VOL XXII Z-233
McPHERSON COLLEGE. McPHERSON, KANSAS, FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1939
NUMBER TWENTY SEVEN
PAGE TWO
The Spectator
The new Physical Education and Health Building has lost the grandure that comes with youth and the respect that comes with years of planning, and students are beginning to call it just "the gym". Which is all right.
But with this decadence in awe has come carelessness in the use of the building and its equipment. Which is not all right. It was only when basketballs were locked up that stu-dents were prevented from playing on the gym floor with street shoes on. But even this precaution has not been effec-tive.
Another sign of carelessness is the fact that many windows are being unnecessarily broken. Gym classes use equipment and drag mats and other apparatus all over the floor and leave it there.
Janitors are not doing their part in keeping the building spic and span. Paid for cleaning the gym, many have swept it only once or twice in a week.
There is no reason why the gym cannot he a beautiful building, inside and out, for many years to come.
The home which worked so hard
on the campus the other afternoon seems to have some extraordinary appeal, for lots and lots of people gathered to see him.
And so Russell Kingsley faced M Club initiation alone. He really frightened Ellen Dale when he treat-end to enter the dining hall via the third floor fire escape.
Who says people can't do two things well at the same time? Eddie Diehl sings when he sleeps. Well—
did I say.
They say it's the last lap which counts, so a number, so a number of girls have ev-idently dcided to try. Among those who are trying it are LaVerne Bishop and Alberta Froese.
And to think that Wayne Albright went all the way to Oklahoma to buy a barrell sweater and then re-turned home to find that Bob Siedel has one just like it.
It is a well known fact now that Opal Hoffman and Dwight Horner announced their engagement at one of the Recreational Council meetings which was held at Heaston's base-ment. This is merely to get it down in black and white, so they can't back out.
The greatest ego-maniac of modern time, perhaps of all time, the Reichsfuhrer of Germany, Chancellor Adolph Hitler by his conquest of nations, his discrimination against races, and his lust for power is creating a grave social problem in the world today—a problem which is of vital importance to every McPherson college student. Non-Aryans, people of Jewish blood, are being denied educational facilities and social and economic privileges. They are being persecuted and driven from the country. They are living new lives in new countries. Why is this of importance to us? Because it affords an opportunity to do an active Christian service. It provides opportunity to put to practical application international brotherhood. This sort of argument is convincing enough for our idealistic preachers but not for our more practical-minded students. "Why should we help educate a foreigner when there are thousands of American students who cannot get an education?" they ask.
There are two obvious answers to this question. First of all, every on here who really wants an education can get it. Scholarships are offered Intelligent students; moreover, in this American democracy it is possible for a student to work his way through college. This condition does not exist in Nazi Germany for non-Aryan students. In the second place those who object to aiding to educate a non-Aryan student on this ground would not do anything to help those American student? whom they profess that they would rather aid before they extend their benevolences abroad. They would not do it!
This movement should be supported because it is not only a Christian service but because it is an active Christ-tian service and because it is an act of international brotherhood. Everyone has certain racial prejudices, but almost invariably when people really learn to know persona of other races, they develop a genuine admiration for them and their kind. Many students feel that they would receive immeasurable benefit from contact with an intelligent young person from a different land. Perhaps their attitude is a selfish one, but who would deem it an undesirable one?
If you really want personal race prejudices torn down like a jitterbug’s shoe, GET A GIRL!—W. S.
Dale Stucky, Raymond Coppedge, Autumn Fields, Esther Sherfy, Dean Frantz, Herbert Michael, Robert Rice, Maurice A. Hess
Editor-In-Chief, Sports and Composing Editor, Associate Editor, Feature Advisor, Business Manager, CIrculation Manager, Bookkeeper, Faculty Advisor
REPORTERS AND SPECIAL WRITERS
Dale Stucky
Raymond Coppedge
Autumn Fields
Esther Sherfy
Dean Frantz
Herbert Michael
Robert Rice
Maurice A. Hess
Ernest Reed
Emerson Yoder
Mary Boring
Rilla Hubbard
Elizabeth Mohler
Asta Ostlind
Ramona Fries
Virginia Kerlin
Doris Voshell
Hubert Shelly
Verda Grove
Winton Sheffer
A dark shadow is lifted from my mind as a great mystery is brought to light. While I was absent from my room, a mysterious visitor enter-ed threrein, boldly helping himself to the mints on my table. When I came into my room I was confronted by a pineapple dangling from the ceiling (breathe easy, it wasn't a "pineapple" bomb), and an anony-mous note lay on the table. But imagine Russell Kingsley's surprize when the door opened —and in walks Mother Emmert.
