"Mikado'', under the personal direc-tion of Mrs. Anna C. Tate, will be presented this evening by the college chorus in the Community Hall at 8:15.

The "Mikado”, presented in a typ-ical Japanese atmosphere, is in some resects one of the most widely appre-ciated operas written by Gilbert and Sullivan. The plot if filled with

charming wit and philosophy and the music light and humorous, the in-strumentation bring a model of its kind.

The leading parts are being carried by Lloyd Digss, Ross Curtis, Esther Dahlinger, Eugenia Dawson, Blanch Harris and Orville Voran.

The scene is laid in Japan and the characters portrayed are Japanese. though the opera was first pro-duced in the '80's, curiously enough it first anticipated the rise of modern Japan and not only portrays the Japanese but ourselves —in a very thin disguise.

Those appearing tn the opera this evening and the part they will carry are as follows: Mikado of Japan, Ross Curtis. Nanli-Poo, his son dis-guised as a minstrel in love with Yum-Yum, Lloyd Digits; Ko-Ko,

Lord High Executioner of Titipu--Lloyd Harris; Poo-Bah, Lord High Everything Else—Orville Voran; Pish-Tush, a noble Lord—Walter Fillmore; Yum-Yum, ward of Ko-Ko —Eugenia Dawson; Peep-Bo, ward of Ko-Ko— Helen Eberly, and Katis-ba, an elderly lady in love with Nan-kl-Poo—Irene Steinburg.

Mr. Diggs Is carrying the part of Nanki-Poo, son of Mikado, disguised as a minstrel in love with Yum-Yum, played by Esther Dahlinger in the opera "Mikado" tonight.

MALE QUARTET STARTS

A CONCERT TOUR SOON

The McPherson college male quar-tet will soon start on an extensive tour over central Kansas, beginning March 21 when they give their first concert at Buhler March 23 they will appear at the Trinity Methodist church of Hutchinson and March 25 at Darlow. March 30 they give a concert at Lorraine as a number on the lyceum course. Beginning a tour to the east on April 1, they appear at Dunlap and the following night at Council Grove. Then on April 8 they go to Inman and April 11 to Monitor.

Thequartet is composed of Lloyd Diggs, first tenor; Walter Fillmore, second tenor; John Berkebile. bari-tone; and Ross Curtis, bass. The quartet is under the direction of Mrs. Anna. C. Tate. Miss Lucille Crabb is accompanist and reader.

TO GET BACK TO M. C.

Sun., Mar. 15— Friends who visit-ed Harold Crist at Wichita today report that he is improving greatly. His eyesight has improved to the extent that he is able to read. He is up and around and is anxious to get back to McPherson.

The item is last week's SPECTAT-OR to the effect that Crist did not have spinal meningitis was the result of conflicting reports as was found out later. The specialist attending Crist stated that he id have spinal meningistis.

CHICAGO CONFERENCE

Mon., Mar. 17—Dr. V, F. Schwalm left this evening for Chicago to attend the conference of representatives of the colleges of liberal arts in the United States, held at the Stevens Hotel, March 18-20.

This conference is being called to consider the relation of the colleges of liberal arts to higher education in the United States at the present time, and to set forth collectively the needs of the colleges of liberal arts in order that they may function more adequately; and to discuss and formulate a plan by which an appeal may be made to the American people for the financial resources necessary if the liberal arts colleges are to function efficiently in the interest of the l,000,000 students now in college and the increasing number which reasonably be expected within the next decade or two.

The conference will open March 18 with a dinner in the Stevens Hotel. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur; Dr. John H. Finley, editor of the New York Times; and Dr. Robert L Kelly, executive-secretary of the Association of American Colleges.

LAUVER IS ELECTED

PRESIDENT OF GROUP

Thurs., Mar. 13—The World Service Group held their annual election this evening at 6:30 In this Y. W. room. The officers for the coming year take charge Immediately. They are: president, Philip Lauver; vice-president, Charles Austin; secretary, Ward Williams; treasurer. Ida Lengel.

STAFFORD MINISTER

SPEAKS IN CHAPEL

Fri., Mar. 14—Rev. Christian of Stafford, Kansas addressed the student body in chapel this morning on the subject of tobacco. In his opinion monkeys are superior to humanity in their wisdom as to the use of tobacco.

