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VOL. XXVI

College Plans
Dedication of
Presser Hall

Building Contains

Two Chapels,

Practice Rooms, Studios

The last of November will find
students, new and old alike, turn-
ing their steps to the west side of
the campus for their daily chapel
sci" vices; for Presser Hall (the
much discussed "new building")
will be completely finished. Dedi-
cation exercises are planned for
November 3 0, but pupils will be
enjoying the class facilities long
before that.

Collegiate Gothic

Resembling the Library and
Buttrick in architecture, the new
building is Gothic in style and spa-
ciously constructed. In addition to
a large and small chapel, Presser
Hall has fifteen practice rooms and
six studios.

The large Gaines Memorial
Chapel has a seating capacity of
1,100 persons and will contain a
new four-manual organ and two
pianos. It will be used not only as
a chapel for religious services, but
also as a theater. A modern stage,
lighting, dressing rooms, and set
props make it ideal for dramatic
productions, while a portable pul-
pit insures a religious atmosphere
for more serious occasions.

McLean Chapel

The smaller Joseph McLean
Chapel, which seats 300 people,
will be used for recitals and musi-
cales. The organ that has been in
the Gaines Chapel in Rebekah is
being moved to the McLean
Chapel, which will also contain a
piano.

Offices will be provided for all
faculty members of the music de-
partment. Miss Frances K. Gooch,
professor of speech; Miss Roberta
Winter, her assistant, and Hugh
Hodgson, head of the music de-
partment of the University of
Georgia, will also have offices in
Presser Hall.

Fisher Anticipates
Sports Contests

Welcome, 44!

We know you are busy getting
settled and learning y o u r way
around but we do want to take a
little of
your time
to give you
a welcome
from the
Athletic As-
sociation.

The A. A.
B o a r d is
read y to
help you; so
please feel
i roc to call
on us at

any time. Fisher

Competition in sports will begin
soon, so hurry and get your class
team together. We know you have
plenty of pep and class spirit and

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1940

NO. 1

Wilds

C. A. Head Offers
Aid in Orientation

Welcome, Freshmen!

You've at least begun to know
the general outline of Agnes Scott
life. You may feel pretty orient-
ed a E t e r

two days o:

s c e i n g
i very body
f r o m Mr.
Tart in the
treasure r's
office to
Betsy Ken-
drick with
h e r name
tags, but
there's still
lots to be
1 e a r n e d.

After the first rush is over, we all
want to know you new Agnes
Scotters better, and we hope you
eel the same way about us!

You'll also get more acquainted
with the organizations on the cam-
pus as you become more acquaint-
ed with the people. During Chris-
tian Association Week (October
1-6) you will have an opportunity
to find out more about our purpose
on the campus and the opportuni-
ties that there are for you to serve.

There's nothing like asking ques-
tions to find out about what you
want to know so if you want to
.now about the way we live and
lave fun here, just ask and come
lelp join in the fun and the work!

Scotty Wilds, President,
Christian Association.

we're anxious to work and play
with you. You're off to a grand
year, so put all you have into it.
We'll be looking for big results!

We're glad you are here, and we
hope your four years at Agnes Scott
will be happy ones.

Sincerely,

Ann Fisher, President,
Athletic Association.

Spratlin

Spratlin Asks
Day Students
To Speak Up

H o w d y , F res h m e n !

Make yourselves at home, be-
cause you arc most welcome to
Agnes Scott.

We, the

d a y stu-
dents, stand
ready to be
loving sis-
t e r s and
helpful
snoopers,
the Junior
Chamber of
Commerce,
and Shop
Flound. We
w ! 1 1 tell
you where
he largest chocolate milks are
peddled and the cutest dates are
met.

Just ask us we'll be wells of
information for boarders as well as
new day students, full of direc-
tions for sightseeing and shopping
in Decatur and Atlanta. Loyal At-
lantans, we'll be delighted to take
you on a Sunday tour of our "Dog-
wood City."

The day students, you will say,
pend only twelve out of the twen-
y-four hours with Agnes Scott;
but they are waking, constructive
hours, so we like to think we feel
that Agnes Scott belongs just as
much to us as to anyone. It is
therefore with pride that we hand
over to you our first year thrills
and struggles along with our sec-
ond-hand books.

We are standing by full of ready
advice and with a helping hand
be it to turn up a hem or interpret
those notes in the margin.

Speak up, we are listening.

Frances Spratlin, President,
Day Students.

Faculty, Business Staff
Gain New Members

List Includes New Physician,
Five 1940 Graduates

Eleven new members will be added to the faculty and ad-
ministration this year, it was announced by the president's
office. Five of these members are last year's graduates.

Dr. Eugenia Cuvillier Jones, member of the medical staff

at the Children's Hospital, Wash-

Breg Asks
Freshmen
For Cooperation

Welcome to Agnes Scott!

All of the old students have been
excited for some time over your
coming. We are glad that you are
here at last.
Our college
is a won-
derful one
and I know
t h a t you
will be
proud of it.
Just no w
you are per-
haps a bit
con ( used by
the rush of
opening
days but
you will soon
normal routine.

We are looking ahead through
the year. All of us want it to be a
splendid one. You can have a share
in making it an interesting and sig-
nificant year. You will soon be-
come a full-fledged member of our
student government association. It
is your own association and it needs
your cooperation and helpfulness.
All through the year there will be
ways for you to share in its ideals
and program. Remember, student
government association is your own
organization. It needs your interest
and assistance.

Sincerely,

Frances Breg, President,
Student Government.

Breg

adjust to a more

ington, D. C, last year, will fill
the position of resident physician
left vacant by Dr. Florence Swan-
son. Dr. Swanson is now resident
psychiatrist at the New York
Training School for Boys at War-
wick, New York.

Instructor Returns

Miss Martha Crowe will return
from a leave of absence of four
years to resume her work as in-
structor in French. Miss Helen
Carlson, who acted as professor
during her absence, is now at Co-
lumbia University with a Rocke-
feller Foundation Fellowship.

Miss Margaret Weir, June grad-
uate of the library school of Em-
ory University, will act as assist-
ant in the library.

Mrs. RofT Sims, professor of so-
ciology part of the time last year,
will return to the campus for one
quarter to teach History 101.

Miss Margaret Allen Shatswell,
graduate of RadclifT'e College at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, will
manage the tea room this year.
Hodgson Visits

Dr. Hugh Hodgson, head of the
music department at the Univer-
sity of Georgia, will act as visiting
faculty member to teach a course
in opera. He will also give organ
recitals every Friday night.

Included in the five who grad-
uated from Agnes Scott last year
are Miss Evelyn Baty, fellow in
English; Miss Carolyn Forman, fel-
low in Biology; Miss Eleanor
Hutchens, assistant to Mr. Stukes;
Miss Jane Moses, assistant secretary
to the dean; and Miss Grace Ward,
book store manager.

Coming This Week

September 19 (Thursday)

8:00-10:00 A.M. Schedule Com-
mittee.

10:00 A.M. Chapel exercises fol-
lowed by Dr. McCain's
talk to New Students.

11:00-12:00 A.M. Schedule Com-
mittee.

2:00- 4:00 P.M. Schedule Com-
mittee.

6:45 P.M. Vespers in the Chapel.
7:00 P.M. Sing: on the steps of
Main.

7:30 P.M. Dancing* in the Mur-
p h e y Candler Build-
ing.

September 20 (Friday)

8:00 A.M. Classes begin.
10:00 A.M. Chapel exercises.
2 :30 P.M. Library class for

Boarders (A-N).
3 :00 P.M. Library class for

Boarders (O-Z).
6:45 P.M. Vespers in Chapel.
7:00 P.M. Meeting of Freshmen
Boarders in I n m a n
Lobby.
September 21 (Saturday)
10:00 A.M. Chapel exercises.
8:00-9:00 P.M. Reception on the
Quadrangle f o 1 -

September 22
9:15 A.M.

3:00 P.M.
5:30 P.M.
7:00 P.M.!
September 23

4:00 P.M.

4:30 P.M.-
4:30 P.M.-

6:45 P.M.
September 24

4:00 P.M.:

4:30 P.M.
4:30 P.M.
6:45 P.M. i

lowed by dancing
in the Gym.
(Sunday)
-President M c C a i n's
Bible Class for Fresh-
men.

Tour of Atlanta.

Vespers.

Sing on steps of Main.
(Monday)

-Handbook class for
Day Students in But-
trick Hall.

-Handbook class for
Freshman Boarders in
Buttrick Hall.
-Handbook class for
Transfer Students in
Buttrick Hall.
Vespers in Chapel.
(Tuesday)

Handbook class for
Day Students in But-
trick Hall.

Handbook class for
Freshman Boarders in
Buttrick Hall.
-Handbook class for
Transfer Students in
Buttrick Hall.
Sing on steps of Main.

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The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

Wednesday, October 2, 1940.

No. 2.

Underclassmen
Nominate
Stunt Heads

Bippy Gribble, Freshman,
Jane McDonough, Soph,
Lead Competition for Cat

Under the leadership of Bippy
Gribble, stunt chairman, and Nell
Turner and Mary Louise Duffee,
cheer leaders, the freshmen will
renew old rivalries with the so-
phomores, led by Jane McDon-
ough, stunt chairman, and Yllis Lee
and Caroline Smith, cheer leaders,
in competition for the coveted
black cat award on stunt night, to
be held October 12, at 8 o'clock,
in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

Freshman committees making
plans for the presentation are:
scenery, Zena Harris, chairman,
Barbara Connally, Moran Smith,
Laurice Louper, Nancy Driskill,
Harriet Kuniansky, Martha Ni mi-
nions, and Mary Bloxton; proper-
ties, Trillie Bond, chairman, Agnes
Burdette, Betty Bowman, Hennie
Rukman, and Ann Crowley.

Costumes committee, Ann Bry,
chairman, Martha Rhodes, Hazel
Taylor, Gabe Temple, Bobbie Pow-
ell, and Lois Martin; gym decora-
tions, Peggy Sunderland, chairman,
Rose Jordan, Frances Craig, Caro-
line Tumlin, Elsie Tilghman, and
Miriam Walker; gym decorations
in charge of parade costumes, Car-
olyn McSween, chairman.

Jane McDonough has announced
the heads of the sophomore com-
mittees. The members of com-
' mittees will be announced after
tryouts. Chairman of the writing
committee is Mickey Jones. Mem-
bers are Caroline Smith, Joella
Craig, Joyce Geist, Jean Tucker,
Margaret Downie, and Charlotte
Gardiner.

Heads of other committees are:
Judy Greenberg, stage; Marian
Brittingham, programs; Anne
Frierson, music; Alice Clements,
dance; Kay Wright, decorations;
Marjorie Wilson, costumes; and
Jeanne Eakin, budget.

Miss Cilley Makes
Timely Mistake

Inside, the hum of voices filled
the Sunday School rooms; outside,
the lazy atmosphere of subdued
Sunday activities prompted pass-
ersby to walk more slowly. One
of these pedestrians, with a rather
strained look on her face, turned
into the walk of the Decatur First
Presbyterian Church. She cau-
tiously entered the vestibule and
was rather surprised to find none
other than B. A. Brooks seated on
the bench there, apparently wait-
ing for Fate to command her next
move.

The lady said, "Well, Betty Ann,
I am glad to see you. Are they
having some sort of special serv-
ice in the Sunday School here to-
day? Aren't they having church?
I just came from the Baptist
Church and they are not having
services either."

B. A. explained that it was al-
most an hour before church time,
but had a little difficulty in per-
suading Miss ^illey (the Spanish
professor and alPh D, incidentally)
that her watch was not running
an hour ahead of schedule, but ole
Father Time had pulled, not a fast
trick, but a slow one, when he
changed back to CST from DST
during the night.

We are still wondering why the
illustrious junior was there an
hour early, too.

Sophs Give
Shipwreck Party

Using a nautical theme, the so-
phomores will entertain the fresh-
men at the annual pre-stunt party
Saturday at 8 P. M. in the Bucher
Scott Gymnasium, it was an-
nounced by Charity Crocker,
chairman of arrangements. The
gymnasium will be decorated as a
desert island with fruit hanging
from the ceiling to give a back-
ground for the freshmen and their
sophomore dates in the costumes of
I ship-wrecked sailors.

Miss Preston
Sets Date
For Award

Competition for the Louise Mc-
Kinney Book Award, a prize of
twenty-five dollars given each year
at commencement to the girl who
shows the most discrimination in
collecting a personal library, is
now open to students who wish to
enter by October 15, according to
Miss Janef Preston, assistant pro-
fessor of English.

Rules for this contest are as fol-
lows: the collection must consist
of at least fifteen books acquired
between May, 1940, and May,
1941; there is no limit as to the
kind of books selected, but it is ad-
visable to include a variety of
types, not all fiction, or poetry, or
drama; they may be gifts, if they
represent the taste of the contest-
ant, and they need not be expen-
sive; the contestant must show her
intellectual possession of the books
in her collection by discussing them
informally before a committee
from the English department.

The present award is the contin-
uation of a prize which Miss Lou-
ise McKinney herself, now Profes-
sor Emeritus of English, offered to
the student who made the most in-
teresting collection of books. She
also helped foster a true apprecia-
tion of books by securing for the
library enjoyable books which it
was unable to provide.

Miss McKinney explains the or-
igin of her idea for a book award
as follows: "Edward Newton, the
great book collector in Philadel-
phia, was asked by a young Eng-
lish teacher at Bryn Mawr if he
could bring his students (seniors)
to see his collection, one of the
greatest in the country. Mr. New-
ton, a collector of first editions
and other rare books, at first was
reluctant. Then, struck by the in-
tellgent questions of the students,
he offered a prize of $50 for the
best collection of books."

Hodgson Inspects New Building

Hodgson Opens
Recital Series

Outstanding Georgia Musician
Makes Single Personal Appearance

Bringing to his audience the skill of twenty-five years as
a concert pianist as well as the renown of a lifetime's devo-
tion to the fine arts, Mr. Hugh Hodgson will open the col-
lege's 1940 Music Appreciation concerts Friday at 8 P. M.
with a personal recital in the chapel of Rebekah Scott Hall,
the only personal performance he will give during the Fall

Concert Series at the college.

Breg Stresses
Social Rules

Frances Breg, president of stu-
dent government, announcing new
social regulations for all classes,
has asked that students clip the
following list to keep for refer-
ence:
Seniors:

1. The time limit after a Fri-
day night dance is thirty minutes
after the dance is over, with two-
thirty as the latest hour for return-
ing to the campus. For example,
if a dance is over at one o'clock,
the student must return by one-
thirty. Individual planning must
be made with the Dean's office for
each dance. This privilege is for
Friday night only, and is for plan-
ned dances. Seniors may have the
privilege of the Friday night dance
rule.

2. Five or more seniors may go
to big Decatur to the movies at
night. They must return to the
campus by 9:45.

Juniors :

1. Juniors have the same Fri-
day night dance rule as seniors.

2. Third year students still
classified as sophomores may have
the same social privileges as jun-
iors after consultation with the
dean's ofjice. The number of so-
cial engagements, however, is lim-
ited.

Sophomores:

1. After consultation with the
dean's office, two sophomore board-
ers may double-date. Boarders
can not use this privilege with day
students or girls in town. They
must return to the college by
11:45.

2. Sophomores may have the
privilege of the Friday night time-
limit for dances, but must be ac-
companied by senior chaperons, or
other chaperons approved by the
school.

3. Second year students still
classified as freshmen may have
the same social privileges as so-
phomores, but are limited in the
number of social engagements.
Freshmen :

Freshmen may use the Friday
night late limit privilege if they
are properly chaperoned.

With the nearly completed Presser Building looming behind them, Dr. McCain, Mr. Stukes, and
Mr. Hodgson inspect floor plans of the music wing and confer on the location of music and art studios.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Tea
for Episcopal students in
Anna Young Alumnae
House.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale by
Hugh Hodgson. Reception
in Murphey Candler Build-
ing.

Saturday, 7:30 P. M. Sopho-
more Party for Freshmen
in Gym.

Saturday, 8 P. M. Faculty
Bacon Bat at Harrison Hut.

Mr. Hodgson's program Friday
night, divided into five parts, in-
cludes:
I. Classical Music:

R a m e a u - MacDowell, Sara-
bande.

Bach-Bauer Chorale, Jesu, Joy
of Man's Desiring.
Bach -Bridge Chorale, Come,
Sweet Death.

Mendelssohn, 'Prelude m E Mi-
nor.

II. Beethoven, Sonata, Opus 31,
No. 2 (Recitative).

III. Chopin, 6 Preludes, Nocturne,
Mazurka, 2 Etudes.

IV. Modern Music:
Scriabin, Etude.

Mompou, Three Magical Songs
Tscherepnin, Six Bagatelles.
Poulenc, Perpetual Motion.
V. Hodgson's Own Compositions:
Ichuaway Dance (inspired by
a negro dance he witnessed on
the Ichuaway River in South
Georgia) .

Polka-Dots, an etude in the
most modern style, in which
one hand plays only white
keys, while the other plays only
black keys.

Pioneer

Mr. Hodgson is well known to
Georgia music lovers for the out-
standing work he has done here
since 1928 to bring music, as well
as all the fine arts, to the public
in general. It was in that year
that he inaugurated a Thursday
Evening Music Appreciation Hour
in Athens, which, continuing to
this day, was the pioneer of many
later programs of its kind now es-
tablished throughout the state.

He is the Director of the Fine
Arts Division of the new Univer-
sity Center, which in itself is an
outgrowth of these first Music Ap-
preciation evenings.

Childhood

Mr. Hodgson, bom in Athens,
Georgia, began the study of the
piano at the age of four. An older
sister, Mabel, was his only teacher
until he was fourteen years old,
and, since all six of the children
in the family had been trained in
music, they wrote and acted in
their own plays, musicales, and
operas throughout his childhood.

After four years' work in Eu-
rope with celebrated teachers, he
he returned to Athens and entered
the University of Georgia, where
he was a member of the Southern
championship tennis team, and
manager of the baseball team. He
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Since his graduation from the
University in 1915, Mr. Hodgson
has done graduate work in higher
mathematics at Columbia Univer-
sity, and has made special studies
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Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Ace Sophomore Golfer
Wins July Medal

Vaughan Reaches Tennis Finals;
Field Hockey Ass'n Vies With Varsity

Things have happened for Agnes Scott athletes since va-
cation began last June. Down South America way, Charity
Crocker, ace Sophomore golfer, won the July Medal and a
Helen Wilson Cup for her driving and putting at Gavea Golf

Club in Rio de Janeiro. And here

Self

in Atlanta, Geven Hill, freshman,
reached the
semi-finals in
the Chandler
Park Golf
Tourney. Ida
Jane Vaugh-
an, A. A. Vice
P r e s i d ent,
went as far as
the finals in
the Emory
Girls' Tennis

Tournament and she never even
told us she played!

Miss Wilburn, in the meantime,
was making arrangements for the
one big event on our Athletic Cal-
endor the coming of The United
States Field Hockey Association's
Touring Team to Agnes Scott on
November 13 and 14. The team
will be on our hockey field to show
us how, and to meet our varsity in
what should be a game par excel-
lence.

Putting on Campus

Through the co-operation of
Mary Ann Smith's father, Mr. Sam
Smith, Agnes Scott golfers will be
able to practice their putting on
the campus. Mr. Smith has built an
excellent green at the end of the
hockey field.

Tenn Manager, Mary Olive
Thomas, announces a full program
their year with the Singles Tour-
nament starting this week, the
Doubles Tournament coming in
the spring, and mixed doubles
matches throughout the year as the
big attractions. And for you who
play the game, don't forget to sign
for the Single Tournament by to-
morrow, October 3.

Defense Program

' While bombs fell and anti-air-
craft fired in London last Thurs-
day, Agnes Scott Athletic Associa-
tion pulled its own little defense
program. It was Army Day and
Fort Scott registered a full 200 re-
cruits. Bucher Scott was equipped
with army tents and mess hall, dis-
pensary and first aid. General Ann
Fisher donned a Dahlonega uni-
form and led her Athletic Board,
dressed also in R.O.T.C., in a pa-
rade. Alta Webster and Ann Gel-
lerstedt walked guard duty. There
were suit case races and potato re-
lays, tests for flat feet and fallen
arches. Army brat, Polly Frink,
led the military minded juniors in
a formation drill. Their costumes
were blue and white suits with red
military hats. A nickelodeon offer-
ed anything from "No Name Jive"
to "God Bless America."

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Honor Roll Lists
Twenty Three

Twenty-three students of the
senior, junior, and sophomore
classes attained honor roll rating
for academic work last year, it
was announced by Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, president of the College, Sat-
urday.

Members of the senior class are:
Sabine Brumby, Freda Copeland,
Beryl Healy, Rebekah Hogan,
Marjorie Merlin, Bee Shamos, Bet-
ty Jane Stevenson, Mary Bon
Utterback, Ida Jane Vaughan,
and Doris Weinkle.

Junior class members include:
Lavinia Brown, Billie Davis, Sue-
nette Dyer, Margery Gray, Jeanne
Osborne, Julia Ann Patch, Theo-
dosia Ripley, and Frances Tucker.

Sophomores who attained the
rating are: Charity Crocker, Mar-
tha Dale, Jane Elliott, Dot Hollo-
ran, Ruth Lineback, and Jane Mc-
Donough.

Hodgson

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of the organ and of modern com-
position.

Besides his many posts as a pro-
moter of cultural education in
Georgia, he is organist and choir
director of St. Luke's Church, in
Atlanta, founder of the annual
Georgia music festivals, and head
of the Fine Arts Division of the
University Center for Georgia,
which he conceived and put into
existence through the cooperation
of the State University System and
Agnes Scott College.

From 1934-36 he was Director
of the Atlanta Conservatory of
Music, and he was soloist with the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra each
year of its existence.

The Appreciation Hour, a week-
ly feature scheduled for the entire
fall quarter, is but one phase of
the activities being promoted by
Mr. Hodgson in his post as Direc-
tor of the Fine Arts Division of
the University Center. Besides
this program at Agnes Scott, the
division has established four oth-
ers to be held once a week in States-
boro, Valdosta, Milledgeville, and
Athens, each on a different night
of the week.

Each succeeding week he will ap-
pear merely as master of ceremonies
at programs which he has directed,
but which other artists will pre-
sent. Once a month there will be
a distinctly Agnes Scott program,
directed by C. W. Dieckmann, pro-
fessor of music.

CA Leaders
Summarize Work

Week of Chapel Programs
Includes Guest Speakers

Chapel services this week, con-
ducted by Christian Association,
will continue to center around the
theme of the year, "Thou shalt
love," and around the explanation
of the work carried on by Chris-
tian Association.

Anne Chambless will explain
the budget tomorrow, and Fri-
day Betty Medlock will speak on
church membership. Saturday's
chapel will be a Christian Associ-
ation membership service, and the
week will end with a reconsecra-
tion service Sunday afternoon at
5:3 0 in the chapel.

Plans for carrying out the theme
through the year, by emphasizing
both God's love to man and man's
love to God and his fellows, have
been worked out. October 13, Dr.
W. A. Smart, of the Emory Theo-
logical School, will speak, discuss-
ing "The Love of God to Man."

October 29, Dr. Leroy Loem-
ker, professor of philosophy at
Emory, will speak on "God's Love
for Man Through the Ages."

The worship services held each
Wednesday by C. A. will continue
the same idea.

The Agnes Scott News will
hold tryouts for the editorial
staff October 4-11. All those
interested are asked to sign up
on the Bulletin Board in But-
trick. Freshmen are not eligible.

HOTEL CANDLER
Convenient to Agnes Scott

T. J. Woods, Operator

Marcus Bartlett Aids
Radio Committee

Mr. Marcus Bartlett, from WSB,
and Bill Hinson, president of the
Emory Radio Guild, will meet
with the Alumnae Radio commit-
tee Monday at 7 P. M. in the Mac-
Lean Chapel of the Presser Build-
ing to discuss plans for the year's
activity that will follow. All stu-

Working in cooperation with
the Emory Radio Guild, a commit-
tee soon to be organized will write
scripts for this year's new series
of college radio programs.

Because WSB has reorganized its
own programs, wider subjects than
those of interest primarily to alum-
nae are desired, and will include
science, current events, personages,
music, opinions, and dramatiza-
tions.

Miss Roberta Winter, assistant
in speech, urges everyone interest-
ed in writing scripts and produc-
ing shows to become a member of
the committee.

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And Part More Friendly

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War in Europe
Molds Campus Trends

By Virginia Williams

The European war is showing its influence on the campus
with an increase in the Spanish department, knitting, war
maps, and patriotic jewelry.

The number of students in elementary Spanish classes
have increased from thirty-eight last year to sixty-one this
year, according to Miss Melissa Cil-
ley. A large part of this increase,
she says, is doubtless due to "sen-
timental reasons"; but there would
have been some increase if there had
been no "unusual reasons", be-
cause the interest in the Spanish
language has increased with our
interest in the affairs of the Span-
ish-speaking countries.

Patriotic Knitting

Student sympathies for the un-
fortunates of the war may take
the form of sweaters, scarfs, and
socks for the soldiers. Knitting in
co-operation with the Red Cross
is going to become a campus proj-
ject under the direction of Ellen
Gould. Henceforth such colors
as chartreuse or lavender in your
knitting bag will mark you as a
person who is lacking in patriot-
ism.

Dr. Davidson approves only if
"knitting in class doesn't become
a patriotic duty". Grace Walker
announces that she supposes that
she will have to knit for the Ger-
mans "to keep the campus neu-
tral".

Front Page News

Further evidence of the aware-
ness of the student body of the
conflict in Europe is that the front
page of the papers in the library
is more worn than the comic sec-
tion. You find war maps even
used as wall decorations in some
of the rooms of the' dormitory.

And have you seen the tiny lit-
tle flag pins that Tine Gray's
mother gave Tine and Mary Bon
this fall? Also, I wonder if all
the red coats seen on the campus
could be signs of British sympathy.
Certainly there's no mistaking the
jolly old English custom of tea at
four which is being revived at the
tea house.

If you need further evidence
that the campus is militant, we
refer you to the A. A. rally.

Faculty members and families,
husbands, wives, children, and
dogs, will gather at Harrison Hut
Saturday at 8 P. M. for the an-
nual Bacon Bat given by the sec-
ond-year faculty members to new-
comers into the group.

Miss Thelma Albright, chair-
man of the committee, has an-
nounced that this year's bat will
be given in honor of Dr. Hugh
Hodgson, visiting professor of mu-
sic, Dr. Eugenia Jones, resi-
dent physician, Miss Margaret
Weir, assistant in the library, Miss
Martha Crowe, instructor in
French, and last year's graduates,
Miss Evelyn Baty, Miss Carolyn
Forman, Miss Eleanor Hutchens,
Miss Jane Moses, and Miss Grace
Ward.

The name "bacon bat" is last
generation's steak-fry, and is held
over as tradition in this case.

Cooperative Committees
Aid Student Government

With the theme of combining
the relationship of the student
government experience to individ-
ual development, Student Govern-
ment Association has formed sev-
eral new committees this year.

The committees are: Library,
Hazel Scruggs, Margaret McGari-
ty, Margaret Mary Toomey, Joella
Craig, Aileen Still, and Martha
Ann Smith, who help maintain a
quiet atmosphere in the library;
Food, Martha Boone, Helen Har-
die and Tine Gray, who serve as
connecting links between the stu-
dents' wishes and the dietitians'
plans; and tea house, Gay Swag-
erty and Marian Brittingham.

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Mollie Oliver Checks Up On

After Working Hours

Well, within these gates of learning, classes are clicking
smoothly along with almost a Hitlerite precision ; but believ-
ing that the old truth about all work and no play is still true,
Jill has taken not only time off to brush up on her technique,

but also the
spotlight in
entertaining
the rushees.

PHI DELTA
THETA rush
parties at
EMORY at-
tracted :

Agnes Doug-
las, Nell Tur-
ner, Mary
Louise Duffee,
Eleanor Aber-
nathy, Mary

Louise Pal-

mour, Susan
s e 1 f , Lillian OMvPT
Glsh, Claire wmyi
Purcell, Neva

Jackson, Cor- delia Batte,
Marion Phillips, Edith Dale, Julia Ann Patch,
Olivia White, Mary Robertson, Ida Jane
Vaughn, Sue Phillips, Mary Anne Cochran,
Betty Henderson, Joella Craig, Clara Round-
tree, Jane McDonough, Kathryn Johnson,
Frankie Butt, Caroline Smith, and Mary
Jano Auld.

Helping with SIGMA CHI rush parties at
EMORY were:

Alleen Still, Betty Jackson, Alice Clem-
ents, Ann Bumstead, Mary Frances Walker,
Sue Phillips, Elaine Stubbs, Anne Martin,
Lib Barrett, Nina Broughton, Julia Ann
Patch, Frances Ellis, Frances Fleming, Jane
Sugg, Edith Dale, Mary Robertson, Matilda
Cartledge, Lib Beasley, Quincy Mills, Nell
Turner, Mary Louise Duffee, Marcla Mar-
land, Barbara Connally, Evelyn Coggins,
Flake Patman, Tine Gray, Laura Looper,
Shirley Gately, and Marjorie Wilson.

And at KA rush parties were :

Florrle Guy, Lillian Schwencke, Marion
Phillips, Sue Phillips, Sara Copeland, and
Helen Gilmer.

Duck Copeland and Polly Frlnk went to
the ATO FORMAL at TECH. and Sarah
Gray Hollis was seen at PHI DELTA THE-
TA there.

ALPHA TAU OMEGA at EMORY drew:

Betty Jackson, Anne Bumstead, Georgine
Castagnet, Betty Bond, Duck Copeland,
Marion Phillips, Polly Frlnk, Shirley Gate-
ly, Bette Burdett, Lib Turner, Nell Turner,
Betty Bacon, Eleanor Abernathy, Betty Sul-
livan, Flake Patman, Arabelle Boyer, Susan
Montgomery, and Mary Jeter.

Seen at the CHI PHI rush parties at
EMORY were:

Duck Copeland, Polly Frlnk, Charlene
Burke, Rowena Barrlnger, Frankie Butt.
Keeker Newton, Helen Jester, Luclle Gaines,
Beryl Healey, and Betty Jackson.

Other fraternity and rush parties include :

SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON:

Marjorie Wilson, Annie Wilds, Jessie
MacGuire, Mary Dean Lott, Betty Waitt,
Nina Mae Snead, Susan Self. Becky Stam-
per, Claire Bennett, Frances Fleming, Su-
san Montgomery, Julia Florence, and Pat
Stokes.

XI PSI PHI:

Annie Wilds, Jessie MacGuire, Mary Dean
Lott, Nina Mae Snead. and Bizelle Roberts.
DELTA SIGMA:

Mary James Seagle and Rebecca Stamper.
PSI OMEGA:

Eugenia Hailcy, Lillian Gish, Rowena
1 Barrlnger, Shirley A. Smith. Elta Robinson,
Helen Gilmer, and Olivia White.
SIGMA NU :

Elta Robinson, Kathryn Hill, Rose Jor-
I dan. Mary Jeter, Arabell Boyer, Julia A.
Florence, Georgine Castagnet, Anne Cham-
bless.

PI KA:

Helen Summerour, Alleen Still, Mary
Louise Duffee. Betty Ashcraft, Julia A.
Florence, ad Flake Patman.

SPE:

Mary Zellars. Mary Anne Atkins. Libby
Steadman, Marjorie Simpson, and Laverne
Stunner.

Campus Queen Scene: We

bow to Helen Hardie this week,
caught wearing "a good little black
dress," its only but outstanding
ornament one of Vogue's latest gad-
gets, a shining question mark in
gold metal, with a small locket as
its dot.

Clubs Organize
Try Outs

The clubs are being organized
now and many have already made
plans for the coming year.

Pi Alpha Phi will hold try-
outs Monday night, October 7, in
the chapel. These tryouts are open
only to sophomores, juniors and
seniors. Instructions can be found
on the back bulletin board in But-
trick.

Pen and Brush Club announ-
ces a three-fold plan for the com-
ing year. During the year, the
club will hear talks by experts in
various fields of art. There will
also be special sketch classes. As
a climax to these classes, the club
will sponsor a student art exhibit
in the spring.

The Cotillion Club has an-
nounced its tryouts. The appli-
cants are to be judged on appear-
ance and posture as well as danc-
ing ability.

Top Off the E vening

Top off the evening and the outfit
with a shimmering separate . . .
blouse or jacket . . . sequin studded
for starry nights . . . Prism-colored
blouses that believe in topping
off evenings with something beau-
tiful. Give these but one long
glance and so will you!

Flannel or crepe with sequins . . . many styles
in many colors . . . $5.98-$10

Separate Shop
Street Floor

RICH'S

Clower

Clower Takes Notes

For the Record

Virginia Tuggle qualifies as a
real freshman with a faux pas she
somehow managed last week. She
met up with Miss Willis, whom she
knew only as a fellow student in
German Ol,
in the book
store one day.
Falling into
c o n v ersation
with the sup-
posed "upper
c 1 a s s m a n,"
Virginia found
that her com-
panion was al-
so waiting to
buy a German
book. Seizing the opportunity to
run an errand, she handed Miss
Willis a bill, explaining "You have
an honest face; why don't you just
buy me a book when your turn
comes? And don't forget the
change!"

We don't know what the reply
was but, Virginia has her book.

Add Secretary's Joys

Fancy Lou Pate's secretarial
chagrin to find that she had typed,
at Mr. Stukes' dictation: "Dear
Sir: Your daughter has been re-
ceived and looked over with inter-
est."

At first it seemed funny when
half a dozen freshmen asked cu-
riously if "Junior Chocolates"
were little tiny pieces of candy, but
Grace Ward confessed that she
spent most of her freshman year
thinking the same thing, and didn't
dare ask.

Street Car Blues

Maybe student government will
get up a petition about the Deca-
tur street cars now. Betsy Kend-
rick will support it anyway, since
one day last week, on a particu-
larly rough ride to town, she grab-
bed at the side of the seat to keep
from being spilled into the aisle,
and found herself clinging to the
shin bone of a much bewildered
gentleman seated behind her.

Lovesick Seniors

Nobody could imagine why
Elaine Stubbs was so upset last
week about losing a nickel. She
searched the campus high and low,
and mystified everybody with her
concern. The solution finally
came to light when the missing
nickel was discovered in the book
store cash register, its distinguish-
ing characteristic being the sig-
nificant inscription of "Elaine" on
one side, with " ." " ." on the
other.

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Freshman Twins Bring
Confusion To Campus

By Virginia Williams

The Comedy of Errors as a double feature has become a
reality on our campus with the arrival of Miriam and Maslin
House, of New York, and Elizabeth and Julia Harvard, of
Atlanta.

Mir and Mas can be recognized,
if worse comes to worst, by their
hair. Mir parts her hair lower
than Mas and has been known to
wear pigtails, and, according to
the abashed Mir, Mas rolls up
her hair more often. The Harvard
twins are a little more consider-
ate of their public since Julia is a
little taller than Elizabeth. Unfor-
tunately, this helps only when you
have them together.

Office Lists
Senior
Chaperons

Fifty Senior Boarders
Accept Privilege of
Chaperoning Underclassmen

The dean's office has completed
the list of senior chaperones. The
girls who have accepted are:

Ruth Allgood, Mary Stuart
Arbuckle, Elizabeth Barrett, Mir-
iam Bedinger, Martha Boone, Fran-
ces Breg, Nina Broughton, Sabine
Brumby, Hariette Cochran, Freda
Copeland, Ann Fisher, Lucile
Gaines, Ellen Gould, Sarah Hand-
ley, Helen Hardie, Beryl Healy,
Ann Henry, Beth Irby, Betsy Ken-
drick, Betty Kyle, Anne Martin,
Martha Moody, Margaret Murchi-
son, Louise Musser, Mollie Oliver,
Martha O'Nan, Pattie Patterson,
Marian Phillips, Sue Phillips, Etta
Robinson, Elizabeth Ruprecht,
Laura Sale, Louise Sams, Hazel
Scruggs, Susan Self, Gene Slack,
Nina May Snead, Carolyn Strozier,
Elaine Stubbs, Mary Bon Utter-
back, Ida Jane Vaughan, Betty
Waitts, Grace Walker, Connie
Watson, Scottie Wilds, Virginia
Williams, Cornelia Willis, Mary-
Mad ison Wisdom, Margaret
Threadhead and Anita Woolfolk.

Miss Hanley
Acts as Adviser

Acting as consultant to the ar-
chitect in remodeling and adding
to the Connecticut College Library,
Miss Edna Hanley, Agnes Scott
librarian, will spend the month of
October in New London, Connec-
ticut, where the college is situat-
ed. It has an enrollment of ap-
proximately 750 students.

She plans to spend the latter part
of the month visiting the libraries
of Vassar, Wellesley and Mt.
Holyoke.

Mortar Board Entertains

Mortar Board will entertain the
transfer students Saturday night
at 8 P. M. at Harrison Hut.

Ann Henry and Gene Slack make
up the entertainment committee,
while Elaine Stubbs and Frances
Breg are on the invitations com-
mittee.

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Dinner 11:00-2:00

Supper 5:30-8:00

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No Bad Mixups Yet

Mir House says of the teachers:
''They haven't gotten us mixed up
yet; they just can't tell us apart.
And, as for the roommates of the
House twins, "they just take it for
granted which one is which."

Both sets of twins wear identi-
cal clothing, but Julia Harvard
likes yellow, while Elizabeth pre-
fers blue. You do learn to com-
promise when you are two.

The House twins not only have
everything alike, but they also like
the same things, even the same
boy last year. There are a few
minor differences, however, such
as Mas' liking mixed nuts and
Miriam's liking potato chips. Mir
is taking hockey this quarter, but
Mas is taking swimming.

Miriam couldn't remember any
other differences, unless one were
Maslin's being so "lady-like" when
she was little. "She isn't like that
any more," said Mir. "I mean she
isn't delicate anymore."

Twins Differ

The Harvard twins don't think
that they are as much alike as the
House twins, even if the teachers
do "just look hard" and say "Good
morning, Miss Harvard."

Julia loves watermelon while
Elizabeth adores asparagus. Do
they like the same movies? Julia
answers, "I have never seen a show
that I didn't like."

Of course, there are lots of mix-
ups but neither Miriam House or
Julia Harvard could remember
any. "If only Mas were here we
could think," mourned Mir in true
Siamese fashion.

Mas Alias Mir

There was the time in high
school when Miriam had to stay
after school in three subjects. Mas
finally said she would do one of
them for her. The trouble didn't
develop until the teacher said in
perfect innocence, "You may go
now, Miriam." Mas felt so bad
that she confessed and Mir had to
do it all over again.

The confused had their revenge
the other night. One of the twins
spent hours trying to persuade a
pledge to join a certain fraternity,
only to find that the supposed
pledge was the president of the fra-
ternity.

In conclusion, if you are still
confused, look at the bracelets of
the House twins, or just ask the
Harvards about which is which.

Bowl for Health's Sake
DECATUR BOWLING ALLEY

Bowling 10c Any Time

Page 4

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS

Campus Camera

GEORGE WASHINGTON

RECEIVED ONLY ONE COLLEGE
DEGREE - - AN LIB. FROM
WASHINGTOM COLLEGE, MD.

University of Wisconsin co-ed? us^
enough lipstick annually to paint

FOUR GOOD SUED BARNS'/ THE AVERAGE
GO-ED COVERS' 9.68 SQ. FEET OF LIP.T
IN A YEAR

Colleges View
Conscription

Peacetime military conscription
of the nation's young men for the
purpose of bolstering the national
defense is about to become a fact.
Whether college men 21 and over
like the prospect or not, they now
face compulsory registration which
for some will lead to service in the
nation's armed forces.

As is to be expected, campus
support throughout the country
for the Burke-Wadsworth bill has
lagged considerably behind the
support given the measure by the
population as a whole. A recent
tabulation of press polls showed
that 66 per cent of America's adult
voting population favored con-
scription. Unfortunately, collegi-
ate opinion up to now has not been
sounded as extensively as that of
the general public. But it is a
safe bet that an objective sampling,
following the methods of Dr. Gal-
lup's Institute of Public Opinion,
would find college students voting
considerably less than two-thirds
in favor of compulsory military
training.

Student Favor Grows

Nevertheless there have been
straws in the wind these last few
weeks indicating that even among
students there is growing senti-
ment that America must call its
manpower to the alert. Under-
graduate and faculty groups and
individuals in increasing numbers
have conceded that some sort of
a draft is necessary.

In Philadelphia, Lawson Robert-
son, 5 7-year-old Pcnn and Olym-
pic track coach, declared for com-
pulsory military training to
toughen American youths for pos-
sible defense of their country. "I
don't think the young fellows of
today are ready for a war," assert-
ed Robertson, celebrating his twen-
ty-fifth anniversary at Penn. "They
have the initiative, but not the
endurance for fighting."

Wheeler Objects

A m c r i c a's college millions
watched closely as the conscription
bill bounced over a rocky path
through the houses of congress.
Among the principal senate oppon-
ents was Montana's isolationist

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

CampusQuotes

The question of the Japanese
Embargo is before us again. Last
year the problem* was disiussed
heatedly, and the iampus was quite
upset over the indiscriminate ship-
ping of arms and sirap iron to Ja-
pan. Now that the United States
has actually passed an act prohib-
iting the sale of scrap iron and oil
to Japan, let us see what is the
general consensus of opinion.

Gay Currie, '42:

It's a fine thing, but I'm afraid
that it has come too late. We have
no idea how much reserve Japan
may have after her years of col-
lecting scrap iron. And anyway,
I wonder if it can possibly be en-
forced strictly enough to do very
much good.

Dorothy Wheeler, '43:

The Japanese Embargo is not
strict enough, I'm afraid. There
are loop holes, especially in the oil
clause that will prohibit practical
enforcement of the embargo. It's
a good plan, but should be made
watertight to be practicable.

Julia Lancaster, '42:

The Japanese Embargo is the
best way of putting an end to Ja-
pan's increasing military strength.
But I think that it should have
come before international relations
became so strained. It could now
be considered as an act of war, so
to speak.

Laura Sale, '41 :

I believe that the embargo is the
best move that could be made to
chec k Japan's power, especially
since America now is the most im-
portant source of available scrap
iron.

Patty Patterson, '41 :

I think that the Japanese Em-
bargo is a good move on our part,
and though it will naturally an-
tagonize Japan, I don't believe that
she can retaliate effectively on us.

Burton K. Wheeler, whose objec-
tions, based on two personal con-
victions, struck a responsive chord
in many student minds: 1, that
conscription would destroy democ-
racy in the United States; 2, that
Hitler has no military designs on
the U. S. (ACP).

The Shall
Make Us Free

Student Government's theme of the
year, the relationship of the government
as a whole to the individual, as announced
by Frances Breg in chapel last week,
strikes us as being an excellent one in its
pertinence to the problems of government
and individual freedom in the world today.

The one-man domination of European
powers who were once free reminds us
constantly that a government by groups
made up of individuals who can assert
themselves without fear is the only gov-
ernment to give individual freedom. We
are free as long as we are working togeth-
er; but when we fail to work together,
then we become dominated by a few, and
a government of coercion begins.

Just as in our student government the
individual must take responsibility toward
the group, so it is in a democracy ; and as
our sense of responsibility increases, so
will our privileges. But if we, as individu-
als, cannot give up small, selfish, personal
liberties to help further the broader free-
dom of the group and thus the broader
freedom of those making up the group,
then we have to give up true freedom.

We can begin here in our small democ-
racy to develop ourselves individually in
regard to the group, and to learn coopera-
tion with others. Thus student govern-
ment aids us in preparing ourselves to help
retain in our country the freedom that has
been so recently lost in others.

Committee Appeals
To Radio Enthusiasts

The days of Agnes Scott's radio pub-
licity are over if students fail to answer
the appeal for aid issued by the Alumnae
Radio Committee this week.

As announced by Miss Roberta Winter,
Director of the Wednesday afternoon pro-
grams last year, WSB's new policy does
not allot schools time for Alumnae broad-
casts.

But the Agnes Scott radio publicity
black-out is not complete. WSB has offer-
ed us a spark of opportunity that can be
fanned into an ambitious light by the en-
ergies of interested students. It has offer-
ed to accept, and is actually clamoring
for, any adult educational material pre-
sented in an entertaining manner; and it
has suggested preference for Pan-Ameri-
can material. The programs may not even
be presented by Agnes Scott students, but
the station will give the school and author
credit, if not pay, for the scripts.

This arrangement seems to offer not
only a chance for more interesting and
varied programs, but also a challenge to
the originality of those interested in pro-
ducing the programs. And to those in-
terested persons, the Alumnae Radio Com-
mittee sends out an invitation and appeal
to meet with them Monday to discuss plans
for continuing the radio publicity so obvi-
ously beneficial to the school.

California Students
Volunteer as Guinea Pigs
In Vitamin A Test

Students at the University of California agri-
cultural college are undergoing a unique "vitamin
A" test to see if they are getting a properly bal-
anced diet.

Three hundred students were asked to volun-
teer in the series of tests conducted by the home
economics department.

Eyes of the respondents are measured under a
"regenometer" which measures adaptation of the
eye to darkened vision.

Behind the test is the theory of "visual purple"
a fluid substance living around the outside of
the retina which adjusts the vision to darkness.

Inadequacy of "visual purple" causes "night-
blindness," a factor which highway safety engin-
eers say causes many traffic accidents. (ACP)

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Cause and Effect

A neat little sequence worked itself out in
Europe, Asia, and America last w r eek. For weeks
rumors of American use of Singapore as a naval
base persist. Then, in a nearby corner of Asia,
soldiers of the Rising Sun
march into Indo-China. In
Washington, Secretary Hull
announces a loan to China
and a long-delayed embargo
on scrap ison to Japan. Then,
undfcs Hitles's eye in Berlin,
Japan with Italy and Ger-
many, signs a ten-year treaty
aimed in threat against tne
United States. Back in
Washington, Congress de-
cides not to adjourn just yet.

Stevenson

Time Bomb

The new alliance is the big news and the big
headache of the week. It has significance in
many regions of the earth. The Russians are
restive: Will they be the unwilling silent part-
ner of the concern? China, cut off by the Brit-
ish from the Burma Road and by the Japanese
in Indo-Cnina, faces worse conditions. England
fears American intimidation, but sees nopefully a
way to distract attention from Germany's tardy
timetable of fall sports. America is given a nasty
jolt, an appreciable lessening of remoteness from
war. The situation is explosive. The bomb has
been located, but not made harmless.

Self Deception

The loan to China of $2 5,000,000 is a gesture.
It is as if we, across the water, shouted encour-
agement to somebody already drowning. We
have banned scrap iron from Japan, and, there-
fore, we pat ourselves on the back as non-appeas-
ers. But the essential facts are disillusioning:
that sales to Japan have increased steadily in the
last three years until in some vital war lines they
exceed those to England and Australia; that Ja-
pan already has enough scrap iron from this coun-
try to last a long time; that scrap iron is only
one material on a long list of goods still helping
Japan.

Checkmate

The Dakar episode had nothing clean or decis-
ive or glorious in it. It was a fiasco, humiliat-
ing and harmful to England. As an exhibition
of weakness that the British could not afford, it
was bad enough. But Churchill and his army
and navy staffs know that they had an actual
strategic need of the West African colony. And
the tragi-comic DeGaulle in his position as rally-
ing point for French resistance has lost prestige.

Life Underground

The gallantry of the Cockney and West End-
ers in London is the unconscious gallantry of the
innocent bystander, the little inoffensive man of
the Wellsian fable. He must put up with death
and bomb craters in parlor, bedroom, and bath;
but it seems a shame to observers for misery to
be his lot as well in the huge vaults of the public
air raid shelters. Apparently criticism heard in
high places may have effect. The wretched ac-
commodations in air raid shelters seem to have
a good chance of being bettered soon.

Harmony

The people to the south of the United States
have been conditioned too long to think of us as
"gringo" to be convinced of the good neighbor
policy without action. A conviction of Ameri-
can sincerity may spread since the new treaty
between the United States and the Dominican
Republic. This paper signed by Cordcll Hull
and Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, an ex-president and
special envoy of the Dominican Republic, has
put an end to a thirty-five year control of the
customs of the republic.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940.

No. 3.

McDonald Sells
Series Tickets
On Campus

All Star Concerts

Include Operas, Symphony

In Outstanding Lists

Mr. Marvin McDonald, of the
Atlanta Music Club, will speak in
chapel Friday morning on this
year's All-Star Concert series.
Monday he will begin the sale of
tickets in the lobby of Buttrick.

An opera by the Metropolitan
Opera Company, recitals by six
vocalists, two pianists, a master
violinist, and a symphony orches-
tra will compose the program of
concerts to be presented this year
by the All-Star Concert Series at
the Municipal Auditorium in At-
lanta.

A quartet of famous singers will
open the concert series Friday, Oc-
tober 25. Three of these singers
are from the Metropolitan Opera
Company, and the fourth is Igor
Gorin, of motion picture and Vic-
tor Record fame.

The second artist of the series
will be Yehudi Menuhin, violin
genius, who will be heard Friday,
November 22. The pianist-com-
poser, Serge Rachmaninoff, will
play in Atlanta December 9.

Jussi Bjoerling, the new tenor
star of the Metropolitan, will ap-
pear Saturday, January 18. Law-
rence Tibbett, famous baritone,
is scheduled to sing on Wednesday,
February 26.

On Tuesday, March 25, Vladi-
mir Golschmann will conduct the
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in
a program on which the pianist
will be featured.

Gounod's opera "Faust" will be
the final attraction on April 29.
It has been announced that Helen
Jepson will play the role of "Mar-
guerite." . There will be no seats
available for this opera except
those not taken by subscribers to
the All-Star Concert Series.

Emory Announces
Lecture Series

Famous Biographer to
Speak on England, France

The Student Lecture Associa-
tion of Emory University has an-
nounced a brilliant lecture series
for the 1940-1941 series, headed
by Andre Maurois and Thomas
Mann. The program also includes
an American admiral, a choir and
an English historian.

First speaker will be Andre
Maurois, who will speak October
17 on the subject, "England and
France: Can They be Friends
Again?" Mr. Maurois, who spoke
at Agnes Scott year before last, is
known as France's foremost biog-
rapher and essayist."

December 7, Admiral H. E.
Yarnell, former commander-in-
chief of the United States Asiatic
Fleet, will speak on "The Far
East." Admiral Yarnell holds the
distinguished service medal for
outstanding service to America in
handling problems brought up by
the Japanese invasion of China.

The Westminster Choir, directed
by Dr. John Finley Williamson,
will give a program of both relig-
ious and secular music February 8.

"The World Today" will be the
subject of an address by Philip
Guedalla, English historian and
essayist.

April 3, 1941, Thomas Mann,
sometimes called "The greatest
living man in letters," will speak
on "The Problem of Freedom."
Dr. Mann, a Nobel prize winner,
has recently become an American
citizen.

Price of tickets will vary from
seventy-five cents to a dollar.

Coming This Week

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
Games.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
Gym.

Saturday, 8 P. M. Black Cat

Stunt in Gym.
Monday Sale of All-Star

Concert Series tickets.

Rivalry Grows

As Stunt Night Nears

By Jessie MacGuire

October comes around again,
and the Agnes Scott underclass-
men are full of thoughts, dreams,
hopes, and what have you, in an-
ticipation of the Black Cat Stunt.
Speaking from the viewpoint of
outsiders looking in, and finding
the plans of the two classes sur-
rounded by impregnable walls of
secrecy, we might say that these
stunts have us almost as curious as
the seniors did last year before
they finally published the theme
of their Senior Opera.

Bippy Gribble, that go-getter
from Texas, confided to her class
that the freshmen had a head start
on the sophomores, to which boast
the sophomores retaliated, "We
may be cooling our heels, but our
brains are getting warmer in the
process" or words to that effect.

Competition runs high, and no
doubt by the time this is printed,
there will be more positive proof
of it as was shown last year when
the daring frosh class executed an

effigy of the sophs, hanging it in
cold blood to the tree by the gym.

Neither of the stunt chairmen
will even give a hint as to the
theme of their stunt, but each is
sure hers is the best, no matter
what the other 'may be. It is ru-
mored that hilarious sounds, and
squeals of delight, may be heard
from the composing room in Main
at all hours of the day and night,
and that much geniality and flow
of spirits is enjoyed by the writers
within. Seems to resemble Ben
Jonson's merry wine parties, with-
out the wine just the spirits.

Likewise Bippy would tell no
secrets, but spoke of the stunt with
utmost pride and unbounded en-
thusiasm, as though it were a thing
fearfully and wonderfully made
as it probably is.

If that cat would speak, we
wonder what it would say. It
seems almost alive at times, and
we venture to say that no living
cat has had so much rivalry spent
over its ownership as our little
black kitty!

Surprise Speaker

Dr. Harmon W. Caldwell, pres-
ident of the University of Geor-
gia, introduced Dr. Hugh Hodg-
son Friday night at the opening
concert of the Music Appreciation
Hour series.

Hodgson Presides
Over Musicale

The second in the series of con-
certs presented by the Fine Arts
Division of the University Cen-
ter, "An Evening With Bach," a
musicale entirely devoted to Bach
music, will be presented under the
direction of Hugh Hodgson Fri-
day night at 8 o'clock in the Bu-
cher Scott Gymnasium.

Atlanta and Agnes Scott musi-
cians will take parts on the pro-
gram. The numbers are as fol-
lows:

1. Prelude and Fugue C. W.
Dieckmann.

2. Illustrations from the Two
and Three Part Inventions Billy
Schatten, Irene Leftwich Harris,
J. T. Pittman, Hugh Hodgson.

3. Prelude and Fugue from the
Well -Jumpered Clavichord Hugh
Hodgson.

4. Ave Maria as arranged by
Gounod Minna Hecker, Hazel
Rood Weems, Hugh Hodgson.

5. Air for G String Mrs.
Weems.

6. Toccato and Fugue in G Mi-
nor Hugh Hodgson.

Atlanta Colleges Train
Armistice Day Speakers

In order to train speakers to ap-
pear in 40\ grammar and High
schools in Atlanta on Armistice
Day, Agnes Scott Christian Asso-
ciation, Emory, and Tech, will
hold a meeting here on October
13 to discuss "Christian Interpre-
tation of Americanism," which is
to be the subject of the Armistice
Day speeches.

Training for presenting these
talks will take the form of three
separate meetings on this campus,
the subjects being "Individual and
Minority Rights," "Preserving De-
mocracy in America," and "De-
mocracy at Work in the World."
Following this training, about
twenty-five from each school will
meet to discuss how to present the
November 11 program. Suzanne
Kaulbach will lead the work at
Agnes Scott, and people interest-
ed in speaking are urged to get in
touch with her about joining the
group.

Dr. McCain Speaks
At Georgia Synod

President Reports Expansion Plans
To Recent Presbyterian Meeting

Laying the groundwork of a new campaign for more
widespread Christian education in the Southeast, Dr. J. R.
McCain, president of the College, today made a report on
the activities of Agnes Scott during the past year to the
Eighty-first Annual Presbyterian Synod, now being held in
Washington, Georgia. The official purpose of his address
was to give the particulars of the expansion program

logical ^Seminary, his talk marked

now under way at the col-
lege through its connection with
the University Center; but, cou-
pled with the address of Dr. J. M.
Richards, of the Columbia Theo-

History Forum
Leads Meeting
At Emory

As its outstanding activity for
the year, Current History .Forum
will conduct a two-day Interna-
tional Relations Conference at Em-
ory University on October 2 5 and
26, to which delegates will come
from all Georgia colleges. Ten or
fifteen girls will spend the night
on the Agnes Scott campus.

Delegates to a one-day meeting
of International Relations Clubs of
Georgia Colleges last spring at
G. S. C. W., planned this year's
conferences. Agnes Scott was in-
vited to last year's conference but
was unable to attend. This year,
anyone from Current History
Forum may be a delegate to the
conference, according to Betty Ste-
venson, president.

Current History Forum has in-
vited guest speakers to conduct
programs for the year. Glenn
Rainey, professor of English at
Georgia Tech, will speak on "Com-
munism" on November 12.

Leroy Loemker, professor of
philosophy at Emory, will discuss
the "Background of Nazism,"
using information obtained on a
recent trip to Germany.

Al Staton, foreign representative
of the Coca-Cola Company, will
tell about* some country he has vis-
ited recently.

Miss Melissa Cilley, professor of
Spanish, will report on her South
American travels. Current His-
tory Forum is also tentatively
planning some joint meetings with
Pi Alpha Phi.

On the program for October 22,
Virginia Williams will conduct a
forum on the election. On De-
cember 10, there will be another
forum on "Ways of Helping Eng-
land."

Yesterday, at the first meeting,
Miss Muriel Ham, professor of Ger-
man, spoke on "Nationalities and
Foods.''

Mr. Stukes Tells Freshmen
How to Study

Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, will
talk to the freshman class Monday,
October 14, at 4:30 P. M., on
"How to Study." On the days fol-
lowing the talk, Miss Charlotte
Hunter, assistant dean of stu-
dents, will work with them on
their time schedules.

the inauguration of a plan to pro-
mote similar expansion of all Pres-
byterian colleges in Georgia.

Adopt New Goal

The energies of the Georgia
Synod in recent years have been
directed towards establishing a
ministers' annuity .fund. Now
that this goal has been reached, the
Synod is turning its attention to-
wards the young people, in hopes
of solving some of the problems
of youth in gaining an education.

To enlist the support of the en-
tire Southeast in this program, Dr.
McCain will formally address the
Florida Synod when it convenes in
Tallahassee on and around Octo-
ber 16. While Agnes Scott will
not itself be interested in the fund-
raising part of the campaign, Dr.
McCain says that it will throw the
full strength of its support behind
circulation of literature during the
three-year period assigned to the
placing of greater emphasis on
Christian education.

Chairman Sweets

The plan originated almost
spontaneously a year ago during a
committee discussion of education-
al problems. Dr. Henry H. Sweets,
of Louisville, Kentucky, is at pres-
ent the general chairman of activi-
ties.

Library Adds
Many New Books

Many new books have been add-
ed to the library during the sum-
mer months and are now on the
shelves ready for use.

Among the new fiction volumes
are Mr. Skejftngton, a novel by
Elizabeth, the author of The En-
chanted April, and Dorothy Sayers'
Busman's Honeymoon, a love story
with detective interruptions.

Several new books on current
history are: Stuart Chase's The
Economy of Abundance, Raymond
Leslie Buell's Isolated America, Fe-
lix Frankfurter's Law and Politics,
and Harold and Margaret Sprout's
Rise of American Naval Power.

To the literary collection have
been added: The American Song-
frag by Carl Sandburg, Charles
Lam!? and His Contemporaries by
Edmund Blunden, and Jean Racine
by A. F. B. Clark.

Among the new economic and
sociological books are: E. Franklin
Frazier's The Negro Family in the
U. S., Race, Class and Party by
Paul Lewinson, and Albig's Public
Opinion.

New books on religion are 7 Have
Seen God Do It by Sherwood Eddy,
and The Idea of a Christian Society,
by T. S. Eliot.

i

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940.

Class Games Introduce
Fall Hockey Season

Archers Place Fifth in Tournament;
Musser, Milner, Thompson Make B Scores

By Susan Self

On Friday afternoon at 3:30, Agnes Scott opens another
hockey season. The freshmen meet the sophomores in a
black cat preliminary, while the senior class faces junior com-
petition.

Right now, the junior class, with twenty-five seasoned
candidates and a hockey cham-

pionship to brag about, looks like
the team to beat. Dot and Alta
Webster, Doris Hasty, Mary Dean
Lott, Gay Currie, and Billie Da-
vis were all listed on last year's
varsity, and Marjorie Gray, Jessie
MacGuire, and Annie Wilds plac-
ed on the sub-varsity team.

But while watching the juniors
for superb quality, just look at the
freshman team for an idea of mass
production. Anything looking
like Atlanta during the G. W. T.
W. parade will be freshman hock-
ey practice. And they didn't learn
all of their hockey in America.
Ruth Farrior played for her school
in Shanghai, and Zena Harris wall
be around to show us how the Brit-
ish do it.

Experienced Seniors

The senior team represents a
nice group of polished players, with
three varsity and one sub-varsity
member included. All of the four-
teen candidates are experienced.
Dusty Hance, winner of the sopho-
more hockey stick, will be back to
strengthen the offensive.

The sophomores have two good
teams and should be an even
match for the seniors. Clara
Rountree and Dot Holloran should
be watched.

Archery Victories

News that Agnes Scott's first
team placed fifth among southern
schools in the Women's Eleventh
Annual Intercollegiate Telegraphic
Archery Tournament came last
week. Three Agnes Scott archers
Louise Musser ('41), Virginia
Milner ('40), and Henrietta
Thompson ('40), made Class B
scores. We are proud of that
record, especially when we re-
member last May's persistent rains.

Archery Lesson

Clubs Open
Regular Programs
Bible Club

Louise Sams, president, has an-
nounced that the theme for the
coming year will be, "The Bible
and the World Today." Instead of
having speakers on various sub-
jects come before the club, there
will be discussion groups within
the club. The club plans to co-
operate with Christian Association
in its work with the chapel and
other welfare organizations.
Poetry Club

Sunday afternoon, the Poetry
Club met at the home of Dr. W.
F. Melton, of Atlanta. Mr. Mel-
ton is interested in poetry and in-
vited Mr. Byron Herbert Recce,
the "Mountain Poet," to read some
of his selections.

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School and Church.

Vogue Offers
Contest

Magazine Seeks New Talent
Among College Students

The Sixth Prix de Paris, Vogue's
annual career contest for college
seniors, was announced today by
Edna Woolman Chase, editor of
Vogue magazine.

"Our purpose in sponsoring the
Prix de Paris contest," said Mrs.
Chase, "is to discover college
girls who have the ability to write
and a flair for fashion."

Seven Awards

This year, Vogue's Prix de Paris
contest offers seven major awards.
First prize is a year's position on
Vogue's fashion staff. Formerly,
this prize included six months in
Vogue's Paris office, but now, due
to world conditions, the winner
will spend the full period of her
award in Vogue's New York of-
fice. Second prize a special
Vanity Fair award is six months
as a feature writer on Vogue's
staff. In addition, five cash
prizes will be awarded for the best
contest theses.

Honorable Mention

Besides the seven major prizes,
"Honourable Mentions" will be
awarded to contestants whose pa-
pers show unusual merit. These
awards carry with them the pos-
sibility of jobs in a wide variety
of fields. Honorable Mention
winners will be interviewed for
jobs by stores, advertising agen-
cies, and publications. Of the 60
leading entrants in the five pre-
vious contests, 40 are today fol-
lowing careers in a variety of fields.

Mabel Stowe practices target-
shooting as Nancy Hirsch looks
on in an archery class on the
hockey field.

Survey Reveals 'Cola'
As Coca-Cola

The word "cola" means "Coca-
Cola" in collegiate language, ac-
cording to a survey held recently.
Of 2,400 students at ten colleges,
including Agnes Scott and Em-
ory, 89 percent of the students
gave the answer.

Dr. Floyd Ruch, psychology
professor at the University of
Southern California, now on leave
of absence, came to the Agnes
Scott campus, and held a "free-
association" test involving 26
cards with single words* the stu-
dent giving the first word he
thought of in response.

Just last week the purpose of
the test was revealed when the re-
sults of the test were used as tes-
timony at Wilmington, Delaware,
in the trial of action brought by
the Coca-Cola Company against
the Nehi Corporation.

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A. A. Groups Hold
Annual Tryouts

Whether your preference be ten-
nis, golf or swimming, you're
sure to get a chance at member-
ship in one of A. A.'s coveted
clubs this week. Tomorrow is
the deadline for entrance into
tennis and swimming clubs, so
hurry down to the gym between
2 and 5 for tennis, and between
4:30 and 5 for swimming.

Charity Crocker has already an-
nounced plans for the organization
of a golf club this month. If you
shoot in the 40's you're welcomed,
if in the 5 0's you're eligible, and
if your score wavers around the
early 60's you might be considered
for membership. At any rate, be
sure to give your three lowest score
cards to Miss Wilburn before Oc-
tober 31st.

French Student Tells
Tale of Submarine Attack

Two submarines at four o'clock in the morning, and for-
ty-five minutes in a lifeboat didn't make Josanne McDaniels'
trip from Europe much of what we would call a boil voyage.

c i didn't realize . . she said, discussing the encounter that
the U. S. S. Washington had with the enemy submarine, "I

thought it was only a drill. We

had been told that we would have
a boat drill the next day."

Josanne's description of what
actually took place was brief.

"The sirens sounded at four-
thirty in the morning. We had
less than ten minutes to get our
valuables and get in the boats. I
had time only to put on my socks
and a coat. There were thirty
people in my boat when it swung
out into the water. We could see
the blinkers of the submarines.
One submarine was a mile away,
the other was only half a mile away
and all under water but its peri-
scope.

Life Boats Manned

"There weren't enough lifeboats.
No men could get on the boats.
About sixty children were under
the care of one nurse. She couldn't
care for them all, and get them on
the boats. I felt so sorry for them
crying and frightened. I took two
of them under my wing. It was
awful. Everyone was looking out
for himself."

The boats stayed in the water
until the submarine signaled that
they had made a mistake and to go
ahead. At this sign the lifeboats
were swung up, and the Washing-
ton started on its way with the
people still in the boats. Josanne
made a motion with her hands as
if swinging in a lifeboat wasn't
to be counted among iife's most
choice experiences.

Left in June

The U. S. S. Washington left
Portugal in June. Josanne's moth-
er had driven her from France
through Spain to Portugal. The
people on the ship didn't want to
go by Ireland to pick up more ref-
ugees, said Josanne, because they
thought it was too dangerous and

the ship was already crowded.

Josanne shared a room with four
old ladies. That's why she couldn't
find her shoes when they were or-
dered to the lifeboats. Her shoes
were under one of the other beds
because she had to climb over the
four other beds to get to her cot.

After that first fright the trip
was uneventful, but the passengers
were in continual fear of a simi-
lar occurrence.

Family in Europe

Josanne's mother is still in
France and Josanne didn't want
to leave, but her father insisted
that it was best. If she had re-
mained in France she would have
studied voice this year. Her per-
fect English comes from "studying
hard in school with teachers from
Oxford." Another reason for it
may be that "There we have more
conversation in learning a lan-
guage."

Josanne's father is an American
who volunteered in the last war
and married in France. Josanne
came over two years ago to meet
her father's people, but she stayed
only a month. She is very, very
French and calls the map of Eu-
rope over her bed "My country".

Writer Advises
How to Read

American colleges and universi-
ties should abolish textbooks and
substitute the study of 100 of the
world's greatest books, according
to Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, author
of "How to Reacl a Book."

As a model for such a move he
suggested St. John's at Annapolis,
where the teachers lead discussions
on the great thinkers like Homer,
Plato, Galen, Hegel, Marx and
Freud. (ACP)

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Page 3

Busy Alumnae

Hold Variety of Posts

By Rebekah Hogan

From all reports, most of the
members of the class of 1940 have
all found something profitable and
interesting to occupy their time.
Some of them have decided to con-
tinue studying. Ruth Eyles is
taking her Quenelle Harrold Fel-
lowship work in bio-chemistry at
the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, and Mary Elizabeth Leavitt
also has a fellowship in bio-chem-
istry at Emory.

Betsy Banks will go to the Wash-
ington School for Secretaries after
Christmas, while Marion Franklin
is also learning secretarial work at
the Katherine Gibbs School in New
York. Emily Underwood is stay-
ing in Atlanta and taking a busi-
ness course at Crichton's.

Working for M.A.

Jane Knapp is getting her Mas-
ter in Household Arts and Sci-
ences at Columbia in New York,
and Mary Mac Templeton is work-
ing toward her M. A. in Math at
the University of North Carolina.
Nell Pinner is taking graduate
work at Columbia in Religious
Education, and Hazel Soloman is
continuing her study of French,
Spanish, and German at Chapel
Hill, N. C. Violet Jane Watkins
is doing graduate work in History
at Vanderbilt University.

Ruth Slack is studying Social
Medicine at Simmons College in
Boston.

Betty Jean O'Brien is attending
the Emory Library School.

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Carolyn Alley is teaching near her
home town, Dalton, and Carrie
Gene Ashley is also teaching in her
home town of Ellenton. Elizabeth
Davis is teaching the fifth and
sixth grades at Roswell. Lillie
Belle Drake has the fifth grade in
a Fulton County School. Frances
Woodall is the seventh grade teach-
er in a school about 10 miles from
her home.

High School Jobs

Many of last year's seniors are
teaching in high schools. Ruth
Ann Byerly is teaching French and
Latin at Chamlee, Georgia, while
Mary Elizabeth Chalmers has so-
cial science classes in the high school
at Alma, Ga. Florence Graham
is a substitute teacher in her home
town, Crews, Va., and is also tak-
ing a business course. Eloise Mc-
Call is teaching in Jefferson, S. C;
and Mary McPhaul in Ochlochnee,
Ga. Margaret Ratchford is teach-
ing Latin and English in Lancas-
ter, S. C. Mary Matthews and
Eva Ann Pirkle are teaching to-
gether at the Fitzhugh Lee High
School in Smyrna, Ga. Mary is
teaching English and Biology, and
Eva Ann, Math and Chemistry.

Georgia Hunt is doing cadet
work in Atlanta before being as-
signed a regular place to teach.
Rockie Kaplan is doing the same
thing in Savannah.

Jane Salters is teaching French
and English at St. David's Acad-
emy in Society Hill, S. C. Jane
Witman is teaching Fiistory and
Civics at the Central Night
School in Atlanta.

N. Y. A.

Mary Reins and Betty Alder-
man both have N. Y. A. jobs. Mary
is stationed at Madison, and Betty
at Toccoa, Ga.

Eugenia Bridges and Beth Paris
are the only ones who have already
become members of a college fac-
ulty. Eugenia is coaching Dra-
matics at the University of Geor-
gia Evening College, and Beth is
teaching Physical Education at
Fassifern School for Girls in Hen-
dersonville, N. C.

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After Workins H ours

Comes October, and with its
coolness the snap of clear crisp
days, the flaming yellows of
bright painted trees, and the deep
blue of autumn skies. Indian
summer is drifting into early fall.
It is on days such as these that
the mere fact of being alive is ex-
citing news.

At the Chi Phi House dance,
Emory, Saturday night: L. Barrett,
Leila Holmes, Nell Turner, Val
Neilson, and Helen Jester.

At the Sigma Nu House dance,
Tech, Friday night: Cathie Hill,
Smiley Williams and Mary Bon Ut-
terback. Mary Dean Lott was en-
tertained at one of their buffet
suppers.

On the Campus Club hayride,
Emory, Friday night: Susan Mont-
gomery, Eleanor Abernathy, Mar-
jorie Tippins, Arabelle Boyer,
Miriam House, Maslin House,
Leila Matthews, and Claire Bennett.

At the Pi K A house one night:
Betty Ashcraft and Julia Scott.

At the Naval Reserve Dance
at Tech Saturday night was Geor-
gine Castagnet.

The Psi Omega dance attract-
ed Rowena Barringer, Lillian
Gudenrath, Helen Gilmer, Shirley
Ann Smith, Charlene Burke, Betty
Bates, Eugenia Hailey, and Olivia
White.

The Xi Psi Phi dance drew Jo-
sanne McDaniels, Mary Brock, Lil-
lian Gudenrath, Bizelle Roberts,
Shirley Gately, Anne Martin, and
Olivia White.

The Delta Sig dance entertain-
ed Marion Phillips, Neva Jackson,
Mary James Seagle, and Val Neil-
son.

The Xi Psi Phi Hayride was

attended by Mary Ivy, Margaret
Nix, Pat Poole, Anne Martin, Nina
Mae Snead and Olivia White.

To Lakemont for the week-
end went Florrie Guy, Lillian
Schwenke, Flonnie Ellis and Sue
Phillips.

Sara Copeland went home to
Dalton to be in her sister's wed-
ding.

Frankie Butt traveled down to
New Orleans for the Auburn-Tu-
lane game.

Seen at the Spanish Room
lately have been Mary Bon Utter-
bach, June Shugg, Mary Anne
Breuler, and Betty Bacon, while
Hal Kemp has been drawing the
crowds over at the Rainbow
Roof. Ask Quincy Mills, Betty
Bacon, Cathy Steinback, Lucille
Gaines, Marion Phillips, Rowena
Barringer, Val Neilson, or' Elta
Robinson.

Mary's Mending Shop

Has Enjoyed Serving Agnes Scott
This Year and Looks Forward to
Next Year

Jangling Bells

Disrupt Dormitory Routine

Though dancing is still taboo on the Agnes Scott campus,
we are not to be denied our "belles of the hall." In coining
this adage, I do not refer to those female artists who trip on
the light fantastic every time a jazz orchestra tunes up,
nor do I mean those frantic fe-

males who trip on any-and-every-
thing in their mad dashes down the
hall to the telephone booth. It is
not to these members of our own
chosen group that I refer, but to
our inanimate pals that are always
hanging around on the walls in
the most unattainable places, and
who have made the phrase, "Before
I was so rudely interrupted ,"
practically a byword of dormitory
life. As you Phi Beta Kappa ma-
terial have already guessed, no
doubt, I am just before giving a
bell by bell description of what
happens when a bell system decides
to take things into its own hands.
It strikingly resembles a three-ring
circus, or a three-bell picture, if
you get what I mean, and I think
you do!

Hysterical Hottentots

If you asked the question,
"Where were you on the night of
October 3?" most of the Hotten-
tots would respond by turning
glassy eyes toward you, slowly re-
ducing permanents to windblown
bobs, laughing hysterically, and
flipping book pages with quiver-
ing fingers for they would be re-
calling the shrill, horrible ringing
of the bells when they gave up
their staid ringing at regular inter-
vals and became jitter-bells that
jangle on and on, seemingly taking
revenge on all those people who
dare ignore them when they be-
have in an hourly manner.

Ineffectual Books

In White House on that fateful
night, one could have seen a des-
perate telephone converser, help-
lessly holding the Sustainer-of-a-
College GirPs-Life in her hand,
while the boy on the other end was
wondering, no doubt, who had
turned in the fire alarm not
knowing whether to hang up and
run, or whether to listen for fur-
ther details, if any. Meanwhile,
with true Agnes Scott fervor, the
now frantic glamour girl rolled up
her pajama legs, picked up the
telephone book with her free
hand, took a few steps back, and
heaved the pride and joy of the
telephone company straight at the
jeering bell. However, she forgot
that the bells are wearing iron
armor this season, just in case
things get stuck, and so the nu-
merical guide fell ineffectively to
the floor. Even ye ole faithful sad-
dle shoes had no effect on the noise,
nor did an English 211 book from
a nearby door and if English 211
has no effect, nothing will!

Frosh Compete

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their objections, but took the
"Shucks, we can do worse than
that" attitude, and turned their
radios up to full blast. Just to
make matters more effective t (or
ineffective, depending on opinion)
they covered their heads with
books, hoping to gain a twofold re-
sult by absorbing their lessons while
they relieved the tune being played
on their ear drums. But the most
successful method of all seemed to
be a combination of having 'Til
Never Smile Again" poured into
one's ears as loud as possible, and
to sing "I'm a Rambling Wreck"
at top vocal power. And people
wonder why the freshmen get
worn out!!

Broom Wielders

In Rebekah, upper classmen used
more scientific methods of sooth-
ing jarred nerves. A twin act is
reported by one of the inmates. It
seems that a senior on third, and
a junior just below her on second,
decided to give the bells what ma-
ma gave the kitchen floor, so they
took brooms in hand to sweep the
bells into submission, and clean the
matter up. When last heard from,
these wielders of the household in-
struments were dangling over the
bannisters of their respective floors,
screaming for some one to bring
them a piece of paper, hoping to
stick it into the vital point of the
bell, and so restore peace to their
happy home.

So if you see several people jump
under a fur-lined bath tub the next
time the bells ring, don't think
we are in for an air raid. They
are merely suffering from bell shock
inflicted when our mechanism of
automatic control went on a spree
recently.

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Page 4

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940.

All This Is Here
For Us to Find

"At college, if you have lived right,
you have found enough learning to make
you humble, enough friendship to make
your hearts large and warm, enough cul-
ture to teach you the refinement of sim-
plicity, enough wisdom to keep you sweet
in poverty and temperate in wealth. Here
you have learned to see great and small
in their true relation, to look at both sides
of a question, to respect the point of view
that differs most widely from your own.
Here you have found the democracy that
excludes neither rich nor poor, and the
quick sympathy that listens to all, and
helps by the very listening. Here, too, it
may be at the end of a long struggle, you
have seen if only in transient glimpses,
that after doubt comes reverence, after
anxiety peace, after faintness courage,
and that out of weakness we are made
strong. Suffer these glimpses to become
an abiding vision, and you have the su-
preme joy of life."

We won't attempt to add anything to
these words of LeBaron Russel Briggs,
long-time professor at Harvard.

If you don't know why you came to col-
lege, perhaps you can find an answer here.

Music Hour
Stimulates Enjoyment

We liked everything about the Hugh
Hodgson concert last Friday night.

We liked the artist, not only for his abil-
ity and attractive personality, but also be-
cause he is furthering the development of
Fine Arts throughout Georgia.

We liked the atmosphere of informality,
because it brought us closer to the artist,
and therefore seemingly closer to the mu-
sic itself. The description of the works
in almost non-technical language present-
ed ideas that stimulated our responses to
the music.

We liked the surprise guest, Dr. Harmon
Caldwell, president of the University of
Georgia, because his being here showed
the interest of other members of the Uni-
versity Center in Music Appreciation
Hour Concerts, and brought us a sense of
greater cooperation between the colleges
of the Center.

We particularly liked the audience, be-
cause it was composed of many Atlanta
and Decatur people as well as college stu-
dents, and we feel a constant need of
closer contact with the community.

In fact, we like the plan of the concerts
as a whole, because they will make "good"
music more intelligible to us, and therefore
more stimulating and enjoyable. Few of
us are inclined to study music very deeply,
but there are few of us who would not like
to know it well enough to respond in some
manner to its intellectual, spiritual, and
emotional significance.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Oct. 9, 1940. No. 3

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Glower Managing Editor

Florence Ellis Business Manager

Bee Bradfield Cornelia Stuckey

Jeanne Osborne Club Editor

Assistant Editors Mollie Oliver

Suzanne Kaulhack Soeiety Editor

Advertising Manager Lib Barrett

Carolyn Strozier Anne Frierson

Copy Editor Jackie Stearns

Virginia Williams Olivia White

Feature Editor Asst. Society Editors

Matilda Cartledge Lucile Gaines

Jessie MacCuire Circulation Manager

Asst. Feature Editors Mary Ivy

Betty Jane Stevenson Bennye Linzy

Current History Editor Marv Madison Wisdom

Susan Self Anita Woolfolk

Sports Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Kdwina Bui russ. M. Dale, L. Frank-
lin, M. Gray, R. Hogan, D. Holloran, F. Kaiser,
J. Lancaster, M. E. Martin, M. Seagle, V. Wat-
kins, C. Willis, M. Wolford.

Business Assistants: M. Barker, L. Boone, B.
Brougher. A. Bumstead, A. Clements, J. Craig,
M. Dillard, M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins, B. Moore,
M. Toomey,

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

The Conspirators Meet

One from the south, one from the north, two
little men sped to meet at the mountain pass.
How these dictators must enjoy the spectacle of
swift movement and bright display. The actions
were on view, their persons
were guarded, their presences
saluted with ceremony. On
the surface, all was splendid,
and grave and world shaking.

But we would like to know
what kind of a collision of
personality there is in a small
private room when these two
men get together. Only spec-
ulation has resulted so far
from the meeting at the
jtevenSOn Brenner Pass, speculation of
a comfortable sort emanating from Berlin and
Rome.

A Change in the Wind

Josef Stalin is a non-committal granite-slab-of-
a-man smoking his pipe in the Kremlin. More
and more his motives are unfathomable. But it
is possible to guess at times. He must feel now
as if "they" are closing in around him. Russia's
borders are scattered far, but they are uneasy
now.

The Russian press has in reaction to too trium-
phant friends burst into almost violent praise of
British defenses, discipline, morale, living condi-
tions, behavior of officers to men, and the fact
that most soldiers are trades union members.

Pressure Rising

The Japanese are awfully impatient with the
United States. They show it more and more
through a veneer of courtesy. Their Foreign
Minister, Yosuke Matsuoka, educated in Oregon,
seems to have been schooled in an occidental rude-
ness of manner. He struck out in an unprece-
dented speech last week; the empire is impatient,
it wants to move, it cannot bear opposition from
"the most unprogressive nation in the world . . .
etc." Through him, Japan says that war will be
the result if the United States joins in the Euro-
pean conflict or insists on the status quo in the
Pacific.

The Good Neighbor and His Money

Washington is a good place for rumors, but
a recent one seems to be accepted as a fact. South
America is to be given loans for building a whole
series of naval and air bases. The present dearth
of such bases is appalling. There are only two
of sufficient size and quality for the use of the
U. S. Navy. But two countries, Chile (at Val-
paraiso) and Uruguay (at Punta del Este) are
beginning construction work. Conversations with
Washington about finances are now going on.

Passing of the Old School Tie

The old man and his umbrella have gone, and
nobody seemed to notice as they went. Everyone
is too busy. But an era has gone.

The cabinet must seem different to the old
regime. That brilliant old pirate, Churchill, is
in the high seat, those unmannerly socialists, Mor-
rison and Bevin, are his right-hand men, and that
newspaperman, Beaverbrook, is making airplanes
night and day.

The retention of Sir Kingsley Wood seems like
an oversight, but it is in fact a sop to the Con-
servative Party.

Willkie and Labor

Wendell Willkie follows along with Roosevelt
in his labor policy. Last week the Republican
candidate listed seven aims. Two concerned the
decentralization of labor law administration, and
one concerned widening of social security. He
also made a good deal of an increased use of the
Federal Conciliation Service.

Campus Camera

University President
Forms War-Time Rules

President K. C. Lcebrick of Kent State uni-
versity has given students seven rules for govern-
ing their thoughts and actions during the war:

Don't believe everything you hear.

Don't he inadvertently a "fifth columnist."

Don f t he a war gossiper.

Be careful of your criticism.

Remember that propaganda is more effective
at this time than at any time in history, and you
can be "taken in" even if you are an intelligent
college student.

Think of the situation as it has happened and
not as you read it in the papers or hear it on the
radio alone.

Don't he too hasty to judge what's going on
until you have full information. (ACP)

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Collegiate Press
Favors Bill

The pulse of America's colleg-
ians is quickening. It will be an
interesting study, when things
have returned to a more normal
state, to analyze the swing in col-
legiate opinion during the months
when congress was debating and
passing the conscription bill.

Comment of the Daily Athen-
aeum at West Virginia university
is typical: "Strangely enough,
the consensus on the campus has
changed considerably since last
spring. Many who were then op-
posed to conscription are now in
favor of the draft." The Athen-
aeum also observes that American
youth has no argument with peo-
ples of any land and would rath-
er spend its energy in friendly
rivalry of sports BUT YOUTH
IS READY."

At Louisiana State university,
the Daily Reveille urges "a vote
of confidence to our congression-
al leaders who finally secured pass-
age of the conscription bill. Why
should we not have selective serv-
ice when the imminent black clouds
of war are shadowing every phase
of liberty designed by peace-loving
peoples?"

At East Texas State Teachers
college, the East Texan believes
that the munitions makers are now
satisfied, and that "they smile as
they run their Jiand in their pocket
to feci the place that will hold those
fat, juicy profits." But the Tex-
an adds that "from past demon-
strations of patriotism on the
campus, it is evident that all stu-
dents will answer the call and that
they will be glad to defend their
country."

While admitting it is "natural
enough" that some college men
should not favor the draft law, the
College Exponent at Mayville (N.
D.) State Teachers college warns
the public not to "get the wrong
opinion of this college youth. The
majority believe in military train-
ing for tne defense of our country.
No class of youth is more patriotic
or loyal to these United States."

"Conscription should be hated,"
declared the Brown University
Daily Herald, "but it should not
be shunned. We should use it in
the same way we use a dangerous
and distasteful medicine.
(ACP)

Cartledge

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

CampusQuotes

Now that we have gotten into
the swing of things and have set-
tled down to work, the big ques-
tion of joining some of the vari-
ous clubs and organizations con-
fronts us. It
is a problem of
vital import-
ance. Here is
what some of
the Mortar.,
Board mem-
bers, who are
among the
leaders in cam-
pus activities,
have to say on
subject:

Ann Henry, '41 :

I don't believe freshmen should
be too ready to join just anything
when the chance comes. And I
think everyone should more or less
specialize in one or two activities
of especial interest. N

Grace Walker, '41 :

There are three major points to
be considered in joining a club or
organization: how much leisure
time we can afford to give to it;
how big a part it will play in our
personal development, and how
great a chance for service on the
campus it offers. Also we should
concentrate on one or two activi-
ties of special interest, not neces-
sarily one of the major organiza-
tions, to be able to giv6 one's best
to them and to receive the most
benefit from them.

Sabine Brumby, '41 :

We should investigate thorough-
ly the clubs we want to join. It
is a good idea to belong to more
in the first two or three years and
to gradually weed them out until,
in our senior year, we can give
most of our time to one or two of
special interest.

Ida Jane Vaughan, '41:

It's a good idea to wait till you
find out how much time you can
afford to give up before joining
any club or organization. They
play a big part in campus life, but
should be of secondary importance,
and should not be allowed to in-
terfere with studies.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1940.

No. 4.

Silhouette Wins
Highest Rating
In Georgia

Scholastic Association
Ranks Annual All-American
Third Consecutive Year

The only yearbook published by
a Georgia school to win highest
honor, The Silhouette received all-
American rating, the National
Scholastic Press Association an-
nounced Friday.

This is the third consecutive
year The Silhouette has received
all- American rating. The 1940
annual was edited by Lutie Moore
with Nell Pinner as business man-
ager. Adelaide Benson was editor
in 1939, Virginia Watson in 1938.

The Silhouette has been a pioneer
in the field of color photography,
using it for the second time last
year.

Thirteen yearbooks published by
Georgia high schools and colleges
received honor ratings, while Ag-
nes Scott was the only one to re-
ceive ail-American ratingn.

The association announced the
awards from Minneapolis after a
study of 852 publications submit-
ted from all sections of the coun-
try.

Georgia college publications rat-
ing as first-class were: Bubbles,
Brenau College, Gainesville; Veter-
ropty Wesleyan College, Macon.

Eye- Witness

Dramatic Clubs Plan
Joint Productions

With Emory and Agnes Scott
dramatic organizations cooperat-
ing for the first time, the Emory
Players and Blackfriars held a
joint meeting last week at which
Blackfriars presented the modern
version of a sixteenth-century
miracle play, "The Voice of the
Snake." The Emory Players pre-
sented a play entitled "The Lost
Silk Hat."

This year the two organizations
will help each other in stage pro-
ductions and' will have joint meet-
ings from time to time.

Characters in "The Voice of the
Snake" were played by Lib Bar-
rett, Neva Jackson, and Helen
Hardie. Scenery was arranged to
resemble the wagons used in the
middle ages. Members of the cast
of "The Lost Silk Hat" were: J. R.
Atkins, Reed Dasher, and Justus
Gower.

Laura Sale, president of Black-
friars, announces that tryouts will
be held as soon as the auditorium
in the new Presser Building is com-
pleted.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 8:30 P. M. An-
dre Maurois Lecture at
Emory University.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
Game.

Friday, 8 P. M. Concert in
Gym.

Saturday, 8 P. M. # A. A.
Open House in Gym.

Monday, 7 P. M. Pi Alpha
Phi Debate in Chapel.

Tuesday Freshman Meet-
ing with Grace Walker.

ANDRE MAUROIS

Noted Biographer
Takes Platform

Andre Maurois Lectures
On Relationship in Europe

Andre Maurois, France's fore-
most biographer and essayist, will
speak at Glenn Memorial Audito-
rium tomorrow, at 8:30 P. M., at
Emory on the subject, "England
and France: Can They Be Friends
Again,"

As a recent "official eye-wit-
ness" attached to the British Gen-
eral Staff during the Battles of
Flanders and France, M. Maurois
has written articles in recent Col-
lier's magazines on "What Hap-
pened to France." His forthcom-
ing book, "Tragedy in France,"
has aroused much attention and
interest.

Tickets may be purchased at
the book store. Season tickets will
be sold to Agnes Scott students for
$1.50.

Freshmen Join
Service Groups

Following a special meeting to
be held after chapel, Tuesday, Oc-
tober 22, freshmen will have an
opportunity to join one of the
groups sponsored by Christian As-
sociation for service on and off
the campus.

These groups are designed to
meet the different interests of the
freshmen. The book group, this
year to be led by Miss Emma May
Laney, associate professor of Eng-
lish, will feature discussions of
contemporary plays, books, and
poetry.

The dramatic group, led by
Laura Sale, will present a play on
Thanksgiving and Easter. In ad-
dition, make-up and staging will
be taught.

There will also be a social serv-
ice group. On Saturday after-
noons members will entertain chil-
dren at the Scottish Rite Hospital
or direct organized games at the
playground for Atlanta slum chil-
dren.

Athletic Association
Holds First Open House

With Ida Jane Vaughan, vice-
president, in charge, Athletic As-
sociation will hold its first open
house in the Bucher Scott Gym-
nasium Saturday at 8 P. M.

Following the custom of past
open houses, every member of the
college community and her date is
invited. Dates asked by the As-
sociation will come this week from
Emory.

The entertainment will feature
ping-pong, bowling, badminton,
darts, and other games.

Students Carry on
In Technique Lab

Silence hung over the technique
laboratory on third floor Science
Hall. Two students, Mary Ann
Hannah and Stuart Arbuckle, were
working earnestly on their prepa-
rations of a certain killing solu-
tion for the annihilation of grass-
hoppers and such.

Hannah, in her helpful man-
ner, turned to her fellow sufferer
and said, "Now, Stuart, remem-
ber that this solution has to be
raised to 37.7 degrees before it will
be effective."

Stuart, apparently deep in her
work, nodded and proceeded to
jiggle her thermometer around in
the liquid in question. Silence
again hung its head over the work-
ers.

Suddenly, Stuart raised a puzzled
and rather disgusted face to Han-
nah and pleaded, "Please come
look at this thermometer. I have
been trying to read it for fifteen
minutes, and I just don't seem to
be able to read the lines."

In less than a minute the chem-
istry students on second floor were
wondering what was bringing
forth such hilarity from the re-
gions above. Had they been able
to peek into technique lab, they'd
have seen a thoroughly chagrined,
and rather healthily pink, Miss
Arbuckle trying to explain to
laughing Hannah how she had mis-
taken a glass stirring rod for a
thermometer.

Perhaps, after all, there is some
truth in those stories they tell
about the queer effects that major-
ing science has on one!

Colleges Hold
Dual Debate

Pi Alpha Phi will hold its first
dual debate with Emory October
21 at 7 P. M. on the subject: "Re-
solved, Wendell Willkie should be
the next President of the United
States."

Jane Taylor and Suzanne Kaul-
back will defend the affirmative
side of the resolution here in the
Gaines Chapel. At the same time,
Ann Henry and Marjorie Merlin
will defend the negative at Em-
ory.

This debate will present the plat-
forms of the Democratic and Re-
publican parties to the campus in
preparation for the presidential
straw ballot to be held November 5.

Under the direction of Helen
Hardie, election chairman, and
Student Government representa-
tive, plans for the balloting are
well under way. Pi Alpha Phi will
be in charge of the balloting; Cur-
rent History Forum will take care
of the registration; the Agnes
Scott News will serve as publicity
agent; and the class on parties and
politics will carry on the campaign-
ing.

All students and faculty mem-
bers are urged to take part. A
nominal poll tax will be assessed
to cover partially the cost of the
election, which will follow the
same procedure as the real election.
Similar votes were held on the cam-
pus in 1928, 1932, and 1936. Miss
Florence E. Smith, associate pro-
fessor of history, is advising the va-
rious organizations who are coop-
crating to make the voting possible
this year.

C. A. Reveals Colwell
As Religious Speaker

Eminent Dean of School of Religion
States Interest in Discussions

As the speaker for Religious Emphasis Week, February
11-15, Christian Association has selected Dr. Ernest Cad-
man Colwell, Dean of the School of Religion at the University
of Chicago, who spoke at the 1938 Agnes Scott graduation
exercises.

In his correspondence with Dr. McCain, Dr. Colwell has
expressed his interest in the discussion groups, which will
be part of the program for the week.

Attends Emory

Educators Meet
In Memphis
Conference

As a member of the executive
committee, Dr. J. R. McCain,
president, will attend the sixth an-
nual meeting of the Southern Uni-
versity Conference in Memphis,
Tennessee, October 21 and 22.

The theme for this year's con-
ference, "Improving the Quality of
College Education, 99 will be out-
lined in addresses by three well-
known college presidents: J. B.
Conant, of Harvard; Isaiah Bow-
man, of Johns Hopkins, and Dixon
Ryan Fox, of Union College.

An important problem to be
considered by the conference is the
fact that a teacher's certificate is-
sued by one state is not good in
any other state. For several years
Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, has
been very active in trying to
change this rule and, according to
Dr. McCain, some progress has
been made.

Another vital problem is that of
Negro education in the South. Be-
cause of a recent ruling of the
Supreme Court, all states must of-
fer equal opportunities to white
and Negro students; that is, they
must provide special training in
such subjects as medicine, law,
technology, agriculture, and jour-
nalism for Negroes as well as white
students.

Last year Agnes Scott was host
to the Southern University Con-
ference Conference when it met
in Atlanta. The theme was "Co-
operative Opportunities for Edu-
cation," with the president of the
University of Toronto as the out-
standing speaker.

Dr. Colwell, now 39 years of
age, was born in Pennsylvania. He
received his A. B. degree and his
religious training at Emory Uni-
versity where he taught before go-
ing as a professor to the University
of Chicago. He received rapid pro-
motion there and at present holds
the position of Dean of the School
of Religion.

Dr. Colwell married Annette
Carter, an Agnes Scott alumna of
1925. Both continued their edu-
cation and graduated in 1927. They
have two children, Betty Ann, 12,
and Charles, 8. Mrs. Colwell and
the children have been invited to
accompany Dr. Colwell on his visit
to Agnes Scott.

Famous Author

Dr. Colwell is a well-known
author of religious books and a fre-
quent contributor to religious jour-
nals. He and his family spend the
winter quarter in Anna Maria,
Fla., where he devotes his entire
time to writing. Some of his well-
known books are How to Study the
Bible, The Gospel of Jolyn, and
The Four Gospels of the Karahis-
sar.

Third Recital Features
Selections by Piano Duo

Featuring two-piano selections
by Mr. C. W. Dieckmann and
Miss Eda E. Bartholomew, Hugh
Hodgson will present the third in
a series of concerts presented by
the Fine Arts Division of the Uni-
versity Center, Friday, at 8 P. M.,
in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

The program is as follows:

1. Variations on a Theme by Bee-
thoven Saint-Saens.

2. "Presto" movement from a So-
nata for two pianos Wilhelm
Friedeman Bach.

3. The Harmonious Blacksmith,
Variations Handel.

4. Le Matin, Op. 79, No. 1
Chaminade.

5. Le Soir, Op. 79, No. 2 Chami-
nade.

College Choir Adds
Sixty New Members
To Its Ranks

Representing over 20 per cent
of the student enrollment, the
College Choir has added 60 new
members to its ranks this year,
making a total of 120 members.

The new members are: Ellen Ar-
nold, Betty Bacon, Virginia Barr,
Zelda Barnett, Mamie Sue Barker,
Mary Jane Banham, Betty Bow-
man, Arabelle Boyer, Georgine
Castagnet, Evelyn Cheek, Elizabeth
Coffee, Ethelyn Coggin, Laura
Cumming, Harriet Cunningham,
Carolyn Damee, Billie Davis, Mar-
garet Downie, Mary Duffee, Eliz-
abeth Edwards, Polly Frink, El-
ma Griannon, Martha Jane Gray,
Elizabeth Gribble, Betty Lou Hall,
Betty Henderson, Cathryn Hill,
Margaret Hartsook, Mary Jeter,
Rose Jordan, Ruth Kalthoff, Jane
Lanier, Martha Ray Lasseter,
Eleanor Manley, Leila Michaelcve,
Quincey Mills, Aurie Montgom-
ery, Elizabeth Moore, Josanne Mc-
Daniel, Susanna McWhorter, Mar-
tha Nimmons, Martha O'Nan,
Christine Paris, Shirley Pohn,
Nancy Quayle, Martha Rhodes,
Henrietta Rubmann, Mary Shep-
herd, Jane Shugg, Susan Spurlock,
Catherine Steinbach, Martha Stone,
Gabie Temple, Marjorie Tiffins,
Cornelia Watson, Winifred Wil-
kins, Alice Willis, Bette Williams,
Margaret Williams, Margaret
Woodhead, and Anita Woolfolk.

The choir is planning as its
most important event the Christ-
mas carol service, which will be
presented this year in the new audi-
torium.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1940.

Frosh, Juniors
Win Opening Tilts

Seniors Fail to Score;

Freshmen Trail Sophmores at Half

By Susan Self

Two hockey teams learned that an extra year of experi-
ence won't win a ball game when sophomores lost to fresh-
men, 1-2, and seniors bowed to juniors in Friday's big open-
ers, 0-3.

Self

The juniors took the field first
against the seniors and played deep
in senior territory during the
greater part
of the first
half. Dot
Webster
chalked up the
season's first
foal on a long
drive down
field. It re-
nt a i n e d for
Jessie M a c -
Guire to drive in two more points
after her team had advanced into
the scoring circle through little in-
terference. Doris Hasty played
her usual steady game at center
half, and Gay Currie proved that
she had mastered the art of drib-
bling.

The seniors tightened their de-
fense at the half-way point and
held the juniors' famed forward
wall scoreless during the remain-
der of the game.

The freshman team, trailing 1-0
at the half, responded to Team
Manager Zena Harris' pep talk at
intermission and scored twice in
the last half to win, 2-1. The two
teams were quite well matched, and
battled back and forth between the
twenty-five yard lines during
most of the playing time.