Poor Mickey Morrison, she is so abused! Someone is always picking on her, taking her shoes off and passing it around in class, and stuff. And, did you know that she takes milk showers? When Mickey stuck her finger in Blacwell's glass of milk, he took a mouthful and shower-ed her. What no soup? Sure, that was in the glass, thoroughly mixed with the milk.
Numerous amusing incidents take place in the dining hall, but the one that takes the cake is Ickey's timely "SSShh—ift!"
Friday night eveidently was an important one for Edna Mae Russell! She took her roses home, that she received from Professor Don Paden, and put the in cold storage. When she came back to school Sunday night she was wearing two of those roses. Ah—fond memories.
Hearing Enns and Hughey clomp down the hall in their wooden shoes reminds me of a song I learned back in grade school "Click, clack, click, clack. Hear wooden shoes'' But Enns says they aren't as comfortable as that shoe salesman contents.
The inmates of Arnold strike an all-high record this second semester by having the highest number ever to be campused. It's a disgrace to our Hall and certainly casts a bad reflection on the school of quality. It's awful, ain't it? But your college education isn't complete without being campused, eh Wiggins? That old "flat tire" excuse badly worn and doesn't work so well anymore. Try something new next time.
Ardys Met'z mournful dirge has been "Now That You're Gone", since Dave left last week, and she's the "stay-at-home, sleepy-time gal."
Our number has increased one this week. For those who are bashful let me present to you LaVerne Bis-hop, who is here for the spring term. She rooms with Irena Ewing.
Spring must be here at last, cause everyone seems to be getting the step-sitting habit, belt lines are started again, and the parlors are empty.
This column is the ears of the Spectator. It hears whispers and shouts and welcomes them as long
as it knows their source. It is a prolific gossip and repeats almost everything it hears.
To the editor:
A transformation has taken place in this world which is worthy of note to wit: McPherson college, belatedly following the example or several Maco-eds, has decided to go modern and wear her hair "up".
This change has taken place in the form of campus beautification. Many unsightly conglomerations of barbaric entanglements have been removed and in their seat has appeared well-planned and orderly plainlines. This is not only more pleasing to the eye, but also, it is how possible to pass several corners without having to be scratched and
snapped by the old planting.
The lawn shows indication of im-provement which has been long over-due. The fact that old time-worn trees are being replaced by young ones shows that the college not only has a past, but also a future.
This Improvement will certainly aid in providing a better student out-look, especially from the Y. W. room, and will make possible a justified pride in our campus. We have several fine buildings and now with an appropriate background for them, students will he glad to have guests see when they spend their days.
The North Central inspectors might even be pleased with such a improvement. We will no longer have to pray far a heavy snow to beautify our campus. The campus is now going in do its part toward making McPherson college "The School of Quality."
Yours.
"Blue Grass" Harry. Editor's note: Besides using a
Spectator-coined word, Maco-eds, thus proving that someone is influenced by the Student Council's propaganda machine. Harry has revealed an appreciative spirit.
A Song or Sick Sense dedicated to Dr. Claude R. Flory from whom comes the inspiration.
Way out in the west on the plain. Exposed to the winds and the rain, Is a center of knowledge Far known as Macollege.
Chock fall of pupils, inane
And on that campus renowned, Thereon do exist and abound Same bunanlike creatures Who call themselves teachers, Upon whom we now will exponded
The prize of the bunch is called
Hess.
Who rises at 4:30—no less.
With emotions sore frigid And discipline as rigid.
He's a funny old duffer, we guess
The dean of the men is called Dell; He wears a dyed duster so well; If something they're losing
He's sure to come sleuthing.
He can detect linberger by smell.
Their prexy? They call him V. Schwalm;
His duly is to protect them from harm.
