VOL. XI)( AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1933 NO. 1 Five Changes This Year Occur In the Faculty There are rive new members on the Agnes Scott faculty this year Yliss Mary Auten is taking Mrs. Lucille Coleman Chrisian's place as assistant in biology. Miss Auten was on the biology staff at Randolph-Macon for seven years. She received her Ph.D. from Ohio State University, and in ad- Nr-V;i> w he* .. oj 'h in 'he hiolagj de- partment she is doing research work here. Dr. Schuyler Christian is taking Dr. F. W. Cooke's place as professor of physics and astronomy. Dr. Christian did his undergraduate work at Emory University, and graduated with honor. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. Dr. Christian has taught at Emory, Oglethorpe, and Harvard. Miss Ada Foote and Miss Mildred Hooten are on the library staff. Miss Foote did her undergraduate work at Mississippi State Woman's College, and supplemented by a library course at Emory University. Miss Mildred Hocten received her B.A. here in 1933. Miss Page Ackerman, who also re- ceived her B.A. degree here in 1933, is an assistant in the gymnasium depart- ment. Miss Annie May Christie and Miss Ruth Pirkle are still away on leaves of absence. Miss Christie is working on her Ph.D. in the city, and Miss Pirkle is working on her Ph.D. at Columbia University. May Day Board , Now Announced DR. HOLMES IS FIRST LECTURER Dr__W G HplfQ of Obrrlin T T n ,_ versity is the first feature on the Lec- ture Association program for 193 3-34. His lecture entitled "The Dramatic Side of Science," will be given on No- vember 2 in the gymnasium. Dr. Holmes is a chemist of national fame, author of several widely used text- books, and a lecturer of note. The second feature of this year's program will be a dance recital given by Miss Isabel Cooper, head of the dancing department at Bryn Mawr College. Miss Cooper has studied with the Duncan sisters in Salzburg, Aus- tria, and has achieved fame because of the simplicity and grace of her inter- pretations. As a subsequent attraction, Upton Close, journalist and adventur- er, will be presented. He has traveled widely in the Orient, been reported dead three times, participated in several revolutions, and enjoyed many similar exciting adventures. The Lecture Association hopes to present two other features this year but no definite plans can be made un- til financial support from the student body has been secured. The season tickets are $2 and tickets to individ- ual lectures $1. These are being sold in every wing of the dormitories and in the day students' room, and students are urged to buy their tickets as soon (Con finned on page 5, column 4) The May Day committee for 193 3- 34 has been announced as follows: Chairman Mary Virginia Allen. Business manager Virginia Fisher. Costumes Elizabeth Johnson, chair- man; Dorothy Dickson, Alice ChamJee. Properties Mary Jane Evans. Scenario Mary Green, chairman. Music Martha 5}k~en, chairman; Dance Anna Humber, chairman; Ruth Shippey, Vera Pruitt. Posters Frances Miller, chairman. Publicity Nell Chamlee, chairman. Y. W. C. A. Edits Pamphlet About A. S. C. Vocations BLACK CAT WILL BE AWARDED ON OCT. 14 Dr. Allison to Be on Campus Dr. Fred Allison, prominent physic- ist and father of Elizabeth Allison of the class of '37, will probably be on the campus the end of this week. Dr. Allison is well known as the discoverer of elements 8 5 and 87 of the periodic scale by means of the magneto-optical method which he himself devised. He named the elements Virginium and Alabamium in honor of his native and adopted states. Dr. Allison is head of the physics department of Auburn. The plans for the freshman and sophomore stunts, to be given on Oc- tober 14, are well under way. The pep meetings which are being held every night in the chapel or in Mr. John- son's studio show that the stunts are being backed enthusiastically by both classes. Though the plans are secret, the committees have been announced as follows: Freshman Isabel McCain, chairman. Writing Barbara Hertwig, chair- man; Kitty Printup, June Matthews, Laura Steele, Frances Steele. Decoration Eloise Alexander, chair- man; Elizabeth Perrin, Mary King, Mary Gillespie, Julia Thing. Properties Cornelia Christie, chair- T~ , \jr ..J r t .i-ii, i laiiLi.) \>ci:_V, AlaU... .j. C t3xv\, Frances Belford, Florence Lasseter. Program Rachel Kennedy, chair- man; Thryrza Ellis, Nellie Margaret Gilroy, Frances McDonald, Fay Stev- ens. Costume Kathryn Bowen, chair- man; Lucile Dennison, Rachel Shamos, Ora Muse, Martha Head, Mildred Tilly, Eulalia Farr, Dorothy Peacock, Florence Little. Dancing Chrysanthy Tuntas, chairman; Mary Garland, Hetty Hark- nes, Wita Moreland, Marion Elizabeth Espy. Sophomore Frances James, chairman. Writing Anne Berry, chairman; Lena Armstrong, Doris Batsell, Au- gusta King. (Continued on page 5 y column 5) A vocational guidance pamphlet showing the various occupations which Agnes Scott alumnae have taken up is being compiled and will probably be published sometime this fall. The pam- phlet includes ten fields of work which have proved interesting to Agnes Scott graduates; each field is descrbi- ! <*d by an alumna in it. Int- >rmation is given concerning the necessary train- ing, personal qualifications, the salary to be expected, advantages and disad- vantages, and the best method to get a job along the given lines. Advertising is described by Miss Carolyn Essig, who is connected with Burdine's Department Store in Miami, Fla. She points out that the great ad- vantage is that no special training is necessary. Miss Mary Knight, the only woman on the United Press Paris staff, writes of journalism. "There is a feeling of satisfaction in having a hand in the shaping of public thought," she says. The opportunities for women law- yers are listed by Miss Frances Craig- head Dwyer, who is now practicing law in Atlanta. "Law work is alive," she says; "it is full of human interest. The woman lawyer has a daily oppor- (Continued on page 6, column 3) NEW STUDENTS AT A. S. C. REPRESENT 16 STATES Sixteen states are represented among the new students who enter Agnes Scott for the session 193 5-1934. Geor- gia leads, having ninety-three girls. South Carolina comes second with ten. Alabama has seven, Florida has five, Tennessee has four, and Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Vir- ginia each has three. Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and West Virginia each sends one rep- resentative. The larger number of girls are in the boarding department, where there are seventy new students, but the day student group has a close second in sixty-seven. Although the great majority of girls are entering as freshmen there are four- teen who enter as advanced standing students, and one who comes for spe- cial work. Other girls are registered and expect to enter later. Grouped according to states, the new girls are: Dr. E. Willcn Made jTalk to Students Dr. Edouard Willems, who as presi- dent of the University of Brussels has won world-wide recognition as an educational leader, discussed the neces- sity of mutual understanding through- out the world at chapel time Satur- day. Dr. W'illems was introduced by V.'- Ch-rles Candler, president r*$ the Emory board of trustees, as a well known doctor, explorer of the Congo, geologist, and leader of finance. LARGE NUMBER MAKE HONOR ROLL GRADES Rabbi Marks' Address Is First of Chapel Series Rabbi Marks, one of the outstand- ing Jewish leaders of Atlanta, spoke in chapel yesterday on what to him is the most significant thing in life. This talk was the first of a series which the Y. W. C. A. is sponsoring this year. Twice a month, Y. V. is to be in charge of chapel services and plans to present at these times different speak- ers representing various beliefs and professions. There are to be addresses by such people as a Roman Catholic lawyer, a social worker, a member of our own faculty, a man with a business background, and a Christian graduate student. No one of these various view- points which these people will bring us is necessarily to be entirely accepted or considered as adequate, says Elizabeth Winn, chairman of the program com- mittee, the purpose of the series being to aid us in attaining a deeper and a broader appreciation and comprehen- sion of life. PROCTOR DUTIES CHANGE A new system of dormitory govern- ment has been instituted by Student Government to replace the old proc- tor system. In its place are the new members of the house committee who are a vital part of the executive com- mittee. The duties are those of the former proctor and fire lieutenant combined but they will have more dig- nity and prestige than either. There is a member of the house com- mittee from each wing of the three dormitories, who was elected by a popular vote of the students. She serves for one semester and is directly responsible to the house president. The house committees will meet once each week to discuss any prob- lems which have ariven and through them any question may be put before open forum. The object of the new system is to spread more thoroughly over the campus the ideals of Student Government. The members elected for this se- mester are: 1. In Rebekah Martha Redwine, Alma Brohard, Marian Calhoun, Alice (Continued on page 5, column 5) An unusually large number of stu- dents attained distinction in the list of honors for the session 193 2-3 5 as announced by Dr. McCain on Septem- ber 2 3. At this time Dr. George P. Hayes of the English department gave a brief lecture on "The Aim of the Liberal College." He emphasized the necessity of balancing the radical trend in our social and intellectual concep- tions with the knowledge that has been assimilated from the past. To this end he cited particularly the value of the classic and Christian ideals. At the conclusion of his talk, the honor list was announced as follows: Class of 1934 Laura Buist, Green- \ille, S. C; Pauline" Gordon, Chicago, 111; Lucy Goss, Decatur, Ga.; Mary Hamilton, Dalton, Ga.; Janie Lapshy, Roanoke, Va.; Marian Mathews, At- lanta, Ga.; Carrie L. McMullen, Hang- chow, China; Virginia Prettyman, Summerville, S C. Class of 193 5 Martha Allen, Mon- roe, Ga.; Dorothy Bell, Decatur, Ga.; Mary Boggs, Birmingham, Ala.; Alice Burke, Atlanta, Ga.; Alice Dunbar, Troy, Ala.; Willie Eubanks, Decatur, Ga.; Betty Fountain, Nashville, Tenn.; Katherine Hertzka, Atlanta, Ga.; Anna Humber, Clarksdale, Miss.; Clara Mor- rison, Atlanta, Ga.; Nell Pattillo, De- catur, Ga.; Eva Poliakoff, Abbeville, S. C; Isabel Shipley, Greensboro, Ga.; Amy Underwood, Colquitt, Ga. Class of 193 6 Shirley Chrsitian, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Emilv Dodge, Madison, Wise; Lita C^oss, Atlanta, Ga.; Ethelyn Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.; (Continued on page 6, column 1) RECITAL IS PRESENTED BY MR. L. H. JOi^soON A song recital was presented by Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, voice professor r.vic, nils, vivum Diyanc ifiiuxiip- son, with Mrs. Johnson as accompan- ist, September 26, in the chapel. The program consisted of the following: Aria "Spiagge Amate" Gluck La Pastorella Schubert Lasciaterni Morire Monte i eide Aria "Care Selve" Handel Die Forelle --Schubert Wcnn Ich in deine Augcn Seh! Schu mann Die Rose, Die Lilie Schumann Litanei Schubert Duet "Night-Hymn at Sea" Thomas Ecstasy Riunmcl Slumber Song Gretchaninoff Hills La Forge Requiem Homer A Turkish Love Song Clutsam Sweet Little Woman of Mine Bartlett Just for Today Densmore Aria "Tacea La Notte Placida (II Trovatore)-- Verdi All Star Series Offers Group of Unusual Artists The All-Star Concert Series, ,he principal source of concert entertain- ment in Atlanta each winter, offers tor this year an exceptional and well- balanced program. The series opens on the evening of October 20, featuring the Metropolitan Opera stars, Martf- nelli and Swarthout. During v tJic coiv.w of rhe yerr four Lc* ^Jolo appear Kreisler, Rachmaninoff, Jej itza, and Kochanski and three en- sembles of major importance are sched- uledDon Cossack Russian male chorus, Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, and the Chicago Opera C mpany in "Aida." Special accommodation has been of- fered the Agnes Scott stu'ents in their purchase of season ticke s. The box seats will be sold to the i for S3. 75, and the balcony seats for *3. Atlanta music lovers nil in addi- tion be treated this year with a week of grand opera, present; i on of the Chicago Opera Compan . The dates are January 8 through t le th'-reenth. Besides the opera "Aida,' which is in- cluded on the All-Star Concert Series season ticket, seven othei operas will be given "Faust," "Hansel and Gretel," "Cavalleria Rustirana," "Pag- liacci," "Lohengrin," "I a Boheme," "Carmen," and "II Trova ore." Special subscriptions will go on sale at abater date. LIBRARY RULES HERE CHANGED Miss Edna Hanley, library made several changes in rhe Ith rule- lor the year. They are as Ji>;.v., 1. Reserve books contain, cards may be taken out by day - dents for overnight use at 4 o'clock M. every day, including Saturday, are due the following i irning a o'clock A. M., including londay. 2. Reserve books containing gr cards may be taken out by boarc students at 9 o'clock P. M. even' c including Saturlay, and are due following morning at 8 o'clock A. 1\ 3. Reserve books containing oran cards may not be taken out until o'clock P. M. and must be returned 8 o'clock A. M., including Monday. 4. Reserve books containing whi cards may be taken out by day >t dents at 11:30 A. M. Saturday. 5. Students may reserve books f week-end use any time after Friday o'clock A. M. 6. A fine of ten cents per hour fraction thereof will be charged for reserved books as long as they are n returned. 7. The library cannot be used the student until the fine is paid. 8. General encyclopedias, diet i aries, yearbooks, and bound magazin are never to be taken from the libra Eristics Society Plans Season The recent revolutions in Euro and their influence upon the indi vid is the topic chosen by the Eristics ciety for heir discussion this winter. The recent revolutions in Russ Germany, Italy and Spain will be cussed and a speaker who is famiii with the present da)- conditions in ea of the above countries will speak the society at each meeting; after t there will be open discussion of an questions arising. The society will meet one Sunday evening of every month at the bome of Miss Catarine Torrance and any one interested is invited to attend. 65957 (&l)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper ) Member) STAFF Mary Hamilton Ed i tor Mar^ Ames Business Manager Mary Boggs Assistant Editor Nell Patillo^Ass/. Business Manager Margaret Rogers Make -Up Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Martha Elliot Feature Editor Marion Calhoun Mary M. Stowe Society alitor Assistant Make-Up Editor L r A n i rj i Frances O'Brien Sports Editor Mary V. Allen Exchange tit/tor _ _ _ ^ Elizabeth Moore Club Editor Rosalyn Crispin Exchange Editor Dqrjs Batsell Giddy Gossip Isabel Shipley . Alumnae Editor Plant Ellis Joke Editor BUSINESS STAFF Alma Brohard Circulation Manager BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lois Hart Day Studen Circ. Mgr. Lulu Ames Jacqueline Woolfolk Doris Batsell Assistant Circulation Manager Vera Pruit REPORTERS Alice Chamlee Eva Poliaroff Suzanne Smith Trellis Carmichael Martha Redwine Elizabeth Hickson Isabfl LowRance Dot Cassel Louise Schuessler Fides ah Edwards Mary Adams EDITORIAL Much has been said about the liberal college and its aim. In his address at honor roll announcement Dr. Hayes made the ex- cellent point that at the present time the liberal college with its teaching of history and the classics should try to balance the un- balanced intellectual tendencies in the world today. This is cer- tainly a worth while aim. How are we as students going to re- ceive from our studies the necessary ammunition to carry this out? There are two very mistaken ideas in the average concep- tion of the aim of the liberal college. In the first place, most stu- dents look upon it as they mighr upon a business school as a place where they may receive a definite, limited fund of infor- mation. In che second place, when they do enter a liberal college, ley have but one end the acquiring of this definite, limited und of information. They have lost completely the meaning of the college; they have failed to perceive its fundamentals. For fter all, the important thing is not how many wives Henry VIII ad, though I grant it may be a very good thing to know, but it K the general background made up a thousand such facts, made p of the poems they have learned to love, of the books they ;nave learned to enjoy. So often as a result of this mistaken con- ception of which we have been speaking, students tend to over- emphasize details and to forget the whole. This is positively a rriminal fault. In this same connection there is a tendency to fail to recog- nize the relationship of one fact to another, of one study to another. Since their chief aim is to acquire facts a^ , the .possibility that there may that there in truth does exisi a cer- tain kinship between these facts does not occur to them. They do not perceive the correlations which give to all knowledge a ( Muring unity. The background cannot be made up of dis- connected splotches; the recognitioj "lus relationship of facts is che only means of knitting it together. There is one more characteristic close! y ai the preced- ing one that a student at the liberal college should possess. It is |ti art of discrimination, the ability to tell what is imporfapr m the whole and what is not. Without this principle of selection the student will probably get a general hodge-podge of unneces- sary facts. He may rcmeml x t that Shakespeare was reputed to have been arrested tor poaching and torget what constitutes the tragedy of King Lear. If the right attitude toward college is taken with emphasis In the whole and on the relative value of knowledge, the member of the liberal college will get the best from it, will acquire the necessary background for an abundant life a background of culture and education against which all else may be built. TI 11 V. W . ( . A. PAGF In this issue the Y. W. C. A. has a page devoted to its work on and off the campus. It is often the case that many students do not realize the variety of work the Y does. It is to put this work before the student body and to try to arouse interest in it that the association has sponsored this page. The Agonistic staff joins in in hoping that by this something of the true worth of the Y. \V. C. A. can be seen and everyone in the college will be inspired to take an active interest in the organization. The Agonistic VARIETY OF SUMMERS SPENT BY' FACULTY The members of Agnes Scott's ad- ministration and faculty as well as the students have returned to college after vacations of varied and highly inter- esting activities. While many of them found solace in mere relaxation after a strenuous year, no small number of our administration and faculty in- dulged in traveling, university study, and other more or less strenuous pur- suits. Dr. McCain, except for two trips to New York for the purpose of interest- ing Agnes Scott's rich friends in the college, and a trip to the Century of Progress, spent his summer "commut- ing between house and office." With four members of his family he motor- ed to the World's Fair, where he found most interesting the inventions, and the House of Magic. He adds that probably the most remarkable sight at the fair was the great throngs of peo- ple. Among those whose vacations were spent quietly at home was Miss Hop- kins, who stayed the greater part of the summer at Staunton and Hot Springs, \ a. The lure of study took to various universities over the country quite a few members of the faculty. Miss Phyrhian and Miss Hale were enrolled at M:ddlebury College in Vermont, where the former studied as a member of the French colony, and the latter pursued courses in Spanish. At the University of Wisconsin, Agnes Scott was well represented. Miss Cilley, Miss Gooch, and Miss Lillian Smith were among those taking summer courses. Miss Scandrett, while studying at Columbia Teachers College in New York, took advantage of the season's best plays, and made pleasure trips into New England. At the Marine Biolog- ical Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massa- chusetts, Miss MacDougall and Miss Sara Bowman studied. Agnes Scott's representative abroad during the summer was Miss Gay lord who passed the time quietly with friends in a village a short distance from Paris. Among those faculty members who chose to spend a summer of outdoor activity were Miss Haynes and Miss Blanche Miller who spent some time at Rockbrook Camp near Brevard, N. C. Miss Wilson spent an outloor summer at Highlands where her favorite sport was horseback riding. Dr. Sweet and Miss McKinney dur- ing the vacation motored to North Carolina. Miss Stansficld was also a traveler of the summer, going to Chi- cago, Oberlin, Cleveland, Washington, and to Baltimore where she visited Miss Harn. Miss Jackson stayed at home and read all summer. Miss Preston was with her sister in Montreat, N. C. Among "fair visitors" were Miss Harn, Miss Gilchrist, and Miss Lewis. CLUBS Pi \ wo Brush Frances Cassel s President Claire Ivy Vice President Sarah Spencer Secretary Adeline Rountree Treasurer French Martha Elliott President Mary Boggs Vice President Augusta King Sec. and Treas. K. U. B. Nell Chamlee President Suvmne Smith Vice President Mary Grist Secretary Mar} Louise Shuman _ -Treasurer Glee Club Nell Chamlee President Ann Berry Vice President Alice Chamlee Secretary Shirley Christian Treasurer Mary Louise Shuman Business Mgr. International Relations Helen Boyd President Margaret Kump Vice President Black friars Elaine Heckle President Ruth Moon Vice President ALUMNAE The Alumnae Week-End Committee met September 29 to plan the Alumnae Week-End program. The Granddaughters' Club met Sep- tember 22 and discussed plans tor their dinner for stunt night. Dr. McCain was the speaker at the meeting of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Club Sepember 2 5. The Atlanta Alumnae Club met September 19. The Business Girls group of the At- lanta Club had a luncheon at Rich's September 20. EXCHANGES To the Freshmen, to Maki Much of Time Gather ye good grades while ye may, The second year is tougher; And this same Prof, that smiles today. Tomorrow will be rougher. That year is best, which is the first, W hen stude and Prof, are stranger; It's not until he knows the worst That you're in any danger. Then be not dumb, but tube with zest. Don't interrupt his static; Nor fail to smile at every jest Evade the Automatic! W. S. F. Ring-T nni-P/ji. Elmore Bellingrath, '31, is to be married October 5 to Dr. Haywood S. Bartlett. They will live at 207 Thorn Place, Montgomery, Ala. Ruth Etheredge, '51, was married during the summer to Mr. Lloyd Grif- fin. They live at 1192 Emory Drive, Atlanta. Louisa Chandler, '3 1, was married this summer to Lieutenant Paul Lyon. The\- are at the Naval Academy in Annapolis this year. Katherine Morrow, '3 1, is again at the Communiy Hospital in Glasgo, Ky. Mary Catherine Williamson, '31, has a position as secretary to Dr. Homer McMillan in Atlanta. Sally Williams, '3 2, is teaching in Abercorn Street School in Savannah. Sara Berry, '3 2, was married June 1 5 to Mr. Russell J. West. They live at 1719 Decatur Road, N. E., Atlanta. Martha Williamson, '3 2, was mar- ried during the summer to Mr. John A. Riggs, Jr., of Little Rock, Ark. Fletty and Etta Mathis, '3 2, are at home in Blackville, S. C, after receiv- ing M.S. degrees from Tulane Uni- versity last June. Mary Sturtevant, '3 3, is working in a museum in Philadelphia. Margaret Ridley, '3 3, is on the fac- ulty of Girls' High School in Decatur. Willa Upchurch, '3 3, is working on her Master's degree at the Richmond School of Social Work. {Continual on page column 3) The latent trend in thought seems to indicate that "Chicago" may at some time in the dim, hazy future be disassociated in one's mind with "Ca- pone and Co." Perhaps this statement is merely one phase of the recent, slowly returning optimism, but the Florida State College for Women, at least, has come under the influence of the so-called "Oxford" system of supervised study of which the chief exponent in the U. S. is Professor Flutchins of the University of Chi- cago. This plan as they give it "is in line with educational policies of the larger Universities and colleges throughout the country; Florida State is adopting the policy of promoting the interests of the abler students by granting them a far greater degree of liberty than has been the custom in the pursuit of in- dependent study and in the matter of required class attendance. "The honors plan, according to the educational authorities, is intended to facilitate the progress of the really able student who sometimes when studying in large classes might find the pace of the class too slow. Special opportuni- ties for independent study under _the personal guidance of a professor out- side of regular class work, final com- prehensive examinations covering the major field, freedom from penalties tor missing classes, and the opportunity to earn a degree with honor, are the out- standing features of the plan." Passing Insured Insurance against flunking is the latest fad at the University of Mis- souri. The company pays for a sum- mer course if the student does not pass his subject. Honda Flambeau, {Continued on page 6, column 2) Claire Ivy . Secretary Mary hluchinson Treasurer Eta Sigma Pi ii Elizabeth Hickson President Dorothy Walker Vice President Isabel Shipley Corresponding Secretary Eva Constantine Recording Secret a ry Eva Poliakoff Pyloirs Cotillion Plant Ellis - President Nina Park Vice President Ruth Humphries Sec. and Treas. Pi Alpha Phi Elizabeth Winn Presidenr Marian Calhoun Vice President Secretary Treasurer Martha Redwine Prances James ClTIZLNSHIP Caroline Russell President Helen Boyd Vice President Grandaughter's Chariot te Reid President Martha Redwine Yiee President Elizabeth Forman Sec. and Treas. B. a Z. Anna 1 lumber President POLTR V 1 ranees Espy President Anne Martin Sec. and Treas. (Continued on pOjge 6, column 1 ) AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women tb$t is widely recog- nized for its s/ an del rds of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. M( Cain, President The Agonistic 3 Y.W.CA. PAGE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE SEEKS COOPERATION By Sarah Spencer "Where did you find out about that?" "Oh, I heard it, then saw about it on the poster in Main building. Be sure to tell everyone you know that Y. W. C. A. wants them to come." Although you may not be definitely assigned to a committee for the pub- licity of the Y. \V. C. A. there is al- ways a place for every one of you to help your "Y" organization. It is really quite simpje, and since our tongues wag most of the time why not let them have a chance to wag about "Y. W." Talk it up! Tell folks about the work that your association is doing on and off the campus, and what it plans to do. How do people ever find out about bargain sales, fairs, and other events of public interest? Why, they read the papers, read advertisements and posters, and last of all they hear people talking about these things. Now that's exactly what you can do! Watch the posters on the chapel bul- letin board and in Main, read the Y. W. C. A. columns in the Aggie, and last of all talk about it. Just pretend that you are a poster or advertisement and set your tongue going at both ends. How can we let people know about the Y. W. C. A. on our campus if yoji don't tell them. Come on now we need you! Hobby Groups for Freshmen Are Organized by Y. W. By Louise McCain Welcome to our Freshmen Hobby Groups! Although Agnes Scott keeps you busy with your studies, there is always time for your own particular hobby. Everybody has one, and of course the freshmen want one too. Pick out the hobby you are particular- ly interested in and get your friends io come too. have any number of groups and you can find the one that suits you best social service, where you play with little orphans and crip- pled children and fill Christmas stock- ings; industrial, where you find out just how many thousands of buttons you could sew on in one day if you were an accomplished workman ; charm, where you can learn the latest data on manners and dress; sewing, where you can learn to make lovely pajamas and dainty blouses and other groups to suit other people. Get ready to join us because we want to start early in having a year of tun with you. Little seeds make tall, rich corn, Little drops make oceans, Funny faces are made cute By lifts and mud and lotions. Dr. C. H. Thurber, dean of Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y., has ac- cepted the presidency of the University of Redlands, Calif. Social Service Department Plans Interesting Year By Martha Redwine The Social Service Department is made up of those girls who are really interested in the social conditions and needs of this community. If you are one of those girls, come and adventure with us. This year we are undertak- ing to learn something about these conditions and to find luhy conditions are as they are. People familiar with social problems and with the problems around Atlanta are to talk to the group at different times. The plans for this year include work with the Girl Reserves of the Y. W. C. A., work with the Red Cross, Decatur Orphanage, Scottish Rite Hospital, Old Soldiers' Home, and work with children in mill sections. The Girl Reserve work has been organized, and the girls having groups are Louise McCain, Mary Ames, Flora Young, Mae Duls, Marie Simpson, and Eliz- abeth Thrasher. SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENT IS PROVIDED BY Y. W. By Frances James The religious and social activities which the Y. W. C. A. sponsors on the Agnes Scott campus are broad and varied enough for each day student to find a place for activity. The day students, under the auspices of Y. W. C. A., met freshmen at the beginning of school. This work was only an opening to a vast field of service in which the day students can partici- pate. The organized committees of Y. W. C. A. cordially invite each day stu- dent to become a member of a com- mittee. The specific accounts of the work and interests of the various com- mittees may be found on this page. It is the sincere desire of Y. W. C. A. that every day student become affiliat- ed with "Y" work so that she may benefit by the experiences which as- sociation with "Y" offers. Morning Prayers to Be Held There are a few girls on our campus who like to begin each day with a mo- ment of quiet prayer with God. These girls meet in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room every morning from 7-7:15. There is no organized program, but merely an informal circle of prayer. At times Scripture and poems are read by those who wish to pass their thoughts on to others. Our Y. W. C. A. sponsors this group and cordially invites anyone who really cares to join our morning watch. Discussion of things touching on the life and existence of our people must cease. Those daring to doubt the rightness of Nazi principles ought to be branded as traitors. Fritz Sauckel, Reich's Thuringian governor. Y. W. C. A. PRESIDENT DESCRIBES OBJECTIVE By C'Lena McMullen "We, the members of the Young Women's Christian Association of Agnes Scott College, unite in the de- sire to realize a full and creative life through a growing knowledge of God. 'We determine to have a part in making this life possible for all people. "In this task we seek to understand Jesus and to follow Haiti/ 3 The Y. W. C. A. is a fellowship of girls who are seeking a full and crea- tive liie for themselves and for all people. As a Christian Association it's primary function is to discover the values inherent in religion and to make them effective in all our relationships. It is carried on by students, and en- deavors to recognize and serve the fundamental needs of the girls at Agnes Scott. In keeping with our purpose, we have chosen as our special aim for this year, "Adventuring in the Under- standing of Life." In this we seek to broaden our vision of the entirety of life in its varied aspects through our program of World Fellowship, our different industrial contacts, our social service work, and the mission interest group. In this adventure of seeing the whole of life, we can only understand its sig- nificance and harmony as we grow in fellowship and appreciation of God. For this purpose we have worship serv- ices on Sunday evenings; we bring oustanding leaders to the campus in our Y chapel programs; we sponsor a Sunday morning discussion group led by Mr. Stukes, and a prayer circle every morning before breakfast; and a room is set aside for reading and medi- tation. Through these channels the Y. W. C. A. challenges you to join them in the adventure of understanding life. Students Have Privilege of Using Y. W. C. A. Library By Carolyn Dickson "God be thanked for books! They are the voice of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of spiritual life of past ages . . . They give all who will faithfully use them the so- ciety, the spiritual preserves of the best and greatest of our race." It is the aim of Y. W. C. A. to help each girl on this campus find for her- self a fuller and more creative life. Books have always been the best means by which this kind of life can be at- tained. Y. W. has realized this, and has provided a reading room for the girls who wish to possess the "best and greatest of our race." The little building by the side of Rebekah Scott has been made into a very attractive room and many good books have been placed there. Every girl on the campus is cordially invited Let us know your Y. \V. C. A. interests by dropping tiiis slip, signed, into the box in the post office or in the library. I am interested in Xame Address Members of Y. W. Cabinet Given for Year 1933-1934 The members of Y. W. C. A. cabi- net for this year are as follows: President C'Lena McMullen. Vice president Louise McCain. Secretary Caroline Dickson. T r e a s u re r E 1 i z a b e t h Alexander. World Fellowship ch airman Gussie Riddle. Program c h a i r m a n Elizabeth Winn. Music chairman Ruby Hutton. Industrial c h a i r m a n Virginia Fisher. Social service chairman Martha Redwine. Publicity chairman Sarah Spencer. Social chairman Jacqueline Wool- folk. Day student representative Frances James. Ex-officio Mary McDonald. Ex-officio Florence Preston. Y. W. C. A. REALIZES NECESSITY OF PLAY By Jacque Woolfolk "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" so the old saying goes. This very saying holds true for "Y. W." as well as for Jack. There is no one around here who does not enjoy adventures in play besides ambition in work. Therefore, the necessity arises for a social committee. This group is composed of twenty- five girls with Miss Bee Miller as ad- visor. We plan to continue the begin- nings of our play in various ways. By now, everybody has been introduced to Y. W. C. A. teas, receptions, and floor parties. It is up to the social committee to keep up the good work by Sunday night visiting, supper-hikes, and perhaps a party or two. Why be dull because of "all work and no play"? Instead let's be ad- venturesome join in with the social committee and play! Stress Placed on Vesper Music By Ruby Hutton Since Y. W. C. A. vespers this year are to be definite worship programs, music will naturally play a large part. The music can either make or break a service, and this is where you can help your "Y" organization. Come and sing in "Y. W." choir. Please don't be too bashful to try out, for you are probably the very one we are looking for. How are we to know that you may sing well? Now come and bring yourself with your voice, and bring a few suggestions along too about hymns and programs. They will always be welcome as well as you! I K j .other invitation for you and is about the weekly "sings" every Sunday night in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. We have such fun at these good old "get-togethers" just singing and singing. What could be nicer than sitting around an open fire and forgetting that there are such things as classes? We'll be looking for you Sunday night! to use this room whenever she feels the need of a quiet, peaceful moment . Y. W. C. A. feels that all who go there will gain much pleasure from both the books and from the restful atmosphere. Orders Are Orders! "Huh," scoffed the rookie salesman as he rushed out of the office of the chief purchasing agent upon whom he had been calling, "business is sure get- ing better. Just got two orders in there." "Two? Important ones?" "I'll say. One to get out and the other to stay out!" INDUSTRIAL CHAIRMAN OFFERS M ANY TRIPS By Virginia Fisher Who would like to spend an after- noon in Nunnally's candy factory and sample all the various kinds of sweets? Do you know how a show is made? Do you know what comes first and how the rest is put together? Would you like to know? Can you imagine how the real part of a laree department store is managed all tmt you never see? How would you lil# to be taken all through the back part of one? Have you seen one of your best dresses manufactured cut, sewed and trimmed? My! My! I know your curiosity (if it is anything like mine) is wondering all about these things and many more. This year the industrial group is g^ing to investigate so that we will really understand points in life to which we have never before given any special at- tention. Besides getting our knowledge of these material things, we want to understand the lives of people who do this work. We will meet about once a week either at the "Y" in Atlanta, at one of the factories, or maybe at school. Who knows but what we may give some light on the N. R. A. through some of our discussions? Wouldn't you like to go to some din- ners at the "Y"? Wouldn't you like to understand life as it is in this day and age? Home and Foreign Missions To Be Studied by Y. W. By Florence Preston For all those interested in the work of missions at home and abroad, the meeting last Sunday in which Dr. Richards, president of Columbia Sem- inary, spoke on "Youth's Responsibil- ity in the Mission Work" was most in- teresting. This began the series of monthly gatherings of Emory men and Agnes Scott girls who are mutually in- terested in this phase of church work. Plans have not yet been completed for the activities of the Agnes Scott mission interest group, but it expects to have bi-monthly meetings to make studies of special phases of mission work and sometimes to have leader* who have been active in both foreign and home mission work lead the dis- cussions. Dr. Edward D. Grant of the Executive Commission of Foreign Mis- sions of the Southern Presbyterian Church has been invited to show a series of moving pictures of Africa, China, Japan, Korea, and other coun- tries which he made on his world tour not long ago. The date has not yet been set for his visit, but it is hoped that he will come some Fridav eve- ning in October to give his lecture. By Elizabeth Winn The program committee is conduct- ing two projects this year. One is the regular Sunday night vesper services which are to be purely devotional with student leaders. The other plan of the committee includes a series of Y. W. C. A. chapel programs. Every other Tuesday Y. W. will be in charge of the chapel program and will bring some outstanding speaker to the cam- pus. In this way day students will have a chance to share in Y. W. pro- grams. During the first semester, the series will be composed of speakers who represent different professions and different creeds. Their general theme will be what the most significant thing in life is to them. In this way, our outlook will be broadened and our comprehension will be deepened in ac- cordance with the Y. W. theme of the year. 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REPRESENT 16 STATES (Continued from page 1, column 2) Alabama: Allison, Espy, E Newton, Steele, Steven- zabeth Auburn oeth 3 09 Oates St., Dothan y Alice North Foster St., Dothan r.ces Woodstock Ave., Anniston _306 Gates St., Huntsville Clayton _408 Randolph St., Huntsville Greeley Vliry Ventre 1 Tary Walk. nie Merts Colorado: Moses, A dele ^_ Florida: Bucliho Mary Box 136, Gainesville Cairns, 1 W ile__734 North Virginia Ave., Gainesville DuPree, Helen 82 W. 32nd St., Jacksonville \k Murray. Beaufort Brand Ocala Tigert, Mary Jane 1200 East Boulevard, Gainesville Georgia: Alexander. Eloisa 5 2 Park Lane, Atlanta Alston, ! I garet__2804 Andrews Dr., N. W., Atlanta Askew, Gertrude Varnelle_ 1 1 86 Briarcliff PI., Aotlanta >tin, tie Mae Dr.nwoody | . . J. C a ___Care Mrs. T. B. Baird, S. B. T. & T. Co., Atlanta Baikcom, Frances Blakely Belford, Frances 1107 East Duffin St., Savannah Bennett, E therine Molena Bowen, Kathryn 1786 Flagler Ave., Atlanta Bowman. irtha Lee__Naval R.O.T.C., Ga. Tech, Atl. Brown, 1 se 1780 N. Decatur Rd., Atlanta Cabaniss, I jrothy 1 5 50 Stark Ave., Columbus C handier, Helen 257 Winn St., Decatur Chris t&, nelia 212 Winona Dr., Decatur Clark, Jane 705 Mornjngside Dr., Atlanta Cunningham, Catherine Candler St., Decatur Dallis, Epsie 3656 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta Dan J, K ileen 505 Church St., Decatur Dennison, ucile 75 4th St., N. W., Atlanta Derrick. en 2269 Central Ave., Augusta Ellis, Thyi a _North Ave. Presby. School, Atlanta Estes, Jane Gay Estes, Sarah Frances , Gay Farr. E i 312 Kings Highway, Decatur Fowtefe Peggy Ann 630 Sycamore St., Decatur Furlaftr, Michelle 319 Society St., Albany Gaines, Virginia 18 Park Lane, Atlanta Galloway, Annie Laura 932 Oak St., Decatur . i land, Mary 90 Parkway Dr., Atlanta spie, Mary 1818 Piedmont Rd., Atlanta Gilroy, Nellie Margaret 443 Washington St., Atlanta i [j ri<. Fan lie B. Care Mrs. J. M. Harris, Rome Head, Man: ha Decatur ) lo t wig, Barbara Macon Hicks, Mildred _.. . Stone Mountain U utS, Josephine Milledgeville i, El ender 1160 Emory Circle, N. E., Atlanta ! >i -.son, Martha Lithonia Johnson, Mary 127 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta Joh on. S. rah Washington i ( therine Ball Ground Jon s Molly Girls High School, Decatur Tones, Sara h Canton Kin* 123 Huron Ave., Decatur Kirven, I a Peacock Woods, Columbus Kneali Viary .__478 Highland Ave., N. E., Atlanta Langley, Coribel Lithonia Lasseter, Horcnce I 9C, Do'othy l ewis, Jane Little, J lorence Littlefl Id, Martha Long, Vivienne McCa n, Is bel Fitzgerald Lithonia 1369 Springdale Rd., Atlanta Girls High School, Atlanta 2 50 Winter Ave., Atlanta 20 5 Ponce dc Leon Court, Decatur 219 S. Candler St., Decatur McDonald, Frances 1195 Clifton Rd., N. E., Atlanta . Mom, I V . 1261 Fairview Rd., N. E., Atlanta Marl n, \'.iry Fay Marietta bara 43 0 E. Wesley Rd., Atlanta Matthews, June Smyrna Maxwell, Katherine 1495 McPherson Ave., Atlanta Moreland, Wita Lee Box 321, Woodburv Muse, Ora Winn St., Decatur O'Donnell, Ellen 522 Moreland, N. E., Atlanta Osborn, Jeannette Avondale Estates Paris, Frances 919 Egmont St., Brunswick Peacock, Doroth 1073 Euclid Ave., Atlanta Peacock, Kathryn 237 Kings Highway, Decatur Peeples, Beverly Marietta Rd., Atlanta Poplin, Virginia 205 Clairmont Ave., Decatur Printup, Kathryn 1805 Evans Dr., Atlanta Richardson, Isabel Rayle Roache, Betty 248 5 Dellwood Dr., Atlanta Sauls, Virginia 17 Park Ave., Savannah Scott, Marjorie 205 W. Green St., Milledgeville Scott, Nell 220 Moreland Ave., N. E., Atlanta Shamos, Rachel 461 Nelson St., S. W., Atlanta Simms, Sarah 2 5 54 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta Soutter, Estes Belle. _21 15 Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta Stalker, Marie _ __ 1007 Allene Ave., S. W., Atlanta Steele, Laura 1741 Flagler Ave., N. E., Atlanta Sullivan, Flelen 2047 Bankhead Highway, Atlanta Summers, Martha 341 Mayson Ave., N. E., Atlanta Sweet, Lena 11 12* Sells Ave., S. W., Atlanta Tilly, Mildred 945 Clairmont Ave., Decatur Tuntas, Chrysanthy 885 Briarcliff Rd., Atlanta Turner, Eula Elizabeth 677 Kundell St., Atlanta Turner, Meredith LaGrange Vallehuona, Gladys.. 1662 Pelham Rd., N. E., Atlanta Wallace, Kathryn Rutledge Wallace, Mary Decatur Wliliams, Dorothy Stone Mountain Williams, Jessie 602 Moreland Ave., N. E., Atlanta Woolford, Dixie 3 5 Avery Dr., Atlanta Illinois: Wilson, Frances .... 732 Carfield Ave., Rockford Kentucky: Caldwell, Virginia Lebanon Rd., Danville McCamy, Wynunee 2315 Cumberl'd Ave., Middlesboro McKee, Elizabeth Fassifern School, Cynthia Maryland: Levinsohn, Gertrude 3703 Reisterstown Rd., Baltimore Mississippi: Jones, Kathleen Inverness Laney, Martha Sue 721 Jefferson St., Tupelo Northcross, Rose Tupelo New York: Taylor, Alice 246 75th St., Brooklyn North Carolina: Jackson, Barton 526 Hermitage Court, Charlotte Morrow, Elizabeth Albemarle Thing, Julia 144 Murdock Ave., Asheville Ohio: Baker, Ann 239 Beverly Place, Dayton Oregon: Gullion, Elinor 1 3 5 5 Walnut St., Eugene South Carolina: Barnett, Lucille Sumter Cary, Frances Greenville Forester, Sara Sumter Kennedy, Rachel Newberry Kirkpatrick, Jean 12 5 N. Towers St., Anderson Moorer, Nancy Walterboro Perrin, Elizabeth 364 Pine St., Spartanburg Raysor, Peggy St. Matthews Watson, Margaret. . .Care Harry Watson, Greenwood Wilder, Rosa Sumter Tennessee: Pitner, Mary . . Franklin Preas, Louise Johnson City Rodgers, Martha Ann . 702 Barton Ave., Chattanooga LAST YEAR'S AGGIE WINS DISTINCTION Spivey, Brooks Virginia: Harkness, Hetty __ Jester, Dorothy _ Willis, Betty West Virginia: Crickmer, Meredith A-l Washington Apts., Nashville Vienna 210 SGrance St., Lynchburg Culpeper Holden The National Scholastic Press As- sociation has given a mark equivalent to "merit" to last year's Agpfristics which were submitted for scoring and comparison with many other collegiate weekly newspapers throughout the country. This was the first time in the history of the Agnes Scott paper that a standard critical service has been sought. The first twelve issues of last year were submitted and the judges based the rating on four issues which they chose at random from the twelve. "But we arc not particularly proud of this rating, for it is not a "merit plus," writes Lib Lynch, last year's editor, "and we make the announce- ment not as a boast, but as an incen- tive and guide for improvement along the technical standards peculiar to the Scholastic Press critical service. Now that we have found out how the dif- ferent aspects of the paper are evaluat- ed and have had the certain technical requirements called to our attention, I hope and trust the Agonistic will climb right up to the top notch rat- ings which its sister publication, the Silhouette, has already attained. The judges agreed that as a whole the Agonistics were 'good papers, but not 'superior* ones, although in some of the individual scoring divisions, certain departments of the paper were scored 'excellent' and superior.' " "It is gratifying to note," the for- mer editor continues, "that is is those points especially and tirelessly empha- sized by last year's staff, which won three or four 'high merits' in two of the four divisions of scoring. In other words the judges appreciated our 'scoops,' live 'spot' news stories, and editorial page features such as the 'Key to Current History,' 'We See by the Papers,' 'Book Notes,' etc. We fell down most woefully on writing good news leads and that means that every single member of the staff needed a more intensive study of the technical requirements of a news story. 'Merit pluses' or 'superior' gradings are re- quired in all scoring divisions for 'All American' rating." "One minor point of particular in- terest was that the Association ques- tions the significance of the name, Agonistic. If the judges knew that most of our mail comes marked Agnostic, they might have taken even more off our score for name- plate criticism. Most of the staff and students recognize that the name is a DR. J. P. BOWDOIN TALKS IN CHAPEL Dr. J. P. Bowdoin, of the State Board of Public Health, spoke in chapel Friday on public health as a vo- cation. At this time he told something of the history of public health in this state and the great decrease in con- tagious and infectious diseases. EXCHANGES (Continued from page 2, column 5) New York (IP) At 1 east eigh- teen of the many liberal-minded Ger- man university professors exiled bv the Hitler government are to .teach this year in the United States. Three of them Prof. Otto Stern, experimental physicist; Prof. I. Ester- mann, his assisant, and Prof. Ernst Berl, chemist are to join the faculty of the Carnegie Institute of Technol- ogy at Pittsburgh, where they will di- vide their time between teaching and research. Fifteen others, five of whose names are still withheld to allow them to wind up their affairs in Germain with as little trouble as possible, will be- come members of the faculty of the University in Exile of the New School of Social Research, to be opened Oct. 1 at Princeton, N. J. The New School of Social Research, planned to open this year by Dr. Alvin Johnson as an experiment in higher education without athletics and other extra-curricular activities, last year had signed up Dr. Albert Einstein, lamed German scientist, as its first and outstanding faculty member. The new institution's University in Exile was planned this summer w hen it became evident that a large number of distinguished German educators "furloughed" by Hitler would be available and could be banded together in one of the most distinguished facul- ties a scholarly student could hope to study under. poor one, but none better has been suggested." The Association scorebook and manual is now being studied by the present staff in view of bettering the score on items pointed out for cor- rection. * $ $ $ $ $ $ * * $ * * * -> $ * $ * $ * * $ * * * * I VERA BEAUT'S shop 210 Masonic Temple * I dearborn 112 1 V > * t *** **** *!* ** ** **** *i* ** ** ** ** *t* "t* ** ** ** ** ** ** *!* ** ^ '** *** * * * * * * Decatur. Ga. f * i ..i!.. code for ministers, rec- oil i di ig hat clergymen guide 0 uples both before and after marriage and condem ling "stunt" weddings, been iHuc I by the Federal Council 01 Churches of Christ in America. 1 he glow- of research work bv College n 1 I w omen in the United States is evidt ced by the fact that in the List year t least 1,00 papers on vitamins alone have been published in i he I'm ted States. The University of Texas and the University of Chicago jointly arc building the new McDonald Observa- tory in the Davis Mountains in south- western Texas to house the second largest telescope in the world. The largest telescope in the world is the 100-inch reflector at Mount Wilson, California. hcrkcley, Cal. ( IP ) Because they hive been better fed than many Other p\>ples. Amen, ins in the last few de- cades actually have developed a better physique as j nation, in the opinion of Pttrf, Agnes Fa) Morgan of the Uni- versity of California. It now remains, she says, to see if nutriment ma) not have some bear- ing on the soli t ion of other problems, such as the prevention and cure of malignant growths, such as cancer; the control of susceptibility to infec- tious diseases, and the prevention of the circulator and metabolic diseases which are n< ,v the chief causes of death of middle-aged and elderly per- sons. University of Oklahoma authorities have banned the drinking and posses- sion of 3.2 beer in fraternity and boarding houses, but will allow stu- dents to drink it in shops where it is legally sold. AGNES SCOTT GIRLS Are Always Cordially Invited to Attend the P A R A M 0 T N T T II E A T E R The influence of the Chicago Cent- ury of Progress Exposition on archi- tecture is to be reflected at New York University this year by the establish- ment of a course in Form and Color in the department of architecture. Baylor University at Waco, Texas, has in its freshman class this year the frst set of quadruplets ever to enter college in this country, so far as is known. They are Mona, Mary, Lcota and Roberta Keys, 18, of Hollis, Okla. All graduated together from high school last June. Come l"p to FIVE points BEAUTY salon 3'/i Edge wood Avenue ( all Main 2900 for Appointments "Ye gods and little fishes! 19 "How terrible my sun tan looks with my new Fall clothes." That is what all the sun worship- ers are saying now that the rich, deep colors have become the vogue. Elizabeth Arden has met this problem for you in three preparations. One of these is for your skin. Ant-Brown Spot Ointment $2.50 Bleachine $1.25 Bleach Cream $1.50 TOILETRIES- STREET FLOOR Re0er\steir\s The Agonistic ) i> o r t s t g N a t ? 0 Josephine Jennings spent the week- end with her aunt, Mrs. John A. Sib- ley. Susan Turner spent the week-end at her home in Ncwnan, Ga. Alice Dunbar attended a bridge party Friday night at the home of her .uint in Druid Hills. Mae Duls went to a party given by Miss Grace Jcpson in Decatur Friday night. Jacqueline Wool folk, Leonora Spen- cer, Frances McCalla and Georganne Lewis spent the week-end with Bert Palmour at her home in College Park. Lavinia Scott spent the week-end with Dixie Woolford in Atlanta. Sara Frances McDonald spent the week-end at Jefferson. The following girls attended the Tech-Clemson game: Ellen Davis, Mary Potts, Mary Margaret Stowe, Elizabeth Moore, Meriel Bull, Sarah Spencer, Frances Miller, Helen Ram- sey, Helen Boyd, Mary Grist, Mary Louise Schuman, Dorothy Lee, and Jean Kirk pa trick. SOPHOMORES GIVE FRESHMEN DANCE Hetty Harkness spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. LeRov Pharr in Decatur. Mary McDonald spent Saturday night with Marie Simpson in Decatur. Peg Waterman spent the week-end in Atlanta with Mrs. N. N. Edwards. Hester Anne Withers spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. W. B. Harland, in Atlanta. Louise Cargill, ex-'3 5, spent the week-end with Mary Jane Evans. Alice Dunbar spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Gillerstedt, in Druil Hills and Monday afternoon gave a program for the Druid Hills Baptist Woman's Missionary Societv. Helen Ramsey attended the dance at the Biltmore Hotel Saturday night. Ovieda Long spent last week-end with Xuvena Harrison in Decatur. Martha Edmonds spent the week- end at her home in Lawrenceville. Elizabeth Heaton spent last week- end at her home in Tallapoosa, Ga. Eva Poliakoff spent the week-end with Annette Geffen in Atlanta. Rosa Miller spent the week-end with Mrs. W. F. Smith in Atlanta. Rosa Wilder spent last week-end with Mrs. B. D. McWhorter in De- Sara Forester was the guest last week-end of Mrs. R. J. Mundorf on Techwood Drive. Florence Lasseter was the dinner guest Sunday of Miss Winnie Hudson of Decatur. Anne Walker was the guest Sunday of Mrs. Milton Newts in Atlanta. Chrysanthy Tuntas spent last week-end at her home in Atlanta. Margaret Massie and Virginia Cald- well attended a Kentucky meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Guy Woolford on Ponce de Leon A venue. Dorothy Lee was the week-end guest of Caroline Jackson in Atlanta. BRING YOUR SHOE TROUBLE to BURSON'S SHOE SHOP On Your Way to the Drug Store in Little Dec DE. 3353 DE. 3353 ALLEYS welcomes to Atlanta the 491 girls from all over the world who are enrolled now at AGNES SCOTT From Alabama . . . Arkansas . . . California . . . Oregon . . . Florida . . . from coast to coast of Amer- ica, and from across the sea . . . Korea . . . Japan . . . Czechoslo- vakia . . . they've come in droves, to Agnes Scott. Allen's welcomes them all ... to Atlanta, and to Atlanta's smart shop . . . "the store all women know." J. P. ALLEN & CO. The sophomore class entertained the freshmen at a barn dance in the gym on Saturday night, September 29, at 7:3 0 o'clock. The timely theme of the program was the introduction of an NRA code (no ratting allowed) which gave the freshmen a "new deal" in place of the customary "ratting." Members of the freshman class were invested with the "NRA" insignia by the sophomore commission. The in- signia is a badge on which is written the freshman's name and is to be worn until next Friday morning. The wear- ing of this "NRA" badge enables the older students to know the new stu- dents and the new students to know each other. The sophomore commis- sion will continue to develop the new relationship of friendliness between the sophomore and freshman class, which is to replace the traditional hatred of these students for each other. Regular barn dancing was the fea- ture of the party in which members of both classes participated. Ellen Davis served as master of ceremonies. Made- line Race gave a novelty tap dance, while Margaret Massie, Rosa Miller, and Alice McCallie sang hillbilly songs. Nell White was chairman of the en- tertainment committee. Gingerbread, apple cider, and apples were served throughout the evening, and the gym- nasium was effectively decorated with pumpkins, corn stalks, and autumn leaves carrying out the Hallowe'en motif. (g t h h g ALUMNAE (Continued from page 2, column 4) Ann and Mary Hudmon, '3 3, are teaching at Cox College in College Park. Margaret Belote, '3 3, is teaching in Eatonton this year. Giddy, darling Freshmen, it would seem, we have with us always like the poor. (This, had you failed to notice it, is sage re- mark number 3,189. Send for our il- lustrated booklet if you are interested in other sage philosophies.) At anv rate, the crop his year is performing with more genius than in any other known age. At the first lire-drill in Rebekah, thousands of freshmen (pos- sibly an exaggeration, Giddy) madly pulled down their windows, rapidly wound damp towels around their curly locks, frantically placed galoshes on their dainty feet, and decorously pro- ceeded downstairs. It transpired that they had been carefully instructed along these lines, so perhaps their genius is not so spontaneous as first in- timated. Too, there has been a little confusion about the real nature of knocks. Let it be understood right now that get- ting a knock does not consist of stand- ing at the end of the hall while every- one in the wing tries to hit you with a nice, bright red, rubber ball. Let it be known, also, that the placing of a large-sized lampshade upon strategic positions of your back has little, or possibly no, bearing upon the escaping of knocks. I speak, Giddy, as one who has tried all possible ways to no avail. It wasn't told to me, Lambie I only heard, but it would be seeming that Nina Parke has been taking dancing lessons recently from one of our more talented members of '37. I wouldn't believe a word of it, though. It's probably but malicious slander. And it's becoming dangerous these days to make excursions into Dec. There's simply no telling when you may get insulted by some clerk. Take Sarah Catherine, for instance. She ask- ed a gentleman at a Dec paint shop if he were the possessor of any paint in "deep rose." Quick like a rabbit, he answered regretfully that he only had it "in cans." It is a thing such as this that makes one despair, don't you think? Great things are happening in this world today. If you don't keep up with the world in Collier's, just apply to Ann Berry. The Independent Daily, so she assures Dr. Hayes, now comes out weekly. And now, Giddy, my fair, with my usual delicacy and tact, I reveal my greatest gem. Mary Gray, of the House of Rogers, with unusual terseness of expression, has summed up this whole business of the new chaperon rule. "I can see right, now," she says, "that from now on there are going to be fewer dates and more uncles and brothers." Sarah Strickland. '3 3, has announced her engagement to Mr. E. Dixie Beggs. Hazel Turner, ex-'34, was married September 6 to Mr. Cyrus Scott Kump. Mr. Kump is the brother of Peggy Kump, a student here now, and Elizabeth Kump, cx-'34. Cecile Mayer, '3 3, married Mr. Mil- ton Alfred Pearlstine July 17. Martha Singley, '3 3, was married re- cently to Dr. Charles Ray, Jr., of Meridian, Miss. Jean Kirkpatrick spent last week- end in Atlanta with Mrs. Harlee Branch. "STAGE MOTHER" Now Playing at Loew's Grand WITH NOTABLE CAST ALICE BRADY Has Title Role in New Back- stage Storv bv Bradford Ropes, Author of "42nd Street." Maureen O'Sullivan Plays Daughter Rest of Cast Consists of Franchot Tone Phillips Holmes Ted Healy Russell Hardie and 350 Dancing Girls DR. HOLMES IS FIRST LECTURER (Continued from page 1, column 1) as possible so that further plans may be made. The Lecture Association wishes also to sollicit suggestions from students and faculty concerning the last two lectures. Ideas may be given to any member of the committee. The student committee of Lecture Association is as follows: Student chairman Martha Skeen. Student Treasurer Martha Elliott. Senior representative Rossic Ritchie. Junior representative Martha Red- wine. Sophomore representative Nell White. Day student representative Nell Pattillo. Poster manager Betty Fountain. Publicity manager Nell Chamlee. The faculty committee is: Miss Torrance, chairman; Miss Laney, Mr. Stukes, Miss McKinney, Dr. Davidson, Miss Westall. The department of bacteriology of Akron University paid students S 1,600 for blood transfusions last year. That's one school that pays for bleeding the students. Ring-Tum- PM VICTOR and BRUNSWICK RECORDS PORTABLE VICTROLAS and RADIOS Bame's, Inc 107 Peachtree St. Opposite Piedmont Hotel * * * * * * * * * * * $ * * $ * * * $ * > $ * $ * $ * $ * * * * * * $ * * * V * * * * * * * *> * * * * * * TRY OUR SANDWICHES WE MAKE THEM RIGHT Lawrence's Pharmacy Phones De. 0762-0763 4 > > * * * * * * * * v * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * v * v * v * * * * v * v * v * * > v v BLACK CAT WILL BE AWARDED ON OCT. 14 (Continued from page 1, column 2) Ads and Program Alice Chamlee, chairman; Ellen Davis, Lulu Ames, Dean McKoin, Elizabeth Burson. Scenery Sarah Spencer, chairman; Kitty Cunningham, Sarah Sue Bur- nett, Adeline Rnuntree, I \\j Weeks. Properties Jane Thomas, chairman; Janet Gray, Frances Miller, Sarah Turner, Emily Rowe. Costumes Mary M. Stowe, chair- man; Carolyn Clements, Virginia Gaines, Lois Hart, Mary Walker. Decoration Anne Coffee, chair- man; Gertrude Lozier, Helen Ford, Corrie Blair. Dance Nell White, chairman; Louise Mclntyre, Lavinia Scott. Cheer Leaders Ellen Davis, Vir- ginia Gaines. PROCTOR DUTIES CHANGE (Continued from page 1, column 3) Dunbar, Margaret Waterman, Anna Humber. 2. In Main Elizabeth Forman, Jane Gray, Louise Schuessler, Lena Armstrong. 3. In lnman Carolyn McCallum, Frances Carey, Margaret Kump, Dor- othy Dickson, Frances McCully. Ladies' Riding Boots Correctly d e - sigrned especially for ladies is the "Friendly" boot. Hijjh prade calf skin. leather lined and a won- derful value be- cause it is made as an advertise- ment. Ordinar- ily you will pay twice as much for. a .boot .of equal quality. Stiening & Collette 77 PEACHTREE 6 The Agonistic Purpose of Outing Students Are Urged Club Explained To Sign Up for Camp Marjorie Tindall The Outing Club is a new organiza- ( tion on the campus whose aim is to in- troduce all those sincerely interested in camping, hiking, and the like to one another. The present members of the club are interested in finding new paths for hikes and in doing more and bet- ter camp cooking. Each is adding to her store of camping knowledge and to turn will impart her own secrets to ill the other members. If you are roing to camp for the week-end and would like for things to go smoothly after all the flurry of the past weeks then a^k one or two of the Outing Club girls to go along. They can tell vo' how many blankets you will need and how much food you will consume. But best of all they will teach you to cook tasty meals over the best kinds of fires. Not only are these girls wizzards at planning trips and cooking, but they are jolly companions. Don't forget them or their advice when you start to camp. To seek knowledge is to gain wis- dom, so once a month the club meeting will be open to all who are inquisitive or interested. There will be a defin- itely instructive program dealing with vome special phase of camp life. The subject of the program and the speaker wili be announced before each meeting and all who wish to attend the meeting are welcome. For those who would like to become members of the organizatoin there will be given special classes of instruction, and at their completion a test. Any and all nre invited to attend these classes. LARGE NUMBER MAKE HONOR ROLL GRADES K ^ont ; nued from page 1, column 4) Sara Nichols, Atlanta, Ga.; Mary Alice Shelton, Atlanta, Ga.; Mary Snow, At- ' - , Marie Townsend, Decatur, Ga. The following awards were an- nounced at commencement last May. Col egiate Scholarship Mary Boggs. Rich Prize Shirley Christian. Pia 10 Scholarship Lillian Herring. Vo cc Scholarship Marjorie Sim- mons Art Scholarship Frances Cassel. Spoken English Martha Skeen. Cr ndler Medal in Mathematics Mar; D. Clarke. M >rly Medal in Mathematics Pauline Gordon. By Margaret Friend Stone Mountain Camp wants to wel- come each old and each new student to Agnes Scott and back to camp itself, and wants to issue you a cordial in- vitation to spend your week-ends there! Pine Lodge Camp is situated about 10 miles from the college at the foot of Stone Mountain. It is a three-room log cabin with a huge fireplace at one end for cooking, and on cold nights for gathering around to roast marsh- mallows, eat apples and sing! And with a victrola at hand, dancing on the smooth floors is quite a treat. Camp offers you everything desir- able in the way of a different week- end. Get back to nature in these gor- geous autumn days, wade in the streams that run through the woods, hike to the spring, or climb old Stone Mountain itself. It's great to be alive out there! Get your crowd together for a dif- ferent and thrilling week-end. Camp welcomes vou! FORMER A. S. STUDENT IS WELL RECOGNIZED Louisa Robert, a member of the sophomore class here, is one of the features in the "Interesting People" section of a recent issue of The Amer- ican Magazine. A description of how Miss Robert developed from a medi- ocre swimmer to a backstroke cham- pion in ten months time is given. Miss Robert was a member of the Olympic team last year, although she was prevented from participating by an emergency appendix operation. She was the Georgia Princess at the last Virginia Appleblossom Festival. Her father, Mr. L. W. Robert of Atlanta, is Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. She was invited by President Roosevelt to be present at the White House when her father was sworn in. EXCHANGES (Continued from page 2, column 5) All human government in the last analysis is experimental. Prof. Ray- mond Moley. Biology provides not one shred of observational evidence to support the spontaneous origin of living matter in the world today. Dr. James Gray, Cambridge professor. P.-ot. Max Alsberg, until Hitler came into power a leading member of the Berlin bar and once highly popu- lar in German literary circles, a mem- ber of the faculty of the Berlin Uni- vcrsit la school, committed suicide this ,nonth in Switzerland. While the wicked flee when no man pursueth, they make much better time if some one is after them. Dr. Park- hurst. Modern guards are the key men of offensive. Harry Kipke, University of Michigan football coach. CLUBS a slotted strip of celluloid, through proper use of which, along with a language drill book, enable one to learn the vocabulary of the first year of a foreign language in seven hours ui iveek with a retention of eighty to u nety per cent. There is a very serious question as to whether our free education system can continue. Belmont Farley. We must get back to the truth that education is not training, nor is it propaganda. Dr. Robert E. Vinson, president Western Reserve University. Picking teachers is something like picking wives. It would be hard to find any two men to agree on the qualities to be sought in either. Dean Harrv N. Irwin. Wherever we have learned new truth, sensed new beauty, improved taste, or found new wavs to live, it has ***** ' >vvv*vvvv**v******** * i ( ompliments e I of .j. * WKll/S TK\ CENT STORE + * * i | .j.. : .^^^.><.^.%.%^.>.>.:..>.%^^^^^***** R I ALTO THEATRE SAT. MON. TIES. OCT. 7. 9. 10 3 Days Only Zane Gray's Thundering Romance "MAN OF THE FOREST" With RANDOLPH SCOT! NOAH BERRY BUSTER KARBEE w Kl>. THURS. FRL OCT. 11, 12, 13 M)ays Onlv With B 1MB MR \ STANWYCK and GEORGE BRENT in "BAB? PACE* 1 V. W. C. A. EDITS PAMPHLET A. S. C. VOCATIONS (Continued from page 1, column 3) tunity to render a great good to humanity. " "From the standpoint of science or service, if the college woman is look- ing for a life work, and if she has the qualifications for it, I can think of no mere stimulating or satisfactory field than medicine," says Dr. Julia Hunt Belch in writing of medicine as a pro- fession for women. Other occupations described are: that of a laboratory technician by Miss Katherine Morrow; of a librarian by Miss Tommic Dora Barker and Miss Clyde Petters; physical education by Miss Josephine Walker, who is now at North Avenue Presbyterian School in Atlanta; religious education by Miss Gladys Gaines, who is director of re- ligious education in Austin, Texas; so- cial service by Miss Lucia Murchison, who is engaged in medico-social work in the Children's Hospital, Washing- ton, D. C, and secretarial work by Virginia MacDonald, who is now at the State Teachers' College at Mans- field, Penn. The pamphlet was begun by the Y. W. C. A. several years ago, but with- held from publication so long because of the rapid change in the salaries of the different jobs. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, is now work- ing on it. never been by the vision of majorities. Dr. Robert Wicks of Princeton University. The church has a right to have the final say about education in this coun- try because it is the mother of it. Rev. Russell S. Brown. Possibly the silliest sophistry with which we have deluded ourselves is that, struggle between species being the order in nature, war is inevitable and natural. Alexander Ruthven, president the University of Michigan. Cambridge, Mass. (IP) A sum- mer in Europe served to convince Dean Henry Holmes of the Harvard Uni- versity graduate school that the Hit- ler government in Germany is not so bad after all. On his return Dean Holmes said that he now believed Hitler was "something Germany needed, and may turn out well." "I formed my opinion," he said, "from what I heard in France, and from the antagonistic attitude of the French, which I did not like, and also from talking with people on the voy- age home. "I think that reports of Hitler's op- pression of the Jews has been exagger- ated. Some action may have been necessary. The main thing is that Ger- many, which has been fighting against tremendous odds imposed on her by the Versailles Treaty, has regained sclf- rcspenct, unity and confidence." Washington (IP) After a con- ference with a committee of educators headed by President Lloyd H. Marvin of George Washington University here, Hugh Johnson, national recovery Announcements of Office Hours Made Dean's Office During the day the Dean will hold her office hours in Buttrick Hall, at night and on Sundays in Main Hall. Week days: 9:00-10:00 A.M. 1030-12:30 A.M. 110- 5:00 P.M. 7:00- 9:00 P.M. Sunday: 10:00-10:30 A.M. 2:10- 5:00 P.M. Doctor Sweet Week days: 7:45- 9:00 A.M. 10:30-12:00 A.M. 6:45- 7:30 P.M. Sunday: 8:45- 9:15 A.M. After Y. W. C. A. for half an hour. Holidays: 8:45- 9:15 A.M. Mr. Tart Banking hours: 9:00-10:00 A.M.* 1:30- 3:30 P.M. " Saturday excepted. Book store hours: 8:00- 9:00 A.M. 10:15-12:15 A.M. 1:00- 4:00 P.M. Saturday Only morning hours. chief, issued a ruling that schools, col- leges, universities, churches, hospitals and charitable institutions were to be exempt from the provisions of the Na- tional Recovery Act. A letter going out to educational in- stitutions affected from Dr. Marvin's committee, says in part: ''This ruling means that non-profit- making institutions under private con- trol have the same status as have state and municipal institutions with regard to the NRA. They are exempt from the provisions of codes. "This does not mean that they should not voluntarily meet as far as possible the specifications of the Presi- dent's agreement and co-operate with the President in every way to hasten national recovery." The committee of educators was ap- pointed by Charles R. Mann as direc- tor of he American Council of Educa- tion. New York (IP) New York Uni- versity last week came into possession of its first diploma, issued 100 years ago to James Josephum Acheson. The faded parchment was obtained from RusscI A. Chapin of Santa Mon- ica, Cal., a grandson of he first grad- uate. When Acheson was a student at the University the professor of painting and sculpture was Samuel F. B. Morse, later the inventor of telegraphy. Acheson later became a prominent doctor in New York and Brook lvn. S & W Cafeteria 189-191 Peachtree St. The Perfect End for a 1 0 Mile Hike DELICIOUS FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES "The South's Largest Restaurant Business" Freshmen Welcomed At Athletic Rally The annual athletic rally of the Athletic Association was held on Fri- day night, September 2 2, at 7 o'clock. This year the World Fair at Chicago was brought for a night to the cam- pus. Each sport was represented by a booth which displayed or presented some phase of that activity. There was the baseball booth where the sightseers threw balls at the bases of a baseball diamond, and received as a prize pic- tures of themselves if they hit a base. The archery booth attracted much in- terest, and the general display of all the sports represented by gumdrop players was especially attractive. The electric and fire displays in the swim- ming pool were new to most of the audience. When tired of tramping from one place to another the specta- tors went to the campfire and roasted marshmallows and sang. The athletic board room was trans- formed into a beer garden, and refresh- ments were served there. After the groups had followed their many guides to the various places, they returned to the gymnasium where Mar- garet Massie formally welcomed the new and old students to Agnes Scott. The program concluded with skits pre- sented by Margaret Friend. Top-Notchers We Like Top-Notchers. Whether they are burly \vrestlers or dainty operatic sopranos . . . scholarly Phi Beta Kappas or grim old sea captains . . . individuals or organizations . . . as long as they are recognized as leaders in their fields we admire them. Agnes Scott College is a top-notcher. It is recog- nized as a superior institu- tion. Our hats are oft" to Agnes Scott. We think Muse's, too, may be termed a top-notcher. It is the recognized Style Center of the South. "As one top-notcher to another" may we invite vou to visit us? MUSE'S I.. adits' Ri.ady-to- Wear 5th Floor / t t?*-* Elizabeth Moore Club Ed /tor Rosalyn Crispin Exchange Ed/tor DoRIS Batsell __Giddy Gossip Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor Plant Ellis Joke Editor BUSINESS STAFF Alma Brohard Circulation Manager BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lois Hart Day Studen Circ. Mgr. Lulu Ames Jacqueline Woolfolk Doris Batsell Assistant Circulation Manager Vera Pruet REPORTERS Augusta King Suzanne Smith Alberta Palmour Isabel Lowrance Dorothy Cassels Betty Harbison Martha Redwine Frances McCalla Louise Schuessler Florence Preston EDITORIAL If war should break out during this generation and many say that it most certainly will what attitude should the stu- dents of America take toward it? In a last Sunday's paper Henry Morgenthau, well-known diplomat and economist, stated that European war in 1934 is inevitable. This may well be an exaggeration, but there does exist the necessity for student feel- ing on the subject. Last spring questionaires corresponding to the "Oxford oath" in England were circulated in this country in which stu- dents were asked to swear that they would either not participate m a Krar under any conditions or not except in case of invasion, [f this would definitely form a pacifist organization which would its oath under any conditions, its object would be reached and var might be prevented. But young people of this day, who were very small during the last war, can hardly be expected to keep such an oath if a war did come about. As much as fool- ish patriotism if any patriotism be foolish has been run down in an effort to prevent foolhearted rushing into war it still runs strong in young blood and a call to arms, a uniform with shiny buttons, and an opportunity to march off to fight for one's country "right or wrong" still combine to thrill boys to the toes and to urge them into something which turns out to be ever so much more than a uniform with shiny buttons. They may be told how dreadful war is; they may even sign a pledge not to fight; but when their country declares war they will probably follow the foolish, old-fashioned, heroic patriotism and join the march to the front. It is self-evident that we should try to prevent this war which many are predicting. It is self-evident that a large portion of the responsibility of preventing it lies with the student popu- lation. But how can we rid ourselves of this notion of the grandeur and glamor of war and of fighting for one's country? How can we propagate a sane, logical attitude toward war? The answer is obviously to look it square in the face, to tear away the illusions that cling to it. This is precisely the thing that most books and picture shows fail to do. The majority of them add : ) its already glamorous halo. . \// Quiet on the Western Fro/it i worthy exception. There is also a recent book which com- plete! \ destroys all vestiges of grandeur. It is The First World War, a photographic history, edited by Lawrence Stallings. The Fhrsi World War is a collection of actual photographs of the last war. It shows barren wastes with unknown, unsung heroes dead upon thenv it shows a child dying of hunger and a spy hanging in the street; it shows the cross-marked graves of the soldiers; m short it shows all the tragedy and futility of war. And yet its emphasis is not entirely on the harrowing and the horrible; on the contrary it is a complete and logical history of the war from beginning to end. \\ hen we look at it we could cry out at the Stupidity oi a twentieth century man. Heroic and brave to go to war? No, only loolish and brutal. The world needs to be educated in its attitude toward war; until it is it can bardlj be ^aid to be civilized. This book is a step in the educa- tional process. Every student should sec it. We feel that it can do more than a million oaths in hardening their hearts toward W ar. i Editor's note: The We Think column is for the purpose of giving an outlet to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible for what is printed in this column and it is by no means to be taken as the editorial opinion f the paper.) ^X r e think that all the campus grinds should be deported to the black hole of Calcutta. We think that there are certain pro- fessors on the campus who force their opinions on the students, not tolerat- ing personal ideas on the subject. We think that they should accompany the grinds. We think that fifty cents a meal for guests is highway robbery. We think that not allowing dates on Sunday night is Puritanical. We think that foggish ideas are plentiful here. We think that having students an- swer the telephone on Saturday after- noon and Sunday morning is absurd. We think that the halls are too dark at night for safety. We think that not being allowed to wear riding pants to class is beyond the pale. We think Mr. Tart's hours are very inconvenient. We think the maid service is ter- rific. We think people that fuss about the food are rude and disagreeable. We suggest that they eat in the kitchen. We think that people who swear they haven't studied when they have spent at least four hours with their nose in a book should have said nose tweaked severely. We think that there should be at least one dance with boys a year in the gym. We think that the faculty should have bacon bats more often. We think that we should have hot bread and coffee for dinner. And we won't ever tell you what we think about the new chaperonage rule! EXCHANGES Mount Berry, Ga., Oct. 7. Ex- penditure of nearly $200,000 in Rome and Georgia by the Berry Schools dur- ing the first three quarters of 193 3 was revealed in figures issued today at the office of E. H. Hoge, comptroller of the schools. Hundreds of unemployed persons in the county were given work by the schools in their relief activities during the past winter and summer months, it was disclosed by the pay rolls of the schools. During the summer alone more than 400 persons were kept busy at all times, more than 100 of these being employees living within the county but outside of Berry Schools. A penny for your thoughts that's the sales tax. Constant chatter wears away many in evening in the date parlor. This hittcth not the iron nail on the headi it hit my thumb nail instead. It's an ill wind that bio the chemistry building. fr A book in the hand is worth two in the library. A dumb biology student gathers no moss. The Twig. To Teach Us to Drin k France has appropriated money to teach Americans by radio how to drink, believing Americans need to be re-educated in the use of wines. BOOK BITS Literature of the South More than two hundred periodicals have been bound and shelved, and over four hundred new books catalogued in the Agnes Scott library since June 1, according to Miss Edna Hanley, li- brarian. A large number of the recent books on the racks deal with religious and social problems. Rufus M. Jones, a Quaker, who is considered as probably the greatest mystic in the United States today, has written a volume called New Studies in Mystical Religion. Others of his books recently acquired are: The In- ner Life, Pathways to the Reality of God, and A Preface to Christian Faith. Labor Speaks for Itself on Religion, edited by Jerome Davis, two biograph- ies, Smith's Aggrey of Africa A Study in Black and White, and An- drew's Mahattna Gandhi: His Own Story; New Life Through God, by the Japanese Kagawa; and E. Stanley Jones' Christ of the Mount are some of the other religious books. Among the books dealing with so- cial problems are: Elma, The Family Aspect; Mowrer, Domestic Discord; Mazur, New Roads to Prosperity; Douglas, Problems of Unemployment; Calkins, Some Folks Won't Work; Kel- ler, Man's Angel Road; Leech, Paradox of Plenty. Other volumes will be placed on the shelves soon. In " Judah P. Benjamin Statesman of the Lost Cause," by Rollo Osterweis, the reviewer finds a brilliant volume which is particularly appealing in senti- ment to those lovers of the Old South whose sympathies have flowered peren- nially during these years of modern drouth; and, too, in profound interest to the general reader. The life of this great statesman and devoted leader of the Confederacy is a splendid me- morial to his rare intellect and his superb ability. He rose to heights as an orator and representative of the South in the U. S. Senate; was Secre- tary of State in the Confederate Presi- dent's cabinet; afterward a fugitive from his native haunt, he began a ca- reer at 5 5 \.