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VOL, XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1942

NO. 1

Mardia Hopper
Tells Freshmen
Place in C. A.

Dear Class of '46:

It gives us a thrill this morning
to welcome all of you to Agnes
Scott! We are glad that you are
here and can assure you that
there are many happy days ahead
days filled with making friends,
taking part in sports, having all
kinds of fun, and finding new
channels of growth as well as
working hard and studying. There
is nothing to compare with the
glorious years as a Hottentot, as
you are already beginning to dis-
cover.

The most wonderful thing about
college, however, is that, as we
grow ourselves, we feel the chal-
lenges to do some real service, to
try to help others, and to find our
work and place in the world. And
so, we find our greatest happiness
in growing in the knowledge of
Gcd, our Father, and of His Son,
Jesus Christ, who through the
power of the Holy Spirit can en-
able us to live more abundant
lives and to help make this life
possible for all peop-e. This, in a
word, is the purpose of our Chris-
tian Association on the campus.

Everyone is a member of Chris-
tian Association except those who
fcaiHicit subscribe to it because of
their religious affiliations or con-
victions. We are counting on each
ore of you through your interest
E r d cooperation to help us make

ardia Hopper

this year the very best possible.
Don't miss the chapel services dur-
ing C. A. week you will find out
more about the work of Christian
Association and also just what
YOU can do! And, too, when the
Black Cat stunt contest is over,
plan to be a member of freshman
cabinet you will miss something
if you fail to join!

I can't wc.:'t to get to know each
of you. This year is going to be
a wonderful one, I'm sure. In a
time when the outlook of the
K-orld seems gloomy, let us all do
our part in making it brighter by
increasing our faith and by living
more radiant Christian lives.
Sincerely,

Mardia Hopper,
President of Christian Association.

C. A. Plans to Take
Frosh to Church

Christian Association has made
I plans to take freshmen to church
Sunday in Decatur and Atlanta,
according to Lib Jones, chairman
of religious resources.

Notices wil be posted in the
dormitories tomorrow giving fur-
ther details and providing spaces
for freshmen to sign up with a
group who want to attend the
same church.

An old student will then escort
each group and help the new girls
to become acquainted with the
churches and their locations.

Leader Gives
Day Students
Valuable Tips

'Greetings, Class of '46:

While you are getting acquaint-
ed and getting settled, we would
like to tell you how glad we are to
have you at Agnes Scott. There is
a full year ahead of us, and many
plans for
campus ac-
t i v i -
ties have
already
been made.

We want
especi-
ally to wel-
c o m e the
day stu-
dents and want you to feel at
home on the campus as soon as
possible. Spending the night in
the day student room in East
Lawn is a good way to get to
know the boarders and for them
to know you.

With your participation in all
the activities being planned, this
should be the best year yet at
Agnes Scott.

Sincerely,

Martha Ann Smith,
Day Student Representative
of Student Government.

Stunt Tops Coming Activities

September 14 (Monday)

0-12 A. M.. 2-4 P. M. Registration and
classification of students.

September 15 (Tuesday)

9- 12 A. M.. 2-4 P. M. -Registration and
( hi^sification of students.

12-1 P. ME., 2-:', P. M. Placement testa P6l

Irishmen in Buttrick Hall.

September 16 (Wednesday)
0-11 A. M., 2-4 P. M. Registration and

classification of students.

10- 15 A. M. Library class for all day stu-
dents.

II A. ML Opening exercises in Gaines
Chapel.

2-4 P. M. Schedule Committee for fresh-
men.

September 17 (Thursday)

0-11 A. M., 2-4 P. M. Schedule Committee
for freshmen.

11 A. M. Chapel exercises.

8 :J5 P. M. Speech and mw-iral rvrital in
C.'aines Chapel.

September 18 (Friday)

8 :30 A. M. Classes begin.

10:30 A. M. Student meeting for all stu-
dents in Old Chapel.

September 19 (Saturday)

10:30 A. M. Chapel exercises.

8-9 P. M. Reception on the Quadrangle.

September 20 (Sunday)

:!" A. M. President McCain's Bihle Class
for freshmen in Miss Gooch's Studio in
Rehekah Scott Hall.

September 21 (Monday)
P. M. BandbOOK Classes for all new stu-
dents.

September 22 (Tuesday)

P. M. Handbook classes for all new
students.

September 23 (Wednesday)

P. M. Handbook classes for all new stu-
dents.

:10 P. M. After-dinner coffee in Murphev
Candler Building.

September 24 (Thursday)

P. M. Handbook test for new students
in Buttrick Hall.

September 26 (Saturday)

P. M. Athletic Association open house
in Bueher Scott Gymnasium.

September 29 (Tuesday)
:30 P. M. Day students sign Student
Government pledge.

:30 P. M. Boarders sign Student Govern-
ment pledge.

October 10 (Saturday)

! P. M. Black Cat stunt contest.

Roddy Radford
Greets Frosh

Greetings, Class of '46:

A hearty welcome awaits you at
Agnes Scott, by upper classmen,
faculty, and the Student Govern-
ment Association. I am so happy
to send this message to you by
the AGNES SCOTT NEWS, but
I will enjoy even more meeting
each of you personally. We, the
members of the Executive Com-
mittee, want you to feel so much
a part of our closely unified stu-
dent body that all five hundred of
us will work as one force through-
out the year.

Entering Agnes Scott and be-

Opening Day Shows
Few Faculty Changes

Dr. Davidson Goes to Vanderbilt;
Four Graduates Join 1942 Staff

Chapel exercises at 11:00 o'clock today mark the opening
of the 1942-43 college session and first classes Friday morn-
ing will be taught by the same staff as last year with few
exceptions.

With the departure of Dr. Philip Davidson for Vanderbilt

University, where he will be the

New Students Get
Cordial Welcome
From A. A. President

Hello, Class of '46:

In the midst of all your unpack-
ing and getting acquainted with
the girls across the hall, why not
take time out to get acquainted
with A. A. ? We want to meet you
the first

day of
school. I f
you need
any help,
please call
on us and
we will b
glad to
help you.
Every
Agnes Scott girl is a member of
A. A. There are fourteen girls who
compose the A. A. Board and ten
of these girls are heads of sports.
Besides building up interest in
their sports, these ten girls work
with the officers of the Board in
planning open houses, A. A. rally,
and other A. A. entertainment.
Our meetings are on Monday
nights and they are open meet-
ings, so come whenever you please.

You will be running to picnics
and parties and to your first
classes but please don't forget to
spend some time with A. A. Some
of you have never played hockey
before, so join us on the hockey
field this fall. You can also make
use of the tennis courts and the
swimming pool.

A. A. welcomes you and invites
you to come on down to the gym
we will be looking for you!
Sincerely,

Anne Frierson,
President of Athletic Association.

dean of the senior college and
graduate school, the department
of history will temporarily be
without a director. Dr. Davidson's
work in the department will be
taken over by Mrs. Roff Sims and
Dr. Harvey Young, who is from
Emory University. The successor
to Dr. Davidson will probably be
announced next spring, according
to Dr. J. R. McCain, president.

Among the new people on the
campus will be three assistants in
the library: Miss Carolyn Black,
Miss Lucy Cline, and Miss Emily
Phillips. They will replace Miss
Laura Colvin, who is to be head
cataloguer at Swarthmore; Miss
Agnes Reagan, who is doing grad-
uate work at the University of Il-
linois; and Mrs. Margaret Weir
Bennett, who has moved to Way-
cross, Georgia.

Miss Eugenia Symms, formerly
associate secretary for the Alum-
nae Association, will replace Miss
Lou Pate in the Registrar's of-
fice. Miss Pate will study at the
University of Chicago.

Miss Jewell Blount, graduate of
the Georgia Baptist School of
Nursing, is to be the assistant
nurse in the infirmary; and Mrs.
Fred Bacon will be assistant to the
superintendent of dormitories. Re-
cent graduates who will return in-
clude Miss Alta Webster, assistant
in Physical Education; Miss Claire
Purcel, in charge of the bookstore
and post office; Miss Ann Geller-
stedt, Fellow in English; and Miss
Jane Stillwell, Fellow in Biology.

Special work in statistics will
be given by Mr. L. C. Alkema, of
Emory University.

coming a college woman carries
with it responsibilities as well as
pleasures. The world expects
more, and rightly, of a college
woman, so throughout your four
years here you should prepare
3'ourself to live up to this ideal.

The purpose of Student Govern-
ment is to help you enjoy your
college life more, to get more from
it. and to give more to it.

We're proud to claim you for
our own and know you will be
proud to claim Agnes Scott for
your Alma Mater. This freshman
class is the largest in our history.
Let's make it the best!

Sincerely,

"Raddy" Radford,
President of Student Government.

'Raddy' Radford

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VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1942

NO. 2

Frosh, Sophs Compete
In Annual Cat Fight'

By Pauline Ertz

Once more, says Father Time, it is October and the annual
Black Cat stunt is aproaching. The traditional freshman-
sophomore battle of wits, ingenuity, dramatic ability, and
what-have-you takes place Saturday night, October 10, at
8:30 in the gymnasium. Stunt chairmen and committees are
working like beavers 'on their re-

spective productions and this Sat-
urday's frolic promises to be a
real treat.

Stunt Replaces Hazing

For those who may not be famil-
iar with the tradition associated
with the revered ebony feline, a
slight explanation is in order.
Some time before 1916 the stunt
competition was instituted to re-
place the severe hazing sopho-
mores inflicted upon freshmen.
The winning class receives a bell
to put around the cat's neck.

This year's sophomores, who
were winners as freshmen last
year, have chosen Julia Slack, of
Decatur, as stunt chairman. Her
committee heads include: writing,
Inge Probstein; business, Mary
Munroe; make-up, Arline Bragin;
decorations, Ceevah Rosenthal;
scenery, Cordelia DeVane; cos-
tumes, Barbara Frink; properties,
Dot Hunter. The sophomores
have an innovation this year in
their executive commission, con-
sisting of fifteen girls elected by
the cIpss to act in an advisory
capacity.

Martha Baker Directs Frosh

This year's freshman class, 190
strong, has elected Martha Baker,
of Macon, as its stunt chairman.
She is assisted by the following
committee chairmen: writing, Bet-
ty Long; publicity, Joan Crangle;
costumes, Marjorie Naab; make-
up, Doris Purcell; properties, Ann
Register; decorations, Mary Hunt;
clean-up, Virginia Beavers; scen-
ery, Gloria Ann Melchor; typing,
Betty Weinschenk.

Stunt week is characterized this
year, as in the past, by many lusty
pep meetings. Cheers and songs
resound daily from Inman to Main
and back again. Freshmen cheer
leaders are Marguerite Watson
and Mary Louise Bealer, and the
sophomores are Hansell Cousar,
Dot Zachry, and Mary Cumming.

Of course, much moral support
comes from each group's sister
class, the juniors aiding the fresh-
men and the seniors advising the
sophomores.

Three judges, to be chosen from
the college faculty by the two
classes, will select the winner next
Saturday night. Award is made
for effective production and for
originality in writing, costumes,
and scenery.

Coming This Week

Thursday, Oct. 8, 10:30 A. M.

Open forum in chapel.
Friday, Oct. 9, 4:00 P M

Hockey game on the hockey

field.

Saturday, Oct. 10, 8:30 P. M.

Black Cat stunt in the gym.
Sunday, Oct 11, 7:00 P. M.

Mr. Stukes leads vespers.
Monday, Oct. 12, 7:30 P. M.

Try - outs for Christmas

choir.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 10:30 A. M.
Frances Radford leads
chapel as opening speaker
of Student Government
Week.

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 10:30
A. M. Student Govern-
ment skit.

Tower of Main to Serve
As Lookout Post in Raids

During future air raid alerts
the tower of Main building will
serve as a lookout post from
which watchers can spot incen-
diary bombs falling on the cam-
pus, Dr. McCain, president of Ag-
nes Scott, announced last week.

Two watchers, an official and
an aide, will send the location of
fallen bombs to the fire-fighters.
Larter announcements will reveal
the names of the watchers.

Abend to Talk
Of Far East

Foreign Correspondent
Meets Chiang Kai-Shek

Hallett Abend, for fifteen years
the chief far-eastern correspond-
ent of The New York Times, will
come to the Agnes Scott campus
on Thursday, November 12. That
evening in the Gaines Chapel, he
will inaugurate the Agnes Scott
annual lecture series with a talk
on the Orient.

From his long experience in
the east, he has become familiar
with the chief problems of China
and with the economic importance
of t the United States in her affairs
with China and Japan. He knows
the vital interests of America in
the South Pacific and in Asia.

In January of 1941, Mr. Abend
returned to this country, after
Japanese burglars had mistreated
him and ransacked his apartment
in Shanghai. Last fall, he went
back to the Far East, making a
38,000-mile trip by plane and by
ship through New Zealand, Aus-
tralia, Singapore, the Philippines,
and the Dutch East Indies.

A few years ago in Canton he
met Chiang Kai-shek. More re-
cently, he has talked with many
of the important people behind
the big events of the Pacific, in-
cluding Konoye, Matsuoka, and
Tojo.

Baby Gray Squirrel
Disrupts Meeting

An uninvited guest, in the form
of Joseph Alexander, a friendly
gray squirrel belonging to Eliza-
beth Edwards, disrupted the meet-
ing of Christian Association cab-
inet last Tuesday night. Joseph
Alexander was firmly ensconced
in his cage but broke out and in
the process of biting through the
wires of his box, injured his
mouth. Owner Edwards reports
that he is recuperating nicely.

Joseph Alexander has a very
interesting story, having been
adopted by Elizabeth when mama
and papa squirrel went to heaven.
He drinks hot milk from an eye
dropper, and seems to be growing
up in that he will now eat bread.

Student Government
To Sponsor Series

Frances Radford to Speak Tuesday,-
Skit to Continue Week of Programs

Student Government Week will open in chapel next Tues-
day, October 13, with a talk by Student Government Presi-
dent Frances Radford.

"Raddy" is to discuss primarily the development which
Student Government Association has undergone since its be-

and

Council Plans
Weekly Skates

Group Representatives
Form Recreational Body

In an effort to organize and
continue recreation for the college
community, representatives from
Athletic Association, Christian
Association, Student Government,
and Mortar Board have formed a
co-recreational council, under the
leadership and guidance of Miss
Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physi-
cal education department, and
Miss Carrie^ Scandrett, dean of
the students.

Aside from the organized sports
of the physical education depart-
ment of the college, the council is
making plans for weekly skates
in the gym, bridge parties in the
dormitories on Saturday night,
dancing lessons sponsored by the
Cotillion Club, and visits to Law-
son General Hospital, an Army
hospital outside of Atlanta.

At the present time, the repre-
sentatives from the four organiza-
tions on the council are Margaret
Downie from the Athletic Asso-
ciation; Smiley Williams, Chris-
tian Association; Mary Cumming,
Student Government; and Dot
Holloran, Mortar Board.

Already under way is the skat-
ing in the gymnasium on Satur-
days, from two to six in the after-
noon and from eight to ten in the
evening. Different organizations
will sponsor these skates each
Saturday. The students are in-
vited to come and bring their
dates. The council is arranging
for a nickelodeon to be rented by
the month, and the college has al-
ready purchased fifty pairs of
skates.

On Saturday, October 3, Mortar
Board sponsored an afternoon
skate for transfer students and
their dates.

Year's First Open Forum
To Discuss Grade System

"Is the Letter System of Grad-
ing Preferable to Agnes Scott's
Present System?" is the subject
chosen by Clara Roundtree, vice-
president of Student Government,
for the first '42-'43 open forum
which will be tomorrow morning
at the regular chapel time.

In the present system of grad-
ing at Agnes Scott exact grades
e not announced to students,
birt they are officially recorded.

A few students' opinions on this
subject will be found in the Cam-
pus Quotes column on the editor-
ial page of this issue.

ginning, and will point out the
many privileges students have
gained.

A skit, under the direction of
Joella Craig, house-president of
Inman, will be the Student Gov-
ernment program on Wednes-
day. According to Joella, it will
be humorous and will compare the
lack of student freedom in Ger-
many and other foreign countries
with our student government sys-
tem here.

Other programs in the week will
include a discussion of the honor
system by an outside speaker on
Thursday and by a group of stu-
dents on Friday.

Agnes Scott's honor system is
the special emphasis during this
series of programs which replaces
the Honor Week of previous years.

New students have an oppor-
tunity in this way to reach a full-
er understanding of Student Gov-
ernment's purpose and aims, while
old students are given a renewed
appreciation of Student Govern-
ment.

Club to Conduct Poll
Of Student Opinions

An innovation in the form of a
campus poll which is to seek out
campus opinion on topics of cur-
rent interest is being planned by
the International Relations Club.
World affairs, both foreign and
domestic, will be considered by
the poll.

It will be conducted once a
month throughout the school year
by all the members of the club.
The first question will probably
deal with the prospect of a second
front during World War II.

The Agnes Scott poll, for which
a definite name has not yet been
found, is to be modeled after the
renowned Gallup Poll. When the
results are published, the form
will be as follows: question, num-
ber of people interviewed, number
pro, number con, and number hav-
ing no opinion on that question.

The hope of the club concerning
benefit of the poll to the campus
is voiced by Eudice Tontak, secre-
tary, who says, 'T think it should
arouse interest in foreign and do-
mestic affairs, causing people to
think and read more about these."

Mr. Johnson Announces
Christmas Choir Try-outs

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, director
of the Agnes Scott glee club and
choir, has announced that stu-
dents may try out for the Christ-
mas choir in his studio in Presser
at 7:30 on Monday night, October
12.

are automatically in this year's
choir.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1942

Fashions, Ice Cream
Highlight Field Day

Senior-Soph and Junior-Frosh Teams
Clash In Pre-Stunt Hockey Game

By Mary Estill Martin

Last Tuesday A. A. entertained old and new students at the
A. A. field day on the hockey field. The sports included ping
pong, badminton, volley ball, deck tennis, novelty golf, cro-
quet, and horse shoes.

The special feature of the field day was a fashion show

Marjorie Wilson and Ceevah Ros-
enthal modeled as spectators.
Robin Taylor showed the proper
dress for tennis,
Laura dim-
ming for golf,
and C e 1 e 1 1 a
Powell for
archery. Susan
Richardson and
Sue Mitchell
wore the proper
outfits for play-
ing hockey and
basketball, re-

M. E. MARTIN

spectively.

After the style show faculty
and student teams competed in
relay races. In the first potato
relay the faculty was victorious,
but in the next the students
avenged their defeat. The three-
legged race which followed was
the source of a lot of fun and also
many spills.

To add to the fun, A. A. served
ice cream sandwiches.

Dr. McCain's presence added
excitement. He seemed to enjoy
the occasion, taking all the honors
in the sports in which he partici-
pated.

Fall Brings Hockey Sticks

With the smell of autumn in
the air and with the sound of
hockey sticks connecting with the
ball everybody realizes that the
hockey season is ready to open.
In the first game Friday at 4:00
o'clock a senior-sophomore team
will play a junior-freshman team
as a "warm up" contest anticipat-
ing the rivalry of the stunt Satur-
day night. It should be an excit-
ing game with each team support-
ed by a large, enthusiastic cheer-
ing section.

Jo Young, hockey manager, re-
ports that the frosh team has good
prospects. The freshmen have
several experienced players, while
those who are new at the game
look promising. The class of 1946
should give the old-timers some
real competition.

Saturday, Jo Young announced
the class hockey managers. Anne

Sophomore Cabinet
Plans Work For Year

The sophomore cabinet of
Christian Association held its
first meeting for this year on
Monday night, September 28, in
Main building. Harriet Daughtry,
president of the cabinet, after
leading the devotional, conducted
a business meeting to make plans
for the coming year.

The theme selected for the year
is from Ecclesiastes 12: "Remem-
ber now thy Creator in the days
of thy youth." For some meetings
outside speakers will be invited to
discuss various phases of this
theme relating to present-day
problems and to review books of
particular interest.

At the meeting on October 5,
Miss Bella Wilson, assistant to
the dean, lead a discussion on the
scripture passage from which the
theme for the year is taken.

Paisley will lead the seniors, Zena
Harris the juniors, Liz Carpenter
the sophomores, and Susan Rich-
ardson the freshmen. A. A. presi-
dent, Anne Frierson, has revealed
that Bettie Manning is the new
basketball manager, filling the
post vacated by "Trillie" Bond.

Swimming Club Plans

Announcing the fall plans for
Swimming Club, Dot Hunter said
Saturday that the club will hold
tryouts Monday, November .5,
through Friday, November 9, and
Monday, November 12, through
Friday, November 17. The try-
outs will be in the gym from 5 to
6 o'clock. The requirements in-
clude the following items:

Form: front crawl, five lengths;
back crawl, three lengths; side
stroke, two lengths; breast stroke,
two lengths.

Endurance: any stroke, 36
lengths.

Speed: any stroke, one length;
three racing dives, three racing
turns.

Life Saving: artificial respira-
tion, three surface dives, one ap-
proach and carry.

The swimming managers for
the class teams this season are
Mary Cumming for the sopho-
mores, Julia and Elizabeth Har-
vard for the juniors, and Martha
Ann Smith for the seniors. The
freshman manager will be an-
nounced later.

Two swimming meets have been
planned for the month of Novem-
ber.

Margaret Speaks
To Sing at Emory

The Student Lecture Associa-
tion of Emory University will
open its series October 16 when
Margaret Speaks, of radio fame,
will sing for the first time in At-
lanta. The concert, which is the
first program of this nature on
any of the lecture series, will be
held in Glenn Memorial auditor-
ium at 8:30 in the evening.

Rear Admiral Yates Stirling,
Jr., is to speak on "American Sea
Power in the Atlantic and Paci-
fic" on December 7, the anniver-
sary of the attack on Pearl Har-
bor.

In February, H. R. Knicker-
bocker, journalist and Pulitzer
Prize winner, will speak on the
subject, "With the U. S. Armed
Forces Around the World" and
Sir Norman Angell, former editor
of Foreigrn Affairs, will talk on
"The Problem of India."

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War Council
Plans Activities

Mrs. Sims to Discuss

Current World Topics

The Faculty-Student War Coun-
cil held its second meeting of the
year in Westlawn cottage Friday
afternoon, October 2. At that
time the council continued formu-
lating plans for the direction and
coordination of war work on the
campus.

Committees were formed at
Friday's meeting to perform the
council's various activities for the
coming year. One member of the
faculty and one student act to-
gether cooperatively on a speci-
fied activity. This year blackout
drills will be under the direction
of Mr. Christian and Marjorie
Weisman, while public instruction
will be handled by Miss Smith and
Betty Brougher. Miss Cobbs and
Flora Campbell will direct the
conservation of certain important
commodities. Miss Hutchens and
Pat Stokes will take charge of the
publicity.

At the present time the War
Council is considering arrange-
ments for blackout and daylight
drills; it is also going to provide
recreation on the campus since
transportation is curtailed. Agnes
Scott, under the guidance of the
War Council, will assume its part
in the war effort by directing vol-
untary services, raising contribu-
tions, and promoting war bond
sales.

To keep students informed

Twenty-three Girls
Make Cotillion Club

After a series of try-outs last
week the members of Cotillion
Club voted Friday afternoon to
accept for membership 23 appli-
cants from the 107 girls who tried
out.

Taking in three more than the
customary number of newcomers,
the club members broke their
precedent of choosing only four
seniors, four juniors, six sopho-
mores, and six freshmen. The sen-
iors who received invitations on
Saturday morning are Betty
Brougher, Helen Hale, Nancy
Hirsh, and Mabel Stowe, while the
juniors are Patty Barbour, Mas
and Mir House, Laurice Looper,
and Betty Wade.

From the sophomore class those
accepted are Jackie Burns, Betty
Campbell, Joyce Freeman, Bar-
bara Frink, Florence Harrison,
Kitty Kaye, Frances King, and
Jane Middlebrooks. The fresh-
men members are Mary Louise
Bealer, Jean Chuning, Harriet
Hargrove, Peggy Jones, Gloria
Ann Melchof, and Clara Rowe.

This year the club plans to do
U. S. O. work and to teach danc-
ing on the campus.

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"What No Discipline?"
Asks Harvey Young

By Mary Louise Duffee

"Well, so far none of the girls have wrestled in class or
taken their shoes off at each other . .

Those were the first words of Mr. Harvey Young when he
was asked to comment on his first experience in teaching an
all-girl class. "I find the girls good listeners," he said," and I
am certainly enjoying the experi-

ence.

Mr. Young, an import from the
Emory campus, is teaching a
three-hour course on contempor-
ary Latin America at Agnes Scott
this quarter. He seemed pleased
that the girls have presented no
discipline problem whatsoever.

When asked about his first re-
action to the idea of a class at Ag-

about world affairs is another im-
portant activity the council is un-
dertaking. In connection with
this, Mrs. Roff Sims will begin a
series of talks on current affairs
in chapel, October 21.

In addition to these various ac-
tivities the War Council is going
to assume the responsibility of
seeing that there is no unneces-
sary waste of things vital to the
war effort.

The faculty members include
Miss Carrie Scandrett, chairman;
Mr. Schuyler Christian, Miss Su-
san Cobbs, Miss Eleanor Hutchens,
and Miss Florence Smith. Nancy
Hirsh acts as chairman for the
student council composed of Bet-
ty Brougher, Flora Campbell, Pat
Stokes, and Marjorie Weisman.

Stukes to Lead Vespers
On Religious Education

Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar and
dean of the faculty, will speak at
vespers at 7:00 P. M. Sunday
night, October 11, in MacLean
auditorium. His subject will be
"The Religious Education Ad-
vance."

The Religious Education Ad-
vance, a recent nationwide move-
ment, is sponsored by forty differ-
ent denominations. Its object is
to reach all college students in the
United States during their four
years in college.

Mardia Hopper, president of
Christian Association, has an-
nounced that the time of vespers
has been changed definitely from
five-thirty to seven o'clock.

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nes Scott, he replied that his
feeling was "one of anticipation
rather than apprehension."

A native of New York, Mr.
Young graduated from Knox Col-
lege in Illinois, and received his
doctor's degree at the University
of Illinois. A woman, incidently,
was the subject of his doctor's
thesis. He wrote on a girl orator
of the Civil War period, who was
a Philadelphia Quaker abolition-
ist.

As a "Northerner," Mr. Young
is still shaking his head at some
of the southern customs, notably
the methods of dancing. The habit
of "cutting" or "tagging" is still
strange to him. Southern vegeta-
bles, such as okra and "black-
eyed" peas have aroused only in-
difference, but he likes the
strong-brewed southern coffee.

Judging from the size and inter-
est of his class, which comes at a
usually unfavored hour (3:00-
4:30 P. M.), the well-dressed
young professor need not be wor-
ried about the popularity of his
course. Members of the class have
been intent listeners since the first
lecture, when Mr. Young admitted
having passed through Chatta-
nooga on a "choo-choo" earlier
that day.

Pictures for Silhouette
To Be Taken Next Week

Ruth Lineback, editor of the
Silhouette, has announced that
pictures for the annual will be
taken October 8 and 9 and Octo-
ber 12 through 16 in the Silhouette
room in the basement of Murphey
Candler building.

Students are to sign up on the
back bulletin-board in Buttrick,
freshmen arranging for some date
after the Black Cat stunt.

White or pastel shirts or blouses
must be worn and it is best to
use little or no make-up. A robe
will be provided for the seniors.

DeKalb Theatre

October 7, 8, 9. "Take a Letter, Darling."
Fred MacMurray, Rosalind Russell.

October 10. "Young America." Jane With-
ers. Kay Kyser In "My Favorite Spy."

October 12-13. "This Above All," Tyrone
Power, Joan Fontaine.

Decatur Theatre

October 7. "The Male Animal, ' Henry
Fonda, Olivia de Havllland.

October 8-9. "Ship Ahoy," Red Skelton,
Eleanor Powell.

October 10. "No Hands on the Clock,"
Chester Morris, Jean Parker. Also "Rid-
ers of the Badland."

October 12-13. "My Gal Sal." Rita Hay-
worth, Victor Mature.

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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

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1942

Page 3

A Page From

Aggie's Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The KA House at Emory turned nursery Saturday night,
when the rooms echoed and boomed with the pandemonium
of childish glee at the KID PARTY. The little boys, wearing
short pants and big bow-ties, danced with such children as
Jean Robinson, Scotty Newell. Betty Robinson, Claire Ben-
nett, Margaret Mizell, Dot Ar-

cher, and Mary Turner. Betty
wore a red checked pinafore with
a matching bonnet, and Mary
w looked precious

in her pink
pinafore with an
enormous pink
hair ribbon.
Features of the
evening were a
"Shapely Leg"
contest, and a
milk - drinking
contest held
CAROLINE smith among the boys.
First prize for the first contest
was Censored. Ice cream and
cake were there, too.

At the DELTA TAU DELTA
house dance Friday night at Em-
ory were Mary Vaughn, Ginny
Carter, Jane Everett, Claire Pur-
cell, and Elizabeth Harvard.

Out to lunch last Sunday at
Emory were Jodele Tanner, who
dined at the Sigma Chi house;
Bess Sheppard, whom you may
have seen at the SAE house; and
Claire Bennett and Patty Barbour,
who had dinner with the ATO's.

Mary dimming and Ann High-
tower took in the University of
Georgia dances in Athens over the
week-end. I 'spect you know how
much fun it all must have been!
ask 'em.

"Pobie" Crane was at the Tech
ATO HAYRIDE last Saturday-
fun, and say, Pie Ertz, we envy
you your family's visit from Brad-
ford, Pa., this past week-end!
Isn't your brother stationed at
Americus, Ga. ?

Did you see Polly Teasely on
the campus over the week-end?
She was here for Helen Hurst's
wedding. Mickey Mann, Betty
Lynn Reagan, Emily Higgins, Ag-
nes Waters, and Marilyn Schroe-
der were present at the wedding
also.

The sophomores must have
given the frosh quite a time Sat-
urday night at the party in the
gym! Each freshman was obliged
to enter the room crawling back-
wards, "guided" by sophomores
wielding threatening hockey

Blackfriars to Enact
'Letters to Lucerne'

"Letters to Lucerne," by Fritz
Rotter, is to be the first play pro-
duced this year by Agnes Scott's
dramatic society, Blackfriars. The
date, according to Page Lancas-
ter, president, will be in the latter
part of November.

The setting is a school in Swit-
zerland at the beginning of the
present war. A story of dormitory
life, the play tells how the stu-
dents overcame their prejudice
against a German girl.

Besides working on this play,
the Blackfriars are cooperating
with the war council and plan to
present one-act plays at the serv-
ice camps around Atlanta.

They will also put on a one-act
play for the Atlanta Theatre Guild
on October 20.

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sticks. A skit was presented by
the sophomores to show the fresh-
men how "ratting" had improved
through the ages, hence inspiring
gratitude in the hearts of the
frosh for their "gentle" treat-
ment. (?) A placard contest was
held, and cider and doughnuts
served. The "juke box" provided
music for old-fashioned square
dancing.

Mortar Board gave a party for
the transfers Saturday evening.
After skating in the gym, every-
body went down to Harrison Hut
for supper. Fun!

Margie Wilson attended the
Clemson game, and lots of folks
like Midge Haddock, Laura dim-
ming, Mary Polk, Eugenia Jones
went home for the week-end.

Oh, yes! "Popesy" and Ann
Scott visited Charleston over the
week-end! Some people are just
lucky, that's all! . . .

News Staff Try-outs
To Be October 14-21

Try-outs for the AGNES
SCOTT NEWS editorial staff
will be held during the week
of October 14-21. Girls who are
interested must sign on the no-
tice on the back bulletin board
in Buttrick by October 14.
Those desiring to write feature
stories should signify this; they
will be asked to write both fea-
ture and news articles.

All students are eligible ex-
cept those classified as fresh-
men. In the spring further try-
outs will be conducted for the
class of '46.

President's Council
Plans Stamp Sale

On Monday afternoon, October
5, Presidents' Council, presided
over by Betty Bates, student re-
corder, met to discuss plans for
a campus war stamp campaign to
be sponsored by various campus
clubs at designated times.

The following organizations will
have charge of the sale of stamps
and bonds for the dates named:

October 15-November 15: Stu-
dent Government, Granddaugh-
ters', Chi Beta Phi, Eta Sigma
Phi.

November 15-December 15: C.
A., A. S. News, Bible.

January 6-February 1: A. A.,
Poetry, French, Pi Alpha Phi.

February 1-March 1: Mortar
Board, Silhouette, May Day, Pen
and Brush, War Council.

March 1- April 15: Lecture As-
sociation, B. O. Z., Glee Club,
Aurora.

April 15-May 15: Cotillion, In-
ternational Relations, Blackfriars.

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Hodgson Gives
Tentative List
Of Musicales

On Monday, October 5, at 8:30
in the MacLean Chapel of Presser
Hall, the music appreciation hour
presented Mr. Hugh Hodgson in a
piano recital which began this
year's series of musical programs
which will take place every two
weeks.

The tentative programs of the
year were announced by Mr.
Hodgson. They are as follows: Oc-
tober 19, performance of "In a
Persian Garden" by Mrs. Walter
B. Spivey; November 2, a voice
and piano recital; November 16,
a program by the string ensem-
ble; December 7, Protestant
church music; and December 13, a
Christmas program.

After Christmas the series of
musical programs will continue
with an ensemble of cello and
piano on January 18; Georgian
music (Catholic church music) on
February 1; a two piano recital
on February 15; ballads and
Shakespearian songs, March 1;
and Reformation music on March
15.

In the spring the music appre-
ciation hour will present a Gilbert
and Sullivan operetta on April 2;
a program of chamber music on
April 5; a two piano program on
April 19; modern music, May 3;
and on May 17, the last program
of the year, an Oratorio program.

Atlantic Charter Is
Debate Subject

Pi Alpha Phi will meet in Mur-
phey Candler tomorrow night at
7:30. The question for debate is
"Resolved: That a federation of
nations should be formed uphold-
ing the principles of the Atlantic
Charter." Kathie Hill and Martha
Arnold will uphold the affirma-
tive, while Suzy Watkins and
Dottie Kahn will speak for the
negative. The college community
is invited.

At the meeting held on Septem-
ber 24, new officers were elected.
Cathy Steinbach is president;
Martha Rhodes, vice-president;
Martha Jean Gower, secretary;
Quincy Mills, treasurer; Liz Car-
penter, social chairman; Suzy
Watkins, parliamentarian.

"Resolved: That India should
declare complete independence
immediately" was the topic de-
bated. The affirmative side,
Cathy Steinbach and Martha Jean
Gower, was victorious over the
negative, Martha Rhodes and
Mary Alice Hunter.

This year, the debates are to
be conducted in tournament style,
and the names of the final win-
ners will be engraved on a plaque
which is to be placed in Murphey
Candler building.

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October 8

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"THE PRIDE OF THE
YANKEES"

Samuel Goldwyn's Great Drama of the
Life of An American Hero

B. CAMPBELL SNEAKS IN,
BUT CAUGHT SNACKING

By Kathie Hill

You know, one of the nicest things about writing this col-
umn is the fact that no matter what the content of the column
or no matter how bad the form no one can give me a "D" for
general appearance or a "C" for saying something that has
no connection whatsoever with the "topic sentence." I can
say almost anything and although

KATHRYN HILL

say "hey" to
and I know
this is neither
place to say it,

no one speaks to me for days after
the column appears in the paper,
I at least don't
spend sleepless
nights and fear-
ful days won-
dering what my
grades will be. I
am now going
to take advan-
tage of this
privilege of free
speech. I want
so much to
the freshmen,
very well that
the time nor the
for three weeks
has passed since school opened,
and this column is supposed to
just relate the funny little inci-
dents that happen during the
week. But since this is the first
real issue of the paper, I say for
myself and the rest of the staff,
welcome, Inmanites, to Agnes
Scott!! You are now an integral
part of the campus life what
with the stunt and all. It is so
nice to have you spinning out your
college days along with the rest
of us. Good luck!!

Fine Thanks, How Are You?

Mildred McCain is already be-
ginning to demonstrate the gen-
iality that seems to run in her
family. The roll was being called
in speech class; when Miss Winter
called Mildred's name, she looked
up, smiled sweetly, and said,
"Hello."

Dotty Kahn was a little mixed
up, too, the other day. She waited
for the dining room doors to open
for quite a while after her last
class before she realized it was
just twelve o'clock.

And poor Betty Campbell ... I
don't know the exact wording but
someone (I think it was Shakes-
peare) said that troubles come not
singly but in pairs. And Betty
might well have quoted this in
hygiene class last week. It seems
that Betty was late to class along
with several others who managed,
however, to arrive in time to hear

Dr. Jones' stern reprimand to
those who were tardy. Betty was
not so fortunate and creaked open
the door just as class was start-
ing. Dr. Jones was very nice and
didn't say anything. In a few min-
utes an emergency call came and
the doctor had to leave. She came
back shortly and resumed lessons
by calling on Miss B. Campbell
who, at that very moment, was
coming in at the door and was
vainly trying to slip back to her
seat undetected. She had been to
the book-store for a snack. The
last time I saw the two, they were
rounding the corner of the gym
Dr. Jones walking fast with a
peculiar expression on her face,
and Betty Campbell running after
her trying to explain.

The Mail Animal

We have been having animal
trouble, here on the campus. Mar-
gie Wilson tripped and fell in the
mail-room the other day. Tripped
on a poor little innocent dog-by-
stander and then fell on him! It
was the little black dog who has
lately inhabited the sofas and easy
chairs of Inman and Rebekah
Scott. He told me later that he
didn't mind Margie's falling on
him; it was just the surprise that
made him nervous.

And one of the freshmen (I
can't find out who) heard a noise
the other night and got up to in-
vestigate. She stepped out of her
room and there in the hall were
two little green headlights with
a "meow" behind them. She near-
ly collapsed on the floor until she
realized that it is a cat that makes
a noise like a cat.

Maybe this incident is what in-
spired Miss Hunter to leave a
note to the last girl on the night
switchboard, saying "Please wind
the switchboard clock after you
put the cat out."

P. S. Aurie Montgomery has
started the annual epidemic of
appendicitis. Now Aurie, don't
forget to tell the young hopefuls,
on your return, what this year's
crop of interns looks like.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1942

Newspaper Slogan for Year
Is 'All Out for Victory

Tomorrow is the last day of National
Newspaper Week, which has been cele-
brated by both big and little papers
throughout the country. College newspa-
pers, too, have taken part in this week of
special emphasis on the newspaper and
its reasons for existing its contributions
to life in a free country.

Last year it was rumored that school
newspapers would be requested by the
government to cease publication, due to
the supposed paper shortage and to the
government's need of all available print-
ing facilities.

College journalists were encouraged to
believe, however, that the government
recognized the potential value of college
newspapers and would not discontinue
them until it was forced to.

All college staffs will be eager to stop
publishing their papers if it is going to
help in any way to win the war. But until
then, college newspapers are determined
to continue regular publication and prove
that college journalism can be valuable
not only in disseminating news but also
in promoting war bond and stamp sales
and contributing in every possible way to
the war effort.

In this respect the Agnes Scott News
heartily joins in the celebration of Na-
tional News Week and accepts as its slogan
for the year the slogan adopted by the
National Newspaper Association "The'
Newspapers Go All Out for Victory. "

Silence is golden especially in chapel,
in the library, and in the dorm at night.

Stop, Look, and Think!
Then Let's Improve

On your way into chapel tomorrow
morning, stop to think for a moment be-
fore dropping your books on the floor and
rushing into the auditorium.

If you are one of the first to arrive, try
to visualize the cluttered heaps of books
that would surround the doors and block
the passage-way if all 500 of us threw
down our books outside chapel as you are
about to do.

If you are one of the late arrivals, how-
ever, you won't need to visualize the rest
of us will already have discarded our
books in disorderly stacks by the door. It
won't be necessary for you to imagine
anything, for you will not only see a maze
of books, you will have to tread your way
through it in order to reach the entrance.

We all know how inconvenient it is to
take books into chapel so we are not sug-
gesting that as a remedy. Instead, we are
suggesting that we all put our books in
the long music room which is the second
door on the left as we enter Presser Hall
coming from Buttrick.

Inside there are tables and chairs on
which we may put our books so that we
will have neither the inconvenience of
books inside chapel nor the unsightliness
of having them left outside.

Let's all cooperate starting tomorrow
to improve the appearance of Presser
Hall at chapel time.

Sophs and frosh at this point are obvi-
ously "cat-conscious," while (according to
circumstantial evidence) the rest of us are
just more or less unconscious.

*\% OHVt BEING PATRIOTIC IF WE DON'T CO TO THE PRO*-,
I CAN SPEND MY MONEY IN SAVINGS STAMPS'

Betty Pegram Gathers Campus Quotes on

A, B, Cs vs. Merit, Pass, Fail

Open forum in chapel tomorrow is to be a free discussion
as to whether the students would prefer the present method
of grading with merit, pass, and fail, or the letter system.
Here are the opinions of a few students on this subject.
Mary Florence McKee, '44

"Certainly
whether we

we should know
make 'A,' , 'B,' or
'C What's the
sense of the
mystery ? An
'A' and a 'C
are too far
apart to be
grouped under
one heading. If
we must have
this vagueness,
why not group

BETTY PEGRAM ^ and 3. un _

der one label and let *C stand
alone?"

Martha Ann Smith, '43:

"I really like the present sys-
tem. It seems to me we should
study for what good it will do us
and not in order to have straight
f AV on our report cards."

Ann Equen, '45:

"If we actually know what our
grades are, we will work much
harder to bring them up. Whereas,
now we are satisfied with a scant
merit."

Elaine Kuniansky, '45:

"I think everyone likes the
present system, because it satis-
fies their ego. It makes me feel
pretty good to receive a merit, but
I know that I would feel quite
bad if I knew the horrible truth."

Ellen Arnold, '44:

"Grading according to 'A,' *B,'
'C T>,' etc., is much harder on
the teacher because she has to
discriminate more closely. Yet, it
works for the good of the student,

for it helps her to know exactly
where she stands."

Betty Bowman, '44:

"I like the present system
rather than the letter system. The
latter is much more discouraging,
especially to freshmen who have
been accustomed to making such
high grades in high school."

Anne Frierson, '43:

"I think that if people are grad-
ed by 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' etc., they have
a tendency to work for grades and
not to learn."

Ann Flowers, '43:

"I believe that 'A,' 'B,' and 4 C
grades will definitely give one a
better knowledge of exactly where
she stands a little more effort
will mean one can go above the
border line rather than below. It
seems to me 'A,' 'B,' and 'C will
be more of an incentive than
merit, pass, or flunk."

Eugenia Jones, '45:

"I would prefer to keep our
present system of marking. Let
the emphasis be put on what you
learn and not on the grade you
get."

Susan Guthrie, '43:

"I feel sure that a system of
grading by letters would cause
students to work harder because
the general run of students are
more interested in getting good
grades than in learning what they
have to know to get the grades.
Working for grades, of course, is
bad, but it is better than not work-
ing at all."

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVIII

Wednesday. October 7, 1942

No. 2

Published weekly, except during holidays and examination periods, by the students
of Agnes Scott Collece. 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.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Kdltor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

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ROOSEVELT MAKES
SECRET WAR TOUR

By Tess Carlos

Silent Journey

President Roosevelt recently toured the coun-
try in a wide sweep, inspecting factories turning
out tanks and planes, and conferring with im-
portant industrial leaders on plans for doubling
American production; and for twenty-four days,
accounts of his cross-country journey were kept
out of a free American press restricted by war-
time censorship.

Mr. Roosevelt returned satisfied with the war
spirit of the people, busy with a "scrap-out"
drive. In a solemn press conference he attacked
Congress for meddling in technical questions and
cautioned against radio, newspapers, and gov-
ernmental commentators who play up minor de-
tails of the war effort.

Congre/ss, already aggravated by the Presi-
dent's order to stop inflation through legisla-
tion, replied by questioning the political inten-
tions behind the tour. The press complained of
not having been allowed to go along.

Better Late Than Never

Congress has aroused the country with its
wavering behavior in dealing with the problem
of inflation. Stampeded by a farm block intent
on increasing parity (thus compelling a tremen-
dous rise in food prices), congressional leaders
managed to pull out of the confusion an admin-
istrative compromise. On October 2, a day later
than the presidential deadline, the bill was pre-
sented to Mr. Roosevelt, who by signing it as-
sured himself of wide powers in stabilizing
prices, wages, and salaries by November 1.

From Ocean to Ocean

Nationwide gasoline rationing by November
22 has been ordered by the new rubber director,
William M. Jeffers, in an effort to cut down
civilian consumption of rubber. A thirty-five
mile speed limit to be enforced immediately by
local authorities and governmental inspection of
tires every sixty days are other features of this
much-needed program.

West to Chungking

Wendel Willkie stepped from a dusty plane in
Chungking Friday after a dangerous flight
across Russia and the deserts of Sinkiang. In
Moscow the startling (to tight-lipped militar-
ists) Mr. Willkie, impressed with the great needs
of the fighting Russians, had asked for an imme-
diate opening of the promised second front.
Whatever his reaction may be to the capital of
the Chinese, there is this certainty: as presi-
dential emissary he has convinced the other peo-
ples of the United Nations of American sincerity
and bungling leadership.

"Stand Firm"

Stalingrad, the invincible, still stands its
streets battered by incessant Nazi bombings, its
homes swarming with determined Red troops
and enraged workers. The Russians encouraged
by JosepH Stalin's determined motto, "Stand
firm!" by Willkie's talks with its leaders, and by
a new allied convoy that has reached Murmansk
from the United States are still holding the
streets of this Volga city while Marshal Timo-
shenko desperately strives to cut into the Ger-
man flank and thus relieve the tightening pres-
sure.

Co-recreational Council Merits
rraise and Thanks of All

Thanks are certainly due to the admin-
istration for providing skates and to the
newly formed Co-recreational Council for
arranging Saturday afternoon and night
skating.

During the past week many people have
used the skates each afternoon and have
already demonstrated that skating is to be
the popular diversion this year.

The Mortar Board party for transfer
students has shown also that this form of
entertainment will be popular with dates
as well as with girls on the campus.

Since people who live in glass houses
mustn't throw stones it seems necessary
to skip over the benefits deriving from
"early to bed . .

The A gnes Scott News

vol. xxvm.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942

NO. 3

LET'S PUT WAR STAMPS FIRST ON THE LIST!

EVERY student at least one stamp EV-
ERY week. Let's make this our goal in
the war stamp drive which opens tomor-
row.

Every organization on the campus is
backing our special sale of war stamps and
we feel that the campaign cannot fail to
be overwhelmingly successful when it has
thus the active support of every student
on the campus.

Stamps will be sold at convenient times
and places every day. Everything possible
will be done to make it easy for us to buy
war stamps and to remind us constantly

of the need for buying them.

But we must each individually join in
the spirit of this new campus project if it
is to be entirely successful. We must not
try to kid ourselves into believing that the
small allowance of a college student can-
not be stretched to include the regular
purchase of war stamps.

We must put war stamps at the head of
our list of necessities and buy them BE-
FORE our nickels can slip away on Coca-
Colas and cheese crackers.

Victory comes first! Buy war stamps
regularly.

Sophomores Catch
Black Cat Again

Poodopio / cried, "Where is Vi-
garo?" and Alice asked, "Where
is the Black Cat?"

Saturday night in the gym they
found out where their precious
cat was. The sophs had it again.
Yes "with no malice toward
Alice" the class of '45 presented
"Canterbury Tales" and won the
cat again.

The surprise of the evening was
the sophomore's revelation that
the Black Cat was a mamma. As
the climax of their stunt, the
sophs presented the president of
each class with one of the famous
feline's offspring.

The frosh's stunt, "Poodopio"
revealed that they had learned
much about Agnes Scott, it's fac-
ulty, and it's "hand-picked girls."
The enthusiastic A. A. puppets
almost stole the show!

Coming This Week

Thursday, Oct. 15 W a r
stamp campaign begins.

Thursday, Oct. 15 Mrs. Bois-
feuillet Jones to speak in
chapel.

Friday, Oct. 16 Students to
discuss honor system in
chapel.

Friday, Oct. 16, 8 p. m. Hal-
lowe'en party in gym.

Sunday, Oct. 18, 7 p. m. Pan-
el discussion by a deputa-
tion of Davidson students in
McLean chapel.

Monday, Oct. 19, 8 p. m.
Musicale in Gaines chapel.

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p. m.
Try-outs for Pi Alpha Phi
in Murphey Candler build-
ing.

Wednesday, Oct. 21 Mrs.
Sims to speak in chapel on
current events.

STUDENTS ARGUE HOTLY
AS DEBATE MATURES

The subject of popular debate during the past week has
been "Should we change from the merit-pass system of grad-
ing to the ABC system?" The question was discussed both
pro and con at the first open forum of the year conducted by
Student Government in Gaines chapel at 10:30 a. m., Thurs-
day morning, October 1.

The idea of a change has been
brought up by the faculty for dis-
cussion, but, according to Frances
Radford, president of Student
Government, the faculty has ex-
pressed no definite opinion so far.

Clara Rountree, vice-president
of Student Government, started
the verbal ball of discussion roll-
ing by calling on Ruth Kolthoff to
express her ideas as to why a
change should be made. Quoting
from the applied psychology
book used at Agnes Scott, she
said, "Almost all of the experi-
ments that have been done on the
effects of knowledge of results of
performance show that learning
proceeds faster when the student
knows the exact score than when
there is no knowledge or only par-
tial knowledge."

Anne Frierson was then called
upon to make her statement for
the other side. She suggested
that, since one argument of the
opposing side had been that peo-
ple do not know where they stand,
the registrar's office call students
who continually make C's and in-

form them of their standings.
Anne opposed the ABC system on
the ground that "Girls will have
a tendency to work for grades . . .
to develop a warped personality."

Dot Holloran, Zena Harris, and
Mary Estill Martin rose to support
the merit system, while Pat Pat-
terson and Julia Moody took the
floor for the opposite view.

At this point, a vote was taken
to see on which side the majority
stood. It was found that the ma-
jority favored the merit system,
and a motion was made and car-
ried that a petition to that effect
be sent to the faculty.

A second motion was made but
has not yet been carried that the
vice-president of Student Govern-
ment appoint a committee to draw
up the petition. An amendment
to this motion to the effect that
the petition include a statement
about the strength of the minority
favoring the ABC system was de-
feated.

Time compelled adjournment of
the meeting which is to be con-
tinued in chapel on Thursday, Oc-
tober 15.

Mrs. Dunstan
Translates
Mexican Book

Mrs. Florene Johnson Dunstan,
of the Spanish department of Ag-
nes Scott College, in collaboration
with Miss Gusta Barfield Nance,
of the department of comparative
literature of Southern Methodist
University of Dallas, Texas, will
soon publish a. translation of A
History of Mexican Literature, by
Carlos Gonzalez Pena, of the Mex-
ican Academy.

This book, the first history of
the literature of any one Spanish-
American country to be translated
into English, is to be printed by
the University Press of Southern
Methodist University, and will
come out about the first of the
year.

The publication is under the
sponsorship of the Nelson Rocke-
feller office for Coordination of
Inter-American Affairs.

Mrs. Dunstan holds a Master of
Arts degree from Southern Meth-
odist University and a Doctor of
Philosophy degree from the Uni-
versity of Texas. In 1932, while
attending the summer session at
the University of Mexico, she lived
in a Mexican home, in order to
gain fluency in the use of the
Spanish language. While there
she met Mr. Pena, author of the
book, who is now editor of El Uni-
versal, a daily newspaper of Mex-
ico City.

Both Mrs. Dunstan and her hus-
band, who was reared in Brazil,
are extremely interested in the
languages and people of South
America.

Mrs. Sims to Talk

In Chapel Wed nesday

9

Dealing with topics of current
interest, Mrs. Roff Sims, of the
Agnes Scott history department,
will review the present world sit-
uation in chapel Wednesday, Octo-
ber 21.

Mrs. Sims, whose lectures were
extremely popular last term, be-
gins a series of talks on recent af-
fairs which will continue through-
out the year. The War Council is
sponsoring these talks in order to
bring to the student body a better
understanding of the forces behind
the present conflict.

Party to introduce
Stamp, Bond Sale

Four Leading Campus Organizations
To Sponsor Campaign This Month

A Hallowe'en party in the Bucher Scott gymnasium Fri-
day night, October 16, from 8:00 until 11:00, will be the open-
ing event in the campus bond and stamp drive.

Autumn leaves and corn stalks will form the decorations
for the huge room, where guests will square dance, bob for
apples, roller skate, and compete

in corn-husking contests. War
stamps will be sold for use as ad-
mission fee to the party as well
as to individual games and con-
tests. Doughnuts and cider may
be purchased also with the stamps.

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn will
call the figures for the square
dance. Special performer will be
Joella Craig.

Outsiders Invited

Students are asked to wear
tacky clothes and to bring dates
and as many outsiders as possi-
ble.

The purpose of the entertain-
ment is to introduce the stamp
sale, which War Council is spon-
soring and which various groups
will conduct for monthly periods.
From October 15 to November 15,
four campus societies are respon-
sible. Marjorie Weismann, rep-
resenting Student Government,
Nancy Greene, of Granddaugh-
ters' Club, Elizabeth Hartsfield,

Alumna to Talk
About Honor

Discussion to Give
Students 7 Viewpoints

Mrs. Boisfeuillet Jones, the for-
mer Miss Laura Coit, is to speak
in chapel tomorrow, pointing out
the part that the honor system
plays in after-college life. This
program and a discussion of the
honor system by five students in
chapel Friday will conclude Stu-
dent Government Week.

Mrs. Jones is well qualified to
speak on the honor system and its
influence on life after college,
since she was herself an Agnes
Scott student, graduating in 1938,
and was president of Student Gov-
ernment during her senior year.

Five students will take part in
chapel Friday in a discussion of
the honor system from the varied
points of view of different groups
on the campus. Mabel Stowe and
Cathy Steinbach will show how
seniors and juniors feel about the
honor system, while Jeanne Rob-
inson will give the opinion of a
sophomore transfer. Marguerite
Watson and Sally Sue Stephenson
will represent the freshmen board-
ers and day students respectively.

Frances Radford opened Stu-
dent Government Week last Tues-
day with a talk on the foundations
of Student Government and its
development since its beginning in
1906.

A skit comparing Agnes Scott's
Student Government with the lack
of student freedom in many for-
eign countries was the second pro-
gram of the week, presented in
chapel yesterday.

of Chi Beta Phi, and Susan Guth-
rie, of Eta Sigma Phi, will be in
charge.

Night and Day Drives

Beginning tomorrow, members
of these clubs will sell stamps
nightly in each dormitory and
cottage, and daily after chapel in
the court between Presser and
Buttrick as well as in the lobby
of Buttrick. Stamps will also
be on sale in the tea house dur-
ing the lunch hour.

No definite goal has been set
for the drive, but the spirit of
competition among rival organi-
zations is expected to make the
sales a success throughout the
year.

Song Cycle to^Be
Topic of Musicale

A performance of the song cy-
cle, "In a Persian Garden," will
be presented in Gaines chapel at
Agnes Scott on Monday evening,
October 19, at 8:00 o'clock, under
the sponsorship of the University
Center.

This song cycle, by Liza Leh-
mann, is based on the text of the
Rubyiat of Otnar Khayyam and is
written for four solo voices and a
piano.

Mrs. William R. Elsas will read
the text of the poem and also will
make explanatory remarks about
the program. The entertainment
will be under the direction of Mrs.
Walter B. Spivey, organist of the
North Avenue Presbyterian
Church.

Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. Tomlin-
son, Mr. Panter, and Mr. Herbert,
of the North Avenue choir, will
take the solo parts.

Silhouette Takes Honor
In Nationwide Survey

The Silhouette for 1942 has re-
eived a First Class Rating in
comparison with other yearbooks
of its size, placing among the top
nine books from colleges with less
than five hundred students. The
award was announced this week
as the result of a nationwide sur-
vey conducted by the National
Scholastic Press Association, in
which more than eight hundred
publications were judged.

For the past four years, the
Silhouette has merited an All
American Honor Rating, the
highest rank a yearbook may at-
tain.

Julia Ann Patch, of Decatur,
Georgia, was editor of 1942 issue,
while Mary Robertson, of Charles-
ton, South Carolina, was business
manager.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942

Junior-Frosh Team
Wins Pre-Stunt Clash

Freshmen Players Look Promising
In Closely Contested Opening Game

By Mary Estill Martin

The hockey game which will probably prove to have been
the most exciting of the season was played Friday, October
9, between mixed sophomore-senior and freshman-junior
teams. High spirit was shown throughout the entire game by
players and spectators alike.

M. E. MARTIN

This year's freshman class has
several outstanding players. Scot-
tie Johnson,
Susan Richard-
son, and Hard-
ing R a g 1 a n d
showed up ex-
ceptionally well.

The teams
were evenly
matched. Time
after time the
play was sent
from one end of
the field to the other. Good stick
technique was displayed by both
teams.

Flicks and Scoops

Flicks, scoops, and push passes
were executed beautifully by for-
wards Scottie Johnson, Jo Young,
and Susan Richardson. Backs
Zena Harris, Billy Walker, Ruth
Farrior proved to be formidable
threats to the sophomore-senior
offense while Raddy Radford and
Mardia Hopper, of the sophomore-
senior combination, cut down the
freshman-junior scores greatly.

After a period in which the
score remained 3 to 3, a freshman-
junior drive was made and re-
sulted in a goal. This gave the
freshman-junior team a lead of
4 to 3. Scottie Johnson scored
three goals, while Virginia Tuggle
pushed in the fourth. Senior Jean
Moore and sophomore Mary Cum-
ming each made one goal.

By an accident, freshman Mary
Reynolds scored a point for her
rival team.

The line ups were:
Senior-soph (3) Frosh- junior ( t )

Downie

R.W.

Lasseter

Holloran

R.I.

Johnson(3)

Cumming(l)

C.

G. Hill

Monroe

L.I.

Richardson

Young

L.W.

Tuggle(l)

Equen

R.H.

Farrior

Radford

C.H.

Walker

Carpenter

L.H.

Douglas

Hopper

R.F.

Allison

Webb

L. F.

Harris

Everett

G.

Walker

Substitutions:
Senior - sophomore

Moore,

Bates, Frierson. Paisley and Mi-
lam.

Freshman - junior Bedinger,
Reynolds, Rhodes, and Dozier.

Hidden Holes

Gwen Hill and Dottie Kahn tied
for first prize Thursday afternoon

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NOW PLAYING

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in

"THE PRIDE OF THE
YANKEES"

Samuel Goldwyn's Great Drama of the
Life of An American Hero

at the semi-weekly meeting of the
golf club. The match was played
at the Piedmont Park golf course.

Although Gwen had the low
score, 47, the decision was made
by a method of "hidden holes." By
lots two from the nine holes were
selected for which the score was
counted to determine the winners.

Throughout the season, the club
winners will receive war stamps
as prizes. Ensuing games will be
played at various Atlanta and
suburban courses.

Hike on Saturday

Mary Jane Auld, president of
Outing Club, announced recently
that on Saturday, October 17, the
club will take a cross-country
hike from 3:00 to 6:00 o'clock. All
who like to hike are invited to at-
tend.

Annual Bacon Bat
To Hono* Faculty

On Saturday night, October 17,
at 6:15, part of the faculty of Ag-
nes Scott College will honor the
new members at the annual bacon
bat at Harrison Hut. Following
tradition, the second year mem-
bers of the staff will entertain the
faculty, having the new teachers
as honor guests.

Hostesses are to be Miss Ann
Vann, mathematics instructor;
Miss Eugenia Symms, secretary in
the registrar's office; Miss Clara
Morrison, English instructor; Miss
Susan Cobbs, assistant Latin and
Greek professor; Mrs. Florence
Dunstan, Spanish instructor; Miss
Louise Will, assistant dietitian;
and Miss Carolyn Hewitt, nurse.

Those to be honored are Miss
Lucy Cline, Miss Carolyn Black,
and Miss Emily Philips, librarians;
Miss Jewel Blount, nurse; Mrs.
Fred Bacon, assistant superinten-
dent of dormitories; Mrs. L. H.
Hunt, dining room hostess; Miss
Alta Webster, gym instructor;
Miss Jane Stillwell, biology in-
structor; Miss Ann Gellerstedt,
English instructor; and Dr. James
Harvey Young, history professor.

The attractive invitations, re-
ceived by all of the faculty, were
on orange paper with the word
"Bacon" over the picture of a tiny
bat.

Students Form
Salvage Group
For Metal Cans

Tin cans have become an im-
portant item now in the scrap
metal salvage campaign, according
to Mr. L. W. Morris, chairman of
the salvage committee for De-
Kalb County.

Flora Campbell, student chair-
man of the conservation commit-
tee of the Agnes Scott War Coun-
cil, will appoint two girls each
week to have charge of collecting
the tin cans at both dining rooms,
from which Miss Jessie Harriss,
the dietitian, estimates there are
sometimes as many as 60 cans
thrown away in one day. These
girls will each select eleven others
to help them.

This week Pat Stokes will col-
lect the cans from the White
House dining room. Her helpers
will be Grace Love, Lucy Turner,
Helen Armitage, Margaret Scott,
Mary Helen Hurt, Mac MacCall,
Teddy Bear, Margaret Mizell,
Lura Johnston, Mary Cargill, Har-
riet Goldstein, and Celetta Powell.

Smiley Williams, with her help-
ers, Betty Sullivan, Kathie Hill,
Margaret Downie, Dot Holloran,
Pat Patterson, Jessie Newbold,
Ann Webb, Anne Wilds, Margie
Tippins, Ann Wright, Mardia Hop-
per, and Page Lancaster, will take
those from the Rebecca Scott din-
ing room.

The girls will first remove the
paper and glue, cut out tops and
bottoms and then flatten the
cans with the tops and bot-
toms inside in preparation for
processing. The scrap metal is to
be put in the basement of Mur-
phey Candler building until there
is enough to be collected by the
DeKalb County salvage commit-
tee.

Special Chorus to Sing
At Lawson Hospital

Agnes Scott glee club's special
chorus will begin its war work to-
night at 8:00 p. m. by singing at
the Lawson General Hospital, ap-
pearing first in the auditorium
and then in the individual wards.

Among the selections will be
"My Curly Headed Baby," "Sweet-
hearts," "Will You Remember?",
"The Indian Love Call," "The
Italian Street Song," "Only a
Rose," "Supposing," and "Why."

The participants will be Jeanne
Newton, Mable Stowe, Nancy
Moses, Dot Hopkins, Betty Mann-
ing, Smiley Williams, and Laura
Cummings.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

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

Patriotic Steam Whistle
Heeds Call To Colors

By Margaret Drummond

That great-granddaddy of all jokes, "Tweet! Tweet. I'm
a steam whistle/' is coming into vogue once more. Months
ago radio audiences howled with laughter and delight over
this purely nonsensical remark.

Today, however, the merry "Tweet! Tweet!" no longer

brings joy and joviality into the
lives of Decatur's more compla-
cent populace. It's a sad, sad case
of "too much of a good thing."

The shrill and vibrant shrieks of
Agnes Scott's laundry whistle
Tuesday afternoon and night
quickly aroused the peace-loving
residents hereabouts (in spite of
the pleas of the officials to con-
serve phone calls) dashed franti-
cally to their respective telephones,
and indignantly to complain of the
Agnes Scott students' rather per-
verted sense of humor. Of all the
times for capricious girls to play
practical jokes, they raged. May
those misguided citizens, guilty of
such thoughts and actions, hang
their heads in mortal shame!

Ma rgaret Speaks
To Sing at Emory

Margaret Speaks, one of Amer-
ica's most popular singers, will
open the Emory Lecture series
on Friday, October 16, at 8:30
p. m., in Glenn Memorial audi-
torium. This will be Miss Speaks'
first recital in the Atlanta area.

Agnes Scott students may pur-
chase a season ticket for the
series for $1.25 in the bookstore.
Single tickets for each of the five
lectures can be purchased for $.75.
Any holder of a special season
ticket who brings a friend along,
may purchase at the door of the
auditorium a "date ticket" at
fifty cents.

Publisher Accepts
New Song Written
By Mr. Dieckmann

Mr. Christian W. Dieckmann,
professor of music at Agnes Scott,
has recently had another anthem
accepted by a publisher. He has
put in anthem form the old hymn
for children, "Saviour Like a
Shepherd Lead Us," featuring a
soprano solo.

Half expecting his composition
to be rejected because of the war,
the organist was hesitant to sub-
mit the song to a publishing com-
pany. However, in less than a
month, "The first publisher to
whom I sent it accepted it,"
proudly said Mr. Dieckmann. "It
was quite a surprise!"

At this time, there are at pub-
lishing houses six more of his an-
thems, accepted but not yet on
the market.

Mr. Dieckmann has seventeen
compositions which publishers
have approved, including organ
compositions, vocal solos, and an-
thems.

Siren Drafted

The truth of the matter is that,
since the fire siren is soon to be
taken over by the Office of Civil-
ian Defense for their exclusive
use as an air raid signal, the De-
catur fire department is consider-
ing using the steam whistle at the
Agnes Scott laundry plant as a
fire alarm, to be used in summon-
ing their volunteer firemen to the
station.

Chief J. D. Peek, of the city fire
department, confesses that he
alone was responsible for the con-
fusion Tuesday. He was testing
the whistle at the laundry plant,
attempting to decide whether or
not the whistle, of all things, is
loud enough.

For Your Needs
Come to

MCCONNELL'S

5c and 10c

147 Sycamore Street
112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Subtraction for Attraction

in a

Jantzen Parity Girdle

On goes a Jantzen, off go inches! All
similarity between you and a glamour gal
is purely intentional! Jantzen does won-
ders for a curve in 4Vz oz. of net "Las-
tex" and satin. Page 7 of October MLLE.
shows what we mean ! Only 5.50 at Rich's.

RICH'S CORSET SALON
THIRD FLOOR

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942

Page 3

ell, Alice Gordon, and Louise
Gardner just overran the place,
but such old

hands as
Sheppard,
ty Jane
cock, and

Bess
Bet-
Han-
Jean

A Page From

Aggie s Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Did you help things happen over the week-end? From the
looks of the Date Book, Aggie did a lot of business!

To begin with did you notice the way the freshmen took
over the DELTA TAU DELTA affair at Emory Friday night?
Dot DeVane, Mary Elizabeth Varn, Ruth Ruyer, Mary Louise
Starr, Lucy Turner, Celetta Pow-

visitors on campus over the week-
end. Ruth Young, of Greenville,
S. C, visited Eugenia Jones; Mar-
garet Cochran, also of Greenville,
visited her sister, Mary Anne;
Sarah O'Neal, of Greenville, Ga.,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Pat Stokes, and Leila Holmes, Dot
Cabaniss, and B. A. Brooks were
seen around. Wasn't it swell to
see them?!

Speaking of visitors Agnes
Scott will welcome an old friend
next week-end, when Miss Lillian
Smith, former professor of Latin
at Agnes Scott, comes to visit her
friends in Decatur. Miss Smith is
on her way from Florida, where
she has been living with her niece,
to New York. Many of us feel that
we already know Miss Smith, but
we are looking forward to really
meeting her.

The TECH - CHATTANOOGA
game drew quite a crowd from out
our way. Nancy Moses, Eugenia
Jones, Margie Wilson, Dot Nash,
Anne Hightower, Gilmore Noble,
Ruth Setel, and Nancy Thomison
were among the spectators. Nan-
cy Moses looked stunning in a
brown tweed suit with brown ac-
cessories, and Nancy Thomison's
kelly green dress was Good Look-
ing! Did you see Wilson in that
soft-red suit with dark brown hat,
gloves, etc. ? Strictly on the right
side, hmm?

White were
along to lend
"dignity" to the
occasion. After
a picnic at
Paradise ( ! ) ,
Caroline smith there was a
house dance.

The COLUMBIA SEMINARY
FRESHMAN PARTY Friday
night really went over big! The
theme for the evening was "Ba-
bies," and the toastmaster's wel-
coming speech began the fun.
First the "Babies" (14 new semi-
nary students) were named
"Chubby Cherub" being a typical
moniker.

The girls present wore evening
dresses and, say, did you happen
to see Pat Patterson in that white
dress of hers? She looked won-
derful, and Anne Paisley's laven-
der satin gown was something to
blink about also! Joella Craig,
Maude Van Dyke, Jo Young, Julia
Slack, Martha Jane Mack, Helen
Smith, Kitten Philips, Page Lan-
caster, and Kay Bisceglia were
present, too.

Marjorie Tippens was seen at
the RAINBOW ROOF Saturday
night, and Quincy Mills visited
both the Paradise Room and the
Empire Room over the week-end.
Also seen at the Empire Room
were Laurice Looper, Nancy
Green, and Mr. and Mrs. Dieck-
mann and their daughter, Adele!

The Emory Sigma Chi Skating
Party Friday night was a super
event! After dancing at the Sigma
Chi house, the party boarded trol-
leys, and set out for the Roller-
drome all theirs! Quincy Mills,
Claire Rowe, Doris Purcell, June
Lanier, and Martha Rhodes repre-
sented Agnes Scott.

Many and welcome were the

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

Davidson to Discuss
Youth in the Peace

A deputation of students from
Davidson College will hold a panel
discussion at Sunday vespers on
October 18 at 5:30 o'clock in Mc-
Lean chapel in Presser hall. The
subject for discussion is: "Chris-
tian Youths' Responsibility in
Making Peace." The group has
been holding this discussion at
various colleges in the South.

Mardia Hopper, president of
Christian Association, urges all
students to come and bring their
friends.

Negative Team
Wins Debate

Cathy Steinbach, president of
Pi Alpha Phi, has announced that
Dottie Kahn and Suzanne Wat-
kins, the negative speakers, were
the winners in the second debate
in the club tournament, held
Thursday night, October 8, at
8:00 p. m.

The question for debate was
"Resolved: That a federation of
nations should be formed to up-
hold the principles of the Atlantic
Charter." The debaters on the af-
firmative side were Martha Ar-
nold and Kathie Hill.

In order to train themselves in
judging debates, the members of
the association voted for the team
which they thought presented its
points most effectively and most
convincingly.

Pi Alpha Phi is planning to de-
bate with the forensic society of
Emory-at-Oxford at the request of
the president, James Saunders. It
also plans to have several exhibi-
tion debates in chapel on ques-
tions of current interest to the
campus.

Try-outs will be held Wednes-
day, October 21, at 7:30 p. m., in
Murphey Candler building. There
will be several subjects from
which candidates may choose. The
try-outs will consist of a five-min-
ute talk and of a three-minute re-
buttal, for both of which note
cards may be used.

Chi Beta Phi Elects
Nine New Members

Mary Estill Martin, president of
the Alpha Sigma chapter of Chi
Beta Phi, national honorary un-
dergraduate science fraternity, re-
cently announced that nine new
members were elected at the
meeting Thursday night.

Seniors who received bids on
Monday are Dot Holloran and
Mary Ward. Those girls chosen
from the junior class are Jean
Clarkson, Elizabeth Edwards,
Gwen Hill, Mary Maxwell, Robin
Taylor, Virginia Tuggle, and Bil-
lie Walker.

Students are selected from
those biology, physics, chemistry,
and math majors who make high
grades and who show particular
interest in scientific work.

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TABBY IS WORRIED AS
'MIZ BEE' COOKS EGGS

By Kathie Hill

And now I must make my weekly report on the little black
dog who loves us so. Mr. Jones tells me that he has estab-
lished temporary headquarters at Emory. He is taking a
rest-cure because his nerves are just shattered to pieces. You
see, he usually takes his siesta by the door of Rebekah if
someone is occupying his sofa in

KATHRYN HILL

the lobby. Ordinarily, peace and
quiet reign su-
preme but one
day last week
Pat Patterson
came along and
ruined it all.
She tried to go
through the
door of Rebe-
kah without
opening it and
. . . the glass
shivered, shattered, and fell right
on top of the poor little sleeping
dog. I don't think he'll ever be
the same again. He seemed terri-
bly cut up about it all.

And speaking of being cut up,
Mary Anne Cochran is really up-
set because she had to write Jim-
my Lunceford, the band leader,
that she would be unable as rep-
resentative of the senior class to
invite him and his band here for
Agnes Scott's annual dances. You
see, Jimmy wrote Mary Anne and
asked her if we needed an orches-
tra for the Agnes Scott dances.
He should have known that our
dance hall is being renovated and
we won't be able to use it for sev-
eral years.

Mosquito Mix-up

The other day, your roving re-
porter was attracted to Betty Sul-
livan's room by the sounds of a
scuffle. From the amount of
noise, it was evident that Betty
was fighting for her life. Rushing
in to aid her, I found her swinging
wildly at thin air, while she cried
between clenched teeth, "Take
that, and that, and that!!!" I
looked around for a wolf or a bear
and there, crouched in the corner
with his antennae between his ap-
pendages, was a tiny little mos-
quito.

Did you hear all the ruckus on

third Rebecca? Flossie Mc-
Kee and Tommie Huie were en-
gaging in a hotly contested duel
with curtain rods as weapons. As
Flossie recovered with a lunge,
Tommie went down to an in-
glorious defeat.

Bee Miller was on the way to
the chemistry building when Tab-
by stopped her with a very wor-
ried look on her face. "Miz Bee,
they sho does cook a lot of eggs
in that chemistry building." "Why
do you say that?" asked Bee.
"Why every day when I passes by
here I smells eggs cooking." Not
till Bee explained that it was hy-
drogen sulphide that she smelt did
Tabby feel better.

Old Stud ents to Receive
June 1942 Auroras

Copies of the June, 1942, edition
of the Aurora are to be distributed
this week to those who did not re-
ceive them last spring.

Betty Jones will have a number
of Auroras in the day student
room in Main and any old student
may get a copy from her.

DeKalb Theatre

Otober 14. "Cardboard Lover," Joan Craw-
ford. Robert Taylor. Also Decatur local
newsreel.

October 15-16. "Maisie Gets Her Man,"

Ann Southern. Red Skelton.
October 17. "Tragedy at Midnight," and

"My Favorite Spy," Blng Crosby.
October 19-20. "Beyond the Blue Horizon."
October 21. "I Married An Angel," Jean-

nette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy.

Decatur Theatre

October 14. "What's Cooking," with An-
drew Sisters.

October 15-16. "The Lady Has Plans,"
with Ray Mllland, Paulette Goddard.

October 17. "This Time For Keeps," and
"Ghost Town Law."

October 19-20. "Sergeant York," with
Gary Cooper.

Tickets may be obtained on the
campus from Squee Woolford in
Rebekah Scott, Ann Equen or Barbara
Frink in Main, or Ann Haggard in Inman.

HOW TO TELL A SOLDIER'S INSIGNIA

aT ^ 6 i

Private
1st Class

Corporal

ReRular
Servant

Staff
Sergeant

First
Sergeant

No darling! he's a private first class that single chev-
ron says so. Save the chart (above) and save yourself
from making boners, and make a hit with your army
boy. And now a word of advice on how to look
like a million:

Here's what you use to
make everybody ad-
mire your fingernails.

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942

'ersona

I Hi

onor

Basis of Our Life

Agnes Scott's honor system will come
up for discussion from many different an-
gles during the next two days, but per-
haps we do not have a definite enough
conception of the system to appreciate
thoroughly the ideas and opinions that
will be presented to us.

"Personal honor is the basis of all ac-
tivities at Agnes Scott College; this ap-
plies not only to academic work but to all
phases of the college life. Each individual
should realize that her own personal hon-
or goes to make up that of the group, and
that the standards of the group can be no
higher than those of its members. There-
fore, each student is personally responsi-
ble for the honor of the entire student
body, and it is her duty to uphold its ideals
1\hrough her own personal conduct and
through her responsibility for the conduct
of the other members, which includes re-
sponsibility for any violation of the stan-
dards and rules of the school."

The above statement concerning our
honor system quoted from the students'
handbook shows the basic principle of
our whole system of student government.

SPIRIT OF 1942

I am only one,
But I am one;
I can't do everything,
But I can do something,
And what I can do,
And what I should do
By the grace" of God I will do.
U. S. Civil Service Commissioner Harry
B. Mitchell, speaking at Denver, Colo.

Quotable Quotes

"Scholarship, alone, in times like these,
is not enough. There must be scholar-
ship, yes; and is must be utilized in every
way possible to further the cause for
which we are fighting . But something
more is necessary a collective something
hard to define, yet easy to understand:
loyalty, courage, perseverance, sacrifice,
devotion, faith and singleness of purpose
in war or peace these human qualities
are an ever present requisite of national
greatness. But in time of war they ac-
quire a new and deeper significance, for
through them a nation's war effort can be
focused. Scholarship today, without these
values to motivate it, is certain to be in-
adequate; scholarship, driven by the pow-
er these values generate, will help us as
a nation to attain the victory we must
win." Pres. W. C. Coffey of the University
of Minnesota calls attention to the new
role of scholarship in wartime. (A. C. P.)

To the Editor

Dear Editor:

With regard to the current discussion topic,
the grading system, I should like to suggest a
procedure which I believe takes into considera-
tion the strongest feelings of both opposing
groups.

First, I would suggest that quarterly reports
issued from the registrar's office should be desig-
nated, as usual, by the merit-pass-fail system.

The student should, however, on quizzes, term
papers, and monthly tests receive a closer indi-
cation of her mark, in order to know on which
subject to place greater emphasis and effort.

Let's hope we will never resort to working for
grades as such, but we do need to try to attain
to higher standards of achievement as measured
by grades.

Sincerely.

Pat Patterson.

DONMEO

Betty Pegram Gathers Campus Quotes on

Time for Sunday Vespers

Vespers on the past two Sunday evenings have been at a
new hour, 7:00 p. m., instead of at 5:30 o'clock. Considerable
discussion has arisen as to which time is the more suitable
and convenient. Here are the opinions of a few students and
their reasons for preferring either one time or the other.
Martha Ray Lasseter, '44:

BETTY PEGRAM

I would prefer to have vespers
after supper as it seems to me
more people
would come to
vespers from
the dining room
than if they
were scattered
about in the
various dormi-
tories.

Joella Craig,
'43:

I like having
vespers after supper. More people
go then and naturally when more
students cooperate, vespers will
be more of an inspiration to those
who attend.
Jeanne Newton, '45;

I would really rather have ves-
pers before supper. A great many
of us want to go to league at
Glenn Memorial on Sunday night
and if we have vespers here at
7:00 p. m. we can't attend both
services.

Martha Baker, '46:

After supper seems to me to be
a much better time to have ves-
pers. It's such a pretty time of
day and tends to lead to a feeling
of reverence and worship then.
Too, so many people are busy
about 5:00 p. m. and will just neg-
lect to come to vespers.
Emily Ann Pittman, '45:

I prefer to have vespers at 7:00
p. m. More people go then as
they can just all go over to Mc-

Lean chapel together. Earlier in
the afternoon people are busy and
just don't think about going.
Flora Campbell, '43:

I think it is better to have ves-
pers before supper because so
many churches in Atlanta and De-
catur plan programs for college
students on Sunday night, and if
we have our service out here at
7:00 p. m., we are not able to at-
tend the services in town.
Frances Radford, '43:

I think it's better to have ves-
pers immediately after supper
than to wait until 7:00 p. m. and
thus give people time to get start-
ed doing something else. Then,
too, I don't think many people are
going to be going into leagues at
the churches in town this year so
we should have an evening service
on the campus.
Anne Pentecost, '46:

I'd prefer to have vespers at
7:00. When I think of vespers I
always think of an evening ser-
vice, not one in the afternoon.
There's less to do on Sunday
nights and when we go out on
Sunday we usually go later in the
evening.
Pal Evans, ' 1 1 :

I think that the 7 o'clock hour
would get more people. Nowa-
days not so many people go into
town to league because of the
tire and gas situation and they
are glad to have something to do
on Sunday evenings.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVIII " Wednesday, October 14, 1942 No. 3

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.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Qulncy Mills Mary Carr Caroline Smith i

Ma. Klin, Hosmer Copy Editor Society Editor

Assistant Editors Kathryn Hill

_ _ . Betty Pegram Pollv Lvndon

Bennye Linzy Assistant Feature Editors Club Editor
Assistant Businoss Manager

Te.ss Carlos

June Lanier Current History Editor f arollne Calhoun

Oneida Woolford Mary Estill Martin Suzanne Watklns

Advertising Managers Sports Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Betsy White. Jane Dinsmore. Mary Louise Duffee. Marion Knapp. Betty Bur-
ress, Nancy Greene, Margaret Drummond. Kathryn Thompson. Ruth Doggett. Martha
Jane Mack, Jean McCurry. Suzanne Watkins. Martha Arnold. Carolvn Fuller. Camilla
Moore, Lib Farmer. Wendy Whittle. Pauline Ertz. Betty Glenn. Inge Probsteln. Betty

Wade.

Business Assistants: Elizabeth Carpenter. Anne Equen. Penny Espy. Barbara Frink,
Julia Harvard. Frances King. Johnnie Mae Tippen. Mary Frances Walker Blount.

U. S. Decides to Drop
Extraterritorial Rights

By Tess Carlos

Asia for the Asiatics

On the eve of China's birthday anniversary,
we announced our willingness to abolish the
century old system of extra-territorial rights
which allowed the maintenance of a U. S. court
for China and gave U. S. citizens leases for per-
petuity on Chinese soil. Of little actual use will
this announcement be to the Chinese, since all
lands exploited by foreign concessions were in
the coastal area now in the hands of the Japa-
nese. The moral lift this gives to them, however,
will be tremendous since it theoretically assures
them of a postwar future without foreign inter-
ference.

Britain, too, promised to abandon the sys-
tem. But the hope of Asia for the Asiatics
is not so certain in the case of Britain
who this week was fighting internal dissen-
sion in an India which desired real freedom,
while in London Parliament accepted the policy
of the Churchill government toward India as
embodied in the inadequate promise of post-war
independence Cripps made to Indian leaders last
April.

Attu, Agattu, and Kiska

Amateur followers of widespread global war-
fare were slipping their tongues into newer
grooves as the American government announced
the abandonment of Attu and Agattu, two is-
lands in the lengthy Aleutian chain, and the ter-
rific bombardment of Japanese installations on
Kiska all three islands focal points of the first
enemy invasion of the western hemisphere.

The Japanese forces seem to have abandoned
Attu and Agattu according to the communique.
Whether they escaped by sea or are hiding to
cause further trouble will soon be known as
American troops will doubtless take this chance
to surround the left flank of the Japs at Kiska,
their last remaining stronghold.

Desultory .warfare has been going on in Alaska
for months now. But it has been hampered by
unfavorable weather conditions and faint-
hearted cooperation between army and navy.

The American Burma Road

The "Alcan" highway, a 1,600 mile defense ar-
tery connecting the U. S. and Alaska through
northwest Canada, built by U. S. army engineers
with the help of Canadian surveyors, will be
opened to military traffic by December 1. Am-
erican supplies will reach Alaska safer and
faster via this road than by the arduous sea
route now used from Seattle. American tourists
will have to wait until the end of the war to
cruise among splendid scenery hitherto unop-
ened.

Eagles Over France

A sudden daylight offensive over the Lille area
was carried out successfully Friday shortly after
the French people were warned to shun all mili-
tary targets.

Death, Death, Death, Death

The Nazis acted swiftly to stop a wave of re-
sistance which broke out in Norway. By killing
ten prominent hostages in Trondheim after pro-
claiming a state of emergency there and by
threatening to continue the shooting of innocent
people, the revolt was put down.

Goering spoke to a Germany fighting now its
fourth year of war. This rotound Nazi, second
only to Hitler in power, promised that though
the enslaved countries of Europe starve this
winter Germany will eat. This came as no sur-
prise to a Europe that has been decimated by
hunger and sickness since the beginning of Hit-
ler's conquests. It may have surprised the Ger-
man people who have not been doing much eat-
ing either.

Germany has announced that henceforth all
British prisoners in Germany will be manacled,
thus violating international agreements for the
treatment of war prisoners. Britain; in helpless
retaliation, countered by doing the same to all
German prisoners. Since there are four British
soldiers held in Germany to one German soldier
in England, reprisal in kind seems useless.

Winter has set in in the Caucasus. But
whether the Germans will be content to settle
down to a stalemate as they did last winter re-
mains to be seen. After announcing the abandon-
ment of Stalingrad to artillery and dive bomber
attack (street fighting is still going on, how-
ever), the regular army is now trying to get to
Astrakan which is on the Caspian Sea, 230 miles
southeast of Stalingrad. Astrakan is the main
port at the mouth of the Volga where allied sup-
plies come from Persia.

The A gnes

cott

ews

VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942

NO. 4

Who's Who' Lists Ten Agnes Scott Girls

Above, Mardia
Hopper, and to
right, Martha
Dale

Defense Films
To Be Shown

Proceeds to Be Used
To Buy Soldiers' Kits

Two motion pictures, Target for
Tonight and Women in Defense,
will be shown this afternoon at
5:00 and again tonight at 7:15 in
the old chapel in Rebekah, under
the sponsorship of War Council.
Ten cents admission will be char-
ged.

Proceeds from these showings
will be given to the Decatur chap-
ter of the American Red Cross to
bay kits for soldiers leaving for
foreign duty. On the label of
each of these $1.00 kits, which will
contain cigarettes and other use-
ful articles, will be printed the
name of the contributing chap-
ter.

Ten Agnes Scott students will have their biographies published
in the 1942-43 issue of Who's Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges, H. Pettus Randall, its editor, announ-
ced Saturday. The following girls are to appear in the publica-
tion: Joella Craig, Martha Dale, Anne Frier-
son, Betty Henderson, Dorothy Holloran, Mardia
Hopper, Frances Kaiser, Ruth Lineback, Frances
Radford, and Clara Rountree.

Who's Who, an annual index of outstanding
students, selects its members impartially on the
basis of character, scholarship, leadership in
extra-curricular activities, and potentiality for
future usefulness to business
and society.

Each of the girls listed is
outstanding in student activi-
ties. Dorothy Holloran is
president of Mortar Board,
Frances Radford, Anne Frier-
son and Mardia Hopper are

Lila Peck Walker
At University of NC

Miss Lila Peck Walker, 1942
graduate of Agnes Scott, is one of
two women teaching regular aca-
demic courses at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Miss Walker, who triple-ma-
jored in mathematics, economics,
and sociology, ranks as a teaching
fellow. Chosen as an alternate,
she received the fellowship when
the original winner was called to
war.

This year Miss Walker teaches
freshman classes in mathematics.
She has one section five hours a
week.

Her sister, Sarah Walker, is a
member of the freshman class at
Agnes Scott.

Miss Wilburn Wins
Cup in Tournament

Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, asso-
ciate professor of physical educa-
tion at Agnes Scott, won the Maier
and Berkele trophy in the twen-
tieth annual tournament of the
Atlanta Women's Golf Association
last Saturday. Miss Wilburn's
name will be engraved on the cup
along with the names of other tro-
phy winners, such as Dorothy
Kirby.

For the past two years, Miss
Wilburn has been the runner-up
in the tournament. She is the
present secretary of the associa-
tion.

presidents, respectively, of Student Government, Athletic Asso-
ciation, and Christian Association. Ruth Lineback edits the Sil-
houette, while Martha Dale is editor and Frances Kaiser manag-
ing editor of the Agnes Scott News. Joella Craig serves as house
president of Inman, Clara Rountree is vice-
president of Student Government, and Betty
Henderson heads Lecture Association.

Founded after two years of research had
verified the need for one national basis of
recognition for students, Who's Who has amply
proved its worth. When it was first published
in 1934, it listed two hundred-and-fifty colleges;
today it represents over six
hundred-and-fifty colleges.

The publication maintains a
free placement service, used
by five hundred personnel di-
dectors in leading firms, which
has placed thousands of grad-
uates in the past ten years.

Above, Betty
Henderson and
to right, Anne
Frierson

Mortar Board
To Entertain

Friday night Mortar Board will
entertain sixty-six members of
the freshman class from 8:00 p. m.
to 11:00 p. m. at the first of three
parties to be given by this group
in order to introduce the fresh-
men to boys from Georgia Tech,
Emory, and the Dental College.

Because the freshman class is
so large, Mortar Board is giving
three parties and inviting one-
third of the class to each. The
first party will be Friday night;
the second will be Saturday night,
October 31; and the third, Wed-
nesday night, November 4.

Plans for the entertainment of
the guests include skating in the
gym, a short moving picture com-
edy to be shown in the old chapel
in Rebekah Scott, and various en-
tertainments in Murphey Candler
building, where refreshments will
be served.

Decorations in the gym, old
chapel and Murphey Candler will
carry out a Hallowe'en motif.

Two Agnes Scott Girls
To Act in Atlanta Play

Several Agnes Scott girls are
to take part in the presentation of
"Squaring the Circle," the opening
play of the Atlanta Guild Theatre's
third season. The performance will
take place in the Atlanta Woman's
Club auditorium at 8:30 p. m. on
Friday, October 23.

Ann Campbell and Martha
Marie Trimble are in the cast,
while Elinor Sauls contributes the
Decor-designs for this production.

"Squaring the Circle," by Val-
entine Katayev, tells the story of
the love problems of four young
people in Russia.

Tickets may be purchased for
55 cents from any of the three
Agnes Scott girls connected with
the production.

Above, Ruth
Lineback, and
to left, Fran-
ces Kaiser

Above, Dorothy
Holloran, and
to left, Frances
Radford

Above, Joella Craig, and below,
( lara Rountree

War Stamps
Sell Easily

Yesterday, in the fifth day of
their campus war stamp drive, the
group of Agnes Scott organiza-
tions sponsoring the campaign for
this month had received $44. Rep-
resentatives from Student Govern-
ment, Chi Beta Phi, Eta Sigma
Phi, and Granddaughters' Club
have been and will continue until
November 15 to sell stamps at an
attractive booth in Buttrick Hall.
Other sales stations are set up in
the Tea House during lunchtime
and outside Presser Hall after
Chapel.

At the Hallowe'en party spon-
sored jointly by these groups on
Friday night, October 16, at the
Bucher Scott gymnasium, $27.00
was collected from the sale of 10,
25, and 50 cent stamps. Guests
bought them to pay for entering
the gym and for playing games
and contests.

A chorus composed of Pat
Stokes, Frances Radford, Nancy
Thomison, Barbara Frink, An-
nette Neville, Mabel Stowe, and
Joella Craig provided free enter-
tertainment. Among the favorite
hillbilly tunes which they sang
were "May the Circle Be Un-
broken" and "Maple On a Hill."
Their costumes as well as their
bare feet gave an appropriate at-
mosphere for the performance.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 5:00 and
7:30 p. m., in old chapel in
Rebekah Movie: "Target
for Tonight" and "Women
in Defense."

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8:00 p. m.,
in Murphey Candler Try-
outs for Pi Alpha Phi.

Thursday, Oct. 22, in chapel-
Open forum.

Friday, Oct. 23, in chapel-
Colonel Clark speaks.

Friday, Oct. 23, 8:00-11:00
p. m., in gym Mortar
Board party for freshmen.

Saturday, Oct. 24, 8:30 p. m.,
at city auditorium John
Charles Thomas sings.

Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Miss
Gooch's studio Tryouts for
Blackfriars.

Christmas Vacation
To Be Lengthened,
Dr. McCain Says

To help relieve travel conges-
tion at Christmas and to avoid
coincidence with furloughs and
leaves, Agnes Scott students will
have a full month of Christmas
vacation, Dr. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, announced to a
cheering student body at chapel
Saturday, October 17. Founder's
Day, February 22nd, and the us-
ual spring holidays will be omitted,
according to Dr. McCain.

Fall quarter exams will begin
on December 9, and last through
December 16. Instead of staying
at school for two extra days to
meet winter quarter classes girls
may leave school as soon as they
have finished their last examina-
tion. This plan of staggering the
date of departure is hoped to re-
lieve congestion on railroad and
bus lines. Christmas vacation will
end on Wednesday, January 13.

Colonel Clark
To Talk Friday
About Bataan

World War II Veteran
To Relate Experiences,
Treatment of Prisoners

A veteran of World War II,
Colonel George Clark, command-
ing officer of the last American
combat unit to abandon the Ba-
taan peninsula before its surren-
der to the Japanese last April,
will speak in chapel Friday, Oc-
tober 23.

Colonel Clark, now in the U. S.
on a special government assign-
ment, will relate his experiences
of fighting under fire, and will
tell of the American soldiers and
the part they played in the amaz-
ing stand of that far-flung posses-
sion. He will also inform this
campus first-hand of the treat-
ment accorded the American pris-
oners by their Japanese captors.

Colonel Clark succeeded Colonel
W. E. Brougher, father of Betty
and Frances Brougher, both stu-
dents at Agnes Scott, as com-
mander of the regiment when Col-
onel Brougher received his pro-
motion to brigadier-general. Tem-
porarily located at Tech High,
Colonel Clark is touring this sec-
tion, speaking at various schools,
until such time as a ship is ready
to take him back to Bataan to ar-
range for the exchange of Japa-
nese for American prisoners.

Daily Schedule
To Be Changed

All 8:30 classes will start at
9:00 a. m. beginning on Monday,
November 2. Agnes Scott students
who are taking ourses at Emory
will be able to continue without
difficulty as Emory is to change
its schedule a half hour on the
same date, with the first class thus
beginning at 8:30 instead of at
8:00 a. m.

Day students particularly will
profit by the change because it
will be lighter when they start to
school on winter mornings.

Every activity in the daily
schedule will be affected. Chapel
will begin at 11 o'clock, lunch will
be at 1:30, and supper at 7:00 p. m.

The hours of the library, the
book store, the treasurer's office,
and the doctor's office will prob-
ably show corresponding changes.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942

Raddy Proves That a Transfer Can .
Become Student Government President

"We're so glad to have you here
at Agnes Scott. We know you'll
soon be a real part of our unified
student body." By these words all
new students know Frances Clyde
Radford, otherwise known as
"Raddy."

But how many of the new and
the old students know of Raddy's
pet phobia chickens? She can't
eat eggs; she can't eat chicken;
she can't even see a chicken with-
out going off into screams. At
night she is frightened by a mis-
chievous friend clucking like a
chicken. Anything with a beak
makes this efficient student
government president become as
helpless as the newest Hottentot.

Strange as it may seem, Raddy
is a transfer. With Pat Stokes she
went to the Woman's College of
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, where she was a
physical education major. The var-
sity basketball team and YWCA
work claimed most of her atten-
tion, but she was also gaining
fame as a jitterbug.

Georgia reclaimed her for her
sopohomore year when she came
to Agnes Scott as a day student
transfer. By Christmas, however,
she decided to become a board-

Drawn and cut by Pobie Crane

ing student in Hottentosia with
Pat Stokes and Joella Craig.

During her sophomore year she
fell victim to the appendicitis
"epidemic" and also victim to
many make-up tests. Upon recov-
ery from this, she stumped her
big toe. Raddy, hobbling around
on crutches, was a familiar sight.

In one short year this transfer
made a place for herself at Agnes
Scott. In the spring she was elect-

Seniors Beat Freshmen 2 to 0;
Sophs, Juniors Score 2 Each

By Mary Estill Martin

Friday, October 16, the seniors played the freshmen and
then the juniors played the sophomores in the second hockey
game of the season. All the teams lacked the fighting spirit
which they showed the Friday before.

Playing with a make-shift team, the seniors defeated the
freshmen 2 to 0. "Raddy" Rad-

M. E. MARTIN

ford, playing a new position of
left inner instead of her usual
position as cen-
ter half, was
responsible for
both senior
points. Early in
the first half
she made a long
drive down the
field to the goal
for the first
score. In the
last half Mar-
garet Downie recovered the ball
on a penalty corner in freshman
territory and drove toward the
goal. "Raddy" pushed the ball
over for the second point.

Evenly Matched Teams

The sophomore and junior teams
were evenly matched, but the
game was slow. The final score
was 2 to 2. Juniors Gwen Hill and
Martha Rhodes each made one
goal; Mary Monroe and Molly
Milam scored for the sophomores.

In both games the tackles were
good. Mardia Hopper and Betty
Bates, seniors, maintained good
defense and kept the freshmen
from scoring. On the junior team
Zena Harris and Billie Walker
played their usual good defense.

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The line-ups were:

Senior (2)

Weismann

Cochran

Moore

Radford (2)

Downie

Cumming

Bates

Lancaster

Paisley

Hopper

Rountree

Freshmen

R.W. Chewning

R.I. McCain

C. Johnson

L.I. Richardson

L.W. Stephenson

R.H. Ragland

C.H. Burnett

L.H. Walker

R.F. Wallace

L. F. Mayer

G. . Reynolds
Freshmen Mar-

Substitutions:
shall, Sunkes, Allison, Courtney.

Junior (2)

Lasseter
Rhodes (1)
Jacob
Hill (1)
Tuggle
Bedinger
Farrior
Douglas
Dozier
Bowman
Everett

Sophomore (2)

R.W. Milam (1)

R.I. King

C. Cumming

L.I. Monroe (1)

L.W. Young

R.H. Hunter

C.H. Carpenter

L.H. Equen

R.F. Newell

L. F. Webb

G. Walker

Substitutions: Junior Harris,
Walker; sophomore Gower, J.
Bedinger.

DeKalb Theatre

October 21 "1 Married An Angel." Jean
ette MacDonnld and Nelson Eddy.

October 22-23 "Tootllghl Serenade." John
Payne, Betty Grable.

October 24 "Affairs of Jimmy Valentine."
"Sweetheart of the Fleet".

October 26-27 "Pardon Mr Sarong," Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello.

Decatur Theatre

October 21 -"We Were Dancing." Norma
Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.

October 22-23 "Juke Girl," Ann Sheridan.
Ronald Reagan.

October 24 "Jesse James At Bay." "Paci-
fic Blackout".

October 26-27 "Saboteur.'
mlng. Prlrllla Lane.

Robert Turn-

ed secretary of Christian Associa-
tion.

During elections of her junior
year she was elected president of
student government and, although
she had been on campus only two
years, she was elected to Mortar
Board for her admirable qualities
of leadership and loyalty.

Each year, when basketball sea-
son rolls around, Raddy isa star
forward, having bagged 44 points
in one game alone.

Her room is a cross between a
greenhouse and a photographer's
studio, with pictures of friends ac-
quired here and at W. C.
On her vivid red spread sit her
many stuffed animals, especially
a slightly worse-for-the-wear rab-
bit with which she sleeps nightly.

During her few-and-far-between
spare minutes, Raddy enjoys her
collection of poetry, clippings, and
sayings gathered from friends and
from her readings.

Between "Exec" . meetings and
ciology and economics major, is
other official duties, Raddy, a so-
telling everyone happily, "I've got
a job in a bomber plant after
graduation!"

Students to Try Out
For Debate Society

Tonight at 8:00 o'clock in Mur-
phey Candler, tryouts for Pi Alpha
Phi will be held. New members
will be announced tomorrow night,
October 22, at the regular meet-
ing, to be at 7:30 p. m. in Murphey
Candler.

Margaret Killam and Quincy
Mills, affirmative, will contest
with Liz Carpenter and Jean
Hood, on "Resolved: That Con-
gress should pass a general sales
tax to help finance the war." Dr.
Schuyler M. Christian, physics
professor, will be the judge. Re-
freshments will be served.

Atlanta Theatre Guild
Honors Blackfriars

Last night at the Castle Play-
house, 87 Fifteenth street, the At-
lanta Theatre Guild held its
monthly open house. Guests of
honor were the Blackfriars, Agnes
Scott College's dramatic organi-
zation, which is directed by Miss
Frances K. Gooch and Miss Ro-
berta Winter.

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STARR OF INMAN MIXES
BRANDS OF DATES

By Kothie Hill

Last week, Quincy Mills received her home paper, which
has as a feature article a column titled "Twenty-five Years
Ago in Marietta." Glancing through this choice collection of
news, Quincy saw a familiar name. Reading on she learned
that at this exact same time twenty-five years ago, in a small
town near Marietta where lived

a little boy who is now a profes-
sor at Agnes Scott. This little boy
was in the sixth
grade and was
making an av-
erage of 94, so
the newspaper
added his name
to the list of lit-
tle boys on the
honor roll. His
name was
Schuyler Chris-
tian.

KATHRYN HILL

Miss Hunter had better cease
trying to be subtle when she
writes notes to the switchboard
girls. You remember, I told you
of the reminder she tacked up
saying, "Please turn off the lights
when you have put the cat out"?
Well, the other day, Bella Wilson
noticed one of the maids going
into the switchboard room with a
worried look on her face. She
looked under the rug, behind the
door, and in the corner, as though
she were looking for some lost
prized possession. Then she shook
her head and left with the same
worried expression on her face.
This happened for several days
until finally Bella could stand it
no longer. She went to the maid
and asked her what in the world
she had been looking for the last
few days. "Why nothin', ma'am,
but that cat Miss Hunter told the
girls to put out every night I
can't find him. I didn't know that
we had a cat here in Main."
Brain Shortage

Mr. Stukes' class of general
psychology was discussing the
difficulty of studying brains.
"Yes," declared Mr. Stukes, "it is
so hard to study brains nowadays
because there are so few brains
obtainable." And that is what
Miss Leyburn would call an "am-
biguous statement."

Mary Louise Starr was called to
the phone the other night and a
boy named Ed asked her for a
date. She had met him, but she
did not remember his last name.

After he had hung up she real-
ized that she had failed to tell him
that she would have to have a
chaperone. So she called up Win-
ship hall at Emory and asked to
speak to Ed. "Which Ed do you
want?" a voice inquired. "What
Ed's do you have?" asked Mary
Louise.

Corny Classroom Cracks

Inge Probstein was taking a
test in Miss Jackson's history
class. There were four questions
and Inge was doing fine until she
hit the last question. She didn't
know that one very well and so
she put a little note on her paper
which is the frankest statement
ever made in a classroom: "Dear
Miss Jackson, I would have to
bull on this question so I will not
answer it."

Miss Christie was assigning a
theme to her freshman class.
"Now girls," she said, "just write
about something literary." One
young lady raised her hand and
asked, "Miss Christie, is it all right
if we write about a book?"

And there was the freshman
who asked Meg Bless to show her
the way to Miss Hooche's studio.
She meant Miss Gooch's and she
needs speech.

The other day, Miss Leyburn
announced that the ordinary
modes of locomotion would be
curtailed for a temporary period
due to the rationing of liquid fuel.
Translation no gas.

Dr. Runyon assigned to his biol-
ogy class a book by a man who
spent his life studying corn. "I
know you think he'll be corny but
let's stalk about him anyway."
Doesn't that make you silk?

Senior Montenegro Talks
To Students of Spanish

Senor Ernesto Montenegro, fam-
ous Chilean journalist and author,
spoke briefly before students of
Latin American history and the
Spanish department, on Friday,
October 16, in McLean chapel.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942

Page 3

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The INTERFRATERNITY DANCE AT EMORY Saturday
night found Agnes Scott very much there. The Emory Aces
provided music, and during the evening there was an Inter-
fraternity Council leadout. The sophomore honor society,
Eta Sigma Psi, carried out the annual tapping by masked
members dressed in black. Some

of the dresses presented by Ag-
nes Scott girls were really lovely.
^ Jeanne Robin-

son's dress had
a top of black
velvet, and a
very full, bright
plaid skirt. The
evening wrap
Mas House wore
was fluffy white
wool with red
velvet shoulders

CAROLINE SMITH and hood _ a

knockout! Hottentots at the dance
were Liz Carpenter, Jeanne Hood,
Jeanne Newton, Joyce Freeman,
Emily Ann Pittman, Pobie Crane,
Dodie Sessions, Anne Pentecost,
Helen Blake, Carol Mason, Jodele
Tanner, Jackie Burns, Claire
Bennett, Mas and Mir House, Mar-
tha Rhodes, Laurice Looper, Dot
Holloran, Jean Chewning, Louise
Starr, Lucy Turner, Carolyn Lew-
is, Mary Louise Duffee.

Betty Manning and Cookie De
Vane went on the KAPPA SIGMA
HAYRIDE at Tech Saturday
night.

How about the Georgia-Tulane
game in Athens?!! All that most
of us know is that Georgia made
a right admirable showing, but for
particulars you might see Gloria
Anne Melchor, Mary Louise Beal-
er, Eva Williams, Sarah Johns,
Bobbie Powell, and Gertrude
(Punkie) Day.

Margie Wilson and Yours Truly
went to Clemson for the TIGER
BALL over the week-end. Clem-
son dances are, and forever will
be, wonderful . . .

Bettye Ashcraft went to Au-

burn for the Phi Delta Theta for-
mal, and Julia Scott visited
Chapel Hill over the week-end.

At the RAINBOW ROOF Sat-
urday night were Louise Breedin,
Betty Wade, and Barbara Frink,
while Margaret Cathcart visited
the Paradise Room. Mary Carr
and Marjorie Tippins were pres-
ent at the A. T. O. house dance at
Tech Saturday night, and Kittie
Kay went to the Sigma Nu house
dance at Emory Friday evening.

Goodness! The list of those who
attended the TECH-DAVIDSON
GAME is a mile long, but here
goes : Betty Manning, Martha Jane
Mack, Joyce Freeman, Liz Car-
penter, Margaret Killam, Mickey
Beman, Hansel Cousar, Margaret
Mace, Peggy Kelly, Mary Anne
Cochran, Nancy Greene, Pat
Evans, Kathie Hill, Claire Ben-
nett, Patty Barbour, Mardia Hop-
per, Page Lancaster, Anne Wilds,
Kay Bisceglia, Jessie Newbold,
Lib Jones, Kitty Philips, Ruth
Kolthoff, Anne Paisley, Pat Pat-
terson, Helen Hale, Margaret
Scott, Laurice Looper, Leona
Leavitt, Mary Beth Danielson,
Mary Jane Shumacher, June Rey-
nolds, Alice Clements, Dot De-
vane, Harding Ragland, and Betty
Burress.

Frances Malone was seen at the
Tech Sigma Nu house Saturday
night, and present at the CHI PHI
TEA DANCE Saturday afternoon
was Betty Burress.

Martha Rhodes, did you really
go to a WRESTLING MATCH
Friday night? Please ma'am, tell
us about it! . . .

How about all the visitors on

Robert Frost's Latest Work
Is Among New Library Books

Robert Frost's seventh book of lyric verse, A Witness
Tree, is among the new books that the library has recently
acquired. This book, representative of the author's best
work, is of special interest to the Agnes Scott community,
since Mr. Frost was a favorite visitor here a few years ago!
A Witness Tree contains a half

dozen outstanding poems, of
which "Come In" is probably des-
tined to become the general fav-
orite. The poetry has color, mu-
sic, and "a triumphant sense of
life bubbling through it." It has
a lyric force and intensity that
leaves Mr. Frost secure in his
place as the dean of American
poetry.