But with movies and beer,
And Sholly's so near.
He's never to have any calm.
The dude of the bunch is "Butch"
Flory;
He rivals even Solomon’s glory: Though he went away To Oxford they say.
He still reads Irish poetry, By Gorry!
The blonde of the group is Prof. Crawford,
Whose life seems wrapped in a G
chord;
If it's music they wanta, He plays a sonata,
With Fisher to assist on the keyboard.
Their Shylock they choose to call Fries;
He collect their tuition and fees: With dons, placards, and heckles, He gets all their shekkels.
There’s few so good on the squeeze.
Their busiest man is Prof. Mohler. Their biology teacher and curator; With the school teachers to hire. And all his irons in the fire, He's getting to be all as a tutor.
Their eligible bachelor is Paden, Who as yet with no woman is laden.
"Says he—"I can't do 'er'.
“Cause my pay is so poor. Therefore skidon every maiden”.
Their trimmer of forms is called Warner,
Who lives in a house on the corner;
With tumbles and controtions.
She shapes their proportions:
For such - all the boys should adorn her.
The matron of Kline Hall is Miss
A.,
An accomplice of Cupid they say; Men are won by dietics And not by cosmetics.
Good grub gets the maidens their
prey.
Their tutor of tutors to Boltnott, Registrat, come dean, and what not;
To make school more offensive He's brought in comprehensives: Any more? The students all hope
not. *
Now, all things mast come to an end.
And we have no more time here to spend.
If by now you're not acquainted, With the portraits we've painted. Come see for yourself, my dear friend!
by Charles Shelter
Well, spring is here officially now, because the fountain in drinking order at last. With Eugene Eisen-bise in charge of the campus now, who do you suppose gave orders to turn on the fountain—?
That dash of color dashing across the campus is nothing but the suit Wilburn Stern purchased recently. Now even boys are becoming
to knwo where Wilbur got it. Let's hope no one decides to buy a violet purple cap.
And have you seen Edith Hughy After falling down particularly hard
and Kathryn Enns? This time it's wooden shoes. Now they can't even try to sneak past Mother Emmer.
This week it's Gladys Wiggins. Yep, she's campused.
If you've noticed anyone who is stiff, yes see. it's Miss Warner's fault. She's trying to teach the girls to dance for May Day. The dance is called "Rhapsody in Blue". But Faylene Stansel is the bluest, because she can't seem to master the leaps, one day, she observed that she must have been using the wrong foot.
Even the profs have clothes . .
Fisher and Bright, I mean.
Finds Alumnus Doctor
Dr. V. F. Schwalm reports a gratifying incident which occur-ed during his brief may at a Topeka hospital.
While he was there he was at-tended by a Schwalm-trained man, a doctor who is an alum-nus of McPherson College.
Professor Ralph Stutzman was in Scott City, Kansas Wednesday until Saturday.
Among those who attended the Jeanette McDonald concert in Salina were Robert Frantz, Dean Frantz, Mario Flory, Faylene Stansel, Donna Jean Johnson, Evelyn Amos, Lucille Wade, Lillian Pauls, Mickey Miller, Kirk Naylor, Bernetta Denny and Gerald Denny.
Merle Hodgen and Paul Metzler spent the weekend at Hedgden's, home in Kansas City.
Mildred Gleman spent the weekend at the country home of Edna Mae Russell at Galva.
Among last year's graduates visit-ing in McPherson last weekend were Harold Mohler, Burdick, Meredith Rogers, Hillsboro, Herbert Ikenberry, Durham, Glee Goughhner, Windom, Theresa Strom, Delevan, Estelle Balle, Kipp, Gertrude Myers, Bur-dick, Eugenia Hogan, Lovewell, Kurtis Naylor, Holyrood, Lucille Ullery of Holyrood.
Vena Flory visited Marjorie Kinzie at her home in Lyons last weekend.
Addison West attended the K. U. relays at Lawrence.
Julia and Joseph Bukey attended a wedding in Salina Sunday afternoon.
Autumn Fields, Delmar Achison, Rosalie Fields, Lois Florman, Jonathan Hammersley, and Dale Stucky attended a National Honor Society Banquet at the High School Tuesday night.