Bond, G. Hill, Harris, and Far-
rior managed their sticks with ac-
curacy.

The lineups:

Freshman Sophomore

Jacob CF Roundtree

Duffie RI Dale

Bond LI Holloran

G. Hill RW Bumstead

Walker CH Radford

Farrior RH Lancaster

Holmes LH R. Smith

Dillon RF Paisley

Harris LF Hopper

K. Hill G C. Smith

Freshman Subs: White, Mier,
Bry, Bruer.

Sophomore subs: Hopper, Hirsch,
Moore, Lineback, Wilds.

Lower House
Urges Action

Day Student Committee
Assumes Responsibility

be
of

Clubs Announce
Dates for Tryouts

Pen and Brush

Betty Medlock, president, an-
nounces that time limit for tryouts
will be October 26. Any kind of
art work is acceptable and more
than one is welcomed.

k. u. B.

Virginia Watkins, president, an-
nounces the program for the com-
ing year. The theme is, "What is
Propaganda?" The members will
try to distinguish between real
news and propaganda. The stu-
dents will also work toward im-
proving their journalistic style.

Tryouts will be held from Oc-
tober 21 to October 28. Those
trying out must hand in one news
article and one feature story. Each
participant may pick her own sub-
ject.

Eta Sigma Phi

The members of Eta Sigma Phi
will present an old miracle play in
Latin during the first week of the
new quarter in December. The
play will be presented in the new
building. The title is "Christus
Parvulus."

Cotillion Club

The new members of Cotillion
club are Claire Johnson, Betty
Ashcraft, Elizabeth Moore, Sally
Knight, Martha Liddell, Shirley
Gately, Mary Estill Martin, Mickey
Jones, Pat Perry, Polly Frink, Dar-
leen Daniellson, Ruth Biggs, Lil-
lian Gudenrath, Nita Woolfolk,
Martha Dunn, Mary Ivy, and Nina
Mae Snead.

b. o. z.

At the meeting held Friday
night, Sabine Brumby, Miriam
Bedinger, Dot Wheeler, and Vir-
ginia Williams, read stories.

Urging that active steps
taken to stop the blocking
crosswalks by parked cars, Frances
Breg, president of Student Gov-
ernment, appointed a committee of
lower house members, headed by
Frances Spratlin, day student rep-
resentative, to take steps to pre-
vent further trouble.

At the last open executive
meeting on October 7, messages
were sent to the student body as a
whole. Organizations were re-
minded that their mimeograph ma-
chine representatives must go to
the Dean's office to sign for the
use of the new machine in the
sewing room of Main and to ob-
tain the key to the sewing room,
while the representatives are * re-
minded that they are personally re-
sponsible for any damage done to
the mimeograph while it is signed
for by their organization.

The second message dealt with
the Open Forum scheduled for
some time in October. Students
were urged to jot down questions
they want discussed, and to give
these suggestions to members of
the Executive Committee or to
leave them in the opinion box in
the Student Government room.

The complete roster of lower
house representatives, in its final
form, includes:

I. Boarders:

Inman Alice Willis, Clare Bed-
inger, Harriett Cunningham, Mar-
cia Marland, Martha Nimmons,
and Carolyn McSween.

Main Betty Pegram, Iyllis Lee,
Joella Craig, and Nancy Thomis-
ton.

Rebekah Fletcher Mann, Mary
Davis, Virginia Corr, Beth Irby,
Marjorie Gray, and Carolyn Stroz-
ier.

For the Cottages are: White
House, Susan Dyer; Boyd, Martha
Arant; , Lupton, Mary Blakemore,
and Gaines, Evelyn Cheek.

II. Day Students:

Elizabeth Edwards, Frances Kais-
er, Wallace Lyons, Betsy Culver,
and Betty Pope Scott.

Colorful Decorations
Enliven Dormitory Life

By Jessie MacGuire

Taking a bird's-eye view, as from the top of the pine
tree in the middle of the quadrangle, and looking down on
the dormitories, you would see various types of rooms dot-
ting the landscape or floorscape including those inspired
by patriotism to those inspired by sheer artistry.

Their motive is doubtful, but

Junior

Senior

A. Wilds CF Vaughan

D. Webster___RI Willstatter

MacGuire LI Breg

A. Wcbstcr___RW Butt

Gray LW Stubbs

Hasty CH Kyle

Lott RH Patterson

Brooks LH Walker

Gcllcrstedt RF Lancaster

Gurrie LF S. Wilds

Davis G O'Nan

Junior Subs: Stuckey, Thomas,
Bradfield, Copeland.

Senior Subs: Musser, Henry.

Team Managers arc: Freshman,
Zena Harris; Sophomore, Margaret
Downie; Junior, Annie Wilds; and
Senior, Pattic Patterson.

whether to impress the upperclass-
men or to give vent to their emo-
tions, some freshmen chose a red,
white, and blue pattern that would
put Betsy Ross to shame. The
royal blue spreads and the crimson
drapes, completed by the white ac-
cessories, simply stand up and cheer
for our country. And, since this
is election year, tangible evidence
of honest confessions is shown by
the pins and banners pro-Willkie
and pro-Roosevelt. A clever and
subtle way of stating one's plat-
form is to hang a pet elephant on
the wall in some out-of-the-way
place so as to convey the idea of
hanging the way a certain party
would wish for G. O. P. to hang.
We won't go into the balancing
statistics, or party prejudices; suf-
fice it to say that the feminine pop-
ulation as represented by the fair
maidens at Agnes Scott, are defi-
nitely "America conscious" in
their interior decorating.

Domestic Talent

Although home economics is not
offered as a credit course, evidences
of natural talent for home-making
can be seen on display; and credit
should be ! given to the future
homemakers of the purple and the
white. Nicole Girard's room has a
distinctive Parisian air, which
seems only natural. The pale green
background of the bedspreads
blends with the green background
of the flowered draw curtains
and they actually draw.

Every institution should have
its blue-room, and Agnes Scott is
no exception. For sheer beauty
take the homey room on second
Rebekah, with its blue ruffled
curtains and matching dresser
lamps. The Early American chair, a
remnant of the alumnae, inherited
from Mary Wells McNeil, calls for
apples, a fireplace, and a good book

maybe Shakespeare for pleasure,
and not for analysis.

Intellectual Study

A one-word description of
Judy's and Joyce's study is "intel-
lectual." On the walls are paint-
ings by Van-Gogh, and good books
are on the table. The tables are
by the window overlooking the
front of Main, where "les gpec-
tateurs" may observe human na-
ture.

The charms of home here repre-
sented are rivaled in interest by
the charm of novelty. Practicality
combined with beauty equals func-
tional art, and the Hottentots from
the jungles are surprisingly well up
on the latest modern art. A dress-
er made of two boxes painted
green, with a glass length for a
top catches the eye of any Scotch
soul; the oriental looking table
cloths used for bedspreads are a
perfect camouflage no matter how
you take it; the wire baskets looked
purely ornamental until upon fur-
ther investigation a ladies' "toilet-
trie" was discovered; those little
mail-boxes on the front doors sym-
bolize the old southern hospitality
and serve as business devices also.

Gracious Welcome

Expressing the gracious hostesses'
sentiments, one little verse runs:
"Knock gently, friend, whate'er be-
tide,

The kettle's on, so come inside."

Although the unique never fails
to attract, the simplicity and na-
turalness of home has its own
charm and never fails to please.

Thus the personalities of the
Hottentots are reflected in their
choice and arrangement of room
decorations. 'Twould seem that
future American homes are to be
most attractive, if big house dec-
orators from little room fixers
grow.

Dr. McCain Addresses
Florida Synod

Continuing his work on the new
campaign for more widespread
Christian education, Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain left today by plane for Talla-
hassee, Florida, where he will ad-
dress the Florida Synod. While
there he will help appoint special
commissions for advertising and
campaigning.

Members of the Agnes Scott
Board of Trustees from Florida
who have shown interest in the
program are: Dr. E. D. Brownley,
Sanford; Dr. J. A. McClure, St.
Petersburg; Mr. T. M. Holt, Jack-
sonville, and Mr. G. W. Woodruff,
Daytona Beach.

A.A.U.W. Official
Visits on Campus

This week-end, Miss Elizabeth
Jackson, Professor of History, will
have as her guest, Dr. Lucile Delano,
head of the department of romance
languages at Queens College, Char-
lotte, N. C. Dr. Delano is secre-
tary of the South Atlantic Section
of the A. A. U. W. and will sneak
at the Georgia Division board
meeting Saturday, October 19, at
the Georgian Terrace Hotel.

Dr. Delano is a former fellow of
the A. A. U. W. and did her study-
ing in Spain. She is now state
chairman for scholarships for North
Carolina.

Miss Thelma Albright, who
came to Agnes Scott from .Queens
last year, will entertain for Dr.
Delano at the Alumnae House Sat-
urday evening.

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his presence. How can I get the role? ASPIRING

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Page 3

Virginia Clower Takes Notes

For the Record

The radiance on the campus
since Saturday night isn't all
bright autumn sunshine (which
is giving everybody spring fever,
incidentally) . A large part of it
is emanating from the seniors,
who managed to catch the Black
Cat by the tail as it went by for
the last time. Of course, the so-
phomores really won the stunt, but
the seniors are relaxing in the
warmth of baby sister's reflected
glory. The victory came just in
time, too. The class of '41 had al-
ready resigned itself to going
down in history as a class of eco-
nomic royalists, since the campaign
was the only thing they ever won.
(P. S. But DO keep your eye on
the marriage percentage ratio this
year!)

Chastened Yellow Jacket

A Tech freshman who ventured
far afield to collect prints of kiss-
able lips on a sheet of paper, we
hasten to add as part of his in-

itiation into a fraternity, encoun-
tered Jane Moses on the path from
the Tea House. Doffing his rat
cap (we hope) he explained his er-
rand to Jane, and asked her to add
to the collection. The poor boy
probably never will get over what
happened. Jane drew herself up
and clipped out, with chilling dig-
nity: t "Sir, are you aware that I
am a member of the faculty?"
Add Statistics

Now when the freshman would-
be biologists are wandering about
with nets and chasing all visible
insects, it isn't unusual to hear
conversations such as the follow-
ing:

First Frosh: "Look, there's one,
two, three together on the quad-
rangle, and another on the steps."

Second Frosh: "And there's two
more on the path by Science Hall,
and, oh, look, here's another be-
hind that bush."

But it was all very misleading,
for instead of grasshoppers, they
were counting well, as one of
them said, "I never saw so many
unattached men on our campus at
one time."

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The subject of football is run-
ning that of Britain's latest air
raid a close second these days, as
well it may, for the very air car-
ries a hint of the wine-flavored
days to follow. The quiet, sad
drift of tarnished leaves and the
clean smell of wood fires herald a
season that promises forward
passes as exciting as Tech's 90-yard
run at South Bend, and as color-
ful as a yellow-burnished chrysan-
themum. Paging the record we
find:

The ATO'S

e n t e r t ained
Marion Phil-
ips and Jo-
sanne McDan-
iel this week.

The SAE
Dance and
Steak fry drew
Mary Dean
Lott, Ruth
Allgood, Mar-
Nance, Jessie
Wilds, Betty

Oliver

RICH'S

jorie Wilson, Elise
MacGuire, Annie
Ashcraft, Nina Mae Snead, Sue
Phillips, Oneida Woolford, Anita
Woolfolk, and Betty Waitt.

While the KA's were hosts to
Lillian Schwencke, Sue Phillips,
Florrie Guy, Duck Copeland, Bet-
ty Burdett, Mary Dean Lott, An-
nie Wilds, Mary Davis, Ida Jane
Vaughn, and Ann Flowers at a
dance.

The Old Guard Dance at Tech
attracted Claire Purcell and Jeanne
Osburne Thursday night.

Betty Lee Clarkson was seen
over at the Phi Delta House at
Emory Sunday eve, and Frankie
Butt in the Spanish Room at the
Henry Grady, while Flonnie Ellis
went out to Lakemont as did Mary
Louise Palmour. At home this
week-end was Shirley Anne Smith.
Susan Self had supper Sunday with
the Sigma Nu's.

To the swank Ansley Supper
Club went Sara Gray Hollis,
Mary Lightfoot Elcan, Helen Gil-
mer, Beth Irby, Keeker Newton,
Marion Phillips, Pat Poole, and Pat
Reasoner.

Campus Queen Scenes :
Vogue's sixth Prix de Paris contest
should draw a fair number of sen-
iors this year from our own campus
for the prevailing clothes-conscious-
ness seems to grow keener. We not-
ed with interest Margaret Murchi-
son's two-colored collar contrast-
ing with her navy dress, Louise
Musser's black-knitted sleeves
touching off a beige costume, and
Elta Robinson's striking use of
Kelly green.

Campus Physician
Rates as Rifle Expert

By Virginia Williams

If you want to know more about Greek gods, exams, or
rifles, why don't you go to see Dr. Eugenia C. Jones, our
campus resident physician?

"I am thirty-one years old and was bom in Washington,
D. C," Dr. Jones volunteered at once. With a little urging
she went further to tell that she had received her B. A. and

D. from George Washington

Publication Surveys
Sorority Girl

A fairly comprehensive picture
of the average sorority girl on the
Washington University campus at
St. Louis is contained in a survey
in Student Life, campus publica-
n.

Some of the conclusions follow:
"She comes in assorted heights,
dressed and shaped according to
latest fashion. Her well-curled
hair is becoming, and she will sel-
dom cover it with a hat; but just
let a suspicion of rain appear and
she wads it up under a bandana
and looks like someone who should
be slaving in Russian wheat fields.

"In spite of her 12-hour study
average weekly she keeps her
grades well above the campus lev-
el, makes more B's than C's, and
inspires all kinds of tales of apple-
polishing by the less successful
male.

She thinks about men almost as
much as they like to think she
does, but her thoughts are not al-
ways to their credit. Rather often
she has more dates than she wants,
because that's the only way she can
be sure to have the ones she really
does want.

"Two or three nights a week she
has a more or less formal asked-for-
advance, definite - destination
date. In between times she may
lunch or go for rides or have boys
drop in. Certainly she spends
hours on end "jellying," which she
may or may not consider a great
waste of time. (Jellying A cam-
pus term meaning an inexpensive
date, usually several hours sitting in
a restaurant over a soda or dish of
ice cream.)

She has an allowance and usual-
ly buys her own lunch at the school
cafeteria or an off-campus restaur-
ant.

She may look frivolous, but
there's a fifty-fifty chance she has
held down a paying job at some
time or other. She may even be
the one girl in a hundred who's
working her way through college
with a full-time job. (ACP)

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Hopkins. After receiving her
B. A. from George Washington,
she worked with the Department
of Agriculture for three years be-
fore studying for her D. S. C. Dur-
ing this time she did research on
parasitology.

Bookworm

In exploring her childhood, she
says frankly, "I didn't like games
when I was a child. I used to sit
in a corner and read books about
Greek gods and heroes." She con-
tinued to love those stories of the
Greeks until she met the wrath of
the gods in the seventh grade. She
came very close to flunking ancient
history. Not until she began
studying classical drama in college
did she resume friendly relations
with the Greeks.

Dr. Jones seems quite as able an
addition to the Agnes Scott defense
unit as she is to the medical corps.
For four years in high school and
four in college she was a member
of the rifle team. Her other mil-
itaristic tendency is her love for
horseback riding.

Unique Talent

Her real talent, however, lies in
her ability to pass exams.

"I really have a knack for it,"
she says. "In physics class I
couldn't do the math problems
with pencil and paper, and I
couldn't do them with a slide rule.
But I could tell how it ought to
be done. Every day the professor
would hand the same problems
back to me to be done over. Final-
ly he gave up and passed me."

Dr. Jones loves crabs, strawber-
ries, lima beans, poetry, and music.
"How could I live with my hus-
band if I didn't?" she asked, and
went on to explain, "He sings."
Her worse dislike is cabbage.

Med Student

She didn't find it hard to be a
girl and study medicine. There
were ten other girls in her class
and about eighty boys. She kept
very quiet about having had any
graduate work, and her knack for
passing exams was a big help.

Here she finds that students
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1940.

We Concentrate
Upon Work

Right now we are so concerned over war
affairs that it is hard for us to respond to
anything outside of war enough to feel
the need of editorializing about it. In
fact, nearly everything we think about
ties up to national defense, conscription,
or some other national problem. Not in
many years have problems outside the
campus been so close to us and so vital.

We find ourselves particularly saying,
when someone asks us what we plan to
do, "Oh, I don't know it seems foolish
to plan anything when it may all be
changed over night anyway," or "We'll let
Hitler decide that for us." Needless to
say, this attitude is wrong and demoraliz-
ing. We heartily agree with Thomas S.
Gates, president of the University of
Pennsylvania, who cautioned his students
against false prophets as follows: "At a
time of great emotional appeal such as
that which now prevails, one will do well
to concentrate upon one's work more than
ever and to be unswayed by speculations
or vague commentaries filled with fore-
boding for the future."

One of the most important phases of
national defense now is to put the right
worker in the right place. As college stu-
dents, we should be deciding where we
will be best fitted and where we can be
of most benefit, and choose subjects that
will have bearing on the occupations we
hope to have.

We feel safe in saying that many of us
do not get proper preparation in college
for the very reason that we have no clear
idea of what job we should look for. Few
of us have talked to anybody about jobs
except in chatty conversations that often
lead to false impressions. We haven't
enough information even to talk about pos-
sibilities of a job to prospective employ-
ers.

As a remedy for this situation, we sug-
gest that we have seminars led by people
who really know what they are talking
about, and have them open for those in-
i terested in the specific fields. Vocational
guidance tests have their place, but it is
impossible to take a test and find out
exactly what to do. The real object of the
seminars would be to suggest possible
fields to students and give them specific
information.

We must begin to think about our vo-
cations now not only for our personal
good, but for the good of the nation. More
than ever, the country must have things
running smoothly, and it is the unemploy-
ed and dissatisfied group that will turn
most quickly to another form of govern-
ment.

Editorial Notes

Students Lend Support
To Parking Campaign

The boarders didn't appreciate the day
students' problem about parking in front
of Buttrick until they had to walk in the
street the other day. A desperate day stu-
dent had been forced to park on the side-
walk to make a nine o'clock class. The
campaign launched in chapel Thursday by
Frances Spratlin has our full backing.^

At the stunt, we welcomed the songs set
to "Tell Me Why" and "Til Never Smile
Again" with their softness and harmony
as a relief from all the old songs yelled in
one (?) key. And speaking of the stunt,
we bet the seniors are happy, too.

' We'll have our share of men on the cam-
pus within this coming week, with Ath-
letic Association's open house Saturday
and Mortar Board's parties next Wednes-
day and Thursday. A. A. will concentrate
on Emory men this week, while Mortar
Board's come from all sources. And the
entertainment will be good, too.

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Seepage

The setting is Bucharest. But the swastika
flies from the best hotels where good rooms are
filled with Nordic aviators, staff officers, and
"technicians." The people speak Rumanian, but
the bayonets flashing in the sun are German, the
0 planes in the air, which pa-
I trol the city, are German,
too. The river is the Dan-
ube, yet barges of German
ammunition float south.

Danger Ahead

In Rumania, the Germans
watch the oil fields and set
up anti-aircraft along the
railroads, but the trouble is v
not localized. The whole of
the Balkans has become a fil-
ter through which Germans

Campus Camera

Stevenson

are slipping southward. They are reported in
Hungary and Bulgaria. These people are not
known for haphazard arrangements. To the south
and east lie Greece, the Dardanelles, and (why
not?) Egypt.

Uneasy Lies the Head

The mediocre, the ambitious, the crooked; all
the puppet rulers of China must have grown un-
easy last week. There are corners of Shanghai
that are plotting further death. Already four
officials have been killed in two weeks. And
the Japanese search from house to house for the
man (fanatic, murderer, patriot) who killed in his
bed, Fu Hsiao-en, Mayor of that queer city,
Shanghai.

Suspense

A frail barrier of men is building itself across
Africa. In the valleys of the Belgian Congo, the
French Congo, in the Cameroons, by lost Lake
Chad, in Oubangi and Chari, in all these places
with the exotic names, the "free French" are en-
trenching themselves. From Nigeria to Kenya,
they are blocking a possible Italian drive to the
south.

There were two significant arrivals in Africa
last week: DeGaulle in the Cameroons, and Wey-
gand in French West Africa. One was hailed
with flowers in the street and a ride to the gov-
ernor's palace. Different from the guns and ig-
nominy off Dakar. Behind Dakar and the other
ports of French West Africa, blockaded by the
Royal Fleet are other French who saw Weygand
arrive to defend them.

Sense and Sentiment

The scales arc balancing delicately. American
and British interests are being adjusted through
necessity. Both John Bull and Uncle Sam find
sentiment an easy ally these days in trying to
please the other. We like it that the Burma Road
is open again, and we are shocked when a bomb
strikes through the roof of St. Paul's to smash
the altar. The American public, as well as the
British, is a natural for the grave and childlike
tones of Princes Elizabeth in her first radio talk.

What is more important, our newspapers like
each other. And our state departments act as
halves of a unit.

A New Day

Wednesday, the sixteenth of October, is a holi-
day for the public school children. That is fun
for them. Yet it is a more momentous holiday
than any they will have all year. One-fourth of
the male population will go to the schools and
will be registered by the teachers in our first peace-
time conscription. The men will fill out cards
and will take home questionnaires. In due time,
the first portion will be called for a year's serv-
ice.

For good or bad, something different and irre-
vocable for the United States begins in those 125,-
000 registration places.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 1940. No. 4
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Campus Quotes

The length of chapel programs
comes in for its share of discus-
sion this week. The main consid-
eration seems to be whether the
programs
should be
short, allow-
ing time for
complete re-
laxation after-
wards, or
should fill the
whole of the
allotted time.
The opinions
seem to be
very varied.

Jessie MacGuire, '42:

We should have a short chapel
program of about fifteen minutes,
and it should be wholly devoted
to worship. Once a week we
could have a full-length period in
which to discuss business. But
we do need some respite between
classes in the morning, some relax-
ation that we can get in the fif-
teen minutes between chapel and
classes.

Louise Musser, '41 :

I think that the chapel program
should very nearly fill the half-
hour allotted to it. The program
is a change from the atmosphere
of classes, and it seems to me is a
relaxation in itself.

Mary Jane Banham, '42:

I think we should have short,
concise chapel programs, though
the length could be made flexible
in the case of speakers. We do,
however, need some time for com-
plete physical and mental relax-
ation to break the routine of
classes.

Flora Campbell, '43:

Td say that the full length
chapel program was more desirable.
Chapel isn't compulsory and those
who do go, enjoy it; and the half
hour is a period of relaxation for
them. When we do have extra
time, anyway, we usually spend it
studying for the next class.

Frances Tucker, '43:

I think chapel programs should
be allowed the entire half hour, to
give time, particularly, for fre-
quent speakers, both students and
outsiders. I don't believe that a
period of relaxation is necessary.
We get through Mondays without
any particular strain.

Colleges Support
Pan-Americanism

America's collegians are enthusi-
astic sponsors of the rise of Pan-
Americanism. The trend toward
solidifying relationships between
the United States and her sister
nations of the New World is evi-
dent in developments on hundreds
of campuses.

Importance of education's role
in this field is noted by the New
York Times, which points out that
in recent months the republics to
the south have been subjected to a
quiet but nevertheless intense "pen-
etration," the invasion of Ameri-
can school teachers. "Even more
significant," says the Times, "were
the visits of whole groups of teach-
ers and undergraduates who went
south on serious study tours. The
invasion undoubtedly will have
beneficial repercussions on both
continents. "

On the other side of the picture,
the University of Iowa Daily
Iowan notes that student enroll-
ments in Spanish language classes
at American colleges and universi-
ties are showing substantial in-
creases over 1939. "This trend,
the lowan observes, "holds one of
the strangest hopes for real Im-
provement in understanding be-
tween the United States and its
neighbor nations to the south."

A practical application to the
subject is given by the Louisiana
State university Daily Reveille,
which cautions that "more than
200 students on this campus are
not getting the cooperation that
they should. These are Latin-
Americans." Charging that "the
student body reneges in doing its
part by mildly 'snubbing' our Lat-
in-American friends," the LSU
publication comments that "the
welfare of the United States in pro-
tecting its democracy and its peo-
ple depends as much upon solidari-
ty with its neighboring countries
to the south as it does on its army
and navy."

Similar in tone is an editorial in
the Harvard Crimson. "As the
United States peers out into the fu-
ture," observes the Crimson, "its
leaders attempt to find security not
only in rearmament and conscrip-
tion, but in carefully cultivated
friendship with Latin- America.
(ACP).

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940.

No. 5

Players Stage
"Brief Music"
With Girl Cast

New Character Comedy
Presents Growth, Reactions
Of Seven College Students

Blackfriars will stage its first big
production of the year, a play, en-
titled Brief Music, by Emmet La-
very, on November 16 or 23, in
the Bucher Scott Gymnasium, with
an all-girl cast, according to Laura
Sale, president.

This play, a new type, is a char-
acter comedy which presents ana-
lytically the growth of seven girls
during two years of college. The
girls are of seven distinct types.
The play follows the way in which
each reacts toward the others and
toward life in general.

The plot of the play concerns
the love of two girls, roommates,
for the instructor of play produc-
tion. Each hides her love, while
suspecting the other.

According to Miss Gooch, asso-
ciate professor of English and di-
rector of Blackfriars, "this play
will be appealing to the campus be-
cause it is sophisticated, and the
idea will be interesting to the col-
lege."

Brief Music has just recently
come off the press. Mr. Lavery,
the author, sent Miss Gooch a
manuscript copy. Mr. Lavery has
recently worked on the Federal
Theater Project with Miss Hallie
Flanagan, director at Vassar Col-
lege. Here he got the ideas for
his play. His most noted play is
The First Legion, which played on
Broadway and has since been trans-
lated into many languages.

Miss Louise Hale
Addresses Seniors

Investiture Takes Place
In New Auditorium

Miss Louise Hale, class advisor,
will make the address to the senior
class at the annual Investiture ser-
vice Saturday, November 2, at
11:30 in the Gaines chapel of the
new Presser Fine Arts Building.

Miss Hale, associate professor of
French, received her A. B. degree
from Smith College and her
master's degree from the Universi-
ty of Chicago. Last year Miss
Helen Carlson, acting professor, of
French, gave the address.

The class mascot, Penelope Bar-
nett, will be present at the exer-
cises. Penelope is the five-year-
old daughter of the national presi-
dent of the Alumnae Association.
Mrs. Barnett, the former Penelope
Brown, of the class of 1932, was
outstanding in student activities.
For two years after her graduation,
she was field secretary for the col-
lege.

Agnes Scott was the first college
in the world which had the custom
of Investiture. It was instituted
in 1906 when Agnes Scott first
became a college and was able to
grant bachelor of arts degrees. Ac-
cording to Dr. McCain, "Investi-
ture is especially pleasing to the
administration because we can ac-
knowledge the attainment of our
girls and still have them for the
rest of the year."

The class of 1940 is the first
class to be invested in the newly
constructed Presser Fine Arts
Building. At the service the sopho-
mores, clad in white, will precede
their sister class and will form a
double line through which the sen-
iors will pass.

College Still Remembers
Last World War

By Virginia Williams

An ex-aviator, a reserve officer, and veterans of the last
war are all a part of this college community. Sounds like
a miniature army, doesn't it?

Those who remembered the last war, namely Mrs. Syden-

stricker, Mrs. Cunningham, and

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Thursday, 8
P. M. Mortar Board Par-
ties for Sophomores in
Murphey Candler Build-
ing.

Friday, 10 A. M. Chapel
program conducted by
A. A.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
Games.

Friday, 8:30 P. M. Concert
of Columbia Quartet, All-
Star Concert Series, in At-
lanta Municipal Audi-
torium.

Monday, 8:15 P. M. Lec-
ture by William Lyon
Phelps at Georgia Tech
Auditorium.

Ella Carey are hazy on a good many
details. But all of them remember
one thing and that is that Mr.
Stukes went away to war. Mrs.
Sydenstricker remembers that she
came to the college in 1917 and
had to teach Mr. Stukes* psychol-
ogy classes. Mr. Cunningham
contributes the fact that Mr.
Stukes was an aviator. And Ella
Carey says, "Everybody missed Mr.
Stukes."

Ella Reminisces

The condition of Agnes Scott
during the first World War is pic-
tured by Ella. "We didn't have
no men hardly; they had them all.
Some of the men teachers were
gone and about half the kitchen
boys and waiters. There was even
one woman cook in the kitchen of
White House."

When the armistice was signed
the girls all joined hands and went
all over Decatur.

"They took a holiday and acted
like it was New Year's," says Ella.

This present war has begun to
show resemblances to the other.
In the registration Wednesday, Mr.

Davenport, Mr. King, and Mr.
Jones had to register. Dr. Chris-
tian came in and announced to
his class the other day: "My chil-
dren are weather stripping, be-
cause they keep me out of the
draft."

Robinson in Reserves

Dr. Robinson is a reserve offi-
cer, and although he doesn't have
to register, is willing to serve if
needed.

A large number of the kitchen
boys and waiters signed up Wed-
nesday and four of the seven jani-
tors and house men. One janitor,
Russell Byrd, signed up at six-thir-
ty in the morning before he came
to work. He has served three years
with the coast guard, keeping offi-
cers' quarters and cooking.

Willie Real Veteran^

In the first World War none of
the faculty saw overseas service.
But Willie King, the head waiter
in Rebekah Scott dining hall, is a
real veteran.

It would seem that the present
threat of Hitler toward Agnes
Scott is no nightwatchman, no
electrician, and no one to boil the
eggs.

Would-Be Soldier
Invades Campus

As she hustled to answer the
ring of the front doorbell, Ella
wondered who could be calling at
such an early hour. Opening the
door, she was surprised to find a
rather rough looking individual,
who was definitely not the "kind
of young gent'mun that usually
calls." Standing cautiously with
one foot in the door, the maid ask-
ed the man what he wanted.

In a gruff, foreign accent the
caller said, "Is this where I reg-
ister? Is this where I sign up for
the army?"

Ella quite positively answered
him that this was not the place he
wanted, and that registration was
being done at the Decatur schools.
But the man had evidently been
told the same thing several times
before, for he stubbornly refused
to accept the answer, and insisted
on seeing some one in authority.

Such doubt raised Ella's ire to
the head-tossing point, and she left
the stranger cooling his heels while
she went in "to ask Miss Dick if
we were registering people this
morning."

Five minutes later, Miss Scand-
rett heard the front door click,
then heard the bolt slide into place.
Waylaying Ella on her return down
the hall, she asked if the man had
gone.

"Yes, mam," Ella answered, "and
I'm keeping that front do' locked
fo' the rest of the day."

Students Preview
Presidential Situation
For Straw Ballot

Hardie Directs Campaign Program;
Taylor and Merlin Present
Political Platforms October 29

With the purpose of acquainting students with the vot-
ing process, four campus organizations will combine efforts
during the coming three weeks to make possible / Agnes
Scott's regular presidential straw ballot on national election
day, November 5.

The campaign program, as now arranged, will include

these events:

Special Chorus Offers
Program at Woman's Club

Special chorus, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Lewis Johnson, pro-
fessor of voice, will offer two
groups of songs at an illustrated
lecture at the Atlanta Woman's
Cub's Auditorium at 8 P. M. to-
night. The lecture will be given
by Miss Caroline Hood, whose
uncle, the late Raymond M. Hood,
was one of the architects of Rock-
efeller Center.

The first group will be sung
by a triple trio from last year's
special chorus, according to Mr.
Johnson. Then the twenty voices
of the new special chorus will
sing the second group, which in-
cludes "Sylvia," by Oley Speaks;
"The Immigrant's Song," by Rep-
per, and "The Slumber Song," by
Gretchaninoff.

Phelps Addresses
Tech Students

Dr. William Lyon Phelps, pro-
fessor emeritus of English litera-
ture at Yale and distinguished au-
thor, will speak at the Georgia Tech
auditorium next Monday at 8:15
p. m. on "The Romance of Sci-
ence and the Truth of Fiction."

Dr. Phelps is brought to At-
lanta by the local chapter of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women. Mrs. Seth Snyder,
133 3 North Highland avenue, is
in charge of all arrangements of
the lecture.

Dr. Phelps, who is 75, has been
professor emeritus at Yale since
1933. Always prominent among
literary circles, he has written 23
books, the latest and most famous
of which is his Autobiography with
Letters, published last year.

Mrs. Snyder said that there
would be no reception after the
lecture, but that Dr. Phelps would
be glad to autograph copies of his
Autobiography with Letters im-
mediately after the lecture.

Columbia Quartet
Opens Series

The Columbia Quartet, also
billed as the All-Star Quartet and
the Metropolitan Opera Quartet,
will open the All-Star Concert
Series in Atlanta Friday night, Oc-
tober 2 5, at the City Auditorium.

The quartet will include: Jos-
ephine Antoine, soprano; Igor
Gorin, baritone; Charles Kullman,
tenor, and Kathryn Meisle, con-
tralto. During the program the
artists will present solos, duets,
trios, and quartets. There will be
numbers from "Martha," "Car-
men," "Faust," "The Barber of
Seville," as well as other selec-
tions.

At the student meeting Thurs-
day in chapel, Agnes Scott stu-
dents again selected to go to the
concerts this year by way of buss-
es.

Miss Torrance
Assumes New Duties

Miss Catherine Torrance, pro-
fessor of Greek, has assumed her
duties as vice president for Georgia
of the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South.

Miss Torrance was elected at a
meeting last spring. Her duties
include making contacts with all
Latin teachers in Georgia, both in
the high schools and colleges.

On October 29, a special chapel
program will be conducted by the
Agnes Scott campaign chairmen
of the presidential nominees. Helen
Hardie, representative of the Na-
tional Student Federation Associa-
tion, the primary sponsor of the
straw ballot, will be master of cere-
monies, and will make a brief ad-
dress at the beginning of the pro-
gram, discussing the important fac-
tors at stake in this election. Jane
Taylor will uphold the Willkie
principles, and Marjorie Merlin will
present the Roosevelt platform.
Buttons and stickers for the vari-
ous candidates are to be distributed
to students at the end of the meet-
ing.

Register in Buttrick

For three days, beginning Octo-
ber 30, students will register in the
lobby of Buttrick Hall, in order
to be eligible to vote. Registra-
tion will consist of paying a one-
cent poll tax and of filling out a
registration blank slightly modi-
fied from the ones used in national
elections. Proceeds of the poll tax
will pay for the printing of special
ballots, since the college voters will
need only part of the official bal-
lot used by the United States Gov-
ernment. That part of the ballot
which the college will use, how-
ever, is identical with the official
form in all respects.

Vote November 5

November 5, with the polls open
from early morning until 4 p. m.,
every registered voter of the col-
lege community will vote for his
presidential choice. Regular re-
turns will be posted throughout
the day, while full results of the
voting will be published in a spec-
ial extra of The Agnes Scott News
brought out by dinner time the
same day. Votes will be tabulated
so as to show which candidates
carried the various states represent-
ed on the campus.

Give Publicity

Miss Florence Smith, faculty
sponsor, is busy arranging the main
features of the program, while
Eleanor Hutchens is responsible for
off-campus publicity. The Cur-
rent History Forum, under the di-
rection of Betty Stevenson, is to
conduct registration, while Miss
Smith's "Parties and Politics" class,
headed by Marjorie Merlin, is ar-
ranging the details of the chapel
program. Pi Alpha Phi, headed by
Mary Lightfoot Elcan, will be in
charge of the polls on election day.
The Agnes Scott News will co-
operate with all the organizations
to bring the college community the
latest campaign new* from the
present time through election day.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940.

Competition Rises
In Hockey Contests

As Sticks Cross in Exciting Games
Sophs win, Juniors Down Frosh

By Susan Self

After battling through a scoreless first half, the sopho-
mores came across with one goal to down the seniors, 1-0;
and the juniors scored twice in the second frame to beat a
spirited freshman team, 2-0, in last Friday's double-header.

Pattie Patterson's accurate driving and fine defensive
play, the work of Hopper at left

full and of
Dale at right
inner, the pen-
a 1 t y corners
called against
the seniors
those are what
made the so-
phomore - Sen-
i o r game
memorable.
Betty Bates
scored the sophomores' lone goal
after Bumstead and Holloran had
passed downfield. Martha O'Nan,
guarding the senior goal, kept so-
phomore scoring down and stop-
ped Downie twice after she had
dribbled her way into the scoring
circle.

Self

Freshmen Improve

With most of its regulars watch-
ing the game from the sidelines
during the first half, the junior
team found well-matched competi-
tion in an improved freshman
eleven. Speedy Zena Harris led,
and her team advanced into the
scoring circle time and again dur-
ing the first half.

Annie Wilds, Jessie MacGuire,
Betty Ann Brooks, Gay Currie,
Mary Dean Lott, and Alta and Dot
Webster entered the game early in
the second half and combined their
strength to break through and
score twice for the juniors before
the whistle. Dot Webster scored
twice, first on a pass from Mac-
Guire and again on a pass from
Wilds. Freshman Bry pulled a
goal-guarding feat worth writing
home about when she batted a
hard high drive from the air to
stop the junior blitzkrieg.

Predicts Juniors

Next week the juniors meet the
sophomores, and the freshmen
match sticks with the seniors. Our
belief is that the juniors will main-
tain present pace; that the fresh-
man-senior game will be far too
close even to guess a winner.

J. N. Kalish &
W. N. Ainsworth, Jr.

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The lineups:
Junior Freshman

Hance C.F. Harris

Wagnor ELI. Duffie

Purcell L.I. Hill, G.

Thomas R.W. Bond

Stuckey L.W. Tuggle

Gillerstedt __ C.H. Noir

Harry R.H. Farrior

Walker L.H. Brewer

Copeland R.F. Dillon

Montgomery _ L.F. Hill, K.

Da vies G. Bry

Junior subs: Smith, Davis,
Bradfield, Wilds, Smith, Mac-
Guire, Gray, Montgomery, Brooks,
Currie, Dale, Walker, Lott, D.
Webster, A. Webster.
Sophomore Senior

Rountree C.F. Vaughan

Dale R.I. Musser

Holloran L.I. Kyle

Bumstead R.W. __ Dennison

Downie L.W. Stubbs

Radford C.H. Henry

McFadyen R.H. Patterson

P. Lancaster- L.H. McGarity

Paisley . R.F. Wilds

Hopper L.F. _ J. Lancaster

Percy G. O'Nan

Sophomore subs: Cochran,
Bates, Moore, Smith, Weismann.

Club Takes Swimmers

Alta Webster, swimming mana-
ger, announces fourteen new mem-
bers in swimming club including
seven freshmen, three sophomores,
three juniors, one senior, and a pair
of twins. They are Mary Jane
Bonham, Frances Alston, Jean
Beutell, Edwina Burrus, Martha
Ann Smith, Marna McGarraugh,
Agnes Douglas, Maslin House, Pat
Stokes, Caroline Tumlin, Julia
Harvard, Elizabeth Harvard, Ro-
ben Taylor, and Mary Maxwell.

Roland Hayes
Sings in Atlanta

A singer of world-wide repu-
tation, Roland Hayes, tenor, will
present a concert tomorrow night,
October 24, at the Wheat Street
Baptist Church at 8:30 P. M.

Born in Calhoun, Georgia, Ro-
land Hayes has attained a world-
wide reputation as a singer, per-
forming for the King and Queen
of England. He has traveled a
great deal and has been to Atlanta
a concert star.

Organizations List
New Members

Pi Alpha Phi:

Mary Lightfoot Elcan, ^president,
announces the new members. They
are Elise Smith, Margaret Erwin,
Mary Jane Bonham, Sarah Massey,
Pat Reasoner, Margaret Mary
Toomey, and Mamie Hallman.
Spanish Club:

At the last meeting of the Span-
ish Club, the club's constitution
was amended to fit the present
conditions. New members are
Sue Phillips, Marion Phillips,
Keeker Newton, Helen Gilmer,
Frankie Butt, Katherine Johnson,
Elta Robinson, May King, and
Mary Davis.

Eta Sigma Phi:

Harriette Cochrane, president,
announces the newly-elected mem-
bers of Eta Sigma Phi. They are
Martha O'Nan, Polly Lyndon,
Mary Ann Faw, Miriam Bedin-
ger, Mardia Hopper, Anne Paisley,
Rosalie Sturdavant, Louise Wood,
Ann Flowers, Julia Ann Patch,
and Susan Guthrie.

Chi Beta Phi:

The new members of Chi Beta
Phi are Stuart Arbuckle, Betty
Ann Brooks, Virginia Corr, Mar-
garet Eiseman, Pat Reasoner, Eliz-
abeth Ruprecht, Elizabeth Russell
and Margaret Wade.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address

J. R. McCAIN, President

Grea t- Gra n dda ugh ter
Matriculates This Year

Although types remain universal and personalities of
individuals are for all time, from Chaucer's prioress to the
lady of the day, the change in Agnes Scott from the days
of 1892 to 1940 compares with evolution in history in com-
plications and importance. Though steeped in tradition,

after biding its time for 51 years,
Agnes Scott has waited until 1940
to see its first great-granddaugh-

When Leila Glover registered at
Agnes Scott in 1892, three years
after the Institute was founded,
she encountered a different sort
of school from the one in which
her granddaughter, Zoe Drake, has
met with in 1940. As seen through
Zoe's eyes, the subjects at Agnes
Scott are taken with a view to
some future job, while Grand-
mother Glover took spelling, com-
position, Bible and Arithmetic,
seemingly with an eye to matri-
mony.

"I like to study," said Zoe, and
looked as though she really meant
it. "I had rather study while I'm
on the campus than do anything
else my major is going to be
chemistry and I would like to be
a lab technician, " she closed the
subject with a practical glint in her
eye. 'Tis rumored by all who know
Zoe, however, that the telephone
holds a peculiar fascination for her,
and possibly Leila's forward look
to the altar is secretly harbored by
Zoe.

"As much as I like it on the
campus, I find that my week-end
trips give me an entirely new per-
spective on things. Agnes Scott is
like a little world set apart." While
Leila Glover was satisfied with the
simple diversions of pop-corn pop-
ping, a stiff game of whist, or a
daring midnight feast, Zoe's world-
ly opportunities to attend fraterni-
ty hayrides or the K. A. formal
on the week-end are indicative of
the progressive results in Agnes
Scott's evolution.

"I like sophisticated evening
dresses no frills and ruffles for
me," Zoe stated simply. Her beige
sport coat spoke further for Zoe
in emphasis of her point. In con-
trast to her slight touch of sophis-
tication, which results from a sim-
ple desire to be natural and frank,
Zoe's red hair-ribbon gave away
her old-fashioned girlishness at
which Leila Glover would have
smiled with definite approval. Ag-
nes Scott may change with the
times, in its external appearances
and adopted contemporary conven-
tions, but girls will be girls, and
grandmother and granddaughter
have their ways in common.

Miss Louise McKinney, one of
the first professors at Agnes Scott,
said: "I probably taught Leila
rhetoric or composition; and if her
parents were anything like the gen-
eral run of parents, they objected
violently when I boldly assigned
my classes novels to read in the
English class. Ta tell the truth,
it was a bit liberal, because I some-
times got pretty deeply involved
myself in some of the novels I se-
lected."

If we could borrow Miss McKin-
ney 's mind for a while, close it
with ourselves in a private corner,
and look through her eyes into the
present, past, and future of Agnes
Scott, we might be able to express
that feeling which, in all sincerity,
would embody the intangible spirit
that makes Agnes Scott eternally
the same. But, we can only offer
the simple adage slightly altered,
"Like grandmother, like grand-
daughter, as shown through Leila
Glover and Zoe Glover Drake."

THE WEEK-END
SPECIAL

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kind of coats for tljem. In fact there you
will find coats smart for hardy campus
wear and ideal for trips to town or
country. They are all made to flatter even
the most perfect figures and priced to
suit the most counted budget. Even an
agnostic will have to admit that there is
something mighty big behind all this.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940.

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Sophomores
Attend Social

Mortar Board Plans
Affair in Hallowe'en Motif

Sophomores will lay aside their
books tonight and tomorrow night
and take up prom cards for the
Mortar Board parties to be held in
Murphey Candler Building at eight
o'clock. The motif for the parties
will be 'Hallowe'en.

Grace Walker and Jean Denni-
son are in charge of decorations;
Gene Slack and Ann Henry, enter-
tainment; Sabine Brumby and
Frances Breg, food; Elaine Stubbs,
proms; Betsy Kendrick, invita-
tions; and Ida Jane Vaughan,
dates.

The boys invited for Wednesday
night are:

Fred Walker, Fairfield Manget, Lonnie
Thomas, Russell Melbourne, "Snick"
Bishop, Bill Marquess, Steve McGargee,
Billy Gardner, Jack Crown, George Cress,
Charlie Anderson, Gene Powell, Sidney
Underwood, Bob Cruger, Bob Thibedeau,
Lyman Goodwin, Lindsay Holland, Billy
Hodges, Jim Ed Fain, Bill Keith, Paul
Stoney, R. C. Tweed, Emmet Robinson,
Grady Gallant, Harlon Sisk, Dexter Clay-
ton, ' Ernest Lunsford, Clark Case, Carl
Weinmaster, Layton Trimble, Wyman
Sloan, Charles Middlebrooks, John Lewis,
Billy King, Phil Adams, David Hamilton,
Jimmy Tharpe, Joe Beutell, Bill Moody,
Jim Fair, Ed Scott, Tom Hill, Bob Bar-
rett, Lewis Estes, Ed Demere, Jack Pow-
ell, Bill Hutchinson, Porter Warren, Le-
land MacKay, Jimmy Rhodes, Tom Whit-
ing, Jim Moore, Bud Nelson, Roy Walton,
Walter Beckham, Tom Addison, Archie
Tolbert, Bob Battle, Stewart Brown, Mil-
ton Edgerton, Valdemar Gude, Ralph
Porch, Alex Kidd, Ed Tucker, Jack Mat-
thers, Charlie Johnson, Walter Pittman,

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Virginia Clower Takes Notes

For the Record

Football games seem to be the
most popular distraction of our
socially inclined Hottentots these
days. The sen-
ior section of
the Tech
stands at the
Vandy game
looked like an
Agnes Scott
r a 1 ly , with
some of the
best -looking
sports outfits
decorated with gold and white

Barnes Sale, Jim Howell, Bill McKinney,
Bobby Kilian, Ned McMillan, Billy Rain-
water, Ben McAndrew, Clinton Horton,
Franklin Smith, Arthur Wood, Charles
Allen, Erie Phillips, Raleigh Sutton, Ran-
dall Goldthwaite, Clyde McCarver, Bob
Worland, A. B. Dennis, Jordan Calloway,
Bert Herndon, Bob Morris, George Bates,
Ben St. Clair, Manual Cooper, Rothwell
Polk, James Allred, Bill Elkin. Upton
Clarey, Ben Banks, Alvis Waitte, Bill Hin-
son, Crip Holland, Jason Shirah, Irwin
Jennings, Mort Doogan, Rhett Gunter,
Buddy Brock, Van Hunt, Frank Sherman,
Doc Rajadolph, Tom Herndon, Arthur Ev-
ans, Willie Wilson, Bob Belcher, Ray Bald-
win, Doug Clark, Guerrard Spratt, Bill
Hansell, Reynolds Hudson, Dave Boy,
Charles Carver, Steadman Burgess, and
Bobby Gibbs.

Those for Thursday night are:

Warren McLain, James Nelson, Ned In-
verson, Charlie Bixler, Wayne Potter,
Bones Woodward, Davidson Phillips, Ar-
thur Moore, Jr., Bob Warnock, Bill Thomp-
son, Bob Rush, Bill Brooks, Newman Lo-
zier, Bill Stubbs, Charles Carruth, Mere-
dith Yoe, Haywood Pearce, Henley Stur-
gess, Tom Jackson, John Adams, John
Youmans, Stokes Tolbert, Steve Pace,
Charles Golson, Harry Willson, Dudley
Hunt, Dickie Boyd, Ed Pollard, Luten
Teate, Powers McLeod, Cliff Harbour,
Randy Macon, Joe Brannen, Wade Huie,
Alvin Ratliff, Jack McLaughlin, Kennion
Edwards, Bert Ausley, Wilbur Shepherd,
Charles Butsch, Willis Mozley, Wiley
Branan, Tommy McPherson, Bud White,
Ivan Bennett, Bob Powell, Bob Jackson,
Walker McElheny, Bill Cumbaa, Jack Kay,
John Taylor, Harold Wright, T. L. John-
son, Cecil White, Enon Hopkins, Mike
Kossek, Coleman T. King, Bill Gignillat,
Bob Barton, Walter Bundy, Marion Lan-
gerquist, Sam Wise, Wade Atkenson,
George Roach, Doug Read, Thad Morri-
Bon, Ray Huxford, David Chewning, Da-
vid Dennison, Harry Hutchins, Billy
Peeples, Gene Howe, Tommy Barnes,
George Holsenbeck, Harold Johnston,
Cliff Walton, Walter Cottingham, Bill
Ballenger, Tommy Hicks, David King, Jay
Moore, Ben Smith, Dick Westbrook, John
Zimmerman, Hugh Chapman, Arthur An-
derson, Lynn Higgenbottham, George Mi-
zzell, Bill Allsup, Bill McLees, Hick Har-
vin, Ben Martin, Morris Erlick, George
Smith, Frank Phinney, Bud Cottrell, Tom
Collins, Horace Massey, Albert Martin, Bill
King, Raymond Edwards, Frank Atwater,
Billy Richards, Beb Blanc, Doug Kelso,
Tom Reid, Lin Flanagen, Ed Van Vor-
hess, Charlie Green, Jack McGowan,
Claude Duteil, Earl Cook, Hugh Gilpin,
Bill Aycock, Howard, Jr., H. L. Burpo,
Jr., Bill Maynard, Don Newman, Bob
Weatherford and Bobby Dodd.

chrysanthemums.

Absent Minded Senior

Maybe she was thinking about
the concerts, or maybe she was
just in a hurry for the week to go
by, but anyway, Virginia Collier
arrived at dinner Tuesday evening,
Luc, completely out of breath, and
resplendent in evening dress.

"An Apple a Day"

One of the House twins (don't
ask which one) evidently sub-
scribes to several familiar adages.
She certainly was applying "Pre-
paredness," "Safety First," "First
Impressions Count Most," and
maybe even "An apple a day keeps
the doctor away," when she arriv-
ed at her first English theme con-
ference with Miss Allbright, bring-
ing teacher a bright red apple.

Speaking of Doctors

One of the first encounters Dr.
Jones had with the new freshmen
was having a girl come into her
office and stop short, saying in
a rather rueful tone, "Why, I
thought you were a man."

We Wonder

Why Miss Allbright wants to
take swan-diving and flit . . .
Why Miss Harn wears her watch
upside down and backwards; it's
terribly confusing . . . Miss Om-
wake claims that Miss Harn has
worn her watch that way so long,
she can't read it right side up!

Bartlett Addresses
College Radio Guild

At the last meeting of the Ra-
dio Guild, at which Marcus Bart-
lett, official of W. S. B., spoke,
members elected Lib Barrett presi-
dent, Cornelia Stuckey vice presi-
dent, and Molly Oliver secretary-
treasurer of the organization.

Mr. Bartlett told the members
that the type of scripts his station
was interested in are those con-
cerning the lives of Spanish ex-
plorers and dealing with typical
Georgia characteristics.

Plans were made to meet twice
a month, once with Emory. Pro-
grams will include historical
sketches, biographies, and dramat-
ic episodes. These will be recorded
on the new recording machine
almost since its founding.

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After Working Hours

You really do have to take off
your hat to the girls this week.
There were more than the usual
number of social activities, at each
of which Agnes Scott was well
represented plus all the "trips out
of town."

The first Med Dance of the

year was given Friday night, with
the Phi Chi's as hosts. Those add-
ing to the fun were Gentry Burks,
Carolyn Dunn, Mary Lightfoot
Elcan, Pat Reasoner, Laura Cum-
ming, Iddy Boone, Nancy Mays,
Helen Jester, Beryl Healy, Row-
ena Barringer, Mary Olive Thom-
as, and Sarah Copeland.

The Baptist Student Union

had a social Friday night which, ac-
cording to Jeanne Lee, Louise Pru-
itt, Ann Fisher, Elise Nance, and
Eugenia Mason, was a lovely
party.

The Columbia Seminary en-
tertained Virginia Montgomery,
Carolyn Newbold, Martha Arant,
Jane Taylor, Doris Hasty, Mary
Jane Bonham, Ann Flowers, Anne
Ward, Jean Chester, Bippy Grib-
ble, and Neva Jackson.

Vanderbilt descended upon us
and drew a crowd of supporters
for the game Saturday. Among
them were Lib Barrett, Gentry
Burks, Rowena Barringer, Eugenia
Hailey, Frances Butt, Betsy Ken-
drick, Patricia Poole, Polly Frink,
Sarah Copeland, Clara Rountree,
Charity Crocker, Marion Phillips,
Jean Tucker, Carolyn Daniel, Sally
Knight, Sis King, Dot Holloran,
Martha Liddell, and Lois Martin.

The fraternities kept up the
good work of playing hosts to
many Agnes Scott girls. The
Pi K A's entertained Evelyn
Cheek, Julia Scott, and Clara
Rountree; Ann Flowers went to
the K A House; A T O's enter-
tained Eugenia Hailey, Gentry
Burks, Lib Barrett, Rowena Bar-
ringer, and Florence Ellis.

Perhaps one of the biggest events
of the week-end was the dance held
at the Tech Armory. Those at-
tending this grand affair were
Flake Patman, Julia Scott, Betty
Burruss, Josanne McDaniel, Julia
Ann Florence, and Carolyn Dan-
iel.

Even with all the excitement in
town, some of our belles sought
entertainment elsewhere. For in-
stance, Louise Newton went to
Birmingham for the Tennessee-
Alabama game. Others missed on
the campus were Joella Craig, who
went to Walhalla, S. C; Katie
Arnall, Frances Cook, Susan Mont-
gomery, and Betty Bacon, who

Blackfriars, Emory
Produce Drama

In conjunction with the Emory
Players, Blackfriars will produce a
Lucy Stone play on October 29,
at 7:3 0 P. M., in Miss Gooch's
studio, and will stage a repeat per-
formance for the League of Wom-
en Voters in Atlanta.

Characters are Lucy Stone, play-
ed by Jeanne Flynt; Antoinette
Brown, Stuart Arbuckle; George
Washington Watts, Reid Sessions;
and Mrs. Mayhan, Elise Smith.

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College Reports
War's Influences

War's influences are every-
where, and not the least of them
are noted in America's colleges.

Here are four typical reports:

At Florida State College, Dr.
Anna Forbes Liddell, head of the
department of philosophy and re-
ligion, declares that an increase in
registrations for Bible courses re-
flects upset world conditions.

Looking for "basic values to
which they can hold," college stu-
dents over the entire country have
evidenced increased interest in
Bible courses for the last year or
more, she says.

At the College of Our Lady of
Good Counsel in White Plains, N.
Y., a girls' school, increased inter-
est in science courses has necessi-
tated a 20 per cent enlargement in
laboratory facilities.

The college attributes mounting
interest in biology, chemistry and
physics to new opportunities ' in
medical and scientific work open-
ed up for women by America's pre-
paredness program.

Smith College, Northampton,
Mass., because of events abroad
which prohibit foreign study and
threaten to eclipse European arts,
has started a new course, "The
Arts in America."

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went to Newnan, Georgia. Mar-
garet Powell went to Thomasville,
as did Lillian Schwencke; and
Martha Stone went to Louisville.
Caroline Tumlin went to Milledge-
ville, Betty Sullivan went to An-
derson, S. C; Sue Mitchell and
Catherine Kolloch went to Neel's
Gap; and Jessie McGuire and
Mary Bon Utterback went to Ham-
ilton to visit Virginia Williams.

Campus Queen Scene:

Honors this week go to Susan
Montgomery who, along with oth-
er freshmen, seems to be trying to
show the upper classmen what the
"well-dressed college girl" wears.
Susan appeared this week in a two-
piece dress the skirt of which
was blue and wine plaid wool, with
pleats all around, while the jacket
was of wine velveteen, with collar
and piping of the same plaid as the
skirt. Marching up the front of
the jacket was a row of silver
beetles acting as buttons. With
this outfit Susan wore wine suede,
wedge shoes, and a perky hat, made
of plaid to match the skirt. If
we had a hat like THAT, Susan,
we wouldn't take it off. But
since we haven't, our hat's off to
you, freshman!

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940.

Let There Be
Thought

The dual debate Monday night, offering
the first organized campus reaction to the
presidential election, turned out to be a
heated opener for campaign activities
leading to the straw ballot November 5.
An Emory man concluded the debate,
saying: "After all, it makes very little dif-
ference who we vote for; the fact that we
vote at all is the thing which is important.
What we want is a president elected by
the people."

We see an element of truth in this state-
ment, but we feel that it needs amending.
What we want is not merely voting, but
thoughtful voting. We see no point in
voting for the sake of voting. An action
without an end in view is purely wasteful,
and worse than no action at all. It makes
very little difference to us which candidate
a person votes for, provided he bases his
vote on thought. We respect any well-
founded opinions, whether they be on the
side of Mr. Willkie or Mr. Roosevelt. The
fact that persons do not agree after they
have thought a matter through is merely
the result of individual differences.

The straw ballot here on the campus will
give us an opportunity to exercise
thoughtful voting. The election will fol-
low the national procedure as closely as
possible. We will have speeches, registra-
tion, a poll tax, and voting in booths. Al-
though ballots will include only the presi-
dent and vice-president, omitting the elec-
tors, the part included will be an exact
replica of the true ballot.

Heretofore, few of us have really had
to think why we would want to vote a
certain ticket, because few of us have
been able to vote. We have either been
for Roosevelt or against Roosevelt without
knowing why. If we take active part in
the campaign preceding the ballot we will
have to stop being theoretical and vague,
and begin to offer specific reasons for our
beliefs. And when we go to the polls, we
will want to be sure of our choice.

Let us hope when the ballots are count-
ed that each vote will represent a definite
opinion based on facts and thought the
opinion of a thinking student.

American Youth
Responds to Challenge

"The Youth Movement, " quips a paragrapher
in the University of Texas Daily Texan, "is most
inactive when someone wants the lawn mowed. "

To some degree, American youth is on the de-
fensive. Not a few persons in high places have
been outspoken in their criticism. "Recently,"
observes the Los Angeles Collegian, "we, the youth
of the United States, have been the victims of a
campaign calling us 'a bunch of cowards' ... a
disgrace to the old families of trail-blazers." The
Collegian continues that youth has "no desire to
go over to Europe and be involved in another one
of Europe's muddles. We are afraid of having to
fight someone else's fight . . . But we are not
afraid to fight our own fight."

Citing the rush of youth to volunteer for serv-
ice in the armed forces, the Louisiana State Uni-
versity Reveille notes that "very often American
youth is condemned for talking intelligently and
thinking shallowly. "We wonder," asks the
Reveille, "if these 'condemners' would take the
time to sit and consider the action of America's
youth, with the world and his life before him,
who sets aside his personal plans and ideas in order
that he may serve his country would they so
hastily shout 'shallow'?'*

A challenge to youth is voiced by the Santa
Clara publication at the University of Santa
Clara, Calif. "Recently," it says, "in a letter
to a national magazine, a woman accused Ameri-
can young men of doing nothing but 'living off
their parents and the government, riding around
in jalopies, and exercising an immoral attitude
toward women'." The Santa Clara believes "the
immediate reaction of the subjects of such attacks
is laughter or contempt. It is an unfortunate
truth, however, that the last person to recognize
a fault is the subject of that fault. It is the duty
of college men to exhibit in themselves such in-
dustry, patriotism and adherence to Christian
principles that in times of national crises scurri-
lous attacks upon 'American Youth' will be made
impossible." (ACP)

Cartledge

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

CampusQuotes

The May Day Committee has asked the use
of our column this week in order to gather student
suggestions for this year's program.

Mary Robertson, '42: I think the May

Day program should be managed completely by
the students. It is one of the
major campus activities and
I do think the students
should write as well as pro-
duce it.

Jo Cates, '41: I like

the May Day programs given
at night. The lighting is so
effective. And I like the
strangeness and fantasy of an
old theme rather than a
modern one.

Anna Branch Black, '43: I like the May

Day given in the late afternoon. The shadows
then are beautiful and effective.

Alta Webster, '42: I like real beauty in

the May Day programs, classical rather than mod-
ern. And I do think that it should have a well-
constructed plot.

Laura Sale, '41: I think that setting in
such a classic rather than a modern theme is
more appropriate for the setting that we have.

Carolyn Strozier, '41 : I think that the

May Day programs are most attractive given at
night. The colored lights are very effective and
usually, during the afternoon programs, it gets
too dark to see well toward the end of the per-
formance.

Bee Bradfield, '42: "Whether the theme

is classical or not, May Day should be simple
enough to understand without having to look at
the program all the time. I think the students
ought to write the script, if they are going to
perform the program."

Julia Ann Patch, '42: i d like to see a

modernistic May Day production this year. Clas-
sical and old-fashioned themes are common May
Day material, and something modernistic would
be different and more original.

Jeanne Osborne, '42: "I like the idea of

having May Day at night. I think it would be
nice to have a modern theme as a change from the
classic one. It would give a greater opportunity
for originality to the students who write it."

Tine Gray, '41: I think that the Greek
theme for May Day has been overworked. What-
ever the theme is, it shouldn't be too remote. And
if the May Court is to represent the beauties of the
campus, I do think that their costumes should be
becoming.

Virginia Clower, '41: "1 think that the

costumes of the court should be in keeping with
the general theme of the play, rather than adher-
ing so strictly to the Grecian tradition. The clas-
sical costumes are beautiful, but not becoming to
everyone. After all, there have been attractive
styles since the Greeks."

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Then There Were None

It is too easy to be bored as
"they" knock over decent little
countries like ten pins. First there
were Austria and Czechoslovakia,
and now there are none; then
there were Poland and Belgium,
ggj and Holland,
and Norway,
and now . . .
Once there
was France,
and now there
is none. One
can get used
to anything.
It's almost
Stevenson a surprise
why Greece is it still there?
Probably not for long. An ul-
timatum has been reported and de-
nied. As a long-time observer of
disappearing nations, we diagnose
that as a bad sign. Signor Gayda
has warned of a "day of reckon-
ing," practically a post mortem.

Calm Before the Storm

Turkey has been scurrying about
busily for a safe berth in the storm
to come. The sight is admirable
and pitiable; no sign of panic, ju-
dicious talk with Russians and Brit-
ons and Greeks.

President Ismet Inonu is believed
to have talked strategy with the
Soviet ambassador and his own
chief of staff. And there are per-
sistent reports of key British em-
pire men smoothing relations,
building up confidence, even
promising things.

Shifty Joe

We wonder what Stalin thinks
of Hitler's war display in the Bal-
kans. Will he, can he, dare to risk
war there? In any case, the Rus-
sian fleet in the Black Sea has
moved southwestward, and only a
river separates German and Rus-
sian troops in that adaptable coun-
try, Rumania.

Russian publicity is almost pro-
British. And the loyal Red work-
er must veer with the wind and
admire British resistance for the
moment. Anyway, we detect
somebody's loss of temper in the
Russian press's denial of proper
notification of the German ad-
vance into Rumania.

Don't Let Your
Left Hand . . .

Inconsistency has eaten into the
best of causes. Last June, Eng-
land was ready to fight to the last
ditch for her liberty; Brittania was
heroic at home, but timid in the
East and closed the Burma Road.
Now that Churchill and England
have come through the autumn
undaunted, they proudly renounce
the embarrassing compromise and
reopen the Burma Road.

The beautiful picture is spoiled
by a deal in the East Indies. Two
oil companies there, one American
and one British, have agreed to
supply Japan in the future with
40 percent of all the oil she needs.
This, when England and America
are talking big!

Enemies of the State

France might be a void for all
the news that comes out. When it
comes out, you had rather not have
heard it. It keeps on being a story
of sickening concession to an ene-
my who holds the stick of terror.
It is so typical that it is frightful;
the French, too, have set up re-
strictions against Jews and have
defined a medieval status for wom-
en.

In This Corner

The man stays in there, slugging
when all the odds are against him.
His worst enemies are beginning to
grudge him and his unending mid-
western drawl the virtue of not
knowing when to give up. The
figures (courtesy of Gallup) show
a new swing to Willkie in the last
weeks, particularly in the midwest.

Precautionary Measures

The announcement made last
night that all dependents of Unit-
ed States Naval Officers in the
Orient are to be sent back home
at government expense, may fur-
nish food for some serious thought,
not only to Americans, but also
to the Japanese who are prowling
about the Pacific.

With our national defense pro-
gram well under way, the Navy is
preparing to strengthen its theo-
retical mastery of the Pacific, and
the recent shake-up in Army per-
sonnel has paved the way for a
firmer grip on the Philippines.

The Agnes Scott News Campus Camera

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1940. No. 5
1940 Mcmher 1941

Associated GoIle6iate Press

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
?lass matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Clower Managing Editor

BUCK5H0T

MICHIGAN'S
FAMED

WILLIE HESTON

SCORD
OVER. 110
TOUCHDOWN?
FROM 1901
TO 1905/

Florence Ellis

Bee Bradfield
Jeanne Osborne
Assistant Editors
Suzanne Kaulback
Advertising Manager
Carolyn Strozier

Copy Editor
Virginia Williams

Feature Editor
Matilda Cartledge
Jessie MacGuire
Asst. Feature Editors
Betty Jane Stevenson

Business Manager

Cornelia Stuckey
Club Editor
Mollie Oliver
Society Editor

Lib Barrett
Anne Frierson
Jackie Stearns
Olivia White
Asst. Society Editors

Lucile Gaines
Circulation Manager
Mary Ivy
Bennye Linzy

Current History Editor Mary Madison Wisdom
Susan Self Anita Woolfolk

Sports Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Edwina Burruss, M. Dale, L. Frank-
lin, M. Gray, R. Hogan, D. Holloran, F. Kaiser,
J. Lancaster, M. E. Martin, M. Seagle, V. Wat-
kins, C. Willis, M. Wolford.

Business Assistants: M. Barker, L. Boone, B.
Brougher, A. Bumstead, A. Clements, J. Craig,
M. Dillard, M. A. Hannah, D. Hopkins, B. Moore,
M. Toomey.

COACH

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V OLD MAN OF
FOOTBALL,
WAS AN END
ON THE
FIRST
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LEHIGH V LAFAYETTE
HE- RAM IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION!
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The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 0, 1940.

No. 6

Vincent Sheean
Interprets
Current News

Famed Writer Offers
Views on Personal Opinion
In Lecture November 13

Vincent Sheean, noted war
correspondent and author of
(the recent Book-of-the-
Month) selection, Not Peace
But a Sword, will open Agnes
Scott's 1940-41 lecture series

of November 13 with a lecture on
"Personal Opinion.''

In this lecture, Mr. Sheean, who
Has been at the scenes of the
world's most important events of
the last ten years, will give his per-
sonal interpretation of the news of
the day. He will offer his own
experienced point of view on the
ever-changing panorama of events
in Europe, Asia, and North and
South America.

It has been said that in another
age Vincent Sheean would probably
have been an epic poet or a revered
prophet. In twentieth-century
America, however, he is considered
one of the most "glamorous jour-
nalists and brightest literary lumi-
naries." t

Born at Pana, Illinois, and edu-
cated at the University of Chi-
cago, he soon became familiar to
readers as foreign correspondent for
the Chicago Tribune and various
news syndicates.

He was married in 193 5 to
Diana Forbes-Robertson, daughter
of the famous British actor, Sir
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, and
settled down to write fiction in
Dover. Soon, war excitement
flamed, and he again began to view
history at first-hand. He covered
the Nazi's march into Sudetenland,
watched the persecution of the
Jews in Germany, and witnessed
the fall of Catalonia. Fiis broad-
cast from Prague, challenging the
right of certain of Hitler's claims
created a national sensation.

Georgia Sponsors
Exhibit in Library

Art Display Demonstrates
Fourteen Reproductions

Fourteen famous reproductions
of paintings by the masters, sent
by the University of Georgia to
Agnes Scott as a part of the Uni-
versity Center program for the in-
creased enjoyment of fine arts
throughout dbg state, are on exhi-
bition in the Art Exhibit room on
the third floor of the Library. They
will be on exhibit for three weeks,
Miss Agnes Reagan, assistant in the
Library, said.

The paintings on exhibition are:
Ryder's "Moonlit Cove," Bellows'
'The Sand-Cart," Homer's "Skat-
ing at Central Park," Donalley's
"Valhalla Bridge," Marin's "Sun-
set," Rembrandt's "Old Man with
Helmet," Durer's "Offering to the
New King," Lippi's "Madonna
Adoring Child," Weber's "Sum-
mer," Botticelli's "Madonna of the
Easter Lilies," Rubens' "Christ, St.
John, and the Angels," Renoir's
"Breakfast," Rafael's "Madonna of
the Chair," and Brueghal's "The
Peasant Wedding." More paint-
ings are expected later.

Librarian

Publication Editors
Attend Convention

Elaine Stubbs, editor of the
Agnes Scoff: News, Florence Ellis,
business manager of the Agnes
Scoff Neivs, Gene Slack, editor of
the Silhouette, and Helen Klugh,
business manager of the Silhouette,
will attend the National Collegi-
ate Press Convention to be held in
Detroit, November 7, 8, and 9.

The convention is held every
year and attracts representatives of
leading colleges over the United
States. Its purpose is to discuss
publications and to exchange new
ideas. Publications with an Ail-
American rating, which both the
Silhouette and the Netvs have, will
be on display.

m

MISS EDNA HANLEY

Miss Han ley
Returns to Campus

Saturday Miss Edna Hanley, li-
brarian, returned to Agnes Scott
after spending a month at Con-
necticut College, New London,
Connecticut, where she was form-
ulating the program for the ad-
dition to their old library. While
there, Miss Hanley conferred with
the president, faculty, students,
and architects. She also repre-
sented Agnes Scott at Connecticut
College's 25th anniversary.

During her stay, Miss Hanley
visited numerous New England
colleges, including Vassar, Welles-
ley, Amherst, Yale, College of New
Rochelle, and the University of
Connecticut. She also made a visit
to New York for conferences with
the architects.

Miss Hanley, head librarian, was
graduated from Bluffton College
and received her B.A., L.S. and
M.A.L.S. from the University of
Michigan. After she received her
degrees, she became interested in
the architcture of library build-
ings. Her interest in this line has
made her an expert, and she is fre-
quently consulted by architects
and librarians.

Roosevelt-Willkie Campaign Issue
Jolts Serenity of Student Life

By Martha Dale

Life used to be serene and happy just two or three classes a day, a little studying,
hockey or swimming on the side, and a date or two a week. But then, November 5 was
announced as election day for Agnes Scott.

Even classes have been affected. For perfect harmony, one should wear a Roosevelt
button to Dr. Hayes' class, then change to no-third term before going to Miss Jackson's
history.

bird flooded the campus trees with

Murphey Candler Building has
gone political. Now, you may be-
hold there huge portraits of Roose-
velt on one side and of Willkie on
the other. Murphey Candler has
become dual headquarters, the
scene of numerous political battles
waged under the watchful eye of
the chief contenders themselves.
Both parties display tables full of
voluminous written documents so
that, according to Marjorie Merlin,
campaign chairman for Roosevelt,
those who are "on the fence" may
read intelligent Roosevelt litera-
ture and be converted.

Willkie Propaganda

Willkie leaders have been un-
usually active. Whence came the
little "Think!" signs posted con-
spicuously in the dormitories? And
"the moral issue" that came
through the mail? What early

Willkie propaganda Saturday? May-
be it Was Suzanne Kaulback, Fran-
ces Breg, or Billie Davis.

Domestic Trouble

Incidentally, Billie Davis is hav-
ing temporary domestic trouble.
Roommate Gay Currie is a leading
figure in the Roosevelt campaign
and may be seen almost any time
engaged in heated argument with
some Willkie Democrat such as
Ann Gellerstedt or Doris Hasty.

Politics have invaded the sports
world, too. Junior hockey prac-
tice Thursday might easily have
become a "free-for-all fight." The
junior team declared itself 100 per
cent for Roosevelt. They claimed
to have "that Roosevelt energy"
that it takes to win; and apparent-
ly they have. Gay took this aus-
picious occasion for presenting a

Roosevelt button to Miss Wilburn.
A. A. President Ann Fisher was
already wearing one. Besides Gay,
Marjorie Merlin has the following
chief assistants: Mary Louise
Duffic, Nell Turner, Bee Shamos,
Betty Medlock, Marjorie Simpson,
Clara Rountree, Anne Frierson,
and Ann Henry.

Campaign Speeches

The campaign speeches Tuesday
certainly had some surprise ele-
ments. Willkie supporters appear-
ed in chapel all decked out with
red, white, and blue balloons,
screaming Willkie songs to the ac-
companiment of an elaborate band,
courtesy of Ann Gellerstedt. Then
came the third term supporters
marching in several divisions, wav-
ing banners, and singing a special
song composedly Bee Shamos.

That must be politics!

Dean Caps Seniors
At Investiture

Class Chooses Miss Hale,
Sponsor, as Speaker for Service

One hundred and one seniors will receive their caps from
Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean of students, Saturday at 11:30
A. M., at the annual investiture ceremony, to be held for the
first time in the auditorium of the new Presser Building.

Miss Louise Hale, associate professor of French and
sponsor of the senior class, has been selected to make the
address.

Fine Arts Center
Sponsors Evening
With Beethoven

The Music Department of the
Fine Arts Center for Georgia, under
the direction of Hugh Hodgson,
will present An Evening of Beet-
hoven, Friday at 8 P. M., in the
Bucher Scott Gymnasium. The
program includes:

Thirty-two Variations' on a
Theme in C Minor Hugh Hodg-
son, Irene Lcftwich Harris, Mar-
guerite Taylor, J. T. Pittman.

Sonata, Opus 13 (Pathetique)
Grave Molto allegro con brio;
Adagio cantabile; Rondo Mr.
Hodgson.

Sonata in A for Cello and Pi-
ano Rudolf Kratina, Mr. Hodg-
son.

Sonata, Opus 27, No. 2 (Moon-
light) Adagio sostenuto Mr.
Hodgson.

Sonata, Opus 31, No. 3 Mr.
Hodgson Menuetto moderato e
grazioso.

Trio for Cello, Violin, and Pi-
ano, Opus 87 Mr. Kratina, Rob-
ert Harrison, Mr. Hodgson.

Concerto in C Minor Mr.
Flodgson. Mrs. Harris at second
piano.

Turkish March from "Ruins of
Athens" Mr. Hodgson, Mrs. Har-
ris.

The concert will be open gratis
to the public. Miss Edna Whit-
mcre and her Girls' High students
have been especially invited by MLr.
Hodgson.

Dr. Henry A. Robinson
Addresses Pi Mu Epsilon

Dr. Henry A. Robinson, profes-
sor of mathematics, will go to Ath-
ens, Georgia, tomorrow to address
the University of Georgia chapter
of Pi Mu Epsilon on "Mathemati-
cal Problems Essential for Military
and Naval Science."

Pi Mu Epsilon is a national hon-
orary society for mathematics.

Dr. Robinson, interested in mil-
itary mathematics, has been a re-
serve officer for seventeen years
and is now a captain in the 317th
Observation Battalion.

Coming Thh Week

Wednesday, 8 P. M. Swim-
ming meet in Gym.

Friday Little Girls' Day.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
game on hockey field.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

Saturday, 11:30 A. M. In-
vestiture in Auditorium of
Presser Building.

The sophomores, clad in white,
will lead their sister class in the
procession from Inman Hall and
will, form a -double line through
which the seniors will pass.

Little Penelope Barnett, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Crawford Barnett,
president of the Alumnae Associ-
ation, and mascot of the class of
1941, will be present at the cere-
mony.

Rompers and Bows

Last year at investiture, Miss
Helen Carlson, assistant professor
of French, made the annual ad-
dress, and' the year before, Miss
Charlotte Flunter, assistant dean,
talked.

Preceding the investiture serv-
ice, the seniors will don their romp-
ers and hair bows for a last child-
hood fling on Friday to celebrate
Little Girls' Day before formally
becoming seniors.

Agnes Scott was the first col-
lege to inaugurate the custom of
investiture in the year 1908, when
Miss Nannette Hopkins placed the
caps on the seniors after the fash-
ion of the medieval accolade. As
the college grew, the custom be-
came more important to the mem-
bers of each succeeding class, and
the ceremony increased in beauty
and impressiveness.

Innovations

Few innovations have been
made. Up until 1921 the seniors
met at Dr. Gaines' home, now
Gaines Cottage, where Mrs. Gaines
put on their academic robes before
the procession was formed.

In 1937 the ceremony was held
in the Gymnasium instead of
Gaines Chapel for the first time,
and Miss Carrie Scandrett put on
the caps instead of Miss Hopkins.

Discussion of Every Phase
Of Student Government
Replaces Honor Week

A week of programs, Novem-
ber 12-15, emphasizing the place
of student government in the af-
fairs of the college, will replace
Honor Week this year, according
to an announcement by members
of the council. Frances Breg, pres-
ident of student government, ex-
plained: "The relationship of hon-
or to student government will be
emphasized, but a full week will not
be devoted to just the honor sys-
tem. Rather, all phases of student
government will be stressed."

All speakers will be members of
the college community. One of
the programs includes a discussion
of the theory of student govern-
ment and why we have it on our
campus. Another program will
bring out the practical application
of student government here at
Agnes Scott, while a model meet-
ing of student government repre-
sentatives will be the feature of a
third program.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1940.

Sister Classes Take
Hockey Honors

Frosh Overthrow Seniors;

Juniors Romp on Sophs in Th ird Victory

The juniors won their third straight hockey game when
they beat the sophomores, 4-1, and then cheered their fresh-
man sisters on to a 2-0 victory over the seniors last Friday.
Both games were hard fought. Both uncovered some spark-
ling bits of individual play.

The seniors, with Patterson, Henry, and' O'Nan to
strengthen the defense, held two

freshman teams scoreless until late
in the second half. The freshmen
scored first on a pass from Duffee
to Tuggle Ito Bond and again on a
drive. by K. Hill after a sweeping
run by Tuggle at left wing. Martha
O'Nan was a real menace through-
out the game, and turned fresh-
man shots away time and again.

Juniors Fight

The all-powerful junior team
continued to win, but met with
more trouble in making their four
markers than the score would indi-
cate. Annie Wilds drove in two
of her team's goals, first on a pass
from MacGuire after a twenty-
five yard bully, and later on a drive
downfield. Alta Webster can be
credited with two more scores, her
second one coming late in the
game on a beautiful angle shot. In
fact, it was the team of Webster
and Webster that showed specta-
tors just how hockey should be
played when more than once they
advanced into sophomore territory
with their triangle passes. The so-
phomore team scored in a general
scramble before the goal. Mardia
Hopper, at left fullback for the so-
phomores, turned in the defensive
performance of the day.

The lineups:

Junior Sophomore

A. Wilds C.F. ___ Rountree

McWhorter _ R.L. Dale

MacGuire L.I. Bates

A. Webster __R.W. __ Bumstead

Stuckey L.W. Downie

Lott C.H. Radford

Brooks R.H. MacFadyn

Huck L.H. C. Smith

Currie _ R.F. Paisley

Gcllerstedt __ L.F. Hopper

Davis G. Percy

Sophomore sub: Hirsh.

Junior subs: D. Webster, Brad-
field, Thomas, Walker, Gray.

Senior

Vaughan _
Willstatter

Kyle

Musser

Walker

Henry

Patterson _
McGarrity

Fisher

Lancaster .
O'Nan

C.F. .
R.I. .
L.I.
R.W.

Freshman

B. White
E. Harvard
M. F. Walker
_ J. Harvard

L.W. Hcnny

C.H. B. Walker

R.H. Riddell

L.H. Holmes

R.F. Harris

L.F.
G.

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Senior sub: Breg.
Freshman subs: Farrior, Brewer,
K. Hill, Duffee, Bond, Tuggle,
Nair.

This week the seniors will face
their A-l arch rivals, the juniors,
and the freshmen will have anoth-
er chance to claw at their black
cat opponents. Right now the jun-
iors and freshmen look like the
teams to win.

Tourney Reaches
Second Round

The singles tennis tournament
pairings show most of the matches
advanced into the second round.

In the upper bracket McDon-
ough defeated Hance 6-1, 6-2;
Lott defeated A. Willis, 6-1, 6-3;
C. Willis defeated Gellerstedt, 6-0,
4-6, 6-4; Brooks defeated Coch-
ran, 6-3, 6-4; Fisher, a favored
candidate, defeated Brewer, 6-0,
6-4; and Eagan defeated Irby, 6-0,
6-3. ( M

In the lower berth, Patterson
has advanced into the quarter fin-
als by virtue of her win over
Iyllis Lee, 6-0, 6-0. A. Wilds won
from Robertson, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.
Charity Crocker defeated Huie,
6-2, 9-7. Thomas defeated E.
Slater, 6-4, 14-12 and advanced
another round when Radford for-
feited. G. Hill defeated Long, 6-4,
9-7.

Tennis Manager Mary Olive
Thomas insists that the matches
be played off as soon as possible.

Swim Teams

Stage Meet

Club Features Contests
In Races, Form Swimming

Tonight at 8 o'clock Agnes Scott
Aqua Belles will don tank suits,
take to the water, and swim until
the best team wins. The meet,
open to swimming club and swim-
ming class members, offers Agnes
Scott's finest and should uncover
quite a bit of freshman talent.
Events included are a 20-yard dash,
form swimming, diving, a 40-yard
dash free style, and a relay race
with side stroke, breast stroke,
back and front crawls. A stunt
will close the show.

Misses Wilburn, Mitchell, and
Forman will do the judging while
Misses Gaylord and Pate keep
score. Mrs. Lapp is clerk.

New swimming managers are
Mary Maxwell, freshman; Char-
lotte Gardner, sophomore; Lila
Peck Walker, junior; and Jo
Cates, senior.

Blackfriars Names
Cast for Play

The following characters, chos-
en at tryouts last week, will play
the leading roles in Blackfriars' big
production of the year, "Brief Mu-
sic," to be presented November 16
or 23 in the Bucher Scott Gym-
nasium.

In order of appearance, they
are: Spiff, Laura Sale, a clever col-
leg* Amazon; Lovey, Florence El-
lis, beauty of the school; Drizzle,
Mary Blakemore, poet on the wing,
always half-way between genius
and suicide; Minnie, Neva Jackson,
a college smoothie, but not silly;
Maggie, Martha Sue Dillard, with
a dynamic personality; Rosey, Lib
Barrett, daughter of an intellectu-
al and conscious of it; and Jinx,
Ha Belle Levie, an eternal straggler
with a southern drawl.

According to Laura Sale, presi-
dent of Blackfriars, "This is the
best play we've given since 'Stage
Door', and sometimes I think it's
better. It has so much real feel-
ing in it."

"Brief Music" was first given in
the Pasadena Play House in 193 6,
and the first college production
was at Mills College, California.

J. N. KALISH & W. N. AINSWORTH, JR.
PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS
380 Peachtree St. Atlanta

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
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interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

Faculty Rooms Disclose
Interests of Owners

By Virginia Williams

Any lover of color, antiques, or books would love the
rooms of the faculty. If you would like to see Spanish lamps
of the sixteenth century, Dutch tiles, pot plants, or a picture
of Willkie, you should go calling. These assorted objects
may be found in the rooms of Miss Albright, Miss Cilley,

Miss Kutchens, and Miss Winter.

Naturally enough, the Spanish
influence will be found in the
household of Miss Cilley. If you
ignore the lack of an oriental
touch, one might say that Miss
Cilley lives in a cosmopolitan at-
mosphere. There are traces of al-
most all of the 3 6 countries in
which she has traveled.

The Egyptian influence is seen
in her hassock and pillows. The
hassock is appliqued with vivid
pictures of Pharaoh's daughter
while Egyptian slave drivers and
sacred beetles vie for honors on
the pillows.

Cilley Likes Antiques

Miss Cilley 's real pride and joy,
however, is her Spanish antique.
This big brass lamp once belonged
to Charles V of the Empire and
Charles I of Spain. She got it from
an old castle in Madrid. The lamp
has four wicks and burns olive oil.
With it on little chains are scis-
sors to trim the wick, if you know
how.

Guateamalean textile pieces are
on her walls, Spanish linen and
Spanish crockery on her table, and
Italian water colors hang in the
dining room. In her bedroom is a
map of her "second love," Portu-
gal. Among all these unique arti-
cles one would never guess that
Miss Cilley had a coat of arms un-
less one happened to look behind
the door.

English Atmosphere

Going from Miss Cilley 's home
to Miss Albright's is like going
from Spain to England. There are
three pictures of English scenes on
her walls, and a mug adorned with
the pictures of King George V and
Queen Elizabeth. Under the pic-
tures are the words "Long may
they reign". Further evidence of

in the dark blue piece of knitting
which could be only a scarf.

Miss Albright's other interest be-
sides England seems to be pot
plants. There are no less than
twelve in her room. Her books
were divided into two groups. Her
school books were in one stack and
her novels in another.
Assorted Taste

Miss Winter has no such sharp
division. Miss Winter's taste seems
to center in scores of books of all
types. Fundamentals of Speech
dwells happily with The Way of
All Flesh. Around the room are
an antique brazier, a pair of blown
glass vases, a plate "For a good
child," Dutch tiles, and scrap
books. N

On the wall is a map of Georgia
in 1779 with the location of Agnes
Scott labeled, "These parts are lit-
tle known."

Miss Winter seems to have a du-
al nature. On the wall in plain
view is a quiet water color scene
of Southampton. But behind the
door are lusty costume prints. The
figures are barbarians wearing only
the artist knows what. At least
the costume is colorful and seems
to resemble a doughnut of a pretzel.
Miss Winter admits that they clash
with the rest of the room, but says
she loves color. Her blue, green,
and red pillows would bear out this
statement.

Hutchcns, a member of the
"Faculty without faculties," has
neither watercolors nor antiques.
Her pride is the huge picture of
Willkie over her mantle. Her
books do not lack variety. Tloc
House at Pooh Comer is in the same
group with Shakespeare and Pascal.

Hutchens says of the maid serv-
ice given the faculty: "You may
quote me as saying 'It's wonder-
ful. She cleans up, hangs up,

pro-British sentiment may be seen makes up, and everything'."

HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS
AND INFLDENCE STAG-LINES

By Dalea Dorothy Clix

Dear Miss Clix: My brother, a sophomore at X College,

is an absolute lamb about bringing his boy friends over to our
school and introducing them to me. But oh, Miss Clix, they
never come back of their own accord ! I ask my brother why,
but he just poo-poos me evasively. I'm so upset that I bite my

fingernails ! What can I do ?

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manicure them with a
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Page 3

Mollie Oliver checks up on

After Working Hours

This past week-end has been not only full, but also inter-
esting, highlighted by the dash of five girls for West Point
and Princeton; the disastrous Tech-Auburn game; and the
numerous 'possum hunts and hay-rides.

The current question these days is: "Who Killed Aunt
Maggie?"

Elise Nance, Louise Newton,
Nina Mae Snead, and Carolyn
Dunn wca at The Premiere Tea
while Aileen Kaspar attended The
Premiere Thursday night.

Evelyn
Cheek was
entertained ai
luncheon at the
A TO House
Friday at Em-
ory.

At the]
Tech- Auburn
game Saturday
w e r e found:
Mary Olive Oliver
Thomas, Kay Wilkinson, Julia
Ann Patch, Ducky Copeland,
Olivia White, Annie Wilds, Flora
Campbell, Mardia Hopper, Lucile
Gaines, Lillian Schwenke, Mary
James Seagle, Helen Jester, Mar-
garet Mary Toomey, Betty Moore,
Barbara Wilbur, Dot Hopkins, Kay
Greene, Frankie Cundell, Jane Still-
well, Myree Wells, Frances Ellis,
Carolyn Dunn, Jane Taylor, Mary
Lightfoot Elkin, Mary Louise Duf-
fee, Bizzelle Roberts, Elta Robin-
son, Eloise McCall, Frankie Butt,
Charity Crocker, Jane McDon-
ough (5 guests from Auburn, too),
Margaret Downie, Dusty Hance,
and Sue Heldmann.

At the Chi Phi Tea Dance
were noted: Frances Ellis, Myree
Wells, Jane Stillwell, Josanne Mc-
Daniel, Kay Thompson, Dottie
Nash, Ducky Copeland, Darleen
Danielson, and Mary Beth Daniel-
son.

Oyer at the Sigma Chi Hal-

lowe'en Dance enjoying them-
selves were: Mary Louise Palmour,
Sue Phillips, Shirley Gately, Frank-
ie Butt, Ida Jane Vaughan, Mary
Louise Duffee.

On the SAE 'Possum Hunt
were: Annie Wilds, Mary Dean
Lott, Edith Dale, Betty Waitt,
Mary Ivey, Anita Woolfolk,
Weezie Sams, Susan Self, Nina Mae
Sneed, Betty Henderson, Clara
Rountree, Margaret Downie.

Home, or off for the week-
end went Dot Holloran to Lynch-
burg; Marjorie Wilson, Mary Jane
Cochran, Harriet Vaughan to
Greenville; Flake Patman to Mil-
ledgeville; Margaret McGarity to
Scarritt College, in Nashville;
to Scarritt College, in Nashville;
Margaret Woodhead to Clemson,
S. C. game; Louise Franklin to
Marietta; Connie Watson spent
the week-end in Washington, D.
C; Val Neilson was entertained at
West Point On-the-Hudson; while
Rowena Barringer, Margaret Mur
chison, and Florrie Guy dashed up
to the Princeton-Rutgers game at
Princeton, New Jersey.
Campus Queen Scene: Al-
though the costumes at the Bow-
ery Brawl were startling in ap-
pearance, we feel that our salutes
really must go to Susan Self. This
week we caught Susan wearing one
of the season's most becoming
styles the new side draped effect,
in this case. The shade was 'nutric'
brown, and drawn in graceful folds
to one side. We also liked Miss
Scandrett's be-jeweled clip, and
Nina Broughton's simple but 'sure-
fire' red dress with its initialed
ornament.

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May Day Committee

Opens Scenario Contest

Sarah Gray Rainey,
chairman of the May Day
committee, announces to
students the opening of a
contest for the May Day
scenario. Deadline for the
scripts has been set for the
last of November. The
committee has suggested
the theme of an English
fair, but contestants will be
free to choose whatever
theme they wish.

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

CampusQuotes

that six weeks tests are
us, we are beginning al-

Now
behind

ready to "live for Christmas, " and
thoughts of the holidays are upper-
most in our minds. We've tried
to find out this week what the
general feeling would be towards a
change in the dates of Christmas
vacatios toward the possibility of
changing the holiday so that class-
es would begin January 3 instead
of January 2 as it stands now. It
seems that the idea meets with
pretty widespread approval though
there is some dissension.

Arabella Boyer, '44:

I'd much rather have the extra
day before Christmas. We always
dash so, as it is, those first few days,
and I think' we really need the ex-
tra day at the beginning to at
least start to settle down. It
would mean more than after
Christmas when that first mad dash
is over.

Neva Jackson, '42:

I think it would be wonderful
if we could have the extra day at
the end, especially if you are driv-
ing back. There is always such a
great quantity of holiday traffic on
New Year's Day, and if we had
to be back for classes on the sec-
ond we would have to drive in
that traffic. I think that there
are a lot of people who would
dread the thought of it.

Jeanne Davidowitz, '41:

I think very definitely that we
should have an extra day at the
end of the holidays. Anyone that
has to come from any great dis-

Mr. Jones gathers Stardust as

Watch man Finds
Material for Book

By Virginia Williams

From stars in the sky to the playing stars of Atlanta's
bright stage of society, Mr. Jones may select his entertain-
'ment for the evening.

Between the hours of five in the afternoon to five in the

morning, broken by a midnight

feast in the college dining room,
night life on the Agnes Scott cam-
pus presents scenes which should
be looked at by all. "Oh, the gifte
God would gie us to see ourselves
as others see us."

Mr. Jones says, in answer to ac-
cusations that he might think the
girls silly, "No, I don't think they
are silly; they are just young and
alive." (Moving example: Two
figures creeping across the colon-
ade roof, clad in pajamas, resem-
bling the Dodge Sisters as they
tried to escape the night watch-
man's eagle eye. Note: You didn't,
girls!)

No Bribes

"No, boys never bribe me." He
continued, "and they've never at-
tempted to. I think the record
speaks well for Atlanta boys."

He agreed that Emory boys
know how to sympathize with a
night watchman since they have
had first-hand training as such on
their own campus. You ought to
give us a try at it, Mr. Jones; it's a
fair wager that the fate of the se-

tance will have to leave New
Year's eve and that means miss-
ing half the fun of the holidays!

Mary Olive Thomas, '42:

I really think that we should
have an extra day at the end of
Christmas vacation. If we had
to be back January 2, many peo-
ple would have to miss New Year's
Eve, and that is the one evening
when all the "old gang" gets to-
gether.

Frances Breg, '41 :

I think that we should be able
to have the extra day in January.
If classes do have to start the 2nd,
many girls may be very dissatis-
fied, having to leave New Year's
Eve or New Year's Day. I think
the attitude of the students to-
ward returning will be better and
happier on the whole if we could
return the third of January.

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lect 500 would not be thwarted.
If an intruder were to come, he'd
be as safe as a mouse in the wake
of a number of frenzied cats.

Mike (Martie's Mike, and in case
you haven't heard, ask any junior)
gave Mr. Jones a carton of Luckies
at the end of the year not as a
bribe, it is certain, but out of sheer
appreciation, just in case Mr.
Jones had something to do with his
finding his wife among these quad-
rangles.

"Just lively and young," says
Mr. Jones in remarking on the wild
dash of net and brocade into the
front door of Main at 1:29 on
Friday night, or the straw-covered
girls with newly-acquired wind-
blown bobs who make it in the
door from the truck in one leap.
Wonder what the Tri-Force, name-
ly Miss Scandrett, Miss Hunter,
and Ella, would quote on this same
subject.

False Alarms

"Sometimes I get a lot of false
alarms. They're funnier than they
are disconcerting," says our watch-
er of the night.

Upon investigating the hilarious
screams issuing from Rebekah the
other night, Mr. Jones found three
or four girls, armed with brooms,
chasing a defenseless bat up the
back steps of the building. He
lent his aid, whether to the bat or
the girls is still the qubstion, but
he restored peace at any rate.

Thus Mr. Jones, as he makes his
rounds each night, encountering
the high spots of drama and the
low spots of mischief's master-
pieces, has an excellent opportunity
to gather material for that book of
poetry we hear he is going to write
when he retires from active service.

Democracy Gives
Topic for Forum

Continuing the series of prepara-
tory forums for those students who
volunteered to address Atlanta
schools on Armistice Day, {he
Tech-Emory-Agnes Scott Joint
Committee of Christian Associa-
tion will sponsor a forum this eve-
ning in the old Y room in Main, on
the subject, "Preserving Democra-
cy in America."

This is the third in a series of
four forums designed to give the
members of the study group the
necessary ground material for their
Armistice Day speeches.

Sixteen Agnes Scott students
have joined the study group of
sixty since its formation early in
the school year. Of these, Scottie
Wilds, Mary Dean Lott, and
Suzanne Kaulbach are members of
the executive committee, while
Suzanne Kaulbach is its chairman.

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Page 4

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1940.

Marjorie Merlin Defends

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Too much has already been written and said in this cam-
paign. There has been too much accusation and too much
counter-defense. But most of all, there has been too much
quibbling. The main issues have been forgotten in the split-
ting of hairs over relatively unimportant matters. It is for
this reason that I want to point out what seem to me to be
the really vital problems involved in the selection of a presi-
dent for the next term, and to give my
reasons for unqualified support of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. I shall discuss only domes- 1
tic problems, since lack of space prevents
my delving into foreign policy.

There is, of course, some virtue in fer- 1
reting out rights and wrongs of the admin-
istration's actions in the past two terms.
There is value in proving that the public
debt is no greater than it was in 1920 ; It
is of importance to realize that the national
income is higher now than in 1929, the
height of prosperity. It is necessary for the nation to know
that the nine million who have gotten employment in pri-
vate business since 1933 probably constitute the total of
those unemployed by the depression and that those still un-
employed are victims of technological unemployment, a
trend that can not be reversed by any restoration to "nor-
malcy." This problem, brought about by increasing machine
labor, existed in the 1920 , s, and its solution is not to be found
in a return to the level of those years. Again, it should be
realized that the Roosevelt administration felt long ago the
need for rearming, and has increased expenditures for na-
tional defense yearly since 1936, with the result that we are
now better prepared than we have ever been in peace time
and are daily becoming increasingly well prepared.

All these arguments are of great importance and should
be discussed, but the controversies arising from them have
tended to hide the really significant issues of the campaign.
This is not a struggle of legislative acts, of administrative
practices, or of statistics. It is the struggle of two directly
opposite ideologies; it is a struggle of principles.

It is on the basis of the principles involved that I have
chosen to support President Roosevelt for another term.
Our concept of government has changed greatly since the
time of Jefferson. Fortunately, the makers of our Constitu-
tion prepared for such changes. Slowly, gradually, we came
to realize that laissez-faire was not a fair basis for govern-
ment. Our realization of this was shown in our anti-trust
legislation, our regulation of interstate commerce, and our
income-tax laws. All this came about in the early 1900's,
after a period of unbridled "keeping the Government out of
business." President Roosevelt stands for progress in this
direction. He realizes that not only has each citizen a duty
toward his country, but also that the state has a very defi-
nite duty towards its citizens. His stabilization of this fact
is proved by the trend of the legislation of his administra-
tions. Laws enacted have been in the direction of protecting
the people. Giving workers the right to bargain collectively,
giving them a fair return for work done and a greater num-
ber of hours for living their own lives, giving every person
security in old age and in unemployment, protecting chil-
dren from the horrors of child labor, protecting investors
from unscrupulousness on the stefek exchange, protecting
depositors in banks, protecting the rights of those who work
the land all these laws reveal the ideology of the New Deal
theory that the Government must fulfill its obligations to
its people.