DEBATE TEAMS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR NEXT FRAY

Sat., Mar. 15—The debate coach, Prof. Maurice A. Hess, reports that both debate teams are in good condition and are going strong for the Kansas Wesleyan debate Friday night, March 21.

If McPherson wins both debates from Kansas Wesleyan this Friday night, then, regardless of what Bethany does to Sterling, we will have won the northern division, because of a higher percentage.

Well, it was a good battle while it lasted only it didn't long enough, say the Swedes who wanted to swamp us with scores instead of winning by a measley one score. I am here to say that the position of bring on the Swede side of the cheering section in decidedly not a desiaable one when you are a loyal Bulldog and especially when the Bulldogs were behind In the score. One had the feeling of a man without his country, you might say, because the .Sweden looked you with askance and your own college section made signs to you that you were a traitor. I and others felt like Napoleon (Bone-a Part) and it is no picnic. If you yelled for the Bulldogs then Swede Co-eds turned and gave you the well known sign of thw "Raspberry" with variations and insisted that you were In the wrong pew also with variations. Finally I and friend bethought ourselves that it might ge advisable to move before we were invited to with force.

We moved, then the "Terrihie Swedes" got the lead and then we made "Razzberry" sings but to our-selves. We thought sure the Bulldogs would rally and we rashly made bets with several fair Swede Co-eds to the tune of three "cokes". Eventually after the gamewe amble down to the mertropolis. If Olson's Cafe can be thus designated and the so-called fair Swede Co-eds gurgled their spoils of war. We make a motion that

GIRLS VARSITY B. B.

TEAM IS SELECTED

The girls varsity basketball team, selected by the captains of each team and the tournament manager, has re-cently been announced: Those making the team are as follows: Center, Blanch Holgerson, Genevieve Crist, Forward. Thelma Seitz, Nellie Collins, and Mildred High; Guards, Florence Weaver, Helen Kline, Ada Brunk, Imo Larson.

pus today resulted in the following: Women’s extemporaneous; Manhat-tan first, Wichita University, second, and Manhattan, third. Women's ora-tory; Southwestern (two entrants)

first and second. Sterling, third, Men's extemporaneous, John Young (Emporia Teachers) first, James Smith, (Kans. Wesleyan) second, Francis Brush, (Wichita U.) third, and Ward Williams (McPherson) fifth. Men's oratory; Veryl Pitts (Wichita U.) first, John Lehman (McPherson) second, and John Cor-rell, (Manhattan) third.

COMING EVENTS

Tonight--The Mikado Wed., Mar. 19--Dr. Harring-ton. M. E. Church Fri., Mar. 21--Kansas Wesleyan Debate.

women can not make bets and if thy) do they cannot collect on said bids, "Never again", we said but then the "cokes" were already gone down the way of all

good "cokes".

Sweden has a good cafeteria but we insist there is too much confidence is said management because before the game even there was a certain little sign in the entrance of the building which said "Breakfast Menu, Saturday Morning Hot Bulldog". Also on a blackboard one could see the legion "Terrible Swedes Will be Conference Champs". Now we ask you. wasn't that just a little too much confidence? Oh, of course they won the game. Well, they had what they called Hot Bulldog gut it tasted like ordinary weinnie wurst to me Evidently the choice ham of which our Bulldogs are made could not be duplicated In an ordinary Swede butcher shop.

On a whole the Swedes are quite courteous to a visiting Bulldog but not for a moment did we forget who won the battle. They were always inadvertently saying that they heard that the Bulldogs were planning to go to Kansas City and all we could answer was that evidently that was a typographical error, so to speak. It seems that most of the Swedes have already reserved "ringside" seats at K C. and of course how lucky that they will not lose any money.