Another book deserving special
mention due to its timeliness is Dr.
Robert Dick Gillespie's Psychol-
ogical Effects of War on Citizens
and Soldiers. The author, an
R. A. F. psychiatrist, concerns
himself in examining "the social
factors influencing neuroses, the
minor nervous disorders, among

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bombed civilians in England. Dr.
Gillespie is interested also in bet-
ter human relationships after the
war. This book is an absorbing
analysis of mental disorders and
is only mildly technical.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

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Singer to Open
Concert Series

John Charles Thomas, famed
baritone of the Metropolitan Op-
era, will open the All-Star. Con-
cert series, presented by the At-
lanta Music club, Saturday night,
October 24, at 8:30, with a con-
cert at the city auditorium. His
piano-acompanist will be Carroll
Hollister, who will contribute
three solos.

Mr. Thomas' program will in-
clude "Per me quinto" from Ver-
di's Don Carlos; a group of songs
by Beethoven, Handel, Lemaire,
Luly, and Gretry; five selections
from Russian composers; and
some American literature.

He opened his varied musical
career as a church singer, soon
going to vaudeville, and from
there to musical comedy and
Broadway. Saving his money, he
studied concert and opera, singing
his first operatic music at the Roy-
al Opera House in Brussels.

Blackfriars to Hold
Try-outs October 28

Page Lancaster, president of
Blackfriars, has announced that
try-outs will be held Wednesday,
October 28, in Miss Gooch's studio.
The exact times will be announced
later.

Only upper-classmen who have
taken or are taking Speech 105
are eligible. Students should sign
up in pairs in Miss Gooch's studio
for a five minute period.

The members will judge the con-
testants acording to poise, diction,
and dramatic ability.

A list of selections which may
be used is posted in the library.

campus over the week-end? It
was so good to see Dale Drennan
and her newly acquired property!
Then Tine Gray, Louise Pruitt,
and Mary Bon Utterback were
around for Ginny William's wed-
ding at Hamilton, and Gene
Slack's wedding Saturday after-
noon at the Decatur Presbyterian
Church. Julia Slack was one of
her sister's bridesmaids.

Say, did you hear about Julia
Anne Patch's engagement to
Lieutenant Charles M. Drummond,
Jr., of Spartanburg?!!

Well, whattdya know?! . . .

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Australia Was Wonderful
But America Is Safer

By Mary Carr

"I watched the shelling of Australia from our house out on
the point," was the news Mary Ann Derry, Agnes Scott
treshman, received from her father, who is a consul in Aus-
tralia.

Vivid pictures of places she knows well pop up before her
now as she reads the newspapers, sees newsreels, and hears
newscasts, for Mary Ann just re

turned to the United States in
April after a four-year stay in
Australia.

Although she has spent most of
her life out of the States, hav-
ing lived six years in Paris and
three years in Mexico before going
to Australia, Mary Ann is a native
Georgian, for she was born in
Macon.

The Australians aren't especi-
ally fond of the English whom
they call "pummies" because of
their pink pomegranate complex-
ions. "But they practically wor-
ship King George and think
Queen Elizabeth is very stylish,"
she laughed. "They always open or
close every entertainment, dance
and public function with 'God
Save the King.' Even if it's just
two tables of bridge, some one
must play it before starting."

The American soldiers are well
taken care of, for people are al-
ways calling to entertain them.
But a few of the older people are
afraid the soldiers are American-
izing Australia.

Blackouts, air raid precautions,
and rationing are not new to Mary
Ann, for they had "brown outs"
every night. "If you wanted to
cross the street at night, you took
your life in your hands and ran
across, violently waving a white
handkerchief," she grinned.

Adhesive tape couldn't be found;
it had all been bought and
stripped on windows to keep them
from shattering during the shell-
ing. And she doesn't miss the
automobiles as we do, because for
several months Australians had
been limited to two gallons of gas
for non-essentials.

When the Americans embarked
for home, they were expecting to

be convoyed. However, on the day
of departure their only escorts
were two minesweepers, which
turned back to shore once the ship
was out of harbor.

"Those 19 days of never sighting
land were nerve-wracking. Before
then I never thought I'd be going
down to, dinner wearing slacks and
carrying a life belt. But none of
the 158 passengers thought about
it. Most of them were children suf-
fering from shell-shock received
in Java or Burma, and many of
the women's husbands were prison-
ers of the Japanese."

To avoid attracting enemy ships,
everyone had to turn radios, flash-
lights and electric razors over
to the ship's officers before em-
barkation. During the first week,
notice was posted that some one
had been using a radio and a
search was made. Upon docking
it was found that a group of ac-
robats had had the radio, and in
one of the women's bags was
found an autographed picture of
Hitler.

Mary Ann said she felt well tak-
en care of in San Francisco where
a Red Cross unit met them. "The
Golden Gate and America looked
good to me," she exclaimed.

Four New Reporters
Added to Staff

Martha Dale, editor of the Ag-
nes Scott News, announces today
that four girls were^ successful in
last week's tryouts for the editor-
ial staff of the News. The new re-
porters are Louise Breedin, Mir
House, and Olive Hansen, juniors,
and Pat Elam, sophomore.

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not your age, anyway. If he hasn't anything on his
sleeve, he's an apprentice seaman. For other ranks,
see the chart (above). But if you want to be the
heart on his sleeve, look below:

Here's what you use to
make everybody ad-
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1942

WPB CHAIRMAN LAUDS PUBLIC
ON MAGNIFICENT COOPERATION

In the three-week household scrap
salvage campaign which closes Satur-
day, the newspapers and school chil-
dren have taken the leading part and
have accomplished what Donald Nelson,
War Production Board chairman, term-
ed a "magnificent" and "absolutely un-
precedented" job.

The organization of the campaign was
turned over to the newspapers, with
the goal set at 100 pounds of scrap me-
tal for each person in the country.

In Atlanta newspaper trucks have
canvassed every section of the city col-
lecting scrap from house to house, while
school children have also been dragging
much metal to the school yards. Many
Georgia counties have already exceeded
their quota and many more are expected
to reach their goal before the campaign
ends.

This successful drive demonstrates
what we can do when we all decide to
work together toward a worthwhile
goal. It shows, perhaps, that we are
slow in getting under * way, that we
need much coaxing and prodding and
that we have to have a lot of fanfare

Can-Smashers, Inc.

Agnes Scott's part in the scrap me-
tal campaign is to be the saving of all
the tin cans used in the two kitchens.

Our salvaging of tin cans will be a
valuable contribution since we have
sometimes as many as 60 cans a day,
but preparing the cans for re-process-
ing is going to be hard work. If we all
take turns helping the salvage com-
mittee with the cans then nobody will
be over-burdened. Let's be can-smash-
ers!

and competition for prizes, but it cer-
tainly shows what we are capable of
doing when we finally do wake up and
put our whole hearts into a job.

Alert to Ring Soon

Agnes Scott is to take part in a
surprise air raid alert of the whole At-
lanta area within the next few days
if it has not already taken place before
this issue of the paper is distributed.

If the signal comes in the daytime,
the alert will last for 15 minutes; but if
the sirens sound at night, the blackout
will continue for an hour.

Only defense plants, railroads, and
post offices are exempt from participa-
tion, so all Hottentots should be ready
to cooperate with campus air raid war-
dens in making the practice blackout
or daylight alert effective.

Streamline Schools?

Leading educators have started dis-
cussing steps which should be taken to
enable students to complete a liberal
education in less time, in view of the
18 year draft age.

Contending that we have always wast-
ed at least two years, Robert M. Hut-
chins president of University of Chicago,
has suggested the streamlining of the
entire pedagogical system in this coun-
try. Uniform elimination of two extra
grades of grammar school and the limi-
tation of high school and college to
four years apiece would enable more
young people to complete their train-
ing.

Production, taxes, and living are now
running high speed, so must education.

Fate of Solomon Islands Weighed
As Japs Open Sea, Air Attacks

By Tess Carlos

The Battle of the Solomons

Since last August, when American
Marines landed in a surprise attack, the
Solomons have been in the hands of the
United Nations. But this week the ar-
rival of large Jap re-
inforcements, the
landing o f enemy
troops on Guadalcan-
al and the concentra-
tion of an enemy fleet
at the Shortland Is-
lands threatens Amer-
ican positions.

Guadalcanal, the
^1 size of Long Island

TESS CARLOS and the site f an im "

portant airfield, is in the hands of
American sailors, marines and airmen
reinforced by troops and torpedo boats.
The Americans were still holding Sat-
urday under a growing Japanese power.
Victory or defeat in this sector will
greatly change the future role of Aus-
tralia and New Zealand in the Pacific
war.

Fireside Chat

President Roosevelt in a fireside chat
Monday night asked for the drafting
of 18 year olds in order to reach the
1943 army goal of 7,500,000 men. He
also reported that there may have to
be a manpower draft because of the
scarcity of farm labor and the migra-
tion of workers from one area to an-
other.

Homefront Changes

Congress, acting quickly, will prob-
ably vote this week for the new tax
bill now in committee and for the draft
act which has passed the House. The
tax bill as it now stands allows a 5%
victory tax on all incomes. And the
draft bill as approved by the House
lowers the draft age tp include 18 and
19 year olds. No married men will be
drafted while there are single men av-
ailable. Any high school or college stu-

dent called shall be deferred until the
end of the present academic year. Af-
ter July, 1943 there will be no more
educational deferments.

James Byrnes, former member of the
Supreme Court who was appointed di-
rector of Economic Stabilization by
President Roosevelt after the signing of
the anti-inflation bill, announced a plan
for the limitation of all salaries below
$5,000.

Volcanic Bubbles

Underground Europe was rumbling
excitedly with minor acts of violence
and insurrection this week. The Nor-
wegian revolt which the Germans
thought they had put down with mass
executions has flared up again with the
burning of the German sub building
base at Trondheim.

Yugoslavia's patriot, General Draja
Mihailovic again struck at occupational
forces in a sudden foray which des-
troyed artillery installations. At the
same time Germans were executing 500
Serbs charged with insurrection.

In unoccupied France there were
widespread disorders in protest against
Pierre Laval's pressure campaign to
force the conscription of French labor
for work in German war factories. La-
val, who promised Hiter 150,000 work-
ers, has been able to get 20,000, and
these only after causing a great deal
of trouble and bad feeling.

Rumor of War

In an effort to stir up French feel-
ing against the United Nations, German
propaganda agencies began a drive for
increased French cooperation in the de-
fense of Dakar by announcing sudden-
ly through a Vichy communique that
this important port, only 4,700 miles
from Pernambuco, Brazil, had been at-
tacked. It was soon disproved, but not
until after American newspapers pub-
lished the story as truth.

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Majority of Responses Fa
While Some Name Spain

Establishment of a second front in
the war was the topic for last week's
Scottup Poll, the first of a series of
censuses to be conducted on the Agnes
Scott campus by International Rela-
tions Club. From the numerous board-
ers and day students interviewed by
I. R. C. representatives, varied opinions
were obtained.

For the question, "Do you think there
should be a second front?" there was
a landslide of affirmative answers. The
returns showed:

Yes 206

No 20

Undecided 61

Total 287

Students were not so quick to an-
swer "When should it be established?"
Reflections on this matter ranged from
"Immediately!" to "Not until we are
sufficiently prepared." By a curious
twist of fate, the amount of suggestions
that it be effected immediately almost
exactly equalled those that it be post-
poned for further preparations. In ad-
dition, those pupils having no opinion
were just as many as the total of those
expressing the opposing ideas listed
above.

All kinds of suggestions resulted
from the query concerning where the
second front should be. The majority
of the girls who felt themselves quali-
fied to answer said that the ideal place
would be France, or some place where
a direct hit could be made on Germany.
A small minority chose Spain for the
new battle ground. Many more, how-

vor Invasion of France

or Scandinavian Peninsula

ever, thought that the Scandinavian
countries would be the logical point
from which to start the Allied Nation's
drive.

Nancy Hirsh, president of Interna-
tional Relations Club, has asked all stu-
dents to cooperate with the club's pro-
ject by reading current events in the
newspapers and by giving intelligent,
well-thought replies when interviewed.

The Asnes Scott News

Vol. XX VIII Wednesday, October 21, 1942 No. 4

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.

Editor

MARTHA DALE

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. FRANCES KAISER

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Reporters: Betsy White. Jane DInsmore, Mary Lou-
ise Duffee, Marion Knapp, Betty Burress, Nancy
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Suzanne Watkins, Martha Arnold. Carolyn Fuller,
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The Agnes Scott News

VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1942

NO. 5

Shown above are this year's members of Mortar Board as they received their scrolls from Jane
Taylor, retiring president. They are, left to right, front row, .Mardia Hopper, Anne Frierson, Dot Hol-
loran, Jane Taylor; back row, Ruth Lineback, Martha Dale, Frances Kaiser, Frances Radford.

BookCollection
To Take Award

Miss Preston Gives
Rules for Contestants

Plans have been announced for
the Louise McKinney Book Award
of $25 given annually to the stu-
dent who makes, during the cur-
rent school year, the most inter-
esting and discriminating collec-
tion of books for her personal li-
brary.

The award is given in honor of
Miss Louise McKinney, professor
of English, emeritus. When Miss
McKinney taught at Agnes Scott
she encouraged students to de-
velop their minds and outlooks on
life by reading and gaining a com-
prehensive knowledge of good lit-
erature.

A committee of the faculty will
judge the collections, which must
reflect the student's interest and
must consist of not less than 15
books. The student must possess
the books intellectually as well as
physically and, for this reason,
special emphasis is paid to the
fact that the books need not have
fine bindings.

Those wishing to compete
should give their names to Miss
Janef Preston before the end of
the first quarter.

Last year's winner was Anasta-
sia Carlos, '44.

Martha Dale to Head
Committee on Petition

Clara Rountree, student chair-
man of open forum, has appointed
Martha Dale as head of a com-
mittee to draw up a petition to
the faculty stating that the stu-
dent body wishes to continue the
merit system of grading at Agnes
Scott. Others on the committee
are Mary Ward, Ann Jacob, Mary
Monroe, and Barbara Ireland.

The petition will not only state
that the majorify prefers the
present system, but will also show
that, of the 350 students voting on
the issue. 88 wanted to change to
the A, B, C system. It will ask
the faculty to consider this ex-
pression of student opinion when
deciding whether or not to con-
tinue the present system.

Miss Minna Hecker,
Mrs. Irene L. Harris
To Present Musicale

Songs by Miss Minna Hecker,
coloratura soprano, and piano se-
lections presented by Mrs. Irene
Leftwich Harris, pianist and ac-
companist for Miss Hecker, will
make up the program of the mu-
sic appreciation hour at Agnes
Scott Monday evening, November
2. The program, beginning at 8:30
in Presser hall, will be open to the
public.

Miss Hecker will open the pro-
gram with the aria "Casta Diva"
from "Norma" by Bellini. Mrs.
Harris will play three piano selec-
tions: "Prelude and Fugue" by
Bach, "Fantasy" by Mozart, and
"Rondo" by Hummel.

Miss Hecker will sing four
songs by Grieg: "To a Water
Lily," "In a Boat," "Solvejg's
Song," and "A Dream."

Mrs. Harris will conclude the
program with four piano numbers:
"Intermezzo in E Flat Major"
and "Waltzes" by Brahms, "Pre-
lude" by Debussy, and "Garden
Music" by Nieman. .

Alumna to Talk
On Leper Work

Mrs. Julia Skinner Kellersber-
ger, wife of Dr. Eugene Kellers-
berger, noted authority on lep-
rosy and at present head of the
American Leprosy Society, will
speak in chapel Tuesday, Novem-
ber 3.

The subject of her talk will be
mission work among the lepers.
She has had much experience in
this work, having served as a mis-
sionary in Belgian Congo, Africa,
where her husband founded the
leper mission at Bibanga station.

In * 1940 Mrs. Kellersberger re-
turned to the United States with
her husband, who came to take a
post with the national headquar-
ters of the American Mission to
Lepers in New York city.

Mrs. Kellersberger, a native of
Alabama, is a graduate of Agnes
Scott College. After graduation
she served as a religious educa-
tion director in North Carolina
and in Florida.

God's Ravens and Congo Crosses
are two books written by Mrs.
Kellersberger.

Two Alumnae to Teach Cadets
Instrument Flying at Air Base

Misses Dot Miller and Dot Cremin, 1942 graduates of Agnes
Scott, will begin a month's course on November 2, at the At-
lanta Naval Reserve Air Base, to become instructors for link
trainers. K

In teaching cadets blind flying, the girls will sit at
a complete set of airplane dash

board instruments, directing the
cadets by radio. Their pupils
will attempt to maneuver accord-
ing to orders while using duplicate
instruments in a windowless min-
iature plane cabin suspended from
the ceiling.

The girls will wear navy blue
uniforms, with slacks and white-
collared blouses.

About a month ago, they were
called out to the air base, as the
result of the Civil Service exam-
inations they took last spring.

Prior to this offer, both girls
had hoped to join the WAVES.
Miss Miller had been drinking a
pint of cream daily to be able to
fulfill the weight requirement by
February. Miss Cremin was un-
derage for the first call.

Treasury Department
Film to Be Presented

The secret service division of
the Treasury department will
show a film entitled "Know Your
Money" on October 30, in McLean
chapel. The purpose of the movie
is to educate the college commun-
ity on the subject of counterfeit
money.

The Agnes Scott News cor-
dially invites the college com-
munity to after-dinner coffee
tonight in Murphey Candler
building.

Service Recognizes
1943 Mortar Board

Miss Ellen Leyburn, Former Advisor,
To Speak on Ideal of Liberal College

In order to introduce Mortar Board to the new students
and to explain its position on the Agnes Scott campus, the
Mortar Board chapter of Agnes Scott College will hold its
annual Recognition Service in Gaines chapel on Saturday,
October 31. Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn, former member
and faculty advisor for the past three years, will speak on the
ideal of the liberal arts college, its

relation to Mortar Board and to
Agnes Scott.

Mortar Board is a national hon-
orary society which cites certain
seniors for their outstanding
leadership, scholarship, and serv-
ice. A charter is granted upon
petition, and with the requirement
that the college have an honorary
organization on its campus for at
least five years. Agnes Scott ob-
tained its charter in 1931, with
HOASC as Mortar Board's pre-
decessor.

Seniors are chosen in the spring
quarter of their junior year by
the members of Mortar Board, as-
sisted by a vote from their class,
and are approved by the faculty
advisors and the national Mortar
Board society. \ Members of the
Agnes Scott chapter are Martha
Dale, Anne Frierson, Dot Hol-
loran, Mardia Hopper, Frances
Kaiser, Ruth Lineback, and
Frances Radford. Miss Muriel
Harn, Dr. Schuyler Medlock
Christian, and Miss Leslie Gay-
lord are faculty advisors.

Dr. Washburn
To Show Film

Dr. H. M. Washburn, mission-
ary to Africa, will present a mo-
tion picture, "The Light Shines in
Bakuba Land," as vesper services
at 6:45 p. m. Sunday, November
1, in McLean chapel.

The picture was made by a pro-
fessional photographer whom Dr.
Washburn called to the Belgian
Congo for this purpose. It gives
the story of the mission work
there from the clearing of the for-
ests for settlement to the achieve-
ment of large, well-equipped
schools, houses, and hospitals. It
shows the development of the na-
tives from ignorant men to useful
missionaries. Dr. Washburn ex-
plains the scenes as they are
shown.

He and his family came,
to the United States last year
on furlough, and they have
been traveling over the south
showing the pictures. Dr. Wash-
burn is now at Columbia Semi-
nary, but as soon as passage to
Africa is available, he is planning
to return there.

Poetry Club Fall Tryouts
Yield Two New Members

Jane Elliott, president of Poetry
club, announces that Betty Jones
and Rosalie Sturtevant have been
received as new members of the
organization.

The meetings of the club have
been changed from the first Tues-
day of the month to the last Mon-
day of the month.

Council Posts
Skating Hours

Individual Groups May
Plan to Give Parties

Students may skate in the gym
on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
five to six, on Saturday after-
noons from two to six, and on all
Saturday nights for which no oth-
er entertainment has been
pianned, according to new regula-
tions issued by Co-recreational
Council last week.

A member of Student Govern-
ment, Christian Association, Ath-
letic Association, or Mortar Board,
the four organizations represented
on Co-recreational Council, will
be responsible for making the
skates available.

Any organization or group wish-
ing to schedule skating parties
may do so by making arrange-
ments with the gym department
and the dean's office not later
than four days before the desired
date. This privilege is included in
the final regulations concerning
organized skating, which were
fixed recently by the council.

Each Tuesday night the gym-
nasium and skates will be used by
the faculty.

Red Cross Fund Has

>uccess

ful B

eginning

Proceeds from War Council's
two showings of the movies "Tar-
get for Tonight" and "Women in
Defense" amounted to $7.65. Ac-
cording to Nancy Hirsh, student
chairman, this was felt to be a
very successful beginning for the
campus project of raising Red
Cross funds to buy kits for sol-
diers going overseas.

Coming This Week

Friday, Oct. 30, 10:30 a. m.
"Know Your Money," movie
in chapel.

Saturday, Oct. 31, 10:30 a. m.
Mortar Board recognition
service in chapel.

Saturday, Oct. 31 Mortar
Board party for freshmen
in the gym and Murphey
Candler.

Monday, Nov. 2, 8:30 p. m.
Musicale in Presser hall.

Monday, Nov. 2, 9:00 a. m.
First class begins.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Julia Skinner Kellers-
berger speaks in chapel.

Sunday, Nov. 1, 6:45 p. m.
Motion picture on Africa at
vesper service in McLean
chapel.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1942

"Don't Forget the Philippines!"
Colonel Clarke Pleads

By Betty Wade

"Remember Pearl Harbor if you must, but don't forget the
Philippines." This phrase is one that Colonel George Clark
asks Agnes Scott students to impress firmly upon their
hearts and minds. Colonel Clarke, the last combat officer to
leave Bataan before its surrender to the Japanese last April,
speaks with intense feeling when
he makes this request. He knows
only too realistically of the situa-
tion existing in the Philippines,
and every man, woman, and child
is counting on the people of the
United States. They must not lose
their faith, he says.

Another phrase that Colonel
Clarke wants American citizens to
ponder well in heart and mind is
that "We were not beaten by
force of arms, but by hunger."

Escapes From Bataan

Censorship and the fact that
the country is at war prevents
Colonel Clarke from revealing the
exact details of his escape from
Bataan. However, he does tell
that he was among five men to
escape from Bataan in a submar-
ine before the capitulation of the
peninsula. Colonel Clarke was not
ordered directly to the United
States then, but to a more south-
ern island in the Philippines. Since
the Japanese had succeeded in

taking this island before the sub-
marine arrived, he was unable to
carry out the orders. This sub-
marine did land safely, however,
in Australia, and Colonel Clarke
spent a month there before re-
turning to the United States.

Ferdinand the Bull

Colonel Clarke wants to be like
the Ferdinand everyone has heard
about. His greatest desire at pres-
ent is "to sit and smell the pretty
flowers." Looking over his rec-
ord of services all will agree that
he has more than deserved a rest.
He has participated in four wars,
including the Philippine Insurrec-
tion, 1912-13; the Mexican War,
1916; World War I, in the first
division actively engaged, as an in-
fantry officer in all the major en-
gagements; and now World War
II. It is the hope of Agnes Scott
students that Colonel Clarke's
new role of "Colonel Ferdinand"
will somewhat alleviate the pain-

Juniors Beat Freshmen, 4 to 1;
Seniors Bow to Sophomores

By Mary Estill Martin

Hard playing and a fighting spirit characterized the hockey
game Friday. A strong junior team defeated the freshmen,
4 to 1, and the seniors went down before the sophomores, 2
to 3.

Led by Scottie Johnson and Susan Richardson, the fresh-
men valiantly fought the first

M. E. MARTIN

string juniors. The first half was
slow, but the second half showed
better cooperation in both teams.
Early in the second half the
juniors made a
hard drive down
field. Billy
Walker, who
has always
played center
half and who
was playing in
the new posi-
tion v of center
forward, pushed
the goal in.
Billy should be congratulated for
the excellent job she did as for-
ward. She was responsible for
three of the juniors' points.

In the last half Scottie Johnson
made a beautiful run toward the
goal, avoiding Zena Harris' tac-
kle. Miriam Walker, the goalie,
stopped the ball however. Susan
Richardson made the goal.

Rough Play and Hard Hitting

Later the same afternoon the
sophomores beat the seniors in
one of the roughest games of the
season. There was too much un-
necessary slashing and hard hit-
ting.

In the first half the seniors
made a drive to the goal, which
ended in a penalty corner. Lib
Farmer recovered and drove to-
ward the senior goal. Martha Jean
Gower made the point for the
sophomores. Immediately after
substituting for Jane Middle
brooks. Mary Gumming scored for
the sophomores and again in the
second half after a strong sopho
more push down the field.

In the last half Dot Holloran
and Frances Radford each scored
for the seniors.

The line ups were:

Senior (2)

Weismann
Holloran
Moore
Radford (1)
Downie
Paisley
Lancaster
Smith, C.
Hopper
Frierson
Rountree

Sophomore (3)

R.W. Young
R.I. Gower (1)
C. Middlebrooks
L.I. Munroe
L.W. Farmer
R.H. Carpenter
C.H. Piassick
L.H. McWhorter
R.F. Almond
L.F. Webb
G. Everett
Substitutions : Senior Gordon.
Sophomore Cumming (2), Hun-
ter, Equen, Rosenthal, King,
Glenn.

Junior (4)

Lasseter
Rhodes (1)
Walker, B. (3)
Hill, G.
Hill, K.
Phillips
Farrior
Douglas
Dozier
Harris
Walker

Freshmen (1)

Blackfriars Announces
Tryouts for Technicians

Page Lancaster, president of
Blackfriars, announces that sen-
iors, juniors, and sophomores
wishing to try out for the Black-
friars technical staff, as costum-
ers or decorators, must sign on
the back bulletin board in Butt-
rick by Friday, October 30.

Each girl trying out will be as-
signed work on one of the com-
mittees for the coming produc-
tion of Letters to Lucerne. Girls
may choose from among the fol-
lowing three committees light-
ing, costuming, or properties.
Try outs will be judged on the
basis of interest and ability.

M.

ful remembrance of the horror he
has witnessed. In spite of the fact
that he has seen wars in their
most horrible aspects, he still
maintains a keen sense of humor.
He possesses a magnetic person-
ality and a disarming smile.

"Civilized" War

Dr. McCain especially wanted
Colonel Clarke to speak here in
order that Agnes Scott girls could
be awakened to the actual reali-
ties of this war, and the realiza-
tion that each girl must do her
part. Colonel Clarke came to Ag-
nes Scott because of his friendship
for Betty and Frances Brougher.
In his talk last Friday in chapel
he used no "sugar-coated" details
to describe his experiences at
Bataan. There can be no doubt re-
maining in the mind of any Agnes
Scott girl who heard Colonel
Clarke that this present war of a
"civilized" world is any less horri-
ble and inhuman than those of the
past. "Remember Pearl Harbor if
you must, but don't forget the
Philippines."

tournament is well under way.
Virginia Tuggle and Mary Cod-
ington will play in the semi-finals.
Mary Munroe will play the winner
of the Ryner-Dozier match. The
semi-finals should be exciting: all
the players are good; Tuggle won
the singles tournament last year.

R.W. Chewning
R.I. Mayer
C. Johnson
L.I. Jones
L.W. Stevenson
R.H. Davis
C.H. Sunkes
L.H. Walker, S.
R.F. Neville
L.F. Kraus
G. Nellans
Substitutions: Freshmen Rich-
ardson (1) Marshall, Scott, Bur-
nett, Addison, Ragland. McCain,
Newton, Reynolds. Juniors Blunt,
Tuggle. Ward.

As a result of recent tryouts,
Swimming club invited thirteen
nrw members Monday. They are
Carolyn Rose, Margaret Scott,
Helen Armitage, Sally Sue Stev-
enson, Dot Archer, Margaret
Milam. Botty Lee Phelps, Bobbie
Powell, Dottie Kahn, Susan Rich-
ardson, Betty Davis, Bunny
Weems, and Martha Baker.

Sally Sue Stevenson is the new-
ly appointed manager of the
freshman swimming team. The
first swimming meet will be Tues
day. November 10, at 8:30 p. m.
In spite of the rain the tennis

WANTED

Five students, juniors or
seniors preferred to
work on Saturdays and
during Christmas holi-
days selling lingerie,
hosiery and sports-wear.
Applicants will be giv-
en preliminary training.
For appointment con-
tact

Mrs. Holmes
at

MANGEL'S

185 Peachtree St. YVA. 6322
ATLANTA, GA.

McCAIN'S RAISE DITTO
DURING BLACKOUT

By Kathie Hill

Although the u air-raid" has been over a week, the fun
everyone got from it still remains. I don't mean to convey
the idea that we here on the campus consider something as
serious as a blackout as just one huge joke. But anyone with
good eyes and a sense of humor could hardly have ignored
the merriment in the picture of
several hundred sleepy, pajama-
clad girls slipper-ing out into the
moonlight, dropping curlers and
opinions along
the way: "If
only Hitler
would dare to
show his face
here, the war
would be over
soon!!" said one.
"I've always
wondered what
the campus
looked like at
I know," said

KATHRYN HILL

2 a. m. Now
another. .

Sleeping Beauty

Edith McCall (of "my name's
Edith, but just call me Mac"
fame) must have been bored with
it all for after about thirty min-
utes of crouching in a waste-bas-
ket in the library, Edith decided
to climb upon one of the "finest
hardwood tables" and go to sleep.
(They say that the library re-
sembled the Rue Morgue that
night with bodies stretched out on
the tables, toes stuck up, elbows
in and Goodness!! I sound like
Miss Winter.) Well, anyway, when
the all-clear sounded, Dr. McCain
came in to announce that all those
who wanted to could go home.

After the library was supposed-
ly emptied, Dr. McCain came in
to inspect and heard only the
lonely sound of a snore ringing
through the rafters. He went to
the source of the noise and very
politely suggested that it go home.
Poor Edith had had a wretched
night and not knowing who was
awakening her she mumbled,
"Lemme 'lone. Can't you see I
am asleep?"

It wasn't until he woke her the
second time that Dr. McCain sue-

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ceeded in making Edith recognize
him which recognition must have
galvanized her into action for she
streaked out of the bibliotheque
like a shot.

Tin Can Alley

Now let's switch the scene to
Presser where we find Gaines
chapel a mere shadow of its for-
mer self. Instead of neat seats
with no feets we see the lovely
lady-like limbs of sleeping Hotten-
tots draped over the backs of the
chairs and out in the aisle; instead
of the respectful quiet to which
we are so accustomed, we hear a
mixture of audible sleep, talking,
laughing, singing, and Irene. By
Irene, I mean Irene McCain, who
was wandering around the chapel
with a vacant look on her face
and purpose in her walk.

You see, she was chairman of
the tin-can committee last week
and was on the alert to catch un-
suspecting students who would, as
Irene gracefully put it, "Smash
tin cans." No one got any sleep
for just as you would doze off,
the heavy arm and the paw of
I^ene would descend upon your
shoulder and a hoarse whisper
would ring out : "Would you smash
tin cans for me tomorrow, huh?"
No one escaped unless it was
those brave few who got down un-
der the seats.

Yumpin' Yiminy

Only once did she cease her
campaigning and that was when
Bittie King stepped on Yoli Ber-
nabe's face and she cried out:
"Plee-uz!! You are yumping on
my face." As we left the chapel,
the last thing we heard was
Irene's "Would you like to smash
tin cans tomorrow, huh?" and
people crying out that they had
lost their slippers somewhere.

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Page 3

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Did you hear about the war? It won't be lasting much
longer, because the Chi Phi's put a "Voodoo" curse on the
Axis leaders Friday night with their VOODOO PARTY out
at Fernbank. Witnesses to the eerie ceremony were Joyce
Freeman, Anne Pentecost, Mary Turner, Jeanne Robinson,
and Anne Lee. In an old barn
there was a rustic altar, strewn
with skulls and bones; and behind
the altar stood a high priest with
a blackened, scowling face and
gleaming horns. To the weird
tempo of native drums, a canni-
bal danced before the altar, cli-
maxing his sinister performance
by killing a large copperhead
snake. After squeezing the snake's
blood into a bowl, he motioned to
the onlookers, who completed the
"curse" by dipping pins into the
bowls and sticking them into effi-
gies of Hitler

and Hirohito
that stood near
by. Then those
effigies were
burned send-
ing the Chi Phi
Voodoo curse
on its way
" : * " t hrough the

sky. Watch the
Caroline smith papers for re-
sults!

Tension being a little high at
this point, the guests welcomed
dancing at the big house near the
barn. A music guessing game was
held, and a supper of barbecued
sandwiches and Brunswick stew
was served. That was a party!

At the PARADISE ROOM over
the week-end were Nancy Moses,
Liz Carpenter, Laura Cumming,
Marg Downie, and Margaret
Shaw. Betty Wade and Louise
Runge Livingston had lunch there
Saturday. Louise, who visited
Betty over the week-end, is now
Mrs. Edwin Livingston, and her
husband is in the navy.

The B. Y. P. U. HAYRIDE Fri-
day night was a great success, es-
pecially for those Hottentots who
take "Espanol." You see, the des-
tination of the hayride was Buena
Vista Lake and as Mrs. Dunstan
was a member of the party, the
occasion presented a "time to

shine" for many who knew the
correct pronunciation, or claimed
to! Among those present were
Mary Cargill, Sara Cooksey, Pat-
ty Miller Dean, Betty Jo Massey,
Louise Starr, Doris Street, Eliza-
beth Woodward, Jean Durham,
and Mary Elizabeth Varn. A pic-
nic supper with hamburgers, etc.,
was enjoyed.

Saturday night at the K. A.
HOUSE DANCE were Mary Cum-
ming, Ann Haggard, Claire Ben-
nett, Patty Barbour, Eugenia
Jones, Carolyn Fuller, Leona
Leavitt, and Margaret Mace.

SQUARING THE CIRCLE was
a real success! Ann Campbell and
Martha Trimble were splendid,
and everyone enjoyed the per-
formance. At the play given by
the Theatre Group at the Worn
an's Club Theatre were Inge Prob-
stein, Elizabeth Blincoe, Betty
Bates, Bennye Linzy, Pie Ertz,
Susan Guthrie, Wendy Whittle,
Anne Webb, and Helen Smith.

Agnes Scott was deserted by
many over the week-end! Joella
Craig visited her home in Wal
halla, S. C, and Louise Breedin
went to Columbia, S. C- Bunny
Weems and Elizabeth Osborne
visited in Cartersville, Ga., and
May Turner went home to Mc
Donough, Ga. Carolyn Rose and
Mary Reynolds went home, too, to
Valdosta and Marietta, Ga., re-
spectively.

At the S. A. E. house at Tech
Friday night was Pat Stokes (nab
it, or sumpin', Pat?), and Swanna
Henderson was seen at the Delta
Tau Delta house at Tech Satur
day night.

The EMORY THEOLOGY wie

A. A. Group to Camp
Hallowe'en Weekend

A party of thirteen will spend
Hallowe'en week-end at nearby
Camp Highland on a rugged
camping trip. Dressed in blue
hockey warm-up suits to prove
their identification with Athletic
Association board, they will drive
up on Saturday afternoon to re-
turn late Sunday night.

Virginia Tuggle and Margaret
Downie will provide original en-
tertainment in the Hallowe'en
spirit, while Mary Maxwell and
Agnes Douglas, who have never
even made coffee, have volun-
teered to cook Sunday morning
breakfast.

Faculty members attending will
be Misses Wilburn, Webster, and
Gellerstedt. Representing A. A.
board will be Mary Estill Martin,
Margaret Downie, Anne Frierson,
Mary Jane Auld, Virginia Tuggle,
Gwen Hill, Billy Walker, Agnes
Douglas, and Dot Hunter.

Cotillion Club to Give
Five Cent Tea Dances

Five cents will be the admission
charged Hottentots who attend
the Cotillion club tea dances,
which will be held every Wednes-
day between 4 and 6 p. m. in the
gym, beginning next Wednesday,
November 4.

Those who wish to learn to
dance will have the opportunity to
learn every kind of dance step
from members of the Cotillion
club. And those who already know
how to dance but who would like
to polish up on the newest steps
may also get help. And for
those who just want to dance, the
tea dances will be an excellent
place to enjoy their favorite pas-
time. Moreover, the nickels will
go to the Red Cross war work
campaign.

Magician to Perform
At Freshman Party

To introduce freshmen to boys
from Emory and Georgia Tech
Mortar Board will entertain
eighty members of the class at
parties on October 31 and Novem
ber 4.

The guests will assemble at 8:00
o'clock in Murphey Candler build
ing, where they are to attend a
magician show and take part in
games. Skating in the gym and
singing of army and navy songs
will round out the evening's en
tertainment. Guests will have
different date for each part of the
program.

SOUTHERN
DAIRIES

Delicious

MILK AND ICE
CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

ner roast must have been fun!
Anne Wright, Martha Ray Lasse-
ter, Betty Bowman, Jessie New-
bold, and Miriam Walker can tell
us about it all.

Did you hear the bang that the
Mortar Board party caused Fri-
day night? With skating in the
gym, and a sho' nuff magician
from Tech in Murphey Candler,
the party was a big success, with
plenty of people and fun!

There were more visitors to Ag
nes Scott this week-end that is
if you count Mary Dean Lott and
Ann Chambless as "visitors." And
oh, yes, Cathy Steinbach's mother
and father were here.

I'm still envying Emily Higgins,
AJice Mann and Marilyn Schroe-
der their visit to Ft. Benning at
Nancy McDonough's home. That
wonderful place!!

Aurora Staff to Accept
Articles for Publ ication

Students who wish to submit ar
tides for publication in the Auro-
ra, quarterly literary magazine,
should put them in the Aurora
box in But trick or give them to
Jean Moore, editor, before No

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Dot Holloran To Raise
The Marriage Average

By Mary Carr

Dorothy Conrad Holloran has done her bit to bring up the
average in the marriage statistics so beloved by Dr. H. A.
Robinson, former math professor at Agnes Scott.

Within the first few minutes of a conversation Dot always
says, "Have you seen my ring?" And in her room one can
find numerous pictures of Tom, who will graduate from Har
vard in February. There are pic- "

tures of Tom as a baby (which
she uses as a pin tray), pictures
of Tom and Dot, and pictures of
Tom.

Right now her pet peeve is any
physics student who gets a dia-

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mond. She's afraid Dr. Christian
will forget he promised to use her
ring for class demonstration pur-
poses.

For three years Dot has run
from Mrs. Smith, who never quite
seems to like her room. But after
all, how can an English and math
major be a poised Mortar Board
president and keep her room al-
ways just right ? Besides she won't
be twenty until March 1.

When she's not Mortar Board-
ing Dot is usually "going to the
pictures," or eating especially
steak and chocolate ice cream,
which just doesn't seem, to work

vember 9.

The Aurora staff will accept for
consideration any kind of original
composition including short stor
ies, poems, and personal essays.

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Samuel Goldwyn's Great Drama of the
Life of An American Hero

havoc on her creamy complexion.
At the end of the month she goes
to her friends, asking, "Don't I
have something you want to
buy? I'm hungry again."

Dot started her executive career
as vice-president of the freshman
class. Then she was elected sopho-
more presdent. As a junior she
was the one who sent out campus
slips to student government vio-
lators, but that didn't keep her
from being elected president of
Mortar Board, and to top it all,
she has been chosen to be in Who's
Who.

But all her time hasn't been
spent on extra-curricular activi-
ties. Each year she has made
honor roll even though "She is
the world's worst to put off study-
ing until late at night," laughs
Marg Downie, her roommate.

Rebekah Scott dormitory this
year is familiar with her Lynch-
burg, Virginia, accent asking
scads of boys on the phone:
"Won't you come to the Mortar
Board party for freshmen?" Then
she talks so fast and furiously, the
boys don't have a chance to re-
fuse even if they want to.

To hear her accent, why don't
you ask her to say, "There's a
mouse in the house and there's no
doubt about it?"

Decatur Theatre

October 28 "Miss Annie Rooney," Shirley
Temple.

October 29-30 "Her Cardboard Lover,"
Norma Shearer. Robert Taylor.

October 31 "This Gun for Hite," and
"Devil's Trail."

November 2-3 "Tuttles of Tahiti," Char-
les Laughton. Jon Hall, Peggy Drake.

DeKalb Theatre

October 28 "Flight Lieutenant," Evelyn
Keyes, Glenn Ford.

October 29-30 "Tarzazn's New York Ad-
venture," Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen
O'Sullivan.

October 31 "Swamp Woman" and "Mad
Martlndales."

November 2-3-4 "Mrs. Miniver," Greer
Garson, Walter Pidgeon.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

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

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

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1942

Believe It or Not, NEWS to Improve!

An editor writes on every topic imag-
inable except his own work. That is
one subject which escapes his critical
pen.

But instead of complaining about oth-
er people this week, we are going to
take a good look at ourselves.

All of us who work on the News
have listened for your opinions and
criticisms during this week, so that we
would know where first to direct our
efforts toward improvement.

Many of the suggestions we have
heard are good and we are including
the most constructive ones in the Cam-
pus Quotes on this page. We intend to
use these ideas as much as we can. We
want the News to ,be your paper, so
we appreciate your criticisms.

Many of them have indicated that
the paper could be improved by includ-
ing more interesting articles about the
campus and what different girls are do-
ing. In other words, they say, the
News should be less stilted and formal
more personal in its appeal.

In an effort to accomplish this end, we
are starting a series of articles about
girls on the campus, various alumnae
who have important jobs in the war
effort,, and faculty members we would
all like to know better.

We will try to improve the editorial
page in accordance with your sugges-
tions by using only articles that deal
with this campus and are therefore in-
teresting to us. Cartoons, if included,
will deal with campus topics and will be
drawn by Agnes Scott girls. A new fea-
ture on this page will be a short article
each week clipped from one of the first
editions of the Agonistic.

Getting pictures to enliven the ap-

pearance of the News is a problem
which we cannot solve completely, since
the wartime shortage of zinc, in which
our cuts are cast, makes the use of
prints very expensive.

Campus Quotes Discuss

The A. S. News

We need more interesting things like
this week's Raddy story. That was tops.
Short, well-written contributions are
better liked than lengthy stories which
are not news.

I like to read the paper when there
are more personal, interesting articles.
Also eye-catching headlines make me
look over articles I would otherwise
have ignored. One suggestion though:
can the society column be more than
just a mere list of boarders' names?

The back page is the worst one in
the paper. Exchange features and car-
toons are useless when you could put
more interesting things about the school
and the girls in their place. Nobody
reads them. Also Campus Quotes could
be improved.

I think, and I have heard many oth-
ers say the same, that the paper is too
stiff and formal in the subjects of the
articles and in the way they are written.

Coming This Week should be in the
same place every week.

I liked the paper week before last
better than last week, because it con-
tained more real news.

American Guadalcanal Defenses Hold
As Flying Fortresses Raid Rabaul

By Tess Carlos

TESS CARLOS

Rocked in the Deep

Fierce fighting continued in the Solo-
mons this week as the Japanese bombed
the Guadalcanal airfield and landed ad-
ditional reinforcements on Guadalcanal
and adjoining islands.
Most Americans, con-
fident that this would
be an easy victory,
were shocked to learn
that though two Jap-
anese ships, presum-
ably a cruiser and a
destroyer, were hit,
American naval
forces have suffered
too. The navy an-
nounced the sinking
of two American destroyers, the O'Brien
and the Meredith. No doubt more losses
will be announced later.

A raid on Rabaul, which is on New
Britain Island, was carried out success-
fully by the air forces under the com-
mand of General Douglas MacArthur
Friday. Damage on Japanese naval
units was estimated at a loss of 50,000
tons when a cruiser, a destroyer, and
eight transports or cargo ships were
either sunk or damaged.

At the same time the sinking of two
more merchantmen in the Atlantic
raises the number of craft lost in the
Atlantic by enemy action since last De-
cember 7 to the total of 503. The sink-
ings, when reached a high peak this
summer, have slackened somewhat as
a result of more careful stalking of the
subs by planes and blimps, the arming
of merchant marine ships, and continual
vigi lance.

The Incredible Congress

The House in an affable mood passed
the new draft bill quickly and in record
time. Then as the bill reached the Sen-
ate, where it is still in the stage of de-
bate, the House began a walkout. Con-
gressmen have been very jittery and un-

sure about all these new measures
which they are having to pass. Novem-
ber and election time come nearer. And
constituents are still in a state of inde-
cision. Wise politicians are hoping to
delay the passing of the draft act until
the end of elections. They are hoping
to ignore the fact that after the need
of a draft act comes the new manpower
mobilization bill which Paul V. McNutt,
chairman of the War Manpower Com-
mission, promises will be ready within
two weeks.

Going, Going, Gone

The President's wife, Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, traveled extensively through-
out America before the outbreak of war.
Since then she has confined her travels
to the presidential tour of war plants
which took place last month. But now
she is in London along with Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby, head of the WAAC's, as a
guest of King George and Queen Eliza-
beth in Buckingham Palace.

This has been called a global war so
that it was not too surprising that Am-
erican forces are now in the Fiji islands
and in Liberia. The Fijis, somewhere in
the wide Pacific, were taken to prevent
them from falling into enemy hands and
thus endangering supply routes between
America and the Far East. Liberia, the
only negro republic in the world, which
was founded to rehabilitate freed negro
slaves before the Civil War, is only 750
miles from dangerous Dakar. Not only
is Liberia to be used by American forces,
but the RAF will utilize its fields as a
base for hunting German submarines
along the bulge of West Africa.

Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, World
War I air ace, was reported Saturday-
two days overdue on a survey flight
with ten fliers from Oahu to another
one of the Hawaiian islands. Hope has
not yet been abandoned. He was on a
mission for General Arnold, head of
American air forces.

i

CRITICISM

Let's Really Sell 'em Ice Cream Entices

Hockey Players of '16

Hockey was still something new on
the campus 'way back in 1916 when the
Agonistic (now the A. S. News) was be-
ginning its second year of publication.
The following article from the paper of
October 13, 1916, shows the gym de-
partment trying to lure the Hottentots
down to the hockey field.

Nearly a hundred girls, some at-
tracted by the promise of an ice
cream cone, others by curiosity to
see what hockey really was, gath-
ered in the gymnasium last Thurs-
day for the "Hockey Rally". Mrs.
Parry explained by diagrams the
principles of the game. Then she
and Mary Neff, with sticks and
bean bags, gave an interesting dem-
onstration of how it should be
played.

Two teams, the "Purples" and
the "Whites," were organized and
the first practice took place Mon-
day afternoon. Afterwards, ice
cream cones were served to all the
prospective players.

The war stamp campaign on the Ag-
nes Scott campus is now almost two
weeks old. Members of four campus or-
ganizations have been selling war
stamps to us night and day in Butt-
rick, in the Tea House, in the dormitor-
ies. During the year almost all of us
will have the same opportunity. We
must remember that it is not only an
opportunity but also an obligation. We
must be good salesmen.

Selling war stamps is much more
than merely sitting at a table in Butt-
rick with a box of stamps before you.
You're selling stamps, not waiting for
someone to buy them! Use your psychol-
ogy make a definite appeal to each
person who passes your table. We are
all ready to buy stamps, but we like to
be asked and we like to see a little en-
thusiasm displayed by the girls selling
them.

Every time you fail to sell a stamp to
someone who passes your table you are
failing the army, the navy, the marines.
You are letting someone down.

Give your whole attention to the job.
No studying. No chatting with your
friends unless you first sell them a
stamp! M. R. H.

To the Editor

Dear Editor:

What can I do to help the war effort?
This is not a new question but right
here on the campus we have a new an-
swer . . . smashing tin cans.

Colonel Clarke's speech in chapel
opened our eyes to the things that some
people are going through for our coun-
try and our liberty. Upon each person
rests the future of democracy. Are you
doing your utmost ? Or does that date,
that movie, or that half hour at the tea
house mean more to you than FREE-
DOM.

Jump at the chance to help with the
cans; someone will ask you or if no one
does, volunteer! Remember Bataan by
getting behind these cans!

Sincerely,

Irene McCain.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVIII Wednesday. October 28, 1942 No. fi

Published weekly, except during holidays and
examination periods, by the students of Agnes
Scolt 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.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Quiney Mills Kathryn Hill

Madeline Hosmer Betty Pegram

Assistant Editors Assistant Feature

Bennye Linzy Editors

Assistant Business Mary Estill Martin

Manager Sports Editor

June Lanier Caroline Smith

Oneida Woolford Society Editor

Advertising Managers Polly Lyndon

Mary Carr Club Editor

Copy Editor Caroline Calhoun

Tess Carlos Suzanne Watkins

Current History Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Bete? White. Jane Dlnsmore. Mary Lou-
ise Duffer. Marlon Knapp, Betty Burress, Nancy

Greene, Margaret Drununond, Kathryne Thompson,

Ruth Doggett, Martha Line Mack, .ban Mef'urry.
Suzanne Watkins. Martha Arnold. Carolyn Fuller,
famllla Moore Lib Farmer, Wendy Whittle. Paul-
ino Erlz, Betty Glenn, Inge Probstein. Betty Wade.
Louise Brecdln. Mir Douse. Pat Klanj. Olive Hansen.
Business Assistants: Elizabeth Carpenter, Anne
Eo,uen. Penny Espy. Barbara Frlnk. Julia Har-
vard. Frances King, Johnnie Mae Tlppen, Mary
Frances Walker Blount.

The Agnes Scott N

ews

vol. xxvra.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942

NO. 6

All-Star Series
To Bring Opera

'La Boheme' to Be Sung
In English Thursday

Piccini's opera, La Boheme, will
be presented at 8:30 tomorrow
night in the Atlanta municipal
auditorium, the second attraction
on the Atlanta Music club's an-
nual All-star series.

Unusual features of this presen-
tation of the opera are that it will
be rendered in English rather than
in the usual French, and that only
one member of the cast is not a
native of an English-speaking
country.

The Charles Wagner company is
producing the opera, under the di-
rection of Desire Defrere, stage
manager for the Metropolitan
Opera Company. Guiseppe Bamba-
schek, Metropolitan conductor,
will command thirty members of
the Metropolitan orchestra.

Special street cars for Agnes
Scott girls will leave from the un-
derpass at 7:30 to provide trans-
portation to the auditorium, for
only those students who sign
ahead of time on the list in the
dean's office.

Freshmen to Lead First
Of Series at Vespers

The freshman class will begin
the annual series of class vesper
programs on Sunday, November 8,
at 6:45 p. m., in McLean chapel.
The programs, which will be di-
rected by the various classes for
the next four Sunday nights, have
as their general theme "The
Transforming Power of Christ."

Speakers from each class will
present examples of great workers
in different fields, showing the
transforming power of Christ in
their lives. The freshmen will dis-
cuss the field of religious work,
while the sophomores will talk
about men and women in profes-
sions. The juniors will discuss
Christian workers in the home,
and the seniors will complete the
series with a discussion on the
transforming power of Christ in
student life.

Butterflies, Beetles
Make Biologists Go
Absolutely Bats

"Please don't go away. I need
just one more!"

Out rushed Yoli Bernabe with a
net after a butterfly. Yoli is just
one of the many invertebrate zoo-
ology students who are combing
the campus for last minute in-
sects. The time is drawing short
now and the harried Hottentots
are seen doing some peculiar
things.

And poor Bitsy Law! Passersby
who saw her on the Atlanta
streets thought her net was for
fishing instead of her big game
hunting.

Elizabeth Blinco calmly gathers
bugs on her strolls, while Sylvia
Piassick exclaims, '*% can't do it!
I can't do it!" Everyone thinks
she is objecting to killing the in-
sects, but she continues, 'T can't
find fifty bugs in the whole
world."

Miss Scandrett to Cap Seniors
In Annual Investiture Service

Friday To Be Little Girls 1 Final Filing
Before Becoming Dignified Seniors

'Seventy-five seniors will reach another milestone in their
college careers as they march to the strains of the processional
to receive their caps from Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean of stu-
dents, at the annual investiture services on Saturday, No-
vember 7, at 12:30 in Presser hall. As class sponsor, Mr.

Robert B. Holt, professor of chem-

istry, will address the seniors on
the subject of "The College Wom-
an and the World Today." Dr. J. I.
Paisley, father of one of the sen-
iors, will offer the prayer at this
thirty-fourth investiture cere-
mony.

According to custom, the white
frocked sophomores will escort
their sister class from the colo-
nade between Main and Rebekah
to Presser. The faculty will pre-
cede, followed by the sophomores,
who will form a double line
through which the seniors will
pass.

Mascot to Lead

Blonde, blue-eyed, little Winship
Leadingham, who is four years
old today, will act as mascot for
the seniors. Master Leadingham,
grandson of Mr. George Winship,
chairman of the Agnes Scott
board of trustees, will assume all
unusual dignity as he leads the
procession in his cap and gown.

The Agnes Scott campus will be
turned into a playground on Little
Girls' Day on Friday, November 6,
as seventy-five seniors gaily romp
and frolic to the tune of "School
Days" before assuming the dig-
nity of cappe'd and gowned sen-
iors on the following day.
Last Fling

The "little" girls will fully en-
joy their last fling at youth as
they sing, play games, and "apple
polish" the teachers for the last
time. Seniors may be recog-
nized by their Alice in Wonder-
land attire, with short dresses and
hair ribbons.

Four Alumnae Keep Records
In Army Supply Department

Among the many Agnes Scott alumnae active in war work
is the group of last year's graduates who are now working
at Conley, Georgia. These girls include Misses Sue Held-
mann, Marjorie Simpson, Becky Andrews, and Edwina Bur-
russ.

Misses Heldmann and Simpson work on the 3:00
11:00 p. m. shift in the Quarter

master depot, where they type,
work tabulating machines, and
keep numerous sorts of records.
Besides their regular salaries, they
receive time and a half pay for
overtime work, which Miss Simp-
son does on Saturday and Miss
Heldmann on Sunday.

With her salary, Miss Heldmann
is paying for her brand new, light
blue, Fleetline Chevrolet, in which
she carries five other girls to work
every day.

On the 8:15 a. m.-5:00 p. m.
shift in the same office, Miss An-
drews also types and files. She
thinks the work is ". . . interest-
ing because it keeps you in touch
with what's going on and who of
your friends in the army are go-
ing where. But, of course, it's

p. m.-

strictly confidential!"

Downstairs in the same build-
ing, Miss Burruss holds a position
in the engineering supply depart-
ment, where records are kept of
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Mortar Board To Fete
Freshman and Dates

The party for freshmen, post-
poned from its original date on
October 31, will be held tonight
at 8:30 o'clock, according to Mor-
tar Board President Dot Holloran.

Invited members of the class
and their dates are to assemble in
the lobby of Rebekah Scott, where
the first part of the evening's en-
tertainment will take place.

Mrs. Sims Recommends
Work of Hallett Abend

Hallett Abend, Lecture Associa-
tion's first speaker, is, according
to Mrs. Roff Sims, of the
history department, one of the
most up-to-date authorities on the
situation in the south Pacific and
in Asia. At Mrs. Sims suggestion,
Lecture Association has included
Mr. Abend on this year's lecture
series. He will speak in Gaines
chapel on Thursday, November 12.

Mr. Abend is chief far-eastern
correspondent of The New York
Times. Mrs. Sims said that she
has read his columns in the Tunes
for fifteen years and has admired
his work very much. She knows
that he is well-acquainted with
the important people behind the
big events of the Pacific and is
familiar with the relationship be-
tween the United 1 States and
China, since his last trip to the
far east was made last fall.

War to Affect
Alumnae Day

Because of the transportation
problem, the annual alumnae cele-
bration will be crowded into one
day, November 12, instead of last-
ing the usual week-end.

Lieutenant Mildred McFaJl
head of naval officer procurement
for the Atlanta district of the
WAVES, will speak at 3:30 p. m
in McLean auditorium. Dr. Good-
rich C. White, newly inaugurated
president of Emory university,
will talk on "The Impact of the
War on Higher Education" at 4:30
p. m.

These lectures will be followed
by an explanation of the student
War Council's program and an
exhibition of war books and maps
arranged in the library by Miss
Edna R. Hanley, librarian.

Alumnae day will formally close
after a lecture by Hallet Abend
in Presser hall that evening

BookWeek-end
Offers Exhibit
Of Late Books

Annual Book Week at Agnes
Scott will be shortened to a week-
end, Thursday, November 12,
through Sunday, November 15,
says Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, head
librarian.

There will be a special chapel
program about Book week-end on
Friday, November 13, led by Dot
Holloran. The speaker will be
Mrs. Frank Sewell, of Atlanta, an
Agnes Scott graduate. She will
Speak on "Literary Appreciation".

The exhibit will be open during
the week at the regular library
hours. On Sunday afternoon it will
be open from 2:00-6:00 p. m. Tea
will be served by Mortar Board in
the library on Sunday afternoon
and evening.

Book Week-end offers the stu-
dents an opportunity to examine
this year's new books. The exhibit
will include the latest fiction,
biographies, books dealing with all
phases of the war, and a display
of children's books.

Dr. William M. Elliott
To Speak in Chapel

By popular request of the stu-
dent body, Dr. William M. Elliott,
jr., minister of the Druid Hills
Presbyterian church, will speak in
chapel Tuesday, November 10. His
subject has not yet been chosen.

Dr. Elliott, who was speaker for
the Religious Emphasis Week held
last spring by Christian Associa-
tion, was voted first, in popularity
among the C. A. speakers of last
year in the poll made by the or-
ganization in May.

Emory's Phi Sigma
Elects Three Girls

Phi Sigma, the national honor-
ary science fraternity at Emory
university, recently elected to
membership three Hottentots,
Nancy Greene, Mary Estill Mar-
tin, and Carolyn Daniel. The ini-
tiation will be held on Friday
nig|it, November 6, at Professor
R. C. Rhodes' house, Ruth Line-
back, corresponding secretary, an-
nounced.

Requirements for Phi Sigma
membership are an average of not
less than B in biology, a certain
number of biology classes, and a
definite interest in the subject.
Ruth Lineback is the only other
member of Phi Sigma on the Ag-
nes Scott campus.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 4:30 p. m.

Five-cent tea dance in

Murphey Candler.
Thursday, Nov. 5, 8:30 p. m.

"La Boheme" at Atlanta

municipal auditorium.
Friday, Nov. 6 Little girls'

day.

Saturday, Nov. 7, 12:30 p. m.
Investiture in Gaines
chapel.

Sunday, Nov. 8, 6:45 p. m.
Freshman class vesper pro-
gram in McLean chapel.
Monday, Nov. 9, 4:00 p. m.
Rabbi David Marx to speak
at Bible club meeting in
Murphey Candler.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11:00 a. m.
Dr. William Elliott to talk
in chapel.
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11:00
a. m. Mrs. Sims to discuss
world affairs in chapel.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Agnes Scott was kept very much reminded that Saturday
was Hallowe'en, by the numerous parties being given. The
EMORY TAU DELTA Hallowe'en barn dance Saturday night
had all the trimmings: the frat house floors were covered
with straw; black cats and witches

CAROLINE SMITH

on broomsticks adorned the walls
in the windows and on the mantel
were jack - o -
lanterns, while
occasional can
dies threw
weird shadows
about the house.
Black and
orange crepe
paper and corn
stalks filled in
the spaces, and
the bright
sweaters and shirts of some of the
boys added to the color scheme
Apple cider was served from an
ice punch bowl that had a border
of orange flowers frozen into it.

At the party were Jane Everett,
Betty Jane Hancock, Ginny Car-
ter, June Bedinger, Elaine Wilson,
Scottie Johnson, Marguerite Wat-
son, Martha Pope, Sterly Lebey,
and her visitor, Helen Gaines, of
Savannah.

Saturday night in the Ambassa-
dor Room at the Georgian Ter-
race, the EMORY SIGMA CHI's
gave an informal dance. The in-
vitations were awfully clever
they were of folded white paper
with an eagle on the outside, and
on the inside a verse of invitation
written over a big "V." The dance
cards were red, white, and blue,
and the Emory Aces provided mu-
sic for dancing. Among those pres-
ent at the dance were Frances
Ragan, Martha Rhodes, Julia
Scott, Jeanne Robinson, Eva Wil-
liams, Louise Starr, Lucy Turner,
Betty Robinson, Joyce Freeman,
Betty Jo Davics, Jodele Tanner,
Carolyn Fuller, Margaret Killam,
June Reynolds, June Lanier, and
Anne Lee.

The S. A. E.'s at EMORY Fri-
day night combined a hike-picnic
with a house dance for a big time.
There was a hike to Paradise,
where a big fire was built, and a
supper of hamburgers, ice cream,
cokes, and peanuts was enjoyed.
Afterwards, everybody returned
to the fraternity house to dance.
Kitty Kay, Eleanor Davies,
Maudie Van Duke, Margaret Miz-
ell, Dorothy Archer, Patty Bar-
bour, and Claire Bennett were
there.

The TECH NAVY BALL was
its usual gala self! Gertrude Day,
Frances Malone, Mary Hunt,
Mary Campbell Everett, Frances
Malone. Mary Jane Schumacher,
and Gertrude Day were there.
Fun, girls? . . .

Did you see Jane Post on cam-

Students to Receive
Free Lecture Tickets

Students must get their tickets
for the year's lecture series from
the book store before Hallett
Abend's lecture on November 12,
Betty Henderson, student chair-
man of Lecture Association, an-
nounced recently.

There is no admission fee for
Agnes Scott students but they
must present their tickets at the
door in order to be admitted to the
lectures. It is important that ev-
erybody get a ticket and not los

Price of admission for Tech and
Emory students and for all out-
siders is fifty-five cents. Tickets
will be on sale in the book store.

pus over the week-end? Jane is
at Auburn now, but thought she'd
come back and tell us "hello." Vir-
ginia Beavers had a visitor also,
whose name was Mary Lloyd Ben-
son, from Alabama. Louise Reed's
mother spent the week-end with
her.

Mary Walker was at the Hal-
lowe'en ball at Piedmont Driving
club.

Juniors and seniors who remem-
ber "Sis" King will be interested
to hear that her sister, Monnie
King, was on campus over the
week-end, staying with Susan
Guthrie and C. Smith. Monnie
came down from Converse for the
game ... '* .

Speaking of the game, as ever
there were lots of Hottentots pres-
ent. Some of them were Frances
Ragan, Martha Rhodes, Pat Pat-
terson, Betty Henderson, Virginia
Beavers, Mary Hunt, Mary Blox-
ton, and Irene Gordon. . . . Irene
had a sort of a visitor, too, but it
didn't stay on campus!

Oh, did you know that Mrs.
Ansley is a grandmother?!! Yes,
ma'am!!! . . .

PRIVATE NOTE TO THE DAY
STUDENTS:
Dear Day Students,

If you haven't read this far, and
therefore miss this little epistle, I
don't blame you one bit! There's
hardiy a day student's name in
this whole watcha-column, and,
really, it isn't at all interesting, is
it? I'd be mad, if I were you! . . .

But don'J: be, because you aren't
left out on purpose. The society
news would be a whole lot livelier
if only all the things you are do-
ing were included. The trouble has
been that the day student re-
porters have found it very diffi-
cult to find out what everybody is
doing, as it is really hard to get
hold of people during school hours
there not being a dorm to make
it easy as it is for the boarder re-
porters.

So, I just thought of something.
If you are planning a big week-
end, or if you have a dance or a
hay ride tucked away somewhere
in the back of your mind; or if
something just happens to hap-
pen how about scribbling it on
a scrap of paper, and putting the
bitta news into the Agnes Scott
.Wws box down in the mail
room ? ! !

our

Al

umnae

(Continued from Page 1)
technical provisions rather than of
food and clothing. Her particular
job is that of running an electrical
accounting machine, which she
boasts she can . . make do any-
thing but spit."

Miss Burruss and the three oth-
ers entered the International
Business Machines school in At-
lanta on the Monday after grad-
uation last June. Being inter-
viewed a week later by a lieuten-
ant from the Quartermaster
Corps, they all accepted jobs im-
mediately and received salaries
during the last seven weeks of the
two months' training course,
starting work early in August.

Each of these four alumnae al-
lots ten per cent of her salary for
war bonds. They and other girls
are helping the war effort also by
replacing the civilian men who are
being drafted from positions there.

Science Group
Entertains for
New Members

Chi Beta Phi held its annual
formal banquet honoring the new
members of the group last night
at 7 p. m. in the tea house. The
banquet table was patriotically
decorated with red, white, and
blue flowers, and place cards.

Before the banquet an impres
sive formal initiation of new mem-
bers was held at 6 o'clock in the
Chi Beta Phi room in Murphey
Candler building.

Following the banquet Miss
Philippa Gilchrist, professor of
chemistry and faculty advisor for
the organization, spoke on "Worn
an Science Majors in the War."

New members were asked to
make humorous impromptu
speeches on scientific subjects.

Initiates of the national
honorary science fraternity are
Robin Taylor, Jeanne Clarkson
Gwen Hill, Virginia Tuggle, Mary
Maxwell, Mary Ward, Billie Wal-
ker, and Elizabeth Edwards.

Nancy Greene and Betty Pe-
gram were in charge of decora-
tions and Dorothy Hopkins was in
charge of invitations for the ban-
quet. All faculty members
of the science, math, and psychol-
ogy departments were invited.

Crutches Are
In Vogue Again

Rumors that Miss Claire Pur-
cell, who manages the bookstore,
the haunt for after chapel, had
broken her leg and that Raddy,
student government chief, had
"done it again" were circulating
last Friday night. A visit to the
infirmary Saturday morning dis-
closed that one room was com-
pletely taken over by victims of
casualties of the day before.

On one bed fj which was bumped
up to support her, lay last year's
president of Inman, half covered
by a huge, rounded affair which,
as Raddy, from the next bed, said,
"looked like an iron lung." The
purpose of this was to dry the cast
on her fractured ankle. Miss Pur-
cell was very anxious that every-
one know that it wasn't her leg
thank goodness!!

It seems that a slip on White
House porch is responsible for
Miss Purcell's trouble, while Rad-
dy tore some ligaments in her
foot at the hockey game.

Both victims are now out hob-
bling around.

Classes Vie for Lead in Race
To Increase Community Fund

Student Interviewers Start Collections
For Drive to Aid Thirty-two Charity Groups

With the goal of 100 per cent contribution from each class
in the student body, Mary Ann Cochran, senior class presi-
dent, set in motion today a drive for the Community
Fund, to be carried on simultaneously with the Atlanta cam-
paign to raise $635,000 for the thirty-two charity organiza-
tions represented in the fund's r

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budget.

So that the student body may
see which class is leading in con-
tributions, a special poster in
Buttrick lobby will record collec-
tions for the previous day and the
percentages given by each of the
four classes.

Stressing the fact that the pri-
vately-run organizations in the
Community Fund help only those
who will be self-supporting as a
result of aid (leaving helpless
charity cases to the care of pub-
licly-supported agencies), Miss
Mildred Obeli, who served on the
budget study committee for the
Community Fund, commented in
an interview that non-Atlanta stu-
dents had just as much responsi-
bility as Atlantans to contribute,
since the Fund helps make a more
desirable community in which to
go to college.

A special group of interviewers,
appointed by the four class presi-
dents, will conduct the campaign
on the Agnes Scott campus, get-
ring in touch with each individual
student before Saturday, Novem-
ber 7, to collect her contribution.
No student will be solicited more
than once.

Among the organizations shar-
ing in the Community Fund bud-
get are Hillside Cottages, the
Boys' Club, the Family Welfare
Society, the Sheltering Arms Day
Nurseries, the Child Welfare Asso-
ciation, the Anti-Tuberculosis So-
ciety, the YMCA, and the YWCA.
Mrs. Murdock Equen, an Agnes

Scott alumna and the head of the
woman's division of the campaign,
spoke in chapel this morning, ex-
plaining to the student body the
reasons for the Community Fund.
Her talk was not given in her of-
ficial capacity as head of the
Neighborhood Division, but merely
in that of an old friend of Agnes
Scott.

"Hi! Ho! Come
To The Fair!

n

Murphey Candler building will
be completely taken over by the
spirit of old France on Saturday
night, November 14, at a French
fair sponsored by the French club
of Agnes Scott.

By the light pf log fires in the
big fireplaces, fortunes will be
told, folk dancing will take place,
and a Punch and Judy show will
be presented. Other features of
the evening will be a play by mem-
bers of the club, and the commun-
ity singing of French songs.
French pastries and other delica-
cies peculiar to the French people
will be sold.

An important booth among the
others will be one for selling War
Stamps. There will be no charge
for admission, but profits from the
sale of the food will go to the Red
Cross fund, which will be used for
buying kits for men in the serv-
ice.

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Page 3

PLASMODIOPHORACEAE
MOTIVATES MAC

By Kathie Hill

Mac has done it again Mac McCall, you know. This time
she had a little-er-run-in with Dr. Runyon. The way I heard
it was this: She was in La Bore Atory (that's French for
"laboratory") and was sitting beside her lab partner with her
eyes glued to a microscope, hunting for a Clammy Damonass
(sp.). Every once in a while, she

would clutch her partner and
shriek excitedly as another clam-
my would swim
into her ken
Then, unbe-
knownst to
Mac, her part-
ner left for a
minute to get
new specimens
to satisfy Mac's
insatiable thirst
for knowledge.

KATHRYN HILL Mac waS Still

exploring the air was tense the
lab was quiet and suddenly, Mac
cried out, "Oh, sweetheart, I've
found a Plasmodiophoraceae" and
threw her arms around Dr. Run-
yon!!! who had merely stopped' by
to see how Mac and friend were
coming along. (I'll bet the Dr. is
still Runyon.)

He'd run faster if he could have
heard Meg Bless the other night
as she was studying for her biol-
ogy test. "Does anyone," she
moaned, "Anyone know the life
cycle of a book-worm?"

Boy Oh Boy

There is a point to the follow-
ing tale but you'll have to be tops
to get it. You see, a group of girls
were seated around the breakfast
table last week, and someone be-
gan to tell the top tale. You know
you send a boy, or rather the
boy ,a top to show that he is tops,
and you take the string off to
show that you are not just string-
ing him along. Well, everyone was
laughing about it and declaring
that they would send a top im-
mediately to THE boy when, from
way down at the end of the table,
a small voice asked feebly: "Does
anyone know the wholesale price
of tops?" (P. S. The girl prefers
to remain unknown.) At the same
meal, Martha Rhodes passed the
muffins to Camilla Moore. "No
thanks," quipped Camilla, "I don't
want muffin else."

Preston's Question

The scene of this little incident
is in Miss Preston's class. She was
asking for class discussion on a
certain subject and was calling on
some of her girls. Suddenly, she
stopped and stared toward the
back of the room. Everyone

Cotillion Club Helps
With Jitterbug Steps

Dancing specialty at Cotillion
club's informal five-cent tea dance
this afternoon at 4:30 will be the
slow form of jitterbugging and
ordinary ballroom dancing. The
dance is to be held in Murphey
Candler building.

Betty Campbell, Jane Middle-
brooks, and Cotillion president,
Margie Wilson, will be special in-
structors in the art of jitterbug-
ging while other members of the
club will be on hand to assist with
plain dancing.

Refreshments are on sale during
the afternoon, and proceeds from
these, as well as the five-cent ad-
mission fee, will go to the campus
Red Cross fund for the purchase
of soldiers' kits.

Today's dance is the first of a
series sponsored by Cotillion club
as its contribution to the Red
Cross.

turned around to see what on
earth was the matter. There,
parked in the back of the room,
was what looked like a Hindu
high priest but what was in real-
ity Lucy Turner in a huge scarf
that was wrapped around her
head and ears and throat. "Would
the guest like to say something?"
asked Miss Preston. Poor little
Lucy just looked flabbergasted,
until finally she got up enough
spirit to say, "But, Miss Preston,
I belong here!!"

The following tid-bit was sub-
mitted by the poet sorriest of our
class, Claire Bennett. It is about
Bella Wilson, who is always ready
to talk on any subject the girls
want to discuss. She always has a
story to tell about something that
has happened or an alumna who
has reported a funny occurrence
to her.

There was a young lady named
Bella

Who always a story could tella
The girls would all gather
Because they would rather
Hear Bella than study like
Wella

This column IS censored.

Love, Kathie.

Alumna Talks
Of Trip Home

"No matter how many mine
fields we went through or how
many storms we experienced, we
felt safe because we knew that no
accident could happen to those
who were in accordance with
God's will," said Mrs. E. R. Kel-
lersberger, an Agnes Scott grad-
uate, in her talk in chapel yester-
day.

Mrs. Kellersberger, a witty and
charming speaker, told of her ex-
periences on the way home from
the Belgian Congo, where she
served as a missionary. She gave
a vivid picture of her journey to
America through a mine-infested
sea. "We had to go seventeen
thousand miles in order to cover
ten thousand miles," she ex-
plained, "and it took us four
months, every night of which we
spent in a total blackout."

Mrs. Kellersberger told of "beg-
ging" articles of everyone aboard
ship in order to provide a sem-
blance of a real Christmas for
four refugee children. "We had
no real Christmas presents," she
added, "but out there on the
ocean, completely in God's hand,
we felt the spirit of Christmas* as
we never had felt it before."

For ten years Mrs. Kellersber-
ger and her husband worked with
the Bibanoza Agricultural Leper
Colony, and for the past two years
they have been with the American
Mission to Lepers. Their daugh-
ter, Winifred, is an Agnes Scott
graduate.

Mary Carr To Head
Student Directory Staff

This year the class of 1944 will
again publish the student direc-
tory. The publication will contain
the faculty members' and stu-
dents' addresses for both Christ-
mas and summer vacations.
Another feature will be the list of
all students' birthdays. By the
middle of December, the director-
ies will be on sale for 25 cents,
Mary Carr, manager, announced
this week.

Assisting her are Marjorie Tip
pins, Patty Barbour, Louise
Breedin, Kay Bisceglia, Margaret
Drummond, Sarah Johns, Ann
Wright, Marjorie Smith, Kather
ine Philips, and Mary Dozier.

Students are requested to sign
on the back bulletin board in
Buttrick by Saturday, November
7, if there has been a change in
address since registration or if the
Christmas address will be differ
ent.

WkatyoulitufWUU

WAR BONDS

Winter flying jackets for both the
Army and Navy Air Corps are regu-
lar equipment for our aviators. They
cost from $12 to $18 and are made of
horsehide leather lined with sheep
shearling.

Purchase of one $18.75 War Bond,
for which you receive $25 in 10
years, will pay for one of these jack-
ets so necessary for our airmen fly-
ing at high altitudes and in northern
climes. So you and your neighbors
can do your bit by investing at least
10 percent of your salary every pay
day in War Bonds to help pay the
cost of this equipment for intrepid
American flyers. Join the parade,
and help top the War Bond Quota in

your County. y S Treasury Department

Miss Hutchens Talks
To Classical Initiates

Miss Eleanor Hutchens, Agnes
Scott alumna, addressed the mem-
bers of Eta Sigma Phi at their
formal initiation held Monday,
November 2, at 5:00 p. m. She
discussed the values which she has
received from her classical studies.

The new members of the fra-
ternity are Marian Leathers, Jane
Dinsmore, Mary Dozier, and Mar-
tha Ray Lasseter. They were
selected because of their interest
in the classics.

The new members and all
classical students, will be enter-
tained at a tea November 30.

BEAUTY BAZAAR

Payton Helen Josie
318 Church St. CR. 3412

Belgian Refugee Comes Here
By Plane and Boat From Lima

By Quincy Mills

After a five-day trip by boat, train, and plane, Paule Elisa-
beth Triest arrived yesterday from Lima, Peru, to become a
student at Agnes Scott. Tall, blonde, blue-eyed, friendly
nineteen-year-old, she is a French-speaking Belgian who has
fled from one European country after another since the Ger-
mans first invaded her country.

Forced by Nazi bombing raids
to leave her home in Brussels
with her parents and 13-year-old
brother, she went to Seaside, just
40 miles east of Dunkerque. Flee-
ing from there shortly before the
Germans arrived, they went by
truck to Belloc in central FVance,
their car having been requisi
tioned.

Here one day as she was walk
ing calmly up the street, a hail of
bombs surrounded her. A soldier
standing nearby was killed, but
she remained unhurt.

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Sword-swallowing Soldiers

In unoccupied France at this
time she saw many German sol-
diers roaming through the streets.
She described them as forming
two separate lines: the front
ranks, made up of young boys who
were so stiff they looked "as if
they had just swallowed swords."
The other line was composed of
men so old and feeble "we would
be ashamed to have them in our
army."

From France the Triests moved
to Switzerland, where she attend-
ed school for a year and a half.
Next they went through Spain to
Portugal to sail by American
transport to Lima, where they
have resided for about fifteen
months.

Nearly a year ago she had her
ankle broken in one of the period-

Red Cross Swings
nto Fall Schedule

Red Cross activities are today in
full swing at Agnes Scott and
plans for future work have been
made, according to the heads of
the various branches of the Red
Cross on the campus.

Dr. Eugenia Jones, who is in
charge of all first aid work, re-
ports that Agnes Scott has organ-
ized a Red Cross first aid sta-
tion, the only one in DeKalb
county. The unit is composed of
faculty and students, 'and has a
staff of physicians. There is a
casualty station located in the
basement of Presser, and one in
Buttrick, headed by Misses Eu-
genia Symms and Frances Mc-
Calla.

The standard Red Cross first
aid course is being taught on the
campus this quarter by Laura
Cumming. Miss Carolyn Hewitt
is giving a course in home nursing.
Plans are being made for a course

ic Peruvian
did not get
country.

earthquakes,
to see much

so
of

she
the

Four Winters

Paule did not attend school
there, for she arrived just as the
educational institutions were clos-
ing for the summer, their vaca-
tions being from January to April.
Leaving Lima just as spring is
approaching, she will spend here
her fourth winter in two and a
half years.

Though she has not attended
college before, she is probably
better educated than most upper-
classmen, for in high school she
studied both Latin and Greek.
From holiday visits in many Euro-
pean countries she has learned
numerous languages, including
Spanish, Flemish, Dutch, besides
her native French. During a
month and a half visit in England,
she learned the English language,
which she now speaks almost per-
fectly, although 'she is afraid she
will not be able to spell it accur-
ately.

Plane Disabled

Paule made the gruelling jour-
ney alone from the Peruvian capi-
tal to Decatur. Very discourag-
ing was the 24-hour delay when
her plane broke down in Colum-
bia, but luckily she did not miss
her boat connection to Miami.

Paule is very much excited at
the prospect of going to an Am-
erican school. Having originally '
considered Smith, she selected
Agnes Scott at the suggestion of a
New York boy whom she knew
abroad.

in nutrition to begin after the
Christmas vacation.

More than 50 members of the
college communty are knitting.
Susan Cobbs and Flora Campbell
are in charge of this work.

Nancy Hirsh, chairman of the
War Council, announces that a
drive is in progress to buy kits for
soldiers. These kits cost a dollar
each, and contain soap, cigarettes,
matches, sewing kits, and other
essentials. They will be distrib-
uted as farewell gifts to soldiers
at points of embarkation. The
drive will continue until March.

The proceeds from the movies,
"Women in Defense" and "Tar-
get for Tonight," went toward
the kits, and the money from the
Cotillion club tea-dances will also
be used for that purpose.

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

Liberal Ideal Is
Subject of Talk

Miss Ellen Douglass Leyburn,
former member and faculty advis-
or to Mortar Board, spoke at the
annual Recognition Service of the
organization Saturday, October
31, in chapel on "The Signifi-
cance of the Liberal Ideal."

"The significance of Mortar
Board is the same as the signifi-
cance of the liberal ideal, the very
reason for the existence of Agnes
Scott College," declared Miss Ley-
burn. "The liberal college exists
to maintain the dignity and worth
of the human being." Hitler's at-
tack is against this very world of
the mind. It is, in effect, an at-
tack against the nature of man;
it is against us who are committed
to the ideal of the freedom of the
human mind.
Free Minds

Miss Leyburn declared that we
face a more serious attack from
within ourselves. Our attempts to
help the war effort are useless un-
less inwardly we clarify our pur-
poses and free our minds from
prejudice and confusion. It is the
duty of women now in liberal
colleges to see that the thing for
which we are at war does not per-
ish while we fight for it.

In our time the liberal ideal pro-
duces several specific lines of
thought. First, the conviction that
the freedom for which we fight
is not denied any people. We must
realize the fact of change and not
try to bring back the world that
was. And, third, we must not as-
sume that giving freedom to all
people is forcing our pattern of
culture upon them.
Discipline of Study

To acquire these attitudes is

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942

'World Affairs 7 Offers
Award for Essay
On Collaboration

All students of Agnes Scott are
eligible to compete in the essay
contest now being held by World
Affairs magazine on the subject
"Collaboration Between the Unit
ed States and the British Com-
monwealth of Nations for Post-
war World Order." These essays
must be of not more than 5,000
words and must be submitted to
the editors of World Affairs by
January 1, 1943. The winning es-
say will be published by the Am-
erican Peace Society, and the
writer of that essay will receive
$500.

The aims of this contest are
stated by World 'Affairs as fol-
lows: "The reconstruction at the
end of the war will be difficult.
It will require the cooperation of
nations. Close collaboration of the
English speaking nations, consist-
ing of the United States and Great
Britain, has been proclaimed by
the objects in the Atlantic Char-
ter and Lend-Lease compact of
February 23, 1942. The American
people should be aware of their
responsibilities. This contest
should help focus attention on the
subject and be productive of valu-
able ideas and proposals."

not easy. We must retain our con-
fidences in the ideal, we must sub-
mit our minds to the discipline of
study, and we must select our
reading to help us understand this
world.

This is the conception of life to
which Mortar Board and Agnes
Scott and all of us believers of
freedom stand committed.

Foreign Accents To Be Feature
Of Blackfriars Coming Play

Blackfriars' new play, "Letters to Lucerne," is a timely and
moving drama concerning a group of girls of different na-
tionalities, who are students at an American school in Switz-
erland, and their conflicting emotions when war breaks out.
The play, written by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent, was
produced recently in New York.

Miss Frances Gooch is direct-
ing the play, which will be pre-
sented Friday night, November 20,
at 8:30 in Presser hall.

Heading the cast as Erna
Schmidt, the German girl, and
Olga, a charming Polish girl, are
Martha Marie Trimble and Zena
Harris. Felice, fiery and French,
is played by Agnes Douglas, and
Marion, who is staid and English,
by Martha Rhodes. Two Ameri-
can girls, Bingo Hill, a peppy New
Englander, and Sally, a southern
glamour girl, are to be enacted by
Jeanne Newton and Ruby Rosser.

Ann Flowers is Mrs. Hunter, the
attractive American schoolmis-
tress, and Page Lancaster plays
her German assistant, Gretchen
Linder.

Comic relief is provided by two
old servants, Gustave and Margar-
et he. Ceevah Rosenthal is Mar-
garethe and Sidney Owen, of the
Atlanta Theatre guild, is Gustave.
Mr. Owen also takes the role of
Francois, faithful old postman.

Hans Schmidt, Erna's handsome
brother, who falls in love with
Olga, is James Bridges, one of
Atlanta's well-known radio an-
nouncers. Mr. Bridges also plays
the part of Koppler, a bullying
Gestapo agent.

The many accents, French, Ger-
man, Polish, and English, are still
a little strange to most of the
characters, but they are doing ad-
mirably with their "tank-you's"
and "ve vill's."

Armistice Day
Talk Planned

Mrs. Roff Sims will talk in
chapel on Armistice Day, Novem-
ber 11. The talk will tie in with
those she has previously made, re-
viewing the stages and progress
of the present war.

This series of talks on the war
is being sponsored by the War
Council and the International Re-
lations club in an effort to keep
the student body better informed
on current happenings of vital im-
portance.

The usual one-minute period of
silence on Armistice Day will be
observed by the campus at 11:00,
the beginning of the chapel period.
For this reason it will be neces-
sary for everyone to go to chapel
immediately when the 10:55 bell
rings.

MONTAGU

BLUE HORSE
Paper School Goods
and

Fashionable Writing
Papers

"Excuse Me, But Could You Bring Me
An Extra Mxyococcus Stipitatus?"

Won t you please bring me a cupful of dirt from your
backyard? You can be sure this wail is coming from Ruth
Lineback, for Ruth is reading for honors and must find a very
specia organism known as Mxyococcus Stipitatus, which is
half plant and half animal.

But Ruth doesn't mind, for her two passions in life are na-
ture and art, and here she can
combine them.

If she should ask you some day
to go bird hunting with her, don't
refuse. Instead of a gun, she hunts
them with binocular field glasses.
As she walks quietly through the
woods, she suddenly stops, listens
intently, and then points to the
top of a tree as she whispers de-
lightedly, "There he is!" She
loves to identify them by their
calls.

Ruth's interest in nature and
art became apparent at Agnes
Scott her freshman year. Instead
of taking the author assigned for
her English paper, she asked for
John Burroughs, naturalist. To
top it all, she asked to illustrate
her paper with bird sketches.

Miss Christie liked the sketch of
John Burroughs so much, she
asked for another like it to frame.
A few days later, in walked Ruth
with a large sketched portrait
beautifully bordered with birds.
Why don't you try to find an ex-
cuse to go to Miss Christie's of-
fice to see it sometime?

For several years Ruth has used
her knowledge of nature in work-

Chickens, Dogs, Bull
Are Debate Topics

"Resolved: That a chicken
should roost on a square pole
rather than on a round one," was
the subject of a two-minute comic
debate which Betty Glenn gave
Thursday night, October 20, dur-
ing Pi Alpha Phi initiation, in
Murphey Candler.

Harriet Kuniansky debated on
"Resolved: That dogs should be
allowed in classrooms," and Pobai
Crane proved "That' a little bull
can go a long way," this year's
motto for the club. Each of the
initiates was asked to imitate a
teacher while she spoke.

Sylvia Mogul and Pat Evans,
the other newly-elected members,
were not able to be present.

Dr. S. M. Christian, professor of
physics, judged the regular de-
bate, on "Resolved: That Congress
should pass a sales tax to help fi-
nance the war." Liz Carpenter and
Jean Hood, negative, beat the af-
firmative team, Margaret Killam
and Quincy Mills.

Virginia Carter was elected
treasurer to replace Quincy Mills,
who had too many points.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Decatur Theatre

November 5 "Mrs. Miniver." Greer Gar-
son.

\lovember 6-7 'Hashful Bachelor," Lum
nrt Abner ; "Remember I*eirl Harbor."
November 9-10 "Pied Piper." Monty
Wuoley.

November II "Fingers at the Window."
Lew Ayres. Lorraine Day.

DeKalb Theatre

November 5 "Malsle Gets Her Man." Red

Skelton. Ann Sothern.
November 6-7^"Twin Beds." George Brent,

Joan Bennett.
November 9-10 "A Gentleman After

hark" and "Underground Rustlers."
Movcmber II "In This Our Life." Bette

Davis. George Brent. Olivia de Havilland.

DenSffl Morgan.

Drawn and Cut by Pobal Crane

ing with Brownie Packs, Girl
Scouts, and Camp Fire Girls. For
several summers she has been a
counselor at various camps. Often
she gets up plays on nature, as-
tronomy, and mythology.

Ruth's other big interest, art, is
expressed in her sketches for Pen
and Brush club, the Aurora, and
the Silhouette. She has a large
collection of figurines which she
carved and modeled herself.

Since she wants to teach biol-
ogy, Ruth is majoring in it and
minoring in chemistry. Last year

she was one of the three new
members elected to Phi Sigma,
honorary science fraternity at
Emory; she is now recording sec-
retary. Here on the campus she
belongs to Chi Beta Phi.

Each year Ruth has made honor
roll. Last year she was elected ed-
itor of the Silhouette and mem-
ber of Mortar Board. This fall she
was one of the ten selected for
Who's Who.

When she is not bird hunting or
sketching or sculpturing, Ruth en-
joys playing the organ or playing
the piano while her twin brother
plays the violin. Once in a great
while she gets a chance to listen
to her favorite composer, Debussy.

But still her interests are built
around nature and art, so find an
excuse to see her sketch of John
Burroughs. And, oh, yes, if you
see an extra Mxyococcus Stipita-
tus wandering around please call
Ruth at the science hall.

Government Offers
Work to Seniors

All seniors interested in getting
government jobs after graduation
are urged to sign their names im-
mediately on a list in the regis-
trar's office, Dean S. G. Stukes
announced this week. Students
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942

Page 5

Close Games of Season Show
'Do or Die' Spirit of Teams

Both Hockey Contests End With Scores Tied;
Miss Alta Webster to Do Exhibition Swimming

By Mary Estill Martin

The closest games of the season were played Friday be-
tween the juniors and seniors and between the sophomores
and freshmen. The respective scores were 0 to 0 and 2 to 2.
In both games the teams seemed to be playing with a "do or
die" attitude.

Time after time the play was sent from one end of the field
to the other in the sophomore-
end of the second half it looked as
if the juniors would score, but the
seniors stopped them.
The line-ups were:

freshman game. The freshmen of-
fense was better than in the prev-
ious games. Besides, they pro-
tected the goal sufficiently well to
prevent the sophomore team from
scoring more than twice. Nellons
was the fresh-
m a n goalie.
Watch her!

In the second
half Susan
Richard-
son made a
beautiful run
down the field
to score for the
freshmen. Her
scoops and
dodges were good. Scottie John-
son made the other goal for the
freshmen. Mary Munroe and Mol-
ly Milam scored for the sopho-
mores.

Those playing included:
Freshman Sophomore

M. E. MARTIN

Chevvning R.W.
Jones R.I.
Johnson (1) C.
Richardson (1) L.I.

Farmer
Davis
Cumming
Munroe (1)
Young
Glenn
Carpenter
Bedinger, J.

Rosenthal
Almond, D.
Everett

Stevenson L.W.
Ragland R.H.
Burnett C.H.
Walker, S. L.H.
Neville R.F.
Kraus L.F.
Nellons G.

With Raddy Radford back in
her old position of center-half,
the senior team valiantly defend-
ed their goal. They prevented a
junior score, lacking, however, the
drive to score themselves. It was
a hard, tough game, with no out-
standing playing. Numerous fouls
were called on both teams. At the

Library Acquires
Many" New Books

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, the col-
lege librarian, announces that the
library has just received a varied
selection of new books.

Some of the most interesting of
these works are Townsend's
European Colonial Expansion
Since 1871, Neibuhr's Interpreta-
tion of Christian Ethics, The Last
Time I Saw Paris by Elliot Paul,
Latin American Trade by Frank
Henius and many others.

The Last Time I Saw Paris, one
of the most widely discussed of
recent books, has been described
by Edward Weeks in the Atlantic
Monthly as ". . . must reading for
anyone who has ever lived in
France or ever wanted to." The
author gives an account of life on
a little Paris side street, and
sketches the characters who live
there.

One of the other books, Intro-
ducing Australia, by Harly Clin-
ton Grattan, is a survey of the
continent of Australia. At this
particular time when everyone is
asking questions about Australia,
(his book is especially interesting.

BAILEY'S SHOE SHOP

142 Sycamore
DEarborn 0172

Junior Senior

Lasseter R.W. Cochran

Blount R.I. Gordon

Hill, K. C. Moore

Hill, G. L.I. Holloran

Tuggle L.W. Downie

Bedinger, C. R.H. Paisley

Walker, B. C.H. Radford

Douglas L.H. Smith, C.

Dozier * R.F. Hopper

Harris L.F. Frierson

Walker, M. G. Rountree

First Swimming Meet

The first swimming meet of the
year will be Tuesday, November
10, at 8:30 p. m. The judges are
Misses Bee Miller, Ann Geller-
stedt, and Llewellyn Wilburn.
Miss Leslie Gaylord and Elizabeth
Hartsfield will keep the scores.
The starter will be Mrs. Lapp.

As a special event Miss Alta
Webster will demonstrate the pro-
gression of strokes. The events
will include: 20-yard backstroke;
form: breast stroke, back crawl,
and front crawl; 40-yard free style
dash; various dives; and a medley
composed of side stroke, breast
stroke, back crawl, and front
crawl.

Play to Come
To Erlanger

Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the
Rhine," hailed by critics as one
of the greatest contemporary
dramas, will open Atlanta's thea-
tre season on November 13, when
the original New York cast will
come to the Erlanger for three
performances.

Paul Lucas, Mady Christians,
and Lucille Watson will appear in
the roles which they made famous
on Broadway. The scene is laid at
the country home of Fanny Far-
relly (Lucille Watson), to which
returns, after an absence of 20
years, her daughter, Sara Mueller
(Mady Christians), and Sara's
husband, Kurt (Paul Lucas).

The play's Atlanta run will open
on Friday, November 13, with an
evening performance. A matinee
and an evening performance will
be given on Saturday, November
14.

RIALTO
Theatre

O

COMING

Brian Ahern
Rosalind Russell

in

"MY SISTER EILEEN"

Chief Loses Pants

D

uring

A. A. Tri

ip

"I'm so-o-o cold," the "chief"
moaned continuously throughout
the night. No, the chief was not
the head of an Indian tribe and
she was pot cold because the fire
went out. The "chief" is the Ath-
letic Association's favorite nick-
name for Miss Llewellyn Wilburn,
A. A. advisor.

Miss Wilburn was merely miss-
ing her pajamas at the hour of
retiring last Saturday night. She
and Miss Alta Webster, who is
also a faculty advisor for A. A.,
and several members of A. A. went
together to Smyrna, Georgia, for
a healthy week-end of "roughing
it."

When Miss Wilburn's com-
plaints became too apparent, sev-
eral of the girls, including Mary
Maxwell, Billie Walker, Mary Es-
till Martin, and Gwen Hill, started

Cen Smashers 1 Work
Lightened by Opener

Jessie Newbold and Claire Bed-
inger have been placed in charge
of tin can smashing activities on
the campus this week, Flora
Campbell, student head of the
conservation committee of War
Council announced. Claire will,
lake charge of the cans from
White House dining room and Jes-
sie will take those from Rebekah.

The college has bought a new
can opener for the tin can smash-
ers a deluxe model which is at-
tached to a table, replacing the
old one which caused so many
blisters. This opener makes work
much easier for the can smashers.
Commenting on it, Flora Camp-
bell said, "There's no comparison.
It's fun now!"

FOX

Starts
Friday

Errol Ronald
Flynn Reagan

in

'Desperate
Journey'

-NOW PLAYING

Betty
Grable

John
Payne

'Springtime in
the Rockies'

In Technicolor!

Frat Pins vs. War Effort:
How Many Phi Delts to a Tank?

Do you know that we could
make a tank to help win the war
with all the scrap metal we wear
on this campus? No, we don't
mean your patriotic wings and
stars, but rather, the small though
significant fraternity pins which
show loyalty of each girl to some
fraternity man.

Apparently, boys aren't the only
ones rushed by fraternities. Girls,
too, get pledge and fraternity
pins, indirectly. It's surprising,
but true, that the seniors have the
fewest number of pins on campus.
To balance that, we know that
many of them wear the most
meaningful symbol of love on the

demanding in impatient shouts:
"Who's got the chiefs pants?"

The shouts must have been in-
tolerable, for they brought' action.
Virginia Tuggle quickly climbed to
the second floor of the screened-in
lodge and retrieved the missing
pajamas. Does "Tuggle" know the
identity of the guilty one?

third finger, left hand.

The sophomores and juniors
have an equal number of girls
"pinned-up," but any junior will
explain this by the fact that so
many of her former classmates
are married. The sophomores will
probably beat all records before
the year is out. In fact, after sev-
eral of the sophomores proudly
spoke of their pins, one sophomore
exclaimed that she didn't have a
pin not even a Pi K. A. pin. Then
she added with a smile, "But I'm
working on it!"

The Phi Delta Theta's rank tops
with the freshmen, and the fresh-
men rank tops on the campus in
number of pins. Are Vthey just
cute? Or could it be their major-
ity in number?

Of all the fraternities, these
particular girls here at Agnes
Scott seem to prefer Phi Delta
Theta first, with Sigma Chi next,
and Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Tau
Omega, and Chi Phi tying for
vhird place.

There's a Campus Priority
on

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1942

Students Complain of Mail Room Mess!

-Drawn by Betty Lynn Reagan ; cut by Mary Louise Duffee.

Unnecessary Telephone Calls Must Stop!

Now that rationing of telephone use
is a national problem as well as a cam-
pus one, can patriotism make us en-
force a rule which our own campus
needs have not been able to make us
observe in past years?

The Bell Telephone Company is plead-
ing with us to use the telephone only
when we need to, and for only five min-
utes at a time. Yet here at Agnes Scott
the number of calls coming through our
switchboard is greater than in other
years, and more people than in the past
N are exceeding the five-minute limit.

Yes, we are patriotic and want to
cooperate, but we love to talk and we
do not like for an operator to cut us off.
Anyhow, we have our own switchboard,
why should the telephone company care
how much we use it?

The fact is that every time we make
an outside call we are tying up a main
line which the government may need at
any minute. Essential war calls must
have the right of way. We must limit
the number and length of our calls.

It is particularly essential that we cut
out all unnecessary long distance calls.
College girls who use the telephone for

playing pranks show themselves to be
extraordinarily childish and immature,
and lay themselves open to much justi-
fied criticism.

Who would have thought that a group
of Agnes Scott girls would monopolize
important communications lines in or-
der to telephone several different boys
whom they did not know, in states as
far off as New Jersey with the charges
reversed !

Such a form of amusement, inane at
any time, is utterly unpatriotic crim-
inal, even in war time.

Another slightly less foolish but
equally unpatriotic use of long distance
telephone lines is one of which we are
all guilty at times. Having known for
several weeks that we want to go out
of town for the week-end, we end up at
the last minute by calling long distance
to get permission from home.

Apparently we have not yet decided
that we, too, must refrain from mak-
ing unnecessary calls and that we must
limit each call to five minutes.

A good time to start restricting our-
selves in the use of the telephone is
NOW.

Japanese Fleet Withdraws to Bases,
According to Reports From Navy

By Tess Carlos

Battle of the Solomons

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox
announced Friday that the first phase
of the Solomons battle had come to an
end with the withdrawal of a powerful
Japanese fleet to its
bases and elsewhere
in order to re-form its
lines. This withdraw-
al found American
forces still holding
Guadalcanal and oth-
er focal points al-
though losses have
been terrific for both
sides. Knox denied
that sea lanes around
the Solomons were
closed to American transports and sup-
ply ships. His report was rather on the
optimistic side, or at least that was its
effect. But it would be best to point out
at the same time that if no more Ameri-
can reinforcements come in, we will suf-
fer another Bataan defeat since the
Japanese, although losing heavily, can
reinforce and have been doing so. The
action for the present is limited to
skirmishes on land and air attacks by
Mac Arthur's forces, who claim hits on
an aircraft carrier and two cruisers.

The Sands of Time

Observers thought last week that the
long-awaited Egyptian campaign to
blast Rommel from North Africa had

TESS CARLOS

come. But after a seven-day offensive
that has brought about no real test of
the opposing armies, many were in
doubt. So far there has been no chal-
lenge of the general air superiority
which American British, and Imperial
forces hold. Tank skirmishes in the des-
ert at night and consolidation of gains
by day furnish the only news from this
front.

Reservoir of Good Will

Wendell Willkie reported to the Am-
erican people his findings after a 31,000-
mile trip that brought him in contact
with the big and little people of the
world. In a direct speech he told the
people that we were failing to keep the
"reservoir of good will" which we have
always enjoyed because our perform-
ances have not measured up to our
promises and because we have failed "to
define clearly our war aims."
Compulsory Registration

The President announced at a press
conference that he was studying the
possibility of a compulsory registration
of all women from 18 to 65 in order to
find out where available supplies of
N women workers exist and the fitness of
these workers for war industry jobs.
The problem was discussed at a con-
ference with the CIO-AFL Labor War
Board. But nothing definite can be de-
cided, the President said, until the end
of the year.

The mail room situation is a mess!

There are three major complaints
which various students have voiced
numerous times since school began.
They are not defects peculiar to this
year; they are inherited from previous
school terms. There N is no reason for fu-
ture classes to endure them.

First of the faults is the difficulty
which students have in finding out if
they have packages. The very brief
"package call" periods are at hours when
many girls must miss them because of
classes, gym, or scholarship work. Very
often they are not expecting presents,
and so do not get them for two or three
days. Naturally, this is very sad if the
package contains food.

There seem to be two remedies for
this particular problem. The postmis-

The Way to Help

When Gestapo agents tear from Bel-
gian history books the pages relating
Belgium's part in World War I, the
school children take their books home
at night so that their parents may paste
in new pages bearing the account. In
other parts of occupied Europe, stu-
dents rememorize each day the lessons
which their starvation-ruined minds for-
get by the next morning.

In China, students pack up entire uni-
versities and move them inland before
the advancing Japanese armies, so that
learning may continue in spite of the
war. Even the hundreds of Americans
interned in the crowded quarters of
Sante Tomas University, near Manila,
spend their free time studying litera-
ture and languages.

How valiantly these men and women
are struggling to obtain and keep, un-
der the most difficult conditions, the
education which we American students
may have for the asking! And yet, how
easily we come to take our college life
for granted!

Let no one say, "If I don't do my
best, I'm the only one who suffers." Ev-
ery wasted hour here will prevent us
from being able to do our job well
after we leave Agnes Scott. And every
minute lost through inability there pro-
longs the war.

To do our best now is the least that
we can do towards ending the war and
bringing help to the thousands of con-
scientious students in other lands.

Unless each of us tries every day to
get the most that college can offer,
we are unworthy of the privilege of
being in Agnes Scott. (F. E. K.)

Aren't You 'shamed?

Aren't you ashamed? You don't even
know your own song!!

Saturday at the Mortar Board recog-
nition service in chapel, it was posi-
tively embarrassing to look around and
see mouths gaping open and all the dis-
interested students gazing around or
reading letters or studying. The visitors
present were shocked at the lack of
school spirit.

It is a disgrace for us to show abso-
lutely no interest or respect for the song
of the school we are supposed to "revere
and adore." It is a slam on us!

Here are the words. Read them over
and over and over again. Bring this
paper to chapel tomorrow and practice
singing them with all you've got!!

When far from the reach of thy shel-
tering arms

The band of thy daughters shall roam,

Still our hearts shall enshrine thee, thou
crown of the south, '

With the memory of youth that has
flown.

Dear guide of our youth, whose spirit
is truth,

The love of our girlhood is thine.
Alma Mater, whose name we revere and
adore.

May thy strength and thy power ne'er
decline. (Q. M. M.)

tress could put in the individual's mail-
box a printed card saying "Parcel too
large for box" (or a reasonable facsim-
ile). Quite a nuisance to the poor mail
clerk this would be. The other remedy
would consist merely of posting some-
where in the mailroom a list of those
receiving packages.

Number two offense concerns an even
larger percentage of the students. It is
the terrific scramble for mail after the
first period class. "There ought to be
a law" prohibiting girls who do not
have a 10:00-11:00 class from getting
their mail during the five minutes al-
lotted for class changing. This law
could be enforced as a part of our honor
system. Its observance would prevent
many tardies to the classes immediately
after the morning mail is sorted.

Last but not least among the faults is
the problem which presented itself only
during the first week of school. It is the
necessity for pupils to come to the mail-
room at specific hours- to rent mailboxes
for the year. Such a practice merely adds
confusion to the "line-up-and-sign-up"
ordeal that holds sway during tha^t long
first week. (After having to endure so
many tedious waits in line, this year's
freshmen, for example, fully expected to
have to line up to go to meals.)

To avoid this final burden to the stu-
dents as well as to the postmistress, the
paltry fifty cents for boarders or ten
cents for day students might be in-
cluded in the price of admission to the
school. The entrance fee might just as
well include this sum as the laundry or
gym fees, all of which must be paid.

Doubtless the changing of the figure in
the catalogue concerning the annual
price for attendance would involve very
little expense and trouble. Certainly
these would be outweighed by the
amount of time, energy, and patience it
would save those affected. (Q. M. M.)

Faculty in Row

Proving that time doesn't change ev-
erything, this article clipped from an
October, 1916, issue of the Agonistic
shows that receiving lines now are very
little different from those back in the
good ole days.

Dr. Gaines in his dress-suit and
the members of the faculty in a row
near him learned innumerable
names and smiled and looked pleas-
ant and promptly forgot them. It
was all very informal, though,
more so than any former Y. W.
reception because the system of
"breaking" was followed and if you
forgot anybody's name, which was
an extremely natural occurrence,
you promptly asked it and forgot it
again and then you both laughed
and decided to know each other bet-
ter.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, November 4. 1942 No. 6

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.

Editor MARTHA BALK

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

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vol. xxvm.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1942

NO. 7

War Council
To Tell Plans

Girls to Tell of Projects
In Chapel Wednesday

Betty Brougher and Anne Ward
will speak Wednesday, November
18, in a chapel program sponsored
by War Council. They will give
general information about the ac-
tual war work being done on the
campus and the opportunities for
further work.

Miss Melissa Cilley, of the Span-
ish department, will preside.

War Council's newest project,
that of cooperating with the Red
Cross to supply kits for soldiers,
will be described by Betty
Brougher.

To campus organizations which
have not yet taken on projects or
wish new ones, Anne Ward will
give a summary of money-making
plans that are already under way
on the campus, and suggest suit-
able new projects. She will also
report on the financial success of
War Council drives now in prog-
ress on the campus.

All Boarders to Picnic
With Frosh I omorrow

Dinner will be served in Re-
bekah Scott hall, Thursday night
at 7 o'clock for the graduates re-
turning for Alumnae Day. All stu-
dents will picnic in White House.

Students are requested to dress
formally after dinner to attend the
lecture and reception.

Special Chorus to Sing
For Soldiers at '48'

Mable Stowe, president of the
Glee club, has announced that the
special chorus will sing tonight to
the veterans at Hospital 48. Their
program will include selections
from light opera.

The special chorus entertained
the soldiers at Fort McPherson
last Wednesday night, November
4, with the same program.

String Players to Be
On Monday's Musicale
Featuring Two Pianos

The Agnes Scott string ensemble
will be featured on the music ap-
preciation hour on Monday, No-
vember 1 , at 8:30 in Presser hall.
Betty Jane Hancock, Verna
Weems, and Mr. C. W. Dieck-
mann, professor of music, will also
be heard.

The string ensemble will open
the program with the first and
fourth movements of Mozart's
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusic." On
the program also will be Bach's
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring",
Handel's "Vivace," and "Pavane"
by Ravel.

With the ensemble Verna
Weems will play the oboe part to
Saint-Saens' "The Swan" and
"Musette" from Handel's "Sixth
Concerto Grosso."