Doris Voshell was in Halstead Saturday.
Ruth Stump visited in the home of Orvelle Long at Hope, Kansas, last week.
Hazel Bodine spent the weekend in Wamego, Kansas.
Nina Lee Rush was at her home in Garfield last weekend.
Doris Voshell, Margaret Davis, Miriam Kimmel, Faylene Stansel and Virginia Kerlin gave a chapel pro-gram at the Windom High School.
Eddie Diehl, "Doc" Van Blaricum and Gordon Bowers went to the K.
U. Royals with Joel Letkeman.
Professor R. E. Mohler, Kirk Nay-lor, Fanny Seltz, Kathryn Brailler, and Irene Ewing attended a young people's meeting at Belleville last weekend.
The Spectator
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250 H. S. Seniors Attend
Banquet Sunday Night;
Here From Many Towns By Lois Florman
Fourteen boys and girls in the adult and juvenile divisions won tuition awards in the annual Senior Festival music contest last Saturday at McPherson College. The contest was one of the three features of the day, which also included a tennis tournament and a banquet for high school seniors.
More than 250 high school seniors from over Central Kansas were pres-ent for the banquet, which was held in the parlors of the First Church of the brethren. William Thompson, president of the Student Council of the college, presided an toastmaster, Dr. Claude Flory English depart-ment head, was the principal speaker.
About 25 boys were enterered in the tennis tournament which was played on the four college courts. Kenneth Nordling was the winner, in the singles and a team from Plev-na won the doubles championship.
The representatives In the music contest were from scattered points over the state and some promising talent was revealed. The content was staged under the direction of Miss Jessie Brown, dean of music of the college.
Following are the results of the music contest:
Adult piano: Elvera Voth, Wal-ton, and Arlene Seidel, McPherson.
tied for first. Irene Richell, Galva, and David Spencer, Lost Springs, tied for second.
Adult violin - Irene Hageberg Hardick, first, and Beatrice Kashen, Lost Spring, second.
Adult Kiris' voice Melba Morrison, Altamont, first; Lorraine Olson, McPherson, and Dorothy Tolle, Rox-bury, tied for second.
Juvenile piano: Don Walter Crawford, McPherson, first; Rosalind Tolle, Roxbury and Velara Schmidt, Canton, tied for second.
Juvenile girts' voice; Betty Hed-lund, New Gottland, first
Forensics Club Has
Debate At Meeting
A topic of general interest to members of forensic organisation furnished the question of debate: Re-solved - that debating is ethical, as the Forensic Club held its regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Robert Rice, the affirmative speak-er, quoted Mr. Vance Sanger, who at that moment was lying on his death bed, as saying that debating was ethical. Harold Bowman upheld the negative side by stressing the waste of time involved in preparing and participants in debates.
Impromptu speeches were given by four members. Marianne Krueger believed it unwise for all the boys in the dormitory to sleep in the same room as is proposed in the new dormitory. Ernest Reed insisted that
card playing was a waste of time for college students, but he was not will-ing to say that is should be absolutely forbidden. Herbet Michael contended that men today are mere cogs in producing machines, rather than individual producers. Willburn Le-wallen stressed Miss Mildred Forney's merits as a librarian.
Book on Coulee Dam
Now In The Library
information of Interest and Importance to students of economics and engineering is to be found in a little book about the Coulee Dam just added to the college library.
The 48-page booklet was prepared by the Division of Information of the Department of the Interior as a means of making available answers in the numerous questions received daily by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, designer and builder ofthe dam. It tells of the historical events and economic considerations leading up to the Initiation of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project, of the technical features of the designing and building of the world's largest structure, and of the national social and economic significance of the undertaking.
By Hubert Shelley
On a summer's day some years ago a young man drove his horse and buggy into an Indiana farmyard. In addition to driving the horse, the young man was reading a book. He has greeted by a youth who had re-cently graduated from high school and the two went to the barn nearby where they lay in the hay and talked of many things.
Tbe young man was later to become the president of McPherson
college. After V. F. Schwalm had talked to the high school graduate, who in this case turned out to be Burton Metzler, young Metzler decided that the thing for him to do was to enter Manchester college the next fall.