The Republicans, on the other hand, are for turning the
clock back. They are interested in reverting our Govern-
ment back to the "golden" age of the 20's, when the struggle
for existence ended, as we saw, in the economic survival of
a very few. They opposed government "interference," ob-
jecting to the view that the government has the right, even
the duty, to interfere in the protection of all Americans. All
the legislation enacted for this type of protection was sup-
ported by Roosevelt's party, opposed by Willkie's. This fact
has more significance, I think, than all the political argu-
ments we have heard in the past three months.

It seems to me that this is the basis of the controversy
between Roosevelt and Willkie, and that it should be realized
behind all the words of all the campaigners. Of course,
Roosevelt has made mistakes. Could any human fail to
make mistakes in seven years of such dreadful responsibil-
ity? I contend, however, that his wrong moves, and cer-
tainly his right moves have been in the direction of progress.

The Agnes Scott News

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Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

New War

The Greek soil, too, now feels
the thud of bombs. The Italian
warplane casts its shadow upon the
Parthenon. Greece, also, is in an
unprovoked war. The Premier,
John Metaxas, was given only three
early morning hours to accept or
reject an ultimatum. His answer
could have had no effect on Mus-
solini's troops; "no" was as good
an answer as "yes." British help
has been pledged. How can it be
effective in time?

Intestinal Fortitude

In London, an unsentimental
Dutch Queen has fought on for
her flatland. In the Netherlands,
the stubborn Dutch "orangemen"
have also expressed a proud indi-
viduality. Last Sunday, every
Protestant minister in the land de-
livered a protest against a recent
anti-Semitic decree of the Nazi
overlords. Such moral stamina
was last seen in Germany when it
put Parson Niemoeller in a con-
centration camp and made his
name a danger to Hitler's bully
boys.

The New France

The new, unpalatable status of
France was brewed last week. Its
terms could be imagined; the use
of naval and air bases in Syria and
Africa and unoccupied France.
President Roosevelt and King
George both tried to avert the sur-
render of a tenuous "independence"
by messages to the old Marshal
Petain. The world outside caught
a glimpse of the struggle within,
when the censor obligingly passed
the news that Foreign Minister
Baudoin had resigned (in protest)
before denying |the report the next
day. The very names of the two
conferees, Hitler and Laval (re-
cently "the unspeakable Laval" to
one radio commentator) suggest
the distasteful and humiliating
agreement that will be forced up-
on the helpless French.

Washington Headache

A period of anxiety for the
western hemisphere has set in as
a result of closer cooperation be-
tween France and Germany. Sev-
eral French possessions in the
Caribbean (Martinique, Guada-
loupe, French Guiana) and Dakar
in French West Africa, are a po-
tential threat to this half of the
world. It is reasonably certain
that all semblance of French inde-
pendence will soon disappear. The
Western republics may face the
possibility of transfer of colonies
from one European power to an-
other. For just such an emergency,
the Act of Havana empowered the
Pan-American nations to take
over such territories. A fourtcen-
nation commission to supervise
such action is in existence. The
United States would most certain-
ly be the agent in this case. Such
an action is entirely probable. The
event is not one of the distant fu-
ture, but of the present: its gravity
must be faced now.

Pineapple State?

The idea of forty-nine stars up-
on the flag is almost sacriligious,
it is so unexpected. But the peo-
ple of the territory of Hawaii
earnestly wish for this numerical
change. Hawaiian inhabitants will
express the desire for statehood on
election day as the United States
chooses between Willkie and Roose-
velt.

Although the question has been
agitated for years, this vote will
be regarded as the first formal ap-
peal of the people. It cm have no
legal result, but its purpose is to
influence Congress to enact the
necessary legislation.

Jane Taylor Speaks for

Wendell L Willkie

Jane Shannon Taylor

As the forthcoming election is of such great importance
to all who are interested in the future of our American democ-
racy, let us consider for a moment the issues involved. If
the American people elect Mr. Roosevelt November 5, they
will illustrate conclusively their belief in a one-man govern-
ment as the most efficient form of admin-
istration for our country. Those of us who
support Mr. Willkie are doing so because
we firmly believe that such autocracy as
Mr. Roosevelt has exercised during his ad-
ministration is utterly incompatible with
the survival of our American way of life,
that a change is therefore necessary, and
that Wendell L. Willkie is quite capable of
leading our country in the next four years
toward the preservation of true American
democracy and national unity.

First of all, Mr. Roosevelt's failure to bring about econ-
omic recovery does not deserve a third term. Instead of re-
ducing federal expenditures as he promised to do, he tripled
them, piling bureau on bureau at the expense of the tax-
payer. He doubled the number of federal employees until
there are over a million today. He promised to balance our
national budget eleven times, but he never made any attempt
to do this ; he doubled our national debt instead. Instead of
searching for some lasting solution to our economic prob-
lems, Mr. Roosevelt pursued the "easy money" policy of
spending ourselves back into prosperity, with a resulting
$50,000,000,000 debt.

With all of this spending, the New Deal failed utterly to
restore prosperity, as shown by the fact that there are ten
million unemployed today. Mr. Roosevelt hasn't seemed to
realize that our people want jobs not relief, and that it is
industry which makes jobs."

Mr. Roosevelt's forced renomination for a third term, con-
trary to all precedent by his own powerful political machine,
was the culminating offense against the spirit of democracy.
Then, having obtained his own renomination, he forced a
rebellious convention to nominate for Vice-President a man
whom nobody really wanted. It has been seen in Louisiana,
Chicago, New Jersey, how strong political machines have
gained such power that they cannot be defeated. Mr. Roose-
velt is supported by such figures as Boss Frank Hague, of
Jersey City, labor's Number One enemy; Boss Ed Kelly, of
the filthy Chicago machine, and Boss Ed Flynn, of the Bronx.
Their man is indispensable, they say. If he is indispensable
now, four and eight years from now, he will be that much
more indispensable, that much more strengthened and em-
powered by an unbreakable machine. Unlimited tenure of
office leads to dictatorship. Can we afford to risk losing our
democracy when others about us are falling ?

Opposed to this third term nomination is Wendell L. Will-
kie, a lawyer and business man, the surprise nominee of an
unbossed convention. Mr. Willkie has had a typically Ameri-
can career, rising from small beginnings to a position of suc-
cessful leadership. He proposes to reduce the cost of govern-
ment by abolishing a great many of the emergency bureaus
and doing away with a great many of the unnecessary bu-
reaus and doing away with a great deal of the waste involved
in our government expenditures, thus reducing our overbur-
dening taxes. With a successful business career behind him,
he is far better equipped than is Mr. Roosevelt to organize
our country's resources into a vast national defense. He has
the confidence of the business men in this country, who will
rally to him for an expensive defense program, as they will
not to Mr. Roosevelt, who has constantly harried business.
More than this, he understands the dynamic character of our
industrial setup, and is ready to give business to expand
and put our unemployed back to work, while yet regulating
the forces of free enterprise and opposing monopolies.

Mr. Willkie stands for relief for all whom private industry
cannot support, but he proposes, by expanding production
and creating jobs, to give our workers self-respecting jobs
rather than doles. He -was a worker himself, and won his
first lawsuit defending labor's right to picket. He believes
in collective bargaining by the representatives of labor's own
free choice in the maintenance of minimum standards for
wages and maximum standards for hours.

Moreover, Mr. Willkie proposes to bring together expert
representatives of industry, agriculture, labor, and the con-
sumer, and to set them to work to find a way of adjusting
and co-ordinating these economic groups so that their group
interests may function for the well-being of the whole nation,
rather than for the advantage of one to the disadvantage of
another.

No, our candidate is not the seasoned, smooth politician
that is Mr. Roosevelt, but he stands on his own feet, and
those who know him prefer his candor, frankness, and hon-
esty to the suavity of the politicians. Surely those charac-
teristics would not be amiss in our President. He is willing
to rely on the judgment of our experts in the fields of defense
preparation and international affairs, and to give them power
to act. He does not want a one-man government, but. a dem-
ocratic government of, by, and for the people.

The election of Mr. Willkie on November 5 is indispensable
to the survival of our American way of life. We ask for your
votes on this ground.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940.

No. 7

Eight Seniors
Win Notice
In Who's Who

Biographies of Leaders
Appear in Only Publication
For Recognition of Students

Eight seniors among the out-
standing campus leaders received
notice this week that their biog-
raphies will appear in the 1940-
41 issue of Who's Who Among
Students in American Colleges and
Universities.

Students who will be listed in
this volume are: Frances Breg,
president of Student Government;
Sabine Brumby, editor of the
Aurora; Jean Dennison, president
of Mortar Board; Ann Fisher, pres-
ident of athletic association; Gene
Slack, editor of the Silhouette;
Elaine Stubbs, editor of the Agnes
Scott News; Ida Jane Vaughan,
vice-president of athletic .associa-
tion; and Scotty Wilds, president
of Christian Association.

This publication is published
through the cooperation of over
5 00 American colleges and univer-
sities. It is the only means of
national recognition for graduates
which is devoid of politics, fees,
and dues. Several students from
accredited colleges are selected each
year, by an unprejudiced commit-
tee, for their biographies to appear
in this publication.

The purpose of Who's Who is to
serve as an incentive for students
to get the most out of their col-
lege careers; as a means of com-
pensation to students for what they
have already done; as a recommen-
dation to the business world; and
as a standard of measurement for
students.

Hodgson Plays 'Liebestraum'
At Appreciation Hour
Of Fine Arts Center

Under the direction of Hugh
Hodgson, the Music Department
of the Fine Arts Center of the
University of Georgia will sponsor
a concert in the new Gaines Chapel
of Presser Hall Friday evening at
8 o'clock.

The program includes:

Prelude in C Sharp Minor,
Rachmaninoff; Liebestraum No. 3
(Nocturne), Liszt; Barcarolle,
Godard; En Courantc, Godard
Hugh Hodgson.

Romance, Wieniawski; La Gi-
tana, Kreisler Hazel Rood Weems,
Mr. Hodgson at the piano.

Claire de Lune, Debussy; Mala-
guena, Lecuona Mr. Hodgson.

Gilda's Aria from Rigoletto, Ver-
di; Waltz Song from Romeo and
Juliet, Gounod Minna Hecker.

Second Hungarian Rhapsody,
Liszt Mr. Hodgson and Irene
Leftwich Harris.

Coming Thh Week

Wednesday, 7 P. M. Senior
Fashion Show in old Gaines
Chapel.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
Games.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
new Gaines Chapel of
Presser Hall.

Monday, 4:30 P. M. Dr. Le-
roy Loemker's talk to Bible
Club in Murphey Candler
Building.

Who's Who Lists

Fisher

Dennison

Vaughn

Stubbs

Wilds

Committee Plans
Drive For Fund

The newly-organized Committee
on Student Relief of Christian As-
sociation, consisting of representa-
tives from every organization on
the campus, made plans for a
campus-wide campaign for contri-
butions to the Woi Id Students' Ser-
vice Fund, at its meeting last Mon-
day, at 4:3 0 p. m.

Mr. Claude Nelson, who has re-
cently returned from Italy and who
has worked with European students
for the past ten years, made the
address.

The World Students' Service
Fund has a two-fold purpose: first,
to give material aid to students in
Europe and China, and second, to
carry on the education of students
in war prisons or in universities and
colleges which have been forced to
leave their campuses and move in-
land, as in China.

The fund will be administered
by the International Students' Ser-
vice. During the last World War,
the I. S. S., the only organization
which aids students exclusively,
did relief work. The national goal
of I. S. S. $100,000.

The Committee on Student Re-
lief includes the following mem-
bers: Gay Currie, chairman; La-
vinia Brown, Betty Stevenson, and
Mickey Jones.

Grace Walker, vice-president of
Christian Association, expressing
her belief that this campaign would
arouse the interest and cooperation
of the college community, said,
"We students who are more for-
tunate will help those who are less
fortunate."

Library Holds
Display During
Annual Book Week

To encourage among students
the collection of personal libraries,
an exhibit of art, fiction, poetry,
and drama books is scheduled for
display in the Library durirfg Book
Week, November 21-30. During
this time, students may place or-
ders for any books in the display
which they would like for private
collections, and the Library will
make complete arrangements for
delivery.

In connection with the Book
Week plans, Miss Janef Preston,
assistant professor of English, re-
minds all students that they may
still submit lists of their personal
libraries for the Louise McKinney
Book award.

Although a full list of the dis-
play books is not yet available, Miss
Edna Hanley, Librarian, announces
that she is ordering art books of
Rembrandt, Cezane, and Michel-
angelo, as well as a group of the
classics reprinted in cheap editions.
In the fiction, special attention will
be given to a recent publication
by an Agnes Scott alumna: The
City on the Hill, by Marion Mc-
Camy Sims. Besides this, there will
be the usual biographies, collec-
tions of poetry, and children's
books.

Opening on Thanksgiving Day,
the exhibit will continue through
alumnae week-end, November 30.
Complete plans for the observance
of Book Week are to be announced
within a few days.

Lecture Association
Admits Students Free

Faculty Secures Reduced Rates;
Book Store Offers Season Tickets

Completing plans for the lecture series this year, opening
November 13 at 8:00 o'clock with Vincent Sheean's analysis
of the current international situation, Miss Emma May
Laney, faculty chairman of Lecture Association, this week
announces that students may obtain their free season tickets
from the book store, from Friday, November 6 until closing
time on Wednesday, November 13.

The student budget provides for

Staff Heads
Meet in Detroit

Publication Leaders Leave
Today for Conclave

Gene Slack, editor of the Sil-
houette; Helen Klugh, business
manager of the Silhouette; Elaine
Stubbs, editor of the Agnes Scott
News; and Florence Ellis, business
manager of the Agnes Scott News,
left today for Detroit, Michigan,
to attend the 1940 convention of
Associated Collegiate Press which
will take place November 7-9.

The purpose of the convention
is to give representatives a chance
to exchange information about col-
lege newspapers and annuals. Over
five hundred students are expected
to attend.

Feature of the convention will
be roundtable discussions in which
editorial and business problems of
the newspaper, yearbook, and mag-
azine will receive exhaustive atten-
tion.

Friday night, November 8,
General Motors Corporation will
entertain at a banquet for the del-
egates. The principal speakers will
be Charles F. Kettering and B. D.
Kunkle, vice-presidents of Gener-
al Motors. Mr. Kettering is active
in many scientific and learned so-
cieties and has been awarded many
honorary degrees. Mr. Kunkle has
recently returned from France,
where he worked with the French
government in a survey of the ar-
mament situation. His talk will
include information about the in-
ternational situation.

At the closing meeting, W. W.
Fodor, United Press foreign cor-
respondent who covered the Ger-
man and Russian revolutions and
was in Belgium and Holland when
these countries were invaded, will
speak on the topic History in the
Making.

Annual Style Parade
Stresses Evening Dresses

Giving especial emphasis to eve-
ning dresses, the senior class will
present a fashion show Wednesday
night, November 6, in the Gaines
Chapel.

Davison-Paxon Co. will furnish
the clothes to be modeled. Miss
Joyce Roper, of Davison's, alumna
of the college, will be present to
comment on the clothes. The ad-
mission price is fifteen cents.

free admission to students, but no
one will be admitted to lectures
without a ticket, and students
must obtain their season tickets
from the book store before the
opening lecture next Wednesday
night. Faculty tickets are offered
at reduced rates and may be ob-
tained from the book store at the
price of fifty cents per lecture.

Translator

Vincent Sheean, who will in-
augurate the current lecture pro-
gram, first sprang into the spot-
light of international interest last
year with the publication of his
best-selling autobiographical novel,
Not Peace But a Sword. He is
well known in this country for his
recent eye-witness accounts of the
Battle of Britain, and for his Eng-
lish translation of Eve Curie's
prize-winning biography of her
mother, Marie Curie.

His talk here, entitled Personal
Opinion, will be a critical survey of
the fast-moving events of the past
year in Europe. Mr. Sheean has
been working as war correspondent,
and had the opportunity to observe
first-hand the effects of Hitlers
progress across the continent.

Student Committee

The student lecture committee
in charge of arrangements consists
of Betty Waitt, chairman; Pattie
Patterson, treasurer; June Boykin
and Frances Spratlin, advertise-
ment; Julia Ann Patch, junior rep-
resentative; Jane McDonough, so-
phomore representative; Margaret
Hartsook, posters.

Junior Forgets
Her Deities

The*, juniors came through
again when Eugenia Hailey re-
cently strained her brain cells to
the point of exertion in Greek
Mythology, and pulled the best
boner of recent note.

After receiving several unsatis-
factory answers to her question
about which Greek god the Roman
Vulcan corresponded to, Miss
Torrance directed her query at
Eugenia. Gazing slap-happily out
of the window, no doubt dreaming
of her own private Elysian fields
gridirons at this season of the year
Eugenia was forced to admit
that she had "not understood the
question."

Simplifying the point, Miss
Torrance asked, "What does Vul-
can make you think of?"

This called for further pensive
inactivity on the part of the stu-
dent, but she finally raised her
head triumphantly, and said, "Oh,
of course, a bird!"

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940.

Hockey Stars
Play Here

Experts Meet Student Team
In Exhibition Game

Wednesday, November 13, the
United States Field Hockey Asso-
ciation's touring team will stop at
Agnes Scott for a two-day visit.
On Wednesday afternoon the team
gives an exhibition game, and on
Thursday it meets a team of Agnes
Scott's best players. This 1940
touring team, composed of some
of America's greatest women ex-
perts, includes the following mem-
bers:

Jane Cox, Philadelphia, 1939
British Guiana Touring Team,
Germantown Cricket Club team;
Connie Currie, New York City,
Southeast 1st and 2nd teams, Vir-
ginia team; Jacqueline Fehling,
Philadelphia, Pa., Philadelphia 4th
team, All School team; Valentine
Edgar, Long Island, N. Y., North-
east Reserve, Long Island 1st team;
Lois Fernley, Philadelphia, Phila-
delphia All School team, Sweet-
briar Varsity; Betty Frazier, St.
Louis, Mo., Sweetbriar Varsity,
Virginia Reserve, St. Louis 1st;
Martha French, Philadelphia, All
American Reserve, Southeast 2nd
team, Middle Atlantic 1st team;
Mrs. Frank Hartung, Detroit,
Mich., Great Lakes team; Mary
Judd, Rochester, Minn., Virginia
1st, Southeast Reserve, Sweetbriar
Varsity; Jane Kenworthy, Phila-
delphia, Pa., Philadelphia 3rd
team, British Guiana touring team;
Nancy Peck, Providence, R. L,
Providence Hockey team; Frances
Pierce, Flint, Michigan, All Am-
erican 1st and 2nd many times,
British Guiana touring team, 1936
International; Sue Cross, Philadel-
phia, All American Reserve,
Southeast Reserve, Southern tour,
Australian tour; Marjorie Morse,
Boston, Mass., manager.

War Presents Difficulties
To Librarians

Europe's war is posing a difficult
problem for American college li-
braries.

Robert Bingham Downs, direc-
tor of the New York University
libraries, declares it is extremely
hard to keep highly necessary col-
lections of foreign periodicals and
books up to date.

"With the coming of the war
foreign currencies have fluctuated
in value, insurance and carriage
have steadily increased in cost, and
deliveries are slower and more un-
certain," says Mr. Downs. Advance
payments have been required on
serial subscriptions, with no assur-
ance that publication would not be
suspended before the subscription
expiration date. The workings of
the British embargo have not al-
ways been predictable, though the
interference has been less notice-
able perhaps than during the
World war." (ACP)

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Ardent Campaigners

Excitement ruled as Agnes Scott's own campaign progressed. In
the picture above Pat Poole and Val Nielsen support Roosevelt, while
Doris Hasty and Maslin House uphold Willkie's banner.

Blackfriars Presents
Play For League

Blackfriars will present a play
at the banquet given by the At-
fanta League of Women Voters for
the biennial celebration of Woman
Suffrage on November 12, at the
Ansley Hotel. The play will con-
sist of a series of episodes in the
life of Lucey Stone, one of the
earliest workers for Woman Suf-
frage.

Jeanne Flynt, '39, will play the
part of Lucey Stone, supported by
eight Agnes Scott players and four
Emory players. Helen Hardin will
be Mrs. Stone; Mary Stuart Ar-
buckle, Antoinette Brown; Elise
Smith, Mrs. Mahan; Lillian
Schwenke, Miss Emory; Molly
Lightfoot Elcan, Susan B. An-
thony; Jackie Stearns, Mrs. Widg-
erly; and Marjorie Simpson, Mrs.
William Lloyd Garrison.

Wellesley Head
Visits Campus

In honor of Miss Mildred Mc-
Afee, president of Wellesley Col-
lege and visitor to the campus next
week, Dr. J. R. McCain will en-
tertain at a luncheon at the Alum-
nae Tea House Tuesday, Novem-
ber 12.

Other guests will include Miss
Carrie Scandrett, dean of students;
Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant
dean of students; Miss Elizabeth
Jackson, associate professor of his-
tory; Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Stukes,
and Miss Emma Catherine Ander-
son, of Marietta, who attended
Agnes Scott for two years and then
graduated at Wellesley. After the
luncheon the faculty is invited to
coffee at the tea house to meet Miss
McAfee.

Miss McAfee will be in Atlanta
for a meeting of the Wellesley
Alumnae in the South and will
stop for two days on her way from
Chairieston, South Carolina, to
Birmingham, Alabama.

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Seniors Defy Rain

To Frolic as Little Girls

By Jessie McGuire

What are little girls made of?

There are a thousand answers to the question stated, but
no one answer is adequate. In a negative and evasive way,
the query may find its answer in the statement that grown
ladies are just little girls with a few modifications in man-
ners, forms, and fashions.

This strange paradox had a tan-
gible proof on the Agnes Scott
campus Friday morning when, lit-
tle-girl like, the venerable class of
'41 rose in its entirety at the un-
godly hour of 6 A. M., jumped
quickly into pinafores and panta-
loons, snatched pet animals and
dolls from the chairs, and skipped
gaily down the steps and out to
play. They could only gaze with
longing eyes at the pouring rain,
but philosophically, the class as a
group accepted Fate's trick and
turned to quieter games indoors.

After an energetic hour of rope-
jumping, last tag, and bannister
sliding, breakfast was called, and
the customary salute to the under-
classmen was sounded to the tune
of "Shoo fly, don't bother me,"
and a defiant, "I'm going to be
invested." To avoid partiality, a
salute was given to the faculty ta-
ble in Rebekah, when the girls de-
manded standing recognition and
bows from the teachers.

And breakfast itself was not
without excitement. Frances
Breg, in middy blouse and navy
skirt, recited "Mary had a little
lamb" amidst much applause from
the audience. Elaine Stubbs was
found under the table at one point
of the game, whether because of
an absent-minded whim of her
own, or because of embarrassment
when the blue-checked Grace
Walker accused her of having a
sweetheart, we don't know. Any-

way, there was a heated debate on
the subject:
"You have!"

"I haven't!" etc., ending with,
"Well, don't you wish you had
one?"

Stubbs, have you got a sweet-
heart?

The snake dance through and
among the tables unveiled a vari-
ble array of costumes, from Ginny
Williams' old-fashioned blue-
checked dress, from under which
peeped white ruffled pantaloons,
to the chic blue sailor dresses, trim-
med with white buttons and col-
lars, with a dash of red ribbon to
portray timely patriotism, diplo-
matic in ones so young as Betsy
Kendrick, Ida Jane Vaughan, and
Martha Boone. Pattie Patterson
reverted to her very earliest years
and presented a babyish appear-
ance in a long, white, lace-inserted
baby dress, and an exquisite lace
baby cap, not to mention the milk-
bottle filled with pure cream.

Like Oliver Wendell Holmes'
"Boys," the women of '41 cast
aside the shackles of dignity for a
day, and under the guise of little
girls played the game of make-be-
lieve with as much zest as they
had played at being grown up
when they were little. Little Girls'
Day is just a happy prelude to In-
vestiture, and though the contrast
seems striking, each will be remem-
bered in its own way as a part of
education and Agnes Scott.

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Mollie Oliver checks up on

After Working Hours

Although the political campaign has been pretty hot
around the campus for the past week, quite a few girls sac-
rificed (or did they?) for dates, a few hours of campaigning,
no matter WHICH side they were. Anyway, Roosevelt or
Willkie, the dance must go on!

Emory was host this past Week-
end to a great number of Agnes
Scott girls at the Inter-Frater-
nity Council dance. Among them
were: Anni

Wilds, Sue
Phillips, Mary
Dean L o t t ,
Rowena Bar-
ringer, V a 1
Nielson, Betty
Sullivan, Sarah
C o p e 1 a n d ,
Frankie Butt,
Martha Dunn,
Helen Jester,

Oliver

Beryl Healy, Nancy Willstater, Eu-
genia Hailey, Mary Louise Palmour,
Claire Purcell, Imogene King,
Jeanne Eakin, Margaret Downie,
Dot Holloran, Betty Burdette,
Iddy Boone, Marjorie Wilson, Stu-
art Arbuckle, Harriet Vaughn,
Elta Robinson, Ruth Kuniansky,
Suzanne Kaulbach, G 1 e n w y n
Young, Margaret Eiseman, Alice
Clements, June Lanier, Margaret
Cathcart, Betty Sullivan, Bettye
Ashcraft, Evelyn Cheek, Bobby
Powell, Jane Stillwell.

Helen Gilmer, Nina Mae Snead,
and Marian Phillips were on the

At the Sigma Nu house for
supper Sunday night were June
Boykin and Jane Stillwell.

Helen Gilmer, Nina Mae Snead,
and Marian Phillips were on the
Psi Omega hay ride and house
dance Saturday night, while spook-

ing around at the Delta Sigma
Hallowe'en party were Mary
James Secgle^ Rebecca Stamper,
Anita Woolfolk, Margaret Nix,
Gentry Burks, Susan Spurlock, and
Anne Martin.

Iyllis Lee, Mickey Jones, and
Marian Brittingham stepped out to
the Officers' Club dance at Fort
McPherson.

The banquet and dance held by
the junior members of All Saints'
Episcopal Church provided a
provided a world of fun for Jean
Beutell, Mary Roberts6n, Pat Per-
ry, Nina Broughton, Molly Oli-
ver, Cathy Steinbach, Bee Brad-
field, Laura Cumming, Lib Beas-
ley, Quincy Mills, June Shugg, and
Sabine Brumby.

At home for the weekend were
Kathryn Johnson at Fort Ben-
ning, Lillian Gudenrath in Lafay-
ette, Ila Belle Levie at Montezuma,
Jessie MacGuire in Montgomery,
and Nell Turner, who took with
her Mary Louise Duffee, in Co-
lumbus.

Dusty Hance went to the Tech-
Duke game in Durham, and Joella
Craig, Gay Currie, Ann Paisley,
and Mardia Hopper attended
Homecoming at Davidson Col-
lege.

Louise Newton and Carolyn
Dunn went to Columbus; Louise
to cheer for Auburn, Carolyn for
Georgia.

Campus Queen Scene : Annie
Wilds, in her evening gown of sky-
blue taffeta quilted in gold with
two gold clips at the square neck.
Dorothy Hopkins also was stun-
ning in a coat of soldier blue plaid,
trimmed with grey fur.

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Hale Names
Scholarship
As First Aim

"An education must be based on
a philosophic concept, and the
only concept that this school could
have is one that accepts man and
God, God in man, but man sepa-
rate from God," Miss Louise Hale,
associate professor of French, stat-
ed in a talk at Investiture Satur-
day morning, while describing her
conception of the ideal college.

Miss Hale pointed out that,
throughout the nation, the status
of education is quite low. She
cited reading and comprehension
tests made in New York and Penn-
sylvania showing that the aver-
age high school seniors attain to
about the six or eight grade level.
Their reading is the very lightest
fiction, particularly magazine sto-
ries.

Reviews Ideals

In contrast, Miss Hale told of
the Agnes Scott ideal, which is
quoted in the Story of Agnes Scott
by Dr. J. R. McCain. She listed
the six ideals thus: "That Agnes
Scott shall furnish a liberal cur-
riculum fully abreast of the best
institutions in this country; shall
have the Bible as a textbook; shall
be staffed by a capable and Chris-
tian faculty; it shall maintain a
high standard of scholarship and
every influence shall bear on it;
and the chief end is the glory of
God." Dr. Gaines, she said, felt
that Agnes Scott College was suc-
cessful in fulfilling its ideal.

"In 1940," asked Miss Hale,
"can we say the same? Yes, we
do have' a glimpse of the real con-
ception."

Self-Discipline

In order to continue to uphold
such a high standard as her philos-
ophy implies, Miss Hale said that
self -discipline is necessary, so that
one may know "what is perma-
nent and God-like."

"I would have taught at Agnes
Scott," she continued, "a concep-
tion of life . . . with all the corre-
lated subjects, that each and every
one of us would be making a daily
effort to discipline ourselves to that
end."

"I would keep the B. A. degree
for only those subjects that would
definitely attain those ideals." Miss
Hale affirmed that the purpose
(as she saw it) of a college was to
develop the intellect of the stu-
dents. Therefore, she would not
like to see outside activities become
the major function of a college,
nor would she like to see a B. A.
degree given in a department of
domestic science.

Foreign Girls Cite
Dating Problems

By Virginia Williams

Agnes Scott really seems the land of the free to some of
the inhabitants of Inman. Having to walk a block ahead
of the boy, having your mother and father take you to a
dance, and being continually chaperoned are some of the
dating difficulties which Aurie

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Georgine says of the chaperones,
"They really aren't so bad." She
has been riding with an American
boy unchaperoned, but you must
have a chaperone to ride in a car
with a Cuban boy or your reputa-
tion immediately becomes tar-
nished.

Double Dates

"Almost everybody double
dates," says Georgine, "and you
dance or go to the beach. In Cuba
they live to dance."

As to the respective merits of
the American and the Cuban boy,
Georgine thinks that, on the whole,
Cuban boys are better looking and
she knows that they are better
dancers. The Cuban boys are more
formal, too. By formal she means
that "they pull out chairs and ev-
erything." The American boys do
this, too, but not so much."

She has found the American boys,
colder and "more impersonal".
They talk about impersonal sub-
jects more than the Cubans. "It's
really so hard to say", said Geor-
gine, wrinkling her nose. "I have-
n't thought about it before."

Boys Walk Behind

Aurie Montgomery declares that
she doesn't know much about hav-
ing dates in China. They lived far
into the interior where social reg-
ulations among the Chinese are
very strict. The nearest boys liv-
ed ten miles away and there were
only two of them. Since Sophie
and Ginger were older, they had
the advantage. Aurie remembers
that when the boys did come they
had to walk about a block behind
the girls so that the Chinese would
approve of their conduct.

"It isn't like that in Shanghai,
though," Aurie hastened to add.
"New China is much more modern.
But in old China, women don't
even walk with their husbands."

Parents Chaperone

Meg Bless doesn't know about
all of France, but in the southern
part where she lived, "If a boy
comes near you you are engaged.
Boys come to your house only if
they are friends of your family.
You may meet your date at the
show, however."

Your mother and father take
you to dances. And even at a
casino the girl sits at the table with
her parent, and when each dance
is ended, the boy brings her back
to the table."

These customs of dating should
be carefully considered by the Ag-
nes Scott student who might be
considering the idea of going
abroad to sow her wild oats.

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Freshman Team
Swims to Victory

With Mary Maxwell setting the
pace, the freshman team scored 32
points to prove its swimming su-
premacy last Wednesday night
down at Bucher Scott Gymnasium.
The juniors came in second with
27 points, the sophomores a close
third with 2 5, and the seniors
fourth with a total of 19. Alta
Webster and Mary Maxwell won
individual honors with 14 and 13
points respectively. The events of
the meet and participants were as
follows:

I. Twenty yard dash, back
crawl: Maxwell, freshman; Huck,
junior; A. Webster, junior.

II. Form swimming, side stroke:
Slack, senior; R. Taylor, freshman;
Cates, senior; Bonham, junior.
Front crawl: A. Webster, junior;
M. A. Smith, sophomore; Harvard,
freshman; Bonham, junior. Back
crawl: Dale, sophomore; Stokes,
sophomore; A. Webster, junior;
Burruss, junior.

III. 40 yard dash, free style:
Nevelle Cumming, freshman; Max-
well, freshman; Dale, sophomore;
McGarrough, sophomore.

IV. One dive and one option-
al: Patterson, senior; Maxwell,
freshman; Lassiter, freshman. 2
dives and 1 optional: Huck, jun-
ior; Cumming, freshman; A.
Webster, junior; Slack, senior.

V. Relay: Sophomores, fresh-
men, seniors, junior disqualified.

We still are placing our bet on
juniors and freshmen in the jun-
ior - senior, freshman - sophomore
doubleheader on Friday. Rain pre-
vented the games last week.

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Seniors Open
Worship rrograms

The Senior Class led the first in
a series of four worship services,
last Sunday, on the topic, "Jesus
At Home With Mary and Martha,"
in the McLean chapel.

Other vesper services will be:
juniors, "Jesus With the Woman
of Samaria"; sophomores, "Jesus
and the Rich Young Ruler"; fresh-
men, a Thanksgiving Worship ser-
vice.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940.

We Hear A
Lover of Truth

Vincent Sheean has meant a great deal
to this generation in America. He has
been more than an able and courageous
newspaperman. He has been more than
the artist, the craftsman of words, who
has sought the world and its troubles in-
stead of the immunity of the ivory tower.

To some of us, this man has been the
representative of the best in us which has
been puzzled and doubtful and unhappy in
an alien world. He has not been satisfied
with half truths or shams. His voice has
been painfully and compellingly sincere.
Vincent Sheean has tried, to our great
benefit, to find out the truth of things
where it is most necessary and most diffi-
cult. He has been a sort of burning glass
of truth upon which all the mingled forces
of Europe and Asia have played and been
concentrated. In his books we have the
projection of a sensitive mind, an interpre-
tation of the events of the times. In him
the personal has become the universal.
Sheean has illuminated all on which he has
written.

He might seem a newspaperman by ac-
cident if we did not know that he has
been one by choice. His novels, Sanfelice
and A Day of Battle, and his volume of
short stories, The Pieces of a Fan, show
a restrained and witty elegance. They
are a delight to those who appreciate
proper words in proper places and an en-
lightening use of history in fiction.

But the great force of Sheean is in his
autobiographical works. Personal History
is an unforgettable book, the odyssey of
a man through space and time and
thought. The author in his wanderings
through twentieth century Europe and
Asia is the type of all men hunting a rea-
son for things in the years between the
wars. Not Peace But a Sword tells the
strange story of that unreal year, 1938.
In this second autobiographical book
Sheean has recorded again his passionate
reactiohs to disastrous acts of little men in
high places. The cleansing anger of satire
is there. And compassion is there for all
those little men in low places in England
and Spain and Czechoslovakia in that
dreadful year.

Vincent Sheean has recently returned
from another newspaper assignment. He
has been in England for months covering
the story of England at war: it is a sig-
nificant story, particularly for Americans.
He is one of the men best qualified to tell
it. We have had glimpses of this England
in 1940 from Sheean's broadcasts and his
stories for the North American Newspa-
per Alliance. These despatches show the
insight of the reporter, the skill of the
artist, and the understanding of the man.

It is superfluous to say that Vincent
Sheean's lecture in Presser Hall, Novem-
ber 13, will be the most significant and
exciting talk of several years. The whole
region of Atlanta and Decatur will be
eager to be present at one of his few lec-
tures. (B. S.)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1940. No. 7

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periods, hy the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
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zI&sb matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.'JV. single copies, flV e. nts.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Clower Managing Editor

Florence Ellis Business Manager

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Tuesday After the First Monday

The ragged end of the election campaign wore
upon all nerves last week. Each candidate said
what was expected. Adherents of WiUkie and ad-
herents of Roosevelt promised ruin in the election
of either the Ellwood Hoosier or the Crum Elbow
squire.

By the time this paper is
out, the frenzy of the last
days will be over. One or
the other will be irrevocably
president for the next four
I y ears - Each reader is invited
f^^r ~^i^H t0 - 1LS own appropriate
comment on the choice.

Ltfti JWH when ,s

1 Blitzkrieg Not

Mussolini has all the will
Stevenson in the world. Only the skill
and necessary organization are forever absent from
Italy to keep him from duplicating Herr Hitler's
quick astounding victories. Napoloni (see T/jc
Great Dictator) would like to pick a ripe Greece
as Hitler picked Czechoslovakia without the effort
of war.

For a week the Italians claimed the fall of
Ianina and still it was not taken. Also, the air
war has been slight. At least, the breathing spell
has given the British the chance to mine the
narrow Greek gulfs and set up RAF squadrons
on Greek soil. And the mountaineers of Albania
snipe from behind the line.

Open Secret

The newspapers have had a nice little story in
the "mysterious movements" of the U. S. Navy
in the Carribbean area. The state department is
probably well pleased. They would like the mys-
tery to be transparently clear to Germany and
France. The sea patrol which vanished from its
base at Key West is available now for a less neb-
ulous purpose than the neutrality patrol: Mar-
tinique, Guadaloupe, and French Guiana are the
words that fill out the puzzle.

"My Country and My People"

The fragile, scholarly Lin Yutang, who means
China to a great many American readers, went
back to his home land this year. Like the other
inhabitants of Chungking, he crouched against
the cliff face as the Japanese smashed the city
with bombs.

The tone of this humorous unassertive writer
has come to mean the indefinable strength of
China to Americans. Last week, as the Japanese
were retreating in South China, leaving behind
in Kwangsi Province 65 percent of their men
dead, Lin Yutang gently and firmly stated that
the Japanese haven't a "Chinaman's chance."

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Americans have an intense, almost morbid cu-
riosity, about living conditions in a city in siege.
How people, much like us, in London live in
air raid shelters, in subway tunnels, how they
get to work over bomb-pitted pavement, how they
put out fires, what they eat, what they sing, what
jokes they make are all details which bring us
closer to the Londoners. They mean more than
daily communiques, or the number of planes shot
down or ships lost or what places in Germany
were bombed, whether Essen or Hamburg or
Berlin.

We get a glimpse of this life through the news
stories in our daily papers and in the broadcasts
from London on our radios. The New Yorker
Letter from London is good. And a movie short,
London Can Take It, just released in this country,
is excellent. At Agnes Scott we shall have the
"Personal Opinion" of Vincent Sheean.

Nehru

The Indian Congress is not a Congress. It is
the co-ordinating center for all Indian nationalist
feeling. However much the English have bun-
gled, they have tried in their awkward way to im-
prove India. But the Indians have failed to ap-
preciate kindness. They have remembered past
and present abuse, and unobligingly become more
self possessed and more self conscious of various
rights.

The war has had no power to halt this trend.
Gha ndi has only braked the movement: on his
account there is a limited rather than a complete
program of civil disobedience in effect. Nehru,
who now leads the opposition, was arrested re-
cently for making pacifist speeches.

Campus Camera

r

'HIO STATE
LABORATORIES USE

5000 FROGS
A YEAR., AT \5t EACH/

UNIVERSTFY OF CHATTANOOGA
' STUDENTS' HOLD A CONTEST .
EACH YEAR TO SELECT THE

BACHEIXR * UGLINESS

TfUlS CAMP09 5TAT0E BEARJT
THE INSCRIPTION, "JOHN KAivVARD,
FOUNDER., AlL OF IttESH

SIATEMFNT? ARE FALSE. FOR,
JOHN HARVARD DID NOT FOUND
TUE COLLEGE; IT WAS FOUNDED
IN 1636, AND IT IS NOT A STATUE
OF HARVARD BECAUSE NOBODY
KNOWS* WHAT HE LOOKED UKE/

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

The question of the length of
Christmas holidays is still of ma-
jor importance in campus dis-
cussions and

Cartledge

this week we
have probed
even deeper
among the
I students. The
f res ults still
seem to be
highly in fa-
vor of an extra
day in January.

Mary McQuown, '42:

If it is a question of shortening
our time before Christmas in order
to add a day in January, I'd rather
have the extra time in the begin-
ning. So many of us day students
work in the stores before Christ-
mas, and every extra day counts.

Fletcher Mann, '42:

I would be one of those who
would have to leave early New
Year's morning; so, if I had my
choice, I'd say to add the extra
day in January. It's so hard to
leave all the New Year's festivi-

Virginia Collier, '41 :

If we have a choice of one day
at beginning or end of the holi-
days, I'd take it before. The an-
ticipation of Christmas is half of
the fun. I'd rather have an extra
day at home before Christmas to
get into the spirit of things. I'm
really ready to start work again
soon after Christmas, anyway.

Billie Davis, '42:

I would rather have an extra day
in January. It is a shame to have
to leave New Year's Day as so
many would have to do.

Kay Wilkinson, '43:

I'd rather have an extra day at
the end. Nearly all the other
schools go back later than the sec-
ond of January and we sec so little
of our friends if we leave then.

Students Participate
In Defense Plans

The nation's college students
are not being permitted to forget
that the United States is straining
every effort toward strengthening
the national defense.

Men within the draft ages of 21
through 3 5 who are now register-
ed in college have been automatic-
ally deferred from compulsory mil-
itary training, at least until July
of next year, although they were
required to register October 16
with all other men of those ages.

At the same time men and wom-
en of college age have been urged
by President Roosevelt to continue
their college educations.

Nevertheless, the nation's col-
legians are being made to realize
they are an important link in pre-
paredness plans.

Typical of defense messages to
students at scores of colleges was
that presented by Dean Virginia C.
Gildersleeve of Bernard College,
New York. It is more important,
said she, for students to continue
their college educations until need-
ed than to participate actively in
helping their country.

Dean Gildersleeve explained that
should the stream of students stop,
the country would find itself short
of trained and educated citizens.

"Women are especially needed,"
she continued, "because now their
brothers are going to be occupied
in sterner aspects of national de-
fense." (ACP)

"Iddy" Boone, '43:

I'm all in favor of an extra day
in January. The traffic is so bad
on New Year's, and then, too, it
seems almost criminal to have to
leave that soon and miss the New
Year's celebration.

Edna Slater, '43:

I'm just one of those who would
have to be traveling New Year's
Eve; and if we would get an extra
day in January it would be so
much better.

Ruth Kolthoff, '44:

I'm all for an extra day in Jan-
uary. It would be simply heart-
breaking to have to leave on New
Year's Eve.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940.

No. 8

Mortar Board

Recognizes

Members

Dr. Schuyler Christian
Comments on Service
As Ideal of Mortar Board

A service of recognition for the
members of Mortar Board will take
place in the new Gaines Chapel,
Saturday, November 16. At this
service Dr. Schuyler Christian,
professor of physics and astronomy,
will speak on Service, one of the
ideals for which Mortar Board
stands.

The recognition of Mortar Board
is a service which is held annually
not only to honor Mortar Board but
to impress everybody with its
high ideals of Scholarship, Leader-
ship, and Service. The service will
open with an academic procession
of many faculty members and
alumnae who belonged to Mortar
Board, as well as the present mem-
bers.

The members of Mortar Board
are: Frances Breg, president of
Student Government; Sabine
Brumby, editor of the Aurora; Ann
Henry, student recorder; Betsy
Kendrick, vice-president of Stu-
dent Government; Gene Slack, ed-
itor of the Silhouette; Elaine
Stubbs, editor of the Agnes Scott
Ncivs; Grace Walker, vice-presi-
dent of Christian Association; Ida
Jane Vaughan, vice-president of
Athletic Association; and Jean
Dennison, president of Mortar
Board.

Book Week Offers
Modern Works

Exhibit Includes
Numerous Literary Types

The Book Week exhibit, open all
day from November 21 to 30, and
from 2 until 5 P. M., on Thanks-
giving and Sunday, will display
Clare Boothe's Europe in the Springy
Robert Nathan's A Winter Tide,
and Newman Ivey White's S/jelley
as the outstanding works of fiction
and biography.

Clare Boothe, author also of Kiss
the Boys Goodbye, is the wife of
Henry Luce, editor of Life Maga-
zine. Robert Nathan's Portrait of
Jenny is in the rental collection of
the library now.

Professor White, of Duke Uni-
versity, author of Shelley, is per-
haps the most eminent living Shel-
ley scholar. About the book, Al-
fred A. Knopf, publisher, says:
"Here is simply a human being
complex and subtle, but thorough-
ly comprehended and thoroughly
revealed. Here is Shelley, a poet
and a man."

Besides outstanding current nov-
els and biographies, there will be
children's books, books on flowers,
science, religion, travel stories, and
books dealing with current world
affairs as Joseph Goldsmith's
What's Democracy to You?

College Adds Holiday

According to an an-
nouncement by Miss Carrie
Scandrett, dean of students,
in chapel last week, the du-
ration of Christmas holi-
days has been changed to
extend from December 17
at noon to January 3 at 8
A. M.

Alligator Visits
Buttrick Mailroom
By Mistake

Many a queer parcel has pass-
ed through the hands of our fair
postmistresses, but the box that
arrived one afternoon last week
takes the prize for being the most
unusual.

About 4:10 P. M., Corrie came
in, half pushing, half carrying a
queer, oblong box with a perfor-
ated top. With a final shove he
abandoned the "thing" at "Miss
Grace's" feet, telling her that it
had come from the Decatur P. O.

Gracie, not being the Amazon
typo, began touring the 2x4 box,
being careful not to get close
enough to discover the source of
the scraping noise coming from
within.

It seemed rather queer that
anyone should be sending a pet
to a student; yet, if it was for the
Science Hall, why had it not come
by express? Perhaps, one of the
perpetual you'd-better-have-o n e -
for-me people was trying to assure
prompter mail service.

Finally, woman's curiosity won
over lady's timidity, and the heck-
led postmistress approached the
mystery.

Inside she found not a mon-
ster but a harmless baby alliga-
tor, on its way to a Decatur citi-
zen. The postman had gotten ex-
cited, or confused, or in a hurry,
and sent it to Agnes Scott by mis-
take.

Service, Scholarship, Leadership

Vincent Sheean
Opens Lecture Series

Reception for Noted Author
Follows Talk on International Crisis

Author and War Correspondent Vincent Sheean opens
Agnes Scott's 1940-41 lecture series tonight at 8:30, appear-
ing as the first speaker in the new Presser Hall. His lecture,
entitled "Personal Opinion", is a commentary from the dis-
tinguished writer's own point of view on the panorama of

world events in Europe.

Sheean, of whom Dorothy-
Thompson said, "If he had been
born in another age he would have
probably been an epic poet, or per-
haps, in a still earlier age, a much
venerated prophet," stayed in
Germany from the time of the
Munich settlement until after the
shooting of Vom Rath at the
German embassy in Paris precipi-
tated the Jewish persecutions in
Germany. He covered the Nazi's
march into the Sudetenland, and
his broadcast from Prague at that
time, challenging the validity of
certain of Hitler's claims, was an
international sensation.

Anti-Fascist

Though the journalist's per-
sonal inclination is anti-Fascist, he
is conversant with the principles
of the several ideologies influenc-
ing contemporary history. As
foreign correspondent for the Chi-
cago Tribune, he was present at
the Rif Rebellion, the outbreak of
Arab-Jewish hostilities in Jerusa-
lem in 192 8, and later at the Ruhr
occupation, the Fascist march on
Rome, and the overthrow of the
Spanish monarchy. He spent some
time in Spain during the civil war
there, and followed Hitler's army
as the Nazis took control of Aus-
tria and Czechoslovakia.

Best Seller

Sheean's meteoric rise in popu-
larity, following the publication of
his "Personal History," was cli-
maxed last year when "Not Peace
But a Sword" became an interna-
tional best seller. His other pub-
lished works include "San Felice"
and a collection of short stories,"
"Pieces of a Fan." He had dis-
continued his activity as a news-
paperman and settled down to
write fiction until the increasing-
ly tense European situation again
attracted his attention.

Reception Follows

A reception in the Murphey
Candler Building will follow Mr.
Sheean's lecture. The receiving
line will include, in addition to
Mr. Sheean, Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of the college; Miss
Emma May Laney, faculty advisor
of Lecture Association, and Miss
Betty Waitt, student chairman of
Lecture Association. All those at-
tending the lecture are cordially
invited to meet Mr. Sheean.

VINCENT SHEEAN

A.S.C Community
Directs Musical

Continuing the Friday night
music appreciation series, Mr. C.
W. Dieckmann, professor of mu-
sic, will lead the string ensemble
and Mr. Lewis Johnson, professor
of voice, will direct a special cho-
rus from the Glee Club in several
vocal numbers at 8 o'clock in the
new Gaines Chapel, in a program
presented entirely by the college
community.

Mr. Lewis Johnson's chorus will
sing: "Sylvia," by Speaks; "A
Snow Legend," Clokey; "Slumber
Song," Gretchaninoff, and "It
Cannot be a Strange Country"
(Song of the Emigrant), Repper.
Mr. Johnson will also direct the col-
lege choir in two selections: "Good
News From Heaven," J. S. Bach,
and "O Jesu So Sweet," a tradition-
al carol arranged by J. S. Bach.

The string ensemble's part of
the program will consist of four
compositions by Handel, "Vivace,"
from a Concerto Grosso in B-flat;
"Aria" from the 10th Organ Con-
certo, "Hornpipe" from Concerto
Grosso No. 7, and "Largo". The
string ensemble will also play "Je-
sus, Joy of Man's Desiring" and
"Come, Sweet Death" by Bach;
"The Swan" by St. Saens, and "Lon-
donderry Air."

Members of Mortar Board, who will take part in the Recognition Service Saturday are, left to right,
top row: Ida Jane Vaughan, Ann Henry; middle row, Elaine Stubbs, Gene Slack, Sabine Brumby; and
bottom row, Grace Walker, Frances Breg, Betsy Kendrick, and Jean Dennison.

Mortar Board Entertains
Parents at Tea

Mortar Board will entertain the
parents of the day students at a
tea in Murphey Candler, Novem-
ber 17, from 3:30 until 5 P. M.

The hostesses will conduct their
guests on a tour through the
buildings on the Agnes Scott cam-
pus. Parents will also meet the
faculty.

Coming Thh Week

Thursday, 3:30 P. M. Hock-
ey Exhibition on Hockev
Field. J

Friday, 10 A. M. Rabbi Ju-
lius Mark's address in
Chapel.

Friday, 8 P. M. Music Ap-
preciation Hour in new
Gaines Chapel.

Sunday, 3:30-5 P. M Mor-
tar Board for parents of
day students in Murphey
Candler Building.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940

Juniors Spurt
To Fourth Victory

Zena Harris, Ruth Farrior Star
In Frosh-Soph Hockey Tie

By Susan Self

The juniors won their fourth straight hockey game when
they pulled a scoring spurt in the last half of their game
against the seniors to win, 6-1, last Friday. The freshmen
and sophomores found each too good for the other and tied

their game, 1 up.

The junior-senior game remain-
ed scoreless during the best part of
the first half. Pattie Patterson
came across with the first score of
the game and the seniors' first score
of the season when she sent a long,
hard angular drive into the pen
after her teammates had advanced
into scoring territory. A minute
later D. Webster intercepted a pass
and dribbled down the field to
score for the juniors and knot the
count.

Going into the second half with
the score at 1 -all, the juniors com-
bined their strength in an ava-
lanche of goals. D. Webster scor-
ed again early in the second half
and Dusty Hance and Annie Wilds
contributed two points each to the
total.

Even Match

The freshman-sophomore game
was as evenly matched as the score
indicates, and most of playing time
was spent battling between the 2 5-
yard stripes. Zena Harris was
again the nucleus on the freshman
eleven, playing a steady game
throughout, and scoring the fresh-
man's only goal. Ruth Farrior at
right half broke up sophomore drib-
bles more than once and converted
them into accurate passes.

Clara Rountree evened the score
in the second half when her drive
hit Bry's leg and bounced into the
goal.

The lineups:
Freshman Sophomore

K. Hill C.F. ___ Rountree

Harris R.I. Holloran

M. F. Walker, L.I. Bates

Turner R.W. Bumstead

Rhodes L.W. Downie

M. E. Walker, C.H. Radford

Farrior R.H. McFadyen

Brewer L.H. Lancaster

Abernathy __ R.F. Paisley

Liddell L.F. Hopper

Bry G. Percy

Freshman subs: G. Hill, Duffee,
Bond, Tuggle, Nair.

Sophomore sub: Weismann.
Junior Senior
A. Wilds C.F. Vaughan
D. Webster __ R.I. _ Willstatter

MacGuirc L.I. Kyle

A. Webster _ R.W. Musser

Stuckey L.W. Butt

Hasty CM. Henry

Gellerstedt R.H. Patterson

Lott L.H. _ McGarrity

Walker R.F. S. Wilds

Currie L.F. Fisher

Davis G. O'Nan

Junior subs: Copcland, Hance.

Senior sub: Lancaster.

All told, November looks like
the big month on our athletic cal-
endar. Plans are under way for

the second swimming meet of the
season on. November 19, and for
the first horse show of the year
this Friday afternoon at Geor-
gianna stables.

Golf Club Members

Charity Crocker and Miss Wil-
burn put their heads together to
select members for the Golf Club
from cards turned in last week.
Cummings, Hamby, Brewer, G.
Hill, Shufelt, Dennison, David-
owitz, Thomas, and Crocker all
qualified.

Mary Olive Thomas announces
that two players were admitted to
Tennis Club via the try-out meth-
od. They are Virginia Tuggle
and Josanne McDaniels. Mary
Olive is hoping to increase club
membership again in spring try-
outs.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY
Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Visting Team Clashes
With School PI ayers

Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30,
the United States Field Hockey
Association's Touring Team will
meet a team of Agnes Scott's
prospective varsity stars in what
promises to be the biggest hockey
game played in these parts. The
touring team, on a two-day visit
with Agnes Scott, boasts some of
the finest women hockey players
in the United States, all of whom
have played on various all-star
teams, many of whom have made
the All-American eleven.

The Agnes Scott hockey team
chosen to meet the touring team
consists of:

Center forward: Ida Jane
Vaughan, Annie Wilds.

Right inner: Dot Webster.

Right wing: Alta Webster.

Left inner: Dusty Hance, Jessie
MacGuire.

Left wing: Carolyn Forman,
Margery Gray.

Center half: Doris Hasty, Fran-
ces Radford.

Right half: Ruth Farrior, Ann
Henry.

Left half: Pattie Patterson, Mary
Dean Lott.

Right fullback: Mardia Hopper,
Gay Currie.

Left fullback: Zena Harris,
Anne Paisley.

Goalkeeper: Billie Davis, Martha
O'Nan.

Other members of the squad are

chapel Speaker | Bible Ranks as Favorite

Desert Island Companion

JULIUS MARK

Rabbi Sees
Jews' Status

Jewish Leader

Speaks in Chapel Friday

Rabbi Julius Mark, leader of the
Vine Street Temple in Nashville
and honorary vice-president of the
United Jewish Appeal, will address
the college community on the
subject, 'The Jew in the World
Today" in chapel Friday.

Dr. Mark, a native of Cincin-
nati, is also president of the Nash-
ville Jewish Welfare Federation
and Nashville Council of Commu-
nity Agencies. He is on the Board
of Managers of the Synagogue and
School Extension Division of the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations and chairman of the

Committee on Religious work in
the Universities for the Central
Conference of American Rabbis.
Dr. Mark has made four trips
abroad, including Palestine, and has
written and lectured extensively.

Rabbi Mark has lectured at Van-
derbilt University's School of Reli-
gion and has spoken widely for
the National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews, the United Jewish
Appeal, the Ant i-Defamation
League, the Zionist Organization
of America and the Jewish Chau-
tauqua Society. In 193 8 he deliv-
ered the Jubilee sermon before the
Rabbinical Conference in Wash-
ington.

Dr. Mark is a graduate of the
University of Cincinnati and the
Hebrew Union College. He receiv-
ed an honorary LL.D. degree from
Cumberland University in 1936.

Clara Rountree, Dot Holloran,
Given Hill, Louise Musser, Mar-
garet Downie, Ann Gellerstedt,
Scottie Wilds, Lila Peck Walker,
Page Lancaster, Martha Dale, Bet-
ty Bond, and Virginia Tuggle.

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By Jessie McGuire

A good book, a lazy day, and an isolated island sound
unique to say the least ; but such a situation for any length
of time ceases to present a picture of delight to the majority
of girls at Agnes Scott. In spite of all urging that the in-
quirer was not being deadly serious, and did not intend to
transport the victims to the island

at any immediate or distantly fu-
ture time, a look of apprehension
closely akin to horror crept into
the faces of most of those ques-
tioned about the matter.

The question posed is: If you
had to live on an isolated island,
completely alone, what three books
would you take with you?

A general survey indicated that
out of every 25 persons, all types
included 'on this cosmopolitan
campus, 24 persons would take the
Bible. Motives were varied for
this choice. Some said:

"I've never read it all before,
and I'd have time then to do it
properly."

"I never get tired of reading it
over and over," said those more re-
ligiously inclined.

"It has a variety unsurpassed by
any other book," said the intellec-
tuals.

Best Seller

However, whatever the reason,
the vote for popularity goes to the
world's best seller the Bible.

Passing from the sublime to the
ridiculous, other opinions revealed
such heterogeneous combinations
as a cook book, Shakespeare, Win-
nie the Pooh, Miss Minerva, Irving
S. Cobb, Webster's Dictionary, An
Opera Book, and A Scout Manual.
Study those combinations and psy-
choanalyze the people who chose
them, if you can.

In defending her choice of the
Scout Manual, Eleanor Hutchens,
who selected that along with the
Bible and a good-sized journal in
which to write (who knows, her
impressions, her philosophy, or
tales of her experiences), says that
without the Manual she would nev- study it afforded.

er have time to study the other
books she brought along.

Moody Wants Radio

Martha Moody insisted on bring-
ing her radio in place of a book
means of keeping in touch with
elections, etc., and a way to mark
time. Mary Dean Lott considers
the Encyclopaedia a valuable col-
lection to take along. "Practical",
she says. And you would certainly
need something practical in a situ-
ation like that!

Lively table discussion on the
subject yielded a good deal of ar-
gument as to the merits of litera-
ture. In contrast to the practical
element, the more ethereal-minded
selected Anthologies of poetry.
Annie Wilds and Miss Hunter, not
wishing to miss any worthwhile
poetry, wanted a book including
both American and English poetry.
Shakespeare was conceded by most
to have included the broadest scope
of literary types and characters in
iiis writings, from the comic Fal-
staff to the philosophical Hamlet.
The latter seems to hold a peculiar
fascination for the ladies, anyway.

Time for Browning

Grace Ward adds to Shakes-
peare and the Bible, Browning,
whom most say requires the time
and concentration offered by soli-
tary confinement on an island un-
attainable by road, sea, or air. If
only God and Browning knew
how are we to know?

Although we don't wish to force
such a situation on any girls, the
mental exercise in scheming stimu-
lated by the possibility was de-
lightful and encouraging to be-
hold, not to mention the interest-
ng and humorous psychological

HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS
AND INFLUENCE STAG-LINES

By Dalea Dorothy Clix

Dear Miss Clix: Oh, if human beings only had wings, instead
of hands ! This summer I met a young glider pilot. He took me
soaring among the clouds for hours, day after day ! How could
I help falling desperately in love? But on terra firma my Bird-
Man is as impersonal as a sea gull sitting on an ice-floe ! Why-
won^ he notice my beating heart ? D E S P E RAT E

Dear "Desperate" : You

say your Young Mr. Icarus
is "impersonal." Well, what
about yourself? When
you're not swooping among
the clouds, how do you look ?
Mannish clothes, nose
shiny, hair dishevelled ? Or,
have you learned how to
"go feminine" around tea-
time? Do you take real
trouble with your hair?
with your make-up and
lips? with your hands yes,
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940

Page 3

Mollie Oliver checks up on

After Working Hours

Agnes Scott is still attracting the stag line up at West
Point these days, with Julia Ann Patch attending one of the
famous Hudson Hops. Also in the season's rush is Val Niel-
sen, leading the dances over at Auburn this week-end.
Others at Auburn for the

dances were Mary Ann Cochran,
Jane McDonough, Katherine Wil-
kinson, Margaret Downie, Mar-
garet Hartsook, Frances Ellis, Sue
Heldmann, and Eleanor Manley.

Homecoming up at Davidson
attracted Gay Currie, Anne Pas-
ley, Mardia Hopper, and Shirley
Gately.

Prominent at the Sigma Nu
Dance this week were Elta Rob-
inson, Stuart Arbuckle, Anne
Frierson, Margaret Downie, and
Beckie Andrews, who will also
sponsor the Delta Tau Delta's.

Dot Webster and Gay Currie
were on the Decatur Presbyter-
ian Hayride Saturday night,
while Anne Upchurch, Pattie Pat-
terson, Beth Irby, Virginia Clower,
Mary Ann Faw, and Margaret
Mary Toomey attended the
hayride given by the Tech Fenc-
ing Club Friday night.

The SAE Dance drew a crowd
including Alice Clements, Betty
Waitt, Susan Self, Nell Turner,
Annie Wilds, Betty Ashcraft,
Susan Montgomery, and Martha
Dunn. Marjorie Tipping was
present at one of the Campus
Club Dances this week. Another
event was the ATO Dance, at
which were Rowena Barringer,
Marion Phillips, Betty Burdette,
Claire Johnson, and Elta Robinson.

Another hayride was the Semi-
nary party which was enlivened
by Jeanne Lee and Virginia Mont-
gomery.

An interesting event of the
week was the Fashion Show
put on by the seniors and Joyce
of Davison's. Prominent among
the models was Miss Charlotte
Hunter.

The old "Dipsy Doodler,"
Larry Clinton, is playing smooth
music over on the Ansley Roof
these nights. Listening and danc-
ing this week were Iyllis Lee,
Mickey Jones, Mir and Mas
House, Claire Purcell, Mary Jane
Bonham, Helen Hardie, Mary
James Seagle, Betty Waitt, and
Mary Robertson.

Another interesting highlight,
and significant of the city's grow-
ing enthusiasm for the theater was
the two-day engagement of Ger-
trude Lawrence, capable com-
edienne of the N. Y. stage, who
played in the production "Sky-
lark" at the Erlanger. Aileen
Kasper, Dot Petite, Laura Sale,
Anne Martin, Elta Robinson, and
Rowena Barringer, attended one of
the performances.

Off for the weekend were
Elizabeth Russell in Augusta;
Betty Lou Hall in Lafayette;
Louise Pruitt and Elise Nance in
Chattanooga; Eugenia Hailey to
Hartwell; Matilda Cartledge to
Montgomery; Bee Bradfield to Sa-
vannah; Jane Taylor up to Clin-
ton, S. C; Anne Flowers to Thom-
as ville; Sarah Rainey was in Mo-
bile; Anne Upchurch in Brenau;
Frankie Butt in Columbus; Keeker
Newton and Helen Gilmer in For-
syth; Gene Slack, Flonnie Ellis,
Elaine Stubbs and Helen Klugh
were representing the News and
Silhouette at the convention held
in Detroit. At home also were
Shirley Ann Smith, Margaret Nix,
Carolyn Strozier, Ducky Cope-
land, Mary Davis, May King, Lib-
by Steadman, Grace Harbour, for-
mer student from Memphis, visit-
ed Mary Lightfoot Elcan, while
Laura Cummings had four guests
from Griffin.

Players Name
Committees

Blackfriars has announced the
committees of the production staff
for its first big play of the year,
Brief Music, to be presented No-
vember 23, in the new Gaines
Chapel in Presser Hall, at 8:30
P. M.

Gay Swaggerty will act as stage
manager. The stage crew consists
of the following members: Marna
McGarrough, chairman; Dot Hop-
kins, Margaret Hartsook, and Vir-
ginia Collier, sound effects.

Properties committee: Molly Oli-
ver, chairman, and Margaret Nix.

Costumes committee: Beth Irby,
chairman; Stuart Arbuckle, and
Elise Smith.

Nancy Willstater is in charge of
lighting; Martha Sue Dillard,
chairman, and May King are han-
dling publicity.

Members of the program com-
mittee are: Jessie MacGuire,
chairman; Wallace Lyons, Sarah
Copeland, Sarah Gray Rainey, and
Marjorie Simpson.

Blackfriars is constructing a new
set for their production, and for
the first time a ceiling will be used,
according to Laura Sale, president.

Chi Beta Phi Initiates
New Members at Banquet

Humorous speeches by the eight
new members will highlight the
annual banquet and initiation of
Chi Beta Phi Thursday evening at
the Ansley Hotel.

The formal initiation will take
place at the college preceding the
banquet; the procedure at the ho-
tel will be informal.

All members of Chi Beta Phi
and the science faculty are invited
to attend the banquet.

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FASHION SHOPS

The store college girls dream about where you can cut corners
without cutting chic! A store within a store on our Fashion Third
Floor there are dress and coat shops, an evening fashion bar,
hats by the hundreds and shoes by the score. It's a real Penny
Heaven girls, so come on down and look us over!

Mon-e Saver Fashion Shops

Fashion Third Floor

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Zoology Students Turn
Beach Combers

By Bee Bradfield

The time had come for the annual field trip of the Inver-
tebrate Zoology class. Clothes packed into minimum space
gave suitcases that Jack-in-the-box look ; nets, bottles, buck-
ets, and other necessary scientific paraphernalia were pack-
ed quite intimately into Bee Mil

ler's car, proving that club coupes
are really pick-up trucks in dis-
guise. And shrill voices were the
crowning indication that Hotten-
tots were again on the loose. Thus
the Cavalcade of Agnes Scott
namely Skippy Forman's "Gray
Goose" and Miss Miller's newly
dubbed "Green Gander" started to
Savannah.

Weakening

Along about 7:30 intestinal for-
titude began to weaken, and in Lou-
isville, Georgia, the Cavalcade
stopped for a bit of nourishment.
Having been duly impressed by
Miss Scandrett's recent talk, the
students obediently lined up before
the door of the restaurant, and let
the three faculties, Misses Miller,
McCalla, and Forman, pass in first.

The Gray Goose which, by the
way, is one of those machines that
requires 5 quarts of oil and a gal-
lon of gas instead of 5 gallons of
gas and a quart of oil led on into
Savannah. Surprisingly enough,
the car was soon straddling the
separating rise in the middle of the
two-lane highway, but not for
long! Yells from her companions
scared Skippy, in her nearsighted

Latin Club Plans
Christmas Play

The Alpha Delta chapter of Eta
Sigma Phi will present a Christmas
play, Christus Parvuhis, on Thurs-
day afternoon, December 12, at
4:30 in the McLean Auditorium.

Harriette Cochran, president
of Eta Sigma Phi, announces that
the cast will include: Susan Dyer,
Dale Drennan, Jane Moses, Louise
Sams, Mardia Hopper, Carolyn
Forman, Polly Lyndon, Martha
O'Nan, Dorothy Travis, Jo Cates,
Rosalie Sturtevant, Olivia White,
Mary Ann Faw, Julia Lancaster,
Betty Lee Clarkson, Anne Paisley,
Elise Nance, Mabel Stowe, Harriet
Cunningham, Ruth Kolthoff. Mr.
C. W. Dieckmann, professor of
music, will provide the accompa-
niment and incidental music.

The committees for the play
are: publicity and programs, Betty
Medlock, Susanne Kaulback, Susan
Guthrie, and Betty Lee Clarkson;
properties, costume, and makeup,
Rebekah Hogan, Wallace Lyons,
Harriette Cochran and Julia Ann
Patch.

condition, into swerving sharply to
the right. Evidently forgetting
that Savannah does not roll up its
sidewalks like Birmingham, she was
due for another attack of screams
when she began driving down the
sidewalk!

The brisk day on the beach was
enjoyed, collectively, by all. Fish-
ermen may have been a bit sur-
prised to see a bunch of girls trot-
ting around the barnacled jetties,
clad only in beach apparel in No-
vember; but they would have been
more surprised had they chanced
to hear some of the across-the-page
words that Bee and Frank used as
they huddled over a newly found
specimen!

Food a la Sand

Lunch was served a la sand be-
hind a private dune about 3:30. In
the warm sun, people began to
sink into that suspicious silence
that means reminiscence has set in.
And, to avoid any ill effects, the
quest for animals was begun again.

Saturday night meant a new
era a clean era for Miss Mac's
"class of invertebrate students."
After removing as much sand as
possible, they followed the direc-
tions of P. A. (Plenty Animated)
Brooks to Johnny Harris's. Frank,
observing dancers, soft lights, and
music inside, jokingly suggested
that the people seemed to be hav-
ing quite a time. To which B. A.
promptly answered, "Oh, they do
everything here!"

Safe at Home

Just twenty-four hours later the
wonderful jaunt was over, and ev-
eryone was safely home, much to
Miss Mac's relief.

And if this doesn't convince you
that a good time was had by all,
just sneak up on the next person
you see leaving a tiny trail of sand
behind her, and ask her to give a
quote on her biology course. Ten
to one she will reply, "I'm in favor
of more research. More frequent
field trips are what we need!"

Anne Ward, Freshman,
Leads Bible Class

Dr. McCain's Bible Class will
present the annual Thanksgiving
service this year on Thanksgiving
morning at 9:30 in the McLean
Chapel of Presser Building.

Anne Ward will be the leader of
the short worship service and Bar-
bara Connelly will sing.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1940

New Books Are
New Friends

Announcement of Book Week again
tends to focus our attention on our old
friends in literature, and to awaken our in-
terest in the new books which are continu-
ally being published. Some of these new
ones attract only passing notice, while
others survive to win places for them-
selves in our affections and on our library
shelves.

No one on our campus ever mentions ex-
tra-curricular reading without arousing a
storm of protest. "I spend all my time in
the library now, doing History (or Eng-
lish or Psychology or Bible) parallel", is
a familiar plaint. Others say, and justifi-
ably so, that organizations, sports and so-
cial recreation take up what spare minutes
are left after lessons are prepared. We
are all too ready to dismiss the subject
with that alibi we use for everything
there just isn't enough time.

But, it doesn't take much time. Some-
one has computed that if the average
reader devoted only one-half hour a day
to reading, he'd be well abreast of the best
current fiction, as well as the most worth-
while non-fiction.

Thirty minutes a day isn't much. All of
us waste much more time than that every
day, standing around the halls talking,
loitering at the tea house, waiting for a
phone call, waiting for a tub to fill.

Let us take a few minutes while the
book exhibit is in the library to get ac-
quainted with some of the newcomers to
literature. Perhaps we can go over on
Thanksgiving afternoon and select a com-
fortable chair in front of the log fire, and
just browse through some of the crisp
new volumes, maybe not reading, but sav-
oring the new titles over familiar names,
the exciting smell of new paper and fresh
ink, the hints of people to be met and loved
and far places to explore. Book Week of-
fers us an invaluable opportunity to find
out what's going on in literary circles, just
as the McKinney Book Award furnishes
a worthy incentive to form discriminating
taste in selecting books to own. Can't we
spare a few minutes to take advantage
of it? (V. L. C)

College Press Comments On
'God Bless America

"What's become of The Star Spangled Ban-
ner* or have we abandoned it as our national
anthem?" asks the Purdue Exponent. That's a
question that a lot of college newspapers have been
asking, half tongue-in-cheek, half seriously.

The Exponent "won't debate the merits of Irv-
ing Berlin's 'God Bless America' but we do dis-
pute its right to the same honors as the national
anthem. We think that the substitution of 'The
Star Spangled Banner' for 'God Bless America' on
a few public programs would be a welcome change
at least for college students who have built up
a terrific 'hate' for the very obvious attempt to
synthesize patriotism where patriotism has already
existed. "

Realizing that "there will probably be FBI men
on onr trail by morning," the Dartmouth de-
clares it is "unable to keep silence any longer on
'God Bless America'." The song, says the Dart-
mouth, brings up a "mental picture of someone
waving a flag because it's, fun to wave a flag
and everybody else is doing it. It seems as though
we could do a little more than place America's
well-being musically in God's hands and call it
patriotism." (ACP)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1940. No. 8
1940 Memhvr 1941

FUsocided CoUe&iate Press

Published weeklv. except during holidays and examination
periods, bv the students of Acnes Scott ColleRe. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Buildinp. Entered as second
-lass matter at the DecAtur. Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Clower Managing Editor

Florence Ellis .Business Manager

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Earthquake

Rumania is having a general run of hard luck.
First the pestilential appearance of the Germans
and now a first class natural disaster disturbs
the Balkans. The damage and loss of life is
probably great; it is feared that 2,000 were
killed outright. Bucharest has been hard hit,
with thousands of houses destroyed.

Bad News

Molotov entrains for Ber-
lin. Immediately Turkey suf-
fers premonitions of evil. No
good can result when those
three Hitler, Ciano, and
Molotov meet.

A statement issues from
the Turkish Foreign Office:
they will fight if "vitally
threatened."

Stevenson Never the Twain

The Irish have an actual phobia about hav-
ing British soldiers on their soil. De Valera dares
not risk his political neck on the subject. Church-
ill wants air and naval bases in Eire, and "Dev"
tells the Dail this is out of the question. The
refusal is inspired by a traditional emotional re-
action. It is understandable, but it seems rather
shortsighted.

Fair Exchange

American planes and American ships will have
more home ports from this month on. The Brit-
ish-American deal over Singapore has reached an
"understanding." British ships will probably
have the use of our Pacific bases too.

Also, nearly all the Latin American countries
have agreed to build new bases. There will be
no land leased by any outside nation. But the
United States will assist with loans, experts, and
equipment. All the Pan-American nations will
have mutual use of all these new bases, including
the ones gained by the United States from the
British.

The Benevolent Imperialist

Imitation seems to be the strong point in the
dictator character. Spain, as well as Germany,
shows an interest in South America. A new His-
panidad Council under Foreign Minister Suner
has been formed. This body will look after
Spain's South American interests: it is, compared
in Spain to the old imperial Council of the Indies
which governed the old Spanish colonies.

Franco's government claims nothing but what
has always governed her expansion, "intelligence
and love." Forturutcly, Spain hasn't a chance.
She produces nothing the Latin American nations
will trade for.

Financial Embarrassment

Secretary Morgenthau has called attention to
an embarrassing condition: the debt is $49,000,-
000,000. He asks Congress to raise the limit
to $60,000,000,000. Otherwise, as he says, on
account of the defense expenses, the Treasury
is in a "rather difficult position."

Colleges in Caves

Any atrocity can become familiar. Horror
is an accustomed and accepted part of our back-
ground. In self defense, we have to be callous.
However, when we can do something, it is a
good thing to remind ourselves about some cur-
rent evil. We should look straight at the unpleas-
ant fact that almost all r he colleges and high
schools in one country, China, have been delib-
erately bombed to rubbish. But the teachers and
students have generally continued to exist. Their
life has gone on inland, where they have set in
motion a modern Renaissance of Chinese culture.
They are teaching the peasants, rebuilding homes,
devastated by the old civil war; they arc caring
for their physical needs in clinics, and they are
helping to farm the area. All this goes on while
they are preserving themselves as the future in-
tellectual leaders of China. The occasion of this
reminder is a fund to be raised on this campus
for Chinese and European students in need.

Campus Camera

DR.ELIPMALET
NOTT

SERVED AS
PRESIDENT OF
UNION COLLEGE
FOR.

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Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

Miss Hale's remark in her talk
at Investiture about the desirabil-
ity of a Department of the Home
at Agnes Scott has aroused a great
deal of discussion on the subject.
And the opinions on the matter
are very definite.

Virginia Williams, '41:

If the chief
purpose of
Agnes Scott is
to prepare us
to live a rich
life, and to en-
joy it to the
fullest, then I
think a De-
partment of
the Home
should be in-
cluded in the curriculum.

Cartledge

Susan Self, '41

I think that we should have a
Department of the Home here at
Agnes Scott. It deserves a place
among the electives just as much as
such courses as Art, History or
Music Appreciation. I don't think,
though, that it should be allowed
to overshadow the other regular
academic courses.

Jessie MacGuire, '42:

I don't believe that the Depart-
ment of the Home should be in-
cluded in the Agnes Scott curricu-
lum. One who is especially inter-
ested in such subjects can study
them on her own. I think a college
such as Agnes Scott should stress
those subjects in which experienced
guidance and direction is necessary.

Edith Dale, '42:

In my opinion such training as
we would get in a Department of
the Home would be inconsistent
with the present emphasis on in-
tellectual development for which
Agnes Scott stands. I think it
would determine to a great extent
the future policy of the school, a

possible trend toward practical
training.

Betty Sunderland, '42:

I think that the development of
a Department of the Home at Ag-
nes Scott would be a good idea. The
average graduate will spend most
of her life facing and solving prob-
lems of home life, and I think it
is only right that she should have
some fore-knowledge of what to
expect, and some preparation for
meeting the problems as they arise.

Elise Smith, '42:

The Agnes Scott ideal, built up
by the founders of the college, is
based on personal development in
four ways: religious, intellectual,
physical, and the fourth objective
"the most indefinable" as written
in the Agnes Scott ideal. This de-
velopment is planned that the
graduate may be better fitted for
some "contribution to the commu-
nity in which she lives." Most
girls, after leaving college, get mar-
ried. The study and training she
would get in the Department of
the Home would fit her for such a
career. I say, then, that the heads
of our college should further the
application of our ideal by insti-
tuting the essential study of home
problems.

Harriette Cochran, '41:

A general course on the home
which would emphasize its value in
the development of the child, and
in the life of the nation would be
a helpful addition to the curricu-
lum. However, a technical course
on Home Economics which would
equip one professionally would be
out of place here. The key to the
answer lies in where the emphasis
is placed if in fitting us to be
worthy members of the home yes;
if in equipping us to be correct in-
structors about the home no.

Clare Bedinger, '44:

While emphasis is, and should be,
placed on the training of the mind,
it is indeed fitting that we should
receive training in home making
also, since most Agnes Scott girls
will get married (according to
Dr. Robinson's percentages!)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940.

No. 9

College Plans
Tenth Alumnae
Week-End

'Modern Americana'
Furnishes Theme
For Lecture Program

"Modern Americana, " em-
phasizing the elements that
make up American life today,
will form the theme for the
lecture program on the occa-
sion of the Tenth Alumnae
week-end, November 29 and
30. The program is planned
to coincide with the dedication
of the new Presser Building.

Dr. James R. McCain, president
of the college, who will speak on
"The Religion of America/' will
open the program in chapel on
Friday. Frances Gilliland Stukes
(Mrs. S. G. Stukes), '24, will sing
"On Guard, America," which was
written by another alumna, Polly
Stone Buck, 24 (Mrs. Norman S.
Buck), while Mary Ellen (Harvey)
Newton, '16, will preside at the
opening program.

Harvey Talks

Other lectures Friday will in-
clude "New Trends in American
Foreign Policy," by Dr. Mose L.
Harvey, professor of history at Em-
ory University, and "Modern Am-
erican Architecture," by Samuel
Inman Cooper. Mr. Cooper is well
known in Atlanta for his work in
slum clearance under the Federal
Housing Administration.

Friday, the college will enter-
tain the alumnae at the traditional
luncheon in Rebekah Scott.

Saturday's program will begin
wtih a talk in chapel by Augusta
Roberts, '29, National Student Sec-
retary of the Y. W. C. A. Her
subject will be "How Shall We
Cast Our Fears?" and will deal
with the ideal American home and
the way in which it may be built
securely.

Following chapel, John L. Dan-
iel, professor of chemistry at
Georgia Tech, will talk on "Over-
the-Counter Chemistry." At 11:30
A. M., Miss Roberta Winter, '37,
will lecture on the "Escape Into
Drama," giving the outstanding
developments in radio, the theater,
and moving pictures.

Luncheon in the Tea House will
complete the Saturday morning
program.

Exhibits

During Alumnae Week-end,
there will be several exhibits, fea-
turing the fine arts. Outstanding
among the exhibits planned is the
collection of American china and
glassware, presented through the
courtesy of M. Rich and Company
of Atlanta. The book exhibit will
include the "Books of the States"
and the recent publications of the
Alumnae. The books will be ex-
hibited in the main reading room
of the library and the china will
be in the alcove.

The art exhibit in the Museum
Room of the Library will be a col-
lection of modern American art,
arranged for Agnes Scott by La-
mar Dodd, director of the Uni-
versity Center Art Program.

Friday evening Hugh Hodgson
will present his usual recital, fea-
turing Modern American Music.
Works of contemporary compos-
(Con tinned on Page 3, Col. 5)

New York Museum
Releases Exhibit
On Architecture

In connection with the new em-
phasis which is being placed on
the fine arts at Agnes Scott, the
exhibition on the third floor of Car-
negie Library this week consists
of large photographs and diagrams
illustrating modern architecture.

The exhibition attempts to show
that modern architecture is logical
development to meet the needs of
today, combining utility, stability,
and beauty. It will include ex-
amples of the work of some of the
most famous European architects,
as well as those of the United
States.

These pictures show the com-
bining of the old materials with
new synthetic ones to make struc-
tures particularly suited to the
twentieth century community de-
velopments, skyscrapers and mod-
ern school plants.

The New York City Museum
of Modern Art is releasing this ex-
hibition which will be shown
through November 26.

Fox Initiates
New Pipe Organ

Celebrating the first use of the
new four-manual pipe organ which
is being installed in the new Gaines
Chapel, the Music Department will
present Virgil Fox in an organ re-
cital on the night of December 10.

Mr. Fox, though comparatively
young, is "the most brilliant or-
ganist in the United States," ac-
cording to Mr. C. W. Dieckmann,
professor of music.

Mr. Fox is head of the organ
department at the Peabody Con-
servatory in Baltimore, Maryland,
and is also organist for Brown Me-
morial Presbyterian Church in that
city.

Eta Sigma Phi
Offers Play

High School Latin Students
Attend Christmas Mystery

Eta Sigma Phi has extended an
invitation to Latin students from
junior and senior high schools in
Atlanta and Decatur to attend the
presentation of Christus Parvulus,
a Christmas morality play, entirely
in Latin, Thursday, December 12,
at 4:30, in the McLean Auditori-
um.

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, profes-
sor of music, will provide accom-
paniment on the organ, playing the
pastoral symphony from Handel's
Messiah during the shepherd scene.

Chris t us Parvulus, one of the or-
iginal mystery plays presented by
the church in the middle ages, con-
tains five scenes, including the
prologue, a speech by the Prophet
Isaiah, the Annunciation, the shep-
herd scene, the manger scene, and
the epilogue, a speech by the pro-
phet Zacharias.

Characters included Isaias, Gabri-
el, Maria, Joseph, Zacharias, Pas-
tores, Magi, and chorus angelorum.
Members of Eta Sigma Phi will
compose the cast.

At the conclusion of the play,
the entire audience will sing
Adeste Fideles. The college com-
munity is invited to attend, ac-
cording to Harriette Cochran, pres-
ident.

Cotillion Club Sponsors
Thanksgiving Dance

The Bucher Scott gymnasium
will be the scene tomorrow night
of the annual Thanksgiving dance
given by the Cotillion Club. Bill
Clarke, well-known Atlanta or-
chestra leader, and his band will
furnish the music.

Val Nielsen, president of the
Agnes Scott Cotillion Club, an-
nounces that the dance will be
from 7:3 0 to 9:30, and that the
whole college community is invited
to attend.

Cooke, Haney Lead
Presser Dedication

Officers of Presser Foundation
Attend Opening of Building

At the dedication of Presser Hall on Saturday, November
30, which marks the first great step in Agnes Scott's expan-
sion program, the college community will have the honor of
being host to two of America's most eminent scholars, Dr.
James Francis Cooke and Dr. John Louis Haney, guest speak-
ers for the occasion.

Auditorium Fire
Delays Concerts

Serious damage to the City Au-
ditorium, caused by last week's
fire, has made it impossible for the
Alec Templeton concert, scheduled
for November 2 5, to be presented.
City authorities have pronounced
the auditorium unfit for use be-
fore the first of the year, and no
other house is large enough to take
care of a concert audience.

Since Mr. Templeton is booked
solidly throughout January, Feb-
ruary, March, and April, he is un-
able to consider a date before next
May, when the Georgia Federation
of Music Clubs hopes to present
the artist.

New dates for the Menuhin and
Rachmaninoff recitals, originally
scheduled for November 22 and
December 9, will be February 14
and March 4, respectively, accord-
ing to Marvin McDonald, concert
manager.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 7:30 P. M. Cotil-
lion Club Thanksgiving
Dance in Gym.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Hockey
Game on Hockey Field.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
new Gaines Chapel.

Book Week Exhibit in Library
Includes Varied Selections

Poetry, fiction, ctfama, letters, philosophy, biography, art, music books of all kinds in
bright new jackets and crackling to the touch make up the annual book exhibit on display
around the library fireplace which bears the inscription:

"Beholding the bright counten-
ance of Truth,
In the quiet and still air of de-
lightful studies."

Those interested in biography
will probably like Rockwell Kent's
narrative of a rural way of life,
This Is My Own. This beautiful
volume, with 105 illustrations by
the author which speak for them-
selves, gives a story premised on
the artist-farmer's realization that
rural life is as truly American as
life in cities and industrial cen-
ters.

In a copy entitled The World's
Great Letters, edited by M. Lincoln
Schuster, there are assembled the
most interesting letters of all time,
ranging in author from Alexander
the Great to Thomas Mann, and
in subject matter from love to
war. These intimate letters are
selected and integrated to shed

light on the great men of the world.

For the philosophically inclined,
there is Lewis Mumford's Faith for
Living, which seeks to provide an
answer to the question of what
beliefs and hopes will help the peo-
ple of today lay down the founda-
tions for a more humane and sta-
ble society. Also on this shelf is a
little blue volume by Anne Mor-
row Lindbergh, entitled The Wave
of the Future, a confession of faith.

From the philosophy shelf, we
go over to the poetry shelf, where
a volume by A. A. Milne, Behind
the Lines, catches the eye. In this
book, a master of children's verse
plays thoughtfully upon the prob-
lems of the time, assailing the dic-
tators in quick, terse sentences. In
contrast to this, there is a collec-
tion of miscellaneous poems by
margaret Fishback, Time for a
Quick One, with clever illustra-
tions by Vera Bock.

Outstanding in the drama sec-
tion is an anthology, Pulitzer Prize
Plays, containing twenty prize win-
ners from 1918 to 1939. A large
blue-bound book contains three
plays of William Saroyan, the
"most discussed dramatist of the
moment," whose plays have intro-
duced a new force in drama.

Readers who are interested in
owning books which are good, but
inexpensive, will like the wide va-
riety included in the modern Li-
brary and Everyman's Library re-
prints.

Finally, for the home-makers,
there are numerous books on flow-
er arrangement, gardening and
cooking.

Our choice for sheer beauty is a
collection of Shakespeare's songs,
Under the Greenwood Tree, illus-
trated by Leonard Weisgard.

Truly, "Reading maketh a full
man."

Both men have been closely as-
sociated with the financing and
building of the new music hall
through their respective positions
as president and secretary of the
Presser Foundation, which endowed
it. Dr. Cooke will speak on the
Pressei Interest in Music, while Dr.
Haney has chosen for his topic,
'Let Us Have Music."

The Atlanta Philharmonic Or-
chestra, another guest for the oc-
casion, will open the dedication
program, directed by Dr. Cooke in
his composition, "Grand Procession-
al of Avignon." Other musical
numbers will be under the direc-
tion of George Lindner, regular
conductor of the orchestra. Lewis
H. Johnson, instructor of voice,
will present a special chorus of Ag-
nes Scott students.

Reception

After the dedication ceremonies
are ended, the college community
and visitors are invited to a recep-
tion in Murphey Candler Building.

Dr. Cooke, composer, author, and
humorist, is one of America's most
versatile men. Originally he
taught piano and voice, and was
an organist and conductor in New
York for many years. He has vis-
ited numerous European musical
conservatories and American col-
leges to study teaching systems. He
addresses not only in English, but
also in either French, German, or
Italian, and he used to write regu-
larly for European publications.

Noted Scholar

To date, he has written ten
books on a variety of music sub-
jects, has composed many piano-
forte pieces, and has had four of
his plays produced professionally.
He has been editor of The Etude
since 1907, and president of the
Presser Foundation since 1912.
Today he holds honorary degrees of
Doctor of Music, Doctor of Laws,
Doctor of Humane Letters, and
Doctor of Education from some
nine colleges and universities, and
in 1930 he was decorated Chevalier
in the Legion of Honor.

Haney Also Celebrity

Dr. Haney, in everyday life the
President of Central High School,
in Philadelphia, is also a man of
letters. Like Dr. Cooke, he has
published some ten books, many of
which treat of English literature.
He has also edited a number of
books, plays, and stories by other
authors. Among the many impor-
tant positions he fills are those of
Secretary and Chairman of the
Buildings Committee of the Presser
Foundation, and associate Trustee
of the University of Pennsylvania.
He belongs to a number of clubs
and other organizations, including
the Authors' League of America,
the American Philosophical Soci-
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940

The frigid blasts of the recent cold spell did not daunt the spirit of Agnes Scott hockey players. Shown
game are, left to right, Dot Webster, Annie Wilds, and Dusty Hance.

Northerners Goalie, Beware! They're Out to Win the Game
Swamp
Home Team

Ail-American Players
Score Seven Times in
Second Half

by Susan Self

The United States Field
Hockey Association's touring
team left more than a few
lessons in hockey when they
headed on toward the Univer-
sity of Georgia last Friday
after a two-day visit to Agnes
Scott. Miss Frances Pierce

showed us just what it takes to make
All-American. Miss Peg Davis, Vas-
sar graduate, and Miss Mary Judd,
blonde product of Sweet Briar, ex-
hibited a rare combination of
beauty, brains, and athletic ability.
Little Miss Marjorie Morse proved
that it doesn't take a giant or a
dictator to manage fifteen women
athletes.

The game last Thursday after-
noon with and against Agnes
Scott's prospective varsity stars
was played in what Miss Morse
termed "perfect hockey weather."
Two mixed teams of Agnes Scott
offense and touring team defense,
and vice versa, took the field dur-
ing an uneventful first half. All-
American Frances Pierce at right
full did the most beautiful passing
of the day.

Phenomenal Shot

It was the second half of this
game, however, that uncovered real
hockey playing. Basing their at-
tack on long, hard, direct passes
and little dribbling, the touring
team scored 7 times in a twenty-
five-minute playing period. There
is no choosing individual stars in
a game of all stars. Miss Young,
of the touring team, scored the goal
of the day when she drove in an
almost phenomenal shot at a right
angle of about five degrees from the
goal post. Agnes Scott itself rose
above the rank of amateurs on oc-
casions. Ida Jane Vaughan's
across the field pass and the de-
fensive work of Zena Harris and
Doris Hasty deserve attention.

The Line-ups

First Half Mixed Teams

Downie L.W Edgar

Hance L.I Cox

A. Wilds C.F Miller

D. Webster . _R.I. Young

A. Webster __R.W Judd

Allen L.H Lott

Frazier (1) __C.H Hasty

Kenworthy R.H. Patterson

Fernley R.B Hopper

Pierce R.B. Harris

Fchling G O'Nan

Substitutions Gray, Fo r m a n,
MacGuirc, Rountree, Dale, Vaugh-
an, Mac Fad yen, Radford, Hasty,
Farrior, Wilds, Paisley.

Photo Courtesy Atlanta Journal

here in action during a fast

Second Half

Agnes Scott U. S. H. A. T. T.

Downie L.W Edgar

Hance L.I (2) Thurts

Wilds C.F (4) Miller

D. Webster __R.I (1) Young

A. Webster __R.W Judd

Lott L.H.-t- Frazier

Hasty C.H Davis

Patterson R.H.__ Kenworthy

Harris L.B Fernley

Paisley R.B.I Pierce

Davis G Fehling

Substitutions Forman, Tuggle,
Holloran, Musser, Lancaster, Brad-
field, Brooks, Currie.

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They came from

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Dedication

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ety, and the National Education
Association. He carries an A. B.,
an A. M., a B. S., a Ph. D., and
an LI. D. degree, and is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa.

Both Dr. Cooke and Dr. Haney
have visited Agnes Scott before,
and Dr. Cooke, on one visit, ad-
dressed the students during Chapel,
and played several of his composi-
tions for them. On more recent
visits, Drs. Cooke and Haney have
come in behalf of the Presser Foun-
dation, which, since its establish-
ment in 1918, has directed partic-
ular attention to music education
in the United States.

Eagan Eliminates
Fisher in Tourney

Ann Eagan pulled the biggest
upset in the tennis tournament
thus far when she beat top-rank-
ing A. A. President Ann Fisher in
a match that went three sets, 9-7,
6-2, 6-1. Fisher defeated Brewer,
6-0, 6-4, and Eagon won over Irby,

6- 0, 6-3, in previous matches.
Other top bracket results show D.
Webster advancing to the quarter-
finals by virtue of her win over
Jane McDonough, and Mary Dean
Lott defeating A. Willis, 6-1, 6-3.
Knight forfeited to Steinbach. C.
Willis won from Gellerstedt, 6-0,
4-6, 6-4.

In the lower bracket, Tuggle
advanced to the semi-finals after
beating Patterson, 6-0, 7-5. Tug-
gle won from A. Wilds, 6-4, 6-3,
and Patterson went three sets
against A. Webster, 9-11, 6-3,

7- 5. Cornelia Stuckey won from
Charity Crocker, 6-4, 6-4, while
Tennis Manager Mary Olive Thom-
as found difficulty in eliminating
G. Hill, 10-8, 6-4.

According to Mary Olive, the
finals must be played off by next
week, to decide singles tennis cham-
pion of the college.

The tennis club is planning a
doubles tournament for spring
quarter.

Maybe the College Needs a
Department of the Home After All

Blondes may have been the gen-
tlemen's choice a few years back,
but today the girl who can cook
has little trouble in finding a hus-
band.

This fact has been borne out
through a study made by the Uni-
versity of New Hampshire's ap-
pointment bureau. Women gradu-
ates have had no trouble placing

themselves as teachers in home eco-
nomics. During recent years va-
cancies reported to the bureau have
been double the number of girls
eligible to fill them.

The reason: Turnover in the
home economics field is high be-
cause the average teacher marries
within three years. (ACP)

Agnes Scott College

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940

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South Again Suffers
Defeat by Yanks

By Jessie MacGuire

Falling leaves and frosty air accompanied by enthusiastic
youth describes Thursday afternoon on the Agnes Scott
hockey field. In addition to the perfect setting for high feel-
ing and celebration, a spirit of competition prevailed, which
was well-founded, for the prospective varsity and sub-varsity
of Agnes Scott's hockey crew were

to play the American Association of
Professional Hockey Players, their
first encounter with professionals.

The typical bench sitter could
overhear a typical hockey player ad-
dressing another typical hockey
player: "Hmmm! Chic little cos-
tumes, but possibly a hindrance to
their playing I hope!"

"They might trip over those
sashes," was the cruel but hopeful
answer.

Dusty Hance and Clara Roun-
tree were overheard mumbling
awed speculations: "That trick
bully! I may as well stand aside
and prepare to stop the drive!"

"Those Northerners definitely
have the speed; we'll probably meet
them coming back!" Dot Holloran
expressed consternation coming off
the field. "Let me out of there!"
she said, and put her teddy bear
suit back on.

Gallery Features

The feeling of excitement was
enhanced further by the freezing
weather against which precautions
were taken. The Saturday Ala-
bama-Tech game had nothing on
the wildly designed Indian blankets,
the cheering grandstands, and the
one Agnes Scott pennant born
proudly on a broomstick by Ca:hy
Hill. The Purple and White stood
out as a singular gesture for the
Agnes Scott eleven.

The cheering section broke forth
with a unique yell, which seemed to
last for the length of five minutes.
"Fifteen RAHS for the American
Association of Professional Hockey
Players!" Sounds like Mussolini's
professional title, doesn't it? The
game was represented by a cosmo-
politan group of spectators from

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Miss Scandrett, Mrs. Lapp, and Jane
Moses, sitting cozily huddled on the
sidelines, too cold to move long after
the game was over, to Mr. Stukes
and camera, the Emory hockey fans
in sporty convertibles, and Atlanta's
newspaper men enjoying themselves
thoroughly amidst the pulchritude
and vivacity of the North and
South.

North vs. South

The Northern girls liked Agnes
Scott, but the Southerners could not
help feeling a bit "sissy" in their
sophisticated presence. In spite of
the decided difference in manners
and attitude, the Southerners' dem-
onstrative enthusiasm and aptitude
for easy talk in contrast to the
brisk, slightly indifferent air and
the tendency toward short, clippy
sentences of the Northerners, the
players were co-operative in the
game and particularly companion-
able at the dinner table. All the
girls remarked on the wonderful
food, and most of them ate eight
pieces of celery. "Good for our
diet," the little blonde explained.

The Sweet Briar girls surprised the
Hottentots when they described the
rules as being stricter than those of
Agnes Scott. They liked the social
life dances and fraternity func-
tions, as described by the Agnes
Scott girls, though the customs ap-
peared novel to some of them; for
instance, our system of breaking at
dances, the "belle of the ball" and
Scarlett O'Hara type of life. They
rather liked the idea for a change.
Just as we would like an authentic
Viennese waltz, the whole mode of
life was light and easy-going in
contrast to the business-like and
hurried life in the North.

"It's like shifting from a row-
boat to a canoe," explained the
philosopher in the group.

Cheerful Losers

Those same hockey players who
laughed at their hopelessness also
laughed at defeat when it came; it
wouldn't have been in keeping with
the famous Southern hospitality to
defeat the visitors, anyway. The
only possible flaw in the courtesy
shown them was the lack of atten-
tion that Jackie, the goalie, got.
That wasn't really intentional, even
if politeness prevails.

Editions of The Agnes
Scott News will not ap-
pear during non-activity
and Exam weeks. The
next issue will be pub-
lished December 11.

Mark Urges Spirit
Of Forgiveness

"Christianity and Judaism are
dependent on the survival of de-
mocracies," said Rabbi Julius Mark,
of the Vine Street Temple in Nash-
ville, Tennessee, last Friday in
chapel, in his talk on "The Jew in
the World Today."

"If we can develop within our
hearts a spirit of forgiveness and
tenderness, we can restore sanity
to the world. May democracy
prevail in the end, and may the
spirit of man and God be victo-
rious," he continued.