Betty Jane Hancock and Mr.
Dieckmann at two pianos will
play "Sheep May Safely Grace"
from Bach's "Birthday Cantata."

At the organ Mr. Dieckmann
will present "Toccata" by DuBois.

65% of Pupils
Aid Community

65 per cent of the students
of Agnes Scott gave to the
community fund drive which clos-
ed at 11:00 o'clock on Saturday,
November 5. The total contribu-
tions amounted to more than
120 dollars, announced Mary Ann
Cochran, senior president, who
was leading the campus drive.

Although the freshman class
had the largest number of girls
contributing to the fund with 144
members of their 190 giving, the
senior class had the highest per-
centage with all 75 girls contribut-
ing. Behind these two classes came
the junior class with 79 and the
sophomore class with 35.

Special emphasis was placed on
the need of the community fund
this year because of the war.

Contest to Ask I
For Scenarios

Urging all students who are in-
terested to enter the contest,
Alice Clements, chairman of May
Day, announced Saturday that
scenarios for the 1943 pageant
must be handed in between No-
vember 12 and 19.

A special exhibit of pictures,
programs, and scenarios from for-
mer May Days will be on exhibit
in the library on November 16 so
that students may see the type of
work desired.

Those interested in submitting a
scenario should see either Alice
Clements or Mrs. Lapp for further
details.

Fair to Feature
Play in French

Typical French gaiety will be
the order Saturday night, Novem-
ber 14, in Murphey Candler at the
French fair, beginning at 8
o'clock. The Agnes Scott French
club is sponsoring this project to
forward the college's Red Cross
drive and to aid the selling of war
stamps and bonds. Although there
will be no admission fee, all prof-
its from the sale of food will go
to the Red Cross fund, and there
will be a stamp and bond booth.

The whole program has been
planned to convey a French at-
mosphere, one of the highlights
being the presentation of a French
play, "Le Bruit Court," a story
about Brittany. For puppet lov-
ers there will be a "guignole."
Bobbing for apples, singing of folk
songs and folk dancing will add
to the merriment. Another fea-
ture will be Nancy Moses' solo,
"Connestu le pays?" To complete
the picture of the fair there will
be fortune telling, both in French
and English.

Also strictly French will be the
refreshments, including cham-
pagne and French pastry.

Mildred McCain Says Her Father Fears
Sleeping in Church; Likes Turnip Greens

By Betty Glenn

Although most Agnes Scott students do not aspire to be-
coming college presidents, most of them do have something in
common with the school's president, Dr. J. R. McCain the
tendency to fall asleep in church. According to his daughter,
Mildred, a freshman, the only time Dr. McCain drinks coffee
is on Sunday morning, so he can

stay awake in church. "He loves
to sleep," Mildred added.

Dr. McCain had little time for
sleep when he first came to Ag-
nes Scott, for, in addition to being
registrar and professor of Bible,
he had to take the place of the so-
ciology and history teachers, who
had been called to the army. "Al-
though I had just been elected
president of a men's college when
I was asked to join the Agnes
Scott faculty, I chose to come here
because I preferred a women's col-
lege," Dr. McCain said. "I felt
that in educating a boy you edu-
cate an individual only, while in

educating a girl you educate a
whole family."

Shortly after joining the fac-
ulty, Dr. McCain was made vice-
president of the college, and he
succeeded Dr. F. H. Gaines, the
first president, in 1923, after hav-
ing been at Agnes Scott eight
years. "The preparatory depart-
ment had just been discontinued
when I came, and students were
scarce," Dr. McCain continued, "so
my first job was to build up the
student body and to raise money."

In addition to raising money for
the college, one of Dr. McCain's
main interests has been working
out a building program. "The first

architect whom we had thought
that, since we were so near Flor-
ida, we should have an outdoor
swimming pool and buildings of
the Spanish type," Dr. McCain
laughed.

Another aspect of Agnes Scott's
development in which Dr. McCain
has been especially interested is
the growing importance of women,
both faculty and students, in the
college. "When I first came," he
explained, "there were very few
students who would undertake to
conduct a meeting or lead in
prayer, while our highest-paid
woman professor received less
than the chief cook now does."

Although Dr. McCain has an im-
portant voice in educational and
religious affairs, he is not given
to talking at home. "He just sits
at the table eating his favorite
turnip greens and potato salad,"
Mildred reported, "and never says
a word unless we make him talk."

Hallett Abend to Be
Year's First Lecturer

Former New York Times Correspondent
Has Met Leaders of War in Far East

Guerrilla warfare, bombing sieges, one civil war after
another are all well known to Lecture Association's first
speaker for. this year, Hallett Abend, who was for fifteen
years chief far eastern correspondent for the New York
Times. With a long and distinguished record in the Orient

behind him, Mr. Abend will bring
his timely and ominous reports on
the Far East to the Agnes Scott
campus in a lecture at 8:30 p. m.
on Thursday evening, November
12.

Knows Key Men

Hallett Abend first went to the
Far East in 1926 on a six months
round trip ticket as a vacation
from scenario writing in Holly-
wood. He remained to write spe-
cial dispatches for the North Am-
erican Newspaper Alliance and
then joined the New York Times'
Far Eastern staff.

He has met Konoye, Matsuoka,
Tojo in fact, nearly all the key
figures in the present war setup
in the Pacific. He knows their
weakness and their strength, and
most important of all, he is ac-
quainted with their plans, and is
aware of how those plans affect
America.

Prophesied War

Mr. Abend gave up his Far East-
ern post with the Times in Janu-
ary, 1941, but went back on a last-
minute survey of the Philippines,
the Dutch East Indies, New Zea-
land, Australia, Singapore, and
other areas in which the Japanese
are now warring. Repeatedly
warning that an attack might
logically be expected from the
Japanese before Christmas, a fore-
boding which even his close friends
could not believe, Mr. Abend re-
turned to this country exactly one
month before the attack on Pearl
Harbor.

Led in his thinking by his
knowledge of the situation and by
his actual experiences, Mr. Abend
warns that America must take the
offensive in the war against Japan
before she can talk in terms of
peace. America has been out-
guessed, out-maneuvered, under-
supplied, but not, according to this
Far Eastern authority, out-fought.
He strongly urges, however, that
America assert her real strength
before the aggressors have time to
consolidate their gains.

HALLETT ABEND

Tuesday Is Last Day
To Sign up as Santa

Christian Association will enter-
tain fifty underprivileged children
of Decatur at the annual Christ-
mas party in the gym the after-
noon of December 12. Girls who
would like the opportunity of be-
ing Santa Claus to these children
are asked to sign a list on the
back bulletin board in Buttrick not
later than next Tuesday. Two girls
are to work together for each
child and to spend not more than
one dollar each. The gifts must
be turned in by December 7 to the
committee, headed by Hester
Chafin.

Other girls who would like to
give to the Santa Claus party of
the Save the Children Federation
may sign on a second list on the
bulletin board. Their gifts are to
be sent to Appalachian mountain
children who would otherwise
have no Christmas. The gifts
should consist of books, toys, and
articles of warm clothing. They
are to be given by November 24
to Carolyn Fuller or a representa-
tive of her committee.

Dr. John Newport
To Speak Saturday

Dr. John Newport, of the Louis-
ville Baptist Seminary, will speak
in chapel Saturday, November 14.

Dr. Newport and his wife, the
former Miss Eddie Belle Leavell,
daughter of Dr. Frank Leavell,
head of the department of stu-
dent work of the Baptist Sunday
School Board, are conducting a
youth revival at the First Bap-
tist Church in Decatur.

"Making Christ My Master" is
the theme of the evangelistic serv-
ices which the Newports are con-
ducting.

Coming This Week

Thursday, Nov. 12 Book

week-end begins.
Thursday, Nov. 12 Alumnae

day.

Thursday, Nov. 12, 8:30 p. m.
Hallett Abend speaks in
Gaines chapel. Reception
afterwards in Murphey
Candler.

Saturday, Nov. 14 Dr. John
Newport speaks in chapel.

Monday, Nov. 16, 8:30 p. m.
Musicale in Presser.

Wednesday, Nov. 18 War
Council chapel program.

Thursday, Nov. 19 End of
week in which May Day
scenarios may be turned in.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1942

CAROLINE SMITH

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Investiture . . . and the Tech-Kentucky game! Visitors, just
scores of them, and one of the very pleasantest SENIOR COF-
FEES ever given! There's no doubt about it: last week-end
was an important one at Agnes Scott.
We even had some of our good-buddy allies on campus.
3 you see the three R. A. F.

ya,. Jane? Then, Carolyn Fuller
and Jackie Bums went to Char-
lotte to the Davidson game and
homecoming dances.

Seen at the Rainbow Roof over
the week-end were Liz McWhor-
ter, Katherine Jennings, Pat Elam
. . . (You three again!!?!) . . .
Jean Hood, and Betty Sullivan.

Dot Hopkins visited the PARA-
DISE ROOM on "Saturday night,
and Jodelle Tanner went on the
Emory Sigma Chi hayride.

Lots of traveling was done over
the week-end. Laura Cumming
and Betty Henderson visited
Laura's home in Griffin. (You
should have seen them catching
the train!) Ann Hilsman and
Margie Wilson went to their re-
spective homes in Albany, Ga., and
Greenville, S. C. Mamie Sue Bar-
ker, Johnnie Mae Tippen, Eliza-
beth Edwards went to Macon to a
convention, where Cornelia De-
Vane was elected first vice-presi-
dent of state B.S.U., and Marion
Knapp, "Bee" Bowman, and Mar-
tha Ray Lasseter visited Martha
Ray's sister in Elberton, Ga.
Penny Espey went home with
Jane Everett to Macon, Ga., and
Hester Chafin also went home to
McDonough, Ga. Becky Smith and
Betty Vecsey spent the week-end
in Barnesville.

And Marjorie Cole left Satur-
day for the DANCES AT NORTH
GEORGIA CALLEGE, in Dahlon-
ega. Fun, Margie?! . . .

Lib Jones visited her roommate,
Martha Dale, in Atlanta, over the
week-end.

Did

fliers with Katherine Jennings,
Pat Elam, and Liz McWhorter?

They looked
awfully nice . . .

Saturday
night the Em-
ory A. T. O.'s
gave an infor-
mal supper and
dance at the
College Park
country club.
Present were
Minnewil Story,
Betty Manning, Liz Carpenter,
Mary Turner, Jeanne Robinson,
Jeanne Newton, Mir and Mas
House, Quincy Mills, Carolyn
Lewis, Julia Harvard, "Teddy'',
Bear, Sally Sue Stevenson, Jane
Bowman, Lucy Turner, Polly
Cook, Jeane White and Bettye
Ashcraft.

An outstanding event of the
week-end was the T. E. PHI FOR-
MAL Saturday night at the Dink-
ier room of the Hotel Ansley. N

{ "Pie" Ertz looked stunning in
a black and plaid formal with red
"long" gloves, and Sylvia Pias-
sick's deep lavender-with-rhine-
stones dress was striking. Mem-
bers of the frat showed their pa-
triotism by giving "war stamp
corsages" which really are amaz-
ingly attractive! At the dance
were Zena Harris, Sylvia Mogul,
Sylvia Piassick, Elaine and Hattie
Kuniansky, Mary Ann Atkins, Eva
Williams and C. Smith.

Agnes Scott really did her part
at the TECH-KENTUCKY GAME
Saturday. Louise Hankins was a
sponsor, and cheering on the side-
lines were Carolyn Daniels, Pat
Perry, Mary Ward, Jean Moore,
Nancy Green, Tommie Huie, Eliz-
abeth Hartsfield, Betty Burress,
Betty Wade, Betty Sullivan, May-
belle Thompson, Margaret Mace,
Mickey Beman, Liz McWhorter,
Pat Elam, Katherine Jennings,
Helen Hale, Stratton Lee, Helen
Beidelman, Mary Courtney, Susan
Daniels, Lura Johnston, Eleanor
Reynolds, Dot Speagews, Doris
Street, Zena Harris, Eva Williams,
Pie Ertz, Sylvia Piassick, Mary
Estill Martin, Ruth Wolson, Julia
Harvard, June Reynolds, Mary
Jane Schumacher, and Alice
Clements. Say, you freshmen, are
really on the ball!

Speaking of games, ask Jane
Middlebrooks about the Army-
Notre Dame affair in New York
this past week-end! Bet she could
say something about the DANCES
AT WEST POINT, too! Couldn't

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Dr. Elliott Emphasizes
Desiring Badly Enough

Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., min-
ister of the Druid Hills Presby-
terian Church, spoke in chapel
Tuesday, on "How Badly Do You
Want It?" Dr. Elliott declared
that the deep desires of life may
be realized only if .one is willing
to pay the price.

He brought out that happy mar-
ital relations, peace between na-
tions, as well as moral and spiri-
tual growth may all be attained if
one wants them badly enough. A
desire to be Christ-like should
have priority in life, he said.

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BookWeek-end
Features Best
Recent Works

Book week-end, which opens to-
morrow, November 12, and lasts
through Sunday, November 15,
promises a number of interesting
books and exhibits. The library
extends a special invitation for
"browsers'* to see the exhibit dur-
ing regular library hours and on
Sunday from 2:00-6:00 p. m. and
7:30-9:30 p. m. Mortar Board will
serve tea to those who visit the
exhibit on Sunday.

This year the library features
books dealing with the problems of
a world at war, among which Hal-
lett Abend's Ramparts on the Pa-
cific and Chaos in Asia are out-
standing examples. Cecil Browne's
From Suez to Singapore should
prove to be an interesting survey
of the Eastern situation.

Beyond Surrender, by Marion
McCamy Sims, Agnes Scott grad-
uate of 1920, is one of the re-
cently published novels to be ex-
hibited. It is a historical novel
with its setting in North Carolina
during the reconstruction period.
The fiction department also of-
fers Stephen Leacock's late collec-
tion of essays, My Remarkable
Uncle, and Uncle Newt, a new
book by Frances Eisenberg, the
author of One in Every Family. .

Health to Be Subject
Of Miss Hewitts Talk

Miss Carolyn Hewitt, resident
nurse at Agnes Scott, will address
the student body Thursday in
chapel, in the regular Student
Government period, using as her
subject "General Health Habits
and Their Application to the Life
of a College Student". She will
stress the importance of mental
and physical health in the present
world, and will bring to the minds
of the students little points that
will further excellent health on
the campus. She will describe the
ideal college infirmary.

Molly Milam, Soph President,
Explodes "Only Child Theory"

By Mary Carr

The "only-child theory" is exploded! Margaret Drucilla
Milam (Molly to you) is not the typical self-centered and
hard-to-get-along-with only child. No matter where you see
Molly, you are greeted by a happy grin and a cheerful "Hey!"

Molly's capacilities as an organizer were apparent in At-
lanta Girls' High school for she

was awarded the Atlanta Jour
nal's cup for being the best all-
round student.

Her leadership soon manifested
itself at Agnes Scott for she was

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elected stunt chairman her fresh-
man year. Soon she became presi
dent of the freshman class, then of
the sophomore class. Being very
athletic, she is on the basketball,
hockey, and swimming teams.

To keep up with which direction
she must dash next, Molly writes
herself a multitude of notes and
sticks them in the mirror, but for
some reason she still can't get to
breakfast on time and without be
ing out of breath. She has even
had to take a trip to the Dean's
office on account of chronic late-
ness.

Attempting to be on time, Molly
sets the alarm for 6:00. It goes
off; she briskly hops out of bed,

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shivers slightly, turns the alarm
off, and promptly goes back to
sleep until 8:00. But she is look-
ing forward to being a senior so
she can be fifteen minutes late to
meals.

Then, too, she can have her
convertible here to get her to
places in time.

Dot Hunter and Betty Jo Davis,
her two roommates in the second
floor tower room in Main, don't
share Molly's enthusiasm for cold
fresh air. Invariably she throws
up the windows, turns off the rad-
iator, and then has to go some
place else. "And do you know how
many windows there are in the
tower room?" asks Betty Jo.

A familiar sight on second floor
Main is Molly in her gaudily
stripped pajamas taking her work
seriously by spouting Epanish a la
Dunstan and speech a la^ Winter.

But is she extremely human, for
her pet fear is of going to Miss
Laney's English 211 unprepared.
For who isn't afraid of that!

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Manhattan'

Starring
Charles Boyer
Rita Hayworth
Ginger Rogers
Henry Fonda
Charles Laughton
Edward G. Robinson

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1942

Page 3

'Little Girls' Win Over Frosh;
Juniors Defeat Sophomores

Golf Club Plays Nine Holes at Forest Hills;
Virginia Tuggle Wins Tennis Singles, 6-0, 6-2

By Mary Estill Martin

The hockey games last Friday were more exciting to the
audience than many of the other games this year. The sen-
iors defeated the freshmen, 4 to 2; the sophomores bowed to
the juniors, 2 to 0.

The seniors marched on the field with huge bows in their
hair and with the determination
to win the game on "little girls'

day. Dot Holloran made the only
score in the

M. E. MARTIN

half, however,
the senior team
made a drive
down the field,
with Jean
Moore finally
pushing the ball
in for a point.
The freshman team answered the
senior challenge with a quick run
by Scottie Johnson to the goal.
Deep in freshman territory, Dot
Holloran passed to Jean Moore,
who drove the ball into the goal.
Irene Gordon made the seniors'
final goal.

When the game was almost
over, Scottie made another point
for the freshmen.

The line ups were:
Seniors (4) Freshmen (2)

Moore (2) C. Johnson (2)
Holloran (1) L.I. Marshall
Gordon (1) R.I. Jones
Downie L.W. Eyner

Cochran R.W. Chewning

Bates C.H. Burnett

Paisley R.H. Ragland

Smith, C. L.H. Walker
Hopper R.F. Kraus

Frierson L.F. Neville

Rountree G. Reynolds

Substitutions: Seniors, Weis-
mann. Freshmen: Lewis Richard-
son.

Gwen Hill Junior Star

Both the juniors and the sopho-
mores were determined to beat on
the hockey field Friday. In spite of
the "win or else" feeling among
both teams, the game was good
and clean, each of the teams
showing good sportsmanship at its
best.

Gwen Hill was the real star
of the game, making both junior
goals.

The line ups were:

first half.

Early in the
exciting second Tennis Champ

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Sophomore

Cumming

Munroe

Gower

Young

Milam

Carpenter

Bedinger, J.

Equen

Rosenthal

Junior (2)

c.

Walker, B.

L.I.

Hill, G. (2)

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Tuggle

R.W.

Lassejer

C.H.

Farrior

L.H.

Douglas

R.H.

Bedinger, C.

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Decatur Theatre

November 1 1 "Joe Smith, American," Rob-
ert Young and Marsha Hunt.

November 12, 13 "Tarzan's New York Ad-
venture," Johnny Weissmuller and Mau-
reen O'Sullivan.

November 14 "Canal Zone" and "Gaucho
of El Dorado."

November 16, 17 "Take A Letter Darling,"
Rosalind Russell and Fred MacMurray.

DeKalb Theatre

November 1 1 "Fingers at the Window,"

Lew Ayers and Lorraine Day.
November 12, 13 "Great Man's Lady,"

Barbara Stanwyck.
November 14 "Sleepy Time Gal," Judy

Canova, and "Sunset in Wyoming," Gene

Autry.

November 16, 17 "Wings for the Eagle,"
Dennis Morgan and Ann Sheridan.

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Virginia Tuggle has captured
the tennis singles title again. She
defeated Mary Munroe, 6-Love,
6-2. Although the scores do not
sound like it, the match was close.
Congratulations, Tuggle.

Lecture Association
To Give Reception
For Hallett Abend

Following Hallett Abend's lec-
ture tomorrow night, Lecture As-
sociation will entertain its first
speaker of the season at a tradi-
tional formal reception in Mur-
phey Candler. The college com-
munity is invited to attend the
function and to meet Mr. Abend.
Others in the receiving line wiirbe
Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag-
nes Scott; Miss Emma May Laney,
faculty chairman of Lecture Asso-
ciation; and Betty Henderson,
president of the association.

Mary Ward, social chairman,
will be in charge of the refresh-
ments, which will consist of cof-
fee, cakes, and nuts. Miss Char-
lotte Hunter and Miss Katharine
Omwake will pour.

Joella Craig Itching For A
Switching Little Girl's Day

By Kathie Hill

"Backwards, turn backwards, oh Time in thy flight!" so
that Joella's acting juvenile will be perfectly all right. For
'ittle Doella certainly was convincing on "little girl's day."
All she needed was a spanking to make her costume complete.
She did everything in her classes but throw spit wads. When
she came into Mr. Stuke's psych

class it was easy to see that she
was just bursting to do some-
thing. So she

drew a
of Mr.
on the
block.

picture
Stukes
black-
Pretty

KATHRYN HILL

good likeness,
too, but evi-
dently Mr.
Stukes didn't
agree.

He came into
the room, saw
the big "TEECHER" below the pic-
ture, and burst out laughing; saw
the big bow-tie she had drawn,
and smiled; looked at the face and
stopped smiling; and then posi-
tively frowned when he noticed
the hair. He took an eraser and
eradicated the three hairs that
Joella had generously drawn, as if
to say, "I haven't got three hairs
on the top of my hair!!"

Joella, you wouldn't have made
that mistake if you had remem-
bered one of last week's classes.
There was a discussion about the
Mennonites. And don't you remem-
ber, Joella, that someone explained

that one of this religious group's
characteristics is that all the
Mennonites have to wear their hair
long? "Imagine having a choice,"
muttered Mr. Stukes. "I don't
guess I could ever be a Mennon-
ite."

A-Haunting We Will Go

Why is it that every time we
want to make an impression on
someone we always make a blun-
der? It will happen every time.
For instance, one day last week, a
young alumna came back to visit
familiar faces and places. She ran
into one of her favorite profes-
sors in the mail room. Naturally,
she wanted to say more than just
how-dee-do, so she looked the pro-
fessor right smack in the face and
said, with such deep sincerity in
her voice, "You know, you can
never imagine how nice it is to get
back and visit all the old haunts."

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And I want you to know that
Claire Purcell is independent
even with a broken ankle!! Dr.
Runyon and Ruth Wolson can
vouch for that. Claire was hobbl-
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came up to her and offered to
help. "Nope," said Claire, "this is
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1942

0

U. S. Forces Open Second Front
In Africa Agaainst Vichy France

By Tess Carlos

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

About Knowledge-Textbook and Otherwise

All our lives we've heard that there's
more to education than just what we
learn from reading text books and going
to classes. Probably in the back of our
minds we've realized that the advice
received from fond parents and well
meaning friends on developing a well
rounded personality really means some-
thing, but we've also wondered just how
we were going to go about absorbing
all the extra knowledge not found in
textbooks.

This week-end, if ever, we have the
perfect opportunity. If in the next three
days we don't at least get a start on
developing our "well rounded personali-
ties" we will be very lazy girls indeed.
Within three days we're going to have
the opportunity to hear three speak-
ers all experts, and there's also going
to be a wonderful book exhibit in the
Library.

We are very fortunate in having Dr.
Goodrich C. White, president of Emory
University, as one of the speakers for
Alumnae Day, for he is an excellent
speaker. The other Alumnae Day speak-
er is Lieutenant Mildred McFall of the
WAVES whose talk will interest many
of us who are thinking of becoming
WAVES after graduation.

And Thursday evening we'll have a
chance to learn about the far east from
Hallett Abend, whose many years of
experience as a foreign correspondent
make him an excellent source of in-
formation.

The Library's Book Week-End will
present to the campus the best of the

Golden Opportunity

Did you hear what Miss Laney said in
chapel recently about the lectures?

No ? ? Then you should go to chapel
more often. (But going to chapel is not
the theme idea of this little dissertation.
Never fear; that subject will come
later.)

The theme idea has something to do
with lectures and even more to do with
you! What Miss Laney said is that if
Hallett Abend's lecture on Thursday
night is well-enough attended we will
be so fortunate as to have a fourth
speaker of our own choice this year in
our series. Goodness knows, we could
all profit by hearing an additional au-
thor, poet, foreign correspondent, or
musician, of whom we have had so many
in former years.

It will be nice for day students to be
able to lure their dates, friends, and
families out to look over the school.

A golden opportunity, however, it will
be to the boarders!! For years, or
months, anyway, we've been planning to
do something for those lovely aunts,
friends, and day students' mothers who
have been so nice as to allow us to spend
nights and week-ends with them.

Here is our chance. Let's choose one
from the flock of people we've "stayed
with" and invite her and her family out
for dkiner and the lectures. (Let us not
hink, though, that the great day of
judgment will be come; just this small
gesture will not repay our hostesses for
all our impositions. But it will help.)

Let s don't miss this choice time to
entertain our friends, help Lecture As-
sociation, and help ourselves by mak-
ing possible another lecture. (Q.M.M.)

new books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Look them over You're sure to find
some which will interest you and add
to your store of extra-cirricular knowl-
edge.

Now won't we be ashamed if, with a
whole week-end full of chances, we
don't learn a little that can't be found
in books or class rooms!

A New Armistice

Today is Armistice Day!

In the past few weeks Americans
have been inclined to say, "Armistice
Day, bosh! A lot of good it did us
to sign an armistice. Look at us now!"

We must not lose faith. We nujst
not be pessimistic. Let us eagerly look
forward to that time in the future when
we will be able to observe two Armis-
tice Days, and to thank God for the
liberty and right for the pursuit of
happiness that must continue to be ours.

Let's be optimistic today and do all
we can for the war effort! (Q. M. M.)

To the Editor

Dear Editor:

In the past, Sunday night suppers
have not been too popular with the
girls of Agnes Scott. Now, however,
instead of eating in town or ordering
from the drugstore, we make a special
effort to return to school by six o'clock
because of the well prepared buffet sup-
pers.

We want to thank Mrs. Harris who
has done such fine work in improving
our Sunday night suppers. In view of
the difficulty of obtaining sugar and
meat, our dietician deserves a lot of
credit. Thank you Mrs. Harris!

Sincerely,

Dotty Kahn.

East to Egypt

It had been planned for many months.
American troops had been sent over
along with an ever increasing stream of
supplies; the British pounded Italian
ports and concentrated forces about Gi-
braltar. The announcement of the open-
ing of the second front was made Satur-
day night by Presi-
dent Roosevelt speak-
ing to the French
people in their native
tongue and by Lieu-
tenant Dwight Eisen-
hower, commander of
this American expe-
ditionary force, who
both asked for French
^ \ * non-resistance. Ac-

cording to a White
tess carlos House statement of
the simultaneous invasion of the Atlan-
tic and Mediterranean coasts of the
French colonies in Africa was made to
forestall an Axis invasion plans upon
the United States from west Africa and
to open the second front long promised
to the Russians.

Attacks are believed to have been
made in various parts of Vichy French
Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, and West Af-
rica. By Monday morning Vichy France
announced the surrender of the city of
Algiers, the dive-bombing of Casa
Blanca, and a naval engagement be-
tween French and Anglo-American
forces in the Atlantic. Diplomatic rela-
tions between France and the United
States were severed Sunday according
to an announcement by Pierre Laval.

West From Egypt

The American attack on Vichy French
possessions in Africa was made in con-
junction with the British who last week
in a mghty desert battle which is even
now continuing defeated the forces of
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, whose
tactical genius brought the Axis almost
to the gates of Cairo this summer. Nazi
and Italian casualties have been excep-
tionally high. General von Stumme, sec-
ond in command to Rommel, was killed,
while General Ritter von Thoma, com-
mander of the German Africa Corps,
was captured along with 90,000 prison-
ers which include prominent German
and Italian officers.

If the Americans are successful in
e their drive from the east and the Brit-

Attainment of Cultivated Mind Is
Mr. Holt's Advice at Investiture

"Attainment of a Cultivated Mind"
was the theme of Mr. Robert B. Holt's
message to the seniors last Saturday,
November 7, at the thirty-fourth an-
nual investiture ceremony. To the
members of the graduating class he
stressed the fact that each is going
through a period of training which will
equip her for the part she must play
in the chaotic world she is soon to
enter. A cultivated mind, Mr. Holt
maintained, will give each senior "force
to recognize the non-essentials, and the
power and poise to influence the activi-
ties and government of her community,
city, and state."

The speaker, in reference to the defi-
nition of a cultivated mind, said it
could be recognized by the inability to
define it. He added further that there
are certain tendencies that hinder its
development. Among there is mnemon-
ics, which alone will not secure this
goal. Another hinderance centers
around the modern educational methods
that are often not conducive to the logi-
cal attainment of a cultivated mind.

However, a cultivated mind can be
secured by a gradual development of
mind that will give a proper perspec-
tive and relation to whatever mental

acquisition undertaken. The correla-
tion of individual findings and humani-
zation of intellectual gifts also aids
in attaining it.

Mr. Holt urged the class of '43 to en-
joy all the educational and cultural op-
portunities now offered. He also sug-
gested that they "gather the maximum
good available from their teachers and
make worthwhile associations of the
college group."

"The indispensible interlocking of
mind and heart" was strongly empha-
sized by Mr. Holt. Only through this
interlocking can the expanse of human
knowledge be evaluated, and confidence,
security, and appreciation be made an
everlasting possession.

The seniors were warned that "as a
forceful unit of society" their lives
would be cluttered up. A cultivated
mind in this respect brings proper ap-
praisement. In conclusion, Mr. Holt re-
minded the graduating class that while
giving "their minds range, perspective,
breadth of interest, depth of apprecia-
tion, and while impinging their hearts
upon their minds," they must not forget
that they will have to make sacrifices,
concessions, and acceptances.

ish can trap Rommel in the west, pre-
venting him from escaping to Italy, the
Mediterranean coast of Africa will be
cleared of Axis forces. However, there
are too many factors involved to allow
complete optimism about this newly-
opened front.

Republican Victories

The results of the November congres-
sional elections which took place thjs
week imperil Democratic control of
Congress. Although the Democrats won
a nominal 226 to rule the House of Rep-
resentatives, the margin is so narrow
that a combination of Republicans and
conservative Democrats can upset any
administration bill. The New Deal ma-
jority has been reduced to its lowest
level since 1933. The G. O. P. made 43
gains in the House and nine in the Sen-
ate so that now there are 220 Demo-
crats in the House to 208 Republicans
and 56 Democrats in the Senate to 38
Republicans.

There were nine senatorial upsets,
among them the defeat of Senator Nor-
ris, an Independent, who had presiden-
tial support and who was the dean of
Congress; and that of Senator Brown,
of Michigan, leader of the anti-inflation
fight. The Democratic defeat indicates
that there is general dissatisfaction with
the conduct of the war in the northern
and western parts of the country.

Manpower Problems

C. I. O. witnesses testifying before a
Senate Labor and Education subcom-
mittee again strengthened the growing
belief that manpower is in a critical
state because of the large pools through-
out the country of idle skilled labor
which is hoarded, and of idle machines.
The need of an integrated workers'
training program and the centralization
of the manpower effort become more
evident as production lags in meeting
the 1942 quotas.

Draft Curbs

The drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds,
which President Roosevelt asked in his
last fireside chat, seems still as far away
as it did last year. Congress, afraid of
the opposition of constituents laid it
aside until the end of the elections. But
now that they are over, the amendment
of Senator O'Daniel, of Texas, requir-
ing that 18 and 19-year-old youths
drafted receive a full year of training
in the United States is threatening the
army which will be built up by the draft.
Many officials feel that if this amend-
ment is allowed to remain in the bill,
our war effort, which is even now still
in the beginning stage, will be gravely
endangered.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, November 11, 1942 No. 7

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 cento.

Editor MARTHA DALH

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VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942

NO. 8

Council Makes
Major Changes
In Curriculum

Agnes Scott's Academic Council
decided on several important
changes in the college curriculum
at a meeting Monday afternoon,
November 9.

The following changes, recom-
mended by the curriculum com-
mittee, were approved by the
council :

L That the foreign language
requirement be changed to a re-
quirement in college of one year
of foreign language based on at
least two entrance units or two
years of a foreign language begun
in college.

2. That 01 language not be ac-
cepted as a basic course for either
major or minor.

3. That a limited number of in-
ter-departmental majors be of-
fered; for instance, a major in
psychology and sociology, and in-
ter-departmental majors in the
sciences.

. 4. That Speech 105 be offered
each quarter as a three-hour
course.

5. That hygiene not be offered
as a separate course but be made
an integral part of the nine-hour
physical education requirement.

6. That another social science,
perhaps sociology, be opened to
freshmen.

7. That a course in classical
civilization, open to freshmen, be
considered.

The Academic Council is com-
posed of Dr. J. R. McCain, presi-
dent of the college; Mr. S. G.
Stukes, dean of the faculty; Miss
Carrie Scandrett, dean of stu-
dents; and the heads of the vari-
ous departments.

Rev. Linton to Speak
In Chapel Saturday

Rev. William A. Linton, Pres-
byterian minister, will speak in
chapel Saturday, November 21, at
the invitation of Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain. Rev. Linton, originally from
Thomasville, Georgia, is a former
missionary to Korea, where he
was prominent in the educational
field.

In December, 1940, on account
of the war conditions, he returned
to America. He is now working
with the Candidate Department of
Executive Committee of Foreign
Missions, with his headquarters in
Nashville, Tennessee.

Rev. Linton will not be a
stranger at Agnes Scott, for he
led a discussion on the campus
last spring. His wife, the former
Charlotte Bell, is an Agnes Scott
graduate.

Miss Carolyn Forman
At Agnes Scott While
Studying at Emory

Miss Carolyn Forman, an Agnes
Scott graduate of the class of '39,
is now living at the Alumnae
House while she works on her
Master's degree in biology at Em-
ory University.

For a year after her graduation,
"Skippy," as Miss Forman was
popularly called, was one of the
assistants in the biology depart-
ment here at Agnes Scott.

After she receives her Master's
degree from Emory in March, she
will study medicine at the Uni-
versity of Alabama.

While at Emory, Miss Forman
spends most of her time in the lab,
but also finds time to attend the
"med dances" and many other so-
cial activities on the campus.

Blackfriars to Enact
Letters to Lucerne 7

Real Men to Portray Masculine Roles;
Hottentots to Adopt Foreign Accents

Blackfriars will present Letters to Lucerne, written by
Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent, on Friday night, November
20, at 8:30 in Presser Hall. Under the capable direction of
Miss Frances Gooch and Miss Roberta Winter, it promises to
be one of the best plays ever produced by the dramatics club.

The setting of the play is an

American school in Switzerland at
the outbreak of the war. Natural-
ly, impassioned conflicts arise
among the girls of varied nation-
alities German, Polish, French
English, and American.

Male Actors

Since the war has made a scarc-
ity of men, there are only two

The German schoolgirl, Martha Marie Trimble, looks on as handsome Hans, Jimmy Bridges, em-

braces the Polish heroine, Zena Harris. "Letters to Lucerne," Act I, Scene 1.

-Drawn by Jane Dinsmore.

'Dr. Rob' Tells in Letter
Of West Point 'Drags'

By Margaret Drummond

Though many Hottentots may not be aware of it, there is
a service flag which hangs from the tower of Main, tossed
about by the cool morning air its blue star of truth shining
forth from a background of purity and courage. Agnes Scott
college is proud of that one blue star; she is inexpressibly
more proud of the soldier for

"whom that star stands, her "pro-
fessor on military leave," Major
Henry A. Robinson.

Now stationed at West Point,
"Dr. Rob," as his students affec-
tionately dubbed him, writes'
graphically and descriptively of
life at the U. S. military academy.

Cadets in Class

In what most Hottentots would
probably consider a masterpiece
of understatement, he points out
that "class room procedure is dif-
ferent from Agnes Scott's." He ex-
plains: "Periods are 75 minutes
long. The main part is the test
of the cadet's mastery of the sub-
ject. He must recite, and be grad-
ed daily." When a cadet steps
into, say, the mathematics class-
room, he is given an "enumera-
tion card," which requires a for-
mal demonstration of the theory
of the lesson. Only an outline or
a figure is on the board. When he
is ready to recite, he stands at
attention, and announces, "Sir, I

am required to demonstrate . . ."
Usually two men are called to the
front for 'questions,' which means
about twenty minutes of oral
quizzing. The rest of the class
has problem board work, but, as
"Dr. Rob" comfortingly adds,
"they will have their chance at
'questions' and 'enumeration cards'
another day!"

Instruction in modern language
at West Point, Major Robinson
explains, is given in grammar and
syntax by instructors who speak
English. "Foreign instructors
teach pronunciation and conduct
conversations, augmented by lec-
tures in the language."

Honor System

Agnes Scott's prof on leave
finds at West Point that "the
honor system works. Since class
rank, and eventually position on
the promotion list of the army,
pay, and branch of service open to
the cadet, depend on marks, he is
jealous of his rating." No cadet is

held on probation. He must keep
up or be discharged. At the end
of each month, all classes are re-
arranged according to the newly
established class standing. Men
of approximately the same capa-
bilities are kept together.

Though it would seem other-
wise, West Point cadets do have
a life outside the classroom. "Dr.
Rob" tells of the cadets' "dates"
and "drags." "The academy host-
ess provides chaperonage to the
'drags' (invited girls) who visit
the cadets during the few hours
each week in which social activi-
ties are permitted. At Christmas
there will be many new 'drags' on
the reservation. With many up-
perclassmen on leave, plebes will
be relieved of the iron hand of
their superiors for the first time
and can relax!" He adds, "Three
cadets have told me about their
'O. A. O.' at Agnes Scott."

New Hottentot

"Dr. Rob" revealed that late in
October there was an addition to
the Robinson household, but he
hasn't seen her yet. According to
him, "She is one of the latest
members of the A. S. C. class of
'63." Within the near future his
family will join him at West
Point.

With characteristic interest in
the activities of his beloved Hot-
tentots, "Dr. Rob" concluded his
letter with "orchids to Tom for
being able to capture mathematics
major Dot Holloran."

Registrar Talks
Of Conference

Training for War Work
Is Stuke's Suggestion

Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, re-
turned Monday from Northwest-
ern university, where he attended
a conference on "College Women
and the War," held November 13
and 14. Represented were many
schools, the armed forces, several
federal agencies, and various types
of industry, including airplane and
electrical manufacturers.

Mr. Stukes reported some im-
portant agreements made by the
group. First, he said, the WAVES
require college graduation of offi-
cer candidates, and the WAACS
give preference to graduates. For
enlisted personnel, both services
seek women with special skills,
such as stenography, cooking, or
sewing.

Besides these women in the
armed forces, he said, by 1943
there will be a need in industry
for approximately four to five mil-
lion women between the ages of
21 and 25. These industries will
provide several months' training
for the workers, but they should
already have a good background
in chemistry, mathematics, and
physics.

For college students who would
like to do office management, Mr.
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male actors playing the four mas-
culine roles. Sidney Owen, of the
Atlanta Theatre Guild, takes the
parts of the faithful servant, Gus-
tave, and of the old postman,
Francois.

James Bridges, one of Atlanta's
well-known radio announcers over
WSB, appears in the parts both of
the handsome hero, Hans, and of
Koppler, a bullying Gestapo agent.
Since Mr. Bridges used to play
Nazi bad man roles on the radio,
he feels right in character for the
part, for he uses the same sneers
and the same accent.

Some Americans, Too

Martha Marie Trimble and Zena
Harris portray the German girl
and the Polish girl, while Agnes
Douglas and Martha Rhodes ap-
pear as the French and the Eng-
lish girls. The two Americans are
played by Jeanne Newton as the
peppy New Englander, and Ruby
Rosser as the southern glamour
girl.

Ann Flowers is the American
schoolmistress, whose German as-
sistant is Page Lancaster.

Comic relief is provided by the
two old servants, Ceevah Rosen-
thal as Margarethe, and Sidney
Owen as Gustave.

Miss Wilson to Speak
On "Keeping Balance"

Miss Bella Wilson, secretary to
the dean, will speak in chapel
Thursday, November 19. Her top-
ic, "Let's Keep Our Balance," will
be in accord with the student
government theme for the year,
"Agnes Scott Prepares to Face
the World."

In this talk she will point out
that no matter how much war
work people may do and no mat-
ter how great the fighting on the
fronts may be, citizens must keep
a sane and just attitude toward
work which must go on. She will
mention things that students must
do in their every-day lives to pre-
serve this balance between school
and war work.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8:00 p. m.
Mortar Board party for
freshmen in gym and Mur-
phey Candler.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 11:00 a. m.
Miss Bella Wilson speaks
in chapel.
Saturday, Nov. 21, 11:00 a. m.
Rev. William A. Linton
speaks in chapel.
Saturday, Nov. 21, 8:30 p. m.
Heifetz plays on all-star
concert series at Atlanta
municipal auditorium.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942

Freshmen Win Tank Tourney;
Sophs Take Diving Honors

Juniors Conquer Frosh in Friday's Hockey Game;
Sophomores and Seniors Score One Goal Each

By Mary Estill Martin

Three classes participated in the year's first swimming
meet last Tuesday night, the seniors having only two repre-
sentatives. The meet was fast and exciting, with the fresh-
man team defeating the sophomore team by one point.

For speed the sophomores were superior, but the freshmen
outranked them in form. Final

M. E. MARTIN

scores were as follows: freshmen,
33: sophomores, 34; and juniors,
26.

The tournament opened with a
20 - yard back
stroke dash. Al^
classes except
the seniors
competed. Dot-
ty Kahn won
the heat with a
timing of 14 2/5
seconds. The
juniors ranked
next.
In form swim-
ming Agnes Douglas, junior, won
the breast stroke contest, and
Sally Sue Stephenson, freshman,
won the back crawl. Agnes Doug-
las had the best form also in the
front crawl, with Martha Scott,
freshman, placing second.

Exciting Races

The two most exciting races
were the 40-yard free style and
the medley relay, both of which
went to the sophomore class. Liz
Carpenter dashed down two
lengths of the pool in 26 4/5 sec-
onds, with Julia Scott, junior,
close behind. The sophomore time
in the medley relay was 60 1/5
seconds.

Better and more difficult dives
may have been performed at Ag-
nes Scott, but the diving was plen-
ty good. Dotty Kahn took the
honors for the sophomores. Susan
Richardson, freshman, placed sec-
ond, and Polly Drinnon, sopho-
more, third.

During the evening, Miss Alta
Webster, gym instructor now,
gave an exhibition on the progres-
sion of strokes. She did some ele-
mentary strokes, including back,
breast, and inverted breast, fol-
lowed by the side, English over-
arm, and trudgen. She concluded
with the back crawl, front crawl,
and trudgen crawl.

Hockey Games of Friday

Last week's hockey games
showed better cooperation than
any previous ones this year. The
juniors defeated the freshmen, 2
to 0, Gwen Hill making both goals.
Each team gave its substitutes a
chance to play.

The line-ups were:

Junior (2)

Walker, B.

Maxwell

Rhodes

Evans

Lasseter

Freshman (0)

C.F.

L.L

R.I.

L.W.

R.W.

Johnson
Chewning
Phelps
Richardson
Courtney

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Walker, M. G. Nellons
Substitutes: Juniors, G. Hill
(2), Blount, Tuggle, Farrior,
Douglas, Philips, and Dozier.
Freshmen, Jones, Stephenson,
Burnett, Walker, Ragland, and
Kraus.

Sophomore-Senior Tie

The sophomore - senior game
ended in a 1 to 1 tie. Dot Holloran
placed the senior goal early in the
game. Late in the second half,
"Bitty" King came through with
the point that tied the score.

Players for this game were:

Sophomore (1)

Senior (1)

Moore

Holloran (1)
Cochran
Downie
Weismann
Radford
Lancaster
Bates
Frierson
Hopper
Rountree

Substitutions: Sophomores, Dav-
is, Carpenter, Hunter, Glenn, Ros-
enthal, McWhorter, Farmer, and
Almond.

CI.

Cumming

L.L

Munroe

R.I.

King (1)

L.W.

Young

R.W.

Milam

C.H.

Piassick

L.H.

Equen

R.H.

Bedinger

L.F.

Webb

R.F.

Newell

G.

Everett

Folio Is Revived
For Freshmen

The Folio, which has not ex-
isted for the past four years, has
been reorganized recently by Miss
Janef Preston and Miss Clara
Morrison, members of the English
department, with the aid of the
members of B. O. Z. The Folio
is composed of all freshmen who
are interested in any form of cre-
ative writing and who wish to de-
velop their talents in these fields.

At the present time thirty-eight
freshmen belong to the Folio,
and any freshman interested is
urged to join.

Stukes on War Work

(Continued from Page 1)
Stukes suggested courses in psy-
chology, economics, and personnel
management.

In both government and private
agencies there will probably be a
great demand for social service
workers. While existing standards
call for one year of graduate
work, it will be necessary to hire
four-year graduates who have ma-
jored in sociology and allied fields.

Mr. Stukes added that the pres-
ent requirement of one year's
graduate training for laboratory
technicians will probably be modi-
fied, since they are in great de-
mand. For such jobs college stu-
dents should study especially
chemistry, biology, bacteriology,
physics, and mathematics.

The registrar urged that many
young women plan to help fill the
shortage of teachers, who are
more essential now than ever.

Mr. Stukes revealed as the final
suggestion of the conference that
forms of war work (such as Red
Cross) be substituted for some ex-
tra-curricular activities on the
college campus.

Girls Qualify
As Assistants

Ten Agnes Scott students com-
pleted last night a ten-hour staff
assistants course given by the De-
Kalb county chapter of American
Red Cross.

During the one-week's course of
intensive study, the heads of vari-
ous committees and departments
of volunteer work in Decatur lec-
tured on their branches of Red
Cross work, such as home nurs-
ing, hospital and camp service,
motor corps, nurse's aides, office
procedure, nutrition, and canteen
work.

Besides attending the lectures,
each girl was required to do two
hours' reading in the Decatur li-
brary, to prepare a notebook in-
stead of taking an exam, and to
work in the Decatur Red Cross
office for six hours. During this
school year the girls may be called
on to help here, and will be quali-
fied to work in their home town
Red Cross offices during the sum-
mer.

Girls who took the course are
Betty Bates, Jane Everett, Helen
Smith, Susan Guthrie, Marg
Downie, Suzanne Watkins, Jean
Moore, Elizabeth Hartsfield, Cath-
erine Kollock, and Tommy Huie.

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Going Broke Changes Abend
From Collegian to Reporter

By Mary Louise Duffee

Hallett Abend (ah-bend), New York Times' chief foreign
correspondent in the Far East for fifteen years, didn't intend
to be a newspaper man. He changed his mind during his third
year at Stanford University when he "went broke," and
newspaper work seemed a likely thing for an English and
history major to do. He's been at I

it ever since.

Visiting here Thursday for his
lecture at Agnes Scott, Mr. Abend
told that his 15-year-old job in the
Orient was also unpremeditated.
He went over in 1926 on a six-
month's vacation ticket and it was
1941 before he returned for any
length of time. The man whose
appearance in a city or province in
the Far East was looked upon as
a trouble signal because of his ac-
curate presentiments of news, was
far from ominous looking as he
leaned back and talked willingly
of himself and his work. He has
met Chiang Kai-Shek, Tojo, Kon-
oye, and Matsuoka. He has seen
the Chinese and Japanese people
in peace and war, in their every-
day life and in their death through
bombings and fighting.

Farm in Vermont

But in this war correspondent's
interest international affairs are
secondary to the quiet home which
he has enjoyed since his return to
the States last year. He chose a
farm in Vermont because he hates
cities, and even Connecticut is too
close to New York to get away
from people and to write in peace,
he thinks.

"You ought to see my house in
Vermont," he said enthusiastical-
ly. "It's lovely; at least I think
so . . ." Taking a drag from his
long, ivory cigaret holder, he told
of the objects of art he collected
and brought back to this country,
mentioning especially his Chinese
landscapes. He wears a beautiful-
ly carved Oriental ring.

From China, too, he brought his
three dogs, "two Scots and a dach-
shund."

"Yes," he smiled in reply to a
question, "I speak three foreign
languages three useless ones now
German, Japanese, and Chi-
nese."

Contrary to current criticisms
of the American people for not

having "waked up" to the war,
Mr. Abend thinks that people in
the United States now realize the
full import of the war. "I think
the people have waked up to the
war even more than Washington
has. There is no real complaint or
hesitance to sacrifice."

His latest book, which will go
on sale January 8, is called Paci-
fic Charter. Another book, which
will contain memoirs of his life
in China, is scheduled to appear
sometime next October.

"I will go back there some day,"
he said, in speaking of the Orient.
"Not now, because of the censor-
ship." War-time restrictions would
make his life very different now
in that section of the world where
he formerly had "the free run of
the whole part."

Decision Goes Against
Conscription of Labor

By popular vote of the club
members, the decision went
against the subject, "Resolved:
That the government should con-
script labor for defense indus-
tries," at the Pi Alpha Phi meet-
ing on Wednesday, November 11,
in Murphey Candler. Negative de-
baters were Elaine Kuniansky and
Ruth Kolthoff, while Virginia Car-
ter and Claire Bennett upheld the
affirmative.

Two new members, Pat Evans
and Sylvia Mogul, were initiated,
giving short, farcical debates on
the respective topics "Resolved:
That grass should be pink instead
of green," and "Resolved: That
students should teach professors."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942

Page 3

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Watch On the Rhine seems to have been a main attrac-
tion over the week-end for Agnes Scotties, as well as for
Atlanta folk. The play has been reported as "wonderful,"
"sad," and "just the best thing" by Hottentots who saw it,
and if the Alabama-Tech game hadn't been such an extra
good one, there would probably be

some regrets on the part of those
who had to choose between the
two.

Those who went to Watch on
the Rhine are
Frances Stukes,
Kate Webb, Ma-
bel Thompson,
Emily Ann Sin-
gletary, Mary
N e e 1 y Norris,
Jackie Burns,
? W|T Agnes Waters,

Harriet Daugh-
tery, Cordelia
CAROLINE smith D e V a n e, Liz

Carpenter, Ruth Doggett, Jane
Everett, June Bedinger, Mary Es-
till Martin, Pat Perry, Betty Hen-
derson, Bobbie Powell, Marg
Downie, Camilla Moore, Martha
Rhodes, Claire Bedinger, Ruth
Farrior, Helen Pope, Dot Hopkins,
and Polly Lyndon.

Tech-Alabama Game

As the next to the most impor-
tant event during the week-end,
the Tech-Alabama game is listed.
Jean Satterwhite, Harding Rag-
land, Jeanne Newton, Carolyn
Fuller, Kitty Kay, Margaret Mace,
Ann Flowers, Betty Pegram,
Helen Hale, Nancy Moses, Mary
Cumming, Laurice Looper, Irene
Gordon, Nancy Greene, Jeanne
Robinson, Bettye Ashcraft, Mar-
jorie Tippens, and Marjorie Smith
were there among others from
Agnes Scott.

At the Rainbow Roof over the
week-end and, incidentally, at the
play also, were Louise Breedin,
Sue Mitchell, Mas House, Zelda
Barnett, and Betty Wade. Kath-
arine Dozier went to the Roof, too.

ENO Hayride Main Event

Another main event was
the Emory ENO hayride to Stone
Mountain on Saturday night, as
shown by the number of sopho-
mores present. Some of them were
Pobai Crane, Betty Glenn, Mar-
garet Killam, Martha Jane Mack,
Dot Almond, Moppy Miller, Molly
Millam, Lib Almon, Pat Elam, and
Jean Hood.

The Tech Chi Psi formal at the
Henry Grady Friday night found
many Agnes Scott girls present.
They were Mary Dozier, Elizabeth
and Julia Harvard, Joyce Giller-
land, Miriam Davies, Margarette
Wilson, Jean Carlson, Beth Keller,
and Frances Malone.
More Hottentots at Tech

At the Tech Kappa Sig house
dance Saturday night was Betty
Zumwinkle. Anne Lee was seen at
the Tech KA house the same
night. Miriam Davies went to the
SAE house dance at Tech Satur-
day night, while Frances Hunt and
Jane Dinsmore were at the Sigma
Nu house.

The Emory Med dance was also
a big happening of Friday night.
Among those present were Caro-
lyn Mason, Nita Hurst, Pat Bled-

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soe, Betty Brougher, Miriam Jes-
ter, Jackie Burns, Jodelle Tanner,
and Barbara Ireland.

Joyce Freeman, Dot Holloran,
and Gloria Ann Melchor went to
the Chi Phi tea dance at Tech
Saturday afternoon, while at the
Phi Epsilon Pi formal Saturday
night was Pie Ertz.

Alpha Kappa Psi Outing

At the wiener roast and dance
given Saturday night by Alpha
Kappa Psi, Emory business ad-
ministration fraternity, were Ann
Ward, Mary Carr, Marjorie Tip-
pens, and Miriam Jester.

Among those away for the
week-end were Kathie Hill and
Cathy Steinbach who went to
Chapel Hill; Rosalind Price, who
went to the University of Georgia;
and Beverly King, who attended
the Alabama homecoming. Then
Quincy Mills went home to Ac-
worth, and "Raddy," with Anne
Frierson, visited Anne's home in
Belton, S. C. Anabel Bleckley
visited her home in Clayton, and
Emily Higgins went home to Dal-
ton.

Did you see Susan Montgomery
and Julia Ann Florence on cam-
pus over the week-end?!!

Final Freshman Party
To Be Square Dance

Tonight Mortar Board will give
the last in a series of parties for
the freshmen. The party will be
held in the gymnasium and in
Murphey Candler, beginning at
8:00 p. m.

Entertainment will consist of a
square dance in the gymnasium,
and games, refreshment, and sing-
ing in Murphey Candler.

The following seniors have been
asked to assist with the enter-
tainment: Laura Cumming, Kay
Wright, Betty Bates, Helen Hale,
Margie Wilson, Mary Jane Auld,
and Betty Pegram.

Blackfriars Receive
Four New Members

v Page Lancaster, president of
Blackfriars, has announced that
four new members have been
elected to the club. They are
Katherine Philips, Martha Jane
Gray, Jane Everett, and Emily
Anne Singletary. These new mem-
bers will be initiated at the next
meeting of Blackfriars.

Decatur Theatre

November 18 "My Favorite Spy," Kay Ky-
ser, Ellen Drew.

November 19-20 "The Great Man's Lady,"
Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea.

November 21 "The Singing Hill," Gene
Autry, and "You're in the Army Now."

November 23-24 "Ten Gentlemen From
West Point," George Montgomery, Mau-
reen O'Hara, John Sutton.

DeKalb Theatre

November 18 "Private Buckaroo," Andrews
Sisters.

November 19-20 "Jackass Mail," Wallace

Beery, Marjorie Main.
November 21 "Friendly Enemies" and

"Girl From Alaska."
November 23-24 "Crossroads," William

Powell, Hedy Lamarr.

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Heifetz to Play
Saturday Night

Jascha Heifetz, renowned vio-
linist, will appear on Saturday eve-
ning at 8:30 in the city auditor-
ium, in the third of this season's
All-Star Concerts. Atlanta is ex-
tremely fortunate in having him
this year, since he has limited
his tour to six weeks.

One of his greatest contribu-
tions to music is the large number
of transcriptions which he has
made of the works of the mas-
ters. Saturday night he will play
two of these, "Prelude in E-Ma-
jor," Bach, and two "Valses," Nos
6 and 7, Ravel.

Other numbers include the Mo-
zart "Concerto in D-Major," No.
4, three movements; "Sonata in
E-Flat," for violin and piano
three movements, opus 18, Richard
Strauss; "La plus que lente,'
Debussy; "Meditation," Glazou
noff; "Prelude," Shostakovich;
"Polonaise in D-Major," Wien-
iawski.

He will be accompanied by
Emanuel Bay.

Street cars will leave from the
underpass at 7:45 p. m. Students
must sign out in the dean's office
by Friday afternoon if they wish
to go on the cars.

Teddy Bear Made H^ad
Of Freshman Cabinet

At a recent meeting of the
freshman cabinet the members
elected Teddy Bear, president, and
Susie Richardson, secretary.

During the coming year the cab
inet intends to place emphasis
upon the personal religious faith
and convictions of each individual.
They have planned a number of
varied and interesting programs.

Under the leadership of Kay
Wright, vice-president of Chris-
tian Association, and its officers
the cabinet has made a good start.
Attendance at the meetings has,
so far, been greater than that of
any previous year.

Pat Perry Is Elected
Head of Episcopal Club

Recently elected officers of the
Episcopal club are Pat Perry,
president, and Catherine Stein-
bach, secretary.

The Reverend Charles Holding,
of Holy Trinity Church in Deca-
tur, held their first communion
service of the year Wednesday
morning, November 11, at 7 a. m.,
in the old Y room.

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Long Bus Trip to Chapel Hill
Inspires Columnist to Poetry

By Kathie Hill

Editor's note. The column this week is literally Over the Hill, for the
writer is on her way to Chapel Hill and is, in the following paragraphs,
merely reporting various incidents of the trip as she has seen them.

Well, here I am on my way to Chapel Hill and I'm so ex-
cited, I just know I can't make a coherent sentence, (i wish
I had a typewriter along) . Of course, the bus I was supposed
to take was packed and jammed by the time I whizzed into
the bus station so I am now gliding (?) along in a snazzy
thirty-seater that is so old there

is a sign up front proudly pro-
claiming that "George Washington
slept here." And as if that were
not enough, the streamliner had
to streak by just now with a con-
temptuous toot, as if to say:

See, with steel and steam I slide;
You should always with me ride.
Badly on the bus you bump
Over every crack and hump.
Traveling that way sho' is wus.
Out of my way, you little bus!

But before the bus company sues
me for slander,
I'll tell you that
all in all riding
the bus isn't
really so bad. It
is crowded but
the seats are
very comfort-
able, I imagine.
~ The driver says

I won't have to

KATHRYN HILL stay up here in

the baggage rack much longer . . .

Mules Per Hour

This must be market day in
north Georgia, for we have passed
great numbers of little fat pigs
and great-eyed cows and floppy-
eared mules. In fact, we have
passed so many mules that the
passengers are speaking of our
rate in terms of so many mules
per hour.

Since I have been on the bus,
different types of service men
have gotten on, and each has left
a distinct impression on my mem-
ory. The first to board our bus
was a group of paratroopers from
Camp Toccoa. What marked them
in my mind was their merry and
thoroughly American way of look-
ing at life. They are, as they put
it, "going against every law of hu-
man nature" when they jump into
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down.

Appointment With Death

Another example of our service
men was a young lieutenant of
the Naval Air Corps. He
believed that if one is careful and
on the alert one is as safe in a
plane as on the ground. He felt
that each man has an" . . . ap-
pointment with death and when
his time comes it will come . .
Type Number Three

The third type was just a plain
ordinary rookie. He was not hand-
some but you didn't mind that. He
talked of his life in the army and
he indulged freely in the great
American privilege of and ten-
dency for "griping." However, the
total impression he left was one
of cheerfulness and determination
together with a hope that peace
will come soon.

I didn't mean to become so seri-
ous but I could not help noticing
the men.

I will stop now because it's too
dark to write, and this bus was
invented before the electric light.

P. S. Eventually I disembarked
at Chapel Hill. North Carolina
tied Duke, 13-13.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1942

Allied Forces Move Toward Tripoli
To Crush Rommel's Fleeing Armies

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

You Will Have to Be Able to Take It'

One of our important duties in a na-
tion at war has received no emphasis
whatsoever at Agnes Scott and this
duty is one which should be stressed
over and over again, especially here.

Keeping ourselves strong and husky
physically is essential if we women are
to play the important role in the war
effort which our government and our
fighting men expect of us. If we are to
become WAACS or WAVES; work in
bomber plants, parachute or powder
packing factories, and other important
war industries; be grease-monkeys, me-
chanics, aviation instructors; take the
place of men in necessary civilian ac-
tivities; or assume the posts ordinarily
held by women, which now have added
significance because of the war if we
are to do any of these patriotic things
we so earnestly want to do, then we
must be able to "take it" without fold-
ing up under the strain.

These jobs will be tough, there's no
question about it. But we can do them
and will do them well if we begin
now to develop our strength and en-
durance by observing the good old, com-
mon sense laws of health.

Why don't we go into training for our
future jobs? We should agree on some
such training rules as the following:

1. Don't think too much about slim-
ming your waistline. Lieutenant McFall
said last week that many women want-
ing to become WAVES have been re-
jected because they looked like "advance
agents for a famine." You need to be
pretty hefty, she testified, because the
navy will work you down.

2. Don't spurn the vegetables that
are served. Lieutenant McFall accused

college girls of having very bad eyesight,
but pointed out that a number of those
who were originally rejected on that ac-
count had improved their vision so much
by taking vitamin A that they were
later accepted.

Carrots have lots of that precious vit-
amin, so pass your plates, girls!

3. As a preventive of eye trouble, as
well as a general health booster, go to
bed early enough to get at least eight
hours of sleep. After all, what good does
it do to study so late at night that the
next day you don't know what you
studied?

4. Get some real exercise every day.
Unless you play hockey, your gym
course probably offers very little exer-
cise, because if you're just beginning to
learn to swim or play tennis you cer-
tainly can't exercise very strenuously.
Archery, too, is a pleasant sport, but
not very vigorous exercise. And since
gym is not required for seniors, most of
them get no exercise at all.

Make up your mind that you will go
for a brisk 20- or 30-minute walk every
day. Just before supper would be a good
time, since you usually just waste that
time anyhow. Then, too, a short daily
period of bending, hopping, stretching,
etc., would certainly be fine.

Many men's schools that had formerly
provided no comprehensive gym pro-
gram have now made physical training
compulsory because they realize that
the boys must develop strong physiques
in order to be good soldiers. But this
emphasis on physical fitness must not
be confined to men's schools. Women,
too, if they are to uphold their part of
the war effort, must be well and strong.

Do You Plan to Miss a Meal?

Did you realize how much food prices
have risen? You probably knew that
candy bars are a little shorter now,
but were you aware of the reason?

The reason is the economic condi-
tions caused by the war; the result is
that it now costs the college twice as
much to feed us as it did last year.
The Agnes Scott grocery bill was $9000
for this October, as compared with
$4500 for the same month last year.
That is a 100 per cent increase, and
it is a lot of money. No new funds
have been added to the college's intake,
so the money has to come from some-
thing else on the budget.

If we want to guide the school's
money (which used to be our money)
into the proper channels the ones
whch will do us the most good we
should help to cut down on waste in the
dining halls.

Perhaps the biggest thing which we
could do is to let the dean's office know

four days in advance when we are
planning to miss a meal or two so that
the dietitian will not order an excess
of food. The four-day period is neces-
sary, for she must place her order that
soon to insure delivery. Or, if we find
out just the day before that we won't
be here for a meal, a word to the dean
will prevent that extra piece of meat
from being wasted.

Right now the chief problem is
Thanksgiving dinner. Miss Scandrett
requests that all students let her know
as soon as possible if they plan to be
away for the holiday. Guests for that
day must be registered by November
21, so that the dining room may prepare.

This practice in foresightedness will
accustom us to thinking ahead when
we plan to miss a meal. In the future
let us always tell the dean's office first
about that big week-end we are going
to take. (Q.M.M.)

TESS CARLOS

French interests

By Tess Carlos

Review of the African War

Seventy-six hours after the campaign
began, allied forces were in full control
of French Morocco. The struggle ended
when Vice-Admiral Jean Darlan, the
captured chief of
Vichy's defense forces
in North Africa, or-
dered all French
troops to cease firing.
Suddenly reversig his
known pro-Axis atti-
tude, wily Darlan ap-
pealed to all French-
men to lay down
their arms and join
the Allies. "I have
full responsibility for
in Africa," he an-
nounced after conferring with American
officers at the Allied headquarters in
Algeria.

The stout resistance in Casablanca
also came to an end with the capitula-
tion of this city, so that now American
forces can push eastward freely toward
Tunisia to aid the loyal French troops
who are holding on against air-borne
German troops and tanks.

The British under their commander,
Montgomery, occupied Tobruk and
have swept forty miles beyond this des-
ert stronghold, still pursuing the tat-
tered fragments of Rommel's African
corps. The plan of battle seems to be a
probable union in Tripoli of Americans
from the west and British from the east,
thus crushing Rommel between them.

The Fate of France

Adolf Hitler has declared that the
armistice of 1940 is at an end. And
German troops have begun to move
south into unoccupied France, having
already reached Marseille and Tou-
louse. Italy at the same time is send-
ing forces across the Alps. They have
advanced beyond Nice and through
Savoy and the Riviera. Italian troops
have also taken the French island of
Corsica, the birthplace of Napoleon.

The whereabouts of Marshal Petain,
the Vichy chief of state, who protested
the Axis entry, and of General Weygand,
former head of Vichy forces in North
Africa, are unknown. There are two
contradictory reports; one that they are
still in Vichy urging continued resist-
ance to Americans in North Africa; the
other that they have fled and are en
route to the Allied headquarters in Al-
geria.

Whatever the political fate of France
may be, it is the people of France who
will suffer most.

A Mighty Movement

Twelve Nazi divisions have been
transferred from Russia through Ru-
mania and Bulgaria to Greece and
Yugoslavia. Other German divisions
have reached Marseille and the Spanish

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border, and have gone through Italy to
Genoa, Sardinia, and Sicily. American
forces are moving in a two-pronged
thrust from Algiers and Oran to Bizerte,
the port commanding the Strait of Sic-
ily, and across Tunisia four hundred
miles to Tripoli in Libya. At the same
time the British are beyond Tobruk
cleaning up after the fleeing forces of
Rommel, who may make a stand either
at El Agheila or Tripoli.

The Russians, as evidenced by Stalin,
feel that the war tide is swinging for
the Allies. President Roosevelt, signing
the 18- and 19-year draft bill, reiterates
American determination to defeat the
Axis. Spain, frightened by the appear-
ance of German troops at the Pyrenees
and the growing strength of the Allies
at Gibraltar and North Africa, does not
protest our occupation of French Moroc-
co and even seems to be following the
middle path of neutrality.

On Other Fronts

In Russia the Red army, although
heavily assaulted by a driving German
force, still holds the central Caucasus
region beyond Nalchik and at Stalin-
grad. An interesting sideline to the
war is the announcement by the Soviet
government that it has appointed a com-
mission to assess reparation for damage
done in Russia by the Germans since
the start of the war.

The Solomons battle has quieted down
to minor skirmishes between the Japa-
nese and American forces on Guadal-
canal and bombings of Jap installations
by MacArthur's air forces. The Ameri-
can position, although better, is still cri-
tical since the Japanese, even though
losing four soldiers to one of the U. S.
marine and army defenders, have been
reinforcing their contingents heavily.

Praise for Choir

Isn't it wonderful to have such a big
chapel choir? On days when we have
an outside speaker like last Saturday
it's especially nice to have a full choir.
Let's hope it lasts. Too many times
last year after the first few weeks of
school only six or seven girls would
show up to sing for chapel services.
And it certainty does make a bad im-
pression on visitors to see so many
vacant seats on the stage where the
choir belongs. And really the choir
is a help, especially when we sing new
hymns.

Let's keep the choir just as big all
year as it was Saturday! (M. R. H.)

The Agnes Scott News

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942

NO. 9

A. S. and Tech
Choirs to Sing

The Messiah/ Carols
To Compose Program

A chorus of 130 voices, com-
posed of the Agnes Scott College
choir and the Georgia School of
Technology choir, under the di-
rection of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson,
voice teacher of Agnes Scott, and
Mr. Walter C. Herbert, of Tech,
will give two Christmas perform-
ances. The first of these will be
held December 6, at 3:30 p. m.,
at the "First Baptist church in At-
lanta, and the second will be here
December 13, at 5:30 p. m., in
Gaines chapel.

The first part of the program
will consist of Christmas carols by
the two choirs. They will include
a group of Czech and Polish carols
by the Agnes Scott choir, and a
group of various carols with solos
by Barbara Connally and Jeanne
Newton and violin obligato by
Mary Quigley. There will also be
a group of carols by the combined
choirs.

Selections from Handel's "The
Messiah," sung by the combined
choirs, assisted by Helen Ardelle
McGee, Mrs. F. J. Stokes, Wil-
liam Wyatt, and Walter C. Her-
bert as soloists will make up the
remainder of the program.

Cotillion Club to Give
Dance on Thanksgiving

Cotillion club has issued printed
invitations to the entire college
community for a formal Thanks-
giving dance to be given in the
gym on Thursday, November 26,
from 8:30 to 10:00 p. m. Accept-
ances may be given to Marjorie
Wilson or Pat Perry.

Christian Association's
Annual Christmas Party
To Be on December 12

Christian Association will have
its annual Christmas party for fif-
ty Decatur underprivileged chil-
dren on December 12, at 4:00
p. m. A lighted Christmas tree
will be placed in the gym, where
the party will be held. Santa
Claus, in appropriate costume, will
give each child a stocking filled
with fruit and nuts.

Girls who asked for one of the
children are responsible for tak-
ing them to the function. Pres-
ents, which should not cost over
$1.00 per student, must be turned
in to C. A. representatives by De-
cember 7.

The list of a group of children
from seven to ten years of age
was obtained from the Decatur
family welfare department. The
children's parents will keep their
presents until Christmas.

Exam Week Schedule
Announced by Dean

Miss Carrie Scandrett has an-
nounced that the schedule during
exam week will be changed as fol-
lows: breakfast, 8:15; chapel,
9:10; first exam, 9:30; lunch, 1:30;
second exam, 2:30; dinner, 6:30;
lights, 11:00.

The dean's office will be open
from 9:45 to 1:20, from 2:30 to
5:15, and from 7:30 to 11:45.

During exam week the members
of the dean's office will serve tea
in Murphey Candler on Wednes-
day, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday,
from 4:30 to 5:30. The college
community is cordially invited.

Mr. Gunn to Be
Chapel Speaker

On Tuesday, December 1, the
Reverend George Purnell Gunn, of
St. Luke's Episcopal Church in
Atlanta, will talk in chapel. His
topic will be "Seek Ye the Lord."

Mr. Gunn has been rector at
St. Luke's since the first of No-
vember, succeeding Bishop John
Moore Walker who was consecrat-
ed in September.

Mr. Gunn ,who came from Miss-
issippi originally, graduated from
the University of Virginia, and
from the Episcopal Seminary at
Alexandria, Virginia. After doing
mission work in the mountains of
Virginia, he was made rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd
at Norfolk, where he served for
ten years. He came to Atlanta
from Norfolk.

Elizabetfi Edwards
To Play in Recital

Elizabeth Edwards will give a
piano recital Monday, November
30 at 8:30 p. m. in Gaines chapel.

She will play Bach's "If Thou
Were Near," "Courante," and
"Gigue," arranged by Edward Mc-
Dowell, and "Sarabande" and
"Preamble," arranged by Heinze.

Other numbers will include
"Preludes No 15 and 17" and
"Troisieme Ballade. Opus 47,"
Chopin; "Sonata in E minor," Ed-
ward Grieg; and "Caprice Espag-
nol" by Maurice Moszkowski.

Miss Edwards will be accompan-
ied by Miss Eda Bartholomew at
a second piano for Schumann's
"Concertstuck (G major) Opus
92."

The entire college community is
invited to attend.

Soozi Richardson Heads Man Haters
And, Incidentally, the Freshman Class

By Mary Ca rr

Introducing the new president of the recently-formed Man
Hater's club: Miss Susan Myers Richardson, "Soozi" to her
friends. (Incidentally, she made this column because she has
just been elected president of the freshman class.) But to
return to her more important office in The Club; she was
elected to take the place of Blitz
Roper who was disloyal enough as
to have a date with a man! So
Soozi now wields the gavel over
Blitz, Mac McCall and Ann Noell.

Sooz, born in Taichow, Kaingsu,
China, came to this country in
1941 when the government re-
quested the families of missionar-
ies to evacuate while possible. In-
stead of graduating from S. A. S.
in Shanghai as Ruth Farrior did,
she had to return to graduate from
Rosemary Hall in Greenwich,
Connecticut.

Drinks Alcohol

During the Communist invasion,
Soozi, "Rufus" Farrior, and Teddy
Bear lived in JJie same house.
Trying to help out by feed-
ing the younger children, Ru-
fus fed Soozi wood alcohol. We
wonder what would have happened
to the present freshman class had
it been fatal, for Soozi is the offi-
cial pepper-upper.

Perhaps you've been wondering
what that well, that round silver

Drawn and Cut by Pobai Crane.

THING (which everyone calls a
round knitting needle) is which
she wears around her neck all the
time. It is a magic charm which
parents in China put on little boys
so the demons, thinking it is a lit-
tle girl, will pass on by, so Soozi
wears it even when she sleeps.

Her favorite outfit is a pair of
old blue jeans and a marine sweat
shirt. Last year she habitually
studied in a baby cap.

Right now Soozi is concentrat-

ing on eating all the carrots she
can. She wants to break the tra-
dtion of leaving Agnes Scott with
a diploma AND glasses.
When it comes to sports, Soozi
is right here. She is on the swim-
ming and varsity hockey teams
here, and she is manager of the
freshman hockey team.

She was elected treasurer of the
freshman stunt;' and she is now
secretary of freshman Christian
Association cabinet.
Reads Philosophy

But all her time isn't taken up
by sports and heading organiza-
tions, for she delights in philoso-
phy, poetry, and music. She en-
joys serious reading Kipling,
Shakespeare, Aristotle, and Con-
fucius. She likes subtlety in her
reading. You should see her col-
lection of poetry, ideas, beliefs,
proverbs just anything copied
down in her notebook.

No. 29 Inman, which she shares
with Frances DuBose, is papered
with maps taken from her favor-
ite newspaper tabloid, PM. Inci-
dentally ,they swipe the maps
from Ruth Setel, who lives across
the hall.

Soozi and Blitz Roper can often
be found listening to Gershwin
(Continued on Page 3)

Alfred Noyes to Be
Resident Poet Here

Poet to Visit on Campus Four Days;
Public Lecture to Come January 19

Alfred Noyes, celebrated English poet, will become Agnes
Scott's "resident poet" for four days immediately after
Christmas vacation, January 18-21.

Brought here by Public Lecture Association, Dr. Noyes will
make his formal lecture on Tuesday evening, January 19, in

Presser hall. His subject will be
"Literature and Life." During his
four-day residence on the campus
.he will talk to classes and small
I groups informally, and will hold
conferences with students who are
interested in writing. He will be
the guest of small groups for
luncheon and dinner during the
days he is on the campus.

Defends Religious Values

Recognized as one of the most
popular and best-loved poets in
the English-speaking world today,
Dr. Noyes has become known es-
pecially for his defense of aesthe-
tic and religious values against
'more modern materialistic phil-
osophies. His long poem, "If
Judgment Comes," written in
1940, was an indictment against
Hitlerism.

His poem, "Drake," published in
the early part of this century, is
said to mark the beginning of the
modern revival of interest in nar-
rative poetry.

Bombed by Nazis

The poet was born and educated
in England. He began his literary
career soon after his four years
at Oxford and his fame has since
grown steadily.

Dr. Noyes came to this contin-
ent in the summer of 1940 after
repeated Nazi bombardments
forced him to evacuate his family
from their home on the Isle of
Wight. He traveled in Canada be-
fore coming to the United States.

Agnes Scott will remember Dr.
Noyes as principal speaker at its
1942 commencement exercises last
June.

ALFRED NOYES

A. A. to Hold
Sports Forum

Athletic Association will give
the student body an opportunity
to see exactly what Agnes Scott
offers in the line of sports, when
it sponsors a chapel program on
Friday, November 27. Ann Frier-
son, president of Athletic Associa-
tion, will lead a forum discussion
which will include ideas from rep-
resentatives of the various activi-
ties of Athletic Association.

Girls taking part will be Frances
Radford, who will dscuss swim-
ming; Ann Webb, hockey; Mary
Estill Martin, archery; Gwen Hill,
golf; Virginia Tuggle, tennis;
Clara Rountree, basketball; and
Mary Jane Auld, Outing club.

They will answer such ques-
tions as these: How many points
are necessary to earn an Agnes
Scott letter or pin ? What are the
requirements of admission to the
Swimming club? What does the
Outing club do?

At this time the hockey plaque
will be awarded and Agnes Scott
pins given to those who have
earned them.

Alec Templeton to P|ay
Tonight At Auditorium

Alec Templeton, internationally
famed blind pianist, will appear in
a benefit concert under the aus-
pices of the Wake Island detach-
ment of the Marine Corps League
at 8:30 tonight in the city audi-
torium.

He will present his characteris-
tic program of classic numbers,
unique improvisations at the audi-
ence's bidding, and witty and com-
ical numbers.

Tickets are on sale at Rich's,
Davison-Paxon's, and Cox's.

Deans Invite Community
To After-dinner Coffee

The dean's office cordially in-
vites the college community to a
coffee to be held in Murphey Can-
dler Wednesday evening, Decem-
ber 2. It will follow the annual
Christmas dinner, and Christmas
carols will be sung.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Nov. 25, 8:30
p. m., in city auditorium
Alec Templeton.

Friday, Nov. 27 Sports forum
in chapel.

Saturday, Nov. 28, 8:30 p. m.,
in gym A. A. open house.

Monday, Nov. 30, 5:00 p. m.
Eta Sigma Phi tea.

Monday, Nov. 30, 8:30 p. m.,
Gaines chapel Elizabeth
Edwards to give piano re-
cital.

Tuesday, Dec. 1 The Rever-
end George Purnell Gunn
to speak in chapel.

Wednesday, Dec. 2 Dean's
office after-dinner coffee.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

"Barefoot boys with cheeks like! sand . . Well, anyway,
the Pikers at Emory down-faced propriety by letting their
beards grow, in order to add to the atmosphere of their
tacky party Friday night. Hay covered the floors of the
Pi K. A. house, and the walls were bedecked with corn stalks
and autumn leaves. A howl was
let out for barn-dancing, and
many of the girls removed their
shoes to avoid treading on unpro-
tected toes. The
feature of the
evening was a
hog-calling con-
test. Girls, we
have a cham-
p i o n in our
midst! Emily
H i g g i n s won
first prize a
bunch of rad-
CAROLINE SMITH j s hes!

Overalls and Pinafores

The boys mostly wore overalls,
and the girls had on pinafores, or
skirts and sweaters. Liz Carpen-
ter wore a printed pinafore, with
yellow flowers in her hair, while
Emily's pinafore was white, and
her hair was in pig-tails. At the
party from Agnes Scott were
Betty Jo Massey, Margaret Hene-
gar, Elizabeth Almond, Liz and
Emily.

Saturday night at the Tech Del-
ta Tau Delta house dance were
Jean Rochelle, Hansell Cousar,
Betty Jane Hancock, Lura John-
son, and Scotty Johnson, while
Pat Bledsoe was seen at the S.A.E.
house the same night.

Autumn Ball at Clemson

Agnes Scott was well-represent-
ed at the Clemson- Fur man game,
and the Autumn Ball at Clemson
this weekend. Really, it was just
about perfect but I 'spect one can
be prejudiced. You should have
seen Margie Wilson's red velveteen
formal Friday night! It was one
of the loveliest dresses imaginable.
Say, seniors, who should be there
for the ball but K. W. Wilkinson!
She looked wonderful, and said to
tell everybody "hello" for her!

At Clemson over the weekend
were M. Wilson, Flo Harrison,
Ruth Gray, Eugenia Jones, Jane
Middlebrooks, and C. Smith.
Tech-Florida Battle

The Tech-Florida game was
well-supported as usual. Specta-
tors from school were Betty Wade,
Mas House, Frances Ragan, Mar-
garet Cathcart, Bettye Ashcraft,
Nancy Green, Jean Moore, Meg
Bless, Claire Bennett, Lucy Turn-
er, Betty Miller, May Turner, Kay
Wright, Nancy Moore, Jean Roch-
elle, Joan Stephenson, Pat Elam,
Dot Hunter, Lib Almond, Arline
Bragin, Betty Codington, Ann
Haggard, Frances Malone, and Jo
Anne Stevens.

At the Paradise Room were
Madeline Rose Hosmer, Betty
Henderson and Eleanor Davis.

Out-of-Town Dances

Lots of girls went out of town
for the week-end. Among them

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were Miriam Davis, who visited
Judson, Alabama; Aileen Still, who
went to Fort Jackson, S. C;
(hmm!); Leona Levitt, who
visited G.S.C.W.; and Smiley Wil-
liams, who went all the way to
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and back
in two days. Then, Patty Bar-
bour went to the Washington and
Lee dances; Sue Mitchell' and
Bobby Powell, the Junior Prom at
M. I. T.; and Gertrude Day, the
dances at the University of Vir-
ginia.

Mary Campbell Everett, Ann
Hightower, and Mary Helen Hurt
spent the week-end in Atlanta, and
went to the game; then after the
Beta buffet supper they attended
the Chi Phi dance at Tech where
Catherine Cameron was also.

At the Emory Sigma Chi house
dance Saturday night were Ann
Flowers, Mary McConkey, Eva
Lee Williams, and Lucy Turner.

Louise Starr and Nita Hewell
went to the Pi Kappa Phi House
Saturday after the game. At the
Tech Freshman dance, was Cath-
erine Cameron.

Delta Sig Formal

Nita Hurst, Carolyn Daniels,
and Pat Bledsoe were seen at the
Delta Sigma Delta formal at Den-
tal college Friday, while Joan
Stephenson went to the Tech co-
op dance.

At the Emory SAE date night
on Sunday were Kitty Kay, Quin-
cy Mills, Claire Bennet, and Bet-
ty Brougher.

Miss Laura Steele is at home
with a strained back, result of a
recent fall from a horse. Frances
Kaiser is fast recovering from
pneumonia.

Because of non-activity week,
which begins next Wednesday,
there will not be another issue
of the AGNES SCOTT NEWS
until after Christmas.

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McCain, Stukes
To Go to Meet

Association to Decide
University's Accrediting

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, and Mr. S. G. Stukes,
registrar, leave for Memphis,
Tennessee on Sunday, November
29, to attend the 47th annual
meeting of the Southern Associa-
tion of Colleges and Secondary
Schools which opens Monday, No-
vember 30.

Among the two important meet-
ings at which Dr. McCain will be
present are those of the Commis-
sion on Institutions of Higher Ed-
ucation to be held Tuesday and
Wednesday, December 1, 2. The
outcome of these meetings will de-
termine whether or not the Uni-
versity of Georgia and other col-
leges in the University system will
be returned to the accredited
list.

Mr. Stukes will participate in
the discussion at the meeting of
the Southern Association of Col-
leges for Women and also in the
conference of the Academic Deans
of the Southern States.

Dr. McCain and Mr. Stukes will
both attend the general program
on Thursday which will include
various addresses and reports,
election of officers, and musical
numbers. This program culminates
in the annual banquet Thursday
night. The meeting of the
Southern Association ends Friday,
December 4.

Miss Sarah Copelan
To Play on Broadway

Miss Sarah Judson Copeland,
better known on campus as
"Duck," is to play the part of
"Tennessee" in Al Wood's latest
Broadway play, The Little Hand,
now in rehearsal for a Christmas
opening.

"Duck" landed the part of the
southern girl merely by telephon-
ing the producer's office. He hap-
pened to answer the phone person
ally and liked her soft southern
drawl. After her reading test the
next day, the producer had the
play's author write additional lines
for her part.

Miss Copeland, who is from Dal
ton, graduated last year from Ag-
nes Scott. An English major, she
was much interested in speech.

Eta Sigma Phi to Honor
New Members at Tea

Eta Sigma Phi, classical frater-
nity, will entertain at an infor-
mal tea on Monday, November 30,
from 5:00 to 6:00 p. m. in Mur-
phey Candler building in honor of
its new members. All classical
students are invited.

Susan Guthrie is in charge of
the entertainment; Catherine Kol-
lock and Anastasia Carlos are in
charge of refreshments, and Caro-
line Michaux is head of the invi-
tation committee.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Freshmen to Sponsor
Thanksgiving Service

Freshman Bible Class will be in
charge of a Thanksgiving worship
service to be held Thursday morn-
ing at 10 o'clock in the old chapel.

Mildred McCain, president of
the class, is in charge and has an-
nounced that the program will in-
clude the Thanksgiving proclama-
tions of George Washington and
of Franklin Roosevelt, singing and
special music. There will also be
five minutes of silent prayer
Another feature will be a story on
the Thanksgiving spirit.

All the college community is
cordially invited to attend this
service.

Decatur Theatre

November 25 "The Magnificent Dope,"
with Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, and Don
Ameche.

November 26-27 "The Bashful Bachelor."

with Lum and Abner.
November 28 "The Man from Cheyenne,"

and "So's Your Aunt Emma."
November 30-December I "This Above All"

with Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine.

DeKalb Theatre

November 25 "Syncopation," Jackie Coop-
er, Bonlta Granville.

November 26 "Blondle Goes to College,"
Penny Singleton.

November 27-28 "In Old California," John
Wayne. "Two Latins from Manhattan,"
Jinx Falkenberg, Joan Davis.

November 30-December I "Eagle Squad
ron," Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore.

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Ballet Theatre
To Dance Soon

Ballet Theatre, a streamlined
Russian ballet troupe, will be the
next of the All-Star concert ser-
ies, to be presented by the At-
lanta Music club on December 8
at the city auditorium. Included
on the program will be "Princess
Aurora," "Pas de Quatre," and
"Bluebeard."

Leonide Massine, formerly of
the Ballet Russe, will appear here
with the group. Other new ad-
ditions are Adolph Boehm, chore-
ographer, and Andre Eglevsky,
dancer.

Miss MacDougall to Go
To Science Convention

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall,
professor of biology, will attend
the convention of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science to be held December
27-31 in New York City. War
problems will form the main topics
for discussion this year.

Miss MacDougall is a fellow of
the society.

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Page 3

Hockey Manager Announces
Varsity, Sub-varsity Teams

A. A. Open House for Hottentots to Be Saturday;
Robin Taylor Reveals New Tennis Club Members

By Mary Estill Martin

Jo Young, hockey manager, announced the varsity and sub-
varsity teams Friday between the halves of the game. The
senior class is well represented on the two teams. The jun-
iors have eight members of their regular team on the varsity
and sub-varsity.

The teams which the faculty-
student committee selected are:

Varsity

Young

Munroe

Tuggle

Johnson

Richardson

Downie

Walker, B.

Farrior

R.W.
R.I.
R.I.
C.
L.I.
L.W.
R.H.

Sub-varsity

Milam
Moore, J.
Holloran
Cumming
Hill, G.
Hill, K.
Walker, S.

C.H. Carpenter, L.

Radford

Paisley

Hopper

Webb

Harris

Rountree

Ragland
Lancaster

Dozier, M.
Frierson, A.
Everett

C.H.
L.H.
L.H.
R.F.
R.F.
L.F.
G.

These able teams will meet Fri-
day afternoon, in a game that
should be one of the most excit-
ing of the season.
Seniors' Last Game
"This is our last game together.
"We're ready for you, juniors."
Such was the prophetic yell the
senior team gave as it marched on
to the field. It was not only their
last game to-
gether, but
their best game
together. They
held the, unde-
feated and once
tied juniors to a
0 to 0 tie. If you
remember, that
was the score of
the the other

M. E. MARTIN

junior - senior
game. Both teams showed im-
provement, however, in teamwork.

During the first half the play
moved from one end of the field
to the other. However, the sen-
iors stayed deep in junior terri-
tory most of the second half.
"Billy" Walker made a drive down
the field late in the half, but no
score was made.

Those playing were:

C.

L.I.

R.L

L.W.

R.W.

C.H.

L.H.

R.H.

L.F.

G.

Seniors (0)

Moore
Holloran
Cochran
Downie
Weismann
Radford
Lancaster
Bates
Hopper
Rountree

Juniors Blount,

Juniors (0)

Waker, B.
Maxwell
Rhodes
Tuggle
Lasseter
Farrior
Bedinger
Philips
Harris
Walker, M.

Substitutions:
Hill, G.

Freshman Versatility

A fast and well-organized fresh-
man team defeated the sopho 5 -
mores 4 to 0. The freshmen
started the game with a strong
drive to the goal, Betty Jones
making the point. After the next
play Susan Richardson made a
splendid run. She teased the ball
along dodging her guard; she
would start a run, stop, feint back,
and then go around her opponent.

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Johnson made the goal on that
freshman drive and also succeeded
in scoring another time during the
game. Mary Munroe and Mary
Cumming made the sophomore
points.

With only three or four minutes
left in the game every member of
the freshman team changed posi-
tion. While they were changing,
the sophomores made their second
goal. The freshmen proved their
versatility when they drove down
the field toward the goal. Burnett
literally pushed the ball in for
the score. The game ended with
the sophomores near the fresh-
man goal.

The line ups were:
Freshmen (4) Sophomores (2)
Johnson (2) C. Cumming (1)
L.I. Munroe (1)
R.I. Gower
L.W.
R.M.
C.H.
L.H.
R.H.
L.F.
R.F.
G.

Chewning
Jones (1)
Richardson
Stephenson
Walker
Partee
Ragland
Neville
Register
Nellans

Young
Milam
Carpenter
Equen
Bedinger
Webb
Newell
Everett

Substitutions: Sophomores
Rosenthal, Farmer, Almond.
Freshmen Register, Burnett (1).

Open House Saturday

A. A. will hold another open
house for Hottentots only on Sat-
urday night at 8:30 in the gym.

Features of the evening will be
roller skating and a special exhibi-
tion. Refreshments will be served.

<Robin Taylor, president of Ten-
nis club, announces that the fol-
lowing girls have been admitted to
the group as the result of recent
tryouts: Majie Auld, senior; Mary
Codington, junior; Anne Register,
Gloria Gaines, and Colin Lawton,
freshmen.

Faculty to Be Experts
On Classical Quizzing
Held by Eta Sigma Phi

A classical quiz with faculty
members participating as experts
on the classics will be presented
by Eta Sigma Phi on January 27,

The quiz will cover the classics
as related to literature, mathemat-
ics, science, foreign languages
philosophy, history, and psychol-
ogy. Faculty members who have
agreed to be on the quiz are Dr.
George Hayes, of the English de-
partment, Mrs. Roff Sims, profes-
sor of history, and President J. R.
McCain.

Anyone wishing to submit ques-
tions for the experts to answer
should give them to Polly Lyndon,
Mary Florence McKee, or Anne
Paisley, before the Christmas holi-
days. Any girl whose question is
accepted, but not answered by the
faculty will be given a ten cent
war stamp as a reward.

Admission will be free, plus ten
cents tax, which will be given to
the fund to buy Red Cross kits for
soldiers.

McCain to Convene With
Phi Beta Kappa Senate

Dr. J. R. McCain, Phi Beta Kap-
pa senator for this district, will
attend the annual senate meeting
in New York on December 10 and
11. k

An important function of the
conference will be to discuss the
war policy of the organization and
such problems as whether or not
any applicants for Phi Beta Kappa
chapters should be considered
now. According to Dr. McCain,
there have been 45 applicants
within the last year.

McCain to Meet With
Leaders in Education

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
Agnes Scott, will attend a meet-
ing of the General Education
Board in New York City on De-
cember 3.

Founded by John D. Rockefel-

Soozi Richardson

(Continued from Page 1)

tunes. Of popular music, they
swoon at T. Dorsey's "I'm Getting
Sentimental Over You" and Harry
James "My Silent Love." Al-
though she can't read music, Soozi
often plays the clarinet by ear
sometimes the piano, too. Is this a
second "Gay Geyser?"

But tonight Soozi is going to
be in seventh heaven, for she will
be at the Alec Templeton concert
right down on the second row,
for she met him personally last
year in Greenwich. She's now
hoping fervently, "If he will only
play 'Rhapsody in Blue'!"

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leaders in the fields of education
and industry throughout the coun-
try.

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sakes, let's not allow our morale
to drop too much . . . after all,
people have been going through
exams for years and years, and
while every one
always loses ten
or twelve
pounds and has
nervous pros-
trations and
shadows under
her eyes, exam
week isn't so
bad . . . besides,
remember what
lies ahead!
Did you all hear the splintering
crash last week around the time
for golf lessons on the athletic
field? Mary carr was limbering
up and Miss Wilburn was instruct-
ing her in form. "Now, Mary, get
your stance and swing as hard as
you can." "But, Miss Wilburn," ob-
jected Mary, "the ball might go
through the window of Buttrick
or something." "Goodness, Mary,"
said Miss Wilburn, "you could nev-
er hit a ball that far."

Good Golf

So Mary placed her left foot be-
hind her shoulders, her right foot
horizontal to her third lumbar,
drew back with the stick, glared
at the trembling little ball, and
with all the force of a Carr hit the
ball smack on the kisser. Three
minutes later Buttrick hall quiver-
ed and the faculty nearly fell out
of their third floor offices. When
the insurance company checked,
it found that Mary had success-
fully knocked out one of the base-
ment windows of Buttrick, and
with buildings as scarce as they
are, too.

And Dr. McCain has his own
ideas on the subject of golf, too.

It seems that once a week-end
visitor to our campus decided to

Beware of Exam Whams and
Have A Very Merry Christmas

By Kathie Hill

As Jack Benny would say, this is the last number of the
current series of the Agnes Scott News. I'm gonna miss tell-
ing you all the amusing and interesting things that happen in
and around the campus, but I guess I won't be feeling like
telling you funny things any more than you will feel like
reading them. But for goodness , '

play some golf. So he went by
Dr. McCain's office to ask him to
accompany him. "No thank you,"
said our president. And
just as the visitor was blithely go-
ing out the door he called out to
him, "Be sure to make a hun-
dred!" I bet that sure did make
the visitor score (sore, catch?).

Rhodes Rides Roommate

The other night Martha Rhodes
returned from a date and was just
bubbling over with things to tell
her roommate. But alas! Camilla
was busy studying calculus with
Squee Woolford (They are called
the calculus kids up on third floor
Rebekah.) So Martha babbled
away about Ivan and everything
to unheeding ears. Finally she
waxed wroth and said, "All right,
if you won't pay any attention
to me when I speak in English I'll
talk in trigonometric terms and
then maybe you will listen and un-
derstand me. Ivan is the cosine
of my infinity and is tangent to
my heart. So there!!"

Bettye Ashcraft was talking to
a group of people about how "aw-
ful my hair looks." "No matter
what I do my hair just won't do
right. Why I go to. the beauty
parlor religiously and " "Huh,"
dryly remarked a listener, "you
must have lost your religion."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942

Allies Try to Thwart Nazis in Tunisia;
British Consolidate Holdings in Libya

Drawn by Betty Lynn Reagan.

$160 of War Stamps a Month So What?

stamps, it seems as though we would be
able to do better than that. According
to actual figures, we have each spent
this month only about 30 cents for war
stamps.

At the first of the sale the NEWS
took the liberty of setting a goal which
it thought would be easily attained. A
front-page editorial expressed the hope
that each student would buy at least
one stamp each week. Since then the
stamp-a-week campaign has not been
stressed because it seemed so obvious.
Of course everybody would be buying
one stamp every week! But the results
of the first month's sale show that we
have not sold even one ten cent stamp
per person per week.

Let's begin now to do our share not
by buying one ten cent stamp each
week, but by buying every week at least
one 25 cent war stamp. Only then will
we have some right to be proud of the
amount of our sales.

Our first month's organized sale of
war stamps on campus amounted to
$160! Between October 15 and Novem-
ber 15 members of the Agnes Scott
community spent $160 in support of
their country's war effort. Sounds
pretty good, doesn't it?

But do you know that in one month
we spend $360 on candy, crackers, and
cokes? All that in addition to the
$9000 worth of food the boarding stu-
dents alone eat in a month. And the
$360 does not include any of the money
we spend at the tea house, the drug
store, or down town. That sum repre-
sents a month of snacking just in the
book store and in the dormitories,
through the purchase of junior choco-
lates.

In comparison, then, with our money
spent on unnecessary snacking, $160
seems like a pretty measly amount.

When you think, too, that there are
over 500 of us who should be buying

Freshmen, Relax! You'll Live!

Freshmen, you'll live! Don't let exams
get you too upset. They are an annoy-
ance that must be endured three times
a year, but when they're over, they're
soon forgotten. Perhaps a few words
of advice from one who has suffered
through nine such periods of intensive
studying and of extensive worrying may
be of some comfort to those who are
about to endure this trying experience
for the first time in college.

One consolation is that about 300 of
us have at least managed to continue
existence after exams were over. We
did not expire during the time of stress;
there is still hope for you.

Christmas holidays, also, following
immediately after exams, give us some-
thing to look forward to a slight gleam
of brightness in the midst of gloom.

Besides, as some wise person of the
past suggested, trying bravely to lessen
the mental strain on poor scholars who
were being put to the test, ten or even
five years from now, what importance
will these few little questions be able
to assume? Details will be blurred, the
harshness will fade away, and their sig-
nificance will diminish measurably
when viewed with the perspective which
the distance of a few years will give you.

From a practical standpoint, how-
ever, the best piece of advice that can
be offered is that you remain calm and
clear-headed. Almost any upper-class-
man will be prompt to second this coun-
sel. If you are not cool and collected
if you cannot think clearly when you
enter the exam room and organize a
strategic counter-attack against the in-
quisitorial assaults of the profs all the
numerous facts which you theoretically
have been able to cram into your head
may treacherously desert your cause
and leave you defenseless before your
enemy.

A readily accepted corollary to this
proposition is that if you are to be at

peace in the exam room you must have
studied some, but not too much. You
should stop studying before you reach
the point where you are sure you know
nothing at all about the course. Review
the subject, of course, but organize your
review so that you will be able to cover
the main points without going into too
much detail.

Above all, be confident that you can
do well and you probably will.

TB Need Still Calls

Soon the National Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation will begin its annual Christmas
seal drive. Simply because this need is
ever with us, it must not be overlooked
in the rush to comply with other drives.

Just as badly as it needs our dollars
and dimes, the nation needs strong
healthy citizens.
Right now it espec-
ially needs physical-
ly fit men and
women for the arm-
ed forces, defense
jobs, and farms, as
well as for all the
other positions that
must be filled.
Through funds rais-
ed by the sale of
these seals health can be reclaimed for
the thousands who are in the early'
stages of TB. since it can be cured if
caught early enough. Thus man power
will be created by our very pennies
which go for Christmas seals!

Agnes Scott is already doing a great
deal to help prevent this deadly disease
by requiring tuberculin tests of all stu-
dents, faculty members, and people who
handle food for the college. Surely we
can cooperate with this step by using
some of our allowance for TB seals.
(Q. M. M.)

CHRISTMAS
SEALS

Protect Your Home
from Tuberculous

By Tess Carlos

TESS CARLOS

The War in Africa

The conquest of French Morocco and
Algeria had been easy and swift. And
the junction with the forces of Mont-
gomery coming from Egypt seemed a
matter of covering the ground that lay
between them and of crushing the rem-
nants of the once
powerful Afrika
Corps. But the Ger-
mans and the Ital-
ians sped reinforce-
ments in by airplane.
And although the Al-
lied air forces made a
valiant effort to
thwart the cargo
planes coming in from
the Italian peninsula
enough troops were
landed to make things hard for the ad-
vancing Americans.

The situation is as yet not clear.
Heavy fighting is going on between Al-
lied 'chutists and the Axis forces in
Tunisia. The loyal French are holding
the Germans outside Tunis. The plan of
campaign is a three-pronged drive to-
ward Bizerte, the naval base command-
ing the Straits of Sicily, Tunis, and
south-central Tunisia.

The British, still chasing Rommel
across the sands of Libya, have been
slowed down by supply problems caused
by their too rapid advance from the
borders of Egypt. The Eighth Army was
last reported in Derna while Rommel
was believed moving toward El Agheila.
There are frequent rumors that the
Germans are planning to evacuate Rom-
mel and this the British do not want to
happen.

Temporary Expedient

Admiral Darlan had gone to North
Africa ostensibly to visit his sick son.
He might have known that the Ameri-
cans were planning to attack. Anyway,
he made the best of a bad situation by
switching sides and assuming full re-
sponsibility for the French forces in
North Africa with General Giraud as
active commander. The Fighting
French, who had been recognized by

the London government, at first refused
to deal with Darlan. But President
Roosevelt, attempting to clarify the mis-
understandings and accusations which
were beginning to disrupt good rela-
tions, announced that the arrangement
made between Lieutenant General Eis-
enhower and Admiral Darlan was a
"temporary expedient" and that the sit-
uation would be clarified as soon as
normalcy could begin again. The Free
French representatives in London ex-
pressed gratification with the Presi-
dent's statement.

Victory in the Solomons

The results of a three-day naval bat-
tle between Japanese and American
forces in defense of Guadalcanal and
Tulagi have been announced. Twenty-
eight Jap ships were sunk and ten dam-
aged. American losses have been an-
nounced as eight ships sunk. The Navy
Department hailed the battle as a great
American victory. Vice Admiral Wil-
liam F. Halsey, who commanded the
naval forces, was promoted to the rank
of admiral.
On Other Fronts

United Nations headquarters in Aus-
tralia has announced that General Mac-
Arthur has personally taken the field to
direct Allied assaults on the battered
Japanese base of Buna in northeast
New Guinea. If he is successful, the Al-
lies will be able at last to have full con-
trol of this vital island so near the Solo-
mons and Australia.

Pierre Laval has assumed dictatorial
powers in what was once called Unoccu-
pied France. He is to rule with the aid
of the German troops now streaming in
from the occupied regibns. Marshal Pe-
tain is still to remain as a figurehead.

The British and the American air
forces continue to back up the fighting
in North Africa with widespread air
raids against supply bases in Genoa and
in Northern France and the Low Coun-
tries.

The Red Army has begun a series of
counterattacks all along the wide east-
ern front. Most of the fighting, how-
ever, is still defensive.

Who Forgot About Double-cuts?

What ever became of the idea of dou-
ble-cuts before and after holidays? Last
spring we all got terribly excited, held
open forums, and appointed a commit-
tee. But no more has been done or at
least, if anything has been done, the
student body has not been informed
about it.

What did the committee find out? It
was supposed to investigate the plan
as it works in other schools and see if
it would be suitable and practicable
here. Is it?

All students definitely wanted to have
the privilege of cutting before and after
holidays with each cut counting as two.
What happened? Did the administra-
tion throw cold water on the whole
scheme and cause it to be hushed up?

The opinion of the faculty should not
be allowed so to influence the action of
the students that a whole question can
be dropped completely without further
explanation. We want to know the facts
and then, if there is no possibility of
getting the privilege, we want a STU-
DENT VOTE to decide to drop the ques-
tion.

The most important thing is not the
fact that we have reached another holi-
day without having obtained the priv-
ilege of cutting before and after it. The
really important thing is that we have
all shown our underlying complacency
and our indifference to the rights of
student self government. All action
should not have to stem from the execu-
tive committee. Why haven't we, long
before this, asked for or demanded, if
necessary a report from the committee

and a student meeting in which to take
some definite action one way or the
other.

We hereby ask for such a student
meeting. We realize that it may not be
possible to do this before Christmas
holidays, but at least let's have a meet-
ing right after the vacation.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, November 25, 1942 No. 9

Published weekly, except during holidays and
examination periods, by the student* of Agnoa
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.

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Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Quincy Mills Kathryn Hill

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Assistant Editors Assistant Feature

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Manager Sports Editor

June Lanier Caroline Smith

Oneida Woolford 8oelety Editor

Advertising Managers Polly Lyndon

Mary Carr Club Editor

Copy Editor Caroline Calhoun

Tess Carlos Suzanne Watklna

Current History Editor Circulation Assistants

Pobai Crane Betty Lynn Reagan

Art Editor Assistant Art Editor

Reporters: Jane Dlnsmore, Mary Louise Duffoe,
Marion Knapp. Betty Burress, Nancy Greene.
Margaret Drumraond. Kathryne Thompson, Ruth
Doggett. Martha Jane Mack, Jean McCurry, Suz-
anne Watklns, Martha Arnold, Carolyn Fuller,
Lib Farmer. Wendy Whittle. Pauline Ertz, Betty
Glenn. Inge Probsteln, Betty Wade, Louise
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House.

Business Assistants: Elisabeth Carpenter, Anne
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vard. Frances King. Johnnie' Mae Tippen, Mary
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The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1943

NO. 10

Christian Holds
New Civic Post

Dr. Schuyler M. Christian, pro-
fessor of physics, affirmed Janu-
ary 16 that he had accepted the
place of Community Service Rep-
resetative of the War Price and
Rationing Board to which Dr. J.
R. McCain, president of the col-
lege, appointed him last week.

To acquaint people with the
what, why, and how of rationing
will be Dr. Christian's duty as
.Community Service Representa-
tive. He must make the people
sympathetic with the program
through distributing bulletins and
arranging speaking engagements
for members of the board. The
most important part of this serv-
ice at present is to get the
point rationing system working
smoothly.

n speaking of this new post, Dr.
Christian said, "I must induce peo-
ple to accept these added incon-
veniences. The community must
be brought to realize that the ra-
tion cards mean more than money,
and that each person must use his
points wisely. It will take a lot
of friendly cooperation to get the
system working right, ard my
duty, as I see it, is to help bring
about this cooperation."

New Dates for Exams
Announced by Dean

This week the dean's office an-
nounced the dates for winter and
spring quarter examinations.

Winter quarter exams will begin
Monday, March 15, to continue
through March 22. Because of the
extended Christmas holidays there
will be no spring holidays and
classes for the spring quarter will
begin March 23.

Underclassmen's exams for the
spring quarter will be May 24-29.
Senior exams, however, will begin
May 19.

Miss Hunter to Leave
For Studies at Duke

Miss Charlotte E. Hunter, as-
sistant dean of students, will
leave next week to continue
her graduate study in English at
Duke University, in Durham,
North Carolina. She will re-
turn to Agnes Scott next Septem-
ber, after a temporary leave of
absence.

No one person will actually be
assistant dean in Miss Hunter's
absence, although Miss Eleanor
Hutchens, of the publicity office,
will assume some of the extra
work in the dean's office and
will also take charge of the dean's
office on certain evenings. Miss
Blanche Miller will leave the jun-
iors and seniors in Rebekah Scott
to occupy Miss Hunter's room in
Inman.

Noyes' illness
Bars Lecture

Lecture Group Invites
Stephen Vincent Benet

The lecture by Alfred Noyes,
scheduled to be held on the cam-
pus January 19, has been perman-
ently cancelled because of serious
illness of the poet, according to an
announcement this week by Miss
Emma May Laney, faculty chair-
man of Lecture Association.

The proposed four-day stay of
the poet at Agnes Scott was can-
celled along with all other engage-
ments on his speaking tour.

Lecture Association revealed
plans to invite the popular Am-
erican poet, Stephen Vincent
Benet, to speak here some time
this winter or spring.

Known especially for his long
narrative poem, "John Brown's
Body," Stephen Vincent Benet has
twice won the Pulitzer prize for
poetry. Two of his works in poetry
and prose were Book of the Month
Club selections for this winter.

