C. E. A. Series Sponsored By M. C. Student Council
Football Queen, Attendants Nominated
Queen Will Be Crowned Before Homecoming Game
Special class meetings of the fresh-man, sophomore, and junior classes held Wednesday and yesterday determined candidates for the honor of homecoming queen and attendants.
Chosen by the junior class were Anne Janet Allison. Maurine Gish, Marilynn Sandy, and Maxine Ruehlen from among whom the queen will be selected in a special election by the student body. This election will be held in the student union room next Monday during the hours of 10:00 to 12:00 noon, and 12:30 to 3:00 p. m.
Sophomore and freshmen candidates from which the two attendants to the queen will be chosen in the election are Evelyn Wilson, Violet Bollinger. Betty Kimmel, and Anne Metzler, sophomores; and Helen Burkholder, Annette Glacier. Joyce Peter, and Ruth Saxton, freshmen. One is to be selected from each of these classes.
The homecoming queen will be crowned preceeding the homecoming football game with Bethel in the Stadium Field by last year’s queen, Kathleen Brubaker.
Arnold Entertains At Open House
Perfect Rooms Presented To Guests Sat. Nite
It was not a March wind that caused all of the dust in Arnold Hall Saturday morning. It was the industrious “Arnoldites” preparing for the annual open house.
Every room was in perfect order when the hands of the clock pointed to eight. In spite of all the cleaning a few of the boys were able to find a little dust, (and honey! ) above the doors.
The candy may not have been the main attraction of open house but the rooms with the most, proved to be popular. Guests, totaling 131, registered in the lobby. After guests had visited each room, punch was served to them in the parlor.
The color scheme, red, white and blue, was carried out with colored napkins, and bouquets of autumn flowers.
Raw Recruits Wear Vivid Hues In Hilarious Week of Impersonations
One of the most melodious phrases Scarlet looked lovely, just lovely, of a rather droll nature. Their ec-that comes to my mind at this sea- and dear Ashley was never more hand- centricities were however highlighted son, and one of the least appropriate some. That scene looked lke a stray in pep chapel in a number of hilarious ones for starting this bib full of drivel. from a Charles Boyer production. I speeches during which the speakers is, “October’s bright blue weather.” have a faint suspicion that it was maintained very solemn faces, well I think that it is a delectable decla- Geisert rather than Annette who was almost that is. Mr. Mays talked on ration. This week on our campus receiving the initiation. Also of in- "Advantages of the future genera-there has been a decided array of terest as a highlight of the day was tion”, to the tune of the usual Mays brightness but all of it was not blue, a certain ejection of two hoodlums corn, which is very familiar to Co-op Initiation! What horrors of tor- from a certain cultural class on the hoys. Mr. Kough talked on the sub-ture and chagrin that word must second floor of Sharp Hall. It seems ject “The beauty of sleep", when this bring to the mind of any prospective that a colored man and a pirate were sleep is carried on in an entertaining or previous initiate. The feel of every gumming up the rhetoric, and had manner. Coal scuttle Rothrock ad-eye upon you and the threat of being to he licked. They were indecent, dressed a solemn faced audience of booted out of class is in some cases positively indecent. Falstaff with a future alumni (who will someday be not a mere threat. demijohn of sack managed to evade trying to cut down expenses of the
All of this drool brings us up to the scourging sword of Carrie Nation, college) on the subject "What I will the case in band, that of the two in- and even handsome Abe was not do when I become McPherson Col-itiations on. the campus this week. roped and tied by Klondike Lou. lege’s custodian succeeding the un-On Tuesday of this week the Thes- Daisy Mae (shrill whistle) in a scanty retiring Dr. Forney.” Colonel Maupin plans had their initiation of new mem- skirt chased Li'l Abner all day (the spoke with much refinement, and pre-bers. The campus was bedecked for a dope), and Gene Autry was serenad- cision of pronunciation, on the “As-day with many famous and notorious ing Mrs. Uppington, the deah, deah, sets and liabilities of being hen-characters from history and fiction, boy. Did you think Miss Huckle- pecked”, and the redoubtable Frantz such as “The Gal named Lou,” “Car- berry was cute? I did too. on “The assets and liabilities on Iowa
rie Nation,” "Mrs. Uppington,” “Dai- On Thursday some of the verily hybrid corn.”
sy Mae and Li'l" Abner," “Long John boys were initiated into the "M” Club Now. Macollegians. you know that Silver," “Gene Autry”, "Huckleberry “Baby buggy Mays”, “Coal scuttle there ar truly great histrionic Finn", "Rochester", "Abe Lincoln”, Rothrock”, "Mattress Kough’’, "Five ters on our campus. Disrupted clas-“Falstaff", and last but not least eggs Maupin”. and “Corn shock ses and perturbed professors may "Scarlet O'Hara’’. Some of these Frantz”, five men good and true, again take their usual course dig-“drips" were good enough to stop a These distinguished men paraded ging into the flinty skulls of flunking clock. about the campus in various costumes students.