\ England, rising from stu- dent to Queen's Counsel during Vic- toria's reign. His loyalty to Jeffer- son Davis, misunderstood by even some of his own countrymen, never faltered or failed. He was a brilliant and power- ful premier, and the biography of him and his times is fascinating and accur- ate. It is a far cry from a book of Lord Tunsany's short stories to "The Woods Colt," by Thames Williamson. The one, drawn from the magic of sing- ing winds, marsh fires and sea water; the other, a homespun dialect tale of the Ozark hills. The reviewer had just reluctantly laid aside the first to begin the last. Some critics declare that 'The Woods Colt's" only rival of the year is "Anthony Adverse," though these two novels are entirely different in plot and style. The only objection to Mr. Williamson's works is that we al- ready have had too many realistic "common" books about the South. It would seem to the layman that this portion of the map can produce only negro and "poor white" interpreta- tions. Of course everyone in Georgia knows something about that excellent story, brought out by the Harpers, with the somewhat mystifying title, "Lamb in His Bosom," by Caroline Miller, of Baxley, Ga. This is a first book, and her publishers have many enthusiastic things to say in regard to the gifted writer. The South is beginning to real- ize with pride its place in the literary sun. We have Georgia, South Caro- lina, Tennessee and Florida writers, besides those from other southern states. Many of our recent poets arc Georgia born. It is not inadmissible to mention here Deep South, the small but inter- esting magazine, a journal of Dixie, printed by Deep South Publishing Co. The September number presents an at- tractive list of writers who have con- tributed to this pleasing new publica- tion. ALUMNAE The Decatur Agnes Scott Ciub is to sponsor a manufacturers' dinner Octo- ber 12 at 6:30 at the Decatur Wom- an's Club. The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club will also sponsor a manufacturers' luncheon at the home of Mrs. John J. Fagan, 902 Oakdale Road, October 26 at 12:30. Any member of the college community will be welcome. Laura Brown, '31, is teaching again n Stanton High School, Stanton, Va. Mildred Duncan, '3 1, lost her father during the summer. We extend our sympathy. She is working in New Or- leans as secretary to a government of- ficial. Jean Gre technician lanta. y, '3 1, is ncuro-pathological at Grady Hospital in At- Shirley (McPhaul) Whitfield, '3 1, and her husband toured Europe for two months in their car this summer. Fan- nie Willis Niles, '3 1; Anita Boswell, '3 1, and Adelaide McWhorter, '3 1, were also abroad this summer. Laura Robinson, '3 1, is teaching in the Norfolk division of William and Mary College. Her resident address is 1135 West Ave., Norfolk, Virginia. feannette Shaw, '3 1, is attending F.morv, where she is studying to be a technician. AniOUg those attending the World's Pal? this summer were I aelicus Stal- lings, '3 1; Ruth Taylor, '32, and Louise 1 lollingsworth, '32. Julia (Thompson) Smith, '3 1, and her hus- band are going to the Fair in October. Dorothy Kethley, '3 1, is recuperat- ing from a recent operation. (Continued on jnige 4, column 1 ) If you chance to be passing by the University of California campus in the wee hours of the night and hear "Pedro!" shouted from roof top to roof top, or window to window, don't get the idea the student body has tak- en en mass to the ancient game of cards. It's just an old Spanish, or per- haps Mexican, custom that supposed to have originated from the mimicry of a student resident of International House who used to announce his im- pending visit to a friend by shouting {Continued on page 4, column 4) L- AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women thai is widely recog- nized for its standards of uork and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address f. R. MCCAIN, President The Agonistic 3 & 0 t t t t g N 0 t P 0 Helen Bashinski spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Talmadge. Mary McDonald and C'Lena Mc- Mullen spent the week-end at Camp Highland at Smyrna, Ga. Iona Cater spent the week-end with Marlyn Tate in Atlanta. Barbara Hertwig and Lucille Cairns spent Sunday with Eloise Alexander in Atlanta. Anna Humber spent the week-end at Wesleyan. Elinor Hamilton, Nancy Rogers, and Mary Jane Evans attended a Sigma Chi dance at Emory. Mary Hamilton spent the week-end in Atlanta with her aunt, Mrs. O. E. Horton. Mary Vines attended the Delta Tau Delta dance at Emory Thursday night. Virginia Turner's family spent last week-end with her. Nell White attended the dance at the Biltmore Hotel Saturday night. Mary Gray Rogers spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. A. V. Polak, in Atlanta. Martha Edmonds attended the Psi Omega dance at the Dental College h'ndiy night. Helen Phillips spent the week-end with Mrs H. C. Howard at Emorv. Ida Buist attended the dance at the Biltmore Hotel Saturday night. Barton Jackson was the guest Sun- day of her uncle, Mr. D. B. Bond, in Lithonia, Ga. Eloise Alexander and Erances Steele were the week-end guests of the form- er's parents in Atlanta. Mary Louise Shuman and Carolyn Clements attended the Pi K. A. dance at Emory Friday nigh; Harriet Dimn.cck spent List week- end with Mrs. \V. J. Kirk la lid in At- lanta. Jean Kukpatrick spent last week- end at her home in Anderron, S. C, and at: 'Tided her broJiC^'s weddng. Frances Miller and Meriel Bull spent Saturday night with Helen Stanley in Decatur. Martha Norman spent the week-end at her home in West Point, Ga. Adele Moses was the guest last week- end of Mrs. C. A. Alexander in At- A. S. ALUMNAE GO TO MEETING {Continued from page 1, column 2) vited, will be "This Crisis in History." The discussions, which will be divided into four sessions, will center around the present world upheaval and the part the United States is destined to play in it. The speakers of the first session, "The World Outlook," include Walter Lippman, well-known journalist, Theo- dore Roosevelt, former governor of the Philippine Islands, and Ruth Bryan Owen, American Minister to Den- mark. The second session will be devoted to "World Youth Movements" and has among its speakers, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Many prominent educa- tors will discuss the topic of the third session, "The Crisis in Education." In addition to President Roosevelt many other authorities on peace in- cluding Dr. Mary E. Wooley, presi- dent of Mount Holyoke College and delegate to the Geneva Conference, will talk on "Peace and War?" for the concluding session. Students Find Much of Interest At World's rair That Agnes Scott lives up to her tradition of having representatives in nearly all corners of the world was again proved last summer at the World's Fair in Chicago. So many students attended the exposition that several girls remarked that it looked like the college campus. Others, whose eyes perhaps were so weary that they could see nothing but their feet saw not a soul they knew. But the fact remains that in every corner of the extensive fair grounds there was at some time some Hottentot. Their im- pressions were as varied as their ex- periences and as numerous as the thou- sands of people they met. The three exhibits voted to be the most remarkable were the Planetarium, the Belgian Village, and the Art Insti- tute. Some whose fancies craved more exciting pastimes spent a great deal of time on the speed boats, flying turns, and roller coasters. Virginia Pretty- man found the flying turns most fasci- nating and would stop riding only to see the Art Exhibit. The Hollywood exhibit also created a great deal of in- terest, and Gussie with Mary Hamil- ton was so eager to get her money's worth that upon emerging into the daylight she found hat Mary's face had been blistered by the lights. The exhibit which created the great- est variety of responses was the sky- ride. Many girls said they were very much thrilled. A few said it was com- monplace. Louise Schuessler in her eagerness almost fell out the window of the car, and Mary Vines became ex- ceedingly "sea sick." Among those getting lost at the fair were Mary Hamilton, Gussie Riddle, Lib Winn (who was lost for four hours in the same building) and Claire Ivy. They were all happily found and returned to their hotels. However, there was reason for get- ting lost for, as many conceded they had never seen so many people together before. Flelen Boyd perhaps saw the greatest number of celebrated person- ages including Helen Hayes, Ethel Barrymore, Arthur Tracy, and Pauline Frederick. Many saw Balbo and his flying companions. Of even greater amusement than the impressions gained at the fair, were the Here's the line-up in Rich's College Shop for 1933! It's a grand line-up up on its toes out to win with every gay sporting campus fash- ion . . . with delightful styles for hours and occasions when the campus is forgotten! And it's the rendezvous for every smart college girl in Atlanta! Come in look around. Dresses priced Coats priced Ensembles priced $6.95 to $29.50 $18.95 to $97.50 $18.95 to $79.50 And the style you want . . . the color you want is here sizes 11 to 17. College Shop Third Floor RICH'S INCORPORATE D (& x b h g J Giddy, my sweet I daresay you are quite unaware of the distinguished visitor we've had with us on the campus last week. A most illustrious person, indeed Mrs. Malaprop! Although she insisted she had nothing to say to the press, a few pearls of wisdom fell from her ruby lips. For one thing, she declares that never again will she ever take swim- ming in the morning, for my dears, it makes her simply ravishing by lunch time. Again, she told me quite con- fidentially, you understand that she had a very dear friend at Citadel who was in the Fourth Pantaloon. And then, with horror-widened eyes and discreetly lowered voice, she reported that someone (could you believe it?) had asked Dr. Gillespie what proselyte was! She swooned at the disgrace of it and I left her where she lay, though fain would I have stayed, Giddy, to hear what more she had to impart. A friend of mine told me that after three years of diligent research and in- trepid calculations, she has at last dis- covered why Dr. Davidson doesn't have to wear glasses. It's because, my dear, his eyes are always so exercised by his popping them. I strongly suspect that her conclusions were drawn from the Yellowjacket, or some like source, rather than as the result of all those years of research; but after all, if that's her story, who are we to quibble, Giddy? Did you ever stop to think what a remarkable coincidence it is that Willie Leeks should look so very much like Marlene Deitriche? I suppose it's sort of that mysterious, glamorous look in her eyes that makes you notice the re- semblance at first or perchance it's those exotic eyebrows that Willie sports around. There are those who insist that it's really the mouth, lang- uid, sophisticated that calls your at- tention to the phenomenon. However, Giddy, if you honestly don't recognise Marlene-like features on the fair coun- tenance of our own L. W., just go ask Willie yourself she'll tell you all about it. It happened a long time ago, my lair, but it's possible the tale has not yet reached you the one concerning Mary Mac and her Helpful Harry. When Mac gently, albeit firmly, in- sisted that Helpful should bring a chaperon if he wanted to do any rid- ing around, our hero, laughing lightly, replied: "Why, you don't have to have a chaperon, Mary; none of the Agnes Scott girls ever have one. You just come along with me awhile, and I'll show you how to break all the rules!" And far be it from me to cast libel and slander faculty-ward, but it seems that Miss Latin Smith, every now and so often, receives a bill for her hus- band's funeral. What do you make of that, Watson? Campusly yours, Aggie. exploits and incidents which were ex- perienced there. Virginia Prettyman, stuck in one of the bus turnstiles, had to be rescued by one of the attendants, to the great joy of the waiting lines, which were advising the helpless girl to "crawl under." Everywhere, the Chi- cagoans were delighted with listening to the Southern accent, and Augusta King with Carolyn Clements when asking whether or not a table was re- served in a restaurant was told "Yes, reserved for the two little Southern- ers." At a tea in Evanston, 111., a kind lady finally told Mary and Gussie that although she did not know what they had been saying for the last half hour, she had enjoyed listening to them. Sev- eral students were politely requested to "talk." Among the interesting souvenirs brought from the fair is Lib Winn's turtle, "Roscoe," purchased in the Bel- gian Village. She is giving him a year's education at Agnes Scott. He is seven months of age at present, and is guar- anteed to live three hundred years. However, the guarantee said nothing about such strenuous experiences as study at Agnes Scott. Lib is doubtful if he will live over two hundred. Most of those who attended the Century of Progress at Chicago have had a "wonderful time," but are un- able to comment adequately, but only one fault has been found with the ex- position that it did not have Agnes Scott officially represented. CLUBS Three new members were admitted to Pi Alpha Phi, debating club, at its recent tryouts. They are: Marie Simp- son, Alice Dunbar, Carrie Phinney Latimer. Glee Club has admitted the follow- ing new members: Rudene Taffar, Mildred Thompson, Mary Thompson, Sarah Jones, Virginia Wood, Blanche Kennedy, Frances Wilson, Catherine Cunningham, Lois Hart, Maxine Cris- ler, Helen Philips, Augusta King, Molly Jones. Miss Janef Preston will entertain B. O. Z. at its first meeting Friday afternoon. BAPTIST REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESSES STUDENTS (Continued from page 1, column 1) low Christ, the youth must be willing to leave all to follow Him and in his service find things of far greater value than those he left. Borden of Yale who gave all his wealth, including his life to Christ, and Kagowa of Japan who is now in the act of giving his all to his Master, are two good illustrations of the real living which comes from being wholely consecrated to Christ. Miss Brame showed clearly that he who gave his dearest treasures to his Master, he alone found real joy of living, for life the irreplaceable treasure must be carefully lived and consecrated to Him. L. CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling SENIOR CLASS DRY CLEANING AGENT for Decatur Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. QUALITY DRY CLEANING AT CASH AND CARRY PRICES! Pickups Monday A. M.-Thursday A. M. Deliveries Tuesday P. M.--Friday P. M. 4 The Agonistic Hockey Season Opens Friday The first hockey game will be held on Friday, October 13, at 4:10. The class teams have been training since the fall season began, and the games promise to be exciting. The game on Friday ushers in a sea- son of hockey games to be played every Friday afternoon. The climax will be the traditional and thrilling game at the end of the season between the var- sity and the faculty team. The first game, don't forget, is to be the exhibition game with four "exhibi- tion^ teams competing for fame. Bands, parades, stunts will afford en- tertainment between the halves. So, come, brin^; your inends, and make an exhibition" crowd! ALUMNAE (Continued from page 2, column 5) Helen ('31) and Frances ('33) Duke spent the week-end of October 1 at the Alumnae House. Helen Etheredge, '3 3, is visiting Mrs. W. H. Blodgett on Avery Street in Decatur. Mrs. H. G. Nelson (Elma Swaney), '24, spent Friday night, September 3 0, in the Alumnae House. Mary Belle McConkey, '2 8, from St. Louis, Mo., and a friend spent the nights of Oc- tober 3 and 4 at the Alumnae House. Personal Progress in Pep and Play Students Invited to Archery Meeting The Archery Club, which meets Tuesday afternoon at 2:10, wishes to urge all who are interested in archery to come and enjoy the pastime. Several bows and arrows from the gymnasium are available at this time and instruc tion will be given. Various types of shooting are to be tried. The Columbia Round is to be used to improve aim and ranges, and such combinations as an archery golf, a tournament, and other varieties of shooting will be attemped. All who have shot and are interested in the sport are invited to participate. Plans for This Year's Swimming Season Made Polly Cawthon, '3 2, is teaching civics and English in Murf reesboro, Ten nessee. Rosemary Honniker, '3 2, was mar- ried September 3 to Dr. Samuel M. Rickman. They live in Louisville, Ky., where Dr. Rickman is on the staff of the Newton Memorial Infirmary. Margaret Maness, '32, is teaching the third grade of the Marion Smith School. She is living in Hapeville, Ga. Margaret Ridgcley, '3 2, is teaching the fifh gradet n he Luckie Sreet School here. Susan Glenn, '3 2, has gone to Wash- ington, D. C, where she will attend the Washington school for secretaries. Josephine Clark, '3 3, is living with Eulalia Napier, '33, at 63 5 Sycamore St., Decatur. PSYCH PAPER IS PUBLISHED (Continued from page 1, column 4) Dean McKoin, Elizabeth Forman, Al- berta Palmour, Margaret Rogers, Au- drey R.unev, Kathcnne Maness, Eliz- abeth Harbison, Martha Skeen, Ruth Shippey, Virginia Shippey, Olive Weeks, Caroline Dickson, Jacqueline Wool folk, Katharine DeMart, FIclen Scott, Ruth Barnett, and Miss Gil- christ. The plans for the swimming season this fall are somewhat different from the usual ones. A water pageant is to be presented, which will be the second one at Agnes Scott, one other having been given in the fall of 1927. There will be divisions for begin- ners, for intermediate, and for ad- vanced swimmers. Work on the pageant will begin very soon. There will be divisions for beginners, intermediate and advanced swimmers. Those wishing to partici- pate are asked to sign up with one of the class managers. The managers are Virginia Fisher, senior; Elizabeh Alex- ander, Junior; Alice McCallie, soph- omore, and Kitty Printup, freshman. EXCHANGES (Continued from page 2, column 3) his name as he approached the campus club. Now it has come to signify that a student has finished burning his mid- night oil and is about to retire. Jo banian. Necessity of Class Spirit Recognized That which means more than any- thing else to a basketball team, a swimming team, or a tennis team, is the loyal support of its class. Any team can play a much better game if the players can hear their classmates cheer- ing for them above the rest of the crowd. Do you want your team to win? Of course you do, but are you going to let them know you're back- ing them? You want to, I'm sure, and there's no better way to support your team and help them win than by at- tending the games and joining the cheering. Why not begin the athletic season right by attending the first game? Your team needs you. ATHLETIC SLOGAN IS PROGRESS IN PLAY A student in a logic exam at Mar quette ran out of subject matter after writing three pages, and he wrote: "I don't think you will read this far, and just to prove it I'll tell you about the baseball game I saw yesterday." For another five pages the student describ- ed the game, and he was never called on it. R in g -Turn- Phi. Let's Pack Four dollars is the annual tuition fee in the Chinese government universi- ties. Twenty dollars is the maximum fee in missionary schools, and dormi- tories are supplied free. The Intercol- legiate Digest. Experiments at the University of Michigan have proved that the cigar- ette ads are not all bosh. Lighting a Cigarette actually aids in maintaining a nonchalance in moments of stress. Back in the 70's at Penn State Col- li . mission of the president as well i approval of the Dean of Women was necessary to secure a date with a co-ed. The Agnes Scott faculty entertained us now members at a bacon bat Satur- da\ night m tin Seminary woods. The bacon bat represents an annual social affair of the facultv. If a Hottentot tot taught a Hottentot tot To talk ere the tot could tctcr. Should the Hottentot tot be taught to say aught or naught, Or what ought to be taught her; If to hoot and to toot the Hottentot tot Be taught by the Hottentot tutor, Should the tutor get hot, if the Hot- tentot tot Hoot and toot at the Hottentot tutor? * * .% . . .\ \ * $ * s. f .% |i f f $ * $ * * * * * $ $ * > * * * * * $ * v v * v v > v v TRY OUR SANDWICHES WE MAKE THEM RIGHT Lawrence's Pharmacy Phones I)e. 0762-0763 , .% .j. * * .> .> * * * v -: * * * * * * *:* * * * > * * * *> > * * * * * * * * : * * * * * * * * By Margaret Massie The Athletic Association is com- posed of every girl who wishes to enjoy some of her spare time by taking part in recreation and play. Its function here on the campus is to furnish oppor- tunities for the development of the pity side of each girl's college life. In keeping with the general trends of the world today, we have chosen as our theme for the year Progress in all phases of recreation and health de- velopment. We are emphasizing the personal progress of every girl in all realms of physical activity: in the en- joyment of "play for play's sake," in the attainment of proficiency in some ports, and in the acquisition of higher health standards. In short, the Athletic Association seeks to aid students in securing a finer appreciation and en- joyment of play. To carry out its aim, the A. A. sponsors various recreational activities during the year such as: Health Week, play day, recreation on Saturday nights, outings at camp, and inter-class con- tests in all sports. Through these channels, the A. A. challenges you to a year of Progress in Play. A. A. Sponsors Lost and Found Lost anything? Found anything? If so apply to the Lost and Found De- partment of Athletic Association, for this is an important phase of the work of the Association. If you find articles around the campus turn them in either at the Dean's office or to Alberta Palmour, the manager of the Lost and Found. Once a week lost articles may be reclaimed at the lost and found room upstairs in the gym. Articles not redeemed at this time arc sold at a monthly sale. Watch the bulletin board for announcements in regard to lost and found, because wonderful bargains may be had! Tech Gets Cut System Up until one day last October ex- cused class cuts at Tech were un- known. To escape a zero and the ire of the absence committee after an ab- sence had occurred, it was necessary for the student to present a reasonable excuse for his absence. After a petition by the students one cut was granted per semester per scheduled hour in each week, two cuts for two hours, and three cuts for three or more hours. Cuts were limited to students mak- ing a grade not lower than "C." The privilege did not include days before and after holidays, absences from laboratories, shops, drawing, or drill, absences on days of announced quizzes, nor tardies. The faculty matched the students with the even more liberal idea that students with grades of "A" should be allowed to regulate class attendance as they saw fit. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I leap to English 103 In futile hope to hear the roll. In i he fell clutch of circumstance I break fast on a chocolate milk; Ii I should e'er forget my pants, Blame schedule makers and their ilk. Beyond this place of Math and fears Where cuts are few and far between, I hope to find a deep soft bed And sleep for hours seventeen. I'll pay no heed to Prof's who prate Of tardiness on their roll; I will be absent not just late !i these be pipe dreams, aren't they droll? W. S. F. Ring -Tu m - Phi. A new form of motion picture cen- sorship emanating from Ohio State University provides for courses in mo- tion picture appreciation for high school and university students. The idea is to put the censorship in the box- office, rather than to attempt to legis- late good motion pictures. The dome on Notre Dame's main building is being regilded with 23' : carat gold leaf at an approximate cost of $5,000. Football has been discarded for roder sports at the Cheyenne School at Colorado Springs. Bucking horses and wild steers are considered less danger- ous by Dr. Lloyd Shaw, superintend- ent. Temple University, Philadelphia, sets the unique record of having eight sets of twins among the student body all but one having chosen the same department. In 1930 Agnes Scott would have run this a close second. There were five sets of twins here. * > > > > *> v * * > * * * * * * * * * * * V * %* v "I * ft t Just a Nice Walk to * A VON DALE TAVERN | (Formerly Pig 'n Whistle) f % For the Very Best Wieners, f Hamburgers, Barbecue & Drinks ************************** Hiking Squad Makes Plans for Fall Season The hiking squad has started mak- ing interesting plans for this season's hikes. There are to be ten- mile hikes to the S. e\: \\\ and moonlight hikes to the Pig 'n Whistle as well as frequent hikes on fall afternoons, and walks to Ice Cream springs. The requirements for eligibility to the hiking squad are: five organized hikes, eight unorganized, and one ten- mile hike. The manager wishes to urge all who are interested to turn out for the next hike. First Kangaroo: "Annabelle, where \s the baby?" Second Kangaroo: "My goodness! I've had my pocke picked I" AT THE THEATRES NOW PLAYING "The Bowery" with WALLACE BEER Y JACKIE C OOPER GEORGE RAFT STARTS FRIDAY LEE TRACT? 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Young Betty Lund (The All-American (;irl) in THE FIRST FOOTBALL ROM ANCE or L933 SATURDAY'S MILLIONS" From the Saturday Evening Post Story Starts Saturday (paramount *J THEATRE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Di Kalb Theatre VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1933 NO. 3 Y. W. BUDGET IS PRESENTED IN CHAPEL The annual Y. W. C. A. benevolent budget was presented in chapel yester- day morning by Elizabeth Alexander, treasurer of Y. W. C. A. There is no great change in this year's budget, al- though the total has been slightly re- duced. The largest portion goes to Miss Emily Winn, the school's mission- ary, who is at work in China. The goal for this year is an average pledge of five dollars. Miss Blanche Miller of the biology department and Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, assisted Miss Alexander in presenting certain items of the budget. The campaign lasts through this week. Solicitors have been appointed in each dormitory to take charge of pledges. The 193 3-34 budget is as follows: /. World-Wide Service: 1. Our Missionary, Miss Emily Winn', 1933-'34 $ 500 2. Balance due our mission- ary 1932-1933 200 //. Contacts With Other Associations: 1. National Student Council 180 2. World Student Christian Federation 2 5 3. Training for service Conferences a. State preparation Camp Wilkins 15 b. All-Southern con- tacts Blue Ridge 100 c. Nat'l training Nat'l Student Ass'n 100 ///. Dei eloping Religions Life on the Campus: Week of services 100 /V. Special Service for Students: 1. Student handbook, Sil- houette and other printing 104 2. Receptions for all occas- ions 50 3. Committees, incidental expences, books, and emergencies 100 Grand total $1,474 RELIGIOUS MEETINGS PLANNED FOR SPRING Dr. J. Blanton Bclk of Richmond, Va., has been invited by the Y. W. C. A. to be the speaker for the annual re- ligious week in the spring. His answer has not yet been received. Dr. Belk is already known on the campus, having talked in chapel last year while he was in Atlanta. The religious week, under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. brings to the college each spring some outstand- ing church leader, who speaks in chapel each morning during the week. In the past the speakers have included such men as Dr. Frank Morgan of Augusta, son of Campbell Morgan, Dr. Bill An- derson of Dallas, Texas, and Dr. Rob- ert Miles, of Richmond, last year's speaker. Holmes Discovers Vitamin A in Oil Professor Harry Holmes of Oberlin University, who will lecture at Agnes Scott November 2, revealed last week his discovery of an oil which is almost pure vitamin A. Professor Holmes presented his discovery to the Ohio- Michigan section of the American Chemical Society Friday. This is "a new, pale yellow oil 9,200 times more potent than ordinary cod- liver oil," according to an article in Saturday's Atlanta Constitution. "It is prepared from halibut livers and rep- resents America's stake in an interna- tional scientific race to be first with isolation of vitamin A, the disease-re- sistance builder." Professor Holmes will lecture here on "The Dramatic Side of Science" as the first number of the Agnes Scott Lecture Association. Season tickets for the lecture series are now on sale for $2. Miss Catherine Torrance, chairman of the Lecture Association, urged the student body to buy tickets soon in a talk in chapel Saturday, so that the last feature on the program for this year may be decided on. FIVE ARE CHOSEN TO BLACKFRIARS Those who were admitted to Black- friars at the tryouts on Monday night are: Shirley Christian, Carrie Phinney Latimer, Ida Lois McDaniel, Virginia Turner, Nell White. The judges consisted of the board made up of Elaine Heckle, president; Ruth Moore, vice president; Claire Ivy, secretary; Mary Hutchinson, sec- retary; Hester Ann Withers, property manager; Betty Fountain, costume manager; Anna Humber, publicitv manager; and Miss Lucile Alexander, Miss Emma Mae Laney, Mr. R. B. Cun- ningham, and Miss Frances K. Gooch. Chi Beta Phi Sigma, Science Club, met Monday night in the chemistry lecture room. Dr. Guy of Emory made a talk and the new members were welcomed into the club. After the meeting refreshments were served by the officers. Blackfriars held their regular monthly meeting last night in Miss Gooch's studio. The new members were formally initiated, and "Trifles," a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, was presented under the direction of Mar- garet Friend. The cast included Vir- ginia Byers, Mary Winterbottom, Anna Humber, Hester Anne Withers, and Loice Richards. Dr. Davidson to Be First Of Eristics Lecturers Dr. Philip Davidson, lecturing Sun- day, October 29, at 7:3 0 o'clock, on the Social Revolutions in Europe from 1848 to 1917, will be the first of a series of speakers to address the Eristics Society this winter. The society will devote five of its meetings to the study of European revolutions, emphasizing the effects of the revolution upon the individual in regard to changes in moral, religious, (Continued on page 2, column 5) An Agrarian Takes His Stand By An Agrarian There are certain considerations which the artist, specifically the liter- ary artist, must take account of in the ordering of his life and thought and in the creation of his work. In the first place he must explore and chart his mind; discover what the pattern of it is and, consequently, what to accept as serviceable for its nourishment and what to reject as unserviceable. In the second place he must explore and ap- praise his milieu; do a little living and accumulate some knowledge of the world in which he lives. It is the rec- ord of the peculiar reaction between the artist and his world that makes up the body of his work. If he reacts un- happily, finding the social conventions, the economic structure, and the philo- sophical bias which his age has in- herited from the past irksome or of- fensive to his own ideas and purposes he is a romanticist like Shelley or Tennyson or Edgar Lee Masters. If he reacts happily, finding these things comfortable and useful, he is a tradi- tional poet like Milton or A. E. Hous- man or T. S. Eliot. The present con- (Coniinued on page 4, column 1) A. S. C. GIRLS GO TO ATHENS FOR RETREAT Several Agnes Scott students at- tended the Student Volunteer Retreat at the Y camp in Athens Friday through Sunday. The theme of the re- treat was missionary learning now be- fore going to foreign fields. Dr. Lavens M. Thomas of Emory was the main speaker; Mrs. Fletcher Brockman, a missionary to China, was also among those who talked to the group. Only about forty were present, since the number from each college was limited. The following girls from Agnes Scott went: C'Lena McMullen, Betty Harbison, Katherine Maness, Florence Preston, Martha Crenshaw, Rosalyn Crispin, Elizabeth McKce. In speaking of the trip, C'Lena emphasized the helpfulness of a meeting of this sort, especially as furnishing a means for thinking out personal problems. New Committee Is Chosen By Exec. A new committee, known as the N. S. F. A. committee, has been created by the Student Government Associa- tion. The members appointed are Charlotte Reid, chairman; Mary Jane Evans, Barbara Hertwig, Sarah Spen- cer, Ursula Boese, and Laura Buist. The purposes of the committee are to establish a closer relationship be- tween our campus and the N. S. F. A., with other campuses, and to associate us with student movements through- out the country. The N. S. F. A. committee will sponsor a library shelf of material about the Federation. More detailed plans will be announced later. SOPHS WILL RECEIVE BELL FROM SENIORS The bell for the Black Cat which the sophomore class won at the stunt Saturday night will be presented the class by the seniors at the annual senior-sophomore party Friday after- noon from 4 to 6 in the gymnasium. The idea of a barroom will be carried out in the decorations and refresh- ments, which will be cider and pret- zels. The program includes Margaret nings, and Alma Brohard. ATHLETIC BOARD NAMES SIMPSON AND BURSON The executive board of the Athletic Association recently announced the election of Marie Simpson and Eliz- abeth Burson to Athletic Board. This year there have been certain vacancies on the Board due to the fact that several members did not return. Marie Simpson and Elizabeth Burson will fill two of these places as manager of the Lost and Found Department and manager of baseball. The other vacancy was filled several weeks ago by Rosa Miller, w ho was chosen as hiking man- ager. The complete list of the Athletic Board members are: Margaret Massie President; Mardie Friend, vice president and camp man- ager; Frances McCalla, secrctarv and volleyball manager; Leonora Spenser, treasurer and basketball manager; Betty Harbison, hockey; Frances O'Brien, social; Helen Handte, tennis; Anne Coffee, swimming; Lena Arm- strong, publicity; Marie Simpson, lost and found manager; Rosa Miller, hik- ing; Florence Preston, archery; Eliz- abeth Burson, basketball manager; Gus Riddle, music director. Miss MacDougall Receives Honor Dr. Mary MacDougall, head of the biology department, has been notified by Dr. Hartmann, editor of the Archiv fur Protcstcnkurdc, that an article of hers has been accepted for publication in that scientific periodi- cal. The article concerns the cytologi- cal basis of heredity in the protozoa, and will appear in the early part of 1934. Work on the article was begun two years ago when Miss MacDougall was on a year's leave of absence for study in Europe under a Guggenheim Fel- lowship. She studied at Kaiser Wil- helm Institute in Berlin and College de France. Work was continued last year at Agnes Scott, and was complet- ed during the past summer at Wood's Hole. This is the first of a series of six short articles which will be gathered for a monograph on the subject. The article will be published in English, al- though the Archiv, which is issued in Berlin, is a German periodical. PLANS MADE FOR ORCHESTRA The first meeting of the orchestra which is under the direction of Gus Riddle, and sponsored by the Athletic Association, was held yesterday after- noon at five o'clock. At this meeting plans were discussed for tryouts and for dinner music. It was decided that tryouts will be held Thursday at five o'clock. These are open to members of all classes, and freshmen particularly are urged to tryout. Three years ago the orchestra was organized to play for several special oc- casions and for the dances. Last year strickly dinner music during dinner became a special feature, and this year Gus Riddle is planning additional programs for the orchestra members. They will make their first appearance next Wednesday night in the lobby of Rebckah during dinner. The orchestra especially requests that there be no ap- plause. The present members of the orchestra are: Gus Riddle, director and xylophone; Ruby Hutton, piano; Nina Parke, Alice Chamlee, and Miss Florence Smith, violins, and Nell Chamlee, 'cello. It is hoped that after tryouts there will be a number of new members added. BLACK CAT IS WON BY THE SOPHOMORES The sophomores won the Black Cat from the freshmen in the traditional stunt Saturday night in the gymnasium before a capacity crowd. The Sophz of Oz, a take-off on the Oz books, was awarded the cat by the judges, Miss Louise Hale, Miss Raemond Wilson and Dr. Philip Davidson. The points of judging were: plot, scenery, costumes, acting, and directing. The freshman stunt was She Came, He Saw, She Conquered, a parody of the Cinderella fairy story. The sophomore stunt dealt with the kidnapping of Princess Ozma by In- man, the wicked witch of the west, and her recovery. The freshman stunt concerned Fresherella's winning of the Prince of Wails from her step-sisters. Frances James was stunt chairman for the sophomores; Isabel McCain for the freshmen. The cast and choruses were as fol- lows: Sophomore cast: Glinda, the Good-Guardian of the Princess Ozma Rosa Miller. Nick Chopper, the Tin Woodman Sarah Jones. Scraps, the Patchwork Girl Alice Chamlee. Scarecrow Shirley Christian. Ella Gretchen Kleybecker. Professor H. M. Wogglebug, T. E. (FI. M. highly magnified) (T. E. thoroughly educated) Doris Batsell. Tiktok, the Clock Man Alice Mc- Callie. Jack Pumpkinhead Carrie Phinnev Latimer. Ozma, Princess of Oz Virginia Turner. Inman, the Wicked Witch of the West Anne Berry. Choruses: Patchwork Girl Carolyn Clements, Flelen Ford, Lois Hart, Irene Wilson, Alice Chamlee. House Committee Lois Hart, Mary Margaret Stowe, Sarah Nichols, Helen Handte, Emily Rowe, Josephine Jen- nings, Jean Hicks. Court Dancers Kitty Cunningham, Lavinia Scott, Epsie Dallis, Sarah (Continued on page 3, column 5) Agnes Scott Library Head Is Attending Convention Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, librarian, is attending the American Library As- sociation Conference held in Chicago from October 16 through October 21. Dr. Keppel of the Carnegie Corpor- ation, Dr. Zook, United States Com- missioner of Education, and Dr. W. W. Bishop will be there. Representa- tives from the Vatican Library, Brit- ish Museum and Royal Library in Swe- den will comprise the foreign delega- tion. LARGE NUMBER TO GO TO CONCERT FRIDAY Over three hundred students will attend the joint recital of Giovanni Martinelli and Gladys Swarthout in Atlanta Friday night, according to the number of season tickets sold. Over half of these bought box seats. This is the first of the All-Star Concert Series for this year. Martinelli, who has made many former appearances in Atlanta, has been a Metropolitan star for more than twenty years. He has the distinction of having sung more leading roles than any other living tenor. Miss Swart- hout, one of the youngest of the opera singers, has sung the leading mezzo- soprano roles at the Metropolitan fcr the past four seasons. A feature of this concert will be sev- eral duets, selections often sung by these artists in opera. Late German Issues In Brief Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Disarm- ament Conference Saturday aroused the interest of the whole world. The reasons for withdrawal were given as the refusal to allow Germany to rearm, her being allowed only second class rights, and "the repeated and studied refusals to accord Germany moral and material equality." Hitler in his speech laid especial emphasis on Germanv\ lack of equality with other nations and on her guiltlessness in the late war. He stated that the Germans would not submit further to a perpetuation of the conditions created by the Versailles Treaty. On the same day the State Diets w r ere entirely dissolved in order to make the government completelv united under Nazi central leadership, and the existing Reichstag was dis- solved until the elections of Novem- ber 12. These elections will be in fact a plebiscite, proving that the people are unanimously behind the govern- ment. However, all important parties beside the National Socialist or Nazi have vanished, and it is also rumored (Continued on page 4, column 3) 2 The Agonistic (&l)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. , ^^c/^ (Newspaper \ ~ jMember) STAFF Mary Hamilton EditorMAKY Ames Business Manager Loice Richards Assistant EditorNELL Patillo_ Asst. Business Manager Margaret Rogers- JMake- Up Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Martha Elliot Feature Editor Marion Calhoun Assistant Make-Up Editor Mary M. Stowe_. ^Society Editor p RANCES O'Brien Sports Editor Rosalyn Crispin Exchange Editor Elizabeth Moore__ ...Club Editor At mi Doris Batsell Giddy Gossip Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor p LANT llis ]oke Mifm BUSINESS STAFF Alma Brohard Circulation Manager Jacqueline Woolfolk Assistant Circulation Manager Day Student Circulation Managers Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lulu Ames Doris Batsell Vera Pruet Mary Adams Trellis Carmichael REPORTERS Martha Redwine Eva Poliakoff Ida Lois McDaniel EDITORIAL Have we lost entirely the joy of learning? Do we always learn because it is required of us; do we never learn because of the thrill of it? It seems sometimes that we have lost completely the taste for knowledge that once lent joy and contentment to the lives of scholars. Please, do not make a mistake; we are not referring to those students that are commonly called grinds who learn only because of the grades involved. We are speaking of students who really know how r to find something of the fascina- tion of books and learning, of students who bear some slight kin- ship with Chaucer's clerk of Oxford who so dearly loved his ''twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, of Aristotle, and his philos- ophy e 1 he id< a of obligation perhaps has something to do with the average I dern student's lack of enjoyment in learning. When something becomes compulsory it often loses its charm. Of course we must admit that it is absolutely puerile to be influenced by such a small thing. It is necessary therefore to look deeper for the cause. Is it that our sensibilities have been dulled, that we have ceased to respond to the beauties of literature and science, that we have ceased to appreciate them? Have we in an un- balanced, almost entirely material age lost our fundamental in- tellectual curiosity and appreciation? Let us consider the Elizabethans. How we should envy them! Think of the great joy they found in learning. It was a live, breathing joy which made their lives rich and interesting. It was the spirit of the Renaissance, and it gave us such people as Raleigh, Shakespeare, and Bacon. It was the same spirit which clung persistently even through other varied movements in thought. It gave Pope, the classicist, a desire for great knowledge and an appreciation of its value; it was one of the essential traits of Keats, the romanticist. He cried out with ecstasy when he first read Homer that he felt like "some watcher of the skies when a new planet swims into his ken." Llis joy is vibrant in his im- mortal sonnet; his awe is alive. And we are able to skim through the Odyssey in less than an hour, wondering all the time whether we will finish it by our afternoon class. What is the matter with us? Is there no way that we can recapture the Elizabethan love of learning? ALUMNAE Statistics show that over sixty per cent of the Agnes Scott graduates of 1932 and 193 3 have obtained posi- tions. Maud Armstrong, '3 3, is working in the drapery department of the largest drygoods store in Greensboro, N. C. I BOOK BITS Bernice Beatty, '3 3, is teaching at home. Willa Beckham, '3 3, is working with the Rauschenberg Insurance Co. in At- lanta. Jule Bethea, '3 3, has a position with the Southwestern Photo Process Co. She is living with Mrs. J. Howell Green, 645 Sycamore St., Decatur. The Nobel Prize winner of 192 8, Sigrid Unset, has written a new novel which has been translated from the original by Arthur G. Chater. It is I heralded as "a masterly novel," and its title is "Ida Elizabeth"; the setting, a small Norwegian town not far from Oslo. A portrait of the author, with its simply-parted hair and brooding eyes, prepares one for the deep, under- lying strength of principle found in all of her stories, a fidelity to the per- fect portrayal of character reacting to surrounding influences, that is real and wistful and high art as well. j never dead, its lesson. winch will rise to meet Judy Blundell, '3 3, visited Elizabeth Johnson recently on the way to New York, where she has a position doing mechanical drawing for a firm of in- terior decorators. Katherine DeHart, '3 3, is taking a business course in Anniston, Ala. May Belle Evans, '3 3, and Margaret Jones, '3 3, are teaching at Cox College. Wynona Ewbank, '3 3, worked in a gift shop in Hendersonville, N. C, during the summer. Catharine Happoldt, '3 3, is working with the personnel department of the Retail Credit Co. in Atlanta. Lucille Heath, '3 3, is teaching in Girard, Ga. Sara Hewlett, '3 3, spent the summer abroad. Polly Jones, '3 3, is teaching in the Decatur grammar school system. Margaret Bell, '3 3, and Julia Finley, '3 3, attended the World's Fair this Marie Whittle, '3 3, is working at Sears-Roebuck in Atlanta. Nancy Kamper, '3 3, is keeping books for her father's firm. Cornelia Keeton, '3 3, is working as stenographer in her father's laundry in Meridian, Miss. Elizabeth Lynch, '3 3, is secretary to the principal of the high school in St. Petersburg, Fla. Eugenia Norris, '3 3, has a temporary job at Davison-Paxon's. Douschka Sweets, '3 3, is teaching at the Fassifern School for Girls in Hen- dersonville, N. C. At last we have a book about Anne Sullivan Macy, by Nella Braddy. Who has not heard of this wonderful and devoted woman who, by her faithful love and deep interest, succeeded in leading Helen Keller out of physical blindness as well as mental and spirit- ual? She it was, in that old Southern town, who first painfully but patiently brought to the darkly buried mind the connection of material things, and their meanings and elemental purposes, with their names. It was seemingly a task for omnipotence; and, yet, it was ac- complished. . . . This is a fine, inter- esting book, an appeal to the nobleness "that lies in other men, sleeping, but John Galsworthy's admirers and they are legionary will be interested in the last novel which ends the Forsyte Chronicle "One More River." It was finished before the writer's death, in the early part of the present year: the third trilogy of that upper- middle-class family to which he de- voted his diverse and brilliant powers. . . . There were two novels preceding this: "Waid in Waiting," and "Flower- ing Wilderness." To quote that able reviewer, Percy Hutchinson. Galswor- thy was never "swept aside into sex- ma underings, as was many another novelist lacking his equilibrium; the creator of Soames Forsyte and Old Jolyon never lost sight of the fact that there are eternal verities." The latest book is the story of the two Cher re 1 sisters, Dinny and Clare. Three new novels will beckon allur- ingly to the perennial reader from every bookshop shelf, are E. M. Dela- field's "Gay Life," Priestly's "Wonder Hero," and "Mr. Pete & Co." by that Southern author of many interesting stories, Alice Hegan Rice. EXCHANGES Betsy Thompson, '3 3, is a technician at the Georgia Baptist Hospital in At- lanta. Martha Walker, '3 3, is in the physio- chemistry department of the medical college of the University of Georgia in Augusta. Rosalind Ware, '3 3, is teaching in Clarkston, Ga. Frances Miller Is Injured THE WE THINK COLUMN We want to take this opportunity to remind the student body ot the We Think column. It is a column entirely for your disposal, having as its purpose the encouraging of student stands and opinions. We want you to use it to express what you your- selves feci about current issues on the campus. We hope that through it the trends ot thought in the college may be stimulat- ed, definite currents formed which will lead to definite student feeling* We feel that the currents of thought on the campus are in danger ot becoming stagnant. We trust that you will use this column m helping to prevent this. All "we thinks" should be in the Agonistic box in Mam by six o'clock Sunday, if they arc to appear the following Wednes- day. Thev are of course always anonimous. The college community is distressed to hear of Frances Miller's accident Saturday. Frances' skull was fractured by a fall down the steps in Buttrick Mall. She left yesterday for Charlotte, N. C, her home. She will probably not I return until next semester. On September 2 5, 1933, a new de- parture in collegiate education in the United States had its beginning. On that date, an infant scholastic institu- tion in North Carolina known as Black Mountain College, opened its doors. Few people knew of its humble be- ginning, for its enrollment included only thirty names, and its faculty number fifteen. Black Mountain College is a pioneer in the field of higher education, a laboratory in which the feasibility of new ideas in education will be proved by experiment. The financial status of the college is sufficiently strong to carry it through one year. If the ideals on which the institution is based are found to be sound, it will have little difficulty in carrying on the work. The program to be followed by the founders of Black Mountain is not complex. The college will have no board of trustees. The faculty will de- cide the policies of the college, provide for its administration and elect from their number a president, who will hold the chair only as long as he has the support of the body electing him. Athletics will be entirely of the in- tramural variety with no intercol- legiate competition at all. There will be no system of marking whatsoever. At the end of two years in the junior college, the student will take an exam- ination to gain admittance to a senior college. To receive a diploma, each stu- dent will be required to pass a com- prehensive examination given by a pro- fessor of another institution. For bril- liant students, four years may not be required to complete the course. There will be no credit or hour requirements for graduation. Under the supervision of his instructors, each student will plot his course and cover it as slowly as or as quickly as he cares to, the scholars working hard, and the other students learning to be scholars. There are many features of this plan which show the influence of the English uni- versities on American ideas of college education. The Wesleyan Argus. While most colleges have been con- sidering themselves highly enlightened recently in abolishing ratting or in any showing the freshman his extraordi- nary lack of mental capacity or ability, Tulane has been trying to reestablish the system, abandoned several years ago. The plans for a return to the old regime are being carried out by a group of alumni, ably assisted by the soph- omore class, winch "deplores the lax- ity and indifference which has sprung up within the last few years." At the same time one of the Colonels at V. M. I. says that it is up to the undergraduates to redeem themselves and bring back the good reputation of the school, the freshmen in some cases being "driven from the school" by the rat system. DR. DAVIDSON TO I \ E FIRST OF ERISTICS LECTURERS (Continued from page 1, column 2) and social ideas. There w ill be a meet- ing devoted to Russia, Germany, Italy, and Spain. After this series is complet- ed a group of programs on modern art has been planned. The Eristics was organized primarily for the discussion of problems of gen- eral interest. The meetings are to be held monthly and all who are interest- ed in attending are asked to watch the bulletin board in Buttrick. COURAGE IS VESPER IDEA "Courage" was the theme of the vesper service Sunday night. Anna Humbar and Rossie Ritchie were in charge. At this time Mrs. S. G. Stukes sang a solo. (NSFA) A report by Herbert Taylor, chairman of the bad check committee, revealed that a total of 86 5 checks were returned on students last year. The total amount involved was $6,422.29. North Carolina Tar Heel. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DFX ATUR, GA. A college for women thai is widely rccog- uized for its stand aids of uork and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. Mc Cain, President The Agonistic 3 Helen Bashinski went as a "page" to the U. D. C. convention in Athens October 17 and 18. Amy Underwood and Marion Cal- houn attended the Tech-Auburn game Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Fountain and Paggy spent the week-end with Betty. Mary McDonald spent Thursday night with Virginia Fisher. Gussie Rose Riddle spent last week- end with her parents in Athens, Tenn. Barbara Hertwig and Lucille Cairns had lunch with Sally Lindsay Satur- day. Sally Hooton, ex-'3 5, spent the week-end with Jane Cassels and Trellis Carmichael. She attended the stunt. Emily McGahee attended the medi- cal students' dance at Forrest Hills. Alma Brohard and Charlotte Reid went to the Phi Sigma Kappa dance Saturday night. Plant Ellis went to a barbecue in Marietta yesterday. Pearl Simmons and Frances Cornell of Shorter College were the week-end guests of Helen Bashinski. Martha Redwine's younger sister, Jean, spent the week-end here, and at- tended the stunt. Vera Frances Pruet went to the Tech-Auburn game and to the dance given by sophomore medical students of Emory for the freshmen Saturday. Emily Hamilton and Martha Fite of Dalton, Ga., visited Mary McDonald !> $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * * $ * $ $ $ $ $ * $ * * * > Just a Nice Walk to < j: A VON DALE TAVERN | F (Formerly Pig 'n Whistle) * I Special This Week * f Barbecue Sandwiches 10c * p * J J J * J * J $ ** * $ $ * $ and Mary Hamilton over the week-end for the stunt. Martha Edmonds and Marion Der- rick spent last week-end at Marion's home in Clayton. Elizabeth Heaton spent Sunday in Atlanta with her sister. Ellen Davis attended a Delta Sigma Delta dance Thursday night. Frances Steele was the dinner guest Sunday of Mrs. George Saunders in At- lanta. Helen Duprie spent last week-end with Mrs. C. L. Shimp in Atlanta. Betty Bob Williams of Atlanta spent Saturday night with Frances Cary and Mary Pitner. Barton Jackson was the guest Sun- day of Mrs. Nelson Jones in Decatur. Billie Turner, Peggy Kump, and Julia Thing attended the game Satur- day between Tech and Auburn. Mrs. Keith Hane of St. Matthews, Ga., was the guest last week of Peggy Raysor. Mary Pitner was the week-end guest of Mrs. George Baker of Atlanta. Elizabeth Johnson and Betty Flem- ing, '3 3, entertained at a tea in honor of Sara Strickland, '3 3, at Elizabeth's home on Clairmont Avenue Sunday afternoon from four to six. Sara will be married tomorrow night to Mr. Dixie Beggs. Her bridesmaids will be Louise Wise, '32, Elizabeth Johnson, Betty Flemnig, Madge York, '3 3, Mary Jane Evans, and Julia McLendon, a former Agnes Scott student. Elizabeth Strickland will be maid of honor. Many Agnes Scott girls went to the tea. Students Careful To Keep In Style By Martha Elliott Flad Agnes Scott been an institu- tion for the higher education of young women when Colley Cibber wrote "As good be out of the world as out or fashion," we all should have smiled and said, "How clever!" As much as it was true then, so it is true today that all women wish so to resemble the rest of the world as to be recognized as one of its members and at the same time they wish to be termed individual. This two-fold idea of fashion has caused radical changes in the appear- ances of the "Autumnal Hottentot" skirts have become slightly shorter than last year: twelve inches from the floor for day wear; shoulders have be- come extremely broad through the ad- vent of large top sleeves; and the re- semblance of hats to the now forgotten frying pan is remarkable. With these models of smartness, the Agnes Scot- ter has assumed an appropriate dignity, and even the freshmen when arrayed approach their experienced sisters in their poise and "savoir-faire." As a fitting climax to the new fall costume, short hair has again been adopted, not straight or very short but of medium length and very intricately curled on the back of the head. This mode is very popular among upper- classmen, especially seniors. Whether these heads, shorn of their proverbial glory, will detract from senior dignity cannot be ascertained as yet. Agnes Scott continues to forecast fashion, and will probably do so as long as Hottentots remain women. % t h h g MISS W. ROWLAND SPEAKS BEFORE STUDENT GROUP The traveling secretary of the stu- dent volunteer movement, Miss Wile- mena (Billy) Rowland, made a talk in chapel this morning on the movement. Miss Rowland will be on the campus until Friday, during which time she will make talks at different places in Atlanta. Miss Rowland returned this summer from China, where for several years she had been teaching missionary children, to accept her present position. A colored student that was hung at Lexington, Va., is said to have been the originator of the Washington and Lee Swing. Ohio Green Goat. Dr. Hayes, returning home after several days absence, found a note on the table for him. "My deer," it read, "I have eloped with the ice man." "Good Lord," he cried. 'She spelled dear with two e's!" Octopus. Dear Giddy If you should ever need any hints about how to be the perfect hostess, just ask Claire Ivy and Margaret Rogers. It's a great life, they say, knowing how to be so gracious and charming and so on while hostessing Senior Coffees. Only it was sort of sad their forgetting part of their guests, 1 mean. Most cordially, they had urged Margaret's aunt and uncle, complete with two cousins, to come to their lurvely coffee. In the stress of the afternoon's gaity, they forgot about the relatives and the minute all the college community had departed, they dashed back to the kitchen to peel out of their ducky little frocks the better to clean up with, my dear. At this crucial moment the relatives arrived. Claire and Margaret careened to the door, garbed in simple seersuckers. Well, as I said, Giddy, just ask them all about it. The Rogers seem to be a prominent family this week, on account of Mary Gray seems to be following in her sister's footsteps rather efficiently. Realizing that she had no calendar with which to count up the weeks be- fore Christmas, she wrote an impas- sioned plea to her father, insisting that he send her a large, over-grown calen- dar. Mr. Rogers, always delighted to help his daughter with her mathemati- cal calculations immediately complied and now a bee-utiful calendar sways in the breeze upon Mary Gray's wall. You must go up 'n' see it, sometime. Only don't say anything about its being just for October, November, and December of the year 1934. M. G. is sort of sensi- tive about her carefully stripping all the months that she'd need any time soon. She's thinking about putting what's left in moth-balls, so it will be ready for October, November, and De- cember of her junior year. Have you a little life-saver in your home? (This is not an advertisement.) Loice Richards has been taking cor- respondence courses or something on how to save drowning people en masse. It would seem, Giddy, that she made a noble effort the other day to rescue two lost souls at once. With one struggling Hottentot under each arms, like so much sack of flour, she swam for the shore. Unfortunately, she experienced some difficulties with her unique method of transportation, and in the end the Hottentots were not only left to their fate, but Loice had to be rescued herself. She has stopped asking the postman what's happened to the Carnegie medal she was supposed to get. When Rossie Ritchie was studying her Child Psych the other day, she was startled to read that a child of nine months could say mama, daddy, or equivalent. "How perfectly ridicul- ous," quoth she. "Anybody would know that nine-months-old babies can't say equivalent!" Be good, Giddy, but if you can't be good, be careful. Your own ever-loving, Aggie. CLUBS Poetry Club is holding tryouts this week. The president urges everyone who is interested in poetry to tryout. Poetry Club meetings are devoted to a consideration of original poems by the members and also a study of var- ious types of poetry of both past and contemporary writers. The mechanism of poetic forms is discussed. The aim of Poetry Club is to develop individual talent and to increase the appreciation of its members for good poetry. Sports Shop Street Floor Rabbit's hair SUITS /or the campus Wear them now without a coat, and when the weather gets really cold, they'll feel mighty good under a coat! The two- piece model sketched comes in black, brown, green, wine and blue. (Also, at the same low price, some attractive jersey dresses, in all colors.) $6.95 J. IP. ALLEN & CO. Tho Sro- All Wonr "From what I hear, your wife is a bit of an angel." "Oh, rather. She's always going up in the air and harping on something." Blue Stocking. The reputed "radicalism" of college students is a piece of fiction. Students are commonly far more conservative than the faculty. Johnsonian. Mary McDonald "Give an example of period furniture." Frances Balkom: "Well, I should say an electric chair, because it always ends a sentence." "The only war I ever approved of was the Trojan war; it was fought over a woman and the men knew what they were fighting for." William Lyon Phelps. Jacksonian. *! !* *J *** ** ** * ** ** ** *** * *l* ** ** *** ** ** ** *** J* ** ** ** | WIEL'S 10c STORE Z *f Has Most Anything You Need t t * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * $ $ * * * * $ *> * $ * Eta Sigma Phi, classical society, is planning a tea for Wednesday after- noon at 5:10 in the Alumnae House. All students who are taking Latin or Greek are invited. One of the features of the afternoon will be a song by Mrs. S. G. Stukes. itiate its new members. Each new girl had prepared a report on an interview with some member of the faculty con- cerning a current school problem. After they were given, refreshments were served and a social hour was en- joyed. Pi Alpha Phi, debating club, will have its first regular meeting tomor- row night. An inter-society debate will be held. The subject for discussion is: Resolved, that the modern young woman is unwomanly. The affirmative will be upheld by Vera Frances Pruet and Ida Lois McDaniel. The neagtive will be defended by Alma Groves and Mary Lib Squires. The Cotillion Club will have its first meeting tomorrow afternoon from 5 to 6 in Mr. Johnson's studio. Like the freshmen, the club has abolished ratting which it has had before and is making the first meeting a tea-dance in honor of the new members. Gussie Rose Riddle will play, and the officers of the club will be hostesses. The Spanish Club admitted twelve new members at elections October 13. They are: Corrie Blair, Trellis Car- michael, Jane Cassels, Cornelia Christie, Eulalia Farr, Martha Head, Mary Jackson, Helen Phillips, Lola Phillips, Martha Redwine, Margaret Rogers, and Suzanne Smith. Try-outs were held Friday afternoon in Mr. Johnson's studio. The K. U. B. Club had a meeting at 4:10 on Wednesday afternoon to in- * * * * $ * <$h$h $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ *> $ * $ > >> > > * * * * TRY OUR SANDWICHES WE MAKE THEM RIGHT Lawrence's Pharmacy Phones De. 0762-0763 * * * *J * * ** * ** J * * * l+ +1* ** $ -I* -I* *l* * -I* ** * * * *** ** * -l* ** * * * *$ $ ** BLACK CAT IS WON BY THE SOPHOMORES {Continued from page 1, column 5) Turner, Carolyn Clements, Josephine Jennings. Freshman cast: Fresherella Frances Steele. Seniora, Stepmother Louise Preas. Sophia, Stepsister Frances Wilson. Sophronia, Stepsister Florence Las- seter. Fairy Sponsor Kathryn Wallace. The Prince of Wails Kathryn Bowen. Choruses: Country Rose Northcross, Rachel Kennedy, Eulalia Farr, Julia Thing, Elizabeth Perrin, Marion Elizabeth Espy, Martha Johnson. Black and White Marion Elizabeth Espy, Eulalia Farr, Eloise Alexander, Kathleen Daniel, Virginia Caldwell, Peggy Anne Fowler. Slipper Meredith Turner, Rosa Wilder, Elizabeth Allison, Frances Bel- ford, Kitty Printup, Mary Elizabeth Morrow, Mary Malone, Fanny B. Harris. HAVE YOU TRIED Le Blanc's Special? l /2 Chicken Fried 25c 67G Ponce de Leon, N.E., Atlanta 4 The Agonistic SCIENCE DEPARTMENT VISITED BY STUDENTS A visit to the Agnes Scott science J department w as made by a group of , students from the Monroe High School j Monday. Mr. Fielding Dillard, science professor at Monroe, conducted the tour. He wished to show his pupils the equipment and organization of a college science department. Mr. Dil- lard was formerly a teacher in the De- catur school system. Personal Progress in Pep and Play MISS WILBURN TALKS TO N. A. P. S. GIRLS AN AGRARIAN TAKES HIS STAND (Continued from page 1, column 2) cern rests with the latter sort, a rarity among contemporary literati. Traditionalism means understanding and therefore respectful recognition of the establishments of the past; it is al- Bio <-,ionimous with a historical sense. The traditional artist will not | "P* were as foIlows: Upperclassmen Win First Hockey Game The seniors and the juniors were victorious over the freshmen and the sophomores Friday, in the first hockey games of the season. The scores were 4-0 in favor of the seniors and 2-1 for the juniors. All the teams exhibit- ed good playing, but the freshman team showed promise of being the best one of this season. Miss Wilburn and Miss Bowman alternated as umpire and referee for the two games. The line- Students Urged to Enter Tournament quarrel with society, but use social convention as material; and so with religion, commerce, and politics, even science, so long as these things do not intrude upon his art in so active a man- ner as to hamper his artistic processes. One does not have to look very shrewdly about him to see that the forces of the modern world do just that, no longer preserving a respectful distance but having determined, it seems, to take art into camp their camp. We have been persistently ap- prised of the cultural bankruptcy of the present age by Mr. Menken et d for some years past. But the desultory criticism of destruction is common- place in any age, for there are always commonplace intellects. Also there has been such a prolonged din of crimina- tion and recrimination between the Communist and Capitalist camps that one gradually loses track of what differences there are, and becomes aware of basic similarities of mass pro- duction, faulty distribution, and the suppression of individuality. If the two camps are similar under the surface then the whole rumpus is only a philo- sophical sham-battle. This is indeed the view taken by a group of men centering about Nash- ville. They have been called the South- ern Agrarians. As serious practitioners of letters they early found that the world, even in middle Tennessee, was too much with them. Like so many other American artists they felt that the forces of modern life were in op- position to art of any sort, especially literary art which is always subject to confusion with a number of other mat- ters. These people, predisposed to tradi- tionalism, found to their embarrass- ment that the threads of tradition were rapidly being, or had already been, broken. They felt that for them the Only valid traditions were those of the South, but Reconstruction had sub- merged them under the imposition of northern ones. The polity of the old agrarian South was dead and the new Seniors Freshmen Schuessler R.W Stalker Massie R.I Johnson Tindall C.F Kennedy Maness L.I Carey Hamilton, E. L.W Forrester Friend R.H Kneale Austin C.H Lewis, G. Boyd L.H.__ __ Wilder McMullen R.B Gillespie Harbison L.B Taylor Ames, M. G.G Bowen Substitutes: Seniors Preston, Rus- sell; freshmen Jester, Barnett, Little. Juniors Sophomores Poliakoff R.H. _ Hart, Lois Simpson R.I Townsend McCalla C.F _ Handte Duls L.I Tipton Long L.W Latimer, C. P. Palmour R.H Burson Young C.H Crenshaw Calhoun L.H James Woolfolk _ R.B. Miller, F. Goins G.G Forman effort and consequently economic inde- pendence, emphasis on real property, slow turnover of profits, social stabil- ity, and small business. An agrarian works to produce as many of the neces- sities and luxuries of life as he can, buying only those things which he cannot produce himself, and feeling re- tirement neither necessary nor desir- able. As he has deliberately chosen in- dependence over quick profits, he is not disappointed at not having much monev. Direct satisfaction is the pur- pose of his life. To be true to the Southern tradition the Agrarians felt bound to cultivate a consciously indigenous art pruned by a strenuous critical realism of such en- grafted elements as romanticism and apology. As artists they were annoyed hy the disrupting influence of North- ern industrialism embodied in New South doctrine; as Southern artists they were grieved at the "progressive" atti- tude taken by the Charleston and North Carolina groups; as Southern SOUth, an anomolous patch-work of men they felt more than an academic ant iquarian scntimentalism and import- interest in Southern life. As their ed industrialism, had never come any esthetics grew into a whole philosophy nearer reality than the rhetoric of their group absorbed men outside the politicians and journalists. circle of pure literature. The search The usual answer to industrialism is | of a nostalgic band of experimenters that made hv the "intelligentsie,'' the tor richer sources of intellectual and Socialists and Communists. They ac- emotional experience in an arid land Cept industrialism as the usual, indeed had ended in the founding, the re- the onlv, social order adapted to mod- t assertion rather, of the most ancient ern conditions, and their solution is the [ philosophy that of the soil. It \\ a s severely fc peal one for persons in their the complete rationalization of the cial planning and control, conservative point of view. "In man- li is the urban solution. But these peo- ners, aristocratic; in religion, ritualistic; pie around Nashville arc not urban- in art, traditional," writes one of them minded and they have at least the in a recent essay. bn threads of the Southern agrar- In a symposium of essays, I'll Take tan tradition which make it possible My Statu/, bv Twelve Southerners, for them not to accept industrialism at they pointed their combined finger in all, but rather to pitch the whole prob- condemnation at the fallacies of the [em on another plane. American System during the early in- Essentiallw industrialism and agrar- toxication of the Hoover administra- ianism represent entirely opposite states tion when prosperity was in the air. of mind. Industrialism means labor $ or Skeptical progressives found the book profit instead of for consumption, interesting but of no immediate, or specialization of effort and consequent- even remote, significance. Had not the \v dependence on salary for a living, president himself said that it would go pyramiding credit, rapid turnover of on indcrinitelv? But in 1929 the crash profits, high-pressure advertising, and did come, bringing to America depres- installment buving. 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XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933 NO. 5 Dieckmann To Plan Ensemble Debate Scheduled For November 28 A college string ensemble is being formed with Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, head of the music department, as di- rector. The group at present consists of: violin, Mrs. H. A. Robinson, Miss Florence Smith, Nina Parke, Alice Chamlee, Rachel Kennedy, Margaret Watson; cello, Nell Chamlee; piano, Ruby Hutton. With this group as the nucleus, Mr. Dieckmann hopes to develope a com- plete ensemble similar to that of Emory University. The object of the ensemble is to rurnish an opportunity for those on the campus who play stringed instruments to play together in worth-while music for a worth- while purpose. Mr. Dieckmann stated that he did not wish to give the im- pression that he ensemble is "high- brow" because it will play only serious and classical music. "I believe, how- ever," said Mr. Dieckmann, "that I can give those interested something both educational and entertaining without resorting to popular music. I have no prejudice against other orches- tras, but the ensemble must be a group willing to practice, and, if it practices, it will play classical music. Popular music can be played without practice." If the group becomes large enough, it will play for the radio on the week- ly Agnes Scott broadcast. Mr. Dieck- mann is anxious to have a larger num- ber of pieces, and will be glad to talk to anyone who is interested in becom- ing a member of the ensemble. COTILLION CLUB PLANS DANCE Nell White was elected secretary and treasurer of Cotillion Club at the meeting Thursday night. She takes the place of Ruth Humphries, who has left school because of her eyesight. At the same time plans for a fashion show to be given in the near future and for the Thanksgiving dance were dis- cussed. The Thanksgiving dance, which is sponsored annually by the Cotillion Club, will take place this year on Thanksgiving eve in the gymnasium. Committees for it have been appointed as follows: Decoration Caroline Long, chairman; Elizabeth Alexander, Loice Richards, Leonora Spencer; re- freshments Buford Tinder, chair- man; Josephine Jennings, Louise Preas; orchestra Nell White. WELL KNOWN ACTOR SPEAKS TO STUDENTS Mr. Richard Harrison, who takes the leading part in the "Green Pas- tures" production which is now play- ing in Atlanta, told he story of his life in chapel yesterday morning. Mr. Harrison is 69 years old; he has been playing in "Green Pastures," for four years and has ,played it 3 30 times during that period all over the United States. Mr. Harrison was born in London, Ont., the son of two refugee slaves. As a boy he sold newspapers; later the family moved to Windsor and he got a job in Walker's Distillery, feeding cattle which were shipped to Europe for the nobility. Then he worked in Detroit first as bellhop and later as a porter in a store. In Detroit he had the opportunity of seeing many operas and plays as he was given many passes. Thus interested in the drama, he began studying it. After a little study he went on the road, and finally, after many hardships, rose to his present position in the theater. One interesting incident of his life was his meeting with his wife. He met her at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Tickets for "Green Pastures," which lasts through Saturdav, are on sale by the Y. W. C. A. A debate with Sophie Newcomb at Agnes Scott has been scheduled by Pi Alpha Phi, debating club, for Novem- ber 2 8. The Agnes Scott team will uphold the affirmative of the ques- tion: Resolved, that the Fascist form of government should be adopted by the United States. Constitutionality is waved. Marion Calhoun will be one of the team; the other has not yet been chosen. This debate is in addition to the triangular debate among Sophie New- comb, Randolph-Macon, and Agnes Scott, which is planned for the spring semester. Miss Smith Is Next On Y. W. Program Daisy Frances Smith, principal of the Decatur Girls' High School, who is also an alumna of Agnes Scott, will speak in chapel Tuesday on "What Is the Most Significant Thing in Life" as the third speaker on that subject in the series sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of Emory, spoke in chapel Friday as the second feature of this series. The "most significant thing in life" to Dr. Cox is a domineering personal objective. This objective should be big enough to demand our allegiance, compre- hensive enough to satisfy our yearn- ings for what is beyond, worth while enough to demand our whole loyalty, progressive enough to keep us strong, and beautiful and truthful enough to satisfy our spiritual longings, accord- ing to Dr. Cox. It is necessary to have some object- ive to give us something to live for, to keep us active and growing, to or- ganize life and give poise, and to keep us from being too sensitive. Our vocation should be incidental to our purpose. Our objective should be the dominating force behind every- thing. Selfishness is the greatest, easiest and most dangerous sin in life, Dr. Cox continued. If we have an object- ive we will forget about little selfish things. Christian principles will satisfy our deepest yearnings to make life worth while. TEA GIVEN PARENTS BY MORTAR BOARD Members of the freshman class and their parents were honor guests at the tea given by Mortar Board, Saturday afternoon from four to six in the Day Students room in Main. The purpose of the tea was to give the freshman stu- dents and their parents a chance to be- come acquainted with the members of the faculty and the officers of the ad- ministration. Miss Nannette Hopkins, Miss Carrie Scandrett, Elizabeth Winn, president of Mortar Board, and Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain were in the receiving line. Mrs. Philip Davidson and Mrs. S. G. Stukes poured tea. The members of Mortar Board assisted in entertaining. They are: Margaret Friend, Margaret Massie, Mary Hamilton, Elinor Hamilton, Polly Gordon, Mary Ames, Louise Mc- Cain, C'Lena McMullen, and Mary MacDonald. HANLEY GOES TO ATHENS Miss Edna Hanley, Agnes Scott librarian, leaves today to attend the bi-ennial meeting of the Georgia Library Association Conference, which convenes at Athens, Ga., from No- vember 2nd to 4th. Miss Hanley will read a paper on the subject, "Allocation of Book Funds in Georgia Libraries." Miss Palmour Sends Report Elizabeth Cheatham Palmour, the Agnes Scott alumna who represented the college at the recent New York Herald -Tribune Women's Conference on Current Problems, sent her report of the conference to Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain last week. The convention was held October 12 and 13 at the Wal- dorf-Astoria Hotel in New York; it brought together more than 3,000 women leaders from all over the coun- try and many prominent speakers. Of the conference the Agnes Scott representative writes: "To be present at this gathering as a representative of Agnes Scott was to me a moving and memorable experience. My only re- gret was the general absence of college students and naturally I thought particularly of my own college. It was an excellent thing, I thought, that so many women, leaders in their frields, had this opportunity; but the appeal of the entire conference was to youth as much as to maturity or even more, and I wished that the college students of the country might be there too, to receive the direct impact of some of the most distinguished minds of our day, might be drawn into the swift current of problems that confront all thinking people." The general subject of the confer- ence was "This Crisis in History." It was discussed under four divisions: "The World Outlook," "Youth Move- ments in the Present Crisis," "The Crisis in Education," and "Peace and the Crisis." PSYCH. TESTS ARE STARTED Eighty upperclassmen have been asked to participate in a psychology experiment to be made during the month of November by Dr. Emily Dexter, associate professor, and Dr. Catherine Omwake, assistant professor of psychology and education. The experiment is being made as an effort to determine the relation between per- sonality and physical traits. Tests of various kinds will be made throughout the month. Miss Dexter and Miss Omwake probably will write a paper of the results of the experi- ment, and their conclusions, to be sub- mitted for publication to a scientific periodical. Miss Wayve Lewis, technician in the physical education department, will assist in making the tests. This experiment is the first of its kind to have been made at Agnes Scott, and is one of the largest yet to be made here. Progress of the experi- ment will be reported later. COL. SCOTT'S PALM GIVEN TO COLLEGE The palm that has recently been placed in the lobby of Rebekah Scott is the gift of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cooper. Mrs. Cooper is the daughter of Mrs. Rebekah Scott, for whom the dormitory was named. Mrs. Scott, the wife of Col. George W. Scott, who founded the college, was the original owner of the palm. The plant is a Washington palm. It will probably be placed permanently in Buttrick, after it has remained in Rebekah Scott for a while. DE OVIES SPEAKS HERE The Bible Club met Monday after- noon in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room in Main. Dean Raimundo de Ovies was the speaker. Following the pro- gram refreshments were served. Final Lecture Speaker Chosen Louis Untermeyer will be the fourth feature of the Lecture Association ac- cording to tentative plans at present. Mr. Untermeyer is world-famous as a poet and anthologist. The majority of his anthologies are of twentieth cent- ury American poetry. He has made a critical study of poetry and written such books as "The Forms of Poetry" and "Including Horace." He will ap- pear sometime in the spring. Dr. Henry N. Holmes of Ober- lin University will open the series of lectures for this season tomorrow night at 8:30 in the gymnasium at which time he will speak on "The Dramatic Side of Science." Dr. Holmes is well- known as a colloid-chemist. Investiture Will Be This Next Saturday Eighty seniors will be invested Sat- urday morning at 11:30 in chapel, at the traditional Investiture ceremony. Miss Florence Smith, assistant profes- sor of history, will be the speaker. Investiture is one of the oldest and most impressive ceremonies at Agnes Scott, having been observed annually on the first Saturday in November since 1908. It is at this time that the members of the senior class first wear their caps and gowns, and "are invest- ed with the dignity of seniorhood" in the capping ceremony. The ceremony begins with a proces- sional, to "Ancient of Days," of the sophomore class, dressed in white, and the senior class wearing gowns. Henri Vallerie Hayes, 4-year old son of Dr. and Mrs. George Hayes, will lead the procession. He is the mascot of the class, having the same age as the class of 1934. Miss Florence Smith has been chosen by the class to make the address. Miss Nannette Hopkins, dean, performs the capping ceremony which follows the address. Each senior kneels before Miss Hopkins, who places the cap upon her head. The singing of the Alma Mater by the whole school, and the recessional conclude the ceremony. "Little Girl Day" will be observed Friday morning by members of the senior class. This is also traditional to {Continued on page 3, column 4) Alumnae Plan Annual Event GLEE CLUB TO PLAN CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Plans for the Glee Club's annual Christmas carol service, which is to be held on Sunday, December 17, are being made by the club, under the di- rection of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson. A new feature of the program will be the accompaniment of the carols by Mr. Dieckmann's string ensemble. Several old and famous carols which have not been used on former pro- grams will be added this year. Plans are also being made for a serv- ice to be given at the First Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the club has been asked to sing at some time dur- ing the Christmas season. The club has been invited to sing at the De- catur Woman's Club, and at services in several Atlanta churches, during the fall. As many of the invitations for pub- lic performances will be accepted as possible. The club is devoting most of its time, however, to preparations for the carol service. The Alumnae week-end, which is an annual event, is to be held December 2 and 3. Plans are already being made by a committee, of which Mary Ben (Wright) Erwin, '2 5, is chairman. The program for this week-end will include features of particular interest to visiting alumnae. On Friday, De- cember 2, Miss Florence Smith, pro- fessor of history, will lecture at 10:30 on the Cuban situation. At ll:30, Dr. W. W. Young, of Atlanta, will speak on the Fundamentals of Child-rearing. At 12:3 0, the alumnae will be guests of the college at luncheon in White House. Friday afternoon, Mrs. Harrold Bush-Brown will talk at 1:3 0 on Monet and Cezanne. Dr. George Hayes, head of the English depart- ment, will talk on literature. The alumnae will be invited to at- tend any classes in session on Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon, from 4 to 6, the Alumnae Association will en- tertain at its annual tea. The alumnae will be invited to attend the dance- recital of Miss Isabel Cooper at 8:3 0. Tickets may be purchased for seventy- five cents if bought through the alumnae office. The chapel period Friday morning, which will be sponsored by the book committee, will be a regular part of the home-coming programs. Other features will be planned. DR. McCAIN MAKES TRIP Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, is in Louisville, Ky., this week to inspect Nazareth College. This is one of several inspection trips that Dr. McCain has made for the Southern Association this year. The purpose of these visits is to obtain complete information concerning each of the schools. HOLLIDAY DATES ARE CHANGED Christmas holidays have been changed from December 15 through January 2 to December 20 through January 5. This change was made be- cause of a request by the student body in open forum a week ago last Thurs- day. The purpose is to keep girls who live a long way from the school from having to start back before New Year's. A motion that juniors and seniors be allowed to go to town with their dates in cars until 11 o'clock unchaperoned and that seniors be given certain priv- ileges to chaperon underclassmen was also made at this time. Nothing defin- ite has as yet been decided about this. TENNIS CLUB ADMITS THIRTEEN MEMBERS Tennis Club admitted thirteen new members at try-outs Monday after- noon. They are as follows: Rossie Ritchie, Julia Thing, Mary Kneal, Frances McDonald, Gladys Pratt, Mabel Talmage, Frances McCalla, Margaret Friend, Sara Lawrence, Helen Handle, Gladys Vallebuona, Dorothy Cassel, and Marion Talmage, The judges at this time were Mar- garet Massie, Mary Ames, and Nancy Rogers, members of the club, and Page Ackerman and Miss Llewellyn Wilburn of the gym department. The club has not as yet been defin- itely organized for this year. No of- ficers have been elected. Its tentative plans include progressive tennis matches and a party with the students and faculty members of the Georgia Tech tennis club. Each year the club sponsors two tournaments, one for singles and one for doubles. The doubles tournament is now in progress. The singles will take place in the spring. Last year Margaret Massie won the singles championship, and Mary Ames and she won the doubles. 2 The Agonistic i)e Agonistic Subscription price, S1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper - c Member) v * a ~ , ^ Brien Sports Editor Lula Ames Exchange Editor _ __ * . Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor Elizabeth Moore__ -CW Editor Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits DoRJS Batsell__ Giddy Gossip Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Plant Ellis Joke Editor BUSINESS STAFF Alma Brohard Circulation Manager Jacqueline Woolfolk Assistant Circulation Manager Day Student Circulation Managers Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lulu Ames Doris Batsell Vera Pruet Betty Willis Emily Rowe Augusta King REPORTERS Louise Schuessler Alice Chamlee Alice Dunbar Catherine Jones Sara Lawrence Ida Lois McDaniel EDITORIAL The recent Herald '-Tribune Women's Conference on Cur- rent Problems in New York should be of definite interest to the college student, for the emphasis of the conference was laid upon the youth's part in the present crisis. Courage was voiced more than once as the most important qualification in overcoming the current economic difficulties. Walter Lippman, the well-known journalist, especially stressed the necessity to conquer fear. We believe that the American youth meets this first requirement completely. We believe that he is essentially brave, that he is un- afraid of the future. Mrs. Roosevelt in her talk expressed her confidence in the youth's ability to cope with the existing troubles, and we join Mrs. Roosevelt in this confidence. We believe that the American youth is able enough, as well as brave enough, to go out and at- tack current evils. If he were aroused enough to try, he could probably do a great deal toward correcting them. Again we may refer to Mrs. Roosevelt's speech; she says that enthusiasm is necessary. Here we fear the American youth does not qualify. But let us not say simply that he lacks the zeal to accomplish this thing. The roots are deeper than that. The young person of this country, we believe, is totally un- aware of his part in world affairs. The main defect which would keep him from living up to the ideals which many of the great thinkers of the world today have set for him is lack of conscious- ness of his place. While Mrs. Roosevelt is saying to a great audi- ence of women leaders, "I feel that we can trust the future to youth," and many others are voicing this sentiment, while a few outstanding college students are accepting the challenge that this trust flings to them, the average American youth is going un- concernedly about his daily affairs, going to classes or to work, as the case may be, playing games and seeing movies, absolutely un- aware of his part in the dramatic play of current events. The majority of the young people probably do not even hear of the conferences, speeches, and writings about them. Those who do dismiss the thought of them without any feeling of respons- ibility However, the question inevitably arises of what the youth can Jo about it, even if he does recognize his personal part in the Crisis of his country. The answer is invarient. He must make the most of his educational opportunities, and he must keep abreast with the times. If every young person does this, he will be prepared it e\er Ins country should have direct need of him. But even more than that, he will foster an intelligent attitude to- ward the national government and toward international affairs. This will bring about more logical, saner opinions among the citi- zen rv and will in general better the political conditions of the country. The success which has attended Agnes Scott's performances on the air has been due to a large extent to the use of the college's musical talent, a talent which was of the greatest im- portance in the programs given dur- ing the past summer. Besides three members of the music faculty of the college, a number of Agnes Scott stu- dents and alumnae contributed selec- tions to the monthly broadcasts. In May there was presented a two piano selection, "Espana Rhapsody," by Mr. Christian W. Dieckmann and Lillian Herring. Mr. Dieckmann was featured, in June, in a solo perform- ance, consisting of: Prelude from Grieg's suite A us Hoi berg's Zeit, Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu, and De- bussy Claire dc lune. In July, Miss Eda Bartholomew and Mr. Dieckmann were heard in a program of two-piano numbers, including Saint-Saen's Sep- tet. The August broadcast presented Mary Catherine Williamson and Mr. Dieckmann who played three artistic selections: "Waltz" from Arensky's Suite for two pianos, "Waltz" by Chabrier, and Tarantelle by Gabriel Pierne. The most unique program of the entire season was that given on Sep- tember 2, when Mrs. D. C. Adams of Atlanta was heard in a group of songs written by Mr. Dieckmann, one of which, "Uphill," was composed during the past summer. "Holy Innocents," dedicated to Mr. Dieckmann's daugh- ter, and "The Hungry," dedicated to Mrs. Adams, showed remarkably well his ability as a composer. Two other selections were three songs, the words of two of which were written by Richard Henry Stodard, and the third by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Several times during the summer, Mrs. S. G. Stukes was featured in vocal numbers, among which were a group of Louisiana negro songs. Among the alumnae and students who played on programs were: Lillian Clement, '2 8; Louise Hollingsworth, '32, now a student of Hugh Hodgson; Willa Beckham, '3 3, and Evelyn Wall. Mrs. Agnes Adams Stokes, another graduate of the college, and now teacher of violin at the Atlanta Con- servatory and at Agnes Scott, appeared on one program. Agnes Scott owes a great deal to the splendid support given by members of both faculty and students, and realizes that much of the success of her sum- mer radio presentations is the work of this group. OQ3 BOOK BITS lb Reading With a Purpose, American Library Association. One of the most interesting and helpful sets of books in the library is that entitled Reading With a Purpose. The set is composed of sixty-six tinv volumes, each of which presents a reading course in a certain subject; these subjects are extremely varied. Biology, English Literature, Interior Decoration, Some Great American Books, United States in Recent Times, Religion in Everyday Life, Evolution, Unemployment, Journalism all of these courses and many more are in- cluded. Each course "comprises a brief introduction to the subject and a guide to a few of the best books. The books are arranged for consecutive reading, and should be available in any general library or good book store." Each booklet is written by a person who is especially capable and renowned in the field of which the volume treats. Religion in Everyday Life is written by Sir William Grenfell, Philosophy by Alexander Meiklejohn, the Practice of Politics by Raymond Moley, Biology by Dr. Vernon Kellog, and so on. For those who happen to become in- terested in a partciular subject and de- sire to increase their knowledge in it, these books are invaluable. "A good general knowledge of the subject should result from following through the course of reading suggested in the booklet a knowledge greatly superior to that of the average citizen." The Lady of Godey's Sarah Josepha Hale, Ruth E. Finley. J. B. Lippin- cott Co. In The Lady of Godey's, Ruth Fin- ley tells the life-story of one of the most remarkable characters of the Nineteenth Century Sarah Josepha Hale. Sarah Hale was the first woman editor in America, and "for more than forty years presided over the destinies of Godey's Lady's Book, the most widely circulated magazine of her times." In addition to the story of her experiences m connection with this post, the book tells of her other achievements the establishment of fhajiksg \ bag as .1 national holiday; the beginning; of the day nursery; the organization of the Seaman's Aid; the sending out of the first women medi- cal missionaries; the raising of the money that t'mished Bunker Hill Monument; the founding of the first society for the advancement of wom- en's wages, better working conditions for women, and the reduction of child labor; the writing of some two dozen books and hundreds of poems, includ- ing the best known children's rhyme in the English language Mary Had a Little Lamb; and many more achieve- ments of a similar nature. And all these things she accomplished after she was forty years old, and after she, with five small children, had been left penniless by the sudden death of her husband. Ruth Finley has done full justice to this brilliant woman, portraying her so sympathetically and accurately that the character of Sarah Hale stands out as clearly as if she were alive today. The book throws light, also, on the customs, habits, and viewpoints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of which the author has a wide knowl- edge. The illustrations nine color plates and twenty-four half-tones are fascinating. The Three Jameses C. Hartley Grattan. In this book, which is an analysis of the characters of the Jameses, and an account of their mental strivings, rather than a simple biography, Mr. Grattan shows us the men not only as individuals, but as a family group each influenced by his surroundings, and yet a distinct figure. We are shown three of America's outstanding {Continued on page 3, column 3) WE SEE BY THE PAPERS CLUBS ETA SIGMA PHI The Alpha Delta chapter of Eta Sigma Phi held its first meeting last Wednesday afternoon at the Alumnae House. This meeting was in the form of a tea to which the freshman and sophomore Latin and Greek students were invited. Seventy-five guests were present. Elizabeth Hickson, president of the chapter, spoke briefly on the history of Eta Sigma Chi. Mrs. S. G. Stukes sang several negro spirituals. GERMAN CLUB The newly organized German Club will meet for the second time on Thursday, November 2, at the home of Miss Harn. The club will complete its plans for the year. All members are urged to be present. Barbara Hert- wig, president, will tell something of her stay in Vienna and Ursula Boese, the German exchange student, will make a short talk on Hitler. On Other Campuses Philadelphia (IP) Forty of the most brilliant high school and prep school students entering Temple Uni- versity from Philadelphia and vicinity this year have been put in an experi- mental group, and relieved of most of the regular college student routine. No definite course of study will have to be taken by the group; no credits earned; no marks given; class attendance will not be compulsory. The students are to be left entirely to their own initiative, bound only by an honor pledge to co-operate with the university in making the plan a suc- cess. The first two years will be devoted to study of world problems and how to solve them. The last two years will be devoted to specialization in the field of the student's choice. The 40 students were picked from a field of 5 00 applicants by means of a competitive examination. Cadet. (Continued on page 4, column 1) In World Outside Dorothea Wieck, who isn't a Ger- man at all she was born in Davos, Switzerland, but speaks German like a native gave her first Flollywood party a while ago. Not a single (or married) Hollywood actor was invit- ed! Ph. to pi ay. Seen on the marquee of a Holly- wood picture house: f 'M. Mouse and C. Bennett." That's fame! Photoplay. It was rumored around the Para- mount lot that Mae West was due for a surprise party on her birthday. "Im- agine," scoffed Jack Oakie, "anyone surprising Mae West!" Photoplay. According to Mr. Harry L. I lop- kins, Federal Emergency Relief Direc- tor, the Government may soon open the University of NRA. Its purpose will be to take the jobless Phi Beta Kappas and would-be college students off the street. No doubt it will have (Continued on page 4, column 3) FRENCH CLUB The French Club will meet on Mon day, November 13, at 5 o'clock. A plav, 'Tranches Siffees," the plot of which is very humorous, will be pre- sented by members of the club. The characters, in the order of their ap- pearance, are: La Garcon Mildred Clark. La Caissiere Elizabeth Moore. M. Lenin Mary Virginia Allen. (Continued on pave 4, column 1) AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. McCAIN, President The Agonistic 3 & a r t e t g J Meriel Bull spent the week-end with Mary Snow in Atlanta. Helen Phillips spent the week-end with her grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Howard, in Atlanta. Martha Edmonds and Mary Carnely spent the week-end at the latter's home in Abbeville, S. C. Marion Derrieck, Louise Tipton, Helen Ramsey, and Emily Rowc spent last week-end with Sara Francis McDonald at her home in Jefferson, Ga. Naomi Cooper was at her home in Columbus, Ga., last week-end. Martha Ann Rodgers spent last week-end in Athens, Ga. Jacqueline Woolfolk left Friday to spend a few days at the World's Fair in Chicago. Claire Ivy and Buford Tinder at- tended the football game in Atlanta Saturday. Martha Redwine spent the week- end with her cousin, Mrs. B. H. Bar- rett, in Atlanta. Dorothy Walker had dinner Sunday night with Mrs. B. H. Palmer in At- lanta. Shirley Christian, Mary Beasley, Louise Norris, Frances McCully, Dean McKoin, Lib Forman, Jane and Corrie Blair, Janie Lapsley, and Anne Berry spent the week-end at Pine Lodge camp at Stone Mountain. Silhouette Tea Room HOURS: 7:30- 2:00 4:00- 7:00 10:00-10:30 *l* ** *** J* ** *t* ** *J I 4 *t 4 *t 4 $**$ M J M J Vera Frances Pruet attended a Phi Chi dance at Emory. Frances Cary was the week-end guest of Cornelia Christie in Decatur. Martha Johnson spent last week-end with her parents in Lithonia. Sara Corbin spent the week-end at her home in Washington. Caroline Clements was the guest last week-end of her cousin in Athens. Elizabeth and Frances Espy, Mary Alice Newton and Carolyn McCallum spent last week-end at their home in Dothan, Ala. Louise Preas attended the dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. Carolyn Russell, Katherine Wallace and Kitty Printup attended the foot- ball game in Athens Saturday. Negro Poetry Is to Be a Feature of Sunday Vespers Negro poetry will be the subject of the vesper program Sunday night. Emphasis will be placed on the fact that their poetry is their expression of beauty and worship in spite of its crudeness. Mrs. Gaines will read some original negro poems and spirituals will be sung. Also on the program there will be a quartet of negroes. After the program there will be a sing in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room and everyone is invited to come. Claire Ivy: "Nina, which would you desire most in a husband brains, wealth " Nina: "Appearnce and as soon as possible." Tsk, Tsk Nell White: "There's a rug Grand- ma hooked." Doris Batsell: "Tsk, tsk." Juggler. New SWEATERS that lead an active life . . . SPORTS SHOP STREET FLOOR Soft, warm golf sweaters that feel as good as they look! Wear them with your suit . . . with a velvet or suede jacket and tweed skirt. They come in white, beige, tan and blue, and have long sleeves. Sizes 34 to 40. | J. IP. ALLIEN &CO. P 'The Store All Women Know* Favorite Stars Are Selected If you cannot gossip intelligently about the latest stars and their pic- tures, you are about as out of place on the Agnes Scott campus as a lost second in one of Miss Laney's classes! As an average, the Hottentots go to one and one-fourth movies each week, Of course that is only an average, for there are people like Janey Lapsley who absolutely "never" go to the movies. On the other hand, there are those like Sarah Jones who n 0 0 tp Giddy, mine Our ever-loving liddle campus is somewhat on the dullish side this week on account of the chosen many are in brown studies wondering what all this psychology-personality testing is about. There have been those who have hint- ed that the tests are really for the use of Child Psych classes, but the sturdy Junior and Senior subjects dis- claim all knowledge of this aspect of the situation. The question, Giddy, seems to be one which bothers all the to-be-tested. "Am I chosen," they ask themselves feverishly, "for the insta- bility of my emotions? Or for the un- balanced condition of my mentality?" Then they sigh, Giddy. And gnash their teeth. They do not know. Marguerite Manget is rapidly be- coming a campus star, my love. In- deed, she's already something of a comet. Why, would you believe it, she's taken music four years now, and she just adores all these lovely intel- lectual numbers. Particularly sonnatas. Why, my dear, when she listens to one of Petrarch's Sonnatas, she all but swoons with joy. It's really just too divine! And of course Marguerite wouldn't want it to be spread about or any- thing, but really, she had no idea that that boy she went with divulged in strong drink. She was just shocked when she found it out. And, in case you hadn't heard, tests are terrible things, Giddy. Everybody on the campus is on the verge of nervous prostration. And there's a petition, we've been told, going round requesting that ducky little strait- jackets and nice comfortable padding on the walls be installed as regular equipment for the six weeks' sieges. But Dr. Davidson has perception, my love. He sensed the murderous thoughts permeating one of his courses. He foresaw what violent measures might be taken when his victims first looked upon that test he was giving. And, being a man of few actions and many words, when he saw his course, he done it. Wisely he stayed away and let an innocent bystander break the fearful test to his class. A mental giant, that Dr. Davidson. Ellen Davis has grown quite poeti- cal of late. If by any chance (and the chances are 100 to 1 in favor of it), you should hear her murmuring this in low, throbbing tones: Oh, am she went, Oh, be she gone, And left poor I alone, Oh cruel fate, to be so kind To take she forth and leave I 'hind. It cannot was. Well, as I was saying, if you should hear her, let not your heart be alarmed. Contrary to all appearances, our Ellen's mind remains as it ever was. She's only bragging that some one sends her the Annapolis Log all the time. The friends of sophisticated Betty Fountain will be glad to learn that she suffered no casualties as a result of her standing precariously on the roof to watch (with borrowed opera glasses) her departing date. Society note: Heavenly hash was served to the hungry humans in Re- bekah Scott last Sunday. -: > $ * > > > * * > * $ * * * * $ $ > $ $ * * * Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 * V * * *v* ** ** ** ** *J* ** *t* ** ** *** ** ** ** ** *** ** ** ** ** *J* and Henry, Jr., were allowed to "find" themselves, since it was their father's idea that it was enough merely to "be." Each was a moralist like his father, and each had a keen, apprecia- tive, and sensitive mind. William first studied physiology, which he taught at Harvard, then, psychology, and later, philosophy. But it was in psychology that he made his greatest contribu- tions. Flenry, always imaginative and impressionable, found his outlet in writing psychological and analytic novels. We see these three men as loyal and devoted members of a family, Henry, Sr., and William as devoted husbands, all as friends and acquaintances of most of the outstanding literary and scientific men of their day and com- munity and gradually the three per- sonalities become real and distinct. The simplicity and straightforwardness of Mr. Grattan's style and the rapid movement of events mark the book a hard one to put down; and the author's analytical treatment of the men shows true critical appreciation. ALUMNAE Mildred McCalip, '31, is secretary to the First Presbyterian Church in Bir- mingham, Ala. Ruth Peck, '31, is teaching in At- lanta. All the books reviewed in this col- umn are found in the school library. INVESTITURE WILL BE THIS NEXT SATURDAY (Continued from page 1, column 4) the seniors, and is observed annually on the day preceding Investiture. A number of guests, including alumnae and parents of seniors, are ex- pected for the occasion of Investiture. Jeannette Shaw is taking a tech- nician's course at Emory. Martha Sprinkle, '3l, is spending the winter in Marion, Va. Martha Tower, '31, has charge of one of the three district offices of the Richmond, Va., City Social Service Bureau. Gertrude Willoughby, '31, in June married Mr. Leo Lynn Shirley. They live in Pahokee, Fla. Caroline Lingle, '33, is working in the alumni office at Davidson college. Mary Miller Brown, '3 2, lost her mother, October 26. Katherine Wellborn Reese, '3 2, an- nounces the arrival of Charles William Reese on October 15. * -t* t 4 *t* ** ** ** ** *v* *t* *$* J* *$* ** ** *5* *v**t* * I WEIL'S 10c STORE f * * > * Has Most Anything You Need * * * * * ** *J* ** *** ** ** ** *J* ** ** ** *v* *t* ** *** *** ** *v* ** ** *J* ** ** *** ** L. CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling The Atlanta Agnes Scott Alumnae Club sponsored a manufacturers' and distributors' luncheon at the home of Mrs. John J. Eagan, Thursday, Octo- ber 26. One hundred and fifty guests were served. The proceeds will go to- ward carrying out the program of the Atlanta club. The Decatur Agnes Scott Alumnae Club met Monday, October 18, at the home of Mrs. Jerry H. Taylor. Music was furnished by Miss Florence Smith, Lillian Herring, Betty Lou Houck, and Mr. C. W. Dieckmann. EAGER & SIMPSON Corset Shop College Girls' Girdles and Brassieres Walnut 4972 24 Cain St., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. 4 The Agonistic Reading Room Is Open for Students The little house out by the porch of Rebekah Scott has been fixed up as a reading room where anyone may go to rest or to read one of the many books which have been placed there. Living Creatively, by Kirby Page; Kagawa, by William Axling; Larry, and many others are found on the bookshelves there. TESTS FOR SWIMMING TO BE GIVEN SOON Swimming tests will be given Mon- day, November 6, from 4:40 to 5:10 Any girl who wishes to pass in col- lege swimming tests or "deep water tests" may do so at the time men- tioned above. This is being done for those girls who do not wish to take regular swimming classes. Those who have passed their junior or senior Red Cross life saving tests need not take these tests. CLUBS {Continued from page 2, column 3) M. LeChapeau Shirley Christian. Mme. Lenin Alice McCallie. Mme. LeChapeau Sarah Turner. The college community is cordial- ly invited. COTILLION CLUB The Cotillion Club will have a tea- dance on Thursday, November 2, in Mr. Johnson's studio. Marguerite Morris and Caroline Long are the hostesses. PEN AND BRUSH The Pen and Brush Club will meet Wednesday night, November 1, at 8 in Martha Elliot's room, No. 3 Re- bekah Scott Hall. The new members will be initiated and welcomed into the club at this time. Those who were taken in at the recent tryouts are: Ellcndcr Johnson, Frances McCully, Corrie Blair, Alice Dunbar, Lilly Weeks. BLACKFRIARS At their regular meeting on Tues- dav night at 7, members of Black- friars Club gave a play, Aria De Capo, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, directed by Martha Elliot. The cast included: Pierrot Bella Wilson. Columbine Buford Tinder. Cotburus Mary McDonald. Tlyiors Anne Berry. Cory don Mary Boggs. Personal Progress in Pep and Play Event of This Week Is Swimming Meet The first swimming meet of the sea- son will be held tonight at eight-thri- ty. The four classes will compete in this meet. A free style dash the length of the pool will open the meet, follow- ed by various strokes which the par- ticipants will swim for form. Among them will be the back stroke, the front breast stroke and the side stroke. There will be a relay for all the swimmers in which the seniors and sophomores will race against the juniors and the fresh- men and the manager is planning for a stunt to follow the relay race. The last and best event of the meet will be the dives which the participants will do for form. This meet is only for the members of the college, no outsiders being invited. A committee headed by Ann Cof- fee, the swimming manager, and in- cluding Alice McCallie, the sopho- more manager, and Kitty Printup, the freshman manager, is now making plans for a water pageant to be held Thursday, November 23. Their plans will be announced as soon as they have been completed. HALLOWE'EN PARTY GIVEN BY SENIORS Isabel McCain, costumed as a "death's head," .and Martha Crenshaw, as a ghost, won first and second places respectively for the best costumes at the Hallowe'en carnival given by the senior class to the college community last Saturday night in the gymnasium. Wicrd story-telling in the dark, bicycling, games, a treasure hunt, and dancing were features of this annual entertainment. The Hallowe'en spirit was empha- sized by traditional orange and black cats, witches, and crepe paper dec- orations, together with quantities of autumn leaves. Ginger bread and cider and strings of candy were served as refreshments. ETA SIGMA PHI Eta Sigma Phi, classical fraternity, elected five new members recently. They are: Alberta Palmour, Trellis Carmichael, Josephine Morton, Willie Florence Eubank, and Marguerite Norris. New members are selected from students of Latin and Greek in the upper classes who make a certain average. Initiation will take place November it, A special program is being plan- ned for this meeting which will be announced later. ing these scholarships will receive pay at a base rate of 5 0 cents an hour. Sixteen hours a week will enable them to earn their board, and twelve hours a week will give them their room rent. ON OTHER CAMPUSES (Continued from page 2, column 4) New York University has establish- ed a course in Form and Color as a re- sult of the Century of Progress a rchi tec t u re. Da i id so nia n . A fund of $85,000 has been set up m Yale University to enable students to work their way through college by work suited to their inclinations, in- stead of waiting on tables in the din- ing halls. They will be executive sec- retaries! aids to the maters, librarians and athletic secretaries, historians or Curators, or will do specialized work in the university library. Students hold- At Fordham it appears that the fac- ulty are appointed by name. Father Deane is dean, a father Whalen acts as administrator of discipline, Mr. Shouten is in charge of debating, and finally, Mr. Voelkal (pronounced vo- cal) is in charge of the glee club. Phoenix* Confusion was spread on the Uni- versity of California campus when home made tear gas, said by police possibly to have been manufactured by chemistry students, was hurled at a student member of a club with radical leanings who was selling radical liter- ature on a street on the campus. Sev- eral hundred students and bystanders went away weeping. fd&g Turn Phi. Suggestions have been voiced by the students at Connecticut State demand- ing half the royalties on their examin- ation papers, which arc sold to humor- ous publications. i I L l>. Adams & Son | t dry goods vnd ladies* | 1 KINK HOSE * 12 i) Kast Court Square . : . * * * * * v * V V * v v * ****** * * * * HAVE YOT TRIED Le Blanc's Special? 1/2 Chicken Fried 25c 676 Ponce de Leon. N.K.. Atlanta Seniors and Sophs | First "Letter Day" Win Hockey Games Of Year Observed The even classes were victorious in the hockey games Friday when the seniors defeated the juniors 1-0, and the sophomores beat the freshmen 4-1. The juniors played with several play- ers out against a full team of seniors. The line-ups were: Seniors Juniors Boyd, r. w. Green, r. w. Massie, r. i. Tmdall, c. f. McCalla c. f. Austin, L i. Hamilton, L w. Waterman, L w. Friend, r. h. Schuessler, c. h. Young, c. h. Russel, 1. h. Palmour, I. h. McMullen, r. f. Woolfolk, r. f. Harbison, L f. Spencer, I. f. Ames, g. g. Goins, g. g. Sophomores Freshmen Hart, r. w. Forrester, r. w. Coffee, r. i. Peeples, r. i. Flandte, c. f. Kennedy, c. f. Tipton, 1. i. Carey, 1. i. Latimer, 1. w. Jester, 1. w. Townsend, r. h. Kneale, r. h. Armstrong, c. h. Baker, c. h. Crenshaw, 1. h. Estes, 1. h. Miller, r. f. Gillespie, r. f. Estes, t. f. Christie, 1. f. Forman, g. g. Bowen, g. g. Substitutes: Sophomores James, Burson; freshmen Morrow, Johnson, Stalker, Wilder, Barnett, Taylor. The first "Letter Day" was observed yesterday, October 31, by wearers of the A. S., the athletic letter of Agnes Scott. Members of the A. S. Club will observe "Letter Day" regularly once a month throughout the year, according to plans just made. Members of the club are those girls who have earned 1600 or more points in various sports. They are: Mary Ames, C'Lena McMullen, Frances Mc- Calla, Leonora Spencer, Dorothy Cas- sel, Virginia Fisher, Nancy Rogers, Frances O'Brien, Margaret Massie, Marjorie Tindall. IN WORLD OUTSIDE (Continued from page 2, column 5) for its college yell "cis-boom-bah, cis- boom-bah; NRA, rah-rah-rah!" Literary Digest. Travel is getting harder for the hitchhikers, according to a Kansas City Star, interview with a veteran of the trail, who blames the increasing number of girls on the road. The reason is that girls usually travel in pairs, and motorists timid enough about picking up one stranger are doubly timid when two are involved. Literary Digest. A dietician finds that if you eat slow- ly you require less food. And, if you need reducing, you might bear in mind that haste makes waist. Arkansas Gazette. RADIO BROADCASTERS ENTERTAINED AT TEA All those who have taken part in the Agnes Scott radio broadcasts were entertained at the Alumnae House, Saturday afternoon from five to six. by the Alumnae Association. The guests included: Dr. and Mrs. McCain, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dieck- mann, Miss Frances K. Gooch, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Johnson, Miss Flor- ence Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Raper, Dr. and Mrs. George Hayes, Dr. and Mrs. Philip Davidson, Dr. Catherine Torrance, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Stukes, Miss Eda Bartholomew, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lane Stokes, Lillian Herring, Evelyn Wall, Louise Hol- lingsworth, Willa Beckham, Lillian Clements, Miss Hazel Wood, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Wood, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Wey, Mr. and Mrs. George Winship, Miss Dorothy Hutton, Martha Elliott, Martha Skeen, Virginia Byers, Eliz- abeth Winn, Polly Vaughan, Elaine Heckle, Mr. Roy MacMillan, Mr. Mar- cus Bartlett, Mr. Norman Dickens, Mr. Ernest Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Sewell, Miss Janef Preston, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Mrs. R. L. MacDougall, Major and Mrs. John S. Cohen, and Miss Mary Catherine Williamson. For the skin forlorn- Are you Acne Conscious? Lei Elizabeth Ardcn help you cor- rect this condition CLEANSE TONE SOOTHE, the Arden slo- gan for a healthy and lovely com- plexion. TOILETRIES STREET FLOOR Re0er\steir\s peACr+rp.ae sto^g Mission Interest Groups to Meet At the joint meeting of the Mission Interest Groups of Emory and Agnes Scott on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 in Mr. Johnson's studio, the Columbia Seminan- quartet will sing and Rev. E. D. Rudisill of the Lakewood Heights Methodist church will speak. Those who are interested in this phase of young people's work for increas- ing interest in mission work and its accomplishments are invited to attend. The Mission Interest Group meets reg- ularly on the first Sunday of every month with varying programs. AT THE THEATRES Begins Friday, Nov. 3rd "ONLY YESTERDAY" A great drama aimed straight at the hearts of women who crave love girls, wives, moth- ers, sweethearts, widows, di- vorcees, spinsters AND AT THE HEARTS OF MEN WHO FORGET. with M ARGARET SULLIVAN JOHN BOLES FOX THEATRE iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiMimi STARTS SATURDAY "MORNING GLORY" with (CATHERINE HEPBURN DOUG FAIRBANKS* JR. ADOLPH MEN.IOU Added BOB HESS at the Organ Best Selected Short Features (Paramount y TH EATRE * miiiiiiiiimmiiiiimimimMiiiiiiiiimiii Monday & Tuesday "HER BODYGUARD" with Wynne Gibson Edmund Lowe DeKALB THEATRE RIALTO ENTIRE WEEK STARTING NOVEMBER 1 M \ Y ROI5SON (The Apple Woman) HERBERT MARSH \ LL M \\(\ BOLAND in a M.-G.-M. Production "THE SOLITAIRE MAN" also LAUREL AND HARDY "Midnight Patrol" L O E W S G R A ND Jack Pearl The Baron Munchausen in "MEET THE BARON" with JIMMJE DURANTE z \sr PITTS TED HEAL? EDNA MAE OLIVER Mav Dav Scenario AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1933 VOL. XIV NO. 6 SILHOUETTE AWARDED CUP PERMANENTLY Symbolism of Investiture Is Stressed By Speaker Miss Hopkins Awards Caps To Senior Class Members The symbolism of Investiture and of all academic ceremonies was empha- sized by Dr. Florence Smith of the history department in her speech to the seniors at Investiture Saturday morning in the chapel. Dr. Smith is one of the faculty members of the senior class. Dr. J. R. McCain pre- sided over the ceremony. Dean Nannette Hopkins invested each senior who knelt before her to receive her cap and a tap on the shoulder, corresponding to the stroke of the sword in knighthood. Mr. C. W. Dieckmann played organ selections during the ceremony. Henri Hayes, son of Dr. and Mrs. George P. Hayes, was the class mascot. In her address Miss Smith said, "When you, as seniors, kneel before the Dean of your college you pledge your loyalty to the college and its traditions. Now assume the dignity and responsibilities of candidates for a degree. When Miss Hopkins places the cap upon your head she confers upon you the honors and privileges of your senior standing and by that sym- (Continued on page 4, column 1) PLAY TO BE GIVEN BY FRENCH CLUB The public is invited to attend the French Club play, Tranches Lippees, to be presented Monday afternoon, November 13, at 5 o'clock in Mr. Johnson's studio. The play, a modern French comedy in four scenes, is the first presentation of the club this year. There will be no admission price. The characters, in order of appear- ance, are: La Cassiere Elizabeth Moore. Le Garcon Mildred Clark. M. Lemu Mary Virginia Allen. Mme. Lemu Alice McCallie. M. Lechapeau Shirley Christian. Mme. Lechapeau Sarah Turner. The scene is laid in a cafe, just out- side a theater. The action takes place at night, immediately following a pre- sentation at the theater. The plot con- cerns two couples who are eating in the cafe. Argument over who will pay the bill provides the comic situation. Musical selections also will be fur- nished as a part of the program. Seventy-Six Seniors Are Invested in Annual Event The seniors who were invested Sat- urday numbered seventy-six. They were: Mary Ames, Sarah Aus- tin, Alae Risse Barron, Helen Bashin- ski, Ursula Boese, Helen Boyd, Alma Brohard, Laura Buist, Dorothy Cassel, Iona Cater, Nelle Chamlee, Pauline Cureton, Dorothy Dickson, Martha Elliott, Plant Ellis, Martha England, Frances Farr, Virginia Fisher, Mar- garet Friend, Pauline Gordon, Lucy Goss, Sybil Grant, Mary Grist, Alma Groves, Elinor Hamilton, Mary Hamilton, Betty Harbison, Elaine Heckle, Lillian Herring, Elizabeth Hickson, Claire Ivy, Mary Jackson, Elizabeth Johnson, Marguerite Jones, (Continued on page 3, column 3) ARMISTICE WILL BE OBSERVED A special Armistice Day program will be presented in Chapel Saturday morning, November 11, under the auspices of the International Relations Club. Helen Boyd, president, will pre- side at the chapel hour. This is the first Armistice Day program to be pre- sented in several years. The club hopes to make it traditional. The program will be opened by Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, who will play a march as the organ selection. Silent prayer will be followed by Scripture reading and a prayer, led by Helen (Continued on page 4, column 5 ) Junior Class Will Give Frosh Gangster Party F. FARR HAS OPERATION Frances Farr, of the senior class, un- derwent an emergency operation for appendicitis Saturday night at seven o'clock. She is at Wesley Memorial Hospital, where she is resting well, it is reported. The freshman class will be enter- tained by the junior class Saturday afternoon in the gymnasium from four to six, at a costume dance. The "Gang- ster" idea will be carried out in dec- orations, refreshments, and entertain- ment. Loice Richards is in charge of arrangements. The program will include specialty numbers by Madeline Race, Betty Lou Houck, the Mystery Pair, and Ailene Barron, 12-year old "blues sing- er" of Atlanta. Music will be furn- ished by the Casa Nova orchestra. A prize will be given for the best cos- tume. Committees are: Invitation Eliz- abeth Thrasher, chairman; Marie Simpson, Isabel Shipley, Martha Red- wine, Elizabeth Young; refreshments Sarah Davis, chairman; Catherine Swaringer, Virginia Coons, Virginia Byers; decoration Frances McCalla, chairman; Trellis Carmichael, Frances Cassel, Alice Dunbar. Junior Chocolates will be sold by Nell Pattillo, Caroline Dickson, and Frances Espy, as Cigarette girls. Agnes Scott Music Professors Are Interviewed Although music at Agnes Scott does not constitute a major study, and does not have as important a place in the curriculum as in some other schools and colleges in the United States, the members of its faculty do have a far reaching influence extending from De- catur throughout the nation. And with the advance of interest in music, with the increase of a listening public chief- ly through the channels of radio, musical ability as displayed in Agnes Scott's music professors is receiving a wider and more general acclaim. One of the foremost among South- ern composers is Mr. C. W. Dieck- mann, whose compositions have ap- peared at various times, published through the music publishers, the Ditzen Co. and the Presser house. Mr. Dieckmann's career, like that of many famous persons, had not been planned in music fields, but had first been dedicated to chemistry, a study which he dropped when awarded a three years scholarship in harmony under the di- rection of Sidney C. Durst, who had just returned from study in Munich under Reimberger. It was in 1905 that (Continued on page 4, column 3) Graduate Plan Is Possible The possibilities of forming a grad- uate school, made up of Agnes Scott, Emory University, and Georgia Tech, are being studied now by Dr. George A. Works, of the University of Chi- cago, who was on the campus Monday and Tuesday. Dr. Works is here under a five thou- sand dollar grant to finance study for a graduate school, made by the Beck Foundation of Atlanta. The graduate school, among other things, would make possible advanced courses in the fine arts, and would create a school for social service study and training of social workers. Agnes Scott is greatly interested in a school of this kind. The college has been making efforts in this direction for a number of years, and is hoping to receive the cooperation of the other schools. Plans cannot be announced since the matter is only in its beginning stages, but it is being carefully studied. Freshman Cabinet Is Announced The freshmen who are to serve on the Freshman Y. W. C. A. cabinet were chosen at the last meeting of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet. They are: Mary Gillespie, Mary Malone, Isabel McCain, Marie Stauker, Fannie B. Harris, Eliz- abeth McKee, Barbara Hertwig, Frances Cary, Sarah Johnson, Eliz- abeth Perrin, Elizabeth Espy, and Dor- othy Jester. These girls will be under the charge of Louise McCain, vice president of Y. W. Organization Records To Be Kept in Office A permanent file of the records of every organization of the college will be kept in Miss Hopkins office under the auspices of the Student Govern- ment Association. The announcement was made this morning after chapel by Mary MacDonald, president of the Association, to the presidents and sec- retaries of all the classes, clubs, and organizations; and to the editors and business managers of the publications. Plans for the file are being worked out by a Student Government com- mittee: Helen Boyd, chairman; Dean McKoin, and Mary Green. The offi- cers of all the organizations will as- sist the committee in compiling rec- ords for the file. The information in the file will in- clude the history and purposes of each organization, names of all officers and committees, and descriptions of special features and plans for the various as- sociations. Financial reports also will be included. The purpose of the file is to provide a permanent record of the history of the organizations; a source of reference for future officers and commttiees; and a record of the activities of stu- dents, so that, when references and recommendations are asked, a complete report may be given. Prohibition Agent Talks Here Dr. John L. Phillips, of the prohibi- tion forces of Georgia, spoke in chapel this morning. Dr. Phillips briefly out- lined the status of the repeal move- ment in the state. All-American Rating Is Given To Agnes Scott Year-Book CARRIE LINGLE Editor of 1933 Annual CRISPIN DRAWS WINNING COVER Rosalyn Crispin, of the junior class, won the Aurora cover contest, and the prize, $2.50 in gold offered for the best cover design. Members of the staff, with Miss Lewis, of the Art Department, were judges. The tryouts were judged for attractive artistry, and originality. Covers for the past three years were designed by Leone Bowers Hamilton in 1930, Judy Blundell in 1931, and Betty Fountain in 1932. The first number of the Aurora, the quarterly literary publication, will be issued the latter part of November. Water Pageant Planned For Thursday, Nov. 23 Plans are being made for a Water Pageant to be given Thursday night, November 23. It will not be a class affair but a pageant with a story. The participants, who will number about 3 5, will be selected from the best swimmers of the four classes. Parents and faculty are invited to attend. Kitty Printup, Alice McCallie, and Ann Coffee, under the direction of Miss Haynes, are writing the story for the pageant. A committee composed of the swimming managers of the four classes: Kitty Printup, freshman; Alice McCallie, sophomore; Elizabeth Alex- ander, junior, and Virginia Fisher, senior, will select the participants. The story of the pageant, according to the authors, is one "as old as the kingdom of King Neptune. The story opens wih the plight of a princess whose father insists that she marry a rich old king whom she despises. Her father keeps on insisting, and so, to escape such a fate she runs away to the seashore. There she meets the charming prince of the sea, Neptune, Jr. He takes her away to her father's beautiful sea kingdom, where King Neptune orders a water pageant in her honor." Publication Has Won Cup Three Successive Years Permanent possession of the cup for all-American rating is awarded to the Silhouette, Agnes Scott year-book, it is announced today. The publication has won the cup three years in succession, and the award to the 193 3 edition en- titles the college to keep the cup per- manently. The cup is awarded annually by the Photo-Process Engraving Company, on the judgment of the National Scholas- tic Press Association, to the college an- nual in the southeast winning the all- American rating. The Silhouette re- ceived 900 out of a possible 1000 points. The year-book is judged on finan- cing, originality, art work, make-up, page balancing, the development of the theme everything, that is, except literary inserts. The 193 3 edition of the Silhouette was edited by Caroline Lingle. Jule Bethea was business manager. The an- nuals which won the award in previous (Continued on page 3, column 3) MANY STUDENTS SEE "GREEN PASTURES" Over seventy-five members of the Agnes Scott student body and faculty saw "Green Pastures," the Pulitzer prize play by Marc Connolly, which played with the complete original cast at the Erlanger Theater last week. Tickets were sold by the Interracial Committee of the Y. W. C. A. The play depicts in a series of scenes the ideas of Old Testament stories and of heaven held by the average illiter- ate negro of the Louisiana plantations. The play was written by Marc Con- nolly from the book, "Old Man Adam and His Chillun," which was written by Roark Bradford, a former Atlanta newspaper reporter. The cast includes 122 men, women, and children, all colored. Thirty-nine stage hands were required to build the tremendous stage sets for the play. It was necessary to reinforce the under- stage supports to hold some of the big scenes. "The Green Pastures" is in the midst of a tour of the south, and is being witnessed by recordbreaking crowds. It is a unique production, yet thor- oughly reverent. Of especial interest to Agnes Scott students who attended the play was the interpretation of "De Lawd" by Mr. Richard Harrison, who spoke in chapel here. DR. CAULEY TO SPEAK Dr. T. J. Cauley, of Emory Univer- sity, will speak in chapel tomorrow morning on Russia. He will be intro- duced by Dr. Philip Davidson, head of the history department, at whise invi- tation Dr. Cauley comes to Agnes Scott. America' s Recognition of Russia Discussed By Sibyl Grant The question of recognition of Rus- sia by the United States is a matter of vital interest throughout the major capitals of the world. Three events re- veal that the ignorant hostility and un- friendly curiosity which have charac- terized the four preceeding administra- tions have broken down in the present administration. President Roosevelt in- structed U. S. delegates to the World Economic Conference in July to deal with Russian delegates exactly as thev dealt with delegates from other coun- tries. The fact revealed at this con- ference, that Russia was in the market for a billion dollars worth of supplies, is of no small consequence economical- ly. Another move linking the relations of the U. S. and Russia was the an- nouncement of the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation on July 3 that it had approved loans of $4,000,000 to American exporters with which to buy surplus cotton for resale to Russia. On September 20, President Roosevelt di- rected Henry Morgenthau, Jr., gover- nor of Farm Credit Administration to (Continued on page 3, column 4) 2 The Agonistic l)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. 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How- ever, it is to be remembered that recognition does not mean approval: rather, it means that "one government acceps the other government as the es- tablished government of its country, exchanges diplomatic representatives with it and enters into a treaty cover- ing the normal relationships between the two countries under the general provisions of existing international law." The stability of the Bolshevik government is a factor to be reckoned with. Our recognition or non-recog- nition of Russia, although it will un- doubtedly help or hinder Bolshevik de- velopment, will not cause a change in principles and ideals. In compliance with President Roose- velt's letter of October 10 stating the desirability of an effort to end the pres- ent abnormal relations between Russia and the U. S., the President of the Central Executive Committee of U. S. S. R. has appointed the Russian Secre- tary of Foreign Affairs, Litvinof, to discuss plans for recognition with United States' representatives. In view of Litvinof's many recent successes along diplomatic lines, Russian enthus- iasm for recognition, and the gestures of the present administration, the omens for recognition are to be con- sidered quite favorable. "You sometimes find a pearl in an oyster stew," remarked John, the waiter, pleasantly. "Huh," grunted Margaret Rogers. "I'm looking for the oysters." > ** * * ** ** ** 4 ** ** ** ** *t 4 ** ** ** ** ** *** *** ** ** ** ** ** I* * I I WEIL'S 10c STORE I > > f Has Most Anything You Need *> * > * * $ -l* > ** *t* *l" *t" *!* "I* *v* *!* *I* ** *!* ** ** ** ** *I* *I* *t* *?* *l+ L. CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling ii 4 The Agoxistic Seniors Invested At Annual Event Frosh Tie Seniors Juniors Win Hockev Miss Hopkins invests Dorothy Cassel, while Elaine Heckle and Nell Chamlee look on. SYMBOLISM OF INVESTITURE IS STRESSED BY SPEAKER {Continued front page 1, column 1) bolic act indicates that the college is satisfied with your career up to this time, and believes that you are an ac- ceptable candidate for the degree to be conferred by the college in June. You are also making yourself a part of his- tory of the history of an ideal." In discussing the use of ceremonies to indicate reverence to an institution or to an ideal Dr. Smith said there are some people who scoff at such use, some to whom a ceremony is merely a display of personal vanity and to whom the symbolism involved means nothing. "But as for us," Miss Smith said, "we are indicating one place in the ranks of organized scholars under the university system, which has near- ly seven centuries of culture and prog- ress to attest its value to civilization." In speaking of the resemblance be- tween the customs of the university of today and that of the middle ages, Dr. Smith said the resemblances were largely due to the old truth; that, i;ivcn a similar ideal, the solution will be much the same in all ages. "It is in the wearing of academic costume hat we often feel ourselves most akin to our medieval ancestors. Early American universities did not always adopt the custom of wearing academic cosumcs, though Kings' Col- lege seems to have used caps and gowns upon some occasions since colonial times. In 1894 a committee from various American universities met and decided upon a uniform plan for ac- ademic costume which has been fol- lowed in the United Staes since that time. Tiie length of the hood indicates the degree bachelor, master, or doc- tor. Its lining tells by its color the institution which conferred the de- gree; and the color of the border indi- cates the field of study in which the degree is taken." According to the statement of the Albany Bureau of Academic Costume the hood border colors are historic and symbolic. "The white border for arts and letters comes from the white fur of the Oxford and Cambridge Bachelor's hoods; the red for Theol- ogy follows the traditional color of the church as signifying ardent love and zeal for the faith as used by cardinals for centuries. The purple for laws comes from the royal purple of the king's courts; the green of medicine from the color of medical herbs. The degrees in philosophy are shown by blue, the color of growth and wisdom; science, gold yellow which signifies the wealth contributed by scientific dis- coveries. Pink was taken from the pink brocade prescribed for the Ox- ford doctors of music." "The reason we go to all the trouble to show our allegiance to the Universi- ty tradition," Miss Smith said, "is be- cause we believe with Roshdall that 'There is a kind of knowledge which can only be secured by personal inter- communication, a kind of intellectual cultivation which is made possible by constant interchange of ideas with other minds, a kind of enthusiasm which is impossible in isolation." Miss Smith closed by saying that we could gain that knowledge and en- thusiasm here in our daily lives of study by the bringing together of teacher with teacher, teacher with stu- dent, and student with student. Elinor Hamilton (dancing): "Oh, I simply adore that funny step. Where did you pick it up?" Billy: "Funny step, heck, I'm los- ing my garter." Atlanta Journal. The freshmen tied the seniors in the hockey game played last Friday after- noon, and the seniors beat the sopho- mores with a score of 1-0. The score of the senior-freshman game was 1-1. The juniors played with a team lack- ing two players, one on the forward line and one one the half-back line. The line-ups were: Seniors Freshmen Boyd R.W Forrester Massie R.I Cary Maness C.F Kennedy Schuessler L.I Jester Hamilton, E. ___L.W Stalker Friend R.H Kneale Austin C.H Baker Preston L.H Wilder McMullen R.F Taylor Harbison L.F Walker Ames G.G Bowen Substitutes: Seniors, Russell; fresh- men, Morrow. Juniors Sophomores R.W Hart Simpson R.I Burson McCalla C.F Handte Duls L.I Coffee Long L.W Hart Calhoun R.H Townsend Young C.H Armstrong L.H Crenshaw Woolfolk R.F Miller, R. Spencer L.F James Coins G.G Fur man Swimming Meet Is Won by Class of '36 II E W E Y'S Call us for nines. TOILET articles, STATIONERY, SUNDRIES PROMPT DELIVERY PHONE M \ 1641 The difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time the Legislature meets. i Agnes Scott where he married Mrs. Miami Herald. I Johnson after teaching her for three AGNES SCOTT MUSIC PRO- FESSORS ARE INTERVIEWED {Continued from page I, column 2) Mr. Dieckmann came to Agnes Scott where he was appointed instructor in piano and organ. Since his coming to the college, he has received many hon- ors, chief among which has been his installation as a member of the Ameri- can Guild of Organists which cor- responds to the Royal College of Or- ganists in England. Through this or- ganization, standards of music are set in America, and there is a cover- ing of music in all its fields by the selected members of the group. In 1918, Mr. Dieckmann was admitted after having passed two examinations in almost every field of music har- mony, counterpoint, playing and com- posing, orchestration, fugue, etc. Mr. Dieckmann's accomplishments as a composer include four or five complete sets of May Day music; songs which have been published; sev- eral canticles: "Magnificat," "Nunc Dimitis," "Benedictus Es Domine"; several choruses. Two compositions "Lord's Prayer" and "Nearer the Cross" were accepted during the past summer. Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, professor of voice at Agnes Scott, and Mrs. John- son, assistant vocal instructor, repre- sent achievements which have added greatly to the college's standing in vocal circles. Especially through the work of the Glee Club as well as through star pupils who have become well-known, have their work been ac- complished. Mr. Johnson studied first at Pomona College in Clermont, Calif., where he received a certificate in vocal. For two years, he studied in New York, then under William Nel- son Burrit. At both of these schools he later taught. In 1910 he came to The sophomores won the swimming meet which took place last Wednesday night, with a score of 3 2 points. The seniors placed second with 20 points and the juniors came in third with 10. The places in the various events were as follows: 20 yard dash, sophomores first, freshmen second and seniors third; the srokes for form, in the side stroke, sophomores first, second and third with the freshmen tying for sec- ond place, in the front crawl the soph- omores first, second and third, and in the back crawl the sophomores first, the senior second, and the juniors third; diving, sophomores first, seniors second and juniors third, and in the relay the seniors first, sophomores sec- ond and juniors third. years. Since that time, the two have studied together. Summer study with Alexander Heineman in Berlin, and with Arthur G. Hubbard in Boston as well as several summers in New York, complete their instruction in vocal. Mr. Johnson also had a season on the stage while a student in New York, but his greatest thrill was teaching at Pomona College where he had attended school. Miss Eda E. Bartholomew, instruc- tor in piano, is yet another of Agnes Scott's distinguished music faculty. Although born in America, Miss Bar- tholomew is of German ancestry on her mother's side. As the former Mar- garethe Kori, her mother played with Liszt and taught before she was mar- ried. Miss Bartholomew received her diploma in organ and piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music at Leip- sig, and upon returning to America she began her music career. After teach- ing at LaGrange College and Brenau College she came to Agnes Scott as in- structor in piano and organ. In 1924 she became a member of the faculty of the Atlanta Conservatory of Music. Miss Bartholomew's renown in music fields has caused her to appear in numerous recitals, and concerts throughout America and upon numer- ous occasions abroad. Finally, Agnes Scott is proud to claim as one of its graduates, Mrs. Agnes Adams Stokes, who after hav- ing received her degree of Bachelor of Arts, then was graduated from the Atlanta Conservatory of Music, where she now teaches violin. PEACE IS Y. SUBJECT The topic for the vesper program Sunday night will be Peace. This pro- gram was chosen because November 11 is Armistice day, and also because the nations are working more and more each year to attain peace. Miss Ray- mond Wilson will be the speaker on the program. HAVE YOU TRIED Le Blanc's Special? i/2 Chicken Fried 25c 676 Ponce de Leon, N.E., Atlanta Jfor\HFroK9'r\ 223-27 PEACHTREE ARMISTICE WILL BE OBSERVED {Continued from page 1, column 2) Boyd. After a hymn by the student body, Ursula Boese, exchange student from Germany and a member of the senior class, will speak on the Treaty of Versailles and its effect on Ger- many. Mrs. S. G. Sukes will sing. Martha Skeen will give the reading, "Yellow Butterflies." A recessional to ''Onward Christian Soldiers" will con- clude the program. AT THE THEATRES iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii STARTS SATURDAY RONALD COLEMAN ELISSA LANDI in THE MASQUERADER -ADDED- BOB HES at the Organ Best Selected Short Features Cparamount THEATRE miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiii LOEWS GRAND THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND THE LADY" with JACK DEMPSEY PRIMO CARNER A MAX BAER MYRNA LOY SHORTS DeKALB THEATRE WEDNESDAY "Mama Loves Papa" CHARLES IvUGGLES and MARY BOLAND THURSDAY "Blondie Johnson" JOAN BLONDELL ( HESTER MORRIS FRIDAY "Silk Express" SHEILA TERRY and NEIL H V.MILTON MONDAY and TUESDAY "This Day and Age" RI ALTO S A T. S 1 1 N . M O N . TUES. "FURY OF THE JUNGLE" * ith don \i.d COOK PEGGY SHANNON ALAN DIN EH ART BEGINS FRIDAY, NOV. 10th AFTER TONIGHT" with CONSTANCE BENNETT GILBERT ROLAND The tale of a spy in love and a conqueror the captive of his prisoner. JIMMY BEERS News Shorts FOX VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1933 NO. 7 A. S. Asked To Attend Forum ROOSEVELT'S POLICY IS TOPIC Agnes Scott is one of four institu- tions to be represented at a meeting sponsored by the Forum, an organiza- tion for debate and discussion at Geor- gia Tech, to be held Tuesday night, November 21, at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium at Tech. All Agnes Scott students are invited to attend the meet- ing. The subject to be discussed is "Roosevelt's Policy." Mary Ames, Sybil Grant, and Nell Pattillo will rep- resent Agnes Scott. The other institutions to be repre- sented are Georgia Tech, Emory, and Brcnau. Three students from each col- lege have been asked to give five-min- ute discussions on some phase of pres- ent problems. These talks will furnish a basis for open discussion, in which many points of views may be present- ed. The meeting is an effort on the part of the Forum to make discussion groups profitable and less formal. Mary Ames will speak on the N. R. A. Sybil Grant will speak on the recognition of Soviet Russia. Dr. George P. Hayes, head of the English department, is serving as advisor to the group. Tech has offered transportation for Agnes Scott students who wish to at- tend the discussion. Y. W. Hobby Groups Begin Year's Work The freshman hobby groups, spons- ored by the Y. W. C. A. were present- ed to the freshmen yesterday morning in chapel by the freshman Y. cabinet. There will be groups on books with Miss Raemond Wilson in charge, on sewing and crafts under the direction of Jacqueline Woolfolk, on hiking led by Elizabeth Forman, on charm with Vera Pruett as chairman, and on inter- national events, the leader to be chosen later. In addition to these there are groups sponsored by the following Y. W. departments: Industrial, Inter- racial, Social Service, Publicity, and Mission Interest. All freshmen were urged to join one of the groups or to suggest one they would be interested in. Final Debaters Are Chosen for Season The Agnes Scott debaters in the de- bate with Wesleyan College at Macon, which is now planned for December 2, will be Marion Calhoun and Martha Redwine. They will uphold the af- firmative side of the question, "Re- solved: that the United States should adopt the Fascist form of government." It will be non-decisional. Sara Catherine Wood has been selected to debate with Marion Cal- houn is the debate with Sophie New- comb here November 2 8. Agnes Scott will uphold the affirmative of the Fascist question. There will be no de- cision. The triangular debate, featuring Tech, Emory, and Agnes Scott, will take place Dec. 8. The problems of Socialism, Democracy, and Fascism will be discussed. Elizabeh Winn, the Agnes Scott debater for Socialism, will speak at Agnes Scott. Marion Calhoun, the Fascism debater, will speak at Tech. The debater for Dem- ocracy, who will speak at Emory, has not been selected. At these debates, de- cisions will be rendered by the audi- ences. Date Set For Book Exhibit ATLANTA BOOK SHOPS TO HELP FACTS ON A. S. GIVEN BY RADIO A radio interview concerning Agnes Scott was given by Dr. J. R. McCain, president, over the Georgia Tech sta- tion, WGST, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. This was the first of a series of interviews with the heads of col- leges around Atlanta planned by this station. Dr. McCain was asked ro give some of the disinctive features at Agnes Scott, particularly in regard to cur- riculum and student activities. Other questions included the number of states and countries represented by the faculty and students here and the fields of work in which alumnae are em- ployed. SPONSORS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR PARTIES Plans for Christmas parties for day student and boarder freshman groups were made at the meeting of the Stu- dent Government sponsors yesterday afternoon at four o'clock. It was plan- ned to have two boarder and one day student groups meet together for parties near Christmas. It is hoped that by this the freshmen will be- come better acquainted, in particular the day students and the boarders. At this time Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, spoke to the sponsors on vocational guidance. She described the new vocational guidance bookshelf that has recently been installed in the library by Mortar Board. On his shelf are all the books on vocational guid- ance that were already in the library and several new ones which have been recently acquired. This shelf repre- sents the beginning of an effort to in- terest students in vocational guidance. There are about ten books on the shelf (Con fin iicd on page 3, column 2) DAY STUDENTS WILL BE IN CHARGE OF VESPERS The day students will have charge of the weekly vesper service Sunday night "Personality" is the subject of their program. Last Sunday Miss Raemond Wilson of the English department spoke on tc Peace M at vespers. Y. W. Group Makes Visits To Factories in Atlanta The industrial committee of Y. W. C. A. has made two trips to factories in Atlanta during the past week. Yesterday a group of girls visited Norris' candy factory, and last Thurs- day a group went to a shoe factory and an overall factory. Virginia Fisher, as chairman of the committee, is in charge of these trips. The groups usually consist of from eight to ten girls. Anyone interested may go. Other trips are being planned for the future. Virginia has obtained a list of things to look out for from the Y. W. C. A. in Atlanta, which adds to the educational value of the trips. ANNOUNCEMENT MADE FOR FINAL'S DAY HERE Finals day is to be held as the clos- ing event of this athletic season Fri- day afternoon. Invitations to attend this have been sent to the friends and parents of the students and to the stu- dens of the various Alanta and De- catur high schools and preparatory schools, and the college community is cordially invited. At two-thirty the final archery meet will be held, at which time the six best archers will compete for fall title of champion. The other contestants will have been eliminated in preliminary meets held during his week. At three o'clock the final match of the doubles tennis tour- nament will be played. At four o'clock the last hockey game of the season will begin. The seniors will play the juniors and the sophomores will play the freshmen. Last year a finals day was held in the spring, but this is the first time it has been tried in the fall, with these sports. The annual Book Week has been planned for November 2 8 to Decem- ber 3. This year the book display will be kep over a week-end in response to student request. The exhibit will be similar to those of previous years. This year, however, the books, including fiction, modern poetry, drama, and biography, will be lent by leading bookstores and pub- lishers of Atlanta instead of New York. A speaker, whose name cannot be announced until later, will talk in chapel December 1, on some phase of books or reading. "The purpose of Book Week," said Miss Preston, who is in charge of plans, "is to bring to the campus an oppor- tunity of pleasure to the students. More detailed plans can be announced next week." Complete Cast Of Plav Given Announcement is made today of the men who will play masculine roles in the Blackfriars' play, "Hay Fever," Noel Coward's three-act comedy to be presented on November 25. This is the first time in the history of Agnes Scott that men instead of girls will take the male roles in a dramatic production. The men are Mr. Lewis Johnson, head of the Agnes Scott music depart- ment; Mr. Marion Camp, of Atlanta; Mr. Jimmie Jepson, and Mr. Bob Gil- lespie, of Decatur. The complete cast is as follows: David Bliss Mr. Lewis Johnson. Judith Bliss Betty Lou Houck. Simon Bliss Jimmie Jepson. Sorel Bliss Martha Skeen. Richard Greatham Marion Camp. Jackie Coryton Hester Anne Withers. Sandy Bob Gillespie. Myra Arundel Virginia Byers. Clara Marion Calhoun. School's Progress Is Evident In Rules By Nell White In the gay nineties Agnes Scott had a wide and spreading campus. The buildings consisted of Main, a build- ing with "four stories exclusive of the basement," an engine-run electric light plant, and a "laundry and kitchen apart from Main building." Main was a very up-to-date building, for it was "carpeted through-out and each floor was supplied with ample hose and fire buckets." Classrooms, offices, parlors, and the girls' "chambers (which were unusually large and attractive) " were all in Main. No bicycles those girls needed! What were the girls that lived in these "unusually large chambers" al- lowed to wear and do? If they were good, they were "allowed to go to At- lanta once a quarter for shopping pur- poses, provided a teacher could be en- ticed to chaperon them." In town they might buy a "wrapper," but they must under no condition "appear in their wrapper out of their chamber," or they might buy a "simple evening dress, high-necked and long-sleeved, which would be convenient but not necessary." Pupils were not permitted to wear low-necked dresses. For amusement our sisters of the gay nineties "corresponded with such gentlemen as were specially named in writing by their parents," received all visitors, except young genlemen, that might come any time except school or study hours, and read the literature that escaped the rule stating: "indiscrim- inate novel reading is prohibited." In (Continued on page 5, column 3) Astronomy Class Will Be Offered A course in astronomy at Agnes Scott is being planned by the science department for the second semester of the year. The course, which carries a three-hour credit, will be open to members of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes. The astronomy course which has been offered in the past has been half mathematics and half descriptive as- tronomy, with 101-102 mathematics as a prerequisite course. The new course will eliminate the mathematics and be made up entirely of actual study of the stars, planets, and con- stellations. The telescope will be used extensively. Several night observation classes will be held. The hours for regular classes have not yet been decided, but will be an- nounced later. Dr. Christian is making arrange- ments to show Venw to the student body through the telescope. The planet is closer to the earth during this month than it has been in years. A. S. STUDENT WINS HONORS Elana Greenfield, '3 2, has had three of her poems included in Modern American Poetry 1933. This anthol- ogy is published yearly by the Galleon Press and contains the poems of younger writers, not much of whose work has formerly been printed. Last year five of Elana's poems ap- peared in the annual Anthology of Georgia Poets. A few years ago one of her poems was published in the Netv York Times. Examples of her work have appeared in two Agnes Scott publications the March, 1932, Aurora and the alumna publication for the fall of 1932. Elana was a member of the Agnes Scott poetry club during 193 1-3 2, and a member of the Radcliffe Poetry Club during her freshman, sophomore and junior years there. Miss Woodrow Addresses Social Service Group A visit to the Social Center at the Fulon Bag and Cotton Mills was made by a group of girls under the direction of the Social Service Committee of the Y. W. C. A. Thursday afternoon. Miss Mary Rivers, who is in charge, showed them the work which is being done in such fields as night schools, clinics, kindergarten, playground, special women's classes, and the like. Miss Mary Woodrow of the DeKalb Red Cross spoke to the Social Service group about the history and various phases of the Red Cross work Friday afternoon. DON COSSACK CHORUS SINGS HERE AGAIN As the second of the series of All Star concerts, the Don Cossack Rus- sian Male Chorus, which appeared in Atlanta two seasons ago, will be pre- sented at the Atlanta auditorium, to- night at eight-thirty. The chorus re- turns by popular request. The chorus is made up of thirty- six singer^, all of whom served as of- ficers in the White Army during the Russian Revolution and are now exiles from their native counry. They travel on passes issued by the League of Na- tions to men without a country. Dressed in their native costumes, they sing with the voice of the Rus- sian people. The repertoire of the chorus includes some of their religious songs, their wild barracks songs, and their folk-songs. Commencement Speaker Named EMINENT WOMAN TO SPEAK Dr. Blanch Colton Williams, head of the Department of English at Hun- ter College, has accepted the invita- tion to deliver the commencement ad- dress to the graduating class, on May 29, 1934. She will have the honor of being the first woman to deliver this annual address at Agnes Scott. Dr. Williams, who is a native of Mississippi, has taken an A.B. .at the Mississippi State College for Women, an A.M. at Columbia and a Ph.D. at Stanton College in Natchez, Miss. Since then she has mounted from a position as assistant in English at Co- lumbia Teachers' College, to her pres- ent position as head of the English De- partment at Hunter College, New York City's College for Women, which is one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Dr. Williams' chief interests and work have been along the line of short story writing. She has formerly been the instructor in the Columbia short story writing extension department and summer session, one of the most popular courses at that instiution. She was forced to give up this work, since her present position requires that she teach in no other educational institu- tion. She has edited a number of collec- tions of short stories and has held the important position of chairman of the committee which selected the O. Henry Memorial Prize stories for (Continued on page 4, column 1) No Drive For Funds Is Made This Year No Community Chest soliciting campaign will be made on the campus this year as has been done in previous years. Miss Leslie Gaylord, of the mathe- matics department, who has been in charge of the campaign formerly, will solicit subscrpitions among the mem- bers of the faculty, and will receive any voluntary subscriptions from stu- dents. She stated, however, that no active campaign with a chapel pro- gram and student solicitors would be made. Because of the large deficit in subcriptions to the Y. W. C. A. bud- get, it is thought that students are un- able to respond to the demands of such an organization. OUTING CLUB TO JOIN NAT'L HIKING CLUB The Outing Club held a special open meeting last week, at which time members of the Appalachian Trail Club of Decatur showed moving pic- tures of several of their outing trips. At his time, Mr. Lewis Johnson and Mr. Warner Hall, members of the club, explained the history and pres- ent organization of the Trail Club. The moving pictures showed views of the Appalachian mountains. Also, through use of the pictures, it was ex- plained in detail how three and six-day trips could be taken through these mountains, due to the fact that there are various stores and lodging camps situated all along the trail. The Agnes Scott Outing Club made tentative plans for a week-end trip, with the Decatur Appalachian Club sometime soon. A. S. BROADCAST GIVES WAY TO CHEST DRIVE The Agnes Scott radio program, pre- sented regularly at six-thirty over WSB on Wednesday afternoon, gives place today to a Community Chest program, over a city-wide hook-up. The regular broadcast will be resumed next week. 2 The Agonistic <&i)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. . ^^<^N (Newspaper ( WT ' Member) > \ h. ^ l / STAFF Mary Hamilton Editor Mary Ames Bushiess Manager Loice Richards Assistant Editor Nell Patillo _Ass/. Business Manager Margaret Rogers - -Make-Up Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Martha Elliot Feature Editor Marion Calhoun Mary M. Stowe Society Editor Assistant Make-Up Editor Rosalyn Crispin Exchange Editor Frances O'Brien Sports Editor y 4 -o i Elizabeth Moore Club Editor Lulu Ames._ ..Exchange Editor DoRI$ BatSLl my ^ Isabel Shipley__ Alumnae Editor Plant Ellis Joke Editor Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits Isabel Lowrance Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History Alma Brohard Circulation Manager Jacqueline Woolfolk Assistant Circulation Manager Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai Day Student Circulation Managers BUSINESS STAFF BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lulu Ames Doris Batsell Vera Pruet Catherine Jones Sara Lawrence Trellis Carmichael REPORTERS Ida Lois McDaniel Mary Adams A4ary Ames Lucile Cairns Dorothy Cassel Betty Willis EDITORIAL Education in the United States has never been even in the minds of Americans quite up to the standard of that in Europe. We have come almost to have an inferiority complex about it. It is good yes good enough for four years in college and per- haps a year or two of gaduate work; but if one is to have a fin- ished, well-rounded education, one must study for at least a while abroad. There is, of course, sound reasoning behind its present system. Its background, if nothing more, makes the European university superior to the American. The United States represent a comparatively new country which spreads over a vast tract of and. Under such conditions its cultural ad- vantages can hardly be expected to come up to the sandards abroad. However, it may be possible that we have underrated edu- cation in this country. It has, of course, many faults; we ad- mit that even its foundations, its undamental principles, may be wrong; we admit chat it lacks the background of Europe. On the other hand, it does have certain merits. A gratifying story is given in a recent American Spectator. It concerns a young man who after studying architecture here found that he could not get along without a Beaux Arts reputation. There- upon he went to Paris and after a great deal of work ac- complished this. With this behind him and with very high hopes he presented a letter of introduction he had obtained to a Paris architect, who threw up his hands and exclaimed, among other things: "Why do you come here to study architecture? Over here We have not yet learned that architecture and engineering are blood-brothers. Chartes! The Louvre! The Chateau of Versailles! Beautiful, yes! But they did not have to heat them, or put in plumbing or elevators. We can give beauty, yes or we could. But it you want beauty plus, you must go elsewhere. I, myself, a Frenchman, say it! I myself am just back from America where I have studied the science of air-conditioning. And now, I shall tell you another thing. Everything that I know about archi- tecture I learned ten years ago. Where? At Columbia !" We do not quote this to disparage the advantages of study in Europe. They remain, and always will remain, very great. We quote it to show that recognition is being given certain fields in American education; that this country is taking the lead in these fields. There is, however, one significant point about this story. It is that the Americans excel m such fields as shall we say plumb- ing? It is of course necessary and proper that beauty and corn- ton should be combined in architecture and in everything. One cannot enjoy beautv without a certain amount of comfort. However, it seems that America has developed this part of edu- cation such as engineering to the greatest degree, and has somewhat neglected, or perhaps has been unable to develop; the literary and artistic sides of it. It is a goal worth striving for, though it may be centuries before this country can rival Europe in cultural education. A Key to Current History By Mary Ames Is the N. R. A. a permanent policy? We are now experimenting with a new system of economics. It has not been proved yet, but it is certain that the National Recovery Administration is a policy bringing hope which we can clutch in this crisis. We have been through several sys- tems of economics. In 1893 the Sher- man anti-trust act was passed to pre- vent "combinations in restraint of trade." Before the passage of this act, it was the practice of capital to gain control of all of one industry, and then set a very high price, or to dis- criminate among persons. This was the era of uncontrolled monopolies. The Standard Oil Company was an out- standing example. Through large capital and control of banks it was able to crush independent companies. As a result of the Sherman anti- trust act, a new system was developed by capital a cutthroat competition which culminated in the debacle of 1929. It was supposedly for the pro- tection of the small producer and manufacurer. Its effect, in fact, was disastrous to the consuming power of the country. High pressure salesman- ship and super-advertising were meth- ods to bring before the public competi- tive articles. The need for under- pricing articles in competition in the same field caused the lowering of the cost of production. Low wages, long hours, and underconsumption neces- sarily resulted, since unemployed labor could not consume its own products. The pyramid of this apparently made, in 193 0, an overproduction, because goods could not move. Consequently, lack of sales gradually caused releasing of labor, until, in 1931, twelve to fif- teen million unemployed was reached. This system over a period of about thirty-five years has utterly failed. Capital, under the present policy, N. R. A., is given a chance to cooperate with labor, the consumer, and the government. The N. R. A. provides for shortened hours at a minimum wage, which is higher than the maxi- mum of the deep depression. It also has abolished child labor, which has made those jobs available to adults. Thus, a great part of the unemployed have been reabsorbed into industry. If the public is convinced of the soundness of this controlled capital- istic system in the next two years, it may become a permanent policy. If not, the country will attempt to re- turn to previous methods already proved a failure, or it may follow one of two alternatives monopolies con- trolled by the government or complete government ownership. In my estimation the N. R. A. has not failed, neither has it succeeded. It is slow in progress and it is unjust to judge it in this limited time. It has undoubtedly been helpful to many and to others it has been detrimental. A life of five months is too short a time in which to judge a plan which has as its goal a permanent reconstruction policy. CLUBS All secretaries of clubs are aksed to notify Elizabeth Moore, club editor, of meetings and plans, so that none may be omitted from this column. She will appreciate your cooperation. |K. U. B. Dr. Emma May Laney, of the Eng- lish Department, talked on Journalism to K. U. B. at its meeting last Wednes- day at 4:10 in the Y. W. room. She explained the difference between the \ arious fields of the work which are open to women and how one should go about entering each of them. The re- quirements which she stressed as neces- sary for the successful journalist were: a nose for news, a nimble mind and a ready pen. BLACKFRIARS Miss Frances K. Gooch, spoken Eng- lish professor here, read The Barretts of Wimple Street at the Blackfriar meeting Tuesday night. This reading was preceded by a business session. BOOK BITS 6 Red Russia, by Theodore Seibert (Trans, by E. andC. Paul, New York. Century, 1932). While in Russia from 1926 until 1929 as a German newspaper corre- spondent, Theodore Seibert had great opportunity to observe Russian life. Upon his return to Germany in 1929, he wrote Red Russia. In it, he discusses almost every phase of Soviet Russian life the people, art, the family, the church, the system of justice, the Five- Year Plan. It is a very ambitious undertaking, but the author knows his subject well. The first part of the book is a de- scription of the country, with its lone- ly plains stretching monotonously for mile upon mile. Mr. Seibert feels that the topography of the country is large- ly responsible for the Russian charac- ter, with its passive endurance, its subjection to authority, its adaptabil- ity to a communistic socal order. He says that the typical peasant never looks ahead, but lives a life of idleness and pleasure as long as his money lasts, and works only when he has no food left. He needs someone stronger than he is to guide him. In the Soviet government, the Rus- sian has found a force which directs every detail of his life. It is this dicta- torship and suppression of individua- lity to which Europeans and Amer- icans object most strongly, and Mr. Seibert is no exception. He realizes that the Communist regime has helped the people in many ways, but he be- lieves that the loss of personal liberty outweighs the benefits of the new sys- tem. The author's criticism is nearly al- ways unfavorable, but he gives the im- pression of viewing Russia with an open mind. Mr. Seibert's style is lively and en- tertaining, with many amusing inci- dents, which make the book unusually interesting. Because of its comprehensive treat- ment of contemporary Russia, Red Russia is especially valuable at the present time, when everyone is inter- ested in the Russian problem. Alice Burke. rr And Other Poets," by Louis Un- ermeyer. "And Other Poets" is Air. Unter- meyer's concrete, and delightful criti- cism of the leading contemporary poets. In his whimsical preface, he an- nounces that he has attempted the sub- tle parody of sense rather than a mere burlesque of sound, and to this end he has applied a penetrating critical sense, an incisive wit, and a comprehensive mimic ry. He never degenerates into mockery but exposes briefly and in- tensely "the thoughts, words and man- ners of the poets victimized." In "The Banquet of the Bards," the first third of his volume, Mr. Unter- meyer presents humorous and illumin- ating parodies on modern verse and verse-makers. Edward Arlington Robinson makes a morbid psychologi- cal study of Simple Simon in his own cryptic way; Vachel Lindsay assumes all the sway and fiery rhythms of "The Congo" in Mr.UntermeyerVTheGlor- ious Fourth," Ezra Pound is madly ec- centric as he puts on "Greek Head- dress, Provencal Slippers, and an Imag- iste Air"; John Masefield, Sarah Teas- dale, Walter de la Mare, Edgar Lee Masters and others find also a fitting but perhaps not so comfortable, seat at the "Banquet." (Continued on page 4, column 1) WE SEE BY THE PAPERS In World Outside A German farmer on the Bay of Kiel operates a dairy in which milk is obtained from sea cows. It isn't known whether he herds the animals with dog fish, but anyway, he ob- tains about seventy-five quarts of milk daily. And this milk has proved excel- lent for butter and cheese. Scientific A merican. Students at Massachusetts Tech have built a rat-trap consisting of a "can- non" and a photoelectric cell rigged up in such a way that Mr. Rat is put on the spot as he ambles down his favor- ite pathway and intercepts the light beam. For economy's sake, the "can- non ball" is tied to a string. Scien- tific A merietin. Clams may be opened easily and with no ill effects by a new method. The opening is effected by immersion in a warm bath of fresh or sea water at a temperature of 105 degrees Fah- renheit. After a twenty minute bath, the clams arc taken out with little difficulty and no shrinkage. Efforts are being made to commercialize the (Continued on page 4, column 4) On Other Campuses Benefits of College Compton, Calif., Oct. 17 Gail Curran, college student, has returned from a transcontinental trip financed by the recent earthquake. Wearing a varsity letter and other insignia identi- fying him as a Calif'ornian, Curran hopped rides and exchanged first-hand tales of the earthquake for meals. He yisited the Century of Progress Ex- position, New York and other cities, at a total cost of $9. From the University of Maryland comes this stirring news. The fresh- men arc in rcyolt against the soph- omores, an event which has never oc- curred before in the history of the University. Not only have they risen in revolt against the second year men's authority, but they have issued terms, which if carried out, will put the poor sophomores in the place the freshmen were originally intended for. Cadet. Of 116 universities in the United States, Canada, and other selected countries which have an endowment this year of $2,000,000 and over, only two arc in the state of Virginia. (Continued on page 4, column 3) AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women thai is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. McCain, President The Agonistic 3 & n r i 1 1 g Charlotte Reid and Alma Brohard attended the Phi Sigma Gamma dance Friday night. Trellis Carmichael spent the week- end at her home in McDonough, Ga. Barbara Hertwig spent the week- end with Mrs. Morris Bryan in Jeffer- son, Ga. Lucille Cairns attended the Florida- Tech game Saturday afternoon with her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cairns, who spent the week-end with her. Nina Parke and Plant Ellis spent the week-end in Macon, Ga., with the latter's mother, Mrs. Marshal Ellis. Amy Underwood and Marion Cal- houn attended the Florid? -Tech game Saturday. Betty Fountain spent the week-end at her home in Nashville, Tenn. Betty Lou Houck attended the dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. Helen Derrick's sister, Harriet, spent the week-end with her. Frances Wilson spent the week-end with Mrs M. Ashby Jones in Atlanta. Martha Edmonds and Marian Der- rick spent the week-end at the latter's home in Clayton, Ga. Mary Corncly spent the week-end at her home in Abbeville, S. C. Sara Jones attended a Kappa Alpha dance at Emory Friday night. Elizabeth Heaton spent the week- end with Isabel Sparr in Atlanta. Ruby Hutton spent Wednesday night with Catherine Cunningham. Sara Spencer spent Saturday night with Helen Stanley in Decatur. Janet Gray and Ruby Hutton spent Saturday night with Adeline Roun- tree. Ellen Davis spent last week-end at home in Columbia, S. C. Martha Edmonds, Sara Frances Mc- Donald, and Emily Rowe attended the Psi Omega dance Friday night. Vivienne Trice attended a Chi Phi dance at Emory Friday night. Kitty Printup and Mary Fairfax Stephens attended a dance Friday night at the Pi K. A. house at Emory. WE THINK Eva Constantine and Chrysanthy Tuntas spent last week-end in Macon, Georgia. Frances Cary's sisters visited her last week. Helen Handte and Helen Ford had dinner Sunday with Virginia Gaines at the latter's home in Atlanta. HAVE YOU TRIED Le Blanc's Special? V 2 Chicken Fried 25c 676 Ponce de Leon, N.E., Atlanta Jane and Corrie Blair's paients and sister visited them last week-end. Mrs. H. C. Raysor and Miss Annelle Thacker of St. Matthews, S. O, visit- ed Peggy Raysor Sunday. Gussie Riddle, Sara Johnson and Mary Richardson attended the Baptist Student's Convention at Forsyth, Ga., last week. We Buy Discarded Clothes and Shoes, Bring Yours to the Day Students' Room in Basement of Main any Monday Afternoon Between 4:30 and 5:30. PHONE MA. 0413 J. IP. ALLIEN &CO. 'The Store All Women Knov Nice Girl Copies - - She works her own problems and selects her own clothes . . . the latter at Allen's, of course, where she is assured of quality and individuality in smart little frocks for only: #15 (This column is entirely devoted to the ex- pression of student opinions. All of the contri- butions are anonymous and the contents are to be in no way interpreted as the editorial opinion of the paper.) Puritanism has colored the literature and history of America since our aus- tere fathers founded their colonies on its principles. Our modern generation has torn afay almost entirely from its restraining influence; it has certainly recognized the absurdity of many of its blue laws. However, there are still survivals of this early American ten- dency today. Great evidence of this may be seen here at Agnes Scott. It is of historic interest that this college has persistently clung to some of the Puri- tanical principles. Let us examine the evidence in detail. Consider the date at Agnes Scott; he rejoices not, neither does he smile. In order to bestow his favors upon his fair one, such as treating her to the cinema and to the ice cream parlor, he must thumb through he 320,000 inhabitants of Atlanta in order to find a suitable chaperon to be presented at a court combining the virtues of a police court and that of St. James (we hope the last allusion is not too subtle for our readers). The said chaperon must then accompany the couple to the said ice cream parlor and the said cinema, and, if she is still able or even if she is not, be then re-presented at court, before the unlady-like hour of midnight. There is, however, an al- ternative. The fair one, if she prefers, may invite herself to dinner or to spend the night with one of her long- suffering friends, if she has any. Another interesting point concern- ing chaperonage is that a young lady may not ride with her roommate's brother and her roommate, even though the forementioned has reached the discreet age of wenty-eight and is very staid and settled. Moreover, a young lady may not go riding after nightfall with even a firs cousin of the opposite sex unchaperoned. Another unusual custom which is surely a hangover of Puritanism is that the young ladies of the institute are not allowed to have gentlemen callers on Sunday evening, unless they have come from afar. In addition to this, riding on Sunday afternoon with any- one except a relative is prohibited. In examining furher our subject we find that the young ladies are com- pelled to attend classes, unless they are almost on the point of death itself. It seems that the inauguration of a cut system is entirely out of the question in an institution of this sort, no mat- ter how many other similar instiutions enjoy it. We could cite many more incidents of this, but neither time nor space per- mits. We hope that we have proved sufficient that forms of Puritanism still persist, even in a school where the latest educational methods prevail. Giddy, dearest Nina Parke has been squelched, my der (so she says), but never before quite so squelched as she was at the Tavern the other day. She had asked what kinds of beer were to be had, and was told, only Blue Ribbon and Budweiser. And, having been trained in the way she oter go, she wrote "Budweiser and Pretzels" on the little oder blank. For, as Nina so aptly puts it, what is beer mitout pretzels? How- ever, the waitress, on picking up the card, eyed Nina with a suspicious eye, and voiced in a supercilious voice: "I done mentioned ma'am we ain't got no beer but Blue Ribbon and Bud- weiser. We ain't got none of that other kind." Nina shrank, Giddy; she swooned. Perchance, my love, the esthetic at- mosphere around here lately is all on account of the Greek dances inspired by Sappho which have been going on right on the campus. Anyway, no matter how drastic the occasion, no matter how urgent the rush, Mary Hamilton absolutely refuses to go to town any way other than Ponce de Leon. The shorter way, she says, is "so fearfully sordid " Oh, my dee-ahl We've heard that Dr. Davidson's eloquence was somewhat punctured last week when, right at the highest peak of enthusiasm, Elizabeth Heaton blankly asked "Doing what?" just as he had all the poor revolutionists or something dramatically "wallowing in their gore!" And Dr. McCain, always with the sentiments of the campus right at his fingertips, solemnly assured us that "we shall all pass out on hymn 108.' ' $Hfr >\* * t ft ft ft A A A A ft A A ft A * * * % WEIL'S 10c STORE % f Has Most Anything You Need * I* ** ** ** *J * ** *** ** ** ** ** ** *J* ** *5* *J* *J* ** *5* *J* *5* "** *v ** ** *5* ** *v 4 ** ** ** *J* ** ** *" ** ** ** *"t 4 ** ** ** *"4* *5* **" 1 | 1 Silhouette Tea Room * * * f HOURS: * 7:30- 2:00 4:00- 7:00 10:00-10:30 * v:3U- z:uu * T 4 A A rr A A * I * ft ft $ .