"Top 1942*5 Gift!" Campus Goal
In World Student Service Drive

*5oo J &'

Hi

Won't Fit Our 1 943 Coa

Physical Fitness Idea of Army
To Set Pace for Gym Courses

Hottentots will soon be having
the same sort of health training
which their brothers and friends
have been getting in Uncle Sam's
armed forces.

The first step in this program is
a test for physical efficiency
which will be given when stu-
dents enter school, testing their
strength, endurance, coordination,
posture, and condition of their
feet. Those who need improve-
ment will take a basic course sim-
ilar to individual gymnastics, in-
cluding conditioning exercises and
fundamental movements. The phy-
sical education department is now
experimenting in the use of these
exercises.

Other features v of the physical
fitness program are the require-
ments that all college students
have one team sport, one individ-

"Love Me, Love My Walhalla, " Says Jo
And Puts Her Town on the Map

By Mary Carr

"In Walhalla we do . . ." By
their words shall ye know them
. . . and these are the well-known
utterances of Joella Craig, house
president of Inman. Jo hails from
Walhalla, Oconee county, South
Carolina, but people just can't
seem to remember the name, so Jo
has been trying desperately for
four years to put it on the map by
prefacing many of her remarks
with, "Well, in Wal-halla . .

And one of Walhalla's children
became junior class president and
made "Who's Who."

Jo's room in Inman can be
found easily by the "Pigs for
Sale" sign which hangs on the
door. She acquired this monstros-
ity from a farmer while she was
on a hike to Stump House moun-
tain out from Walhalla.

Jo is famous for her imitations,
which date back to her freshman
year when, dressed as an old
woman, she went through Rebe-
kah Scott pretending to be a

moron. Last fall she caused an
uproar when, dressed as a negro
man, she ran up the back steps
of the dormitory into several
girls' rooms.

But the victims of her pranks
have their revenge, for the mere
mention of Dr. Hayes' English 211
sends her into a panic. For one

-Drawn and Cut by Pobal Crane.

exam she studied 14 hours and
was rewarded . . . she passed.

Among her collections are
foetal pigs, poetry (which she
also writes), music, psychology,
and people. She's already an-
nounced that her psych term pa-
per will be on her trials and trib-
ulations with the freshmen for,
"I want to do personnel work and
there sho' are people here to prac-
tice on." Experimentation started
on the freshman who put Lux
flakes in her bed. She said noth-
ing, but the prankster soon found
Lux in her own bed. Still nothing
has been said.

"Sittin' Bull says I can." These
are the mystic words of Jo, who
has often mystified Hottentots by
sitting with her hands on a card
table and talking in a hollow
voice to Sittin' Bull until the ta-
ble rises into the air.

But it isn't Sittin' Bull who
says her ideal man must be mus-
ical and tall, have good teeth, and
love Walhalla. It's a case of love
me, love my Walhalla.

ual sport, swimming, and danc-
ing, and that the courses be
lengthened from three to five
hours.

A Physical Fitness Conference
for the Fourth Corps Area, one of
eight such conferences held
throughout the country under the
sponsorship of the Army, the
Navy, and the United States Of-
fice of Education, met in Atlanta
in December and outlined ways in
which high schools and colleges
can include programs which will
parallel the training which boys in
the service are receiving. Miss
Llewellyn Wilburn, associate pro
fessor of physical education, at-
tended the conference.

McCain Speaks
To Students

Urges College to Adapt
Itself to War-Time

Having recently checked the
records of all Agnes Scott stu-
dents, Dr. J. R. McCain, president
of the college, made several sug-
gestions to the student body in
chapel Friday, January 15.

Dr. McCain reminded the col-
lege that living will be simpler and
that there will be shortages and
curtailments during the coming
year. He emphasized the need for
a proper perspective and a clear
evaluation of things here on the
campus. Dr. McCain urged the
student body to look to things
greater than individual problems,
and to think in terms of far-
reaching events and ideals. He
stressed the importance of daily
work and diligence in small things,
and said, "Diligence needs con-
stant practice."

Dr. McCain spoke of the need
for an adequate faith and belief
in prayer at this time. He said
that men today have recognized
the importance of a working faith,
and expressed his hope that it
would also become a part of wom-
en's lives, especially at Agnes
Scott.

Committee to Collect
By Different Method

Using the motto, "Top 1942's
Gift!", Agnes Scott students will
strive next week to exceed last
year's $500 offering in the annual
World Student Service Fund
campaign to raise money for stu-
dents in war-torn countries of
Europe and Asia. Beginning Tues-
day, January 26, in chapel with a
speaker, who will be announced
later, the drive will last through
January 30. During chapel on
Thursday, January 28, a group of
students will discuss the drive.

Each student is asked to con-
tribute toward the national goal
of $300,000 which will be sent by
cable to serve for food grants,
medical aid, travel aid, scholar-
ships, summer work projects, etc.,
for Chinese, Russian, and English
students, as well as for American
students in interned countries.

Virginia Tuggle heads a student
committee composed of Katherine
Phillips, Ruth Lineback, Florence
Crane, Mildred McCain, and Eu-
dice Tontak. Miss Susan Cobbs,
assistant professor of Latin and
Greek, is faculty chairman, assist-
ed by Mrs. Roff Sims, lecturer in
history, and Dr. Schuyler M.
Christian, professor of physics.

The campaign will not be con-
ducted as it was last year. Un-
der the direction of Mildred Mc-
Cain, for the day students, and
Katherine Phillips, for the board-
ers, a group of girls will distrib-
ute envelopes for contributions.
The names of the girl to whom
they are to be returned will be on
the envelopes. No high pressure
collecting will be done this year.

Coming This Week

Tuesday, Jan. 26 - Saturday,
Jan. 30 World Student
Service Fund drive.

Wednesday, Jan. 27 Rabbi
Samuel R. Shillman to
speak in chapel.

Wednesday, Jan. 27 Eta Sig-
ma Phi Faculty Quiz at 7:30
p. m. in Maclean auditor-
ium.

Rabbi Shillman
To Speak Here

Rabbi Samuel R. Shillman, of
Congregation Sinai, Sumter, South
Carolina, will speak in chapel on
January 27. "Jewish Holy Days"
will be his subject.

After graduation from the He-
brew Union College in Cincinnati
and of the University of Cincin-
nati, he did graduate work at the
University of Chicago and at Co-
lumbia University. Executive sec-
retary of the Crippled Children
Society of South Carolina, he is an
officer of the National Society for
Crippled Children.

Rabbi Shillman has offered to
have conferences with Jewish girls
at Agnes Scott.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1943

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Agnes Scott got right back on the beam over the week-end
with the Emory SAE winter formal Friday night, and the
Interfraternity dance at Emory Saturday night. According to
all reports the SAE's really turned out an event that un-
folded in the T ^. . . _^ . . , T

Kitty Kay, Marjorie Naab, Jean

Satterwhite, Harriet Kuniansky,
Mary Louise Duffee, Jeanne New-
ton, Ann Flowers, Betty Jo Davis,
Lib ALmon, Margaret Killam,
Elizabeth and Julia Harvard, Ruth
Doggett, and Mary Turner.

Nell Turner, who spent the
week-end on campus, attended
both dances. Before the Saturday
night dance Martha Rhodes and
Mary Louise Duffee went to a
D. V. S. supper at the Biltmore.
Emmett-Florence Wedding

Did you know that Julia Ann
Florence is going to be married
Saturday? The wedding will take
place in Cedartown at 7:00 p. m.
After that she will be Mrs. Roy
Emmett! Bridesmaids in the wed-
ding will be Claire Bennett, Polly
Cook, Patty Barbour, Martha
Liddell, and Susan Montgomery.
Bettye Ashcraft will serve at the
reception.
At the Nightspots

Seen at the Paradise Room
over the week-end were Kitty
Kay, Harriet Goldstein,. Mary
Campbell Everett. Jane Dinsmpre
and Quincy Mills went to the
Rainbow Roof.

Quincy Mills spent the week-
end at Fort Benning, and Agnes
Scott greeted distinguished guests
such as Carolyn Rose's R. A. F.
friend, and the Special Agent who
visited Pat Stokes. We think he's
swell, too, Patty!

Attending the B. S. U. state
conference at Bessie Tift college
over the week-end were Mamie
Sue Barker and "Cookie" DeVane.

Have you seen "Now, Voyager?"
It's a must on your list, or some-
where. Until you return to school
with red eyes and the words of
"that song" on your lips, you're
just not a true Agnes Scottie
that's all!

Dinkier room at
the Hotel Ans-
ley. There was
a banquet at
which the girls
received pro-
grams with cov-
'^^T ors of w hire

leather bearing
the fraternity

CAROLINE SMITH sea] piace

cards were white folders also
boasting the SAE seal. The fra-
ternity colors, purple and gold,
were expressed in tiny candy bas-
kets, and in the corsages of gar-
denias and violets.

After the banquet there was
dancing to the music of the Au-
burn Knights. During the grand
march the feature of the evening
occurred. Patty Barbour was an-
nounced and pinned as sponsor for
the SAE's. Patty wore a stunning
dress of silver and gray the top
being of silver-beaded net, and the
skirt of folds of gray net over
taffeta. Among those at the dance
were Dot Archer, "Puddin" Bealer,
"Robin" Robinson (who looked
very much all right in a pale green
satin dress with a long-sleeved
jacket trimmed in gold lace!), Kit-
ty Kay, Claire Bennett, Jeanne
Newton, Scotty Newell, Joyce
Freeman, Elinor Sauls, Betty and
Frances Brougher, Bettye Ash-
craft, Lib Woodward, Mary Louise
Duffee, Miriam Davies, Julia and
Elizabeth Harvard, Mary Neely
Norris, Emily Higgins, Lois Sulli-
van, Emily Ann Singletary, Laur-
ice Looper, Miriam Jester, Virginia
Carter, and Mr. Alkema and his
wife! *

Emory Interfraternity Dance

The interfraternity dance at the
Emory little auditorium was also
a real success. The decorations
consisted of streamers of red,
white, and blue, with different
fraternity insignias on the walls.
Music was provided by the Emory
Aces. Once more Agnes Scott
"took over." Eva Williams was
there wearing a dress of orchid
jersey top and black net skirt
sprinkled with orchid butterflies.
Others present were Marguerite
Watson, Margaret Mizell, Lib
Woodward, Lucy Turner (who
sported an orchid!), "Puddin"
Bealer, Martha Baker, Eleanor
Davies, Emily Higgins, Louise
Starr, Nita Hewell, Jean White,
Jeanne Robinson, Joyce Freeman,
Martha Rhodes, Bettye Ashcraft,
Claire Bennett, Patty Barbour,

War Council Continues
Drive for Red Cross

Nancy Hirsh, chairman of War
Council, revealed Saturday that
only 14 personal donations had
been received so far in the drive
for funds to buy Red Cross kits
which are given to American sol-
diers- at points of embarkation.
The junior class has pledged $40
from the sale of campus director-
ies, and many clubs and organiza-
tions have contributed.

War Council has asked that ev-
ery student give at least one dol-
lar before the end of the cam-
paign on March L

Contributions may be given to
any of the following: Nancy
Hirsh, Marjorie Weismann, Flora
Campbell. Pat Stokes, and Betty
Brougher.

Eta Sigma Phi to Hold
Quiz of Faculty Soon

Eta Sigma Phi, classical frater-
nity, will sponsor a faculty quiz
Wednesday night, January 27,
at 7:30, in Maclean auditorium.
Faculty members who will parti-
cipate are Mrs. Roff Sims, lecturer
in history; Dr. J. R. McCain, presi-
dent of the college; Dr. Schuyler
M. Christan, professor of physics;
and Dr. George P. Hayes, profes-
sor of English.

Students are asked to submit
questions to any member of Eta
Sigma Phi. The questions may
pertain to grand opera, swing,
Homer, Smilin* Jack or anything
else. If the faculty fails to an-
swer the question correctly the
contributor will be given a ten-
cent war stamp.

Admission to the quiz will be
ten cents. The proceeds will go
to the Red Cross fund to purchase
soldiers' kits.

GORDON'S

Fresh Potato Chips
and Peanut Butter
Sandwiches

New Minister to Come
To Local Presbyterians

Decatur Presbyterian church
will welcome the Rev. Samuel
Hugh Bradley as its new minis-
ter February 14. He will fill the
vacancy left by Dr. D. P. Mc-
Geachy, who is doing research
work at Union Theological Sem-
inary in Richmond, Virginia.

Mr. Bradley, born of missionary
parents in China, is a graduate of
Davidson College and Union The-
ological Seminary. Having been
pastor of churches in North Caro-
lina and Virginia, at present he is
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church in Charleston, South Caro-
lina.

His wife, the former Miss Blake,
from Anderson, South Carolina, is
a graduate of the Assembly Train-
ing School in Richmond. Mr. and
Mrs. Bradley have one son, aged
twelve. They will make their home
in the former residence of Dr.
Henry Robinson, math department
head, now on leave with the army.

War Bond Purchases
To Be Debate Subject

Pi Alpha Phi will hold a debate
Thursday night, January 21, in
Murphey Candler building. The
question for debate will be "Re-
solved, that there should be a ten
per cent compulsory investment in
war bonds." The affirmative side
will be discussed by Dot Kahn
and Suzanne Watkins. The nega-
tive side will be upheld by Mar-
tha Jean Gower and Cathy Stein-
bach.

There will also be a short meet-
ing in which plans for the Inter-
Collegiate debates will be dis-
cussed. The club is planning to
debate with the University of
Georgia and the Georgia Evening
College sometime in February.

Holes Around Presser
For Shrubs, Not Bones

No, bone-burying dogs are not
responsible for the numerous holes
around Presser that students no-
ticed upon return from Christmas
vacation. They are part of a
spring gardening scheme to beau-
tify the campus.

The administration plans to im-
prove the looks of Presser hall by
planting about 250 shrubs of dif-
ferent varieties, including mimosa,
dogwood, magnolia, pyracantha,
spirea, and many others.

According to Mr. R. B. Cunning-
ham, business manager of the col-
lege, the planting was not done
before now because it has taken
two years for the ground around
Presser to settle completely be-
fore becoming suitable for plant-
ing.

Decatur Theatre

January 20 "Girl Trouble," Don Ameche,
Joan Bennett.

January 21

Bowman.

January 23 "Men
Falls."

January 25-26 "Mrs. Miniver,
son. Walter Tldgeon.

DeKalb Theatre

January 20-2 1 -22 "Sprlntrtlme in the
Rookies." Betty Granle, John Payne.

22 "Tish," Marjorie Main. Lee
of Texas." "Niagara
Greer Gar-

23 "Sweater Girl,"

"Hidden

January

Hand."

January 25-26 "A Yank at Eton," Mickey
Kooney."

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Faculty Keeps Facts Secret
About Revue for Red Cross

By Kathie Hill

It is unfortunate that the first NEWS of the year is coming
out a whole week after our return from Christmas vaca-
tion ... for now both my hope that you had a merry Christ-
mas and my very sincere wish that you will have a happy
New Year will sound a little stale and flat. However, that's
nothing to what this column

ally groped their way back to the
back campus.

Kolaving Exercises

They stopped in to see Miss
Winter and just as they arrived at
the door of her room the all-clear
sounded and so one of the group
snapped on the lights. What
should meet their eyes but Miss
Winter prone on the floor! By her
side was Miss Alexander in a
chair counting, "One-two-three,
kick." After their first fear that
Miss Winter had been murdered
during the blackout had been al-
leviated, the committee was in-
formed that Miss Winter was tak-
ing exercises. You see, Miss Alex-
ander had found some new relax-
ing exercises and thought the
blackout a good time to practice
them ... on Miss Winter.
Room and Bored

Katherine Philips went to a so-
cial one night with a young man.
The two happened to sit below a
sign that advertised Room and
Board. Some wit came up and
said "Oh hello, Miss Room and
Board." "Oh no," said Katherine,
"I'm Room but he's Bored," point-
ing to her date.

Frog Singletary is having a
time with her eyes. She just can't
tell one person from another. Once
when Mas House sat down to din-
ner, Frog, who was at the same
table, leaned over and said,
"You're Mir House, aren't you?"
"No," said Mas, "I'm not." "Well,
you sure do look like her," said
Frog.

KATHRYN HILL

forgotten, more

sounds like this week. You see,
somehow the usual after-Christ-
mas blues were more of a deep
purple after
our unusually
long vacation,
and no one con-
siders anything
funny anymore
which ruins
my business.

But it isn't so
bad now. Work
is being resum-
ed, and vacation
or less mostly
less. Even our two canny canine
cronies have crept cautiously onto
the campus again, the tin cans
are being bashed, smashed, and
washed. And the faculty, oh, this
is too wonderful a piece of news!
The faculty is going to give a
Faculty Revue!! to raise money
for the Red Cross.

I have begged them to tell me
what it's about but they won't,
although they have promised me
a scoop on the title of their little
project (a title which they say is
alone worth the price of admis-
sion), but since the whole affair
is shrouded in mystery we will
just have to hold our hats and
wait. All the faculty will an-
ticipate.

Blackout on Library Steps

I do know that one night as the
faculty writing committee was
gathered behind closed doors to
complete the forthcoming master-
piece, the siren for a blackout
sounded and in a body the com-
mittee, after collecting its wits,
itself, and its papers, rushed over
to the library, which is the desig-
nated place of safety in time of a
blackout. But the committee mem-
bers had forgotten that during
Christmas vacation the library
would not be opened at night for
anything. So they sat forlornly
on the library steps awaiting the
all-clear and hoping that it was
only a practice blackout. They
grew impatient, though, and fin-

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1943

Page 3

Seniors and Juniors to Clash
While Sophs Oppose Freshmen

Bertie Manning Names Basketball Managers;
Swimming Club Begins Work on Water Pageant

By Mary Estill Martin

Come down to the gym Friday night at 8:30 p. m. to the
basketball game. The seniors meet the juniors, and the sopho-
mores clash with the freshmen in the first games of the
season.

When I talked to Bettie Manning, who is basketball man-
ager on A. A. board, Saturday, she told me that the class man-
agers had been appointed. Jean
Moore will lead the seniors, Ann
Jacob the juniors' and Ruth Gray
the sophomores.

M. E. MARTIN

The freshman
manager will be
appointed later.

According to
Miss Alta Web-
ster, basketball
coach, the fresh-
men have a
good group to
choose from.
About fifty
freshmen are going out for bas-
ketball. The sophomores will have
such old favorites as Mary Mun-
roe, Mary Cumming, and Molly
Milam on the court.

If you hear any moans coming
from the class of '44, they are
caused by the loss of Ruth Farrior
to the team. Ruth had her appen-
dix removed just before Christ-
mas and will not be able to play
this season.

The seniors are ready and will-
ing to fight. Although several of
them have not played on the Ag-
nes Scott court before, they want
to win the basketball champion-
ship as much as any other team.
Swimming Club News

Dot Hunter, swimming club
manager, tells me that the swim-
ming club has started to work
on the annual swimming pageant.
The pageant is to be Monday,
February 18, at 8:30 p. m. in the
Agnes Scott pool. Inge Probstein
is chairman of the writing com-
mittee, and Mary Cumming is in
charge of publicity.

Speaking of swimming, the Har-
vard twins, Elizabeth and Julia,
swam in the Emory water pag-
eant in December. The Emory
club liked them so much that they
have invited the Agnes Scott club
to race with them this winter.
"Swing Your Partner"

If you didn't come to the square
dance A. A. sponsored at the gym
Saturday night, you missed a lot
of fun. The dance was to open
the war stamp drive this month,
^admission being a war stamp.
Miss Wilbura was the caller. If
you had seen the costumes, you
would have thought that you were
in Podunk or Bloody Hollow.
Endurance Tests

While I was down at the gym
trying to find some news for this
column, Miss Wilburn let me in
on a secret. The L G. classes are
going to be given tests to deter-
mine each individual's strength
and endurance. The tests, ac-
cording to Miss Wilburn, are simi-
lar to those given in the army.

Aurora to Use Debate
On Drafting Women

A double-debate on "Should
Women Be Drafted?" will be
printed as a special feature of the
spring issue of the Aurora, Jean
Moore, editor, announced this
week. Urging all students to drop
their articles in the Aurora box
in the mail room by February 12,
Jean requested that each entry
be from 600 to 700 words. The two
best arguments pro and con will
be selected for publication.

osen

Can Smashers Ch
From Each Dormitory

Tin can smashing this quarter is
to be handled by girls in each
wing of each floor in the dormi-
tories for a week at a time, Flora
Campbell, chairman of the con-
servation committee of War Coun-
cil, disclosed recently in discussing
the new plan adopted by her com-
mittee.

Bennye Linzy and Betty Bates
head the group of girls from third
floor Rebekah Scott who will han-
dle the cans from Rebekah Scott
dining room this week. Smashers
for the cans from White House
dining room are from the third
floor of Inman and are under the
leadership of Ruth Biggs.

Juniors Fete Freshmen
At Get- Acquainted Tea

Junior class members enter-
tained the freshmen with a tea on
Friday afternoon, January 15, in
Murphey Candler.

The tea was given as an anti-
dote for after-Christmas blues and
as a good opportunity for the jun-
iors to get better acquainted with
the freshmen.

Robin Taylor was in charge of
the party, and helping her as com-
mittee chairmen were Elise Tilgh-
man, invitations; Billie Walker, re-
freshments; Eugenia Mason, dec-
orations; and Ann Jacobs, enter-
tainment.

N. S. F. A. to Meet in
Regional Conferences

Because of bad weather condi-
tions and war-time restrictions on
travel, the National Student Fed-
eration of America cancelled its
annual convention which was
scheduled for December 28-Jan-
uary 1, in East Lansing, Michigan.

Instead of the national confer-
ence there will be regional con-
ferences later in the year.

Frances Radford, president of
Student Government, and Anne
Ward, president of the junior class,
were the representatives elected
to attend from Agnes Scott.

War Council to Handle
Only Wool Requested

Miss Susan Cobbs, faculty
chairman of the conservation com-
mittee of War Council, and Flora
Campbell, student chairman, de-
cided this week not to bring to
campus more wool for Red Cross
knitting than students request in-
dividually. Girls interested in
having the committee obtain wool
for them are asked to see one of
the chairmen.

BEAUTY BAZAAR

Payton Helen Josie
318 Church St. CR. 3412

Miss "B. A/ 7 Brooks
Heads Georgia Group

Miss Betty Ann Brooks, grad-
uate of 1942, was recently elected
president of the Senior Women's
Student Government Association
at the University of Georgia,
where she is now working on her
M.A. in parasitology. In the fall
she pledged Kappa Alpha Theta
social sorority.

President of her class at Agnes
Scott during three school years,
last spring she was made life
president of the group. "B. A.,"
as she is remembered on campus,
served one year on exec. As a
senior she was selected for Mortar
Board and for Chi Beta Phi, na-
tional honorary undergraduate
science fraternity.

War-Time Jobs for Hottentots

Marriage No Bar to WAACS

"Marriage is no bar," states the Office of War Information
magazine, War Jobs for Women, in the list of qualifications
for WAACS. Applicants must not, however, have children
under fourteen.

Though interesting to know, neither of these qualifications
should prevent most Hottentots from enlisting today. The
"rub" comes in the 21-45 year age

Dean Resumes Duties

Following a brief stay in bed
because of a severe cold, Miss Car-
rie Scandrett, dean of students,
resumed her duties on Monday,
January 18.

Annual Snaps to Use
Outdoor Background

Ruth Lineback, editor of the Sil-
houette, announces that since the
photographer has only a limited
supply' of flash bulbs, club, ath-
letic, and faculty pictures for this
year's annual will be taken out-
doors.

The outdoor club pictures will
have an air of informality lacking
in the panel portraits usually seen
in the annual. Flash bulbs will
be used only for pictures of the
plays, operetta, and indoor basket-
ball games.

Wludl/ouatufUJiiU

WAR STAMPS

Five hundred bullets recently rid-
dled an American plane . . . and
still her crew returned home safe-
ly. First aid in flight helped every
man recover from his wounds and
return quickly to action. Aviation
first aid kits cost $5 and contain
everything needed for treatment
where a medical officer is not avail-
able.

When you invest $5 in War
Stamps, your money may end up
in the form of one of those first aid
kits in a plane operating over ene-
my territory. Help keep our fight-
ing forces the best equipped in the
world through the regular purchase
of War Stamps. As your Schools At
War program points out, it is the
duty of every American school
child to make any reasonable sar
rifice to buy War Bonds and Starr-
U. S. Tren*<

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

limit. Thus all Army-minded Ag
nes Scotties will have an opportun-
ity to finish school, and then if
they have gained enough to weigh
100 pounds, have not exceeded the
six-foot mark nor shrunk to less
than five feet, and can pass the
intelligence tests to join the Wo-
men's Auxiliary Army Corps.

Paule Triest and Yoli Barnabe
are among the few who will be in-
eligible because of the citizenship
rule. WAACS must be United
Statesians .
Not Shave Tails

Visions of going into the serv-
ice as "shave tails" might just as
well be discarded, for no more
officers or officer-candidates are
to be accepted from civilian life.
Now all appointments to Officer
Candidate School are "from the
ranks after completion of basic
training."

Foreign service is probable for
members of this group, so WAACS
will have an opportunity to "see
the world" as they serve Uncle
Sam by freeing fighters from such
occupations as operation of
switchboards or office machines,
typing, and clerical work. Wo-
men with specialized training will
be accepted "in aircraft warning

Miss Hutchens to Aid
Red Cross Campaign

Miss Eleanor Hutchens, grad-
uate of 1940, has been made pub-
licity manager for the DeKalb
county annual Red Cross drive.
The organization hopes to reach
the $30,500-mark this year.

News editor of the DeKalb New
Era, Miss Hutchens works in the
publicity department here. She
will help in the dean's office after
the departure next week of Miss
Charlotte Hunter, assistant dean,
for Duke.

Organizations Named
For War Stamp Sale

Organizations sponsoring the
sale of war stamps on the campus
for the rest of January are Poetry
club, Athletic Association, French
club, and Pi Alpha Phi.

BAILEY'S SHOE SHOP

142 Sycamore
DEarborn 0172

units, as hostess aides and librar-
ian aides, as drivers of automo-
biles and repairers of their mo-
tors, as pharmacists' assistants in
the post exchange, as dieticians
and cooks" until there is a total
enrollment of 150,000.
Full Army Pay

Pay corresponds to Army wages,
but titles are different. An "aux-
iliary" represents a private, re-
ceiving $50 per month; then there
is the "auxiliary, first class." A
"junior leader" is a corporal, and
a "leader," a sergeant. Besides,
there are "staff leaders," "techni-
cal leaders," and "first "leaders,"
the latter receive a monthly $138.
Officers get from $166.67 a month
to $333.33 with food, clothes, liv-
ing quarters, and dental and med-
ical care thrown in.

Decatur and Atlanta post of-
fices offer more information.

Phi Beta Kappa Makes
Dr. McCain Trustee

Lengthening the already long
list of honors given Dr. J. R. Mc-
Cain, president of the college, Phi
Beta Kappa selected him on De-
cember 11 to be trustee of the Phi
Beta Kappa Foundation. He will
serve through December, 1945, at-
tending the annual conventions
held in New York in December,
when v the trustees look into the
business and administrative af-
fairs of the national organization.
Endowments, Dr. McCain re-
marked, are usually invested in
bonds.

Already Phi Beta Kappa sena-
tor from this district, Dr. McCain
is on the sub-committee to inspect
liberal arts colleges to see if they
are worthy of recognition.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

SOUTHERN
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Supervised by Sealtest

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

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

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

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1943

United Nations Air Forces Continue
Attacks on North Africa and Italy

Political Plots Threaten American Success
As Giraud Succeeds Assassinated Darlan

By Tess Carlos

us

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

Only 238,833 Miles to Go!

Rolling a bandage to the moon
sounds absurd, doesn't it? But that is
what many of us are doing, even
though we don't know it. We are help-
ing the war in an astronomical way,
forgetting all about the real-down-to-
earth job which is waiting for us.

That is, we measure our part in the
war effort by the number of things we
do physically this many dozen sweat-
ers knitted, that many hundred band-
ages rolled. Yes, this is a fine way to
show our interest, but we are wasting
the time put into making these articles
unless we have an intellectual stake in
the war.

What would you think of a man who
poured water on his burning house,
rebuilt the damaged parts only to
leave the cause of the fire removed?
"Why, he must be out of his mind!"
you would say. And yet, that is what
we do when we produce tons of things
to relieve the results of war, all the
while closing our ears to radios and
ignoring books, the two messengers of
ways to prevent future wars.

At a time when everyone should be
concerned about what goes on in the
four corners of the earth, we are satis-
fied to isolate ourselves in one of the
smallest worlds-within-the-world that
can be found: college life.

And what will happen when we leave
Agnes Scott in a few short months or
years? Do you suppose that everyone
will say^ "Oh, those girls have a right
hot to know anything about world af-
fairs: they are college graduates!"? On
the contrary, we will be expected to
take over the job of creating the or-
dered world life which our soldiers have
fought to make possible. We cannot
avoid the job, and we dare not come
up wanting.

So let's face facts and see what can
be done. It isn't nearly so hard to do
our part as we think. Of course, we
are busy, but remember that the busiest
people always have time to do just one
more thing.

Let's listen to one good newsbroad-
t-ast a day! We know that Raymond
Gram Swing has been voted the best
news analyst on the air. so why not
tune in on him for that short fifteen
minutes before bedtime? While we put
curlers in for tomorrow's beauty or
knit two rows for next month's warmth,
we can be painlessly absorbing the facts
of the day's news as well as the big
issues behind them.

Let's read one short magazine article
a week! This may not be as interest-
ing as reading Vogue or Mademoiselle,
but then, too, it won't take nearly so
much time to finish as a fashion maga-
zine. Reader's Digest has two or three
thought-provoking war articles in each
issue, for those who don't care to ex-

plore the magazine shelves. One of the
best places to browse, however, is
among the Foreign Policy Association
Reports, which give short accounts of
many phases of world affairs. (Miss
Hanley keeps them at the desk in the
upper reading room.)

Most of all, let's keep an alert atti-
tude towards everything that concerns
the war and the peace which will fol-
low! Just because we know how easy
it is to slip into thinking no farther
than the bounds of the campus, we
must make a special effort to stay a
part of the everyday world.

Knit, roll bandages (miles of them!),
write letters to soldiers yes! But let's
not get so busy doing these things that
we'll neglect the main job of being in-
formed, thinking women. (F. E. K.)

A Woman's War

Fundamentally, this is a young man's
war. But in many important ways this
is also a young woman's war: young
women in uniform and young women in
overalls; young women in field and fac-
tory, in office and hospital.

You as young college women have a
definite part to play in this crisis. For
even in the classroom, today's Total War
is not merely academic. It is actual.

Young women students, everywhere,
are keenly aware of the facts of the
war; they must also be alert to the way
in which those facts affect them as
women and as students. They must
recognize the unpleasant fact that a
Totalitarian triumph would destroy
their very freedom to attend the col-
lege of their choice.

They have a tremendous stake in the
war; for if we were to lose it, they would
lose their future, and youth deeply de-
serves a future. They also have a serv-
ice to perform and they are performing
it with their characteristic enthusiasm
and determination. I know that, for
my own daughter, a college sophomore,
tells me of the many war services her
classmates are rendering.

One thing you can all do is to buy
War Bonds and Stamps. Perhaps you
cannot invest vast sums of money. But
you can invest an appropriate share of
all you receive or earn. And as you in-
vest this money you will also be invest-
ing your own sacrifice and self-respect.
In a practical and patriotic way, you
will be uniting scholarship and citizen-
ship.

You will also be investing in the fu-
ture. Youth has always depended on the
future. Today the future depends on
Youth.

Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
The Secretary of the Treasury.

TESS CARLOS

There was a promise of immediate
success, and commentators were carry-
ing on a verbal battle as to where new
concentrated Allied attacks would
come after Tunisia was mopped up
with the Germans
and Italians trapped
in North Africa. Ad-
miral Darlan was set
up as provincial ad-
ministrator of the
French North Afri-
can possessions by
the American forces.
The United King-
doms were converg-
ing on Tunisia from
East and West,
Montgomery through Libya and Eisen-
hower through Algeria.

Then something happened. The
French fleet was scuttled by its crews.
Little of the details has leaked out.
Darlan was assassinated, buried, and
forgotten along with his killer, who
was shot after a secret trial. General
Giraud was selected to become high
commissioner. Mud stalled the Ameri-
can forces on the fringes of Tunisia.
There was talk of a Giraud and de
Gaulle meeting. There were arrests
made of prominent Frenchmen, some
of whom had aided in th occupation of
Algeria. There were rumors of Royal-
ist plots against Giraud. There were
rumors of more plots against Giraud.
There were rumors of more plots
against American officials including the
President's envoy, Robert Murphy.
American and British airmen continued
to pound Axis ports in North Africa
and Italy. There was a lot of mud on
the fields of Tunisia and on the Ameri-
can and French soldiers fighting there.
There was plenty more, though, that
couldn't get by the censors.

The Stalking Bear

The Russian bear pawed off in seven
weeks of bitter winter fighting 50,-
000 miles of the 120,000 gained by the
German last spring. Throwing circle
after circle of Russian lines around the
entrapped Nazis and their allies, all
Russian forces are converging in a three-
pronged attack upon Rostov, one of the
heavily fortified main-stays of the Ger-
man line. Reports and speculations
have been too optimistic. The fact that
the Russians have not yet cracked any
of the important fortresses of the Nazis
and that the winter fighting will have
to be curtailed in a few weeks because
of the strenuous weather must be con-
sidered in the evaluation of the vic-
tories of the Russians.

Jungle Doldrums

The regaining of the vast empire
which the Japanese wrested from the
United Nations in the Pacific area will
be a long and tedious task. In Burma,
British forces under General Wavell, af-
ter pushing through the sweltering
jungles of northeastern Burma, are still
twenty-five miles from the Jap base at
Akyab. The Japanese have offered lit-
tle concentrated opposition. But the
British have made few gains.

In New Guinea, the American and
Australian forces under the personal

Just A Reminder

Next week we're going to print a
long editorial about the World Student
Service Fund and how important it is
that we exceed our quota of $500. We'll
probably mention that the fund goes to
help students in China, Russia, and Eng-
land and also Americans interned in
other countries. But what we want to
say now is be thinking about the
W. S. S. F. and how much you can
give. (M. R. H.)

command of General MacArthur are
still wiping out the Japanese fighting
in small pockets around Buna. Al-
though "the enemy's situation is now
hopeless," many more months must pass
and many more lives will be lost in
the reconquest of this tiny strip of terri-
tory.

The Magic Mountain

Taxes will rise and rise and rise.
Whether this will be done through en-
forced savings plan, or pay-as-you-go-
plans such as the Ruml plan, or sales
taxes, sixteen billion will have to be
raised this year. This was President
Roosevelt's budget message to congress
and the nation. Presented a few days
after his optimistic viewing of the state
of the union, the budget message show-
ed better than words that increased
production and anticipated victories are
expensive.
Point by Point

OPA chief, Leon Henderson, resigned
because of the pressure of certain ele-
ments in congress. His successor, ex^
Senator Prentiss Brown, of Michigan,
has the apparent support of opposition
forces in congresss, and his appointment
will soon be approved. But the OPA
is continuing in its policy of rationing.
In seventeen states in the East a ban
has been placed on the use of automo-
biles for pleasure driving. In February
a point-rationing system of canned,
dried, and frozen fruits and vegetables
will go into effect.

Holey Resolution

The biggest and perhaps the most
unusual New Year's resolution in his-
tory is about to be made big because
five hundred people are going to make
it, and unusual because it was inspired
by the sight of a hole!

Yes, this is probably the fifty-third
time since the founding of Agnes Scott
that we have all resolved not to walk
on the grass when spring comes. And
what does a hole have to do with such
a time-honored custom? Only this: the
sight of so many holes on the campus
last week, while the new shrubbery was
being planted, made up stop to think,
for once, where we were walking.

It might be a good idea if the admin-
istration left a few holes in the lawn
all the year around, just as a little re-
minder. What do you think?

(F. E. K.)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, January 20, 1943 No. 10

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

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Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Qulncy Mills Kathryn Hill

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Assistant Editors Assistant Feature

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Manager Sports Editor

June Lanier Caroline Smith

Oneida Woolford Society Editor

Advertising Managers Polly Lyndon

Mary Carr Club Editor

Copy Editor Caroline Calhoun

Te*s Carlos Suzanne Watklns

Current History Editor Circulation Assistants

Pobai Crane Betty Lynn Reagan

Art Editor Assistant Art Editor

Reporters: Jane Dlnsmorc, Mary Louise Duffee,
Marlon Knapp, Betty Burress, Nancy Greene'
Margaret Drummond. Kathryne Thompson, Ruth
Doggett. Martha Jane Mack. Jean McCurry. Suz-
anne Watklns. Martha Arnold, Carolyn Fuller
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Glenn, Inge Probsteln, Betty Wade Louise
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House.

Business Assistants: Elisabeth Carpenter Anne
Equen. Penny Espy, Barbara Frink, Julia Har-
vard. Ft a nee* King. Johnnie Mae Tlppen Mary
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The A gnes Scott News

VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

NO. 11

People are starving in Greece, many thousands of students
among them. The money contributed by Agnes Scott to the
World Student Service Fund will aid such students as these
by furnishing them food and medical aid, and by helping
them to go on with their studies in spite of adverse circum-
stances.

W.S.S.F. Drive
To Continue
Until Monday

Continuing the World Student
Service Fund campaign, Virginia
Tuggle, head of the student com-
mittee for the drive, will lead a
chapel program tomorrow featur-
ing two student speakers, Aurie
Montgomery and Inge Probstein.

Virginia opened the campaign
here on Tuesday with a talk on
the nature and purpose of the
fund. Collection envelopes have
been distributed and should be
returned to the people whose
names appear on the envelopes by
Monday, February 1. Results of
the drive will be announced on
February 2.

Ruth Lineback, publicity head,
plans to place in the lobby of
Buttrick a poster showing a black
circle, which will be covered with
white paper as each contribution
helps to light up the blacked-out
world. Students are asked to turn
in donations early so that day-by-
day reports can be posted.

Agnes Scott's goal in the 1943
W. S. S. F. campaign is $500. The
national goal is $300,000 which
will be used for food grants, med-
ical aid, travel aid, scholarship,
summer work projects, etc., for
Chinese, Russian, and English stu-
dents.

Merit, Pass System
To Be Maintained

Clara Rountree, vice president
of Student Government, said Sat-
urday that the faculty has decided
to take no action on changing the
system of grading. Mr. Stukes,
dean of the faculty, told Clara
that the proposal to change the
present system, merit-pass-fail,
to the A-B-C-D system, was
brought before the faculty, but
that since the students had peti-
tioned that no change be made,
the proposal was defeated.

Discussion of the grading sys-
tem last fall was based on the
idea that the grades of the stud-
ents may be lower now than in
former years partly because of
the system now used.

Smiley Williams Leads
Sunday Evening Sings

With Smiley Williams in charge
of the program and the singing,
Christian Association is sponsor-
ing sings in Murphey Candler, ev-
ery Sunday evening after vespers.
Favorite songs are sung, and all
of the college community, with
their dates, are invited.

Last Sunday marked the inaug-
uration of the sings, which will
continue throughout the school
year.

Doctor Meade,
Noted Curator,
To Speak Here

Dr. Margaret Meade, distin-
guished anthropologist, will speak
here on February 27, according to
Miss Emma May Laney, faculty
chairman of Lecture Association.
Dr. Meade, who is assistant cura-
tor of the New York Museum of
Natural Science, is one of the two
or three women to be starred for
special distinction on the list of
American Men of Science, and has
written several well-known books.

Miss Laney also revealed that a
lecture by Edward Weeks, editor
of The Atlantic Monthly, is sched-
uled for either April 7 or 8, the
exact date to be announced later.
Mr. Weeks is recognized as one
of the finest lecturers on contem-
porary literature in America to-
day, and is highly recommended
by those on campus who have
heard him.

His appearance was decided
upon when arrangements could not
be completed with Stephen Vin-
cent Benet, popular American
poet, and will take the place
of the Alfred Noyes lecture,
which has been cancelled.

On May 5, one of America's
leading philosophers, Professor
Reinhold Niebuhr, of the Union
Theological Seminary in New
York, will conclude the lecture
series.

Mardia Hopper Revolts
Against Color Schemes

By Mary Carr

Chedi San, Korea, Pyengyang, Mokpo . . . these are familiar
names to Mary Alexander Hopper, who is known to all her
friends by her Korean name, "Mardia." For Mardia went
with Anne Paisley, "Pobai" Crane, and Aurie Montgomery to
Pyengyang Foreign School in Mokpo, Korea, where she was
born, and she spent her summers

at Chedi San.

With her dimples in her cherub-
ic face and her mop of curly red
hair, Mardia looks the part of
Mortar Board's nickname for her,
"Cuddle-Baby."

For many years she has defied
color schemes of red and pink.
Since she was a little girl she
has had Rosy, a red-haired doll
dressed in a pink dress which she
diligently washes and irons every
time there's to be company. For
her birthday Flora Campbell and
Page Lancaster gave her a new
pair of shoes for Rosy.

Like most other Hottentots, the
Army holds interest for Mardia
particularly the signal corps.
Tommy is the cousin of Page Lan-
caster (roommates do come in
handy). She has know him ever
since he arrived at Pyengyang to
room with her brother Joe, who
also roomed with him for four
years at Davidson. Interest, how-
ever, didn't crop out until the
summer of 1940, spent at
Montreat. But this fall she came
back with several new ideas on
war marriages and with a David-
son bracelet and signal corps pin.

Mardia was president of fresh-
man cabinet her first year here.
As a soph she was on Christian

Association cabinet, and became
secretary last year. Now she is
president. She also belongs to the
Bible club and to Eta Sigma Phi.

Sports also interest her. She
was winner of the sophomore hoc-
key stick, and this year she has
started playing basketball. But
she has never learned to swim.
But this might be a psychological
result, for she was rescued very
romantically from the lake at

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Bishop Moore to Be
Speaker Next Week

Atlanta Methodist Bishop to Give Talks
In Chapel for Relisious Emphasis Week

Bishop Arthur J. Moore, resident bishop of the Methodist
church for the Atlanta area, will give a series of religious
talks in chapel during Religious Emphasis week, which is
Tuesday, February 9, through Saturday, February 13. As yet
Bishop Moore has not disclosed the subjects of his talks; how-
ever, posters will be displayed
next week in the lobby of Butt-
rick announcing them.

Bishop Moore, a native Geor-
gian, attended Emory University,
and has held several pastorates in
the South. He is president of the
Board of Methodist Foreign Mis-
sions, having traveled extensively
in various foreign countries.
Individual Conferences

Time will be allotted during Re-
ligious Emphasis week for stud-
ents to have individual conferences
with Bishop Moore. Each student
may sign up for a fifteen minute
conference.

On Tuesday, Thursday, and Fri-
day nights, Bishop Moore will con-
duct a discussion group to which
the entire college community is
cordially invited. "The Christian
Personality" will be Dr. Moore's
subject on Tuesday night. Topics
for the other two nights will be
drawn from student suggestions
and questions. Such suggestions
may be placed in a box which will
be especially set up for that pur-
pose.

Informal Tea

Monday afternoon, from 5 to
6:30, Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean
of students, will honor Bishop
Moore with an informal tea at
her house, where he will chat with
four members of each class in or-
der to become familiar with a
cross-section of the student body.

During Religious Emphasis
week, morning classes will be
shortened five minutes each.

BISHOP A. J. MOORE

May Day Topic
To Be Seasons

May Day Committee has select-
ed the scenario written by Anas-
tasia Carlos and Elizabeth Ed-
wards to be presented next spring
at the annual May Day festival,
Alice Clements, chairman of the
committee, revealed today.

Although unable at present to
announce any details of the plans,
Alice said that the theme for the
1942-1943 pageant will be the four
seasons. Students who elect May
Day as their gym course for the
spring quarter will take part in
the pageant.

-Drawn and Cut by Pobai Crane.

Tonight's Quizzing
To Test Campus Pets

If the questions which have
been handed in for the Faculty
Quiz which Eta Sigma Phi will
hold tonight at 7:30 in Presser
are a sign, the audience will have
a hilarious time watching the
"campus pets" agonize.

Dr. George P. Hayes' English
211 class is taking advantage of
this excellent opportunity to get
revenge for their last quarters'
exam. Mrs. Roff Sims will have
a chance to reveal her knowledge
of the lighter side of existing. Dr.
S. M. Christian will have to ac-
celerate his brain power to defy
the things in store for him. Dr.
J. R. McCain will probably have
an easier time because he will
not have any pupils after him, but
his path will not be an easy one.
These four courageous souls will
really be in a spot tonight.

Admission is ten cents. Proceeds
will go to Red Cross.

Mr. Dieckmann to Play
For Meditation Period

Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of
the music department, will play
during chapel on Tuesday, Febru-
ary 2, for a period of meditation.

Harriet Daugherty, in charge of
the program for Christian Asso-
ciation, will lead the devotional
service.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Jan. 27 Eta Sig-
ma Phi Faculty Quiz at
7:30 in Maclean auditorium.
Thursday, Jan. 28 Baptist
Student Union open house,
4:30 p. m. in round house.
Saturday, Jan. 30 Freshman
benefit for Red Cross, 8:30
p. m. in Murphey Candler.
Monday, Feb. 1 Lily Pons
concert, 8:30 p. m., in the
Municipal auditorium.
Tuesday, Feb. 2 Agnes Scott
News movie for Red Cross,
5:30 p. m. in Old Chapel.
Wednesday, Feb. 3 Sher-
wood Eddy to speak to In-
ternational Relations club,
5 p. m. in Murphey Candler.

Pag. 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

ALUMNAE DORM DRIVE
NETS SUM OF $171024.07

2,000 Subscribe to Fund for Hopkins Hall;
Mrs. Sam Inman Cooper Directs Campaign

Agnes Scott's Alumnae Fund campaign, which was started
in 1940 with the intention of raising $100,000, is a rousing suc-
cess, according to Dr. J. R. McCain, president of the college.
He announced this week that the campaign went over the top
with approximately 2,000 subscribers pledging a total sum
of $171,024.07.

Mrs. Sam Inman Cooper, the
former Augusta Skeen of the class
of 1917, directed the alumnae ef-
fort, chief objective of which was
to provide a new dormitory on the
campus to be named in honor of
Miss Nanette Hopkins, who was
for nearly fifty years dean of the
students.

Dorm After War

Out of the $171,024.07 pledged,
$109,346.73 is designated for Hop-
kins hall which will be built as
soon as possible after the war.
The remaining sum, $61,677.34,
will be used for endowing student
aid funds, and various other stipu-
lated purposes.

During the last thirty-four
years Agnes Scott has conducted
seven campaigns in which the an-
nounced objectives were fully sub-
scribed and fully paid. The alum-
nae of the college have been an
important factor in each of these
efforts.

Contact Scattered Alumnae

In this most recent drive it
was necessary to conduct a very
quiet campaign and an unhurried
one, since the Agnes Scott alum-
nae are scattered through all the
states of the union and in many
foreign countries. Those who con-
tributed were members of the
class of 1889, when Agnes Scott
College was known as Agnes
Scott Institute, on through every
year including the class of 1942.

Mardia Hopper

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Montreat when she went swim-
ming with Tommy for the first
time.

Mardia can be found in any
room on campus for she is a most
constant visitor. Habitually she
gets locked out of Rebekah Scott
dormitory, and Mr. Jones has to
let her in.

She has only one collection
her old letters "from friends"
while in Pyengyang. She will
probably teach if she doesn't get
signals to the contrary from the
signal corps.

Since she was six years old,
Mardia has been playing the piano
and soon began accompanying her
brother who plays the violin. At
vespers here she plays the organ.
Typical of Mardia is the descrip-
tion of one of her favorite pas-
times: "I love to play the organ
just at dusk in the great big quiet
Presser. It send chills through me
and makes me feel blue and
happy."

Informal Party Planned
By Freshman Bible Class

Members of the Freshman Bible
class will meet for an informal
party on Thursday, January 28, at
the home of Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of the college. Mary
Cargill, vice-president of the Bi-
ble class, says there will be sing-
ing and games.

It has been the custom of the
former Bible classes to feature a
candy-pull on this occasion, but
due to the sugar-rationing system,
candy-pulling will have to be
postponed for the duration.

Sherwood Eddy
Expected Here

Noted Lecturer Invited
To Speak at Meeting

Dr. Sherwood Eddy, noted lec-
turer, has been invited to be guest
speaker at the meeting of the In-
ternational Relations club, Febru-
ary 3, from 5:00 to 6:00 p. m. Dr.
Eddy has not definitely accepted
the invitation yet, but the club
expects that he will be able to
come.

He has held several important
positions as national secretary of
Y. M. C. A. to India and secretary
for Asia work of the International
Committee working among stu-
dents of the Near East. He has
visited the principal European
countries some fifteen times, and
has studied existing conditions
there.

Dr. Eddy has met many Euro-
pean statesmen and government
officials. He met President Eduard
Benes at the beginning of the
Czechoslovakian crisis, has seen
Hitler, and knows Mahatma Gandi
and Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek. He visited the battlefront
in Spain and in 1939 and 1940 he
conducted the American Seminars,
a group composed of educators,
social and religious workers.

Dr. Eddy is also the author of
many outstanding books such as
Everybody's World, Man Discov-
ers God, and Why America Fights.

Dr. Eddy is constantly lectur-
ing before many types of audi-
ences in all sections of the coun-
try, and he has spoken to several
hundred colleges in all parts of
the United States, Europe, and
Asia.

Wluitlfou&uy'WUlt

WAR BONDS

The Navy is making a plea to
civilians to turn in their binoculars
for military use during the War. The
Army and Navy both need binocu-
lars for navigation and scouting
purposes. Depending on the power
of the lenses, they cost from $50
to $80 each.

If you have a set of 6 x 30 up to
7 x 50-power lense binoculars loan
them to the Army or Navy. If not,
your purchase of War Bonds and
Stamps will help buy this equip-
ment for our fighting forces. At least
ten percent of your income in War
Bonds every payday will do the
job . . . and provide the "eyes"
through which a scouting pilot may
spot an enemy battleship.

U. S. Treasury Dtfsrtmtnt

War Conference to Be
Here on Feb. 26-27

"College Women and the Chal-
lenge of the World of Today" will
be the theme of a conference to be
held here the week-end of Febru-
ary 26 and 27.

Miss Susan Cobbs, professor of
classical languages, said "The sug-
gestion by War Council was made
because many students want to
know about war work open to
them, particularly in the summer
but also after college."

The two cornrnittees consist of
Nancy Hirsh, Betty Brougher,
Dot Holloran, Laura Cumming,
Misses Mildred Mell, Florence
Smith, Kathryn Glick, and Cobbs
on the main committee and Betty
Henderson, Frances Radford, Miss
Carrie Scandrett, Miss Emma May
Laney, Miss Edna Ruth Hanley,
J. R. McCain, S. G. Stukes, and
S. M. Christian as advisors.

Since there will be no Satur-
day classes, students will take
part in the discussions on present
situation problems and women in
war work. Dr. Margaret Meade,
curator of the New York Museum,
will conclude the meeting with a
lecture Saturday night.

Lily Pons, Soprano
To Sing in Atlanta

Lily Pons, star of the Metropoli-
tan Opera, will be the next at-
traction on the All-Star Concert
Series. She will sing on Monday,
February 1, at 8:30 p. m. in the
municipal auditorium.

Miss Pons' program as announ-
ced by Marvin McDonald, man-
ager of the All Star Concert
series, will include a group of
songs by Mozart including "Pam-
ina's Aria" from "The Magic
Flute." Her second group will be
old English songs. With Franck
Varsacci playing the flute obligotto
she will sing "Echo Song" by Bis-
hop-LaForge. The next group will
include songs by Debussy and
Poldini. Miss Pons will conclude
the program with "Cara Nome
from Verdi's "Rigoletto." Her ac-
companist will be Frank LeForge.

Tickets to be used for the con-
cert are those originally intended
for the January 19 concert which
was cancelled.

Blackfriars Gets Members

Page Lancaster, Blackfriars
president, announced that at the
last meeting of the club four new
members were initiated. These
girls, who were successful in the
tryouts held before Christmas, in-
clude Martha Jane Gray, Jane Ev-
erett, Katherine Philips, and Em-
ily Anne Singletary.

Decatur Theatre

January 28 -George Brent, Martha Seott in
"They Dare Not Love."

January 29-30 George Raft, Pat O'Brien,
Janet Blair in "Broadway."

January 31 "Tomhstone" and "Pacific
Rendezvous."

February 2-3 Brian Donlevy, Rohert Pres-
ton In "Wake Island."

DeKalb Theatre

January 27-28-29 "Tales of Manhattan,"
Charles Boyer. Rita Hayworth.

January 30 "Parachute Nurse," "Hay-
foot."

February 1-2-3 "War Against Mrs. Had-
lev." Fay Balnter, Edward Arnold, Rich-
ard Ney.

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Sister Classes to Meet Friday
In Second Game of Season

Freshmen Overwhelm Sophomores, 32 to 20;
Junior-Senior Game A Close Battle, 21-20

By Mary Estill Martin

Lying in bed in the infirmary, I have been thinking over
last week's basketball and the games coming Friday. But
first, let me assure you that it was a "cold bug" not basket-
ball that put me to bed!

The games day after tomorrow should be a couple of the
best of the season. Sister classes

will clash on the court at four-
thirty in the afternoon.

I predict that the freshmen
will defeat the juniors, but by a
much smaller margin than the one
by which they defeated the sopho-
mores. There are several reasons
for my saying that the frosh will
be victorious, but that the scores
will be more evenly balanced.
Good Freshman Players

The freshmen have a large
supply of good players girls who
have played varsity in high school
and new-comers who show defin-
ite basketball talents. With such
forwards as "Soozi" Richardson
(who, by the way, scored twelve
points last week), Doris Purcell,
Scottie Johnson, and Sally Sue
Stevenson, the freshmen should
roll up a good score. However,
the junior guards are very effi-
cient, as they proved themselves
in the last game.

Right here let me commend
Billy Walker on the beautiful
playing she did. Time after time
she jumped for balls seemingly
impossible to reach only to
snatch them from the air and re-
turn them to her forwards. Gwen
Hill, Agnes Douglas, and Billy
prevented the seniors from walk-
ing away with the ball game.
Junior Forwards

While the laurels are being
passed out, let's congraulate the
junior forwards. Betsy White,
who is primarily a guard, scored
eleven of the juniors' twenty
points. Aurie Montgomery, all well
from her recent appendectomy,
played for 1 the first time on the
Agnes Scott court. Fast and sure,
with more practice she'll be tops.
Bunny Gray also turned in a nice
performance in her debut at the
game.

Although the junior forwards
show great promise, they are not
experienced. Freshmen Peggy
Kelly, Mildred McCain, Betty Mil-
ler, and the other guards should
be able to hold them in Friday's
bout.

Sophomore Stars

The game between the seniors
and sophomores should be close;

BEAUTY BAZAAR

Payton Helen Josie
318 Church St. CR. 3412

either team can win. The sopho-
mores can count on Mary Munroe
for good floor work and an aver-
age scoring of 4 to 6 points. Mary
Cumming and Molly Milam are
both players who, though perhaps
not quite up to par one day, play
unusually well the next. Last week
Mary Cumming played a good
game the last half, after a rather
slow first half, in which she was
just getting warmed up.

Last week's line-ups consisted

of

Seniors, 21
Moore (4)
Radford (17)
Weismann
Rountree
Cumming, L.
Martin

Substitutes:

Juniors, 20

CF Montgomery 5

LF

RF

G

G

G

Woolford
Gray, B. (4)
Walker, B.
Douglas
Hill, G.

Seniors,

Hopper,

Frierson, and Smith, C; juniors,
White (11), Dozier, Carr, Ward,
and Jacob.

Sophomores, 20 Freshmen, 32

Milam CF Purcell (7)

Munroe LF Stevenson (2)

RF Richardson 12
G McCain
G Phelps
G Kelly
Substitutes: Sophomores, Moses
(1), and Glenn; freshmen, Mel-
chor (2), Ryner (5), Johnson (4),
Miller, McCall, and Nellons.

Cumming
Gray, R.
Equen
Slack

Sophomore Cabinet Plans
Speakers, Study of Paul

Sophomore Cabinet has disclos-
ed plans to bring a series of
speakers and religious leaders for
alternating meetings during the
rest of this quarter. Included will
be an Army chaplain, and several
Christian teachers and business-
men. The group, open to all soph-
omores, convenes at 8:00 o'clock
on Monday nights in the old Y
room in Main.

At every other meeting, cabinet
members will study the book re-
cently selected for intensive work,
Paul's Ways in Christ, by Dr. Eg-
bert W. Smith. The book is an
analysis of the Christian life by a
particular inquiry into Paul's writ-
ings.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

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

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

Page 3

Faculty Performers Plotting
Revenge in Benefit Revue

By Eleanor Hutchens

Does your English teacher pause now and then in the
course of her lecture and gaze dreamily out of the window,
and have you been thinking it's because it's June in January?
Well, that isn't the reason.

She is only milling over her part in the Faculty Revue,
wondering whether to do it in

blackface or not.

Does your speech teacher leave
you with your fundamentals all
established and no place to go,
while she absently draws diagrams
in her roll book?

She is not an Axis agent. She
is merely trying to figure out

how she is going to swing one of
her colleagues around by a pulley
in the second act.

In general, have you noticed the
glint of hope in the faculty eye,
the spring in the faculty step? It
is not Elmer's Tune, or anything
else that's supposed to make a
1 y of e y go out on the s e

(don't tell 'em I said that).

No. It is the delivious prospect
of Revenge Revenge for a quar-
ter century of senior opera and
scores and scores of stunts, which
your professors have been forced
to sit and watch when they want-
ed to be up there doing all those
things themselves, only better.
Now the Red Cross kit campaign
has given them an excuse, and
look out!

Details of the nature, cast, life
cycle, and Central Idea of the
performance will be kept secret
until Saturday night, March 6,
when the curtains in Presser Hall
will part to disclose the first of
many gripping, drama-dripping
scenes. The faculty will hold your
attention as never oh, dear.

The title, which is so superb that

even all the faculty have not been
trusted with it, will be published
by Kathie Hill in her column a
few days before the show.

Meanwhile, I have been author-
ized to release the names of the
members of the writing commit-
tee, who meet each Wednesday
night in Ansley House for an eve-
ning of group hysteria. They
we are Miss Roberta Winter,
she of the innocent mien and the
terrible swift wit; Miss Lucile
Alexander, whose vaulting imag-
ination has conceived some of the
most startling scenes that Pres-
ser Hall may ever hope to see;
Mrs. William Rhodes, nee Jane
Guthrie, who was the Orson
Welles of the 1938 senior opera;
Miss Paige Ackerman, about whom
no more need be said than that

she thought of the title ;and I, who
have full charge of seeing that
the programs get printed.

This is all that can be told.

Begin to save toward that thir-
ty-five-cent ticket; remember the
date March 6; do not on any ac-
count miss the Faculty Revue.
There may never be another one.

Day Students Get Fount

Good news for all day students
is the drinking fountain put in the
day student room by the college
during the Christmas holidays. No
longer do the day students have
to worry about choking over their
lunches, but have plenty of water
at the twist of a wrist.

U. S. Army Announcement

WAAC Laboratory Technician

WAAC PAY SCALE

Officers Equlv. Hank Base Monthly Pay

Director

Colonel

$333.33

Asst. Director

Lt. Colonel

291.67

Field Director

Major

250.00

1st Officer

Captain

200.00

2nd Officer

1st Lieutenant

166.67

3rd Officer

2nd Lieutenant

150.00

Enrolled Members

Chief Leader

Master Sergeant

$138.00

1st Leader

First Sergeant

138.00

Tech. Leader

Tech. Sergeant

114.00

Staff Leader

Staff Sergeant

96.00

Technician, 3rd Grade

Technician, 3rd Grade

96.00

Leader

Sergeant

78.00

Technician, 4th Grade

Technician, 4th Grade

78.00

Jr. Leader

Corporal

66.00

Technician, 5th Grade

Technician, 5th Grade

66.00

Auxiliary, 1st Class

Private, 1st Class

54.00^

Auxiliary

Private

so.oor

To the above are added certain allowances for quarters

Mour Army has scores of jobs in the WAAC for
alert college women . . . jobs vital to the war . . .
jobs that will train you for interesting new careers
in the post-war world. And here is good news
indeed you may enroll now in the fast-growing
WAAC and be placed on inactive duty until the
school year ends. Then you will be subject to
call for duty with this splendid women's corps
and be launched upon an adventure such as no
previous generation has known.

New horizons . . . new places and people . . .
interesting, practical experience with good pay
. . . and, above all, a real opportunity to help
your country by doing essential military work for
the U. S. Army that frees a soldier for combat
duty. These are among many reasons why thou-
sands of American women are responding to the
Army's need.

You will receive valuable training which may
fit you for many of the new careers which are
opening to women, and full Army pay while
doing so. And by joining now you will have
excellent chances for quick advancement for, as
the WAAC expands, many more officers are
needed. Every member regardless of race, color
or creed has equal opportunity and is encour-
aged to compete for selection to Officer Candidate
School. If qualified, you may obtain a commission
in 12 weeks after beginning basic training.

Go to your WAAC Faculty Adviser for further
information on the list of openings, pay, and
promotions. Or inquire at any U. S. Army
Recruiting and Induction Station.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

Tech Glee Club
To Join Group
In Light Opera

The Gondoliers is the title of the
light opera which the Agnes Scott
Glee club in cooperation with the
Georgia Tech Glee club will pre-
sent on the nights of April 2 and
3. This light opera is considered
the best of all Gilbert and Sulli-
van works, and most critics agree
that it is the best light opera ever
written. It is not presented so
much as other Gilbert and Sulli-
van works because the music is
more difficult and because it re-
quires a large and well-trained
cast.

The Gondoliers is colorful and
merry, and there are several spe-
cial dances, such as the cachucha
and the gavotte. It has been pre-
sented twice before at Agnes
Scott, in 1936 and in 1939. Both
times it has been so popular that it
was given again at commencement.

The cast of characters will be
the following: The Duke of Plaza-
Toro, Mr. Warren Lee Terry; Luiz
(his attendent), Frank Lewis;
Don Alhambra del Bolero (The
Grand Inquisitor), Pete Hirower;
Marco Palmieri, William Wyatt;
Giuseppe Palmieri, John Os-
bourne;

The Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Ma-
bel Stowe and Nancy Moses; Cas-
ilda (her daughter), Joella .Craig
and Agnes Waters; Gianetta, Bar-
bara Connally and Jeanne New-
ton; Tessa, Dorothy Hopkins and
Marjorie Naab; Fiametta, Ellen
Arnold and Barbara Frink; Vit-
toria, Nancy Moses and Marjorie
Naab; Giula, Laura Cumming and
Smiley Williams; Iney, Gilmore
Noble.

The chorus will consist of about
45 voices.

Zena Harris Stars In
'Time for Romance'

Blackfriars will present Time for
Romance, by Alice Gerstenburg, at
8:30 p. m., February 20, in Mac-
lean auditorium. This date has
been chosen in order to provide
entertainment for the juniors and
their dates after the Junior Ban-
quet, which will also be held the
night of February 20.

Time for Romance, a modern
comedy, has as its setting an in-
terior decorator's establishment.
Zcna Harris, as Cynthia Clyde, an
interior decorator, will have the
leading role.

Other members of the cast are
Ruby Rosser as Azalia Trask;
Emily Ann Pittman as Betz Dil-
lon; Liz Carpenter, Susie, the
maid; Jean Hood as Marina; Vir-
ginia Lucas as Mrs. Leonard Mc-
Innis; Hester Chafin as Mrs. Hig-
by, Martha Rhodes as Darleen
Higby, Ann Campbell, Gabrielle
Reed; and Page Lancaster as Mrs.
Topley.

B.O.Z. Members to Read
Original Compositions

At the regular meeting of
B. O. Z. this afternoon at 5:00 in
Murphey Candler, three members,
Tessie Carlos, Wallace Lyons, and
Mary Florence McKee, will read
their original compositions.

Last week each member of
B. O. Z. took charge of a meet-
ing of the various groups in Folio,
which is composed of freshmen
interested in creative writing. Ac-
cording to Betty Jones, president
of B. O. Z., progress is shown at
the meetings and many of the
freshmen show signs of talent.

Clare Tree Major Children's theatre will present Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm February 5 at 4:00 p. m. in Presser Hall.
This is the second in a series of three children's plays pre-
sented by the Decatur Recreational Board.

Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. A. F. Higgins, of De-
catur, at Jacob's Pharmacy, or on Friday and Saturday nights
at Roger's, Big Star, Piggly Wiggly, and A. and P. stores.
Admission is 50 cents, plus tax.

Child Care Course
To Be Tauqht Here

To train volunteer women to
assist in day nurseries, the wom-
en's division of the Civilian De-
fense Volunteer Offige of DeKalb
county, working with War Coun-
cil, will offer an 80-hour child
care course on campus.

Having outlined the entire
course, Miss Emily S. Dexter, and
Miss Katherine T. Omwake, pro-
fessors of psychology and educa-
tion, will each conduct two lec-
tures in room 3, Buttrick, while
state leaders in child care, work,
nutrition, public health, and play
will make talks later and will sup-
ervise practice. Dr. Eugenia C.
Jones, resident physician and pro-
fessor of hygiene, will also hold a
discussion and Miss Edna Ruth
Hanley, librarian, is preparing a
biblography for the class.

Lasting from February 2
through April 6, the course will
consist of twelve two-hour lec-
tures, from 10:30-12:30 a. m. on
Tuesday and Friday mornings for
the first two weeks, and on Tues-
day mornings only in subsequent
weeks, field work replacing the
Friday discussion. Included also in
the course are at least eight hours
of outside reading, fifteen hours
of field observation in Atlanta kin-
dergartens and nurseries, and 50
hours of practice. After finishing
the study, each woman will serve
at least six hours a week in a day
nursery school.

Need for volunteer service in

Dorms Present Gifts
To Departing Teachers

Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant
dean, who lived in Inman before
leaving Friday to study at Duke
University, received a book of
poetry as a farewell gift from the
freshmen in Inman. Edited by
Louis Untermeyer, the book is
A Treasury of Great Poems, an
anthology of English and Ameri-
can poetry.

Miss Bee Miller, instructor in
biology, who left Rebecca Scott
to take Miss Hunter's place in In-
man, was given by the girls of
that dormitory Masterpieces from
the Renaissance to the Present, by
Thomas Craven. On the commit-
tee to select the gift for Miss Mil-
ler were Frances Radford, Anne
Paisley, Ann Campbell, Anne
Frierson, Mary Ward, and Mary
Estill Martin.

Stakes Co-Chairman
Of Local Red Cross

Mr. S. G. Stukes, dean of facul-
ty, was elected this year's co-
chairman of the DeKalb county
chapter of the Red Cross at the
annual meeting, held Thursday
night, January 21. He will serve
with Dr. J. Sam Guy, chemistry
professor at Emory, who was
made chairman.

day nurseries to look after chil-
dren of pre-school age will in-
crease greatly when Bell Aircraft
plant opens.

Students whose courses permit
are eligible to attend classes, al-
though no academic credit will be
given. Those interested should
contact the Office of Civilian De-
fense in Decatur, telephone CRes-
cent 3565.

Baptist Students to Hold
Open House Tomorrow

Mamie Sue Barker, president of
the Baptist Student Union on the
campus, has announced that the
group will hold an open house in
the round house near Rebekah
Scott, tomorrow from 4:30 to 6:00
p. m. Everyone is invited.

Recently, the administration has
painted both outside and inside of
the round house, and the Baptist
students have furnished it with
chair covers, curtains, and pic-
tures. From now on it will be
open to everyone as a prayer
room.

'Ooooooti Says Yoli Bernabe
'Agnes Scoff, eet ees so nice 1 /

By Wendy Whittle

"Oooooh," says Yoli Bernabe, "but I know something you
would really like, the serenades! Dey are someting wonner-
ful!"

Only seven hours by plane from her native country of
Puerto Rico, Yolanda Bernabe thought wistfijlly of the cus-
toms and traditions she had left

behind her, as she gave her im-
pressions of life at Agnes Scott.
In her first quarter here, she has
found many differences between
college life here and in Puerto
Rico, but she has also found sev-
eral similarities.
Classes 'Averyw here*

A junior majoring in biology,
Yoli says that there is a striking
resemblance in classes here to
those at the University of Puerto
Rico, where she studied for two
year. "Yes," she sighed, "classes
are more or less t'same avery-
where." However, she says Agnes
Scott is improving her English
pronunciation. She never spoke
English except in the class room
until she came to the United
States, although she has been
studying it "for years."

Yoli finds more dissimilarity in
dating and social customs. Al-
though the omnipotent and omni-
present chaperone is an establish-
ed part of Puerto Rican social life
(freshmen, take note), dances sel-
dom begin before 10:30 or 11:00
p. m., or end before three or four
in the morning. There is no set
time that dances must end, and
they usually last "unteel the musi-
cians go home."
"So Much Joomping"

According to Yoli, there are no
jitterbugs in Puerto Rico. This
amazing statement shatters the
hopes and/or fears of many
Americans that this institution
has spread to the four corners of
the earth. Yoli is not an expon-
ent of the "Beat me, Daddy"
school of dancing. She says, "It's
joost so much joomping around."
She prefers the South American
rhumbas, tangos, boleros, and
waltzes.

Getting back to the serenades,
as Yoli did several times, they are
a Puerto Rican tradition in the
best romantic" manner. In a Da-
vid Selznick setting of tropical
moon, warm wind, etc., etc., etc.,
boys come under the window of a
girl and sing to her. Yoli, for one,

would like to see this custom es-
tablished here.

During the long vacation Yoli
visited in Detroit, New York, and
Canada. It was en route to De-
troit that she saw her first snow.
Any Floridians who first saw snow
at Agnes Scott can understand
Yoli's delight.

She finds Atlanta's climate rath-
er cold, as the average tempera-
ture in Puerto Rico is from 78-80
degrees, although in winter it
sometimes hits the sub-Arctic
reaches of 70 degrees or so. Yoli
commented on the lack of flow-
ers here. She said, "In Puerto
Rico, avery girl wears flowers
carnations, gardenias, even or-
chids." It was only recently that
she realized that orchids are some-
thing of a rarity here.
No Santa Claus

At Christmas time, she noticed
several American customs un-
known in Puerto Rico. There our
proverbial turkey and mince pie
are repaced by roast pork on a
stick (the whole hog) and a sweet
potato and pumpkin pudding.
There are red candles on the
Christmas trees, and Puerto Rican
children put out grass on Christ-
mas Eve for the horses to eat.
Often a group of young people
will go caroling at the home of a
friend, who, after they have had
something to drink, will join them
and go on to the next home, where
they repeat the process. At the
last home there will be a dance.
There is no Santa Claus in Puerto
Rico, but his Dlace is taken by
the three kings. The Christmas
season does not end with c^ismal
finality on December 26, but con-
tinues until January 6 when the
three kings come.

When asked her impression of
Agnes Scott, Yoli said, "Ah, avery-
one ees so nice and averytinge is
so loovely." And if you see some-
body whiz by, wearing two bright
earrings, topped by a thick braid
of black hair, and talking almost
faster than sound will carry . . .
oooooh, that's Yoli Bernabe.

Donald's quacking
because he's going to
be the star of the
movie presented by
Agnes Scott News for
the benefit of the
Red Cross.

When? Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 2, 5:30 p. m.

Where? Old Chapel

How much? 10c

AGNES SCQTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

Page 5

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The Emory KA formal at the Piedmont Driving club Friday
night was a hi-lite of the week-end. Before the dance there
was a dinner at which the girls received corsages of red roses,
and their dates white carnation boutonnieres.

Centerpieces for the tables consisted of large apples bear-
ing four tiny American flags. The

CAROLINE SMITH

dance floor was decorated with
flags of the United Nations to
carry out a pa-
triotic theme,
and above the
orchestra stood
the K A in-
signia. The Em-
ory Aces sup-
plied music, and
dancing began
with the KA
leadout. Betty
Brougher was
there wearing a good-looking red
jersey dinner dress, and Liz Car-
penter had on a lovely black vel-
veteen formal. Eva Williams had
two orchids.

Among those present at the
dance were Mary Turner, Fran-
ces Brougher, Betty Brougher,
Jane Everett, Liz Carpenter, Lucy
Turner, Margaret Mizell, Leila
Powell, Miriam Jester, Mary Cum-
ming, Lura Johnston, Betty Pe-
gram, Ann Flowers, Julia Har-
vard and Martha Rhodes. After
the dance there was breakfast at
the KA house.
Julia Anne's Wedding

Mrs. Roy Emmett's wedding was
a lovely affair. The church was
decorated with greens, pink glad-
iolas, and pink candles. Organ and
violin music was heard during the
ceremony, and two of the groom's
fraternity brothers sang "At
Dawning," "I Love You Truly,"
and "O, Promise Me."

Julia Anne Florence wore the
traditional white satin and veil
and carried a white satin muff
covered with white orchids with
streamers. Her dress had a sweet-
heart neckline outlined with
white lace and three quarter
length sleeves. White lace form-
ed a panel down the front of her
dress and her enormous train was
also outlined with lace. The
bridesmaids, Claire Bennet, Patty
Earbour, Polly Cook, Susan
Montgomery and Martha Liddell
wore dresses of pale blue satin
and net, and carried blue satin
muffs covered with pink orchids.
The girls wore blue ostrich tips
in their hair tied with pink vel-
vet ribbon.

Reception

After the wedding, the reception
took place at the home of Julia
Anne's parents. Serving at the
reception were Bettye Ashcraft,
whose dress had a top of black
lace, and a skirt of white mar-
quisette, and Mary Louise Duffee,
who wore pale yellow and blue.

The bride's gifts to her brides-
maids were pastel bill folds bear-
ing the initials of their owners.
The groom's gift to his bride was
a beautiful string of pearls.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Emmett will
reside in Columbia, S. C, where

Phi Beta Kappa to Choose
All New Members in May

Due to a recent revision of its
constitution, Phi Beta Kappa this
year and in future years, will not
elect any members-in-course until
May. In former years it had been
the custom for the local chapter
of the national honor society to
announce elections from the sen-
ior class early in the winter quar-
ter and again just before gradua-
tion.

Roy is now stationed.
Visitors, etc.

Visitors at Agnes Scott Sunday
were Susan Montgomery and Mar-
tha Liddell.

At the Emory Delta Tau Delta
house for dinner Sunday was Ster-
ly Lebey.

Susan Guthrie left Thursday for
Richmond, Va., to attend her
brother's wedding. Her brother
graduated from West Point last
Tuesday.

The college community is happy
to know that Betty and Frances
Brougher have received news that
their father is safe in a Jap prison
camp on Formosa.

Margaret Killam was recently
selected sponsor for the ENO's.
Other Hottentots who have been
made sponsors for Emory organ-
izations are Betty Brougher, AKK;
Harriet Kuniansky, AE Pi; and
Patty Barbour, SAE.
Night Clubbers

Friday night found Mir House,
Lucy Turner, and Beth Keller at
the Rainbow Roof. Nita Hurst and
Jane Dinsmore celebrated Satur-
day night at the Paradise Room.

Among the many who went to
the Tech Senior Dance, on Thurs-
day night, were Sylvia Piassick,
Miriam Davis, Marjorie Haddock,
Jean Carlson, Patty Barbour,
Frances Malone, the Harvard
twins, and Beth Keller.

Still more of our old girls are
making big plans to wear orange
blossoms soon! Cato Welchell will
be married Saturday, and the wed-
dings of Edith Dale and Polly
Teasly will occur soon.

News to Sponsor Films
To Buy Red Cross Kits

Two Donald Duck animated
comedies and a more serious war
short, "Campuses on the March"
will be presented in the old Gaines
chapel, on Tuesday, February 2,
at 5:30 p. m. by the Agnes Scott
News as its effort to aid in buy-
ing comfort kits for the soldiers.

Pie Ertz and Betty Glenn, co-
chairmen of the committee, will
be aided by Betty Lynn Reagan
and Pobai Crane, who will dis-
tribute the posters for publicity,
and Caroline Smith, who will have
charge of the ticket sales.

Students to Select
May Queen, Court

Alice Clements, chairman of
May Day, has announced that the
election of the May Queen will
be held on January 28 and 29.
Students will find boxes in the
lobbies of Buttrick and the gym-
nasium where nominations should
be dropped. Each student casts
one vote, which must be signed.
The following Thursday, February
4, the May Court will be chosen
at a student meeting in chapel.

The Queen, who must be a sen-
ior, will be chosen in chapel from
a list of those receiving an ap-
preciable number of votes in the
preliminary election on the 28th
and 29th. Each student attending
chapel on the 4th will receive
another list, from which she may
pick her choices for the Court.

Scanning the Sky, Anne Frierson Asks
"Where's That Plane From Florida?"

"Get your Vim Herb today at
Frierson's Drug Stores in Belton,
Easley, and Pelzer. And this is
how Anne Frierson says her fath-
er sent her to Hottentotland. Who
knows but that this mysterious
potion is the secret of her suc-
cess . . . from Belton, S. C. to
Mortar Board and Who's Who
in four short years.

Anne's praises of this concoction
made all her friends desire the
strange elixer and beg for it. This
Christmas they were rewarded
with a carton of Vim Herb which
she declared strong enough to kill
any normal human being so she
sent only the box.

But this magic drink has not
enabled Anne and Marg Downie
to go to a Florida naval training
station where both have a "purely
patriotic interest." This week
Anne would have made an ex-
cellent air plane spotter, for she's
been scanning the skies hourly for
a certain ensign, who is to fly
over from Florida.

He became Anne's high school
crUsh, when he visited Belton as
a conquering football hero from
a rival school. For months her

Juniors to Hold
Dinner Feb. 20

With a less bountiful dinner and
less elaborate decorations than in
previous years, Agnes Scott's first
war-time junior class will cele-
brate with its traditional junior
banquet on Saturday evening,
February 20, with a majority of
their dates in uniform, many com-
ing from the Naval Reserve Air
Base at Chamblee and from Fort
McPherson.

The banquet will be served in
the Rebekah Scott dining hall, and
tentative plans are already under
way for informal entertainment
during the dinner. Afterwards the
entire class and their dates will at-
tend the Blackfriars' presentation
of "Time for Romance," a sophis-
ticated comedy based on the mar-
riage versus career theme, in
Presser Hall. Although the pub-
lic is also invited, the juniors will
occupy a reserved section.

Food rationing permitting,
punch will be served after the
play in Murphey Candler, and jun-
iors will have a chance to meet
each others' dates.

The committee chairmen, as an-
nounced by class president Anne
Ward, are entertainment, Rath-
erine Philips; decorations, Made-
line Hosmer; seating arrangement,
Bobbie Powell; dates, Mary Louise
Duffee.

News Assistant Editors
To Head Two Issues

Martha Dale, editor, and
Frances Kaiser, managing editor,
will take back seats next week
when Quincy Mills will "take
over" the Agnes Scott News, and
Madeline Hosmer will act as man-
aging editor. The following issue
will be edited by Madeline and
managed by Quincy.

Each winter the custom has
been for each of the two assistant
editors to head an apprentice is-
sue of the News while the editors
take orders from their temporary
"superiors." The other members
of the staff, however, will con-
tinue in their regular capacities.

Drawn and Cut by Pobai Crane.

brother and friends kidded her as
she watched him from afar. At
the beach her hero worship was
rewarded they met. Now Anne
is wearing "a pair of gold wings"
along with her A. A. pin and
Mortar Board pin. When he comes,
their favorite place is Ship Ahoy,
although Anne doesn't know why,
for she is always too excited to
eat a thing.

An English major, Anne likes to
visit her roommate Laura Cum-
ming's great Aunt Lollie in At-

lanta because she can talk so
long and interestingly about lit-
erature. Anne collects poetry and
says if she were on a desert is-
land she would be satisfied with
only a book of Matthew Arnold's
poetry.

Anne must be one of those girls
with an "all-round personality."
She is currently knitting baby
sweaters for all her married
friends, yet she is an excellent
jitterbug a la South Carolina and
has decided to take bridge seri-
ously. Christian Association claim-
ed some of her time her sopho-
more year, although she worked
on the News and belonged to the
Bible club and to International
Relations club and was basketball
manager. She shoots archery and
is a member of Outing club. As
a junior she took up Hockey. Last
year she was secretary to A. A.
and this year became president.
Camp Rockbrook claimed her dur-
ing the summer as councilor of
archery and riflery. Raddy Rad-
ford was there too. But to look
at Anne one would hardly call
her the strong athletic type. Could
it be the Vim Herb?

Miss Brantley Named
Alumnae Secretary

Of interest to all alumnae and
students of Agnes Scott is the an-
nouncement that Miss Harriotte
Brantley is the new alumnae sec-
retary, succeeding Mrs. Nelle C.
Howard. Miss Brantley, who is
from Blackshear, Georgia, assum-
ed her new duties January 20,
but Mrs. Howard is remaining a
few days to assist her in getting
started.

A graduate of the class of 1932,
Miss Brantley was house president
of Inman her senior year and was
also a member of Cotillion club
and K. U. B., the journalism club.
She has travelled extensively,
making a trip to Europe with jvliss
Scandrett and Miss Gaylord in
1936.

Miss Brantley will live in Anna
Young Alumnae house.

Mrs. Howard has been secretary
since 1939. Before that time she
was assistant secretary.

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New Rule Goes Into Effect
Letting Frosh Double Date

A new rule permitting freshmen
to double date with members of'
their own class or with upper-
classmen was recently announ-
ced by the Dean's office. This
rule, which has been adopted be-
cause of the new transportation
problem, provides that the fresh-
men and their dates must travel
via public conveyance or walk.

At the same time the dean's
office announced that from Mon-
day through Saturday time limit
would be moved up to 12:00 p. m.,
but would remain at 11:00 p. m.
on Sunday night. Arrangements
for late permission for Friday or
Saturday nights are to be made,
as before, in the dean's office.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

Virginia Tuggle Inaugurates
W. S. S. F. Drive for Money

By Betty Glenn

Speaking in chapel yesterday, Virginia Tuggle, secretary
of Athletic Association and chairman of the World Student
Service Fund on campus, inaugurated the W.S.S.F. drive to
raise money for students in the war-torn areas of the world.

In her talk Virginia emphasized that it is up to American
students to help preserve
this student generation.
"In contributing to the
World Student Service
Fund," she stated, "we
are investing in future
leadership, which means
the foundation of post-
war reconstruction."

Virginia pointed out
that the money contrib-
uted through the fund is
used directly for supply-
ing the needs of students
and faculties whose stud-
ies have been interrupted
by the war. She explain-
ed that by means of the
careful organization of
the World Student Serv-
ice Fund all contributions
are sent directly to the
needy students and run
no risk of" falling into wj#***m
enemy hands.

According to Virginia,
a list of the uses for the
money contributed
through the World Student Serv-
ice Fund includes relocation of
Japanese students in American
schools, /ood grants, work relief,

Art Exhibition
Now in Library

An exhibition from New York's
Museum of Modern Art, An Intro-
duction to Modern Painting, will
be shown in the library from to-
day through next Wednesday,
February 3. This group of twen-
ty-two pictures, 1 representing the
ninetenth century masters who
revolutionized modern painting, is
being circulated among museums,
colleges, schools, and other insti-
tutions throughout the country.

The pictures, fine color repro-
ductions of the masterpieces, show
the history of the modern move-
ment from Corot to the work of
the post-impressionists, Cezanne,
Van Gogh, and Gauguin. It also
includes work by Daumier, Manet,
Monet, Renoir, and the Ameri-
cans Homer, Ryder, and Eakins.

Among the well known master-
pieces included are Daumier's Don
Quoxite, Manet's Boy with a Fife,
Homer's Nor'Easter, Corot's Wom-
an with a Pearl Ring:, Cezanne's
Boy with a Red Waistcoat, van
Gogh's Landscape with Cypresses,
and Eakins John Bijrlen and a
Single Scull. Wall placards trace
,the history of the movement and
give brief biographies of each ar-
tist.

Monday Vesper Services
To Be Prayer for Peace

Monday vespers, formerly under
the direction of faculty members,
will be prayer services for peace
sponsored by Freshman Cabinet
until the end of the school year.
The faculty will continue to lead
the Thursday and Friday evening
services.

Mardia Hopper, president of
Christian Association, announced
that Miss Lucile Alexander,
ander, sponsor for Christian As-
sociation, will lead Sunday vespers
January 31, at 6:45 p. m. in Mac-
lean auditorium. The theme will
be "Christian Personality."

travel aid, clothing, scholarships,
books for depleted libraries and
for individual students, and medi-
cal aid. "$7.50 will feed a Chinese
student for a month," Virginia
continued, "and the money for
twenty Coca-Colas will provide a
month's supply of soy bean milk
for students threatened with tu-
berculosis."

In announcing Agnes Scott's
$500 goal for this year's campaign,
Virginia made one request, "Count
your blessings and then divide."

Katherine Philips, in charge of
collecting boarder's contributions,
announced that representatives
would collect through Monday,
February 1.

Secrecy Veils
Frosh Benefit

According to Susie Richardson,
president of the freshman class, a
surprise awaits everyone who at-
tends the freshman benefit for
the Red Cross, on January 30,
from 8:30 to 10:00 p. m. in Mur-
phey Candler.

Although the details of the
benefit must remain unknown,
Susie has admitted that its
theme will be connected with
President Roosevelt's birthday,
which falls on the 30th. One im-
portant event will be the auction-
ing of slices of birthday cake, for
which the highest bidders must
pay in war stamps.

No admission price will be
charged, but everyone is advised
to come supplied with some
change, for, according to Susie,
"Our prime object, which is to
make money to buy kits for sol-
diers, will be apparent as soon
as you get inside the door."

Aurora Deadline Feb. 12

Jean Moore, editor of Aurora,
asks that contributions for the
next issue of the magazine be
turned in by February 12. This in-
cludes the debates on "Should
Women Be Drafted?" The best
debates pro and con will be print-
ed in the winter issue of Aurora.
A box for manuscripts has been
placed on the table in the mail
room.

Dr. Currie Tells
Of Experiences
While in China

Speaking in chapel Saturday,
Dr. P. S. Currie, missionary to
China and father of Gay Currie,
Agnes Scott graduate of 1942, told
of his family's experiences in oc-
cupied China.

Dr. and Mrs. Currie first went
to China in 1920. All six of the
Currie children were born there.
After spending some time in the
United States, the Curries re-
turned to China in September,
1938. While in Shanghai they took
movies of the parts of the city
destroyed by the Japanese.

Although warned by friends not
to return, the family left Shanghai
and returned to Haichow, their
former station. When they arrived
they found the city being bombed.
Dr. Currie said that during the
five months of the bombings none
of his family were frightened.
"Our lives were in God's hand,"
he said.

When the Japanese captured
the city in March, 1939, there
were only two American families
there. They were given permits
by the Japanese to continue their
missionary work since at that
time they were neutrals. None of
the Americans were harmed, Dr.
Currie reported, although many
of the Chinese were treated ter-
ribly.

The Currie family left China in
June, 1942, and arrived in the
United States last summer on the
Swedish liner Gripsholm which re-
turned American nationals from
the far eastern countries.

War-Time Jobs for Hottentots

Want to Help? Be a WAVE

Hottentots now have a better chance than ever to become
WAVES after their graduation, for the Navy has launched a
new drive to recruit 37,000 women into the WAVES by the
end of 1943. This is an increase of 50 per cent over the first
quota announced.

Officers in the WAVES the women's branch of the Naval
Reserve must be graduates of an

Red Cross Blood Bank
Asks Blood Donations

In answer to the request by
Army and Navy officials to get
4,000,000 pints of blood plasma
during 1943, the Atlanta Blood
Bank of the American Red Cross
is requesting that everyone make
an appointment to donate a pint
of his blood.

This plea from the American
Red Cross is meant for girls at
Agnes Scott, too. Students under
21 must have the permission of
parent or guardian in order to
give blood.

The Army and Navy report fav-
orably on the usage of this plasma
on the many fronts. It is now
used in the treatment of burns,
wounds, and traumatic shock, and
many more uses are being found
for it daily. Its use has saved
hundreds of lives.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

AGNES SCOTT
This is your drug store.

accredited university or college, or
have two years of college plus two
years of administrative or techni-
cal experience in business or pro-
fessional fields. Enlisted WAVES
are now accepted with only two
years of high school training. The
age limit for officers is from 20
to 50, enlisted women from 20 to
36.

A newly announced change in
regulations permits WAVES, offi-
cers or enlisted personnel, to be
married, or to marry (after the
training period) any service man
except one who is in the Navy
itself. So, all would-be WAVES
whoalso want husbands must for-
get about ensigns and j. g.'s and
begin concentrating on second
lieutenants and captains.

The purpose of the women's
part of the Naval Reserve is to
free men for sea duty, and there-
fore job qualifications are much
the same as those of the officers
and men replaced. Women train-
ed in such fields as accounting,
aeronautical engineering, astron-
omy, business statistics, electron-
ics, mathematics, modern lan-
guages, and physics, are especially
wanted. Other subjects which
might help include business ad-
ministration, chemistry, econom-
ics, English, geography, geology,
political science, history, journal-
ism, library science, and psychol-
ogy.

WAVES of course must be citi-
zens of the United States and must
pass physical and aptitude tests
They must have no children un-
der 18 (requirement which should
hardly bother Hottentots).

And then, of course, there is
the pay. The regular Navy pay
scale also applies to WAVES. En-
listed personnel receive subsist-
ence and quarters allowance of
$2.75 a day plus the monthly base
pay which ranges from $50 a
month for an apprentice seaman
to $126 a month for a chief petty
officer. Officers receive rent and
subsistence allowance in addition
to the base pay for their grade.

Base pay for an ensign is $1,800
a year; lieutenant (j. .g) $2,0u0;
lieutenant, $2,400. A uniform al-
lowance of $250 is given to offi-
cers at the time they enter the
service. Enlisted women receive
$200 for uniforms.

More information about this
branch of the service for women
is available at the Office of Naval
Officer Procurement in the Hea-
ley building, Atlanta Georgia.

H. R- Knickerbocker's
Lecture Date Postponed

H. R. Knickerbocker, world-fa-
mous journalist, Pulitzer Prize
winner, and holder of many other
newspaper awards, has had tc
postpone his lecture "With the
United States Armed Forces
Around the World," scheduled for
Monday evening, February 1, at
8:30 in the Glenn Memorial audi-
torium.

Dr. Ross H. McLean, chairman
of the Emory Student Lecture
Association, said, however, that,
he hopes Mr. Knickerbocker will
be able to lecture on Friday, Feb
ruary 5. He said the delay was
due to Mr. Knickerbocker's inabil-
ity to return from North Africa
on the date he had planned.

Having visited practically all the
battlefronts of the present war, he
should speak with authority.

Agnes Scott students and facul-
ty may purchase tickets at the
book store.

Tuition Rise Announced
For 1943-44 Session

Dr. J. R. McCain, president, has
announced that there will be a
slight increase in the student ex-
pense for the 1943-1944 session.
The tuition fee will be ten dollars
more than this year's; the cost of
room and board will be raised
twenty dollars. Recent endow-
ment have helped in keeping the
expenses this low.

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Page 7

KATHRYN HILL

and ran his

Swanna Is Careful to 'Guard
Squee In Thrilling Game

By Kathie Hill

Well, half my class has gone off to Julia Anne Florence's
wedding and here I sit an old maid before I'm 20. Everyone
is getting worried or engaged! but then after all, I could
never find a man good enough for me. The Reader's Digest
says that a girl who thinks no man is good enough for her may
be right , also, she may be left.

through the air and landed at
Swanna's feet. Only then did
Swanna relinquish Squee's hand.
She picked up the ball and prac-
tically bowing at the waist, hand-
ed it to Squee. (Who nearly faint-
ed right on the floor).

All the players except Swanna
looked as though they were hav-
ing a bad case of hysterics. But
Swanna remained cool and calm
as she, still holding Squee tightly
by the hand, dragged her around
the floor, pushing her aside when
it looked as though Squee were
in danger of being hurt. Finally
someone got the courage mustered
to ask Swanna what in the world
she was doing. "Oh," said Swanna,
"I am guarding Squee." And she
really thought that it was her duty
to protect Squee from those mean
senior forwards who cared nothing
for Squee's feelings but wanted
only to get the ball in the basket.
Now, wasn't that sweet?
Where There's Smoke . . .

This little incident happened
during the fire drill. After having
gone to Main, Boyd and White
House, Raddy and Exec decided to
go to Lupton. Accordingly they
crept over, turned off the lights
and rang the bells. They made an
awful clatter and finally all the
first floor rushed out in great
haste but no one from the second
floor appeared. Raddy got madder
and madder and finally in des-
peration she sent two emissaries
to the top of the stairs to ring
the bell as hard as they could.
After about ten minutes, Raddy
saw her two messengers come
sneaking down the stairs with
sheepish expressions on their
faces. They said that no one lived
on the second floor of Lupton ex-
cept Miss Lewis and Miss Will
and that after Miss Will had come
down, they heard Miss Lewis
stumbling down the dark hall and
as she came she was telling them
that in all the years she. had
taught here she had never had
to get up for a fire drill. The girls
were burning with mortification
but you. can't flame them. Smoke
K though; it won't happen again.

Liz Carpenter,- also, got a lit-
tle confused during the fire-drill.
She picked up her coat and shoes
and a letter. Her roommate ask-
ed her why she had the letter.
"Oh," yawned Liz, "I am going
to mail it on my way down to
breakfast."

Pat Stokes, who is one of our
girls who has just received an
engagement ring, was found read-
ing "How to Win and Hold Your
Husband." I would suggest mar-
riage as the first step but of
course I am not experienced.

Pobai Crane, who draws and
cuts out the pictures of our cam-
pus leaders for The News, also
draws beautiful
charts for biol-
ogy; for these
pictures she uses
a soft lead pen-
cil. Dr. Runyon
walked by last
week while she
was industrious-
ly sketching an
cytosome of a
Para m e c i u m,
finger over the
smudgy lead mark and said, "My,
my, this pencil smooches." I think
smear is smooch more what he
meant don't you?

Friday night the junior basket
tall team played the senior basket
ball team and lost by only one
point. However, so that the sen-
iors won't feel too elated, I have
a little gem of information to im-
part to the world at large. At the
first rehearsals for the big night,
parts were given out to the 'vari-
ous members of the team. Betty
(Swanna) Henderson asked what
position she was to play. "Have
you ever played basketball be-
fore?" asked Alta. "No," said Bet-
ty, "I have never even seen a
game but I am willing to do any-
thing for the honor of the senior
class."

Guard or Guardian?

"Well, you guard Squee." So
Betty tripped over to Squee and
much to Squee's amazement and
surprise, took her hand, smiled af-
fectionately, and then set her
jaw and assumed an expression of
defiance that just dared anyone
to approach her. The whistle
blew, the players tensed, the ball,
with amazing alacrity, flew

Madeline Hosmer Gets
Role in Emory Play

Although the complete cast for
the Emory Players' production of
"Margin for Error," Claire
Boothe's satirical 'melodrama, has
not been decided on, one of the
feminine, parts has . been given to
Madeline Hosmer. The part is that
of Frieda, a German girl, who
speaks nothing but German in the
play.

Long inactive, the Players are
now on four weeks probation un-
til they prove the soundness of
their re-organization plans. The
production of the Boothe piece
is set tentatively for March 5.

Suggestions to Be Sought
By Student Government

In the near future Student Gov-
ernment will ask students to turn
in at chapel their suggestions for
changes in regulations.

Frances Radford, president of
Student Government, has asked
that students begin thinking about
the changes which they want
made. "These suggestions are the
only way the executive committee
has of knowing what changes the
students really want," Raddy says.
"I hope every student will give
this matter real thought so that
she can offer really constructive
suggestions."

Proceeds of Directory
To Go to Red Cross

By a unanimous decision of the
junior class at a student meeting,
the proceeds from the sale of the
Christmas issue of the campus
directory, published by the jun-
iors, will be turned over to
the Red Cross for the purchase
of first aid kits. At present, the
total of the sales amounts to $80,
which is more than any one or-
ganization so far has contributed
to the Red Cross fund.

Doctor Hayes, Ph. D. Extraordinaire,
Confesses to All the "Seven Ages"

By Margaret Drummond

While accomplishing the almost
impossible feat of tilting precari-
ously backwards in his office
chair, and simultaneously opening
and closing his desk drawer with
the toe of his shoe, Agnes Scott's
Ph.D. extraordinaire, Dr. George
Hayes laughingly confessed to his
"seven ages."

According to Dr. Hayes, he was
born just outside Philadelphia, of
a Pennsylvania Quaker family;
his ancestry dates back to a small
English village near Shakespeare's
home of Stratford. Dr. Hayes
likes to imagine that some of his
forebears actually saw Shakes-
peare in person. His parents still
live in their original home.
Mewling and Puking

For obvious reasons omitting
the details of the "mewling and
puking" stage, Dr. Hayes spoke
freely of his school-days. Neglect-
ing to say whether he ever "crept
like snail unwillingly to school,"
he told of his graduation from
Swarthmore College.

Minus the "strange oaths" and
beard, Dr. Hayes enlisted in the v
Army upon the very day of his
graduation from Swarthmore, in
the spring of 1918. He explains
that, during the last war, too, the
college course for boys was great-
ly speeded up. He was assigned
to ambulance duty on Ellis Island,
where he remained until the early
summer of 1919, because long af-
ter the Armistice the wounded
were still being brought from
France.

During his first two years at
Harvard, he was bitten by the
"missionary bug," and as a result
was sent to Robert College in
Constantinople. This was a non-
denominational school, establish-
ed by the American Board of Mis-
sionaries, for the purpose of carry-
ing New World culture to the
Old. There Dr. Hayes taught
English, and during the summer
traveled in Europe.

Dr. Hayes admits that his is
one of those "one in a million"
marriages. The circumstances sur-
rounding' his meeting the future
Mrs. Hayes would challenge even
John Nesbit's "Passing Parade."
At a reception his first year at
Harvard, Dr. Hayes met a Swiss
student, with whom he became
acquainted, and who invited him
to go along and meet a French
girl with whom he had an engage-
ment.

Whirlwind Courtship

Dr. Hayes did. In fact, he saw
the girl several times prior to his
departure for Constantinople. One

War Marriages Debate
Scheduled for Chapel

"Resolved: That this house ap-
prove war marriages" will be the
subject of a short debate given by
Pi Alpha Phi in chapel Friday,
January 129. Ruth Kolthoff will
defend the affirmative, and Claire
Bennett, the negative. The pur-
pose of the debate is to put Pi
Apha Phi, debating society, before
the student body.

Tomorrow night at 8:00 o'clock
in Murphey Candler, Liz Carpen-
ter and Jean Hood, negative, will
vie with Ruth Kolthoff and Elaine
Kuniansky, affirmative, on "Re-
solved: That women's colleges
should institute courses for the
training of women to replace men
who have been drafted."

summer, years later, while travel-
ing in Europe, he was persuaded
by a friend to visit this girl at
her home near Lyons. In short,
he saw not only the girl, but also
her sister, and for the two it was
"love at first sight." After a
whirlwind courtship, with or with-
out Shakespeare's "woeful ballads"
to an eyebrow, their engagement
was announced, they were mar-
ried, and Dr. Hayes returned to
Constantinople with a bride.

Touching on the international
aspect of his family, Dr. Hayes
disclosed that while he married a
French girl, his sister married a
German. At one time all were
present at the family house, to-
gether with a Russian family Dr.
Hayes had brought from Europe.
Four languages were represented.
No Family News

Dr. (Hayes has had no word
from his sister and her "three lit-
tle blond girls" since Pearl Har-
bor, because there are no com-
munications between enemy na-
tions during war-time. Mrs. Hayes
has not heard from her family in
France since last fall.

As for hobbies, Dr. Hayes im-
mediately answers "music." His
favorite week-end is one in which
he can listen to the symphony
concerts. He also loves walking,
and believes that this is prob-
ably where Ellen gets her
love of biology. He plays tennis,
and admits enjoying a good base-
ball game. A hasty addition to
this list is "children good and

Third. Floor Girls
Smash Tin Cans

In charge of tin can smashing
this week, January 25-31, are An-
nette Neville of a third floor In-
man wing and Margaret Dale of a
third floor Rebekah wing. Each
girl, assisted by girls from her
wing, manages the smashing of
tin cans from her respective din-
ing room. This new system of giv-
ing the duty to different wings
each week is working better than
any of the former arrangements.

bad ones alike."

When asked about his "pet
peeve," Dr. Hayes quickly answers
"yawning in class," but laughing-
ly adds that maybe he has some-
thing to do with that. In response
to inquiries on the subject, there
is no book on Shakespeare loom-
ing on the distant horizon. Dr.
Hayes states simply that he is a
teacher, not a scholar.

Sophs Launch
Skating Party

Red Cross to Receive
Novelty Show Proceeds

A novelty roller skating party
Saturday night, February 6, at
8:30 in the gym will be the con-
tribution of the Sophomore class
for the benefit of the Red Cross.

Details of the program are be-
ing kept as a surprise until the
night of the affair, but Mary Cum-
ming, committee chairman, does
reveal that among each class
there will be solo and couple con-
tests, judged by faculty members.
The sophomores, as sponsoring
class, will contribute several spec-
ialties and a grand finale. After
the program, every one will join
in skating.

Admission is ten cents plus Red
Cross tax any extra sum offer-
ed. All students, dates, and friends
are cordially invited.

Mary Cumming is in charge, as-
sisted by Frances Brougher, Fran-
ces King, Harriet Daugherty, Ann
Webb, Jeanne Newton, Molly Mi-
lam, and Jo Young.

Hodgson, McDowell to Be
In Piano Recital Tuesday

Hugh Hodgson, director of the
division of fine arts at the Uni-
versity of Georgia, and part-time
professor of music here, will play
as duo-pianist with Michael Mc-
Dowell of Atlanta, in recital on
Tuesday night, February 2, at the
Atlanta Woman's Club. Under the
auspices of the Atlanta Music
club, the program is one on the
Evening Musicale Series.

You don't have to study
all the time!

Relax once in a while with a book you'll
really enjoy. Try dipping into "Our Hearts
Were Young and Gay/ # by Cornelia Otis
Skinner and Emily Kimbrough ... or use
"Good Intentions" (Ogden Nash) for a
conversation piece.

See what America's contemporary authors
think of themselves in "This is My Best."
All these and many others from

Rich's Bookshop
Street Floor Balcony

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1943

Never Forsake the Liberal Arts

Action is a great thing, and it's what
everybody is talking about these days.
Everybody wants action on the fighting
fronts, and action on the home front.
And we who are college students want
action on the college front. We stop
to think what our friends on the bat-
tle fronts are doing, and we want to be
doing, too. More than that we see what
other young women are doing as
WAACS, WAVES, SPARS, WAFS, army
nurses, parachute packers, industrial
workers, etc. Closer home, we look at
other women's colleges and find that
they have adapted their curriculum to
war conditions, some following the plan
of intensive study of one field at a time,
some specializing in the practical as-
pects of the sciences, and others offer-
ing special condensed war courses in
such subjects as radio, engineering, and
meteorology. Many of these schools
have gone onto a year-round basis along
with the men's colleges. They, too,
are actually doing.

Seeing ourselves still nestled quietly
in the lap of our Alma Mater when we
realize the great need for action makes
us impatient. We tell ourselves that we
must finish our education, even though
in order to finish we postpone by a
year or so the day in which we can be-
gin really to do something. Some of us
wish that we were a few years older
in this emergency that we had grad-
uated last year or the year before so
that we could now join the WAACS

or WAVES, or work in a bomber plant,
without forfeiting our opportunity for
a liberal education. Others would like
to see Agnes Scott join the list of those
liberal colleges who have junked the
liberal arts for the duration and are
concentrating on courses that have a
practical application.

Then why, in this frenzy of action,
does Agnes Scott retain its peacetime
standards for a liberal arts education?
Because it is giving us something that
will endure an ability to think, a sense
of the true values of life, an apprecia-
tion of art and literature. These will
not desert us as soon as the war is
over. Along with our strong Christian
faith, they will serve as a firm founda-
tion for our lives during the war and
after the war.

Of course, we too must be doing, not
idly waiting. But our doing should be
of such character as not to interfere to
any degree with our studying. We will
undoubtedly find our study here con-
forming more and more to an ideal of
practicality as the war continues. We
will then feel that we are doing more,
because we will be able to see an im-
mediate practical value in what we are
learning.

But we know that Agnes Scott will
never forsake the liberal idea. We Hot-
tentots love our Alma Mater for the
tenacity with which she holds to it and
hope that by her example we, too, may
cling to, and not spurn, rhe strong and
enduring foundation of the liberal arts.

Before and After Five-hour Gym-

Tripoli Taken by Montgomery's Army;
Rommel's Corps Escapes Into Tunisia

Rommel Moves Toward Junction With Nazis;
Allies Begin to Consolidate for Battle

The quescent East African front flar-
ed into violence again this week as
Montgomery's British forces swept into
Tripoli. Against powerful thrusts by
American bombers and British torpedo
planes which left part of the city and
the docks afire, Rommel left a few
shock troops while the remainder of
his Afrika Corps, which is still believed
to number about 70,000 trained and
experienced fighters, escaped into the
German lines in Tunisia.

The failure of an Allied attempt to
prevent the junction between Rommel
and the main body of German and Ital-
ian forces holding most of Tunisia and
the important cities of Tunis and Bi-
zerte now means that there are about
140,000 well-armed troops in Africa op-
posing the American, British, and
French forces.
A Hollow Victory

Montgomery has taken Tripoli, but
it is indeed a hollow victory since the
primary purpose of his extended drive
from Egypt has been the complete an-
nihilation of Rommel's wily Afrika
Corps. There is one compensation, how-
ever, in the capture of Tripoli. This im-
portant Mediterranean sea port can now
be used as a desert supply base by the
British, who have been under difficul-
ties all along trying to supply their
forces in the desert.
Fugitives From Death

Of the 220,000 German troops which
confidently attacked Stalingrad late last
year, there are now only 50,000 starved
and wounded men. This week they re-
fused the Russian ultimatum of sur-
render while the German radio admitted
that they had been given up by the
rest of the German armies now being
pressed by the Russian's three-pronged
attack toward Rostov. When and if
this meager army surrenders (the Rus-
sians expect that it will be soon), the
Russians will again be able to send
needed supplies from Central Russia
down the Volga to Stalingrad and from
there to all the armies fighting on the
Don front.