Correction:
Our deepest apologies to Ann Witmore whose name was omitted last week from the ladies’ quartette. After appearing on numerous occasions last year as a soloist. Ann has been selected this year to fill the berth of second soprano.
Thespian Club To Be Entertained Tonight
McCourt Scene Of Banquet;
Lehman Is Toastmistress
Thespian Club members will be entertained at their annual banquet tonight in the Persian Room of the McCourt Hotel. The banquet is to start at seven o’clock.
At completion of the dinner course the new members will entertain the others with a series of short dramatic skits on various humorous subjects.
Miss Lehman is to be toastmistress at the banquet.
Students Volunteer S.U.K. Supervision
Regular Open Hours Have
Been Scheduled For The
Ministerial Volunteers
Since the services of students holding ministerial scholarships on the campus have been volunteered, a regular schedule for supervision of the Student Union Room is rapidly taking form.
Several meetings have been held for the purpose of planning regular hours of maintenance and a willingness to help in the program has been shown. A large enough group has volunteered so that hours for each supervisor will not be great.
Although the list of those volunteering is not yet complete, those who have been in charge of the S. U. R. for the first two weeks are as follows: Edward Murray, Edwin
Radabaugh, Melba Parris, Robert Mays, William Gahm, Harry Reeves, Elvin Frantz, and Esther Kesler. Geraldine Tharington is the N. Y. A.
worker on the staff. Additional volunteers will soon be available and the schedule is expected to be follow-ed with little interruption.
This new plan solves a serious problem which the Student Council has faced since the beginning of the fall term. The problem arose be-
cause of the lack of N. Y. A. workers,
the source from which supervisors have been selected in years previous.
Students And Faculty To Help Forney Thursday
Have you noticed the various eyesores that take the place of landscaping on our campus? It’s too much for Mr. Forney and unless something is done, he is going to be lost under a pile of kindling!
That is where the students and faculty of McPherson College enter the picture. Next Thursday afternoon, October 15, these various eyesores are going to be picked up and forcibly ousted from view,—completely abolished! This project is being sponsored by the Student Volunteer Commission of the S.C.M. and it is their goal to have the participation of every member of the student body as well as every person on the faculty.
When you hear the whistle blow, lay down your pen. pick up your shovel (figuratively speaking), and fall to! Don’t wear any article of clothing that needs delicate handling, for this is truly a “back to the soil’’ movement. After the students and faculty have demonstrated their ability to perform manual labor, Jezebel will give the signal for refreshments and a well-deserved rest. Don’t fail to be on hand to help in this Campus Clean-up!
Frantz Discusses Temperance Sunday
“Temperance’’ was the title of the discussion presented by Elvin Frantz at the Brethren Young People’s meeting Sunday evening. He approached the subject from the point of view that it might be possible that American men could lose their morale be-j cause of the easy accessibility of free use of liquor as it is associated with some of the army camps. The government has given liquor, Frantz went on to say a precedence over automobiles and other essentials. As young people he suggested that one should become conscious of the true facts and aid in the irradicating of intoxi- cating drinks.
The worship program which was led by Bill Gahm, consisted of group singing and a solo, “The Prayer Perfect”
by Alvin Klotz.
Choir Officers Chosen This Week
Crist Is President Frantz As Vice-Prexy
Results of the A Cappella Choir officer election were disclosed this week by Charles Lunkley, chairman of the nominations committee. The results of this election are as follows: Wayne Crist, prominent senior musician, will be the new president of the organization this year. Merlin Frantz, also a senior, will act in the capacity of vice-president.
Ruth Ickes, a sophomore, will serve as the new secretary, and the treasurer’s position is to be filled by another sophomore, Glenn Swinger. The social side of the choir’s activities will be in charge of the new social chairman. Geraldine Hedges, and all publicity will be taken care of this year by Jean McNicol, the newly elected publicity chairman.
President W. W. Peters of McPherson college was elected to the position of moderator of the Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren in the last June annual conference meeting at Ashville, North Carolina.
This office is the highest offered by the church. McPherson college is distinctly honored along with Dr. Peters in his election as moderator.
The new conference meeting date has been tentatively set for June of 1943.
Friday, October 9, afternoon, Football game with Baker, there.
Picture Show, Chapel.
Thursday. October 15, 9:40 a.m .,
Pep Rally.
Thursday, October 15. afternoon, clean-up campus.
