READ THE BULLETIN BOARDS Freshman Edition Th e Agn es Scott READ THE BULLETIN BOARDS ews 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. 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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 (Continued on Page 2, Col. 2) 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." HEARN'S Ladies' and Men's READY-TO-WEAR 131 Sycamore St. 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DEL 3322-3 Faculty bponsors Annual Bacon Bat 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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. For Quick Service Call EVER-READY CABS Owned by Decatur Boys DE. 1656 Decatur, Ga. 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 THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS Page 3 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. Compliments of CLAIRMONT BEAUTY SALON DE. 8011 Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. 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. H & W CAFETERIA Decatur's Own Cooking Reasonable Prices Breakfast 7:00-9:00 Dinner 11:00-2:00 Supper 5:30-8:00 DeKALB LAUNDRY 113 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. DECATUR, GA. DE. 2516-2517 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. The Agnes Scott News Vol. XXVI Wendesdav, Oct. 2. 1 9 10 No. 2 *. . Published weekly. except during holidays and examination periods. I.y the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on ecowl floor Murphe) randier Building. Entered as second lass matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year. $1.25 J single coplea. five rents. Elaine Stubbs Virginia Glower Florence Ellis Editor Managing Editor Business Manager The Agnes Scott News Vol. 26. 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. JEFFARES DRUG STORE Come in between Sunday 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. R. E. Burson Shoe Shop GENERAL SHOE REPAIRING QUICK DELIVERIES 307 E. College Ave. DE. 3353 Decatur, Ga. Announcing The Arrival of GUY de LEYER Internationally famous hair stylist . . . who will be in Allen's Beauty Salon Oct. 14 through 26. Let Mr. Guy create a new Fall coiffure just for you! (Jail now for an appointment. WA. 6211 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) 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 PIN -IT -UP LAMP RAILLEY NO. 3202 99 CASH OR 30-DAY CHARGE Pins to the wall without mar- ring or scarring. New features keep this lovely Pin-It-Up Lamp from slipping on the wall, and prevent shade from tipping. It's just the light you may need over the stove; in dark corners; over the bed as a reading light. Ivory or brown finish. With 100-watt bulb. Buy Your Lamps And Bulbs From Any Power Company Employe GEORGIA POWER COMPANY THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1940. 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. Teaching The profession which the lar- Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 i gest number of the graduates of 1940 have entered is teaching. 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. Bowett Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-three Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Ac- curate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Three Locations 105 Peachtree Clock Sign 382 Peachtree Medical Arts Building 480 Peachtree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. Mollie Oliver Checks 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 Over Inman way, 'tis said that the frosh were not so active 1 in J. N. KALISH & W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 380 Peachtree St. Atlanta For Quick Service Call EVER-READY CABS Owned by Decatur Boys DE. 1656 Decatur, Ga. Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. 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. Digest Opens Snapshot Contest to Students Collegiate Digest, the national roto supplement for college papers, is looking for timely, human-inter- est pictures of events that happen on our campus. If you're a shut- terbug, here's an easy way to pick up some spending money. * L Mail your pictures to Editor, College Digest, 323 Fawkes Build- ing, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2. Payment of $3 for each pho- to used will be made upon accep- tance. 3. Pictures should be at least 4" x 6" in size. 4. Good quality gloss prints are essential. Only pictures that are sharp in detail and have good tone quality will be acceptable. Action or candid pictures are preferred. 5. All photos must be properly captioned with full details. 6. Unused pictures will be re- turned to sender. Welcome Back, Girls Come to See Us DECATUR CAKE BOX LAWLER & UPCHURCH STORAGE COMPANY Let Us Serve You 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) St MARY'S (CALIF) GRIDDERS MU5T TRAVEL OVER, 30 MILE? OF LAND, 20 AMLES OF WATER. AND PAS? THRPUGH THREE COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN CITIES IN ORDER, TO REACH TKEIR "HOME' FIELD. KEZAR 5TADIUNV V SAN FRANCISCO/ SIGNALS OVER. WE'RE \ HEADlM' TO\AJARD BERKELEY / 0LLEGET HAVE MORE DOLLARS IN ENDOWMENTS THAN BOOKS' IN THEIR LIBRARIES / At HARVARD IN THE EARLY DAYS MEALS USUALLY CONSISTED OR BREAKFAST- BREAD AND BEER DINNER- 1 LB. MEAT SUPPER- BREAD, MILK/ 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. Page 2 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. MIDDLETON'S BAKERY 121 E. Ponce de Leon DE. 9229 SPECIALIZING IN PARTY CAKES & COOKIES Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE STAG-LINES By Dalea Dorothy Clix Dear Miss Clix: How can I impress our drama teacher that I ought to get the part of Juliet when our school does "Romeo and Juliet" this year? The teacher comes from New York, is handsome, worldly and mature (around 35), but he's as aloof as a Greek god on Mt. Olympus. I feel like a babe in arms in his presence. How can I get the role? ASPIRING Dear "Aspiring" : I don't want to poach on any of Mr. Freud's preserves, but you sound as though your mind aspires toward the drama teacher more than toward the drama. How- ever, Juliet was only four- teen, so maybe feeling like a babe in arms (even his arms) might help, psycho- logically. Beyond that, re- member that an actress must express deepemotions with her hands. Make yours beautiful and remember, civilized New Yorkers ex- pect a woman's fingernails to be beautifully colored. AND NOW, DEAR^ READ THE NEXT COLUMN CAREFULLY! 