At the beginning of his talk,
Rabbi Mark started: "There are
sixteen million Jews in the world
today, less than one per cent of
the total population. Of this to-
tal number, four and one-half mil-
lion live in the United States, while
a half of the Jewish population
lives in Europe, in Eastern Europe
particularly."

Loyal Citizens

Rabbi Mark said that the Jews
in the democracies have the same
status as the Christians, although
they are different from the other
citizens in their religious beliefs,
they are like them in being loyal
to the government.

In the totalitarian states, how-
ever, Rabbi Mark observed that
the "Jews are suffering terribly."

When Rabbi Mark visited Rus-
sia about ten years ago, he asked
a member of his race about the
conditions of the Jews. The reply
he received was that conditions had
been better in the days of the Czars.
"In those days they destroyed our
bodies, but today they destroy our
souls," was the answer.

Age of Suffering

Rabbi Mark pointed out, how-
ever, that "not merely the Jew,
but the Christian also suffers in
totalitarian states. We are living
in an age of suffering for every
minority group and every small
country, it is better to suffer and
die than to live in slavery.

According to Rabbi Mark, the
correct answer to the question,
"Why does the Jew suffer?" is that
the Jew is not the only sufferer.
"Always in time of confusion,
there is a desire of those in con-
trol to find a scapegoat for the
troubles in their country." He
added that Germany is using the
Jew as a scapegoat today just as
the Romans used the Christians in
former days."

Rabbi Mark traced the history

Virginia Clower Takes Notes

For the Records

Let Martha Moody be an object
lesson to all you lassies who don't
like to play "Guess Who" over the
telephone. Late one afternoon, not
so long ago, the senior class presi-
dent was dashing about the halls
of Rebekah, trying to get proper-
ly assembled for a dinner date. In
the middle hurried last minute
preparations, with her date waiting
oh so patiently in the parlor, Mar-
tha was summoned to the tele-
phone. A pleasant masculine voice
inquired, "Is that Martha?" And
to her breathless "Yes," leisurely
came back with the usual "How-
are-you's" and finally said, "Have
you anything planned for such-
and-such a day?" Martha by this
time was sure her date had left.
She asked the caller, impatiently
but still politely, "Who is that?"
He seemed surprised but respond-
ed jovially, "Why, does it matter?"
Martha really was irked then she
told him crisply, "It certainly
does!" The mystery man obliging-
ly replied, <r Well, Martha, this is
Dr. Christian." And he gave the
confused and tongue-tied Martha
some instructions for Physics
class.

Fashion Note (?)

The next time you see your
room mate or the girl across the
hall with a pair of red or blue rim-
med glasses on, don't think they're
ceuuloid rimmed sun glasses. Char-
lene Burke started it all by apply-
ing red nail polish to the rims of
her glasses, matching them to her
red suit. Since then Charlene's

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Breg Represents School
At Student Convention

An announcement has been re-
ceived that the sixteenth annual
congress of the N. S. F. A. will
be held at Vassar College at Pough-
keepsie, New York, December 27
through 31.

Frances Breg, president of the
student government, will attend
the congress, accompanied by some
junior representative on the execu-
tive committee who will be elected
in the near future.

The purpose of the meeting is
that student leaders from all parts
of the United States may gather
"to discuss campus problems, to
relate experiences in student gov-
ernment, and to exchange ideas
and receive information from ex-
perts in campus government. "

of the Jewish race from the time
of Abraham to the present in order
to answer the queries, "Who are
the Jews? "Where do they come
from?" The principle difference in
the Jewish and the Christian con-
ception of Christ, he explained, is
that the Christians believe that
"Christ was born divinely, but
lived humanly, while the Jews
think that Christ was born human-
ly, but lived divinely."

Not wishing to convey the im-
pression that he thought all Jews
are perfect, Rabbi Mark said, "No
race has a monopoly on virtue, nor
on the other hand, a monopoly on
the lack of virtue."

glasses have appeared with rust, blue
and pink rims, and several other
pairs of glasses on the campus are
following suit. We guess it's all
right, so long as the nail polish re-
mover doesn't dissolve the rims.

Sheean Story

One of the most memorable
things Vincent Sheean said, in-
cluding both on-record (as per lec-
ture) and off-record (as per Ste-
venson) speeches was the story he
told about dignified and ultra-Brit-
ish Alfred Duff Cooper. It seems
that the former lord of the Brit-
ish Admiralty and his wife, Lady
Diana, are remaining in London
because of the demands of Mr.
Duff Cooper's governmental duties.
Their rooms are on the top floor
of a hotel, and as Sheean related
with a chuckle, for weeks Duff
Cooper refused to be waked at
night to go into an air raid shel-
ter. Lady Diana appealed to Mr.
Sheean, who is their good friend.

He related with a chuckle that
Lady Diana complained to him of
lying awake "in a perfect stew,"
undecided as to whether the Ger-
man bombs crashing around the
hotel or "Dnffie's" snoring were
harder on her jangled nerves.

Miss Leyburn Reads
At Meeting of
Language Association

At the thirteenth annual meet-
ing of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association, at the Uni-
versity of North Carolina, Miss
Ellen Douglas Leyburn, assistant
professor of English, wil read a
paper on "Keats and the Eighteenth
Century." The meeting will take
place November 29 and 30. Miss
Emma May Laney and Dr. George
P. Hayes, professor of English, will
also attend, and perhaps Miss Lu-
cile Alexander, professor of Roman
language.

Alumnae

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ers will be discussed and inter-
preted.

Immediately following Mr.
Hodgson's recital, a reception hon-
oring Mr. Hodgson and the speak-
ers on Alumnae Week-end will be
given in the Anna Young Alumnae
House.

Alumnae Week-end will be
brought to a close Saturday night
with the dedication of Presser Mu-
sic Building in Gaines Chapel.

Members of the Granddaughters'
Club will help in registration of the
Alumnae Friday and will also
usher at the recital Friday evening.

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Clubs Entertain

NeV Members at Picnics

Monday afternoon, the French
Club had a picnic for its new mem-
bers at Harrison hut. The new
members are Josanne McDaniel,
Neva Jackson, Illys Lee, Kathryn
Johnson, Margaret Bless, Georgine
Castagnet, Agnes Burdette, Betty
Burress, Frances Kaiser, and Ruby
Rosser.

K. U. B. has admitted a new
member, Elizabeth Coffee. There
are plans for an initiatory meet-
ing, for those admitted last spring
as well as for the new member, in
the near future.

Members of Outing Club hiked
to Avondale Tavern Monday night
for hamburgers and Coca Colas.

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Convenient to Agnes Scott

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940

Amateurs Meet Professional as

News Reporters
Interview Vincent Sheean

By Betty Stevenson

"We are going to be attacked," Vincent Sheean said ear-
nestly. After flying through sleet and rain into a cold drizzly
Atlanta, Sheean was still eager to talk to the Constitution
reporter and the two semi-professionals, Virginia Clower and
Betty Stevenson, who met him at the airport.

The famous foreign correspondent, friendly, unassuming,

talking as one newspaperman to an

other, broke the ice by initiating
an animated discussion of detective
stories.

But now, when he spoke of Eng-
land, the scenery between Hape-
ville and Atlanta grew bleaker than
ever. He spoke seriously and ve-
hemently: "We are going to be at-
tacked. I don't know where, prob-
ably from the Orient and Occident
at the same time. We're going to
be attacked and before we're ready.
You don't imagine that they are
going to sit back and wait until
we're ready?"

American Indifference

Newly arrived from England
where a whole nation has been gal-
vanized into action by Churchill,
Sheean was impatient with the ig-
norance and indifference in the
United States.

"We are in the most desperate
danger in our entire history: it is
worse than the Civil War." The
man was emphatic. "We must get
a shove on our production, do with-
out a few cars. I don't see how
we can afford to put out a 1941
model."

Mr. Sheean was not doubtful of
Hitler's intentions: "They want to
clean up England in the Spring and
then jump on us."

All this talk was unsolicited. The
newspaperman's opinions obviously
meant a great deal to him. His
emphasis upon the immediate dan-
ger made English news more vital
to America. This frank and in-
formal discussion by an experienc-
ed newspaperman was flattering to
those Aggie reporters, Clower and
Stevenson, sitting in the back seat
of the car and hanging on to every
word. After wrangling permis-
sion from a forbidding city editor
and riding to the field with an
obliging and philosophical photog-
rapher, they were being most fa-
vorably confirmed in their profes-
sional ambitions by a practicing
and active reporter.

Mystery Fan

The conversation grew more and
more heated in its progress from
plane to hotel. In the car, it was
learned that Mr. Sheean was a con-
noisseur of detective stories, that
he hated airplanes but always flew,
that he dreaded most of all things
to be caught in a traffic jam dur-
ing an air raid.

There was no cut-and-dricd
question and answer interview. All
four reporters discovered a mutual
passion for detective stories and
from then on conversation flowed
for two and a half hours.

Sheean told several entertaining
yarns about the life of a corres-
pondent in Europe today: newsmen
having to use a competitor's office,
newsmen writing stories ahead of
time and getting caught, newsmen
riding the Thames in a motorboat
which "leaped like a goat" when
bombs hit the water nearby.

London today was made vivid by
his stories that pictured the city
under fire: London bridge ringed
with craters, yet never hit; churches
and cathedrals gaping with holes;
Saint Martin's in the Fields, Saint
Dunstan's, Saint Giles.

The daily routine of a reporter
there is a fearful business. The or-
dinary matter of sleeping is diffi-
cult, and getting to work in the
mornings is an adventure. One
night, Sheean looked forward to
spending the night out with the
fire brigade as an adventure, but
they were all too busy to realize
that the German planes were drop-
ping bombs all around them.
Trudging back home to Berkeley
Square at 3 A. M., the amateur
firefighter found his own street
torn up and so littered with glass
and brick that he could not get
the front door open.

Newspapermen Abroad

Sheean told many stories of the
American newspapermen in Eu-
rope. "Ed" Murrow, and "Bill'
Shirer of the Columbia staff;
"Quent" Reynolds, who narrated
London Can Take It, are all over-
working and refusing to come home
even when editors demand it. He
described, too, the difficulties in
which the Duff Coopers are liv-
ing. They have to spend the nights
in a gymnasium in the basement of
their hotel; in one corner are the
Coopers, in the other, the Hali-
faxes.

At the hotel, where Sheean in-
sisted that his interviewers come
in and get a good story, a good
hour and a half was consumed in
further talk. Sheean wanted to
know all about Agnes Scott, what
kind of college it was, and he was
told the old and time-honored joke
about the "hand-picked group/' He
was interested in English and his-
tory and sociology courses, recom-
mended books to read, and, on the
spot, threatened to quote, "Whan
That Aprille With His Shoures .

Sheean Fire

It seemed a long way from At-
lanta back across the Atlantic to
Europe where so recently Sheean
and his wife had kept just a step
or two ahead of the German in-
vasion. But only the twenty-four
hour flight on the Clipper and be-
fore that a flight from London to
Lisbon separated the author from
the realities of Europe. Those re-
alities seemed very clear and very
real when Sheean talked of them.
His sincere and earnest plea for
America to wake up made it an
immediate problem. The headlines
have come to mean more since then
to at least three individuals in At-
lanta.

All the conversation about de-
tective stories, football games, air-
planes, newspaper ethics, English
schools, corruption in politics, was
interesting and a great deal of fun.
But the fire of the man, his pur-
pose and drive in life, is now con-
centrated (as it always has been
concentrated.) This time his pas-
sionate interest is centered on the
English experience of the war and
the American reaction to it. It
would not be surprising if another
book should result from the ex-
perience the world reacting upon
Vincent Sheean again.

Education
Board Meets

Dr. McCain Leaves to
Consider Endowments

Choosing for its meeting place
historic Williamsburg, Virginia,
the General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation con-
venes for its 3 8th annual meeting
on December 5 and 6, with Dr. J.
R. McCain of Agnes Scott and
some seventeen other board mem-
bers from all parts of the United
States present for the occasion.
The meeting will be entirely de-
voted to consideration of applica-
tions for endowments, sent in on
an average of 1,500 per year from
American colleges and universities.

Presiding over this year's meet-
ing will be Dr. Raymond B. Fos-
dick, who visited the Agnes Scott
campus last May in connection
with the board's endowment of
the new University Center. Other
members present will include John
D. Rockefeller III, Douglas S. Free-
man (famous biographer, who lec-
tured at the college last year) , and
presidents of Dartmouth, Prince-
ton, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Leland Stanford, and
the University of California.

The general education board, en-
dowed in 1902 by the late John
D. Rockefeller, Sr., has taken an
active part in the promotion of
education throughout the United
States. Originally it was compos-
ed solely of a group of business
executives, whose duty was to in-
sure the efficient allotment of the
board funds. This system may be
seen in the fact that such organi-
zations as the Chase National
Bank, Swift and Company, and the
Equitable Life Insurance Company
are represented in the board mem-
bership.

In recent years, however, more
attention has been focused on esti-
mating the importance of various
college needs. For this reason, the
board now includes the presidents
of several outstanding American
colleges.

The General Education Board it-
self is merely the executive body
of a vast endowment system hav-
ing departments and workers in all
parts of the country. Since its es-
tablishment in 1902, it has do-
nated over $300,000,000 to innu-
merable American educational in-
stitutions.

Prize Winner Compton
Lectures at Tech

As the next speaker on this
season's lecture program, De-
cember 5, Georgia Tech will pre-
sent Arthur Compton, Nobel prize
winner in physics. Mr. Compton,
who lectured at Agnes Scott sev-
eral years ago, is prominent as a
professor, lecturer, author, research
physicist, and philosopher.

The Tech lectures are open to
the public. Student tickets are
available for forty cents.

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Dr, Christian
Views Service

"Even in times of stress and
danger, the world needs but a few
scholars and leaders, but it always
needs a lot of quiet men and wom-
en who will serve their communi-
ty," Dr. Schuyler M. Christian,
professor of physics and astronomy,
said Saturday in a service of rec-
ognition for the members of Mor-
tar Board in the new Gaines Chap-
el.

ct We are here to study and to
serve. These are our duties and
the greatest of these is service," Dr.
Christian said, paraphrasing I fcor-
inthians, 13. "Study first in order
to lead, and lead in order to serve."

Dr. Christian was introduced by
Jean Dennison, president of Mor-
tar Board. "Service," one of the
three ideals of Mortar Board, was
the subject of his talk.

"All great lives are based on
knowledge, and greatness cannot
be achieved without knowledge," he
said. However, he said that it was
the quality, not the quantity, of
the knowledge which was impor-
tant.

Striking at those students who
put other things before their stud-
ies, Dr. Christian said, "It often
happens that it is better to neglect
some little deed now in order to do
some great deed later."

Dr. Christian emphasized the
spirit and habit of service as the
important things. "Work for oth-
ers. They will ignore it and for-
get it, but you will have the sweet-
est of all rewards, a clear conscience
and peace of mind which is sweeter
than happiness . . . Each of you
owes a debt to those who are gone
which must be paid to those to
come."

Dr. Christian said that the serv-
ice of Mortar Board was based on
an intelligent study of needs and
led to better living. "Let us all
learn the habit of intelligent serv-
ice," he urged.

Yarnell Explains
Events in Far East

Admiral H. E. Yarnell, former
commander-in-chief of the United
States Asiatic Fleet, will lecture
on "The Far East" at Emory Uni-
versity, in the Glenn Memorial Au-
ditorium, Saturday, December 7,
at 8:30 p. m.

Having received the distinguish-
ed service medal for outstanding
service to America in handling
problems resulting from the Japan-
ese invasion of China, Admiral
Yarnell will discuss the Western
Pacific situation.

Tickets are on sale at the Agnes
Scott book store. Student and fac-
ulty special season tickets are a
dollar and a half. Single admis-
sion tickets are seventy-five cents.

Mrs. Badger Fills Vacancy
On Mathematics Staff

In order to help fill the vacan-
cies caused by the absence of Dr.
Henry A. Robinson, on leave for
military service, Mrs. W. E.
Badger will teach six hours of
mathematics this quarter.

Mrs. Badger, now living in At-
lanta, received her bachelor of
arts degree from Winthrop Col-
lege and her master of arts degree
from the University of Tennesse.
She is now a candidate for a Ph.D.
from Peabody College.

In 1937-1938, Mrs. Badger was
assistant professor of mathematics
at Ball State College in Muncie,
Indiana. She has also taught at
Ward-Belmont and Peabody col-
leges.

Outing Club Leads
Hikes in Exam Week

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn,
head of the Gym Depart-
ment, or some member of
Outing Club will be out in
front of the gym each
morning at 11:15 during
exam week to lead hikes for
students "needing relaxa-
tion. " Anyone interested is
invited.

HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS
AND INFLUENCE STAG-LINES

By Dalea Dorothy Clix

Dear Miss Clix: When Dad remarried, he married a fragile
helpless little thing twenty years younger than himself. When
I invite the young men I meet to my home, they fall for my
step-mother like a ton of bricks-and then call on her instead
of me. She has a stag-line a mile long and they're all my dis-
coveries ! What should I do? CONFUSED

Dear "Confused": I've

seen a lot of saps, in my
day, man and boy, but you
are absolute tops in sappi-
ness, if you go on being
hornswoggled by that wily
piece of baggage. Fragile?
Helpless? Boloney! You're
up against an artist at
snagging men. (Did I hear
someone murmur: "Ask
Dad"?) So get busy on a
ten-gallon charm routine at
once ! That means sophisti-
cated hair-do's, a real job
on the complexion, smart
lipstick and makeup, yes,
and it means beautifully
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Page 5

Mollie Oliver checks up on

After Working Hours

The weather man took Atlanta's temperature this week-
end, reading it at 20 above, for icy blasts were really sweep-
ing around Buttrick and bringing out the earmuffs and the
bedsocks. In spite of the chill in the air, only a few stayed
at home to throw logs on the fire.

Those out enjoying the Tech

Oliver

Alabama game were: Jane
Shugg, Betty Bacon, Meg Bless,
Margaret Cathcart, Frances Craig,
Frances Flem-
m i n g, Ida
Louise Huie,
Mary Jeter,
Catherine Kol-
lock, Quincy
Mills, Sue
Mitchell,
Flake Patman,
Shirley Pohn,
Gene Slack,
Sara H o 1 1 i s,
F r a n k i e
Butt, Anne Henry, Connie Wat-
son, Carolyn S t r o z i e r, Lucille
Gaines, Mabel Stowe, Kay Wilkin-
son, Shirley Gately, Rowena Bar-
ringer, Anita Woolfolk, Dot Hol-
lerin, Laura Cumming, Iddy Boone,
Bizelle Robert, Helen Hale, Mar-
tha Boone, Mary Ward, Kay
Wright, Virginia Hale, Mammie
Hallman, Frances Ellis, Ann
Chambless, Dede Sturmer, Betty
Moore, Dot Hopkins, Virginia
Clower, and Kathryn Thompson.

Homecoming dances at Tech
highlighted the week-end and
were attended by: Imogene King,
Elta Robinson, Laura Cumming,
Frankie Butt, Bizelle Roberts, Dot
Holleran, Margaret Downie, Mar-
jorie Wilson, Lib Steadman, Ann
Hilsman, Stuart Arbuckle, Duck
Copeland, Mary Robertson, Anita
Woolfolk, Mary Jeter, Polly Frink,
Katie Arnall, Mary Louise Palm-
our, Rowena Barringer, Sue Phil-
lips, Shirley Gately, Lucille Gaines,
Nina Mae Snead, Becky Andrews,
Virginia Hale, Betty Burress, Vir-
ginia Barr, Mary Beth Danielson,
Kathryn Thompson, Mary Mc-
Quown, Louisa Harkins, Jean
Clarkson, Betty Lee Clarkson, Mar-
gie Simpson, Frances Ellis, Mamie
Hallman, Lillian Gudenrath, Sue
Montgomery.

The Dental College Inter-fra-
ternity Dance attracted: Joella
Craig, Shirley Gately, Pat Stokes,
Lillian Gish, Marion Phillips, Mary
James Seagle, Becky Stamper, Ai-
leen Still, Ann Martin, Mag Nix.

At the Emory KA party Sat-
urday night were: Ann Flowers,
Helen Gilmer, Bette Burdette, Iddy
Boone, Sue Phillips, Mary Dean
Loee, Annie Wilds, Lillian
Schwenke.

The Pi Ka's entertained with
a dance Friday night: Evelyn
Cheek, Flake Pittman, Mary Lou-
ise Duffee. Val Neilson attended
their breakfast.

The SAE's also threw a party,
inviting Betty Ashcraft, Julia
Anne Florence, Susan Montgom-
ery, while Betty Lee Clarkson went
to the Phi Delta Theta House
and Darleen and Mary Beth Daniel-
son were over at the Tau Kappa
Phi House Saturday night.

Kathryn Green invited a few
in for bridge Saturday eve: Dot

Miller, Margaret Mary Zooney, Ed-
wina Burress, and Darleen and
Mary Beth Danielson.

Those attending debut teas this
week-end were: Mary Robertson,
Julia Anne Patch, Edith Dale,
Mary Ann Hannah, Mathilda Cart-
lidge and Claire Purcell.

On the Rainbow Roof dancing
were: Pat Perry, Kay Wilkinson,
Kay Wright, Marion Phillips, Sara
Gray Hollis, while Dot Hopkins
was in the Spanish Room at the
Henry Grady.

Sunday night the Sigma Nu
House entertained Mary Bon Utter-
back, and June Boykin visited the
ATO House at Emory this week.

Off for the week-end were:
Nancy Willstatter in Albany, Ga.;
Grace Walker in Charleston; Lib
Barrett in Augusta; Gentry Burkes
and Margaret Erwin to Charlotte;
Mary Carr to Harriman, Tennes-
see; Elma Giannoni to Elberton;
Ida Louise Huie to Jonesboro;
Julia Scott to Milledgeville; Edna
Slater to Erskin College Home-
coming in Due West, S. C.

Mothers here included Kay Wil-
kinson's, Marjorie Wilson's, and
Martha Horton's.

Back for a brief visit was Mary
Lovelace Moody, a former student.

Still others noted at the Tech
Dances were: Louise Musser, Claire
Johnson, Arabelle Boyer, Julia Ann
Florence, Mary Jeter, Martha
Stone, Sally Knight, Martha Lidell,
and Caroline Daniel.

Campus Queen Scene: In-
triguing is the word for: Dusty
Hance's bangs; Miss Harn's em-
broidered blue net yoke; Elaine
Stubbs' blue bunny mitts; Mary
Bon Utterback's red fox finger-tip
jacket; the diamond hearts on
Edith Dale's black tea dress; and
the turquoise and black stripes on
one of Marjorie Wilson's evening
gowns.

University Co-Eds Dress
Smartly and Economically

Co-eds at the University of
Kansas may spend as little as $87
for their clothing this winter and
still be well dressed.

University officials and the NYA
asked three seniors to submit their
proposed clothing budgets. One
said a girl could dress well on $87;
another suggested $139, the third
said $157.61.

The $87 budget included a serv-
ice coat, $12; dress coat, $2 5;
"flats," $4; dress shoes, $5; day
dress, $6; tailored wool dress, $4;
"date" dress, $3; formal, $7; eve-
ning slippers, $2; three skirts, $6;
two shirts, $1.5 0; silk blouse, $1.50;
three sweaters, $6; anklets, $1, and
slacks, $3.

The co-ed said the woolen and
the "date" dresses, the shirts and
blouses and two of the skirts should
be home-made. (ACP)

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Journalist
Lauds British

"I think the British will hold
out magnificently, as they are do-
ing, and then in the spring they
will stand up to the German
force," stated Vincent Sheean in
his lecture November 13, in which
he discussed "the Changing Scene."
He continued: "We should some
how force our production. If the
English go, we shall find ourselves
alone in a hostile world."

Mr. Sheean said that the reasons
for the collapse of the French Re
public were both political and mil-
itary. In discussing French pol
itics, he stated, "The state of mind
was such that no story was too
crooked or to dirty to be made up
about the French Republic and be-
lieved."

"In a military sense," continued
Mr. Sheean, "they had based their
entire scheme on a defensive idea
like the last war." On the other
hand, Germany had been drawing
its plans on the basis of mechanized
troops, airplanes, and tanks, while
France was building its Maginot
line, ne pointed out.

He told how millions of French
refugees blocked the roads, their
fear heightened by the screaming
bombs rained on the civilian popu-
lation; how the sedate porters of
the Quai d'Orsai were running
through the courtyards and burn-
ing important records; how the
French army under the directions
of Weygand retreated thirty or
thirty-five miles a day, swimming
rivers and leaving all supplies be-
hind.

Then, in speaking of England,
Mr. Sheean said: "The first thing
that met my eyes was a group of
very beautiful ladies in very beau-
tiful hats selling tags for the Life
Boat fund. There was no realiza-
tion that France was gone. This
lack of seriousness was character-
istic during July and August. They
were souvenir hunters; it was a
sort of game to see who could find
the most pieces of sharpnel.

He explained further: "Now the
attitude is different. Churchill has
made the English understand that
they are fighting for their homes.
The effect of Churchill's spirit is
like nothing I have ever heard be-
fore. The most antagonistic min-
isters are working together in per-
fect accord. Both capital and la-
bor are making enormous conces-
sions. Volunteer organizations
such as the Home Guards have
sprung up and are now prepared
to defend their own towns and vil-
lages."

After the fall of France, it was
too late for Germany to attack
England this year. According to
Mr. Sheean, Germany decided to
test the R. A. F.with a few inva-
sion exercises. Now, since Septem-
ber 6, their policy is to terrorize
the civilians in England. "They
are not doing very well at it. The
moral resistance is extraordinary.
They seem to bear this ordeal not
only with equanimity but with a
kind of humor."

Latest College Styles

These college girls displayed latest styles of clothes and motor cars
at the Ford Motor Pavilion at the New York World's Fair.

Students Speak
On Armistice Day

On Armistice Day, thirty-eight
students of Agnes Scott, Emory,
and Tech talked in Atlanta grade
and high schools on "What it
means to be an American." The
speeches terminated plans laid last
spring to give young Atlantans a
basis for clear thinking on peace
problems.

Agnes Scott students took an ac-
tive part in the program. Mary
Dean Lott spoke with Fred White-
head, Tech, to Commercial High
students in the Atlanta Municipal
Auditorium; Laura Sale spoke to
the Girls' High student body over
the newly installed loudspeaking
system; Jane Taylor spoke at East
Lake, Glenwyn Young at Moreland,
Suzannah McWhorter at Spring
Street; Billie Davis and Lavinia
Brown at Luckie Street, and Suz-
anne Kaulbach at Morningside.

Suzanne Kaulbach served as
chairman of the committee, which
was composed of religious council
members from the three campuses.
Other workers on the committee
were Mary Dean Lott and Scottie
Wilds, Agnes Scott; Glenn Mas-
sengalc, Cushie Tolbert, and Jack
Matthews, Emory; Tom Raine, Dow
Kirkpatrick, Steve Epsten, and
Fred Whitehead, Tech.

Plans are being made for a simi-
lar program next year.

Notice

The Blackfriars play,
Brief Music, originally
scheduled for November 23,
has been postponed until
sometime in January or
February, it was announced
Monday by Miss Frances
Gooch, Associate Professor
of English and adviser for
Blackfriars.

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Administration Attends
Southern Association

December 10-13, Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain and Mr. S. G. Stukes will at-
tend the meeting of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec-
ondary Schools in Memphis, Ten-
nessee.

Founded forty-five years ago, the
association grades and accredits col-
leges and high schools throughout
the South. It is composed of 142
colleges and 1,200 high schools.

This is the annual meeting of
the association. Old schools will
be dropped, others added, and some
disciplined, Dr. McCain announced
Saturday. He added that this
meeting will probably be brief,
since the association met in Atlanta
last April.

At the meeting, Dr. McCain will
read a memorial for President W.
P. Few, who died recently. Dr.
Few was not only a close personal
friend of Dr. McCain but also a
good friend of Agnes Scott.

While in Memphis, Dr. McCain
and Mr. Stukes will meet with the
Memphis chapter of Agnes Scott
Alumnae. Air. Stukes will also at-
tend the Association of College
Deans and Dr. McCain will attend
the Southern Association of Col-
leges for Women. Both of these
associations will meet coincident
with the Southern Association of
Colleges.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940

Student Cause Campus Camera

Challenges Us

"I was without shoes and I murmured
. . . until I met a man without feet."

From China and from Europe we receive
a ringing challenge to our faith in educat-
ed intelligence.

After four years of war in China, only
45,000 students remain to become future
leaders of 400,000,000 people. Chinese uni-
versities have been demolished, libraries
burned, and laboratories smashed to bits.
Caves serve as classroom, and mud build-
ings as libraries. Students and professors
are forced to work together on the basis of
memory and old lecture notes.

In Europe thousands of students are
concentrated in prison camps. Some are
interned in Switzerland, and others are
refugees in neutral countries. The men in
camps are completely out of touch with
events. They are cut off from their fam-
ilies and friends, and have a deadening
sense of defeat.

Among these Chinese and European stu-
dents there is an intense will to learn; but
there is a lack of physical means. The
materials for students on both the conti-
nents must come from somewhere else.

Through the World Student Service
Fund the way is open for us to answer the
challenge brought to us by the determina-
tion and sacrifice of these men. This Fund,
which exists to help students who are suf-
fering because of war, is asking $100,000
net from American students for relief of
fellow-students across the seas.

Agnes Scott has set $250 as its goal.
There are at least five-hundred people in
the college community. A process of sim-
ple mathematics shows us that fifty cents
is the small sum necessary from each of
us to make up the total.

We are wealthy. We are receiving our
education without hardship. Here is an op-
portunity to keep other intellects and spir-
its alive. Here is an opportunity to show
international good will. Will we match
this great need with generosity?

Russian Position
Draws Comment
From College Papers

"Russia," comments the Daily Kansan at the
University of Kansas, "appears to be simulating
a half-asleep bear, able to stick out a heavy paw
when the time arrives."

When Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar Molo-
tov recently made the first trip of his life out-
side Russia to confer with Adolf Hitler at Ber-
lin, new attention was focused on the peculiar
status of the Soviet Union in the European coul-
dron. Recent Axis activity in the Balkans has
brought forth lengthy speculation in the nation's
collegiate press.

"There could be no question," says the Univer-
sity of Minnesota Daily, "but that the newest
Axis moves were a direct threat to its military
position, yet Russia gave no indication that it
would proceed any further than its mild rebuke to
Germany for failure to give adequate notice of
the occupation (of Rumania). It is extremely
unlikely that the Soviet Union will risk a war
with Germany at the present time; it is not poli-
tic to do so. The stalemate with Britain still
leaves German the opportunity to create an east-
ern front, and the Red army is not yet sufficiently
developed and reorganized to easily defeat the
reichswehr." (ACP)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1940. No. 9
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Matilda Cartledge Gathers

This week we asked, "What do
you think of the Honor System?
Anything it's
practicality, its
defects, its ef-
fectiv e n e s s,
etc." The re-
c e n t chapel
discussion had
caused a lot of
tho ught on
the sub j e c t,
and people
were very
ready to give
opinions.

Mary James Seagle, '42:

I think that Agnes Scott has an
unusually workable Honor Sys-
tem; and I believe that the idea
of the Double Honor responsibili-
ties is to some extent the cause of
its success. Group responsibility
sometimes makes a deeper impres-
sion than purely personal.

Miriam House, '44:

I don't believe that we should
have a Double Honor System. It
still doesn't seem right to me to
report someone, though I would be
willing to let her know that I
know when she had broken a rule.
I'd talk to her about it, but I don't
think I'd ever report her.

lyllis Lee, '43:

I believe wholeheartedly in the
Honor Systems as far as it seems
individual responsibility, but when
it means reporting others that's
another matter. ( No matter how
much we're told that reporting is
not personal ,that is purely ob-
jective and not "tattling," you're
bound to make enemies when you
do it. The majority of girls do
not follow the Double Honor Sys-
tem, and I think its better not to
have a rule than to make one that
is broken as frequently as this one
is.

Virginia Collier, '44:

I think that on the whole the
Agnes Scott Honor System is won-
derful, but there is one point that
seems inconsistent to me, and that
is with regard to signing the pledge
on an exam paper. Instead of as-
suming that an unpledged exam
paper has been cheated on, and that
onlv a paper pledged and signed

Campus Quotes

can be considered personal and un-
aided work, it seems to me that,
under an Honor System in which
we are trusted, all papers should
be considered honest and the pledge
is merely superfluous. It has just
been a point that has bothered me.

Agnes Douglas, '44:

I think that the Agnes Scott
Honor System is fine. It enforces
laws that would probably never be
followed if we were not "on our
honor," and I think that the fact
that we are trusted helps to develop
in us a high sense of honor.

Mary Maxwell, '44:

I think that the Honor System
on the whole works unusually
well. But I think the attitude of
a lot of upper-classmen does a great
deal to weaken it. Too many of
them not only fail to live up to
it themselves, but also attempt to
influence the freshmen. I've had
one actually tell me not to report
myself if I wasn't caught!

Martha Buffalow, '42:

As a freshman, I thought that
the Honor System was perfect. I
remember that I was pretty disap-
pointed and disillusioned when I
found out the number of people
who don't uphold it. Freshmen
should not be made to believe that
the system is perfect. It isn't, and
when many of them realize it there
is a pretty strong reaction against
it. And while we're on the sub-
ject, I wonder if something
couldn't be done to make us realize
more forcibly the real importance
and meaning of the peldge that we
take our freshman year. I think
many of us make the pledge with-
out fully understanding all that it
covers. If we could have Honor
Week, or more discussions of hon-
or, and of the meaning of the
pledge before we sign it, I think
we would know better and be
more ready to accept the responsi-
bilities it entails.

Claire Bennett, '44:

I think the Honor System is
wonderful in theory but not as
good in practice. It works almost
perfectly as far as academic work
is concerned; but in the field of
social regulation it's not as effec-
tive.

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Yesterday and Today

Statistics can be eloquent: 1,000 was the num-
ber of killed and wounded; 10*/) was the number
of hours the raid lasted; 4 was the number of
public air raid shelters hit; and 1 was the number
of irreplaceable fourteenth century cathedrals de-
stroyed. Hotels, theatres, banks, stores, blocks
of houses (no one wanted to
count) were all gone. A city,
a community where human
beings live together most con-
veniently and most happily,
has been made the ruin of it-
self by other human beings.
But the necessities of war it-
self can never explain to any
reasonable human mind the
contrast between Coventry
Stevenson tne afternoon of November
14 and Coventry the morning of November 15.

Enter Two Villains

The ambassadors arrive, the ambassadors de-
part: Berlin under The Propagandist's direction,
puts on a show. It seemed all facade with no
solidity behind the front this week. Purposely
Molotov's visit has been staged to build up sus-
pense and a nasty expectation.

The two bad air raids over Coventry and Lon-
don were planned to convey a growing sense of
horror to Britain. Action is indicated in the near
future, Mediterranean action. But the stage ef-
fects, however dreadful to the innocent bystander,
have not frightened them away.

On the Move

Another group of refugees is on the move on
Hitler's continent. The Nazis can afford to hurl
them extravagantly over the European earth. In
trainloads they leave the land which they and
their parents and grandparents have known as
home. This time the erratic and powerful whim
of the Brown Shirt government has picked out
the French of Lorraine to share the fate of the
Jews of Vienna and the Czechs of Sudetenland.

On short notice, 800,000 men, women, and
children must leave their land, their destination
unoccupied France (if they are lucky) or Po-
land. Another people is enduring forced migra-
tion.

Brittania Rules

The British fleet is mighty, but the oceans of
the world are wide, and its patrols have been dif-
ficult. The Mediterranean has been swept regu-
larly from Egypt to Gibraltar by the Royal Navy.
But Italy has learned to judge the safe interval
in which to slip through with supplies for North
Africa.

Now Churchill has been able to announce in
Commons the disabling of a good half of the Ital-
ian fleet at Taranto. The British will patrol, more
ea'sily, the invaluable Mediterranean, which can-
not, for a long time, be Mare Nostrum to the
Italians.

Consequences

Two illustrations of our particular defense dif-
ficulties made the front pages this week. With-
out making any effort to judge particular mer-
its, anyone can see the delicate care necessary in
disposing of strikers and conscientious objectors
in a war-geared nation. Common sense and ab-
stract justice often seem in conflict in a period
like this. If the people of the United States could
just realize that the violations of democracy
should at least be taken with our eyes open.
Every citizen of the U. S. should look at the
strike at the Vultee Aircraft Corporation and at
the jailing of the New York theological students
and face all the implications. We cannot go into
a defense program blindly. We must understand
how cruel its sacrifices will be and how well worth
while.

Know Before You Give

Out of your dollar given to the World Student
Sen ice Fund, ninety-seven cents go straight to
needy students. Three cents go to defray admin-
istration expenses.

American students are behind the Service Fund:
Vassar girls gave $5,000 last year.

No money goes to Germany. All money is han-
dled by Fund secretaries; no government can touch
it. Thus, it cannot be used to prolong war.

0

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940.

No. 10

Eta Sigma Phi
Introduces
Holiday Spirit

Latin Students Produce
Mystery, Christus Parvulus;
Dieckman Plays Organ

Ushering in the spirit of the sea-
son in appropriate manner, Eta
Sigma Phi will present its first
Christmas play since 193 5, Christ-
us Parvulus, in the MacLean Audi-
torium, ar 4:30 P. M., Thursday,
December M. v

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, pro-
fessor of music, will accom-
pany the production at the organ
with the Pastoral Symphony from
Handel's "Messiah," while a spec-
ial chorus of nine students, direct-
ed by Mary Ann Faw and Jane
Moses, will sing several famous old
Latin Christmas hymns during
other portions of the program. The
entire audience will join in singing
Adeste Fuleles in its original Latin
at the end of the play.

Moses Heads Cast

The cast of rwentfy-two is head-
ed by Jane Moses as Maria, Louise
Sams as Joseph, Susan Dyer as the
prophet Isaias, and Dale Drennan as
Gabriel. Jo Cates, Rosalie Sturte-
vant, and Olivia White will appear
as the Magi, while Carolyn Fornaan,
Polly Lyndon, Martha 'O'Nan, and
Dorothy Travis will take the part
of shepherds. Mardia Hopper will
play the role of Zacharias. /

Music lovers will be interested
in the choice of hymns to be sung
during the play by the chorus angel-
orum. -It includes one written by
Prudentius as early as A. D. 392,
another by* Sedulius in the fifth
century, and a third by Gregory the
Great in the sixth century. The
music of all these hymns is of later
date than the words. The chorus
angclorum which will sing them is
composed of Mary Ann Faw, Julia
Lancaster, Betty Lee Clarkson, Ann
Paisley, Elise Nance,. Mabel Stowe,
Harriett Cunningham, Ruth Kolt-
hoff, Ann I lowers, and Louise
Pruitt.

Result of Pleas

Latin Christmas plays were' pre-
sented regularly at Agnes Scott
until the quarter system was
adopted a few years ago. Since that
time the proximity of examina-
tions to the Christmas holidays
made it almost impossible to or-
ganize such extra-curricular pro-
grams.

This year's Christus Parvulus is
the direct result of pleas received
from Atlanta Latin students and
teachers, who have always been
afnxious to attend any classical plays
given at Agnes Scott.

Christus Parvulus is directed by
Miss Catherine Torrance, professor
of Greek, while Miss Frances K.
Gooch, associate professor of Eng-
lish, and Mr. C. W. Dieckmann,
professor of music, assist in dra-
matics and music.

Christmas Carolers

-Courtesy Atlanta Journal

Louise Newton, Mary Dean Lott, and Betty Kyle practice Christ-
mas carols for the annual Christmas Service in Gaines Chapel Sunday.

Any Old Books?

Dr. Henry A. Robinson
has announced that there
is a great need for maga-
zines and books at the Re-
ception Center at Fort Mc
Pherson. Anyone who wish-
es to contribute old copies
may place them on the first
table in 307 Buttrick.

General Board
Convenes

McCain Attends Meeting
At Williamsburg, Virginia

The General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation con-
vened for its thirty-eighth annual
meeting on December 5, at Wil-
liamsburg, Virginia, with Dr. J. R.
/vicCain and some seventeen other
board members from all parts of
the United States attending.

The meeting was devoted entire-
ly to consideration of applications
for endowments, sent in on the av-
erage of 1,500 per year from Am-
erican colleges and universities. Dr.
Raymond B. Fosdick, visitor to Ag-
nes Scott campus last May in con-
nection with the board's .endow-
ment of the new University Cen-
ter, presided over the meeting.

Originally the sole function of
the board was to insure the effi-
cient allotment of the board funds.
In recent years, however, more &t-
tendon has been focused on esti-
mating the importance of various
college needs.

The General Education Board
itself is merely the executive board
of a va$t endowment system, hav-
ing departments and workers in all
parts of the country. Since its
establishment in 1902, it has donat-
ed over $300,000,000 to American
educational institutions.

Music Department Buys
Hammond Electric Organ
For Teaching, Practicing

Established as a new part of the
music department, the electrical
Hammond organ recently purchas-
ed for $2,160, will go into use soon
for teaching and practicing as well
as for worship services.

Notable features about the or-
gan are the standard pedal key-
board with expression pedals for
each manual, and the piston type of
stop control. The tone cabinet is
important for its reverberation fea-
ture.

"We want all the organ students
to become familiar with the Ham-
mond organ," stated Mr. C. W.
Dickmann, professor of music.

According to Dr. J. R. McCain,
"Along with other important insti-
tutions, we felt the need of this
type of instrument in our musical
department."

Musicale Features
Handel Music

Hodgson Directs
Pre-Christmas Program

An Evening with Handel will
form the program of the last Fri-
day evening musicale before Christ-
mas, to be presented under the di-
rection of Hugh Hodgson, Decem-
ber 13, at 8 P. M. in the Presser
Building. The program includes:
. J.^ Lago%*_ Mr. Dieckmann.

Sonata for Violin and Piano.
Hazel Rood Weems and Irene Left-
wich Harris.

2. Theme and Variations from
"The Harmonious Blacksmith,"
Hugh Hodgson.

3. Sonata for Cello and Piano,
Rudolph Kratina.

4. "Comfort Ye," from "The
Messiah"; "O Sleep, why dost thou
leave me," and "Where'er Ye Walk,"
from Semele," sung by Frank Sale.

5. Concerte Grosse No. 7. Select-
ed members of the string section of
the University of Georgia Little
Symphony Orchestra.

Hepburn Plays
At Erlanger

The Erlanger Theater announces
the following advance schedule of
stage productions which wijl play
in Atlanta during the winter:

January 24-2 5 Katherine Hep-
burn in "The Philadelphia Story."

February 7-8 "The Man Who
Came to Dinner."

February 14-15 Tallulah Bank-
head in "The Little Foxes."

March 31, April 1-2 "Hellza-
peppin."

Complete details concerning
casts and sale of tickets will be
announced later.

Raymond Gram Swing
Lectures at Spelman

Raymond Gram Swing, interna-
tional news commentator, will
speak on the foreign situation in
the Sisters Chapel of Spelman Col-
lege tomorrow morning at 1 1 A.
M. There will be no admission
charge.

Anyone who is interested in go-
ing and has no way to get there,
is asked to sign a list on the back
bulletin board in Buttrick.

College Choir Sings
Festal Music

Program Includes Foreign Carols,
Selections From Messiah on Organ

The Agnes Scott Choir and Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, pro-
fessor of music, will introduce the spirit of the Christmas
season with their annual Christmas Service in Gaines Chapel

Sunday, December 15, at
gram will include:

Colleges Entertain
Alumni Conference

Agnes Scott, Emory University,
University of Georgia, and the
Georgia School of Technology will
be hosts to the American Alumni
Council,' District III Conference in
Atlanta Monday and Tuesday, De-
cember 16-17, at the Biltmore Ho-
tel.

Delegates of the 39 member col-
leges will attend while delegates
from 63 non-member colleges have
been invited. The III District in-
cludes Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
and Alabama.

The Council, which is a train-
ing school for alumni secretaries,
will open Monday with a luncheon.
Dr. Archie Palmer, president of the
University of Chattanooga, will
speak on "Trends in Alumni Fund
Raising." .

The main address will be deliv-
ered at a luncheon on the mezza-
nine of the Biltmore Hotel Tues-
day, by Mr. Glen Stewart, Michi-
gan State, secretary of the Board
of Directors of the American
Alumni Council. The topic of his
speech will be, "The College and
the Alumni a New Partnership."

Other speakers include: Dr. J.
R. McCain, Agnes Scott, "The
Plan of the University Center";
Dr. Harvey Cox, president of Em-
ory University, "Cooperation in
Higher Education"; Mr. J. Maryon
Saunders, University of North Car-
olina, "Organization of Local
Clubs."

Committees include: Chairman
of District III, Mrs. R. J. Lehman,
Rollins College; registration, Miss
Mamie Lee Ratliffe, Agnes Scott
College; and Mrs. Elizabeth Dun-
can, Ernory University; local ar-
rangements, Robert F. Whitaker,
Emory University; program chair-
man, Mrs. William Schley How-
ard, Agnes Scott College.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Eta
Sigma Phi Christmas Play
in MacLean Auditorium.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Faculty-
Student Hockey Game on
Hockey Field.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
New Gaines Chapel.

Saturday, 3 P. M. Christian
Association Party for Un-
derprivileged Children of
Decatur in the Gym.

Sunday, 4 :30 P. M. and 8 P. M.
Annual Christmas Serv-
ice of the Agnes Scott Choir
in New Gaines Chapel.

d 8 P. M.

1. Organ

Overture, The Messiah, Handel.

2. Carols-
God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen,

Traditional.
O Jesu So Sweet.
Good News from Heaven, Bach.
The Sleep of the Child Jesus,

Gerhert.

When the Crimson Sun Has Set.

3. Traditional Czech Carols Ar-

ranged by Kricha. "
Hark to Me, Mother Dear:
Strangers Say a King Is Born.
' Gloria in Excelsis.
\ Sleep, Baby, Sleep.

4. Organ

Pastoral Symphony (The Mes-
siah), Handel.
Jesu Bambino, Yon.

5. Traditional Polish Carols Arr.

By Geer.
When the Saviour Christ Is Born.
Hark! in the Darkness,

Christine Paris and Nina May

Snead, soloists.
Hark! Bethlehem.
Sleep, Thou, My Jewel.

6. ^ Carols

The Virgin at the Crib, Montani.
Solo, Elizabeth Kyle.
Violin Obligate

Here a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella,
Provencal Noel. i

Shepherd's Christmas Song, Aus-
tralian Folk Song.
Solo, Louise ^Newton.

Silent Night, Gruber.

Singers

The members in the choir in-
clude:

First Sopranos: Ellen Arnold,
Elizabeth Beasley, Martha Buffalow,
Josephine Cates, Georgiiie Castag-
net, Barbara Connally, Freda Cope-
land, Joella Craig, Harriett Cun-
ningham, Ann Fisher, Margery
Gray, Margaret Hartsook, Mardia
Hopper, Rose Jordan, Martha Las-
seter, Helen McFadyen, Molly Oli-
ver, Christine Paris, Elise Smith,
Nina May Snead, Carolyn Strozier,
Gay Swaggerty, Betty Wade, Cor-
nelia Watson, Annie Wilds, Anita
Woolfolk.

Second Sopranos: Virginia Barr,
Mamie Barker, Margaret Bless,
Virginia Corr, Laura Cummings,
Billie Davis, Margaret Downie, Pa-
tricia Evans, Polly Frmk, Lillian
Gish, Elma Giannoni, Betty Lou
Hall, Dorothy Hopkins, Julia Lan-
caster, Page Lancaster, Anne Mar-
tin, Louise Musser, Martha Nim-
mons, Martha O'Nan, Ann Paisley,
Elizabeth Russell, Louise Sams, Ga-
bie Temple, Marjorie Tippins, Dot
Wheeler, Alta Webster, Winifred
Wilkins, Alice Willis, Betty Wil-
liams, Margaret Williams.

First Contraltos: Gay Currie,
Mary Ann Faw, Margaret Hodg-
son, Sally Knight, Ruth Kolthoff,
Elizabeth Kyle, Louise Newton,
Susanna McWhorter, Gene Slack,
Martha Stone, Mary Scott Wilds.

Second Contraltos: Arabella
(Continued on Page 2)

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940

Faculty, Students
Vie in Hockey

Admission Charge to Closing Game
Buys Ambulance for British Relief

By Susan Self

On Friday at 3:30 such hockey veterans as Dr. McCain,
Dr. Hayes, Dr. Runyon, and Miss McCalla will shake off the
old austerity to match hockey sticks with a student team in
the annual Faculty-Student game. There will be an ad
mission charge, and proceeds will go to the Amrican Field

Hockey Association to help pur

chase an ambulance for the British
war cause.

This game will close the hockey
season. A season benefited by
some well-nigh perfect weather and
by a visit from the famous United
States Field Hockey Association's
Touring Team. The Yankees suc-
ceeded in swamping our own team
7-0 in a twenty-five minute play-
ing period, but they left behind
lessons in the game that will not
be forgotten soon.

One of last year's sports col-
umn headlines read: "Prophecies
for next gear's hockey victors fa-
vors present sophomore class."
That prophecy hit the proverbial
nail on the head. This year's jun-
ior class won four games and lost
once to the sophomores. The fresh-
men and sophomores broke even in
games won and lost. The seniors
came out on the losing end* of a
5-0 games-lost-and-won.

Team Lineups

The varsity
varsity 6-1."
Varsity

Downie

Hance (3) ---
A. Wilds (2)
D. Webster
Vaughan (1)
Patterson

Hasty

Farrior

Harris

Hopper -4

Percy

Varsity

team beat the sub-
he lineups follow:

Sub Varsity
L.W. V. Tuggle

3LI. ( 1 ) Bond

C.F. MacGuire

R.I. Holloran

_R.W. - Gray

_ L.H.I P. Lancaster

. C.H. Radford

. R.H. Gellerstedt

__L.B S. Wi(ds

R.B Currie

_ G. O'Nan

> Web-

substitutions

ster.
Sub

Var

Hill, Paisley.

Basketball Season

Agnes Scott athletes exchange
hockey sticks for basketballs wljen
gym classes are Resumed this week.
1940 basketball varsity members
Dyar, Dunn, Rountree, Dale,
Brooks, and D. Webster will all be
back and only Mary Dean Lott
will be missing from last year's
sub-varsity which included Geller-
stedt, Thomas, Lott, Fisher, Hasty,

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and Stubbs. All of which means
that there will be talent abundant
when the whistle blows to open the
season after Christmas holidays.

McGarity, Breg, Afbuckle, Den-
nison, Dyar, Williams, Barringer,
Fisher, Stubbs, and S. ^ilds should
be around to make up a good senior
team. Fisher, Dyar, and Stubbs
have forwarded together for three
years, and they present a shooting
combination par excellence.

The juniors have a fair chance
of going through their second un-
defeated season unless the freshmen
produce a phenomenal team. D.
(for dynamite) Webster, Gay Cur-
rie, Bradfield, Gellerstedt, A. Web-
ster, Hasty, Brooks, A. Wilds, Mac-
Guire and Thomas will transfer
their talerit from the hockey field,
and Carolyn Dunn*of varsity fame,
will be arouncr just in case.

Rountree, Cundell, Moon, Dakj
Fricrson, Cummings, Weissman,
Holloran, Bates and Eagan will
compose the sophomore team. Fresh-
man taent has not yet been uncov-
ered.

Girls Solve Problems
Of Blind Dating

Students at two girls' schools in
College Park, Maryland, have seem-
ingly worked out a solution to the
blind-date question. Whenever a
dance is being given and more es-
corts are needed, a notice is sent to
Maryland University. There it is
posted and the speculative males
sign up, taking their chances in re-
spective order. (ACP)

Oxford
Carries On

Students Divide Time
Between Classes and Drill

Only two thousand students, half
the normal peacetime number, are
enrolled at Oxford this winter, ac-
cording to Shaker Watt, an old
Oxonian and now a Canadian news-
paper man. Watt described war-
time Oxford in a recent CBS broad-
cast from London.

Oxford professors are very grate-
ful to .Yale University, which is
playing host to their j wives and
children in New Haven, Connec-
ticut, "for the duration." Mean-
while, the dons carry on in their
Gothic buildings, decorated now
with signs pointing toward the air-
raid shelters, sandbags and ma-
chine-gun emplacements. Evacu-
ated government offices fill some
of the lecture halls. Oxford's reg-
ular routine, Watt said, continues
under difficulties.

The students, all of them under
twenty and too young for the fight-
ing forces, split their time between
classes and military training drills.
Even the most staid professors, in
their gowns and mortarboards,
keep an ear cocked during their
lectures for the air-raid siren. They
must be ready to scamper for the
anti-aircraft machine guns.

"Old gentlemen," says Watt,
"complain bitterly that Oxford is
going to the dogs because the Slade
School of Art has moved down
from London, and its students, in-
vincibly Bohemian in dress and
manner, mingle with Oxford un-
dergraduates in the .street." (CPS)

Christmas Card, 1940

College Choir

Boyer, Betty Bowman, Ethlyn Cog-
gins, Susan Dyer, Florence Ellis,
Ann Gellerstedt, Elizabeth Gribble,
Wanda Hamby, Kathryn Hill, June
Lanier, Jeanne Lee, Jane Moses,
Aurie Montgomery, Elise Nance,
Pattie Patterson, Nancy Quayle,
Henrietta Ruhmann, Mabel Stowe,
Margaret WoodheacL* >i, r

HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS
AND INFLDENCE STAG-LINES

By Dalea Dorothy Clix

Dear Miss Clix: I'm going to ask you to look into my very
soul, because I need all the help your wisdom can give me. I am
considered the "wholesome" type, because I'm a good basket-
ball player, mix well with people, and made Phi Beta in my
Junior year. But oh, Miss Clix, I'd rather be a "femme fatale,"
and to hell with that "wholesome" stuff ! How can I make the
world-men, that is-realize I'm just a Daughter of Eve? How
does one begin ? YEARNING

Dear "Yearning" : Let me

tell you right from the
horse's mouth, "femmes
-f atales" are born, not made.
If I were you, I'd give up
the idea. Also, by the time
you've learned all the
femme fatale tricks, it'll be
time to teach 'em to your
grand-daughter. Better
idea: make yourself physi-
cally attractive in ways
anybody can learn. You
play basket-ball. Well, have
you got "basket-ball
hands"? Start there make
your hands, your finger-
nails, well-groomed, attrac-
tive, alluring!

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CA Plans Party
For Children

Christian Association will con-
tinue its Christmas charity work
this year with the annual party for
the underprivileged children of De-
catur, Saturday afternoon, Decem-
ber 14, in the gym.

According to Scottie Wilds, pres-
ident, those who wish to give pres-
ents to the children may sign on
the list posted on the back bulletin
board in Buttrick, which contains
the names of the children. Every-
one is invited to come to the party
and to help entertain the children.

Annual Staff Urges Entries
Into Snapshot Contest

According to Gene Slack, editor
of The Silhouette, the annual staff
dirges everyone on the campus to
submit snapshots for the Snapshot
Contest, ending March 1.

Pictures may be of any event
that happens or any feature of col-
lege life. Whether a picture wins
one of the prizes or not, it will
probably be used. First prize is
five dollars, second, two dollars,
and third, one dollar. Mary Madi-
son Wisdom will take all tryouts.

Physical Average
Of Students Declines

The average freshman this year
is younger, lighter and shorter than
the average member of the class of
'43, according to studies by Prof.
Allison Marsh of Amherst College,
who compiled statistics on the in-
coming freshman class this fall.

This year's average is 18.31 years
old, as compared with 18.3 8; he
weighs 147, a drop of four pounds;
and his height is 69.8 inches, as
against 70.01. One man out of
five in both classes is six feet tall.

The drop in height and weight
is a reversal of trend, Professor
Marsh points out, for "compared
with bygone averages the present
student is on the whole heavier, tall-
er and younger than the giants of
yesteryear." Improved environment,
more medical care and more ex^r
tensive physical ^ education pro-
grams in high schools are -factors
in changing youth's features, he
points out.

Surveys made at other schools are
in accord with Professor Marsh's
findings. Not only the modern
man but the modern woman is
bigger and healthier than ever be-
fore. (ACP).

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Virgil Fox celebrated the first
use of the new four-manual pipe
organ in the new Gaines Chapel in
an organ recital last night. Mr.
Fox is head of * the organ depart-
ment at the Peabody Conservatory
in Baltimore, Maryland, and is also
organist for Brown Memorial Pres-
byterian Church in that city.

Spelman, Morehouse Give
Joint Carol Program

At 8 P. M., December 13 and
14, the chorus of Spellman College
and Morehouse College, as well as
the glee clubs of the two colleges,
will present a program of English
and French Christmas carols and
Negro spirituals in the Sisters'
Chapel at Spellman College. There
is no admission charge, and every-
one is invited. Free tickets must
be secured, however, for the Fri-
day night performance.

Atlanta Stores Attract
Christmas Shoppers

By Jessie MacGuire

The Christmas decorations in the Atlanta stores bring
to mind such things as the jingle of sleigh bells, a cozy
winter evening by the fireside in the glow of candlelights,
or the vision of a New Year's Ball with the lilting strains
of Auld Lange Syne exciting a spirit of good-will and friend-
liness.

In order to keep sharp the edge
of husbandry, however, such tempt-
ing places as the counters of At-
lanta Vanity Fair's should be
avoided. On the other hand, if a
practical gift is desired, almost any
cryptic advertising phrase will set
your mind at ease concerning the
usefulness of such in the shape of
a pink rabbit, or a propagandist
pamphlet on "How To Get Your
Man and Hold Him."
For the Men

If you are buying for Dad or
Brother, or the one you love, try
chose casual smoking jackets at Da-
vison's and Rich's. Their price is
surprisingly low. If he doesn't
smoke, be sensible and give him a
good-looking silk muffler from
Muse's, or perhaps, for a college
boy, some of his favorite records
from Davison's or Rich's.

For the girls, young and old
alike, there is nothing more appeal-
ing than the cosmetics counter at
Allen's and Regenstein's. These
stores have an air of exclusiveness
and of feminine finery which al-
most hypnotizes the lovers of the
beautiful. Although the contain-
ers for creams, powders, or per-
fumes are buys within themselves,
the fragrarlce of all tells a tale of

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romance to the imaginative person,
whether the spicy type of person
or the sweet young modern who
likes individuality as well as the
enchanting fragrance. In keeping
with the atmosphere of beauty and
exclusiveness, the sweaters and
sports clothes department at both
of these stores tempts the most
stoic of all Scotchmen. Keep your
checkbook handy for a weak mo-
ment, and you'll never regret it
later. Soft-toned shades of exquis-
ite angora sweaters for the lady-like
girl; sturdy weaves of conservative
sporty shades or of bright reds* in
corduroy or covert cloth make up
into perfect jackets and blouses for
the active college girl or our litfle
high school sister.
Accent on Femininity

Or, what girl doesn't like the
lacey lingerie you can find at Man-
gel's or My Shop? If you're will-
ing to splurge a little for a member
of the family, try making someone
happy with the glamorous evening
wraps here also.

Although most of the gifts sug-
gested seem to imply that perhaps
women are more adapted to receiv-
ing than the men are, you can find
numbers of things that would make
perfect gifts for both. The book
counters at Davison's and Rich's
hold a golden treasury of wisdom
and peace for the reader, whether
he be philosophically inclined, or
whether the comics of Munro Leaf
make him (or her) chuckle to him-
self.

Though the range of gifts is
wide, and the foregoing suggestions
are only representative examples of
a countless supply, 4 even a glance
at the Christmas windows will sug-
gest the very gift for any problem
person in .mind, besides bringing a
feeling of Christmas joy to the
prospective buyer.

Dr. Davidson Announces
Completion of Book

Dr. Philip Davidson revealed this
week that his new book, Pro pa-
ganda and the American Revolu-
tion, will be ready for publication
February 15, 1940. The University
of North Carolina Press is print-
ing the book, which will be released
by Jenkins of Richmond, Virginia.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940

Appendicitis Victims Tell
Of Steaks, Internes

By Virginia Williams

The steaks and the internes are the jiicest things about
Emory hospital. This seems to be the opinion of eight of
the nine Agnes Scott victims of appendicitis. The ninth
was unavailable for comment.

Mary Estill Martin had the hon-
or of inaugurating the latest cam-
pus custom, when she went under
the knife on October 3. Strangely
enough, Miss Gay lord remarked at

ball rolling." Mary says the ex-
perience had unpleasant spots, such

ether and thinking that she was an
atom. This momentary mix-up
has been compensated for, however;
she has acquired a dog named
"Pendy, 1 ' she was eating steak on
the third day, and she got to ride

Squee Among First

Squee Wool ford may not have
been the first victim, but she
claims to be the best authority even
on internes and steak. Didn't she
stay out there twenty-two days
and have steak twice a day? And
didn't the interne come to Agnes
Scott and have dinner with her
one day? Squee feels that if she
does nothing more in her college
career she, nevertheless, should be

Miss Woolford to the hospital, so
the hygiene class had .a cut.

"I went down to the infirmary
to see if I had chicken pox. I had
just a little pain in my side," said
Betsy Kendrick. "When I had to
go to the hospitil Ann was much
more scared than 1." The funniest
incident was that the ambulance
driver thought the call was an
emergency one .and came from At-
lanta to Decatur in five minutes
with his siren blowing all the way.
The vice president of student gov-
ernment wasn't exactly discreet in
naming the things she considered
most fun. "I loved going under
the ether, .ind I liked walking aft-
erwards. I felt like I was drunk."
Leila Inquisitive

Leila Holmes doesn't remember
anything exciting but the internes.
When she went under ether she
felt like she was "hitting planets."
After the operation, all the nurse
did for three days was to answer
yes and no to her questions.

The nurses had to quiet down
Mary Dean Lott's room all the
time, so many of her friends at

it hurt her to laugh, but what
would you do if an interne turned
a big bottle of your perfume over
on him? The bieeest problem Mary

because she can't
Practical Helen!

Marjorie Wilson is one-up on all
the victims. The day she sat up,
her father sent her an orchid. By
the way, her whole room looks like
a florist shop.

Dr. Jones was "taken by sur-

in recovering. In less than two
weeks she went to town and bought
a new dress, and in two w r eeks she
went to Columbus to .spend the
week-end. The day before her at-
tack she had been hunting, and
someone suggests that she might
have eaten buckshot.

College Women
Spend More

The co-ed spends more than the
mere male at Indiana university, a

The average student last year
spent $643.22. The women spent
an average of $682.70 and the men
$621.07.

Lowest average for any group
was $511.5 8, the average for un-
organized freshmen men. The
highest, $876.82. was that of jun-
ior sorority members.

more than unorganized women, and
in the case of the men the differ-
ence was $293.30. (ACP).

DuQuesne Scientists
Develop Plastic Cover

Duquesne university's biology
department reports an important 4
contribution to scientific study
through development of a plastic
microscope /cover.

Science heretofore has used plas-
tics in ash trays, lamp bases, auto-
mobile dashboards and scores of
other products, but not until now
have plastics been employed to ad-
vance microscopic study.

Discovery that there was an im-
minent shortage of the original
glass covers, previously produced
in Germany, launched Dr. Robert
T. Hance and two of his students
on a year's research that has re-
sulted in the new type cover. With-
out the covers it is impossible to
study a specimen.

Seeking a thin, transparent sub-
stance with all the qualities of
glass, the researchers developed two
substitutes which make use of plas-
tic material. It is claimed the new
covers are considerably cheaper to
manufacture than those of glass
and that they make possible clearer
observation of plant and animal tis-
sue under the microscope.

Breg, Montgomery
Attend Meeting

NSFA and the International Stu-
dent Service have consolidated
their plans for Christmastime con-
ventions, and both are now to meet
at the New Jersey College for
Women at New Brunswick, N. J.
Virginia Montgomery and Frances
Breg, Agnes Scott delegates, will
meet in Washington and proceed
to the joint convention together.

NSFA's theme, The Role of Stu-
dent Government, and the theme
of the International Student Serv-
ice, How Youth Can Serve Democ-
racy, will be taken up in individual
meetings of the organizations, and
also in joint sessions concerning
academic freedom, the international
situation, and youth's philosophy
for democracy.

Cunningham Becpmes
President of Davidson

Dr. John Rood Cunningham, fa-
ther of Harriett Cunningham, an
Agnes Scott freshman, has accept-
ed the presidency of Davidson Col-
lege, Dr. J. McDowell Richards, of
Decatur, Ga., chairman of the
Board of Directors of the College,
announced recently.

Dr. Cunningham will succeed
Dr. Walter L. Lingle, president for
the past 1 1 years. His presidency
will begin January 27, 1941, at the
beginning of the new semester.

Before he accepted this position,
Dr. Cunningham had served for the
past four years as pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church in Wins-
ton-Salem, North Carolina. Be-
fore that, he filled several promi-
nent places, serving as Army Y. M.
C. A. secretary in 1917-18 and a
member of the War Work Council
of the Presbyterian Church in 1918-
L#. He filled several pastorates be-
fore he was elected president of
Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary where he remained until
he accepted the call to Winston-
Salem.

JRadio Guild Performs
At B. 0. Z. Meeting

B. O. Z. will have a meeting
Thursday night. The Radio Guild
will give a play at the meeting.

K. U. B. is having a meeting
Wednesday afternoon. Propaganda
will be discussed and bits of propa-
ganda analyzed.

Pi Alpha Phi will meet Thurs-
day night and there will be a de-
bate.

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Bee Bradfield looks through the year as

Christmas Holidays
GiveTime for Thought

Classes come and classes go; but always freshmen are-
freshmen, sophomores are superior, juniors are being stooges
for the higher-ups, and seniors are going through the endless
"last times."

With Christmas holidays only a
few paper dolls away, minds are
turning toward home, and those
days pass so swiftly that you are
sure Father Time pulled a fast one
and cut the days to less than twen-
ty-four hours.

Among the inevitable events is
the time when the entire family
gathers, and Aunt Susie-Q comes
smilingly over to your chair, pats
you on the head, and says, "My,
my, Geraldine, how you've grown!
You look just like your mother!
What grade are you in now?"

Whereupon you grit your teeth,
grin, and reply: "I'm in college
now." And while the older folks
discuss Granny's rheumatism and
Grandpa's wild desire to wear red
ties (at HIS age!), you sink into

Junior Class Publishes
Annual Campus Directory
With Addresses, Birthdays

Resuming the project begun last
year, the Junior Class will publish
a Campus Directory, containing
both the Christmas and summer ad-
dresses of all students and faculty
members on the campus. In addi-
tion, the directory of 1940-41 will
contain the birthdays of the stu-
dents.

Elise Nance is in charge of sell-
ing the directories, which are
twenty-five cents a copy. The
money will be used to help pay the
campaign pledge of the class.

Mrs. Sims Opens
Current News Discussions

With the purpose of giving a
complete survey of the week's
news, Mrs. Roff Sims, of the his-
tory department, is holding discus-
sion groups every Monday after-
noon at three-thirty. Mrs. Sims
will give a survey, and then open
the meetings for volunteer discus-
sions or questions.

These group meetings are open
to all who are interested in attend-
ance. They are held in Room 104,
Buttrick Hall.

a state which psychology has taught
you to term wishful thinking.

If a freshman, this retrospection
probably means utter confusion.
After a wonderful summer, during
which you gloried in the tempo-
rary prestige of a high school grad-
uate, you came to Agnes Scott.
Being a freshman is fun, but a bit
strenuous, you think. People were
awfully nice, then suddenly classes
invaded the opening social whirl
and you found the scholastic ques-^
tion was "To be a Hottentot, or
not to be a Hottentot. " You
frown as you remember how six
weeks' tests meant giving up your
after-meal jam sessions but time
passed, as time always will, and soon
(about October 1, some say!) you
were looking forward to Christmas.
And here you are.

If a sophomore, you probably re-
l.i x, even close your eyes if you
dare, and give up thinking as an
occupation for those more actively
inclined. For now, as a second year
student, you are recovering from
being a freshman, and your frivol-
ous days of agility are behind you.
Dignity is doing its best to capture
you, and, after all, the frosh must
be shown, in a nice way, of course,
that \ you have been here a whole
year, and can give the advice of a
prophet!

If a junior, you will, no doubt,
relax; then suddenly sit up
straight and frown contemplative-
ly. The thought just came that
you did not progress from sopho-
more to junior, but from sophomore
to example. But it is fun having
a sister class, and nice to help after
being helped for two years.

If a senior, your thoughts prob-
ably wander to senior privileges.
The final decision is usually that
the best thing about these intangi-
ble affairs is the anticipation of
them which you enjoyed as a jun-
ior. By then your mind is turning
to June, graduation, and the ques-
tion mark which looms ahead makes
you shiver, and decide the conver-
sation at hand is better than trying
to solve the unsolvablc!

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940

Page 5

Oliver

Mollie Oliver checks up on

After Working Hours

A general sigh of relief went up all over the carfipus to-
ward the end of this last week, for with exams behind us,
thoughts of the gay Christmas season ahead of us, of the
whirl of parties, progressive dinners, afternoon coffees, high

teas, slei&hing in New England, T . c . . _

Interfraternity : Matilda Cart-
ledge, Edith Dale, Betty Waitt, Lil-
lian Gudenrath, Flake Patman, Bob-
by Powell, Bippy Gribble, Nell
Turner, Mary Louise Duffee, Lib
Barrett, Josanne McDaniels, Ann
Flowers, Louise Hankins,* Annie
Wilds, Dot Holloran, Margaret
Downie, Frankie Butt, Martha
Dunn.

At the Barn Dance: Jes-
sie MacGuirc, Flake Patman, Iddy
Boone, Ann Friarson, Sue Phillips,
Helen Gilmer; at the SAE House
Dance*. Annie Wilds, Susan Self,
Betty Waitt, Sally Knight, Martha
Stone, Susan Montgomery, Julia
Ann Florence, Bettye Ashcraft,
Flake Patman.

Parties this week were: The
SAE Party Clara Rountree and
Pat Stokes were entertained. The
ATO Reception at which were
prominent: Marion Phillips, Elta
Robinson, Rowena Barringer, Sue
Phillips. Navy Night at Tech
included a dance, at which were
Mary Louise Palmour, Margaret
Hartsook, Marjorie Tippins, Gene
Slack, Jeanne Osborne, Virginia

Clower. The Sigma Chi Steak

Fry drew Claire Bennett, Shirley
Gately, Stuart Arbuckle, Susan Self,
and Ida Jane Vaughn, while the

Emory Players -Steak Fry had:

Carolyn Dunn, Bettye Ashcraft,
Ann Flowers, Julia Ann Florence.

The Phi Delta Open House
included: Duck Copeland, Sara
Gray Hollis.

Campus Queen Scene:

Colours were rampant this week,
what with Betty Bates' dress of
forest gnjen, Betty Waitt's pure

Murchison's
black, and
Palmour's lavender

Dedicated to Pursuit of Fine Arts

in

swimming in the Gulf, Moravian
services in the
C a r o 1 i n a s,
Times Square
in New York,
Egg Nog
in Atlanta,
and of holiday

citing ones.
Our Christmas
wish is shared
throughout the.
nation: that
our British

cousins might share our happiness
and luck.

Social life proceeded at the usual
pace this past week. Beginning
with Tuesday on campus we noted
the:

Mississippi Dinner given for Dr.
and Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. Syden-
stricker, Miss Winter, Miss Laney,
Beth Irby, Martha Arant, Elta Rob-
inson, Janice Taylor, Susan Mont-
gomery, Claire Bennett, Mary Ivy,
Leila Matthews, Frances Tucker,
Sis King, Kay Johnson, Mary Lou-
ise Duffee, 'and Miss Mamie Lee
Ratliff.

Listening to the sweet swing of
Jan Savitt were: Jean Beutell and
Charlotte Shepard, while the Span-
ish Room attracted Kay Johnson,
Charity Crocker, and Joella Craig.
Betty Henderson was seen at The
Rainbow Roof.

Dances this week were, Emory
Med Dance, attended by: Elta
Robinson, Stuart Arbuckle, Jo-
sanne McDaniels, Lib Barrett, Duck
Copeland, Claire Purcell, Mary Da-
vis, Gene Slack, Mary Lightfoot El-
can, Mamie Hallman, Carolyn
Dunn, ^ Martha Arant, Charlene
Burke, Florrie Guy, Mary James
Seagle.

green, bctty \
white satin, Margaret
use of grey, red and
Mary

Louise

and deep-purple sweater and skirt.

The dedication of Presser Hall November 3 0 marked the first great step in Agnes Scott's expan-
sion program. Guest speakers for the occasion were two eminent American scholars, Dr. James Francis
Cooke, president of the Presser Foundation, and Dr. John Louis Haney, secretary.

Attention

Designing Students!

Enter the

'Glamour' Swansdown

AMERICAN FASHION
DESIGN CONTEST

A grand opportunity for amateur designers! Prizes ior the
four best original designs of coats, suits and topcoats for
Spring. If you are between the ages of 17 and 30 YOU
are eligible!

Prizes: $250, $100, $50, $25

Entries must be in the mail by midnight, December 31st.

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Cornell
Unites Arts

Three professors at Cornell col-
lege have combined three classes
into one and are conducting a new
course in related arts, covering the
fields of art, literature and music.

The idea came when the three
were asked to lecture in their fields
to an education class two years
ago. A simultaneous view of the
three arts seemed such a natural
integration to them that they pre-
sented their plan for the course to
the curriculum committee, which
approved it,

In the classes, if the students are
examining modern America, for in-
stance, they may read Paul Engle's
"Break the Heart's Anger," listen
to "Ballad for Americans" by John
Latouche and Earl Robinson as
sung by Paul Robeson, and view
Thomas Hart Benton's "Holly-
wood," keeping them ail in mind,
watching for similarities and dis-
similarities in the same trend.

Students af*e encouraged to do
some creative work. This may de-
velop into anything from a group
project such as an opera to an in-
dividually-created tone poem, pic-
ture, or short story.

The program has proved so pop-
ular that it may be repeated as an
evening course to accommodate
townspeople. (ACP)

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Virginia Clower Reviews

'For Whom
The Bell Tolls'

Ernest Hemingway's newest
book, "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
is clearly the product of an author
who saw and experienced much of
the barbarity and futile cruelty of
the Spanish Civil War, but one
who is several degrees cooler than
the white heat of that first pas-
sionate participation. It shows the
tempering effect of consideration,
and is much less vitriolic than the,
violent and bitter stories Heming-
way sent out of Spain during his
stay there as a war correspondent
with the Loyalist forces.

The story ibself is of Robert Jor-
dan, erstwhile professor of Spanish
at a western university, who went
to Spain to study the people and
their customs and stayed to join
the Loyalist army as explosion en-
gineer, preceding the troops to
forestall counter attacks by de-
stroying bridges and railroads. Jor-
dan's first move was always to en-
list the aid of the guerilla forces
which clumped together in small
groups all over Spain and fought
sporadically with the Fascist revo-
lutionists. On such a mission, to
blow up a key bridge, Robert Jor-
dan met the band' of Pablo, and
the reader is introduced to. unfor-
gettable Pilar the "mujer de Pab-
lo," gentle old Anselmo who cried

McCain Flies to Meeting
Of Phi Beta Kappa Senate

Dr. "J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, will fly to New York
City December 10, for a one-day
meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa
Senate.

The first woman president of
the organization, Miss Marjorie
Hope Nicolson, professor of Eng-
lish at Columbia University and for-
mer dean of Smith College, will
preside. The Carnegie Corpora-
tion will entertain the Senate while
it is there.

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because he must kill men to up-
hold the Republic, and bewildered
Maria, the "cropped-haired 'one"
whom Jordan loved "suddenly and
very much."

Though told from the viewpoint
of an American sympathetic to the
Loyalist element in Spain, the story-
is almost lacking in prejudice, and
Hemingway's pronounced Commu-
nistic sympathies are little more
than indicated. The characters are
strongly drawn, and even- the minor
ones, such as the young Fascist lieu-
tenant, are memorable. The lan-
guage is violent, even repelling in
places, but the charm of the Span-
ish phrasing is captured by what
seems to be almost literal transla-
tion of idiomatic dialogue.

The time span is very brief, cov-
ering only three days, but in the
account of an unimportant cog in
the war machine, sent to perform
a duty useless even as it was as-
signed, we can see the whole trag-
edy of the bloody Civil War. Hem-
ingway shows us the Spanish peas-
antry and middle class, struggling
to gain its rights, but overshad-
owed and frustrated by the web
of international politics and foreign
intervention in the revolution.

The powerful result is summar-
ized in the most appropriate title
to come off the press in many
months John Donne's " . . look
not to see for whom the bell tolls,
for it tolls for thee" might well be
taken as the keynote of all wars, in
which men destroy themselves in
destroying each other.

Bowling is fun. Bowling is
good for you in many ways.
Bowling creates good fellow-
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940

T. B. Fighters
Ask For Help

"The battle ^against tuberculosis is not
a doctor's affair; it belongs to the entire
public/' said Dr. William Osier, M. D., one
of the world's foremost teachers of mod-
ern medicine.

Against some attacks man is helpless;

l be built or

CHRISTMAS
SEALS

Thirty ;
berculosis

causes of

Help to Protect
Your Home from
Tuberculosis

against others, defenses
the attack can be warded
off. There is no reason
why mankind should per-
mit tuberculosis, the
greatest killer among
communicable diseases,
to go on.

fears ago, tu-
was at the
tie list of the
death in the
United States ; now it has
been pushed down to
seventh place. But. it is
still first in the age group 15 to 45. Even
now, one out of every, four young women
who die between the ages of 20 and 25,
dies from tuberculosis ; 60,000 people died
from tuberculosis in 1939 ; and about 500,-
000 people are suffering from the disease.

The decrease in death rate has been
brought about by work in the laboratory,
by education, and by cooperation of the
public. And .the first two are impossible
without the last.
Probably we cannot make discoveries
< in the laboratory for the war. against tu-
berculosis, but we can make a laboratory
campaign against the germ by purchasing
Christmas seals, the receipts from which
help to finance the medical research pro-
gram. ' )

The Christmas Seal sale money is also
spent for popular and medical education.
Education in tuberculosis work means giv-
ing people the facts that will help to pro-
tect them, and giving leaders the inform-
ation that will help to eradicate tuberculo-
sis in their community. The individual has
to be taught his personal health needs;
the leaders must know the community
health needs.

We have often heard that patients es-
cape death through the "will to win" or
the "will to live." This will is causing
more people each year to win out in the
conflict against tuberculosis. Not so many
years ago, tuberculosis struck, but did not
conquer, Noel Coward, Manuel Quezon,
Eugene O'Neill, H. G. Wells, Will Irwin,
and Somerset Maugham. The contribution
which these men are making to present-
day life might not have ,been if these men
had not had the will to win.

The will to win is great among the per-
sons who have tuberculosis. It is this spir-
it, too, which is the driving force behind
the tuberculosis association in their year-
round activities aimed to hasten the eradi-
cation of the disease. Public-spirited men
and women in buying and using Christmas
seals show that the will to win is present
among all. With such a spirit prevailing,
victory is in sight.

The Christmas seals which will be on
sale in the lobby of Buttrick are there for
each of us. The funds will b
they will bear fruit.

/here

The Agnes Scott News

Wednesday, D

3. 10

1940 Member 1941

Plssocided College Press

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination"

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

Last year the question arose concerning the
name for our celebration, Mardi Gras. There
were numerous arguments both for and against
the name. Now the problem has arisen again
f and we've been trying to find

out more opinions on the sub-

Campus Camera

Sylvia Cohn, '42:

I think the name should re-
main as it is. We have the
same type of celebration as
the real Mardi Gras. The at-
mosphere is the same with the
- , floats and king and queen. I

Lartledge don > t think that it should ^

changed.

Charlotte Davis, '42:

I think the name should be changed. We
should have something more original, something
that pertains more particularly to Agnes Scott.

Betty Sunderland, '42:

I think the name is all right, but I do think
we could think of something more original. And
besides it isn't given on the regular day for Mardi
Gras.

Betty Kyle, '41 :

I think that Mardi Gras is one of the Agnes
Scott traditions and should be kept. It means
something to Agnes Scott students, and if the
name' were changed it just wouldn't be the same.

Claire Purcell, '4&

I think the name should be changed because
the celebration here isn't the same as that in New
Orleans, and it gives a false impression. If they
do keep the name it should be given more nearly
on the same day as the real Mardi Gras.

Martha Buffalow, '42:

If someone could think of a more suitable and
original name; I think it would be a good idea to
change it*. -

Frances Tucker, '42:

Why not have a contest to find a name more
suited to the time of year in which Mardi Gras
is given?

f Carolyn Long, '42:

I don't think that the name should be changed,
because the name is as much a part of the affair
as the celebration itself.

College Editors Discuss
Probable Duration of
Greek Resistance

Can the battling Greeks, seemingly repulsing
the Fascist "invaders" at every point, possibly
keep their standard aloft in the weeks to come?.
America's youth, as 'reflected in the collegiate
press, is watching the Greek-Italian conflict close-
ly. And undergraduate editorialists are voicing
quiet hope and many words of caution in their
discussions.

"The effect of the Greek resistance on the mo-
rale of both the democracies and the totalitarian
countries will probably be inestimable," says the
Wisconsin Daily Cardinal. "It will certainly
hearten the British and the Tree Frenchmen' as
well as the subversive groups within the boundaries
of Germany and Italy. It means a tremendous loss
of prestige to Italy and to Mussolini, who appar-
ently thought he could march down to the Pcle-
ponncse with no more trouble than he encountered
in Albania. To the German people it demonstrates
that the might of the bully nations isn't invin-
cible. The Achaeans of 1940, the lineal descend-
ants of the defenders of Thermopylae, of Mara-
thon, of Salamis, may once again save the West
for civilization."

At Syracuse, the Daily Orange declares that
"with Britain's recent material admission of ex-
tended aid to struggling Greece, the world wonders
no longer about the validity of John Bull's prom-
ise of assistance to the staunch Balkan country's
resistance to the yet unproved legions of Musso-
lini. Wiith the failure of the Fascist military
machine to crush the comparatively weak Greek

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Glower Managing: Editor

Florence Ellis , Business Manager

is beinc

wonder that the latter country
i the 'Finland of the Balkans.' Even-

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SINCE 1652, IS LOCATED ON
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COLLEGE ANNAPOLIS.
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STUDENT AT THE
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Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Stevenson

tually the Italians will probably subdue the Greeks,
but the surprising opposition that they arc encoun
tering has amazed the world." (ACP)

London

It has been said before. London
can, and must, take it. It must
take more and more of a ghastly
punishment. The worst raid of the
war came secretly. Planes glided

motors shut
off, over a city

bombs were
dropping this

the siren could
sound.

And we in
America are
content to let those people stand
between us and the bombs. We
live in a fools' paradise.

"Forty Saints"

Seventeen years ago the new
Fascist rulers . fought their first
gang battle. The Italians shelled
Corfu, and the Greeks had to be
humble and pay the expenses.

Now the shoe is on the other foot.
And it's pinching, too. Nothing
seems able to stop the Greeks
moving north in rocky, mountain-
ous Albania. They have taken
Porto Edda and made it the city
of "forty saints" again. They are
north past Argirocastro and crying
"Tirana by Christmas*'*

And yet the Greeks may be in
as futile a fight as the Finns' cold
winter struggle. The balancing act
between Germany and Russia will
decide their fate.

Italian Toe Dance

Charlie Chaplin danced a mar-
velous bit with the globe in The
Great Dictator. His wistful dis-
appointment at not possessing the
world must be felt, less attractive-
ly, by Mussolini this week.

Resignations have startled the
world. Badoglio, chief of the arm-
ed forces, is out, the governor of
the Dodecanese Islands is out, the
Under Secretary of the Navy is out.
All three have been replaced by
good party men, favorable to Ger-
many. They call them "blitzkrieg
experts" in Italy.

Secrets

A great deal of talk is going on

in Washington besides rumor, gos-
sip, and scandal. Unfortunately
for newspapermen, it is just beyond
their hearing. The tantalizing fig-
ure of Sir Frederick Phillips, a solid,
staid enough person, vanishes into
the TreasuTy Building. There he
and the Secretary of the Treasury,
Henry Morgcnthau, may be talking
unimaginable things, and no report-
er to hear!

British and American financial
experts arc blandly secretive. Ru-
mor is again invaluable for a good
story with a Washington by-line.
Rumor, as they say, has it that only
the preliminaries of an American
loan are being talked: England's
resources and the cost of supplies
in the U. S.

The Voice of the Future

audience, high Nazi officials; all
sworn to a flattering secrecy; the i
speaker, Richard Darre, Minister of '
Agriculture. The leadership of
Germany had seen fit to lay bare
the alluring future.

Darre disposed of old Europe and
built up a new" one (an Aryan
world)- in pedantic tones. France,
Holland, Belgium were to fall; then
England, full of "babbling Church-
ills, servile Chamberlains, and idi-
otic Edens and Atlees."

The speaker was easily scornful
of a "demoralized America" which
would be properly punished by eco-
nomic pressure after the war.

Then, the new world would be
functioning well: with slaves, ac-
tual slaves, working for a new Ger-
man aristocracy, in all the lands of
Europe and Africa. The confident
voice spoke on nightmarishly.

The story, if true, is a revela-
tion of the way the Nazi mind
works. It was a scoop, printed ex-
clusively by N. A. N. A. and Life,
who are concealing the source.

Cooperation by Decree

The hard-headed, literate farm-
ers of France are to be regimented.
No more blackouts, no more strikes;
this comes by order from higher up.
They are all (landowners and la-
borers alike) to join in one big
corporate organization, and be hap-
py (by compulsory decree!).

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941.

No. 11

Creator of
'Mrs. Miniver 7
Lectures Here

Jan Struther Tells Truth
About Disputed Identity
Of Literary Character

Jan Struther, the creator of the
best selling "Mrs. Miniver," comes
to Agnes Scott Thursday, January
23 at 8:00 to tell "The Truth
About Mrs. Miniver." The Eng-
lish authoress who has come to
America with two of her three
children to remain for the duration
of the war, insists that she is not
the prototype of the famous Mrs.
Miniver who first appeared in a se-
ries of sketches in The London
Times as an unfrightened woman
who faced the war in the correct
British tradition. The reading pub-
lic which made "Mrs. Miniver" a
best-seller both in England and in
America when the sketches were
published in one volume, has re-
fused to make distinctions between
the author and the lively character
she created. Consequently Miss
Struther often remarks that she
feels like a ventriloquist whose doll
has suddenly struck up a direct
conversation with the audience.

Miss Struther, who compiled her
pen name from her maiden name,
Joyce Anstruther, has contributed
to English magazines since 1917,
and she has published a volume of
verse, "The Glass Blower" and a
collection of essays and sketches
called "Try Anything Twice,"
which appeared first in "Punch"
and "The Spectator."

This author explains that she is
in this country not as a visitor but
as an immigrant. She says: "It was
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Absence Gains
Publicity for Co-ed

At least one Agnes Scott girl has
the superhuman combination of
beauty, brains, and peculiarity,
according to a Journalism Profes-
sor at Emory, who lectured on that
subject to his class of boys the
other day.

Virginia Williams, the only girl
in a class of nine, was absent. The
professor then proceeded to astound
his class by extolling Virginia's
virtues in a lengthy talk.

"Boys," he said, "I can't under-
stand why you haven't all tried to
snatch up Miss Williams right
away. You know," he added, "she's
one girl in a million. She has
beauty, and what's more, she has
brains!"

The mouths of the students were
by this time totally agape. "And
that girl is peculiar," continued the
professor. "Instead of going home
on Thanksgiving as most girls
would have done, what did Miss
Williams do? She spent her day-
standing in front of Grady Hos-
pital, interviewing a drunk. Yes
sir, she's one girl in a million!"

Anti-Nazi

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 4:30 P. M. Mar-
riage Class, "Courtship and
Engagements," given by
Dr. R. C. Rhodes.

Thursday, 8:30 P. M. Thom-
as Mann Lecture, Glenn
Memorial Auditorium.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Basket-
ball Game Gym.

Friday, 8:00 P. M. Musicale,
"Popular Classics," Presser
Hall.

Saturday, 8:30 P. M. All
Star Concert, Jussi Bjoer-
ling, City Auditorium.

THOMAS MANN

Mann Cites
Liberty Problems

Thomas Mann, recognized as one
of the world's greatest living men
of letters, will speak at Glenn Me-
morial Auditorium at Emory to-
morrow night at 8:30 P. M. on
"The Problems of Freedom."

For his refusal to recognize the
Nazi regime in Germany, Dr.
Mann lost his home, his property,
and his citizenship. Last year he
decided to become an American
citizen, and now lives in Princeton,
N. J., absorbed in literary labors.

His career as a figure of world
importance began with the publi-
cation of Budden Brooks in 1901,
and reached a peak more than a
quarter of a century later when he
won the Nobel prize. His most
recent publication is The Beloved
Returns.

Tickets may be purchased at the
book store. Admission is one dol-
lar.

Mortar Board Offers
Marriage Course

Classes Increase as Dr. Rhodes
Holds Second Meeting of Series

Doubled in number as a result of their increasing popu-
larity, the annual marriage classes for seniors get fully under
way this week with the second forum of the series, Courtship
and Engagements, to be conducted January 15, by Dr.

Robert C. Rhodes, professor of

Harrison Stars
In Program of
Classics

For Outstanding Scholarship

Hugh Hodgson will direct the
weekly music appreciation hour
Friday night at 8 P. M. The pro-
gram will be presented in Gaines
Chapel as usual.

The theme, Popular Classics, will
be carried out through the follow-
ing selections:

Concerto in e minor . MendclssoJm
Andante
Finale

Robert Harrison
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue . . .

. . . Cesar ranch.

J. T. PlTTMAN

Afternoon of a Faun . . .

. . . Debussy-Hcifetz
Berceuse from 'The Fire Bird" . .

. . . Straiinsky-Dushkin
Ritual Fire Dance . . .

. . . DeFalla-Kochanski
Mr. Harrison
Second Hungarian Rhapsody . . .

. . . Liszt

Mr. Pittman
Chanson Arabe . . .

. . . Rimsky Korsakoff
Perpetual Motion .... Noracek

Mr. Harrison

New possessors of the golden key are these happy scholars, elected to Phi TW, K, a- Courtesy A "anta Journal.

Student Body Elects
Members to Lower House

The student body elected new
members to the Lower House of
Student Government for this quar-
ter Thursday in Chapel and Thurs-
day night at house meetings.

The new day student representa-
tives are: Betty White, Freshman;
Frances Radford, Sophomore; Mar-
jone Simpson, Junior; Tommay
Turner, Senior, and Gay Swagger-
ty, representative at large.

At the various house meetings
the following girls were selected:
Betty Bowman, Leila Holmes,
Claire Bennett, Bettye Ashcraft,
Zelda Barnett and Mary Ann
Brewster from Inman; Claire Pur-
cell from White House; Pat Rea-
soner from Boyd; Betty Lou Hall
from Gaines; Betty Bates, Nora
Percy, Mary Ann Cochran, and
Jean Tucker from Main; Julia Lan-
caster, Martha O'Nan, Julia Harry,
Mollie Oliver, Dot Nabers, and
Hazel Scruggs from Rebekah.

Because of illness in Lupton the
election of a new proctor will be
held later.

biology at Emory University. Dr.
Rhodes spoke at the first forum on
January 8, introducing the series
and discussing the Biology and
Genetics of Marriage.

All speakers for the remaining
subjects scheduled have not yet
been obtained, but Mortar Board,
sponsor of the Marriage Classes at
Agnes Scott, announces the fol-
lowing topics to be discussed dur-
ing the next two quarters:

The Draft and Marriage

Anatomy

Physiology

Birth Control and Pregnancy
Psychology i n Marriage
The Family as a Social Unit
Divorce
Child Care

Financial Aspects Budgeting
Buying

Decorating and Housing
Religion and Tradition in the
Home.

The Marriage Classes were inau-
gurated four years ago by Mortar
Board, which has sponsored them
ever since, each year arranging a
group of one-hour forums to be
held once a week during the spring
quarter. Attendance at these meet-
ings was purely voluntary, and
they carried no academic credits;
however, they proved so popular
that this year, for the first time
since the custom was established,
the discussion hours have been in-
creased to last throughout both the
winter and spring quarters. Ap-
proximately 100 seniors and en-
gaged underclassmen are attending
the 1941 classes.

M. B. Postpones Parties

Jean Dennison, president
of Mortar Board, an-
nounced yesterday that the
series of parties for the
freshmen planned for this
week will be discontinued
until the flu epidemic is
over. The parties probably
will be given spring quar-
ter, she said.

Concert Series Continues
With Jussi B joe r ling,
Swedish Tenor

The All-Star Concerts will con-
tinue with the presentation of
Jussi Bjoerling, famous Swedish
tenor, at the City Auditorium Sat-
urday, January 18 at 8:30 o'clock.

Mr. Bjoerling's program will in-
clude:

Aria of Leuski, from "Eugen
Onegin," Tschaikowsky.

"Standchen," Schubert; "An Die
Leier," Schubert; "Traum Durch
Die Dammerung," Strauss; "Zueig-
nung," Strauss.

"Salut Demeure," from "Faust,"
Gounod.

'The Magic Lake," Sodermann;
"Visions," Sjoberg; "Black Roses,"
Sibelius.

T Dream of Jeannie," Foster;
"Oh, Love, But a Day," Beach;
"Will-o-the-Wisp," Spross.

"Che gelida inanina" from "La
Boheme," Puccini.

Damages to the City Auditorium
incurred in the fire of last Decem-
ber have now been repaired. Those
who attend concerts are asked to
use side entrance of the City Audi-
torium.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941

Juniors, Sophs
Win Initial Games

First Contests Indicate

Good Basketball Season Ahead

Agnes Scott's basketball season opened officially last
Friday when the juniors beat the seniors, 25-18, and the
sophomore team, led by Frances Radford, won from the
freshman team, 23-11.

The juniors, undefeated last sea-
son, started another season off in
grand style; and, with the famous
Websters and Doris Hasty clicking
in mid-season fashion, left the
court at the half, leading, 15-6.
The last half belongs by rights to
the senior team who, headed by
Elaine Stubbs, began to locate their
basket and trailed only 7 points at
the end of the game. A. Webster
with 15 points and Stubbs with 14
points were the shooting stars of
the game. Ann Gellerstedt at
guard for the juniors looked like a
real varsity candidate.

The sophomore-freshman game
showed that the freshmen should
have a fair season and that the
sophomores are much stronger this
year. Two sophomore newcomers,
Radford and Collins, are the girls
to watch. Radford, playing the en-
tire game at center forward, ac-
counted for 13 of her team's scores,
and looked like another Milner on
the court. Hazel Collins, transfer
from Winthrop College in South
Carolina, did not have much
chance to test her shooting ability
but handled the ball with the great-
est of ease. Clara Rountree turned
in a good performance at guard
for the sophomores. The Harvard
twins entered the game at forward
for the freshmen and succeeded in
baffling referees, guards, score-
keepers, spectators, and all, until
finally one of them marked herself
with a red bib.

The Lineups:

Junior (2 5) Senior (18)

D.Webster (4) _R.F Butt

A. Webster (15) L.F. Stubbs (14)

Hasty (6) C.F.__ Dyar (4)

Brooks C.G Klugh

Bradfield R.G.__ Dennison

Gellerstedt L.G Wilds

Substitutions:

Junior Curric.

Senior Williams, Arbuckle.

The Lineups:

Sophomore (23) Freshman (11)
Radford (13) __C.F. -Tuggle (5)

Downie (2) R.F._ Farrior (2)

Frierson (2) L.F.-_ Eagan (2)

Rountree C.G Walker

Lambeth R.G Gribble

Dale L.G G. Hill

C. A. Makes Plans
At Retreat

Christian Association held a Re-
treat the afternoon and evening of
January 11 at Miss Scandrett's
home to formulate plans for Re-
ligious Emphasis Week and their
weekly chapel programs.

Dr. Ernest Cadman Colwell,
Dean of Religions at the University
of Chicago, will lead Religious
Emphasis Week February 11-15, as
was previously announced.

According to Scottie Wilds, his
first discussion will be with repre-
sentative students from the various
classes and organizations to give
him a cross section view of life on
the campus. It will be held Mon-
day, February 10, previous to the
official opening of Religious Em-
phasis Week the next day.

In addition to his daily talks in
chapel, Dr. Colwell will hold sev-
eral discussion groups. Tuesday
night and Wednesday afternoon he
will have open discussions for
Agnes Scott students; Thursday
night, students from Emory, Tech,
Columbia Seminary, and Agnes
Scott will meet in Murphey Can-
dler for an open discussion. The
subjects will be in accordance with
Dr. Colwell's general theme, which
he has not yet disclosed.

Christian Association will enter-
tain at regular Wednesday night
coffee in Murphey Candler, Feb-
ruary 12, at which Dr. Colwell
will be guest of honor.

The cabinet also made plans for
Chapel programs for the next few
weeks.

Dr. William C. Robinson, pro-
fessor at Columbia Seminary, will
speak Tuesday, January 21 on
"God's Love to Man Through the
Ages"; the speaker for January 28,
to be announced later, will view
"Man's Love for God"; a worship
service will be held in Chapel
February 4, preparatory for Re-
ligious Emphasis Week.

Songsters Confer

Courtesy Atlanta Journal.

Nina May Snead and Jane Moses, members of the special chorus, confer with
Mr. Lewis L. Johnson, director, on the program for tonight, when the Agnes Scott
musicians sing at the Woman's Club.

Substitutions:

Sophomore Collins (2), Crock-
er, Moore (2), Wcissman, Paisley.

Freshman Harvard, Harvard
(2), Jacob.

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Professor Works
Bridge Problems

The chance of getting 13 spades
in one hand in bridge is but one in
700 trillion times, however many
that is.

So figures an Eastern New Mex-
ico college Ph.D., professor in
mathematics, following a Dart-
mouth professor's use in his class
of chances in a crap-shooting ses-
sion.