Thus far, the Russian gains have

been amazing. Salsk, an important rail
junction and the base from which Ger-
man transports flew supplies and men
to the German armies, has been an-
nounced officially as captured. Num-
erous small towns have been seized by
fast-moving Cossacks. The Russian jug-
gernaut moves forward,, the German
armies fall back toward Rostov.
We Fight For A New World

Seventeen thousand miners are strik-
ing in the East and Central Pennsyl-
vania anthracite coal fields. Thousands
more are threatening to strike. This
time they are not walking out against
the mine operators. They are showing
their displeasure with John L. Lewis
and the fifty cent monthly increase in
United Mine Workers' dues which he
pressured through the last convention.
The War Labor Board was powerless to
end this intra-union dispute. There is
talk of a personal appeal from Presi-
dent Roosevelt. If this fails, the Gov-
ernment might have to take over the
operation of the mines. The striking
miners say that\hey will welcome this.
To them, the strike is as much an at-
tempt at freedom as the fight now being
waged on the widely scattered fronts
of the world.
Dawn to the Sea

Contrary to the voiced opinion of
Allied governments the German sub-
marine campaign was highly effective
in 1942. According to a German ad-
miralty report German subs sank nine
million tons of allied shipping. Unoffi-
cial American reports admit that subs
now sink about one million tons a
month. According to President Roose-
velt. American shipyards produced
about eight million tons last year while
the British claim their production is
two million tons.

The Battle of the Atlantic is being
lost because of a shortage of escort
ships. The solution to the sinkings is
convoys plus air protection. If the
bombings of Europe and Africa are to
continue, high-octane aviation gasoline
must arrive more regularly. And it will
not, until the sub menace is lessened.

Let's not start off with any misunderstandings: no true Hottentot ever looked as
dejected and hopeless as the poor girls pictured at the left! But this is not to say
that we haven't felt rather unenthusiastic about life from time to time.

Now that the armed services have claimed many of our friends, we are apt to be
blue, both because they are gone and because we have more time on our hands.
Then, too, there are many more serious problems to keep us from being as gay as
usual.

That's where the new five-hour gym courses play a major role! Not only will they
build us up physically, so that we will look as invigorated as the Hottentots at the
right, but also they'll make us actually feel as cheerful as we look.

Betty Pegram Gathers Campus Quotes on

Gym Courses 7 Going to War

When it was announced last week
that Agnes Scott was going to begin
to clamp down on its physical weaklings
with stiffer and longer gym courses
modeled after Army training, we be-
gan to snoop around to see what Hot-
tentots' reactions would be. All seem
to think it's a fine idea, but some ob-
ject to the five-hour course.

Here's what a few students had to
say on the subject:

Frances Radford '43.

Sounds to me like one of the best
things that ever happened to us. Physi-
cal fitness is certainly vital, and I
think the gym department should do
all in their power to put us in tip-
top shape.

Mary Neely Norris '45

It seems to me the idea of patterning
our gym courses on the army physical
fitness program is fine, but I do not
think it necessary to lengthen the
courses to five hours.

Mary Ward '45

Five hours a week sounds like a lot
to me, but if the gym department wants
to cure Hottentots of their physical de-
fects for results five hours a week it'll
have to be.

Helen Roper '46.

This physical fitness idea sounds fine
to me for if the army develops healthy
bodies, why shouldn't Agnes Scott? I
do think, however, five hours is a bit
too strenous.

Inge Probstein '45.

I guess this is like all the other things
that are "good for you" slightly dis-
tasteful. But I only mean the I. G.
part of it, and that's a subjective ob-
jection.

Suzy Watkins '45

I think five hour gym courses are a
good idea because you can't accomplish
very much in only three hours a week.

Betty Wade '44.

For people who have some definite
defect, I think it is very necessary that
they have gym five hours a week, but
for the others, it seems that three hours
would be sufficient.
Betty Broughter '43.

I think the idea of requiring every girl

to take one team sport is splendid, be-
cause it increases the spirit of coopera-
tion in class activities. Since every girl's
schedule is so full, five hours a week
of, gym seems too much to me.

Kathie Hill '44

People are always saying we should
do something for the war effort, and
this physical fitness program would cer-
tainly be a big step in the right direc-
tion. As future leaders of tomorrow, we
cannot be as the Germans have ac-
cused us of being, "A generation of
weaklings."

Betty Davis '45.

Now is the time to build yourself up
to insure good health for the rest of
your life, and I think the physical fit-
ness program will be very beneficial
in this. With much studying as we have
to do, we really need to take a lot of
exercise.

The Agnes Scott News

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NO. 12

$1,000 Goal Set
ByWarCouncil
In Kit Project

At the meeting on January 29,
War Council set $1,000 as the goal
in the Red Cross project, a cam-
paign to raise funds for soldiers'
kits.

"I see no reason why this goal
should not be reached or even ex-
ceeded," Nancy Hirsh, chairman of
War Council, announced at the
meeting. She stated that her con-
fidence in the project's success
had been greatly increased by the
splendid cooperation received from
each class and organization, by the
number of personal donations com-
.ing in, and by the plans for the
forthcoming Faculty Revue.

Water Pageant
To Be Feb. 18

Swimming club will present a
water pagent, entitled "The Fisher
Boy," Thursday night, February
18, at 8:30 o'clock. Preparation
for this event, which includes div-
ing, formation swimming, and un-
der-water swimming, is being di-
rected by Miss Llewellyn Wilburn,
of the physical education depart-
ment. Mr. Edward Shea, of Emory
University, is assisting with the
coaching.

Laid in King Neptune's court,
the first scene shows a group 6f
mermaids gaily entertaining the
king. The leading characters are
the princess, Neptune's daughter,
and the fisher boy. As yet, how-
ever, the cast has not been an-
nounced.

Dot Hunter, swimming manager,
has announced the committee
chairmen to be as follows: writ-
ing, Inge Probstein; publicity,
Mary Cumming; decorations, Mar-
tha Baker; program, Susan Rich-
ardson; music, Betty Davis; lights,
Mary Jane Auld; costume, Bobbie
Powell.

Three 'Nominated
For May Queen

Mabel Stowe, Marjorie Wilson,
and Ann Hilsman are the seniors
who will compete for the role of
May Queen when the student body
puts the question to a vote in
chapel Friday, February 5, ac-
cording to Alice Clements, May
Day chairman, who reveals today
the results of last week's nomina-
tions. Alice says also that the en-
tire May Court will be chosen dur-
ing Friday's student meeting.

In addition to having already
been a member of May Court at
least once during her college ca-
reer, each of the three candidates
has taken part in a variety of
campus activities.

Mabel Stowe, of Belmont, North
Carolina, is a member of Glee
club, Blackfriars, and Cotillion
club. Marjorie Wilson, of Green-
ville, South Carolina, served in the
freshman and sophomore stunts,
on sophomore cabinet on the Sil-
houette staff, in May Day, and
is now president of Cotillion club.
Ann Hilsman, of Albany, Georgia,
member of May Court for the past
two years, was in the freshman
stunt, and is now a member of
both Golf and Cotillion clubs.

Bishop Moore to Talk
On Mastery of Christ

Speaking on the general subject
of the mastery of Christ over hu-
man life, Bishop Arthur J. Moore,
resident bishop of the Methodist
church for the Atlanta area, will
give a series of talks in chapel
during Religious Emphasis week,
February 9-13.

Bishop Moore also will lead dis-
cussion groups on Tuesday and
Friday night and Wednesday af-
ternoon at 5:30 p. m. He will also
hold conferences between chapel
and lunch time and will be on the
campus for lunch. Students may
sign in the dean's office for fif-
teen minute conferences.

H. R. KNICKERBOCKER

Knickerbocker
To Visit Emory

H. R. Knickerbocker, world-
famous journalist, will speak
Thursday, February 4, in Glenn
Memoral auditorium at Emory
University, on "With the United
States Armed Forces Around the
World." Mr. Knickerbocker, who
is being presented by the Emory
Student Lecture Association, has
been occupying a front seat at the
ringside of history on practically
all the battle fronts of the war.
This appearance was postponed
from February 1 because of de-
lay in his return from North Af-
rica.

The newspaper career of this
Pulitzer Prize winner began more
than twenty years ago. Since then
he has been in Russia, Ethiopia,
Spain, Palestine, and China. Hav-
ing been on every major front of
the war the noted newspaperman
has seen the United States armed
forces in every part of the globe
during the past year. In his lec-
ture he will emphasize the part
which these American men are
playing, and the scope of the task
ahead of them.

Miss Larew to Open
Two-Day Conference

Discussion Subjects to Include Labor,
Economy, Racial Minorities, War Jobs

Endeavoring to become better informed on some of the im-
portant problems of the United States in war time, the entire
college community will take part in a conference' the week-
end of February 26 and 27, on "College Women and the Chal-
lenge of the World Today."

As the opening feature of the conference, Miss Gillie A.
Larew, professor of mathematics [

and acting dean of Randolph-Ma
con College, will speak Friday
night, February 26, on the place
of the liberal arts college in a war-
torn world. She will point out the
value of retaining the liberal arts
college in a period characterized
by extreme specialization and will
discuss the opportunities of the
liberal arts college in shaping
lasting peace.

Similar Conference

Miss Larew participated in
similar conference held recently on
the Randolph - Macon campus
which was very successful accord
ing to Miss Susan P. Cobbs, as-
sistant professsor of Latin and
Greek, and former member of the
Randolph-Macon faculty.

Discussions centering around
the problems of war-time econ-
omy, labor relations, and racial
minorities will make up the Sat
urday morning program. For
some time both faculty and stu-
dents have felt a need to discuss
these timely problems, knowing
that everyone must form a re-
sponsible opinion about them
Realizing this, the Academic Coun-

Club to Resume Dances

Regular Wednesday afternoon
tea dances sponsored by Cotillion
club will begin again today in the
gym from 5:00 to 6:00. The five
cents admission will go to the Red
Cross drive.

Dr. J. R. McCain looks dejected after the Eta Sigma
Phi quiz. Quincy Mills, Robin Taylor, Martha Dale, Ruth

Lineback, Lib Jones, and Anne Paisley surround him.
(Journal photo. Story on page 2.)

cil, composed of the department
heads, has announced that there
will be no classes on this day, so
that each student and each mem-
ber of the faculty may take part
in all of the meetings.

Saturday afternoon's program
will include talks by qualified per-
sons, whose names will be an-
nounced later, on various types of
work open to women. Representa-
tives of the WAVES and WAACS
will speak, as well as authorities
on the subject of war industries
which employ women.

Climaxing the week-end confer-
ence, Miss Margaret Mead, asso-
ciate curator in the department of
anthropology of the American Mu-
seum of Natural History, will
speak to the college community
Saturday night, February 27, on
the subject "Laying the Founda-
tion for a Constructive Peace."
Her talk, sponsored by Lecture
Association in cooperation with
the faculty and student committee
planning the conference, will be
in Presser hall at 8:30 p. m.

Well-Knovvn Anthropologist

Miss Mead, who in private life is
Mrs. Gregory Bateson, has lived
among the native peoples in the
Pacific Islands where fighting is
going on at present and believes
that understanding of the cultures
of these primitive peoples can be
used for getting an understanding
of our own culture. One of the
best-known American social an-
thropologists, Miss Mead is the au-
thor of several books, And Keep
Your Powder Dry, Coming of Age
in Samoa, and Growing Up in New
Guinea.

Miss Emma May Laney, faculty
chairman of Lecture Association,
has announced that Miss Mead's
lecture is on the regular series, but
ihat since it is also the climax of
; he conference, all members of the
community will be admitted free
and each student season ticket
nay be used to admit one outside
guest.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Cotillion
club tea dance at 5:00 p. m.
in gym.

Thursday, Feb. 4 H. R. Knic-
kerbocker to lecture in
Glenn Memorial auditor-
ium.

Friday, Feb. 5 "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" at 4:00
p. m. in Presser hall.
Friday, Feb. 5 Sophomore
skating party at 8:30 p. m.
in gym.

Sunday, Feb. 7 Miss Laura
Sale to lead vespers at 6:45
p. m. in Maclean auditorium.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943

Juniors, Freshmen Expected
To Be Victorious Friday Night

Freshmen Give Juniors Second Defeat. 36-18;
Seniors Win Victory Over Sophomores, 34-27

By Mary Estill Martin

After discussing last week's basketball games with Miss
Wilburn, Alta Webster, and several players, I think the games
Friday night will be much better than usual they could not
be much worse. The undefeated seniors will meet the un-
defeated freshmen, after which the
juniors will play the sophomores.
Unless something unforeseen hap-
pens, the fresh-

M. E. MARTIN

men should win
a victory over
the seniors.
However, they
probably will
not walk away
with the game.
The senior for-
wards showed
much improve-
ment in the
game last Friday, when Raddy
Radford ran up a high score of
twenty points and Jean Moore
made several long shots. Although
the seniors have only one star
guard, Clara Rountree, they have
been able to hold the junior and
sophomore forwards rather suc-
cessfully.

Junior Team

Unless the junior team loses
some of its valuable players be-
fore Friday's bout, the juniors
should win over the sophomores. I
base my prediction on the fact
that the junior forwards have now
gained the experience they needed
and that their guards are effi-
cient.

The sophomores will be handi-
capped by the absence of Ruth
Gray. Ruth is going out of town
and that will leave the sophomores
without a single tall guard.
Last Week's Games

Both games last week were fast,
but they lacked the good sports-
manship and teamwork of the first
games of the season.

The junior-freshman game be-
gan wth a foul by the frosh. Vir-
ginia Tuggle scored for the jun-
iors on the free shot. In the first
quarter the junior guards failed
to click and the freshmen ran up
a score of 13 to the juniors' 4.
During the last half the junior
team showed more cooperation
and started scoring. At the end
of the game, they held the frosh
36 to 18.

Senior Victory

In a very close battle, the sen-

Students Needed
To Help entertain
Crippled Children

Page Lancaster requests that as
many students as possible volun-
teer to entertain the crippled chil-
dren at Scottish Rite hospital on
Saturday afternoons.

Several girls have been visiting
the hospital each week to read to
and play with the children, but
Tommy Huie. who, with Sally Sue
Howe, is head of the hospital
group, says that more girls, espe-
cially freshmen, are needed. Such
service is worthwhile not only for
the help and inspiration it offers,
but also as valuable training for
various fields of work, Tommy
says.

On Sundays a group of girls, un-
der the direction of Elise Tilgh-
man, go to the Chinese mission,
Elise hopes to bring the group of
ten Chinese boys and girls to the
campus for a party in the near fu-
ture.

Ryner (6)
Step'son (6)
Miller
McCain, M.
McCall

iors defeated their sister class 34
to 27. Although it was a close
game, neither team played good
basketball.

The line-ups were:
Freshmen (36) Juniors (18)
Johnson (9) C.F. Tuggle (7)
R.F. Harvard, J.
L.F. Harv'd, E. (4)
G. Douglas
G. Hill, G.

G. Walker, B.
Substitutions: freshmen, Mel-
chor (7), Richardson (4), Courte-
nay (2), Russell (2), Kelly, Kirt-
ley, Phelps, Trice; juniors, White
(2), Montgomery (5), Woolford,
Jacob.

Sophomores (27)
C.F. Moses (6)
Munroe (3)
Milam (4)
Carpenter
Gower
Manning
Substitutions: ' seniors, Weis-
mann (4), Hopper; sophomores,
Cumming, M. (14), Gray, R.

Seniors (34)

Moore, J. (8)
Radford (20) R.F.
Downie (2) L.F.
Rountree
Cumming, L.
Smith, C.

G.
G.
G.

Ensign Martha Dale to Be the Name;
That Is, If Math Does Not Intervene

By Mary Carr

"And be sure to get a linoleum
block for the personality sketch,"
is the familiar tune that Rebekah
Scott inmates hear weekly from
Martha Dale, editor of the Agnes
Scott News. But this is one week
she only thinks she knows who is
being carefully shadowed.

She leads the hectic life of the
typical harrassed editor. Until
the wee hours Martha burns the
midnight oil after she has re-
worked stories, checked headlines,
or carved out a cut for the
next issue, for although most of
her thoughts concern the News,
she has made honor roll every
year. Unlimited cuts come in
handy for Tuesday afternoons at
the printers and long hours read-
ing for honors in Spanish.

Glamorous Reporter

And her career all started when
she entered the try-outs for re-
porters, " . . because I thought it
sounded glamorous to be a re-
porter on the paper, although I'd
had no experience." But she was
also active as social chairman of
A. A.

Best all-round girl and vice-
president of student body at North
Fulton, Martha won two scholar-
ships but accepted the one to Ag-

Teachers Reveal Knowledge
Of Nursery Rhymes, Comics

By Betty Glenn

Every sort of question from songs and sarongs to the date
of Babylon's founding was asked the faculty "experts" at
the Eta Sigma Phi faculty quiz last Wednesday night in Mac-
lean auditorium.

Agnes Scott students discovered talents hitherto
dreamed of in their faculty. Who
wquld ever have suspected Dr.
Christian of being a connoisseur of
sarong, lurong, and the peek-a-boo
bob? Dr. Hayes proved by his
fluent quotation of "Little Bo
Peep" that his knowledge of Eng-
lish poetry is not confined to Mil-
ton and Shakespeare. And Mrs.
Sims just couldn't miss on ques-
tions about the funny papers!
Miles Standish

Prize revelation of the evening,
however, was that of Dr. Mc-
Cain's familiarity with the poetry
of Longfellow. When asked to in-
sert the correct name into the
song title, "I Came Here to Talk
for ," Dr. McCain unhesitat-
ingly replied, "Miles Standish."
And some say Longfellow wasn't
a great poet!

Several of the questions asked
were "dedicated" to certain mem-
bers of the board of experts. To
Mrs. Sims, for instance, fell the
task of answering such posers as

un-

"Quote the preamble to the Con-
stitution without more than three
mistakes," and "Who was the first
governor of Puerto Rico?" Along
Dr. Christian's line was the query
for the steam pressure of a loco-
motive. Dr. McCain took the hon-
ors in answering questions about
legal terms, while Dr. Hayes im-
mortalized a certain Elizabethan
lyric by his heartfelt rendition of
the line, "Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu'we,
to-wit-ta-woo!"

Opening Speech

A highlight of the program was
Dr. McCain's humorous filibuster,
in which he designated himself as
a foil to set off the brilliance of
the other experts, adding that
questions would be missed through
patriotism, since a war stamp was
the prize for those whose entries
stumped the experts.

Anne Paisley, treasurer of Eta
Sigma Phi, did the quizzing. She
stated that the program netted
about $25 for the Red Cross.

ACNES 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

nes Scott. Still full of enthusiasm
and energy upon entering college,
she also accepted the leadership of
a Brownie pack in Atlanta, since
she herself was a golden eaglet
and had been a councilor at Girl
Scout Camp Civitania.

Somehow she found time to play
hockey and basketball, to make the
swimming team, and to serve as
freshman A. A. board member. No
wonder she was selected for Mor-
tar Board and for Who's Who.

Foetal Pigs

When she was a freshman,
rooming with Betty Bates, she

Drawn and Cut by Pobal Crane.

brought foetal pigs from biology
lab and chased Hester Chafin and
several other freshmen all over
Inman.

Her good humor and cheerful

grin are never erased even when
she stumbles over furniture newly
positioned by a zealous roommate.

Her rare week-ends at home
in Atlanta are spent in rifle prac-
tice and in using up film on her
dog, Checko. And then, too, she
belongs to a Spanish club in town,
as if she didn't attend enough
"tertulias" here.

Ensign Dale

She hopes to benefit from her
major in Spanish when she joins
the WAVES in June and goes to
Smith College for training to be-
come Ensign Dale. After holding
a civil service position as sten-
ographer last summer, Martha be-
lieves that working for Uncle
Sam will be fun. But just recently
she discovered math was included
on the WAVES entrance examina-
tion. Since Martha and math have
been strangers since she was a
junior in high school, she is spend-
ing the twenty-fifth hour of every
day boning up on x plus y.

Advanced First Aid
To Be Offered Soon

Miss Eugenia Symms, of the
registrar's office, will begin in the
near future to teach an advanced
course in first aid, the dean's of-
fice announced recently.

Faculty members and students
wishing to take the course should
sign on the back bulletin board in
Buttrick as soon as possible, so
that hours for the class can be
arranged. No scholastic credit will
be given for this ten-hour course.

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Page 3

Martha Arnold Helps Create
Good Understanding in Lab

By Kathie Hill

The House twins have mixed up some one again. One of
them was flying down the hall in Buttrick. As she whizzed
by a freshman standing at the bulletin board, the twin said,
"Hey, if you see someone that looks just like me tell her that
someone that looks just like her has gone down to the mail-
room." The freshman just stood

KATHRYN HILL

there a minute, shook her head
dazedly and went on out the door.

You can't twin.

Martha A r -
nold has origi-
nated a "joke"
that has worn
the biology de-
partment down
to a mere
chromozone, but
perhaps you
haven't heard it.
One day as she
was studying a worm, which crea-
ture (as you doubtless know, after
all these rainy days we have been
having) has no legs, Martha came
forth with, "Aha! This worm has
no understanding." Everyone sort
of gulped and then mentally pat-
ted Martha on the head and went
on working. Then one day they
were studying spiders in biology
lab and Martha came forth with:
"Aha! This spider has a good un-
derstanding." You know ... no
legs no understanding . . . lots of
legs good understanding.

Shirtainly Not
Way back in 1941, one of Bobbie
Powell's dearest friends borrowed
a shirt from her. The "friend"
finally brought the shirt back and
was apologizing for having kept
it so long. "Oh, Bobbie," she bur-
bled, "I am so sorry that I didn't
bring your shirt back sooner.
Please forgive me!" "Oh that's all
right," said Bobbie, in her most
cordial tone, "I never wear it any-
way."

A Three- Scene Play
Last Saturday a young man was
out here having a date in one of
the date parlors. A more unob-
trusive young man could hardly be
found. Suddenly the door to the
date parlor was thrown wide (thus
breaking a sacred Agnes Scott tra-
dition). There on the threshold
stood a freshman. Eyes dilated,
trembling in every limb, a ner-
vous smile hovering about her lips,
she gasped "Please, can I have
your tie, huh, please?" As she
spoke she glanced nervously over
her shoulder. The young man was
so flabbergasted he took off his
tie and gave it to her without a

Each Class to Present
Skate Skit in Contest
To Benefit Red Cross

Best skaters will "strut their
stuff" at the gym Friday night at
8:30 o'clock for the interclass
skating contest, feature of the
skating party which the sopho-
mores are giving to benefit the
Red Cross.

Each class will enter one couple
and one solo performer in comic
skits. Mary Jane Auld and Betty
Bates will star for the seniors,
while Bunny Gray, Marjorie Tip-
pins, and Claire Bedinger will hold
forth for the juniors. Freshman
entries are Scottie Johnson and
Peggy Kelly. Molly Milam, Jeanne
Newton, and Mary Cumming are
to compete for the sophomores.
Two additional attractions will be
a comedy number by Emily Hig-
gins and Ann Webb, and a hula-
hula dance on skates by Barbara
Frink. Prizes will be awarded to
the best performers.

murmur.

Scene two: The big date parlor
was full Saturday night with pat-
riotic young people who preferred
to play checkers or bridge than to
ride ( ? ) , when the room was
plunged into darkness and a shad-
owy form glided out of the room.
Suddenly, a shriek was heard in
the hall, "It's only a number 60."
The shadowy form glided back into
the room and suddenly there was
light.

Scene three: Mr. Jones was
calmly reading a magazine in the
maid's office when all at once his
magazine was grabbed away and
a page torn out, while a voice
hissed into his trembling ear,
"What's your middle name?"

The explanation for all these
queer goings-on lies buried in Mur-
phey Candler building. It seems
that there, Saturday night, the
freshmen gave a party and the
height of the evening was
reached when the scavenger hunt
started. The freshmen were to
get, among other things, a man's
tie, a forty-watt bulb, and a pic-
ture of a black cat, and they were
to find out Mr. Jones' middle
name. That's only half of the
things those girls looked for and
only a few of the shocks they gave
during the evening. One girl even
went to Dr. McCain's office and
got his tie, and when Mildred Mc-
Cain went to get her own father's
tie he had to tell her, "Sorry, Mil-
dred, I'm all tied up. Cravat one
over there on Mr. Tart."

Pat Patterson Speaks
At Freshman Cabinet

Pat Patterson gave freshman
cabinet a good start this quarter,
with her discussion January 25
on "A Faith of Your Own."

For a theme the group has sel-
ected "I can do all things through
Christ, who strengtheneth me,"
Philippians 4:14.

One of the biggest plans of
freshman cabinet for this quarter
is a recital of freshman talent, in-
cluding solos, anthems, and read-
ings. Other plans are a joint
meeting with the Emory Christian
Association freshmen, one with
sophomore cabinet, and the study
of a book for four meetings. They
will hold a retreat at the end of
the year.

Last quarter, freshman cabinet
sponsored the Thanksgiving serv-
ice, a Christmas carol service, and
a drive to sell tuberculosis seals.

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AGNES SCOTT

Miss Mell Writes
On "Po' Whites"

Saturday Review of Literature's
Old South issue of January 23,
1943, contained an article on "The
Southern Poor White Myth,
Symbol, and Reality of a Nation,"
written by Miss Mildred Mell, pro-
fessor of economics and sociology.

Miss Mell, who is at present
working on a book which will dis-
cuss the poor white of the Old
South sociologically, prepared her
article at the request of the joint
editors of the Saturday Review,
Virginius Dabney, editor of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch, and
Howard W. Odum, editor of So-
cial Forces.

In her article, Miss Mell traces
the story of the lower level of
people in the South, as it is re-
vealed through literature, and dis-
cusses the facts which have caused
the tradition of the "po' whites" to
spring up. She approaches the
problem of these people not only
from the view of literature, but
also from the sociological stand-
point; she also discusses the forces
which tended to produce this
group.

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The Emory Delta Tau Delta formal came off Friday night
at the little auditorium, which was effectively decorated with
iris and white crepe paper. A giant iris stood on each side of
the stage where the Aces were giving out the jive, and flowers
adorned the walls of the room. Maud Van Dyke was there
wearing a dress made with a du- [

bonet velvet top, and a billowy
white net skirt. Virginia Carter
looked stunning
in a white satin
and net dress.
Others present

Special Exhibit
To Offer Tips
For Librarians

Library work, the first of a
series of vocations to be shown
under the sponsorship of Mortar
Board, will comprise a special ex-
hibit in the library this week, an-
nounces Miss Edna Ruth Hanley,
librarian.

A $200 scholarship for prospec-
tive librarians, as well as exam-
ples of specialized jobs in medical
and college libraries and newspa-
per morgues, will be featured.
Posters showing various phases of
the work and lists of pertinent ar-
ticles will be displayed on a bull-
etin board.

Nursing and medical careers for
women, as well as opportunities in
the social sciences and in other
fields, will be shown in succeeding
weeks so that students may have a
knowledge of as many different
vocations as possible to help in
choosing their life work.

Troupe to Dramatize
Kate Wiggins' Story

Kate Douglas Wiggins' Rebecca
of Sunnybrook Farm will be pre-
sented by the Clare Tree Major
children's theatre as the second in
a series of three plays, Friday aft-
ernoon, February 5, at 4:00
o'clock, in Presser hall. Both
adults and children are invited,
and admission is 50 cents.

Decatur Theatre

February 3-4 "Seven Sweethearts," Marsha
Hunt, Van Heflin.

February 5-6 "Joan of Ozarks," Joe E.
Brown, and "Moonlight Masquerade,"
Dennis O'Keefe.

February 10 "One of Our Aircraft Is Miss-
ing," Godfrey Tearie.

DeKalb Theatre

February 3 "All Through the Night,"
Humphrey Bogart, Kareen Verne.

February 4-5 "Panama Hattie," Red Skel-
ton, Ann Sothern.

February 6 "Arizona Stage Coach," "Offi-
cer and the Lady."

February 8-9 "Orchestra Wives," Ann
Rutherford, George Montgomery.

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White Lace Dresses
Last week Polly Drinnon and
Betty Ann Tuttle (who is now Chi
Omega at the University of Tenn-
essee), were bridesmaids in a wed-
ding that took place in Morris-
town, Tennessee. According to ac-
counts given, the wedding was a
lovely affair. Polly and "Tuttle"
wore white lace dresses, and halos
of white lace with red carnations
in their hair. They carried white
lace muffs, and wore wrist cor-
sages of red carnations.

Seen at the Rainbow Roof over
the week-end were Mary Helen
Hurt, Martha Baker, and Eleanor
Davis. Marjorie Cole was there
Monday night, while dining at the
Paradise Room Thursday night
was Quincy Mills.

Out-of-Town

Mary Ann Cochran left Friday
to attend the Scabbard and Blade
dances at Wofford College, Spar-
tanburg, South Carolina. Pat Per-
ry spent the week-end in Char-
lotte, North Carolina, visiting "K.
W." Wilkinson. Two events which
occurred last week-end were Bet-
ty Manning's visit to Auburn, and
Ruth Doggett's trip to Washing-
ton and Lee. Also, Marjorie Cole
attended the sophomore dances at
Milledgeville.

At the Tech-Auburn basketball
game Saturday night (Tech won)
were Barbara Connally, Leona

Leavitt, June Reynolds, and Ann
Flowers.

Freshman Party

Hats off to the freshman class
for the entertainment and super-
successful party they threw Sat-
urday night!! You really know
how to give, Freshmen! Uncle Sam
needs ya . . .!

Many girls went home for last
week-end. Quincy Mills took a
trip to Acworth; Camilla Moore,
to Roswell; and Anabel Bleckley,
to Clayton. Betty Sullivan visited
her home, in Anderson, South
Carolina.

McCain's Son to Wed
Miss Eleanor Brown

Officer Candidate Paul Moffatt
McCain, son of Dr. J. R. McCain,
president of Agnes Scott, will be
married to Miss Eleanor Brown, of
Troutman, North Carolina, on
February 3, in the Troutman Pres-
byterian church. Dr. McCain will
serve as best man, and Mildred
McCain, sister of the groom and
freshman at Agnes Scott, will be
a bridesmaid.

As a small boy, Mr. McCain was
mascot for the class of 1924, of
which Miss Carrie Scandrett, dean
of women, was a member. Both
bride and groom attended Erskine
College, at Due West, North Caro-
lina. On February 6, Mr. McCain
will be commissioned second lieu-
tenant in the ordinance division of
the army.

Eddy Unable to Appear

Dr. Sherwood Eddy, noted lec-
turer originally scheduled to ad-
dress the International Relations
club this afternoon, is unable to
come.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943

Not This

But This

Roosevelt and Churchill Meet in Africa
To Agree on Unconditional Surrender

High British, American Officers Confer in Algiers
To Plan Coordinated Attack to Drive Out Nazis

By Tess Carlos

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

Here It Is A Word-to-the-Wi'se

Here it is the promised word-to-the-
wise (we hope) about going to chapel.

In the dense fog surrounding an as-
sistant editor trying to imitate the edi-
tor, two very clear reasons loom out why
everyone should go to chapel every single
day during Religious Emphasis week.

What a shock it would be to Bishop
Moore to find the auditorium scantily
filled when he talked. As he looked
around to seek out the scattered stu-
dents, slumping in their too-comfortable
seats as they read the hometown paper,
his heart would sink. How impolite
among other things would he think us
if we did not make him feel welcome
after he had made the effort to come.
Doubtless, he would consider us very
crude, as well, if we are late.

It is very important that we all go,
go on time, and sit near the front, to
form an inspiration for him. Let's do
away with knitting even of eye-
brows, with newspaper reading, with
cramming for the next class, and
with other pleasant diversions often in-
dulged in at this time.

Aside from being hospitable to a guest
speaker, each student owes it to herself
to take advantage of this opportunity to
find out what religion the kind of reli-
gion where God is worshipped instead of
popularity <>r extracurricular activities
really can mean. For most of us, reli-
gion is something that we adopt for an
hour or so on Sunday morning or for a
split second between bells ;it meal time.
Now, more than ever, we need for it to
play a big part in our lives.

From a little meditation over the Bi-
ble reading and a quiet moment of sil-
ent prayer, we could communicate with
God and receive encouragement from
Him to do our best at whatever we at-
tempt and to trust that we will have "a
happy issue out of all our afflictions."

Though we worry and fuss about hard
assignments, time changes, rainy weath-
er and the resulting droopy hair, tin
can smashing, no pleasure riding, few
men to ride or walk, and less meat
and coffee, we seldom bother to confide
in God and thus to receive the comfort
that a brief chat with Him can give.
Drawing nearer to God can make us so
much happier than most of us seem to-
day. Chapel period affords us a chance
for this daily.

Time for New Year's resolutions is
lOQg past. New Year's resolutions are
seldom kept, anyway. Resolutions that

are made from a conviction that we will
receive a definite profit to our very own
selves are more likely to be upheld.
Such a one as this is the resolution of
each member of the student body not to
miss a single one of Bishop Moore's
talks.

By forming the 11:00 habit next week,
we can strive to maintain it and to
make it as much a tradition of Agnes
Scott as the 11:25 bookstore habit has
become. How 'bout it? (Q. M. M.)

For ten days they met in a white villa
with a curtain of protesting planes
above them. They met and formulated
an agreement which their army and
navy leaders are still working on. The
Casablanca declaration came out of this
parley to thwart Hitler's peace offen-
sive. The agreement
states that the United
pF^m| Nations will be satis-
fied with nothing
short of the uncondi-
tional surrender of
Germany, Italy, and
Japan.

The two comman-
ders - in - chief, Presi-
dent Roosevelt and
Prime Minister
tess carlos Churchill, flew to the
conference, and left after ten days. It
may be termed a success with certain
specific disappointments. The absence
of Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek made this
again a predominantly western gather-
ing. Also, no complete agreement was
reached between Generals Giraud and
de Gaulle.

But in Algiers, British and American
officials, Lieutenant General Eisen-
hower, American commander of African
forces; General Marshall, American
chief of staff; Admiral King, American
naval commander; and General Alexan-
der, British commander for the Middle
East; are still meeting to complete the
strategy for a series of blows against
the Axis. It is expected that they are

Betty Pegram Gathers Campus Quotes on

War Marriages To Leap or Wait?

Quincy Mills served as editor for
this week's issue of the Agnes Scott
News, while Madeline Hosmrr took
over the job of managing editor.

Bull-sessions have turned more and
more to the subject of war marriages
yes or no in the few days following the
talk by the psychologist, Mrs. Grace
Sloan Overton, at Emory, on "Court-
ship in Wartime," and the Pi Alpha Phi
debate Friday on the subject. Most Hot-
tentots are interested in the marriage
idea at any rate war or no war. Here
are a few samples of the talk around
campus :

Emily Anderson '43.

I think a good question to ask is
"Would this marriage have taken place
had there been no war, or is it taking
place because of the war?" Each case
is different and it is entirely up to the
individuals involved. For people are
hesitant to give advice in these times,
and still more hesitant to take it.
Margaret Downie '43.

I think that marriage during the war
depends entirely on the individual. I do
believe, however, that
so many people who
marry now do so be-
cause of the abnormal
times and do not take
into consideration the
social and economic
aspects of marriage."
Mary Frances Car-
ter '44.

I heartily disap-
prove of "pop-up" war
marriages when the acquaintance has
been a short one and the family back-
grounds are unknown. However, for
those who have had that certain under-
standing that they would tread the
orange blossom trail in the future. I
would say that marriage wouldn't be
the wrong step if financial conditions
are favorable.

Sara Milford '45.

I don't think a girl should rush into
marriage just because "he" is going to
be sent across. Many things can happen
during a war. More than ever before
one should be sure one's decision is

BETTY PEGRAM

practical.

Squee Woolford '44.

I definitely approve of war marriages
if the individuals concerned have known
each other for a reasonable length of
time. In spite of the fact that a girl
doesn't marry a boy's family, it is cer-
tainly a good plan to know them before
you take on their name.
Jean Moore '43.

Remember this when you make your
safe and selfish little decision, you have
the rest of your life to spend regretting
it.

Elizabeth Harvard '44.

I think war marriages are perfectly
all right if the persons involved have
a sufficient admiration, respect, and un-
derstanding so that they can face the
problems that present themselves. If a
man should return a cripple, it would
be up to the wife to persuade him that
caring for him is a privilege and not a
burden.

Polly Lyndon '43.

The question of war marriages really
depends upon the individuals concerned
their age, temperament, character,
ambition, and mutual respect for each
other. However, there should be no mar-
riage (especially in war time) when the
couple has known each other only for a
few weeks or months. War marriages
are suitable in some instances and very
wrong in others the individuals have to
decide for themselves.
Margaret te Wilson '46.

I think if two people are really in
love and are sure of it and will be to-
gether more than a week or two, it is
all right. If they haven't known each
other long, however, they should wait
until the war is over.
Martha Ann Smith '43.

If you know you are really in love, go
ahead and get married, war or no war.
The trouble about deciding whether war
marriages are right or not is that each
case is different and depends upon the
two people.

planning a coordinated attack to drive
Rommel from North Africa.

General Discharged

The lunge toward Stalingrad had been
devised under his personal supervision.
The fact that winter was closing in did
not deter him. Now as the Russian
armies roll ever onward toward Kursk,
Maikop, and Rostov, Adolph Hitler, gen-
eral extraordinaire and erstwhile dicta-
tor of Germany, has abandoned his at-
tempts to direct the war. The German
General Staff is again in control in Rus-
sia. And it is reliably reported that they
are planning a retreat down the whole
Russian line so that the mighty bulge
in the south toward Stalingrad will
recede to a line based on Kursk, and
Kharkov with its southern end on
Sevastopol in the Crimea.

A Coming Battle

While General MacArthur's forces in
New Guinea are completing the expul-
sion of the Japanese from eastern New
Guinea, and while on the Solomon Is-
lands the army which relieved the Mar-
ines last week is narrowing the area
held by the Japanese, the Japs are again
concentrating vast numbers of ships and
troops preparatory to a new move. The
Australians fear an attack upon their
sparsely settled northern coast whence
the Japanese can direct air attacks
upon the central areas of population.
Thus far, there are only rumors of
movement. The Japanese will show their
hand when they are ready.

Bombs Over Germany

In a cycle of day and night raids both
the R. A. F. and the U. S. air forces are
pounding Germany's industrial centers.
Already the American air forces have
carried out attacks on Wilhelmshaven,.
an important Nazi naval base, and on
Emden. The British have concentrated
on Dusseldorf, the center of transport
and heavy industry in northwestern
Germany. Together they are hitting
nightly at Sicily and Rome.

The Hovering Dove

The removal of the Chinese military
mission from Washington and the in-
ability of Chiang Kai-shek to attend
the conference of Casablanca has been
the cause, or so it seems, of a newly
reported Japanese peace offensive aimed
at getting China and India out of the'
war and in the fight to free Asia from
the domination of the white race.

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Vol. XXVIII Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Wednesday, February 10, 1943 No. 13

Dr. Pdsey to Head
History Department

Professor From Birmingham-Southern
To Take Place of Dr. Phillip Pavidson

Dr. Walter B. Posey, now head of the department of history
at Birmingham-Southern College, will come to Agnes Scott
next September as professor of history to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of Dr. Philip G. Davidson, according to
an announcement by Dr. J. R. McCain, president.

Dr. Posey is a graduate of the University of Chicago, having
received his Ph.D. there in 1923.
He holds an Ll.B. from Cumber-
land University, and an M.A. and
a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt. Since
1925 he has taught at Birming-
ham-Southern, where he served as
exchange professor to the Univer-
sity of Hawaii in 1939-40. He is
a Phi Beta Kappa and an O. D. K.,
and is 42 years old.

In 1926 he married Miss Mar-
garet Grisham, and they have one
daughter, Margaret Blithe. He is
an active churchman, having writ-
ten several books on the develop-
ment of the Methodist church.

The new professor is a member
of the Southern Historical Society,
the American Historical Society,
and the Mississippi Valley Histori-
cal Society, and serves on execu-
tive committees in two of these.

According to Dr. McCain, Dr.
Posey will be on the campus for
a short stay in April to confer
with those girls who are selecting
majors at that time. His regular
service will begin the fall quarter
of 1943.

Because the resignation of Dr.
Davidson in 1942 came after he
had already been granted a leave
of absence for the year 1942-43,
his plans for the department for
this year have been carried out
with the assistance of Mrs. Roff
Sims, of the Agnes Scott faculty,
and Dr. Harvey Young and Dr.
Bingham Duncan, of the Emory
University faculty.

Miss Steele in Hospital
After Fall From Horse

Miss Laura Steele, secretary to
the president of the college, is in
St. Joseph's hospital for treatment
of a back injury which she re-
ceived last November in a fall
from a horse. Although she will
be able to leave the hospital soon,
it is not known when she will be
able to resume her work at Agnes
Scott.

RED CROSS DRIVE

Agnes Scott News $ 5.00

Anonymous 2.00

Athletic association .... 12.11

Cotillion club 1.40

Eta Sigma Phi 25.00

Faculty 4.01

Freshman class 26.01

Junior class 80.00

Outing club 1.50

Personal contributions. . 13.50

Senior class 2.22

Sophomore class 60.43

War Council 8.85

Total $242.03

Federal Union
To Be Debated

Tomorrow night at Pi Alpha
Phi meeting, Ann Jacob and
Pat Evans, affirmative, and Sylvia
Mogul and Pobai Crane, nega-
tive, will debate the issue,
"Resolved: The United Nations
should establish a permanent fed-
eral union with the power to reg-
ulate commerce, maintain police
force, settle international dis-
putes, enforce such settlements,
and permit the entrance of other
nations into the union if they ac-
cept its principles." J

This is the question for the
Grand-Eastern Debate Tourna-
ment, which will be held April
7-10, in Charlotte, North Caro-
lina. On February 10, tryouts will
be held to determine the team to
represent Agnes Scott there.

Ruth Kolthoff and Elaine Kun-
iansky, affirmative, defeated Liz
Carpenter and Jean Hood, nega-
tive, at the January 28 meeting,
on the question "Resolved:
Women's colleges should institute
courses to train women to replace
men who have been drafted."

Double Cut Forum
To Be February 18

On Thursday, February 4, in an
open forum conducted by Clara
Rountree, vice-president of Stu-
dent Government, it was proposed
that a petition be sent to the fac-
ulty asking for permission to
have the double cut system before
and after school holidays. Amend-
ments suggested are to be
discussed in chapel on Febru-
ary 18, when Student Government
will hold a second and concluding
open forum on the subject of dou-
ble cuts.

In accordance with the sugges-
tion that the systems of other col-
leges be investigated and reported
on to the student body, Clare Bed-
inger summarized the results of
this correspondence. Most of the
colleges objected to the giving of
double cuts before and after holi-
days because of the confusion cre-
ated by students coming in at var-
ious times. Cutting before and
after a holiday in these colleges
carried with it penalties ranging
from a five-dollar fine to tempor-
ary suspension.

Agnes Scott Receives
$40,000 Endowment

President J. R. McCain this
week announced that the college
has received a $40,000 financial
endowment the George C. Wal-
ters fufid established by Mrs.
George C. Walters. This fund will
be used to aid worthy girls in se-
curing an education. Mrs. Wal-
ters, the former Miss Frances
Winship, is an alumna and a trus-
tee of Agnes Scott.

Mrs. Walters gave the college a
$5,000 scholarship fund also in
memory of her husband, which has
been used for scholarship aid.

Make way for the queen! Mabel Stowe, of Belmont,
North Carolina, was chosen by the student body last week
to preside at this year's May Day festival. The members of
her court, already voted on, will be announced later.

Methodists Plan
Conference Soon

Dr. Albert Outler, a member of
the faculty of the Divinity School
of Duke University, will be the
main speaker at the Georgia
Methodist Student Conference to
be held at G. S. C. W- the week-
end of February 19. The theme
of the conference is "For the Liv-
ing of These Days." The confer-
ence will last from Friday, 4 p. m.,
until Sunday afternoon.

Students interested in going on
the special bus should see Helen
Smith.

Governor Arnall, Confident in Youth,
Advocates Vote for 18-Year-Olds

ELLIS ARNALL

Reiterating his faith in the
young people of today, newly-
elected Governor Ellis Arnall stat-
ed, in a letter to Madeline Hos-
mer, assistant editor of the News,
that he is definitely in favor of the
proposal to lower the minimum
voting age to 18, and "will ask the
General Assembly to propose to
the people of the state of Georgia
a constitutional amendment
which will make this possible."

Arnall declared that he is not
favoring the proposed amendment
"just because of the war angle
involved," but because he has gen-
uine "confidence in the intelli-
gence, judgment, and fairness of
our young people." On previous
occasions, however, Governor Ar-
nall has stated his belief that if
the young people of this nation are
"old enough to fight for us in this
time of national emergency, they
are certainly old enough to vote
for us on any and all issues."

The governor predicted that the
legislation would be "the liveliest
issue of this session of the assem-
bly."

Chairman W. A. Foster, Jr.,
from Dallas, Georgia, of the com-

mittee on constitutional amend-
ments, said that he hoped the bill
would come before the house to-
day when the committee is sched-
uled to take final action on the
proposal which requires ratifica-
tion as a constitutional amend-
ment.

State officials predict a speedy
and favorable action, due to the
sentiment prevalent among the
members of the Assembly to give
the young people of Georgia a
voice in their government. If this
amendment is ratified, Georgia will
be the first state to enact such a
law.

Throughout his campaign of last
summer, Governor Arnall stressed
his faith in the youth of Georgia,
placing upon their shoulders the
responsibility of helping to restore
democracy to this state. It is gen-
erally believed that the Governor's
victory at the polls in September
was due, in no small measure, to
the support of these young people,
who, through their Student Poli-
tical League, expressed their in-
terest and concern about the af-
fairs of this state.

Total of WSSF
Drive Revealed

Campaign Successful
With $425 Collected

"Although we didn't reach our
goal, we consider the campaign
highly successful,". Virginia Tug-
gle, chairman of the student com-
mittee in charge of the World Stu-
dent Service Fund campaign on
the campus, said Friday. Agnes
Scott will contribute $425.23 to-
ward the $300,000 national goaL

In addition to the individual
contributions there were several
made by campus organizations, in-
cluding Christian Association, Ath-
letic Association, Student Govern-
ment, Eta Sigma Phi, Internation-
al Relations Club, and the fresh-
man, sophomore, and junior
classes.

Chorus to Present
Program in Conley

The special chorus, under the
direction of Mr. Lewis Johnson,
will sing on three occasions dur-
ing the week of February 8-13*.
On Monday, February 8, a sextet
will entertain the young married!
class of the Decatur Methodist
Church, while on Tuesday night,
another sextet will sing for the
Decatur Lions Club at the Can-
dler hotel. On Thursday night the
entire chorus will sing at Conley
Georgia.

The selections will be taken
from familiar light operas and ne-
gro folk songs, including "Only a
Rose," "The Sleigh," "The Italian
Street Song," "Indian Love Call,"
"My Curly Headed Baby."

Coming This Week

Wednesday, Feb. 10-Saturday,.
Feb. 13 Religious Empha-
sis week talks by Bishop
Arthur Moore, 10:45 a. m. in
Gaines chapel.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1943

Plot for Blackmailing Faculty
To Aid Red Cross Campaign

By Kathie Hill

You know, everyone on the campus is doing something for
the Red Cross: That snazzy Saturday session of skating spon-
sored solely by sophomores; the Faculty Revue which is to
come on March 8th admission 35 cents; the News presenta-
tion of movies, and many other activities have been given for
the benefit of the Red Cross. So '

KATHRYN HILL

I have bethought myself of a way
in which I too can earn money for
the Red Cross.

You see, there is a group of
lady faculty members on the
campus who in-
quired in and
thus acquired
from Atlanta
someone to di-
rect them in a
calisthen-
i c s campaign.
Two afternoons
a week, in
Bucher Scott,
our faculty
gather to tone up for the duration.
It is not a reduction center they
have opened. Reducing exercises
don't enter into it at all. You
might call it a distribution center
where avwar doopaws is distribut-
ed widely I mean wisely. As Miss
Leyburn puts it, "These exercises
locate the obscure muscles."

Now, this is the point: I have
gathered sufficient data on the
subject from hilarious and sundry
sources to write a sketch on each
individual in the class. Now to the
faculty I make this proposition:
If, by Saturday, every member of
the Calisthenics Club will place
one thin dime into the box that
is in the mail room, I will never
again mention this subject, and
will defend it to the death against
anyone who attempts to joke
about it. But if I have to report
to the Red Cross that the box was
empty, then slowly and mercilessly
I will have to tell all I know about
the class and its members.

Next week I will tell the amount
collected and print a copy of the
letter the Red Cross will write in
appreciation of the huge sum that
will be submitted. (?) This is be-
ing written in all good faith and..

it is for a good cause so

Home Sweet Home
Anabel Bleckley was so excited
about going home last week that
she decided to leave on the six
forty-five a. m. bus. Rushing
downstairs she tried hard to per-
suade the unwilling driver to get
her bags. He looked at her in a
queer way but she was in such a
hurry and was trying so hard to
keep from waking the whole dor-
mitory that she didn't say any-
thing.

Finally, as they were in the
taxi, he turned to her and
with pleading eyes said, "Lady,
please don't do this. I have a wife
and little boy and if you do this I
will lose my job."

Of course, Anabel nearly fell
into the gas tank but she recov-
ered enough to ask the man, who
was just about in tears, what in
the world he was talking about.
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away from school. You wouldn't
get up this early in the morning
and try so hard to keep quiet if
you weren't going to run away."

Oddities in the News

Did you know:

That Mardia Hopper was so ex-
cited about her ring the other day
(for which you cannot blame her)
that on her way out of the library
she was so busy showing her ring
to people that she stepped right
smack into a wastebasket and
nearly walked out of the library
with it on her foot. Love sure is
blind, and Mardia certainly put
her foot into it.

That there is a certain member
of the administration who sprays
perfume on all the phones because
she doesn't like the way the
phones smell. She thinks, I guess,
that it will affect the conversa-
tions of people using the phone, so
that they will be sweet and tender.

That Raddy was in the midst of
a bridge game when the bell rang
for her next class and she reluc-
tantly put her cards away. Then
she gathered her books and she
and her fellow bridge players went
over to Buttrick. While she was
waiting for class to begin she said,
"Oh how I wish I were back in
the room playing bridge." Who
should walk in the room but Miss
Mell, who smiled but didn't say
anything. Raddy wasn't sure she
had heard her and she worried the
whole period for fear that she had.
But Miss Mell put an end to her
fears. After the class was over,
she said, "Now, MISS Radford,
you may go back to your bridge
game." She's a card, isn't she?

Egg "Yolk"

That Dr. Runyon's wife always
makes his. lunch for him and he
carries it to school? Well, she
does, and one day, after she had
made it and put it on the table
in the kitchen, she put an egg
down on the table by his lunch
bag. Dr. Runyon came dashing in
on his way to school and, seeing
the egg, thought that it was a
hard-boiled one, and picked it up
along with his lunch. He got to
the science building and put his
lunch away till vittle-time. After
a hard day's work, he went into
his office and drew out his lunch
and his egg. He split open the
lunch bag and then blithely split
open the egg which followed the
law of leakalution and dripped all
over the office, Dr. Runyon, and
his lunch. As Yoli would say,
"That's a yolk."

Frances Kaiser Can "Cook With Gas"
And Whip Up Short Notice Sketches

By Mary Carr

"The spaghetti won't get done
in time . . ." wailed the Agnes
Scott News staff, hostesses to the
retiring staff last spring. But
Franny came to the rescue with
the brilliant idea of preparing the
food in the science hall. Franny
began "cooking with gas" . . . but
literally.

But that's typical of Frances
Kaiser, managing editor of the
News, secretary of Mortar Board,
and included in Who's Who. Quiet,
modest, capable, she always comes
in on the beam to straighten out
the troubles of lesser mortals.
Supplies All Needs

At the last minute on Monday
night, the inevitable lament in the
News room is "We need an illus-
tration for this . . . Franny . . .
can you . . ?" And Frannie always
can.

Last year Mardi Gras needed
slides to flash on the wall for
group singing. Franny was button-
holed. Result: lots of slides with
original illustrations which were
used again ,at Mortar Board par-
ties. No wonder this artistic lass
belongs to Pen and Brush.

On the Cuff

From West Point came a birth-
day card in September written on
a starched evening cuff. Franny
can, however, answer in like man-
ner with her nonsense jingles. But
she is always so busy doing some-
thing for some one else that she
rarely has time to indulge in loaf-

ing or writing her typical letters
of five to ten pages.

Her unlimited cuts for being on
honor roll came in handy just be-
fore Christmas when, - falling vie-

Bishop Opens
Religious Week

Yesterday in chapel Bishop Ar-
thur J. Moore, of the Atlanta area
of the Methodist church, gave his
first talk of the Religious Em-
phasis week series on "The Mas-
tery of Christ."

Bishop Moore gave as his pur-
pose showing that man's supreme
need is to be brought under the
Absolute mastery of Christ. "In my
talks I want to do three things,"
he continued, "expand our in-
terpretation of what faith in
Christ means, help us recapture
the flame of Christianity, and
trace the responsibility of
Christianity as it faces the world."

The bishop said that man needs
not a moral system or ethical
code but a divine person
who can answer the long-
ing within his soul. "Jesus is not
just a teacher of ethics," he said,
"but He is the teacher. If we
skeptically go away from Him
to something else, we are leav-
ing God's best for what is less
than the best."

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tim to pneumonia, she had to be
out of classes for weeks.

Two things Franny dislikes in-
tensely are street cars and being
teased about her curly, red hair,
especially when she remembers be-
coming so blistered the first day
at Ttybee Beach that she had to

Each Student Urged
To Have Blood Typed

Nancy Hirsh, chairman of War
Council, encourages each student
to have her blood typed. This is,
however, purely voluntary. As it
is impossible to bring the neces-
sary sterile equipment to the cam-
pus, students are asked to have
their blood typed at the Academy
of Medicine, West Peachtree
street (near the Biltmore), on
Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays,
between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m.

The purpose is not to obtain
blood donations but to classify
blood types in case plasma is need-
ed for a transfusion. The blood type
of each person will be kept on
record in several hospitals.

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One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

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spend her vacation playing gin
rummy.

Suspicious Character

To eliminate the street car ride,
her father often comes to campus
to take her home. Once last fall
she was still bysy when he came,
so Mr. Kaiser hunted for his lost
daughter until someone called Mr.
Jones to investigate the "suspic-
ious character wandering over the
campus after dark." After an in-
vestigation, he was released to
the relief of the News staff.

While going to Druid Hills high
school, where she was valedictor-
ian, Franny wrote a weekly book
column for the DeKalb New Era.
With this experience and that
gained by being reporter, assistant
editor, and managing editor of the
News, and with her major in Eng-
lish, she hopes to get work with
a publishing house in New York
when she graduates.

Aurora Shows Exchanges
In New Library Exhibit

Jean Moore, editor of the Au-
rora, college magazine, has placed
magazines from several other
girls' colleges on display in the li-
brary. She thought that both stu-
dents and faculty would be inter-
ested in knowing the kinds of stor-
ies, poems, and articles that were
published at other schools.

Comments or criticisms of these
magazines, and contributions will
be welcomed by the Aurora staff.

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duration of the War, one quarter
or one semester of College. Classes
will be admitted April 1, 1943, and
January 27, 1944. The Diploma of
Graduate Nurse is awarded after
three years.

The annual tuition of $100.00
covers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms. Loan funds covering the
annual tuition are available.
Catalogue, application form, and
information about the B.S. degree
requirements may be obtained by
writing to:

The Dean

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Durham, North Carolina

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Page 3

Juniors to Battle Seniors;
Sophs, Frosh to Play Friday

Freshmen Remain Undefeated, Beat Seniors;
Juniors Defeat Sophomores by 21 Points

By Mary Estill Martin

The freshmen have done it again. Last Friday the unde-
feated freshmen beat the then undefeated seniors, 25 to 17.
The frosh should win an easy victory over the sophomores,
who bowed to a strong junior team. The juniors won the ball

game w.lh a score of 37 to 16.

M. E. MARTIN

After checking over the other
games of the season, I think that
the battle be-
tween the jun-
iors and the
seniors should
be the fastest
and the closest.
Both teams
have defeated
the sophomores,
and both teams
have been de-
feated by the
freshmen.

Both games last week were
good, hard, fast, and fun. There
is no doubt that the classes of '44
and '46 were victorious. Virginia
Tuggle is giving Raddy Radford
good competition on running up
high scores. Tuggle scored 19 of
the juniors' 37 points.

Good Game
When two undefeated teams
meet, the game is always good.
The frosh won over the seniors
only by eight points; the final
score was 25 to 17 in favor of the
freshmen. The freshmen guards
played a good game. Mildred Mc-
Cain did a fine job of intercepting
passes from center.

Last week's line ups were:
Juniors (37) Sophomores (16)
Tuggle (19) R.F. Munroe (4)
Gray L.F. Milam (8)

Montg'ery (4) C.F. Moses
Walker, B. G. Gower
Hill, G. G. Manning

Jacob G. Bedinger, J.

Substitutions : Juniors Wool-
ford (4), Harvard, E. (2), White
(4), Farrior (4), Douglas, Max-
well, Taylor, F.; Sophomores
Cumming (4).

Freshmen (27) Seniors (17)
Johns'n, C. (2) R.F. Radford (11)
Richards'n (5) L.F. Weissm'nn (3)
Melchor (10) C.F. Moore, J. (3)
McCain, M. G. Rountree
McCall G. Smith, C.

Kelly G. Martin, M. E.

Substitutions: Freshmen Ste-
phenson (4), Purcell (2).

Cast of Pageant

Dot Hunter, who is manager of
swimming club, told me the cast
for the swimming pageant which
will be held in the school pool Feb-
ruary 18 at 8:30 p. m. Dot would
not tell me anything, about the
plot of "The Fisher Boy."

Agnes Douglas is to be the prin-

Decatur Theatre

February 10 James Craig, Nancy Kelly in

"Friendly Enemies."
February 11-12 Mickey Rooney in "A Yank

at Eton."

February 13 Charles Starrett in "Lawless
Plainsman" and Ann Miller, Rudy Vallee
in "Time Out for Rhythm."

February 15-16 Sonja He ale, John Payne
In "Iceland."

DeKalb Theatre

February 10 "One of Our Aircraft Is Miss-
ing," Godfrey Tearie, Eric Portman.

February 11-12 "Forest Rangers," Fred
MacMurray, Paulette Goddard.

February 13 "The Big Shot." "It Hap-
pened in Flatbush."

February 15-16 "Desperate Journey," Enrol
Flynn, Ronald Reagan.

February 1 7 "Eyes in the Night," Edward
Arnold, Ann Harding. Donna Reed.

BUY YOUR TICKETS

to

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from

Squee Woolford Ann Haggard

Rebekan Inman
Bitty, Barbara, or Ann
Main

cess while the Harvard twins are
her maids. Mary Maxwell is the
fisher boy, and Raddy Radford is
King Neptune. The mermaids are
Mary Dozier, Carolyn Fuller, Dot-
ty Kahn, Martha Ray Lasseter,
and Frances Ragan. Jeanne Robin-
son, Betsy White, Zelda Barnett,
Soozi Richardson, and Martha
Baker are also mermaids.

There must be a wedding for
the wedding party includes Julia
Harvard, Elizabeth Harvard, Bun-
ny Weems, Carolyn Rose, Mar-
garet Scott, Mary Cumming, Betty
Lee Phelps, Sally Sue Stephen-
son, Robin Taylor, Liz Carpenter,
and Mas House.

Soozi Richardson, Sally Sue Ste-
phenson, Molly Milam, and Dotty
Kahn will do exhibition diving.

Alumnae Tell of Jobs
AtChiBetaPhiMeet

Three Agnes Scott alumnae
spoke to the members of Chi Beta
Phi at a recent meeting on their
scientific experiences since grad-
uation. The purpose of the talks
was to give girls who intend to
make science a career a knowl-
edge of the field open for grad-
uates, education required for cer-
tain positions, salaries, and oppor-
tunities for advancement.

Emily Harris, a medical techni-
cian at Grady Hospital, showed
some interesting slides of patho-
logical cases. These slides are the
same ones studied by the medical
students at Emory.

Margaret Mary Toomey, who
was graduated from Agnes Scott
in 1942, told about her work in the
chemical department of the State
Board of Agriculture. She does
the same kind of chemical analy-
sis that she did while studying at
Agnes Scott.

Mary Elizabeth Leavitt, 1940
graduate, who is at present a gen-
eral medical technician at Emory
University, explained the prereq-
uisite courses for the technician's
school.

THE SERVICE

First Officer Catherine Happoldt Jepson is on duty as a
member of the general staff of the WAACS in Washington.
She left Decatur only last summer to enter training and now
holds the rank equivalent to a captain in the army.

Second Officer Ruth Virden, of Bellevue, Miss., was a re-
cent graduate of the WAAC train-
ing school at Des Moines. She is
now assigned to the 81st WAAC
Communications Branch, Des
Moines, Iowa.

Lieutenant Janet Newton, of
Augusta, graduated from the
WAVES training school at North-
ampton on December 16.

Ensign Sybil Grant also re-
ceived her rank following a train-
ing period with the WAVES at
Northampton. She has been as-
signed to active duty at the Naval
Air Base at Jacksonville, Fla.

Lieutenant Martha Eskridge
was one of the first officer candi-
dates to enter the WAAC training
school at Des Moines last summer.
She is now assigned to the person-
nel division of Colonel Oveta Culp
Hobby's Headquarter's Staff in
Washington.

Miss E. Carol Hale, of Atlanta,
is with the Red Cross in England,
where she is to be assistant staff
director for the American Red
Cross.

Army-Navy Game

What has the Navy that the
Army hasn't? That's what Chair-
man Mary Louise Duffee of the
junior banquet date committee be-
gan wondering when the requests
for blind dates for the annual af-
fair started coming in. After the
class voted to invite Navy and
Army officers as escorts for those
girls whose "one - and - only's"
couldn't come, the class members
were allowed to state their pref-
erence between the services on
their written requests for dates.
The result? Out of 38 requests,
the score was: Navy 30, Army
6, either 2. Some even asked for
definite ranks.

BEAUTY BAZAAR

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318 Church St. CR. 3412

Pause.. and

refresh

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The S. A. E.'s at Emory turned Fernbank into a "Spook-
easy" Saturday night with a ghost party. Bloody, lifelife,
store dummies hanging from the trees about the house pro-
vided appropriate atmosphere for the occasion. Ghost stories,
singing, and dancing filled the evening, and supper hambur-
gers with trimmings and ice

CAROLINE SMITH

cream was served.

Hottentots present were Gloria
Gaines, Mary Neely Norris, Kitty
Kay, Jean Chewning, Emily
Ann Single-
tary, Narvie Lu
Cunning-
ham, Eleanor
Reynolds, Lura
Johnson, Mary
Louise Duffee,
and Madeline
Hosmer.

Georgia Tech
helped keep the
week-end busy
with basketball games Friday
night Tech played L. S. U. and
Saturday night Tulane. Out to see
Tech win Friday night were Kay
Wright, Jessie Newbold, and
Anne Paisley. At the game Sat-
urday night were Irene Gordon,
Pat Patterson, and Leona Leavitt.
Ole Gray Mare
The Emory Sigma Chi formal
came off Friday night in spite of
wet weather. The problem of not
being able to go "riding around in
the rain" was all solved for Mar-
tha Rhodes when her date pro-
cured a horse and buggy at Can-
dler Club until the ole gray
mare took the bit between her
teeth and went down the wrong
road!

Martha was double dating with
Clara Jones, daughter of the fa-
mous golf "pro," who was wearing
a white net dress with seventeen
skirts! "The whole thing," says
Martha, "was pretty sad! But it
was fun anyway ..."

At the dance, the Aces kept the
floor moving, and the auditorium
was decorated with palms. There
were a lot of stags! Ask Betty
Davis, Jodelle Tanner, Mary Tur-
ner, Joyce Freeman, Jean Chewn-
ing, June Lanier, Mary Louise
Starr, Laurice Looper, and Jean
Robinson.

Somebody Special?

Talk about big week-ends how
about Mary Carr's last! Hear tell
she took in the Empire Room, the
Rainbow Roof, and the Paradise

Room, all in two nights! Which
did ya' like the' best, Mary? Or
did you notice ? Who was this vis-
itor of yours, anyhow?

Speaking of visitors, Peg Mer-
cer, of Brenau, spent the week-end
at Agnes Scott with Lib Jones,
and Elizabeth Bowden visited Bet-
ty Henderson. Say, did you see
B. A. Brooks on campus Saturday
night ?

Rainbows and Paradise

Monday night at the Rainbow
Roof were Molly Milam and Bet-
ty Davis. There Friday night were
Mary Louise Duffee, Nancy Moses,
Eugenia Jones, Kitty Kay, and
Emily Ann Singletary; Sue Mit-
chell and Louise Breedin were seen
at the Paradise Room Saturday
night.

At the Columbia Seminary
wiener roast Friday night were
Pobai Crane, Ruth Kolthoff, Pat
Evans, Beth Daniel, Ann Strick-
land, and Harriet Daugherty.
Clemson Mid-winters

The Clemson Mid-winters came
off this week-end with the music
of Jerry Wald and orchestra.
Those happy few that attended
were Minnie Mack, Ruth Gray,
Margaret Cathcart, Florence Har-
rison, Margie Wilson, and Quincy
Mills. Bet it was fun . . . gee
whiz! . . .

Visiting out of town were Cee-
vah Rosenthal, who went home to
Lynchburg; Lois Sullivan, who
went to Anderson, S. C; and Caro-
lyn Fuller, who visited in Laurel,
Miss.

For Your Needs
Come to

MCGONNELL'S

5c and 10c

147 Sycamore Street
112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Will Buy

YOUR OLD OR BROKEN RECORDS

10-inch Solid Records 2c each
12-inch Solid Records 3c each
Broken and scrap bulk 4c each

Wanted at Once! All Records
Except Edison and Columbia

Collect the old records you aren't playing any more
the records you've broken and bring them down
to Rich's Record Bar on the Sixth Floor. You'll get
cash for them ... an easy way to raise money for
those American Red Cross Kits for Soldiers!

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1943

Atlanta Journal Praises Alumnae

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

Should 18-20 Year Olds Vote?

An editorial policy is awfully hard
to form especially for an assist-
ant editor playing editor. Either it's
too radical and leads to all sorts of
trouble, or it's not radical enough and
doesn't lead to any trouble at all. There
are plenty of issues on the Agnes Scott
campus which could be the basis of
cither a radical or a non-radical editor-
ial. But we decided to go off the cam-
pus for our editorial this week. Only
slightly off, however, for the question is
of concern to all of us between 18 and
20.

Do you think you're old enough to
vote you Hottentots between 18 and
20? Governor Ellis Arnall thinks you
are and is urging approval by the gen-
eral assembly of an amendment to Geor-
gia's constitution to allow 18-20-year-
olds to vote.

Governor Arnall, going on the theory
that the boys who leave schools and col-
leges to win the war and the peace
should be given the right to vote for the
type of government they want, has said,
"I hope Georgia will be the first state
to adopt such a measure. I can't see
how anybody would want to sit by and
watch these boys fight and die for dem-
ocracy and not allow them the privilege
to vote."

Many of the boys who are fighting to-
day are too young to vote. Now that
they can be drafted they must feel that
they deserve a voice in the a/fairs of
state. It's entirely likely that before
the war is over women will have to be
drafted. Would you like to serve in the
army of a country which wouldn't even
allow you a vote? That's what many
boys are being asked to do to serve
(and willingly, too) their country and
yet not be allowed to speak in behalf
of that country's government. Amall's
idea then is a step in the right direction,
for if passed it might be taken up by
other states and even by the national
government.

Opposing the bill, Mrs. Helen Douglas
Mankin, representative from Fulton
county, said last week, "In the first
place the bill would be passed because
of the men in the army. They would not
be here and therefore cannot take ad-
vantage of it. Only those at home would
benefit.

"In the second place, youthful im-
petuousness, adventurousness, and reek-

Madeline Hosmer took over the ed-
itor's job in this week's NEWS, while
Quiney Mills acted as managing ed-
itor. Similarly, the assistant business
managers have exchanged places with
the regular business manager for the
past two weeks, June Lanier having
supervised the February S issue, and
Squee Woolford this issue.

lessness go to make a good fighting man,
all of which are excellent, but which do
not necessarily mean he has acquired
the knowledge of government thought-
fulness in civic affairs, and so forth."

Many people will say you are wrong,
Mrs. Mankin. Concerning your first ar-
gument, the governor has stated that
he does not endorse the bill entirely be-
cause of the war, or entirely for the boys
who are going into war. but rather for
the young people of the future in whom
he has the utmost faith. He believes
that young people do have the "knowl-
edge of government, thoughtfulness in
civic affairs, and so forth" about which
Mrs. Mankin is in doubt.

Do you think 18-20-year-olds should
be allowed to vote? (M.R.H.)

Impressions

Miss Scandrett spoke at a compulsory
meet for day students last Saturday.
The problem discussed was that of day
students smoking during chapel and
lunch periods in the public places of De-
catur and Atlanta in violation of the col-
lege's rule against smoking. She was
talking primarily to the day students/
But what she had to say regarding the
conduct of Agnes Scott girls off cam-
pus is important to the whole student
body. The impression we leave is bind-
ing on the reputation of the college it-
self. And it is unfortunate that there
are those who do not consider this fact
important enough. (A. C. C.)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, February 10, 1943 No. 13

Published weekly, except during holldayt 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.

Member

Pbsocfcited Golle&ide Press

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

Quiney Mills Kathryn Hill

Madeline Hosmer Betty Pegram

Assistant Editors Assistant Feature

Bennve Llnzy Editors

Assistant Business Mary Estill Martin

Manager Sports Editor

June Lanier Caroline Smith

Oneida Woolford Society Editor

Advertising Managers Polly Lyndon

Mary Carr Club Editor

Copy Editor Caroline Calhoun

Tess Carlos Suzanne Watkins

Current History Editor Circulation Assistants

Pobal Crane Betty Lynn Reagan

Art Editor Assistaot Art Editor

Reporters: Jane Dinsmore. Mary Louise Duffee,
Marion Knapp. Betty Burrcss. Nancy Greene,
Margaret Drummond. Kathryne Thompson. Ruth
Doggett. Martha Jane Mack. Jean McCurry, 8ua-
anne Watkins. Martha Arnold. Carolyn Fuller,
Lib Farmer. Wendy Whittle. Pauline Erta. Betty
Glenn. Inge Probstein. Betty Wade, Louise
Breedin. Pat Elarn. Olive Hansen.
Business Assistants: Elisabeth Carpenter. Anne
Equen. Penny Espy. Barbara Ftink, Julia Har-
vard. Frances King. Johnnie Mae Tlppec, Mary
France* Walker Blount, Camilla Moora.

The folowing editorial, titled "A
Splendid Consummation," appeared
in The Atlanta Journal on Sunday,
January 31.

It is joyful and significant news that
the alumnae of Agnes Scott have com-
pleted a campaign to raise $100,000 for
the erection of a new dormitory to be
named Hopkins hall in memory of Miss
Nannette Hopkins, who was dean of the
college for nearly 50 years. So appeal-
ing was the cause and so generous the
response that gifts totaling $171,024
were received from some 2,000 subscrib-
ers. This is what Scripture calls "good
measure, pressed down, and shaken to-
gether and running over." Of the sum
thus raised during the three-year cam-
paign directed by Mrs. Samuel Inman
Cooper, $109,346 is designated for the
dormitory, which will be built as soon
as construction materials now under war
priorities become available. The re-
maining $61,667 will serve as a Hopkins
memorial fund, chiefly in the form of
student aid endowments.

There could be no higher tribute to
Agnes Scott College than the never-
failing loyalty of its alumnae. From all
parts of the South, from many parts of
America, and from years reaching back
to the turn of the century they answered
this appeal as they have all others from
their beloved alma mater, with open
hearts and hands. An institution which
can so impress its ideals on the lives of
its students from generation to genera-

tion carries within itself the gift of im-
mortal life.

There is a yet broader significance to
the completion of the Hopkins hall fund.
That effort was launched in 1940 as the
alumnae's part of the University Center
campaign conducted by Agnes Scott and
Emory University in collaboration with
four other institutions in the Atlanta
area. The General Education Board of
the Rockefeller Foundation had pledged
Emory and Agnes Scott $2,500,000, on
the condition that they themselves raise
$5,000,000 toward the purpose of creat-
ing a truly great educational center.
That offer has been met and so far
exceeded that the original hope for a
$7,500,000 fund is now well beyond the
actual mark of $10,000,000.

The institutions collaborating with
Emory and Agnes Scott on the Uni-
versity Center program are the Atlanta
Art Association (High Museum and art
school), Columbia Seminary, Georgia
Tech, and the University of Georgia.
Each of the six, while cooperating for
the common cause, will preserve its own
identity, along with its administrative
and financial independence. None of
them alone could supply that great need
of the southeast, a university of the first
rank. But as cooperative units, each
performing its particular function with
a maximum of efficiency and all pulling
together for high standards and ade-
quate services, they can evolve such a
university. This splendid project is go-
ing forward with a vigor that insures
its complete success.

Nazi Armies Fall Back on All Fronts
As Russian Winter Drive Continues

Germans Admit Capture of Stalingrad Armies;
Russians Pound Toward German Fortresses

By Tess Carlos

The depressing announcement was
heralded by funeral marches booming
out hourly over the German radio. A
period of national mourning was de-
clared. The fall of Stalingrad would
never take place. The fall of the Ger-
man army around Stalingrad, trapped,
starving, and mutinying against its lead-
ers, had occurred. The German people
were told the truth. Goebbel's propa-
ganda began an effective "scare" cam-
paign to force the weakening German
people to keep on fighting.

Meanwhile, the Russian army was re-
ported officially to be fighting on the
outskirts of the Rostov defenses. They
were also making advances in their sim-
ultaneous drives in the Ukraine and to-
ward Kursk and Kharkov.

"Out, Out Damned Spot"

Count Galeazzo Ciano was ousted by
his father-in-law, Premier Mussolini,
this week as a result of the complete re-
verses which the Italian army and the
Italian Empire have suffered in the Af-
rican and the Russian sectors. The
dream of a Mediterranean empire of
which he had been a fervent exponent
since 1936, when he became foreign min-
ister, has died with the loss of Libya and
the fall of Tripoli. He has been rele-
gated to an empty honorary position in
the Fascist grand council.

A Child Shall Lead Them

Married men with children had felt
comparatively safe. Although the army
announced that the armed forces would
be increased greatly, most married men
thought that the younger age group
would be affected only. Now, the War
Man Power Commission has warned that
beginning April 1 dependents will no
longer be cause for deferment of those
in certain non-essential occupations.
Men working in such non-essential occu-
pations as "gambling, Turkish baths,
massage, and social-escort services,"' to
list a few, will now have to find war
jobs.

Scattered Voyagers
President Roosevelt and Prime Minis-

ter Churchill met for ten days in Casa-
blanca and produced the demand for
unconditional surrender of the Axis
forces. Then {hey parted. President
Roosevelt visited Liberia, then flew
across the south Atlantic, celebrating
his sixty-first birthday over water. He
conferred with President Getulio Var-
gas, of Brazil. He went on to Trinidad,
and later arrived in Washington after
many weeks of travel. Prime Minister
Churchill appeared suddenly in Turkey,
conferred secretly with Turkish offi-
cials presumably about Turkey's role in
future action, declared through the
press that the decisions reached were
satisfactory, and was last heard from in
a fifteen-minute speech to the Eighth
Army in Tripoli.

Change of Command
The ominous threat to the American
supply routes across the Atlantic in-
creases daily. German submarines work-
ing in wolf packs are growing bolder in
attacking convoyed vessels. One of the
reasons may be found in the recent Ger-
man Admiralty announcement that
Commander Raeder, hitherto head of
naval operations, has been succeeded by
Admiral Doenitz, an expert in submar-
ine warfare.

Just A Word

We heard about it very suddenly.
Someone came into the day student
room and began talking. It was rain-
ing outside. And all at once we wished
that this news had never happened.
Suzy Kaulbach was business manager of
the Agnes Scott News last year. In June
soon after her graduation she married
and moved away to California. She died
this week of pneumonia. And all the
words that might be said are insignifi-
cant.

In a world so full of death, this one
loss may seem trivial. But those who
knew Suzy feel otherwise. We wish it
hadn't happened. (A. C. C.)

The A gnes Scott News

vol. xxvin.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943

NO. 14

OPA Official, Minister, WAAC,
WMC Representative, Consul
To Speak at Conference

Five additional speakers, including an OPA official, a
Presbyterian minister, a War Man Power Commission repre-
sentative, a British consul, and a WAAC, have agreed to ap-
pear February 27 at the conference sponsored by War Council
on "College Women and the Challenge of the World Today."

First of these recently disclosed

speakers is Dr. J. E. Green, of
the Atlanta OPA, who will open
Saturday morning's program, the
purpose of which is to take up sub-
jects the college student should
think about now. Dr. Green will
discuss the problem of the use of
materials by the united nations
and how it affects the home front
in regard to distribution of goods,
including food supplies and
leather.

Concluding the morning sched-
ule will be a talk by Dr. Herman
Turner, of the Atlanta Covenant
Presbyterian church, on "A Right
Attitude Toward Racial Minori-
ties." To close the morning ses-
sion there will be a panel discus-
sion, in which students are en-
couraged to asked questions.
Aftercvoon Discussions

After lunch, the discussions will
center around women's work in
the war effort, which will be con-
sidered first by Dr. J. J. Carney,
Jr., of the Atlanta War Man Pow-
er Commission, as he pictures the
woman and girl in industry in
"The Role of Women in War Pro-
duction."

A surprise feature of the af-
ternoon will be the appear-
ance of Mr. Malcolm Henderson,
British consul for this area, whose
visit was made possible by the re-
cent transfer of the office of the
British consulate from Jackson-
ville, Florida, to Atlanta. Mr.
Henderson will talk on "The Brit-
ish Woman in War Work," show-
ing how the women of his country
have assumed a real responsibility
in the war.

Saturday afternoon First Offi-
cer Florence Jepson, head of
WAAC personnel work in Atlanta,
will speak. Officer Jepson is the
former Florence Catherine Hap-
poldt of the class of '33.
Future Needs

The programs for the two nights
will be as previously announced.
Friday, Miss Gillie A. Larew, pro-
fessor of mathematics and acting
(Continued on Page 2)

Symphony to Play
At Auditorium

The Minneapolis Symphony or-
chestra conducted by Dimitri Mi-
tropolous, will appear in the city
auditorium at 8:30 p. m., Febru-
ary 23, as the next feature of the
All-Star Concert Series.

Before its appearance here, the
orchestra will play in Athens, as
a part of the Sixth Annual Music
festival being held at the Univer-
sity of Georgia Monday and Tues-
day, February 22 and 23, in the
Fine Arts building.

Hugh Hodgson, who conducts
Music Appreciation Hour at Ag-
nes Scott, is director of the music
department at Georgia and is di-
recting the festival which, in addi-
tion to the Minneapolis symphony
orchestra, will feature several re-
citals by the Roth String Quartet.

Mead Lecture
To End Series

Highlight of the two-day war
conference, to be held on the cam-
pus February 26-27, will be the
lecture by Dr. Margaret Mead,
outstanding social anthropologist
and associate curator in the de-
partment of, anthropology of the
American Museum of Natural
History. Dr. Mead will speak on
"Laying the Foundation for a
Constructive Peace," Saturday,
February 27 at 8:30 p. m. in
Presser hall. Her talk will be
sponsored by Lecture Association.

Dr. Mead has been visiting lec-
turer at Vassar and Sarah Law-
rence and has made many ex-
peditions into the Pacific islands,
including Bali, Somoa, and New
Guinea. She is the wife of Greg-
ory Bateson, of Cambridge Uni-
versity, England. They have a
three-year-old daughter, Margaret.

Mrs. Harris to Interview

Mrs. Jake Harris, from the At-
lanta Girl Scout office, will be in
the gym Tuesday at 5:30 to in-
terview any girls who are inter-
ested in summer camp jobs either
at Camp Civitana or at the Girl
Scout day camp. Some of the jobs
will pay a salary.

DR. WALTER B. POSEY,
whose appointment as head of
the history department was an-
nounced in last week's NEWS,
will come to the campus in
April to confer with girls select-
ing history as their major.

Program to Honor
Founder of College

Dot Holloran, Anne Paisley to Talk
On Ideals, Purposes of Dr. Scott

Founder's Day will be celebrated this year by a program
in keeping with other changes which have been made in
marking special occasions on the campus, because of the
war. In chapel on Saturday, February 20, the senior class will
present a program honoring Dr. George Washington Scott,
founder of Agnes Scott.

14 Girls Picked
For May Court

Fourteen Agnes Scott beauties
will attend Queen Mabel Stowe in
the May Day celebration on May
1, according to Alice Clements,
May Day committee chairman,
who today gives out the results
of the student election held in
chapel February 5.

Senior members of May Court
will be Betty Brougher, Hester
Chafin, Ann Hilsman, Leona Leav-
itt, and Margie Wilson. Juniors
are Elizabeth and Julia Harvard,
Martha \ Rhodes, and Robin Tay-
lor; the sophomores, Virginia Lee
Brown, Joyce Freeman, Nancy
Moses, and Scott Newell; and one
freshman, Gloria Anne Melchor.

Blackfriars Play Concerned
With Marriage-Pro and Con

Women with man-trouble will be the subject of interest
in Presser at 8:30 p. m. Saturday, when Blackfriars enact
Time for Romance, a fast-moving comedy involving the love
vs. marriage theme.

An interior decorator's shop is the background for the ac-
tion, and the stage setting will be '

authentic, being arranged by Miss
Eleanor Pepin, the interior dec-
orator who directed the work done
in Main. Properties for the pres-
entation include numerous bou-
quets of flowers presented to the
heroine after she has won the
grand prize in a nationwide con-
test. Real flowers are being fur-
nished by advertisers who are pay-
ing for their ads in the program
in that way.

Decorator Has Had "Her Chances"
The heroine, played by Zena
Harris, is a decorator who has
had "her chances," but who has
until now sacrificed them and her-
self to the demands of her busi-
ness. Her friends are all eager to
see her happily married and think
themselves rewarded as indica-
tions become more and more fav-
orable. Finally there is an all-
important dinner-date for which
even the shop is closed.

All the other characters, too,
suffer from the common malady
man-trouble. Page Lancaster, as

Mrs. Topley, is enjoying the new-
found freedom of a widow, and
Hester Chafin, as Mrs. McGinnis,
doesn't know what needs remodel-
ing most her house, her husband,
or herself. These two provide food
for thought for the heroine, who
finally faces the marriage prob-
lem with a positive attitude.

Local Alumnae to Have
Founders Day Lunch

The Agnes Scott Alumnae Asso-
ciation will hold its annual Found-
er's Day luncheon at the Atlanta
Athletic club on Saturday, Febru-
ary 20. Colonel George S. Clark,
who spoke in chapel last fall, will
be the principal speaker.

Miss Harriotte Brantley, alum-
nae secretary, said that a large
crowd is expected, since seventy-
five reservations have already
been made. Atlanta and Decatur
alumnae are arranging for the
luncheon.

Anne Paisley will speak on the
reasons Dr. Scott had for founding
Agnes Scott, bringing out his
ideals of a liberal education, and
his conception of the importance
of such an education for women.
Dot Holloran, president of Mortar
Board, will speak on the import-
ance of a liberal education today.
Special music will complete the
program.

In past years, a banquet has
climaxed the holiday on February
22, at wriich George and Martha
Washington, Patrick Henry, Dan-
iel Boone and his wife, and other
notables have been represented in
costume. This was followed by a
minuet in Murphey Candler, and
a dance sponsored by Cotillion
club. This year, however, because
there will be no holiday, Agnes
Scott will honor her founder by
more serious reflections on his
ideals.

Alumnae to Broadcast
On Founders Day

Agnes Scott alumnae will pre-
sent their annual Founder's Day
broadcast Monday, February 22,
at 10:15 p. m. over station WGST.
The theme of the broadcast will
be the importance of the liberal
arts college in the world today
and in the post-war world.

Dr. J. R. McCain, president of
the college; Miss Carrie Scandrett,
dean of students; and Miss Mar-
garet Ridley, president of the
Alumnae Association, will speak.
Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, professor
of music, will play.

Miss Jean Bailey, an alumna
from Atlanta; Miss Roberta Win-
ter, instructor in speech; and Miss
Harriotte Brantley, alumnae sec-
retary, are in charge of arrange-
ments for the program.

Paule Triest to Speak

Paule Triest will entertain the
French club with an account of
her journey from Brussels to
South America on February 23 at
4:30 p. m.

Following the talk the club will
sing modern French songs.

Students May Get
Coupons for Shoes
From Dean's Office

Agnes Scott students wishing to
buy shoes may obtain their sugar
ration books by signing for them
in the dean's office, Miss Carrie
Scandrett, dean of students, an-
nounced today. '

According to government regu-
lations, coupon number 17 in the
sugar ration books is good for one
pair of shoes between now and
June. At a later date government
officials will designate which cou-
pons may be used for buying shoes
after the expiration of coupon
number 17.

Miss Scandrett emphasized that
ration books taken from the dean's
office for buying shoes must be
returned immediately so that they
may be used for sugar and cof-
fee.

Mr. Bradley to Speak

Mr. S. Hugh Bradley, recently
installed pastor of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Decatur, will
speak to the college community
in chapel next Tuesday on a topic
which has not yet been selected.

Mr. Bradley, who was installed
at the evening service last Sun-
day, was born in China and edu-
cated at Davidson College and Un-
ion Theological Seminary.

Coming This Week

Saturday, February 20 Junior
Dinner, 6:30 p. m. in Rebekah
Scott dining room.
Saturday, February 20 Black-
friars to present "Time for Ro-
mance/' 8:30 p. m. in Presser.
Saturday, February 20 Alumnae
Founder's Day broadcast, sta-
tion WGST, 10:15 p. m.
Tuesday, February 23, Minne-
apolis Symphony, with Dimitri
Mitropolous, city auditorium,
8:30 p. m.

Debaters Chosen for
Inter-Collegiate Team

Claire Bennett and Ruth Kol-
thoff, representing the negative
side, and Martha Jean Gower and.
Cathy Steinbach, for the affirma-
tive, were chosen February 10 in
the Pi Alpha Phi try-outs for the
debating team.

On Thursday, February 18, the
affirmative side will debate with
the Georgia Evening School In-
ter-Collegiate debaters on the
Agnes Scott campus. Visitors are
welcome.

From February 25 through Feb-
ruary 27 the team will debate on
the Emory campus. The follow-
ing week they will debate the vis-
iting University of Georgia team.
From April 7-10, the team will
go to Charlotte, North Carolina,
to participate in the Grand-East-
ern tournament.

The question for debate is, Re-
solved: that the United Nations
should establish a permanent fed-
eral union with power to regulate
commerce, to settle and enforce
international disputes, to maintain
a police force, and to admit other
nations if they will accept its
principles."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The Emory A. T. O. orchid formal at the Piedmont Driv-
ing club Friday night was a real event. Before the elaborate
banquet, each girl received a beautiful orchid corsage from
her escort. Throughout the meal and afterwards, of course,,
there was music by Bill Clarke and his orchestra. The ball-
room walls were decorated with

huge red hearts; at one end of
the room stood a huge heart sur-
rounded by elec-
tric lights and
shot through
with an elec-
trically lighted
dart. When the
dance ended, at
two o'clock, all
the guests went
over to the fra-
ternity house
Caroline smith a nd sat around
the open fire until breakfast was
served. Among those present were
Bettye Ashcraft, Mir and Mas
House, Laurice Looper, Liz Car-
penter, Jeanne Newton, Joyce
Freeman, Mary Turner, Lucy
Turner, Eva Williams, Minnewil
Story, Martha Ray Lasseter, and
Julia and Elizabeth Harvard. Mir,
by-the-way, put her orchid out-
side the window to "keep it fresh"
and froze it!
Polly Teasley's Wedding

Did you see Nancy McDonough
on campus Saturday? She was
here for Polly Teasley's wedding.
Nita Hurst, Emily Higgins and
Dot Holloran also went up to Toc-
coa for the event.

Seen at Rainbow Roof Thurs-
day night was Bettye Ashcraft,
and at the Paradise Room, Quincy
Mills.

Did you hear about the dozen
red roses and orchid that took
Lib Jones' breath away Sunday?
What about that gardenia corsage

OPA Official, Minister

(Continued from Page 1)
dean of Randolph-Macon College,
will speak on "The Whole Armor,"
emphasizing the importance of a
liberal education in a war-torn
world. The conference will end on
Saturday night with the lecture on
"Laying the Foundation for a
Constructive Peace," by Dr. Mar-
garet Mead, associate curator in
the department of anthropology of
the American Museum of Natural
History. In contrast with the day-
time discussions, which will cen-
ter around immediate problems on
the national front, both night lec-
tures will emphasize the future
needs on the international front.

In order that students may bet-
ter comprehend the importance of
the matters to be discussed, and
may really profit from the con-
ference, Miss Edna Ruth Hanley,
librarian, plans to place a series
of exhibits in the lobby of the li-
brary. This week the exhibit,
which is Mortar Board's weekly
vocational guidance poster, is to
be on women in the enlisted serv-
ices and in federal government
positions. On a table nearby will
be pamphlets and other literature
concerning the subject of Miss
Larew's talk.
Library Display

Next week there will be a dis-
play of literature entitled "The
Unfinished Business of Democ-
racy," dealing with racial prob-
lems, the topic which Dr. Turner
and Dr. Mead will discuss. The
exhibition will be illustrated by
world maps showing racial divi-
sions and percentages.

A question box is to be placed in
the lobby of Buttrick to receive
any questions which students or
faculty would like the authorities
to consider in their panel discus-
sion Saturday morning.

Carolyn Fuller was wearing and
Joella Craig's, and Barbara
Frink's two orchids?

Lots of others had flowers,
too, and you've never seen so
many boxes of Valentine candy!!
Flying Home

Zelda Barnett flew to Columbia,
S. C, Saturday to spend a very
brief week-end at her home in
Sumter. It was worth it, though,
says Zelda, 'cause there was an
ensign in town from Georgetown.

A few uniforms added color to
the campus this week-end. Joella's
first lieutenant-brother was here
from Illinois. A couple of Fort
Benning lieutenants came up to
see Cathy Steinbach and Quincy
Mills.

Stukes Speaks
On Vocations

Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar and
dean of the faculty, presented a
chapel program on vocational
guidance Wednesday morning,
February 17, under the sponsor-
ship of Mortar Board. Dean
Stukes brought to the student
body information learned at two
conferences on "Opportunities for
Women in War Work."

He gave many ideas on decid-
ing about permanent vocations at
such a time of unrest, and empha-
sized the importance of giving a
great deal of thought to the selec-
tion of a vocation early in college
life, so that the proper training
may be secured.

The vocational exhibits in the
library are giving an excellent op-
portunity for study of the various
fields, according to Mr. Stukes.
He spoke especially of the one for
this week on the teaching profes-
sion.

Seniors to Play Sophs Friday;
Juniors May Defeat Freshmen

Juniors Win Victory Over Seniors, 34 to 27;
Freshmen Defeat Sophomores by Two Points

By Mary Estill Martin

The basketball season has passed the half way mark. The
seniors meet their sister class Friday night at 8:30 p. m. in the
gym, and afterwards the juniors will play the freshmen. Let's
look back and see how each team has done this season.

The seniors suffered their second defeat last Friday. A
powerful junior team downed them

Miss Torrance Relates Pages
Of Agnes Scott's Untold Story

By Margaret Drummond

"Why, yes," drawled Miss Catherine Torrance one after-
noon, in her usual leisurely fashion, "we shocked the whole
town with that May Day."

From what she added about other experiences during her
thirty-odd year stay as Greek and Latin professor at Agnes
Scott, it would seem that she has "

done quite a bit of shocking in
those years. Though she prefers
to talk about her pet hobby, gar-
dening, or about her varied experi-
ences on excursions to Europe,
she can be persuaded to tell
how her actions brought all the
campus into a dither.
Midnight Ride

Laughing, she related her esca-
pade with the German scholar who
came here to lecture the one who
spoke such broken English that
not a single person could under-
stand a word he said. Besides that,
the poor man could not explain to
the hotel clerk that he needed
help to get out of town. As adviser
for Lecture Association, Miss Tor-
rance, volunteering to help him,
bought his ticket and then had
only a few seconds to dash madly
in her early-model automobile
from the hotel to the bus stop.
Since there wast not enough room
inside for his numerous pieces of
luggage, she persuaded a 'bell-boy
to ride on the hood to hold the
baggage. The wild chase began,
with police sirens screaming mad-
ly in the background. Miss Tor-
rance rather pointedly neglected
to mention the outcome of this
escapade.

Then she told about some boy
trouble she had to contend with
as house mother of Boyd.

The neighborhood boys were
quite delighted with the prospect
of having so many girls live on
their street, so they undertook
rather boisterously and annoying-
ly to serenade them. When mat-
ters began to get out of hand,

SOUTHERN
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Delicious

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CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

Miss Torrance and her brood had
to tuck their night-clothes under
their coats, and strike out across
campus to safety, since there was
no means of communications with
the rest of the college.
Shocking Generation!

Reminiscing over the Agnes
Scott that was, Miss Torrance ex-
plained that a Greek May Day was
quite an innovation. The inescap-
able problem arose of what the
girls would wear on their feet. In
the olden days the Greeks danced
barefoot, but that would have
shocked even the most progressive
individual of the early twentieth
century. The dilemma was avert-
ed when someone suggested flesh
colored stockings, with the toes
sewed up on the feet. On May
Day morning the dancers ran and
jumped on the "mall" in front of
Inman, in the comfort and assur-
ance that they were modestly
garbed, while the spectators, un-
able to discern the stockings at a
distance, were horrified, and
gravely concerned over the future
of "this modern generation."

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with a score of 34 to 27. The
freshmen and sophomores battled
until the final whistle blew; the
frosh barely
winning with a
34 to 32 score."
Possible Junior
Victory

After looking
over the record
of the junior
team, I think
they have a
good chance of
beating the
class of '46 in Friday night's bout.
Although the juniors lost to the
seniors and to the freshmen in the
first games of the season, they
have shown steady improvement
and growing strength. Now that
the juniors have a victory over the
sophomores and one over the sen-
iors to their credit, there is no
reason why they should not give
the freshmen a stiff fight.

In Friday's tilt the junior for-
wards showed good cooperation
and teamwork. Their guards also
were more efficient than ever be-
fore. Special credit goes to Vir-
ginia Tuggle, Ruth Farrior, Gwen
Hill, Billy Walker, and Agnes
Douglas. By the way, it certainly
is good to see Rufus playing again.
Sophomore Team

Although the freshmen won the
basketball game last week, the
sophomores should be commended
for their good playing. They gave
the freshmen the hardest fight
they have had.

Congratulations should go to all
the sophomore team. Mary Cum-
in in g, Mary Munroe, and Molly
Milam played nice games. The
guards, too, turned in a good per-
formance.

As usual, the freshmen guards
did well. Soozi Richardson and
Gloria Ann Melchor played excep-
tionally well. Sally Sue Stephen-
son also showed her value to her
team.

Visiting Referee

Miss Dorothy lTugitt, who is
head of the department of physical
education at North Avenue Pres-

byterian School, refereed the bas-
ketball games last Friday after-
noon. Having "outsiders" to ref-
eree keeps the girls on their toes.
The lineups for the games were:

Freshmen (34) Sophomores (32)

Johnson, S.
Purcell (2)
Step'nson (9)
McCain
McCall
Kelly

R.F. Cum'g, M. (14)
L.F. Munroe (15)
Milam (3)
Equen
Gower
Gray, R.

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Substitutions : Freshmen Rich-
ardson (8), Melchor (11), Ryner
(5); sophomores Bedinger, J.,
Slack.

Junior (34)
Tuggle (16)
Farrior (10)
Gray, B.
Hill, G.
Taylor, R.
Walker, B.

Senior (27)
R.F. Weismann (8)
L.F. Radford (15)
C.F. Moore, J. (4)
G. Rountree
G. Cumming, L.
G. Martin, M. E.

Substitutions : Juniors Mont-
gomery, Harvard (8), Douglas.

Qualifications of
Officers to Appear

In accordance with Article XT
of the Student Government Con-
stitution, the head of each organi-
zation must list the qualifications
for all offices in her organization
which appear on the* student bal-
lot. For publication in the Agnes
Scott News these lists should be
turned in to Martha Dale, editor,
not later than 6:00 p. m., Febru-
ary 21.

Qualifications are published ev-
ery spring before elections to help
students in choosing new officers.
Frances Radford, president of
Student Government, emphasizes
the importance of this practice
and the necessity for cooperation
from the head of each organiza-
tion.

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Page 3

Valentine's Day Comes and
Goes; So Does Ceevah's Orchid

By Kathie Hill

Raddy Radford tells this story so it must be true: it seems
that one day several businessmen were standing on the cor-
ner over there waiting for the street car. There were several
colored men waiting, too, and as the car rounded the corner,
the businessmen heard one of the colored men say, "Let's not
git on dis hyar street car, boys.

KATHRYN HILL

Lets wait on the Agnes Scott
girls." The businessmen were cur-
ious, to say the least, and so they
decided that they would wait for
the next car,
too. They wait-
ed and waited,
and finally, just
as the second
street car was
heard rumbling
in the distance,
the colored men
cried out, "Hyar
they come
boys," and sure
enough, running to catch the
street car was a bevy of Agnes
Scott maids, all dressed up in their
crisp black uniforms.
Orchids to Ceevah

The Valentine story of the year
comes from Main building. Ceevah
Rosenthal received a lovely orchid-
aceae which to those ignorant
ones who do not take biology is a
perennial epiphitic plant that com-
mon people call "an orchid." She
received it the morning before
Valentine's day and placed it on
the ledge outside her window. It
was not long before someone
came in to the room to see the
rarity so Ceevah waltzed to the
window and raised it and the or-
chid was gone!

Ceevah was heartbroken some-
one offered the brilliant sugges-
tion that a squirrel took it to give
to Pearl, a girl squirrel. "Nuts,"
said Ceevah, who even in the
midst of her troubles could be
witty (?)

Anyway, Ceevah was as nervous
as a wreck so she looked out her
window and in her excitement she
thought she saw her orchid lying
on the grass. So she sent Biddy
King out to get it. Biddy pulled
and tugged at it. She was mut-
tering something about the fact
that the flower certainly did
weigh a lot when she opened her
eyes and saw that she was try-
ing to pick up a "Please" sign.

To this day no one has seen
Ceevah's orchid.
Report to the Nation

To those who read this column
last week both of you I want to
make report. If you remember, I
said that if those faculty who
were members of the calisthenics
club would contribute a dime each
to the Red Cross by Saturday
noon, I would not publish some
er things I have gathered.

Well, sir, I shivered and shook
for one whole week, wondering
what was going to happen! I don't
want to get personal but I lost
two pounds three and one-half
ounces flying up and down to the
mail room sixty times a day.
When Saturday finally straggled
along, I rushed down to the mail
room and there was one dollar
and forty cents. That means that
approximately fourteen faculty
members contributed, which is an
excellent percentage.

Of course, there are a few dila-
tory members. I know who three
of them are. With one I am ex-
tremely sympathetic. She had no
money after she was offered a
hot number 17 shoe ticket and she
couldn't resist. Anyway, there
will be no mention of the calis-
thenics club from this day on. I

shan't make all of them "suffer"
for the sake of the few.

The appreciative letter from the
Red Cross is not yet ready for pub-
lication. But I'm sure they will
not neglect this important matter.
Supreme Sacrifice

But you know, there are other
sacrifices going on on this campus
that none of us know about. For
instance, Joella Craig says that
the only boy she knows in the
world is going to be in Walhalla
(you know, "the garden of the
gods") the week-end of the 27th
and she is going to sacrifice a visit
home so that she can stay on the
campus and attend the War Coun-
cil week-end of lectures. Joella
took sociology, the course in which
they use Miss Margaret Mead's
book about the South Sea islands,
and Joella is dying to see whether
or not Miss Mead is going to wear
a grass skirt and in which lan-
guage she is going to speak, for
you know that Miss Mead is just
like the average Agnes Scott girl
she speaks eight languages.

Then, Miss Larew is coming and
she is going to speak and she is
very funny, I understand, for she
tells funny stories on other peo-
ple and I think if Joella makes
this last supreme sacrifice, we all
should go see what it's all about.

After that sentence, I guess I
had better close. Oh, yes, this col-
umn will have a guest editor next
week and she has already an-
nounced that any similarity be-
tween her column and mine will be
purely coincidental.

Embarrassing Situations Not Strange,
So Anne Ward Prepares for Banquet

By Mary Ca rr

"Have you got your filthy hands
on a man yet?" is a junior refrain
started by Anne Ward, for day
after tomorrow is the junior ban-
quet. But Anne, junior class presi-
dent, is already shaking in her ra-
tioned boots for another reason.
"What if I spill something, and
they get a picture of it for the an-
nual as they did last year?" she
wails secretly (?) to her room-
mate, Mary Maxwell.

But Anne is no stranger to em-
barrassing situations. Sent as a
representative from Alabama to a
conference at Montreat, she ar-
rived in a torrent of rain. Gay
Currie and Ruth Farrior escorted
her to their 1929 B. C. (before car-
rationing) vintage limousine
dubbed Religion, for as Rufus says,
"It shakes the devil out of you."
Lady of Old South

The rain daunted these hardy
spirits not a bit as Anne climbed
into the topless chariot to be driv-
en to her hostelry. The hospitality
committee had decided to lodge
the overflow delegates at Assem-
bly Inn, which is the Waldorf-As-
toria of Montreat. The horseless
carriage chugged to a stop in front
of the Inn with Anne holding her
dainty parasol over her accord-
ing to the best etiquette of south-
ern young ladies. Coming out to
greet the new arrivals, the door-
man very tactfully inquired, "Are
you sure this is the place you're
looking for?"

Anne uses a similar means of
transportation to get her tooth-
paste. Boarding a Decatur street
car, she goes to Atlanta to get
soap, toothpaste, etc., for "I can
charge it there to Mother and save
my allowance," she explains.

A native of Selma, Alabama,

Can You Believe It? We Cant!
Juniors Have 'Plenty of Men

Even 'way back in the good ole
pre-war days, which were and are
no more, more than one walking,
talking male on the Agnes Scott
campus at a time was a rarity.
But come next Saturday night,
Hottentots, lowly freshmen and
mighty seniors alike will have the
opportunity to view a sight which
will cause tongues to wag and
heads and hearts to whirl for
many a day to come.

The junior class, in their finest
frills, will celebrate their tradition-
al class banquet, with absolute-
ly dozens and dozens of honest-to-
goodness men, many of them in
gold braid and brass buttons.
What with the unofficial, but nev-
ertheless effective, man rationing,
the date committee's unprecedent-
ed announcement that there will
be plenty of men available for ev-
erybody has been enthusiastically
acclaimed not only by the junior
class but by this entire hither-to
peaceful campus.

GORDON'S

Fresh Potato Chips
and Peanut Butter
Sandwiches

The temporary loan of this un-
limited number of men, by Fort
McPherson, the Naval Air Base,
Tech and Emory, will bring a new
gleam to the eye of many a jun-
ior, and renewed hope for, accord-
ing to the date committee's an-
nouncement, which was made des-
pite a storm of protests, over half
the class will attend with "blind"
dates.

Flickering candlelight and soft
music will transform the Rebekah
Scott dining hall into a "Paradise
Room" of its own, and the eve-
ning will be climaxed by the
Blackfriars' play, Time for Ro-
mance.

Decatur Theatre

February 17 "Priorities On Parade," Ann
Miller, Jerry Colonna. .

February 18-19 "They All Kissed the

Bride," Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas.

February 20 "Lone Star Vigilantes," Bill

Elliott; "The Big Shot," Humphrey Bo-
gart.

February 22-23 "Gone With the Wind,"
Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh.

DeKalb Theatre

February 18-19 "Thunder Birds," with

Gene Tierney. Preston Foster.
February 20 "Stick to Your Guns," "Pierre

of the Plains."
February 22 "You Can't Escape Forever,"

George Brent, Brenda Marshall.

February 24 "Are Husbands Necessary?"
Ray f Milland. Betty Field.

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Rebekah Ionian
Bitty, Barbara, or Ann
Main

Anne was president of the fresh-
man Bible class one quarter of her
first year here. Last year she was
on intercollegiate council, was
treasurer of Pi Alpha Phi, and a
member of Blackfriars. For weeks
after the Distaff Side girls imitat-
ed Anne's, "EEEEK, yoau, doan't
saye."

Barefoot Lass

On the honor roll every year,

Drawn and Cut by Pobal Crane.

she uses her cuts freely. But
Anne certainly isn't "teacher's
pet." Last spring she was up at
3:30 a. m. to pick daisies for the
class day daisy chain. Returning

'Blood and Banquets'
Acquired By Library

Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, librar-
ian, announces that the library
has recently acquired two excell-
ent new books, Angel Mo and her
Son, Roland Hayes, by MacKinley
Helm, and Blood and Banquets, by
Bella Fromm.

The first is the story of a Geor-
gia negro who achieved fame as
a singer, told in the first person,
and the second, subtitled, A Berlin
Social Diary, is the story of Ber-
lin's high society from 1930 to
1938, told by a Jewish woman who
came to America in 1938, after
having sent the book out of Ger-
many piecemeal as it was being
written. Since she has been in
the United States, Nazi agents
have tried to reach her through
Mexico, and to destroy her writ-
ings. They were unsuccessful, and
she was instrumental in their cap-
ture by the government.

before breakfast, her group (whose
names had better remain undis-
closed) decided to go to breakfast,
but they had lost their water-
soaked, mud-caked shoes some-
where on the way. The six trooped
in to breakfast. Nothing was said.
After breakfast, they went out
single file so every one could view
their bare feet. Yes, something
was said this time.

Last fall Anne was elected to
go with Raddy Radford to the
N. S. F. A. convention at Michigan
State College. Excitedly she dash-
ed downtown to buy a fur coat,
but the day before Christmas the
convention was cancelled because
of traveling conditions. However,
she philosophically remarked!
"Well, I got a fur coat out of the
deal, and I can wear it to the
junior banquet if I don't spill
something on it."

Presidents Council
To Hold Activities Tea

To familiarize freshmen and
transfers with the extra-curricula
clubs and activities on the cam-
pus, Presidents' council will spon-
sor an activities tea in Murphey
Candler on the afternoon of March
3. The president of each organi-
zation will be in charge of a booth
and will discuss with the students
interested the duties, activities,
and purpose of each club.

