TheAqonextra Book Exchange AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 18. 1935 Student Government Greets Students Heartily and Greetings from the Student Govern- ment Association! To the old colleg- iatcs we would say, "Welcome back. We hope you will share with us the benefits of a pleasant summer. Stu- dent Government goes forward on your strength." And to the new collegiates we would express, "A special welcome to you! You will add new life to the student body with the new interests and personalities which you bring to us. It is our wish this year that each student will recognize the Student Government Association as a means of effective self-expression. It is our pur- pose to use the power which the ad- ministration has given us for interests of the entire college community." Encouraged by the success of the Greater Agnes Scott Campaign and by contacts with the faculty we are ready for work. Adelaide Stevens President of Student Government. A. A. Urges '39 To Be Sporting and - - Opening day at last! Vacation has been wonderful for us all, but there's no denying it's great to be at Agnes Scott today. You new students are, of course, eager to see just how things "tick" here on the campus, and we others are equally as anxious to begin again the fun we've already tasted. Perhaps these miles of red-tape in- volved in registration make you won- der just where we keep this fun all Hottentots claim to have! Just don't give up the ship, 'cause registration can't last forever, and we have good times in A. A. all the time. Try that sing this Tuesday night in Main, and croon off your registration wearies. In fact, whenever in need (of no- matter-what) try A. A. first! You've no idea how a round of tennis can change your attitude toward chemistry problems or theme conferences. Or what relief to discover that Lost and Found really has found your pet foun- tain pen or his fraternity pin! And of course you'll want to learn all the latest dance steps, not to mention the most fashionable and acceptable meth- od of wielding that wicked ping pong paddle. You're going to have more than one person advise you to study much and diligently; so, if I may leave those ad- monitions to others, let me advise you to play often, whole-heartedly, and as well as you can. A. A. welcomes you! Ann Coffee President of Athletic Association. "FOR I DIP'T INTO THE FUTURE" Greater Agnes Scott This is how Agnes Scott will look some years hence perhaps when you are seniors! It has been made possible by a series of campaigns, the last of which and by far the jolliest! being the Victory Effort which closed on July 1, 193 5. Of course you all missed that tremendous campus drive in the Spring the all-College luncheon in the gym and the horse race (which the Juniors won!). All of that was fun, but just think! you all are going to see greater Agnes Scott grow almost under your eyes! And the new library building is first! Just because you missed our fun of raising the money is no sign it's not as much yours as ours. It's yours now for keeps today in the living reality of it all, later, in memories of the fin- est, dearest four years of your life four years filled with activity and study, four years steeped in the sacred Traditions of Agnes Scott College. Hello There W W O e are awfully glad you chose to nter Agnes Scott. It's a swell place, a ively one, too, when you think of hapel, and athletics and classes and h! I nearly forgot Wednesday night coffee and Meeting slews and slews of girls whom Eventually believe it or not! you'll come to recognize! R H M N irsc of all, you'll have a ound of teas and on Saturday vening the formal reception. Then, later, there's tunt that's the big moment before the Thanksgiving oliday! And there'll be classes, to eet and orientation and ven professors! It's a great life and ow's the time to begin to live Things You Really Ought Not to Miss SEPTEMBER 19 (THURSDAY) 10:45 A. M. Moving pictures. Miss Wilburn will show pictures of the col- lege in the Chapel. 4:30-6:30 P. M. Y. W. C. A. tea Alumnae Garden. 7:00 P. M. Dancing in the gym. SEPTEMBER 20 (FRIDAY) 8:00 A. M. Classes begin. 10:00 P. M. Dormitory floor par- ties. SEPTEMBER 21 (SATURDAY) 8:30 P. M. Reception in Main; Dancing in the Gym. SEPTEMBER 22 (SUNDAY) 9:30 A. M. Mr. McCain's Bible class. 1 1:00 A. M. Church. 3:00 P. M. Tour of Atlanta. SEPTEMBER 23 (MONDAY) 7:00 P. M. Handbook classes in dormitory lobbies for boarding stu- dents. SEPTEMBER 24 (TUESDAY) 7:00 P. M. Handbook classes in dormitory lobbies for boarding stu- dents. SEPTEMBER 25 (WEDNESDAY) 10:00 A. M. Election of stunt chairman after chapel. 3:30 P. M. "How to Study" Mr. Stukes. Chapel. SEPTEMBER 27 (FRIDAY) 3:30 P. M. Test on Handbook Buttrick. 7:3 0 P. M. Athletic Rally. Y. W. C. A. Offers Challenge to All New Students When you first come to college you will find that life may be rather com- plicated. When you were at home you always had someone to call on, to ad- vise you, or to help you in the smallest things. Here at school you must learn to live independently and to "shift" for yourself. That is just where the Y. W. C. A. comes in at Agnes Scott. We want to help you as much as possible, and we are anxious really to know you. In our Y. W. C. A. you will find a wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth, along with a great deal of fun and enjoyment from all our activities. Later in the fall you will learn all about our "hobby groups" which will give you a chance to cultivate almost any hobby you have ever cared for. Don't miss our Y. W. C. A. tea on Thursday afternoon and the Inman floor party Friday night. They will both give you wonderful chances to meet more girls! We really need your help as much as you may need ours. Won't you sign up with us and work with us? We need you and we want you. Make this or- ganization yours as well as ours. We are glad that you are all here and to each of you the Y. W. C. A. extends the heartiest welcome. Sarah Spencer President of Y. W. C. A. Day Students Must Be Campus-Minded Welcome to Agnes Scott, the friend- liest, finest school in the world. We open our arms and hearts wide to you and bid you to come in. Won't you? Freshmen! Your college career has begun! May you keep your eyes peeled for every opportunity that knocks at your door and may you learn early what it really means to be a Hotten- tot. Day Students, do not think that be- cause you are not boarding, you can- not take part in every college activity. Just remember that what you do at college, what you achieve, what friends you make, depends entirely on you, so make your stay at A. S. C. a joyful one. If you wish to spend the night on the campus, there are day student rooms all ready and waiting for you where you can not only enjoy a very comfortable night, but also get a taste of boarding life. Don't forget the stunt. It is the first important activity of the fresh- men. Put all you have into it, and re- member that co-operation in this first event indicates your spirit in the ac- tivities of your other years at Agnes Scott. Mary Snow President of Day Students. Pay Your Budget ' P hase of wastes and rugged mountains. The pla the college life rather than "Ethiopia," which is Ne- of each member of the family: The col- gro. It is about nine times as large as . umnist son, Louis, begins to lose his New York State with a population es- ; grip; the movie company of which limated from six to twelve million and daughter Yvonne is a star faces fail- What with new roads and side- walks and steps and general im- provements on the campus, the ideal of a Greater Agnes Scott no longer exists as a shadow of the future. Especially does the sight of the empty space between Buttrick and the gym take the futuristic touch altogether out of Greater Agnes Scott. The fact that bids for the new library are to open on October 15 enhances the prospect for all of us even those of us who came through the thrill and excitement of the Victory Effort Campaign of last spring. Yet the need of a library commensurate with the demands of such an institution as Agnes The so-called up of those students who have not paid their Budget is, unfor- ure; the preacher son, Winston, is about to be revealed as one of the lead- ers in local radical movements; and Sonny is accidentally murdered. Only the youngest daughter, Helen, who teau of Ethiopia is really the only part black list" made j of the country that is suitable for white j writes, persists in successful and fairly colonization. Between this upland and sane living, complete with a f lourish- the eastern coast lies a great desert ing romance. The death of Sonny .which only two parties of Europeans breaks Sara; her social work is no longer tlinately, no disgrace. Names of : nave ever crossed. One of the leaders i interesting to her and she seems to have ap- who crossed it successfully gave it the The Stars Look Don n A. J. Cronin. Dr. A. J. Cronin, English physician, novelist, and author of Hatter's Castle, depicts in his latest novel life in an English coal-mining town trom the years 1 903 to 1 95 3. He writes from the point of view of a physician, an- alyzing his characters as a doctor an- alyzes his patients, stating the facts but offering no remedy. Especially in- teresting is his account of the struggle between labor and capital during the thirty years' span of his book. ome of the "better people pear there from time to time. One year in the past the name of Student Government president held its alphabetical position on the "black list" for an entire ses- sion. Consequently, in the spring ource of the Blue of '3 1, a plan was adopted where- by each Budget-supported or- ganization would lose a certain percentage of its money, the amount forfeited being figured on the basis of the number of "black list" people in the group. Scott is not much greater than, This p | an w hich worked admir- the need of a center for student life on the campus. Such a cen- ter will be realized in the remod- ably in L934-35, will be followed again this year. The logical way to eliminate eling of the ; present library into j this annua , (iisturbance is , of a Student Activities Building The necessity for a gathering place for students has long been felt by students and administra- tion alike. Definite rooms for meetings so that clubs would no longer have to visit around in studios and parlors; offices for publications so that editors would not have to work in the nearest empty corner; a place where stu- dents could gather for social functions and general hilarity these have been lacking in the campus life of the past. And these will be furnished by the proposed Student Activities Building. This concentration of campus life will not only remove many of the difficulties of student gath- erings but it may also introduce 4 a new era in which it may be pos- sible to achieve a fuller, a more normal, and a more nearly round- ed social life here. WHY NOT PAY YOUR BUDGET NOW? The matter of the Budget is again the subject of much dis- cussion on the campus; it is every fall. Nevertheless it still merits serious attention mainly because the money derived from it forms the basis of many of the important organizations at Ag nes Scott course, to include the Budget in the tuition. And. although this may be done by next fall, it is clearly out of the question for this session. Therefore, in the meantime, we have the matter of the Budget. A good two weeks remain before the posting of first semester "black list" for there MUST be a black list. Or MUST there? We wouldn't consider making this a 100' > Budget-paid session, would we? Or would we? FOR FRESHMEN ONLY Of course you've been advised until your blood more than likely tingles! You've been told about greeting faculty members with a calm "Good morning" rather name, The Hell-hole of Creation/ Lake Tana, beautifully clear with very green water, is located in the high- lands. This lake, a very large inland reservoir about forty-five miles long and forty miles wide, is not only the Nile but also the source of a great deal of agitation among countries which would desire to develop its resources. "It is sacred to Abyssinians, essential to Egypt and the Sudan, coveted by Italy, of vital in- terest to Great Britain, and under rreaty subject to American control." The character of the country is prob- ably the main reason why Ethiopia has remained practically a feudal state and kept so many of its old customs. The general opinion is that the people do not desire any change; they cling to tradition and insist that the old cus- toms remain. Illiteracy is almost uni- versal; and society is made up of classes, the basis of which is military. "Every Abyssinian is a warrior," and the love for his country amounts practically to (Continued on Page 6, Col. I) PAY YOUK BUDGET Alumnae News ost the ability to raise money for her charities. Her kleptomania grows worse. She holds seances more often and now with the purpose of bringing Sonny back. The high point of the action ar- rives when, just before she is to be ar- rested for stealing, she falls over dead of heart failure at the sight of Sonny's face and the sound of his voice in a seance. The book is, for the most part, phil- osophical. The material used reveals the wide reading and training of the au- thor who is a doctor by profession. The style, anything but orthodox, is refresh- ingly simple and convincing although the conversation at times lacks natural- ness and apparent spontanietv. To-Day's To-Morrow mav accurate- My Country and My People Lin Yutang. Few countrymen write ot their na- tive lands with more truth and flavor and with less boastfulness than Mr. Yutang writes of China. In exceptional English prose he touches upon each phase of life in his country not blind- ed, but guided by affection tor it. Pearl S. Buck said of My Count) ) and My People, "It is the truest, the most profound, the most important book vet written about China." Vein of Iron Ellen Glasgow . Courage, sweet and blind, is, as the title suggests, the keynote of Miss Glas- gow's new novel. She successfully un- dertakes a great difficulty in present- ing the six major characters of the book in six consecutive chapters. The story centers around a poor minister in a small Virginia town, his daughter and light-headed wife, the grandmother, and the housemaid each with his own brand of courage. Readers of the Vein of Iron will appreciate the excellence of the book as well as the worth of an author whose rise to tame has been sure and steady* Mary Queen of Scotland mid tin {Continued tin page S , column 2) EXCHANGES The University of Kentucky this | Of all the people in the world today, year is offering courses in Ethnology i not more than one-third eat with a knife and fork. Another third use chop- and Geology. Education and Philos- ophy are added to the curriculum at \V. and L. Alberta Palmour, '3 5, field secretary for the Alumnae Association, is plan- ning a trip to Charlotte, N. C, where she will be entertained by the Char- lotte Agnes Scott Club, October 14. She will visit a number of other cities in this vicinity. Dorothy Cassel, '3 4, is living at the Alumnae House for two weeks, during the absence of her parents. Seventy-five percent of rush work is due to postponing thinking. An equal Dart of overtime work is due to post- poning thinking. The Hornet. than a gaily -hurled "Hey." And, tjic Alumnae House for a few weeks, doubtlesa you've been warned ! while she IS taking a Business Course about throwing: paper helter- ! in Atlanta Small (enrollment 3,069) West Vir- ginia University announced the ap- pointment as its president of "the out- standing person in the field of educa- tion throughout the country." This person was identified as Chauncey Samuel Boucher, U. S. historian and dean of the college at the University Jacqueline Wooifolk, '3 5, is living I 0 f Chicago where he is No. 2 Man of sticks. And the final third still eat with their fingers. Collier's, Wellesley College has enrolled a sin gle male student. Strangely enough this sturdy stalwart of the stronger sex is working for a bachelor's degree. skelter, at random, likewise in- discriminately about the campus ; perhaps you've even been con- ducted on a tour of the roomy wastebaskets scattered at decent Mary Wallace Kirk, '12, an alumna trustee, spent the opening week at the Alumnae House. Rose B. Knox, '99, has recently pub- lished a book entitled Patsy's Progress, Robert Maynard Hutchins' Chicago Plan. Distinctly unprofessional in appear- ance, slim, wiry Dean Boucher is given to sport clothes, neither looks nor acts his 49 years. Students' chief criticism of him is that he slaps too many backs. Time. At Northwestern Univcrsiu there has been organized a knitting class for men. At Purdue University a course is ottered in bridge. A girl is enrolled in a boxing class at the University of Alaba ma. The student body at the University of Richmond recently initiated a cam paign tor the abolition of the svstem under which undergraduates are allow- ed to grade papers. Ring-T urn-Phi. intervals about the College. But a great deal of whose setting is sup- have you heard about chapel? posedly at Agnes Scott Chapel at Agnes Scott is dif- ferent from chapel at many col- leges mainly because it's not compulsory. And the reason it is not Compulsory is because most has announced the birth of twin girls And, although the of us get the chapel-going habit on August I, Amy Underwood, '3 5 was married to William Wallace Trowell on Au- gust 15. Martha (Stackhouse) Grafton, '30, amount is comparatively small early in our freshman year. It especially when it's paid on the installment plan, there are many furnishes a half-hour of relaxa- tion from classes perhaps from students who feel unable to bear the very classes from which you the extra expense or who under- need relaxation most. And you estimate the value of the fee. The Budget not only supports can get more information from one chapel period than you can such organizations as THE AG- from even two gossip-bees, al- ONISTIC, the SILHOUETTE, though gossip-bees do have their Student Government, the AURO- strong points. Frances Napier, ex-'3 6, is to be mar- ried soon to Dillard Griswold. Gussie Rose Riddle, '34, recently married Harold Albert List from Ra- leigh, N. C. Laura Spivey, '3 3, is attending the Assembly Training School at Rich- mond, Ya. Elinor Hamilton, '34, married Wil- liam 1 larrison Hightower, Jr., of A new organ has just been perfected which has no pipes. It is much smaller than a small upright piano and costs only $ 1250 as compared with $4000 and up for most pipe organs. It is tull- toned and rich, eerie and soft. It can be plugged into the wall with an ordi- nary electric cord, and costs less than a cent an hour to operate. Time. At Mount I lolyoke a two-unit plan of Study, which makes possible a more individualized college course, is being affefed to twenty freshmen entering this year. The group has been selected on a basis of ability and mature ami specialized interest and will be permit- ted to substitute for the usual five- course curriculum, a correlated pro- gram centering in two main subjects. R \, and V. \Y. C. A., together ( 'hapel is only one of the many Thomaston, Ga., on June 29 with many clubs but it gives to things yoaTI Hke at Agnes Scott each budget-paid student a year subscription to the publications as well as the right to participate But after you've shopped around and tasted* of all the other things hor<\ you'll a^ree with us that no in athletic events. An Agnes other activity can quite equal the Scott student cannot rightly call effect regular chapel attendance herself one of the campus unless has on you. Mildred Hootcn, '3 3, is attending the Emory University Library School this year. Florence Burford, ex.-'3 5, was mar- ried to Alonzo Morris Atkinson in June. (Continued on Page 6, Col. 1 ) Several companies are adding nose j appeal to their products. Perfumed hos- iery .ind paints have been on the mar- ket for some time. Newer arrivals in- clude scented inks in a variety of deli- cate shades, and pme-scentcd coal which "gives your home a pleasant and healthful odor and also acts as a cold preventive.* ' Natio n\s BmtneSS. In Japan undressing in public is quite permissible. Passengers on railway- trains frequently step and change all the Iter's. on into the clothing. aisles -Col- A questionnaire given to the class of '3 5 at Washington and Lee gave the following results: Most popular newspaper New York Times. Most popular political figure F. I). Roosevelt. Most popular author Thorne Smith. Most popular actress Ginger Rog- ers. Must popular actor W. Q Fields, Clark Gable. 1 lvonte historical figure Cleo- patra, Lee, Napoleon. The Agonistic 3 EXCHANGE STUDENTS EXPRESS DELIGHT \\ ITH AGNES SCOTT What Agnes Scott would be without the Exchange students that come every year from across the sea no one knows, and fortunately no one needs to know, for this year again a girl from Ger- many, Lucie Hess, and a girl from France, Marcelle Cappatti, have en- rolled in the College. Marcelle Cappatti is eighteen, a na- tive of Nice, a wonderful and fascinat- ing city, according to her; she thinks it unsurpassed, with its old churches and straight cypress trees. Since her fa- ther was a French officer, she passed most of her interesting childhood in Germany in Mainz. Naturally from this contact, she loves Germany, its people, and its literature almost as well as her native land. Later on Marcelle was in Philipp- ville, Algeria, for four years, learning to love the sunny land and its treas- ures of tapestry and embroidery, some of which she has brought with her to Agnes Scott. Like most French girls, she is very fond of dancing and sing- ing, while her favorite sport is swim- ming. She attended school at the Lycee in Nice, and it is from there that she comes to Agnes Scott. Marcelle came to America on the Lafayette during the past summer, landing in New York at midnight, and her impressions of the great city with its lights at that first glimpse are very vivid. "But the Statue of Liberty is so small!'' she complained! After only a day in New York she spent a few days in Riverdale, where she met Lucie Hess, the other Exchange student. Lucie is nineteen, and was born in Jena, though since that time, she has lived in Stuttgart in southern Germany. She is the niece of Rudolf Hess, one of Hitler's most prominent represen- tatives, in whose charge is the settle- ment of race and church questions. During her early life she traveled widely in Europe, and is well acquaint- ed with Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and the Netherlands, besides all parts of Germany except East Prussia. For thirteen years she has attended Obercal- schule in Stuttgart, finishing last year. Lucie is keenly interested in the na- tional organizations of her country. She has been for six years a member of the Protestant Girl Guides, and had planned to go into the Service Labor camps, the regular year's service for the government that is required of Ger- man girls. Like a true German, Lucie plays the piano and loves music, especially organ music. In Germany she attended con- certs almost continually. "Cultural life," she says, "has changed very much for the better under Hitler." She is fond, too, of hiking, another national hobby. Lucie came over on the Albert Baffin with forty-seven other German transfer students. They evidently had a gay voyage, and gathered for the last time at Riverdale to sing their na- tional songs together. "We sang a great deal," said Lucie, "to make up for our year in America when we cannot sing our songs." ENROLLMENT FOR SCHOOL YEAR 1935-1936 INCLUDES AU A ^, A Ar A ^ s 112 BOARDING STUDENTS; 61 DAY STUDENTS be ST cover design Decatur Beauty Salon Offers Agnes Scott (iirls A 2- Week Special Shampoo and Finger-Wave, 50c, Every Day! Phone DE. 1692 TATUM'S PHARMACY To all students of Agnes Scott College we extend an invitation to visit our store when trading on the square. All your wants will be handled by our Mrs. Ma- gee, and we are sure she can be a great help in supplying your needs. All orders sent to dormi- tories will be handled promptly and courteously. 113 E. Court Square Phone DE. 2181-82 BOARDING STUDENTS Alice Adams, Elberton, Ga. Ruth Holt Anderson, Burlington, N. C. Sara L. Baskin, Culverton, Ga. Patricia Baxley, Columbia, S. C. Adelaide Benson, Jacksonville, Fla. Henrietta McWillie Blackwell, Laurens, s. c. Ethelyn Boswell, Elberton, Ga. Margaret Inez Calcutt, Fayetteville, N. C. Catherine Mobley Caldwell, Winns- boro, S. C. Millicent Lupton Caldwell, Waco, Tex. Marcelle Cappatti, Nice, France. Jane Carithers, Winder, Ga. Caroline Carmichael, McDonough, Ga. Lelia Carson, Rogersville, Tenn. Sara Elizabeth Carter, Bamberg, S. C. Barbara Nell Cassat, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Ann Chambers, Lexington, Ky. Mildred Woods Coit, Richmond, Va. Mary Elizabeth Cooper, Holly Springs, Miss. Annie Lee Crowell, Nashville, Tenn. Estelle Wyse Cuddy, Mount Holly, N. C. Lucy Hill Doty, Winnsboro, N. C. Jane Louise Dryfoos, Fieldston, N. Y. Grace Duggan, Hawkinsville, Ga. Goudyloch Erwin, Davidson, N. C. Mary Virginia Farrar, Manchester, Tenn. Martha Cochran Fite, Dalton, Ga. Martha Elizabeth Galbreath, Frank- fort, Ky. Mary Everlyn Garner, Lawrenceville, Ga. Emogene Gaskins, Nashville, Ga. Susanne Gifford, Hickory, N. C. Susan Brooks Goodwyn, Newnan, Ga. Judith Clark Gracey, Augusta, Ga. Dorothy Graham, Bluefield, W. Va. Mary Frances Guthrie, Louisville, Ky. Jane Moore Hamilton, Dalton, Ga. Louise Jacqueline Hawks, Petersburg, Va. Lucie Hess, Stuttgart, Germany. Grace Muriel Hilford, Naples, N. C. Mary Hollingsworth, Florence, Ala. Anne Marshall Howell, Thomson, Ga. Cora Kay Hutchins, Atlanta, Ga. Catherine McConnell Ivie, Greenville, S. C. Phyllis Johnson, Elberton, Ga. Katherine Jones, Winder, Ga. Kathleen Kennedy, Washington, D. C. Mary Frances Kennedy, Grovetown, Ga. Elizabeth Joan Kenney, Monroe, La. Eunice Elizabeth Knox, Pickens, S. C. Virginia Belle Kyle, Charleston, W. Va. Mary Josephine Larkins, Mobile, Ala. Mary Locksley Long, Rutherfordton, N. C. Rebecca Lee Love, LaFayette, Ga. Flora McGuire, Montgomery, Ala. Ella Hunter Mallard, Greenville, S. C. Vera Irby Marsh, Oliver, Ga. Martha Hunter Marshall, Americus, Ga. Original Waffle Shop Restaurant I Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below Candler Bldg. Sara Louise McCain, Sanatorium, N. C. Emma Moffett McMullen, New York City. Mary Wells McNeill, Florence, S. C. xMarie Merritt, Clarksdale, Miss. Erna Mae Mohns, Birmingham, Ala. Annie Catherine Moore, North Wilkes- boro, N. C. Helen Lucile Moses, Sumter, S. C. Mary Elizabeth Moss, Nashville, Tenn. Mary Ruth Murphy, Hot Springs, Ark. Annie Houston Newton, Dothan, Ala. Hortense Orcutt Norton, Savannah, Ga. Esthere Jonte Ogden, New Orleans, La. Lou Pate, Newbern, Tenn. Julia Porter, Covington, Ga. Betty Price, Mahwah, N. J. Annie Read Purnell, Charlotte, N. C. Mamie Lee Ratliff, Sherard, Miss. Jeanne Wilson Redwine, Fayetteville, Ga. Harriett Burns Reed, Augusta, Ga. Frances Winter Ricks, Madison, Miss. Anna Margaret Riepma, Springfield, Mo. Olivia Smith Root, Raleigh, N. C. Miriam Antoinette Sanders, Greenville, S. C. Adelaide Hayden Sanford, Mocksville, N. C. Mary Elizabeth Shepherd, Atlanta, Ga. Barbara Shloss, New York City. Aileen Shortley, Columbia, Tenn. Alice Anna Sill, Atlanta, Ga. Elizabeth Simmons, Timmonsville, Ga. Mary Pennel Simonton, Covington, Tenn. Ruby Will Smith, Nashville, Ga. Beryl Folmar Spooner, Donalsonville, Ga. Mary Eleanor Steele, Mooresville, N. C. Selma Steinbach, Carrollton, Ga. Virginia Louise Stephens, Augusta, Ga. Betty Ann Stewart, Winchester, Tenn. Antoinette Houston Stickley, Madison- ville, Tenn. Kathryn Prout Toole, Hegins, Penn. Virginia Elizabeth Tumlin, Cave Spring, Ga. Emmy Louise Turck, Danville, Ky. Elinor Ruth Tyler, Florence, S. C. Florence Fannon Wade, Meriden, Conn. Lois Ann Walton, Palatka, Fla. Ann Dupuy Watkins, Culpeper, Va. Mary Belle Weir, Douglas, Ga. Elizabeth Hartwell Wheatley, Green- wood, Miss. Cary Rogers Wheeler, Lafayette, Ala. Mary Ellen Whetsell, Columbia, S. C. Jerry White, St. Petersburg, Fla. Lena May Willis, Edgemoor, S. C. Margaret Evans Willis, Roanoke, Va. Mary Willis, Augusta, Ga. Emma Frances Woodall, Blackshear, Ga. Mary Isabelle Workman, Winnsboro, S.' C. Louise Young, Soochow, China. Candler Beauty Shoppe in Candler Hotel Phone DKarborn 9243 HOMEFOLKS' GRILL Welcomes Agnes Scott Girls 119 E. Ponce de Leon, Decatur HOTEL CANDLER Decatur, Ga. ( lean, Comfortable Rooms Good Food HANAN'S Carefree Shoes FOR CAMPUS WEAR Also Ringless Chiffon Hose 69c HANAN & SON 170 Peachtree St. DAY STUDENTS Betty Auberry, Jacksonville, Fla. Jean Bailey, Atlanta, Ga. Kathleen Blair, Atlanta, Ga. Meadow Brown, Decatur, Ga. Frances Eleanor Chambless, Avondale Estates, Ga. Alice Cheeseman, Decatur, Ga. Cynthia Clegg, Atlanta, Ga. Vivian Virginia Cofer, Decatur, Ga. Elizabeth Cox, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Trava F. Culp, Atlanta, Ga. Sara Joyce Cunningham, Atlanta, Ga. Margaret Ophelia Edmunds, Decatur, Ga. Catherine Alberta Farrar, Avondale Estates, Ga. Lilla Jean Flynt, College Park, Ga. Charlotte French, Decatur, Ga. Elizabeth Furlow, Atlanta, Ga. Cora Ansley Gantt, Atlanta, Ga. Adele Turner Haggart, Atlanta, Ga. Margaret Hansell, Atlanta, Ga. Mildred Harding, Decatur, Ga. Emily Carolyn Harris, Atlanta, Ga. June Sluth Harvey, Atlanta, Ga. Marguerite Irvin, Decatur, Ga. Charlotte Johnson, Decatur, Ga. Kathleen Marie Jones, Decatur, Ga. Helen Mary Kirkpatrick, Decatur, Ga. Ruby May Laney, Atlanta, Ga. Helen Elaine Lichten, Atlanta, Ga. Douglas Lyle, College Park, Ga. Mabel Melanie Mabel, Stone Mountain, Ga. Emily Hall MacMorland, Atlanta, Ga. Carolyn Myers, Avondale Estates, Ga. Winnelle Myers, Atlanta, Ga. Amelia Nickels, Decatur, Ga. Mary Hill Oatley, Atlanta, Ga. Nelle Welborn O'Dell, Atlanta, Ga. Margaret Olsen, Atlanta, Ga. Peggy Pleasants, Atlanta, Ga. Helen Rowan Prince, Decatur, Ga. Jessie Stafford Query, Charlotte, N. C. Maxine Eugenia Rice, Decatur, Ga. Rosalinde Richards, Decatur, Ga. Nancy Lee Richardson, Decatur, Ga. Olive Mae Rives. Atlanta, Ga. Mary Ella Rogers, Atlanta, Ga. Virginia Anne Rumbley, Decatur, Ga. Mary Anne Christine Schultz, Atlanta, Ga. Julia Sewell, Atlanta, Ga. Dorothy Marie Siler, Decatur, Ga. Eloise Elsie Simpson, Avondale Estates, Ga. Elizabeth Jordan Smith, Atlanta, Ga. Jane Smollen, Atlanta, Ga. Marian Husch Spitz, Atlanta, Ga. Sarah Staplenton, Decatur, Ga. Dnrothy Frances Still, Decatur, Ga. Harriet Elizabeth Thompson, Decatur, Ga. Mary Frances Thompson, Decatur, Ga. Sarah Thurman, Atlanta, Ga. Harriette von Gremp, Decatur, Ga. Sarah Martha Whigham, Hapeville, Ga. Cornelia Whitner, Atlanta, Ga. The Aurora, the College quarterly I literary magazine, will award a prize of , S 2 . 5 0 for the best drawing submitted in its annual cover contest. The draw- ings are due October 19, and are to be submitted to Lita Goss, editor. Miss Louise Lewis, of the art department, will judge them. The contestants are asked to observe the following regulations: 1. The drawing is to be symbolic of the name Aurora. 2. The size can be 4 J/2 x 6 l / 4 , but preferably double that size. 3. The colors are limited to two, with each competitor selecting any combination that she wishes. Black and white is acceptable. Last year Sarah Spencer drew the prize- winning cover. PAY YOUR BUDGET Death of Mr. Candler Is Loss to A. S. C. Mr. Murphey Candler, a member of the original board of trustees of Agnes Scott College, died on August 7, 1935, He was a member of the committee appointed to draft the charter and by- laws of the Institution in 1 8 89, and has drafted every change that has been made during these 46 years. For more than 20 years he served as chairman of the executive commit- tee of the College; for 15 years he was chairman of the committee on build- ings and grounds, and under his chair- manship there has been an expenditure of more than $ 1,500,000 for improve- ments. Mr. Candler was responsible for the awards of scholarship. He has also been active in all the campaigns for the Col- lege, and served as treasurer of the first drive in 1909. No other person has had so long a connection with the Institu- tion as he; his is a unique place in the history of Agnes Scott. MORGAN CLEANERS Phone DEarborn VM2 423 Church St. ELITE TEAROOM Welcomes Agnes Scott Girls Back to Decatur GOOD EATS Select NOW You'll Need One Soon! Top Coats 16 and 19 .95 95 For football or campus you'll need a casual coat very soon, and you'll find it advantageous to select now. There are Cam- el's Hair Coats in rich Autumn shades and Ombre Shadow Plaid ( oats at these two low prices. J. P. Allen & Co. The Stort* All Women Know 4 The Agonistic SOCIETY Virginia Gaines entertained Janet Gray, Alice McCallie, Frances Miller, Sarah Spencer, and Ruby Hutton at a luncheon at her home on Sunday, Sep- tember 22. Elizabeth Strickland and Sarah Jones attended a Chi Phi dance last Monday night. Meriel Bull attended rush dances at the Emory chapter of the A. T. O. fraternity on Thursday and Friday- nights. Lavinia Scott and Naomi Cooper at- tended a dance given by the Tech chap- ter of the A. T. O. fraternity on Fri- day night at the Biltmore Hotel. Virginia Turner was present at a dance given by the Kappa Sigma fra- ternity on Fridav night at the Ansley Hotel. Many of the Agnes Scott students attended a reception at Columbia Sem- inary on Friday night. Among those present were: Ruby Hutton, Caroline Elliot, Barton Jackson, Kathleen Dan- iel, Fannie B. Harris, Frances Steele, Mildred Davis, and Frances Cary. Helen Moses, Jeanne Redwine, Kitty Hoffman, Martha Young, and Helen Handte were present at the Pi Kappa Alpha rush dance given at the Druid Hills Country Club on Friday night. Augusta King attended the K. A. dance at Emory on Friday night. Susan Goodwyn went to her home in Newnan, Georgia, for the week-end. Nancy Moorer attended a Phi Delta Theta rush dance at the Athletic Club on Saturday night. Annie Lou Whitaker was present at the Pi Kappa Alpha house dance at Emory on Saturday night. TAYLOR'S All Night TEA ROOM 216 Peachtree and Cain Sara Steele visited her sister, Frances, for several days last week. Elsie West had as her visitor the lat- ter part of the week her sister, Court- ney. Caroline White entertained her vis- itor. Skipper Hull, over the week-end. To honor the 173 new students on the campus, the Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott College will entertain with a tea on the afternoon of October 4 in the Anna Young Alumnae House. In the receiving line will be Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott Col- lege; Dean Nannette Hopkins; Mrs. Francis Dwyer, president of the Alum- nae Association; Miss Dorothy Hutton, general executive secretary; and Miss Alberta Palmour, field alumnae secre- tary. Receiving at the door will be Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, and Mrs. J. F. Durrett, alumnae trus- tee. In charge of the entertainment is Mrs. Samuel Inman Cooper, chairman of the Entertainment Committee for the Association, assisted by Mrs. J. F. Durrett, Mrs. Francis Dwyer, Mrs. R. L. MacDougall, Mrs. S. B.' Slack, Mrs. Cullen Gosnell, and Miss Margaret Phvthian. Miss Mary MacDougall entertained at a tea on Friday afternoon in honor of Miss Helen Miller, an assistant in the biology department, and her mother. Misses Ellen Douglas Leyburn, Mar- garet Bell, and Nelle Chamlee, and Mr. Fhomas W. Whitaker entertained the faculty on Saturday afternoon at the annual faculty Bacon Bat. The new members of the faculty, Misses Laura Colvin, Helen Miller, Elizabeth Mitch- ell, and Carol Griffin were the guests of honor. PAY YOUR BUDGET In England today more than 20,000 babies of wealthy families do not live at home but in fashionable "baby ho- tels" where they are taken at birth. Many remain until old enough for pre- paratory school. Collier's. Not so many years ago, many of the small circuses that traveled about the United States not only made each ticket seller pay up to $3 5 a week for his job because short-changing was so profitable but they even sold the pocket-picking privilege for the season :o the highest-bidding gang. Collier's. Prof. MacDougall Receives Science Degree in France Professor Mary Stuart MacDougall, of the biology department of Agnes Scott College, was awarded the degree of doctor of science by the University of Montpellier in July, and spent the month of August at the Stozone Zo- ologica in Naples. Her thesis is concerned with the Physical Basis of One Group of Proto- zoa. Written in French, it received the citation 'Tres Honorable," the highest recognition given by the University. Miss MacDougall sailed for France during the latter part of May, arriving on June 2 at Sete. At the Marine Lab- oratory there she continued the work begun during the summer of 1934, when she discovered near the labora- tory the material which is the subject of her thesis. She was awarded her de- gree on July 12. The University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the world. Since 179 5 the medical school has oc- cupied a building which was formerly a Benedictine monastery. A gallery de- voted to portraits of professors since 1239 contains one of Rabelais. Miss MacDougall was invited to study there this summer by Dr. E. Chatton, head of the zoology department, who knew of her work last summer at Sete. The method of procedure at the ex- amination is quite different from that followed by American colleges. Permis- sion for the printing of the thesis must be obtained from an officer of the Academy, and it must be seen and ap- proved by the dean of the faculty. At the examination, all of which is con- ducted in French, the applicant for the degree must be able to defend her the- sis before a jury of three examiners. All those present stand at attention at the entrance and departure of the ex- aminers, who are dressed in red robes and hats, and who conduct themselves with extreme formality. It is the duty of each examiner to make some criti- cism of every thesis presented. (The criticisms made of Miss MacDougall's thesis were: the omission on one page of an accent, on another of a circum- flex) . After grave deliberation, the jury delivers its verdict, almost in the man- ner of a sentence in a courtroom. The citation, "Tres Honorable" is rarely awarded, and is universally recognized for its distinction. It may be of interest to know that CLUBS Girls! Look Foot Loose and Fancy Free in FOOTBALL COLORS 6.95 If you know that you look ri.uht you can conquer mountains and men! And when you have on something smart and simple, well that's the complete story of these well tailored frocks that really have a future. For co brs here they are: Peacock blue, rusts. lilac. Kelly green, bright blues and reds . K\ erythinu for 1 1 to 1 7 sizes RICH'S Sub-Deb Shop Third Floor Glee Club The College Choir held its first meeting on Wednesday night, Septem- ber 2). The members have already be- gun work on the Christmas carol serv- ice. The Glee Club sang at the Presby- terian Church in Decatur on Tuesdav night, October 1. Since the Special Chorus has received numerous invita- tions to sing in Atlanta, the girls are working on many gay and attractive numbers, which will undoubtedly be \er\ popular. Black friars Blackfriars held their first meeting last night, October 1, in Miss Gooch's studio. Plans for the year were dis- cussed, and Miss Gooch announced that the first play of the year, A. A. Milne's Mr. Pim Pusses By, will be presented on November 2 3. Outing Club The first meeting of the Outing CI ub was held on Wednesday, Septem- ber 2 5, and a varied and interesting program was planned for the year. This will include experimental cooking, nature, and woodcraft. The high point of this program is to join the Appa- lachian Club for a week-end hike. Try-outs will be held within the next two weeks. Freshmen will not be eligible until the second semester, but everyone else is invited to try out. Club meetings will be held every Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock. Chi Beta Phi Sk.m a Chi Beta Phi Sigma will hold its first meeting on Monday, October 7, m the Chemistry lecture room at 7 P. M. At 7:30 Lewis Mobley, a student at Georgia Tech, will speak. Mr. Mobley is well known for his pictures of the eclipse as well as his work in con- structing his ow n telescope and ob- servatory. The college communin is cordially invited to hear Mr. Moblev. French Cll w The French Club will hold its tirst meeting on Monday, October 7, at $ P. M. in Mr. Johnson's studio. All members are urged to attend. Pi Alpha Phi The first meeting of Pi Alpha Phi will be held on Thursday, October }. This will be a business and social meet- ing. The fall try-outs will be October 10, and everyone is eligible except t reshmen. Library Will Be Closed on Saturday P.M. This Year This year for the first time the li- brary will be closed on Saturday nights. The reason for this change, according to Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian, is chat the library is not used enough at that time to warrant keeping a part of the staff on duty. The rush on Saturday nights before has been mainly boarders who could not take out reserve books until nine o'clock. Under the new arrangement all students may get reserve books at four o'clock on Saturdays. The library closes at S :40 P.M. During examinations, Miss Hanley said, the Saturday night hours will be resumed. pay your budget Reporters Mary Richardson Loice Richards Hor tense Jones Ora Muse Nell Allison Enid Middleton Ruth Hertzka Ann Wheaton Eliza King Mary Lillian Fairly PAY your budget Rise of American civilization: 1929 Marathon dancers. 1 93 0 Tom Thumb golf. 1931 Tree sitters. 193 3 Jigsaw puzzles. 1 934 Hog-calling contests. 193 5 "Scratch out the top name and send a dime." Denver Rocky Mt. News, For those freshmen who feel that the rule of chaperonage at Agnes Scott is a strict one, the following rule from an outstanding college for men is call- ed to their attention: Freshmen may not have social engagements unless ac- companied by an upperclassman. Today's Football Play. Selassie tried a quick pass to Vacuum, who dropped the ball as Hull hit him hard a few aids from the goal-posts. New York Sit ii. Miss MacDougall, who refuses to qual- ify herself as a linguist, spoke in Ger- man to the Director, French to the Under-dircctor, and Italian to the serv- ants while she was in Naples. Compliments of WILNERS Six New Members Added to A. S. C. Teaching Staff Six new members have been added to the teaching staff and faculty group of Agnes Scott College this vear. They are Miss Martha Crow, Miss 1 lelen Mil- ler, Miss Laura Colvin, Miss Fli/abeth Mitchell, Miss Carol Griffin, and Miss Alberta Palmour. Miss Crow, a graduate of Agnes Scott and a former professor at Agnes Scott, has returned to teach in the French department after having .stud- ied at Lyons, France. Miss Crow re- ceived her M.A. at Columbia Univer- sity and has taught for several years at Girls High School in Atlanta. Miss Miller, a member of the biology depart ment, received her A.B. from Goucher College. Her graduate work, leading to the degree of doctor of philosophy, w as done at Johns Hopkins University, w here she did research work. Miss Colvin, of the library depart- dentj is a graduate of William and Mary, and later took an A.B. degree in library science from the University of Michigan. During the past year she has worked in the cataloguing depart ment of the library at Sw art hmore College, Pennsylvania. Miss Mitchell, who graduated from Alabama Wom- an's College at Monte\ alio, is taking Miss Page Ackerman's place in the gym department. Miss Griffin, of the class of '3 5 j returns to the campus as a fel- low in the biology department. Mi-.s Palmour, of the same class, is field see retary of the Agnes Scott College Alumnae Association. PAY YOU K BUDGET At eighty-three a Tennessee farmer has journeyed to Knowille, forty-one miles away, for the first time in his life. It must be the gypsy in him. San Francisco Chronicle. There's a Puppy Club on the roof of the Park Lane (New York City) where your dog can lunch, snooze, play or be beautified w hile you lunch down t ors. He can be left all afternoon, if you like, sunning himself in his cabana. Diets and treatments are arranged by an expert yet. Vo^ne. GRIEF Then if by tears I only gam A knowledge of the world's disdain, I'll run and hurl my griel at trees, ' V seatter it along the bree/e; C )r let it fall with rain. Marjor/c FfOft I rawr, Poetry* Don't forget that you are a part of all ot the people who can be fooled some of the time. Jackson l illc jour- nal. Decatur woman's Exchange DeKalb Theater Bldg< i i ow i;ks, GIFTS, HOSE ^ '.in- \ ame K> tex Stal Lonery The Agonistic 5 Faculty Members Globe-Trot Abroad For Vacation During Past Summer During the past summer a large number of the faculty members devot- ed themselves enthusiastically to globe- trotting, both for pleasure and for studies relating to their various sub- jects. Although Dean Nannette Hopkins was too busy memorizing an unusually lengthy list of freshmen to go abroad, she found time for a sky-line ride in Virginia. Since the trip took her through the famous caverns of that section, Miss Hopkins can rightly say that she went from "the top to the bottom of the earth." Miss Louise Lewis, of the art depart- ment, and Professor Muriel Harn, of the German and Spanish department, going farther afield, specialized in Ger- many, reveling in its famous art and music. Most of their seven-week vaca- tion was spent in northern Germany, though they made several tours, in- cluding a cathedral tour for the study of Gothic art and architecture. At Munich and Salzburg they were for- tunate enough to attend some unusual- ly fine operas. Miss Emma Miller, matron, expe- rienced sea adventure as she sailed from Quebec for England. In a heavy fog in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence her liner crashed into a small freighter, killing several men. However Southampton was reached with little delay; and Miss Miller began a general tour of Eng- land and Scotland, visiting among other places the romantic Trossachs. She determines to spend more time in York on her next visit, saying that on this occasion she found her stay in the quaint old city too short. KREISLEK WILL OPEN \KW CONCERT SERIES {Con tinned from pa ye 1, column 2) under the baton of Dr. Hans Kindler, world-renowned conductor. La Argentina, world's outstanding personality of the dance and one of the stars on the first All-Star Concert Se- ries, returns to Atlanta on Tuesday, December 3, in .i program of Spanish dances. Atlanta audiences are eagerly await- ing the concert of Ruth Slenczynski on Monday, January 13. This ten year old child prodigy has been the sensa- tion of the music world for the past two years. One of the most popular concerts of the series will be that of Nelson Eddy and Helen Jepson, who will appear in .i joint concert on Saturday, February 8. Both stars are outstanding in the fields of opera, radio, and motion pic- ture. Equally famous is the singer who brings the series to a close on Thursday, March 19 Grace Moore, "America's First Lady of Song." Miss Moore has just returned from a triumphant con- cert tour of Europe, after her record- breaking success in the picture, One Night of Love. Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack- son, of the history department, would content herself with nothing less than a complete trip over Europe. Sailing on the Empress of Australia in June, she first traveled through Norway, Swe- den, Finland, and Denmark. From there she followed an irregular course including Danzig, Russia, and Ger- many. Before going farther she spent a delightful month in England between Oxford and London. Of course France and Italy were necessary for a well- rounded tour, and Miss Jackson finally sailed for home from Naples. Associate Professor Emma May Laney of the English department, chose Eng- land and visited all parts of the beauti- ful country, especially those sections immortalized in literature. She com- mented particularly on the well-known lake country that so inspi red Words- worth. London was enjoying an active theatrical season at the time of her visit, and she attended A Midsummer's Night's Dream as well as many other masterpiece productions. A most delightful and thrilling four weeks were experienced by Professor Catherine Torrance, of the Greek de- partment, and Professor Alma Syden- stricker, of the Bible department, who enjoyed an Eastern Mediterranean cruise with the University Travel Tour. Prior to this, Miss Torrance spent some time on the continent, joining Mrs. Sydenstricker at Naples where their cruise began. ATTENTION Announcement of students making the honor roll for the session 1934-3 5 will be made in chapel Saturday morning, Octo- ber 5. CHAPEL TO HAVE NEW PROGRAMS Dr. Elliott Is Speaker At College Opening Decatur Ministers, Mr. J. K. Orr, President of Alumnae, Welcome Students BOOK NOTES (Continued from pare 2, column 5) Isles Stefan Zweig. Fiction and not fact might be the criticism applied to Mr. Zweig's ac- count of the life of Mary Queen of Scots. And it is precisely this criticism that makes the book such good read- ing; for the author combines in this work the roles of biographer, historian, and novelist and achieves a story that is swift, moving, and interesting, full of the personality of its subject. The Agnes Scott College chapei pru- grams this year promise to be both va- ried and interesting. Students, faculty members, and guest speakers will par- ticipate in them. The Y. W. C. A., working toward its goal which is "realizing Christ," will bring speakers to the campus each Tuesday. On Wednesdays members of the faculty will conduct the programs in chapel. Student government will have charge of the exercises on Thursdays, when it will hold open forum in order that srhool problems may be settled. At intervals throughout the year Pi Alpha Pi will have debates in chapel. These will be designed with the purpose of instructing students in affairs of cur- rent interest. On the second Friday of each month The Agonistic will conduct chapel. The College weekly hopes to bring as speakers outstanding people in newspa- per work as well as in other fields. Mr. W. F. Caldwell, Southeastern editor of the Associated Press, will open the chapel series of The Ago- nistic on Friday, October 11. Mr. Caldwell will talk on the experiences of an Associated Press man. PAY YOUR BUDGET Silhouette Staff Makes New Plans Agnes Scott College was officially opened at the exercises in Gaines Chapel on September 18 at 10:00 A.M. Rev. William M. Elliott, Jr., pastor of the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, made the principal address. Dr. Walt Holcomb, pastor of the First Method- ist Church of Decatur, opened the ex- ercises with prayer, and Dr. A. J. Moncrief, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, read the scripture lesson. Mr. J. K. Orr, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the College, wel- comed the students on behalf of the Board. A welcome from the Alumnae Association was extended by Mrs. Francis Dwyer, the president. Rev. Charles Holding, pastor of the Trinity Episcopal Church of Decatur, spoke a greeting for the local community. PAY YOUR BUDGET 6 Little Sisters" Swarm to A. S. C. Honey in the Horn H. L. Davis. This is the Harper prize novel for 1 93 5 and is worthy of such a distinc- tion. Its title is taken from an old camp song, its scene laid in Oregon, and its characters placed in the pioneer year, 1908. The result is an intensely American book with a character so hu- man that he has been compared to Mark Twain's beloved Huckleberry Finn. Apparently the only time the League of Nations can stop a war is when there isn't going to be one anyhow. Ohio State Journal. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. The abolition of the position of as- sistant editor and the election of the beauty section by popular vote are two changes which the staff of the Silhou- ette, the Agnes Scott College annual, has made this year. Since Martha Sue Laney, former assistant editor, did not return to Agnes Scott this fall, her po- sition was left open. According to a plan presented last week to the student body by Shirley Christian, editor, sev- eral staff members will cooperate in doing the work of the assistant editor, which consists mainly in collecting in- formation about the various campus organizations. Eloisa Alexander has been appointed organization editor. This plan means that there will be three or four girls, instead Qf one, trained for the position of editor next year. There was also a change made in the selection of the beauty section this year. Formerly the staff decided on the girls. This year the student body elect- ed from a list of fifty about twenty girls whose pictures will be sent away to be judged. Pictures for the Silhouette will be made this year by Elliott's Studio at the usual cost of S 1 . 5 0. The photog- rapher will begin taking the pictures on October 7, in the parlor across from the Dean's office in Main. Stu- dents are urged to sign up this week for their pictures. The old riddle "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son" has taken on new sig- nificance and appeal in the last week on the campus, for new faces with a somewhat familiar air about them have been the cause of much perplexing rec- ollection. The solution is nieces, sis- ters, and granddaughters of Agnes Scott College students or faculty mem- bers. After proper scrutiny, it has been revealed that Esthere Ogden is the sis- ter of Margaret and Grace Augusta, I two former Agnes Scott girls; Emma McMullen is the sister of C'Lena, who was president of Y. W. C. A. in 1934; Caroline Carmichael is the sister of Treliis Carmichael, '3 5; and Jeanne Red wine is the sister of Martha Red- wine, who was president of Y. W. C. A. last year. Kathleen Kennedy is Mar- guerite's sister, and Laura Coit, of Richmond, Virginia, has a younger sis- ter, Mildred, here this year. Also Mary Alice Newton has a sister, Annie, at- tending the College, and Loice Rich- ards' sister, Rosalinde, is here. Another sister is Jane Moore Hamilton, who is the sister of Elinor Hamilton, editor cf the 1934 Silhouette and field secre- tary of the Alumnae Association last year. Those whose mothers attended the College, and therefore are considered granddaughters of the Alma Mater, are: Martha Fite, Jeanne Redwine, Susan (jocdwyn, and Martha Marshall. The new students who may claim Agnes Scott aunts or uncles are: Sara McCain, niece of Dr. J. R. McCain; Elizabeth Wheatley, niece of Professor Phillip Davidson; Vera Marsh, the niece of Mr. J. C. Tart, treasurer; Mary Everlyn Garner, niece of Mary Alice Juhcn, '2 9; and Katherine I vie, Hilda McConnell's niece. Parties and Teas Fill 1st Week With Gaiety New Students Meet Faculty At Reception; Y. W. Has Tea for Freshmen Entertainments for the freshmen and new students during the first week of school included a tea given by the Y. W. C. A., and a reception and dance sponsored by Student Government, the Y. W. C. A., and the Athletic Asso- ciation. The Y. W. C. A. tea was in the Alumnae Garden from 4 to 6 on Sep- tember 19. The social committee under Kitty Cunningham as chairman was in charge of the plans. The Y. W. C. A. cabinet acted as hostesses, and the spon- sors escorted the new girls and intro- duced them to members of the faculty and the officers of the organization. On September 21 the formal recep- tion was held in Agnes Scott Hall. In the receiving line were Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain, president of the College; Dean Nannette Hopkins; Sarah Spencer, president of Y. W. C. A.; Adelaide Stevens, president of Student Govern- ment; Ann Coffee, president of the Athletic Association; Ruby Hutton, vice-president of Y. W. C. A.; and Registrar and Mrs. S. G. Stukes. After the reception there was dancing and refreshments in Bucher Scott Gymna- sium. PAY YOUR BUDGET Club Presidents Renew C ouncil The President's Council held its first meeting of the year on Monday after- noon; Virginia Gaines, recorder of points, Chairman of the President's Council presided. Presidents of all the clubs and editors of the publications were present. The following points, a part of the plan carried out by last year's Council, were adopted: Members of clubs who do not pay their dues by October 1 5 for the first semester arc to be automatically dropped from membership; likewise, three unexcused absences from meet- ings will expel a member. A set fee of 2 5c is to be charged for each poster, with the club furnish- ing the paper or cardboard and the poster-maker the paint or ink. Try-outs for language clubs are to be held on the same day, the manner of try-outs being uniform for each or- ganization. In addition, a schedule of meetings was arranged so that there will be no conflicts. The President's Council was organ- ized last year by Mortar Board in an effort to eliminate the apparent over- organized campus life. Its function is to straighten out inter-club confusions and to adjust organization problems. PAY YOUR BUDGET Six A. S. C. Students To Play in Benefit Ensemble Oct. 4 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 You Are Cordially Invited to the Peachtree Hosiery Shoppe 114 Peachtree St., N. W. Piedmont Hotel Building HOSIERY LINGERIE 54c to $1.35 59c and Up THE VARSITY TASTY SANDWICHES AND HAMBURGERS Curb Service Six Agnes Scott College students will take part in a piano ensemble to be given at the city auditorium on Fri- day, October 4, at 8:30 P.M. Twenty pianos will play together in this con- cert, given for the benefit of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. Tickets are 2 5 cents to a dollar. The Agnes Scott girls will play in three different combinations. Alice Hannah and Mary Earnest Perry will take part in a Polonaise by Weber. Alice Chamlee and Tommy Ruth Blackmon will play in "Sicilienne" and a Bouree by Bach. Nell Hemphill and Jean Kirk- patrick will play in Strauss' Artist's Life Waltz, transcribed by Chasins. Last spring auditions were held for this program, in which students from all over the state will participate. Fair Week was chosen as the time for the concert, so that those attending the fair could hear it. Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones DE. 0762-0763 6 The Agoxistic ALUMNAE NEWS {Continued from Page 2, Col. 3) Ida Buist, ex-^, married George Knox Rigby on June 2 0. Laura Buist, '34, married Vernon A. Bouknight on June 5. Dorothy Bell, '3 5, married Benjamin H. Dillard on July 27. Sport Notes Hockey will probably have a limited season this fall because of the work soon to be begun on the new library building. The first game will take ; place during the first week in October. The following hiking managers have been announced: senior, Lily Weeks; junior, Frances Cary; sophomore, Hi- bernia Hassell; freshmen, Alice Cheese- man. Summers and Espy Head Junior Class r, i i The following class hockey managers I hvrza Lllis, ex- 37, has announced , - have been chosen: senior, Lena Arm- strong; junior, Charline Fleece; soph- i_ j omore, Laura Coit; freshman, Jane Virginia Cheshire, ex- 36, married Dryroos. The senior manager, along her engagement to D. Cartledge Fow ler with Helen Handte, college hockey manager, Ann Coffee, and Miss Mitch- ell, will attend a hockey conference at Alabama College October 4 and 5. Peter Thomas Langan of Washington, D. C, on June 1. Mary Helen Chandler, ex-'37, will be married to Edwin Bateman Norris on Oct. 18. Marian Calhoun, '3 5, married John Girardeau Murray on July 19. They are j The lists of class tennis and swim- now living at Edisto Island, S. C. i i_ i w _ 6 /w . , .._ ming managers are complete with the Mary Fay (Martin; Brumby, ex-'37, ! b . * . , has announced the birth of a daughter, exce P tlon of the freshman managers, Mary Bolan, on September 13. \v/ho will be announced later. The ten- Penelope (Brown) Barnett, '32, an- nis managers are: senior, Sara Law- nounces the birth of a daughter on rence; junior, Frances McDonald; soph- September 26. TT t> t~i r PAV y0l R dtjdGET ! omore, rrosty Brown. 1 he swimming KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY managers are: senior, Mary Richard- (Continued from Page 2, Col. 3) son ' junior. Barton Jackson; soph- a religion. On almost every hill is a - omore, Martha P. Brown, church; and the religious faith, which is Christian, is very important to the inhabitants. Although there are no newspapers, news is broadcast at the weekly markets in every city. The state language is Amharic, of Semitic origin. Haile Selassie, which means "the power of the Trinity," has tried to con- centrate the supreme power in his hands and has, to a degree, been successful in westernizing his people. He is greatly interested in the American people and their customs. When we become more familiar with the people of Ethiopia, we can better understand "The Con- quering Lion of Judah" and his ac- tions. PAY YOUR BUDGET COLLEGE SEES IMPROVEMENTS (Con tinned from Page 1, Col. 5) side of the gymnasium in order to sup- ply steam and water for a new science building, chapel, and Department of the Home. About $1 5,000 was expend- ed for this tunnel. For around $6,000 the College has put in an entirely new sewer system which will take care of the develop- ment of the College for the next fifty years. The Athletic Association opened the new school year with a weiner roast last week at the Decatur Water Works. All the Board members were present, together with Miss Wilburn, Miss Haynes, and Miss Mitchell. Plans were made for the coming year, with special emphasis on the Athletic Rally. The hike for the freshmen on Sep- tember 24 was a decided success with more than fifty freshmen attending. Martha Long was in charge of the out- ing and was assisted by Frances Rob- inson and Bee Merrill, who led the songs. Evidently the freshmen like Ice Cream Springs, not to mention "pigs in blankets," "angels on horse- back, " and black, black coffee. PAY VOI R BUDGET JOHNSON, RIEPMA, ARE CHAIRMEN FOR STUNT {Continued from page 1, column Laura Coit, Jean Chalmers. Sophomore Commission, whose chief duty is to plan the party given for the freshmen by the sophomores: Elizabeth Blackshcar, Ann Worthy Johnson, Eliza King, Anne Thompson, Laura Coit, Nell Hemphill, Jean Chalmers, Plans are now being drawn for the j Martha Peek Brown, Virginia Watson, new library, which will cost $200,000. .Ellen McCallie, Bee Merrill, Jean Barry Bids for construction will probably be Adams, Mary Past, Mary Smith. opened on October 15. The library, it is hoped, will be completed by July 1, 193 6, so that the equipment can be moved there from the old building. In August the present library can be re- modeled to be used as a Student Activi- ties Building. The General Education Board has sent Agnes Scott S 125,000 in securi- ties for endowment; the balance it will pay in proportion as the College spends hers for the library building. Freshman committees are: Writing: Douglas Lyle, chairman; Aileen Shortley, Julia Sewell, Martha Fite, Anne Purnell. Program: Mildred Coit, chairman; Sarah Thurman, Rosalinde Richards. Dance: Helen Kirkpatrick, chair- man; Annette Stickley, Mary Evelyn Garner. Music: Marie Merritt, chairman; Maxine Rice, Mary Ruth Murphey. Properties: Nancy Lee Richardson. The Music Building and Auditorium chairman; Inez Calcutt, Elizabeth Cox. Setting: Jane Dreyfoos, chairman; Ann Watkins, Carolyn Rice. Costume: Mildred Harding, chair- man; Lois Walton, Elizabeth Gal- breath. Decorations: Esthere Ogden, chair- man; Virginia Kyle, Lucy Doty. Cheerleaders: Caroline Carmichael, Alice Cheescman. will probably be the next buildings to be constructed. The erecting of the science hall has been postponed for the present. PAY YOl K BUDGET COLLECTORS TO VIE FOR BOOK \w AKI> (Continued from Page 1, Col. 4) belles lettres. To continue this interest throughout the year, and to foster the spiritual and physical possession of books, the Richard de Bury Award is ottered. In 193 1 an award of this type was made for the first time at Agnes Scott College, as a result of a similar one at Swart hmore College which had proved successful in awakening intel- lectual activity there. The committee is desirous of keeping the contest as free from regulations as possible. The entrant is encouraged to collect during the year books that she that she may show how fully she ap- preciates and understands her books. The winner is expected to use the S2S.00 for intellectual enrichment such as new books, music, and pictures. Girls who wish to enter the contest are asked to give their names within the next few weeks either to Miss Janef Preston or to Miss Ellen Douglas Ley- burn. PAY YOl K BUDGET It vou want to flatter somebodv. just look serious and ask him what hi enjoys, and then in May she will be paid thinks of the general situation. Phila- an informal \isit by the committee so del pbia Inquirer. i Greetings" To the students of Aenes Scott Elliotts Peachtree Studio A Photographers to the 1936 Silhom The athletic clubs are planning to meet every Tuesday afternoon at the same hour. Therefore no girl can be- long to more than one club each sea- son, but she may change at the end of the season to another. The Tennis and Outing Clubs are already functioning on a "try-out" basis. Plans are now being made to form a Swimming and an Archery Club in the same wav. Martha Summers was elected presi- dent of the junior class at a special meeting held in chapel on Tuesday, September 24. She is taking the place of Elizabeth Perrin, who did not re- turn to college this fall. Elizabeth Espy is secretary-treasurer of the class as the result of a meeting held on Thursday, September 2 6. Dor- othy Jester, who held this position, had resigned. Sports & Sports Inc. Open Gym Season With Rally Sports & Sports, Inc., under the di- rection of Ann Coffee, president of the Athletic Association, opened the fall gym season on Friday night, September 27, with an evening of vigorous fun in Bucher Scott Gymnasium. This event, which was heralded by pink hand-bills dropped into all mail boxes, included a general inspection of the gym depart- ment, a tableaux, dancing, and a swim- ming exhibition. Sporting goods and sports clothes were on exhibition throughout the gym. Cider and crackers were served in the individual gym room which was arranged to resemble a bar. without a shadow of a doubt trie creations now present in our stock of excellent and cocky college fashions are the smart foreruns of others to come. . .you who select early select well! 16 95 - 29 .75 black velveteen tops this high fashion sports two-piece affair buttons go up the front to greet a subtle chartreuse bandana . . . leather the belt, tri-color plaid wool the skirt . . . perfect for campus and spectator shorts. .22.75 apparel shop second floor PeocA]t^eStm Pay Your Budget (51) e ^Vganistic Before the 15th VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1935 NO. 2 Agnes Scott Will Debate English Club Agnes Scott College will meet the Cambridge Union Society in debate on the question, Resolved: That in the opinion of this house the judiciary should have no power to over-ride the decisions of the executive and the legis- lature. The debate will be held in Bucher Scott Gymnasium probably on November 11. Sarah Catherine Wood and Edith Merlin, president and secre- tary, respectively, of Pi Alpha Phi, Agnes Scott debating society, will up- hold the negative against the Cam- bridge team, Cuthbert James McCall Alport and John Royle. Mr. Alport, born in South Africa, has lived in England since the begin- ning of the War. He was educated at Hai ley bury College and Pembroke Col- lege, Cambridge. In 193 2 he became a member of the Middle Temple prepar- atory to reading for the Bar. He is also a Second Lieutenant in the Artist's Rifles and is a keen golfer. His inter- ests lie mainly in matters of a political nature, especially those of an interna- tional character, but he also "dabbles" in Scottish archaeology. His father is a doctor in London. Mr. Royle, English by birth, was educated at Arnold House and Clifton College. He graduated from Cam- bridge in June with honors. He was secretary of the Peterhouse Debating Society and coxed the College Second Lent boat. He is a member of the In- ner Temple; his profession is to be law. These international debates, in which Agnes Scott has participated for many years, are arranged by the National Student Federation of America. They are sponsored locally by Pi Alpha Phi. PAY YOUR BUDGET TWENTY-NINE WIJN HONORS FOR '34-'35 Announcement of honor students of Agnes Scott College for the session 1934-3 5 was made at a special service in Gaines Chapel on Saturday morning, October 5. Dr. J. R. McCain, presi- dent of the College, read the Honor Roll which included the following names: Class of 193 6 Elizabeth Forman, Lita Goss, Ethelyn Johnson, Edith Mer- lin, Sarah Nichols. Class of 1937 Kathryn Bowen, Louise Brown, Frances Cary, Charline Fleece, Barbara Hertwig, Sarah John- son, Mary Elizabeth Morrow, Pauline Moss, Isabel McCain, Rachel Shamos, Laura Steele, Mary Fairfax Stevens, Martha Summers, Ann Walker, Frances Wilson. Class of 193 8 Elizabeth Blackshear, Lulu Croft, Mildred Davis, Eliza King, (Continued on page 4, column 1) Improvements May Include Gateways The campus improvements projects may include new gateways at both en- trances of the front drive to Agnes Scott College and a new gate to replace the old one that stands directly in front of the walk leading to Main Building. Blueprints have been made for the gateways, but their construction de- pends upon the amount of money avail- able from the Greater Agnes Scott Campaign which ended last July with $4 5 0,000 pledged for buildings, endow- ment, and improvements. The gateways will be large, handsome ones of brick and stone in order to harmonize with the buildings and grounds of the College. They will be memorials to Captain Milton A Can- dler and his son, Mr. Murphey Candler, both of whom were trustees of Agnes Scott College. The gateways will cost approximately $4,000 apiece. The present iron gate, which stands on the center walk leading to Main, is a memorial to Captain Candler. For- merly it stood at the only entrance to the college, and served as a passageway to Main for buggies. After turning around in a space in front of Main, the carriages drove back the same way. At the present time, the old gate, which has become a relic of the College, is of no real value, for it is too small for automobiles to use. Now it is hoped that, for about $2,000, it may be possi- ble to build a new gate in its place. Tentative plans are also being con- sidered for gateways at each end of the drive leading past Buttrick Hall. These would suggest privacy and would also control, by use of chains, entrances and exits, especially for occasions such as May Day. These would probably not be as elaborate as the ones on the front campus. New Driveway Opened Other improvements resulting from the campaign are already to be seen on the campus. The drive and sidewalk which were extended from Buttrick Hall past the Bucher Scott Gymnasium to Candler Street were opened last Thursday, and a smaller drive, connect- ing this one with the old drive in front of Inman Hall, now makes it possible to drive through tre campus from front to back. It was necessary to move both the infirmary and West Lawn in order to complete these two drives. New walkways and steps have also been completed, adding to the appear- ance as well as to the convenience of the campus. A concrete tunnel extending from Buttrick to the Candler Street side of the gymnasium, and a complete new sewer system which will take care of the college for the next fifty years are among other already tangible results of the campaign. Freshmen Choose Y. W. Cabinet A gonistic Gets Views on War Fr om Sen, Robert LaFollette "No, I can't talk politics. I can't talk about 193 6. It's too far off and too many things may happen." Thus Senator Robert M. LaFollette opened what was said to be his exclus- ive interview of this visit to Atlanta exclusive with The Agonistic. It was at the Biltmore last Friday, the after- noon of his speech at Wesley Memorial Church. So, politics being out of the ques- tion, he began to give his personal views on the Ethiopian situation. "I had hoped," he began, "along with most people that hostilities might be avoided. Now that the war has begun, I hope it will be short. Al- though with economic conditions as they are today, it is difficult to pre- dict the duration or extent of the war. Of course it's just like throwing a spark in a powder magazine!" We were interrupted at this point by some of the Senator's friends. Already in that short time his room, which atj the beginning of the interview had a total population of three people, was fast coming to resemble open house. The growing hub-bub and commotion didn't disturb the Senator, though, and he returned to his discussion of the war. "In the event of spread of conflict, this country," he went on, "in spite of differences in domestic and economic problems, I believe, will present a unit- ed frame of mind against our becom- ing involved. Our experiences in the World War, and the investigations filed in the archives of the State Depart- ment show that neutrality cannot be maintained unless sacrifices arc made." "By that I mean to forego selling munitions, and implements," he con- tinued, "and products that go to sup- port military operations. And no ship- ments should be made in American bot- toms" ships to you! "Of course we should prevent citizens traveling with {Continued to page 3, column 5) The freshman class elected fifteen of its members to serve as the Y. W. C. A. Freshman Cabinet. The class voted on Wednesday, October 2, and on Thursday, October 3, Ruby Hutton. vice-president of Y. W. C. A., an- nounced the following members: Jean Bailey, Jane Carithers, Mildred Coit, Cynthia Clegg, Annie Lee Crowell, Jane Hamilton, Cora Kay Hutchins, Douglas Lyle, Sara McCain, Emma Mc- Mullen, Esthere Ogden, Elizabeth Shepherd, Emmie Lou Turck, Cary Wheeler, and Louise Young. At a meeting held on Friday evening. Mildred Coit was elected president. The freshman cabinet members are the leaders of the freshman hobby groups. PAY YOUR BUDGET COLLEGE OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS SYNOD'S Recent improvements made on the Agnes Scott campus will be the sub- ject of an informal report to be given by Dr. J. R. McCain, president of the College, before the Presbyterian Synod of Alabama at Mobile on October 8. On October 16 he will make a simi- lar report to the Georgia Synod meet- ing in Athens. Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar of Agnes Scott College, will speak to the Synod of Florida on October 16 in Lakeland. Although Agnes Scott is a non-de- nominational college, it was founded by Presbyterians and has always en- joyed the friendship and cooperation of the Presbyterian Church. PAY YOUR BUDGET Agnes Scott Profs To Read M. S. C. Work for S. A. C. Members of the Agnes Scott College faculty will read all the written work handed in at the Mississippi State Col- lege for Women during the last semes- ter. This will be done for the Southern Association of Colleges as a part of the customary procedure for removing a college from the probation list into full recognition by the Association. This material, which will arrive some time within the next week, comes to Agnes Scott from the Alabama College for (Continued on page 4, column 4) PAY YOUR BUDGET MEYER TO SPEAK ON AGONISTIC PROGRAM Mr. B. F. Meyer, of the Associated Press, will open The Agonistic series of chapel programs on Friday morning, October 11. Mr. W. F. Caldwell, southeastern editor of the Associated Press, who had accepted the invitation to speak on Friday, has been called on business to Chicago. Mr. Meyer, whom Mr. Caldwell chose as his substitute, will speak on the experiences of an As- sociated Press man. The second in the series of The Agonistic programs will present, on November 8, a discussion of Interna- tional Peace by a speaker who has not yet been chosen. ATTENTION Girls who wish to try out for the reporter staff of The Ago- nistic are reminded that their articles are due Saturday, Octo- ber 12. The article submitted may be etiher a feature or a news story, and is to be given either to Lulu Ames, Frances Cary, or Laura Steele, or to be left in The Agonistic box in the basement of Main. Try-outs for Giddy Gossip are also due October 12. Y. W. Reaches Goal In Budget Drive The Y. W. C. A.'s goal of $1,274 for the Benevolent Budget was reached after a week's campaign which began Tuehday, Otober 1, and ended yester- day, October 1, and ended yesterday, October 8. On the first day of the campaign, 276 girls and 17 faculty members pledged $8,081. By Friday, over $1,100 had been promised. Isabel McCain, treasurer, presented the budget to the student body during the chapel hour on October 1. The items include expenses for world wide service, contacts with other associa- tions, religious life on the campus, and special service for students. Following her talk, Professor Philip Davidson, of the history department, discussed the value of having such a campus organ- ization as the Y. W. C. A. He stressed the fact that college students spend four years on their own development, but that through the Y. W. C. A. they make possible somebody else's develop- ment. A poster in the lobby of Buttrick Hall has given the progress of the drive throughout the past week. Solicitors have been collecting pledges which will be paid in installments on the first Tuesday in every month. PAY YOUR BUDGET FROST ENTHUSIASTS RUSH TO EARLY SALE The Lecture Association of Agnes Scott College reports that the advance sale of tickets for the Robert Frost Lecture on November 7, proved most encouraging. Many inquiries from the surrounding vicinities have come in since the an- nouncement of the lecture in the local papers. The Georgia State College for Women wrote to ask how the Lecture Association of Agnes Scott secured two such notable persons as Robert Frost and Thornton Wilder for this year's program. Tickets will be on sale again during the week before the lecture. Student admission prices are 75c for reserved seats and 50c for unreserved seats. Gen- eral admission prices are 75c for un- reserved seats and $1.00 for reserved seats. In order that the students may be able to familiarize themselves with the works and life of Robert Frost, there is a "Frost Reserve" in the Agnes Scott College library. Some of the books on the reserve are: Sidney Cox's Robert Frost, and Frost's Mountain Interval, A Boy's Will, and North of Boston. A. S. To Have New Plan for Coming Year The Academic Council, in a meet- ing held on Monday night, October 7, voted to replace the semester plan with the quarter system at Agnes Scott College effective September, 1936; this proposed change was submitted by the curriculum committee together with other recommendations relative to the new plan. Under the quarter system, Agnes Scott will require for graduation 180 quarter hours plus the present number of physical education. The major, minor, and merit requirements will re- main unchanged except that they will be stated in terms of quarter hours. The examination period will be cut from the two weeks allowed heretofore to approximately one week. The three- hour examinations now used here will be supplanted by two-hour ones. The number of hours per week in year courses will not be changed. Each department will be asked to re- fer to a special committee a plan for the semester courses now offered. It is believed that some of the present semester courses should be offered four hours a week for one quarter (the exact time now given to these courses) while others should be only three hours a week for one quarter. In addition, each department will be permitted to sug- gest a limited number of five or six quarter-hour courses; a special com- mittee will be appointed to coordinate the courses to be offered by the various departments. To Offer Violin Degree The final recommendations of the committee were that Agnes Scott allow 24 hours credit in music, and not more than 24 hours in music, art, and spoken English combined. A degree will be offered in violin under the same condi- tions as is the one in piano. Within the near future revision of the catalogue will be begun. All courses, hours, and credit must be re- arranged on the basis of the quarter system. The members of the curriculum committee are Dr. J. R. McCain, chair- man; Professor Lillian Smith; Mr. S. G. Stukes; Professor Robert B. Holt; Pro- fessor Lucile Alexander; Professor James M. Wright; Professor Mary Stuart MacDougall; and Dean Nan- nette Hopkins. The Academic Council to which the curriculum committee presented its recommendations is made up of Dr. McCain, Dean Hopkins, Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, and all full professors. Work to Begin on New Library Soon; Plans Near Completion Construction of the proposed Agnes Scott library in Carnegie Hall will be- gin during the first week of November. Plans are nearing completion, and bids are to be opened next week. "The library has been designed to achieve the highest coordination be- tween learning and study," said Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian, under whose direction plans have been made. "In order that the building may serve ade- quately the needs of the campus, suffi- cient space will be provided for under- graduate study, study of an advanced type by faculty and honor students, the administrative work of the staff, and shelving and stacking of books. The first floor will be the main feature. It is hoped that it will be a room of ex- ceptional charm, open, colorful and welcoming. Throughout the building details have been carefully worked out for arrangement of books in appealing locations, and for the artistic use of color in the walls, hangings, furnish- ings, and floors." The library will be situated between Buttrick Hall and Bucher Scott Gym- nasium, facing the back campus drive. It will be an L-shaped building, set back about thirty feet from the road, with a sunken lawn in front and an outdoor reading terrace in the back. The main entrance will be at the north- west corner of the building, near But- trick. The entrance will open into a large lobby, with the charging desk opposite the door. To the left of the lobby will be the main reading room, ninety by forty feet. It will extend the length of the building, and will be two floors high. This room will provide shelving for books, locked cases, and magazines. Its main features will be a fireplace at the eastern end, around which will be placed informally-grouped furniture, a browsing collection, and magazines. (Continued to page 3, column 1) 2 The Agonistic Girje Agonistic Subscription price, 5 1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BOOK NOTES Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Cary Assistant Editors Nellie M. Gilroy Feature Editor Nell Allison Assist. Feature Editor Jane Guthrie Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallif Alumnae Editoi Nell White Society Editor STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Assist. Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors El t zabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Cub Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Business Assistants Ellen Davis Elizabeth Cox F-achel Kennedy Sara Beaty Sloan Kennon Henderson Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Sto we Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers WlTA MORELAND WHY NOT DRINK IN THE LIBRARY? A request for a drinking foun- tain in the library was met with much laughter and some argu- ment in Open Forum last Thurs- day. The laughter was spontane- ous; the thought of a fountain in the library the thought of any- thing but something conducive to study in the library sounded absurd. Yet the idea was not so foolish, perhaps, as it sounded. One of the arguments against it was that a fountain there might offer itself as a gathering place for chit-chat, some serious conversation, maybe, and cer- tainly noise. The fountain in But- trick is a fashionable watering place but not because of the wa- ter; there's the added attraction of the bulletin board. The un- bulletin-boarded fountains in Main and Science Hall are notice- ably unpopulated. Why it should be that a fountain in the library in the library, mind you, where the very atmosphere makes for the business of study would make students garrulous fails to be clear. An able argument presented against the plan was that, with the building of the new li- brary and the remodeling of the present one into a Student Activ- ities Building, any change at this time would be inadvisable. The new library undoubtedly will have available drinking water. Yet a fountain neatly placed just within the outside door would surely not be a draw-back to any student frolic of the future in the Activities Building. The pres- ent arrangement whereby a stu- dent must leave her work to go to Buttrick, or Main, or the Science Hall for a drink is most unsatisfactory. The great com- fort of having a fountain close by would certainly compensate for an enforced rule of silence while drinking. PAY VOl R BI DGET AND NOW THE QUARTER SYSTEM The adoption of the quarter system by t lie Academic Council last Monday night gives us cause to pause and meditate on the changes this new plan will make in the courses, the classes, and the lives of Agnes Scott students from next September on. The quarter system indubitably has its good points; it's only the abandonment of the apparently leisurelinees of the semester system that pains. To begin with, some courses will meet every day for eight weeks. That, in itself, recalls to us those arduous days in high school when we had barely fin- ished one assignment before an- other was thrust upon us. Yet, with daily meetings. B course can lx come so concentrated that even those of us who are less given to unceasing labor will be able to get a more connected view of the course as a whole. And cer- tainly it will allow of really in- tensive work a thing almost to- tally denied by the every-other- day scheme under the semester plan. Moreover, examinations will fall before the Christmas holi- days and that is an item not to be overlooked. As it is now, a two weeks or so of vacation, followed by two weeks of jumbled assign- ments and sprinkled review, in- troduce a rather lengthy period of another two weeks set aside for mid-year exams. The shorten- ing of the exam time to one week will do away with much last min- ute cramming and all of the nerve-wracking waiting for it to be over. The credit for summer work, as well, can be more easily ar- ranged since Agnes Scott will then be figuring its hours on the same basis as most other colleges and universities do. Finally, the action of the Aca- demic Council does seem to indi- cate that the plan for coordina- tion between Agnes Scott, Em- ory, and possibly Georgia Tech, is developing into a project of ! the more immediate future. PAY YOUR BUDGET The College spent a nice sized sum of money this summer build- ing walks practically all over the campus. Some day the back cam- pus will be a beautiful sight of walks and grass. That is, of course, if we use the walks and give the grass a chance to grow even at the corners. PAY YOUR BUDGET Have you ever been on the Black List? It's a gruesome place to be mainly because you can't play hockey and be there at the same time. You can't work on THE AGONISTIC either. In fact, you can do little else besides at- tend classes. You don't belong if you don't participate in organi- zations and activities. Have you paid your Budget? PAY YOUR BUDGET What we need on the campus is not more trash cans not even small ones set obscurely under bushes. We have enough big, dur- able, visible ones now. All we have to do is use them. PAY vol R BUDGET What do vou think of Agnes Scott? Of the rules? Of the classes? Of the quarter system? THE AGONISTIC publishes a column called "We Think." It's vour column. What do vou think? Italy's first colonial question in Af- rica took place when she acquired the Bay of Asab in 1870. This bay, along with a nearby island, is now part of the Italian colony of Eritrea, which borders the present Ethiopia on the northeast. However, since this bay and its port were bought primarily for a coaling station and since it did not seem worthy of development, Italian interest in its new-found colony waned until she found she had been cheated out of Tunisia, on the northern coast of Italy, by France in 1881. It was about this time that the "scramble for Africa" began among the European nations, and the Berlin Conference of December, 1 884, strengthened this fact. At the time of the conference some Italians returning from an offi- cial mission to Ethiopia were massacred by natives; and Italy seized upon this as an excuse to settle Massawa, which was the natural port for the trade of the Ethiopian plateau. The settlement of Massawa seemed only a signal for Italians to settle in other parts of Ethiopia, and the situa- tion began to appear difficult. Italian troops were sent in, and by 18 87 sev- eral conflicts had occurred between Italians and natives. In 18 89 Menelik of Ethiopia concluded the Treaty of Uccialli with Italy. Later Menelik found that he had been tricked and sought to acquire France's aid and to turn against Italy. Several bloody bat- tles followed; and Menelik, who was successful in the encounters, suggested a peace conference. The Italians, how- ever, desiring to avenge their defeat, re- fused. Then occurred, in March, 1896, the tremendous Italian defeat at Adu- wa. Peace was made in October, 1896. at Addis Ababa, and Italy kept Eritrea. In the peace treaty Italy recognized Ethiopia's independence. Ethiopia enjoyed her independence until the period of the World War; this was because Italy had no colonial administrators and was in no position to interfere. Since the War, however, Italy has become "colony conscious," and she has a sufficiency of colonial officials. The Treaty of 1906 between England, France, and Italy maintained that these countries are the guardians of Ethiopia and that no one govern- ment should intervene there without the consent of the other two. Then followed the Treaty of London of 1915, which provided that Italy was (Continued to page 3, column 4) PAY YOUR BUDGET Alumnae News Life with Father Clarence Day, Jr. Only a dutiful and irresistible son could have added that final touch to the character of Old Clarence Day, Wall Street broker of the past genera- tion. Dignified and stern, taking him- self seriously and being taken serious- ly, Mr. Day, Sr., is now surveyed through the eye of comedy and made human with the rest of us. Excellent wit and discrimination were employed by the author in giving this new angle | to the character and yet preserving its dignity and strength. Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence. This is the full, unstinted account of Lawrence's great Arabian adventure, oi which The Revolt in the Desert was only a faint echo. Here he pours out all that which he alone knows of the children of the desert. The story pictures at the outset Lawrence as a young, intelligent officer in the Arab Bureau at Cairo, "full of assorted ambitions." Where Fate led him through the commands of imper- ious English dignitaries to spur the Arabs against Turkey makes a boldlv stirring tale. Side by side with Feisal, the somber Arab chieftain, Lawrence plodded through burning deserts, heed- less of his filth-festered wounds and everywhere weakening the Turks to- j ward surrender. Lawrence is essentially an artist, mind and soul. In the midst of spec- tacular attacks, retreats, guerilla skirm- ishes, and interminable marches, he speaks in a rich, high-colored, and lofty style that never lapses into plain- ness. That which torments him cease- lessly is his loathing of the bloody task to which he must devote himself, and throughout he reveals the struggles of his own soul in passages of poignant beauty. The greatness of the man Lawrence, fitfully revealed, yet still shrouded in mystery, and the charm of his man- ner of telling make Seven Pillars of Wisdom destined to live on as a book of the age. Yachel Lindsay: A Poet in America Edgar Lee Masters. A genius writes of a fellow -genius, unfolding with infinite sympathy and appreciation the story of a life obscured by poverty and lack of recognition. He "kept the heart of a little child, and has written the purest American poetry since Poe." The greatness of Lindsay's dream and his lack of strength and opportunity to carry it into reality brought on the tragedy of his self-inflicted end. Summer T.me Ends John Har- grove. Summer Time Ends is an English- type novel that brings out the various classes verv clearly and seems to pre- pare a bird's-eye view of the back- ground of the next great European war. Its forward look "is like the ex- perience of reading tomorrow morn- ing's newspaper at nine o'clock to- night." Cilhert and Snlliiau Hesketh Pear- son. Gilbert and Sullivan are mentioned together because to separate them would be to shatter the marriage of tal- ents that have brought tears of laugh- ter to the eyes of the world. It was second nature to the hearty Gilbert to reel out the pithiest of witticisms and puns, drawing from the whimsical Irish dreamer Sullivan the lilting music of the world's best-known light operas. This story brings out these two dis- similar natures in amusing and clever contrast. Pole Star Stewart Edward White. Mr. White has written a vigorous ro- mance of the Russian fur traders in Alaska of the early nineteenth century. The spirit of that "short-lived but greatly conceived empire" is centered in the character of Alexander Baranov, the Czar's manager of the Russian Fur Company. EXCHANGES The enrollment at P. C. this fall is the largest in the history of the college. The same is true of Washing- ton and Lee. Seven pairs of tw ins have been enrolled at Florida State. Sara Hewlett, '3 3, will be married October 9 to Lamar H. Ellis. Mary Ames, '34, has an F.E.R.A job in Austin, Texas. Frances Espy, '3 5, is working for the Retail Credit Company in Atlanta. The resolution which the Oxford Union drew up two years ago is of particular interest now. It has been reverberating in the colleges of the western world. The latest echo comes out of McGill University at Montreal, where a group of students voted 2,23 3 to 8 3 against support of their govern- ment in any war it might attempt. The Blue Stocking. Sometimes a child will develop a phobia or fear indirectly. A case in point was that of a child who feared rabbits, with which it had played for years, after being startled during such play by the beating of a gong. Another case was that of a boy who grew to manhood with an intense fear of con fined spaces because, when very voung. he had been frightened by a dog in .i narrow passage. Col I it ' rs . More than 90 per cent of the popu- lation of the world and U) per cent of the people of the United States do not have running water in their homes and still use wells, springs, lakes, rivers or fountains. Colliers. Carolyn Cole, '3 5, is visiting Doro- thea Blackshear in Atlanta this week- end. Marie Adams, '3 5, is living with Anne Scott Harman while attending Crighton's Business School in Atlanta. Elizabeth Alexander, '3 5, is working for the Retail Credit Company in At- lanta. Caroline Dickson, '3 5, is secretary for the Red Cross in Anderson, S. C. Four women are enrolled in the coaching school at Butler University, trying eagerly to master the manly art of football coaching. One of the newest industries in Japan is the reproduction of old Amer- ican heirlooms New England furni- ture, etc. Time. The first Chinese Sorority in the United States has recently been found- ed at the University of Michigan. Its name is Sigma Sigma Phi, and the four charter members are: Pearl Chen, Lilian Wang, Lily Wang, and Helen Vong. . . . Incidentally the largest delegation of foreign students to the United States comes from China. Ring-Turn Phi. In the seventeenth century lace be- came highly popular among gentlemen, particularly those in royal and aristo- cratic circles. The peak of this fash- ion was probably reached by King Charles I of England (1600-1649) who had even his night clothes trim- med with 1,800 feet of fancy lace rut \ les. Colliers. Jule McClatchey, '3 5, is teaching the fourth grade at the Lovett School Mary Hutchinson, '3 5, is attending Crighton's Business School in Atlanta. Marjorie Carmichael, '3 5, is in De- troit where she will be a bridesmaid in Betty Flounce's wedding. Massachusetts State College recently conducted an investigation to see what proportion of students come from homes of college graduates. It was found that 70 per cent of the fathers had had no college education, and only half of those had finished high school. Only 19 per cent were college gradu- ates. Crimson Rambler. According to a recent test, a woman tends to remember the pleasant experi- ences in her life and forget the un- pleasant ones, while a man generally remembers the unpleasant ones, forget- ting the pleasant ones. Popular Science. Elizabeth Rodrigue is assisting in the French Department at Columbia Col- 'ege in Columbia, S. C. Mart hi Redwme. '3 5, is teaching school in Barnes vi lie, Georgia. The following postscript was found in a blue book at Maryland University: "Dear Professor, If you sell any of these answers to the humor magazine, re- member I want my cut." Rulers are part of equipment of Chi- nese railway conductors. Children are paid for by the foot. Those under two feet six inches ride free, those between that height and four feet four inches pay half fare, and taller ones are class- ed as adults. Rati u ay Age. Nell Pattillo, '3 5, is doing secretarial work at Emory University and working for her master's degree at the same time. Bones of a prehistoric Indian child were found under the U. K. football held last summer. Perhaps Agnes Scott will unearth some such relics when the foundations for the new library are begun. Another movie magnate was asked recent l\ if he had read H. G. Wells' Outline of History. "Nope," he replied. "I thought it might make a picture. But I looked at the ending and I don't like the wav the story comes out." N. V. World-Telegram. The Agonistic 3 SOCIETY CLUBS Nell Allison was the guest of Miss Mary Caldwell at dinner last Sunday night in Scottdalc. Elizabeth Strickland attended the A. K. K. medical fraternity dance at Emory on Monday night. Barton Jackson was present at the Delta Sigma Delta dental fraternity house dance on Monday night. Among those present at Club Quad- rille on Wednesday night were Lavinia Scott, Sally McCree, and Mary Vines. Dr. Paul McCain visited his daugh- ter, Sara, on Thursday. Meriel Bull attended the Theta Kap- pa Psi dance at Emory on Saturday night. Catherine Caldwell, May Workman, and Aileen Shortley attended the Geor- gia Tech-Sewanee football game Sat- urday. Sarah Frances McDonald attended the Psi Omega dance at the Biltmore Hotel on Saturday night. Katherine Bishop was present at the Phi Sigma Kappa dance at Tech on Saturday night. WORK TO BEGIN ON NEW LIBRARY (Continued from page 1, column 5) The furnishings of the entire room will be more or less informal, and it is plan- ned as an inviting place for required and cultural reading. Also on the first floor, back of the charge desk, will be the work rooms, the librarian's office, and open reserve shelves. The ground floor will contain a reading room of the same size as the main reading room, and will be fur- nished with formal tables and chairs. This floor also will contain receiving and storage space, janitors' work rooms, and machinery rooms for the elevator and ventilating systems. All of the windows on the ground floor will be above ground level. On the second floor will be three seminars, a typing room in which stu- dents may use their own typewriters, a starl lounge, and a projection room for lantern slides and film books. Six-tiered stacks will be built in the internal angle of the building. Each floor will shelve twenty thousand books, with a total stack capacity of one hundred and twenty thousand vol- umes. About half of the stacks will be completed this year, but all the floors will be installed. The outdoor reading terrace will be placed at the southeast corner of the building. A stairway will go down to it from the main reading room. There w ill be no outside exit. The terrace will be controlled from the main reading room. The building will be about one hun- dred and fifty feet long, by one hun- dred feet. There will be elevators for books, and passenger elevators in the stacks. A ventilating system will be in- stalled, and facilities for artificial and natural lighting have been carefully planned. Noise-absorbing materials will be used throughout the building. VERA BEAUTY SHOPPE SPECIAL PRICES TO A(iXES SCOTT DE. 1124 Decatur, Ga. Mary Hull and Rosa Miller left Sat- urday for Augusta, Ga., where they will attend the wedding of Mary's sis- ter, Katherine. Sarah Jones spent the week-end at her home in Canton, Ga. Kay Kennedy spent the week-end at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. A. Black, in Fort Bcnning, Ga. Nancy Moorer and Miriam Sanders atended the home-coming game and dance at Clemson College last week- end. Phyllis Johnson and Ethelyn Boswell spent last week-end at their homes in Elberton, Ga. Sara Baskin spent the week-end at her home in Culverton, Ga. Mary Everlyn Garner visited her home in Lawrenceville, Ga. Myrl Chafin spent last week-end at her home in McDonough, Ga. Ruth Tate visited Jerry Wisenbaker at Oglethorpe University over the week-end. Campbell soup company deliberately advertises "21 kinds of soup to choose from" and then lists 22. And every year since 193 1, from 400 to 700 alert advertisement readers write to the com- pany calling attention to the discrep- ancy which pleases the company im- mensely, the error being written in to make people talk about it and to give an idea of how thoroughly the adver- tisement is read. Time Letters Supple- ment. PAY YOUR BUDGET During the war between the Eng- lish and the Maories, when a Maori chieftain noticed one day that the Brit- ish firing decreased considerably, he dispatched a messenger carrying a white flag to the English line to inquire why they were so slow. The commander told the truth: "We are running out of ammunition." When the Maori chief- tain learned this deplorable situation, he sent his messenger back to the English with the information that they might borrow some ammunition from him so that the fighting might be resumed along the old lines. American Swed- ish Monthly. The architecture will resemble that of Buttrick Hall. It is Gothic in type, following continental rather than Eng- lish Gothic styles. Architects for the library are the firm of Edwards and Sayward, special work having been done by Mr. R. B. Logan. Freshmen Lapses Recall Trials of Other Poor Souls Freshman orientation has had unsur- mountable values, but the upperclass- men note, with an attitude of regret, the slow but sure development from the delicious believing greenness to a ripe sophistication in the newcomers. Soon will one hear no more the ques- tion asked in an excited yet awe-struck tone, "Do Agnes Scott girls give dances every week at Emory?" Never more will Anna Margaret Riepma gravely in- quire whether Dr. McCain is a man or woman or will Ruby Laney declare that her one compensation will be that school will not be held Saturday. For such have been some of the unsuspect- ing ideas of the illusioned set who, hav- ing been whirled from lectures on "how to study" to teas, and from handbook classes to receptions, are now at last lapsing into the prosaic state of non- chalance. Their relatively quick adaptation to college life brings recollection of days of yore when freshmen experienced more trials and tribulations, such as that memorable occasion when, upon being invited to a reception at the Alumnae House at 4:3 0, Brooks Spivey arrived at the ostentatious time of 4:29 because, as she explains now, she had an appointment in town later. Dorothy Hutton rushed immediately upstairs, rounded up the much-f lustrated receiv- ing line, herded them down the stairs, and Brooks was greeted and received in all due pomp and glory. After this or- deal she drank her punch in silence and left without a word at least five minutes before the other guests ar- rived. More tragic in its result was the es- capade which Helen Tucker, Edith Merlin, and Lita Goss experienced the year before. Being invited to a tea at the Alumnae House, they, innocent souls, entered the back entrance, pass- ed through the hall, and were gracious- ly told as they filed through that it was too bad they were leaving so soon, that it had been lovely having them, and that they must come back again. PAY YOUR BUDGET For the busy man who hates wasting his time at meals New York snack bars offer a machine which crushes up raw spinach, carrots, watercress, potatoes, apples and oranges, and extracts their juice. From its spigot runs apple-green liquid, a pint of which is guaranteed to be a full size vegetarian meal complete with vitamines and mineral salts. The meal takes half a minute to consume. Reader's Digest. Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones DE. 0762-0763 Bible Club The first meeting of the Bible Club was held Monday, October 7, at 5 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. Rev. Peter Marshall made a most interesting talk on "The Bible in Music and Poetry." Cotillion Club The Cotillion Club held its first meeting Thursday, October 3. The fall try-outs will be held October 10 and 1 1 from 4 to 6 in the afternoon and from 7 to 9 at night. The purpose of Cotillion Club is to create and maintain interest in the so- cial life offered on the campus. This club sponsors the dances 4 given cVn Thanksgiving and Founder's Day. Every one is eligible and all who are interested in dancing are cordially in- vited to try out. Poetry Club The first meeting of the Poetry Club was held Tuesday night, October 8, at 9 o'clock in Miss Laney's room. Try-outs will be held Tuesday, October 15, and all classes are eligible. Poetry Club is expecting many new members. Spanish Club Spanish Club try-outs will be held KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY {Continued from page 2, column 3) to be compensated in case France and England annexed the German colonies. Italy feels that this pledge has not been fulfilled. These European countries again showed their interest in Ethiopia when Italy and France sponsored her entrance into the League of Nations in 1923. Also, in 192 8 Mussolini signed a Treaty of Arbitration and of Friendship with Selassie of Ethiopia. Nevertheless these treaties seem to have meant practically nothing, because since their promulga- tion numerous bloody battles have taken place between Italy and Ethiopia in a disputed area, which really seems to be a part of Ethiopia. The League of Nations has endeavored to relieve the situation, but it has accomplished little. France's position, too, is important. It is thought that Laval, when he visited Rome in December, 1934, assured Mus- solini that he "would not meet with French opposition in the event of a conflict." Thursday, October 10. All Spanish stu- dents are eligible and cordially invited to try out. Full information for the try-outs may be found on the bulletin board in Buttrick Hall. Many inter- esting and entertaining programs have been planned for the year. A supper hike in honor of the new members has been planned for Tuesday, October 15, at 4:30 in the afternoon. Granddaughters' Club The Granddaughters' Club will hold its first meeting Friday afternoon, Oc- tober 11, at 5 o'clock in the Anna Young Alumnae House. All girls whose mothers attended Agnes Scott are elig- ible to join the club, and all new members are cordially invited to attend. K. U. B. The regular monthly meeting of K. U. B. will be held Wednesday after- noon, October 9, at 4:3 0 in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Room. Ideas concern- ing a feature article on Robert Frost will be discussed at this meeting. Every member of K. U. B. is invited to take part in the writing of this article. Some new officers will also be elected at this time. AGONISTIC GETS VIEWS ON WAR FROM SENATOR LAFOLLETTE {Continued from page 1, column 2) American passports in hostile zones. As I've been going about the country these past few weeks, I've observed that the people are willing to sacrifice. Fi- nally, I believe public sentiment can be built to support the government in its efforts to stay out." Bailey Brothers Shoe Shop Welcomes AGNES SCOTT GIRLS! 142 Sycamore St. Decatur, Ga. L. D. ADAMS & SON Dry Goods Fine Hosiery DECATUR, GA. MUSE'S Ready-to- Wear Dept. is pleased to announce. . . . the appointment of Miss Elizabeth Cox as a special representative of our Ladies' Ready-to- Wear Department. Miss Cox will consider it a privilege to be of service to you in the selection of smart wearing apparel . . . and she will be here at Muse's on Tuesday and Friday afternoons to assist you in any way in which she is able. Fifth Floor Geo. Muse Clothing Co. The Style Center of the South Your Eyesight Is Your Most Precious Gift Consult a competent Eye-Physician (Oculist) for a thorough eye examination. When he gives your pre- scription for glasses, ask him about our reliability and dependable service. Walter Ballard Optical Company 105 Peachtree St. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Medical Arts Bldg. Clock Sign Three Stores 382 Peachtree St. Doctors' Building, 480 Peachtree St. ATLANTA, GA. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. McCAIN, President Original Waffle Shop Restaurant I Famous for Fine Foods I 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below Candler Bldg. 4 The Agonistic COPY FOR "AURORA" DUE OJN OCT. 21: TO APPEAR NOV. 5 All contributions for the first issue of the Aurora, the Agnes Scott College literary magazine, which will appear on November 5, must be placed in the Aurora box in Main or given to Lita Goss, editor, by Monday morning, Oc- tober 21. This year the Aurora will contain discussions of current events, a type of article never before accepted. Other articles which will appear in the quarterly magazine are short stories, poems, and formal and informal essays. This year several prizes are offered for work of exceptional merit. These include a prize of $2.50 for the best short story to appear during the year, one of S2.50 for the best poem, and another of the same amount for the best piece of non-fiction. The Aurora, whose aim is to encourage literary ef- fort among the students, hopes that a large number of students will con- tribute to it, making it representative of the best creative work of the cam- pus. PAY YOUR BUDCET Richard Halliburton To Speak in Atlanta Richard Halliburton, world-famous writer and adventurer, will lecture in the Wesley Memorial Auditorium at 8:3 0 o'clock on Thursday evening, Oc- tober 24. He comes to Atlanta under the auspices of the World Caravan Guild. Tickets for Mr. Halliburton's lecture are on sale for $1.10 and $.55, includ- ing tax; they may be obtained at Davi- son-Paxon Company and at Rich's, Inc. Mr. Halliburton is noted especially for his books The Royal Road to Ro- mance and The Glorious Adventure. He is a delightful speaker and is re- membered at Agnes Scott College for the entertaining lecture he gave several years ago when he was brought here by the Lecture Association. PAY YOUR BUDGET Sport Season Opens Friday With Class Hockey Games Aggie Will Serve Coffee Tonight The Agonistic will serve coffee after dinner tonight in the Day Stu- dents' Room in Main Building; Lulu Ames and Elizabeth Baethke will pour. Every Wednesday night a cam- pus organization has charge of cof- fee; last Wednesday, the Administra- tion acted as hostess, and next Wed- nesday the Athletic Association will serve. Another occasion which contributes to the social life of the campus is Senior Coffee, served each Sunday afternoon at the Alumnae House. Two or three members of the senior class are host- esses. PAY YOUR BUDGET Members of French Club To Give Bernard's Play "La Maison du Crime" SOPHOMORE CLASS HONORS FRESHIES AT TACKY PARTY Ada Foote Accepts \VP A Job in Miss. The first hockey game of the sea- son will be played Friday afternoon at 4:30. The Seniors will play the Juniors; the Sophomores will play the Freshmen. There will be more treats for the side line this year, so a large attendance is expected. Scorer and timer for this game and the season will be Lulu Ames and Sarah Johnson, respectively. PAY YOUR BUDGET t\\ i: \ n -NINE win HONORS FOR '34-*35 (Continued from p#g0 1, column 1) Enid Middleton, Anne Thompson, Jane Turner, Zoe Wells. Unclassified Mrs. Agnes J. McKoy. The honors for last year's graduat- ing class were announced at Com- mencement together with the College honors. "La Maison du Crime," by Tristan Bernard, will be presented at the first meeting of the French Club, Monday. October 14, at 4:3 0 in Mr. Johnson's studio. The cast is as follows: Le Ser- rurier (Locksmith), Jane Turner; le detective William, Marcelle Cappatti; le secretaire, Mary Johnson. At this meeting the club plans for the year will be discussed. Marcelle Cappatti will talk on the French For- eign Legion, and Alice Chamlee will play two selections by French com- posers. All those who are planning to participate in the French Club this year are urged to attend. PAY YOUR BUDGET A. A. Officers Return From Alabama Meet I The sophomore class entertained the freshmen with a tacky backwards party in Bucher Scott Gymnasium on | Saturday night, October 5. The hilari- ties began with a cake-walk, prizes for which were fudge bars. Miss Llewellvn Wilburn, of the physical education de- partment, called phe figures for the square dance that followed, and real mountain music was furnished by Olivia Root, at the piano, Anna Kath- erine Fulton and Dean McKoin, violin- ists, and Jane Guthrie, who played the ukulele. After the grand march before the judges, Miss Ellen Douglas Ley- burn and Miss Blanche Miller, first and second prizes for the best costumes were awarded to Julia Sewell and June Harvey. Apple cider, oatmeal cookies, and corn candy were served. At the end of the party the rules which the freshmen must obey for the first four days of this week were read by Elizabeth Blackshear, president of the sophomore class. These included wearing no make-up on the campus, saying "mam" to sophomores, curtsey- ing to sophomores, keeping "a solemn countenance in the presence of all soph- omores," and wearing the caps which the members of Sophomore Commission gave out. PAY YOUR BUDGET EMORY PAYS VISIT TO A. S. C. LIBRARY Ann Coffee, president of the Ath- letic Association, Helen Handte, col- lege hockey manager, Charline Fleece, junior class hockey manager, and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of the physical edu- cation department, attended a hockey conference on Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, at Alabama College for Women, at Montevallo. They re- turned to the campus on Sunday. 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Miss Ada Page Foote, asssitant librar- ian at Agnes Scott College, left on last Wednesday for Mississippi where she has accepted a position with the W. P. A. She is to be supervisor of District Six with headquarters in Jackson; her job will be extension work in county libraries, her particular section being eleven counties around Natches. Miss Foote is responsible in her work to Miss Elizabeth Robinson, Jackson, Missis- sippi State Library Commissioner. Miss Foote has worked in the library here for the past two years. She was graduated from Mississippi State Col- loge for Women and took her library training course and degree from the Emory University Library School. Her home is Canton, Miss. Mrs. Vivian Martin Buchanen and Miss Mary Green, both Agnes Scott graduates, are working temporarily in the library this week. Miss Rosalyn Crispin, '3 5, of Gulfport, Mississippi, has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by Miss Foote. Miss Crispin will arrive on the campus on Saturday. PAY YOUR BUDGET Reporters for this issue: Loice Richards Ruth Hertzka Enid Middleton Mary Richardson Ora Muse Nell Allison Eliza King -PAY YOUR BUDGET AGNES SCOTT PROFS. TO READ ML S. C. W. WORK FOR S. A. C. (Continued from page 1, column 3) Women, Montevallo, whose faculty has inspected the work. Last year Agnes Scott professors read the written work of Baylor University, Texas. The Baylor material weighed about 2,000 pounds, filling 16 large boxes. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, is chairman of the Committee on Triennial Reports of the Southern As- sociation. Y. W. C. A. BRIINGS MANY SPEAKERS TO A. S. C. CAMPUS The Y. W". C. A. theme for this year, "Realizing Christ," is being car- ried out in a series of programs which have included Rev. R. T. Gillespie, pas- tor of Rock Spring Presbyterian church; Bishop H. T. Mikell, of the Atlanta diocese; and Sara Lane Smith, an Agnes Scott College alumna. "Realizing Christ" is being discussed in three phases: in personal lives, in at- titude toward campus problems, and in attitude toward world problems. On Sunday evening, October 6, Mr. Gilles- pie spoke at vespers on the subject "What it means to realize Christ with- in ourselves." The following Sunday evening, Sara Lane Smith, a former president of Mortar Board, will talk on "Realizing My Opportunities. " Chapel talks carrying out this theme began with Bishop Mikell's discussion on Tuesday, October 8. His subject was "Realizing Christ right in out- personal lives." PAY YOUR BUDGET Six Agnes Scott Students Play in Piano Ensemble Six Agnes Scott students took part in a piano ensemble given at the City Auditorium Friday evening, October 4, for the benefit of the Rabun Gap- Nacoochee School. Significant features of the performance were the twenty pianos played in concert and the excel- lent voices of the chorus. Agnes Scott girls who played were Alice Hannah, Mary Earnest Perry, Alice Chamlee, Tommy Ruth BLick- mon, Nell Hemphill, and Jean kirk- patrick. j t 3 pairs 3.30 interest has suddenly taken itself legward . . . skirts are shorter, hose perfection is a demand of the new season ... we suggest your wearing . . . myth, 3 -thread . . . sheer io, 2-t bread flextra, }yin. length, 2-way stretch . . illusion . . . i.oo pair, 3 pairs 2.85 tailored, sheer walking chiffon new fall shades tango ... a deep skin tone, with all evening tones including black, /or formal afternoon. bronze ... a vivid brown, with bright brown or bright tones in which brown is used as color accent. bali ... a true brown . . . with brown or dark shades worn with brown accessories. darky ... a very deep brown . . . with either very dark brown or black accessories. stroller taupe . . and with colors. . . a neutral . with black very neutral armada . . . a dar k taupe . . . with black, and extremely somber tones. mystic black . costumes a lively off- with black only. first floor OJdLojr&a * Decatur, 6a. % * * * * * * * *> * * * * * * * > > > * * * * * * * <* <* to come out any Tuesday afternoon at 3:3 0 and practice toward that score, which will be raised to about 22 5 in the spring. An interesting project of the Archery Club this year will be teaching high school girls how to shoot. The sport is gaining in popularity everywhere and the Archery Club of- fers an excellent opportunity for im- provement. The class managers, with the exception of the freshman manager, have been selected and are as follows: senior, Lenna Sue McClure; junior, Ellen O'Donnell; sophomore, Mary Alice Baker. A. A. Names '35 Council To Pick Hockey Varsity The Varsity Council for hockey has been selected. Those who will work with Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Helen Handte, and Lena Armstrong are Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, Frances Cary, and Rachel Kennedy. The second game of the season will be played Friday after- noon at 3:30, and everybodv is urged to attend. All the teams are good this year, and it will be a close race for the hockey banner. In the will of one Mrs. Hansi Glo- gau, filed in White Plains, N. Y., news- hawks spied the following passages: "I have had various operations on my head which Dr. Harvey Cushing, now of New Haven, Conn., most skillfully and generously performed; I believe that a study of my head after my death may serve the advancement of science, and I therefore direct that it be severed from my body and deliv ered to the said Dr. Cushing." At the Yale Medical School famed Brain Sur- Merrill; Roper__R.B geon Cushing, father-in-law of James Roosevelt, said he was already working Adams L.B on Mrs. Glogau's brain which had been Robinson G Clegg j marred by a tumor of the pituitary j Scorer Lulu Ames. I gland. Time. Timekeeper Sarah Johnson. game of the season on last Friday aft- ernoon. The freshmen lost to the soph- omores by a score of 2-1. An enthu- siastic crowd cheered, while a news- paper photographer took pictures of the teams in action. Earlier in the aft- ernoon, Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, took colored pictures of the teams and side line. All four teams played well, but the freshmen deserve special mention. The forward line showed good team work, especially Shloss and Dryfoos with their passing and stick work, while Moses made the only goal for her team. Henderson and Coit scored for the sophomores, while Stevens, Handte, and Coffee made goals for the seniors. The line-ups were as follows: Senior Junior Hart __R.W Jackson Stevens R.I McCain Handte C.F Fleece Burson; Coffee __ L.I Johnson Derrick __ L.W Belser Grimson; Townsend R.H Harris Armstrong C.H Little Crenshaw L.H Lasseter Miller R.B Gillespie Estes, S. F L.B Taylor Forman G Estes, J. Sophomore Freshmen Croft, Lu, Lil__R.W.-_Flynt; Purnell Henderson R.I. Dryfoos; Ivie Coit, L C.F Shloss Wright; Lee L.I Moses Elliott; Davis __L.W.__ __Coit, M.; Shortley Ware; Allison___R.H. _ __ Doty Hassell; C.H Crowell; Noble; Reeves Blackshear L.H. ^Marshall; Cheeseman McMullen; Harding Young Mortar Board has delegated the Athletic Association to have charge of recreation for Saturday afternoons and nights. A committee composed of one faculty member and two student mem- bers will be appointed each month to work out a recreational program. This month the committee consists of Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Florence Lasseter, and Frances Robinson. The pool will probably be open on Saturdays, and everyone is invited to use the ping pong sets in the basement of the gymnasium. Umpires Miss Wilburn and Miss Mitchell. The next games will be played on this Friday afternoon at 3:30. * > > * > > > > *> > > > * > $ > * $ * * $ $ * $ % % % WEIL'S 10c STORE I I t * Has Most An> thing You Need * v j# * $ - * * * > * * > * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * Daniel Whitehead Hicky. well- known Atlanta poet, was the guest of honor at a tea given by Davison- Paxon's bookstore on Thursday, Octo- ber 10. The occasion marked the ap- , pearance of his latest book. Call Back ; the Spring. Miss Jessie Hopkins, librarian of Carnegie, introduced Mr. Hicky, who read several poems from the book in- cluding: "Sounds," "Autumn," "A Grave in Belleau," and "Credo." An- other feature of the program was the singing of two of the poet's songs which have been set to music by Ken- neth Walton, famous English composer. Over 1,000 people attended the tea, including many Agnes Scott students. Agnes Scott Girls Recommend MINER & CARTER The Drug Store for Refreshments after Shopping or a Show Peachtree & Ellis Sts. Phone WA. 4900 Decatur Piggly-Wiggly A Complete Food Store We Appreciate Your Patronage Mrs. Bankston, Bakery Dept. .1. Iv. Walker, Market Manager W. \. Warwick, Store Manager St. Lawrence University (Canton, N. Y.), Alma Mater of Owen D. Young, last week promised each of its female students Sunday breakfast in bed. "It is," said Dean Louise Jones, "a little luxury that I think every woman is entitled to." Time. DECATUR WOMAN'S EXCHANGE Gifts, Cards, and FIo>wr> Old Stand-by BCWl - - In the Largest and Most Beau- tiful Rowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. A Special Selection of Alleys Reserved for College Girls Every Afternoon Free Instruction, Mornings and Afternoons, on Request. You Pay Cost of Games Only. CENTER ' THi: CliNTEK OF ACTIVITY" 20 Houston, N.E. WA. :>(i22 Helen Hicks DRESSES (or Active Sports Try them on! You'll like the way they fit ! In lovely colors green, red, rust and brow n. Sizes 14 to 20. $ 19 95 Sports Shop Street Floor J. P. Allen & Co. (51) e Agonistic VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1935 NO. 4 Four From A.S.C. Attend r>nr\ Speak at Investiture Press Convention of SVi) Service, November 2 Lulu Ames, editor, and Alice Cham- lee, business manager of The Agonis- tic; Shirley Christian, editor, and Sa- rah Jones, business manager of the S/7- houcttc returned to the campus on Sunday from the fourteenth annual meeting of the Associated Collegiate Press held in Chicago at the Medinah Club, October 17-19. By a vote of the 3 00 delegates from 37 states in attend- ance this year, the Associated Collegi- ate Press and the National College Press Association will combine into one organization, thereby broadening the scope of the work done in connection with college press and avoiding dupli- cation in program and objectives. This convention, the first one at which Agnes Scott College has been represented, was divided into three main groups: year books, newspapers, | and magazines. Each of these was di- vided into business and editorial groups; and the editorial section of the newspapers were further separated into round-tables for papers published less frequently than twice a week and lec- cures for dailies and tri-weeklies. Among the topics discussed inform- ally by the former section were news coverage, staff organization, the edi- torial, society, and sports pages, and editorial and business staff relations. The matter of salaries for staff mem- bers was argued but no formal action was taken. Able Speakers Heard Sterling North, literary editor of the Chicago Daily News opened the con- vention on Thursday with a talk on "What the Young Writer Must Face." Mr. North, himself only a few years removed from college, drew illustra- tions of the hardships suffered by a would-be metropolitan news person from his own experiences. Leland Stowe, Paris correspondent for the New York Herald -Tribune, closed the ses- sion on Saturday with an address on "The European vs. the American Press." Mr. Stowe has only recently re- turned to this country and, through- out his talk, he described graphically the situation of the press under the present systems in Germany, Italy, and Russia. On Thursday night the delegates were guests of Stewart-Warner at their weekly Alemite Program broadcast from the grand ball room of the Me- dinah Club over the C.B.S. An all- convention no-speeches banquet was held on Friday night at which James Hall, popular movie star, presented a floor show; this was followed by a (Continued on page 4, column 2) Kreisler Opens Concert Series Committee Grants New Privileges Beginning with Fritz Kreisler, and looking forward to Ethel Barrymore, music and drama will add much to the cultural life of Atlanta this season, and will afford Agnes Scott College students many opportunities of hear- ing and seeing excellent concerts and plays. Of special interest to the college stu- dents is the All-Star Concert series at the Shrine Mosque; this series, which opened October 22 with Fritz Kreisler, will bring the National Symphony Or- chestra on November 13, and La Ar- gentina on December 3. There are several other interesting programs planned for the near future. The Fine Arts division of the Decatur Woman's Club will present a violin, 'cello, and piano recital on October 27 at the Decatur Woman's Club house. The Mu Omega chapter of Mu Phi Ep- silon has announced a concert at Cable Hall on October 3 1. In the field of drama and literature, the next month offers several interest- (Coutinued on page 4, column 1) Sunday dates, to go into effect at a later time, and Y. W. C. A. open house, are privileges and pleasures granted Agnes Scott College students by the Administrative Committee at its meeting Thursday afternoon, Octo- ber 17. The Dean's office has not yet announced when the girls may have the Sunday dates. The final request made by Student Government for the student body was that seniors with dates be allowed to return unchaperoned to the college un- til 11:30. The council refused this on the grounds that distinction in rules is between upper and lower classmen, not between juniors and seniors. The ruling in this connection is that upper- classmen with dates may come in un- chaperoned until 11:00 o'clock; the council felt this hour to be sufficiently late. All dates at the College may re- main until 11:00 o'clock. The other matter passed on by the Administrative Committee means that books and magazines will be available for students to read on Sunday after- noon. This plan is sponsored by the Y. W. C. A., who will hold this open house in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Room every Sunday afternoon. They will obtain the books and magazines from the College library. The Administrative Committee meets quarterly to consider problems that are beyond the power of the Stu- dent Government Association; it is made up of five members of the ad- ministration and five members from Student Government. Those from the administration are Dr. J. R. McCain, Dean Nannette Hopkins, Dr. Mary F. Sweet, Mr. S. G. Stukes, and Miss Car- rie Scandrett. Representatives from student government are Adelaide Ste- vens, Frances James, Mary Jane Tigert, Frances Wilson, and Carrie Phinney Latimer. C. Fleece Orders College Rings For Classes Charline Fleece, the junior chairman of the ring committee, will take or- ders from seniors and juniors for the Agnes Scott College rings either now or just before Thanksgiving. Rings or- dered now will arrive around Thanks- giving; those ordered at the end of November will be delivered at home C. O. D. in time for Christmas. De- signs are also being made by the Herff- Jones Company for Agnes Scott Col- lege pins, and will be submitted for ap- proval at a later date. The price of the rings is the same as that of last year: the solid gold ones are $12.50; the ones with silver in the back are $1 1.25. The ring may be pur- chased by paying an initial price of $3.00, and the rest in convenient in- stallments. The cost of the pins has been ap- proximated at the following rates: $7.50 for a pin set with pearls; $5.50 for a gold and black enamel one; and $3.50 for the gold filled one, with the black enamel. The design of the ring will remain as it is, as the Alumnae Association voted against any change. In the spring of 1934, the rings were changed from a plainer style to the present one with its black onyx face, on which are en- graved the letters A. S. C. The degree and year of graduation appear on the shanks. Miss C. Scandrett To Freshmen Win Black Cat; Break Five Year Record Miss Carrie Lou Scandrett, assistant dean of Agnes Scott College and an adviser of the senior class, will deliver the address at the annual investiture service to be held in Gaines Chapel on Saturday, November 2. The seniors chose Miss Scandrett as their speaker at a class meeting held on Thursday, October 10. On October 18, Master Henry Robinson, five-year- old son of Professor Henry Robinson, of the mathematics department of Ag- nes Scott, was elected mascot of the senior class. Henry will lead the pro- cession of sophomores dressed in white and seniors wearing academic gowns. Dean Nannette Hopkins will perform the traditional capping ceremony. Investiture, which was begun in 1908, is a ceremony unique to Agnes Scott and is one of the most revered traditions of the College. At this time members of the senior class appear for the first time as a group wearing the academic gown. As each senior receives her cap from Miss Hopkins, she is in- vested by the college with the full priv- ileges and dignity of seniorhood. "Little Girl Day," on which the sen- iors will for the last time don hair ribbons and short dresses, will be ob- served on Friday, November 1. This occasion is also traditional to the sen- ior class and is observed annually on the day before investiture. A.S.C. Will Have New Tennis Courts Further improvements on the Agnes Scott College campus include the build- ing of three new clay tennis courts, the extending of the hockey field for sixty feet, and the construction of a concrete practice wall at the end of the field. The wall will serve the dou- ble purpose of holding up the bank of the field and of being a practise wall for the tennis courts just below the field. Two of the courts will be laid off in the old riding terrace, at the rear of the McCain house. The other court will be parallel with College Place, in front of Mr. S. G. Stukes' home. The two present courts that are below the hockey field are to be moved down near the car tracks on Doroughty Street. The fill-in dirt for the courts is be ing brought from the grounds of the new Decatur post office. "Wooster Bulletin" Begins 50th Year Ranking as the second oldest publi- cation of its kind in America, the Wooster Alumni Bulletin opens with the current October issue the fiftieth year of its continuous existence. Dr. Arthur Compton, the noted physicist who lectured last spring at Agnes Scott College, is an alumnus of the College of Wooster, and last year was president of the Alumni Association. From 1 886 to 1903, the title of the publication was that of the Postgrad- uate and Wooster Quarterly. For the next eighteen years its name was short- ened to the Wooster Quarterly. At that time, too, the name of "Wooster Uni- versity" was changed to "College of Wooster." Since 1921 the magazine has been known as the Wooster Alumni Bulletin. Professor Alma Sydcnstricker, of the Bible department at Agnes Scott Col- lege, attended Wooster University. Decatur to Have New Post Office Work on the new postoffice building for Decatur has been started on the site at the corner of Church Street and Trinity Place, two blocks from Agnes Scott. Approximately five per cent of the mail handled by the office is for the College. It has been estimated that almost two thousand letters are received from or delivered to Agnes Scott each week. Figures were not ob- tainable as to the number of packages and special delivery letters handled. The new postoffice will be con- structed of marble furnished by Geor- gia quarries. White marble will be used for the outside of the building and the floors, while colored marble will be used for the trimming and wains- coting in the main lobby and in the interior. New furnishings will be used throughout. There will be one main entrance on to Trinity Place. The building will be erected accord- ing to plans similar to those of other small postoffices in the state, and, when completed, will add greatly to the beauty of Decatur's business sec- tion. The contract for the construc- tion of the new postoffice was award- ed to E. M. Williams, Monroe con- tractor. The Decatur postoffice has been lo- cated in its present quarters in the Masonic Temple since January 1, 1925. Since that time it has grown consid- erably, and the service to its patrons has been steadily improved. During the past ten years postal receipts here have been increased by over $13,000.00. Sydney Dickinson Displays Work For Public Sydney Dickinson, eminent New York artist, is exhibiting 21 of his portraits at the High Museum of Art during the week of October 13-27. The exhibit includes the portraits of Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott College, Mr. J. K. Orr, chairman of the board of trustees, and Mr. Samuel M. Inman, a former chairman. These portraits Mr. Dickinson painted last year. Other prominent Atlantians whose portraits are on display are Mr. J. J. Haverty, Mr. Clarence Haverty, Mrs. Clarence Haverty, Mrs. Russell Bell- man, Dr. Lon W. Grove, Mrs. Beverly M. DuBose, Mr. G. Arthur Howell, Mr. Cator Woolford, Mr. T. Guy Wool- ford, Mr. Walter C. Hill, Mr. Claude M. Frederick, Mr. George A. Bland, Mr. Ryburn G. Clay, Mr. Andrew M. Fairlie, Mrs. J. M. High, Mrs. Thomas P. Hinman, Mr. George W. Adair, and Mrs. James E. Hickey, Sr. Sponsors of the preview of Mr. Dick- inson's portraits are Agnes Scott Col- lege, Mr. J. J. Haverty, Mr. Beverly M. DuBose, Mr. Ryburn Clay, Mrs. G. Arthur Howell, Mr. Andrew M. Fair- lie, and Retail Credit Company. Mr. Dickinson, artist of note, has received the two highest portrait awards of the United States: the Coral Beck gold medal, Pennsylvania, and the Maynard prize, National Academy. He is represented in the following mu- seums: Cochran Gallery, Washington, D. C, and the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, 111. For the first time in five years, the freshman class holds the Black Cat, who celebrated his twentieth birthday when he was presented to Anna Mar- garet Riepma, freshman stunt chair- man, after the contest in which the freshmen defeated the sophomores on last Saturday evening, October 19, in Bucher Scott Gymnasium. The winning stunt was Agnes in Scot t-Land , a clever adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland ; the sophomore presentation was Disputin' Ratspntin, a colorful Russian tale under the di- rection of Ann Worthy Johnson, stunt chairman. The judges for the contest were Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean of Agnes Scott College; Miss Blanche Miller, instructor of biology; and Professor Philip Davidson, of his- tory. Their unanimous decision was based on presentation and originality. Both Stunts Original The freshman stunt was about Ag- nes and her magic handbook, stolen by Queen Sophie; throughout the struggle to regain the book, in which Agnes was helped by the Junior Bunny, was a background of Agnes Scott re- ceptions, open forums, and administra- tive offices. The sophomores' Dispntin' Ratsput/n opened with fiery soap-box oratory, puns, and signs of "Down with the Sophiettes," and ended with the Pied Piper leading away the fresh- man rats who had dared rebel against Czar Raise McCainsky and the Sophiet Brawn Trust. The gymnasium was decorated with a huge freshman king, queen, and rab- bit on the left wall, a long string of handbooks, and bunches of purple bal- loons; the sophomores on the right wall, had a Russian czar, a rat, and a mousetrap to signify their stunt. Red and white festoons of paper indi- cated their class colors. Juniors and freshmen, transformed by yellow bun- ny ears, and seniors and sophomores, equipped with bright red caps, cheered in traditional manner for their respec- tive classes and sister classes. The cast of the freshman class in- cluded: Agnes Mary Pennell Simeton Junior Bunny Anne Purnell Registration Card .Catherine I vie Teller Tart Kay Kennedy Queen Sophie Mary Frances Guthrie Drowsy Dormouse Jane Moore Hamilton (Continued on page 4, column 1) M. B. Will Install Chapter in Ala. Six members of the Agnes Scott College chapter of Mortar Board will leave Saturday, October 2 6, to assist in the installation of a chapter of the national honorary society at Birming- ham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama. Those who plan to make the trip are Carrie Phinney Latimer, Frances James, Ruby Hutton, Loice Richards, Dean McKoin, and Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, alumna member of Mortar Board. The formal installation service will take place at sunset on October 26, w hen Scroll, present honor society of the college, will be officially accepted into the national organization. A for- mal banquet will follow the service. Sunday afternoon, a tea will be given in honor of the installing officer, Mrs. Harry F. Richards, who has been a fre- quent visitor and speaker on the Agnes Scott College campus. Mortar Board is a national senior honorary organization, with member- ship based on scholarship, leadership, and service. The members of the active chapter at Agnes Scott include Carrie Phinney Latimer, president; Lulu Ames, Shirley Christian, Ann Coffee, Ruby Hutton, Frances James, Augusta King, Dean McKoin, Sarah Spencer, Adelaide Stevens, and Loice Richards. 