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SECOND TEAM DERATES

SOUTHWESTERN GIRLS

Tues., Mar 11—The girls' debate teams of Southwestern college. Winfield debated the McPherson second teams here this afternoon in a no-decision practice debate. Earline Moore and Evelyn Hunter, Southwestern affirmative team, debated the disarmament: question with William Grant and Guy Hayes in the chapel at 2:30 this afternoon while Mildred Tretbar and Phyllis Burgess clashed with McPherson's affirmative, Kermit Hayes and Lilburn Gott-man, in Miss Delia Lehman's class room. Dean Leroy Allen, debate coach of Southwestern, accompanied the girls from Winfield.

PRES. OF JUNIETA COLLEGE SUCCUMBS HEART ATTACK

Pinehurst, N C., Mar. 14—Former Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania suffered a heart attack on the gulf links here today and died a few minutes later Dr. Brum-baugh was president of Junieta Col-lege, Huntington, Pennsylvania.

THREE STUDENTS TO

JUDGE MUSIC CONTEST

Helen Eberly, Ruth Turner and Blanch Harris, McPherson college, will act as three of the judges in a McPherson county music content held at Windom, March 21 and 22. This is the first county music contest of its kind to be held in McPherson county and was first suggested and is under the direction of Henry K_ Hall, principle of the Windom grade school. Mr. Hall is a former McPher-son college student.

Melvin Miller, lanky basketball ace, imported by the Wichita Henry's for the national A. A. tournament at Kansas City last week from the McPherson college team, has been selected as center on the first All-American basketball team for 1930.

Miller, a basketball product of Coach George Gardner, saved the day for the Henry's many times by adding points to win the games. With his McPherson teammate, Ray Nonken, he added to the Henry team that which they lacked.

Nonken, playing forward most of the time, was called the "spark plug" of energy. One newspaper said that when ever Nonken was sent into the game it was like "dropping a stick of dynamite into a fire“.

Both the McPherson players saw action in all five games played. Of the five games Miller accounted for thirty-six points In two of the games he was high point man in the Ada Teachers game Miller caged seven goals and In a previous game was high point man with eleven points. Each member of the 1930 basket-ball championship team of the United States, the Wichita Henry's, received a large gold medal for their distinction.

Tonight the Henry’s will play the Phillips "66" team at Wichita, the proceeds of which will go for a cele-bration for the champion team. The Phillips "66" team gave the the Henry's the most competition during the Missouri Volley conference campaign.

Second All-American team: Roberts, East Side Turners, forward; Fisher, Ke-Nash-A. forward; Larson, Bethany, center; Hoerger, Ke-Nash-A. guard; Toews, Bethany, guard.

Third All-American team Hewitt, Henry's, forward. Gibbons, Henrys, forward. Okerberg, Olympic, center. Phillips, East Side Turners, guard; D. Phillips, Phillips "66”, guard.

COLLEGE OIL TEST IS

NEARING WILCOX SAND

Thurs., Mar. 14—Drilling ahead with standard tools the Patton Drilling company crew at the Darby Petroleum Corportion's McPherson college. No. 1. nw se sw 12-20-2, is in a dry 6 inch hole at 3275 feet with the Wilcox sand expected to be pick-ed up soon. The Stucky No. 4 recent-ly swabbed 1025 barrels In 16 hours. This well is located on ne sw se 9-21-3 and is in almost the extreme south-west corner of the Voshell pool so far proven. This producer, to show the relative depth of the Wilcox, a num -ber of miles southwest of the Mc-Pherson College No. 1, topped the Viola sand at 3326 and the Wilcox at 3364.

MIKADO "TEASER" GIVEN AS THE CHAPEL PROGRAM

Wed., Mar. 12--A Mikado "teaser" was presented in chapel this morning in the form of four numbers from the

opera. "Three Little Maids from School", by Eugenia Dawson, Helen Eberly, and Esther Dahlinger;

Here's a Howdy Do", by Lloyd Diggs, Blanche Harris and Esther Dahlinger, "The Flowers In Spring", by Orville Voran, Eugenia Dawson, Lloyd Diggs. Esther Dahlinger and Blanche Harris and "Fit Willow". by Blanche Harris and Irene Steinburg. The "Mikado" is a comic opera and very popular with all who are ac-quainted with it.

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Melvin Miller and Ray Nonken have brought more fame to McPherson college and to Coach George Gardner, both playing for the Wichita Henrys at the national A. A. U. basketball tournament at Kansas City. Miller was granted a place on the first All-American team, making his third consecn-tive year at the national tournament. Nonken also played his third year at Kansas City.