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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." tailored and monogrammed just for you Topsy Slip by Miss Swank* 1.98 A classic, a "must" . . . by the half-dozen! This is the slip that's straight- plus-bias, alternating panels to fit as though made to your order. We put on the three-letter monogram gratis . . . nice personalized note for yourself or for giv- ing to friends. In sturdy, stitched soft rayon sat- in or crepe, tea-rose, white, black or navy. Sizes 32 to 44, medium length, 31 % to 37 V 2 , shorter women. Rich's Lingerie Shop Third Floor Reg. U. S. Tat. Off. Mollie Oliver Checks After Working Hours 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) For Quick Service Call EVER-READY CABS Owned by Decatur Boys DE. 1656 Decatur, Ga. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Ac- curate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. M. College and her D. S. C. from Johns 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 have a tendency to ask her, "What class do you have this period?" 105 Peachtree Clock Sign -Three Locations- 382 Peachtree Medical Arts Building 480 Peachtree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. J. N. Kalish & W. N. Ainsworth, Jr. Prescription Opticians 380 Peachtree St. Atlanta Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur. Ga. Page 4 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 1940 Member 1941 Ptssocided Golle6iate Press Published weekly, except durinc holidays and examination period*, by the students of Apnes Scott Collcpe. Office on second floor Mnrrhey randier Building. Entered as second Mass matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents. Cartledge Elaine Stubbs Editor Virginia dower Managing Editor Florence Ellis Business Manager Matilda Cartledge Gathers 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. Prescription Opticians 380 Peachtree St. Atlanta GASPAR-WARE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHERS 30 5th St., N. W. 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 Are you ready for those special dates? MANGEL'S is simply f ull of just the right 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. mnncEL's 185 Peachtree 60 Whitehall ATLANTA. GA. THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1940. Page 3 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, Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. Go to dinner all covered up with a touch of sequin glam- our, says Vogue. For gala evenings, remove the jacket. Blush rose or ice blue rayon taffeta. 14.95 JUNIOR-DEB SHOP SECOND FLOOR 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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. L B. Barrett Checks 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. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peachtree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 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." Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 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! 25 IN COIN CO. limn S P ft R T ft N M 6.S.C Page 4 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 AASTA66, , THE GRAND V OLD MAN OF FOOTBALL, WAS AN END ON THE FIRST All- AMERICAN TEAM IN 869/ f RAN 210 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN . LEHIGH V LAFAYETTE HE- RAM IN THE WRONG DIRECTION! CIRCLED THE GOAL- POST^ AND RAN W1K A^AIN THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD / SKIVY DAVIS. OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, KICKED 23 GOALS' AFTER TOUCHDOWNS IN ONE GAME, SEPT. 29 J917, / 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. Abernathy Brv BAILEY'S SHOE SHOP 142 Sycamore St. DE. 0172 Decatur. Ga. Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur. Ga. 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- nized for its standards of work and for the 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 ? Dear "Agonized" : Say listen, young woman ! Don't you realize what's wrong? You've put your finger on it yourself you bite your fin- gernails! If there is any- thing in the whole calendar of female wrong-doing that gives men the gripes, and sends them away like a stag at bay, it's ugly, bitten fin- gernails. Take your char- acterif it isn't all weak by the scruff of its neck- say: "Never again!" and then, just to make it easier, manicure them with a mother's care and keep them tinted regularly with a fashionable shade of nail polish. Then ask Brother to bring on the Wild Game again ! 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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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. If you want Roosevelt . . . Vote for Roosevelt! If you want Democracy . . . Vote for Willkie! WENDELL L WILLKIE For President (Paid Political Advertisement) 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. 25 IN JOIN CO. 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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. GASPAR-WARE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHERS 30 5th St., N. W. 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 Vol. XX VI. Wednesday, October 3 0, 1940. No. 6 1940 Member 1941 Ptssocided Golle&ide Press Elaine Stubbs Editor Virginia Clowe* Managing Editor Florence Ellis Business Manager Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students of A^nes Scott Collide. Office on second floor Mur- phey Candler Building. Entered as second class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents. 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!" Page 2 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) Welcome, Freshmen CLAIRMONT BEAUTY SALON 111 Clairmont Avenue DEarborn 8011 Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Blag. DE. 3322-3 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. 