* #? * J J * **4 $ *$ #$ % ft ft J* ft ft Of course, we've all often fel like it but, Giddy, how did he knotv? We thought that maybe since all the proofs had been returned, we might be relieved from some of this picture gazing. But no. Such peace is not to be ours. Still flattered females languishingly look with great gratifi- cation on their pictured profiles. As though this were not sufficient, they call in all their friends to look. They tack (notice for Miss Miller: Positively nothing more potent than thumb- tacks allowed) said profiles on the wall. They drape them so only the sweet young face is visible. They simper and vow they'll grow as attractive as the pictures by Christmas. ... It seems too bad, sort of, that Annual pictures can't be taken semi-annually or some- thing. It gives everybody so much of happiness. Polly Gordon would like for red flags and what not to be hoisted when gentlemen workers are laboring in the dormitories. It's just too sudden, sometimes, she says. Nice weather we've been having, don't you think? Since people have stopped shuddering at the uncanny sun we had with us last Monday, the cam- pus has seemed very subdued, Giddy. Perhaps such Texas northers, mixed with Missouri cyclones, with a little Arizona dust thrown in, are needed every now and then to make us shiver, and promise to get our lessons every day. Anyway, it was a good chance to talk about the weather. Always such a sort of companionable topic, you know. Quite convenient, Giddy you must try it some time. Many love, Aggie. ALUMNAE Jule Bethea, '3 3, and her mother, Fannie Landis (Brown) Bethea, spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights at the alumnae house. Jule has begun work with the Southwestern Photo- Process Co. She will live with Mrs. Howell Green, Jr., on Sycamore St., Decatur. Olive Weeks, '32, has gone to her home in New Iberia, La., for a visit. The class of '33 is planning an in- formal reunion for Thanksgiving. Many members of the class are expect- ed back on the campus. Lois Combs, '3 0, received her Ph.D. at New York University in June, 1933. In 1932 she received her M.A. She graduated from Agnes Scott with high honor, being a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received the Que- nelle-Harrold Graduate Fellowship, which she used at New York Universi- ty. In 193 1-32 she held the Penfield Scholarship, and in 1932-33 the Uni- versity Fellowship, both granted by New York University. She is now head of the Greek and Latin depart- ments of Cox College. Policeman: "How did you knock him down?" Motorist (M. Hamilton) : "I didn't. I pulled up to let him go across and he fainted." PROGRESS EVIDENT IN SCHOOL'S (Continued from page 1, column 3) L. CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling Ei ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft THE CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN AND CAFE 112 Clairmont Avenue Opposite Post Office Where You Will Find a Complete Stock of "Good Things to Eat That Are Different" ft * ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft , ft * ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ^ ^ ft ft ft ft ^ ft ft ^ ft ^ the school year of 1896-97 a very important rule was altered slightly; young gentlemen who had letters of introduction from the parents of the girl were received." The health of these middy-bloused serge-skirted, protected Hottentots was also carefully guarded. The 1891-92 catalogue states that the "following violations of the laws of health are prohibited: eating imprudently at night, wearing thin, low shoes in cold weather, going without wraps or over- shoes, sitting on the ground, and walk- ing out of doors w r ith uncovered heads; the too early removal of flannels or neglect to put them on at the ap- proach of cold weather." This last re- quirement must have been irritating to our predecessor for one mother was so afraid that her child would catch cold that she wrote Dr. Sweet urging her to see personally that her daugher comply with the rule. The nineties must have been such a nice tactful period. Never would it have been said that a girl was "kicked out" of school. Instead Dr. Gaines would have written: "due to repeated violations of the above rules you are requested to take your daughter home." And so all ye gloomy be cheered and think what a nice time your daughter will have at Agnes Scott! By Heaven! Polly Gordon, with very rosy cheeks, was walking down the street when she heard the remark made of her by an old lady she had just passed: "By heaven, she's painted." Quick as a flash Polly turned and said: "Yes, and by heaven only." />/'/ y- Cross. EAGER & SIMPSON Corset Shop College Girls' Girdles and Brassieres Walnut 4972 24 Cain St., N. E. Atlanta, Ga. 4 The Agonistic McCain Is Chosen Frosh President Isabel McCain was elected president of the freshman class after chapel Fri- day. Other officers were: Kathryn Bowen, vice-president, and Katherine Printup, secretary and treasurer. Isabel was the freshman chairman of the annual sophomore-freshman stunts which took place in early Oc- tober. DR. McCAIN INSPECTS LOUISIANA COLLEGE Dr. J. R. McCain, presdient of Agnes Scott, leaves this afternoon for a short visit to the Louisiana State University, at Baton Rouge. He will inspect the scholastic program of the university in the interest of national Phi Beta Kappa, to ascertain the advis- ability of installing a chr.cter of the fraternity there. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER NAMED (Continued from page 1, column 5) the years 1919 to 1931. She is the author of a number of handbooks on short story writing and has at times been book reviewer for the New York Evening Post and the New York Eve- ning Sun. The Medieval Academy, the Society of Arts and Sciences, the American Association of University Women, and several other organizations claim her as a member. Dr. Williams is outstanding in American literary circles as a capable, well known, critic and reviewer. BOOK BITS (Continued from page 2, column 5) In "Attempted Affinities," which follows, Mr. Untermeyer links, in an amusing way poetic figures of the past and present as the co-creators of a poems. John Keats and Madison Cawein write on "Faeries"; Herrick and Horace rewrite Integer Vitae in a de- lightful fashion; W. E. Henley and Francois Villon merge their genius for expressing the muddy realities in "Pessimism in the Slums." From these parallelisms, Mr. Unter- meyer turns to indulge in "Persian Handsprings," the last section of his book, which consists of a series of im- pressionistic poems, staccato in tempo, and full of a penetrating irony about verse and poets and life in general. He ends with the whimsical compaint: . . . "Below, a lonely feline pest Makes the night loud with amorous i iews. I cannot read / cannot rest! I only hear the mournful mews. 7 ' Mary Boggs. Bengal Mutiny, by Louis Dangerfield. Bengal Mutiny, is a talc of the India that lies behind Kipling. It is the his- tory of the Sepoy Rebellion in 1 8 57 the tale of a war that was fought by "little armies of lonely men." In some parts of the book, even the calm prose of Mr, Daagerfieid cannot mask the horror of the atrocities committed on the British women and children that formed a large part of the European population at that time. There is little comfort to be gained from the horror of i war which began over "greased cartridges" and ended in the slaughter of most of the able British military men in India. It was a war of horrible and regrettable atrocities on both sides the whole blame can be placed on neither. It was a savage affair in which an Oriental populace presented to a British soldiery all the ferocity, duplicity, and revolting treachery that w.is hidden in their nature. Mr. Dangerfield has selected only the most dramatic persons and evetttt in the history of the whole war and portrayed in them all the color of the useless massacre of white men by a fanatical British-trained Hindu sold- ktv that mutinied against a conquer- ing nation. Ann Martin. Personal Progress in Pep and Play Win Hockey Games Now Taking Place First Bicycle Ride Seniors and Frosh j Golf Tournament Is Sponsored by A. A. A bicycle ride was sponsored by the Athletic Association as the weekly Saturday recreation last Saturday afternoon. About twelve people went on the ride. The ride lasted for an hour and counted as an organized hike. Plans are being made for another ride in the near future. SPONSORS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR PARTIES (Continued front page 1, column 1) now. In the spring it is planned to bring several speakers on vocational guidance subjects, which will be of in- terest to the entire college community, to the campus. Miss Scandrett express- ed the hope that the sponsors will in- terest their groups in vocational guid- ance and will help the freshmen to work out plans for their vocations now. Plans for the spring term were also discussed. IX WORLD OUTSIDE (Continued from page 2, column 5) process; also, to use it in removing oysters. Scientific American. To provide the comforts the mod- ern-day air-traveler demands, air transport companies have had to allow for approximately 107 pounds over and above the 170 pounds allowed as the average weight of a passenger. Each article on the plane and the pas- senger is allowed so many pounds; for example, baggage allowance is 3 0 pounds, sound-proofing and cabin lin- ing is 16.3 pounds, and ash trays, steps, and hat and coat racks, are al- lowed 22.6 pounds. Scientific Amer- ican. Following the -lead of western rail- roads, eastern lines will enter a six- months experimental period of reduced rates on December 1. The pre-war rate of 3 cents a mile for one-way tickets and 2.5 cents for return with no surcharge for Pullman travel will prevail on nearly all lines. Kieview of Reviews. Two books have lately appeared in Germany "Storm and Fight Song Book" and "The Little Nazi Song Book" filled with popular songs that helped bring the Nazis to power. Some of the titles are "To Adolf Hitler We Stay True," "We Call Ourselves the Hitlerites," and "We're Hitler's Brown Storm Columns." The words of the songs live up to the titles. The Liv- ing Age. H. L. Mencken, editor of the Amer- ican Mercury, in listing the ten books he has never read, places all of Jane Austen and the Brontes near the first; except for "Ivanhoe," which "sicken- ed" him, he has read nothing of Scott. However, he has read Milton's "Par- adise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" and believes that, if Milton had writ- tin a "Paradise 1 dm Again." he would read that also. The Nation. "The Wandering Jew" is the first of the m.iin anti-Hitler pictures that we are promised this season. Admirably acted by Jacob Ben-Ami in the role of a Jewish artist in Germany, who is made to feel the age-old persecutions of the race, the film as a whole suf- fers form being put together too hast- ily for the purposes of immediate pro- paganda. The Nation. . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . * .;. * * * * * * * * * * * I I ELITE TEA ROOM Extravagance the expenditure of money you do not possess. Economy living within your in- come. George Arliss. for llmne cooked food, snacks eats of all kinds. At no matter M hat time. The seniors beat the sophomores, 2-1, and the freshmen beat the juniors, 2-1, in the next to the last game of the season Friday. The line-ups were: Seniors Sophomores Hamilton, E., 1. w. Hart, 1. w. Maness, I. i. Burson, L i. Tindale, c. f. Handte, c. f. Massie, r. L Tipton, r. i. Boyd, r. w. Latimer, r. w. Schuessler, 1. h. James, 1. h. Austin, S., c. h. Crenshaw, c. h. Friend, r. h. Townsend, r. h. Harbison, 1. f. Estes, 1. f. McMullen, r. f. Miller, r. f. Ames, g. g. Foreman, g. g. Substitutes: Seniors Preston; Soph- omores Coffee. Juniors Long, 1. w. Duls, 1. i. McCalla, c. f. Simpson, r. f. Green, r. w. Palmour, 1. h. oung, E., c. h. Calhoun, r. h. Spencer, L., 1. f. Woolfolk, r. f. Goins, g. g. Substitutes: Fresh Freshmen Forrester, 1. w. Peeples, 1. i. Kennedy, c. f. Walker, r. f. Stalker, r. w. Kneale, 1. h. Baker, c. h. Lewis, r. h. Wilder, 1. f. Taylor, r. f. Bowen, g. g. men Johnson. ON OTHER CAMPUSES (Continued from page 2, column 4) These are the University of Virginia with $10,311,996, and the University of Richmond with $2,639,506. Virginia University ranks twenty- seventh among the 116 institutions. Richmond University is in ninetieth place. Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, in the order named, have the three larg- est endowments in the nation. The Middle West has the fourth ranking institution, the University of Chi- cago; the West is represented by Stan- ford University ranking seventh, while the South has the University of Texas ranking eighth. The 193 3 endowments of other in- stitutions listed in the survey, which will be of interest in this section of Virginia follow: Johns Hopkins, $30,807,421; Duke, $23,333,473; Goucher, $2,441,672; Wake Forest, $2,272,870; and the University of North Carolina, $2,- 000,000 . Ca m pus Cam men/. No Assignments No Classes No regular classes, no curriculum, each student working toward his de- gree at his own speed: that is not a de- scription of the new plan begun year before last at the University of Chi- cago, but of President Marshall's plan at Washington College exactly one hundred years earlier. Dr. Louis Marshall, brother of Chief Justice John Marshall, became presi- dent of Washington college in 18 30. He proposed a revolutionary change in the method of instruction. He said that failure to produce real scholars was due to the lazy habit teachers had of grouping their students in classes, instead of throwing each one on his own, and allowing him to go forward without being slowed up by the idle- ness and stupidity of classmates. Classes, except as purely voluntary as- sociations of students, should be abol- lished, and the professor should put HR S T UBES I i ITTER1 E 8 LUBRICATION GAS & OIL Road Service Firestone Service Stores (Incorporated) Poaec oV Leon kve. ft ( him h St. I ><( -atur. Georgia Dearborn 2111 The first round of the golf tourna- ment was played off Thursday after- noon, and one round will be played each Thursday for the following three weeks. This is the fifth golf tourna- ment that has been played here, one being played each fall and spring for the past two terms. Tomorrow the first round of the consolation flight will be played, and the second round of the tournament. Those still in the tournament are: Peggy Allston, Pollv Gordon, Elinor Hamilton, Betty Lou Houck, Betty Roach, Frances O'Brien, Virginia Wood, and Flora Young. Naiome Cooper, Sara Corbin, Marjorie Carmichael, Martha Edmond, Ella Kir- ven, Barbara Massie, Mary Malone and Emily Rowe will begin the consola- tion flight tomorrow. himself unreservedly at the service of the students in his department at all hours, to help them prepare and hear them recite their work. While certain attainments were still to be required for the bachelor's degree, each student was to be free to proceed by any route or at any rate of speed that was most agreeable to himself. The Board of Trusees voted to give the president's plan a trial and it went into effect in he fall of 1831. At that time there were twenty-seven collegiate students. Under the new arrangement, the professor of mathematics, for in- sance, went to his office at five o'clock in the morning, and from then until nightfall was at the service of his stu- dents, who came one or two at a time at any hour, to receive assistance or to recite. This was too much of a grind for the mathematics professor; the plan was found impractical in science be- cause experiments could not be pre- pared at a moment's notice; and, though the president used the plan to advantage in teaching languages, on the whole it brought about such chaos that, when Marshall failed to return after his summer vacation in 1 834, it was dropped. Mrs. Adams: "You call that a hat? My dear, I shall never stop laughing." Marie: "Oh, yes you will. The bill will probably arrive next month." Perfectly Frank "How long have you been working for this firm?" "Ever since the boss threatened to fire me." Book Agent: "Young lady, you need this book. It will do half your school work for you." Bert P.: "Fine. Give me two." Don't Breathe a Word Dr. Sweet: "The secret of health lies in eating onions." Sarah Jones: "But how can you keep it a secret?" * * $ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Try Our SANDWICHES f We Make Them Righl I LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY I Phones Dc. 0762-0763 Davidson to Read Paper Christmas Dr. Philip L Davidson, head of the history department, will read a paper before the American Historical Asso- ciation which meets during the Christ- mas holidays with the University of Illinois, at Urbana, 111. Dr. Davidson's subject is "The Southern Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution." It is to be a twenty-minute discussion. AT THE THEATRES LOEWS GRAND Marie Dressier (In her Birthday Picture) Lionel Barrymore in "CHRISTOPHER BEAN" R I A L T O W BDN ESDAY THURS FB I Warner Baxter Klissa I. audi "I Loved You Wednesday" STARTS SATURDAY For Entire Week Jack Holt Fay Wraj "Masterof Men" BEGINS FRIDAY, NOV. 17th "FOOTLIGHT PARADE" Featuring James Cagney Ruby Keeler Dick Powell .loan Blonde]] far better than "Gold Diggers" or "42nd Street" \\ ith 300 Gorgeous Girls JIMMY BEERS News . . . Shorts FOX imiiimiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimimiii STARTS SATURDA1 "ANN VICKERS" with IRENE DUNNE \\ \ LTER III s i on BRUCE C ABOT CONRAD NAGEL Added BOB HESS at the Organ Best Selected Short Features (Paramount \J * TH EATRE 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Thursday & Friday MOONLIGHT AND PRETZELS DeKALB THKATRE Monday & Tuosd.i Leslie Howard in CAPTURED Fever vol. xiy AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1933 NO. 8 Noel Coward's Play Will Be Presented "Hay Fever," by Noel Coward, will be presented by Blackfriars in the gymnasium at 8:30 on Friday and Sat- urday evenings. "Hay Fever" marks an epoch in the history of Blackfriars. For the first time in many years two performances will be given, in order that all patrons and friends of the school will be en- abled to attend. For the first time in its history, men will play the mascu- line roles. This a distinct forward step which may have a great effect on fu- ture Blackfriar productions. The play itself is written in the typ- ical style which has made Noel Cow- ard famous and popular. Hilarious sit- uation, amusing characterization, and clever dialogue furnish the humor. The scene is laid in an English country home. "Hay Fever" opened and enjoyed a successful run on the London stage in 192 5. Significant of its popularity there is the fact that it has been brought back again. On November 10 it re-opened in London, with Con- stance Collier as its star. Among the men who will have roles in the play, Mr. Lewis H. Johnson and Marion Camp, of Atlanta, are well known to the radio audience of At- lanta. Jimmy Jepson was popular in college theatricals at Sewanee, and Bob Gillespie also is an experienced ama- teur actor. "Hay Fever" is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, pub- lisher. It is one of the highest royalty plays. Miss Frances K. Gooch directs it. Muse's will furnish the girl's cos- tumes. Announcement of the play will be made over WSB tonight, during the Agnes Scott broadcast. Last night the regular bi-monthly meeting of Blackfriars was devoted to the entertainment of the cast of "Hay Fever." A one-act play directed by Varsity Hockey Team Chosen The announcement of the varsity hockey team was made at Finals' Day, Friday afternoon, between the halves of the games, and the hockey stick was awarded to Flelen Handte. Mar- garet Massie in announcing this team, said that the players were chosen from the four class team who have played their position best during the past hockey season. They are: left wing, Elinor Hamilton; left inner, Kather- ine Maness; center forward, Helen Handte, Frances McCalla, and Mar- joric Tindall; right inner, Margaret Massie; right wing, Lois Hart; left half, Mary Kneale; left full, Betty Harbison; right full, C'Lena McMui- len; goal guard, Elizabeth Forman. The hockey stick is awarded each year to that member of the sophomore team whom the senior team considers the best player on that team. This year Katherine Maness, the captain of the senior team, made the award to Helen Handte, the center forward on the sophomore team. Helen is the sixth player to receive this award. Chopin Hudson, '31, was the first to receive the stick, Susan Glenn, '32, received it her sophomore year, and Douschka Sweets, '3 3, Frances O'Brien, '34, and Frances McCalla, '3 5, have been awarded the stick successively. Thanksgiving Dance Plans Announced The annual Thanksgiving dance sponsored by the Agnes Scott Cotillion Club will be given in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium, Wednesday night, No- vember 2 8, from 8 until 10 o'clock. Music will be furnished by Hal May- field and his orchestra, who have play- ed here at former dances. The decorations are in charge of the Fox theater, according to Claire Ivy, chairman of the arrangements. The receiving line will be formed by Marv lane Evans was presented, after i , , . c \ \ i AW -i L . V t L j the advisors of the club, Miss Wil- which refreshments were served Elaine Heckle, president, and Ruth Moore, vice-president, weer hostesses. SOCIAL SERVICE GROUP VISITS POOR FARM The Social Service group of the Y. W. C. A., Martha Red wine, chairman, will visit the DeKalb County poor farm tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock. A very informal program has been planned. Last week, the group visited the Scottish Rite Hospital in Decatur. Miss Youngblood conducted the group through the hospital, telling them something of the work being done. Members of the group talked and played games with the patients, and told stories. Those who went were Jane Blair, Corrie Blair, Mary Beasley, Mildred Clark, Dean McKoin, Reba Rogers, Frances McCulley, Mary Richardson, Frances Steel, Louise Schuessle,r and Martha Redwine. FRESHMAN HOBBY GROUPS BEGIN YEAR'S ACTIVITY Freshman hobby groups are begin- ning activities this week. The Social Service and Industrial groups will take the trips with those groups of the Y. W. C. A. The Book group will assist in arranging the book exhibit to be made in Buttrick next week. The Mu- sic group will have charge of the mu- sic for the Thanksgiving vesper pro- gram and prayer service. burn, Miss Hale, and Miss Haynes and Plant Ellis, president; Nina Parke, vice-president; and Nell White, secre- tary-treasurer. The dance will be a formal affair and there will be the usual cotillion lead out and grand march. This dance is the largest event sponsored by Cotillion during the year and has been a part of their program for a number of years. ETA SIGMA INSTALLS CHAPTER AT EMORY The members of Agnes Scott chap- ter of Eta Sigma Phi went to Emory University on Friday night to install the Alpha Sigma Chapter of the so- ciety there. The installation took place in the Theology chapel. Eight Emory students were installed. Those Agnes Scott girls who took an active part in the program were: Elizabeth Hickson, Dorothy Walker, Eva Constantine and Eva Poliakoff. Eta Sigma Phi is the national classi- cal fraternity on the campus. The members are elected from the Greek and Latin students who meet certain scholastic requirements. RUBBER PLANT IS GIVEN TO COLLEGE BY RIVERS The rubber plant which has been placed in the end of the hall in But- trick was given the college by Mr. E. R. Rivers. Mr. Rivers has been the engineer here for a number of years. N.S.F.A. Plans for Annual Meeting Mary McDonald, president of Stu- dent Government, and one other mem- ber of the executive committee will attend the annual meeting of the Na- toinal Student Federation which will be held at Washington, D. C, Decem- ber 27 through 3 1. The other Agnes Scott representative will be elected from the junior members of the execu- tive committee in about two weeks. The headquarters will be at the Hotel Mayflower in Washington. Sen- ators and many outstanding speakers will be on the program. President Roosevelt is expected to be present at one meeting which will be held in the Hall of America in the Pan-American Building. Director-General Rowe has sent out individual invitations to each college. A sight-seeing tour of Wash- ington and several social functions are included on the program. The conference last year was held in New Orleans and attended bv Mar- garet Ridley, then president of Stu- dent Government, and Charlotte Reid as junior representative. At that time John Lang, who had his headquarters in College Park last winter, was elect- ed president for this year. He will pre- side at the meeting during the holi- days. First Debate Here Will Be Tuesday The first intercollegiate debate of the season will take place Tuesday night at 8:30 in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium. At this time Agnes Scott will debate with Sophie New- comb the question: Resolved, that the Fascist form of government should be adopted by the United States. Marion Calhoun and Martha Redwine will up- hold the affirmative side. Mrs. C. B. Gosnel, who is the wife of an Emory professor, has been asked to preside at the debate. Her accept- ance has not yet ben received. The names of the Newcomb debat- ers are not known yet. There will be no decision. The debate is sponsored by Pi Alpha Phi, debating club. Cooper Uses Duncan Dancing Technique By Martha Elliott Mazurkas and gavottes in light and shadow, interpreted in superb grace- fulness of movement, will be but a part ot the recital by Miss Isabel Coop- er on December first. As the second "lecturer" of the year, this ar- dent and renowned aesthete of the dancing world will bring a perform- ance which is unlike any other a combination of the results of study at the Duncan School in Austrian and Czechoslovakia, and of a very sensu- ous imagination. Miss Cooper's position as head of the dancing department at Bryn Mawr College and as dancing instructor at camp in Center Harbor, New Hamp- shire, has been the result of years of study in New York and abroad. She is one of four who are authorized to present the Duncan dance interpreta- tions in the United States. Miss Harriet Haynes, of the gym de- partment here, describes her work as expressive of a purity of movement and a sincerity of purpose seldom seen. She also says that Vernon Hammond, this artist's accompanist, plays with a profound understanding of the danc- er's performance. Such praise is only introductory, the only way to under- stand Miss Duncan's art is to see her dance. Changes Made In Health Week New plans are being made for the health program this year. There will be no health week as there has usual- ly been, but a continuous program, ex- tending through the entire year. Ac- cording to tentative plans now Mrs. Henry Carrier, the head of Rockbrook camp, will begin the program with a talk on health and health ideals in chapel Friday. From then on every other week will be given over to some phase of health. One week the gym department will run a foot clinic, and another week will be given over to posture. The in- ter-dormitory basket-ball games will be held as usual, and the contest be- twen the wings of the dormitories during examination week will also be held. The posture contest will take place sometime during the second semester, when each of the campus or- ganizations will enter its representa- tives; but the health cup will not be awarded at this time. A system of points is being worked on by which the winner of the health cup will be decided. Points will be given to the winner of the posture contest, to the person with the best feet, and for other things pertaining to general good health. With this system it is hoped that the healthiest person in the school will be "Miss Health." Plans Announced For Alumnae Week Miss Hale Speaks To Student Body Miss Louise Hale of the French De- partment spoke on "God as the most significant thing in life to her" in chapel yesterday as a speaker in the series sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. on the most significant thing in life. Miss Hale was the fourth speaker in this series. God, Miss Hale said, is around us, in us, and beyond us as air is. We are made in the image of God and in this we have a definite responsibility to ourselves and to others. God has set a standard that we may work for. Miss Hale finds this standard in the mind of Christ which is human enough for us to grasp and at the same time in- finite. It is for us as members of the Y. W. C. A., Miss Hale concluded, to mould our lives on these principles. FASCISM IS SUBJECT OF A. S. BROADCAST Marian Calhoun and Martha Red- wine will sipeak on Italian fascism over WSB this afternoon, as a part of the weekly Agnes Scott broadcast. The subject will be discussed in a thirteen- minute conversation between the speakers. Internal and foreign points of view will be presented. The broadcast takes place at six- thirty o'clock. This is the third of the weekly Agnes Scott broadcasts over WSB. There was no broadcast last week be- cause of the Community Chest cam- paign. FRESHMEN HAVE CHARGE OF VESPER SERVICES The freshman cabinet will have charge of the Vesper program next Sunday night. A Thanksgiving pro- gram will be presented. A prayer service will be conducted in chapel by the freshmen Thanksgiv- ing morning immediately after break- fast. The complete program for the an- nual Alumnae Week-end, which takes place on the campus Friday and Sat- urday of next week, is announced as follows: Friday, December 1 , 1 93 3: 10-10:30 A. M. Chapel (talk ar- ranged by the Book Committee) . 10:3 0-1 1:30 A. M. "The Cuban Situation" Miss Florence Smith, Agnes Scott College. 1 1:30-12:30 P. M. "Fundamentals of Child Rearing" Dr. W. W. Young, an Atlanta psychiatrist. 12:30-1:30 P. M. Luncheon in White House dining room. 1:30-2:30 P. M. "Christ in Art" Miss Louise Lewis, Agnes Scott Col- lege. 2:30-3:30 P. M. "Macbeth" Dr. George P. Hayes, Agnes Scott College. 3:30-6 P. M. Book exhibit in Main Building (arranged through the court- esy of Miss Janef Preston and Miss Louise McKinney, Agnes Scott Col- lege). 8:30 P. M. Dance recital Miss Isabel Cooper, Bryn Mawr College. 10 P. M. Reception in Main Build- ing for Miss Isabel Cooper (alumnae are guest of the Lecture Association). Saturday, December 2, 1933: 8-10 A. M. Visiting classes in But- trick Hall. 10-10:30 A. M. Chapel. 10:30-12:30 P.M. Visiting classes in Buttrick Hall. 4-6 P. M. Annual Alumnae Home- Coming Tea Anna Young Alumnae House. Lectures will be held in Buttrick Hall on Friday. Alumnae and guests are invited to attend the classes in regular session in Buttrick Hall on Saturday morning. Notice of these classes will be posted on bulletin boards in Main and Buttrick Hall. INDUSTRIAL GROUP TO MEET WITH Y. W C. A. The Industrial Committee of the Y. W. C. A. will attend the first of a se- ries of monthly discussion groups on industrial problems, to be held at the Atlanta Y. W. C. A. building, tonight at seven-thirty. Miss Carrie Scandrett, Virginia Fisher, Betty Harbison, C'Llena Mc- Mullen, and Peg Waterman will go from Agnes Scott. They will meet with industrial girls of Atlanta, both Negro and white. The N. R. A. is the subject to be discussed tonight. Its ef- fect and results in actual practice will be described. Yesterday afternoon the Industrial group visited the Norris Candy fac- tory in Atlanta. Definite features were observed, making the trip educational as well as interesting. TOYNBEE WILL LECTURE ON EMORY PROGRAM Agnes Scott students are invited to attend the lectures of Mr. Arnold J. Toynbee, tonight and tomorrow night at eight-fifteen at the Glenn Memorial auditorium at Emory. Admission price is fifty cents. Mr. Toynbee is presented bv the Student Lecture Association of Emory. He is the director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Tonight he speaks on "England's Prospects;" tomorrow night, "The Relativity of History." 2 The Agonistic Gllje Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper ( ;. c ) Member) STAFF Mary Hamilton EditorMAKY Ames Business Manager Loice Richards Assistant f Main any Monday \fternoon Between I ?30 and :>::*0. PHONE M \. M18 > < > > < *t* *l* *> > > > > > > > > *t 4 *t* * *5* * f Silhouette Tea Room % J HOURS: * I 7:30- 2:00 + t 1:00- 7:00 | * 10:00-10:30 j I* *! ! -I* *! *l* *l* I *l* *l* !* ! I* *!* ** *!* *!* ** * *5* ** ** MYSTERIOUS GHOST IN MAIN (Continued from page 2, column 3) and begone," wearily Virginia replied as she watched her roommate, Helen Ford, drugged with sleep and exhaust- ed from sleep walking hurry to bed, the picture of Virginia's love fast in her clutches. So, all you who live in Main, no longer quake when you hear mum- bling and walking and tearing of hair. Remember that it is only Helen, wandering, both in mind and body, deep in the throes of sleep. Soldier: "Sir, the enemy are as thick as peas." Captain: "Then shell them, you idiot ! " Sou'wester. * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * $ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 RI ALTO Starting Saturday. Nov. 25 Frank Borzage's Greatest Trill niph "MAN'S CASTLE" w i ( h SPENCER TRACT? LORETTA YOUNG WALTER CONNALLY GLEN D A FARRELL NOW PLAYING JOAN CRAWFORD CLARKE GABLE Hi ANCHOT TONE MAY ROBSON and 300 Dancing Girls in her Musical Picture "DANCING LADY" LOEWS GRAND Thursday and Friday HER FIRST MATE DeKALB THEATRE Monday and Tuesday SATURDAYS MILLIONS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * iiiiiimiiiiiiiimimiiiimiimiiiiiiimimii STARTS S ATI R DAY \\\ HARDING in RIGHT TO ROMANCE with NILS A SI II BR ROBERT YOUNG SARI M A R ITZ A Added ROR HESS at the Organ Rest Selected Short Features Cparamount %J * TH EATRE iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiti ! WEIL S 10c STORE f % I I Has Most .\nvthinp: You Need * J * i : * $ * * * * * * * * * * > * * * *> * * * * * * * * * * * Walnut 977(i BEGINS FRIDAY, NOV. 2!th Louis Isaacson, Inc. She Ihis What It Takes to Gtet Furs of Fashion What She Wants! Manufacturing Furriers Clara Bow Storage Cleaning in Remodeling "HOOPLA" Repairing 210 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Ga. JIMMY REKRS Orjaranlogue FOX Henry Grady Hotel VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1933 Alumnae Week-End NO. 9 Miss Isabel Cooper To Appear Here The program to be presented by Miss Isabel Cooper, dancing instructor at Bryn Mawr, as the second feature offered by the Lecture Association this fall, is given below. Miss Cooper will appear in the Bucher Scott Gymna- sium at 8:30 Friday evening. She will be accompanied by Vernon Hammond at the piano. The program is as follows: Adagio, from the Haffner Serenade Mozart. Minuet, from the E Flat Major Symphony Mozart. Sarabande, from the English Suite in A Minor Bach. Orpheus Gluck. Ballet 29, Ballet Ballet 30, Ballet 31, Chorus of the Spirits in the Elysian Fields; Ballet 47, Gavotte. Iphigenia in Aulis Gluck. Ballet 7, Air Gai and Lento. Iphigenia in Tauris Gluck. Ballet 8, Ballet 9, Ballet 10, Dance of the Scythian Women. Intermission. Fantaist, Chopin Mr. Hammond. Waltz, Chopin; Mazurka, Chopin; Two Waltzes, Schubert; Rhapsody, Brahms Mr. Hammond. Three Waltzes Brahms. Rosen Kaxalier Strauss. Cnanges Made In Gym Schedules Water polo, which has always been one of the main sports of the winter season, has been changed to the spring season this year. In view of the fact that half of the games were forfeit- ed last season because one team or oth- er did not have a full team and that in the previous season before that three-fourths of the games were for- feited because of shortage of players, it seems that the spring would be a better time to offer this sport, accord- ing to Miss Harriet Haynes, swim- ming instructor. Life saving is to be offered in the middle season, in place of water polo, and a plunge period is to be arranged at a later date. There is to be no folk dancing of- fered this year, but tap dancing will be taught by Miss Llwellen Wilburn, head of the Gym Department, and classes in natural dancing will be taught by Miss Haynes. The dance club for the most advanced students is being formed. Page Ackerman is to have entire charge of all the basketball classes and practice periods, and she is going to (Continued on page 3, column 4) Joint Debate To Campus Is Ready Be Held Friday For Home-Coming A triangular debate among Agnes Scott, Georgia Tech and Emory Uni- versity, will be held Friday night, De- cember 8, as the second of a series of intercollegiate debates sponsored by Pi Alpha Phi, debating society. The subject for discussion is: "Fas- cism, Socialism and Democracy." Ag- nes Scott will be represented by Ma- rion Calhoun, at Georgia Tech; Mil- dred Cohen, at Emory; and Elizabeth Winn, at Agnes Scott. The debate here will be held at eight-thirty in the gymnasium. There will be a decision by the audience immediately after the debate. Last night Agnes Scott met Sophie Newcomb in a non-decisional debate on Fascism. Martha Redwine and Ma- rion Calhoun upheld the affirmative for Agnes Scott. Miller To Address Mission Groups Dr. P. D. Miller, of the Presbyte- rian Home Mission Committee, will address the joint meeting of the Em- ory and Agnes mission study groups Sunday in Mr. Johnson's studio at 3:30. He will speak on the student's part in the home church work as related to missions in general. He has been active in young people's work at conferences and in schools and churches. The Mis- sion Interest Group invites all those interested to attend. Arrangements are also being made for Mr. Edward D. Grant, Educational Secretary for Foregin Missions, to show his foreign movies Monday night, De- cember 4. During his world tour three years ago, Mr. Grant took movies of all the countries he visited, some of which he plans to bring to the college with his lecture next week. The Mission In- terest Group has just completed a study of Mr. Grant's latest book, The Ambassador Supreme. According to present plans (any changes will be (Continued on page 3, column 5) COMMUNITY CHEST COMPLETES DRIVE The Community Chest pledges made by the faculty of Agnes Scott amount- ed to $762.5 0 The students contribut- ed .20. The Community Chest fund takes care of the needy of Atlanta and Decatur. Miss Leslie Gaylord of the mathematics department and Miss Louise Hale of the French depart- ment were in charge of the campaign here. No special appeal was made to the student body to give to the fund this year because of the lack of pledges to the Y. W. C. A. budget. However, it was hoped, Miss Gaylord said, that the students would respond of their own accord to the plea. Interview With Mortar Board Members Reveals Many Unique Literary Habits By Lulu Ames. What does Mortar Board read? What do these leaders of the campus read when they lay aside their caps and gowns and cease to worry about the affairs of the lesser folk? The facts are amazing: preferred magazines range all the way from "Ballyhoo" to "Harper's"; preferred position run from feet planted firmly on thee from feet planted firmly on the floor to legs crossed high on a radiator; pre- ferred times are mostly late at night. Lib Winn, accosted while she was trying to be gracious hostess at Senior Coffee, spoke primly, " I love Gals- worthy and gruesome mystery stories just love them. Whenever I read a worthwhile book I feel so worthwhile myself. 'Ballyhoo 9 is my favorite 'that kind' of magazine and I like movie magazines and 'Vanity Fair'." She loves to eat apples or candy when she reads, and she likes to sit in a big chair with her legs hooked over the arms. In her less dignified moments she puts on a white nightie, complete with ruf- fles and ribbons, and hops into bed; in this position she can last for hours, deeply engrossed in a recent copy of C'Lena's "Town and Country," unless there is a clock in the room; clock ticking annoys her beyond words. Magazines with recipes appeal to Lib tremendously. Mardie Friend, giggling over the telephone, blurted out, "I love slush and Shakespeare. Shakespear is so ... " here she was choked by emotion, "he (Continued on page 3, column 1) The alumnae of Agnes Scott College will hold their annual home-coming this next week-end and at that time will participate in the program of adult education arranged for them by the Curriculum Committee, of which Mrs. George Erwin is chairman. A se- ries of four outstanding lectures has been arranged for Friday. These in- clude a lecture on the Cuban Situa- tion by Miss Florence Smith of the Agnes Scott History Department; a talk on "The Fundamentals of Child Rearing by Dr. W. W. Young, Atlanta psychiatrist; an illustrated lecture on "Christ in Art" by Miss Louise Lewis ofthe Agnes Scott Art Department; and a discussion of "Macbeth" by Dr. George P. Hayes, head of the Agnes Scott English Department. Other features of the day will be a Chapel period from 10:00 a. m. to 10:30 a. m., under the direction of the Book Committee. At this time a talk on "Books" and their value in education both during and after college days will be given. Miss Janef Preston, alumnae of Agnes Scott, and a poet of recognized merit, and Miss Louise McKinney of the English Department have arranged a book ex- hibit on the campus to coincide with the program of adult education for the alumnae. Through the courtesy of many local merchants and book deal- ers, rare editions, attractive and inex- pensive copies, and new books will be on display in the Main building of the college. On Friday night at six o'clock in the Anna Young Alumnae House the members of the class of 193 3 will be entertained at an informal buffet sup- per. Thic occasion will bring these graduates together for their first infor- mal reunion. Miss Letitia Rockmore, (Continued on page 6, column 3) VESPERS IN CHARGE OF FRESHMEN The freshman class had charge of the Thanksgiving vesper service Sun- day night. Barbara Hertwig, chair- man of the freshman Y. W. C. A. cab- inet, led the devotional. Elizabeth Mc- Kee talked on "What We Are Thank- ful For." Mary Malone gave a talk on "Why Be Thankful." Rachel Kenne- dy gave a piano solo. The program was concluded with a selection by the freshman choir. Frances Cary is in charge of the prayer service to be held tomorrow morning after breakfast. Scripture readings, prayers and hymns will be included in the service. BETTY LOU HOUCK IS NEW GOLF CHAMPION The Fall Golf Tournament ended last Thursday when Betty Lou Houck defeated Betty Roach 2-1 for the championship of the first flight and Ella Kirven won from Marjorie Car- michael 4-3 for the second flight. The championship match was close from start to finish with the champion hit- ting long balls but having difficulty with slicing at times. Betty Lou won her title by defeating Emily Rowe, Polly Gordon, Elinor Hamilton and Betty Roach. She has shown ability in various sports and activities tennis, riding, dancing. Her name will be the third to be engraved onthe golf cup, the two winners last year having been (Continued on page 6, column 4) College Heads Go To Meeting Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, and Professor S. G. Stukes, registrar, will attend the meeting of the Southern Associa- tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools to be held in Nashville, Tenn., December 3 to 8. The association is made up of leading high schools, col- leges, and universities from Virginia to Texas. The purpose of the organiza- tion is to check up on how the stand- ards of the schools are being main- tanied. Dr. McCain is chairman of the com- mittee which inspects the standards of the institutions which are already members of the association. Dr. Mc- Cain will leave December 3, while Mr. Stukes will leave December 5. Both plan to meet the Agnes Scott Alumnae on December 7 at the convention for a discussion. Y. W. Group Does Extensive Work The Social Service group, with Mar- tha Redwine as chairman, has been car- rying on an extensive work among its members. Each week a group from school visits some well-known institu- tion in Atlanta, such as the Scottish Rite Hospital, to study conditions there, and to try to help unfortunate people of Atlanta. Last Thursday a group of fourteen went to the poor farm where they put on a very in- formal program. Tuesday the Fresh- man Hobby Group of this work planned visits and started making scrapbooks for the children of the Scottish Rite Hospital. Besides their work in Atlanta the Social Service Group sponsors Y. W. C. A. interests on the campus. Very soon a number of handmade handkerchiefs will be sold for the benefit of Miss Emily Winn, who is the missionary to China, supported by Agnes Scott. POLICE VISIT CAMPUS WITH RADIO CARS A demonstration of radio police cars was given on the campus yesterday by members of the Atlanta police depart- ment. The secretary of the police force, J. W. Pendley, spoke in chapel on the use of radio by the police. He was introduced by John Van Cronkite, who spoke briefly on the attitude of the college student toward the police. Mr. Van Cronkite was made a deputy because of an article of his on the Atlanta police force pub- lished in Collier s. Mr. Pendley said that Atlanta was the thirteenth city to adopt the use of radio cars, which was originated in Detroit. Now 125 cities make use of them. Graduate School To Be Considered Several prominent educators, includ- ing Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, will be on the campus in the latter part of Janu- ary to investigate the possibilities of the plan of combining the educational resources of Agnes Scott, Georgia Tech, Emory, and possibly the Uni- versity of Georgia for advanced study. Those who will come are, in addition to Dr. Hutchins: President L. D. Coffman, University of Minnesota; Dr. Edmond E. Day, Rockefeller Foundation; President Edwin R. Em- bree, Julius Rosen wald Fund; Mr. Robert M. Lester, Carnegie Corpor- ation; Professor William F. Ogburn, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, and Dr. George A. Works, of the University of Chicago, who was here recently for the same thing. They will probably be here January 15, 16, and 17. The program is to include a grad- uate school, a more highly developed course in fine arts than any of the schools now have and training for so- cial workers. One of its features is also to eliminate duplication of different branches of education in these schools. A program of this sort was first suggested by President Edwin R. Em- (Continued on page 5, column 3) Riding Team Named For The Season The riding team for the fall season has been announced by Miss Harriet Haynes, instructor, as follows: Eliza- beth Alexander, Jane Blick, Lavinia and Marjorie Scott, Lorraine Smith and Nell White. Elizabeth Alexander was awarded first place in the advanced division at the horse show yesterday afternoon from three to four-thirty on the hockey field. Lavinia Scott won sec- ond place and Lucy Gos sthird in the division. Marjorie Scott was victor in the potato race, the game played by the advanced riders. Nell White placed first in the inter- mediate division and also won the white ribbon awarded to the winner of the intermediate game, "Going to Je- rusalem." Peggy Kamp was awarded second place and Ellen Davis third. Lucile Davison and Sarah Davis were first place winners of the two flights of the beginners' division. Helen Phillips and Helen Boyd won the sec- ond places, and Peggy Waterman and Alberta Palmour, third. The balloon contest was won by Sarah Davis. Many Alumnae Are Outstanding In Business and Pro fessional Life By Dorothy Hutton, Alumnae Secretary. An alumnae secretary develops a keen sympathy with one like Will Rogers who maintains, "All I know is what I see in the papers." But knowl- edge without invention and imagina- tion would profit one little in a job like this. When one is trying to keep up with some 6,000 women who show marked ability to change names, minds, and addresses with alarming rapidity, the value of hearsay if the source be reliable is not to be minim- ized. Combining these three sources of information on alumnae still leaves scope for many choice items to slip through even nimble fingers and ears that become highly sensitized from ne- cessity. And a question, "Whom do you consider our outstanding and most interesting alumnae?"leaves one limp from the realization of one's ignorance of many and of one's absolute inability to select from thousands. It would be presumptious, and even a little ridicu- lous, to try to answer this question with an eye to giving a maximum of satisfaction credit to all, offense to none. But most recently have the fol- lowing alumnae merited space under a classification like that in Time, "Names Make News." Mary Lamar Knight, a graduate with the class of 1922, recently ac- complished a difficult task, procuring a personal interview with Mrs. Charles Lindbergh, during the latter's stop- over in Europe. This is but another (Continued on page 6, column 1) 2 The Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. Member) STAFF Mary Hamilton EditorMAKY Ames Business Manager Loice Richards Assistant | i f i ft fr | < | > j < > fr g < |i >fr ,ft ,fr ,fr , fr ! | i , | < , | , $ gay. The Johnsonian . girls Book Week Show Is In Progress By Lucille Cairns Beginning last Sunday evening, No- vember 2 6, and continuing through the week, the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room was turned into a haven for book lovers. There are tables upon tables of inviting and interesting books with such a variety that there are certainly some that will appeal to everyone. On the fiction shelf are many nov- els, which have attracted favorable comment. Outstanding among these is The Fault of Angels by Paul Horgen which has just been awarded the Har- per Prize on the judgment of Sinclair Lewis, Harry Haver and Dorothy Can- field. Also, of particular interest is Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Mill- er, a Georgia woman. This story of a Georgia pioneer family, which has been compared to South Moon Under, the novel with a Florida seeting by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, was rec- ommended for the Pulitzer Prize. A very large part of the shelf is taken up with Hervey Allen's Anthony Ad- verse. Other often reviewed books of this type, which Davison-Paxon Com- pany furnished, include John Gals- worthy's One More River, Bonfire by Dorothy Canfield, and Gladys Hasty Carroll's As the Earth Turns. Next to fiction in importance are the non-fiction books. One of the first biographies that attracts one's atten- tion is Poor Splendid Wings, the $5,000 prize-winning book about Ros- settei and his associates. Then, there is Flush, a Biography, which tells the story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, by Virginia Woolf. There is, too, a new biography of England's Elizabeth by Milton Waldman. Of particular note is Halliday Sutherland's The Arches of the Years, the autobiogra- phy of a Scotch physician. It has had five large printings in England and is in the process of its third printing in America. The New York Times says of it: "A more delightful book we have seldom read." The autobiography, Testament of Youth, by Vera Brittain, also, has received favorable comment. Another non-fiction book of interest is Dorothy Parker's After Such Pleasures, a book of essays, which are being es- pecially enjoyed by those who like her satiric verse. Attracting the attention of the casual browser are two photo- graphic histories, The American Pro- cession and The First World War. Then, one comes upon a table of very inexpensive books, loaned by Rich in Atlanta, ranging from only 15 cents to $1.00 in price. Included in the 1 5 cents editions are such old fa- vorite as Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson and Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac. Among the $1.00 editions is Lewis Carroll's immortal Alice in Wonderland and a number of Three Sirens Press editions, which include such titles as Goethe's Faust, A Shrop- shire Lad by Housman, and Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. These are only a few of the many enticing sections of the book exhibit, for besides these, there is a French ta- ble and a collection of Christmas books, as well as a display by the Max- millan Publishing Company and the Agnes Scott library. Also, of particu- lar note are the shelves, which contain books from private libraries on the campus, both those of the faculty and the students. A number of these books have interesting autographs. Walnut 9776 Louis Isaacson, Inc. Furs of Fashion Manufacturing Furriers Storage Cleaning Remodeling Repairing 210 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Ga. Henry Grady Hotel MILLER TO ADDRESS MISSION GROUP (Continued from page 1, column 2) posted on the bulletin board in But- trick) Mr. Grant will address the col- lege community in the chapel Mon- day evening at 6:45, the vesper hour, and show his movies, including some pictures of the home stations of some of the missionaries' daughters now at Agnes Scott. We Buy Discarded Clothes and Shoes, Bring Yours to the Day Students' Room in Basement of Main any Monday Afternoon Between 4:30 and 5:30. PHONE MA. 0413 4 The Agonistic N a 1 1 0 FORMER A. S. STUDENT IS NOW IN SCOTLAND Alma Brohard and Charlotte Reid attended a Phi Sigma Kappa dance Sat- urday night. Betty Lou Houck attended the dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. Martha Ann Rodgers went to the Georgia-Tech game with her parents who were here for the week-end. Dorothy Walker spent the week-end with Mrs. B. H. Palmer in Atlanta. She went to the Georgia-Tech game after which she attended the Sigma Nu tea-dance at the Piedmont Driving Club. Alice Dunbar spent Friday night with Miss Virginia Lee in Decatur. Nancy Rogers attended the A. K. K. dance at Emory Saturday night. Sarah Jones attended a K. A. hay- ride Saturday night. Elizabeth Strickland attended the Tech S. A. E. dance Saturday night. Mary Comely spent the week-end with Mrs. H. A. Smith. Ovieda Long spent the week-end with Novena Harrison in Decatur. Lavinia Scott attended the Chi Phi dinner-dance Friday night. Virginia Gaines spent the week-end at her home in Atlanta. Sara Frances McDonald spent the week-end with her cousin, Helen Richardson, in Atlanta. Nell White and Rebecca Cashion spent Saturday night with Miss Mary Dunbar in Atlanta. Frances Balckom, Alice Taylor, Isa- Bell Lowrance, Isabel Richardson, Helen Handte, Ovieda Long, and Vir- ginia Williams attended the Georgia- Tech game Saturday. Lavinia Scott attended the Emory A. T. O. dance Saturday night. Sara Frances and Jane Estes spent last week-end at their home in Gay, Georgia. Meriel Bull attended the Sigma Nu tea-dance at the Piedmont Driving Club Saturday afternoon. Ruby Hutton spent Saturday night with Adeline Rountree in Decatur. Mary Vines spent the week-end with Miss Winona Durst in Decatur. Rosa Miller spent the week-end with Miss Kathleen Colley at Fort McPher- son. Virginia Turner spent the week-end with Elizabeth Johnson in Decatur. Virginia Williams spent the week- end with Frances Adams in Atlanta. Martha Edmonds attended a dance at Druid Hills Friday night. Shirley Christian attended the dance at the Biltmore Saturday night. Helen Ford had dinner with Vir- ginia Gaines at her home in Atlanta Sunday. Helen Handte spent the week-end with Virginia Gaines at her home in Atlanta. Rebecca Cashion attended the Chi Phi dinner-dance Friday night. Florence Lassiter and Katharine Wallace spent Sunday with Mrs. G. E. King in Atlanta. Miss Louise Nix of Atlanta was the guest last week-end of Dorothy Lee. Catharine Jones spent the week-end at her home in Canton, Ga. Frances Paris was the guest last week-end of Mrs. E. P. Paris in At- lanta. Frances and Elizabeth Espy, Mary Alice Newton, Carolyn McCallum and Martha Norman spent last week- end at the latter' s home in West Point, Georgia. Gladys Burns spent the week-end at her home in Macon, Ga. Carolyne Clements attended the A. T. O. dance at Emory Saturday night. It's real weather, now! And you should have some smart campus clothes . . . new ones, for the bracing days ahead. Lots of attractive things at Allen's . . . tailored crepes, bright and eye- filling under your coat . . . 916.75 J. P. ALLEN & CO. 'The Store All Women Knov Ellen Murray, who was a freshman at Agnes Scott last year, is now in Scotland attending St. Andrews. The following letters is one which she wrote to Celia Hoffman, telling her about the school life at St. Andrews. University Hall, St. Andrews, Scotland, October 20, 1933. Dearest Celia: I had a lovely voyage over, and was not sea-sick at all. We arrived in Glasgow the first of October, and got to St. Andrews the second. I am delighted with St. Andrews and the university. Everything is so quaint and old-fashioned. I have a lovely room on the third floor in University Hall. The hall it- self is like a castle, and has beautiful grounds. It is about a mile from the United College, which is the Faculty of Arts building. This year I am studying Philosophy, Economics and English Literature, while next year I will take French and special history and graduate with an ordinary M. A. in September, 1935. The work is much harder here al- though we do not study so many sub- jects as the American Colleges. The courses are much more specialized. I have English Literature at 9 o'clock, Economics at 2 p. m., and Philosophy at 5 p. m. Classes are an hour long just as they are at Agnes Scott. How- ever, you never have lessons definitely assigned to you, you just study what you think you should in accordance with what the professor is lecturing about. Then at the end of the term in December, you have examinations. In June you have a degree examination of six hours over the whole year's work in each subject. The thing that thrilled me the most was the fact that we have to wear gowns and trenchers. Our gowns are bright red wool with wine velvet col- lar, and our trenchers are black. They are the same as the ones at Agnes Scott but a different color. We must always wear them to classes; the professors also wear their academic dress. On Sunday morning we all go to the college church wearing our gowns, and after the service the students and professors walk about a mile to the sea wall, where we form a line and walk on top of it. It is a beautiful sight to see the red and black gowns contrasted against the gray granite and blue sea. There seems to be no time for study- ing for there are so many dances and clubs to go to. I was at a formal dance by Lady Irvine, the principal of the universtiy's wife, on Wednesday. It was given in honor of the American Wom- en's Hockey team which played here. Of course, the American students and all the upper classmen were invited. There are very few automobiles here, but most people ride in jet black car- riages with real horses and a footman with a high silk hat. We had to go in one of the dance; I surely was thrilled with the ride. The college also sponsors dances almost every week. Now, I am going to tell you about University Hall. It is beautiful both inside and out, and is just spic and span. The morning bell rings at 7:3 0 % \ h b u v (S n b h tji Dearest Giddy Well, the time has come, as the Walrus so aptly puts it, when our student body is once more divided into two bitterly opposing factions. Of course there are those nobly con- scientious souls among us who are starving their lives away these last few days so that they may thoroughly enjoy themselves when the time comes to open the boxes from home Wednes- day night. But the others my dear, 'tis they who have developed the true philosophy of living under the withering gaze of their less-happy enemies, they are having a perfectly hilarious time eating as much as they want to. For after all, as they argue, we're all going to gain over Thanks- giving, so what's the use of giving a darn now? Mary Jane Evans is a current-event fiend after my own heart, Giddy. She's one person who is always willing to explain her own thoughts about every- thing that's happening in this busy world around us. But, my dear, do you know why she really and truly adores Mussolini? No? Then refer yourself to Dr. Hayes and Dr. David- son. They may tell; but then, again on the other hand, they may not. And dear Martha Elliott. She must have grown quite matronly-appearing while we weren't looking, my love. For the other day at Davison-Paxon's a saleslady turned to her benevolently and said: "What a sweet child, Modom," glancing at the young hope- ful clinging to Martha's skirts, "His eyes are just like yours!'' And someday. Giddy, when you haven't much else on your mind, do remember to ask Loice Richards just why she is such an ardent supporter of Glazo these days. Oh well, it was just a suggestion. It's too bad about all these casual- ties around here lately. Mildred Cohen and Augusta King just can't seem to resist falling down (oh, quite grace- fully, I assure you) just at the mo- ments most auspicious for the most gallantest member of our faculty to assist them to their feet. Maybe put- ting sandpaper on their shoes would help toward the arresting of this in- sidious habit. Anyway, Giddy, dear, you shouldn't spend so much time worrying about gossip during this merry holiday sea- son. What you really ought to do is sit right down and start being thank- ful. However, if you grow bored with counting your many blessings (as no doubt you shall), it's always comfort- ing to remember that scandal, just like our proverbial prosperity, is always just around the key-hole. Turkily yours, Aggie. IN WORLD OUTSIDE {Continued from page 2, column 4) construction, the steel chord of one of its inboard wing spars has a tensile strength of 140,000 pounds per square inch. Scientific American. The winter tournament season for professional golfers will be one of the busiest of recent years. No less than twenty-five championships are in prospect. Prize totals are about double last year's amount. Two new tourna- ments appear on the list: One on the Bobby Jones course at Augusta, Ga., and one at Honolulu. Literary Di- gest. Permanent Waves . . $3 up Shampoo and Finger Wave 50c Hair Cuts 50c HICKMAN'S BEAUTY SHOP 302 Grand Theatre Bldg. Jackson 6674 A little more of the cooperative spirit and less about our international mindedness might remedy such situ- ations. A bridle path 3 50 miles long is to be constucted before next summer by the Massachusetts Forest and Park As- sociation. The horse is not forgotten after all; and perhaps the pedestrian will receive recognition before he dis- appears completely from the highway. This bridle path crosses the entire state of Massachusetts east-and-west from quaint and artistic Cape Cod to the beautiful Bcrkshires, following "trails" that long since became concrete motor highways. Review of Reviews. and breakfast is at 8 o'clock. Before you leave your room for breakfast, the nurse for the hall comes to your room every morning to see that you are feel- ing all right. We have lunch at 1 p. m., tea at 4 o'clock, and dinner at 7:10. Looks as if we are eating all the time, doesn't it? Dinner is the most important meal of the day; we have to dress up for it and about three times a year you dine with Miss Dobson, the dean. If you come in late for dinner or leave before it is finished, you have to go before her table and bow. When we enter, we have to stand behind our chairs until she marches in with the girls that dine with her then we sing a prayer in Latin. This is a terrible place for Latin; the graduation is even in Latin. I will have to close now, as I have some studying to do in English. We arc reading Chancers Parliment of FouJes, which is in Anglo-Norman dia- lect. I hope you will write me soon, and tell me all about Agnes Scott. Love, Ellen. A committee from various women's organizations in Milwaukee has report- ed to Mayor Daniel W. Hoan that its investigation shows little or no gain from the NRA to worker consumers. World Tomorrow. At the University of Edinburgh in Scotland students arc fined for cutting classes. 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Gos- nell (Louisa White, '27), president of the Atlanta Club, is acting as general chairman for the bazaar. The proceeds will go toward paying the pledge of $250 to the college. The Atlanta Alumnae Club met Tuesday, November 21, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Charles Loridans (Adeline Arnold, '01). Plans for the bazaar were discussed. Martha Crowe, '27, formerly of the Agnes Scott French faculty, spoke on her year of foreign study at the University of Lyons. Mrs. G. H. McKee, whose hus- band is with the French department at Tech, sang a group of French songs. The Business Girls' group of the At- lanta Club meets on the third Wed- nesday of each month at some down- town tea room. Lucile Daley, ex-'lS, is president of this club. The average attendance is about twenty. The oc- casion brings together alumnae of va- ried business interests. ALUMNAE PAGE Dr. McCain: "What courses will you take this year? Accounting? Fi- nance?" Caroline Waterman: "None of your business!" "Another good gal gone wrong," la- mented the gas station employee as the tank overflowed." Sou'wester. Three years ago if any college pro- fessor had suggested some of the changes Roosevelt has made he would have lost his job. Dr. Robert E. Vin- son, President, Western Reserve Uni- versity. *$M$H$nfr ft .ft ,fr <$Hfr * .$1 fr >%* $l >t < ' $ >fr * * 4 * * * i Try Our ! SANDWICHES ! I I I We Make Them Right | * * I LAWRENCE'S | f * * | Phones De. 0762-0763 | * * * * .. g g .. $ * 4 J 4 J J PHARMACY Statistics Show Many Marriages "Matrimonial statistics," the follow- ing article by Dr. Henry A. Robin- son, head of the mathematics depart- ment, appeared in the Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly, July, 1933: To marry or not to marry, that is the question. Before the ink will have dried on their diplomas 2 per cent of the class of 193 3 will have entered matrimony. It has been stated that college women are not the* marrying type, but a glance at the alumnae files of Agnes Scott will convince you that this is false, at least in her case. Nat- urally, after having been on the cam- pus for four years, our girls are more select in their taste, harder to please and require more of their husbands than do the girls who have not been to college. But our percentages com- pare favorably with the nation's aver- age of 74 for women married between the ages of 20 and 44. The percentage of the alumnae mar- ried increases rapidly with the number of years out of college. It tends to- wards a constant of about 82 per cent after twenty years. The rates for classes in groups of fives are as follows: Classes Percentages married 1928-32 24 1923-27 58 1918-22 72 1913-17 81 1913-32 52 Even these figures should be higher for many of the alumnae who marry do not send notification to the alumnae office, and are, of course, still recorded unmarried. If we differentiate between the grad- uates, we will see that the non-gradu- ates have a slight edge on the gradu- ates. This is perhaps due to the fact that the non-graduates are out of col- lege on the average of two years longer than the graduates. A newspaper editor recently advo- cated colleges' establishing matrimon- ial bureaus, but it appears that Agnes Scott graduates can pretty well handle their own bow and arrows. First Red Candle Service Will Be Held This Friday The first Red Candle Service will be held in the chapel Friday night at 10:00. Elizabeth Hickson will be the leader. Each year for several weeks before Christmas the services have been held. Christmas passages are read and carols sung. An insurance man walked into a lunch room and taking his place on one of the vacant stools, ordered bread and milk. The fellow sitting on the next stool asked: "On a diet?" "No. Commission." We Will Be Open Thanksgiving Day SPECIAL PLATE Roast Turkey with Dressing Steamed Rice with Gravy Crisp Celery Cranberry Sauce Hot Rolls and Butter 25c S & W CAFETERIAL 189-191 Peachtree IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllSllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllf Statistics Given For Class of 1933 Although any report on alumnae is marred by a natural shyness on the part of some and a marked aversion on the part of others to have their post- college careers known to the alumnae office, such a report is always made with the understanding that it is as accurate as it can be when compiled under such a handicap. Of the class of 193 3, the following data can be re- ported: Of the 99 graduates, 6 are already married. Of the remaining 93 single ones, 47 are now employed. Among the occupations we find the following: 8 are working with stores, in the status of clerks or secretaries; 26 have been brave enough to become school-teach- ers; 1 has undertaken the position as curator of a museum of art; 7 have entered offices as secretaries; 1 has be- come a librarian; 1 has become a direc- tor of dramatics; and 3 have entered the field of welfare or social work. Of the remaining 46 who are neither mar- ried or employed (We purposely avoid the use of terms, "occupied" or "en- gaged") , 1 has begun a course of nurs- ing; 7 have begun courses of graduate study; 5 have begun business courses. From the looks of things, 193 3 is off to a good start, both in point of keeping up Agnes Scott's remarkable marriage percentage and in point of procuring positions, even inthe face of "Old Man Depression." GRADUATE SCHOOL IS CONSIDERED {Continued fram page 1, column 5) bree of the Rosenwald Fund about four years ago, but conditions then were not favorable for promoting it. The local Beck Foundation provided the funds necessary for the present survey. A school of this kind would pro- vide a place for graduate study for Georgians and people all over the south. It would make graduate work more accessible to them. It would also give the schools a chance to contribute something to the community, as teach- ers could receive training and as there would probably be certain activities in adult education and in leisure time training. The plan would probably in the end include all the institutions around At- lanta so that every field of education would be covered. The High Museum of Art and the Atlanta Conservatory of Music would have a definite part in the fine arts program. Similar programs have been worked out at the University of Toronto and at Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, in discussing the plan said that if it can be put into effect it will be a great asset to all the schools involved. It would provide a larger field of study for students at each college and would eliminate du- plication of departments, thus strengthening the central ones. ** * j $ * * $ *$4 $ *4 * $ J * J *** % TAYLOR'S PRESCRIP- | | TION SHOP % | Walnut 2897 % 216 Peachtree Street I % -+Z+ *Z*-*Z+ *Z* "X* *t* *t* *v* *t+ *J *t* ** * Alumnae to Give Traditional Tea The Entertainment Committee, un- der the chairmanship of Mrs. R. L. MacDougall, of Atlanta, will be host- esses to the members of the college community and to alumnae Saturday afternoon, December 2, at tea from four to six o'clock in the Anna Young Alumnae House. This traditional oc- casion celebrates the memory of Miss Anna Young, former faculty member of the college, and beloved alumnae. In the receiving line will be Mrs. J. J. Eagan, Atlanta; Mrs. Paul F. Brown, Atlanta; Dr. and Mrs. Mc- Cain, Miss Nannette Hopkins, Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Atlanta; Mrs. George Er- win, Atlanta; Dr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson, Miss Janef Preston, Mrs. R. L. MacDougall, Atlanta; Mrs. R. M. McFarland, Jr., Atlanta; Mrs. Fred Cole, Jr., Atlanta. Receiving at the door will be Miss Carrie Scandrett, Miss Dorothy Hut- ton, Miss Mildred McCain, Miss Anne Young Eagan. Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker and Miss Louise McKinney will pour tea. Members of the Granddaughters' Club at Agnes Scott will serve. They are Mary Adams, Jennie Champion, Harriet Dimmock, Elizabeth Forman, Lucy Goss, Mary Hamilton, Anne Scott Harman, Elaine Heckle, Mary Henderson, Edith Kendrick, Isabel Lowrance, Frances McCully, Clara Morrison, Alberta Palmour, Florence Preston, Martha Redwine, Charlotte Reid, Loraine Smith, Susan Turner, Elizabeth Winn, Lucile Cairns, Fannie B. Harris, Dorothy Lee, Ora Muse, Burton Jackson, Martha Johnson, Vir- ginia Ethel Gaines, Kathleen Daniel. Among those invited are: Student officers: Mary McDonald, Carrie Lena McMullen, Margaret Massie, Marjorie Tindall, Rossie Ritchie, Vella Marie Behm, Alice McCallie, Isable McCain, Elinor Hamilton, Virginia Prettyman, Louise McCain, Anna Humber, Caro- lyn Russell, Plant Ellis, Elizabeth Hickson, Martha Elliott, Barbara Hertwig, Nell Chamlee, Helen Boyd, Martha Skeen, Frances Espy, Frances Cassel, Nell Pattillo. Faculty; Miss Lillian S. Smith, Dr. Mary F. Sweet, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Stukes, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dieckmann, Miss Mary Stuart Mac- Dougall, Miss Lucile Alexander, Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Wright, Dr. and Mrs. G. P. Hayes, Miss Catherine Torrance, Miss Muriel Harn, Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Davidson, Jr., Miss Frances K. Gooch, Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Christian, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Raper, Miss Emma May Laney, Miss Louise Hale, Miss Elizabeth F. Johnson, Miss Emily S. Dexter, Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Miss Mary Westall, Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Gil- lespie, Miss Philippa Gilchrist, Miss Margaret Pythian, Miss Leslie Gaylord, Miss Martha Stanfield, Miss Mary Au- ten, Miss Harrietta Haynes, Miss Flor- ence E. Smith, Miss Katherine T. Om- wake, Miss Melissa Cilley, Miss Edna Hanley, Miss Gwendoline Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Davis, Miss Blanche Miller, Miss Raemond Wilson, Miss Sarah Bowman, Miss Louise Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Stokes, Miss Eda E. Bar- tholomew, Miss Page Ackerman, Miss Mildred Hooten, Miss Betty Bon ham, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Tart, Miss Penelope Brown, Miss Andrewena Robinson, ATLANTA BAGGAGE & CAB CO. SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENTS Phone Walnut 0200-Main 1500 Baggage delivery to and from all stations. Checked from school to destination. ALUMNAE IN MANY FIELDS (Continued from page 1, column 5) feather in Mary Knight's cap. Many of us still remember her vivid account of her experiences as a reporter for the United Press of American, when we were fortunate enough to have a visit from her during Chapel one morning last fall. Headlines, but a short time prior to her visit, had played up the story of her being the first woman to witness an actual guillotining. Mary had been determined to witness the beheading of the assassin of former President Doumer, and had run limit- less risks in making this expedition pos- sible. Her entire career seems colour- ed with a series of popularly termed "lucky breaks," a dauntless courage, and enough personality to make the most of ever}'' situation. From hear- say, we get the delightful story of her early ambitions, which she has so fully realized. The companion to her in- valid mother for many years, Mary spent some of her leisure time in mark- ing off on a map scaled for mileage how far she could at that time get on the money she then had. Time passed and the necessary miles were covered, and she embarked on her colourful ca- reer. The strain of covering gruesome stories, interesting as she finds them, is ilghtened by attendance at fashion re- views and visits with American friends in Paris. Mary makes delightful re- ports on the "dernier cri," and no doubt her style hints reach many in- terested readers. In Paris, Mary lives with her aunt, another outstanding Agnes Scotter, Miss Adelaide Nelson, of the class of 1909. Miss Nelson was the first woman to organize the Girl Scouts in France. Last year she went further with her work and organized the first group of Girl Scouts for American girls in France. Work with papers makes us think of work with magazines and books. From New York City and its recently organized club come reports on one of its members, who has given at one of their meetings interesting accounts of her work with McCall's magazine. This one of our alumnae is Frankie McKee, ex-' 19, who is an assistant edi- tor with this widely circulated mag- azine. Marian (McCamy) Sims, '20, has recently had a story accepted by Col- lier's magazine. This story is "Roman Candles." Marian won the North Carolina short story prize shortly after she and her husband moved to Char- lotte to live three years ago. She is reported as having a delightful style in writing and as being active in phil- anthropic and cultural undertakings in Charlotte. Rose B. Knox, who was graduated with the class of 1899, has been win- ning more than just favorable criti- cism by her recent publications. She has written these charming books for children or life in the Old South: The Boys and Sally, Miss Jimmy Deane, Grey Caps, and Marty and Company. (Continued on page 6, column 1) Miss Harriet V. Daugherty, Mrs. Gladys S. Curtis, Mrs. Emmie J. Ans- ley, Miss Mary Fay Martin, Miss Emma E. Miller, Mrs. Jennie D. Finnell, Mrs. Lena Da vies. Alumnae and other guests: Mrs. F. H. Gaines, Decatur; Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Smith, Decatur; Miss Su- sie Johnson, Decatur; Miss Shannon Preston, Decatur; Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Young, Atlanta; Mrs. C. B. Gosnell, Atlanta; Mrs. R. L. Watkins Decatur; Miss Ada Page Foote, Miss Imogene Allen, Decatur; Mrs. D. M. Hastings, Lovejoy; Mrs. A. W. Candler, At- lanta; Miss Patricia Collins, Atlanta; Miss Sarah Slaughter, Atlanta; Mrs. C. E. Harman, Atlanta. This occasion brings to a close the program of Adult Education and the Home-Coming Week-Eend plans ar- ranged largely through the efforts of the Curriculum Committee, under the general chairmanship of Mrs. George Erwin, of Atlanta. * * $ $ *> *> * > $ $ $ > $ > > $ *> $ $ * * * $ $ $h DIANA-DEANE BEAUTY I SALON 4 "Always Look Your Best" * 714-715 Grand Theatre Bldg. > Specialize in Finger Waves % Dried 35c Eugene Permanents $3 and $5 Diana Davis Deane Hester * Jackson 8733 || -*> $ *> $ $h$h$ * * * $ * $ $ $ $ $ * The Agonistic ALUMNAE IN MANY FIELDS {Continued from page 5, column 5) Miss Knox is now working on a book which will have a Georgia setting and the time will be in the early part of 1900. Miss Knox says that she "fell" into writing from a repeated request from publishers for books of the type which she has written. Formerly a school teacher, she had written School Activities and Equi 'pment , which had proved to her publishers that she has a remarkably clear style and natural gifts to fit her for working. Frances Charlotte ( M a r k 1 e y ) Roberts, '21, who with her husband teaches on the faculty of St. John's University in Shanghai, has had her master's thesis published in book form, appearing under the title, "Western Travelers to China." The first copy of this was placed in the library of St. John's University. Agnes Scott has re- cently received the second copy, with the compliments of the Department of History and Government of St. John's University. Frances Charlotte was outstanding while on the campus and acted as Mis Hopkins' secretary the year following her graduation. Janef Preston, another outstanding member of '21, has been winning many honors in the field of poetry. Of her recent achievements, the following are noteworthy: Last spring she was awarded the Savannah prize by the Poetry Society of Georgia for her poem, "Deserted House on Bayou Lafourche." This prize was awarded on the basis of being the best poem on southern low country local color sub- mitted to the Society. Honorable men- tion was also accorded her by the So- ciety in competition for the Georgia prize. In the September, 1933, issue of "Versecraft," a sonnet was published. The 193 3 edition of the anthology, "Modern American Poetry," will con- tain two sonnets. Miss Preston was also among those Agnes Scotters whose poetry appeared in "Georgia Poets," published last spring. Others whose poetry appeared in this volume were Mary Cope, '3 0, and Elena Greenfield, '32. Advertising has attracted many of our alumnae recently. Frances (Har- gis) McCrorey, '28, has done unusual work in this field. Frances took an active part in student activities while a day student on the campus, showing marked talent in her work with Black- friars and as a playwright of excep- tional ability. After leaving Agnes Scott, Frances became connected with the advertising department of Rich's in Atlanta. Later she had charge of the advertising for Regenstein's in At- lanta. This past summer, on the death of the advertising manager of Davi- son-Paxon's, Frances was appointed in his place. Frances's appointment makes her one of the youngest ad- vertising directors in the country, cither man or woman, holding a posi- tion of similar responsibility with so large a firm. Mr. Raymond A. Kline, vice president and general manager of the Davison-Paxon Company, in com- menting on her appointment said: "We did not hire a woman. We hired brains, energy and advertising ability. She just happened to be a woman." Also from the class of 1928 came one outstanding in the field of depart- ment store advertising. Carolyn Essig, also beginning her career with Rich's, has been prominently connected with Burdine's Department Store in Miami for the past several years, until the time of her marriage this fall to Mr. Holmes Walter Frederick of the engi- neering department of Harvard Uni- versity. Iwlvn Girarde&U, '22, upon gradu- ating in medicine from Tulane Uni- versity in 1931 and completing one year oi interning in the New England Hospital in Boston in 1932, has now gone to India, where she is on the regular staff of the Ackerman-Hoyt Hospital in Jhansi, U. P., India. Local newspapers have been earning inter- esting bits of her letters, full as they are of her many and varied experiences in Asia. Varsity Wins from Profs. In Hockey The varsity beat the faculty hockey team in the closing event of this gym season Friday afternoon, with a score of 1-0. The only goal of the afternoon was made by Helen Handte, playing center forward on the student team. Dr. J. R. McCain, as usual, played goal- guard, and Mr. R. G. Cunningham helped Miss Bee Miller defend the back- field. The faculty players distinguish- ed themselves from the varsity by bright red bandanas around their heads. Because of a shortage of play- ers on the faculty team, Majorie Tin- dall and Georganne Lewis from the student team played with the faculty. The line-ups were as follows: Faculty Students Tindall, 1. w. McCalla, 1. w. Davidson, L i. Maness, L i. Bowman, c. f. Handte, c. f. Hayes, r. i. Massie, r. i. Robinson, r. w. Hart, r. w. Wright, L h. Kneale, 1. h. Wilburn, c. h. Armstrong, c. h. Lewis, G., r. h. Harbison, 1. f. Cunningham, 1. f. McMullen, r. f. Miller, B., r. f. Forman, g. g. McCain, g. g. > V * * * * * V V * V * * V V V V V V * V v * * * 1 m I Silhouette Tea Room t BOUBS: i I 7::t0- 2:00 I 4:00- 7:00 S | 10:00-10:30 1 i . : . * * * .