One of the men who "walked” to Kansas City to see the final games of the tournament tells the following story about Miller and his All-American honor Miller waited until after mid-night Saturday night to get the first edition of the morning paper and there found out for the first time that he was on All-American selection on the first team. The man who ''walked'' to K. C. was sleeping with Miller and when Miller came in fast Saturday night he awakened him and showed him the paper. Miller soon went to bed and slept soundly until late the next morning. Awakened in the morning he turned over and said to the man who "walked" in his usual droll manner: “Well, how do you like to sleep with the All-America center”? The man who "walked” did not say how he answered.

PLENTY OF MERRIMENT LOTS OF GOOD EATS FOR SCHOOL PICNIC

Hurray? Did you all hear the un-nouncement of an all-school picnic planned for April 9, at Twin Mounds, if it doesn't rain.

Every student and faculty member will leave their work for this one day and enjoy a “rollicking” good time in the great out-of-doors.

There will be something doing every minute of the day from sun up until sun down. Baseball, horseshoe, swimming, a short. informal program, and hiking are a few events on the schedule . . . Oh! Wait, we almost forgot . . . we are assured of having plenty to eat! Miss Thurow, assisted by Mrs. Brunk and the dormitory help will see that them is an abundance of food.

MISS LEHMAN TO GIVE

CLIPPINGS FROM RAMONA

Fri. Mar. 14 —It was learned this morning at a meeting of the Thespian club that Miss Della Lehman would gire an evenings entertainment with the presentation of clippings taken from “Ramona” in the native costume of the Southwest. The program is being sponsored by the Thespians and a small admission will be charged. The date of the program hast not yet been made.

It was intended to vote upon the new pledges to the Thespians this morning but not a sufficient number of members wore present. The president then called another meeting for Thursday morning at 10:00 and each member absent will be required to pay the twenty-five cents fine. At this time plans for a club dinner and Initiation of the pledges will be discussed.

C. E. PROGRAM IS

UNUSUAL THIS WEEK

Sun.. Mar. 16—Desiring to vary somewhat the usual type of C. E. meeting, the program committee of that organization planned for this evening a program consisting entirely of special numbers of music and readings.

For devotions, Ethel Sherfy, as leader, read the nineteenth psalm and a group of nature poems. The remainder of the program consisted of a piano solo by Rosalind Almen, a violin solo by Viola DeVilbiss, a vocal^solo by Mrs. Anna C. Tate, a number by the college girls’ quartette, two of Rudyard Kipling's poems read by Ruth Blickenstaff, a piano solo by Harriet Hopkins, and a reading by Ada Brunk.

During the past year series of discussion programs centering about certain themes of general interest have been given. The usual attend-ance attests to the fact that there has been an active interest in the work of the organization.

FACULTY IS ENTERTAINED BY DR. AND MRS. SCHWALM

Sat., Mar. 15—This evening the faculty, their wives and husbands were entertained at the home of President and Mrs. V. F. Schwalm.

Entertainment in the form of games and stunts prepared by the social committees of the College seem-ed to take the more dignified group of the college back to old college days. All seemed to enter into the spirit of the evening with much en-thusiasm and merry-making.

TELL OF CONFERENCE

ESTES PARK IN Y. W.

Tues., Mar, 11—The Estes summer conference at Estes Park, Colorado was discussed this morning in Y. W. A vocal duet by Ellen and Irene Steinburg was also a part of the programs.

For devotionals Ruth Blickenstaff gave a few outstanding thoughts from the conference for meditation, after which Mildred Mitchell told of some of the good times that one enjoys in such a conference. The conference itself is held in a beautiful park and many hikes are taken into the mountains. In conclusion she said, "There are many good times to experience in such a conference but the association and fellowship with the leaders and other students was a great experience, too”.

Edna Hoover told about some of the leaders who were at the 1929 conference. Among them were T. Z. Koo, secretary of the national Y. M. C. A. for China, Dr. Mendenhall of Friends University, Wichita; and Powers Hapgood, a young man who is a graduate of Harvard and who is now an industrial worker in Colorado.