25 ft never -faoc 11 " n* F ' "1 On Can Eftvelc ilm IN COIN G,S.C 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 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. YEARNING FOR SOMETHING WITH MORE JJMPH? MANGEL'S leaps into the breach with enchanting dance frocks or velvet frocks in street or dinner lengths. Here are the frocks that will "politic" you for a house- party success. They will carry you into enchanting moments and make the most of all your good points. See the collection now specially priced at $9.98 they have everything that it takes. fimncELS 185 Peachtree 60 Whitehall ATLANTA, GA. THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1940. Page 3 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. BEFORE MAIN 5634 Piedmont Reweavers 97 Forsyth St., N. W. Atlanta, Ga. Offers ONE DAY Service on Reweaving MOTH HOLES, TEARS, BURNS Any Damaged Material Rewoven to Look Like New Complete Tailoring Service MODERN METHODS, QUICKER SERVICE, LOWER COST 189-191 Peachtree St. An Organization Specializing EXCLUSIVELY in the Preparation and Serving of Wholesome Food. GOOD FOOD IS GOOD HEALTH! 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 WOMAN'S EXCHANGE Come in and see our Rytex Christmas Cards Montgomery, Meg Bless, and Geor- gine Castagnet have experienced. 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. J. N. KALISH & W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 380 Peachtree St. Atlanta 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. Sowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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. THREADGILL PHARMACY Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Avenue Decatur, Ga. NOTICE AGNES SCOTT This is your drug store. Page 4 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 1940 Member 1941 Pbsocicrted Colle&iale Press Published wookly, except during holidays and examination periods, hy the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Kullding. Kntered as second 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. J. N. KALISH & W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 380 Peachtree St. Atlanta Boweti Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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, and with that all-important matter, your fingernails? You'll get lots farther with expressive, alluring hands than you would with flap- ping wings, if it's a man's heart you're reaching for! AND NOW, DEAR, 5^ READ THE NEXT COLUMN CAREFULLY! WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HAVE MORE BEAUTIFUL NAILS Let the brilliant, gem- hard lustre of DURA- GLOSS give your fin- gernails that marvel- ous attraction and allure that men ad- mire! DURA-GLOSS IS the amazing new nail polish that's differ- ent! DURA-GLOSS flows on more smooth- ly, keeps its brilliant beauty of color long- er, resists tacking and chipping better! Have the most beautiful fingernails in the world buy dura-gloss! A NEW FORMULA BY LORR Lorr Laboratories, Paterson, N. J. 100 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. m-e 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 Rich r s 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 Page 4 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. a YEARS. I804-I8GG/ During That TIME HE ALSO WAS PRESIDENT OF RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOR. Z5 YEARS/ PRESIDENT m- FOSTER PEIRCE OF KEYNON COLLEGE IS THE ONLY COLLEGE PRES- I DENT WHO FLIES HIS OWN PLANE.' 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- {Con tinned on Page 2, Col. 2) Page 2 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. Have you seen the New TONTINE Window Shades in the Dormitories? They came from BEAUTY CRAFTS 268V-2 Spring Street Dedication {Continued from Page 1) 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 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 HAVE YOU THAT LONGING FEELING? Rush right down to MANGEL'S and revel in their lingerie. Pick up an extra slip. A new print nightie. Some panties. Even an extra bras. You'll be surprised how it'll fill you full of pep. And remember this, that all MANGEL'S lingerie is priced with a careful eye to school allowances. fl) NIGEL'S Say "Charge" it if you prefer 185 Pcachtree 60 Whitehall St. THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940 Page 3 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 "BUTTONS' the Suit hit of Spring 1940 10^5 Sizes 9 to 15 Slick . . . this little suit with its three rows of buttons parading across the front! Light weight wool Shetland in lovely Spring pastels. Jr. Deb Shop Second Floor 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, SCIENTIFIC DATA. I1HE FIRST COLLEGE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING ERECTED IN AMERICA IS STILL IN USE / IT WAS BUILT IN AT HANOVER COLLEGE INDIANA UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FROM AUSTRALIA TRAVELED 12,000 MILES' TO ATTEND THE EMPIRE UNIVERSITIES CONGRESS AT LONDON, ONLY TO FIND THAT HE WAS A * YEAR AHEAD OF TIME THE MISUNDERSTANDING WA? CAUSED BY A TYPISTS* ERROR. / Cartledge 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, I. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A. Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur. Ga. 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! AND NOW, DEAR, , READ THE NEXT COLUMN CAREFULLY! WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HAVE MORE BEAUTIFUL NAILS Let the brilliant, gem- hard lustre of DURA- GLOSS give your fin- gernails that marvel- ous attraction and allure that men ad- mire! DURA-GLOSS is the amazing new nail polish that's differ- ent! DURA-GLOSS flows on more smooth- ly, keeps its brilliant beauty of color long- er, resists tacking and chipping better! Have the most beautiful fingernails in the world buy dura-gloss! A NEW FORMULA BY LORR Lorr Laboratories, Paterson, N. J. 100 -Courtesy ACP I DAVISON'S Dyed-to-Match Shoe String SWEATER SETS 3- Pullover Sweater. Anklet Sox. shoe strings and Grosqrain Hair bow. A Four-Way outlit that ensembles you from hair-bow to shoe strings. Soft zephyr wool. Kelly Green, Jockey Red, Blue. Yellow. Natural. Sizes 34 to 40. Davison's Sports Shop, Third Floor. THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940 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). and Rich's . . . suggest A Special Gift For a Special Friend From 16 to 60, women all love perfume. So take our broad hint and give a present from Elizabeth Arden's Glamour Tree. From Grandmother to baby sis, they'll love you for it. Blue Grass Flower Mist Coloc air with fragrance the 1*25 Blue Grass Cologne Riding, a spirited Kentucky- steed flashing pink and blue feathers! 