> * * * * * v * * * * Another recently graduated M. D. is Mary An McKinney of the class of 1925. Mary An received her degree in medicine likewise from Tulane and is also in India and in the province of Jhansi now. It seems that a strange coincidence has occurred in having two of our alumnae follow such simi- lar paths in their careers. More recently graduated in medicine is Jean McAlister of the class of 1921. Receiving her degree from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in June, 193 3, she has elected to interne at the Uni- versity Hospital for the period of the next two years. The careers of these M. D.'s have no doubt been inspirational to younger alumnae. Virginia Petway, '32, is this year completing her second year of medicine at the University of Georgia in Augusta. Dorothy Kethley, of the class of '31, has had her career temp- orarily interrupted by a serious illness. She too hopes to resume her work in Augusta next fall. Social service and welfare work have attracted many alumnae in these days when there is so much talk of "relief." We feel that we can brag with reason on a graduate of '31, Martha Tower, who has forged so far ahead in this field in her work in Richmond. Martha now has charge of one of the three district offices of the City Social Serv- ice Bureau. She has two stenographers, eight case workers, an office secretary, and one regular clerical person in the district. Martha's district is now tak- ing care of 2,700 families. Like Tennyson's brook one might go on forever, but time and space are elements that cannot be disregarded or discounted. The preceding resume of alumnae activities will suggest the op- portunities now open to Agnes Scott graduates, will prove a feeble indicator of the many and varied careers Agnes Scott alumnae are pursuing. This is written with the sincere hope that its items of news will prove inspirational to would-be graduates, that it will in part express the pride of Agnes Scott in these of her daughters, that for them it will convey a measure of the gratitude they feel for the opportuni- ties Agnes Scott has opened up to them. To Look Your Best You Must J OUTHFORMS Pftma De. 1881-11 Mi-. Paul Smith 111 S. Candler Si. (on your bloek) for demonstration COLLEGE READY FOR HOME COMING (Continued from page 1, column 3) class secretary for 1933, has charge of these arrangements. Friday's program will be brought to a delightful close when the alumnae and members of the college communi- ty will enjoy the dance recital to be given at eight-thirty o'clock in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium by Miss Isa- bel Cooper of the Bryn Mawr College Department of Physical Education. Since this recital is one of the series presented by the Lecture Association of the college, there will be a charge for admission. All other lectures on the program are free, and the general public is extended a cordial invitation to them. Tickets for Miss Cooper's lecture may be procured through the alumnae office and also at the door the night of her presentation. Friday at lunch the alumnae will be guests of the college in the White House dining room. This occasion will offer a delightful opportunity for alumnae to get together. The lunch- eon will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p. m. Alumnae interested in attending are asked to make reservations through the alumnae office. Although the program for the week- end is arranged mostly to include the lectures on Friday, Saturday is also an enjoyable time for returning alumnae. On Saturday morning alumnae will be at liberty to attend classes in regular session in Buttrick Hall. These classes are continuous from 8:00 a. m. to 12:30 p. m., with intermission for the regular Chapel service from 10:00 to 10:30 a. m. Also on the program for Saturday is the annual Alumnae Home-coming Tea, given in memory of the beloved alumna for whom the Alumna House was named, Miss Anna Young, prominent alumna and faculty member prior to her death. Mrs. R. L. MacDougall, chairman of the Enter- tainment Commit te of the Alumnae Association, will be in charge of this tea, which will bring together infor- mally members of the faculty and ad- ministration, alumnae back on the campus for the week-end, and heads of student organizations. This tea will be given in the Anna Young Alumnae House from four to six o'clock on Sat- urday afternoon. The interest shown by outsiders in the program of Adult Education ar- ranged by the Curriculum Committee of the Agnes Scott Alumnae Associa- tion for the past two years has done much to encourage a continuance of this custom. It is hoped that many local friends and patrons of the col- lege will join the alumnae in enjoy- ment of this year's prrogram. CLUBS BLACKFRIARS A their meeting on Tuesday night, November 21, the members of Black- friars presented a play, Mary Means What She Says, under the direction of Marv Jane Evans. The girls who took parks in the play were: Margaret Stokey, Augusta King, Mary Hutchin- son, Marguerite Morris, Rosa Miller, Doris Batzell. PEN AND BRUSH The members of the art department of the Pen and Brush Club were busy last week making posters for Book Week. We have evidence that they were very successful, and the college students thank them. CFII BETA PHI SIGMA At the meeting of the Chi Beta Phi Sigma on November 6 splendid talks were given by Elizabeth Johnson, Sarah Davis and Nell Chamlee. The club will meet again on December 4th. HOUCK IS WINNER IN GOLF TOURNAMENT (Continued from page 1, column 3) Jule Bethea and Virginia Prettyman. Ella Kirvin came to the finish of the second flight by defeating (by de- fault) Sarah Corbin, Naomi Cooper and Marjorie Carmichael. Ella plays a good game of golf and it was one of the upsets of the tournament when she was defeated by Flora Young and fell to the second flight. Marjorie Car- michael having just started golf this fall showed her ability as a golfer by winning her matches from Mary Ma- lone and Barbara Massey. Junior Class to Sponsor Sale of Fuller Brushes The junior class is selling Fuller brushes on the campus and invites the patronage of the college. Orders may be given at any time during the week. Deliveries of brushes are made every Saturday. A special line of brushes in which the college girl is interested is being offered, although any Fuller brush may be obtained. Loice Richards is the agent for the class. ON OTHER CAMPUSES (Continued from page 2, column 5) very rapidly. Fresh variety has mag- netic properties. Highly explosive and likely to be dangerous in inexperienced hands. Swarthmore Phoenix. R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP Work Called for and Delivered 307 E. 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But the other night after the dance recital, she spoke in an awed voice, saying: "Wouldn't the dance have been wonderful" she closed her eyes ecstatically "if they'd turned out all the lights!" Before I leave you, dear, I suppose I'll be forced to call to your atten- tion a little error on my part last week. It's Mildred Cohen, and not Mary Jane Evans, who admires Mussolini so ex- travagantly. But Giddy, sweet, who cares? Yours, Aggie. ALUMNAE ENTERTAINED AT REUNION LUNCHEON (Continued from page 1, column 1) Mrs. R. L. Heath, Miss Lucile Alex- ander, Mrs. S. G. Stukes, Dr. and Mrs. Philip Davidson, Mrs. G. C. Griffin, Mrs. W. W. Anderson, Mary Clarke, Mrs. Hubert Bradley, Gail Nelson, Anne Hudmon, Mary Hudmon, Mar- garet Jones, Mrs. Jock Cooper, Mrs. Donald Hastings, Evangeline Papa- george, Virginia Heard, Dorothy Keth- ley, Emily Spivey, Laura Spivey, Polly Jones, Lillian Clement, Dr. Henry Robinson, Mrs. Hal Smith, Mildred Hooten, Sarah Bowman, Page Acker- man, Louise Wesley, Mrs. J. L. An- thony, Miss Carrie Scandrctt, Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Nannette Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs. George P. Hayes, Mrs. Armand Hendee, Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Christian, Mrs. Glenn A. Duncan, Shannon Preston, Miriam Preston, Margaret Ridley, Eunice Lawrence, Field Shackelford, Helen Etheredge, and others. PUPPET SHOW TO BE BROUGHT HERE SAT. (Continued from page 1, column 5) difficult to say whether the children in the audience or the elderly persons like myself were the more enthusiastic." The Charleston, S. C, News and Courier commented thus: "The Rag Bag Alley Puppets please children from one to ninety-nine. . . . The only regret one can possibly have concerning this show is that it ends!" The admission to the performance here will be fifteen cents. you should by all means start your library with biographies, beginning with Boswell's Life of Johnson and Eckermann's C o n v er s a t i o n s with Goethe and ending, after many addi- tions, with Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe and Boswell's Life of Johnson; for if you have a truly deep interest in biography, you will perhaps feel like Robert Louis Stevenson who wrote, "I am taking a little of Boswell daily by way of a Bible and mean to read him until the day I die." Or if you feel like Cicero in the lovely lines in Pro Archiis, "Saxa et solitudines voci respondunt," the rocks (Continued on page 4, column 1) We Buy Discarded Clothes and Shoes, Bring Yours to the Day Students' Room in Basement of Main any Monday Afternoon Between 4:30 and 5:30. PHONE MA. 0413 L, CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling The Agonistic 4 OWNERSHIP OF BOOKS URGED BY SPEAKER {Continued from page 3, column 5) and solitudes reply to his voice (i. e. the voice of the poet) ; then you should collect about you all the great books of English poetry that come your way. But if you are a little afraid of poetry, as was Sam Weller's father, re- member with sympathy their discus- sion on the occasion of a composition of a valentine by the younger Weller. "Lovely creetur," began Sam. But his father looked at him in it? alarm, "Tain't in poetry, is asked. "O, no! no!" protested Sam. "Wery glad to hear it,"' said Mr. W. "Poetry's onnatural. Never let yourself down to talking poetry, Sammy, my boy!" Bur hen Samuel finished reading his valentine, Mr. W. could only shake his head rid criticize, "If it ain't poetry, I'm afeerd it werges on the poetical." Or, to turn from the ridiculous to the sublime, perhaps you agree with Plato that poets say many beautiful rhings but know not what they say and that though you would crown them with laurel, yet you would send them on their way, finding no place for them in your republic. Or if you agree that poets are not what you want, then turn from poetry to some- thing else say drama, perhaps. And there again you have a range too wide to be more than mentioned, from the stately measures of Aeschylus down through the ages to the clever witticisms of Oscar Wilde and then on to the problem plays of Ibsen and our other moderns. But, if you feel that drama, too "werges on the poeti- cal," you still have a wide selection to make, from novels, literary criticism, shor stories, essays and literary history. Or if you have a general literary taste and the money to indulge it, you might put in your collection of books, nrst editions, presentation copies, and association copies. Who would not be thrilled to own the presentation copy of Dickens' Chimes with the inscription on the fly leaf, "Charles Dickens, Junior, from his affectionate father, Charles Dick- ens,*' or the very copy of the Christ- mas Carol that Dickens gave to Tom Beard? Those copies do pass hands oc- casionally for the consideration of sev- eral hundred dollars. Or imagine being the proud posses- sor of the copy of Shelley's Queen Mab in which is written, "Mary Wollon- stonecraft Godwin from P. B. S. You see, Mary, I have not forgotten you"; and in which is also written in Mary's hand, "This book is sacred to me. Yet what shall I write? That I love the author beyond all powers of expression and that I am separated from him." No wonder a book so rich in literary and human association should have been greatly sought for and should have commanded a few years ago the sum of $7,500. There is an association book that has recently been brought into limelight by Admiral Byrd. If you were bound for the South Pole, what book would you take along? Admiral Byrd has taken with him a copy of Dryden's poems. Why? Because he likes the stately measures of Dryden, because he admires the lines of Alexander's Feast?: "Softly now in Lydian measures Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. War he said is toil and trouble. Honor but an empty bubble." IVrh.ips, but certainly because of the association of this particular volume. It was the very book hat was taken in the 1 840*s by Sir John Franklin on Ins tragic adventure to the polar regions .md which w.is found 70 years later by the explorer Peary. Now this same volume is going to the arctic region* with Admiral Bvrd. But, if you are not going on an out- ward voyage with Dryden's poems in your pocket, what wouldn't you give to own the copy of Stevenson's Inland Voyage in which is written, "My dear Cummy, if you had not taken so much trouble with me in the years of my childhood, this little book would never have been written"? What a priceless possession for one who loves the ad- venturous brave spirit of Stevenson. If you are extremely ambitious about books and extremely wealthy, you might even aspire to owning some day one of the few folio editions of Shakespeare, which command a price of $20,000; and if you are more than ambitious, more than wealthy, you might even be the owner of a valued Gutenberg Bible; and although at that time that was the largest price ever known to be paid for a single book, he considered it a bargain. But even the wealthy book collec- tors often confess themselves partial to little cheap volumes of the Modern Library or the Everyman, because those were generally the books which they first bought and read and loved. So, if you are rich, buy books; and if you are poor (even if like Falstaff, you are as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient), then buy books any- how, for, as Dr. Johnson said, "It is better to live rich than to die rich." But whether you buy a Gutenberg Bible or a simple Scofield edition of the King James' version, whether you buy a first folio of Shakespeare or the plain convenient Tudor series, there is a corollary to the proposition, own your books, a corollary that is more imprtant than the proposition itself; that is, make books your own. For what profiteth it a man to own a whole library if the richness of human experience does not become a part of his soul? Rather he is like the book collector in the medieval Ship of Fools, ". . . This one pleasure have I, Of books to have great plenty. I take no wisdom by them; All is in them and nothing in my mind." But if you take wisdom by them, if you make books your own, you will have poet and sage to sup with, and your bread will be the bread of life; no mater how trivial and how ordinary is your surrounding, you will be able to create for yourself a fairy-tale exist- ence, filling the common ways of everyday life with the reflection of some far-off brightness. For even the simplest, even the dullest experiences can be shared with the greatest of writers. For example, what is more ordinary than admiring a pretty, new dress? Most people do not give such a com- mon experience more than a passing thought. Yet to booklovers, it takes on an added importance, for it brings to mind the picture of Kate and Petrucchio in the Taming of the Shrew, Petrucchio criticizing the new foibles of style and Kate loyally prais- ing. "I never saw a better fashioned gown, More quaint, more pleasing, more com- mendable. Or it suggests Hcrrick's lovely lyric: "When as in silks my Julia goes Then, then methinks how sweetly flows The liquefaction of her clothes." Or suppose you invite someone to supper, a proceeding ordinary enough in its way, but one that brings a gleam of humorous recollection if you CLUBS CHI BETA PHI SIGMA Miss Mann, head of the science de- partment at Girls* High School in At- lanta, gave a talk on "Woman's Place in Science" at the open meeting of the club on Monday night, December 4. After the talk a social hour was en- joyed by the members of the club and their quests. > :> > > : * > * * * > * * > * > * * * F I R COAT | % Practically New * * (,ray Broadtail with Squirrel * * Collar $75.00 * Call De. 3826-J | * * > > * > * > * * * * * * * * * > > * * Select a Man's Gift from THE MAN'S CHRISTMAS STORK /AMI It V ST Peachtrec St. remember Cassius' invitation to Casca in Julius Caesar: "Will you sup with me tonight?" "No, I am promised forth." "Will you dine with me tomorrow?" "Ay, if I be alive, and your mind hold And your dinner worth the eating.*' And even the question of table man- ners finds its place in the tribute to the nun in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: "At mete wel y-taught was she with- alle; She leet no morsel from hir lippes falle, Ne wette hir fingers in hir sauce depe. Hir over lippe wyped she so clene That in hir cup was no ferthing sene Of greece, whan she dronken hadde hir draughte." Suppose your home is in the throes of a general house cleaning. Suppose that your curtains are down, the pic- tures off the walls, the pieces of furni- ture stacked on the porch, and the rugs in a forlorn heap in one corner while the smell of gasoline and John- son's floor wax pervades the place. You feel as if your citadel of defense had been stormed and taken, until you remember Emily Dickinson and her saying: "We are having house clean- ing. I prefer pestilence." And im- mediately you feel that even house cleaning is a human experience, that even a poet like Emily Dickinson could understand and sympathize. And those of you who have particular difficul- ties along the line of housekeeping should turn to Jane Welsh Carlylc's Letters, for there you'll find the truest and deepest sympathy. And if things go unusually badly at home and everybody is upset and everybody else's nerves, then just re- member the description in Two Gen- ie men of Verona: "I think Crab, my dog, be the sourest-natured cur that lives: my mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, our maid howling, and our cat wringing her hands; our house in a great perplex- ity. Yet did not that cruel-hearted cur shed one tear." But not only in the ordinary affairs of everyday life can you look to writ- ers for understanding. But in the more solemn moments which you are often too shy to share with your family and friends, you can turn eagerly to books. There may be times when you feel the desire to do great things and even almost have the confidence that you can do them some day and you find your very experience voiced by Orestes in Goethe's Iphingenia in Tainis: "The waves came dancing to our very feet And all before us lay the wide, wide world, -l* ** $ +1+ i* ** * $ $ * * *I* *! i * I Silhouette Tea Room Then on a sudden one would seize her sword, And future deeds shone round us like the stars." Or some day in class there comes one of those rare moments when a teacher is able to open to your eager mind a whole new realm of thought and you feel as did Keats when he opened Chapman's Homer or as the seven French poets, called the Pleiades, when their teacher first introduced them to the beauty of the old Greek classics and you feel like exclaiming with Ronsard: "Master, o, my master, why have you so long time hid these riches from us?" Or in remembering the wealth of some new intellectual or spiritual ex- perience that came to you through some teacher or friend, you feel like saying as Dante did to his teacher. Brunetto Lalini: "For in my mind is fixed and my heart knows The dear and kindly picture of you as a father When on earth from hour to hour You taught me how man makes him- self eternal." There are probably not many of you who are as fortunate as Montesquieu who said that he had never had a sor- row that an hour's reading could not dissipate. But though most of you may have sorrows that cannot be so lightly dissipated, sorrows that lie too deep for tears, yet you can find comfort in read- ing; for in books you find that your troubles have been suffered by other people in other places and in other ages, and that suffering is a common, human lot through which you are sometimes purged as were the Greeks through the Katharsis of their trage- dies. And in those moments of sorrow you turn to the poet David who writes of the Jews in captivity, "By the Rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yet, we wept when we remembered Zion."' Or we think of King Lear in prison and, believing himself deserted by every one, saying, "If you have poison for me, I will drink it." Or, "I have full cause for weeping; but this heart shall break into a thousand flaws, or ere I'll weep." Or we think of the picture that the chorus in Sampson Agoiustes gives of Sampson before the last moment of his life: "His servants he with new acquist Of true experience from this great event With peace and consolation hath dis- missed And calm of mind all passion spent." * * * * * $ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HOURS: 7:30- 2:00 4:00- 7:00 10:00-10:30 Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Xmas (iifts Picture Framing Art and Frame Shop, Inc. Pictures, Novelties, and Gifts of all Kinds 99 Pryor St. Near the Grand Perhaps this calm of mind is the greatest gift we gain by making books our own, a calm of mind that lifts us above personal tragedy. Eugene Field said that there would be few womenfolk in that particular corner of Paradise reserved for book lovers, but I hope that he is mistaken. I hope that there will be many of you there, each with a number of books that are yours in point of possession and yours in intellectual conception, so that you can look at each one and say truly: "This is mine own and I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas if all their sands were pearl, Their water nectar and their rocks pure gold." AT THE THEATRES Now Playing Should Ladies Behave w i t li LIONEL BARRY MORE ALICE BRADY MARY CARLISLE CONWAY TEA RLE Added Short Subjects LOEW'S GRAND Thursday Richard Rarthelmess in HEROES FOR SALE DeKALB THEATRE Friday Buddy Rogers and Marian Nixon in BEST OF ENEIU1I SS BEGINS FRIDAY, DEC. 8th They've got rhythm. . . . They've got music . . . They're "SITTING PRETTY" with JACK OAKIE JACK HALEY GINGER ROGERS THELM A TODD GREGORY RATOFF THELM A TODD LEW COD! THE PICKENS SISTERS The Hundred Hollywood Honeys 10 New Son Buddha. S Upton Close returns to Asia for several months each year, in order to keep in close persona! touch with his subject. He will have, therefore, fresh and authoritative ideas for his sub- ject. Debaters Win Two Decisions In the triangular debates on the subject of Socialism, Fascism, and Democracy held last Friday night at Agnes Scott, Tech, and Emory, Agnes Scott emerged the victor in two, while the third was non-decisional. The vot- ing of the audiences determined the decisions. Upholding the subject of Socialism, Elizabeth Winn, representing Agnes Scott, won by a close vote over her opponents, O. C. Chapman of Tech and Donald W. Smith of Emory, who debated on Democracy and Fascism, respectively. Elizabeth especially stressed in her debate the advisability of the United States adopting Social- ism on the grounds that it would do away with capitalism which is the root of the country's economic evils. Dr. Philip Davidson acted as chairman of this debate, which took place at Agnes Scott. Marion Calhoun, who argued on Fascism for Agnes Scott at Tech, was awarded first place on the grounds of having presented the best and the most convincing debate." Democracy, as presented by William L. Brady of Emory, was voted to be the system which the audience thought best for the United States. Harry Baker rep- resented Tech with the subject of Socialism. The basis of the main points which Marion brought forth on Fas- cism was that the fundamental idea of Fascism is that of a supreme state, directing its centralized efforts in the interests of the nation as a whole, and that Fascism is applicable to the Unit- ed States in every phase of the life of its people, because of the certain trend in the United States today. Participating in the non-decisional debate at Emory, Mildred Cohen, sup- (Continued on page 3, column 3) ANNUAL BAZAAR HELD BY ALUMNAE AT BILTMORE The Atlanta Agnes Scott Club is sponsoring a bazaar of Christmas gifts at the Biltmore today, the proceeds to go to the College as part payment of their endowment pledge. The college community is invited. Tea will be served during the afternoon. How Much Do You Know About Agnes Scott? tions. A marked number of early rec- ords are for this reason incomplete. Finally, provision was made in the cat- alogue to the effect that parents could not give their daughters permission for anything the College did not approve of. This referred absolutely to their giving their daughters permission to withdraw from college before the sea- son for finals set in. That Agnes Scott was originally De- catur Female Seminary? This was in 1889, at which time the total enroll- ment was but sixty students. That Agnes Scott became Agnes Scott Institute in 1890 and Agnes Academy, a secondary school, came in- to existence in 1906? (Continued on page 4, column 1) DID YOU KNOW THAT: There are approximately 6,000 alumnae scattered throughout 44 states in the union and in Africa, Asia, Cen- tral America, Europe, South America, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands? There are approximately 1,274 grad- uates of Agnes Scott College, and of this number one-half have been gradu- ated in the past six years? That Agnes Scott graduates more of her student body than any other col- lege of her rank in the South? That Investitute grew out of a feel- ing that there was a real need to en- courage students to graduate? This was due to the little emphasis placed on education for women even forty years ago. Students of the early days showed remarkable ability for making alibis for not taking final examina- 2 The Agonistic l)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper? * -;y T r ] Member) STAFF Mary Hamilton EditorMARY Ames Business Manager Loice Richards Assistant E^/'/orNELL Patillo.Ass/. Business Manager Margaret Rogers ^ -Make-Up Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Martha Elliot Feature Editor Eva Constantine Mary M. Stowe Society Editor Assistant Make-Up Editor Rosalyn Crispin . Exchange Editor Ranges O'Brien Sports Editor ^ . f , Elizabeth Moore Club Editor Lulu Ames ..Exchange Editor DoRIS BatSLL ___ Giddy Gossip Isabel Shipley Alumnae Editor p LANT Ellis Joke Editor Elizabeth Hickson Book Bits Isabel Lowrance Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History BUSINESS STAFF Alma Brohard Circulation Manager Jacqueline Woolfolk Assistant Circulation Manager Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai Day Student Circulation Managers BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Vera Pruet Kitty Cunningham Alice Chamlee Emily Rowe REPORTERS Betty Willis Katherine Hertzka Lucille Cairns Mary Adams Augusta King EDITORIAL We are often in danger of losing our faith in Santa Claus, and it is because of that that we reprint here an editorial that appeared in the New York Sim in 1897. A little girl named Vir- ginia asked her father one day if Santa Claus really did exist. Her father said, "Well, you know the slogan of the Snn is: f If you see it in the Sun, it's true. Why don't you ask the editor?" And Virginia did write to the editor, and he answered with the fol- lowing editorial: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they about and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with whicr childhood fills the world would be extinguished. "Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus, but even it they did not see Santa Claus, coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real thing in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the won- ders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. "You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, hut there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the Strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture tre supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa ( laus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever, A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thou- sand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood/ 1 WE THINK (Editor's note: The We Think column is for the purpose of giving an outlet to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible for what is printed in this column and it is by no means to be taken as the editorial opinion of the paper.) Evidently the concensus of opinion at Agnes Scott is that "the domes make the man" because such stress is laid upon the outward appearance of the student's actions. The emphasis is placed upon the effect of the act on public opinion, rather than upon its fundamental principle. Smoking is prohibited here. Stu- dents may not smoke on the campus, in cars, or in any public place, even when under the chaperonage of their hostesses. However, students are per- mitted to smoke in private homes and in any place in which they are safe from the public eye. Smoking in cars at night is prohibited because the girl might be recognized as an Agnes Scott student and thus bring disastrous re- proach upon the college. Smoking seems to be considered not only un- lady-like, but morally wrong. Several times during the past few years, distinguished campus visitors have been announced, and the students have been asked to be unusually quiet in the library in order to impress the guest. Also it has been asked that the students dress for lunch to give a good impression. It is somewhat hypocriti- cal to ask students to attempt to make an impression so the college will stand a better chance of obtaining a gift. If Agnes Scott is not able, and I believe that it is, to stand on its own merits without striving to make an impres- sion, it does not deserve the grant. Sometime ago a student was repri- manded for placing her foot on the rung of the chair beside her at dinner, not because it was improper, but be- cause a visitor was cjue to be in the dining room the next day. If he saw a young lady with her foot on the chair he would undoubtedly carry away with him the impression that Agnes Scott was a college for hood- lums. Nothing was mentioned con- cerning the fact that some of the stu- dents do worse things in the dining room with their knives and forks than with their feet. Each spring the students are asked not to sit on the grass on the front campus, because of the impression that passersby might receive. The Student Body struggled for two years to get permission to wear anklets on the campus. The main objection to the request was that outsiders might think it improper for young ladies of our position to be seen in socks. The students taking tennis for gym, and having to play on the Rebekah courts, are asked to go to the courts by means of the hockey field and the walks back of Buttrick, rather than by the more direct route in front of But- trick. Again it is said that a visitor might be on the campus, and girls walking to their gym classes in gym suits are not particularly impressive. However, the fact that the Rebekah courts are plainly visible from Mac- Donough Street and College Avenue has been overlooked. The good points of Agnes Scott cannot fail to be noticed by strangers and the people of Atlanta and De- catur, and the students resent con- tinually being told to make a good impression. Not Without Laughter, by Lang- ston Hughes. In Not Without Laughter we have a novel about the Kansas negro, writ- ten by one who understands all negroes. A rythmical prose, a feeling for color and movement, and a knack of characterization are all displayed in this childlike saga of the growth of a gentle people. Aunt Hagar's family consisted of all sorts of people, and the tale is about this "band of dancers . . . Black dancers captured in a white world. . . . Dancers of the spirit too . . . each black dreamer a captured dancer of the spirit. ' Her three daughters, Annijee, Tempy and Harriet, followed their dreams as they could. Annijee, loving the tall, vellow, Jim boy who was her husband, followed him to the ends of the earth; Tempy, piled her book- shelves with Harpers and Scri&ners to deny her heritage. Harriet sang blues songs in the "Bottoms." Each sought unsatisfied for a complete happiness in an alien world. At the same time each was trying to raise the dreamy-eyed Tandy, Anni- jee's son, above themselves, and their own dark skins into a world of knowledge, power, and "white folks." Ann Martin. Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, Agnes Scott librarian, has just catalogued a number of new books in the library, many of which were shown in the exhibit in the cabinate during Book Week. Among cabinate during this Book Week, ise fascinating reading in many fields are: Books on Russia and Russians: Youth in Soviet Russia, Mchnert. Masterpieces of the Russian Dram a, Noyes. Protection of Women and Children in Soviet Russia, Field. Popular Poetry in Soviet Russia, Patrick. Modem Russian Poetry, Deutsch. Rural Russia Under the Old Regime, Robinson. Piatilatka; Russians Live-Year Plan, Forbman. Civic Training in Soviet Russia, Harper. Red Russia, Seibert. Boors on Various Subjects: Meet the Japanese, Phillips. Treasury of Irish Poetry, Brooke. Fabulous New Orleans, Saxon. /// Brightest Africa, Arkelev. The Golden Isles of Georgia, Lovell. The Literary Mind, Eastman. Poetry and the Criticism of Life, Carrod. Conquistador, MacLcish. Poems, Colum. Rambling Through Science, De Leeur. The Physical Basis of R/me, Lang. What Plato Said, Shorey. Costume Throughout the Ages, Evans. A Manual of Weeds, Georgia. Devils, Drugs and Doctors, Ha$- gard. Ex Libris Carissimis, Morlev. Biography: Emerson Today, Pern . Sidney Lanier, Starke. Marie Antoinette, Zweig. Polonais; Life of Chopin, Pourtales. Louis XIV, King of France and Na- varre, Forester. Margaret Fuller, Bell. A Short Life of Florence Nightin- gale, Cook. Diary and Letters, Pcabodv. Henry Ward Beecher, Hibben. Pretty Witty Nell, Box. The Early Life of John Howard Payne, Hanson. Aphra Yehn, the I ncom parable Astrea, Sackville-West. journal of Katherine Mansfield, Mansfield. Diary of Samuel Pepys, Pepvs. The Three Pelicans, Stvron. St. Augustine, West. Good-bye to All That, Graves. Sir George Otto Travelyou, Travel- you. Lord Roseberry, Crewe. Byron, Maurois. Charlotte Bronte, Benson. Tr'mmpcfs of jubilee, Rourke. Monsieur Thiers, Allison. George Henry Boker, Bradlev. Abigail Adams, Richards. WE SEE BY THE PAPERS In World Outside Planned as a training medium for a new kind of politician whose creed will be intelligent public leadership, a new course in classical humanities has been instituted at the University of Wis- consin with a registration of 12 stu- dents. Problems of modern America are studied by introducing students to the fundamentals of Greek and Roman civilization, Duke Chro nicle. Th. TI II I II AI TH PROGRAM Die Athletic Association begins this week the year health program it is sponsoring. The importance of health can never, of course, be over-emphasized. It is the foundation upon which we bttud all our life's activities* There is no true enjoyment with- out it. We should be very grateful to the Athletic Board for offer- ing us the advantages which its health program includes. By all means we should cooperate with it. We think that chewing gum at con- certs is decidedly out of place. We think that Agnes Scott students would be more welcome, decidedly, at concerts if loud talking, conspicuous behavior, and talking during the pro- gram were ruled out. We think that something could be done about Christmas holidays so that we would not lose the days which, ac- cording to the present plan, we do lose. We do not believe the faculty would think us either unreasonable or flighty if we petitioned that the new plan give way to the old. For these reasons we would advocate changing, because: 1. We did not know that we would lose any days off the vacation when we asked for the change. 2. Many day students have already secured jobs for the holidays in At- lanta, which by the present plan they would lose. h The time after our return and the final exams is too short anyway. I lere are 2 87 planes in Chicago, more than in any other United States city, military planes excluded. New York comes second with 246 and Los Angeles is third with 15 9. Of 16,600 cities and towns, 17 per cent boasts at least one plane. Time. On Other Campuses According to a professor at Wash- ington University, students who aim for A grades are barren of personality. Those who get C are the ones who move the world. This may not be true, but it is very encouraging. Wilson Billboard. There is a twelfth position on the football team at Ohio State University, The addition has the title of "J lumor- ist. ' His job is to keep the team in a humorous .tare of mind and prevent them from becoming nervous before a big game. Me 'vcars rhe uniform at pi&Ctice and sits on the bench during games. Fifty candidates tried out for the position, and the one selected is to receive a varsity letter at the end of the season. Student PrinfZ. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized fm its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. McCain, President The Agonistic Mine Giddy, darling Isn't it strange, Giddy, the way these drug-store cowboys do affect these college community? Really, Wat- son, it's guite astounding. And what do you deduce from the fact that one of our number was all upset the other night, after ordering from Lawrence's? She dashed ;uvay from the phone in a twitter of nervous excitement, you remember, and put on her duckiest blue plaid pyjamas. She put on her complexion with a precision and art strange, to say the least, and not at all in keeping with the lateness of the hour. She fluffed out her flaxen locks into a halo of gold. When the order came, she all but fell down the steps in her girlish eagerness for food, pre- sumably. On her return to the upper regions of the dormitory she was curiously quiet and chastened, so to speak. It appears that Simon, and not the cowboy, had delivered the order. I ask you again, Watson, what do you make of that? The girl? Oh, surely you must know her. She's the one who has the baby. And Giddy, sweet, if you want Miss Lancy to love you, don't ever sit out- side her window at Buttrick and honk for your favorite friend. It just doesn't appeal to her, that's all. Last week she found it impossible to go on with her class, what with some brazen female honking loudly at intervals of ap- proximately three and six-sevenths sec- onds. Miss Laney ran to the window and stuck her head out, as though to do a Romeo-Juliet scene to emphasize her remarks about the "Faerie Queene," but instead, she hurled imprecations upon the head of the honking offender. <* * * * -> * -> * * > * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I v W. Z. Turner Luggage Co. * BETTER LUGGAGE f % Lesser Price 219 Peaehtree St. * f * I* *l* *l* *l* *t* *t* *J *! *l* *l* *l* t* *!* *l* *l* *l* $ J *l* *J *l+ J >! As I say, my love, just let it be a warning to you. Agnes Scott Hall was blessed well, more or less with a charming little serenade Monday night. It would seem that some one up on third has been a little promiscuous lately about giving knocks and so on, and the floor-mem- bers wanted to give her a small token of their esteem. With the line form- ing at the left, an angry mob solemn- ly paced up and down the hall singing to the tune you undoubtedly know. "You're gonna have to move, we're gonna make you move. How can you be so conceited give us knocks and then repeat it? You have your job, but you mistreat it. You're gonna have to move!" I wonder, Giddy, that some of our as yet unknown geniuses don't capitalize on their song-writing abili- ties. Merry Christmas Holidays, my fair. I'll see you in the Happy New Year. Your own, Aggie. ALUMNAE Cornelia Wallace, '31, is now liv- ing at 651 Lawton St., S. W., At- lanta. She is recuperating from a re- cent operation. Julia Wilson, '31, is going to school at Emory. Elise Jones, '31, is teaching one fourth grade in Gainesville, Fla. Helen Friedman, 31, has a job on the staff of the child welfare depart- ment of Alabama with headquarters at Montgomery. Chopin Hudson, '3 1, played the part of Professor Brain Trust in the 'Palio-Physio Follies," played recently at Warm Springs before President Roosevelt. CLUBS BIBLE CLUB Dr. Schuyler Christian will speak today on "The Star of Bethlehem" at the Bible Club at 5:10 in the Y. W. cabinet room. He will tell how the Wise Men computed with such ac- curacy the appearance of a new star in the heavens. A cordial invitation is extended to all. ERISTICS Dr. Elizabeth Jackson of the history department talked on Italy to the Eris- tics society Sunday evening at 7 at Dr. Catherine Torrance's home. PEN AND BRUSH There will be a meeting of the Pen and Brush Club Thursday evening at 7:3 0 in room 59 Main. All members are urged to be present. Josephine Jennings spent the week- end with her aunt, Mrs. John Sibley, and attended a K. A. dance at Emory. Alice Dunbar spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. L. L. Gellerstedter, in Druid Hills. POETRY CLUB The Poetry Club will meet Thurs- day night at nine o'clock in the Alum- nae Tea House. Mary Boggs and Isa- belle Lowrance will have charge of the program. Gcorganne Lewis and Charlotte Reid went to the dance at the Bilt- more Saturday night. Lucille Cairns and Barbara Hertwig attended a tea given by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Daniel of Decatur in honor of the Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity of Tech. Anne Walker had dinner Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. Milton Werts. COTILLION Josephine Jennings, Betty Lou Houck and Elizabeth Alexander were hostesses at the regular tea-dance on Thursday afternoon, December 7. Clara Morrison entertained Jane |Cassels, Marion Calhoun, Vera Frances Pruit, Martha Redwine, and Trellis i Carmichael at bridge Friday afternoon. DEBATERS ARE GIVEN TWO DECISIONS (Continued from page 1, column 5) porting Democracy for Agnes Scott, maintained that Democracy is a per- manent system, while Socialism and Fascism arc merely temporary; also, that Democracy can meet crises in a much more adequate manner. Tier op- ponents were 'William Purdue of Emory for Socialism and Carl Brown of Tech for Fascism. Clara Knox Nunnally is supplying in the first grade in Monroe, Ga. Tweed Coats They're rough in ap- pearance, and soft as a wooly lamb in ac- tuality: They look $30 at the least. And cost only fl6.75 Wree $19.75 and $25.00 J. IP. ALLIEN & CO. The Store All Women Know* CHANGE MADE IN ELECTION DATES (Continued from page 1, column 4) two extended chapel periods was pro- posed to enable the day students to participate more freely. On account of interference with classes, however, this matter will have to be brought up before the faculty before it can be made a definite change. The elections will be held the first week in March and Mary MacDonald, president of Student Government, urges the participation and cooperation of all. Other members of the committee to investigate the elections were: Marion Calhoun, Mary Green, and Katherine Hertzka. Mildred Duncan, '31, is working as secretary with the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. Louise Ware, '31, is keeping books for the Guardian Life Insurance Com- pany. Carol Griffin attended a dance at Tech Saturday night. Ida Buist, Alma Brohard, Buford Tinder, Betty Lou Houck, and Lavinia Scott attended a Pi Kappa Phi dance Friday night at Peaehtree Gardens. Claire Ivy spent the week-end at Fort McPherson with Capt. and Mrs. Dinsmore. Sadie Morrow, ex-'3 0, spent the week-end with Ovieda Long and La- vinia Scott. Meriel Bull attended a dance Satur- day night at Eggleston Hall. Alice McCallie, Ruby Hutton, and Sarah Spencer had dinner with Lena Armstrong Sunday. Martha Edmonds and Sara Fraser McDonald attended a Psi Omega dance Friday night. Elizabeth Winn, Isabella Wilson, C'Lena McMullen, Mardie Friend, Ruby Hutton, Louise McCain, Carrie Phinney Latimer, Mary Potts, and Mary Margaret Stowe had dinner Thursday night with Frances James. Mary Dunbar, '32, is working with a film company in Atlanta. She lives with her aunt at 75 Ponce de Leon Avenue. (Continued on bage 4, column 3) *J *l* +1* *l* t* *t< ! ! *J J +1* *t ! ! *! *t* *t* *! *J *J v* *t* *J* *fc | Try Our * I SANDWICHES % We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 > t* < 4 > "l* *> *t* *S -I* *t* *t+ *t* *t* > > *J *l* *> ** J i FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE MANY OUTSIDE INTERESTS (Continued from page 1, column 2) one of the riding classes, and is one of the very best sports among the riders. Other members of the faculty and officers taking courses on the campus are: Professor MacDougall, who after trying French and German is now tak- ing Spanish; Miss Omwake who is "sit- ting in" on Miss Lewis' 101 Art His- tory course; Miss Gilchrist who is tak- ing Biology; Mildred Hooten and Ada Page Foote who are taking German, and Mrs. Curtis who is taking French and German. No one ever graduates from learn- ing. We are all scholars together. Permanent Waves . . $3 up Shampoo and Finger Wave 50c Hair Cuts 50c HICKMAN'S BEAUTY SHOP 302 Grand Theatre Bldg. Jackson 6674 Pauline and Sara Cureton had din- ner Sunday with Mrs. L. H. Camp in Kirk wood. Dorothy Lee was the guest last week-end of Louise Nixon in Atlanta. Chrysanthy Tuntas spent last week- end at her home in Atlanta. Vivianne Trice was the guest last- week-end of Mrs. W. S. Ansley in Decatur. Meredith Turner spent the week- end with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Arnold in Atlanta. Carolyn Clements attended the Eagle Club's dance Friday night. Plant Ellis, Mary and Elinor Hamil- ton, and Nina Parke attended the de- but of Margaret Bowman Thursday afternoon a week ago. Mary Comely spent last week-end at her home in Abbeville, S. C. Carolyn Russell attended the Co-Op dance at Tech Friday night. L. CHAJAGE DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling McCAIN SPEAKS AT CONFER- ENCE (Continued from page 1, column 2) President Martha Berry, of the Berry Schools; President W. P. Few, Duke University; and Dr. Willard L. Thorpe, Director of Bureau of Foreign and Do- mestic Commerce, also spoke to the assembly. Dr. McCain is chairman of the com- mittee of the Association which in- spects the standards of the institutions that arc already members of the as- sociation. The observations of this committee present unusual information regarding the records of the 130 four- year members. In respect to their financial conditions, the report states: "Of our 130 members, 87 operated last year on a balanced, even though re- duced, budget. The number without any debt of any kind is 65, exactly half of the membership; but 3 0 more have only slight obligations, leaving 3 5 which are in serious difficulties." The committee also gathered ma- terial concerning the work done by the institutions in the field of cor- respondence and extension activities, concluding that these matters need careful restriction. Information re- garding the operation of summer schools, showed that "in general the quality of summer work docs not measure up to that done by most in- stitutions in their regular sessions." In respect to giving credits to the grad- uates of junior colleges, the members believe "that the more than sixty semester hours of credit for the two years of junior college work should be regarded as endangering our senior college standards. " The report was concluded with an interesting letter from a distinguished college president: "When the history of these times has been written, it is my firm convic- tion that the contributions of the col- leges of the country will be about the most valuable of the contributions made by any of our social institutions. In them there has been less despair and more hope, less timidity and more courage, less pessimistic defeatism and more faith in the worth of what they arc trying to do. In a word, with a steady loyalty they have kept at the job of saving the youth of today from the forces that have broken the spirit of their elders, and have furnished something substantial to build on for tomorrow." ** ** t* !* *t* *v* *v* ** ** *v* *** *t* *** *** *t* ** *J* *t 4 ** *v* ** *** *** *** i 4* $ * I WEIL'S 10c STORE I * * * Has Most Anything You Need # * * I > > >* j *j * * *j *j $ *<# j j *j *j j * j * $ j *j The Agonistic WHAT DO YOl KNOW ABOUT AGNES SCOTT? {Continued from page 1, column 5) That Miss Hopkins has been with Agnes Scott since the opening session in September of 1889? That White House is the original college building and that foundations which have become friends of Agnes Scott attach a great deal of signifi- cance to the fact that this original building is still intact? The White House formerly occupied the space Necessity for Care Of Feet Stressed By Margaret Massie Peeping Tom, whether you've seen him or not, has seen you. He has a many track mind, and this week he's been on tracks made by feet. Feet's is feet no matter how you spell 'em. It's a big feat to keep your feet from just in front of where Main Building athlete's foot. stands today? That the summer house, | $o me peop j e toc out> toe or toc formerly just to the left of the Main front door, marked the spot of the well, from which the supply of water used to be procured? That White House was originally only half of its size today? That after its removal to its present site it was known as the Tuft House, because the boarding house keeper was so named? That it was finally bought back by the Col- lege in its program for expansion? That Mary Cox was at one time per- sonal maid to the Shonts sisters? That she still has a five-dollar gold piece which they gave her in appreciation of her services? That Ella, the maid, was originally maid in the faculty house, West Lawn, and that it was her special duty each night to button the dresses of the fac- ulty for them before supper? This was in the days of back-fastening dresses, as you might gather That the Alumnae Association has organized groups or clubs in the fol- lowing places: Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Charlotte, Columbia, Co- lumbus, Decatur, Greenville, Jackson- ville, Knoxville, Los Angeles, Lynch- burg, Memphis, Miami, Montgomery, New Orleans, New York City, Rich- mond, Sheffield and Tuscumbia and Florence, Washington, Western North Carolina, and Winston-Salem? That there arc now twenty-eight girls in College whose mothers attend- ed Agnes Scott? That the presentation of the first stunt was in 1916? That the first senior opera, "Madam Buttermilk," was given in 1917? That the first copy of the Agonistic was published on February 11, 1916? That Blackfriars was organized in 1915? That the Alumnae House was the first of its kind to be built in the South? That it was built in 1921 through the joint efforts of the alum- nae and the trustees? That its purpose was primarily to accommodate return- ing alumnae, without inconveniencing campus friends? That the Tea Room was in the base- ment of Science Hall originally? That ic has been in existence for fourteen years now? That handbook regulations used to govern: correspondence with young men, "indiscriminate novel reading,' borrowing, eating imprudently, wear- ing low shoes, going without over- shoes or wraps, sitting on the ground, promenading out of doors with the head uncovered, the too early removal ot flannels? That Little Girl Day was started by the class of 1908? That this was done Without the approval of Dr. Gaines, then President of Agnes Scott? That the elass did not tell him the signifi- cance of it until the day after when they appeared in Chapel in the full dignitv of their academic robes? That one of the members of this J.iss, Jane I l ues Brown, now county librarian at May's Landing, New Jersey, by coinci- dence \isited the campus on this same i the mark, but you can't toe the mark wearing high heels; your posture wavers from the "straight and nar- row" when your nose is chrown be- yond your toes and that would not be symbolic of the life you lead. Look for the blueprints of your feet: blue bloods consider the blue prints of their feet for they don't want flat feet on the sands of time. That is not flat enough to be flops, for we advocate heels for the right dress. If you have flat feet you can't join the army, and, although we're all pacifists, in case the war should come along we don't want to have cold feet. Don't let your toes be too sharp or your arches too flat, but B natural. Feet should be neat; for although they are low dow r n, they rate high not heels but shoes. As good Shake- speareans would put it: "How far that little lamp bulb throws its beams, so shines a bright toe in a dusty world.*' Take the shine off your nose and put it on your toes. occasion is session.-' ? That the class of 1908 wrote the following song in memory of the occasion? "M.im there have been before us More there'll be in vears that wait, But no class will ever merit Higher praise than 1908. "We proceded then to show them Dressed as children came to class Showed D. G., too, I fear, rather, When he viw us frisking past. "But in caps and gowns appearing We were always most sedate, And D. G. smiled kindly on us Model class of 1 908. That the original Alma Mater was: Oh friends! we've met to bind anew, The title of other days. To sing in joyful memory Our Alma Mater's praise. With fond affection to recall The happy days gone by Of work and play, and smiles and tears At good old A. S. L Back to the happy school girl days A golden memory turns On to the wealth of future years, Hope fair and radiant burns, Hope that the day that is to come May bring achievement high To all of those who've ever brought, Success to A. S. I. Oh noble-hearted soul of love Made alma mater live, To thee our loyal reverence From loyal hearts we give. Heaven grant the flower thy hand didst plant In blossom reach their aim, That Agnes Scott may ever stand Worthy its founder's name. Dear friends, farewell, and until we meet, To each life's best success, Ma\ coming years with joy and peace. Our alma mater bless. For though the world be rough and wide Where'er our way shall lie, Our love shall waft fair wishes back To dear old A. S. I. Silhouette Tea Room : v * * * * * * t i ****** HOURS' 7:30- 2:00 J:00- 7:00 10:00-10:30 - * * * * * * * * > > * * * * *** * * SHELTON'S in the Norris Buildinir 221 Peach tree A Complete Line of NORRIS CANDIES Soda and Luneheonette Jackson 9f>27 Vollev Ball Season Will Open Friday The first volley ball games and the first basketball games will be played Friday afternoon. The volley ball games between the seniors and fresh- men, and the juniors and sophomores, will be at 3:30, and the basketball games between the same classes will start promptly at 4:10. The managers of these sports have announced the class managers as fol- lows: volley ball senior, Mable Tal- madge; junior, Jacqueline Woolfolk; sophomore, Sarah Lowrance; freshman, Ann Walker; basketball senior, Louise Schuessler; junior, Dorothea Black- shear; sophomore, Elizabeth Burson; freshman, Louise Stalker. Requirements Given For Swimming Team ALUMNAE NEWS (Continued from page 3, column 3) Cornelia Taylor, '3 1, is teaching in the Kirkwood School. Saxon Pope, '3 2, is teaching Latin in Dublin, Ga. Emily Squires, '3 2, was married August 18 in Norfolk, Va., to Mr. John Hanning of London and Paris. After a trip ahrough Virginia they sailed for Paris, where they are now living. The plan for eligibility for a swim- ming team this year is slightly differ- ent from before. The requirements are listed below and at least 75 out of a possible 100 points must be made. The girls who are taking swimming as their physical education requirement can pass these tests off in class. Any- body not taking swimming who is in- terested may come Tuesdays 3:30-4, Wednesdays 3:40-410, Fridays 10:3 0- 11:30, and pass them off. In other words simply being in a meet is not sufficient to make a team, or not to make one. Beginners' Tests: Points 1. Face about S to 15 seconds and recovery 2. Back about and recovery 3. Change body positions 4. Preliminary crawl or side stroke, 1 length 5. Elementary back or sculling stroke for form 6. Tread water 1 minute 7. Breath correctly 25 times 8. Kneeling or sanding dive or jump into deep water 9. Sink self save self swim across pool 10. Deep water tests 10. Tired swimmers carrv 10 1 1. Surface dive J 12. Swim 20 yards in seconds 10 Irene Hartsell, '32, married in Oc- tober Mr. Benedict Jones. They live in Mulberry, Fla. Polly Cawthon, '3 2, is planning to spend Christmas holidays in Florida with her family. Margaret Maness, '32, is now living | at 1077 Center St., Atlanta, since her | father has been transferred to the Center St. A'lethodist Church as pastor. Sarah (Shadburn) Heath, '3 3, has moved to the Bon a venture Arms Apartments, 789 Ponce de Leon, N. E. Chorus: To dear old A. S. I. farewell To dear old A. S. I. Our love shall waft fair wishes back To dear old A. S. 1. (Written by Belle Dunnington, '02, now Mrs. T. D. Sloan, of New York City). That the palm now in Buttrick Hall once belonged to Mrs. Rebekah Scott, wife of Colonel George Washington Scott, founder of Agnes Scott? That Colonel Scott's original gift to the De- catur Female Seminary was $40,000, which was used in instructing Main or Agnes Scott Hall? That this gift was made with the stipulation that the institution be named for his moth- er, Agnes Scott? 100 Be in at least one meet. Intermediate tests: 1 . Deep water tests S 2. Scull or elementary back, 2 lengths 5 3. Side stroke for form, 2 lengths 10 4. Preliminary crawl, 3 lengths 10 5. Crawl for form, 2 lengths 10 6. Preliminary back crawl 5 7. Trudgeon, 2 lengths 5 8. Stay afloat 20 minutes 10 j 9. Resuscitation, 2 minutes 10 10. Cross chest carry 10 11. Break rear strangle hold 10 12. Plain front dive 1 0 Be in at least one meet. Advanced: 1. Elementary back stroke, length 2. Side stroke, 1 length 3. Breast stroke, 1 length 4. Crawl, 5 lengths for form 5. Back crawl 2 lengths 6. Racing start and turn 7. Stay afloat 10 minutes 8. Resuscitation, 3 minutes 9. Break front stranglehold 100 5 5 S 10 10 10 10 10 10 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A Wonderful Selection of Xmas * A (nils and Cards * Right Uvrv in Decatur % WOm WS EXCHANGE | * Next door to picture show J| <" * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Give "HI M" MUSE Gift Muse Gift Ties $1 to $fi.50 Tie Cases IS Billfolds S2 up Men's Fitted Toilet Cases $8.50 up Gloves $3.50 to $5 Lounging Robes $10 up Collar Clips and Tie Clips 50c each and up Belts $1 UP Buckles $2 up Cigarette Cases $2 up 'Each Gift in a Muse Box" George Muse Clothing Co. 100 Be in at least one meet. Requirements for swimming meet: 1. Budget must be paid. 2. You must sign up with vour class manager. 3. you must go in the pool for prac- tice at least twice before the meet. (It is not necessary to have passed off the swimming requirements be- fore the meet.) AT THE THEATRES 5 S 5 15 10 10 5 I 10 I io I 25 R I A L T O Starts Saturday, Dec. 16th A Society Laugh Hit ! SLIM SUMMERVILLK LEILA HYAMS ANDY DEVINE in "HORSE PLAY" Thursday and Friday WILL ROGERS in "DR. BULL" DeKALB THEATRE Monday and Tuesday ONE SUNDAY AFTER- NOON with Gary Cooper & Pay Wray Begins Friday, December L5th Girls! See this storj of a woman who makes a business of boss ing men! RUTH CHATTERTON in FEMALE" Jimmy Heirs jr Cj jjc News Shorts Starting December 15 Joseph M. Schenck Presents BLOOD MONEY A DARRYL F. Z \M < K production with GEORGE BANCROFT and Frances Dee ('hick Chan- dler Judith A nderson Blossom See ley. LOEWS GRAND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 Now Playing "JIMMY AND SALLY" with James Dunn, Claire Tre\ ore Starts Saturday WM. POWELL "THE KENNEL MUR- DER CASE" with Mary Astor Eugene Pallette Ralph Morgan CHRISTMAS WEEK Charlotte Henry "ALICE EN WONDER- LAND" With the Cast of the Century (paramount KJ > THEATRE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIII %\)& Agonistic VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1934 NO. 12 Mortar Board Brings Richards To Address Students Thursday Quarterly Editor Will Speak at Chapel Tomorrow Mrs. Harold Richards, editor of the Mortar Board National Quarterly, will be the principal speaker on the chapel program tomorrow morning, which will be in charge of the Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar Board. Mrs. Rich- ards arrives on the campus tonight to be the guest of Mortar Board until Friday morning. Mrs. Richards will explain the sig- nificance of the Mortar Board ideals of Service, Scholarship, and Leadership, which make up the motto of the or- ganization and the qualifications for membership. She will also give the his- tory of Mortar Board, which is a senior honorary society. The local chapter, formerly known as Hoasc, was founded in 1916. It was installed as the fifty- second chapter of National Mortar Board, in the fall of 1931. At that time Mrs. Richards was on the campus. Mrs. Richards will be entertained at breakfast Thursday morning at the Alumnae House by Miss Haynes. Miss Scandrett will have as her guests at luncheon Mrs. Richards, Dr. McCain, Miss Hopkins, and the faculty advisers of Mortar Board, Miss Haynes, Miss Gaylord, Dr. Davidson, and Dr. Hayes. The members of Mortar Board will en- tertain Mrs. Richards at dinner Thurs- day night. Mrs. Richards comes here on a tour of inspection of the chapters through- out the United States. She goes to Tuscaloosa, Alabama from Agnes Scott. AGGIE CONTEST TO BEGIN SOON The annual class Agonistic contest will begin with the next issue. Martha Elliott was elected editor of the senior edition, and Rossie Ritchie, business manager; Mary Boggs was chosen edi- tor of the junior edition and Mary Green, business manager. The other classes will hold elections in the near future. Every year this contest, in which each class puts out an edition of the Agonistic, is sponsored by the paper, and a cup is awarded to the win- ner. Last year the class of '3 3 won and the year before the class of '34. The class issues are judged on news stories and style, feature articles, edi- torials and general make-up. The judges for this year have not as yet all accepted but they will probably con- sist of Elizabeth Lynch, editor of the Agonistic last year, a member of the journalism department at Emory, and a member of the staff of the Georgian, the Atlanta Journal and the Constitu- tion. Work Started On May Day The May Day Committee began def- inite work on February 1 in planning dances and developing the French theme chosen for the 1934 May Day celebration. "La Fete du Mai," the winning scenario, which was written by Mary Boggs and Anna Humber, was chosen from five complete plans sub- mitted in the 193 3 fall contest. An- nouncement of the selection was made recently by Mary Virginia Allen, chairman of the committee. "La Fete du Mai" offers a festival entirely different from other May Day celebrations at Agnes Scott. The story is built around historical French peas- ant customs ans is a typical "fete du mai" of all classes in a French province from the latieres to the troubadours. The queen is chosen from her com- rades as the most beautiful of the peas- (Continued on page 3, column 5) Dr. Glasgow Is Davidson To Speak Saturday Y. W. Speaker At Phi Beta Announcement The religious week speaker, sponsor- ed annually by the Y. W, C. A., will be this year Dr. Samuel McPheeters Glasgow, of Savannah. His first speech will be February 13 and the chapel periods of this week through February 17 will be devoted to Dr. Glasgow's talks. At present Dr. Glasgow is pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, but was at Knoxville, Tenn., and Charleston, W. Va., for a number of years. He is very well known to most of the young people of our churches for a great many of his books, and articles for church papers have been written on the prob- lems of young people today. He has been to many conferences, including Smyrna, Montreat and others. Each year the Y. W. C. A. brings prominent religious workers to the campus for a week's service. In the past such speakers as Dr. Bill Anderson of Dallas, and Dr. Frank Morgan of Augusta have been brought. A. A. C. WILL CONVENE IN ATLANTA IN 1934 | The Association of American Col- leges will meet in Atlanta next year from January 17 through 19 as the ; guest of local colleges it was decided at i the convention January 17-18 in St. Louis. At this meeting Dr. J. R. Mc- i Cain, president of Agnes Scott, was elected as a member of the executive , committee of the association. This committee is made up of the officers of the association and one representative Founder's Day Plans Made By Seniors Committees for the founder's Day banquet, which is to be given on Thurslay night, February 22, in the gymnasium, have been appointed by Rossie Ritchie, president of the scnior class. Seniors to take the roles of his- torical characters were nominated in a class meeting yesterday morning and will be voted on tomorrow morning in chapel. The committees are: decoration, Margaret Friend, chairman; Louise Mc- Cain, Virginai Fisher, Dorothy Cassel, Flora Young, Frances O'Brien; minuet, Elinor Hamilton, chairman; Caroline Waterman, Plant Ellis; costume, Helen Boyd, chairman; Louise Schuessler; (Continued on page 3, column 3) from the South, one from the east, one from west, and one from the far west. Dr. McCain will represent the south. The association is made up of about 5 00 institutions. The executvie committee will meet on February 20 in Cleveland, Ohio, to make further plans for the year. Some of the topics it will consider this year are: the study of music, and its place in the curriculum; the effect of the depression on higher education; the tenure of office for faculty members; and programs for testing students and the work that they are doing. NEW COURSES WILL BE GIVEN THIS SEMESTER New courses offered this semester are French Conversation, Christian Evidence, Roman Topography, Astron- omy, and Nineteenth Century Prose. Journalism will be offered at the open- ing of the 1934-3 5 school year. French Conversation, taught by Miss Lucile Alexander; Christian Evidence, taught by Dr. J. T. Gillespie, and Ro- man Topography, taught by Miss (Continued on page 6, column 5) Facultv Members Will Present Play The faculty, under the direction of Miss Gooch, will present on Saturday, February 10, a revival of "Ladies of Cranford," by Mary Barnard Horn, with an all-feminine cast. The play was presented here fourteen years ago. The members of the faculty who were in the original cast and will take the same parts again are: Miss Lucile Alexander as 'Tale", Dr. Mary Sweet as "Mrs. Forrester," Dr. Catherine Torrance as "Betty Barker," Miss Llewellyn Wilburn as "Martha," Miss Louise Lewis, who formerly played "Mary Smith," will be the "Hon. Mrs. Jameson." Those who will take parts for the first time are: Mrs. Alma Sydenstricker as "Miss Mathilda Jenkyns," Miss Raemond Wilson as "Mary Smith," Dr. Mary MacDougall as "Miss Purkis," Miss Carrie Scan- drett as "Peggy" and Mrs. S. G. Stukes as "Miss Jessie Brown." The first two scenes are laid at the home of Miss Mathilda Jenkyns and the third at Miss Betty Barker's card party. The time is 1 840, a period of ruffles, plumes, flowers, and hoop- skirts. Cranford is a town in England inhabited largely by women of the gentle rank only. All the men ex- cept those of the working class have migrated to larger cities. The period is characterized by prim, precise, and dainty deportment. The proceeds from the play will go toward the purchase of a recording machine for Spoken English classes. Other members of the faculty are as- sisting the production and Blackfriars is sponsoring the play. Nelson Writes Account Of Science Club's Work An extensive account of Agnes Scott College and of the activities of the Alpha chapter of Chi Beta Phi Sigma, national science sorority, writ- ten by Gail Nelson, appeared in the December issue of the Record, month- ly publication of the society. Gail is a graduate of Agnes Scott, a member of the class of 1933, and is now work- ing at Emory University on her M.A. degree as a Fellow in Bacteriology. The growth of Agnes Scott was traced from the small church school founded in Decatur in 1 889 to the col- lege which today is one of the twelve leading educational institutions for women in America. An illustrated description of the campus was given. An account was given of the in- stallation of the local chapter of Chi (Continued on page 5, column 5) 65957 Vanderbilt Poet Will Talk on Education in Quality Mr. Donald Davidson, professor of English at Vanderbilt University, will speak at the announcement of the members of the present senior class who will be taken into the Agnes Scott chapter cf Phi Beta Kappa Saturday at the chapel hour. He has chosen as his subject, "Education in Quality." Mr. Davidson, a graduate of Vander- bilt with B.A. and M.A. degrees, served in the army for two years before be- coming a member of the Vanderbilt English department. During his lit- erary career there, he has been one of the leaders of a group of poets called the Fugitives. At one time he served as editor of their journal, The Fugitive. In addition, he has edited for a number of years the book review pages in the South for the Nashville T ennessean. In Miss Gooch Is Highly Honored Miss Frances Gooch, associate pro- fessor of English at Agnes Scott Col- lege, was elected to the office of first vice-president of the National Associa- tion of Teachers of Speech, which met from December 27 t 29 in New York. Miss Gooch is the first real southerner who has ever been elected to the execu- tive board of the association. The National Association of Teach- ers of Speech is about twenty-five years old. It is composed of about 3,000 members who are teachers of correct- ive speech, interpretation, debating, dramatic and public speaking, and every phase of work which deals with speech. The association meets once a year in the form of a convention. It has always met in New York or Chi- cago with three exceptions, once in Chicago, Los Angeles and Detroit. It will meet in the South for the first time next year during the Christmas (Continued on page 3, column 2) 1924 and 1927, respectively, his two volumes of poetry appeared, An Out- land Piper and The Tall Men. It is hoped that Mr. Davidson will be on the campus several days and will be able to speak to the Poetry Club. The subject for Mr. Davidson's talk at Agnes Scott embodies the spirit of Phi Beta Kappa. This national scho- lastic honorary society has as its pur- pose "to reaffirm to modern society the love of a wisdom which is the guide and inspiration of life." The Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta Kappa was established in 1926, and the faculty members at present include: Dr. J. R. McCain, Miss Lillian Smith, Mr. S. G. Stukes, Mr. Robert Holt, Miss Mary MacDougall, Miss Lucille Alexander, Dr. James Wright, Dr. George P. Hayes, Dr. Catherine Torrance, Dr. Muriel Horn, Dr. Philip Davidson, Dr. Emma Mae Laney, Dr. Mary Westall, and Dr. Henry Robinson. This body forms an academic procession introduc- ing each announcement program. Phi Beta Kappa makes two an- nouncements of election of undergrad- uate members each college year, one after the January mid-semester exami- nations and a second at the end of the school term. In 1932-3 3 the following student members were elected: Mary Clark, Virginia Heard, Elizabeth Lightcap, Eulalia Napier, Gail Nelson, Margaret Telford, Maude Armstrong, Willa Beckham, Margaret Belate, Anne Hindmon, Roberta Kilpatrick, Martha Walker, and Sara Wilson. DANCING CLASS WILL PRESENT RECITAL A. S. FROSH TOP LIST IN TESTS The dancing classes of the Depart- ment of Physical Education will give a recital on Tuesday night, February 20, at 8 o'clock, in the gymnasium. The program has not been fully completed as yet, but there will be groups for each class of dancing. The recital is an annual presentation of the Dance Club and the classes, and is one of the im- portant features of the winter season. It is directed by Miss Harriette Haynes. Members of the Dance Club are: Mary Jane Evans, Dorothy Cassel, Anna Humber, Mary Hamilton, Betty Lou Houck, Elaine Heckle, Marguerite Morris, Hester Anne Withers, Alae Risse Barron, Caroline Waterman, Eliz- abeth Young, Kathryn Bowen, Ruth Shippey, Loice Richards, Martha Skeen, Marjorie Tindall, Elizabeth Heaton, Elizabeth Johnson, Mary Virginia Allen, and Virginia Prettyman. Agnes Scott was the only Georgia college above the national average in the English tests given to college fresh- men all over the state the beginning of the fall session. The test was given to the students before their college work had begun. The average made by Agnes Scott freshmen was 157, while the national average was 146. The average for the State of Georgia as a whole was 98. The standards for grading this test were set by the results obtained by giv- ing the test to 3 500 freshmen in col- leges all over the country, including University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Louisville Park College, Millsaps College, Saint Mary-in-the- Wood College, Sarah Lawrence College, Bradford Junior College, Columbia College, Seth Low Junior College, and Barnard College. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, attended the meeting in Atlanta of the Association of Georgia Colleges, Saturday, January 27. Dr. (Continued on page 5, column 2) Jeritza and Geiseking Star In Joint Recital Feb. 15 HYMNS TO BE SUBJECT OF VESPERS SUNDAY The vesper program for February 1 1 will be on "Hymns. " The stories of the writing of the familiar tnd loved old hymns will be discussed. The All Star Concert Series will pre- sent Maria Jeritza and Walter Geiser- ing in a joint recital on Thursday eve- ning, February 15 at the city audi- torium. Jeritza sang first in Metropolitan opera in November, 1921, and since then she has received world wide recog- nition. Miss Jeritza is no longer with the Metropolitan. Walter Geisering, pianist, appeared in Atlanta two seasons ago, substitut- ing for Paul Kachanski, violinist. The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo will conclude the All Star Series for this year. The Ballet will be presented March the first instead of the date stat- ed on the tickets. 2 The Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper ( 'V ) Member ) STAFF Mary Hamilton EditorMAKY Ames Business Manager Loice Richards Assistant $ $ $ * $ A $ * * * * $ $ * * * * $ * * * > * * * * Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # Pan-American Building. Talks were made by the Minister from Panama, a Mexican student, and a United States student, all of whom spoke of develop- ing better relations between Pan-Amer- ican colleges and those in the United States. A conference of students from these countries was suggested. Open discussion groups on such mat- ters as publications, athletics, the honor system, and national and international affairs occupied much of the confer- ence time. Prom these discussions the delegates of various colleges learned what others are doing and how they might improve their own colleges. The N. S. F. A. conference secured a C. W. A. allotment of money for new buildings and equipment for a number of institutions. Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota were among those who received allotments. Representatives at the conference were much pleased with the work of John Long, the president, and Elizabeth Read, the vice-president. Both of these officers were re-elected for another term. During their stay in Washington the conference members were entertained at the White House by Mrs. Roosevelt, who made the statement that she hopes the young people will use their imag- ination in finding something new to The inevitability of a showdown be- tween the United States and Japan was emphasized by Upton Close, well- known speaker, journalist, explorer, and poet, in his talk at Agnes Scott last Wednesday evening. Mr. Close was the third feature of the Agnes Scott Lecture Association. He spoke on the Japanese situation instead of "Close Calls," the subject which was an- nounced. Mr. Close's real name is Joseph Washington Hall. Mr. Close gave a new angle to the question of America's recognition of Russia by saying that it was caused by the United States' fear of Japan, for she is the enemy of both Russia and America. To emphasize the predominant place the Pacific is gaining in world affaris, he reviewed history to show how the Mediterranean was once the center of the world. Then Spain by her explor- ations and power and England by her Empire made the Atlantic the interna- tional lake. Now, Mr. Close pointed out, the Pacific is becoming the main arena of world events. "The Pacific era is now coming in," he emphasized, and its beginning is marked by the rise of Japan." Further, a great war with the East is unavoidable, he believes, with the in- dustrial, educational and commercial progress of Japan fast gaining world supremacy. America, he declared, like old Spain, grows rich and carelessly sure of its power, of which before long nationalistic Japan, like England, will rob us. After the lecture an informal recep- tion was held in Main. IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE {Continued from page 2, column 2) The girls who act as stewardesses for the Chicago-Pacific Coast division of United Airlines must not weigh over 120 pounds. Their duties include serving luncheons, answering questions, providing reading and writing mater- ials for the passengers, and maintain- ing their morale when it sinks low un- der influence of strange surroundings. Of 3,724 people lynched in the United States from 1889 through 1930, four-fifths were negroes, less than one- sixth of whom were accused of rape. , It might be said, parentretically, that in such cases the law rarely delays in settling the account. Many lynchings have occurred after due conviction of the offender. Literary Digest. Coordinate your make-up with your costume I lix.ilH'i h Anion says, "Any woman can wear any color, but her make-up must be selected in relation to the shade of her gown and then there will be coordinated harmony in her attire." Below is a color chart for one of the new Spring shades for other information consult our Toiletries Department Street Floor. 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This young peoples' conference, sponsored by the Georgia State Union of Student Volunteers will have as its leaders, Mr. Kirby Page, of New York, editor of The World Tomorrow, Dr. W. A. Smart, professor of Bible and theology at Emory University and Mrs. Rose Aggrey of Africa. Mr. Page who has had much experience with young peoples' leadership will be the principal speaker while Dr. Smart, who has been a leader at Blue Ridge and other conferences, will also take a large part in the meetings. Mr. Aggrey, the wife of "Aggrey of Africa," the well- known missionary in South Africa, will lead the devotionals in this gathering where several different races will be represented. As hosts of the confer- ence, Agnes Scott and Emory are plan- ning to entertain the delegates on the respective campuses. Since this confer- ence is to be held in Atlanta, opportun- ity is offered to all the colleges in At- 'anta to attend. RUSSIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM EXPLAINED BY STUDENT (Continued from page 3, column 2) of the living area is 4.5 square meter per student. The pleasure of our working life is the theatre in which the young stu- dents act and which is soon going to celebrate its first anniversary. It com- prises several sections; actors, chorus, concerts, and two groups playing wind instruments in which 140 students are taking part. We are working now very hard at staging "The Forest" a clas- sical piece by a Russian writer, Ostrov- sky; further we are preparing to stage the former and modern life of our Technicum. Later on the theatre will be inculcated more and more into our existence and help us to fight for a higher quality of work and a conscious discipline of labor; but this will be done by our own scenic means, i.e., means of an artistic self-expression. There is one side more which is the adornment of our Technicum life, i.e., the model post of defense which has been opened recently. We have agreed to attend it assidiously and to study all the means of defense in case any im- perialistic country should attack us. We are fulfilling houorably as all that which has been conquered by our fathers will never be given to anyone. N. S. F. A. The original "Wolf of Wall Street," whose origin and real name are un- known, died penniless of heart failure in New York. His life was an endless succession of law suits, but he served only two terms. His funeral was paid for by friends just a burial because no one knew his religious faith. Liter- ary Digest. In this age of slogans, George Young of Glencoe submits this: "Formerly our coin slogan was "In God We Trust.' Hereafter, with the new dollar it may be T Hope That My Redeemer Liv- eth.' " Chicago Journal of Com- merce. The depression, statisticians report, has resulted in fewer marriages it is harder than ever for the ordinary young man starting out in life to sup- port the government and a wife on one income. Norfolk V irginian -Pilot . r DECATUR WOMAN'S EXCHANGE DeKalb Theater Bid*. Don't Forgd Valentines Suitable for Everyone L. CHAJAGE 220 PEA( HTREE ST. Expert Remodeling DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIEB The method of selecting members of the May Court has been changed as a result of the student vote taken in chapel last Thursday. Members of the court will be nominated by the stu- dents and finally selected by the May Day Committee. A student vote was taken after Mary McDonald read the report of the Committee and submit- ted two plans. The rirst plan was that the May Day Committee should serve as a nominating committee and nom- inate nine students to be in the court. The students should then also nominate by popular nomination nine students to be in the court. These two lists should be posted together on Thursday, and voted upon the next Tuesday in chapel. The second plan which was the one adopted was that each student nom- inate nine people to be in the May Court, the May Day Committee to take the fifteen girls receiving the highest number of nominations, and from those make a choice of the final nine. Polly Gordon explained the first plan to the students, and Mary Virginia Allen explained the second plan. These to girls, together with Mary McDon- ald, Martha Skeen, and Mary Green, made up the committee appointed to investigate the move made at a prev- ious student meeting that the May Court should be elected by the student body. Before this the May Day Committee has selected the entire May Court with- out any nomination from the students. The queen has always been elected by popular vote, however, and the three other members of the senior class who received the most nominations for queen have automatically become f em- bers of the court. The election of May Queen will take place in the middle of February. ALUMNAE NEWS (Continued from page 2, column 5) Helen Mowry, ex-32, married No- vember 18, Cecil Gordon von Kaenel. They live at 1 148 24th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, Fla. Louisa (White) Gosnell, '27, has re- cently been seriously ill, but is better. She is president of the Atlanta Agnes Scott Alumnae Club. Dorothy Garrett, ex-3 5, is living in Miami, Fla., this winter. Nina Hammond, '31, has recently got an appointment with the Carnegie Library in Savannah. Ethel Smith, ex-'34, was married Januaiy 14 in Boston, Mass., to Mr. Leonard Laconte. Nancy Jane Crockett, '31, was mar- ried December 27 to Rev. Charles Ray- mond McCarty in Presbyterian church at Highlands, N. C, where Mr. Mc- Carty is pastor. Louella Dearing, '3 3, was married December 2 3 to Mr. Jackson D. Hunter of Decatur. Mr. Hunter is at- tending Medical School at Emory. Dorothy Jane Allen, ex-'31, married December 24 Mr. Guy Wcathcrly, who is in the naval stores business in Flazlc- hurst, Ga. Betty Knox, ex-'31, was married to Mr. Glen Passmorc of Galveston, Texas, January 4. Margaret Sanford, cx-'3 3, was mar- ried on December 18 to Mr. William Hodges Douglass, who is connected with the ArCade Printing Company in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mary Felts, '3 3, married December 18 Mr. James Stcadman. They are liv- ing in Washington, D. C. Penny Brown, '3 2, and Dorothy Hutton, '29, returned February 3 from a month's visit to Florida. During that time they visited many high schools giving talks about Agnes Scott. They met with alumnae groups in Jackson- ville, Miami and Tampa. The Agonistic 5 Close Ridicules U. S. In Recent Interview Ellen Davis's mother was here for the week-end. Josephine Jennings, Alma Brohard, Sara Jones, Rebecca Cashion, Nell White, i.avinia Scott, Oveida Long, Martha Edmnds, Virginia Williams, Elizabeth Strickland, Frances Miller, Mcriel Bull, Caroline Waterman, and GeorgAnne Lewis attended the Tech Pan-Hellenics. Barbara Hertwig spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. ]. A. Craig, in Druid Hills. Trellis Carmichael spent last week- end at Wesleyan. Polly Gordon's father was at the Piedmont Hotel in Atlanta part of last week. Martha Ann Rodgers' mother came Friday to spend a few days at Agnes Scott. Alma Brohard attended the Tech Pan-Hellenic dance Thursday night. Virginia Williams spent the week- end with her sister, Mrs. J. D. Knox, in Atlanta. When your roommate has a birth- day Or your family blows in town Or your best beau needs some boosting Or your morning mood's dark brown ; And the last bell caught you nap- ping, Come and settle down at the SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM Hours: 7:30-2:00 4:00-7:00 10:00-10:30 Carolyn Clements attended the Pan- Hellenic tea dance at Tech Saturday afternoon. Sara Jones was the week-end guest with her aunt, Mrs. P. A. Boykin in Atlanta. Sara Frances McDonald spent the week-end with Helen Richardson in Atlanta. Sara and Pauline Cureton went to their home in Moreland, Ga., for the week-end. Mary Comely spent Thursday night with Elaine Aries in Atlanta. Sara Forester spent Thursday night with Mrs. R. B. Mundorf in Atlanta and attended the recital given bv Josef Hoffmann. Mary Jane Tigert's father was here for the week-end. Kitty Printup spent the week-end with Katherine Bowman at her home in Atlanta. Ida Buist, Marjorie Scott, Frances Espy and Louise Preas attended the Pan-Hellenics at Tech Thursday night. Gladys Burns spent the week-end at her home in Macon, Ga. MISS GOOCH HIGHLY HONORED {Con tinned from page 1, column 4) holidays at New Orleans. The Atlanta Constitution, in report- ing Miss Gooch's election, says, "Miss Gooch is the first and only Southerner elected to a national office in this or- ganization, and she succeeds to the position from that of director of the Southeastern region, which she has most capably filled for the past two years. Her election is a well-deserved honor, for Miss Gooch is an outstand- ing figure in cultural circles of the South and one of the state's best known teachers of speech." H. L. Eubanks, of the University of Wisconsin, is president of the associa- tion. Miss Gooch appeared on the program prepared for the convention. Miss Polly Vaughan, a member of the class of 193 3, attended the convention with Miss Gooch. Iron Tonic Doctor (to sword swallower) : "Now remember: no more cavalry swords, no more daggers; just some small dessert knives to keep your strength up." v v ** * *** v v v v v v v v * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * $ * * $ * > * > * * * * * * * * * * * > 1* 1 STU IDIO STYLES > > designed by Orry Kelly starred <* * * in Warner Bros, films may be 1 seen in Atlanta only at Muse's * > > * * Do Come In! *> > I* * Fifth Floor * * * * * * * i * * * * George Muse * * * Clothing Co. * * > * ** * igi $ * * * $ $ $ $ $ > V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V > V V V America is a ridiculous picture, ac- cording to Mr. Upton Close, some- times known as Mr. Joseph Washing- ton Hall, who recently lectured at Agnes Scott on relations existing be- een Japan and the United States. ! he renowned explorer, reporter, ob- server, poet, and lecturer, born in Washington state, educated in Washing- ton, D. C, and an "earth dweller at the present only through necessity," looks at the young nation of the United States through cosmopoli- tan if not oriental eyes. "As a study, America is the craz- iest country in the world one of amazing paradoxes, a country of hypocricy, where crap shooting is forbidden and Wall Street represents financial business." The United States, he says, concerns itself with the small and the unimportant, using its law courts for heart balm cases instead of for suppression of gang- sterism. Of abundant natural resources above and below and with fairly good people to work with, the nation has made itself merely ridiculous a coun- try not ready for the democracy which it professes and of which it does not know even the meaning. It presents the phenomena of a very young and childish nation a show unless one gets too near it. Education in America, however, says Upton Close is the worst of the coun- try's evils. It is the same system of 1776 seen through the same colored glasses. These lovely United States do not deal in realities, and do not pic- ture the world in which the modern youth lives. Mr. Close says that he will publish shortly a book which will show whether or not America is a good country whether a country can be good where one out of every three years is a panic, one a semi-depression, and one a boom. Uptos Close seems in many ways to belong more to Japan, to China, to the East than to the United States. He has spent years in travel and ob- servation among the oriental nations and peoples. His experiences with them ; 4 re many. Some of them include being arrested by a Chinese military governor for working with the governor's rival; falling ill of the cholera and reviving after doses of opium and kerosene have been administered; fighting in the front rank of a Chinese army; being accused as a Russian spy and being freed by a policeman with whom he has played poker; being lost in the Arabian desert for several weeks during the flood season starving for over a week in Damascus during a war between the French and Arabs, and being saved by an American friend on the top of Mt. Lebanon; riding to Joppa across the sand just as the Mediterranean starts in at flood tide. Mr. Close cites these as a few "close calls" but holds them not as miraculous as many that happen to men in automobiles in large cities or to women sitting on their front porches. "The Japanese women are the most charming in the world," according to Mr. Close. They arc trained to be happy, to be artists, especially in their dress. Very lovely to look at, they are the "best trained breed of men's women in the world." Although they have never been given the vote, they are very free, and, unlike the Amer- ican women and girls who invariably look dour, are always smiling. In the "moth eyes" of the bamboo ladies lies one of the greatest marks of beauty in oriental woman. When asked what the result would be if America and Japan should enter Giddy, darling My dear, in all this time we've been apart more things have been happen- ing! The young man so lovingly known as Dan C decided that February 14 was far too far away, so he just up and came to Agnes Scott ahead of time. We've got a marriage to our credit, and no less than three brand new, openly admitted engagements. Right well, my love, for a pre-spring season. And that one of us who is best in- formed concerning all the sayings and innermst thoughts of one Dr. Davidson reports that in addition to all his other accomplishments, Dr. Davidson is quite well known in culinary circles. Some mention was made of vulgar spinach, but the really important item is that the Doctor himself admits that one's success in life depends on one's ability to concoct French dressing. All of which seems to indicate that the thing for us to do, my love, is to abandon the paths of history and hie us away to a cooking school. Giddy, darling, doesn't Miss McKin- ney have the oddest ways of recogniz- ing people? She told a class the other day to be sure to sit in the same places they did last semester because she would know them by their seats. Well, really., my dear! I always suspected that Frances Balcom was a logical soul, and know I know. She explains that the reason she wears glasses is because when her eyes got grown, they just wouldn't stop growing! A woman with that sort of mind should be employed to ex- plain away the mysteries of the uni- verse, don't you think? And among other things , Giddy, I suppose I'll always wonder why the gentleman who was dancing with Chub said that he was going to call her "Maud Muller" because her feet were made that way, and just why Martha Elliott found it expedient not to have breakfast with Mr. Upton And among other things, Giddy, I Close, as he so kindly suggested. Along with the tragic moments of examinations though just off-hand you might never suspect it, my dear there are the lighter things in life. Dr. Sweet learned from one of those ducky little blue books you heard so much about not long ago that a focal infec- tion was an infection of the focal chords. How true that medicine is ever pushing frward into the darkness of ignorance! Goodbye, darling. I'll be with you again ere long. Aggie. CLUBS The Poetry Club met at Miss Louise McKinney's home Friday night at 7 with Miss McKinney as hostess. Poetry was read by the members of the club. JOSKPH SIEGEL Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and ( locks Watch, Clock, Jewelry Repairing All Work Guaranteed 111 East Court Sq. DE. 4205 Decatur, Ga. The German Club had an informal meeting in the German room at 4:30 on Thursday afternoon. Games were played. The Cotillion Club will have its regular tea-dance on Thursday. Mary Hamilton and Gussie Rose Riddle will be the hostesses at this time. The Citizenship Club will meet on Friday afternoon with Miss Florence Smith. The monthly meeting of Chi Beta Phi Sigma was held in the Science Hall Monday evening, January 11. The meeting was presided over by Lucy Goss, president. Virginia Heard and Gail Nelson, members of the class of 1933, spoke on their research work at Emory. Refreshments were served afterwards by Mary Summers and Sarah Cook. FOUNDER'S DAY PLANS MADE BY SENIORS {Continued from page 1, column 1) Verse, Isabel Lowrance, chairman; Mar- garet Rogers; music, Lillian Herring, chairman; Gussie Riddle; publicity, Elizabeth Winn, chairman; C'Lena Mc- Mullen. into a war, Upton Close prophesied a war of attrition in which the first two years will be spent in destroying Amer- ica's trained forces. According to him there will be a movement toward state socialism after a great economic rev- olution. After the first two years of war, he says, since the United States are too unprepared for a military strug- gle, fate will decide the conflict, and it remains to be seen whether with the Spring thaw Japan will concentrate on Russia or on pacifistic America. Upton Close has no accent, has been trying to learn English all his life, and knows only enough Japanese to get him into trouble. In Japan he wears a beige kimona with brown feather fans print- ed on the back. He writes poetry sometimes with his friend "Jimmy" Auslander and is extremely fond of Feneloso and the free verse movement. His philosophy is based on beauty of women and of trees, and on the belief that there is always % /another range to be crossed." WORK STARTED ON MAY DAY {Continued from page 1, column 2) ant girls. She in turn selects the mem- bers of her court. Dances, music and costumes will be as nearly authentic as possible. While many of the dances will be original, a number of peasant dances will be used, including the Farandole, Snr le pont d* Avignon, Rondeau, and Tambourin. Authentic French songs also will be used. The Committee is making a spe- cial effort to have better accompani- ment for this year's pageant. The cos- tumes will be designed from the plates which Miss Lucile Alexander, head of the French Department, has displayed in the French exhibit in Buttrick Hall. A special committee is working out details of the scenario. The members are: Mary Virginia Allen, Mary Boggs, Anna Humber, Martha Skeen, Eliz- abeth Johnson and Ruth Shippey, As- sisting the May Day Committee in the selection of the scenario was a faculty committee, which consisted of Miss Louise McKinney, Miss Janef Preston, Dr. Catherine Torrance, and Miss Llewellyn Wilburn. More complete plans will be an- nounced later. KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY {Continued from page 2, column 3) are getting impatient for some agree- ment, and diplomatic circles in Europe are anxiously waiting to see which side they will take, or whether they will remain "on the fence." When the League of Nations' Coun- cil opened its seventy-eighth session at Geneva January 14, one of its most important problems was the future of the much-postponed Disarmament Conference. It was immediately de- cided, however, to postpone it again until February or possibly the middle of April. Germany and France are still carrying on negotiations and all the nations are hoping they will come to an agerement some time very soon. NELSON WRITES ACCOUNT OF SCIENCE CLUB'S WORK {Continued from page 1, column 3) Beta Phi Sigma, which took place last May, conducted by Dr. Guy of Emory, who was formerly a member of the faculty of Agnes Scott. "It is the pur- pose of the Alpha chapter," says Gail, "to make the organization so strong that any college will consider it a dis- tinct honor to be granted a chapter." In 173 2 co-eds at Salem College could take baths only by special per- mission and times indicated by in- structors. 