The "Quiet" groups which were conducted during the conference were discussion of things which be-come vital and real to the student mind. Ruth Miller told about some of these groups which were conduct-ed by Rev. Johnson from Omaha, Nebraska.

Last summer there were thirteen students from McPherson who at-ended the Estes Conference,

OPERAS “TANNHAUSER"

AND “MIKADO" REVIEWED

Mon., Mar. 10—At a short meet-ing of the Cecilian Music Society held in the chapel this evening, Miss Blanche Holgerson reviewed the plot of the opera “Tannhauser". Mrs. Anna C. Tate played a phonograph record of the opera “Mikado” for the benefit of those to the opera cast. Mrs. Tate also gave a brief sketch of the characters and plot of the opera, which will be presented March 18 by the College Chorus and orchestra.

We read 627 of the "World’s Best Irish Stories” and here are the five best in the bunch.

a man arrested for murder bribed an Irishman on the jury to oppose the death penalty, and hold out for a verdict of manslaughter.

The jury were out a long time, and finally came In with a verdict of manslaughter. The man rushed up to the Irishman and whispered. "I'm tremendously obliged. Did you have

The lawyer impaled the witness with a stern face. "On your oath Geohegan, tell the court the reputation of Mrs. Clancey for truth and veracity".

“Well. yer honor, her reppytation for truth is very good; the good led-dy couldn’t tell a lie. As fer veracity. Judge, I'm not so sure; some say she would, an' some say she wouldn't".

Dennis Kelly came home one night a bit to the had troth whiskey, and tumbled into bed still let a haze. In the night he was awakened by a loud cry of "Fire”! In his anxiety to dress in a hurry and still muddled by the evening’s drinking, he got into his trousers hind side before.

As he started down the sairs, he slipped and fell, rolling all the way to the bottom of the stairs.

Kelly got to his feet slowly, and conducted a careful investigation of his bones, and, most of all his trousers. “No, 1 don't think I'm hurted; but I got one awful twist”.

Pat inspected the employed disgustedly. "No, sir, Oi'm sweepin' out the dirt, and lavin' the shop".

"Do ye know the difference between a baseball game an’ a Protest-ant Sunday School”? Casey asked a Protestant.

"Faith, at a Protestant Sunday School they sing, ‘Stand up for Jesus’ an’ at a baseball game they holler, 'Sit down for Christ's sake' ",

CRADLE ROLL

DEPUTATION TEAMS

START PILGRIMAGES

Fri., Mar. 14— A deputation team composed of Bernice McClellan, Verna Beaver, Vera Flora and Charles Austin left this afternoon for north-west Kansas to visit the Covert, Portis, Norton and Quinter churches. Prof. Roy Teach accompanied the group. Four programs will be given.

Last week end Helen Hudson, Pauline Dell, Ellen Steinburg, Irene Steinburg and Philip Lauver visited southwest Kansas giving five programs in the Larned, Prairie View, Garden City, Bloom and St. John churches. Prof. Roy Teach also accompanied this team.

ELECTION OF NEW 'Y'

OFFICERS THIS MORNING

Although the election returns will

come in too late for publication this morning, the Y. W. and Y. M. election was held this morning. The newly elected officers will take over the reins of control for the remainder of the year and for next year until this time.

The candidates for both organiza-tions were nominated by a nominating committee in each group, compos-ed of the sponsor of each organization and the senior members of the respective cabinets.

The slate as drawn up and presented by the nominating committees is as follows:

Y. W. C. A. Slate: President: Evelyn Fields, Eugenia Dawson; vicepresident: Alberta Yoder, Ida Lengel; secretary: Ethel Jamison, Avie Wattenbarger; chorister; Helen Eb-erly, Una Morine; treasurer: Nellie Collins, Ethel Sherfy.

Y. M. C. A. Slate: president: Clinton Trostle, Fred Andrews; vice-president: Ward Williams, Arnold Voth; secretary: Charles Austin, Newell Wine; treasurer: Eber Tice, Vernon Flaming.