He got a teacher's, certificate after two years in Manchester and taught in the grade school of his home town of Nippanee Indiane. It is interest-ing to note that the town of Nippanee was built on the cite of his grand-father's farm and his father suggested the name Nippanee, which is of Indian derivation and means "city of much flour." From the grade school he returned to Manchester
where he got his A. B. in 1930. While in Manchester he assisted in the
teaching of mathematics. He might have remained there in the mathe-matics department had he not decid-
ed to enter Christian service. Then he went to Bethany Biblical Semin-ary, taking with him his young bride. They lived in the southwest suite of rooms on the third floor of dormitory A for married people.
After getitng his B. D. from B. D. S., he remained ones year while he taught Greek part-time and did some post-graduate work. The following year the Metzlers served a rural pas-torate in Indiana. The following year he went to Princeton Theologi-cal Seminary where he obtained his Th. B. degree. Next he went to at-tend the Southern Baptist Theologi-cal Seminary, where he received his Ph. D. degree in 1928.
The next eight years Dr. Metzler taught in the Departmenbt of The-ology in Bethany Biblical Seminary. He then taught one term in North Manchester before coming to Mc-Phreson college. Dr. Metzler has served various summer pastorates during his years as student and teacher.
Dr. Metzler is one of Macollege's busiest professors for, besides teaching various bible, philosophy, relig-ious education, and sociaogy cours-es, he serves on many committees and is available as a speaker in the various chirches of the community and throughout the district. He is a favorite counsellor and many are those students who go to him for ad-vice nad renewed inspiration.
As a chapel speaker he is known and liked for his powers of vivid description of personalities and situation. He is successful in building up mental images which he illus-trates his lectures to his audience.
As a teacher he is no slouch. His students learn much while he teach-es in a quiet simple, and yet rapid manner. His courses are certainly no snaps and yet they are practically painless. One likes to work for him becuase of his quiet philosophical trend of mind and his stimulating questions.
He is rapidly becoming known in McPherson. His oldest girt is attending Junior High, while another is in the sixth grade and his youngest child a boy, age e, is at home.
Foods Lab Busy
There have been real 'going-on' over in the foods lab what with all the breakfasts, lunches, and dinners being served. It has been reported that none of the guests have been poisoned-so far. And now two for-
mal dinners are being planned.
King At B. Y. P. D.
The Rev. Bernard King will be the principal speaker at the installa-tion of officers for the new year, at
the B. Y. P. D. meeting next Sunday evening.
Who's Lady Godiva?
"Can Bing Crosby judge beau-tiful coed as well as he can judge race horses?"
That is the question asked by many Macollegians as they eag-erly await the distribution of this year's Quadrangle. Crosby selected the beauty queen this tear from several photographs submitted by Editor Gordon Bower.
Everyone wants to know who is the new queen, but Bower remains as silent as Egyp-tion sphinx and even the advis-ory members of his staff do not know her identity. In the mean-time, the editor of the Quad sug-gests that each student pay his class dues so that he may enjoy the queen and other special features of the yearbook.
Bill Rock, Eldon Craick, Laverne Voshell accompanied Coach Astle to the K. U. Relays Friday and Saturday.
McPherson college students were indeed sorry to hear of Dr. Schwalm's sudden illness while he was in To-peka last week-end. He is now at home and feeling improved.
There is a humorous side to this practice teaching business. Following is the result of an assignment in world history which asked the stu-dent to imagine he was a Chinaman writing to a friend in America:
March 24, 1939 Shanghai, China Most Honorable Thomas,
Greetings to you and your gracious ancestors. The spirits have blessed us with another magnificent day. This morning when I got up from my mat to eat my rice I was the water-lilies in our most lovely garden pond were in full bloom. Although we are sorely supressed by the invader devils we still manage to carry on.
Shanghai is such a dead place except for the Japanese, may the evil spirits torment their ancestors.
I still carry on my studies in the pagoda on the island in our humble garden with my most respected tutor.
Your most gracious Y. M. C. A. superintendant has purchased that 3-roofed building across the street, does your nimble mind recall the place.
My most honorable brother Ching Fu was killed in the first encounter with the hated ones, may he rest in peace among our honorable ances-
tors.