Since transfers and freshmen
may try-out for clubs in the
spring, the tea will try to assist
each girl in making a wise choice.

Sponsors of the freshmen and
transfers will assist the council in
entertaining.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943

We're Playing With Real Fireworks Now

February 22nd has a great deal of
meaning for every person who has
been associated with Agnes Scott in
any way, as well as for every American
citizen who feels a deep sense of grati-
tude for all that George Washington
signifies as the "father of his country"
of our country.

Washington's birthday will be cele-
brated in the nation this year not
with gala parades and fireworks, but
by a re-dedication on the part of every
real patriot to the highest ideals of
democracy and freedom.

As Americans we will celebrate by
renewing our faith in our American
way of life. We will be thanking God
for the blessings He has bestowed
upon America through the great
statesmen who have guided her destiny.
And we will be praying that America
may always remain true to the demo-
cratic principles on which she was
founded.

George Washington Scott's birthday
will also be quietly celebrated, but
the occasion will probably mean more
to thinking Hottentots than it has in
the past. Instead of the usual holiday
ending with a festive banquet where
George and Martha Washington match
rhymes with Daniel Boone and other
pioneers, the senior class will present
a Founder's Day program in chapel
in order to direct our thoughts to 'the
ideals upon which the college was
founded and to make us conscious
that the same ideals must still form
the basis for education, even in war-
time.

-Drawn and Uui by Betly Lynn Heugan.

Firecrackers and fur-clad Daniel
Boones are out for the duration. Our
boys are playing with guns instead of
fireworks. This year George Washing-
ton and George Washington Scott de-
mand a serious, thoughtful attitude to-
ward the ideals they set forth many
years ago.

Footnotes-

Russians Sever Railroad Supplying Kharkov,
Begin Seige of City As Germans Retreat

President Roosevelt Addresses Nation and World
Pledging Unconditional Surrender, Lasting Peace

By Tess Carlos

The Russians continue their advances.
And the Germans continue their retreat
without the support of the Luftwaffe,
which once had complete control of Rus-
sian skies. The siege of Kharkov has
begun, and the Russians in a smashing
semi-encirclement have severed the rail-
road line supplying the city. The Ger-
mans have yet to make a stand since
the Russian winter began last month.
Conflicting reports continue to come in
whether the German army will retreat
further. Russian communiques are still
announcing advances with marked re-
straint.

Dinner at 8:30

The President spoke to Washington
correspondents assembled in the Hotel
Statrer this week. His message, the
first since his arrival from the confer-
ence at Casablanca, was sent out via air
to the world. What he had to say was
not new. The people of the United Na-
tions have known this from the time
they entered the war. Prime Minister
Churchill has reiterated it often in his
speeches before Parliament. The war
will not end until the three Axis part-
ners submit to unconditional surrender.
And the war which is being fought to-
day upon widely scattered battlefronts
will not have been waged in vain, Se-
curity and lasting peace must follow
with the end of bloodshed. There must
be no more world wars. It remains to
this generation to see that this comes
true.

BOON Is the Hunter

Reports have been filtering in since
the beginning of the war about Nazi
atrocities among the conquered peoples
of Europe. Greece is starving. France
is starving. And Poland is being anni-
hilated by hunger and by the guns of
German soldiers and Gestapo agents.
According to the account of Polish at-
rocities issued by the American Jewish
Labor Committee, four million Jews
men, women, and children have been

murdered. The Germans are not alone
in this ruthless hunt for men. The Ital-
ians have shown themselves to be quite
adept in the art of murdering Yugo-
slavians, as have the Japanese with the
Chinese and the other peoples of the
Orient.

Inflation Blues

The fight against inflation is becom-
ing more desperate. While labor chiefs
threaten to demand higher wages in
violation of the Little Steel formula,
President Roosevelt has decreed a forty-
eight hour week in labor shortage areas.
Critics of the measure insist that pay-
ing labor overtime will result in fur-
ther danger to the nation's economy.
A l ast Strike

Mahatma Gandhi, confined by the
British, has begun a twenty-one day
hunger strike which the viceroy, Lord
Linlithgow, calls "political blackmail."

Gandhi, along with his chief follow-
ers, was jailed last year to prevent fur-
ther interference with British defense
of India. His fast has already provoked
a number of riots, but the viceroy re-
fuses to alter his policy of locking up
members of the All-India Congress.

Absent Minded

Haven't you forgotten something? We
were thinking that you had when we
went to chapel during the last few days
and saw books lined along the corridor
floors and the staircases. We know that
you realize how untidy they make Pres-
ser lobby look, and that you probably
passed the studio on the right without
thinking to leave your books there dur-
ing the chapel period. This is just a lit-
tle reminder, so that when our dis-
tinguished visitors arrive for the con-
ference on February 27 and 28 we will
not thoughtlessly give them the impres-
sion that we are a careless group of
students. (F. E. K.)

How many basketball games have
you seen this season? Four good teams
are making athletic history on the court
in the gym every Friday, but often this
history is made with few witnesses.
Those who play are not just putting on
a show for the grandstand, but they
certainly wouldn't mind having an audi-
ence.

Perhaps some of us forget when the
games are going to be, since we don't
play ourselves. If this is so, we prob-
ably should have some special weekly
reminder on the bulletin board or in
chapel about the time of the game and
who is playing.

Let's go watch some good basketball
and cheer our own teams on to victory.

Campus appearance is something
that makes an impression on everyone
who comes to Agnes Scott whether on
business, to visit, for concerts and lec-
tures, or to attend classes as we do
every day. The administration takes
care of all the big things such as plant-
ing beautiful lawns and keeping them
cut, but it is up to us to help them keep
the whole campus clean and neat. This
means no books and coats flung around
the lobby of Rebekah at mealtime, no
books lining the walls of Presser at
chapeltime, no candy papers dropped
along the walks and in the halls it

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, February 17, 1943 No. 14

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; sfngle copies, five cents.

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Editor MARTHA DALE

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Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

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Manager Sports Editor

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Copy Editor Caroline Calhoun

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Current History Editor Circulation Assistants
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Campus Quotes on

Should They Vote?

By Betty Pegram

Last week the question of letting the
18-20 year olds vote was brought up in
an editorial and through Governor Ar-
nall's statement that he favored the
plan. Here's what Hottentots think
about it.

Helen Smith '43.

Eighteen year old boys are being
drafted because we need the man power
in order to win the war, but I can see
no reason for allowing 18 year olds
to vote. This is not necessary, and I
think the majority are not mentally ma-
ture enough to assume the responsibil-
ity.

Virginia Carter '45

Eighteen year olds should be allowed
to vote. If their government thinks
them old enough to fight for their
country, they should be old enough to
have a voice in that government. Also
the average 18 year old does as much
thinking about politics and government
as the average voter. We all are at
fault though in thinking too little about
our government and our democracy.

Martha Baker '46

I don't know enough about it to give
a definite opinion on this question, but
off hand, I would say, "Yes, eighteen
year olds should vote." Teen age boys
are being called into service a bill is
pending for the drafting of eighteen
year old girls. If the youth of America
are considered old enough to shoulder
the responsibility of killing or at least
participating in the war, why are they
not old enough to vote?

Susan Guthrie '43

I can see no connection between
eighteen year old boys being physically
fit and being mentally mature. I don't
think this is the time to consider such
a move.

Alice Gordon '46

I really shouldn't give a definite
opinion on this subject for I am judg-
ing other eighteen year olds by myself
and the majority of my friends. I re-
gret to say that we do not know
enough politics to be able to judge the
best man for an office. Even though
18 year olds are fighting for their coun-
try, they would probably vote the way
their parents do and not have an opin-
ion of their own. Therefore, I say "No."

Florence Crane '45

I don't think 18 year olds should
vote because I think I am an average
18 year old, and I don't feel that I
know enough about government, nor do
I have enough interest in government
to vote. i

Molly Milam '45

I'm not in favor of 18 year olds vot-
ing because it seems to me they aren't
well enough aware of or even vitally
interested enough in government affairs
to have the vote. I don't say that 18
year olds shouldn't jiave some interest,
but I do say, speaking from my own
eighteen year old point of view, that
in general I think teen age youths are
incapable of such a responsibility.

means we must do none of the things
which will detract from the good ap-
pearance of the college.

If you are head of any organization
that has positions filled through stu-
dent elections, remember that you must
list the requirement for each elective
office in your organization. To be pub-
lished in the Agnes Scott News, these
lists must be given to Martha Dale
by 6:00 p. m., Sunday, February 21.

The News is under the direction of
the regular staff again this week, af-
ter two issues published by the assist-
ant editors.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1943

NO. 15

Heads of Organizations List
Qualifications for Offices

In accordance with provisions of the Student Government
constitution, heads of all organizations having officers elected
by the student body are listing in today's News the duties
and qualifications for all elective positions.

Student Government

President

Duties: (1) Call and preside
over all meetings of the associa-
tion and the executive committeee.
(2) Act as chairman of the nom-
inating committee. (3) Call spec-
ial meetings and appoint special
committees. (4) Aid in annual re-
vision of the HANDBOOK. (5)
Act as secretary of the adminis-
trative committee. (6) Preside at
student elections.

Qualifications: Ability to repre-
sent students in administrative af-
fairs; a real interest in all cam-
pus organizations so that she may
lead in the integration of student
activities. She should be tactful
and sympathetic and have a sin-
cere interest in student problems.
However, she must be absolutely
impartial in dealing with cases.

Vice-President

Duties: (1) Assume the duties
of the president in her absence or
at her request. (2) Preside at open
forum. (3) Direct orientation. (4)
Act as chairman of lower house.
(5) Act as fire chief.

Qualifications: Ability to organ-
ize and direct a forceful orienta-
tion program for the freshmen;
insight into the new-comer's prob-
lems; enthusiasm but sound judg-
ment.

Secretary

Duties: (1) Keep minutes of the
meetings of the executive com-
mittee. (2) Keep all the files of
the association. (3) Attend to the
correspondence of the association.
(4) Act as house president of a
small dormitory.

Qualifications: Dependability,
efficiency and interest in campus
activities.
Treasurer

Duties: (1) Be in charge of all
the financial matters of the asso-
ciation. (2) Act as house presi-
dent of a small dormitory.

Qualifications: Dependability,
efficiency and interest in campus
activities.

House Presidents

Duties: (1) To be in charge of
dormitories in seeing that the
students are kept up to the high-
est standards. (2) To meet with
the executive committee once a
week. (3) To represent student
desires in all metters under con-
sideration.

Qualifications: Ability to inspire
cooperation; a friendly, sympa-
thetic and understanding nature;
impartial in dealings with all
students.

(Continued on Page 4)

Hugh Hodgson to Give
Musicale, March 1st

Hugh Hodgson will present his
monthly musicale on Monday
night, March 1, at 8:30 o'clock in
Presser hall.

His program will include
Shakespearean ballads and other
numbers of interest. The college
community is invited to attend.

Vote to Decide
Point Changes

Additions and changes in the
point system, recommended by the
point committee, will be discuss-
ed and voted on in chapel Thurs-
day.

The list of suggestions for
points includes that: (1) Lower
house be changed from 4 perman-
ent to 4 temporary. (2) Secretary
of lower house have 6 temporary.

(3) Members of freshman and
sophomore cabinets carry none.

(4) Officers of freshman and
sophomore cabinets have 6 per-
manent. (5) Committee chairmen
of freshman and sophomore cab-
inets have 4 temporary. (6) Choir
members have 4 temporary in-
stead of 2 permanent. (7) Special
chorus members carry 8 perma-
nent when they belong to choir,
operetta, and oratorical. (8) Op-
eretta leading singers have 8 tem-
porary. (9) Minor singers in op-
erettas have 2 temporary. (10)
President of Glee club have 8 per-
manent. (11) Other Glee club of-
ficers have 4 permanent. (12)
Poetry editor of Aurora have 4
permanent. (13) Art editor of
Aurora have 6 permanent. (14)
Folio club members have 4 per-
manent. (15) Art editors of the
News have 4 permanent. (16) As-
sociate editor of Silhouette have
16 permanent. (17) Assistant edi-
tors of Silhouette have 14 perma-
nent. (18) Class editor of Silhou-
ette have 12 permanent. (19) Or-
ganizations editor of Silhouette
have 12 permanent. (20) Sopho-
more assistants on Silhouette have

Debaters to Contest
In Emory Tourney

Cathy Steinbach, Elaine Kun-
iansky, Ruth Kolthoff, and Claire
Bennet, Pi Alpha Phi debate team,
will represent Agnes Scott in the
Inter-Collegiate Debate Tourna-
ment to be held tomorrow, Friday,
and Saturday at Emory.

In the first round, Cathy Stein-
back and Elaine Kuniansky, the
affirmative, will contest with a
Georgia Evening College team
Thursday night at 9 o'clock, after
a formal banquet in the Emory
cafeteria. The debate subject is
"Resolved: That the United Na-
tions should establish a permanent
federal union with power to regu-
late commerce, to settle and en-
force international disputes, to
maintain a police force, and to
admit other nations, if they will
accept its principles."

Miss Dilley to Speak
On Applying for Job 7

Miss Katherine Dilley, of the
Katherine Gibbs business school in
Boston, will speak on "How to Ap-
ply for a Job" Tuesday afternoon,
March 2, at 5 o'clock in Murphey
Candler,/ according to Dot Hollor-
an, president of Mortar Board.

Her subject will be of special in-
terest to college girls who are
planning to enter business.

After having dinner in Rebekah
Scott, Miss Dilley will meet stu-
dents in Murphey Candler through-
out the evening for individual con-
ferences.

Miss Dilley's appearance here is
a part of the vocational guidance
program sponsored by Mortar
Board.

6 permanent. (21) Members of Bi-
ble, International Relations, Pen
and Brush, and French clubs have
2 permanent. (22) Members of
Chi Beta Phi and Eta Eigma Phi
have none.

Conference Schedule

Friday evening, Feb. 26
8:30 "The Whole Armor"

Dr. Gillie A. Larew, head of the department of mathe-
matics and acting dean of Randolph-Macon.
Saturday morning, Feb. 27
9:15 Chapel service

9:30 "The Challenge of the Economic Home Front"

Dr. J. E. Greene, regional educational services repre-
sentative, Office of Price Administration, Atlanta.

10:45 "Some Labor Problems"

Miss Ruth Scandrett of the U. S. Department of Labor,
Division of Labor Standards, Washington, D. C.

11:30 "A Right Attitude Toward Racial Minorities"

Dr. Herman L. Turner, minister of the Covenant Pres-
byterian Church, Atlanta.

12:15-1:00 Panel discussion on labor and racial minorities

Miss Scandrett; Dr. Turner; Mr. Harold Land, Nor-
wegian teacher and lecturer; Professor W. B. Stubbs,
Emory University.

Saturday afternoon, Feb. 27
2:30 "The Role of Women in War Production"

Dr. J. J. Carney, Jr., economist on the War Manpower
Commission, Atlanta.
3:15 "British Women and the War"

Mr. Malcolm Henderson, British consul, Atlanta.
4:00 "Opportunities for Women in the Enlisted Services"

First Officer Florence C. Jepson, personnel director for
the WAAC, Washington, D. C.

Saturday evening, Feb. 27

"Laying the Groundwork for a Constructive Peace"
Dr. Margaret Mead, associate curator in the Department
of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural
History, New York City.

Additional Speakers
To Appear Saturday

Miss Ruth Scandrett, Sister of Dean,
Lt. Harald Land, Educator, to Talk

Three additional speakers for the week-end conference on
"College Women and the Challenge of the World Today"
were announced this week by Miss Susan Cobbs, chairman
of the conference. The new speakers are Miss Ruth Scan-
drett, industrial economist; W. B. Stubbs, professor of Bible

at Emory University, and Lt. Har-

ald Land, Norwegian educator.

Miss Scandrett, sister of Dean
Carrie Scandrett, will speak Sat-
urday at 10:45 a. m. on "Some
Problems of Labor." She is an in-
dustrial economist in the Division
of Labor Standards of the Depart-
ment of Labor in Washington. She
graduated from Agnes Scott
in 1922.

Miss Scandrett, Lt. Land and
Professor Stubbs will take part
in the panel discussion following
Dr. Herman L. Turner's talk on
"A Right Attitude Toward Racial
Minorities" at 11:30 a. m.

Lt. Land, 31-year-old Norwegian
school teacher and indoor ski-

DR. HERMAN L. TURNER

Students to Receive
Second Ration Book
Here This Afternoon

War ration book number two
can be obtained this afternoon be-
tween 2:30 and 5:30 o'clock or
tonight between 7:45 and 10:00
o'clock, according to the Dean's
office.

The book, necessitated by the
point rationing of canned foods
which goes into effect March 1,
may be obtained by all students
and members of the faculty here
on campus, although it has been
suggested that day students will
probably wish to get theirs in
their own neighborhood.

Miss Lewis to Speak

Miss Louise Lewis, professor of
art and art history, will speak
on Spanish art, illustrating her
talk with slides, tomorrow at 5:00
p. m. in Room 101 Buttrick. The
college community is invited to
the program and also to a tertulia
afterwards in Murphey Candler.

LT. HARALD LAND

Photo Courtesy Emory Wheel.

FIRST OFFICER C. JEPSON

jumping champion, is in the Uni-
ted States as the guest of the
Norwegian embassy. He escaped
from Norway into Sweden while
the German police were hunting
him for his underground activities
against the Nazis.

Coming This Week

Monday, Mar. 1, 8:30 p. m. Hugh

Hodgson musicale.
Tuesday, Mar. 2 Gibbs school
speaker 5 p. m. in Murphey
Candler.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1943

"Wanna Play Bridge?" Pleads Swanna,
As She Looks Thru Her Rule Book

By Mary Carr

When it comes to chronic bridge
playing, Swanna Elizabeth Hen-
derson, also known as Betty, heads
the list, for after dinner Swanna
and Dot Holloran daily let out a
howl for bridge players. Happily
Swanna settles down with her
rulebook, refusing to bid or make
a single play without numerous
consultations.

Last summer, however, she had
another distraction. Someone had
to care for her little namesake,
who was staying at her house.
Swanna, a psychology and English
major, bravely rose to the occasion
by applying her child psychology.
Dates often were chagrined when
Swanna took the baby to the

drugstore with her. When little
Betty had her tonsils out this fall,
her mother mentioned it in a

Betty Manning to Announce
Varsity, Subvarsity Friday

Frosh Receive First Defeat, Lose to Juniors;
Sophomores Win Over Seniors in Night Bout

By Mary Estill Martin

How will the basketball season end? Come down to the
gym Friday afternoon, and you will see. The juniors play
the sophomores, and the seniors meet the freshmen in the
last class games of the year. At this time the varsity and sub-
varsity teams will be announced by Betty Manning.

I have been looking over some

M. E. MARTIN

of the records of the players. Rad-
dy Radford has
scored more
points than any
other forward.
She has run up
a total of sev-
enty - three
points in five
games. The high
scorers for the
juniors are Vir-
ginia T u g g 1 e
and Rufus Farrior. Mary Munroe,
Molly Milam, and Mary Cumming,
among the sophomores, have good
records. Sally Sue Stephenson,
Gloria Ann Melchor, and Soozi
Richardson have run up the most
points for the freshmen.

There has also been some ex-
cellent guarding this season. Billy
Walker has been the mainstay of
the juniors' defense. However,
Billy would have been helpless
without Gwen Hill and Agnes
Douglas. Clara Rountree has play-
ed well all season; Ruth Gray has
been a great asset to the sopho-
mores. For the freshmen Mildred
McCain and Peggy Kelly have
done a good job.
Sophomores Beat Seniors

In a good, fast game Friday
night the class of '45 added anoth-
er defeat to the seniors' record.
However. the senior guards
showed marked improvement and
were more successful in keeping

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the sophomores from shooting.
Ruth Gray did a good job of
guarding the seniors' leading
scorer, Raddy Radford. Molly Mil-
am was very successful on long
shots.

The past week-end really be-
longed to the juniors. There was
Junior Banquet; and then the jun-
iors gave the freshmen their first
defeat of the season. Although the
scores were cjose, the juniors had
a slight margin over the frosh
throughout most of the game.

Last week's line ups were:

Freshmen (16)

Johnson (2)
Ryner
Melchor (1)
McCain
McCall
Kelly

Juniors (22)
Farrior (9) R.F.
Tuggle (8) L.F.
White, B. C.F.
Walker, B. G.
Hill, G. G.
Douglas G.

Substitutions: Juniors Gray, B.
(1), Harvard, E. (4); freshmen
Purcell (2), Stephenson (9), Rich-
ardson (2).

Sophomores (22) Seniors (19)

Cum'ng M. (7) R. F. Weismann (5)
Munroe (6) L.F. Radford (10)
Milam (9) C.F. Moore (4)
Slack G. Rountree

Equen G. Smith, C.

Gray, R. G. Martin, M. E.

Substitutions: Sophomores
Manning, Glenn; seniors Hopper.

letter, but Swanna felt grossly in-
sulted, for "what right had they
to do it without asking me?"
Sweet Music, Please

One of Swanna's passions is mu-
sic the more sentimental the bet-
terespecially if it's Andre Kos-
telantez or Carmen Cavellero.
When it comes to her own vocaliz-
ing in the tub, she warbles, "When
You're Away."

Last year Swanna was treasurer
of the junior class, worked on the
annual, and was on Lecture Asso-
ciation. She is in Who's Who, a
member of Cotillion, and is now
learning the hula a la Barbara
Frink.

Swanna is ideal as president of
Public Lecture Association for she
can talk to anyone and she's al-
ways bubbling over with excite-
ment and energy. Right now she's
preparing for Dr. Margaret Mead's
lecture this week-end.
Company Comes

Swanna never seems to worry.
A couple of days before her psy-
chology term paper was due, she
had out-of-town company twice,
her father and well, some one
else. She wasn't bothered about
the paper in the least for after
all, Miss Omwake is human.

Swanna's outside activities
outside of school, that is are ex-
tensive. Her ideal is a combina-
tion of the dental college and the
University of North Carolina men.
During her freshman year she
was so excited when she went to
Chapel Hill for May Frolics that
but maybe I've said enough and
you'd better ask her what hap-
pened.

Founder's Day Broadcast

President J. R. McCain Dean
Carrie Scandrett, and Alumnae
President Margaret Ridley cele-
brated Founder's Day in a broad-
cast over WGST Monday night.

Dr. McCain stressed the im-
portance of the liberal arts in
wartime. Miss Scandrett listed
the year's accomplishments on
campus, and outlined plans for
further war work.

DeKalb Theatre

February 24 "Are Husbands Necessary?"
Ray Milland. Betty Field.

February 25-26 "Glass Key." Brian Don-
levy, Veronica Lake.

February 27 "Kins Konp," "Klondike
Fury."

March 1-2 "Call Out the Marines," James

Carney, Edmund Lowe.
March 3 "Road to Morocco," Bob Hope,

Dorothy Lamour.

Decatur Theatre

February 24 Jeanette MacDonald, Robert

Young in "Cairo."
February 25-26 Tat O'Brien. Glenn Ford,

Kvt'lyn Koyes in "Flight Lieutenant."
February 27 "Sweater Girl" and "West of

Law.''

March 1-2 Ginger Rogers. Ray Milland in

"The Major and the Minor."

Pause., fzzj and
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A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

The week-end was so crammed full of events that it's really-
hard to find a beginning of it all! A good place to start is with
Yoli Bernabe's formal birthday party Friday night at the
Paradise Room. Yoli was nineteen, and she was right ready
to start celebrating.

Fifteen girls Yoli's sister, Belen, Mary Carr, Marjorie
Tippins, Ann Wright, Paule Triest,
Eleanor Manley, Betty Sullivan,
Betty Wade, Miriam Walker,
Kathie Hill, Squee Woolford, Mir
and Mas House,

Margaret Cath-
cart and their
dates made up
the party, and
the evening be-
gan with a tur-
key dinner.

The crowning
point to the eve-
ning was the
CAROLINE smith birthday cake,
which, to all accounts, was a won-
der! Numerously tiered, white-
iced, and beautifully decorated
with pink candy rosettes and
curley-cues, there was a whole
layer left at the end of the party!
After dinner everybody danced
and had a big time.

Yoli declares that their party
took up a whole street car, and
that on the way back to school the
remainder of the cake was divided
among everybody on the trolley
conductors 'n'all till Tony (Yoli's
date) dropped the last piece!
Phi Chi Formal

Another big even of Friday was
the Phi Chi (Emory med frat)
formal at the Biltmore. Hotten-
tots dancing were Alice Clements,
Laura Cumming, Mas House, Mar-
garet Downie, Elizabeth Harvard,
Claire Bennett, Barbara Irland,
Betty Brougher, Miriam Jester,
and Laurice Looper.

And the Junior Banquet Satur-
day night was perfect! The lovely
table decorations were green
candles, ivy streamers, and bowls
of spring flowers. Uniforms and
"tuxes" added quite a bit. Hand
it to the junior class and Mortar
Board they do things right! The
play was a big success.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

Friday night at the Rainbow
Roof were Marjorie Smith, Lillian
Roberts, Jane Dinsmore, Ginny
Carter, and Quincy Mills. At the
Roof Saturday night was a party
of junior-banqueters Anne Sale,
Mary Carr, Smiley Williams, Mar-
jorie Tippins, Cathy Steinbach,
Quincy Mills, Betty Burress, Mar-
jorie Smith, Katheryne Thompson,
and Margaret Cathcart. Also
there were Scott Newell and Em-
ily Anderson. Patty Barbour went
to the Paradise Room.

At the Tech-Georgia game Sat-
urday night was Bettye Smith.

Did you see Joella Craig's vis-
itor this week-end? None other
than Mr. Rudy Nimmons himself!
Spanish Supper

Sunday night Miss Cilley invited
Spanish class 358 to supper at her
home. Those present were Yoli
Bernabe, Martha Dale, Pat
Stokes, Anne Scott, and C. Smith.
Perfect atmosphere! even the
food was a la Espanol."

The campus has been missing
two Hottentots for several weeks
now. Dot Archer has been ill with
bronchitis at Emory hospital for
three or four weeks, and Mary
Varn was forced to go home for a
rest. Dot and Mary here's for a
quick pickup!

DUKE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NURSING
DURHAM, N. C.

The entrance requirements are in-
telligence, character, and for the
duration of the War, one quarter
or one semester of College. Classes
will be admitted April 1, 1943, and
January 27, 1944. The Diploma of
Graduate Nurse is awarded after
three years.

The annual tuition of $100.00
covers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms. Loan funds covering the
annual tuition are available.
Catalogue, application form, and
information about the B.S. degree
requirements may be obtained by
writing to:

The Dean

Duke School of Nursing
Durham, North Carolina

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Page 3

Squee Takes Over for Kathie
To Tell Tales Out of School

By Squee Wool ford

Any resemblance between this collaboration of words and
the column that usually appears in this space is purely co-
incidental. Kathie has been my roommate for two years but
as yet I have not absorbed any of her literary talent. But I
never give up.

The special chorus went out to
Fort MacPherson the other night
to entertain the lonesome lads.
Betty Manning, because of her
height or maybe because of lack
of height, was placed on one end
of the row of singers. At the end
of the number Mr. Johnson signal-

ed the group to move off the
stage. Betty who was concentrat-
ing on something or someone in
the audience, failed to catch the
signal. Imagine her surprise when
she realized that she was the only
person left on the stage.

Well, Junior Banquet is over

and believe it or not the dates all
matched in height and in number
much to Duffee's and Dot's sur-
prise.

While we were waiting for the
doors to open upon the feast and
all the underclassmen that could
possibly crowd around the ban-
nisters were looking down, the
Hayes walked over to speak to the
Stukes. Dr. Hayes commented on
the variety of boys present for, as
you know, we had Emory, Tech,
Lawson General Hospital, Candler
Field, the RAF, and Fort Mac-
Pherson represented. Mrs. Stukes
then told Dr. Hayes that over half
the boys were blind dates. Dr.
Hayes, in his typical English man-

ner, asked what institution they
represented; he had never heard
of a color-blind hospital in this
area.

As one young man went down
the receiving line, his date intro-
duced him to Dot Holloran and
Dr. McCain in one breath. In his
excitement, he shook Dr. McCain's
hand and blurted forth with, "I'm
so glad to meet you, Doc Mc-
Cain."

Midnight Rendezvous

The other night Betty Bowman,
who lives in Lupton, was sitting in
the bathtub at the late hour of
12:30. If you are not acquainted
with Lupton let me inform you
that the bathtub is on the back
porch. Suddenly she heard the

back door slam and someone run
down the steps. Naturally Betty
had visions of one of her children
having a sudden fit of nostalgia
and leaving. So Betty quickly
hopped out of the tub and dressed.

In about five minutes the mid-
night wanderer returned and found
Betty hovering over the phone.
When Betty asked for an explana-
tion, the wnderer, with an inno-
cent expression, said she suddenly
remembered she had a paper due
at five that afternoon and decided
it was better to have the paper
in Buttrick at midnight than to
have it in her room until the next
morning.

After her brief vacation, Kathie
will return to this spot next week.

First of all. is the WAAC really needed?

Emphatically yes! Already the President has authorized the
Corps to expand from 25,000 to 150,000. The Air Forces
and Signal Corps have asked for thousands of WAAC mem-
bers to help with vital duties. Both Ground Forces and
Services of Supply are asking for thousands more. Members
of the WAAC may be assigned to duty with the Army any-
where some are already in Africa and England.

Can the WAAC really help win the war?

The whole idea of the WAAC is to replace trained soldiers
needed at the front. If American women pitch in now to help
our Army (as women in Britain, Russia and China do), we
can hasten Victory and peace.

What can my eolleye education contribute?

College training is important equipment for many WAAC
duties too long to list. Cryptography, drafting, meteorology,
laboratory work, Link trainer and glider.instructing, for ex-
ample. If you are a senior you may enroll at once and be
placed on inactive duty until the school year ends. See your
WAAC faculty adviser for more details.

But can I live comfortably on WAAC pay?

There are few civilian jobs in which you could earn clear
income, as WAAC enrolled members do, of $50 to $138 a
month with all equipment from your toothbrush to cloth-
ing, food, quarters, medical and dental care provided. WAAC
officers earn from $150 to $333.33 a month.

7&

Some questions and answers of interest
to every patriotic college woman

V

The drilling sounds so strenuous I

Nonsense! The most beautiful women in America today
are the girls in khaki! Some calisthenics and drilling are
vital to general good health, discipline and tuned-up reflexes.
After a few weeks at Fort Des Moines, Daytona Beach or the
new Fort Oglethorpe training center you'll feel better than
ever in your life.

Maybe I wouldn't like the work?

People are happiest doing what they do well. Every effort
is made to place you where your service will count most
toward final Victory. You may have some latent talent that
will fill a particular need for work interesting and new to
women such as repairing the famous secret bombsight,
rigging parachutes, operating the fascinating new electronic
devices or driving an Army jeep over foreign terrain.

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Then I hare a chance to learn something new?

Yes, indeed. And the list of WAAC duties grows constantly.
The training and experience you get in the WAAC may
equip you for many stimulating new careers opening up
for women.

What are my chances of promotion?

Excellent. The Corps is expanding rapidly and needs new
officers, both commissioned and noncommissioned. Those
who join now have the best chances. All new officers now
come up through the ranks. If qualified, you may obtain a
commission in 12 weeks after beginning basic training.

What is the aye ranye and other requirements?

rd Very simple. You may join if you are a U. S. citizen, aged
21 to 44, inclusive, at least 5 feet tall and not over 6 feet,
tojf in good health regardless of race, color or creed. But the
Army needs you now don't delay. Total War won't wait!

i

Linguists needed* If you speak and write Spanish,
Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, German
or Italian, see your local Army recruiting office now! You
are needed for interpreting, cryptography, communications.

orps

^mi 1 ^'- For further information see your nearest

IJ. S. ARMY

RECRUITING AND
INDUCTION STATION

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1943

Think On These Things

"Ignorance is bliss" is one adage that
isn't supported by the average Hotten-
tot that is it isn't upheld consciously.
But in practice many of us have been
trying to live in ignorant bliss. We
have been trying to demonstrate that
we can get along perfectly well without
knowing what is going on in the world.
Or perhaps we are just living examples
of the fact that "A little learning is a
dangerous thing," for we are slipping
along getting general impressions about
current events and world problems with-
out taking the trouble to seek authori-
tative information.

As college students we are expected
to be able to talk intelligently about the
affairs of the day we should know how
to answer unpatriotic complaints about
rationing by knowing the reasons un-
derlying the rationing system; we should
-be able to influence less tolerant peo-
ple to take a calm, sane, and rational
attitude toward the race problem, which
is assuming ever-increasing magnitude
because of war conditions; we should be
the leaders in constructive thinking
about the peace and the possibility of a
world federation of states after tlie war.

These are just three of the important
questions which we are expected to

knew about. College students especial-
ly women, since they are almost the
only ones now who will have the advan-
tage of higher education are in the
spotlight. The government and the na-
tion count on us to give concrete proof
of the value of keeping the colleges
open. One way we can do this is by
showing that college is developing in us
mature attitudes toward these world
problems.

But has college done this for us ? Ap-
parently not or rather most of us have
successfully resisted all its efforts along
this line. But now we are to have our
one big opportunity. Next week-end the
college community will hear more au-
thoritative, qualified speakers than have
ever before been assembled on this cam-
pus. This is the most important function
of the year. We owe it to the adminis-
tration to take full advantage of the
opportunity they have worked so hard
to give us. We owe it to ourselves to
attend all the meetings in order to gain
an authoritative basis for intelligent
conversation. And we owe it to America
and to the world to make use of this
chance to prepare ourselves for assum-
ing places of leadership after we leave
college.

Eisenhowers Troops
As Nazi Tank Forces

By Tess Carlos

It's so hard to know what really is
going on. Yes, communiques, unbeliev-
ably detailed, come out daily. But in
this war the action of a front cannot
be viewed as a whole. This is the prob-
lem in North Africa. The war there has
now become a movement of position.
Jubilation one day over a minor victory
in a more minor skirmish is overset by
gloom in a few hours by the announce-
ment of successful enemy counterat-
tacks. When in truth, nothing has oc-
curred to change the status quo.

This much is known. Marshal Erwin
Rommel, after fleeing from the borders
of Egypt across Libya, is now en-
trenched in Tunisia. Raw American
troops hold him from retreating fur-
ther. The victorious British eighth army
is approaching the fortified Mareth line
to the rear of the Afrika Korps. There
are reports some observers now claim
that they are confirmed that Rommel
has been seriously injured in a bomb-
ing attack of his headquarters by Am-
erican bombers and that he has been
removed out to Germany.

Nevertheless, his tank forces in a new

Organization Heads List Duties, Qualifications for Office Holders

(Continued from First Page)

Student Recorder

Duties: (1) To edit the HANDBOOK.
(2) To be president of president's coun-
cil. (3) To keep the record of students'
points.

Qualifications: Carefulness in doing
detailed work.
Day Student Representative

Duties: (1) To represent the day
students on the executive committee.
(2) To preside over meetings of day
students and conduct their affairs.

Qualifications: Representative of var-
ious day student groups. Interest in in-
tegrating day student and boarder ac-
tivities.

Student Treasurer

Duties: (1) To apportion the student
budget to all organizations that receive
money from it. (2) To preside over the
budget committee, which consists of all
treasurers and business managers of
organizations receiving money from the
budget.

Qualif ieations : Ability to do simple
bookkeeping; courses in math are ad-
vantageous.

Christian Association

The first prerequisite for all officers
of C. A. is a strong, working Christian
personality, having the inner resource
of a vital relationship with God.
President

Duties: Preside over cabinet and
council meetings and retreats; keep in
touch with the various phases of C. A.
work; see that the program planned for
the year is carried forward.

Qualifications: A primary and endur-
ing interest in the spiritual growth on
campus; a vision of the scope of work
on our campus, of Christian works in
other colleges and throughout the world;
a personal contact with the campus;
ability to recognize varying abilities and
opinions, and to maintain an attitude of
fellowship and cooperation.
Vice-President

Duties: Have charge of writing letters
of welcome to the freshmen; direct the
meeting of freshmen at trains; advise
freshman work.

Qualifications: Enthusiasm, under-
standing, sound judgment, gift of draw-
ing out the ideas and possibilities in
others.
Sec retail-
Duties: Correspondence with speak-
ers, keeping minutes of cabinet meet-
ings and retreats, keeping in touch with
the various activities of C. A.

Qualifieations: Initiative, promptness,
contact with campus.

Treasurer

Duties: Collecting pledges, sending out
pledge envelopes, keeping up payments
specified in the budget.

Qualifications: Ability to take respon-
sibility in money matters, carefulness,
attention to details.

Athletic Association

President

Duties: (1) Call and preside at all ses-
sociation, board, and executive council
meetings. (2) Appoint sport managers
for her board, with the help of other
officers and physical director in the
spring when she takes office. (3) Ap-
point all committees and be an ex-
officio member of them.

Qualifications: (1) Interest in sports
and in Athletic Association. (2) Execu-
tive ability. (3) Willingness to work.
(4) Willingness to cooperate and to
work with physical directors. (5)
Friendliness.
Yiee-President

Duties: (1) Preside in the absence of
the president. (2) Take charge of all
open houses or other such recreation
sponsored by A. A. (3) Represent A. A.
on co-recreational council.

Qualifications: (1) Interest in sports
and in A. A. (2) Ability to direct open
houses or other social functions with
mixed groups. (3) Willingness to co-
operate.
Secretary

Duties: (1) Keep minutes of each
meeting. (2) Keep a record of all pro-
ceedings of A. A. board. (3) Conduct
all correspondence of A. A. (4) Send
out notices of all meetings.

Qualifications: (1) Dependability at
all times. (2) Interest in A. A. (3)
Promptness.
Treasurer

Duties: (1) Take charge of the funds
of the association and record her re-
port in the record. (2) Pay out money
only on order of the president. (3) Or-
der and take charge of awards. (4)
Have charge of lost and found depart-
ment.

Qualifications: (1) Ability to keep ac-
curate books. (2) Dependability always.

Silhouette

Editor

Duties: (1) Sign all contracts with
printer, photographer, and engraver. (2)
Plan the annual: including the theme,
the layouts for each page, and the con-
tents for each section. (3) Supervise
and check all writing and proof-read
final copy. (4) Be responsible for hav-
ing photographers take all necessary
pictures.

Qualifications: The editor should have
a spark of originality; ability to write
clearly; a marked sense of responsibil-
ity for getting things done; ability to
get along well with faculty, students,
and contractors; a bit of business sense
to plan within a budget. Some artistic
talent is desirable.
Associate Editor

Duties: (1) Help plan the annual:
theme, contents of each section. (3) Di-
rect the beauty section and choose the
judge. (3) Make the final check on
class sections: names and pictures.

Qualifications: The associate editor
should have a sense of responsibility for
helping to plan the annual, intense in-
terest, and ability to write.
Assistant Editors

Duties: One assistant will have entire
charge of the faculty section, and the
other of the club section. For her sec-
tion each will have to do the writing,
supervise the photography, and take
part in planning the page layouts.

Qualifications: The assistant editors
should have a sense of responsibility for
doing work on time, interest, and ability
to write.

Business Manager

Duties: She is in charge of getting
the annual advertising and in charge of
other money-making schemes. She is
the bookkeeper; therefore through her
all of the money is received and all bills
are paid. She supervises the layout of
the advertising section.

Qualifications: She must have time
to go to town often and not mind meet-
ing and talking to business men. She
ought to know the city and have initia-
tive about getting new businesses in-
terested in advertising. Having discre-
tion about choosing a capable and in-
terested staff is important.
Advertising Manager

She is the assistant of the business
manager in the advertising field and
may be in charge of trade ads.

Lecture Association

President

Duties: To act as chairman of student
committee of Lecture Association, to co-
operate with the faculty committee in
making the lectures a success, to enter-
tain the lecturers, to make welcoming
address at each lecture and to receive
at the receptions.

Qualifications: Membership in senior
class with academic standing suitable
for graduation, interest in intellectual
and artistic subjects, possession of a
personality and appearance suitable for
representing the college, poise, and some
executive ability.

Forced to Withdraw
Take Initiative

advance of thirty-five miles have tried
to take the initiative from the Allies
and have forced the evacuation of three
American flying bases. The plan of at-
tack seems to be to force the right
wing of Eisenhower's army northward,
thus driving a wider wedge between Al-
lied Tunisian forces and the advancing
eighth army.
By Bitter Fighting

The Russians, encountering bitter op-
position, continue to move on. Rostov
has fallen. Kharkov, the most powerful
Nazi base in all of south Russia, has
fallen. German forces in the area east
of the mighty Dneiper river are in dan-
ger now with the fall of this city, from
which last summer the Germans
launched the great offensive that
brought them to the gates of Stalingrad.
Kharkov has been in the hands of the
Germans since October, 1941. The Ger-
mans now are falling back toward Kiev
for a last stand. The test of true mili-
tary strength has yet to come in Rus-
sia. The coming battles will determine
who will hold the sprawling Ukraine.
A Lady Speaks

Madame Chiang Kai-shek was in
Washington this week as a guest of the
President. Speaking before the Con-
gress, she pleaded for more direct aid
to China, who is now fighting off seven
drives by the Japanese against Chung-
king, the nationalist capital. Whatever
aid might be sent will have to be small
since the Burma Road, China's best
contact with the outside world, is in the
hands of the Japanese. The Chinese real-
ize this. But what they cannot under-
stand is our underestimation of Japan's
striking power in the east.

Treasurer

Duties: To take charge of securing
and selling tickets for the lectures, and
to take care of all the financial matters
of the organization.

Qualifications: Same general qualifi-
cations as for president and sufficient
knowledge of mathematics to assume
the responsibility of handling all the fi-
nances of the organization.

War Council

Chairman

Duties: (1) Organizing war activities
on campus. (2) Receiving and fulfilling
campus requests and suggestions for
methods of aiding the war effort on the
college campus.

Qualifications: (1) Sense of responsi-
bility. (2) Ability to work with faculty
and students. (3) Intense interest.

May Day

Chairman

Duties: (1) Selection of a capable
committee. (2) Conferences with facul-
ty advisors for planning May Day meet-
ings. (3) Having a contest for selec-
tion of a scenario. (4) Election of May
Queen and Court. (5) Getting each dif-
ferent committee to start working
separately on necessary jobs. (6) Set-
ting dates for practices, May Day, etc.

Qualifications: (1) Willingness to
work hard. (2) Must be responsible
and dependable. (3) Should be inter-
ested in music and dancing. (4) Should
be able to work with other people and
get along with them. (5) Should be
open to suggestions.

(This list will be concluded next week
with the qualifications for positions on
the Aurora and on the Agnes Scott
News.)

The A9r.es Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday. February 24, 1943 No. 15

Published weekly, except during holiday* and
examination periods, by the students of Agnea
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, fire cents.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER:

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VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943

NO. 16

Presidents 7 Tea
To Fete Frosh
And Transfers

Presidents of all organizations
will entertain freshmen, transfers,
and sponsors at a tea in Murphey
Candler today from 5:00 to 6:00
p. m. The purpose of the tea,
sponsored annualy by Presidents'
Council, is to introduce new stu-
dents to the various campus or-
ganizations, each of which will
decorate booths representing their
activities.

The Christian Association will
be a tableau showing their an-
nual projects. The Agnes Scott
News will display issues of the
News at its booth, and Grand-
daughters' club's booth will fea-
ture annuals and scrapbooks. The
booth decorated by French club
will describe the who, when,
where, and how of becoming a
member of French club.

Athletic Association's booth will
feature amusing figures made of
pipe-cleaners arranged in postures
depicting different sports. The
club presidents will be on hand
to discuss the activities of the
clubs with any who are interested.

The class presidents, Mary Ann
Cochran, Anne Ward, Molly Mi-
lam, and Soozi Richardson, are in
charge of invitations and of plac-
ing of the booths, and Martha Ann
Smith is refreshments chairman.
Dot Holloran, Frances Radford,
Betty Henderson, and Betty Bates
will serve at the tea.

NavyPre-Flight
Hears Chorus

Special Chorus presented a vo-
cal program for the Naval Pre-
Flight Training School in Athens
last night. Preceding the concert,
the Naval Choir members enter-
tained the group at a dinner at
one of the local hotels. After-
wards, the girls were conducted
over the training school's grounds
in a navy bus.

At 8:30 p. m. in the Fine Arts
auditorium, Special Chorus pre-
sented their hour concert, featur-
ing groups of four members who
sang three numbers. Between
these selections Jeanne Newton,
Mabel Stowe, and Barbara Con-
nally sang solos.

On Tuesday, March 9, Special
Chorus will sing at the Lions club
banquet at the Ansley hotel in
Atlanta. This will be the last
invitation the Chorus will accept
until after the opera.

Mr. Lewis H. Johnson of the
Music Department has said that
the Special Chorus will present
their program in chapel if the stu-
dents and faculty are interested.

Elections Scheduled
To Be Held April 1

Plans are already in progress
for the annual student elections
which will take place at the be-
ginning of the spring quarter. The
popular nomination is scheduled
for the first Satuday in the new
quarter, March 27. Results of these
nominations will be posted Mon-
day, March 29, together with com-
mittee nominations. The follow-
ing Thursday and Friday, April
1 and 2 the elections will be held.

To assist the student body in
making wise selections in nom-
inating and voting, two lists have
been posted. One is a list of the
campus organizations, showing
which girls have participated in
each organization and in what
capacity. The other list states the
duties and qualifications for all
offices. These lists will serve to
guide students in deciding who
is best suited for each office.

Baptists to Honor
Foreign Students

Foreign students will be honor
guests at the Baptist Student
Union Banquet, to be given at
Druid Hills Baptist church on
March 5, at 8:30 p. m. Students
from Agnes Scott, Grady Nurses
School, Emory, Tech, Atlanta
Junior College, Georgia Baptist
Nurses School, Marsh Business
College and Crawford Long
Nurses School, will attend the
banquet.

Speaker at the banquet will be
Mr. William Hall Preston, from
Nashville, Tennessee. His subject
will be "International Peace in a
Radiant Tomorrow." The program
will also include two student
speakers and a quartet from Mer-
cer.

Ballet Russe to Appear

The Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo will appear in Atlanta Tues-
day, March 9 at the Erlanger
theatre, sponsored by the Atlanta
Music Club.

Among the ballets to be given
are "Chopin Concerto" and
"Rodeo." Featured dancers will
be Mia Slavenska, Alexandra Dan-
ilova and Igor Youskevitch.

School Granted
Money by GEB

Two new grants of money for
general endowment have been
made to Agnes Scott, according to
President J. R. McCain. He re-
vealed Monday that the college
recently received $73,000 from the
General Education Board in New
York. This is part of the $500,000
promised to the college on condi-
tion that they raise $1,000,000. So
far, $900,000 has been raised and
$450,000 received from the board.
This was the seventh grant given
to the college from the GEB.

Dr. McCain also announced that
earlier in the year $30,000 had
been received from the Carnegie
Corporation for general endow-
ment.

Seniors to Entertain
Sophomores and Dates
Tonight and Tomorrow

A skating party tonight in the
gym, and a square dance to-
morrow night in Murphey Cand-
ler will be features of the parties
given by the senior class for the
sophomores.

Boys from Tech, Emory, and
Atlanta Southern Dental college
have been invited. The parties
will last from 8 until 11 p. m.;
punch and cookies will be served.

Dot Holloran, general chairman,
has announced the following com-
mittee chairmen: Margie Wilson,
entertainment; Mary Jane Auld,
invitations; Betty Pegram, re-
freshments; Alice Clements, dec-
orations; Pat Perry and Mary
Brock, dates.

The parties, formerly sponsored
by Mortar Board, will become an
annual activity for the senior
class in honor of their sister class.

College Debate Team
Ties for First Place

North Georgia Tourney Held at Emory,-
Teams to Enter Grand Eastern Meet

Victorious in three out of four of their clashes, Agnes
Scott's debate team tied with three other colleges for first
place in the North Georgia intercollegiate debate tournament
held February 25-26 at Emory University. Duplicate awards
will go to Agnes Scott, Emory, Piedmont, and North Georgia

' colleges.

Virginia Tuggle
Mardi Gras Head

Virginia Tuggle was elected by
the junior class Thursday in
chapel to head the committee
planning Mardi Gras. The annual
day of floats and entertainment
sponsored by the class is scheduled
for Saturday, April 10.

According to junior class presi-
dent Anne Ward, every organiza-
tion on campus will be invited to
enter the float competition and
try for prizes. Committees are
being formed to handle the vari-
ous activities planned for the day.

Further plans will be announced
in the News.

Silhouette Contributes
To Red Cross Fund

The Silhouette made a dona-
tion of $27.55 last week to the
campus Red Cross drive, accord-
ing to Laura Cumming, business
manager of the yearbook.

Instead of sponsoring a money-
making benefit, the Silhouette
gave to the fund the percentage
made on copies of annual pictures
sold for Gasper-Ware.

Faculty to Seek Revenge Saturday Night
In 3-Act Masterpiece Starring Whole Staff

By Wendy Whittle

Borrowing freely from the
classics, the student body, and the
World Almanac, the faculty will

present " "

to a waiting world Saturday at
8:30 p. m. in Presser hall. (Title
censored because of priority grant-
ed to Kathie Hill by faculty pub-
licity mongers.)

To a group who have seen their
every word and gesture caricatur-
ed by a voracious student body,
the temptation must be great to
dwell at length on the pecularities
of their egregious students, and
to obtain revenge for their long
suffering. However, the faculty
have confined themselves chiefly
to their noble central idea, not
yet released for publication. Divid-
ed into three parts and ignoring
the three unities imposed on some
lesser works, the action embraces
all of human life, and covers a
great span of time. Because of
the scope of the production, ev-
ery member of the faculty will
appear, some taking more than
one part.
Leading Roles

Although it cannot be stressed
too often that the whole produc-

tion is a cooperative affair and
that full credit for the colossal
undertaking belongs to all mem-
bers of the faculty, a few of the
names studding the roll of genius
have been announced for publica-
tion. Leading mens' parts will be
played by those young Lochinvars,
Messrs. McCain, Stukes, Dieck-
mann, Gillespie, and Cunningham.
All the women's roles are leads.

A chorus of faculty wives di-
rected by Mrs. Lapp will be in-
strumental in adding to the unity
and coherence of the production.
Elaborate preparations for stag-
ing, costuming, and musical
score have been made. The stage
consultant is Mr. Glenn James,
the same person who has done
many sets for Blackfriars and
the operettas. Incidentally, an
offer from Norman Bel Geddes
to stage the production was re-
fused because Mr. Geddes lacks
the vision and imagination requir-
ed by this work of art.
Score and Lyrics

A musical score reflecting the
high tone of the production has
been arranged, and lyrics have
been provided by Miss MacDougall.

Two of many script writers are
Miss Alexander and Miss Gooch.

The revenge of the faculty will
be costly for the student body and
innocent passers-by, who will be
expected to produce thirty-five
cents at the door, much in the
same way various faculty mem-
bers have been contributing to a
certain box in the mail room.
However, as the proceeds will go
to the same cause, viz., to aid the
Red Cross drive, students are ex-
pected to give in the same un-
stinting manner.
Souvenir Programs

According to a hitherto reliable
spokesman, souvenir programs
may be obtained at the perform-
ance, and will cost a suitable
price now in the process of com-
putation by the mathematics de-
partment.

Interest is widespread among
the students. To quote one fresh-
man, "I am sure that the faculty,
with their broad sympathies and
wide affinities, have given their
admirable subject a discerning
treatment and I hope that propiti-
ous circumstances will aid them in
their undertaking." In the words
of a recently departed pedant,
"Precisely so."

Debate question concerned the
formation of a world federation to
bring peace to a post-war world,
the subject to be discussed at the
Grand Eastern tournament to
convene April 7-10 at Charlotte,
North Carolina, during the confer-
ence of the Southern Association
of Teachers of Speech and will
have representatives from all the
southeastern states including
Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Florida, Alabama and South
Carolina. Agnes Scott will be
represented by Cathy Steinbach,
president of the club, Elaine
Kuniansky, Claire Bennett and
Ruth Kolthoff.

At the Emory tourney nega-
tive debaters Claire Bennett
and Ruth Kolthoff defeated
West Georgia and North Georgia
college affirmative teams. The af-
firmative team, Cathy Steinbach
and Elaine Kuniansky, was suc-
cessful against Georgia Evening
College, but was downed in the
second round against Piedmont.

Friday night the team and Dr.
George P. Hayes, coach, attended
the "direct clash" series, but did
not participate.

Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
in Murphey Candler, the Uni-
versity of Georgia affirmative
team, Clark Harrison and Fred
Scott, Jr., competed with the Ag-
nes Scott negative in a non-decis-
ion clash on the tournament ques-
tion.

Indian Fire-Lighting
At Vesper Service

Vespers on Sunday, March 7,
will be an Indian fire-lighting
service, under the direction of
Smiley Williams. An Indian story,
Indian poetry, and violin music,
will accompany the lighting of the
campfire.

Those attending will meet at
Murphey Candler at the regular
time, 6:45 p. m., and go from
there to Harrison Hut, if the
weather permits. In case of bad
weather, the service will be held
in Murphey Candler.

M iss Lewis to Show
Art Slides at Tertulie

Miss Louise Lewis, instructor in
art and art history, will show
slides of Spanish paintings to-
morrow at 5 p. m. in No. 103
Buttrick. Included in the collec-
tion will be masterpieces of El
Greco and Goya. Miss Lewis has
studied and painted for many
years in Spain, and has visited
famous art galleries there.

Tea will be served later in Mur-
phey Candler. The tertulia will
end with the singing of Spanish
songs.

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943

Varsity, Subvarsity to Meet
In Final Bout of Season

Despite Dot Holloran's Help, Seniors Lose 45-21 ;
Juniors Win Over Sophs in Last Game

By Mary Estill Martin

If you want to see the year's best basketball players per-
form, come down to the gym Friday night at 8:30 p. m. to the
varsity-subvarsity game. It should prove to be good.

Betty Manning announced these two teams at last week's
game. The varsity includes Virginia Tuggle, Ruth Farrior,
Mary Cumming, and Gloria Ann

M. E. MARTIN

Melchor as forwards. The varsity
guards are Clara Rountree, Gwen
Hill, Billy Wal-
ker, and Peggy
Kelly. Frances
Radford, Molly
Milam, Mary
M u n r o e, and
Sally Sue Steph-
enson are for-
wards on the
subvarsity, while
Anne Eqen,
Ruth Gray, Mil-
dred McCain, and Mac McCall are
the guards.
Freshmen Win

In last Friday's bouts the fresh-
men defeated a worn-out, be-
draggled senior team 45 to 21.
The freshmen out-played the sen-
iors in every way. This victory
should give the basketball cup to
the class of '46. They have lost
only one game; the juniors de-
feated them two weeks ago. Con-
gratulations, freshmen.

Have you heard what a good
sport Dot Holloran is? A terrible
thing nearly happened. At the end
of the half the seniors found that
they had to have another player
or forfeit the game. Some remem-
bered that Dot had played basket-
ball her freshman year; since the
seniors were pulling their hair,
Dot agreed to play. The senior
team thank her from the bottom
of their hearts.
Juniors Victors Again

The junior class was victorious
in last week's tilts, but the game
was too close for their comfort
several times. The sophomores
certainly have shown improve-
ment throughout the season. I
think it is interesting to notice
how well represented they are
on the varsity, subvarsty teams.
The juniors and freshmen have
four members each on these
teams.

According to my records, the

DeKalb Theatre

March 3-4 "Road to Morocco," Bob Hope,

Dorothy Lamotir.
March 5 "Trail of the Lonesome Pine,"

Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sydney.
March & "Affairs of Martha," "Twilight

on the Trail."
March 8-9 "Black Swan." Tyrone Power.

Decatur Theatre

March 3 Penny Slugleton. Glenn Ford in

"Go West Young Lady."
March 4-5 Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan In

"Desperate Journay."
March 6 "Deep In the Heart of Texas" and

"('.rand Central Murder."
March 8-9 Betty Grable. John Payne In

"Springtime In the Rockies."

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juniors will have second place in
the basketball championship. They
have lost two games one to the
seniors at the beginning of the
season and one to the freshmen.
Like the sophomores, the juniors
have shown a great deal of im-
provement this season and deserve
commendation for their good work.

Last week's line ups were:
Freshmen (45)

Mary Ann Cochran Needs Not Warble
"One Dozen Roses" to Get Them

fifteen members of the senior
class. But the study across the
hall with pennants from Georgia
and Davidson is used once in a

Melchor

Stephenson

Purcell

McCain

McCall

Kelly

R.F.

L.F.

C.F.

G.

G.

G.

Seniors (21)

Weismann
Radford
Moore, J.

Downie
Smith, C.
Martin, M. E.

Substitutions: Freshmen Ry-
ner, Richardson, Johnson, Courte-
nay, Phelps, Miller, Walker, S.;
senior Holloran.

Juniors (23)

Farrior
Montgomery
Tuggle
Walker, G.
Hill, G.
Douglas

Substitutions: Juniors
B., Harvard, J., Harvard

Sophomores (15)
R.F. Cumming, M.

L.F.

C.F.

G.

G.

G.

Milam
Rosenthal
Gower
Equen
Glenn
Gray,
E. Wool-

ford, Taylor, R.;
Munroe, Gray, R.

sophomores

Minnie Mack Officer
Of Georgia Methodists

Minnie Mack was elected secre-
tary of the Georgia Methodist
Student Association by unanimous
vote at the annual conference held
at G. S. C. W., in Milledgeville,
February 19-21. It is the duty of
the secretary to keep the various
campuses posted on Association
and church news.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

By Mary Carr

If you see a neat, trim figure crossing the quadrangle from
Rebekah Scott with sparkling blue eyes and a Pi Kappa Phi
pin gleaming from her bosom, you may be sure it's Green-
ville, S. C.'s Mary Ann Cochran, president of the senior class.

For a year and a half Mary Ann has worn the pin, and last
Sunday the owner of it sent her '
a dozen beautiful red roses for
absolutely no good reason except
well, it is spring.

Her nightly ritual, of course,
does include writing a letter to
Spartanburg. And in February
her Valentine came on two feet
from Wofford, so now Mary Ann
is figuring how long she can be
home between quarters in March.

Mary Ann, Betty Pegram, and
Mary Jane Auld, better known as
Majie, are among those fortunate
creatures who have a bed room
and a study. Their attractive
wine and blue room is a Sunday
night gathering for about ten or

Point System Changes
Approved by Students

In chapel Thursday, February
25, the student body unanimous-
ly voted, without any discussion,
to accept the point system changes
suggested by the committee,
which was headed by Betty Bates.
A copy of these changes may be
found in last week's issue of the
News.

DUKE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF NURSING

DURHAM, N. C.

The entrance requirements are in-
telligence, character, and for the
duration of the War, one quarter
or one semester of College. Classes
will be admitted April 1, 1943, and
January 27, 1944. The Diploma of
Graduate Nurse is awarded after
three years.

The annual tuition of $100.00
covers the cost of maintenance and
uniforms. Loan funds covering the
annual tuition are available.

Catalogue, application form, and
information about the B.S. degree
requirements may be obtained by
writing to:

The Dean

Duke School of Nursing
Durham, North Carolina

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

DECATUR, GA.

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

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

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while during exam week anyway.

Quiet and reserved as Mary
Ann is, few people know that she
plays the violin and used to play
with the string ensemble.

Although she has decided to
educate Majie in the finer points
of boogy-woogy music, she still
saves time for her bridge playing.
With Majie and the Outing Club
she has become initiated into the
mysteries of camping. Being prac-
tical minded, she tried her hand
at cooking this Christmas, for a
girl never knows

A major in English, she likes
poetry, especially that of Robert
Frost, who was a lecturer here
her freshman year.

Although Mary Ann will grad-
uate this year, the Cochran fam-
ily will still be represented at
Agnes Scott for her younger sis-
ter, Margaret, is coming next year
as a freshman. But she'll have
to be unusual to keep up Mary
Ann's reputation of immaculate
and good-looking dress and quiet,
unassuming manner.

Metal of Honor goes to our

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5 o'clock date, to practically anywhere
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943

Page 3

Moore About the Laboratory;
Less About Removing Moles

By Kathie Hill

Everyone has his or her conception of what good deeds are
but Jean Moore has a more warped conception of charity than
any one person I've ever seen. Helen Roper innocent, young,
trusting, and inexperienced in the wiles of this world con-
fided to "dear Jeannie" that she had a small mole on her
hand and she wished she could

remove it in some way, "But,"
she sighed, "I imagine there is no
way so I'll have to mole along like
this." "Oh, no!" purred Jean. "I
know how you
can rid yourself
of the pesky
thing." She took
Helen by the
hand and gent-
ly yanked her
to the chemis-
try lab.

Suddenly, she
snatched a bot-
kathryn hill tie down. "Aha!"
she snarled, "The very thing!"
Poor Helen was too weak to do
more than ask in a feeble voice,
"what that stuff was." "Oh," said
Jean, in her silkiest voice, "It is
AgN03." Helen, not knowing
AgN03 from K4Fe (CN6), lifted
her arms to the contents of the
bottle. After the operation, Jean
commanded Helen to go home and
rest and in a while the mole
would disappear.

Do you know wart? Helen has
been going around the campus
with one arm white and the oth-
er a deep walnut shade. She look-
ed for a while as though she had
been halfway to Florida for Jean
had administered nitric acid which
is perfectly harmless but which
stains very badly. The wart or
mole or what have you is still
perched on Helen's arm but Helen
is much the wiser.
More About Moore

Jean Moore went to town the
other day. Now to most of us
going to town is a very simple
procedure. But not Jean Moore.
No, she goes into town with Tom-
mie Huie, Catherine Kollock, and
Elizabeth Hartsfield, and when
she finishes she has nearly wreck-
ed Atlanta, Decatur, and the
streetcar that goes in between.
In the first place, the girls de-
cided that they would go to din-
ner at the Ship Ahoy. After they
were seated around the table,
Jean decided she wanted to put
her purse away but she couldn't
decide where.

"Where did you put your pocket-
book?" she asked Elizabeth, who
for some unaccountable reason,
thought that Jean had said "foot."

"Oh," answered Elizabeth, "I
have it under my chair." Jean
thought that a peculiar place to
put her pocketbook but she went
on and put it under the chair.

In a minute, Elizabeth leaned
over and asked, "Jean, where did
you have it before?" still, of

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course talking about Jean's foot.

"Oh, I put it in my lap," an-
nounced Jean.

Well, that stopped Elizabeth for
a while, but she turned to Jean in
a minute and said, "You can prop
it up on my chair if you want to."

"Thanks, but I'm afraid that
it would fall on the floor and
everything would fall out."
Nuts to Dr. Hayes

After dinner they stopped
and bought some pistashio nuts.
If you don't know what they are
don't feel bad, for neither did Dr.
Hayes. He was on the streetcar
when Jean and the rest got on
and so she turned to him and
asked him if he had ever any
pistacchio nuts. He said, "Why,
yes, I have heard of them," and
tossed a handful of them into
his mouth. Now if any of you
have ever had any pistachio nuts
you know that they have very
hard shells and they are very
salty. The next time Jean looked
around, Dr. Hayes was looking
slightly green and so Jean said,
"How did you like them, Dr.
Hayes." He smiled and said "They
were very nice, thank you." No
one ever discovered what he did
with the shells.

I hope that he isn't too sick
this week-end. You know it is

Granddaughters 1 Club
Plans Magazine Sale

Pat Stokes, president of Grand-
daughters' club, announces that
the club plans to sell magazine
subscriptions, the proceeds of
which will go to the Red Cross
fund to purchase kits for soldiers.
Included in the sales list will be
all popular magazines except
Time, Life, and Readers' Digest.

The Alumnae Association, which
sponsors the Granddaughters'
club, will handle the sale.

The names of the girls who will
sell in each dormitory and in the
day student room will be posted
on the bulletin board.

Conference
Highlights

Miss Freedman "Wars can be
lost on the home front."

Miss Scandrett "We were bet-
ter prepared at the beginning of
this war than the last. Our ma-
chinery was more easily converted
to war production, labor associa-
tions were more highly organized,
and better working standards
were established by federal law."

Dr. Turner "We can have relig-
ious unity with democracy, but we
cannot have democracy without
religion."

Miss Larew "This is a war of
ideas and ideals, begun before the
first shot was fired. . . . We are
not armed with weapons of war
unless we are armed with weapons
of mind. . . . Lacking the whole
armor we shall lose again. . . .
This war is of the soul and shall
not stop when tanks cease to roll."

Dr. Carney "We have exhaust-
ed our backlog of unemployed.
Now when a man goes into serv-
ice, production is reduced by just
that much."

First Officer Jepson "Women
sometimes are better fitted for
the jobs they are taking than
were the men."

Mr. Henderson "The trouble
with women in the foreign serv-
ice is that no one has yet invented
a portable husband. . . . Women
not only keep the homes of Eng-
land going, but also the businesses
of England."

Dr. Mead "The differences be-
tween peoples of today are due to
the way in which they were rear-
ed. .. . Christianity has paved
the way for the brotherhood of
man and has laid the foundations
of our wanting peace. . . . The
peace after this war must be one
in which the cultures of the world
fit together."

this week-end that the Faculty
Revue is going to be held. The
Faculty Revue in which every
member of the faculty will partici-
pate in some way or another: the
Faculty Revue which will last over
an hour: the Faculty Revue which
has been in preparation since be-
fore Christmas. Now at last the
title comes out and the publicity
department of the RevUe can go
to work. The title ? "Our Day and
Welcome to It."

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Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

From all reports the Chi Phi formal at the Piedmont driv-
ing club Friday night was super! Anne Pentecost, in a lovely
blue and silver formal, was there with the Alpha. Robin
Robinson, June Reynolds, Jean White, Ruth Doggett, Joyce
Freeman, Scotty Newell, Lucy Turner, Eva Williams, Mar-
garet Mizell, Miriam Jester, Laur-

Seen at the Rainbow Roof Fri-
day night were Sylvia Piassick,
Betty Jane Schumacher, Mir
House, Mary Brock, Emily Ander-
son, and Betty Wade.

Saturday night Mary Florence
McKee went to the Biltmore. So
did Louise Gardner, and Puddin'
Bealer. The same evening Cathy
Steinbach attended a dance at the
Officer's club at Conley, Ga.

Wherever there's a wedding
there's a Hottentot! Puddin' Beal-
er and Margaret Mizell were in
Gayle England's wedding last Sat-
urday night.

And of course you know that
Margaret Dale was a bridesmaid
Saturday in Edith's wedding.
Edith was married to Captain
Franklin Pierce Lindsey, Jr., in
the First Presbyterian church of
Columbia, Tennessee. Mary Rob-
ertson was her maid-of-honor.

Jean Stewart and Teddy Bear
went to the Delta Sigma Phi house
dance at Tech Saturday night, and
Joan Crangle attended a Sigma
Nu dance at Emory.

ice Looper, Margarette Wilson,
Jane Everett, and Mary Turner
were also among those present.

Just a "mare"
mishap caused
Jane E. and
Mary T. to miss
the dance. It
s eems that
horse and bug-
gies can also
have break-
downs! Anyway,
they arrived an
Caroline SMITH hour and a half
late singing "Thanks for the buggy
ride"!

Theta Kappa Psi Formal

The Theta Kappa Psi med frat
formal also came off Friday night
at the Georgian Terrace. At the
dance were Bettye ^shcraft, Mir-
iam Jester, Margaret Killam, Lau-
rice Looper, Lois Sullivan and
Jean Hood.

At the Delta Tau senior ban-
quet and dance at the Paradise
room Friday night were Hansell
Cousar, Emily Pittman, Bess
Sheppard, Ginny Carter, Pobai
Crane, Anne Murrell, Maude Van
Dyke, Scottie Johnson and Sterley
Lebey.

SAE House Dance

Saturday night at the SAE
House dance at Emory were Patty
Barbour, Mary Louise Duffee,
Gloria Gaines, Lura Johnson, Helen
Beidelman, Kitty Kay, Mary
Neely Norris, Nancy Moses and
Madeline Hosmer.

Liz Carpenter and Jean Satter-
white were present at the A. T. O.
house dance at Tech Saturday
night.

Did you see Pat Stokes at the
Paradise Room Saturday night
with a certain Lt. Henry Barnes?
Did she look kinda happy? (Can't
understand why they didn't come
to the lecture!)

This is the last issue of the
Agnes Scott News until March
31 because of nonactivity week
and examination period.

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Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

This is your drug store.
AGNES SCOTT

NO DARLING, that doesn't mean what it sounds
like if it sounds like anything. "Battery acid"
is soldier slang for a cup of coffee, and "side
arms" means sugar and cream. Now d'ya see
what they're saying?

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1943

Qualifications for Office Listed

Agnes Scott News

Editor

Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

Does the Arrow Point to You?

Lately we have all begun to realize
that the library is not so quiet as it
should be, especially with exams ap-
proaching. What can we do about it?
Well, here's what some people think.
What's your suggestion?
Dot Hunter '45

I think the library definitely should
be quieter and that it is up to us to
make it so. We can do this by re-
membering its real purpose and by be-
ing more considerate.
Lura Johnston '46

I don't think it should be necessary
to have to be reminded to keep quiet
in the library. If everyone would just
remember that others are trying to
concentrate, it seems to be the problem
would be solved.
Marjorie Weismann '43

I think there is nothing that we can
do to keep the library quiet other than
being as considerate as possible. This
means that we must refrain from hold-
ing socials in the library at any time.
Elise Marshall '46

If people were only a little more
thoughtful of others around them, the
library would be much quieter. When
girls study together, in the library, they
should use the rooms provided for that
purpose. Remember, when coming into
the library, you're not on the hockey
field so go easy with the feet.
Bitty King '45

I think if we would sit at different
tables from people whom we know we
can't resist talking to, it would make
the library more quiet.
Gloria Ann Melchor '46

I think that the entire library should
be kept absolutely quiet because we all
go there to study and not to play. If
we must talk, we should at least find
a more suitable place.
Marion Leathers '45

I think it is each girl's personal re-
sponsibility to keep the library quiet.
We have been asked several times to
cooperate, and I can't understand why

Don't Forget

Examinations begin in a week and a
half. Again we are reminded to keep
the library and dorms quiet for those
who are studying and to remember
that exams aren't fatal.

And let's not forget the exam regula-
tions

(1) Students taking exams may not
go to the mail room during exams.

(2) No eating in exam rooms is al-
lowed.

(3) Take only exam books, pen,
pencil, ink into exam room.

(4) Do not tear pages out of exam
books.

(5) Be sure to write and sign the
following pledge at the end of the exam
paper: I have neither given nor re-
ceived aid on this examination.

we don't. It's for our own good. I
think that the people who are noisy
in the library should be asked by the
librarians to leave. This would be em-
barrassing, but the noise in the library
must be averted. I do believe, however,
that we can be grown-up enough and
considerate enough to remove this diffi-
culty.

Mary Ann Cochran '43

It seems to me the library is rea-
sonably quiet. When one thinks about
the various activities, as going to the
catalogue, dictionary, etc., that go on
in the library, one must expect a cer-
tain amount of noise. Only such things
as talking and giggling for any length
of time really disturb the serenity of
the scene, and I am sure we are ma-
ture enough to dispense with this.
Kay Bisceglia '44

As college young people we ought
to know library etiquette.
Mary Estil Martin '43

I think it is part of the honor system
to keep quiet in the library. If we
would not discuss private affairs, clean
out notebooks, eat candy or crackers,
and cause general confusion in the li-
brary, we could keep it much quieter.
It is every student's responsibility to
be as quiet as possible.

Duties: (1) Select an efficient editor-
ial staff, organize and direct it. (2) Hold
try-outs for reporters every fall and
spring. (3) Co-ordinate work of circula-
tion and business staffs with that of
the editorial staff. (4) Determine edi-
torial policy and write editorials. (5)
Plan content of each paper, assemble
list of news stories and decide on topics
for feature stories. (6) Do final editing
of all copy before sending it to printers.

Qualifications: The editor must be
able to write clearly and correctly, and
must be able to correct copy written
by other staff members. She must have
a very vital interest in every phase of
campus life, and must be able to keep
in touch with faculty, alumnae, the li-
brary and all student organizations.
She should be able to cooperate with
the business manager and should be
tactful in her relations with other staff
members. She must be capable of as-
suming full responsibility, should have
good judgment and executive ability,
and must have a keen interest in the
News. A knowledge of journalism would
be helpful.

Managing Editor

Duties: (1) Plan the make-up of pa-
per. (2) Decide on style and size of
headlines. (3) Lay out paper with help
of assistant editors. (4) Direct printers
in actual lay-out and check final proof
at printers. (5) Write some editorials.

Qualifications: She should be able to
take the initiative and assume entire
responsibility for the make-up of the
paper. She needs to have enough execu-
tive ability to direct the assistant edi-
tors in helping her lay out the paper
and to supervise the printers. Judg-
ment as to the relative importance of
articles and originality in arranging
them are distinct assets. Knowledge of
journalism would be helpful.

Assistant Editors

Duties: (1) Send assignments to re-
porters. (2) See that all copy is turned
in. (3) Do preliminary editing of copy.

(4) Re- write headlines when necessary.

(5) Assist with make-up.

Qualifications: The two assistant edi-
tors must be interested in the News,
must be able to write clearly and cor-

Reinforced Americans
In Decisive Skirmishes,

By Tess Carlos

The war in Tunisia is still in the
first indecisive stage of minor attack
and counterattack. The victories which
Marshal Rommel's Afrika Corps gained
from raw American forces, trying to
narrow his path of escape along the
coast of Tunisia, have now been chang-
ed to defeat as the heavily reinforced
American troops counterattacked driv-
ing the Germans through Kasserine
Pass. These actions are minor. The
main battle is yet to. be fought. The
majority of Axis forces are concentrated
in the fortress cities of Tunis and
Bizerte which are continually bombed
by the Allied air forces. The casualties
on the American side have been pro-
portionately disastrous. Much yet re-
mains to be done.

The Hovering Dove

The Finns have been fighting Russia
for a long time now. First they were
defending themselves against invasion
of their homeland by the mighty Red
hordes. This was long before the en-
trance of the United States into the war.
This was during the pact of Hitler and
Stalin. However, when Russia split
with Germany, Finland, still suffering
from the tearing wounds of one war,
turned on Russia as an ally of Germany.

There have been many reports of
Finland's desire to bow gracefully out

Drive Ro mmel Back;
Retreats Continue

of the war. There have been even
more reports of Hitler's desire to make
in those unofficial circles which con-
tribute most of the rumors of coming
events. An American and Swedish
guarantee of Finland's frontiers is ask-
ed plus the removal of Russian threat.
Most official observers believe this to
be yet another threat against the friend-
ship of Russia and the rest of the Uni-
ted Nations.

An Active Opposition

The last Congress was thought by
many to be too much under the thumb
of the administration since it allowed
greater, powers to be assumed by the
executive branch of the / government.
In the congressional elections last No-
vember the Democrats lost some of the
majority which they enjoyed in Con-
gress so that this new Congress is
more hostile. An active opposition is
to be desired when the opposition is
warranted. The new Congress seems
to be forgetting this. Instead of as-
suming the power which they lament-
ingly claim was taken from them, they
continue to haggle over minor matters.
Instead of plunging into the necessary
problems which need solution, they ar-
gue over the influence of bureaucrats
in the government. Their criticism is
not constructive. They loudly proclaim

rectly and to correct copy, and must
be absolutely dependable.

Business Manager

Duties: (1) Keep books. (2) Keep up
with national advertising. (3) Select and
oversee whole business staff. (4) Col-
lect money.

Qualifications: She must have had at
least one year's experience selling ads
and must be able to do business suc-
cessfully with businessmen. She must
be businesslike and efficient, and must
be thoroughly responsible. She should
be able to cooperate easily with the
editor and must be able to write clear
business letters.

Advertising Managers

Duties: (1) Get all local ads. (2) Se-
lect staff of assistants and direct their
work.

Qualifications: The two advertising
managers must have had at least one
year's experience selling ads, should
be able to make a good impression on
prospective advertisers, must be very
dependable, and must have initiative in
thinking of new places to try to get
ads.

Aurora

Editor

The editor must be responsible for ev-
ery phase of the magazine. She needs
critical judgment in the collecting and
choosing of material. With the other
members of the staff she has to work
out the tone and originality, and make-
up, of the magazine. She must be effi-
cient in supervising the work of her
staff members, in editing the copy and
dealing with the printer, in accepting
responsibility for the magazine's publi-
cation and its final content.

Managing Editor

The managing editor should assist the
editor in her judgment and in carrying
out the practical details of publishing.

Business Manager

Duties: Handle all financial matters:
getting and collecting for ads, paying
bills, taking care of money from the
student budget, and keeping books; di-
rect assistants in getting ads.

Qualifications: Sense of responsibil-
ity; ability to keep books, to get ads,
and to deal with people in business.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, March 3, 1943 No. 16
Member

Plssoctded Golle6iaie Press

Published weekly, except during holidays and
examination periods, by the students of Agnea
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.

Editor MARTHA DALE

Managing Editor FRANCES KAISER

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

that they are the ones to do something
about the war. Yet no major legisla-
tion has yet been enacted. The pro-
blems of manpower, taxes, and infla-
tion must be met. Nothing is being
done.

A Black Future

A nation at war must do without
so that the armed forces may be pow-
erful. That is why driving, shoes,
coffee, and canned goods have been
rationed. But there are many who do
not feel this way. Therefore, the in-
stitutions of the Black Market and
Absenteeism have risen considerably.
The Black Market is an illegal market
where goods that are scarce can be
purchased at higher prices. It is not
only injurious to the war effort but
to the health of the nation. Absentee-
ism is the laying off of work by es-
sential war workers. It is not only in-
jurious to the war effort but to the
future of the nation. The appeal to
patriotism has failed. Drastic measures
will have to be taken.

The A gnes Scott News

vol. xxvni.

AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943

NO. 17

Pres. Goodrich White of Emory
To Speak at Commencement

Bishop Moore, Religious Emphasis Week Speaker,
Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon May 30

Dr. Goodrich C. White, president of Emory University, will
deliver the commencement address at Agnes Scott's exercises
on June 1, and Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of Atlanta, will preach
the baccalaureate sermon on May 30, according to an an-
nouncement by Dr. J. R. McCain.

Another feature of graduation week-end here will be the
annual trustees' luncheon for

alumnae 'and members of the
graduating class, which will be
held in the Rebekah Scott dining
hall on Saturday, May 29. Tradi-
tional class day activities for the
seniors will take place Monday,
May 31.

Dr. White, the commencement
speaker, became president of Em-
ory in 1942. Under his direction
Emory is cooperating with Agnes
Scott as a part of the University
Center.

Bishop Moore is well known on
the campus, having been the
principal speaker during religious
emphasis week this year.

College Biology Text
By Miss MacDougall
Published Recently

Miss Mary Stuart MacDougall,
head of the biology department,
received Monday from the Mc-
Graw Hill Publishing Company
the textbook, Biology, the Science
of Life, which for the past three
years she has been writing in
collaboration with the late Dr.
Robert Hegner, well-known zo-
ologist of Johns Hopkins Univers-
ity.

In the 950-page textbook for
college freshmen, Miss MacDou-
gall combines the two accepted
methods of teaching general bi-
ology, by types and by principles.

Considered in the book are the
foundations of biology, plant and
animal biology organs and sys-
tems, mankind, biological princi-
ples and theories, human welfare
and conservatism, and the history
of biology.

Scholarship Winners
Announced by McCairv

Winners in the annual competi-
tive scholarship contest were an-
nounced this week by President
J. R. McCain. Winners are Val-
eria Virginia Brown, of Fort Val-
ley, Georgia, a $600 scholarship;
and Anne Carlton, of Oxford,
Georgia, a $300 scholarship.
Awards of $300 also went to Viv-
ien Mitchell, of Little Rock, Ar-
kansas, and Betty Andrews, of
Flat Rock, North Carolina.

Awards this year were made on
the basis of the contestant's high
school record, an aptitude and
achievement test, and the stu-
dent's activities in school, church,
and community. Each contestant
also submitted a 1,500-word auto-
biography.

More than 200 students from
the South and other parts of the
country competed for the awards.

Edward Weeks
Final Lecturer

Editor of Magazine
To Speak April 7

Speaking on the subject, "What
Is a Novel?" Edward Weeks, ed-
itor of "The Atlantic Monthly"
and eminent literary critic will
lecture Wednesday, April 7, at
8:30 p. m. in Presser hall.

Mr. Weeks, who appears under
the auspices of Lecture associa-
tion, will discuss the contempor-
ary American novel and will com-
pare the more notable novels of
the past year with his require-
ments for the ideal novel. As ed-
itor of "The Atlantic Monthly,"
America's oldest magazine, it is
estimated that he reads 20 mil-
lion words a year.

As associate editor of The At-
lantic Monthly, editor-in-chief of
the Atlantic Monthly Press, and
for the past several years as ed-
itor of The Atlantic Monthly,
Mr. Weekshas been in the pub-
lishing field since 1924. Although
the time he has been able to de-
vote to lecturing has been limited
by his activities as editor, author,
and literary critic, he has lectured

EDWARD WEEKS

almost 200 times during the last
five seasons.

Miss Emma May Laney, chair-
man of the Lecture Association,
announced that the Reinhold Nie-
buhr lecture scheduled for May
5 and later changed to March 28
has been cancelled by Dr. Niebuhr
on the advice of his physicians.

As in the case of the lecture by
Mis Margaret Mead, a guest tic-
ket will be given to each student
who calls for it in the Book Store
between April 1 and the afternoon
of the lecture.

Singers Ready
For Operetta

Warren Lee Terry, professional
singer from New York, arrived on
the campus Monday morning to
begin rehearsing with the cast of
"The Gondoliers." He will sing
the role of the Duke of Plaza-Toro.
The operetta will be presented
Friday and Saturday, April 2 and
3, at 8:30 p. m. in Presser hall by
the combined glee clubs of Agnes
Scott and Georgia Tech. Under
the direction of Lewis H. Johnson,
of the music department, with co-
direction by Mr. Terry, the light
opera has a large and well-trained
cast.

In addition to Mr. Terry, the
cast will include Luiz, attendant
to the Duke, Frank Lewis; Don
Alhambra del Bolero, the Grand
Inquisitor, Walter Herbert; Marco
Palmieri, William Wyatt'; Gius-
eppe Palmieri, John Osboume; the
Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Mabel
Stowe and Nancy Moses; Casilda,
her daughter, Joella Craig and Ag-
nes Waters; Gianetta, Barbara
Connally and Jeanne Newton;
Tessa, Dorothy Hopkins McClure
and Marjorie Naab; Fiametta, El-
len Arnold and Barbara Frink;
Vittoria, Helen Roper and Mar-
jorie Naab; Guila, Laura dim-
ming and Smiley Williams; Inez,
the King's foster-mother, Gilmore
Noble.

New Mortar Boards
To Be Announced

Honor Society to Initiate 1944 Chapter
After Chapel Announcements Saturday

Announcement of the 1944 chap-
ter of Mortar Board will take
place in chapel Saturday, April 3,
after* a brief talk by Mortar
President Dot Holloran.

Dot's talk will be in the nature
of a report on Mortar Board's ac-
tivities for the year, completing
the theme set at the Recognition
Service last fall by Miss Ellen
Douglass Leyburn's talk on "Mor-
tar Board and the Liberal Arts
College."

Initiation ceremonies for the
new chapter will be held at 6 p. m.
Saturday, and will be followed by
a banquet in the Tea House hon-
oring the new members.

Following the tradition of form-
er years, the 1943 chapter of Mor-
tar Board will serenade the cam-
pus Friday night, the night before
announcements.

Members of the national honor
society are chosen from the pres-
ent junior class on the basis of
outstanding service, scholarship,
arid leadership.

Food Rationing May Cause
Streamlining of Figures

By Pauline Ertz

"It's all a big question mark," says Miss Jessie Harriss, the
college's able head dietitian, when quizzed about the effect of
food rationing on the campus. She knows no more about the
nationwide imminent meat and cheese and butter rationing
than do the rest of us. "Even the dealers and delivery people
*" tell me what to expect."

who are overweight may lose by
eating less butter and other fats,
while those ' who need to gain
weight may do so by eating more
bread and potatoes. "But," and
this is the important thing to re-
member, emphasized Miss Harriss,
"the school diet will be as well-
balanced and as nutritionally per-
fect as ever."

can't

"However," and on this point
Miss Harriss was vehement, "No
matter what foods we will have
to do without or have less of,
there will not be any nutritional
loss or danger whatsoever in the
diet of Agnes Scott college stu-
dents!"

It is true that there will be less
meat, less variety in foods afford-
d by canned goods, and in their
stead there will be more bread,
more potatoes, and more fresh
fruits and vegetables; but the sit-
uation has its parallel all over the
country, and students will have a
normal, well-balanced diet, lack-
ing only in peacetime variety.

Agnes Scott instituted voluntary
meat, sugar, butter, and milk ra-
tioning a long time ago, thus pre-
paring for the actual rationing by
the government.

Paradoxically the situation to-
day may have two effects: those

Elections for all campus of-
fices will be held tomorrow and
Friday during chapel period. To
allow sufficient time for voting
chapel will begin at 10:15 and
last until 11:10.

All nominations, popular and
committee, are on page four of
the NEWS.

Red Cross Donations
Reach Total of $816

Without giving up hope that the
$1000 goal may yet be reached in
the campus Red Cross drive to buy
comfort kits for soldiers, War
Council President Nancy Hirsh an-
nounced Monday that contribu-
tions already received total $816,
of which $250 is from personal do-
nations.

Since the quota has not been
reached, the campaign for per-
sonal donations will continue, and
any who would like to help attain
the campus goal may turn in ad-
ditional contributions. Pat Stokes
is in charge of freshman dona-
tions; Betty Brougher, sophomore;
Marjorie Weismann and Nancy
Hirsh, junior; and Flora Campbell,
senior.

Mardi Gras
To Be April 10

Russian and Chinese war relief
will benefit from the annual Mar-
ch Gras celebration sponsored by
he junior class on Saturday, April
10, at 8 p. m. Theme of the cele-
bration this year, according to
Virginia Tuggle, Mardi Gras chair-
man, will be streamlined nursery
rhymes.

Judging of floats entered by
campus organizations will be first
on the program. A fee of 50 cents
will be charged for entering a
float. Dr. S. M. Christian, Miss
Susan P. Cobbs, and Miss Martha
Crowe will judge the array of
floats.

Later in the evening there will
be food and entertainment, in-
cluding a stage show, in the gym.
At this time the King and Queen
of Mardi Gras, chosen from the
kings and queens selected by each
class, will be crowned. Each class
will elect its queen by April 7.

Committee heads for the event
are: theme, Eudice Tontak; chapel
skit, Tessie Carlos; election of
kins, Mary Carr; music, Marjorie
Tippins; games, Martha Rhodes;
floats, Elizabeth Edwards; pub-
licity, Camilla Moore; lights, Bet-
sey White; programs, Aurie Mont-
gomery; food, Squee Woolford;
gym decorations, Ann Jacob; and
clean-up, Bobbie Powell.

Dr. Posey to Confer
With History Majors

Dr. W. B. Posey, who is to be
head of the department of history
next year, will be here Friday and
Saturday, April 2 and 3, to talk
to those students who will be sen-
ior history majors next year. He
will be in 321 Buttrick from 3:30
to 5:00 p. m. Friday and from
11:00 to 12:00 a. m. Saturday.

History majors who are juniors
now should sign immediately for
an appointment on the third floor
Buttrick bulletin board.

Coming This Week

Friday, April 2, and Saturday,
April 3 Agnes Scott and Tech
glee clubs in "The Gondoliers,"
8:30 p. m. in Presser hall.

Thursday, April 1, and Friday,
April 2 Elections.

Saturday, April 3 Mortar Board
announcements in chapel.

Monday, April 5 Musicale. Mr.
Dieckmann playing church mu-
sic.

Wednesday, April 7 Lecture As-
sociation presents Edward
Weeks, 8:30 p. m. Presser hall.

Bring the NEWS With You to Elections Tomorrow!

Page 2

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943

Anti-Gremlin Campaign Starts
For G s Give Girls Grouches

By Kathie Hill

Something must be done about them gremlins in the li-
brary. They set off alarm clocks while people are trying to
study; open the ground windows in the library so people can
slip in without having to bother about going in by the door;
they drop books on the floor right by the ventilators so that
everyone in the library can hear

longed prelude. Suddenly, a book
whizzed by the head of the star-
tled student and as she ducked be-
hind the piano, Mr. Dieckmann
said, "They build us a brand new-
building. They give' us wonderful
pianos. They soundproof the
rooms, but do not give us one sin-
gle fly swatter," and another book
landed on some hapless fly.
Blind Mentally Anyway

One of Agnes Scott's cleverer
young things went out on a date
one night. Having made the de-
cision that she would astound her
blind date with her wit and wis-
dom, the young one said, "My
mother and father were first cou-
sins but I'm all right" and with
that she went into some horrible
facial contortions and grimaces
that would have frightened any
normal person out of his or her
wits had it not been too dark to
see much. But instead of the us-
ual laugh there was a complete
and terrifying silence and to her
dismay, the girl's date very quietly
froze the already frigid air with:
"My father and mother WERE
first cousins," which could be said
to be a statement of relative im-
portance.

Martha has given me seventy
words to write the following little
tid-bit, so please excuse terseness:
Qualitative chemistry exam was
hard. Class thought so anyway;
sent Gilchrist telegram: "Exam
was supercanterfantalisticxbealab-
igotious." Gilchrist didn't mention
telegram for some days. One day
at end of period, ordered pens and
pencils out. "Define following
word," were instructions. Above
whopper was word. Gilchrist said
telegraph company requested def-
inition: Employees becoming inef-
ficient due to worry as to its
meaning. Bet a dollar you count
these words to check the number.

the noise; they spill ink on the
tables, and they even lower them-
selves to squeak the chairs as the
librarians move them.

Now they are bored with the
library and have come to Rebekah
Scott, where they are putting ink
in people's bath-water, stealing
"busy" signs, leaving notes on
people's doors saying "Two boys
called you while you w r ere out."
They are making pie-beds and
well, they get worse every day. I
just hope that come April Fool's
day someone will get even with
them.

Even without them, though, peo-
ple get into trouble. Miriam Wal-
ker and Susan Guthrie were on
their way to the train station one
day, heavily laden with suitcases,
packages, etc. The two girls were
compelled to stop and rest every
now and then. Once they collapsed
in front of one of Atlanta's lesser
known hotels; they sat down on
their suitcases and mentally
rubbed their tired feet, figurative-
ly wiped their fevered brows, and
actually groaned over their sad
fate.

All at once, the colored porter
from the hotel came rushing out
with such force that he had their
bags in the elevator, their rooms
assigned and the register awaiting
their signature before they could
tell them that they were just rest-
ing. Southern hospitality is not
dead yet.
Help! Police!

Not by any matter of means!
Mary Martin went home last
week-end and upon her return she
found that she would be unable
to make it back to school by time-
limit if she ordered a taxi so she
called up the police station. A
few minutes later the peaceful cit-
izens of Decatur saw a cloud of
dust coming down the highway
and as they picked themselves up
a few minutes later and descended
from their telephone poles whence
they had fled for safety, they dis-
cerned the gleam of bright silver
badges and Mary's grin as she
and half of Atlanta's police de-
partment sped to Agnes Scott.

Do you know what the cowboy
said to his pants? "It seems to
me I've seen you chaps before."

Mr. Dieckmann was giving a
music lesson. It was in the spring
hot, still, flies buzzing, and just
not an ideal time to give a lesson.
According to custom, Mr. Dieck-
mann was pacing up and down the
room while his pupil painfully ped-
dled and piddled through a pro-

Waves to Admit
College Seniors

Women college students now in
their senior year may apply as of-
ficer candidates for the Navy and
Coast Guard women's reserves, to
be called to active duty after
graduation, according to a plan re-
cently announced by Captain M. C.
Robertson, director of Sixth Naval
District Officer Procurement.

A senior who wishes to apply
for a commission should present
her birth certificate, a certificate
from the college stating the date

ACNES 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

Debaters to Meet
Davidson Team

Debaters from Davidson college
will be on the campus today to de-
bate with Elaine Kuniansky and
Cathy Steinbach on the question
"Resolved that the United Na-
tions should form a federal union
with the power to regulate com-
merce, settle international dis-
putes, and admit other nations if
they accept the terms of the un-
ion." The Agnes Scott girls will
represent the affirmative side. The
question to be debated is part of
the Grand Eastern Debating Tour-
nament in which Pi Alphi Phi is
participating.

On April 7 Claire Bennett,
Elaine Kuniansky, Cathy Stein-
bach, and Ruth Kolthoff will go
to Charlotte, North Carolina, to
debate in the Grand Eastern
Tournament. Dr. George P. Hayes,
faculty advisor of Pi Alpha Phi,
will accompany the group.

of her graduation, and three let-
ters of recommendation. Each
candidate must also be endorsed
by a special faculty committee, of
which Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar,
is chairman here.

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Hottentots to Swim at Emory;
Volley Ball Season Opens

Outing Club to Climb Stone Mountain Sunday;
Golfers Play at Candler Golf Course Monday

By Mary Estill Martin

Elections are this week, and this is the last time I write this
column. I hope my successor will have as much fun as I have
had doing it.

Sports are looking up this spring. Volley ball has started.
All of the classes are well represented except the seniors.
However, Betty Brougher and Bet- '

ty Jones, who are taking it, play
a nice game. Watch out for Vir-
ginia Tuggle, Jane Everett, and
Gwen Hill.

If Tuggle is on the volley ball
courts on the athletic field, you
will hear her shout, "Rotate like
the clock just like the clock!"
Don't worry. She is just telling
the players how to change posi-
tions. Volley ball is very un-
familiar to some of us, but it looks
like good fun.

Swimming Club

Tomorrow night the members of
Swimming club will enter a handi-
cap meet with Emory at the Em-
ory pool. Carolyn Rose will race
in the 50-yard free style, and then
Elizabeth Harvard will swim the
30-yard back stroke. Agnes Doug-
las will participate in the 30-yard
breast stroke.

Margaret Scott, Dot Hunter,
Julia Harvard, and Julia Scott will
swim in the 120-yard free style
relay. The divers include Dottie
Kahn and Polly Drinnon. Mary
Maxwell and Agnes Douglas will
compete for form, while the Har-
vard twins will swim in front and
back tandems.

Swimming club is to be congra-
tulated on the invitation to swim
in a meet with Emory. Here's
hoping we win!

There may not be enough cad-
dies on the golf courses to go
around, so that a golfer may have
to carry his own clubs; tires may
be precious and gas more precious,
but Golf club carries on. That
sport has not lost its appeal for
any of the members. Monday the
members and several guests played
at the Candler golf course. The

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Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

guests included Gloria Ann Mel-
chor, Jean Stewart, Sue Mitchell,
Catherine Kollock, and Anne
Hightower.

"Over Hill, Over Dale-
Have you seen Stone Moun-
tain? Have you climbed it? If
you haven't, you will want to go
with Outing club on April 4. This
hike has been planned for a long
time and had to be postponed once,
but finally it will come off Sun-
day. Meet in front of Main at 2
o'clock.

Everyone is invited. If you have
climbed the mountain before, do
it again. It should be lots of fun.
You will go to Stone Mountain on
the street car. By the way, the
fare is twenty-five cents for the
round trip. Be sure you wear rub-
ber-soled shoes to climb in.

McCain to Attend
Education Meeting

Dr. J. R. McCain, president, will
leave April 7 for New York to at-
tend the annual convention of the
General Education Board on
April 8.

On April 9, Dr. McCain will sit
in on a meeting of the officers of
the General Education Board and
of the Carnegie Corporation. This
meeting is being held to discuss
the emergency educational prob-
lems, especially those of the South.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

This is your drug store.
AGNES SCOTT

Now that you can have
only 3 pairs a year, buy
shoes of good quality,
suitable for all occasions.
Now, as always, you find
them at Muse's! PEA-
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943

Page 3

A Page From

Aggies Date Book

By Caroline Smith

Rush week at Emory, and doin's at the Dental college kept
Aggie on the beam all last week. The S.A.E.'s presented a
bit of the unusual Saturday night with their gypsy party
Patty Barbour, Mary Louise Duffee, Claire Bennett, Mary
Neely Norris, Lois Sullivan, Emily Singletary, Lura John-
ston, and Robin Robinson can give

particulars.

The Chi Phi rush party Satur-
day night entertained Joyce Free-
man, Jean Sattervvhite, Ann Pen-
tecost, Jean Chewning, Ruth Dog-
gett, and Mary Turner, while over
the period of Friday, Saturday,
and Sunday the K. A.'s saw a lot
of Mary Turner, Mickey Beman,
Marzaret Mizell, Celetta Powell,
Marguerite Watson, Betty Coding-
ton, Jean Chewning, and Jane
Bowman.

At the Phi Delt house Friday
night were Jackie Burns, June
Reynolds, Hansel Cousar, Bess
Shepherd, Pobai Crane, and Mar-
tha Jane Mack, and Tuesday night
at the Delta Tau Delta rush party
were Louise Gardner and Sara
Cooksey, while there Friday night
was Lura Johnston.

With the A.T.O.'s Saturday
night were Jeanne Newton, Bettie
Manning, Jean Robinson, Mir and
Mas House, Eva Williams, and
Lucy Turner; Jean Robinson
was also present at the rush party
Friday night.
Dental College in Action

The Dental college frats were
rushing, too. Attending Delta Sig
parties throughout the week were
Dottie Nash, Ann Hilsman, Mir
and Mas, the Harvards, Sue Mit-
chell, Ruby Rosser, "Jinx" Blake,
Shirley Heller, Conradine Fraser,
Jane Dinsmore, and Mickey Be-
man. Present at Zip parties were
Betty Sullivan, Eleanor Manley,
Helen Armitage, Louise Breedin,
Harriet McAllister, L a n e 1 1 e
Wright and Mary Carr, while Julia
Scott and Louise Breedin were
present at the Psi O party Wed-
nesday night.

Agnes Scott was rather silent
over the week-end. Very many
girls were out of town on a sort
of belated "Spring vacation!" One
of the most interesting occurences
was Marjorie Tippins' and Eudice
Tontak's trip to the Southeastern
International Relation's club con-
ference at Raleigh, N. C. Marjorie
and Eudice represented Agnes
Scott, and the college has big rea-
son to be proud! While in Raleigh
the girls stayed at Meredith Col-
lege.
"Spring Holidays"

Irene Gordon spent a long week-
end at her home in Florence, Ala.;

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Sarah Walker went home to
Charlotte, N. C; Alice Gordon,
Elise Marshall, and Ruth Ryner
spent the weekend with Mary
Reynolds in Marietta, Ga. Narvie
Lou Cunningham and Margaret
Scott went home with Laurice
Looper to Dal ton; Agnes Douglas
visite dher home, in Chester, S. C,
and Emily Clepper went home to
South Pittsburg, Tenn. Sara Mil-
ford went to Greenville, S. C, and
Mickey Mann and Marilyn Schroe-
der spent the weekend in Florida.
Liz Carpenter visited home at Del-
ray Beach, Fla., and Carolyn Ryle
went to her home at Fort Lauder-
dale, Fla. Quincy Mills and Cathy
Steinbach spent the weekend at
Quincy's home, in Acworth, Ga.

Among the outstanding events
of last week was the supper party
Wednesday evening given by Mir-
iam Jester at her home in Deca-
tur. Guests included Mary Ann
Cochran, Ruby Rosser, Ann Flow-
ers, Helen Hale, Nancy Thomison,
Helen Smith, Bennye Linzy,
Mamie Sue Barker, Mary Louise
Duffee, Betty Brougher, Frances
Radford, Anne Frierson, and Laura
Cumming.

And Those Weddings!

Of course, everybody knows
about Mary Anne Atkin's wedding
at Emory Chapel and that she is
now Mrs. Caraker Paschal. Mar-
tha Ann Smith and Joella Craig
both sang solos. The wedding was
just lovely groom on time 'n ev-
erything! Mary Ann looked beau-
tiful in white satin.

The same goes for Dot Hop-
kins, who was married to Ensign
Dick McClure on March 15. Nita
Hurst, Rosalie Sturtevant, and
Jane Dinsmore were her brides-
maids and Jane Elliott, Martha
Dale, Polly Lyndon and Elise
Tilghman served at the reception
afterwards.
And New Rings!

And what about the new
rings!! Anne Paisley's is really
lovely, as are Zelda Barnett's,
Quincy's, Ann Scott's, and Alta
Webster's!

Versatile Jean Moore Knows Plenty
But Not How to Get Around Atlanta

By Mary Carr

"Make mine scotch and soda," says Jean Moore as Tommy
Huie starts their nightly snack on third Rebekah. And she
gets it tomato soup straight from the can. And she loves
to eat catsup with a spoon. When it comes to chocolate cov-
ered peanuts they just can't exist in the same room with
Jean.

Around four or five a. m. the lights in 39 Rebekah go off,
for Jean does her studying after
gab sessions which last until the
wee hours. And then she does
have to spend a little time on the
Aurora, for, although a transfer,
she's the editor.

Lady Bouncer

Very competent when it comes
to presiding at Aurora staff meet-
ings, Jean merely picks up the
unruly member, puts her out, and
adorns the door with a busy sign.
But the Aurora is published with
many new and amusing ideas.

Jean's "unusual" qualities be-
gan to assert themselves long ago.
Perhaps it was because she was
the only girl in Greenbriar Mili-
tary Academy, of which her fa-
ther is president. Many of her
summers were spent with 300
boys at Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca.
At Greenbriar she met some of the
ten boys with whom she carries
on a voluminous correspndence.
And she has numerous pictures
one being large enough for a two-
page magazine spread. The "mi-
nor" ones she keeps in a box un-
der her bed.

Athletically Speaking

Greenbriar probably influenced
the development of her excellent
tennis game and her ability as a

Faculty Revue Results
Set Donation Record

Setting a campus record for Red
Cross benefit donations, the fac-
ulty had a net profit of $160.45
from the Faculty Revue, "Our
Day, and Welcome to It," present-
ed March 6 in Presser. According
to the Revue finance committee,
the project made a total of $205.00
from the sale of 480 tickets and
370 programs. Disbursements, in-
cluding cost of programs, cos-
tumes, music, and staging, were
only $44.55.

Decatur Theatre

March 31 Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake
in "The Glass Key."

April 1-2 Brenda Marshall, George Brent
in "You Can't Escape Forever."

April 3 "Riders of the West" and "All-
American Coed."

April 5-6 Bob Hope, Blng Crosby, Dorothy
Lamour in "Road to Morocco."

DeKalb Theatre

March 31 -April I "Gentleman Jim," Errol
Flynn.

April 2 "The General Died at Dawn,"
Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll.

April * 3 "Secret of the Wasteland" and
"Flying Fortress."

April 5-6 "Once Upon a Honeymoon,"
Gary Cooper. Ginger Rogers*

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horsewoman and jumper. Here she
was senior basketball manager
and made sub-varsity hockey
team. 4

Jean transferred to Agnes Scott
from Greenbriar College for Wom-
en, where she made the highest
average of any student since it
was established in 1812. (This is
not a paid advertisement.)

Her scholarhip feats have con-
tinued here, for last year she made
the highest average in the school
and was elected to Chi Beta Phi.
To her fell the task of writing the
play for Mardi Gras last year, and
now she is at work on Senior Op-
era. In between times she man-
ages to get to Poetry club and
BOZ meetings.

"Which Way"

But there is one thing Jean can't
do and that is find her way
around in the big city of Atlanta.
Around Davison's she's safe, but
when she strays, she gets lost, and
"just can't understand why a

street car marked 'Davison's'
won't come along."

And to think she used to say
she wanted to go to New York
where she wouldn't be known so
she could bury herself and write.
This hope, however, has been
modified. But she vows it's a what
she's waiting on to come along in-
stead of a who.

Walking barefooted in the rain
with Tommy is a pet delight. She
has* even been known to indulge
here, where shoeless feet are
taboo. Sans shoes in her tan rain
coat and hat, she paddles around
while less imaginative girls roll
up their drooling hair.

When Tommy was trying to
think of Jean's pet saying, she
merely commented, "She isn't
common; she never says the same
thing twice. They're always new."
No Prosaic Trips

Her excellent sense of humor is
apparent to everyone who knows
her, for she can see something fun-
ny in everything. Ordinary mor-
tals can go to Atlanta on the
street car and return, but nothing
happens. But to go with Jean is
an experience, for she can make
an exciting adventure out of the
most prosaic trip.

These anecdotes are being slow-
ly gathered, for she and Tommie
roomed together at Emory last
summer and are collaborating on
a play drawing on these experi-
ences. Tommy recalls them, and
Jean creates them into a master-
piece. But both are very careful
to remark, "Of course, you real-
ize, it isn't all the truth."

Wheel Society Editor

Mary Louise Duffee was re-
cently made society editor of the
Emory Wheel. Mary Louise is
a junior majoring in journalism
and meeting classes on both the
Agnes Scott and Emory campuses,
She replaces Carol Mason, who
was elected at the resignation of
Quincy Mills.

NO DARLING , the questipn does not refer to statis-
tics on what sweetens the coffee. "Sugar report"
is soldier slang for a letter from a girl. Say, inci-
dentally, that's an idea! Write that guy in Service
a letter today, sugar!

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the twenty ravishing shades of Dura-
G!o f ss, will keep their mirror-smooth
beauty longer. (Dura-Gloss contains
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that makes the polish resist chipping
longer.) Start doing your fingernails
with Dura-Gloss today!

Page 4

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1943

Dictatorship?
It Should Not Be!

Participation in student government
is a responsibility which rests on every-
one. Now is the time that you can all
actively take part in it as individuals,
since your first responsibility in assum-
ing your share of the governing is to
elect officers who will be capable and
faithful in performing their duties and
in representing you on the executive
boards of your organizations. Remember
that voting in the elections is not a
privilege which you may choose to ac-
cept or reject it is a duty which no
one can shirk if our student group is to
remain free and independent. Everyone
must vote tomorrow and Friday!

Merely voting, however, is not the
greatest responsibility. Each Student is
responsible also for seeing that the elec-
tions are conducted democratically and
that the best people are elected, with-
out reference to personal friendships or
prejudices.

The nominating committee functions
as a guide to help you choose the best.
It is composed of seniors who know in-
timately the work of the various organ-
izations so that they are well qualified
to suggest to you girls who they think
would be good to fill the offices.

