Berger

Grandma - Margaret Kagarice

Man - Forest Stern

This dramatic Easter production was ably directed by Mrs. Arthur Baldwin and the musical background was arranged by Delbert Barley.

Polls on the subject of American economid air to Japan in her war on China are now being conducted in ten colleges; additional colleges have signified their intention to conduct such a poll.

Students, the Committee feels, should be converned with the situation because "we are outgrowing the idea that students should become cit-izens only upon graduation. While our world of tomorrow is being formed, we wish to express our de-sires as to what world should be like. It should be a world of peace and freedom for democratic expres-sion. It should be a world which in-cludes a Japan at work to solve its economic problems by cooperation with other nations, and a world in which an independent China is left free to build a unified modern state."

The Student Committee has expressed its stand: "We do not believe that the people of the United States wish to join the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis. We do not believe that they wish to support a war against China.

But we now act as if we were partners in the axis; we are supporting Japan's aggression in the Far East American munitions firms, oil com-panies and scrap iron dealers are supplying Japan—she finds this country the source of 54 per cent of her war materials! We believe this should be stopped.

Canton Man Gives Additions To Museum

Includes Rhino Jaw, Teeth.

Kansas Indian Artifacts

The McPherson college museum continues to grow. Last winter Mr. Lester Phillis of Canton, Kansas vis-ited the museum. He evidently was impressed, because last week Mr. Phillis brought the museum a col-lection of articles and even included a case in which to display them.

Included in the loan is a rhino-ceros jaw and several rhino teeth, the fossilized heads of several snout fish, a large fossil turtle, a leg bone of a camel, some fossilized seed, etc. There are also a number of inter-esting and unusual Indian artifacts including some beads from an Indian grave and a fine collection of arrow points.

Most of this material come from

'American students are dismayed that our government finds it neces-sary to increase armaments this year. But there is no surer way of guaranteeing further increases than strengthening the fascist war party which rules Japan and makes likely a future war between our country and theirs.

As students we are being asked to help war victims in China. Does it seem consistent that we should continue to sell Japan the Instruments with which to make more war victims?"

The Student Committee has laun-ched a drive to secure student signa-tures to petitions to the embargo. The Secretary of the Committee Margaret Ekern, Smith '38, announced that petitions may be secured free from the office of the committee, 119 West 105th Street, New York City.

The members of the initiating committee for the Student Commit-tee Against Participation in Japan-ese Aggression are: Wang Chao,

Harold Colvin, A. R. Elliot, Mar-garet Honey, Mabie Honk, Joseph P. Lash, Mary Jeanne McKay, Helen Morton, Edward Nestingen, Robert G. Spivak, and Molly Yard.

Tracksters To Hays Today For First Meet

Twenty Men Compete To Open The Season

Today approximately 20 Bulldog tracksters are competing in a meet at Fort Hays State college. The boys left McPherson this morning.

Thirty men have been participat-in workouts in recent weeks and show promise of developing into a strong squad. The triangular meet was postponed indefinitely and may be cancelled, because of recent inclement weather.

Following are members of the squad this year: Jake Cramer, Burt Weible, Elmer Ratzlaff, Charles Baldwin, Rob Brust, Raymond Meyer, LaRue Owen, Jack Vetter, Rollin Wanamaker, Dave McGill, Tony Vo-shell, Bob Cook, Stephen Stover, Bob Seidel, Kenny Morrison, Eldon Maloney, Vance Sanger, Leslie Rogers, Wilbur Bullinger, Harold Dun-canson, Glen Funk, Richard Van Vleet, Calvin Jones, Bill Rock, Merlin Myers, Andy Collett, and Herb Stauffer.

Coach "Buck" Astle announced today the spiked shoe artists will match Kansas Wesleyan neat Friday afternoon for another dual meet on the local cinders.

Match Colorado State Friday

The McPherson Bulldog racketeers lacked their traditional tenacity, losing a meet to the Bethany Swedes in seven matches. In No. 1 posi-tion, Carrik Crouse was beaten by Maurice Lysell, 6-4, 6-2. In No. position, Raymond Johnson was pushed back by Birger Olson. 7-5, 6-3.

In No. 3 position, Gordon Yoder was trounced by John Altenborg, 6-3, 5-2. In No. 4 position, Calvin Jones was upset by Art Rolander, 6-2, 3-5, 6-3. In No. 5 position, Delmar Atchison gave way to Carl Jacobson, 6-2, 6-2.