Oh! What a roommate Homer must be. Why just the other day someone handed us a sheet of paper that Shank had left for his roommate with instructions on it for him. The instructions were as follows: "Homer set alarm at 7:00. Shut, ev-everything and pull shade down. Look in Landis’ room before you go down but don’t wake him. Please. Call John". Homer must be the ideal roommate.

JUNIORS TO CHANGE

DATE OF BANQUET

Because of a conflict with the date of the high school festival and the state elimination track meet, set for April 26, the junior-senior banquet has been changeed however a definite date has not been decided upon yet. The banquet will be held on the roof garden of the Hotel Hawley. The banquet may be either a week sooner than previously announced or a week or two later but no definite date can be made before a week.

Mrs. W. C, Watkins, mother of Er-nest Watkins, visited friends on the Hill last week, returning to Ottawa Sunday noon.

Anna Lengel, who teaches at Chase, Kansas, visited her sister, Ida at the dormitory this week end.

Fred and Paul Heaston from Hax-tum, Colorado, visited with their sister, Beth, over the week-end.

Mildred Swenson attended the silver wedding anniversary of her parents near Windom this week end.

Genevieve and Odessa Crist and Ethel Jamison went to their home at Quinter, Kansas, Saturday and Sunday.

Alma Rodabaugh and Ted Crist called on Harold Crist in Wichita, Sunday.

Blanch Holgerson was the week end guest of her mother at Windom.

Roger Winger, Topeka, former field secretary of McPherson college, was a campus visitor last week.

Mr. and Mrs. George Gardner attended the national A. A. U. basketball tournament at Kansas City this last week. Elmer Crumpacker and Rush Holloway went with the Gardners.

John Cottingham saw the final game in the Kansas City tournament Saturday night.

Cecil Anderson and Harvey King “walked" to Kansas City for the tournament this week end, returning with Coach Gardner.

to town (thus increasing the population of the burg from two hundred forty-nine to two hundred fifty) and that he had selected as his place of abode the afore-mentioned resident's home.

And now to enlighten the reading public, we will clarify the above abstractions by inserting names. The burg is otherwise known as Windom, the friends of the "respected resident" recognize him as C. K. “Ed" Lindell, and the new citizen was christened Lelnnd ... an appellation which his college chums have changed to " Windom" in honor of his home town.

Years passed. An active lad of fourteen In 1??3, he entered high echool. Although lacking in

"Greetings"

Only the most confirmed of confirmed of chronic grouches can resist this friendly salutation when he meets its author . . . a certain young man who is known among his associates as the “Spec ed". *

Twenty-one years ago on March 13 a respected resident of a little central Kansas town announced to his fellows that a new cittern had come

Track, basket-ball, dramatics, drawing, Hi-Y work, and duties as business manager of the "Windom Booster" constituted his major inter-ests. With him cartooning was a hobby.

After graduating as saintatorian of his class in 1927. Leland entered McPherson college . . . as green as freshmen usually are. But again his likeable disposition was a good luck elephant and his classmates made him their president.

M. cabinet an of the Spectator staff, in his sophomore year, he was elected a member of the Thespian club.

But the process of discovering his versatile qualities did not cease here. In the spring of 192? he was nom* inated and elected editor of the 8pec-

Associate Editor's Note—This is a joke on "Windom". He did not know anything about this.

MRS. ANNA C. TATE The opera "Mikado" is under the direction of Mrs. Tate, voice instructor of McPherson college.

HERSHEY ENTERTAINS

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Fri., Mar. 14--Following their custom of entertaining annually the assistants and senior majors of the chemistry department. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Hershey this evening entertained at their home twelve guests at a six o'clock dinner after which the group spent the remainder of the evening playing games.

The guests found their places at the table by means of jonquil-shaped place csrds. Jonquils made up the centerpiece and jonquil nut cups were given as favors. After a two course dinner consisting of mashed

potatoes, gravy, pressed chicken, green beans, candied pears, pineap-ple salad, dried corn, beets, radishes, buttered parker house rolls, butter-scotch pie, coffee, and mints, the party adjourned in the sitting room and played bean bag and progressive rook.

At a late hour the guests departed expressing their appreciation of a delightful evening.