Thursday, October 15, 8:30 p. m.,
Burton Holmes. Community Build
ing.
Friday. October 16, 3:15 p. m., Homecoming Parade.
Friday. October 16. 8:00 p. m., Homecoming Game with Bethel, Stadium Field.
Magic Displayed In Chem. Club Meeting
Chemistry magic was displayed before members of the chemistry club at their second meeting of the year held in the chemistry lecture room yesterday afternoon.
Outstanding on the program, which was under the direction of Harold Keith Myers, were his demonstrations with rubber balloons and hydrogen.
These meetings of the club are open to any one interested in chemistry or allied subjects.
College Debate Season Opens
Bittinger, Debate Coach, Announces Year’s Plans; Interclass Debates Lead
Debate season is here again! In spite of the cutting down on various inter-scholastic activities, plans for considerable debate activity are un-der way at McPherson College ac-cording to Dr. Desmond Bittinger debate coach.
In order to start the season off with a “bang” interclass debates sponsored by the local chapter of Pi Kappa Delta are scheduled for the near future. The first of these, between the junior and senior classes. will be October 20. The battle of words between the freshmen and sophomores is to be October 27.
On the following Tuesday evening, November 3, the two winning teams, as determined by the preliminary debates, will take the floor and wage the “battle royal.” The class whose team comes through undefeated will be proclaimed as winner of the interclass tournament. All three of these debates will be held at 6:45 p. m. in the student union room. They are open to all interested students and friends of the college.
Tryouts for places on the regular college teams will be held the following week. The men's tryout is to he November 10 at 6:45 p. m. and the women’s on November 11, at 4:00 p. m. At these tryouts students will be chosen for two men’s and two women’s varsity teams and also for various alternate teams. Experience Is not necessary. Any student who feels he would like to learn some- thig about debate work should try out. “There are a number of stu-dents already interested who appear to be good prospects," stated Dr. Bittinger.
Tentatively scheduled tournaments are at Pittsburg and Wichita, sometime in November, McPherson in January, Hutchinson in February, the Kansas State League at either Sterling or Hayes in March, and the provincial Pi Kappa Delta at Hast- ings, Nebraska, in April.
Burton Holmes, dean of all lecturers, will be presented by McPherson College Student Council as the first of the season's concert and lecture numbers sponsored by the Community Entertainment Association. Mr. Holmes will appear in McPherson next Thursday evening.
Having recently returned from the North where he spent his summer collecting materials for a new lecture. Burton Holmes is in a position to speak authoritatively concerning Alaska. Brillian color film is used to illustrate this new lecture which Mr. Holmes will present in McPherson.
This noted lecturer has traveled throughout the world; kings and princes, dictators and emperors greet | him as their friend. In 1907 the lec- tures of Mr. Holmes were published in fifteen volumes. His experiences during a recent trip to Russia have been recorded in a book.
Percy Grainger, pianist, and Vir- ginia Ellis, violinist, will present a joint concert as another of the out standing features of the series. Mr Grainger is considered one of the ten greatest pianists of the world. At Madison, Wisconsin, at a recent Grainger concert, 1600 people were turned away. Miss Ellis has appeared in radio, pictures, on the con cert stage, and with various symphony orchestras.
Lois Bannerman, harpist, will also appear in concert. Miss Bannerman is seriously considering going into pictures. At present she is playing on Broadway in the production of "Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning.”
The Hollywood Boychoir has been procured as the fourth attraction. This choir was filmed in the mo-lion picture "Angels With Dirty Faces.” The versatile group of singers are able to produce everything from the Georgian Chant to "hot” swing. Negro spirituals are also included in the program. The boys are booked to sing in some twenty motion pictures before starting their tour.
The ticket sale drive is underway. Season tickets may be purchased or admission to single programs may be had. Student Council members making up the membership committee are Wayne Geisert, chairman, Jean McNicol, Annette Glacier, Ann Witmore, and Mildred Fries. Tickets for adults are $2.24 including tax. Student tickets are $1.12.
Ticket sales will continue with renewed vigor throughout next week.
To Choose Best Boy and Queen
Crumpacker Announces New Policy for Quad
Isabel Crumpacker, editor of the Quadrangle, announced this week that there will be chosen a campus queen and a “best all around boy” from the student body. Each class is expected to choose four candidates for each position, and from them the entire student body will select the queen and the most popular boy. Details of the actual selection will be made later.
Names of the queen and the most popular boy will be withheld from publication, as will the details of the cover, color scheme, theme, and general contents of the Quad until the book makes its appearance next spring before examination time.
Sales of the 1943 Quadrangle, which began this week, will be con-tinued for the next two weeks. At that time. however, sales will be closed except to new students enrolling at he end of the first semester