Intrigued by the utilization of
homely happenings in higher mathe-
matics, the ENMC professor fas-
cinated his students with problems
dealing with bridge, poker, and slot
machines, with the slot machines
for once coming out at the losing
end.

GLENN'S PHARMACY

"Where friends meet friends,
and part more friendly."

Beautiful Gifts for Christmas

Masonic Temple Bldg.
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Struther

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Musicians
Give Concert

Johnson Directs Program
For Woman's Club

Mr. Lewis Johnson will direct a
concert to be given by members of
the Agnes Scott Glee Club on the
musicale series of the Atlanta
Woman's Club at 8:30 P. M. to-
night. The program will be pre-
sented in the ballroom of the club.

Ida Jane Vaughn, pianist, and
Evelyn Wall, accompanist, will
assist the singers. Betty Kyle,
mezzo-contralto; Jane Moses, con-
tralto, and Ida Jane will do solo
groups.

The chorus will begin the pres-
entation with "Hark to Me, Moth-
er Dear" and "Gloria in Excelsis,"
Czech; and "Hark! in the Dark-
ness," "Sleep, Thou My Jewel" and
"Hark! Bethlehem," Polish.

Betty Kyle will sing "Through
the Years," Youmans; and "Into
the Night," Edwards.

The chorus will continue with
"The Slight," Kountz; "Mammy's
Song," Warre; and "The Night
Wind," Farley.

Ida Jane Vaughan will then play
the Acensky piano Etude in F
sharp, Op. 36, No. 13.

The chorus will sing "Will You
Remember," from "M^ytime,"
Romberg; "Only a Rose," from
"Vagabond King," Friml; and "Gi-
annina Mia" from "The Firefly,"
Friml.

Jane Moses' solos will be "Se-
crecy," Wolf; and "Lift Thine
Eyes," Logan.

The chorus will continue with
"A Snow Legend," Clokey; "Slum-
ber Song," Gretchaninoff; and "It
Cannot Be a Strange Country,"
Repper.

The singers will include Eliza-
beth Beasley, Josephine Cates, Bar-
bara Connally, Freda Copeland,
Joella Craig, Harriet Cunningham,
Dorothy Hopkins, Leila Michalove,
Christine Paris, Shirley Pohn, Nina
May Snead, Gay Swaggerty, Mary
Ann Faw, Margaret Hodgson, Elise
Nance, Amelia Nickels, Pattie Pat-
terson, Nancy Quayle and Gene
Slack.

Agnes Scott College

DECATUR, GA.

A college for women that is widely recog-
nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941

Page 3

Phi Beta Kappa Students
Reveal Study Secrets

By Virginia Williams

If you can concentrate in almost any atmosphere, if you
are something of a contortionist, and if you are lacking in
having any system of study, perhaps you are safe in buying
your metal polish for your Phi Beta Kappa key now.

Four of our five newest Phi Beta
Kappas pride themselves on the spe-
cial positions which they assume
for study. Mary Bon Utterback
studies in a kneeling position, her
knees on the floor and her book on
the bed. Ida Jane Vaughan sits on
the back of the chair and puts her
feet on the bottom or leans back in
the chair and puts her feet on the
desk. Betty Stevenson moves all
over the library trying to decide
where to study, but Bebe Shamos
just curls up on her feet.

Study Anywhere

Again four of them say that they
"can study anywhere." Bebe Sha-
mos studied for some of her exams
"listening to the radio and talking
with my family." Sabine Brumby
and Betty Stevenson own a liking
for soft, low swing music as a
background for their studying. "It
can't be good music because then I
would listen instead of studying."
Ida Jane admits, however, that the
conditions of study must be some-
what favorable for her.

Mary Bon used to believe that
she needed the proper environment
for working, but believes now that
her power of concentration has
been improved. Her roommate,
Tine Gray, has brought about this
improvement by making funny
noises such as cat calls while in the
room. Bebe likes to knit and study
and Ida Jane insists that she can
study German best while knitting
for the British.

Modest Scholars

All of the new Phi Betas were
modest. Said Betty, "I can't think
of a thing clever to say." And on
being asked how she best studied,
Bebe Shamos pled, "Please don't
make me tell."

Bebe had a sister who made Phi

Pi Alpha Phi
Plans Debate

Pi Alpha Phi

At the regular meeting of Pi
Alpha Phi Friday, there will be a
debate by the members. The sub-
ject will be "Resolved That the
Nations of the Western Hemi-
sphere / Should Form a Perfect Un-
ion."

Spanish Club

Six students from Agnes Scott
and six from Emory conversed in
Spanish at a "tertulia" held at the
home of Professor Stipes of Emory
University on January 9. They
played games, asked riddles, told
jokes, even partook of refreshments
in Spanish.

The advanced Spanish students
of Emory have been invited to at-
tend the regular meeting of the
Agnes Scott Spanish Club Thurs-
day. The meeting will be recrea-
tional, with Spanish games and
puzzles for amusement.

Sims Discussion Group

At its next meeting the Discus-
sion Group led by Mrs. Sims will
review the events of the past week
in Europe and Asia. The group will
also discuss the position of Russia
at present.

Beta Kappa here in 1937, but Betty
Stevenson is the ; only one in her
family "so far."

Mary Bon Utterback gets top
score for being nonchalant. Asked
two days later if she had wired her
family immediately, she replied,
"No, but I thought I'd write them
a post card some time today."

Mollie Oliver Checks

After Working Hours

The buzz of Christmas frolics is
still whipping around the corridors
and everyone agrees that "it was
just perfect!"

The new year stretches ahead
and with it new hope and new reso-
lutions. Still settling down is a bit
of a trial, but then, getting back
to normal always has been!

The big event of the week which
eclipsed all other activities and
proved to be the one item of inter-
est was the SAE FORMAL on Sat-
urday night at which were: Susan
Montgomery, Val Nielsen, Nell
Turner, Florrie Guy, Lillian
Schwencke, Betty Waitt, Duck
Copeland, Marion Phillips, Nina
May Snead, Mary Louise Duffee,
Sally Knight, Bettye Ashcraft,
Margaret Shepard, Carolyn Daniels,
Frankie Butt, Sis King, Margaret
Downie, Marjorie Wilson, Anita
Woolfolk, Annie Wilds, Mary Lou-
ise Palmour, Charlene Burke, and
Lillian Gudenrath.

Shirley Gately attended the Psi
Omega Dance Friday night, while
the Chi Psi's at Tech entertained
Jean Beutell, Olivia White, Mary
Ann Atkins, and Flonnie Ellis at
the Rainbow Roof.

Mary Elizabeth Robertson went
home to Charleston over the week-
end to attend the St. Cecilia Ball.
Campus Queen Scene

People are noticing: Marjorie
Wilson's bright Kelly - green
stitched suit and white lamb's wool
coat; Sarah Gray , Hollis's brilliant
green strands of beads that she
wore with a black dress; Julia Ann
Patch's bracelet of glass bottles;
and Alice Rose Lance's new becom-
ing middle part.

"Miss Mac" Reveals
Inside Story of Her Book

By Martha Dale

You can set the scene for yourself. Where else would
you find Miss MacDougall but in biology lab, surrounded by
bottles and flasks with cultures of this and that and of
course, a microscope?

"Just one more culture, " she said, 'There's really not
much to tell; it won't take long."

Of course, she was talking about

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Seniors Receive Honors at
Phi Beta Kappa Election

Five members of the class of
1941 received academic honors Fri-
day when they were elected to Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary so-
ciety. Seniors chosen by the Beta
Chapter of Georgia were Sabine
Brumby, Beatrice Shamos, Betty
Stevenson, Mary Bon Utterback,
and Ida Jane Vaughan.

Miss Muriel Harn, professor of
German and Spanish, and secretary
of the local chapter, made the an-
nouncement after Miss Emma May
Laney, professor of English and
president of the local chapter, had
briefly outlined the history and
ideals of the national Phi Beta
Kappa.

her book, Biology: The Science of
Life, a textbook for first year stu-
dents in general biology. And, of
course, there was lots more to tell
than she at first intimated.

For the interview itself, the scene
changed to Miss MacDougall's of-
fice, where she very considerately
made notes of the routine informa-
tion, such as Robert Hegner, col-
laborator; McGraw Hill Co., pub-
lisher; date of appearance, sometime
late in the spring.

Three Years of Work

Then with a little encouragement
she really began to talk about the
book itself. According to her state-
ment, it has been "on the fire a
long time." In fact for three years
she has spent all week-ends, all va-
cations, and half of every day writ-
ing the book. At first she planned
it for high school students but the
publishers asked her to revise it for
college students. With this done,
the book is now finally at the pub-
lishers.

The illustrations are evidently an
interesting part of the work, for in
the 1,000-page book there will be
about 700 drawings, many of them
done by B. Shamos and by Mrs.
Runyon. The rest are the work of
two former Agnes Scott students,
Betty Fountain Edwards and Fran-
ces Baker.

Literary Value

At this point Miss MacDougall
began to search for the preface to
the book, by rummaging through
various parts of the manuscript
that fill several boxes and drawers
and overflow onto the top of the
table. The search also led to the

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discovery that the book has six
main divisions and fifVy chapters,
each of which begins with some bit
of literary beauty that correlates
with the study of biology. For in-
stance, the Introduction begins
with a few lines from Browning:

"The year's at spring
And the day's at morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his heaven
All's right with the world."

Such cheerful observations should
certainly brighten the day's pros-
pects for some weary, befuddled
student.

Chapters Outlined

Miss MacDougall has also offered
encouragement and material aid to
the student by outlining each chap-
ter at the beginning, and by closing
each chapter with fact and thought
questions for review, as well as with
a bibliography of additional sources
of information.

As she said, "You can't make a
biology book too simple for fresh-
men, do you think?" Then she ex-
plained. Ten per cent of a class
will find any book too simple and
ten per cent won't understand any
book, no matter how simple. Be-
tween the two extremes are the
eighty per cent with average intel-
ligence, for whom Miss Mac-
Dougall wrote her text. Future
Biology 101 students will appre-
ciate this fact. *

Familiar Rhyme

Past biology students also will
be glad to know that Miss Mac-
Dougall has not omitted the classic
rhyme about the "fleas and lesser
fleas, and so ad infinitum," but has
included it in the more dignified,
original wording of Swift. At least
it's comforting to know it's there.

In spite of her three years of
hard work, Miss MacDougall phi-
losophically said, even if she didn't
get rich, she knew she would be a
better teacher for having written
the book. "I'm glad I did it, all
right," she concluded.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1941

We Ask For
D/s- Org a n iza tion

In Matilda Cartledge's "Campus
Quotes" column this week, five out of six
students representing a cross-section of
upperclassmen express desires for campus
dis-organization, and advocate particular-
ly a change in the structure of the clubs.

It is interesting to trace the progress
made toward a simpler organization at
Agnes Scott in the past five years. Edi-
torials in 1936 Agonistics reveal that stu-
dents were even then aware that they had
unwisely lighted their candles at both
ends in extra-curricular activities. They
asked for suggestions toward dis-organ-
ization, and progress followed: prepara-
tion time for the stunt was cut down to a
period of two weeks; through the efforts
of Mortar Board, non-activity week was
established; a point system was set up;
and finally a rule was made that students
could join only tw r o clubs. Last year at a
reception given by President's Council,
new students were advised how to choose
extra-curricular activities with discrim-
ination.

These changes have been good. Estab-
lishing a maximum number of clubs to
which a student may belong has relieved
the situation greatly, but simplifying and
coordinating the structure of our clubs
will help even more. We cannot deny that
many of our clubs overlap. And we cannot
deny that at least half of the students are
still dabbling in too many activities.

We do not dare to advocate a college
with no extra-curricular activities, though
we venture to think that such a college
would be interesting and inspiring. We
visualize it as a colony of scholars bound
together by an understanding which grows
out of a common desire for searching for
the truth, a colony of students all headed
toward an ultimate goal, and bound by no
constitutions and meetings.

We do not advocate such a college ; such
a one is not for the average student, or
the student aged 16-22. We do realize the
obvious advantage of organization on the
campus. But neither do we advocate a
college in which the students are domi-
nated by extra-curricular activities.

Until we limit our efforts to a few ac-
tivities, we will hardly be successful in the
activities themselves; and unless we limit
our efforts to a very, very, few we will go
through these four years in darkness,
when the lights of truth are gleaming
strongly about us.

Editorial Notes

Could It Be Flu?

We can't quite agree with the opinion
that the flu epidemic kept 90 per cent of
the invited guests away from the Mortar
Board party for the freshmen Monday
night, though many of the boys may have
been ill with flu.

We wonder how many would respond to
our invitation if we gave a dance.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1941 No. 1 1

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Agnes Seott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as secoud
Mass matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia Clower Managing Editor

Florence Ellis Business Manager

Bee Bradfield
Jeanne Osborne
Assistant Editors
Suzanne Kaulback
Advertising Manager
Carolyn Strozier
Copy Editor
Virginia Williams

Feature Editor
Matilda Cartledge
Jesse MacGuire
Asst. Feature Editors
Betty Jane Stevenson
Current History Editor
Susan Self
Sports Editor

Cornelia Stuckey
Club Editor
Lib Barnett
Margaret Downie
Jackie Stearns
Olivia White
Asst. Society Editors

Lucile Gaines
Circulation Manager
Mary Ivy
Bennye Linzy
Mary Madison Wisdom

Anita Woo If oik
Circulation Assistants

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Australian Picnic

The light tanks and armored cars of the Aus-
tralians were rattling through a desert blizzard in
North Africa, last week. They moved westward
slicing off the northern hump of Libya. Bardia
has been taken and the gar-
rison of Tobruk sat helpless-
ly within an elaborate ring
I of forts. The British were
g drawing a neat circle around
y this second fort.

But the war is slowing
down. Tens of thousands of
prisoners clog the advance.
Such booty is embarrassing to
Stevenson blitz-conquerors.

The Bulgars and the Slavs

The Premier of Bulgaria, Philoff, paid an
ignominious visit to Vienna recently. It was dis-
guised, rather pitifully, as a trip to the doctor.

The doctor does not seem to have frightened
the Premier. He broadcast a stiff -upper-lip mes-
sage on his return. And Russia, although not
exactly benevolent to the Bulgarians, is not cor-
dial to the Germans either. A statement from
Moscow announces in hurt tones that (again)
the Germans are up to something secretive. It
implies that German troops are either in or on
the point of entering Bulgaria.

All Our Eggs

The new Congress has a chance to cut its teeth
on a bill of the utmost magnitude, the bill for
"all-out" aid for Britain. It departs from all tra-
dition and it gives the President more executive
power than any bill since the early, apocalytic
days of the New Deal.

But the new batch of Representatives and Sena-
tors, along with the veterans are apt to be ready
to accept the unusual this year. The point of the
bill is to get every necessary material to England.
Ways and means are left to the President. The
most important method is going to be the new
one of "lending" materials.

Anchors Aweigh

We hope that no one imagines that a three fleet
navy can be created in one day. The words have
been spoken, but all the work of building up
three new commands (Asiatic, Pacific, and Atlan-
tic) belongs to the future. *

The Marseillaise

France is more of question mark than ever.
Wcygand keeps quiet in Africa, while the British
angle for his open favor. In Marseilles, Petain
was received with a more than ordinary ovation.
The unusual fervor of the demonstration marked
a new spirit in unoccupied France. The people
of Marseilles, jammed along streets and in squares,
sang the song named for their ancestors.

A little more hope is in all this. Yet misfortune
is embarrassing the only French army at war. In
Indo-China where Japan is arrogant in three
cities, the French are falling back before a Siamese
border advance.

Expected Guest

London broadcast to America first the story
that Wendell Willkie was coming to England.
Naturally the British now care absolutely nothing
about the internal politics of this country except
as it concerns help for them.

Willkie is remembered for his expressions of
friendship before the election. And he will be
welcomed delightedly. Through him the British
would like to woo possible Republican opposition
to Roosevelt's policy of aid for Britain.

Family Troubles Cause
Student Failures

Emotional upset causes more student failures in
college than either academic incompetence or lazi-
ness in learning subject matter.

Students are more disturbed by family troubles
than by any other worries, including their own
love affairs, and the grades of many good students
have nose-dived when their parents at home were
breaking up, Dr. Gwylym Isaac, dean of the de-
partment of philosophy at I SIC, asserts,
greatest cause for poor grades.

Dr. Isaac says it is harder to reason with stu-
dents bothered by their family affairs than those
with any other troubles. Usually one good com-
mon-sense discussion solves the troubles of col-
legians worrying about love affairs, the second
greatest cause for poor grades. (ACP)

Campus Camera

THERE ARE 99 COLLIDES FOR MENk
146 COLLEGES FOR. WOMEN AND 424
CO-ED INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S.
INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL, NEGRO, JUNIOR
AND NORMAL SCHOOLS THE 1UTAL IS 1709.

Cartledge

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

This week the subject of campus
organizations comes in for its share
of discussion again. The question
is whether there is too much organ-
ization on the campus, and, if so,
what can be done about it?

Julia Ann Patch, '42:

I think there
are too many
org anizations
for the amount
of work that
they do. The
average club
does very lit-
tle. And many
of them over-
lap, too. It
seems to me
that the language clubs could unite
in some way and also the literary
clubs, B. O. 2. and Poetry for in-
stance.

Mollie Oliver, '41:

I think there arc too many
clubs and officers on the campus.
Most of the programs, too, are
much too haphazardly planned for
the time they take up. Couldn't
some of the activities be combined
Current History and Mrs. Sims'
discussion for instance?

Julia Lancaster, '41 :

I think there is far too much
overlapping among the various
clubs. It seems to me that collab-
oration among some of the clubs
would take a great burden off a
good many people.

Pattie Patterson, '41:

There are too many organizations
and activities on the campus.
There are only a certain number of
people who have time to participate
in the various activities, and with
so many activities a great burden
falls on them. Also, I think that
some of the major organizations
manufacture activities and com-
mittees that arc unnecessary.

Virginia Williams, '41:

I think there are too many or-
ganizations. I think the major ac-
tivities are necessary but there are
too many minor ones. By too much
directed activity in the numerous
clubs we lose time which we might

Professors See
Threat to
Democracy

"Many of us are convinced that
democracy cannot be saved by
arms alone. Even if we are not
drawn into the war, even though
England may avoid defeat, the
causes that destroyed the democra-
cies of Europe will still be at work.
Totalitarianism, as it exists today,
is the outcome of the prolonged
unemployment, the economic hope-
lessness, the perverted training, and
the sense of insecurity of the great
masses of adult youth." Donald
DuShane, president of the National
Education association, looks behind
the threat to democracy.

"The progress of the present day
docs not necessarily imply the elim-
ination of private universities, but
it constitutes a challenge. If great
universities only offer their tradi-
tional instruction that evades all
troublesome issues, if they confine
themselves to studies far removed
from the central problems of so-
ciety, then they cease to be a vital
force. Their failure may force
mankind to resort to superficial
progress devised by demagogues
and may result in the failure of
western civilization as we know it.
By co-operative research, by meth-
ods of teaching that equip men
and women to think clearly and
wisely, we may prevent that dis-
integration. The great universities
hold the fate of civilization in their
hands. Wc dare not rest upon our
laurels." Cyril James, principal and
vice-provost of Montreal's McGill
university, offers a challenge to
professors and students. (ACP)

spend in spontaneous discussions
growing out of genuine interests.

Margaret Sheftall, '42:

I don't believe that we have too
many organizations. We need a
great variety to include wide
enough interests and appeal to the
largest number of students.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22,1941.

No. 11

Blackfriars
Opens Season
With Comedy

'Brief Music 1 Reveals
Character Growth of Girls,
Love Story of Roommates

Presenting a sophisticated
new comedy about college life,
Blackfriars will open their
long-delayed dramatic season
with "Brief Music," by Emmet
Lavery, Thursday, January 30,
at 8:30 P. M. in Gaines Audi-
torium, Presser Hall.

The play deals analytically
with the character growth of
seven girls over a period of
two years at college, and espe-
cially with the story of room-
mates who both fall in love
with their dramatics professor.
Each suspects the other, and
each tries to keep her own
secret.

The seven comrades of
"Brief Music," known through-
out by their nicknames, will be
played by the following girls:

"Drizzle" Neva Jackson.

"Lovey" Florence Ellis.

"Spiff" Laura Sale.

"Jinx" Ila Belle Levie.

"Rosie" Lib Barrett.

"Maggie" Martha Sue Dil-
lard.

"Minnie" Margaret Hart-
sook.

The production committees
and their chairmen are: Stage
Manager, Gay Swagerty;
Properties, Mollie Oliver; Cos-
tumes, Beth Irby; Publicity,
Martha Sue Dillard; Programs,
Jessie MacGuire; Director of
Stage Crew, Marna McGar-
raugh; Sound Effects, Virginia
Collier.

"Brief Music" is directed by
Miss Roberta Winter and Miss
Frances K. Gooch.

Russian Chorus
Sings at Tech

The haunting melodies and
rousing military songs of the
Russians will feature the con-
cert of the Don Cossack Rus-
sian Chorus, to be presented
Friday, January 24, at 8:30
P. M., in the Georgia Tech
Auditorium, according to an
announcement made by the
Georgia Tech Entertainment
Committee.

Members of the famed cho-
rus, now becoming naturalized
American citizens, opened their
eleventh season in this country
early last fall with a concert at
Carnegie Hall. During their
fourteen years as an organized
chorus, under the direction of
Nicholas Kostrukoff, the Gen-
eral Platoff Don Cossacks have
given performances on six con-
tinents. In this country, they
have received wide acclaim.

' As a special feature, the cho-
rus will sing the Song of the
Volga Boatman in its original
setting.

In addition, the group will
introduce authentic Cossack
dances, including the legendary
Caucasian Sword Dance. In
this dance one knife dancer
will carry 12 knives in his
mouth and hands and on his
chin and shoulders. This ac-
complishment is handed down
from father to son in Caucasia.

Liturgical music, Russian
folk songs, and military songs
will compose the evening's
program. The group will also
perform some popular Russian
dances.

Students of the University
System may purchase tickets
for fifty cents. Tickets are be-
ing sold at the Agnes Scott
Book Store and at the box of-
fice of the Georgia Tech Audi-
torium.

Virus Crowds Infirmary
With Influenza Victims

By Martha Dale

A f iltrable virus is "on the loose," so beware ! He's so small
you can't see him even with a microscope, but he works thor-
oughly and maliciously. It's he who causes the flu that is
currently the subject of so much concern and conversation.

Flu is most active where there are large groups of people
and inadequate ventilation

such as theatres and streetcars,
and even classes. The coughs
and sneezes of your neighbors
in these places may be your
pitfall. You breathe the con-
taminated air exhaled by a flu
victim who should have stayed
at home, and then you begin
to have a sore throat and weak
knees.

Nurses Catch Flu

Dr. Jones is urging everyone
with these symptoms to come
to the infirmary, even though it
means increased work for her.
The fact is she was pretty tired
Friday morning (maybe she'll
tell you just how tired) after
getting up several times during
two preceding nights to tend
her patients. And it seems to
be even tougher for the nurses.
They've all caught flu, too.

According to both Dr. Jones 'of the flu.

and Miss Wilburn, you must
keep physically fit in order to
escape flu. You should, above
all, go to bed early and get
plenty of sleep. "And eat a
lot," added Dr. Jones.

In order to keep the patients
from working too hard after
they leave the infirmary, Dr.
"Jones and Miss Wilburn are
co-operating in the administra-
tion of a "black list." Those on
the list are not allowed to enter
the gym door!

All of Dr. Jones' comments
on the flu situation were very
reassuring. She pointed out
that girls must be healthier
than boys, for Agnes Scott has
had a far smaller percentage of
cases than either Tech or
Emory. Perhaps it's not en-
tirely true that girls are health-
ier, because Wesleyan has had
to close for a month on account

Smart Modern
Reaches Frosh
By Short Wave

"Hey, Betty, come to the
phone! And rush it up it isn't
a girl!" yelled one of third In-
man's conscientious phone ten-
ders.

Picking up Southern Bell's
gift to the public, Betty heard
a voice say, "Miss Bacon? This
is Amateur Operator No. So-
and-so. I just talked to Mr.
Walter Terrell in Jacksonville,
and he asked me to call and
give you a message."

"Who? What! When? not
really!!!" squealed the aston-
ished freshman.

After she had calmed down
to a scream, the caller ex-
plained how "Botts" had want-
ed to talk to Betty, and, being
gifted with the ingenuity of the
younger generation rather than
the necessary funds at the mo-
ment, he had decided to put
one over on the telephone com-
pany. A friend had let him use
his amateur radio set; and he
had contacted an operator
here, then had him relay the
message.

Monthly Art Exhibit
Features Cards

As a part of the general
movement to provide better
educational facilities in Geor-
gia, the University System and
Agnes Scott College are co-
operating in sponsoring a
monthly art exhibit in the art
gallery on the third floor of the
library. This month there will
be an exhibition of greeting
cards circulated fc>y Blanche A.
Byerley, of Westport, Con-
necticut.

According to Miss Hanley,
who is in charge of the exhibit,
there are included many cards
which are prints by well-
known artists. "Mount Equi-
nox Winter," by Rockwell
Kent, and "Silent Night, Holy
Night," by Hendrick W. Van
Loon, are on exhibit. Also,
there are twenty-two prints by
Julia Martin of famous scenes,
such as the "New York Sky-
line," "Miami Beach, Florida,"
"Court of Two Sisters, New
Orleans."

The Pen and Brush Club
will take advantage of this ex-
hibit by holding their next
meeting in the art gallery and
discussing these prints.

Dr. Jones Discusses
"Anatomy and Physiology"

Dr. Jones will address the
third Marriage Class tomor-
row and next Thursday on the
subject, "Anatomy and Physi-
ology." Formerly only one
lecture period has been given
over to this topic.

Jean Dennison, president of
Mortar Board, reported that
the class last week was very
successful. She called atten-
tion to the fact that the day of
the class has been changed
from Wednesday to Thursday,
at 4:30.

Jan Struther Solves
'Mrs. Miniver' Riddle

English Author Lectures on Strength
Of British Women in War Situation

Jan Struther, who says she comes to this country "not as
a visitor but as an immigrant," will speak tomorrow night at
8:30 in Presser Hal! as Lecture Association's firut presenta-
tion of the new year. Miss St ruther bases her topic, "The

* Truth About Mrs. Miniver" on
actual letters which have been
written her since the appear-
ance of her best-selling story

JAN STRUTHER

junior

Brooks Appoints
Committees
For Banquet

Plans for the annual
banquet, to be held in Rebekah
Scott dining hall February 15
at 6 P. M. are progressing un-
der the newly appointed com-
mittees.

Betty Ann Brooks, president
of the class, has announced the
following committees:

Seating: Anne Chambless
and Gay Currie, chairmen;
Louise Pruitt, Jean Beutell, Sue
Heldman, Frances Tucker,
Virginia Watkins, Mary James
Seagle, Ila Bell Levie, Eliza-
beth Russell, Katherine Greene,
Edwina Burruss, Mary Dean
Lott, Jessie MacGuire, Mar-
garet Sheftall, and Sylvia
Cohn.

Place Cards: Betty Medlock
and Jane Stillwell, chairmen;
Margaret Hartsook, Martha
Buffalow Julia Harry, Margery
Gray, Susanna MacWhorter,
Claire Purcell, Mamie Hall-
man, Fletcher Mann, Dale
Drennan.

Invitations: Mary Ann Faw
and Dorothy Nabers, chair-
men; Alta Webster, Dorothy
Cremin, Elise Smith, Lavinia
Brown, Virginia Montgomery,
Billie Davis.

Dates: Sarah Copeland and
Frances Ellis, chairmen; Mar-
tha Sue Dillard, Jeanne Os-
borne, Mary Louise Palmour,
Olivia White.

Decorations: Edith Dale and
Myree Wells, chairmen; Char-
lotte Davis, Lila Peck Walker,
Sunette Dyer, Elizabeth Coffee,
Shirley Ann Smith, Cornelia
Stuckey, Bee Bradfield, Mar-
garet Wagoner, Martha Arant,
Mary Lightfoot Elcan, Mary
Olive Thomas, Sarah Massey.
(Continued on Page 3)

of the life of an average Eng-
lish housewife under the con-
ditions of the present war. The
talk is a further discussion of
how British Women can "Take
It," and it has been so enthus-
iastically received by lecture
audiences in this country that
it is to appear in April in a
book called "The Women of
Britain," published by Har-
court Brace Company. The
lecture here is to be the only
one given in the southeast.

Guest at Dinner

Preceding the lecture, Miss
Struther will be the guest of
the college at dinner in the din-
ing room. Members of the stu-
dent lecture committee, headed
by Betty Waitt, will act as
hostesses. Following the lec-
ture, the college and Lecture
Association will present Miss
Struther at a reception in the
Murphey Candler Building.

Reduced Tickets

The faculty may buy tickets
for this lecture at the reduced
rate of fifty cents in the college
book store. Students are ad-
mitted by season tickets, and
they may secure additional stu-
dent tickets for fifty cents
apiece. General admission is
seventy five cents. Lecture As-
sociation requests that students
do not attempt to reserve seats
for their friends, since this
limits the number of seats im-
mediately available for the
general public.

Art Association Chooses
McCain As Trustee

At the meeting of the At-
lanta Art Association January
15, Dr. J. R. McCain was made
a trustee by the executive com-
mittee to fill the vacancy made
when Mrs. Edna Avery Jones
resigned recently.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Mar-
riage Class, "Anatomy and
Physiology," given by Dr.
Jones, Buttrick Hall.

Thursday, 8:30 P. M. Jan
Struther Lecture, "The
Truth About Mrs. Miniver,"
Presser Hall.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Basket-
ball games in the Gvm.

Friday, 8:00 P. M. Hugh
Hodgson Musicale, Brahms,
Presser Hall.

Friday, 8:30 P. M. Don Cos-
sack Choir, Georgia Tech
Auditorium.

Friday and Saturday Kath-
arine Hepburn in "The
Philadelphia Story," Erlan-
ger Theatre.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22.1941

Sister Teams Clash
OnBasketballCourt

Juniors, Sophmores Win Victories
Over Freshmen, Seniors

Juniors and sophomores maintained safe margins through-
out last Friday's doubleheader against their sister teams.
The juniors beat the freshmen, 22-12, and the sophomores
trounced the seniors, 29-18,

Dot Webster opened the
junior-freshman game with a
snowbird dropped from her fa-
vorite angle and continued to
shoot long ones for the remain-
der of play-
i n g time.
The first half
was chopped
full of fouls
and featured
long periods
of no scor-
ing. Fresh-
man for-
wards man-

Self

aged to score only once during
the first half.

Brooks As Forward

Betty Ann Brooks, making
her debut at forward for the
junior team, showed that her
basketball talent is not limited
to defensive play.

Tuggle, Farrior, and Eagan
went in at forward for the
freshmen at the half and com-
bined their strength with that
of Walker, White, and Chill-
three fast freshman guards to
score 10 points and thus add a
little spice to a seemingly one-
sided game.

Radford Stars

Frances Radford established
something of an individual
scoring record in chalking up
25 out of her team's 29 points
against the seniors. She was
once more the nucleus of the
sophomore offensive attack,
breaking toward the goal and
sinking her famous short "crip"
shots time and again. Ann
Fisher, A. A. President and
star forward, was back with
the senior team and helped
compensate for Radford's one-
man attack with five phenome-
nal goals dropped in from the
hard angles. Klugh and Roun-
tree both looked good at guard.

The Lineups:

Freshman
Harvard, J. (2)__R.

Carr L-

Harvard, E. C.

Walker C.

White R.

Hill, G. L.

SUBSTITUTIONS

Freshman Tuggle,

Sophomore

Downic R

Moore (4) L.

Radford (25) C.

Rountrce C.

Cummings R.

Dale L.

SUBSTITUTIONS

Sophomore Crocker, Smith, Weismann,
Paisley.

Senior Dennison, Williams.

Friday Predictions

For real basketball don't
miss the games next Friday at
3:30. The sophomores and
juniors, both undefeated this
season, meet for the first time;
and the seniors meet the fresh-
men. We'd probably place our
bet on the juniors just for tra-
dition's sake and on the sen-
iors, but it's a sure bet that you
won't find closer games any-
where.

Junior
F.__Webster, A. (4)
F._Webster. D. (14)

F Brooks (4)

G Bradticld

G Gellerstcdt

G Curric

Farrior, Eagan ( 10) .

Senior

F Stubbs (3)

F Fisher (10)

F Dyer (5)

G Wilds

G Klugh

G Arbucklc

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The regular meeting of B. O.
Z. has been changed to Mon-
day, January 27, at 7 in the old
Y room. There will be read-
ings by the members.
Current History Forum

Current History Forum is
planning a campaign to encour-
age interest in current events
on the campus. It has not been
disclosed just how this cam-
paign will be carried out.
Poetry Club

For the benefit of those who
do not know the new members
of Poetry Club, Pattie Patter-
son, president, gives their
names: Jane Dinsmore, Joyce
Geist, Margaret Sheftall, Dot
Wheeler, and Margaret
White. The next meeting will
be Tuesday, January 28.
French Club

Winner

ETHELYN DYAR

Student Body
Elects Dyar
To Committee

Ethelyn Dyar was elected
Day Student Representative to
the Executive Committee of
Student Government by the
student body Thursday in
chapel.

The popular nominations,
which were chosen the preced-
ing week, were Frances Alston,
Martha Dunn, Ethelyn Dyar,
Gay Swagerty, and Tommay
Turner. Ethelyn Dyar was the
committee nomination.

May Day Upholds
Old English Theme

The May Day Committee
announced its selection of an
old English May Day as the
theme of its pageant this year.

From the scenarios submit-
ted, the committee chose those
of Neva Jackson and Cornelia
Willis. These girls will col-
laborate on the final scenarios.

Boxes will be put up Janu-
ary 23 and 24 in Main, Inman,
Rebekah, and the Gym for
nomination of the May Queen.

Features to be considered in
the selection of the Queen are
posture, walk, figure, and how
she will show up in the May
Day Dell. The Queen must be
a Senior.

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Dr. Robinson Interviews
Incoming Soldiers at Fort

By Jessie MacGuire

Uniforms, varied accents, and interesting people make up
Captain Henry A. Robinson's day as a skilled interviewer at
Fort McPherson. Captain Robinson, whose new title was
lately conferred on him, tests the prospective incoming sol-
diers for particular talents, intelligence rating, and job pref-
erence, and places them in the

work for which they are best
suited. The system for placing
the selectees is a very scientific
one which is efficiency itself.

Captain Robinson has 17
college graduates helping him,
some of whom he has brought
to Agnes Scott on several oc-
casions to meet the girls. Al-
though no ulterior motive was
mentioned, it has been rumored
that Dr. Robinson is still inter-
ested in Agnes Scott's senior
class and its marriage per-
centage. These men help Dr.
Robinson test about 100 new
selectees every day. The vari-
ous tests show that the farmers
in the nation have not had as
high an education as men se-
lected from the other walks of
life, which shows that, from
a sociological viewpoint, the
country boys have been neg-
lected in schooling. In addi-
tion, Dr. Robinson says it is the
men from the lower economic
strata who will fight the war.

Interviews German

Among the very different
types of men, from college
graduates to bricklayers, Dr.
Robinson interviewed a young
German who had escaped from
Germany. Interested in his
viewpoint on the war, Dr.
Robinson asked him how he
felt about the present situation,
to which he replied that he
would like to go across and
fight on the Allies' side right
now.

In spite of an environment,
conducive to war talk the men
in the office never discuss the
war, but call themselves the
"No War Talk" club or by y

some name just as suggestive,
Dr. Robinson related.

Hurried Schedule

Dr. Robinson's life these
days is much busier than it used
to be; one day he came rushing
into his 1:30 statistics class, out
of breath and complaining
about the meal situation: "I
didn't have time to eat my des-
sert today and so " with this
he drew out of his big army
pocket a small, shriveled ba-
nana and apologetically started
eating. Food out there is good,
he says.

When asked if he liked the
army life better than teaching,
Dr. Robinson said, "I like it
very much, but I prefer teach-
ing out here at Agnes Scott."
He's eager to get back to his
job as professor, but while act-
ing captain is enjoying his
work and making an interest-
ing project of it.

Swimming Club Plans
Gala Water Meet
In February

For those who like winter
riding, Mrs. Taylor is offering
8 lessons for five dollars or sin-
gle rides for seventy-five cents
this quarter. Students interest-
ed are asked to call DE. 2658
in the evenings.

Plans are already under way
for swimming club's "Water
Fantasia" to be given on Mon-
day night, February 10. The
"Fantasia" will include forma-
tion swimming to music, div-
ing, and a special partner act
by the Harvard twins.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22,1941

Page 3

Flu Quarantine Proves
Little Hindrance

By Virginia Williams

The date parlors of Main have been more untidy, the bowl-
ing alleys of Decatur more crowded, the junior class more
wealthy, and the game of bridge more popular this week-end
during the semi-quarantine of the campus than at any other
time this year.

Betty Waitt drew attention
Friday night by sitting on the
floor in the lobby of Rebekah
with her date playing bridge.
Observers say that this pair
had their shoes off. To almost
all the dates bridge proved a
favorite game. Margaret Hart-
sook and Mary James Seagle
varied the bridge routine by
having food in the date parlors
Saturday night.

Seniors Entertain

This idea of food was per-
fected by Anne Martin and
Elaine Stubbs. They had a
picnic supper in Rebekah Sat-
urday night. It was no half-
hearted affair, the food ranging
from potato salad to toasted
marshmallows, and they even
had a genuine fire in the fire-
place. After that a portable
radio-victrola completed the
evening's entertainment.

Kay Wilkinson ate supper in
the tea house with a blond Sat-
urday night, but Sue Phillips
and Maggie Nix went up to the
drug store.

Just to prove that the mind
of the entire campus wasn't
centered on food this week-
end, an astonishing number of
people turned out for bowling.
Ducky Copeland was one of
those, and Shirley Ann Smith
would recommend the roller
skate derby.

Mary Dean Lott gives the
recipe that she used for her
date Friday night. She listened
to the radio, argued violently,
and drank four cups of tea in
the tea house. Mary Dean
wasn't the only radio listener.

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All the new Christmas porta-
bles proved their worth.

Dateless Fun

Those girls who gave up
their dates this week-end
scouted for amusement for
themselves. Lila Peck Walker
and Pattie Patterson found time
to play the piano, and the
Ouija board came into its own.
Sunday afternoon Elise Smith,
Sylvia Cohn, Betty Sunderland,
and Charlotte Davis sat
hunched over the board while
Sylvia murmured "Come on
Ouija, come on, quit stalling."

The junior class sold almost
eight dollars worth of milk-
shakes and toasted pound cake
to the marooned college com-
munity.

The Maid's office noted the
difference in the fact that the
date parlors were dirtier than
usual and that there were more
orders from the drug store.
Gladys added, however, that
"there were more dates Sun-
day afternoon than there have
been in a long time." Maybe
the boys see the financial value
of this partial isolation.

(Continued from Page 1)

Banquet

Entertainment: Lillian Gish
and Suzanne Kaulback, chair-
men; Ann Gellerstedt, Helen
Schukraft, Kathleen Huck, An-
nie Wilds.

Betty Ann explained, "I
want everyone who wants to
help to be given a chance to
do so. We are going to work
early so we can get a good
start, and make the banquet a
big success."

McCain Re ports
On Cooperation

On January 14 Dr. McCain
spoke at Mercer College in
Macon, Georgia about the
University System of Georgia.
Dr. McCain s talk was one of
four given on the subject of
Inter-College Co-operation.

Other speakers reported on
the progress and plans of the
Carolina-Duke center, the cen-
ter at Nashville, and centers at
large.

In his address, Dr. McCain
stressed the benefits Agnes
Scott has received from the
system, such as interchange of
students with Emory, access to
books from several libraries,
and the music appreciation
hours held on Friday night.

The discussion of inter-col-
lege co-operation was one of
two conferences on the pro-
gram of a meeting at Mercer
on January 13 and 14 to cele-
brate Founders' Day and to
dedicate a new dormitory.

Katharine Hepburn Plays
At Erlanger Theater

Opening Atlanta's first real
"season" of legitimate stage
productions, the Theater Guild
presents Philip Barry's Broad-
way play, "The Philadelphia
Story," starring Katharine
Hepburn, at the Erlanger The-
ater, Friday and Saturday,
January 24 and 25, with two
evening performances and one
matinee Saturday afternoon.

With Katharine Hepburn as
a blue-stocking divorcee, the
Barry play concerns the social-
ite set of Philadelphia, which
is said to be the most highly
concentrated social sector in
the world. In the play, Mr.
Barry satirizes the activities of
the Main-Liners, as the aristo-
crats of the best circles are
called, which seem to consist
mostly of debutante parties,
balls, teas, and other social
functions.

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Chapel Group
Fetes Seminary

Taylor Leads Devotional;
Group Serves Wieners

The Agnes Scott Chapel
group entertained the Colum-
bia Seminary Chapel group
with a supper at Harrison Hut
Friday night. After games and
an old-fashioned sing, wieners
were served.

Dick Taylor, a junior at the
Seminary, led a short devo-
tional at the close. About 20
boys and girls attended the
party, chaperoned by Sarah
Hollis, an Agnes Scott alumna.

Dale Drennan, head of the
campus Chapel group, ex-
plained that they met with the
Columbia Seminary group ev-
ery Sunday and, after a short
service led by one of the boys,
went out in pairs among the
poor people of this section.

Editor Bemoans
Life of Journalist

Lo, the poor editor! By day
he slaveth, and by night his
candles burn. And with 25 new
reporters, most of whom could
not write two inches on the
Chicago fire, the editor himself
is beginning to burn already!

The Editor of Texas Tech's
"Toreador" cites:

"A campfire will be carried
out with games and singing,"
wrote one of the most brilliant
of the embryo Hearsts, and the
copy reader is still confined to
the hospital with nervous
heebie-jeebies.

"Two love seats have been
purchased from the dormito-
ries. A clothing class will cover
them," reads another and mem-
bers of that clothing class were
madder than 16 kinds of hades
at the implication.

"Professor (censored) has
just come back from (censored)
where he stayed this summer.
He was there on vacation. He
said that he had a very good
time. He will start to work on
his masters degree next sum-
mer." This, readers, is NEWS!

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Withdraws

Lecture

Illness Prevents Visit

Of Shakespearean Authority

Because of an illness which
will keep him from fulfilling
lecture commitments, George
Lyman Kittredge, professor of
English from 1894-1936 at
Harvard University, will be
unable to appear here Febru-
ary 5, as scheduled, to speak
on "Villains of Shakespeare,"
according to Miss Emma May
Laney, faculty adviser of the
Lecture Association.

Dr. Kittredge, who has been
a member of the Harvard fac-
ulty since 1888, holds numer-
ous honorary positions. He is
a Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences,
a member of the American
Philosophical Society, an Hon-
orable Fellow of the Royal
Society of Literature, and an
Honorable Fellow of Jesus Col-
lege, Cambridge, England.

The author of many books,
he is well-known to students of
English literature for his "Lan-
guage of Chaucer's Troilus,"
"The Mother Tongue," "Con-
cise English Grammai,''
"Witchcraft in Old and New
England," and "Words and
Their Ways in English
Speech."

Council Entertains
Freshmen at Tea

Presidents' Council will en-
tertain the freshmen at an in-
formal tea in Murphey Candler
February 6 at 4:30, according
to Ann Henry, Chairman of the
Council.

Through displays and repre-
sentatives, the different organ-
izations will be presented to the
freshmen so that they will
know how to choose extra-
curricular activities intelligent-
ly when tryouts come in the
spring.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1941

And Now For
Suggestions

Echoes from last week's editorial, ask-
ing for dis-organization, have been ringing
over the campus for the past week. Sug-
gestions as to what should be done have
been varied, but there seems to be a gen-
eral agreement that some of the clubs on
the campus should either merge or dis-
organize.

With the exception of the three major
organizations, Student Government, Ath-
letic Association, and Christian Associa-
tion, and the three publications, the News,
the Silhouette, and the Aurora, there are
twenty-two organized clubs on the cam-
pus. Everyone agrees that this is far too
great a number of clubs for 491 students.

Before we list suggestions as to what
should be done, we should consider each
organization from an impartial viewpoint,
and try to ascertain its use on the campus.
Examining the organizations, we find that
we can list them under twelve headings:
Major organizations, publications, Lecture
Association, honorary societies, and dra-
matic, debating, social, athletic, artistic,
literary, current events, and language
clubs. Then there are the annual tradi-
tions The Stunt, May Day, Senior Opera,
Mardi Gras, the operetta, and various
class celebrations.

It seems obvious to us that the three
major organizations and the three publi-
cations must remain, though these organi-
zations may need dis-organization within
themselves. The value of Lecture Associa-
tion is equally obvious, and its importance
has long been realized.

The national honorary societies lend
prestige to the college, and with the ex-
ception of Mortar Board, are not greatly
occupied with activities.

The athletic clubs are so closely allied
with A. A. that they can be considered a
part of the Association itself ; they even
receive their activity fee from the A. A.
percentage. Blackfriars and Pi Alpha Phi,
dramatic and debating societies, are con-
sidered necessary by a large majority.
And social clubs take up little time.

It would seem almost sacrilegious to
change traditional events such as May
Day, Senior Opera, etc., and we feel that
such deeply-rooted traditions are needed
on every college campus.

The elimination of the preceding clubs
from possible dis-organization, an elimina-
tion based not on the opinions of an edi-
torial council, but on research founded on
both faculty and student opinion, leaves
the current events, Bible, literary, and
language clubs for consideration. For
these clubs we offer the following sugges-
tions:

(1) That Current History Forum and
Mrs. Sims' Discussion Group merge.

(2) That Bible Club become a part of
Christian Association.

(.3) That K. U. B. join with the News
staff, and exert its efforts toward put-
ting out a better newspaper, and at the
same time receive experience itself from
actual news-writing.

(4) That B. O. Z. and Poetry Club
merge with the staff of the Aurora, and
give the advantage of their writing and
literary criticism to the magazine.
Through this change, the clubs will do
the same kind of work, but the number
of meetings, officers, etc., will be dimin-
ished.

(5) That the language clubs either
make a change in their present regimes,
or that the members of the clubs use
the time spent in meetings for actual
class preparation or collateral study.

These suggestions, as we have said, are
not the suggestions of a few; but doubt-
less there will be disagreement. We here-
by lay them open to criticism. The News
desires and will publish any signed sug-
gestions or opinions which it receives on
the subject.

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

The Big Show

Even the White House was full up, with
twenty-six house guests. Of course, all the
hotels were jammed; lob-
bying in the lobby as well
as all forms of conviviali-
ty. Charlie Chaplin (he
was there, too) to enter-
tain you; the streets to
excite you, the whole
government to put on
the big American pag-

I eant: the naive, all-wool-

^^HHHBhH and-a-yard-wide species
^^^^^^^^^ of citizens from the un-
Stevenson political open spaces must
have had the best time in Washington, the
twentieth.

Dear Enemy

Rumor, as they say, has it that Mr. Wen-
dell Willkie, Republican candidate for Pres-
ident, will be appointed by the successful
candidate as ambassador to England.

Anyway, ambassador or not, in his pro-
posed inspection trip to Great Britain, Mr.
Willkie will be considerably more than the
private citizen. The President has given
him access to all state papers and offered his
former opponent the chance of a White
House Conference accepted promptly with
thanks. The atmosphere of good fellowship
is almost stifling.

Mr. Kennedy Speaks

No one questions the sincerity with which
the former ambassador to England speaks.
He rejects the name of isolationist. He en-
dorses aid to England, such, as he says, as
will be in harmony with the safety of the
United States, so much and no more. This
will seem a fine-spun distinction to other
men and women of equal sincerity.

Said Mr. Kennedy: "England is not fight-
ing our battle." This cannot be stated, dog-
matically.

Men Working

At least one Congressional Committee
(Foreign Affairs, George of Georgia, Chair-
man) is getting as much publicity as any
Senate or House show that may attract the
newshounds this winter. Hamilton Fish and
Sol Bloom get fighting mad (on principle);
Mr. Knox indulges in a laugh that a candid
camera catches for all the front pages; but
serious business, too, is going on in the com-
mittee room. Mr. Hull from the State De-
partment and Mr. Stimson from the Treas-
ury appeared to urge the bill. Stimson, to
make danger more palpable, suggested a
probably 60-90 day limit to the status quo.
Hull told committee members that, just in
case of defeat for England, Churchill had
already promised the United States the
Royal Navy.

Hunger

The highly technical and specialized tor-
ture inflicted by the Nazis on subject popu-
lations is conducted delicately behind closed
doors. Little news gets out from Rumania
these days. Robbery, murder, anything is
possibly being systematized beyond the
frontier. But there is assurance of nothing
but insecurity. However, there is a strong
suspicion afloat in Europe that large-scale
starvation is imminent. German troops have
commandeered trains ordinarily used for
carrying food. What bread there is in Ru-
mania is of the black variety and three days
old.

Campus Camera

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1941. No. 1 1

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Matilda Cartledge Gathers Virginia Clower Reviews

Campus Quotes "Kjtty Foyle"

Cartledge

From the problems of extra
curricular activities we turn to
those of academic interest this
week to find what the general
opinion is regarding the course
in Spoken English whether it
should be numbered among the
required subjects at Agnes
Scott.

Betty Kyle/41:

I don't be-
lieve there
should be
a flat re-
q u ir ement.
Wouldn't it
be possible
to make rec-
ords of the
voices of the
incoming
students, se-
lecting those
who show a
decided need, and requiring
them to take the course?

Sabine Brumby, '41 :

I don't believe that
should be required to
Spoken English. There
enough courses already
we have to take.

Louise Musser, '41 :

Yes, I fully believe
Spoken English should be re-
quired. Pleasing and correct
speech is the mark of the truly
educated person. It cannot as
a rule be acquired at random
and needs definite, intelligent
cultivation.

Gay Currie, '42:

1 definitely think that a
course in Spoken English
should be required. It does so
much for you besides just
teaching you to pronounce
properly. It helps to develop
poise and above all makes you
conscious of your voice.

Sarah Copeland, '42:

I don't believe that it should
be required. There are other
courses that are more valuable.
I think it could be suggested to
some people, but not required.

"Trillie" Bond, '44:

I don't believe that Spoken

we
take

are
that

that

Since "Kitty Foyle" first ap-
peared some months ago and
so rapidly ascended the scale
of popularity, widely circulat-
ed rumors have been whis-
pered around to the effect that
the book was not written by
Christopher Morley, but by his
daughter. "They" say that it
was published under the well-
known author's name only be-
cause a first novel has but a
feeble chance with a fickle pub-
lic, and the support of a famil-
iar and loved name in literary
circles might give it the impetus
it needed to win fame and for-
tune for its writer.

Certainly this is an interest-
ing hypothesis, and those who
believe that a woman wrote the
book find much in the style and
mood of the story itself to sup-
port their conviction. For
"Kitty Foyle" is a searching
and sometimes frighteningly in-
timate study of a young wo-
man's development. It is en-
tirely different from anything
else Christopher Morley ever
wrote, as different from the
fragile whimsicalities of "Par-
nassus on Wheels" and "The
Haunted Bookshop" as one can
imagine. However, it is well
written, i

The plot, briefly, concerns
Kitty Foyle, a "sassy Irish
Mick" who loved and was
loved by Wyn Strafford, sixth,
one of Philadelphia's exclusive
"Mainliners." It is a tragic
story, in that Kitty's love and
her sturdy independence could
never enable Wyn to break
away from the traditions of his
family, despite his realization
that they were sapping his ini-
tiative and individuality.

It is a strongly-flavored
book, outspoken and reveal-
ing, yet withal tender. Kitty is
a character for men to study
and for women to appreciate
and perhaps weep over.

English should be required.
Not all people will benefit by
it. Some just don't have the
knack.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941.

No. 12

Senior Class Plans
Founder's Day

Fisher, Breg Portray Roles
Of Colonial Characters

Plans for the annual Foun-
der's Day celebration, Febru-
ary 22, in honor of George
Washington Scott, founder of
the college, are now under
way, it was announced by
Martha Moody, president of
the senior class, today. Al-
though the chairman of the
celebration and the committees
have not yet been elected,
Martha was able to reveal the
names of those who would take
the parts of colonial characters.

The list includes so far: Ann
Fisher and Laura Sale as
George Washington; Frances
Breg and Florrie Guy as Mar-
tha Washington; Weezie Sams
and Anne Martin as Paul Re-
vere; Sabine Brumby and
Elaine Stubbs as Daniel Boone;
Virginia Williams and Helen
Hardie as La Fayette; Martha
Boone and Ida Jane Vaughn as
Betsy Ross; Ann Henry and
Mary Madison Wisdom as
Patrick Henry; Tine Gray
and Pattie Patterson as Ben-
jamin Franklin; and Lillian
Schwencke and Mary Ivy as
Lord Cornwallis.

Coming This Week

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Mar-
riage Class, Dr. Jones con-
tinuing discussion of "An-
atomy and Physiology/'
Buttrick Hall.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale.

Saturday, 3:30 P. M. Roth
String Quartet, McLean
Chapel, Presser Hall.

Tuesday, 7:00 P. M. Senior
Fashion Show, Rebekah
Chapel.

Who Will Be Queen of the May?

JEAN DENNISON

VAL NIELSEN

Fashion Show
Announces Queen

The May Queen for 1941
will be presented at a senior
fashion show, February 4, at 7
P.M., in the Rebekah Chapel.
The second fashion show given
by the senior class this year in
collaboration with Davison-
Paxon's, it will feature both
sports and evening clothes in
the newest spring styles.

"There will be a special dis-
play of evening clothes for the
benefit of juniors who have not
yet decided upon a banquet
dress," Martha Moody, presi-
dent of the senior class, de-
clared.

Admission will be fifteen
cents.

Blackfriars
Stage Drama

According to Laura Sale,
president, Blackfriars hopes to
present "Brief Music," by Em-
met Lavery, Thursday night,
February 20, at 2:30 o'clock in
Gaines Chapel of Presser Hall.

It was previously announced
that the play would be given
on January 30, but because of
the illness of members of the
cast it was necessary to post-
pone the presentation. By wait-
ing until February to present
the play, Blackfriars hopes td
enable the original cast to take
their assigned parts.

According to Laura, Black-
friars feels that the play is so
well written and so interesting
that it will be received even
after such a long delay.

North Georgia Mountains Astonish
Author of 'Mrs. Miniver'

By Martha Dale

Jan Struther luxuriously crawled back into bed at 8:30
Friday morning as her breakfast tray arrived; at the same
time an early-morning reporter poked her head in the door
to the guest room of the Alumnae House for a scheduled
interview.

To dispel all doubts about
her relation with Mrs. Miniver,
if any should remain, Miss
Struther repeated once more,
"No, I am not Mrs. Miniver.
The great difference is that she
did not have a job and I did."
She said herself that this was
one reason she couldn't bear to
continue her sketches about the
Minivers after the war began
Mrs. Miniver would have im-
mediately enlisted in war work,
but she herself could not as
long as she continued writing.

"Now let me ask you a
question," she said, "What is a
chipmunk? Is it the small red-
dish animal with black stripes?"
Being assured that it was, she
was then quite willing to talk
about Georgia.

Fields of Cotton

"It's not what I'd expected,"
she explained. Since the South
as a flat country with huge

is always represented in movies
fields of cotton, she was nat-
urally surprised to find North
Georgia mountainous. "It's
really much more like Scotland
than England."

Miss Struther then pointed
to the bureau which, she said,
was exactly like the one in their
seaside cottage in Sussex. On
top were pictures of her three
children Jamie, who is almost
seventeen; Janet, nearly thir-
teen, and Robert, nine and a
half. Robert and Janet are both
in this country now, deploring
the fact that American children
do not have Nannies. Nannie,
of course, is the English name
for a nurse. Theirs at home
was a "perfect angel."

Schools Disrupted

Children in England are still
going to school, although, in
Miss Sruther's words, "it's a
bit uncertain." Jamie is in the
mountains in Mid-Wales at a

private school. At least it's
about time for him to get back
after a month's Christmas va-
cation. All three children have
been to five different schools in
five terms because of the war.
It's really muddling," she said.

As to her future plans, Miss
Struther explained that she
would like to stay in the South
but must return to New York
for several lectures next week.
On Monday she was to start
making a talking book for the
blind, in addition to her work
as editor of a collection of let-
ters from British women which
will appear soon as "Women
of Britain."

Violates Tradition

During all this time Jan
Struther, who is not Mrs. Min-
iver, was violating the English
tradition as conceived by
Americans. She was drinking
coffee for breakfast as do most
English people, she said. She
hastened to add, however, that
the tea she had Thursday after-
noon at Agnes Scott was de-
licious in fact almost the best
she's had in America.

McCain Leads
Annual Session
Of Association

Georgia Educators
Convene in Atlanta
January 31-February 1

Dr. J. R. McCain will pre-
side at the twenty-fifth annual
session of the Association of
Georgia Colleges, which will
meet January 31-February 1 at
the Biltmore Hotel.

The Association of Georgia
Colleges, with twenty-seven
members, has on its roll only
those colleges which are mem-
bers of the Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools. The association has
the authority to rate the col-
leges of Georgia.

The meeting will be built
around campus experiences,
showing the literary life re-
flected by college activities.
The speakers will include J. M.
Thrash, president of South
Georgia College, "A Well-
Rounded Athletic Program for
a Junior College"; Frank R.
Reade, president of G. S. W.
C, "Student Activities and In-
tellectual Development"; and
J. C. Rogers, president of
North Georgia College, "Culti-
vating Spiritual Forces on the
Campus."

Other speakers are Raymond
L. Paty, president of Birming-
ham-Southern; W. U. Skiles,
dean at Georgia Tech; R. P.
Brooks, dean at the University
of Georgia; Harvey W. Cox,
president of Emory Univer-
sity; Spright Dowell, president
of Mercer; and J. Curtis Dixon,
vice-chancellor of the Univer-
sity System.

The meeting will close Sat-
urday with a business meeting.

The Agnes Scott News
cordially invites the mem-
bers of the college commun-
ity to coffee tonight in the
Murphey Candler Building.

Rainey Tells
Candidates
For May Queen

Nielsen, Dennison Win
Popular Nominations
In Recent Election

Two members of the 1940
May Court, Val Nielsen and
Jean Dennison, are candidates
for Queen of the 1941 May
Day pageant, Sarah Gray Rai-
ney, Chairman of May Day
announced Saturday after the
returns from the recent popular
nominations had been tabulat-
ed.

In Beauty Section

Both girls were chosen by
Earl Carroll to appear in the
Beauty Section of the 1940
Silhouette, and both are active
members of the college com-
munity.

Final balloting for this year's
Queen is to take place Thurs-
day, January 30, and Friday,
January 31, when ballot boxes
will be placed in all dormitories
as well as in the gym for the
use of the voters. Sarah Rain-
ey, Chairman of May Day, re-
minds voters to be sure to sign
their ballots, so that their votes
will be valid.

Work on Scenario

Details about the scenario
chosen for May Day are not
yet available, since the illness
of Neva Jackson, one of the
scenarists, postponed her col-
laboration with Cornelia Wil-
lis on the final form of the
manuscript. Preparation for the
spring production will go for-
ward at full speed as soon as
the Queen has been elected and
the scenario finished.

The 1941 May Day will be
a replica of an Old English
May Day, complete with all
the picturesque characters and
quaint customs of Shakes-
peare's England.

Agnes Scott Gives
Regular Musicale
Friday Night

Friday evening at 8 P. M.,
Agnes Scott will present Mr.
C. W. Dieckmann and Miss
Eda Bartholomew, pianists, and
Mr. Georg F. Lindner, violin-
ist, on the regular Friday night
Music Appreciation Hour in
Presser Hall.

The program will include:

Two piano numbers, Mr.
Dieckmann and Miss Bartholo-
mew.

1. Andante and Variations,
Op. 46, Schumann.

2. Prelude and Valse Lente
(from Scenes de Ballet),
Georges Hue.

3. Danse Cosaque, Tschai-
kowsky.

4. Aria from Pentecost Can-
tata, Bach-Dieckmann.

Violin and piano, Mr. Lind-
ner and Mr. Dieckmann.

Sonata in A-minor, Op. 105,
Schumann.

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Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941

Undefeated Juniors
Trounce Sophs

Dyar Scores Twice in First Minute;
Freshmen Break Tie, Win Over Seniors

By Susan Self

The juniors continued through th>e third game of their sec-
ond undefeated season with an easy 23-5 win over the sopho-
mores, and the freshman team lucked out a 22-21 victory
over the seniors in a game that was tied up at the end of two
quarters last Friday.

Dyar opened the senior's
scoring attack with two goals
dropped in during the first min-
ute of play. The freshmen re-
taliated with two pointers and
both teams fairly alternated
scoring from then on. The
game was tied 7-all at the end
of the first quarter. Fisher re-
lieved conditions with two of
her long field goals and the
freshmen, with Ann Eagan
doing the bulk of the shooting,
came back to knot. the count,
11-11, at the half.

Fisher Pulls Goals

Ruth Farrior, Julia Harvard,
and Ann Eagan started the
second half ofF with one basket
each to establish a short 6-
point margin for the freshmen.
But Fisher pulled another fire-
man's act with two long goals
at the last to end what Mr.
Ware (on the spot for annual
pictures) could have easily
made a photo-finish.

The junior-sophomore game
was not the close one we pre-
dicted, for while amassing 18
points in the first half, the jun-
iors were holding Radford and
her cohorts to exactly no score.
Dot Webster flipped in long
one-handed shots and played
an excellent floor game. Betty
Ann Brooks guarded the game
of her young life in holding
Radford to a lone goal, and
Ann Gellerstedt and Bee Brad-
field deserve honorable men-
tion. Rountree was again out-
standing on sophomore de-
fense.

The line-ups:

SOPH (5)

Moore

Frierson

Radford (2)

Rountree

Dale

Lambeth

LF

CF
RG
LG
CG

JUNIOR (23)
D. Webster (12)
A. Webster (6)
Hasty (2)
Gellerstedt
Bradfield
Brooks

Substitutions Sophomore: Downic (3);
Junior: Curric, Thomas (3).

FRESHMAN (22)

J. Harvard (4) RF

Tugj;lc LF

Eagan (16) CF

White RG

G. H.U LG

Walker CG

Substitutions Freshman
Senior: Williams.

SENIOR (21)
Fisher (8)
Butt (7)
Dyer (6)
Dcnnison
Arbuckle
Klugh
Farrior (2);

Co

r

ier Proves
tarth Goes Round
By Physics Gadget

A magnet and a gold fish
bowl full of potted plants all
hanging from a wire- fastened
to the sprinkler system to
you, this may not mean that the
earth rotates, but to Virginia
Collier, it is proof.

The idea is a Foucault pen-
dulum, so called because in
1851 a French Physicist, T. B.
Foucault, conceived it as a
proof that the earth rotates on
its axis.

A pendulum, in this case the
wire with a bowl on the end,
swings continually in the same
plane unless disturbed by some
outside force. So by observing
that the pendulum gradually
changes its plane as it swings,
we realize that the earth rotates
and that the earth, not the pen-
dulum, is turning.

If this pendulum were over
one of the poles it would turn
from east to west at 360 de-
grees per day. Always if kept
in motion, it will turn a certain
number of degrees per day, de-
pending on the latitude.

"There is a motor driven
pendulum in the library at Mas-
sachusetts Tech, and you can
tell time by it," explained Vir-
ginia.

About a week ago Dr. Chris-
tion constructed one in the
back of the auditorium in Pres-
ser Hall. The wire was about
45 feet long with a heavy ball
on the end of it. Virginia
helped to fix this one as schol-
arship work, but the idea so
appealed to her that she en-
dangered the health of her visi-
tors by constructing one in her
room. Hence the magnet, the
gold fish bowl, and the potted
plants.

Roth Quartet Plays at Agnes Scott Saturday

Photo Courtesy Atlanta Journal.
Members of the Roth Quartet, Vho will present a chamber music program here Saturday evening, are left to right, Fcri
Roth, violin; Rachmacl Weinstock, second violin; Oliver Edel, cello; and Julius Shaier, viola.

Famed Choir
Will Sing
At Emory

The famous Westminster
Choir, of which Dr. John Fin-
ley Williamson is the conduc-
tor, will appear in concert on
Saturday night, February 8, at
Glenn Memorial Auditorium.

Reservations for tickets for
the concert may be made by
mailing orders to Student Lec-
ture Association, Emory Uni-
versity, Georgia.

Erlanger Presents

"Man Who Came to Dinner"

At the Erlanger Theatre,
February 5 and 6, Clifton
Webb will play in "The Man
Who Came to Dinner. "

The play, a comedy h
New York and Chicago,
written by Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman, the
thors of the Pulitzer Prize win-
ner, "You Can't Take It With
You."

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Hugh Hodgson Assists
In Quintet Feature

The famous Roth String
Quartet will be presented in a
concert at 3:30 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon in the MacLean
Chapel of Presser Hall at Ag-
nes Scott College.

The program will feature
the performance of the Cesar
Franck Piano Quintet, with
Hugh Hodgson assisting the
Roth Quartet in its perform-
ance The quartet will also play
the Chadwick and the Schu-
mann Quartets.

The Roth Quartet is an At-
lanta favorite in ensemble
units, having appeared here
several times with marked
success. This is their fourteenth
season, and they have fifty
concerts this year. After their
Georgia tour, they will return
to New York for a Town Hall
Concert.

Agnes Scott Gives
Badminton a Try

Badminton has taken Agnes
Scott in its stride, and students
don't happen to be the only
happy victims. You'll probably
see Misses Wilburn and Mit-
chell playing the game down at
the Athletic Club just any old
time outside of working hours.
Plans are under way for a stu-
dent badminton tournament
with finals at the half of the
varsity-sub varsity basketball
game. The badminton bug has
bitten alumnae, too. Miss Diana
Dyer, ex-Agnes Scotter, was
good enough to win the Wom-
en's Doubles Championship of
Winston-Salem. Frank Mc-
Calla and Bella Wilson haven't
any trophies yet, but they've
practiced quite a bit down at
Bucher Scott Gymnasium.

Thursday and Friday they
will appear in the fourth an-
nual music festival at the Uni-
versity of Georgia.

I N. KALISH and
W. N. AINSWORTH. JR.

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Page 3

Molli Oliver Checks Up On

4 After Working Hours

Although the flu downed many a brave soul, the spirit of
fun and learning went on behind closed doors lasbweek. The
normal pace resumed, events have been clicking as per sched-
ule this week. Katie Hepburn stole the spotlight with her
gdy "Philadelphia Story" and
her enviable charming manner.

At the Erlanger were: Mar-
tha Arant, Nora Percy, Leila
Matthews, Frances Spratlin,
Tommay Turner, Anne Mar-
tin, Virginia Williams, Bee
Bradfield, Julia Lancaster, Jo
Cates, Ann Henry, Weezie
Sams, Carolyn Strozier, Ann
Fisher, Betsy Kendricks, Mary
Olive Thomas, Martha Moody,
Laura Sale, Bippy Gribble,
Elizabeth Moore, Julia Anne
Patch, Matilda Cartledge, Peg
Falkinburg, Aileen Kasper, Syl-
via Mogul, Sue Spurlock,
Elizabeth Coffee, Martha
O'Nan, Margaret Woodhead,
Vee Converse, Catherine Pol-
lock, Katherine Thompson,
Betty Jane Stevenson, Virginia
Clower, Helen Schukraft, Mar-
tha Dunn, Marion Phillips, Dot
Miller, Virginia Hale, Virginia
Tuggle; B. A. Brooks, Cornelia
Willis, Mary Lightfoot Elcan,
Ann Flowers, and Mary Jane
Bonham.

At the ATO Formal were
seen: Elta Robinson, Frankie
Butt, Bette Burdette, Dot Hol-
loran, Margaret Downie, Ann
Hillsman, Sue Phillips, Annie
Wilds, Mary Dean Lott, Char-
lene Burke, Claire Johnson,
Marion Phillips.

On the Sigma Chi Hayride:
Claire Purcell, Ida Jane
Vaughn, Nell Turner, Mary
Louise Duffee, Bobbie Powell,
Smilie Williams.

Over at the Sigma Nu House
Dance: Kay Wright, Margaret
Downie, Stuart Arbuckle,
Mary Bon Utterback.

At the Tech-Tulane Basket-
ball Game: Jean Beutell, Mary
Jane Auld, and Caroline Smith.

The Psi Omega Steak Fry
included: Helen Gilmer and
Nina Mae Snead.

Emory Sigma Pi's enter-
tained: Helen Schukraft and
Gwendolyn Young.

On the Rainbow Roof this
week were: Frances Ellis, Ma-

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Boykin.

At Darlington Military
Academy for the week-end
were: Darleen and Mary Beth
Danielson.

Watching the Celtic Basket-
ball Game this week was:
Gwen Hill.

To the Spanish Room went:
Dot Hopkins.

Listening to the Don Cos-
sacks were noted: Sue Spur-
lock, Mary Anne Atkins, Dar-
leen Danielson, Clara Roun-
tree, Elaine Stubbs, and Wee-
zie Sams.

On the Sigma Chi Hayride
Saturday night were: Olivia
White, Ida Jane Vaughn,
Claire Bennett, Julia Anne
Florence, Mary Louise Duffee,
Nell Turner, Louise Hankins,
"Mix" House, Smiley Wil-
liams, and Bobby Powell.

At SAE House Dance Satur-
day night: Martha Liddell, Su-
san Montgomery, Betty Waitt,
and Betty Ashcraft.

At the ATO Formal at Pied-
mont Driving Club Friday
night was Bippy Gribble.

New ATO Sweetheart is
Claire Johnson, freshman day
student.

Martha Dunn, senior, is new
SAE Sponsor.

CAMPUS QUEEN SCENE:

Tine Gray takes a bow this
week for strikingly embroid-
ered seed pearl collar and
pockets on a black date dress.
Likewise, cheers for Matilda
Cartledge's gay red-feathered
birds perched atop her new
spring hat.

Swarthmore Participates in
Cooperative Plan

A co-operative plan is being
worked out under which
Swarthmore, Haverford and
Bryn Mawr colleges will ex-
change faculty members and
students.

Dr. John W. Nason, of
Swarthmore announces that
besides the exchange of stu-
dents and faculty members, the
plan will enable the institutions
to hire professors who will
teach at all three colleges.

Jan Struther
Denounces
War Sadness

"I wouldn't live in any other
time if I got paid for it," Jan
Struther, author of "Mrs. Min-
iver," told a large audience of
students and visitors in Presser
hall Thursday night.

Miss Struther, whose pur-
pose was to tell the "Truth
About Mrs. Miniver," said
that she was a haunted woman,
that even her friends and rela-
tives "who ought to have
known better" confused her
with Mrs. Miniver, a purely
fictitious character! Mrs. Min-
iver was merely an average
English housewife under the
present conditions of war, she
said.

Through Mrs. Miniver, Miss
Struther denounced those peo-
ple who said "The world will
never be quite the same again"
with sadness in their voices. ,

She said that those who
would have the hardest time
becoming adjusted were the
ones who, like Agnes Ling-
field, a character in "Mrs. Min-
iver," "always walk with their
head turned back over their
shoulder," the people whose
middle name is Nostalgia. You
can't run civilization with Nos-
talgia."

"The only sound way to live
is to regard oneself not as a re-
fugee from the past but as an
immigrant into the future," Mss
Struther declared.

The British authoress con-
tinued that in her book she had
described the times before the
war broke out as "a patch of
sunlight against a background
of a gathering storm," and said
that she was relieved when the
storm finally broke. Now, how-
ever, she thinks that the weath-
er was an unfortunate meta-
phor because it gives the im-
pression that it could not have
been prevented. "It's high time
human beings left off trying to
'pass the buck' to providence,"
she declared.

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Assistants Edit NEWS

The next two issues of
The NEWS will be edited
by Bee Bradf ield and
Jeanne Osborne, assistant
editors. Jeanne will take
the place of editor for next
week's issue, while Bee will
act as managing editor.

The idea of apprentice
issues was originiated in
1939 by Mary Frances
Guthrie in order to give
subordinate members of
the staff an opportunity to
learn about editing and
make-up from practical ex-
perience.

Hello! Jan Struther

Call DE. 4922

One day in advance for your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

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Photo Courtesy Constitution.
Betty Waitt and Frances Spratlin of Lecture Association met Jan Struther, author
of "Mrs. Miniver," as she arrived in Atlanta to lecture at Agnes Scott last Thursday
night.

Biology Teachers
Attend Seminar

The Members of the Biology
Department will attend a joint
seminar of the members of the
Biology Division of the Uni-
versity Center at the Univer-
sity of Georgia in Athens, Jan-
uary 31, at 4 P. M. Central
time.

After the seminar in Le-
Conte Hall, at which Dr. W.
B. Redmond will report on his
research of bird malaria, a din-
ner will be held in the Gradu-
ate Club. Statements on re-
search in progress and other
projects will be given by the
various members present.

Misses Mary Stuart Mac-
Dougall, Blanche Miller, Fran-
ces McCalla, Carolyn Forman,
and Mr. E. H. Runyon will
represent Agnes Scott at the
seminar.

Shriners Present
Kassion Play

The Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine will sponsor the Lue-
nen Passion Play of Black Hills
in the Atlanta City Auditorium
the week of February 3-8. The
play will be presented in Eng-
lish.

The Luenen Passion Play
was originated in Luenen,
Westphalia, in 1242. Monks
took all the parts, speaking in
Latin, and restricting the per-
formance to the Resurrection
scene. The play was brought
to the United States in 1932
with Josef Meier as the Chris-
tus, and proved so successful
that it made its permanent
home here.

Mail order reservations for
the play may be sent to the
Passion Play Headquarters,
107 Peachtree Street, and re-
serve seats may be obtained
from the same address.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941

That Subject's Campus Camera
Here Again

Heads of the twenty-five or thirty cam-
pus organizations got together Monday
afternoon in a first attempt to bring the
dis-organization problem to a head, and if
possible to make plans for definite action.
The five suggestions of last week's edi-
torial were taken point by point and fully
discussed.

Since the aim of the drive for dis-organi-
zation is to reduce the number of extra-
curricular activities in which students can
participate, and to give students more
time for finer and more important work,
the council discussed methods which could
correct this excess of activities.

As we see it, correction must come about
through one or a combination of three
things: \

(1) Reduction of the number of clubs.

(2) The individual.

(3) The point system.

We fully discussed and gave our opinion
of the club situation last week, and will
not repeat ourselves. We do not retract
any of our suggestions; however, we be-
lieve, now that the clubs have begun to
think about their assets and liabilities,
that it is up to the individual clubs to dis-
cuss their positions in as disinterested a
manner as possible, to consider the good
of the whole, and to act accordingly.

As Dr. Davidson suggested in Sunday
night vespers, the ideal possibility for cor-
rection lies in the student herself. We are
afraid that this is ideal indeed, and not
practical. Unfortunately, most new stu-
dents do not seem to be able to choose their
activities wisely, and eagerly take on all
honors that come to them. Since students
do not often realize their mistakes until
they have progressed too far into the
maze to find their way back, we feel that
there must be more limitation placed upon
the number of activities to which a student
may belong.

We have seen that correction cannot
come through the individual. Perhaps,
then, relief may be found in the point sys-
tem. Already there is a rule that a person
can belong to only three clubs. But the
constitution places no limit upon the num-
ber of major organizations to which a stu-
dent may belong. An efficient girl who
belongs both to A. A. and C. A. may be
asked by both organizations to attend to
little odd jobs, in addition to regular du-
ties. A girl who becomes thus snowed un-
der in these activities more than likely will
begin to neglect either her studies or her
health ; and the quality of her work in both
organizations will become poorer.

Since we believe these circumstances to
be true, we make a final suggestion for
immediate action, and promise to devote
this column to a new subject next week.
We offer for consideration the suggestion
that a student be limited to membership
in only one major organization.

The clubs will have to decide about their
own dis-organization, but the whole stu-
dent body must decide on this suggestion
of limitation. We ask that the student
body think about it seriously before it is
brought up for legislation in chapel.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1941. No. 1 2

1940 Memhcr 1941

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CampusQuotes

The question of disorganiza-
tion has continued to trouble
the campus and is up for dis-
cussion again this week after
having been the theme for edi-
torials and general debate.

Mary Ann Hannah, '42:

I think
there should
be some dis-
organization
and that
combination
seems to be
the best
way. Why
couldn't the
clubs inter-
ested in vari-
ous types of
writing work
with the publications? In that
way it would not only cut
down some of the officers and
work, but it would also give
the entire campus the benefit of
seeing and reading the work of
the clubs.

Susan Self, '41 :

I thi nk we should do away
with some of the clubs, and
combine others that are similar
in some respects. But I do
think there are too many or-
ganizations on the campus
sort of a case of the "sideshow
swallowing up the circus."

Mary Olive Thomas, '42:

I think combination is a good
idea. But I think that it should
be put up to the members of the
various clubs and not settled
by a number of disinterested
students.

Laura Sale, '41 :

I think that there should be
some sort of disorganization by
combining some of the clubs
they take up far too much time.
It should be done either by
combination or by limiting
strictly the number of organ-
izations to which a student can
belong.

"Ginger" Montgomery, '41 :

I think we need a variety of
clubs to give everyone a chance
to belong to some or even one
that interest her. But I do think
that they should be managed
more efficiently, to waste as
little time as possible. And I
think that they could combine
where it was practicable.

Jo Cates, '41 :

I think there should be some
combination of the various or-
ganizations. Why couldn't the
iiterary clubs and the publica-
tions be sections of the same
organization? It seems to me,
too, that the point system could
be made stricter in order to
limit more rigidly the time one
can spend in extra-curricular
activities.

Claire Bennett, '44:

I don't believe that there are
too many organizations, at
least, not when we have the
point system to limit our activi-
ties in the various clubs. And
I think that there should be a
wide range of possible clubs to
which we can belong, to suit
the tastes of the whole campus.

Mary Wood, '43:

I don't believe that we
should disorganize. Combining
a number of clubs with one
main organization would make
the whole thing too unwieldy.
Anyway, it tends to make the
single club as part of the or-
ganization lose its individu-
ality.

Editorial Notes

Undeck the Halls

We think that when Christ-
mas is over it should be over.
The trees on the front campus
still show signs of yuletide
spirit.

We received overwhelming
response to our suggestions for
dis-organization in last week's
editorial, but none of the ob-
jections or agreements came
through the mail. Everyone
was too "organized to write
what she thought.

Stevenson

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Rumania Again

It is hard to make heads or tails of the
general state of nastiness in Rumania. Ger-
man troops control the censorship, in the
first place, and the Nazi
"military mission" there
has not exerted itself to
enlighten the outside
world.

It seems at least, prob-
able that the fighting has
some connection with the
presence of these "tech-
nicians." We know that
the civil war, which lasted
four days and caused
6,000 casualties, was set
off, in the first place, by
the killing of a Nazi officer.

The protagonists were the Premier, the
Nazi sympathizer, Antonescu, and the Vice-
Premier, Sima. Each one was supported by
a faction of the Iron Guard; and Sima seems
to have represented the extreme pro-Nazi
group. This faction resents the presence of
any other than pure Nazis in the Antonescu
cabinet.

The story is not clear. Sima has disap-
peared, perhaps to Russia. The Germans, at
least, have looked on with a degree of com-
placency. They have tolerated anarchy, if
not actively encouraged it.

Personal Favor

One American correspondent in the ob-
scure and troubled Balkans has a bee in his
bonnet. He has, he thinks, a sure inside tip
and has pumped the information overseas
to America.

Americans, English, free French, Dutch,
etc., only hope the news is symptomatic if
not absolutely true.

The story is of Mr. Big's troubles that
Mussolini's Italians were actively rioting in
the northern industrial cities of Milan and
Turin. Also, there is some kind of unpleas-
antness in the embarkation port of Brindisi,
opposite Greece, and in Sicily.

German troops were understood to have
injured several hundred in the streets of the
northern cities where pamphlets against
Mussolini have appeared, and to have seized
key positions in JVIilan: the post office,, the
central telephone exchange, the railroad sta-
tion, and industrial plants.

There were devious hints in the reporter's
despatches (and later a firm statement from
CBS) that the regular army is participating
against the German troops and Italian
fascists.

Return Engagement

The little man with the gaunt, blackbeard-
ed face has lived three lives: No. 1 The
Lion of Judah with a garden full of exotic
plants and exotic animals; No. 2 the frugal
pensioner in cold boarding houses in Eng-
land; No. 3 the insurgent king, the symbol
of the British push in Africa.

It is as a sign that Haile Selassie returned
to his kingdom. The British flew him into
Ethiopia where he will march on to meet
the British expeditionary force already ac-
tive in the heart of the country. They march
under the portent of his red, yellow, and
green banner.

Speed

The captive Italian army in the rear
(harmless, unhappy encumbrance) swells
constantly. It numbers 100,000 now since
the capture of Tobruk. The swift Austral-
ians have darted on to reach Derna, 100
miles beyond. Elsewhere in Africa, the
British apply pressure, in Eritrea, and in
Ethiopia.

Roosevelt to Churchill

The extraordinary importance to the
working agreement between Britain and the
United States was demonstrated ostenta-
tiously in the reception of Lord Halifax.
Churchill accompanied him to the port in
England, and Roosevelt met the new ambas-
sador at sea off Annapolis in the presiden-
tial yacht, the Potomac.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1941.

No. 14

Dr. Davidson
Publishes
History Book

North Carolina Press
Releases Discussion of
Propaganda in Revolution

February 1, the University
of North Carolina Press offi-
cially released Propaganda and
the American Revolution, 1763-
1783, by Dr. Philip Davidson,
professor of history.

Propaganda and the Ameri-
can Revolution is not a text-
book; it is a discussion of the
importance of propaganda dur-
ing the Revolutionary War.
According to Dr. Davidson,
"the idea was to find out to
what extent the famous Revo-
lutionary leaders understood
and applied the technique of the
modern propagandists."

Brief Preface

The 460-page book includes
a very brief preface in which
Dr. Davidson expresses his
gratitude to Dr. George P.
Hayes, Dr. J. R. McCain and
Miss Rosalyn Crispin, as well
as to Professors Marcus W.
Jernigan and Quincy Wnght
of the University of Chicago,
Dr. Harold D. Lasswell of the
William Alanson White Psy-
chiatric Foundation, and the
staff members of various libra-
ries in which he did research
work. Furthermore, there is
a 30-page bibliography at the
close of the book, including
both the primary and second-
ary sources used in the prep-
aration of the book.

Heart of Book

The introduction and the
first part of Chapter II, "Pur-
poses and Problems," consti-
tute the heart of the book, in
the author's opinion. There,
the three principal divisions,
Whig Propaganda, 1763-1776;
The Tory Counterattack,
1763-1783. and Patriot Propa-
ganda, 1776-1783, demonstrate
how such men as Benjamin
Franklin, Samuel Adams, Ar-
thur Lee and Thomas Paine
used newspapers, pamphlets
and sermons as "Vehicles of
Propaganda."

On the last page of Propa-
ganda and the American Rev-
olution, Dr. Davidson summa-
rized the conclusions reached
in the book, beginning in this
way: "The work of the prop-
aganda has spoken for itself;
by their fruits we have known
them. Without their work in-
dependence would not have
been declared in 1776 nor rec-
ognized in 1783."

Westminster Choir

Betsy Kendrick Conducts

Open Forum On

Junior Chocolates Problem

There will be an open fo-
rum in chapel Thursday, Feb-
ruary 6, according to Betsy
Kendrick, vice president of stu-
dent government. It is hoped
that this discussion will result
in a solution of some of the
problems that have developed
from the sale of junior choco-
lates.

Shown above is the Westminster Choir, which will sing
Saturday at 8:30 P. M. at Glenn Memorial Auditorium. The
program is sponsored by the Emory Lecture Association.

Emory Presents
Choral Artists

The Westminster Choir,
winner of approval from in-
ternational critics, will perform
here Saturday at Glenn Me-
morial Auditorium under the
auspices of the Students' Lec-
ture Association of Emory Uni-
versity.

The choir is composed of
forty singers, led by Dr. John
Finley Williamson, conductor.

The program, including both
classical and secular music, in-
cludes:

Motet, "Sing Ye to the
Lord," Johann Sebastian Bach;
"Crucifixus," Antonio Latti;
"Benedictus," Franz Liszt;
"Come, Blessed Rest," Bach;
"O Savior, Throw the Heav-
ens Wide," Johannes Brahms.

"Jesus Came Seeking a Rest-
ing Place," Ernest Willough-
by; "Carol of the Bells," Peter
J. Wilkousky; "Carillon," No-
ble Cain; "Joy," Orville J.
Barchers.

"Ballad for Americans," Ear]
Robinson.

"Negro Rhapsody," Leopold
Stokowski; "Water Boy," Av-
ery Robinson; "Navajo War
Dance," Navajo Indian mel-
ody.

European press comments
are enthusiastic as to the mer-
its of the Westminster Choir.
From Paris edition, New York
Herald: "The Westminster
Choir sang at the Paris Opera
last night, and its singing was
both a delight and a lesson."

This week's issue of the
NEWS is an apprentice is-
sue, edited and made up by
the two assistant editors,
Jeanne Osborne and Bee
Bradfield. Jeanne acted as
editor and Bee as managing
editor.

Next week Bee will take
the place of editor, while
Jeanne will be in charge of
make-up.

The idea of apprentice is-
sues was originated by
Mary Frances Guthrie, edi-
tor of the NEWS in 1939,
to give subordinate mem-
bers of the staff practical
experience.

Senior Introduces
New Course

That little fellow with the
wings and bow and arrow is
on the loose again. What is
more, he's working havoc on
this very campus, diverting the
minds of diligent scholars from
their high pursuits of learning
and causing them to have
strange lapses of memory.

At least so it would seem in
the case of Ellen Gould, who
demonstrated the other day a
shocking example of a quality
usually attributed to professors
rather than to students name-
ly, absentmindedness.

Ellen had just received a
shiny silver thing the kind
that is worn on the third fin-
ger of the left hand. Ellen, be-
ing too excited and thrilled to
participate in any intellectual
discussion, cut several classes
that day. Later, when signing
up for a cut in history, Ellen
must indeed have had her be-
trothed youth on the brain. She
wrote on her cut slip under the
course number. "Henrv." 301.

Art Authority,
H. S. Ede,
Speaks in Chapel

In presenting H. S. Ede, for
fifteen years Curator at the
National Gallery of British Art,
Friday morning in chapel, Lec-
ture Association will take ad-
vantage of an unexpected op-
portunity. The noted art au-
thority and his wife have just
arrived in the States from Tan-
giers as refugees from Eng-
land. Mr. Ede has chosen "Ac-
tivity in Contemplation," a
paper on the artist and the lay-
man, arising from St. Augus-
tine's comment "The Adver-
sary's question becomes the
opportunity of Learning."

Mr. Ede lectured twice at
Agnes Scott in 1938, and was
very well received by large
audiences. He is known in this
country as the author of "Sav-
age Messiah," a biography of
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, which
was chosen by the Book-of-
the-Month-Club some years
ago.

Dean Colwell Opens
Religious Week

Christian Association Announces
Complete Schedule of Chapel Talks

Eager to give young people a practical approach to religion,
Dean Ernest Cadman Colwell, speaker for this year's Reli-
gious Emphasis Week, inaugurates his series of addresses on
The Teaching of Jesus in chapel Tuesday, February 11, tak-
ing as his subject, 'The Method and Character of Jesus'
Teaching."

Christian Association publishes the following complete pro-
gram of the week's activities:

Chapel Talks

Tuesday, 1 1 th The Teaching
of Jesus:.. Its Method and
Character.
Wednesday, 12th The
Teaching of Jesus: Its Rig-
orous Nature.
Thursday, 13th Tne Teach-
ing of Jesus: Its Emphasis
on Love.
Friday, 14th The Teaching of
Jesus: The Kingdom of God
on Earth.
Saturday, 15th The Teaching
of Jesus: Its Meaning for
Today.
Discussions

Cross-Section Group, Miss

Scandrett s home, 7 p. m.
"How Can We Rethink Our
Basic Christian Faith?", 7 p.
m., Murphey Candler.
Coffee after dinner, Murphey

Candler.
Discussion with Emory, Tech
and Seminary students, 7 p.
m., Murphey Candler:
"What Can an Ordinary
Christian Do Towards Mak-
ing the Kingdom of God
Come in the World Today?"

Dennison Reigns
Over May Day

Jackson and Willis
Collaborate on Script

Jean Dennison was present-
ed last night at the senior fash-
ion show as the student who
will reign over May Day fes-
tivities this year. Val Nielsen,
other nominee for the honor,
will automatically become a
member of the court. The two
students were selecfed as can-
didates from student nomina-
tions last week.

Jean has been a member of
the Queen's Court on May
Day since her freshman year.
She has also appeared each
year in the beauty section of
The Silhouette. In 1938 she
was selected to hold second
place in the beauty section by
John Robert Powers, head of a
famous' model agency in New
York. She is an outstand-
ing senior on the campus, be-
ing president of Mortar Board,
and has served on student gov-
ernment in the past.

Jean's sister, Lucille, was
May Queen in 1937.

Val has also appeared in
May Court and in the beauty
section of the Silhouette every
year since her entrance.

The final draft of the May
Day script was finished last
week-end, Cornelia Willis, one
of the scenarists, said.

Cornelia added that Miss
Eugenie Dozier, dancing in-
structor, and Miss Thelma Al-
bright, English instructor, met
with her and Neva Jackson,
who is collaborating with Cor-
nelia on the script, Friday night
to discuss dances and changes
in the script.

They are to meet again this
week to see if there are any
other changes to be made.

Hart and Kaufman Comedy
Comes to Erlanger

The Erlanger Theater is re-
ceiving mail orders for "The
Man Who Came to Dinner,"
the successful New York and
Chicago comedy, which it
will present Wednesday and
Thursday nights and Thursday
matinee, February 5 and 6.

Written by Moss Hart and
George S. Kaufman and pro-
duced by Sam H. Harris, the
same trio that was responsible
for the Pulitzer Prize winning
farce, "You Can't Take It
With You," this play has at-
tracted wide attention both on
Broadway and on tour.

Dr. Colwell, dean of the
School of Religion at the Uni-
versity of Chicago, has visited
Agnes Scott before, when he
delivered the commencement
address here in 1938. He is
no stranger to Atlanta, since
he took his B.Ph. degree at Em-
ory University, was instructor
of English Literature and Bi-
ble there for several years, and
married an Agnes Scott alum-
na.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 4:30 P. M. Mar-
riage Class, "Pregnancy and
Birth Control," given by Dr.
Amy Chappell.

Wednesday and Thursday
"The Man Who Came to
Dinner," Erlanger Theatre.

Thursday, 1:00-2:30 P. M.
Lost and Found Auction
Sale, Gym.

Thursday, 4:30 P. M. Presi-
dent's Council's Tea for
Freshmen, Murphey Cand-
ler.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Basket-
ball Games, Gym.

Friday, 8:30 P. M. Yehudi
Menuhin Concert, City Au-
ditorium.

Saturday, 8:30 P. M. West-
minster Choir, Glenn Mem-
orial Auditorium.

Monday, 8:00 P. M, Swim-
ming Pageant, "Water Fan-
tasia," Gym

Monday, 8:15 P. M. Maurice
Hindus Lecture, Glenn
Memorial Auditorium.

Tuesday, 8:30 P. M. Jeanette
McDonald Concert, City
Auditorium.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1941

Juniors, Freshmen Hin dus

. . Discusses

Beat Rival Classes

Juniors Remain Undefeated

In 51-17 Win Over Crippled Seniors

By Susan Self

The Juniors continued their winning streak by beating a
crippled Senior team, 51-17, and the Freshmen outclassed
their Black Cat rivals, 33-15, last Friday. Miss Keller, phys-
ical director of the Atlanta "Y," was around to do some Class
A refereeing.

The first half of the Freshman-Sophomore game was full
of tumbles and toss-ups, but
both teams came back in the
last half a little bit rested and
a great deal smoother. The
Freshman team, which looked
none too impressive at the first
of the season, showed marked
improvement, with Ruth Dil-
lon, Gwen Hill and Billie
Walker doing some beautiful
guarding. The 1940 varsity
star, Martha Dale, was guard-
ing true to form for the Soph-
omores. Julia Harvard, with
14 points, and Hazel Collins,
with 10, took individual scor-
ing honors.

Sports Writer Subs

The unbeatable Juniors
found no difficulty in their
workout with a Senior team
which consisted of three for-
wards, two guards and a
fourth-rate sports writer who
never quite knew the score.
Fisher and Stubbs, both of
whom made last year's sub-
varsity team, were missing on
Senior offense, and Virginia
Williams and Jean Dennison
were absent at guard. But the
game went on.

The Juniors played in their
usual stellar manner, with the
Websters doing most of the
scoring. Alta sank seven of
her crip shots during the first
half, and Dot, not to be out-
done, located the basket for
seven long field goals in the
second frame. Betty Ann
Brooks and Doris Hasty
proved their versatility by ex-
changing positions during the
second half.

Seniors Need Draft

There is nothing for the Sen-
iors but the invention of a draft
bill, and nothing for the Jun-
iors to do but challenge Geor-
gia Tech.

The line-ups:

The line-ups:

Swimmers Present
Water Fantasia

Swimming Club will present
Water Fantasia, the biggest
swimming pageant of the year,
Monday night, February 10, at
8:00 o'clock. There will be a
swimming drill, partner swim-
ming, a military formation and
exhibition diving.

Those taking part are Jean
Beutell, Mary Jane Bonham,
Edwina Burruss, Ann Geller-
stedt, Elizabeth Harvard, Julia
Harvard, Kathleen H u c k ,
Mary Maxwell, Marna Mc-
Garraugh, Pattie Patterson,
Gene Slack, Clara Rountree,
Martha Ann Smith, Pat Stokes,
Robin Taylor, Caroline Tum-
lin, Alta Webster, Lila Peck
Walker, and Virginia Wat-
kins.

War

Junior

Senior

D. Webster (2 3)

RF

Butt (8)

A. Webster (20)

LF

Wilds (2)

Hasty

CF

Dyer (7)

Brooks (8)

RG

Klugh

Gellerstedt

LG

Arbucklc

Currie

CG

Self

Junior Substitutions

-Wagnon.

Fresh ni. in

Sophomore

J. Harvard (15)

RF

Moore

Tuggle (10)

LF

Collins (10)

harrier (6)

CF

Radford (5)

D.llon

RG

Dale

Hill

LG

Cummings

Walker

CG

Paisley

Freshman Substitutions H. Harvard,

Craig (2.

Sophomore Substitutions Crocker, Frier-

son, VTeissman.

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President's Council Gives
Tea for New Students

President's Council will give
a tea tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 in the Murphey Candler
Building to acquaint the fresh-
men with organizations. The
purpose of the tea is to help
the new students choose extra-
curricular activities discrimi-
nately, according to Ann Hen-
ry, student Recorder and head
of President s Council.

Each organization on the
campus will have some sort of
an exhibit or booth, which will
be presided over by the offi-
cers of the organization.

Last week in chapel the
freshmen were given slips of
paper on which they were to
write the things they were in-
terested in, and these slips were
given to their respective spon-
sors in a meeting Wednesday.
The sponsors are to see that
their sponsorees find out about
the organizations in which they
are interested.

Dot Holloran will be in
charge of refreshments, while
the sophomore commission will
serve. The tea will be infor-
mal.

Maurice Hindus, interna-
tionally famous author, who
spoke at Agnes Scott in 1939,
will discuss the topic, "The
Coming War Between Ger-
many and Russia," in a lec-
ture at Glenn Memorial Audi-
torium Monday evening, Feb-
ruary 10, at 8:15, under the
auspices of the Georgia Acad-
emy of the Social Sciences.

Mr. Hindus has recently re-
turned from an investigating
assignment in Europe and Asia.
He left New York in June,
commissioned by the publishing
house of Doubleday, Doran &
Company, to secure an author-
itative account of events in
Europe, and especially in Rus-
sia. His book, showing the re-
sults of this investigation, will
be published in the early
spring.

During the late summer of
1938, he broadcast events
direct from Prague, giving
first-hand answers to great
world questions. The informa-
tion he will unfold Monday
evening has been gleaned from
constant world travels and di-
rect observation.

Maurice Hindus came to
America as a Russian immi-
grant at the age of 14. After
living in New York City and
on a small up-state farm, he at-
tended Colgate University and
Harvard Graduate School.
Then came writing assignments
in the new Russia and more
recently about Czechoslovakia,
on which he lectured here un-
der the sponsorship of the Stu-
dent Lecture Association. He
is the author of Green Worlds.

Admission charges for non-
members of the Academy are
75 cents for adults and 35 cents
for students.

Radio Guild Gives
Play By Willis

French Club

The new vice president of
the French Club is Martha Buf-
falow, elected at the last meet-
ing.

B. 0. Z.

"The Bashful Man," written
by Cornelia Willis, was pre-
sented to B. O. Z. by the Radio
Guild Thursday. Those ap*
pearing in the play were: Vir-
ginia Williams, Anne Flowers,
Cornelia Stuckey, Marjorie
Simpson, Margaret Rose Hos-
mer and Martha Sue Dillard.
The play was under the di-
rection of Miss Roberta Win-
ter, instructor in speech.

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Switchboard Operators
Tell of Lively Moments

By Virginia Williams

Life on the switchboard may often be complicated, and
sometimes annoying, but sel'dom is it boring. There are al-
ways people who call the college, thinking that it is the dry-
cleaners or even the grocery store.

Fletcher Mann was on duty
about three weeks ago when a
woman called and announced
that she would like a small box
of snuff. Fletcher said in her
best switchboard voice,

"I'm sorry, this is Agnes
Scott."

"Will you deliver it?" said
the woman firmly.

"This is Agnes Scott," in-
sisted Fletcher, somewhat des-
perately.

"I don't care, will you de-
liver it?" replied the woman,
then hesitated a moment, and
said in a weak voice, "Oh."
She hung up very rapidly.

Campbell Won't Talk

Flora Campbell has an ex-
perience to match this. She an-
swered an incoming call the
other night and said primly,

"Agnes Scott."

"Hello," said a male voice.