3.50 Blue Grass Dusting Powder, to whirl on in clouds of sweetness 1.50 Blue Grass Perfume, giftly boxed for a Merry Christmas! A mere ^ 2.00 Toiletries Street Floor RICH'S 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 Solve Your Gift Problems with Photographs From your SILHOUETTE negatives Phone Your Order This Week For Deljvery Before Christmas Gaspar-Ware Studios 30 Fifth St., N. W. VErnon 0931 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 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. HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. J. Woods, Operator DeLUXE CAB CO. Under New Management 24-Hour Service DE. 1656 GLENN'S PHARMACY "Where friends meet friends, and part more friendly." Beautiful Gifts for Christmas Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 Page 4 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. L. D. Adams <& Son ods, Shoes Dress Goods, Hosiery The Store of Quality DECATUR CAKE BOX DE. 4922 BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service. Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tre W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 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. Obtain an Entry Blank, Now From 'Judy' at 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) NOTICE TO FRESHMEN Beauty Awaits at the Clairmont Beauty Salon DE. 8011 Make the Decatur Woman's Exchange Your Headquarters for Christmas Shopping 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. records philco radios REPAIRS LEON WEEKES CO. DE. 4131 531 N. McDonough St. "Next to DeKalb Theatre" Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Deoatur, Ga. 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- ship. MIDDLETON'S BAKERY Specializing in Party Cakes of All Kinds, and in Home Made Fruit Cakes DE. 9229 Page 6 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- ** LIBERTY POPLAR, FAMOUS IN AMERICAN! HISTORY SINCE 1652, IS LOCATED ON THE CANAPUS0FST.J0HNS COLLEGE ANNAPOLIS. MARYLAMD. ODD NAME CORNER Hale Wellmet is a STUDENT AT THE 3 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN). " > ~- - 1 " - ~" r " 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 (Continued on Page 2) 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. Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE. 4476 412 Church St. Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur. Ga. HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. J. Woods, Operator 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. DE. 3322-3 (Continued from Page 1) Struther obvious that I could do nothing on the land while I was doing the work necessary to grow one potato any one else could grow hills of them and I couldn't carry stretchers, and I was another hun- gry mouth. So I came away." J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 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 EVERYBODY'S DOING IT! Suddenly everybody's knitting! Between classes ... on the quadrangle ... in the Library. Because knitting is fun and smart to do! Because hand-knitted clothes are tops in fashion! Come to Rich's for the most complete assortment of knitting yams and needles in the South! With expert instructors to start you out right! Art and Needlework Center Second Floor RICH'S 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 HOW TO WIN BOY-FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE 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 f atale," 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 f atale 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! AND NOW, DEAR,, READ THE NEXT COLUMN CAREFULLY! 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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 Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Deoatur, Ga. 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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. 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Page 4 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 J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS B. O. Z. Holds Regular Meeting B. O. Z. 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. NOTICE TO FRESHMEN BEAUTY AWAITS AT THE Clairmont Beauty Salon DE. 8011 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 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. i f Peep-Toe Marcia This pretty pump quick-step* off our Street Floor faster than you can say, 'Marcia. Itlack patent, shiny as wet asphalt, it flatterfl yonr foot to Cinder* ella si i niiicss. Also hlue calf. Only at Davison's SPUN SUGAR BOW 49c o AW 1 if fc\ ^ T #w 1 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. 2-Pc. Pastel WOOL SUITS 10 95 Rose Aqua Beige Powder Blue A big Spring hit! Import- ed wool Shetland, soft as thistledown. Sizes 9 to 15. Junior-Deh Shop Second Floor PeacrvifieeStme 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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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! (ACP) The New VENETIAN BLINDS in the Science Hall were installed by BEAUTY CRAFTS 268M Spring Street Distributors of DuPONT TONTINE WINDOW SHADES Kittredge 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. HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. J. Woods, Operator Expert Watch Repairing COURT SQUARE JEWELRY SHOP 127 East Court Square DeKALB LAUNDRY 113 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. Decatur, Ga. DE. 2516 DE. 2517 Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. Page 4 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 1940 Member 1941 Pissocided Colle6iate Press Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students of Agnes Scott College. Office on second floor Murphcy 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 Florence Ellis Business Manager PERPETUAL JTUDENT m. cullen bryant kemp attended clatter at columbia u for over 20 years. after mis' frctman year in there: was an interlude in w\s education, at which Time he acquiesced to his* fathers wishes' and entered business but on his* fatmert death he returned to his studies. hl^ last registration was in 1922/ BUCKSHOT CORNELL U. CLAIMS TO BE THE FIRST TRULY N0N- SECTARIAN UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD / 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. 