2 The Agonistic S*) e Agonistic Subscription price, Sl.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. Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Carv Assistant Editors Nellie M. Gilroy Feature Editor Nell Allison Ass't Feature Editor Jane Guthrie Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Editor Nell White Society Editor STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Ass't Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Business Assistants Ellen Davis Elizabeth Cox Rachel Kennedy Sara Beaty Sloan Kennon Henderson Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers WlTA MORELAND A Key to Current History THE UNITED STATES' NEUTRAL- ITY IN THE ITALO-ETHIOPIAN CONFLICT By Fannie B. Harris Just before the close of the last ses- sion of Congress President Roosevelt attached his signature to the Joint Neu- trality Resolution presented by Con- gress and thus charted Washington's official course at least until February, 193 6. This resolution provides that the President shall declare an embargo on the shipment of implements of war to the belligerents in case of a war be- tween foreign nations; that the Presi- dent shall list those articles to be con- sidered "arms, munitions, and imple- ments of war"; and that within the State Department a National Munition Control Board shall be set up to reg- ister by November 30 every manufac- turer and exporter of arms, munitions, and implements of war and thereafter to issue licenses for the shipment of such articles to other nations. Three days after fighting actually began in Ethiopia, but two days be- fore the League officially noted its be BOOKS Review s and Note s BUT WHAT HAS I Cat last Friday night. And for THAT TO DO WITH US? i breaking the spell that has hung The collegiate world, in an ef- ! heavy over freshmen heads since ginning, President Roosevelt issued a fort to make its opinions known, staged an all-college peace dem- this impossible years ago in 1930. onstration on April 12 last. Stu- Unfortunately for them, how- 3ver, they shall be expected to dents who, for nine months of the Class of '34 accomplished | statement from San Diego, California, to the effect that since "a state of war unhappily exists between Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Italy," the citizens of the year, are theoretically tucked win evei T other contest that away in soft down and cotton, rose almost as a body and ex- pressed whole-hearted opposition to war of any kind, for any cause, in any place. Some of the "re- bellions" reached bloody and un- ruly proportions; some were peaceful but forceful exhibitions; many were squelched in the mak- ing. These activities were good news copy for the college papers. Their aftermath were excellent subjects for personal comment by college editors throughout the States. The withdrawal by Mr. Wahlgreen of his daughter from the University of Chicago and his charge of communism against President Hutchins echoed and re-echoed in the American colle- giate press. The back-boneless behavior of the administration of the University of Michigan after it had been accused of attempted "indoctrination of the youth" brought showers of collegiate condemnation. The suspension, early in May, of five Hunter Col- lege students for mixing in shall be scattered in their way They shall be looked upon as un- usual ; and their class shall be re- garded as one of great promise. And they will probably live up to all the expectations. The sophomores more than likely have yet to arrive at an unbiased attitude toward the matter. It should be some con- solation to them although it doubtless isn't now that they were defeated by another good class. And the fact that they have been able to round up some good, friendly, healthy antagon- ism toward the underclass indi- cates that all the spice, and vim, and worth of the Stunt has not wasted away through years of constant use. WHAT GOOD ARE CONVENTIONS? When as many as four dele- gates attend a convention at so distant a city as Chicago, the "Red Q ues tion "Are these things ff ' s" losed the academic vear worthwhile?" logically arises in l C ~* jj^ii'f,, the student and, in some cases, in a stew of unrest, dissatisiac- . \ x , . t' n and susDicion ' faculty mind. It is common ion, an s p . . Wll i - knowledge that such meetings The students who conceived 01 . . u fe ... / th> ace demonstration last rmsn acce P^ a ble excuses for e pe ce carried ft absence from classes; and the spring an more distant the place of conven- through to its various conclu- . , - . . _> , 1 ing, the more fun the trip is. But, sions h ; ^e graduated and left our happens? in 1 ", }tl SLpH n, , thP What do we do? Do we learn any- us in that they pointed out the , . ? wav we should come; thev forced u ^ A meeting whose attendance is us to realize our position in the affairs of this changing world. drawn from 37 states cannot help , i . , T , I but broaden the out-look of the By their example, we have been , i i i r 4. 1 1 j * 4U 4 *u * o^4 ; individual delegate. The contact led to see that the time spent in ^ students B fram other col . college is not ape nod for ma rk-| , h collefiriate careers are tag time, for others to , dentical whose Voblems, more make our plans, tor idling gener- ally. We are no longer a large the United States are admonished to abstain from exporting "arms, muni- tions, or implements of war" to either of these belligerents. During the pre- vious week he had published a list of "Impiements of War/' and this list ac- companied his declaration of the em- bargo. In a voluntary message accompany- ing his mandatory embargo President Roosevelt issued a warning to Ameri- cans that if they embark in belligerent ships and continue communication and trade with belligerent countries they do so at their own risk. In other words, he is really determined to avoid "those perils which endanger our peace with the world." There is much discussion concerning these mandatory and voluntary state- ments made by the President. Some cit- izens have said that, while mortars, machine guns, and methyldichlorarsine are obviously "Implements of War," in time of war many other goods be- come "means of war" to a nation at war, and that in order to maintain strict neutrality the President's list may have to be revised. Under the Joint Resolution, however, the Presi- dent has no authority to make such a revision. It is also significant to note that the President has no authority to place or lift an embargo on only one of the belligerents. While many are (Continued on page 4, column 2) North to the Orient Anne Morrow Lindbergh. (Reviewed by Elizabeth Warden.) "As I turn over the pages, seeking concrete examples to illustrate my esti- mate of North to the Orient , I find it difficult to make a selection; it seems a pity to omit anything!" So one re- viewer has spoken of Anne Lindbergh's book, which is her personal story of the "survey flight over the great cir- cle route from New York to Tokyo," made by Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh in the summer of 1931. From the first to the last page the reader is held spell- bound, as Mrs. Lindbergh paints the vast panorama of their flight across the frozen wastes of Canada and Alas- ka, across the Bering Sea and the Rus- sian peninsula, over the Japanese Em- pire, and inland to Hankow. Acting in the role of radio operator, Mrs. Lind- bergh had thrilling experiences trying to communicate with the world during rain, wind, fog, and hail. When they were nearing Nome, fuel was running low, and a landing had to be made be- fore dark. They did not, however, know at what hour dark fell at Nome. After repeated efforts she got her mes- sage through: WXY WXY What time does it get dark at Nome?" And at last the answer: "Men are going to put flares on Nome River." Illustrated with maps drawn by her husband, Mrs. Lindbergh's book is a delightful combination of geography, travel, and adventure, the whole per- vaded by a sense of the beautiful which only a poet can give. Alumnae News mass of unimportant beings. Thi> changed conception of the student is not peculiar to stu- dent minds. Our courses have been expanded to include practi- cal Study Of current problems. We are taught the value of think- ing for ourselves, of ceasing to be unsuspecting, purposeless, un- thinking individuals. As molders in number, perhaps, and more complicated but similar nonethe- less to her own, creates a new perspective of what she has left on her own campus. As for the matter of learning something new, no college editor knows all there is about the tricks of the collegiate press trade. Somehow it fortifies the nirit to greater effort toward , , .. , , higher ends; the stimulus to the and CO-moIderS ^*J^f^pinion mQra]e js incalculabU , And as Agnes Scott climbs of tomorrow we are obligated to build up sane, stable attitudes to- ward the problems that confront our citizenship. We are faced with a world pre- paring for war. What is our stand ? The Alumnae Association gave a tea for the sixty-two sponsors on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday afternoons at the Alumnae House at 4:3 0. Members of the Entertainment Committee were hostesses. Members of the Executive Committee of the Alumnae Associa- tion were also present. Frances (Craighead) Dwyer, '2 8, President of the Alumnae Association, and Alberta Palmour were in Charlotte, N. C, Monday, October 14, attending the fall meeting of the Alumnae As- sociation. There were thirty present, including some out-of-town guests. Ten dollars was raised for use on the Alumnae House. On October 16 the Business Girls Group of the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club held a meeting at the Daffodil Tea Room. Emma Wesley, '99, spoke on progressive education. On October 1$ the Atlanta Agnes Scott Club announced a series of lec- tures which it is sponsoring for the home interest of the alumnae. Those ucational who speak are Mr ' Harold Bush ' Miss Marv Miller, Mrs. S. Y. Tupper, great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water." From the recently published note- books of Mark Twain comes this whim- sical comment and many others. These diaries, hitherto ransacked by biogra- phers, are now printed in full with many notes, which in 1912 were thought "hardly suited for polite so- ciety." In no better way can one com- plete or stimulate his study of the fore- most humorist of the 19th century than by a perusal of his private and philosophical notes. One of the most quoted of these is, "It is the strangest thing thai the world is not full of books that scoff at the pitiful world and the useless universe and violent, contemptible human race books that laugh at the whole paltry scheme and deride it. Curious, for millions of men die every year with these feelings in their hearts. Why don't I write such a book? Because I have a family. There is no other reason." Mark Twain's Notebook Prepared for publication by Albert Bigelow Paine. "Mv books are water those of the There's Always Tomorrow: The Story of a Checkered Life Marguerite Harrison. It is hard to determine which is the most interesting the author, Marguer- ite Harrison, or her new book, There's Always Tomorrow. For it is a report- er's book, written by a reporter for a reporter and of a reporter's experiences as an "American Agent" in Europe during and after the Great War. Hailed as a "find" by the Baltimore Sun just before the war, young Marguerite Har- rison was sent to Europe, where she wandered around from Germany to Russia, barely escaping the firing squad but always getting her story. This is the story which she has now turned into one of the most popular books of the day, winning her anew the title of one of America's three outstanding women reporters. 'Wav Out In the World Nineteen colleges and universities are giving prizes to those seniors who have acquired the most interesting li- brary during their college years. Three universities in Chicago are sponsoring a university of the air to broadcast over five local stations. An extensive four-year course is being planned for this novel university. Queens Blues. "The human race has grown a full two inches in average height the last century," reported Dr. E. Boyd, Uni- versity of Minnesota, after extensive research. Brazil sometimes solves her coffee surplus problem by using it to fire rail- road engines. Indian. The State University of Iowa in Iowa City has inaugurated a course which deals with the problems of mar- ried life. A new series of broadcasts will be featured this year by the National Stu- dent Federation during its weekly pro- grams over a nation-wide Columbia Broadcasting System hook-up. The first of these programs was heard October 16, and the others will be presented each Wednesday afternoon from 4:00 to 4:15, Eastern Standard Time. New York (NSFA). Ten thousand students at Los An- geles relief school are paid to go to school and are docked if they cut classes. The Tiger. To continue Hull House in its spirit of present usefulness and future prog- ress, the trustees, upon the advice of many friends, have established the Jane Addams Memorial Fund. During her life Miss Addams obtained from friends or gave from her own resources about $3 0,000 a year, one-third of the annual budget of the House. It is hoped that a sum can be raised, the income of which will replace Miss Addams' finan- cial contribution to the work she founded and loved. Woman's Press. Another argument for the virtues of higher education is seen in the state- ment made by Warden Lewis S. Lawes of Sing Sing Prison, that college stu- dents make very good prisoners. Johnsonian. Cannibalistic fish may serve the cause of science. Recently an ichthyol- ogist found in the stomachs of catfish specimens of the great Caspian stur- geon, which scientists had previously been unable to study. He suggests that his fellow-scientists dissect the stom- achs of aquatic animals to find other fish which have been swallowed. S( icnttfic American. Pure water is essential to health. 70 per cent of body weight is water; the lens of the eye contains 98.7 per cent; the lungs, 79 per cent; the heart 75.9 per cent; the blood, SO per cent; our bones, 2 5 to 5 0 per cent even our brains contain 90 per cent water! Scientific A merican. I ven higher in the .field, representation at national and sectional conventions wi n 1 ^d Mrs. Samuel C. Porter. ! come to be an absolute necessity, Margaret (Telford) St Amant, 33, no longer a matter of choice and v,sited at A S ncs Scott College on Oc- finances. An able press speaks tober ll and 12. vy for the college. It is essential Frances (Fletcher) McGeachy, ex- THL WHLhL Or \\\&X. fta managers and editors '3<>, has a daughter born October 9. FORTTXK SPINS . . . take ever} opportunity to keep'The baby is the grandchild of Dr. D. It la with unsisterly but proud up with the activities of their P. McGeachy, member of the board of pleasure that we congratulate the contemporaries. trustees of Agnes Scott and pastor of freshmen on winning the Black Hence the Chicago convention. 1 the Decatur Presbyterian Church. Debating teams representing Oxford and Cambridge Universities will arrive in America on October 29 on the Berengaria tor tours sponsored by the National Student Federation. About thirty engagements have been arranged for each team. The Oxford speakers will tour the mid-western states; the Cambridge men, the East and the South. The length of their stay in America has not been determined be- | cause many additional requests are be- ing received at the NSFA office. New York (NSFA). An innovation introduced at Klmir.i College in connection with the revised curriculum adopted last spring is a new system oi three-member advisory com- mittees appointed from the faculty to aid individual students in selecting their courses. Each student is assigned to a faculty committee made up of a member of the department in which the student expects to major, a mem- ber of her second major department if she has one, and another member cho- sen from some other department. In Cases where fl student has not devel- oped a particular interest, she is en- couraged to explore many fields until her interest becomes apparent to her. The advisory committees are con- cerned with all phases of a student's development and strive to suggest courses that will supplement deficien- cies in her earlier training as well as develop her particular capabilities. NSFA The Agonistic 3 On the campus International Relations Club The International Relations Club held its first meeting Tuesday, October IS, at 4 o'clock in the Y. V. C. A. Cabinet Room. Mr. Philip Davidson led the discussion on "Italy and Ethiopia." Cotillion Club The Cotillion Club gave a tea-dance Thursday, October 17, from 4 to 6 in Mr. Christian Dieckmann's studio in honor of the new members. Nancy Tucker, Wita Moreland, and Nell White were hostesses. Y. \\ 7 . C. A. Music Appreciation Group The Music Appreciation Group of the Y. W. C. A. is sponsoring musical programs every Sunday night in the Music Room in Main. These programs are given at 7 o'clock, and everyone who is interested in music is invited to come. The life and music of an emi- nent composer will be discussed each week. There will also be occasional re- quest programs. Sunday night, October 20, Marcelle Cappatti spoke on the music of Franz Schubert. His Unfinished Symphony in B Minor, the Ave Maria, The Serenade, and his Moment Music ale were greatly enjoyed as part of the musical program. tha Summers, Sarah Turner, and Mary Comely. The publicity committee consists of Kitty Printup, chairman; Jane Turner, Shirley Christian, and Zoe Wells. Making up the program committee are Julia Thing, chairman; Ann Cof- fee, Agnes McKoy, and Nell Allison. The music committee comprises Eth- elyn Johnson, chairman; Jean Kirkpat- rick, Ruby Hutton, and Evelyn Wall. The office bulletin committee in- cludes Sarah Traynham, chairman; Mildred Clark, and Mary Johnson. Students, Faculty Discuss Black Cat Spanish Club In honor of its new members, Oveida Long, Miriam Talmadge, and Elsie Blackstone, Spanish club gave a sup- per hike to Ice Cream Springs Tues- day, October 1 5. Initiation of the three girls will be I held at the next meeting, Tuesday, November S. Poetry Club Four new members were admitted to poetry club at its fall tryouts held on Tuesday, October 15. They are: Lita Goss, Carol Hale, Mildred Chandler, and Myrl Chafin. Eta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma Phi will entertain at a tea-dance Thursday, October 24, from 5 to 6 in the gymnasium in honor of the new students of the classical de- partment. The new members of the club, Lulu Ames and Isabel Richardson, were in- itiated at the regular meeting held Oc- tober 21 at 4:3 0 P. M. French Club Five committees are to divide the ac- tivities of the French club, Jane Thomas, president, announced at the last meeting on Monday, October 14. On the social committee are Naomi Cooper, chairman; Janet Gray, Mar- Citizenship Club Professor Bryan of Emory Univer- sity will speak to the Citizenship Club at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Oc- tober 2 9, at four o'clock. His subject will be "The Supreme Court Today." The meeting will be held in the Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Room in Main. All those who intend to join the club are urged to be present at this meeting. and off again Rachel Kennedy and Hortense Nor- ton attended the Sigma Chi tea-dance at Emory last Friday afternoon. Nell White attended the Charity Ball at the Piedmont Driving Club Fri- day niqht. Rosa Miller, Lavinia Scott, Gregory Rowlett, Vivienne Trice, Naomi Coop- er, Bee Merrill, Caroline Armistead, Sue Bryan, and Ruth Tate were among those who attended the Emory Medi- cal Dance at Forest Hills County Club Friday night. Frances Steele, Nell Hemphill, Nancy Tucker, Doris Dunn, and Vir- ginia Turner attended the Alpha Kap- pa Psi dinner-dance at East Lake Coun- try Club Friday night. Among those present at the Tech- Duke football game were Kathleen Jones, Esthere Ogden, Vera Marsh, and Kathryn Bowen. Marjorie Scott, Frances James, Helen Handte, and Vera Marsh attended the Tech Anak dance Saturday night. Janet Gray and Virginia Gaines en- tertained Georgia Goodson from Duke University last week-end. June Pearson from Shorter College was the guest of Betty Stewart over the week-end. Exclusively for Agnes Scott Girls Bring in this ad and receive a beautiful evening bag FREE with the purchase of any evening dress, or a hat FREE with any street dress. Threadgill's Decatur's Only Iveadv-to Wear Bob Kennedy and Carl Wingard vis- ited Rachel Kennedy last week-end. Erma Mae Mohns entertained Rose Lorena Martin from Birmingham over the week-end. Isabel Vretman visited Lena May Willis and Emma Louise Turck during the week-end. Martha Fite had as her guest last week-end Coy Watter of Dalton. Hester and Anne Chafin spent last week-end with Myrl Chafin. Caroline Armistead visited relatives in Newnan, Georgia, over the week- end. Mary Willis spent last week-end at her home in Augusta, Georgia. Flora McGuire went to her home in Montgomery, Alabama, for the week- end. Sarah Frances McDonald attended a dance at Peachtree Gardens on Satur- day night. Elizabeth Blackshear was a dinner guest of the Delta Tau Delta frater- nity at Tech last Sunday. Lupton Cottage entertained at a faculty coffee on Friday night, Octo- ber 18. Bailey Brothers Shoe Shop Welcomes AGNES SCOTT GIRLS! 1 12 Syeamore St. Decatur, Ga. Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop Restaurant Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below C andler Bldg. Whether the Black Cat has grown too young for Agnes Scott, or whether Agnes Scott has grown too old for the Black Cat, has been a matter of much interest on the campus in the last few weeks. Students are almost universally in favor of the stunt. Ruby Hutton, vice- president of Y. W. C. A., believes that the contest binds classes together, es- pecially the freshman class, giving many students opportunities to show their talent and sense of responsibility. Frances Cary, a junior, also believes that the stunt promotes cooperation between classes. She thinks that the up- per classes are bery little benefited but that the freshmen and sophomores get a gleat deal of enjoyment out of it. Lita Goss, editor of the Aurora, feels that while the stunt is a good thing generally speaking, there is far too much stress laid on it both in time and preparation. According to Sarah Sbencer, also, president of Y. W. C. A., the stunt is very hard on lessons. "But," she adds, "fun comes with the stunt that would not come in any other way." Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, field sec- retary of the Alumnae Association, of- fers the opinion that working on the stunt not only brings out ingenuity and wit that should be recognized, but also gives a great deal of pleasure. Faculty members appear to be rather less sure of the advantages of the Black Cat stunt, although some are in favor of it. Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, does not believ that Agnes Scott has outgrown the stunt. However, he states, it has become too elaborate and important. The first stunts ever given by Agnes Scott students were much simpler and more extemporaneous than the present performances, taking a great deal less time and expense. Mr. Stukes believes that the spirit of rivalry has gradually expanded the idea too much: there is always a group in each class whose aca- demic work suffers because of stunt ac- tivity. Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, favors the stunt as long as it is kept subordinate to scholastic work. It is a necessary group function for the fresh- men, but nevertheless has more disad- vantages than advantages unless held in its proper place. She has noticed that this year the stunt has been better planned and has caused less confusion than on many other occasions. Other faculty members think that Agnes Scott has outgrown the Black Cat stunt. According to Assistant Pro- fessor Leslie Gaylord, of the mathemat- ics department, too much time is spent in preparation and there is too much strain on the freshfen at the start of their college work. Dr. Mary F. Sweet believes that some other occasion should be substi- tuted for the stunt. The tension of preparation tires some of the leaders more than is wise, and some simpler performance would be an improvement. The original stunt was much less tax- ing to the performers, and yet gave as much pleasure, she says. "However," finishes Dr. Sweet, "it is up to the stu- dents; let them choose for themselves whether they prefer the stunt or some substitute." Tit les of Robert Frost's Poems Fascinate Gr actuate of 1935 By Carolyn McCallum, '3 5 In reading the poetry of Robert Frost I was impressed particularly by the appropriate titles of the individual poems. Even though my study has been rather general and certainly brief, it seems to me that Frost shows a par- ticular astuteness and accuracy in nam- ing his selections. The titles always re- veal the vital and essential thing in the poem. For instance, he has called one of his dramatic narratives The Fear in doing so he has given in two mono- syllables the very essence of the poem. The important thing about the poem is not the situation, the plot of two men in love with a woman, but it is the overwhelming, powerful fear of the woman a fear so strong that every time she returns home and turns the key in the lock it seems to her to warn someone to be getting out at one door as she enters another. This intense fear is the one thing that the poet is try- ing to get across to his reader hence, he entitles his poem The Fear. Similarly in a poem in which he wants to show an unwritten law to which the New England laborer clings, he creates a situation, gives a definite incident, but it is the fact that "The hand that knows his business won't be told To do work better or faster " that is the important thing. He calls the poem The Code to reveal this code is the essential purpose of the poem, not to present an actual situation and oc- currence which he has used merely as a vehicle. Just so, in his lyrics, Frost signifi- cantly tags each of them. I think the titles reveal something of the emo- tional depth of the poem. As an ex- ample, he has called one of his earlier lyrics Ghost House. He is showing his isolation in an utterly forsaken old house, but rather than the poet's alone- ness, one gets the picture of a cellar where the "purple-stemmed wild rasp- berries grow," the "ruined fences," the "disused and forgotten road" all ac- centuate isolation, but it is the physi- cal isolation of a house Ghost House. In a later lyric, isolation is again the theme but here, it is spiritual isolation. The elements of nature are dwelt upon only as they are symbolic of a man's absolute solitude: "Word I was in my life alone: Word I had no one left but God." The poem is entitled Bereft a title definitely indicative of the essential thought of the poems. With the same appropriateness, Frost has named one of his poems Lodged. He has taken nature to express his feel- ing, but it is the feeling rather than the symbol which is the underlying thought. "The rain to the wind said 'You push and III pull: They so smote the garden bed That the f loners actually knelt, And lay lodged though not dead. I know how the flowers felt: 9 The title Lodged is, I think, self-ex- planatory. Again he has used nature to convey his ideas in a little poem called Devo- tion, but again it is the emotion, not the description of natural elements which is the real meaning to be con- veyed. On the other hand, one of the lyrics is entitled The Tuft of Flowers, and, certainly, it expresses deep feeling, but at the same time, this description of nature "a tall tuft of flowers beside a brook" makes the poem more signif- icant to me than does any great emo- tional feeling that the poet might be expressing. Consequently, for me The Tuft of Flowers as a title is especially significant. Just so, Frost labels each of his poems, I think, very appropriately. The title, I have found, is usually defi- nitely suggestive of the essential thought of the poem. Five Girls Elected To liOZ This Fall Five members were elected to BOZ at its fall try-outs. These include Carol Hale, June Matthews, Agnes J. Mc- Koy, Brooks Spivey, and Betty Hollis. The try-outs were handed in to Eliza- beth Espy, president of the club. They were judged by the members of the club under the direction of Miss Janef Preston, faculty adviser. From all these opinions, it seems that the Black Cat still reigns supreme as a college tradition, bdt will in future have to wave his tale with caution and tact. Presbyterian Young People Extend Hearty Welcome To A. S. C. Students The Young People of the Decatur Presbyterian Church extend a very cor- dial invitation to Agnes Scott College girls to attend their Young People's meetings, which are held every Sunday night at 7 o'clock. The programs are planned especially for the young peo- ple and are most interesting and bene- ficial to all who hear them. Mary Alice Baker will be glad to arrange for chap- erons for all those who wish to attend these meetings. The Agnes Scott girls who attend the Church will be guests at a party on October 26 given by the Young People's department under the direction of Miss Doris Hunter. MORGAN CLEANERS Phone DEarborn 1372 423 Church St. Hotel Candler DINING ROOM Offers The same meal and prices formerly furnished in the Coffee Shop Agnes Scott Girls are cordially invited Corner Ponce de Leon and Church Street Decatur, Ga. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 121 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely re cog- 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 FRESHMEN WIN BLACK CAT; BREAK FIVE YEAR RECORD (Continued from page 1, column 5) Heckled Hatter Jane Carithers Trustee Turtle Helen Moses King Senior Barbara Cassatt Tweedle-LiLMary Elizabeth Moss Tweedle-Lou Florence Wade Waddling Walrus Jeanne Flynt Choruses: Funny Bunnies, Harriet Von Gremp, Vera Marsh, Elizabeth Furlow, Charlotte French, Catherine Ivie, Emma Lou Turck; Singing Chefs, Anna Catherine Moore, Lucy Hill Doty, Estelle Cuddy, Mamie Lee Rat- cliff, Helen Kirkpatrick; Roistering Oysters, Mamie Lee Ratcliff, Estelle Cuddy, Mary Workman, Mary Ellen Whetsell, Cary Wheeler, Mary Ellen Steele. Members of the sophomore cast were: Buttinsky Jane Guthrie Ratsputin Anne Taylor Czar Raise McCainsky Mary Anne Kernan Sophiet Brawn Trust: Ivan Frances Norman Skivinsky Anna Katherine Fulton Scvar Jeanne Matthews Secretaries: Abdul Kennon Henderson de Bui Bui Catherine Hoffman de Mere Ellen Little Mr. Davidinsky Martha Peek Brown Mr. Stukesy Virginia Watson Mr. Robinoff Mary Lillian Fairly Miss Hopkinsky Myrl Chafin Ella Ellen McCallic ? Margaret Morrison Choruses: Rats, Laura Coit, Jean Chalmers, Ola Kelly, Betty Lee An- derson, Giddy Erwin, Frances Castle- berry, Hibernia Hassell, Lulu Croft, Lil Croft, Mary Ford, Alice Reins; Vulgar Boatmen, Anne Thompson, Ann Cullum, Joyce Roper, Betty Ad- ams, Nell Allison, Elise Seay. Freshman cheerleaders were Alice Cheeseman, Caroline Carmichael, Ma- rie Stalker, and Rachel Kennedy. Those for the sophomores were Mary Venetia Smith, Bee Merrill, Ellen Davis, and Virginia Gaines. Chairmen of the freshman commit- tees were: writing, Douglas Lyle; pro- gram, Mildred Coit; dance, Helen Kirkpatrick; music, Marie Merritt; properties, Nancy Lee Richardson; set- ting, Jane Dryfoos; costumes, Mildred Harding; and decorations, Esthere Og- den. The sophomore committee chairmen included: writing, Elizabeth Cousins; program, Jean Barry Adams; music, Tommy Ruth Blackmon; costumes, Carolyn Elliott; properties, Ruth Hertzka; decorations, Ola Kelly; scenery, Winifred Kellersberger; dance, Kay Ricks; and financial, Eliza King. Margaret Bell Leaves Oct. 22 To Be Cousin's Attendant In Washington Wedding Miss Margaret Bell, secretary to the dean, left for Washington, D. C. on October 22 to be an attendant in the wedding of Marie Mclntyre, the daugh- ter of Marvin Mclntyre, Miss Bell's uncle, who is secretary to President Roosevelt. Another of the bridesmaids will be Louisa Robert, ex-'3 6. FOUR FROM A. S. C. ATTEND PRESS CONVENTION OF 300 (Continued from page 1, column 1) dance for which Charlie Straight and his orchestra played. The merging of the two college press associations was attempted but met with defeat at the annual convention two years ago. A temporary organi- zation was outlined after the vote this year whose job for the next year will be to complete all necessary plans. The name of the new organization has not yet been settled. Fred L. Kildow, di- rector of A. C. P. and also a member of the journalism faculty at the Uni- versity of Minnesota, was appointed chairman of the constitution and by- laws committee. Seniors Win at Hockey; Athletic Clubs Have Interesting Activities A S. C. Episcopalians To Entertain at Tea For Bishop MikeU With a last-minute goal the fresh- men brought their score up to two for a tie with the juniors, while the sen- ors defeated the sophomores 3-0 in the hockey games on last Friday, Oc- tober 19. Shloss and Moses scored for the freshmen, while Jackson and John- son made goals for the juniors. Frances Wilson played well for the juniors. The entire senior forward line showed beau- tiful team work. Hart played an out- standing game, and King, playing her first game, did exceptionally well. Helen Handte, hockey manager, pre- sented a very entertaining skit between halves of the first game. There would be no trouble in drawing a crowd if hockey were played as the skit rep- resented it. The sideline expressed a desire to see more entertainments of this kind. The line-ups were as follows: Senior Sophomore Hart K.W Hudson Stevens; Burson __R.I Wright Handte C.F Thompson Coffee L.I L. Coit; Derrick; Woodford King _ L.W Hassell; Croft Townsend R.H Allison Armstrong C.H Blackshear Crenshaw L.H Warden; Miller R.B. Estes, S. F. L.B.. Forman G.__ Tribble; Noble McCallie; Merrill Adams Robinson Junior Freshman Jackson R.W Flynt Johnson R.I. Dryfoos Fleece C.F Shloss Thing L.I Moses Belser L.W M. Coit Kneale R.H Whetsell; Doty Little C.H Crowell Harris L.H Marshall Taylor R.B.__ Turck; Young Wilson __. L.B. _ McMullen J. Estes G Clegg Umpires: Miss Wilburn, Miss Mitch- ell. Scorer: Elizabeth Baethke. Timekeeper: Sarah Johnson. Twenty-five people went on the moonlight hike Saturday night, Octo- ber 12. Leaving from the gymnasium they hiked out Columbia Drive, took a short cut through the woods, and came out at the Pig'n Whistle in Av- ondale. Frances Robinson, hiking man- ager, was in charge of the hike. The Tennis Club has admitted The Episcopal members of the fac- ulty will entertain at a tea in honor of Bishop H. J. Mikell, of the Diocese of Atlanta, in the Anna Young Alum- nae House from 4:30 to 6 on Thurs- day afternoon, October 24. At this tea the Episcopal students will have the opportunity of meeting Bishop Mikell and Rev. and Mrs. Charles Holding of Decatur. The guests will include the forty- five Episcopal students at Agnes Scott College. A committee appointed to es- cort the new students to the tea con- sists of Ann Martin, Lucile Dennison, Jane Thomas, Mildred Davis, Frosty Brown, Mary Hull, Frances Belford, and Frances Cary. new members: Anne Thompson, Ann Cullum, Ellen Little, Rebecca Whitley, Barbara Cassat, and Marion Derrick. Much interest is being shown in the tournament, which began Mondav, Oc- tober 21. Mary Kneale, tennis man- ager, announced that the sets must be played off within three days. The Outing Club held it< regular meeting Tuesday afternoon. Plans have already been made for the vear, with the result that the program this year is larger than it has been before. Classes were begun Tuesday under the direc- tion of Martha Long. A KEY TO CURRENT HISTOB V (Continued from page 2, column 3) criticizing Roosevelt's warning as too sweeping and as utterly absurd in view of the fact that Ethiopia has no ves- sels, others maintain that the correct stand has been taken that a few should not be allowed to risk the peace of the nation. Some citizens lament the loss of trade with Italy, while others maintain that the right of the United States to remain neutral is greater than t he right of a citizen to engage- in trade which threatens neutrality. Seventy-eight per cent of the news- papers of America are said to approve the President's neutrality proclamation and to believe that it will go a long way toward keeping this country out of war. The other twenty-two per cent consider his action premature since no formal declaration of war has been made and since there is uncertainty as to the effect of the embargo on Amer- ican trade. KREISLER OPENS CONCERT SERIES (Continued from page 1, column 1) ing programs. Ethel Barrymore will ap- pear at the Erlanger Theatre on No- vember 1-2, and Robert Frost will lec- ture at Agnes Scott College on Novem- ber 7. The Emory Players will give Lewis Beach's The Goose Hangs High on November 8, and the Blackfriars of Agnes Scott will present A. A. Milne's Mr. Pirn Passes By on Novem- ber 22-23. These are only a few of the many interesting features of an artistic na- ture that have been scheduled to be in Atlanta. REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE Anne Whcaton Loice Richards Ora Muse Hortense Jones Enid Middleton Jane Turner Ruth Hert/k.i Mildred Davis Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones DE. 0762-07K:* For Beauty Aids and ^ * Servicr Try % DECATUR BEAUTY SALON t % 1)K. MW2 Decatur, (ia. | V * * * * * * * * * * * > * * > * * *> * * * * * *> ** BCWL - - In the Largest and Most Beau- tiful Bowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. 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They include a gypsy idea, such as The Bohemian Girl; an Indian idea; Rip Van Winkle; a German fes- tival; Robin Hood; Hansel and Gretel; a fairy tale, such as Snow-Drop or Cin- derella; an English fair; and an histori- cal one. Any subject may be used, and the student may refer for help to the May Day files in the Athletic Board room on the second floor of Bucher Scott Gymnasium. Scenarios are to be turned in to any member of the committee, of which Eloisa Alexander is chairman and Jane Blick, business manager. The remain- der of the committee is composed of Anne Thompson and Charline Fleece, scenario; Sarah Nichols, Frances Steele, Kathleen Daniel, and Sarah Turner, costume; Helen Ford, Ruth Tate, and Lucile Dennison, dance; Fannie B. Har- ris, properties; Jane Wyatt, poster; and Alice Chamlee, publicity. Several girls may write the scenario together. Last year Jane Blick and Alice Chamlee wrote the winning scenario, based on Peter Pan. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET A.S.C. Will Observe Armistice Silence Joining with all other college mem- bers of the National Student Federa- tion of America, Agnes Scott College will observe two minutes of silence at 1 1 o'clock on Armistice Day, Novem- ber 11. The imminent threat of an- other World War is the immediate rea- son for dedicating two minutes tribute to those sacrificed in the last World War. Students will remain in their classrooms during this period, which will begin when a bell rings at 11 o'clock and will end when Loice Rich- ards plays taps from the quadrangle. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, has requested that the faculty and students cooperate in this matter. Student organizations in- dorsing this observance at Agnes Scott are Thf Agonistic, Pi Alpha Phi, Y. W. C. A., Student Government Asso- ciation, and the Current History Fo- rum. (Continued on page 6, column 2) BUY YOUR FROST TICKET DR. McCAIN RETURNS FROM BATON ROUGE ON S. A. C. TRIP Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, spent several days last week in Baton Rouge, La., work- ing on a committee investigation of political control of the state educa- tional institutions of Louisiana. The committee, of which Dr. McCain is chairman, was appointed at the last meeting of the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. The chief purpose of this examination was to observe the effects of the death of the late Senator Huey P. Long on the educational situation in Louisiana and to investigate particularly the control of the Louisiana State University and Normal College. The committee will make its report at the meeting of the Southern Associa- tion, to be held sometime in December in Louisville, Ky. Bids for Library Will Open Today Bids for the new Agnes Scott Col- lege library opened today at 2 o'clock, and it is assumed that the contract will be let immediately. The construction of the library is made possible by the $450,000 pledged in the Greater Agnes Scott Campaign which ended last July first. The library will be located between Buttrick Hall and Bucher Scott Gym- nasium, on the former site of West- law n. It will be an L-shaped building, set back about 30 feet from the back campus drive, with its main entrance at the northwest corner of the build- ing, near Buttrick. In the front will be a sunken lawn, and in the back, an outdoor reading terrace. The architecture is to be Gothic in style, and will resemble that of But- trick Hall. It will be called Carnegie Hall. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Second Concert To Be Orchestra 102 to Receive Caps From Dean At Investiture As the second feature on its pro- gram, the All-Star Concert Series will bring to Atlanta the National Sym- phony Orchestra, of Washington, D. O, and its famous conductor, Dr. Hans Kindler. They will appear on Wednes- day evening, November 13, at the Fox Theater. The National Symphony Orchestra, one of America's major symphony or- chestras, will be heard for the first time in Atlanta. Conducted by Dr. Hans Kindler, a man of unusual musi- cal ability, this organization has won within five seasons recognition as one of the leading orchestras of the coun- try. Dr. Kindler, who undertook the task of developing this symphonic or- ganization of his own, formerly has made appearances as a guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Phil- adelphia Symphony, Paris, Vienna, and other European orchestras. Fritz Kreisler, noted violinist, opened the All-Star Concert Series Tuesday evening, October 22. More than 3 00 Agnes Scott College students were pres- ent. One hundred and two seniors, the largest group to be invested in the his- tory of Agnes Scott, will be invested at the traditional ceremony in Gaines Chapel on Saturday morning, Novem- ber 2. Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean of Agnes Scott College, and an adviser of the senior class, will deliver the ad- dress. Dean Nannette Hopkins will per- form the capping ritual. The investiture service, unique to Agnes Scott, recognizes the members of the senior class as a group, wearing for the first time the academic caps and gowns. As each senior receives her cap from Miss Hopkins, she is invested with the dignity and responsibilities of seniorhood. The impressive service is one of the most revered traditions of Agnes Scott College. The ceremony begins with a proces- sion of the sophomores dressed in white and the seniors, wearing academic robes. The senior class mascot, Master Henry Robinsn, son of Professor Henry Robinson, of the mathematics depart- ment of the College, will head the pro- cession. Parents and friends of many of the seniors, and a large number of Alumnae are expected to be on the campus for investiture. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Agonistic Sponsors Ballot on Peace A Peace Ballot, sponsored by The Agonistic, will be mailed to all stu- dents and faculty members of Agnes Scott College tomorrow afternoon. The ballot, which is patterned on ones circulated in many American colleges last year, will attempt to discover the attitude of Agnes Scott toward the matter of war, and of peace. It is not necessary that the question- naires be signed; only the class stand- ing and, in the case of the faculty, the department should be indicated. It is hoped that from this information con- clusions as to trends may be deter- mined. Students and faculty alike are urged to answer the questions and to return the ballots to The Agonistic by Fri- day, November 8. The results of the poll will be carried in the Armistice Week edition of the paper, to be pub- lished on November 13. -BUY YOUR FROST TICKET- A. S. C. To Take Part In B. S. U. Convention In Atlanta, Nov. 1-3 The Agnes Scott College council of the Baptist Student Union, which will hold its annual convention in Atlanta, November 1-3, will entertain at a buf- fet breakfast on Saturday, November 2, honoring the presidents of the B. S. U. councils of other Georgia colleges. The convention will hold its first meeting at the Druid Hills Baptist church on Friday night. The program for the three days will include a re- ception to be held on Friday night for the out-of-town students, a banquet on Saturday, and a morning watch on Sun- day, followed by a breakfast at the home of Dr. Louis D. Newton on Oak- dale Road. The convention will close on Sunday afternoon, November 3. A number of interesting speakers will address the B. S. U., among whom are Hon. Walter F. George, United States senator; Dr. M. A. Cooper, At- (Contmued on page 6, column 1) Blackfriars Has Milne Play Cast Try-outs for the parts in Mr. Vim Passes By, the clever play by A. A. Milne, which Blackfriars is presenting November 22 and 2 3, have resulted in the following cast: Dinah Marden Kitty Printup. Olivia Marden Myrl Chafin. Lady Marden Carrie Phinney Lati- mer, Virginia Turner. Anne, the maid Carrie Phinney Lat- imer, Virginia Turner. Brian Strange Luther Carroll. Mr. Pirn Irvine McKoy. George Marden Jimmie Jepson. The parts of Lady Marden and Anne are to be interchanged between Car- rie Phinney Latimer and Virginia Tur- ner in the two different performances of the play. Mr. Pirn Passes By was very suc- cessful in London on its first presenta- tion. It is interesting to note that the role of Brian Strange was first played by the well-known Leslie Howard. After the play's success in London, it was presented, seven or eight years ago, by the Theatre Guild in New York. The original English cast came over to play in these first American performances. Gym to Celebrate Tenth Birthday With Open House The tenth anniversary of the build- ing of the Bucher Scott Gymnasium will be celebrated at Agnes Scott Col- lege on Friday, November 1, under the direction of the physical education de- partment. Members of the Athletic As- sociation board, members of the May Day committee, and student athletic instructors will assist the physical ed- ucation directors in sponsoring this cel- ebration. The physical education department will keep open house from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon and from 7:3 0 to 9 o'clock at night. At 4 o'clock there will be a hockey game between the varsity and sub-varsity teams. Be- tween halves the senior team will award the hockey stick to the sophomore who has shown the most skill during the hockey season. Following the game tea will be served in the gymnasium. From 7:3 0 to 8 o'clock coffee will be served in the gymnasium, and im- mediately afterwards there will be an inter-class swimming meet. At this time the Swimming Club will make its first public appearance. Events of the meet will include a 40-yard dash free style; a 20-yard dash backstroke; back and front tandems for form; diving with sparklers; and a novelty relay. A picture showing the activities in athletics during the past ten years will be placed in the gymnasium for ob- servation. The college community, friends of the college, and guests and visitors for investiture are cordially in- vited to attend this celebration. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Professors, Critics, Find Frost a Fine Reader; Greatest Living American Poet Is Ordinary Man By Mary Margaret Stowe Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, in one of her series of portraits of contempora- ry Americans in The New Republic, gives some of Frost's definitions. She says of Robert Frost in the number for September 30, 1925: "Frost the shrewd, lounging rascal, has vanished behind the junipers. In his place I fancy I see an austere, hieratical figure, serving a rustic altar wth a ritual of his own making. And these are some of the ritualistic words: Imagery and after-imagery are about all there is to poetry. Synecdo- che and synecdoche My motto is that some thing has to be left to God. In making a poem you have no right to think of anything but the subject matter. After making it, no right to boast of anything but the form. A poem must at least be as good as the prose it might have been. A poem is a box with a set or assortment of sentences that just fit together to fill it. You are rhyming sentences and phrases, not just words. They must go into it as unchanged in size and shape as the words. A straight crookedness is most to be (Continued on page 3, column 3) By Ruth Hertzka "Robert Frost is a simple and friend- ly person. He is not at all spectacular; he has no stage tricks. He is a person to whom one can talk easily.*' These are Associate Professor Elizabeth Jack- son's impressions of the well-known poet as he was several years ago. Miss Jackson met him at Russell Sage Col- lege in Troy, New York, where he spent a few days lecturing. At this time she not only had the opportunity of hearing him read but also had the pleasure of having several meals with h i m . Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physical education department, heard Frost speak at the University of Michi- gan about ten years ago. She found that she enjoyed him more as he con- tinued his lecture, and was so impressed by his reading and interpretation of his works that she still remembers the con- tents of the poems he read that eve- ning. Since the home of Assistant Profes- sor Melissa A. Cilley, of the Spanish department, is in New Hampshire, she is well acquainted with the country that Robert Frost writes about in his book, New Hampshire. She feels that in this book Frost gives an interesting (Continued on page 6, column 1) By Margaret Watson Appearance might not make the man, but to know what a man looks like certainly makes him more real and interesting to us. Especially is this true of the poet Robert Frost, who is to lecture here on November 7. Several authors have written vivid descrip- tions that give us a most interesting and contrasting "pen portrait" of Frost. In the section "Literary Spotlight" of the May 192 3 Bookman, an un- named writer has this description of the poet: "Frost's body, which is sturdy and square, makes little impression on one who meets him for the first time. It is the eyes: bright blue, steady, gentle yet canny, two vivid lights in a face that is otherwise grey. There is the loose, coarse, now almost white hair, the full but finely cut lips, the nose that is a trifle too broad to allow the char- acterization "Greek" for the whole head, which is indeed a noble one. Physical movements are casual. In old age they may become soft and sham- bling. Loose clothes become the poet. If he were to wear a snappy cut suit, it would take on the appearance of (Continued on page 6, column 1) A. P. A. Congress Meets in Atlanta The sixty-fifth annual congress of the American Prison Association, held in Atlanta October 27-31, was offi- cially opened Sunday afternoon by Dr. M. L. Brittain, president of the Geor- gia School of Technology, at a mass meeting in the Biltmore auditorium. This congress, which is the largest an- nual gathering of its kind, is the great yearly forum for the discussion of all problems relating to delinquency. The highlight of this opening session was a talk, "Humanizing Our Prisons", by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, Sing Sing Prison, Ossing, New York. At the general session on Monday, the Hon. Paul V. McNutt, governor of Indiana, addressed the convention on "The State and Probation". One of the most interesting features of this meeting was the reading of papers writ- ten by prison inmates, expressing their views on penal problems. The com- mittee on criminal law has offered prizes for the best papers. A formal reception was held Monday night, following addresses by the Hon. Eugene Talmadge, governor of Geor- gia, and the Hon. James L. Key, mayor of Atlanta. Dr. J. R. McCain, presi- dent of Agnes Scott College, presided over the general session Tuesday eve- ning. The topic under discussion was "Revenge or Reform." The Hon. Homer S. Cummings, at- torney general of the United States, will be the main speaker at the formal ban- quet held tonight at the Biltmore Ho- tel. Music and dancing will follow. Special sightseeing trips to Grant Park and the Cyclorama, the Stone Mountain Memorial, and the city of Atlanta have been planned for the ladies attending the convention. The convention will close Thursday after- noon with a barbecue luncheon at the United States penitentiary honor farm. The Agonistic rje Agonistic Subscription price, Sl.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. A Key to Current History BOOKS R e vi e ws and No t e s 8 PUBLISHED W EEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. 1935 Member 1936 Flssocided GoUe&iaie Press Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Cary Assistant Ed /tors Nellie M. Gilrov Feature Editor Nell Allison Ass't Feature Editor Jane Guthrie Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Editor Nell White Society Editor STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Ass't Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Ad vertising Manager Business Assistants Ellen Davis Elizabeth Cox Rachel Kennedy Sara Beaty Sloan Kennon Henderson Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers WlTA MORELAND PEACE AND AGNES SCOTT As we draw nearer to Armis- tice Week and the climax of THE AGONISTIC'S Peace Program for the fall, our attitude, as Ag- nes Scott students, toward the question must be made known. The College, neither collectively nor individually, participated in the nation-wide, all-college Peace demonstration of last spring; we overlooked our first opportunity to take an active position on this in the collegiate world. So did many other colleges. They, now, are conducting local polls and campus programs, the purpose of which is to create a wide awake, intelligent interest in the prob- lem and to bring forth a united campus expression. We at Agnes Scott are at- tempting to cover our apparent lack of interest last spring by vigorous Peace projects this fall. Tomorrow afternoon, THE \(.()NISTIC is mailing an Ag- nes Scott Peace Ballot to every student and faculty member. We have selected three of the many questions on international affairs that are of vital concern to vot- ing citizens and should be only slightly less so to students. For a week the Ballot will be on the campus. The results of the vote, together with such conclusions as we may be able to draw, will ap- pear in the Armistice Week edi- tion. You will get your Peace Ballot tomorrow afternoon. What is vour stand? ANENT OUR WEEKLY STAMPEDE! One more unfortunate Wednesday has passed : Rashly importunate, Up to the last. Think of it carefully Coffee, it's called; One enters darefully, Most being hauled. Coffee is plentiful, Cakes are not rare. All of it scentif ui What do we care? In we rush bodily, When dinner's done, Servers gripe moodily, Watching the run. Alas ! for the rarity Of calm sobriety Under the sun ! Oh ! it is pitiful! In a whole collegeful, Tact have we none. Pseudo-guests, sourly, Scramble for food While pourers dourly Hone after blood. No one is sociable. We izral > and eat. Hostess, emotional. Clings to her seat. Out we rush madly, Hostess most gladly, Watches us go. But, if she think of it, Still on the brink of it, It's been so-so. Nothing unusual, Always confusional, Don't say her no! Dreams stalk her hauntingly, Widely in range, Warting her tauntingly, Yearning for change. Just a half-hour-full, Of gay chatter-chit. Some acting larkful, Others could knit. Now, in the present, Nothing is pleasant, All is up-roar. Some say "I'm hungry' Others go lungeing, Seeking for more. Let's be more dignified, Stately and rarified, Not make them mad. If we go boldly, They'll meet us coldly That would be bad ! Oh ! it is pitiful ! In a whole collegefull, Tact have we none! STUDENT INDEPENDENCE The Columbia Spectator, re- garded along with The Daily Cardinal of the University of Wisconsin and the Cornell Daily Sun as a leader of American col- legiate journalism will no longer be supported by the Columbia Board of Trustees. After two more years, the "activities fee," which admits students to athletic games and entitles them to re- ceive copies of student publica- tions free, will go out of exist- ence. The discontinuation of the fee iid not come as a result of the radical and critical attitude of the Spectator during the last four years. In the opinion of the Board, such a change will vest more responsibility in the heads of the publications and will give to the student body more control of the Spectator, and the literary magazine, and the humorous publication. Since all financial support must come from sub- scription and advertisement, vast campaigns will probably be started before long. The subscription - supported plan is in effect in many Ameri- can colleges today. A newspaper supported by subscription alone arouses a sense of personal own- ership in the students. Such a system at Columbia should make for an even more independent Spectator, and one in which stu- dent life and activities can be more accurately reflected. By Emily Rowe The League of Nations has adopted three classes of sanctions: (1) an em- bargo on exports of arms to Italy; (2) a credit boycott against Italy; (3) a refusal to buy Italian goods and an em- bargo against shipment to Italy of "key products" necessary for war. The League decided that the coordinating committee should meet October 3 1 to decide the date on which these sanc- tions would be put into force by all che participants. Will these sanctions force Italy to end her war? There are certain ob- stacles which will hinder their ef- fectiveness. In the first place, several League members refuse to cooperate with the League in these sanctions. Austria's delegate expressed Austria's stand by saying "Austria will never forget that at a fateful moment in her history it was Italy who, in the best spirit of the League Covenant, helped by her attitude to safeguard the in- tegrity of another League member, my country. My government does not find itself in a position to associate it- self with the conclusion reached by the League". The premier of Hungary stated the intention of his country to continue trade with Italy by saying, "Exclusion of Italy from the outlets of Hungarian trade would lead to com- plete upheaval of the economic and fi- nancial equilibrium of Hungary." Albania associated herself with the Hungarian delegate in saying, "We shall in no way disturb the action taken by the other countries." There were reservations made by the minor coun- tries, Iran, Peru, and Spain. Maxin Lit- vinoff, Soviet Foreign Commissioner, warned the League that Russia would follow closely the result, and that if L'he measures proved ineffective he reserved the right to reconsider her ac- ceptance as she was a heavy economic loser as a result of her agreements to apply the sanction. The delegate from Switzerland said that his country would preserve "the historic principle of Swiss neutrality" regardless of her duties as a League member. This means that she will let Italy buy from her what- ever Mussolini wishes. The decision of such non-League members as Germany, the United States, and Japan to cooperate or not to cooperate with the League will help determine the power of the boycott. R. G. Hawtry, British expert at Gen- eva, considers Germany's cooperation {Continued on page 5, column 1) BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Alumnae News Gail Nelson, '3 3, is returning to At- lanta November 1 to work in the lab- oratory of Dr. Hal Davison. Mary Summers, '3 5, is working in the registrar's office at Emory. Margaret (Smith) Kingdom '3 3, is living at 1 5 2 5 23rd Avenue, Meridian, Miss. Sara (Strickland) Beggs, '3 3, plans to visit relatives in Decatur at Thanks- giving. Carrie Lena McMullen, '34, is study- ing at Columbia University this win- ter. Anna Humber, '3 5, is living at 440 North Colson Street, Gainesville, Fla. She has a temporary job with the New General College of the University of Florida. She is living with Elizabeth Lynch, '3 3, who is secretary there. Cornelia Keeton, '3 3, is with the Keeton-Parker Flying Service, Bates Field, Mobile, Ala. She is associated ! in business with her brother who trains students in aviation. She made her I first solo flight September 1 and is ; the only woman in Mobile to have made one. Statistics of the class of '3 5: 2 1 are teaching. 7 are doing clerical and secretarial work. 4 are doing leadership work. 8 are doing graduate work. 5 are married. 1 1 are taking business courses. 1 is doing library work. 2 are working in a department store. Green Light. . . . Lloyd C. Douglas. Green Light is a genuine story and an exceptional one. It is genuine in | 1 that it presents a clean-cut and unpre- j tending account of the life of a brilliant young doctor who, through loyalty to his superior, took the blame for a mis- take that resulted in the death of a patient. It is exceptional in that it rises from the pit of sordidness and pessimism, into which so many modern novels have fallen, to the level of good , literature. Three characters seem to be most individualized. There is the minister, Dean Harcourt, who, not unlike Chaucer's "povre persoun", lived to be an example for his flock and whose quiet outlook on life pervades the en- tire novel. It is through the Dean that Paige, the young doctor, self- exiled from his profession, and Sonia, bereft of parents and home, are brought together. Certain climaxes as well as certain characters are outstanding. One of the most dramatic climaxes occurs in a scene between the Dean and Paige. Here the minister reveals the whole theme of the book. He says, "Behind every red light, there is a green light. No matter what the set-backs in life I get the call to go on through! I get the GREEN LIGHT!" A genuine and exceptional story, a group of realistic characters, a plot filled with electrical climaxes, and a style such as could belong only to the author of Magnificent Obsession all are combined in this book that has headed America's reading list for the entire summer and that promises to become a permanent addition to it. // Can't Happen Here. . . . Sinclair Lewis. Out of the maze of criticism and praise with which this latest novel of so famous an author has met, one fact arises. The book is a song of American freedom, foreseeing the reign of a facist dictatorship in America and picturing the terror of such a state in a way that the reader, as one reviewer put it, "is in a state of insomnia for some days after." Now to the immortal Babbitt and Elmer Gantry is added Do- remus Jessup, hero of the book, a small town newspaper editor and lover of freedom. It is through this character that Lewis voices his own views of free- dom. "More and more, as I think about history," Jessup says, "I am con- vinced that everything that is worth- while in the world has been accom- plished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any so- cial system whatsoever." Butter field 8 John O'Hara. Again, as in Appointment in Sa- mara, John O'Hara has created a highly dramatic and successful novel. The plot centers around the giddy pace of a young Manhattan girl who is found drowned, supposedly murdered, on a New York beach. The book is well written, contains a well-defined plot, and is guaranteed to hold the in- terest. Abyssinia on the Eie. . . . Ladislas Farago. Of the many books on Ethiopia that have sprung up almost overnight, Abyssinia on the Eie gives most sat- isfactorily the real state of Abyssinia. Boy Scouts, food, armies, the royal family, relations between Italy and Abyssinia all details of this hitherto unnoticed and far-away country are carefully and interestingly worked out. and what of them? For two reasons the number of rat- tles carried by a rattlesnake do not tell its age, contrary to general opinion. One is that the rattle is brittle and seg- ments occasionally break off. The other is that a new button is exposed each time the snake sheds and this pro- cess is repeated fom two to seven times a year. Scientific American. niture, chiefly from graduating sen- iors. NSFA. In the first six months of 193 5, 85 1 airplanes were produced in the United States, a 14 % increase over the cor- responding period in 1934. These new planes include 5 17 for domestic civil use, 173 for military purposes, and 161 for export. Scientific American. A 160-pound person climbing an or- dinary flight of stairs at the rate of one step per second exerts approximate- ly the energy required to lift one end of an upright piano, according to Dr. S. Calvin Smith, author of How Is Your Heart? Scientific American. G. Howard Scott, organist at the Convention Hall, Asbury Park, N. J., announced to 2,000 listeners that for the first time on his request program he had been asked to play the com- munist anthem, the Internationale. He emphasized that the request came from the National Capitol from Howard Johnson, of Washington, D. C. Scott replied: "We do not play that here. We have another we like better." Then, while his audience cheered wildly, he played The Stars and Stripes Fore 1 er National Republic. Wcllesley College undergraduates in need of books, furniture, or jobs have all profited by the book and furniture exchanges this fall. The buying and selling of second-hand textbooks, for- merly handled by the Hathaway House Bookshop, was undertaken last June for the first time by two students. With a loan from the Wellesley National Bank they purchased textbooks dis- carded at the end of last year. This fall they made a room on the third floor of the administration building head- quarters for booming business with the freshmen as the best customers. The student managers of the book exchange have already redeemed the loan of last June and hope to clear profit from the sale of books for second semester courses later in the year. The furniture exchange, an institution of long stand- ing at Wellesley, also began its activi- ties in June with the buying up of fur- Professor Kipp, of the law faculty of the University of Bonn, was forced to resign because his maid patronized a Jewish butcher. ... At the Univer- sity of Berlin M. Wolf and E. Kauf- man, prominent professors of interna- tional law, were retired. Professor W. Kochler, world famous psychologist and an Aryan, has resigned in protest against the treatment of his colleagues. Campus Comments. Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other per- son. Mark Twain. During the orientation exercises at Mercer a freshman became irked at an upperclassman and drew his gun. In comparison with other countries the United States ranks tenth in the educational scale, according to a state- ment made at the last national conven- tion of the Parent-Teachers' Associa- tion. . . . The Science Society of China was founded 21 years ago by Chinese undergraduates at Cornell University. . . . Twelve American and five Cana- dian colleges have organized the Inter- national Ski Union to further compe- tition in ski jumping and racing. Collegiate Review. The University of North Carolina is publishing a daily campus newspaper with a special Sunday edition. The Daily Mini, the University of Illinois student paper, suggested that the reason the Sing Sing prison foot- ball team is trying to get a game with the Army team is to prove that the pen is mightier than the sword. A chemistry professor at Harvard recently won a bet that he could eat his shirt. He dissolved the garment in acid, neutralized the acid, filtered off the precipitate, and spread it on a piece of bread. Maryland Diamond back . A certain professor at P. C. permits smoking in his classes, but he vigorous- ly demands that all who chew must bring their own spittoons. The Agonistic 3 It Happened One Night - - On the Way to the Concert Twas the night of the concert And thru the street car Strains of "How Am I Doin y " Could be heard near and far. Thus in the immortal words of the renowned poet, Ambiguous Anony- mous, is described the jovial and frolic- some spirit of the Agnes Scott con- cert goers while enduring their peril- ous journey through the wilds of At- lanta and its outlying districts on the memorable night of October 22. The three iron vehicles, filled with befurred and bejeweled lovers of music which thundered their way through a startled and bewildered city could have vied for honors with Caesar's cohorts or Napoleon's legions, as would also the "sopralto" voices raised together in one discordant unison have been quite a match for the husky-voiced Romans or the singers of La Marsellaise. Just as in the case of those other mighty armies whose names have been written in the pages of time, so in this aggregated mass, the development of enthusiasm was general and was brought about by the psychological at- mosphere that prevailed. The voya- geurs, at the beginning of their jour- ney, although far from tranquil in spirit and much removed from what Wordsworth called a state of "wise passiveness," were at least somewhat subdued in the display of their emo- tions. However, the first ding of the street car bell was an inevitable signal for the hurly-burly to begin. With the first slow movements of the wheels, the occupants of the first half of street car number 3 burst forth quite un- expectedly into the melodious strains of The Man on the Flying Trapeze. Having duly finished this selection and having been applauded by a very criti- cal yet appreciative audience (that is, those occupying the remaining half of ;he car), these same accomplished sing- ers blended their voices in Beethoven's (or was it Chopin's?) There Is a Tav- ')')] in the Toil n. At this point a glamorous under- classman stepped forth into the aisle and demonstrated to the envious and admiring group her version of the lat- est Carioca dance step while the "stitch in time saves nine" sections knitted fu- riously as did those equally brave spirits who watched the gruesome horrors of ;he guillotine over their potential sweaters and socks. In spite of the dis- approving glances of these who were not anxious to impress the faculty chaperons with their musical ability, the merrymaking not only continued but was increased as the skyline of the city loomed upon the horizon. Innocent bystanders stood in awe and amazement at the renditions of How Dry 1 Am and Show Me the Way to Go Home that issued from the overladen ava- lanche of cars. At the climactic peak of the recital, however, the spires of the Fox Theatre were seen, and once more with the ding of the street car bell the glorious con- fusion ceased and some three hundred hilarious collegiates, remembering, per- haps, the tactful hint to chewing gum chewers and pop corn eaters of last year, became smart, sophisticated, and above all, dignified college women, connoisseurs of good music. Armstrong Wins "Aurora" Contest Lita Goss, editor of Aurora, Agnes Scott College literary magazine, an- nounces that Lena Armstrong is the winner of this year's cover contest. Her design, which suggests a sunrise, in keeping with the name Aurora, will appear on the cover of the first issue, November 5. It will be in color rather than in the black and white which has been used for the past few years. Miss Louise Lewis, head of the art depart- ment, judged the contest, to which several people submitted try-outs. A special feature of Aurora this year will be a section of the magazine reserved exclusively for freshman work. This new section will begin with the second issue, early in January. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Ass't Prof. Christie Speaks On Campus Etiquette at Chapel for Student Gov't Y.W. PLANS SPEAKERS, VESPERS, OPEN-HOUSE With the recital of a careless col- lege day, Assistant Professor Annie May Christie, of the English department, pointed out campus weaknesses in eti- quette at a student meeting in chapel on Thursday, October 17. The pur- pose of the talk was to impress upon the students the importance of observ- ing campus etiquette and of cultivat- ing personal charm, which is the fourth objective of the Agnes Scott ideal. Each year the Student Government Association sponsors skits or speeches to emphasize different phases of the ideals. Formerly Associate Professor Emma May Laney, of the English department, has made a talk on this same subject of campus etiquette. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET St. Lawrence University (Canton, N. Y.), Alma Mater of Owen D. Young, last week promised each of its female students Sunday breakfast in bed. "It is," said Dean Louise Jones, "a little luxury that I think every woman is entitled to." Time. j $ j * j $ *j j *j j *j j j $ $ j j *j j For Beauty Aids and ^ T Service Try % I DECATUR BEAUTY SALON * | I)E. 4692 Decatur, Ga. * ********! R. E. BURSON S SHOE SHOP We Do Cement Work on Ladies' Shoes We Appreciate Your Patronage 307 East College Ave. Decatur. Ga. Call DE. 3353 We'll Do the Rest Interesting speakers, open house, and vesper services are important features of the Y. W. C. A. program for this year. Among the speakers have been Dr. E. H. Rece, of Emory University, who spoke in chapel yesterday on "Honoring the Personalities of Oth- ers"; Bishop H. T. Mikell, of the dio- cese of Atlanta; and Rev. Peter Mar- shall, of the Westminster Presbyterian church in Atlanta. The Y. W. C. A. is also planning open house every Sunday afternoon in the Y. W. cabinet room, where good books and magazines are placed and where students can come to discuss top- ics of general interest. Class vespers will begin on Sunday, November 3, with the sophomores in charge. The juniors will have their vesper program on November 10, and the seniors and freshmen at a later date. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET In Kansas City, Mo., newspapers, James W. Stobaugh advertised: "To wild drivers. I no longer shall make my car jump sideways, backwards, do flip-flop curves, etc., to get out of the way. If you see Missouri 3-167 coming down the street just keep in your proper place and you will have no broken headlights, smashed fenders or broken windows. My nerves are worn to a frazzle." Time. ATTENTION Student tickets for the Robert Frost lecture of November 7 will be on sale Thursday and Friday, October 3 1 and November 1 ; and Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- day, November S, 6, and 7. Admission prices for students are 75c for reserved seats and 5 0c for unreserved seats. General ad- mission prices are $1.00 for re- served seats and 7 5c for unre- served seats. Six Mortar Boards Attend Installation At Alabama College Six members of the Agnes Scott Col- lege chapter of Mortar Board spent Sat- urday and Sunday, October 26 and 27, in Birmingham, Alabama, attending the installation services of a chapter of Mortar Board at Birmingham-Southern College. They assisted in the formal ceremonies Saturday afternoon, and were guests at a banquet that night and a tea on Sunday afternoon. The six who made the trip are Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, alumna member and field secretary of Agnes Scott Col- lege, Carrie Phinney Latimer, president of the local chapter, and Ruby Hutton, Frances James, Dean McKoin, and Loice Richards, active members. Installation of Scroll, the Birming- ham-Southern honor society, as a mem- ber of Mortar Board, the national hon- orary society for senior women, was followed by the initiation of six active members and twenty-four alumnae. Mrs. Harold F. Richards, of Tallahas- see, Florida, editor of the Mortar Board Quarterly, was the installing officer. Four members from the chapter at the University of Alabama also assisted. The services took place in Stockham Woman's Building on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, at sun- set on Saturday. The Agnes Scott delegation returned to the campus Sunday night. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET PROFESSORS, CRITICS FIND FROST A FINE READER (Continued from page 1, column 2) desired in a stick or a line. Or a crook- ed straightness. An absolutely aban- doned zig-zag that goes straight to the mark. See him standing on his hilltop, this Virgilian who, for all his crooked, New England speech has made the ancient renunciation, and for all his love of earth left earth behind." Candler Beauty Shoppe in Candler Hotel Phone DEarborn 9243 MORGAN CLEANERS Phone DEarborn 1372 423 Church St. CAREFREE SHOES For Campus Wear Also RINGLESS CHIFFON HOSE 69c 1 1 a ii a ii & Son 170 Peachtree St. Compliments of Decatur Battery Service 207 Atlanta Avenue WOCO-PEP TIOLENE WILLARD BATTERIES JACK SMOOT, Mgr. N.Y.A. Assists 75 A. S. C. Students The seventy-five students who are receiving scholarship aid from the Na- tional Youth Administration met with Dr. J. R. McCain, on Friday morning, October 18, to hear something of the workings of the system which makes the scholarships possible. Dr. McCain explained that Agnes Scott College is especially fortunate in being able to receive help for seventy- five girls, since the maximum number of students which the government or- dinarily aids in a single college is fifty- seven. Agnes Scott is fortunate, too, in being able to advance the loans before the work is done, whereas in most other colleges this is not permitted. Every week each student is to submit an accurate written report of her work to the College administration office, from where it is to be sent to the N. Y. A. headquarters. Besides these weekly reports, Agnes Scott will send a monthly report to the national office. The N. Y. A. students are engaged in various kinds of work, including libra- ry and stenographic work and assisting in the language departments. -BUY YOUR FROST TICK ET- ETA SIGMA PHI HOLDS TEA DANCE OCT. 24, FOR A.S.C. STUDENTS The Agnes Scott chapter of Eta Sig- ma Phi, national honorary classical so- ciety, entertained at a tea-dance in honor of the new students of the Latin and Greek department on Thursday, October 24, from 5 to 6 in the Bucher Scott Gymnasium. In the receiving line were Profes- sor Catherine Torrance of the Greek department, Professor Lillian S. Smith of the Latin department, and Associate Professor Martha Stansfield of the Latin and Greek department. Also in the receiving line were the officers of Eta Sigma Phi: Elizabeth Forman, pres- ident; Mary King, vice-president; and Bazelyn Coley, secretary. Gertrude Lozier and Catherine Bates served, and Alice Hannah furnished music for dancing. Alumnae Go Nov. 3 On Extensive Trip Overland to Texas Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, field sec- retary of the Agnes Scott College Alumnae Association, and Miss Jacque- line Woolfolk, '3 5, will leave on No- vember 3 for a tour of the Southern and Southwestern states. They will be eone for approximatey six weeks. Miss Palmour will speak to the upper classes of the high schools in various cities on the subject of Agnes Scott, telling them of campus activities, the scholastic standards, and other items of interest to prospective students. She will meet with Alumnae whenever possible. The itinerary includes Montgomery and Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lake Charles, Lou- isiana; Beaumont, Houston, Galveston, San Antonio, Austin, Waco, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Texas; Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiana; Little Rock, Hot Springs, and Forrest City, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Clarksdale, Green- ville, Vicksburg, Yazoo City, Jackson, and Meridian, Mississippi; and Birming- ham, Alabama. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET AA.C. To Convene In Atlanta, Nov. 1-2 A regional conference of the Asso- ciation of American Colleges will meet November 1-2 at the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel to discuss relations of the fed- eral government and higher education. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, will lead a discussion on college finance on the afternoon of November 1. Other speakers are: Dr. H. W. Cox, president of Emory Uni- versity; Professor M. W. Dewey, Em- ory University; Chancellor S. V. San- ford, University of Georgia; Dr. Dice R. Anderson, president of Wesleyan College; and Dr. T. H. Jack, president of Randolph-Macon Woman's College. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET In the Grand Coulee (Wash.) News, "R. C." inserted this advertisement: "Found lady's purse left in my car while parked. Owner can have same by describing property and paying for this ad. If owner can explain satisfac- torily to my wife how purse got into car, will pay for ad myself." 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Professor Glenn Rainey of Georgia Tech will speak on "Ameri- ca's Foreign Policy". The Current History Forum is a union of the Citizenship Club, the In- ternational Relations Club, and the N. S. F. A. Discussion Group. The Forum meets every four weeks for discussion of problems of national and interna- tional interest. Everyone who is in- terested in these problems is invited to attend the Forum. Glee Club The Triple Trio sang at the First Baptist Church in Atlanta Friday night, October 2 5. The members of the Triple Trio are Rosa Miller, Nelle Chamlee, Virginia Wood, Evelyn Wall, Gene Caldwell, Martha Young, Ruth Tate, Augusta King, and Alice Cham- lee. Music Appreciation Group Wagner was the musician discussed at the meeting of the Music Apprecia- tion Group Sunday night, October 27. Ellen McCallie spoke on the life and operas of Wagner, discussing chiefly the most famous of his operas, Tatni- I hi user. Freshman Y. Cabinet Home Reflects Personality Elects Group Heads Of Noted New England Poet Pen and Brush Club As a result of the fall tryouts, ten new members were admitted to the Pen and Brush Club. They are Emmy Lou Turck, Adele Haggart, Catherine Moore, Jane Dryfoos, Elizabeth Gal breath, Lucile Barnett, Antoinette Sticklev, Zoe Wells, Lucv Dotv, and Peggy Willis. The first meeting of the Pen and Brush Club was held Thursday after noon, October 24, at 5 o'clock in Vir- ginia Gaines' room in Main. Bible Club The Bible Club will hold its regular meeting Monday afternoon, November 4, at 5 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Miss Margaret Pritchard, a mis- sionary to Korea, will speak at this meeting. Miss Pritchard is a personal friend of Miss Emily Winn, the mis sionary to Korea who is supported by Agnes Scott College. The college com- munity is cordially invited to hear Miss Pritchard speak. N. S. F. A. Discussion Group The N. S. F. A. Discussion Group met Tuesday afternoon, October 22, at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Frances James led the discussion on "Peace Movements". Current History Forum To Join Related Clubs The recent formation of a Current History Forum, made up of the Inter- national Relations Club, Citizenship Club, and the National Student Federa- tion of America, marks a progressive step toward clarifying national and in- ternational current problems for the students of Agnes Scott College. Frances James is chairman of the Fo- rum. The International Relations Club, headed by Rosa From, meets for discussion of international affairs; the Citizenship Club, with Augusta King as president, discusses the affairs of the state; while the more recent N. S. F. A., under Frances James, discusses with cooperation of the other clubs, na- tional and international affairs through student movements. Last year these three independent organizations decid- ed to meet jointly every fourth Tues- day as the Current History Forum. One of the three clubs meets every Tuesday at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. Members of these clubs are automatically members of the Forum, and are invited to its meetings on the fourth Tuesday. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Miss J a c k s o n I s YAV. Forum Speaker At an assembly of the entire mem- bership of the Atlanta Young Women's Christian Association, Associate Pro- fessor Elizabeth Jackson, of the history department of Agnes Scott College, spoke on the subject of the League of Nations on Thursday, October 17. Miss Jackson has spoken twice during this month at meetings of the Forum ot Public Affairs, a group of the At- lanta Y. \V. C. A. with which she is associated. Her subjects on October 10 and 24 were "Italy" 1 .md "Ethiopia/ 1 respectively. PROF. DAVIDSON ATTENDS MEETING Professor Philip Davidson, of the his- tory department of Agnes Scott Col- lege, attended the first annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, in Birmingham, Alabama, Friday and Saturday, October 2 5-26. Professor Davidson is a member of the executive council of the organization. The Southern Historical Association was organized in Atlanta last year by a group of historians interested in the study, teaching, and preservation of the history of the South. The Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham was headquarters for the first meeting. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Chevrolet Shows Films to College Three educational films were shown by the Chevrolet Company of Detroit in Gaines Chapel on Monday even- ing, October 21, at 7 o'clock. The college community was invited. The first film, "Behind the Bright Lights", explained flasher control and the work of the "sign monkies." Ac- cording to the second picture, entitled "The Safest Place*', after a car leaves the factory, the only thing needed is a careful driver. In the last picture, "No Ghosts", the process in making the foundation of a Chevrolet was given. Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop Restaurant Famous for Fine Poods (i2 Fry or. \. F. Just Below Candler Bldg. Visit your daughter and be comfortable at the HENRY GRADY .").")<) Rooms 550 Baths RATES FROM S2.M) The election of leaders for the fresh- man hobby groups was the work of the freshman cabinet of Agnes Scott Col- lege Y. W. C. A. at its first meeting on Thursday afternoon, October 10. The votes of the members of the cabinet, under the direction of Ruby Hutton, vice president of Y. W. C. A., appointed the following to direct the work of the groups for this year: charm. Associate Professor Louise Hale, of :he French department; knitting, Nelle Chamlee; book, Miss Ellen Douglas Leyburn, instructor in English; and current events, Professor Philip David- son, of the history department. Jean Barry Adams will serve as head of the music group for freshmen as well as for the general music committee for Y. \V. C. A. Seventy freshmen chose to be mem- bers of the charm group; twenty elect- ed the knitting group; fifteen prefer music; twelve, book; and ten, current events. The freshman cabinet has decided to study during the year Borden of Yale, by Mrs. Howard Taylor. The group is to meet regularly on Thurs- day night at 7.30 in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET PETER MARSHALL IS SPEAKER FOR Y. W. C. A. CHAPEL By Mari Margaret Stowe Homes, certainly if they are true homes a -id not just houses, do portray to us the personality make-up of those who live within them. So it is with the home of the American poet, Robert Frost, which is so well described for us by Dorothy Canfield Fisher in TJk Bookman for December, 192 6. The Frosts, according to her descrip- tion, live in an old stone house, still often called "the Peleg Cole house", which stands on the top of "Peleg Cole hill". The stones used for this house were not well smoothed as they were for the two other stone houses in the valley. They were left beautifully rough, "just as it flaked off under the quarrvman's hammer", as the people of the tow n saw To the people of the town and vallev this house looks strong and homelike, cheerful and protecting as are their beliefs about Frost him- self. The house stands "wide- roofed and substantial" at the top of the Peleg Cole hill, "with firewood laid up against the winter, and early blossom- ing lilies-of-the-valley whitely fragrant against grey old stone walls; a barn across the w a\ , a real barn w ith hay and stock in it; robustly fruitful old apple trees; vigorous, new lv planted young ones just coming into bearing; and blue remembered hills rising up around orchard and pasture . . . we think the place needs no label to show that it is Robert Frost's home." REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE Douglas Lyle Mary F. Guthrie Eliza King Mamie Lee Ratliff Selma Steinbach Enid Middleton Mildred Davis Giddy Erwin Rev. Peter Marshall, pastor of West- minster Presbyterian Church of Atlan- ta, spoke on "The Test of a Christian" at the Y. W. C. A. chapel program on Friday morning, October 2 5. Attacking the tendency, especially prevalent among young people today, to deny the reality of whatever can- not be dissected and analyzed, Mr. Marshall declared that the root of the world's personal and social unrest is to be found in that attitude of which many are so proud: "Except I see, I will not believe." Mr. Marshall concluded by chal- lenging his audience to take Christ at I lis w ord, to test that word, and to find that it never fails. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET Stating that she "would not be jus- tified in accepting such an appropria- tion from the taxpayers' money," Mrs. Olivia Murray Cutting, rich mother of the late U. S. Senator Bronson Cut- ting, refused the customary $10,000 voted by the Senate to deceased Sena- tors' next of kin. Senator Cutting left an estate of nearly $4,000,000. Time. Mary Willis Loice Richards Elizabeth Warden Hortense Jones Jane Turner Cora Kay Hutchms Carol Hale Mary Richardson J. P. ALLEN & CO. 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It is with much enthusiasm that some, as a result, have already been able to say, 7 am changed, too. Let it be. And why should they not be thrilled? One has to do very little remi- niscing to remember rather vividly the harassed, care-worn, down-trodden ex- pressions of many students coupled with the joyous, inane, and naive ex- pressions of others. Consider the sad likeness of Alice Chamlee last year who seemed to speak forth from the glazed page the immor- tal words of Shelley: The black despair, The shadow of a starless night was thro u n Over the world in which I moved alone, or the pitiful, hopeless look of Lita Goss which seemed to say in the best Chau- cerian style The lyfe so short, the craft so lon'ge to leme T/f assay so hard, so sharpe the con- quering. Nell Allison's dismayed or rather re- signed look gives the impression that her uppermost thought is the Shakes- pearean utterance Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness. Thou canst not say I did it, Never shake thy gory locks at me seem the words of defiance that issue from one Frances Wilson who in her picture seems rapt in indignation and disdain. Becky Whitley whose Grecian profile also adorns the pages of the an- nual, as a result of many science labs or just from the unconscious imbibing of the writings of Thomas Hood, might easily be uttering Ob! would that I were dead now Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now And hare a good cry. Dorothy Jester, harassed by the many financial matters of last year's sophomore class, looks as if she might burst forth any minute with much ve- hemence into Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a dreaming man. And is there little wonder that Marie Townsend has been much excited over the pictures this year when only a few months ago her likeness or unlike- ness appeared which, to be complete, needed only Shelley's quotation in- scribed beneath it How wonderful is death? Death and his brother sleep. Nor are these representations the only ones which are hoped by their re- spective owners to be changed. There is Ad Stevens whose Oh joy to be out in June 'Neath the cloudless blue, in the dawn and dew :: ' When the cup of bliss runs over expression she hopes will be somewhat modified this year and that of Lucile Dennison who, in spite of term papers and exams, seems to be exclaiming with Coleridge Joy rises in one like a summer's moon. And there is Kathryn Bowen whose half-wistful yet rather contented look expresses her feeling that y Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. All of these and many others are fervently hoping that in the Agnes Scott Rogues Gallery of 1936 their countenances will be, if not serene, happy, and intelligent, at least changed! Investiture Procession Seven Years Ago KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continued from page 2, column 3) vital to the success of the League. He says that in foreign trade with Italy- Germany stands second only to the United States. Germany supplies 46% of Italy's coal and a heavy proportion of Italy's other imported essential com- modities. Germany has not committed herself, one way or the other. But an Italian spokesman at Geneva said that Italy did not fear economic sanction be- cause she counted on getting her ne- cessities from Germany through Aus- tria. He added that oil might be ob- tained "from some other nation" which could send it to Italy through Ger- many. So far the only stand taken by the United States is as follows: Presi- dent Roosevelt has ordered all sales of munitions to Italy and Ethiopia to stop. I [e warned that Americans who have "transactions of any character" with either nation do so at their own risk. The trade expert of the Commerce De- partment disclosed that the United States had been supplying a major part of a large increase in Italian imports of four classes of products easily made into munitions. None of the commodities is on the list of war materials subject to the embargo ordered by President Roosevelt, although cotton waste, for example, can be turned into gun cot- ton by a simple chemical process. The spokesman for Japan said, "Our atti- tude toward sanctions will be decided by Japan's interests and her policies as a whole". Another hindrance to the sanctions is the fact that Italy has plenty of ma- terial for a short campaign because she has been laying in supplies for the last year. Furthermore, providing that cer- tain nations allow Italy to buy from them, even though her currency is of little value in other countries, she still has enough purchasing power to last her for a time at least. Her gold re- The picture above shows the procession of seniors on their way to Gaines Chapel to be invested at the tradi- tional ceremony held each fall at Agnes Scott. This was snapped as the line was passing Main Building. The academic procession is headed by the sophomores dressed in white. Seniors with caps and gowns come next and the faculty closes the line. Professor Lucile Alexander, of the French department, and Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar, being the marshals, lead the procession. When the line reaches the Colonnade, the sophomores and seniors form an aisle through which the faculty marches. The group shown above is a part of the class of *28. Miss Marian Vaughan Reads Frost Selections On Radio Station WSB Miss Marian Vaughan, assistant in the spoken English department at Agnes Scott College, will read selections from the shorter lyrics of Robert Frost on the Agnes Scott radio program this aft- ernoon at 5 o'clock over WSB. Evelyn Wall will play special music as a back- ground for the poems. Associate Professor Emma May La- ney, of the English department and faculty chairman of the Lecture As- sociation, spoke on last Wednesday's program, presenting a brief sketch of Frost, who will appear at the College on November 7 under the auspices of the Association. serve still totals $3 50,000,000 while she can get perhaps another $2 S 0,000,- 000 in devision by liquidating her for- eign investments. Mussolini has opened public subscription for his war con- version loan in every bank in Italy. The Fascists seem to think of the financial sanctions as more of a nuisance than a blockade. The majority of League delegations believe that neither the war nor the Fascist regime can persist indefinitely against the force of these measures. Edward H. Collins, associate finance editor of the New York Herald-Tri- bune said, "Much depends on whether the Ethiopian campaign is short or long-drawn out. If it is long-drawn out, then Italy might conceivably be brought to her knees by economic and financial pressure. But in a compara- tively brief campaign, the chance of applying such pressure successfully would, it seems, be very dubious." r But come to Leon's before you Buy Leon's evening models know their French lines, sports coats major in English styled tweeds sports dresses have a flare for Scotch plaids dinner dresses take up Grecian grace but it won't take higher mathematics to fit Leon's prices into a college girl's budget ! Jfo^-froKSi^ 225-27 PEACHTREE Japan is having an opportunity to see American Football this fall. A squad of thirty-four former college players from Tulsa University, the Uni- versity of Chicago, and various Pacific coast schools will play a series of ten games in seven Japanese cities. Reports from colleges throughout the United States indicate an increase in enrollments averaging almost 3 per cent. 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MEETING IN ATLANTA, NOV. 1-3 (Continued from page 1, column 3) lanta; Dr. Carter H. Jones, Murfrees- boro, Tennessee; Dr. Charles E. Mad- drey, Richmond, Virginia; and Mr. O. B. Nicholson, Athens, Georgia. The Baptist Student Union is the connecting link between the student and the church. It strives to bring col- lege students into the work of B. Y. P. U., Sunday school, and Y. W. A. The officers of the Agnes Scott B. S. U. council are Lois Hart, president; Tommy Ruth Blackmon, first vice- president; Sarah Johnson, second vice- president; Catherine Bates, third vice- president; Elizabeth Burson, secretary; and Irene Wilson, corresponding secre- tary and publicity chairman. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET PROFESSORS, CRITICS FIN I) FROST A FINE READER (Continued from page 1, column 3) if not sympathetic interpretation of New Hampshire and the people. There is a characteristic intenseness, which, with the originality of his genius, gives charm to the picture of familiar scenes. Associate Professor Emma May La- ney, of the English department, has heard Frost lecture, and reports that he is a charming person with a quiet hu- mor and delightful whimsy. BUY YOUR FROST TICKET PROFESSORS, CRITICS FIND FROST A FINE READER (Continued from page 1, column 4) homespun. Yet his is dignified fig- ure." Elizabeth Sargent, in the September 192 5 Neic Republic in an article titled "Robert Frost a Good Greek out of New England," treats another aspect of Frost's portrait when she says that she would pick Skopas as a sculptor for Frost because "he added the shadows of human passion to calm Greek faces. . . . In certain moods this Frost face touch- ed by that pathetic hand." She continues by comparing a certain "grave, mystical-religious" expression of brow and eyes to Dante, but she says "only a New England quip is nec- essary to bring a gentle cynic out of hiding. Or shall I say rustic deity? Eyebrows arch roundly, cheeks draw in to shrewd satiric wrinkles, eyes turn to flashes and darts of blue light, mali- cious or rejoicing, and as an unruly lock is tossed, one hears the stamp of a hoof ( Pan came out of the woods one day; His ski)i and his hair, and his eyes were grey.' Frost's skin and his rebellious hair have now a fine harmony of tone, 'Grey of the moss of walls', a young and living greyness that, like a delicate lichen, softens without hiding the hard and eternal shape of the rock beneath." In these quotations we see Frost com- pared to a New Englandcr, a Greek, Dante, and Pan. Whether or not we see him as anyone or a combination of these varied personalities will depend on our individual viewpoints. But such descriptions as those quoted give us some grounds for speculation as to what manner of a man is "America's leading poet." Sponsors Attend Alumnae Teas WEEKES BROS. CO., INC. Fancy Groceries \\ r e Daliver 134 Sycamore St. Decatur, Ga. 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The programs presented were intend- ed to give some idea of the work of those committees which are most inter- esting to the students. The programs included talks on the work of the gar- den committee, on the program of the entertainment committee, and on the proposed redecoration of the Alumnae House. Alumnae who spoke were Mrs. Eloise (Gay) Brawley, '16, Mrs. Au- gusta Cooper, and Mrs. Fannie G. (Mayon) Donaldson, '12, on Monday; Mrs. Frances (Gilliland) Stukes, '24, Mrs. Julia Slack, and Mrs. Sarah Belle (Brodnax) Hansell, '23, on Tuesday; Mrs. Louise (Brown) Hastings, '2 3, Mrs. Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex- '22, and Mrs. Laura Gosnell on Wed- nesday. The chairmen of the executive committee who were present were also asked for informal reports of their work. Varsity Council Chooses 13 Girls For Hockev Team Se niors, Juniors Win at Hockey; All Teams Show Good Playing The hockey varsity and sub-varsitv I were chosen Monday, October 2 8, by the varsity council from the votes cast by the class teams on last Friday. The , girls who made the varsity team are: Forwards Hart, Handte, Fleece, Shloss, Derrick, Burson; halfbacks Armstrong, Kneale, Crenshaw; full- backs Gillespie, Taylor, Betty Adams; goal guard Forman. The following girls were chosen for the sub-varsity team: Forwards Stevens, Drvfoos, Laura Coit, Thompson, Coffee, Isabel McCain; half-backs Grimson, Black- shear, Crowell; full-backs S. F. Estes, McMullen; goal guard Robinson. The varsity council is composed of Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, Helen Handte, Lena Arm- strong, Rachel Kennedy, and Frances Cary. Tennis Tournament Begins With Eighteen Couples A. S. C. WILL OBSERVE ARMISTICS SILENCE (Continued from page 1, column 1) The National Student Federation of America is sponsoring the student mob- ilization for peace on Armistice Day, and requested in its bulletin of October 1 1 that all colleges cooperate in a na- tionwide demonstration. Among the stands that the N. S. F. A. take are the supporting of genuine neutrality legis- lation to prevent entanglement of the United States in war, the demilitariza- tion of colleges and schools especially by making R. O. T. C. optional in- stead of compulsory, and the insistence upon opportunities in the curriculum and out for relating education to these crucial problems. In 1931, Agnes Scott College ob- served Armistice Day in the manner planned for this year. The first rounds of the Tennis Tour- nament were played off Thursday. The eighteen couples who signed up for the tournament are as follows: McDonald and Kneale Adams and Little Jester and Wood Derrick and Scott Cullum and Thompson Estes and Jackson Norton and Stephens von Gremp and Richards Brown and Cassat Handte and Young Forman and McKoin O'Neal and Cunningham Blair and Suttenficld Dennison and Stalker Blackshear and Pardee Mathis and Hoffman Lasseter and Willis Lawrence and Talmage. In the hockey game on Friday after- noon, October 2>, the seniors beat the freshmen by a score of 2-0, and the juniors defeated the sophomores by the same score. Stevens scored both goals for her team, while Fleece made the two for the juniors. All four teams played better Friday than ever before, especially the freshmen, who showed excellent team work. Miss Wilburn and Miss Haynes were umpires; Lulu Ames, scorer; and Sarah Johnson, timekeeper. The line-ups were as follows: Senior Freshman Hart R.W Richards; Farrar; Flynt Stevens R.I Carson Burson C.F Shloss Coffee L.I. __ Moses; Spooner Derrick L.W Coit, M; Purnell Townsend R.H Whetsell; Cheeseman; Rives Armstrong C.H Crowell Crenshaw L.H Marshall: Doty Grimson R.B. McMullen Estes, S. F. L.B Young Forman G Clegg Junior Sophomore Jackson; Belser__R.W Davis; Lee; Wright Johnson R.I Henderson Fleece C.F Thompson Thing L.I Coit, L. McCain L.W Merrill Kneale R.H Allison; Tribble Lasseter C.H. Hassell Harris; Little __L.H W arden; Blackshear Taylor R.B McCallie Gillespie L.B Adams Estes, J G Robinson Athletic Notes Try Our SANDWICHES We Make Them Right LAWRENCE'S PHARMACY Phones DE. 0762-0763 HARVEY'S Where the Food is Delicious The Service Excellent The Restaurant to Which You Will Always Want to Return. 98 Luckie St. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE DECATUR, GA. A college for women that is widely recog- nized for its standards of work and for the interesting character of its student activities For further information, address J. R. McCAIN, President Those trying out for the Outing Club were taken on a trip to Ice Cream Springs last Tuesday, October 22, where Miss Bee Miller conducted a na- ture study class and Martha Long taught fire building. About ten were present at the meeting yesterday. The subject of study was outdoor cooking. The Swimming Club entertained the North Avenue swimming team Tues- day afternoon at 5:30. Florence Las- seter announces that Jane Moore has been chosen freshman swimming man- ager. The club will appear for the first time on Friday night in the anniversary swimming meet. FOOTWEAR - NISTIC, looks on. NAPS Seniors Decatur Fire Dept. Visit A. S. C. Alumnae Represent A. S. C. at Rollins, Bryn Mawr Colleges Two alumnae, Mrs. Lucile (Smith) Bishop, '21, and Miss Nina Parke, '3 5, represented Agnes Scott College at the c ftieth anniversaries of Rollins and Bryn Mawr colleges, respectively. The services began on Friday, November 1, and continued through Monday, No- vember 4. Mrs. Bishop, who lives in Orlando, Florida, attended the exercises at Rol- lins, in Winterhaven, Florida, for the last three days; while Miss Parke, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was present during all the anniversary cele- bration of Bryn Mawr. Agnes Scott has long been closely re- lated with these two eminent colleges for women. In the past it has been cus- tomary for members of the faculty to attend meetings of this sort, but this year Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott College, requested that alumnae living near the institutions should act for their Alma Mater. ADAMS CO. BEGINS WORK ON LIBRARY (Continued from page 1, column 3) livery of materials and to prevent any congestion of the drive in front of But- trick Hall and the gymnasium. The committee which considered the bids was composed of Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain, president; Mr. R. B. Cunning- ham, business manager; and Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian, of Agnes Scott College; and Mr. V/. E. Edwards and Mr. W, J. Sayward, of the architectural firm, Edwards & Sayward. Smoking in church used to be com- mon, and the first edict against tobac- co came from Pope Urban VIII in 1642 who forbade it because of the noise set up by steel and flint among echoing naves during Mass. Fortune. "It is almost a definition of a gen- tleman to say he is one who never in- flicts pain. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He observes the maxim of the ancient sage, that we should ever conduct ourselves toward our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend." Flora-Ala. CLUB NOTES (Continued from page 2, column 5) French Club The next meeting of the French Club will be held on Monday after- noon, November 11, at 4:3 0 in Mr. Johnson's studio. The new members of the French Club will be initiated at this time. Austin Beauty Shoppe SPECIAL Shampoo, Set, and Manicure. 75c Phone DE. 1967 Decatur, Ga. s & w The South's Largest Cafeteria Welcomes Agnes Scott Girls 189-191 Peachtree St. Agnes Scott College entertained the seniors of North Avenue Presbyterian School in Atlanta on November 1 from 3:45 until 9 o'clock. N. A. P. S. alumnae at Agnes Scott were hostesses. At 4 o'clock the guests enjoyed the hockey game and, at 5 o'clock, open house in the gymnasium. After dinner the Cotillion Club sponsored a dance in their honor. At 8 o'clock they at- tended the swimming meet held in commemoration of the tenth year of the building of Bucher Scott Gymna- sium. This year there will not be one day on which all Atlanta and Decatur high school seniors are guests of Agnes Scott, as has been the custom for some time. The seniors of each high school will be entertained at Agnes Scott on separate days. Their student hostesses will be alumnae of the particular high school. Aids Local Students The Agnes Scott College fire de- partment met Wednesday afternoon, October 3 0, for a period of discussion and instruction in fire prevention. Present at the meeting were the mem- bers of the department, of which Katherine Bishop is chief, Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, Dean Nannette Hopkins, Mr. R. B. Cunningham, Mr. Jones, Mr. Rivers, and two members of the Decatur fire department. The duties of the brigade were clearly outlined, and their re- sponsibility in case of fire was em- phasized. Stress was laid on the fact that preservation of life is the main objective. It was decided to inaugurate a pro- gram of fire drills in the dormitories in the near future, when students will be instructed as to the location of exits in their respective buildings. Attend- ance at these drills will be compulsory. Your Eyesight Is Your Most Precious Gift Consult a competent Eye-Physician (Oculist) for a thorough eye examination. When he gives your pre- scription for glasses, ask him about our reliability and dependable service. Walter Ballard Optical Company 105 Peachtree St. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Medical Arts Bldg Clock Sign Three Stores 382 Peachtree St. Doctors' Building, 480 Peachtree St. ATLANTA GA Campus Style and Comfort in these Smart SPORT SHOES 6.50 5.00 The liveliest designs in sports shoes should go with your gay new school clothes. You'll find them at Byck's in moccasin, kiltie, and other styles in the smartest materials and colors. See a few of the many smart , styles on display in the Gym. BYCK'S 203 Peachtree St., N. E. 4 The Agonistic Seniors in Final Girlishness --Courtesy of the Atlanta Constitution. Shown above are Alice Chamlee and Nell White, seated, and Rosa Miller, kneeling, as they appeared on Little Girl Day last Friday. TVs was the last day that seniors can dress anyway other than strictly dignified. A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continued from page 2, column 3) to follow two contradictory foreign policies. One has been of the Left group whose main objective has been to seize the present opportunity to form a solid front with Great Britain against Hitler. They want to co-operate with the League; because if France does not, she will lose the support of Great Bri- tain and the Little Entente of Central Europe and will thereby be left with- out protection against Germany. The other policy is that of the Right which is in favor of Italy; because if Italy should fail, Germany would probably take Austria and possibly Italy. Thus I the Right party wants to preserve Italy I as an ally against Hitler and does not want to apply the sanctions. Laval has evidently felt sympathetic with the attitude of the Right, because he has been so slow in agreeing to ap- ply the sanctions. He has agreed on one condition: that France receive four days notice in which to put the eco- nomic sanctions into effect. Laval also gave Great Britain an offer of naval aid in case of an unprovoked Italian at- tack; so Great Britain has withdrawn some of her largest ships from the Med- iterranean, and Italy has promised to end the concentration of troops in Libya near the Egyptian frontier. This offer and its results brought Laval international prestige. A few weeks ago Laval was re-elect- ed senator in two departments where he had presented his candidacies. His victory was regarded as an endorse- ment of both his domestic and foreign policies. However the foreign policy is not stable; and since it is very im- portant in European affairs, it is worth w hile to watch its course. SENIORS WIN FIRST, JUNIORS ARE SECOND IN SWIM MING MEET Decatur Woman's Exchange DeKalh Theater Bldg. CARDS FLOWERS Gifts for MOTHER AM) DA D For THANKSGIVING In the swimming meet Friday night, November 1, the seniors placed first with a total of 23 points, the juniors came second with 21 points, the sopho- mores won third place with 16 points, and the freshmen placed fourth with 13 points. The first event was a 40- yard dash free style. The result was: 1st place Coffee, 2 5.1 seconds. 2nd place Hamilton, 26.2 seconds. 3rd place Burson, 29 seconds. In the front tandem for form, Thompson and Henderson won first ~>lace, Lasseter and Johnson second, Og- den and Wheeler third. In the back randem first place went to the juniors, second place to the sophomores, while the freshmen and seniors tide for third. In the 20-yard dash, back crawl, Kneale, swimming for the juniors, placed first with 14 seconds, while Cof- fee came in with a close second for the seniors with IS seconds. Henderson, swimming for the sophomores, placed third. In the diving events the juniors won first place with Johnson and Printup diving. The seniors came second with Coffee and Armstrong; and the soph- omores third with Smith and Chal- mers. In the last event, the glove relay race, the senior-sophomore team won Hockey Sub-Varsity Overcomes Varsity: Robinson Gets Stick First the freshmen win the stunt. Then the sub-varsity hockey team de- feats the varsity. What will happen next? They have the opportunity to de- feat the varsity again, for the sub-var- sity team has accepted a challenge to another game with the varsity. The game will be played off perhaps during the week. The varsity team, made up of Hart, Burson, Handte, Shloss, Fleece, Derrick, Kneale, Armstrong, Crenshaw, Taylor, Gillespie, Adams, and Forman, will have to do some expert plaving to out-point the sub-varsity, made up of Stevens, Isabel McCain, Dryfoos, Thompson, Laura Coit, Coffee, Grim- son, Crowell, Blackshear, Sarah Frances Estes, McMullen, and Robinson. In the game Friday Laura Coit shot the only goal made during the game, giv- ing the sub-varisty a score of 1-0 over the varsity team. It was by far the most exciting game of the season; and both teams, as well as many fans, are eagerly awaiting the next. The hockey stick was presented be- tween the halves of the game Friday. Each year the senior team chooses the sophomore whom they think has shown the most skill during the hockey sea- son. This year the award went to Frances Robinson, goal guard for the sophomores, because of her stick tech- ique, speed, presence of mind, and pos- -ibility of developing into a skillful player. first place; the junior-freshman team won second. The meet was sponsored by the swimming club, the members of which presented a skillful formation and beau- tiful diving with sparklers as the cli- max of the meet. Gym Celebrates Tenth Year; Entertainment Held on Nov. 1 A young lady who graduated proudly from Smith last year was re- duced to applying to one of the mu- nicipal employment agencies for a job. They gave her an application blank to fill out, and she answered all the ques- tions fearlessly and frankly until she came to one asking the applicant's higher education, if any. She stuck there for a while and then wrote "Bryn Mawr." "I just couldn't write down that a Smith girl was out of a job," she said later. Readers Digest. 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The events of the day included a spe- cial chapel program, a hockey game, afternoon tea, after-dinner coffee, and a swimming meet. Ann Coffee, president of the Ath- letic Association, was in charge of the morning chapel program. At this time four athletic group leaders spoke of the activities of their respective groups. These included Helen Handte, hockey manager; Martha Long, president of Outing Club; Florence Lasseter, swim- ming manager; and Anne Taylor, chairman of the health committee. The hockey varsity and sub-varsity, and the swimming club members were also an- nounced at this meeting. In the hockey game at 4 o'clock the sub-varsity upset the varsity team by a score of 1 to 0. Between halves Eliz- abeth Burson, representing the senior team, awarded the hockey stick, which is given every year to the sophomore showing the greatest skill and technique n hockey, to Frances Robinson, sopho- more goal guard. From 5 to 6 there was an informal tea in the gymnasium. Dr. Mary F. Sweet and Miss Harriette ; Haynes, of the physical education de- partment, poured, while Miss Llewellvn W/ilburn, also of the physical education 'department, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, assistant in physical education, Wavve Lewis, Julia Thing, and Marie Stalker assisted. After-dinner coffee was served in the gymnasium from 7:50 to S o'clock. Mildred Frost Brown and Frances Rob- inson poured, and Mary Hull assisted. At S o'clock there was an inter-class swimming meet followed by an exhibi- tion by the swimming club. The events of the meet included a 40-yard dash free style; front and back tandems for form; a 20-yard backstroke race; div- ing; and a novelty relay in which the girls swam with gloves on. The seniors placed first, the juniors second, the sophomores third, and the freshmen fourth. Eight members of the swim- ,ming club took part in the swimming formations, and three members partici- pated in the dives made with sparklers. Guests for the athletic celebration included members of the College com- munity, friends of the College, and vis- itors for investiture. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. college essentials robes and lounging pajamas for your leisure and study hours . . . you'll love their styling, seme feminine, others severely tailored; some eordu- roy, others flannel . . . sizes: small, medium, large; colors: purple, blue, green, wine, black, brown sketched ! corduroy robe fashioned along interesting. Serviceable and flattering lines . . . purple, green, wine, red . . . 5.95 lingerie shop second floor VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1935 NO. 7 A. S. C. Holds Peace Chapel November 12 An all-Agnes Scott faculty-student Peace program was presented in chapel yesterday morning as part of the Peace policies being sponsored this fall by many of the leading campus organiza- tions. Augusta King, of the Y. W. C. A., speaking on "Personal Peace," rep- resented the students. Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain, president of the College, repre- senting the faculty, presided over the meeting. The organizations which took an ac- tive part in planning the program were Student Government Association; the Y. W. C. A.; the Current History Fo- rum including International Relations Club, Citizenship Club, and the local chapter of the National Student Fed- eration of America; Pi Alpha Phi, de- bating society; and The Agonistic. This program was one of the many- held throughout the country at this time in connection with a nation-wide, faculty-student mobilization for peace. This movement was sponsored by N. S. F. A. and other national student or- ganizations. Eleven o'clock last Friday was the time chosen for the demon- stration but since the chapel hour at Agnes Scott comes at ten and The Ag- onistic program was already sched- uled, yesterday morning was substitut- ed for the hour on Friday. Dr. Works To Visit A.S.C. Next Month Dr. George A. Works, dean of the School of Education, University of Chicago, and secretary of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is expected to come to Agnes Scott College early in De- cember, in connection with the plans for co-operation between Emory Uni- versity and Agnes Scott. Dr. Works, with several other prom- inent educators, visited Agnes Scott in January, 1934, in connection with the same project, and investigated the con- ditions existing in the educational in- stitutions of Atlanta. Although no ac- tion was taken at that time, the proj- ect has not been abandoned. It is ex- pected that during Dr. Works' visit this year definite plans will be made. ALUMNAE LEAVE ON FIELD TRIP THROUGH SOUTHERN STATES Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, field sec- retary of the Alumnae Association of Agnes Scott College, and Miss Jacque- line Woolfolk, '3 5, left on Monday, November 5, on an overland trip to Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan- sas, and Texas. They will be gone for approximately six weeks, returning to the College around December 14. Miss Palmour spoke on Agnes Scott and showed moving pictures of campus life to students in Mobile, Alabama, on November 6; New Orleans, Louisiana, on November 9; Baton Rouge, Louisi- ana, on Monday, and Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Beaumont, Texas, yes- terday. She will arrive in Houston to- day, and will be there through Satur- day of this week, when she will go on to San Antonio and Austin. While in New Orleans, Miss Pal- mour and Miss Woolfolk were guests of Mrs. Fred R. White; and they will be entertained in Austin by Miss Mary Ames, '34. AGONISTIC PEACE BALLOT FAILS IN PURPOSE AS ONLY 23 PER CENT OF COLLEGE RESPONDS Questions Total Ballots % Freshman ! Sophomore % Junior Senior Unclassified % Facultv % Percentage Voting 23.3 14 12 31 ] 23 35 Question No. 1 Yes 91.3 95 ! 100 88 87 85 96 No 8.7 0 12 13 15 4 Question No. 2 a 1.8 6 0 0 0 0 4 b 98.2 94 100 100 100 100 96 Question No. 3 Yes 11.4 17 23 4 31 0 No 88.6 83 77 94 96 69 100 Mortar Board Plans Recognition Service Mrs. Elinor Hamilton Hightower, '34, will address the College at the an- nual recognition service of the Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar Board, to be held at the chapel period on Saturday, November 16. Her subject will be "Service of Mortar Board on the Cam- pus." Mrs. Hightower is a former editor of the Silhouette, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a member of Mortar Board. Before her marriage, she was, in 1934-193 5, field representative of the Agnes Scott College Alumnae As- sociation. Mortar Board, which replaces at Ag- nes Scott the local honorary society of Hoasc, is a national honorary society for women, with scholarship, leader- ship, and service the qualifications for membership. Members of the active chapter are Carrie Phinney Latimer, president; Lulu Ames, Frances James, Shirley Christian, Sarah Spencer, Ruby Hutton,, Ann Coffee, Dean McKoin Augusta King, Adelaide Stevens, and Loice Richards. Agonistic Key To Honor Four Staff Members The four recipients of The Agonis- tic Key, emblem of the honorary or- ganization established this year by The Agonistic, will be announced at The Agonistic chapel program on Friday morning, December 13. Election to the chapter is based on the loyalty and 'work of the members of the editorial and business sides of the paper. Girls who are elected must also be active par- ticipants in at least one other campus organization and must have merited two-thirds of their academic work for the semester preceding; in the case of freshmen, they shall have merited two- thirds of their work for the preceding six weeks. Initiation of the new members will take place the night of their election. The following Saturday the first meet- ing of the organization will take place in the form of a luncheon at the Anna Young Alumnae tea house. Girls working on the business side of the paper will be judged by their work on all of this year's editions of the paper, and reporters and members of the editorial staff will be judged by their work on the four editions from October 23 through today's edition. Election is to be made by a committee composed of Professor George Hayes, of the English department; Assistant Professor Annie May Christie, of the English department and instructor of journalism; Lulu Ames, editor of The Agonistic, and Alice Chamlee, busi- ness manager. The election of four more girls to the organization will take place next spring. Mr. Thomas Makes Peace Speech At Agonistic Chapel Mr. Lavens Thomas II, of the Can- dler School of Theology, Emory Uni- versity, spoke on International Peace at The Agonistic chapel program, on Friday, November 8. This address opened the final phase of The Agon- istic fall Peace Program, which closes with this issue of the paper. In the course of his talk, Mr. Thomas said, "We, as loyal citizens, can not but dare to follow the example of our government in renouncing war as a means of settling international dis- putes, first of all, because of the ter- rific expense in dollars and ccikj." Ik pointed out that, according to the most accurate statistics available, the money spent for shot and shell in the last war would be enough to build ten col- leges like Agnes Scott in each of the forty eight states, and to furnish each of these four hundred and eighty schools with a $5,000,000 endowment together with 1000 scholarships worth $5,000 each. Mr. Thomas declared that loyal citi- zens will renounce war because of the terrific toll it takes of human life. Just how great this was in the World War can be seen from the fact that 16,5 8 5 men were killed every day. If these dead would march twenty abreast, eight hours a day, he said, it would take 94 days for them to pass a given spot. Thus, if this troop should have begun on November 8, to march past Gaines Chapel, it would be March 13 before the last figure had passed out of sight. Mr. Thomas concluded that, not only as loyal Americans, but also, "as loyal citizens of the kingdom of God, we must denounce war, because of the teachings of, and the spirit revealed by, Jesus of Nazareth, whom we call 'Mas- ter' ". Instead of being swept away by martial airs, by militant propaganda, and by threats of court martial, it would do better to expend energy to- ward righteous indignation, to show patriotism by "attacking iniquity in high places," and that thus, "with minorities moving here and there, we may usher in His kingdom." Roosevelt to Speak In Atlanta Nov. 29 President Franklin D. Roosevelt will speak at Grant Field in Atlanta on Friday, November 29, as the major part of a celebration to be held that day in his honor. This date has been set aside as Roose- velt Day in Georgia and delegations from all parts of the state are plan- ning to be in Atlanta then; a crowd of about 100,000 is expected. Various civic and political organizations are in charge of the plans for the program which will be held during the Presi- dent's annual visit to Warm Springs, where he maintains a cottage and where, for a number of years, he has come to spend Thanksgiving with the patients. He is a trustee of the Wnrm Springs Foundation and has been in- strumental in making the Foundation's reputation for the successful treat- ment of victims of poliomyelitis na- tion-wide. He will arrive at Warm Springs around the twentieth; he will make the 70-mile trip to Atlanta by car. President Roosevelt will speak at noon. Agnes Scott students who have no classes at this hour will probably hear him. Juniors Lead Student Poll By 8 Percent Faculty Has High Record By Numbers; Nine Depts. Remain Silent on Issue Silhouette Wins National Award For Fourth Time ATTENTION Cornelia Otis Skinner, the fa- mous daughter of the noted ac- tor, Otis Skinner, will appear in a program of Modern Character Sketches on next Wednesday night, November 20, at 8:15 o'clock in Glenn Memorial Audi- torium. She is being brought to Atlanta by the Student Lecture Association of Fmory University. General admission will be one dollar. The awarding of the 1934-3 5 Sil- houette first-class rating for colleges with 5 00 students or less makes the fourth consecutive year that the Na- tional Scholastic Press Association has accorded this honor to the Agnes Scott College annual. The editor and busi- ness manager of last year's annual were Caroline Long and Betty Lou Houck, respectively. Their development of the theme, the diary of an Agnes Scott girl, was especially complimented. The Southeastern Photo-Process Company, in recognition of these suc- cessive honors, has presented to the Silhouette a cup which is to remain in its permanent possession. At the recent convention of the N. S. P. A., editors of college yearbooks were advised to "withdraw from the stereotyped, conventional type" of an- nual. Shirley Christian, editor of the I 193 6 Silhouette, has announced that this year the staff is making several changes in accordance with this pol- icy. One of these which has already been put into effect is the popular ballot to choose the students who will try out for the beauty section. An- other important change is that all of the art work for the annual is being done by students. In general the staff is making a deliberate effort to in- clude all phases of campus life and to give a more informal record of the college year. The returns of The Agonistic Peace Ballot, conducted on the cam- pus Nov. 1-8, are charted here on a percentage basis. The figures were com- piled by Professor Henry A. Robinson, of the mathematics department, who, assisted by Lulu Ames, tabulated the votes. Only 23.3 % of the College re- turned their ballots. Of the four classes the juniors re- sponded best; the seniors, after three years of liberal college training and mental activity, were almost 10 % low- er than the juniors. It is interesting to note, also, that the freshmen were 2 ( t better than the sophomores. The fac- ulty group, in point of number, re- turned most ballots; re-calculated by departments, its record is not so high. The history department and the de- partment of physics and astronomy both voted 100%. The next highest were the French with 75% and ^ Fnglish with 60 ( < . The rest ra J from 50' ' down; nine departr ,nts made no response at all. The unclassified column in the chart includes all those who failed to indi- cate on the ballot their class standing or their department. The sophomore class is more willing than the five other groups to support the federal government in defensive warfare, with the faculty next. Of the definitely classified groups, the seniors tend most toward complete pacifism, although only 1 % more than the jun- iors. The freshmen lead the group in favoring military methods as a means for settling disputes between other na- tions, followed closely by the faculty group. The final question, Are you in favor of protecting by force of arms prop- erty rights of United States citizens in (Continued on page 6, column 1) Concert Orchestra To Appear Tonight Dr. Hans Kindler will conduct his famous National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D. C, as the second presentation of the All Star Concert Series tonight at 8:30 at the Fox Thea- ter, in Atlanta. More than three hundred Agnes Scott College students will hear this leading symphony orchestra on its first appearance in Atlanta. Dr. Kindler, who has acted as guest conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Philadel- phia Symphony, Paris, Vienna, and other European orchestras, has been recognized as a man of unusual ability because of his development of this na- tionally known organization. The transportation of Agnes Scott boarding students attending the con- cert will be arranged as for the first concert of this season. Three street cars will leave the underpass prompt- ly at 7:15 o'clock. After the concert, Agnes Scott students are to wait in the front lobby until the cars have ar- rived. The fare for the trip in will be five cents and for the trip back, ten cents. To prevent confusion in the of- fice, the boarding students are request- ed to sign out early this afternoon. 2 The Agonistic rje Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. A Key to Current History Let's Send Missionaries PUBLISHED W EEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. 1935 Member 1936 Ptssocided Golle&ide Press Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Carv Assistant Editors ELLIE ML GlLROY Tea feature Editor Nell Ai lisox Ass't Feature Editor Janl Guthrie Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Edito* Nell White Society Editor STAFF Mildred Clark Make -u p Editor June Matthews Ass y t Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Business Assistants Vera Marsh Anne Wheaton Ellen Davis Elizabeth Cox Rachel Kennedy Sara Beaty Sloan Kennon Henderson Hortense Norton Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers Wtta Moreland OUR WORLD WITHIN THE WORLD For the first time in three years, the organizations of Agnes Scott have adopted an active policy. We have chosen International Peace. We have outlined programs that include discussion groups dealing with international affairs, chapel speakers whose subjects deal with important matters of the world today, club programs with student speakers. We have shown undue enthusiasm in this campus-wide Peace project. We have discussed and talked and read and learned almost to the saturation point, we believe. We listen to speakers and we ask them intelligent questions. We could, if we put our minds to it, resent the blanket criticism that students are a part of human- ity set aside in cotton batting, a group apart from the real prob- lems of citizenship. Why, we are no longer asleep. We are no longer campus-minded. We are interested in those questions on which the attention of the world is now centered. And we are sincere. YET, out of the 540 Peace Ballots mailed to all faculty, admin- istrative officers, and students last week, only 129 were returned. GOOD OLD AMERICANISM In a syndicated article timed, apparently, to greet the British debaters at the boat, the Hearst papers have let loose a stream of the "usual Hearstian taunts" at the N. S. F. A.-sponsored debate teams representing Cambridge and Oxford. According- to the ar- ticle, titled variously "Sappers Are Coming" and "English 'Stu- dent Tourists' Rap U. S. Consti- tution," the teams have come to the United States in order to "advocate the superiority of the British system of government to the American system." The practice of international debates, doubtless a new one to the Hearst writer, is backed, he says, by "a group of radicals in politics" who are "waging war on the American system of train- ing with the Colors which George Washington recommended, Ab- raham Lincoln inaugurated and every President and Congress since his time has strongly sup- ported." With surprising caution. JOY! JOY! JOY! The thought of an honest-to- goodness holiday that won't be passed before we know it's here is too much. For eight weeks by the time Thanksgiving gets here, if it ever does, it will be eight weeks we have been struggling and pushing along after the most approved fashion. For those of us who have been here before, it's been an effort. What then must it be for the freshmen ? Of course, if we should hap- pen to get Friday and maybe Sat- urday, too, we would have to make it up later in the year Memorial Day, say, or a bite out of Spring Holidays. But then we will have had Christmas and ex- ams (there's always extra time running loose during exams!) and Founder's Day for excess re- cuperation and back work. Whereas, now, it's been a steady beat since the middle of Septem- ber. It's time to play. Why not Thanksgiving week-end? American Peace Movements Since the World War When the Commission on the Coor- dination of Efforts for Peace, set up by the American Peace Society in 192 8, made its report, it submitted data on several hundred organizations. The re- port divides the peace organizations into four categories: "(a) Organiza- tions organized primarily for the pro- motion of peace; (b) organizations not organized primarily for the promotion of peace but engaged in the promotion 1 of peace through a special committee; (c) organizations not organized pri- marily for the promotion of peace and not engaged in the promotion of peace through a special committee or section, but having the promotion of peace as one of the several stated objectives; (d) other organizations organized for purposes more or less closely related to the promotion of peace." This report clearly indicates the fact that peace movements in America have been very numerous and yet have had extremely varied programs. The movement for peace in America received its first impetus from en- dowed peace societies, the first of which was established in 1815. The American Peace Society, which is still functioning, boasts an existence of over a century. The main features of its program as adopted at its centenary in Cleveland in 1928 are: "(a) Opposi- tion to compulsory military training in public schools; (b) withdrawal of gov- ernment protection of the investments of nationals in notoriously unsettled and disturbed countries." Another or- ganization for the promotion of peace in America is known as the American section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This international organization was begun at the Hague Conference of 1915, and, under the leadership of Jane Addams, its chairman, many constructive con- ferences were held in various countries. This organization sponsored courses for peace workers at Geneva in 1926. Just this year the American section an- nounced itself in favor of the "com- plete abolition of the munitions indus- try." The third and perhaps the best known of the peace foundations is the National Committee on the Cause and (Continued on page 6, Col. 1) Exchanges A certain professor states that with the present rate of insanity 5 0 per cent of the population will be insane by 1975. Florida Flambeau. The last book written by Lawrence of Arabia, entitled The Mint, is priced $5 00,000 a copy. At that price no title could be more appropriate. Ohio State Journal. Books he lays all the blame for this en- croachment on American ideals on "an organization operating under the name of National Stu- dents Federation"; he plainly stales ''that this extraordinary expedition is not sponsored by the government or people of Great Britain." He condemns the project as "anti-American." This attitude of fine jingoism is not one that will contribute, greatly to international friend- a five-minute interval. Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, widely known historian, has written or edited 104 volumes of history. Dr. Hart is a former professor at Harvard. The Flat Hat. Alumnae News HOUR CLASSES One hour is long enough for any class. Especially since one Mary Virginia Allen, Mary Boggs, Liselotte Roennecke, and Margaret Robins spent two weeks at Edisto Island, S. C, on a house party this sum mer. Vella Marie Behm is church secretary and secretary to the pastor. Reverend William M. Elliott, Jr., at Druid Hills Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Mary Boggs is living at 107 Walker Street, Cambridge, Mass., while attend- ing the graduate school of Radcliffe studying for her M.A. Alice Burke is teaching at the Lee Street School in Atlanta. Trellis Charmichael is teaching school in LaFayette, Ga. Sara Davis works with the Georgia Power Company in Atlanta. Alice Dunbar is teaching high school English in Troy, Ala. Fidesah Edwards is teaching in Texas, where her family has recently moved from New Orleans. Willie Florence Eubanks is teaching in Roswell, Ga. Alsine Shutze is teaching English lit- the The carpenter at the University of Southern California, E. N. Currier, 85 years old, is an alumnus of the Uni- versity. He gives his entire salary to a scholarship fund dedicated to the memory of his son. At the opening and closing of each year he writes his greetings to the students on the black- board in the classrooms. Harvard has the largest university library in the world. It has 3,602,040 books in all. Lee and Grant have met again. Two freshmen at Dartmouth College on meeting each other said: "My name's Lee." "Mine's Grant." They are both great-grandsons of the cousins of the famous generals and live in Washington, D. C. Dr. H. W. Stopher, director of mu- sic at Louisiana State University, has made arrangements with the famous Mozartcum, Austrian National Con- servatory in Salzburg, whereby two students from each school will ex- change for a year's study. Associated Collegiate Press. Expansion of the University of Michigan is being made possible through the gift of $5,000,000 from the trustees of the Horace H. and Mary Rackham fund. class follows another after only That is ! erature, shorthand, and typing in shto^^ connections. It is possible, j ^ 2 -^ h SchooL . based on emotional and false though, because too many ^A^^gI^^I^^ premises, will not W f*^* diea make an unexcused absence. | 2?v4> < oltmn 1 I unbelievecL I he intentional mis- , . v interpretation of the purpose of And unexcused absences louei the debatea and the "anti-Ameri- grades. can" motif addressed to hysteri- All this being so, we believe cal patriots will weaken, if not that professors should stop^ their de-troy, the wee, small bit N. S. lecture8 when the first bell rings !* f i,ou r e t the youth of this countrv and to dismiss themselves then witn- Grea1 Britain. out danger of rebuke. Carnegie Institution astronomers are conducting studies of a very faint ne- bula said to be 1,3 30,000,000,000,000,- 000,000 miles away. This is about the same distance that a college student's mind is from the lecture on Monday morning. the The faculty and student body of Airnes Seott College wish to express their sincere sympathy to Miss Martha Stansfield in the death of her father. "The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflec- tions of his own face. Frown at it, and it in turn will look sourly upon vou; laugh at it and with it, and it is a folly, kind companion." William Makepeace Thackeray. Tn one day's time the heart pumps enough blood to fill an ordinary rail- road tank car. Time. National Velvet Enid Bagnold. By Elizabeth Warden. The piebald horse couldn't stand be- ing shut up and would clear stone fences and go thundering down the village street, scaring the children half out of their wits and leaving a path of devastation behind him. So the pie- bald was raffled and won by Velvet Brown, and there it all began. Velvet, aged fourteen, fourth daughter of the butcher, fairly lived for horses. And with the Grand National steeplechase only a few months off almost any- thing could happen with Velvet a round. But the piebald does not hold all the interest; there are the Browns. Mr. Brown, the butcher; Mrs. Brown, who was once a channel swimmer but who has grown fat, so that her stays, cheap ones, wound her broad back; Malvolia, Meredith, and Edwina, "like golden an- telopes" galloping over the country- side; 4-year-old Donald, who is saving his spit in a spit bottle, and who re- fuses to swallow his dinner " 'cause 'taint slidy"; Jacob, the hypocritical old fox-terrier; Mi Taylor, who makes all the arrangements for Velvet's dar- ing adventure; and Velvet herself, the family's ugly duckling, who smuggles out her torturing gold plate so she can eat in comfort when her father's back is turned. The jacket announcement that ;Yt/- tional Velvet deals with horses and horse races may cause some people to turn aside; but it takes no more than three chapters to have the reader be- witched by the South Downs of Sus- sex overlooking the sea, by the Brown family gathered in their dining room next to the slaughter house, and by Velvet who races through the pages on her beloved piebald. National Velvet, illustrated with de- lightful sketches by the author's daughter, is a book to be read "for pure enchantment, excitement, and en- joyment." Sir James Barrie presided at a re- cent dinner given by the Author's Club in London in honor of Morley Rob- erts. Sir Barrie, rarely seen in public, appeared to be in the best of spirits; and after speaking for thirty seconds, he reached for a bell and tang it to stop himself. Morley Roberts, honor guest and 78- year-old author with sixty outstanding novels to his credit, answered the toast given him by Horace Annesley Va- chell with an account of Ins early struggles in San Francisco. 1 1 has been sui^csted that the dinner was somewhat of a reparation, since a few days before one of the club mem- bers, ignorant of the fact that Mr. Roberts has recently delved into the field of science, approached the author and congratulated him on the "success of his son's Malignancy and Fvnln- tion." (Continued on Page 4, Col. 4) The Agonistic 3 Christian Youth Meet In Atlanta Nov. 15-16 Presided over by leaders of the va- rious city leagues of Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian societies, the Atlanta Christian Youth Conference, to be held on November 15-16 at the First Bap- tist Church of Atlanta, will bring to- gether many young people of all de- nominations for worship services, dis- cussion groups, and addresses. Agnes Scott College students have received special invitation to attend. There will be five sessions; on Fri- day and Saturday mornings, on Friday and Saturday afternoons, and on Fri- day night. The main features of these meetings will be addresses by promi- nent speakers and discussion groups on subjects of interest to Christian youth. The choice will be given from among seven or eight subjects of discussion, led by well-known ministers of At- lanta, including Rev. Richard Gilles- pie, Rev. B. Frank Pirn, Dr. W. A. Shelton, and others. Adult discussion groups have also been arranged; Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, will be the leader of one of these. A main speaker of the confer- ence is Mr. S. D. Gordon. Conferen- ces similar to this one have been held recently in most of the large cities with much success. A very large enroll- ment is anticipated for this conference, and a small enrollment fee of 2 5c will be charged those who attend. Agnes Scott girls wishing to attend are asked to see Isabel McCain, who is in charge of registration. Blackfriars Offer Milne Play Twice Blackfriars, dramatic club of Agnes Scott College, will present A. A. Milne's play, Mr. Pfon Passes By, on Friday and Saturday evenings, Novem- ber 22 and 2 5, in Bucher Scott Gym- nasium. Miss Frances K. Gooch, of the Spoken English department, is direct- ng the play. The following cast has been chosen: Olivia Marden Myrl Chafin. Dinah Marden Kathryn Printup. Lady Marden Carrie Phinney Lati- mer; Virginia Turner. Anne Carrie Phinney Latimer; Virginia Turner. Mr. Pirn Tom Wesley. Brian Strange Luther Carroll. George Marden Edgar Neely. Blackfriars try-outs were held on Monday evening, November 11, in the gymnasium. Those who tried out either must have had or now be taking the first year course in spoken English; each one used one of the selections from the posted list. The new mem- bers are: Helen Handte, Joyce Raper, Mary Primrose Noble, Hortense Nor- ton, Ola Kelly, Jean Barrie Adams, and Mary McCann Hudson. Mr. Tart Has Narrow Escape Mr. J. C. Tart, treasurer of Agnes Scott College, narrowly escaped disas- ter on Friday, November 1, in a spec- tacular automobile crash at the cross- ing of Ford and Ellis streets in Atlan- ta. When approached for an interview about the accident, Mr. Tart seemed doubtful at first, apparently thinking the reporter had legal designs on him. "I've had enough lawyers visiting me already!" he complained aggriev- edly. Finally convinced, however, of the harmless character of the interview, he briskly described his accident, and his almost miraculous escape. He was driving down Ellis street at about thirty-five miles an hour to- ward Decatur. At the Ford street cross- ing it is impossible to see any oncom- ing car on Ford from Ellis, and here, in the space of a few seconds, came the collision. Mr. Tart said he had no time to be nervous, and although when he first saw the other car it was about forty feet away, he knew that noth- ing could possibly prevent the crash. "Anyone driving at sixty miles an hour might as well expect an accident at a crossroads," observed Mr. Tart. The other car, a Chevrolet coach, struck Mr. Tart's car broadside, smash- ing the left side beyond repair. Then whirling around from the impetus of the first blow, the car crashed into the back of Mr. Tart's car. Meanwhile a third car coming down Ford turned into Ellis just in time to be knocked into a telephone pole by the front of Mr. Tart's car as it skidded away from the collision And there in the middle of the crushed car sat Mr. Tart, wreck- age in front of him, wreckage behind him, and wreckage beside him, al- though he suffered no injury worse than a bruise on the forehead. Mr. Tart said that the damage done to his car is estimated at about $3 00, and added, with characteristic canni- ness, that it will be more practical to get a new car than to attempt repairs. Decatur Beauty Salon Offers Agnes Scott Girls A 2-Week Special Shampoo and Finger-Wave, 50c, Every Day! Phone DE. 4692 Fewer Names Are On Black List Than Last Year The Black List, posted October 15, contains the names of eighty-seven girls who have not paid their student budget fee and are therefore ineligible for membership in organizations that re- ceive money from the fund. The list is noticeably shorter this year than last. No organizations this year were forced to take a H% discount of their Budget percentage because of mem- bers' failing to pay their student ac- tivities fees; by Tuesday, October 29, when the Budget Committee met, there were no organization members on the list. The student treasurers, Meriel Bull and Cornelia Christie, wish to remind those who have not yet paid that pay- ments are still being accepted and that those who do not pay will not receive annuals at the close of the year, and will be excluded from participating in May Day, in class athletic contests, and in other activities. The fee is $15.00 for the year, all of which is payable now or in installments of $10.00 now and $5.00 in the spring. Juniors Fete Sister class Members of the freshman class of Agnes Scott College were the guests of the juniors at a tea-dance held in Bu- cher Scott Gymnasium on Friday after- noon, November 8, from 4:3 0 to 6 P. M. An important feature of the oc- casion was the presentation by .Martha Summers, president of the junior class, of an engraved gold bell to Anna Mar- garet Riepma, chairman of the fresh- man stunt committee. The bell, which is to be hung about the Black Cat's neck, is symbolical of the victory of the freshmen over the sophomores in the annual stunt contest held this year on October 19. Graham Jackson, popular Atlanta Negro pianist, furnished music for dancing. Robt. Frost Lectures Here on November 7 To Large Audience Robert Frost, eminent American poet, spoke before an audience of over 700 in Bucher Scott Gymnasium at Agnes Scott College, on Thursday night, November 7. Mr. Frost lectur- ed for an hour and a half, speaking first of the purpose and place of poetry, and later reading selections from several of his books. Among the poems which he read were "Mending Walls," "Two Roads Diverged in a Wood," "Birches," "Departmental," "The Death of the Hired Man," and others. Besides the College community and Decatur, students and faculty mem- bers of several Georgia colleges were present. From the Georgia State Col- lege for Women in Milledgeville a party of 40, including the Dean of Women, the professor of English and several other members of the English department, came to hear Mr. Frost. Twelve students, accompanied by the Dean and several faculty members came from Shorter college, Rome; 8 from Bessie Tift in Forsyth; 16 facul- ty members from the Berry schools; and several from the University of Georgia and from Piedmont college. The President of the University of Florida, who was visiting in Atlanta at the time, attended the lecture. Sev- eral Alumnae of Agnes Scott were also present, among whom was Margaret Glass of Richmond, Va. Immediately after the lecture, there was a reception in Main building for Mr. Frost. Mr. Frost left at mdinight Thursday for Amherst, Massachusetts, where he is a member of the faculty, in order to address the Amherst Alum- ni Council which meets early in this month. During his stay on the cam- pus, Mr. Frost was entertained at a small luncheon by Associate Profes- sor Emma May Laney, of the English department. On Thursday afternoon a small group of faculty members took him to ride. Agnes Scott is one of the few places in the South and the only place in Georgia at which Mr. Frost has lec- tured. He never makes lecture tours and dislikes public appearances. Parents of Seniors Attend Investiture HOTEL CANDLER Decatur, Ga. Modern Fireproof Good Food DE. 3715 Bailey Brothers Shoe Shop Welcomes ACNES SCOTT GIRLS! 142 Sycamore St. Ph. DE. 0172 Decatur, Ga. Di\ Logan Gives ReligiousTalk During Chapel Dr. Charles Logan, missionary to Tokiushima, Japan, spoke in chapel to the student body of Agnes Scott Col- lege on Saturday morning, November 9. He took as his text Corinthians II, 2:15, "For we are unto God a sweet fragrance of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish." In the course of his address Dr. Logan discussed Kagawa, the Japanese reputed to be the greatest living Chris- tion, whose conversion was brought about largely by Dr. Logan and his brother-in-law. Kagawa, who now is only 46 years old, has written 80 books and has spoken countless times in many countries. He is to speak in Atlanta on January 6, 193 6. The Bible Club entertained at an in- formal reception in Dr. Logan's honor from 1:10 to 2:30 P. M. in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room on Saturday after- All for One and One for All- in the Grandest Love Story Ever Written! "The THREE MUSKETEERS" With WALTER ABEL PAUL LUKAS HEATHER ANGEL Starting Friday pwrnnmmt The parents of twenty-six seniors were guests of Agnes Scott Col- lege during Investiture week-end, No- vember 2. Among these were: Mrs. J. R. Forman, Birmingham, Alabama; Mrs. J. W. Chamlee, Canton, Georgia; Mr?. W. J. Bishop, Augusta, Georgia; Mrs. E. F. Comely, Abbeville, S. C; Mrs. J. C. Latimer, Honea Path, S. C; Mrs. Stella G. Leipold, Augusta, Geor- gia; Dr. and Mrs. E. M. McDonald, Jefferson, Georgia; Mrs. F. H. Rich- ardson, Black Mountain, N. C; Mrs. Doug'as G. Rogers, Fort Smith, Arkan- sas; Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Scott, Mil- ledgeville, Georgia; Mr. W. A. Bates, Greenville, S. C; Mrs. S. R. Spencer, Columbia, S. C; Professor and Mrs. S. J. McCallie, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. E. P. Gray, Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Handte, Sumter, S. C.J Mrs. I. S. Bull, Winston-Salem, N. C; Mrs. W. G. Weeks, New Iberia, La.; Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Rowe, La- Grange, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Derrick, Clayton, Georgia; Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Vines, Quincy, Florida; Dr. and Mrs. W. C. McRee, Trenton, Tenn.; Mrs. C. E. Davis, Columbia, S. C; Mrs. Asbury Hull, Augusta, Geor- gia; Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Symms, Au- gusta, Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Turner, Summerville, Georgia, and Mr. S. A. Christian, Chattanooga, Tenn. Juniors Have Rummage Sale A profit of $19.45 is the result of a successful rummage sale held by the junior class to raise money for the $100 pledge made to the Greater Agnes Scott Campaign last April. The sale took place in Decatur on Saturday after- noon, November 2, from 1:30 to 4:00 o'clock. Marie Stalker was chairman of the sale committee, and was assisted by Mary Johnson, Mary Kneale, Mary Bucholz, Mickey McKee, Cornelia Christie, Martha Head, and Eloisa Alex- ander. Another project undertaken by the junior class to raise money for the pledge is the selling of cotton-knit dresses at prices ranging from $3.95 to $4.95. June Matthews is in charge. Eloisa Alexander is chairman of the general committee to raise funds. Agnes Scott Meets Cambridge Debaters The teams of Agnes Scott College and the Cambridge Union Society met here last night in debate on the ques- tion, Resolved: That in the opinion of this house the judiciary should have no power to override the decisions of the executive and legislature. The debate was held at 8:30 in Bucher Scott Gym- nasium, with Miss Daisy Frances Smith, principal of Girls High School, presid- ing. Agnes Scott was represented by Edith Merlin and Sarah Catherine Wood, upholding the negative side of the question, against C. J. M. Alport and John Royle of Cambridge. There was no decision. The Cambridge team arrived in De- catur on Sunday morning and have been guests at the Hotel Candler. Va- rious entertainments were planned for the members of both teams, including dinner and coffee on Sunday, a trip to Stone Mountain the same afternoon, and a banquet at the Hotel Candler on Sunday night. The Cambridge team went to Auburn Monday to meet Ala- bama Polytechnic Institute, returning to Decatur yesterday. After the de- bate a coffee was given in their honor in the Day Students' room in Main. Mr. Alport and Mr. Royle leave today for Gainesville, Florida, to meet the team of the University of Florida. International debates are sponsored by the National Student Federation of America, which makes all arrange- ments. The Cambridge team will be in America for six weeks, meeting twenty-six teams while in this country. Agnes Scott has engaged in interna- tional debates for several years, having met last year the team from the Uni- versity of London. WILSON STRESSES KEEPING SABBATH ATJUMOR VESPERS Frances Wilson spoke on "Sabbath Observance" at the junior vesper serv- ice on Sunday evening, November 10. Mary King, the leader, read the scrip- ture and the poem Ceremonial, and Rachel Kennedy played a violin solo. Other music was furnished by Tommy Ruth Blackmon, accompanist, and the junior choir, consisting of Molly Jones, Louise Brown, Rachel Kennedy, Lucile Cairns, Frances Steele, Sarah Johnson, Florence Lasseter, Jean Kirkpatrick, and Mary Alice Newton. BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. Decatur Battery Service JACK SMOOT, Manager 207 Atlanta Ave. Woco-Pep Tiolene Willard Batteries 4 The Agonistic Dr. Logan Discusses Kagawa In Interview With Agonistic Dr. Charles Logan, the missionary from Tokushima, Japan, who spoke in chapel Saturday, November 9, has led a singularly interesting and devoted life during his thirty-three years in the Orient. Dr. Logan is willing to speak on any subject of interest except himself. It was only after he had thor- oughly covered his favorite subject of Toyoniki Kagawa, the internationally known Japanese author, scholar, and social worker, that he could be per- suaded to touch on his own personal experiences. Dr. Logan has long known Kagawa in a deeply intimate way. In fact, he was the first Occidental that the young man Kagawa ever met. "I was just out as a missionary, and very eager to preach," said Dr. Logan, "so even be- fore I learned the language, I started an English Bible class in my home. Kagawa came among about a dozen other young men, eager to learn Eng- lish." Kagawa asked many questions of Dr. Logan and his brother-in-law, Mr. Henry Myers. It was due to the in- fluence of these two that Toyohiki Kagawa became the world-famous be- nevolent figure that he is today. "Kag- awa's life keynote is the practice of love," declared Dr. Logan. Certainly that broad ideal has expressed itself in many different useful fields of serv- ice, from slum work to higher educa- tion. From his million-dollar income he saves forty dollars for the support of himself and his family of five. "Kaga- wa says that he learned love in our home," Dr. Logan said. Dr. Logan has never stayed long set- tled in any church, although his regu- lar field has always been Tokushima province, with a population of 800,- 000. He builds churches and then, passing their management into the hands of native workers, moves on into other fields. He is primarily a traveling evangel- ist, answering the invitations of churches of many denominations all over the Orient. For the past seven years he has preached and lectured many times in Japan, Korea, Formosa, Quelport, Manchukuo, and South China. "My work is divided into four sections," said Dr. Logan, "Revival meetings, meetings for the deepening of Christian lives, Bible conferences, and the publishing of books from time to time." A. S. C. Campus-Wide Two-Minute Silence Marks Armistice Dav A. S. C. Mortar Board Chapter Know Your Country 1. Associate the name of each of the following with some crisis in Amer- ican history: Sam Houston, Win- field Scott, Santa Ana. 2. Name a cabinet department created in 1913. 3. Which president once killed a man in a duel? 4. Which president received the larg- est popular vote? The largest elec- toral vote? 5. State one fact concerning suffrage in the District of Columbia. 6. Name a subject to which William Lloyd Garrison devoted much time after 183 1. 7. In case of death or removal from office of both president and vice- president, how would the succes- sion to the presidency run? Name three cabinet members who cannot succeed to the presidency in case of vacancy and tell why. 8. By whom are the laws for the Dis- trict of Columbia made? How do the officials obtain their offices? 9. In what cases does the Supreme Court of the United States have original jurisdiction? 10. Why is a mouse when it spins? . (Answers on page 5, ml. 1) Every member of the Agnes Scott College community joined together at 1 1 o'clock on last Monday in a two- minute period of silent prayer for those whose lives were sacrificed in the World War. A bell was rung two times exactly at 1 1 o'clock to indicate the beginning of the silence; the playing of Taps by Loice Richards in the cen- ter of the quadrangle closed the pe- riod. The observation was sponsored by The Agonistic and endorsed by all the major organizations of the College including Student Government Asso- ciation, the Y. W. C. A., Current His- torv Forum, and Pi Alpha Phi. This was the only official observa- tion of Armistice Day at Agnes Scott this year; it was suggested by the Na- tional Student Federation of America. In 1931 Armistice was celebrated at Agnes Scott in the same manner. COMPOSITIONS OF PROF. DIECKMANN TO RE PURLISHED ALUMNAE NEWS (Continued from page 2, column 3) Anna Humber, '3 5, is teaching in Greenville, Fla. tom Cater, '34, is living at 3 Har- rison street, East Orange, N. J. Mary Jane Evans, '3 5, spent Thurs- day night, November 7, on the campus to hear the Frost lecture. Alberta Palmour, '3 5, and Jacque- line Woolfolk, '3 5, left November 5 tor Texas. They will be away for six weeks. Diana Dyer, '32, is studying music appreciation at Salem College. Mary Elliot, '3 2, is teaching at De- funiak Springs, Fla. Elizabeth Sutton, '32, is working in Charlotte, N. C, with the Southern Bell Telephone Company as a member of the engineering department. The recent Florida hurricane missed Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West, but the wind was more than enough to uproot trees and set boats adrift. For many hours no one knew what had happened on the mainland. When boats could finally sail, Mr. \ icmingway went immediately and spent days helping in the recovery of bodies at the veterans' camp. S< / //>- (Catherine Happoldt, '3 3, is taking a Course in business administration at the Princeton School in Boston. ( arrie I ingle, '3 3, is working in the alumni office at Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. It should be recorded, perhaps under the heading of Recovery, that on the night of September 24, 1935, 95,000 spectators paid $948,3 5 2 (not includ- ing premiums paid to speculators) to be in the audience for the Lewis-Baer fight at Yankee Stadium, New York. And also that the papers ot the follow- ing morning carried advertisements an- nouncing that tickets for the New York premiere of the Remlurdt-Hol- lvwood Midsummer Nights Dream film were available at prices ranging from $2.50 to $11. Theatre Arts Monthly. Ethiopian and Chinese theme song: "Why Not Take All of Me." Florida Flambeau. Within the last few weeks, leading publishing concerns have accepted two compositions by Professor Christian Dieckmann, of the music department of Agnes Scott College: Benedictus es Domine and Blest Arc the Pure in Heart. The Benedictus, which is to be pub- lished by the H. W. Gray Company, of New York, may be used in the Episcopal Church service in place of the Te Deum. This setting is in Greg- orian style and in a minor key, which is unusual for a canticle; it is the second setting of Mr. Dieckmann's that the H. W. Gray Company has ac- cepted. The Theodore Presser Company, of Philadelphia, will publish Blest Arc the Pure in 1 1 cart, an anthem with a so- prano solo. Last May this company published another composition of Mr. Dieckmann's: Nearer the Cross, an an- them with a contralto solo. Not off the press yet is Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee, accepted early in the summer by the Oliver Ditson Company, of Boston. Above are the active members of the Ajrnes Seott chapter of Mortar Board who will take part in the recognition service on Saturday. Front row, left to right, Coffee, McKoin, Ames, Spencer, and Hutton. Baek row. Juims. Stevens. Richards, Latimer, and Christian. Not in the picture, Augusta King. A questionnaire asking vocational plans was sent recently to senior stu- dents in some forty-five Pennsylvania colleges. In the women's colleges we learn with interest that 5.1 per cent of the students indicated marriage as their vocational choice; in co-educational colleges, 1.7 per cent of women stu- dents showed this preference. Just an- other case of distance lending enchant- ment! independent Woman. BOOKS (Continued from Page 2, Col. 5) FORTHCOMING BOOKS Fiction Claude Genevieve Fauconnier (MacMillan), November. After a Hundred Years Ruth Elea- nor McKee (Doubleday, Doran), No- vember. There Was a Crooked Man George Worthing Yates (Morrow), December. Non-Fiction Arctic Ad tent urc. My Life in the Frozen North Peter Freuchen (Far- rar and Rinehart), November. Religion and Science Bertrand Rus- sell (Holt), November. The T wen ties Mark Sullivan (Scribner's) , November. O.rveth Wells who, under the aus- pices of the National Travel Club and the Geographic Society of Chicago, has just completed a successful ascent of Mount Popocatepetl, will on return to this country incorporate his experiences in a book to be published by Robert M. McBride and Co. Mortar Board Plans Hay ride for Transfer Students on Nov. 15 To entertain transfer students at Agnes Scott College, Mortar Board will give a hay-ride on Friday evening, No- vember 15, from five-thirty to seven- thirty o'clock. The destination of the trip, which is to be made in a truck, will be Glen- wood Springs, where the girls will conk dinner. The chairman of the Mortar Board committee for this entertain- ment is Augusta King, assisted by Ad Stevens and Ruby Hutton. Education should do several specific things: it should enable the individual to find himself; it should acquaint him with the procedure of gaining knowl- edge in the field which he has chosen; it should inspire him to go ahead; and it should provide the background which will enable him to make sat- isfactory adjustments to his problems. It is entirely up to the individual whether his four-year sojourn at col- lege will accomplish these things. The Inter collegian and Fat Horizon. REPORTERS FOR THIS [SSUEs Cora Kay HutchinsOra Muse Selma Steinbach Hortense Jones Douglas Lyle Carol Hale Giddy Erwin Enid Middleton Mamie Lee Ratliff Eliza King Mary F. Guthrie Ruth hlert/ka Mildred Davis Loice Richards Mary Richardson Elizabeth Warden Anne Taylor Ann Worthy Johnson At the Piedmont-I urnun game a certain professor handed his public li- brary card to the ticket collector at the gate. He walked to his seat un- concerned, with his ticket undisturbed in his pocket. The famous Madame Reeamier said that she always found two words suf- ficed to make her guests feel their welcome. Upon their arrival she said, "At last!"; and when they took leave, she said, "Already?" Ladies Home Journal. The average "literary longevity" of the popular author is estimated by Des- mond MacCarthy to be: for the aver- age popular writer, 8 to 10 years; for the superior writer, 15 to 20 years; and for the lowest class of authors, or that class which appeals to the "semi- illiterate public," 10 to any number of years. Mary Ames, '34, is working in Aus- tin, Texas. I Eer address is 2207 Nueces street , Mary Hamilton, '34, is working on her master's degree in journalism at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Term. Martha Skeen, '54, is studying dra- matics m New York City* Her ad- dress is 47 West 5 3rd street. Rehearsal Club, Neu York ( tty, N. Y. Planting a dummy on a sharp curve of the Palo Alto, California, highway, members of Stanford's Theta Xi Fra- ternity hid in the bushes and waited to see what would happen. Around the curve came a large sedan, which struck the dummy squarely, sliced it in half, and ground to a stop. A wo- man in a high state of nerves climbed quickly out of the driver's seat. Theta Xi's funsters blinked, gulped, and ran away when they recognized Mrs. Herbert Hoover. Time. CAREFREE SHOES For Campus Wear Also RINGLESS CHIFFON HOSE II.ibi.iii V Son 170 Peachtree St. Compliments ot Jefferson Mortgage Co. FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS WITHOUT COMMISSION mo Standard Bide. WAlriul 081 I ICLI'LAI B UY moderately priced clothes in a fine store" You profit by its taste, standards and experience, whether you choose from its high or low-price ranges. The name Allen's has always stood for the finest in women's apparel; in fact, there are still many women who do not know that they can buy clothes at modest prices at Allen's. W hile Allen's has never deviated from its high standard of quality, Allen prices are always m tune with the trend of times. J. IP. ALLEN & CO. The Store All Women Know The Agonistic 5 Up and down and Life around here is just a vicious cir- cle if it's not one thing, it's one thing. We advise you to attend bull sessions, as recommended by the treasurer of Y. W< C. A., or read this column. Our charming president of Cotillion and Wimpy and a white carnation were combined in a Saturday afternoon es- capade. See Miss Hopkins for minute details. Phone scholarship girls threaten to strike! It seems that two young ladies on third floor Rebekah receive an av- erage of nine tube calls every day. Phoney, we say. Main's mouth is watering for some of Mary Smith's er unexpected candy. Flash! Our now full-fledged seniors are at it already. A blond one is sport- ing the time-honored diamond. Was it the dimples that did it? But seniors aren't the only cute girls; the freshmen are holding their own. Besides her stunt laurels, one member of said class, tall, dark, and handsome, has crashed print with hon- ors. We suggest chartering a bus to carry the left wing on second floor Main and a third floor proctor to and from the Seminary. The password in the life of an oh, so vivacious sophomore is Fred. Ah, Fate! Why, out of the five thou- sand seats in the heavenly Fox, should the Rebekah house president choOse the one next to three Agnes Scott Fred Astaire enthusiasts who were unfortu- nately enthusing after time limit! And now the last straw: Exec has a way with them. After their solemn search of Main Monday night one astonished sophomore returned to her room to find the better part of her nut-bread gone! around the quadrangle SENIOR COFFEE Senior coffee on Sunday afternoon has been changed from a half hour to an hour, 2:00 P. M. to 3:00 P. M. The seniors felt that the former half hour was too short for real social contact, and that an hour should be long enough for really satisfactory enjoyment of the senior tradition. Blackfriars The regular meeting of Blackfriars was held Tuesday night, November 5, at 7:00 o'clock in Miss Gooch's stu- dio. A Hindu drama, The Little Clay Curt, was presented. The play was directed by Kitty Printup, and the principal characters were: Shampooer, jane Turner; Vasantasena, Kathryn Bowen; Madonika, Frances Steele; Ma- thura, Lucile Dennison; and Gambler, Dixie W r oodford. French Club The French Club held its second meeting of the year Monday afternoon, November 1 1, at 4:3 0 in Mr. Johnson's studio. The new members who were initiated presented the program, which consisted of several French poems, a short farce, and a piano selection. A choral group led the club in singing a group of French songs. Glee Club The Glee Club has decided to pre- sent Pirates of Penzance as their an- nual light opera instead of The Gondo- liers. This operetta, to be presented some time in the early spring, is the rame that was given last year. KNOW YOUR COUNTRY 1. Chief of army which defeated Mexicans under Santa Ana at San Jacinto April 21, 1S36. . Commander of American forces in Mexi- can War. Santa Ana. leader of Mexican forces in War for Texas independence. 2. Department of Labor. 3. Andrew Jackson killed Dickinson. I. Woodrotv Wilson 1916. Woodrow Wilson 1912. 5. The District of Columbia is without suf- f rage. K. Abolition of slavery. 7. (a) Heads of Executive Departments suc- ceed to Presidency in following order: De- partment of State. Treasury, War, Justice, Post Office, etc. lb) Secretaries of A^ricul- turr. Commerce, and Labor are ineligible, since these three cabinet offices were cre- ated subsequent to the passage of the act in which provision was made for presiden- tial succession. s. i a) Congress. (b The three governinR commissioners are appointed by the President. 9. All cases affecting Ambassadors. Ministers, and Consuls, and in all cases in which a state is a party. in. The higher the fewer. Bible Club Ac the regular meeting on Monday, November 4, the Bible Club voted to take part in the City of Atlanta's cel- ebration of the four hundredth anni- versary of the printing of the English Bible. This celebration will be held the first week of December, and the Bible Club is planning to present a pageant at that time. Further plans will be announced later. Spanish Club Spanish Club held its regular meet- ing Tuesday, November 5, at 4:30 P. M. in Mr. Dieckmann's studio. After a few brief announcements and the reading of the club's constitution, all members took part in a delightful rec- reation program. Several Spanish games were played; among them were El Co- che de Amor and Las Frutas. Lilian Grimson and Lois Hart taught the members a lively Argentine dance, El Pericon. Music Appreciation Group The music appreciation group of the Y. W. C. A. met Sunday night, No- vember 10, at 7 o'clock, in the music room. Eliza King led the discussion on Edouard Grieg and the music of his Peer Gynt suite. Easy lives never meant vigorous per- sonalities; soft living never meant strong bodies or keen minds. It is only as we have been forced that we have been pushed forward. Now comes so- cial security to guarantee us soft liv- ing from the cradle to the grave, to beg the unfit to become more unfit, and to beg the fit to give up the strug- gle and to vegetate. Every avenue is open to a life of indolence and supine- ness. Review of Reviews. \u:nes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop Restaurant Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below Candler Bldg. 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 Annual Announces Snapshot Contest; Will Close Dec. 7 The staff of the Silhouette, Agnes Scott College year book, is sponsoring this year for the first time a snapshot contest, which opened on November 7 and will end on December 9. This con- test is open to all students; cash prizes will be awarded to those submitting the two best pictures. All snapshots will be judged on the basis of general campus interest, orig- inality, and clearness. The first prize will be $3.5 0, the second prize, $1.50; I page in the annual will be devoted to all pictures receiving honorable men- tion. Barton Jackson, contest chair- man, has offered the following sugges- tions to those desiring to enter the contest: emphasis should be placed on groups rather than on an individual; indoor exposures, imposed "shots," and unusual backgrounds make the snap- shots interesting; the pictures must have local color and be characteristic of college life; and all snapshots must be taken on the campus this year. Y. W. To Sponsor Starvation Dinner In order to help pay its pledges to a larger fellowship group, the World Fellowship group of the Y. \Y/. C. A. is sponsoring a starvation dinner at Agnes Scott College tomorrow night. The group will receive the differ- ence between the cost of the starvation dinner and that of an ordinary one. Atlanta, Decatur A. S. C. Clubs To Entertain at Tea In Alumnae House, Nov. 19 The Atlanta and Decatur Agnes Scott College Alumnae Clubs will en- tertain at a tea in the Anna Young Alumnae House from 4 to 5:30 on Tuesday afternoon, November 19. Dean Nannette Hopkins, among oth- ers, will be in the receiving line. The faculty of the College is invited. The tea, which is to be preceded by the regular monthly meetings of the two clubs, will assemble about 150 people, including the combined club membership and the faculty. Mrs. Cora (Morton) Durrett, '24, has charge of the arrangements of the Atlanta Club, and Mrs. Helene (Nor- wood) Lammers, ex-'22, the Decatur Club. Last year the two groups enter- tained in the same manner. Interview Reveals R. Frost As Humorous, Likable, Interesting Robert Frost, the man, is the per- sonification of the writings of Robert Frost, the poet. New England in his appearance, in his speech, and in his at- titudes, he is the typical calm, simple, though extremely intelligent person of the New England soil which all of his poems exhort. Steely-blue eyes, wiry whitish-gray hair and a Greek-type face that fairly radiates with person- ality and character, are those qualities of appearance that immediately catch one's attention. The amused expres- sion often noticed about these blue eyes, coupled with a slight tendency to smile about the lips, connote to the ob- 1 server a rather whimsical sense of humor and a tendency not to take life too seriously. This attitude of taking and enjoying life as it is, not only is one of the themes stressed in his poems and one of the basic philosophies un- derlying his theory of poetry, but also this same idea predominated an inter- view that Mr. Frost granted last Thurs- day afternoon. "To me," he said, "writing and living should be play, especially writing. The chief fault that I find with young writers is that they take their work too seriously." When asked what he thought of col- lege magazines as a whole he answer- ed, "I feel sure that a college liter- ary magazine should be only a play- ground for pleasure. The chief ob- jection that I have to these publica- tions is that too many young would-be writers are wearing their ambitions on their sleeves. Personally, I would have far too much pride for that." After having made this indictment against the majority of those who sub- mit their work for publication, he has- tened to add, "I rather think that your college magazine is a playground to a great extent, and I think that the writ- ing, especially the prose, in your latest edition which I have sketchily read, is very well done." And then he modest- ly added, "That editorial about me was a good piece of writing, but I wonder where the writer found all that infor- mation. Oh, I suppose there are one or two biographies being circulated about." This idea of enjoyment in life also seems to predominate Frost's work other than writing. Aside from his farming, he is a member of the staff at Amherst College where he says every- one, including Robert Frost, is won- dering what he is supposed to be doing if anything. Although he jokes care- lessly about his rather easy relationship with the college, one can easily see the valuable asset that his presence would be on any campus, even though it was for only 3 or 4 months in every year. He thoroughly believes in direct, personal contact with his students, and though he has no formal classes or lectures, he gathers groups of boys about him quite often to discuss with them their work and their problems. At present he is very enthusiastic over his plans for meeting a group of 3 5 or 40 boys several times a year in a beautiful room which is now being de- signed for that particular purpose. "We will have no formal classroom procedure," Mr. Frost asserted. "We will all just learn together." This re- minds one greatly of the Oxford tutor and the boys that are smoked at for four years as described by Stephen Lea- cock in his famous essay. Mr. Frost is a delightful conversa- tionalist, and with an inimitable transi- tional ability he gracefully elided in the space of twenty minutes from a dis- cussion of his stage and camera fright at the University of Michigan to a dis- cussion of the 3 00th anniversary of the founding of Harvard which he hopes to attend in 193 6, and then skipping sev- eral centuries, with equal ease he com- mented in a very enlightening manner on the Chaucerian style of poetry and its possible effect on later English poetry. Frost the Poet, interesting to read about! Frost the Man, more interesting to know! In Atlanta there used to be a de- lightful family who, unfortunately, had lost almost all they had owned in the war; so they had to cut down ex- penses as well as they could. Their servants helped them beautifully. Ice, for instance, was dear in the South in those days; but always at the table in the house was to be heard the tinkling cool sound of ice bobbing against the sides of the silver water pitcher from which the butler refilled the glasses. The daughter of the house one day peeked into the pitcher when the but- ler was not looking. Inside instead of ice was a shining napkin ring. She never told, and the clinking went mer- rily on from meal to meal, with no one apparently the wiser. The Common- wealth. RICH'S 19.95 10.95 to 49.95 In Formals stiffer fabrics are spe- cially good: moires, metal-thread quilted taffetas much velvet, too. Jewel tones; black. Lovely! In Dinner Frocks shirtwaist types are stressed, either crepes or velvet Fussier chiffons, too. In Wraps hoods are the thing. Long fitted cloaks or capes all velvet, sometimes with fur. Sub-Deb Shop. Third Floor 6 The Agonistic JUNIORS HEAD STUDENT ROLL (Continued from Page 1, Col. 5) foreign lands, brought lOO^c from the faculty against such action. The other groups varied in their attitudes, the sophomores being most in favor by a vote of 23% for. In general, the ballot brought peace- ful returns. The faculty, representing mature judgment on the matters, brought less variation from policies of peace than any of the others. Since only 23.3 % of the college community voted, the chart and its percentages cannot accurately be taken as a gen- eral attitude on the campus. The Peace Ballot, sponsored by The Agonistic as part of its policy to pro- mote a campus attitude toward the matter of international peace and to stimulate interest in questions of im- portance outside college problems was composed of the following questions: 1. Would you be willing to support the United States in defensive war- fare? 2. If a nation insists upon attacking another, should other nations including the United States combine to stop it (a) by military or (b) by economic and non-military measures? 3. Are you in favor of protecting by force of arms property rights of United States citizens in foreign lands? MANY PRESENT AT Y.W.C.A. OPEN HOLSE A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continued from page 2, column 3) Cure of War. It dates from the spring of 1924 and has had for many years Carrie Chapman Catt as its enthusias- tic leader. Only organizations which were not considered guilty of pacifism were accepted as members of the com- mittee. In this respect and in many others this organization is more con- servative than the International League. The aims of the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War are: "(a) To establish round tables to set people thinking on peace aims of the Confer- ence; (b) to strengthen all peace or- ganizations; (c) to keep peace (and war) facts before the public." The American Peace Society, the American section of the International League, and the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War are only a few of the great number of the long established endowed peace societies. Since the World War the church has become conspicuous in its desire for peace. Judge Ulman, of Maryland, stated in a discussion several years ago that at least twenty-six Protestant de- nominations have been as closely lined up with the pacifist position as their governing bodies could permit them. Many state interdenominational meet- ings have proved themselves pacifist in sentiment. The ministers themselves have often adopted this position. In 1930 almost 20,000 of them replied to a questionnaire circulated by a publica- tion; and of this number sixty-two per cent voted that the church should not support any future war. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the River- side Church of New York City, cre- ated much excitement last year when he apologized to the Unknown Soldier because he himself had "counseled sol- diers before they went over the top on the murderous and suicidal task." A great number of people look to the church for the leadership in peace movement in the future. The school has taken its customary place beside the church in its partici- pation in the American peace move- ment since the World War. Last April 12 a collegiate peace demonstration was held at many colleges in the United States. This student "strike" against international conflict was sponsored by the National Council of Methodist Youth, the Inter-Seminary Movement (Middle Atlantic Division), the Na- tional Student League for Industrial Democracy, the American Youth Con- gress, and the American League Against War and Fascism (Youth Sec- tion). This demonstration was a pro- tot against "imperialist war," Fascism, and the R. O. T. C. Another movement thoroughly op- posed to war, yet varying in its make- up from most peace organizations, is tlut organization known as the Fel- lowship of Reconciliation* The Ameri- can branch of this movement, which began during the World War, is com- posed mainly of those who are opposed to the use of force under any circum- st.wues. The I . O. R. split in 1934 be- cause "main of the leaders had become convinced that the issue of social jus- Approximately thirty-five girls at- tended the third Y. W. C. A. open house, held in the Y. W. cabinet room on Sunday, October 27, and sponsored by the freshman Y. W. C. A. cabinet, with Sarah McCain acting as hostess. Magazines, books, a radio, and tables for letter-writing were provided for the guests. Although this is the first year that the custom of holding open house for the students on Sunday afternoon has been observed, it has proved very suc- cessful. The freshman Y. W. C. A. cabinet and the social committee of the regular Y. W. C. A. have adopted it as their project for the year. When Mrs. Janet Roper was called to the Seaman's Church Institute in New York in 191 S, she was told that she could create her own job. She made it her work to find missing seamen. This year alone she has found more than 160, and there has been many a family reunion in her office. She car- ries on a voluminous correspondence with shipping masters and post cap- tains all over the world. Her finger is on the pulse of every port, and since she began her work she has located more than 5,000 men. Literary Di- gest. tice must be met before a pacifist world order is possible." Left wing political groups have tried to maintain a prominent position in the peace movement, but their efforts have not been very successful because they are so often confused with poli- tics as such. The socialist stand for the pacifist ideal, which insists on parlia- mentary and non-violent methods, has lost prestige as a pacifist movement in recent years. "When a Hitler strikes for power, what price pacifism." This condition afforded the Communists the opportunity to extend their ideas concerning pacifism. In 193 3 the Com- munist party organized an American League against War and Fascism; but non-Communist bodies which had joined this movement in order to form a "united front" soon found that the "pacifism which the Communists were promoting was pacifism against 'impe- rialist' war" rather than the type of pacifism they had been led to expect. These left wing political groups have fallen short of their goal in their peace movements. Among such a varied list of organi- zations much inner confusion is bound to arise as to aims and purposes. The endowed peace societies, the peace movements in the church and in the school, the work of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the left wing polit- ical groups have all contributed their share in the peace movement, but their programs are too varied to accomplish very much as a collective group. Try Our SANDWICHES We .Make Them Bight I. \w REN< E'S PH \KM \( Y Phones DE. 0762-0763 BCWL - - In the Largest and Most Beau- tiful Bowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. A Special Selection of Alleys Reserved for College dirls Every Afternoon Free Inst ruction. Mornings and Afternoons, on Request. You Pay ( ost of (.ames Onlv. CENTER "THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY" 20 Hou-ton. N.E. H A. 5622 Alumnae Organize Discussion Group On Current History Fifteen alumnae of Agnes Scott Col- lege, under the direction of Professor Philip Davidson, of the history de- partment, are meeting every Monday night at 7:30 in the Y. W. C. A. cab- inet room to discuss current world problems. At the first meeting, which was held on Monday, October 2 8, the group outlined its plans for systematic study of political situations and contempor- ary problems. At each meeting it will consider one international problem of current interest. The program for the year includes two main topics for discussion: (1) characteristics of pre-war civilization, which includes a summary of charac- teristics and ideals, and the ideals in practice; and (2) attempted solutions of major problems, domestic and for- eign. Twenty-seven meetings have been planned during the year, two of which have already been held. Upperclassmen Win Hockey Games; Sports Clubs Continue Fall Program To fill a county weekly with "Per- sonals" takes many a telephone call, lots of time, some energy. Last week Publisher Frank B. Cox of the Douglas (Neb.) County Gazette decided to save on all three. In his paper he in- serted this advertisement: If you have: Died, moved, eloped, been ill, sold out, sold hogs, been born, had a baby, been drunk, been gypped, had a fight, broken a leg, had a party, caught cold, been robbed, had company, been mar- ried, bought a car, been visiting, broken an arm, been courting, been divorced, been arrested, stolen any- thing, gone bug-house, lost your hair, had a birthday, had an anniversary, been bitten by a snake, had an acci- dent, cut a new tooth, or had an op- eration Get in touch with a representative of the Gazette. Time. The seniors defeated the sophomores at hockey 4-0, while the juniors won from the freshmen by a score of 2-1, in the games played on Friday, Novem- ber 8. Stevens shot two goals for the seniors, Handte one, and Coffee one. Fleece and Belser made goals for the juniors, and Dryfoos shot the only goal for the freshmen. Susan Bryan was scorer, and Martha Long was time- keeper. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell officiated as umpires. The line-ups were as follows: Seniors. Sophomores. Hart __R.W Merrill Stevens I.R Henderson Handte C.F Thompson Coffee I.L Wright Derrick L.W Hudson; Davis Grimson R.H Allison Armstrong C.H Blackshear Crenshaw L.H Tribble R.B McCallie Estes L.B Adams Forman G.G Robinson Juniors. Freshmen. Jackson _ __R.W.__ Flynt; Purnell Johnson I.R Dryfoos Fleece . __C.F. Shloss Belser I.L Moses McCain L.W _ Coit Kneale R.H Doty; Whetsell Lasseter C.H Crowcll Wilson; Harris L.H Marshall Gillespie R.B Young Taylor L.B McMullen Estes G.G._- Clegg The second round of the tennis tour- nament has been played off, with the following couples as winners: Cullum and Thompson; Brown and Cassat; Young and Handte; Blair and Suttenfield; Blackshear and Par- dee: Lawrence and Talmage. The th ird round will be played off this week. The Outing Club went on a hike Tuesday afternoon to Ice Cream Springs. The members had a lesson in outdoor cooking. In addition to Miss Llewellyn Wilburn and Miss Blanche Miller, Martha Long, Eliza King, Mary Lillian Fairly, Ola Kelly, Jeanne Mat- thews, Lulu Croft, Martha Johnson, Enid Middleton, Mildred Davis, and Mildred Harding were on the hike. Outing Club conducted a class in first aid Tuesday, November 5, for the benefit of the prospective members. Elizabeth Forman had charge of the meeting. The following are trying out for the club: Mary Lillian Fairly, Virginia Watson, Lillian Croft, Mildred Davis, Martha Johnson, Enid Middle- ton, Ola Kelly, Martha McAfee, .ind Eliza King. The Swedish Press boomed Ethio- pia's Emperor Haile Selassie for the Nobel Peace Prize. Time. Whatever the color, you'll find a SeLing shade that matches perfectly. And they wear longer, too. THE ARISTOCRAT Or EXQUISITE HOSIERY Peachtree Hosiery Shoppe No. 2 11 I PEACHTREE ST., N . W. Piedmont Hotel Building rr A Lucius McConnell Store" 1 ft mm HARVEY'S Where the Food is Delicious The Service Excellent The Restaurant to Which You W ill Always Want to Return. 98 Luckie St. ir glamorous Top Hat ids, stagger t ^ e stags in or silver dress from n's Junior Deb Shop. We regular mint of them ilver and gold laces, mol- *mes, me of our manners be spring was not lacking. Peace pa- proud ! rades replaced student rioting. | And on Armistice Day, President DUMBER Roosevelt received a delegation ' of seventeen students who pre- .PLEASE! sented a statement interpreting The day students' telephone in the action of over one-half mil- 1 the basement of Main is a mat- lion students who participated in iter of increasing irritation to the the Mobilization for Peace. |day students, mainly because it The change in manner of stu-, belongs as much if not more so dent expression in these seven] to the boarders as to the dav months is a noteworthy develop-; students. At almost any hour ev- ment of student attitude. We| e ry day there is a long line of realized last April that united students of both varieties lolling Student thought is powerful in j about the day students' room, molding public opinion. We have waiting, in varying degrees of learned since then that it is not, temper, to use the phone. The through emotional and uncon- | p h 0 nees are not numbered; it's not trolled outbursts that we can jS0 formal as that. It's just an in- best use this power but through formal scramble of first-come- intellectual and dignified demon- first-phone-day - students - take sirations thai we can become a |y 0 ur-chance- with - the-rest A Key to Current Historv RECENT SINO-JAPANESE RE- LATIONS By Frances James On November 10, 193 5, Japanese troops invaded Shanghai to avenge the killing of Hideo Nakayama, a Japan- ese marine in uniform, who was shot in the head by an unidentified man on November 9. He died the next morn- ing without regaining consciousness. The Japanese assume that the assail- ant is a Chinese, though the Chinese contend that he is a Korean or Japan- ese. By midnight of November 10 :he boundaries of the International Settlement and Chapei were guarded by armed forces of international police and Japanese marines on one side and Chinese police on the other side. The Japanese prepared to fight at the command of Rear Admiral Araki, the commander of the Japanese land- ing party, who ordered a company of Japanese marines to take their positions along the Shanghai-Woosung railway, which is adjacent to the Japanese bar- racks. Araki also demanded an imme- diate settlement of what he termed "an act of provocation directed at the special naval landing party." He stated that if satisfaction were not re- ceived, action would follow. The Chinese police testified that the assassin was clothed like Nakayama. The Japanese officials said that the killer was a Chinese in civilian clothes e shooting was for political ends. On November 1 1 General T. Ishii, of Japan, called on General Wu Teh- Chen, mayor of Shanghai, to urge a thorough hunt for the assassin of Na- kayama. The Japanese consul general said, "We cannot afford to have the culprits escape all the time." The Japanese are worried about the recent concentration of 100,000 Chi- nese troops in the area adjoining the zone demilitarized by the Shanghai Ar- I mistice of 1932. They assert that ' Blue Shirt terrorists, "a nationalistic Chinese organization which the Japan- ese claim sponsors fascist anti-Japanese terrorism," and soldiers in civilian clothes have entered the demilitarized zone. On November 1 1 bricks and bottles thrown through the window of a Japanese-owned store in Shanghai intensified the crisis. The demonstra- tors scattered handbills reading "war on Japan to save China." Japanese of- ficials attribute the damage to the Chinese, though the International Set- tlement police say that the nationality (Continued on page 3, column 1) BOOKS Reviews and \ote$ He Sent Forth a Raven by Eliza- beth Madox Roberts. Reviewed by Hibernia Hassell. He &'/// Forth a Raven, by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, is the tale of the strug- gles of an embittered soul against the outside world. When his second wife died, Stoner Drake vowed "never to set foot on God's green earth again." And it is upon the vow of a selfish, caustic, shrewd old man, such as Stoner Drake, that the plot of the novel is built. The setting is laid in an old southern home just before and during the time of the World War. It is a stern, digni- fied old homestead; seeming, with its low-roofed, raftered bedrooms, with its large blackened fireplaces, its rugged walls and its bare surroundings, to take allegiance with its master in defying and scorning the outside world. Inside, the master sits before a glowing hearth, bowed and thinking; or outside he walks upon the broad balcony, shout- ing directions to his hired men, survey- ing the latest calf or foal brought for his inspection, or scanning the rolling hills of grain. Stoner Drake is the mas- ter, the man who has lost two dearly beloved wives and who has given his oath never to set foot on God's green earth again. House and household alike are under the influence of the vow and its maker. Jocelle, a granddaughter, abandoned by a flirtatious mother, and thrown upon his mercy, makes her home there and comes consequently under his domina- tion. It is through Stoner Drake that she loses her lover, that her aunt is likewise disappointed in love, and that all visitors are unwelcomed and unre- ceived. We get the feeling of gloom and of thwarted desires chiefly through the figure of Martha, the aunt. One sees her, an eerie figure who, in the gray shadows of the approaching morn- ing, slips through opened doors to stoop over the hearths and set the first fires. She then disappears, going to her room, only to return quietly at night and ex- tinguish them again. Hope comes, however, with the ap- I pearance of the uncouth, illiterate j Preacher Briggs, who wanders over the I land, preaching, using only one piece .of scripture that of the flood, the ark, and the raven. Briggs enters un- invited through the back door of Ston- er Drake's home, stretches his naked feet before the fireplace, and delivers his gospel to the strangely silent host, Drake. When the climax comes, it strikes these two characters and Jocelle, who is planning her elopement fear- fully and secretly. One of the author's most powerful scenes occurs at this climax. Martha, weak and ill, is lean- ing over the banister, praying and whispering advice; Jocelle and her lov- er stand irresolutely in the doorway; and Stoner Drake sits in the other room listening to Briggs, suspicious and un- easy. The story ends abruptly, leaving much to the reader's imagination. He Sent Forth a Raven, combining a well- unified plot with good characteriza- tion, is recommended to all who appre- ciate an unusual storv well told. OTHER NOTES The Atlantic $5,000-prize book for 193 5 is Old Jules, written by Marie Sandoz. It is also November choice for the Book-of-the-Month Club. "Marie Sandoz was the guest of hon- or at a lunch given by Letitia Bolton on behalf of the Little, Brown Com- pany last week, to celebrate the pub- lication of Miss Sandoz's prize biogra- phy, Old Jules. . . . Miss Sandoz doesn't look like a husky daughter of the pio- neers; she is very slender, with a nar- row face and narrow dark eves and small hands and feet and a bird-like poise and quickness. . . . She looks as if she had the nervous endurance of an Indian pony. . . . She says she is writing another book, a novel. . . . " From Turns With a Book norm, The X t 11 York Herald Tribune, Nov. 10. FORTHCOMING BOOKS Fiction The Jew of Rome Lion Feucht- wangcr (Viking Press), January. Cross Over Mine Walter C. But- ler (Macaulay), December. Archy, Does His Wirt Don Mar- quis (Doubledav, Doran), December. Non-Fiction Vine Prints of the Year L935 Mal- ' calm S. Salaman (Minton, Balch) De- cember. Crossroads of the Caribbean Sea Hendrik de Leeuw (Mcssner) Decem- ber. EXCHANGES Here and Elsewhere Alumnae News Amelia Lee Barlow, '3 3, was mar- ried Saturday to Mr. John Kell Martin, Jr., of Atlanta. They will make their home at 13 37 Peachtree street, Atlanta. In the St. Lawrence County, N. Y., i jail, Sheriff McCormack, unable to ex- terminate the jail's hordes of cock- le aches, offered convicts 10 cents bounty per 100 roaches turned in. With nothing else to occupy their spare time, convicts delivered thousands each day. Time. Rosemary May, '3 3, spent two months this summer working with the State Board of Health in Atlanta. Dur- ing the last term of summer school she assisted Dr. Butts at the University of Chattanooga. Studies in widely scattered areas of j the United States show that the birth Irate among families who have been on .relief for more than a year is about 60 jper cent higher than that among fara- jilies of similar social st.iuis who are not on relief. Reader's Dig< V. The class of '3 5 will hold an infor- mal reunion Thanksgiving week-end. The Granddaughters Club met of - Thursday, November 14, at 5 o'clock factor in forming stable attitudes them. Occasionally a public-spir- 1 to discuss plans for a dinner in early toward matters that affect us as potential citizens ited boarder will give way to a 1 December. Each granddaughter will (lay student, but that happens bring an escort. Mary Hull is presi- about as often as the "man bites] dent of the club. 1 dog" act of which we hear so! much and see SO little. Mrs. Clara (Whips) Dunn, 16, The day Students are a gener- chairman of the curriculum commit- In Manhattan's Doctors Hospital was found a patient named William Shakespeare, 54, Southampton, L I., j carpenter with gallstones. Said he: "My father was born in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, and he and my mother used to say that we are descendants of the old man. I got hold of one of his plays years ago Romeo and Juliet, I think and 1 started to read it, but it didn't make sense to me. One of my boys I named William Shakespeare after me, not the play writer. I don't take much stock in names. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, as the fellow said." Time. RECEPTIONS \ND SUCH With visitors eager but strange And students hungry yet bright, ous lot. They do not begrudge tee, has announced the tentative plans A reception was, ill unseemly boarders the privilege of fre- for the Alumnae week-end, February haste quent use of free phone service ; j 2 1-22. On Friday morning from 10 finished on/ 1 Thursday night. sometimes, however, this social o'clock to 12*15 three lectures will Cha1 : ('hit ! Chat ! ' The students were doing it all ! The waiting visitors merely sat, Unfed, in Agnes Scott Hall. Food ! Food ! Food ! How the students around. Food ! Food ! Food ! attitude becomes burdensome. It be given on Present Day Trends in is ridiculous that the day Stu- Music and Art. This will be followed dents should have a telephone for i by a luncheon in the College dining themselves and that it should be room. On Saturday morning the lec- listed in the directory as "Non- tures will be on National Problems in residence Students," when it 1 Washington's Day and Our Own. Dur- Cl'owded isn't theirs. But it is just as H- ing the morning session Miss Llewellyn idiculous that the boarders should Wilburn, '19, will be in charge of spe- be inflicted with pay-Station | cial programs for the children of the In Los Angeles from his $2,000,000 castle in Death Valley chugged Walter Scott (Death Valley Scotty) in an old rebuilt Franklin. Snorted he: "These city trails ain't no place for this loco- motive. It's a special made model for traversing the desert mountains into the Valley. It goes 700 miles without stopping. Got a 100-gallon gas tank and carries ten gallons of oil." l ime. In addition to receiving orders the police motor patrolman is now enabled to report back to headquarters or talk to other cars w ithout leaving his own car. Headquarters, thus in touch with any or all members of its mobile unit, can visualize an entire situation and direct maneuvers with full knowledge of how its forces are distributed. To I talk from the car the patrolman merely I lifts a hand-set telephone from its hook on the instrument board, simultaneous- ly flipping a switch which turns on the dynamotor that supplies the trans- mitter. The system is at present in op- eration in Evansville, Ind., and is being installed in Nashville, Tenn. Scien- tific A m eric an. The first college cheer is credited to Princeton students, who got the idea from an unknown private of the Sev - enth Regiment of Xew York as the outfit mobilized for war in April, ]K6Q.Ring-Tnm-l>/>/. And the visitors uttered no; phones in the dormitories and Alumnae. There will also be an ex- snund. [that they shouldn't possess for | hibit of colonial relics. Saturday night It s ohl to be a speaker, themselves this modern conven-|the local clubs will have dinner to- Alon*: with collegiate crew. ience. gether. At the University of Chicago Alan J. Kringel, 18-year old freshman of Woodmere, N. Y., invented a chemical wrinkle-remover from animal blood, scowled a month to develop a wrinkle, applied the wrinkle-remover to the wrinkle, and cried, "It works!" Time. V. M. I. has eleven prep school foot- ball captains. Princeton has nine in I the first year class, but none of them I has appeared m the starting line-up. The captain of the freshman team savs, "You may be famous but you've got to show me." The Agonistic 3 club news K. U. B. The regular monthly meeting of K. U. B. was held on Wednesday, Novem- ber 13, at 4:30 P. M. in the Y. \V. C. A. room. Granddaughters Club The Granddaughters Club met on Thursday afternoon, November 14, at 5 o'clock in the Anna Young Alumnae House. Eta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma Phi met on Monday after- noon, November 18, at 4:3 0 o'clock in room 103 Buttrick Hall. Professor Lillian Smith, of the Latin department, spoke on Modern Excavations in Italy, and illustrated this interesting lecture with slides. Pen and Brush Club The Pen and Brush Club will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, No- vember 21, at 7:00 P. M. in Virginia Gaines' room. At this time the new members will be initiated. Making marionettes is the project chosen by Pen and Brush Club for this year. The club is planning to pre- sent a play next spring using the ma- rionettes they have made. Poetry Club The Poetry Club met on Tuesday night, November 19, at 9 o'clock with Miss Emma May Laney in Ansley Cot- tage. German Club The regular meeting of the German Club will be held on Wednesday after- noon, November 20, at 4:30 o'clock in Lupton Cottage. Lucie Hess will speak on Modern German Literature. Music Appreciation Group The Music Appreciation Group of the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, November 17, at 7 o'clock in the music room. The members studied George Frederick Handel and his music, es- pecially his Largo and a part of The Messiah. Holiday Is Given On Roosevelt Day Following the Thanksgiving holiday of Thursday, November 2 8, a holiday on Friday, November 29, comes as a result of the faculty's consideration of the student petition for extension of time. The faculty decision was made in order that the students may hear President Roosevelt's address at Grant Field on November 29. No holiday planned for later in the year will be forfeited for this privilege. If This Be 1 (As 1 Suppose It Be) is the rather bewildering title of Mar- garet Deland's new book of childhood experiences. One amusing anecdote gives the whole flavor of the book. Maggie, the "enterprising enfant" (Margaret Del and at the age of five) proposed to a drummer boy on a street car sometime during the Civil War days. The author describes herself as having said, "Sojer boy, will you marry me?" But it seems that the answer was never given, for Maggie's aunt, shocked at such "brazen feminism," quickly jerked her off the car. S. I. A. S. G. OFFICERS ON A. S. C. CAMPUS TO PLAN CONVENTION William Shakespeare and Henry Longfellow play football for North- western . . . Herbert Hoover, Jeffer- son Davis, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Hudson, William Penn, David Livings- ton, and Ben Hur are registered at the University of North Carolina. The executive committee of the Southern Intercollegiate Association of Student Governments held a meeting at Agnes Scott College on Friday and Saturday* November 15 and 16, in or- der to plan the annual spring conven- tion. Last year the convention was held at the Florida State College for Wom- en, March 28-30. The officers of the Association are as follows: President, Katherine Blood of Florida State College for Women; vice-president, Adelaide Stevens of Ag- nes Scott; secretary, Rosa Hendrix of Converse College; and treasurer, Eliza- beth Pinkerton of Sweetbriar. The As- sociation deals with the needs of the comparatively small southern women's colleges, whose problems are to a cer- tain extent common. The Student Government officers of Agnes Scott entertained the officers at a luncheon at the Alumnae House on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Stukes Opens Community Chest Drive on Campus As chairman of the DeKalb County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, registrar of Ag- nes Scott College, opened the Agnes Scott student Community Chest drive in a speech in chapel on Friday, No- vember 15. Mr. Stukes explained that this an- nouncement was not to appeal to the students for funds, but to inform them of the activity of the drive in Deca- tur and of their opportunity for serv- ice as temporary citizens of the com- munity. Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord, of the mathematics depart- ment, and Miss Blanche Miller, instruc- tor in the biology department, are in charge of the campaign on the cam- pus. With approximately $420,000 as its goal the Community Chest drive has the slogan, "Say 'yes' to the Commu- nity Chest." The need is especially great this year because of the fact that all government relief has been discon- tinued. giddy gossip Seniors To Wear Gowns To Class on Saturday CORNELIA SKINNER TO APPEAR TONIGHT ON EMORY CAMPUS (Continued from page 1, column 3) auditorium on the evening of the en- tertainment. Season tickets for the 193 S- 1936 season may be secured for $2.5 0 each from Dr. McLean and at the auditorium on the evening of Miss Skinner's performance. The seniors voted to wear caps and gowns to chapel every Saturday morn- ing and to all classes on that day at a special class meeting held on Thursday, November 14. President Speaks To Junior League Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College and vice-president of the Social Welfare Council of Atlanta, made on Friday, November 15, the second in the series of addresses being given to the members of the Junior League of Atlanta. Dr. McCain spoke on Certain Social Theories as to Classes of Society, as an introduction to so- cial work and as a background for social work in Atlanta. After this general introduction, he discussed more specifically the work of the Community Chest and the So- cial Welfare Council, which is the gen- eral coordination agency for such groups as family welfare, child care, recreation and education, relief, and health, in the city and in the Com- munity Chest. Dearest Giddy: Out of the chaos and debris of so- ciology quizzes, Chaucer papers, his- tory exams, and Byron analyses, I raise my once proud and self-assured head in order to pen you a short and mourn- ful epistle. Giddy, dear, in the words of the gangsters (or is it the debu- tantes?) they've got me! In spite of the present dismal outlook, however, I can still cherish the memories of a week not far gone by in which we heard the cutest little poems about radicals and flies, and in which two charming young Britishers who were too, too divine with their "Oh, ma deah," and their equally thrilling "A jolly ole rip- ping time, eh what?" and who debated our girls on a subject concerning (I forgot the exact wording of the ques- tion) a tour through England, the King's Jubilee, or was it the League of Nations? Giddy, the Englishmen were exotic and strange enough, but the queerest things have been happening on the campus lately. Imagine Miss Jackson's surprise and astonishment the other day after a heated discussion about the dictator of Germany, who is either Mussolini or Hitler (I always did have a hard time remembering names and dates chronological ones, to be more exact), when a mumble was heard in one corner of the room and a faint "I wonder" issued from the much per- turbed countenance of Alice McCallie. "What do you wonder?" Miss Jackson asked in her most sympathetic manner. "What the world's coming to," replied the anxious Alice. But goodness, that is mild when compared with the bedlam history class that Dr. Davidson experienced last week. In the middle of his per- fectly legitimate lecture on soap and potash and all, or some like sub- ject, Dr. Davidson was overwhelmed with an avalanche of questions asked by the pursuers of knowledge in the process of partaking of his greater wis- dom. The questions very timely and significant were, to give only a few Why did n't we get Saturday as a holi- day? In what century did the 18th Century Enlightenment occur? Are the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence the same document? Really, do you suppose there was a subtle meaning behind this demonstra- tion? Even members of the faculty have imbibed, perhaps unconsciously, the at- mosphere that has prevailed of late. In American literature, Miss Christie, in describing the adversities of Edgar Al- lan Poe's family, and in particular the poverty and drunkenness of the father, exclaimed in mournful tones, "So one day the 'Poe father' disappeared." To think that a member of our august faculty would stoop to such! Now, dear Giddy, you must under- stand why students and faculty need the extra holiday which the adminis- tration has so graciously given us. Hopefully yours, Aggie. l lllllllllllllm| iiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiim Colin Hudson, the brother of Mary McCann Hudson, '3 8, was chosen as the representative from Presbyterian College for the Rhodes scholarship. Blue Stocking. Rev. Peter Marshall, of Atlanta, Ga., conducted the annual fall services at Davidson College. The Davidsonian. Compliments of A Friend KE1 TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continual from page 2, column 3) and identity of the offenders are un- certain. Following this incident 5 00 more Japanese marines landed in the de- militarized area of Shanghai, bringing the total number of marines to 2,5 00. This situation is even more serious be- cause it follows an attempt to kill Pre- mier Wang Ching-wei of China on November 1. WEIL'S 10c STORE Has Most Anything You Need Sophomores at Haverford take a com- prehensive examination containing 2,- 72 5 questions. It requires 12 hours to complete. Ring-Turn-Phi. I * t TATUM'S PHARMACY * > > * East Court Square * $ * * * * * $ * $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ ^ U'STIN BEAUTY SHOP Special!!! Shampoo, Set, Manicure, Arch For $1.00 Dearborn 1967 121 East Court Square Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop Restaurant Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. 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Five scintillating sophs, Jean Barry Adams, Kay Ricks, Anne Thompson, Laura Coit, and Hi- bernia Hassell, hit it out for David- son homecoming, and they didn't want to come home. Also gracing the cam- pus were those worthy ex-sophs, Jane Hashagen, Becky Harrison, and Jane Merrill. The shorter of our two famous comic strip characters should be taking a pre- med course so that she can uphold her end of the conversation in her future life. "All work and no play makes Agnes a dull girl." This is the motto of third floor Inman. See them for favorite recipes for pie beds. How 'bout two roommates, sophisti- cated seniors, a blond and a brunette, plus two brothers! The horn of plenty we call it. Wouldn't Bee Merrill's English pro- fessor pause if he knew that she wanted to learn Shakespeare's shortest sonnet! We keep up with these day students too, especially one senior who is itching for a "Dutch" treat. It was a dark and stormy night, the clock struck three, and plaster fell and broke the beauty sleep of inno- cent Main maidens. They were not an- gry, just hurt and grieved. Swim Club Plans Antony and Cleo For November 26 Sports New Gym Season Begins November 30; Swimming, Other Sports Offered Tennis, horseback riding, hockey, and archery will give place to natural, tap, and folk dancing, basketball, and individual gymnasium instruction when the physical education depart- ment begins its winter season on Sat- urday, November 30. Registration will begin on Monday, November 2 5, and will continue through Wednesday, No- vember 27. Miss Eugenia Dozier is to be a mem- ber of the department again this year, as instructor in dancing. She will also be in charge of May Day. Swimming classes are offered for the first time during the winter season. NATIONAL OFFICER TALKS TO Y. W. C. A. Miss Winnifred Wygal, national of- ficer and student worker of Y. W. C. A., led a discussion group in the Y. W. Cabinet Room on Thursday, Novem- ber 14, at 8:00 P. M. Miss Wygal dis- cussed the place the Y. W. C. A. should have on the campus and what it should do for the students. Those present included the Agnes Scott cabinet members, the faculty ad- visers, and Miss Willett, the secretary of the Southern District. The Swimming Club of Agnes Scott College will present a water pageant on Tuesday, November 26, at 8:00 P. M. in Bucher Scott Gymnasium. | The theme of the pageant will be the I romance of Antony and Cleopatra, with Antony's legions and Cleopatra's | maids performing the dives and novel I formations. The committees in charge of the pageant are as follows: Writing Ann Worthy Johnson, Bee Merrill, Mary Venetia Smith, and Lena Armstrong. Property and Setting Anne Taylor, Jane Moore Hamilton, and Loice Rich- ards. Costumes Martha Crenshaw, Jean Chalmers, and Meriel Bull. At a later date it will be decided which group of Atlanta high school seniors will be entertained at Agnes Scott on the day of the pageant. On Tuesday, November 12, the Outing Club held its meeting in the Athletic Board room in the gymna- sium. Two members of the club, Ora Muse and Dean McKoin, instructed the class in camp craft. About twelve were present. Plans were made for en- tertaining the Appalachian Trail Club of Atlanta. Pearl S. Buck Wins Medal For Fiction REPORTERS FOR THIS ISSUE: Loice Richards Ruth Hertzka Elizabeth Warden Eliza King Mary F. Guthrie Sarah Johnson Mary Richardson Alice Cheeseman Nell Hemphill Douglas Lyle Mildred Davis Enid Middleton Business Assistant Vera Marsh Anne Wheaton Ellen Davis Elizabeth Cox Rachel Kennedy Sara Beaty Sloan Kennon Henderson Hortense Norton Pearl S. Buck, well-known American novelist, received the William Dean Howells Medal for fiction, awarded on November 14 by the American Acad- emy of Arts and Letters. Since Mrs. Buck is the niece of Professor Alma Sydenstricker, of the Bible department of Agnes Scott College, this announce- ment is of special interest to the Col- lege community. As author of The Good Earth, the Pulitzer prize-winning novel for 1932, Pearl Buck won universal acclaim in the literary world. She has also writ- ten East Wind, West Wind, Sons, The Mother, and numerous short stories. The Swimming Club held its regular meeting Tuesday, November 12, at 3:30 P. M. After a short business meeting members of the club rehearsed a formation which they planned to pre- sent Tuesday night, November 19, at the Briarcliff indoor pool for the bene- fit of the Examiners' Club of Atlanta. All examiners and senior life savers are urged to attend these meetings every Tuesday night at the Briarcliff pool. These meetings are sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of the American Red Cross. MARTHA ELLIOTT TO ATTEND CONVENTION Your Eyesight Is Your Most Precious Gift Consult a competent Eye-Physician (Oculist) for a thorough eye examination. When he gives your pre- scription for glasses, ask him about our reliability and dependable service. Walter Ballard Optical Company 105 Peachtree St. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Medical Arts Bldg. Clock Sign Three Stores 382 Peachtree St. Doctors' Building, 480 Peachtree St. ATLANTA, GA. Language Clubs Will Sing Carols One of the loveliest features of the Christmas season at Agnes Scott Col- 'ege will be the singing of carols by the French, German, and Spanish club members on Tuesday evening, Decem- ber 17. As is customary on the night before the Christmas holidays, the three groups of carolers will meet on the quadrangle at 9 P. M. and from there go to the various dormitories and fac- ulty homes on the campus, singing the familiar songs in the different lan- guages. The caroling usually lasts about an hour. Definite plans as to the selection of songs have not been made by the French and German clubs, but rehear- sals have already begun. The Spanish club plans to sing Belen, Los Reyes Magos, El Nino Jesus, and Noche de Paz. Miss Martha Elliott, '34, will rep- resent the Agnes Scott College Cercle Francais at the annual convention of the Federation d'Alliances Francaises aux Etats Unis et au Canada, at New York in April. Miss Elliott, former president of the Cercle Francais of Agnes Scott, is now in New York where she is studying at Columbia Uni- versitv. Alumnae Prepare To Entertain for High School Girls In accordance with the new policy of setting aside a special day for each local high school, Agnes Scott College ' and the Alumnae Association will en- tertain the seniors of Washington Sem- j inary at a campus party on Friday, November 22. The purpose of the par- ty is to acquaint the girls with the campus and the College activities. After dinner in Rebekah Scott and I coffee in Main, the quests will attend the Blackfriars' play, Mr. Pint Passes By. Agnes Scott girls who are gradu- ates of Washington Seminai'v are also invited. The seniors of North Avenue Pres- byterian School were guests of the Col- lege on November 1, and were the first high school group to be enter- tained. In former years, the seniors of all the local high schools attended the same party, but the plan adopted this year has been found more advisable. A few days ago it was announced to the students on the McKinlock cam- pus of Northwestern University that a voice class for amateur harmonizers was to be opened on the ninth floor of the Ward Building. One day after the class began the dean in charge moved his office from the eighth to the first floor. Tank-town performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin The dogs were poorly supported by the cast. Reader's Di- gest. Entire review of Tonight or Never: Very well then, I say never. Judge. Don't Be Deceived You Generally Pay For What You Get R. E. BURSON'S SHOE SHOP Shoe Repairing: Polishes Shoe Strings 307 East Colleg-e Avenue Shoe Shine 10c Call Dearborn 3353 Decatur. Ga. Yon must have a campus SHOE and so this brown sports ox- ford carries off the highest hon< rs in college fashion re- quirements. . . . jacqueline modes are de- signed and priced to satisfy the desire and pocket book of college girls. . . . Jacqueline MODES 6.00 to 7.50 Shoe Sketched: slioe salon first flour 7.50 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 University of Texas will in time become the richest univcrsitv in the world. It owns two million acres of land that will yield oil and precious metals. The Hornet. EWL - - In the Largest and Mosl Beau- tiful Bowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. 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McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, and Dr. Harvey Cox, president of Emory University, re- turned on Saturday from New York City where they conferred with the General Education Board, the Carne- gie Corporation, the Commonwealth Fund, and Harkness officials about the development of the proposed educa- tional center in Atlanta. All four groups expressed keen in- terest in the project; the Carnegie Cor- poration and the General Education Board will send representatives here soon to investigate the situation. In view of the fact that this was the first approach of these two institutions, Dr. McCain said that the results are most encouraging. It is impossible to tell yet, however, how the matter will turn out. Since next year is the centennial of Emory University, both Dr. McCain and Dr. Cox feel that this is the time for action on the coordination and ex- pansion of the two schools which was proposed first a year ago. Y.W.C.A. Speaker T a 1 ks on Peace Carrying out the Y. W. C. A. theme of Realizing Christ, Mr. Jack McMich- ael, of Emory University, spoke at chapel yesterday on what other stu- dents are doing towards peace. Be- fore the Christmas holidays, the Y. W. C. A. plans to bring to the Agnes Scott College campus two more speakers who will carry out the theme as related to world problems. On December 3, Rev. William M. Eliott, pastor of the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, will discuss The Attitude of the Church Toward Peace. The last of these programs, on December 17, will present Dr. W. A. Smart of Emory, speaking on Christ, the Prince of Peace. During the fall, the Y. W. C. A. has brought to the campus several speakers whose subjects have dealt with the theme Realizing Christ personally, on the campus, and in the world. Among these have been Bishop H. J. Mikcll, of the Atlanta Diocese; Rev. R. T. Gillespie, of Rock Springs Pres- byterian Church; Sara Lane Smith, Ag- (Continued on page 4, column 2) CHORUS SINGS FOR COMMUNITY CHEST AT ATHLETIC CLUB The special chorus of the Agnes Scott College Glee Club appeared on the program at a banquet given for the Atlanta Community Chest cam- paign workers at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Monday, November 18, at 6 P. M. Approximately 600 campaign solicitors attended the banquet, among whom was Mr. S. Gucrry Stukes, reg- istrar of Agnes Scott, who is serving as chairman of the DeKalb County Chapter of the American Red Cross. The chorus, accompanied at the pi- ano by Alice Hannah, sang "Annie Laurie," "Italian Street Song," "Win- ter Wind," "Sweethearts," and "The Sleigh." The members of the chorus are: Jessie Query, Amelia Nickels, Shirley Christian, Evelyn Wall, Rosa Miller, Alice Chamlee, Nelle Chamlee, Virginia Wood, Sarah Jones, Virginia Kyle, Mary Alice Newton, Augusta King, Ruth Tate, Maxine Crisler, and Martha Young. Blackfriars Play Is Milne Comedy Of English Family Mr. Pint Passes By, by A. A. Milne, was presented by Blackfriars on Friday and Saturday evenings, November 22 and 2 3, in Bucher Scott Gymnasium to good houses. The play was under the direction of Miss Frances K. Gooch, of the spoken English department. The scene takes place in the drawing room of Marden House, in Bucking- hamshire. Dinah Marden (Kitty Print- up), niece of George Marden (Edgar Neely, Jr.), has forgotten her careful upbringing to the extent of wanting to marry Brian Strange (Luther Carroll), a young artist whose success is lim- ited to bright air castles. The young couple is nervous about telling Dinah's uncle, although Olivia Marden, his wife (MyrI Chafin), thinks they will be happy together. As they had feared, George Marden is in- dignant. Mr. Pirn Passes At this point, Mr. Caraway Pirn (Tom Wesley), appearing from no- where, casts a bomb that further wrecks the peace of the Mardens. He has recently met in his travels a cer- tain Telworthy: and George and Olivia believe that he is speaking of Olivia's former husband, supposedly dead. Thereupon, the elder Lady Marden (Carrie Phinney Latimer) repeats that she should make sure her husband was dead before she married again. Then Mr. Pirn passes by again and in his uncertain, smiling manner, re- calls that the name of the mysterious traveler was certainly not Telworthy; and the curtain goes down on the joy- ful family whose happiness the passing of Mr. Pirn has so nearly shattered. The part of Anne, the maid, and that of the elder Lady Marden were played by Carrie Phinney Latimer and Virginia Turner, president of Black- friars, respectively, on Friday night. On Saturday they exchanged roles. Community Chest Results Near $800 A contribution of $743.5 0 was the result of the ten days' Community Chest drive on the Agnes Scott Col- lege campus under the direction of As- sistant Professor Leslie Gaylord, of the mathematics department, and Miss Blanche Miller, instructor in the biol- ogy department. The campus campaign was begun on Tuesday, November 12, and was brought to a close on Friday, November 22. Members of the faculty and the ad- ministration were the only contribu- tors to the campus drive, no students having pledged. According to Miss Miller, some faculty members pledged with the Decatur teams to which they belong. These team contributions to- gether with those made on the cam- pus brought the total faculty contri- bution to approximately $800. There was no set goal, but this amount was considered to be an average one. Reports from the drive being made in Atlanta show that the returns are proving very successful, and the cam- paign solicitors expect to reach their goal of approximately $420,000. Mr. S. Guerry Stukes, registrar of Agnes Scott, is chairman of the DeKalb County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Alumnae Continue Many From A.S.C. To Hear Texas Field Tour; To Return Dec. 14 Miss Alberta Palmour, field secre- tary for the Agnes Scott Alumnae As- sociation, and Miss Jacqueline Wool- folk, '3 5, who are now traveling in Texas in the interests of the College, will spend Thanksgiving and the rest of this week in Dallas, according to a letter received from Miss Palmour. She plans to contact the Hockaday School for Girls while she is in that city. Miss Palmour and Miss Woolfolk have visited in Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Waco, and Fort Worth so far. While they were in Austin, they were the guests of Miss Mary Ames, '34. From Dallas they will go to Shreve- port, Louisiana, and Monroe; in Mon- roe they will visit with Dr. and Mrs. B. M. McKoin, parents of Dean Mc- Koin, '36. On December 4, they will be in Little Rock, Arkansas, with Frances McCalla, '3 5. They will continue their trip back to Decatur by way of Memphis, Ten- nessee; Clarksdale, Greenville, Vicks- burg, and Meridian, Mississippi. In each of the towns visited, Miss Pal- mour will speak on Agnes Scott and show moving pictures of campus ac- tivities to members of the upper two high school classes. They plan to reach Decatur on December 14. Roosevelt Speak on Friday Ames to Represent Agonistic in N. Y. At Editors' Meeting Lulu Ames, editor of The Agonis- tic, will leave for New York City to- morrow morning to attend a Confer- ence of College Editors meeting there November 29-December 1. The Con- ference is being called by the National Student Federation of America. Dele- gates, who will probably number no more than thirty, will be housed at In- ternational House near Columbia Uni- versity; all meetings will be held at In- ternational House. Among the speakers at the Confer- ence will be Heywood Broun, Scripps- Howard columnist and president of the American Newspaper Guild; J. David Stern, publisher of the New York Post and several Pennsylvania papers; Fran- cis G. Smith, Jr., former editor of The Daily Princetonian and president of the Association of College Editors; and James Wechsler, former editor of The Columbia Spectator and author of Re- volt on the Campus. The program, which will include discussion of such problems as editorial policies, function of college press, intercollegiate cooper- ation, features, and printing, has been arranged by Jane Whitbread, editor of the Vassar College Miscellany News; Roger Chase, editor of The Columbia Spectator; and David Schwartz, of the N. Y. U. Washington Square College Bulletin, among others. This is the first year that The Ago- .nistic has sent a delegate to such a meeting although it has long been a member of NSFA. ATTENTION Davison-Paxon Co., of Atlanta, wishes to employ Agnes Scott students during the Christmas rush. Mrs. Latady, employment manager, began interviewing girls on Saturday, November 2 3. Work will begin on December 18. Unlike last year, students will not be excused from classes early in order to work. La Argentina Will Dance Here Dec. 3 On Concert Series La Argentina, the greatest living genius of the dance, follows the All- Star Concert Series' presentations of Fritz Kreisler and the National Sym- phony Orchestra with her appearance at the Fox Theater in Atlanta on Tues- day evening, December 3. The only dancer to appear on the Concert Se- ries of this season, she is expected to draw a large audience, including over 300 Agnes Scott College students. From triumphs in Europe, South America, and Mexico, La Argentina re- turns to America for her seventh tour. The Legion of Honor from France, and the Rosetta of Isabella, the first Order bestowed by the Spanish Republic, are the tributes to her dancing that she brings with her. The Atlanta audience will see La Argentina in a program of Spanish dances colored by gorgeous costumes and castanets. Madame Argentina returned to the Town Hall in December, 1934, to open her fifth New York season after an ab- sence of nearly three years. According to the New York T/uncs of' that date, no other artist has been able to supply that peculiarly electric quality of ex- citement in an audience, nor to perme- ate a hall with such a glow of gracious- ness as did La Argentina. Yet under that engaging surface is an art of ex- quisite perfection, an art that conceals art. The outstanding Spanish dancer of today, comparable to none, La Argen- tina is the objective artist with a defi- nite point of view and a unity of style in all her creations. Since she always knows how to re-create her characters afresh at each performance, she is look- ed forward to with even more delight by those who have seen her than by those who have not. Students Have Reserved Seats At Grant Field; College Has Holiday City Music Group Presents Quartet The Gordon String Quartet, one of the foremost chamber music organiza- tions of the country, and the second on this winter's series of concerts present- ed by the Atlanta Music Club, appears tonight at 8:30 in the Atlanta Wom- an's Club Auditorium. Tickets are on sale at Davison-Paxon's and at Rich's. Members of the Quartet are Jacques Gordon, first violin; David Sackson, second violin; Paul Robyn, viola; and Naoum Benditzky, cello. Their pro- gram tonight will include the entire Haydn Quartet in G minor, Opus 74, No. 3; the Quartet in D major, No, 2, by Borodin; and two movements of the Debussy Quartet in G Minor, Opus. In addition to the Gordon String Quartet, the Music Club offers this year the famous Vienna Choir Boys on January 22, and Myra Hess on Febru- ary 25. An integral part of cultural Atlanta, the Music Club has done much tor the city in bringing famous artists here every year. In combination with the Atlanta Philharmonic Society, it has made possible the All-Star Concert Series, which this season is bringing La Argentina on December 3; Ruth Slen- czynski, January 13; Nelson Eddy and Helen Jepson, February 8; and Grace Moore, March 19. Participating in the Roosevelt Home- coming Day, a large part of Agnes Scott College's student body will hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt ad- dress the people of Georgia at one o'clock on Friday afternoon, November 29, at Grant Field in Atlanta. Agnes Scott has proclaimed a holi- day for Friday, as have the majority of Georgia schools and colleges. The State Education Committee on the Roosevelt Celebration is anxious to pro- vide tickets for reserved seats in Grant Field for Agnes Scott students. Those who wish to take advantage of this offer have been requested to sign up on the bulletin board in Buttrick Hall. Atlanta Decorated Before the main address at Grant Field, President Roosevelt will make a short talk to the school children at Piedmont Park at 12 o'clock noon. After riding through the city, he will go to Grant Field from where he may be heard by those outside the Georgia Tech stadium through loud speakers placed throughout the city. Atlanta will be decorated with United States and Georgia flags and banners, and all colleges and schools having bands have been asked to send them to take part in the parade. The President passed through At- lanta on Thursday, November 21, on his way to the Little White House, his Georgia home at Warm Springs, where he is spending his Thanksgiving holi- days. During President Roosevelt's stay on the Foundation this year, a special de- tachment of Marines has been stationed (Continued on page 4, column 1) Swimming Club Offers (Pageant The Swimming Club of Agnes Scott College presented a colorful water pageant in Bucher Scott Gymnasium on Tuesday, November 26, at 8 P. M. The theme of the pageant was the ro- mance of Antony and Cleopatra, with Antony's legionnaires and Cleopatra's maids performing the dives and novel formations. The members of the cast were: Antony Helen Handte. Cleopatra Margaret Morris. Herald Kathryn Peacock. Legionnaires Marie Stalker, Ken- non Henderson, Elizabeth Burson, Bee Merrill, Margaret Wright, Loice Rich- ards, Anne Thompson, and Martha Crenshaw. Roman Soldiers Mary Richardson, Michelle Furlow, Mary Jane Tigert, Eugenia Symms, Cary Wheeler, Mar- tha Peek Brown, Elizabeth Forman, and Martha Johnson. Maids Mary Vcnetia Smith, Ann Worthy Johnson, Jane Moore Hamil- ton, Helen DuPree, Lena Armstrong, Barton Jackson, Barbara Shloss, and Jean Bailey. Serpents Ellen McCallie and Mary Johnson. Divers Kitty Printup, Ann Coffee, and Jean Chalmers. Guests for the occasion included the seniors of Druid Hills High School, members of the Examiners' Club of At- lanta, and members of the college com- munity. 2 The Agonistic (&\)c 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. 1935 Member 1936 Flssocided Colle&ide Press Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Cary Assistant Editors Nellie M. Gilroy Feature Editor Nell Aj lisox Ass't Feature Editor Jane Guthkii Book Notes Ed /tor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Edito* STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Ass't Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Nell White Society Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers Wit a Moreland Sarah Brosnan Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor SHOULD WE PARTICIPATE? Since the collegiate press took up a few weeks ago the fight against American participation in the 1936 Olympics to be held in Germany, many college papers throughout the country have lent their support to the movement. All college editorial comment has been in hearty opposition to sending a team from the United States to Berlin next year. The objection is mainly that Germany has violated the princi- ples on which the Olympics orig- inally were founded. There ex- ists, it is believed, little true sportsmanship in the actions of Germany and no fair play. The amateur code, by which the Games are controlled, provides that no amateur athlete be dis- qualified because of race, color, or creed. The code further states that no amateur can retain his amateur standing if he compete with one who has disregarded the sportsmanship code. And Germany has disregarded it without reservation as indicated by the names which have been scratched from the participation list. The question is not, how- ever, concerned with Germany and her methods alone; it is a matter of whether the United States should permit her team to compete with the hand-picked athletes of Germany. There is much to be said on both sides. The business of fair play and honest sportsmanship is a vital thing to most American amateurs. Discrimination be- cause of race is not a subject on which we can maintain a self- righteous attitude for any length of time. Nevertheless, that the spirit of the Olympiad has been tainted by Germany cannot be denied. On the other hand, it is difficult for those who have trained long and arduously for the 1936 Games to forego par- ticipation, even for a principle. On December 6, the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, meeting in national con- vention, must decide whether or not to uphold a resolution adopt- ed in November, 1933, whereby the A. A. U. is bound to refuse to certify athletes for participa- tion in the event that Nazi Ger- many shall have been guilty of discrimination in sports. NO BOOK WEEK We are without a Book Week this fall. We never realized, so accustomed had we become to it, that its failure to be would prove so lamentable as we now find it is. For understandable causes, it is out of the question for this fall. But for the spring? The leading campus organiza- tions under faculty direction might very well sponsor an ex- hibition in April, soon after spring vacation. It would not be so well organized, perhaps, or so bly run as those of the past, yet : t would bring to the campus something of the same spirit of gmtle browsing among literary treasures of old and modern times. A Book Week-less year at Agnes Scott is inconceivable nd unbearable. TO DRESS OR NOT TO DRESS! The number of girls in the din- ing room on Wednesday night has been steadily growing less and less. It all reached a fine point last Wednesday when there were almost as many girls up- stairs in Rebekah as there were eating dinner. What is to be- come of this custom? Should it stop? Or should it be modified? Getting dressed formally to eat dinner in the same old din- ing room and then to drink cof- fee for ten minutes or so the whole function lasting an hour at most, perhaps does seem futile. But missing one meal a week al- together can become unpleasant. And all the beauty and charm of the Wednesday night formal habit without a doubt it has charm and does make for a mo- ment of more leisurely social life can be lost before the prospect of appearing in the time-honored same evening garment, week aft- er week after week. If "dressing" could be limited to twice a month, or if "dress- ing" could be merely a change of clothes, that would be something. The entire abandonment of the plan would destroy the reason for Wednesday night coffee which, in spite of the hustly-bustliness of its tempo, does have its good points. Shall we abandon then, or shall we modify? A Key to Current Historv THE PROPOSED NORTH CHINA AUTONOMOUS STATE By Isabel McCain The Japanese government announced Tuesday, November 19, that ninety- five million Chinese would soon find themselves citizens of a new state, North China. This declaration by the Japanese government followed the massing of thousands of Japanese troops on the Chinese border at Chin- chou and at Shanhaikwan. The Japanese army leaders issued an ultimatum to the North China officials that the autonomy program must be approved by noon Wednesday or eleven divisions of troops would invade and occupy the involved territory. Military intervention was threatened if the Nanking government should send troops to suppress the North China au- tonomy movement. However, the Nanking correspond- ent of the Rengo (Japanese) News Agency reported that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Chinese national government, had decided to approve the projected autonomous con- federation. This alleged decision, the correspondent said, resulted from com- promise speeches designed "to save his face.*' Other dispatches indicated that the Chinese officials realized it would be suicidal to interefere with the au- tonomy movement. Although the new state will nomi- nally acknowledge the sovereignty of the Chinese republic, there will be no allegiance to the Nanking government and no financial or economic ties. It will be called the governing body of North China autonomous anticommu- nist commission of the Chinese repub- lic, but the name and the fact that it will continue to fly China's national flag of red, white, and blue are re- garded merely as "face saving" devices for Chinese nationalistic leaders. Dispatches said that a Japanese-ad- vised subcommission will supervise the collection of taxes hitherto sent to Nanking. A new currency will be es- tablished linked to the Japanese yen and the Manchukuon yuon rather than to Nanking's new currency system. North China's airways, railways, and telegraph and telephone systems will be linked to those of Manchukuo. Although in Chinese quarters the opinion has gained ground that the au- tonomous North China state would be set up without bloodshed, government officials in Shanghai said, "We have been instructed to prepare for any eventuality." The Kuomintang (na- tionalist party) congress at Nanking (Continued on page 4, column 1) BOOKS Reviews and Notes AGAIN WE SAY Repetition is reputation or so we firmly believe. So once more we make words concerning the matter of classes ending when the bell rings. It is not queer that a student should want to leave the class- room when the first bell rings. It is not that she lacks interest in the course. It is not that she burns to hear the next lecture. Her eagerness to be gone is the fear of an unexcused tardy which can equal, after three times, an unexcused absence which, in turn, removes automatically a third of a merit. All students know this as do all faculty mem- bers. Yet faculty members per- sistently offend. If the students could be moved as a body to walk out at the end of the hour and this without dan- ger of rebuke, the matter would be moved at the same time; one student won't. Yet one faculty member could help a lot and mass cooperation on the part of 1 the faculty would end the whole ' thing. Alumnae News Miss Betty Lou Houck, Agnes Scott '35, and Mr. Pulaski Lethbridge Smith, of Atlanta are to be married today in New York City at The Little Church Around the Corner. Miss Houck, while she was at Agnes Scott, was most prominent in campus activities. She was business manager of the Silhouette and an outstanding member of Blackfriars, dramatic club, and Glee Club. She attended Yale Uni- versity School of Dramatics this fall and studied voice in New York. Mr. Smith is associated with the Guardian Life Insurance Company. They plan to make their home in Atlanta. New Book Reveals Realism of Last War Paths of Glory By Humphrey Cobb. Paths of Glory, by Humphrey Cobb, is a very realistic novel with a theme of outstanding and immediate interest to everyone War. We are conveyed bodily to the battleground of the World War, which we perceive in all its horror and loathesomeness. We en- counter here not the glory for the very title is infused with cutting irony, not the victory, not even the mere fact of death per se; but we come in sicken- ingly close contact with that side of war that is not so obvious or so gener- ally recognized, that is never discussed in our polite or indifferent society. We are brought face to face with the most revolting physical conditions im- aginable. We behold the glazed eyes and gray faces of men in whom all physical functions have been stopped by the tenseness of constant fear and by improper living conditions. We smell the smell of death on every hand. We perceive men dying the most ap- palling deaths conceivable. That of Lieutenant Paolacci is perhaps one of the worst. The lieutenant "groped for his thigh and couldn't find it. Instead, his hand entered an enormous, sticky cavity which seemed lined with sharp points . . . Later his eyes opened, and his jaw relaxed . . . Later still, a rat . . . stepped forward daintily, jumped onto the lieutenant's chest and squatted there. It looked to the right and the left, two or three times, quickly, then lowered its head and began to eat Paolacci's under lip." The situation of Paths of Glory it can hardly be called a plot is pri- marily one of bitter anguish as opposed to the general atmosphere of physical $u fieri ng which pervjdes the entire book. We witness the selection by their captain of three men all courageous, as it happens to be shot for cowardice in the face of the enemy, admittedly not for personal cowardice, but as an example to the regiment because it has been absolutely unable to make a par- ticular advance. We are fascinated by the several methods of their selection and by the ultimate dramatic outcome of the whole deplorable situation. Indeed, it has truly been said that Paths of Glory will be instantly sup- pressed by any government approach- ing war; for it is a hideous indictment of the facts and methods of war, which, after all, remarks one of the characters, "never settled anything ex- cept who was the strongest." More- over, it is my firm belief that this novel, so suggestive in its simplicity, so overwhelming in its realism, so bit- ter in its irony, and so accusing in its significance, will take its place among the realistic masterpieces of English prose. Jacque McWhite. NEW BOOKS IN OUR LIBRARY Kent merer On Money Edwine Wal- ter Kemmerer. Behind the Headlines Vernon Mc- Kenzie. The Odyssey of Homer T. E. Shaw. Dynamic Theory of Personality Kurt Lewin. A Book of Dramatic Costume Edith Dabney and C. M. Wise. Human Relations in Changing Fn- dustry Harry Walker Hepner. Swimming Analyzed Gertrude Goss. American Farm Policy Wilson Lee. .4 History of Music Theodore M. Finney. Neic Pathways in Science Sir Ar- thur Eddington. Literature of the Italian Renaissance Jefferson Butler Fletcher. Architecture for the New Theater Edith J. R. Isaacs. Michaelangelo The Man Finlay- son. Religion in Virgil Cyril Bailey. DECEMBER BOOK-OF-THE- MONTH SELECTION With Napoleon in Russia by General de Caulaincourt. EXCHANGES Here and Elsewhere There is no such thing as govern- ment only men acting under that name; men no wiser, no better, no purer than ourselves. Survey. We want a modest degree of security without having to buy a lot of things that look like investments but turn out not to be. Harpers Magazine. The ancients recognized the non-in- flammability of asbestos; for, according to Westinghouse, the lamp-wick of the sacred fire of the goddess Vesta, attend- ed by the Vestal Virgins in Roman times, was made of this rock fiber. Scientific American. Ida Lois McDaniel, '3 5, is teaching Spoken English at the Atlanta Con- servatory, where she is also taking piano lessons. Helen (Etheredge) Griffin, '33, with her baby daughter, Deborah Anne, is now living in Chattahoochee. Mary Lillian Deason, '3 5, is teach- ing the sixth grade in the Woodbury, Ga., school. M.irgaret ( (joins) Wagner, '3 5, is living in New York City, where her husband is an experiment engineer with I the Ford Instrument Company. Frances McCalla, '3 5, is taking a business course in Little Rock, Ark. \ era Frances Pruet, '3 5, has been appointed teacher of high school dra- matics in Jesup, Ga. She made a trip to Chatauqua, Ohio, and through Ken- (Coutinued on page 3, column 5) Some tropical woods are so dense and hard that a saw with extremely hard teeth is necesary to cut them. The difficulty of sharpening the teeth has been solved by the use of diamond dust. Scientific A m erica u. Seniors at Newark College of Engi- neering have voted in favor of allow- ing women to enter their classes. We think of airplanes as aging even more quickly than automobiles; yet the Bureau of Air Commerce, Department of Commerce, says that the useful life of an airplane frequently exceeds five years. As many as 169 civilian air- planes now in service in this countrv were built in 1926 or before. Scien- tific American. A scientist has estimated that forest trees in the United States capture and store much more of the sun's radiation every year than is released by all the coal mined. Even at that there is a tre- mendous waste of the sun's energy, for the energy-utilizing process is waste- ful in the extreme. Scientific Ameri- can. Oxford University (England) offi- cials have removed virtually all restric- tions against women students. All de- grees at that institution are now open to men and women alike. Campus Canopy. A master of nursing degree has been created at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.) for graduates of that institution's school of nursing. A Princeton University administra- tor recently announced an expansion plan that calls for the raising of $7,- 750,000. Roscoe Pound, dean of Harvard Law School and one of the giants of Amer- ican jurisprudence, was once blacklist- ed by the Daughters of the American Revolution. From Mary Dixon Small, nurse in charge of home service at the Chicago Lying-in Hospital, comes a frontline story, via the news letter of the Chi- cago Council of Social Agencies. A post-haste call from a Greek fam- ily brought doctor and nurse to a small tenement flat, where life was about to go on without benefit of the medical profession. When the nurse rushed into the bedroom she gasped. A large Amer- ican flag had been sewn over the top of an old quilt "the stars fairly twinkling with suppressed anticipation, the stripes rippling gently." Not many minutes later little Louis entered the picture, a son of Greece, literally born under Old Glory. Sur- vey. It is said that Finland's payment of her war debts has resulted in increas- ing American tourist travel by 5 0 per cent. American travelers naturally want to sec one of the wonders of the world. Arkansas Gazette. The whole man and not just the part above the neck is admitted to college. 1 Surrey. The Agonistic 3 here . . and . . there B O Z B O Z held its regular meeting on Friday night, November 2 2, at 7:3 0 in Miss Janef Preston's apartment. International Relations Club The International Relations Club will have charge of the program at the meeting of the Current History Forum on Tuesday, December 3, at 4 P. M. in the Y. W, C. A. room. Mr. Hartsell, of the history department at Georgia Tech, will speak, on The Sino-Japanese Conflict. The College community is cordially invited to hear Mr. Hartsell speak. Blackfriars Blackfriars held its regular meeting on Tuesday night, November 19, at 7:3 0 in Miss Gooch's studio. The new members were initated at this time. Cotillion Club Mary Hull, Katherine Bishop, and Harriet Reed were hostesses at a tea dance for the Cotillion Club on Thurs- day afternoon, November 21, from 5 to 6 o'clock. The dance was given in Mr. Johnson's studio. Glee Club Eighteen members of the Glee Club presented a program of religious songs at the Rock Springs Church on Sunday night, November 17. Virginia Wood sang the soprano solos. Music Appreciation Group The Music Appreciation Group met on Sunday night, November 24, at 7 o'clock in the music room. The study of George Frederick Handel was con- tinued; and Ann Worthy Johnson talked on his life. Prof. Hayes Speaks To Alumnae Club on Cicero's Humanism Professor George P. Hayes, of the English department of Agnes Scott College, addressed the Decatur Agnes Scott club on Tuesday afternoon, Oc- tober 19. The subject on which Mr. Hayes spoke was "The Humanism of Cicero." Mr. Hayes' talk preceded a joint tea of the Atlanta and Decatur Agnes Scott Alumnae clubs, held from 4 to 5:3 0 at the Alumnae House. Over 150 were present, including the combined club membership and the faculty of Agnes Scott College. Last year the two groups entertained in the same man- ner. Mrs. Cora (Morton) Durrett, '24, and Mrs. Helene (Norwood) Lammers, ex-'22, were in charge of the arrange- ments for the tea. A machine to correct all the wrong answers and to grade examination papers has been invented by Herbert Lebmann of Woodridge, N. J. The machine can grade about 100 papers consisting of 100 questions each in four minutes. Tests containing true or false and multiple choice questions may be used. The Elm hurst Advance. You're Sure to find your favorite TOILET GOODS at Tacofo f M Stores All Over If Atlanta So at last it's come to this: Our perennially original (we've got you there) freshmen have to sit upon the parlor floor with their company to un- ravel the mysteries of bridge. Yea, Culbertson! ! The shining lights at the Emory med. dance Friday night were Nell White, Jeff Cooper, and Alice Cham- lee. (One of these young ladies inform- ed us that she was going with a "nice" boy.) Steady nerves, Docs! We take pleasure in announcing those sophomores who in recognition of this year's work, as well as last year's record, have made Cupid's Honor Roll: Nancy and Bruce, Kay and John Sharp, and Nell and Ben. May they live happily ever after! Men may come and men may go, but if you go too much Campus Slips! This year is the "pay-off." Nev- er have we seen so many girls with ugly, ugy, white slips. Then there's always the freshman who phones her friend at G. M. A. every time she hears a fire-engine. It seems there was a blaze out there the other night, and Lena May Willis is anxious about her interests at said Academy. Our jeune-fille, Marcelle, is strange- ly affected by moonlight. Maybe it's the French in her. The other night "when the moon was low" she insisted that the car be parked. Taking a deep breath she launched into a spring dance. The American boys were both pleased and surprised mostly pleased. The Glee Club is going professional on us. They are getting payment for their services! Rosa Miller came home with a pie in her purse! For our last warning and request as regards Thanksgiving dinner, girls, we quote Dr. McCallie (Ellen and Alice), "Five minutes in the mouth, and the rest of the life on the hips!" FOR THIS ISSUE: REPORTERS Ruth Hertzka Alice Cheeseman Douglas Lyle Hortense Jones Enid Middleton Giddy Erwin Mildred Davis Cora Kay Hutchins Elizabeth Warden Mamie Lee Ratlif f Mary F. Guthrie Loice Richards Eliza King BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Vera Marsh Sara Beaty Sloan Ellen Davis Kennon Henderson Rachel Kennedy Hortense Norton Elizabeth Blackshear ALUMNAE NEWS (Coiiti lined from page 2, column 3) tucky this summer with the Bergman Players, a stock company of Atlanta. Mary Summers, '3 5, is working in the registrar's office at Emory. Louise Schuessler, '34, is teaching school in Columbus, Ga., and is living with her family there. Dr. McCain Talks In Chapel Nov. 25 On A. Carnegie Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, spoke in Gaines Chapel after vespers on Monday night, November 2 5, on the subject of An- drew Carnegie and his benefactions to Agnes Scott in observation of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mr. Carnegie. A picture of the philan- thropist has been presented to the Ag- nes Scott Library. Among the many Carnegie gifts are the library itself; $75,000 for endow- ment; $1 5,000 for books; an art col- lection worth $5,000; and a music col- lection worth $2,5 00. In addition, the Carnegie Corporation has given money so that Miss Louise Lewis, of the Art department, might study modern art during the summers at Harvard Uni- versity. The slides and lantern used in the art history courses are also gifts from the Corporation. The advanced study in library work of Miss Edna R. Hanley, Agnes Scott librarian, has been financed by the Carnegie people as well. The Corporation appropriated a sum of money, moreover, for the study of the best plans for the new library now under construction. With the develop- ment of the fine arts department at Agnes Scott, the interest of the Car- negie Corporation will probably be re- doubled. Dr. Kracke To Be Speaker Dec. 2 Dr. Roy R. Kracke, head of the pathology department of the Emory University School of Medicine, will speak on The Effect of Drugs and Other Agents on the Blood at the sec- ond open meeting of Chi Beta Phi Sigma, national honorary scientific so- ciety, to be held on Monday night, December 2, at 7:3 0 P. M. in Science Hall. Dr. Kracke, who has done extensive research work on white corpuscles, will discuss some of his most recent research problems. He is recognized nationally for his work in hematology. Chi Beta Phi Sigma holds four open meetings a year at which off-campus people speak. The subjects included on these programs pertain to modern prob- lems in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and astronomy. The entire College community is cordially invited to attend this second open meeting of the organization and to hear Dr. Kracke. A. L. Crowell To Head Freshman Class; Lyle, Hamilton Hold Offices Annie Lee Crowell was elected pres- ident of the freshmen class at a meet- ing held after chapel Thursday, No- vember 2 1. Douglas Lyle and Jane Moore Hamilton were chosen vice- president and secretary-treasurer, re- spectively. Druid Hills Seniors Visit A.S.C. Campus Members of the senior class of Druid Hills High School were guests of Ag- nes Scott College and the Alumnae As- sociation on Tuesday, November 26. They were entertained by the College at dinner and at the water pageant pre- sented by the Swimming Club on Tues- day night. Graduates of Druid Hills who attend Agnes Scott served as host- esses. This was the third group of high school students to visit the campus this fall, in accordance with the new plan of inviting each group separately. Heretofore all the Atlanta high school seniors have been invited for the same day. The seniors of North Avenue Presbyterian School were entertained on November 1, and those from Wash- ington Seminary, on November 22. Tech, Ga. Frosh Will Play Football For the benefit of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, the freshman football teams of Georgia Tech and the University of Georgia will play at the Grant Field Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, at 2 o'clock. Reserved seats are $1.00; general admission is 50 cents. This is the third annual charity Thanksgiving game in which these two schools have participated. The entire proceeds go to the Scottish Rite Hos- pital. Y.W.C.A. To Sponsor Christmas Services The annual series of Christmas Can- dle Services sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. will begin this year on Monday, December 2, at 10 o'clock P. M. in Gaines Chapel with Sarah Spen- cer, president of Y. W. C. A., leading. Ruby Hutton, vice-president, will con- duct on Monday, December 9, and Adelaide Stevens, president of Student Government Association, has charge on December 16, the Monday before the Christmas holidays. She will read a Christmas story. The first two will be Red Candle Services and the last one, White Can- dle. The entire College community is invited to attend the three programs. PROF. L. SMITH HAS LUNCHEON NOV. 23 FETING VISITOR Professor Lillian Smith, of the Latin department, entertained at a luncheon in honor of Mrs. T. R. Allen in the Anna Young Alumnae House on Sat- urday, November 23. Mrs. Allen is vis- iting her sister, Professor Lucile Alex- ander, of the French department. Other guests at the luncheon included Miss Alexander; Dean Nannette Hopkins; Dr. Mary F. Sweet; and Assistant Pro- fessor Margaret Phythian, of the French department. Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop Restaurant Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below Candler Bldg. Bailey Brothers Shoe Shop All Kinds of Shoe Repair! "Big Dec" I wish to announce that I have sold to W. A. and B. W. Medlock, but take this means to say I am re- maining on the job as usual. If there be any change in business with the Medlock co-operation it will be for the better. LAWRENCE PHARMACY Meet Your Friends in Little Dec Compliments of Jefferson Mortgagee. FIRST MORTGAGE LOANS WITHOUT COMMISSION 1110 Standard Bldg. WAlnut 0814 SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM Run ESPECIALLY FOR AGNES SCOTT GIRLS Anna Young Alumnae House BOWEN PRESS COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND STATIONERY Blotters Note Paper Poster Paper Office Supplies 421 Church St. De. 0976 Decatur, Ga. 1 i L New! Twin Sweater Sets $2^8 in the Sport Shop Street Floor . . . J. IP. ALLIEN & CO. The Store All Women Knov 4 The Agonistic Class of '35 Plan> First Reunion for Saturday Nov. 30 The class of '3 5 will have a reunion dinner at the Tavern Tea Room in At- lanta on Saturday, November 30, at 6:30 P. M. Mary Green, class secretary, is in charge of the arrangements for the dinner; the cost of the meal is 65 cents for each person. It is customary each year for the last graduating class to have its first re- union around Thanksgiving time. Last fall the class of '34 attended an in- formal buffet supper at the Anna Young Alumnae Tea House. MANY FROM A. S. C. TO HEAR ROOSEVELT SPEAK ON FRIDAY {Continued from page 1, column 1) at various points on the grounds in order to prevent the entrance of crowds of outsiders and to assure the President of rest and quiet. Many of the main roads leading to Georgia Hall have been closed temporarily, cars be- ing routed by less direct roads. Admis- sion is by special pass only except to patients and their guests who are al- lowed to come and go at will. No cars are allowed near the Little White House although visitors who have been admitted to the Foundation grounds may walk as far as the outer enclosure. Special instructions for Agnes Scott students have been posted on the bulle- tin board in Buttrick Hall. J. Bailey Gives Talk at Vespers Jean Bailey spoke on the Hundredth Psalm and its connection with college life at the freshman vesper service on Sunday evening, November 24. Mil- dred Coit, chairman of the freshman Y. W. C. A. cabinet, led the service, the theme of which was related to the Thanksgiving season. The freshman choir, consisting of Louise Young, Emma McMullen, Sara McCain, Anne Purnell, Jane Moore Hamilton, Vera Marsh, Jeanne Red- wine, Amelia Nickels, Henrietta Black- well, Mary Frances Guthrie, Mary Ruth Murphy, and Elinor Tyler, and accompanied by Esthere Ogden, sang a special number, "A Song of Thanks- giving," and furnished other music. Mildred Coit, leader, read the scrip- ture; and Amelia Nickels rendered a vocal solo, "Thanks Be to God." MISS ELLA YOUNG FRLEND OF A. S. C. DIES IN MARYLAND NOTICE The Emory University Student Lecture Association will present the Kryl Symphony Band, with Bohumir Kryl conducting, in the Glenn Memorial Auditorium at Emory tonight at 8:15 P. M. The concert will include soprano, harp, and cornet solos. General admission is 75 cents. Tickets may be secured at the door. Sport News A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY {Continued from page 2, column 3) instructed the government to enforce conscription under a 193 3 law on No- vember 2 0. The Japanese embassy said that the North China autonomy movement was undoubtedly precipitated by the mone- tary program of the Chinese national government at Nanking. This with- drawal of a monetized metal in favor of a managed paper currency by the Nanking government was caused by the severe inflation following the sil- ver purchasing policy of the United States for the necessity of forcing the creation of the new state. In the meantime both the British and American governments are watch- ing events closely. Both countries have large commercial holdings in the af- fected territories. William Philips, un- dcr-secretary of state, conferred with Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassa- dor, but the discussion was general, and there seems little probability of armed intervention. HOTEL CANDLER Decatur, Ga. Modern Fireproof Good Food DE. 3715 Agnes Scott College has lost a very dear friend in the recent death of Miss Ella Young, principal of Agnes Scott Academy until 1913. Miss Young died at the home of her sister in Catonsville, Md., on Thursday, November 21, after several years of very poor health. After serving as principal of the Academy for about ten years, Miss Young left in 1913 before the Academy was dis- continued to live with her sister. The body is to be brought this week for burial in Rome, Ga., the family home Y. W. C. A. SPEAKER TALKS ON PEACE (Continued from page 1, column 5) nes Scott, '32; John Howard, of Co- lumbia Seminary; Rev. Peter Marshall, of Westminster Presbyterian Church; and Dr. E. H. Rece, of Emory Uni- versity. Gracey, Moorer Score Highest In Golf Tourney Agnes Scott College's first mixed two-ball golf tournament, held at For- rest Hills Club, came to an end last week with Judith Gracey and Mr. Johnny Owens as winners of low gross and Nancy Moorer and Mr. Willie Liv- ingstone as winners of low net. The scores were as follows: Gracey-Owens 42-39-0-81 Moorer-W. Livingstone 44-43-12-75 Malone-Malone 48-44-10-82 Roache-J. Livingstone 44-48-12-80 Mathis-Smith 52-50-20-82 Rowe-Payne 48-52-18-82 Forman-Flowers 52-50-22-80 Wood-Fuller 100-20-80 Bettv Mathis, in an article for one of the Atlanta papers, said: "Judith Gra- cey, a junior from Augusta, is one of the best golfers the school has had in several years. She is prominent in the sports fields in Augusta, having played in several invitation tournaments." Virginia Wood is last year's A. S. C. champion, while Mr. Willie Livingstone is professional at Forrest Hills Club. The Outing Club spent Sunday at the Agnes Scott College camp at Stone Mountain. Under the direction of Miss Wilburn, Miss Haynes, and Miss Miller the members planned to do some exper- imental cooking. The following girls went to the camp: Martha Long, Eliza King, Martha Johnson, Frances Robin- son, Ann Worthy Johnson, Anne Thompson, Enid Middleton, Lillian Croft, Margaret Wright, Primrose No- ble, Mildred Davis, Ola Kelly, and Vir- ginia Watson. TASTY TOASTY Open All Night A Good Place to Eat 122 Peach tree Through the Block 99 Forsyth St. GREELY'S SERVICE Independent Gulf Dealers Dearborn 3078 204 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. DECATUR, GA. The Swimming Club of Agnes Scott College presented a formation last Thursday night, November 21, at the meeting of the Examiners' Club at the Briarcliff pool in Atlanta. At this time the Agnes Scott Club members ex- tended an invitation to the Examiners' Club to attend the water pageant to be given in Bucher Scott Gymnasium on November 26. On Tuesday, December 3, the Swim- ming Club will entertain the North Avenue swimming team. those who have had some previous training in dancing. Miss Dozier is well prepared to teach this class, since she specialized in this type of the dance. Miss Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physical education department, enter- tained the champion senior hockey team at a supper in the gymnasium on Friday night, November 22. Miss Har- riette Haynes, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, assistant in the physical education de- partment, and Miss Blanche Miller, in- structor in the biology department, who served as referees during the hockey season, were also present. The following students were present: Eliz- abeth Forman, Lois Hart, Lena Arm- strong, Ad Stevens, Lilian Grimson, Marion Derrick, Sara Frances Estes, Martha Crenshaw, Ann Coffee, and Helen Handte. Mary Kneale and Frances McDonald defeated Helen Handte and Martha Young in the finals of the tennis tour- nament on Friday afternoon, Novem- ber 22, by 6-4, 0-6, and 6-4. The tour- nament was successful, and some ex- ceptionally good tennis was played. The Saturday Afternoon Recreation Committee for the month of Decem- ber consists of Miss Harriette Havnes, of the physical education department. Bee Merrill, and Mary Jane King. On Saturday, November 23, the pool was open in the afternoon for a plunge. The pool will be open for a plunge again on Saturday night, November 3 0, at 8 o'clock. Miss Eugenie Dozier, instructor in physical education, is offering a class in Spanish dancing on Tuesday for DECATUR BEAUTY SALON Thanksgiving Special ! ! ! $5.00 Permanent for $3.00 "Big Dec" DIETZ STUDIO Large 8\10 Picture .SI. 00 Penny Pictures 25c BIG DEC CAREFREE SHOES For Campus Wear Also RINGLESS CHIFFON HOSE 69c Hainan & Son 170 Peachtree St. 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 T. R. McCAIN, President ALLEN'S RUGS GRADY ALLEN GIFTS 105 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. RUGS FOR EVERY PURPOSE At Lowest Prices RUGS CUSHIONS NOVELTY GIFTS Greeting and Christmas Cards Pictures Framed HARVEY'S Where the Food is Delicious The Service Excellent The Restaurant to Which You Will Always Want to Return. 98 Luckie St. BCWL - - In the Largest and Most Beau- tiful Bowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. A Special Selection of Alleys Reserved for College Girls Every Afternoon Free Instruction, Mornings and Afternoons, on Request. You Pay Cost of Games Only. "THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY" 20 Houston, N.E. WA. 5622 Blouses that bring you Paris at a Price! A tremendous Showing 2.98 Dressy styles (they're best this year) in lovely satins and crepes with designer details like Vionnet bows, Lanvin's big sleeves, Alix shirring, Schiaparelli military touches. Pastels, white. Others 3.98 to 10.00. IMonso Shop Slro*l Floor RICH'S r mm \ ()!,. XXI 3T) 5V0onistic AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, G A.