"Agnes Scott," repeated Flo-
ra.

"Hello," repeated the voice.

This continued for a few
minutes. At last the boy turned
to what sounded like a room
full of boys and said,

"Boys, she won't talk."

A switchboard operator
seems -to be a bureau of infor-
mation, too. Page Lancaster
was expected to know the name
of the street across the railroad,
and a man questioned Anna
Branch Black as to whether or
not the college had "cinders to
sell."

For the human interest angle
see Mary Ann Faw and get her
to tell you about the desperate
boy. Mary Ann informed a
would-be caller one night that
all the lines to third floor In-
man were busy. The boy
wouldn't take "no" for an an-
swer but pled,

"Could I please hold the line
till it's not? I've already called
three times, and it costs a nickle
every time."

Practical Information

Dot Nabers and Jean Beu-
tell offer some practical infor-
mation about the switchboard.
First of all Jean suggests that
if you are expecting a long dis-
tance telephone call from some-
one you should give that per-
son the number of the pay tele-
phone. This makes the # call a
lot easier for the person call-
ing, and you get a booth in
which to talk.

Seven calls can come in, but
only four of the seven can go
out. This means that only three

at the same time and get the
operator.

people on the campus can dial
Dot asks the campus to re-
member that this switchboard
isn't the only place where calls
can go wrong or you can be
disconnected. Of course, in a
very few cases the girls have
had to disconnect calls. Fletch-
er Mann did this the other
night after the call had extend-
ed about twenty minutes. The
man immediately called back
to tell Fletcher that he was go-
ing to report her to the tele-
phone company.

Recognizes Faithful Lads

Mary Ann Faw insists that
she can recognize the same
boys who always call the same
extension. She also tells us
that between seven and eight
an operator may handle as
many as a hundred calls.

Among the jokes which have
become a little stale is the one
about calling DE. 2571 and
asking in a surprised voice if
this isn't the penitentiary. If
the caller is really low on
humor he will say,

''May I speak to Miss Agnes
Scott?"

Illiterates Outnumber
College Graduates

Illiterates outnumber college
graduates in the United States,
according to the Modern Lan-
guage Association of America.

Among 75,000,000 adults in
the United States there are
1 2-3 times as many complete
illiterates as college graduates.

One in every seven persons,
or 14 per cent, has a high
school education. Approxi-
mately half have not reached
the eighth grade in school and
a majority have such a low
general reading ability that it
"is not sufficient to provide
them with a basis for thinking
independently on many matters
of importance." (ACP)

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1941

Page 3

Molli Oliver Checks Up On

After Working Hours

With the dreaded tests finally over, Hottentots resolved to
step out and really make a week-end of it. And they did !
Just "get a load" of who went where.

At the Phi Delta Theta for

mal Friday night were: Mary
Louise Palmour, Marion Phil-
lips, Sue Phillips, Nell Turner,
Mary Louise Duffee, Claire
Johnson, Mary Beth Danielson,
Martha Dunn, Tommay Tur-
ner, Mary Jane Bonham and
Helen Jester.

Fighting infantile paralysis
at the President's Ball were
Edith Dale, Claire Purcell, Ai-
leen Kasper and Iddy Boone.

The seniors at the Seminary
had a steak fry last week-end,
and Annie Wilds, Wallace Ly-
ons, Mardia Hopper and Dot
Webster were all there.

Among those at the Psi O
buffet-supper and house dance
Saturday were Jean Beutell and
Nina Mae Snead.

Mary Lightfoot Elcan and
Lucile Gaines were dancing at
the Ansley last week-end, while
Helen Schukraft was seen at
the Spanish Room*

Betty Waitt and Flake Pat-
man attended a dance of the
Prep School at Fort McPher-
son*

More traveled friends for the
week-end were:

Val Nielsen and Margaret
Murchison at West Point, N.
Y.; Pattie Patterson, Grace
Walker and Margaret Wood-
head at Davidson for the mid-
term dances; Molli Oliver and
Julia Ann Patch down at Al-
bany; Anne Martin at Presby-
terian College for the dances,
and Frances Ellis at Auburn.
Nina Broughton sped out to
Kansas City, and Sue Held-
man went to Birmingham.

Among those at home for the
week-end were Jessie Mac-
Guire. Ruth Allgood, Pat
Stokes and Keeker Newton,
who had as her guest Marion
Phillips.

Emory Radio Guild

Gives "Abraham Lincoln"

The Emory Radio Guild
gave a play, "Abraham Lin-
coln," Monday at 4:30 o'clock
over WGST, the Boys and
Girls' Hour of Carnegie Li-
brary. Winifred Wilkinson,
sophomore day student, played
the part of Mrs. Taylor.

BAILEY'S SHOE SHOP

142 Sycamore Street

DE. 0172

Sewell Entertains
Before Concert

Julia Sewell, alumna of '39,
known as "Judy" at J. P. Allen
and Company, invites all Ag-
nes Scott girls to a party Fri-
day, February 7, before the
Menuhin Concert.

Girls from Brenau, Georgia,
and Bessie Tift will join the
Agnes Scott girls for a college
get-together. Guests may call
any time during the afternoon.

Judy also entertained mem-
bers of the junior class of
Agnes Scott at a "pink" party
last Saturday afternoon at Al-
len's. A fashion show featured
evening dresses for the Junior
Banquet.

Educator Predicts
Attendance Drop

In spite of a slight increase
in total enrollments in the na-
tion's colleges and universities
during 1940, Dr. Raymond
Walters, president of the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati, predicts a
marked attendance drop in fu-
ture years.

Dr. Walters, a recognized
leader in the field of college at-
tendance statistics, bases his
forecast on the fact that fresh-
man enrollments decreased 2
per cent in 1940. He feels this
decrease is the forerunner of a
trend.

The freshman enrollment de-
crease, says Dr. Walters,
should warn educators that
universities in the future will
have fewer prospective stu-
dents because of more stringent
immigration regulations and a
decline in the nation's birth
rate. (ACP)

College Sponsors
Inter-Dorm Broadcasts

First tried at Brown Univer-
sity in 1939, college broadcast-
ing uses a weak signal wired
from dormitory to dormitory,
and picked up on regular radio
sets. It is not powerful enough
to be heard away from the
campus, although it is heard in
the dormitories as clearly as
any standard station.

In its first year, college
broadcasting has grown until
several schools now feature
commercially sponsored broad-
casts, and many have accepted
radio as an important student
activity.

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nized for its standards of work and for the
interesting character of its student activities.

For further information, address
J. R. McCAIN, President

Sponsors Tell
How It Feels

By M. E. Martin

How does it feel to be a
sponsor for Emory's Winter
Carnival? Claire Johnson and
Martha Dunn are authorities
on this subject. Both students
say that after the shock has
worn off it is a wonderful feel-
ing.

Claire Johnson had honor
piled on honor. She was not
only the sponsor chosen by
A. T. O., but also the first
sponsor chosen for Emory's
first Winter Carnival. When
Dooley, the legendary wraith
of the campus, broke on her
at the A. T. O. formal Friday,
the 24th, at the Piedmont Driv-
ing Club, Claire says, "I was
just miserable. I have never
felt so alone. Everyone stopped
dancing and just stared."

The S. A. E. Fraternity
broke the news to Martha
Dunn more recently. They
called her on the telephone
Tuesday night after a frater-
nity meeting. Martha says:
"I have never been so sur-
prised."

Rumor has it that at the ball
Saturday night, March 1, Doo-
ley will break on one of the
sponsors. She, whoever she is,
will be crowned the Queen of
the Winter Carnival.

During the carnival, Febru-
ary 28, March 1, each frater-
nity will have a house party.
All the frat brothers will move
out of the houses, and each
fraternity will entertain at a
party to 'which all the frater-
nities will be invited. The
Medical School will entertain
at a dance.

All the sponsors have not
been announced; so, girls, roll
up your hair every night and
powder those shiny noses.

Shirley Ann Smith, sponsor
of E. N. O., was nearly scared
out of her wits last Wednesday
night when six members of the
Emory non-Fraternity Organ-
ization came calling. "They
made a long speech and kept
me in suspense," said Shirley
Ann.

Brennan Gives Advice
To Girls On Color Choice

Harold J.- Brennan, head of
the art department, has ad-
vised Westminster co-eds to
observe the following don'ts:

Don't wear obvious, bright
colors; wear subtle off-shades.

Don't fail to look at the col-
or of a street dress by daylight
before buying it.

Don't wear bright colors in
large masses; wear them as you
would a bracelet or a handker-
chief.

Don't ask your girl friend
about your clothes unless you
are sure she will be frank with
you.

Don't forget that texture is
as important as color in deter-
mining the kind of clothes that
look well on you. (ACP)

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Menuhin Plays
In Atlanta

Yehudi Menuhin, prevented
from fulfilling his last concert
engagement by the auditorium
fire, will play at 8:30 P. M., in
the City Auditorium, Friday,
February 7, almost the identi-
cal program previously an-
nounced for his concert sched-
uled last fall.

The youthful violinist, who
made his first public appear-
ance at the age of seven at
a San Francisco Symphony
young people's concert, will
play:

Sonata in G minor ("Devil's
Trill" ) Tartini-Kreisler.

Sonata No. 1 in G minor, for
violin alone (Adagio; Fuga,
Allegro; Siviliano; Presto),
Bach.

Concerto No. 1 in D major,
Op. 6, Paganini (original edi-
tion, to commemorate the cen-
tennary of composer), Allegro
Maestoso (Cadenza by Emile
Sauret) .

Negro Spiritual Melody
(from the Largo of the "New
World Symphony"), Dvorak-
Kreisler; "La Chasse" and "Ca-
price Viennois," Kreisler; "La
Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin,"
Debussy-Hartmann, and "Ca-
price Basque," Sarasate.

After getting his first little
violin at the age of three, the
boy musician studied with Sig-
mund Anker and Louis Persin-
ger. At the age of nine, he
made his debut with an orches-
tra. Concerts carried him to
Europe many times, and he
made many important appear-
ances in this country. In 1934
he began a world tour on
which he played in 73 cities ki
13 different countries.

Menuhin retired from the
stage for two years and re-
turned in the fall of 1937 at the
age of 20.

Students Aid In

Social Hygiene Day

The Social Hygiene Associa-
tion of Georgia will sponsor a
Social Hygiene Day February
to which business men, phy-
sicians, druggists, and young
people of Atlanta and vicinity
have been invited.

The program will begin with
a luncheon at the Atlanta Ath-
letic Club, and the subject
under discussion will be "Ve-
nereal Diseases and the Draft."

At 3 P. M. students from
Agnes Scott, Emory, and Tech
will present a round table dis-
cussion on "What This Means
to Youth." Walter Beckham
has been chosen to represent
Emory, Dan Langenwalter will
come from Tech, and Ila Belle
Levie from Agnes Scott.

In addition to these students,
various campus organizations
will send one of their members
to the meeting. Clara Rountree
will represent Student Govern-
ment and Lavinia Brown will
represent Christian Associa-
tion.

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Virginia Clower Reviews

'As

Remember Him'

Like so many outstanding
scientists, Hans Zinsser, who
stood in the front rank of inter-
nationally famous bacteriolog-
ists, was a man who combined
rare talent and appreciation
for living with a wondrous
store of exact technical skill.
His biography, "As I Remem-
ber Him," is the simply related
story of a well-rounded per-
sonality. Zinsser the physi-
cian, head of Harvard's Bac-
teriology department, famed
for his work with the epidemi-
ology of typhus and influenza
was at the same time Zinsser
the accomplished musician, the
talented writer, co-author of a
widely used text book, and of
the best selling "As I Remem-
ber Him," which was selected
by the Book-of-the-Month-
Club in October, shortly be-
fore the author's untimely
death.

Doesn't Glamorize

The book itself is a refresh-
ing novelty to a reading public
which has been besieged for
years with a flood of namby-
pamby stories glamorizing the
medical profession. With the
rapid advances made in the last
decade science in every field,
and medicine in particular, the
increased emphasis on the art
of healing has made the topic a
favorite one for writers who
have often been but poorly
qualified to interpret the sub-
ject, even in a purely fictional
style. It is a real privilege to
be given a book, one which is
intimate and revealing of a no-
ble profession, and be able to
read it in the absolute assur-
ance that it is authoritative.
"As I Remember Him" is a vi-
tally readable record of events
and names that have made
medical history in the past two
decades.

Complete Picture

Dr. Zinsser has managed to
draw a complete and appealing
picture of himself, yet has clev-
erly avoided the pompous and
bombastic tone given by exces-
sive use of the personal pro-
noun, by writing as though he
were telling the story of the life
of his best friend, a man recent-
ly dead. Much of it is in direct
quotation, yet the reader is
never in doubt as to the iden-
tity of the subject. The chron-
icle is permeated with a retro-
spective thoughtfulness and an
air of mellow resignation which
is especially pronounced to-
ward the end, and which is un-
derstandable when we realize
that the author knew he was
dying slowly of an incurable
disease. "As I Remember Him"
is Hans Zinsser's own sum-
ming-up of his life and work,
and we may well feel that both
his life and his record of it are
deserving of recognition and
respect.

"Lost and Found" Holds Sale

On Thursday, February 6,
Lost and Found will have its
annual auction sale down at
the gymnasium between 1 and
2:30.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1941

Be Still and Know
That I Am God'

"Come ye yourselves apart into a desert
place . . ." So spoke Jesus to his disciples
when they were surfeited with the daily
cares of the world and wearied by minis-
trations to the crowds of people that
dogged their heels. This little vacation in
solitude was to be a time when He would
give them spiritual refreshment, after
which they would go about their work
with renewed zeal.

Agnes Scott is not like a good many
other institutions of higher education in
this country, which avowedly make no pre-
tentions at all to a connection with the
Christian religion. In fact, some of them
seem to be chiefly interested in discredit-
ing it, employing atheistic teachers, who
are allowed to propagandize freely to the
helpless students. But Agnes Scott is dif-
ferent. The ideal of this school has always
been to offer education under Christian
influences in order to develop Christian
character and ideals. This ideal does not
mean that the student is compelled to ac-
cept Christian beliefs. But at least he can
freely learn about them and use his own
mind in accepting or rejecting them.

Sometimes, however, those of us who
are Christians forget to appreciate the
privilege of a devout college. The fact that
we have it makes us blind to the value of
it. We become careless. Although we are
daily provided with spiritual manna
through our chapel, vesper, and morning
watch services; although Christian Asso-
ciation is always vigilant toward the needs
of the spirit; yet, these and the other
regularly scheduled events of our lives
often become a very humdrum business.
"The heavy and the weary weight of all
this unintelligible world" paralyzes the
spirit that would soar. The singsong of ex-
istence lulls us into apathy.

But a new speaker, a new idea, or a new
insight recreate us and give us new hope.
A lime of increased religious activity can
draw us apart from the fretting crowd
and give us real spiritual refreshment. It
was to perform this function in part that
Religious Emphasis Week was instituted.
This year Dean Col well is to give us some
thoughts on the practical approach to reli-
gion. His discussions may open up new
vistas of service to those of us who have
become negligent from day to day. They
may mean a rededication of our daily selves
to the cause of Christianity.

Religious Emphasis Week is a time when
we are allowed to put aside to some extent
the completely worldly things which ab-
sorb our brains and energies, and look to
the light that shines from above. For this
one week at least it would be well for us
to say with the author of Ecclesiastes, "Of
making many books there is no end ; and
much study is a weariness of the flesh . . .
Fear God and keep His commandments:
for this is the whole duty of man."

(J. o.)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI.

Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1941.

No. 14

1940 Member 1941

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CampusQuotes

With "Religious Emphasis Week" com-
ing up this month, our thoughts have nat-
urally turned to questions regarding plans
and problems of the program. This week
we've asked for just any ideas the students
have had on the subject.

"Lib" Beasley, '42:

I like the idea of Relig-
ious Emphasis Week very
much. We have a lot of
religious work on campus
throughout the year, but
in this week we get it in a
so-much-more concentrat-
ed form and in this form
it is so much more likely
to make a deeper impres-
sion.

Mary Ann Faw, '42:

I wish that during Religious Emphasis
Week we could have more "old-fashioned"
Christianity. The programs and talks in the
past have been frequently interesting and
helpful, but there has been little that we
couldn't have gotten out of psychology
books, etc.

Ann Ward, '44:

I wish that in some of the discussion
groups we could talk about God's plans for
our lives and how we can know what His
plan is. I like the idea of personal confer-
ences, too. It's so much more satisfactory
than a general discussion group though
they have their places. In individual confer-
ences we get a chance to discuss our own
personal problems and I think many of us
need to do that particularly the freshmen.

Barbara Connolly, '44:

I wish that in one of the chapel programs
the speaker would talk on subjects suggested
by the students. Maybe we could have a
box somewhere on the campus in which to
collect suggestions.

Students View
Mexican Relations

In the United States, says the Manitou
Messenger at St. Olaf college, an egg
thrown at a presidential candidate rates the
headlines in all newspapers. In Mexico the
incident probably would have been dis-
missed immediately because of the thrower's
inaccuracy.

Which is by way of introducing a collegi-
ate discussion of United States relations
with the neighbor to the south. With few
exceptions, the view of undergraduate edi-
torialists is skeptical, resembling in tone the
recent observation of the Daily Nebraskan:
"Mexico, long suspected of being a hotbed
of fascist sentiment and fifth column activ-
ity, evidences what seems to be a sincere
desire to rid herself of anti-American ele-
ments. At least official Mexico announces
such a policy. The Mexican declaration of
fact and policy is heartening. A large coun-
try, and one so close to our own, Mexico
would be a powder-horn of revolt against
western world peace if its government be-
came intimidated to fascist influence."

Another midwestern publication, the
Daily Kansan, is similarly far from con-
vinced. "Mexican politics being what they
are," observes the Kansan, "it is somewhat
difficult to swallow the recent explanation
by President Cardenas that refusal to grant
concessions to the Japanese was based on
'continental solidarity.' "

"Many veteran observers," the Daily
Iowan joins in. "recall with no pleasure a
Mexican action which foreclosed on prop-
erty held by American oil companies in
Mexico." It would be well, for the further-
ance of good relations, says the Iowan, "to
establish some kind of solidarity on this
score, preferably a just one for the oil com-
panies."

More willing to accept Mexico's declara-
tion of good faith is the Indiana Daily Stu-
dent, which feels that Mexico has "answered
her critics in a way to stifle even the most
bitter. Her action is a commendable exam-
ple of attempts by South and Central Amer-
ican countries to mold the Western Hemi-
sphere into a 'united front' against all inter-
lopers." (ACP)

Campus Camera

GALLAUDET
COLLEGE
fmSHIMGTOM.DC.)

IS THE
ONLY COLLEGE
FOR THE
DEAF IN
THE WORLD/

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

H. R. 1776

After argument, exclamation
and expostulation in the com-
mittee room, where everyone
of importance spoke earnestly
either for or against, the bill
for aid to England is ready for
House debate. It carries only
minor amendments. It has a
time limit now, till June 30,
1943. And the President must
report all transactions to Con-
gress every ninety days, and he
must consult navy and army
leaders before goods can be
shipped abroad.

Tyranny, Etc.

Hitler has made a speech
again. The phenomenon has
ceased to amuse, or even to
alarm. Reflexes outside Ger-
many are a little tired. This
talk was a warning to the
United States. But the Brit-
ish, who are hoping hard for
more like H. R. 1776. were
anxiously reassuring.

The Dictator continues to ut-
ter inanities: "This will be the
historical year of the new or-
der in Europe. Tyranny will
be abolished."

Holiday

Mr. Wendell Willkie has
been having fun in England.
His feelings must be well
salved from defeat. For his
popularity in Britain is pro-
digious. In the pub where he
served beer, on Lambeth Street
where he signed autographs, in
the shelter where he was sere-
naded by a cockney crowd
singing "The Star-Spangled
Banner," Mr. Willkie has been
the hero of the hour.

Orthodox Republicans may
murmur, but Mr. Willkie is
bursting with co-operative
spirit. He will be home soon,
at Secretary Hull's request, to
testify in favor of the lease-
lend bill.

"Little John"

Metaxas, the Greek Premier,
is dead. He gained dictatorial
power in 1936. Now, with his
death, a new man, Korizis,
takes over. Although Ameri-
cans have become a bit con-
fused in their enthusiasm, call-
ing Greece a democracy, Me-
taxas, the dictator, was the
head of the fight. He was also
an alleged military genius, but
his death may have little effect
on the war. It is a fight al-
ready far along toward vic-
tory.

Paris, Germany and
Vichy, France

The English must feel a dull
resentment toward Weygand.
They had hoped that he was
a silent partner. But he has
spoken, and, in order to check
any tendency among the
French colonial troops to fight
Italy or to desert Vichy. But
Weygand's future actions are
by no means clear. Very pos-
sibly he is held in line by a
German threat to take over all
of France. There are signs in
Paris and Germany that the
present status of the unoccu-
pied territory is getting on
German nerves. The attitude
of Petain displeased the Ger-
man ambassador, Otto Abetz,
who had this opinion tele-
phoned to the Marshal.

Canterbury

The ponderous guns were
lifted and their muzzles point-
ed higher. A flash, and min-
utes later, the rich Kentish
earth thuds with the shell. Ten
miles beyond Dover, the land
is scarred. Under the shadow
of the cathedral, in Canter-
bury, the city fathers consider
the advisability of instituting a
shell alarm, like an air-raid
alarm.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941

No. 15

Exiled Prince
Discusses
European Unity

Hubertus zu Loewenstein
Visits Here, Emory
On Peace Mission

Prince Hubertus zu Lowen-
stein, an exiled German prince,
will visit the Agnes Scott cam-
pus from February 17 through
February 21. During this time
he will deliver three lectures in
chapel on "Europe's Historic
Quest for Unity." Prince Hu-
bertus is associated with the
Carnegie Endowment for In-
ternational Peace. Under the
auspices of this institution, he
visits colleges all over the
country, usually remaining on
each campus approximately a
month.

Prince Hubertus will be vis-
iting professor at Emory Uni-
versity from February 9-
March 12, when he will deliver
a series of lectures on "The
Christian Foundation of De-
mocracy," on February 13 at
8:15 P.M., February 17, Feb-
ruary 24, and March 3 at 8:30
P.M.

Prince Hubertus zu Loewen-
stein was born in the castle of
Schoenworth near Kufstein in
Tirol on October 14, 1906. He
entered Munich University in
1924, studying Law and Social
Economy. Two terms were
spent at Munich, one in Ham-
burg, one in Geneva, and the
rest at Berlin University. He
received his doctor juris degree
in Hamburg, February 12,
1931.

He was a member of the
Catholic Centre Party and the
Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold
and was the .organizer of the
Republican Youth.

Glee Clubs Unite
To Give Pinafore

The Agnes Scott Glee Club
and the Tech Glee Club will
give Gilbert and Sullivan's
H.M.S. Pinafore April 18 and
19, under the direction of Mr.
Lewis Johnson.

Those rehearsing for various
parts in the operetta, which
was last given at Agnes Scott
in 1933, are:

Buttercup: Jane Moses
Betty Kyle

Hebe: Louise Newton
Elise Nance

Josephine: Nine Mae Snead
Christine Paris

The Tech orchestra will play
the accompaniment, assisted by
Ann Gellerstedt and Carolyn
Strozier, violinists. Mr. Walter
Herbert, director of the Tech
Glee Club, will probably sing
one of the solos.

According to Mr. Johnson,
the H.M.S. Pinafore has been
given more than any other
stage production in the world,
and he expects it to be a big
success here.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 4:30 P. M. Mar-
riage Class, Buttrick Hall.

Wednesday Through Satur-
day Dean Ernest Caldwell
speaks in chapel.

Friday and Saturday Tallu-
lah Bankhead, in "The Lit-
tle Foxes," Erlanger The-
ater.

Friday, 3:30 P. M. Basket-
ball games, Gym.

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale,
"An Evening with Mendels-
sohn," Presser Hall.

Saturday, 6 P. M. Junior
Banquet, Rebekah Scott.

Monday Through Friday
Prince Hubertus zu Lowen-
stein visits on campus.

Tuesday, 8 P. M. Dance Re-
cital.

Hodgson Plays
Mendelssohn

The program for "An Eve-
ning with Mendelssohn, "
theme for this week's music
appreciation hour Friday night
at 8 P.M. in Presser Hall, un-
der the direction of Dr. Hugh
Hodgson, is as follows:

Piano Concerto in G-minor,
Molto allegro e vivace; Billy
Schatten, Orchestra accom-
paniment, Hugh Hodgson.

Variations, Serieuses, Pre-
lude, Scherzo, Etude; Mr.
Hodgson.

Overture to "Melusine;"
Irene Leftwich Harris, Mr.
Hodgson.

"Midsummer Night's
Dream" Overture; Mrs. Har-
ris, Mr. Hodgson.

Trio Opus 66, Allegro ener-
gico et con fuoco, Andante es-
pressivo, Scherzo moto allegro
quasi presto, Allegro appas-
sionato; Robert Harrison, Ru-
dolf Kratina, Mr. Hodgson.

Miss Carrie Scandrett
Attends Deans 7 Meeting

Monday night, February 17,
Miss Scandrett will leave for
Atlantic City, New Jersey, in
order to attend the meeting of
the National Deans' Associa-
tion. The meeting, which lasts
from February 18 to February
21, will be attended by Deans
of Women and Girls from all
over the country who will dis-
cuss common problems and
ideas. Miss Frances Perkins,
Secretary of Labor, will be the
speaker at a banquet Friday
night, February 21.

From Atlantic City, Miss
Scandrett will go to New York
to attend a meeting of the
Agnes Scott Alumnae in that
city.

H. S. Ede, Art Expert, Genius, Man
Lauds Integrity of Human Spirit

By Martha Dale

Mr. Ede is an art critic, an art expert, a genius. But to appreciate Mr. Ede, as a man, you
must discard any notions you may have about the eccentricities of a genius. For Mr. Ede
is more than a genius; he is a man, with natural capacity for clear thinking that has been
heightened rather than depressed by the situation of the world today.

Since Mr. Ede is even now,
in America, experiencing some
of the horrible effects of the
war, with his whole life dis-
rupted, his home left behind,
and his children in more or less
constant danger of bombs, it is
natural in conversation for him
to revert inevitably to the war,
no matter what his starting
point may be. His life in Lon-
don as second-in-command at
the Tate Art Gallery and as
secretary of the Contemporary
Art Society, his beautiful home
and gardens in Tangiers, his
two daughters who are in
Scotland, what he hopes to do
in America, and even the chap-
el program at Spelman Col-
lege, all led to the thoughtful
conclusion that "now or never
is the time to use your talents."
Extra Grit

In the Spelman chapel exer-
cises a speaker had suggested
that we in America should use

"a little extra grit every day."
Mr. Ede was not content to
stop there. Recalling the para-
ble of the talents, he empha-
sized the fact that young peo-
ple must prepare themselves
and use their talents, while
they are still surrounded by the
obvious security of large libra-
ries and universities.

Help Some Cause

"It doesn't really matter in
life whether you are helping
the particular cause you are in-
terested in; the important thing
is that you are living seriously
and helping some cause. Isn't
there a story about a juggler
who juggled for the Virgin at
Notre Dame? Of course. And
in the end his gift proved more
acceptable than that of any
monk. This is Mr. Ede's ad-
vice to us, that we all "think
directly and seriously" and be

content to do faithfully what-
ever little job we can.
Money to Britain

Mr. Ede's very presence in
America signifies his own ac-
ceptance of this advice. He
handed over his house and
gardens in Tangiers to the
British War Emergency Fund,
and came to America hoping to
earn money here to send back
to Britain. In this way he feels
that he is doing more good
than he could in England, for
no more men are needed right
now except mechanics and fly-
ers, the others are merely extra
mouths to feed. As soon as
there is need, however, he will
go to England.

"In the meantime," Mr. Ede
concluded, "the only thing to
do is to have integrity. Each
human being will have integri-
ty. And the integrity of the
human spirit cannot be touched
by any kind of Hitlerism."

Mortar Board Offers
Vocational Guidance

Weekly Program Series

Includes Addresses by Authorities

Interested in meeting- the need of seniors who want assis-
tance in choosing a suitable career, Mortar Board announces
a series of Vocational Guidance programs to be presented
once a week during the rest of the school year. All juniors
and other members of the student body who are particularly
interested in vocational help are urged -to attend.
1 Forums with Agnes Scott

Juniors List
Dates for Banquet

The Class of 1942 will hold
its Junior Banquet in Rebekah
Scott dining room at 6 P.M.
Saturday evening, February
15.

Preceding the banquet, Miss
Scandrett, Jean Dennison, and
Betty Ann Brooks, president of
the class, will receive the Jun-
iors and their dates in the lob-
by of Rebekah.

The decorations will carry
out the red and white colors of
the class with carnations and
accessory flowers, and the
Tech Yellow Jackets will fur-
nish dinner music.

Mortar Board will give a re-
ception in the lobby of Rebek-
ah immediately following the
banquet.

The faculty members who
will attend the function are:
Miss Harn, Miss Alexander,
and Miss Leyburn, Mortar
Board advisors; Miss Gooch,
Miss Lewis, Miss Scandrett,
Miss Hunter, Mrs. Syden-
stricker, Dr. McCain, Mr. and
Mrs. Stukes, Mrs. Lapp, and
Dr. Davidson.

The Juniors' dates will in-
clude: George Wagnon, "Boo"
Walker, John Linley, Ed Rich-
ardson, Paul Woodruff, Ri
Ferris, Max Welden, Powers
McLeod, Jimmy Lee, Erie Nor-
ris, Hugh Holley, Paul Crane,
Kirk Allen, Barron Kennedy,
Jr., Jerry Newbold, Clyde
Bryan, George Stribling,
Claude Poole, Pat Singer,
Rowe Driver, Bart Sherman,
Albert Staton, Walter Elliott,
Gordon Toappe, Fred Gross,
T. O. Calloway, Doug Mitch-
ell, Tommy Brown, Tom
Gross, Joe Parks, John Lewis,
Art Sanders, Bill Brannin, Jake
Nichols, Bob Haggart, George
Murray, Waters Ross, Bill
Cheezen, Arnold Emmons,
Vance Barron, Jack Ball, James
Hinton, Malcomb Gailey, W.
P. Baldwin, Kenion Edwards,
Jack Keith, J. B. Redd, Gordon
Davis, and others.

This week's News is edit-
ed by the two assistant edi-
tors, Bee Bradfield and
Jeanne Osborne* For this
issue r Bee is acting as editor,
and Jeanne is taking the
place of managing editor.

Next week the staff will
resume their regular duties.
The apprentice issues were
instituted to give the assis-
tant editors practical experi-
ence at publishing the News.

Alumnae who are following
careers, tests for aptitudes, and
addresses by vocational guid-
ance experts are to be included
in the variety of activities the
programs will furnish. Jean
Dennison, President of Mortar
Board, says that the organiza-
tion plans to contact the alum-
nae and to publish a book by
next year telling the story of
their many careers.

Personality

Miss Jessie M. Stuart, an
authority on personality in the
business world, continues the
series by addressing the stu-
dents on February 18. Miss
Stuart is connected with the
Prince School, in Boston,
Massachusetts, which special-
izes in training department
store personnel.

Miss Frances C. Rannells, a
graduate of Prince School who
is now director of the person-
nel training department at
Rich's, Inc., will visit Miss
Katherine Omwake's Applied
Psychology class on February
13.

Informal Parties

Further plans for the series
include several informal floor
parties which Mortar Board
has scheduled for the spring
quarter. Alumnae representing
various vocations will preside
at these meetings, telling which
college courses helped them
most in their career, what ob-
stacles they met in becoming
established, etc.

The idea of having voca-
tional guidance programs was
conceived by Mortar Board a
comparatively short time ago.
The first plans were laid when
the great need for such an
agency was discussed at the
organization's annual retreat
last spring.

Miss Mamie Lee Ratliff,
Secretary of the Alumnae As-
sociation, has taken an active
part in promoting the move-
ment.

Dr. E. C. Colwell Receives
At Coffee Tonight

Dean Ernest Cadman Col-
well will continue Religious
Emphasis Week tomorrow in
chapel with a talk on "The
Teaching of Jesus: Its Empha-
sis on Love."

Since arriving on the campus
Monday afternoon, Dr. Col-
well has held a Cross-Section
Discussion Group and a stu-
dent discussion last night in
Murphey Candler.

He will receive at coffee aft-
er dinner this evening in Mur-
phey Candler, and will lead a
discussion with Agnes Scott,
Emory, Tech, and Seminary
students tomorrow night at 7
P. M.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY,

FEBRUARY 12. 1941

Sophs, Juniors Win
High Score Games

Frances Radford Totals 40 for Sophs;
Ethelyn Dyar Takes Second With 26

By Susan Self

The sophomores beat the seniors, 54-44, and the juniors
won from the freshmen, 31-13, in a doubleheader last Friday
that featured every possible kind of scoring. Sophomore
Frances Radford piled up a total of 40 points to better her
own 25 point record established in a senior-sophomore game

some weeks back. Ethelyn Dy-
ar accounted for 26 points to
take second place in individual
scoring. Ann Fisher, Dyar's
passing partner, dropped in
some thrilling shots from some
very difficult angles. And
Scottie Wilds, shifted to for-
ward for the second straight
game, pulled an ace contor-
tionist act in scoring a two-
pointer involving a shoe string
catch and an under-the-arm
shot from a stooped position
some feet from the basket.

Fast Shooting

The sophomore-senior game
averaged better than three
points per minute. The sopho-
mores led 18-6 at the first
quarter and 30-18 at the half,
but the seniors showed a spark
of the old spirit later in the
game with Dyar and Fisher
passing, pivoting, shooting and
dribbling in varsity fashion.
Radford accounted for most of
her 40 points with overhead
shots dropped in from under
the basket. Downie and Col-
lings offered some fine support.

The juniors were given their
most competition thus far in
meeting a defensively strong
freshman team. It was a game
that featured close guarding by
both teams and permitted ab-
solutely no individual piling up
of points. Mary Olive Thomas,
1940 sub-varsity star, was
back with the junior All Stars*

The Lineups:

Freshman (13)

R.F.
L.F.
C.F.
R.G.
L.G.
C.G.

Harvard, E. (4)

Farrior (2)

Tugglc (1)

Hill

Dillon

Walker

Substitutions:
Freshman: J.

Craig (6).

Junior: Thomas

Junior (31)
Webster, A. (12)
Webster, D. (10)
Hasty
Gellerstedt
Bradfield
Brooks

Harvard, Carr, Jacob,
(9), Currie, Wagner.

Sophomore (54)

Ceilings (8) R.F.

Downie (4) L.F.

Radford (44) C.F.

Rountree R.G.

Lambeth L.G.

Cummings C.G.
Substitutions:

Sophomore: Moore, Crocker, Smith
Paisley.

Senior: Self.

Senior (44)
Fisher (14)
Dyar (26)
Wilds (4)
Arbuckle
Klugh
Dcnnison

DUKE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NURSING

DURHAM, N. C.

The Diploma of raduate Nurse is
awarded after three years, and the
Decree of Bachelor of Science in
Nursing for two additional years of
approved college work before or
after the course in Nursing. The
entrance requirements are intelli-
gence, character and graduation
from an accredited high school.
After 1940 two years of college
work will be required. The annual
tuition of $100 covers the cost of
uniforms, books, student govern-
ment fees, etc. Catalogues, appli-
cation forms and information about
college requirements may be ob-
tained from the Admission Com-
mittee.

Next week the freshmen
meet the seniors, while the
sophomores are matching
shots. With the juniors in the
last of class game before the
varsity-sub-varsity tilt on
Wednesday, February 19, we
are placing our pennies on
freshmen and juniors.

Agnes Scott basketball stars
evidently aren't satisfied with
the required two-practice, one-
game-a-week idea. Ethelyn
Dyar, Dot Webster, and Betty
Ann Brooks, all 1940 varsity
members, are playing basket-
ball on the side for Walthour
& Hood, sporting goods com-
pany in Atlanta. Virginia Mil-
ner, sharp-shooting 1940 A. A.
president, is playing with them,
too.

According to Betty Ann:
"The state tournament begins
next week. We're going to
win."

Alum

na

Archeologist
Talks to Initiates

Eta Sigma Phi:

Eta Sigma Phi held its an-
nual banquet for the initiates
Monday night at the Georgian
Terrace. The speaker was Dr.
John Alexander, archeologist,
from Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. Dr. Alexander illustrated
his talk with archeological
slides. The new members who
were initiated were Mary
Ann Faw, Susan Guthrie,
Martha O'Nan, Louise Pruitt,
Anne Flowers, Miriam Bedin-
ger. Mardia Hopper, Anne
Paisley, Julia Ann Patch, Ro-
salie Sturtevant, and Polly
Lyndon.
Blackfriars:

Laura Sale, president, an-
nounces the new members of
Blackfriars. They are Anne
Flowers, Rebecca Stamper,
Polly Frink, and Louise Pruitt.

MARIAN SIMS

Marian Sims
Censures Politics

By Jane Moses

To arouse the South to ha-
tred of corruption in politics
and to stimulate its people to a
positive and active interest in
local government is the task
Marian Sims has set for herself
in the composition of The City
on the Hill. The typical city in
the south is run by men either
so apathetic and blind as to the
evils existent in politics, or so
corrupt as to be the promoters
of that evil, that decent, clear-
thinking people must make an
effort to clean up. In the story,
young Steve Chandler, a hot-
headed liberal attorney in
Medbury, assumes this task of
bringing to light existing
shameful conditions and of of-
fering some solution to the
problem. His father, a man of
integrity, but wilfully close-
minded and ultra-conservative,
fights him with all the strength
of a narrow, bigoted mind.
The story of this personal
struggle between father and
son, and of public combat be-
tween truth-loving liberals and
short-sighted apathetic con-
servatives make for exciting
and stimulating reading. A
love story not too common-
place, and characterized by
suspense and surprising devel-
opment gives emotional depth.

The literary value of the
book rests on the witty, fast-
moving dialogue and on the
character portrayals from Mrs.
Sims' able handling of the sit-
uation, the reader understands
how each character has be-
come what he is and from what
viewpoint each sees the life of
the city going on about him.
For good entertainment and
worthwhile information the
book may well be read.

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oer/es of Jinxes
Delays Blackfriars Play

By Virginia Williams

If you aren't superstitious you may call it colds, flu, scarlet
fever and appendicitis ; but if you have a sixth sense you will
call it the blitzkrieg of a jinx.

The latest Blackfriars play, and we do mean latest, has the
title of Brief Music, but seems to have become something of
a symphonic marathon as it drags from the originally pro-

The jinx began to get play-
ful about this time. Neva Jack-
son tried out for Mary Blake-
more's part one night and was
stricken the next. At this point
Miss Gooch began to call on
Dr. Jones and ask for pre-
ventive measures. In despera-
tion she began to look toward
the alumnae, but Jeanne Flynt
was confronted by the school
teacher's problem of semester
exams, and Helen Moses Reg-
enstein was participating in a
wedding.

The play at last moved for-
ward but the jinx struck again;
this time through the medium
of Lib Barrett's appendix.

Salt for Luck

What now? Well, if you see
anyone throwing salt over
her shoulder or making cross
marks in the sand, that person
will be Polly Frink. She has
tried out for Lib's part and re-
hearsals go on. Miss Gooch
has been ill this week-end, but
gives promises of winning her
round with the jinx.

On being asked how each
successive disaster affected
them, Laura Sale replied,

"Well, we thought that each
straw was the last straw." She
added in an aggrieved tone,
"It's too grand a play to be
jinxed."

One knows that the show
must go on, but this jinx seems
determined that that show will
go on and on and on, and
never reach the stage.

posed date in November to the
present date of February 20.
Brief Music has not been with-
out discord. Laura Sale, presi-
dent of Blackfriars, no longer
states with confidence the date
of the performance, but crosses
her fingers when she says,

"February the twentieth,"
and adds in a fervent voice,
"By the grace of God."

Bad Colds

All the trouble started back
in November with colds: first
Laura, then Martha Sue Dil-
lard, then Mary Blakemore and
lastly Miss Gooch. After
weathering this storm, there
was difficulty in booking the
auditorium and ahead loomed
non-activity week and exams.
So came Christmas.

You know the after Christ-
mas story. Laura Sale led off
with flu and Lib Barrett fol-
lowed with a near case of
pneumonia, but Mary Blake-
more out did them all. She de-
veloped a genuine case of scar-
let fever and became a campus
celebrity over night.

Administration Asks
For Dormitory Suggestions

The administration is pro-
ceeding with plans for reno-
vation of the dormitories,
and is very anxious for the
students to give any sugges-
tions that they may have.
Miss Scandrett asks that
comments be written out
and handed in to the office
as soon as possible. Co-op-
eration in this matter is
urged in order that the ad-
ministration may know what
the students want and make
plans accordingly.

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Page 3

Molli Oliver Checks Up On

After Working H

ours

This has been an exciting
week, one filled with winter
mid-terms at both Emory and
Tech, an eminent violinist, a
superb choir, and an interest-
ing London lecturer.

At the Tech Mid Terms:
Julia Anne Florence, Flake
Patman, Virginia Clower, Su-
san Montgomery, Martha Lid-
dell, Sallie Knight, Nancy
Driskell, Hazel Scruggs, Mary
Bon Utterback, Arabelle Boy-
er, Frances Fleming, Mary Je-
ter, Louise Hankin, Katie Ar-
nall, Bobby Powell, Leila
Holmes, Carolyn Daniels, Ann
Hilsman, Bizelle Roberts,
Laura Cumming, Helen Hale,
Bette Burdette, Dusty Hance,
Louise Runge, Elta Robinson,
Frankie Butt, Mabel Stowe,
Clara Rountree, Becky An-
drews. \

Frances Ellis, June Lanier, Ann
Bumstead, Betty Waitt, Har-
riet Vaughn, Keeker Newton,
Sarah Copeland, Sylvia Mo-
gul, Jean Beutell, Virginia
Barr, and Helen Schukraft.

At the AO Dental College
Dance: Sylvia Mogul, Zena
Harris, Harriet Kuniansky,
Bebe Shamos, Mary James
Seagle, Mary Lightfoot Elcan,
Mary Zellars, Margaret Nix,
Charlene Burke, Nina Mae
Snead, Anne Martin, and Joy
Geist.

At the Chi Phi Formal at

Emory: June Lanier, Sue Kaul-
back, Betty Waitt, Mary Lou-
ise Palmour, Toni Alston,
Mamie Hallman, Mary Ann
Atkins, Mary Brock, Ruth
Kuniansky, Dot Nash, Mary
Zellars, Nell Turner, Mary
Louise Duffee, Martha Rhodes,
Margaret Shepard, Dot Hol-
loran, Kate Johnson. Bette Bur-
dette, and Margaret Downie.

On the SAE Hobo Party:
Pat Stokes, Annie Wilds, Lil-
lian Schwencke, Nell Turner,
Mary Louise Turner, Molli
Oliver, Martha Liddell, Lillian
Gudenrath, Sallie Knight,
Claire Bennett, Betty Bacon,
Susan Montgomery, Betty
Waitt, Martha Dunn, Sarah

"cocktailor"...so good it
sold out before by noon!

Thank goodness this dress is here again! Since last
week we've been deluged with requests for more!
Mixing three fashion recipes of convertible shirt
neckline, tie-sash and all-round pleated skirt we
came up with the answer to a sell-out! In beige or
aqua, black or navy, powder blue or rose, rayon
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Gym Classes
Dance in Recital

Groups from the Contempo-
rary dancing class and the In-
termediate and Advanced Nat-
ural Dancing classes will give
a dance recital Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 18, at 8 P.M.

The program is not ready for
publication, according to Mrs.
Harriet Haynes Lapp, assistant
professor of physical educa-
tion, but the girls are busy in
classes dancing for this event
and working on costumes and
colors. Mrs. Lapp added,
"The outcome should be unus-
ually good."

The college community, fac-
ulty, and friends are invited.

Gray Rainey, and Shirley
Smith.

At the Passion Play: Martha
O'Nan, Jackie Stearns, Mar-
garet Woodhead, Elizabeth
Coffee, and Aileen Kasper.

Sunday at the Sigma Chi
House: Louise Hankins, Julia
Anne Florence, and Ginny
Williams.

Sunday at the SAE House:

Susan Montgomery, and Mar-
tha Liddell.

Sunday at the Pi KA House:

Flake Patman.

At the Spanish Room over
the Week-end: Martha Sue
Dillard, and Marjorie Simpson.

At 'The Man Who Came to
Dinner": Gene Slack, Gay
Swaggerty, Marjorie Merlin,
and Lucile Gaines.

At the Delta Tau Delta
House Party: Becky Andrews.

At the Clemson Mid-Terms:
Betty Sullivan, and Mary
Jeter.

Campus Queen Scene:

We went "belt browsing"
this week and turned up with
some interesting angles. Nota-
bly, Shirley Gateley's Roman
striped belt, Eugenia Hailey's
unusual leather, blue, by the
way, band with matching
shoulders; and Betty Pegram's
turquoise and red cumberbund.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

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Family Relations Class
Attracts Interest

By Jessie MacGuire

With an eye to the future, Agnes Scott girls enthusias-
tically signed up for the class in The Family, and just as
excitably followed up their intentions with logical actions;
probably no other class has had such positive reactions as
readily as the family class.

Hardly had the first session
of the class been completed,
when some of the girls were
hard at work, or play. This
fact was discovered in a very
shocking way, at least, shock-
ing to Bee Bradfield, who came
upon the fact in a surprising
way. Bee, checking over the
books in the library, lifted her
left eyebrow skeptically and
shook an apprehensive head
when she saw Annie Wild's
name signed to a card entitled
"Love in the Machine Age."

Mysterious Data

"Hmmm' now I wonder what
a little Agnes Scotter could
want with such data," thought
Bee, and hurried on with her
work. Picking up the next
card, Bee's uncertain thoughts
met stark reality. This one
had a much more suggestive
title and was signed by her
very good friend Mary Dean
Lott. It turned out that both
girls had either followed a
New Year's resolution not to
get behind in* their work, or
had taken a sudden interest in
the subject. Whichever is the
true motive, this incident is
proof that Agnes Scott is be-
coming more practical minded
in keeping up with the times.

Statistics

Such things as statistics on
what professions the most
successful husbands follow,
whether most divorces are
caused by intellectual incom-
patibility, or by shattered
dreams of living on love alone,
sans pecuniary backing, are in
order in Miss Mell's family
class. "These girls will not be
facing life blindly," they say
on being asked the advantages
of such a course. The psycho-
logical aspect of the family
problem is stressed, and "good
psychology certainly helps in
this day and age," say others.
As ever, the always current
topic of interest holds its own
at Agnes Scott, and the Family
and Marriage courses find
themselves the most frequently
visited classes on the campus.

Little Foxes'
Plays Here

Starring the famous Tallu-
lah Bankhead in one of her
greatest roles, "The Little
Foxes," Lillian Hellman's
drama of greed and its conse-
quences, opens a two-day
showing in Atlanta at the Er-
langer Theater, Friday, Feb-
ruary 14. The stage play
comes to Atlanta audiences
fresh from a year's successful
run in New York, and after
finishing its engagement here
continues on an extensive tour
of the country.

Tallulah Bankhead, star of
the show, has achieved fame
on the stages of both Europe
and America. Praised by critics
for her acting in at least half a
dozen plays, she finds a real
outlet for her talents in "The
Little Foxes," her latest role.

Dr. McCain Attends
Educational Conference

Dr. J. R. McCain returned
Saturday from a meeting of
the representatives of the
American Council on Educa-
tion, the North Central Asso-
ciation of Colleges, the South-
ern Association of Colleges,
the Southern University Con-
ference, and the Association of
American Colleges in Chicago.
Dr. McCain represented the
Southern Association of Col-
leges, Southern University
Conference, and Association of
American Colleges.

The conference discussed
the problem of the preparation
of better teachers. The discus-
sion was divided into two di-
visions training of teachers in
Liberal Arts colleges for teach-
ing in Liberal Arts colleges and
high schools, and training of
teachers in universities for
teaching in Liberal Arts col-
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941

Should We Have
Junior Chocolates

Originally proposed as a financial boon
to the Junior Class, the sale of Junior
Chocolates has grown into a struggle of
principal vs. principle in recent years. The
records of steadily rising losses show not
only the monetary problem which has
arisen, but also, and more importantly, a
threat to the fundamental principle of any
successful honor system personal respon-
sibility. For blame of the situation falls
not on any organization, method of sales,
or controlling persons, but on each individ-
ual who enjoys the convenience of a handy
midnight snack or a belated Sunday
breakfast.

Had the problem originated this year, it
would be strictly one for the Junior Class
to solve, but the difficulties of making
Junior Chocolates a paying proposition
have become almost as traditional as the
Black Cat Stunt. Statistically speaking,
the classes who have handled them in the
past several years have lost as much as
they gained, and this year the losses have
EXCEEDED the gains.

The recent open forum in chapel
brought out the fact that various methods
tried both this year and last have only
resulted in more harm than good. The
system of IOU's was installed before
Christmas, to eliminate having to leave
money in the hall, and to make it more
convenient for people who did not happen
to have change when they felt the urge to
satisfy a between-meal appetite. This
meant that, at the end of each week, some
one must go to each person who had signed
an IOU and collect from her, if she could
be found. For the customer, this was
ideal, but she was only one of several hun-
dred who had to be seen, and the collectors
spent many fruitless hours trying to locate
customers who were either out, in the li-
brary, or just generally inaccessible. The
system was too minute to succeed in a
large group, so it was stopped when re-
ports showed continued loss.

Next came the suggestion to sell the
food at specific hours. But this, too, has
proved a failure, because buying Junior
Chocolates is usually not a premeditated
matter, and the sales are showing a defi-
nite decrease.

Other methods of procedure have been
discussed, but the same trouble of having
to personally contact each customer is in-
volved. In a school such as Agnes Scott,
with a theoretically sound honor system,
it certainly seems deplorable, but the ob-
vious conclusion from these facts, is that
food cannot be left in the hall for people to
buy if and when they like. The condition
is a direct result of carelessness in a small
matter, and "Big losses from little forget-
fulness grew/'

It is neither fair to the Junior Class, the
student body, or the school to allow such
a situation to continue, for the by-product
of any profits gained are a crippled honor
system and an incentive for personal irre-
sponsibility. Such profit is not profit at
all, but loss loss which can only be recti-
fied when each student realizes that such
projects as Junior Chocolates are for the
entire campus, and their success is de-
pendent on her living up to the pledge she
took as a freshman, not only in big mat-
ters, but also in small ones; not only occa-
sionally but every day; not only for her
own sake, but also for the rest of the com-
munity as well. B. B.

Editorial Notes

More Power to Mortar Board

Mortar Board is to be highly commend-
ed for giving vocational guidance a defi-
nite place on the campus this year. It
should help remove many question marks
looming in the minds of Sophomores and
Juniors who are selecting courses as well
as the vocationally perplexed Seniors.

B. B.

Stevenson

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

All the events of the week seem repetition
of things seen before on the stage. The
scenery has been rearranged, the action is
more polished (through practice), but some
of the actors gave jaded performances.

Retreat

The retreat across the
northern desert must seem
like a bad adventure
thriller to the Italians a
serial that goes on and
on, each chapter worse
than the last. The relent-
less pursuit is becoming
nightmarish.

In the last chapter, the
British w r ere at Bengasi.
Next installment? flight
across the Syrte Desert with little water,
more desert dirt, and always Wavell's Aus-
tralians behind.

Repeat

The familiar tragi-comedy of that clever
scene-shifter, Hitler, is doing another run,
this time in Bulgaria. It is the play about
the German tourists, the ones who are not
tourists, the ones who remove their disguises
in the last act and become soldiers again.
Washington Merry-Go-Round

The show on Capitol Hill went on just
about as scheduled. The audience acted up
a bit, a few gallery sitters were rude (a
cloaked woman, a Youth Congress leader,
etc.). But the House debate, though con-
scientious, was perfunctory. However, the
opposition piled up a healthy vote: 165 to
the winning 260.

The setting is being changed this week.
After Tuesday the curtain rises on the Sen-
ate Chamber.

Back Stage Maneuvering

In Vichy, Petain has turned in an unex-
pectedly strong performance. His public has
been confirmed in admiration for the old
man. Laval, hovering in the wings, has per-
haps, as the villain of the piece, been foiled.
Darlan (who hates the English well enough,
maybe, to suit Hitler) has acted as negotia-
tor between Paris and Vichy. The Admiral
may be the next lead, but Hitler has not yet
shown signs of accepting such a substitute.
Petain may yet have to forego his com-
promise with Darlan as Premier, and may
have to accept that person "commonly called
Laval" (Churchill's phrase) as dictator of
France.
Star

The old master has stolen the whole show
again. Instinctively, Churchill, in perfect
sincerity, is able to use every native gift to
the good purpose of giving new strength
and vitality to his Cockney-shopkeeper-
blueblood audience. Each appearance has
the same virtues: the fighting humor, the
slow emphatic irony, the heartening candor
"not words but deeds" "Give us the
tools, we'll finish the job."

New Cast

The choice of new ambassadors has put
dramatic emphasis on present day American
interests. A new post has been created; that
of ambassador to Uruguay, an honor for
one of the "good neighbors." Winant is the
ambassador to England, and, in him, Roose-
velt has picked a former Republican gover-
nor of New Hampshire and a labor expert,
a paradox of defense unity. And for the first
time, the United States sends a particular
ambassador, Biddle, to four of the rootless
refugee governments in London: Poland,
Belgium. Norway, and the Netherlands.

The Agnes Scott News

Campus Camera

Vol. XX VI. Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1941

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was || years old/

A GUM-
CHEWING

CONTEST HELD
AT DE PAUW
UNIVERSITY

WAS WON BY
A STUDENT
WHO CHEWED
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ONCE/

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POLY PLAYER WAS EJECTED
FROM ANY GAME FOR
PERSONAL FOUL /

Cartledge

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

With the losses from Junior
Chocolates mounting by the
week, the juniors are really-
getting desperate. This week
we've tried, in a last attempt,
to find some solution to the
problem, though possibilities
are decidedly limited.
Julia Ann Patch, '42:

Why could-
n't the girls
on telephone
duty also
have charge
of Junior
Choc olates?
In that way
some one
would sell
them without
using time
that could be spent otherwise.

Ann Frierson, '43:

I think that a slot machine
would be the solution to the
problem. Even though they
would have to rent it, it
wouldn't cost as much as they
are losing now.

Suzanne Kaulbach, '42:

I think the best thing to do is
simply to stop selling Junior
Chocolates. If the girls really
want to have candy in the
halls, it's possible that the
threat of losing it will make
them more careful.

Ruth Kolthoff, '44:

I think that a bank would
solve the problem, to some ex-
tent anway. At least it would
keep cash from disappearing.
Grace Walker, '41:

I think that if the money
continues to disappear, they
should stop selling candy. It'll
be a constant temptation to
those people who are careless
about it. and will lead to care-
lessness in even greater mat-
ters.

Helen Hardie, '41:

I think a slot machine would
be the answer to the question.
You can rent them. I think, on
a percentage basis. And they
hold five or six varieties of
candy.

Shirley Smith Reviews

Ede's Lecture.
On Art

"The arts, as much as any-
thing else, create our civiliza-
tion for they encourage con-
templation," H. S. Ede, art au-
thority and Curator at the
National Gallery of British
Art, told the faculty and stu-
dent body in chapel Friday in
a talk on "Activity in Contem-
plation."

"Contemplation lives, I
think, by contemplation, and in
contemplating art our power
for contemplation becomes
greater," he continued.

Mr. Ede said that the ordi-
nary layman was unable to
appreciate real art because art
to him was merely a reproduc-
tion of his everyday world.
Such a picture may be clever
but it is not real art, he said.

"People who say art is easy
know what they like and find
it easily things of their asso-
ciation," he said. "I too know
what I like, but I look for
something with which I have
practically no association."

"An artist is a man who gets
a vision of the world, and
through his pictures gives his
vision to the world."

Mr. Ede denounced modern
art saying, "The man who
wishes to learn will find that
the modern soft work has a
use, to show how truth may
be distorted!"

He said that his own appre-
ciation of art was personal,
"more emotional than reason-
ing." To reach a full apprecia-
tion of art, he said the observer
must "look for something un-
known which, when found,
will seem as though he had had
it always."

"Until a person lets the ex-
ternal world go he can never
perceive. 'He who would save
his soul must lose it.' " He ad-
vised those who would culti-
vate an appreciation of art to
get "integrity of observation,"
and look for all sides of the
thing rather than what is ap-
parent at the first glance.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941

No. 16

Patterson Tells
Committees
For Banquet

Dance Follows
Founders' Day Banquet
Saturday Night

Pattie Patterson, chairman
of the Founder's Day celebra-
tion, announced this week the
possibility that only one dining
hall would be used for the an-
nual banquet Saturday, Febru-
ary 22.

The committees for the cele-
bration are: Decorations: Vir-
ginia Collier, Chairman: Lib
Ruprecht, Cornelia Willis, Vir-
ginia Carr, and Virginia Clow-
er; Costumes: Beth Irby, Chair-
man; Florrie Guy, June Boy-
kin, and Nina Broughton: Pro-
gram: Betty Kyle, Chairman;
and Susan Self; Minuet: Mary
Ivy, Chairman; and Seating:
Molly Oliver, Chairman.

Eight couples will take part
in the Minuet to be presented
in the Murphey Candler Build-
ing. Afterwards the Cotillion
Club will entertain the college
community with a dance in
Murphey Candler.

The girls who will take the
parts of the colonial characters
will be selected from the list
which includes so far: Ann
Fisher and Laura Sale as
George Washington; Frances
Breg and Florrie Guy as Mar-
tha Washington; Weezie Sams
and Anne Martin as Paul Re-
vere; Sabine Brumby and
Elaine Stubbs as Daniel
Boone; Virginia Williams and
Helen Hardie as LaFayette;
Martha Boone and Ida Jane
Vaughan as Betsy Ross; Ann

(Continued on Page 3)

Nelson Accepts
Position in Ohio

Miss Narka Nelson, assis-
tant professor of Latin and
Greek, announced Thursday
that she has accepted the posi-
tion of head of the department
of classics at Western College,
Oxford, Ohio. She will be pro-
fessor of Latin and Greek. Dr.
J. R. McCain said that Miss
Susan Cobbs will fill Miss Nel-
son's position here.

Miss Nelson is a graduate of
Western College, where she
received her A.B. degree. She
received her M.A. from Smith
College and her Ph.D. from the
University of California. After
graduating from Western Col-
lege, Miss Nelson was assis-
tant professor of Latin and
Greek there for six years. Be-
fore coming to Agnes Scott she
taught in preparatory schools
in California and in Minnesota.

Miss Nelson has a mingled
feeling of pleasure and sorrow
at leaving Agnes Scott and re-
turning to her alma mater. "I
am sorry to leave, for the clas-
sics are flourishing at Agnes
Scott," Miss Nelson said. "I
hate to give it up."

Miss Susan Cobbs, who will
take Miss Nelson's place at
Agnes Scott, is a graduate of
Randolph-Macon College for
Women in Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia. She received her Ph.D.
from the University of Chica-
go. For ten years Miss Cobbs
has taught at Randolph-Ma-
con, and this year is teaching
at the Shipley School, Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Miss Cobbs has been to Ag-
nes Scott several times for in-
tercollegiate debates. She has
been active in campus activities
at Randolph-Macon, Dr. Mc-
Cain added.

Vaughan Plays
At Musicale

Ida Jane Vaughan will act
as soloist in Mozart's concerto
for piano, in C-Major, assisted
by the string ensemble, in an
all Agnes Scott Musicale Fri-
day, February 21, at 8 P. M.
in Presser Hall.

The program for the eve-
ning will include:
Organ Toccata and

Fugue, D-Minor Bach

Arioso Bach

C. W. Dieckmann
Chorale-Prelude: "I Call

Upon Thee, Jesus" Bach

Pastoral Symphony (from
Christmas Oratorio) .... Bach
Agnes Scott
String Ensemble
C. W. Dieckmann, conducting
Concerto for Piano,

C-Major Mozart

Andante, Allegretto
Ida Jane Vaughan
and String Ensemble
Organ Suite

Gothique Boellmann

C. W. Dieckmann

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. Var-
sity-Sub-Varsity Basketball
Game in Gym.

Wednesday Through Friday
Prince Hubertus zu Lowen-
stein visits on campus.

Thursday, 11:30 A. M. Miss
Jessie M. Stuart, Vocational
Guidance Speaker, 102 B.H.

Friday, 8 P. M. Agnes Scott
Musicale in Presser Hall.

Friday, 9:30 P. M. Founder's
Day Broadcast in Gaines
Chapel.

Saturday, 6:05 P. M. Found-
er's Day Banquet.

Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein
Affirms Universal Hatred of War

By Ginny Williams

"American students cannot be fooled so easily," youth does not hate in this war as
they have hated in previous wars, and there has been a forward movement in the student's
knowledge of world affairs from 1935 until 1941. These were the somewhat hopeful notes
sounded by Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein in an interview Saturday.

The Prince met his first
question squarely. On being
asked if German college stu-
dents had the same attitude
toward war as American col-
lege students, he said simply,
"Does anyone want to die?
... I think all people hate
war."

Democracy

As to the survival of de-
mocracy, he was very definite
views. First he quoted the old
adage that a war is proof that
something went wrong with
politics. The totalitarian states
grew, he said, because the peo-
ple "lost faith in Christianity,
became agnostics and militar-
ists." He .sees Christianity as
an essential ingredient of de-
mocracy. "When deChristian-
ized," he said, "people lose de-
mocracy, lose their personality
. . . both Christianity and de-
mocracy are based on the im-

portance of the personality of
the individual."

Prince Hubertus presents an
interesting point in saying that
when people begin to think as
does their favorite news com-
mentator or columnist, then
that is a step toward totali-
tarianism.

Hatred Artificial

Do the youth of today hate
as they have hated in previous
wars? His answer was an em-
phatic,

"No." The prince continued
to say that this was a hopeful
sign and to explain the cause.
After the last war there was a
migration of students all over
Europe, and since then there
has been an increased knowl-
edge of each other through
such ways as the friendships
of exchange students. "There
cannot be hatred now," he
states, "because they know

each other. Hatred is artifi-
cial."

Germany after the war? The
Prince was deeply distressed
by the thought. He said sim-
ply, "I don't know, last time it
was horrible, this time it will
be worse."

Old Southerner

The Prince grew up in the
country, being born in a vil-
lage of about three hundred
and fifty souls. Even now he
loves the country and is buy-
ing a house in the country
about thirty miles from New
York.

Prince Hubertus is no new-
comer to the south. He has
lectured at almost all the larger
southern colleges. His latest
stay was at our sister institu-
tion, the University of Geor-
gia. "I'm an old Southerner,"
he declared. "I'm almost pre-
pared to become a son of the
Confederacy."

College Broadcasts
From Gaines Chapel

Dr. McCain Talks, Glee Club Sings
On Initial Campus Broadcast

Taking part in the first radio program ever to be broad-
cast from the Agnes Scott campus, Dr. J. R. McCain will
make a short talk and the Glee Club will sing during a special
Founder's Day broadcast to be made from Gaines Chapel at
9:30 P. M., Friday, February 21.

Since the program will be

Famed Philosopher
Lectures Here
In March

Since one of the subjects
most requested on the Lecture
Association questionnaires last
spring was philosophy, the
Lecture Association has invit-
ed Dr. William Ernest Hock-
ing, professor of philosophy at
Harvard University, to speak
on Monday, March 31, at 8:30
in the Gaines Chapel. The sub-
ject of his lecture is "Confor-
mity and Revolt as the Basis
for Healthy Life."

Dr. Hocking, the uncle of
Dr. Ernest Runyon, associate
professor of botany, is one of
the most distinguished teachers
of philosophy in this country,
and is greatly in demand as a
lecturer because of his ability
to present his subject graph-
ically and interestingly to his
audience. His practicality has
made him a favorite wherever
he appears.

An internationally-k n o w n
scholar, Dr. Hocking has de-
livered a series of lectures in
several universities of this
country and on the continent,
including Oxford and Cam-
bridge. He is the author of
several books, his most recent
study being on Oriental philos-
ophies.

Dr. Hocking still fills his
position as professor at Har-
vard and will be here during
his own spring holidays. Later,
in May, he is to give a series
of lectures at the University of
North Carolina.

Since Dr. Kittredge was un-
able to come, the Lecture As-
sociation and the Department
of Philosophy and Education,
in the words of Mr. Stukes,
"are highly pleased" that the
Agnes Scott and Atlanta com-
munity will have the oppor-
tunity to hear such a distin-
guished and capable lecturer.

Mortar Board Speaker
Discusses Personnel Work

As one of the first features
of the vocational guidance pro-
gram being offered by Mortar
Board, Miss Jessie M. Stuart
will speak to students on per-
sonality in the business world,
Thursday, February 20.

Miss Stuart is connected
with the Prince School in Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, an institu-
tion for training department
store personnel. Miss Stuart
will speak at 11:30 in 102 Butt-
rick to all students who are in-
terested in this type of work.

program
presented according to the
form of all major broadcasts,
with a staff announcer as mas-
ter-of-ceremonies, and the au-
dience in Presser Hall as
studio audience, the college
community will have an excel-
lent chance to see how a radio
program is conducted.

After Dr. McCain's short
address, which will tell the his-
tory of Presser Hall, William
Cole Jones, associate editor of
The Atlanta Journal, will
thank the college in behalf of
the community at large, for
allowing the public to enjoy
the use of the music building
at the many worthwhile activi-
ties there during the past sea-
son.

Music

"Purple and White," one of
the oldest songs at Agnes
Scott, has been chosen by the
Glee Club for one of its selec-
tions. The others will include
a Stephen Foster medley, the
alma mater, and "Gaines," the
hymn composed by Dr. Dieck-
mann for the dedication of
Presser Hall.

Irene Leftwich Harris, well-
known organist and pianist,
will be heard on the program
playing a group of com-
positions, including Chopin's
Waltz in E Minor. At the or-
gan will be C. W. Dieckmann,
professor of music, playing
"Adore Te Devote," one of his
own compositions.

Will Relay Program

Since the program does not
originate from the regular ra-
dio studios, it is to be relayed
to Station WSB in Atlanta by
two telephones, and will be re-
broadcast from there to the en-
tire southeast.

Although this is the only
Founder's Day program taking
place on the campus, it is but
one of many such activities
throughout the country. Alum-
nae Association has received
word that Agnes Scott gradu-
ates will be listening to Friday
night's broadcast from all the
southeastern states.

Celebrate Founders' Day

Alumnae clubs in many
places are to have meetings
during Founder's Day itself
February 22. The most impor-
tant of these are the Charlotte
^ or * Carolina, one, which
iJr. Philip Davidson will ad-
dress; the New York City one
which Miss Carrie V. Scan-
drett will attend; and the ban-
quet of the local alumnae,
which Granger Hansell, prom-
inent Atlanta attorney, will
address Saturday night at the
Athletic Club.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1941

A.A. Board Chooses
Varsity,Sub- Varsity

Sophs Defeat Invincible' Juniors
26-23 in Season s Fastest Game

By Susan Self

Where basketball is concerned, tonight's the night. The
1941 varsity-sub-varsity teams clash at 7:30 at Bucher Scott
gymnasium in Agnes Scott's annual all-star show. Announce-
ment of varsity-sub-varsity teams was made last Monday
after both popular and com-

mittee votes were counted.
The varsity list includes two
senior forwards, Ethelyn Dyar
and Ann Fisher; the juniors'
ace shooting combination of
Alta and Dot Webster; and
Frances Radford, high scoring
sophomore. At guard on the
varsity team will be Billie
Walker, the only freshman to
place on the varsity squad,
Clara Rountree, sophomore,
and Anne Gellerstedt and
Betty Ann Brooks, juniors.

Nine On Sub-Varsity

Nine girls were also given
berths on the sub-varsity team.
Gwenn Hill, guard, and Anne
Eagan and Ruth Farrior, for-
wards, represent the freshmen.
Martha Dale, guard, and Ha-
zel Collings, a transfer forward
from Winthrop College, were
picked from the sophomore
team. Helen Klugh was the
only senior to place on the sub-
varsity team. Bee Bradfield
and Doris Hasty, who plays
both guard and forward, rep-
resent the juniors on sub-var-
sity.

The junior-sophomore game
last Friday just goes to show
that you can't win all of the
games all of the time.

The juniors, with two unde-
feated seasons and a game to
go on their third, lost to a de-
termined bunch of sophomores,
26-23. It was by far the rough-
est, closest, fastest game of the
season.

Downie Stars

The entire sophomore team
played extra special basketball,
established a 8-4 lead at the
quarter, led H-9 at the half,
and held such a command
throughout the remainder of
playing time that even Dot
Webster's two long last-min-
ute snowbirds failed to reverse
the situation. Little Margaret
Downie decided to start shoot-
ing and she accounted for 12 of
her team's points. She has
shown steady improvement all
season. Clara Rountree and
Martha Dale deserve a lot of
credit for their team's win.
Their guarding was excellent.
They intercepted passes and
took the ball from the back-
board many times. The game
was cluttered with a great deal
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while Betty Ann Brooks was
holding her to one field goal.

The game between the fresh-
men and seniors, although
something of an anticlimax to
the junior's big upset, was
clean and close and revealed
some beautiful floor work.
Ruth Farrior scored four field
goals during the first few min-
utes of play. Scoring fairly al-
ternated between teams from
the beginning of the second
quarter to the last whistle.
Both teams missed many shots
during the last half. Klugh
looked fine on defense, and
Dyar played her usual stellar
brand of ball before leaving
the game with a sprained ankle.

The Lineups:

Senior (18) Freshman (24)

R.F. Harvard, J. (6)

L.F. Farrior (14)

F. Tuggle

R.G. White

L.G. Walker

C.G. G. Hill

Fisher

Stubbs (14)
Dyar (4)
Klugh
Dcnnison
Wilds
Substitutions:

Senior McGarrity.

Freshman E. Harvard
Shugg, Gribble.

(4), Jacob,

Sophomore (26)

Collings (6)
Downie (12)
Radford (8)
Rountree
Lambeth
Dale

R.F.
L.F.
C.F.
R.G.
L.G.
C.G.

Junior (23)

Webster, D. (16)
Webster, A. (3)
Wagnor (4)
Gellerstedt
Currie
Brooks

Breg Warns Students

Frances Breg, president
of Student Government,
warned all students to keep
check on their money, in an
interview Friday. "Not so
many cases of money disap-
pearing have occurred," she
said, "but when they have,
they have been large sums
of money."

She urged students to
keep their money and other
valuables locked, and to re-
port losses to her or the
house president as soon as
they were discovered, not a
week or so later.

Sales persons on the cam-
pus should be reported to
the office immediately, she
reminded students.

A.A.U.W.

Prexy Speaks

Dr. Margaret Shove Mor-
riss, president of the Ameri-
can Association of University
Women, will speak to the stu-
dent body in chapel on Friday,
February 28. She will be in
Atlanta to speak later in the
day at the conference of the
Georgia Division of the A. A.
U. W. at the Georgian Ter-
race on the subject, "Plans and
Problems of the National Or-
ganization."

Dr. Morriss is a graduate of
Goucher College and studied
for her master's degree at Bryn
Mawr. She has also studied at
the London School of Econom-
ics, in London, England. For a
number of years she was Pro-
fessor of History at Mount
Holyoke, and now she is dean
of Pembroke College, the wom-
an's division of Brown Uni-
versity, which is the seventh
oldest institution of higher
learning in the United States.
Dr. Morriss is also author of a
book, "Colonial Trade of
Maryland."

In the past Dr. Morriss has
served the A. A. U. W. as an
outstanding member of the
National Committee on Mem-
fa e r s h i p and Maintaining
Standards. She was elected as
president of the association at
the convention in Savannah in
1937. At this time Miss Eliza-
beth Jackson was elected as a
member of the National Board,
in the position which she had
previously occupied by ap-
pointment to an unexpired
term.

During her two days here,
Dr. Morriss will stay in the
Alumnae House, where Miss
Scandrett will entertain for her
at lunch on Friday. Following
the luncheon Miss Jackson will
serve coffee in, her honor.

According to Miss Jackson,
Dr. Morriss is an extremely
nice, friendly person, with a
remarkable memory for all her
former students. "She is a very
great pleasure to work with
and to play with. She is the
sort of person who used to love
various sports, whom you
would probably call the all-
round Girl of her day."

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Juniors Recount
Highlights of Banquet

By Jessie MacGuire

Lace, chiffon, and marquisette contrasted with the black
of smartly tailored tuxedos at the annual junior banquet Sat-
urday night, and added a spirit of excitement to an occasion
already exciting for a large number of girls who had invited
special guests from points

north and east. Making the
party a very cosmopolitan one,
Davidson and Princeton sent
two representatives, Columbus,
Ohio, one, and from all sur-
rounding states came the men
via plane, train and car. That
good old southern hospitality
was displayed once more when
all the famed nightspots saw
Agnes Scott beautified and
well-escorted, dancing and en-
tertaining each other in con-
genial groups.

Special Lead-Out

A special lead-out was dedi-
cated to the Agnes Scott jun-
iors at the rainbow room;
Life's photographers attended
the Spanish room along with
Agnes Scott's pulchritude. It
is hoped by interested juniors
that Life's magazine will reveal
its memorial in prints of Agnes
Scott's February 15th.

The Emory Interfraternity
dance did no general favors for
the celebrated guests, but paid
their compliments in a more
personal way to individuals.
Starry-eyed girls with slightly
bedraggled orchids and gar-
denias recount their tales of
adventure to the hopeful un-
derclassmen who had watched
the night before over the up-
stairs bannisters.

Highlights in the highlight of
the year: President Betty Ann
has tomato juice turned over
on her dress, but doesn't mind
at all, because it is done in such

a charming way; Edwina Bur-
russ arrives in a tear, after
having subtly coaxed Passion
calmly to wend its way to the
old Alma-Mater; Polly Frink
gives her friends as well as
herself a thrill when she ushers
in a blue dress uniform to the
tune of "There's Something
About a Soldier," May King
added a chic note with her bird
of paradise; Gay Currie goes
native on us and is tricked into
believing that there is a horn
on an airplane Imagine the
Yankee Clipper sounding its
warning on the skyways with a
snappy "Yankee Doodle Dan-
dy."

Easy to Remember:

Virginia Watkins' presenting
a picture of regal charm in a
drop-shouldered white chiffon
dress with long flowing
sleeves; Virginia Montgom-
ery's looking pretty as a pic-
ture in a white dress with
beautiful old-fashioned lines;
Ann Chambless in a blue lace
with a delicately shaded orchid
to match.

Perhaps it's the psychology
of celebrating a tradition that!
makes the Junior Banquet the
festive occasion it is, or per-
haps it's the spirit of class co-
operation; but whichever it is,
this year's banquet will be re-
membered as the best yet at
least by the Class of '42.

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Molli Oliver Checks Up On

After Working Hours

The whirl and festivities of the juniors reached a gala
peak this week-end with the celebration of their traditional
banquet, "the loveliest ever," followed by diverse evenings
of fun for all; for the madcap juniors took Atlanta by storm
and jammed the Rainbow and Spanish Rooms and lent a note
of excitement to the Interfrater-

nity.

At the Interfraternity: Annie
Wilds, Mary Dean Lott, Tilda
Cartledge, Sally Knight, Nell
Turner, Mary Louise Duffee,
Gene Slack, Claire Johnson,
Martha Dunn, Bette Burdette,
Frankie Butt, Betty Waitt, Su-
san elf, Lib Beasley, Nina
Mae Snead, Suzanne Kaulback,
Martha Rhodes, Dot Holloran,
Lillian Schwencke, Martha
Liddell, Claire Bennett, Florrie
Guy, Mary Louise Palmour,
Margaret Sheftall, Shirley
Anne Smith, Edith Dale, Leila
Holmes, Susan Montgomery,
Margie Wilson, and Ann Hils-
man.

At the Rainbow Roof: Bi-

zelle Roberts, Lib Beasley, An-
nie Wilds, Flonnie Ellis, Lu-
cile Gaines, Ann Chambless,
Ducky Copeland, Polly Frink,
Mary Davis, Mae King, Jessie
MacGuire, Mary L. Elcan,
Mary A. Hannah, Mary A.
Faw, Sara Massey, Margaret
Toomy, Mary Jane Bonham,
Becky Stamper, Mary James
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Elise Nance, Margaret Hart-
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Stuckey, Becky Andrews,
Martha O'Nan, Louise Pruitt,
and Elise Smith.

At the Spanish Room: Jean
Beutell.

To the "Little Foxes" to see
Miss Bankhead: Martha O'-
Nan, Margaret Woodhead,
Aileen Casper, Marjorie Mer-
lin, Elinor Gresham, Dot
Wheeler, Maria Felber, Alta
Webster, Ann Gellerstedt,
Frankie Butt, Dot Nabers,
Doris Hasty, Sunette Dyar,
Jane Taylor, Shirley Anne
Smith, Claire Purcell, Neva
Jackson, Martha Buffalow,
Frances Tucker, Mary Olive
Thomas, Kay Wright, Mabel
Stowe, Pattie Patterson, Ginny
Williams, Miss Scandrett, and
Miss Hunter.

At the Mechanics Dance:
Jean Beutell, Susan Spurlock,
Frances Ellis, Louise Moire
and Tommay Turner.

The Dances at Annapolis
Called: Lillian Gish.

Attending the Auburn SPE
Dances Was: Patricia Perry.

Enjoying the Furman Mid-
winters: Margaret Downie.

Campus Queen Scene: Al-
though, the swish and swirl of
new dresses was slightly be-
wildering this Saturday past,
the one that captured our im-
agination was Olivia White's
heady white rhumba creation
with its froth of mantilla lace
in innumerable tiers, its velvet
jacket of red, and its smart
South American accent.

(Continued from Page 1)

Banquet

Henry and Mary Madison
Wisdom as Patrick Henry;
Tine Gray and Pattie Patter-
son as Benjamin Franklin; and
Lillian Schwencke and Mary
Ivy as Lord Cornwallis.

Because the function is spon-
sored by the Senior class, all
Senior day students are invited
to attend the banquet.

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Competitive

Exams

Examinations for competitive
scholarships which are given
each year to girls planning to
enter Agnes Scott will be given
March 7, it was announced
from the President's office. Re-
sults from the examinations
will be determined in the
spring quarter.

There are four awards. The
first is $600 to be credited to-
wards the expenses of a board-
ing student at the college. The
otrer awards are for $300 each.
One of these is specifically for
a Georgia girl; but the larger
scholarship and the other two
smaller ones are not limited as
to territory.

The decision will be based
75 per cent on the results of
two examinations to be taken
Friday, March 7, 1941, and 25
per cent on personal qualities
and participation in school and
community activities.

The examinations are in-
tended to test for ability rather
than for proficiency in special
subjects. They will be as fol-
lows: (1) An aptitude test; (2)
A general information exami-
nation.

Presbyterians
Convene Here

The Presbyterian Student
Conference will convene for its
second annual meeting here
March 15-16, Gay Currie, sec-
retary of the conference, an-
nounced this week.
^ Two hundred delegates from
Georgia colleges are expected
to attend.

Other officers who have
planned an educational pro-
gram are: Wade Huie, Emory,
president; Anne Sallee, G. S.
C. W., vice-president; and Lee
Secreast, University of Geor-
gia, treasurer. Some of the ac-
tivities will include discussion
groups, communion, and wor-
ship service Sunday morning.

Current History Forum

Sponsors Luncheon

The Current History Forum
of Agnes Scott and the Inter-
national Relations Club of
Emory will sponsor a luncheon
for Prince Hubertus zu Loew-
enstein at the Hotel Candler on
Friday, February 21, at 1:30
o'clock. Prince Hubertus will
speak informally at this meet-
ing. Anyone interested in
hearing him then is cordially
urged to come, says Betty
Jane Stevenson, president of
Current History Forum.

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News Reporter Home

The Prince only danced with Cinderella, but he brought
the reporter home. A new chapter in the book of chivalry is
the drama of the Prince and the reporter.

"What do I call him?" worried the reporter from the time
that she received the printed

order to interview Prince Hu-
bertus zu Lowenstein. "What
do you call a Prince?"

Students quoted Miss Harn
as saying that he was "Your
Highness," but Dr. Davidson
reassured the reporter that in
moments of extreme fright she
might use plain "Doctor." The
reporter clutched "your High-
ness" as a word one rarely has
an opportunity to use.

Referred to Prince

The next step was to call the
vice-president of Emory lec-
ture association and both fac-
ulty advisers, who promptly
referred her to his Highness,
himself. The reporter re-
hearsed the German pronuncia-
tion of the word Lowenstein
several times and called the
S. A. E. house. First she said
in a meek southern voice.

"Hello." Then in a gutteral
accent she said carefully, "Is
Prince Hubertus zu Lowenstein
there?"

"He's gone."

"When will he be back?"
"Try at lunch," invited the
voice.

"Pessimistically, the reporter
tried at lunch; and before she
could assume either her dignity
or her accent there was the
Prince. Hastily she explained
who she was and asked for an
interview.

"Certainly," said the Prince.
"When?"

Pumpkins and Mice

"Get the pumpkins and the
four white mice," she an-
nounced to the editor, "I am
going to see the Prince."

"We will get you a taxi,"
said the editor.

At two-fifteen the taxi was
dashing through Emory cam-
pus.

"Go very slowly," the re-
porter ordered the taxi driver.
"One must not arrive too early
for an interview with the
Prince." In stately manner, at
the speed of about five miles an
hour, they continued down
Fraternity Row. In front of the
house the reporter bade the
taxi driver a fearful goodby
and approached the door. She
knocked, knocked on a frater-
nity house door. Nothing hap-
pened; so she pounded. The
door opened.

"I have come to see the
Prince," she announced.

The Prince came down the
stairs immediately. The re-
porter was introduced to him,
but she forgot what she was
supposed to say so she said
"How do You do?"

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"Where shall we go for the
interview?" said the Prince.

The Prince took a cigarette
and offered her one. The re-
porter took a deep breath.

"I suppose I ask you ques-
tions and you answer," she
ventured.

The Prince was willing. He
was very, very easy on the re-
porter. He talked freely on de-
mocracy, on European stu-
dents, and on American stu-
dents. Then he asked the re-
porter about herself. The re-
porter found herself telling her
life history and remembered
that the Emory students had
told her that the Prince was
splendid in bull sessions and
easy to interview. Suddenly
she remembered who was be-
ing interviewed, and continued
her questions.

Direction?

"What direction is Agnes
Scott from here?" asked the
Prince.

"I don't know, "said the re-
porter. "I have no sense of di-
rection."

"Neither do I," said the
Prince. "I get mixed up in the
rooms of my own house." The
reporter felt very friendly to-
ward the Prince. She contin-
ued her interview.

At the end she rose to go,

"If you will wait a moment
until I get my overcoat," said
the Prince. "Wait right here."
He dashed upstairs, leaving
the reporter in a swooning
condition below.

The reporter went dumbly to
the car. "I really do feel like
Cinderella," she told the Prince
courageously.

The reporter was an old
friend of the Prince now. He
was very easy to talk to. They
discussed cheap Georgia li-
cences, his farm in New Jersey,
his fourteen months old baby,
horseback riding in New Mex-
ico, Confederate monuments,
and how much he liked Em-
ory's campus.

Crude American

"This will be something to
tell my grandchildren," she as-
sured him.

"It has been a pleasure," he
saicl.

The reporter felt inadequate.
"I certainly have enjoyed it,"
she gasped in crude American
manner.

Rushing to the dormitory in
search of an audience she re-
membered not once had she
availed herself of her oppor-
tunity to say, "Your High-
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941

Do We Know Our
College History?

This week-end, Agnes Scott graduates
from the four sections of the nation will
turn their minds back to their Alma
Mater. When they do, they will remember
February 22 not for the fact that they had
a welcome day away from studies, but for
the fact that the founder of the college
was born on that day. They will think
about the college as it was when they
graduated, and as it is now, and be proud
of its progress.

For the first time in the history of the
school, a broadcast will go out to the whole
southeast from the campus. Miss Scan-
drett will attend the alumna celebratioin
in New York; Dr. Davidson will talk to
the alumnae in Charlotte. Here on the
campus we will devote a day to the cele-
bration of George Washington Scott's
birthday with the usual banquet and
dance.

Founder's Day is a good day to go over
the history and the traditions of the col-
lege, and to learn what we do not know
about it. We all want to know the history
of our parents and their families ; we spend
days studying the history of our nations ;
we should take February 22 off to study
the history of our college if we have not
already done so.

Here are some questions to test our-
selves on, or to learn the answers, if we
do not already know them:

(1) For whom is the college named?
Why?

(2) When was the college founded?

(3) Who was the first president?

(4) What was the first building? Is it
still standing on the campus?

(5) What were the names of Agnes
Scott before it became a college?

(6) On what grounds was the school
made a college for women?

(7) Who was the first dean?

(8) Who was Samuel M. Inman? J. K.
Orr?

(9) What are the Agnes Scott ideals?

If we don't know the answers to these
questions, we can find them in Dr. Mc-
Cain's "The Story of Agnes Scott College,
1889-1939." It will be appropriate to read
this little book during Founder's Day.

Ginny Williams Reviews

'My N.

Aram

The delightful humor of the already be-
loved Saroyan is found again, more fresh
and more vivid, in this his newest book,
"My Name Is Aram." His style is un-
changed. It is the same wandering conver-
sational style of a story so rich in the human
qualities oMts material that it tells itself.
"The writer simply wrote the words while
his spirit enjoyed their meaning."

The material for this series of short stories
is drawn from the author's life in Fresno,
California, during the years 1915 until 1925.
the years seven to seventeen in the boy's
life. The life is the rich, full one of good
democratic Armenians and native-born
Americans. The stories are of farmers, gro-
cers, circus men, and choir boys, full of the
importance of unimportant people.

The author warns us in the foreword that
he has no plot and he speaks truthfully.
Aram is the only connecting link in the
group of whimsical stories in which we be-
come one of the awe-inspiring and impover-
ished tribe of Garoghlanians. who by their
own admission can do anything. There is

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI

Vi*!J>M SDAY, Fl B. 19, 1941

No. 1 6

1940 McmKr 1941

Fhsocicrtod Collo6iote Press

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination
periods, by the students of Acnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
Mass matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25; sintrle copies, five cents.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia dower Managing Editor

Florence Ellis Business Manager

Cartledge

Matilda Cartledge Gathers

Campus Quotes

This week "Campus Quotes" itself is
coming in for its share c>f criticism. We
have tried to find out first how it is received
by the students, and any suggestions they
have for improving it.

Ruth Allgood, 41:

I think "Campus Quotes"
plays an important role in
campus opinion. In it we
are able to hear the great
variety of existing opinions
in a concentrated form.
Margaret Erwin, 42:

I think "Campus Quotes"
brings more forcibly to our
attention the vital problems
of campus life, and the va-
riety of opinions helps us to
find a better basis for our own ideas.

Caroline Long, 42:

I always read "Campus Quotes" first.
And I think it's an important element in stir-
ring up decisive thought on various campus
and world problems.
Frances Breg, 41:

I think "Campus Quotes" as a rule gives
a good cross section of campus opinion.
And I do think that as a rule they are un-
usually frank, which they must be to be of
any use.

"Pete" Stuckey, 42:

I like "Campus Quotes" chiefly because
it gives people a chance to say what they
think.

Dot Wheeler, 43:

I think that "Campus Quotes" are fine.
It is practically the only article which repre-
sents the entire college community. Would-
n't it be a good idea to put up boxes some-
where on campus where students could
leave suggestions for topics of debate?
Flora Campbell, 43:

I think that "Campus Quotes" makes a
lot of people start thinking about questions
that they would probably never have given
much real thought to.
Annie Wilds, 43:

I think "Campus Quotes" are good be-
cause they give us a chance to see what rep-
resentatives of the various classes think on
different subjects. We find out how each
class feels about the problems.

Campus Camera

News Publishes March 26

This is the last issue of the NEWS
which will appear this quarter, since the
next two weeks are non-activity and
exam weeks, respectively.

The next issue, scheduled for March
26, will be the last issue published by
the present staff, before it is turned
over to a new set of officers. ^

Grandfather who rules the tribe, sad Uncle
Jorgi who sits under the tree playing his
zither and singing in his beautiful melan-
choly voice, Cousin Mourad who has a way
with animals, Cousin Dikran who is an ora-
tor, Uncle Khosrove who hates the sound of
voices and shouts "Pay no attention to it,"
even when his house is on fire, and Miss
Balaifal, who insists that the Armenian Aram
has a beautiful Presbyterian voice.

The reader does not hurry through the
pages to the climax of the story because he
has already arrived. He is too lulled by the
intoxicating warmth of the present page to
hunt for greener fields. Not once is Aram a
hero. He does not make decisions; he floats
along drinking in with amazing understand-
ing the extraordinary life of the extraordi-
nary Garoghlanian tribe.

In true Saroyan style, some stories sur-
pass their neighbors in the book, but none
of them fail to give the same sense of un-
cxpounded joy in living. At the end of each
chapter wc can comment with Grandfather
on "these crazy wonderful children of this
crazy wonderful world."

Whatever the reader seeks, he will
emerge smiling, amazingly uncritical, and
bursting with family pride as the discoverer
of the extraordinary tribe of the Garoghlan-
ians. He will, moreover, entertain no
doubts that this tribe of "crazy wonderful
children" really exist in this "crazy wonder-
ful world."

"JARRIN'JAWN*

TEXAS A.VM. ALL-
AMERICA FULLBACK
YEARS V FAIL-
ED TO EARN HIS NUM-
ERAL AS A FRESHMAN !

COAST & COAST

IN ELEVEN DAYS /

"THE TRAVELING SCHEDULE FOR BRADLEY
COLLEGE'S BRAVES RECENTLY CALLED FOR
TMEMTD PLAY BASKETBALL GAMES IN NEW YORK
AND LDS ANGELES WrmiN ELEVEN DAYS- 7

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

Like Men from Mars

The English have armed
themselves as "parashots" dur-
ing the winter. They have
good reason to understand the
insidious poison of a parachute
attack. And Winston Church-
ill assisted natural apprehen-
^ sion concern-
ing intangi-
ble, mysteri-
ous enemies.
He insisted
that there
were more
English par-
achutists
abroad in
Southern
Italy than
had been
caught there

Steve

nson

no hand a
who are all

by Blackshirts.

Mussolini has
certain number
uniformed and so (so far) will
not be shot as spies. The hunt
for unwelcome British visitors
went on all over Southern Italy
where all freight trains were
stopped.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

What makes an Englishman
tick? Harry Hopkins said that
they were tougher, Willkie
said that they were alert, cau-
tious, expectant, awaiting the
invasion, day by day, and not
afraid.

Now Mr. Roosevelt has sent
President Conant of Harvard
and two other college gentle-
men to try to discern the ways
and means in England, which
may become the ways and
means in the United States.

South of the Danube

It sounds rather difficult,
playing for time with Hitler,
but Boris of Bulgaria was try-
ing this trick desperately last
week. Paying no attention to
such pitiful maneuvering, the
little groups of efficient Ger-
man "tourists" took over air
fields, inspected bridges and
railroads, prepared the banks
of the Danube for pontoon
bridges.

Quietly and unobtrusively
they made this strange Bul-
garia their own. The army
proper, sat 600,000 strong on
the opposite bank of the Dan-
ube, still obstructed by ice. (A
nice spring thaw has set in,
however.)

The Marshall

Petain is put to one pressure
after another. The Germans
after a stunned silence have let
him know the Darlan cabinet
has no permanent sanction and
must be considered temporary.

And Mussolini has also com-
municated a desire, that his
defeated Italian troops save
themselves through retreat into
French Tunisia. But there in
Tunisia sits General Weygand
with his large army, who is still
an unknown quantity.

Franco to Mussolini

"All the decent people are in
prison." In the prisons in
Spain, in the prison that is
Spain, the people, so far as
hunger allows them to be inter-
ested, are for England in the
war. Out of Spain last week
went Franco, the "leader." He
met Milssolini for a Significant
Talk. Not a word leaked out.
The probable subject was Gib-
raltar. The probable answer,
no.

Japan's Non-Policy
In the Pacific

Imagine the embarrassment
of the temperate ambassador,
Nomura. Apparently, he was
sent to Washington by Japan
to reassure, and to soothe. But,
he, in no way represents the
men who run Japan. And they
seemed to have forgotten him
once he was out of the coun-
try, and. in one week, irritated
in quick succession, Australia
(which had a big war scare).
Manila (ditto), Singapore, and
the United States. Meanwhile
they wooed an old and ardent
enemy, Russia, for trade privi-
leges, which the old master,
Duranty, says they are not
likely to get out of Russia now.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941

No. 17

McCain Tells
Speakers for
Graduation

Moore Gives Sermon; Cox
Makes Graduation Address

Dr. McCain has announced
that the Reverend Ansley C.
Moore, pastor of Peace Memo-
rial Church, Clearwater, Fla.,
will preach the baccalaureate
sermon on Sunday, June 1, in
Gaines Chapel, and President
Harvey W. Cox of Emory, will
give the commencement ad-
dress Tuesday, June 3.

Mr. Moore, according to Dr.
McCain, has been rather close-
ly connected with Agnes Scott
for many years, having attend-
ed Emory University and Co-
lumbia Seminary. He has been
in Clearwater for about four
years, and is very active in
young people's work.

Dr. Cox will give the com-
mencement address to this, the
first class to graduate since the
co-operative movement be-
tween Agnes Scott and Emory
was begun. He attended Ne-
braska Wesleyan University,
University of Nebraska, Har-
vard, and the University of
Florida. Before he came to
Emory, he held positions at Ne-
braska Wesleyan University,
Harvard, and the University of
Florida.

Besides being president of
Emory, Dr. Cox is president of
the Southern Methodist Educa-
tional Association, and member
of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Al-
pha, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron
Delta Kappa, Tau Kappa Al-
pha, and Scabbard and Blade.

Library Displays
Wood Carvings

Actors of Passion Play
Create Biblical Characters

One of the most interesting
collections the library has
shown is the exhibit of wood
carvings from Oberammergau,
Germany. The collection,
which belongs to a woman from
Connecticut, will be on display
from March 18-29. The carv-
ings are for sale, but since they
are very precious, the prices
are extremely high.

Oberammergau is the village
whose citizens have been pro-
ducing the Passion Play each
summer for centuries, and it is
these same actors who have
carved the little figures. This,
perhaps, accounts for the pre-
dominance of Biblical charac-
ters. A complete creche, some
separate angels, and some ani-
mals are also on exhibit.

During the long winter
months, when the inhabitants
of this town in the Bavarian
Alps are practically snow-
bound, the chief occupation is
the carving of these small
wooden toys. After many years
crafts have been established
which are passed from father
to son.

The wood used is usually
that of fruit trees, pear, apple,
or maple. Tinting, which was
used in the Middle Ages, is be-
ing brought back into use. The
towns often specialize in a par-
ticular type of toy and Ober-
ammergau is one of the leading
centers of production of these
hand-carved toys.

Philosopher

DR. W. E. HOCKING

Hodgson Returns
To Music Hour

Returning to the Music Ap-
preciation Hour after an ab-
sence of three weeks, Hugh
Hodgson will present Friday
night "An Evening With
Chopin." The program, taking
place at 8 P. M. in Presser
Hall, will be:

Prelude, Fantasie, Opus 49;
Nocturne, Etudes, Berceuse,
Wautz, Mazurka, Polonaise,
Sonota, Marche funebre-lento
Concerto, Romance, Larghetto.

Lucile Kimble, Eleanor
Hodges, and Robert Harrison
will furnish the orchestral ac-
companiment Friday night.

Problems of Dual Life
Confuse Agnes Scott Co-eds

By Virginia Williams

Getting to class late, having to conceal your Phi Beta Kappa key, and missing spring holi-
days are only a few of the problems faced by the Agnes Scott portion of the Agnes Scott-
Emory Co-eds.

Shirley Ann Smith, foremost of the Emory commuters, found that her Waterloo was

walking from the physics building to the library just when classes were changing. The

distance is less than fifty yards even when you don't walk on the grass, but you can't stare

boldly at the boys you don't . , i .

, 7 , i l i ^ wihout appearing to know too

know; and unless you look at , , y u r, rp,
n A , i 7 r .i much before the boys. I he

all the passers-by you may tail , , 7 , r

most embarrassing moment of

to speak to those you know.
There seems to be no medium
between being brazen and be-
ing a snob.

In the class in public opinion
there were 19 boys and "Miss
Smith." Of course the roll call
was a problem for the more ab-
sent minded professors. Down
the roll he called last names,
calling "Smith" only to back
up with a "beg your pardon,
Miss Smith."

Even the exam had a touch
of publicity for Shirley Ann.
The class was asked to give a
decision on a case in which Re-
porter Ann Smith was sued for
contempt of court because she
crawled through a ventilator to
listen to closed court proceed-
ings.

Evelyn Baty worried most
because "I wanted to make a
good impression on the profes-
sor for the sake of Agnes Scott

her coed life wasn't embarrass-
ing for her. The boy was on
the spot. One morning a class-
mate confided over a Coca-
Cola that he "wouldn't come
within ten feet of a Phi Beta
Kappa," and delivered quite an
oration along that line. Some
days later he discovered Eve-
lyn's status as a Phi Beta
Kappa.

Knows Too Much

Evelyn hadn't had the feel-
ing of the lone girl in a man's
class. In all her classes there
have been other girls, but she
has been disturbed because, for
the first quarter, she never
seemed to get to the class on
time.

Virginia Clower, who is
taking Physics at Emory, has
only praise for the Emory boys.
"They sort of act as host," she
says. "They carry your books,
open doors, and even take you
to the co-op."

Of course, there was the
time that she walked into the
room to find on the board in
big letters, "Miss Clower is
teacher's pet."

Major difficulties seem to
consist of transportation trou-
bles between the two cam-
puses, and the fact that Em-
ory's schedule runs just a week
behind Agnes Scott's caused
considerable confusion, since
Emory exams came during
Agnes Scott's spring holidays.