65964 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." t in was and au- Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 RothQuartetPlays Musij: of Franck 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. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACH TREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 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 Company in the Parlor . . . TONIGHT? Rich's New Date Successes Just In! It's like a tropical flower garden come to life in Rich's Deb Shop! The newest, spruciest Spring- Prints are in in patterns and colors you've never seen before! Try one as a color lift to your winter wardrobe as an eye-opener for that special date tonight! 12.95 up. Debutante Shop, Third Floor RICH'S THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1941 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- HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. J. Woods, Operator ry Bon Utterback, and June 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. REICN SUPREME ON ST. VALENTINES DAY SEND A PORTRAIT TO SHOW YOUR MHCTION! rt-lfiJane Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. 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. THE DECATUR CAKE BOX Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 'f Church St DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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. BEAUTY CRAFTS, INC. 268^ Spring Street DuPont "Tontine" Window Shades There is a warm welcome waiting for you at DECATUR BEAUTY SALON DE. 4692 Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE. 4476 412 Church St. Page 4 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 Ptssocided CoDe6ioie 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 class 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 1t* KAPPA ALPHA THETA chapter HOUSe AT THS COU6E OF WILLIAM AND MARY WAS fREOTD EARLY IN THE IcV^ CENTURY FOR TrAE COMMIT- MENT OF DEBTORS, CRIMINALS AMD OFFENDERS i It was known as OLD DEBTORS PRISON / Temple universes baseball teaiw made only ^ ONE HOME > RUN DURING o THEI9&SEAS0L. BOB GARRISON HIT (^T IT WITH THE BASES ^ FULL, IT WAS HIS / ' ONLY HIT OF THE SEASON/ IS THE NAME OF A WILLISTON.N.D. RESIDENT/ Cartledge Matilda Cartledge Gathers 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. Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE, 1665 309 E. College Are. Decatur, Go. 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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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) J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 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. 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 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) Betty - Lnngley FLORIST 1099 Ponce de Leon Atlanta, Ga. 525 N. McDonough St. Decatur, Ga. 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 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. Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE - 4476 412 Church St. Page 4 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 Phsocided GoUe6iote 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 rlass matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year, $1.25; single copies, five cents. Elaine Stubbs Editor Virginia Glower Managing- Editor Florence Ellis Business Manager Bee Bradfiold Cornelia Stuckey Jeanne Osborne Club Editor Assistant Editors Lib Barrett Suzanne Kaulback Margaret Downfe Advertising Manager Jackic Steam* ( arolvn Strozier . Copv Editor 01,via ^ hlte Virginia Williams Asst - Society Editors Feature Editor Luc n c Gaineg Matilda Cartledpre i * *m Jessie MacGuire Circulate Manager Asst. Feature Editors Mai y Ivy Betty Jane Stevenson Bennye Linzy Current History Editor Mary Madison Wisdom Susan Self Anita Woolfolk Sports Editor Circulation Assistants Cartledge Matilda Cartledge Gathers 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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga- fJh 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. Get Valentine Flowers Here Mrs. Cooper WOMAN'S EXCHANGE J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 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 THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1941 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 crepe with removable white collar. 12 to 20. Mon-e-Saver Shop Third Floor RICH'S 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 Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Secdtest 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. 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Page 4 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 No. I S 1940 Mem her 1941 Ptssociated GolIe6iate Press PuMlshciI weekly, except durinfr holidays and examination periods, by the students of Apnea Scott College. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Bulldinc. Entered as second :lass BAtttt at the Decatur, (ienrcla. post office. Subscription price per year. $1.25: sindo copies, five cent*. Elaine Stubbs Editor Virginia Glower Managing Editor Florence Ellis Business Manager E3he youngest college student was || years old/ A GUM- CHEWING CONTEST HELD AT DE PAUW UNIVERSITY WAS WON BY A STUDENT WHO CHEWED 100 STICKS OF GUM AT ONCE/ For tao full years. J9I7-I918 N NOT A VIRGINIA 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. Page 2 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 of fooling. Frances Radford FOR YOUR NEEDS COME TO McCONNELL'S 5c and 10c HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. I. Woods, Operator scored 6 points on free throws 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." SPRING SHOWING 1941 THE HOUSE OF HATS Mrs. Ella B. Gunn 297 Oxford Place BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise. Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 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. THE ''SUPER-CHIEF* That's the Santa Fe's crack train and that's Mangel's crack fur trimmed tweed coats. Super in every sense of the word. Flattering, functional, right for any occa- sion and any climate. At Mangel's for $14.98 or $24.98 you'll find unmatched variety and beauty. Lynx-dyed wolf col- lars on superb tweeds are the campus and week-end delight. Every coat with the perfect tailoring, the reliable quality, the classic charm which brings you to Mangel's for tweeds. mnncEL'i 60 Whitehall 185 Peachtree Atlanta THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1941 Page 3 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 Seagle, Suzanne McWhorter, Dot Webster, Julia Harry, Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Gcl > I 7 / Mix or match 'em! Jackets Skirts . 7.95 4.95 Jacket No. 1 (on figure) is beige tweed with skirt to match or plain skirt in yellow, dusty, powder and beige. Jacket No. 2 (on hanger) is in yellow, dusty, powder and beige with matching skirt. Jacket No. 3 (not sketched) is the same style as one on hanger and is in blue and tan plaid. Sports Shop Street Floor QJdianXxx Elise Nance, Margaret Hart- sook, Martha Arant, Pete 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. SOUTHERN DAIRIES % Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Sealtest J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bid?.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS College Gives 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 For Quick Service Call DELUXE CABS DE. 1656 Decatur, Go. Interviewer Turns Cinderella as Prince Escorts 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?" King Hardware Company SYCAMORE STREET DECATUR Phone DEarborn 4205 JOSEPH SIEGEL "Dependable Jeweler Since 1908" Diamonds - Watches - Jewelry Silverware Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing All Work Guaranteed 111 E. Court Square Decatur, Ga. "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- ness." Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE - 4476 412 Church St. GOOD THINGS TO EAT at Middleton Bakery Across from DeKalb Theatre Page 4 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 SOUTHERN DAIRIES Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Sealtest 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. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 0A 0R Fingernail Appeal Beautify your fingernails with new, longer-lasting DURMIMS Nail Polish Back you go to MIDDY BLOUSES 1.98 Middies are in again with their big sailor collars and stars. Wear them with your skirts, wear them for gym, and later on wear them with slacks. White jeans with red or blue sailor collars, red or blue slimming laces at the side. Collar trimmed with white braid and embroidered stars. Sizes 12 to 18. Young A flan /an Shop Second Floor RICHS THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941 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. 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 ANOTHER LOW- HEEL CLASSIC - - - 9.75 Take your choice of navy, beige, light blue, light green or buttercup crushed calf; white and brown, white and red or all-white bucko! . . . The Peacock shoe you favored so that we had it done in eight different color combinations! Come match your Spring and Summer costumes up tomorrow! 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. 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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. J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. Page 4 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). Campus Camera She university of buffalo once raised an endowment fund of five million d0uars [ J3AO JJP UIOJJ 6uiA[ddp 3JH siuaprqs pup 'Dijqnd 6ui33S-jpj 311} p3ipP3J A[[PUIJ SPl{ SS3DDnS s }}o:>g s3u6y jo sa\3u 31^ 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! Page 2 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. Test Your Aptitude! Need Fast Service? IF YOU 00 CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE 4476 412 Church SI J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Which two of these pictures look most alike to you? Hand in your answer to Jean Dennison, vocational representative of Mortar Board, as quickly as possible, if not sooner. In less than a week you will receive an answer telling you how and what to follow, and what not to follow. Editorial Nobody else would disorganize; so we did. King Hardware Company SYCAMORE STREET DECATUR Yehudi! Before Working Hours 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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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. 7947 Mortar Board 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. J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Ave. Decatur, Ga. 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, .May Day, Parties, Fun! Fluffy evening and May Day frills . . . long-bodiced, full- skirted, puffed-sleeved, wing- shouldered. Marquisette, lace, net, mousseline and jersey. Sizes 9 to 15. Jr. Deb Shop Second Floor 14.95 Peacf\/tf Slerv. QJtQxxrxixx THE BABBLING BROOKS 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 >the story tres amusant, but censored. Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE. 4476 4I2 Church St! 4T Q \ TnA Too IIositivelyAivine how you'll look if you beau- tify your fingernails with DIM-GLOSS Vail Polish 10* Everywhere THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 23, 1941 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 ^Jlie ^Jrottin J^lottentots 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 RICH'S beats the to Broomsti SKIRT RICH'S SPORTS SHOP Sheer Blouse Mate 2.98 We showed it to you first now our broomstick skirts are sweeping the town like a tribe of Navajos! Have one in gay red, yellow or blue calico . . . wash it . . . wrap it around a broomstick to achieve that homespun wrinkled look! Square-yoked white sheer cotton peasant blouse, also 2.93. Mail and phone orders filled, of course! lO's-16's. FASHION THIRD FLOOR Ballyhoo Sandal, 3.98 Perfect with your broomstick, skirt and peasant blouse this little leather san- dal in Indian red, blue, leather tan or: white. Wear it with ail/your . play clothes for fun! PLAYSHOE BAH J^JJ^JJ'CJ STRHT FLOOR attracted the following girls at the EMORY SPRING DANCES: Harriet Vaughn, Dot Holloran, Helen Hale, 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. Among those at the ZIP FORMAL and TEA DANCE were: Ann Martin, Gentry Burks, Margaret Nix, Quincy Mills, Mary Zellars. Mary Anne Atkins, Mary Lightfoot Elcan, Marian Phillips, Rebec- ca Stamper, Mary James Seagle, Flonnie Ellis, Libby Steadman, Leila Holmes. Mar- jorie Wilson, Eugenia Hailey, Lillian Gudenrath. The BETA KAPPA FOR- MAL at TECH entertained Jean Beutell, Lib Beasley, Clara Rountree, Frances Ellis. Margaret Downie, Rebecca Andrews, Susan Spurlock, and Elizabeth Moore. There was a SIGMA CHI SOUTHERN DAIRIES Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Seediest DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING Durham, N. C. The Diploma of Graduate Nurse is awarded after three years. The entrance require- ments are intelligence, char- acter, and graduation from an accredited High School. Pref- erence is given to those who have had college work. The annual tuition of $100 covers the cost of maintenance, uniforms, books, etc. Catalogues, application forms, and information about require- ments may be obtained from admission committee. HOUSE PARTY at Rutledge and among those from Agnes Scott were: Clara Ann Gard- 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 mint green mousseline. Truly, Mary Dean, you were as the breath of spring! Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S- PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 Page 4 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 5 ^ ews Dogwood, Bedspread: * ma Ba kans r f~ 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 Wednesday. April 2*. 19 11 No. IS FuMlshed weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students of Agnes Scott Collece. Office on second floor Murphey Candler Building. Entered as second :la.ss matter at the Decatur. Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year. $1.25; single copies, five cents. 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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Knit Two, Purl Two Drop One, Slip Three however you do it get your wool at The Knitting Shop 203 Grand Theatre Building JA. 8567 Cecilia L. Hines, Director THE BABBLING BROOKS 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! J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS 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 THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1941 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. r Mad 0or |t what you'll be when you have beautified your fingernails with DIM-GLOSS H Polish 10* Everywhere Send for complete booklet on nails: What to do about splitting nails; How to give yourself a Professional Manicure. Ask for "Your Fingernails and their Care." Write Manicure Dept., Lorr Laboratories, Paterson, New Jersey. Danish Tenor Sings Opera Metropolitan Gives Wagner's "Lohengrin" 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. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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. Page 4 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." Page 2 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 L Spon N. evie i Names 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- For Mother's Day Gifts See Mrs. Cooper WOMAN'S EXCHANGE ertson, Elise Smith, Mable Stowe, Martha Arant, Ann Gellerstedt, Dot Nabors, Louise Musser, Jean Beutell, Julia Ann Patch, and Trina Perez. 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 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. Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE. 4476 412 Church St. Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DE. 1665 309 E. College Are. Decatur, Ga. The Babbling Brooks 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! J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.) PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplied 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. 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 THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941 Page 3 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 went to the Rainbow Roof dur- LDVE BIRD DUETTE by Here's a wonderful idea for Mother's Day fox graduation! It's Coro's copy of a $10 pin, com- plete from the finely colored enamels to the last hand-set Rhinestone! Wear the lovebirds together or separately as two magnificent clips! It's our most popular pin and only S5 Rich's Jewelry Bar Street Floor RICHS Courtesy The Atlanta Constitution. Mrs. Isabel McCain Brown, graduate in the class of '38, has recently returned from Japan, and is staying with her father, President J. R. McCain, on South Candler. Al S umnae Honor eniors at T ea 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. SOUTHERN DAIRIES Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Sealtest 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 BAILEY'S SHOE SHOP 142 Sycamore St. DE. 0172 This will be the last reg- ular issue of The Agnes Scott News. The Assistant Editors will soon collect money for the graduation issue, to come out June 2, and the seniors are espe- cially urged to pay in ad- vance so the staff can esti- mate the number of papers needed. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. 