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1935 NO. 10 L. Ames Attends Meeting Of College Press in N. Y. Editor of The Agonistic Hears Distinguished Speakers Nov. 29-Dec. 1. l ulu Ames, editor of The Agonis- tic , returned yesterday from a three- day conference of College Editors called by the National Student Federa- tion of America in New York. The delegates, who numbered fifty-four, were housed at International House near Columbia University. All meet- ings of the conference were also held at the House. Twenty-three institu- tions, including Agnes Scott, the Uni- versity of North Carolina, Hampden- Sidney College, West Hampton, and Tennessee State Teachers College from the South were represented. Editors Make Speeches The delegates were welcomed at luncheon on Friday, November 29, by John L. Mott, director of International House. Other speakers at that time were Francis G. Smith, Jr., former edi- tor of the Daily Prmcetonian and now president of the Association of Col- lege Editors; and James A. Wechsler, editor last year of the Columbia Spec- tator, the outstanding college newspa- per in the United States, and author of Revolt on the Campus. Mr. Wechsler urged the delegates to closer inter-col- legiate cooperation at times when edi- tors are too blatantly suppressed by college administration. Miss Ruth McKenney, of the tjew York Post and secretary of the New York Newspaper Guild, was the prin- cipal speaker at the dinner meeting on Friday night. She outlined the work and program of the American News- paper Guild and proposed a union or- ganization for college newspaper staffs which would be affiliated with the American Guild. Such an organization would have to spring from local groups affiliated with local newspaper guilds. Mr. J. David Stern, publisher of the Nett York Post and several Pennsyl- vania papers, who spoke at the lunch- eon on Saturday, encouraged the dele- gates to work for a "free collegiate press but a tactful one." At the final session, held on Sunday morning, the editors present formed an association which will work under the National Student Federation. Mem- bership in the new group will be ex- tended to editors in all NSFA-member colleges. Its advantages will include a (Continued on page 3, col. Three From A. S. C. Will Attend Meet Of 500 Colleges Adelaide Stevens, Winifred Kellers- bcrger, and Alice Flannah will repre- ent Agnes Scott College at the Twelfth Quadrennial Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement in Indianapolis, Indiana, December 2 8- January 1. At this time representatives from some five hundred colleges of Canada and the United States and a I dozen foreign countries will come to- gether under the direction of capable leaders and speakers for five days of i study, fellowship, and prayer. More than forty men and women from Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Korea, China, Mexico, and other countries will speak from the platform or lead seminars. Among these outstanding leaders are Toyohiko Kag- awa, Richard Roberts, Baez Camargo, Induk Pak, John Mackay, T. Z. Koo, and the Archbishop of York. The program of the convention will be in three main divisions: platform hours for a sequence of addresses; sem- inars for an intimate exchange of thought between delegates and leaders; and special informal features during each afternoon. The platform hours will be based on themes relating to the World Mission of Jesus Christ; and the "eminar topics will consider thirty of the livest problems now confronting the Christian world community. Other attractions on the program will include the presentation of Opera- tion at One, a play by Maude Taylor Sarvis, who was for fifteen years a mis- sionary in Nanking, China; special mu- sic hours; the denominational suppers planned for Sunday night, Decembcr 29; and a New Year's Eve party. After this party the convention will be brought to a close with a brief but inspiring watch-night worship service. Frost To Return To A.S.C. Campus For Longer Star Dr. McCain, Mr. Stukes Are At Louisville Conferences Group Will Travel On European Tour Assistant Professor Leslie J. Gaylord, of the mathematics department of Ag- nes Scott College, will chaperon a group of fifteen or twenty girls on a trip to Europe this summer. She will be assisted by Miss Carrie Scandrett, ass'stant dean of the College. All res- ervations and arrangements for accom- modations will be made bv the Elliott Tours of Talladega, Alabama. Miss Gaylord and Miss Scandrett plan to sail from New r York on June 17. They will be gone two months, vis- iting many countries including France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Holland. The trip will end with a motor tour through England and Scot- land. This will be the fifth such trip Miss Gaylord will have taken, the last one being in the summer of '34. She has been abroad many times, having spent one year in study at the University of Rome. She is well acquainted with the European countries she proposes to touch next summer and has made defi- nite plans for all parts of this year's tour. All Agnes Scott students who are interested in going may gain additional information from either Miss Gaylord or Miss Scandrett. Bible Club Gives Pageant on Dec. 8 As i part of the celebration com- memorating the four-hundredth anni- versary of the first printed English Bible, about forty members of the Ag- nes Scott College Bible Club will take part in a pageant, The Power of the Word, to be presented at the Baptist Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon, De- cember 8, at 3 o'clock. The pageant will consist of a pre- lude, two episodes, "The Tinker of Bedford Prison" and "The Universe of ihe Soul," and a postlude. The charac- ters which have been chosen are: Jailor, Mary Alice Baker; artist, Julia Tel- ford; musician, Gertrude Lozier; writer, Irene Wilson; lawyer, Mil- dred Coit; colporteur, Marie Mer- ritt; assistant, Martha Johnson. Repre- sentatives from various countries are: Korea, Laura Coit; Africa, Winifred Cellersberger; Argentina, Lilian Grim- son; China, Louise Young; Japan, Hi- bernta Hassell. The singing chorus will consist of: Edith Belser, Mildred Da- | vis, Gene Caldwell, Betty Hollis, Sarah Johnson, Rachel Kennedy, Bee Merrill, I Mary Ruth Murphy, Molly Jones, Frances Cary, Lois Hart, Sara Beaty Sloan, and a group with Mrs. DeWitt directing. The pageant will be Agnes Scott's part in the Bible celebration. Other churches in Atlanta and Decatur will take part also, and the play may be presented later at the First Baptist Church in Atlanta. Practices for the pageant were start- ed about two weeks ago. Professor Alma Sydenstricker and Associate Pro- cessor J. T. Gillespie, of the Bible de- partment, will assist in the practise. The Y. W. C. A. has expressed its wil- lingness to cooperate. Georgia Tech, as well as other Georgia colleges, have planned programs. Expressing a desire to return to Ag- nes Scott College, Robert Frost, who is probably America's foremost poet of today, wrote Monday to Associate Pro- fessor Emma May Laney, of the Eng- lish department, that if it is agreeable with the College, he would like to make a visit here of longer duration than the one day's stay when he lec- tured on last November 7. Since he and Mrs. Frost arc spending the winter in Florida, he could stop at the College in March or April on the return trip North, and could have the opportunity of having individual conferences and talks with students. A definite time in one of these months will be arranged by Miss Laney and Mr. Frost. When the members of the College Lecture Association first invited Mr. Frost to speak here in November, they had expressed the desire that he might be able to remain here a few days after the lecture. However, as it was impera- tive that he return immediately to Am- herst, where he is a member of the faculty, Mr. Frost was able to be at Agnes Scott for only one day. Feeling that he had cheated us, as he termed it, he wrote Miss Laney that to the colleges where he goes, he "usually gives one public lecture, one-half a dozen or a dozen individual confer- ences, and one or two round tables. The arrangement is my own invention and has grown to be rather my spe- cialty." In the two or three places that Mr. Frost has spoken since, he has fol- lowed this plan. Mr. Frost continued that "Fmd shaking receptions almost never hap- pen to me. I usually sit somewhere and talk awhile to or with anyone who will sit on the floor at my feet after the platform is over." In his letter, Frost also remarked that he is sending some first editions of his poems to Miss Laney and to Frosty Brown, a relative of his. Robert Frost came to Agnes Scott on November 7 as the first of the dis- tinguished men to be brought here this season under the auspices of the Lec- ture Association. Thornton Wilder, the novelist, will be here in Febuary as the second. If the financial returns from this lecture are very satisfactory, the Association, continuing its policy of bringing a few distinguished peo- ple to the campus, hopes to bring either a speaker on current events or some well-known woman. Three College Associations Hold Annual Conventions This Week. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- I nes Scott College, and Mr. S. G. Stukes, l registrar, are now attending the for- tieth annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the first annual meeting of the Southern University Conference, held this week in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Stukes is also representing Agnes Scott at the conference of the Southern Association of Colleges for Women, which is meeting today in Louisville. Dr. McCain left for Louisville on Mr. S. D. Gordon To Conduct Services of Religious Week Mr. S. D. Gordon, well-known re- ligious author and speaker, will con- duct the week of religious services rponsored annually at Agnes Scott Col- lege by the Y. W. C. A. He will speak every morning in Gaines Chapel during the week of February 11-15; each eve- ning and on Sunday he will talk at the Decatur Presbyterian Church. Dr. W. M. Anderson, of Dallas,, bunday night and will return to De- Texas, had accepted the invitation to L atur ^ Sattirday evening; Mr. Stukes conduct the religious services, but hls | Mt [m mg , n ^ m da>- morning. This afternoon they plan to meet with twenty or twenty-five Agnes Scott alumnae who live in Louis- ville. Dr. McCain to Report The Southern Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools is meeting students had the opportunity ot hear- f V-j T ^ i , > , . , t j j- I nursday and Friday, December 5-6; me him at that time. In addition to - . . 7 ff _ , , ? , r \\ r~~A~~ lt has i r ,ts general theme Education beine a speaker of note, Mr. Gordon . . , , , i _ in the bouth tor Changing Conditions is also the author of more than twenty . 6 6 _ tm . ^ ,, >, i ii . j , m the National Recovery. Dr. Mc- Ouiet Talks, which have a circula- . . . r i . r it Ann nnn i-ii, -f^,,- Cain is chairman or the committee in- ;ion of more than 2,000,000. His tour . ,. . , . r \ , , r\ : t ]\ vestigatine political control ot the latest volumes are Ouiet I alks with i , i- r r m t .is^tnrif //,, state educational institutions ot Louisi- Eaeer Youth, Ouiet Talks on the New . '. , * a"\ ~ * nr 1 1 .. jv/ ana, which will make its report at this Order of Things, Ouiet Talks on D/f- ^ t f _ , \ , A . n - j r\ ; t -r^L, time. I he Southern University Conter- \ficult Onest/onS, and Ouiet Talks on , . _ . /. ' i . i Cl u c- . t a, arn ence, ot which Dr. McCain is secre- \thc Bible Story. Of the first ot these 9 ctw' ^ j l n tary, will meet Iridav afternoon tor la critic says: Mr. Gordon has some- J > , i the first time. It was formed last April nd wise counsel ... . ., , v . by thirty- three colleges and universi- ties for the purpose of considering mat- death in November necessitated procuring of another speaker. Mr. Gordon, who is considered one of the most famous speakers in the world, was the main speaker at the At- lanta Christian Youth conference this i past November; many Agnes Scott thing of rare moment a for the youth of our day. He is quite at his best in his new volume, which means that he is arresting, sagacious, rers pertaining to higher undct-graduarp I work and graduate study. All the insti- compelling, readable to the last page. . 7 . . _, r . l -yr \yr \ c tutions represented in the Southern Each year the Y. W. C. A. brings i to the campus for a week of evangel- istic services some prominent religious leader. Last spring Dr. Edwin McNeil Poteat, Jr., pastor of the Pullen Memo- German Club Will Present Christmas Play December 11 Ten members of the Agnes Scott German Club will take part in Das Weihnachtspiel, a Christmas play, at the last meeting of the club before Christmas. The date has been set for Wednesday, December 11. The play is under the direction of Professor Mu- riel Harn of the German department, Lucie Hess, and Ethelyn Johnson, pres- ident of the club. The cast of the play includes the following: der Vater, Wayve Lewis; die Mutter, Lucie Hess; eine fremde Fran, Anne Thompson; der Tod, Kathryn Bowen; das Madchen, Jean Austin; der Soldat, Mary Kneale; der Konig, Jane Dryfoos; die Alte Fran, Ora Muse; and Engclchor, Ann Worthy Johnson and Virginia Wood. Ann Martin and Lulu Ames are in charge of properties and costumes. The scene of the play is laid in a lonely hot in the woods, where a child lies dying. As Death is about to seize him, a strange woman who has come into the home reveals herself as the Vir- gin Mary and saves the child. Rehearsals for the play began last week. Practices for singing German Christmas carols have also started. University Conference belong to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Today Mr. Stukes is attending th<* fourteenth annual meeting of the rial Baptist Church of Raleigh, North i ? u South Carolina, delivered a series of talks on "The Good Life.' ern Association of Colleges for Women. The general subject for the conference is "Toward an Understand- ing of the Younger Generation. *' Roosevelt Speaks ^ vc "' chese conferenees were held i in Atlanta. To Large Audience Dr. G. A. Works Will Welcomed by cheering hundreds of j A C ArroJn thousands w ho made up the largest V Ibll J\ Ks. crowd ever assembled in Georgia, Dr. George A. Works, dean of the Franklin D. Roosevelt, president of the School of Education, University of United States, visited Atlanta on Fri- day, November 2 9, for the Homecom- ng Celebration held in his honor. Speaking to more than fifty thou- and Georgians packed into the sta- dium and to thousands of others listen- ing by means of loud speakers through- Chicago, and secretary of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, will be at Agnes Scott College on January 6 and 7. He ; s coming in connection with the plan for coordination between Emory Uni- versity and Agnes Scott College. out the city and radios throughout the Last January Dr. Works, along with several other educators, visited the col- nation, the President said in his main address at Grant Field that the gov- ernment has "passed the peak of ap- lege for this same purpose, and also for the purpose of investigating condi- propriations," and that America "can I tions existing in the educational insti- tutions of Atlanta. No definite action was taken at that time. N.S.F.A. HEAD TO SPEA k l\ CHAPEL ON FRIDAY, DEC. 6 look forward with assurance to a de- creasing deficit." More than two hundred Agnes Scott College students, taking advantage of the holiday given in honor of the Roosevelt Homecoming Day, heard Senator Richard B. Russell preside and present Senator Walter F. George, who introduced President Roosevelt at Grant Field. Before his address at the I Mr. Thomas F. Neblett, president of stadium Roosevelt spoke to approxi- I the National Student Federation of mately fifty thousand Atlanta school America, will speak to the Agnes Scott children at Piedmont Park. College student body in chapel on Fri- On his trip from the Little White day morning of this week. House at Warm Springs, where he | Mr. Neblett will come to Atlanta spends his Thanksgiving holiday every f mm Louisville, where he is to address vear, the President rode between large i ^ > , c , . . , , i -j r l j' the meeting ot the Southern Associa- crowds packed on each side ot the road from Fort McPherson through his tour j t,on of Colle S e * <* Secondary Schools, of the elaborately decorated city to | He P ians to visit at Georgia Tech and Grant Field. Bands from schools all over the state added to the celebration. Accompanying the President on his trip to Atlanta were Mrs. Roosevelt and their son, James. The party re- turned to Warm Springs Friday eve- ning. at Emory University as well as at Ag- nes Scott. Mr. Neblett, a native of Mississippi, did his undergraduate work at the Uni- versity of Mississippi. He holds his Master's degree from Louisiana State University. 2 The Agonistic (tfyc Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. I A Key to Current History BOOKS Reviews and Notes PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. 1935 Member 1936 Plssocided Golle&ide Press Lulu Ames Ed i tor-/ n -chief [.aura Steele Frances Cary Assistant Editors Nellie M. Gilroy Feature Editor Nell At usox Ass't Feature Editor Jam Guthkif Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Edito* STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Ass y t Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Nell White Society Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers Wita Moreland Sarah Brosnan Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor A FREE COLLEGE PRESS The Conference of College Edi- tors, which met in New York the latter part of last week, closed its three days of hectic discus- sion with the proposal of tenta- tive plans for the formation of an organization of collegiate edi- tors who, united by a common desire, will work relentlessly for freedom of the collegiate press. Such an organization of student editors has never been attempted before in this country. Yet, in the light of the events of the past months, its formation was inevi- table. The first suppression of col- legiate publication that brought forth storms of protest from oth- *.r college editors, particularly those in the Middle West, the Big Ten editors, was the incident at Louisiana State University when ihe editor and several other stu- dents were removed by Senator Huey P. Long. This coupled with 1 he affair at the University of California at Los Angeles awak- ened students generally to the act that college administrations DO work gross injustices on their student bodies. The aftermath of the Peace demonstrations of last April 12 reinforced this idea in the stu- dent mind. The behavior of Pres- ident Ruthven of the University of Michigan was deplored and heartily condemned by editors in colleges all over the country. The attitude of President Hutchins toward the disturbance raised by Mr. Wahlgreen was a source of great inspiration to the collegi- ate press which already had be- gun to feel a common interest drawing its members together. Scattered happenings of this fall, combined with all that has gone before, moved thirteen of the twenty-three editors present in New York to come into closer union. The weekly news-release which membership in the new or- ganization carries with it is only a fixture; it is only one of the benefits of belonging. The main purpose toward which the group will work is freedom of the press. A collegi- ate press limited only by the laws of libel. A collegiate press that is tactful, to be sure, hut one that is unafraid of administration re- buke. Moral and editorial support from editors all over the coun- try when one editor is unjustly suppressed or individual students are causelessly expelled will lend strength to the movement. Stu- dent thought on world-wide mat- ters and affairs of national in- terest, both socially and econom- ically, will expand. And the idea current in administration circles that there are matters peace, the Olympics, race that stu- dents take no active part in and therefore should have no inter- est, even editorially, in may be- come a relic of the past. The new movement is not yet completely organized; its meth- ods are not yet fully determined; its power is not yet tried. But its objective is firmly fixed; its de- velopment is certain. And its suc- cess, as measured by the determ- ination and earnestness of its founders, is without question. PAGING THE FACULTY Since the faculty has cooper- ated so willingly in the matter of dismissing classes when the bell rings, we present another diffi- culty that some students have met recently. That is, the busi- ness of not giving a full week's notice before a test. At Agnes Scott, where all cam- pus life is organized to the min- ute, it is most inconvenient to have a test a regular, formal, hour test spring up without warning. It is only fair that a student know in advance so that she can rearrange her schedule to include free time for sufficient review. Pop quizzes are, of course, an- other thing altogether. They are as much the professor's risk as the students. But a week's notice for a test Is a small thing to ask of the faculty. It is of vital importance to the student, however, and it is a just request of the faculty. j JAPANESE POLICY IN CHINA By Marie Tovcxshxd While the rest of the world was con- cerned with the conflict in Ethiopia, Japan started another move in her pen- etration of China. This time she is seeking control of five provinces Hopei, Chahar, Suiyuan, Shansi, and Shantung by making them into an autonomous state under her guidance. Japanese expansion on the continent began in the last decade of the nine- teenth century because of the exhaus- tion of her own markets for her goods. Since 190 5 when she secured from Rus- sia the southern portion of Sakhalin, the Kwantung leased area, and the South Manchurian railway, her exten- sion of possessions and influence of the Asiatic mainland has been almost con- tinuous. In 1910 the annexation of Korea was the result of expansion start- ed in 1 89 5. In 1915 when the major European countries were at war, Japan made her second demand upon China, consisting of special privileges and practically complete control of Shan- 1 tung. She demanded Shantung out- right in 1918 and got it. Japan gave Shantung back in 1921 because the countries refused to make any naval concessions to her unless she did so. Her desire for Shantung has not ceased, 'however, as is shown by her effort to get control of it now. About 192 2 Japan began another ex- pansion, which resulted in the invasion of Manchuria in 193 1-32. Here she set up the puppet state of Manchukuo with Pu-Yi, the former emperor of China, as chief executive. In 1934 Pu- Yi ascended the throne as Emperor Kang Teh. Jehol was invaded and ad- ded to Manchukuo in 193 3. j During the past summer, following j incidents which took place along the I border between Japanese and Chinese I troops, Japan made vigorous demands j on the Chinese government. These de- tmands included the removal of the Chinese general in command of the Chinese troops in Chahar; the dismissal of certain officials in Hopei; and the (Continued on page 3, column 1) Review of Asylum by William Sea- brook. The Author William Buehler Seabrook is 5 0 vears old, was born in Westminster, Md., went to Roanoke College in Virginia for a few years, and has spent the rest of his life trying to run away from himself. As he tells it, "I had been variously publicized as an 'explorer,' 'traveler,' 'adventurer,' but I had al- ways been merely a frightened man running away from something. At 21 I had been city editor of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, had stood it for six months and thrown it up to be a tramp in southern Europe. Returning a few years later, I became established on the Atlanta Journal . . . in 1915 I ran away to war ... I came back, a little gassed but not badly, started farming in Georgia, and ran away from that as soon as I had cleared the land and planted the first crop. In 1924, mak- ing more money than I needed in soft jobs with newspaper syndicates, I got sick of it, met an Arab, and ran away into the Arabian desert where I joined a tribe and got along so well that its sheik offered me an oasis village, a hun- dred men and a couple of new wives, including his niece. "I ran away again, and this time kept running, all over the map, for miles and years (with books as by- products) until I got caught in a trap of my own devising where I had to sit down and face myself. I had been so unwilling to face it that I had tried to drown myself in booze. It landed me by the back door, since I hadn't even the excuse of being cracked in this asylum." "Incidentally," he adds, "they seem to have cured me. . . . " From the Reader's Digest, Among the Authors, December. His Book "I am not a reformer of public opin- ion, or a propagandist. I am an ad- venture writer of sorts, and I write this mainly as the story of a strange adventure in a strange place." In the very beginning of his book, Mr. Seabrook thus explains his purpose. But he does a good deal more than write of an unusual experience in an unusual place. He also gives a com- plete and detailed review of asylum life as he found it, dispersing, with this re- view , many of the old-fashioned ideas commonly held today concerning asy- lums, caretakers, and inmates. William Seabrook went to an asylum, not as a patient with mental disorder, but as a drunkard. As he says, "I had become a confirmed habitual drunkard, without any of the stock alibis, *or ex- cuses. My health was otherwise excel- lent; I had plenty of money in the bank, a pleasant home on the French Riviera; my work had been going well enough until the drink put an end to it and promised to put an end to me." The author writes of his seven months' experience in an asylum as one of the most fantastic adventures of his life. He found courteous attendants, clean well-lighted rooms, good food, comparative freedom, many amuse- ments, and a life of ease and enjoy- ment. He did not find the proverbial padded cells, medieval torture rooms, brutal nurses, or strait-jackets. He found that the attendants addressed everyone respectfully and used force only when necessary. "The patient," he says, "has all the advantages of being permitted and expected to gouge, slug, kick, and hit below the belt,' while the whitecoats must net him unscath- ed, and as nearly unhurt as humanly possible." Besides the enjoyment derived from {Continued on page 4, column 1) EXCHANGES Here and Elsewhere Alumnae News OLYMPICS OR NOT? Student thought in the past few weeks has been concentrated on whether athletes of the Unit- ed States should participate in the 1936 Olympics to be held in Berlin. The agitation against American athletes going over was started by the Columbia Spectator and has been led, for the most part, by Roger Chase, Spectator editor. Most of the leading institu- tions of the country have added their support. Numerous edito- rials have attacked the anti-Jew- ish activities of the German na- tion. On Monday of this week the New York Times carried the names of 41 American college presidents who are opposed to United States participation. Pub- lic opinion has been growing. Resolutions have been presented. Recommendations have been made. All these forces will be united in one mighty last effort on Fri- day of this woek when the A. A. U. meets to decide whether or not wo shall go. Public opinion is against it. Their decision must certainly reflect the temper of the people. It is not without the realm of possibility that 1936 will bo an American-less Olym- pics. The engagement of Miss Laura Whitner, May Queen at Agnes Scott last year, was announced Sunday to Mr. Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., of Atlanta. Betty Fountain, Caroline Long, Mar- guerite Morris, Hester Anne Withers, Elizabeth Alexander, Mary Adams, and Carolyn McCallum were among the graduates of 193 5 who visited the College during the Thanksgiving holi- days. The same inventive genius that has made Henry L. Doherty, at 6 5, master of a fortune estimated at anywhere from 2 5 to 200 millions has been ap- plied to home problems. He enjoyed ! the sleeping porch on his penthouse, but he didn't like going out to it on cold nights; so he devised a bed on tracks. He climbs into it indoors and pushes a button which opens French doors and rolls him outside. In the morning another push of the button i brings him back to a warm room. ! News-Week. Adelaide Benson's mother spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights at the Alumnae House. Nellie Richardson, '26, spent the night of Saturday, November 30, at the Alumnae House. Emily (Spivey) Simmons, '2 5, and her husband had Thanksgiving dinner at the College. Emily and her young daughter, Emily Anne, spent Thanks- giving night at the Alumnae House. Visitors at the gigantic goodwill feast recently held for Arabian chiefs at Amman were regaled with one of Arabia's most highly prized dishes, boiled camel. Each camel is stuffed with three sheep which have been | stuffed with eight chickens stuffed with eggs and nuts. The meat is served with boiled rice. i\eu York Times. Nobody has questioned the verity of a sign observed on a government road project: "Slow Men at Work." Reader's Digest. The class of '3 5 had a reunion din- ner at the Tavern Tea Room at 6:30 , on November 30. Mildred Poth, ex-'3 5, and Elizabeth Watts, ex-'3 8, are going to the Uni- versitv of Texas. Thelma Richmond, alumna and in- structor in the French department last vear, is an exchange student at the Universitv of Toulouse in France. The roof of the New York journal building houses seventy-six carrier pigeons. The birds can fly 5 0 miles per hour with a 2 -ounce load and are used within a 5 0-mile radius. Film negatives and copy written on onion- skin paper are placed in aluminum cap- sules fastened to the birds' back. They are used to cover trials, sports, outly- ing murders, and especially ship news. From Quarantine, 14 miles away, the Journal gets pictures of incoming celebrities in twelve minutes. Rival papers must wait two hours until the ship docks. Time. The first golf ball ever driven in Russia a fine wood-shot that whistled far across a grassy park near Moscow- was struck recently by U. S. golf- architect Leonard Macomber before a gallery of peasants, workers, and of- ficials who have cn^cd him to intro- duce capitalism's pet game to Red land. Time. "Blair Niles has departed by plane for Peru, where she will gather addi- tional material for her forthcoming novel, Day of Immense Sun, which Bobbs-Merrill Company will publish next spring. Mrs. Niles' husband, Rob- ert Niles, Jr., will join her in Decem- ber, and they will both return to New York in January." "Books and Au- thors," Neil York Times, November 17. The funniest campus incident we have heard of this fall happened dur- ing the registration period at the Uni- versity of Minnesota (Minneapolis). Mr. Ashcr Christensen, a professor, was strolling past two long lines of freshmen. One line consisted of fresh- men who planned to be doctors and were registering for prc-medicine cour- ses. The other line was filled with those about to enter pre-busincss cour- ses. A small voice from the end of the pre-medicine line piped a call to Mr. Christensen. "Hi, mister," the frosh said, "which is the longest line?" The professor considered. "1 would say your line is about 2 5 feet longer," Christensen answered. "Okay," the boy said, stepping out of the queue, "I'm .i business man al- ready." And he registered for prc- business. Jule Bethea, '3 3, is again studying at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia. Bessie Meade Friend, '3 3, spent part cf the summer in Mon treat, N. C. She taught at the Petersburg Commercial College last year. Sear all the residents of Alaska (one- fifth the size of the United Stales) white, Eskimo, Indian inside the Yale Bowl, and it would be only three- quarters full. Reader's Digest. Lampoon, \\.\y\ AV{ \ publication, is the oldest college humor magazine m America. Olive Weeks, '3 2, is working for I )r The George Washington bridge across the Hudson at New York is 1 6 inches longeron a hot summer day than on a cold winter day. Eu/nire. Yale and Harvard students will meet m the annual "intellectual" contest for a pr./e of s 5,000 awarded in the w,|| of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Putnam "B'g Bill" Edwards, st , r Princeton guard of a decade ago, lost 30 pounds in one game. The Agonistic. 3 in . . and out Chi Bi:ta Phi Sigma Dt. Roy Kracke, head of the depart- ment of Pathology, School of Medi- cine, Emory University, spoke in Science Hall Monday evening, Decem- ber 2, at 7:30. His subject was the Effects of Drugs and Other Agents on the Blood. International Relations Club The regular meeting of the Interna- tional Relations Club will be held on Tuesday, December 10, at 4 P. M. in the Y. \V. C. A. room. An interest- ing program has been arranged, and the college community is cordially invited to attend. Pi Ai \ Phi Pi Alpha Phi will meet on Thursday night, December 5, at 7 o'clock in Miss Gooch's studio. There will be a debate by the club members at this meeting. Citizenship Club Mrs. Frances Cragihead Dwyer spoke to the Citizenship Club at its meeting on Tuesday afternoon, November b6. Music Appreciation Group The Music Appreciation Group of the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, December 1, at 7 o'clock in the music room. Ella Watson talked on the life and works of Mozart. Blackiriars The next meeting of Blackfriars will be held on December 10 instead of De- cember 2, as the concert comes on the night of the regular meeting. The meeting will be held in Miss Gooch's studio at 7 P. M. Nearly everyone went somewhere during the Thanksgiving holidays. If they didn't go home, they stayed here and went dancing or skating, as Frances Wilson and Betty Hollis' were last seen doing, and as Faxie Stephens had the express purpose of doing when she went off, leaving her skates in her room. And, of course, many went to hear Mr. Roosevelt. Among those going to Augusta, Georgia, were Tibby Baethke with Eu- genia Symms, Mary Elizabeth Cooper with Mary Willis, Jo McClure with Mary Hull, Katherine Bishop, Kathryn Leipold, Harriet Reed, and Judith Gra- cey. By bus to Winder, Georgia, went Jane Carithers, Estelle Cuddy, Mary Helen Barrett, and Elizabeth Gal- breath. Annie Lee Crowell visited Mar- tha Marshall in Americus; Martha Alice Green went to Harlem, Georgia; Rachel Kennedy visited Kitty Jones at Ball Ground; and Naomi Cooper went jo Columbus, Georgia. Nell White and Rosa Miller went to New Orleans; Kay Ricks to Jackson, Mississippi; Mary Long to Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Miriam Sanders and Frances Cary to Greenville, South Carolina. And, of course, many others went home, too. But dances, especially the Tech dances, were almost as big a drawing card as home. Carolyn White went to V. M. I., Sara Carter went to Clemson, and Virginia Gaines went to Chapel Hill. Beginning Wednesday night, though, innumerable Agnes Scott girls were seen at Tech: at the Scabbard and Blade dinner-dance, for instance, were Elizabeth Blackshear with Dan Hol- senbach, Sarah Brosnan with Charley Bouts, Kathryn Bowen with Dizzy Bat- son, and Ann Purnell with Lee Min- gledorf. Among those attending the Home- Granddaughters To Give Dinner Dec, 5 At Alumnae House Eta Sigma Phi Eta Sigma Phi will entertain at a Christmas party on December 16 at 4:30 o'clock. The party, which is toicoming dances at Tech were Ann Mc be in the form of a Roman Christmas The members of the Granddaughters Club of Agnes Scott College will en- tertain at their annual dinner on Thursday, December 5, at 6:30, in the Anna Young Alumnae House. After dinner, coffee will be served in the living room. The following have been appointed to serve as chairmen of the various committees: Barton Jackson, date com- mittee; Caroline Armistead, arrange- ments; Lulu Croft, entertainment; and Virginia Gaines, decorations. The following members are planning to attend the dinner: Nancy Tucker with Bill O'Callahan, Kennon Hender- son with Marion Clark, Lulu Croft with Eugene Smith, Lillian Croft with Albert Edwards, Kathleen Daniel with Leonard Elmore, Barton Jackson with I Frank Patterson, Frances McCully with | Charles Sill, Elizabeth Forman with Jack McKinnon, Dorothy Lee with Searcy Slack, Caroline Armistead with Dan Sullivan, Mary Hull with Dave Black, Martha Young with Charles Hodgson, Elizabeth Cousins with Sam Troutman, Martha Marshall with Ed Goddard, Jeanne Redwine with T. J. Denton, Virginia Stephens with Ray- mond Nelson, and Mary Nell Tribble with Bill Churchill. The membership of the Granddaugh- ters' Club is made up of those students whose mothers attended Agnes Scott. Dav Students Will J Enjoy Annual Tea The Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar Board, national honorary society, will entertain at a tea in honor of the day students and their parents from 4:3 0 to 5:30 o'clock in the Day Students' Room in Main Building on December 7. Members of the active chapter and the faculty advisers, Associate Profes- sor Florence E. Smith, of the history department; Professor George P. Hayes, of the English department; Associate L. A M ES ATTENDS MEETING OF COLLEGE PRESS IN N. Y. {Continued from page 1, column 1) weekly news-service which will carry reports from other campuses in the United States and also from European institutions. The editors felt such an organization is necessary to promote a free press on the American campus; toward this end the editors propose to work through intercollegiate coopera- tion and exchange. The meetings of the conference were devoted to discussions of make-up, edi- torial policy, faculty-newspaper rela- tionship, attitude toward administra- Professor Louise Hale, of the French j tion, exchange, and intercollegiate co- department; and Dr. J. R. McCain, operation. The delegates passed a resolution against American participation in the Olympics just before adjournment on Sunday afternoon. Lulu Ames returned to the campus Ion Tuesday morning. president of the College; Dean Nan- nette Hopkins; and Miss Carrie Scan- drett, assistant dean, will receive the guests. Miss Cilley Attends Meet Of Language Association festival, will take the place of the regular meeting. Mary Jane King, vice- president, is in charge of the entertain- ment. Cotillion Club Members of the Agnes Scott College Cotillion Club are entertaining the college community at a dance on Sat- urday evening in Bucher Scott Gym- nasium from 8 to 11. The Emory Aces will furnish music for dancing. A rep- resentative from the Fox theater has charge of decorations. Cullum, Charlotte French, Jean Aus- tin, Ann Purnell, Jane Blick, Mary Snow, Sarah Brosnan, Meriel Bull, Mary Catherine Matthews, Elizabeth Black- shear, Catherine Ivie, Frances Steele, Eloisa Alexander, Nancy Moorer, Au- gusta King, Rosalinde Richards, Mary Elizabeth Moss, Mary Collier, Rachel Kennedy, Kathryn Bowen, Cora Gantt, Shirley Christian, Nelle Scott Earth- man, Marjorie Rainey, Ellender John- son, Nell Flemphill, Katherine Bishop, Frances James, Sarah Turner, and Jane Thomas. The rest went to the parade. When law students at the University The South Atlantic Modern Lan- ! of Ind.ana were challenged by the French Club Will Give Mystery Play Christmas A charming old French mystery play will be the French Club's contribution this Christmas to holiday cheer. Under the direction of Professor Lucile Alex- ander, of the French department, they will present Contc de Noel, by Maurice Bouchor, in Gaines Chapel, Thursday evening, December 12. The play is archaically representative of Paris in the fifteenth century. Other features of the production will be in- cidental music during the play and a chorus of angel voices. guage Association held its eighth an- nual meeting November 29-3 0 at the University of Georgia in Athens. The meeting included special and general sessions of the English, French, Ger- man, Spanish, and Italian divisions. As- sistant Professor Melissa Annis Cilley, of the Spanish department at Agnes Scott College, was a member of the general Spanish committee. At a general meeting Saturday morning, Professor Sturgis E. Leavitt of the Spanish department of the Uni- versity of North Carolina, was elected president. Next year the association will meet at Richmond, Virginia, with the American Association of Modern Languages, and will be the guests of the University of Virginia and William and Mary College. medical students to a donkey baseball game, they refused on the grounds that they would be at a disadvantage be- cause the medics had more jackasses than they. Compliments of ROGERS GROCERY STORK 307 College Ave. "Little Dec" KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY (Continued from page 2, column 3) removal of Chinese troops from Hopei. When China complied, two more pro- vinces were placed within the influence of Japan. It is these two provinces along with Suiyan, Shansi, and Shan- tung that make up the group that Japan wishes to make autonomous and independent of China, but dependent upon her. These recent moves in inner Mon- golia and in the northern part of China proper are but a part an integral one, however of the continuous process of Japanese expansion in China. In the words of Japan's General Hayado Tada, his country must protect "China's 400,000,000 exploited humans" and "exterminate anyone obstructing her." The evident Japanese plan for saving China is by swallowing her. SILHOUETTE TEA ROOM Run Especially tor A^nes Scott Girls Anna Young Alumnae House Your Eyesight Is Your Most Precious Gift Consult a competent Eye-Physician (Oculist) for a thorough eye examination. When he gives your pre- scription for glasses, ask him about our reliability and dependable service. Walter Ballard Optical Company 105 Peachtree St. DISPENSING OPTICIANS Medical Arts Bldg. Clock Sign Three Stores 382 Peachtree St. Doctors' Building, 480 Peachtree St. ATLANTA, GA. The problem of getting up in the morning has been solved by a couple of roommates. Every night before turning out the lights they each put a half dollar in the middle of the room equi-distant from each bed. Then in the morning when the alarm goes off, the one who gets to them first keeps them. 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Hosiery Department RICH'S Street Floor 4 The Agonistic Silhouette Offers Snapshot Prizes Entries for the Silhouette snap-shot contest, which closes on Monday, De- cember 9, may be given at that time to Barton Jackson, contest chairman, or Shirley Christian, editor of the annual. This is the first time that such a con- test has been held, and it is open to all students. Cash prizes of i3.S0 and $1.50 will be awarded to those submit- ting the two best pictures. All snap-shots will be judged on the basis of general campus interest, orig- inality, and clearness. The first prize will be S3. 5 0, the second prize, $1.5 0; a page in the Silhouette will be devoted to all pictures receiving honorable men- tion. The following suggestions have been offered those entering the contest: emphasis placed on groups rather than individuals, indoor exposures, unposed shots, and unusual backgrounds. The pictures must have local color, be char- acteristic of college life, and have been taken on the campus this year. Y.W.C.A. Plan Partv For County Children BOOK NOTES {Continued from page 2, column 5) physical comforts, the author obtained much pleasure from the inmates them- selves. He laughs through his entire account both at himself and at his neighbors. And in defending his mirth, he brings out one of the main points of the book that "most forms of mental derangement have lost their element of hushed shame and horror- pity by the fact that modern psychia- try has proved them curable." "This being true," he goes on to say, "I may add that a good deal of the stuff that goes on in such an institution is funny, de facto, whether it ought to be or not, and that any picture which leaves it out would be sentimental buncombe." Therefore we laugh wholeheartedly with the author over the three men who each claimed to be Napoleon Bonaparte and who found it uproar- iously funny that anyone else should call himself Napoleon, and again at the little chap who went around say- ing "Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle," thinking he was the bell inside the telephone, and at the patient who always hid un- iet his bed when the occupation bell rang. ith characteristic humor, Mr. Sea- brook ridicules "those innumerable families who would rather see a relative 'in his grave' than shut up in a 'mad- house.' . . ." maintaining that the cross- ing of two cerebral-lingual wires is no more embarrassing or incurable than a broken arm or leg. And with a sud- den change of tone he crosses from the humorous to the serious, showing the different kinds of insanity and their causes. Loss of control he placed first in the list of causes. \Y/e enjoyed Asylum because it pre- sents the real inside picture of a mod- ern asylum, because it gave us some new ideas about mental disorders, and because it is written in a delightful and informal style scintillating humor and pathos. M 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 L: | BUY 1 | JUNIOR DRESSES 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 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1~ Approximately 150 needy Decatur children from two to six vears of age will attend a Christmas party given for them at Agnes Scott College on Sat- urday afternoon, December 14. A spe- cial feature of the entertainment will be a Christmas tree, at which they are ro receive candy and balloons. A list of the children's names has ' been posted in Main Building in order that the girls may sign up to fill Christmas stockings for them. When members of the transportation commit- tee call for the children on the day f the party, they will leave at the various homes the stockings and some boxes that are to be prepared. The party, which is an annual af- fair, is under the direction of Mary Hull, chairman of the social service committee of the Y. W. C. A. She is assisted by other members of the or- ganization. ( > oss Announces A u ro ra Material Diu December 14 Soort Notes Material for the second issue of Au- rora, the Agnes Scott College literary ; quarterly, is due on Saturday morning, December 14, and should be given to | Lien Goss, editor, or placed in the Au- rora box in Main or Buttrick Hall. The magazine w ill be published about the middle of January; because of the Christmas holidays, it is necessarv that the material go to press around De- cember 14. Short stories, poems, formal and in- formal essays, and discussions of cur- rent events are the types of articles to be submitted. A special freshman sec- tion has been planned for freshman contributions. This year the Aurora is offering i several prizes for work of exceptional merit. These include a prize of $2.5 0 for the best poem published during the ear; $2.50 for the best short story; md ^2.50 for the best piece of non- j fiction. The physical education department will offer a course in camp leadership during the winter season to sopho- mores, juniors, and seniors who are in- terested in camping and in leadership work with Girl Scouts, Campfire Girls, and Girl Reserves. Miss Hancock, of the Campfire Girls of Atlanta, will conduct the classes, which will be held two afternoons each week and which will be considered as physical educa- tion work. Madame Argentina Th ri 1 Is Audience The Swimming Club entertained the North Avenue girls at its regular meet- ing on Tuesday afternoon, December 3. About ten were present. The program included swimming and diving, water polo, and other water games. Freshman Groups Play at Hobbies Two of the freshman hobby groups, the book group and the current events group, held their regular meetings re- cently. These groups together with the charm and knitting groups are spon- sored by the freshman Y. \V. C. A. cabinet and meet every other week. Assistant Professor Annie May Christie, of the English department, spoke to the book group on Tuesday afternoon, November 19. Brooks Spi- vey is to be in charge of this hobbv group, beginning with the next meet- ing. At this time the members will be- gin a study of Thornton Wilder. Alice McCallie spoke to the current events group on Thursday afternoon, November 21. Professor Philip David- son, of the history department, is the adviser of this group, and Alice Mc- Cailie is its leader. Dr. McCain Talks On WATL Program A number of girls enjoyed the plunge Saturday night, sponsored by the committee on recreation which is composed of Assistant Professor Har- riette Haynes, of the physical educa- tion department, Mary Jane King, and Bee Merrill. I a Argentina, the most famous dancer of Spain, appeared last night at the Fox theater before a large audi- ence that included many Agnes Scott College students. On her second ap- pearance in Atlanta, as the third on the All-Star Concert Series, Madame Argentina received unusual acclaim as the result of her brilliant and graceful dancing, Her program included "Cordoba," Albeniz; "Tango Flamenco," Balleste- ros-Romero; "Fire Dance," from the ballet "El Amor Brujo," de Falla; "An- dalasian Suite," popular melodies; "La- garterana," 1. Guerrero; "Goyescas," Granados; "Jota," de Falla; "Madrid, 1890," Granados; "Dance No. S," Gra- nados; and "La Corrida," J. Yalverde. Mr. Louis Galve, La Argentina's ac- companist, also played several solos. Credit towards a degree may be ob- tained by Alfred University students who participate in certain extra-cur- ricula activities. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- 1 nes Scott College, Mr. Scott Candler, mayor of Decatur, the DeKalb County Commissioner, and other civic leaders made talks over radio station WATL on Tuesday evening, November 2 6. The former WJTL, the Oglethorpe Uni- versity station, is now under new man- agement and has its local studio on the first floor of the Candler Hotel in Decatur. The name W JTL has been changed to WATL. Don't Forget MRS. COOPER'S For Christmas Cards & Gifts! Decatur Woman's Exchange "Big Dee" FOR THIS ISSUE : REPORTERS Loice Richards Cora Kay Hutchins Elizabeth Warden Mildred Davis Douglas Lyle Enid Middleton Eliza King BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Elizabeth Blackshear Sara Beatty Sloan Estelle Cuddy HOMEFOLK'S GRILL Your Home Away From Home 119 E. 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ZACHRY 87 PEACHTR EE Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes 13.7 5 is the price of glamor in the Little Money Shop Left: Silver sequin top with black crepe skirt and dashing red and black ^ ^ sash | J. 75 Right: Rhinestone studded crepe with rhine- stone strap across back. . ^ _ _ Very low cut back \ 3. / 5 Dinner and evening druses t hat add to their charms the virtue of modest pricing. The season's brightest ideas from Paris and New York reproduced in the season's la\ored fabrics and colors . . . you'll have difficulty deciding just which one you like best. It's a veritable fashion show . . . hundreds of glamorous gowns] We suggest you see these alluring fashions ne\s while selections are complete, Muse's Little Shop In the Henry Grady Hotel Elect Delegate To N.S. F.A. VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1935 NO. 11 Wilder Will Lecture Here In February Mr.WhitakerWill Go to Conference Of Genetics Ass'n. A.S.C. Glee Club Four To Receive Agonistic Key Will Sing Carols j n Q , g ervice Qn Dec /l 4 in Lliurch^lJiapel * Lecture Association to Bring Brilliant Novelist Here For Second Time Thornton Wilder, prominent Ameri- can novelist, will lecture in Bucher Scott Gymnasium at Agnes Scott Col- lege on February 6 at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Wilder will be the second in the series of celebrated persons whom the Public Lecture Association of the Col- lege is bringing to the campus this year. Associate Professor Emma May Laney, of the English department, an- nounced that the advanced ticket sale will be from 10:30 until 2:30 on Jan- uary 8, and all morning of January 9 in the lobby of Buttrick Hall. Mr. Wilder, who ranks among America's foremost literary authorities, has achieved his greatest distinction through his brilliant novels: The Ca- bala, The Bridge of San Euis Rey, and The Woman of Andros, all of which may be found in the Agnes Scott Li- brary. His latest novel is Heaven's My Destination. Mr. Wilder has also scored success as a dramatist with his widely acclaimed play, The Trumpet Shall Sound. This will be the second time that Thornton Wilder has lectured at Ag- nes Scott. Professor Catherine Tor-^ ranee, of the Greek department, said of his previous lecture, "The lecture ' was splendid, Mr. Wilder delightful, and all together the occasion was a most successful one." Acting Associate Professor T. W. Whitaker, of the biology department, will attend the annual conference of the Genetics Society of America, which will be held in Princeton, New York, between Christmas and New Year's. The program of the convention will be in two parts: formal addresses and informal discussions. At the conference each year papers are presented on all scientific subjects, the number of these sometimes totaling as many as four thousand. The Genetics Conference is only one phase of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This association, which is called the "Triple A's," includes also chemistry, mathe- matics, physics, biology, and psychol- ogy members. Dr. McCain Returns From Conferences In Louisville, Ky. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Ag- nes Scott College, returned on last Sat- urday night from Louisville, Kentucky where he attended the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the South- ern University Conference. The main business of the Southern Association was the adoption of a new constitution for the body. Principal speakers at the Southern University Conference, of which Dr. McCain is secretary, were Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of Johns Hopkins; Chancellor Harry W. Chase, of New York University; and Mr. Trevor Arnett, president of the General Edu- cation Board. Mr. S. G. Stukes, registrar of Ag- nes Scott, who was in Louisville last week, too, returned on Saturday morn- ing. Mr. Stukes attended the confer- ence of the Southern Association of Colleges for Women. Faculty Entertain mi Senior Class At Reception Dec. 14 The faculty of Agnes Scott College will give its annual reception for the seniors in the lobby of Rebekah Scott Hall at 8:30 o'clock on Saturday even- ing, December 14. Invitations for this occasion were sent out on Monday af- ternoon, December 2. The receiving line will consist of Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott; Dean Nannette Hopkins; Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean, and Miss Blanche Miller, instructor in the biolo- gy department, who are advisers of the senior class; and Elizabeth Forman, president of the class. Mrs. S. G. Stukes, accompanied at the piano by Mr. C. W. D^eckmann, professor of music, will sing several solos. ( hristmas Decorations Used Assistant Professor Leslie Gaylord, of the mathematics department, and As- sociate Professor Florence Smith, of the history department, are serving as chairmen of the decorating committee. The refreshment committee consists of Associate Professor Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physical education department, chairman; Assistant Professor Annie May Christie, of the English depart- ment; Miss Blanche Miller, instructor in the biology department; and Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, instructor in the physical education department. Christmas decorations will form the background for the reception. The Agnes Scott College Glee Club will present a program of Christmas carols at the First Methodist Church in Decatur on Sunday morning, De- cember H, followed by the annual evening service at 7:00 in Gaines Chapel. The chorus, which is com- posed of sixty-five voices, has added several new and very beautiful songs to the repertoire of old favorites. Di- rected by Mr. Lewis Johnson, voice in- structor, they will sing Lo, How a Rose; Here a Torch; Jeanette; Silent Night; The Holly and the ley; When the Christmas Sun is Set; Sleep, Holy Babe; and others. The chorus, wearing surplices; the Christmas tree; and the Christmas decorations will add to the beauty and significance of the occasion. A special chorus from the Glee Club will sing several selections this after- noon at 5, on the weekly Agnes Scott broadcast over WSB. They will also sing at the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church for the annual banquet of the Men's Bible Class, which is pre- sided over by Dr. M. L. Brittain, presi- dent of the Georgia School of Tech- nology. The banquet will be on Friday night at 6 'clock. Mortar Board Will Give Parties Again For Soph Boarders The parties for sophomore boarding students, given annually by Mortar Board, will be given this year on the four successive nights, December 10- 13, from 8 to 1 1 o'clock in the day students' room in Main Hall. Committees of Mortar Board mem- bers are making all arrangements, in- cluding decorations, refreshments, and invitations, which were sent out Wed- nesday to more than 150 young men of Decatur and Atlanta and students at Tech and Emory. Hostesses for the four parties are: on Tuesday night, Frances James, Au- gusta King, Adelaide Stevens; on Wednesday night, Lulu Ames, Ann Coffee, Loice Richards; on Thursday night, Shirley Christian, Dean McKoin, Carrie Phinney Latimer; on Friday night, Ruby Hutton, Carrie Phinney Latimer, Sarah Spencer. These parties have been given by Mortar Board for a number of years in order to acquaint sophomore board- ing students with young men. N. Parke Attends Bryn Ma w r Ev en t For Agnes Scott Miss Nina Parke, '3 5, of Philadel- phia, represented Agnes Scott at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of Bryn Mawr College, held November 1-2. Delegates from 1 1 1 learned societies, foundations, colleges and universities were present and took part in the im- pressive academic procession that mark- ed the beginning of the main anniver- sary service in Goodhart Hall. Among those in the procession were thirty- four college presidents and sixteen deans. Prominent Men Speak Speakers on the program included Dr. James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University; Dr. Ada Louise Comstock, president of Radcliffe Col- lege; Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. M. Carey Thomas, president-emeritus of Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Marion Ed- wards Park, president of Bryn Mawr College, was the presiding officer. A letter from Miss Nina Parke to Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott, gives some idea of the dignity and importance of the occasion. She writes "I never have associated with so many notable people in my life red gowns, green ones, yellow ones, gold tassels, yellow caps, scarlet caps. The procession on Saturday morning of three hundred or more was an inspiring sight. It marched down the campus to Goodhart Hall through lines of spectators." Miss Parke also mentioned the splen- did work that the alumnae of Bryn Mawr did in raising $700,000 of a $1,- 000,000 fund for the construction of I new buildings on the campus. One member of the first graduating class gave $5 0,000 one thousand for each year of the College's existence. Miss Yolande Gwin of Atlanta Constitution Will Speak At Program The fall announcement of election of four girls to Agonistic Key, local honorary journalism society, will be made at the regular chapel period of The Agonistic on Friday of this week. Miss Yolande Gwin, of the Atlanta Constitution, will be the speaker at this time. Miss Gwin, who has had much experience in newspaper work in the East as well as in this section, will discuss her work and the opportunity and future of women in journalism. The four to be announced have been selected on the bases of their service to The Agonistic, the quality of their work, and their general attitude to- ward the paper; in addition they must have merited two-thirds of their aca- demic work for the preceding semes- ter. Initiation of the new members will take place at 9 o'clock on Friday eve- ning and a luncheon in their honor will be held at 1 o'clock on Saturday in the Alumnae House. The guest list for the luncheon includes the new members; the founders of the society, Lulu Ames, Alice Chamlee, Frances Cary, Laura Steele, and Kathryn Bow- en; Dr. J. R. McCain, president of the College; Dean Nannette Hopkins; Miss Carrie Scandrett, assistant dean; Assistant Professor Annie May Chris- tie, of the English department; and Professor and Mrs. George P. Hayes, of the English department. The purposes of Agonistic Key are to further a finer type of journalism on the campus and to recognize those staff members who have done unusual and outstanding work for The Ago- nistic. The members are elected from the editorial, business, and reporter staffs by a committee composed of the editor and the business manager of the paper; the instructor in journalism; and one other member of the English department. Coaches, Comfortable Chairs To Be Features of New Library P'.ins for the furniture of the new Agnes Scott College library reveal that comfort will be the chief aim of both the formal and informal arrangements of the equipment, according to Miss Edna R. Hanley, librarian. The present equipment will be utilized in the new building, and new equipment will be used to supplement it. The main lobby on the ground floor will have a medieval style to corre- spond with the architecture of the building. The loan desk will be situated directly opposite the entrance and will be specially designed by the Globe- Wernicke Company of Cincinnati. Miss Hanley stated that plans are be- ing made to have in the lobby a mu- seum case with a glass arrangement for display purposes. There will also be chairs of medieval style here. The main reading room, to the left of the entrance will have an informal arrangement of chairs and tables and will consist of six bays, each fifteen f eet across. This room will have a ca- oacity of 120 readers. The first bay will have an informal arrangement of davenports and chairs, while the other bays will have more formal tables and chairs. Individual study tables will be ^aced in various parts of the room. Here, as throughout the rest of the building, the low and rather composite chairs will be so designed as to be com- fortable for women. At the far end of the room there will be a special nook with three large davenports of red and blue leather arranged informally around the fireplace. Magazines will be placed on one side, and a coffee table will stand on either side of the nook. Com- fortable chairs and an occasional Ot- oman or hassock will also be located here. The office of the new library will use the present equipment supplement- (Continned on page 6, column 4) Prof. Davidson Has Essay in Book To Appear on Dec. 24 Professor Philip Davidson, of the history department of Agnes Scott Col- lege, has written an essay entitled "The Emory To Debate Oxford Tonight r 0lJ Emory University and Oxford Uni- versity will meet on the Emory campus in debate tonight on the question, Re- solved: That in the opinion of the House the judiciary should have no power to over-ride the decisions of the executive and the legislature. The sub- ject of this debate is the same as that between Agnes Scott College and the Cambridge Union Society, which took place on November 12. In the debate, which will be presided over by Robert Elliott, member of last year's debating he Revolution," which is a part of the book Essays in Honor of William E. Dodd, to be published on December 24 by the University of Chicago Press. It is the custom for former students of a president of the American Historical Association to publish a series of essays in his honor; Mr. Davidson studied his- tory under Mr. Dodd at the University of Chicago. At present, Mr. Dodd is Prof. Christian To Offer New Course Next semester the Physics depart- ment of Agnes Scott College will offer a new course, History of Science (Phy- sics 310) according to Professor S. M. Christian, of the department; this course will be a survey of the develop- ment of all the sciences, mathe- matical, physical, biological, social, from the Greeks to the present. Since a period of 2,5 00 years and the work of dozens of geniuses are to be cov- ered, only a survey course can be of- fered. It will be for upperclassmen who have a background of some lab- oratory study, plus some acquaintance with history or literature. The usual orientation course for freshmen lacks sufficient foundation. There have been many significant re- lations between science and contempo- rary affairs, and many dramatic events in the lives of the scientists, which everyone needs to appreciate. Through ambassador to Germany, a position he this course, interrelation between held at the same time that he was pres- science and life will be sought, as well, ident of the Historical Association. Although such courses as History of Mr. Davidson will attend the annual meeting of the American Historical As- Science are given by the great uni- versities, it is an innovation in this section. Hours for the course are to team, Emory will uphold the negative side of the question. I sociation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, be nrrani , ec j. Members of the Oxford team are December 27-30. The American Polit- Richard U. P. Kav-Shuttleworth and ical Science Association, meeting in At- BOARDERS CONTINUE A. W. J. Greenwood; Emory will be lanta December 27-28, will meet with represented by Randolph Thrower and the American Historical Association in Milton Richardson. Mr. Greenwood is Chattanooga on December 29. Several Agnes Scott professors w tend this convention. TO DRESS FORMALLY making his second trip to the United States, having represented Oxford in an international debate with Columbia University in 193 3. Both members of v , , _ - , i . ^ T1 . . * , addresc for Senior Recognition Day at the Oxford team are from Balliol Col- I " - , ... lege, Oxford, where they have held of- i Brenau Colle 3 e ' Gainesville > Georgia. fices in the various Union societies of This service corresponds to Investiture the University. '.Day at Agnes Scott. The boarding students of Agnes probably at- | Scott College voted to continue to dress formally for dinner on Wednes- Today Mr. Davidson is delivering an day night and to have the usual after- dinner coffee. After a lengthy discus- sion, presided over by Carrie Phinney Latimer, this decision was reached at la meeting held after chapel on Wed- nesday, December 4. 65959 The Agonistic Agonistic Subscription price, $1.25 per year in advance. Single copies, 5c. A Key to Current History BOOKS Christmas Ideas PUBLISHED WEEKLY Owned and published by the students of Agnes Scott College. Entered as Second Class Matter. 1935 Member 1936 Plssocided Golle&ide Press Lulu Ames Editor-in-chief Laura Steele Frances Cary Assistant Editors Nellie M. Gilroy Feature Editor Nell At lison Ass't Feature Editor Jane Guthmf Book Notes Editor Ellen McCallie Alumnae Editor STAFF Mildred Clark Make-up Editor June Matthews Ass't Make-up Rosa From Current History Elizabeth Baethke Laura Coit Exchange Editors Nell White Society Editor Alice Chamlee Business Manager Kathryn Bowen Advertising Manager Circulation Managers Mary Margaret Stowe Margaret Cooper Mary Gray Rogers WlTA MORELAND Sarah Brosnan Elizabeth Burson Sports Editor Cornelia Christie Club Editor AGONISTIC KEY The organization of Agonistic Key, journalism honor society, for the recognition of able mem- bers of THE AGONISTIC staff indicates the contribution of the staff members to the success of the College weekly. The service of the business assistants, the departmental editors, and the re- porters are considered, in the election of members to Agonistic Key, according to the ability of their individual members. It is obvious that no one part of the paper can march ahead unless all parts progress. The selection of the charter members was something of an experiment. The standards of THE AGONISTIC had, for the first time, to be put into words and the students on the paper and their work had to be com- pared carefully and accurately with those standards. Their per- sonality and their character en- tered somewhat into the election ; and their general attitude not only toward THE AGONISTIC but toward campus affairs and student life was another of the fundamentals considered. Preju- dice or friendship had no part in the deliberation. Not only was the first election to Agonistic Key an experiment ; it was also a responsibility. The importance of the charter mem- bers is obvious. It is they who must guard the ideals of Agonis- tic Key and maintain the stand- ards of THE AGONISTIC. It is they who must carry the society on and must bring about a pur- poseful and worthy existence of Agonistic Key at Agnes Scott College. tence but to the student it is a I oase of losing a perfectly good third of a letter through no fault I of her own. LIKE THE DRIP, DRIP, DRIP It grows monotonous, this con- stant suggestion to faculty that they dismiss their classes when the bell rings. After the second time, new arguments are lacking and. necessarily so, since all good reasons for this change in habit were presented in Editorial One some weeks ago. Particularly is it embarrassing to re-open the subject after our optimistic at- titude of last week that the fac- ulty has reformed. We erred. They have not. Letting classes out when the bell rings is important. Some stu- dents have to go from one build- ing to another in five minutes and unless the full five minutes ran be devoted to movement, those students are apt to be late. And some faculty members are particular about punctuality. An hour is long enough for any class, as we have said before. And the desire to leave at the first bell is no indication of lack of interest in the course also as wo have said before. To the pro- fessor it is merely a matter of -topping in the middle of a sen- ON TO KANSAS CITY Nominations for the junior delegate to the annual convention of the National Student Federa- tion of America to be held this year in Kansas City the latter part of this month have been open for nearly a week. The se- lection of this student is no small matter. She must, first of all, have an interest in NSFA both nationally and as it relates to the Agnes Scott campus. She must know what the local NSFA chapter has been attempting to do this fall. She must be prepared to take much of Agnes Scott with her to Kansas City ; and she must be able to bring much of the con- vention back with her not only for herself alone but for the or- ganizations and clubs of Agnes Scott. It is assumed that the jun- ior delegate will be capable of di- recting the NSFA group on the campus next year, whether she is actually called to that position or not. The girl whom the Executive Committee is to elect will prob- ably be a senior. And she will represent the Committee. But we are nominating and electing a girl to represent us, the students. This is the first time that we have been called upon to elect from the entire class; we must choose wisely and according to the ability and personality of the girl. OPENING OF 195 6 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN By Margaret Watsox War guns are booming in Africa and China, but of more immediate concern to many United States citizens was the opening boom of political big guns in Atlanta on November 29. Roosevelt's Homecoming Celebration was arranged to prove that Georgia would remain Democratic in November, 193 6, despite the vigorous opposition of her anti- New Deal Governor. At this time Roosevelt very definite- ly tossed his hat into the ring and call- ed for votes in a speech designed to explain and justify his actions since March, 193 3, particularly in regard to financial matters. Most interesting and significant were his statements about the budget, work relief, and the debt. Of the budget he said, *\ . . We have passed the peak of appropriations . . . We can look forward with assurance to a decreasing deficit." Much pressure is being brought to bear to reduce the 1 budget and deficit, because the gov- ernment is spending $21,100,000 a day [and taking in only $9,900,000. In discussing work relief the Presi- dent stated "with a certain satisfac- tion" that of the 3,5 00,000 workers on relief rolls, 3,12 5,000 are now at work and the others are engaged for work on ! unfinished projects or on new ones ready to be begun. The dole ended on ! Friday, November 29, and the states 1 must now care for their own unem- | ployment. Since it began in May, 1933, the dole has cost $3,694,000,000. When Roosevelt discussed the na- tional debt, which has jumped from $21,000,000,000 to $29,500,000,000 during his administration, he said that [bankers had told him in 193 3 that the I country could stand a debt of 5 5 bil- ! lions, though in his opinion such an j estimate was too large. Prominent New I York bankers intimated that they thought 5 5 billions too large, and Wall Street doubted that any "great bank- ers" had given the President such ad- vice. Roosevelt touched on several other phases of his administration, but none in such detail. Although a huge crowd was on hand for the occasion, both the President and his speech were {Continued on page 6, column 1) GIFT SUGGESTIONS Sometimes we think Christmas was , Instituted for the sole purpose of cir- culating good books and creating book I lovers. Certainly at no other time of the year is the market so flooded with I reading material, or the buying and j giving of books so prevalent, or the j weather so provocative of good reading. | With these points in mind, we have en- : deavored to draw up a list of Christmas j book suggestions, believing firmly that j s good book is the Christmas gift "most 'likely to succeed." j Biography: For the lover of literary biography, we suggest Ann Lou ell, a chronicle of one of the most inter- esting personalities in English litera- ture, written by S. Foster Damon; and Byron: the Years of Fame, by | Peter Quennell. The latter is a new version of those four short years of the poet's life from 1812-1816. For the lover of non-literary biog- raphy, we recommend Old ]ules y by Marie Sandoz, an exciting tale of pioneer life in northwestern Nebras- ka and winner of the Atlantic Monthly prize for non-fiction. In this category we also place the re- cent book, With Napoleon in Russia: from the Memoirs of General de Canlaincourt. This is the most talk- ed-of biography in the literary world. The circumstances of its printing are as interesting as the book itself. And of course we include in this list Mary Queen of Scotland and the hies, by Stefan Zweig. Novels: We have chosen only six novels from the maze of unusually good fiction published this year. Silas Crockett, by Mary Ellen Chase, the author of Mary Peters; Green Light, by Lloyd C. Douglas; Euro pa, a story of European society in the j period before the World War, by Robert Brif fault; Lucy Gay heart, another Willa Cather novel; and the best-selling piece of fiction for the year, Ellen Glasgow's Vein of Iron. Advexture axd Exploration: No Christmas list would be complete without these four: North to the Orient, Anne Lindberg; Discovery. The Story of the Second B^rd Ant- artic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd; Seven Pillars of Wisdom T. E. Lawrence; Lort\ Days of Musa Dag/.y Franz Wert'el. World Problem: Goi eminent in Business, by Stuart Chase, a discus- sion of the New Deal. Land of the Free, by Herbert Agar. ()//; Times: the Twenties, by Mark Sullivan. Measuring Ethiopia, by Carleton S. Coon. Short Stories: Heading the list we find Thomas Wolfe's From Death to Morning and Josephine Johnson's Winter Orchard and Other Stories. Other editions of short stories wor- thy of mention are: Tie Best S/.H)rt Stories of 1 93 5, edited by Edward J. O'Brien, and O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1 93 5, edited by Harry Hansen. Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robin- son's last volume of poetrv. King Jasper. A Spectacle for Scholars, by Winifred Welles. Selected Poems bv Robert Nathan. Juvexile: Around the World with the Alphabet, written by Hendrik Van Loon for his brand-new grand son. The Chinese Twins, for boys and girls from 8 to 11, bv I uc\ Fitch Perkins. Misc 1 llaxy: Drama Prize Ptditzei Plays (from 19 18 to 1934). Art Christian Art . . . C. R. Morev. Music Life and Times of Beetboi en . . . Edouard Herriot. Nature Lour Hedges: A Gardner's Chroni- cle . . . Clare Leighton. Myster\ The Garden Murder Case . . . S. S. Van Dine. Reminiscence / ife with Lather . . . Clarence Day. Novel politics // Can't Happen Llere . . . Sinclair Lewis. EXCHANGES Campus and World Alumnae News Josephine Jennings, '3 5, is teaching American history in Milledgeville, Ga. When a person can recite the follow - ling without difficulty, his speech is j normal: Are our oars here? Many a wit is not a whit wittier than Whittier. The menu is not less important than the men you will meet. His suit showed spots of suet and scot. Readers D ig est. The game of lawn bowls, one of the 'oldest as well as one of the simplest of j out-door games, is finding increased popularity in American colleges. Se\ era! colleges now include it in their co-ed athletic programs. Tech Oracle. ELEVEN WE THINK-LESS WEEKS For eleven weeks now we have been dashing about madly trying to get done all there is to be done before the holidays. We have had a debate, a lecture, a play. We have had innumerable club meet- ings. And we have had tests and term papers. All this in eleven weeks. Yet we have had no We Thinks. For the past few years THE AGONISTIC has maintained a column for the free and unre- strained expression of student thought on campus matters. The policy this year is the continued maintenance of the We Think column. And, although it has not been used at all, there is still, technically, such a column. Frequent expression of student thought is an indication that there is movement among the st udents. Spontaneously ad- vanced opinions on campus prob- lems stimulate thought and, in some castas, bring about changes. It's normal and healthy and wholesome that students should have moments of intense dissat- isfaction. And eleven weeks seems an amazingly long period of utter contentment. Betty Lou (Houck) Smith, '3 5, has returned from New York to Decatur, where she and her husband are making their home. Helen Derrick, '3 5, is teaching French and English in Forrestville, Va. Sara (Strickland) Beggs, '3 3, has returned to her home in Pensacola, Fla., after visiting her aunt and father in Decatur. Thomas Wolfe was the author cho- sen by the winner of the essay contest held by the American Book Company on Who is the Outstanding American Author and Why? The prize went to a Mrs. Jessie Winston Turnipseed, of Birmingham, Alabama. la Pa/, Bolivia (AP) Universities and high schools in Bolivia are running full blast for the first time si nee the Chaco war with Paraguay started m 1 932. The June armistice permitted students to return from the front, and the universities were reopened Oc- tober* Annie Laurie Whitehead, '3 3, is liv- ing at 123 Avenue A, Southwest, Win- ter Flavcn, Fla. Elizabeth Allison, ex-'37, is attend- ing the Alabama Polytechnique Insti- tute in Auburn, Ala. Wilhelm Gordenio received the first M D. degree from the College of Asti, Italy, in 1329. Soon after this date the degree was conferred by the University of Paris. Blue Stocking. Ohio State gatekeepers have a novel way of deciding whether or not you are sober enough CO enter the stadium. If you can wiggle your thumbs in unison, you are all right. Otherwise you will have to watch the game from a telegraph pole. Rmg-'L nm -Phi. Duke, Furman, and Johnson C Smith Universities, and Davidson Col- lege are the four institutions which are receiving funds from the Duke Endow- ment. According to Who's Who, 85 per This paragraph is written for those students who teel that they are bur- dened with work. A Student at Miami University is carrying 20 study hours a week and auditing one course. To support himself he works SO hours a month on the \YA, assists in the de Genevieve Baird, ex-'3 8, is attending Arlington Hall in Washington, D. C. partmcnt of mathematics and works cent, ot the outstanding persons in the J > , . . ' TT c 11 1 r.J\....;..t.. .from 7 o clock to midnight every d.u Elizabeth Bowden, ex-'3 8, is a stu- dent at the Norfolk, Va., branch of William and Mary College. U. S. are college graduates. - Digest Ollegiate I . the ol f ice oi a taxi company. Meredith Crickmer, e.\-'37, is attend- ing Northwestern Universitv in Evans- ton, III. Elizabeth Perrin, ex-'37, and Mary Pitner, cx-'37, are roommates at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Caroline Phillips, ex-'3 8, is a student at the Universitv of Texas in Austin. "The recent Florida hurricane 'miss- ed' Ernest Hemingway's home in Key West. But the wind was more than enough to uproot trees and set boats ulrit't. l or many hours they did not know what had happened on the main- land. When boats could finally go, Mr. Hemingway went immediately and spent days helping in the recovery of bodies at the veteran's camp." I mm "Behind the Scenes," Si ri&nef*s s No- vember. A c-immolngv class .11 Syracuse Uni- versity has discovered that morons can dance as well as, if not better, th.m most people ot normal mentality. The students declare that they are gifted with an abnormal sense of rhythm. In view of this fact, think twice before you smile the next time your partner tells you that you dance divinelv. Sara Emeline Steele, ex-'3 8, is at her home in Anniston, Ala., doing Young People's work and taking an active part in Little Theater activities. (Continued on page 6, column 2) General U. S. Grant had no memory I for music. On one occasion he re- marked to a friend sitting next to him at a concert: "Why, I only know two tunes. One is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't." Reader's Digest. A poll at the Universitv of Ohio among co-eds showed an amazing dif- ference between freshmen and seniors. Glassed as most desirable traits by the eniora were a good family, closely fol- lowed by good morals. freshmen classed good social traits as most im portant. Good morals came four- teen h Dai idsonian. The Agonistic 3 Mr. T. F. Neblett, Pres. of N.S.F.A. Is Speaker Here Mr. Thomas Fair Neblett, president of the National Student Federation of America, spoke in chapel on Friday, December 6. He discussed the changing temper of American youth, describing it as a definite Youth Movement; he pointed out that the great difference between such movements in Europe and the one in this country is that the American change is being made by the students themselves and not by extra-collegiate leaders. He cited as ex- amples of the change the Peace Mob- ilization of students last month and the concerted opposition of students all over the country to American par- ticipation in the 193 6 Olympics. After chapel Mr. Neblett met with a group of students for informal discussion in the Y. W. cabinet room. Mr. Neblett came to Atlanta from Louisville, Kentucky where he had ad- dressed the annual meeting of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. On Saturday he spoke to the meeting of Deans of Graduate Schools being held in Atlan- ta. He visited at Emory University and Georgia Tech in addition to Agnes Scott while he was in the city. Mr. Neblett, a native of Mississippi, did his undergraduate work at Mill- saps College, Jackson; he holds his Master's degree from Louisiana State University. Spanish Club Will Give Play Dec. 13 In Gaines Chapel The Spanish Club of Agnes Scott College will present one of the most popular plays of the Spanish theater, Los In tenses Creados, by Jacinto Be- navente, on Friday night, December 13. Los Intereses Creados is the story of a very clever, roguish servant who creates social contacts which are most beneficial to him and to his young master. As a result of his ingenuity and daring, Crispin, the servant, brings his affairs to a satisfactory conclusion in the marriage of his young maste-, Leandro, to the daughter of a wealthy merchant. The cast of the play includes: Cris- pin, Lilian Grimson; Leandro, Louise Brown; Silvia, Hibernia Hassell; Capi- tal!, Cornelia Christie; Arlequin, Mar- tha Head; Senor Polichinela, Elsie Blackstone; Senora Polichinela, Meriel Bull; el Doctor, Josephine Bertolli; el Hostelero, Mary Johnson; Colombina, Alice Taylor; and Dona Sirena, Lois Hart. The play will be given in Gaines Chapel at 7:30 o'clock. The College community and all friends who are in- terested are invited. Language Groups Will Sing Carols Before Holidays The singing of Christmas carols by the Spanish, French, and German Clubs on the night before Christmas vaca- tion will again be one of the loveliest features of the Christmas season on the Agnes Scott College campus. The mem- bers of the three clubs will meet to- gether on the quadrangle at 9 o'clock cn Tuesday evening, December 17, and will go from there to the various dor- mitories and faculty houses, singing the carols in the different languages. The Spanish Club plans to sing Be- Icu, Los Reyes Mages, El Nino Jesus, and Noche de Paz. Among the carols to be sung by the French Club are Wnidt Chretiens, V n Vlambcau, Jean- ;/('//(, Isabcllc, Dans les Ombres de la Nu:t 3 and Les Trois Anges. The Ger- man Club has chosen to sing Es ist ein Ros BntsprUngen, Maria Durch ein Dornwaldging, Stille Nacht, Heiligc Uachty 6 Tanncnbaum, Still, Still, Still, and Von Him tnel lloch, da Kam Ich Her. German Club Gives Christmas Program, "Das Weihnactspiel" The German Club of Agnes Scott College will present Das Weihnacht- spicl, a Christmas play, at its meeting this afternoon in Mr. Johnson's studio at 5 o'clock. The cast includes the fol- lowing members of the Club: der Va- ter, Wayve Lewis; die Mutter, Lucie Hess; eine fremde Frau, Anne Thomp- son; der Tod, Kathryn Bowen; das Madchen, Jean Austin; der Soldat, Mary Kneale; der Konig, Jane Dry- foos; die alte Frau, Ora Muse; and Engelchor, Ann Worthy Johnson and Virginia Wood. Rehearsals for the play have been held during the past two weeks under the direction of Profes- sor Muriel Harn, of the German de- partment, Ethelyn Johnson, president of the Club, and Lucie Hess. Lulu Ames, Alice Chamlee, and Ann Martin are in charge of costumes and proper- ties for the play. The Club plans to continue inten- sive practice of German carols for the rest of this week in preparation for the traditional carol serenade of next Tuesday night. All practices are held in Mr. Dieckmann's studio in Main under the direction of Miss Harn. T.B. Ass'n.To Sell Christmas Seals Again This Year The quaint little woman posting a letter forms the design for the 193 5 Christmas seal that the Tuberculosis Association of Atlanta and other cities BUY CHRISTMAS Modern Fireproof C VJNDLER HOTEL European Flan De. 3715 T. J. Woods, Mgr. Deeatur. (ia. MISS HELEiN GILROY, FORMER INSTRUCTOR, IS CAMPUS VISITOR Miss Helen T. Gilroy, former sub- stitute teacher of physics at Agnes Scott College, visited on the campus Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, as the guest of Associate Professor Emily Dexter, of the psychology de- partment, and Professor Muriel Harn, of the German and Spanish depart- ments. Miss Gilroy taught at Agnes Scott during the session of 1927-192 8 in the absence of Miss Emily Howson, who was for eleven years professor of phys- ics and astronomy at the college. At present she is teaching physics and mathematics at the Berry School near Rome, Georgia. She is a very interest- ing person, and has traveled widely not only in the countries which Amer- icans usually visit but also, as Miss Dexter says, "where no one else goes." She recently spent several years teach- ing in the University of Lang Kang in Peiping, China. On Sunday afternoon Miss Harn en- tertained at a tea in honor of Miss Gilroy. French Club Plans To Honor Alliance With Mystery Play Comte de Noel, a French mystery play of the fifteenth century, by Mau- rice Boucher, will be presented by the members of the French Club at the meeting in Gaines Chapel at 4:30 to- morrow afternoon. The Alliance Fran- caise of Atlanta will be guests. The cast of the play is as follows: Saint Nicolas, Jean Chalmers; Samte Rose, Nell Allison; Pierre Coeur, statuaire, Enid Middlcton; and Jacqueline, sa femme, Marcelle Cappatti. The chorus includes Virginia Wood, Amelia Nick- els, Alice Chamlee, and Olive Rives. After the play the entire club will sing French Christmas carols. The lovely story is of a woodcarver whose figures, two saints, come alive while he is away from home and bring Christmas gifts to his children. According to a recent estimate, the* American people spend $5,000,000,000 in a normal year on holiday and vaca- tion travel. Scientific American. AGNES SCOTT GIRLS! You are especially invited to come to Lawrence's Pharmacy from 2 to 5:30 Thursday afternoon. Lawrence's Pharmacy "LITTLE DEC" FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS n the United States is selling to raise funds for the control and preven- tion of tuberculosis. Millions of these eals are sold annually in this country for this purpose; more than forty dif- ferent countries throughout the world now have or have had Christmas seals that are sold wholly or partially for tuberculosis work, also. Total returns for the twenty-eight years the seal has been used in America are over $75,000,000. The funds de- rived from the sale are used for edu- cation, organization, and demonstra- tion of tuberculosis work. The little figure on this year's seal is a tribute to the women in the six- ties who sold charity stamps to take care of the soldiers. letter-box Cotillion Club Has Fall Dance The Cotillion Club of Agnes Scott College entertained for the College community at a dance on last Sat- urday evening from 8 to 1 1 in Bucher Scott Gymnasium. The Emory Aces provided music for the dancing. In the receiving line were Associate Professor Louise Hale, of the French department, Associate Professor Llewel- lyn Wilburn and Assistant Professor Harriette Haynes, of the physical ed- ucation department, faculty advisers; Nell White, president, Wita Moreland, vice-president; and Nancy Tucker, secretary-treasurer. The lead-out was composed of the members of the club. Faculty members and officers of the club wore corsages of white roses. The student members wore corsages of red roses. Mr. Frank Catez of the Fox Thea- ter decorated the gymnasium for the occasion. Draperies were hung around all the walls; and one spotlight, two large flood lamps, and eight colored flood lamps of a smaller size provided the illumination. ELECTION NOTICE Nominations for a junior dele- gate to the NSFA convention in Kansas City were opened on last Thursday. In past years the pres- ident of student government and one junior on the executive com- mittee, but elected by the stu- dents, have represented Agnes Scott at NSFA. In addition to the junior delegate to be elected from the entire junior class, the Execu- tive Committee will appoint one of its number. The election will take place to- morrow morning in chapel. Agnes Scott College, 14 Days Before Christmas. Dear Santy: Time was when, at this Yuletide season, I would have voiced my own needs and desires in my letter to you, but that day is past, for, prompted by a sudden benevolent and unegotis- tical spirit, I write to you in behalf of that long-suffering group of believ- ers the faculty. They, rushed with thinking up subjects for term papers and questions for tests and the conse- quent grading of said documents, are too busy or too modest to ask that you and your reindeer pay them a visit "on the night before Christmas," etc. Nev- ertheless, after much psychological an- alysis, I have discovered or at least I have hazarded guesses concerning what the professorial minds would like de- posited in their stockings. Mr. Robinson would be thrilled pink if he received only one dozen x -}- z's and one pound of x z's, provided they are both garnished with some PiR 2 's. Miss Laney desires so much a class that doesn't inevitably become drowsy over Chaucer's translation of Boethius and I have a sneaking suspi- cion that Mr. Hayes would be quite elated over a stocking full of so's (but not ' like so's" because you brought some of those to Mr. Davidson last year, and he hasn't exhausted the sup- ply yet). The latter would be grateful for some celephane-wrapped American Revolutionary propaganda tied with red ribbon, if you please! And dear ever-obliging Santa, please bring Miss Jackson a sign post or a tra- fic light signal to guide her eager Euro- pean History students upstairs to their new room. So many have been lost in the wilderness of Buttrick of late. If this is too awkward to handle, you may substitute an untranslated copy of the Snapshot Contest To Close Monday The snap-shot contest which the Sil- houette is conducting this fall, will close on next Monday, December 16. All entries must be in by that date. They may be given to Shirley Chris- tian, editor of the annual, or to Barton Jackson, contest chairman. The date for closing the contest was set for last Monday but it has been decided to con- tinue it for the rest of this week. Cash prizes of $3.50 and $1.50 will be awarded to those submitting the best pictures. All snap-shots will be judged on the basis of general campus interest, origi- nality, and clearness. In addition to the cash prizes, a page in the Silhouette will be devoted to those pictures win- ning honorable mention. Students en- tering are cautioned to place emphasis on groups rather than on an individ- Nicky-Willy Letters (this dear Santa to you is Nickolas II to Wilhclm II.) If, in your "Rome-ing," you come across a nifty little Ciceronian Toga, I am sure Miss Latin Smith would be de- lighted to discover it under her Christ- mas Tree on December 2 5 th. Several required courses in those for- mal Disciplinary Courses, Latin and Math, tied with a huge red and green bow, would make also a happy New Year. And Dear Santa, don't forger that Mr. Gillespie is so anxious to receive in neat form the threefold reason why Chapel attenders went on a strike in re- gard to responsive reading. If you don't grant this request he may declare a lock-out or something. Ne onblics-Pas also, Sanity-Clause, to light Miss Gooch's Christmas tree with many gay and brilliant broad A's. And above all don't overlook the -ing's. There are many things that you might send Miss Hopkins, Santa, but I believe she would be satisfied with two or three of those dainty little ex- cuse blank pads and one freshman who knows how to sign in and out proper- ly. And Mr. McCain only wants a spacious new library (with a foun- tain for social activities). Dear Santa, as I said in the invoca- tion of this epistle I am being un- selfish in this pursuit and to prove my sacrificing spirit. I beg you not to bring me another term paper or a case of the measles just before exams. Hopefully yours, Agnes Doe. P. S. Don't forget the pencil- sharpener for Buttrick and the waste paper baskets for the shrubbery! Aftermath. If you haven't a cos- tume in which to make your appear- ance with the above mentioned gifts, Miss MacDougall will lend you hers. ual; they may submit indoor exposures, imposed shots, and unusual back- grounds. All pictures must have local color, be characteristic of college life and must have been taken on the Ag- nes Scott campus this fall. Barton Jackson has been for the past few weeks taking indoor informal ex- posures of organizations, clubs, and publications. The emphasis which the 193 6 Silhouette is putting on student life and campus activities is a new pol- icy for the annual. CITY SHOE REBUILDERS "Big Dec" We put New Life in Old Shoes 542 MeDonough St. THE ANNA YOUNG ALUM- NAE HOUSE extends a cordial invitation to campus visitors to mi est privileges while at Agnes Scott. the quest for fine christmas gifts leads to . . . Pea cRi/i Store m WEIL'S 10c STORE "Big Dee" Let us fill your Xmas Stockings! Meet your friends at Cox's Prescription Shop Between Paramount & Grand Theatres Agnes Scott Girls Enjoy the Original Waffle Shop It e tu u ran I Famous for Fine Foods 62 Pryor, N. E. Just Below Candler BIdg. 4 The Agonistic at home B O Z The next meeting of B O Z will take place on Friday night, December 13, at 7:3 0 in Miss Janef Preston's apartment. Chi Beta Phi Sigma Chi Beta Phi Sigma served coffee to the College community on Wednesday night, December 4. Sarah Nichols, Elizabeth Forman, Pauline Moss, Mar- tha Summers, and Mildred Tilly as- sisted. Blackfriars The regular meeting of Blackfriars was held on Tuesday night, December 10, at 7 o'clock in Miss Gooch's stu- dio. A Greek play, The Frogs, direct- ed by Virginia Turner, was presented. The characters were: Euripedes, Kath- ryn Leipold; Bacchus, Lucile Cairns; Aeschylus, Hortense Norton; and Plu- to, Jean Barry Adams. Poetry Club Poetry Club met Tuesday night, De- cember 10, at 8:30 with Miss Emma May Laney. International Relations Club The last meeting of the International Relations Club was held on Tuesday afternoon, December 10, at 4 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Associate Professor Louise Hale of the French department spoke on The Political Sit- uation in France Today. Music Appreciation Group The Music Appreciation Group of the Y. W. C. A. met on Sunday night, December 8, at 7 o'clock in the music room. Mary Ruth Murphy spoke on The Life and Works of Franz Schubert. Special study was made of the Unfin- ished Symphony and his better known short compositions, Ave Maria and the Serenade. Pi Alpha Phi At the Pi Alpha Phi meeting on Thursday evening, December 5, Mary Lillian Fairly and Betty Mathis debated on Resolved: That Lynching Should be a Federal Crime. Mission Interest Group The Mission Interest Group of the Y. W. C. A. met on Wednesday after- noon, December 4, at 4:3 0 in the Y. W. C. A. room. This group has sent Christmas cards to thirty-five alumnae of Agnes Scott College who are now in foreign mission fields. Cards were also sent to Miss Emily Winn, the mis- sionary supported by the College. Prof. Muriel Harn I Adelaide Stevens To Hostess at German Read Christmas Tale Christmas Party At Candle Service Professor Muriel Harn, of the Ger- man department, was hostess at a de- lightful German Christmas party in Lupton Cottage on last Sunday after- noon, December 8, from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock. Members of the College com- munity and students in the German department were present. The guests sang German carols and Lucie Hess, exchange student, read a dramatic Ger- man poem. The rooms were decorated with holly and evergreens; two Christmas trees dressed in the old-fashioned way with strung popcorn and cranberries and lighted by candles added to the festive atmosphere. A set of small carved wood figures of the Holy Child, Mary, Jo- seph, and the Wise Men arranged around the Manger were displayed on the mantle. A music box, a wooden angel, a Santa Claus and other small carved figures emphasized the German note of the party. Miss Harn was assisted in serving by several students and the other faculty members who live in Lupton. Adelaide Stevens, president of Stu- dent Government, will be in charge of the traditional White Candle Serv- ice to be held on next Monday night, December 16, at 10 o'clock in Gaines Chapel. She is planning to read Henry Van Dyke's beautiful Christmas story, The Other Wise Man. The chapel will be lighted by white candles only. The rest of the service will be devoted to singing Christmas carols and to spe- cial Christmas music. The White Candle Service is the third and final Candle Service which Y. W. C. A. sponsers each year. The first two, which were under the direc- | tion of Sarah Spencer, president of Y. | W. C. A., and Ruby Hutton, vice- I president of Y. W. C. A., were Red Candle ones. The White Candle Serv- ice, which is always held on the last Monday before the holidays, has usual- ly a longer program; the president of Student Government always plans the program for the final service. Professors Will Spend Christmas In Many Places Almost all the faculty members of Agnes Scott are making extensive plans to be up and away, during the coming Christmas holidays, to many interest- ing spots. Miss Muriel Harn has decided to go to Baltimore; Miss Leslie Gaylord to Winchester, Va.; Miss Helen Miller, and Miss Katherine Omwake, to Wash- ington, D. C. Miss Edna R. Hanley and Miss Car- rie Scandrett are to visit New York to- gether, spending Christmas day there. Miss Scandrett shows a delightful vagueness as to just why she chose New York; but she is thrilled over the pros- pect of Christmas in the great city. Toward the end of vacation Miss Scan- drett plans to go to her family in Birmingham, Ala. Miss Harriette Haynes is wavering between spending the holidays in Mar- ietta, Ga., or Danville, Va. However, the fact that she cannot make up her mind does not seem to trouble her, for she gaily explains that if the worse comes to the worst, she will go to both cities. Mr. R. B. Cunningham may spend some time in Columbia, S. C, where he will visit his grandchildren. Florida seems to have attracted the greatest number; for Miss Louise Hale, Miss Blanche Miller, Miss Elizabeth Jackson, Miss Lillian Smith, Miss Emma May Laney, and Mr. Robert B. Holt have all chosen to go there for their vacation. Miss Jackson owns a home in Orlando, where she will stay. Miss Lillian Smith plans to stay in Miami, and Miss Emma May Laney will visit her brother in Tampa, later on includ- ing St. Augustine in her trip. Mr. and Mrs. Holt are going through St. Petersburg, Bradenton, and Sara- sota. Mr. Holt jovially expresses the hope that he will enjoy plenty of golf and fresh air, the two main purposes for his visit. Miss Nannette Hopkins will attend a family reunion at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. S. Dejarnette, in Stan- ton, Va. Mr. J. C. Tart, treasurer, is dutifully planning to spend Christmas with his family in Oliver, Ga., as is his custom, '"s anticipation is slightly marred, owever, by the knowledge that he must be back to work agan by De- :ember 31. He has the sympathy of :he students! STRLNG ENSEMBLE HAS CHAPEL PRUGKAM OF 1 RARE SEASONAL MUSIC Alumnae Return From Texas Trip Saturday, Dec. 14 Miss Alberta Palmour, '3 5, field sec- retary for the Agnes Scott Alumnae Association, and Miss Jacqueline Wool- folk, '3 5, who have been traveling through the South and Texas in the interests of the College for the past six weeks, are expected to return to the campus on Saturday, December 14. Miss Palmour, who addressed groups of students in the two upper years of high school, and Miss Woolfolk have visited the principal cities in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. They have also touched some parts of Ar- kansas and Tennessee. At many places on their itinerary, the two visited with alumnae of the College and met with Alumnae Clubs. They are returning to Decatur by way of Clarksdale, Greenville, Vicks- burg, and Meridian, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama. They will prob- ably arrive late on Saturday. The String Ensemble of Agnes Scott College, under the direction of Profes- sor Christian W. Dieckmann, of the music department, presented a program of rare and beautiful Christmas music this morning at chapel. The program included the Pastoral S) in phony from Bach's Christmas Ora- toral and two Bach Chorals. The morn- ing hymn, one seldom used at Agnes Scott, was Luther's A Mighty Fortress. The String Ensemble, which is made up of both faculty and students, will take part in the annual Carol Service to be held on next Sunday in Gaines Chapel. Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee conferred the degree of doc- tor of laws on Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. minister to Denmark and Ameri- ca's only woman diplomat. and abroad Well, Roosevelt has come and gone, as all the best things in life will do. Our next bet is Santa Claus, but we are told that "there ain't no Sanity- Clause," but we're gonna get those let- ters off to him just the same. S:rick and Virginia are one up on us! They've gone domestic in a big way. They are just before blossoming out in brown and black suits of their own creation. Well, anyway, they have the pattern and material. planted for her, and the other day her mother sent her an apple from this tree, big and red and juicy. And at package call one morning there were ten big packages from the "Vaterland" for our German student. You see, they love her as much as we do. Miss Mary Jane Willett Of National Y. W. Ass'n. Leads Discussion Group Miss Mary Jane Willett, regional secretary of the national Young Wom- en's Christian Association, led an in- formal discussion at a meeting of the local Y. W. cabinet members on Fri- day afternoon, December 6, in the Y. W. C. A. cabinet room. The group, under Miss Willett's leadership, dis- cussed in particular the high aim of the organization and the responsibili- ties it places on its leaders. Compliments from ROGERS 307 College Ave.. East E. T. Hendon, Mgr. Compliments of DECATUR SHOE SHOP 325 E. College A.ve. Decatur A Christmas Special! Shampoo and Fingerwave 50c DECATUR BEAUTY SALON Choice Selection ART AND FRAME SHOP Pictures Picture Framing (.ills (All Kinds) Come in and Browse Around 99 Pryor St., N. E. Near Loews Grand Here's a choice bit. Our self-com- posed Lib Blackshear had a quaint street-car experience. The vehicle lurched and so did Lib; when she re- covered she discovered a man literally at her feet! She had laid him out in no uncertain terms. The faculty are not immune to pull- ing boners either. On Investiture Sat- urday Mr. Raper, being a bit flustered by the presence of mamas and papas in his class, greeted Irene Wilson, who entered in hat and gloves, with a po- lite smile and a "so glad you could visit us this morning!" Peggy Willis, a go-getting freshman, doesn't waste any time. Two dates and a frat pin! We'll drop by and talk to you, Peg. And now for our foreign news and favorite story of the week. When Lu- cie Hess was born, an apple tree was Public Enemy No. 1 of dormitory life is "Adelaide Ant." She has moved in, bag and baggage, children and an- cestors, to stay, she thinks; but we just laughed and laughed, because we know we're gonna put our foot down on her! The Freshmen book group met last Tuesday, December 3. A group consist- ing of Cora Kay Hutchins heard Brooks Spivey talk about Thornton Wilder. Christmas Books To Be Useful in Du Bury Contest Since books are popular gifts for Christmas, it is timely to publish a reminder of the Richard du Bury Book Award of $2 5.00 to be given to the Agnes Scott College student who has made, between now and May 1, 193 6, the best collection of books and who has shown the most discrimination in her selection. The books may be ones that have been purchased or acquired as gifts. No collection of fewer than fifteen books will be considered; there are no restrictions as to the type. Each col- lection will be judged by the number and quality of books and by the own- er's understanding of their contents. In May the girl will be paid an in- formal visit by the committee so that they may show how fully she under- stands and appreciates her books. HARVEY'S Where the Food is Delicious The Service Excellent The Restaurant to Which You Will Always Want to Return. 98 Luckie St. Y. W. Has Musical Program in Chapel On December 10 Mrs. Agnes Adams Stokes, instructor n violin, Mrs. S. Guerry Stukes, and Miss Polly Vaughan, of the spoken English department, took part in the Y. W. C. A.'s program of music and poetry presented in Gaines Chapel on Tuesday morning, December 10. Jean Barry Adams was in charge of the :ervice, and Mr. Christian Dieckmann, professor of music, was the accompa- nist. Mrs. Stukes sang James Whitcomb Riley's The Prayer Perfect, to music written by Mr. Dieckmann. Following :his, Mrs. Stokes gave a violin solo, Serenade Espagrtole, by Chaminade- Kreisler. To further the ideal of peace. Miss Polly Vaughan read Amy Lowell's ovely poem, Patterns. ECWL - - In the Largest and Most Beau- tiful Bowling Alleys on One Floor in the World. A Special Selection of Alleys Reserved for College Girls Every Afternoon Free Instruction, Mornings and Afternoons, on Request. You Pay Cost of Games Only. "THE CENTER OF ACTIVITY" 20 Houston, N.E. W A. 5622 Extends a special Invitation to Agnes Scott girls to Join the Merry Crowd Thursday night Music by Kirk DeVore and his Orchestra The Agonistic 5 Mortar Board Has Tea In Honor Of Faculty Members Mortar Board entertained at a tea on Saturday afternoon, December 6, from 4:30 to 5:30, in honor of the faculty of Agnes Scott College. Guests included the day students of the Col- lege and their parents, and the fresh- men boarding students. They were re- ceived by Carrie Phinney Latimer, pres- ident of Mortar Board, Dean Nannette Hopkins, Miss Carrie Scandrett, assis- tant dean, and the faculty advisers: Associate Professor Louise Hale, of the French department, Professor George P. Hayes, of the English department, and Associate Professor Florence Smith, of the history department. Miss Margaret Bell, '3 3, and Miss Mar) MacDonald, '34, alumnae mem- bers of Mortar Board, poured tea. Ac- tive members served, and were assisted by Frances Miller, Alice McCallie, Eu- genia Symms, and Mary Margaret Stowe. A color scheme of yellow and white was carried out in the flowers, decora- tions, candles, and refreshments. The members of the Agnes Scott chapter of Mortar Board are: Lulu Ames, Shirley Christian, Ann Coffee, Ruby Hutton, Frances James, Augusta King, Carrie Phinney Latimer, Dean McKoin, Sarah Spencer, Adelaide Stev- ens, and Loice Richards. Bible Club Gives Church Pageant To commemorate the four-hun- dredth anniversary of the translation of the English Bible, the Agnes Scott Col- lege Bible Club presented a pageant, The Power of the Word, at the Baptist Tabernacle last Sunday afternoon, De- cember 8. Mrs. Olin Rogers, formerly Mary Sayward, an alumna of Agnes Scott and former president of Black- friars, directed the pageant. Dr. W. A. Shelton, president of Christian Council of Atlanta, presided over the entire celebration. Dr. Nat Long introduced the pageant by giving its historical background. The princi- pal parts in The Power of the Word were taken by Catherine Bates, Isabel McCain, Martha McAfee, Mary Alice Baker, Julia Telford, Gertrude Lozier, Irene Wilson, Mildred Coit, Frances Steele, Marie Merritt, and Martha John- son. Other members of the Club rep- resented various countries or were in .he chorus. Professor Alma Syden- stryker and Associate Professor James T Gillespie, of the Bible department, aisistecf at the practices. Many colleges besides Agnes Scott took part in the celebration. Georgia Tech, as well as other Georgia colleges, planned programs. Other churches in Atlanta and Decatur took part, also. Macon Group Offers Prize for Best Play For the best one-act play submitted to the annual contest for amateur writers of Georgia, the Macon Little Theater will offer five dollars and pro- duction. For second and third best plays the theater will offer production, and for the best three-act play submit- ted, provided it is worthy of presenta- tion as one of the major productions of the vear, it will offer a money prize and production. The contest closes December 31, 1935. All entries must be typed on one r : de of the paper, and submitted under a pen name. Complete rules for the contest are posted on the bulletin board in Buttrick Hall. Emory Glee Club Will Sing Carols Sunday The Emory University Glee Club, under the direction of Dr. Malcolm H. Dewey, will present its twelfth an- nual program of Christmas music on Sunday afternoon, December 15, in Glenn Memorial Church. The program this year will be simi- lar to that used in Kings College Chap- el, Cambridge; this program has been broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation for the past eight years. The only changes that Dr. Dewey has made are the substitution of several American carols for the English songs. Y. W. C. A. Committee Will Give Party For Poor County Kiddies The Social Service Group of the Y. W. C. A. of Agnes Scott College is sponsoring the annual Christmas party for the under-privileged children of DeKalb and neighboring counties on Saturday afternoon, December 14, at 4 o'clock in Bucher Scott Gymnas- ium. Sixty-five children between the ages of 3 and 12 have been invited. Gay red and green decoiitions with a lighted Christmas tree and other evergreens will decorate the main audi- torium of the gymnasium. Marie Simp- son, Social Service chairman during 1934-193 5, will entertain the children with a story, and Alice McCallie, as Santa Claus, will give them balloons and candy bought with money con- tributed by the day students. In the basement of the gymnasium ice cream and cake, which the boarders are giv- ing from one of their meals, will be served. The cones will be donated by Lawrence's Pharmacy. The committee chairmen, as an- nounced by Mary Hull, Social Service chairman, are: entertainment, Jean Barry Adams; transportation, June Harvey; decorations, Mary Alice Baker; wrapping, Mary Alice Newton; and refreshments, Kitty Cunningham. Stockings filled by the students will be given to the parents of the children and kept by them until Christmas morning when they will be presented to the children. Students are requested to bring their stockings to the Y. W. C. A. room by 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon, December 12. All girls who would like to help in entertaining the children with games at the party are invited to attend. Prof. Robinson Reveals Unusual Calculations as Favorite Hobby Change of Day Students' Mail to Main Basement Proves to Be Successful The first method of cooking eggs on record is that used by Egyptian shep- herds who cooked them without fire. The eggs were placed in a sling which they turned so rapidly that friction of the air heated them to the right degree. Literary Digest. The city of Tulare, CaL, has a week- end school for farmers, to which scores of farmers drive in from the country every Friday afternoon, bringing their entire families. While the children are separately cared for, the adults attend lectures and dramatic entertainments, followed by special classes and discus- sion groups in such subjects as eco- nomics, current affairs, child training, and farm problems. N. Y. Times Magazine. The transfer last week of the day r.tudent mail boxes from the library to the day student room in the basement of Main has proved a satisfactory solu- tion to the former problems of limited amount of space and of disturbance in the library because of confusion in the mail room. Under the present plan the names of four, in some cases five, girls are on each box; they are arranged alpha- betically. These boxes are large enough to hold The Agonistic and the Au- rora. Unclaimed mail is removed from the boxes on Monday of each week and put in a dead-letter box. Se-Ling hosiery is now more correctly styled crnd richly shaded to match the ensemble you prefer. The higher twist, greater stretch and added reinforcements at all points of wear in the new styles make Se-!_inq even more THE ARISTOCRAT OF EXQUISITE HOSIERY Peachtree Hosiery Shoppe NO. 2 11 1 Peachtree Street, N. W. Piedmont Bote] Building A TLANTA, GA. Hosiery Lingerie j The smart way to "dress up" your costume is with a metal blouse. We have many new ones that are special values. Silver, green, and red in sizes 34 to 38. Sport Shop, Street Floor J. IP. ALLEN & CO "The Store All Vomen Know' That the number of Agnes Scott girls attending chapel every day dur- ing a given period of time is exactly the same as the number of soldiers in the British army killed by horsekick, was the startling coincidence revealed by Professor Henry A. Robinson, of the mathematics department, recently in an interview concerning his practi- cal application of math to everyday life. "But," he hastened to add after such an interesting statement, "this does not imply that there is any sub- tle connection between the two occur- rences, however. It is interesting to no- tice the similarity of the two sums." Not only has Mr. Robinson diligent- ly counted the number of girls who attend chapel, but he has also estimat- ed the number present at other campus activities. For instance, at the recent British debate before the actual speak- ing began, Mr. Robinson compiled a list of figures concerning the number of people there, the percentage of faculty members present, the percentage of each class represented, and the num- ber of young gentlemen other than the debaters who attended. At present Mr. Robinson has found no British army equivalent to these results. "This calculation/' Mr. Robinson explained, "is done by means of a fre- quency curve, and in case of boredom this little pastime certainly comes in handy." Whenever he is attending a perform- ance which becomes unbearably dull, Mr. Robinson amuses himself by count- ing the number of rows and the num- ber of seats in a row. Then he spots the vacancies in the audience. With this information he draws a frequency curve from which he derives his mi- nutely accurate results. And judging from his facial expression when he dis- cusses this hobby, it must be an im- mediate and an absorbingly interesting relief from boredom. In his early days the popcorn, pea- nuts, elephants, and bare-back riders of the circus parade held no charms for Mr. Robinson, because he was quite too busy counting the number of peo- ple actually participating in the parade and estimating the number watching it from the sidelines. This he did also by means of a frequency curve. "When I was attending Johns Hop- kins," Mr. Robinson said, "some of the leading newspapers asked me on spe- cial occasions to estimate the number of people in town or the percentage attending a particular event, and I us- ually got the number about right." Mr. Robinson further stated that had he been in town when Roosevelt made his address, he would have estimated by mathematical calculation the number of people in Atlanta. To those who have never counted anything other than insomnia sheep and the days before Christmas (with- out the frequency curve), Mr. Robin- son's interview may be an interesting and a helpful suggestion. There is actually one girl student at Lindsay college, Lindsay, Ontario, Can- ada, whose ambition is to become "a good wife for some man." The others, a survey revealed, would like to be- come teachers, nurses, stenographers, dietitians, writers, or interior decora- tors. Campus Com merits. The Chinese, in developing their gar- dens, often deliberately add a bit of ugliness for purposes of contrast. A dead tree may be left standing with glowing flowers and shrubs grouped around it. They argue that beauty will thus appear more beautiful. Reader's Digest. TFSP < If" !> > GO BY GREYHOUND As in the colorful stage-coach days of old when Christmas spirit prevailed, your holiday vacation starts from the moment you board one of Greyhound's sleek, streamlined buses to follow highways that lead home. Here in the cozy warmth of pleasant company, you'll find that cheery holiday travel spirit that makes the miles and hours seem so much shorter and more enjoyable. Holiday trips by Greyhound recapture the old romance of holi- day travel that prevailed in the days when a ruddy-faced coachman swayed on the box, whip cracking over his four horses. These savings will buy EXTRA gifts . . . Macon Wa> cross Cordele _ Savannah Jacksonville. One Round Way Trip $1.40 2.85 2.40 4.05 4.80 Miami 9.80 W.Palm B'ch 9.25 Daytona B'ch 6.45 $ 2.55 5.15 4.35 7.30 8.65 17.65 16.65 11.65 One Round Way Trip Chattanooga .$2.15 $3.90 Rome 1.20 2.20 Marietta .40 Birmingham _ 2.50 Tampa 7.40 St. Petersburg 7.85 Griffin .75 Valdosta 3.55 .75 3.25 13.35 14.15 1.35 6.40 Atlanta Union Bus Terminal CARNEGIE WAY & ELLIS WAInut 6300 Get correct one-way and round trip fares from At- lanta Union Bus Terminal, or Call WAInut 6300. GREYHOUND 6 The Agonistic A KEY TO CURRENT HISTORY {Continued from page 2, column 3) surprisingly quietly received. How- ever, when he was introduced as "the President of the U. S. and the next President of the U. S.," this statement received as much applause as any. For some weeks past, Postmaster General Farley has been touring the western states, shaking hands and hav- ing dinners with local politicians. He visited eighteen states and talked with politicians in nine others. All twenty- seven of these states, reported General- issimo Farley, will go Democratic in 1936. The Republicans have not, apparent- ALUMNAE NEWS {Continued from page 2, column 3) Kathleen Bowen, '32, was one of ten students selected to spend the summer with Madame Louise Homer, Metro- politan opera star, at her camp at Bo- land on Lake George, New York. ly, determined the range of their big guns and are still contenting them- selves with small fire, like the dig of- fered the administration by one of the prospective G. O. P. 193 6 candidates, Herbert Hoover, who said of the new I U. S.-Canadian treaty that "it pro- vided for a more abundant life for the ] Canadians/' Compliments of a Friend m Basketball Season Opens Next Friday Vith the seniors playing the juniors and the sophomores, the freshmen, the basketball season will open this Friday afternoon at 3:30 in Bucher Scott Gymnasium. Miss Bee Miller, instruc- tor in biology, and Associate Profes- sor Llewellyn Wilburn, of the physi- cal education department, will referee; Lulu Ames will be scorer, and Mary Elizabeth Morrow, timekeeper. Alice Taylor is basketball manager for this year; the class managers are: senior, Kathryn Bishop; junior, Isabel McCain; sophomore, Elizabeth Black- shear; and freshman, Caroline Car- michael. During the season, each team will play six games. Suort Notes Dancing proved to be the most popu- lar form of recreation for the winter season, according to the check-up made by the physical education director. It topped the list with 191 students sign- ing up for it, excluding the 29 mem- bers of the class in fundamentals of movement. Basketball came second with 62 signing up; individual gym- nastics next with 53; then swimming with 48; and finally campfire leader- ship with 30. This list does not include the large number of girls who belong to swimming, tennis, outing, and arch- ery clubs. Athletic Board Has Party for Members The annual Christmas party given by the Athletic Board took place last night at 8 o'clock in the Athletic Board room in Bucher Scott Gymna- sium. Present were Associate Professor Llewellyn Wilburn and Assistant Pro- fessor Harriette Haynes, of the physi- cal education department; Miss Eliza- beth Mitchell, instructor in physical education; and the fourteen members of the Board. Frances Steele and Anne Taylor planned the party. Entertainment in- cluded a Christmas tree, gifts suitable for each person's position, and dancing. The members of the Board are Ann Coffee, Helen Handte, Julia Thing, Marie Stalker, Alice Taylor, Anne Tay- lor, Mary Kneale, Bee Merrill, Martha Long, Elizabeth Burson, Mary King, Florence Lasseter, Frances Robinson, and Frances Steele. COUCHES, COMFORTABLE CHAIRS TO BE FEATURES OF NEW LIBRARY (Continued from page 1, column 2) ed with new desks. The reserve book room will have a formal arrangement : of tables and chairs and will have a maximum capacity of 180 readers. There will also be on the ground floor , a large room, 29* 2 feet by 60 feet, where the art collection given to Ag- nes Scott some years ago by the Car- negie Corporation will be placed. The second floor will contain three seminar rooms, a typewriting room, and i a special room for the showing of lan- i tern slides. It is hoped that the seminar rooms may be used as memorials to Dr. J. D. M. Armistead, professor of Eng- lish at Agnes Scott for eighteen years, to Miss Cleo Hearon, professor of his- tory for nine years, and to Miss Emily Elizabeth Howson, professor of physics and astronomy for eleven years. The equipment of these rooms will consist of the tables and chairs in the present library, which will be refinished. The typewriting room will contain tables and chairs for the use of those girls who have their own typewriters. Miss Hanley hopes that it will also be possible to have attractive furniture on the terrace, which will be connect- ed with the reading room by an at- tractive staircase. Further details of the plans for the equipment of the new li- rary are now being made. Class of "35 Have Annual Reunion November 3 0 The class of '35 held a reunion Sat- urday, November 50, at 6:30 P. M., at the Tavern Tea Room. Elizabeth Al- exander, Frances Espy, Katherine Her- tzka, Clara Morrison. Ida Lois Mc- Daniel, Virginia Wood, Elizabeth Young, Mary Adams, Yella Marie Behm, Mary Green, Carol Griffin, Eliz- abeth Heaton, Caroline Long, Marguer- ite Morris, Martha Redwine, Marie Simpson, Elizabeth Thrasher, Amy (Underwood) Trowell, Hester Anne Withers, and Alsine Shutze were pres- ent. It is customary for the graduating class of the preceding June to hold its first reunion around Thanksgiving. Last fall the class of 1934 reunited at an informal buffet supper at the Anna Young Alumnae House; after- wards they were the guests of Cotil- lion Club at its traditional Thanks- giving dance given in Bucher Scott Gymnasium each year for the College comm unit v. The University of Virginia has open- ed its new art museum. Among the many famous paintings is one of George Wasnington by Rembrandt Peale, given bv Mr r Tiffany to the University. FOR THIS ISSUE: REPORTERS Selma Stein bach Elizabeth Warden Loice Richards Ruth Hert/ka Eliza King Giddv Erwin Fnid Midd cton Mildred Davis Hortense Jones Douglas L\ le Sarah Johnson Mary F. Guthrie Mary Richardson Mamie l ee Ratliff Cora Kay Hutchins Ann W. Johnson Anne Taylor BUSINESS ASSISTANTS Elizabeth Blackshear Estelle Cuddy Sara Beatty Sloan Agnes Scott Girls Recommend MINER & CARTER When you think of Gifts think of Miner & Carter Peachtree & Ellis Sts. Phone WA. 4900 HELP M. B. MAKE DATE PARLORS OVER VOL. XXI AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 15, 1936 NO. 12 Johnson, King Will Vie For Scholarship Faculty Names Two Seniors For Beck Award Mortar Board to Redecorate Date Parlors in Main Ethelyn Johnson and Augusta King have been named the candidates from Agnes Scott College for the Beck Scholarship as the result of the nom- inations of the faculty and the recom- mendations of the heads of the depart- ments of the College. For the first time since the award was offered two years ago the majority of the nomina- tions were in favor of members of the senior class instead of alumnae. The other four candidates for the graduate study award will be from Emory University and the University of Geor- gia, which with Agnes Scott are the only Georgia colleges having chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, a requirement of the scholarship. The winner w ill be announced following the Commitee of Selection's decision, to be made in Feb- ruary. The Beck Scholarship allows a sti- pend not to exceed $2,000 annually for graduate study in any institution in America or elsewhere approved by the Board. It may be held for as long as three years. The candidates must be citizens of Georgia and members of the present senior class or alumni of two years standing or less; their col- leges must be Georgia institutions that have chapters of Phi Beta Kappa and standards approved and recognized both by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Association of American Universities. The Committee of Selection bases its decision upon literary and scholastic ability and attainments; personality and character; leadership and interest in others; and physical vigor as shown by interest in outdoor sports or in other ways. Distinction in character, personality, and in intellect is the most important requirement for the de- cision. The scholarship is furnished by a fund left for that purpose by Mr. Lewis Beck, former president of the Beck & Gregg hardware store in At- lanta. It was offered for the first time in 19 34, when Virginia Heard, '3 3, won it. A campaign to raise funds for re- modeling the date parlors in Main Building was opened on last Saturday morning, January 11, in chapel; the local chapter of Mortar Board is spon- soring the drive. The campaign, ac- cording to Shirley Christian, general chairman, will continue throughout this week. A poster in Buttrick Hall shows the daily progress of the drive. The administration has agreed to match up to fifty dollars the sum raised on the campus. The first contributors last Saturday were Dr. J. R. McCain, presi- dent of the College, who gave five dol- lars and Mortar Board which gave eleven. Additional contributions have been made in the three days this week. Carrie Phinney Latimer and Ade- laide Stevens are in charge of collec- tion in Rebekah; Ruby Hutton and Sarah Spencer are in charge in Main; and Dean McKoin, of Inman. Day students may contribute to Ann Cof- fee, day student chairman, Lulu Ames, Frances James, or Loice Rich- a-ds. In addition, girls are stationed outside the doors after chapel each morning and a box has been placed in Buttrick for the convenience of the faculty. The refurnishing and remodeling of the date parlors in Main is worthy be- cause they are, because of their pres- ent drab and uncomfortable appear- ance, apt to leave visitors to Agnes Scott with an unpleasant first impres- sion and, too often, an untrue one, according to Shirley Christian. 1935-6 Catalogue Describes Changes The Agnes Scott College catalogue for 1 93 5-1936 with announcements for the session 1936-1937 was released on the campus the first part of this week. The general lay-out of the cata- logue is the same as in former years. Credit hours for courses have been con- verted from semester to quarter hours in accordance with the change, effec- tive next September, from the present semester system to the quarter system. According to the new bulletin, 189 quarter hours will be required for the degree, nine of which must be in physi- cal education. The effect the change will have on course plans is little, if any. A year course now worth six semester hours will amount to nine quarter hours. Science courses carry- ing eight hours credit now will carry twelve quarter hours. Some subjects which are now offered for a semester will be extended over two quarters; other semester subjects will be com- pleted in one quarter. Since the limi- tation of hours which a student can carry has remained unchanged, there will be no lessening in the number of subjects each quarter. The examination period has been cut to a week. Exams for the fall quarter will be given December 2-9; those for the winter quarter, March 10-17, will be followed immediately by spring {Continued on page 4, column 5) Wilder to Talk Here on Movies And Literature Dr. McCain Goes To Conferences Held in New York Mr. Caldwell Talks On Purpose of A. P. At Agonistic Chapel Mr. W. F. Caldwell, divisional news editor of Associated Press, spoke at The Agonistic chapel on Friday, January 10; his subject was The Organization and Purposes of Associated Press. He explained that Associated Press is not a money-making organization but one that attempts to serve all newspapers equally through its rapid system of news distribution. He stressed the fact that Associated Press stands for truth in news and that it is not dominated by any one man or group of men. In discussing Wire- photo, Associated Press' year-old pic- ture discovery, he told how The Dallas News sent its front page, a half at a time, by Wirephoto to California so that Texans attending the Rose Bowl game could have their own paper the morning after. Mr. Caldwell's interest in Agnes Scott has made him an invaluable friend to The Agonistic; he has served as judge of the annual Class Contest twice and has acted in an advisory capacity many times. Mr. Caldwell was a student of Dr. McCain, father of the president of the College, at Erskine and he married an Agnes Scott girl. Mr. Ben F. Meyer, state news editor for Associated Press, who opened the series of The Agonistic programs last October, was on the campus Friday with Mr. Caldwell. Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott College, is in New York City today attending the annual meet- ing of the National Conference of Church-Related Colleges; on January 16 and 17 he will attend the twenty- second annual meeting of the Associa- tion of American Colleges, of which he is vice-president. Last year this meeting was held in Atlanta; it is the only time that the Association has met in the South. Religion in Education is the general theme of the meeting of Church-Re- lated Colleges. Among the talks to be given are The Social Sciences and Re- ligion, by Professor C. A. Ellwood, Duke University; The Literature Group and Religion, by President J. H. Moyniham, College of St. Thomas; and The Church and State in Higher Edu- cation, by Dr. James Gillis, editor of The Catholic World. The theme of the meeting of the Association of American Colleges, The Integrity of the American College, will be discussed from two angles. Dr. Walter A. Jessup, president of the Car- negie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will speak from the stand- point of the administration, and from the standpoint of the professions the subject will be discussed in four di- I visions: education, engineering, law, and medicine. At the annual dinner on Thursday evening Principal A. E. Mor- gan, of McGill University, and Presi- dent Henrv M. Wriston, of Lawrence Coll ege, president of the Association, will speak on The Educational Integ- rity of the American and British Col- lege. In addition to the general meetings at which these talks will be given, there will be five sectional meetings where such topics as The Purpose of College, Instruction in Art, and Trends in Higher Education for Women will be discussed. Thornton Wilder, distinguished nov- elist, lecturer, and literary authority, will come to Agnes Scott College on February 6 as the second of the promi- nent American writers presented this year by the Public Lecture Association. The author of such best-sellers as The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Heaven's My Destination, Wilder is expected to attract an audience as enthusiastic as the one that heard Robert Frost when he lectured here last November. Mr. Wilder's lecture will be on The Motion Pictures and Literature. Several years ago Mr. Wilder lec- tured at Agnes Scott on The Relation Between Literature and Life; those who heard the lecture recall it as one of the most delightful and successful ones ever given at the College. Concerning his appearance here next month, Mr. Wilder has written Associate Professor Emma May Laney, Lecture Chairman, a letter from which the following ex- cerpt is taken: "It (the lecture on The Motion Pic- tures and Literature) is an adjusted balance between topical interest and il- lustrations, and theoretical principles. I think that it would interest your audience. I have the happiest memories of my former visit to Agnes Scott College and am looking forward to renewing them." Tickets for Thornton Wilder's lec- ture will be on sale in Atlanta on January 2 2 at both Davison-Paxon's and Rich's department stores, and at Agnes Scott during the week before February 6. Student tickets are 5 0c for unreserved seats and 75c for reserved; general admission is 7 5c for unreserved seats and $1.00 for reserved. ATTENTION Francis Hackett, author of Henry VIII and other books, will speak tonight at Glenn Memorial Audi- torium on the Emory University campus. He will discuss Henry VIII and Francis I. Mr. Hackett is appearing here under the auspices of the Emory Student Lecture Associa- tion. Tickets may be bought at the door for 75c. STUDENTS FAVOR CHANGE IN AGONISTIC ELECTION Works Assists In University Plan Dr. George A. Works, dean of the School of Education, University of Chicago, and secretary of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, met with Dr. J. R. McCain, president of Agnes Scott Col- lege; Dr. M. L. Brittain, president of Georgia Tech; Chancellor S. V. San- ford, of the University System of Georgia; Dr. Harman Caldwell, presi- dent of the University of Georgia; Dean Stevens, of the graduate school of the university; representatives of the faculties and trustees of Emory University and of Agnes Scott College; and a number of leading citizens of At- lanta for a two-day conference held Monday and Tuesday, January 6 and 7, in Atlanta. The purpose of the con- ference was to plan a system which will coordinate Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Tech, and the Uni- versity of Georgia. The progress of plans for such a co- ordination system is slow, but satisfac- tory under existing circumstances, ac- cording to Dr. McCain. The next step, he says, is a conference between the faculties of the institutions. Coopera- tion between them is already a fact. Plans are being laid now for the be- ginning of Emory's Centennial Cam- paign, which, presumably will under- take to raise a part of the funds neces- sary for the project, Dr. McCain con- tinued. No figures are available as yet. Survev of Science, Mythology, Eng. 326 AreNew Courses History of Science, Physics 310, Car- lyle, Arnold, and Newman, English 3 2 6, and Classical Mythology, Greek 211, are to be offered the second semes- ter this year. The physics and Greek courses are altogether new ones at Agnes Scott; English 3 26 was offered in the spring of 1934 for the first time. History of Science, according to Pro- fessor S. M. Christian, of the physics department, will be a survey of the development of all the sciences, mathe- matical, physical, biological, and social from the Greeks to the present. Since a period of 2 500 years is to be covered, the course necessarily will be only a sur- vey. Three hours of credit in physics will be given. Although the class hours have not yet been definitely decided, Mr. Christian said that the class will probably meet at ten-thirty on Tues- day, Thursday, and Saturday. English 326 plans for an intensive study of Carlyle and Arnold in rela- tion to the development of Nineteenth Century thought. Because of lack of time, Newman will not be included. This course, which is open to students who have had English 211, will include oral reports and term papers. Hours are still to be arranged but, according to Professor George P. Hayes, of the English department, the class will probably be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. Classical Mythology is to be a study of the myths of Greece and Rome as an aid to the interpretation and appre- ciation of literature and art. Professor Catherine Torrance, of the Greek de- partment, will teach it. It will meet I on Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 2:30. Aurora Approves New Plan; Annual Opposes Change ; Committee Will Decide The student body of Agnes Scott College passed by an overwhelming ma- jority a motion to change the method of selecting the editor of The Agonis- tic from popular election to a system of staff election at Open Forum on last Thursday, January 9. Frances James, vice-president of Student Government, presided. No vote was taken on the Aurora, which favors the change, or on the Silhouette, which is opposed to any departure from the present method. The new system, which was pre- sented by Lulu Ames, editor of Thi Agonistic, provides for a point-vote whereby the majority vote of the stu- dents, the majority vote of the staff, and the business manager's vote will each count one; the vote of the editor will count two. Election of the editor will be made from the three assistant editors whose election will continue to be handled by popular vote of the students. Discussion of the plan was led by Lulu Ames. A number of students spoke in favor of its adoption; dissent- ing opinions were few. Lita Goss, edi- tor of the Aurora, endorsed the plan for The Agonistic and expressed a desire for a similar change for the Aurora; although no action was taken on the Aurora situation, it is believed that the matter will be brought up at the February Open Forum. Shirley Christian, editor of the Silhouette, held to the present system in regard to the year book because "it is democratic." Opposition to the change for The Agonistic on the ground that such a plan will breed politics was met by the argument that, under the proposed plan, emphasis will be placed on merit, ability, and an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of the posi- tion. It was agreed that the students as a body will have a strong voice in the selection since the three assistant editors will still be elected popularly; the two assistants who are defeated for (Continued on page 2, column 3) A.S.C. To Have New Theme For Series Of Radio Programs The Place of the Liberal Arts Col- lege in the World Today is the theme of the new series of Agnes Scott Col- lege radio programs to be broadcast every Wednesday over WSB. The series, beginning last January 8 and continuing for five months, will be sponsored each month by one of the five groups which compose the College: the trustees, the administration, the faculty, the alumnae, and the students. Previous programs have featured cam- pus and alumnae activities. The plan is to have on each broad- cast a musical program and a short talk by someone representing the spon- sors for that month. During the fifth month, which will be in the hands of the students, each of the four classes will be in charge of one program. Mr. J. K. Orr, chairman of the board of trustees, opened the new series on Wednesday, January 8, with a talk on The Purpose of the College as the Founders Saw It. Miss Evelyn Wall played a piano solo. This afternoon's program will present Mr. George Win- ship, a member of the board, who will speak on The History of the College. The students and friends of the College are especially urged to listen to these programs every Wednesday at five o'clock. The Agonistic