"Miss Agnes Scott"

There are other minor mat-
ters to consider, such as having
the guest speakers insist on
calling you "Miss Agnes Scott"
and getting you accustomed to
whispering to the people at the
desk at the library, only to have
them answer in what seems to
you to be a shout.

All in all, the co-eds agree
that they like the dual life, even
if it does make them conscious
that it's a man's world.

Hocking Continues
Lecture Series

Philosopher Appears in Response
To Student Poll Results

In response to student interest in philosophy indicated by
the campus poll last year, Lecture Association is presenting
William Ernest Hocking, one of America's outstanding phil-
osophers and teachers, on March 31 at 8:30 in Presser Hall
as the third speaker in the 1940-41 series. Dr. Hocking will

discuss "Conformity and Re-

Junior Class
Leads Mardi Gras
Festivities

The junior class will sponsor
the annual Mardi Gras cele-
bration on March 29, beginning
with the parade of floats at
7:30 P. M. in front of the gym,
and closing with festivities in
the Bucher Scott gymnasium.

Neva Jackson, chairman of
Mardi Gras plans, announces
that the various organizations
on the campus will decorate
their floats to carry out the
theme of song titles this year.
Each group will keep its indi-
vidual title a secret until the
parade, when Miss Martha
Crowe, Miss Bee Miller, and
Mr. Robert B. Holt will decide
the winner. The parade will
start in front of the gym and
end in front of Inman Hall.

"Everyone is requested to
wear costumes, but it is not
compulsory," says Betty Ann
Brooks, president of the junior
class, in urging everyone to
come.

Tickets will go on sale
Wednesday, and may be ob-
tained from juniors for ten
cents each, and tables may be
reserved in the gym for 20
cents.

The chairmen of the commit-
tees are as follows: decora-
tions, Mary Louise Palmour;
lighting, Matilda Cartledge;
floats, Ila Belle Levie; public-
ity, Martha Sue Dillard; re-
freshments, Gay Currie; elec-
tion of Kings, Suzanne Kaul-
back; gym preparations, Mar-
jorie Simpson.

Rudolf Serkin Performs
In Substitute Concert

Rudolf Serkin, one of the
world's most famous pianists,
will present a concert at the
City Auditorium Tuesday,
April 8, substituting for Rach-
maninoff, whose concert tour
was recently cancelled.

According to Marvin Mc-
Donald, who is in charge of the
concert series, Mr. Serkin was
scheduled for the concert series
next year.

Mr. Serkin made his debut in
New York with Toscanini in
1933. He appeared as soloist
with the New York Philhar-
monic Orchestra. Since then
he has been touring the United
States.

Mr. McDonald said that Mr.
Serkin's program will be an-
nounced later.

Rachmaninoff is now sched-
uled to open the series next
year.

volt as the Essentials of
Healthy Life."

As Alford, Professor of Nat-
ural Religion, Moral Philoso-
phy, and Civil Polity at Har-
vard, he gives couses in "Types
of Philosophy," "Technique of
Thought and Argument,"
"Christianity," and "Meta-
physics." His distinguished ca-
reer as teacher and lecturer in
some of the outstanding uni-
versities in this country and
abroad has included positions
on the faculties of Princeton,
University of California, Glas-
gow University, Oxford, and
Cambridge. He has been di-
rector of Lingnan University in
Canton, China, and he served
as instructor in military engi-
neering at Harvard and as of-
ficial observer with the British
Army during the last waar.

Student Tickets

Miss Emma May Laney, fac-
ulty chairman of Lecture As-
sociation, has announced that
students who have misplaced
their season tickets for the se-
ries may secure duplicates at
the college book store if they
call for them before the book
store closes next Monday aft-
ernoon. Faculty ttickets at the
usual reduced rate, and other
tickets for the lecture are also
on sale at the book store.

The lecture will be followed

(Continued on Page 2)

Ballet Russe Dances
At Erlanger Theater

The Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo, in its eighth consecutive
season of Russian dancing in
the United States, will present
two concerts, matinee and eve
ning, on Saturday, March 29,
in the Erlanger Theater.

Four new ballets will be
given here: Vienna 1814,
Nutcracker Suite, The New
Yorker, and Serenade. Direc-
tor Leonide Massine heads the
list of the male dancers and
Efrem Kurtz, symphonic con-
ductor, is in charge of the
music.

Coming This Week:

Friday, 8 P. M. Musicale in
Presser Hall.

Saturday Matinee and eve-
ning performances of the
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
at Erlanger Theater.

Saturday, 10 A. M. Dr.
Stringfellow Barr's speech
in chapel.

Sunday, 5:30 P. M. Mr. T. Z.
Koo's speech in McLean
Chapel, Presser Hall.

Monday, 8:30 P. M. Concert
of Dartmouth College Glee
Club at Piedmont Driving
Club.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941

Administration Plans Reading Tests
For Incoming Freshmen

Tennis Match
Begins

Spring Athletic Program
Offers Individual Honors

By Susan Self

The spring quarter offers to
Agnes Scott athletes a real
chance for individual honors in
golf, tennis, riding, swimming
and archery.

The tennis doubles tourna-
ment begins next week and
Manager Mary Olive Thomas
insists that players sign up on
the gym bulletin board by Fri-
day.

The freshman class, with its
wealth of tennis material, will
add new interest to the doubles
tournament and should give the
No. 1 team of Ethelyn Dyar
and Ann Fisher some trouble.

Mary Olive also announces
plans for spring tennis club try-
outs to be held at an early date.

Golf club, organized last fall
under the direction of Charity
Crocker and Miss Llewelyn
Wilburn, associate professor of
Physical Education, will begin
its tournament this spring at
Forest Hills, with the qualify-
ing round tomorrow, March 27.
Several competitions on handi-
caps will be held at the end of
the quarter.

Dr. Barr Explains

Plan of St. Johns College

Dr. Stringfellow Barr, presi-
dent of St. John's College, An-
napolis, Md., has been invited
to speak in Chapel on March
29. St. John's is an experi-
mental college, all the students
of which take the same courses,
including Latin and Greek. Al-
though it is not definite, Dr.
Barr will probably talk about
this new plan peculiar to St.
Johns'.

Dartmouth Glee Club
Sings in Atlanta Monday

The Dartmouth College Glee
club will present a concert here
Monday, March 31, at 8:30
P. M. at the Piedmont Driving
club, sponsored by the Tallulah
Falls Girls' Circle.

About 36 young men will
sing, and a portion of the
world famous Barbary Coast
Orchestra will play for a dance
following the concert.

The Glee club, founded in
1808, is under the direction of
Donald Cobleigh.

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Coll ege Entertains
High School Girls

Miss Charlotte Hunter, as-
sistant dean, announces that
Agnes Scott will entertain 150
students, representing 13 high
schools, at its annual High
School Day on April 4.

At 3:30 the guests will gather
at Murphey Candler Building,
where they will meet Dr. Mc-
Cain, Miss Scandrett, and
Dean Stukes. They will be re-
ceived by freshman hostesses,
and each guest will be given a
name tag. The newly elect-
ed officers of the three major
organizations on campus and
the retiring officers will serve.

The reception will be fol-
lowed by a tour of the campus
and exhibitions in the gym.
These will include swimming,
badminton, tennis, and archery
exhibitions. At the same time,
the Cotillon Club will sponsor
a dance in the Murphey Can-
dler, with music furnished by
Betty Ann Brooks and her
newly organized orchestra.

Dinner will be served in the
Murphey Candler Building at
6 o'clock. Following this, Lou-
ise Musser will lead a sing on
the steps of Main. The day
will be concluded with the con-
cert in Presser Building.

Rainey Announces
May Court

The May Day committee,
under the direction of Miss
Eugenie Dozier, is completing
plans for the pageant to be held
in the May Day dell, May 4.

According to Sarah Rainey,
the complete May court is as
follows: Martha Dunn, Nina
Broughton, June Boykin, Val
Nielsen, Margaret Sheftall,
Anne Chambless, Dusty Hance,
Ann Hilsman, Betty Moore,
Leona Leavitt, Martha Rhodes,
and Claire Johnson.

Mortar Board Entertains
Freshmen at Picnic

According to present plans,
Mortar Board will give a party
for the freshmen April 9. The
annual party, which was post-
poned because of the flu epi-
demic, will be given for the en-
t ire class and will probably be
an outdoor supper with games
and a melodrama for entertain-
ment.

This is the last issue of the
NEWS until April 23. The
next issue that will appear
will be published by the new
staff. The time between the
two issues will be taken up
by elections and preparation
for a new regimen.

The administration hopes to
inaugurate a most important
addition to the program for
freshman orientation next fall
when all new students will be
tested with the ophthalmo-
graph.

The opthalmograph is a
camera which photographs eye
movements, and is used to an-
alyze and diagnose reading dif-
ficulties. Enough tests have
been made to find standard
ratings with which to compare
the individual record for any
age or grade. The machine is
used to test the reading effi-
ciency of the Army men and
its value is becoming more and
more apparent.

If freshmen are found not
to have reached the average
reading maturity for their age,
the college also has a metrono-
scope, a remedial machine,
which can control the reading
process by limiting the amount
of material presented to the
eye. The metronoscope is used
for teaching and for corrective
work. If the student has ac-

quired bad reading habits, the
machine can recondition co-
ordinated, rhythmical left-to-
right movements and gradually
lengthen the reader's span of
recognition.

The process of correcting
bad habits is necessarily slow,
but all the results obtained
have shown that definite prog-
ress has been made. The tests
are given under perfectly safe
and comfortable conditions,
and the administration hopes
that the addition of this new
equipment will be a real help to
the new freshmen next fall.

(Continued from -Page 1)

Hocking

by a reception in the Murphey
Candler Building. Receiving
with Dr. Hocking will be Dr.
J. R. McCain, president of the
college; Miss Emma May
Laney, and Miss Betty Waitt,
student chairman of Lecture
Association. The students, fac-
ulty, and friends attending the
lecture, are invited.

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Page 3

Molli Oliver Checks Up On

After Working Hours

With the holiday spirit still clinging, with tales of vaca-
tion fun still cropping up, and with Florida tans still burning,
this settling down business is proving a bit on the difficult
side, but with hints of spring and promise of the dogwood,
eight o'clock's are well attended, and the date parlors are
still popular.

This week's social activities
were resumed per usual. At the
Delta Tau Delta Artists' and
Models' Ball: Clara Rountree,
Dusty Hance, Bizelle Roberts,
Shirley Gately, Frankie Butt,
Marjorie Wilson, Carolyn
Daniels, Virginia Reynolds,
Rebecca Andrews, Duck Cope-
land, Polly Frink, Jean Beu-
tell, Polly Lyndon, Dot Nash,
Sue Heldman, Susan Spurlock,
Frances Ellis, and Dot Web-
ster.

At the Delta Sigma Delta
Formal: Mary Zellars, Eliza-
beth Steadman, Mary Anne
Atkins, Marion and Sue Phil-
lips, Nina Mae Snead, Frances
Fleming, Helen Gilmer, Louise
Harkifts, Becky Stamper, Dot
Hopkins, Mary James Seagle,
Shirley Ann Smith, Susan
Self. Charlene Burke, and Gen-
try Burks.

At the KA House for Supper:
Jessie MacGuire, Annie Wilds,
Lillian Schwencke, and Florrie

Guy. On Sunday Nell Turner
and Flake Patman were over
for dinner.

At the Chi Phi House for
Supper: Katherine Thompson,
Darleen Danielson and Mary
Beth Danielson.

At the "Vagabond King":
Mary Beth Danielson, Mary
Ann Atkins, Elizabeth Har-
vard and Nina Mae Snead.

At the Tech Swimming
Meet: Pat Stokes, Julia Ann
Patch and Virginia Clower.

Weekends: Up to Clemson,
Mary Jeter and Marjorie Wil-
son; Betty Waitt visiting in
Albany; Lillian Schwencke and
Florrie Guy spent the weekend
as houseguests of the Phillips
twins; Elaine Stubbs and Renie
Barringer were in Florida.
Campus Queen Scene: ,

Orchids to the many lovely
suits glimpsed on campus lately,
with special mention for Mar-
garet Murchison's aqua and
rust strook wool two-piece
fitted jacket and pleated skirt.

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Glee Clubs
Give Pinafore

The Agnes Scott and Tech
Glee clubs will jointly present
the annual operetta, "H. M. S.
Pinafore or the Lass That
Loved a Sailor," in Presser
Hall on the nights of April 18
and 19, at 8:30. Music will be
furnished by the Tech band
and the violinists from the
Agnes Scott string ensemble.

The operetta is the most pop-
ular that Gilbert and Sullivan
ever wrote and has been given
more than any other play or
opera, according to Mr. John-
son, director of the Agnes Scott
Glee club.

The cast will be composed

of:

The Right Honorable Sir
Joseph Porter, K. C. B. Thom-
as Byerley.

Captain Corcoran John
Spitko.

Ralph Rackstraw William
Wyatt.

Dick Deadeye Don White.
Bill Bobstay Robert Grove.
Bob Becket Louis Boden-
himer.

Tom Tucker Madeline
Hosmer.

Josephine Nina Mae Snead
and Christine Paris.

Hebe Elise Nance and Lou-
ise Newton.

Little Buttercup Jane Moses
and Betty Kyle.

Twenty-four sailors and 24
sisters, cousins and aunts.

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Students Elect
New Officers

Following is the list of pop-
ular and committee nomina-
tions for officers of campus or-
ganizations. Elections are to be
held in chapel Thursday and
Friday of this week. Students
are urged to take this list with
them to facilitate rating.

STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Popular Committee
President

Montgomery. Taylor,

Tucker, Levie Da Belle Levie

Vice President
Taylor, Montgomery,

Tucker, Levie Virginia Montgomery

House Presidents
Rebekah

Tucker, Levie, Matilda Cartledge

Taylor

Main

Levie, Tucker. Taylor,

Thomas, Purcell Mary Olive Thomas

Inman
Tucker, Levie, Hasty,

Purcell, Jackson Claire Purcell

Secretary
King, Jones, Rountree,

Holloran Dorothy Holloran

Treasurer

Rountree, King, Jones Clara Rountree

Student Treasurer
Levie, Sunderland,

Tucker Lila Peck Walker

Student Recorder

Tucker, Levie,

Brooks Frances Tucker

Day Student Representative
Brooks, Medlock,

Sunderland Betty Medlock

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
President

Davis, Chambless,

Hasty, Lott Billie Davis

Vice President
Chambless, Hasty

Davis, Lott Doris Hasty

Secretary

Hopper, Eakin,

Paisley Mardia Hopper

Treasurer

Paisley, Hopper,

Eakin Frances "Raddy" Radford

SILHOUETTE
Editor

Patch, Faw,

Cartledge Julia Ann Patch

Business Manager
Palmour, Robertson,

Gish Lillian Gish

Advertising Manager

Lee, Wilson,

Hirsch Nancy Hirsch

AURORA
Editor

Dale, Jackson Edith Dale

Managing Editor
McDonough, Jean

Tucker Jane McDonough

Business Manager
Hailey, Gudenrath Betty Sunderlan

AGNES SCOTT NEWS
Editor
Bradfield, Osborne,

Cartledge Bee Bradfield

Managing Editor
Osborne, Bradfield Jeanne Osborne

Assistant Editors (2)
Dale, Downie,

Holloran Martha Dale

Kaiser, Wolford,

Martin Frances Kaiser

Business Manager
Kaulbach, Dillard Suzanne Kaulbach

Advertising Managers (2)

Ann BumBtead
Alice Clements

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President

Gellerstedt* Currie,
Thomas, D. Webster,

A. Webster Ann Gellerstedt

Vice President
Currie, Gellerstedt,

A. Webster. D. Webster Gay Currie

Secretary
Frierson, Crocker,

Dale, Dinsmore Ann Frierson

Treasurer

Crocker, Frierson,

Dale, Dinsmore Margaret Downie

LECTURE ASSOCIATION
President

Patch, Hartsook,

Palmour Mary Louise Palmour

Treasurer

Hartsook, Patch Mary Ann Faw

MAY DAY
Chairman

Jackson, Reasoner,
Wagnon, Faw,

Martha Sue Dillard Margaret Wagnon

Dedication

Honors

Maclean

Celebrating the memory of
Agnes Scott's second professor
of music, Joseph Maclean, the
Music Department will present
a special program on Saturday,
May 31, for the dedication of
Maclean Chapel in Presser
Hall. The performance will in-
clude vocal and instrumental
selections as well as a brief
sketch of Professor Maclean's
life and work. Complete plans,
which are being made by C.
W. Dieckmann and Lewis
Johnson, will be announced
later.

One of the most colorful
members of the college commu-
nity during his 26-year resi-
dence here as Professor of Mu-
sic, Dr. Maclean inaugurated
many customs existing on the
campus today. He planted the
first faculty garden on the pres-
ent site of the Library, and
from it were taken many of the
flowers and shrubs now in the
Alumnae House formal garden.

He was accustomed to give
evening concerts several times
a month. Although these per-
formances were usually attend-
ed by only 25 or 30 music
lovers, they may be considered
the precursors of this year's
Friday evening programs.

His studio, a veritable mu-
seum of souvenirs from his va-
rious European voyages, was
one of the show places of the
campus.

Mr. Maclean, who was a
native of York, S. C, took an
active interest in the people
from his home state.

Koo Speaks

At S unday Vespers

One of the most outstanding
speakers to visit Agnes Scott
this year is T. Z. Koo, from
China, who will speak Sunday
afternoon, March 30, at 5:30
in Maclean Chapel, Presser
Hall.

Mr. Koo was formerly vice
chairman of the World Student
Christian Federation, and is
now connected with the Stu-
dent Service Fund, to which
Agnes Scott recently contrib-
uted. He is in Atlanta for the
Georgia Student Christian
Conference.

Special invitations to hear
Mr. Koo are being extended to
all Decatur churches and to
students at Georgia Tech and
Emory.

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W. N. AINSWORTH, JR.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941

To Fresh Woods
And Pastures'

Spring quarter, with its elections and
induction of new officers is always a period
of mingled emotions. Seniors, who have
been saying for four years that they can't
wait to graduate, suddenly realize that
their college life is almost over, and feel a
sense of incompleteness with so little time
to remedy omissions.

This is particularly true of the senior
officers of the campus organizations.
Many of these leaders have served in vary-
ing capacities throughout their college life,
and it is a shock to be supplanted so com-
pletely for the last few months. We of
the News staff share this feeling of leav-
ing unfinished business behind us. It seems
such a short while since the first editorial
outlining the "new" staffs policy came off
the press. Our aims were simple: to con-
tinue the policy of streamlining, to at-
tempt to keep the campus in touch with
the outside world, to keep up with campus
activities, both of faculty and students.
Perhaps we have not altogether succeeded ;
perhaps with more time, we might im-
prove.

There is no more time, however, and we
must move on to graduation and beyond.
We leave the News in the hands of the in-
coming staff with the surety of their com-
petence, and we wish them all luck and
the joy of working that has been ours.

(V. L. C.)

Public Views
Education

The Journal of the National Education
Association has summarized the results of
an enlightening survey of the public's atti-
tude toward education. Co-operating in the
survey were the American Council on Edu-
cation, the American Youth Commission, the
American Institute of Public Opinion, and
the General Education Board.

Here are the highlights of the survey:
IS EDUCATION O V E R-EMPHA-
SIZED TODAY? Seventy-three per cent
of the public say "no"; 21 per cent say that
it is over-emphasized; 6 per cent have no
opinion.

HAS EDUCATION IMPROVED?
Eighty-five per cent answer "yes better";
6 per cent answer "about the same"; 7 per
cent think it is poorer; and 2 per cent have
no opinion.

SHOULD YOUTH DISCUSS ISSUES?
Seventy-two per cent think that young peo-
ple should discuss controversial subjects
among themselves; 18 per cent are opposed;
and 10 per cent have no opinion.

DO TEACHERS FAVOR THE
WEALTHY? Forty-seven per cent do not
think teachers are biased in this respect; 40
per cent think the bias exists; and 13 per
cent have no opinion.

^ IS TOO MUCH SPENT FOR
SCHOOLS? Nineteen per cent say "not
enough"; 47 per cent, "about right"; 14 per
cent "too much"; 20 per cent do not know.

SHOULD THE POORER STATES BE
HELPED? Fifty per cent agree that the
poorer states need help in order to have
good schools; 23 per cent disagree; and 23
per cent are undecided. About one person
in three is willing to pay higher federal
taxes in order to provide help to poorer
states.

SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT PRO-
VIDE WORK FOR YOUTH? Eighty-two
per cent approve of a special part-time work
and training program for unemployed
youth; 11 per cent do not approve; and 7
per cent are undecided. (ACP).

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI Wednesday, March 26, 1941

No. 17

Stevenson

Published WIlUlljP. except durlnp holidays and examination
periods, nv th.' students of Apnes Scott Collejre. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered a* second
Sfl matter at the Decatur. Georjrta. post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25: slnpie copies. Hve cents.

Elaine Stubbs Editor

Virginia flower Manatfinjr Editor

Florence Ellis Business Manager

Betty Stevenson boils down

The Real News

March Winds and April Showers

The British have felt the war hard upon
them again. Portsmouth, London, and now
Plymouth have gone through the monot-
onous horror of the big air raid. The pitiful
story of death in Plymouth is an old story,
but poignant.

Beaverbrook has tried
the encouraging note in a
recent speech, intimating
the existence and assur-
ance of thousands of un-
used, new British planes.
Their appearance soon,
would be welcome in
English skies.

Entrance Music

The kilted Evzones and
the kilted Scots danced in
the streets of Athens after the early exhilia-
ration of the first advances in Albania.

Now, Greece, at war, victorious, lives in
the shadow of defeat. The arrival of more
and more British troops at Salonika, the
town under the pall of impending German
attack, is good. There was celebration
there, and more dancing. This landing is
said to be the vanguard of a force of 300,000.

Exit

The Serbs, the Croats, and the Slovenes
were enclosed rebelliously within the limits
of one national boundary in 1918. Today
the custom of being, however uncomfortably,
one nation, has become second nature. It
is more than preferable to an impending
Nazi dictatorship. Yet, in spite of popular
disgust, almost to the point of revolution,
Prince Paul's Yugoslavia seems in for a new
role that of passive ally of Berlin.

Battle on the Water

Big ships are on the prowl in the Atlantic.
Churchill warned that this was so several
days ago, and the Germans claim that their
fleet has taken part in battle there. Both
combatants would have us know that action
has taken place nearer to New York than
to London.

Secretary of the Navy Knox had the in-
formation pried out of him that British bat-
tleships (number and kind not disclosed)
were soon to take advantage of the new
right to repair in American shipyards.

More cheerfully, Knox announced that 50
American merchantmen were as good as on
their way to being convoy ships for the
British.

Fast Work

Mr. Roosevelt has gone fishing, but it is
likely that there will not be much time for
the President to attend to the fish. Wash-
ington photographers snapped him as he
signed the lease-lend bill. Then, in a matter
of hours, they were attending House leaders
as they sent the big appropriation bill, seven
billion dollars w r orth, on to the Senate.

Stags Disagree With
Fashion Experts

Fashion experts may recommend high
rubber boots, knee-length stockings and
head-scarfs for the well-dressed co-ed, but
Michigan State College's male population
observes such dress with a chilly eye.

In inquiring-reporter interviews with
"stags" on the campus, the Michigan State
News, college tri-weekly, discovered that
men like "less boot."

Some typical comments:

"Long socks, especially blue and green
ones, look like infant's wear. Besides,
they're too coarse ..."

"Most women look clumsy in high boots
or babushkas and no stockings."

Other male complaints centered on snoods
or bandannas in class "they make the girls
look like gypsies" nail polish half off, bare
legs, girls in front rows of classrooms with
dresses too short, tall girls who wear high-
hceled shoes and short girls who wear low-
heeled shoes, and the new boxing-glove
mittens. (ACP).

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Campus Quotes

The electioneering season
rolls around, and with it comes
the question of the adequacy of
the method of election here on
the oampus.

Jessie MacGuire, '42:

People are
inffuenced too
much by com-
mittee nomina-
tions. Though
the people on
the committee
may know
more about the
nominees, they
don't know
much more
than the rest of the campus in
reality. It might be a good
thing to have a little open poli-
tics.

Leila Holmes, '44:

The freshmen are pretty
much in the dark as to how
they should nominate and elect.
Many of us didn't realize that
we could nominate anyone,
whether mentioned as being in
line for the position or not.
We thought only those named
in chapel could be chosen. I
think it should be much clearer
that anyone is eligible for nom-
ination.

Martha Sue Dillard, '42:

I think our nominations and
elections are well organized
and fair. The committee nom-
inations are essential as many
freshmen don't know the girls
or their abilities, and the com-
mittee nominations furnish a
sound guide for them.

Toni Alston, '41:

I think the elections are well
carried out. The committee
nominations are fair and useful.
If the lists of people who have
worked on Athletic Associa-
tion, Christian Association, etc.,
could be posted ahead of time,
it would help to give us more
time to think about our choices.

Pattie Patterson, '41:

There should be some way
in which work done by trans-
fer students before coming here
would be made known to the

Editorial Notes

Find Your Place
In the Sun

It's high time we and the
bears came out of hibernation!
"Whan that Aprille with its
shoures soote," rolls around, all
emaciated students should ven-
ture forth into the sunlight,
however gingerly, and lose that
familiar library-laboratory pal-
lor. Athletic Association offers
real opportunity for healthful
outdoor exercise and recreation
this spring, with a program
embracing golf, tennis, riding,
swimming, and archery. That
healthful outdoor look is in
style again, and furthermore,
exercise helps to nip spring
fever in the bud, if anything
will do it. (J. O.)

+

Election time is here again,
and with it all the excitement
and secrecy that accompanies
political gossip. But recalling
the mock presidential election
in the fall, it would seem that
Agnes Scott is much more in-
terested in discussing who
should have the various offices
than in coming to chapel to
vote for their choice. The privi-
lege of free student elections is
one to be valued, and we hope
everyone will be on hand to do
their part in choosing the new
officers this Thursday and Fri-
day in chapel (Bee B.)

students. Many of them have
been interested in campus ac-
tivities in their former school
and have little chance to go on
with them here. If, before elec-
tions, list of "promising" trans-
fers could be posted along with
their previous work, I think it
would give them a better
chance to make a ptace for
themselves here at Agnes Scott.

Laura Sale, '41:

I think that a student who is
up for more than one office
should be given her preference
as to which she preferred. In
committee nominations, paticu-
larly, she should be consulted
before her name is put up for
either office.

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. APRIL 1, 1941

No. 18

College Constructs Myopia Seekers

run Lodge in Shrubs

L,old Kreventors

Architect All
Reveals Plans
For Renovation

All Announces Plans
Surprising to All;
Watch Those Stitches

To prevent dropped stitches
for the British, which might re-
sult in further foreign entangle-
ment, the Agnes Scott adminis-
tration has decided to alter the
present situation rather than
create a new one. During the
summer, the buildings will be
completely renovated, and
those which cannot stand the
strain will be quietly hauled
away.

According to Architect I. C.
All. inventor of the famous
pretzel arch (guaranteed not to
fall) the improvements will be.
quote, "many, varied, and sur-
prising to All/' unquote.

In giving a brief survey of
coming distractions. Mr. All
told of plans for special fur-
lined bathtubs for those who
find enamel unpleasant in zero
weather. To make these fix-
tures more efficient and worth
the hard-gathered money, the
cracks and other pneumonia
gaps will be lined with a new
suction apparatus which pre-
vents clogging of the passage,
allowing air to enter freely,
thus keeping the room at even,
dry-ice temperature. This pre- I
vents the fur from curling at
inopportune moments due to
overheating.

Pastel Phones

Mr. All also mentioned that I
individual telephones in the
newest pastel shades and plaids
will be installed in each room.
A new gadget has been per-
fected, said the architectural
wizard, which makes it pos-
sible for the user of the instru-
ment to carry on three differ-
ent conversations at the same
time, change her fingernail
polish, and do her last week's
German on the side. Certain
members of the administration
have been seen beaming much-
ly, and rubbing their hands in
gleeful anticipation of the time
saving device. It is rumored
that these guardians of our
college careers have a secret
laboratory which devotes its
time to finding ways to save
this same time. The Agnes
Scott News only prints facts,
so disregard this rumor if you
see it mentioned.

Things in General

Other proposed improve-
ments will be announced as
soon as the administration re-
gains control of things in gen-
eral. Things in general, ac-
cording to the latest broadcast,
are almost as bad as things in
Europe.

The I. Cutter Way Company
has begun work on the special
underground passages for pre-
vention of colds. To be al-
lowed to use these subteran-
nean preventive methods, a
student must go through the
simple process of presenting a
report signed by Dr. McCain.
Dr. Jones, Miss Scandrett, and
president of Student Govern-
ment, stating that she is among
those who has sneezed at
least two dozen times in at
least three different classrooms,
has kept her rommate con-
scientiously awake for at least
one night inhaling benzene,
has been to at least three of the
campus infirmaries and told
she was able to carry on her
scholastic activities. This cer-
tificate must be verified also
by the presence of the weary-
eyed roommate. But. in the
case that this latter individual
is too weak from her strenuous
night of being kept awake to
be present, the student may
bring a signed, pledged note
from her. After this slight in-
ventory, the student may put
on her hip boots, to prevent
getting wet feet from the rising
dew, and fight her way to
Buttrick.

It is hoped that this new
method of keeping infected
girls out of the unpleasant
weather will cut down conges-
tion among the student body.

Natural Dancing
Becomes Rage

These candid camera shots
show two of Mrs. Lapp's star
dancers in action. The class
will meet twice a week, until
death does them part.

After being shot by our
trusty photographer, the danc-
ers merely remarked: "We
only regret we have but two
lives to give to our art.

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Kampus Kicks

In response to the current
agitation for ice cream for the
poor and burning Eskimos, the
campus took a stand.

Mary Ann Faw, '42: I think
that clearly it is no matter for
private. grape-jelly charity.
The government should send
an immediate expedition with
this cream.

Clara Rountree, '43: We've
got to be practical. It would
take almost all our salt to make
ice cream. Then what would
we use to catch birds?

Grace Walker, '41: The
Eskimos must have ice cream.
It would be much a meaningful
experience of growth for them,
but we must be careful not to
exploit the cows.

Nell Turner, 44: The Eski-
mos are a noble and courageous
race. I lend this measure my
hearty support if the ice cream
fits their digestive system.

Ann Henry, 41: Let 'em do
without.

B. A. Brooks, 42: It s too
much work to send ice cream
that far, but the Juniors will do
it for a commission.

Lavinia Brown, 42: Are
their sled dogs under the wage
hour act?

Virginia Collier, 41: I don't
know anything about the Eski-
mos. I'm afraid I can't say.

At a meeting- held recently in chapel, over hundreds of
objections, the minority again won out, and above you see a
pictorial review of the starvation supper to be held the
first of last month at Agnes Scott. The money saved by the

deprivance will be used to buy

H. V. Elmer Raymond-
Gram etc., Edits the

News

and reads the

Future

for

The Greater Agnes Scott

April: Unlimited cuts
Freshmen. Dean says.

Also, Ford invited John L.
in for Tea; Greeks march into
Bulgaria.

May: Flash Agnes Scott
Seniors take exams, and are
taken.

Also, Russia declares war on
Germany. Greeks march into
Rumania. Headline Orson
Welles threatens to picket
Hollywood.

June: Usually reliable sources
report that eighty-five Hotten-
tots escaped from the well-
known institution in Decatur.

Also. Roosevelt announces
for a fourth term, Willkie for
a first; Greeks enter Germany.

July: The hand-picked few
enroll with WPA.

Also. Greeks reach English
Channel; Churchill definitely
worried.

Meek Makes Slip
In Knowledge Quest

Minnie Meek is suffering
from a slight conclusion, which
was incurred when she fell
from the marble counter of the
Refreshment Lounge in the
basement of Buttrick. Miss
Meek's sudden descent was the
result of her valiant attempt to
buy a book for Spanish 103.

The bookstore attendant was
busy selling vanilla-covered
apple seeds, and fainted when
she saw the victim's foot
scratch the imported counter.
She is still raving, and was
heard to mumble from her
padded cell. "If she had only
used a blotter!"

Miss Meek will be given the
I-Tried medal for her accident
on the field of action.

ice cream for the burning and
suffering Eskimos in response
to a parched petition from the
people of the same name.

Dictator Brances Feg pre-
sided over the meeting, mak-
ing her earnest plea from atop
Presser Hall to the thousands
of students gathered on near-
by roofs to keep from stepping
on the grass.

Miss Feg, in her usual
booming voice, raised to her
full six feet, and said: "I have
come to ask for a starvation
dinner for the burning Eski-
mos, when last heard from,
they reported the temperature
had not reached 200 below for
weeks, and they were going to
die if it did not warm up for
the annual ice cream party in
Glacier, the capital. As one
milk-fed nation to another. I
make a motion that we hold a
starvation dinner for these poor
people."

The usual objections fol-
lowed, but when Miss Feg
asked all in favor of the proj-
ect to raise their 'right eye-
brows, a count showed the
Eskimos will have their party
by a hairs breadth.

The students will dress
appropriately in soot-black
dresses and will scream only
when screamed at.

It is feared that anemia will
sweep the campus, due to lack
of calories, but the feeling of
nobility. Dr. Jones assures us.
will counteract any ill effects
of the meal.

CENSORED!

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1941

Sports
Stuff

By Suzy Snuff

Miss Pattie Berg, national
golf champion, and O. B. Killer,
who, because he has seen Pat-
tie win five national golf
championships, is a famous
sports writer, intermingled
verse with some serious sports
stuff, when they addressed golf
fiends in the chapel last Sat-
urday.

After several songs were
sung, the faculty was ignored
and the audience was laid in
the aisle by Mr. Killer's lively-
bits of wit. Mr. Killer quoted
an elongated poem a take-off
on the opera Alarmin'. After
pointing his preference for red-
heads, Mr. O. B. gave a resume
of the golf career of Miss Berg.
Pattie lectured on The Art of
Curving the Little Finger
While Putting.

Ice-Hockey Team

Miss Lew Ellen Will Burn
announces plans for a visit
from The United States Ice
Hockey Association s Touring
Team as soon as the weather
warms up enough for the
hockey field to freeze over.

Agony Spot Agonizers

Vs. Emory Bores

The Agony Spot Agonizers.
ace touch-football artists, will
meet the Emory Bores in their
opening game next fall, accord-
ing to the schedule published
in the Emory Astonisher.
Agony Spot has won this
classic for the last twelve
years. Experience has given
the Agonizers a longer and
stronger line. They have also
learned that the secret to hold-
ing is blocking the kick.

500 Boys Guest at

A. A. Open House

A group of 500 young men.
consisting of Tech boys, draft-
ees blown in from Fort Mac.
Emory men, and several gen-
tlemen, were guests at the A.
A. open house last Saturday
night. Through a stroke of
verv bad luck. MR. TOM
JACKSON, of Emory, could
not attend the little party.
That is most unfortunate, since
he would surely have won the
mud-slinging contest.

Welta Weight Robinson

Gets a Round

Your reporter has to date
been unable to locate the
blonde bombshell. Miss Welta.
for comment on her latest ring
slaughter, the knockout of Mr.
Butcher Boy Scott in one of
her rounds.

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Social life at Agnes Scott, contrary to the movement to-
ward disorganization, has reorganized for the coming quarter
on an entirely different plan effective immediately. This
means mass action in all directions; therefore it makes no
difference where your date comes from, just so he looks pre-
sentable, can do La Gonga, and knows how not to play ana-
grams.

It is rumored by Lecture As-
sociation that Yehudi will open
the lecture series next year. He
has not yet disclosed his sub-
ject.

The most understanding ef-
fort toward better co-opera-
tion with the male faction will
take place tonight in the new
section of the library devoted
to the modern art of dancing.
Beginnig at 9 o'clock, Cotillion
Club will entertain the college
community with the music of
Glen Miller and his orchestra,
entirely free of charge. If you
do not care to dance, you can
sit in the stacks with your date,
and enjoy delicious refresh-
ments served with speed and a
cheerful smile by Claire Pur-
cell, Mary Robertson. Frances
Tucker, and Elise Smith. These
girls had such luck getting tips
at Mardi Gras that they've
decided to give up school and
just be waitresses. Val Neil-
son, president of Cotillion, an-
nounces that Charlie Barnet
has been signed to play for our
annual spring dances, to be
held from April 31 to April 33.
Mr. Tart, college treasurer,
has kindly donated the fifteen
thousand dollars necessary to
pay Barnet. Barnet and his
band will stay on third floor
Rebekah while they are here.

There was No Swimming
Meet at Tech this week; there-
fore, Pat Stokes. Julie Ann
Patch, and Virginia Clower
did not go. The fraternities at
Emory were having a food
shortage this week, and not
one single girl ate breakfast,
dinner, or supper, with any of
their friends and other people.
Somebody had a formal at the
Pin 'n' Whistle Friday night,
but nobody from Agnes Scott
had an invitation. It is thought
that a certain Dental College
fraternity tried hard, but all of
i the boys had their girls from
back home after all.

The annual Military ball and
dress parade will take place on
Saturday, March 29. This
dance is for all of those inter-
ested in the Army immedi-
ately or eventually. There will
be three regular no-breaks and
probably an enormous number
of just no-breaks, so be sure to
arrange all bribes beforehand.
The college handbook says no
late-dating will be allowed.

Visitors for the week-end:
Brand Laseter. from Aberdeen,
Md.. came to see Martha
Moody; Albert Winn, from
Davidson, visited Grace Walk-
er; that boy from Davidson
came down to visit Carolyn
McSween: Miss McCalla had
a tall, handsome visitor from
the University of Virginia. No
attempt has been made to
count the number of people
who visited Sue Phillips, Nell
Turner, or Bizelle Roberts.

Campus Queen: We nomi-
nate two. ( 1 ) Mary Florence
McKee in a gorgeous McKee
original of purple and white
tissue paper. Her hat was
round and flat, and looked
rather like the top of the hat
box and not the hat itself. Her
skirt was circular and full. The
outfit showed originality and
cleverness; (2) Virginia Col-
lier in a coolie suit of orange
and blue satin, topped with a
hat that resembled closely a
Christmas tree glowing green
at intervals, a cluster of red
roses, and an abundance of
wire coils. Our hat's blinking
at these two this week.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 23, 1941

No. l\

Delegates

Attend

Convention

Montgomery, Bradfield
Meet With Student
Leaders from Southeast

The Southern Federation of
College Students and Publica-
tion Representatives will hold
their annual convention April
24, 25 and 26, at the Biltmore
Hotel in Atlanta. Kate Hodge,
from Newcomb, and Frank
Allcorn, of Georgia Tech, will
serve as co-chairmen for the
convention.

Representatives from stu-
dent governments, newspapers,
and annuals, will form three
groups which will meet in sep-
arate men's and women's divi-
sions.

Virginia Montgomery and
Ila Belle Levie will go as rep-
resentatives from Student
Government for all three days
of the convention and each
member of the Executive Com-
mittee will attend at least one
of the meetings. The Agnes
Scott News will send Bee
Bradfield and Jeanne Osborne.

Among he speakers of the
convention will be Roy Le-
Craw, Mayor of Atlanta; Dr.
Martin Luther Brittain, Presi-
dent of Georgia Tech, and O.
B. Keeler, of The Atlanta Con-
stitution.

In addition to the discussions
there will be several banquets,
a ball, and a sightseeing trip of
Atlanta. Members of the con-
vention will visit Agnes Scott
Thursday afternoon, April 24.

Telephone Lineman
Calls Freshman

On answering the 'phone the
other day, a freshman found it
to be a friend who works for
the telephone company.

"Oh hello," she said, "I
suppose you're on top a tele-
phone pole as usual."

"Sure," was the rather dis-
tant-sounding reply.

The freshman continued th.
conversation, only to find in
the middle of a sentence that
she was isconnected. She re-
placed the receiver and in a
minute was rewarded the
same voice answered her
"hello" with:

"I'm sorry we were discon-
nected, but my forceps slipped
off the terminal."

"Your WHAT slipped off
the WHAT?" she asked.

"Oh, you know," he replied,
"I let my pliers slip up here
and the wires were severed.
I'm sorry."

The freshman's (Mary Lou-
ise Duffee's, to be exact) line
had been disconnected, atop a
telephone pole near downtown
Atlanta, where her caller was
working.

Coming This Week:

Wednesday, 9:00 P. M. Vo-
cational yDiscussion Group
for Social Service, Alumnae
House.

Thursday, 9:00 P. M. Voca-
tional Discussion Group on
Religious Education, Alum-
nae House.

Friday, 8:00 P. M. Viola
Concert by Alix Young
Maruchess, Gaines Chapel.

Saturday, 7:00 P. M. A. A.
Board Open House in Gym.

Phi Beta Kappa
Entertains

Dinner Fetes

High School Honor Seniors

The Beta Chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa at Agnes Scott en-
tertained senior honor students
from, ten local high schools at
dinner Friday, April 16, in the
Rebekah Scott dining room.
Also invited were the faculty
advisors of the local honor so-
cieties and the Agnes Scott Phi
Beta Kappa alumnae teaching
in those schools.

After dinner coffee was
served in Murphy Candler
Building. To conclude the en-
tertainment, the entire group
attended the performance of
the Gilbert and Sullivan op-
eretta "Pinafore," by the Agnes
Scott and Georgia Tech Glee
Clubs in Presser Hall.

Miss Emma Mae Laney,
president of the local chapter
of Phi Beta Kappa; Miss Janef
Preston, and Miss Margaret
Phythian acted as co-hostesses
at the entertainment, assisted
by the rest of the Phi Beta
Kappa chapter and Agnes
Scott honor roll students. They
included Martha Dale, Jane
Elliot, Rebecca Hogan, Ruth
Lineback, Marjorie Merlin,
Jeanne Osborne, and Betty
Stevenson, Beatrice Shamos,
Lavinia Brown, Sabine Brum-
by, Freda Copeland, Susan
Dyer, Mary Lightfoot Elcan,
Margaret Gray, Dorothy Hol-
loran, Jane McDonough, Julia
Ann Patch, Pattie Patterson,
Frances Tucker, Mary Bon
Utterback, Ida Jane Vaughn,
Grace Walker, and Beryl
Healey, Doris Weinkle, Billie
Davis.

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Laura Sale Sings
Lead in Senior Opera

Betty Kyle, Nina Mae Snead Play
Romantic Roles in "Will 'Urn Tell?"

Satirizing Rossini's famous opera, "William Tell/' the
Seniorpolitan Opera Company will present "Will 'LTm Tel]?' ,
or "Won't Urn?" in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium, Saturday,
May 3, at 8:30 P. M.

Courtesy Atlanta Constitution.

Members of the newly-elected Mortar Boa rd are: Virginia Montgomery, Billie Davis, Bee
Bradfield, Anne Gellerstedt, Jeanne Osborne, Anne Chambless, Ila Belle Levie, Betty Ann
Brooks, Betty Medlock. Jane Shannon Taylor i s president.

Violinist
Gives Concert

The Agnes Scott music de-
partment presented Dr. Sam-
uel Gardner, violinist, in
Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall,
on Monday evening, April 21,
at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Samuel
Gardner accompanied him at
the piano.

Dr. Gardner is a guest
teacher on the faculty of the
Georgia Conservatory of At-
lanta, and a regular faculty
member of the Juilliard and
David Mannes Schools of New
York City.

The program will include:

1. (a) Ritornello and Al-
legro, from Sonata in E Minor,
Veracini; (b) Air, on the G
String, Bach; (c) Gique, from
the Sonata in G Minor, Han-
del.

2. Sonata No. 7, in C Minor,
Beethoven (for violin and
piano); Allegro con brio,
Adagio Cantabile, Scherzo,
Finale.

3. (a) Conquetterie, Samuel
Gardner; (b) Piece en Forme
de Habanera, Ravel; (c) Irlan-
daise, Schelling; (d) Softly
Raining, Cecil Burleigh; (e)
La Capricieuse, Edgar.

The public is invited to at-
tend the concert. There will be
no admission charge.

Dr. McCain Talks
In Columbus
On Education

On April 28 and 29, Dr. J.
R. McCain and Mr. George
Winship, chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Agnes
Scott College, will visit Colum-
bus and Carrollton, Ga., to
make speeches on the educa-
tion of the pesent day.

Dr. McCain will.speak at the
First Presbyterian Church in
Columbus on the 28, on "Why
the Christian College?"

In Carrollton on the 29th,
Dr. McCain and Mr. Winship
will visit the West Georgia
College and also the Rotary
Club. The subject of Dr. Mc-
Cain's talk at the college has
not been definitely decided, but
it will probably be on "Tests
for Modern Day Students."
Mr. Winship will talk to the
Carrollton Rotary Club on
"Rotary Ideals."

Dr. McCain and several
other members of the Agnes
Scott faculty will attend a
meeting of the officers of the
General Education Board in
Montgomery, Ala., and Fort
Valley, Ga., April 21-26. The
purpose of these meetings is to
make a study of the conditions
of rural education.

The cast includes Laura Sale
as Willum Tell, hero of the
Swiss people; .Betty Kyle as
H-Arn't-Old, the romantic
hero; Nina Mae Snead as
Hope Ma-Told-Her, the ro-
mantic heroine; Gay Swagerty
as Specific De-Tell, daughter
of Willum; Scottie Wilds as
Prince You-Bet-I-Love-My-
Stein, fiance to Specific; and
Helen ' Hardie as Cur Hitter,
the tyrant.

According to Sabine Brumby,
opera chairman, "it is a story
of freedom and liberty with
very noble sentiments, done in
a lofty style with a reasonable
number of takeoffs."

Brief Speakers

There will be, it was further
disclosed, several speakers who
will speak briefly, and many
dedications, including those of
Big Peak and Clean Ridge; and
among the songs will be "Drat
dat Willum Tell," from Car-
men and "Bright as Ipana,"
Lohengrin.

The story is a complete sati-
rization of the dexterity of
William Tell and his bow,
fighting for the freedom of the
Swiss people from tyrannical
reign.

Betty Ann Brooks and her
"Hottentots" will furnish mu-
sic for the performance, play-
ings a portion of the Overture
and other suitable selections.

Committee Chairmen

Committee chairmen work-
ing on the opera with Sabine
are: Betty Kyle, writing; Grace
Walker, music; .Laura Sale,
staging; Florence Ellis, scene-
ry; Stuart Arbuckle, properties;
Nina Broughton, costumes; Ida
Jane Vaughan , accompanist;
Ethelyn Dyar, orchestra; Mary
Ivy, publicity; Ann Henry, pro-
grams and librettoes; Helen
Klugh, tickets; Marsha Mans-
field, ushers.

Tickets will go on sale to-
morrow, Thursday, April 24,
and may be purchased from
any senior. Reserved seats
will be 50 cents, regular seats
35 cents, and children's tickets
25 cents.

College Announces
Scholarship Winners

Agnes Scott College recently
announced the following girls
as winners of the competitive
scholarship examinations given
to high school seniors all over
the United States on March 7:

Isabel Rogers, of Tallahas-
see, Fla., won the scholarship
for $600; Virginia Carter, Nor-
ton, Va.; Ethel Searson, Mag-
gett, S. C, and Betty Glenn,
Atlanta, each won scholarships
for $300.

The award which Miss
Glenn won is specifically for
a Georgia girl, other scholar-
ships are not limited.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941

New Athletic Board|^ u o c ^ s
Holds Open House! Play Here

Golf, Tennis Tournaments Progress;
Miss Mitchell Schedules Tennis Clinic

By Edwina Burruss

Soft ball and candy pulling will inaugurate the regime
of the new AA board next Saturday night. The event will
be the last and best (they insist) AA open house of the year.
The guests include Tech boys and the navy fliers from Camp
Gordon. Vice-president Gay Currie, who's in charge, urges
everyone to come and to sign
on the back bulletin board in
Buttrick beforehand. The big
doings begin at 7 o'clock, so
either bring a date or come and
find one.

The tennis and golf tourna-
ments have progressed at
about the same rate. In the
golf, the favorites have ad-
vanced. Gwen Hill and May
King will meet in the semi-
finals, while in the quarter-
finals Mary Olive Thomas,
medalist, has yet to play Laura
Cumming, and Charity Crock-
er will meet Mary Ann Brew-
er. Gwen Hill turned in the
best score, 46, for the first
round.

Tennis Favorites

In the doubles tennis tour-
nament, the teams which have
advanced to the third round
are, Tuggle-Eagan, Webster-
Webster, Bryant-Eakin, Rob-
ertson-Thomas, and Fisher-
Dyar. There are three other
matches as yet uncompleted in
this round. The probable vic-
tors in the top bracket are Vir-
ginia Tuggle and Anne Eagan,
runner-up and winner of the
singles tournament in the fall.
The favorite team in the lower
bracket is that of Ann Fisher
and Ethelyn Dyar, last year's
top combination. The finals
will be played April 29, at 3
P. M., on the courts by the
gym.

Eleanor Tennant

Miss Mitchell revealed last
week plans for a tennis clinic
which will be held here by Miss
Eleanor Tennant. Alice Mar-
ble's coach, on Saturday, May
10. All Agnes Scott and local
high school students who are
interested in tennis are invited
to attend. There will be morn-
ing and afternoon sessions.

Miss Wilburn Announces
May Day Practices

Miss Wilburn has an-
nounced the practice sched-
ule for May Day. Members
taking part in the first
episode met in the gym on
Tuesday, April 22, at 7;
those in the second episode
will practice Thursday, April
24, at 7. The dress rehear-
sals for every one will be
held on Monday, April 28,
and on Thursday, May 1, at
4:30 in the gym and the Dell.
May Day will be on Satur-
day, May 3, at 5. The cast
is asked to be punctual for
all practices.

Executive
Committees Meet

Old, New Members Hold
Retreat, Study Problems

The annual retreat of the
outgoing and incoming execu-
tive committees this year took
form in a picnic supper and in-
formal discussion period at
Miss Scandrett's on Monday,
April 14.

All the members of new and
old committees were present,
and took part in an objective
discussion of the problems the
committee expects to meet dur-
ing the coming year and the
possible solutions to those
problems. No definite plans
were made, but theories on
new methods of procedure
were advanced and sugges-
tions for new points erf empha-
sis for the committee to carry
out next year were discussed.

During the short business
meeting, records for this year
were turned over to the new
officers and executive duties
explained to the new members.
The newly elected committee
will officially finish out this
year, while the old members
will gradually retire as their
unfinished business becomes
finished.

Dale Drennan, rising senior,
and Betty Bates, rising junior,
will serve as house presidents
next year. Their addition to
the committee was necessitated
by the fact that there were not
enough boarders on the com-
mittee to fill the house presi-
dencies.

Dr. Truett Addresses
Georgia Students

Dr. George W. Truett, emi-
nent Baptist minister, spoke to
a large group of students from
colleges and schools all over
the state yesterday afternoon
at 1:30 in Grant Field, on the
subject. "The Gospel As It Is
Needed in Modern Life."

For almost 24 years Dr. Tru-
ett has been pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Dallas,
Texas, a church which, under
his ministry, has grown to a
membership of 7.200, the larg-
est white Baptist church in the
world.

He was unanimously elected
president of the Southern Bap-
tist Convention for three years
in succession and became pres-
ident of the Baptist World Al-
liance in 1934.

The service was broadcast
over WGST. Atlanta.

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Alix Young Maruchess and
Michael McDowell will pre-
sent the regular Friday night
Agnes Scott music appreciation
hour on April 25. Mr. Maru-
chess, well known in both Eu-
rope and America, will play
the viola and viol d'amore; and
Michael McDowell, member of
the music faculty of the Uni-
versity of Georgia, will be at
the piano.

The program includes viola:
Chorale Prelude, Bach-Kodaly.
"Christus der uns selig Macht;"
Sarabande (unaccompanied),
Bach, Le Provencale; L'Ameri-
caine, La Mate Lotte, Marin
Marais (1656-1716).

Viol d'Amore: Sonata. Ario-
sti (1160-1728); Cantabile, Al
legro, Adagio; Minuet La Ro-
manesca, Dancing Air of 16th
Century; The Fountain. Bra-
zilian Folk Song; Pastorale and
Polonaise, F. W. Rust (1739-
1790) unaccompanied.

Viol d'Amore. Kleine Sonata.
H i n d e m i t h; Massigschnell.
Sehr Langsam, Sehr Iebnaft.

Viola, Meditation Hebrai-
que, Bloch; Anoranza, Gra-
nadus; Berceuse, Ives; Ipanema,
Milhaub.

Clark Gives Operalogue

Lula Clark King, Atlanta
voice teacher, will present an
operalogue of selections from
Gounod's "Faust" in the Mac-
lean Chapel this evening at
8:30, in order to familiarize the
students with "Faust."

Miss King's students, who
will sing, are: Robert Guy,
Jack Talbot, Louise Dobbs.
Coleman Kimbro, Harvey Ty-
ler. Dorothy Stokes, Bill Wy-
att, Beth McConnell, Arthur
Stokes. Ellis Williams, Estelle
Tootle, Minnie May de Lamar,
Effie Walker, Mary Frances
McReynolds, and Rose Cefalu
Berone.

DRESSES for whirling
days ahead . . . Opera,
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By Betty Ann Brooks

Many are still worried as to what type spring bonnet to
purchase, but may I suggest, as a model, those fetching
straws worn so becomingly by Drs. Davidson and Hayes.
They were truly one of the highlights of the operetta! But
away with ribbing for the moment, these two professors
deserve hearty admiration for their spunk and performance.
I endorse more faculty indulgence in such things.

The naval operetta brings to
mind our new visitors on cam-
pus the young draftees.

The potential naval officers
approved of us enough to re-
turn our invitation to Senior
Coffee, with an invitation to a
delightful soiree. (Great en-
couragement even to adminis-
tration!) But it was extremely
sad that one young fellow,
upon his arrival in front of the
Murphey Candler that Sunday
afternoon of the Coffee shout-
ed: "I'll take the red-head!"
For said beauty was not a Hot-
tentot at all, but their own com-
mander's wife!! (Moral: Warn
your young draftees of such
perilous mistakes.)

Blade Conditioning

And speaking of defense, we
must condition ourselves, girls,
and try to aid our fellow stu-
dents to do so. Now, take
Becky Andrews for instance;
it's a rumored fact that during
the lead-out at the Scabbard
and Blade dance the other eve-
ning, our own Rebecca fainted
at the sight of a sword.

Don't be perturbed if you see
mobs of people invading our
campus with pencils and paper,
for one of our freshmen has
been mistaken for a young
movie actress.

Yes, Morie Smith was ac-
costed on the street by an ex-
uberant young woman who
pleaded with her for her auto-
graph, and in spite of "Mo-
ron's" conscientious objections
and denials, the eager auto-
graph hunter contended: "Oh.
you movie stars do pretend!
Come on, now, I know you're
Judy Garland!" And though
this case of mistaken identity
still protested, the autograph
seeker exhibited that great
stubbornness which must be a
quality of all such successful

seekers and may to this hour
be ignorant. Well they say
it's bliss (as though I didn't
know! ) .

Street Car Struggle

Another of our students was
mistaken last week this one
for a paralytic: When the time
came for Mamie "Screw"
Barker to remove herself from
the swinging and swaying
side-seat of one of our dear
Decatur streetcars, she found
herself incapable of arising to
the floor. And even when four
able gentlemen exhibited
Southern gallantry in trying to
assist her from her seat, "the
Screw" was unwillfully stead-
fast in her position. However,
the efficient conductor neglect-
ed his post to come to the res-
cue; with crowbar and all, he
pried the back from the seat
to free her sash and hastened
her from his car. One of the
would-be cavaliers was heard
to mutter. "I thought she was
paralyzed." For the more en-
joyable little incidentals of the
story. I refer you to Mamie
Sue herself her method of
narration is superb.

Biology Blushes

And rather than spill the
pork and beans and sauce, too,
on Beth Irby, I'll give you a tip
(not lucratively!): Ask her de-
tailed account of the embar-
rassing moment' concerning a
seminary date and her beloved
biological specimen; you'll find
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Page 3

Cabinet
Holds Retreat

Billie Davis Announces
Theme for School Year,
Thou Shalt Love'

The Christian Association
Cabinet will hold its annual
spring retreat at Harrisog Hut
the afternoon and evening of
Saturday, April 26.

Billie Davis, president of the
association, announces that the
theme for the new Cabinet will
be "Thou shalt love." Plans
are being made to place the
main emphasis on the love of
man to man for the remainder
of this year; and Dr. Manford
G. Gutzke, Bible professor at
Columbia Seminary, was the
first speaker on the subject in
chapel yesterday.

The newly completed Cabi-
net consists of: Ruth Farrior,
vespers; Ruth Koltoff, public-
ity; Kay Wright, Sophomore
Cabinet and morning watch;
Anne Paisley, worship; Lavinia
Brown, YWCA; Susanna Mc-
Whorter, social service; Mary
Dean Lott, recreation; Shirley
Anne Smith, publication; Anne
Chambless, discussions and re-
ligious resources; Virginia
Montgomery, president of Stu-
dent Government, ex-officio
member.

Groups Discuss
Social Service

Concluding the discussion
groups originated to help stu-
dents choose vocations, the
Alumnae Office announces a
discussion this evening on so-
cial service, and tomorrow on
religious education. The groups
will meet in the Alumnae
House from 9 to 10:30 P. M.

The social service group will
hold its discussion tonight, and
speakers will be Caroline (Mc-
Kinney) Hill, NYA director;
Eliza King, NYA director, who
interned last year in the Na-
tional Institute of Public Af-
fairs in Washington; Mildred
Jennings, head of the Crippled
Children Division of the State
Department of public Welfare,
and Cornelia Wallace, secre-
tary of the Fulton County De-
partment of Child Welfare.

Religious education will be
the topic for a discussion to-
morrow evening, with Kath-
erine Patton, young people's
worker at the Peachtree Road
Presbyterian Church; Henri-
etta Thompson, of the Decatur
Presbyterian Church, and oth-
er speakers who will be an-
nounced later.

Mrs. Nelle Chamlee Howard
and Miss Mamie Lee Ratliff,
alumnae secretaries, have ar-
ranged the various discussions,
which are open to the entire
student body.

Lecture Committee
Requests Suggestions

Mary Louise Palmour, re-
cently elected president of Lec-
ture Association, has stated
that no definite plans for next>
year have been made. Near
the end of the spring quarter,
however, the committee will
have a chapel program at
which time students will be
asked to suggest a list of pos-
sible speakers and subjects to
be used as a guide in the selec-
tion of lecturers in the 1941-42
season.

Other members of the Lec-
ture Association are: treasurer,
Mary Ann Faw; social chair-
man, Elise Nance; day student
representatives: Mamie Hall-
man, senior; Mary Louise Duf-
fee, sophomore; Betty Hender-
son, junior, and Margaret
Hartsook, senior.

Psychologists Meet

Miss Emily Dexter and Miss
Kathleen Omwake, teachers of
psychology at Agnes Scott, at-
tended the annual meeting of
the Southern Faculty for Phi-
losophy and Psychology in
Washington, D. C, on Friday,
April 12.

Miss Dexter, who is a na-
tional council member, attend-
ed the council meeting Thurs-
day night, and spoke on "Imag-
ination" at the meeting Friday
morning.

Olivia White Keeps up with

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In an atmosphere of snowy-white and pink dogwood, lav-
endar wisteria, and blazing azaleas, Agnes Scott Hottentots
attended the numerous dances of the week. The colors of
nature were echoed in the pastel film of tulle and mousseline
de soie evening dresses. The balmy air and the beauty of a
clear sky completed the scene for a romantic week-end.
Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra

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Iddy Boone, Shirley Gately,
Bette Burette, Ida Jane
Vaughn, Annie Wilds, Mary
Dean Lott, Duck Copeland,
Jessie MacGuire, Florrie Guy,
Jean Beutell, Rebecca Stamper,
Marian and Sue Phillips, Polly
Frink, Betty Waitt, Val Neil-
sen, Frances Fleming, Frankie
Butt, Mary Louise Palmour,
Claire Purcell, Jane Stillwell,
Sue Heldman, Alice Clements,
Smilie Williams, Helen Jester,
Susan Montgomery, Eugenia
Hailey, Margaret Downie,
Caroline Smith, Mary Louise
Duffee, Martha Liddell, Nell
Turner, Flake Patman, Claire
Bennett, Rowena Barringer,
Bobby Powell, Martha Rhodes,
Bettye Ashcraft, Mary Robert-
son, Edith Dale, Molly Oliver,
Beryl Healey.

The SCABBARD AND
BLADE DANCE formed a
brilliant spectacle for: Mar-
garet Hartsook, Mary James
Seagle, Rebecca Andrews, Pol-
ly Frink, Helen Schucraft, Ha-
zel Scruggs, Elta Robinson,
Sara Copeland, Clara Roun-
tree, Frances Ellis, Susan
Spurlock, Marjorie Wilson,
Betty Wade, Bizzelle Roberts.

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Burks, Margaret Nix, Quincy
Mills, Mary Zellars. Mary
Anne Atkins, Mary Lightfoot
Elcan, Marian Phillips, Rebec-
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Seagle, Flonnie Ellis, Libby
Steadman, Leila Holmes. Mar-
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Lillian Gudenrath.

The BETA KAPPA FOR-
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Jean Beutell, Lib Beasley,
Clara Rountree, Frances Ellis.
Margaret Downie, Rebecca
Andrews, Susan Spurlock, and
Elizabeth Moore.

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ner, Lucile Gaines, and Ann
Bumstead.

TECH HAYRIDE: Louise
Musser, Gay Currie, Claire
Bedinger, Betty Lou Hall,
Tommie Huie, Neville Cum-
ming, j Georgine Castagnet,
Betty Sullivan, Laura Sale,
Caroline Smith, Eugenia Ma-
son, Flake Patman, Marcia
Shufelt, Pat Evans, Betty Ba-
con, Eleanor Manley, Miriam
House, Arabelle Boyer, Grace
Walker, Margaret Cathcart,
Catherine Kollock, and Mar-
garet Williams.

At a party at COLUMBIA
SEMINARY were: Page Lan-
caster, Mardia Hopper, Ann
Paisley, Jeanne Eakin, Beth
Irby, Billie Davis, Virginia
Williams, Dale Drennan, Aurie
Montgomery, Frances Tucker,
Caroline Newbold, Lavinia
Brown, Dot Webster, Wallace
Lyons, and Carolyn Dague.

The NAVAL RESERVE
DANCE was certainly a treat
for: Iyllis Lee, Mickey Jones,
Jeanne Eakin, Betty Bates,
Nancy Mays, Susan Self, Cor-
nelia Stuckey, Julia Harry,
Sara Massey, Mary Ann Han-
nah, Mary Ivy, Molly Oliver,
Julia Ann Patch, Lillian Gud-
enrath, Mary Blakemore, Mary
Robertson, Edith Dale, Mar-
garet Murchison, Ruth Biggs,
Elise Smith, Elise Nance, Beth
Irby, Ila Belle Levie, Ruth All-
good, Scottie Wilds, Betty
Sunderland, and Frances Breg.

Many were out of town for
the week-end, and among
these were: Janice Taylor and
Charity Crocker at the Univer-
sity of Georgia, Ann Hilsman
in Montgomery, Stuart Ar-
buckle at ' Duke U., Frances
Hinton at home, Mary Bon
Utterbach and Tine Gray were
the guests of Virginia Wil-
liams at her home, while Ellen
buckle at Duke University,
Frances Hinton at home, Mary.
Bon Utterback and Tine Gray
were the guests of Virginia
Williams at her home, while
Ellen Gould visited in Carroll-
ton, Georgia.

Betty Blake returned to Ag-
nes Scott for a visit with Julia
Harry, and Gentry Burkes had
as her guest her sister, June.
Mrs. Snead was also a visitor
on the campus.

BREATH TAKING was the
number of orchids and gar-
denias seen on the campus this
week, and so was Mary Dean's
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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1941

Does Campus
Have Dictators?

With student opinion running high on
the issue of the Nominating Committee, it
seems only fair and wise that everyone
understand what the committee is, what it
strives to do, and its definite place on the
campus.

The Nominating Committee is made up
of the presidents and vice presidents of Stu-
dent Government, Christian Association,
and Athletic Association, the editors and
business managers of the Agnes Scott News,
the Silhouette, and the Aurora, president of
Mortar Board, Day Student representative,
and the Student Recorder as chairman.

These fifteen people begin meeting sev-
eral weeks before spring holidays to receive
suggestions for nominations, to discuss and
investigate these suggestions, and finally to
submit as committee nominee the name of
the girl whom the majority of the group
thinks is best suited for the particular office.

Their nominations are mere SUGGES-
TIONS of fifteen girls who have worked
closely in the various groups; it is by no
means a decree, nor is it intended to be one.
The committee does not meet as a council
to decide the fate of the campus, and any
such idea is a misunderstanding of its fun-
damental purpose. The only way the com-
mittee can gain power is by the students
themselves giving it through taking the sug-
gestions offered.

What seems to be overlooked is the fact
that no one forces, nor expects, any girl to
vote other than she thinks best, and the final
decision lies in the slips which are signed by
the girls themselves, of their own free will
and accord, in Chapel on election day.

By emphasizing the so-called powers of
persuasion of the committee, one is not only
over-rating the intended power of the com-
mittee, SUGGESTION ONLY, but under-
rating its value as a source of intelligent and
thoughtful information. The danger seems
not to lie in the committee itself, but iri a
misunderstanding of its purpose, which is
not to think for the campus, but merely to
offer a bit of the traditional food for thought.

This year's elections varied from the com-
mittee's choices in several instances, show-
ing that it is not all-powerful, and that the
campus is not being pulled blindly along
behind a group of undergraduate Hitlers.
Also, the fact that popular nominations,
made before the committee's list is disclosed,
coincide nine times out of ten with those of
the committee, proves that the campus and
the committee are not so definitely sepa-
rated, after all.

A goal of complete democracy is before
us all. a time when everyone will come to
elections, and vote intelligently, basing her
decision on merits and qualifications, and
thinking through the matter before she
comes to Chapel. And it IS possible, but
not until the campus is well informed on the
various offices and their qualifications. This
can and should be done through an inten-
sive and extensive student educational pro-
gram, but it cannot be accomplished over-
night, or in a year. Like the Honor System,
it must have a gradual and sound growth
to he truly successful.

The problem is not one of suppressing a
dictatorial group, whose exaggerated exist-
ence we question, but of arousing the cam-
pus to the point of thinking, and if a goodly
number of the students have lapsed into the
habit of letting the committee do this think-
ing for them, it is not the fault of the com-
mittee, but of the students. An interested,
wide-awake, informed group accepts no
opinion unless it has found reason to do so,
and to blame the originator of said opinion
for the acceptance is like blaming a crutch
for a crippled man's lameness. Take the
crutch away, and the man still cannot walk,
but supplement the crutch by education of
the member, and the man is soon able to
walk again. Take the Nominating commit-
tee away, and the campus has still not pro-
gressed toward intelligent democracy; sup-
plement the committee by impartial educa-
tion, and an interested, active group will
result.

Jane Elliott Sifts

Dr. Watson Admires

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The Brawling Balkans

The attack of the Germans in the Balkans
is pushing the British and Greek troops
farther south, although the Allied defense
line has not been broken. Time has been a
vital element in this latest push of the Ger-
man armv; for the British were caught off
guard by the unexpected-
ly quick action of the
troops of the Third Reich.

The retreat has been
orderly and unhampered
by the enemy, and re-
ports from England indi-
cate that preparations are
under way for a second
Dunkerque, another he-
Jane Elliott roic esca P e - But wars are
not won by retreats, on

land or sea.
African Arena

The British were having a little better
luck in North Africa this week-end than in
recent days. That is to say, the RAF and
the army of the Nile are again on the offen-
sive; and the Nazi drive toward the Suez
Canal seems to be at a standstill.

Red and Yellow

The neutrality pact between the Soviet
Union and Japan has been announced as a
new blow to Great Britain, whom the Rus-
sians declare wish to draw the USSR into
war against Japan and Germany. At the
same time Moscow reveals that she refused
some time ago to become an Axis member.

This "piece of paper" is another "instru-
ment of peace" by which the Soviet Union
seeks to keep out of war. Russia still has
no close contender for the title of world's
greatest questionmark.

Smokeless Coal

Bituminous coal is only smokeless when
it is not being burned; and the present strike
is keeping the coal from being used. In
spite of the intervention of President Roose-
velt and Secretary of Labor Perkins, the
soft coal strike continues. The Southern
mines are causing most of the trouble, as
the operators want lower wage rates (due
to differential freight prices, etc., in the
South), but the CIO wants equal rates
throughout the country. The steel indus-
try, which has itself recently settled its con-
troversy, is seriously hampered by lack of
the coal. Another bottleneck in national
defense.

Oceanic Escorts

Since Greenland has been taken under
our paternal wing, and the southern en-
trance of the Red Sea has been declared
open to U. S. shipping, the question of con-
voying shipments to the Allies has been in
the limelight. The President has been dodg-
ing the question for the past week, but
public debate has been centering on it.
Following our present policy of all aid short
of war, we will probably convoy. The con-
troversy hinges on the point, is convoying an
aid short of war. or is it all-out war?

Japanese Jigsaw

Japan is still seeking pieces for her em-
pire, land which will provide resources that
she may need in the future. She would
probably like to have the oil-rich Dutch East
Indies, but they are at present rather well
protected. The American fleet is at Hawaii,
and the British are strong at Singapore; so
aggression in Siam seems to be the best bet,
and perhaps there will soon be another piece
added to the Japanese empire.

The Agnes Scott News

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BEK BRADFTELD

JEANNE OSBORNE
.SUZANNE KAULBACH

Reporters: Ann Wright. Leila Holmes.
White. Quincy Mills. Jane Mnsmore.
Mary Ann Barf I eld. Martha Ray Lass
Madeline Hosmer. Martha Stone. Vlrjiir
ress. Evelyn Cheek.

Betty Bates. Betsy
fary Louise Puffee.
ter. Marion Knapp.
ia Barr. Betty Bur-
et la Matthews. Mary

A man who sees beauty in the greasy finger prints of his
grandson as well as the brush strokes of the masters and
speaks with equal ease of kitchen walls and murals is Dr.
Dudley Crafts Watson. He won the favor of the native
Atlantans by his enthusiastic admiration of the dogwood
and of Georgia's billowing line
of bedspreads. Furthermore, he
painted an encouraging picture
of Southern growth in art.

"The South," he declared,
"is growing by leaps and
bounds." It has been slow to
awake, but its future is very
bright. Several well known
artists have already sprung
from this section of the coun-
try. Quite naturally the South
should be the., leader in art
since "it is flhe Riviera of
North America with all of its
wonderful color. Remember,
the art of Europe developed
around the Mediterranean."

Dr. Watson gave in his con-
versation a wonderful sketch
of his family. He has a flour-
ishing group of four daughters
and four grandsons. He speaks
with pride of "daughter num-
ber three," who has just won
the water color prize of the
state of New Jersey. It seems
that daughter number three
knew what she wanted.

"She went two years to Gulf
Park College; but one day she
came home, threw her things
on the floor and said, 'Don't
send me back there, I like it,
but Greek and Latin are not
for me. I want to go to the Art
Institute." She did. Now she is
married to a scientist and
paints mermaids on the bath-
room walls of her friends'
. homes. Dr. Watson laughed,
"other people paint goldfish,
but mermaids are more in-
triguing, don't you think?"

He shares the general out-
look of depression as regards
the war since "war and art are
natural enemies. Much of the

Dudley Crafts Watson

chaos of modern art is due to
the war. When I was in Italy,
I felt that I wanted to escape."

Dr. Watson, born in Wis-
consin, has studied in Madrid,
Valencia, Paris, and London.
He has composed music picture
symphonies and has written
and produced pageants. In
1915 he was dramatic editor of
the Milwaukee Free Press and
in 1917 he was art editor of
the Milwaukee Journal.

Now, as lecturer, he lectures
not only on paintings, but once
a week he speaks on interior
decorating. He is not at all
abashed that his lectures on
kitchen walls and chairs draw
the large crowd. "Tables,
chairs, and walls are neces-
sary," he said. "They are
something that people can
grasp."

Lillian Gish Gathers

Campus Quotes

Eat 111 Martin. Ann Chamblesa. Shirley Ann Smith.

Business Assistants: Nancy Thoniison. Martha Llddell.
Smith. M. S. Barker. L. Boone. A. Rtmistead. A. Cler
T. Cralfr. M. Dillard. M. A. Hannah. D. Hopkins. B. J
M. Toomey. *

The question of whether
Agnes Scott should continue its
present system of nominations
is holding a prominent place of
debate among the student
body, as the special student
committee meets to discuss pros
and cons. Students very read-
ily offered opinions on the
subject.

Betty Ann Brooks, '42:

It seems to me that the sys-
tem is not evil in itself. It could
be better. Other colleges and
universities have popular sys-
tems of nominations and still
have good officers. Ours could
be improved. One group of
seniors could be more easily
swayed than a whole student
body; so if people are worried
about politics, it's beside the
point.

Frances Breg, '41 :

I have no specific plan. It
was good that the new method
was brought up. A system is
needed that is without politics.
Always, I think careful consid-
eration should be given to com-
mittee nominations.
Anne Ward, '44:

I think it is a good idea to
discuss the nomination system.
Some minor changes may need
to be made. It would be good
to explain nominations to indi-
viduals in advance.
Ann Gellerstedt, '42:

I am glad that we have had
a committee appointed to in-
vestigate and suggest changes
for our present system, which,

although good, could be better.
The dissatisfaction with our
system shows that the student
body as a whole is interested
in nominations and elections.

Ann Henry, '41 :

I think it is not a change in
the system that is needed, but
rather more education of peo-
ple to care for elections the
student government and indi-
vidual.

Squee Woolford, '44:

I think the system is not
democratic. I believe that we
could find one that would be
better. Too, I think the fresh-
men should be allowed more
than half of a vote.

Julia Ann Patch, '42:

I like the system; I am all for
it. The committee has experi-
ence and offers suggestions
suggestions only.

Imogene King, '43:

I am inclined to think that
the present system is the best.
As a freshman I did not know
the abilities of the upperclass-
men. The committee nomina-
tions helped me.
Jessie MacGuire, '42:

I think that the nominating
committee should be done
away with. Popular nomina-
tions would stir up members of
the student body taking the
place of the apparent lack of
concern. It would tend to
arouse interest. Open politics
would create thought and offer
good results.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941

No. 19

News Wins
Recognition

Stubbs' Editorship Brings
All-American Rating

Duplicating last year's
award, the Associated Col-
legiate Press announced at the
beginning of this week that the
Agnes Scott News for 1940-
1941, under the editorship of
Elaine Stubbs, had won All-
American honor rating in the
class of colleges having an en-
rollment of less than five hun-
dred, and publishing a weekly-
paper. This is the highest rat-
ing that is offered.

The A. C. P. judges espe-
cially commended the staff for
the attractive, balanced make-
up, the varied kinds of type
used, striking headlines, and
unusual treatment of the sports
for a girls' school.

The Pacemaker award, an
additional honor given to
ten All-American newspapers,
went to The Emory Wheel, of
Emory University, and The
Red and Black, of the Univer-
sity of Georgia, in Athens.
Pacemaker is not a rating high-
er than All-American, but it is
an additional honor awarded to
the papers which the judges
consider outstanding and defi-
nitely pointing the way to
greater achievement.

Newspapers are graded on
news values and sources, news
writing and editing, headlines,
typography, and makeup, and
department pages and special
features.

The scorebooks used by the
National Scholastic Press As-
sociation make it possible to
analyze and evaluate the work
of the school publications in
regard to both good and bad
points.

Beryl Healy Wins
Fellowship

The biology department re-
cently announced that Beryl
Healy, senior from Bloomfield,
N. J., will receive the annual
fellowship in biology, becom-
ing an assistant in the biology
department and at the same
time doing graduate work at
Emory in cytology and in bot-
any. A member of Chi Beta
Chi, national honorary scien-
tific fraternity, and of German
Club, she was on the honor
roll in 1939, and was president
of the Swimming Club in her
sophomore and junior years.

Beryl succeeds Caroline For-
man, of Birmingham, Ala., who
for the past year has held this
position. Caroline has decided
to complete her master's degree
at Emory next year, also tak-
ing mathematics and physics
preparatory to studying medi-
cine at the University of Ala-
bama.

While here she was a mem-
ber of Grand-daughters Club.
Swimming Club, Tennis Club,
varsity hockey team, secre-
tary-treasurer of the freshman
class, president of the sopho-
more class, treasurer of Stu-
dent Government, member of
Eta Sigma Phi, Junior Stu-
dent Government representa-
tive, member of Chi Beta Phi,
Cotillion, vice president of Stu-
dent Government, Mortar
Board, and winner of the Lou-
ise McKinney book award.

Florida Dreams
End in Zoo

Having dreamily endured
the vapors of escaping carbolic
acid (which has escaped si-
lently but persistently from
massacred feline specimens
these many weeks), thinking,
each Tuesday and Friday as
they turned their backs on the
energy-stealing weather, of
Florida to come, Bee Miller's
comparative anatomy class is
doomed to a hastily-hatched
substitute for the trip to the
Sunshine State.

For Friday lab time will find
Miss Miller of Baby-'Possum-
Incubator fame and her fifteen
students who have come to
know the Science Hall base-
ment as home, wending their
way to Grant Park and the
Zoo, there to get a new slant
on monkey business as a
monkey sees it, and to see how
life is lived among the lower
species of the animal kingdom.

Thus the hand that seems to
thwart many such a carefully
planned "far afield" trip played
true to form, and air castles of
Marineland dissolved into
stark reality.

Goes to Queens

Miss Glide's Book
Goes to Press

Chicago Publishes
Work on Colloquialisms

The University of Chicago
recently published Miss Mary
Kathryn Glick's book, "Studies
in Colloquial Exaggeration in
Roman Comedy." The book,
which is essentially the same as
the thesis Miss Glick wrote in
1938 for her doctor's degree in
philosophy, deals with misused
Latin words.

Miss Glick said, in speaking
of her work, that it was very
interesting to study these col-
loquialisms of the olden days
as compared to modern times,
and that the similarity between
them is striking.

Miss Glick received her B.A.
at Franklin College, Franklin,
Ind.; her M.A. and Ph.D. at the
University of Chicago. She
taught Latin and Greek at La-
Grange College, La Grange,
Mo., and Latin and classical
history at Wilson College,
Chambersburg, Pa. She has
been professor of Latin and
Greek at Agnes Scott since the
fall of 1938.

Dr. McCain, Miss Laney
Go To GSCW Exercises

Dr. J. R. McCain represent-
ed Agnes Scott College at G.
S. C. W.'s anniversary cele-
bration Saturday, April 26, in
Milledgeville. Accompanying
him was Miss Emma May
Laney, who represented her
alma mater, the Mississippi
State College for Women.

The exercises, which lasted
two days, Friday and Satur-
day, gathered notables from all
parts of Georgia and from sev-
eral other states.

The climax of the week-end
was the commemoration pro-
gram on Saturday, presenting
such speakers as Eugene Tal-
madge, Governor of Georgia;
Harriet Wiseman Elliot, mem-
ber of the National Defense
Council; and Chauncey Samuel
Boucher, chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Nebraska.

Evelyn Baty

Baty Teaches
In Charlotte

Miss Evelyn Baty, English
fellow, has accepted a position
to teach French, Spanish, and
English at Queens Chicora
College, in Charlotte, N. C,
next year, and Grace Walker,
a member of the present senior
class, will take Miss Baty's
place in the English depart-
ment.

Miss Baty graduated from
Agnes Scott in the class of
1940. While a student here,
she was very prominent in
campus activities, writing for
the freshman and sophomore
stunts and the Agonistic; asso-
ciate editor, then managing
editor of the Agnes Scott
News; a member of B. O. Z.,
K. U. B., Mortar Board, and
Phi Beta Kappa. Since grad-
uation she has had a fellow-
ship in the English department,
and has been doing graduate
work in English at Emory.

Brumby Changes Cast

Sabine Brumby, chairman
of Senior Opera, announces
a change in the cast, due to
unavoidable circumstances.
Betty Kyle will replace
Laura Sale as Willum Tell;
Gay Swagerty will take
Nina Mae Snead's place as
Ma-Told-Her; Ann Fisher
will play Betty Kyle's for-
mer role of U-Arn't-Old, and
Jean Slack will take Gay
Swagerty's place as Specific
De-TelL

Blackfriars Give
"The Distaff Side"

Smith Plays in Drama
Of Love vs. Career

Blackfriars continues their
dramatic season for 1940-1941
with the presentation of "The
Distaff Side," by John Van
Druten, May 8, at 8:30, in
Gaines Chapel, Presscr Hall.

"The Distaff Side," the story
of a typical English family just
before the present war, deals
especially with a mother's ad-
vice to her daughter who is
struggling between love and a
career.

The cast of the play is as
follows:

Mrs. Venables, grandmoth-
er Elise Smith.

Mrs. Millwood (Evie),
daughter Laura Sale.

Mrs. Frobisher (Liz),
daughter Martha Sue Dillard.

Mrs. Fletcher (Nellie),
daughter Gay Swagerty.

Roland Nell Turner; Alex
Neva Jackson (children to
Evie).

Christopher James Weems;
Teresa Ila Belle Levie (cous-
ins to Roland and Alex).

Mrs. Spicer Louise Mus-
ser.

Ross (the maid) Dorothy
Hopkins.

Toby Chegwidder Richard
Joel.

Laura Sale, president of the
organization, has announced
the technical committees: Mar-
na McGarraugh, stage man-
ager; Martha Sue Dillard, pub-
licity; Beth Irby, costumes;
Mary Blakemore, properties;
Jessie MacGuire, programs.

Miss Frances K. Gooch is
directing the play, assisted by
Miss Roberta Winter.

Miss Nelson Gives
Latin Cups

Miss Narka Nelson, profes-
sor of Latin and Greek, has
announced the institution of
the Lillian S. Smith award,
consisting of two cups, which
will go to the two Georgia high
schools winning the fourth year
state Latin contests. Miss Nel-
son, Agnes Scott, and Miss An-
nabel Horn, Atlanta Girls'
High, are giving the cups in
appreciation of Miss Smith's
many years of service to Latin
study in Georgia.

The cups will be awarded
annually, becoming permanent
property if the school should
win them for three years.
Miss Smith was at Agnes
Scott College as professor of
Latin for thirty-three years,
and is now living in Miami,
Florida.

Pianist, Violinist, Cellist
Present Concert

The Georgia Trio, under the
direction of Hugh Hodgson,
will continue the weekly Fri-
day night musicale programs,
May 2, at 8 P. M., Gaines
Chapel, Presser Hall.

Mr. Hodgson will be at the
piano, Robert Harrison will
play the violin, and Rudolf
Katrina the 'cello.

The program includes:

Theme and Variation from
Trio, Opus 16, Mozart; Trio,
Opus 87, Brahms; Allegro, An-
dante con moto; Scherzo, Pres-
to; Finale, Allegro giocoso;
.Adagio Sostenuto, from Sec-
ond Piano, Rachmaninoff;
Concerto, Three Nocturnes,
Bloch; Andante, Andante
quieto, Tempestoso, Hunga-
rian Dance in D Minor.

Miss Ann Vann Joins
Faculty as Instructor

Miss Ann Vann, a teacher
at Queens-Chicora, Charlotte,
N. O, will join the faculty of
Agnes Scott College next year
as mathematics instructor.

Miss Vann received her B.A.
degree at Salem College, and
her M.A. from Columbia Uni-
versity. She taught at the
Lewiston-Woodville School in
Lewiston, N. O, for two years,
and has been at Queen's for the
past three years.

May Day Cast
Enacts
English Fair

Neva Jackson, Author
Of 'On An English Green/
Crowns Dennison

Agnes Scott presents its an-
nual May Day program May
3 at 5 P. M., in the May Day
dell. It will be "On An Eng-
lish Green," a reproduction of
an old English fair written by
Neva Jackson, junior, and Cor-
nelia Willis, senior, and direct-
ed by Miss Eugenie Dozier.

The program will include
the traditional English dances,
the Sword and Morris, cli-
maxed by the May pole dances.

The chief characters are:
Neva Jackson, a gypsy girl
who crowns the queen; Charity
Crocker and Julia Ann Patch,
jesters to the queen; Cornelia
Stuckey, a hobby horse; , and
Gay Swaggerty, a Jack-in-the-
Green.

May Court

The May Court will precede
the Queen, Jean Dennison, into
the May Day dell. They are,
in order of their appearance:
Martha Rhodes, Claire John-
son, Nina Broughton, Dusty
Hance, Margaret Sheftall,
Anne Chambless, Val Neilson,
Martha Dunn, Betty Moore,
Leona Leavitt, June Boykin,
Ann Hilsman.

The first organized May
Day at Agnes Scott was pre-
sented in front of the Science
Hall in 1914. The simple pro-
gram, with one May pole, was
directed by Mrs. Harvey Par-
ry, of Atlanta.

Rainey, Chairman

Sara Gray Rainey is chair-
man of the May Day Commit-
tee. Others working with her
are: Mary Ann Faw, Pat Rea-
soer, Margaret Wagner, Re-
becca Stamper, Lillian Gish,
Marjorie Gray, Martha Sue
Dillard, Helen Shukraft, Neva
Jackson, Beth Irby, and Dar-
lene Danielson.

Betty Ann Brooks Attends
Chi Beta Phi Convention

The Alpha Sigma Chapter of
Chi Beta Phi at Agnes Scott
has delegated Betty Ann
Brooks to attend the 1941 Na-
tional Chi Beta Phi Conven-
tion on May 2 and 3 at Ash-
land, Va., where the Alpha
Chapter of Randolph-Macon
will act as host.

The convention will cele-
brate the quarter-centennial of
the founding of the scientific
fraternity at Randolph-Macon.

Coming This Week

Friday, 8:00 P. M. Georgia
Trio under the direction
of Hugh Hodgson, Gaines
Chapel.

Saturday, 5:00 P. M. May
Day Program, May Day
Dell.

Saturday, 8:30 P. M. Senior
Opera, Gym.

Tuesday, 9 P. M. Vocational
Discussion Group on Social
Service, Alumnae House.

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30. 1941

A. A. Delegates
Attend Convention

Gellerstedt, Frierson

Go to Conference at Rock Hill

By Edwina Burress

' During April and May, representatives of Agnes Scott's
Athletic Association are attending regional and state confer-
ences, whose purpose is promotion of a spirit of co-operation
and understanding among women's college athletic associa-
tions of this section.

The week-end of the twen-
ty-seventh, Anne Gellerstedt,
president of Athletic Associa-
tion, and Anne Frierson, sec-
retary of the organization,
were delegates to the regional
conference at Rock Hill, S. C,
held to discuss plans for intra
and inter-mural sports, to ex-
change ideas, and to allow col-
lege women from various states
to become acquainted. Na-
tionally known speakers gave
information about new types of
athletics.

State Conference

Anne Gellerstedt, Dot Web-
ster, Gay Currie, and Mar-
garet Downie, will represent
Athletic Association at the
state conference, to take place
at G. S."W. C., Valdosta, Ga.,
the week-end of May 17. They
will discuss: budgets, open
houses, clubs, play days, and
plans for the Georgia Athletic
Federation of College Wom-
en's News Letters.

Ruth Reid, president of the
Athletic Association at G. S.
W. C., will preside at the con-
ference, which the Athletic As-
sociation of Agnes Scott Col-
lege originated about ten years
ago.

The weather has prevented
much advance in the doubles
tennis tournament. The teams
of Webster-Webster and Rob-
ertson-Thomas have emerged
winners of quarter-finals, but
otherwise the progress has
been slow. Another changed
date on the tennis program is
that of the tennis clinic to Fri-
day, May 9, instead of May 10,
as previously announced.

Wesleyan Meet

Mrs. Lapp arrived home
Saturday from the Wesleyan
swimming meet, where she
acted as judge, just in time for
the A. A. open house. She
remarked that the swimming
was excellent, especially the
group swimming and made the
interesting observation that at
Wesleyan no one can swim on
the class teams unless she has
made the dean's list.

The open house here Satur-
day night provided fun for
about a hundred and fifty boys
and girls. After games and
candy pulling, the evening
ended with singing, led by
Alice Cheeseman, in the May
Day dell.

Welfare Workers
Talk to Students

Mamie Lee Ratliff, assistant
alumnae secretary, announces
that the discussion group on
social service, scheduled to
meet last week, but unavoid-
ably postponed, will meet
Tuesday, May 6, at 9 P. M., in
the Alumnae House.

Caroline McKinney Hill, of
the NYA; Mary Louise Dobbs,
public welfare worker; Mildred
Jennings, worker in Child
Welfare of Georgia; and Cor-
nelia Wallace, secretary of the
Child Welfare Association,
will lead the discussion, which
is the final of the Vocational
Guidance series that the Alum-
nae Association has been spon-
soring.

French Club Elects
Dillard, Lineback

At its meeting on Tuesday,
April 21, the French Club
elected the following officers
for 1941-1942: Martha Sue
Dillard, president; Ruth Line-
back, vice president; Frances
Kaiser, secretary, and Georg-
ine Castagnet, treasurer.
. At the same meeting, Nicole
Giard read excerpts from a let-
ter from her brother, including
a pamphlet of the speeches with
which Marshall Petain has en-
couraged his fellow citizens.

Names Tell
The Story

"The MOODY KING is in
his counting HOUSE counting
out his money," the JESTER
kept HOLLORAN.

"TURNER round and
HIRSC," cried the king from
the window. You sound like a
BARKER. What have I
DUNN to deserve this? Give
me a KLUGH."

"You've been a bit
HASTY," quoth the jester,
"with our friend HENRY.
Why don't you make a
KNIGHT out of him?"

"You're a good REASON-
ER," the king replied. "For
this I'll give you a BOONE."

"NIX," said the jester, "I
don't want any money. BUTT
I'll call in all the NABORS
from HILL and DALE to see
the ceremony tomorrow."

"WAITE," cried the king.
"WILSON be here? WALK-
ER round and ask him. Oh
and don't forget my WARD,
ROBERTSON. The day
would be GRAY without him."

However, the next day
dawned beautiful and sun-
shiney. People came from
HOLMES every where (even
from SCOTT) and gathered
near the ROUNTREE. SHEP-
HERDs, HUNTERs, FISH-
ERmen, TAYLOR's, MILL-
ERs and GARDNERS were
there. Most of them came by
CARR, but one came on a
BUFFALO with a bunch of
FLOWERS

"NEILSON," said the king
to Henry, and DOWNIE went
upon his knees. The audience
burst into laughter as Henry
knelt; for there was a PATCH
in his pants.

(P. S. The author was go-
ing to WRIGHT some
MOORE, but somebody
TUCKER pen away!)

Senior Recovers

Elta Robertson, Agnes Scott
senior, is recovering satisfac-
torily at St. Joseph's Hospital,
Atlanta, from injuries incurred
in an automobile accident on
the Athens-Atlanta Highway
Saturday night.

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By Betty Ann Brooks

With her third year here
well under way, Ila Belle Levie
makes a faux pas like this:
having gone through the nec-
essary dean s office procedure
of signing out on a white slip
(which, to you who still don't
get it, means coming in before
time limit), Ila discovers that
the party will return after
dark; so she rushes back (as
alr^good Hottentots do) to sign
out on a pink slip, explaining
to her escort: "Oh, first I must
change my slip from white to
pink." The young Beau Brum-
mel, a novice at campus court-
ing, exclaimed that he wouldn't
know the difference, that she
looked fine as was, and they
were only off to the drug store,
anyhow.

Which reminds me the
young internes at Emory Uni-
versity Hospital have reached
definite conclusions as a result
of the decisive evidence fur-
nished by this last appendix
specimen, that of "Raddy"
Radford; the diligent research-
ers are able to announce their
discovery that the Agnes Scott
epidemic of appendicitis cases
is proven to be the result of
wax in the appendix was from
soda straws. So if you're one
of those (and who isn't?) who
sits over the drug store table
and chews the straws, perhaps
because of lack of funds for
something more nourishing,
may I suggest that you take
along the proverbial rag and
masticate on it for awhile it'll
be a good substitute, and a
stitch in time saves cuts.

There's been much day
dreaming, plain, ordinary
dreaming in the library, but
never before has the latter been
accompanied by vocalization.
Yes, Betty Medlock gave a
nice summary of her past while
snoozing in le bibliotheque the
other day. Betty Amos has
been keeping things from us.

How that subconscious mind
does reveal the truth!

The library was the scene of
another queer incident last
week: a pair of shoes were
seen to be deposited by a pass-
er-by under the front table, and
a little squeal came from the
rear. Billie Davis gazed be-
seechingly at each of her
friends who retaliated pleas-
antly with a sweet smile. Fi-
nally, the shoes were tossed to
her by the librarian (oh, well,
by someone on duty there) and
silence settled again.

I still want to know whether
Val Nielson mistook Miss
Winter for Margaret Sheftall
or vice versa, when she ami-
ably tapped (?) the brown-
clad figure bending to tie her
shoe. (This took place in the
library, too, by the way.)

Was Mary Lightfoot Elcan
amazed recently when, after
complaining of an assigned test
(why Mary Lightfootlx!?) her
English professor retaliated
with, "Oh, don't worry, Miss
Elcan, it ought to be a crip and
then everything will be Jake!"
(two of Lightfoot's beaus are
known as "Crip" and "Jake.")

This column simply must dis-
close the findings on this same
English professor's middle
name: it is Passmore. And
with exams coming up, we cer-
tainly hope Dr. George P.
Hayes will live up to that mid-
dle name!

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Page 3

Show Goes On
Despite Mishaps

By Jessie MacGuire

With an appeal to the current history world, to lovers of
the immortal classics, and to artistic music lovers, the senior
opera, "Willum Tell or Won't Urn" offers a variety of matter
which makes it a cosmopolitan rendition for any audience.
The current international situation featuring Herr Hitler as
"Cur Hitler" is parodied, the
romantic suspense-filled plot is
centered around rival families
whose children fight for a
great love against impossible
family circumstances, and such
a variety of operatic and semi-
classical tunes are cleverly
worded, that this opera will hit
the dramatic high spot of the
year.

But this hard-working crew
has had its bitter failings as
well as its happy results. The
hero has changed persons three
times since rehearsals began, to
the consternation of the hero-
ine, Gay Swagerty, who de-
clares, "It's really a daring but
exciting life, having three
charming heroes in one week."
The stern author-director, Sa-
bine Brumby, committed a the-
atrical sin by eating the onty
apple for little Willie's head
during one of her tempera-
mental spasms. Apples are so
scarce that seniors carried
arms full of stolen loot from
the dining room Sunday night.
Chief brain teaser for the di-
rector is how actors can fool
the audience into believing that
the apple is actually split by an
arrow without first shooting
little Willie, Betsy Kendrick, in
trying.

The property manager is
confronted with such problems
as how to build a satisfactory
mountain, while Ann Fisher is
concerned with how to best
balance on a single ladder and
sing with gusto to one's lead-
ing lady. The entire cast has
been ousted from favorite prac-
ticing spots intermittently by
May Day prancers, Glee Club
singers and gym classes, but
the show goes on!

Cur Hitter speaks with a
noticeable and fatally attrac-
tive German accent, which is
interpreted to an audience fa-
miliar with only the King's
English. He dies, alas, not as
Patrick Henry or Joan of Arc,
but unheroically and unro-
mantically from appendicitis
too many apples.

In spite of all these troubles,
which really only make the in-
vincible crew appreciate what
they have more, now that they
have overcome fate and Wil-
helm Tell, the show promises
to be great. The theme this
year is one untried, but true.

When asked about senior
"operas" in the past, Miss
Gooch declared that she hadn't
had a laugh in fifteen years.
On the contrary, former operas
have brought the house down
with their quips and cranks.

I'm Ille of "Camille" fame ap-
peared in her death scene with
the black soles of her bare-feet
facing the audience; Ojftieo and
U-My-Pet rose fantastically
into heaven, drawn by ropes,
ancj^Felonie chose to swing to
heaven in Gone With a Draft.
Whether this opera has a dra-
matic death scene or not, it
definitely has an appeal for
those who like high comedy.

C. A. Cabinet Meets

Cabinet of Christian Asso-
ciation held its annual retreat
at Harrison Hut Saturday,
April 26. Anne Paisley led a
worship service. The rest of
the retreat was in the form of
a discussion, including an
evaluation of the purposes of
Christian Association on the
campus.

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Metropolitan Gives
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With a brilliant cast com-
posed of the world's finest
Wagnerian singers, the Metro-
politan Opera Company ends
its season in Atlanta with the
presentation of Lohengrin in
the City Auditorium this eve-
ning at 8 P. M.

Lauritz Melchior, Danish
tenor, will sing the title role of
Lohengrin, and Elisabeth Reth-
berg will sing that of Elsa The
other principals are Kerstin
Thorborg as Ortrud, Herbert
Janssen as Telramund, Nor-
man Gordon as King Henry,
and Leonard Warren as the
King's herald.

The story of the Wagnerian
opera centers around the love
of Elsa of Brabant for the no-
ble knight, Lohengrin, who
comes to her aid when Artrud
is trying to have Elsa con-
demned for killing her own
brother. Lohengrin appears
mysteriously as Elsa prays for
a champion to prove her in-
nocence. He saves her from
her enemies, and then, having
fallen in love with her, prom-
ises to marry her on the con-
dition that she never ask his
name or where he came from.

The cast will be accompanied
by the opera company's ninety
piece orchestra, which trav-
elled all the way from New
York for the performance.
Erich Leinsdorf will conduct.

Miss Thorborg, a Swedish
singer in the cast, was guest of
honor today at the Smorgabord
served for the Metropolitan
singers at the Biltmore Hotel.

The other operas presented
in Atlanta this season were
Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusti-
cana, Leonnavalle's Pagliacci,
Bizet's L'Arlesienne, and
Charles Gounod's Faust. Tick-
ets for the Faust performance,
which was part of the All-Star
Concert Series, were complete-
ly sold out several weeks ago.
Charles Kullman and Helen
Jepson sang the leading roles.