Those who make up the nominating
committee are the president and vice-
president of Student Government, Chris-
tian Association, Athletic Association;
* the editor and business manager of the
News, the Aurora, and the Silhouette;
the student recorder; the day student
representative, and the president of
Mortar Board.

These 15 girls have had a good deal
of experience, and they devote much
time and thought to the question of
nominations. But they are by no means

SONNET- Suzanne Kaulbach Naylor

In tribute to Suzanne Kaulbach Nay-
lor, who served the Agnes Scott News
last year as business manager, the News
publishes here a sonnet that she ad-
dressed to her husband, Duncan Naylor,

chaplain in the , overseas unit of the
United States Army. This touching ap-
peal to God is probably one of the last
things she wrote before her death.

I once asked God that He would keep you here
Far from the raging horror of a strife
Beyond my power to know, but not to fear:
That you might serve in safety all your life;
That you would never leave me here to wait
In endless longing your return; to live
A half life without you, a mere state
Of being, and filled with love I long to give

But now I cannot, how could I in love
Ask God that He deny your right to be
Where He may need you most? I ask in love
Only that He bring you back to me.
Knowing God is everywhere
With joy I trust you to His care.

infallible in their judgments. The nom-
inating committee does not intend to
dictate to the student body. Its only
object is to give you the benefit of its
experience and thought and to encour-
age you to think for yourself.

If you blindly accept the committee's
nomination you are demonstrating your
willingness to be coerced by the dicta-
torship of the powerful few.

What you should do is to accept the
committee's suggestions as the starting
point for constructive, critical thinking
on your part. Before you come to chapel
tomorrow you should sit down and have
a session with yourself to decide what
you really think about the candidates
after honest, unprejudiced reflection. If
you agree with the committee in its
selection, that is all right. But if
after careful evaluations you think the
committee is wrong, then it is your
duty to vote according to your own
conscience, in spite all the experience

'Bye, Good Luck

Today's News is the last one to be
edited by the present staff. For a year
now we have worked and hoped to-
gether in anticipation of each week's
paper, but* after today we turn over to
another group of aspiring editors the
job of planning and fostering a publica-
tion that will be a joy to themselves
and a satisfaction to the campus.

Good luck to the new editors who-
ever they may be. We'll be watching
for your first paper on April 28.

which lies behind the choices of the
nominating committee.

The nominating committee depends
on you to use its suggestions wisely. If
you do, the election system at Agnes
Scott is most efficient and most demo-
cratic. But it places a heavy responsibil-
ity on you to keep it democratic by
voting after honest, unbiased thinking.

Popular and Committee Nominees for Student Offices

Popular Nominees

Committee Nominee

Student Government

President

Ward Anne

Montgomery, Aurie

Scott. Betty Pope

Bedlnger, Clare
Vice-president

Bedinger, Clare

Montgomery, Aurle

Scott, Betty Pope
Secretary

Cummlng, Mary

Slack, Julia

C.Ienn, Betty

Milam, Molly

Treasurer

Slack, Julia
dimming, Mary

HOUSE PRESIDENTS
Rebekah Scott

La.sseU-r. Martha Ray
Ciray, Bunny
Montgomery, Aurle
Bellinger, Clare
Main

Lasseter. Martha Ray

Montgomery, Aurle

Cray, Bunny

Bedlnger, Clare
Inman

Williams. Smiley

Powell. Bobble

La.s.seter. Martha Ray

Cray. Bunny

Bedlnger. Clare
Student Treasurer

Bedlnger, Clare

Cray. Bunny

Lassrter. Martha Ray

Scott. Betty Pope
Student Recorder

Cray. Bunny

Scott. Betty Pope

Lastst'tor. Martha Ray

Pedinger. Clare

Montgomery. Aurle
Day Student Representative

Tippen. Johnnie Mae

Kd wards. Eliza heth

Scott, Betty Pope

President

Anne Ward

Vice-president

Clare Bedlnger

Secretary

Molly Milam

Treasurer

Mary Cummlng

Rebekah Scott

Martha Ray Lassetcr

Main

Aurle Montgomery

Inman

Smiley Williams

Student Treasurer

Gwen Hill

Student Recorder

Bunny Gray

Day Student Representative

Eliza heth Edwards

Christian Association

President

Farrior. Ruth
Edwards. Elizabeth
Philips. Katherlne
Williams, Smiley

Vice-president

Philips. Katherlne
Farrior. Ruth
Williams. Smiley

Secretary

Monroe. Mary
Carter. Virginia
Haugherty. Harriet

Treasurer

Carter. Virginia
Daugherty. Harriet
Munroe. Mary
Pitt man. Emily Ann
Mark. Martha Jane

President

Ruth Farrior

Vice-president

Katherlne Philips

Secretary

Mary Munroe

Treasurer

Virginia Carter

Athletic Association

President

Toggle, Virginia

Maxwell. Mary
Vice-president

Maxwell. Mary

Walker. Billy

Tiigglo, Virginia

Hill. Gwen
Secretary

Hunter. Dorothv Ann

Manning. Bettle

President

Virginia Tuggle

Vice-president

Mary Maxwell

Secretary

Dorothy Ann Hunter

Treasurer

Hunter. Dorothy Ann
Manning, Bettle

Editor-in-chief

Hill, Kathie
Jacob, Ann
Bennett, Claire

Associate Editor
Hill, Kathie
Jacob, Ann
Bennett, Claire

Assistant Editors (2)
Equen, Anne
Slack, Julia
Kunlansky, Elaine
Gower. Martha Jean
Cummlng, Mary
Leathers. Marian
Stevenson. Joan

Business Manager
Harris. Zena
Rhodes, Martha

Advertising Manager
Tanner, Jodele
Newell, Scott
Brown, Virginia Lee

Editor

Carlos, Tessie

Huie. Tommie

McKee, Mary Florence
Managing Editor

Huie. Tommie

Carlos, Tessie

McK.ee, Mary Florence
Business Manager

Treasurer

Ann Webb

Silhouette

Aurora

Editor-in-chief

Ann Jacob

Associate Editor

Claire Bennett

Assistant Editors (2)

Anne Equen
Elaine Kunlansky

Business Manager

Johnnie Mae Tippen

Advertising Manager

Jodele Tanner

Editor

Mary Florence McKee

Managing Editor

Tessie Carlos

Business Manager

Martha Rhodes

Agnes Scott News

Editor

Mills. Quincy

Hosmer. Madeline

Carr. Mary
Managing Editor

Mills, QuLncy

Carr. Mary

Hosmer. Madeline
Assistant Editors (2)

Probst ein. Inge

Whittle, Wendy

Crane. Pobal

Glenn. Betty

Ertz. Pauline
Business Manager

Wool ford. Squee

Lanier, June

Advertising Managers (2)

Carpenter. Liz
Frink, Barbara
King. Frances
Watklns. Suzanne
Equen, Anne

Editor

Madeline Hosmer

Managing Editor

Quincy Mills

Assistant Editors (2)

Pauline Ertz
Betty Glenn

Business Manager

June Lanier

Advertising Managers (2)

Liz Carpenter
Frances King

Lecture Association

President

Sullivan. Betty
Duffee. Mary Louise
Treasurer

Sullivan. Betty

Chairman

Edwards. Elizabeth
Clarkson. Jean
Danielson. Mary Beth

Student Chairman

May Day

President

Betty Sullivan

Treasurer

Meg Bless

Chairman

Jean Clarkson

War Council

Student Chairman

Squee Wool ford

Harris. Zena

LL S* Tanks Continue
To Advance in Africa

Rommel's Escape Corridor
Narrowed by British Push

The war in North Africa is still go-
ing on. That is about all that can be
said. The Americans have advanced un-
der Patton and his tank corps to within
twenty miles of the Mediterranean
coast. The British eighth army is still
attacking the primary defenses of the
fortified Mareth Line. Marshal Rommel
is between the two allied armies. His
corridor of escape is being narrowed. He
has yet to try to escape. But he is ac-
complishing his main purpose in fight-
ing two allied armies. He is gaining
more time for the Germans.

Road to Smolensk

Kharkov, for which the Germans and
the Russians have been fighting, fell
into the hands of the Russians last
month. In a series of savage counter-
attacks the Germans have retaken this
important city. This is on the central
Russian front. To the north the Rus-
sians continue to progress. But it is a
slow and difficult advance. The Ger-
man defenses have stiffened. And the
road to Smolensk, the Russian objective,
is an arduous one where the fighting is
bitter and the weather against the Rus-
sians.

Peace Plans

Anthony Eden, British foreign secre-
tary, is now in Washington having a
series of talks on the postwar problems
with President Roosevelt and Secretary
of State Hull. He has offered a three-
fold plan that is the most definite yet
brought forth. He wants complete dis-
armament of the enemy nations, an in-
ternational police force to patrol the
( world and prevent disturbances, and a
central power capable of carrying out
the provisions of treaties. His plan is
most definite, but it sounds a great deal
like that proposed by Wilson in 1918.

Erupting Volcano

The cause of labor found an interested
champion in President Roosevelt who
has tried in every way possible to see
that labor was given a square deal. La-
bor, as a whole, has used the advantages
gained by such measures as the Wagner
Act to strengthen the cause. But there
are many in the labor organizations who
justly or not have tried to force greater
concessions. Among them is John L.
Lewis. The reaction lately has been
against labor, and his actions in threat-
ening to cause a walkout of miners have
brought about more cries for anti-labor
and anti-strike legislation to insure no
strikes and non-absenteeism in war
plants. The battle is not so much that
of labor against capital, but labor
against the government's measures to
stop inflation.

French Unity

The union of Free French leaders and
those in control in North Africa seem
closer- General Giraud who had allowed
many of the Vichy racial measures and
men to remain in control has now re-
pealed most of them and has dismissed
most of the offending officials. And
last week he again extended an invita-
tion to General de Gaulle, leader of the
Free French, to join all forces under
the French flag. General de Gaulle has
accepted, and is expected to go to
Africa soon.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII Wednesday, March 31, 1943 No. 17

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, Geocffla, post office. Subscription
price per year, $1.25; single copies, fire cent*.

Member

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Managing Editor FRANCES KAISEB

Business Manager MAMIE SUE BARKER

The A gnes Scott issue

VOL. xxvm.

SCOTT, DEKATER, G. A., TOISDAY, APRUL 1, 1943

NO. ?

OFD DECLARES HOLIDAY

Agnes Scott Girls to Hear
A Few Lectures This Year

According to an announcement
made several years ago by Miss
Letty Bend-er-some, student head
of the faculty lecture association,
Agnes Scott will have a very in-
teresting lecture series some day.

First on the series will be Josef
Stalin who will speak on "The
History and Traditions of May
Day." In keeping with his sub-
ject the lecture will be delivered
sometime in November.

Other speakers expected for the
season include Fido, the talking
dog, who is expected to deliver
a witty lecture on his ideas of
the theory of relativity, and John
L. Lewis. Mr. Lewis' subject has
not been anounced, but it is ex-
pected that he will speak on some
phase o fsecondary education.

Among the other famous speak-
ers who will come to the campus
are Winston Churchill, General
Douglas MacArthur, King George
of England, Robert Taylor, Lt.
Clark Gable, and the surprise of

the year, Xfzirssp, whose brilliant
lecture on "prst and riltzrf with
zrffuztlmtrs" will be eagerly
awaited by all students.

FLASH. All lectures sponsored
by the faculty lecture association
have been cancelled. The janitor
reports that he simply cannot have
Presser cleaned up in time for the
lectures.

BULLETIN. Letty Bend-er-
some announces that the lecture
to have been given by Josef Stalin
has been cancelled because Mr.
Stalin's duties as president of the
Y. W. C. A. have forced him to
give up his speaking tour.

Eleanor Hutchens hears
The Call of the Wild;
BITES Monkey

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

DECATUR CAKE BOX

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

This is your drug store.
AGNES SCOTT

BEWARE!

Editorial

In view of the unprecedented amount of
news this week it has been found necessary
to postpone indefinitely the publication of
the scorching editorial which was to have
appeared on this page.

Aren't you glad?

Merry Car

By Merry Car

I am the one who spends my
entire school day chasing down
the dirt on all the other big shots,
so at last I've decided to fix up
one BWOC about whom I know
plenty ... but I don't plan to
divulge everything.

If you really want a good des-
cription of me, I hate to brag, but
here goes: Faster than a flashing
bullet, more powerful than a
speeding locomotive, able to leap
tall buildings with a single bound,
the amazing woman of steel No,
not Superman Marry Car!

I am very sensitive, I get cold
shivers when I rea dscary stories.
* Indeed I shake all over when I
so much as think of Grendel's
mother in Beowuff.

I dwell with my seven-foot
room-mate, Marjorie Tiptoe, in
our penthouse atop the DeKalb
county courthouse. The lack of
elevator doesn't bother me,
though, for I can leap tall build-
ings with a single bound, as you
remember. My only trouble is in
always landing on the roof of the
penthouse instead of going right
smack on over the darn thing.

My chief occupation is courting,
of course; that's why I decided
to live on top of the courthouse.
Recreation to me means running
a printing press; that is supreme

m

joy and bliss. However, I plan
to make my vocation teaching
people to rhumba and conga. I'm
really excellent ,you know.

My pet hate is gingerbread; she
and I just don't get along at all.
I also hate honey buns. Don't
see why the dining room gives
them to us so much. There is
another thing that I simply can-
not stand to have mentioned in
my presence. It absolutely gives
me running fits. I mean simply
the University of North Carolina.
My, what a foul place!

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

Our Day-And So What

6:29 Silence
6:30 Alarm

6:31 Freshman awakens to fin-
ish paper for Miss Leyburn

6:32 Freshman goes back to
sleep

7:24 Silence

7:25 First bell rings

7:44 Silence

7:45 Second bell rings

7:46 150 boarders get up

7:51 Pajama leg unrolls under
coat

7:52 19 underclassmen come to

breakfast
8:30 10 people stagger to library

with 53 books
8:35 Classes begin
8:36 English 211 test assigned

for Saturday
8:44 Jane Dinsmore arrives at

class

9:00 Miss Leburn uses common

word
9:01 Class faints
9:15 Students go for mail
9:30 More students go for mail
9:45 Mail up

9:4$ Letter to Mary Ann Coch-
ran: T. Dorsey asks to play
for final dances
10:00 Dance committee sees Dr.
McCain

10:01 Committee decides not to
accept T. Dorsey's offer

10:15 Mrs. Smith starts toward
Inman

10:16 Dust flies as frosh make
beds

10:30 Bell rings for chapel
10:31 Bridge games start in day

student room
10:45 Lecture Association an-
nounces Gypsy Rose Lee will
lecture

10:50 Exodus to bookstore
11:07 Frosh open clean' notebook

in Jacksonian history
11:50 Frosh close clean notebook
in Jacksonian history
1:12 Announcement at lunch:
only 1 glass of water allowed
per meal
1:40 21 students rush to library

to read for Greek Thought
3:25 Freshman gets a date if

she can find a chaperone
3:26 Second Rebekah phone rings
3:35 Third Rebekah phone rings
3:40 Freshman decides to have

campus date instead
5:00 Frosh gather shoes to clean

(pd. adv.)
5:15 Dean's Office closes
5:17 Junior arrives at Dean's of-
fice to sign out
5:19 Looks for Bella's room
6:00 Clara Rountree goes to Re-
bekah with suitcase
7:30 King calls Quincy
7:30 Dean's office opens
7:35 3 lieutenants approach
Main

7:36 7 upperclassmen decide to
sign up for cuts in Dean's Of-
fice

10:00 Junior Chocolates sells Ex-
lax and Feen-a-mint

10:30 Bell rings for lights out in
Inman

10:31 Bull sessions start in Inman
10:45 Girl in Main date room gets
ring

10:50 She goes upstairs in Re-
bekah
10:51 Shriek
10:52 Added shrieks
10:53 Bedlam

11:59 Rush on Main and Dean's

office
2:00 Air Raid

3:30 Clara conducts fire drill
5:00 Jean Moore goes to bed
5:05 Silence

letic out for dura
also out but not

FLASH! Mr. Cuddleham de-
claims that due to (even tho miss
laney sez that expression aint
corek & shud b becuz uv) the
currant problem caused by so
many girls' hopping to class no
more LETECE will be served on
campis for the durashun of the
battle make mine vanilla also due
to (even tho miss laney and see
abuv) the inormus quantity of
milk comma Lady B Goode ad-
visor to the fleet another comma
will fill the swimming pool with

tion; miss jackson
for duration

good ole sweet milk to give all
the horrible-looking hottintots the
smile of beauty and will provide
whiskey sours after each swim to
insure them the smile of health
oh yes miss jackson leaves tomer-
er fer the a.a.u.vv. convention pe-
riod to continue doctor skylark
christchun screamed this morning
that baking will never again be
brung out to the tables excep
that a small gallon of bacun will
be placed on the saucer with af-
ter-lunch, after-dinner, and after-

Announcement
Shocks School

Student- Disfavor Likely
In View of OFD Action

The unexpected announcement
has just been received in the of-
fices of the official news agency,
ASN, that OFD (Office of Faculty
Dictatorship) has decided to grant
a surprise holiday Saturday to
certain especially meritorious
students. Those thus honored are
Madeline Hosmer, Jane Elliott,
Sterly Lebey, Mary Dozier, and
possibly a few others whose
names will be released soon (they
don't have any classes that day
anyway).

In recognition of the hard
(though unavailing) labor of the
rest of the student body they will
be given a half-holiday, beginning
at 1:01 p. m. Saturday and ex-
tending through 11:59 p. m.

No further official details in re-
gard to the announcement were
immediately available but hither-
to reliable sources indicated that
the holiday was granted because
of a very favorable report sub-
mitted to a special committee of
the OFD as a result of a full week
of special research conducted re-
cently by each Faculty Dictator
by means of a series of psychic
tests (you had to be psychic to
pass them).

Student reactions to the sur-
prise announcement varied. Typi-
cal comment was that of Miss Bat-
forth, president of the student
faction favoring collaboration with
the OFD. Petite Miss Bat-forth
when stopped on the campus ex-
claimed fervently and with char-
acteristic appreciation, "It is so
like our wonderful faculty to
grant us this holiday, but it is up
to us to show that we appreciate
the trust they put in us. Besides,
I think that most students will be
too busy smashing tin cans to even
consider accepting the holiday."

Faculty Announces

New HOUR
for CHAPEL

Complying with the great num-
ber of requests that the hour for
chapel be changed, the faculty
announced this week that they
had at last decided on a new
hour for chapel services.

Beginning today, chapel will be
held from 4:45-5:15 a. m. This
will be more convenient for girls
returning from dates, since they
can go directly to chapel after
signing-in in the dean's office.

supper coffee excalmation point
did you know that mean ole
eleanor hutchins bit that pore lil
moneky uup at the dekater fire
departmint on the finger question
marc miss jacson asked us to be
shure to say that she will be
away for several days at an AA
UW convention comma while dr.
james ross has been called to new
york because of the suddin illness
of his uncle comma General Edu-
cation Bored.

Page 2

SCOTT NEWS, TOISDAY, APRUL 1, 1943

Merrily Mix Says

Dear Miss Mix: I am a sopho-
more at A. S. C, and live on the
third floor of Main building, but
that isn't my worst problem. No,
I am in a still worse predicament:
I am in love. It all happened at
the weekly USO dance given on
our campus, and two weeks ago
last Saturday night I met the
most marvelous Private First
Class from Whattaspot, Oregon.
After the first time he stepped
on my foot, I knew that I was
deeply in love. We plari to get
married as soon as possible, but
are a little worried about how we
can do so without my parents'
consent and with the rules of the
school being what they are. Please
let me hear from you as soon as
possible, as my husband-to-be
might be transferred somewhere
else any day, and your advice
would come too late to help us.

Very truly yours,
BLUE EYES CROSSED IN LOVE
(if you don't help me)

P. S. What do you think about
our eloping from the dormitory?
My fiance says he can bring a
jeep up the stairs to get me, or
else he will send two or three
dozen of his friends to the Dean's
office to keep the Dean busy while
I climb down on the bed sheets
from the front of the building.
Of course this latter plan would
be impossible if the laundry didn't
get back in time.

Dear Blue Eyes Crossed in
Love: You are to be congratulated
for your up-to-date approach to
the marriage problem. By all
means elope and show your par-
ents that you have the same abil-
ity to make quick decisions as
the top-ranking generals and ad-
mirals. As you say, the method
of getting away from the cam-
pus will require some finesse on
your part. I am all in favor of
your second suggestion about
your fiance's bringing some of his
friends to keep the Dean occupied
while you swing down from the
third floor via rope. As you say,
the use of sheets makes the plan
less fool-proof in fact, it may
even have an element of danger,
since college laundries seem de-
termined to reduce sheets to tis-
sue-paper strength. I would ad-
vise your getting in touch with
the local fire department. Have
the chief set off a false air raid
alarm at midnight, and while the
rest of the student body is rush-
ing to shelter, you may jump
from the window into the fire-
men's net (what's the use of
coming down the stairs, even
though you can, when the other

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Come to

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112 and 114 Ponce de Leon Ave.

GORDON'S

Fresh Potato Chips
and Peanut Butter
Sandwiches

way is so much more exciting?)
If you do this, you should have
an elopement to give you mem-
ories for the rest of your life.

Merrily Mix.

Dear Miss Mix: I was all set
to join the SWABS (the feminine
counterpart of the Merchant Ma-
rine) until I learned recently that
SWABS are not allowed to marry
members of the regular Merchant
Marine. Now I do not feel that
I should enlist. What do you
think?

SEAGULL.

Dear Seagull: You are absolute-
ly right! What do the SWABS
think you want to join their ranks
for, except to get a husband? Cer-
tainly they don't believe you are
doing so for patriotic reasons!

Merrily Mix.

Address all questions on social,
business, family, and other rela-
tions to Merrily Mix, Addlebrain
Building, Xhdiflwiff, Georgia;
please enclose one war bond with
each request for advice, to cover
the cost of mailing a reply. Bet-
ter still, just buy the War Bond
and do as you please; I am psychic
and can instruct by mental
telepathy.

Glory
Hallelujah!

Girls, start primping!! Tomor-
row at the brake of day, the navy
takes over Agnes Scot!! Ain't it
glorious??!! Not the WAVES or
the SPARS or whatnot, but the
Navy shore 'nuff (and we hope
to be able to keep them on
SHORE).

Special courses will be inflicted
on the pore boys, and they will
be also forced to take some
courses with girls, including swim-
ming, flit, i. g., and the marriage
course.

Naval trainees will be quarter-
ed in Main, Rebekah, and Inman
barracks to keep up the morale
of the girls which is expected to
drop 2 bushels at this announce-
ment. Separate dining rooms will
be provided for the boys, how-
ever, 'to keep up the morals .

Pobai Crane

Drawn and Cut by ME.

Nu Courses
In

Gym

According to all who attended
the athletic rally held recently,
the new program of sports for Ag-
nes Scott students will be quite
popular.

At the preview of new sports
held on the rocky field the most
popular sport proved to be tiddle-
di-winks, with conga lesson trail-
ing in second place.

Proof of the popularity of the
second named diversion can be
found in the fact that numerous
faculty members have taken up
the famous war cry, "One, two,
three, kick!"

For those inclined toward acro-
batics and contortions (also swim-
ming) a course in coffee-cup
swimming will be offered. Since
coffee cups are now empty any-
way, the administration thought
that they might as well be put to
some good use. Space in this class
is limited and only girls under
three inches tall will be accepted.

Exercise for weary fingers in
the form of knitting classes will
be offered. Instructors will be on
hand to help in either the Army,
Navy, or Marine method.

Other plans of the gym depart-
ment will be revealed as soon as
Miss Will-burn and Mrs. Hop have
recovered from their strenuous
spring holidaze. Miss Will-burn
injured her finger while tying a
package and Mrs. Hop suffered a
sunstroke she was looking for
the sun. P. S. She found it.

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headline. If additional copy is turned in during the next few days we will make all
reasonable efforts to insert it in last week's paper.

Aggie S Day and welcome to it

Betty Campbell and Mable K.
Thompson celebrated their ulti-
mate release from campus with
a Big marble game on the side-
walk in front of the gate. Dr.
Jones spent the week-end in the
infirmary as the result of an over-
dose of fingernail polish, which
she prescribed for herself.

Jane Dinsmore didn't go even
a single where the whole week'
She is jealous because Emma May
and Lew Ellen had such a good
rush at the dance she wasn't
invited to. missE bettyE fayE ash-
craftE has six more fraternity
pins. Poor Caroline Smith spent
the entire week-end playing jack-
stones. And did you hear what ? ?
Patty Barbour was thrown out cf
the SAE house for rushing "Phi
Delt." Betty Sullivan has pledged
Zip.

And did you hear about Mary
Campbell Everett's latest con-<
quest? We didn't either.

Mary Anne Atkins and Dot
Hopkins set the all-time high for
the senior class by having dates
with seventeen different boys
apiece last week. Their husbands
don't mind, they say.

Ceevah Rosenthal sent herself
an orchid Sunday just to make
up for the one that blew away
not so long ago. The Harvards
have finally decided to give the
other girls a chance in the strug-
gle for men, and plan to leave im-
mediately for a convent to become
"sisters." Mac MacCall has com-
pletely redecorated her room in
a gorgeous color scheme of pur-
ple, red, mustard, and a touch
of chartreuse. It's a knockout
and you do know what I mean.

Mary Neely Norris, Duffee,
Gloria Gaines, and Kitty Kay are
getting sick and tired of all the
publicity they have been giving
the SAEs in this paper recently.

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Whitefryers, under the direc-
tion of Misses Hootch and Spring,
gave an excellent performance of
"Confessions" last night in
Squeeze hall. The actors dem-
onstrated their usual self-confi-
dence backed up by the directors'
usual pep talk: "If they don't like
it, remember there are more of
us than there are of them, and
I guess we can handle them."
Proceeds will go to the Red Cross
Drive, as if you didn't know.

CENSORED

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CREAM

Supervised by Sealtest

NO DARLING, "skirt patrol" is not a military ma-
neuver. The soldier using that expression is indi-
cating that he is in search of companionship with
the gentler sex. At that, it may take some maneu-
vering, mightn't it?

WHAT

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the twenty ravishing shades of Dura-
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beauty longer. (Duro-Gloss contains S^P^T^
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longer.) Start doing your fingernails
with Dura-Gloss todayl

Th

Agnes Scott News

Vol. XXVIII.

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., Wednesday, April 28, 1943

No. 18

McCain to Tell
Summer Plans

Report of Findings
To Be Made by May

"Since the government has taken
over Emory University, we have
so far found no acceptable summer
school for Agnes Scott students,"
stated Dr. J. R. McCain, president
of the college, this week.

Arrangements for a summer
school are being considered with
the Woman's College of the Uni-
versity of North Carolina, and, un-
der the supervision of Dr. Philip
Davidson, former head of Agnes
Scott's history department, with
Vanderbilt University. "Our aim,"
continued Dr. McCain, "is to find
a school which is not only economi-
cal, but which also reaches Agnes
Scott's standards of scholarship."

Until now "A," "B," and "C"
grades for summer work done any-
where but at Emory University
have not been credited as merit
hours at Agnes Scott. A "D" from
any other summer school has re-
ceived no credit at all.

Dr. McCain pointed out the dif-
ficulty and costliness of holding
a summer school at Agnes Scott.
"The number of Agnes Scott girls
attending summer school seldom
exceeds sixty," he continued,
"while at least fifteen teachers
would be required in the various
departments."

If no one college meeting all re-
quirements can be found, arrange-
ments may be made for several
places in which Agnes Scott stu-
dents may enroll for summer
classes. The administration ex-
pects to announce definite plans
some time in May.

Acting Cup Awarded
To Ruby Rosser

For the best acting during the
year, Ruby Rosser received the
Claude S. Bennett Cup at the re-
cital of contemporary poetry given
on April 23 by advanced speech
students under the direction of
Miss Frances Gooch.

Those taking part on the pro-
gram were Zena Harris, Laurice
Looper, Ruby Rosser, Virginia
Lucas, and Martha Marie Trimble.

A number of first year speech
students, under Miss Roberta Win-
ter's instruction, will present a
reading hour next Wednesday in
the Rebecca Scott chapel at 4:30.
One of the features of the pro-
gram will be Ann Campbell's ex-
perimenting with a presentation of
Tennyson's "Bugle Song" against
a musical background written by
Arthur Curry, father of Mrs. Er-
nest Runyon. Marjorie Tippins
will play the accompaniment.

turora

Deadl

me

In order to publish another is-
sue of the AURORA before the
end of the year, the deadline for
contributions has been moved up
to today, April 28. Jean Moore,
editor, invites contributors to
"Take a deep breath and gather
your wits, and help get AURORA
out in a blitz!"

-Photo by Zena Harris.

Above are Page Lancaster, Jeanne Carlson, Leona Leavitt, and
Betty Jane Hancock, representing the four seasons, the theme of the
annual May Day pageant to be presented in the May Day Dell
Saturday at 5 p. m.

Seniors Throw Tradition,
Bullets in Western Saga

By Mary Louise Duffee

Senior Opera propaganda, always plentiful, is particularly
widespread this year. Here is a brief summary:

"The Girl on a Golden Quest," OR "Not Our Day Thank
Goodness!" is the FUNNIEST thing any of the seniors have
seen in four years (or the time they have been) at Agnes Scott.
And according to them, any stu

dents wishing to be delightfully en-
tertained can buy tickets for twen-
ty-five cents from any senior, the
book store, or at the door. Faculty
members may buy tickets for thir-
ty-five cents, and the general pub-
lic for fifty cents. ("No provision
has been made for children" Jean
Moore.) The extravaganza will be
presented May 1, at 8:30 p. m., in
the gym.

And what are you likely to see?
The comment of Jean Moore,
chairman of the writing committee,
"I just don't know anything to
say about it," is probably a good
indication. Here are some good
tips, though: Imagine Joella
Craig and Mabel Stowe as the "she
and he" romantic leads in a rip-

M cCain to Speak

President J. R. McCain will
make commencement addresses
this year at the General Assembly
Training School in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, and at Salem College in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

He will speak on "Young Peo-
ple's Work" in Richmond. At
Salem College he will speak on
'The Woman's College in the Pres-
ent Emergency."

snortin', shootin' story of the Wild
West. Also imagine a supporting
cast of soloists that includes Dot
Hopkins McClure, Laura Cum-
ming, Ruth Linebach, and Page
Lancaster, with stage direction in
the hands of Marjorie Weisman
and Page Lancaster. Think how a
script written by Jean Moore, Jane
Elliott, and Joella Craig might be
handled by the whole senior class
with Clara Rountree in charge of
proceedings.

Settings for the three acts are:

I. A western soda fount (objec-
tions made the change).

II. A cabin (of a pore orphan
girl).

III. The foothills of the Sierras
at DAWN (wherever that is).

For further information, the
seniors insist that you attend, and
they faithfully promise a heroine,
a delightful bandit, and a law-
abiding vallain. (No provision for
children hmmm. )

There will be no reserved seats.

(Since the NEWS usually en-
dorses senior operas because they
are always funny, this article nec-
essarily constitutes endorsement
of the 1943 Senior Opera by the
AGNES SCOTT NEWS.)

Unpaid adv.

Seasons to Feature
May Day Ceremony

Leona Leavitt, as Spring, to Crown Queen;
Two New Court Members Announced

Spectacle and pageantry reminiscent of the old pagan fes-
tivals in mythology will keynote "The Four Seasons" au-
thored by Anastasia Carlos and Elizabeth Edwards to be pre-
sented next Saturday, May Day, at 5 o'clock in the May Day
Dell. J J

Leona Leavitt, as Spring, will crown Mabel Stowe May
Queen. The attendants,

as an-
nounced in a previous issue of THE
AGNES SCOTT NEWS, includes
Julia and Elizabeth Harvard, Mar-
tha Rhodes, Scott Newell, Betty
Brougher, Marjorie Wilson, Ann
Hilsman, Nancy Moses, Gloria
Melchor, Joyce Freeman, Virginia
Lee Brown. Laurice Looper and
Annette Neville replace Robin
Taylor and Leona Leavitt in the
court.

List Dance Sequence

The May Queen will wear a
gown of white lace and net and her
court will have similar gowns in
green, all carrying bouquets of
fresh garden flowers.

The theme of the pageant: is a
dance contest among the four sea-
sons, played as follows: Spring,
Leona Leavitt; Summer, Page Lan-
caster; Fall, Jeanne Carlson; Win-
ter, Betty Jane Hancock. The
main dance sequences are charac-
terized by dryads, jonquils, sun-
light, grain and wheat, naiads,
flowers, leaves, wind, acorns, bac-

Exec Hears
Voting Plan

A plan by which day students
will be able to elect their own day
student representatives while
boarders will be the only ones to
vote for house presidents was dis-
cussed Monday night at exec meet-
ing.

As the result of the discussion
it was decided to have the subject
brought up in a future open forum.

The plan was brought up be-
cause some feel that the present
way of allowing everyone to vote
for day student and boarder rep-
resentatives ends in less repre-
sentation since it is hard for the
day students and boarders to know
the popular choice of each.

Marriage Class
Slates Two Talks .

Two more speakers are sched-
uled for the Mortar Board mar-
riage classes held each Thursday
afternoon at 5 in Murphey Candler
building.

Miss Jenrick of the Family Wel-
fare Society is expected to discuss
"Family Budgeting," approaching
this subject from two viewpoints
the viewpoint of evaluating the ar-
ticles to be bought and secondly,
giving these articles a first place
in the budget.

"The changed attitude toward
marriage and career in war time"
is the subject for the last lecture.
The lecturer is an Agnes Scott
graduate, Mrs. Frances Dwyer, an
Atlanta lawyer.

chanale grapes and fruits, icicles,
storm clouds and snowflakes.
125 Take Part

Mrs. Harriet Lapp and Miss Eu-
genie Dozier of the physical educa-
tion department directed the
dances in which over 125 students
take part. Mrs. J. J. Espy will
accompany the entire production,
playing original music by Mr. C.
W. Dieckmann, professor of music.

Alice Clements, student chair-
man of May Day, has been assisted
by Marjorie Wilson, costumes;
Leona Leavitt, dances; Elizabeth
Edwards, music; Mary Beth Dan-
ielson, properties; Aileen Still,
business; Helen Summerour, pub-
licity. Student admission is free
and outsiders are charged thirty
cents.

Girls to Sing
At Chautauqua

Joella Craig, senior from Wal-
halla, South Carolina, and Barbara
Connally, junior from Tampa,
Fla., will spend eight weeks of
their summer vacation singing
with the chorus of the Chautauqua
Opera Association at Chautauqua,
New York. The purpose of the
Association is to give promising
young singers experience on the
stage through the production of
light operas anOi operettas.

Both Barbara and Joella vis-
ited Chautauqua in the summer of
1941 with Mr. Lewis Johnson of
the music department, but this
will be the first appearance for
both as singers. The jobs last from
the first of July to the first of
September. Two weeks of this
time will be spent in rehearsals.
During the other six weeks there
will be two or three hours of prac-
tice a day and a performance each
night.

Both girls are members of the
Glee Club and Special Chorus.
They had principal roles in The
Gondoliers, the operetta given here
this spring. In past years, Louise
Newton, ex-'40, has also sung with
the Chautauqua company.

Coming This Week

Thursday, April 29 Mortar Board
marriage class, 5 p. m., in Mur-
phey Candler.

Friday, April 30 Baen Chu speaks
in chapel.

Saturday, May 1 May Day, 5
p. m., in the dell; Senior Opera,
8:30 p. m., in the gym.

Christian Association
Reveals May Plans

Stratton Lee, Christian Associa-
tion vespers chairman, announced
today the Sunday vesper programs
for next month.

Mrs. James Doom, the former
Emma McMullen, an Agnes Scott
graduate, will speak on Sunday,
May 2. The classes will have
charge of Sunday vespers for the
remainder of the month, building
their programs around the theme
taken from the second chapter of
Luke, "And Jesus increased in wis-
dom and stature and in favor with
God and man." The freshmen will
conduct vespers May 9, the sopho-
mores May 16, the juniors May 23,
and the seniors will conclude the
series on May 30.

The new Christian Association
Council members, chosen this
week, will be installed at a special
service May 4.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1943

Whoabouts of Mitchell Lass
Confusin' As Well As Amusin'

By Kathie Hill

Who is Edna Mansfield Mitchell? Ordinarily, I am not the
curious type but two AURORAS containing articles by her
have come out this year and we still don't know the identity
of this person who writes such clever things. Editor Jean
Moore declares that there definitely is such a person. Miss
Scandrett opines that the name

appears to be an omelette of
Edna Ferber, Katherine Mansfield,
and Margaret Mitchell. Anyone
knowing the whereabouts of said
person will please contact Mrs.
Smith's office for this unknown
owes ten cents for having her bed
made by the maid, and sixty cents
for a busted lampshade.

Well, the ring situation is get-
ting better and better or worse
and worse depending on how you
look at it. Every Sunday night
regularly at 12:00 o'clock p. m. the
door opens, there is a blinding
flash as the ring enters, a scream,
the thud of curious feet, and anoth-
er engagement-ring has made its
debut. One never knows who will
be next. Everyone in college
keeps the third finger left hand
groomed to the nth degree just in
case.

Flora-1 Corsage

Sunday may have been the 25th
of April to the average person but
to Flora Campbell it was the 25th
of December. Flora got three cor-
sages this Easter. The record, I
believe, so far. She was so excited
that she was hardly in condition
to teach the maids' Sunday morn-
ing Bible Class. She made it all
right through the lesson and even
chirped through the hymns pass-
ably well but it was when she
was leading the prayer that she
fell down. "And oh," she prayed,
"please help us to remember oth-
ers on this beautiful Christmas
morn." Happy New Year, every-
one!

The other day the occupants of
Rebekah Scott dining room were
serenely sipping some swell soup
(that's called onomatopoeia in the
best circles) when throughout the
dining room a noise echoed that
sounded much like a bomb with a
cold and the dining room door was
seen slowly closing. Miss Scan-
drett jumped up and ran out of
said door with an expression of
surprise, to say the least. In a
minute she returned looking very
much relieved. Someone nearby
heard her say as she came in, "Yes,
but that's no place to crack them."
Curious, the onlooker went out and
saw Elizabeth Blincoe bending
over the shattered remains of a
tiny little pecan. Elizabeth had
been trying to crack the poor lit-

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tie thing by placing it in the crack
of the door and then closing the
door. The faculty got the full ben-
efit of the noise and surprise.
Someone commented that it was
as bad as trying to eat on a battle-
field there were so many shells
flying around.

Inge Probstein made a talk at
the Rotary club last week and she
was so successful that the Coca-
Cola Company asked if they could
print her talk and pay her for the
right so to do. Nothing dopey
about that!
Too Baa-d

Our faculty may be lambs but
you can't pull the wool over their
eyes. Claire Bennett was taking a
test under Dr. Gillespie and his
last question was, "Who was Ab-
raham's father?" Claire didn't
know so she very cleverly (she
thought) put "time" on her paper
thus indicating that she knew the
answer but was distressed to death
that she didn't have time to put it
down. In a day or so the tests
came back corrected. Under the
last question on Claire's paper Dr.
G. had penciled just two words in
Red: Terah . . . five seconds.

Betty Henderson has been want-
ing to rid herself of some extra
avoirdupois so her friends decided
that they would help her out.
Headed by Raddy, they wrote a let-
ter to a certain foundation com-
pany here in Atlanta telling the
company of the plight of one of
their friends. Immediately (since
food rationing I guess business
hasn't been so good) they sent a
representative to Agnes Scott. The
maid called Swanna and informed
her that she had a visitor so she
tripped down "for a few minutes
. . . I'll be right back." Three hours
later someone looked in one of the
date parlors, and there sat Swanna
in the middle of the room sur-
rounded by the lady and every
conceivable kind of nether garment
obtainable today. Poor Swanna!!
They tax clothes, food, luxuries, in-
come and now they are taxing her
patience.

Softball Play
Begins Friday

Softball season at Agnes Scott
will begin Friday with a series of
games to be played among the vari-
ous dormitories.

The first game scheduled is be-
tween teams from Inman and
Main. The winner of this tilt will
meet a team from the cottages.

Teams have not yet been com-
pletely organized, and all girls in-
terested are urged to see the soft-
ball managers in their dormitories.
Managers for the cottages are
Martha Baker and May Turner;
for Inman, Edith McCall and Sarah
Walker; and for Main, Molly
Milam and Mary Cumming.

Doubles Teams to Play
Semi-Finals This Week

The semi-finals of the tennis
doubles tournament will be played
off this week. Those competing
for the championship after two
rounds are Virginia Tuggle and
Mary Munroe, who will play Ruth
Ryner and Anne Register, and
Mary Cumming and Joan Crangle,
who will play Gloria Anne Melchor
and Peggy Kelly.

The winners of these two
matches will participate in the fin-
als. The names of the victors in
the finals will be engraved on the
tennis cup.

Golfers Compete In
Spring Tournament

Great interest is being centered
in the golf tournament, the first
round of which was recently played
off at the Candler golf course. A
consolation flight has been planned
for the losers.

According to the present sched-
ule, the tournament will be com-
pleted by May 14. The winner will
be announced at the annual Ath-
letic Association banquet.

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Athletically
Speaking

By Margaret Drummond

At the annual convention of the
Georgia Athletic Federation of
College Women which met last
Saturday at the Atlanta Athletic
Club, Virginia Tuggle was elected
president for the coming year.
"Tug," who was recently elected
president of Agnes Scott's A. A.,
and Dot Hunter were delegates to
the convention from Agnes Scott.

The morning session of the con-
vention consisted of a discussion
of "Physical Fitness During War-
time." After luncheon the discus-
sion was thrown open for the com-
ments and suggestions of the dele-
gates, who came from Shorter,
Brenau, G. S. W. C, Bessie Tift,
G. S. C. W., and Wesleyan.

Eleanor Rees, of Wesleyan, was
elected incoming secretary-treas-
urer. Ann Webb and Mary Max-
well assisted as hostesses from
Agnes Scott.
Varsity Announced

Volleyball varsity and sub-var-
sity were announced last week by
the varsity committee, composed
of the sports manager, two mem-
bers appointed by A. A., Alta
Webster, and Miss Wilburn. Those
girls making varsity are: Anas-
tasia Carlos, Margaret Drummond,
Jane Everett, Gwen Hill, Cather-
ine Kollock, Mary Monroe, Jeanne
Newton, Katherine Phillips, Vir-
ginia Tuggle, Billie Walker, and
Sarah Walker.

The sub-varsity consists of:
Anabel Bleckley, Agnes Douglas,
Martha Jean Gower, Irene Gordon,
Ann Jacob, Betty Jones, Edith
McCall, Mildred McCain, Sally
Sue Stephenson, Alice Mann, and
Eudice Tontak.

The junior - sophomore class
game, scheduled for last Friday,
was rained out, but will be played

Student Government
Meets New Officers

Newly elected and retiring offi-
cers of Student Government were
entertained at an informal social
on Monday night, April 18, by Miss
Carrie Scandrett, dean of students.

During the evening Frances
Radford, retiring president, and
her committee advised the new
group concerning their duties.
Suggestions for the improvement
of the organization were offered
from the group as a whole.

Anne Ward, recently elected
president of Student Government
for the school term 1943-44, an-
nounced that the initial meeting
of the new cabinet was held last
Monday night, at which time plans
for the coming year were dis-
cussed.

this week. In their last encounter,
on April 2, the juniors defeated the
sophs, 52 to 31.
New Board Members

The newly-elected members to
the Agnes Scott Athletic Associa-
tion for '43-'44 are as follows:
archery, Virginia Bowie; swim-
ming, Agnes Douglas; tennis,
Gloria Gaines; golf, Gloria Ann
Melchor; basketball, Billie Wal-
ker; volleyball, Sarah Walker;
publicity, Sally Sue Stephenson;
Outing club, Gwen Hill; repre-
sentative from the NEWS, Mar-
garet Drummond.
A. A. Guests

Last Friday night A. A. enter-
tained on campus two delegates to
the Federation Convention from
G. S. W. C, Martha Ashley and
Mary Frances Donaldson. Martha
Ashley is the outgoing president.

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Camilla Tattles on

The Five Hundred

The Easter Parade on campus
this year was bright with lots of
flowers. There were roses, carna-
tions, and orchids everywhere.
Cathy Steinbach's were especially
pretty she wore an orchid cor-
sage shaped patriotically into a V.
The Easter bonnets were exciting,
too. Did you see Mary Jane Auld's
lovely brown straw hat, and Caro-
lyn Bodie's with white frills on it?
Bettye Ashcraft looked pretty in a
peasant dress, and Susan Daniels
was smart in navy blue. The Hot-
tentots were all, as usual, right
there on the beam!

At Emory this week-end Eleanor
Davis was seen at the PiKA
house, and Minnewil Story at the
Phi Delt house dance. June Blox-
ton and Jodele Tanner had Sunday
supper with the Chi Phi's at Tech;
Mary Duckworth was at the Sigma
Chi house Saturday.
Yoli Said Yes

The latest ring is Yoli Bernabe's
it's a stunning three-carat spark-
ler. The lucky man is RAF-er Bob
Stanton from London, who one day
will inherit his father's earldom.
We like the sound of Lady Yoli
Stanton, don't you?

Have you heard that Betty Sulli-
van is a company sponsor at The
Citadel? She was there for sev-
eral days last week, and looked
extra-glamorous in the sponsor
parade, wearing a light green
dress with brown accessories. The
dances Friday and Saturday nights
were wonderful, Betty says, and
the whole week-end was perfectly
grand.

Campus Visitors

Hennie Rhuman visited on cam-
pus recently, and so did Jeanne

Chinese Youth Leader
To Speak in Chapel

Baen Chu, outstanding leader of
the Chinese Student Christian
Movement, will speak at chapel
services on Friday, April 30. Spon-
sored by the Student Volunteer
Movement, Mr. Chu is making an
extensive tour of colleges and uni-
versities in the United States,
speaking on the problems that face
China at this time and of the Chris-
tian responsibility to society.

New B.O. Z. Members

Betty Jones, president of
B. O. Z., campus literary associa-
tion, announces the election of five
new members: Carolyn Hall, Jinx
Blake, Bunny Weems, Mary Quig-
ley, and Nancy Moore.

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Lee and Nancy Mayes. Wasn't it
good to see them all again! And
speaking of visitors, Harding Rag-
land's family spent Easter with
her; Anne Register's mother was
here, as were Lura Johnston's,
Claire Bennet's, Bettye Ashcraft's,
Suzanne Watkins', and Louise
Gardner's.

Just lots of folks went home for
the Easter week-end. Midge Had-
dock went home to Columbus,
while Anne Murrell, Maud Van
Dyke, and Claudia Brownlee went
home with Gloria Gaines to
Henderson, South Carolina. Emily
Ann Pittman went home, too, as
did Anabel Bleckley, Mary Rey-
nolds, Eva Williams, Lucy Turner,
Betty Wade, Joella Craig, Eleanor
Manley, Peggy Jones, Helen Bei-
delman, Alice Gordon, and Sterly
Lebey. Also going home were
Minnie Mack, Ruth Doggett, Jane
Bowman, Jackie Burns, Zelda Bar-
nett, and Eugenia Jones.

Spring Fashion Show
Given by Sponsors

Juniors who served as sponsors
this year presented a fashion show
Thursday night, April 22, in the
old chapel.

Girls from each class partici-
pated, modeling clothes suitable
for campus wear, town wear, tea,
dates, dancing, and Easter Sunday.
Three faculty members also mod-
eled. Miss Susan Cobbs, professor
of Latin and Greek, was dressed
for Easter, Miss Blanche Miller of
the biology department wore cam-
pus clothes, and Miss Louise Hale,
professor of French, modeled
clothes suitable for tea. Sally Sue
Stephenson served as the subject
for Ruby Rosser's demonstration
of the amount and type of make-
up suitable for various occasions.

Clara Rountree, former vice-
president of Student Government,
had charge of the fashion show
with Mary Maxwell and Betty
Sullivan as assistants.

There will be an important
meeting of the entire staff of
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Students Elect
New Officers

Students here chose officers for
all campus organizations for the
coming year at student meetings
held April 1 and 2 in Presser Hall.

Officers of student government
are Anne Ward, president; Clare
Bedinger, vice-president; Molly
Milam, secretary; Mary Cumming,
treasurer.

House presidents are Martha
Ray Lasseter, Rebekah Scott;
Aurie Montgomery, Main; Smiley
Williams, Inman; Pat Elam and
Wendy Whittle, the Cottages.
Gwen Hill will serve as student
treasurer and Betty Pope Scott
as student recorder. Day student
representative is Elizabeth Ed-
wards.

New members of the executive
committee, elected on April 8, are
Pat Elam, Julia Slack, Dorothy
Lee Webb, Wendy Whittle, jun-
iors; Betty Long, Mildred McCain,
Marjorie Naab, sophomores.

Officers of the Christian associa-
tion are Ruth Farrior, president;
Katherine Philips, vice-president;
Mary Munroe, secretary; Virginia
Carter, treasurer.

Athletic association officers are
Virginia Tuggle, president; Mary
Maxwell, vice-president; Dorothy
Ann Hunter, secretary; Ann Webb,
treasurer.

The SILHOUETTE staff is com-
posed of Ann Jacob, editor-in-chief;
Kathie Hill, associate editor; Anne
Equen and Elaine Kuniansky, as-
sistant editors; Zena Harris, busi-
ness manager; Jodele Tanner, ad-
vertising manager.

Editor of the AURORA is Tess
Carlos; managing editor, Tommie
Huie; business manager, Martha
Rhodes.

Madeline Hosmer heads the
NEWS staff as editor; Mary Carr
is managing editor; Betty Glenn
and Inge Probstein, assistant ed-
itors; June Lanier, business man-
ager; Liz Carpenter and Frances
King, advertising managers.

President of Lecture association
is Betty Sullivan; treasurer, Meg
Bless. Jean Clarkson is May Day
chairman and Squee Woolford is

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Seven New Members

New members of Blackfriars
have been announced by Page Lan-
caster, president of the organiza-
tion. The girls chosen at spring
try-outs held recently are Mary
and Kathryn Dozier, Peggy Will-
mon, Carolyn Hall, Jane Anne
Newton, Martha Polk, Shirley
Graves, Doris Purcell, and Ellen
Hayes.

Initiation services for the new
members will be held Thursday,
April 29. At this meeting Black-
friars will present "A Piece of
Ivory" by Florence Lincoln. The
play stars Claire Bennett, Virginia
Lucas, Emily Ann Singletary, Liz
Carpenter, and Ed Overcash.

Agnes Scott Faculty Members
Receive Research Awards

S. G. Stukes, registrar and dean of faculty at Agnes Scott
and executive secretary of the advisory faculty council of the
University Center in Georgia, recently announced that three
Agnes Scott faculty members are among the grantees receiv-
ing grants-in-aid from the Center for special research during

the coming year.

The committee awarded $500 to
Dr. Ellen Douglass Leyburn of the
English department for a study of
the background of Wordsworth's
ecclesiastical sonnets; $250 to Dr.
E. H. Runyon of the biology de-
partment for continuation of re-
search in the organization of sep-
arate cell-units of dictyostelium
into a multicellular body; and $100
to Dr. Catherine S. Sims of the
history department for continua-
tion of work on a critical edition
of Henry Elsynge's "Expedicio Bil-
larum Antiquitus." The grants re-
ceived by Dr. Sims and Dr. Runyon
are further awards for work in the
same subjects for which they had
been given previous grants. In ad-
dition to these grants extension of
time for the completion of work
already started was given to Dr.
Mary Stuart MacDougall, head of
the biology department.

Dr. Leyburn, who received one
of the two largest grants given,
will do her research in the libraries
of Yale University and Harvard
College this summer. Dr. Runyon
plans to do most of his work, which
will consist chiefly of writing up
his findings, on the Agnes Scott
campus.

Dr. Sims will continue her work
on 'Expedicio Billarum Antiqui-
tus" in Atlanta libraries.

student chairman of War Council.

Recently elected class officers
are, seniors, Carolyn Daniel, presi-
dent; Bobbie Powell, vice-presi-
dent; Elizabeth and Julia Harvard,
secretary and treasurer. For the
junior class, Barbara Frink serves
as president; Joyce Freeman, vice-
president. Susan Richardson will
act as president of the sophomores;
Martha Baker, vice-president;
Vicki Alexander, secretary and
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28, 1943

This Is Our Policy

It's the customary thing each year
for the new editor to make a statement
of policy for the coming year. Here's
ours

(1) As always, complete news cover-
age of the campus. We want THE NEWS
to be full of news. But that takes help
from the whole campus. Whenever pos-
sible let us make your announcements
instead of the bulletin board. We want
news!

(2) Variety in makeup. We don't
want to be radical, just different. The
staff doesn't seem to agree on the
makeup policy, so let us know what
you think.

(3) Cooperation for the good of the
student body and the school. THE NEWS
intends to see that things get done
that needed changes are made. If by
editorials or news stories we can do this
we're ready to help.

P. S. All letters to the editor will
be appreciated! And printed.

Waves and Spars

The WAVES is an organization of
women whose job is to replace Navy
men at shore stations. The SPARS
is an organization of women whose
job is to replace Coast Guard men at
shore stations.

As a member of the WAVES or
SPARS, you can wear the same Navy
blue, win the same ratings and earn
the same pay as America's finest fight-
ing men.

And you'll hold the same shore jobs
that are now filled by men. At Navy
and Coast Guard bases throughout the
continental United States, WAVES and
SPARS do all types of office work.
They also are needed for important
posts in mechanics and aviation ground
work as machinists, for example, or
as operators of the Link Trainer, that
amazing device which teaches future
Navy pilots the principles of flying.
Other women are needed for various
special or technical positions.

Whatever your work, wherever you
go, you can be sure that you are per-
forming a very real, very vital service
for your country. It won't be any pic-
nic. It's not a part-time "glamour" job
and it's not meant to be. You are
as much a member of the service as
any man with the fleet. It's full-time
work. It will be hard work. But as
you're the sort of woman who loves
America and honors the brave men
fighting to keep it free, it's work you'll
be proud to do.

There are important positions in the
WAVES and SPARS for women with
experience in practically every field of
business and industry. Have you work-
ed in an office as a typist, secretary,
operator of business machines, filing
clerk or bookkeeper? You will find
ready use for your skill. Have you
sold merchandise or checked stock in
a store? Do you know anything about
radio, telegraphy, photography? Did
you ever work in a library, serve at
an information desk or telephone
switchboard, do tailoring or sewing?
Have you a mechanical "bent"? If so,
your knowledge and experience will be
valuable to the Navy. And it will help
you to rapid promotion and better pay.

On the other hand, suppose you have
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take care of the rest, fit you in a
few short months for the post where
you will be of greatest service to your
country and to yourself.

There's a new booklet which has
been prepared titled. "How to Serv
Your Country In the WAVES c
SPARS." outlining all requirements fo.
enlistment in these branches of service.
A copy may be obtained at your near-
est Navy Recruiting Station or Office
of Naval Officer Procurement.

Spring Fever Can Be Fatal

-Drawn and Cut by Pobai Crane.

A New Month in an Old Year

A new month in an old year. But an
important new month. Although this is
still April, the new month of May
looms suddenly. And with it all the
hurry of a last month tests, papers,
collateral readings, senior exams,
exams, the daisy chain, commence-
ment. Too soon it will all be over.
The weather is beginning to turn warm,
and it's so nice to lie on grass and
dream. Teachers still continue to give

tests, forgetting maybe how nice it is
to lie on grass. And this is the catch.
You sort of have to pass all of them.
There are millions of them. Or so
it seems. And so before we go to lie
down and sleep on drowsy grass, we
feel it our duty to warn the student
body about being lazy and giving up
studies and failing tests. It won't be
our fault if nobody pays any attention,
however.

Books in the Flames

Books are a symbol. The college li-
brary and its books are the heart of
every campus. The insignia of many a
college shows an open book signifying
light, learning and the wisdom only
man can pass from mind to mind. Books
are a symbol of the freedoms for which
we fight.

The other day monitors for the Fed-
eral Communications Commission p:
ed up a Berlin broadcast praise
Adolph Hitler, he of the impenetraV.
prose style, as a lover of good books.

"To read a lot is equivalent of a good
education," the radio voice said. "It was
Adolph Hitler who promoted this idea
in Germany."

The voice went on to say Hitler
sponsored "not only books on National
Socialism but books on German poets"
and until he did "there were no good
books in Germany."

On May 10, the world will remem-
ber how well Hitler loves good books.
On that date in 1933, 25,000 good books
burned in the square before the Uni-
versity of Berlin.

A student barker stood by to shout
in the night as the books were cast
into the huge bonfire:

"Emil Ludwig burned for literary
rascality and high treason against
Germany."

"Erich Maria Remarque for degrad-
ing the German language."

The book burnings were sponsored
by Goebbels, the minister of "public
enlightenment." Other bonfires were
held at the universities of Munich,
Frankfurt, Breslau. Kiel.

The lover of good books eventually
drove hundreds of writers from th*>
Reich, among them Thomas Mann. .
nold and Stefan Zweig, Alfred Dob.
Josef Roth. Ernest Glaeser, Jacob Was-
sermann. The "equivalent of a good
education" did not include reading Hein-
rich Heine. Ernest Hemingway, John
Dos Passos, Franz Werfel. It did in-

clude millions of copies of "Mein
Kampf."

The "Kulturdirecktion" of the Nazis
followed the blitz. The Louvain library
in Brussels was destroyed. French li-
braries, bookstores and newsstands were
pillaged by Gestapo agents to "prepare
the transfer of literary, artistic and cul-
tural treasures from the vanquished
to tiie vict^no 1 ^ p oun trv ." In Paris
the Gestapo wer fron bookstore tc
bookstore with a list of condemned
books to be seized within 30 minutes
under threat of severe penalty. (ACP.)

The Agnes Scott News

V r ol. XVIII Wednesday, April 28, 1943 No. 18

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.

Member

Pbsocided Cbfleefctfe Press

Editor MADELINE ROSE HOSMER

Managing Editor MARY CARR

Business Manager JUNE LANIER

Betty Glenn Tess Carlos

Inge Probstein Kathie Hill

Assistant Editors Editorial Assistants

Liz Carpenter Pobai Crane

Prances King Art Editor

Advertising Managers Betty Lynn Reagan

Margaret Drummond Assistant Art Editor

Sports Editor Carolyn Calhoun

Camilla Moore Circulation Manager

Society Editor Suzanne Walkins

Pauline Ertz Marian Leathers

Copy Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Mary Louise Duffee, Marlon Knapp,
Bettv Burrens. Kathryne Thompson. Ruth Dognett,
Martha Jane Mack. Jean McCurry. Suzanne Wat-
kins. Martha Arnold. Carolyn Fuller. Lib Farmer.
Wendy Whittle. Betty Wade. Louise Breedin. Pat
Elam. Olive Hansen. Martha Baker, Anne Register,
Margaret Edelmann. Elizabeth Scott, Connie Fraser.
Jeanne Rorhelle. Jeanne Addison, Joyce Glllela.nd.
Jane Bowman. Sara Jean Clark. Dorothy Lee Webb.
Alice Gordon, Che Nellans. Anne Noell. Jean
Rooney, Ann Seitzlnger. Martha Whatley Yates.
Sports Reporters: Rutfc Ryner. Peggy Kelly, Sally
Sue Stephenson, Bettye Lee Phelps.
Business Assistants: Anne Equen. Penny Espey,
Barbara Frlnk, Julia Harvard. Johnnie Mae Tlppen.
Marv Frances Walker Blount. Jane Anne Newton.
Carol vn Lewis, Teddy Bear, N1U He well, Ann Hag-
gard. Marv Reynolds. Mary Neely Norrls. Eleanor
Reynolds. Ik>ris Street. Betty Zurawlnkle. Betty
Codrington, Mary Duckworth. Louise Starr, Mary
Jane Schumacher. Mary Russell.
Photographer: Zeaa Harris.

A Nose in the Air

By Tess Carlos

Needed reforms? Yes. There are a
lot of things on the campus that could
be changed to benefit the students.
And one of them has recently been
unearthed. Or so the proponents of
the scheme feel. The idea is to let
the day students elect their own repre-
sentatives and the boarders the house
presidents. Elizabeth Edwards, newly-
elected day student representative, pre-
sented the idea to the Executive Com-
mittee Monday night. The campus will
have to decide. A word of encourage-
ment: this will do away with some
of the blind voting so typical of the
student elections. It is hard for either
group to know exactly how each feels
about their representatives. Opponents
will probably point to alleged rifts
that might occur on the campus. But
it seems stupid to elect representatives
not representative of the girls' views.

What about the new gym program?
Xe\t year's seniors, always eager to
set precednts, now wander in desolate
groups grasping any straw thai prom-
ises exemption from five days ot gym
a week. The department says nothing.
And those fiends who glory in th exer-
cise of Limbs laugh gleefully, "Now
you can build yourself up!"

The question of chapel attendance
should it be compulsory, and how about
the terrible way of sitting is coming
up again. Thursday, which is the only
day theoretically compulsory, finds the
chapel vaguely empty. Important an-
nouncements are made when only half
the student body is present. Important
questions are discussed, and very few
gain anything from this because at-
tendance is so poor. Furthermore, seats
toward the front are rarely taken, and
when some do sit near the speakers
the blocks of empty space are notice-
able.

There is a rumor going around which
sounds too good to leave out, although
this newspaper intends to publish only
true, good news. According to some-
one who knows someone who played
volleyball last Tuesday with Miss Cobbs,
she (Miss Cobbs) as unofficial faculty
volleyball manager is getting together
a faculty team that might be able to
play against the newly-elected varsity.
Can anyone verify this story? If so,
the varsity would like to know whether
it should begin practices.

Thoughts on a rainy day while trying
to write a column, make a date line,
and get to lunch on time: Zena Harris
is doing photography for the News this
year. Her first attempt is the May Day
snap of the Four Seasons. ... A new
fashion note has been added with the
wearing of dark glasses by numerous
students (actually about three). Thece
is an epidemic of pink-eye in Atlanta.
The source of bacteria seems to be
streetcar-railings. See Dr. Jones if any-
thing unusual happens to the color of
your eyes. Who knows? You, too, may
be able to wear dark glasses. . . . With
spring comes the inevitable smell of
onions as the grass is cut and the sight
of numerous please signs standing up-
right. But since spring is in the air,
we manage to ignore the smell of fresh
green onions and the please signs as we
tramp across the grass. . . .

Headlines of the Past

1931 Miss Laney made Honorary
Member of Agnes Scott Phi Beta
Kappa.

1932 Senior Opera to be given night
of May Day is "My Nun," parody of
"Mignon."

1936 Faculty Members outdo Greek
and Latin Savants.

1939 Leading Juniors Receive Admis-
sion to Motor (they really said it)
Board.

1940 News Attains All American
Honor Rating.

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VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

NO. 19

Phi Beta Kappa
To Announce
New Members

The A%nes Scott chapter of Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary
fraternity, will present a special
program in chapel this Saturday,
May 8, to announce seniors and
alumnae who this year have ful-
filled requirements for election to
that organization.

According to Miss Florence
Smith, associate professor of his-
tory and president of the local
chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Geor-
gia Beta, the names of all who
have been elected to Phi Beta Kap-
pa during the current school term
will be announced on this one pro-
gram. Formerly the chapter has
announced new members x twice a
year, once in the winter and once
during the final examination pe-
riod in the spring.

Phi Beta Kappa has as its pri-
mary aim the promotion of high
ideals in scholarship. Seniors who
have attained high records of
scholarship with distinction in oth-
er campus activities, alumnae, and
any others whom the chapter con-
siders as having met the qualifi-
cations established by the national
Phi Beta Kappa organization are
eligible for election.

Choir to Give
Oratorio Soon

The college choir, under the di-
rection of Lewis H. Johnson, will
present its annual program of
solos and choruses from the ora-
torios at Music Appreciation Hour,
May 17, at 8 p. m. in Presser hall.

Soloists are Jeanne Newton,
Joella Craig, Barbara Connally,
and Mabel Stowe. In former years
the solo parts have been sung by
guest artists from Atlanta.

The oratorio program this year
features choruses from The Mes-
siah and the St. Cecelia Mass.

C. W. Dieckmann, professor of
music, will accompany the choir
on the organ and will present two
organ solo selections.

Summer Plans
Yet Undecided

F. S. C. W. Considered
By Administration

Plans for giving "merit" sum-
mer school credit to schools other
than Emory University are still
being considered by the adminis-
tration, according *o President J.
R. McCain.

Summer catalogs from Vander-
bilt University, and the Woman's
College of North Carolina have
been studied, but no definite con-
clusions have been reached yet.
Also under consideration is the
Florida State College for Women
at Tallahassee.

"We haven't reached any def-
inite conclusions yet," said Mc-
Cain, "although it's pretty clear
that we're going to have to loosen
up "on our requirements."

He added that the possibility of
holding a summer session on the
Agnes Scott campus has not been
absolutely ruled out though it is
unlikely.

Ruth Lineback Wins
Chi Beta Phi Key

Chi Beta Phi, honorary science
club, in a chapel program Friday,
May 7, will award to Ruth Line-
back, Mortar Board member and
editor of the SILHOUETTE, the
national Chi Beta Phi key. The key
is awarded each year to the senior
member of Chi Beta Phi who is
most outstanding in scholarship,
interest in science, and interest in
the club.

At the regular meeting of the
club Thursday, May 6, Margaret
Shaw, Claire Bennett, Virginia
Carter, and Jodele Tanner, recent-
ly elected members of the club, will
be initiated. Election to the club
is based on scholarship and inter-
est in science.

Math majors, under the direction
of Mary Ward, will have charge of
the program for this meeting.

The new officers will be an-
nounced after the election sched-
uled for this week.

Students Are Real Heroes
Of China, Baen Chu Tells

According to Baen Chu, out-
standing leader of the Chinest Stu-
dent Christian movement, the pop-
ular ballad entitled "My Wild Irish
Rose" should be "My Wild Chinese
Rose."

Speaking in chapel Friday, Mr.
Chu, who has been in this country
for only sixteen months, revealed
many facts about China and Chi-
nese students. According to him
many of our products thought to
be "native American," originally
came from China. He mentioned
meatballs, peaches, plums, oranges,
magnolias, and even roses hence
the title "My Wild Chinese Rose."

In his opinion the students are
the real heroes of China. Chinese
students are more serious than
students of other countries be-
cause educational facilities are lim-
ited and those fortunate enough
to attend school appreciate it.
There are more students enrolled
now than before the war. Stu-
dents are exempt from the draft.
Schools are constantly moved

farther into Free China and all
the students follow on their "cars
that use no gasoline" their own
two legs! With such good spirit
and morale, "How can you believe
Japan can conquer China?" asked
Mr. Chu.

"The church has a wonderful op-
portunity in China," he said. The
church carries on much as it did
before the war, and more Bibles
and religious books are sold than
ever before.

Ending with a plea for American
help in rebuilding China after the
war, Mr. Chu said, "Bring chemical
experts, economists, anyone is
needed, but, above all, bring Jesus
Christ with you."

Mr. Chu arrived on the campus
Thursday afternoon and was the
guest at dinner of a group of Ag-
nes Scott girls who formerly lived
in China. Friday night in the old
Y room in Main he led a discussion
of the problems that Chinese
Christians face today.

Junior-Senior
Banquet Today

The annual junior-senior ban-
quet will be held in Rebekah Scott
dining room today, May 5, at
6:30 p. m.

Members of both classes and
their class sponsors will attend.
The sponsors are Mr. R. B. Holt,
professor of chemistry, and Miss
B. Miller, instructor in biology, for
the seniors; Dr. G. P. Hayes, pro-
fessor of English, and Miss Martha
Crowe, instructor in French, for
the juniors. Faculty members who
live on the campus and eat in
either of the two dining rooms
have also been invited.

Carolyn Daniel, president-elect
of next year's senior class, is in
charge of arrangements for the
banquet. Kathy Hill heads the
committee for , escorts for the
guests; Elise Tilghman has charge
of the flowers and Squee Woolford
is chairman of the music commit-
tee.

Though originally planned as a
formal affair, plans were changed
and guests will come informally
dressed.

Personality Test
To be Explained

Dr. D. E. Cachellor, consulting
psychiatrist at Atlanta's Federal
Prison, will speak on the Ror-
schach Test to psychology classes
and all those who are interested in
room 3, Buttrick, at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.

The Rorschach Test was devised
primarily to determine personality.
It consists of a series of standard-
ized ink-blots. The examiner
learns about the subject's person-
ality and mental capacity from the
responses he makes to the blots.
The test was devised by the Swiss
psychologist of that name more
than fifteen years ago. It has
gained increasing recognition in
the United States since its impor-
tation.

Dr. Bachellor has used the Ror-
schach Test at the Federal Prison
successfully for many years.

TV A Positions Open
To Science Majors

TVA is seeking graduating math,
physics, and chemistry majors to
fill positions in its water control
department at Chattanooga, ac-
cording to Mr. S. G. Stukes, reg-
istrar.

All those who are interested
should hand in their names to Mr.
Stukes. If enough girls do so TVA
will send a representative to inter-
view them.

Several of last year's graduates
have been working for TVA's maps
and surveys department. Among
those are Cornelia Stuckey, Dar-
leen Danielson, and Martha Jane
Buffalow.

Material for Handbook
Requested by Editor

In order that as much work as
possible may be done on the hand-
book before school is out, Betty
Pope Scott, handbook editor, has
requested that all club presidents
hand in the names of the officers,
and also the aims of their clubs to
either her or one of her assistants.

C. A. Installs Council;
Makes Chapel Plans

Ed Mattingly and V. Broyles to Speak
At Chapel Services on May 11 and 18

New Christian Association council members were installed
last night at an impressive ceremony in the old "Y" room.
Old and ne at council members were dressed in white for the
installation ceremony.

After a devotional and worship program, the new C. A.
president, Ruth Farrior, delivered

a short message and presented
members with crosses, emblem of
Christian Association.

Council Members

New council members and their
positions are: Mary Alice Hunter
and Jeanne Addison, Scottish Rite;
Jo Young, chapel; Jessie New-
bold and Celetta Powell, Christ-
mas party; Maud Van Dyke, rec
reation; Bess Sheppard, Sara Mil-
ford, and Helen Roper, industrial
girls; Adelaide Humphries, Chi-
nese mission; Hansell Cousar,
maids' Sunday school; Betty Lynn
Reagan and Mary Catherine Vin
sant. Bunny Gray is the new presi-
dent of Bible club and the denom-
inational heads are Aurie Mont
gomery, Presbyterian ; Martha
Jane Mack, Methodist; Elizabeth
Edwards, Baptist; Sue Mitchell
Episcopal.

Chapel Speaker

Ruth also announced that the
chapel speaker May 11 will be Mr.
Ed Mattingly, religious director at
Emory University, who will speak
on "The Social Responsibilities of
Christians"; Dr. Vernon S. Broyles,
pastor at North Avenue Presbyter-
ian Church, will speak in chapel
May 18.

Pi Alpha Phi Chooses
1943-44 Leaders

Pi Alpha Phi officers for the
coming year were elected at a
meeting held on April 30 at 1:30
in the old "Y" room in Main.
Those elected were: president,
Claire Bennett; vice-president,
Martha Rhodes; secretary, Martha
Jean Gower; treasurer, Elaine
Kuniansky. The social chairman
and parliamentarian will be elect-
ed after the admission to the club
of girls successful in the spring
tryouts, which will be held on May
5 at 8:00 in the Old Chapel.

The organization will hold its
final meeting for the year on
Thursday, May 6, at 8:00 in Mur-
phey Candler. The finals of the
debate tournament, which has
been going on throughout the
year, will be held at this time.
Elaine Kuniansky and Ruth Kolt-
hoff will debate against Ann
Jacob and Pat Evans on a subject
as yet unannounced. The names
of the winners will be engraved
on a gold plaque to be hung in
Murphey Candler.

Instructions regarding tryouts
are posted on the back bulletin
board in Buttrick. Everyone in-
terested in debating is urged to
participate in the tryouts.

The tryouts will be judged on
the basis of development and pres-
entation of arguments, the man-
ner of presentation, and poise in
presenting speeches. New mem-
bers will be announced as soon as
possible after the tryouts.

A. A. Banquet
To Be Scene
Of Awards

Athletic awards of the year will
be announced at the Athletic As-
sociation banquet Wednesday, May
12, in Rebekah Scott dining hall.

The most important of these
awards is the Athletic Cup, which
will be given to the class whose
members have won the most points
in the various sports.

Other awards are the swimming
cup, to be awarded to the class
holding the highest number of
points, the tennis doubles trophy,
the golf award, and the archery
plaque. The banquet will be the
scene of the first official announce-
ment of these awards.

The new officers .of Athletic As-
sociation, Virginia Tuggle, presi-
dent; Mary Maxwell, vice-presi-
dent; Dorothy Ann Hunter, secre-
tary; and Ann Webb, treasurer,
will be installed and welcomed
with "poetry" by retiring officers.

All those who have participated
in any organized sport on the cam-
pus, members of athletic clubs,
some faculty members, and a few
visitors will attend the formal
banquet.

Freshmen to Vote on
Light Cut Rule Change

Freshmen will vote in chapel
Thursday morning, May 8, on the
suggested change in the present
rule concerning light cuts.

When suggestions were handed
in to Student Government last
month, it was suggested that the
incoming freshmen have four one-
hour light cuts instead of the two
two-hour cuts which freshmen
have had in the past.

Since the light cut rule is so im-
portant, especially from the health
aspect, Anne Ward, newly elected
president of Student Government,
asks that all the freshmen consid-
er this possible change in the light
of their experience this year, and
come to chapel Thursday ready to
vote.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, May 5 Pi Alpha Phi
tryouts at 8:00 p. m. in Old
Chapel.

Thursday, May 6 Vote in chapel
on proposed change in freshman
light cut system.
Thursday, May 6 Swimming meet

at 4:00 p. m. in gym.
Saturday, May 8 Phi Beta Kappa
elections to be announced in
chapel.

Monday, May 10 Hugh Hodgson
concert.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

Camilla Tattles on

The Five Hundred

The ATO's at Emory really
"warmed up" Friday night for
their Inferno party at the house.
It all started with a hamburger
fry in the back yard after which
everybody danced. The house was
in blazes literally, flames leapt
from the fire-place and fire of red
crepe paper lapped at the walls.
Faces of red paper devils peered
down from all the lighting fix-
tures; even the bright red punch
was in keeping with the decora-
tions. Hottentots there were
Jeanne Newton, Elizabeth Har-
vard, Minnewil Story, and Jeanne
Robinson.

The AKK's entertained at the
house Saturday with a wonderful
chicken dinner served on the lawn.
Later there was dancing and a big
bonfire outside. Betty Long was
there, also "Robin" Robinson, Bar-
bara Ireland, Margaret Scott, and
Jean Chewning.

At DVS Banquet

The DVS banquet was Saturday
night at the Biltmore hotel. The
table was decorated with white
candles and black ribbons, with a
skull as the centerpiece. Mary
Turner, Jeanne Newton, Jeanne
Robinson, and Anne Pentecost
were among those present.

The Tech SAE's went out to the
Marietta country club for a picnic
Saturday afternoon. Seen there
were Jackie Burns and Scott New-
ell. At Emory at the SAE house
dance were Mary Neely Norris,
Mary Martin, Elizabeth Wood-
ward, Emily Anne Singletary,
Mary Louise Duffee, and Lois Sul-
livan. June Thomann went to the
Emory ENO dance, and Sterly
Lebey to the Delta Tau Delta
house.

At the Sigma Gamma dance Sat-
urday night at the Georgian Ter-
race were Louise Isaacson, Sylvia
Piassick, and Pauline Ertz.

Have you heard about Robin
Taylor Horneffer's lovely wed-
ding? Robin wore a dress of ivory
satin and lace with a fitted bodice
and a full skirt. Her veil of illu-
sion tulle was fastened with a
coronet of orange blossoms and she
carried a beautiful bouquet of calla
lilies. Her bridesmaids were Jean
Clarkson and Betty Dickson,, who
wore dresses of aqua net over or-
chid taffeta. They carried leghorn
hats filled with pastel garden flow-

Decatur Theatre

May 5 Brian Donlevy and Ellen Drew In
"The Rem&rk&blO Andrew."

May 6-7 -Ann Sheridan and Jack Benny in
"George WashlnRton Slept Here."

May 8 -"Dawn On the Great Divide" and
"Bombay Clipper."

May 10-11 Judy Garland and George Mur-
phy in "For Me and My Gal."

ers, tied with bows of matching
net.

And speaking of brides, Raddy
Radford gave a shower and lunch-
eon for Pat Stokes at her home
Saturday afternoon. The girls liv-
ing on Pat's wing of third Rebe-
kah last year attended. They were
Joella Craig, Sterly Lebey, Nancy
Thomison, Ruby Rosser, Anne
Flowers, Helen Hale, Mary Ann
Cochran, and Mary Jane Auld.

Friday afternoon Betty Hender-
son entertained for four of the sen-
ior brides-to-be with a bridge
luncheon at the Alumnae house.
The guests of honor were Marjorie
Wilson, Nancy Hirsh, Clara Roun-
tree, and Dot Holloran. Each one
of them received a big cook book!
The other guests included Joella
Craig, Kay Wright, Mabel Stowe,
Emily Anderson, Lillian Roberts,
Mary Ward, Pat Perry, Laura
dimming, Anne Frierson, Dotty
Nash, Mary Brock Alice Clements,
Carolyn Daniels, Ceevah Rosen-
thal, Helen Hale, Marg Downie,
Marjorie Weismann, Ann Hilsman,
and Betty Brougher.

May Day Visitors

Did you see that pretty flower
arrangement at senior coffee Sun-
day? On the table between the
coffee urns was a May pole in
miniature, with colored ribbons
leading to vases shaped as tiny
May day dancers and flowers in
pastel colors. Betty Jones, Lillian
Roberts, Betty Carver, and Emily
Anderson were the hostesses.

There were just lots of visitors
on campus for the May day' week-
end. It was especially good to see
Margaret Erwin, Becky Stamper,
Mary Robertson, Neva Jackson,
B. A. Brooks, Edith Dale Lindsay,
and Dot Nabers.

Polly Cook spent the week-end
home at Newnan, and with her
were Bettye Ashcraft, Patty Bar-
bour, and Claire Bennett. Also go-
ing home were Emily Higgins,
Jane Everett, and Kitty Kay.

Cotillion Members to Visit
Lawson Hospital Thursday

Tomorrow evening, May 6, Co-
tillion club will make its weekly
visit to Lawson General hospital
to entertain the patients. The spe-
cial feature of this week's visit is
a Can-Can girl chorus by mem-
bers of the club. After the danc-
ing there will be the regular
Thursday party.

All students, whether members
of Cotillion club or not, are in-
vited to go. Anyone wishing to
attend should see Marjorie Wilson

The McArthur Room

Mr. J. S. Dumas was sitting alone in his private
office at Holsum's Cafeteria one afternoon sev-
eral weeks ago Sitting and smoking his pro-
verbial cigar an idea came and what an idea !

From this particular brain baby came forth
'THE McARTHUR ROOM"!

Realizing the need of an attractive supper
club Mr. Dumas mixed these ingredients . . .
A smart supper club priced right- for us young
folks . . . Food scrumptious the best and danc-
ing too!

A really refined atmosphere which is impor-
tant for you and your date. And booths where
you can talk over "Life in General" with your
favorite man.

Come down, we know you'll like it. Don't for-
get the McArthur room we won't forget you.

Spring Exam Schedule Told by Dean

For the convenience of the college community, the AGNES SCOTT NEWS is publishing
the schedule for spring quarter examinations. The schedule is also posted on the official
bulletin board in Buttrick. Any student who has a conflict in her examination schedule
should report it to the Dean's office immediately.

*Art Hist 102 Saturday, May 229:00

Art Hist. 102 Saturday, May 299:00

Art Hist. 104 Tuesday, May 252:00

Bible 101 Tuesday, May 252:00

Bible 102 Friday, May 219:00

Bible 102 Friday, May 289:00

Bible 204 A Monday, May 242:00

Bible 204 B Thursday, May 279:00

Bible 205 Wednesday, May 19-2:00

Bible 205 Monday, May 242:00

Bible 205 Friday, May 289:00

Bible 207 Saturday, May 229:00^

Bible 207 Saturday, May 299:00

Bible 308 Thursday, May 202:00

Bible 308 Thursday, May 272:00

Biology 101 Monday, May 242:00

Biology 101 Tuesday, May 25 9:00

Biology 208 Saturday/May 299:00

Biology 207 Saturday, May 229:00

Biology 207 Saturday, May 299:00

Biology 300 Tuesday, May 252:00

^Biology 303 Saturday, May 229:00

Biology 303 Friday, May 289:00

Biology 306 Thursday, May 209:00

Biology 306 Thursday, May 279:00

Chemistry 101 Thursday, May 279:00

Chemistry 101 Tuesday, May 252:00

Chemistry 202 A Tuesday, May 259:00

Chemistry 202 B Monday, May 242:00

Chemistry 205 Wednesday, May 269:00

Chemistry 208 Thursday, May 202:00

Chemistry 208 Thursday, May 272:00

Chemistry 305 Monday, May 242:00

Chemistry 309 Wednesday, May 269:00

Economics 201 Friday, May 212:00

Economics 201 Friday, May 282:00

Economics 303: Tuesday, May 259:00

Education 302 Tuesday, May 252:00

Eng. 101 A Leyburn Friday, May 282:00

Eng. 101 B Leyburn Thursday, May 272:00

Eng. 101 C Morrison Wednesday, May 269:00

Eng. 101 D Preston Saturday, May 299:00

Eng. 101 E Christie Friday, May 289:00

Eng. 101 F Morrison Thursday, May 279:00

Eng. 101 G Christie Monday, May 242:00

Eng. 101 H Preston Friday, May 282:00

Eng. 211 Thursday, May 209:00

Eng. 211 A Hayes Tuesday, May 259:00

Eng. 211 B Morrison Thursday, May 272:00

Eng. 211 C Laney Saturday, May 299:00

Eng. 211 D Laney Friday, May 289:00

Eng. 314 Monday, May 242:00

Eng. 320 Thursday, May 209:00

Eng. 320 Thursday, May 279:00

Eng. 322 Tuesday, May 252:00

Eng. 326 Saturday, May 229:00

Eng. 326 Saturday, May 299:00

*Eng. 350 Saturday, May 229:00

Eng. 350 Saturday, May 299:00

French 01 Tuesday, May 259:00

French lOlx Crowe Wednesday, May 26 9:00

French 101 A Phythian. .Wednesday, May 269:00

French 101 B Crowe Friday, May 289:00

French 103 A Phythian Friday, May 282:00

French 103 B Crowe Monday, May 24 2:00

French 103 C Hale Thursday, May 209:00

French 103 C Hale Thursday, May 279:00

French 204 Wednesday, May 262:00

French 257 A Hale Friday, May 212:00

French 257 A Hale Friday, May 282:00

French 257 B Alexander. . .Thursday, May 279:00

French 259 Thursday, May 272:00

French 356 Tuesday, May 259:00

French 459 Friday, May 219:00

French 459 Friday, May 289:00

German 01 Saturday, May 209:00

German 101 Monday, May 24 2:00

German 101 Wednesday, May 269:00

^German 201 Friday, May 212:00

German 201 Friday, May 282:00

Greek 101 Monday, May 24 2:00

Greek 202 Monday,

Greek 203 Wednesday,

Greek 409 Wednesday,

Greek 314 Wednesday,

Hist. 101 A Jackson Wednesday,

Hist. 101 B Sims Tuesday,

Hist. 101 C Smith Saturday,

Hist. 101 D Smith Friday,

Hist. 101 E Jackson Thursday,

Hist. 203 Tuesday,

Hist. 205 Friday,

Hist. 205 Friday,

Hist. 215 Monday,

Hist. 317 Wednesday,

Hyg. 101 Quarter Course Friday,

Hyg. 101 Quarter Course .... Friday,
Hyg. 101 Year Course. . .Wednesday,

Latin 103 Friday,

Latin 104 Friday,

Latin 105 Thursday,

Latin 203 . .Tuesday,

Latin 307 Wednesday,

Math. 101 R Gaylord Friday,

Math. 101 C Gaylord Wednesday,

Math. 101 Vann Tuesday,

Math. 101 Vann Thursday,

Math. 101 Vann Saturday,

Math. 201 Thursday,

Math. 205 Wednesday,

Math. 303 Monday,

Music 107 Monday,

Music 107 Wednesday,

Music 111 Wednesday,

Music 211 Tuesday,

Music 213 Tuesday,

Music 215 Thursday,

Music 215 Thursday,

Philosophy 313 Monday,

Physics 103 Thursday,

Physics 103 Thursday,

Physics 206 Tuesday,

Physics 301 Thursday,

Physics 301 Thursday,

Psychology 201 A Stukes. . .Tuesday,
Psychology 201 B Dexter. .Thursday,

Psychology 201 Omwake. .Saturday,
Psychology 201 Omwake. .Saturday,

Psychology 310 Friday,

Psychology 310 Friday,

Psychology 312 Tuesday,

Psychology 315 Tuesday,

Sociology 203 Saturday,

Sociology 203 Saturday,

Sociology 313 Wednesday,

Sociology 313 Wednesday,

Spanish 01 A Harn Thursday,

Spanish 01 B Cilley Saturday,

Spanish 01 C Dunstan. . . .Thursday,

Spanish 01 D Dunstan Saturday,

Spanish 01 E Cilley Tuesday,

Spanish lOlx A Cilley. . .Wednesday,
Spanish lOlx C Dunstan. . .Thursday,
Spanish 101 A Dunstan. .Wednesday,

Spanish 101 B Cilley Friday,

Spanish 101 B Cilley Friday,

Spanish 101 C Harn Thursday,

Spanish 101 C Harn Thursday,

Spanish 203 Cilley Thursday,

Spanish 203 A Cilley Thursday,

Spanish 203 B Dunstan Tuesday,

Spanish 303 Cilley Friday,

Spanish 303 Friday,

^Spanish 353 Wednesday,

Speech 105 Wednesday,

Speech 105 Friday,

Speech 209 Tuesday,

Speech 218 Friday,

Speech 218 Friday,

May 242:00
May 262:00
May 192:00
May 269:00
May 269:00
May 259:00
May 299:00
May 289:00
May 279:00
May 259:00
May 212:00
May 282:00
May 242:00
May 262:00
May 219:00
May 289:00
May 262:00
May 289:00
May 289:00
May 272:00
May 252:00
May 262:00
May 282:00
May 269:00
May 259:00
May 279:00
May 299:00
May 272:00
May 269:00
May 242:00
May 242:00
May 269:00
May 269:00
May 252:00
May 252:00
May 209:00
May 279:00
May 242:00
May 209:00
May 279:00
May 252:00
May 202:00
May 272:00
May 259:00
May 272:00
May 229:00
May 299:00
May 212:00
May 282:00
May 252:00
May 259:00
May 229:00
May 299:00
May 192:00
May 262:00
May 272:00
May 299:00
May 272:00
May 299:00
May 252:00
May 269:00
May 279:00
May 269:00
May 219:00
May 289:00
May 209:00
May 279:00
May 202:00
May 272:00
May 259:00
May 212:00
May 282:00
May 192:00
May 262:00
May 282:00
May 259:00
May 212:00
May 282:00

* Indicates examinations for seniors only.

'Bunny* Gray to Head
Bible Club Next Year

Members of the Bible club chose
Martha "Bunny" Gray as their
president for next year at a meet-
ing held last Saturday. Other offi-
cers elected are Jessie Newbold,
vice-president, and Johnnie Mae
Tippen, secretary-treasurer.

Anne Wilds was president of the
club this year.

THE VARSITY

CURB SERVICE

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

Page 3

Adelaide Humphreys to Head
Reorganized Spanish Club

Nine Students
Give Blood in
Red Cross Drive

Nine Agnes Scott girls have
given their blood. The girls are
Martha Ann Smith, Helen Sum-
merour, Martha Rhodes, Paule
Triest, Polly Lyndon, Adelaide
Humphreys, Nell Elkin, Bobby
Powell, and Mary Carr. They have
donated a pint or more of their
blood to the Red Cross blood bank
in Atlanta.

Girls under twenty-one who wish
to donate their blood must have
written permission from their par-
ents to do so. All those who are
interested should give their names
to Pat Stokes.

Every healthy person can and
should donate his blood. The Red
Cross needs more and more blood
plasma to help save the boys who
are wounded at the fronts.

Mrs. Sims Addresses
University Women

Last Wednesday afternoon,
April 28, Mrs. Roff Sims of the
Agnes Scott history department
spoke to the senior group of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women at Rich's Magnolia
Room. Her subject was "Post-War
Reconstruction."

Following her talk there was an
open forum in which the members
of the group discussed the prob-
lems of reconstruction as contrast-
ed with relief work and of the spe-
cial responsibilities of the United
States in the post-war world.

College Women Sought
For Civil Service Jobs

College graduates, especially
women, are being sought for war-
time jobs with the Federal Gov-
ernment. Through the new Junior
Professional Assistant examina-
tion, announced by the United
States Civil Service Commission,
graduates from recognized col-
leges with major study in any
field may be eligible for employ-
ment.

College seniors may apply when
they are a semester or two quar-
ters from expected graduation.
Since seniors who pass the test
may receive provisional appoint-
ments before they graduate, stu-
dents are urged to apply early,
in order to be considered for
vacancies that occur.

No options are specified, al-
though applicants are particularly
desired with training in public
administration, business adminis-
tration, economics, economic geo-
graphy, library science, history,
public welfare, statistics, mathe-
matics, and agriculture. Eligibles
in these fields will be appointed
to positions paying $1,800 and
$2,000 a year plus overtime.

Those with majors in English,
modern languages, music, educa-
tion, etc., are in limited demand,
but will be considered for cleri-
cal positions paying $1,620 and
$1,800 a year plus overtime.

For positions in chemistry, en-
gineering, geology, metallurgy,
meteorology, physics and soil
conservation, persons with appro-
priate study should apply under
the announcements for junior
grade positions in those fields
($2,000 a year plus overtime). No
written test is required for these
last named positions.

Dean Explains
Opportunities
For Freshmen

"You are individuals and you all
have the opportunity to start here
with people knowing nothing about
you. The world ' is yours. What
you do with it is your responsibil-
ity," was the challenging state-
ment of Miss Carrie Scandrett at
the final meeting of freshman cab-
inet Monday night.

"What a Freshman Could Have
From This Year" was Miss Scan-
drett's theme, which she divided
into three parts, work, play, and
worship. She pointed out that each
girl on this campus had an equal
amount of time, but what -each did
with it varied. "A girl who gets
a degree from Agnes Scott earns
it," she said, smiling.

Play, she subdivided to social ac-
tivities. Miss Scandrett believes
that the time which is taken to
make friends is worthwhile, but
giving as well as taking is essen-
tial, which includes the activity
line too.

"One of the greatest heritages
here is that Agnes Scott is pro-
fessedly a Christian college. We
should be wiser, stronger, more
tolerant, and deeper. It is an op-
portunity you can not afford to
miss."

Frosh to Fete
Sister Class

This Friday afternoon, May 7,
from 4:30 to 6 p. m., the freshmen
will entertain the members of the
junior class at an informal tea in
the Alumnae Garden.

Misses Ellen Douglass Leyburn
and Llewellyn Wilburn, faculty ad-
visors for the freshman class, will
serve punch. Special guests will
be Miss Carrie Scandrett, Dr. J. R.
McCain, and the junior class ad-
visors, Miss Martha Crowe and Dr.
George P. Hayes. Each freshman
has invited a junior to attend the
tea with her.

The freshmen elected "Rite"
Watson as chairman of the com-
mittee making plans for the tea,
with Ruth Ryner Mary Duck-
worth, Ann Haggard, and Annette
Neville as asistants. Mildred Mc-
Cain, Martha Stevenson, and
"Robin" Robinson are in charge
of food; and Mary Ann Courtenay,
Lura Johnson, Helga Stixrud, and
Jane Anne Newton, invitations.

Christian Association
To Give Freshman Party

Christian Association will give
a picnic for the freshmen on Fri-
day, May 14, Ruth Farrior, next
year's president, announced today.
The party will begin promptly at
6:30 with a picnic supper at White
House. 1 As yet the speaker of the
evening is not known. There will
be entertainment which will in-
clude singing.

Faculty Fetes Dean Beatty
Of Grinnell College, Iowa

Honored at a faculty reception
in Murphey Candler after lunch on
Monday, May 3, were Dean and
Mrs. Beatty of Grinnell College,
Grinnell, Iowa. The reception cli-
maxed their visit to Agnes Scott.
Dean and Mrs. Beatty have been
traveling around the country visit-
ing various colleges.

Also present at the reception
were Miss Virginia Campbell and
her mother, the wife of a former
trustee of Agnes Scott.

In order that the Spanish stu-
dents on campus might learn to
converse more freely and to speak
more conversational Spanish, and
in order that they might be
brought into closer contact with
our Spanish-speaking neighbors to
the south, plans are now under
way, under the direction of Miss
Muriel Harn, of the Spanish de-
partment, for the reorganization of
the old Spanish club, which was
disbanded last year.

At a meeting last Monday in the
old Y room, presided over by Ade-
laide Humphreys, the routines of
organization were discussed, and
officers were elected. It was de-
cided that the club would meet
once a month, beginning next fall,
and that at these meetings, con-
ducted entirely in Spanish, the
members would participate in
plays and group singing. When-
ever possible, outside lecturers will
be brought in, and Spanish movies
will be presented.

The following were elected:
Adelaide Humphreys, president;
Julia Slack, vice-president; and
Carolyn Calhoun, secretary-treas-
urer. There will be one more meet-
ing this quarter with the members

Announcements Made
To Complete Staff

Through tryouts for reporters
and with the announcement that
Margaret Drummond wall serve as
sports editor, Camilla Moore, so-
ciety editor; Pauline Ertz, copy
editor; and Carolyn Calhoun, cir-
culation manager, the new staff
for the Agnes Scott NEWS has
been completed.

The new reporters are Elizabeth
Scott, Sara Jean Clark, Dorothy
Lee Webb, Alice Gordon, Margaret
Edelmann, Jeanne Addison, Ann
Seitzinger, Martha Whatley Yates,
Che Nellans, Anne Noell, Marjorie
Cole, Anne Register, Martha
Baker, Emily Singletary, Jeanne
Rochelle, Connie Fraser, and Joyce
Gilleland.

Sports reporters are Bettye Lee
Phelps, Sally Sue Stephenson, Ruth
Ryner, and Peggy Kelly.

of the Spanish department to dis-
cuss plans for next year. Qualifi-
cations for membership will be an-
nounced later.

Charter members of the club
are Dot Almond, Alvara Fraser,
Paule Triste, Ann Gailmard,
Sarah Saul, Catharine Kollock,
Bess Sheppard, Margaret Drum-
mond, Tessie Carlos, Julia Slack,
Nancy Thomison, Joella Craig,
Adelaide Humphreys, Elizabeth
Miller, Mickey Mann, Molly Milam,
Mary Alice Hunter, Carolyn Cal-
houn, Ann Webb, Elizabeth Ed-
wards, June Lanier, and Pauline
Ertz.

Girls Go to Emory

A deputation from the Agnes
Scott Christian Association will
present a program tonight at 7
o'clock at the regular Wednesday
night service sponsored by the Em-
ory Christian Association.

The theme for the program will
be "I can do all things through
Christ, which strengtheneth me."
"Teddy" Bear and Betty Glenn will
speak. Jeanne Newton will sing a
solo, and Mary Munroe will pre-
side.

Sign Now for
Physical Exam

End-of-the-year physical exam-
inations have already begun and
according to an announcement by
Dr. Eugenia C. Jones, college phy-
sician, all girls (except special stu-
dents) should sign up for an ex-
amination immediately.

Hours for examinations are from
8:30 to 12:30 a. m. and 2 to 4:30
p. m. until May 12.

A fee of fifty cents will be
charged any girl who breaks her
appointment.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

Athletically
Speaking

By Margaret Drummond

The referee's ominous call of "1
for V." tolled the death knell Fri-
day for the faculty as the volley-
ball varsity romped through to a
57 to 12 victory, proving or dis-
proving (depending on the point
of view) the time-worn adage
about "brains and brawn." The
faculty, rising as ever to the occa-
sion, and playing valiantly to the
end, met their inglorious defeat
simply because of their lack of
practice.

The members of both teams co-
operated splendidly with each
other, the back line setting the
balls up for the first, who spiked
them over the net. The now anti-
quated rule which stipulates that
not more than three members of a
team may assist a ball over the
net, was quickly amended, need-
less to say, by the faculty, who
wanted to show their ability to
work together, and as a matter of
mere insignificance, to make a few
direly needed points.

The faculty lineup included
Misses Susan Cobbs, Alta Webster,
Bee Miller, Kathryn Glick, Frances
McCalla, Llewellyn Wilburn, Ann
Gellerstedt, Claire Purcell, and Dr.
George Hayes, and Miss Will, the
dietition, and Misses Lucy Cline
and Emily Philips, of the library
staff. Eudice Tontak, of the sub-
varsity, served as referee.
Victory of "Brains"

Though Friday seemed a ver-
itable hey-day for "brawn" for the
vigorous, more athletic way of life
by a queer quirk of fate, "brains"
too had it's triumph. Tess Carlos,
the intellectual, the exponent de-
luxe of Saroyan and Wolfe, and
propounder of the social causes of
the American Revolution, reveal-
ing an unpredictable dual-person-
ality, was elected varsity captain.
Miss Cobbs was the faculty cap-
tain.

Archery Club

"So long as the new moon re-
turns in heaven, a bent, beautiful
bow; so long wMl the fascination
of archery keep hold of the hearts

Swimming Meets
Not Rationed Yet!

There has been no rationing of
swimming meets or of the enthus-
iasm of entrants and spectators in
these meets. With Agnes Douglas,
swimming manager, announcing
the events, a large number of Ag-
nes Scott students participated in
the swimming meet held last
Thursday afternoon.

Betty Miller took top honors
with four first places. Gwen Hill
placed five times, and Mas House
won four places. June Bedinger
took three places, while Betsey
White, Becky Smith, Betty Long,
and Elaine Kuniansky won two
places each.

Competitors in the three classes
beginners, intermediates, and
advanced provided promising ma-
terial for future meets. Inge Prob-
stein, Sally Sue Stephenson, Bettye
Lee Phelps, and Misses Llewellyn
Wilburn and Alta Webster acted
as judges. j

The next meet will be held
Thursday afternoon at 4:00 in the
gym when the daughters of Emory
professors match their swimming
ability against that of our club.

The schedule of events includes
40-yard dashes, diving, and relays.
The form swimming includes front
crawl, back crawl, breast stroke,
and the side stroke. Ed Shea of
Emory and Miss Llewellyn Wil-
burn will judge.

of men." That quotation from the
Agnes Scott handbook is furnish-
ing the A. A. board with inspira-
tions for the reorganization of the
Archery club.

According to the plans under-
way now, those girls who shoot
in the spring tournament will be
automatically eligible for member-
ship the following fall. The arch-
ery manager on the A. A. board,
Virginia Bowie, will be president.

Archery club will sponsor the
free shooting period in the after-
noons in order to arouse interest
throughout the school. There will
be regular meetings, at which the
members will have a chance to
meet one another, and to shoot to-
gether.

NO DARLING, that question does not refer to
unfortunate accident with an airplane.

an

"Shot down in flames" is soldier slang for
being given the heave-ho by a girl. In a word,
jilted.

. ^tf'S WHAT

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Mardia Turns Artist, Sterley Gets An Egg-
It's All In the Life of a Practice Teacher

By Pauline Ertz

Apple polishing, shy love notes,
mistaken identity, open adoration
and heroine worship) all enter
into the daily routine of a practice
teacher, according to the Agnes
Scott seniors who are completing
their education courses this year
by practice teaching in the various
Atlanta and Decatur schools.
"There's never a dull moment,"
say the girls. Almost anything can
and does happen.

Mardia Gets Bracelet

Mardia Hopper has quite a time
instructing third graders at Win-
nona Park grammar school. Says
Mardia, "They're cute as the dic-
kens, but so hard to control. They
are always jumping up and down.
But you should see them clap
when I come into the room. (Mar-
dia hopes it's for joy.) And then
at lunch time there's a regular
fight over who is going to get to
sit next to 'teacher.' One darling
little boy made me a clover-chain
bracelet for a gift which I gravely
accepted in token of his affection.
Speaking of affection, all the stu-
dents hug me goodbye before they
leave. Gosh, it's wonderful to be
so popular."

Mardia is convinced that neces-
sity is the mother of invention. No
artist, Mardia was faced with hav-
ing to instruct a drawing class.
She drew a jonquil for the first
time, which may or may not have
been symmetrical. Mardia taught

Archery Tournament
To Be Held Soon

According to Agnes Douglas,
archery manager, the annual ar-
chery tournament will be held May
10-12. The National Telegraphic
tournament, the highest score of
which is sent to the district meets,
is to begin May 12 and continue
through May 19.

The 16 highest scores will be
selected, and eight girls will be
placed on a team. Last year in the
Inter-Collegiate Tournament Ag-
nes Scott placed second.

This year the highest individual
score was made by Mary Maxwell,
with 356 for a Columbia round.

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

ABOUT THE

WAVES

AND

SPARS

Q. How long will my training
period be?

A. The training period will av-
erage about four months.

Q. Can an enlisted woman re-
quest training in a particular
field for instance, radio-
even if she has had no pre-
vious training in that field?

A. Yes. But it cannot be guar-
anteed that the request will
be granted.

Q. When do I get my uniform?

A. After you arrive at training
school. However, you should
bring enough civilian cloth-
ing for a week or two.

Q. What will my hours be at
training school?

A. The hours will depend on
the school you attend. How-
ever, they will he on a mili-
tary basis. Reveille, taps, etc.

the youngsters a few phrases in
Korean, which is the tongue of her
birthplace. Now there is at Win-
nona Park school, we understand,
quite a vogue for greeting each
other and expressing one's self in
Korean.

Ivove for Sterley

Also teaching third graders is
Sterley Lebey over at Druid Hills
grammar school. Sterley is simply
showered with marks of affection.
Recently one little boy presented
her with a bee-yoo-ti-ful Easter
egg. Sterley said it was slightly
aged but the thought was there
just the same. Another young man
postscripted to his daily spelling
paper, 'T love you, Miss Lebey."
This love affair should prove quite
interesting, only Sterley's fiance at
Emory might have something to
say about it.

Teaching civics and history at
Druid Hills high school is Miriam
Jester, who says that one of the
boys in her classes has already
proposed to her. One of Miriam's
admirers at Emory sent her a note
via one of the lads in her class. It
seems that the principal found out
about it and thought that Miss
Jester was receiving "crush" notes
from the students. There was quite
a gay confused mixup until the
truth outed.

Ruth Taken for Student

Ruth Kuniansky Willner loves
her math classes at O'Keefe Jun-
ior high. A common experience for
her is to be taken for a student.
She sat in on a home room period
one morning and the next day one
little girl raised her hand in class
and said, "That new girl who was
here yesterday is absent today."

"Makes me feel young again,"
laughs Ruth. The children are kept
outside during recess and Ruth
usually can't persuade the student
guards at the door to let her in.
She has to tell the yard-teacher to
admit her.

Leona Leavitt finds her students

are insatiably curious. One of
them wanted to know if she were
married, and if not, if she were
engaged. She, too, says "I love my
work at Bass Junior high it's all
so very interesting."

Ann Gets Sympathy
At Decatur Girls' high is Ann
Paisley, teaching sophomores Am-
erican history, and working with
the general science classes. Ann
relates about the time she asked
one of the students in the dining
hall where the faculty table was.
She got a sympathetic reply,
"What's the matter, you in trou-
ble?"

When Ann first got her engage-
ment ring and wore it to school,
there was a great deal of excite-
ment. The enthusiastic students
kept exclaiming, "She's engaged!"
(She's lovely she uses Pond's.)

Seriously though, along with
these amusing incidents, the girls
work hard and faithfully at their
practice teaching. Mr. Haskew
has reason to be proud of every
one of them. Anyway, being a
pedagogue can be fun!

Sophs Elect Secretary

The sophomore class completed
their election of officers for next
year by electing Martha Jane
Mack as secretary-treasurer, Bar-
bara Frink, newly-elected class
president, announced yesterday.

Tennis Doubles Finals
Played Off Yesterday

Virginia Tuggle and Mary Mun-
roe emerged victorious in the final
round of the school tennis doubles
tournament jplayed off yesterday
afternoon. They defeated the hard-
playing team of Joan Crangle and
Mary Cumming, 6-2, 6-3.

Virginia Tuggle already holds
the tennis singles championship,
and served last year as president
of the tennis club. Her name and
that of Mary Munroe will be en-
graved on the school tennis cup as
1943 doubles champions.

The goal of the Second War
Loan drive is 13 billion dol-
"jj^ Iars. That is just about one
fifth of the estimated increase
of the Public Debt for the fis-
cal year or 1043.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

Page 5

And Through the Woods

By Mary Louise Duffee

(What Kathie didn't have time to write.)

Because in the last issue you were going "Over the Hill"
with Kathie Hill, it only seemed natural that this is where
you'd go with us. As for who'll get you to Grandma's house
only the editor knows. Anyway, we won't feel bad about the
following we get Muh and the Linotype operator will read
it, we know, and this column is as

much a surprise to us as it is to
you.

Rumor has it that the forthcom-
ing "blitz" issue of Jean Moore's
AWOAHWUH magazine will dis-
close the real identity of the cam-
pus poet Edna Mansfield Mitchell.
Boarders are guessing, day stu-
dents are guessing it's a boarder,
and everyone probably guesses it's
one of the "Class of 190" freshmen
from which so many amazing
things come, and all-of-whom-no-
body - could - probably - know, it
seems.

Scott Plane Spotters

Anne Frierson may have started
this plane spotting business, but
she has no monopoly on it by any
means. Take Julia Harvard. She
carries a picture of Vega Ventura
around in her notebook and
snatches it out every time anything
with two engines and twin fins

To Hasten Victory

No American wants this war
to go one minute beyond the
time we can bring it to a vic-
torious end. To hasten that
victory to save possibly the
lives of millions of our boys
on our far flung fronts it Is
imperative that every Ameri-
can do his part in the Second
War Loan. There is an in-
vestment to fit every purse.
The most you can do is little
enough compared with the sac-
rifice offered by our boys in
service. They give their lives
you lend your money.

THREADGILL
PHARMACY

Phone DE. 1665
309 E. College Avenue
Decatur, Ga.