I am afraid I will have to close this miserable correspondence to
such an honored person. I hope I have hte extreme honor to view your exquisite handwirting soon.
Your Most Humble Friend,
Chew Gum Long
Battles are raging in the minds of the students who are sensitive to lovely spring weather; but one freash-man has peculiarly described his inability to concentrate in an article written to fulfill requirement:
"From the laboratory of freshman English has come a requirement scientifically termed an assignment, namely, an essay, to be humurous or informal and approximately seven to nine hundred words in length. At first there is vague doubt: but as the professor gibly suggests possible topics for informal treatment, confusion, uncertainty, and indecision follow and leave their furrows perhaps on the brain but more probably on the brow. The whistle blows and I'am glad to leave the judgement court to talk with my follow suffer-ers, joining with them in waiting and weeping over the injustices of the classroom.
"Other duties press and I am happy to forget the essay for a while:
I am relieved, but alas! my memory fails me not! I must write an essay;
It is required; it haunts me; it must be done merely to prove to my gracious teacher that I can do something which does not interest me; I must produce that for which I can find no ingredients, an essay.
"Early in the afternoon I go to the library to prepare by English assignment and seat myself in the bleakest corner of the spacious read-ing room and arrange books, paper, and pencil before me in literary style. I unlock my mind for the entrance of activity, and I open my mouth, for the pencil and begin to
"First of all there must be a sub-ject, and the brain whirls through the last eighteen years and ransacks every experience in an effort to find that spark of enlightenment which will multiply into several hundred words of informal nonsense. I think of titles, topics, incidents, various ec-
centricities, and idiosyncracies, but it avails me nothing. "And though I have all knowledge" so as to write an essay, "yet If I have not the stim-ulus, it profiteth me noting" I ransack each groove of my cerabral gray matter for a long lost treasured event. I fuss, I fuss, I sweat, wig-gle, scratch my head, bite my knuck-les; more people come in the library and the difficulties of concentrating and application are increased.
"The whistle blown, and I realize that here at four o'clock I have not arrived at the beginning of my essay, and with emphatic guestures I clench my pencil, knit my eyebrows, and stare vexedly into my blank pa-
per.
"Time flies! The hour arrives! In exasperation I appeal to my comrades for consolation after giving a mild review of my desperate struggles for I am still without a subject. But even though it has no subject, this is my essay.
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Wanamaker Sets A New Hurdles Mark
Bethel Wins Meet 73-53 With 9 Firsts
Rollin Wanamaker, McPherson college track star, established a new high hurdles record for like school in the time of 15.7 seconds, chopp-in off one second from the previous mark by Sargent in 1929. This is the second mark shattered by Wana-maker, having made 6 feet, 11 in-ches last year in the high jump. Despite Wanamaker's performance and 11 points, the Bethel track-sters triumphed over the bulldogs yesterday afternoon at Newton with a 73-35 victory in a dual meet.
The Graymaroons, paced by Eric Friesen with 19 points, collected nine firsts compared to five for the locals.
Conference Cinders—
Despite impossible predictions by Kansas WEsleyan tracksters, we believe College of Emporia and Ottawa again will be tops this year in the conference track season. The Coyotes actually thought they had a chance, but they will be left behind even on their own track.
Paced by each veterans as Sharpe, Newland, and yearlings Haskell and Neill, the Presbys overwhelmed Washburn 89 2-3 to 41 1-3. Sharpe broke the school high jump record at 6 feet, two and a fraction inch-
es.
Flory’s Men To Sterling Tennis Meet
Netsters Face Two
Contests Next Trek Then To Conference
This afternoon the tennis team goes to Sterling to attempt to carry off another victory. Sterling made a better showing than did McPher-son in a triangular meet at Hutch-inson, and should furnish much competition.
Next Monday the tennis team, without the aid of Yoder and Reed, will go to Emporia in hopes of another victory over the College of Emporia.
Next Thursday the tennis team will enjoy a dinner by the Lions' Club at Moundridge, and then they will play a group of tennis stars there.
After those meets there will be a period of inactivity before the conference meet in Salina on May 12.
Watch for Bud Selves' lads in the quarter, dashes, 880, mile relay, shot put, high jump, broad jump, and javelin. They are certain to place in these events.