Convention Elects
Montgomery Division Head

Women delegates to the an-
nual convention of the South-
ern Federation of College Stu-
dents and Publication Repre-
sentatives elected Virginia
Montgomery, president of Stu-
dent Government, as chairman
of the women's division of the
federation during its conven-
tion in Atlanta last week, April
24-26.

Olivia White Keeps up with

J^otten

tots

Congratulations, A. A., on the OPEN HOUSE Saturday
night! It is up to our organizations, such as you, to help
center the social life of the college on the campus. Everyone
had a swell time, so let's say, "Here's to more campus func-
tions. 93

The PHI DELTA THETA
SPORT DANCE was voted
"the dance of the week" by:
Susan Spurlock, Mary James
Seagle, Elizabeth Moore, Shir-
ley Gately, Frankie Butt, Mar-
garet Downie, Annie Wilds,
Marian and Sue Phillips, Polly
Frink, Mary Zellars, Elta Rob-
inson, Dusty Hance, Duck
Copeland, Evelyn Cheek,
Jeanne Osborne, Suzanne Kaul-
bach, Katie Arnall, Julia Ann
Florence, Julia Scott, Susan
Montgomery, Carolyn Daniel,
Virginia Reynolds and Claire
Johnson.

At the K. A. HOUSE
DANCE Saturday night were:
Claire Purcell, Sue Phillips,
Iddy Boone and Annie Wilds.

There was a big CONVEN-
TION DANCE at the Biltmore
and Julia Ann Patch, Ila Belle
Levie, Louise Musser, Sally
Knight, and Grace Walker
were among those present.

Nina Mae Snead attended
PSI OMEGA STEAK FRY,
and Edith Dale a dinner dance
at Fort McPherson. Included
in a party at the Seminary were
Beth Irby, Mardia Hopper,
Julia Harry, Dale Drennan,
Ann Paisley, Virginia Wil-
liams, Cornelia Willis, Betty
Sunderland, and Page Lan-
caster.

Mrs. Preston Arkwright en-
tertained the Emory Glee Club
and their dates at a lovely gar-
den party. The Agnes Scott
girls were: Martha Dunn,
Helen Jester, Annie Wilds,
Jessie McGuire, and Gene
Slack.

Numerous dances of the
week-end included the DELTA
SIGMA PI, at which were
Arabelle Boyer, Carolyn Dan-
iel, Sue Mitchell, Frances
Fleming, Louise Hankins,
Flake Patman, Mary Jeter, and
Zelda Barnette; SKULL AND
KEY, entertaining Flake Pat-
man, Margaret Downie, Clara
Rountree, and Carolyn Daniel;
KAPPA KAPPA PSI, Betty
Williams.

Among those at the ANS-
LEY RAINBOW ROOF dur-
ing the week were: Rebecca
Stamper, Margaret Hartsook,
Mary James Seagle, Martha
Arant, and Martha Dunn.
While at the PARADISE
ROOM were: Matilda Cart-
ledge and Caroline Smith.

Joella Craig went up to Wal-
halla to be crowned with
azaleas and she would like the
English Department to know
that she was accompanied by
no less than TOM JONES,
himself. Agnes Douglas was in
Chester, S. C; Lib Barnett in
Gainesville, Fla.; Martha Nim-
mons at Seneca, S. C; and Pol-
ly Cook in Newnan. Betty
Sullivan and Margaret Cath-
cart spent the week-end in An-
derson, S. C, while Bobbie
Powell, Martha Stone, Leila
Holmes, Martha Liddell, and
Jean Beutell went to Thomas-
ville to the rose show. Molly
Oliver spent the week-end in
Montgomery, and Anne Frier-
son and Anne Gellerstedt went
to Rock Hill, S. C. Deedle
Davis and May King visit-
ed Margaret Hamilton in
Marietta. And at the LIT-
TLE COMMENCEMENT
DANCES at Georgia were
Duck Copeland, Eugenia Ma-
son, Sally Knight, Laura Cum-
ming, Marjorie Wilson and
Frankie Butt.

Ruby Rosser and Sis King
attended a SIGMA CHI dance
at Ole Miss. Among those at
the BRIARIAN SOCIETY
dance at Tech were: Clara
Rountree, Elta Robinson, Bet-
ty Wade and Betty Henderson.
^ The Zenox dance included:
Frances Leake, Betty Burruss
and Helen Shucraft.

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Emory Phi Sigma
Invites New Members

The Emory chapter of Phi
Sigma, national honorary biol-
ogy fraternity, recently asked
five Agnes Scott seniors, Vir-
ginia Clower, Jean Dennison,
Margaret Eiseman, Beryl
Healy, and Glenwyn Young to
join its ranks.

Four Agnes Scott faculty
members, Misses Mary Mac-
Dougall, Frances McCalla, Bee
Miller, and Mr. Ernest H. Run-
yon already belong to the or-
ganization.

Admittance to the society is
based on scholastic standing
and outstanding work in the
field of biology. Although pri-
marily a graduate organization,
Phi Sigma each spring invites
senior biology majors from here
and Emory to become mem-
bers.

Montgomery Announces
House Presidents

Monday night at the meet-
ing of the executive committee
of Student Government, Vir-
ginia Montgomery announced
the duties of the junior repre-
sentatives of the executive
committee for next year. Dot
Holloran will be house presi-
dent of Gaines Cottage; Dale
Drennan, White House; Caro-
line Smith, Boyd Cottage; and
Betty Bates, Lupton. Betty
Moore, a junior day student
representatitve, will be the
manager of the Second-Hand
Bookstore.

The old and new presidents
and vice presidents of Student
government will make plans
the first of next week with Miss
Scandrett and Miss Hunter
concerning sponsors and sen-
ior chaperons for next year.

The completed lists will be
announced in next week's issue
of the Agnes Scott News.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941

A New Year,
A New Staff

Elections over, the new officers are
gradually relieving the seniors from duty;
and in this general transference of responsi-
bility, the Agnes Scott News has passed into
the hands of the new staff with a "bless
thee, my children. It's all yours," from the
retiring journalists.

From that moment, plans and hopes began
forming for the coming year and what it
could mean to the campus, journalistically
speaking. And through many a thought and
discussion has come a renewal of ideals and
purposes, filled with sincere hope for con-
tinuation of the splendid progress made by
the News in recent years, shown not only
by the First Class and All-American honor
ratings on the wall of the press room, but
also in the growing campus interest in the
paper.

To use a trite paraphrase, the new regime
hopes, through the application of sound
journalistic principles, to give the student
body a paper "of the students, by the stu-
dents, and for the students."

Primarily, every newspaper is for a per-
manent and current record of events, giving
the reader news which interests him not only
as an individual, but also as a member of
the group to which he belongs, the campus
in this case. Through accurate and prompt
assimilation of facts, the paper serves its
intended purpose of giving information, and
asks no return other than interest and criti-
cism on the part of the reader.

The Agnes Scott News will strive this
year to bring about closer co-operation be-
tween faculty and students, and between
student organizations, by offering them the
use of the press as a means of keeping the
campus correctly and timely informed.

The staff also intends to carry on this
year's policy of giving the campus informa-
tion on outside activities of local, national,
and international interest.

To reach these goals of service and at-
tainment, your publication looks to you, its
readers, for help and guidance. The staff
not only asks for suggestions, but seeks
them, requesting only that any criticism be
direct so problems may be taken care of at
the source, and not twisted out of reasonable
solvency before they reach the desired point.

More About Vocations

Closing with the social service discussion
this week, the Alumnae Association and
Mortar Board finish a carefully planned
series of vocational guidance discussions
and talks.

Juniors and seniors who have had the
advantage of hearing experts in the fields
they intend to enter after graduation have
expressed sincere appreciation for the timely
guidance, and it is hoped that "much value
received" will mean "more goods produced."

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI.

Wednesday. April 30. 1941

Published weekly, except during holidays and examinaUon
periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on
second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second
slass matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription
price per year. $1.25; slngJe copies, five cents.

Editor

Managing Editor--.
Business Manager

BEK BRAD FIELD

JEANNE OSBORNE

SUZ A N N E K A I LB AC II

Martha Dal-
Frames Kaiser
Assistant Editors
Caroline NYwbold

Copy Editor
Jessie Mae(Juire
Feature Editor
Lillian (iish
Rottv Ann Brooks
Assistant Feature Editors
Jaue Elliott
Current History Editor
Kilwina Hurress
Sports Editor
Marjorie < ir.i y
Club Editor

Olivia White
Society Editor

Alice Willis
Marv Wolford
Mary James Seagle
June Shugg
Jane Stillwell
Jaekle 1 11 ma Stearns
Assistant Society Editors

Manran-t Mary Toomey
Circulation Manager

Bennye Linzy
Susan Spurlock
Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Ann Wright. Leila Holmes. Hetty Bates. Betsy
White. Quincy Mills. Jane Dlnsmon-. Mary Ionise Duffee,
Marv Ann Harfielil. Martha Ray La
Madeline Hosmer. Martha Stone. Vlrg
res*. Evelyn Cheek. Cornelia Stuekey.
Estill Martin. Ann Chamhlcss. Shirley

Marion Knapp.
i Harr. Hetty Hur-
Ul Matthews. Mary
nn Smith.

Jane Elliott

Business Assistants: Nancy Thomison. Martha LkMell. EMn
Smith. M. S. Rsrkcr. L. Boone. A Rumstead. A. Clements.
T. Cralir. M. Dlllard. M. A. Hannah. D. Hopkins. B Moore.
M. Toomey.

Jane Elliott Sifts

Today's News

Of Prime Importance

Prime Minister Winston Churchill in an
address on Sunday, April 27, lauded the
morale of the British people, the decision of
the United States to patrol the waters of
the American Hemispheres, and the resist-
ance of General Wavell's forces in Africa,
stressing the fact that the
number of troops there
was small. Included in
the speech was a reitera-
tion of the warning to
Russia that Germany
wishes the granaries of
the Ukraine, a one-
phrase censure of the
Irish for refusal of bases
to England, and an ad-
mittance that British
troops must withdraw entirely from the
Balkans.

To Americans, perhaps, the most strik-
ing feature of the talk was the great em-
phasis on the unity of England and the
U. S. A. "We" and "they" were very prom-
inent pronouns. In harmony with this con-
cept of American-British unity was the idea
that together the U. S. and England must
win the Battle of the Atlantic, which Britain
is at present slowly losing. To Churchill,
the American patrol narrows sensibly the
area which England must guard, giving her
a better chance of winning the Battle of the
Atlantic, the all-important battle.

Rock-Bound?

Gagsters to the contrary, the Rock of
Gibraltar does not belong to the Prudential
Life Insurance Company, but to Great Brit-
ain, however, at present Parliament would
probably like to have a type of insurance
guaranteeing possession of Gibraltar. The
Nazi menace to the great rock is real; troops
are massed on the French-Spanish frontier,
and German technicians and engineers are
already in Spain, a country which seems to
be turning toward the Axis. If Spain per-
mits German troops to march through her
territory, Gibraltar may fall and leave Eng-
land a blockaded nation truly blockaded
for the first time in her history.

Love Thy Neighbor

The conference between Prime Minister
Mackenzie King, of Canada, and President
Roosevelt is probably last week's most im-
portant event in the Western Hemisphere.
As a result of the conference and agree-
ment the two largest North American
states are working toward a harmony of
their war-time economies for defense and
for aid to the democracies. Interpreted, the
plan will probably mean that Canada will
be paid in dollars for nickel, platinum, and
other important materials supplied to Amer-
ica; but that articles destined for British use
will be transferred from the U. S. to Canada
under the terms of the lend-lease bill.
Gimme

That man Morganthau is after more
money this year. Tax experts figure that
about one dollar of every four will go to
taxes next year, funds for state and local
treasuries, but the majority for the federal
government. Defense stamps and savings
bonds will go on sale this Thursday to raise
more money. Strangely enough, the public,
knowing the funds are for national defense,
seem willing to take the bitter dose stoically,
even willingly.
Momentum

The Federal Labor Mediation Board has
had its first unalloyed failure, for the meet-
ing over the mining strike has ended with
nothing settled and the strike still on. The
coal strike affects many industries some of
the railroads have cancelled certain runs. It
is somewhat like the first card in a row of
insecurely balanced ones, if it falls, its push
knocks down all the rest, one on top of
another. The steel industry, dependent on
coal, will soon be 35 per cent shut down;
and the shortage in steel will cut down other
industries relying on steel, perhaps even the
General Motors plants, where a threatened
strike has been averted for the present.
The Altar of the Apple

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is again
America's top song, and politicians have
hurled the first balls of the season in ball
parks throughout the country. (The num-
ber one hurler was. of course. President
Roosevelt.) From now on the radio in many
homes will be burning tubes at the altar of
baseball.

Campus Camera

ELLEN

HAMILTON

and LINA
MASON ,

BOTH MEMBERS OF KA0 AT'
VERMONT, WERE THE FIRST
WOMEN MEMBERS OF PHI BETA
KAPPA /

Among 75,00a ooo adults in)

TVE UNITED STATES THERE ARE 1% ^
TIMES AS MANY COMPLETE ILLITER-
ATES AS COLLEGE GRADUATES /

ED
DEVLIN

TALKED FOR
69 CONSECUTIVE

HOURS TO
FELLOW U.OF
ALABAMA STUDENTS
DURING THE 1940
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION/

Lillian Gish Gathers

Lillian Gish

This past year the Lecture
Association has offered a va-
r i e t y of
inter-
esting lee-
tures
those of
fine arts,
current
his tory,
p h i 1 o s-
ophy. The
pro gram
for 1941-
1942 is to
be deter-
mined, in part, by student opin-
ion what type of lecture is
most enjoyed.

Gay Currie, 42:

I think the Lecture Associa-
tion is wonderful. Each year a
variety of lectures has been
presented. To me, current af-
fairs and literature are most
interesting. Vincent Sheean
and Jane Struther are good ex-
amples of these types. "Mrs.
Miniver" . showed a sense of
humor, combined with the seri-
ous. Too, I like the informal
talks which the lecturers have
made in chapel.

Martha Jane Gray, '44:

I think the association is es-
sential to the best interest of
the college: that of absorbing
a culture which can be gained
in no other way. I prefer the
lecture of philosophy which
seemed to hold universal im-
portance. A variety in the pro-
gram is always needed.

Mary Ann Cochran, '43:

I enjoyed particularly Mr.
Watson's lecture about mod-
ern arts. It was different. I
would like for the association
to present Mrs. Roosevelt to
the student body. I believe the
association promotes the cul-
tural viewpoint of the college.

Ann Wright, '44:

I think the variety of lec-
tures which was presented this
year was good. We need per-
sons who cover the major
fields. I enjoyed the informal-
ity of Jan Struther. Too. I en-
joyed lectures which deal with
current events.

CampusQuotes

Mary Ivy, '41 :

I think the Lecture Associa-
tion is one of the best organiza-
tions on the campus. New and
interesting people were pre-
sented this year. Mr. Watson
I was unusual and entertaining.
I would enjoy hearing more
authors Ernest Hemingway,
if possible.

Ann Frierson, 43:

I believe I preferred Ernest
Hocking and Jan Struther.
Their lectures held my interest
most. This past year the sub-
jects have been varied, and
this variety, I believe, should
be continued. We are fortu-
nate in having the privilege of
attending the lectures included
in the student activity fee.

Mary Dean Lott, '42:

I like lectures concerning cur-
rent events, because we are in-
clined to disregard present
news. Vincent Sheean and
Maurice Hindus gave very
vivid pictures of the war sit-
uation. I would like for the as-
sociation to present Cornelia
Otis Skinner.

Laura Sale, '41 :

I think that the variety of
subjects is very good. Even if
you think some topic won't be
good, it's only because you
don't know much about the
subject. It is good not to have
the same thing each year to
have different ones. The order
of presentation was good, too,
with the current events lecture
at the first to attract the atten-
tion of the campus. I think that
the choice of Dudley Crafts
Watson's subject was very
ood, but I think that Jan
btruther was the most univer-
sally appealing.

Ann Ward, '44:

I really enjoyed the philos-
ophy more than anything else
because you do not come in
contact with it so much, and
because it expanded your
thought along new lines. I got
new ideas on a subject that is
hard to strike out on alone.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. 26

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941

No. 20

Exhibit
Features
Japanese Art

H. I. Olds Lends
Print Collection
To Library

Modern reproductions of
Japanese prints, lent by H. I.
Olds and circulated by the
American Federation of Arts,
form the exhibit which is now
on display on the third floor of
the library. These twenty-five
prints cover the period between
1650 and 1850, and are ex-
amples of the work of the
greatest artists of the time, ac-
cording to Miss Edna Ruth
Hanley, librarian.

The scenes represent life in
Japan during that period, some
showing actors dressed in the
costumes of their legendary
plays, others picturing the in-
teriors of dwellings.

Miss Louise Lewis, teacher
of art and art history, an-
nounces that pictures painted
by Agnes Scott students will
form the next exhibit in the
library, to appear some time
this week. Since definite plans
have not been made yet, Miss
Lewis was unable to give the
names of the students or a de-
scription of their work.

At the same time, Miss Han-
ley announced that a collection
of Miss Lewis' paintings will
be on display in the library
during commencement week.

Betty Kyle Sings
In Recital

Nina Mae Snead Assists
In Varied Program

Soloist in a varied and inter-
esting program, Betty Kyle will
sing in a certificate recital on
Monday, iflay 19, at 8 o'clock,
in the Maclean Chapel. She
will be assisted by Nina Mae
Snead, soprano.

An opera aria, and an
oratorio solo will be featured
on the program, since the can-
didate for a certificate must
sing one of each of these types
of music. The requirements
also include a group each of
German, Italian, and French
songs, and two groups of
standard best English songs.
The exact selections are to be
announced later.

Advanced students in the
music department will present
a vocal program in the Mac-
lean Chapel at 8 o'clock on
Wednesday, May 14. Each
girl will sing two or three Eng-
lish selections from the work
she has studied this year. A
group of about eight singers
for the recital will be chosen
from the following girls: so-
pranos, Christine Paris, Leila
Michalove, Barbara Connally,
and Joella Craig; contraltos,
Freda Copeland, Elise Nance,
Louise Newton, and Mabel
Stowe.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, 4:30-6:00 P. M.
Riding Meet.

Thursday, 8:30 P. M. Black-
friars' Play, The Distaff
Side,' Gaines Chapel.

Friday, 2:30 P. M. Tennis
Demonstration bj' Eleanor
Tennant, Tennis Courts.

Friday, 8:00 P. M. Musicale
by Agnes Scott String En-
semble, Gaines Chapel.

Tuesday, 4:30 P. M. Soph-
omore Jitterbug Contest,
Gym.

Class Holds
Jitterbug Contest

The sophomore class will
sponsor a jitterbug contest in
the gymnasium Tuesday after-
noon, May 13, at 4:30, offering
a pair of saddle shoes as first
prize.

Betty Ann Brooks and her
band, the Hottentots, will ur-
nish the music; and members of
the sophomore class will sell
cold drinks and candy during
the afternoon. Bridge tables
and cards will be available so
that spectators may play bridge
before and after the perform-
ance.

Prospective entrants should
see Marjorie Wilson, who
heads the committee in charge
of arrangements. Assisting her
are: Jane McDonough, tickets;
Katherine Wilkinson, cold
drinks; Jane Dinsmore, pub-
licity.

Seniors Complete
Commencement Plans

Alumnae, Underclassmen
Announce Week of Activities

The senior class of 1941 and the Alumnae Association
are completing plans for commencement week-end, May 29-
June 3, climaxing with the graduation exercises in Gaines
Chapel, Presser Hall, at 10 A. M.Jhe morning of June 3.

Spanish Teacher
Sends Food
To Foreigners

Miss Melissa Cilley, a Span-

ish teacher at Agnes Scott, has
been sending food regularly to
two friends in Spain, according
to an article which appeared
recently in the DeKalb New
Era.

The friends, whom Miss Cil-
ley met while teaching in
Madrid and Barcelona, had
fled to France at the end of the
Spanish Civil War because of
their Protestant religion, but
had to return to Spain when
France surrendered to Ger-
many.

Now, with food scarce in
Spain, the average diet is three
rolls a day; and, because of the
unsettled conditions, Miss Cil-
ley has not been able to find
out whether or not the food
reaches her friends, but she
sends it regularly each week.

Queen and Court Reign Over May Day Festivities

-Courtesy The Atlanta Journal.

Jean Dennison. Queen, center. Court, left to right: Clai re Johnson, Anne Chambless, Val Neilsen, Nina Broughton,
Modesta Hance, June Boykin, Leona Leavitt, Betty 'Moore, Ann Hilsman, Martha Rhodes, Margaret Sheftall.

Thursday, May 29, the sen-
iors will go on the annual class
picnic.

Friday, May 30, the juniors
will entertain the seniors at a
banquet in the evening, and the
Decatur Alumnae Club will act
as hostess at the alumnae chil-
dren's party, 4 P. M., Alumnae
House.

Saturday, May 31, the trus-
tees' luncheon, Rebekah Scott
dining room, 1 P. M., will hon-
or the alumnae and seniors. At
6:30 P. M., there will be a Phi
Beta Kappa banquet in the
Alumnae House and C. W.
Dieckmann and Lewis H. John-
son will direct a musicale in
Maclean Auditorium, Presser
Hall, 8:30 P. M., to close the
day's activities.

Rev. Moore Preaches

Sunday, June 1, Reverend
Ansley C. Moore, Clearwater,
Fla., will preach the baccalau-
reate sermon in Gaines Chapel
at 11 A. M.; Dean Scandrett
will entertain with after-lunch-
eon coffee at 2 P. M.; and the
Alumnae Association will hon-
or the seniors, parents, and
aumnae at a garden party in
the Alumnae Gardens, 6:30
P. M.

Class Reunions

Monday, June 2, the classes
of 1893-1915 and 1931-1934
will hold reunion luncheons in
the Alumnae House at 12:30
P. M.; the seniors will honor
the sophomores, their sister
class, at a breakfast; the seniors
will hold Class Day exercises
in the May Day Dell at 4:30
P. M.; the class of 1940 will
have a reunion dinner in the
Alumnae House at 6:30 P. M.;
and a dance recital under the
direction of Mrs. Lapp and
Mrs. Dozier will complete the
day's formal program. At 10
P. M., the seniors will have
"book burning" in front of
Main, capping of the juniors
following immediately.
Dr. Cox of Emory

June 3, Dr. Harvey W. Cox,
president of Emory University,
wiH speak at the commence-
ment exercises.

In addition to these plans,
Dorothy Holloran, president of
the sophomore class, announces
that they will entertain the sen-
iors at a luncheon May 17 at
the Druid Hills Country Club.

Philharmonic Gives
Symphony Concert

The Atlanta Philharmonic,
under the direction of Georg
Lindner, will offer a straight
symphony concert, featuring
Miss Minna Hecker of Saint
Luke's Church, Atlanta, in
Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall
May 20 at 3:30 P. M.

The concert will open with
an overture, and then the or-
chestra will present Beeth-
oven's "Fifth Symphony," fol-
lowed by Miss Hecker's selec-
tion from "La Traviata."

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. 1941

Banquet Ends
Athletic Activities

Champions Receive Awards;
New Board Takes Over

By Edwina Burruss

At a meeting Monday night, Athletic Board planned its
annual banquet for May 15, at 6:10, in Rebekah Scott dining
hall. At this final activity of Athletic Board, tennis and
archery champions will receive their awards, outstanding
athletes will get their letters, and the old board members
will officially turn over their jobs to the 1941-1942 board.
Ann Gellerstedt announced

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sors

the following committee chair-
men: Virginia Tuggle, theme;
Dot Webster, decorations; Ann
Gellerstedt, invitations; Jane
Dinsmore, place cards; Gay
Currie, flowers; and Anne
Frierson, awards.

Another item of particular
interest to sports fans this week
is the tennis-demonstration lec-
ture given by Eleanor Tennant,
Alice Marble's coach, at the
tennis courts, Friday at 2:30.
Several local professional
coaches will probably assist
Miss Tennant. The Athletic
Association has invited the girls
of Shorter College, the Univer-
sity of Georgia, and Wesleyan
College to attend the clinic, as
well as girls and instructors
from the Atlanta and Decatur
high schools. The sophomore
class will sell Coca-Colas.

Stunts and Games

The highlight of this week's
sports activity will be the in-
formal riding meet in which all
riding students will take part
this afternoon. The meet will
last from 4:30 to 6 o'clock and
will be followed by a picnic
supper.

Informality will be the order
of the afternoon, and stunt
games will prevail, Mrs. Tay-
lor announced. The events will
be: pre-gaited classes, a pair
class, bareback riding, a sad-
dling and bridling race, javelin
throwing at full speed at a
canter, a bean-bag tossing race,
a rumble-seat relay, billy goat
polo, musical chairs played on
horseback, drills and jumping.
No one knows which of these
events she is to ride in; that
will be announced at the meet
by the horse show committee,
which is made up of Hazel
Taylor, Agnes Burdett, Clara
Ann Gardner. and Olivia
White. Sue Mitchell. Eleanor
Abernathy, and Louise Sams
are on the refreshment com-
mittee. Participants in the meet
other than the reqular riding
students are Miss rtanley. Miss
Shatswell, and Dr. Jones.
Everyone who is interested is
invited to attend.

Archers Compete

Agnes Scott will enter two
teams, composed of eight girls
each, in the national telegraphic
archery tournament. Miss
Mitchell announced this week.
The names of the participants
have not been revealed yet. At
the same time of national tour-
nament. May 12-20. the gym
department will conduct a
school archery tournament.
The girls entering this tourna-
ment are: Mary Maxwell. Su-
san Dyer. Lila Peck Walker.
Elizabeth Moore. Mary Rob-

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Ahead of the upper bracket
by two matches, the lower
bracket in the golf tournament
has been completed, and Gwen
Hill, medalist, has emerged vic-
torious from the semi-finals.

News Fetes
Old Staff

The Agnes Scott News staff
will hold its annual entertain-
ment in honor of the outgoing
senior staff members in the
form of a picnic at Harrison
Hut on Fiday, May 16. This
outdoor supper will take the
place of the annual banquet
held in former years.

Committee chairmen appoint-
ed include: Leila Holmes, food;
Jane Dinsmore, invitations; Su-
zanne Kaulbach, finance; and
Betty Ann Brooks, entertain-
ment.

Members of the graduating
class who are being honored
are: Elaine Stubbs, Virginia
Clower, Carolyn Strozier, Vir-
ginia Williams, Betty Jane
Stevenson, Susan Self, Molli
Oliver, Lib Barrett, Lucile
Gaines, Mary Ivy, Mary Madi-
son Wisdom, Anita Woolfork,
Louise Franklin, Rebekah Ho
gan, Julia Lancaster, Cornelia
Willis, and Florence Ellis.

Students Give
Dance Recital

The Physical Education De-
partment is planning a dance
recital the evening of June 2
in Gaines Chapel.

The tentative program in-
cludes: The Beautiful May, an
old folk tune; Circle Landler,
Hans Schumann; At Eventide,
C. W. Dieckmann; May Day
Waltz, Dieckmann; Mala-
guena, Lecuona; Circular
Study, Poldini; Design in
Rhythms. Horst; Ecossaises,
Beethoven; The Three Graces,
Schubert; Dance Trio. Schu-
bert; Waltz of the Flowers,
Tschaikowsky.

Mrs. Harriette Lapp and
Miss Eugenie Dozier are di-
recting the recital, and Eliza-
beth Edwards will accompany
at the piano.

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Friday night at a meeting of
the old and new presidents and
vice presidents of Student Gov-
ernment with Miss Scandrett
and Miss Hunter, Ila Belle
Levie announced the sponsors
for next year.

The sponsors, chosen from
next year's junior class only,
will be: Mamie Sue Barker,
Anna Branch Black, Marian
Brittingham, Flora Campbell,
Alice Clements, Mary Ann
Cochran, Joella Craig, Laura
Cumming, Martha Dale, Mar-
garet Downie, Ann Flowers,
Anne Frierson, Susan Guthrie,
Helen Hale, Betty Henderson,
Nancy Hirsch, Dorothy Hop-
kins, Mardia Hopper, Frances
Kaiser, Leona Leavitt, Ruth
Lineback, Polly Lyndon, Mary
Estill Martin. Elizabeth Moore,
Jane McDonough, Marna Mo
Garrough, Ann Paisley, Betty
Pegram, Frances Radford, Lil-
lian Roberts, Anne Scott, Mar-
tha Anne Smith, Susan Spur-
lock, Aileen Still, Pat Stokes,
Helen Summerour, Nancy
Thomison, Jean Tucker, Mar-
jorie Wilson, Marjorie Weis-
mann, Mary Wolford, Kay
Wright.

Organist, Harpist
Play in Musicale

Featuring two visiting Agnes
Scott alumnae as guest soloists,
the string ensemble will pre-
sent a varied program at its
regular Friday night musicale.
C. W. Dieckmann will direct
the musicians.

Miss Tommie Ruth Black-
mon, who has been teaching
and doing radio work in
Gainesville, Fla., will play the
organ. Her selections include
Toccata, from the Fifth Sym-
phony by Widor; and the fa-
mous Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,
by Mozart.

The guest harpist is Miss
Olive Mai Rives, an alumna
who has been teaching in At-
lanta. Her solos will be Aeslian
Harp, by Hasselmans, and
Chanson Sans Paroles, by
Dubez. Accompanied by the
string ensemble, she will play
Confidence, Hasselmans; Aria,
Handel; and Intermezzo, from
Cavaleria Rusticana, Mas-
cagni.

Several old favorites will be
played by the ensemble, includ-
ing a special arrangement of
Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes* The other selections are:
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring,
Bach; Priests' March, from
Athalia, Mendelsohn; Minuet,
Valensin; and a new composi-
tion, Pavane. by Ravel.

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By Betty Ann Brooks

En Route from Ashland, Va.
Via Seaboard Air Line R. R.
(And incidentally, Pullman)

Dear Hottentots :

If these precious (?) little children whom I worked
Mickey Mouse crossword puzzles with this A. M. will cut out
the professor quiz program, perhaps I can write to you.
First I must ask your for-

giveness for my raving about
nothing but the Chi Beta Phi
convention in my column, but
since this was my first conven-
tion, second train trip of any
distance, and first vi^it to Ash-
land, Va., I am so filled with
all of it that I feel constrained
to relate all the fun. "To err
is human, to forgive, divine."
Of course I'm only human, and
I can see the halo over your
dear heads this very moment.
(The little girl wants to know
why I crossed my fingers.)

There were three other dele-
gates on my train going up,
including the Grand Vice Pres-
ident Dr. Jack Montgomery, of
University of Alabama, and the
Grand Historian, Miss Gail
Nelson, one of our Phi Beta
Kappa alumnae. A young gen-
tleman delegate from Alabama
was the other; so you can see
that I'd have a grand time.

Dr. Jack (as he preferred to
be called) suggested bridge and
did I feel wicked playing cards
in the smoker!

There was a band at the
station when we arrived in
Ashland (I didn't say "to meet
us" for I was soon informed,
after dismounting, that they
were starting their field-day
parade there).

The meetings were very in-
teresting; twice in a lengthy
session on amendments, when
the roll was called for voting,
a delegate answered "Here!"
That reminds me, last week in
Bible 205, we wondered where
Freda Copeland was when she
answered to the roll call with
"Hello!"

We had asked the president
of the University of Virginia
to be our guest speaker, with
the provision that if he couldn't
make it, we wanted a wit and
nothing lower than a dean.
The president replied that he
regretted that it was impossible
for him to come, but that he
was sending a substitute.

"However," he said, "there is
nothing lower than a dean, and
we have no wits on our faculty;
so I'm sending this half-wit."

I overheard this speaker,
head of University of Virginia
Biology Department, ask the
Grand Historian about the
health of Miss Mac. and her
Polypoid (this will be of
special interest to you embryo
biologists, and to those of you
who aren't such, the little ani-
mal which our professor isolat-
ed, classified, etc., is a Poly-
poid). Gail Nelson inno-
cently replied "Polly who?"
(and this PBK minored Biol-
ogy here! ) .

You can quote me as being
for more conventions, and
NOT the kind you have to
conform to!

The same,

B. A.

P. S.: In case anything's left
out or mis-spelled, blame the
little girl, which reminds me.
credit for that cute column
written in names should go to
Leila Holmes. It was good,
Leila. More power to you!

P. P. S.: Rumor got out while
I was away that our future In-
man house president admitted
a mental faux pas of the first
weeks of school. It seems that
it took said person several days
to realize that Julia Ann Flor-
ence was not a nominal freak
with three first names. Well,
Ida Claire!

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Olivia White Keeps up with

^Jlie ^Jrottln ^JJottentotd

Our Old English May Day certainly put the spirit of
"merrie England" on our campus. It would seem almost more
natural to hear a young swain say, "Wilt thou come and trip

the light fantastic ?" than to
date for the "jook" Saturday,
"jooking."

The MILITARY BALL AT
TECH drew Hazel Scruggs,
Margaret Hartsook, Martha
Arant, Mary James Seagle, Su-
san Spurlock, Caroline Long,
Helen Schukraft, Polly Frink,
Sarah Copeland, Elizabeth
Moore, Frances Ellis, Louise
Musser, Alice Willis, Morie
Smith, Margaret Sheftall, Biz-
zelle Roberts, Clara Rountree,
Ann Hilsman, Libby Steadman,
Flora Campbell, Dusty Hance,
Betty Wade, Kay Wilkinson,
Jeanne Osborne.

At the MED. DANCE were
Becky Stamper, Mary Dean
Lott, Marian and Sue Philips,
Lucile Gaines, Val Neilson,
Rowena Barringer, Iddy
Boone, Mary Davis, Alice
Clements, Martha Dunn, Ruth
Allgood. Eugenia Hailey, Gene l ing the week.

have Joe College phone for
Nevertheless, Hottentots went

Slack, Nancy Wilstatter, Mary
Lightfoot Elcan, Pat Reasoner.

Having fun at the PHI
DELT COSTUME DANCE
were Mary Jane Bonham, Mary
Louise Palmour, Claire Ben-
nett, Marian Philips.

Cutting' the rug at the
DELTA SIG HOBO DANCE
were Becky Stamper, Mary
Ivy, Mary Zellars, Mary Anne
Atkins, Stuart Arbuckle.

At the SAE HOUSE
DANCE: Annie Wilds, Betty
Waitt, Pat Stokes, and Mar-
jorie Wilson.

At the PiKA HOUSE was
Jeanne Eakin. Libby Steadman
went on the Beta picnic. Seen
at the HENRY GRADY: Bet-
ty Wade, Clara Rountree, and
Helen Schukraft. Betty Wade
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Mrs. Isabel McCain Brown,
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Complying with annual cus-
tom, the Alumnae Association
will give the seniors a tea May
14, 4-6 P. M., in the Alumnae
House, half of the class com-
ing from 4 to 5, the remainder
coming from 5 to 6. Miss
Mamie Lee Ratliff, assistant
alumnae secretary, explained
that this separation into two
groups was necessary in order
to make complete explanations
of the alumnae organization to
the future members of the as-
sociation.

Mrs. Penelope Brown Bar-
nett, president of the Alumnae
Association, will receive with
Mrs. Nelle Chamblee Howard,
alumnae secretary; Miss Rat-
liffe; and members of the class
of 1940 who are in Atlanta.
Mrs. Howard will explain the
organization of the alumnae
and Miss Ratliff will announce
the seven groups into which the
class is being divided for the
purpose of keeping in contact
with each other and the college
after graduation.

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English Accent Puzzles
Actors in * Distaff Side'

By Jessie MacGuire

"Women rule the world," declares The Distaff Side in ex-
pressing its theme, and Agnes Scott Blackfriars echoes the
sound by presenting the well known drama. A school strictly
for women may be accused by the men of taking advantage
of an unfair situation, but that will not lessen the potency
of the thrust. We women must stick together.

As the setting of the play is I \ ! ;

and just about that time

bursts into laughter, breaking
the spell of the tense scene.
Another line that they will have
to steel themselves for is the
one in which they refer to sit-
ting on the English "poof"
(pronounced "poof" as in the
slang expression of derision).
Since no one knew what a poof
was, for some time each mem-
ber ordered to sit on the poof
perched on the most convenient
object at hand and summoned
his imagination to aid him. On
discovering that a poof is a
type of comfortable ottoman
with numerous pillows, they
probably regretted the unkind
remarks addressed to it before-
hand.

Women Rule World

After mastering an English
accent, and learning how to be
seriously dramatic in a de-
lirium scene all part of being
a Blackfriars trooper the
Blackfriars cast will be far
wiser than before. That the
play will convince the audience
that women rule the world is
doubted, but they will hold
their sway for one night at
least.

in England, and the characters
are English, the cast is learning
a new language along with so-
phisticated lines. One night at
rehearsal the director realized
that the actors had not yet
fallen into the habit of prac-
ticing an English accent, and
demanded that from that point
on only polished English words
were to be spoken. They con-
centrated so hard on the
"rawtha's" and "awfta's" that
they forgot their lines, and
only pandemonium resulted.
It's no easy job to fall into a
habit like that, particularly
when the trouble is double re-
membering and inflecting com-
bined.

The roles for the most part
are so foreign to the girls' na-
tures, that Martha Sue Dillard
finds it necessary to dress for
her part at every rehearsal to
get in the mood for the char-
acter. Have you notitced her
new coiffeur? They say she
lives her part from day to day;
but it is hoped by the rest of
the cast that she remains her
sweet self in class and at home,
because the role she plays is a
risque one, unsuited to Agnes
Scott's ideal girl. They may
censor her lines, but they can
hardly prevent the actress
from conveying the character
through actions; and it seems
that Martha Sue does just that.

Weak Scenes

In practicing for a play, it is
generally considered that bad
acting or laughing at rehear-
sals makes that spot in the play
a susceptible spot on perform-
ance night. There is always
one of these weak scenes in
every play, and Distaff Side is
no exception. Laura Sale has
to calm down a delirious man
by explaining that the bathrobe
he is to wear is not hot, but
that she has made it "cool it
will cool you off to wear it,"
she explains.

Then when she tells him to
go to bed, he complains^again
that that makes him hot also.
Laura explains patiently that
she has made the bed cool, too

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and the seniors are espe-
cially urged to pay in ad-
vance so the staff can esti-
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Waitt Calls For
Lecture Ideas

Lecture Association will give
the campus an opportunity in
chapel Friday, May 9, to ex-
press opinions on the lecture
series this year and to offer
suggestions of lecturers for
next year.

Betty Waitt, retiring presi-
dent of the association, an-
nounces that each student will
receive a questionnaire to fill
out with definite fields, subjects,
and speakers as suggestions for
next year's lecture program. In
addition, Pattie Patterson will
make the annual treasurer's re-
port at this meeting.

Chi Beta Phi
Admits Members

The Agnes Scott Chapter of
Chi Beta Phi, national honorary
society for science students, an-
nounces the election of the fol-
lowing new members: Mary
Jane Auld, Bee Bradfield. Vir-
ginia Clower, Susan Dyer,
Ruth Lineback, Louise Musser,
Margaret Mary Toomey, and
Olivia White. The organiza-
tion admits only eight members
at each election.

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Janus, Ltd.

The Nazis are hungry for
the oil-rich land of Iraq; and
it seems as if they might get it,
with or
with out
t h e con-
sent of
Turk ey.
British
and Iraqi
% iSfiP forces
have
X \ c 1 a s hed;
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. ish troops

Jane Elliott are re-
ported to

be on the way to Baghdad from
three directions, with orders to
occupy the city at all costs.
The British are trying to re-
duce the threat to the Mosul
oil fields before the Iraquis can
be reinforced by German
troops.

While the Italians were in
the saddle in Africa, the gov-
ernment of Iraq was pro-Brit-
ish, for the Italians are notori-
ously harsh colonists. But now
the government has become
pro-Nazi, lending (or perhaps
leasing) a willing ear to prom-
ises of possession of oil fields
now owned by American and
British firms and of political
independence. The two-faced
god Janus is the most appro-
priate symbol of the world of
today.

Aftermath

The Battle of the Balkans is
lost; in three short weeks Hit-
ler's troops have defeated the
B. E. F. and have conquered
Greece and Yugoslavia. But
now that the Balkans are sul-
lenly simmering, not blazing in
open combat, the question may
be asked, what did the Balkan
war prove?

It has not so much proved
the superiority of the German
troops as it has attested to the
fact that Britain might, on equal
terms, be able to hold her own
with Germanv. Thermopylae
and Mount Olympus showed
the fighting spirit of the B. E.
F. and the strategic knowledge
of its generals: but the entire

campaign demonstrates Brit-
ain's urgent need for planes,
thanks, and men* This retreat
was not a Narvik or a Dun-
kirk; the B. E. F. was neither
too late nor outmaneuvered; it
was simply outnumbered and
under-equipped.

X, the Unknown

Where will Germany strike
next? is the question uppermost
in many minds. It might be
through Spain to Gibraltar, a
likely enough step, as Spain is
leaning more heavily toward
the Axis every day. But there
are other possibilities. France
may "permit" Germany to use
Frances African colonies as
military bases from which to
fight Britain and the free
French of Africa; probably the
most important, however, is
the chance that Germany will
close the pincers on Turkey
from the Black and Aegean Sea
fronts and afterwards use the
same tactics on the Suez Canal,
attacking From Libya and from
Palestine and the Trans-Jor-
dan.

For two reasons, no self-re-
specting rattlesnake would like
to be compared to the German
army. One reason is obvious.
As for the other, the rattlesnake
usually gives warning, Hitler
never does.

Civilization, 1941

This is a war of nerves.
Great Birtain is playing up her
slight victories in Africa, raids
out of Tobruch, a naval as-
sault on Tripoli, a sea raid on
Bardia. She is toning down the
refusal to surrender of the
Duke of Aosta. commander of
Italian forces in East Africa.
For England is worrying about
her home morale. Germany has
won a propaganda-making vic-
tory in the Balkans and still
keeps up the nerve-shattering
air-raids on English cities. The
rack and thumbscrew have
taken a modern, a more refined
and delicate aspect.

To Sing or Not to Sing

Athletic Association is form-
ing a definite committee to be
in charge of sings, such as
those on the steps of Main. In
connection, they are planning
to get out a booklet with new
and old songs, if the students
are in favor of the program.

Dorothy Nabers, '42:

I think the sings should be
organized a definite time and
place set. Since it is a time of
relaxation and good fellowship,
everyone seems to enjoy the
sings. I believe the spring and
fall quarters are the best times
of getting together; the fre-
quency would depend on the
activity of the campus. New
booklets are needed to offer a
revival of the old songs and the
learning of new ones.

Mickey Jones, '43:

I believe the sings-on-the-
steps-of-Main should be held
only during the first few weeks
of the new year. The academic
activities are not as great at
this time, thus allowing more
free moments to attend the get-
togethers.

Agnes Douglas, '44:

I think the sings should be
held once a week during the
orientation services for the
freshmen, for they do tend to
promote true college spirit.
Then, too, if the sings are con-

tinued, perhaps monthly, class
enthusiasm would be upheld. I
think the quadrangle should be
a good place to hold the sings.
Friday nights, right after ves-
pers, would seem to be a suit-
able time.

Elizabeth Russell, '42:

I heartily approve of the
sings. This past year we have
not had enough. Short get-to-
gethers of about 15 minutes
would do their part in con-
tinuing the campus college
spirit. It is great fun to sing
with a group that is led by an
active director.

Neva Jackson, '42:

I think the idea is good. To
have the sings about once a
week at scheduled times, dur-
ing the first of the school year
and during the spring quarter,
would contribute much to col-
lege spirit. I believe more than
one leader is needed for the
group, and that the suggestions
for songs should come from the
group.

Caroline Smith, '43:

I think the sings are definite-
ly a part of college life and
spirit. Especially are the get-
togethers beneficial to the
freshmen. If each student
would co-operate with the plan,
every sing would be a success

much fun would be enjoyed.
New booklets would allow the
students to learn the songs
more quickly.

Lillian Schwencke, '41:

I think the sings are won-
derful. When the freshman
comes to college, she comes
with the expectation of attend-
ing such groups as the sings
to learn new peppy, college
songs. It would be good to
have the sings once a week, a
certain week night when every-
one could be present.

Matilda Cartledge, '42:

The sings develop college
spirit, rather than class distinc-
tion. The groups should not be
held too often, for soon they
would become tiresome. A
good leader is needed to teach
new songs; a booklet would
help the program. Especially
are the sings good during the
fall quarter offering a chance
to get acquainted with the new
freshmen.

Kay Johnson, '43:

I like the sings. They offer
plain, good fun; they promote
a feeling of true comradeship;
they offer a change from the
regular academic routine. I
think the sings should be
scheduled regularly monthly.

Editorial Notes

Congratulations this week
are due the gym department
for bringing May Day out of
the traditional "series of
dances" class, yet retaining all
the beauty and dignity which
marks the festivity as a result
of careful planning and work.

Humor in the court jesters,
and beauty in the appropriately
dressed court attendants com-
bined to leave the audience
with the impression "lovely,
and interesting as well."

The time has come for the
oldsters to take an example
from the youngsters.

Miss Scandrett hit the upper
classmen a well deserved blow
when she remarked recently on
the matter of the large number
of non-dressers-for-dinner in
the Rebekah Scott dining room.

It is surprising how much
better a bit of freshening up
makes one feel, and, remember,
the girl friends are quite ob-
servant as the boy friends. Be-
sides, they have to see you
ALL the time!

The Graduate School of
Journalism of Columbia Uni-
versity is conducting a survey
of what women most desire in
their dates, and the News is
distributing about a hundred
questionnaires with the papers
this week, to be filled out and
returned in chapel Friday or
put in the box on the maid's
table in the lobby of Buttrick.

Here's a good chance to put
those eternal remarks to some
concrete use. girls, so how's
about filling out these blanks?

The results will be compiled
with similar statistics from such
schools as Smith. Vassar. and
Randolph Macon.

A new institution on the
campus has been admirably
satisfying a pressing need for
the past two months. Congrat-
ulations to "The Hottentots.''
orchestra directed by Betty
Ann Brooks, for the entertain-
ment they furnished at Mardi
Gras and Senior Opera.

With Spring, the Seniors'
Thoughts Turn To

The adage containing the phrase "in the spring one's
thoughts turn" is applicable not only to the well discoursed
romantic side of youth, but also, and more pertinently at this
particular point, to the seniors and future seniors in colleges all
over the country.

After graduation, many of the seniors will give their names
to the maintenance of the marriage percentage; many others will
step into a new world of work and independence; but one thing
they all have in common a war-torn world, pending economic
chaos, and an opportunity to share in the building of the new
universal order which is bound to come out of the present inter-
national fracas*

Few of the campus speakers haVe failed to remark on the
seriousness of the present situation, and of the responsibility
the college student, because of advanced educational privileges,
will have when he (or she) graduates and becomes a member
of greater society.

In actuality, this rather vague "responsibility" of which so
many have spoken, is quite comprehensible and near at hand.
It does not lurk around the educational corner, as prosperity
around the political one, but is HERE, in all we do and say,
shown in the way we assimilate the knowledge at hand.

For knowledge learned is not knowledge gained unless it
can be applied, in practice as well as theory, to everyday action
on campus and elsewhere. Transferring the printed page to the
Brain Reserve is a mere technicality; making it an actual part
of the controlling faction is real intellectual attainment, and the
true purpose of education.

Life does not suddenly become different after graduation.
It merely continues in a deeper, more meaningful vein, based on
the foundation of intellectual, moral, and social integration
which has taken place in various and sundry forms while many
of us lolled through school, forgetting that every minute passes
but once, and only once.

Instead of the term responsibility, the more appropriate word
would seem to be opportunity. Because, even with world affairs
so dark, there is the chance which always comes with trouble,
to help and to improve, and no former graduating class ever had
such a challenge of real service before them as the Class of '41

And it is well for everyone, be she freshman, sophomore,
junior, or senior, to stop in this exaggerated time-madness, that
makes twenty-four hours a day seem so inadequate to the col-
lege student, and consider not only where she is rushing, but
also how well she is using her life and opportunities here to help
her gain that goal.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVI.

Wednesday. May 7, HM1

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1941

No. 21

Moore Gives
Baccalaureate

Florida Minister Talks On
'Three Tremendous Trifles"

Selecting as his theme,
"Three Tremendous Trifles/'
Rev. Ansley C. Moore, pastor
of the Peace Memorial Church,
Clearwater, Fla., preached the
baccalaureate sermon at 1 1
p. m., June 1, in Gaines Chapel.
Chapel.

After three introductory
"thoughts," Mr. Moore pro-
ceeded to the "three trifles,"
from each of which he drew a
"Titanic truth." One day Dr.
Daniel Poling's son, a sopho-
more in college, asked his fa-
ther what he knew about God.

"After fast thinking and
hasty praying," said Mr.
Moore, "Dr. Poling, by divine
wisdom, replied, 'Son, your
Dad doesn't know much about
God, but what he does know
has changed his life'."

"Out of this we should lift
this Titanic truth: if you and
I are to prevail, if we are to
overcome, if we are to conquer
in a world that is falling apart,
then we must know God, and
that knowledge must change
our lives."

Then he pointed out that the
God who will be able to change
our lives is not a purely deistic
creator of the universe, but a
God just like a human per-
sonality without any human
limitations.

The second of the "trifles"
from which Mr. Moore drew a
"Titanic truth" was the ques-
tion which Napoleon was
asked by his mother. "Where
are you going? What will your
end be? "Out of that came the
truth that we must not only be
changed by our knowledge of
God, but we must also "know
our end and that end must con-
strain us."

He continued, "We must
live with Christ, and the two
of us together must live a qual-
ity of life that is above all
others one that cannot die."

Mr. Moore took as his final
"trifle" a story told by Oscar
Blackwilder of a little girl who
was undergoing an extremely
serious operation in her home,
when the electric lights went
out, and the child died. At that
moment her father rushed in,
rejoicing at the success of their
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 5)

Scondrett Announces
Change in Campus Time

Due to the change of At-
lanta time from Central Stand-
ard to Eastern Standard, and
the inconvenience it might
cause day students and serv-
ants who find it necessary to
leave home exceptionally early,
the campus time schedule will
advance a half hour next year,
according to Miss Carrie Scan-
dett, dean.

The rising bell will ring at
7:30 instead of 7, breakfast will
be at 7:45, classes will begin
at 8:30, chapel at 10:30, lunch
at 1, laboratories from 1:40 to
4:40, dinner at 6:35, and under-
classman lights out at 10:30 as
usual. The Library will remain
open an extra fifteen minutes
in the afternoon, but will close
at 9:50 in the evening.

SPEAKER

titevev N. Cose

Pluto Courtesy of Emory Wheel.

Emory President
Talks to Graduates

Cox Discusses Importance
Of Pioneering Spirit

Delivering the commence-
ment address this morning at
10 a. m. in Presser Hall, Dr.
Harvey W. Cox, president of
Emory University, discussed
"The Pioneering Spirit Essen-
tial to American Democracy."

Dr. Cox first viewed Ameri-
can pioneering, discussing the
graves about Plymouth Rock,
how our ancestors dared the
trackless ocean, hostile shores
and unconquered wilderness,
ever striving to expand fron-
tiers.

He pointed out that this pio-
neering produced a hardy,
courageous, self-reliant, free-
dom-loving people; and the
conquests produced wealth,
which finally became our goal
and has dominated for the
past fifty years.

The speaker's next major
point was our inheritances of
knowledge, wealth, and power,
making the greatest nation the
world has ever known, but a
country with material frontiers
gone and the pioneering spirit
waning.

He explained that his gen-
eration, through parent-child
and government-politician re-
lationships, has tried to teach
the younger generation to de-
mand its rights, liberties, free-
dom, and to look to others to
carry the load.

Dr. Cox then warned that
this cannot be, for freedom
must carry responsibility, and
dependence can only be fol-
lowed by autocracy.

This means the future will
have a dictator unless we use
self-discipline, for discipline is
necessary, be it self-imposed or
otherwise.

His third major point was
that American democracy must
have the self-discipline pio-
neering spirit necessary for
success.

Supplementting this, Dr.
Cox clarified the fact that ma-
terial frontiers were gone, but
there are still spiritual frontiers
unexplored, and there is a ma-
jor struggle between material-
continued on Page 4, Col. 3)

Administration
Makes Changes

According to Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, president, the adminis-
tration has made several
changes in its personnel for
next year, including a new
English teacher to replace
Miss Thelma Albright, a new
librarian, and two new nurses.

Miss Albright will be Dean
of Women at Queens College,
Charlotte, N. C, and Miss
Clara Morrison, Agnes Scott
graduate of 1935, will take her
place in the English depart-
ment. Miss Morrison grad-
uated with honor and was
a member of Phi Beta Kap-
pa.. She taught at the Stone
Mountain High School, 1935-
Thomasville High School
1937- 1939; Opelika High
School, 1939-1940; and will
complete work on her Mas-
ter's Degree at Emory this
summer.

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley,
librarian, announced that Miss
Evelyn Houck has accepted a
position in a branch of the
New York Public Library, and
Miss Beverly Coleman will
join the library staff as assist-
ant and fellow in library sci-
ence at Emory University. She
attended Agnes Scott for two
years, transferring to William
and Mary College, where she
receives her A.B. degree in
June.

Dr. Jones, resident physi-
cian, has disclosed changes in
the Infirmary staff also. Miss
Mildred Hagy is going into
public nursing, and Miss Caro-
lyn Hewitt, a supervising nurse
at Emory, will replace her.
Miss Ruth Bastan has accept-
ed a position as supervisor at
Grady Hospital, in Atlanta,
planning to return year after
next as a student.

McCain Announces Plans
For Improvements in Main

Dr. J. R. McCain, president,
recently announced that the
Board of Trustees had ap-
proved plans for remodeling
Mam Building, and work will
begin Wednesday, May 4.

According to present plans,
a concrete floor will be laid in
the basement and oak flooring
on second and third; new wir-
ing and lighting systems will
be installed in their entirety.
An elevator will occupy the
space now utilized by the
Maid's Office, and the present
switchboard room will be used
for this purpose. Mrs. Smith's
office and the switchboard will
be moved to the basement, and
the basement day student room
will be extended to the front of
the building. The present mu-
sic room will be converted into
two small offices for Miss
Scandrett and Miss Hunter,
but the present Dean's Office
will still be used. The bath-
rooms will be tiled and the fa-
cilities tripled.

Also, plans are being made
to refurnish the entire building,
including day student room,
date parlors, offices, and bed-
rooms.

The administration pointed
out that these plans will be fol-
lowed as closely as possible,
the final result depending on
the supply of labor and mate-
rials which can be obtained.

Mary Scott Wilds

Dr. McCain Presents
Student Awards

Mary Scott Wilds, C. A. President,
Receives Hopkins Jewel Award

At the commencement exercises this morning, 10 a. m.,
Gaines Chapel, Dr. J. R. McCain presented the annual stu-
dents' awards, and announced the list of honor graduates
and senior honor students.

He made the following awards:

The Hopkins Jewel Given
by the college in honor of Miss
Nannette Hopkins, former
dean of the college. It is
awarded by a committee of the
faculty to the member of the
senior class who most nearly
measures up to the ideals of
Miss Hopkins, as the commit-
tee can interpret them, includ-
ing conspicuous loyalty to the
college, ideals of service, abil-
ity to cooperate, physical fit-
ness, poise, and graciousness.
Awarded this year to Miss
Mary Scott Wilds, Henderson-
ville, N. C.

The Collegiate Scholarship
Awarded by the faculty to
the student in the junior,
sophomore, or freshman class
who makes the best all-'round
record for the year. It covers
part tuition $285.00 for the
next session. Given this year
to Miss Susan Dyer, Peters-
burg, W. Va. Honorable men-
tion Miss Ruth Lineback, At-
lanta, Ga.; Miss Charity
Crocker, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rich Prize The sum of
$50.00 given annually by
Rich's, of Atlanta, to the mem-
ber of the freshman class mak-
ing the best record for the ses-
sion. Given to Miss Lucy
Cobb, Atlanta, Ga. Honorable
mention Miss Mary Florence
McKee, Columbus, Ga.

Piano Scholarship Divided
between two girls this year:
Miss Martha Buff alow, Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.; Miss Elizabeth
Edwards, Decatur, Ga.

Voice Scholarship Divided
betwee two girls this year:
Miss Elise Nance, Greenville,
S. C; Miss Christine Paris,
Atlanta, Ga.

Speech Scholarship Miss
Neva Jackson, Columbia, S. C.

Art Scholarship Miss Betty
Medlock, Decatur, Ga.

Pi Alpha Phi Debating Cup
Miss Marjorie Merlin, At-
lanta, Ga.

Laura Candler Prize in
Mathematics Given by Mrs.
Nellie Candler, of Decatur, for
best work in the department.
Given this year to Miss Susan
Dyer, Petersburg, W. Va.

Morley Medal in Mathe-
matics Given by the head of
the department for the most
original work in the subject.
Awarded this year to Miss

(Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)

Trustees Honor
Seniors, Alumnae

George Winship, president
of the Board of Trustees, pre-
sided at the Trustees' Lunch-
eon, honoring alumnae and
seniors, in Rebekah Scott din-
ing hall Saturday, May 31, 1
P. M.

Dr. J. R. McCain, president;
Mr. S. G. Stukes, dean of the
faculty; and Miss Carrie Scan-
drett, dean of students, gave
short welcomes, after which
Mr. Winship introduced Mrs.
Crawford Barnett, president of
the National Alumnae Associa-
tion.

She, in turn, introduced
Martha Moody, president of
the class of 1941, who gave a
brief survey of the outstanding
points in the history of the
class.

Mrs. Barnett then intro-
duced, in reverse order, the
classes who are having re-
unions this week-end. Those
of Agnes Scott College are:
;40, '34, '33, '32, '31, '15, '14,
'13, and '12; of Agnes Scott
Institute: '96, '95, '94, and '93.

Immediately following the
closing of the luncheon with
the alma mater, the Alumnae
Association held its annual
meeting, over which Mrs. Bar-
nett presided.

She introduced each member
of the Executive Board, who
gave a brief report of her com-
mittee's work for the year, and
election of new officers and
members of the board was
held.

Mrs. Barnett will serve the
second year of her term, and
Julia Thompson Smith, At-
lanta, secretary, was re-elect-
ed. The following new mem-
bers were chosen: Ethel Alex-
ander Gaines, Decatur, first
vice president; Eleanor Hutch-
ens, Huntsville, Ala., publicity
chairman; Mary Malone
White, Atlanta, Student Loan
Committee chairman; Jo Clarke
(Continued on Page 5, Col. 4)

In This Issue

Alumnae \

Baccalaureate Sermon 1

Calendar of Events 6

Graduation Speech 1

History .... 3

Poem 5

Prophecy \

Student Awards 1

Will 2

Page 2

THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1941

Class of 1941 Discloses
Last Will And Testament

By Virginia Williams

We, the Senior Class of Agnes Scott College, on this the
second day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and forty-one, having done what we had to do for four years
and now passing on for better or for worse, do hereby be-
queath our most cherished possessions.
Be it noted that, though we

Seniors Don Academic Robes

were never the athletic type,
we have upheld the marriage
quota, yea,
even sur~
passed it.
For this
should our
memory be
revered,
even though
it did rain on
the night of
the junior
banquet, it Ginny Williams
did rain on Little Girls' Day,
and it did break a six-weeks'
drought to rain on Class Day.

Our possessions we do dis-
pose of in the following man-
ner:

I, Eugenia Pratt Slack, will
my forceful manner and boom-
ing voice to Betty Ann Brooks.
Perhaps natural dancing will
help you to overcome your
timidity.

I, Frances Spratlin Hargrett,
will the joys of Shakespeare to
the first next year's senior who
marries. With this goes all the
whatever you want to call it.
Shakespeare would have had a
phrase for it.

I, Jeanne Davidowitz, will
my spare time to the Southern
Bell Telephone Company.

I, Lucile Gaines, will my
knowledge of French to Miss
Alexander. Only she could use
it in like manner.

I, Jean Dennison, will my
four-year seat in May Court
to Anne Cfiambless.

I, Ann Henry, will my job of
policing the point system to
Frances Tucker. With it goes
a straitjacket.

I, Gay Swagerty, will my in-
fectious laugh to Fletcher
Mann.

I, Margaret Murchison, will
my ample wardrobe to the
Harvard twins. It should be
large enough for both of them.

I, Tine Gray, will my Dor-
othy Dix manner and hand-
holding tactics to Claire Pur-
cell.

I, Virginia Clower, will my
double major in biology and
chemistry to Superman. If you
have trouble with the work,
the Emory boys will be glad
to help you.

I, Nicole Giard, will my af-
fectionate manner to Mary
Olive Thomas.

I. Marion Phillips, will my
constant heart to Elizabeth
Russell, to use as she may see
fit.

I, Becky Hogan, will my un-
ruffled manner to Lois Nickols,
also enough of my honor roll
brain to enable her to pass her
English courses.

I, Nina Mae Snead, will my
appreciation of the boys I go
with to Susanna McWhorter.

I, Grace Walker, will the
banner of the pacifist move-
ment to Gay Currie. and with
it the reforming zeal to over-
come your bashful nature.

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Margaret Hartsook. When it
comes to Emory cooperation,
you can be an isolationist.

We, Nita Woolfolk and
Mag Nix, will our ability to
get to bed early to Bee Brad-
field. If you live close to an
ironing board, it's compara-
tively simple.

I, Miriam Bedinger, will my
carefree spirit and happy-go-
lucky manner to Jessie Mao
Guire, to be used in large doses
to relieve the monotony of her
methodical mind.

I, Elsie York, will my swim-
ming talent to Kathleen Huck.

I, Val Neilsen, will my
Southern accent to Judy
Greenberg. Maybe she can
use it for dialect when she
takes Civil War and Recon-
struction.

I, Mary Bon Utterback, will
my concern for social problems
to Lavinia Brown.

I, Laura Sale, will my abil-
ity to say no to Ann Frierson.

I, Stuart Arbuckle, will my
sophisticated manner to Mary
Florence McKee.

I, Betsy Kendrick, will my
numerous corsages to Marjorie
Wilson.

We, Nina Broughton and
June Boykin, will the magic
spell of our room to whoever
needs it most. One month's
stay in it is guaranteed to bring
a proposal.

I, Francis Breg, will my love
of law and order to Nell Tur-
ner. You will find Mr. Jones
and Mrs. Smith your able
allies.

I, Beth Irby, will my cat of
the Zoology lab to Mary Ann
Hannah. You can show it to
people who are interested in
anatomy.

I, Molly Oliver, will the de-
fense of the Republican Party
to Jane Taylor. If you need
assistance, call on Eleanor
Hutchins or Mr. Tart.

1, Frankie Butt, will my
knowledge of Emory fraterni-
ties to Claire Johnson and
Mary Louise Duffle. It's too
much for one underclassman to
handle.

I, Sabine Brumby, will the
chairmanship of Senior Opera
to a coalition cabinet of faculty
members, athletic stars, and the
draft board, with the recom-
mendation that all of them be
made at least dollar-a-year
men.

I. Betsy Culver, will my
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Page 3

Senior 'Guesses' Future
Of 1 941 Graduates

By Gene Slack

Ladies and gentlemen, members of the senior class, sopho-
more class, and so forth : I was told to write a class prophecy
but unfortunately I am neither as astrologist nor a fortune
teller; I have no supernatural powers, and besides, I'm sure
you outgrew that sort of foolishness long ago.
I address you this afternoon

Gene Slack

as educated, intelligent people.
Your guess is as .good as mine,
but after
seven
y e a r s of
g r ammar
school,
four years
of high
school
and four
years of
c o 1 1 e ge
(which I
have just completed), in all of
which institutions, tests and
exams are freely given, I prob-
ably have had more recent
practice at guessing than some
of you.

So, my friends, if you will
bear with me, we'll have some
professional guess work, mul-
tiple choice, true or false (de-
cide for yourself) .

The future just up and de-
cided itself for some of our
worthy classmates, those for-
tunate few whose adoring hub-
bies and sparkling diamonds
distinguish them from the hoi-
polloi.

Ellen Gould, June bride,
1941, will have a cub pack at
her heels (Henry can't manage
all the Scouts, you see). And
Frances Spratlin, you should
see her now, as five young
knitters with strangely familiar
big blue eyes help Mummy knit
sox for the British!

A very competent nursery
helps the sweet young moth-
ers a little, though, for Mar-
garet Eiseman and Beth Irby
have a C. O. D. day-time nur-

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sery and kindergarten.

Florrie Guy, Lib Barrett,
Reenie Barringer, Louise Mus-
ser, and Hazel Scruggs are
married, too, but no easy life
is theirs. Their husbands are
wife-beaters and for self-pro-
tection they are co-founders of
a Wife's Union against un-
ruly organized husbands.

Glenwyn Young is settled
cozily. "I just adore my base-
ment apartment," she writes
Alumnae Secretary Keeker
Newton. "You and Charlene
(Keeker's assistant in the
Alumnae Office) simply must
come to see us. We're beau-
tifully equipped
latest elements
and Carl and I
plosions."

Carolyn Strozier is another
'41 -er who is working for the
dear old alma mater. She has
the very special privilege of
training dignified seniors to
get just the right hop, skip, and
jump as they parade across the
stage at investiture.

Marion and Sue Phillips are
bowling 'em over in New York
as the Sister Sensation, a

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of chemistry
thrive on ex-

harem-scarem,
lightful act of
and oomph.
And career

dashing, de-
beauty, grace,

women-

-what

would New York do without
some Agnes Scott career wom-
en to deck its fair streets?

Martha Moody, charming
silver expert, advises June
brides on their silver patterns.

Sarah Handley, head of the
city's best detective agency,
would (if this were a prophecy
of the ordinary brand) help us
locate the rest of our class-
mates in the world's largest
city. She would put her crack
snoopers on the job and find
out that:

Betty Kyle and Sabine
Brumby do a quaint little act
together in the Fort Frontier
Restaurant. They made such
a hit in their senior year as
Dan'l and Mrs. Boone that
they decided to make a career
of it and have a unique stunt
in their act; they shoot at least

one restaurant patron every
night, generally those who
complain about Chef Cornelia
Willis' favorite dish, yellow
goo.

Grace Walker is in New
York, too. She and Pattie
Patterson meet the immigrants
as they come in the harbor to
see if they have enough long,
red underwear to stand the bit-
ter cold of a northern winter.
Pattie asks them three ques-
tions: "Parley vous Francais?"
No? Well, Sprechen sie
Deutsch? No? Well Havla
usted espanol? NO?!!! Well
go back, they didn't teach us
any more anguages at Agnes
Scott!"

Et Dyar is woman orchestra
leader of a unique band. She
combines her physical educa-
tion training with her music
and calls it "Musical Cales-
thenics." Ida Jane Vaughn is
her pianist, Martha Dunn the
attractive blonde who sits on
the front row of every per-
formance to lure the men.

Jean Dennison and Ida
Jane Vaughn run a date bu-
reau with the able assistance
of Eugene, David and Davis.
How did they get the idea?
They enjoyed doing it for the
Mortar Board parties, of
course!

We go on our way in this
guess-work. We drop down
the coast to Baltimore. Johns
Hopkins is the name, and there
we find:

Nicole Giard, the girls in
white, teaches French to her
patients at the hospital. She
always wanted to be a nurse,
and nursing with the accent
francaise is most soothing.

Aileen Kapar, Beryl Healy
and Louise Meiere, also on the
nursing staff, complain that
they were promised rich men
patients only, but have had
sick old ladies for months!

The homeward stretch car-
ries us to Washington:

Marjorie Merlin, Congress-
woman from Atlanta, Ga., has
the spotlight for her 98-hour
filibuster to get Congress to
keep President Roosevelt for a
fourteenth term.

And Ginny Williams, she's
right in the thick of it, has her
ear to the ground to snoop out
the latest Washington gos-
sip for her syndicated col-
umn, "Washing Washington's
Ears."

We are contemplating leav-
ing Washington by plane,
when we hear a famaliar,
"Whatcha know, kid?" and
turn around to see a chic look-
ing blonde who resembles our
erstwhile pal, Ruth Allgood.
Air hostess is she, and what an

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Wins Award

Dr. J. R. McCain, president,
at the close of the performance
of "The Distaff Side," May 8,
presented the Claude S. Ben-
nett trophy to Laura Sale, sen-
ior. Mr. Bennett, Atlanta jew-
eler, offers the cup each spring
for the girl who has done the
best individual acting during
the year.

Laura has served as presi-
dent of Blackfriars this year
and has played leading roles
in both the Blackfriars' produc-
tions of the season. She took
the part of "Spiff" in "Brief
Music," presented February
20, and "Evie" in "The Dis-
taff Side."

air hostess! She soothes the
ills of hundreds of passengers
daily.

With her help we shakily
climb on, hat awry, and sink
into the first seat we come to.

And whom should we see but
"Mag" Nix on her way to Hol-
lywood to stand-in for Paulette
Goddard. She tells us Mary
Ivy did so well teaching the
first grades of Podunk Gram-
mar School that all her school
children call her Mama (there
are 400 of them, at least).

Tr^e plane soars up, gets off
for a flying start and zooms on
into the night. We try to go
to sleep, frantically clutching
our squeemish tummy and
have nearly coaxed sleep to
visit our tired eyes when we
hear sholts, "Heave, ho, out
you go!"

"Ruth," we shreik, "what's
that?!"

"Don't let it getcha down,
kid, they're just dumping tin
cans out for Ann Martin's and
Weezie Sam's goat farm on the
little desert island below. Ann
and Weezie felt great sympa-
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The Ballad of the Ancient
Class of '41

A History

(An Ancient Class goeth toward gradua-
tion but is detained by Class Day Exercises
n the May Day Dell.)
It is an an-
cient weary

Class
That sitteth in

this dell.
Four long

years of

college life
Is quite a

wearing

spell.

So we hold
forth a
skinny hand

And sing the
sad refrain

Of the fate-
dogged Class
of '41

But: our Class
won the
campaign !

Sabine Brumby

(The Ancient Class then in its youth
cometh to college on a hot day in Septem-
ber.)

The family wept as first we crept
To Jenny Inman Hall.
All dressed up in brand new wool.
And hat and gloves and all!

' All in a hot and copper sky,"
As Coleridge said a while back.
We first began our college days
Beside the street car track.

Beginning October '37.
Fate trailed our steps for-sooth.
I'd like to skip the black-cat stunt,
But I am the slave of truth.

(In other words, the Class of '41 loseth
out to the Sophomores in the stunt.)

Came the moment to decide,

The judges left us flat.

For some unknown sin we did not win

That blackish kitty-cat.

So our class begai to feel.

So early in the fall,

That we were the worst who ever burst

Into these noisy halls.

For one whole year the sun came up
At Jenny Inman's back,
And after shining hard, went down
Behind the railroad track.

In spite of the loss of our President Gribble,
In the chocolate-brown halls of Main,
Late one nite by the dim hall light
We over-pledged our share of the campaign.

Yes, generous-hearted Class of '41,
To pledge such sums was rash,
For: Only the rich, Only the rich
Only the rich should think in cash.

It was this little pledge in cash

That inspired our first fashion show.

Of course our interests are not in clothes

We'd just do anything for dough.

(And then a Bird or some Whactamajig
of ill omen haunteth the Class of '41.)

We did not slay an Albatross
(Whatever that may be)
But we must have done something just as
bad.

Because the black-cat we still didn't see.

By the time we got to Rebekah Scott.
The Juniors could have lights all night.
But by leaving Main we lost the gain
Of Sophomores getting to double date with-
out a chaperone.

(There follows a period
rains cometh.)

in which the

Water, water everywhere

On Junior Banquet how it did pour!

Water, water everywhere,

And on Little Girls' Day buckets more!

So, fate-dogged Class of '41,
We're the class that feels no pain.
Eternally our theme shall be
"Singing in the Rain."

Water, water everywhere,
We thought it would never stop.
But now we nobly pray for rain.
And not a drop will drop.

They promised us Pressor for Investiture,
But by November, we had begun to pout,
So paint and and pails, buckets and nails,
We finally just swept the workmen out.

So we hold forth a skinny hand
And sing this sad refrain,
But by the way, I forgot to say
Have you heard that our class won the
campaign ?

Baccalaureate Sermon

(Continued from P. 1 Col. 1)

strike. All the lights in the city
were out.

From the story Mr. Moore
drew this truth: "As we go out
into the night time of the world
that is falling to pieces, we
must have a program, and that
program must consume us. The
only program great enough to
consume us is the Kingdom of
God. We should try to adjust
racial prejudices, settle dis-
putes everywhere, and set up a
world of justice and peace and
order."

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1941

Phi Beta Kappa Elects

The Agnes Scott Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announced in Chapel Friday, May 30,
that the above girls have been chosen for membership. They are, left to right: Pattie
Patterson, Charlotte, N. C. ; Freda Copeland. Brunswick, Ga.; Grace Walker, Charleston,
S. C; Harriett Cochran, Atlanta. Ga.

Fisher Makes
Award to Musser

The Athletic Association
held its annual banquet Thurs-
day, May 5, in Rebekah Scott
dining hall at 6:05 P. M. Ann
Fisher, retiring president, pre-
sided.

After the old board infor-
mally relinquished their duties
to the new board, Ann Fisher
presented the following
awards:

Archery: Louise Musser,
senior, who made a score of
453, the highest ever made at
Agnes Scott.

Golf cup: Mary Olive
Thomas, junior. Gwen Hill,
freshman, runner-up.

Tennis shield: Alta Web-
ster and Dot Wester, juniors,
winners of the doubles tourna-
ments.

Letters: Betty Ann Brooks,
Gay Currie, juniors; Martha
Dale, Clara Rountree, sopho-
mores.

Stars: Alta and Dot Web-
ster, juniors.

All-'round athletic cup: Jun-
ior class. This was won on the
basis of first placements in
hockey, basketball, tennis dou-
bles.

With the singing of the alma
mater the banquet closed.

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Agnes Scott Made News
Ten Long Years Ago

Spring, ten years ago, found
Agnes Scott College, Decatur,
Georgia, closing its forty-first
session in grand style.

To show there's nothing new
under the sun, Dr. McCain and
his cohorts were struggling
valiantly in a no, not a dedi-
cationa CAMPAIGN! The
Greater Agnes Scott was a
dream in the sky, and the inter-
vening years have brought it
closer and closer.

The records show that Dr.
Gillespie, associate Bible pro-
fessor, and Miss Melissa Cil-
ley, Spanish professor, had that
fall taken up their respective
duties in the ranks of the
scholastic martyrs who attempt
to supervise our four-year
study course.

The Agonistic of the same
year mentions at one point the
lively activity in Miss Daugh-
erty's Den. (Does that bring
the old regime to mind, Evac-
uating Students?)

Who knows? Maybe the
class of 1951 will re-read this
very issue and chuckle over the
fact that campus history is still
repeating itself!

Cox's Speech

(Continued from P. 1, Col. 2)

istic totalitarianism and ideal-
istic democracy.

Human Personality

He continued that America
is the capital of the economic
world, and we must make our
nation the great pioneer in
spiritual values by having uni-
versal respect for personality,
cooperating in promoting the
abundant life, and proclaiming
the value of personal freedom
based upon personal responsi-
bility as the basis of true de-
mocracy.

"With all of its faults and
shortcomings, our ideal of the
paramount importance of hu-
man personality is worth all it
has cost our ancestors to pur-
chase and all that it may cost
us to preserve, and that cost
may be exceedingly great and
tragic.

"As you go from these halls
today, where you have re-
ceived so much to equip you
for life, you may feel that your
education is complete. Let me
warn you that with all your
learning your education has
just begun. Life will give you
harder problems to solve than
any your teachers have ever
given you.

"Your usefulness to society,
your happiness in life do not
depend alone upon the knowl-
edge you have acquired, how-
ever great that may be. The
future is sure to demand new
knowledge. You must con-
tinue, even strengthen, your
habits of study if you would
conquer the unknown tomor-
rows.

Wisdom Necessary

"But knowledge, alone, is not
enough. Our knowledge must
be transmuted into wisdom. I
sometimes wonder if we are so
busy accumulating knowledge
that we never learn to use it
properly. Just to know may be
fine for display purposes; but
the right use of knowledge
alone opens the way to wis-
dom that leads to the abun-
dant life.

"Age always enjoys giving
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"Do not shirk any responsi-
bilities, however great they
may be. The world will not
give you anything really worth
having. You must earn it. The
richest treasure is hardest to
find. We prize most that which
costs us most. After all, true
worth rests not so much in the
object gained as in what hap-
pens to us as we strive to
gain it.

Avoid Defeatism

"Avoid the spirit of defeat-
ism that is so common today. It
is one of the greatest handicaps
you will have to face. Give the
best that you have, never ad-
mitting defeat, and you can
never be defeated. Live in the
spirit of those lines of William
E. Henley:

'Out of the night that covers
me,

Black as the pit from pole
to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

'It matters not how strait the
the gate,
How charged with punish-
ments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.'

Have a Goal

"Never drift. A ship that
sails without a destination is of
no value to anyone, and may
become a menace to all. Hav-
ing a goal in life for which you
are willing to give the best that
you are and have. The rich
merchant sold all he possessed
in order to purchase the 'pearl
of great price.' Paul said, 'This
one thing I do,' and his power
and influence are felt through-
out the world today. A great
purpose gives meaning and di-
rection to all of life's lesser af-
fairs. Life is so fragmentary
that we need some unifying
power or purpose to make it
whole. Of course, I need not
tell you that religion provides
the best and most universal
unifying power. To the man

who seeks 'first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness/
life becomes rich and complete.

Bigness Microbe

"We live in a world of su-
perlatives. Size and number de-
mand our loyal allegiance. We
boast of the fastest car, the
tallest building, the largest city.
Do not let this bigness microbe
develop in you the rapidly
spreading disease called the in-
feriority complex.

"Have faith in yourself and
live up to that faith. Egotism
has been so universally de-
nounced that we are afraid to
measure ourselves for what we
are really worth. Just remem-
ber that you can easily punc-
ture a balloon, but you can
hardly inflate a pinhead. The
man who believes that he can
succeed has added much to his
chance for success. Have faith
a reasonable faith in your-
self. Have faith in your neigh-
bor. He, too, has a contribu-
tion which he can make to
society. Your confidence in
him may be the stimulus he
needs to render a worthwhile
service to his fellow man.

Faith Gives Meaning

"Finally, I would urge a
faith in and a loyalty to the
supreme creative personality at
the heart of the universe. The
mechanistic conception has no
place in a true philosophy of
life. Only a supreme intelli-
gence can fulfill all of our long-
ings and aspirations. Faith in
such a being gives meaning
and value to life.

"Have faith in yourself. God
placed you here to do some-
thing. Do it. Have faith in
your neighbor. God placed
him here to do something. Help
him do it. Have faith in God
and He will make your life
worth living if you will only
do your part.

"Armed with such a faith
and equipped with the educa-
tion that you have received, go
forth and conquer! Conquer all
those forces that tend to de-
stroy the true values of per-
sonality and you will have won
that freedom that comes to
those who love God and their
fellow man."

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Page 5

Symms Replaces Ratliff
In Alu mnas Offi ce

The Alumnae Association
plans a slight change in per-
sonnel for next year. Miss
Eugenia Symms, '36, of Au-
gusta, Ga., will take Miss
Mamie Lee Ratliff's place as
assistant secretary, and Mrs.
Nelle Chamblee Howard will
continue as secretary, taking
over her duties a full-time job.

Miss Ratliff, who graduated
in the class of 1939, has been
working in the Alumnae Office
for the past two years. She
was Phi Beta Kappa, a mem-
ber of Mortar Board, vice
president of Christian Associa-
tion, and active in many other
campus activities.

Weather Report

This matter of Dame Na-
ture's grudge against the sen-
iors has gone beyond the jok-
ing point. The daisy chain lies
wilting in the May Day Dell,
bookburning turned into book
drowning, but the Class of
1941 DID GRADUATE!

Senior Class Will

(Continued from P. 2, Col. 2)

standing at the Seminary to
Doris Hasty.

I, Betty Waitt, will my place
on the colonnade to Polly
Frink, to be used at 11:45. It's
better than the lobby of Re-
bekah, because, at least people
don't look over the bannisters.

I, Freda Copeland, will the
curse of dollar diplomacy to
Betty Sunderland. I also will
her a book by Dale Carnegie,
to help her to regain her
friends.

I, Elaine Stubbs, will my
feeling about love to Little Ab-
ner. This ought to be a happy
day for Daisy Mae.

Here ends the will.

Virginia Williams, Testator.

Witnesses, Yehudi

Clevie

Permanent Class Officers

At its last meeting Friday, May
30, the senior class elected Martha
Moody, Plant City, Florida, above
left, life President, and Ann Henry.
Macon, Georgia, above right, life
Secretary. Martha has served the
class as president this year, and Ann
as Student Recorder.

Class Poem

Blazing eyes, what burning comets blow
Exhaustless down the closing sweeps of dark

" qgiiL I And strike th eir lightning flints

across the low
Impact of cloud? What deep-embed-
ded spark
Is fanned to flame in your intensive
gaze,

Until its burning burnishes the dark?
Yesterday your thoughts went into
space

Like pebbles boys toss upon without
a mark.

Pattie Patterson M theSe th UghtS ab Ve

Are rising, turning, burning through the skies.
No clouds nor frenzied rains can smear the trace
Nor quench the flames stirred up in gazing eyes.
1 hen blazing eyes, blown bright from dimmer spark,
What force could make you fearful of the dark''

Tulane Confers Degree
On President McCain

Concluding the commence-
ment exercises June 11, the ad-
ministration of Tulane Univer-
sity will confer upon Dr. J. R.
McCain the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws.

Dr. McCain will make the
graduating address to the stu-
ents, and has chosen as his sub-
ject, "Quality in Education."

Sophomore Stares Bull
Into Submission

the

With the plucking of
traditional daisies Sunday in
the wee hours, Betty Hender-
son received a profound shock,
and proved her worth as a
level-headed Hottentot.

Encountering a flesh and
blood replica of the bull we are
eternally shooting in verbal ac-
tion, Betty pulled the much-
read-of "stare him down" act
and succeeded in startling the
animal into stopping long
enough for her and her tremb-
ling friends to slowly back
away to the fence.

THE MOST PRECIOUS
GRADUATION GIFT . .

Upon this year's graduates, rich or poor, this land bestows one priceless gift,
precious above all things. It is the gift of Faith . . . faith that the holy light
of freedom shall forever burn here no matter what dark forces shall strive to
snuff its flame. Out of a glorious past great voices call: "Courage, sons
and daughters of a free land. We have built for you a shrine of liberty. Be
it yours to guard forever." This is their gift ... the precious heritage of
every American boy and girl. Upon the strong foundation stone of demo-
cratic government we have built that enduring thing we know as the Ameri-
can way of life. Outwardly it means good homes, good schools, a people well
fed, well clothed, well housed. Deep down it means Freedom alone . . . Free-
dom to work, to speak, to think, to worship as we please. Yes, the most pre-
cious gift this year's graduates can receive is the gift of faith, and the un-
shakable will to work for a future even more glorious than our triumphant
past.

RICH'S

Trustees Luncheon

(Continued from P. 1, Col. 4)

Fleming, Decatur, garden
chairman; Elizabeth Simpson
Wilson, Atlanta, Upstairs
Committee chairman; and
Grace Fincher Trimble, At-
lanta, Tea Room Committee
chairman.

The numerous out-of-town
alumnae included:

Grace Hardie, New York
City; Laura (Candler) Wilds,
Hendersonville, N. C; Mary
(McKowen) Taylor, Baton
Rouge, La.; Elizabeth (Joiner)
Williams, Bethune, S. C;
Mary (Enaer) Bynum, Troy,
Ala.; Eleanor (Pinkston)
Stokes, Greenville, Ga.; Mary
(West) Thatcher, Miami,
Fla.; Laura (Cooper) Christo-
pher, Griffin, Ga.; Shannon
(Preston) Cummings, Korea;
Laura (Brown) Logan, Japan;
Dorothy (Grubb) Rivers,
Bridgeport, Conn.; Diana Dy-
er, Winston-Salem, N. C; Su-
san Glenn, Lincolnton, N. C;
Amelia (Wolf) Bond, Winter
Haven, Fla.; Carolyn Russell,
Winder, Ga.; Florrie Erb, Tif-
ton, Ga.; Henrietta Blackwell,
Laurens, S. C.J Anne Enloe,
Dillsboro, N. C; Eloise Mc-
Call, Marion, S. C; Eloise
(Lennard) Smith, Birmingham,
Ala.; Betty Alderman, Toccoa
Falls, Ga.; Eilleen Gover Ma-
rietta, Ga.; Emily Winn,
Greenville, S. C; Martha N.
(Watson) Smith, Auburn,
Ala.; Margaret (Maness) Mix-
on, Forest City, N. C; Billie
(Belote) Morse, Bethune, S.
C; Anne Hudmon, Florence,
Ala.; Lillie Belle Drake, Union
City, Ga.; Helen Carson, Har-
riman, Tenn.; Lelia Carson,
Falling Spring, Va.; and Alice
Adams, Elberton, Ga.

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Alumnae Association
Divides Class Into Groups

At the tea honoring the sen-
iors in the Anna Young Alum-
nae House, May 14, Miss
Ratliff, assistant alumnae sec-
retary, announced the life
groups of the Class of '41.

The groups, arranged to fa-
cilitate college-alumnae rela-
tionships, are as follows:

Yal Xeilsen. Rene Barringer, Margaret
Murchison. Connie Watson, Florence Ellis.
Elizabeth Barrett, Gentry Burks, Lillian
Schwencke, Florrie Guy. Marion W. Phillips,
Sue Phillies. Charlene Burke. Keeker New-
ton. Helen Gilmer, and Helen Klugh, cap-
tain.

Louise Musser, Pattie Patterson, Gene
Slack. Betty Kyle, Jo Gates, Julia Lancas-
ter. Scott ie Wilds. Frances Breg, Helen
Hardie. Harriett Cochran, Grace Walker,
Beth Irby, Miriam Bedinger, Ellen Gould,
Alice Willis, Louise Franklin, and Sabine
Brumby, captain.

Nita Woolfolk, Margaret Nix, Lucille
Gaines, Mary Ivy, Hazel Scruggs, Freda
Copeland, Virginia Corr, Louise Meiere,
Tommay Turner. Sarah Handley, Betsey
Culver, Betty Waitt, Elizabeth Ruprecht.
Susan Self, Nina Mae Snead, and Mary
Madison Wisdom, captain.

Ann Fisher. Ida Jane Vaughn, Martha
Boone. Stuart Arbuckle, Elta Robinson,
Frankie Butt, Alice Rose Lance, Ruth All-
good, Ellen Stuart. Molli Oliver, Margaret
Woodhead, Martha O'Nan, Nicole Giard,
and Betsy Kendrick, captain.

Martha Dunn, Ethelyn Dyar, Jean Den-
nison, Fiances Spratlin Hargrett, Gay
Swagerty, Martha Moody, Louise Sams, Ann
Henry, Elaine Stubbs, Carolyn Strozier, Ann
Martin. Mary Bon Utterback, Tine Gray,
Laura Sale, Virginia Williams, and Sara
Rainey, captain.

Glenwyn Young, Aileen Kasper, Margaret
Faulkinburg, Margaret McGarity, Virginia
Collier, Betty Jane Stevenson, Marion Phil-
lips, Virginia Clower, D6t Travis, Gladys
Carr, Elsie York, Marjorie Merlin, B. Sha-
mos, and Toni Alston, captain.

Nina Broughton, Helen Jester, Nancy
Willstater, June Boykin, Beryl Healey, Jean
Davidowitz, Margaret Eiseman, Dot Peteet,
and Marcia Mansfield, captain.

Apologies

Because of limited space,
the Agnes Scott News was
unable to publish the com-
plete Prophecy of the Class
of '41, read on Class Day*
However, most of the text is
printed, and we duly apolo-
gize to Gene Slack and to
the seniors whose names
were omitted for necessary
mutilation of the document.

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THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1941

Varied Events Punctuate
School Calendar of '41

September 18 10 a* m* The call to arms: all over the campus
friends who hadn't met since the last week of August
embraced each other rapturously*

September 20 Vacation memories sink into the background as
Hottentots trudge off to classes once more.

October 1 Freshmen and their upperclassmen "dates" deck
themselves out in evening finery to stroll the lantern-lit
quadrangle at Student Government's big formal reception*

October 12 The class of '41 can pass on to alumnae-hood in
peace, having at last won the Black Cat, even though indi-
rectly*

November 2 Little Girls' Day dawns rainy, so seniors and
their dolls must frolic in the lobby of Buttrick Hall, playing
Ring-Around-the-Rosie outside Dr. McCain's office door.

November 2 Childhood antics set aside forever, the seniors
don their black gowns for the solemn ritual of Investiture.

November 13 A team of champions on tour for the United
States Field Hockey Association plays an exhibition game
with Agnes Scott's best players during their two-day visit to
the campus.

November 13 Vincent Sheean, author and war correspondent,

opens the 1940 lecture series.
November 16 Dr. Schuyler M. Christian speaks on "Service"

at the annual Mortar Board Recognition Service.
November 28 Thanksgiving Day (holiday).
November 30 The crowning thrill of many years' work fills

the hearts of many at the dedication of Presser Fine Arts

Building.

December 10 Virgil Fox, brilliant young organist, gives the

students a sample of the greatness of the four-manual organ

in Gaines Chapel as he plays it in its first recital.
December 14 Decatur's underprivileged children spend a gay

afternoon on the campus as guests of the girls at the annual

Christmas party.
December 15 The college choir gives a Christmas concert

under the direction of Lewis Johnson, professor of
December 17 Suitcases on the steps of Main, taxis honking on

the front drive, trains steaming at the station platform: home

for Christmas!
January 3 Vacation over, classes get back into swing.
January 5 A filterable virus is on the loose; flu attacks campus.
January 8 Marriage classes begin.

January 10 Phi Beta Kappa announces the early elections for
1941.

January 23 Jan Struther, author of the best seller, "Mrs.
Miniver," tells the college community, "The Truth About
Mrs. Miniver."

February 6 Presidents' Council is host to freshmen at a "get-
acquainted" tea in Murphey Candler Building.

February 7 H. S. Ede, art expert and curator of the Tate Art
Gallery in London, England, interprets four masterpieces
during a brief address in Chapel.

February 12 A series of vocational guidance activities are
inaugurated by Mortar Board. Aptitude tests and discussion
groups with successful alumnae are scheduled as part of the
new program.

February 11-15 Ernest Cadman Col well, Dean of the School
of Religion at the University of Chicago, conducts Religious
Emphasis Week. The general subject of Dr. Colwell's
addresses is "The Teaching of Christ."

February 17-21 An exiled German Prince, Hubertus zu
Loewenstein, makes a series of addresses on "Europe's His-
toric Quest for Unity."

February 20 It is believed that on this memorable day Black-
friar's presents its long-jinxed play, "Brief Music."

February 21 The first radio broadcast ever made from the
Agnes Scott campus! Founder's Day commemoration is the
occasion.

February 22 Founder's Day. Seniors don picturesque cos-
tumes to enact the roles of famous Colonial characters.

March 3-10 Those fatal brain-drainers, exams, start.

March 11-18 Spring vacation. Time to rest, so everyone goes
home to do more things per day than they have done any
other time this year except, of course, Christmas vacation!

March 27-28 Election time again! Students elect officers for
the campus organizations.

March 29 Fun and festivity are the order of the day as the
junior class sponsors its annual Mardi Gras in the (jym.

March 31 William Ernest Hocking, outstanding American
philosopher, lectures.

April 4 The college is host to 150 students on annual High
School Day.

April 9 Mortar Board entertains for the freshmen at an out-
door supper.

April 18-19 More inter-collegiate cooperation: the Tech and
Agnes Scott Glee Clubs unite efforts to present a Gilbert and
Sullivan operetta, "HMS Pinafore, or the Lass That Loved
a Sailor."

April 23 Mortar Board announces elections of the 1941 chap-
ter.

May 3 Back into Merrie Olde England step the spectators
at May Day as the be-costumed dancers reproduce the scene
"On An English Green."

May 3 The opera season gets off to a gala opening and
closing with "Will 'Urn Tell, or Won't 'Um?"

May 8 Blackfriars closes its dramatic season with the pres-
entation of "The Distaff Side."

May 14 The alumnae honor the seniors at a tea in the Alum-
nae House.

May 17 The sophomores entertain the seniors at luncheon in
the Druid Hills Country Club.

Student Awards

(Continued from P. 1, Col. 5)

Dorothy Holloran, Lynchburg,
Virginia.

Louise McKinney Book
Award of $25 Named in
honor of Professor Emeritus
Louise McKinney, of our Eng-
lish department, and given an-
nually to a student who ac-
quires a personal library that
reevals her as a true lover of
books, goes this year to Miss
Pattie Patterson, Charlotte, N.
C, with honorable mention to
Miss Elaine Stubbs, Fort My-
ers, Fla., and Miss Claire Pur-
cell, Charlotte, N. C.

Certificate in Voice Miss
Elizabeth Ellen Kyle, Hunting-
ton, W. Va.

Graduation Honors Cover-
ing the work of the entire four
years: "With High Honor"
Miss Sabine Brumby, Clear-
water, Fla.; Miss Elizabeth
Stevenson, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss
Ida Jane Vaughan, Jenkins,
Kentucky.

"With Honor" Miss Hen-
riette Cochran, Atlanta, Ga.;
Miss Freda Copeland, Bruns-
wick, Ga.; Miss Marjorie Mer-
lin, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Pattie
Patterson, Charlotte, N. C;
Miss Beatrice Shamos, Deca-
tur, Ga.; Miss Mary Bon-
durant Utterbach, Louisville,
Ky.; Miss Grace Walker,
Summerville, S. C.

Senior Honors (Based on
the work of the Session 1940-
1941 only) MissMiriam Bed-
inger, Asheville, N. C; Miss
Sabine Brumby, Clearwater,
Fla.; Miss Harriett Cochran,
Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Freda
Copeland, Brunswick, Ga.;
Miss Marjorie Merlin, At-
lanta, Ga.; Miss Pattie Patter-
son, Charlotte, N. C: Miss
Hazel Scruggs, Augusta, Ga.;
Miss Beatrice Shamos, Deca-
tur, Ga.; Miss Elizabeth Ste-
venson, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Ida
Jane Vaughan, Jenkins, Ky.;
Miss Grace Walker, Summer-
ville, S. C; Miss Virginia Wil-
liams, Hamilton, Ga.

The Quenelle Harrold Fel-

Campus Camera

CjHE CLASS OF 1941 - 150,000 <5m>NG - WILL START "TO EARM

29 BILLION DOLLARS

IN JUNE/ EACH GRADUATE WILL EARN APPROXIMATELY #194 000
BEFORE RETIRING OF 0U> AGE IN 1981

lowship, usually offered by
Mrs. Thomas Harrold in honor
of her daughter, Quenelle, of
the class of 1923, for graduate
work in some institution of
high rank was not awarded
this year. Ruth Eyles, Atlanta,
received it last spring.

Pan Goes to Party

The statue of Piping Pan,
which resides in the lobby of
Presser Hall, attended the
Alumnae garden party Sunday.

The statue is the property of
Mrs. Louis St. Gaudens, Cor-
nish, New Hampshire, sister-
in- of Mrs. Lewis H. Johnson.
It is one of three copies of the
original garden statue of Pan in
the Metropolitan Museum in
New York.

May 26 The Athletic Board holds its last open house of the
year.

May 29 The senior class goes on its annual picnic.
May 30 Night of glamour as the juniors and seniors banquet
together*

May 31 The trustees of Agnes Scott dine in Rebekah Scott
dining room, honoring the alumnae and seniors.

May 31 Maclean Chapel in Presser Fine Arts Building is
dedicated.

June 1 The Rev. Ansley C. Moore, of Clearwater, Fla., deliv-
ers the annual Baccalaureate sermon in Gaines Chapel.

June 1 The Alumnae Association gives garden party in honor
of the seniors and their parents.

June 2 The sophomores are entertained at breakfast at the
Biltmore Hotel by the seniors.

June 2 Class Day exercises take place in the May Day Dell.

June 3 Diploma time! Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of
Emory University, makes the commencement address to the
graduates. Dr. McCain presents diplomas; 'nuff said.

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Prophecy

(Continued from P. 3. Col. 4)

thy for goats (we're always
the goats they moan) and took
to raising them for a living.

We settle back, but can't go
to sleep. We open an issue of
Progressive Farmer, edited by
Peggy Falkinburg, Margaret
McGarity and Louise Franklin
(of K. U. B. fame). The first
page, which greets our eye, has
a picture of none other than
Freda (Phi Beta) Copeland
under an article entitled, "How
to Raise Nieces and Nephews
in Conjunction With Canaries
On a Quiet Southern Farm
Near Brunswick."

Our plane doesn't stop in
Atlanta, but roars down to
Miami, the winter resort of the
millionaires. Yes, folks, we do
have four millionaires (by
marriage) Mary Bon Utter-
back, Marcia Mansfield, Alice
Rose Lance, and Virginia Corr.
It's just as easy to fall in love
with a rich man as with a poor
one, they explain for our bene-
fit.

There are many other Hot-
tentots in this resort of great
wherewithal: Mollie Oliver Sa-
rah Rainey, and Lillian
Schwencke run an exclusive
dress shop where nothing but
French is spoken. Helen Klugh
is a successful lawyer, special-
izing in divorce, blackmail, and
heart-throb murder thrillers.
Laura Sale and Becky Hogan
are radio glamour gals, who
get fan and fancy mail, and
males from the four corners of
the world, while Scotty Wilds
is a singing tennis professional
while she works.

Two people I haven't ac-
counted for: Mary Mad Wis-
dom and Elaine Stubbs. Ru-
mor has it that Mary Mad is
digging a levee to patch up the
Mississippi. Always willing to
give a helping hand, she heard
they needed diggers out there
and set in to work.

Elaine has gone to Greece,
I heard, to commune with the
spirit of the classics in their
own native habitat.

That's all, friends, except
the fate of one Gene Slack. I
heard she died young and was
buried neath a stack of letters
in protest of this prophecy.

What' s your guess !