NOTICE

This is your drug store.
AGNES SCOTT

flies over, "just to be sure," so if
you see her dashing across the
quadrangle with a torn magazine
page in her hand you'll know . . .
And ask Ann Hilsman about P-38's.

Judging by the collection of
good-looking women displayed in
the court at May Day Saturday,
Agnes Scott is definitely maintain-
ing its high standard in liberal
arts. Did you notice? In the sun-
light it looked as if all the girls
in the court had the same color
hair light glossy brown. Most of
them do have brown hair.

Notice the statement of policy
in last week's NEWS. A gentle re-
mark about the staff disagreeing
on make-up. Hosmer's probably
just more theatrical with it than
Carr, tha's all . . . The Editor
just finished playing a lead in the
Emory Players' "Arsenic and Old
Lace," you know.

Overheard Hutchens saying the
last issue of the NEWS was one
of the best she'd seen in three
years. (Historical note underclass-
men: editor of the AGNES SCOTT
NEWS 1939-40 Eleanor Hut-
chens.)

Of course, the paper did get Ail-
American Honor Rating that year.
Frat Pins Passe

Best current remark pertaining
to engagement rings: "Just think,
it used to be kind of exciting when
a girl got a fraternity pin." Caro-
lyn Daniels.

And to put in two political cents
the proposed plan for day stu-
dents alone to elect day student
representatives and boarders alone
to elect house presidents ought to
settle a lot of discussion at election
times if it is adopted. If the stu-
dent body likes the idea, here's
hoping they make full use of the
open forum to be held on it.

And that's enuff, Duff.

Call DE. 4922

One Day in Advance for Your
Birthday Cakes, etc.

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For June Brides Only!

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ANNOUNCING

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The Nicest Young People In Atlanta

Hostess Edna Sturtevant

Campus Groups
Complete Elections

The following campus elections
are announced this week:

Granddaughter's club: Betty
Pope Scott, president; Hansel Cou-
sar, vice-president; Claudia Brown-
lee, secretary-treasurer. ,

Poetry club elected Tommy Huie
as president. Mary Florence Mc-
Kee is the new president of
B. O. Z., campus literary group.

Officers of French club are Meg
Bless, president; Ceevah Rosen-
thal, vice-president; Virginia
Bowie, secretary; and Mary Anne
Derry, treasurer.

International Relations club
elected Eudice Tontak, president;
Marjorie Tippen, vice-president;
and Wendy Whittle, secretary.

Membership in the International
Relations club is now by invitation.

Freshman 'Shoe Shop 7
Polishes and Delivers

Freshmen have opened a "shoe
shop" to serve the needs of the
college community. Its two-fold
service-line is polishing and deliv-
ering shoes.

Boarders take turns collecting
shoes for repair work four days
a week; Monday in Rebekah Scott
hall, Tuesday in the Main building,
Wednesday in Inman hall, and
Thursday in the cottages. Fresh-
man day-students cooperate by
taking these shoes to Decatur for
repair.

Rates for polishing are ten cents
for solid-colored pairs and fifteen
cents for two-tone polishing. The
delivery charge also is ten cents.

Jean Stewart, head of the proj-
ect, says the "shoe shop" has al-
ready earned twelve dollars for the
freshman class.

Revenue Officers Find
Agnes Scott Has Still

Agnes Scott, where smoking is
a "shipping" offense and the par-
taking of alcoholic beverages is
strictly prohibited, owns and op-
erates on the campus a still. It's
a real honest-to-goodness produc-
ing still, too, legally registered
with the Internal Revenue Service
of the U. S. Treasury department.

Chemistry students operate the
still, and those who taste the li-
quid they make usually complain
of its flat taste. You see, all they
ever use the still for is to make
distilled water for chemistry lab-
oratory experiments.

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Miss Morrison Joins WAAC;
Urges Enlistment of Seniors

Miss Clara Morrison, instructor
in English at Agnes Scott, joined
the ranks of America's fighting
women recently when she enlisted
in the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps. She has been inducted but
is deferred from duty or training
until the end of the present school
term when she will report to a
center for basic training.

Feeling very strongly about do-
ing her part in the war effort,
Miss Morrison stated, "Every
woman within the age limits and
without responsibilities should
join the WAAC. The army needs
375,000 women trained to replace
soldiers in non-combative work
and has only about 50,000 at pres-
ent. The present minimum age is
21, which keeps many girls from
leaving college to join, but a bill
is now before Congress to lower
the age limit to 20. Further re-
duction may be necessary if older,
idle women do not make a better
response."

Miss Morrison majored in lan-
guages at Agnes Scott and received
her master's degree from Emory
University in 1941. Outbreak of
war prevented her accepting a fel-
lowship to study French at the

Give the Worms Air
But Not on the Walk

"Worms again!" sighs many a
Hottentot whenever it rains, for
after every hard rain they find
the walks of the quadrangle thick-
ly covered with big, fat, slimy
earthworms that squash under-
foot.

Naturally some earthworms are
to be expected, since they must
breathe air and cannot stay long
in a water-filled burrow but "Why
are there so many and such big
ones?" is the common complaint.
"And why must they crawl on the
walk?"

One benevolent biology major
who tried to save the "unfortunate
creatures" by replanting them in
some leaves, has suggested, "I
think we should put wire screens
around the edges of the walks so
they won't crawl over and get
squashed."

University of Lyons in France. She
hopes to fill the need for linguists
in the WAAC by becoming a trans-
lator of French after her basic
training.

She is the second faculty mem-
ber of Agnes Scott College to serve
the army directly, having been pre-
ceded by Captain Henry Robinson,
professor of mathematics, who is
now instructing at the United
States Military Academy at West
Point, N. Y.

Martha Dale and Marjorie Weis-
man, members of this year's grad-
uating class, have already made
plans to join the WAVES, and it
is hoped that other seniors will
follow a similar plan of action. Re-
member, there are, besides the
WAAC and WAVES, the SPARS,
WAMS, WIVES . . .

D. McArthur Chew
Joins Mission

Every Sunday at 3:30 Mr. H.
Lawson Alexander can be seen
steaming up in front of Central
Baptist Church, the faces of Chi-
nese children peeking out of the
windows of his Model T Ford. The
children are the members of three
Chinese families, the Chews, the
Wongs, and Chungs, and every
Sunday they attend the church
school which Mr. Alexander directs
and at which Agnes Scott girls
teach.

Douglas McArthur Chew is the
latest addition to the class whose
roll includes 12 young representa-
tives of the Chinese in Atalnta.
With Elise Tilghman as this past
year's chairman from the Chris-
tian Association, Stratton Lee,
Barbara Daniel, and Margaret
Killam are the girls on campus
who have cooperated most in this
activity. Adelaide Humphrey is
next year's chairman of the com-
mittee whose work is of valuable
assistance to Mr. Alexander. He
has worked in this field for many
years.

BEAUTY BAZAAR

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Do Your "Bit" Every Day
BUY U. S.

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and watch them grow into

War Bonds

Your "change" when shopping will buy War
Stamps that will buy Guns! Tanks! Planes
and Ammunition for the Boys Over There.

Do your "bit" every day.

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Page 6

AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1943

An Eye to the Future

By Ann Ward

(Editor's note. This is the first of
a series of messages to the school writ-
ten by campus leaders.)

Midnight air-raid drills, tin-can
smashing, rationed food, the passing of
spectator pumps and nylon hose these
have been some of the more obvious
new conditions which we on campus
have had to meet during the past year
in a world at war. Next year could
bring almost anything and probably
will.

The thrilling thing about Agnes Scott
College is that, even in times of con-
fused ideals and values and rapidly
changing conditions, it can go forward
confidently and with a minimum of
friction because it has the fundamental
guiding principle of voluntary coopera-
tion for the good of all concerned. A
college to which students come because
they honestly and sincerely desire to
develop into the type of person summed
up in the four-fold Agnes Scott ideal
can have no fears for the future as
long as each student remains devoted
to the ideal.

As we look forward to the remainder
of this year and to next year when a
new student generation will enter Ag-
nes Scott, let every one of us as a
member of the Student Government As-
sociation resolve to be really a member
of the Association! Next year, let us
each one take an individual interest and
responsibility in freshman orientation;
let's get to know the freshmen in-
dividually and help both in making
Agnes Scott mean the most possible
to each of them in making them con-
tribute the most possible to Agnes
' Scott. Then, too, let's be constructive
in our criticisms of Student Govern-
ment by making our suggestions to the
Executive Committee. And in the mean-
time and this is the parting shot
let's be a little curious about what goes
on in student meetings in chapel. Let's
come to chapel on Thursdays every
day, for that matter. You might miss
something sometime!

-Drawn and Cut by Pobal Crane.

Dive In for Fun

May Day is over and spring is offi-
cially in the air. Students are getting
that outdoor look on White House roof
and Inman porch. With no more gym for
this year, freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors find themselves with about three
hours extra per week to play. Now, ten-
nis, golf, archery, and swimming can be
indulged in without feeling, "Wonder if
I could cut today and get out of prac-
ticing?"

Instead of going to "Little Dec" for a
coke (which isn't real anyway) during
that extra hour when study doesn't seem
too alluring, how about practicing that
serve or that chip shot or just driving
the little white ball. For now the hockey
field and the tennis courts are open all

This Voting Question

There has been much talk on the
campus about the proposed scheme of
letting day students elect their repre-
sentative to student government and
having boarders elect house presidents.
Here is a sample of campus opinion on
the question:
Dot Almond '46

A good idea! It is better for each
group to elect its own officers. No
boarder can really understand the prob-
lems of a day student unless she has
been one, and the same thing applies to
the day student who votes for the board-
ers' house presidents. The day students
may be unhappy about the system as it
stands, and because they are such an
important part of our campus, they
should certainly be consulted.
Jane Anne Newton '46

I didn't know what the boarders want-
ed in a house president, and the boarders
probably felt the same way about the
day student representative. I think a
change would be welcomed.
Susan Daniels *46

It sounds good to me. The day students
can't know very much about how differ-
ent girls would get along as house presi-
dents, and boarders don't know what the
day students are dealing with. There
certainly is a lot of blind voting. I think
that letting the day students elect their
own representative and the boarders
elect the house presidents would be more
democratic.
Beverly King '45

I think it would be more democratic
for each group to elect its own repre-
sentatives. I can see that some people
might believe it would cause a rift, but
I don't believe it would, since the groups
would be divided only right at the time

of elections. Lots of day students didn't
vote for house presidents, because they
felt that it was wrong to vote blindly.
This is certainly not democratic.
Virginia Lee Brown '45

1 think that a change would be good.
The day students may not know the
girls who would make the best house
presidents, and the boarders may not
know the girl best-fitted for the office
of day student representative. General
popularity is likely to count too much.
Helen Hale '43

I think that the girls who are going
to be affected by the different repre-
sentatives should certainly be the ones
to elect them. It seems to me that this
would be much more democratic, and
I do not think it would cause any no-
ticeable division of the campus.
Teddy Bear '46

It seems to one the present systeh
is pretty bad. But letting only day
students vote for their representatives
and boarders choosing their house presi-
dents migh divide these two groups,
when really we need more unity now.
Perhaps if the group not as much con-
cerned had only votes counting 54, he
voting would still be democratic and
the groups would not be too divided.
Marjorie Smith '44

I do not think that day students
should vote for the house presidents
in the dormitory because the day stu-
dents don't know about the rules of
the dormitories or who the boarders
would really like to have to represent
them. The boarders, on the other hand,
don't know who can best represent
the day students, because I don't think
all of them know the day students well
enough.

day for play. And it isn't far to Forrest
Hills Golf and Country Club or to the
Municipal golf course. And then, too, the
sun on your legs makes the nylon short-
age less of a problem.

Or maybe you'll want to improve your
skating technique or learn to skate
backwards; the gym is open for skating
to the newest swing records every after-
noon at 4:00 and every Saturday after-
noon and night.

When it comes to swimming, there's
litte to say. When your eyes are burn-
ing from working long hours on a term
paper in the library and you feel hot and
sticky, the ideal prescription is plunge
period daily from 5:00 to 6:00 except
Saturday and Sunday. Nothing can give
quite the same thrill as when you cut
the water with a dive and feel the sooth-
ing water close over you.

But if you have spring fever too much
for any of these, there are still acres
of beautiful woods with dirt paths to
take you out into the sun and air.

So whether your sport is tennis, golf,
archery, ping-pong, swimming or just
walking in the spring, now that formal
gym is over, dive in for fun! (M. C.)

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVIII

Wednesday. May K, 1943

No. 19

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.

Member

Pbsocided Oofle&ide Press

Editor MADELINE ROSE HOSMER

Managing Editor MARY CARR

Business Manager JUNE LANIER

Betty Glenn Tess Carlos

Inge Probsteln Kathie Hill

Assistant Editors Editorial Assistants

Liz Carpenter Pobal Crane

Frances King Art Editor

Advertising Managers Betty Lynn Reagan

Margaret Drummond Assistant Art Editor

Sports Editor Carolyn Calhoun

Camilla Moore Circulation Manager

Society Editor Suzanne Watklns

Pauline Ertz Marian Leathers

Copy Editor Circulation Assistants

Reporters: Mary Louise Duffee, Marion Knapp,
Betty Burress. Kathryne Thompson, Ruth Doggett.
Martha Jane Mack, Jean McCurry, Suzanne Wat-
kins. Martha Arnold. Carolyn Fuller, Lib Farmer.
Wendy Whittle. Betty Wade. Louise Breedin. Pat
Elam. Olive Hansen. Martha Baker. Anne Register,
Margaret Edelmann. Elizabeth Srott. Connie Fraser,
Jeanne Rochelle. Jeanne Addison. Joyce Gllleland.
Jane Bowman. Sara Jean Clark. Dorothy Lee Webb.
Allre Gordon. Che Nellan*. Anne Noell, Jean
Rooney, Ann Seitzinger, Martha Whatley Yates.
Marjorie Cole.

Sports Reporters: Ruth Ryner. Peggy Kelly, Sally
Sue Stephenson. Bettye Lee Phelps.
Business Assistants: Anne Equen. Penny Espey.
Barbara Frlnk. Julia Harvard. Johnnie Mae Tlppen.
Mary Franres Walker Blount. Jane Anne Newton.
Cvolyn Lewi*. Teddy Bear, Nlta Hewell. Ann Hag-
gard. Mary Reynolds, Mary Neely Norria. Eleanor
Reynolds. J>orls Street. Betty Zumwinkle, Betty
rodrinjrton. Mary Durkworth. Louise Starr. Mary
Jane Schumacher. Mary Russell.
Photographer: Zena Harris.

A Nose in the Air

By Tess Carlos

It started out very nicely and with
a great deal of enthusiasm both on
the part of the sellers and the buyers.
All the organizations on the campus
were given certain months to sell them.
And for a while there was a lot of
talk of competing to see who could
sell the most. Strangely enough it all
died out. The table in the lobby of
Buttrick where the war stamps were
to be sold has been taken away. And
none of the organizations who were to
sell the stamps seem to remember about
it. No war stamps have been sold since
exam week of last quarter. And that
was sometime in March. Why has this
happened ?

Reminiscences of the May Day-Sen-
ior Opera weekend: (I was told to
write this. I very carefully listened In
on what my neighbors were saying 1 . I
hid behind chairs. I did everything pos-
sible to get the news to the NEWS.
The results are disappointing.) May
Day: a little boy exclaiming: "But
I didn't know flowers could dance."
(cf. Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely
as ) Senior Opera: "Well, and have
you come to see the Senior Uproar ?

The library doesn't necessarily have
to be a place where one ducks in cas-
ually to see if she might keep from
having to do homework. Miss Hanley
has been working very hard to make
it interesting. Exhibits have been con-
tinued week on week of jobs open to
women (the current one being on wom-
en in banking and insurance). In the
main reading room displays are also
put up of current topics. This week
Hawaii is the subject. Bryant Moore
who lived there a number of years
and who was there at the time of
Pearl Harbor provided the fascinating
material that can be seen in the clos-
ed display box. The library staff has
added further reading guides for those
who might be interested in knowing
more of this island possession.

This has become a frequent complaint
in the dining rooms. It seems that
Kirls order precious coffee and milk,
eat their meal, and leave the coffee
and milk behind barely tasted. Morals
are rather silly when thrown out at
people who ought to know better. War-
time means scarcity. And it seerns
stupid to add to the present difficulties
of obtaining food in quantities.

Here's something else the campus is
not taking advantage of. Every week
the Atheletic Association posts on the
bulletin board in Buttrick their Recrea-
tion of the Week chart. Now that hot
days have come it's good to know when
you can swim or watch somebody else
exert themselves. Don't ignore it. You
miss a lot of fun that way.

The annual McKinney Book Award
will soon be made. It's not a contest
in the strict sense of the word. It's
just a way of getting a lot of girls
who like to read interested enough in
povM-ssin^ their own books. It's
too late to enter the contest this year.
But it's not too early to remind those
who may be interested in submitting
their collections. The award for next
year will be made on the basis of the
best books collected from May 1943
to May 1944. Summer vacations begin
in about a month. Most of us have a
lot of leisure time. And we might be-
gin our collections then. The collec-
tions of the present contestants will be
on display In the library in a few weeks.

We Forgot

Much to the new staff's embarrass-
ment, we forgot in the excitement of
putting out the first new issue to remind
the campus of the excellent work done
this year by Martha Dale and Frances
Kaiser, as editor and managing editor
of the NEWS, and how much the new
staff appreciates their help.

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AGNES SCOTT COLLLEGE, DECATUR, GA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1943

NO. 20

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Above are the new members of Phi Beta Kappa, as announced
at chapel exercises Saturday morning. Pictured on the steps of
the library, where they did the work that won them the high honor,

are left to right, Dot Hollo ran,
Ruth Lineback, Nancy Green,
and Martha Dale.

Frances Kaiser, Margaret Shaw,
Elizabeth Hartsfield, Jane Elliot,

Eight Seniors, One Alumna
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa

Announcement of the election
of eight seniors and one alumna
to the Georgia Beta chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa, national honor-
ary fraternity, was made in chapel
Saturday, May 8.

Miss Florence Smith, associate
professor of history and president
of the local chapter, stated the
purpose of the society as -being
"the encouragement of scholastic
and cultural interest among stu-
dents and ^graduates" and present-
ed the qualifications for Phi Beta
Kappa membership, which includes
not only high scholastic achieve-
ment but also character, capacity,
breadth of interest, and general
promise.

Eight Seniors Chosen

Seniors elected were Martha
Dale, former editor of the AGNES
SCOTT NEWS, member of Mor-
tar Board, and recipient of an Ag-
nes Scott letter in athletics; Jane
Elliot, president of the Poetry
club, managing editor of the
AURORA, and a member of
B. O. Z.; Nancy Green, a junior
transfer, member of Chi Beta Phi
and reporter for the AGNES
SCOTT NEWS; Elizabeth Harts-
field, transfer, and conservation
chairman of the War Council; Dor-
othy Holloran, president of Mor-
tar Board, secretary of student
government 1941-42, and president
of her sophomore class; Frances
Kaiser, former managing editor of
the AGNES SCOTT NEWS, sec-

Open Forum Thursday

An open forum on the recent
proposal that day students and
boarders vote separately on the
day student representative to stu-
dent government and house-presi-
dents of the large dormitories will
be held in chapel tomorrow, with
Clare Bedinger, vice-president of
student government, presiding.

Elizabeth Edwards, day student
representative, recently submitted
the proposal to the executive com-
mittee, who decided to refer the
problem directly to the students.

retary of Mortar Board, and a
member of Pen and Brush club;
Ruth Lineback, editor of the SIL-
HOUETTE, member of Mortar
Board and Chi Beta Phi, and re-
cipient of the national Chi Beta
Phi key; and Margaret Shaw,
transfer, assistant business man-
ager of the AURORA, secretary of
French club, and member of lower
house of student government. All
of the newly elected members were
on Honor Roll.

Alumna Honored

Miss Patricia Collins, class of
1928, was the only alumna honored.
After her graduation from Agnes
Scott, she obtained her law de-
gree from Emory University, and
is now one of the two assistants
to the Attorney General in Wash-
ington, D. C.

Book Award Entries
To Be Judged May 14

Contestants for the Louise Mc-
Kinney Book Award will submit
their collections for examination
and discuss their books informally
with the judges on Friday, May 14.

The basis of judging is discrim-
ination in selection and mental as
well as physical possesion of the
collection.

Miss Janet Preston, Miss Emma
May Laney, Miss Ellen Douglass
Leyburn, of the English depart-
ment, and Miss Louise McKinney,
professor of English emeritus, will
judge the entries. The contestants
this year are Julia Slack, Sara
Jean Clark, Mary Carr, Margaret
Jean Clark, Laura Cumming, Mary
Florence McKee, Eleanor Sauls,
Madeline Hosmer, and Mary Cath-
erine Vinsant.

In honor of Miss Louise McKin-
ney's work in the English depart-
ment to stimulate good reading,
the McKinney Book Award was
established by faculty and alum-
nae of Agnes Scott.

Tess Carlos was the 1942 winner
of the award.

Wesleyan Seen
As Probable
Summer School

Agnes Scott's summer school
problem was no nearer solution
this week as Dr. J. R. McCain re-
ported that arrangements with the
University of Georgia, Peabody,
and F. S. C. W. at Tallahassee are
being considered.

Also being considered is Wes-
leyan where two Agnes Scott fac-
ulty members, Miss Emily Dexter
and Miss Frances McCalla, will
teach.

The delay in reaching a decision
has been caused by the uncertainty
of all schools regarding their sum-
mer plans, Dr. McCain said.

"We have written to various
colleges for catalogs, but we have
not received all we wanted," said
Dr. McCain. "We have received
word from Peabody, a college
which would be suitable, but they
are offering a 12-week course, and
most of our students would want a
six or eight-week course," he said.

Registrar Announces
Enrollment Increase

"In spite of the war, Agnes Scott
has to date the largest registration
in its history," stated Mr. S. G.
Stukes, registrar of the college.
Although the number of boarders
remains more or less constant,
there is a slight variation in the
number of day students.

According to reports from other
schools, including Emory and Ran-
dolph-Macon College for Women,
there is an increased registration
in these colleges also, this fact
holding true in men's colleges as
well as women's.

Martha Dale, 1942-43 editor of
THE NEWS, was notified this
week that THE NEWS had won
First Class Honor Rating in the
Associated Collegiate Press' na-
tional newspaper critical service.
Frances Kaiser served as manag-
ing editor of the 1942-43 NEWS.

War Council
Tells Plans

Squee Woolford, newly-elected
chairman of War Council, recently
announced new members of the
council and their duties.

Dean Carrie Scandrett will
serve as faculty chairman; Mar-
jorie Tippins and Miss Florence
Smith will head the public instruc-
tion committee; Anne Sale and Dr.
S. M. Christian will have charge
of blackouts; Cathy Steinbach,
Squee Woolford, and Miss Scan-
drett will work on the finance
committee; Betty Bowman will
have charge of publicity; and Ca-
milla Moore and Miss Susan Cobbs
will direct conservation activities.

Plans for next year will include
a war conference similar to the
one held last February, if students
desire it; a Victory Book campaign
sponsored by the council at the
close of this session for the collec-
tion of discarded books; and a
campaign directed by the sopho-
mores for collecting old stockings.

79 Seniors
To Receive

B. A. Degrees

Dr. Goodrich White
To Deliver Address

Climaxing a five-day program of
graduation activities, Dr. Goodrich

C. White, president of Emory Uni-
versity, will deliver a commence-
ment address to the class of 1943,
numbering 79 members, on June l r
at 10 a. m., in Presser auditorium.
His subject is as yet unannounced.

The commencement program
will begin on Friday, May 28,
with a luncheon in the dining
room of Rebekah Scott, given by
the trustees of the college in honor
of the senior class and visiting-
alumnae. On Saturday the Alum-
nae Association will hold a gen-
eral meeting in the Old Chapel at
3:00. At 11:00 on Sunday, May
30, Bishop Arthur J. Moore, of
Atlanta, will deliver the baccalau-
reate sermon in Gaines chapel. The
dean's office will entertain the
seniors and their families at after-
dinner coffee at 2:00 in Murphey
Candler. At 6:30 in Maclean audi-
torium the senior class will lead
vespers. This will be followed by
an open house from 7:30 to 9:30 in
Murphey Candler, given for the
seniors and their families by the
Alumnae Association.

Breakfast May 31

On Monday, May 31, the faculty
will meet for the final awarding
of honors. Sophomores will honor
the seniors at a breakfast at 11:00
at the Atlanta Athletic club.

At 4:00 in the May Day Dell the
Class Day program will be pre-
sented. This will include the daisy
chain ceremony and the reading
of the class history, will, and pro-
phecy. At 8:30 p. m. in Gaines
chapel a music appreciation pro-
gram will be given, which will be
followed by the traditional book
stacking in front of Main building.

Because of the government's re-
quest that all unnecessary travel
be curtailed, no class reunions
have been planned for this year.
The twelve classes which were
scheduled to meet are 1901
through 1904, 1920 through 1923,.
and 1939 through 1942.

Government Athletic Program
To Be Instituted at Agnes Scott

An intensive course in physical training, including the
increase of physical training from three to five hours a week,
will be begun at Agnes Scott College next fall, according to
President J. R. McCain and Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, associate
professor of physical education.

"In addition to the regular gym classes there will be a funda-
mentals course stressing strength,

endurance, flexibility, relaxation,
and body control," Miss Wilburn
said.

New students who show their
attainment of certain levels of fit-
ness will be excused from the
fundamentals course and advance
to other classes. The fundamen-
tals course will be three hours a
week for fifteen weeks.

Seniors will not be required to
take the courses, although Dr. Mc-
Cain said, "They should want to
take these courses." McCain also
revealed that there will be a fit-
ness course for faculty members.

Coming This Week

Wednesday, May 12 A. A. ban-
quet in Rebekah Scott dining
room, 6:30 p. m.

Thursday, May 13 International
Relations club discussions in
Murphey Candler. Tech and Em-
ory invited. 5:00 p. m.

Friday, May 14 Tea for old ancl
new staff of AGNES SCOTST
NEWS in the Alumnae Garden?,
4:30-6 p. m.

Friday, May 14 C. A. picnic for
freshmen and old cabinet mem-
bers, White House dining: room*.
6:00 p. m.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1943

Timber!!

(or, watch for falling leaves of lettuce, tea tables, trees, faculty,
May Day costume skirts, and grass ( upon- which-do-not-sit-un becom-
ingly.)

By Mary Louise Duffee

To match Tess Carlos' quotation from the little boy at May
Day who exclaimed "But I didn't know flowers could dance,"
we offer the comment commented on said day at same pageant
by another little boy (in his twenties) who said: "The ingen-
uity of the feminine mind amazes me!"

Note to boarders: A probable must on your reading list will
be a poem which we understand

was written by a member of the
administrative staff, entitled "Ode
to Lettuce" OR "A Prayer for
Peace."

Faculty Wife Mrs. Stukes made
what we think is the best current
remark on engagements and wed-
dings. (If we don't mention en-
gagements somehow the seniors
won't read the column.) In a gath-
ering where a calm-appearing
bride-to-be was told, "just you
wait, you'll get more and more

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nervous as the time approaches,"
Mrs. Stukes said, "Oh, I don't
think it's so much that you're ner-
vous it's more that you're just
sort of unconscious." (Third-fin-
ger seniors please note.)

Nice scene at the junior-senior
banquet: At one table we noticed
there were seated four seniors, all
engaged or married, and four jun-
iors, all pinned. This year would
delight Dr. Henry Robinson, ASC's
Dean of Marriage Statistics.
Fun to Be Informal
Freshman-junior tea a good
party anyway, enjoyed even more
because everyone was comfortable
in sport clothes and socks. We
hear they even mixed the punch
sitting on the ground.

Know what a "runner" in an ath-
letic meet between Agnes Scott

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Student to Enter
Army Air Corps

From faculty, to student, to
army such is the life of Ruth
Bastin who was once on the faculty
of Agnes Scott as a nurse, who is
now a sophomore, and who will go
into the army as a nurse on July 1.

Ruth finished her nurse's train-
ing in 1940 and came here as a
nurse for the next year and a half.
In her hours off duty, she went to
classes on the campus and studied.
She went to the University of Chi-
cago for summer school and en-
tered Agnes Scott last September
as a sophomore.

Last Wednesday, Ruth was noti-
fied that she has been accepted as
a volunteer army nurse. She
plans to ask for service in the air
corps, which she says is "simply
the best part of the army." This
field of service may lead her to
a place in the Hospital Evacuation
Corps which uses flying hospital
transports in its work.

girls and Emory daughters is?
Well, neither did Jean Hood and
Dot Almond, it seems, when Pat
Elam (who had been appointed to
the office of "runner") asked for
their sympathy, explaining that
she would be forced to jump four-
foot hurdles in the performance of
her duty. She said she had asked
that the hurdles be lowered to
three-and-one-half feet, but Dot
Hunter, who seemed to be manag-
ing the "runner," stood firm. Jean
and Dot A. must have felt pretty
"took in" when they found out
that a runner was the person who
took messages to the judges dur-
ing a swimming meet, and that
hurdles were put in the story to
make their imaginations leap.
(Kathie would have told that one
better. )

Good advice from a recent
speech: "If you want a few people
to know a thing, telephone it; if
you want a lot of people to know
it, tell it to woman; if you want
the masses to know it, tell it to the
children."

Ab-so-LUTE-ly floating on air
Nancy Hirsh.

Betty Brougher thought card
No. 10 of the Rorschach test
looked like the Taj Mahal, com-
plete with mirrored pool in front.
We'll put that response up against
that of the Phi Beta Kappa Dr.
Bachellor told about who thought
it looked like a group of school
children, dressed in colored gym
suits, standing on each other's
shoulders.

E-nuff, Duff.

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Athletically Speaking

By Margaret Drummond

Winding up the season with a
veritable bang, the volleyball var-
sity downed the sub-varsity last
Thursday to the tune of 59 to 21.
In spite of the rather obvious evi-
dence of such an overwhelming
score, the sub-varsity really played
the better volleyball.

The varsity made frequent mis-
takes, and rallied to win only un-
der the superb serving of Virginia
Tuggle and Gwen Hill. The sub-
varsity exhibited excellent coop-
eration, but were unable to with-
stand the varsity's barrage of hard,
swift serves. Tess Carlos was the
varsity's captain, and Alice Mann
the sub- varsity's.

Swimming: Meet

The Agnes Scott pool was the
scene last Thursday of a pitched
battle between the Hottentots
and the daughters of the Emory
faculty marine style, of course.
This was the first such meet ever
to be held between these two
groups.

The schedule of events included
the 40-yard dash, free style, the

Faculty Plans
Quiet Summer

This summer will be a quiet one
for the Agnes Scott faculty and
administration. "We'll all stay at
home because we can't go any-
where," laughs Mr. Holt, looking
up from chemistry 101 papers. But
Miss Alexander plans to have an
adventurous stay at home. She is
going to help the Red Cross in
some way perhaps by rolling ban-
dages. Miss Alexander, professor
of French, is ready to offer her
training in mathematics to the
government. "You see, I taught
math for many years, and I think
I could coach soldiers in math if
they need me," she smiled.

Miss Elizabeth Jackson, asso-
ciate professor of history, will help
the government with its food sup-
ply. She plans to have the best
victory garden in New England
but it will be New England.
"There's no place like it, you
know."

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40-yard back crawl, the 40-yard
breast stroke, and form swimming.
The meet terminated with a relay
race, which the Hottentots won,
46 to 32.

Swimmers representing Agnes
Scott were Agnes Douglas, Caro-
lyn Rose, Bobby Powell, Dottie
Kahn, Molly Milam, Mary Max-
well, Margaret Scott, and Julia
Harvard. The Emory faculty
daughters were Betty Mackay,
Claire Reeves, Binky Stubbs, and
Martha Reeves. Judges for the
meet were Misses Llewellyn Wil-
burn and Ann Gellerstedt, from
Agnes Scott, and Mr. Newton,
from Emory.

Outing: Club

According to an announcement
by Mary Jane Auld, out-going
president, Outing club is admitting
thirteen new members this spring.
These students, in order to qualify
for membership, had to pass a
test on first aid, nature study, and
firebuilding.

The newly admitted members
are Sarah Walker, Helen Roper,
Betty Lee Phelps, Agnes Douglas,
Molly Milam, Jo Young, Peggy
Kelly, May Turner, Sally Sue
Stephenson, Billy Walker, Pat
Elam, Dot Hunter, and Julia
Slack.

Outing club's numerous activi-
ties include outdoor picnics and
hikes ,to neighboring points of in-
terest. Their most recent jaunt
was a hike to Stone Mountain.

Decatur Theatre

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"Dr. Broadway."

May 13-14 Charlie McCarthy - Edgar Ber-
gen - Ginny Simms In "Here We Go
Again."

May 15 "Sunset On the Desert" and

"Henry Aldrlch. Editor."
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Room Queries
Now Answered

Although no definite statement
has been made, the dean's office
this week said that a temporary
rooming plan for all four classes
has been worked out.

Dean Carrie Scandrett said that
if everyone continued to approve,
the following plan would be used:
seniors and juniors will live in
Main, sophomores in Rebekah
Scott, and freshmen in Inman.
Gaines Cottage will be used for
freshmen if there is an overflow,
while some juniors plan to room
in the other cottages.

Mrs. Romie Cooper

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The Interfraternity dance at
Tech seems to have been a main
attraction for Agnes Scotties over
the week-end. It was at the naval
armory and Tony Pastor provided
music. Seen there Saturday night
were Caroline Smith, Claire Ben-
nett, Patty Barbour, Smiley Wil-
liams, Sylvia Mogul, Harriett
Kuniansky, Sylvia Piassick, Minni-
wil Story, Mary Beth Danielson,
Jane Anne Newton, Peggy Will-
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Rooney, Mary Jane Schumacher,
Leona Leavitt, Jeanne Rochelle,
Jackie Burns, Betty Manning, Car-
olyn Fuller, Margaret Mace, Nancy
Moses, Joan Crangle, Jane Bow-
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At Emory

The KA skating party Satur-
day afternoon was followed by a
wonderful spaghetti supper and
house dance Saturday night.
Among those present were Rite
Watson, Annette Neville, Anne
Register, Jeanne Robinson, Anne
Flowers, Liz Carpenter, Mary
Turner, and Mary Neely Norris.

Dot Almond, Pobai Crane, Jean
Hood, Kitty Kay, Margaret Killam,
Virginia Carter, and Alvara
Frazer enjoyed the Theta Kappa
Psi picnic at North Fulton park
Saturday night.

Brides-Elect Honored

Cathy Steinbach entertained
with an announcement luncheon
for Quincy Mills on the terrace of
the Biltmore hotel Saturday after-
noon. The tables were decorated
with three beautiful arrangements
of pastel spring flowers, and a
small pink carnation corsage dec-
orated each place. Among the
guests were Quincy's friends from
Marietta and Acworth as well as
Agnes Scott.

At her home in Decatur, Betty
Brougher gave an informal tea
Sunday afternoon for brides-elect
Clara Rountree, Nancy Hirsh, Pat
Stokes, and Dot Holloran.

Among the many parties for
Colin Lawton recently was the
shower Thursday afteroon at Nita
Hewell's home. Nita and Mary
Duckworth were hostesses. Friday
Gloria Anne Melchor entertained
for Colin with a bridge party at
the Athletic club and Saturday
Ann Hightower honored her with
a luncheon in the Mirador room of
the Capital City club.

Raddy Radford and Anne Frier-
son were hostesses at a miscel-
laneous shower Friday afternoon
in Murphey Candler for Clara
Rountree and Dot Holloran.

Mrs. Searcy B. Slack entertained
for Mardia Hopper and Anne Scott
at a seated tea Thursday after-
noon; Marjorie Wilson was guest
of honor at a tea given Wednes-
day afternoon by Claudia Brown-
lee.

Out-of-Town

Martha Rhodes spent the week-
end at Randolph Macon in Lynch-
burg with Nan Paxton. She en-
joyed their May Day program Sat-
urday afternoon and the dance fol-
lowing Saturday night.

Mary Carr and Meg Bless spent
the week-end at the pre-flight
school in Athens.

Sally Sue Stephenson and Lib
Farmer spent the week-end at
Clemson, , South Carolina, and
Quincy Mills at Fort Benning,
Georgia. Ann Webb went to Mon-
treal North Carolina.

Going home for the week-end
were Emily Higgins, Ruth Ryner,
Midge Haddock, Mary Ann Coch-
ran, and Mary Jane Auld. ,Anne
Haggard and Robin Robinson went
home with Martha Polk to Thom-
aston; also going to Thomaston
was Harding Ragland with Ann
Hightower. Mary Cumming and
Barbara Frink went home with

Former Staff to be Feted

The new staff of the AGNES
SCOTT NEWS will entertain the
old staff members at an informal
tea Friday afternoon, May 26,
from 4:30 to 6 p. m. in the Alum-
nae Garden.

Workers in a Michigan re-
finery fixed up a very low,
|^ false door leading to the pay
office. On it la inscribed,
"Ton will learn to duck low*
i ar If you don't Boy a Bond/'

Eugenia Symms to Speak
At C A. Picnic for Frosh

Christian Association will be
host to the freshman class and the
cabinet of last year at its annual
spring picnic to be held Friday,
May 14, from 6 to 7:30 p. m. The
girls will have a picnic supper in
White House, after which they will
go down to the May Day dell
where a program will be presented.
This entertainment will include
group singing and a talk by Miss
Eugenia Symms.

Freshman boarders are to sign
their names on a sheet of paper on
the front door of Inman if they
plan to attend. Day students will
sign in the day student room in
the basement of Main.

Frances King to Newnan.

Hottentots seen at the Rainbow
Roof recently were Marge Hogan,
Jane Dinsmore, Martha Rhodes,
and Betty Benbow.

Club to Discuss Far East

International Relations club will
iiscuss the far eastern situation
in Murphey Candler tomorrow aft-
ernoon at 5:00 with Marjorie Tip-
pins and Eudice Tontak, recent
representatives to Southern IRC
Conference in Raleigh, North
Carolina, as speakers. Members
of Tech and Emory clubs will meet
with this chapter. All Agnes Scott
students are invited to attend this
last meeting of the year.

Date of Fact Test Set

The English 211 fact test will
be given to all students taking the
course on May 21, a.t 5 p. m., in
Buttrick.

Test questions will cover the
entire course from Beowulf and
the early English literature
through the Victorian period.

Rooms in which the test will be
given will be announced later.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1943

On Physical Fitness

By Virginia Tuggle

In a nation at war the importance of
an athletic association on every college
campus cannot be overestimated. In pre-
war days, the primary purpose of such
associations was to furnish healthful rec-
reation for students. The purpose is still
to stimulate healthful recreation on col-
lege campuses, but to this purpose has
been added one of exceptional impor-
tance. Now our college students must
be physically equipped to meet the strict
demands of the armed forces, the WAAC,
the SPARS, the WAVES, and the Ma-
rines.

Shortage of manpower and economic
pressure necessitate the employment of
millions of women in industry. These
women must be fit, and unless a well
planned, carefully supervised college
program is carried out, college women
cannot be physically prepared for the
tasks they must undertake. Health is
at a premium today and the college stu-
dent who cannot keep up with her work
may be considered an economic loss,
both to herself and to society.

Next year our athletic association ex-
pects to work in close cooperation with
the physical education department in the
new program which is to be initiated.
Every Agnes Scott student will be
spending more time at the gym in the
pool, on the hockey field, the tennis
courts, or in correctives. Athletic Asso-
ciation must expand its program in or-
der to meet the needs which will in-
evitably arise as a result of this ex-
panded program. The new program ap-
proved by the United States govern-
ment calling for five hours of physical
education each week will naturally bring
about greater participation and interests
in athletics and in physical fitness pro-
grams.

Athletic Association will have the op-
portunity, as never before, to help equip
each student with greater physical effi-
ciency. Each student, as a member of
the association, will be asked to cooper-
ate to the best of her ability in carrying
out the new program of physical educa-
tion. Every red-blooded Hottentot must
keep in mind now that proper diet,
enough rest, and plenty of exercise are
patriotic obligations.

From the Reader

Editor, Agnes Scott News:

At various intervals during the three
years that I've been here, the adminis-
tration has tried with undying energy
to prevent us, the "Five Hundred," from
beating a path with our now rationed-
shod feet between Rebekah Scott and
the corner of the campus nearest the
street car line. Those pitiful "please"
signs were up for a while. But they, as
well as the grass, have seemed unable
to withstand the onslaught of hundreds
of trampling feet.

What's to be done? No matter how
much one pleads for us to use the walks,
invariably we'll take the short cut when
we're in a hurry and usually when we're
not (even some of the faculty have been
seen doing it!). Of course we have a
guilty conscience when we trespass on
this forbidden ground; nevertheless,
we've got to catch that street car so
we excuse ourselves somewhat. I would
suggest that a walk be laid from Re-
bekah to the corner. There are already
steps at the end of Rebekah Scott porch,
and for what reason but to have a walk
leading up to them. It would not harm
the appearance of the campus as much
as the path does now. If we're going
across there anyway, we might as well
have a walk to save our valuable shoes
and our consciences.

Do you think a walk could be laid
during our summer vacation?

Sincerely,

Cathy Steinbach.

-Drawn and Cut by Betty Lynn Reagan.

In the Month of May

It's here again. May the month of
indecision and dreaming on the grass.
The month when we begin to wonder
"What am I ever going to do with all
this extra time" and "Shall I go to
summer school" (that possibility seems
to be out at the moment when even the
administration seems confused on the
issue).

May is also the month of the Red
Cross, for on May 21, 1881, the Ameri-
can Red Cross was founded by Clara
Barton. On our campus, especially, May
should be the Red Cross month. We've
promised Miss Scandrett and War Coun-
cil that we'd finish raising the $1,000
for soldiers kits. And we will. With less
than $150 to raise in three weeks our
task should be simple. And certainly

we can't forget. Not with collection
boxes in every corner of every building
on the campus. Thirty cents from each
student would put us over the top. Re-
member, May belongs to the Red Cross!

And while we're thinking of the Red
Cross, let's carry it on into our summer
plans. Long hours of nothing to do
ahead of you? Take a home nursing or
nurse's aid course. Working? You can
still find an hour or so to take the first
aid course or roll bandages. Going visit-
ing? (Improbable, transportation being
what it is.) Take along some Red Cross
knitting and make your spare hours
profitable.

Remember the Red Cross in May and
every other month.

Music Appreciation Peace and Justice

Although the NEWS staff rarely has
time to attend the music appreciation
hours, because they coincide with our
busiest night of work, we nevertheless
would like to commend Hugh Hodgson
and all who have helped him on the
enjoyable programs they have presented.
Those we have been able to attend have
been refreshing interludes in a busy
week.

The Agnes Scott News

Vol. XVI II

Wednesday, May 12, 1943

No. 20

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By Ruth Farrior

Today we are constantly aware that
we are living in a world at war, and we
often wish that people would stop tell-
ing us of our responsibilities in the
"World of Today and Tomorrow." How-
ever, we can no longer ignore the under-
lying currents which are carrying us
along in their wake. We cannot escape
from the effects of the conflict which
encircles the entire globe.

Since we are of the few who are able
to continue our college work, it behooves
us to prepare ourselves to be useful citi-
zens of our communities. We need to
get the most out of our studies. But we
must not so concern ourselves with the
activities on the campus that we forget
about the affairs in our political, eco-
nomic, and social world. By reading the
newspapers and magazines, we can keep
informed about the world around us.

The community, the state, the world
is made up of individuals. We, therefore,
cannot expect international peace and
prosperity, unless we have understand-
ing and toleration among men. To ac-
complish this, each of us must find a
faith that makes us adequate to meet
the problems that are before us, and to
make us truly Christian citizens. For
without the love of God in the hearts
of men, we can never hope for peace and
justice.

This is the last regular issue of AG-
NES SCOTT NEWS to be published
this year. A senior issue will be put
out on June 1, but since it is not a
regular issue provided for in our bud-
get, a charg-e of ten cents a copy will
be made. If you want a copy of this
issue please give ten cents and your
name to either Madeline Wosmer,
Mary Carr, Inge Probstein, or Betty
Glenn. If you are going home before
June 1, let us know so that your paper
can be mailed to you. %

A Nose in the Air

By Tess Carlos

We were all sitting in the day stu-
dent room. And we talked about a lot
of things the way we always do when
a number of tired brains get together.
But we decided one thing. And we think
many will agree with us. We don't like
being called "Miss." A very silly thing
to worry about. But you begin to feel
awfully funny when toward the end of
May you still call the freshman who
sits on the front row in Spanish class
"Miss so-and-so." And all because you
don't see very much of her outside of
class and think of her only as "Miss."
Will it make us all feel too ungrownup
if teachers call us by our first names?
Or do we prefer the anonymity of
"Miss."

You'll be hearing much about IRC in
days to come. And so if you don't know
what or who IRC is and why, we're
printing this to help you. IRC is the
International Relations Club. Its next
meeting, which will also be its last meet-
ing of the year, will be held in Murphey
Candler building Thursday night at 7 :30.
The club sent two delegates, Eudice
Tontak and Marjorie Tippins, to the re-
cent southeastern conference. These
two will lead an open forum in discussing
the "Far East and the problem of inter-
national organization." Refreshments
will be provided, and the whole campus
is invited to attend.

Of course, there were probably more
than the nine listed. Many of the day
students and boarders have done it on
their own. But it does seem a shame
that from a student body of over five
hundred only nine girls were officially
listed as having donated their blood to
the blood bank. The work that the Red
Cross is doing in the field of plasma
transfusions is remarkable. But it can-
not be continued unless every citizen
cooperates fully. And whether we real-
ize it or not, we are citizens. Going to
school does not excuse us from doing
all that we can to help in the war effort.
We may dream of going into uniform
one or two years from now. But why
don't we do something that would be a
more vital benefit now?

In self-defense and with an eye to-
ward the future, one of the most un-
recognized organizations on the campus
is staggering along buffeted and blown
by the ill-winds of matrimony. The
Spinsters' club was the idea of Eloise
Lyndon (at least she was the only one
I COUld find who dared claim charter
membership). Its members creep about
in secretive furtive groups shying away
from the sparkling dazzle of engagement
rings. The idea at the beginning was for

the engaged members (they were not

so when they joined) to support the
spinsters by annual revenues or by find-
ing them a man (tin- spinsters, I mean).

The only sna that has developed thus

far is that the engaged members refuse
to contribute. And the spinsters have
nv> way of getting even.

A few words before this goes to press:
Did you like for the NEWS to publish
this quarter's exam schedule? This was
a departure from the regular make-up.
Would you want it continued next year?
Comments to the staff personally or
letters to the editor are wanted. . . . Eta
Sigma Phi, honorary classical fraternity
on the campus, has finished off an active
year by presenting six medals to stu-
dents of Vergil in the Decatur and At-
lanta high schools. ... A lovely way of
getting brown. Why not begin or con-
tinue the family's victory garden when
you get back home? Not only will you
get an enviable tan but you'll get mus-
cles for next year's hard work.

This week and next week are exam
weeks, times of strain for us all. Un-
necessary noise in the dorms now is like
the proverbial straw that well, you
know. Anyway, let's cooperate in keep-
ing down noise!

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VOL. XXVIII.

AGNES SCOTT COLLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943

NO. 21

Betty Brougher, who received her degree this morning, tries on
the hat she will wear as a member of the WAVES. Betty is not the
only Hottentot to enter military service Martha Dale, Caroline
Smith, and Marjorie Weismann also are awaiting orders from
the WAVES.

MARRIAGE, JOBS CLAIM
MANY 1943 GRADUATES

By Pauline Ertz

Marriage is a wonderful institution! At least that's what
23 or so out of a class of 79 have decided. Everyone knows
the seniors who are already married: Mary Ann Atkins
Paschal, Nancy Hirsh Rosengarten, Dorothy Holloran Addi-
son, Dorothy Hopkins McClure, Bryant Holsenbeck Moore,
Helen Summerour Zimmerman

and Ruth Kuniansky Willner. Af-
ter four years of college it ought
to be fun washing dishes and mak-
ing beds!

The engaged gals have been so
busy and excited for the past few
months that they could hardly
concentrate until the last exam
was over. June brides will be Anne
Scott, Emily Anderson, Wallace
Lyons, Clara Rountree, Susan
Spurlock and Pat Stokes. Other
soon-to-be marrieds are Mabel
Stowe, Marjorie Wilson, Mardia
Hopper and Barbara Wilbur. Lots
and lots more of the seniors are
contemplating said institution but
we aren't free to reveal the facts
yet. At any rate, Major Henry
Robinson, home on leave from his
duties at West Point, is very
happy about the whole thing!
WAVE Candidates

We admire Hottentots who f are
going into the service of their
country. By far the WAVES are
the most popular choice of this
year's graduating class. WAVE
applications include Marjorie
Weismann, Carolyn Smith, and

Seniors and Sponsors
Frolic at Venetian Pool

Having fun together for the
last time, the Senior class enter-
tained themselves and their two
class sponsors, Miss "Bee" Miller
and Mr. Robert Holt, at the tradi-
tional class picnic held Thursday,
May 27, at the Venetian Club.
Each girl carried her own lunch
and at noon they were spread in
picnic fashion.

The picnic was one of a
series of functions entertaining
this year's graduating class.

Betty Brougher. Considering Na-
val Intelligence are Martha Dale
and Martha Ann Smith.

Chemistry labs all over the na-
tion will claim the services of
many of Agnes Scott's scientifical-
ly minded gals: Betty Bates,
Nancy Green, Susan Guthrie,
Elizabeth Hartsfield, Mary Estill
Martin, Betty Pegram and Bennye
Linzy.

Both Helen Hale and Flora
Campbell plan to work for TVA.
Going to Rochester, N. Y., to
work for Eastman Kodak are
Margaret Shaw and Mary Jane
Auld. Alice Clements and Mamie
Sue Barker will work for Dun
and Bradstreet in Atlanta, and
Aileen Still will work for Retail
Credit.

Mary Ward has an interesting
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Anne Frierson Wins Jewel;
3 Graduate With High Honor

'We Must Not
Lose Faith'
White of Emory

(Here is the complete text of
Dr. Goodrich C. ' White's com-
mencement address, delivered
this morning.)

Thornton Wilder's play, The
skin of Our Teeth, has been de-
scribed as "daffy and illuminat-
ing"; "wonderfully wise as well as
wacky." Certainly after seeing
the play one leaves the theatre
somewhat bewildered, uncertain
whether he has been subjected to
an unmerciful kidding, or whether
he has really seen a "tremendous-
ly exciting and profound stage fa-
ble," "a testament of faith in hu-
manity."

At any rate, after seeing the
play, I bought the book. I wanted
to find out, from reading, what I
really thought about it. I am still
not sure. But I also wanted to
read again, and remember, some
words that had seemed to me full
of meaning as I heard them. To-
ward the end of the last act, Wild-
er makes his Mr. Antrobus say:
"Oh, I've never forgotten for long
at a time that living is struggle.
I know that every good and excel-
lent thing in the world stands mo-
ment by moment on the razor-
edge of danger and must be
fought for whether it's a field, or
a home, or a country. All I ask is
the chance to build new worlds and
God has always given us that.
And has given us voices to guide
us; and the memory of our mis-
takes to warn us. Maggie, you and
I will remember in peacetime all
the resolves that were so clear to
us in the days of war. We've come
a long ways. We've learned. We're
learning. And the steps of our
journey are marked for us here."
(As he stands by the table turning
the leaves of a book.)

Mr. Antrobus in the play is Ev-
eryman. He and his family have
lived through the ages. The war
of which he speaks is any war. And
when he says "We've learned.
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4 Retiring Faculty Members
End 131 Years of Service

Today's commencement exercises mark the retirement of
four Agnes Scott faculty members who have been associated
with Agnes Scott for a total of 131 years. Those retiring are
Miss Louise Lewis, professor of art; Miss Catherine Torrance,
professor of Greek and Latin; Mrs. Alma Willis Sydenstricker,
professor of Bible; and Robert B. r

Sydenstricker said. She is also
considering writing a book on her
method of Bible teaching "if
there's a real need for another
book on methods of teaching."
Housekeeping
Miss Lewis, who joined the fac-
ulty of Agnes Scott Institute in
1900, plans to live in a studio
apartment in Decatur. "I'm look-
ing forward to learning to cook,"
she said; for it will be the first
time in my life I've kept house.
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Cunningham, business manager.

Mrs. Sydenstricker has been
professor of Bible since 1917, com-
ing here from Mississippi State
College for Women, where she was
head of the history department.
She plans to live with her younger
son in Lebanon, Tennessee, where
she expects to teach adult Bible
classes.

"I want to take up my music and
painting which I've neglected for
the past twenty-five years," Mrs.

Ruth Lineback Gets NationaljAward;
Peggy Willmon Receives Rich Prize

At commencement exercises this morning in Presser hall,
Dr. J. R. McCain announced the following awards for the
1942-43 session:

The Hopkins Jewel Given by
the College in honor of Miss Nan-
nette Hopkins, former Dean of the
College. It is awarded by a com-
mittee of the faculty to the mem-
ber of the senior class who most
nearly measures up to the ideals
of Miss Hopkins, as the committee
can interpret them, including
conspicuous loyalty to the Col-
lege, ideals of service, ability to
cooperate, physical fitness, poise,
and graciousness. Awarded this
year to Miss Anne Frierson, Bel-
ton, S. C.

Mortar Board Fellowship Sev-
eral awards and scholarships have
come to our seniors this year from
other institutions or associations,
but I wish to mention only one
of these because it is unusal. The
Mortar Board Honor Society is
giving this year two fellowships
on a basis of national competition,
and one of these has come to Ag-
nes Scott. Miss Ruth Lineback,
Atlanta, Ga., is the winner.

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 Eudice Tontak, At-
lanta, Ga. Honorable mention
Miss Anastasia Carlos, Atlanta,
Ga.

Rich Prize The sum of $50.00
given annually by Rich's of At-
lanta to the member of the fresh-
man class making the best record
for the session. Given to Miss
Peggy Willmon, Decatur, Ga. Hon-
orable mention: Miss Dorothy
Spragens, Lebanon, Ky., and Miss
Elizabeth Woodward, Chattanooga,
Tenn.

Piano Scholarship Divided be-
tween two girls this year: Miss
Elizabeth Edwards, Decatur, Ga.,
Miss Ruth Simpson, Gainesville,
Florida.

Voice Scholarship Awarded this
year to Miss Barbara Connally,

Tampa, Fla.

Speech Scholarship Miss Mar-
tha Marie Trimble, Emory Uni-
versity Ga.

Art Scholarship Miss Florence
Crane, Pascagoula, Miss.

Laura Candler Prize in Math-
ematics Given by Mrs. Nellie
Candler of Decatur for the best
work in the department. Given
this year to Mrs. Dorothy Hollo-
ran Addison, Lynchburg, Va.

Louise McKinney Book Award
of $25.00, named in honor of Pro-
fessor Emeritus Louise McKinney
and given for the most discrimin-
ating collection of books acquired
during the past year. Won by
Miss Laura Cumming, Griffin, Ga.,
with honorable mention to Miss
Sara Jean Clark, Atlanta, Ga.

Senior Honors (Based on the
work of the session 1942-43 only) :
Mrs. Dorothy Holloran Addison,
Lynchburg, Va.; Mary Jane Auld,
Greenville, S. C; Martha Dale,
Atlanta, Ga.; Jane Elliott, Atlanta,

Ga.; Anne Frierson, Belton, S. C;
Nancy Green, Alexandria, Va.;
Elizabeth Hartsfield, Moultrie,
Ga.; Frances Kaiser, Atlanta, Ga.;
Ruth Lineback, Atlanta, Ga.; Mary
Estill Martin, Washington, D. C;
Jean Moore, Lewisburg, W. Va.;
Margaret Shaw, Atlanta, Ga.;
Aileen Still, Decatur, Ga.

Graduation Honors Covering
the work of the entire four years:
"With High Honor" Mrs. Doro-
thy Holloran Addison, Lynchburg,
Va.; Martha Dale, Atlanta, Ga.;
Ruth Lineback, Atlanta, Ga.

"With Honor" Jane Elliott, At-
lanta, Ga.; Nancy Green, Alex-
andria, Va.; Elizabeth Hartsfield,
Moultrie, Ga.; Frances Kaiser, At-
lanta, Ga.; Mary Estill Martin,
Washington, D. C; Jean Moore,
Lewisburg, W. Va.; Margaret
Shaw, Atlanta, Ga.

McCain Tells
Staff Changes

In addition to the retirement of
four faculty members the follow-
ing changes in the faculty and
administration were announced
Friday by President J. R. Mc-
Cain:

Miss Clara Morrison, instructor
in English, has resigned to enter
the WAAC. Miss Morrison joined
the WAAC several months ago
and has been on inactive duty
awaiting the close of school.

Two classes in English will be
taught by Miss Margaret Ridley,
now a teacher in Atlanta Girl's
High School. Miss Ridley, presi-
dent of the Agnes Scott Alumnae
Association, will also be College
Recorder. No one has been ap-
pointed to fill the place of fellow
in English now held by Ann Gel-
lerstedt.

Other members of the faculty
who will not be here next year
are Dr. Eugenia C. Jones, college
physician, and Miss Martha Crowe,
instructor in French. Both Miss:
Crowe and Dr. Jones have been
here since 1940, Miss Crowe hav-
ing returned in that year from a
leave of absence. Mrs. Margaret
Davis, instructor in chemistry, is,
also leaving the faculty.

Mrs. Emmie Ansley has resigned
to accept the position of registrar
of Peace College, in Wilmington,
N. C. Miss Eleanor Hutchens
leaves the position of publicity di-
rector and assistant in the dean's
office to do graduate work at the
University of Pennsylvania, where,
she holds a scholarship.

In the physical education de-
partment Miss Abbie Rutledge
from Texas State College for
Women will replace Alta Webster.
And in the book store Claire Pur-
cell's place will be filled by Joella
Craig.

Miss Charlotte Hunter, assistant
dean, will return in the fall from
her studies at Duke University.

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943

Anne Records Achievements,
History of 'the War Class'

By Anne Frierson

On" September 3, 1939, England declared war on Germany.
On September 19, 1939, 144 green little freshmen arrived on
the Agnes Scott campus to begin our college careers. During
the first week we saw the buildings we had seen in the cata-
logs; we met Miss Scandrett and Dr. McCain; we struggled

through the handbook classes we 4 v . / _ "

Auditorium. Dr. Colwell came to

us for Religious Emphasis Week.
We signed up for our majors and
minors. Our king and queen again
reigned at Mardi Gras. May Day
exams but not goodbye yet
We had the daisy chain to make.
Inman tubs were full of daisies
and from 4 a. m. to 4 a. m. We
tied bunches of five little white
daisies together with little pieces
of green string and then tied
them on the rope. And yes it
rained for Class Day.

September 1941 came and we
had such fun being sisters to the
freshmen. And they won the Black
Cat. Maurice Hindus told us about
Russia. Some of us heard Rach-
maninoff. Then that fatal Decem-
ber 7 when the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor. Radios were car-
ried into the dining room and we
began to realize that the war
which had been declared before we
entered college was closer than
ever and that it would have a
greater effect on the lives of each
one of us from then on.

We went home with sad hearts
that Christmas for we had lost one
of the finest girls of our class.

After Christmas we were inspir-
ed by Dr. Elliott's messages dur-
ing Religious Emphasis Week. We
thoroughly enjoyed the Chekov
Players' "Twelfth Night." And
then The Junior Banquet came
with its men and its dancing at
the Rainbow Room or its mid-
night show.

Spring brought Nelson Eddy at
the City Auditorium and Mr. Ede
at school. There were class and
campus elections and seven were
elected to Mortar Board. May
Day, exams and then we were
capped as seniors.

September 1942 and we came
back for our last year. Seniors at
last. The war was closer than
ever to us. There was rationing
no after-dinner coffee, no sen-
ior cars, and many friends in the
service. Our socializing was done
by "V-Mail." Our sister class won
the cat again. Some of us heard
Jeanette MacDonald sing "Ah
Sweet Mystery of Life." Eleven
seniors were elected to "Who's
Who." The rain stayed away long
enough for us to have our fun
in our little girl's dresses. And
then on the following day we at-
tained our senior dignity with Mr.
Holt's message and Miss Scan-
drett's capping us at Investiture.
The Christmas Choir seemed pret-
tier than ever. Christmas and its
month's vacation came and went.

After Christmas we discussed
problems of our present war at
the War Conference. Bishop
Moore gave us a week of inspir-
ing messages. The Red Cross cam-

RADDY

After Bombing, Bryant Moore
Returns to Receive Diploma

went from placement test to place-
ment test; and we were intro-
duced to the angel robes in the

gym.

Our patient sponsors answered
our numerous questions and got
us safely through the admissions
committee. Friday, the 22nd, 144
curious girls trucked to English
101, Biology 101, History 101, and
other such freshman courses. The
work began and time started fly-
ing. We were introduced to busy
signs, house knocks, Mill on the
Floss, the circulatory system of
the frog, and fall of Rome. But we
found that they were many things
to do besides study hockey or
tennis, a coke at the tea house,
a movie at Decatur, a knitting
lesson, the sophomore party or
the Black Cat Stunt. The sopho-
mores tagged us as "rats" and we
wore paper bags on our backs for
a week. We began to organize
as a class when we heard the
rumors of "Ringing the bells on
the Black Cat's neck." We worked
as best as we freshmen knew how
but we just couldn't win that cat.

November came along and with
it six weeks' reports and the foot-
ball game between Gaines and
Boyd cottages. Which was worse?

Then we heard the former First
Lord of the British Admiralty,
Alfred Duff-Cooper, speak.
Thanksgiving came and there was
much confusion because Georgia's
was on a different Thursday from
the one in our home state.

Soon all we heard was Scarlett
O'Hara and Rhett Butler on the
one hand and sixteen days until
Christmas vacation on the other.
Christmas vacation came and we
had fun at home. When we got
back to school Mortar Board de-
cided we needed socializing. We
met the Tech and Emory eligibles
over a cross-word puzzle or a
game of ping-pong. With an eleven
inch snow we welcomed Douglas
Freeman, author of Lee's Biogra-
phy. Soon we were introduced to
the meaning of Founder's Day.
Then winter exams the grass was
cu t and we knew spring was
here. Our king and queen reigned
then at Mardi Gras. May Day
came and exams and then good-
bye.

But we came back in September
1940. Delighted with our exper-
ience at Agnes Scott we showed
the freshmen around and told
them how hard that history was
or just "what was what" on cam-
pus. That fall with "Mainsapop-
pin" we rang the bells on the
Black Cat's neck. Mortar Board
decided we needed socializing
again so once more we met the
Tech and Emory eligibles. Mardia
got the hockey stick. Investiture
came and we formed an aisle for
our sister class and this aisle led
to beautiful now Presser. That
Christmas we went home humming
"O Come All Ye Faithful," because
we had heard Virgil Fox play it
so beautifully on our new organ.

After Christmas we met Mrs.
Minivers Jan Struther and some
of us hear "Faust" at the City

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Seniors Elect
Alumnae Officers

Members of the senior class,
meeting Friday afternoon elected
Frances Radford as life president
of the class of '43 and named
Mary Ann Cochran as secretary
for two years.

The job of the life president will
be to call and preside at all class
reunions, while the secretary is
responsible for notifying alumnae
of class reunions and assembling
news of her class for the Alumnae
Quarterly. The secretary is elected
at each reunion.

paign brought forth a lot of enter-
tainment, but the best came with
St. Peter, Gabriel and the Guar-
dian Angel in the faculty show
"Our Day and Welcome to It."

Spring came and weekend by
weekend we increased the mar-
riage percentage at present 23
rings. May Day with Mable
our queen and four seniors in the
court. And of course our big suc-
cess Senior Opera "The Girl on
a Golden Quest." Who can ever
forget Joella's fetching white dress
or her song, "I found a Dead Cow-
boy" ? Phi Beta Kappa announce-
ments and eight from our class
were elected.

Senior exams are over. We've
gotten our pink faces and freckles
from our all day picnic. We have
had our bacculaureate sermon and
our senior-sophomore breakfast.
Tomorrow we march to "Ancient
of Days," have our tassels chang-
ed, and walk out with a degree.
Needless to say we hate to leave.

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By Alice Gordon

One of the happiest persons on
the campus recently was Bryant
Moore, whose husband, Major
Thomas Carlyle Moore, of the U. S.
Marine Corps, had just returned
from the Pacific area on a 30-day
leave. Bryant and her husband
were stationed at Pearl Harbor
when it was bombed on December
7, 1941, and Major Moore was sta-
tioned there until last July when
he was transferrd to parts un-
known. At the end of this month,
Major Moore will report for duty
in San Diego, California. He will
be accompanied there by Bryant
and their two-year-old daughter,
Margaret.

Bryant had to leave Hawaii in
March, "but it wasn't because we
wanted to," she said. "We wanted
to stay on there, but the govern-
ment asked all women and children
to leave for their own safety."
They had been stationed in Hawaii
since 1940 and their home was on
a peninsula extending into Pearl
Harbor. When the Jap planes
came over, they did not bomb the
peninsula itself, but everything
shook from the explosions in the
water and on the land near by,
and pieces of shrapnel covered
their front yard and came whizzing
through the air making it unsafe
to go out.

The bombardment started at
about 8 a. m. and lasted until about
11:30 a. m. Major Moore reported
for duty as soon as he realized
it was the real thing. "Before he
left," said his wife, "an enemy
plane which evidently had dropped
its load, and had some bullets to
waste, came over and machine
gunned the house which stood in
a little clearing, making numerous
holes in the roof and missing the
baby's crib by less than an inch. I
don't think they wanted to harm

But a class who has been under
the influence of war for all of its
four years can hardly hope to stay
when so many challenges and op-
portunities of service are waiting.

civilians, but they just hated not
to use up their ammunition."

After her husband left that
morning, she did not see him again
until Tuesday. That night, she and
her neighbors, wives of service
men, decided to stay in their
homes for the night. They stayed
there trying to get news over the
radio until about 10:30 p. m., when
a single bomber came over. They
decided they had better go to a
safer place; so they called the po-
lice, who took them back into the
hills to the home for the feeble
minded, where they were taking all
women and children. Later, before
Major Moore found them, they
were taken into the home of the
superintendent of a sugar planta-
tion. It was there that he located
them on Tuesday.

"We stayed in our homes until
March when the baby and I left
for the States," said Bryant. "We
came home by clipper and after we 9
were over half way here, we had
to turn back because of the weath-
er. Three days later we started
again and finally made the trip to
San Francisco in less than a day.
We could only take 15 pounds of
luggage on the clipper, but the
government later sent all the other
things by boat."

Mrs. Moore is the former Bryant
Holsenbeck. She attended Agnes
Scott for three years before her
marriage, and graduated today.
Major Moore is a graduate
of Georgia Tech, and he received
his commision in the Marines in
1939 following his graduation. Both
are natives of Georgia.

The goal of the Second War
Loan drive is 13 billion dol-
j lars. That is just about one
fifth of the estimated increase
of the Public Debt for the fis-
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943

Page 3

Seniors Bequeath Favorite C

Engagement Rings

By Anne Paisley

STATE OF GEORGIA,
DeKalb County.

We, the Senior Class of 1943,
being in sound mind and of dur-
able last, do make this our last
will and testatment bequeathing
to this beloved Alma Mater for
use in future' year, those qualities
which have made us so much
a part of herself.

Section I. To our faculty, the
Administration, and the Board of
Trustees, we leave our sincerest
best wishes for having such a pro-
found influence over us, and the
hopes that they will not thereby
feel responsible for all that comes
to pass among us.

Section II. To the Junior Class,
with whom we have fought physi-
cally and mentally through these
last three years, we give the right
and privilege to become Seniors,
and the thanks for their coopera-
tion throughout, above and beyond
the call of duty.

Section JJL To the underclass-
men and all fellow-laborers on this
campus, we leave our high hopes
in order that they may have and
hold that which we have had and
lose hold, if they may find out
what it is.

Section IV. We, the undersign-
ed members of the Senior Class,
bequeath to our friends and other-
wise, those more tangible traits
and characteristics for which we
have been so obviously known.

Article 1. I, Emily Anderson,
bequeath to anyone who dares, the
ability to wait till the next-to-
last week of school and then set
June 5th as her wedding date.

Article 2. I, Mary Anne Atkins
Paschal, together with Ruth Ku-
niansky Willner, and Dorothy
Hopkins McClure, do leave be-
hind to Quincy Mills Jones, Mar-
garet Cathcart Hilburn, Sylvia
McConnell Carter, Robin Taylor
Horneffer, the certain knowledge
and assurance that you can be
married and graduate in four
years.

Article 3. I, Mary Jane Auld,
pass on to Kay Bisceglia my won-
derful tan, with the full apprecia-
tion of its value, and the certain
knowledge that its quality is be-
yond reproach.

Article 4. I, Mamie Sue Barker,
with true patriotic zeal, will "scob
my knob" in order to give my wig
(which has given me excellent
service) to anyone who, because
of rationing of hydrogen peroxide,
is beginning to show her true
colors.

Article 5. I, Florence Elizabeth
Bates, bequeath my senior dignity
and charm to the poet laureate of
the Senior class in order that
Tuggle may take life easier and
may reserve some of that "Bang
appeal" for which she is so well
you know.

Article 6. I, Ruth McNeill Biggs,
will to Bunny Gray my ability to
not get stepped on, and if lost,
the certainty of always finding
oneself where one belongs.

Article 7. We, Mary Brock and
Dot Nash leave to the day stu-
dents of 1945 (when the dormi-
tories may not be so crowded) the
ability to board and not be bored
by being campused forever.

Article 8. We, Betty Brougher,
Martha Dale, Caroline Smith and
Marjorie Weisman, will to Bette
and Kathleen Wade, and Agnes
Waters the patriotic desires to join

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Article 9. I, Flora Alderman
Campbell, bequeath to Camilla
Moore with sincere pleasure the
job of heading the A. S. C. T. C. S.
(Agnes Scott College Tin Can
Smashers), because with such co-
operation as that of our faculty
who do long to give so much leis-
ure time to the work you could
never "hate the American Tomato
Co."

Article 10. I, Betty Carver, will
my interest in economics and
sociology to Ceevah Rosenthal in
order that she may continue her
work with family welfare and
child care.

Article 11. We, Hester Chafin
and Mabel Stowe, give to any fu-
ture Greek majors the impression
we have always conveyed of look-
ing beautiful and not being at all
so dumb.

Article 12. We, Alice Clements
and Leona Leavitt, give to Cotil-
lion Club our rhymical apprecia-
tion of fine music in the hope that
the service Cotillion Club offers
service men may be thereby im-
proved.

Article 13. I, Mary Ann Coch-
ran, leave to Carolyn Daniel,
Barbara Frink, and Soozi Rich-
ardson, the ability to be class pres-
ident and still wear a look of
serene sanity and sanctimonious
sweetness.

Article 14. I, Joella Craig,
realizing as none other could, my
insane trepidation in the presence
of my better, my utter lack of
immaturity, my poor speech and
pitiful singing, bequeath my one
talent "which could be death to
hide" my ability to yodel, to Miss
Scandrett and Mr. Jones in order
that they will not have to screech
their whistle in the night hours.

Article 15. I, Laura Lewis Cum-
ming, give my ability to come out
to the penny in the Silhouette ac-
counts to Mr. Tart, as he has had
such a hard year trying to make
ends meet.

Article 16. I, Jane Dinsmore,
could wish upon no one my reputa-
tion of being late, so leave my
ability to draw to Pobai Crane
with full appreciation of the strug-
gle she has had.

Article 17. We, Marg Downie,
Chunkie Hale, Sterley Lebey,
Polly Lyndon, Ann Scott, Becky
Smith, Marjie Wilson, Nancy
Louise (once was) Hirsh, bequeath
our family heirlooms which we
have worn so convincingly to those
members of the Junior class who
so desperately long for them and
need them. Since they know very
well who they are, and the time
is too short to permit me to read
the list, I will refrain.

Article 18. I, Betty DuBose,
bequeath my terrific exuberance
to Jo Young, whose apathy has

caused many to not be "sjo
Young."

Article 19. We, Theo Jane El-
liott, and Patricia Elizabeth Perry,
give to Mary Louise Duffee,
Madeline Hosmer, and any other
aspiring Emory co-eds the ingen-
uity, coolness and sophistocation
which it takes to drive a red car
to Emory every day and come
back from Emory in that red car
every day except now we are
giving it to the O. P. A. so what's
it to ya?

Article 20. We, Ann Flow-
ers and Ruby Rosser, together
with Nancy Green and Elizabeth
Hartsfield give to all roommates
on the campus that it is best not
to room with an actress you
might be one or a Phi Beta Kappa
'cause look what we've done!

Article 21. I, Anne Frierson,
will my knowledge of the Naval
Air Force to Secretary Knox, in
hopes that it will enable the fires
of Europe to soon be merely
Smoak.

Article 22. We, Irene Russell
Gordon, and Margaret Shaw,
leave with the campus the knowl-
edge that it has a secret charm
which brings back lost sheep to
the fold.

Article 23. I, Susan Guthrie,
leave my interest in hockey to
Zena Harris in the hopes that
she will profit thereby.

Article 24. I, Swanna Elizabeth
Henderson, give to Dr. McCain
my favorite recording "Oh,
Lucky, Lucky Jim" it is guar-
anteed to make him smile.

Article 25. I, Ann Hilsman, in
due respect to my height, bequeath
to the Harvard "susters" the abil-
ity to have your head in the
clouds and "keep your feet on the
ground."

Article 26. I, Marjorie Hogan,
bequeath my ability to get every-
thing done on time, to Flossie
McKee this is our time, not Cen-
tral Standard Time.

Article 27. I, Dorothy Con-
rad Holloran Addison, bequeath to
Ruth Mary Kolthoff a booklet,
From Mortar Board to Marriage,
in order that she may save every
possible moment for her honey-
moon.

Article 28. I, Mary Alexander
Hopper, give to none other than
George Thompson Brown, my
worldly goods and all qualities
very particularly mine.

Article 29. I, Sally Sue Howe,
leave to my namesake, Sallie Sue
Stephenson, the gracious trait of
composure and dignity only when
it is necessary.

Article 30. I, Miriam Jester,
bequeath my ability to teach
school and create admiration
among the pupils to the faculty
at Agnes Scott College particu-
larly Mr. Stukes.

Article 31. We, Betty Jones, j
Lib Jones, Helen Smith, Caroline

Smith, Martha Anne Smith and
Becky Smith give to Yolanda
Bernabe, Katherine Maria Bea-
trice Bisceglia, Catherine Cornish
Steinback, Oneida Woolford, Har-
riet Dougherty, Betty Zumwinkel,
Helen Beidelman and their fellow
sufferers a name that is guaran-
teed to last a life time and still
look the same.

Article 32. We, Frances Kaiser
and Ruth Lineback leave our hon-
orary keys and pins to Mary Carr,
who enjoys wearing such.

Article 33. I, Mary Littlepage
Lancaster, bequeath my knowl-
edge of how to win men and leave
them to Bettye Ashcraft in the
hopes that she may also be grace-
ful in doing so.

Article 34. I, Bennye Linzy,
leave my malicious ability to imi-
tate to the Seniorpolitan Opera
Co., or the Faculty Revue
whichever needs it most.

Article 35. I, Virginia Lucas
leave my establishments to the
administration because of the
fundamental need for freedom of
speech.

Article 36. I, Wallace Lyons,
leave my bicycle to the dating
facilities in Main, since cars are
rationed it is only built for one
so I won't need it any more.

Article 37. I, Mary Estill Mar-
tin, leave my frost-bitten fingers
and gnawed pencil from the
hockey sports column to Margaret
Drummond with the realization
that it is a thankless task.

Article 38. I, Carolyn Michaux,
bequeath my store of books from
the classics to the Victory Book
campaign so that an appreciation
for the classics may be developed
for Army morale.

Article 39. I, Bryant Moore,
bequeath my daughter to the Jun-
ior class to be mascot since she
embodies the spirit of the Senior
class.

Article 40. I, Jean Moore, be-
queath my love for social affairs
to Claire Bennett, realizing that
the night hours are perfect for
rainy walks.

Article 41. I, Betty Pegram,
having resigned myself to quoting
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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943

Future Walhalla Executive
Looks Ahead for Hottentots

By Joella Craig

(Copy of a speech to the class of 1943 at their 20th re-
union, Hopkins hall dining room, May 30, 1963.)

My classmates of old, I take great pleasure in having a
part on the program at this memorable occasion. You have
asked that I tell you about our lives today; they are happy
lives.

Many of us are having our 20th wedding anniversary this
week. Congratulations to each of

you.

Miss Kay Wright has a school
for young ladies at her home in
Florida. It has been said that this
school is unexcelled. Miss Nancy
Thomison is the professor of Edu-
cation, Art History and Greek
Thought.

Frances Radford has a large
chicken farm in South Georgia,
and is now life-president of the
Southeastern Poultry Association.

Martha Dale, editor of the Mad-
rid Daily News, has Bennye Linzy
writing feature articles for that
publication.

Betty Henderson is personnel
manager of Macy's in N. Y., where
she takes time off to show all
A. S. alumnae around the store.
Dottie Nash, of the bridal depart-
ment, is planning the wedding of
Bryant Moore's daughter.

Flora Campbell, who, as you
remember was in charge of tin
can smashing our senior year, is
an executive in a tin can company
in Pennsylvania. It is rumored
that she wants to get even in the
next war.

Martha Ann Smith, under the
guidance of Emily Anderson High-
tower, is the leader of an all-girl
jazz band in Atlanta. They have
just completed a tour of the Wes-
tern United States.

The latest issue of the AURORA
shows Margaret Downie modeling
a striking ensemble of white
coat, hat and boots in an adver-
tisement for Uneeda Bakers.
Movie Stars

Page Lancaster of Hollywood,
has retired from the screen, along
with Ruby Rosser, to assume a
coaching position in dramatics.
Alice Clements was the director of
their last movie, "The Seasons."

Speaking of coaching, Virginia
Lucas has joined the faculty at
A. S. C. as a member of the speech
department.

Mrs. Leona Leavitt Brown is
now house mother of the K. A.'s
at the Georgia School of Technol-
ogy.

Misses Mary Brock and Ann
Hilsman are president and vice-
president respectively of Brock-
Hilsman, Inc., the former Lord
and Taylor, where Mabel Stowe
and Hester Chafin are models.
Nancy Hirsh Rosengarten is the
buyer for the store.

Ruth Biggs and Betty DuBose
are prominent social workers of
Lumberton, N. C.

Sally Sue Howe and Miriam
Jester, the Florence Nightingale's
of the air, plan the routes for
all of San Francisco's incoming
and outgoing air traffic.

The best known charm ladies
of the East are Mary Ann Coch-
ran and Irene Gordon, who have
recently returned from Smith and
Vassar, where they lectured joint-
ly on "What is Charm?"

Miss Laura dimming, the Elsa
Maxwell of Griffin, Ga., has a
day-bed in her lovely home for
those of us who may run in un-
expectedly for the night.

Decatur Theatre

June 2 Ted Flo Ritn's Orchestra and The

Mill Brothers tn "Rhythm Parade."
June 3-4 Ida Luplno and Monty Wooley In

"Life Begins at 8:30."
June 5 "Bad Men of the Hill?" and

' Bundle's Blessed Evmt "
June 7-8-Ceor>re Montgomery and Gene

Tierney in "China Girl."

Mrs. Mary Ann Atkins Paschal
and Helen Summerour Zimmer-
man have started a Tuesday af-
ternoon ladies aid society. Mrs.
Dorothy Holloran Addison, Mrs.
Dorothy Hopkins McClure and
Mrs. Ruth Kuniansky Willner are
charter members.

Admiral Marjorie Weissman was
a recent visitor to England where
she saw Betty Brougher and Caro-
line Smith take high honors in
the Brittington Horse Show. They
had tea with Ann Frierson of the
Oxford faculty.

Col. Margie Wilson Ligon, com-
manding officer of the Clemson
R. O. T. C, has just been trans-
ferred to West Point as an in-
structor there.

Taxi Service
Jane Dinsmore Operates a taxi
service from the car line in At-
lanta to Agnes Scott. She makes
it in record time.

The International Red Cross is
ably headed by Annette Mitchell
Flowers, of our class, and the
publicity is being handled by Pat
Stokes Barnes in her spare time.

Mamie Sue Barker and Lib
Jones have returned for a fur-
lough from the mission, field, where
they report having seen Anne
Paisley Boyd and Ann Scott Wil-
kinson recently.

Girl Scout regional director is
Ruth Lineback.

Betty Pegram and Majie Auld
are still meeting often in N. Y.
on weekend vacations from their
work. And Jane Elliott has writ-
ten a new book there is a limited
number of copies in the college
bookstore.

The capable editor of Esquire
Magazine is none other than our
own Jean Moore.

Among research scientists of
DuPont Co., of Charleston, W. Va.,
are Betty Bates and Rebecca
Smith ,and the president of C. E.
Ward Co., is Mary Ward. Caps
and gowns are rented to Agnes
Scott seniors at the special price
of 2 for 50 cents.

Mrs. Wilkin's Cook Book of
the Atlanta Journal Magazine sec-
tion has had a grand reception
in this area. (Mrs. Wilkins will
be remembered as Miss Susan
Spurlock.) Mrs. Helen Hale Law-
ton and Mrs. Clara Rountree
Couch made several worthy con-
tributions to this section.

Literary Lights

The Nobel Prize has just been
won by Beauty and Brains, written
by Nancy Green, Margaret Shaw,
and Elizabeth Hartsfield.

Carolyn Michaux, Wallace
Lyons, and Susan Guthrie are with
us today after extensive travelling
in Greece.

Sterly Lebey is a well-known
social light in Savannah. She en-

Senior Will

(Continued from Page 3)

the campus this year, speak now
for myself to bequeath my interest
in H201t to the future transfers
of Agnes Scott.

Article 42. I, Frances Clyde
Radford, having slowly lost my
mind, give my firm foundation
to any tottering Hottentots, in the
hopes that it will not pick the
most inconvenient times to give
way. Clutch my crutch!

Article 43. I, Lillian Roberts,
give my home to be A. A.'s open
house for always since it has
been free for all so long.

Article 44. I, Susan Spurlock,
bequeath the name Leonard to the
first boy baby born in the Junior
class, because Leonard, Jr., is
such a good name.

Article 45. I, Aileen Still, be-
queath my curly locks to Smiley
Williams in order to make the
freshmen feel at home next year.

Article 46. I, Regina Pinkston
Stokes, bequeath to Patricia Mor-
ford Evans the name "Pat," that
she may long cherish the beauty
and simplicity of its sound.

Article 47. I, Rosalie Sturtevant,
bequeath to Eta Sigma Phi, my
unflagging interest in the progress
of society and the progress
of the world influenced by Greek
culture.

Article 48. I, Helen Summer-
our, give my honeymoon to any-
one who wishes it; it means little
to me.

Article 49. I, Nancy Thomison,
will my ability to live with Joella
and the Freshmen and still recom-
mend Inman to those seniors who

tertained recently for Betty Car-
ver, Marge Hogon, and Betty
Jones, who have been at the
beach for the past few weeks.
These guests are leaving soon to
visit Misses Lillian Roberts, and
Barbara Wilber at the summer
home in Highlands, N. C.

.Mardia Hopper is organist at
the "Little Church around the
Corner" and sees Anne Wilds fre-
quently. Anne is Sunday school
superintendent of a near-by
church.

Arthur Murray has been suc-
ceeded by Aileen Still and Rosalie
Sturdevant.

An expedition to the jungles
of South America, which seeks to
disvocer the rubber bug, has in its
party Mary Estill Martin, Polly
Lyndon and Frances Kaiser.

The new mayor, town clerk,
president, vice-president, secre-
tary, treasurer, and publicity man-
ager of the Walhalla Chamber of
Commerce is Guess Who.

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Breakfast Honors
Seniors, Sophs

Combining two previous tradi-
tional functions, the senior and
sophomore classes collaborated
yesterday morning and entertain-
ed each other at a breakfast at
the Ansley Rainbow Roof.

Marjorie Wilson, senior, and
Barbara Frink, sophomore, were
in charge for their respective
classes. Providing entertainment
were Jeanne Newton, Joella Craig,
and Mable Stowe, vocalists; Emily
Ann Singletary and Page Lancas-
ter, readers; and Betty Jane Han-
cock, musician.

The color scheme of pink and
white was carried out by cut flow-
ers adorning the center of the
tables. Placards for the seniors
took the form of small Mortar
Board caps while those of the
sophomores were cut in the shape
of daisies.

Marriage

(Continued from Page 1)

job prospect in the Pan-American
Union in Miami. Airway Traffic
Control division at the local air-
port will claim Mariam Jester and
Sally Sue Howe. Planning to teach
school are Page Lancaster, Leona
Leavitt and Sterly Lebey. Raddy
may go to the Hartford Retreat
or then again may not, as she
is considering several things.

Mary Ann Cochran and Ann
Frierson will attend business
school this fall. Ann Flowers
hopes to do Red Cross social work
and Ruby Rosser hopes eventual-
ly to go to dramatic school in
New York City. Lending their
brain power to banks will be
Laura Cumming and Pat Perry.

Ruth Lineback is going on to
Yale University Graduate school
to work for her masters in Botany.
The book store will claim Joella
Craig for next year.

will find themselves in Inman next
year.

Article 50. I, Mary Elizabeth
Ward, bequeath to all treasurers
the privilege of collecting dues
which some people seem to think
is unlawful to due.

Article 51. I, Anne Taylor
Wilds, bequeath to those who plan
to go to the "Wilds" a booklet
of Bakuba and a real honest-to-
goodness African costume.

Article 52. I, Katherine Jean-

Seniors End
Vesper Series

"And Jesus increased in wis-
dom and stature and in favor with
God and man," the theme of Sun-
day night vespers for May, was
was used again Sunday night, May
30, when the senior class, climax-
ing the month and marking the
last vesper service for this year's
graduating class, took charge of
vespers. The previous vesper serv-
ices for* the month were in the
charge of the other three classes.

Mary Ann Cochran, president of
the senior class, presided over the
service and introduced the speak-
er, Kay Wright, vice-president of
the Christian Association.

Another highlight of the serv-
ice was a vocal solo by Mable
Stowe.

Four Retire

(Continued from Page 1)

Now I can devote all my time to
keeping house and painting."

Mr. Cunningham's retirement
July 1 will round out exactly thir-
ty-two years of service at Agnes
Scott. He served as business man-
ager of Winthrop College for six-
teen years before coming to Agnes
Scott in 1911. "After forty-eight
years' experience with girls' col-
leges," Mr. Cunningham laughed,
"I feel as if I were just 'one of
the girls'."

Mr. Cunningham said that what
he had enjoyed most during his
years here was forming so many
friendships. "That's really the best
part of life," he added. The Cunn-
inghams will continue to live in
Decatur.

Miss Torrance, who became a
teacher at Agnes Scott Academy
in 1913, will also continue to live
in Decatur, where she and her sis-
ter own a home. She plans to de-
vote her time to gardening.

ette Wright, bequeath my "pla-
tonic friendship" for "Dixie" to
those Yankees in our midst.

Article 53. I, Anne Paisley, give
myself away.

On this the 31st day of May,
in the year of our Lord, 1943,
on the Campus of Agnes Scott
College, Decatur, Georgia.

Witnesses: The Passers, The
Pass-outers.

Anne Paisley, testator.

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Page 5

"We're Learning/ Says Goodrich C. White

(Continued from Page 1)
We're learning," he speaks for hu-
mankind.

"Every good and excellent thing
in the world stands moment by
moment on the razor-edge of dan-
ger and must be fought for."

The war in which we are now
engaged and which has affected,
which affects daily and hourly, the
lives of every one of us is no new
thing. It is, in a new form and on
a vaster scale, part of the oldest
struggle of mankind: the struggle
of ideals against savage ruthless-
ness; of human worth and dignity
against mad and selfish tyranny;
of justice and human rights and
human freedom against the lust
for power; of right against wrong.
Story of Mankind Is a Struggle

The whole story of mankind is
the story of this struggle. It has
not always been a struggle on the
battlefield between contending
armies. It is a struggle that has
gone on in quiet libraries and se-
questered laboratories; in the par-
liaments of free peoples and in
courts of law; in college and uni-
versity class rooms and in town
meetings; in ancient Athens as
Socrates drank the hemlock; in
Jerusalem and at Calvary; at Run-
nymede and at Wittenberg; in the
Hague and in Geneva. And it is a
struggle that has gone on in the
mind and heart of every individual
who has seized upon some "good
and excellent thing" that must be
fought for if it is to be preserved
in his own life or in the common
life of which he is a part. For it
stands this good and excellent
thing moment by moment on the
razor edge of danger.

Living is struggle. I do not know
why it must be so; but it is so.
And this is a time of challenge to
the colleges of our country to jus-
tify themselves as effective parti-
cipants in the struggle for the good
and the excellent. Perhaps we
have been too complacent. Per-
haps we have taken too much for
granted. Perhaps we have assum-
ed too easily that the fine and high
things for which the colleges have
stood would survive because of
their goodness and their excel-
lence; that it would not be neces-
sary to fight for them. Perhaps
we have been selfishly indifferent
to the struggles of the masses of
mankind as we, a select and fav-
ored few, have found satisfaction
in intellectual pursuits and in the
enjoyment of the beauty which we
come to know in the arts. Perhaps
we have interpreted goodness in
too negative and too passive a
sense.

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Perhaps that is why we yield at
times to the temptation to feel
something of futility in such cere-
monies as these in the rush of the
portentous events in the midst of
which we live. Of what signifi-
cance are academic processions
and the pomp and ceremony of
flowing gown and multicolored
hood and tasselled mortar board
when we, as a nation, are fighting
for the survival of our institu-
tions and our ideals against the
forces of intolerance and of ruth-
less tyranny?

Ceremonies Are Symbolic

The answer is, I think, that such
ceremonies and such pageantry
are symbolic of the very things
for whose survival we fight. Here
is symbolized the freedom to seek
and to teach the truth such free-
dom as undergirds the other free-
doms for which mankind struggles
unceasingly. Here is symbolized
the heritage that is ours from the
early days of Bologna and of
Paris, of Oxford and of Cam-
bridge, of Leyden and of Heidel-
berg, of Harvard and of William
and Mary.

This is a difficult time for col-
leges everywhere. But it must not
be for them a time of despair.
Much that we cherish is sacri-
ficed for the time being. We de-
vote much of our effort to imme-
diate ends whereas in better days
we would work for long range ob-
jectives. But we must not yield
our faith in the enduring values,
in the eternal verities. With quiet
confidence and unshaken poise we
must be able to see a college such
as this as the final citadel of these
values and these verities.

And it is to the women's colleges
that just now we must look with
special hope and confidence. Wom-
en will be called to war service of
many kinds. And they will go, as
their brothers are going, willingly
and eagerly. But there is no evi-
dence as yet that the women's col-
leges will have to be so completely
devoted to immediate war ends as
will the colleges for men. And it
may be that in them, for the years
just ahead, there will be the op-
portunity to keep alight the torch
of liberal ideals in learning and in
living, even if that opportunity is
denied the colleges for men.

The ceremonies of this hour
must be projected against the
background of a world at war,
with our own nation girded as nev-
er before in its history for the de-
fense of its institutions and its
ideals. And more. Men must be
free, the Atlantic Charter pro-
claims not only in America, not
only in Great Britain, but "every-
where in the world" "anywhere
in the world." We battle again for
freedom for all mankind.

War Does Not End War

It is not the first time we have
been so committed. We bought an
earlier war to end war and to
make the world safe for democ-
racy. Today we do not talk much
about a war to end war. Perhaps
we have learned that war does not
end war. Today we talk much
about the post-war world. Per-

haps we will be warned by the
"memory of our mistakes." Per-
haps this time the voices that
speak to us out of history and out
of great books will guide us. If
not, we shall fail again; and we
shall have to go to war again. If
when the last bomb in this war has
fallen and the last gun has been
silenced we as a people withdraw
again from the struggle to make
this "one world" a world of jus-
tice and of brotherhood and of
freedom, we shall start straight-
way on the road to another and an
even more terrible struggle. If
our yearning for peace and pros-
perity and "normalcy" becomes
again a negative- and a selfish
thing; if we content ourselves with
bland disapproval of war as an
instrument of national policy and
do nothing to remove the causes
of war; if once more we enter a
disclaimer of any responsibility
for what happens in the rest of
the world so long as we can pros-
per and grow fat catastrophe as
the outcome is inevitable.

Interpretation of the things that
happen day by day, as we watch
and listen and wait with bated
breath, is vain. Prophecy is im-
possible. Only the perspective of
the decades and the centuries can
possibly tell us what it all means.
Certainly we are in the midst of
one of the great catastrophic
epochs of history out of which
4 may come in the slow course, may-
hap of centuries, a world civiliza-
tion. Back of the chaos and horror
of war are the clash if ideals and
the conflict of philosophies of gov-
ernment and of life. Such things
we cannot forget.

We Fight at Home

But we must not forget, too,
that we must fight at home as well
as on foreign battlefields and in in-
ternational assemblages for the
good and excellent things. These
things are on "the razor edge of
danger" here at home, in our own
communities, among our own peo-
ple. Are we big enough to take
into the circle of "our own" those
Americans whose background and
whose heritage are different from
ours but whose human claims to
freedom and to opportunity are as
valid as ours ? Our "American way
of life" must mean for us an ideal
as yet unattained, else it becomes
mockery. It cannot mean, if it is
to accord with our professed
ideals, a self-satisfied return to
things as they have been. The
struggle against selfishness and
pettiness and injustice and cruelty
in our own America must be just
as much a part of our thinking of
the post-war world for which we
plan as is the reordering of the
pattern of international relation-
ships. And for most of us it will be
a more intimate and a more per-
sonal struggle, demanding more of
courage and of character.

And one thing more we must not
forget and it is implied in what
I have already said. We must not
forget, in the midst of the confu-
sion and the bitterness and the
hate of war, that the freedom of
mankind will not finally be as-

Seniors Hear Documents,
Stack Books, Cap Juniors

Members of the class of '43 held.
Class Day exercises yesterday in
the May Day Dell. The seniors
were escorted to the Dell by the
sophomores bearing the traditional
daisy chain.

Feature of the afternoon was
the reading of the class will,
prophecy, history, and poem, all
of which are printed elsewhere in
the NEWS.

Mascot of the class this year
was young Winship Leadingham,
grandson of George Winship, pres-
ident of the Board of Trustees.

Later Monday evening the sen-
iors held the annual stacking of
books and capped the juniors.

sured by the arbitrament of arms
or even by the decisions of tribun-
als of domestic or of international
justice. The nature and the perm-
anence of the peace that will come
will in the end depend upon the
nature of the men and women who
make it and for whom it is made.
And the ultimate society will be a
civilized society only if there can
develop in it to guide it, in the
lesser things as well as in the
great, personalities marked by a
fine serenity, a mature wisdom, a
rare quality of spirit, a richness
and resource of the inner life. In
our own personal lives, as well as
in national and international af-
fairs, the good and the excellent
things are moment by moment on
the razor-edge of danger and must
be fought for. To prepare us for
that fight colleges such as this
exist.

World Battlefronts

We fight now on world-wide bat-
tlefronts for the things that we
value most: the fine and high
things of the mind and spirit, the
ideals of truth and freedom, of jus-
tice and of brotherhood. These are
the things for which the liberal
college stands; the love of them it
seeks to implant in human minds
and hearts. As we fight for them
on land and on the sea and in
the air we must not lose them out
of our own lives. We must win the
war. To that end we must give
to the uttermost. But it will be
tragedy unmitigated if in winning
the war we lose every aspiration
and ideal for which we fight; if
we allow hate to supplant love in
our hearts, and blind and bitter

Ruth Lineback Wins
Mortar Board Prize

Ruth Lineback, editor of the
1943 SILHOUETTE, and member
of the Agnes Scott chapter of
Mortar Board, was notified Friday
that she was the winner of one
of the two Mortar Board fellow-
ships awarded nationally.

The fellowships, $500 to be ap-
plied at the school of the winner's
choice, are awarded annually to
members of Mortar Board. Ruth
plans to use her fellowship at
Yale, where she already holds a
fellowship to continue her study
of biology.

prejudice to govern instead of rea-
soned justice.

The juggernaut of war will
some day be stopped. Peace will
some day come. And we must
cling, even if at times with des-
peration, to the faith that some
day men will be able to reason to-
gether, the pledged word of the
leaders of nations can be trusted,
the destinies of the common man
will be settled at the council table
rather than on the battlefield, se-
curity will be assured, man's no-
bler motives and aspirations will
dominate his strivings, and the
life abundant will be possible for
all.

Ours is a "chance to build new
worlds." God has given us that.
Let us hope that we will listen to
the voices He has given us to guide
us; that we will be warned by the
memory of our mistakes. The end
of the play "isn't written yet."
We may have to "go on for ages
and ages yet." But let us hope
that we've learned that we are
learning. May it be true of us, as
of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus: "Their
heads are full of plans and they're
as confident as the first day they
began."

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AGNES SCOTT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1943

Trustees Honor Retiring Faculty

Miss Louise G. Lewis,
Agnes Scott College.
My dear Miss Lewis:

As you may possibly know, the Board
of Trustees of the college met today, and
the Committee on Faculty brought to
our attention a report on your service
to Agnes Scott during forty-three years!
As chairman of the board, I was given
the privilege of writing to you and of
expressing our thanks for all you have
meant to the institution.

So far as I am aware, you rank next
to Miss Nannette Hopkins and Miss
Louise McKinney in the length of serv-
ice given to Agnes Scott, and you have
rendered a fine service throughout the
years.

The entire college community have en-
joyed the pictures which you have
painted and are proud that you have
had commissions to paint important
people elsewhere. v We appreciate the
fact that you have studied widely and
have kept up your interest in various
fields and types of art.

You have won high regard from fac-
ulty and students and have been able to
contribute a great deal toward the cul-
tural development of many Agnes Scott
girls through your lectures as well as
through your studio work.

The fact that the students regard you
as a thorough lady and as maintaining
in looks and conduct fine ideals has giv-
en dignity and value to your depart-
ment.

We are glad that you are to live in
the community and that your college
friends will be able to see you from time
to time.

Wishing you all personal blessings,
I am,

Cordially,

George Winship,

Chairman.

Dr. Catherine Torrance,
Agnes Scott College.
My dear Dr. Torrance:

Through a resolution adopted by the
Agnes Scott trustees today, I am given
the pleasant duty of writing to you a
note of appreciation for your thirty
years of service to the college. It is a
remarkable record.

We know that your field of teaching
has been largely in Greek and Latin,
and the fact that Agnes Scott has been
outstanding in these subjects is un-
doubtedly due in considerable measure
to your leadership and effective teach-
ing. While present conditions have
seemed to minimize the importance of
the classics, our trustees believe that
there is a real future for these languages
and look forward with confidence to a
revival of interest after the emergency.

We realize that you have been very
active in committee work at the college
and have carried these responsibilities
in addition to your departmental work.
You have worked well with your fellow
teachers.

So far as we are able to learn, one of
your great contributions in the field of
education is the personal contacts
which you have had with your students
and your personal influence on them
both in college and after they leave.
We are quite sure that Agnes Scott
alumnae everywhere love you and trust
you.

We are pleased that you are to live in
the community and th|t we will have
opportunities of seeing you from time
to time.

Cordially,

George Winship,

Chairman.

Dr. Alma Sydenstricker,

Agnes Scott College.

My dear Dr. Sydenstricker:

At their meeting today, the trustees
of Agnes Scott College have been
greatly impressed with the report of
your service to the college during twen-
ty-six years, and I have been given the
privilege of sending you a note of ap-
preciation.

I think our board would be almost

unanimous in feeling that the Bible de-
partment is the most important one in
connection with the entire college. It
was the only one mentioned in "The
Agnes Scott Ideal."

We are very grateful to you for the
fine service which you have done in de-
veloping and maintaining this part of
our college program. You have kept
abreast of modern thought and have
been able to bring fresh and interesting
viewpoints; and yet we have never
doubted your 100 per cent loyalty to the
fundamentals of the Gospel and to the
finer spiritual values.

We appreciate the emphasis which
you have given to a broad understand-
ing of the background of the Bible and
your determination that there must be
an intellectual understanding as well as
an emotional response.

We know that a great many Agnes
Scott students have been blessed in your
teaching and influence and that many
who do not yet realize the values will
come to appreciate them as the years
Rass.

We will certainly miss you a great
deal at Agnes Scott and hope that it
may be possible for ,you to visit us often.
With best wishes, I am,
; Cordially,

George Winship,

Chairman.

Mr. R. B. Cunningham,

Agnes Scott College.

My dear Mr. Cunningham:

The trustees have noted with much
interest your thirty-two years of work
at Agnes Scott and have requested that
I send you a note of appreciation. It
gives me pleasure to do so.

You came to the college at a time
when it had very meager resources and
when every dollar must be used to the
greatest possible advantage. From the
earliest days, you showed ability to give
an economical and, at the same time,
practical administration of our funds.
You were frequently able yourself to
undertake plans and to carry them out
which ordinarily might call for expen-
sive supervision and overhead.

In the planning for new buildings and
new development, you have shown fine
judgment and unusual common sense in
working out details which will make
for simple and economical upkeep in the
future. We know that Dr. McCain has
relied very largely upon you for advice
and guidance in all campus problems.

Your position has been a difficult one
because it has been necessary to deny
many applications for projects which we
could not afford; but you have been able
to maintain the confidence and high re-
gard of faculty and officers, and of stu-
dents as well.

We value most your Christian charac-
ter and leadership and the good influ-
ence which you have exerted in the com-
munity, in the church, and particularly
here at the college.

It is a satisfaction to us that you are
to live in the community and that we
will have opportunities in the future to
profit by your accumulated wisdom and
experience and to enjoy your fellowship.

With best wishes for you and your
family, I am,

Cordially,

George Winship,
Chairman.

Dear Diary

SEPTEMBER

14 School opens amid squeals and gig-
gles, and the frosh arrive in their
new bib and tuckers.

18 Tuggle holds first "Student Meet-
ing" wearing a toga.

26 A. A. Open House in the gym ex-
cuse me skating rink!

23 Mortar Board parties for frosh be-
gin with skating and square danc-
ing.

Jane Elliott Writes Senior Poem

In senior guise we raise our eyes
To the towers of Agnes Scott
And sing the praise of college days
And the home of the Hottentot.

This year's graduate on this class-day date,
Looking back over four long years
Can still remember the first September
And the salt taste of homesick tears . . .

Buttrick and Presser (which still obsess her
With thoughts of chapel and class).
Warm red brick and books three inches thick,
The Merit when she expected a Pass.

Roller skates and parlor dates
Christmas shopping and holly
Bookstore hours and sudden showers
And trips to town on the trolley . . .

Mailboxes and chatter, high heels' clatter,
Warm sun on a still afternoon . . .
Stunts and yells and clanging bells,
Graduation in June.

I'm afraid we're not much on nostalgia and such,
We of the senior class

But these memories cling and the thoughts that they bring
May fade, but they will not pass.

Jane Elliott.

OCTOBER

10 "With Malice Toward Alice" the
sophs win the Black Cat.

12 Hallett Abend, Far-Eastern cor-
respondent, open the lecture series.

13 Ten seniors make Who's Who.

16 Hallowe'en party opens stamp and

bond drive.
23 ** but don't forget Bataan," says

Col. George Clark, last officer to

leave there.

NOVEMBER

2 That old refrain Atlanta changes
the clock; we change class time;
everyone gets mixed up.

3 Three girls elected to Emory's Phi
Sigma, honorary science fraternity.

4 Cotillion club tries to make glamour
belles out of us by sponsoring five-
cent tea dances every Wednesday
afternoon.

6 Spoiled brats, pinafores, hair-rib-
bons, rompers, and Joella's P. H.
D.'s at Little Girls' Day.

7 But the seniors resume their dig-
nity and are invested.

12 Alumnae return to see "where I
went to school."

14 French fair with champagne, pas-
teries, 'n' everything.

20 Blackfriars make big hit with Let-
ters to Lucerne.

DECEMBER

12 Remember those smiles on the faces
on the children at the Christmas
Party ?

13 Tech choir blends its voices with
ours for the Christmas program.

16 And we all go home for a whole
month of Christmas holidays!

JANUARY

13 The holidaze end but we're glad to

get back especially the girls with

new rings to show off.
27 Sims, McCain, Hayes, Christian,

Inc., shine at Eta Sigma faculty

quiz.

30 Frosh add to the Red Cross with a
scavenger hunt and cake auction.

FEBRUARY

6 Not to be outdone, the sophs put

on a super skating party and show.
9-13 Bishop A. J. Moore leads an in-
spiring religious emphasis week.

20 The place is overrun with uniforms
for the junior banquet.

20 And Blackfriars presents Time for
Romance" to give banquet dates a
broad hint.

22 Seniors give Founder's Day pro-
gram in chapel.

26- 27 War Council sponsors confer-

ence on "College Women and the
Challenge in the World Today."

27 Dr. Margaret Mead, anthropologist,

closes conference with lecture.
MARCH

16 Exams began. With no hope for
spring holidays.
(By government request).

APRIL

1- 2 New officers elected for next

year.

2- 3 The Gondoliers with Tech and

Mr. Terry.

3 - New Mortar Boards announced with
'Koko" as president.

6 Angel robes and Saint Peter in the
long-awaited, long-advertised fac-
ulty revue, "Our Day and Wel-
come to It."

7 Edward Weeks, editor and author,
closes lecture series.

10 Mardi Gras with Tuggle at the
head. Of course it was grand!

MAY

1 The day is perfect for Mabel Stowe

and her May court.
1 Joella is a "Girl On a Golden

Quest."

5 Commencement parties begin with
junior-senior banquet.

8 Eight seniors and one alumna make
Phi Beta Kappa.

12 A. A. awards trophies at banquet.
The juniors win the cup.

19-26 The seniors do their last hair-
pulling over exams and then they're
free!

30 Bishop A. J. Moore gives the bac-
calaureate sermon.

31 The sophs carry the daisy chain for
their sisters' class day in the May
Day dell.

JUNE

1 Seventy-nine seniors become alum-
nae.

This year's seniors who wish to
have subscription for the AGNES
SCOTT NEWS for the year 1943-44
are requested to give their name,
address, and $1.25 to any of the fol-
lowing members of the staff: June
Lanier, Madeline Hosmer, or Mary
Carr.

The Agnes Scott News

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Tuesday, .June 1, 1943

No. 21

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
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