Then the Baker Wildcats broke into print with a decisive 74 to 57 victory over Haskell. The Wildcats do not have the balance that is include on the College of Emporia squad, but they have power.
Seamen is an individual high scorer. Bonebrake on the pole vault and Hersh on high jump will be first-rate contenders. Cleland and Timmons may develop into fast men on the track.
Ottawa's cocky Braves, always near the front, may be pushed considerably by neighboring schools this year. Although they defeated Baker, Conch Godlove's proteges were not as impressive as last year.
Track Topics
Despite inclement weather, lack of sufficient funds, and general apathy toward Macollege spring sports, the Bulldogs are producing a real track team this year. That 95-34 victory over Bethany was no accident.
Although it has been difficult to keep in condition, such men as Sanger, Wanamaker, Funk, Voshell, Stover, and Reinecker have become consistent point-collectors Rogers, Morrison, L Albert, Rock, Vetter, and others are showing much promise with more experience.
What Is more Important is the fact that track workouts are good for football next year.
Dave McGill last week enjoyed a vacation with his parents in dear old Soddy. . Stuartt Dunbar is discovering McPherson's gridsters are also fast on the track and powerful in the field. . . . Ernest Ireland
upheld all expectations, by failling to
place in a single event in the Beth-any meet ... On to Sterling and the conference meets!
Visitors Easily
Playing its third tennis meet with conference competitors, McPherson defeated College of Emporia last Friday by the decisive score of five matches to one. McPherson won all four singles matches and all doubles.
Johnson outmaneuvered Deputy, 10-8, 3-6, 13.11. Crouse trouneced Barker, 4-2, 4-1. Yoder won from Gruber, 7-5, 7-5. Stauffer won over Wolvington, 8-6, 3-6, 6-2.
In doubles Deputy-Baker turned back Johnson-Crouse, 7-5, 6-2, Stauffer. Reed conquered Gruber-Wolvington.
Netsters Repeat An Easy Victory Over Coyotes This Week
Winning their third consecutive conference meal. McPherson torune-ad Wesleyan in six matches out of seven last Tuesday on the local courts.
Thus far Bethany is the only school in the conference which has defeated McPherson.
in singles. Johnson turned back Shaw, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, Crouse lost to Ruehlen, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Yoder won from Archer, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Stauffer conquered Riley, 6-3, 8-6. Reed vanquished Trager, 6-0, 6-4.
In doubles, Jones and Johnson outlasted Shaw and Ruehlen, 2-6, 11-9, 6-4. Reed and Stauffer won over Archer and Trager, 4-6, 6.1, 6-2.
O'Neal will be strong in the dash-es, Mattis again will be an outstanding hurdler. Meek will heave the shot and discus with the same force, and Bundy will be a formidable Javelin.
That summary taken care of the eastern members. Now what about the teams in this section.
Thus far it appears that McPher-son and Bethel may stand a good chance in garnering a few firsts and several places in various events. Kansan Wesleyan and Bethany will have only a few outstanding performers.
In the mile and two-mile, half mile, hurdles, dashes, broad Jump, high jump, and perhaps other field events, the Bulldogs should place first of be close competitions.
With a one-man track team, Eric Friesen, the Bethel Gray Maroon may register a few firsts and seconds and possibly other points. As goes Friesen on the big day, so will go Bethel.
Our out-on-the-limb rating Ottawa, College of Emporia, Baker McPherson, Bethel, Kansas Wesleyan, and Bethany. A third place tie between Baker and McPherson is possible as is a last place deadlock between Wesleyan and Bethany.
"What-a man" Wanamaker is given plenty of praise by Sports Editor Freddy Mendell of Hutchinson. . . Eric Friesen, who turned in another good performance against the Bull-dogs this week, placed sixth in the K. U. decathlon. . . A sports col-umnist who can do something besides
write in Friesen.
Kenny Nordling, McPherson high star, conquered Marvin Atchison, also of McPherson, in the finals of the singles tournament of the senior festival. . . .Plevna defeated Hillsboro in the doubles.
Dorm bull sessions reveal that Ernie Reed could be No. 1 man on the team if he observed training rules in the dining hall. . .As one person said. "It wouldn't do any good to put him at a training table. He would take stuff from the other?, anyway.”