6 The Agonistic Seniors and Sophs Win in Basketball The seniors and the sophomores were the winners of the first basketball games since the Christmas holidays. The seniors won from the juniors by a score of 23 to 11, and the sophomores from the freshmen by a score of 27 to 20. The line-ups were as follows: Seniors Forwards, Hamilton, Bar- ron, Massie; guards, Ames, Schuessler, Tindall; substitute, Preston. Juniors Forwards, McCalla, Young, F. Espy; guards, Spenser, Richards, Green. Sophomores Forwards, Handte, Latimer, Stevens; guards, Burson, Arm- strong, S. F. Estes; substitutes, Tom- linson, Coffee. Freshmen Forwards, Kennedy, Cary, Walker; guards, Stalker, Mc- Cain, Forrester; substitutes, Kneale. PERSONAL PROGRESS IN PEP AND PLAY ON OTHER CAMPUSES {Cos tinned from page 5, column 4) All students living in fraternity houses at Marquette University, Mil- waukee, have their names, characteris- tics, and peculiarities listed with the police. A student at Ann Arbor says they have only two rules. The first, that they shall not set fire to any of the buildings and the second, that they shall not kill any of the professors. Phoenix. The Bull Session, long popular pas- time among the students of Georgia Tech, has at last received official recog- nition by one of the members of the faculty. In a class discussion in his- tory, one of the professrs gave voice to his opinion of the custom of a group of students holding a discussion on topics of the day. "I think the bull session is one of the most educational of institutions at Technology," were the words of the professor in praise. Oranges Are Won By Seven Halls Seven crates of oranges were awarded in chapel Friday morning to the seven wings in Rebekah and Inman having perfect records in the recent health campaign, sponsored by the Athletic Association. The requirements for each individual were: to have seven hours sleep each night; to eat three meals a day on ex- amination days, two on other days; and to get one-half hour exercise each day. The captains of the wings that had 100 per cent in Rebekah were Margaret Rogers, Margaret Friend, and Claire Ivy and in Inman, Frances Balckom, Rachel Kennedy, Martha Norman, and Elizabeth Perrine. This contest has been conducted during Mid-term examinations every year for the past four years by the Athletic Association. This is the first year that so many wings have had perfect scores. The first two years a cake, instead of a crate of oranges, was given to the wing having the highest percentage. Formerly the requirements were more difficult, and the award was made to the one wing having the best score. SPORTS EDITORIAL Among other fines imposed upon undergraduates at Union College, Schenectady, is a fine of 6 cents if caught wearing hats within the walls of the college. A Holy Cross freshman refused to take a train at the Union Station be- cause his grandfather had been a con- federate general. A student who was digging around the old files at Heidelberg college re- cently found a paper that convinced him that students will sign anything. A i one time most of the undergrad- uates signed a petition which would luvc resulted in their death. The peti- tion, which bore the names of seventy- live per cent of the student-body, ask- ed that there be no school on Wash- ington's birthday, but that the day be spent in quiet decapitation." Phoenix. Harvard has abolished Yale locks from the campus. In retaliation Yale has blacklisted the Harvard classics. At the University of Southern Cali- fornia the "Tapping Method" was sug- gested to enforce the honor system in examinations. Tapping to expose cheating is a method of warning stu- dcntS win> ar Cfymg to evade the rules. Observers of the violation stop it by tapping their feet upon the floor. This is taken up by the whole class and the result is cessation from cheat- ing. Phoenix. A. S. FROSH TOP LIST IN TESTS (Continued from page 1, column 5) McCain, with Dr. Harvey W. Cox, president of Emory University, and Chancellor Philip Weltner of the Uni- versity System of Georgia, spoke of higher education in the state. The educational standards of Geor- gia, Dr. McCain reports, are below those of the nation. In the last test of college freshmen the low standards of Georgia were evident. Two solutions to the situation were proposed at the meeting. The first is that of consolidation which is advocat- ed by Dr. McCain and Dr. Cox. By combining private institutions and church schools, and by consolidating the state schools the quality of educa- tional standards could be improved, they say. The results of the freshman tests in Agnes Scott which were ten points above the national average, tend to prove that if more time and effort were spent on each student the results would be of a higher quality. Accord- ing to Dr. McCain, Agnes Scott spends about four hundred dollars an- nually, on each student while the aver- age in Georgia is only one hundred dollars. The second proposed solution is that supported by Chancellor Philip Welt- ner who advocated the spreading rather than the merging of colleges. He placed emphasis on accessibility rather than quality. By FIarriette Haynes Science has discovered and is dis- covering many wonderful things to promote health. Laboratories are often indirect agencies where these discover- ies take place, and often each individ- ual can be her own laboratory. If one would but stop to think, one would find that it is much more interesting and profitable to conduct one's own research rather than to be entirely de- pendent upon others' discoveries. Great discoveries may be made by the individual concerning poise. These may be along the lines of mental as well as physical poise. Posture, as the physical aspect of poise has been called by many, often indicates to the world a great part of a person's character. "Sit straight," and "hold your should- ers back" are phrases that are familiar, but at the same time irksome. If one could but forget them and strive, rather, for a certain amount of ease and grace in moving and sitting, and a cer- tain amount of mental steadiness, one would find oneself better able to cope with any situation that might arise. The discovery of the need, the desire to experiment, the conclusion reached whether to be alive or static, lies en- tirely within the scope of each individ- ual. New Haven, Conn. (IP) The Sterling Memorial Museum at Yale University is displaying an exhibit of modern and ancient playing cards. Cards from all parts of the world are included in the collection, among them some engraved in Nuremburg, Germany, between I42 and 1488, and some made of the skins of their enemies bv the Apache Indians. The collection includes cards used in China, Japan, Germany, France, Italv and Russia for educational as well as gaming pursuits. There is one set used for fortune telling in Persia. One collection is of cards with which soldiers have amused themselves in the various wars down through his- torv. "The Last Round-up," which has in it the real spirit of the cowboy of the West and Southwest, was written by a Massachusetts boy who got a liking for cowboy songs when he was touring the west in a smalltime dance orchestra at the age of eighteen. He has also writ- ten the popular "Louisville Lady" and Have You Ever Been Lonely?", among others. The now famous "dogie" means a yearling and is pro- nounced "doe-gie." Time. v *!* v *!* v -I 4 v > v > v v v > v v v v !* > v* v * * J * * * > * > *:* * > *:* * $ I f f IS VNQl'KT SKRYICK Time was, and not so long ago, when the baseball player who knew how to cut third base while the um- pire was watching the play at first, or the football player who was skillful at holding the opposing player with- out being detected by the umpire, was to that degree a greater athlete and a bigger hero. Cheating, taking unfair advantage, beating the gun, then were all elements in athletic proficiency. A story is told of the big league base- ball manager who said to his squad at the conclusion of the first reading of the rules: "Now the purpose of this meeting is to consider how we can beat the rules." For many years professional and amateur athletes alike reflected such a spirit. Bullying and cheating were all too common in every form of sport. Baseball, boxing and many of our com- mon sports trace their origin to the common people who possessed no code of honor. On the other hand golf and tennis, historically gentlemen's games, have come down to us so interwoven with a high code of honor that we have been forced to accept the code along with the game. Now it is the code that comes with the gentleman's games that is triumph- ing. It is universally recognized that participants in sports and athletics differ widely in the attitudes they dis- play. It is generally agreed also that these differences in athletics are sig- Mode of Selecting Varsity Is Changed A new method of electing the var- ious varsity teams was decided upon by the Athletic Board at its meeting last Tuesday night. The former method was considered to be undemocratic and to be placing too much responsibility on the coaches and president of A. A. who composed the committee. The new method allows each mem- ber of the class teams to nominate her candidates for varsity at the end of the season; the nominations will be sub- mitted to a varsity council, elected each season by the board, and com- posed of the sport coaches and two or three proficient non-participants of that particular sport, who will watch the last three games for varsity ma- terial and will choose the varsity from class team nominations. These nomina- tions will be based on sportsmanship in play as well as on skill. The basketball varsity council was elected as follows: Page Ackerman, coach; Miss Blanche Miller, and Betty Harbison. The volleyball varsity council is composed of the two coaches, Page Ackerman and Margaret Massie, and Miss Miller, Betty Harbison, and Mar- garet Friend. NEW COURSES WILL BE GIVEN THIS SEMESTER (Continued from page 1, column 2) Lillian Smith, are listed in the cata- logue but have not been offered for some time. Practical Astronomy, i taught by Dr. Schuyler Christian, is I offered for the first time. The mathe- I matics course previously required is no longer necessary, and the course is now purely descriptive, without the tech- nical and mathematical features. Nine- teenth Century Prose, taught bv Dr. G. P. Hayes, has not been offered since Miss Annie Mae Christie left Agnes Scott to resume advanced academic studies. AT THE THEATRES D. W. Griffith, ex-screen director, loathed big business, and once told Flenry Ford that he was "making cars and airplanes to get everybody some- where else, but nobody knew where they wanted to go and why, and that anybody who could persuade one man to sit still and write four lines of last- ing poetry would be doing more good." Literary Digest. nificant in relation to progress and proficiency in these activities. By common consent the football player who dawdles away his time in aimless pursuits, and who invariably appears late to practice lacks interest in the game or is trying to avoid some of the hard work. The runner who becomes discouraged after a defeat, or the golfer who gives up when he is two down and three to go, is said to lack courage or aggressiveness, and his at- titude is known as a tendency to "fold up" or quit. Best beloved of all teach- ers and followers of sports is the in- dividual for whom difficulty or defeat is only a challenge to greater efforts, who carries the battle to the opponent with all his waning strength, whose head is ever unbowed and who makes all his plays in a clean honest way. Adapted from The Athlete in the Making, by Williams and Nixon. LOEWS GRAND Now Playing 'ROMAN SCANDALS" with EDDIE CANTOR Starts Fridaj "EMPEROR JONES" Eugene O'Neill With An All Negro Cast BEGINS FRIDAY, FEB. 9th THE LAFF HIT OF THE 5 EAR! "6 OF A KIND" with Charlie Ruggles Mary Boland W. C. Fields Allison Skipworth George Burns and Grade Alien Jimmy Beers f*% Organelle jL News Shorts * ^^^m I FRANCES VIRGINIA TEA ROOM I t M'NTHEON DINNER * m * Bridge I'arties Private Knnms * | I oilier BUlir. Peaehtree at BHifl 1 ( Klevator Service) v v v v v *! v v v v *!* v v v* *I* v v* \* ! v* S&W Cafeteria Atlanta Asheville Raleigh Knoxville Charlotte Roanoke Chattanooga 189 Peaehtree Atlanta iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimii. Now Playing "CONVENTION CITY" with Joan Blondell Dirk Powell Guy Kibbee Adolphe Menjou Prank McHugh Marj A.stor Starts Friday BDW. G. ROBINSON in "DARK HAZARD" w it h GENEVIEVE TOBIN GLEN I ) \ FARRELL CParamoant THEATRE 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (l 1 1 1 , 1 , 1 M 1 1 , H " M "l "H" i " fr* v * v * H * * * v * v * v Thursday and Friday | * I "The W ay to Love" | DeKALIJ THEATRE I I "Berkeley Square" * Monday and Tuesday * * * * > > > > > > $ * .> $ $ * $ , * * * * * * * * * * * * * $ $ $ $ * C A P I T () I, I NOW: I irst K, Jn |i ( t lir( . s w jth | I Stage Shows * | On the Stage i % "Khapvody in Fun Kevin-" y. On the Screen f "The Last Round-up" J Next Week 1 "Sensation Hunters" * "ith % * The Joe Franklin and Qeo< Mont- * ro-c Vaudeville Kc\ ue | The Biggest show Bargain ? Z in America m f Bakonj tffc Orchestra 25c ? I ANY TIM F | * * * * * * * * $ * % * * * * * * * * * * * * * (Tl)c Agonistic VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1934 NO. 13 Dr. S. M. Glasgow Conducts Annual Devotional Week The Premier Life" Subject Of Chapel Addresses Interest this week is centered on Dr. Samuel M. Glasgow who has come to us from Savannah to lead a series of religious services. Dr. Glasgow has chosen as the theme for his chapel talks, the "Premier Life," taking up on the successive mornings its Sources, Motive, Secrets, Values, and Issues. On Tuesday morning Dr. Glasgow spoke on the Source of the Premier Life, analyzing Christian character, and the fine courage which it requires, and the basis for this courage as found in Christ. He said "As the face of Jesus is clear and real in our lives, is courage born and character made." This morning, in speaking of the motive of the Premier Life his subject was "What Love Can Do." Illustrating the transforming power of love in the parable of the Prodigal Son, Dr. Glas- gow traced the sequence of desire from selfish "give me," to humble "forgive me," and finally to "make me." The subjects for the remaining three services will be Life's Secret, Life's Values, and finally Life's Issues. A reception is to be held this after- noon at 4:3 0, at which time the col- lege community is invited to meet Dr. Glasgow. ' Juniors Will Hold Banquet March 10 The Junior Banquet sponsored by Mortar Board will be held Saturday evening, March 10, at 6:3 0 in Rebekah Scott dining hall. Miss Nanette Hop- kins will entertain at coffee for the juniors and their dates after dinner in the day students room in Main build- ing. Martha Redwine has been appointed general chairman for arrangements and the committees in charge of the plans banquet are as follows: date and in- vitation, Betty Lou Houck, chairman; Dorotrea Blackshear, Alsine Shutze, and Mary Jane Evans; entertainment, Leonora Spencer; seating, Anna Hum- ber; place cards, Rosalyn Crispin; dec- orations, Alice Dunbar, chairman; Nell Patillo, and Frances McCalla. After the banquet at 8:3 0 in the gym Blackfriars will present Once There Was a Princess by Juliet Wilbar Tompkins. The play, a comedy in three acts and a prologue, concerns the return of an American woman to her home in Indiana after she has been liv- ing in Europe as a princess. Because of her simplicity she is mistaken for a (Continued on page 4, column 5) Program Planned On February 22 Founder's Day Banquet, given an- nually on February 22, will be held this year in Rebekah Scott dining room. According to the tradition of the day, there will be a program sponsored by the Senior class and consisting chiefly of toasts proposed by members of the class representing famous characters in early American history. These charac- ters are: George Washington Mary Mac- Donald. Martha Washington Elinor Hamil- ton. Betsy Ross Dorothy Cassel. Patrick Henry Martha Skeen. Lafayette Martha Elliott. Daniel Boone Margaret Rogers. Benjamin Franklin Mary Ames. Members of the sophomore class will reply to these toasts. After the ban- quet, there will be a minuet in the gym, participants in which are to be (Contimied on page 3, column 2) Dance Classes Plan Recital Citizenship Ass'n Meets at Emory The seventh annual session of the In- stitute of Citizenship is being held this week, February 12-16, at Emory Uni- versty under the direction of Cullen B. Gosnell. The theme for this year is the New Deal, and its relation to various phases of every day life. Some of the lectures that have been given are: "The New Deal in Agriculture," "The New Deal in Industry," "The New Deal in Banking." Tonight there will be a de- bate: "Resolved: That the United States Should Return to the Gold Standard." Tomorrow night H. Pierre de Lanux speaks in the Glenn Memor- ial Church on "What Europe Thinks of the New Deal." Friday night's ad- dress will be made by Hon. Chester McCall who will speak on "Youth and the New Deal." At eleven and three o'clock, daily round table discussions are being held in the theology chapel and the Glenn Memorial Church. Agnes Scott is represented on the In- stitute Advisory Board by Miss Flor- ence Smith and Dr. McCain, and mem- bers of faculty and student body of the college are attending the meetings. QUENELLE HARROLD APPLICATIONS DUE Applications for the Quenelle Har- rold Fellowship must have been made to Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, Registrar, by February 1 J. The fellowship is open to members of the senior class and to alumnae of three years standing. It is provided by the income from a $10,000 foundation which Mrs. Thomas Harrold of Amer- icus, Ga., established in honor of her daughter who graduated from Agnes Scott in 1923. The fellowship may be applied to any field of graduate study, but cannot be used for professional training. It may also be used in any school approved by the trustees of the fund, or may be applied as partial pay- ment for study abroad. Selection is made on the basis of qualification for research and promise of leadership. The last award was made to Mary Sprinkle, ex-'31, of Marion, Va., who is now studying in France. The dance recital given by all of the dancing classes, is planned for Tuesday night, February the 20th, at 8 o'clock. The program is as follows: Gluck, "Apollo and the Muses." "Walking," Bach The Dance Club. "Running," Schumann Beginners Dancing Class. "Skipping," Airs in Dancer Begin- ners Dancing Class. "Polka," Strauss Intermediate Dancing Class. "Greeting," Schubert Beginners Dancing Class. "Waltz Study," Schubert Begin- ners Dancing Class. "Ocassoisin," Schubert Intermed- iate Dancing Class. "Waltz Study," Schubert Inter- mediate Dancing Class. "Gigue," Corelli The Dance Club. "Roses of the South," Strauss The Dance Club. 'Marche Militaire," Schubert The Dance Club. LIBRARIAN TO CONTINUE STUDIES FOR DEGREE Miss Edna Ruth Hanley, Agnes Scott's librarian, left last week for Ann Arbor, Mich., to resume her work at the University of Michigan. She re- ceived an eight hundred dollar scholar- ship from the Carnegie Foundation which enabled her to complete the work necessary to receive her M.A. de- gree in library science in June. Miss Hanley is also making a study of library methods and buildings, the ma- terial to be used in planning a new library, which is to be part of "Greater Agnes Scott." Enroute to Michigan Miss Hanley visited libraries at Ran- dolph-Macon Woman's College, Sweet- briar, University of Virginia and the Congressional Library in Washington, D. C. During the absence of Miss Hanley, Miss Gwendolyn Miller is in charge of the Agnes Scott library. Miss Hanley will resume her position as head librarian here next year. Nomination Open For May Queen The nominations for May Queen will be held February 14 through 17. The names of the nominees will be posted on Tuesday the twentieth, and the elec- tion will be held from Wednesday the twenty-first to Saturday the twenty- fourth. The nominations and votes are to be placed in a box in the lobby of Buttrick Hall. Fifteen nominations are required to put a senior's name on the list of nom- inations to be voted on. The queen will be selected from these and the remain- ing girls will be members of the May Court. All students are urged to vote that the May Queen may be truly represen- tative. Four New Phi Beta Kappa Members Are Announced "The Mikado" Will Be Given in May Gordon, Goss, Matthews and Prettyman Are Honored Moliere Comedy Will Be Given Les Precieuses Ridicules by Moliere will be the interesting presentation of the French club in honor of the Al- liance Franchise of Atlanta, March 8, at 8 P. M. in the chapel. This delightful satire on the customs and manners of Moliere's times will be under the direction of Miss Lucille Alexander and Miss Margaret Phythian. The play centers around two lovers, LaGrange and DuCroisy, who come to woo the daughter of Monsieur Gorgi- bus. The two young ladies, being en- grossed with the very fastidious no- tions of les precieuses, disdain their suitors as lacking sufficiently fine man- ners. The suitors determine to teach the young ladies a lesson, and the plot is worked out in an interesting fashion around the masquerade of Mascarillc, the lackey of LaGrange, the deception of the young ladies, and the complete satisfaction of the young men who are wooing them. The cast includes: Mascarille Miss Martha Crowe. Gorgibus Miss Margaret Phythian. Jodelet Martha Elliott. LaGrange Margaret Rogers. DuCroisy Anna Humber. Magdelon Betty Fountain. Cathos Dorothy Bell. A cordial invitation to the play has been extended to the entire college community. Seventeenth century cos- tume and a minuet in the play are two features which are expected to prove particularly attractive to the audience. Mile. Berthe Landru, of Paris, the guest of Miss Phythian, will be honor guest together with the Alliance Franchise at a social hour in the Alum- (Con tinned on page 4, column 4) The Glee Club, under the direction of Lewis H. Johnson, and assisted by a number of male voices from Atlanta will give two presentations of the humorous Gilbert and Sullivan opera, The Mikado. The first presentation is to be in the early part of May (date undecided) and the second, Monday night, May 2 8. The Mikado is said to be the most popular of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and it tells in a clever way the story of Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado of Japan, who flees from his father's court disguised as a wan- dering minstrel to escape the wiles of Katisha, an elderly lady who wishes to marry him. While thus disguised Nanki-Poo meets Yum-Yum and falls in love with her. The plot becomes more complicated when we learn that Yum-Yum is preparing to wed Ko-Ko Lord High Executioner and Yum- Yum's guardian, although she returns quantity at^_1,: d > i nrt._ ... j- _. * Nanki-Poo's love. The audience is kept in a state of excitement. The hero narrowly escapes execution. Yum-Yum is nearly buried alive. There is, how- ever, a happy ending with the double (Continued on page 3, column 4) Jeritza To Sing- On February 15 Maria Jeritza, of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Walter Geiseking, pianist, will be heard in a joint recital at the City Auditorium tomorrow eve- ning, February 15, at 8:30 o'clock. The presentation is under the auspices of the All-Star Concert Series. Mine. Jeritza, a native of Austria and member of the Imperial and Royal Opera of Vienna, made her American debut in 1921 at the Metropolitan Opera House as "Marietta" in Die Tote St chit. Success such as few personalities achieve has surrounded her from the beginning of her career, and has fol- lowed her through appearances in the opera houses of Europe and America. Fler voice is outstanding for its power and brilliance. Mr. Geiseking, who comes to At- lanta in place of Paul Kochanski, vio- linist, was born in France, but is Ger- man by blood, temperament and train- ing. He made his American debut in 1921 and since then has been widely acclaimed as a master of the pianoforte. Four new members were announced by the Agnes Scott chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Saturday, February 10, in chapel. The following seniors were honored: Polly Gordon, Lucy Goss, Marion Matthews and Virginia Pretty- man. The speaker, Dr. Donald Davidson oi the English department of Vander- bilt University, was introduced by Dr. Hayes, president of the local Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Professor Davidson has been one of the leaders of a group of poets called the Fugitives, and at one time was editor of their journal, The Fu-itiie. He has published two vol- umes of poetry, An (Jutland Piper and The Tall Men, and has contributed to the anthology Til Take My Stand. "Education for Quality" was the subject of Dr. Davidson's address. He brought out the devotional aspect of Phi Beta Kappa to an ancient cause "forever new." Phi Beta Kappa, whose quality standards are opposed to the standards of "tumultous America," is devoted to the humani- ties, all the cultural subjects dealing with the human quality of our life. The question arises "how our devotion may attach itself to an intangible cause" in an America devoted to "sheer ponderosity." Dr. Davidson stressed the failure of the American educational system which, intending to make us wise, did not control the vulgarity of the 1920s or the depression of the 193 0s. This (Con tinned on page 4, coljcnitlA) Fairchild Machine To Be Purchased ASS'T DEAN TO ATTEND ANNUAL CONVENTION Agnes Scott is purchasing a Fairchild Electric Transcription Apparatus, to be installed in the studios of Miss Gooch and Mr. Johnson. The machine, which the faculty feel is now suffi- ciently perfected to make advisable its purchase by the college, records on aluminum discs and will be useful for singing, modern languages, ancient i languages, and spoken English. A microphone and loud speaker will make possible radio program practice, and in this connection the college is consider- ing offering a course in radio speaking. Discs of various sizes are to be obtain- able: three minute discs for fifty cents, six minute discs for one dollar, and ten minute discs for one dollar and a half. The proceeds from the presenta- tion of Home's "Ladies of Cranford," given by the faculty Saturday night, will be used in the purchase of the ma- Mss Carrie Scandrett, assistant Dean, will attend the annual meeting of the National Association of Deans of Women to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, February 21-24. Because Founder's Day has always been in conflict with the time set for the annual meeting of the organization, this year is the first year that Agnes Scott will have been rep- resented. Miss Scandrett goes in place of Miss Hopkins, who will be a speaker on the Founder's Day broadcast, Febru- ary 22. The convention, which is held the week of the meeting of the National Education Association, will be attended by the deans from all types and grades of schools. The discussion will be di- vided into groups such as trends, finan- cial crises, religious problems. Dr. Og- burn will lecture one night on "The Outlook for the Trained Woman." A. S. FINE ARTS IS BOOKLET SUBJECT A booklet on Fine Arts at Agnes Scott was published last week in re- sponse to the many inquiries which have been made recently concerning this phase of the curriculum. A short foreword outlines the development of the departments of Fine Arts in the college. Chapters on music, art, and spoken English give information con- cerning the different departments and describe advantages offered by the loca- tion of the college and by its affilia- tion with national associations, notably the Presser Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the General Education Board of New York. The booklet also contains a description and a sketch of the proposed Presser Music Building, to be erected here at an carlv date. 2 The Agonistic &t)C Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5 c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper (( ,*,Tj^c"T ) Member) STAFF Martha Elliott Editor-in-ChiefKossiE Ritchie Business Manager Virginia Prettyman Assistant Edit orDoT Cassel Advertising Manager Polly Gordon Make-up Ed/tor EDITORIAL STAFF Elinor Hamilton___Kcv to C ur rentMARGARET Friend Sports Editor His tor y Elizabeth Hickson_Ass/s/0/// Make- Elizabeth Winn Feature Editor Up Editor Plant Ellis Society f % Decatur. (, a. | *> % S V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V PROGRAM PLANNED ON FEBRUARY 22 {Continued from page 1, column 3) chosen by the gym department from the senior class. Following this, there will be a dance given by the Cotillion Club. All members of the student body are invited. The alumnae program for Founder's Day will be broadcast from WSB Thursday, February 22, at 3:30 o'clock. The program will consist of short talks by Miss Hopkins and Dr. McCain and of several selections by an alumna quartette under the direction of Mr. Johnson. The Atlanta and De- catur clubs will hold their regular February meetings at this time, as will the 2 5 organized clubs throughout the country. A New FRILL in the World of Fashion . . FRILL BOUCLE DRESSES 16 .75 Houcles are frilled, and we are thrilled; be- cause these new 2-piece suits are so flatter- ing. So are their colors of Sea Blue, Maize, Pink and White. Notice the sashes are lacy too. Sizes 14 to 20. Street Floor J.IP. ALLIEN &CO. "The Store All Women Know' Fanny Describes Long Career In Infirmary The person to whom the name Fanny means nothing is necessarily one of those rare beings who have never suf- fered from a cold, a cough, a case of measles or any of those ailments which commonly beset frail human-kind a person, in short, who has never been to the infirmary. While such a per- son may be deemed fortunate in many ways, she has, nevertheless, missed one of life's experiences and has failed to make the acquaintance of one of Agnes Scott's most unique traditions. For the benefit of the uninitiated, it wll be explained that Fanny is the "dark angel" who presides over the culinary regions of the building known as the Infirmary. It is Fanny who comes shuffling in, in the cold gray dawn to place before one one's egg, cocoa, and toast. Incidentally, one is honor-bound to eat the egg because Fanny's distress is so manifest if the egg is not consumed /;/ toto. It is Fanny who brings the inevitable bowl of soup (accompanied by more toast) when noon-day approaches; and it is Fanny, again, who bears lovingly the now familiar toast, cocoa and egg as the shades of twilight gather. Only those who have known the intensity of infirmary hunger pangs can realize the joy with which a visit from Fanny is hailed. Not only are the allotted ra- tions brought, but Fanny has even been known to secure an extra and forbid- den piece of toast when properly urged. "You sho it won't hurt yuh, honey?" Fanny's private history seems to have been quite uneventful. She grew up in Rockdale and came to Agnes Scott many years ago, before the Daugherty regime, when Miss Rebekah Scott was still a patron of the college. In fact, the exact date of Fanny's arrival is so remote that it is shrouded in the mists of the past, and Fanny herself is un- able to recall it. Ever since that time, however, she has been at the Infirmary except for a few years when she strayed away to "raise" a family of white "chillun" in Decatur. Her whole exist- ence, apparently, has been tied up with the place, and she has spent her days and years cooking toast and eggs for sick and "ailin' " girls. In regard to the infirmary menu, Fanny rather sheep- ishly confesses that she can't think of anything else to fix to save her life. But she tries hard to "please the girls and to be sweet and kind." Those who are homesick "and don't want to tarry here long are 'soled and comforted" by the ever-faithful Fanny, for she is "crazy about her girls.' The patient, +** & * A. At ^ * * +? 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Miss Laney entertained at tea last Saturday afternoon for Mr. Donald Da vidson, who made the Phi Beta Kappa address in chapel. Those at- tending were the members of Poetry Club and B. O. Z. Nell Patillo entertained the Spanish Club at her home last Wednesday. Catherine Jones and Cornelia Christie spent the week-end with friends at Shorter, in Rome, Ga. Elizabeth Allison and Kathryn Wal- lace spent the week-end with Fannie B. Harris at her home in Rome, Ga. Billy Turner had as her guest tor the week-end Lula Callaway of Weslevan. Sara Conlin's mother and father of Warrenton visited her Sunday, Mallie White, ex-\W, arrives today to spend several days with Carolyn Russell. Adele Moses had Sunday dinner with Mrs. J. M. Alexander of Atlanta. Peggy Raysor and Frances Bel ford spent the week-end with Virginia Sauls. Kitty Print up was at home in At- lanta over the week-end. Frances Cary visited her home in Greenville, S. C, over the week-end. Ida Buist attended the Biltmore Hotel dance Saturday night. Nancy Moorer and Sara Forester spent the week-end in Atlanta with Miss Mary McCants. Carolyn Clements attended a Sigma Chi party at the Avondale Country Club on Saturday night. Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Richardson of New York City spent several days with their daughter, Mary Richardson, on their way to Florida last week. Martha Norman had as week-end guests at her home in West Point Frances Espy, Mary Alice Newton, Elizabeth Espy, Dorothy Dickson, and Carolyn McCallum. THE MIKADO WILL BE GIVEN IN MAY (Con tunic J from page 1, column 4) marriage of Yum-Yum and Nanki- Poo, and of Ko-Ko and Katisha. The cast for the opera has not been selected but those working on the dif- ferent parts are: Betty Lou Houck Yum-Yum. Peep-Bo Alice Chamlee and Mary Lon Schumann. Pitti-Sing Jane Clark and Shirley Christian. Katisha Gussie Riddle and Ruth Shippey. The Mikado Edwin Anchors. Ko-Ko Dick Smoot. Nanki-Poo Perry Hay. Pooh-Bah Jack Bagwell. Pish-Tush Charles White, Jr. The accompaniment for the opera will be furnished by the Agnes Scott string ensemble. PSYCH. DEPARTMENT COMPLETES TESTS monotonous life of the infirmary irks her not at all. In her own words, "everything down heah is quiet and easy and luverly." Even those of us who may disagree with this description must admit that the contributions which Fanny makes to infirmary life go far towards making the place "easy and luverly. " How can anyone say that absence makes the heart grow fonder? "I guess," said Massie, "that means the absence of the third party." Log. *> > * * > * > * <> * > * * *> > > * * * > > * *> * * * * ** * ROXY'S % I DEPARTMENT STORE * Anything in Shoos. Dry Goods > I or Ready to Wear X * A I 139 Sycamore Street | 1 Dec ;it or, Ga. 1* L. CHAJAGE 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER The psychological experiments that Miss Omwake and Miss Dexter have conducted on the campus during the fall months have come to an end. Miss Omwake and Miss Dexter have had as their purpose to find the inter-relations of certain physiological measurements and aspects of personality, and they have given a variety of tests to a select- ed group of students, ninety-two in all. The tests were for metabolism, blood pressure, pulse rate, scholastic average, general intelligence, extroversion, and introversion. The group to whom the tests were given showed a normal dis- tribution; the majority were not con- spicuously extrovert or introvert but ambivert. The tests showed no rela- tionship between physiological traits and introversion and extroversion, and no correlation between the pulse rate and scholastic average and intelligence. They found, however, an interesting negative correlation of minus thirty between pulse rate and campus activi- ties. This means that there is a tend- ency for people with a high pulse rate to be relatively inactive in campus af- fairs. A higher pulse rate also showed lower self-sufficiency and dominance. There was a slight tendency for a higher blood pressure to indicate a higher scholastic average. The con- clusions drawn from these experiments was that physiological tests, with few exceptions, bear practically no relation to the various aspects of personality. * * v * * * * *: * * * * $ > * $ >> $ $ $ * Why not eat at the Clairmonl % Delicatessen? * ( LAIR MONT DKLIT VTKSSKN a Invites You Always Famous Sandwiches and Italian * Spaghetti with Reman Cheese % 112 Claimonl &ve. | Decatur, Ga. * * * * * | * 4 The Agonistic Basketball Games Draw Big Crowd An unusually large and enthusiastic audience witnessed the defeat of the senior and sophomore basketball teams in two of the best games of the sea- son. The steady shooting of Kennedy and Walker amassed 25 points for the freshmen, while their guards held the seniors to only 12 points. Both teams played exceptionally good basketball. The sophomores gave the juniors some strong opposition, losing by a score of 2 5-23. McCalla scored 15 points for the juniors, while Stevens, who was back in the game for the sophomores, scored 14 points. The line-ups were as follows: Seniors Freshmen Massie, f. Walker, f. Barron, f. Kennedy, f. Hamilton, f. Cary, f. Schuessler, g. Stalker, g. Austin, g. Peeples, g. Tindall, g. Kneale, g. Substitcs: seniors Ames; freshmen, Leman, Thing, McCain. Juniors Sophomores Spencer, f. Handte, f. McCalla, f. Stevens, f. Young, f. Tomlinson, f. Simpson, g. O'Neal, g. Espy, g. Estes, g. Richards, g. Armstrong, g. Substitution: sophomores, Burson. ATHLETIC NEWS Underclassmen Win Vollevball Game FOUR NEW PHI BETA KAPPA MEMBERS ARE ANNOUNCED {Continued from page 1, column 5) system has almost completely banished the humanities. All subjects have be- come coldly utilitarian and we are taught that "we are the prey of anonymous economic forces in whose path we lie paralyzed.' Even English literature threatens to come under the test tubes, to become unintelligible and unteachable in the present situation. How, Dr. Davidson asked, can one ex- plain to the "emancipated youth" of today the beauty of the pastoral poem, Lycidas. Applied science has reigned in America, yet has not saved us from the economic distress or "social deg- radation and bewilderment." In this sense the South, slow in in- dustrial development, is not thoroughly Americanized. The South's elusive tra- dition of loyalties, beliefs, manners, customs, offers powerful resistance to the "new march to the sea" which is "far from complete." Up to 1860 humanistic learning, blended with life, refined Southern life without weaken- ing it and though this time is passed, the Southern tradition survives and has something to offer the changed condi- tions of today. We arc headed toward the abyss, but we have not gone too far and t here is still time for self- ana lysis. There has been a thoughtless drift in SOUthem educational policies, set up on an Imitative pa ucrn without regard for southern conditions. We are consider- ing the quantity instead of the quality. Education can equally be the instru- ment of our salvation or our degrad- ation. The quality of education is de- termined by the purpose which, in turn, is determined by the fife it in- tends to foster. Colleges must be an Soccer Is Feature Of Spring Season Spring season is the Gym Depart- ment will start on March 2. Although the full program for the season has not yet been planned, several new features in sports have been announced. Base- ball, heretofore the major spring sport, i has lost popularity in recent years and Athletic Boaid hopes to substitute soc- cer for it this year. The latter sport, which resembles hockey in lineup, is popular on many campuses, and discus- sion concerning its adoption here has been very favorable. Water polo, which was omitted from the whiter schedule, is to be a minor sport this season. Other minor sports are riding, golf, tennis, archery, and hiking. The usual singles tennis tourna- ment will be held later in the spring. organic part of the living world, "not a place for negligent parents to park their troublesome children/' Dr. Davidson said the tendency of older education has been to take away the sense of location, to make us "citi- zens of a shifting nowhere." However, he said, different sections of the United States with their local traditions do not have to be uniform, and now there is a tendency toward regionalism, toward importance of local culture. Now the approach to be the subject matter of culture is changing. The first object of education should be to make people feel at home and understand their home. "The loyalty of the home dwel- ler should be substituted for the rest- lessness of the pioneer." We need to look closer at hand for the material of our culture, but should not limit our education. Our progress can be through the local and sectional to the national and international. Dr. Davidson urged a turning away from imitation in our educational sys- tem and a restoration of humanistic studies: "We have taken Greek and Latin out of our education, but Greece and Rome cannot be subtracted from history." A. A. EMPHASIZES COLD RESISTANCE The Athletic Association, in prepar- ation for the election of "Miss Health," which will be held in March, is featur- ing every second week some phase of health which will be considered in the judging of Agnes Scott's healthiest girl. Correct walking, good posture, and general health are points which have been stressed during the past two months. Freedom from colds will be featured next week. HIKING SQUAD IS CHOSEN Rosa Miller, hiking manager, an- nounces the following squad, the mem- bers of which have completed five or- ganized hikes, eight unorganized hikes, and one ten-mile hike during the fall season: Sarah Austin, Corrie Blair, Jane Blair, Frances Cary, Anne Coffee, Mary L. Deason, Fidesah Edwards, Helen Ford, Elizabeth Forman, Mardie Friend, Michelle Furlowe, Helen Handte, Martha Johnson, Dorothy Lee, Frances McCalla, Dean McKoin, Rosa Miller, Marie Simpson, Nokie Spencer, Marjorie Tindall, Virginia Turner, and Anne Walker. Tests to Be Held By Outing Club Outing Club announces classes in i preparation for tests which will be con- ducted by the present members of the Outing Club throughout a period of six weeks, after which try-outs will be held and membership announced. Ad- mittance into the club will not be based on attendance to these classes, but on the individual's practical knowl- edge of the subjects taught. The four subjects of the classes are: outdoor cooking, taught by Mary Green, Marjorie Tindall and Sara Austin; nature study taught by Mary McDonald, Nokie Spencer and Isabelle Wilson; first aid, taught by Sarah C. Wood and Mardie Friend; a study of camp craft, taught by Margaret Mas- sie, Frances McCalla and Virginia Fisher. Miss Bee Turner, Scout field captain of Atlanta, came to the campus yester- day afternoon and gave special instruc- tions in First Aid to the Club, and I Saturday afternoon, club members hiked to the woods to renew their knowledge of these subjects before starting classes. Old schoolmates greeting each other after many years separation. 'Why, Mary, you have grown so fat I would hardly have known you." "Well, Helen, dear, I wouldn't have known you except for your coat." * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I I X Compliments of CLUBS (Continued from page 2, column 3) Williamson's selections will be a group of German songs by famous composers. Eta Sigma Phi There will be a call meeting of Eta Sigma Phi to vote upon the election of the Latin and Greek students who are eligible for membership in Eta Sigma Phi. The initiation ceremony and ban- quet in honor of the initiates will be held on February 2 3. International Relations Helen Boyd, Elinor Hamilton, and Dr. Philip Davidson will represent In- ternational Relations Club at the con- ference of International Relations Clubs to be held February 22-23 in Hattiesburg, Miss. B \I. 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Miss Alexander and Miss Phythian will en- tertain, and the members of French Club are invited to meet the guests of honor. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * f MARTIN BEAUTY SHOPPE * * * Character Wigs * * * Rented for Plavfi * * * * * * Phone Dearborn 2071 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | Silhouette Tea Room * 1 HOURS: I I 7:30- 2:00 * * 4:00- 7:00 % % 10:00-10:30 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * DECATUR WOMAN'S EXCHANGE * * * * * * * * ************ * ****** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Greetings and Felicitations to * Ignes Scott Seniors % MARGARET WAITE % | BOOK SHOP I % 119-121 Peachtree Arcade % * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * % * * I MAISON ADOLPHE * (oil! curs * Biltmore Hotel Telephone He. 6835 % Hrin<4 Your Hair Problems J !;! to Adolphe's | * * % Special Prices to College % Students I * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * v .\ \ .% .\ .% .% .% .\ ,\ .. .\ .\ lg[ * .% .\ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . : . .\ $ .\ s. * .\ .\ ,\ * .% .\ s. ,\ s. s. ,\ .% $ ****************** * * ***** .j. 4 4 * * * * * * * * * * I ! 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AT THE THEATRES * l"| ' i |< t"l"t"K" l "l" l' > l"l"t"t"t"t"t"l"t": | CAPITOL I FIRST RUN PICTURES * * anf l I BIG STAGE SHOWS * I Balcony 15c I Orchestra 25c * * On the Screen * % "THE AVENGER" * % On the Stage * The Franklin and M en t rose 1 Vaudeville Revue ** i * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * V *** * * Thursday and Friday | "SITTING PRETTY" I * | DeKALB THEATRE * * * * I Monday and Tuesday | t tk THE INVISIBLE MAN" i * A * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * iiiiiillliiiiiiliiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii STARTS SATURDAY "HI, NELLIE" with PAUL MUNI GLENDA PARRELL NED SPARKS Now Playing KIAV. (i. KOHINSON in "DARK HAZARD" (paramount \J THE AT RE 1 A Great Laugh Story Dressed lake a Million ! "FASHIONS OF 1984" \N in. |\;w<>ll Hc-tte I >;i v Vi rcc Teasdale Hugh ll<'rb: ri Fran* McHugh 10 fircat Laii^h Stars! 200 ( ior^oous Girls] fiO Beautiful Models! Jimmy Bccr^ Organlogue News Short s FOX 23) Agonistic VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1934 NO. 14 Student Government Develops New Projects From N. S. F. A. Practical Ideas Applied On Agnes Scott Campus. Student Government will attempt this year to carry out many of the plans which were suggested at the National Student Federation of Amer- ica, attended at Washington, D. C, during December by Mary MacDonald and Alberta Palmour, who made re- ports yesterday in chapel according to Mary MacDonald, president of the executive committee, the chief aim of these plans is to connect our student organizations more definitely with the N. S. F. A. and to derive benefit from our association with it. The following projects will be at- tempted during the spring by Student Government: 1. A shelf will be used in the library to display various information about the work of the N. S. F. A. 2. Speakers will be invited to come out frequently during chapel to speak on current topics, particularly on stu- dent movements in other countries. 3. Information will be obtained and distributed concerning government projects for summer work to students and graduates. 4. Two delegates will be sent to the meeting of the southern division of N. S. F. A. to be held in Birmingham, Ala., near April 1. 5. An honor drive will be sponsored to stimulate more interest in our pres- ent honor system and to discover the status of student opinion concerning it. 6. Definite programs will be dis- cussed concerning the training for an honor system in various high schools of the state. 7. Information about our system of student government will be sent to BLACKFRIARS PRESENT PLAY "Once There Was a Princess," by Juliet Welbor Tompkins, is to be given Saturday, March 10, at 8:30 p. m. in the gymnasium. The play, the second one to be presented by Blackfriars this year, is to follow immediately after the Junior Banquet. It is the first American play that has been given here in several seasons. In continuance of the idea so successfully adopted in the last Backfriars play, "Hay Fever," men will again play the male roles. Jimmy Jackson and Bob Gillespie, of Decatur ,who made such a success in that play will again be seen. The girls for the leading roles have been chosen for their ability to roll their "r's," and those Southern girls not so naturally endowed will, in the next few weeks, attempt to acquire the accent and colloqualisms of mid-western speech. With such considerations in mind the tentative cast is as follows: Signor Moroni Jimmy Reece. {Continued on page 4, column 2) AGNES SCOTT FACULTY AGAIN PRESENTS PLAY In response to popular request, the faculty are repeating the play, Ladies of Cranfard, which was given here two weeks ago. This second presentation will be given at eight-thirty tonight, February 21, in the gymnasium. The play, which is a dramatization of Mrs. Gaskell's novel made by Miss Mary Barnard Home, was put on at Agnes Scott fourteen years ago. At that time Miss Anna Young, in whose honor the Alumnae House has been named, had the leading role and five of the present cast were also in the original list of characters. the national headquarters of N. S. F. A. in Washington, D. C., for sugges- tion or revision. 8. Information concerning the edu- cational emergency loan fund of N. S. F. A. will be obtained with the hope of opening loans to Agnes Scott stu- dents. 9. An effort will be made to de- velop interest in national and interna- tional affairs among students. This was the theme of the congress this year and the keynote of the speech of the Flonorable Chester McCall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, as reviewed by Alberta Palmour. These projects will be carried on un- der the auspices of the N. S. F. A. com- mittee, consisting of Charlotte Reid, chairman; Mary Jane Evans, Barbara Hertwig, Ursula Boese, Sarah Spenser, and Laura Buist. Debating Team Is Announced The Agnes Scott debaters for the tri- angular debates will be: affirmative, Elizabeth Winn and Sarah Katherine Wood; alternate, Mary Jane Evans; negative, Marian Calhoun and Mildred Cohen; alternate, Edith Merlin. The debates, between Randolph Macon, Sophie Newcomb, and Agnes Scott, will be held on Friday evening, March 2 3. The Randolph Macon de- baters will come here; Agnes Scott de- baters will be at Sophie Newcomb. The subject for debate is one of deep in- terest at present: Resolved, That the fundamental principles or purposes of the NRA, constitutionality cancelled, should be adopted in the United States. These debates are of singular signifi- cance in that they revive an old tradi- tion abandoned only in the past few years. For years the triangular inter- collegiate debates were the event of the college year. Feeling ran high over the decisions, not only on the campus but in the Atlanta alumnae organiza- tions of the three colleges. This year Agnes Scott renews debating relations with Randolph Macon. Sophie New- comb, it will be remembered, debated here in the fall on Fascism. Alternates have been selected this year for the first time in several years. The judges will be representatives from the Atlanta alumnae associations of Randolph Macon and Agnes Scott, and disinterested persons not yet determ- ined. RECENT MEMBERS OF PHI BETA HONORED The annual Phi Beta Kappa banquet honoring its four newly-elected mem- bers was held in the Silhouette Tea Room Saturday evening, February 17, at 6:15 P. M. In a short, formal initia- tion program preceding the banquet, the Agnes Scott chapter members wel- comed Pauline Gordon, Lucy Goss, Marion Mathews and Virginia Pretty- man into the honorary society. After the initiation the guests were directed to the dining room where a banquet was served. Dr. G. P. Hayes, of the English Department, president of the chapter, presided during the evening. Many alumnae members were present. EXPERIMENT TO BE HELD An experiment will be conducted in chapel on Saturday, February 24 by Miss Emily Dexter, assistant professor of psychology. This experiment will supplement the series of psychological and physiological tests which have been given during the fall. The students are asked to be present and to bring pencils. Queen Nominees Are Announced The May Queen nominees are Char- lotte Reid, Martha Skeen, and C'Lena McMullen, who were chosen by student nominations held from February 14 through February 17. Two hundred and sixty students participated in the nominations. The election for May Queen will begin today in the lobby of Buttrick Hall and will continue through Saturday mornnig, February 24. The two nominees who are not elected will be automatically members of the May Court. Ballot boxes have been placed and students are requested to sign votes. According to a plan recently adopted by the student body, the May Court this year will also be chosen by popular election rather than altogether by the May Day Committee as formerly. Each student will nominate nine people to be in the May Court and the fifteen names receiving the highest number of votes will be presented to the May Day Committee which will choose from them nine attendants to the queen. The election for the court will be held during the first two weeks in March. Program Given By German Club The German Club will present Miss Mar}- Catherine Williamson and Mr. C. W. Dieckmann, professor of organ, in a program of German songs on Monday evening, February 26, at 8:30 in the chapel. Miss Williamson, accompanied by Mr. Dieckmann at the piano, will sing the following groups of songs: 1. "She Never Told Her Love/' Haydn. "My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair," Haydn. 2. "Gute Nacht," Robert Franz. "Aus Meinen Grossen Schmerzen," Robert Franz. "Widmung," Robert Franz. "Es hat die Rose sick beklagt," Robert Franz. 3. "Die Lotosblume," Robert Schu- mann. "Widmung, " Robert Schumann. "Weylas Gesang," Hugo Wolf. 'Anakreon's Grab," Hugo Wolf. "Er ist's'" (Frulingslied) , Hugo Wolf. 4. "Wiegenlied," Johannes Brahms. "Meine Hied ist Grim," Johannes Brahms. "Von Ewiger Lieb," Johannes Brahms. 5. "Zuneigung" Johannes Brahms. "Standchen," Richard Strauss. "Der Sandstragen," August Bungest. "Morning Hymn," Georg Henschel. After the program, coffee will be served in Main. The entire college community and their friends are in- vited to be present at the meeting and the reception afterwards. ENSEMBLE TO PLAY The Agnes Scott String Ensemble will broadcast over WSB on Wednes- day evening, February 2 8, at 6:00 o'clock, on the weekly Agnes Scott program which is arranged by Miss Mary Catherine Williamson. The program to be played is as fol- lows: 1. Alma Mater. 2. Hungarian Dance No. 5, Brahms. 3. Largo, Handel. 4. The Last Spring, Grieg. 5. Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms. Louis Untermeyer Completes Lecture Series In March 'Glory of the Commonplace" Subject of Address. Founder's Day Banquet Held The annual Founder's Day Banquet in honor of the birthday of Colonel George Washington Scott will be given tomorrow night, February 22, in the dining room of Rebekah Scott hall. The program, according to custom, will be under the auspices of the senior class, who will present certain famous figures of Revolutionary history. These will be: George Washington Mary Mac- Donald. Martha Washington Elinor Hamil- ton. Betsy Ross Dorothy Casscl. Patrick Henry Martha Skeen. Lafayette Martha Elliott. Daniel Boone Margaret Rogers. Benjamin Franklin Mary Ames. These characters will propose toasts which will be answered in song by the sophomore class. After the banquet, there will be a minuet in the gym- nasium, in which Mary Hamilton, Martha Elliott, Ruth Shippey, Dorothy Dickson, Polly Gordon, Elizabeth Winn, C'Lena McMullen, Margaret Friend, Mary MacDonald, and Elinor Hamilton will participate. The final event of the evening will be a dance sponsored by the members of the Cotillion Club, who have en- gaged Warner Heston and his nine- piece orchestra to play for the occasion. The college community is cordially in- vited. Announcement Made Of Agonistic Judges The Agonistic announces the three judges for the Agonistic contest this year. They are Elizabeth Lynch, of St. Petersburg, Fla., editor of the paper last year; Julian Harris, of the staff of the Constitution, and James Pope, city editor of the Journal. Two other judges will probably be chosen at a later date. The contest, in which each class puts out an edition of the Agonistic, is an annual contest sponsored by the paper; the winner is rewarded with a cup. The editions are judged on the basis of news stories and style, feature articles, edi- torials, and general make-up. The editors of the sophomore edition were elected February 13. They are Lulu Ames, editor-in-chief, and Doris Batsell, business manager. Louis Untermeyer, noted American poet, critic, anthologist, will lecture on ''The Glory of the Commonplace" on March 16 at 8:3 0 p. m. in the gym- nasium, under the auspices of the Lec- ture Association. Mr. Untermeyer, called by Amy Lowell, "the most versatile genius in America," has achieved a notable dis- tinction in the fields of poetry, parody, and criticism. He is probably Amer- ica's most widely read poet in Europe where his collections have sold by the hundreds of thousands, and he is recog- nized in America as one of the out- standing poets of his generation. His works in verse include: Challenge, Roast Leviathan, These Times, The New Ad am, Collected Parodies, Burning Bush, and the recently published Food and Drink. Among his anthologies, which have become standards in Am- erica, are Modern British Poetry, Mod- ern American Poetry, and the Book of Living Verse. His volume of essays, Heavens, has been acclaimed as an outstanding work of American criticism, interesting for its curious blend of irony and idealism, and The Donkey of God introduces him with merit into the field of juve- nile writing. As a lecturer, Mr. Untermeyer has been received with enthusiasm in many American cities. His lecture series in- cludes What Americans Read and Why, Why We Write and How, New Languages for the New Genera- tion, and A Critic's Half-Holiday. In his address here on "The Glory of the Commonplace," Mr. Untermeyer will outline the history of wholly native lit- erature, emphasizing the poetry of ev- eryday and the richness of ordinary ex- perience with illustrations from every- (Continued on page 4, column 1) DANCE RECITAL HELD TUESDAY ALUMNAE MAKE TRIP Penelope Brown, '3 2, and Dorothy Hutton, '29, have just returned from an alumnae field trip in Florida. Their itinerary covered thirty-six hundred miles on the east and west coasts of Florida, and several inland cities of note. They visited countless alumnae and gave illustrated talks at twenty- five high schools and junior high schools during their four weeks tour. A dance recital, sponsored by the members of the dancing classes, was given in the Agnes Scott gymnasium last night, February 20, at 8 o'clock. The participants were selected from all the classes beginners, intermediate, and the Dance Club. A program of varied numbers was given, ranging from Schubert's "Waltz Study" to his "Marche Militaire." Costumes in keep- ing with the spirit of the music and the dance were worn. The complete program was as fol- lows: Gluck, "Apollo and the Muses"; "Walking," Bach The Dance Club. "Running," Schumann Beginners Dancing Class. "Skipping," air in danses Begin- ners Dancing Class. "Polka," Strauss Intermediate Dancing Class. "Greeting," Schubert Alice Cham- lee, Shirley Christian, Frances Farr. {Continued on page 4, column 5) FASHION SHOW IS CxIVEN BY THE COTILLION CLUB A fashion show will be sponsored by the Cotillion Club tomorrow afternoon, February 22, from twelve to two-thir- ty o'clock in Rich's tea room. The latest spring dresses will be shown. The models are to be the officers of the club, Plant Ellis, Nina Parke, and Nell White, and several members, Betty Lou Houck, Laura Whitner, Elinor Hamilton, Emily McGahee and Marguerite Morris. The college com- munity is cordially invited. 2 The Agonistic Ctrjc Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Mailer. s i ^ (Newspaper v \ i Member) STAFF Editor-in-Chief Mary Boggs Business Manager Mary Green Assistant Editor Anna Humber Ass't Bus. Mgr. Elizabeth Thrasher Make-Up Editor. _Mary Jane Evans EDITORIAL STAFF lent ure Editor Mary Virginia Allen Club Editor Betty Fountain Exchange Ed. Hester Ann Withers Book Bits Editor Frances Espy Society Editor _ Marguerite Morris Giddy Gossip Margaret Robins Sports Editor Marie Simpson BUSINESS STAFF Circulation Mgr Alice Dunbar Day Student Circulation Manager Ass't Circ. Mgr.. Josephine Jennings ADVERTISING STAFF Elizabeth Alexander Suzanne Smith Elizabeth Alexander Marian Calhoun Katherine Hertzka Eva Poliakoff Mary Adams REPORTERS Nina Parke Amy Underwood Trellis Carmichael Alberta Palmour Jacqueline Woolfolk Caroline Long Sarah Davis Vera Pruet Elizabeth Young Frances McCalla Leonora Spenser Elizabeth Young Eleonore Gullion Isabel Shipley N. S. F. A. Participation in the work of the National Student Federation of America has heretofore had only a superficial significance in student government at Agnes Scott. The interest awakened on the campus by the annual conferences of the Federation has not been sustained throughout the year, and consequently, the real benefit which could be gained from vital contact with other student organizations is lost, and our conception of the scope and meaning of student government remains static. The judicial phase of student government is exaggerated in our campus opinion to the practical eclipse of its social and con- structive phases. The Executive Committee is regarded, un- fortunately, by the majority of students as a sort of honorary police force which stretches out its tentacles in all directions to discover and penalize infractions of social or academic regula- tions. The more significant work of the Committee in freshman orientation, in social adjustment, and in promoting vocational guidance is forgotten in the legal trivialities of certain cases, or lost in petty discussions of minor social regulations. As a result of this feeling, we have come to consider student government from an external viewpoint as a machine which we regard with a cold and indifferent eye rather than as a social organiza- tion of which each student is an active member, and which is invested with power for the promotion of student interests. This somewhat stiff and narrow attitude of the student mind toward its most significant campus organization stands definitely in need of remedy. We need a softening and a broadening in- fluence to pervade our whole conception of student government. Such an influence is found potentially in our association with the National Student Federation of America. By intelligent contact with the student leaders of other colleges, through the reading of N. S. F. A. literature and the attendance at conferences, we may find new paths of development both in the structure and the activities of our student organization. Our program, then, will be progressive instead of static, and we can depart from the beaten tracks of present opinion. Our participation in student a fl airs resulting from this influx of new ideas will become cre- ative, instead of mechanical and we can build up a strong centrally-motivated force of student opinion which will per- meate the whole of campus life, instead of tolerating the diffuse and prejudiced group conception which has hitherto dissipated the significance of student government. Furthermore, by allying Ourselves with other student bodies, we will come to a realization of that larger student life which is developing in the world today, our connection with it, and our responsibilities as students in the affairs of this nation and the world. This metamorphosis of our inner conception of student gov- ernment through the influence of the N. S. F. A. can be effected only by mental and social cooperation of the student body. If we would achieve this larger aim, if we would be progressive in our student life, we must avail ourselves of the material at hand, and strive Co awaken an intelligent force of opinion which will, first, broaden our own student lite and secondly, establish a vital con- nection with our social and intellectual contemporaries. Key to Current History By Mary Jane Evans "If Dolfuss is unseated by the present rioting, things will get worse immedi- ately and the three powers (England, Italy and France) should act to protect Vienna without losing a moment, if necessary by an international armed force. If not, it will be the end of the League of Nations and the beginning of war in Europe." The importance of the situation in Austria is summed up in this way by Monsieur Henry Berenger, chairman of the Senate For- eign Affairs Committee in France. On February 13 and 14 the friction between the Dolfuss government, backed by the Heimwehr party and the Socialist party, culminated in civil war. The Heimwehr demanded that Dolfuss, dictator of Austria, carry out his pro- gram of (1) an attack on the Social- ists and (2) the abolition of all parlia- mentary government in Austria. The Socialists saw immediately the destructive intentions of the govern- ment and in retaliation declared a gen- eral strike throughout Austria. For a short time the business and traffic in Vienna were at a standstill, but the effectiveness of the strike was hindered by lack of Socialist leadership, organ- ization and cooperation. It was im- possible for the Socialists to spread the command quickly enough since their newspapers and party organs for ex- pression had been suppressed. The government troops stormed the Socialist headquarters at Linz, the city hall which had long been a Socialist stronghold and the Karl Marx Court. The latter is the Socialist experiment in Vienna where 60,000 families live in modern tenements practically free. The government's troops were better equipped and organized so that on February 15 civil war was stopped; not, however, before 400 to 5 00 Austrians had been killed or seriously wounded. Dollfuss appealed to the Socialists for complete surrender and promised them amnesty if they did so in a specified time (this offer did not include the leaders) . The Socialist uprising against the Dollfuss government greatly alarmed the Central European countries. For to them Chancellor Dollfuss, though only four feet eleven inches high, is the bulwark against Hitler and Nazi pow- er, and consequently, his overthrow would have meant a considerable and powerful gain for the Nazi faction. WE SEE BY THE PAPERS WE THINK In World Outside On Other Campuses If there is one especial lack in our college life, I think it is this the lack of intellectuality. It is, personally, my great disillusionment in college. When I graduated from high school, I felt my ignorance, but had an assurance that after I had been in the crux of college for four years, had had its stim- ulating and intensive as well as com- prehensive intellectual forces seared in- to me, I would emerge a being with a disciplined mental life that would be rich and wise. And lo, I find that the "intellectual forces" of college are almost nihil. Oc- casionally stimulating we stumble on a book that makes articulate our fumb- ling ideas; or perhaps a professor, off guard, lets us glance for a breathless moment into far horizons. But the most generally stimulating force is left uncultivated conversation. Here it is upon topics eminently momcntanee the last night's date, and a faculty member's latest foible. When, rarely, it turns upon subjects bigger than the campus a philosophy of life or even a trend in modern world movements the poor Hottentot, with no vocabu- lary for such rarified realms, has to turn to a vague gesture and a "y u know what I mean." No more is it intensive. This is the great era of "getting by." The oppor- tunity for intensive work is gingerly handed us, but we are not in a habit of it; we are so accustomed to skim- ming that we don't quite trust efforts at anything more. The course here could be compre- hensive; but few of us leave, I think, with a set for "seeing life steadily and seeing it whole." Through hasty and | (Continued on page 4, column 1 ) In Durham, N. C, one night last week a committee of Duke University students dispatched the following tele- gram to two of their trustees: "We, the undersigned men, backed by fourteen national fraternities and four local fraternities, feel that the conditions on Duke campus at the pres- ent time are such that you should come at once to see for yourself that student opinion means nothing to the present administration. We feel that we are treated like children, not men. Real universities do not treat student opin- ion with contempt. For thorough in- vestigation we suggest that you do not communicate with any members of the administration. Wire when you will arrive." The spark which touched off the long smouldering revolt was a ruling the week before by Dean Wannamaker. Because he had not been present to pre- side, he had voided the trial of a stu- dent offender by the students' Pan- Hellenic Council. Next day the cam- pus rumbled ominously. Just before midnight some 1,5 00 students clumped grimly into the university gymnasium. Time. A psychology professor, after a thor- ough investigation at Colgate, an- nounced that chewing gum improves a student's pep about eight per cent. Swart bnwrc Phoenix. A professor at Wisconsin State Col- lege recommends the old institution of cramming because it represents con- centration of the highest order. He also asserts that modern psychologists be- lieve knowledge gained more rapidly will be retained longer and more fully. The Crimson and White. A junior in the college of engineer- ing at the University of Nebraska ac- cumulates enough revenue repairing watches to put him through school. Johnsonian. When a people grow disgusted with their parliament, Fascism is the most obvious alternative. Correspondents in Paris last week promptly discovered an organization of French Fascists who wear funny shirts and black berets, is- sue mouth-filling pronunciamentos, and in a play on words like to call themselves Ees Fruncists. A form of Fascism may come to France, but the odds are heavily against the Francists having much to do with it. Time. The great contribution which Mr. Roosevelt's "New Deal" has made in American politics has been a tre- mendous expansion of the area in which his government is prepared to accept responsibility. Scribner's. Americans have observed the strong- arm young Brown Shirts in Germany, the Black Shirts in Italy, and what the Pioneers and the Union of Youth have done in Russia; but as yet the students have not united to take the initiative. It is not the desire, however, that Am- erican youth should engage in a radical, revolutionary movement, but that they should begin to take an interest in po- litical and economic affairs, forming conclusions and ideas of their own in- stead of relying entirely upon the opin- ions of their parents and professors. There are few proofs that the youth in America will, in the near future, form even a peaceful youth movement. The college students, who would be the leaders of such a movement, know very- little about current affairs, and seem to be entirely indifferent to them. The students have been hailed as the poten- tial leaders but their indifference seems to deny their leadership. The Sun Dial. Twelve miles above the north pole, proverbially a cold place, it is twenty- five degrees warmer than at the same height over the equator, according to Dr. G. C. Simpson, director of the British meteorological office. Literary Digest. BOOK BITS j The Last of the Vikings, Johan Bojer, Century Company, New York, 1923. Translated from the Norwegian by Jes- sie Muir. The Last of the Vikings is a stirring story of love of the sea. In a typical Norwegian fishing village, fisherfolk lead their adventurous lives wth calm acceptance. Although realizing the practical certainty of ultimate death at sea, Kristaver, the hero, sets out un- questioningly in his tiny fishing boat; and Marya, his wife, after escaping in- land from this precarious life, finds herself longing for the noise of the sea. They are the last of the Vikings. For with the coming of the indus- trial revolution all is changed. "The neighborhood was the same, the fjord was the same, the mountains stood as they always had; it was the people who were different." The modern fisher- man worked in a motor boat and was a member of a trades union. The ro- mantic period passed with the last of the Vikings. Marbacka, by Selma Lagcrlof, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. In Marbacka, Miss Lagerloff, winner of the Nobel Prize, has mirrored her childhood. Her home, Marbacka, was cobwebbed with legends. The myths which enshroud the Scandinavian coun- tries were a vital part of the lives of Selma and her brothers and sisters. They are an integral clement of the book, which gives a most interesting picture of farm life in the Varmland hills. The customs of the peasants, and even of the higher classes, which change so slowly in the delightful country Sweden are in Marbacka. Best Russian Short Stories, translated from the Russian. Compiled by Thomas Selter. Seltzer says of Russian literature, "Everything is subordinated to two main requirements humanitarian ideals and fidelity to life." This state- ment is remarkably true of his collec- tion of Best Russian Short Stories. The understanding approach of the Russian author to the mental life as well as ma- terial position of the poor is quite dif- ferent from the attitude of conde- scension and pity in English winters. Moreover, these short stories, like al- most all Russian literature of the past few decades, are marked by truth and simplicity. Nothing is exaggerated, dramatized, or imaginatively colored. Like Katherine Mansfield's stories, they seem to be without beginning or end, a momentary glimpse into the continuing life of real people. The Ugly Duchess, Lion Fcucht- wangcr. Translated by Willa and Ed- win Muir. The Ugly Duchess is the story of Margarete, Duchess of Corinthia. It is a story of royal families, their friend- ships, their quarrels, their intrigues, their jealousies, and would be especial- ly interesting to those who enjoy works of a historical nature. The book is peopled with interesting characters, the most fascinating of whom is Margarete with her "misshapen mouth, her flabby cheeks, and all her wretched ugliness." Kris l n, Ym ran^d utter, by Sigrid Uiulset. Translated from the Nor- wegian. Kristin Tai ransdatter is composed of three volumes: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Hmaby and The Cross. These volumes deal with the life of a Norwegian girl of medieval times. She is pictured successively as mistress, wife, and mother. In her old age *>he is bereft of i wo <>t her sons, deposed from the management of her estate, and at length is forced to enter a convent, where she dies of the plague. This trilogy is epic-like in its presentation of a woman's life. The Agonistic 3 SOCIETY Hester Ann Withers spent the week- end with her aunt, Mrs. W. C. Sat- tcrthwaite in Atlanta. Vera Frances Pruet went to a dance at the S. A. E. fraternity house at Emory Friday night. Mary Lib Squires spent the week-end in Atlanta at the home of Mrs. F. A. Doughman. Miss Ruth Humphreys from Fernan- dina, Fla., spent Friday night here with Flyta Plowden. Ida Buist, Alma Brohard, Peg Water- man, Isabel Lowrance, Lavinia and Marjorie Scott, Oveida Long, and Betty Lou Houck attended the Delta Artists' Ball at the Shrine Mosque Friday night. Martha Edmonds attended the Psi Omega house dance Friday night. Ella Kirven spent Thursday night at the home of Betty Roache in At- lanta. Miss Virginia Gaines spent the week- end at her home in Atlanta. Mrs. T. M. Espy is vsiting her daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, for a few days. Gladys Burns went to her home in Macon, Ga., for the week-end. Frances Steele spent Sunday at the home of Frances James. Dorothy Walker spent the week-end in Atlanta with Mrs. P. H. Parker. Rosa Miller, Mary Vines, and Vir- ginia Turner spent the week-end at Virginia's home in Summerville, Ga. Sara Jones spent the week-end at her home in Canton, Ga. Mr. L. A. Christian from Chatta- nooga, Tenn., was in Atlanta last week- end to visit his daughter, Shirley Chris- tian. Mary Braselton from Brenau College was the guest of Sara Frances McDon- ald last week-end. |tt$| *l* $ |$| 4* * $ |g, g, | igl v *4 HEWEY'S DRUG STORE t * Prescriptions * > *l* > Drugs Soda Candy * % Sandwiches % Quick Delivery. De. 0640 % & *x* $ $ $ $ $ $ $ > $ $ $ <- $ > $ *> > * > $ * *> > $ <$> 1 ** *** *J* ** ** *** *t* *t* * ** ** ** *v* ** *v* *v* *v* *v* ** *v* ** *** ** *J* * Don't Forget to Do Your * Shopping in Decatur * Flowers and Cards > DECATUR WOMAN'S I EXCHANGE * EASTER CORSAGE CARDS $ GIFTS FOR MOTHER AND FRIENDS ************************ * ** * Jane and Sara Frances Estes and Peggy Kump spent the week-end at their home in Gay, Ga. Mallie White was the guest of Helen Boyd and Carolyn Russell for a few days. Martha Eskridge, '3 3, and Helen Scott, '3 3, spent February 8, 9 and 10 in the Alumnae House. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. McCain enter- tained at dinner at their home for Dr. S. M. Glasgow, who has just fin- ished a series of devotional addresses on the campus. The guests included Miss Nanette Hopkins, Dr. and Mrs. D. P. McGeachey, Mrs. English Mc- Geachey, Mrs. F. H. Gaines, and Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Preston, of Korea. The President of the University of Southern Californa says that a col- lege freshman has only about one-half the vocabulary of the common laborer. "Swell," he says, "is used to describe 4,972 situations." * * * * * $ * > $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ # * f MARTIN BEAUTY SHOPPE ** % a Character Wigs % T Rented for Plays 2 | Phone Dearborn 2671 $ * Mr. Orr Has 77th Birthday "I have always been thankful that I wasn't born a day later, because if I had been I would be in the class of those who can never tell a lie," twink- lingly commented Mr. J. K. Orr, long- time chairman of the Board of Trus- tees of Agnes Scott College, who cele- brates his seventy-seventh birthday to- day, February 2 1 . By the older members of the Board, Mr. Orr is greeted everywhere he goes with a "Howdy, Grandpa," not only because he is having birthdays every February 21, but because he has been a "jolly good grandfather" to Agnes Scott for so many years. His achievements for Agnes Scott are varied and of long standing. Be- ginning his work as chairman of the Board in 1915, he began immediately the consolidation of buildings and acre- age. By 1919 such progress had been made that he was able to push through | an extensive building campaign which resulted in the existence of the gym- nasium. Buttrick Hall, the most beau- tiful building on the campus, the pow- er plant, and the laundry were a prod- uct of the campaign of 193 0. His lead- ership has been a powerful factor in the success of the campaigns; under his guidance the college has made such gains that its building values have in- creased during his chairmanship from $445,000 to $922,000. To Mr. Orr, the purpose of this col- lege, as well as of all women's colleges, should be to equip girls for life whether it be a business or a home life. "Office equipment is good for every girl," he observed. "Typing and short- hand should be stressed more. If the girls are allowed to stay in business, they will be well equipped for their tasks; if they are forced out of busi- ness, they will be well prepared for leisure." His famous poem, which will prob- ably soon be included in the hand- book, is, alas, not original! A confes- sion was wrung from him that the lines were found on the dedication page of a little book of verse, and that, al- though he doesn't remember any of the poems in the book, he still admires and strongly recommends the lines: "The truest test of woman's worth, The surest sign of gentle birth, Is modesty." GIDDY GOSSIP Giddy, My Dear: What is /his world coming to? But maybe you didn't hear Miss Omwake's comment after a perfectly respectable list of dementia praecoxes or what have you, "Of course you're all familiar with delirum tremens that you have after excessive drinking." That and the ink on amendment to the eigh- teenth amendment hardly dry yet. Just imagine, Giddy! Pul-ease! By the by, have you heard about Dickens' new novel? If you're inter- ested and really my dear you should take an interest in the worthwhile things ask Flora Young about the novel he wrote called "Blessed Event." Do you think by any chance she could have meant "Great Expectations"? Still speaking of worthwhile things, did you hear about Marguerite Manget, who came in all a-twitter the other day saying, "I just got a prescription to a new magazine?" Prescription indeed, Giddy! My dear, we have a new blond in our midst. Maybe Sally McCrae reads those gentlemen-prefer-blonds things. Any- way, she washed her hair in a special kind of shapmoo just to get a few tints in it you know and now it's all over tints. Just like Harlow or Miriam Hopkins. But don't go away to buy yourself any until I tell you about our I latest descent from dignity. You've heard of Phi Beta Kappa go- ing to people's heads, Giddy, but have you ever heard of it going to their feet? After the Phi Beta announcement in chapel Dr. Robinson was walking sedately down the colonnade and then all of a sudden he wasn't walking. He was sitting. Personally, I've no ob- jection to such little eccentricities of the faculty members as sitting in the middle of the colonnade, even if it is covered with ice, but really my dear, don't you think there's a thing for all times and a time for all things? There are ways and ways of getting husbands, Giddy, but have you ever thought of buying one at the bookstore? Miss Omwake was heard to remark last week, "Be sure to bring your Husbands to class tomorrow. If you don't have one you can buy one at the bookstore for $2.5 0." Soon after that, a sweet young thing yelled across the campus, "Can I borrow your Husband tonight?" Giddy, my smelling salts! Now a word of warning. Don't ever sit down when visiting on third floor Rebekah. They have the most peculiar chairs collapsible chairs, Giddy, when asked to have a chair, be nonchalant, and take a table. Muches love, Junior Aggie. CLUBS Dr. J. F. Preston will give an illus- trated lecture on Korea, Friday, Feb- ruary 2 3, at 4:30 o'clock. Dr. Preston took the pictures himself and had them tinted by a Japanese artist. The col- lege community is urged to come. B. O. Z. will meet Friday, February 2 3, at 4:3 0 p. m. in Miss Preston's apartment in Ansley. Mary Boggs, Mary Hamilton, and Elaine Heckle will read. There will be a regular Glee Club practice this afternoon from 4:30 to 5:30. The club as a whole is practicing special songs for chapel. They are hop- ing to work up a sufficient repertoire of sacred songs to sing them for some of the Atlanta churches. Ponder no longer, my lassies RICH'S has everything you need for Spring A regular meeting of Blackfriars was held Tuesday, February 20th. 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At this time Miss Lewis of the Art Department gave a talk on several phases of French Art. She illustrated her talk with some new and very in- teresting slides. Also, Miss Berthe Landru of Paris, France, spoke on sev- eral fascinating places and customs in Paris. Previous to the talks refresh- ments were served the club and its guests. <- * * * * $ $ $ $ * $ $ $ * * * * * * $ * * > * * JOSEPH SIEGEL Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing All Work Guaranteed 111 E. Court Sq. DE. 4205 Decatur, Ga. Dresses! Coats! Silk Undies! Sweaters! Skirts! Slips! Gowns! 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The next class will probably be one in first aid as the Outing Club is to have Miss Bee Turner of Atlanta speak on this subject Tuesday at the regular meeting. The instruction classes will be held about once a week and announcements will appear on the bulletin board as to the time. There was a large number of students present for the first class and it is hoped that these students and others will continue to come to the classes and will try out this spring as the Outing Club is one of the rising organizations of the campus. WE THINK (Continued from page 2, column 3) capricious planning of our courses we utterly miss correlation. But we are none the less busy. And at what? Not at the great ideal that brought us here, to get knowledge and with all our getting, to get understand- ing. That is soon subordinated to class spirit that takes us to hockey games, long and exhausting; to new ideas of campus leadership that are sub- stituted for the old ideal. It is not that these things are unworthy; they are excellent and probably essential; but Lemon, f Scores Given for I spor ts editorial Final Volleyball Basketball Games By Page Ackerman The old idea that Physical Educa- The sophomores defeated the seniors tion for women was a combination of Scores Are Given 26-16 in a closely contested game on Friday, February 16, before an en- thusiastic audience of faculty and stu- dents. The stellar guarding of Ames proved an asset to the seniors, while Handte, with 16 points for the soph- omores, was exceptionally good. The freshment added another game to the won column at the expense of the Juniors, 27-20. Featuring the game was the sharpshooting of Lemon, who shot 14 points for the freshmen. Richards guarded well for the losers. The line-ups were as follows: Sophomores Tomlinson, f Stevens, f Handte, f Estes, g Burson, g Hart, g Substitution: Sophomores Latimer Armstrong; Seniors Austin. Freshmen Juniors Walker, f Cary, f McCall they are by nature secondary, and we lay waste all our powers upon them. The great forces of the college, far from being intellectual, are athletic and social. I wish something could be done about the situation; that we studied more enthusiastically, not regarding study as a drudgery we turn to at night, tired from an afternoon's meet- ings; that we talked more freely of bigger things; that we all embraced what seems, at present on the campus, a lost cause scholarship. Peeples, g Green, g Kneale, g Richards, g Stalker, g Spenser, g Substitution Freshmen Thing, Wilder, McDonald. in 1) Lois Mc LOUIS UNTERMEYER COMPLETES LE( TURE SERIES IN MARCH {Continued from page 1, column 5) day speech as well as with readings from Robert Frost and other contem- porary poets, including himself. Aside from his literary work, Mr. Untermeyer has been until recently a well known designer and manufactur- ing jeweler. In 192 8 he became the possessor of a large farm in the Adi- rondack Mountains where he now spends most of the year, continuing his work as poet and critic. * V V V $ * * V * * * * * v * * * * * * * * * * * f \vh> not cat al the Clairmont % Delicatessen? I CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN % Invites You Always * Famous Sandwiches and Italian Spaghetti with Roman Cheese 112 Clairmont Ave. Ga. * # * * Decatur, BLACKFRIARS PRESENTS PLAY (Continued from page 1, col urn The Old Princess Ida Daniel. Mrs. Boyd Ruth Moore. Joe Boyd (her husband) Jimmy Reece. Mrs. Purrington Claire Ivy. Mrs. Seaver Gussie Rose Riddle. Ruby Boyd Vera Frances Pruet. Aunt Meta Trimble Eleonore Gull- ion. R. Phil. Lennox Jimmy Jepson. Milton D'Arcy Bob Gillespie. Admission will be fifty cents. The college commu nity is cordiall y i nvite d. * * * * * $ * * $ * * $ * * * * * * * * * * * * * calisthenics and advanced dumb-bell drill has been abandoned. Most of the civilized world has come to realize that physical education has been of inesti- mable value to women in giving them necessary physical exercise and in ad- vancing the principle of good sports- manship and the idea of play for play's sake. But there is one advantage that the college woman gets from her par- ticipation in sports that can not be over-emphasized. Such activities as archery, tennis, golf, swimming, and horseback riding are as much a part of preparation for later life as French or English. Every normal individual spends some part of his life in outdoor activities, and it is in the moments of leisure that the tennis or golf learned in college stands him in good stead. It isn't necessary to be championship material to get a lot of fun out of a sport, but a knowledge of the fundamental rules of good form is a great boost to one's self-confidence. Es f Often wnen a l ac *y plays against a gen- ^ n r tleman it is pleasanter for all concerned icCalla, t . . r . . Y un f *f the gentleman wins, but even a gen- tleman doesn't get much pleasure out of beating a dub. Granting that the social advantage gained by a respectable performance in some field of outdoor activity is great, it is obvious that the four years of col- lege is the best time to get a funda- mental knowledge of any sport. Never again will one be required to spend even three hours a week merely in learning how to play. So it might be a good idea to seize the opportunity at hand, choose one or two sports that will carry over into later life, and stay with them until they too can be count- ed in one's list of social assets. Seniors Hamilton, f Massie, f Barron, f Ames, g Scheussler, g Tindall, g The final scores made by the volley- ball teams Friday night, February 16, were Freshmen 2 6, Juniors 7, and Sophomores 24, Seniors 15. Both teams played good volleyball and look for- ward to next Friday night when the last game of the season takes place. The line-ups were as follows: Juniors Freshmen McCalla Stalker Young Wilson Palmour Kneale Spencer MacDonald Woolfolk Walker Edwards Sandfer Deason Baker Sophomores Seniors Townsend Massie Talmadge Tindall Coffee Tal madge L awrence Maness Coley Russell Forma n Ames Cooper Friend Clark % ORIGIN VL WAFFLE SHOP * Famous for Fine Foods * t Where Agnes Scott Girls Meet * * * $ $ $ $ $ $ * * * * * * * * * * * > * * Shorthand, Typewriting, Filing, Bookkeeping, Mimeographing, Dictaphone, etc. Cor. Plaza Way and Pryor St. CRICHTON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 49 Years in Atlanta Catalog On Request : .***: ***** Wvvvww ** L. CHAJAGE 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling; DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for ironic n that is Widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address |. 1\. McCain, President ************************ ******************** ********************* BANQUET SERVICE FRANCES VIRGINIA TEA ROOM LUNCHEON DINNER Bridge Parties Private Rooms Collier Bldg. Peachtree at Ellis (Elevator Serviee) -.*****.>*.>*.>**********. Margaret Massie and Frances Mc- Calla have been chosen by the Ath- letic Board to represent Agnes Scott at the Georgia Athletic Conference for College Women. The conference will be held from March 2 through March 4 at Valdosta, Georgia and innovations in athletic programs will be discussed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * < I Silhouette Tea Room f HOURS: | 7:30- 2:00 % 4:00- 7:00 f 10:00-10:30 DANCE RECITAL HELD TUESDAY (Continued from page 1, column 5) Eloise Alexander, Lily Weeks, Frances McCalla. "Waltz Study," Schubert Begin- ners Dancing Class. "Ecossaisen," Schubert Eleonore Gullion, Mary Hutchinson, Betty Harbison. "Waltz Study," Schubert Inter- mediate Dancing Class. "Gigue," Corelli Elizabeth Young, Dorothy Cassel, Mary Jane Evans. "Roses of the South," Strauss Ruth Shippey, Hester Anne Withers, Martha Skeen, Elaine Heckle, Alorese Barron, Margaret Morris. "Marche Militaire," Schubert Alorese Barron, Page Ackerman, Car- olyn Waterman, Katherine Bow en, Augusta King, Marjorie Tindall. Mrs. Claude Hamilton was at the piano. AT THE THEATRES | GEORGIA * Now Plaj ing I "FOUR FRIGHTENED I PEOPLE" * * Starts Saturday I "BELOVED" % with I JOHN BOLES * * > * * * *> * * * * * * * * * * J* ** *v* ** ** v ->>>** * * * i $ $ $ $ $ $ > $ $ $ * > $ * $ $ $ $ $ * $ * * $ * * * * * $ * * * * * * * * Begins Friday, February 23 I don't want the applause of crowds. I want the love of ONE MAN. My lips were made for kisses . . . My ears were made for sweet whispers . . . My heart was made for romance . . . because "I AM SUZANNE!" with LILIAN BARVETX Gene Raymond Leslie Banks Jimmy Beers Organlogue 4 fl JL News Shorts m ^w^m * | Try Our ! 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For the first time during its three- year history at Agnes Scott, the Hoasc chapter of Mortar Board made an aver- age of one hundred per cent on the national tests which they took last De- cember, according to word received here by Elizabeth Winn, local presi- dent. These tests are required by the national board of all chapters, this year only five out of the fifty-five chapters throughout the United States made a perfect score. Mortar Board is a national fraternity for women, the membership for which is based on three requirements: scholar- ship, leadership, and service. The pres- est members, elected last Spring, are Elizabeth Winn, Mary Hamilton, Mary Ames, Elinor Hamilton, Louise Mc- Cain, Mary MacDonald, Carrie Lena McMullen, Margaret Friend, Margaret Massie, and Pauline Gordon. Dr. Raper Returns From Baton Rouge Dr. Arthur F. Raper, acting profes- sor of Sociology at Agnes Scott, re- turned on Friday, February 23, from Baton Rouge, La., where he was in conference with Dr. Charles W. Pipkin, of the graduate school of the Louisiana State University, in regard to the project of the effect of the New Deal on the Negro, which is being financed by the Rosenwald Foundation. The three points of this project are: to find out what is being done in the field of agriculture through conferen- ces with its leaders; to analyze the in- dustries of meat packing and steel in order to see what steps can be taken to increase the employment of Negroes; to establish an observation and record- ing system which will register and interpret the effects of the New Deal on the Negro. Dr. Raper, in his capacity of Execu- tive Secretary for Georgia of the Com- mission on Inter-racial Cooperation, is directing the work set forth by the third point. LOUIS UNTERMEYER WILL SPEAK HERE Mr. Louis Untermeyer, on the evening of March 16, will bring to a close the lecture series for 1933-1934 He will talk on "The Glory of the Commonplace." Mr. Untermeyer is one of the most popular contemporary poets both in America and abroad, and he has edited several anthologies of American and British poetry. Martha Skeen is chairman of the Lecture Association under the auspices of which Mr. Unter- meyer is to appear at Agnes Scott. Dr. Dexter To Publish Paper Effect of Fatigue and Boredom on Teachers 9 Marks is the title of a paper by Dr. Emily S. Dexter, which is to be published in the Journal of Educational Research sometime within the next few months. Dr. Dexter is associate pro- fessor of Psychology and Education at Agnes Scott. In order to get material for the paper, Dr. Dexter used students in her own classes as subjects for experimenta- tion. Each student wrote the same thing for three hours; the scoring of the first hour showed a marked con- trast with that of the last in regard to mistakes and variation of script. Thus, Dr. Dexter said, it is true of teachers who sit down before a stack of test papers; at first they mark accurately, but as the novelty of the answers wears off, they tend to be careless, the effect of fatigue and boredom. Dr. Dexter has conducted numerous experiments with Agnes Scott students. Her most recent one is that held in chapel on Saturday, February 24, the results of which she is not yet able to disclose. Our Youth Is Not Going To The Dogs--- Or. Cadman "The youth of today are not going to the dogs. They are better than ever, if anything. Of course they do discuss things that their grandmothers, raised their eyebrows at, but that's good for them. It's much better than allowing things to fester in the mind. The youth are candid, too, and far more conserva- tive than the elders," runs the opinion of Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Brook- lyn, New York. "Youths have not turned traitor; they have experimented a lot but as soon as they've discovered how matters are, they have returned to the real thing." Poor colleges, as a rule, have a finer grade of students. But a student cannot be judged by his college career alone; a great deal depends on the home en- vironment. A student who has had to work to get to college and finally gets to one that is not heavily endowed and does not have much of earthly goods is the student who will make a mark in life. The student of today knows that, many times with the teacher, it is a case of the "blind leading the blind." The student puts honest ef- fort on her work because she realizes that she will have to work when she gets out of college and she wants to offer something worth while to the world; it is clear to her that out of nothing comes nothing. College is the wrong time to "fiddle away time"; any student, boy or girl, should decide as soon as possible what his objective is to be and he should {Continued on page 3, column 4) A. S. C. Observes Founder's Day According to tradition, students and faculty gathered in the Rebekah Scott dining room at six o'clock, on Thurs- day night, February 22, to celebrate the birthday of George Washington Scott, the founder of Agnes Scott College. Mary MacDonald, as George Washing- ton, acted as toastmaster and intro- duced the prominent Revolutionary figures whose parts were taken by other members of the senior class. After each response, the sophomore class sang orig- inal songs suited to the personality of the characters. Later in the course of the program, the seniors and soph- omores sang songs to each other pledg- ing anew their loyalty as sister classes. The banquet was brought to a close by the singing of the Alma Mater. Preceding the annual Founder's Day dance in the gymnasium, sponsored by the Cotillion Club, the following seniors danced the minuet: Martha Elliot, Ruth Shippey, Mary Hamilton, Dorothy Dickson, Elinor Hamilton, Polly Gordon, Elizabeth Winn, Carrie Lena McMullen, Margaret Friend, and Mary MacDonald. The Alumnae broadcast their ninth Founder's Day program over WSB at three-thirtv o'clock, Thursday after- noon. The program, under the direc- tion of Miss Dorothy Hutton, in- cluded: The Purple and the White Alum- nae quartet. Announcement of the Program Dorothy Hutton. Sylvia Alumnae quartet. Greetings to the Alumnae Miss Nannette Hopkins. Long, Long Ago Mrs. S. G. Stukes. Message from the President Dr. J. R. McCain. Reading of Telegrams from Alum- nae Groups Miss Nannette Hopkins. Alma Mater Alumnae quartet. A. S. ALUMNA SINGS BEFORE FIRST LADY Mrs. Marion Cox of Summit, Ga., formerly Mary Ruth Rountree, sang in Washington before the Woman's Pan- Hellenic Council at a luncheon at which Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the honor guest. Mrs. Cox sang the solo parts with the George Washington University Glee Club. She will be fea- tured with this organization in other appearances throughout the season. Mrs. Cox is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Leonard Rountree, of Summit. She has been in Washington for only a few weeks, having appeared at the opening of Congress with her husband, Marvin Cox, who is secretary to Con- gressman H. C. Parker. Mrs. Cox at- tended Agnes Scott in 1931 and 1932; she studied voice for years under Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, head of the voice department of the college; she was soloist for the Agnes Scott Glee Club. 1 CALENDAR March 1 Concert. February 28 Soph Aggie. March 2- Frances Balkcom tries out for Pi Alpha. March 3- Swimming meet. March 5- Make no dates; Exec. meets. March 6- Freshmen discover they're two galleys short. March 7- Freshman Aggie. 1 Executive Member To Preside Over May Day Other Queen Nominees Are Court Members. Ballet Dances Tomorrow Night The Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, fresh from glorious success in Paris, London, and lastly New York, where the season was even longer than had been expect- ed, will appear in Atlanta tomorrow night as the final number of the 193 3- 34 concert season. No feature of the New York thea- trical season has aroused more favor- able comment in journalistic and artis- tic circles. A combination of drama, comedy, music, dance, painting, and poetry the ballet has been called by Gilbert Seldes, his "greatest thrill in ten years." The artistry and youth of the ballerinas, several of the most promi- nent being only sixteen years old, have no small part in determining the suc- cess. They require the presence of five mothers and one complete set of par- ents as chaperons. Tamara Toumanava, only sixteen, has been especially lauded. The artists of Atlanta will have the opportunity to judge the company in (Continued on page 3, column 2) Charlotte Reid was elected May Queen by a large majority of the votes polled during the election held from February 2 1 through noon of February 24. Martha Skeen and Carrie Lena McMullen, the other nominees for queen, became automatically members of the queen's court. The rest of the court will be selected by popular nom- ination before the middle of March. Charlotte is vice-president of the Stu- dent Government. May Day is an annual celebration of Agnes Scott held on the first Saturday in May. This year it will be "La Fete du Mai." The Sunday editions of the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal carried Charlotte's picture and the an- nouncement of her election. Dr. McCain Returns From Cleveland, 0. Dr. J. R. McCain returned Thurs- day, February 22, from Cleveland, Ohio, where he had attended an Execu- tive Committee meeting of the Associa- tion of American Colleges. The com- mittee discussed plans for the annual meeting to be held in Atlanta in Janu- ary, 1935. This is the second time the Association has met in the South; the other time was years ago in Chat- anooga, Tenn. The Association of American Col- leges is made up of about 500 of the leading colleges of he country. Its purpose is to unify education through- out the United States. The general theme of the annual meeting next year is to be the im- provement of the quality of teaching. In addition to the three main sessions at which prominent leaders in the edu- cational world will speak, there will be five sections of discussion groups and round-tables at which individual prob- lems, such as the financing of small (Continued on page 4, column 2) Women Make Better Reporters Than Men Mr. Brisbane "Women make better reporters than men, and middle-aged women do better than younger ones," were among the first words Mr. Arthur Brisbane of the Hearst Newspapers Organization said as he sank into a leather chair in the office of Mr. Herbert Porter, manag- ing editor of the Atlanta Georgian, Fri- day morning. "The two best reporters I ever knew were both women; one was Nellie Blithe, who is dead now, and the other was Dorothy Dix whom you know through her column of ad- vice to women and young girls. Women are better because they feel more in- tensely than men and they're willing to express on paper their feelings. When a woman is fifty, her mind is better than it ever has been or ever will be again; but, take a man of fifty why he's as cold as . . ." here Mr. Brisbane clutched for the right word to describe the mid- dle-aged members of his sex, ". . . he's as cold as cream cheese." College and high school papers he regards as a necessary though a danger- ous part of the school life; necessary because a paper trains the young mind in accuracy and dangerous because the enthusiasm of youth is hard to curb. He stressed the importance of the reporter's "feeling" the article he is writing if he wants his readers to get i a thrill. Mr. Brisbane began newspaper work when he was nineteen, as a "cub" re- porter for the New York Sun. A few months later he decided that the edi- tors did not appreciate the "real work I was doing for them, at least, they (Continued on page 3, column 1) 2 The Agonistic Editor Rebecca Cashion Exchange Editor. Lena Armstrong Alumnae Editor Frances James Aggje f/je Dirt Book Editor Shirley Christian Mary Gray Rogers Circulation Mgr. Mary Potts Augusta King Alice Chamlee Alice McCallie Sarah Spencer BUSINESS STAFF Helen Ramsey Asst. Cir. Mgr ADVERTISING STAFF Frances James Ellen Davis Myra O'Neal Elizabeth Burson REPORTERS Nell White Mary Margaret Stowe Lib Moore Jane Thomas Sarah Nichols FROM THE STUDENT'S POINT OF VIEW The faculty in most colleges may be divided into three groups : those teachers who do not effect the student in any way, either for bad or good; those who, through an unsympathetic attitude, alienate the student from them; and those whose effort is directed toward discovering the person within the student. Little can be said of the instructor in the first group. His classes are dull, but successful to the naked eye. The dullness of the class is due, in many cases, to the fact that the teacher lacks the ability to transfer his own interest to the student ; the student strives to inject manufactured interest into the class period and the net results are not successful. The teacher in the second group is, fortunately, in the minority. This instructor becomes easily exasperated at the human slowness with which the average student mind grasps many new ideas at one time; exasperation leads to sarcasm and in this atmosphere, the student becomes reticent about asking questions or expressing original ideas. It is he, too, who has interest in the student only as a Student. The student finds friction always ready to spring into what should be normal class-room intercourse ; therefore he avoids the edges between personal opinion and "book" opinion and falls back on the "book" to quote something he may not believe. Fortunately, the third group predominates. The instructor from this group treats the student as an individual possessed of personal opinions and attitudes of some worth. He encourages the expression of these opinions and attitudes, be they relative to class work or personal matters. The student makes the teacher his friend and talks frankly to him ; in return he receives interested and courteous advice. There is a mutual admiration between stu- dent and professor that can be gained only from a sympathetic understanding, on the one hand and a respectful freedom, on the other. Soon in after-college years the teachers of the first two groups are forgotten by the student. Not so those of the third group, for it is from this group that the Masters come the Masters whose counsel, ideas, and devotion are apt to follow the real student through life and to urge him on to greater heights of mental attainment. IN DEFENSE OF SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship at Agnes Scott is not a "lost cause." Nor is intel- lectuality. We admit there is a great deal of ambition on the part of the student to "get by" but there are surprisingly few instances of her success. Agnes Scott, resting on a foundation of high ideals in scholarship, leaves lVw 1. .op-holes for the superficial student. After selecting her freshmen from the upper third of high school graduating classes, Agnes Scott justly expects a reasonable amount of sincerity of purpose and honest desire for learning. The degree to which a student receives knowledge depends on the student alone. As there always has been, so is there yet at Agnes Scott a fountain of profound wisdom from which the student may taste or drink deeply as she wishes. The sincere professor stands ever willing to guide the inexperienced foot-steps of the potential scholar on that endless path toward true learning. Agnes Scott is recognized as a college of high standards schol- astically. Surely it is not asking too much of us as students to regard her in the same light as a matter of simple loyalty if not of sincere belief. WE THINK (Editor's note: The We Think column is for the purpose of giving an outlet to student opinion. The staff is in no way responsible for what is printed in this column and it is by no means to be taken as the editorial opinion of the paper.) From actual statistics, we find that two-thirds of the girls in one dormi- tory smoke, and of the one- third that does not smoke, only one girl stated that she thought that smoking should not be allowed here on the campus. We feel that this is representative of the campus as a whole, since the girls were from all classes. We do not base the fact that we want smoking on the Agnes Scott campus on personal pref- erence, but on the fact that our smok- ing embodies a number of other morals, which we feel are much more impor- tant than smoking itself. In order to smoke, it is necessary to leave the cam- pus and go into some private home which in itself is embarrassing to us and very inconvenient for the hostess. If, at Agnes Scott, one room were set aside for smoking, the girls would stay here on the campus instead of leaving at every possible moment to do some- thing which they are allowed to do in their own homes. It seems inconsistent that a broad- minded institution like Agnes Scott should still hold smoking for women as a moral in the class with drinking when it has been accepted by the pub- lic, and is now a matter of personal preference. It seems that one of the main argu- ments against smoking has been that none of the dormitories is sufficiently fireproof to warrant the risk of fire. This argument could be done away with by designating a room from one of the fireproof buildings on the cam- pus (we have several), and allowing smoking only in that place. Since, through a census, we have found that the student body as a whole feels the same way about smoking, we think that the time has come for smoking to be seriously considered by the administration and some steps taken to better this issue now before the student body. EXCHANGES Contractors expect to complete by early spring of 1937 the 75,000,000 dollars San Francisco-Oakland Bav Bridge that will span San Francisco bay between the two cities. Scientific A m eric an. AGGIE AXIOM Notice: The very ones who gripe the most about over-organ- ization on the campus are the ones who stretch themselves to join everything. ALUMNAE Letitia Rockmore, '3 3, has recovered from an appendix operation. Cecile Mayer Pearlstine, '3 3, is in Miami, Fla. Margaret Telford, '3 3, is teaching in Canoe, Ky. She plans to visit Agnes Scott in March. Judy Blundell's, '33, address is 129 E. 5 5th St., New York, N. Y. Mildred Hooten's mother has recent- ly \ isited her. Mildred, '33, is an as- sistant in the Agnes Scott library. A certain professor at Princeton, re- puted to be the prize campus wit, was interrupted in his lecture one day by the appearance of a dog in his class- room. "Will someone kindly take the animal out?" he asked. After a short pause during which he casually glanced over the class, he added, "After all, we have to draw the line somewhere." Eastern Air Transport now offers sleeper berths on its run between New York and Atlanta, ni the large Curtiss- Condor planes. The interior of the transport plane resembles a Pullman sleeper. The only difference is that instead of three or four sleeper nights across the continent one will be the limit. Scientific American. Gus Gennerich, body guard and per- sonal attendant of the president, last week got a 5 5 ft. steel box installed in the east basement of the White House, as a range for pistol target practice by secret service men and members of the Roosevelt family, including Mrs. Roosevelt who is a good shot. Time. For eight years, fun-loving Prince George has held the humble rank of lieutenant in the British Navy. As a reward for good intentions and hard work the Admiralty sent him an extra gold stripe for his cuff, made him a command er . Tim e. On the day of the fire of Istanbul's law costs building last December, a cashier had two melons left over from lunch. He put them in the safe. The fire melted the iron, exploded the mel- ons. They dissolved into a thick juice that covered what was beneath them. Last week salvagers found 3 6,000 Turkish pounds ($2 8,000) preserved in melon juice. Time. In vestigator Sanders in examining the hand- writing of 234 pairs of iden- tical twins, found that 5 per cent wrote the same hand. Other pairs wrote enough alike to deceive a bank teller completely, to make experts hes- itate. Time. Just to make Turkish citizens real- ize the necessity for "early to bed and early to rise' , in carrying out Mustapha Kemal Pasha's program for the 5 -year industrial plan, the government has provided that the nation go to bed early during the month of Romcezan and all other months as well. Literary Digest. No country in the world publishes as many books as Soviet Russia, claims The Soviet Union Revieiv. In 1932 books issued reached a total of 1,3 00,- 000 copies. After fifteen United States concerts Ruth Slenczynski, chubby nine-year- old pianist, sailed for Paris last week with a cabin full of books and flowers, a string of pearls given her by the San Francisco Orchestra Association, a dia- mond brooch which an excited New York lady had pinned on her for luck, and a $75,000 contract for next season. Time. Far and away the best-liked dog type in the United States is the terrier. There were 766 at the Westminister Dog Show last week, headed by 146 wire-haired foxes, 13 8 Scotties. Time. Thirty years was the time Stanford University's president Ray Lyman Wil- bur, M. D. gave doctors to begin keep- ing man well instead of curing him. Testing automobile drivers with a reaction-timing device, M. I. T. engi- neers announced that women take 2 5 per cent longer than men to apply the brake after a red light flashed. Time. Justice of the Peace McGraw, of McGraw, N. Y., who sentenced four dogs to death for attacking and muti- lating a 6-year old girl, has been bom- barded with telegrams from all parts of the country pleading that he spare their lives. At the formal trial, how- ever, his townsfolk applauded his sen- tences and even the four dog defend- ants present barked with excitement. Literary Digest. William W. Durban, president of the International Brotherhood of Ma- gicians, has a responsible position in the U. S. Treasury. Well, that's where we need our magicians. Boston Herald. At the eclipse of the sun in 1936 the zone of totality will cross Russia. By permission, we suppose, of the Soviet government. Punch (London) . Giving every family 400 square yards of garden, by building ten houses to an acre, the whole population in the United States could be housed comfort- ably in Kansas and have the rest of the country to play in. New York / lerald Tribune. Chicago's Century of Progress closed its doors last month, with an enviable record of achievement. Twenty mil- lion admissions created a new record and brought in eight million dollars in revenue; concessions yielded half of their investments, when they probably had considered it a gift to their city. Re lie w of Revieivs. The Parenthesis Club, unique or- ganization at the State Teachers Col- lege in Trenton, N. J., is only open to bow-legged men. Da vid sou/an. BOOKS A book that is frequently seen on the desks of Agnes Scott girls is After Such Pleasures by Dorothy Parker. Its popularity here is indicative of its pop- ularity all over the United States. It is a series of short stories of different slants on everyday American life by a woman who is considered by some as "the superior of Ernest Hemingway added to Ring Lardner added to Aldous Huxley added to Rebecca West." Each brief sketch, usually a dia- logue or more often a monologue, is characterized by its penetrating irony and scrutinizing observation, without, however, being top-heavy with it. The stories, ranging widely in plot and char- acters, are all told in such accurate detail that the reader experiences the feeling that Miss Parker has been in the place of each of her characters. She must know life well to be able to por- tray in equally clever phrases an old- maid trained nurse "tall, pronouncing of bone" and a sought-after Don Juan who "kissed easily"; an embarrassed young bride looking "as new as a peeled egg" and the New York lady "so nau- seated she could yip." selling in the 300,000's a gripping story with finely delineated characters of the eighteenth century characters whose feelings and reactions arc uni- versal. One who has a penchant for power- ful description in which beauty and reality are exquisitely bound, an ad- miration for a broad outlook on life, and a general store of information, would like Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse^ a 1 120 page novel. It is now Books with timely interest arc these recently recommended by Literary Di- gest: War Unless by Sislcy Huddleston. An analysis of the lurking danger and its logical solution. V Affaire Janes by Hillcl Bernstein. A rollicking tale satirizing France's fear of spies. Padereu >/'/': The Story of a Modem Immortal by Charles Phillips. The mu- sician, patriot, statesman memorialized in a substantial biography. My Russian Priends by Alexander Wickstccd. An intimate picture of everyday life in Russia by an English- man who has been working for the Soviet Government for the past ten years. Women and Repeal by Grace C. Root. An account of the way women, especially Mrs. Sabin, organized to bring about repeal. Our Starving Ubrariei by R. L. Duf fas. The effect of the depression as illustrated by conditions in public li- braries of ten large cities. After the Great Com /mn/ons by Charles J. I iflgeft The experiences from the author's boyhood in the land of books. The Agonistic 3 SOCIETY Ursula Boese is going to Athens for Ella Kirvin spent the week-end at the week-end. her home in Columbus, Ga. Florence Lassiter, Barton Jackson, and Katherine Wallace spent the week- end in Lithonia, Ga. Frances Steele, Martha Sue Laney, and Kathleen Jones spent the week-end at the home of Eloise Alexander in Atlanta. Mallie White and Hazel Turner Kump (juniors last year) spent a few days last week with Peggy Kump, Helen Boyd, and Carolyn Russell. Carolyn Russell attended the Re- serve Officers Ball last week at the Brookhaven Country Club. Billie Turner with her sister, Hazel Turner Kump, spent the week-end at her home in LaGrange, Ga. Marie Adams, Claire Ivy, and Bunny Bashinski attended the Phi Chi dance Friday night at the Druid Hills Club. Jane Cassels and Trellis Carmichael spent the week-end at Trellis' home in McDonough, Ga. Amy Underwood spent the week-end at her home in Colquitt, Ga. Frances Miller Ruby Hutton and Meriel Bull are going to the Co-Op dance at Tech Friday night. Helen Ford spent the week-end at her home in Atlanta. Mary Vines, Sally McCrea, Frances Paris, Marjorie Scott, Oveida Long, Louise Preas, Elinor Hamilton, Dot Walker, Muriel Bull, GeorgeAnne Lew- is, Elizabeth Strickland, Virginia Tur- ner, Nell White, and Rebecca Cashion attended the Bernie Cummings dance Saturday night. Bertie Brohard and Peg Waterman attended the Phi Sigma dance Friday night at the Shrine Mosque. Jo Jennings spent the week-end at her aunt's, Mrs. Sibley, in Atlanta. Marion Derrick spent the week-end at home in Clayton, Ga. Virginia Gaines spent the week-end at home in Atlanta. Betty Fountain spent Sunday in Chattanooga. Madeleine Race's mother visited her last week. Mary Margaret Stowe spent the last week-end with Myra O'Neill. Carrie Phinney Latimer is planning to visit at home next week-end. WOMEN MAKE BETTER REPORTERS THAN MEN (Continued from page 1, column 5) didn't pay me in proportion," so, "youngster-like" he left that job to go abroad to study. When he was twenty, however, he re-affiliated himself with the Sun as foreign correspondent sta- tioned in Paris. "That was a good job for an older man, but for me it wasn't so good. I had to work only on Sunday and that left me six days to make a fool of myself which I did thorough- Mr. Brisbane concluded the inter- view by expressing all confidence in the future for women in journalism. "If a woman honestly likes journalism, there are no heights to which she cannot climb. Get her a bunch of husky men to run the errands, save her for the big stuff, and you'll have a fine news- paper." Mr. Brisbane was in Atlanta Friday on his way from Athens, Ga., where he delivered the Washington Day address to the Georgia Press Institute on Thursday night, to Miami, Fla. He was the guest of the Georgian, a Hearst newspaper, while he was here, his pro- gram of entertainment, which included luncheon with Governor and Mrs. Eugene Talmadge, was in charge of Mayor James L. Key, of Atlanta. During the last six years more than two billion pounds of commercial ex- plosives have been transported over the railroads of the United States and Canada without the loss of a life and with a total damage of only $213 in value. Scientific American. DR. McCAIN RETURNS FROM CLEVELAND, O. (Continued from page 1, column 5) institutions, the effect of the depres- sion on salaries, the matter of student loans, and the relation of the federal government to college education, will be brought up. The committee meeting which Dr. McCain attended was one of a number of educational meetings now being held in Cleveland in conjunction with the National Education Association, in- cluding the Conference of College Deans at which Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean of Agnes Scott, was present. BALLET DANCERS TOMORROW NIGHT (Continued from page 1, column 4) the three numbers Les Sylphides, a reverie to the music of Chopin, Suola di Ballo, a comedy with setting in an Ital- ian dancing school, and Le Beau Dan- ube, a picture of Vienna in the 1860's to Johann Strauss' music. WOMAN EDUCATOR HERE Miss Mary Abell Watson, of the Na- tional Association of Principals of Schools for Girls and the National Association of Deans of Women, in- terviewed the members of the Senior class yesterday in regard to work in private schools. Agnes Scott is the only college in this section that is a member of the Associations which Miss Watson rep- I resents. L. CHAJAGE 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER ******************* ********* ************************* COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES OF Alpha Tau Omega Phi Delta Theta I * * * * Chi Phi Delta Tan Delta Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Pi EMORY UNIVERSITY * Can You Spell That Without Any R's? "Is receive spelled *ie' or 'ei'? Is dyed, 'died' or 'dyed'? Is seine 'siene' or 'seine'? Agnes Scotters asked themselves frantically on Saturday, February 24, in chapel. The psychology department was giving a test to the whole school during chapel period and Miss Dexter was presiding. The first two questions weren't so bad: merely to write "Mary had a little lamb" twice in one's normal handwriting and with normal speed, the first words in the spelling test. It It was noticed, however, that all of the first words in the spelling test the first had "ie's" and "ei's" in them. When the words began piling up, though, and every word had a catchy combination of vowels, things began to get decidedly worse. Words, the letters of which had form- erly been perfectly well-balanced be- gan, suddenly to jump around and look queer, until one wasn't at all sure which order was the right one. Later on in the list there came the perplex- ing questions of double letters in words like quarreling, and by the time the end of the test had been reached, every- one had recognized some of the words about which she never felt quite sure, and now felt even less sure than ever. That, however, was only the begin- ning. There came the question of the color of the eyes of Miss Scandrett, Miss Wilburn, Dr. Sweet, and others; and strangely enough, when you tried to picture the person in question, every detail was perfectly clear except the color of her eyes, which was quite in- determinate. And as for the number of steps leading up to Buttrick, the num- ber of towers on Main, the direction in which the doors of the library open- ed, the number of windows in the Tea House and columns on the colonnade there was simply no determining these things. The picture was all clear ex- cept for the details desired. To those who had been studying psy- chology, there came to mind a state- ment from a psychology text-book: "We cannot observe facts in the image of a thing that we have not observed in the actual presence of the thing . . . and those whose images are vivid and realistic are little better off in this re- spect than those whose images are dim and vague." The moral to this story is: count steps as you go up them, look straight in the eye of people to whom you talk, count towers instead of sheep when you can't sleep and maybe next time the question is almost sure to be, "How many stars are there in the patch of sky above Main?" or, "How many kinds of candy do Lawrence's sell?" So-o-o- what! * * * * * * * $ * * $ $ * * * > $ * * * * * * * *- t Silhouette Tea Room | HOURS: | 7:30- 2:00 * 4:00- 7:00 | 10:00-10:30 f $ * *J $ $ *** * J i%t J *$ J J $ $ *J * THE VERA i *Jjf * In the Masonic Building f Decatur * 5 *> *> * $ *> $ $ $ $ $ > $ $ > % $ $ i$i *> > $ Compliments of * * W EIL'S TEN CENT STORE * J *J J *t* *J *t* ** *t* *v* +1* *J * $* *t* *t* *i* *5* *t* ** ** v* *!* *> $ * * * * $ * * * * * * $ $ * $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ | * Victor-Brunswick and | * * f Columbia Records t PORTABLE RADIOS BAME'S I 107 Peachtree Street $ * * $ $ * $ * * * > * * * * > * * * * * * < A kfa . kL th du * >i . V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V * * > l l > l < l l > j < >l l i fr aggie the dirtsleuth gentle reader while i am still practically ennervated from pushing snow around on the back campus i find thunder making hey hey with the lightning in the rain on the front acreage of the institution all of which means gentle reader that it is once more the season when a young man s fancy lightly turns to what the young girl has been thinking about all year exclamation point well it looks kiddo as if the man has bitten the dog at last on the agnes scott campus mildred cohen sprained her ankle while running down a hall in buttrick were you ankling to a history conference says i no says she with an unhappy leer in her eye but without the professional history hyphen slinger dispersed anywhere in the vicinity i wonder palsy walsy why the scurrying why the tumble indeed moreover why the crutch dost follow interrogation mark castles crumble likewise dreams slither away although himself a chronic devotee of liberty and screen lore found at lawrence s not to mention the home circle dr hayes has just disclosed the fact that he has unexpectedly ponderous expectations as to what the well hyphen read young girl of twenty hyphen one should know what does he anticipate for the nominal sum of a five hyphen cent piece interrogation mark ursula gentle reader has once more crashed through with a suggestion which places her on the prime hyphen mind level she would solve the eager student problem by instituting a system of fines as penalty for anyone asking more than two questions in a lecture course parenthesis applause parentheses closed meadows fetch in the laurel wreath somehow in the rush of editing papers and stuff it must have escaped lulu ames s notice that founder s day gentle reader has to with mr scott s birthday rather than with the founding of this illustrious female seminary because she said to me the other day quite innocently she said what a darned fool time of the year to found a school sometimes twirpy wirpy mine i find myself wondering if it was worth the trouble with sincere apologies to archie the cockroach my beloved master allow me to bid you an affectionate honky hyphen tonk aggie OUR YOUTH ARE NOT GOING TO THE DOGS (Continued from page 1, column 2) strive toward htat end while he is still in college. The student who is drift- ing shows his indecision in the way he employs his leisure time. When a per- son is at work he naturally is intelli- gent, careful, and astute; but when he is at play, he is acting natural and doing what he likes. One can see whether a person is easily captured by "second rate things" or whether he is earnest by his moments of play. With only thirty-five minutes to catch his train for St. Petersburg and with yet a wet taxi ride over rain- flooded streets to the station before him, Dr. Cadman ended the chat by saying, "Just to get a spicy note into the whole, say that I consider a well- dressed woman a social necessity. Dr. Cadman, who is president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America, spoke in Atlanta Sunday afternoon, as one of the Celeb- rity Series. He was the guest of Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist Church. CLUBS Blackfriars will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 6. At this time 'Op o y Me Thumb, a play by Senn and Pryce, will be presented. The cast consists of the following: Madame Augusta King. Celeste Buford Tinder. Amanda Ann Berry. Clem Virginia Turner. Rose Carrie Phinney Latimer. Horace Loice Richards. \ Pi Alpha Phi will hold its regular spring try-outs on Friday night, March 2, in Mr. Johnson's studio from seven to eight. The subjects were posted Mon- day, and all students, including fresh- men, are eligible. Each girl must select one subject, and develop one point of one side in a five minute speech. The committee of judges will include Dr. George P. Hayes of the English depart- ment, Elizabeth Winn, president, and three other members of Pi Alpha. The Outing Club met Friday, Feb- ruary 23, at which time the group engaged in nature study. The meeting proved to be most interesting and edu- cational. The Glee Club will have its regular meeting this afternoon. The club met last Tuesday instead of Wednesday be- cause of the holiday. B. O. Z. announces that it will hold its spring try-outs on Wednesday, March 14; all articles must be given to Anna Humber or put in the Aurora box in Main before that date. All stu- dents are eligible. The Eta Sigma Phi banquet, which was set for Thursday, March 1, has been postponed indefinitely. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * $ * * * * * * * *> * * * * * * * * *> * > * * > *> * * * -> $ -I- * * * * *> * I SENIOR CLASS DRY CLEANING AGENT I I for f I Decatur Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. i *> * $ * * * * * * $ * * * * * * * * * * > * * *> > > * * * * * * * * * * > * -> * * * -> * * * * * > * * * *- *!* -I- *t* *l* -t* *t* *t* *t* *t* *t* *t* *J *!* *$ *v* ** ** *v* ** ** *$ ** *t 4 *** * ** *5* *** *J* ** *** *** *v* *** *t* *4* *v* *v* *** *v* ** * *J I* +1+ Yourself In a dainty photograph 6y 2 x8V 2 Size Colored in Oil New Envelope Mount Specially Priced $5.75 * ELLIOTTS' Peachtree Studio i * * *i* *v* *l* *t* *J* J 4 *!* ** ** * ** ** ** ** *v* *** ** *v* *** *>* ** *J* *** *J* ** *** *v* ** ** *v* ** ** ** *v* *** ** *W* ** *** ** ** ** ** ** ** 4 The Agonistic Glee Club Plans Concert in Atlanta The college glee club under the di- rection of Mr. Lewis H. Johnson, has been working during the past month to perfect a number of religious songs which will constitute the program to be presented at one of the large churches in Atlanta some time in March. The program so far consists of sev- eral very lovely compositions including Rossini's "Sabbath Mother." Mrs. Viv- ian Bryant Thompson, who was pre- sented to the college community last fall in a joint recital with Mr. Johnson, will be the soloist for the occasion and will sing the soprano obligato in the Rossini selection. Miss Betty Lou Houck and Miss Virginia Wood have the incidental solos in "I Waited for the Lord," one of the club's most pop- ular numbers. The entire club will participate and looks forward to the occasion as a privilege and a pleasure. ATHLETIC NEWS Volleyball Varsity Is Announced One per cent of Germany's popula- tion is Jewish. Thirty Germans have been awarded the Nobel prizes in various fields, eight of them, or more than 2 5 per cent were Jews. 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SPRING GYM SEASON STARTS TOMORROW VOLLEYBALL GAME ENDS THE SEASON All for One Dollar f f East Court Square f | Edna Helen I * | v* t* *t 4 ** ** ** "t* ** ** ** ** *t* ** ** ** *** ** ** *v* ** *** ** T *v* ****** -$ *4 J $ **4 * *** *J * *- $ g J4 J J J *- tj ^4 > *: | * * *:* * * * * * * * f * * * | * * Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY * Phones De. 0762-0763 * * *4 * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * ** J * ** * ** The Senior and Freshmen teams were the victors in the final volleyball games. The Juniors lost nobly to their superior class, 21-34. The Freshmen fought a closer battle with Sophs, but defeated them, 24-19. Massie played exceptionally well for her winning team. The line-ups are as follows: Sophomores Freshmen Townsend A. Walker Talmadge Wilson Lawrence Neale Colby Stalker Clark McDonald From Soutter Whitley Jester Forman Baker Juniors Seniors McCalla Massie Spencer Talmadge Palmour Friend Woolfolk Ames Edwards Tindal Deason Richards Green This was one of the games at which all the members of the volleyball vars- ity council was present to discover varsity material. The age limit for applicants as sten- ographers and typists in government service has been raised from 40 years to 5 3 by the Civil Service Commis- sion. World Tomorrow. .* .\ *. *. % .* .* *. .* * .\ .% *4 .*4 * * .* * * * * * * * ** * * ** * * ** ** * * * *. * * * * * * * T ^ ft * w : Greeting Cards Picture Framing | V * f V Art and Frame Shop, Inc. Pictures, Novelties, and Gifts 6f All Kinds 99 Pryor St. Near the Grand *. *. *. *. . .\ .\ .* . * .% * .* .* % *4 ,\ * % AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for (foe interesting character of its student act i cities For further information, address |. R. McCain, P res/dent Spring gym season will start this year on March 1. The program is about the same as of former years, except that soccer will be substituted for baseball this year. This is the first time it has been offered. There will be classes in swimming for beginners, in- termediates, and advanced students. Also water polo will be offered as a minor sport this season. In tennis there will be classes for beginners and advanced. A special class for seniors will be offered on Tuesday afternoons at 2:10. There will be two archery classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Riding is again to be given this spring and the riding classes will be on Tuesday and Thurs- day afternoons. The members of the golf class will play one afternoon at Forest Hills Country Club golf course and practice at hours to be scheduled here at the college. Practices for May Day wili begin soon and all the stu- dents desiring to participate this spring are urged to register for it as soon as possible. Basketball Varsity Is Announced ATHLETIC ASS'NS TO MEET IN VALDOSTA The Georgia Athletic Conference of College Women will meet this year at Georgia State College for Women in Valdosta, March 2 through March 4. Agnes Scott will be represented by Margaret Massie and Frances McCalla. The program of discussions has been arranged to include the following top- ics and their leaders: 1. How can the women's athletic associations function more in the lines of college freshmen and hold their in- terest throughout college life? Uni- versity of Georgia. 2. Should small schools try to include all sports in their program or play a few sports well? Wesleyan. 3. Teams Honorary Title s Awards Agnes Scott. 4. The Method of Conducting a Tennis Tournament in the Most Effi- cient Manner Brenau. The purpose of The Georgia Athletic Conference of College Women, organ- ized on the Agnes Scott campus in 1930, is to bring together college wo- men of Georgia for an interchange of ideas and problems confronting their athletic associations. The basketball varsity for the season 193 3-34, announced in chapel this morning is: Forwards Guards Massie Stalker Tomlinson Burson A. Walker Spencer Handte M. Ames The team was selected bv the Varsity Council, made up of Betty Harbison, Miss B. Miller, and Page Ackerman, based on their selections on the nomina- tions by class teams, the number of per- sonal fouls, and the number of points scored. Of the varsity, three are sophomores, two are freshmen, two are seniors, and one is a junior. FINAL GAMES OF SEASON EXCITING A large and enthusiastic crowd wit- nessed the victory of the Freshman and the Senior basketball teams last Friday night. The Freshmen defeated the Soph- omores, 2 8-26 in, according to many, the fastest game of the season and by far the most exciting. Stevens did ex- cellent playing for the Sophs as did Tomlinson and Burson. Walker seemed always to have the ball and made the Frosh score 13 points higher. It was a very close game of good basketball. The Senior-Junior game was also a close game, but the Seniors won 9-8. The Juniors, with Young and McCalla shooting well gave the Seniors strong opposition. The line-ups were as follows: Sophomores Freshmen Stevens, f. Kennedy, f. Handte, f. Lamson, f. Tomlinson, f. Walker, f. O'Neal, g. Stalker, g. Burson, g. Peeples, g. Armstrong, g. Kneale, g. Substitutes: Freshman Christie, Thing, McCain. Senior Junior Austin, f. Young, f. Massie, f. Richards, f. Hamilton, f. Green, g. Ames, g. McCalla, f. Tindal, g. Spenser, g. Substitutes: Senior Ritchie, Baron. Indian Leader Is Speaker at Vespers Mr. Parekh, a Christian Hindu and friend of Gandhi, was the speaker at the Y. W. C. A. service last Sunday night. He spoke of his spiritual expe- riences and of how he came to know Christ. It was during a serious illness that he began to realize the existence of a living God; and not until he had read /;/ Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis did Jesus become his Mas- ter, although he had never heard a Christian teacher. When he was in his second year at college, he decided to devote his life to the Kingdom of Christ and for the religious and social uplift of India. For twenty-eight years he has been in this service, but belongs to no church or organization. He con- cluded by pleading that we dedicate our lives now to the Kingdom of God that we may live full, rich, and worth- while lives. Brine, with a density of salt five times that of the Black Sea, has been found to underly the city of Moscow. Chemical analysis of this liquid re- vealed the deposit to be somewhat similar to the world-famous brine de- posits of the northern Urals. Scien- tific American. His BurninR: Heart Demanded Fresh Beauty For His Dance of Life . . . and Love! Ask the lovely women he crushed in his rise to fame . . . and they would tell you that his arms held ecstasy . . . and heartbreak ! GEORGE RAFT CAROLE LOMBARD 'BOLERO' SALLY RAND The originator of the fan dance doing her sensa- tional creation for the first time on any screen. FOX J $ ** *l* $ J *4 J . * 4 Thurs. and Fri 'DUCK SOUP' I The Four Marx Bros. The woman shorthand champion's speed is 240 words a minute. Few speakers could keep up with her. Punch (London). J L Allen's "Check-Up" on the Prince of Wales Checking up on the Prince of Wales, we find the check and plaid vogue can be laid at this royal gentleman's feet. He had his tailors dashing to Scotland snatching first a "gun club" check and then a plaid with the English Fair Sex frantically waiting their turns to use these fabrics after his royal release is placed upon them. And now with even Atlanta women gone so completely "tweedy" and British, Aliens presents numbers and numbers of Suits and Coats in checks and plaids with lines that smack of H R H himself. S W ; Sara Forester Book Editor__ __Betty Willis BUSINESS STAFF >l Day Student Faxie Stevens l^irculaHon Managers Circulation Mgrs. Ora Muse J Martha Summers Mary Malone BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Lucile Dennison Louise Preas Catharine Jones Margaret Watson Elizabeth Espy Rachel Shamos Eloise Alexander Mary King REPORTERS Lucille Cairnes Dorothy Peacock Eloise Alexander Mary Elizabeth Morrow Mary Garland Frances Paris Frances Cary Brooks Spivey TAKE YOUR CHOICE An alumna, recently asked what she remembered most vividly about her life at Agnes Scott, replied with little hesitation that she remembers Agnes Scott as a place where everybody is always in a desperate hurry, and where nobody ever has time to do any- thing. This is rather an alarming reputation for a college to have, yet when one considers the concerts and lectures which are avail- able to the college community, the plays and entertainments given on the campus, the studying and reading which necessarily accompany a liberal arts course when one considers all these things, such a reputation does not seem surprising. But, however easily explained, this trait is not one to be de- sired. No sane person should be willing to be, for four years of her life, so busy that she never has time to do anything. The solu- tion to this problem is quite simple so simple, in fact, that it is strange that more people have not discovered it and put it into practice. It is this: out of all the dozens of things which we may enjoy on the campus, let us choose those which interest us most; limit ourselves to those things which we really want to do; do them well; and let everything else go. Then, when we are remembering our college days, our recol- lection will be not of a hopelessly unorganized scramble, but of several very definite benefits and pleasures. FROM THE FRESHMEN To a freshman, college opens vast possibilities. It may mean studies, associations, activities any number of numerous things; it may also mean loneliness. But no matter what we think it may mean to us later, a great many of us enter college expecting to be treated as very young freshmen. It is, then, a pleasant surprise to find that the sophomore class is not going to punish us, but entertain us; that the profes- sors are not going to awe us, but help us. Those were two of our main fears in coming to college. Then, a few weeks after our entrance we found ourselves working together in the Black Cat Contest, with the juniors helping us. We lost to the sophomores, but we had a great deal of enjoyment in doing so. Now we find on! -selves m a responsible position that of editing an issue of the Agonistic. We are very doubtful of our success as journalists, but we have enjoyed working together again as a class, and we are sure that the Agonistic has succeeded in the purpose of its contest: to promote class spirit and arouse an interest in jour- nalism. Taking part in these various activities has given us an insight into the pleasures that the college can offer through its associa- tions. Those pleasures probably most of us expected to find at some time during our four years here, but certainly not during the first six months. As a result, we feel more loyal to Agnes Scott, and to ourselves as freshmen. We now feel that we know the college better, and consequently are more eager to uphold her ideals. Certainly we know that we know each other better, and are now increasingly anxious to work together. We have dis- covered that it is quite possible to like college our freshman year, and surprisingly, that it is quite possible for the college to make us feel that it [ikes us. A Key to Current History An event of world-wide interest was the coronation of Henry Pu Yi, the "Boy Emperor" of China, as Em- peror of Manchukno on February 2 8th. The ceremony was observed with orien- tal pomp and dignity. It encerned not only the people of that state, but also those of many nations. At the same time Japanese troops were on their way to the border, and there is more than a possibility that there will be a war be- tween Russia and Japan, because Man- chukno borders on Russian territory. Manchukno may be wiped out of ex- istence as a state if these two countries come into conflict over it. The dispute over Manchukno began in September, 1931, when the Japanese attacked the Chinese in Manchuria. Japan had long wanted that province, so when several Japanese officers were accidentally killed by Chinese soldiers, she turned the affair into an excuse to begin fighting. Two years of warfare followed, and at the end of that time Japan was in control of Manchuria, which she renamed Manchukno. Henry Pu Yi, who had lost his Chinese throne in a rebellion, was made the chief executive of the state. The League of Nations, sitting at Geneva, Switzerland, then took up the matter. The Lytton Commission in- vestigated the situation, but when it submitted its report Japan refused to accept it, saying that the people of Manchukno desired independence and that as China could not maintain peace and order, the territory should not be returned to her. The matter was then referred to a special committee called the Committee of Nineteen, which made an even more thorough investi- gation. Japan announced her intention of withdrawing from the League. On the authority of the committee's re- port, the League refused to recognize or to have political dealings with Man- chukno because it had been taken from its rightful owner by force. Japanese control of Manchukno means that Russia and Japan, in ef- fect, border each other for hundreds of miles, for Russia still owns Siberia. Russia also has commercial interests which may come into conflict with those of Japan. She fears that the Chinese province of Mongolia (which borders Siberia, land owned by Russia) may soon be threatened by the aggres- sive nation of Japs. What will be the result? Will it be war between Russia and Japan? And, if so, will other nations be forced into the conflict? We do not yet know. Japan is primed for war. Her troops are well trained; her output of muni- tions and supplies increases daily. Fur- thermore, Japan wants and needs more territory. The attention of the whole world at present is centered on the Far East. Alumnae News josser Darling Giddv At last the inevitable remedy has been found by Dr. Hayes. Don't ask me what the remedy remedies; for I positively don't know. But according to that illustrious member of the fac- ulty, public speaking is the remedy. Ah! what a speech; it made us want to join Pi Alpha Phi forthwith didn't it, my love? But did you notice! He proclaimed that the subjects were simple and insignificant ah! a twelve year old child can work them by pressing a button. But Giddy, he for- got his concrete material. Tsk, tsk, and teaching poor freshmen! In his embarrassment he pretended that the subjects were too trivial to mention. But worst of all, my dere, he inti- mated (mind I don't vow he actually said it) that the debating club was low- brow! Having mentioned a twelve year old child, 1 must tell you, Giddy, that one, of those tender years, has invaded our intellectual atmosphere. My dere, we were informed, and by good authority, that our own dear Kitty Printup was nothing more than an infant toddling from class to class. It just goes to show that we must watch our company even here. In spite of the persistence of the freshmen in discussing profound sub- jects, I fear me our intellectuality is doomed, dearest Giddy. The other day at Chemistry' lab, a Science frnajor boldly asked a freshman how to spell "catalyst"! And that isn't all bv any means. Mr. Holt has been weep- ing all year because some beautiful but dumb creature spelled "amount" with two fC m"s. It makes us wonder if we selected the right liberal arts col- lege after all, when, on top of that. Miss Latin Smith actually catches Isabel McCain, H. M., T. E. Jr. say- ing "kimistri"! My dere, how can the poor child expect to learn Latin? Ah, Giddy, I always did simply adore des galants hommes. Did you hear how courteously Dr. Robinson excused himself from orchestra prac- tice the other night? My dere, he said in his most urbane tones, "Will you pardon me a moment? My house is on fire. Just a moment." Perhaps, Giddy, to be cultured we must all take Trig. Well, my fair one, I suppose if you just must leave, you must leave. Come again sometime and I'll tell you about the time when Dr. McCain called Mrs. McCain his better eighty-five per cent. Much love, Freshman Aggie. Book Bits Christine Gray, ex-'32, is doing fashion sketches for the Birmingham hfeti "-Age Herald. Etta Mathis, '3 2, is teaching mathe- matics at Cox College. Hetty Mathis, '3 2, is teaching in Barnwell, S. C. Margaret Ridgcly, '32, appeared in Micbado, a play given in Atlanta, March 2 and 3. Polly Cawthorn, '32, spent Christ- mas in Florida. She is now teaching in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Margaret Sanford, ex-'3 3, married William Hodges Douglass, December 14. They are now living in Chatta- nooga. Marjorie Woodward, '32, spent a week with Mary Elliot, '3 2, in De Funiah Springs, Fla., Christmas. Ethel Smith, ex-'34, married Mr. Leonard LaConte in February. They are now living in Raymond, N. H. Margaret McCoy, ex-'3h married Mr. Willis Thomas Gayle, Jr., of At- lanta, January 2 5. They arc living at 2285 West Peach tree Street. A number of new books have been acquired recently by the college li- brary, and from these a most interest- ing collection has been placed on the customary shelves for new books. God's Trombones, a slim gold and black bound volume by James Weldon Johnson, is a fascinating collection of seven old-time negro sermons in verse. The book is an attempt, and a very successful one, to portray the oratory of the talented old-time negro preacher who, in sermons of rhythmic, trom- bone-like eloquence, inspired his audi- ence with his convictions of sure- enocgh heaven and red-hot hell. One of the most striking sermons, "The Creation," portrays the Great, Good God stooping beside a river bed to pick up a handful of clay from which to fashion man. The poems are a really fine collec- tion imbued with the true spirit of the old negro preacher, but, thankful- ly, lacking the dialect which the author purposely omitted because negro dialect has become a synonym for cither humor or pathos. The senti- I ment which he wishes to convey in God's Trombones is neither of these, but the deep reverence and far-reach- ing power of the old negro preacher. E. F. Benson's Charlotte Bronte is an excellent biography which has as its ultimate aim the picturization of the true Charlotte, not only "the golden image of the goddess, but also her feet of clay." The main basis of the biography of the nineteenth cen- tury'' writer are her own letters which tend to give a more complete picture of her than any other source possibly could. The book, besides being the authentic account of the life of the author of lane Eyre, is interesting. It is written in a clear style which is easy to read, and is from the point of view of a biographer who seeks truth rather than golden fiction. Sinclair Lewis' Ann Vickers is prob- ably one of the most widely read and discussed novels by this much-dis- cussed author. The novel is the realis- tic portrayal of an independent and masterful woman who comes out of a small western town into the crux of life as a social worker. She meets life proudly and bravely, depending only on herself for guidance until she final- ly meets Barney, another as strong as herself, and they decide to meet life together. Written in Sinclair Lewis' Exchanges Catnip Support A student at Marshall College is pay- ing his tuition by embalming cats to sell to anatomy students. That is what is known as a catastrophe. Colon- nade-. Pass the Thermometer The President calls for temperature as the dry, or alleged dry, days have passed. He believes in temperature al- though the prohibition amendment has been cast aside. Stillwater, Minn., paper; Literary Digest. Maybe It's Intuition The fact that women are poorer reasoners than men but better hint- takes, with the result that they may more nearly approach the achievements of men, was the conclusion drawn from a scries of reasoning tests given 3 84 students at the University of Michi- gan. One-half of the students was given hints on how to work certain problems; the other half was given the problems without suggest ions. It de- veloped that although the women's reasoning power unguided was poorer than men's, they raised their solving averages much higher than the men did when given suggestions. Scientific A merican. ROUND-THE-WORLD DEBATERS Robert K. Burns and Lylc M. Spenser, University of Washington, '3 3, started on February Nth .i round the- world tour with the aim of meet- ing Students of other countries, on the tk hate platform and off, and discussing with them the serious economic and political problems which at present are confronting the world. Among their platform topics are cancellation of in- ter-allied war debts, advantages of die tatorship over democracy, and aban- donment of the policy of Economic Nationalism. The debaters go under the sponsorship of the National Stu- dent Federation and other agencies.- - \nterc< FOX .1 i m m \ fSecrs I'.ir linesfi I- \ Pleasure I'aramniml BegivtB Fri. Mch. I f> V Pv E DEI C MAR C U in "DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY'' Danjrcious! . . . Fascinating! A lover tasting the joys of mortal emotion for the first time . . . while the worM stood still and STUDENT @3)e Agonistic ELECTIONS VOL. XIV AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934 NO. L8 AGONISTIC CUP GOES TO FRESHMAN CLASS Lists Give Names of Nominees For Various Offices 35 of Committee Nominations Are First Popular Nominations Of the committee nominations for the student offices for next year thir- ty-five received first popular nomina- tions. The committee nominations were made by a committee which in- cluded all the presidents and vice-presi- dents of the major organizations, edi- tors and business managers of the pub- lications, the day student president, and the student recorder. The popu- lar nominations were made in chapel Saturday morning by the student body. Both sets of nominations were posted Monday morning. The student offi- cials for the organizations will be vot- ed on in chapel tomorrow, those for the publications in chapel Friday. The nominations are as follows: Committee nominations: Student Government: President Alberta Palmour. Vice-president Mary Green. House presidents: Rebekah Scott, Mary Boggs; Main, Nina Parke; In- man, Mary Jane Evans. Secretary Frances James. Treasurer Adelaide Stevens. Student treasurer Amy Under- wood. Student recorder Vella Marie Bchm. Y. \V. C. A.: President Martha Redwine. Vice-president- Caroline Dickson. Secretary Sara Spencer. Treasurer Lena Armstrong. Silhouette: Editor-in-chief Caroline Long. Assistant editor Rosa Miller. Business manager Betty Lou Flouck. Assistant business manager Ellen Davis. Aurora : Editor Anna Humber. Assistant editor Lita Goss. Business manager Mary Virginia Allen. {Continued on page 4, column 3.) NEW SILVER SERVICE GIVEN TO COLLEGE A silver service for the college has been bought by the executive com- mittee of the Student Government. The set includes two urns, two trays, and two cream pitchers and sugar bowls. It is in the colonial pattern, which, being a standard pattern, may be added to at any time. The service was brought with some of the money returned to the commit- tee by the Decatur bank which failed several years ago. Another portion of the money was added to the fund set aside for a portrait of President J. R. McCain. Fifty dollars will be used to furnish a day student room in Inman. Files for the executive room were bought with the remainder. NEW MEMBERS ELECTED F>Y CHI BETA PHI SIGMA Chi Beta Phi Sigma, science fra- ternity, at a call meeting on March 12 elected the following pledges: Ann Coffee, Gladys Pratt, Virginia Fisher, Sara Nichols, Mary Snow, Martha Allen, Virginia Nelson, Mary Walker, Caroline Long, Florence Pres- ton, Lorraine Smith, Carol Griffith, Laura Whitner, Jennie Champion, and Ann Martin. They will be initiated at a banquet which will take place the Friday after spring holidays. Phi Beta Names Seven Alumnae The election of seven alumnae to Phi Beta Kappa was announced this morning in chapel. They are members of the class of 1919. The following were named: Minnie Clare Boyd, of Hartford, Ala.; Mary Lois Eve, of Au- gesta, Ga.; Margaret Leech (Mrs. Wil- liam Collier Cook), of Dickson, Term.; Louise Marshburn (Mrs. H. W. Riley), of Miami, Fla.; Frances Cary Shedd (Mrs. John Withers Blake), of Monticcllo, Fla.; Dorothy Thigpen (Mrs. Edmund Brooks Shea), of Mil- waukee, Wis.; Margaret Watts (Mrs. Fredrick Stanlev Cooper) , of Rome, Ga. Each spring elections of alumnae members to Phi Beta Kappa are made from the class which graduated fif- teen years before the members of this year were chosen by the advisory board of the Agnes Scott Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa last night. Randolph- Macon Debaters Will Come Here Agnes Scott to Be Represented By Lib Winn and Sara Wood New Plans Made For Ring Design Because of a request made by three classes last year, the Agnes Scott ring will be changed. The face of the ring is a black onyx, on which are engraved the let- ters A. S. C. The degree and year of graduation appear on the shanks. The type, shape, and size of the stone, and the intaglio method of engraving are decided innovations, the ring being the first of its kind to be designed for a southern woman's college. It com- bines the newest trends in college rings and jewelry designs, which have turn- ed completely from the styles used in the past. (Continued on page 4, column 5.) DR. ROBINSON TO GO TO MATH CONFERENCE Prof. Henry A. Robinson, head of the mathematics department of Agnes Scott, and Martha Allen, a member of the junior class, will attend the con- ference of the southeastern section of the Mathematical Association of America, to be held March 30-31, at the University of Alabama. Dr. Robinson is the secretary of the southeastern section and is in charge of the program. Twenty important speak- ers have been secured, including Dr. Arnold Dresden, president of the American Mathematical Association. Martha North Watson, a graduate of Agnes Scott in the class of 1931, who has received her M.A. degree in mathe- matics, will also read a paper. A number of entertainments have been planned for the delegates, who in- clude the members of the mathematics departments of Georgia, Tech, and Emory University. r. of Georgia Students Have Charge of Chapel The Y. M. C. A. of the University of Georgia had charge of the chapel program here Tuesday morning. E. L. Secrest, who is in charge of the religious activities at Georgia had charge of the program. David Powell, a graduate student, sang and was ac- companied by E. Shelton; Virlyn B. Moore, a senior at the University spoke on "Passing the Buck", and Billy Mad- dox spoke on "The New Deal in Stu- dent Thinking." Miss Agnes Highsmith, the assist- ant of the Volunteers Religious As- sociation of the University of Georgia also addressed the students. The two Randolph-Macon students who will debate Agnes Scott in the college gymnasium Friday evening at 8:30, will be Frances Davis and Mary Lou Klaver. They will uphold the negative of the question, "Resolved, That the purposes and principles of the N. R. A. should be permanently adopt ed by the United States." Elizabeth W r inn, president of Pi Alpha Phi de- bating club, and Sarah Catherine Wood will defend the affirmative. The same evening Marion Calhoun and Mildred Cohen will debate the negative of this question with Sophie Newcomb in New Orleans, while Sophie Newcomb will meet Randolph-Macon in Lynch burg. These debates are a revival of the former triangular debates which were held annually among Agnes Scott, Sophie Newcomb, and Randolph- Macon until several years ago. This is the third intercollegiate debate spons- ored by Pi Alpha Phi this year. The first one was a dual debate with Sophie Newcomb last fall; the second, a triangular debate with Tech and Emory. The judges for the debate at Agnes Scott will be: Mrs. J. O. Sanders, (Continued on page 4, column 1.) New Election Plans Given A revised method for electing class officers was voted on and passed at a Student Government meeting in chapel Thursday, March 15. According to the revised procedure, the chapel period of the Tuesday after spring holidays will be devoted to class elections. Each class will make its nominations, which will be posted on the bulletin board in Buttrick. Two days later these nom- inations will be voted on during the chapel period. The juniors will hold their class meeting in Mr. Johnson's studio, the sophomores in the day students' room in Main, and the freshmen in the chapel. MISS R. KAUFFMAN TO DISCUSS SOCIAL WORK A discussion group on social service will be led by Miss Rhoda Kauffman, of the Family Welfare Society of At- lanta, this afternoon at three o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. Members of the social service group and all girls interested in the subject are invited to attend. Miss Kauffman spoke recently in chapel on her work in Atlanta. Last night a discussion group on in- dustrial problems was led by Miss Mary Hilyer, an international industrial worker, in the cabinet room at seven o'clock. Miss Hilyer has traveled ex- tensively in America and in foreign countries, studying conditions and in- dustrial problems. B. 0. Z. HAS ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS B. O. Z. tryouts were held Thurs- day, March 15, and the new members were elected. They are: Loice Rich- ards, Elizabeth Espy, Martha Sue Laney. Jap Professor Suggets Plan The project of sponsoring a cor- respondence between Japanese stu- dents and Agnes Scott girls is being undertaken by the Y. W. C. A. as the result of a letter received by Dr. J. R. McCain, from Dr. T. Hase- gawa, of Tokyo, Japan. Girls who arc interested are requested to give their names to officers of the association. Dr. Hasegawa in his letter says: "If there are any among your professors and students who are interested in the Orient I shall be glad to have their contributions to our magazine, for example, under the title 'About Women's Education' or anything like that and so much more grateful if you take trouble to arrange it. Also if some of your students want to cor- respond with young women of Japan I wish to have their names and classes which they belong to. I shall make ours write first." A. S. Delegates To Be Chosen Two delegates will be chosen Mon- day night by the Executive Commit- tee to represent Agnes Scott at the annual conference of the Southeastern Region of N. S. F. A., and the Na- tional College Press Association to be held at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, March 29, 30, and 31. This will be rhe fim time women's colleges will have representatives at this conference. The girls will be guests of the sororities and the boys the guests of the fraternities. Charles Bennett, of the University of Florida, is president of the Southeastern Region of N. S. F. A. and will preside at the conference. Freshman Issue Awarded Cup By Judges Judges Award Seniors Second Place in Annual Class Contest UNTERMEYER CLOSES . A. S. LECTURE SERIES The Americanization of American poetry was the theme of the lecture given by Louis Untermeyer, poet, ritic, and lecturer, in the gymnasium Friday night. Mr. Untermeyer stated that in both form and content the poetry of this country is at best be- coming American. As illustration of his subject, "The Glory of the Com- monplace," he read several of his own poems which included Prayer and Caliban of the Coal Mines. Friday afternoon Mr. Untermeyer spoke to the Chaucer class. After the lecture Friday night a reception was given in his honor in the day students' room in Main. He was entertained at lunch Saturday by mem- bers of Poetry Club and B. O. Z. writ- ng club. Delegates to Be Chosen To Go To Tennessee Two delegates will be chosen after elections to represent Agnes Scott at the Southern Intercollegiate Associa- tion of Student Government Confer- ence to be held at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville, April 5, 6, and 7. Each college that is a member of the association has dispatched a telegram to Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt asking her to address the dele- gates. Mildred Reynolds, of Hollins, i* president of S. I. A. S. G. and will ^reside at the conference, which is for women only. Margaret Ridley and Mary MacDonald represented Agnes Scott at the conference last year in Lynchburg. The irishman edition of the Agonis- tic was awarded first place by the judges in the recent class contest. The cup was given to Laura Steel, fresh- man editor, in chapel this morning. Katherine Bowen was business mana- ger for the winning paper. Mr. Lucius Pope, of the Atlanta Journal ', let his staff vote on the papers submitted to him and because of their vote gave first place to the freshmen. Mr. W. F. Caldwell, of the Southern Division of the Associated Press, se- lected the freshman editor because the make-up was "especially attractive with a good news picture on the front page and heads that compare favorably with the best newspapers." Mr. Cald- well thought the front page well bal- anced with a variety of news matter. He also considered that the freshmen edi tors showed originality in the paper. Mr. Julian Harris, of the Atlanta Con- stitution, cast his vote for the fresh- men, because of the make-up and choice of type, the variety shown in the editorials and the feature articles. Mr. Harris also liked the freshman edi- tion because it "announced itself, while it was difficult to select at a glance the sophomore or junior or senior edition." Second place goes to the senior class. Elizabeth Lynch, euiiui of the Auon- istic last year, gave first place to the senior edition. From the other judges it received one second place and one third. Miss Lynch granted second place to the freshmen. The junior edition won three third places; the sophomore was voted second by two of the judges. Of the sophomore paper, Mr. Caldwell said: "The two feature interviews given two-column heads at the bottom of the front page attract the eye." He thought that the inside make-up of the senior issue compared favorably with that of the other editions. NEW Y. CABINET TO GO TO CONFERENCE The new cabinet of Y. W. C. A., w ith the new officers to be elected to- morrow, will attend the annual Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. conference to be held at Wesleyan College in Macon this week-end, March 2 3 through March 25. This is the first time in several years that the conference has not been held at Camp Wilkins on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. The freshman cabinet of Y. W. C. A. will have charge of the program for vespers next Sunday night, March 25. Instead of the traditional Easter pageant, a worship service has been planned to be led by Fannie B. Harris. Rev. S. R. Oglesby spoke last Sun- day night on "Peter." Miss Florence Smith will play Schubert's "Ave Maria" as a special musical selection. "WAR BRIDES" PRESENTED FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS "War Brides," the play given by the Play Production class for high school seniors on Saturday was repeated at the Blackfriar meeting Tuesday night. The cast for the play was: Martha Skeen Hedwig. Eleanor .Gullion Mother. Marian Calhoun Amelia. Hester Ann Withers Mina. Gussie Rose Riddle Arno. Bob Gillespie Captain Herty. Jimmy Jepson Lieut. Hans Hoff- man. 2 The Agonistic WE THINK (&l)e Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. (Newspaper \ ^'^T^ft'^\ r ) Member ) STAFF Mary Hamilton Editor Mary Ames Business Manager Loice Richards ^-Assistant Editor Nell Patillo_Ass/. Business Manager Margaret Rogers Make- Up Editor EDITORIAL STAFF Martha Elliot Feature Editor Eva Constantine , ro c - a -cj-j. Assistant Make-Up Editor Mary M. Stowe Society Editor / , J Frances O Brien Sports Editor Lulu Ames _ Exchange Editor Elizabeth Moore Club Editor Isabel Shipley__ Alumnae Editor Doris Batsell__ ^Giddy Gossip _ r Plant Ellis Joke Editor Elizabeth Hickson ...Book Bits IsABL LowRANCE Nell White Asst. Feature Editor Key to Current History BUSINESS STAFF BOOK BITS Alma Brohard Circulation Manager Jacqueline Woolfolk Assistant Circulation Manager Elizabeth Thrasher Myra O'Neai Day Student Circulation Managers BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Vera Pruit Kitty Cunningham (This column is entirely devoted to the ex- pression of student opinions. All of the contri- butions are anonymous and the contents are (.o be in no way interpreted as the editorial pinion of the paper.) IN FAVOR SMOKING RULES In a recent letter to the student body Dr. McCain based his objection to smoking on the statement that it is contrary to one of the four ideals of Agnes Scott, the development of a pleasing personality. The entire letter is, I believe, based on this aspect of the question. That ideals of personal con- duct and appearance are of great value is a fact recognized universally, but there are several inconsistencies in the founding of the Administration's atti- tde solely upon this point. In the first place, the idea that the typical Agnes Scott girl does not smoke has become a false one because of the fact that the majority of students here does smoke despite the constant stu- dent government legislation which at- tempts to cope with the situation. I cannot believe that the Administration realizes the prevalence of smoking here, for with the knowledge of the facts of the condition it could not be content to cling to an "ideal" which is shat- tered daily and publicly by so large a number of students. With an under- standing of the situation it could not claim the existence of an ideal so pat- ently not upheld. Only two steps would be open to it. It could take more vigorous measures to control the public actions of students, or it could amend its rules to suit the consensus of opinion of the students, in whose hands, as Dr. McCain has stated, the reputation of the college has so far been safe. The executive committee of student government, as the highest representa- tive of the student body, is the logi- cal organization to compile accurate information on the smoking question for the benefit of the Administration. An accurate census of the number of students who smoke, the number of those who approve of smoking priv- ileges, and the number of those who object to them, would, I believe, be {Continued on page 4, column 1) AGAINST SMOKING RULES The Administration has definitely and forcefully made known through a letter from Dr. McCain its feeling and the reasons for its feeling on the sub- ject of smoking at Agnes Scott. The argument of those in favor of smok- ing, that practically all other good women's colleges in the country allow smoking, was clearly met in this let- ter. Agnes Scott is not merely trying to keep up with other colleges; it is our desire to stand first. Other schools act as incentives for us, not as goals. Those in favor of having smoking privileges here set forth the argument that since so many irls smoke, the evasion of smoking rules is lowering the college in the eyes of the com- munities of Decatur and Atlanta. To combat this bad impression, they say we should have campus smoking priv- ileges. These people are overlooking the unassailable point brought out in Dr. McCain's letter: the rules about smoking at Agnes Scott are made clear to each applicant for admission. When a girl enters Agnes Scott knowing the rules beforehand, by her entrance she pledges her approval or at least her agreement to uphold the rules. Per- haps some altruistci souls came here, disapproving of the smoking regula- tions, and with firm intent to reform these rules fur the good of the coming generations of Agnes Scott students. Not being a student of human nature, the writer is hardly able to answer the question: are these individuals prompt- ed bv pure altruism in working for the school's good or does their personal desire to smoke enter into the matter somewhat? The Administration's feeling about smoking here has been clear to ever)' student from the time her application was accepted. This recent letter has reasonably and clearly reiterated the Administration's view. In view of the fact that the Administration, which has the final say in such matters, is definitely opposed to smoking, we think the sensible way to avoid the Stigma on Agnes Scott caused by evas- ion of smoking rules is to co-operate with the executive committee in up- holding the regulations. The Lyric South, edited by Addison Hibbard, Book League of America, New York, 1929. Altogether interesting is Mr. Hib- bard's anthology, "The Lyric South," rrom the point of view of its in- clusion and its exclusions; its plan of arrangement; and its theme, which is not altogether satisfying but is es- pecially interesting in view of our two recent visitor-poets. Of the poets included, only He; \ -ex- Allen is a surprise; but he was in- fluential in the development of organ- ized interest in poetry in the South, and while in Charleston wrote poetry filled with local color and legends. Donald Davidson and John Crowe Ranson are there, but no Merrill Moore. Georgia is unrepresented except for Roselle Mercier, Montgomery. Indeed, the anthology is made as little geo- graphical and political as possible. Its division and arrangement is un- usal. Instead of running through the authors alphabetically and giving the works of each of them in a lump sum, Mr. Hibbard divides the book into various sections such as "People and Portents," "The Searching Spirit," "The Negro," and "The Fever Called 'Living,' " in which he puts the proper poems regardless of authorship. It is an arbitrary but interesting arrange- ment, and, in view of the theme of the book, an excellent order. Having studied Southern poetry and compiled this anthology, Mr. Hib- bard reaches a conclusion concerning this poetry which makes it unsatis- factory to him, or to Mr. Donald Davidson, or to Mr. Untermeyer. The burden of his opinion is this: that southern poetry is conventional he almost says sentimental Its preoc- cupation with the classics he approves; its orthodoxy, its substitution of emo- tion for idea, and the great importance it attaches to "the beauiful," he is impatient of. "It it," he says, "a lyric South concerned with beauty and emo- tional ecstasy almost to the exclusion of anything like actuality." To Mr. Hibbard, then, Southern poetry has not enough northern ele- ON OTHER CAMPUSES (NSFA) Optional attendance at classes has been granted to students with a B average at Southwestern College, Winfield, Kans. The experi- ment will be tried during the second semester with the possibility of mak- ing it a permanent part of the system. Southwestern Collegian. (NSFA) The lucky girl who can write the best essay on "Why I wish to Attend Dartmouth Carnival" will win an invitation from an outstanding uppcrclass man of the men's college to attend their leading social func- tion of the year. Students in the prin- cipal women's colleges in the East are competing. A remarkable collection of old whiskey bottles is now on exhibition in the East Campus Library of Duke (Continued on pAgt 4, column 4) ments in it. To Mr. Untermeyer, it must be unsatisfactory, according to his theory of it, because not southern enough, that is, not indigenous, not a truly native form, but imitative. And to Mr. Davidson this opinion must be disheartening, because Mr. Hibbard finds hope for southern poetry, already pretty enough but not real, in the fact that American industrial ideas, humanitarian philosophy, and sceptic- ism and doubt are beginning to perme- ate the south. Anna H umber. The Tragic Em press , by Maurice Paleologue, Thornton Butterworth, Limited, London. A poor dethroned sovereign w ho has known the pain and humiliation of great reverses, is the Empress Eugenie who appears in Maurice Paleologue's book The Tragic Empress. Paleologue gives, through conversations, the last period of the life of Eugenie and does not deal at all with the peak of her career as an Empress. He brings out clearly the decided contrasts in her life and through them he reveals her character. We get a pic- ture of the Empress as a ruler, intense- ly interested in the political situation of France, but without the influence which she had in her younger days, and as a human being an old woman continually, comparing a glorious youth with the present, in which she is franctically trying to rectify the mis- takes made by Napoleon III. The book is a series of intimate con- versations between the Empress and Palc ; ologue during the period of her life from 1901-1911. Although the conversations deal mainly with the political strategy of Napoleon III, they are of more value as biographical ma- terial than as documents which throw light on history. The book is interesting in that it gives a side of Empress Eugenie's life which is often ignored. A thorough knowledge of the historical back- ground of the period is necessary in order to fully appreciate the book. (Continued on page 4, column S) IN OUTSIDE WORLD Figure it out any way you like but the Paramount Westerns and Mae West made more money for that lot than any otlvr productions last year. Photo pi it ) . According to her cameraman, Cath- erine I lepburn can change her expres- sion more times to the minute than any other actress on the screen. 