The doubles teams were conquered in a similar fashion. Raymond Johnson and Ernest Reed were vanquished by Lysell and Olson, 6-2, 6-3. Calvin Jones and Bernard Nord-ling lost to Rolander and Altenborg, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Tomorrow the tennis team will pay Colorado State here. Play will probably begin in the morning and continue during the afternoon.

With Quarterback and Rebounder clubs felly organised and active for two years, McPherson college is several jumps ahead of other institutions in athletic relationships with downtown fans.

At St. Mary's University, San An-tonio, Texas, officials recently formed such an organization to promote interest in school athletics.

They are adopting a ticket plan, which might be considered by local members of the respective clubs. The club at St. Mary's offers $10 memberships with $30 worth of tickets.

The tickets provide two paid admissions to each athlete contest and a reserved seat in choice sections. The tickets are transferable.

Eight Track Vets

On Bethel Cinders

North Newton—Coach Otto Unruh's Bethel track squad this year con-tains eight letter man McPherson and Bethel may schedule a meet later in the season.

The lettermen, are Eric Frisen, javelin, broad jump, high jump, shot put, discus, pole vault, and middle distance: Charles Rousell, Gib Galle,

and Henry Guhr, middle distance; Roy Hoff, pole vault and broad jump; Chet Unruh, pole vault and low hurdles; Bill Unruh, half mile and high hurdle; Roland Lelsey, mile.

Good prospects are Roy Bartel, Marvin Funk, Bill Staerkel, Rex Youngquist, Orlando Epp and Henry Unruh.

Twelve Lettermen On Ottawa Squad

Ottawa—Twelve lettermen form the nucleus of Coach Dick Godlove's championship Ottawa university track squad this spring.

The veterans are Jack O'Neal, dashes, Omer Brenton, Leonard Fergus, and Tom Allan, middle distance; Albert Roberts, distance: Bill Mat-tis, Edward Wiberg, and Walter Reames, hurdles; Don Meek, Roy Fitzpatrick, and T. C. Bundy, weights, and Jack Ramsey, pole vault.

O'Neal, Brenton, Fergus, Mattis, Meek, and Ramsey were outstanding performers in the conference last year. The Braves fear College of Emporia and Baker as strong contenders.

The Ottawa schedule opens against Baker at Baldwin on April 5 and will include the Hastings relays, K. C. relays, and Kansas conference meet.

Bulldog Track Schedule

April 6—Fort Hays State, there April 13—Kansas Wesleyan, here April 19—Bethany, there.

Local Writer Shows Promising Talent

Releases Reading Which Shows

A young aspiring McPherson college writer has written the following reading, which has caused no end of giggles on Macampus. It is entitled "Courtin' 'n' Fishin."

Y' now 's I set here on the bank a fish's 'n' tak'n every thing that goes on around, all the way from a couple a birds a bill'n and a coo'n 't each other there in the tree t' a lovesick couple a walk'n along the bank, I get t' think'n how much this busi-ness of court'n is like fish'n.

Now the part of the fisherman I give t' galls cuz from all I see the boys 'r' the fish.

Moat all the gals go a fish'n, 'n' like all fishers they're after big game. 'N' the ways they plan on tak'n ’em are Ac varied as the hats they wear. Some're out t' grab, and doll, and spruce up with all kinds of fancy do-dads 'n hopes they c'n lure a poor fish close ‘nuff t' grab 'im. Most fishermen don't vary a lot from the ordinary 'n depend on line 'n bait to hook'm. Some put hopes in a fancy line, but luck with that's so poor that they generally try somethin' else. Fishermen vary in the kind of bait they use.

Some have dough that they c'n use which usually brings results. Some put their bait into one whole ball of sweetness; others try goo-goo eyes and still others get their fish with a good brand of neck. The more wise once use a combination. Some of ’em fish 'n' fish and never get a thing. Others are so anxious to turn a nib-ble into reality that when the first hopeful fish appears they jerk, the line and scare all the poor fish away. Home after a lot of fis'n and chang'n bait, 'n' like, finally land some little sucker. Of all the fish these 'r' the most appreciated, for they save the fisherman from disgrace or failure.

Some reason that their fish'n knack's poor 'n grab the first one that bites even If they ain't been fish'n long. Others have more confidence, they catch 'n' throw back sucker after sucker till they're satis-fied they're ain't any better ones, 'n' take the results of their last catch. Others disgusted 'n' quit. Not a few like t' have several on the string so'n they can have their pick when the season closes, 'r their bait sours on 'em. One thing they never do. That’s brag about the big one that got away.