Those present were: Mildred Doyle, Fern Heckman, Attillia Ander-son, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kistner, Daniel Johnson, Ross Curtis, Vernon Gustafson, Hoyt Strickler, John Cot-tingham, Lloyd Diggs, and Clarence Zink.

HELEN EBERLY Miss Eberly is singing the part of Peep-Bo, ward of Ko-Ko. played by Blanch Harris.

ROADS IN MEXICO USE ALASKAN SNAKE STORY, THERE SIMPLY AREN'T ANY

Travel by automobile in Mexico offers a variety of experiences on the roads of the southern republic. Prof. H. H. Nininger recently traveled ex-tensively in Mexico and came in con-tact with pcrhaps the worst and also

In Mexico the country is made up of great ranches and the land is not laid out in sections. The trails, lead from the villages in every direction without any system of regularity. a Mexican village may be located most anywhere, sometimes it may be in the center of a great ranch.

The roads that do exist in Mexico can not be used easily for they have never been worked. If a particular road becomes impassable, the traveler simply pulls out and goes around, making a new road for the next one who happens to come along the path-way. The roads were made for and by ox carts which travel at the remarkable speed of one in two miles per hour. It would be easier, perhaps to travel from here to Kansas City going across open fields and taking down fences than to travel the same distance on the best Mexican road

Professor Nininger said that the Mex-ican roads are like the story about snakes in Alaska—that at that there simply aren't any.

Another handicap in traveling in Mexico is that there are no adequate-ly marked roads. While the Nininger party traveled three weeks to Mexico City they never saw more than one-half dozen markers of any kind until they reached Toluca, which is in the Mexico City vicinity. If there should happen to be a marker along the road it would be a board marked with a lead pencil of "dobbed" on with a stick and paint.

It is useless to a Mexican resi-dent of the rural villages the road to a city forty miles distant for in all probability he never had heard of the place. When a traveler inquires the

road to a locality in which the Mex-ican has traveled, he will inform the traveler the particular way he has of traveling. If his mode of travel is walking he will direct the tourist over a foot path. Then if one who is

The roads made by ox carts are a little too wide for automobile. During the dry season the dust gets to he almost impassable for the ox

carts cut dust ruts so deep that the center of the car rests on the dirt, makings progress impossible. These same ox cart roads are used for hu-man carriers, too. Professor Nininger has some excellent moving pictures

of oxcarts, loaded burros, and human carriers. The Nininger party traveled over some roads that had been in use for ever four hundred years and had never been worked. They were all a result of travel. There are no bridges in the rural sections. Profes-sor Nininger stated, the road they followed to Mexico City would have been entirely impossible in the wet

In olden times the inhabitants tried pave the noads by taker small boulders laying there side by side. This was fairly successful for burros and ox carts. Today there same roads are in use occasion-ally a small boulder is missing. An auto instead of going two miles an hour, attempts the amazing speed of ten miles an hour and the inevitable, result in that the car is almost wrecked by falling partially into one of these holes in the road. Professor Nininger has some close views in

But the outlook for Mexico is far more encouraging than it might ap-pear. The government has begun a program of good roads in Mexico and government aid will imii great factor in building up the roads. There is a

THE DOPE BUCKET

We congratulate Melvin Miller, thrice All State forward in the Kansas conference, for his recent achievement, center of the All American basketball quintet, chosen from the stars at the National A. A. U. tourney in Kansas City last week.

Nonken and Miller were among the five favorite basketeers in the tournament last week. Without these boys, the Henrys would have suc-cimed to some team early in the tournament, for their regular players simply were not up to form. Miller is generally given credit for saving their team tn the semi-finals, which alone earns for him a place on the mythical selection.

Although not officially represented in the national tournament, NcPher-son college was well represented by Miller's ability and Nonken's admir-able sportsmanship. Who knows but what these fellows did a better job than the whole Bulldog team might have done? At least the fellows had the - opportunity to perform with teammates that were as good as they were. They have deserved, well, the right to play twice consecutively on the team that set the pace in Kansas conference and then climax their college athletic career by playing with the national champions.

George Gardner has put in his application for the position of basket ball coach at Washburn college, the papers reported last week. Will he follow Lonborg? If he goes to Wash-burn and then Northwestern it will be traditional that alt good coaches get their start at McPherson. Not a bad representation of the old school?