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. HOTEL CANDLER Convenient to Agnes Scott T. J. Woods, Operator Page 4 THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941 Campus Camera MISS HENDERSON] IS THE ONLY WOMAN EDITOR, OF A MAJOR. CO- EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITY'S DAILY NEWSPAPER./ SHE HANDLES THE NEWS END OF THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN. Lillian Gish Gathers Campus Quotes on HNDRSON ft ALABAMA POLY VALPARAISO CONVERSE INDIANA ROLLINS CLEAASON GOUCHER. LENOIR RHYNE LAWRENCE DUQUESNE DARTMOUTH WAYNES BURG i ROOF THAT FRATERNITY GROWTH \S NOT vSLOWING DOWN IS ^EEN FROM THE FACT THAT MORE THAN $20,000,000 IS S>EING SPENT ANNUALLY ON NEW FRATERNITY HOUSES/ Jane Elliott Sifts Today's News 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; ^^^^^^M and Brit- . 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 So. Ml 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 class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year. $1.23: single copies, five cents. Editor Managing Edit Business Man BEE BftADFIELI) JEANNE OKBOICNK SUZANNE KA CLBACH The Agnes Scott News Vol. 26 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. I, Louise Musser, will the King Hardware Company SYCAMORE STREET DECATUR standards of Georgia Tech to 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 (Continued on Page 5, Col. 2) Your Nearest and Most Complete Drug Store Meet Your Friends Here THREADGILL'S THE PRESCRIPTION STORE Phone DEL 1665 309 E. College Are. Decatur, Ga Photo Courtesy of Atlanta Journal. Putting on the finishing touches for the graduation exercises are shown the following girls: left to right, Ann Fisher, Gene Slack (looking in the mirror), and Pattie Patterson. J. N. KALISH and W. N. AINSWORTH, JR. A Personalized Optical Service You Will Appreciate New Location 380 PEACHTREE STREET (Two doors from Medical Arts Bldg.] PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING DURHAM, N. C. The Diploma of raduate Nurse is awarded after three years, and the Degree 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 i tuition of $100 covers the cost of 1 uniforms, books, student govem- I ment fees, etc. Catalogues, appli- cation forms and information about j college requirements may be ob- I tained from the Admission Com- 1 mittee. CAPtTtRIA An Organization Specializing EXCLUSIVELY In the Production and Serving of WHOLESOME FOODS THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1941 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- For You- The Graduates of 194 1 Dresses for whirling after- school days . . . dances, parties, fun! Fluffy evening frills . . . long bodiced, full skirted, puffed- sleeved, wing-shouldered, Mar- quisette, lace, net, mousseline, and jersey. Sizes 9 to 15. Jr. Deb Shop \ Second Floor 14.95 Regenstein's Peachtree Store ATLANTA 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 with all the 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 Dramatist Gets Cup HEARNS Ladies' and Men's Ready-to-Wear DE. 1065 131 Sycamore St. Bowen Press Commercial Printing and Stationery TYPEWRITERS AND RIBBONS Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 316 Church St. DE. 3383 Decatur, Ga. Laura Sale Laura Sale 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- ( Continued on Page 6, Col. 5) John Jarrell, Inc. 84 Broad, N. W. SADDLE SHOES, $6.95 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." Call DE. 4922 One day in advance for your Birthday Cakes, etc. THE DECATUR CAKE BOX Page 4 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. Where Friends Meet Friends And Part More Friendly GLENN'S PHARMACY Masonic Temple Bldg. DE. 3322-3 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 advice to youth. Will you al- SOUTHERN DAIRIES Delicious MILK AND ICE CREAM Supervised by Sealtesi 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 low me that pleasure for a few minutes before I take my seat? "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." . OOES Iffy J? Q % They Aook well what the men will say when they see your fingernails beautified with DIM-GLOSS Ml Polish 10< Everywhere Send for complete booklet on nails i What to do about splitting nails; How to give yourself a Professional Manicure. Ask for "Your Fingernails and their Care." Write Manicure Dept., Lorr Laboratories, Paterson, New Jersey. THE AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1941 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. Need Fast Service? IF YOU DO CALL GILL BROTHERS ODORLESS DRY CLEANERS DE. 4476 412 Chureh St 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. BALLARD'S Dispensing Opticians Thirty-five Years of Dependable Optical Service Three Locations for Your Convenience Service, Quality Merchandise, Accurate and Expert Workmanship. All the Same at Each Location. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO. Medical Arts Bldg. 105 Peach tree W. W. Orr Doctor's Bldg. Page 6 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. The Agnes Scott News Vol. xxvi. Tuesday. June i, , No. 20 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 class matter at the Decatur, Georgia, post office. Subscription price per year, $1.2."); single copies, five cents. _ .BEE BRADFIELD _ JEANNE OSBORNE SUZANNE KACLBACH Martha Dale -lane Elliott Frances Kaiser Current History Editor Assistant Editors Bdwim Burress Caroline Newbold Sports Editor Copy Editor Jessie ICacGuire Marjorie Cray Feature Editor c|ub Edjtor Linian mat A11 . 11M . Betty Ann Brooks 01ivla While Assistant Feature Editors Society Editor Alice Willis Mary Wolford Mary James Seagle June Shugg Jane St ill well Jackie 111 ma Stearns Assistant Society Editors Margaret Marv Toomey Circulation Manager Bennye Llnzy Susan Spurlock Circulation Assistants Reporters: Ann Wright. Leila Holmes. Betty Bates. Betsy White, Quiney Mills. Jane Dinsmore. Mary Louise Duffee. Mary Ann Barfield. Martha Ray Lassefer. Marlon Knapp. Madeline Hosrner. Martha Stone. Virginia Barr. Betty Burress. Evelyn Cheek. Cornelia Stuckey. Leila Matthews, Mary Estill Martin. Ann Ch ambles*. Shirley Ann Smith. Business Assistants: Nancy Thomlson. Martha LiddeU, Helen Smith. M. S. Barker. 1. Boone. A. Bumstead. A Clements. T. Craig, M. Dlllard, M. A. Hannah. D. Hopkins. B. Moore, M. Toomey. 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 !