The fish they're almost all one kind. Mostly suckers. These fish have crazy ways. Some 'r' lured by fancy do-dads; others by bait. The biggest part of 'em nibble first on this'n then on that, *n' go back to nibble again, pick out one that ‘pears pretty good, become a little bolder, and It ain't long till they're hooked. Some never get around much, get pretty hungry, bite hard on the first one they see, and that's all. Others think they can get by, by nibbling kinda soft like on all of them but generally they run into some tricky number 'n' they’re took. You'll find a few that would bite on two or more at the same time but the Jerked line nsually get's 'em 'n' he's lucky If he ain’t badly hurt. Some prove t'not be sucker's, choose not 't bite, 'n' never are caught.

Although College of Emporia dropped a track meet to city rivals, Emporia State, several stars loom on the Presby track horizon.

In the dashes, Neill and Truman Haskell appear to be conference contenders. Steve Sharpe, as usual, carried away the honors to high and broad jump. Wertzberger and Wall Newland, the columnist, are tops in the weights competition under "Bud" Selves. Washburn and Foncannon were high in the pole vault.

With a balanced, experienced squad, C. of E. may offer plenty of competition this spring, especially in later meets.

Tennis hopes of Macollege were somewhat punctured last Monday afternoon against Bethany's veteran squad, but Coach Flory's proteges are expected to turn on the heat here tomorrow afternoon with Colorado State college furnishing the competition.

Johnson, Crouse, Yoder, Jones, Nordling, Reed, Atchison, and others are showing much improvement and may be booming further in the sea-son.

Although Bethany and Kansas Wesleyan are not emphasising track this year, their tracksters will be no breeze in meets scheduled with the Bulldogs ... In fact little is known as to the comparative strength of the Canine thin-clads.

Lyle Albright, suffering head injuries when he crashed into Jack Randle, high school coach, is now in school after a sojourn at the hospital ... It all occurred in a city tournament game last week. . . Again the "Campus Corrigan" went the wrong direction.

As Students Look From Chapel Stage

Frequently one hears comment as to the stage appearance of chapel performers or public lecturers: not so frequently has any thing been said as to the appearance of the student body from the chapel stage.

Without using names your reporter wishes to describe the various cital chapel. Most conspicuous in the audience is the small group of jolly, cuttish-uppish boys who see and laugh at everything that could pos-ibly be considered laughable. At three other sections in the rooms are there two or three boys who, not so fortunate in the setting arrangement as the first group, have to stretch their necks to communicate their mirth.

Concentration on the speaker's message is Interrupted for one girl who must frequently take her eyes away from the speaker in order to seek out those of her blond hero a few seats distant. Disconcerting indeed must be the efect of that one pair of lovers on the speaker; for they are interested only in them-selves.

Interesting too is the futile effort of certain faculty members to control their amusement and the sly looks from the corner of the eye which they think no one will see. Also, not too for back, is one who is fighting a losing battle with the sandman.

Front the latform, late-comers look too funny for words, the way underway, we are reminded that the eastern members of the Kansas conference again hold a monopoly in track this year.

Ottawa, the defending champion, College of Emporia, and Baker have strong, point-gathering squads with many conference stars still carrying the honors.

In this neck of the woods, Bethel and McPherson are competing with various opponents while Bethany and Kansas Wesleyan devote more attention to spring football practice.

College cage coached favor the elimination of intentional fouling in their only recommendation for rule changes to become effective next year.

It seems that many teams, behind in the scoring, intentionally foul the other quintet to gain possession of the hell after the free throw. The next question will be. "When does a referee know an Intentional foul?"

The team fouled will be allowed the option of a free throw or taking the ball out of bounds nearest where the foul was committed.

This year the Bethany track squad nucleus will be Ernest Ireland, javelin, pole vault, and broad jump; Ken-neth Dick, javelin, broad Jump, and distance; Alden Tillberg, middle distance; Sidney (Juicy) Henmon, discus; Leland Mattison, dashes; Harry Peterson, broad jump, middle distance, and Javelin; Ernest Polson, low hurdles and quarter; Frank Ped-roje, dashes; Leland Angell, mile; and Marshall Kephart, weights.

Ireland and Dick are the two let-termen. From this group, Coach Ray Hahn hopes to enter a few men in the conference meet end perhaps other meets during the season.

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Thompson, Grove Top List Of Ten Students