One thing the Swedes do have and that is a very choice selection of co-ods. You can have your pick of bru-nettes, blondes, or what have you? Honestly you never do see as good looking a bunch of girls as our neigh-boring college possesses. But they think that M. C. has a good looking bunch of boys and that is easily seen because honestly one may travel many miles and not see a better bunch of the "flowering manhood" in blossom as one sees on the M. C. campus. Beware, the blossoms will be picked are long and then the Senior year will not have been in vein and M. C. will not lose her reputation of being the best match factory in the southwest.

Right now the Swedes are wagering on how many engagements are going to be announced this spring. Probably they are right again.

ROADS LIKE SNAKE STORY (Continued from Page Three) new government road which is very good from Laredo to Monterey, a distance of 159 miles but the good roads campaign in Mexico is far from complete.

FROM OTHER HILLS

Pittsburg Teachers College central conference basketball champions of 1930, recorded 20 victories this sea-son without a single defeat. Twelve of the victories were won from members of the conference to give the Gorilla team a clear title.

The Music School and the Choral Society of Manchester College, a sis-ter institution of McPhenson college, gave the comic opera by Gilhcrt-Sulli-

van. "The Mikado" Friday, March 14. This college is at North Manchester, Indiana.

The city business men of Winfield recently contributed to a fund which has made possible for Southwestern college of Winfield to meet the requirements of the North Central Association of Universities and Colleges at a grade A institution.

Charley "Buddy" Rogers, former K. U. student and now film star in Hollywood, will soon pick queens for Ottawa University. The year book staff conducted a contest in which six women on the Ottawa University campus were chosed by t he student body. The pictures of these women will be sent to ''Buddy" Rogers, who will choose three of them for Ottawa queens for 1930.

The Pi Kappa Delta keys are awarded at Park Collette. Parks-ville, Missouri as a recognition in forensic activities. The keys which are of gold are set with two stones. One of the two jewels on the key signifies the order of forensics in which the key was won. A pearl is for the order of debate, a ruby for the order of oratory. One of four degrees are signified by the other jewel. A ruby is for the degree of fraternity, a pearl, the degree of proficiency; an emerald, the degree at honor; and a diamond, the degree of special distinction. The keys are presented by the college. One student was presented a diamond set key.

METZGER AND HARRIS

SPEAK TO H. S. HI Y

Wed. Mar. 12—Emery Metzger, President of the local Y. M. C. A. and Glen Harris spoke before the senior high school Hi Y organization this afternoon. Metzger led the devotionals and explained the work and purpose of the Y. M. Harris talk-ed on "Vision and Service”.

NININGER LECTURES -

AT WINDOM SCHOOL

Windom, Kan., Mar. 13—Prof. H. H. Nininger of McPherson college gave a lecture here this evening to the Parent Teachers Association and showed over two thousand feet of film on "The Interior of Old Mex-

ico". The film, depicting the life of the natives in their homes, busi-nesses, politics, and their schools, was recently taken by Professor Nininger while on a research and exploration trip into the Interior of Mexico.

ALUMNI HAPPENINGS

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Y. Strohm of Fort Scott, Kansas, announce the birth of a daughter, Martha Jean, March 6th. Dr. Strohm was graduated from McPherson college in ‘22.

Mr. and Mre. Ray Cullen of La Verne, California, are announcing the birth of a son, Stanley Ray.

To announce the date of the marriage of Miss Selma Engstrom to Mr. Louis Neumiller, Miss Eunice Almen entertained a group of friends at dinner recently. April 23 was the date revealed to these guests. The Misses Cecile Martin, Irene Hawley, Ida Blouch, Ruth Greene, Julia Jones and Mesdames Earl Reed and Paul Sargent.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Reed and son Donald attended sessions of the Union Central Insurance convention in Wichita last week.

The Spectator

MELVIN MILLER IS ALL-AMERICAN CENTER

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERA "MIKADO” WILL BE GIVEN THIS

EVENING BY THE COLLEGE CHORUS IN THE COMMUNITY HALL

TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT AT 8:15