Tonight is the big night for those fellows who proudly display an “M" on their broad chests. . . The affair is the annual “M" club banquet. . . . Paddles will be kept out of sight that night as they escort their lady friends.
The tennis team went to Hutchinson last Thursday to participate and lose in a triangular meet with Sterling and Hutchinson Junior Cologne
The doubles team, composed of Reed and Johnson lost to Atkinson and Wagler, Hutchinson, 8-2, 6-2, in the finals of the doubles.
In singles both players from McPherson lost in the first round. De-Coursey gave way to Kirkton, Sterling, 4-6, 6-3, 7-4. Stauffer was beaten by Kitch, Hutchinson, 6-3, 6-3. Sollenberger and Kitch, both of Hutchinson, went to the finals in singles.
By Doris Dresher
The soft ball club under the leadership of Ruby Peterson is now in full swing. Its twenty members may be seen playing on the ground north of Harnly Hall an Monday and Wed-nesday afternoons. Miss Warner serves as umpire for the games and Helen Davis and Rowena Wampler are captains of the two teams. Ruth Stump was elected as reporter for the club.
Down the Home Stretch-
Now is the time of the your to put in a good word for the seniors who are graduating this year and looking for a position , , .Also boost the Bulldogs by mentioning McPherson college to those athletes back home who are graduating from high school . . . .Macollege needs to maintain its high athletic standard as well as other important phases of college life.
"I learned more in the two years that I worked for Western Union than I did during all my high school days." With these words Winton Sheffer described his pedalling days as a telegraph messenger boy.
With a polite "Sign here please", he went from hones to house carry-ing tales of woe and joy. Sheffer, who is an outstanding student of the junior class, says that one can learn much of human nature while deliver-ing messages, and collecting for them.
He was called upon many times to compose messages, and recalls vividly the time when a decidedly plump lady was trying to get back her recalcitrant lover who had left her in a pickle. She asked Sheffer to write the mesages, and when he had done so, to her immense satis-faction, he asked her how to sign it. To his hastly concealed amuse-ment, she replayed, "Sign it Babe."
At last McPherson college's ex-messenger learned how to write a telegram a talent surprisingly few people develop.
Canines To Sterling Meet Next Friday
McPherson Competes With Denominational Tracksters In Annual Affair
One week from today the McPher-son college tracksters will compete with other denominational colleges in the annual Sterling relays track and field events in which McPherson placed third last year.
Schools which will probably enter squads are Sterling, Friends, Southwestern, Bethel, McPherson, Bethany, Kansas Wesleyan, College of Emporia, Baker, and Ottawa College of Emporia won the affair last year.
Field events and preliminary events will be run off Friday after-noon, then finals and track events will be presented under the floodlights.
Trounces Bulldogs 5-1,
Johnson Wins Match
Playing Bethany In a return meet at Lindsborg, Wednesday after-noon the McPherson College net-sters lost their second conference meet of th season by 5 to 1. Bethany is the only conference team which has beaten them.
Raymond Johnson, was the only McPherson player to win a match. He defeated Lysell, 2-6, 6-4, 9-7.
In the other singles match, Crouse lost to Olson 6-1, 6-3. Yoder was turned back by Altenborg, 6-2, 6-3, and Stauffer was trounced by Rolander, 5-0, 6-2.
In doubles, Johnson and Jones were beaten by Lysell and Olson, 6-3, 11-13, 6-4. Crouse and Reed gave way to Altenborg and Rolander, 6-3.
TO A STUDENT IN SPRING Say you’re sleepy? Don't be dumb. Many'd to your life succumb. Lesson's long? Don't you be blue. Many'd gladly change with you.
Got spring-fever? That's not new. It's at least better than flu.
Dread the tests? Grades will explain. More when you do not complain.
Can't you smile? The sun's shining. Quit you for you old borne pining, Others have so much to do.
Must they have to cheer you too?
aYou've got health and friends to care. You've got thoughts and plans to share.
You've got life ahead to live.
You've got lots; to others give.
Spring is here so don't be glum. Hold your head up—you're not dumb.
Life's asinging; you sing too 'Fore you know it joy comes through.