1 lere is the siurprisfing explanation Miss Hepburn gives for her gymnastic fea- tures: Her hair is very hue, sn.irlv and curly. Since she was a little girl, she has always made faces in the mir- ror w hile her hair was being combed. Photoplay. Colored business men in Augusta, Gz* s are issuing a one-page medium, known as the Business Builder. It has a circulation of 4,000 copies. The Crisis. REPORTERS Frances Balcom Emily Rowe Ann Baker Sarah Frances Estes EDITORIAL Because we want the editorial column of the Agonistic to be always open to the current campus issues, we feel that a discus- sion of the question of smoking regulations at this time is neces- sary. The paper carries this week two We Thinks on the sub- ject anonymous contributions which give adequately the points for and against smoking. Let us consider some of these points again here. Let us look at them squarely and try to arrive at a definite conclusion concerning them. Those who support the rules against smoking emphasize the fact that girls who smoke do not have to come to Agnes Scott. There arc many colleges, which permit smoking, that they might attend. This is true. However, it is a pity to deny the privileges which Agnes Scott undoubtedly offers to girls who have been unfortunate enough to acquire the habit of smoking. We feel that ninety per cent of the student body are proud of the high ideals of Agnes Scott and strive to live up to them. And yet the majority of tins ninety per cent do not consider that smoking would in any way lower these ideals. Why? It is be- cause standards w hich involve only social customs do not remain fixed. At one time smoking by women seems to have been almost a moral question. W hat could have possibly made it such we do not know unless it was the crinoline conventions of the Victo- rian Age. Later it was considered merely as bad taste. Now, m the last ten years, times have changed again, and women who enjoy smoking smoke and those who do not, don't, at their pleas- ure. We feel that those opposed to the abolition of smoking rules have failed to recognize this change and still regard smoking as it was regarded in the latter part of the nineteenth century. "The old order changeth, yielding place to new." It would be foolish to ride behind a horse as our grandfathers did when cars are available. The social customs have been revolutionized as violently as the methods ot transportation. It is almost impos- sible to keep as a pan of one's ideals a convention which the world no longer regards as such. THE VALUE OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES With this issue of the Agonistic the 1933-34 staff ends its career. We of the staff are grateful for the experiences the work on the paper has given us. We have not always succeeded in doing what we wished, but there has been enjoyment in trying. The value of extra-curricular activities lies in the practical experience they afford and the many contacts with the off -Cam- pus world they offer. This alone is worth-while enough to make their existence almost a necessity. 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 [. R. McCain, President WE SEE BY THE PAPERS The Agonistic 3 - scred by the National Archery As- sociation being held from April 15-22. The team is made up of eight girls selected for their previous high scores. In the tournament those making a score of over 42 5 will be given a class A rating; a score between 3 50 and 42 5 is worth a class B rating; and a class C rating goes to the scores lying between 300 and 349. Individual awards will be given to those contestants w ho make any of the three ratings and a team trophy will be awarded to the team making the highest team score. The Archery Club is sponsoring the team in this tournament, and is pay- ing all the expenses. The results of the shooting will be sent by wire to the National Archery Association and a complete report of the telegraphic match will be published in the Bulletin of the National Archery Association. Y. W. C. A. INSTALLS NEW PERSONNEL The new officers and cabinet of the Y. W. C. A. were installed at a service in the chapel on Sunday night, April 8, at the traditional white candle cere- mony. Brief talks were made by CTena McMullen, retiring president, and Martha Redwine, the incoming president of the association. The mem- bers of the new cabinet, are as follows: Martha Redwine President. Caroline Dickson Vice-President. Sarah Spenser Secretary. Lena Armstrong Treasurer. Carrie Phinney Latimer Program. Sarah Johnson Music. Lois Hart World Fellowship. Barbara Hertwig Industrial. Marie Simpson Social Service. Mary Malone Publicity. Ruby Hutton Social. Alberta Palmour Ex-Officio. Adelaide Stevens Ex-Officio. Opera to Be Given By Senior Class The senior class will present the an- nual senior opera on Saturday, May 5, in the gymnasium. Serving on the opera committee with Margaret Rogers, who is chairman, are Virginia Pretty- man, Alma Brohard, and Margaret Friend; Gussie Riddle will be the pian- ist. Isabella Wilson is director of stage settings; Elinor Hamilton is chairman of the scenery committee; and Polly Gordon is handling the publicity. Rehearsals started Monday under the general direction of Frances O'Brien; working under her are Nelle Chamlee as director of the choruses and Alae Risse Barron as manager of the dances. Although the title and the names of the characters have been withheld, the following seniors have been announced as the cast: Elizabeth Winn, Helen Boyd, Ruth Moore, Florence Preston, Mary Louise Schumann, Mary Grist, and Marguerite Jones. Senior Opera is always a take-off on Grand Opera; the music is of the popular vein with words composed by the committee. This year, as in years past, as many of the details of the opera as possible are being kept a secret until the night of its presentation. Agonistic Staff Has New Office DR. AND MRS. A. F. RAPER ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON A boy, christened Arthur Jarrell, was born to Dr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Raper on Saturday morning, March 24, at Wesley Memorial Hospital. The child weighed six pounds and eleven ounces at birth. A new staff room and office for the members of the staff of the Agon- istic, planned and arranged by Mary Ames and Mary Hamilton, retiring business manager and editor of the publication, has been opened in the basement of Main. The first meeting of the new staff was held there last week. All activities of the paper are to be carried on through this office, includ- ing editorial and advertising make-up, financial transactions, circulation, and the maintenance of files of business records, correspndence, and copies of the paper. At present the files of the Agonistic are almost complete for the years 1921-1924, and 1929-1934. The Agonistic cup, which was won this year by the freshman edition, will be kept in this room. The equipment includes a new filing cabinet, desks and chairs, typewriters, lamps and curtains, and all the ma- terials and supplies necessary for the composition of the paper. A color scheme of blue and brown is carried out in detail. The office is located in the room used formerly by the Silhou- ette. As the result of a resolution passed unanimously by members of the staff, the Agonistic takes this opportunity to publish an expression to those who made the office possible, and particu- larly to Mary Ames and Mary Hamil- ton. MR. STUKES TALKS AT G. E. A. CONENTION Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, spoke Friday at the Georgia Education As- sociation convention on the subject, "How May the Private College Best Cooperate in the Problem of Teacher Training?" A number of Agnes Scott alumnae were here to attend the G. E. A. conference which was held at the auditorium in Atlanta. Miss Frances K. Gooch, of Agnes Scott, also addressed the convention on Friday; her subject was "Phonetics As An Aid to Pronunciation." The Agonistic Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Mailer. (Newspaper^ c ) Member) STAFF Loice Richards Nell Pattfllo Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Lulu Ames Doris Batsell Assistant Editor Advertising Manager Edith Merlin Eva Constantine Feature Make-Up Mary Boggs Alice Chamlee Book Notes Assistant Make-Up Vera Pruet Elizabeth Thrasher Society Circulation Laura Steele Kathryn Bowen Alum nae Business Assistant Frances Balkcom Kitty Cunningham Club Business Assistant Elizabeth Espy Laura Steele Exchange Business Assistant Lucille Cairns Kitty Printup Exchange Sports Margaret Robins Celia Hoffman Current History Jokes Mary Adams Dorothy Cassel Alice Dunbar Katherine Hertzka REPORTERS Catherine Jones Frances Balkcom Sarah Moore Lola Phillips Betty Willis Brooks Spivey Lucille Cairns INTERCOLLEGIATE CONSCIOUSNESS From the several conferences attended during the past few weeks by representatives of various campus organizations, the Student Government Association, the Y. W. C. A., the Athletic Association, the Agonistic, and others, one outstanding observa- tion has been brought back. Among the delegates at conferences and among the student leaders at colleges they represent, there is rapidly developing a mutual understanding of problems and a fine cooperation in solving them, with the increasing need and desire for a great national students union. Most of the students at their particular colleges, however, possess an appalling lack of interest in intercollegiate affairs. We are quite satisfied with our own importance; it makes no difference that our difficulties and interests are entirely individual; we are pleased with our very complacence. However fairly or unfairly, this criticism has been made openly of Agnes Scott. We have been called a smug, self-contained, intolerant college. While we doubt the excellence of the choice of words of such a critic, and the actual truth of the sentiment as representative, we feel that there is prevalent among a large number of the student body just such an attitude. It shall be the purpose of those students who have had the opportunity of realizing the extent of intercollegiate correlation, and the universality of problems, pleasures, and sympathies among various schools, to supplant any tendency toward narrowness and egotism on our campus with a full com- prehension of our shortcomings, an active desire to overcome them, a sincere pride in our ideals and opportunities, and a grow- ing interest in regional and national student affairs: a policy which the Agonistic is proud to adopt. CONCERNING SMOKING In m$U et to the numberless questions and Speculations about the poin \ of the new staff on the subject of smoking, we wish immediately to take a stand. We are in fat or of smoking privil- eges at Agnes Scott. Such ftririlcgcs are to lye obtained, however, onl) through the Administrative Committee of the College and the Student ( rOt eminent Association. The Agonistic has no in- tention of icork/ng in defiance of these bodies; rather to the con- trary; consequently^ this publication will sponsor no further agitation on //>< subject* As the a cckl\ publication of the college, as a mirror of cam- pus in tn ///<>, OS a voice of student opinion, u e hope to live up to the expectations and meet the highest recjuirements of a col- lege neu spjper, but u e do not propose to continue a movement which is defeating its <>u u purpose in attempting to effect a change irrespective of the groups wider whose jurisdiction smok- ing cmnes. W e wish, here and nou\ to condemn ain future in- itiation independent of the Administration and of Student Gov- ernment* Facts u ill be reported when action is taken, but as to editorial comnn ut, anonymous letters and further discussion, the subject is closed. Key to Current History In Germany Hitler has claimed an- other distinction for himself and his officers. The four-noted automobile sirens spoken of in the United States as "Gabriel Horns" are to be used ex- clusively by Hitler and his cohorts. There was a time when only the cars belonging to Kaiser Wilhelm sounded the siren. Then came war and the Gabriel Horn sunk to the level of use by the masses. Now once more it as- cends to the rank of dignity and power. Among important matters to come up before the League of Nations in May is the ever unsettled question of disarm- ament. Germany goes steadily ahead with the drilling of 2,000,000 storm troops while England valiantly sup- ports plans of the Disarmament Con- ference. In this connection the Brit- ish Government refused the sum of 200,000 pounds offered by Lady Hous- ton to strengthen the British army and navy and offered again later for a spe- cial air defense of London. When a third offer was refused a short time ago, Lady Houston indignantly with- drew it. In the pond of politics once so wide- ly stirred by a Boston tea party Wil- liam A. Wirt, superintendent of the Gary School, stirred up a faint ripple by his account of a Virginia dinner party. Wirt came before a special house committee on April 10 to relate his story, Senator Reed of Missouri ap- pearing with him as counsel. The din- ner took place, he stated, on Friday evening, September 1, 1933, at the home of Miss Barrows. During the dinner discussion that ensued, the main topic of conversation, according to Wirt, was a movement on foot to bring about a change in the establish- ed order in the United States. Roose- velt was called the "Kerensky" of the revolution, later to be replaced by a "Stalen." At the close of his hearing Wirt specified that the overthrow was to be social rather than governmental. He freed Congress and the President from blame, keeping his charge against the "brain trust" and its satellites, in- cluding his fellow guests in the latter class. Those implicated in his testi- mony have ridiculed the charge. Miss Taylor labeled the charge "pish and piffle," Dr. Howe as "All bunk." Miss Kneeland, chief of his informants, stat- ed from Chapel Hill, "I've never talk- ed to the gentleman or anything con- nected with this." (Continued on page 3, column 1) EXCHANGES The Parenthesis Club, unique organ- ization at the State Teachers College of Trenton, N. J., is open only to bow- legged men. Su arthmore Phoenix. Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, none of whose classes are a cinch, is considering going on a rive-day week. It is thought that this would allow the faculty more time for re- search study, development and recre- ation. We wonder if the professors, themselves, suggested the first reason. The Sun Dial, Randolph-Macon. Sorority polo teams, which have been formed by the women at the Universi- ty of Southern California, is the latest in co-ed sports. Collegiate Digest, Duke Chronicle. The students at Ohio State, after considerable research, pointed out that chemistry's greatest gift to humanity is blondes. Su 'artbmore Phoenix. An International News Service dis- patch from Cristobal, C. Z., this week states that ten thousand pennies col- lected by children of the Canal Zone, were dispatched by a Pan American Airways plane to President Roosevelt at Washington. The ten thousand pen- nies, or $100.00 was raised for the benefit of the Warm Springs Founda- tion founded by the President. The Warm Springs Mirror. The best seller in detective fiction in England is Miss Dorothy L. Savers. Even the records of Edgar Wallace and A. Conan Doyle have been eclipsed by her latest book The Nine Tailors, which sold 100,000 copies in seven weeks. Educated at Somerville Col- lege, Oxford, she describes herself as "a scholar gone wrong." Literary Di- gest. An anti-pun society has been organ- zed by the students at Stephenson In- stitute of Technology for those who advocate the lowest form of humor. This is certainly a good opportunity arTorded to those with hitherto un- recognized talent. Florida Flambeau. Students at Marshall College, Hunt- ington, W. Va., recently published a manual telling professors how to be courteous in the class room. The Ca- det, V. M. I. BOOK NOTES The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Ru- dolph Besicr. A comedy in five acts which presents in a unique and charm- ing way the romance of Robert Brown- ing and Elizabeth Barrett. Deidre of the Sorrows. J. M. Syngc. A mystical drama of the Irish school based on the ancient Gaelic legend of Deidre and the three sons of Usna. The play is distinctive by its vigorous yet magical poetry of style and its weird yet luminous atmosphere which only an Irish imagination can create. The Letters of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Dr. Berthold Litz- mann. A correspondence which pre- sents by the intangible intimacy of the letter the unique friendship of the composer and the virtuoso, and opens the inner circle of the intellectual and artistic elite of the period. Charlotte Bronte. Rosamond Lang- bridge. A psychological study of the novelist in the attempt to explain the origin of her work in the emotional complexities and thwarted aspirations cf her life. It is written also with the aim of criticising the idealized Char- lotte Bronte presented by Mrs. Gaskell. Jane Aictetr. Her Life and Art. David Rhyddereh. "This is not merely a point of view, a personal criticism, a literary exercise; it is a picture of the essential Jane Austen built up with manifold touches from the indications scattered through her letters and the parallels discoverable in her novels." Leonard Huxlev. Eight o'clock classes have been abolished at Rochester University on the theory that the students wall be better off sleeping in their beds than in their classes. . . . Thus, they will enjoy sleeping in comfort during part of the day anyhow. Swarthmore Phoenix. In an article in the current number of McCall's, Morris Markey analyzes the relationship existing between the President and his people. The article he calls "Dear Mr. President." In de- scribing the type of letter Mr. Roose- velt receives, Mr. Markey quotes from CWA letters, fana tics' letters, and children's letters. The letters from the millions of crippled children all over the country write to the President in- timately and explain how much his fortitude in his physical condition has helped them along. From these letters Mr. Markey refuses to quote; he feels that it would be "an impertinence, a grievous impertinence" to the children. McCalLs. Jesse O. Thomas, southern field sec- retary, National Urban League, and Roscoe Dunjee, editor of the Oklahoma Black Dispatch, recently completed a statewide tour of the principal cities and towns of Oklahoma for the pur- (Continued on page 4, column 1) CLUBS Cotillion Club The members of Cotillion Club were entertained at a tea-dance Thursday afternoon in Mr. Johnson's studio. The hostesses were Virginia Coons, Alae Risse Barron, and Loice Richards. Rosalinde Richards was guest pianist. Pen and Brush Pen and Brush Club met Thursday night in the Faculty Parlor of Re- bekah Scott. Each member brought original drawings which were discussed and criticised by the club. K. U. B. In the spring tryouts held recently six new members were admitted to K. U. B. They are: Mary Walker, Mere- dith Crickmer, Catherine Jones, Mary Lib Squires, Sarah Nichols, and Lita Goss. The new officers of the club are: Suzanne Smith, president; Mary Margaret Stowe, Sarah Cook, vice- presidents; Buford Tinder, secretary, and Brooks Spivey, treasurer. Poetry Club Poetry Club will meet tomorrow night in the tea-house with Miss Rae- mond Wilson and Miss Page Acker- man. Blackfriars New members elected to Blackfriars on the basis of poise and dramatic abil- ity shown in skits presented at try- outs include: Louise Preas, Martha Sue Laney, Louise Tipton, Lucile Denni- son, Marian Derrick, and Kathryn Bowen. The annual Blackfriars' ban- quet was held in the tea house on April 10, at which time the new members were welcomed into the club. They presented a three-act play, "Ye Oldc Mel lowd rammer," written by Lucile Dennison. Cm Beta Phi Sigma New officers of Chi Beta Phi Sigma were elected recently. Thcv are: Mary Summers, president; Anne Coffee, vice-president; Elizabeth Young, cor- responding secretary; Carol Griffin, recording secretary, and Sarah Cook, treasurer. B. O. Z. B. O. Z. met Friday afternoon in Miss Preston's room in Anslcy, at which time the new members were welcomed. They are: Martha Sue Laney, Elizabeth Lspy, Loice Rich- ards. Hostesses were Doris Batsell and I ulu Ames, and Ann Martin and Mary Virginia Allen read. (Continued on page 4, column 2) AGNES SCOTT COLLECxE 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. \1( CAIN, President The Agonistic 3 SOCIETY There was a time, back in the "nickelodion days," when going away to school meant something like mak- ing an expedition to the South Pole. Fond good-byes were said: "Grand- mother, I'll knit you a shawl in my free hours, and Father, you some socks." And then out by the lilac bush: "Good-bye, George, dear. Take care of my little white kitten for me and watch to see how large our initials grow on the old birch tree. . . . Of course not, silly goose! I'll never even see a boy, except maybe at church. And I'll write to you every night." Lucky Georgie! But now, well, things are differ- ent. It's "Hi, George! Be with you in a minute. Gotta sling some clothes into a bag. I'm leaving for school in half an hour, you know. . . . S' long, old boy. Be good to yourself. ... Of course not, silly goose! There's only Jack and Bill and Pete. Oh, yes, and Ben and Charlie. I'll drop you a card at the intermission of a dance some time." And here's the proof on our campus: Ida Buist, Sarah Spenser, Meriel Bull, Nell White, Rebecca Cashion, Virginia Williams, and Lavinia Scott attended the Sigma Chi tea-dance at Tech Sat- urday afternon. Carolyn Clements and Josephine Jennings attended the Pi Kappa Alpha dance last Friday night at Tech. Virginia Williams was at Tech, too, at the A. T. O. dance. And Martha Redwine went to Augusta to enjoy the Alpha Lambda Chi dance there. And back-at-home George, did you think we spent our week-ends sitting quietly in our rooms and remember- ing sweet memories of you? Well: KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY {Continued from page 2, column 3) On April 2 Samuel Insull, Chicago utilities magnate charged with grand larceny and embezzlement, was arrest- ed by Turkish authorities. He pleads bad health. The room in which he awaits deportation is described as con- taining a single barred window, a chair, a table, and an iron bedstead. His imprisonment put an end to two weeks spent as a refugee on the high seas aboard the Maiotis. Personal free- dom gone, he continued to wage a legal battle by employing an English bar- rister to appeal his case to the Turkish Supreme Court. After five days word A came that President Roosevelt had Elizabeth Perrin, Eleanor Lemmon, Rosa Wilder, Lucille Burnctte, Mary Pitner, Julia Thing, Sarah Forrester, and Virginia Caldwell were in La- Grange Sunday, the guests of Billie Turner. Mary Vines, Sally McRee, Hyta Plowden, Peg Gullion, and Ann Baker were week-end guests in Atlanta. Mary Comely spent the week-end in Abbeville, S. C. Martha Edmonds was in Lawrenceville, and Elizabeth Strick- land in Concord, Ga. A few of the Georges do get re- membered once in awhile. The follow- ing girls went home for the week- end: Virginia Gaines, Martha Ed- munds, Martha Johnson, Dorothy Lee, and Carolyn Russell. Guests on the campus during the past week have been: Dr. Frank Rich- ardson, Mary Richardson's father; Miss Isabel Love, of Montevallo; Miss Mary Davis, of Birmingham. Dr. Hayes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, Carroll Hayes, visited him and Mrs. Hayes last week. Dr. and Mrs. David- son gave a dinner in their honor, and Miss Laney, a luncheon at which Miss MacDougall also was present. Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames and her party, composed of Nancy Rogers, Doris Batsell, Lulu and Mary Ames, and Dr. and Mrs. George P. Hayes, spent Easter week-end at Tuskegee In- stitute, Alabama. signed a warrant for Insull's arrest, or- dering the vice cunsel in Turkey to bring Insull back to Chicago for trial. An amusing sidelight was the arrival of Mme. Conyoumdjoglon, his friend and ally, who had gone to Roumania to seek refuge there for him. When she returned too late to aid Insull further there was a dispute as to whether or not she should go ashore to him. Wrenching away from one of the Turkish officials who was seeking to prevent her going ashore, Mme. Conyoumdjoglon toppled over back- wards into the harbor and had to be fished out with a large boathook and carried dripping to her cabin. Are You Weary Of Living? Many were the Agnes Scott students shocked during the last few weeks by a deep, mysterious voice asking them apropos of nothing whatsoever, "Are you weary of life?" And many and varied were the answers given. Many of the faculty were approached with that selfsame question. In fact, their name was Legion (though probably none of them would answer to if). Again and again the question was put, "Are you weary of life? If yes, why? If no, why?" Finally the votes were all taken. Fancy the general surprise when the numbers were impatiently counted and the results compared and it was found that five out of every eight girls asked at Agnes Scott were weary, terribly weary of life; that one out of every eight was neutral; and only two were feeling the least bit- satisfied. Fancy the further surprise when it was found that every member of the facul- ty asked was perfectly happy, content- ed, and, as one put it, "full of wim, wigor, and witality." Who would have thought, when glancing over the spa- cious halls, snow-capped hills, and fra- grant valleys of Agnes Scott that these halls and this campus were thronged with world-weary disillusioned girls and exuberant, enthusiastic teachers? But so it is, by their own confession! Another startling fact was revealed by the survey: Agnes Scott is approx- imately twice as weary of life before lunch as it is after. Not one student could be found immediately preceding lunch who could under any circum- stances have been persuaded that life was either real or earnest; yet, after lunch, there was found a disconcert- ing number who thought that after all, since it was Spring, etc., etc., and even etc., they might give life another chance. In fact it was quite astound- ing to see that one of our most world- weary who was asked again had chang- ed her mind completely on the subject. Day students are considerably wear- ier of life than boarders are. Perhaps street cars have something to do with that. Pehaps it is the prospect of going home soon. Freshmen are not as weary as the other classes. But then, the little dears, they really know so little about Life! Any observant reader will inquire immediately, "What is the cause of this disillusionment at Agnes Scott?" The main reason at the moment seems to be term papers. Another reason is exams. Things in general was an oft- repeated reason. Rosalyn Crispin said indigestion was the sorrow of her life, while Mary Winterbottom and Mary Sloan uttered in an elegaic chorus, "Cheese." Upon investigation it be- came known that since February the two Mary's have analyzed cheese seven- teen times in the chemistry laboratory and have not yet been successful in the experiment. A number of would- be-hopeful-but-just-can' t-quite- make- it individuals blame it all on spring fever! The reasons for not being weary of life range from love to the many joys j * j $ * j Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones De. 0762-0763 > *> -> $ > *> > :-: GIDDY Darling Giddy So nice to have meeting you, my dear. It came on to rain since Spring Holidays, and not a copsie in sight wherein to shelter, so I mut needs to inform you that the campus is simply delirious (as am I) with D. T.'s. Raw- therl And indeed Righto! But not yet Cheerio! Are you there? If you are, you are quite out-of- place but don't worry there is al- ways Lib Winn, the gracious and gentle, to guide and direct you. Sat- urday, Giddy, when the high school girls came to see a great large slice of life in the raw at the Alma Martyr, this pride and our joy beamed on two nice, elderly ladies (who were in the city for the G. E. A. convention) with a "Howdyedo? And what schools do you represent?" She takes the cake, liter- ally! Zounds, what capacity! If you need to be guided in an in- tellectual way, though, there is Mardie Friend or Nancy Rogers death on definitions! Ask Mardie sometime what is a mule, and Nancy what is a elf that flits and flights? Either one or both will tell you the truth too! Really, I mean. Truth is to believe in it, Giddy-love, so don't be skeptical when I tell you what one enterprising reporter would have us know about our president and Play Day! "After special dancing and a word of greeting by Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain. . . . etc., etc." Now she doesn't go on to say was it tap or toe or ballet or maybe the Carioca even, so I don't know, but I'll bet you it was wunnifil, whatever it was. (I would say some- thing about the terpisko-rean artist he is, only I can't spell it). While on the subject of surprises, did you know the latest? Now I'm just an innocent country lass as you know, without any pretentions or nothing, so when I was asked to trans- late bars d'oeuvres I was blithe and quick and said, "Work horse!" But the surprise is, Giddy, I was wrong. It is a depression-term and means "out of work." Live and learn; learn to live! (I'm of a philosophical mind to- night, as you see) . That Richards gal gets all the Lucky breaks and still she hasn't come out of the fog! Ever since spring holidays, and the University of Alabama, she has been wandering around with that Elsie-at-the-Gatepost look in her eye, and pleasures of eating, drinking, and being merry. Nelle Chamlee professes love and Sarah Lawrence clings to the principle expressed in the latter cate- gory. Anne Martin insists that the world is lovely, the birds are blooming, the flowers are singing. Polly Vaughan simply has no time in which to be weary of life. This is but one piece of advice that can be offered to those for whom the world is not "getting more and more marvelous every day" (as it is for Irene Wilson). Dear Children, go to your teachers, sit at their feet, absorb some of their exuberance and vitality. They will bring your youth to you again and the youth will make you free! H. G. Wells says the age of insecur- ity will come to an end about 1990. We can hardly wait. Atlanta Jour- nal. Service With a Smile ROGERS Quality Cleaners 109 Clairmont Ave. Next to Decatur Post Office "Pleasing You Means Suc- cess to Us." WEIL'S 10c STORE Has Most Anything You Need GOSSIP :-: muttering strange sounds like, "Picolo, Chippso, Gillie-the-Goon, Erstyer Bay, Mala {a like in arm), Java (a like in black), Barrishters ' Brawl 3 /8|?!%Hoe" and so, on and on. It would seem too that there were any number of celes- tial personnages floating around: the archangel Gabriel, and a Greek God, and Rev. Martin Luther, and Oscar the patron saint, and the All-Mighty Ala- bama Ail-American all ready to waft her away. The part that bothers me, Giddy, is that through it all she re- mained demurely reckless and wicked- ly chaste, and true to her Delt back home. Nice work, "Agnes"! I hate to be anonymous but 1 prom- ised not to give the name of one oi my fondest secrets. It's a good story, anyway. The telephone number oi first floor Inman is De. 9167, y'know, but somewhere it is listed as 9 16 a, because that's the number given to one of the chaming voices on the campuo. Well she called, and it seems the num- ber belongs to a pharmacy up the way, with a deep, thrilling voice that an- swers with, "Hello, darling." Now this voice (feminine) knew this voice (masculine) didn't belong on first floor Inman, and being inexperienced but willing she investigated and found ro- mance waiting for her, all tied up in a package six feet tall with brwn curly hair. She's that four-leaf-clover, pick-up- the-horse-shoe, right-end-of- the-wishbone gal, if you know who I mean. Well, Giddy, life is a good enough friend to the merry and the gallant. Which reminds me of Dr. Raper s own account of his experiences as the expectant father. If I don't have all the facts straight, at least this is the spirit of the story. There were other fathers-to-be in the waiting room at the hospital five or so of them when a nurse came into the room and Dr. R. asked hopefully, "Well, how are things coming along?" To which she replied smiling, "Two already." "Ye . . . and little fishes," exclaimed oure deare teacher, "am I the father of twins?" And now, angel darling, I must bid you a fond farewell but it won't be long until I'll be a-seeing you again. I think you're the berries, plunk! plunk! In the meantime cheerio! All love and sich, Aggie. ALUMNAE From New York come several in- teresting news items brought by Penelope Brown, who has returned re- cently to the college from a trip east: Clyde Lovejoy, '32, has returned from New York, where she has been studying, to her home in LaGrange, Georgia. Mary Sturtevant, '3 3, and Margie Ellis, ex-'3 3, spent a week-end in New York with Penelope Brown and Sara Townsend, '30. Mrs. Archie Palmour, nee Elizabeth Cheatham, '2 5, of New York, is re- covering from a recent operation. Two engagements have been an- nounced: Helen Freedman, '31, to William Mitchell Blackshear of Tusca- losa, Ala., and Elizabeth Cobb, '3 3, of Carrollton, Ga., to James Emory Boyd, also of Carrollton. Two weddings balance the number of engagements: Maude Armstrong, '3 3, of Greenville, S. C, to Waddie Hudson, the brother of Chopin Hud- son, '31, and Frances Cassel of De- catur, to Earl Stevens, of New York on Easter Eve. Cora Richardson, '24, of LaGrange, Ga., visited Agnes Scott the week-end of April 15. Miss Ruth Pirkle, '22, is now study- ing at the Cornell Medical Synod, and Louise Stakely, '3 2, is working in the laboratory at Grady Hospital, Atlanta. "The Line Is Busy" We mean the "clothes line"! Be- cause everything this year is Cot- ton . . . Cotton . . . Cotton . . . And they will wash and wash and wash with not a dress in a carload that will shrink! . . . These new chic cot- tons at Allen's will keep your line busy all Summer, and keep you as fresh and cool and chic as you could possibly wish. Come see our Cot- tons for every occasion. Jl. IP. ALLIEN & CO. 'The Store All Women Know* 4 The Agonistic Dr. Davidson's Paper Reviewed An article on "Whig Propaganda of the American Revolution," by Dr. Philip G. Davidson, appears in the April number of the American Histor- ical Re i ii'u . This article should be of especial interest to Agnes Scott stu- dents. All of us are familiar with the tremendous influence of propaganda during the World War, but most of us are surprised to learn of the indispen- sable part it played before and during the Revolution. The article begins with a clear and forceful definition of the purpose of Revolutionary propaganda. The most important of the propagandists are dis- cussed and their contrbutions pointed out. Professional patriots, press agents, politicians, 'preachers, and writers are shown to have had a part in this funda- mental work. William Livingston is described as the typical Revolutionary propagandist and a more detailed ac- count is given of the forces which in- fluenced his thought and of his con- tributions. A quotation from one of his addresses is com pa red with World War propaganda. After a necessary descrip- tion of the crisis of 1778 and the con- sequent defeatist movement, which threatened the morale of the Whigs, Dr. Davidson points out the necessity for a tremendous effort on the part of the convincing agents of the Revolu- tionists and their adequate response to this necessity. The closing paragraphs of the article describe this culminating effort of the propagandists and its ef- fect on the last years of the war. As a whole the article is concise and clear. It is made real and vivid by ap- propriate selections from the propa- ganda of the period. The organization is simple and apparent enough to elim- inate unnecessary effort on the part of the reader and yet does not detract from the smoothness nor interfere with the interest of the article. The work is not punctuated with that sort of uninteresting paragraph which we usually skip because it makes no ma- terial addition to the whole. It shows not only careful research but careful thinking on the part of the author and the style admirably reflects the per- sonality of the Dr. Davidson that we know here on the Agnes Scott campus. Margaret Telford. EXCHANGES [Continued from page 2, column S) pose of securing for Negroes the bene- fits of the recovery program. Oppor- tunity. Dr. George Washington Carver, Negro scientist, known widely for his experiments with the common, every- day peanut and its oil, has recently dis- covered an oil which he believes will be beneficial to victims of infantile paralysis. So far he has four grades of oil varying in degree of thickness; many more grades will be necessary, be sa\ % because the skin and the oil must match perfectly. Dr. Carver has his laboratory and home at Tuskegee In- stitute, Alabama; there he receives and treats Ins patients who come from all o\er the country. ATHLETIC NEWS AT THE THEATRES In a swift victory of 7-5 over the freshman-sophomore team, the seniors and juniors swam away with the third water polo game of the season at 8:30 o'clock on Friday night, April 13. This was the first game the freshman-soph- omore combination has lost. The outstanding work on he win- ning side was done by Gordon, for- ward, with five goals. The seniors were fortunate in their long-arm pass- ing between Gordon and Reid. The fastest swimming in the game was done by Coffee, center, the best in- terception by Lasseter, guard, and the stoutest goal-guarding by Forman. The line-up for the games was: Senior- Junior Freshman-Sophomore Waterman, Ames, r.f. Johnson, (4)r.f. Reid, (1), l.f. Scott, Jackson, (1), l.f. Gordon (5), c. Coffee, c. Fountain, g.g. Forman, g.g. Ames, Russell, r.g. Lasseter, r. g. Palmour, 1. g. Jackson, Richardson, l.g. Seniors- Juniors Win Soccer Won By In Water Polo Seniors-Sophs. By a score of 2-1 the senior-soph- omore team, in the first soccer game ever played at Agnes Scott, beat the junior - freshman chargers on the hockey field last Friday afternoon, April 13. The zig-zag track of the ball and thudding kicks made the game exciting to the group of athletic instructors present, including Mar)' Ames, Margaret Massie, Blanche Miller, Page Ackerman, Ann Coffee, and Miss Haynes and Miss Wilburn. Outstanding playing was done by Cary, freshman goal guard, who could kick or pass halfway down the held, and by Burson of the winners, who with fast running and swift kicking made the only goals for her team. Other good work was done by Ken- nedy, freshman center, and Talmadge, guard on the winning team. The line-up was: Senior-Sophomore Junior-Freshman Maness, r.w. Clark, r.w. Hart, r.i. Young, r.i. Burson (2), c. Kennedy (1), c. Rcuntree, l.i. Wilder, l.i. Wilson, l.w. Tomlinson, r.h. Kneale, r.h. Crenshaw, c.h. Talmadge, Armstrong, l.h. Stalker, l.h. Harbison, r.f. Soutter, r.f. McKoin, l.f. Johnson, l.f. Lawrence, g.g. Cary, F., g.g. CLUBS {Continued from page 2, column 5) Spanish Club The new officers of the Spanish Club, elected at the regular monthly meeting held Tuesday, April 10, are: Lois Hart, president; Cornelia Christie, vice-president, and Mary Louise Lati- mer, secretary-treasurer. German Club Members of the German Club are working on two German plays to be presented for the club at the May meeting. Miss Louise Lewis, head of the Art department, will speak in German about some phase of art, at the regular meeting to be held tomor- row. Plans are being made for a ban- quet to be given the latter part of April in the tea house. Outing Club Final tests for Outing Club will be held tomorrow. Those girls who are planning to take the tests will please meet in Board Room exactly at 4:10. Why Not Eat at the Clairmont Delicatessen? CLAIRMONT DELICATESSEN Invites You Always Famous Sandwiches and Italian Spaghetti with Roman Cheese Cold Dutch Plates 112 CLAIRMONT AVE. International Relations Mr. George Griffin, of Georgia Tech, spoke on "Disarmament" to the members of the International Rela- tions Club, at the meeting Friday night in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet room. French Club French Club tryouts will be held this afternoon from four-ten to six o'clock in the chapel. Requirements for membership are posted on the bulletin board on second floor But- trick Hall, with suggested plays for tryouts. J $ $ $ *l* J $ $ J J v $ $ $ $ J *$ **- i * Ma<>Ne it tO > oil. SIM ( I \1. DISCOUNT TO AGNES SCOTT STUDENTS DOCKSTADEITS 16 Peachtree St Nt Natl. Hank Bldg. at 5 Point- H. E. 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L06 Peachtree St. Clock Sign Dispensing Opticians THREE STORES Medical Arts Hide 382 Peachtree St. Doctors 1 Building 480 Peachtree St. Seniors Go With Miss Brown Miss Penelope Brown is being ac- companied by Martha Skeen during her field trip to Birmingham this week, and will be accompanied by Elinor Hamilton on her trip to South Carolina next week. These seniors will give to high school students with whom Miss Brown makes contact something of the undergraduate view- point of college life and of Agnes Scott. When students steal pencils from the library at the University of Ore- gon, they are deprived of their shoe laces which are then used to tie the pencils to the desk. They must have difficulty if the object of theft hap- pens to be something more obstreper- ous, such as a horse or a cow. The Florida Flambeau. Handsome Dan II, Yale's square- jawed bulldog mascot, has been the center of much attention for the past few weeks following his abduction from New Haven at the hands of Har- vard Lampoon editors. The "dognap- ping" is said to have been an attempt to retaliate for the disappearance of the Harvard Lampoon's famous Ibis bird some years ago. Literary Digest, \ BAILEY BROS. SHOE SHOP \ 142 Sycamore St. j Decat in- Serving the Students of i A. S. C. for 30 Years Get the Classics of the JACKET LIBRARY 15 Cents from WOMAN'S EXCHANGE Theatre Bldg. ;. * $ $ $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * * * * $ $ * $ * Decatur's Leading Druggists * THREADGILL PHARMACY * Phone Dearborn 2181 | Quick Deliver) * > V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V MORGAN CLEANERS 111 Church St. Dearborn 1372 L CHAJAGE 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER MUSE'S has just the gown for that Sunday Date. May we show it to you: ? FIFTH FLOOR GEORGIA Starts Saturday STAN LAUREL OLIVER HARDY with CHARLIE CHASE in "SONS OF THE DESERT" News Comedv ALL SEATS 25c FOX starts Friday! LANNY ROSS Singing Star of "Maxwell House Show Boat" in "MELODY IN SPRING' with The Comedy Team CHARLIE RUGGLES MARY BOLAND I'lus! The first sensational pic- tures of the great undersea volcano. "KRAKATOA"! SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO WOMEN SAY "THIS MAN IS MINE" with IRENE DUNNE RALPH BELLAMY CONSTANCE CUMMINGS KAY JOHNSON Now Playing Cparamount k THEATRE Thurs. & Fri. AS HUSBANDS GO DEKALB THEATRE Man. & Tues, GALLANT LADY CAPITOL Starting Thursday "The House of Mystery" with Ed Low rv Yerna HilUe Brandon Hurst Liva Joy On the Stage ^VANITIES OF 1934" 2f) People, 8 Big Vodvil Acts Starting Sunday Zasu Pitts Slim Summervillc "Love Birds" On the Stage "The Lewis Scandals" Balcony 20c; Orchestra 25c rK, strain, and personal worries: complexities which cannot be dealt with here. Such cases we feel to be the exceptions. As to the rest of us, the weary, grave attitude which is charac- teristic of many seems rather to be a disguised nothingness than any profound dignity. Others are calmly nonchalant or coldly intellectual or forcedly witty, while lacking completely in all that broader base of humor and spontaneity which aims at truth and sincerity. In our conversations, in our thoughts, more ob- viously in our writing, there are all the appearances of stagnancy. We can only generalize here, yet the application is fairly uni- versal. We conform to mechanical standards, we suppress in- genious freshness and originality, we are almost blankly serious. Since the publications are interested in the literary expres- sions of the student body, we shall concern ourselves with them m this discussion. Among some writers on the campus there is a degree of individuality which carries with it a suggestion of possibilities possibilities they might attain if they would turn from what appears to be a studied attitude and write with a real instead ot a strained sincerity. In most of the poems, essays, and stories, published and unpublished, there is too much tragedy, too much that is morbid and melodramatic, no more convincing than a little boy playing bogey-man. Lven the work that is really well done iare!\ possesses any facility, any light playing with emotions; it must be strong and deep enough to endure thought, Of be fantastic and highly-colored. Those others of us who dab- ble at literary efforts are fervidly romantic or somberly morose to a ridiculous degree and we stop with baffling incompleteness which approaches a cheap attempt at being enigmatic. More often than not, in the more mechanical writing, dignity falls into cut and dried Stiffness. {Continued on page 4, column 1) Key to Current History The new German budget carries an increase over last year of $3 57,000,000 for military expenditure. The purpose of the increase is to enable the Ger- man Government to connect the long- term army into a short-term army and to give Germany an air defense. This is important because it signifies that Nazi forces no longer consider Part II of the Versailles Treaty binding upon the Reich. Part I explicitly states that the armed forces of Germany must not contain military or naval forces. When questioned, the German Foreign Office sent out the following statement: "How the German Reich disposes of its means is its own affair." In consequence of the German move France is keeping an apprehensive eye upon her neighbor and refuses to lay down a single gun if Germany is per- mitted to continue with her plans. Britain has issued "white paper" giv- ing the history of a futile effort at dis- armament and disclosures of an ap- proaching danger of war. Unless some- thing drastic is done, the general opin- ion is that the purpose of the arms con- ference at Geneva will be defeated be- fore the conference meets and a wild scramble for bigger and better arms and armies will take place. Stepping into the limelight and into the consideration of the League of Na- tions along with Hitler is our old friend Mickey Mouse. The Child Wel- fare Committee of the League is pre- paring a bill which will give Mickey entrance into any country belonging to the League, without entry duty. The month of April is to see the close of the C. W. A. In the four months of its duration 4,000,000 men and women have been employed and the sum spent for materials and wages totals $1,000,000,000. Its conclusion is being brought about because more money was being consumed by the program than was planned for it and because it was too difficult for the or- ganization to be directed from Wash- ington, its management having become "political football" in more places than one. As W. W. Parrish says in the Literary Digest, "it was like holding a bear by the tail with the bear getting more vicious all the time." Looking back on its accomplishments Mr. Hop- kins stated, "It was a grand thing. They said we couldn't put 4,000,000 men to work and then they said that we couldn't demobilize them. Well, we put them to work and now we have demobilized them." In place of the C. W. A. has risen the F. E. R. A. Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The F. E. R. A. will grant money directly to state re- [Continued on page 4, column 5) EXCHANGES "Of all tastes, I think none com- pares to these three the light tang of cinnamon, the brown crust of cold fried chicken, and the zip of very young onions." O. O. Mclntyre. "If I were running the world I would have it rain only betwen 2 and 5 A. M. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet." William Lyon Phelps. In Chesterfield's day the London streets were without the pavements of today, and the man who "took the wall" had the driest footing. "I never give way to a scoundrel," growled a man who met Lord Chesterfield one day in the street. "I always do," said Lord Chesterfield stepping with a bow into the road. William R. Inze. The Ken fuck) Kernel has offered a very good reason for the co-eds having taken up polo it is for the same pur- pose that led their mothers to take up rolling pin throwing contests. The science students at the Uni- versity must be very delicate animal dissectors, for, according to The Keu- tuck) Kernel, a rabbit was seen to rush hurriedly from the administration building toward the science hall. How- ever, he might have just been anxious to get through with the job in a hurry* Lay Thoughts of a Dean A statistician has decided that foot- ball is not a strenuous game. For, out of the full 60 minutes of a football game, only from 8 to 12 are occupied by actual play. The remainder of the time is taken up in calling signals and getting into position. In the Pitt- Nebraska game a year ago there were only 11 minutes and 5 3 seconds of ac- tual play. The Sportsman. Insurance against kidnaping is growing in the United States, but par- adoxically, no American company is allowed by its charter to write it. It is being taken out in England, a coun- try that has never had a case of kid- naping for ransom in all its history. Collier's. Joan Blondell's action of using her married name on the screen has recalled the real names of other screen person- alities: Jean Harlow Harlean Carpen- ter; Lila Lee Angasto Apple; Sally O'Neill Chatsy Norman. N. Y. Evening Post. Chant of the Phi Beta Kappa: Great and small Admire you. But none at all Will hire you. The Duke Chronicle. Perhaps this is another case of more truth than poetry. According to The JcbtKcnian of Winthrop College, investigates find that success depends on a good vocabu- lary. This is especially true of mule drivers. Social tact is making your company feel at home, even though you wish they were. Reader's Digest. Students studying in the law library at Louisiana State University, accord- ing to The Reveille, have a practice of tapping on the desk when the would- be-lawyers become too noisy. In case those talking are deaf, then they let the lawyers tell it to the judge. Some professor, according to the Purple and White, has suggested that a chair of humor be established in the universities and colleges of the coun- try. Don't tell us that they have at last found a professor with a sense of h u m o r . Fl o rid a Via m In ra u . A new musical instrument, which is a combination of the saxaphone and the bagpipes, has been announced by the Oxford Eagle. Florida Flambeau. Perhaps the inventor was in Aeed of a weapon more than an instrument. ALUMNAE CLUBS Poetry Club Poetry Club met Thursday night at Miss Raemond Wilson's home in De- catur where Miss Wilson and Miss Page Ackerman were joint-hostesses. The club welcomed Mary Logan and Rebecca Whitley as new members. French Club In the spring tryouts held recently, eleven new members were admitted to the French Club. They are Frances Cary, Julia Thing, Anne Walker, I [ester Anne Withers, Elizabeth Per- rin, Amy Underwood, Anne Berry, Isabel Shipley, Naomi Cooper, Dean McKoin, and Eliz?beth Forman. Cotillion Club New officers of the Cotillion Club were elected Thursday. They are: Xina Parke, president; Nell White, vice-president; and Cirolyn Clements, secretary-t r ?a5'jrer. Black friars Blackfriars h&A its alumnae meet- ing recently, with iilaine Heckle wel- coming the alumna and the new mem- bers. Among the alumnae were Miss Andrewena Robinson, Miss Raemond Wilson, and Miss Page Ackerman. Poems were read by Ruth Moore, Mar- ian Calhoun. Vera Pruet, Louise Tip- ton, Carrie Phinney Latimer, and Vir- ginia Turner. Government positions, teaching, and library work are among the most popu- lar occupations for recent Agnes Scott graduates. The C. W. A. and the N. R. A. have provided work for Molly Childress, Dorothy Kethley, and Har- riet Smith, '31; Tot Smith, '3 2, and Ora Craig, '3 3. Even more popular than govern- ment work is educational, however, for many graduates are teaching in various schools throughout the coun- try. Some of those from the class of '3 1 are: Margaret Askew, in the Avon- dale Grammar School, Atlanta; Car- olyn Heyman, Camden High School; Eunice Lawrence, Chamblee High School; Elizabeth Simpson, Fitzgerald, and Laelius Stalling;, Newnan. Re- becca Christian is teuc'.iing and study- ing at Emory for her Master's degree at the same time. Teachers from the class of '32 are Mary Eliot, DeFuniak High School; LaMyra King, '/ ickliffe; Pat Kimble, Americus H'g'/ School; Eugenia Mc- Donald, Kirkwood School; Mickey Decaver, Tampa Junior Fligh School; and Jean Shaw, Marvin, Ala. Bernice Beaty, '3 3, is teaching from the fifth through the eleventh grades in Port St. Joe, Fla. She is also basket- ball manager and the heroine in a faculty play. Evelyn Campbell, '3 3, has a perma- nent position at the Pryor Street School in Atlanta, where she is teaching the low third grade. Alma Earle Ivy, '3 3, is teaching senior English at the West Point High School, Mississippi. Four alumnae are librarians: Nina Hammond, '31, is on the Carnegie Library staff in Savannah; Mary Clark, '3 3, is working in the circulation de- partment and Vivian Martin, '3 3, in the reference department of the Car- negie Library of Atlanta. Madge York, '3 3, is working in the library of the State of Georgia, and is also studying voice. She was one of the alumnae quartet that sang on the Founder's Day program, BOOK NOTES Blessed Spinoza Lewis Browne. An interpretive biography of the German philosopher by a discerning and ap- preciative author who says of him: . . Clearly enough the career of that outcast philosopher has had little appeal for the tellers of tales. It con- tained too little of physical storm to lend itself to dramatic writing, too little of blood and bluster and tears. . . . He was excommunicated in his youth and separated from the world in which he had been reared; his companv was shunned, his writings were proscribed, his very life was menaced. Vet, with a supernal aloofness, he rarely trou- bled to fight back. . . . Not that he was dead to such all-too-human emotions; on the contrary, they surged in him throughout his life, and with such urgency that ence ?nd again he was compelled to give vent to them. But he made his mind the sovereign of his being anci by Hint of intellect so re- straine-. his passions as to rid his life almost completely of that element ot conflict which is the warp and woof of drama" . . . . . "His unflagging love of the contemplative life, his utter disinter- estedness in fame or fotune, his forti- tude in face of wasting disease, his patience under relentless persecution, his sweetness, gentility, and superlative tolerance these were virtues which none could deny in him. Not until centuries later did his romantic admir- ers begin to describe him as the 'holy outcast' and the 'God-intoxicated man.' But even at the time of his death his barber already spoke of him as 'Mr. Spinoza of the blessed mem- ory.' " Kaleidoscope Stefan Zweig. A collection of thirteen novelettes and short stories, executed with a deft, concise art in creating mood and draw- ing character. Anthony Advent Hervey Allen. A Victorian novel, strong in charac- terization, broad in scope, and inter- esting in its romantic yet realistic nar- rative. The Agonistic 3 SOCIETY Time j you old Gypsy Man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day? I've term papers, quizzes and books to review; Those notes I must copy and get some ads, too. There's May Day to practice, a cos- tume to make, Some club meets tomorrow, and for gosh sake, Time, you old Gypsy Man, A Jance tonight Won't you please grant me A little respite? "Respite" the Agnes Scotter pleads and old Pere Time must have heeded the winsome little lass. A certain group of young men from Georgia Tech tied their ties with extra care when Mary Lou Schumann, Elizabeth Strickland, Nell White, Rebecca Cash- ion, Lavinia Scott, and Virginia Turner (getting in the Gypsy Man's good graces) consented to dance a little "up- town merry" with the Civil Crew at Peachtree Gardens, Friday night. And Friday afternoon at tea time (it must be their Technique) , Laura Buist, Re- becca Cashion, Lavinia Scott, and Nell White danced with the Phi Kappa Sigmas. And there was fun at Emory Satur- day night: Carolyn Clements attend- ed the Sigma Chi dance there, Vivienne Trice the Chi Phi one, and Peg Gul- lion and Mae Duls were with the Theta Kappa Psi's. The Biltmore dance Saturday night claimed Frances Paris, and there were Barton Jackson, Carolyn Clements, Ellen Davis, and Lilly Weeks at the Delta Sigma Delta formal at Druid Hills Wednesday night. Elizabeth Fleaton and Mary Comely know an- other group of Greeks, the Tau Beta Sigmas, and enjoyed their formal dance Friday night. And here's the news we have been waiting for: what with a slender moon that never touches grits for break- fast, yet already has a fine glimmer- ing thread completing the circle of her and outlining that future shadow, and the little birds singing side by side, and the trees bursting with pride into their new green the saps. Yes, this is what we've been waiting for. Gretchen Kley- becker, Naomi Cooper, and Margaret Cooper went on a picnic an A. T. O. picnic. We'd like some particulars. Then there were whole week-ends, taken in a lump, with a great deal of pleasure by Sarah Jones, Sarah Frances McDonald, Jane Cassels, Trellis Car- michael, Marian Calhoun, Marguerite Morris, Martha Redwine, Iona Cater, Isabel Lowrance, Ovieda Long, Doris Batsell, Ella Kirven, Mary Lillian Deason, Virginia Gaines, and Carolyn Russell. Others preferred just the last bite of the lump: Alice Dunbar and Frances Steele went out for Sunday night. And that's not all the people who squeezed extra minutes out of Father Time's beard. Lucille Cairns was the luncheon guest Saturday of Mrs. Louis A. Menzel. Plant Ellis atended a bridge party given by Henrietta Gunn in At- lanta Saturday afternoon. Ella Kirven was a guest at Kate Jenkins' wedding Wednesday night. Dorothy Lee attend- ed the Young People's Conference at Camp Smyrna, in Congress, Ga. Welcome guests on the campus dur- ing the past week were: Eleanore Wil- liams, ex-'3 5, of Washington, D. C, Martha Wilson of the University of Georgia, Shirley Christian's father, and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Laney, the parents of Martha Sue Laney. My candle burns at both ends, It will not last the night, But ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends / hope this column's right. College Students Desiring Work at the World's Fair This Summer Address B. M. JOHNSON, 1737 University Avenue, Chicago, 111. Please be sure to enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. A psychology professor at New York City College is trying to teach students while they sleep. If he is suc- cessful, the class rooms will be provid- ed with beds. Florida Flambeau. Either the students or the profes- sors, one, must be abnormal to require beds to make them sleep in class. WE THINK This column is entirely devoted to the ex- pression of student opinions. All of the con- tributions are anonymous and the contents are to be in no way interpreted as the ed torial opinion of the paper. The condition of literary effort on the Agnes Scott campus is deplorable. A wave of pseudo-tragedy has swept over the inspired a wave that is al- most impossible to overcome. Each quarter the Aurora is filled with poems and stories, all sad. The poems are impossible to under- stand poems made by linking pretty words together in an effort to gain a pretty effect. Without a doubt the effect is pretty. The campus reads and comments and wonders. But is not true genius always to be wondered at? Then, perhaps, we have embryonic geniuses in our midst. Unrequited love makes fine fabric for a first-class second-rate movie; but for a college girl! All the throb and passion and emotion dumped into a space under the name of a college freshman, sophomore, junior, or even a senior, leaves an im- pression of unreality. Why not live normally in college; chen throb when the degree is safely put away and there is time to record the throbs on paper in due order of palpitations? There is a place, I suppose, even for throbby poetry. But that place is definitely not in the literary publication of the col- lege. What is a throb more or less? or even a lotus tree? or destiny? Per- haps the campus poets would do well to leave poetry alone and devote them- selves to writing verse. As for the stories surely in the darkest days of the history of man Grim Reality did not stalk abroad more openly nor lure more so-called sprouting minds on to a clinch. These stories, sad because of love, hopeless because of death, forcedly cheerful in spite of a physical handicap all these pessimistic brain-creatures are turned loose from the pens of well-fed, happy, healthy girls who enjoy picture shows and parties and dates and other normal pleasures. That is, so long as they are not living on paper. When they be- come inspired to compose, they create a horrible situation, develop it to a still more horrible climax, and lable the whole "stark realism." It must be sad for the girl who has reached eigh- teen and cannot recall one single happy thing that has happened to her in the whole endless string of her eighteen CUTE DRESSES go smartly to every exciting spring festivity! $13.05 Frills! Solids! Bows! Pastels ! Spring- is here and there's something thrilling going on every week . . . that is sure to call for a new frock ! Here's the daiiingest group of perky frocks we've seen in a coon's age . . . they're honeys! Third Floor. RICH'S INCORPORATE D GIDDY GOSSIP Giddy, ol' gal, oY pal, So much has happened it hardly seems possible it's only been a week come on since last I wrote you but then of course there are almost no lim- its on what a really energetic person can do, on account of wasn't the whole world created in just six days? And these six days have been hec- tic. Murder Board announcements were made and, Giddy, I was scared to death I was gonna get in. Now that I'm not it's such a relief just to lean back and relax and be natural again, and not to be a Spirit of the Campus that gets Inspired and Urged to Ac- cept the Challenge because the Impres- sion one makes is so Significant. (Gosh, I got 'em all in) . Some of the girls feel different on the subject, of course, but then variety is the very joy of living. (I could say the spice of life, but that would be plajia . . . plaga . . . that wouldn't be very original, would it?) Everybody was rushing around laughing and cry- ing and embarrassing ... oh dear, I mean embracing . . . isn't it funny how I get those two words mixed up? I guess they're sorta synonymous . . . each other and getting very personal, which is much the best way to get it speeds things up so. It was right in the midst of it all and in the middle of the colonnade that two of the girls, with misted eyes and husky voices, buried their heads in each other's shoulder, and put their arms around in various places, and sobbed aloud to each other, "Oh I'm so proud of you and so glad you're a member." Then they looked up into each other's eyes and there they were two Seniors in caps and gowns, pres- ent campus leaders. Chust imachine! Anna Humber, the iconoclast, rush- ed right down to the telephone and wired her mother, "Made Mortar Board Stop!" Now there's a girl with power. And after their first meeting the Red- wine maiden was heard to remark meaningfully, "I think this is a cute club," to which A. Palmour replied meaningfully, "Yes, I'm glad I joined." To go from the sublime to the more sublime, that younger Rogers simply knows no bounds. Being a sweet child she answers the telephone dutifully at all hours. The other night a Tech gigolo called one of the Main belles and the Rogers answered the phone. Apparently she forgot to call her, but went on back to her room to her noc- turnal duties, whatever they are. Some twenty minutes later she passed the telephone booth, saw the receiver off the hook, and remembered! Dirous cir- cumstances! But was she unpoised? Not our Mary Gray. In her doviest voice she cooed into the telephone, "Oh I forgot to tell you, you're supposed to hold the line." Poise is a great attribute, my sweet. Dr. Robinson has it, great long strings of it. You simply can't fourplus him I mean nonplus oh well, anyway the other day somebody found some- thing outside his window (it's about 3" x Y 4 (6xa 7y) x l / 4 : 8b and it's glass anl flat sortof, with a smallish neck and it fits in hip pockets oh how smart you are to guess). Well, the professor denied nothing. He doesn't work for the W. C. T. I., he says (Women Can't Take It). He even passed the bottle around in one of his classes and let the girls smell of it. Now there's a man after mine own heart generous to a fault. Speaking of classes, one of our pros- pective professors was holding her class in practice teaching last week and was administering discipline in that voice like a nicicle dipped in sugar as she said, "Now children, I want you all to get so quiet you could hear a pin drop." Everything got nice and calm for a minute and then a little boy in the back of the room called out, "All right, teacher, let 'er drop." I must be up and away, beluffed, but before I leave do let me write for you my latest favorite. It says so much better than mere prose all that I feel this week. Spring Poet The tedder leabs are tudig greed, The yug buds dow udfold The widt blows geddly o'er the kerchool (I've caught adother code!) Sprig, Sprig, beau-dibud Sprig! Away with Widter's sdow 7 wish that Sprig would ever stay, Ad this dab code would go! Ever thide owd, Aggie. years! Sad? It must border on the impossible to bear! Yet never does the girl turn out to be in love with the hero; or the boy to be normal as the girl has been led to believe. Realism is the mode of the Agnes Scott cam- pus: Happy Things are not Real be- cause Life is not That Way. One explanation has been offered for this situation Youth. That one word, Youth, has been used to solve so many modern problems that its force has been entirely lost. It might, however serve once more in this case. Youth is inclined to regard itself seriously. That is because Youth has no perspec- tive of the whole. Youth feels that Love is deathly serious; that Death is; that Life is. Therefore, since Life is serious and one is to write stories about WEIL'S 10c STORE Has Most Anything You Need Graduation Gifts Sorority Pins Class Rings Club Pins A complete line of College Jewelry Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing THE Emblem Jewelry Shop 127 Peachtree Arcade. WA. 1462 Life, one must write seriously. And if Love or Death, or both, should come into the scheme Well, there is the an- swer to the grimness of the Aurora contributions. Another explanation may be that unhappy things are easier to write about than happy things. The faculty attitude toward the sit- uation is almost as impossible. The Aurora has not dared levity yet, but the staff of the Agonistic sometime last fall courageously published a feature article which set forth the reading hab- its of the to-be-revered members of Mortar Board. The whole was treated lightly and not too cleverly, and some mention was made of "ruffled nighties" which are not obsolete. The issue was not sent from the office because of that feature. Surely if the Agonis- tic cannot find its light moments in life without fear of certain suppres- sion, how can the Aurora be expected to forge ahead and leave a blazing trail Continued on page 4, column 3) AUSTIN BEAUTY SHOP E. Court Square Decatur, Ga. * *> * $ $ $ $ *t* g $ > ifi $ $ * $ $ $ $ > * % 1* I Silhouette Tea Room I * HOURS: * J 7:30- 2:00 | I 4:00- 7:00 f | 10:00-10:30 * * % * $ $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ % % * g, gHg, g, fr t frfr l fr L. CHAJAGE 220 PEACHTREE ST. Expert Remodeling DIXIE'S LEADING FURRIER 4 The Agonistic NEW BOOKS REVIEWED A Modern Tragedy Phil lis Bent ley. A strongly-woven story of social deterioration under economic depres- sion; the slow disintegration of a mod- ern English family, entangled in the corrupt economic stratagems of the Yorkshire Mills. The Mother Pearl S. Buck. The sordid life of the Chinese peas- ant woman lives in this story, told in a simple, almost Biblical manner. "In The Mother , her (Pearl Buck's) meth- od of stripping away unique character- istics, and concentrating on 'Uni- versals,' such as mating, birth, deser- tion, death, is carried to the logical ex- treme; the characters are not even named, the happenings have as few special characteristics as possible, every- thing is broad, general, abstract," American Mercury , April. ATHLETIC NEWS SoccerWonBy I Athletic Board I Freshmen-Sophs Freshmen-Juniors Is Announced Win Polo Game "... I am inclined to think that the best way of estimating contemporary writers is by extracting from the whole body of fiction some evidence of what its lasting qualities are. . . . One, and the principal, is the creating of characters which so force us with the | Clark, w. sense of their reality that we talk of | Rountree, 1. i. The freshman-junior line-up won the soccer game played here Friday, April 20, by scoring the one and only goal of the afternoon. Kennedy, fresh- man center, made the scoring play after a long drive halfway down the field; equally outstanding was Young, junior wing, in blocking drives and kicking passes. Both teams were under disadvantage on account of the recent rain which caused a loss of practice last week and a slippery field. Notwithstanding the number of falls, there were a number of brilliantly successful plays: Burson's long passing, Thing's interception, Harbison's interception and field drives, and Young's follow-through kicks. The line-up was: Senior-Sophomore Junior-Freshman Walker, c. f. Anna Karenina, Becky Sharp, the Pere Goriot, and Tess, as of real peo- ple whom we have known and lived with; and the other is the art of re- lating these characters to whatever general law of human experience made the novelist choose to tell their tale rather than another." Edith Wharton in Saturday Review of Literature, April 7, 1934. The Tournament of Roses commit- tee of Pasadena, Cal., omitted its usual invitation to lynch-loving Governor James Rolph, Jr., sent one to Herbert Hoover instead. Time. Burson, c. Hart, r. i. Talmadge, w. Crenshaw, 1. h. Lawrence, r. h. Armstrong, c. h. Townsend, 1. f. Harbison, r. f. Stevens, g. g. Referee: Page Ackerman. Kennedy ( 1 ) , 1. i. Forrester, r. i. Thing, r. w. Young, 1. w. Wilder, c. h. Stalker, 1. h. Kneale, r. h. Soutter, r. f. Johnson, 1. f. Car Y> g- g- Mr. Theodore Roosevek demands that the government balance its bud- get. Or we might all join hands and play we never noticed the depres- sion. San Diego Union. LET THERE BE FROTH (Continued from page 2, column 1) And why? All this artificial seriousness seems to be one of two things: a confession of our inexpressiveness or a fear of being natural while critical eyes are upon us; we believe it to be the latter. Apparently there has grown up a false conception of what the standards of the college demand of us. However con- servative may be its principles, however lofty its ideals, surely in no way does the college wish to suppress in its students the very vital qualities of humor, individuality, and unaffected naturalness. The fault then lies partly with the publications for failing to encourage writing in a lighter vein; partly with the students for attacking and criticising this failure without mak- ing any constructive efforts towards its correction. This latter is, of course, a trait characteristic of all human nature; we are not vain enough to believe that we can change that by editorial comment. But, by correcting our own failure, is it too much to hope that at some time some few may lay aside the masks of sternness, or indifference, or drollery, and break into genuine smiles? Is it too much to expect now and then a wholesome ex- pression of real humor neither keen nor subtle nor clever but something sweet and light and utterly youthful? We cannot and do not deny the justice of the written and verbal* attacks on the college publications. We only hope that without sacrificing anything of the utility or official character of the paper, we may through the Agonistic encourage and provide for the expression of a type of writing which is sincerely genial, amusing, and even "frothy." Perhaps we may brighten the cold gray walls of commonplaceness against which so many sensitive young souls are flinging themselves; perhaps we may even provoke an occasional smile. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for WCmen that is widely recog- nized for its standards of icork and for the interesting character of its student actii ities For further information, address t R. McCain, President The Athletic Board for next year as announced by Frances McCalla, presi- dent-elect for 1934-3 5, who with the vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, was elected by popular vote in the spring elections, will include the fol- lowing girls selected by the officers as managers of the various sports. Frances McCalla President. Leonora Spencer Vice-president. Ann Coffee Secretary. Helen Handte Treasurer. Nina Parke Social chairman. * Frances McDonald Publicity chair- man. Helen Handte Lost and found. Julia Thing Tennis Ann Walker Hockey. Alice McCallie Archery. Frances Cary Hiking. Leonora Spencer Basketball. Elizabeth Burson Swimming. Marie Stalker Soccer. , Sarah Catherine Wood Volleyball. Leonora Spencer Song leader. Sarah Catherine Wood Camp man- ager. By a score of 6-5 the freshman- sophomore team won the fourth water polo game of this year held on April 20, making the score in games 3-1 in their favor. Both teams were fighting hard with brave splashes; this game was undoubtedly the closest and fast- est game played this spring. Coffee and Gordon, opposing for- wards, were well matched in speed and in number of goals, shooting three 'each. Noticeable playing was done by Cassel and Handte in sprint-swim- ming, and by the winning team in their successful long passing. Varsity and team material will be scouted for definitely in the last game to be played on April 2 5. The line-up: Sc ' nior- J u nio r Frcshni a n-So pho more Gordon, r. f. (3) McCallie, r. f . (1) KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continued from page 2, column 3) lief organizations to be distributed locally by them. The same general n pes of project will be carried on. On his return to Washington Presi- dent Roosevelt was greeted by en- thusiastic representatives and senators to the tune of "Happy Days Are Here Again," played by the Marine Band. To celebrate the occasion he made a speech in which he said: f T expected on this trip to get some good publicity about the fish I was catching, but couldn't in view of the fact that here in Washington apparently you good people have been going from Wirt to Wirt." AT THE THEATRES VVK THINK (Continued from page 3, column 5) * of broken literary tradition st-umbling along behind? ^ The Agonistic, as the college week- ly, should devote some of its editorial space to Lighter Moments and. Froth. It should reduce its Momentous Issues by half, and go cheerfully on, editor- ializing on Spring, the greenness of the grass, President's Day, or even Mother's Day. It should lend a hand to its sister, the Aurora, and encourage revaluation in Aurora ranks by setting Agonistic examples. 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